There are two important problems in the security of mobile programs: protecting the host computer from the program, and protecting the program from the host computer. For the first problem, many successful techniques apply from virtual-memory protection to type-checking and even proof-carrying code. But the second problem seems harder: computing a result "in full sight" of the host computer while keeping the algorithms or intermediate results secret. Protection of programs from hosts has many applications; a typical application is in "digital rights management," where it is desired (for example) to permit the decryption of a document for display on the screen but not for copying or printing. The display program must somehow hide the decryption key from the prying eyes of the host computer and operating system. Every part of a typical personal computer is accessible to the person who has physical possession of it. This means the user can read the disk drive, can insert emulation layers to debug or analyze the execution of the program, and so on. Under such circumstances, protection is difficult indeed. Some work in this area assumes the use of a secure processor (or coprocessor) that can do computations that are not physically accessible to the user [3, 2]. Such approaches can be made as strong as public-key encryption, and appear to have significant promise. However, much of the work in program-protection is meant to be applicable on conventional, general-purpose PCs, and does not rely on special hardware. The algorithms used are generally called "code obfuscation;" they rearrange the protected program to make their control-


An unsteady thermal analysis program has been developed to simulate transient heat transfer of molds in computer-aided engineering for injection molding of thermoplastics. The three-dimensional unsteady thermal conduction equation is solved by using the boundary-element method (BEM). Heat flux on the cavity and the runner during the cooling stage, which is calculated from one-dimensional thermal analysis by using the finite-difference method, is taken into consideration as boundary conditions. The change in boundary conditions due to mold opening is also taken into account in the boundary-element analysis. With the method, the mold temperatures of the past molding cycles are approximated by a set of average heat flux


Generalization of the abundant experimental and theoretical research accomplished by Russian and foreign scientists in the 20th–21st centuries enables distinguishing between a few action zones of blasting, namely, crushing zone (fine grain crushing), radiating cracking zone, induced-fracture zone, shaking zone (residual stress after blasting), and blast-induced load zone. In the crushing zone, overgrinding takes place, which has an adverse influence on efficiency of processing of uranium, for instance, or granular quartz. The radiating cracking zone size in blasting in fractured rock masses governs the quality of drilling and blasting. The induced-fracture zone determines stability of rock mass and, consequently, safety of production processes both in surface and underground mines. In the shattering zone, fractured rock mass experiences residual stresses, which induces new fractures and rock falls, or dynamic events due to lithostatic pressure in rockburst-hazardous rock mass. This article aims at the experimental and theoretical determination of geometrics of blast-induced impact zones in different geological and geotechnical conditions with a view to developing appropriate actions toward abatement of the adverse effect exerted by these zones on geomechanical and technological processes in the course of mining. The theoretical formulas are given for the radii of the crushing, radiating cracking, induced fracturing and residual stress zones. Reliable applicability of the formulas in actual mining is proved by comparison of the calculations with the full-scale testing data. To mitigate the crushing zone impact, it is possible to charge the wellhead interval with a radial air gap, which decreases density of charging. Arrangements toward reduction of the zones of induced-fractures and residual stresses are proposed. Energy of the man-mane zone of residual stresses after blasting can be targeted at activation of raise driving with raise borer 2KV.


Objective\ To study the effect of low intensity semiconductive laser therapy (LISCL)on microcirculation disturbances in experimental rabbits. \ Methods\ The rabbits of experimental group were irradiated by LISCL through the arterioles of ear for 20 minutes every other day,but in control group, the arterioles were not irradiated.The change of erythrocyte deformability was surveyed before and after the experiment, the morphological variety of microcirculation of brain was observed by light and electron microscope after the experiment. \ Results\ Marked microcirculation disturbance was found in control group,the erythrocyte deformability increased in experimental group( t=3.32,P 0.05). \ Conclusion\ LISCL could reduce the blood viscosity and erythrocyte aggregation. Therefore, the microcirculation improved. [


Purpose The purpose of the research is to develop a model or a method which allows to evaluate a manufacturing process quality on the basis of its many characteristics, i.e. process state measures, occurrences accompanying the process and diagnostic signals. Methodology/approach – The paper shows the results of a conceptual research concerning the problem of process quality evaluation. The description of the problem, using the terminology of decision sciences, allowed to analyse the multicriteria decision making (MCDM) methods and to choice the apprioprate one. Findings – It is possible to define the problem of process quality evaluation as the multicriteria decision problem and to apply one of the MCDM methods to its solution. There was indicated that the approach based on decision rules, using rough set theory, is the most applicable tool for the process quality evaluation made in a changeable, dynamic manufacturing environment, also for the sake of the ease of use and results interpretation. Practical implications – The final aim of the research is to give a process operator a tool to evaluate the process quality online. Originality/value – The originality of the concept consists in defining the problem of process quality evaluation as a multicriteria decision problem and in pointing out the approach based on decision rules using a rough set theory as the appropriate method of its solution.


The measured thermal behavior of the Red River Bridge in Louisiana is discussed. The Red River Bridge is a six-span continuous bridge with a main span of 113 m (370 ft) and a total length of 548 m (1,797.5 ft). The structure is a single-cell, nonprismatic concrete box-girder bridge constructed using the balanced cantilever method. A comprehensive instrumentation program was initiated during construction to monitor the bridge behavior during and after construction. Instrumentation included 42 concrete strain gauges, 93 thermocouples, and a rotation meter. Gauges were installed at three selected bridge sections in the main span, and measurements were taken over a period of 5 years. Thermal response measurements included readings taken over 24-hr periods in different seasons. Using the measured strain and temperature data, sectional restraint stresses and continuity thermal stresses were calculated. However, effects of creep and shrinkage in reducing the effective modulus of elasticity, thereby relieving the thermal continuity stresses, were not considered. Statistical analyses were used to evaluate the frequency occurrence function of the measured temperature differentials between the top and bottom of the box girder. Measured temperature distribution profiles were compared with those from current AASHTO recommendations. In addition, conventional temperature correction procedures for strain measurements were reviewed. On the basis of the temperature data, a modified temperature correction procedure is presented and its impact on strain measurements is discussed. Using the modified procedures, measured strain data were used to determine diurnal continuity strain cycles. Significance of the continuity strains is discussed.


with a consideration of the work of Ernest Becker and Rene Girard. This largely developmental focus that highlights the primacy of intentional consciousness leads, in Webb's estimation, to "an understanding of the possibility of religious worldviews as interpretive structures" (110). Moving to a consideration of the philosophical and spiritual strands, Webb's highlighting of the primary role of intentional consciousness in human philosophical and especially spiritual development enables him to focus further on the thought of Lonergan, as well as to add that of Aquinas, to the formation of religious faith and the various worldviews it gives rise to. His emphasis on the role of intentional consciousness is perhaps that which confi nes this work philosophically to the realm of "modernity," (6) given his relative neglect of a more "postmodern" analysis of the role of nonintentional consciousness in philosophical and spiritual development. The inclusion of a more "postmodern" approach overall would have enabled him to explain why his use of Emmanuel Levinas' well known statement from Ethics and Infi nity —"The relation to the Infi nite is not a knowledge but a Desire (229)"—acknowledges the legitimate role of desire, itself the product of nonintentional consciousness, in the formation of spiritual development in particular. If the goal of a "radically self-transcending love" is the good as well as the truth, an analysis of the embrace of the good alongside a vision of the true ought to acknowledge the role that nonintentional consciousness also plays in philosophical and spiritual development. Nevertheless, Webb's optimistic program of a "radically self-transcending love" that enables a faith to become "dialogical" to pursue a "dialogical truth" (237) in a community of like-spirited members offers a hopeful alternative to confl ictual or polarized positions held not only between or among religious traditions, but also within traditions themselves. His book comes highly recommended for that reason alone.


Chamber of commerce is a kind of civil social groups voluntarily organized by certain industries and enterprises.So far,chamber of commerce has developed into three distinctive forms,namely,continent model,British and American model,and mixed model.Functions of chamber of commerce include interest integration,comprehensive services,self-regulation,social welfare and political participation.The target of the transformation of chamber of commerce in China is to establish a new mixed model with the advantages of continent model and British and American model.The transformation should focus on the changes in the association of industry and commerce and official industrial associations.Therefore,the functions of government should be changed,so as to provide necessary convenience for the development of chamber of commerce.


Obesity is a complex public health issue that is a growing threat to children's health, as well as a current and future drain on National Health Service (NHS) resources. The Wanless Report stated that public health – the promotion of good health and the prevention of disease – should be central to the work of the NHS.2 Obesity already costs the NHS directly around £1 billion a year and the UK economy a further £2.3 to £2.6 billion in indirect costs. If this present trend continues, by 2010 the annual cost to the economy could be £3.6 billion a year.

This joint report from the Audit Commission, Healthcare Commission and the National Audit Office aims to identify how the barriers to creating a successful delivery chain can be addressed and makes recommendations about how the delivery chain might be strengthened and made more efficient as part of the need for the Departments to contribute to the Government's wider efficiency programme.


In the present paper we establish some fixed point and common fixed point theorems in Metric spaces for rational inequalities taking self mapping. Our results are generalizing of well known results.

Key Words: Fixed Point, Common fixed Point, Metric space, Complete Metric space

Mathematics Subject Classification: 47H10, 54H25.


Kim (2011) uses a hybrid GA-BF for obtaining the optimal gains of a PID controller. Questions 1. Explain the optimization problem. What other optimization methods have been used for PID tuning? Explain at least three and their use for finding the gains. What are the objective functions used? Comment on the reported results and explain the advantages and shortcomings of the methods based on the reported results. 2. Choose a simple linear system that can be controlled using a PI or PD controller. Describe how GA or BF can be used for computing the gains. Implement and use either GA or BF to optimize the gains. Compare the results obtained to those obtained by other tuning methods. Explain the advantages and shortcomings of the method based on your implementation and the obtained results.


In rural Northern China, many people own a mobile phone without ever having purchased it: they received it as a gift from better off relatives, usually their migrant children. Drawing from ethnographic field work in three Chinese villages, we describe practices of mobile phone gifting and the social relations that underlie them, as well as the consequences of the circulation of mobile phones, from the change of use that happens when they move from an urban environment to the countryside, to the possibilities that they open up or close out for rural users. We conclude with implications for technology design that emphasize the situated nature of these experiences and thoughtful approaches to the design of 'traveling' mobiles.


Objective: To value the function of ligustrazine(川芎嗪) combined with albumin in curing acute cerebral hemorrhage after microtrauma clearing. Methods: Fortyfive acute cerebral hemorrhage after microtrauma clearing patients were randomly divided into two groups. Medical treatment group was given ligustrazine and albumin. The comparative group was given conventional therapy. The damage grades of nerval function after the operation (1 and 15 days), the size of hydrocephalus and clinical effects were observed in the two groups. Results: The clinical effects, the damage grades of nerval function and the size of hydrocephalus were significantly different in the two groups(all P0.01). In medical treatment group which was given ligustrazine and albumin, the total effective rate was 92 percent, and the size of hydrocephalus( 15 days after operation) was (2.43±0.35)cm2, and the damage grades of nerval function was (11.44±3.75)scores. The results were superior to those respectively in comparative group 〔according to the order: 65 percent, (3.08±0.87)cm2, (18.55±4.74)scores〕. Conclusion: Ligustrazine combined with albumin can reduce hemorrhage after microtrauma clearing and pressure to the nearby organization effectively. It can also improve the curing rate and reduce the mortality.


The application situation of the Wonderware company's products InTouch 7.1/7.11 in the hot continuous rolling control system of the sheet bar at Liangang is in detail introduced in this article.The programming means of this software is easy,the development application is convenient,easy operation,logging data accuracy.It may give a reference for the same business.


sionate Views: Film, Cognition and Emotion. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, pp. 239–256. Plantinga C (2009) Moving Viewers: American Film and the Spectator's Experience. Berkeley: University of California Press. Smith GM (2006) A case of Cold Feet: serial narration and the character arc. Journal of British Cinema and Television 3(1): 82–94. SouthLAnd (2009, 2010–13) NBC. John Wells Productions/Warner Bros. Television. Walking Dead, The (2010–present) AMC. AMC Studios et al.


As a former British colony, Hong Kong has inherited the valuable legacy of a world-class legal system and the common law trust. Hong Kong trust law adheres closely to English and post-Commonwealth (e.g. Australia, Canada, New Zealand) case law. In subject matters pertaining mainly to trust administration, the case law is supplemented by a Trustee Ordinance that replicates to a great extent the UK Trustee Act of 2000 and the Singapore Trust Act of 2014.


The Dark Web has become home to malicious, illegal, and exploitative activities. Due to the nature of the Dark Web and the browsers used to reach it, uncovering these activities presents grave challenges to digital investigators or law enforcement agencies. In this work, we seek to use state of the art, closed-source Digital Forensics software to extract predefined Dark Web activities from a mobile device.


Objective
To investigate the clinical features and prognostic characteristics of head and neck cancer in patients with esophagus cancer and triple primary carcinoma(TPC).

Methods
A total of 30 patients with head and neck cancer with esophagus cancer TPC were collected in Zhejiang Cancer Hospital from January 2007 to December 2016.The distribution of cancer kinds and the incidence of synchronous and metachronous cancer were described.The clinical characteristics and prognosis were also compared in synchronous and metachronous cancer.The influence of number of hospitalization and different treatments on the survival time were analyzed.

Results
The TPC of "laryngeal pharynx + esophagus + lung" and "laryngeal pharynx + esophagus + oropharynx" had the highest incidence, that was 20.0% in 30 patients(6/30). The second type was "laryngeal pharynx+ esophagus+ larynx" . Fifteen cases were synchronous cancer and other 15 cases were metachronous cancer.The rate of surgery was 73.3%(11/15), and the number of hospitalization who more or equal than 5 was 73.3%(11/15) in the synchronous cancer.While the rate of surgery was 33.3%(5/15), and the number of hospitalization who more or equal than 5 was 33.3%(5/15) in the metachronous cancer.There were significant differences between synchronous and metachronous cancer(χ2=4.661, 4.661, all P 0.05).

Conclusion
Head and neck cancer in patients with esophagus cancer TPC can still has a high survival rate through active combined modality therapies, especially in metachronous carcinoma.

Key words:
Head and neck neoplasms; Esophageal neoplasms; Carcinoma in situ; Neoplasms, multiple primary; Neoplasms, second primary; Antineoplastic protocols; Combined modality therapy; Prognosis


In this paper, a circular slot loaded circular monopole antenna for ultrawideband circularly polarized applications is presented. The antenna consists of a circular radiator fed by a modified feedline and multiple slots loaded modified coplanar waveguide (CPW) ground plane. The ground plane is also loaded with quarter elliptical slot and semicircular stub to achieve circular polarization. The overall dimensions of the proposed antenna are 17×20 mm2. The antenna has an impedance bandwidth of 4.41-14.0 GHz (104.2%) and axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) of 5.87-13.66 GHz (79.77%). It has a peak gain of 5.34 dBi. The proposed antenna provides right hand circularly polarized (RHCP) radiation patterns along +z axis. It has advantages of compact dimensions, wide impedance bandwidth and wide axial ratio bandwidth over previously reported structures.


The main aim of the paper was to determine the influence of democratization on performance of governance in County governments in Kenya. The theories that guided the research study were; democratic theories and the policy guideline model. The study adopted a descriptive research design that also employed the quantitative research design due to its in-depth analysis of the influence of commitment to devolution principles on the performance of governance in county governments in Kenya. Purposive sampling probability and simple random sampling techniques were utilized in drawing a representative sample from a population of 47 counties in Kenya.     Structured questionnaires and interview schedule were used in the collection of qualitative and quantitative data. The hypothesis was analyzed using regression model which specified the significance level equal to 0.05 thus rejecting the null hypothesis if the P-value which was less than the significance level. Data was presented using tables, figures, graphs, frequency tables, charts and percentages. This was done by the help of the statistical results package for social science (SPSS) as a tool.  The findings revealed that commitment democratization significantly influence the performance of governance in county governments in Kenya. The rule of law is observed in all devolved functions as well as transparency and accountability. As well, the improved performance at the county level is attributed to equitable sharing of national revenue and reliable income generating activities at the county. Consequently, it is important that citizen participation in issues of governance is encouraged and facilitated. Moreover, there should be raised awareness on citizen's rights in terms of decision making in governance.
Keywords: Democratization, County Governments, Performance, Governance Devolution & Kenya.


We present and solve a Boltzmann equation for hot-electron transport where the elastic and inelastic collision terms are characterized by separate relaxation times ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{\mathrm{el}}$ and ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{\mathrm{in}}$, respectively. The model is solved exactly for metals and semiconductors as a function of R=${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{\mathrm{in}/{\ensuremath{\tau}}_{\mathrm{el}}}$. The exact solution is compared to two standard approximation schemes: the sp (or diffusive) approximation in which the Legendre expansion is truncated after the second term, and the effective-temperature model. For large R, the sp approximation becomes exact. In metals, both the effective-temperature model and the sp approximation are qualitatively correct for all R. In semiconductors, a strong dimensionality dependence is seen; in one dimension the approximations are valid, but in three dimensions they in general are not. The longitudinal (parallel to the field) and transverse projections of the exact distribution functions are calculated for semiconductors, and in a regime where the sp approximation is poor, the longitudinal function is seen to be approximated well by the one-dimensional solution with renormalized R.


This paper discusses recent attempts by economists to analyze institutional structure using individualist methodology. It is argued that developments in game theory, as well as advances in the analysis of transactions costs, have proved surprisingly fertile in yielding insights into the nature and structure of institutions. The example of the university is used to illustrate the ways in which the economic approach to institutions can be applied. In particular, the nature of academic contracts and the non‐profit status of universities are related to the literature on contractual hazards. Although methodologically very different from sociological or historical analysis of institutions, it is argued that the new institutional economics may provide a bridge permitting greater contact between hitherto almost entirely separate disciplines.


In the first part of the talk, I will present our phenomenological theory for metal-insulator transitions in graphite under high magnetic field [1,2]. Graphite under high magnetic field exhibits consecutive metal-insulator (MI) transitions as well as re-entrant insulator-metal (IM) transition in the quasi-quantum limit at low temperature. We explain these enigmatic insulator phases as manifestation of topological excitonic insulator phases with spin nematic orderings. We first argue that graphite under high magnetic field (above 20 Tesla) is in the charge neutrality region, where electron density and hole density compensate each other. Based on this observation, we employ models with electron pocket(s) and hole pocket(s), to construct a bosonized Hamiltonian that comprises of displacement field along the field direction and its conjugate fields. Using a renormalization group argument, we show that there exists a critical interaction strength above which a umklapp term becomes relevant and the system enters excitonic insulator phase with a long-range ordering of spin superfluid phase field, i.e. "spin nematic excitonic insulator (SNEI)". We argue that, when a pair of electron and hole pockets get smaller in size, a quantum fluctuation of the spin superfluid phase becomes progressively large and eventually destabilizes the excitonic insulator phases, resulting in the re-entrant IM transition. We explain fieldand temperature-dependences of in-plane resistivity by surface transports via novel surface states in SNEI phases and its coupling with gapless Goldstone modes associated with the spin nematic orderings [1,2]. In the second part of the talk, I will present our recent theory on multicriticality in disordered Weyl semimetal [3,4]. In electronic band structure of solid state material, two band touching points with linear dispersion (called as `Weyl node') appear in pair in the momentum space (`Nielsen-Ninomiya' theorem). When they annihilate with each other, the system undergoes a quantum phase transition from threedimensional Weyl semimetal (WSM) phase to a band insulator (BI) phase. The phase transition is described by a new critical theory with a `magnetic dipole' like object in the momentum space. We reveal that the critical theory hosts a novel disorder-driven quantum multicritical point, which is encompassed by three quantum phases, renormalized WSM phase, BI phase, and diffusive metal (DM) phase. Based on the renormalization group argument, we first clarify scaling properties around the band touching points at the quantum multicritical point as well as all phase boundaries among these three phases [4]. Based on numerical calculations of localization length, density of states and critical conductance distribution, we next prove that a localization-delocalization transition between the BI phase with a finite zero-energy density of states (zDOS) and DM phase belongs to an ordinary 3D unitary class [4]. Meanwhile, a localizationdelocalization transition between the band insulator phase and a WSM phase is controlled by a clean-limit fixed point with spatially anisotropic scale invariance. We argue that the anisotropic scale invariance is reflected on unconventional scaling function forms of conductance, localization length and critical conductance distribution. We verify the proposed scaling function forms in terms of transfermatrix calculations of conductance and localization length in a tight-binding model [3]. Gastgeber: Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Evers


Present JT-60U is upgraded to be a fully superconducting coil tokamak, and one of the main components dedicated by Japan is a vacuum vessel. This paper intends to present a design status of the vacuum vessel, the design concept, the performance analysis, and trial manufacture report. The design concept is developed from the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII Division 2, and the damage tolerant concept is adopted into the welding part hardly inspected. The entire structural integrity is explained with performance analysis; a seismic event and plasma operations. The typical size of the vessel segment is manufactured to validate the welding technologies, and to select the technical elements. Feasibility to manufacture the real structure is discussed with present perspectives.


I: Introductory Remarks.- 1 General Aspects of Floodplain Ecology with Special Reference to Amazonian Floodplains.- II: The Physical and Chemical Environment.- 2 The Large Central Amazonian River Floodplains Near Manaus: Geological, Climatological, Hydrological, and Geomorphological Aspects.- 3 Chemistry of Varzea and Igapo Soils and Nutrient Inventory of Their Floodplain Forests.- 4 Physicochemical Conditions in Floodplains.- 5 Modelling Nutrient Fluxes in Floodplain Lakes.- 6 Nitrogen Turnover in the Varzea.- 7 Methane Emissions from the Amazon Floodplain.- III: Plant Life in the Floodplain.- 8 Plant Life in the Floodplain with Special Reference to Herbaceous Plants.- 9 The Chemical Composition, Food Value, and Decomposition of Herbaceous Plants, Leaves, and Leaf Litter of the Floodplain Forests.- 10 Phytoplankton and Periphyton.- 11 The Forest Ecosystem of the Floodplains.- 12 Decomposition of Wood.- IV: Animal Life in the Floodplain.- 13 Aquatic Invertebrates.- 14 Terrestrial Invertebrates: Survival Strategies, Group Spectrum, Dominance and Activity Patterns.- 15 Adaptations to Life Under Water: Tiger Beetles and Millipedes.- 16 The Oribatid Mites.- 17 The Collembola.- 18 The Termites.- 19 The Spider Communities.- 20 The Fish.- 21 Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians.- 22 The Birds.- V: Conclusions.- 23 Structure and Function of the Large Central Amazonian River Floodplains: Synthesis and Discussion.- References.


In this paper, a new, CMOS compatible, lateral insulated base emitter switched thyristor structure is demonstrated. Unlike other EST structures reported earlier, in the LIBEST, the MOS controlled thyristor (EST) and MOS controlled bipolar transistor (LIGBT) components are connected in parallel. Thus, the trade-off between the turn-on voltage and the switching current capability is overcome. A main feature of the LIBEST is that the thyristor turn-on voltage is independent of the length of the floating emitter. In addition, the forward drop of the LIBEST is significantly lower than other LEST structures reported in the literature.


The behavior of a reverse-flow reactor was studied for the purification of polluted air by catalytic combustion. A heterogeneous one-dimensional model was extended with a heat balance for the reactor wall. An overall heat transport term is included to account for the small heat losses in radial direction. The calculations are compared to experimental data without using fit parameters. The agreement between simulations and experiments is generally good. Discrepancies can be explained mainly by inaccurate kinetic data and experimental uncertainties. At low gas velocities and for small reactor diameters, the one-dimensional model failed and a two-dimensional model must be developed to improve the predictive potential.


We have carried out optical spectroscopic measurements of emission lines for a sample of Galactic planetary nebulae with Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars and weak emission-line stars (wels). The plasma diagnostics and elemental abundance analysis have been done using both collisionally excited lines (CELs) and optical recombination lines (ORLs). It is found that the abundance discrepancy factors (ADF=ORL/CEL) are closely correlated with the dichotomy between temperatures derived from forbidden lines and those from He I recombination lines, implying the existence of H-deficient materials embedded in the nebula. The H$\beta$ surface brightness correlations suggest that they might be also related to the nebular evolution.


CALCULATION METHODS BASED ON THE ELASTIC THEORY DO NOT PERMIT THE ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF LIMIT FORCES APPLICABLE TO A GROUP OF PILES: (1) THE INTERACTION OF THE PILE AND GROUND WHEN SUBJECTED TO LATERAL FORCES DOES NOT FOLLOW THE LAW OF ELASTICITY, AND (2) A GROUP OF PILES FORMS A SYSTEM CONTAINING TOO MANY BONDS, THE STRENGTH OF WHICH DIMINISHES PROGRESSIVELY FROM INITIAL PLASTIFYING TO COMPLETE FAILURE. USING THE RESULTS OF FULL-SCALE TESTS, THE AUTHOR DEFINES A SAFETY RANGE FOR THE PILE/GROUND SYSTEM FOR A SINGLE PILE. THE INTRINSIC FIELD OF SAFETY OF THE PILE IS ALSO DEFINED AS A FUNCTION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ITS CONSTITUTIVE INGREDIENTS. THE LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPRESSED FOR ALL EXTERNAL FORCES APPLIED TO THE FOUNDATION. IN THE SPECIAL CASE WHERE THE LATERAL REACTION OF THE SUBGRADE IS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE PROBLEM IS REDUCED TO THE MAXIMIZATION OF A LINEAR SHAPE UNDER LINEAR CONDITIONS; ITS SOLUTION IS KNOWN. IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT THIS METHOD CAN ALSO BE APPLIED TO THE MORE GENERAL CASE WHEN THE LATERAL REACTION OF THE SUBGRADE IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. DIFFERENT EXAMPLES SOLVED WITH AN OPERATIONAL COMPUTING PROGRAM ARE GIVEN.


This paper explores the relative contributions of wetting (suction reduction) and its associated volume change on the small-strain shear stiffness, G0,in compacted loess from Xi'an, China. Results from one-dimensional compression tests with measurements of the shear wave velocity upon wetting and loading paths are presented. The experimental results show that the softening caused by wetting compete with the densification caused by plastic deformation and their effects on G0 are strongly controlled by stress level applied prior to wetting. Below the compaction stress, suction effects are dominant and G0 reduces irrespective of the magnitude of the collapse strain. With the increase in the stress level, the reduction in G0 caused by saturation is compensated by the plastic deformation triggered by soil collapse. This behaviour is clearly observed when the soil is first loaded to the compaction stress, where the maximum collapse strain is measured upon wetting. Volume change is dominant once the compaction stress is exceeded so that G0 tends to increase upon wetting. A wetting-induced stiffness factor D is defined to demonstrate that the change in G0 varies linearly with the stress level and this behaviour is independent of the compaction conditions. The contributions of soil suction and void ratio on G0 is explored using expressions available in the literature which are then used to propose a new definition for the stiffness factor D.


The Terzaghi and Peck (1948) method was the first for predicting the settlement of footings on sand using standard penetration test blow counts (N values). Over the following 26 years, various modifications to this basic method were suggested. Herein, an extensive database of 426 settlement case histories is used to assess the model factors for this family of methods. The uncertainty of the model factors is characterized using the coefficient of variation. Considering the model factor as a random variable, the common log-normality assumption is investigated critically. The impact of model uncertainty on the reliability of settlement estimations is discussed, and criteria are given to assess their accuracy and conservatism. For settlement prediction, the uncertainty from the model factor is most influential. The results indicate a low accuracy for all of the methods considered.


Most cassava farmers in Africa rely solely on manual means of harvesting root and tuber crops due to low level of mechanization. Evaluating the energy required in harvesting cassava and soil properties could guide farmers' decision on stress-free harvesting options and practices. Experiments were conducted at the University of Ibadan (UI) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to establish the relationship between energy required in harvesting cassava and soil physical properties. The experiments were laid out in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Salter suspended scale model 235 was used to take energy measurements, while data collected were subjected to analysis of variance at α = 0.05. Mean yields from the two locations showed that variety TMS 97/0162 had the highest tuber mass (50,450 kg ha) followed by varieties TMS 30572, TMS 98/0505 and TMS 98/0510 (32,200–26,500 kg ha) and least by TMS 99/2123 (8,000 kg ha). There was a positive relationship between cassava yield and work done (R= 0.21) at both locations, suggesting that yield affects the energy requirement in cassava harvesting. Soil moisture content showed a negative relationship with work done (R= 0.52 and 0.24 at UI and IITA, respectively), indicating that increase in soil water reduces the force of harvesting. Also, soil bulk density had a negative relationship with work done (R= 0.19 and 0.06 at UI and IITA, respectively). Energy required for harvesting cassava planted on coarse-textured soils could be reduced under high soil moisture content and bulk density conditions.


Montmorillonite clay mineral shows remarkable ion exchange, intercalation and swelling properties. It can act as a good host for large organic molecules. Intercalated coordination compounds can be prepared in the interlayer spaces of montmorillonite structure. Cu(II)- and Ni(II)- exchanged montmorillonite sorb 8-hydroxyquinoline (oxine) to form corresponding coordination compounds of the exchanged metal ions. Such compounds have been characterised by means of elemental analysts, infrared spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility data and X-ray diffraction. These compound show good thermal stability.


The paper considers the calculations and the analysis of economic efficiency of the wintering of two-year-old Russian sturgeon ( Acipenser gueldenstaedti Brandt) in the wintering fish basins of carp farms and fishing basins with direct water supply, of breeding three-year-old Russian sturgeon in the special ponds of carp fish-breeding farms in polyculture with phytovorus fishes and in the basins with direct water supply. The database of correlation of the shares of industrial expenses in common commercial cost of the two-year-old Russian sturgeon while wintering and three-year-old Russian sturgeon while breeding in the special ponds of carp fish-breeding farms in polyculture with phytovorus fishes is presented. The results of the studies demonstrated ineffective wintering of the two-year-old Russian sturgeon and breeding of the three-year-old Russian sturgeon in the basins with direct water supply and effective wintering of the two-year-old Russian sturgeon and breeding of the three-year-old Russian sturgeon in the special ponds of carp fish-breeding farms. It is proved that wintering of the two-year-old Russian sturgeon in the ponds is a material-intensive production while breeding of the three-year-old Russian sturgeon in the ponds in polyculture with phytovorus fishes is a material and capital intensive production.


Objective To identify the F11 gene mutation responsible for congenital coagulation factor Ⅺ deficiency.Methods The 50 years old female proband diagnosed by preoperative tests including hemostasis test revealed prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and normal prothrombin time (PT). The genomic DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood of the proband and family members. The FⅪ:C was assayed and all the exons and boundaries of F11 were sequenced after amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).Results The reduced FⅪ:C of the proband with only 2.1% of normal range thus further verified the diagnosis. The homozygous missense mutation Gly400Val (GGC→GTC) in the exon 11 was identified in the proband. The FⅪ:C of the family members who were heterozygous for the mutation being only about 27.0%~48.4% of the normal, showed decrease in all.Conclusion The missense mutation Gly400Val is the cause of FⅪ deficiency in both European and Chinese. The FⅪ level of heterozygotes may further decrease via a dominant negative mechanism.


It has been shown that reactions ee anti e 3P and PPV are excellent means for testing SU(3) sum rules as well as the quark-line rule. We can derive various relations involving the cross sections for these reactions if the quark-line rule is valid. The connection with various decay modes of the psi meson is emphasized. We can also test the absence of the SU(3)-singlet component in the electromagnetic interaction. (AIP)


There is an increasing interest in the effect of dietary polyphenols on the intestinal microbiota and the possible associations between this effect and the development of some cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis (AS). However, limited information is available on how these polyphenols affect the gut microbiota and AS development. This study was designed to evaluate the modulation of dietary tea polyphenols (TPs) on intestinal Bifidobacteria (IB) and its correlation with AS development in apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE−/−) mice. Fifty C57BL/6 ApoE−/− mice were randomized into one of the five treatment groups (n = 10/group): control group fed normal diet (CK); a group fed a high-fat diet (HFD); and the other three groups fed the same HFD supplemented with TPs in drinking water for 16 weeks. The total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were decreased significantly (P < 0.05) after TP interference. In addition, the TP diet also decreased the plaque area/lumen area (PA/LA) ratios (P < 0.01) in the TP diet group. Interestingly, copies of IB in the gut of ApoE−/− mice were notably increased with TP interference. This increase was dose dependent (P < 0.01) and negatively correlated with the PA/LA ratio (P < 0.05). We conclude that TPs could promote the proliferation of the IB, which is partially responsible for the reduction of AS plaque induced by HFD.


Frances Wingate is a woman much given to living in the past. As an eminent archaeologist she travels widely giving lectures on ancient history. As a woman she is eaten away with regrets that she ended her relationship with Karel - for reasons that no longer seem valid.


The importance of sugar as the principal dietary substrate that drives the caries process has led to growing interest in sugar substitutes. Dynamic relation exists between sugars and oral health. Dental profession shares an interest in the search for safe, palatable sugar substitutes to prevent dental caries and have attempted to persuade their patients to adopt special dietary programs to limit the frequency with which sugar containing foods are ingested. Hence, this paper reviews the role of various nutritive and non-nutritive sweeteners and its role in prevention of dental caries which provides a framework for consumers and health professional in maintaining the intake of sugar.


Jackfruit seed is commonly considered as waste from fruit processing. This research was conducted at STNanotech Laboratory in 2021 to evaluate the possibility of using jackfruit seed as a good carbohydrate source for saccharification and ethanol fermentation. Different fungi species such as Rhizopus oryzae, Penicillium oxalicum, Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus awamori were examined on the efficacy of saccharification to produce the reducing sugar. The ratios of yeast affected on the ethanol fermentation were verified. The starch hydrolysis was performed on the cooked jackfruit seed powder with different fungi as starter culture using Rhizopus oryzae, Penicillium oxalicum, Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus awamori at different ratios (6-14%). The starch hydrolysis and alcohol fermentation were performed on the cooked jackfruit seed powder with fungi species at ambient temperature for 72-168 hrs. Water was added into the saccharification batch at different time points (24-120 hrs). Results showed that jackfruit seed should be simultaneously treated by Aspergillus oryzae and Saccharomyces cereviceae at 8% : 4% ratio, time point of water addition at 96 hrs, total time of ethanol production for 144 hrs to obtain 24.08±0.00 g/L of ethanol. Jackfruit seed with abundant carbohydrate content would be a promising candidate for ethanol fermentation.


The sequential batch reactor (SBR) technology is being applied in a large number of treatment processes owing to the operational flexibility it offers. SBR's capability to carry flow equalization, biological processes, and secondary clarification within a single reactor by differing the time period of different phases and duration of aeration proves it a flexible process for wastewater treatment. In this study SBR was employed to treat the tannery industry wastewater for removing colour. The phase of the SBR was observed over a period of 50 d. Statistical based experiments were performed for optimizing the parameters viz., pH, temperature, inoculum's concentrations, agitation speed and initial concentration of the substrates on the treatment of wastewater from tanneries by the mixed culture derived from the tannery common effluent treatment plant sludge, in a batch reactor under aerobic condition. At the optimized conditions, experiments were performed by salt tolerant microorganisms such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus flexus, Exiguobacterium homiense and Staphylococcus aureus at various organic loading rate (OLR) by varying tannery wastewater concentration and hydraulic retention time (HRT) for colour removal. A maximum decolouriza- tion 94% was obtained in SBR with the OLR 0.312 kg COD/m 3 d, HRT 5 d for the substrate's initial concentration of 1,560 mg COD/L.


The rapid development of distributed energy resources (DERs) has brought many challenges to the operation of distribution networks in recent years, where operating envelopes (OEs), as a key enabler to facilitate DER integration via virtual power plants, have attracted increasing attention. Geometrically, OEs are inherently linked to the feasible region (FR), which depicts an area that quantifies the permissible operational ranges for all DERs. This paper studies how to calculate FR for DERs based on a linear unbalanced three-phase power flow model while considering uncertainties from measured/estimated line impedances, leading to the robust feasible region (RFR). With an initialised FR, the proposed solution algorithm aims to seek the RFR by solving a non-convex bilinear problem, formulated based on Motzkin Transposition Theorem, and updating the RFR alternately until reaching convergence. Two cases, including a 2-bus illustrative network and a representative Australian network, are tested to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.


Strontium tungstoarsenate membrane shows response for Sr2+ and can be used to determine the activity of these ions. The response time of the membrane is a few seconds and the potentials generated are reproducible. The membrane electrode can be used for one year without any drift in potentials. The membrane was found to be more selective to Sr2+ ions than to many other of univalent, bivalent and tervalent cations. Anions also show no interference.


A young woman aged 29, married and mother of two children, never operated on, without any co-morbidity, the patient has no toxic and non-smoking habits, she has been taking the estrogen-progestin pill for four years, the patient has been referred to our hospital for dysuria accompanied by urethral bleeding without any notion of repeatable urinary infection, she reports white leucorrhoea without any foul odor or pruritus for which she has taken antifungal treatment with good improvement. On a gynecological examination, we found a mass of about one centimeter, pinkish red in color, smooth with a clear limit, flexible on palpation, and spread over the entire circumference of the urethral meatus evolving since one year (FIG. 1). Bimanual pelvic examination was normal. The patient has never received topical treatment for her lesion. Ultrasonography of the urinary tract did not reveal any significant changes. Cytobacteriological examination of urine was sterile. Abstract


Alternative splicing produces multiple functional transcripts from a single gene. Dysregulation of splicing is known to be associated with disease and as a hallmark of cancer. Existing tools for differential transcript usage (DTU) analysis either lack in performance, cannot account for complex experimental designs or do not scale to massive single-cell transcriptome sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets. We introduce satuRn , a fast and flexible quasi-binomial generalized linear modelling framework that is on par with the best performing DTU methods from the bulk RNA-seq realm, while providing good false discovery rate control, addressing complex experimental designs, and scaling to scRNA-seq applications. percentage of binary usage profiles in the Chen and Tasic datasets. The supposedly binary expression of transcripts due to coverage-dependent bias and the use of more stringent filtering criteria to reduce this bias has already been comprehen-sively reported by Najar et al The authors propose a new method to test for differences in transcript usage for both bulk RNA-seq and single-cell RNA-seq data. The manuscript is clear and the method is sound and well explained. The authors provide an excellent implementation of their method as a Bioconductor package whose vignette is easy to follow. The main advantage and novelty of satuRn is that it scales well with very large samples, which is a limitation of some of the best performing methods in literature. Below are a couple of suggestions to provide more context to the DTU events on the benchmarks, assess to what extent DTU for single cells might be a limitation and a couple of requests for clarifications in the manuscript. Gilis et al. present satuRn, a novel method for performing differential transcript usage analysis on bulk and single-cell RNA-seq data. The approach improves upon existing methods through computational scalability and support for multifactorial experimental designs, while also tightly controlling FDR rates for bulk and single-cell experiments. The authors demonstrate performance using simulated, as well as real bulk and single-cell RNA-seq data, showing that satuRn performs on par with the best available approaches, while controlling the FDR and scaling favourably to large numbers of cells and transcripts. The paper is well written, logical and easy to follow. The experimental methodology and results are sound and well presented. The authors have also done a great job with the software. I was able to install and the vignette


ILLIAM Carlos Williams' "The Great Figure" features in many IV discussions of thepoet's interest in the visual arts. Though critics often look to a connection with Charles Demuth's posterportrait of the poet, I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold (1928), they overlook the importance of a passage in Williams' Autobiography that links the poem to another close painter friend, Marsden Hartley.1 However, the Hartley association, more than the association with Demuth, reveals the full significance of the poem. "The Great Figure" originally appeared as the concluding poem of Williams' 192I Sour Grapes:


Through the research and development for high angle construction feet tower,and is equipped with vertical core drill,improvement of construction technology,can fully meet the requirements of large angle drilling deep hole.


RNA-seq dataset typically contains millions of reads, and its processing to extract biological meaning would require substantial computing power at a scale equivalent to a small computing cluster in the case of single cell RNA-seq. To an experimentalist without access to high performance computing facilities, the task of processing millions of reads on a desktop or laptop computer is daunting. Specifically, hours of computing time is needed to process individual batch of a multiple batch sequence reads as the single large RNA-seq data file needs to be partitioned into smaller files for reading into the limited random access memory of a consumer desktop or laptop. Such computing challenge presented above necessarily motivates the search for streamlining workflow for processing large RNA-seq dataset. One approach is to only process about 10% of the total number of reads. This approach yields benefits such as reduction of processing time while allowing the main structure of the processed data to be in sync with that obtained from processing the full RNA-seq dataset. Structure of processed data refers here to the ranking of highly expressed genes, which remains consistent with that obtained from processing a full RNA-seq dataset, even if only 10% of reads are processed. However, processing a reduced number of reads incurs drawbacks such as the inability to profile genes with low expression level. This is important for answering the question of whether the genes are switched off or is under low level transcription. Such distinction is important particularly from a fundamental biology perspective in studies seeking to study the transcriptional regulation of genes and the conditions that govern the transition from the "off" to "on" state. To ameliorate the problem, one has to profile more reads in order to pick out the low number of sequence reads that come from lowly expressed genes. Collectively, processing RNA-seq dataset from modern next-generation sequencing instruments is a formidable challenge, especially for the experimentalist without access to high performance computing facility. Profiling a subset (e.g., 10%) of the reads is one solution for obtaining biologically meaningful data with regards to the ranking of highly expressed genes. But, such an approach could not resolve the problem of inability of discriminating between genes in the truly "off" state and those which are lowly expressed. To solve the latter problem, processing a larger number of sequence reads is the only option.


The algorithm of both the square and the first power partition and the application program of Maple are worked out.It is proved that a polynomial with equal origins and a value of zero can be partitioned in the firstpower,that the dimension numbers of the linear space of a square polynomial and those of the linear space of a positive semi-definite polynomial with the same origins and powers are equal and that a lacunary polynomial with difference replacement can be partitioned.Some problems remained unsolved are raised for further studies.


The surface current on the plasma-vacuum interface during a disruption event involving kink instability can play an important role in driving current into the vacuum vessel. However, there have been disagreements over the nature or even the sign of the surface current in recent theoretical calculations based on idealized step-function background plasma profiles. We revisit such calculations by replacing step-function profiles with more realistic profiles characterized by a strong but finite gradient along the radial direction. It is shown that the resulting surface current is no longer a delta-function current density, but a finite and smooth current density profile with an internal structure, concentrated within the region with a strong plasma pressure gradient. Moreover, this current density profile has peaks of both signs, unlike the delta-function case with a sign opposite to, or the same as the plasma current. We show analytically and numerically that such current density can be separated into two pa...


Moore's Law is running out. Instead of making powerful computer by increasing number of transistor now we are moving toward Parallelism. Beowulf cluster means cluster of any Commodity hardware. Our Cluster works exactly similar to current day's supercomputers. The motivation is to create a small sized, cheap device on which students and researchers can get hands on experience. There is a master node, which interacts with user and all other nodes are slave nodes. Load is equally divided among all nodes and they send their results to master. Master combines those results and show the final output to the user. For communication between nodes we have created a network over Ethernet. We are using MPI4py, which a Python based implantation of Message Passing Interface (MPI) and MPICH which also an open source implementation of MPI and allows us to code in C, C++ and Fortran. MPI is a standard for writing codes for such clusters. We have written parallel programs of Monte Carlo's Simulation for finding value of pi and prime number generator in Python and C++ making use of MPI4py and MPICH respectively. We have also written sequential programs applying same algorithms in Python. Then we compared the time it takes to run them on cluster in parallel and in sequential on a computer having 6500 core i7 Intel processor. It is found that making use of parallelism; we were able to outperform an expensive computer which costs much more than our cluster.


For the complexity and many intermediate products of shipbuilding system,this leads to the great difficulty about shipbuilding production site management,the paper takes the shipbuilding production site management as the breakthrough point,takes the theory of MAS as basics,establishes MAS collaborative management model and platform of production site management,realizes the integration and cooperation of business,process,management and information through the collaboration of MAS,provides real-time control and decision support,improves the efficiency of production management in shipbuilding enterprise.


Several fish species from Central America and other regions have been introduced into Brazil. In this study, we evaluated the bioecological aspects of a non‐native cichlid of the genus Amatitlania (convict cichlid) and its possible establishment in high‐altitude forest enclaves of semi‐arid Northeastern Brazil. Specimens of Amatitlania nigrofasciata (Günther, 1867) were captured in a local stream displaying abiotic conditions like those of its natural range of distribution. The individuals collected were predominantly adult, insectivorous and displayed normal length–weight relationships, although we observed some phenotypical plasticity (variation in body depth, and a morphologically abnormal dorsal fin in three cases). Our results indicate that A. nigrofasciata has successfully colonized an Atlantic forest enclave in the Brazilian semi‐arid region, making it necessary to adopt measures to prevent the species from spreading to other water bodies in the surroundings.


This paper gives the sufficient conditions of blow-up of the solution of a nonlinear hyperbolic equation with the initial boundary value conditions in finite time and proves the existence and uniqueness of the local solution of the problem.


This species is fairly common in Agra during February-May and July-November. For studying the life history grass infested by the larvae were uprooted from field and planted in glass tubes inside glass jars. The adults which emerged were separated into pairs. Each pair was released into an inverted glass (25 cm. X 20 em.). In this glass cotton wool soaked in sugar solution, changed every day, provided food and O. dactylon, potted in glass tubes (7.5 cm. X 2.5 cm.) served as sites for sitting and egg laying. The grass was examined for eggs at regular 'intervals and those on which eggs were found were replaced by fresh potted plants. The former were transferred to the constant temperature room where required temperature and high humidity were maintained.


TheFastbus Intersegment Processor (FIP)isa Fastbus [1]processor basedon a MOTOROLA MC68020[2]microprocessor system.Itwillbe usedin severaldetectors oftheDelphiLEP experiment at CERN. Itsarchitecture isoriented towardscellular multi-layered acquisition systems,whereitprovides datacollection, processing and buffering at a particular level, as wellas control and synchronisation fromonelevel tothenext. The Fastbusarchitecture, Fastbusinterfaces, and theapplication foreseen fortheDelphi TPC arecovered indetail inthepaper.


Temperature dependent surface properties like surface tension (γ) and surface entropy (SV) of liquid alkali metals are studied in the present paper. Our newly constructed parameter free model potential is used to describe the electron-ion interaction. To see the influence of local field correction function on surface properties of liquid alkali metal, we have used Sarkar et al local field correction function. The present results are found in good agreement with available experimental data as well as other theoretical data. Lastly we conclude that our model potential is capable to explain surface properties of liquid alkali metals.


Background: Infusate of the whole plant of Physalis angulata is used traditionally for the remedy of various diseases including diabetes and gout. This study focused on the stem of P. angulata. The objectives of this study were to investigate the potential of the stem infusate (INPA) and ethanol extract (EEPA) of P. angulata as inhibitors of α-glucosidase and xanthine oxidase.Materials and Methods: INPA and EEPA were determined for their α-glucosidase and xanthine oxidase inhibition activities in vitro, whereas antioxidant activity was determined by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl-hydrate (DPPH) assay. Reference inhibitors were used for comparison. The total phenolic compounds were also estimated.Results: EEPA had more concentrated phenolic than INPA which were 7.96 and 0.08 mgGAE/g dried biomass, respectively. INPA and EEPA inhibited α-glucosidase considerably, with IC50 of 149.11 and 409.86 µg/mL, respectively (acarbose was 130.66 µg/mL). However, they inhibited xanthine oxidase weakly, with IC50 of 0.546 and 2.643 mg/mL, respectively, compared with allopurinol 0.005 mg/mL. EEPA scavenged DPPH radicals very weakly (16.04 mg/mL) compared to BHT (0.021 mg/mL), whereas no activity was observed for INPA.Conclusion: The stem infusate and ethanol extract of P. angulata are able to inhibit the activity of α-glucosidase, thus can be further explored for sources of bioactive compounds with α-glucosidase inhibition activity.Keywords: α-glucosidase, infusate, ethanol extract, Physalis angulata, stem, xanthine oxidase


In order to solve problems that deal with rhumb lines solution based on different reference ellipsoids in maritime navigation, the rhumb lines basic equations were established. After the symbolical formula of meridian arcs inverse solution being introduced, rhumb lines forward and inverse expressions which are non-iterative were derived. Finally, numerical examples were given to testify the accuracy of the forward and inverse expansions derived in this paper. Theory analysis and numerical results show that these new formulas have compact and symbolical form, and the precision of the inverse formulas is up to , which can satisfy practical utilization.


Objectives. The objective of this study was to evaluate the validity of the periodontal screening and recording (PSR) instrument and a new developed simplified periodontal screening and recording (S-PSR) instrument. Methods. All the periodontal examinations were done by one trained examiner for making the diagnosis of periodontitis. Periodontitis was defined as clinical periodontal attachment loss of 4.0 mm and over on 1 or more sites, or 2 or more sites not on the same tooth. The overall percent agreement, sensitivity, specificity, Cohen`s kappa statistic and the likelihood ratio were calculated for evaluating the validity of the PSR and the S-PSR (S-PSR, S-PSR(M), S-PSR(L), S-PSR(R)) by comparing these with the results of all the periodontal examinations. Results. This study revealed that the validity of the PSR, S-PSR, and S-PSR(M) were higher than the S-PSR(R) and S-PSR(L) when periodontitis was defined as periodontal attachment loss of 4.0 mm and over on 1 or more sites. When the periodontitis was defined as periodontal attachment loss of 4.0 mm and over on 2 or more sites, the likelihood ratio for a positive result of the PSR and S-PSR were lowest among the screening tools and the likelihood ratios for negative results of the PSR, S-PSR, and S-PSR(M) were lower than those the S-PSR(R) and S-PSR(L). Conclusions. The S-PSR(M) may be a valuable tool for screening the periodontal condition during general dental check-ups or a national oral health screening program.


ABSTRACT The study conducts a critical analysis of Ukrainian and Russian versions of news headlines originally published in English on the BBC News website. The corpus comprises 90 news reports (30 in each language) covering politics. The objective is to reveal any shifts in the assumptions and attitudes expressed by the target headlines as compared with the source, and thus in the ideological meaning that the headlines convey. Depending on the type of modification the headlines undergo in translation, they have been divided into three groups: adaptation to the background knowledge of the new target audience, foregrounding some detail of the news story, and permutations. The findings indicate that target headlines are more likely to undergo modifications in translation that result in ideological shifts when news reports refer to Ukraine or Russia, respectively, or bear upon their political interests. The shifts in the Ukrainian headlines mostly reflect the ideology of the pro-Western part of Ukrainian society and, therefore, tend to be subtle, while the shifts in the Russian headlines often make the latter more consistent with the official political ideology in Russia, which in many respects is fundamentally different from the Western point of view upheld by the BBC.


Fittingly, the most imaginative and densely suggestive of the classic arguments for free speech was written by a poet. Had his career unfolded as he wished, John Milton would never have produced his renowned Areopagitica of 1644. It was only with great reluctance that he undertook to engage in prose polemics during the English CivilWar, sacrificing his "calm and pleasing solitariness" to "embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes."He described pamphleteering as something he did "with the left hand" all the while "knowingmyself inferior to myself." Posterity, always a Miltonic concern, has begged to differ with this self-assessment.Wherever the Areopagitica ranks on Milton's daunting list of enduring creations, it has proved to be the foundational essay of the Anglo-American free speech tradition.


Texture features of the cell nucleus and chromatin as well as general topological or morphological features which used many cell image analysis contain important cellular diagnostic and prognostic information. In this paper, we describe the computerized method of nuclei and chromatin texture analysis of renal cell carcinoma image. For this study, 4 feature groups have been defined and selected. After preprocessing, feature parameters were extracted from the cell nuclei images that had been classified based on the Fuhrman nuclear grading system. Finally, we performed the quantitative analysis for the validation of the extracted features.


Abstract The potentiating effect of tumour promoter anthralin on gamma radiation and 4-Nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4-NQO) induced gene conversion and back mutation was studied using diploid yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae D7. Cells were exposed to 20-400 Gy of gamma radiation and plated on media without anthralin or containing 0.05-10 mg/ml of anthralin. In another set of experiments, cells were treated with 0.15-0.5 μM 4-NQO and plated on media without anthralin or containing 0.05-0.5 μg/ml of anthralin. The results indicated that anthralin did not modify gamma radiation induced gene conversion or back mutation. Anthralin, however, was found to enhance 4-NQO induced back mutation but not gene conversion. The enhancement was highest with the lowest concentration of anthralin and it decreased subsequently as anthralin concentration was increased.


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In the past, the performance of sequential programs grew exponentially as the performance of CPUs increased with Moore's Law. Since 2005 however, performance improvements have come in the form of more parallel CPU cores. Writing parallel programs using existing programming languages can be difficult and error-prone. JStar is a new programming language that allows programs to be written in a naturally parallel way. The JStar project aims to produce compilers that can produce executables for a variety of architectures (such as many-core, GPUs and distributed computers). This thesis proposes a process for compiling these programs into distributed executables, and investigates various trade-offs and techniques for implementing JStar programs on a distributed computer. In this process, first a parallel design is created, then this design is expressed by a separate set of distribute statements that are combined with the original program to create a distributed program. The expressiveness and effectiveness of this approach is investigated for two case study JStar programs: (1) a prime number counting program (2) a version of Conway's Game of Life. Various designs were hand-translated into a distributed Java programs and benchmarks were run to assess the performance of different designs. For each of these case studies, parallel designs were found that achieved high levels of speedup.


One of the major aspects of the global economic crisis of 2008-09 was deep economic recession that many developed countries suffered from. A number of developing countries also suffered economic downturns, if not outright recession. The importance of counter-cyclical macroeconomic policies in fighting the economic downturn has been widely recognized. However, the ability of countries to adopt such policies depends on the fiscal capacity to meet the necessary costs (if necessary, by allowing a fiscal deficit) and the institutional capacity to implement such policies, especially if they were to contribute to protecting the poor and the vulnerable. While most developed countries adopted such policies to stimulate their economies out of the downturn, the response of the developing countries varied, depending on the fiscal and policy space they had for accommodating the necessary increases in expenditures and for implementing the relevant programmes. It may be recalled in this context that the economic crisis came soon after the global economy witnessed crises caused by very high prices of fuel and food as a result of which many developing countries dependent on imports of those commodities were already suffering.


This chapter discusses the perspective of the US in the South China Sea (SCS) dispute. It analyzes how the US attempts to emphasize the cost to China of "unlawful" expansionism by combining diplomatic, information, military, and economic approaches. It also mentions the US Pacific Command (USPACOM) and US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), wherein Washington coordinates military responses to China and focuses on efforts to keep sea lines of communications open. The chapter explains how the US diplomatically operates both bilaterally and through ASEAN in order to contain Chinese expansion while continuing to emphasize the United States' long-established "hub and spoke" alliance system in the region. It explores the importance of the SCS to the US, including the evolution of its attitudes and actions toward China.


Occasionally, a busy pediatrician with a demanding practice and other professional commitments tires of hearing about "Dr. Generous," the altruistic physician down the street, who has taken on the plight of the underserved in some volunteer capacity. Already struggling to balance a demanding career with a personal life, the busy pediatrician is weary of lectures on what wonderful things Dr. Generous is doing to save the nation9s children and how he or she should do the same.


This paper proposes a novel approach for false-positive reduction in lung nodule detection based on structure relationship analysis between nodule candidate and vessel, and the modified surface normal overlap descriptor. On one hand, a large number of false nodules attached to vessels can be removed by analyzing the relationship between nodule candidates and their attached tissues. On the other hand, Low-contrast nonsolid nodules are discriminated from the candidates with modified surface normal overlap descriptor. The proposed method has been trained and validated on a clinical dataset of 90 thoracic CT scans using a low dose levels that contain 90 nodules (62 solid nodules, 25 ground-glass opacity nodules and 3 mixed nodules) determined by a ground truth reading process.


: Heterotaxy syndrome with polysplenia is a congenital abnormality with malposition of the visceral organs and multiple associated abnormalities. The majority of affected individuals die during childhood due to severe cardiovascular anomalies. However, affected individuals who reach adulthood are usually asymptomatic. Anomalies of the abdominal venous system, including interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos or hemiazygos continuation, congenital absence of the portal vein with a portosystemic shunt, preduodenal portal vein, and abnormalities of renal veins are frequent findings. Heterotaxy syndrome usually has no clinical significance except in the setting of planned vascular intervention or surgery. We are reporting an extremely rare case of heterotaxy syndrome (polysplenia) that presented with massive variceal hemorrhage due to associated venous malformation and systemic to portal venous system collaterals.


The application of simple hydraulic prop in the face of small coal mine is expounded.Taking Nan- fang Coal Mine as an example,introducing the advantages of simple hydraulic prop comparing with timber prop,and calculating the lectotype parameter,presenting the technical requirement of simple hydraulic prop support,generalizing the security and economy benefits in the end.


In this work, carbon nanotube (CNT) channel based recessed channel (RC) truncated fin (TF) FinFET has been presented and compared to a simple truncated fin (TF) FinFET and recessed channel truncated fin (RCTF) FinFET on the basis of their corresponding Switching Ratio (102 and 103 times enhancement respectively), 1-dB Compression point, Intrinsic gain (with 42.8% enhancement), VIP3, IMD3, and other transfer characteristics. All the simulations of concerned devices have been performed with the help of Silvaco Atlas tools at 7 nm gate length. Moreover, because of these enhancement in RC and RC-CNT-TF-FinFET, one can predict the optimization in transfer characteristics for high density circuitry performance if seen from the perspective of ULSI applications.


Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common malignancy in children. Recently, there has been a growing interest in Wnt signalling in several aspects of cellular development, including cancer formation. Little is known about Wnt signalling in B‐ALL. We investigated whether activation of canonical Wnt signalling could occur in B‐ALL cells and thereby play a potential role in cellular growth and/or survival. This study found that Wnt3A induced β‐catenin accumulation in both primary B‐ALL cells and B‐ALL leukaemia cell lines. Further, Wnt3A was shown to induce nuclear translocation of β‐catenin and TCF/Lef‐1 dependent transcriptions in the B‐ALL cell line Nalm‐6. Examination of the mRNA expression pattern of WNT ligands, FZD receptors and WNT antagonists in Nalm‐6 cells identified a set of ligands and receptors available for signalling, as well as antagonists potentially available for modulating the response. Functional analyses showed that Wnt3A inhibited the proliferation of several, but not all, B‐ALL cell lines studied. Finally, microarray analysis was used to identify several Wnt3A target genes involved in a diverse range of cellular activities, which are potential mediators of the Wnt3A‐restrained proliferation.


The French word macabre was first used as an ordinary adjective by the French Romantic writers of the last century: Théophile Gautier and Petrus Borel say 'c'est macabre' for anything lugubriously grotesque. Sachs quotes fantaisie macabre from Émile Montégut. The word was not included in the Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française (1694) up to the seventh edition of 1878, but is now to be found in the eighth in the connections danse macabre, récit macabre, plaisanterie macabre. Bal macabre is not recorded, but often used. In the printers' craft-language macabre is said to be used for a Mort, that is, the accidental omission of one or more words of a text by the compositor. The medical students and servants of the dissecting rooms at the French universities call the bodies dissected les macabres. The bargees on the Seine employ the word for corpses seen drifting on the water. Parisian grave-diggers call the bodies of the poor people buried at minimum cost mauvais macabés. In the Auvergnat patois, [chant] macabre is a bag-piper's melody. In the Bergamask dialect macabret is said to mean the Devil-an easy transition from 'Death.' In Cervières (Burgundy) a certain sword-dance is called Bachuber, obviously either a wrong transcription of an aurally recorded macuber or a local mispronunciation of an adopted word. Macabre is found as a loan-word in English, Dutch, and German: Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, and Spanish.


Glaucoma is a major public health problem, being the leading cause of irreversible visual impairment worldwide. In most cases, glaucoma is associated with intraocular pressure (IOP) levels that are above those considered normal (IOP ≥ 21 mmHg). The aim of the present work is to describe the pattern of eye drops prescription in patients with glaucoma in the state of Sergipe, Brazil. A descriptive cross-sectional study with retrospective documentary analysis, developed at the Eye Institute of Sergipe was performed. Of all glaucoma patients, 41.5% had a family history of the disease. Among the popular drugs, Latanoprost 0.005% is the most requested totaling 34% of prescriptions. In the Region 2, a significant association (c2= 48, 45; p<0.05) was observed between monotherapy and high IOP. The present study showed that the pattern of eye drops prescription was as recommended by the Brazilian Society of Glaucoma. Although, these medications were distributed freely, most patients with glaucoma have high IOP. Therefore, considering the importance of glaucoma as the second cause of blindness worldwide it is essential to carry out studies that evaluate the factors that influenced the effectiveness of eye drops use for treatment of glaucoma.

 Key words: Glaucoma, ophthalmic solutions, prescription drugs.


The degradation of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors after off-state stress is studied by means of electroluminescence (EL) analysis, gate leakage current (Ig) monitoring, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) mapping of the semiconductor surface. It is found that the degradation of Ig upon stress is due to the combined effect of the individual defects underlying each of the EL spots, which contribute a few μA each to the total Ig. After removal of contacts and passivation, a direct one-to-one correspondence between EL spots and pits on the semiconductor surface is found. Reverse bias, conducting-tip AFM imaging showed that these surface pits do indeed act as leakage paths. Thus, the direct relationship between EL hot spots, surface pits, and gate current leakage is demonstrated. Discussion on the morphology of the surface pits and their possible origin is also provided.


As with complicated engineering geological conditions, the construction of highway tunnel and water culvert often meets various kinds of project accidents. Combined with field data, this paper has discussed the effectiveness of ground penetrating radar (GPR) in the inspection of construction quality of concrete liner of highway tunnel and water culvert and the distribution of reinforced steel bar in the concrete liner. Some examples has showed that GPR technology has remarkable characteristics in locating the defects and hidden dangerous in the liner and in investigating the distribution of reinforced steel bars in concrete liner. Prediction can be provided of the potential geological disasters in highway tunnel and water culvert, and appraise can be made with GPR data.


AIM: To establish a HPLC method with direct injection for determining five major metabolites of caffeine including 5-acetylamino-6-formylamino-3-methyluracil (AFMU), 1-methylxanthine (1X), 1-methyluric acid (1U),1,7-dimethyluricacid (17U) and 1,7-dimethylxanthine (17X) in the urine and assess the activities of N-acetyltransferase (NAT2), cytochrome P4501A2 (CYP1A2) and xanthine oxidase (XO). METHODS: The contents of five major metabolites of caffeine in the urine were determined by RP-HPLC method. Frequency distribution histogram were drawn by calculating the AFMU/(AFMU+1X+1U) ,(AFMU+1X+1U)/17U and 1U/(1X+1U) and then evaluated the activity of NAT2, CYP1A2 and XO, respectively. RESULTS: The frequency distribution histograms of NAT2 indicated two distinct distibution, and the subjects were classified as slow acetylators if PAR(0.26) or as fast if PAR(0.26). The frequency distribution of CYP1A2 and XO histograms indicated normal distribution. CONCLUSION: The method is simple, accurate, rapid, and suitable for the determination of metabolites of caffeine in urine. The method can be used to assay the activities of NAT2, CYP1A2 and XO.


Apple become an important part of our staple diet. The farmers are facing severe problems due to disease caused on its leaf. Lot of crops have been wasted due to these phenomena. Even though there are lot of other diseases Scab, Black rot and Cedar are three important type of disease which cause severe damage to the leaf of apple. For the development of this particular industry it is important to reduce the infection which is spread on this apple leaf. It is important to detect the disease of leaf early so that the above process can be accomplished. In the current scenario there is no such technology which guarantee high recognition rate in the case of disease caused on leaf of apple. In this paper author tries to deliver an approach which ensures all issues mentioned above and it is achieved by using Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN). Here in this model apple leaf disease is detected by using Deep Convolutional Neural Network using Resnet50V2 and before giving it to DCNN, this model generates pathological image related to input. In this model author employed a dataset which contains 9714 images. By this approach which is mentioned in this paper achieves an accuracy of about 98% percentage.


A brief explication of the implementation of the Gibbs sampling method via rejection sampling to obtain Bayesian estimates of difficulty and ability parameters under the Rasch model is presented. The Gibbs sampling method via rejection sampling was used in conjunction with the computer program OpenBUGS. Examples that compared the estimation method with another Gibbs sampling method via data augmentation as well as conditional, marginal, and joint maximum likelihood estimation methods are presented using empirical data sets. The effects of prior specifications on the difficulty and ability estimates are illustrated with the empirical data sets. A discussion is presented for related issues of Bayesian estimation in item response theory.


1,1'-Ferrocenyldiimine/NiBr2, 1,2-ferrocenyldiimine/NiBr2, and 2-azaferrocenylimine/NiBr2 were synthesized and employed as catalysts for ethylene polymerization and ethylene/polar monomer copolymerization. 2Azaferrocenylimine/NiBr2 gave the highest activity for both ethylene polymerization and copolymerization of ethylene with polar monomer such as acrylate among these complexes upon activation with PMAO. The cocatalyst components were also examined and a catalyst system consisting of 2-azaferrocenylimine/NiBr2 and N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate/ethylaluminum sesquichloride was found to be most suitable for the ethylene/acrylate copolymerization to afford an activity of 1.0 kg/Ni・mmol and an incorporation of 1.7 wt % polar comonomer in the obtained copolymer. 15


This article deals with the mechanism of coopetition formation from a network perspective, focusing in the wine industry. Through a comprehensive approach, we study the case of four vineyards in central France that are located in a low-profile wine-growing region and made up of very small firms fighting in a highly competitive market. While everything seems to encourage them to collaborate, these vineyards have so far remained unable to develop an effective coopetition strategy beyond a few specific initiatives. We seek to identify the reasons for these difficulties by analysing exogenous and endogenous coopetitive drivers. Our results provide theoretical contributions theory by showing that: the formation stage can lead to effective or ineffective coopetition; coopetition in an embedded network is specific; and coopetition intentionality plays a role in this formation stage.


This study shows the possibility to synthesize Co-doped willemite ceramic pigments via solid-state high temperature sintering. The starting materials used for the synthesis of pigments were CoO, ZnO, Fе2O3, NiO, P2O5 and amorphous Si2O.H2O. In the synthesized pigments ZnO was substituted partially by CoO. The optimal parameters of the synthesis process were determined. The willemite ceramic pigments were studied mainly by X-ray analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as well as by the CIELab system of color measurement. It was found out that the synthesized pigments are suitable and can be successfully applied in glaze tiles and sanitary ceramics.


We provide an unprecedented view on the nature of the wet electron, which is instrumental to understanding the properties of this fundamental state in liquid water.


INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: The causes of nocturia are often discussed separately as nocturnal urine volume and nocturnal bladder capacity problems. Since multiple factors affect nocturia, what affects it most has not been well investigated. We have been studying the bladder storage function as a homeostatic system keeps micturition interval constant by increasing the bladder capacity during the diuretic phase. We hypothesized that nocturnal diuresis could affect nocturnal urine volume and bladder storage function. This study aimed to identify the effect of nocturnal diuresis on bladder storage dysfunction for male patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). METHODS: Male LUTS patients who were able to keep 24-h frequency-volume charts (FVCs) for 3 days were included in this study. Patients with residual urine volume greater than 200 mL were excluded. Patients who marked an average of two or more times per night on 3-days 24 h-FVCs were defined as the nocturia (þ) group, and those who marked less than two times were defined as the nocturia (-) group. Patient characteristics and parameters of 24-h FVCs were compared between groups, with values of p<0.05 considered significant. RESULTS: The nocturia (þ) group (n[52) was significantly older (p[0.01), had a higher nocturnal diuresis rate (p<0.001), and had a smaller voided volume at night (p[0.01) than the nocturia (-) group (n[48). Multivariate analysis showed that increased nocturnal diuresis rate and decreased nocturnal voided volume were significantly related to nocturia (nocturnal diuresis rate: OR 1.04, p<0.001; decreased nocturnal single voided volume: OR 0.985, p[0.001). Nocturnal diuresis was defined as a ratio of the mean diuretic rate at night to the mean diuretic rate during the day of 0.83 or greater (AUC 0.87, sensitivity 81.1%, specificity 79.2%). 17.6% of patients had nocturia with nocturnal diuresis without nocturnal bladder storage dysfunction (nocturnal voided volume <229.3 mL). Then, they had a significantly higher nocturnal diuresis rate than patients with nocturnal diuresis and nocturnal bladder storage dysfunction (p[0.03). CONCLUSIONS: Nocturnal diuresis is clearly associated with nocturia, but an extreme increase in nocturnal diuresis rate unexpectedly leads to increased nocturnal urine volume.


AbstractThis study aims to see the presence and magnitude of the influence of contextual learning on poetry writing skills for class III SDN 66 Pontianak City. The research method used is an experimental method, in the form of Quasi Experimental Design, Non-Equivalent Control Group Design. In this study, the population was all third grade students consisting of 52 students. The sampling technique used nonprobability sampling technique, namely purposive sampling, so that the sample obtained was 26 students in class III A as the experimental class and 26 students in class III B as the control class. The data collection technique used is a measurement technique using a written test to complete/write a missing poem. The results of data analysis showed that the post-test average for the control class was 55.88 and the posttest average for the experimental class was 68.58. The results of the study were processed by t-test obtained t_count (3.676) and t_table (α = 5% and dk = 26 + 26 – 2 = 50) of 1.678. Because t_count (3.676) t_table (1.678) then the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. Based on the calculation of the effect size (ES) obtained by 0.73 (medium category).Keywords: Contextual Learning, Influence, Poetry Writing Skills


Slowly changing variables in a continuous state space constitute an important category of reinforcement learning and see their applications in many domains, such as modeling a climate control system where temperature, humidity, etc. change slowly over time. However, this subject is less addressed in relevant studies. Classical methods with certain variants, such as Dynamic Programming with Tile Coding which discretizes the state space, fail to handle slowly changing variables because those methods cannot capture the tiny changes in each transition step, as it is computationally expensive or impossible to establish an extremely granular grid system. In this paper, we introduce a Hyperspace Neighbor Penetration (HNP) approach that solves the problem. HNP captures in each transition step the state's partial "penetration" into its neighboring hyper-tiles in the gridded hyperspace, thus does not require the transition to be inter-tile for the change to be captured. Therefore, HNP allows for a very coarse grid system, which makes the computation feasible. HNP assumes near linearity of the transition function in a local space, which is commonly satisfied. In summary, HNP can be orders of magnitude more efficient than classical method in handling slowly changing variables in reinforcement learning. We have successfully made an industrial implementation of NHP.


I would like to examine some of the close readings of film form made by Christian Metz in his final work, Impersonal Enunciation , which is appearing in English translation only this year (Columbia University Press, 2015). Published in French in 1991, the book is devoted to the question of how films 'speak' and the specific visual and aural devices and conventions that make their acts of speaking more or less apparent. Unlike anywhere else in Metz's writings, there is enormous depth and breadth of knowledge about cinema on display here, and highly detailed readings of moments when a particular film makes a reflexive or meta-commentative gesture that brings the act of enunciation to the fore. Specifically, he is interested in doubling devices, frames within frames, interventionist voiceovers and markers of punctuation. Metz is strongly associated with structuralism, semiotics and psychoanalysis, and he is seen as a great innovator in introducing them to the study of film. However, towards the end of his career Metz became interested in multimedia, cybernetics, technologies of multiple screens and the problematics of decentred, postmodern screen authorship. His surprising conclusions presage much of what is found in contemporary theorising of digital media, where the possibility is considered of a text which self-produces in such a way that the human element disappears. Thus, Metz's analysis suggests that at the heart of film analysis should be concepts which indeed have taken hold in digital and new media theory: emergence, self-assembly, self-reference, hypertext. My paper locates Metz's work of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when this book was being written, in the broader current of French cultural theory. This will situate his work alongside that of authors with whom he is not normally associated in the English-speaking world, e.g. Derrida, Deleuze and Latour. Biography Cormac Deane is Lecturer in Culture and Media Studies at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin. He was a recipient of the Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in 2013-14. He received his PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London, where he was a member of the London Consortium. He is the translator of the final work of Christian Metz, L'enonciation impersonnelle . Other recent and forthcoming articles may be found in: Science, Technology and Human Values (2015), Television Aesthetics and Style (Bloomsbury 2013), and The Journal of Sonic Studies (2012).


Oncocytoma (oxyphilic adenoma) is a rare benign tumour that arise mainly in salivary glands (0.4% to 1% of parotid tumours), thyroid, parathyroid, esophagus, respiratory tract, liver, stomach, kidneys and adrenal glands mainly in sixth decade with female predominance (1). WHO classifies oncocytic neoplasms mainly into three categories: oncocytoma, the commonest, oncocytosis and focal adenomatous oncocytic hyperplasia (3). Since most parotid oncocytomas are benign, parotidectomy with preservation of facial nerve is the preferred surgical treatment (4).


The present invention discloses a method used for shortening the sintering time of the refractory material of an electric furnace when a novel furnace is opened. Before the production of the first furnace of the newly opened furnace, a layer of petroleum coke recarbonizer is spread uniformly on the ramming material that has been arranged on the slope of the bottom of the furnace. The method can shorten the sintering time of the refractory material of the electric furnace when a novel furnace is opened, save the energy consumption of the electric furnace, and improve the quality of electric steelmaking. At the same time, the method ensures the excellent sintering effects of the refractory material on the bottom of the furnace, and prolongs the service life of the refractory material.


Copyright 2019 by Laamari K. This is an open-access article distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which allows to copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and reproduce in any medium or format, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited. cc A 35-year-old man consulted for calcified nodules of the scrotal skin. He complained of an impact on his sexual performance. The nodules progressively increased in size. He had no history of trauma or genitourinary or hormonal disorders. His physical examination revealed multiple bilateral calcified cutaneous lesions of the scrotum with no associated inflammation (Figure 1A). The dermatoscopic examination noted erythema with telangiectatic vessels (Figure 1B).


Pb (II) is a common water pollutant with high toxicity. According to the CDC, about 310,000 U.S. children of ages 1-5 have high levels of lead in their blood that it is due to the exposure to lead from plastic toys and other products. As a result, the development of ultrasensitive assays for the real-time detection of Pb(II) from plastic toys and paints is very important for water controlling, clinical toxicology and industrial processes. Driven by the need to detect trace amounts of Pb(II) from water samples, we report a label-free, highly selective and ultra sensitive glutathione modified gold nanoparticle based dynamic light scattering (DLS) probe for Pb(II) recognition in 100 ppt level from aqueous solution with excellent discrimination against other heavy metals. The sensitivity of our assay to detect Pb(II) level in water is almost 2 orders of magnitude higher than the EPA standard limit. We have also demonstrated that our DLS assay is capable of measuring the amount of Pb(II) in paint, plastic toys, and water from MS river. A possible mechanism and operating principles of our DLS assay have been discussed. Ultimately, this nanotechnology driven assay could have enormous potential applications in rapid, on-site monitoring of Pb(II) from day-to-day sample.


High-power impulse magnetron sputtering boasts high ionization, large coating density, and good film adhesion but suffers from drawbacks such as low deposition rates, unstable discharge, and different ionization rates for different materials. Herein, a cylindrical cathode in which the special cathode shape introduces the hollow cathode effect to enhance the discharge is described. To study the discharge performance of the cylindrical cathode, a hollow cathode effect modified time-dependent global model is established to fit the discharge current pulses. The simulation results indicate that the cylindrical cathode has relatively large Hall parameters of 24 (700 V) to 26 (1000 V). Compared to the planar cathode, the cylindrical cathode has a larger plasma density as a result of the hollow cathode effect. In addition, the ionization rate and ion return probability increase by about 3.0% and 4.3%, respectively. Particle transport derived from the plasma diffusion model shows that the magnetic field enables further diffusion of ions than atoms, resulting in nearly pure ion deposition on the substrate. The deposition rate and ion current measured experimentally support the simulation model and results, and this model provides a universal platform to simulate plasma systems with similar structures.


Toy doll assembly including a toy doll and a separate attached remote control unit which is electrically connected to the toy doll only by a two conductor cable, and comprising: an electronic control unit in the toy doll, the electronic control unit includes a signal generator for generating output signals and a control unit for receiving the output signals and controlling at least two actions of the doll by detecting predetermined period variations in the received output signals, a first action upon detection of a first predetermined period change is triggered in the output signals and a second action is triggered upon detection of a second predetermined period variation in the output signals; and wherein the remote control unit is electrically connected to the signal generator only by a first and a second electrical conductor of the cable, wherein the remote operating unit comprises a switch arrangement, which has at least a first switch in series with a first resistor in parallel with a second switch in series with is connected a second resistor, wherein the switching arrangement that when the first switch is closed the first resistance between the first and the second conductor is connected is connected between the first and second conductors so, and when the second switch is closed, the second resistor is connected between the first and the second conductor wherein the signal generator includes an electrical circuit arrangement that is connected to the first and / or second conductors so that when the first switch is closed the first resistance so in the ...