On the Web, visits of a page are often introduced by one or more valuable linking sources. Indeed, good back links are valuable resources for Web pages and sites. We propose to discovering and leveraging the best backlinks of pages for ranking. Similar to PageRank, MaxRank scores are updated {recursively}. In particular, with probability $\lambda$, the MaxRank of a document is updated from the backlink source with the maximum score; with probability $1-\lambda$, the MaxRank of a document is updated from a random backlink source. MaxRank has an interesting relation to PageRank. When $\lambda=0$, MaxRank reduces to PageRank; when $\lambda=1$, MaxRank only looks at the best backlink it thinks. Empirical results on Wikipedia shows that the global authorities are very influential; Overall large $\lambda$s (but smaller than 1) perform best: the convergence is dramatically faster than PageRank, but the performance is still comparable. We study the influence of these sources and propose a few measures such as the times of being the best backlink for others, and related properties of the proposed algorithm. The introduction of best backlink sources provides new insights for link analysis. Besides ranking, our method can be used to discover the most valuable linking sources for a page or Website, which is useful for both search engines and site owners.


The purpose of this study is to develop a model of environmental leadership in profit-oriented companies. The theoretical basis is strategic thinking which includes cognitive psychology, systems thinking, and games theory to realize the triple bottom line-oriented environmental leadership performance. The study used quantitative methods in all 25 Rural Banks in Semarang City from April to May 2021, which involved 339 respondents consisting of commissioners, directors, managers, supervisors, and executives . The empirical data was analyzed using SEM-AMOS. The models consist of SEM


The total variation is a measure of the complexity of a given solution to ${{(\varepsilon )} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{(\varepsilon )} {\varepsilon ^2 u''_\varepsilon }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\varepsilon ^2 u''_\varepsilon }} - f(x,u_\varepsilon ) = 0$. For stable solutions, under appropriate conditions on f, the total variation can be bounded uniformly in $\varepsilon $. This estimate provides sufficient compactness for relating the stable solutions of $(\varepsilon )$ to those of the limiting equation $(\varepsilon = 0)$.


Fertility of boar spermatozoa as determined following artificial insemination seems to be maintained during liquid preservation at 10–15°C for several days, although prolonged liquid preservations reduce the pregnancy rate rapidly. However, it is not clear if spermatozoa can penetrate into oocytes in an IVF system even after a prolonged liquid preservation. Oxidative stress could also be one of the possible detrimental factors in liquid preservation of spermatozoa. In the present study, fertility of liquid-preserved spermatozoa was examined using an IVM-IVF system. Whether cysteine can improve the fertility was also determined. Spermatozoa (from four Berkshires) was resuspended at 1 × 108 cells mL−1 in Modena solution containing 15% (v/v) boar seminal plasma and 0 or 5 mM cysteine after washing 3 times. Sperm suspensions (1 mL) were then preserved at 10°C for 22 days following a program for cooling down (to 15°C for 4 h, keeping at 15°C for 12 h and then to 10°C for 6 h). At Days 1, 8, 15 and 22 after the start of preservation, spermatozoa (5 × 105 cells mL−1) were co-cultured with IVM oocytes in an IVM/IVF system (Funahashi et al., 1997 Biol Reprod 57, 49–53). Viability and functional status of spermatozoa were also examined at Days 8 and 15 of preservation by using LIVE/DEAD sperm viability kit and CTC fluorescence assay. Data (mean ± SEM) from 4–6 replicates were analyzed by ANOVA and Fisher's protected LSD test. When spermatozoa that had been preserved without cysteine (Cys−) were used, penetration rates were not different (P > 0.05) from those with cysteine (Cys+) at Day 8 of preservation (91.4 ± 3.4% in Cys− and 99.3 ± 0.7% in Cys+), but lower (P < 0.02) at Days 15 and 22 (72.6 ± 13.6% and 33.8 ± 8.4% in Cys−; 94.8 ± 2.1% and 71.1 ± 10.8% in Cys+, respectively). Both viability and proportion of uncapacitated live cells were higher (P < 0.05) in Cys+ than Cys− at Days 8 and 15. These results demonstrate that boar spermatozoa can penetrate into oocytes in vitro even after a liquid preservation at 10°C for 22 days and that cysteine can improve the viability and penetrability in vitro of spermatozoa during liquid preservation. Supported by the Ito Foundation.


Application of a fuzzy expert system to the power system gives a common goal in the management of power systems specially for managing the system against voltage instability. Attempts are made in this paper to control voltage instability by load shedding using a fuzzy technique as a fuzzy controller. The fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory are applied to the problem formulated in the study system. The results of applying the proposed technique to the test system verifies its robustness and feasibility to calculate the optimum and minimum ratio of load shedding as a control to depress the voltage instability problem.


Background: Globally, opioid drug use is an important cause of premature mortality. In many countries, opioid using populations are ageing. The current study investigates mortality in a large cohort of opioid users; with a focus on testing whether excess mortality changes with age. Methods: 198,247 opioid users in England were identified from drug treatment and criminal justice sources (April, 2005 to March, 2009) and linked to mortality records. Mortality rates and standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated by age-group and gender. Results: There were 3974 deaths from all causes (SMR 5.7, 95% Confidence Interval: 5.5 to 5.9). Drug-related poisonings (1715) accounted for 43% of deaths. Relative to gender-and-age-appropriate expectation, mortality was elevated for a range of major causes including: infectious, respiratory, circulatory, liver disease, suicide, and homicide. Drug-related poisoning mortality risk continued to increase beyond 45 years and there were age-related increases in SMRs for specific causes of death (infectious, cancer, liver cirrhosis, and homicide). A gender by age-group interaction revealed that whilst men have a greater drug-related poisoning mortality risk than women at younger ages, the difference narrows with increasing age. Conclusion: Opioid users' excess mortality persists into old age and for some causes is exacerbated. This study highlights the importance of managing the complex health needs of older opioid users. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).


Introduction: With aging the body suffers decrease of hyaluronic acid bringing damage to the skin. Appearance directly impacts self-esteem, so the demand for aging retardation is so Brazilian Journal of health Review Braz. J. Hea. Rev., Curitiba, v. 3, n. 2, p.29953005 mar./apr. 2020. ISSN 2595-6825 2996 current, and the use of hyaluronic acid is so well-accepted to moisturize and improve skin appearance and facial structure and contour itself. In the market there are several brands and different densities of hyaluronic acid the aspects that differentiate them are related to purity, concentration, crosslinking process, degradation resistance. Immediate adverse events usually manifest with mild inflammation, pain with application site sensitivity, bruising and erythema varying from each patient's sensitivity. Objective: To perform a descriptive analysis and identify the adverse effects and behaviors taken by professionals regarding complications with the use of hyaluronic acid resulting from procedures performed in facial harmonization. Methodology: This work is a literature review based on scientific studies published in databases such as PubMed, Scielo and Lilacs, from 1996 to 2019, with 25 articles chosen. Conclusion: In facial filling techniques, which use hyaluronic acid as a substance to correct facial volume loss, the main complications reported are: allergy, granulomas, hypervolumization, edema, pain, hematoma, necrosis and vascular occlusion.


Study from the principle and composition of the middle large common rail system,the paper introduced the overall technical proposal of the FCRS2-LE type common rail system for a 16V diesel engine.The common rail pump、injector、pipe and ECU were detailed introduced on structural concept、technical features and performance characteristics.The engine test results showed good feasibility of the technical proposal.


(LI et al., 1982; LI and WANG, 1985). A table of the mammalian faunas from different genetic sediments in North China has been made (Fig. 1). Among these faunas more than 20 associate with human fossils. The most of them have been dated by one or numerous dating techniques (Table 1). Geographical distribution of these faunas can be seen in Fig. 2. Gongwangling fauna is the earliest mammalian fauna associated with Homo erectus in North China. There are many typical members of Stegodon-Ailuropoda fauna such as Ailuropoda melanoleuca, Stegodon orientalis, Nestoritherium sinensis, Tapirus sinensis and others in the constitution of the fauna. The whole fauna shows a strong character of oriental realm. It is indicated that Gongwangling Lantian Man might live in forest environment under more warm climatic condition than that of the Guanzhong Plain, even in the Hanshui River drainage today. The Haixing transgression just happend in Bohai and Huanghai area at that time (Table 2).


An inverter and a display apparatus having the same are provided to simplify manufacturing process by implementing a circuit using only PMOS transistors. An inverter includes first, second, and third transistors(M1,M2,M3) with a PMOS(P-ch. Metal Oxide Semiconductor) type, and a capacitor(C). The first transistor, which is connected to a first source voltage line, receives an input signal to a gate thereof. The second transistor, which is connected to the first source voltage line and an output terminal(OUT), receives the input signal to a gate thereof. The third transistor is connected between the second transistor and the second source voltage line. A first electrode of the capacitor is connected to the first transistor and a second electrode thereof is connected to a gate of the third transistor.


The aim of this study is to learn how people who speak different languages interpret the same topics and to compare the results obtained and reveal the difference between their perspectives. To learn this point of view, we must first turn to open source intelligence. In this excecution, a sentiment analysis application was designed using the Python programming language and the Natural Language Processing algorithms in the texts, which were taken as a data set of comments in Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian and English languages from social media. As the data set, the comments made on 4 subjects: the declaration of Hagia Sophia as a mosque, the objection events that started with the natural gas hike in Kazakhstan, the natural disasters in Turkey, the Ukraine crisis. After loading the texts in four languages from the network environment, after preprocessing, the text was divided into 8 different categories (neutral, fear, joy, anger, sadness, surprise, disgust, shame) by means of the application written in Python programming language based on Data Mining and Machine Learning topics. In the study, precision, sensitivity and F1 score were obtained by using Random Decision Forests, KNN Near Neighbor Algorithm, Decision Trees, Support Vector Machine, Naive Bayes Algorithm, Logistic Regression, which are machine learning methods. By comparing the results, it was determined that the Logistic Regression method obtained the highest result. A sentiment analysis model was created using the Logistic Regression method, and sentiment analysis was performed for each subject at separation and the results were compared.


The effects of colchicine treatment on the growth, differentiation and mutagenesis of orchid PLBs were studied. The results showed that colchicine treatment had inhibition effects on the growth and differentiation of PLBs, and the higher concentration colchicine was, the stronger the inhibition effect was. Different treatment time caused the different effects. Regenerated plants were found mutant in sturdy, variegation, dark color and so on. The ratio of variants regenerated from PLBs treated with colchicine was obviously higher than that of control. The high variants happened in treatment of 0.10% colchicine and 48h.=


Femtosecond laser has the feature of ultra-short and ultra-fast. In recent years, femtosecond laser has been used extensively in the field of new energy, automobiles, large aircraft, and biomedical fields. The femtosecond laser induced surface structure has the advantages of simple process, fast processing speed and high fineness, and it is one of the most widely used surface structure preparation method. Femtosecond laser induced surface periodic structures have wide range of applications in many areas, such as hydrophobic surface or hydrophilic surface, color effect, surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS), and so on. Inspired by micro-nanostructures with unique functions on various of biological surfaces in nature, researchers use femtosecond laser micro-nanofabrication produce technology to prepare controlled periodic micro-nano structures on metals, dielectrics, and semiconductor surfaces. Thus playing a role in improving the surface properties of metals. For example, butterflies and birds have very beautiful colors, superhydrophobicty of lotus leaves, shark skin can reduce frictional resistance, strong adsorption capacity of gecko claws, and so on. The improvement of material surface properties can bring about the realization of new functions and the development of related technology, it can effectively serve the production and life of human beings. This article introduces the development and research status of the surface periodic structure induced by femtosecond laser, and discusses the influence of materials, laser pulse parameters, processing methods and processing environment on the surface periodic structure. The application prospect of femtosecond laser induced surface periodic structure are pointed out, and the challenges it faces at present stage are summarized.


As global price hike of conventional fuel has taken place, there requires a feasible solution to the usage and dependency of expensive conventional fuels and hence following the IMO resolutions, extensive research has been conducted and the research aims to create a comparative analysis between LPG and conventional marine fuels and see whether LPG can be used as an alternative fuel for the marine engines in Bangladesh effectively. An experiment is conducted and from there it has been observed that LPG gives better performance than Diesel, and it is more cost-efficient with the data of market predictions collected from a renowned engine importer from Bangladesh. To carry out the research, the study of different research papers on LPG as a fuel used in different methods were thoroughly conducted, besides which the experimental analysis was done too to back the statements where LPG is used as a part of a dual-fuel system along with Diesel. The objective of the study was to check the possibility of LPG as a Marine Fuel in different aspects of the Marine Sector of Bangladesh.


ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to discuss the transcendental status of Kant's moral philosophy. Despite what is usually thought among scholars, we intend to demonstrate that morality for Kant is not part of transcendental philosophy. We shall at first recall the reasons that have driven Kant to separate morality from the transcendental philosophy. Kant's position seems both firm and clear: morality, although involving a priori concepts such as the moral law, is not a transcendantal knowledge because its major concept, the will, is not pure enough; it refers somehow to experience. On the other hand, after considering the positions of renowned scholars such as Gueroult, Delbos, and Höffe, who claim that Kant's morality became partially or totally transcendantal since the writing of the Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, we suggest that Kant had then found the right way to establish on a critical basis a future metaphysics of morals.


A chip for the concurrent processing of many real time multi-media streams has three independent and uncorrelated video input channels. They are stored in and retrieved from an external SDRAM to be displayed on a TV set using PC-like multiple windows. Graphics data generated by an external CPU is read from SDRAM to be blended with the composition of the video.


The work reported in this paper is focused on the particular problem of detecting mines buried in the sediment layer of shallow water environments. This is relevant to the detection of mines buried in beaches, surf zone or wet agricultural areas such as rice paddy fields. A reduced scale Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) detector is used in a laboratory setting to evaluate the capability of the EIT technology to detect mine-like objects buried in a layer of sand, underwater. Detection results are presented for two correlation methods developed using signatures measured for known mine-like objects located at several relative positions with respect to an electrode array. Discrimination results are also presented for two mine-like objects of similar shape and different size. Finally, recommendations are made for future research and implementation.


Longyin-Yakou Lead Zinc Mine is characterized by near surface vein,quasi-lamellar form output,thin ore seam and high content.It is chiefly produced in the tensile,tensile——twisting faults and the area between their derivative secondary small faults and inter-seam sliding space.The structure control is obvious.By analyzing the geological characteristics of Longyin_Yakou Lead Zinc Mine and its prospecting factors,it is believed that there is a good prospecting promise to Longyin_yankou area.


During the second half of the 1990s, the Czech economy experienced a sharp increase in the unemployment rate. The authors attempt to determine whether this was caused by structural changes, worsening labor-market performance, or by the changing business-cycle position. This has direct implications for both monetary and fiscal policy. The authors use NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) estimates using time-varying NAIRU. The estimates indicate that the NAIRU increased between 1996 and 2002 by approximately 1.5 percent. Estimated increases in the NAIRU can be associated with the worsening of labor-market efficiency.


Through adaptive deformation of digital holograms it is possible to manage and control the depth of focus in 3D imaging. Objects lying at different distances can be set simultaneously infocus.


This article examines the remembrance of World War I in Slovenia during three distinct periods of the nation's history: 1918–1941, 1941–1991 and 1991 to the present. The work argues that the memory and remembrance of World War I has been categorically underrepresented in the official histories of the last ninety years for a number of political and ideological reasons. Having been tailored to fit a narrative of national liberation and the excising of Habsburg influence during the period of interwar Yugoslavia, World War I was then eclipsed by World War II and most recently independent Slovenia's search for new historical heroes. The effects of this selective remembrance are particularly visible in the changing historiography and the construction or destruction of physical memorials to the Great War in Slovenia. The article argues that the comparatively unknown history of World War I is not unique to Slovenes but is also characteristic of the other successor states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The officially neglected remembrance of the Great War in East Central Europe stands in stark contrast to the official efforts of western states to keep that memory alive.


Acknowledgements Funding from ESRC and DfID, grant number RES-167-25-0124, is gratefully acknowledged. All errors are our own. Abstract This paper investigates the effects of adversities directly affecting other household members, on child participation in school and work in rural Colombia. We consider adversities affecting separately the household head and siblings of the child. The first adversity is the departure of the head from the household. This is likely to induce a negative income shock, assuming that the head is the main breadwinner, and can affect child time use in the presence of credit and insurance market failures. The second adversity is the ill-health of siblings. This can have effects on child time use either due to the presence of credit constraints, or the existence of direct interactions between siblings in production. We find evidence that the departure of the household head affects negatively the schooling of males, and increases their participation in paid work. We attribute this effect to a negative income shock, as it holds even conditional on other changes that may occur with the head departing the household, such as a change in the education level and gender of the new decision-maker. By considering the effects of sibling ill-health, we find evidence consistent with complementarities between brothers in production, rather than sibling interactions being driven by resource constraints.


An investigation of the ion density produced inside the Chi Kung reactor at 250 W and 0.30 mtorr was performed through Langmuir probe measurements. Three-dimensional interpolation combined these data to produce a 3-D density volume. The resulting image was used to identify three distinct regions of differing density: power deposition, acceleration, and expansion. The ion density over these regions was found to vary from ~1.3 times 1010 to ~2.7 times 1011 cm-3.


We review the construction of three Smale spaces associated to a unimodular Pisot substitution on d letters: a subshift of finite type (SFT), a substitution tiling space, and a hyperbolic toral automorphism on the Euclidean d-torus. By considering an SFT whose elements are biinfinite, rather than infinite, paths in the graph associated to the substitution, we modify a well-known map to obtain a factor map between our SFT and the hyperbolic toral automorphism on the d-torus given by the incidence matrix of the substitution. We prove that if the tiling substitution forces its border, then this factor map is the composition of an s-resolving factor map from the SFT to a one-dimensional substitution tiling space and a u-resolving factor map from the tiling space to the d-torus.


Background: Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L., Moench) is the 5th most important food crop in the world. But its production in Ethiopia is adversely affected by different biotic and abiotic constraints among which sorghum anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum sublineolum is the major one. Methodology: In this perspective, it is imperative to assess the distribution and severity of sorghum anthracnose along varying agro-ecologies of Southwestern and Western Ethiopia. A total of 117 sorghum farms in 15 districts of 5 administrative zones within two regional states were assessed. Results: The disease was found to be widely distributed in all sorghum growing regions of the surveyed areas with 100% incidence. The severity of sorghum anthracnose varied significantly (p<0.001) among the 15 districts. The highest severity index of about 87.3 was recorded in Nejo while the lowest severity of about 59.5 was estimated in Leka Dulecha district. The disease was strongly influenced by altitudinal gradients, cropping system and weed management practices. Isolates of C. sublineolum collected from different areas showed variations in both cultural characteristics and conidia morphology, though all of them were pathogenic to sorghum but not to maize plants. Conclusion: Since, sorghum anthracnose is highly prevalent and very severe in all regions of Southwestern and Western parts of Ethiopia, giving due attention in developing effective management strategy is critical.


The purpose of this study was to apply a Social Network Game SNG for teaching visual merchandising to college students. Based on design-based research paradigm, the present study utilized the EGameFlow model to measure students' perceived enjoyment of using the SNG, Fashion World, in visual merchandising classes. In addition, this study examined which dimensions of EGameFlow were significant indicators of student satisfaction. Findings from this study suggest that the use of an SNG can be an effective tool in teaching visual merchandising. A majority of positive trends in constructs of EGameFlow suggested students enjoyed the use of this SNG as a learning tool. In addition, challenge and immersion were significant indicators of student satisfaction through the game. Discussion and implications for using SNGs as a teaching tool were provided based on the results of this study.


Summary form only given, as follows. A survey of low-energy electron spectra measured by the LEPA instrument on the CRRES spacecraft has uncovered a trapped low-energy electron population at L-values down to 1.8. Electrons in the 0.2-30 keV energy range have penetrated deeply into the magnetosphere on a number of occasions. LEPA data have been obtained for two orbits, one on January 20, 1991, the other on January 30, 1991, which show these trapped populations. The trapped electrons consist of discrete energy bands. The reason that electrons are found in discrete energy bands and not a continuous distribution is not known. The L-distribution of the five bands of trapped electrons measured on these two orbits is consistent with adiabatic acceleration. The possible acceleration mechanisms of these low-energy electrons have been considered. Pitch-angle distributions, distribution functions of the electrons, and the distributions of number density with radial distance have also been obtained.


Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are widespread in renal transplant (RTx) recipients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) as the predominant form. It is necessary to determine if AB is a risk factor for symptomatic UTIs.


Objective Bone marrow microenvironment is a complex network structure consisting of non-hematopoietic cells,hematopooietic stem cells,extracellular matrix and various cytokines.Its components interact to support normal hematopoiesis.Recent researches find that the generation of many diseases is closely related to bone marrow microenvironment.Mouse models have confirmed that bone marrow microenvironment plays an important role in the original generation and maintenance of malignant diseases of hematopoietic system,and that the interaction of tumor cells and matrix can change microenvironment to maintain the growth of tumor cells.This paper reviews the new progress in research of bone marrow microenvironment and its role in generation and development of myelodysplastic syndromes.


This article addresses the figural dimension of Gilles Deleuze's thought in terms of the twofold relation of forces aligned with the dualism of figures emerging in the visual image. The drive towards the differentiation of haptic figures provides an insight into the anti-representative approach to figurative clichéof painting to reveal the crucial tropes of figural presence and the profound understanding of Deleuzian decentration by addressing the inner context of his writings and external writings commenting on his thought. In this essay, I review Deleuze's argument, his use and critique of Riegl, the central place of what he calls hapticity in this vision, and consider his attempt to illustrate what this "sensation"might be.


The paper put forward two widenable control schemes based on different characteristic quantity, solving the same control problem from different aspects through the selection of the two variables. After the emulational study of non-linear subjects, the paper concluded the schemes had guiding significance of practical control projects.


ABSTRACT As the custodians of a particularly diverse cult of saints, the monks of Ely faced a commemorative dilemma in the in late eleventh century. The abbey's cult centred around the virgin queen St Æthelthryth, whose incorruptible body exemplified the integrity of the monastic community. Ely's reverence for Æthelthryth extended to her female kindred, as the monks also venerated her sisters Wihtburh and Seaxburh, alongside her niece Eormenhild. Unlike Æthelthryth, Seaxburh and Eormenhild had historical traditions of motherhood and bodily corruptibility, impelling the monks to balance their saints' conflicting virtues in commemorative literature. This article explores the shifting merits of the Ely mothers as represented in eleventh-century liturgy and hagiography. The study begins by examining the mothers' pre-Conquest liturgical commemoration, with a focus on their appearance in litanies and proper mass sets. It then analyses the Ely hagiography of Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, arguing that he worked to reconcile the kindreds' virtues.


Objective:To investigate the relationship between day-night rhythm,serum levels of high sensitive C.reactive protein (hs-CRP)and urinary microalbumin in the initial hypertension.Methods:186 essential hypertensive patients were divided into 2 groups according to the blood pressure-decreasing ratio,group A(dipping group)71 cases,group B(non-dipping group)115 cases.The grade of atheroma and hs-CRP was examined at the same time.Results:The difference of hs-CRP and the grade of urinary microalbumin were significant,group Bgroup A (P0.01).Conclusion:In 186 essential hypertensive patients,day-night rhythm correlated with inflammation and carotid atherosclerosis.


Abstract Recently, there has been a rapidly growing trend in non-English-speaking countries for English to be adopted as the medium of instruction in higher education. Consequently, it has become necessary to conduct research that will guide lecturers in effectively adopting (EMI) on campus. This paper presents a blended learning strategy that integrates a cloud learning environment (CLE) to give students the opportunity to experience online learning activities. A two-group experiment shows that the use of this CLE-integrated learning strategy can greatly improve students' learning results, strengthen their professional skills, and increase their motivation. These findings may be attributable to the reduced anxiety among students, increased access to learning resources and sufficient support available under the CLE-integrated learning strategy. Thus, this study confirms the positive effect of CLEs on courses that use EMI.


By W. Riezler Munich : R. Oldenbourg Verlag. Pp. viii + 382. Price DM 31.50. This is a most unusual introduction to nuclear physics. One's first reaction to the almost complete absence of any discussion of nuclear forces is that this is Hamlet without the Prince, but riper reflection shows that there is a good deal of method in this particular madness.


The present invention relates to a technical field of organic chemistry catalysis and polymerization of cyclic esters provides catalytic metal complexes and their use in catalytic polymerization of the cyclic ester. The metal complex of the formula or wherein, R, R, R, R, are each independently selected alkane group of the C-C, C-C cycloalkane group of olefin-based C-C, C- C alkynyl groups, or; R, R are each independently selected alkane group of the C-C, C-C alkoxy group or a hydrogen atom; M is Sn, Mg, Ca or Zn. The metal complex compound suitable cyclic ester ring-opening polymerization, and the co-initiator may be added simultaneously. The product of the present invention, the metal complex has a high catalytic activity e- caprolactone, and other lactones, and lactide monomer, and the polymerization reaction narrow molecular weight distribution, and molecular size can be adjusted, having the characteristics of living polymerization.


In this paper,the uniqueness problem of meromorphic functions that share three values is investigated.Applying Nevanlinnas Second Main Theorem,the author estimates the multiplicites of the zeros and the poles of the relative functions more carfully,and therefore he establishes the relationship between two meromorphic functions that share two values CM and a third value IM under weaker conditions.The results obtained in this paper improve Qiu's relative results.


The effects of nylon 6 matrix viscosity and a multifunctional epoxy interfacial modifier on the notched impact strength of the blends of nylon 6 with a maleic anhydride modified polyethylene-octene elastomer/semi-crystalline polyolefin blend (TPEg) were studied by means of morphological observation, and mechanical and rheological tests. Because the viscosity of the TPEg is much higher than that of nylon 6, an increase in the viscosity of nylon 6 reduces the viscosity mismatch between the dispersed phase and the matrix, and increases notched impact strength of the blends. Moreover, addition of 0.3 to 0.9 phr of the interfacial modifier leads to a finer dispersion of the TPEg and greatly improves the notched impact strength of the nylon 6/TPEg blends. This is because the multi-epoxy interfacial modifier can react with nylon 6 and the maleated TPEg. The reaction with nylon 6 increases the viscosity of the matrix while the coupling reaction at the interface between nylon 6 and the maleated TPEg leads to better compatibilization. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 2664–2672, 1999


Three Devonian successions in the Central and Eastern Taurides (Eceli, Halevikdere, and Kocadere), each of them 900 to 1200 m thick, have been studied in detail with respect to sedimentology, facies, biostratigraphy and
global events (Wehrmann et al. 2010). During the Devonian, the Central and Eastern Taurides were situated at the northern margin of the Gondwana Supercontinent. The sediments described were deposited on this margin in
coastal to shelf environments. Despite similar large-scale trends – e.g., siliciclastic dominated lower parts, carbonate dominated middle parts, mixed siliciclastic/carbonate upper parts – regional differences in the sedimentary sequences can be distinguished, especially for the lower part of the Devonian. After some biostratigraphical data from the Eastern Tauride region were reported a few years ago (Goncuoglu et al. 2004 and literature therein), sufficient data have now been recovered to allow the subdivision of the successions at stage level, permitting their approximate correlation and comparison with the regional lithostratigraphy.


Joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) and Ehlers‐Danlos syndrome, hypermobility type (EDS‐HT) are two markedly overlapping heritable connective tissue disorders. The cumulative frequency of JHS and EDS‐HT seems high, but their recognition remains an exclusion diagnosis based on different sets of diagnostic criteria. Although proposed by a panel of experts, clinical identity between JHS and EDS‐HT is still a matter of debate due to unknown molecular basis. We present 23 families with three or more individuals with a diagnosis of JHS and/or EDS‐HT. Rough data from the 82 individuals were used to assess the frequency of major and minor criteria, as well as selected additional features. A series of statistical tools were applied to assess intrafamilial and interfamilial variability, emphasizing intergenerational, and intersex differences. This study demonstrates marked heterogeneity within and between families in terms of agreement of available diagnostic criteria. In 21 pedigrees affected individuals belong to two or three phenotypic sub‐categories among JHS, EDS‐HT, and JHS + EDS‐HT overlap. Intergenerational analysis depicts a progressive shifting, also within the same pedigree, from EDS‐HT in childhood, to JHS + EDS‐HT in early adulthood and JHS later in life. Female‐male ratio is 2.1:1, which results lower than previously observed in unselected patients' cohorts. In these pedigrees, JHS, EDS‐HT, and JHS + EDS‐HT segregate as a single dominant trait with complete penetrance, variable expressivity, and a markedly evolving phenotype. This study represents a formal demonstration that EDS‐HT and JHS contitute the same clinical entity, and likely share the same genetic background, at least, in familial cases. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


Novel SiO2-Al2O3-La2O3 glass shows a switching efficiency η ≤ 70 % in τ = 140 fs for dual wavelengths optical Kerr gating at 1 TW/cm2 and is compared to other Kerr materials with larger n2.


This paper presents alternative computing methods for power related quantities using wavelet transforms. First of all, two alternatives for classical reactive power quantities based on real wavelet transform are given, having advantages over the methods published in literature for the calculation of reactive power. They are based on the implementation of a time delay in the wavelet domain and an a method splitting the current in an active and reactive component. Secondly, a totally different method is presented using complex wavelet transforms, allowing the formulation of power definitions in the time-frequency domain itself, similar to Fourier-based power definitions, but theoretically yielding continuously varying power quantities. All approaches are illustrated with examples.


The free v ibration problem of thin isotropic plates incorporating the effect. of geometric non-linearity is studied by developing a specific numerical methodology. The problem is formulated by using a variational method. The large amplitude vibration problem is addressed by solving the corresponding static problem first through an iterative schemne using a relaxation parameter. Subsequently. with the resulting displacement field, the dynamic problem is solved as a standard eigenvalue problem. The assumed deflection field, required for the analysis, is constituted through linear combinations of beam vibration modes corresponding to the specific boundary conditions of the plate. Typical results for the square plates, in the form of backbone curves, have been furnished in the dimensionless amplitude-frequency plane. Two different combinations of the boundary conditions for the purpose are chosen following an earlier benchmark work. Much insight on large amplitude dynamic behavior of the plate is obtained through the vibration mode shapes. presented for each case. A comparison of the results of the reduced problem with those of earlier studies indicates excellent agreement.


Desorption spectra have been obtained which show that there are at least three β phases of hydrogen desorbed from a tungsten filament. The β2 phase was desorbed with second-order kinetics. The replacement of hydrogen by nitrogen and by carbon monoxide was observed, and simple replacement mechanisms are proposed for these processes and the replacement of carbon monoxide by nitrogen. When carbon was preadsorbed on the surface, the β1 phase of hydrogen and all the β phases of carbon monoxide and nitrogen were reduced, but the α phase of carbon monoxide was increased. A concept of identical and nonidentical sites is introduced to explain these results.


SUMMARY. This paper summarises recent attempts to safeguard children's welfare in the courtroom. Drawing on international research and practice developments, the paper compares programmes that prepare children for their role as witnesses with reforms designed to protect children once they testify. Benefits and disadvantages associated with both approaches are highlighted, and the paper concludes that all professionals have a responsibility to promote children's welfare in the courtroom.


Usually microstrip patch antennas radiate at the broadside direction. Instead of the broadside direction, if a patch antenna radiates in a different direction in a controlled way, it may open a novel way of antenna array miniaturisation. For conventional patch antennas, higher order resonance modes are usually considered entirely useless due to the splitting of the maximum radiated power. In this work, a generic process of modifying the higher order natural resonance mode has been proposed by using metamaterial. Owing to this modification, maximum radiation in a particular direction has been achieved while the gain of the side lobe has been decreased at a great instinct. Furthermore, the main lobe is far shifted than the conventional broadside direction. Interestingly, the proposed dual band antenna radiates in two different directions in two different radiating bands, which can be very useful for the possible miniaturisation of printed antenna array.


Soil samples from Surtsey were analysed for chemical properties, number of fungal colony forming units and phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiles. The temperature in the samples varied from 16 to 74°C. The microbial biomass in the samples was rather low, which may be due to environmental stress. There was a separation of the microbial communities in hot and temperate habitats as evaluated by principal component analysis. The dominating phospholipid fatty acids in hot soils were branched fatty acids, which primarily are found in Gram-positive bacteria. There are also a significant decrease in fatty acids characteristic of Gram-negative bacteria with increasing temperature. INTRODUCTION One method to estimate the total microbial biomass is the extraction and quantification of phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs), which are located in cell membranes of all living organisms (Ratledge & Wilkinson 1988). Results from the PLFA technique have been shown to correlate well with other methods for estimating microbial biomass (Federle 1986, Frostegird et al. 1991, Tunlid & White 1992, Zelles et al. 1995), and the turnover rates of PLFA after death of the organisms seem to be rather fast (White et al. 1979, Tollefson & McKercher 1983, Klamer & Biith 1998). The major advantage of using this technique is, however, the possibility to separate the microbial biomass into major taxonomic groups. This can be achieved because' different groups of organisms have PLFAs, which are almost exclusively found within the group. For example 10Me16:O (for the nomenclature of the PLFA see Materials and Methods) has been suggested as marker for Desul fobac t spp. in marine sediments (Dowling et al. 1986), and 10Me18:O has been suggested as a marker for actinomycetes (Tunlid & White 1992). 18:26,9 is almost exclusively found in eucaryotes, mainly in fungi and plants (Federle 1986, Wellburn et al. 1994, Zelles 1997), although it has been found in some marine bacteria ('Johns & Perry 1977). In the same way one group of PLFAs are mainly found in Gram-negative (Federle 1986, Zelles 1997) and one in Gram-positive bacteria (O'Leary & Wilkinson 1988, Tunlid & White 1992, Zelles 1997). Thus compared to classic methods like, e.g. direct counts of cells and hyphae (Domsch et al. 1979, Elmholt & Kj Aler 1987) and fumigation-extraction techniques Uenkinson & Powlson 1976, Anderson & Domsch 1978), it is possible to estimate the viable biomass of both fungi and bacteria with the same technique and even within the same sample (Lechevalier & Lechevalier 1988, Frostegird & Biith 1996). Therefore the PLFA technique has been widely used to estimate changes in the composition of the microbial community in natural systems, e.g. aquatic systems (King et al. 1977, Gillan & Hogg 1984, Kieft et al. 1997), soils (Zelles et al. 1994, Bigth et al. Surtsey Research 11 :3 7-42, Reykjavik 2000 37


Modeling of the cardiac cycle and respiration signals helps to understand the characterization of these functions and determines any disorders of the heart and lungs function. In this research, Matlab software have been used to synthesize two equivalent electric circuit networks from signals of breathing and non-breathing. The signals are generated from a piezoelectric sensor placed on the chest. Prony toolbox have been used to extract transfer function that represents the signals, then Foster method have been utilized to synthesize the circuit networks. The equivalent circuits included five resonators with an inductance in series in the case of the heart beat signal. At breathing signal, the effect of the lungs added to the previous circuit a capacitor in series with the other components.


Abstract Microstructure evolution and pattern formation during directional solidification of dilute Sn–Pb system were analysed. Planar, cellular and dendritic morphologies were obtained by adequate thermal gradient and interface velocity control. The samples were obtained from pure elements in concentrations of 0·05, 1·0 and 4·0 wt-%Pb. Growth was carried out in a Bridgman device in the velocity range of 0·38–30 μm s−1 at thermal gradients from 1·3 to 2·6°C mm−1. The samples were examined using metallographic techniques to determine their morphology and dimensional characteristics. The system was analysed to describe the different stages of evolution of the morphology and transitions. It was observed that both primary cellular and dendritic spacing decreased with increasing velocity. However, in the cellular–dendritic transition zone, an important increase in spacing was detected and basically associated with convective effects during irregular cellular growth.


This paper attempts to convey what it feels like to be with another person who has experienced, and continues to experience, terror. The author has worked for almost 25 years in a service she runs in Sweden based on providing alternative 'family homes' for children and adults (Håkansson, 2009; Mackler, 2011) most of whom have been repeatedly hospitalized. The paper tries to communicate the most fundamental requirement for working with extreme emotional states, the ability to sit with another's pain without feeling that one has to, or can, immediately alleviate that pain and without denying how that pain relates to one's own feelings and experiences.


Apparently, the "fixed-inventory nature of the price determination problem" refers to the characteristic of public goods that once a unit is made available to one person, it is available at zero marginal cost to all. But I cannot see where that characteristic has anything to do with the degree to which producers (insiders and "outsiders") compete to acquire customers. All prospective producers of (perfectly substitutable) telecasts compete to sign up subscribers for particular time slots. The supply of prospective producers can be as elastic as one wishes to assume. If one such rival attempts to set


Abstract : A method of evaluating broad categories of gas generating chemicals for deballasting applications is described. The evaluation can determine reactant quantities, costs, and lift efficiencies; and it provides a rapid and convenient method for comparing the performance of gas generating systems. (Author)


This research has as main objective to identify the didactic of peace used in the subject "Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación" of the Departamento de Formación Lasallista of La Salle University. This research recognizes the following categories as the main categories: didactics by Sacristán (1981), memory by Vasquez and Turriago (2016), Todorov (2014) and Salcedo (2016), peace by Leiva (2012) and Valerio (2014), education for peace by Hoepper (2002) and Almenta (2012) and finally reconciliation by Vásquez and Turriago (2016). The research is qualitative with a descriptive method; therefore, the results are presented from a semi-structured interview made to three (3) teachers of the mentioned subject, for a triangulation with the theory. Finally, it has a significant conclusion that in the subject of "Memory, Peace and Reconciliation", teachers use a didactic model, which allows them to carry out sessions where students are encouraged to learn subjects as memory, peace and reconciliation in a meaningful way.


As malware's hazards grow from home computers to industrial control systems, detection has become mission crucial. This paper describes malware detection system predicated upon deep learning for detecting as well as categorizing malevolent software. Our paper offers convolutional neural network-based malware detection method that is very accurate and efficient. The system proceeds with binary file as input and determines whether it's harmful or benign. The binaries are just lightly preprocessed, and feature discovery is left to the network during training. A key distinction from existing convolutional neural networks.


The Marianne Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception was administered to 31 preschool children (19 boys and 12 girls) whose mean age was 68 mo. An item analysis showed that 52% of the test items satisfied the requirements with regard to degree of difficulty and discrimination. KR-20 reliability coefficients varied between 0.31 and 0.58 for the different subtests, with r = 0.72 for the full scale.


The aim of this work is the study of the distribution types of melanin in the cells of the cortical layer of the hair at Karakul lambs brown, beige coloring to estimate the parameters of variability of pigmentation cells as an additional criterion for identification of phenotype suit and to understand histo-physiological basis for the formation of color. Black coloring is taken as control. Material for the study was based on samples of hair shorn from newborn Karakul lambs with dorsal body surface in the region of the sacrum. The relationship of the distribution of melanin in the keratinocytes of the cortical layer of the hair was studied by the method of preparation of smears from Macerata hair. For black lambs modal class is 3, where melanosomes are evenly distributed in the squamous cells. In brown and beige samples modal class is 2, the frequency of cells growing in importance in comparison with black hair, mainly due to the lower frequency classes 3 and 4, the presence of type 0 class is explained by high content of individual melanosomes and their uniform distribution along the length of the hair. The results of the studies are of great importance to clarify the features of melanogenesis.


BACKGROUND: Brain tumor is often a devastating disease associated with significant impairment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We evaluated reliability of the SF-36 questionnaire for assessment of HRQoL in neurosurgical brain tumor patients. METHODS: Consecutive patients admitted for primary brain tumor surgery were considered for this prospective study. On admission, patients were evaluated for HRQoL (SF-36 scale), functional status (Barthel index or BI) and depressive symptom severity (Beck depression inventory-II or BDI-II). RESULTS: Two-hundred and fourteen patients (70% women and 30% men; mean age 55.8 ± 14.4 years) completed the study. The most common brain tumor diagnoses were meningioma (40%), high-grade glioma (18%) and pituitary adenoma (13%). The lowest scores were on the SF-36 General health (48.3 ± 20.0), Role limitations due to physical problems (53.2 ± 42.5) and Energy/vitality (53.7 ± 21.5) subscales. Internal consistency of individual SF-36 subscales was acceptable for all but Social functioning subscale of the SF-36 questionnaire with Cronbach's coefficients alpha ranging from 0.92 for Physical functioning subscale to 0.69 for General health subscale of the SF-36. There was a moderate-to-strong correlation of the Role limitations due to emotional problems, Energy/vitality and Emotional well-being SF-36 subscales with the BDI-II scores (Pearson's correlation coefficients r range from -0.30 to -0.66; p-values <0.001). Scores on the SF-36 Physical functioning and Role limitations due to physical problems correlated with BI scores (0.49 and 0.25, p-values <0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In neurosurgical brain tumor patients, the greatest impairment was found in General health, Role limitations due to physical problems and Energy/vitality domains of HRQoL. The SF-36 subscales had acceptable internal consistency with an exception of Social functioning subscale. The SF-36 subscales pertaining to physical health and emotional health aspects of HRQoL demonstrated adequate construct validity. The SF-36 is a reliable measure of HRQoL in neurosurgical brain tumor patients.


Erosion and sedimentation are common problems in Peru's coastal, highland, high jungle, and low jungle regions. The highlands and high jungle are the regions with the most serious problems due to their physiographic climatic, and socio-economic characteristics. Main problems in these regions are rill, gully,and mass erosion. Promising solutions are based on local traditional technology: terracing and agroforestry. Teamwork of Peruvian and external institutions keeps research and extension projects going. Because of the magnitude of the problem, new projects are needed. Some specific topics needing more attention are management of steep lands, landslide research, and erosion and sedimentation processes in jungle watersheds.


Exercising the autonomy of the villagers is a great move in the construction of democratic politics in the countryside at the grass roots level.To exercise the autonomy of the villagers is bound to be constrained and restricted by the factors of circumstances,such as the macro legislation of the state,administrative enforcement of laws by the basic level political power of the city,county,and the township,and the micro circumstances of legal systemwithin the region in the countryside.Therefore,to put forth effort to reform the lawful circumstances of the villagers' autonomy will essentially promote the progress of the villagers' autonomy in the countryside.


Purpose – This paper aims to reconstruct the metaphor of classroom learning in plural cultural context. It underscores the essential complexity of the human learning and argues for multiple pedagogical practices as a tool for instructional engagement. Design/methodology/approach – Technological innovations have given new meanings and interpretations to the social vocabulary of learning across the world. These innovations have created cultural contexts in which metaphor of classroom learning needs to be revisited and reassessed. It discusses the concept of classroom learning in a humanistic cultural context and explores a methodological framework for multiple pedagogic practices a tool for learning engagement based on critique of divergent themes in pedagogical literature. Findings – It is argued that classroom learning is a complex microcosm of human bodies, minds and cultures, necessitating major adaptations, both from teachers and learners. It is a continuous engagement, borne out of mutual willingness ...


Understanding Everyday Participation- Articulating Cultural Values (UEP) is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research
Council as part of their Connected Communities: Communities, Culture and Creative Economies programme with
additional support from Creative Scotland.


Since 1998,the charge department of Xi'an College of Mining and Technology have been transferred to Shaanxi Province,for ten years,our college adhere to the scientific idea of school,constantly strengthening the connotation of the building,enhance the quality of teaching;highlight the characteristics of running school,enhance the vitality of the school;to strengthen international exchanges and expand the international influence, have made outstanding contributions to coal,geology and mineral Resources industry and regional economic and social development,at the same time Xi'an University of Science and Technology forge ahead the construction goals of having a wider impact on teaching and research of the University in the domestic that toward the development of the distinctive characteristics,multi-disciplinary co-ordination.


Visible-light-induced photocatalytic decarboxylative alkynylations of carboxylic acids have been developed for the first time. The reaction features extremely mild conditions, broad substrate scope, and avoids additional oxidants. Importantly, a decarboxylative carbonylative alkynylation has also been carried out in the presence of carbon monoxide (CO) under photocatalytic conditions, which affords valuable ynones in high yields at room temperature.


From a public health perspective, thorough gynecological and obstetrical care of incarcerated women provide an important context for detecting and treating HIV infection, and for reducing the likelihood of HIV transmission and acquisition. Additionally, they provide a critical occasion for assessing and enhancing the health of a population commonly estranged from primary care outside of corrections. The purpose of this article is to review selected sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and gynecological infections that appear to be associated with HIV infection and/or to facilitate HIV transmission; to summarize research on the Mary Jo Fink, MD, is with the Division of HIV Medicine at Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York. transmission of HIV during and after pregnancy; to summarize clinical approaches to treating HIV-infected pregnant women; and lastly, to describe a correctional sexual health class that instructs HIV-infected women about self-care and encourages at-risk women to reduce the likelihood of HIV acquisition.


A premature male infant was born at the gestational age of 31 weeks (birth weight, 1,478 g). Resuscitation with chest compressions was performed after birth due to profound bradycardia. Congenital heart disease was suspected because of persistent cyanosis and a grade 3/6 systolic murmur at the left sternal border. Echocardiography was performed immediately, with use of a Philips HP SONOS 5500® imaging system with 12-MHz transducer (Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.; Eindhoven, The Netherlands). The right ventricle (RV) and RV outflow tract were structurally intact. However, the pulmonary valve leaflets did not open during systole. No antegrade flow could be seen on the Doppler color-flow map (Fig. 1). Severe tricuspid regurgitation and a large patent ductus arteriosus with left-to-right shunt were noted. The atrial septum bulged from the right atrium into the left atrium. Initially, critical pulmonary stenosis was suspected, because of the presence of pulmonary regurgitation. After the administration of mechanical ventilation and prostaglandin E1 for 1 day, repeat echocardiography showed good pulmonary valve leaflet motion and good antegrade flow (Fig. 2).

Fig. 1 On the day of birth, A) the pulmonary valve leaflets do not open during systole, and no antegrade flow is seen on the Doppler color-flow map. B) Continuous-wave Doppler tracing of the pulmonary valve reveals no antegrade flow.

Fig. 2 On the 2nd day of life, A) good antegrade flow is seen on the Doppler color-flow map, and B) continuous-wave Doppler tracing of the pulmonary valve reveals normal antegrade flow.


The effect of type, length, and denier of fibers on the thermal stability and swelling behavior of chloroprene/butadiene–acrylonitrile rubbers (CR/NBR) composites was investigated. The results reveal that Nylon 6 fibers improved mechanical properties, thermal stability, and swelling resistance in toluene of 50/50 CR/NBR blends. Of all fiber types investigated, the viscose fiber CR/NBR composite has the best swelling resistance in motor oil, whereas the polyester (PET) fiber composite has the best swelling resistance in brake fluid. The effect of Nylon 6 fiber loading up to 30 phr was tested in terms of mechanical properties of the composites and swelling in toluene and oils. Also, the reinforcement of white-filled blends were examined. Nylon 6 fiber loadings (15–30 phr) showed promising results, and the white-filled Nylon 6 composites showed a significant reinforcement with regard to mechanical properties and thermal stability.


Cooperation Game is a computer-mediated social environment. This discreet audiovisual interactive installation aims to promote the sense of self, of other, and of the subtle interaction between these entities and their surroundings. This interactive audiovisual system was created by me in September 2007, in the context of my MA project at the Coventry School of Art and Design, Coventry University, UK. It is part of a sequence of experiments that were done in order to test several applications of a camera-based system and to study audiovisual communication. The material used in this specific installation was video camera, computer, video projector and loudspeakers. The main characteristic of the game is that it is an anti-game. The objective of the players is not to compete and win, but to understand their influence on the group of players and to cooperate in order to achieve a common result. In this case, the common result is to create a balanced audiovisualscape. The players are expected to slow down from the normal state of activity and by doing so, to increase their awareness of others. Two mains 'states' of movement may be characterized. When moving in the sensory space the player creates ripples on a 'liquid' surface. The distortion of this surface is translated into sound via generation and filtering of pink noise. When stopped, the player emits a repeated sonar-like sound that is represented visually by a synchronised ripple. The frequency of this sound is mapped onto a specific area in space and the tempo of repetition each player emits varies as a function of their distance from the other players. For example, the closer two players are, the faster is the repetition of the sound assigned to the area in which they find themselves. These principles are a development of the concept of Musical Topologies invented by Rolf Gehlhaar in his electronic musical instrument for multiple players, SOUND 1⁄4 SPACE. Cooperation Game is based on the Ripples open-source algorithm, by flight404. This algorithm, in its original version, allows the user to interact with a 3D surface. By clicking the mouse on the screen, the user produces ripples on the surface, like dropping water onto a water surface. I altered the algorithm in order to produce no reflections on the extremes of the surface. Then, I joined it with other algorithms that I wrote in order to attribute a ripple 'maker' to every user that enters the sensory space. Above all, Cooperation Game is a metaphor of social organizational principles based in collaboration and cooperation strategies. It aims to emphasize the need of the development of digital technologies for multiple users: the computer as a tool for social and physical interaction. One of the background ideas of this piece is the utopia of transforming the well known PC – Personal Computer, into a CC – Community Computer. John Conway's Game of Life proposes a model that underlines the dependency of others and their surroundings as the principle of life. Cooperation Game reiterates this concept and extends it by implementing a principle that is present in Rolf Gehlhaar's Sound 1⁄4 Space: participants are conscious of the relevance of their presence in the 'world'. Cooperation Game emphasises the apparent invisible links. In a world where individualism is the key of development, it is congratulatory to realise that participants when interacting in Cooperation Game became aware of themselves as something else than their bodies. This happens because they control an avatar in the projected virtual space. By the same process they also Digital Creativity 2008, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 214–215


Abstract Microstructured targets demonstrate an enhanced coupling of high-intensity laser pulse to a target and play an important role in laser-induced ion acceleration. Here we demonstrate an approach that enables us to control the morphology of amorphous solid water (ASW) microstructured targets, by deposition of water vapor on a charged substrate, cooled down to 100 K. The morphology of the deposited ASW structures is controlled by varying the surface charge on the substrate and the pressure of water vapor. The obtained target is structured as multiple, dense spikes, confined by the charged area on the substrate, with increased aspect ratio of up to 5:1 and having a diameter comparable with the typical spot size of the laser focused onto the target.


Usnic acid is a secondary metabolite compound of Usnea sp. which has antiinflammatory and antibacterial activity that can be utilized as burn healing. Usnic acid has low solubility in water so the use of solid dispersion systems could give a significant contribution to the improvement of its solubility in water. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of concentration difference from solid dispersion of usnic acid-PVPK30 in membrane for burns healing effectiveness on rabbits. Solid dispersion of usnic acid-PVP K30 was prepared by freeze drying method and was formulated into membranes with various concentrations of 0.5%, 1%, and 2% by phase version method. The prepared membrane was evaluated for its physical and mechanical properties such as, appearance, thickness, tensile strength, percent of elongation, young's modulus, water absorption. The evaluated membrane was tested of superficial burns on four male white rabbits divided into six treatment group. Data of burn healing percentage was analyzed statistically using two-way ANOVA followed by post hoct Duncan test at 95% confidence level. The membrane with 2% of solid dispersion of usnic acid-PVPK30 showed a better result in burn healing compared to 1% and 0.5%. Higher solid dispersion usnic acid-PVP K30 concentration in membrane significantly increased percentage of burn healing (p<0.05). The membrane with 2% of solid dispersion usnic acid-PVPK30 is the most effective to all group.

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Keywords: usnic acid, solid dispersion, burns, membranes


(57) Abstract: The present invention relates to novel insecticidal gel formulations for release controlled and the duration of insecticidal active compounds according to the heat source.


The purpose of this study was to study the moral values and character education in the story Osakat Anak Asmat by Ani Sekarningsih which was used as teaching material. The method is descriptive qualitative with an approach of content analysis. The data are written words from a subject that has been observed. The subject of this study is the story. Data analysis contains the value of character education that is contained in the story. The results showed that: (1) nine characters values were issued by the Ministry of National Education and Culture, namely independence, discipline, social care, curiosity, friendly/communicative, religious, hard work, creativity, and rewarding achievement; (2) four moral characters can be emulated, namely obedience to parents, sharing or giving, patience, and wise; and (3) three behaviors are not exemplary, namely irresponsible, discouraging friends and jealousy.


Women fulfill several important roles during their lifetime but in recent years, the productive role of rural women has assumed greater importance. Traditionally, their economic role was confined to work within their homes, home gardens, farma and villages. Today there is an increasing tendency for women to engage in full-time or part-time non-farm occuapations. The objective of this paper is to assess the extent to which incomes of women in traditional tank villages contribute to the provision of food, clothing,shelter, health and educational requirements of their children through in situ and ex situ non-farm employment; highlight some of the conflicts faced by wlmen when they attempt to balance the demands of their multiple roles; identify major issues and suggest suitable recommendations. The sample selected from three traditional villages included: a male headed households in which the husband and wife spend an equal proportion on basic needs facto and de jure female headed households and households with unmarried employed women Accepted ethmographic techniques were used to collect data. Thte study highlighted the urgent need to support diversification of economic activities of rural woman,combat domestic violence, facilitate them to obtain micro credit, acquire skills, and gain access to new opportunities.


Objective: The ambulatory pharmacy practice is a crucial part of the healthcare system that delivers pharmaceutical care to the patients who are not admitted to the hospital. The aim of the study to explore the patient satisfaction of ambulatory care pharmacy services in Pediatrics and Maternity Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Methods: This is a 4-month cross-sectional survey of patient satisfaction of ambulatory care pharmacy services in Pediatrics and Maternity Hospital, Saudi Arabia. The survey consisted of forty-eight (48) questions divided into two parts: the first part collects demographic information and the second part contains questions on 11 domains: (1) medication availability, (2) patient counseling, (3) pharmacist and patient relationship, (4) medication reconciliation, (5) medication aberrance, (6) pharmacy location, (7) pharmacy waiting area, (8) pharmacy communications, (9) pharmacy waiting time, (10) pharmacy recommends to others, (11) overall patient satisfaction of pharmacy services. The survey was distributed to the hospitals in Riyadh city, included pediatrics and maternity hospitals ambulatory care patient. The survey was in an electronic format and it analyze the results through the Survey Monkey system. Results: A total of 237 patients responded to the survey. Out of 237 patients, 217 (91.6%) was Saudi and 20 (8.4%) was non-Saudi. There were 151 (63.7%) female and 86 (36.3%) male responders. Most of them were in age group of 18-44 years (70%) without any significant differences in the age groups among the hospitals. The highest level of education was high school 91 (38.4%) followed by the Bachelor's degree 93 (39.2%) and an intermediate school 44 (18.6%). The mean [±standard deviation (SD)] waiting time to get the medications was 13.6±4.75 min. The average scores of domains 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 were 3.11, 3.1, 3.61, 1.87, 1.72, 3.4, 2.77, 1.93, 3.68 and 3.56, respectively. With a total of 231 (97.4%) responders, general evaluation of pharmacy services was found to be very good to excellent, whereas 228 (96.2%) responders recommend the pharmacy to their family or friends and 224 (95.3%) responders prefer to revisit pharmacy. Conclusion: More than two-thirds of the patients were pleased with ambulatory care pharmacy services at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Medication reconciliation, medication adherence and pharmacy waiting area domains were not found to be satisfied. Improving ambulatory care pharmacy services will avert drug misadventures, avoid additional cost and surge patient satisfaction with pharmacy services.


In this paper, we are interested in counting the total number of people walking in an area based on only WiFi received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurements between a pair of stationary transmitter/receiver antennas. We propose a framework based on understanding two important ways that people leave their signature on the transmitted signal: blocking the line of sight (LOS) and scattering effects. By developing a simple motion model, we first mathematically characterize the impact of the crowd on blocking the LOS. We next probabilistically characterize the impact of the total number of people on the scattering effects and the resulting multipath fading component. By putting the two components together, we then develop a mathematical expression for the probability distribution of the received signal amplitude as a function of the total number of occupants, which will be the base for our estimation using Kullback-Leibler divergence. To confirm our framework, we run extensive indoor and outdoor experiments with up to and including nine people and show that the proposed framework can estimate the total number of people with a good accuracy with only a pair of WiFi cards and the corresponding RSSI measurements.


My work is concerned mainly with an abstract sub jec: the problem of human knowledge and, in particular, of scientific knowledge. I am an optimist. I am an optimist in a world where among the intelligentsia it has become a strict rule that one must be a pessimist if one wants to be "in". But I do believe that our age is not so bad as is generally maintained; I do believe that it is better and more beautiful than its reputation. A Quarter of a century ago, I gave a lecture, the title of which sounds toda'i even more provocative than it did then: "The History of our Time: An Optimist's View". For many-at least since the time of Adolf Loos and Karl Kraus, both of whom 1 knew-our intellectuals have strictly adhered to the principle that our so-called culture is a commercialized industry, and therefore just kitsch and vulgarity. Especially in what this industry offers to the masses as culture, the pessimist sees nothing but depravity and tastelessness. But an optimist also sees the other side: millions of records and tapes of the most beautiful works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert-the greatest musicians of all-are being bought; and the number of people who


cysts. The histology of the cases demonstrated pseudohorn cysts and some exudate or hemorrhage, and these features might reflect the clinical appearance and dermoscopic findings. These cases were diagnosed to be seborrheic keratosis of the acanthotic type. Our case could not be diagnosed as a seborrheic keratosis; instead, to our present knowledge, it was a subungual keratotic lesion demonstrating a longitudinal melanonychia. This report is the second of such a disorder. However, by accumulating similar cases, the present case would be considered a similar entity: subungual seborrheic keratosis. Longitudinal melanonychia often presents with a pigmented nevus and malignant melanoma and the pigmented streak usually begins in the proximal nail wall. In our case and another reported case, the longitudinal pigmented streak began from the nail bed and not from the proximal nail wall; moreover, the pigment was located beneath the nail plate, thus arousing suspicions of the possibility of malignant melanoma or a pigmented nevus. An excisional biopsy should therefore be performed in all such cases, and is useful for making a correct diagnosis.


The demo of SPOT introduces the location analytics platform that allows us to gain insights into location data and visualize it on a map. The demo is targeted at academics and industry people who are interested in insights that we can obtain from analysing location data in a business context. Location data becomes increasingly accessible in many settings due to the uptake of the internet of things and the availability and spread of sensors in our connected world. The demo gives an overview over the features of SPOT, its input data model, and also highlights the real-time-locating system simulator that is able to generate realistic product and user data for a randomly generated store.


Objective
To evaluate the efficacy of indocyanine green SPY imaging in flap surgery.

Methods
Between July 2016 and March 2017, forty-five flaps of thirty-five consecutive patients were retrospectively analyzed, among which forty-four were pedicled flaps and one was free flap, measuring from 2.0 cm×1.5 cm to 34.0 cm×17.0 cm. SPY imaging was performed twice for each flap, after the elevation of flap and after flap insertion respectively. The correlation of the flap perfusion detected by SPY and the prognosis of each flap were recorded and analyzed.

Results
Twenty-nine flaps demonstrated good perfusion on SPY healed uneventfully. Sixteen flaps were demonstrated poor perfusion in the distal part of flap. Two flaps underwent surgical intervention intraoperatively and totally survived. Fourteen flaps were preserved conservatively and nine suffered partial- or full-thickness necrosis. None of the remaining five flaps sustained necrosis. Secondary healing was achieved through regular dressing change or operative debridement. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were 100%(9/9), 85.3%(29/34) and 88.4%(38/43) respectively.

Conclusions
Intraoperative indocyanine green SPY imaging is a useful adjuvant to evaluate flap perfusion and predict necrosis in plastic surgery, enhancing a surgeon's clinical judgment of flap viability.

Key words:
Indocyanine green; SPY system; Surgical flaps; Blood supply


The authors study the problem of a travelling salesman who must visit a randomly chosen subset of sites of a d-dimensional lattice. The average length of the shortest path per chosen site is alpha (q) where (1-q) is the density of chosen sites. For a triangular lattice, they show that alpha (q) differs from 1 only by terms of order q5. For the square lattice, they show that, to first order in q, optimal paths can be found from the dynamics of a model of a one-dimensional gas of kinks and antikinks. The authors find alpha (q) or=L/3(1-q)-1/2 as q tends to 1.


Effect of basis metals and influence of solvents on electrodeposition of nickel had been investigated. The nature of the basis metal did not have much effect on the cathode efficiency and micro-hardness of the deposit, whereas the substrate surface was found to affect the mode of deposition particularly in case of aqueous bath. CCE was found to increase slightly and micro-hardness noticeably, when deposition was carried out successively in 5 mol % formamide (FA)-water, 5 mol % N-methylformamide(NMF)-water and 5 mol % N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF)-water mixture instead of an aqueous bath. Pits and crack structure exhibited in case of deposits obtained from an aqueous bath were successively suppressed when electrodeposition was tried with 5mol % FA-water, 5 mol % NMF-water and 5 mol % DMF-water mixture irrespective of the nature of basis metals (i.e, brass, copper or copper-deposited copper). These results have been explained on the basis of the filling of structural cavities as well as amide-water associates by means of interaction between the components of the mixed solvent. Under similar conditions, brass substrate electroplates exhibited less cracks and pits than copper.


Nuclear is the most likely candidate to produce the energy needed for the 21st century. However, the existing negative perception of nuclear power production by most of the population is a problem that hampers the successful development of both nuclear energy and new technologies such as hydrogen energy. Insufficient nuclear erudition is the main reason for distrust of modern nuclear hydrogen production methods. This knowledge deficiency does not give the majority of people the possibility of focusing in a correct way on radiation problems and to estimate accurately the possible damage to the health of a human being from the effects of different radiation sources.


Upshot: Reflecting beyond the original intent of my paper, I respond to Luhmann-inspired commentaries by raising ontological-epistemological issues that stand before any attempt to build bridges …


Summary In four yellow-brown earth and podzolised yellow-brown earth soils derived from rhyolite, much evidence concerning mineralogical changes attendant upon weathering and podzolisation has been obtained, and an explanation of the formation of the soils has been offered. Minerals varied in their powers of resistance to weathering in the order: oligoclase sanidine < mica (muscovitic) = chlorite < expanding micas (vermiculite and montmorillonite) < kaolin < gibbsite. Rhyolitic volcanic glass was less stable than sanidine, and quartz was at least as stable as gibbsite. There was some evidence to suggest that the order of resistance to podzolisation was almost the reverse of the order above, but again quartz was very resistant. Secondary silica crystallised as cristobalite appeared to be the only mineral formed by podzolisation. The sand fractions contained mainly primary minerals and indicated the relative stabilities of these minerals. The coarse and medium silts contained little other than quartz, but t...


Well pumping tests, where one or more wells are pumped at a controlled rate for an extended period of time (usually several days), can be an effective method of obtaining data for the design of construction dewatering systems. Pumping tests in chalk present particular challenges, and the design of the test well and monitoring well array should take account of the hydrogeological setting of the chalk, which can include unconfined or confined aquifers, with or without overlying granular water-bearing deposits. Data from the pumping tests can be used to derive hydrogeological parameters, or can be used directly in dewatering design by the superposition of drawdown method. Where there is concern about potential impacts from groundwater lowering (e.g. settlement, changes in water chemistry, depletion of groundwater-dependent features) then relevant data from constant rate pumping phases can be useful in the assessment of the magnitude and distribution of impacts that might result from the dewatering system.


The invention discloses a method for synthesizing 8-benzyl-2,8-diazabicyclo(4.3.0) nonane which is a intermediate of moxifloxacin side chain (S,S)-2,8-diazabicyclo(4.3.0) nonane. The method includes that: 8-benzyl-7,9-oxo-2,8-diazabicyclo(4.3.0) nonane is used as the raw material, a redox system of metal boron hydride and metal halide MXN is adopted for reaction, and a target product is obtained through carbonyl reduction. The redox system of metal boron hydride and metal halide MXN is adopted, and reduction reagent lithium aluminum hydride which is dangerous in production operation and expensive in price and a redox system of boron trifluoride and metal boron hydride which is toxic are not used, so that production cost is reduced, and production safety is improved. The method provides an economic and safe synthesizing line for industrialized production of moxifloxacin side chain (S,S)-2,8-diazabicyclo(4.3.0) nonane.


Preface. 1. Establishing the assessment agenda. 2. Relationships in assessment: The empathy mode. 3. Relationships in assessment: The analytic mode. 4. The tool box, John Clements and Neil Martin. 5. Extracting meaning from the information gathered. 6. The Behavioural Explorer Assessment System, John Clements and Neil Martin. 7. The stories we can tell. 8. Organizing the practice. 9. Last words. Appendix 1: Behaviour recording charts. Appendix 2: Clements Rapid Assessment Protocol. Resources. Index


Significance Determining voltage changes in response to charge separation within membrane proteins offers fundamental information on mechanisms of charge transport and displacement processes. However, correlating the observed voltage changes with the assumed mechanism is extremely challenging owing to uncertainties in macroscopic treatments and the fact that the electrode potential is not fixed. Here, we develop a coarse-grained model that determines the gating charges and the electrode potentials upon charge transfers in membrane proteins. The validity of the model is confirmed by comparing the calculated and measured voltage changes associated with electron and proton transfer in a bacterial photosynthetic reaction center. This model allows one to gain more confidence in the computational analysis than that obtained by continuum electrostatic assumptions. Measurements of voltage changes in response to charge separation within membrane proteins can offer fundamental information on mechanisms of charge transport and displacement processes. A recent example is provided by studies of cytochrome c oxidase. However, the interpretation of the observed voltage changes in terms of the number of charge equivalents and transfer distances is far from being trivial or unique. Using continuum approaches to describe the voltage generation may involve significant uncertainties and reliable microscopic simulations are not yet available. Here, we attempt to solve this problem by using a coarse-grained model of membrane proteins, which includes an explicit description of the membrane, the electrolytes, and the electrodes. The model evaluates the gating charges and the electrode potentials (c.f. measured voltage) upon charge transfer within the protein. The accuracy of the model is evaluated by a comparison of measured voltage changes associated with electron and proton transfer in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers to those calculated using our coarse-grained model. The calculations reproduce the experimental observations and thus indicate that the method is of general use. Interestingly, it is found that charge-separation processes with different spatial directions (but the same distance perpendicular to the membrane) can give similar observed voltage changes, which indicates that caution should be exercised when using simplified interpretation of the relationship between charge displacement and voltage changes.


Videotaped self-modeling (VSM) has been developed as a means to allow participants to view themselves in situations where they are performing at a more advanced level than they are presently functioning in their natural environment. VSM has been used effectively to train positive behaviors and to decrease negative behaviors across a wide range of ages and behaviors; however, studies of VSM use with preschoolers and in the training of language behaviors has been sparse. The present study was designed to analyze the effects of VSM on the acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of the contractible copula is with preschool children with delayed language. The results indicated that the three children included in the study made obvious gains in acquiring the target behavior and applied the behavior in normal conversational use. The gains made during intervention were maintained through a follow-up phase. The findings suggest that VSM may represent a new cost- and time-efficient technique for training language skills with preschoolers.


The CO2 laser was used to treat three patients with discrete, cutaneous tumors. For each patient, we established the relationship between the width of the lesions and their maximum thickness, and between pulse energy and the depth of the resultant crater. Optimal parameters for therapy were established from these results.


Molecular orbital theory is used in the context of ab initio Hartree-Fock calculations to study the origin of quantum confinement effects in layered Pb{sub 7}I{sub 14} clusters. As the cluster geometry is energy optimized in several steps, the structure distends into two quasi-hemispherical iodine layers sandwiching a hexagonal lead layer. At the equilibrium geometry for the lowest electronic state, Pb-Pb in-plane interactomic distances are contracted by 11.3% compared to the experimental bulk PbI{sub 2} values. Optical spectra are observed to be blue-shifted by 0.3-2.1 eV relative to the energy band gap of crystalline PbI{sub 2}.


The invention relates to a disc brake with brake shoes (4, 6) located opposite each other on either side of a brake disc (2). These brake shoes (4, 6) can be pressed against the brake disc (2) to brake. According to the invention, the brake shoes consist of a carrier plate (8) and the friction lining layers (10, 12) arranged in said platen. Said layers of friction lining (10, 12) have areas in which the strength is reduced (14, 16, 18, 20). The brake shoes (4, 6) on either side of the brake disc (2) are not located thus symmetrically to the hardness zones of reduced layer (14, 16, 18, 20) of the layers of the liner friction (10, 12) arranged opposite each other


Now we begin to dig into the nitty-gritty of our subject matter. Before discussing querying and analysis of complex, heterogeneous spatiotemporal and contextual knowledge, we must discuss representation of temporal knowledge (as well as, to a certain extent, spatial knowledge) . . . and before that, we must address knowledge representation in general. In the course of our investigation we must work through a number of difficult questions regarding knowledge representation, including:


The project investigates translations of vernacular textile technics in the craft of sailmaking to ornamental imprints embedded in a building, a sailmaking loft in the town of Simrishamn in the sou ...


The paper gives a general outline about the features of various spaces. The main difficulties of the visualization of non-geographical spaces stem from the fact, that mostly they have non-metric characteristics. The paper examines the connections between time spaces and geographical spaces and the visualisation of time spaces. We demonstrate the possibilities and cognitive power of the visualisation of time spaces by the help of three examples: time space of Hungarian road network, two diferent time spaces of Budapest and its surrounding arca. and inner city time spaces.


Children who are supposed to be protected by the state, law, and society can be an organised criminal offender such as human trafficking. In Surabaya, there were 32 human trafficking cases since 2011-2018 that was handled by Polrestabes (Capital City Police) Surabaya where the offenders were children. The problem in this research is the Modus Operandi of children as the offender in the act of human trafficking. This research used empirical research method with socio-legal and criminological approach. From the research result, the author found out that children that committed human trafficking were caused by the influence of economic factor, environment, and lifestyle. From those causes, the modus operandi of the children as the offender in committing human trafficking was by getting acquainted in social media like Facebook and Whatsapp and then make an offer to the potential buyer. The National Police has two ways in preventing and tackling children as the offenders of human trafficking which are by prevention and repressive effort Children


Abstract This paper aims to propose a framework for optimizing performance in cluster-based wireless sensor networks (WSNs) with constrains of energy consumption, delay and connectivity. For the limitation of energy storage being discussed a lot, many researches try to find more solutions to improve it. But, the other index of wireless sensor networks may be deteriorated by many routings which are dedicated to optimizing energy consumption. Thereby, multi-objectives optimization is one of significant issues in WSNs. The model of isolation nodes probability for connectivity in the clusterbased networks is adopted for the issue. Not only will the performance of Leach and existing multiobjectives optimization methods be compared under the proposed framework, but also will the performance of networks in different size of scenarios be analyzed. Simulation results show that the proposed framework combining NSGA can provide an effective sensing in terms of energy consumption, delay and connectivity in the cluster-based networks.


We combined images from different sensors based on the magnitude of multiscale products of the wavelet transform. Using the product of nondownsampled wavelet coefficients across scales, we formed a fusion rule between two images. In this way, the products represented features than were related to contrast. Therefore, using our approach allowed us to enhance the contrast of two images using a pixel-level fusion approach. In experiments, our approach compared favorably to using only a single level, or other methods using subjective tests.


An electrically-erasable floating-gate PROM cell utilizing three levels of polysilicon is described. The cell is programmed via a channel injection mechanism similar to EPROM's Erasure is accomplished with the first-level of poly-silicon which serves as an erase electrode causing field emission of electrons from the bottom of the second-level floating gate. In this new cell structure, memory can be erased bit by bit or word by word, and the stored charge in the floating gate can be checked quantitatively by applying sensing voltage to the first poly-Si gate which is also used as erase gate. New fabrication process, mechanism of bit by bit electrically erasing and design theory of the new memory cell are also described.


Three cases of neonatal acute retention were associated with convulsions and heavy sedation. Inhibition of micturition may be due to diazepam-induced depression of the nervous system, in association with other anticonvulsants drugs.


Public health care systems are, in a sense, a very concrete representation of what a "social Europe" exemplifies: universality, solidarity, well-being, and inclusiveness. As Europe moved toward greater political integration in the early 1990s, the hope for many was that the principle of solidarity that informed many national health care systems could be incorporated into a European-wide schema of robust public health care. But, because the historical trajectory of these states' health care systems led to an array of different models of financing, provision, and regulation, formal integration presupposed a heroic (and arguably unattainable) degree of institutional and political reform. As the health systems of many European Union (EU) member states are a substantial component of their public sectors (and often their public culture), they are messily entangled with larger issues of national sovereignty. While the vision of a wider European health care "system" was one many member states supported at an abstract level, they resisted surrendering control of their health care systems because of fears that the "Europeanization" of health care could result in a system informed, not by solidarity, but by liberalization and the relentless pull of market forces. In consequence, little attempt was made to harmonize national health care systems directly. Member states' health care systems remain formally under national, not EU, jurisdiction, and, as such, the articulation of a "social Europe" within the domain of health policy would seem a rather limited subject for discussion. But the role that health policy plays in the pursuit of a social Europe is more substantial, more complex, and more contingent than the narrative


As diabetic retinopathy is a progressive disease, the longer a patient has untreated diabetes, the higher is the chance of progress towards the blindness. For this reason, early detection as well as periodic screening of Diabetic Retinopathy potentially helps in reducing the progression of disease and in preventing the subsequent loss of visual capability. An automated diagnosis system provides the grading of severity level of diabetic retinopathy which is based on detecting and analyzing the early clinical signs associated with disease, such as microaneurysms (MA) and hemorrhages (HA). Given system extracts some retinal features such as optic disc, fovea and retinal tissue for easier segmentation of dark spot lesion in fundus image and then it is followed by the classification of correctly segmented spots into MA and HA. Based on the number and location of MAs and Has, the system quantifies the severity level of DR. Keywords— Diabetic Retinopathy, Microaneurysms, Hemorrhages.


This work will focus on how the JEM-EUSO project, which orbits around Earth on the International Space Station and whose purpose is to detect air shower from the atmosphere caused by high energy pa ...


This study aims to determine the relationship of students' perceptions about the role of parents and their learning interest on mathematics learning outcomes in elementary schools. This study uses non-experimental quantitative research methods with correlational types. Data collection techniques using questionnaires and documentation. The data obtained in this study were analyzed using SPSS with multiple correlation tests and multiple regression tests. For the multiple correlation test, the value of Sig. F change is 0.705 > 0.05, so Ho : ρ = 0, there is no correlation. For the multiple regression test, the value of t count is 0.710 < t table 2.086, which means X1 and Y are not correlated. Furthermore, the value of t arithmetic is 0.430 < t table 2.086, which means X2 and Y are not correlated. With a value (R) of 0.185 which in the guidelines for the degree of relationship is included in the uncorrelated category. So it can be concluded that there is no significant relationship between students' perceptions of the role of parents and interest in learning on mathematics learning outcomes in elementary schools.


In this work, we probed the applicability of α-borophene nanoribbon as a spillover hydrogen host material using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. It is found that all top sites, along the edges and on the planar surface, are appropriate for hydrogen physisorption. On the other hand, the hollow site which is a defining feature of the α-borophene nanoribbon, was found to be an unstable adsorption site for hydrogen, and does not act as a trap site for hydrogen atom. Density of states calculations show that the broadening of the hydrogen 1s states made it possible for a good hybridization with the boron 2p states, allowing for such a moderate hydrogen physisorption. The resulting moderate adsorption energies indicate good hydrogen migration properties, making α-borophene nanoribbon a very good candidate material for spillover hydrogen applications and could be utilized as a key material for overall hydrogen storage.