THE FACTOR WHICH MOST SHARPLY DISTINGUISHES the modern, critical study of the Bible from its pre-modern antecedents, Jewish or Christian, is the acute awareness that the text has a history. In the past, the harmonization of ostensible contradictions was, for whatever reason, more credible than it has been since the Enlightenment, at least in elite academic circles. If pressed, the pre-modern exegete could always appeal to a supernatural faculty in explanation of a textual contradiction. One thinks of Rashi's citation of a Tannaitic midrash which claims that "remember" and "observe" in the Decalogue (Exod. 20:8 and Deut. 5: 12) were miraculously pronounced simultaneously. Today, anyone who invokes supernatural causation in such matters is labeled a "fundamentalist," even by scholars who persist in calling their scriptures "the word ofGod." Having given up the presumption of textual unity, the historico-critical method seeks the historical information which the harmonization of contradictions and inconsistencies can only suppress. The development of historical consciousness poses the biblical commentator some difficult choices. Should he comment upon the textus receptus, or should he reorder it so as to reflect some forgotten historical sequence? The former option is, of course, preferred by fundamentalists and even by non-fundamentalistic traditionalists, since it preserves the only text which the living tradition knows. The commentator who elects this option without rejecting historical criticism will seek to develop a rational defense of the present ordering of the text, for example, by showing that it is aesthetically pleasing. The alternative option is to reorder the text, if not according to the order of composition of its parts, then according to the historical sequence of its narratives. This is the option John Bright chose in his Anchor Bible Jeremiah. Another decision the commentator faces concerns the manuscripts from which to prepare his translation. Should he adhere to the Masorah, or should he freely utilize all ancient witnesses, picking and choosing among them according to his likes? The answer of the church on this is not univocal. The question recalls somewhat Jerome's defense of the Hebrew against Augustine's advocacy of the Septuagint, a debate that has been played out, mutatis mutandis, in our own time by Brevard Childs and Hartmut Gese, respectively. In Jewry, by contrast, one cannot find any alternative to the Masorah since the text


Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of 8 weeks of aerobic training on Agouti-related peptide, appetite hormones and insulin resistance in overweight sedentary women. Materials and Methods: Thirty overweight female students (25≥BMI≤30) were selected and randomly divided into training and control groups. Before the start of exercise period, and 48 h after their last exercise session, subjects completed the food frequency questionnaire. Then after blood sampling, their anthropometric characteristics were measured. The training group participated in 8 weeks of moderate intensity aerobic training while the control group continued their normal daily activities. Results: Agouti-related protein significantly increased in the exercise group (p<0.05). Significant changes were also observed between the two groups (p<0.05); however, changes in leptin, insulin and insulin resistance were not statistically significant (P>0.05). Training significantly reduces energy intake and fat intake (p<0.05) and carbohydrate intake (p<0.05). The changes between the two groups showed no significant difference (P>0.05). Conclusion: Although 8 weeks of moderate intensity aerobic training led to a decrease in calorie, fat and carbohydrate intake, these changes were not significantly different from the control group. Agoutirelated protein changes may affect factors other than appetite. It appears that nutritional education or program can lead to more effective results if combined with exercise program.


--- In this thesis we present an Expert System that allow recognize the mangoes which forms meet the quality standards required by customers in the U.S. and Europe. The software is based on digital images processing of mangoes using artificial neural networks.
At first we select a sample of export mangoes, then using the system; we take a digital image of each mango and with such images we train a neural network until it is able to recognize correctly all elements of the sample. Then we will proceed with the recognition tests of other quality mangoes and those without these features, and if the software recognizes it properly, we can say we have fulfilled our objective.
Keywords: Artificial neural networks, training of neural networks, pattern recognition, recognition of quality mangoes


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[Objective]The research aimed to discuss the tolerance of Salix matsudana to single or compound heavy metals and provide theoretical basis for renovating polluted soil by heavy metals with woody plants.[Method]Using root elongation method,the effects of heavy metal Cu2+,Pb2+,Zn2+ and their mixed solution on the adventitious roots growth of S.matsudana cuttings were studied.[Result]The adventitious roots growth of S.matsudana cuttings was obviously affected by different concentrations of heavy metals solution.Adventitious roots of S.matsudana cuttings could not grow while the concentration of Cu2+ was higher than 15 mg/L,the mixture solution concentration was higher than 20 mg/L and Zn2+ concentration was higher than 30 mg/L.When the solution concentration reached 40 mg/L,adventitious roots of S.matsudana cuttings could grow only in Pb2+ treatment group.With the increasing of the solution concentration,the number of adventitious roots of S.matsudana cuttings gradually decreased.In 5 mg/L Zn2+ treatment group,the number of adventitious roots of S.matsudana cuttings was the most,the longest root length and average root length were the longest and the rooting rate was the highest.[Conclusion]The tolerance of S.matsudana to Pb2+ was strongest and its tolerance to Cu2+ was the weakest.The tolerance order of S.matsudana to three kinds of heavy metals and their mixed solution was as following:Pb2+ Zn2+ Cu2+ +Pb2+ +Zn2+ Cu2+.


This poster examines the existing literature on the potential use of chatGPT in two of the most crucial components of an IMG's application; Research writing and Personal statement. We aim to raise awareness about the potential limitations and highlight the drawbacks associated with its growing use.


As a structure,forest should have the state and capabilities to maintain its own existence and update,to play an essential ecological service functions.The paper took 5 plots of Chinese fir pure stand,mao bamboo pure stand,Chinese fir and masson pine mixed stand,Chinese fir and broadleaves mixed stand,broadleaves stand in Shunchang County in Fujian as objects,considering the constitutive property,functionality and anti-interference property,screened out 15 indicators,and then realized the forest health evaluation for study area based on Principal Component Analysis.The results showed that the Forest Health Comprehensive Index Values(FHCIV) of these 5 plots of Chinese fir pure stand,mao bamboo pure stand,Chinese fir and masson pine mixed stand,Chinese fir and broadleaves mixed stand,broadleaves stand were-0.27,-0.25,0.35,0.53 and-0.11 successively,ranking from excellent to inferior as Chinese fir and broadleaves mixed stand,Chinese fir and mason pine mixed stand,broadleaves stand,mao bamboo pure stand and Chinese fir pure stand.


The Internet of Things (IoT) has been increasing in recent years. Under the IoT technology, all things are connected based on the internet and the exchange of information is possible with the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This technology can be applied to various service fields including smart home, healthcare and the transportation system. Standardization is necessary to widen its application to industry fields and many companies such as QUALCOMM and Samsung have participated in developing an open platform such as oneM2M, AllJoyn, and IoTivity. Given that IoT is in a wireless environment, security can be threatened in the form of privacy invasion from cyber-attack and information leakage from an unauthorized access to major facilities. So, we investigate the development status of an IoT open platform and the IoT applications technology status in this paper. We also analyze security under the open platform and suggests considerations to strengthen safety service by application environments where IoT technologies can be applied.


In order to solve the environmental pollution caused by phosphorus wastewater, research on treatment of phosphorus wastewater by non-metallic mineral such as zeolite, bentonite, attapulgite, sepiolite and vermiculite was summarized. The results show that treatment of phosphorus wastewater by non-metallic mineral has the characteristic of simple in process, good effect and lower operation cost. And this process has expansive application foreground. The problems remained were pointed out. Further research on the mechanism of wastewater treatment with non-metallic mineral, separation and final utilization of the saturated non-metallic mineral are needed to do in the near future.


This paper proposes a new version (fundamentally different from the existing ones) of finite element method for the mean and covariance functions of the displacement for bending beams with spatially random stiffness. Apart from the conventional finite element method for stochastic problems, which utilizes either perturbation or series expansion technique or the Monte Carlo simulation, the present method is based on the newly established variational principles. The finite element scheme is formulated directly with respect to the mean function and covariance function, rather than perturbed components of the displacement. It takes into account an information on joint probability distribution function of the random stiffness to obtain the covariance function of the displacement. Therefore, the accurate solution can be obtained even if the coefficient of variation of the random stiffness is large, in contrast to conventional technique. Several examples are given to illustrate the advantage of the proposed method, compared with the conventional ones.


The South American callichthyid catfish genus Aspidoras R. von Ihering, 1907, is redefined on the basis of thirteen nominal species. Morphological differences with the related genus Corydoras Lacepede, 1803, are discussed. Two species originally described in Corydoras, viz., Corydoras raimundi and Corydoras pauciradiatus are herein transferred to Aspidoras. Aspidoras now consists of the following previously described nominal species: (1) Aspidoras rochai R. von Ihering, 1907 (type-species of the genus), known from Brazil, Est. Ceara, Fortaleza, (2) Aspidoras raimundi (Steindachner, 1907) from Brazil, Est. Maranhao, Rio Parnaiba system, (3) Aspidoras lakoi P. de Miranda Ribeiro, 1949, from Brazil, Est. Minas Gerais, Rio Paranaiba system, and (4) Aspidoras pauciradiatus (Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970) from Brazil, Est. Goias, Rio Araguaia system. Nine new species from Brazil are described herein: (1) Aspidoras albater from Est. Goias, Rio Tocantinzinha, (2) Aspidoras brunneus from Est. Mato Grosso, Serra do Roncador, (3) Aspidoras carvalhoi from Est. Ceara, Guaramiranga, (4) Aspidoras eurycephalus from Est. Goias, Corego Vermelho, (5) Aspidoras fuscoguttatus from Est. Mato Grosso, Corrego Corguinho, (6) Aspidoras maculosus from Est. Bahia, Rio Itapicuru system, (7) Aspidoras menezesi from Est. Ceara, Rio Salgado system, (8) Aspidoras poecilus from Est. Mato Grosso, upper Rio Xingu, and from Est. Goias, Rio Araguaia, and (9) Aspidoras spilotus from Est. Ceara, a tributary of Rio Acarau, and from Cachoeira do Gusmao. In addition to these nominal species some material is described and figured under the provisional designation of Aspidoras sp. aff. poecilus. These specimens may represent another species, but are not formally named.


Let Y be a set and for each Y ∈ Y assume that we have a function dY : Y \{(Y, Y )} → [0,∞] such that the following strong projection axioms are satisfied for some θ ≥ 0: (SP 1) dY (X,Z) = dY (Z,X); (SP 2) dY (X,Z) + dY (Z,W ) ≥ dY (X,W ); (SP 3) if dY (X,Z) > θ then dZ(X,W ) = dZ(Y,W ) for all W ∈ Y\{Z}; (SP 4) dY (X,X) ≤ θ; (SP 5) #{Y |dY (X,Z) > θ} is finite for all X,Z ∈ Y. The constant θ is the projection constant. Note that we allow dY (X,Z) =∞. The most important axiom is arguably (SP 3), which is a version of the Behrstock inequality [Beh06]. As in [BBF15], we will use it to order certain subsets of Y, the idea being that if dY (X,Z) is large, then Y is between X and Z. We note that (SP 3) is in fact a more precise version of the Behrstock inequality because the conclusion is an actual equality, not an approximate one. This allows us to know the exact value of certain dY , and it is the key to our much simpler proofs, compared to [BBF15].


In order for a young college teacher to teach a class well, you can permeate the idea of pedagogics and psychology in-to your lessons. The details should be the following several as-pects as the current status, the appropriate application of emotion, the warming-up and arousing of the enthusiasm of the targeted students, the correct usage of language skills and non-language skills.


The invention relates to a method for operating a functional modular automation device with a control loop, which is connected to a power-limited feed line. It is proposed to derive from the control deviation (x


Double shell capsules are an attractive alternative in inertial confinement fusion experiments due to their potential for achieving a low-convergence, robust burn 1 . However, symmetry degradation and accompanying reduced fuel confinement plagues these systems due to the joint between the two hemispheres of the outer shell. The gap widens during irradiation and this perturbation grows and imprints onto the inner shell during the collision. xRAGE Eulerian radiation-hydrodynamic simulations predict significant reductions in deuterium–tritium fusion yields compared to joint-less simulations when the depth of the outer joint is increased. We demonstrate that the technique of plating the insides of the outer gap with gold can mitigate the impact of this feature. Gold-plating in quantities comparable to or exceeding the "missing" outer shell mass shows promise toward restoring both implosion symmetry and yield closer to the joint-less levels 2 . The shape and symmetry retention in the outer and inner shells is captured in high-energy x-ray synthetic radiographs.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to improve forecasting accuracy for short‐term load series.Design/methodology/approach – A forecasting method based on chaotic time series and optimal diagonal recurrent neural networks (DRNN) is presented. The input of the DRNN is determined by the embedding dimension of the reconstructed phase space, and adaptive dynamic back propagation (DBP) algorithm is used to train the network. The connection weights of the DRNN are optimized via modified genetic algorithms, and the best results of optimization are regarded as initial weights for the network. The new method is applied to predict the actual short‐term load according to its chaotic characteristics, and the forecasting results also validate the feasibility.Findings – For the chaos time series, the hybrid neural genetic method based on phase space reconstruction can carry out the short‐term prediction with the higher accuracy.Research limitations/implications – The proposed method is not suited to medium and long‐...


The effects of drought stress on the content of mineral nutrient and the relationship between mineral nutrient content and the yield and quality of flue-cured tobacco were studied with pot experiment. The results showed that the concentration of N in tobacco plant increased and the contents of P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe and Mn decreased under drought stress, which resulted in the decline of yield and quality of flue-cured tobacco. It was also found that the content of mineral nutrient in tobacco plant correlated closely with the yield and quality of tobacco leaves. The concentration of N in tobacco plant was positively related to yield, but contents of total nitrogen and nicotine negatively correlated with the content of reducing sugar in cured leaves when drought occurred in growing stages. Under drought stress, the effect of N content on yield and quality of tobacco was most significant, followed by P and K contents, and the effects of other mineral nutrient contents were on the small side.


A Green's function approach is utilised to investigate the influence of tank walls on the mean drift forces experienced by a pair of bottom-mounted surface-piercing vertical cylinders of arbitrary uniform cross-section situated in a narrow wave tank. The problem is originally three-dimensional, but due to the uniformity of the structural geometry in the vertical direction, the z-dependency of the potential may be analytically determined and the resulting problem formulated in two dimensions. Application of Green's second identity, utilising an appropriate Green's function, yields and integral equation for the velocity potential on the surfaces of the cylinders. Discretising this integral equation leads to a matrix system which may be solved for the potential at the nodal points on the cylinder boundaries. The mean drift forces on each cylinder are obtained via a direct pressure integration. A difference approximation is used to calculate the fluid velocity components on the cylinders from the corresponding potentials. Numerical results are presented for several example geometries which illustrate the effect of the tank walls on the mean drift forces. It is found that the effect of the tank walls lead to the presence of "spikes" in the mean drift forces which are associated with transverse resonances in the tank.


The percentage of B-lymphocytes in peripheral blood has been investigated in 23 patients with Hodgkin's disease. About 2/3 of the patients were untreated. The others had been given extended field irradiation 5–36 months previously. Membrane-bound immunoglobulin was utilized as a marker of B-lymphocytes.

In the untreated group about 1/2 of the patients were lymphocytopenic. The fraction of B-lymphocytes was the same as has been found in healthy controls, which was on the average about 10 % of the blood lymphocytes. In the irradiated group the peripheral lymphocyte counts were normal. The fraction of B-lymphocytes was considerably increased and comprised on the average about 34%.


In this paper, we demonstrate a self-supervised deep learning pipeline that can effectively learn to detect vehicles without using any pre-labeled training data. The pipeline uses a morphological vehicle detection algorithm to automatically generate training sets for a convolutional neural network (CNN). We tested this methodology on a mixed-use urban neighborhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia using 0.31-meter multispectral Worldview-3 satellite imagery with eight bands in the visible and near-infrared wavelengths. This method leverages the class imbalance inherent to many vehicle detection problems by generating a balanced training sample from a high-precision, low-recall morphological model to train a neural network to identify general vehicle characteristics. This approach is built on broadly applicable image processing methods and, with appropriate adjustments, might be adapted to high-resolution from various satellite or aerial sources.


Observations of School Learning Robert M. Gagne U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION 8 WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS SEEN REPRO DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN AT,NG IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY An observational study is described, not yet completed, of learning in school classrooms. Observations were made in a number of classes rangin:,, from grade 1 to grade 12, including teaching in a variety of school subjects. Purpose of the study was to explore and refine a method, for observing the events which support (or fail to support) learning. Such events were considered to fall in the broad categories of those which (1) introduce learning; (2) guide initial learning; (3) make learning memorable and generalizable; and (4) provide reinforcement. Observations were made of the learning of information, intellectual skills, attitudes, cognitive strategies, and motor skills. The method is contrasted with those having the purpose of observing modes of instruction, teacher behaviors, or teacher characteristics. The method is found to be feasible. Some generalizations are drawn about recurring observations in the classroom. FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLECOPY Observations of School Learning Robert M. Gagne Florida State University (Presentation to Symposium, "The Bridge between the Learning Laboratory and the Classroom," Annual Meeting, American Psychological Association, Montrea7., Aur.ist 27, 1973.) A prominent theme in investigations of school learning is the question of "what makes o difference in student achievement?" There are several varieties of approach to this problem. Several years ago, J. M. Stephens (1967) summarized evidence from school studies of approaches to instruction which led him to the conclusion that almost nothing had been shown to make rliffnrnrwr.. Avound the c,m^ *471-, the C^lem;:n Ile part (Col::17-n ct al., 1966), indicated that many kinds of measurable variables such as class size, teacherpupil ratio, teacher experience, and so on were not related to school outcomes of student abilities. Over the past several years, there have been many studies seeking to measure relationships of teacher characteristics with student achievement, teacher behaviors with student achievement, and teacher skills with student achievement, which have been reviewed and summarized by Rosenshine (1971) and Rosenshine and Furst (1973). As these authors point out, an almost bewildering variety of independent variables has been proposed in these studies, and a few of them, indeed, have been shown to have small but significant relationships with studTnt achievement measures. One can surely agree wholeheartedly with the suggestion. made by Rosenshine and Furst that what is needed in dealing with the question. "what makes a difference?" is not more correlational studies, but well-designed experimental studies. Finding correlations can perhaps be a way of revealing promising variables in teacher behaviors or teaching strategies, but they will probably remain unconvincing in any ultimate sense until we have evidence that changes in such variables are causally related to changes in student abilities or


theory, that diphtheritic exudation depended on " oidium albicans ", or potato fungus ;5 the same conjecture was supported by Dr. Wilks and others ;t long before which-in I844-Gruby of Paris, and afterwards Ch. Robin, had shown, by the microscope, that in the pseudodiphtherite, or muguet, and in thrush, the buccal pellicles displayed the tubular filaments and mycelium of a vegetable form analogous to the oidium. This hypothesis, however, in regard to true diphtheria did not receive acceptation, in consequence of the general failure at that time of sufficient microscopic evidence, in the false membrane itself, of the presence of vegetable growths.+ The more recent researches, however, of Nassiloff and Oertel in Germany, Leloir in France, Burdon Sanderson, and other workers in scientific pathology, show that pharyngeal diphtheria is a true mycosis, or infiltration of living tissue with micrococci, and that the development of these minute spheroids is intimately associated with the morbid process. It has been found that the pseudo-membrane consists of layers of stratified epithelium, more or less mingled with products of exudation from blood-plasma and some micrococci, but that, in the mucous and submucous tissues, the channels communicating with the lymphatics are filled with granular matter, which is mainly micrococci, or masses of vegetation ; so that observation has tended to establish a certain analogy in the morbid processes of diphtheria with those in the respective diseases I have mentioned-splenic fever, or woolsorters' disease, for example, which we know to be produced by vegetable sporules existing outside of the body. As was well shown by Sir James Paget, in his masterly address at the Cambridge meeting of the Association, some of the obscure processes of human pathology are capable of receiving much elucidation. from a comparative study of diseases in plants, and of the action of parasites on the vegetable kingdom. We have described to us, by the practical mycologist, an infinite multitude of distinct structural forms of fungi, each of which has its own habitat, and affects certain sites of decaying vegetable or animal matters, or preys on certain living species or natural orders of plants; each has its own feeding ground. We cannot advance far in this study without being struck with the marked parallelism which exists between the action of the parasitic spore in producing local and general morbid changes in the plant, and the action of a bacillus, or oidium, affecting animal tissues. The resting spore, let us say, of the peronospora infestans, capable of resisting the hardest winter frosts, and the greatest heats of summer, lies dormant underneath the ground, until the time of germination arrives; its habitat, or feeding-ground, is the potato; at the proper season it meets with a tuber; it attaches itself to the skin by its little lash-like appendage ; it germinates there ; it starts out its rootlets into the parenchyma of the tuber-this is its mycelium; it branches and penetrates in all directions; it poisons the tissues; the plant looks sickly the stalk withers, and the leaves blacken; it has fulfilled its end, the reproduction of its kind. So, when the leaves of phanerogamous plants are attacked, the zoospores of the fungus gain entrance by the stomata, throw out their mycelium through the cellular tissue of the leaf; the thread-like filaments burrow underneath in search of food; whilst the epidermis is raised like a blister. and perishes and exfoliates, just as does the epithelial false membrane from a diphtheritic throat. No theory in regard to the essential cause of diphtheria explains so well many known facts in its history as that of its fungoid origin. For example, the persistence of vitality in the so-called resting-spores of fungi lying dormant in drains, or amid heaps of putrescible matter, for an indefinite time after an outbreak, affords a ready explanation why the disease so often inveterably clings to certain dwellings and localities. I must now close my argument, which I have propounded with an enforced compression, which the exigency of space in the pages of this valuable JOURNAL necessitates, and will refer briefly to the botanical characters of these fungi. For the determination of their species, I am indebted to the kind offices of Dr. Buchanan White, editor of the Scottis/i Naturalist, and *o the genial aid of the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, the highest living authority on cryptogams. Mr. Berkeley tells me, concerning the pileate fungus, " I have no doubt it is a state of Coprinus domesticus, the base being unusually thickened for the necessity for spreading, for firm attachment on the plaster. C. radians grows in similar positions, and the mycelium spreads over the wall. It is curious, when I was at Lille in


We propose a novel definition of figure of merit (FoM) for comparing fibers used in transmission on uncompensated links of Nyquist-WDM channels based on multilevel modulation formats with coherent detection. The proposed FoM applies also to links with Raman amplification based on counterpropagating pumping. FoM derivation is based on minimization of BER, or maximization of reach


On July 11, 2014 in Sasol and Others v European Commission , the General Court considered whether a presumption providing for the liability of parent companies due to the anti-competitive conduct…


We propose an improved operative technic for the approach to the apex of the petrous portion of the temporal bone by way of the middle fossa. Several operators have approached this region by this route, but in their procedures landmarks and instrumentation have not been stressed so as to clarify and simplify the technic. In most instances the petrous apex was exposed but not entered. When the area of the apex was entered, a hook or a curet was used. The operation which we describe is an attempt to simplify and, if possible, to define the technic so that it will be readily available to the otologic surgeon. In one of his excellent articles Kopetzky has reviewed the various technics which have been used or advocated and has rendered his critique. Our review of the literature on this subject and our understanding of the pathologic nature of suppuration of the


The research on the optimization of hydraulic fracturing fracture morphology is an essential aspect of hydraulic fracturing design. However, suboptimal fracture morphology resulting in lower than expected production often occurs due to the mismatch between reservoir types and hydraulic fracturing operational parameters. Different geological sweet spot reservoirs require distinct optimal fracture morphologies. In this paper, we categorize reservoirs into types I, II, and III, considering them as preferred layers for hydraulic fracturing. Three geological models are established to investigate the impact of fracture length and fracture conductivity on post-fracturing productivity, aiming to determine the optimal fracture morphology. The findings of this research will provide a scientific basis for the development of tight sandstone gas reservoirs in the Ordos Basin.


Nonlinear systems perform a wide range of dynamic behaviors, such as periodic, quasi-periodic or chaotic. The present contribution develops an analogue structure behaving chaotically, with a multiple scroll state attractor obtained using a multiple Schmitt trigger hysteron. The system parameters are browsed, projections of the attractor discussed, statistical results analyzed and numerical simulations confirm theoretical estimations.


ABSTRACT Sugarcane bagasse-based activated carbon which has high adsorption capacity of color in icroporous and mesoporous size in solution phase was produced through combination of hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) and chemical activation processes using phosphoric acid as  an activating agent.  The activated carbon which was obtained from HTC process at 250° C for 9 hours, followed by chemical activation process at 750° C for 90 minutes with an  impregnation  ratio of 10%  (weight  ratio of phosphoric acid  to hydrochar) has a BET surface area of 903.47 m2/g, a total pore volume of 0.597 cm3/g (volume composition: 63.32% of micropores and 36.68 % of meso-macropores), an iodine number of 951.99 mg/g, and a methylene blue number of 170.40 mg/g.  The FTIR analysis  indicated  the presence of an aromatic group and a polarity character in  the activated carbon produced.  The XRD analysis revealed  that the activated carbon had  hexagonal crystallite and mesoporous surface structures. The SEM analysis showed that the surface topography of the activated carbon had an average pore diameter between 3-10 μm. Keywords: activated carbon, sugarcane bagasse, hydrothermal carbonization, chemical   activation


What duties of loyalty apply under Dutch law to a company's officer in respect of a business opportunity? In other words: should the officer refrain from 'stealing' an opportunity from the company, whereby stealing would consist of the transaction being entered into by the officer on his own behalf instead of on behalf of the company? This articles examines the answers to this question under Dutch law.


Methods: Retrospective data assessment was carried out using a database containing all information about therapy procedure. Three subgroups were formed: group A: patients with one injection (n=15), group B: 2-4 injections (n=10), group C: >4 injections (n=9). A parental drooling frequency and severity scale was assessed prior to and 4-8 weeks after injection. Secondly a parent questionnaire was developed to sample therapy related effects on daily life and care.


Bonney, V., and McIndoe, A. H. (1944), "A Unique Constructive Operation", 'I'he Journal of Obstetl'ics and Gynrecology of the British Empire, Volume LI, page 24. Hallendorf, L. C., and Lovelace, 'V. R. (1947), "Recurring Hrematocolpometra Associated with Carcinoma Treated by Partial Hysterectomy", Proceedings of the Staff Meetings of the Mayo Clinic, Volume XXII, page 38. Heni-tksen, K (In!,), "The Retained Cervical Stump, with Special Heference to Nonmalignant Changes", American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecoloyy, Volume XXXVII, page 452.


We have previously reported that astroglial cell lines derived from spontaneously immortalized mouse cerebellar cultures as well as primary astrocyte cultures express the mRNA of the α isoform of smooth muscle actin. In this report, we have used an antiserum specific for the α smooth muscle actin protein to investigate the presence and the pattern of expression of a smooth muscle actin protein at the cellular level with immunocytochemical methods. The results show that an anti‐smooth muscle vessels α actin antiserum labels a typical actin network in the D19 astroglial cell clone and in flat astrocytes of primary cultures derived from various CNSregions of embryonic and postnatal mice. Furthermore, this antiserum labels distinct populations of astrocytes in the adult mouse brain, in particular in the corpus callosum and the fornix. However, in the corpus callosum, astrocytic processes are strongly labeled by anti‐SMV α actin antibodies only in parasagittal planes. Thus, a smooth muscle actin represents a newmarker for subsets of astrocytes.


Assistive technologies in education have been rapidly expanding in recent years with the multiple of choices which are embedded in the school syllabus. Recently, the innovation has been penetrating schools worldwide more rapidly. This paper provides a critical discussion and review on the concepts of assistive technologies in education, applications, and research on the innovation. Central to the discussion is a better understanding of scientific usage of the technologies in schools. Assistive technologies further serves as a problem-solving tool or medium that enhanced learning via many factors such as critical thinking, multimodal learning and motivational approaches. The targeted goal of the paper, therefore, is to stimulate the discussion of assistive technologies as the innovation in education based on current research and practical applications.


Type-2 diabetes is a metabolic disease characterized by an increase in blood sugar levels due to decreased insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells, or inappropriate insulin action. The pathophysiology of type-2 diabetes is related to inflammatory mechanisms caused by an increase in proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-6. Propolis has an anti-inflammatory role that can influence type 2 diabetes. To determine the effect of propolis as an anti-inflammatory to the IL-6 cytokines in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus A Literature review by searching electronic databases on Pubmed, ProQuest, and Google Scholar with the keywords "propolis or bee propolis and IL-6 levels or interleukin-6 levels and diabetes type-2 or type-2 diabetes" published in 2010-2020. Based on the search results, 9 journals were found. These articles consist of 5 experimental articles and 4 RCT articles. Five databases reported a decrease in IL-6 levels and three journals stated that there was an increase in IL-6 levels in the type-2 diabetes group after being given propolis. One journal reported no significant difference. Variations in propolis administration and time in IL-6 measurements affected the tendency to decrease IL-6 levels in type 2 diabetes patients. The active components in propolis were influenced by differences in plant resources, collection season, bee species, and solvents used in the extraction. IL-6 levels in the type-2 diabetes group tended to decrease after propolis administration compared to the type-2 diabetes group without propolis administration. IL-6 levels in the type-2 diabetes group increased after propolis administration because IL-6 helps improve chronic inflammation associated with type-2 diabetes.


Online vehicle booking service became a growing need now-a-days as it offers an efficient and cheaper alternative. One can directly call a taxi to any location at any time they want without the need for a lengthy delay. There are various platforms implementing online vehicle booking service but the major issue with them is having a centralized authority which are pocketing huge profits. A fixed percentage of money paid by the user is taken by the centralized authority. These centralized systems also tend to misuse their user's data and are also prone to several attacks. One of the best solutions to this problem is to use BlockChain. Our objective is to avoid this centralized authority by creating a decentralized application. Not just removing the central authority, BlockChain also provides several features like immutability, better transparency, enhanced security and traceability. Platforms like Ethereum and Hyperledger allow one to develop decentralized applications and deploy them in the blockchain. Smart Contracts can be developed using Solidity to achieve decentralization. This maintains transparency, immutability and removes a central authority which may misuse its user's information.


The design of efficient Common Radio Resources Management (CRRM) techniques is a crucial aspect to enable the foreseen coexistence and cooperation of heterogeneous Radio Access Technologies in Beyond 3G wireless networks. In this context, this paper proposes a set of CRRM strategies designed to satisfy multimedia users with diverse QoS requirements while efficiently using the radio resources.


It is essential for collection of blood samples from laboratory animals employed in wide range of scientific research. There is a no. of techniques available for blood sample collection from Rats/mice. The stress produced in animals during the blood collection may compromise with the research data which may invalidate the results. It is necessary that the blood sample collection is done by trained individuals so as to minimize the stress and other physiological reactions in the animals. This article reviews some of the common approved blood collection techniques for rats/mice.


We assess the risk and cost of worker displacement in Canada over the last three decades. We show that neither the risk of job loss nor the shortterm earnings losses of displaced workers trended upwards during that period. However, shortterm earnings losses of workers displaced from manufacturing increased in recent years, as a smaller proportion found a postdisplacement job in that sector. In line with Stevens and Couch and Placzek, we find that highseniority workers and individuals with stable labour market attachment experienced, five years after displacement, earnings losses that ranged between 10% and 18%.


Continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) is on-line monitoring equipment for industrial emissions.The application of CEMS system in the combined cycle power (CCPP) is described, including system structure,features and functions.


The aim of this paper is to investigate the exponential stability of a nonlinear diier-ential delay equation _ x(t)=f(t;x(t);x(t?)). Introduce the corresponding diierential equation (without delay) _ y(t)=f(t;y(t);y(t)) and assume it is exponentially stable. It will be shown in this paper that the diierential delay equation will remain exponentially stable provided the time lag is small enough.


The Chattanooga shale, which is a widespread formation of small thickness and remarkably uniform character, is absent locally in Osage and Kay counties, Oklahoma, and the adjacent counties in southeastern Kansas. Microscopic studies of well cuttings made by oil-company geologists and the senior writer indicate that there is one large area and several small areas that contain no Chattanooga shale (Fig. 1). The Chattanooga shale in wells and on the outcrops in northeastern Oklahoma, 80 miles from the large shale-free area, is black carbonaceous fissile shale of uniform character. It contains a basal sandstone in some localities that is called "Misener sand" by the drillers. Gray shale, locally called "Kinderhook shale," overlies the Chattanooga black shale in parts of the r gion and is interbedded with the upper part of the black shale in some localities. The exact age relationship of the black and gray shales is not known. The data are insufficient to enable the writers to determine the method by which the Chattanooga shale-free areas were formed.


The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDRB) Maternal and Child Health-Family Planning (MCH-FP) Extension Project had conducted an operations research (OR) study to determine the effectiveness of a new innovative service delivery approach for injectable contraceptives in rural areas: doorstep delivery. In September 1994 ICDDRB organized a workshop through which it could share its experience and lessons learned from its test sites in eight thanas in Bangladesh. Later several nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with technical assistance from ICDDRBs MCH-FP Extension Project had also adopted the same intervention. The initial session of the workshop consisted of addresses by the director of the MCH-FP Extension Project the UNFPA country director the director of USAID/Dhakas Office of Population and Health the chair of the Injectable Steering Committee the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and the director of ICDDRB. The first section of the business session included an introduction and background information on doorstep injectable services. The next section provided the key findings of the OR study on doorstep delivery of injectable contraceptives in eight thanas. The NGOs Asia Foundation the Family Planning Association of Bangladesh Family Planning Management Development and Pathfinder International presented their experiences on doorstep injectable services. The fourth section discussed quality of care concerns for doorstep delivery of injectables by family welfare assistants basic facts about the injectable contraceptive and various concerns such as informed choice availability of services for management of side effects and the screening mechanism. The project director (Clinical Services) of the Directorate of Family Planning presented various recommendations concerning clinic waste disposal client cards training and management. The director general of the Directorate of Family Planning provided the concluding remarks of the workshop.


In recent years, the construction of large-scale electromechanical facilities and smart roads in the highway network has not only improved the level of operation safety but also generated a huge demand for electric energy, the highway transportation industry has become one of the key energy consumption industries second only to industry and construction. Solar energy has become a kind of green energy that has attracted more and more attention among various new energy sources due to its energy-saving, clean, zero-emission, wide-ranging and safe characteristics. This paper analyzes the distribution of solar photovoltaic resources in China's highway network; puts forward the solar energy three-dimensional clean energy supply network technology which is suitable for highway scene, fully relying on and optimize the use of road network linear areas such as road surface space, three-dimensional space along the road to develop solar photovoltaic resources. Solar-powered roads, solar photovoltaic slopes, photovoltaic sound barriers, photovoltaic isolation barriers, etc. can be developed along the line, so as to build a three-dimensional road solar clean energy network that combines "points, lines and sections", so that green and clean energy can be provided to a large number of electricity facilities and equipment along the highway, as well as to surrounding cities and villages, making the highway become the transport network carrying the flow of people and logistics, vehicle-road cooperative intelligent information network and clean energy supply network.


The thermal relations, diel, and annual activity and microhabitat use of Lacerta agilis were studied in the Pyrenean isolated range of this species. Although, this heliothermic lizard demonstrated thermoregulatory capability, thermal constraints attributable to the mountain climate were observed. The activity pattern was that typical of cold temperate lizards but the beginning of activity was delayed in comparison with lowland populations. The reproductive cycle determined different activity patterns for males and females. The ontogenetic and seasonal changes in microhabitat use detected suggest influence of body size, reproductive condition in adults, and interference with other individuals in juveniles.


With the development of information technology, all kinds of image information are expanding. It has been a hot issue in computer vision to quickly retrieval interested images from data sets. The complexity of remote sensing images brings new challenges to the retrieval process. This paper presents a new method for remote sensing image retrieval. In our proposed multi-scale attention-based convolutional neural network with improved product quantization method (APQ), we first use deep neural network with visual attention mechanism to extract feature representation of remote sensing images, and then we use an improved product quantization method to reduce the dimension of the features for the purpose of reducing the retrieval computation cost. Experiments on two remote sensing datasets Satellite Remote Sensing and NWPU show that our APQ method can outperform some state-of-the-art remote sensing image retrieval methods.


Recently, an indication of gastrointestinal stenting is not only esophageal stenosis but it extends from the esophagus to the gastric outlet and duodenum. However, there are some problems such as shortness of the device for esophageal stenting, angulations of stenotic sites, and so on, when we perform the stenting for stenoses of the gastric outlet and duodenum. Until now, some refinements of stent insertion technique have been attempted to solve these problems. In this paper, we report three cases in which self‐expanding metallic stents were placed for stenoses of the gastric outlet and duodenum with refinements of stent insertion technique. Our attempts in these patients were an extension of stenting device to insert stents easily, and placement of covered metallic stent inside non‐covered metallic stent or a fixation of covered metallic stent to the gastrointestinal wall by means of endoclips to avoid dislocation of stents. Stents were inserted successfully in all patients, and the nutrition of these patients was improved after the placement of stents. Further refinements of stents and stent insertion technique are expected to achieve easy manipulation.


The authors present an identification technique that is robust to nonparametric uncertainty (i.e., model mismatch). The identifier produces both a parameter set estimate and a frequency response set estimate. The estimates result from the inclusion of a model of the nonparametric uncertainty in the plant model. The frequency response set estimate is shown to always contain the frequency response of the plant as long as certain modeling conditions are met. This type of identifier would be useful in applications such as control where a property such as stability or performance level must be achieved in the face of low-order modeling and its associated nonparametric uncertainty.<<ETX>>


A network-based robot [1] is a robot that explores service servers in the network environment for analyzing sensor data and making decision. Since network-based robot architecture was proposed, it's possible to reduce costs of robots. We hope robots would be all around at home environment. Therefore, normal users who are not experts need to be able to control those robots by using easy commands. We developed a scripting language, named CCSLR, to help users and developers who control various robots in ubiquitous environment. We focused on how to design the common language for various robots and how to translate a CCSLR script into a sequence of low-level commands of the target robot. In this paper, we propose scripting methods, with three layers. The CCSLR system reads the profile information from the knowledge representation database. Users don't have to know all about kinematical and mechanical details of a robot. Then again, the CCSLR system will use the profile information to translate the script into separated executable library commands. The CCSLR system manages robot's changing state every time a robot executes a command.


The paper focuses on the interrelation of heterogeneous and uncertain working conditions on the one hand and knowledge and learning processes on the other. The construction of consistent knowledge is difficult and sometimes even regarded as dangerous in organizational contexts likely to produce unexpected events. We reflect upon what and how people learn in such work environments by proposing the social psychological concept of metaknowledge as a complement to Weick and Sutcliffe's notion of 'mindfulness'. As illustration of our arguments, we present first results of a research project focusing on the introductory period of nurse anaesthetists.


The ;'''' 1:hod of ultrasonic computed tomography is used for noninvasive temperature measurement in hyperthermia in human body. A model structure of temperature measurement has been established, and the ucr algorithm for the model has been developed. We also analyse the resoludon and the time spending in the measurement ,and a method of sparse reconstructioll to meet the need s in practical application by measuring the distributioll of sound speed and then the temperature, is proposed. Also the metbod of ultrasonic diffraction reconstruction and the fast convolutiOIl-backpr opagation algorithm are used for image reconstruction. A new approach of diffraction reconstruction from limited data is p ropo sed .


Globalization has become a household word, permeating workplaces and communities, while internationalizing the curriculum has become common practice, not just in higher education, but also reaching into the primary grades and outward into program planning efforts in the non-formal sector. Few fields, however, can claim two international bodies dedicated to the global nature of a field of study and practice, illuminating common issues and coalescing professionals in a common identity, namely: (a) the governmentally based UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), and (b) the civil society-oriented ICAE (International Council for Adult Education), an association of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) from around the globe. Professional identities may be varied. One may identify as an adult educator, continuing education professional, human resource development specialist, or by many other designations and titles in the adult lifelong learning movement. One may work with research, policy, or professional practice. Central, however, is the concept of development, not just of individuals, but of the contexts in which they find themselves--thus, organizational development, community development, national development and nation building, as well as societal and global development. UNESCO and ICAE play a complementary role in this vital endeavor. UNESCO and ICAE Approximately every 12 years, UNESCO (1) hosts an International Governmental Assembly on Adult Education, although the past two Assemblies (1997 and 2009) have focused on the term adult learning. UNESCO has evidenced long-standing historical support of adult education as a field of study and practice. The first Assembly took place in Elsinore, Denmark during 1949, the second in Montreal, Canada during 1960, the third in Tokyo, Japan during 1972, the fourth in Paris, France during 1985, the fifth in Hamburg, Germany during 1997, and the sixth most recent during 2009 in Belem do Para, Brazil (and for the first time in the Southern Hemisphere). Originally scheduled for May, the Assembly was rescheduled for 1-4 December 2009 due to the then-impending HIN1 (Swine Flu) pandemic. The theme of the 2009 Assembly, CONFINTEA VI after a French acronym for International Conference on Adult Education (Conference Internationale de Educations des Adultes), was entitled "Living and Learning for a Viable Future: The power of adult learning." The objectives of the Assembly were to "(a) push forward the recognition of adult learning and education as an important element of and factor conducive to lifelong learning, of which literacy is the foundation, (b) highlight the crucial role of adult learning and education for the realization of current international education and development agendas (EFA, MDGs, UNLD, LIFE, and DESD) (2), and (c) renew political momentum and commitment and to develop the tools for implementation in order to move from rhetoric to action" (UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2010, p. 5). The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) was officially entrusted with coordinating and guiding preparatory and post-assembly follow-up matters. Although the United States was integrally involved with the inception of UNESCO, the U.S. government withdrew from UNESCO in late 1984 just prior to the fourth Assembly held in Paris during 1985, and did not return to membership until 2002 (in actuality the announcement was made in 2002, but it took until 2003 to establish a U.S. UNESCO Office and Commission). Consequently, the United States was unable to send an official delegation to the fourth (Paris) and fifth (Hamburg) UNESCO Assemblies, although adult educators did manage a presence as observer teams, but with no voting privileges. CONFINTEA VI, accordingly, represents the first time the United States planned and organized its official involvement, including the appointment of a delegation, since the third Assembly in 1972--a 37-year hiatus from Assemblies and 18-year absence from UNESCO membership CONFINTEA VI is more a process than just one event suspended in time in that it includes preparatory events prior to the Assembly and monitoring mechanisms post-Assembly. …


The extent of social engagement with the local community is closely related to international students' sociocultural
and psychological well-being, but the relevant literature shows that most students have inadequate or poor
engagement with the host society. This study, in the context of a university in an Australian regional area, examines
various factors related to these students' engagement with the local community and society. Both quantitative and
qualitative data were collected respectively by questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The findings show that
cultural differences, inadequate language competency, intercultural understanding, religion, psychological worries, and
racial discrimination are six salient barriers obstructing international students' positive and effective social interaction.
The limited contact with the local community is significantly associated with the international students' negative
emotions, including homesickness, loneliness, anxiety and depression; and demographic factors such as age and gender
are not significantly related to their social engagement, but length of stay and English proficiency in the host country
have a significant impact.


Arrays of atmospheric-pressure plasma jets are being considered as a means to increase the area being treated in surface modification and in plasma medicine in particular. A unique challenge of scaling plasma jet arrays is that individual plasma jets in an array tend to interact with each other, which can lead to quenching of some individual jets. To investigate these potential interactions, a computational study of one-, two- and three-tube arrays of micro-plasma jet arrays was performed. An atmospheric-pressure He/O2 = 99.8/0.2 mixture was flowed through the tubes into humid room air. We found that the jets interact through electrostatic, hydrodynamic and photolytic means. The hydrodynamic interactions result from the merging of individual He channels emerging from individual tubes as air diffuses into the extended gas jets. Ionization waves (IWs) or plasma bullets, which form the jets on the boundaries of an array, encounter higher mole fractions of air earlier compared with the center jet and so are slower or are quenched earlier. The close proximity of the jets produces electrostatic repulsion, which affects the trajectories of the IWs. If the jets are close enough, photoionizing radiation from their neighbors is an additional form of interaction. These interactions are sensitive to the spacing of the jets.


The cross sections for production of eta nuclei (eta A) by photons are calculated in the framework of the potential nonrelativistic model. The total cross sections of the gamma +12C to p+eta 11B and delta +16O to p+eta 15N reactions characterized by predominant forward emission of protons are shown to take on the maximum values of 0.4 mu b and 1.5 mu b, respectively, at a 0.75 GeV photon energy. The photoproduction of eta nuclei must give rise to characteristic peaks in the nucleon spectra of the gamma A to pX reactions.


Surface roughness plays an important role in grinding; it can represent the grinding quality of machined parts. In previous research, analytical models and empirical models have been used to predict surface roughness. This research presented surface roughness prediction models based on linear regression and artificial neural networks of several types of model structures, then applied different features as model inputs, including force data directly get from the force sensor and those collected force data after statistical processing to reduce dimension. After conducting the prediction model, a self-developed grinding machine was used to collect the force data for model training and testing, and the mean absolute percentage error was used to evaluate the prediction performance. In the end, a neural network of three hidden layers was marked as the best model, which was useful for surface roughness prediction during grinding.


Students at the age of 6 to 12 years old only able to think logically. Their thinking Level at the stage of concrete operations. They will be easier to understand something that is visual than verbal. Jarimatika method can make students more active in the learning process. Utilization of the fingers as tools student count is very practical, efficient, since it can be used anytime and anywhere by the students when needed. Jarimatika method is very easily accepted and understood so that the student can streamline the learning process of mathematics in elementary school. Application of the jarimatika method can improve students' math multiplication.


The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical status and the knowledge about bucal hygiene in 80 pregnant women, most of them suffering from gingival disease, halitosis and pain to dental brushing. The knowledge about oral hygiene was inadequate in the 95.38% of cases. In the intervention phase pregnant women participated in activities in which different resources available in the community were used. The results showed the disappearance of the gingival disease or a significant reduction of it. The knowledge of oral hygiene improved to an adequate level.


This paper deals with a symbiotic radar, defined as a passive radar that is an integral part of a communication network. The symbiotic radar is integrated with an IEEE 802.22 Wireless Regional Area Network and linked with the base station. It can work as a purely passive radar or, and this is the novelty in the system, can use the base station to suggest the best customer premise equipment that should be scheduled for transmission to improve tracking performance. This paper defines a cognitive passive tracking algorithm that exploits the feedback information contained in the target state prediction to improve the performance while preserving the communication capabilities of the complete network.


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Abstract One of the important measures of quality of education is the performance of students in academic settings. Nowadays, abundant data is stored in educational institutions about students which can help to discover insight on how students are learning and to improve their performance ahead of time using data mining techniques. In this paper, we developed a student performance prediction model that predicts the performance of high school students for the next semester for five courses. We modeled our prediction system as a multi-label classification task and used support vector machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), K-nearest Neighbors (KNN), and Multi-layer perceptron (MLP) as base-classifiers to train our model. We further improved the performance of the prediction model using a state-of-the-art partitioning scheme to divide the label space into smaller spaces and used Label Powerset (LP) transformation method to transform each labelset into a multi-class classification task. The proposed model achieved better performance in terms of different evaluation metrics when compared to other multi-label learning tasks such as binary relevance and classifier chains.


Metallurgical investigations and tribological test bed trials were carried out on the steels frequently used by DB AG for wheels and rails, and the results considered from the energy point of view in order to obtain information on tribological processes and the damage caused by the load. In these it was established that there was a trend for the wear of the wheekl steels to decrease with increasing strength which in fact does not generally occur on the rail steels investigated. In the area where the surfaces rub a deformation of the microstructure takes place connected with work hardening. Damage spreading out from the rubbing parts. These experimental results with conventionally used materials provide the basis for the comparison of friction and wear figures as well as their damage characterization in future investigations to be carried out on new wheel and rail materials.


BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The 2016 revision of the World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System mandates codeletion of chromosomes 1p and 19q for the diagnosis of oligodendroglioma. We studied whether conventional MR imaging features could predict 1p/19q status. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with previous 1p/19q testing were identified through pathology department records, typically performedonthebasisofanoligodendroglialcomponentonroutinehistology;69patientsmettheinclusioncriteria.Preoperativeimaging ofpatientswithgradeIIorIIIgliomaswasretrospectivelyassessedby2neuroradiologists,blindedtothe1p/19qstatus.ThirteenMRimaging featureswerefirstassessedinasmallinitialcohort( n (cid:2) 10),afterwhichthecriteriawerenarrowedfortheremainingpatientsasavalidation cohort. RESULTS: There was 85% agreement between radiologists for the overall prediction of 1p/19q status in the validation cohort, with an accuracyof84%.Thepresenceof (cid:3) 50%T2-FLAIRmismatchandcalcificationwasfoundtobethemostusefulforpredicting1p/19qstatus. The (cid:3) 50% T2-FLAIR mismatch variable was demonstrated in 14 tumors and had 100% specificity for identifying a noncodeleted tumor ( P (cid:2) .001), with 97% interobserver correlation. Calcification was visualized in 7 tumors, 6 of which were 1p/19q codeleted (specificity, 97%; P (cid:2) .006), with 100% interobserver correlation. CONCLUSIONS: The presence of (cid:3) 50% T2-FLAIR mismatch is highly predictive of a noncodeleted tumor, while calcifications suggest a 1p/19q codeleted tumor. If formal 1p/19q testing is not possible, a combined MR imaging–histologic assessment may improve the diagnostic accuracy over histology alone.


Enabled by iridium photoredox catalysis, 2-oxo-2-(hetero)arylacetic acids were decarboxylatively added to various Michael acceptors including α,β-unsaturated ester, ketone, amide, aldehyde, nitrile, and sulfone at room temperature. The reaction presents a new type of acyl Michael addition using stable and easily accessible carboxylic acid to formally generate acyl anion through photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylation.


In the following paper different aspects of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) will be reported, which demonstrate two aspects of LVH in cardiomyopathies: firstly, the role of LVH in cardiomyopathies differs from that of LVH in other myocardial diseases {see classification and etiology, appearances of LVH, functional course), and secondly, LVH implies a great variety of features, which seem to be of clinical and theoretical importance (see morphology, hypertension, therapy).


The invention discloses a plasma etching method of an insulating layer containing silicon, comprising an etching step and a side wall passivation step which are mutually independent, wherein the etching step and the wall passivation step are alternated and recycled in the etching process until the target depth is obtained by etching. The etching step comprises: etching gas is provided to etch an insulating material layer containing silicon under the action of plasma to a certain depth so as to expose one etching interface, wherein the etching interface comprises a side wall; and the side wall passivation step comprises: reaction gas containing carbon and hydrogen is provided, polymer containing carbon and hydrogen is formed on the side wall of the etching interface under the action of plasma and is deposited or attached to the side wall surface of the etching interface. The etching method of the invention quickly etches the insulating layer containing silicon and protects the side wall, obtains better appearance outline and solves the problems that the arc-shaped side wall and critical dimension when channels or through holes are etched in the prior art are offset.


The refractory lining in steel ladles is exposed to chemical and mechanical loads during the heats. Mechanical loads develop from the thermal expansion of the refractories which is confined either by the steel construction or by regions of different temperature within the refractory material. The aim of this work was the investigation of factors influencing the mechanical durability of refractory steel ladle linings and the clarification of failure mechanisms. Especially irreversible strains at the hot face of the working lining caused by compressive stresses induce an opening of joints at the hot face. The irreversible strains reduce the compressive stresses in circumferential direction and increase the probability of tensile failure. A further effect of the irreversible strains is a reduced stability of the working lining. Of special interest in this context is a possible controlled expansion of bricks to counterbalance the irreversible compressive strains.


Purpose: To investigate outcomes following treatment of thrombosed native dialysis fistulas with AngioJet thrombectomy. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed an existing database and included patients according to the following criteria: thrombosed fistula, native fistula, and use of the AngioJet system for mechanical thrombectomy. Outcomes included clinical success, complications, and patency rates. Results: One hundred and nine patients with 135 episodes of native fistula thrombosis were included in the study. Clinical success was achieved in 76% (103 of 135) of the procedures. Fistulas salvaged within three days of thrombosis had higher clinical success rates than those salvaged after three days (80% vs. 63%). The average procedure time was 82 37 minutes. Complications occurred in 15% (20 of 135) of the procedures, but all were not device-related. The primary patency rates were 67%, 57%, and 39% and the secondary patency rates were 74%, 72%, and 70% at 30, 90, and 180 days, respectively. In the Cox regression analysis, only diabetes mellitus, current smoker, right-sided fistula and small vessel size were independent predictors of primary patency. Conclusion: Percutaneous thrombectomy using the AngioJet system is effective for the salvage of thrombosed native dialysis fistulas. It has an acceptable complication rate, primary patency rate, and secondary patency rate.


In this paper a novel low-voltage and low-power rail-to-rail linear operational transconductance amplifier (OTA), operating in sub-threshold region is presented. The source degenerated bulk-driven input stage ensures rail-to-rail operation with enhanced linearity. To enhance its transconductance and current drive capability a regenerative feedback at input transistor's gates has been employed. The OTA operating at 0.5 V supply ensured total harmonic distortion (THD) <; -40 dB. The circuit provides 43 dB gain and 90 kHz gain bandwidth product. The Tanner EDA 15.0 simulation tool environment using 0.18 μm CMOS process technology has been used to simulate the proposed circuit. Simulation results show that with supply of one threshold order, circuit consumes 292 nA current and 146 nW power and exhibits less than -65 dB total harmonic distortions, for 100 mV(p-p) signal at 200 Hz frequency in its unity gain configuration.


The first extensive solid-state study of compounds of formula R3PIBr [R3=(p-CIC6H4)3, Ph3, Ph2Prn, Ph2Me, PhMe2 or Bun3] has been made, most having not previously been described. The crystal structure of Ph3PIBr shows it to be a surprisingly complex molecule containing dual occupancy of the halogen sites within the unit cell, existing predominantly as Ph3PIBr. Nevertheless, it is clear that the molecule is a further example of the four-co-ordinate molecular 'spoke' structure, Ph3P–X–X, previously established for Ph3PX2(X = Br or I) and Ph3ASI2. X-Ray powder diffraction studies on analytically pure samples of Ph3PIBr prepared the same way indicated that subtly different compounds are formed containing varying degrees of occupancy for the two sites described above; however, the molecule is always predominantly Ph3P–I–Br. Raman spectroscopic studies on all the R3PIBr compounds illustrate the dominance of the P–I bond in the spectrum; however, in some cases a minor peak assignable to v(P–Br) was noted, in agreement with the crystallographic studies. Solution 31P-{H} NMR studies in CDCI3 indicate complete ionisation of the compounds R3P–I–Br to [R3PI]Br; no evidence for the corresponding [R3PBr]I was observed. Results for the compound Bun3PIBr were inconclusive however. This suggests halogen exchange occurs in solution, in agreement with the findings of previous workers.


This paper stressed on the analysis of the current status of the Ecological Residence,and its perspective in China.Andaccording to the needs and environment in China,it also made some brief comments on the healthy development of Ecological Residence and produced some guiding principle and suggestions for the future of Ecological Residence in China.


In order to study the statistical inference of the nonparametric component in the semiparametric varying-coefficient partially linear models,a profile least-squares estimator for varying coefficient function is proposed by local linear regression technique.Asymptotic bias and variance are obtained,and asymptotic nor- mality of the estimator is also gained.


Abstract Although there are many Jewish day schools within the United States, relatively few offer gifted programs. The schools that do offer programs differ from each other, offering various forms of enrichment. We discuss the exemplary standards for gifted programs established by the National Association for Gifted Children and illustrate how the standards could be applied to Jewish day schools. The information provided can be useful for decision making, implementing and improving gifted programs in Jewish day schools.


The traditional manufacturing cost-tolerance function is improved from the point of view of the time value of money, and this makes manufacturing cost in tolerances design more actual. A comprehensive mathematic model is constructed for the concurrent tolerance optimal design based on the time value of manufacture-quality loss cost. Purpose of the establishment of the model is equivalent calculation for cost-tolerance function and quality loss function of different time points, so as to make them calculated in the same time point, and concurrent tolerance optimal design is achieved. This modified model's validity is proven by an illustrative example.


The Circuit Weight Training Group (CTG) (n=12), exercised 3d a week for 20min/d. CTG completed a 5min warm-up followed by a 10 station circuit weight training routine and concluded with a 5min cool-down. The Control Group (CG) (n=12) remained inactive throughout the 8-wk study. They were asked to maintain the activity level they entered into the study. Participants completed a 3d dietary log during wk 1 and 8 and were asked to maintain their baseline dietary habits throughout the study. All participants were assessed before and after the 8wk period using the following tests.


13 Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Pvt. Ltd. Abstract— This paper describes the pose estimation of an object using a calibrated camera. The idea is to fir st calibrate the camera and then implement the algorithm to find the estimated matrices that describes the three dimensi onal pose of the object. The camera calibration process includes capturing the images and then processing them to find the int rinsic and extrinsic parameters, which are used to estimate th e object pose. And object pose estimation is carried out by first finding the corners with the help of Harris feature extract ion and then comparing the image and object matrices in the POSI T algorithm and finally eliminating the errors with t he help of iterations. The algorithm estimates the pose with aminimum of four non-coplanar points from the acquired image. Both camera calibration and pose estimation processes we re implemented using MATLAB® Ver.22.214.171.1245 (R2011a).


In the operation of the hydropower units, it often come across condition changes such as start-up, normal stop, increase or decrease the load and load rejection. This will cause the hydraulic transient process of the water power generation system, which is of great significance to the safe and stable operation of hydropower station. This paper analyzes the method to calculate the transient process of hydropower unit and expounds the principle of all kinds of calculation methods and steps to lay a foundation for further optimization study.


: The purpose of this research was to collect efficacy data on biological, biochemical, and chemical fungicide seed treatments on hemp ( Cannabis sativa L.) to mitigate damping-off and enhance field stand establishment. Seed treatments were evaluated in fields in New York (NY), North Dakota (ND), and Virginia (VA) and at two planting dates in each state in 2020. A single seed lot of a dual-purpose (fiber + grain) cultivar ('Anka') was treated using a laboratory-scale rotary pan coater. Five biological, two biochemical, and four chemical seed treatments were tested. A laboratory germination test revealed that seed treatments did not exhibit phytotoxicity when compared to the non-treated control. A laboratory bioassay with naturally infested soil was used to assess the preliminary activity of seed treatments for protection against damping-off. The biochemical seed treatment Ultim ® (active ingredient; organic copper) performed as well as the chemical treatments Apron XL ® + Maxim ® 4FS and Mertect ® 340F in preventing damping-off whereas the biological treatments did not differ from the non-treated control in terms of disease incidence. In all field tests, biological seed treatments did not improve plant stands compared to the non-treated control. Biochemical seed treatments Prudent 44 ® with Nutrol ® (active ingredient; phosphite) and Ultim ® , along with chemical seed treatments, had acceptable efficacy and improved stand establishment compared to the non-treated control across field locations. Based on efficacy results from laboratory and field trials, the copper seed treatment has potential for both conventional and organic hemp production.


Seawater desalination is the technical process of producing freshwater.Seawater desalination has been important approach to resolve the crisis of resource on the global freshwater.The techniques of seawater desalination are described,the theory,craft and use instances of multi-stage flash,multi-effect evaporation and reverse osmosis are introduced and compared.


Collaborative filtering is a widely adopted approach to recommendation, but sparse and high dimensional data are often barriers to providing high quality recommendations. Meanwhile, the traditional methods only utilize the information of the user-item rating matrix but ignore the trust relations between users, so their recommendation precision is often unsatisfactory. To address such issues, this paper constructs an user-preference matrix to reduce the data dimension and clusters the users by k-means clustering algorithm. Incorporating trust relationship, an improved similarity method is proposed to compute the similarity value. Then we find the nearest neighbor in the target user's category according to the similarity; and predict the user's prediction score by the nearest neighbor. At last we recommend the items with high prediction score to the user. This improved method has been tested via MovieLens 100K in order to make a comparison with the traditional techniques. The results have indicated that the proposed method can enhance performance of recommender systems.


Abstract The computation techniques for enhancing the accuracy of the perturbation reanalysis of the generalized eigenvalue problem Ax = λBx are investigated, and a high accuracy step-by-step perturbation method is presented. The method is constituted of a step-by-step perturbation procedure together with a perturbational iteration technique. It is shown that the method may be the most effective algorithm for the parametric history analysis (PHA) of structural vibration characteristics. Several important special applications of the PHA of structural vibration are introduced. Finally, two illustrative numerical examples are given.


Abstract In this paper, I argue that a new principle of background justice should be added to Rawls's Law of Peoples because climate change is an international and intergenerational problem that can destabilize the Society of Peoples and the well-ordered peoples therein. I start with explaining the nature of my project and Rawls's conception of stability. I argue that climate change poses a realistic threat to the stability of climate-vulnerable liberal peoples and as a result undermines international peace and security. Despite the uncertainties due to the complexity of the climate system and about the resilience of liberal societies, liberal peoples' fundamental interests in just basic institutions and national security call for the adoption of a precautionary principle. Rawls's own principles are, I argue, inadequate to solve the stability problem from climate change. Still, his framework provides the theoretical resources to develop a new extension. I propose a new Rawlsian principle of international, intergenerational justice that guarantees the environmental background conditions under which well-ordered peoples can sustain their basic structure over generations and sketch the principle's institutional implementation. I conclude with the theoretical and practical significance of this extension of Rawls's theory.


The reactions of the dinuclear cationic complexes [Pd2(μ-PBut2)(PR3)4]+ (PR3 = PCy2H, PMe3) with CO or isoprene proceed with substitution of one or two phosphine ligands giving the corresponding [Pd2(μ-PBut2)(PR3)3(CO)]+ and [Pd2(μ-PBut2) (μ,η2,η2-isoprene)(PR3)2]+ cations. [Pd2(μ-PBut2)(PCy2H)3(CO)]+ equilibrates in solution to a mixture of monocarbonyl derivatives arising from bridging phosphido/terminal phosphine interchange. The complexes were characterized by multinuclear 1-D and 2-D NMR spectroscopy. The crystal and molecular structures of [Pd2(μ-PBut2)(PCy2H)3(CO)]BF4 and [Pd2(μ-PBut2)(PCy2H)2(μ,η2,η2-isoprene)]CF3SO3 were solved by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies.


The Sydney gay and lesbian Mardi Gras parade is one of the largest public celebrations of queer sexuality in the world today. This article seeks to understand the attraction of the Mardi Gras parade for heterosexual spectators who feel ambivalent or negative towards homosexuality. Drawing upon the concepts of 'the stranger' and 'the tourist' we suggest that the parade has several liminoid features that enable these spectators to momentarily suspend sexual norms that would otherwise inhibit them from attending. In this way, the parade provides an almost ideal opportunity for the ambivalent sexual tourist to experience the pleasure of the strange.


Abstract Using modified chemical vapor deposition and solution doping techniques, erbium-doped fibers (EDFs) were prepared based on cesium–silicate glasses. The possibility of manufacturing high-concentration (1–13 wt%) EDFs was shown, and a fiber structure was realized by means of direct doping of cesium–silicate glass with erbium ions. The optical, fluorescence, and gain properties of prepared samples were examined. A maximum gain of 25 dB at 1538 nm was achieved in the fiber at an optimum length of 30 cm at a pump power of 50 mW at 979 nm.


A novel approach to regional flood frequency analysis is presented and evaluated. The technique is referred to as the region of influence approach in that every site can have a potentially unique set of gauging stations for use in the estimation of at-site extremes. The rationale for the methodology is discussed, and several options for incorporating the approach into regional flood frequency analysis are developed and compared with traditional regional estimation procedures. Through a Monte Carlo experiment, the region of influence approach is demonstrated to provide improved at-site estimates of extreme flow quantlies in terms of network average root mean squared error and comparable results for bias. The method is further shown to have attractive features for estimating extremes for unusual sites in a network of gauging stations.


Raising rabbits is one of the main activities of the business group in Tanjungsari Village, Panekan District, Magetan Regency. Raising rabbits provides several advantages, including: 1) feed that is easy to obtain and cheap; 2) easy maintenance method; 3) the number of children produced from the parent is counted. In addition, rabbit urine can be used for liquid organic fertilizer. Rabbit urine as one of the mainstay organic fertilizers for farmer groups in Panekan District, so far the potential of rabbit urine has not been developed optimally. The objectives of this activity are to: (1) utilize waste derived from rabbit urine; (2) improve the management of rabbit breeder groups. The method used is education and facilitation. Education is carried out by: (1) providing counseling to groups of rabbit breeders for the manufacture of organic fertilizer derived from rabbit urine; (2) introduction of fertilizer-making equipment; (3) assistance for training on the use of tools, group motivation, marketing management of organic fertilizer products derived from rabbit urine. Facilitate by providing appropriate tools needed by the group for the manufacture of organic fertilizers. This effort is carried out to utilize waste derived from rabbit urine and increase economic added value for rabbit breeders.


svcom saves commands (and output) in a parallel log, that can be keep clean of unwanted intermediate calculations or supporting information not relevant for conveying the main result. svcom works as a prefix command to normal Stata commands. svcom works together with the command svtxt.


The chemical which is used most commonly for the coagulation of waters, in connection with the mechanical system of filtration, is basic sulphate of alumina, more often referred to as "sulphate of alumina," or merelyas "alum." In a case where so much depends upon the proper chemical treatment of the water, it is evident that the quality of the chemical used is a matter of fundamental importance. Most of the products which have been furnished for this purpose have been reasonably satisfactory in this respect. Recently, however, an instance has occurred where inferiority in the quality of the alum has caused a noticeable diminution in the efficiency of the filter. The writers have thought that a brief description of this experience might be of interest to others. Theoretical sulphate of alumina has the formula A12(S04)3. 18 H20; that is, it contains 48.64 per cent of water, 15.32 per cent of alumina (Al,^), and 36.04 per cent of sulphuric acid (SO3). The aluminum sulphate of commerce, however, differs somewhat from these theoretical proportions. It usually contains somewhat less water of crystallization and more sulphuric acid and alumina. The excess of alumina over the theoretical amount is generally greater than that of the acid, in the case of alums which have been furnished for filtration purposes. This is what has given rise to the trade name "basic sulphate of alumina." The excess of alumina (Al203) over the theoretical amount necessary to combine with the acid (SO3) usually varies from 1 to 5 per cent, although it sometimes is as high as 10 per cent. The ratio of alumina (A\203) actually present in an alum to the amount theoretically necessary to combine with the acid (SO3) present has been sometimes termed the ratio of basicity. While in the case of most alums which have been furnished for filtration purposes the basicity ratio has exceeded unity, alums are sometimes manufactured for other purposes which have a basicity


Background Recent reports of major and minor neurologic sequelae after spinal anesthesia have generated concern regarding the safety of some currently used intrathecal agents. The role of glucose, if any, in neurotoxic injury associated with spinal anesthesia is not known. The current experiments sought to determine whether the presence of 7.5% glucose alters the neurotoxicity of intrathecally administered 5% lidocaine. Methods Two experiments were performed. First, 48 rats were implanted with an intrathecal catheter and randomly divided into eight equal groups. Each animal received a single intrathecal infusion of 5% lidocaine (groups P1‐P4) or 5% lidocaine with 7.5% glucose (G1‐G4) for 0.5, 1, 2, or 4 h at a rate of 1 micro liter/min. Sensory function was assessed using the tail‐flick test; a deficit was defined as a complete lack of response to the heat stimulus at the proximal, mid or distal portion of the tail persisting 4 days after the infusion. In the second experiment, 60 rats were randomly divided into two groups to receive a 1‐h intrathecal infusion of 5% lidocaine or 5% lidocaine with 7.5% glucose. Animals were evaluated for increase in the latency of the tail‐flick reflex 4 days after infusion. Results In the first experiment, the two lidocaine solutions produced similar dose‐dependent loss of sensory function. In the second experiment, the two solutions induced similar alterations in tail‐flick latency. Conclusions The presence of 7.5% glucose does not affect the potential of intrathecally administered 5% lidocaine to induce sensory impairment. These findings provide further support for the hypothesis that recent injuries after spinal anesthesia resulted from a direct neurotoxic effect of the local anesthetic.


Objective
To observe the changes of choroidal capillary flow area (CBFA) and density in patients with idiopathic macular hole (IMH) before and after surgery.

Methods
A prospective clinical study. Thirty patients (60 eyes) with unilateral IMH diagnosed in Department of Ophthalmology of The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University from February 2017 to March 2018 and 30 age-and sex- matched normal controls were included in this study. All eyes were divided into group A (30 affected eyes), group B (30 fellow eyes) and group C (30 normal eyes of controls). Among 30 eyes in group A, there were 5, 14, 11 eyes with hole in stage Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ, respecitvely. The eyes in group A were divided into two subgroups according to the diameter of the holes: group D: hole diameter less than or equal to 500 μm (11 eyes), group E: hole diameter over than 500 μm (19 eyes). All eyes in group A underwent vitrectomy. Spectral-domain OCT was used to observe the diameter size of macular hole and the closure of the hole after vitrectomy in eyes of group A. The CBFA and blood flow density of superficial choroidal capillaries were measured by OCT angiography before and 3 months after vitrectomy in groups A, B and C. Univariate analysis of variance and t test were used for statistical analysis.

Results
Before surgery, in group A, B and C, the CBFA were 2.84±0.35, 3.19±0.23, 3.26±0.24 mm2, the blood flow density were (20.74±8.26)%, (35.18±5.20)%, (35.20±6.49)%, respectively. The CBFA and blood flow density in group A were significantly lower than those in group B and C (F=19.768, 45.583; P = 0.000, 0.000), but there was no significant difference between group B and C (F=19.768, 45.583; P=0.332, 0.994). The CBFA and blood flow density in group D were higher than those in group E (t=2.230, 2.202; P=0.034, 0.036). The diameter of macular hole was negatively correlated with CBFA and blood flow density (r=-0.377, -0.477; P=0.044, 0.009). Three months after surgery, the macular holes in group A were closed; CBFA and blood flow density in macular area were significantly higher than before surgery (t=-4.126, -4.912; P=0.000, 0.000).

Conclusions
CBFA and blood flow density decreased in the macular area of IMH. CBFA and blood flow density can be recovered after vitrectomy.

Key words:
Retinal perforations/diagnosis; Tomographyoptical coherence; Regional blood flow; Choroidal capillary flow area


This paper presents a more holistic approach in evaluating the impacts of CO2 injection in CO2 sequestration operations in a depleted Morrow B sandstone of the Farnsworth Unit, Ochiltree County, Texas. The complex interactions between CO2 and the formation fluids (oil and brine) and the acidized brine interactions with formation rock when coupled with mechanical processes present an integrated and realistic effect of CO2 injection in the underground environment. In light of this, different coupled numerical simulation models were developed to investigate the various CO2 trapping mechanisms and the long-term fate of CO2 in a depleted Morrow B sandstone. The models include hydrodynamical model, coupled hydrodynamical-mechanical model, coupled hydrodynamical-chemical model, and coupled hydrodynamical-chemical-mechanical model. A WAG operation was carried out for 20 years after the history period and followed by a post-injection period of 1000 years to monitor and evaluate the effect of the injected CO2 on the underground environment. This work shows that geomechanics impacted the petrophysical properties of the reservoir and had significant impact on the injectivity of CO2. The chemical reactions had very little impact on the petrophysical properties of the reservoir. The different simulation scenarios resulted in variable amounts of storage within the partially depleted oil reservoir.


With rising volatility in agriculture, farmers increasingly need to manage volatility and elevated risk. This case illustrates the experience of four Kansas cooperatives that combined their efforts to develop risk management services for their members through a jointly owned LLC, Team Marketing Alliance (TMA). TMA's unique approach to risk management helps producers mitigate output price risk, lock in input purchases and ensure revenue coverage through crop insurance. This case can be successfully used in undergraduate and graduate courses, and in extension seminars focused on agribusiness strategy, risk management, and farmer cooperatives.


P Marmier and E Sheldon New York: Academic Press 1969 pp xvii + 809 price £8 3s 4d This book is the first volume of a proposed three volume set on the physics of nuclei and elementary particles. An idea of the scope of this volume can be obtained by naming some of the subjects treated in the 11 chapters.


Autoimmune haemolytic anemia is a rare but potentially catastrophic adverse event of im-mune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. We present the case of a gentleman who presented with non-specific symptoms while undergoing adjuvant Nivolumab therapy after potential-ly curative surgery for gastroesophageal cancer. The patient's haemoglobin deteriorated to 4.7 g/dl with no evidence of bleeding and serologic tests indicative of hemolysis. He re-ceived emergent massive RCC transfusion receiving 9 units of bloods in 1 night, and was commenced on high dose methylprednisolone. During subsequent weeks of inpatient care, the patient continued to received multiple daily red cell transfusions and had a total of 53 RCC transfusions during admission, along with high doses of steroids,4 doses of weekly Rituximab as well as 2 doses of IVIG.While he was discharged on day 38 of admission, he required a slow taper of steroids over 6 months. Immune related hemolytic anemias are a rare corollary of immune check point inhibitors. The cases of immune related AIHA docu-mented in the literature were treated with steroids, Rituximab and IVIG, which are also rec-ommended by guidelines for the treatment of immune related haemolytic anemias.


Thirty-one accessions of four Lactuca species (L. serriola, L. saligna, L. aculeata, L. squarrosa) and one L. serriola × L. sativa hybrid were screened for field resistance to Bremia lactucae. In the L. serriola group, significant differences in the level of field resistance were distinguished. The accessions PI 281876 and PI 253467 were free of infection. Moreover, all L. saligna accessions tested were totally free from disease during three-year-investigation


The anticodon-codon (A-C) segment and the tRNA charging segment (7 nanometers apart) are coupled through the spin torque current arising as a response to the triplet-singlet (T-S) crossing (the T and S energies are equal) on the A-C segment. If the direction of the torque vector at the tRNA end matches with the spin direction on the attachable amino acid (AA) spin directions must be opposite the AA bonding to the tRNA (the tRNA charging) is allowed, if not the bonding is forbidden. The finding works flawless and has multiple applications, including the creation of new materials with quantum properties.  2014 Trade Science Inc. INDIA Regular Paper Alexander A.Tulub1,2 Centre for Interdisciplinary Computational and Dynamical Analysis, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, (UK) School of Biology of Saint-Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, Saint-Petersburg, 199034, (RUSSIA) E-mail : email@example.com


The invention discloses a method for improving the quality of cold-rolled strip products, and particularly relates to the method for reducing the pinchers of a cold-rolled strip coil. The technical scheme is that: the method comprises the following steps of: when the transverse thickness difference of the cold-rolled strip coil is more than or equal to 15 mu m, exchanging the head and the tail of strip steel for re-coiling, increasing the setting of a cooling fan by 8 to 10 percent when the re-coiled strip steel is fed into a continuous annealing furnace for annealing, and reducing the setting of the coiling tension of the annealed strip steel at a continuous annealing furnace outlet section by 10 to 11 percent; when the transverse thickness difference of the cold-rolled strip coil is less than 15 mu m, reducing the setting of the tension at a continuous annealing furnace process section by 7 to 15 percent, and reducing the setting of the coiling tension of the annealed strip steel at an outlet section by 8 to 15 percent; and when a coiling length is more than 500m, eliminating the coiling tension at the outlet section, manually and transversely moving a coiling position by 1 to 2mm, performing the re-coiling, controlling a re-coiling acceleration gradient not to be more than a process speed, and performing the next acceleration after the stable running of 10 seconds.


By now it should be evident that there are many conditions associated with poverty which are more degenerating and infectious than the lack of adequate income per se. Indeed, the disadvantages which accrue to families with severely limited incomes frequently are more pervasive in nature than an absence of adequate purchasing power. Conceivably, a prudent family with an annual income of $3,000 may be financially well off; while a spendthrift family with an annual income of $30,000 may be on the verge of bankruptcy.