Lateral frontal sinus mucoceles have been reported to be surgically difficult to reach and dissect, often requiring open approaches to ensure adequate marsupialization.1-3 However, these techniques come with additional potential complications such as posterior table penetration, supraorbital nerve injury, stenosis of frontonasal communication, as well as visible facial scarring.4 The therapeutic flexible bronchoscope has been the mainstay in respiratory medicine for direct assessment of the lower airway as well as for various necessary therapeutic maneuvers. Its flexibility allows for superior navigation and assessment of the tertiary bronchioles when compared with traditional rigid bronchoscopes.5 We present the novel technique of flexible bronchoscope assistance in endoscopic sinus surgery (BESS), in a patient with an infected left lateral frontal sinus mucocele. A 51-year-old Chinese man initially presented with a 2-day history of left forehead swelling and pain. This was on a background of recurrent left eye swelling over the past 3 months, which resolved normally with oral antibiotics and antibiotic eye drops. No nasal congestion, nasal discharge, or fever was reported. On examination, we noted left orbital swelling and hypoglobus together with some tenderness to palpation over the left frontal sinus. Eye movements and pupillary reflexes were normal. Flexible nasoendoscopy showed no polyps or mucopus within the anterior and posterior nasal spaces. Computed tomography of the paranasal sinuses showed an infected left lateral frontal sinus mucocele with associated focal bony defect of the left superior orbital rim (Fig. 1A). Medial to the mucocele, a large supra agger frontal cell6 was noted to be obstructing the frontal sinus outflow tract (Fig. 1B). The patient was commenced on intravenous augmentin, initially with trending of inflammatory markers. However, in view of a worsening clinical picture after 2 days, he was brought in to the operating theater for emergency left endoscopic sinus surgery.


It is shown that the E7 trigonometric Olshanetsky–Perelomov Hamiltonian, when written in terms of the Fundamental Trigonometric Invariants (FTI), is in algebraic form, i.e. has polynomial coefficients, and preserves the infinite flag of polynomial spaces with the characteristic vector α = (1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4). Its flag coincides with one of the minimal characteristic vectors for the E7 rational model, which in turn coincides with the E7 highest root.


Studies have shown that two heats of steel of the same grade welded in GTA under the same conditions lead to
dissimilar welds aspects. This difference is related to the presence of Minor elements in the weld pool. To
describe and integrate the forces involved in the weld pool like: the surface tension, Buoyancy force and
electromagnetic force, the mathematical tool is necessary. In this paper, the effect of viscosity on the shape of the weld bead is discussed on the basis of numerical simulation


The Bell Creek field, one of the most important oil discoveries in the United States in 1967, is in T8 and 9S, 54, and 55E, in Powder River and Carter Counties, southeastern Montana. Daily production, currently 50,000 bbl of oil, should rise to 65,000 bbl, outstripping that of any other Rocky Mountain oil field. Reserves are estimated at more than 200 million bbl. The field is a Lower Cretaceous stratigraphic trap uncontrolled by structure, along the gently dipping east flank of the Powder River basin. Located near the intersection of northeast-trending littoral marine bars and a northwest-trending delta system (evident from earlier regional stratigraphic studies), the Muddy Sandstone trap was formed in a complex assemblage of local, shallow-water, nearshore environments during a regressive phase between two major advances of Early Cretaceous seas. Very porous and permeable sandstone bodies pinch out eastward, contain organic matter, and are underlain and overlain by organic-rich marine shale, providing an ideal trap for indigenous oil. The sandstone tongues were tilted upward on the east shortly after deposition as a result of the westward sub idence of the basin in which the overlying Mowry Shale was deposited. Later subsidence of the east limb of the Powder River basin further increased the size and efficiency of the trap. At least four individual reservoirs are delineated in the complex facies assemblage by oil-water and gas-oil contacts. The Bell Creek field is an excellent example of major oil fields remaining to be found in stratigraphic traps in the sparsely drilled Rocky Mountain region. Drilling, rather than other exploration methods, is the most efficient and conclusive test of evolving economically oriented stratigraphic concepts.


In this paper, a newly proposed Double-Independent-Gate(DIG) Ambipolar Silicon -Nanowire(SiNW) Field Effect Transistor (DIG Ambi-SiNWFET) is introduced. The proposed transistor has two types of gate such as Polarity Gate(Pgate) and Control Gate(Cgate). We demonstrated a correlation between current level and work function of Pgate, Cgate, and Source/Drain(S/D) of the DIG Ambi-SiNWFET. As a result, the current level of DIG Ambi-SiNWFET has small dependence on the work function of Cgate, but it has much dependence on those of Pgate and S/D. When the work functions of Pgate and Cgate and S/D are 4.75eV and 4.5 eV and 4.8eV, respectively, the DIG Ambi-SiNWFET shows clear ambipolar |I ds |-V ds characteristics when Pgate voltage = 1V and Cgate voltage = 1V, and Pgate voltage = -1V and Cgate volatge = -1V.


Authors: Besnik Meziu & Sophie Stahlnacke
Title: We're personnel, but also their mother, father, sister or brother...
Tutor: Johan Cronehed
Assessor: Carina Tigervall
The purpose of this study was to examine how personnel within an asylum accommodation
for unaccompanied refugee children understood and looked at their own professional role,
both in terms of professionalism and emotional commitment. To examine this, we have
conducted individual interviews with nine people who work in two different asylum homes
and we therefore used a qualitative approach. The results of our interviews revealed that
personnel at various asylum accommodations defined, and looked upon, social work with
unaccompanied refugee children in different ways, however the children's' life stories did
affected and shaped the relationships between the children and personnel into difference
perceived roles – buddy- and parental roles. In order to act professionally in this situation the
importance of limiting the emotional involvement for the children but also being able to
distinguish the feelings one indicate in its professional and private self was highlighted by the
personnel. As a strategy for this the personnel had to switch roles in certain situations, going
from more personal roles to acting as the professional perpetrator of social work. The
professional role was described such as at that in certain cases could damage the relationship
with the children but that it nevertheless was needed to identify oneself with not only because
of the own notion of what a professional social work with unaccompanied children do but also
to meet society's expectations of this role.
Keywords: unaccompanied children, emotional commitment, professionalism, social work,
roles.


With the extensive usage of Internet technology, Sentiment Analysis (SA) has become one of the research areas to analyze the sentiments. SA extracts emotions in the text, which helps various organizations to make effective decisions. The explosive volumes of data create more opportunities and challenges in the analysis. The existing survey focuses on Natural Language Processing techniques for SA. However, in the last few years, many Machine Learning techniques have been developed. In this survey paper, a comprehensive review of the Machine Learning techniques for SA is presented. This survey mainly focuses on the essential works carried out in the last few years. SA is an evolving field, and the other contribution of this paper is presenting newer applications and open problems in sentimental analysis.


Subject. Digital technologies and information resources in the prevention of dental diseases in children's patients and their implementation in the activities of dental medical organizations of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The aim. To develop an information resource for children and their parents on the prevention of dental diseases in children's patients.
Results. The main method of influencing the patient is individual preventive counseling. Hygienic education and upbringing should be strictly differentiated by purpose and content, depending on the age of children. However, pediatric dentists have difficulties in teaching the patient and their parents hygiene skills. For example, this may be due to the lack of free time for parents to listen to information from a doctor about the prevention of dental diseases. Parents receive information from the Internet and social groups without thinking about the correctness of the information received and the availability of a scientific approach. The authors have developed a software product for patients of dental medical organizations of children's profile, in which the space is divided by age: from 0 to 17 years.
Conclusions. Despite the scaling up and implementation of preventive measures, the intensity of caries and its increase in many regions of the Russian Federation is at a fairly high level. The lack of information received at the clinical reception, the psycho-emotional component of the child's behavior, the lack of a scientific approach in the Internet information networks lead to low effectiveness of prevention programs. That is why one of the main directions in healthcare is the prevention of diseases, as well as the formation of a healthy lifestyle for both adults and children. The use of the developed product provides various advantages both for the dental medical organization and for patients and their parents. But most importantly, this will increase the effectiveness of preventive measures in children's patients.


2 � ABSTRACT: Patients' reaction to chemotherapy is directly related to the state of their hormonal receptors. In most cases, studies on the chemoprevention of breast cancer use women with a not necessarily hormone-sensitive high risk of breast cancer (using the Gail Model). This study compared the capabilities of a new hybrid model and the Gail model in selecting women to chemoprevention. The objective was to determine the better method to select women who should be benefited with breast cancer chemoprevention. The new hybrid model was constructed using fuzzy sets classification of risk factors and crispy rules (constructed by translating physicians' perceptions of hormone-sensitive breast cancer's risk). This model considered age, age at menarche, number of previous biopsies, number of relatives affected by breast cancer, and age at first live birth. Since the new model had been developed, we calculated and compared the risks by Gail Model and by fuzzy hybrid model. The data used refer retrospectively to five years before the disease's diagnosis. The fuzzy hybrid model presented better results and improved significantly the accuracy of predicting hormone-sensitive breast cancer (20.5%). However, we believe that it is necessary to validate it with a large and prospectively sample before be used clinically. � KEYWORDS: Breast cancer; hormone receptor; fuzzy logic; chemoprevention.


there exists different understanding about application of paragraph 2 of article of 63 in the penal code in criminal theory of and judicial practice. The judgment on theft of XU Ting was largely paid attention to,from which the special circumstances of the case can be studied. The special circumstances of the case include national interests and special case condition. Direct change of sentence during the approval of the Supreme People's Court,and not establishment in the review procedure should be nature means of this provision. Reduction of the punishment can be either relief of penalty kind,or the reduction of the variety of punishment cells,but cannot be exempt from punishment.


The
 objective of this study was to investigate the binding ability of porcine
 spermatozoa in the Oviduct-Explant-Assay (OEA) and in the DudFinderâ Sperm-Binding Assay (SBA) in relation to
 conventional parameters of sperm quality and in relation to storage time of
 liquid semen.
 116
 diluted semen samples of 44 boars from four different insemination centres
 were examined after 24 h and after 72 h of cold-storage. The conventional
 assessment of sperm motility, of morphological abnormal forms and of sperm
 viability (PI-staining) was performed in the diluted ejaculates. Motile
 spermatozoa were selected by Percoll gradient centrifugation. Binding of
 sperm was investigated using explants from 124 fallopian tubes of sows
 obtained at the local abattoir in the OEA and using heat-solubilized extract
 of perivitelline membranes from hens eggs in the commercial SBA on a
 split-sample-basis. The relation between sperm-binding ability in vitro and
 fertility was investigated in five boars proved as being subfertile. Following
 results were achieved:
 Sperm
 motility of all boars was ³ 70 %. Concerning
 sperm morphology and cytoplasmic droplets as being the most frequent
 morphological abnormal form, boars were classified as being morphologically
 conspicuous (morphologically abnormal spermatozoa ³ 30 % and / or spermatozoa with cytoplasmic droplets
 ³ 15 %) or as being morphologically
 inconspicuous (morphologically abnormal spermatozoa £ 30 % and spermatozoa with cytoplasmic droplets £ 15 %). At both
 times of investigation binding of porcine sperm in the OEA differed highly
 significant between boars (p £ 0,001) and
 decreased highly significant during storage time (p £ 0,001) about 25 %. Regardless of storage time the
 binding index showed a highly significant negative correlation with both the
 percentage of morphologically abnormal spermatozoa (R = -0,52; p £ 0,001) and the percentage of spermatozoa with
 cytoplasmic droplets (R = -0,52; p £ 0,001). There
 was also a significant positive correlation between the binding index and the
 motility of Percoll-selected sperm (R = 0,45; p £ 0,05). No correlation was found between the binding
 index and either motility of untreated sperm or the viability after
 Propidiumiodid-staining or the stability of the sperm chromatin structure.
 Sperm
 binding in the SBA decreased significantly (p £ 0,05) from 6,6 % to 6,2 % bound sperm during storage of the extended
 semen. There were no correlations between % bound sperm in the SBA and any
 other parameter of sperm quality including the results of the OEA.
 The
 ejaculates of five boars classified as being subfertile were morphologically
 conspicuous. Spermatozoa from the ejaculates of four out of five boars showed
 a binding index in the OEA more than one standard deviation lower than the
 mean of the investigated population while none of those boars had spermatozoa
 showing a diminished binding ability in the SBA. It can
 be concluded that the OEA is an useful approach to investigate the boar
 specific and selective character of porcine sperm binding to oviductal
 epithelium in vitro. In contrast, the validity of the SBA must be considered
 as being questionable.
 Further
 research activities in this field are mandatory and should focus on the
 molecular basis of the observed reduced binding ability of long-term stored
 boar spermatozoa to oviductal epithelium.


Alluvial rivers are shaped by interactions of flow and sediment transport. Their lower reaches to the world's oceans are highly dynamic, often presenting engineering and management challenges. Here we analyzed over 6,000 single‐beam cross‐sectional measurements surveyed in 1992, 2004, and 2013 in the last 500‐km reach of the highly engineered Mississippi River, also known as the lowermost Mississippi River or LmMR, starting from the river's Gulf outlet to its avulsion into the Atchafalaya River. We applied inverse distance weighted interpolation to downscale the survey records into 10 × 10 m digital elevation models. We assessed riverbed deformation from bank to bank and quantified changes in riverbed sediment volume. The goal of our study is to test the hypothesis that the lower reach of a large alluvial river can function as a conduit for sediment transport under the current engineering focus of navigation safety and flood control. Our analysis shows that in the past two decades, nearly 70% of the riverine sand was trapped within the LmMR, and continuous riverbed aggradation occurred below the Mississippi‐Atchafalaya diversion, presenting favorable backwater conditions for avulsion. Backwater effects have mainly controlled riverbed deformation in the LmMR, while flow reduction may have also contributed to the channel aggradation in the uppermost and lowermost reaches. The study reveals the considerable complexity of geomorphic responses of a large alluvial river to human interventions, strongly suggesting that future river engineering and management of the world's alluvial rivers should focus on strategies and solutions that will improve sediment transport.


Agility is a key characteristic for modern enterprises operating in a highly dynamic environment. The attainment of agility is a difficult issue involving all organizational aspects, such as business processes, information systems, personnel, organizational structure, etc. The ability to respond rapidly to changes by utilizing agile business processes is an important constituent of an agile enterprise. The focus of this paper is business process agility outlining the benefits of event-based business process modeling. To this end, an event-based approach is proposed enabling on-the-fly composition of business processes. The introduced approach adopts the concepts of complex event processing. A conceptual architecture for an information technology infrastructure supporting event-driven business process execution is also proposed.


High-harmonic generation by non-collinear wave mixing in ionized media is demonstrated, in which the phase matching is realized in the direction of difference frequency mixing. The emission angle temporally varies depending on the ionization degree.


A broadband MMIC distributed mixer with cascode FET cells was developed using commercial GaAs PHEMT foundry. The fabricated distributed mixer with a size of 1.8 mm/spl times/1.0 mm showed a high conversion gain of 3.6 dB/spl plusmn/0.5 dB over 3 to 40 GHz RF frequency ranges at the low LO power level of 5 dBm with a fixed IF frequency of 1 GHz. An average single-sideband noise figure was 11.7 dB without IF post amplification. The LO-to-IF and LO-to-RF isolations were better than 19 dB over the entire operating frequency band. To our knowledge, this corresponds to the highest gain-bandwidth product (85 GHz) achieved from the wideband mixers.


The female cones of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) are added to beer, providing taste and flavour and contributing to the stability of foam. The main constituents of hop related to these properties are generically known as alpha-acids. During the brewing process, these acids are isomerized, resulting in the formation of three pairs of trans-/cis-iso-alpha–acids.
 The aim of this thesis project was to develop a method for the analysis (Chapter 2 and 7) as well as the purification of iso-alpha-acids (Chapter 3-5). Moreover, the stability of iso-α-acids need to be improved (Chapter 6) since these compounds degrade easily in the light and in the presence of oxygen. We have shown that β-CD is effective to separate cis-isomers from trans-isomers and at the same time increases the stability of the complexed compounds. The pure individual iso-alpha-acids can now be produced from pure alpha-acids, obtained from a CPC separation, followed by isomerization and beta-CD separation of the two isomers. These compounds can be used as reference standard for analytical purposes to replace the DCHA-salts of trans-iso-alpha-acids. It also opens the possibility to use pure iso-alpha-acids in brewery research. An HPLC system using these pure individual iso-alpha-acids as calibration standard was developed as well.
 The application of 2D J resolved NMR has been developed and seems promising to detect a wide range of compounds in beer.


While acoustic changes in Lombard speech are well-documented, articulatory changes are less well-studied. This study presents recent findings of Northern Vietnamese tone production in noise from an articulatory perspective, based on laryngographic evidence of voice quality. From the time domain Lx signals, jitter and shimmer were found to decrease at higher noise levels while the mean F0 and harmonics-to-noise ratio increased. Prior hypotheses predicted that creaky tones might demonstrate different degrees of glottal vibratory changes compared to the modal tones. Interaction effects were detected between tone and noise levels, and a detailed exam-ination showed that differences in Lombard effects were even found within creaky tones themselves. Furthermore, the laryngographic spectral tilt flattened at increasingly higher noise levels in the frequency domain. These findings point towards reduced creakiness in the voice quality of speech produced in noise, and provide evidence that hyper-articulation starts at the sound source.


The homogeneous dispersion of fine graphite nanoplatelets throughout the epoxy matrix with different mass fraction is prepared. Influence of graphite nanoplatelets of varied mass fraction in the mechanical reinforcement and shape memory effect of graphite nanoplatelets/epoxy composite is investigated. The morphology and crystal structure of graphite nanoplatelets are confirmed with the scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction, respectively. The shape memory effects and thermo-mechanical properties of graphite nanoplatelets/epoxy composite are studied using dynamic mechanical analysis. It is found that the storage elastic modulus increases with the mass fraction increase in graphite nanoplatelets in the graphite nanoplatelets/epoxy composite, which is the indication of greater recovery stress of graphite nanoplatelets/epoxy composite compared to that of the primitive epoxy material without graphite nanoplatelets. We had showed that the graphite nanoplatelets/epoxy composite is superior to primitive epoxy in shape memory effect and recovery speed.


Sippola, Markku A low road to investment and labour management? The labour process at Nordic subsidiaries in the Baltic States Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2009, 272 p. Jyväskylä Studies in Education, Psychology and Social Research ISSN 0075-4625; 377) ISBN 978-951-39-3751-5 (nid.), 978-951-39-5294-5 (PDF) Diss. This research examines the position of Baltic production units and workers in Nordic manufacturing value chains, as well as the role of Nordic FDI and managerial strategies in shaping this position. It also investigates the effect of post-Soviet organisational and labour market characteristics on the labour process at Baltic plants. The research involves case studies in twelve Nordic subsidiaries in Baltic manufacturing, of which six subsidiaries had unions during the fieldwork in 2004-2006. This research confirms the unequivocally peripheral position of Baltic units in spatially dispersed production processes, irrespective of managements' motives for investment in the first place. Taylorist organisation of work associated with direct managerial control over the labour process is articulated not only in handwork or Fordist assembly line production, but this is pervasive across all types of production including engineering shops and seasonal production. Some variation in the position of the worker occurs, however, in engineering shops and process production, indicating that management to some extent utilises internal labour markets. The most robust employee relation systems are found in those which workplaces have retained from Soviet times. Besides affording few possibilities for Baltic workers to participate at greenfield plants, Nordic manufacturers have adopted the 'low road' to investment and development in their Baltic units. Investors coming from CME environments do not automatically start upgrading the production process in the LME context. These findings call for Baltic States to assume a more active role in promoting R&D, skills upgrading and longer-term investment in human resources.


University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. June 2013. Major: Educational policy and administration. Advisor: Melissa S. Anderson. 1 computer file (PDF); ix, 186 pages, appendices 1-2.


The present study was aimed to develop Metformin Hydrochloride Extended release tablets for the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), particularly those with refractory obesity. Metformin Hcl extended release tablets reduces the dosage frequency, enhance patient compliance and maintain the therapeutic effect of the drug throughout the day. A total of 9 formulations were developed using varying proportions of Hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose K15M, Hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose K100M and Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose as release retardant polymers by wet granulation method. FT-IR studies revealed that there was no interaction between drug and polymer. Before compression, the granules were evaluated for precompression parameters such as bulk density, tapped density, angle of repose, compressibility index and Hausner's ratio. After compression, evaluation tests of tablets such as general appearance, hardness, thickness, weight variation, friability, content uniformity, in vitro release studies and stability studies were performed. Out of 9 formulations, the drug release was found to be within the limit as per USP in formulation F9. The stability study of formulation F9 revealed there was no significant change in physical and chemical properties of drug stored at 40±2 0 C/75±5% RH for 3 months. Hence it can be concluded that formulation F9 containing HPMC K100M at a concentration of 24% and SCMC (H) at a concentration of 3.13% is suitable for development of extended release tablets of Metformin Hydrochloride.


A research and development project involving 10 schools was carried out in Southern Germany. Its aim wasto help develop secondary students' abilities for understanding biotechnology/genetic engineering. The theoetical basis for planning classroom activities with reference to cognitive and moral development of students is outlined. The main focus of the article is on an exemplary true to life experiment, planned and executed by students in Grade 8 (age 14–15 years) in one of the schools. It is outstanding in involving external experts andusing an industrial research laboratory for solving students' genuine questions. Its relevance for the development of a differentiated, complex understanding of science is discussed. The project was evaluated by an inter-disciplinary team. Research employed qualitative and quantitative methods, with special emphasis onparticipant observation, and communicative validation of results.


The paper aims to study the factors in the parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states of India. 248 patients with corneal ulcers were included in this prospective study from among the patients attending the out patient depart drawn from the eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states. Patients with any other systemic and ocular diseases were excluded from this study, viral and protozo excluded. All patients underwent grams staining and potassium hydroxide staining of specimens, all specimens were plated and cultured. Staphylococcus aureus (20.56%) and staphylococcus albus (33.06%), along with pseudomonas and fusarium (10.08%) was the chief fungal agent detected. Percentage occurrence in the age groups was the most in the 31 than females (4 ulcers than urban (37.50%,), illiterate(69.75%) more affected than literates(30.24%) and labourers(62.50%) more affected than house wives(37.50%), those with low socio economi (71.31%) and poor hygiene (64.51%) more affected with corneal ulcers than in high socioeconomic status(28.62%) and better hygiene(35.48%). The burden of corneal blindness induced by corneal ulcers lies on the illiterate ,rural, population of easte Bihar, and that too largely young and male patients. Agricultural workers especially labourers and those in poor socio and education about the disease may be


Under the background of the new curriculum reform, the inspection of listening and speaking ability has become an important part of the high school entrance examination, with the score accounting for about one third. The training and cultivation of oral English ability is an increasingly important task in English learning and teaching in junior middle school. For most junior middle school students who lack oral English learning skills and experience, the part of listening and speaking is the weak link in their language learning. Therefore, junior middle school students are prone to have negative emotions towards oral English, which is not conducive to English language learning. On the basis of the affective filter hypothesis, this paper analyzes the emotional variables of students, investigates the emotional attitudes of 80 students, from two classes of Grade eight, towards oral English learning, in No.11 middle school in Wujia District, Yichang, Hubei Province, in the form of questionnaire, and explores the influencing factors of anxiety about oral English learning and coping strategies to increase students' confidence and motivation, and relive anxiety, thus improving their oral English.


In the present investigation, we describe the synthesis of β-amino alcohols from a medium chain fatty acid, 10-undecenoic acid and evaluation of their cytotoxicity. Nucleophilic ring opening reactions of epoxy undecanoates of varying ester chain lengths (C1-C8) with aniline in equimolar ratio (1:1) was carried out using Bronsted acidic ionic liquid, 1methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, thus playing a dual role of solvent as well as a reaction medium. The cytotoxic properties of the amino alcohols of 10-undecenoic acid were evaluated. It was observed that the compound 4f showed promising cytotoxicity against HeLa, compound 4a showed good activity against A549 cell line, while compounds 4a, 4c showed good activity against MDA-MB-231 cell line. All other compounds showed moderate activity against all the other tested cell lines.


The percentage of women in biomedical engineering is higher than in many other technical fields, but it is far from being in proportion to the US population. From the bachelors to the masters to the doctoral levels, the proportion of women in biomedical engineering decreases significantly, which is evidence of a leaky pipeline. In addition, the percentage of women faculty members at the assistant, associate and full professor levels remain disappointingly low even after years of improved recruitment of women into biomedical engineering at the undergraduate level. Even more alarming, as we show with a new summary analysis of publicly available data, the percentage of women undergraduates in biomedical engineering has been decreasing nationwide for the most recent three year span for which national data are available. In this paper, we review the barriers to women's success in biomedical engineering and suggest strategies for overcoming these obstacles, i.e., for fixing the leaky pipeline.


ABSTRACT The selective deprotection of a benzoyl group was very important methodology in the field of organic synthesis. Various methods for debenzoylation were investigated and developed in the past six decades, but more useful and selective strategies are now being strongly desired. In response to this strong demand, we developed the novel and selective deprotection of a benzoyl group by use of samarium(II) dibromide and a proton source. This deprotective reaction proceeded smoothly and the desired compound was obtained in good to excellent yields. In this paper, we will report the details of this deprotective reaction. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


This paper describes the first ergonomics step for the design of an HMI for an informational safe driving support system. The objectives of the experimentation presented are to supply first settings corresponding to an alert and to collect first "subjective" evaluations of the HMI tested with the aim of a final evaluation and of recommendations for the conception. Five HMIs were studied: a sound provided by speakers integrated in the driver headrest; two flashing lights down the windscreen; two flashing arrows in the instrument cluster; a vibrator in the steering wheel; and two vibrators in the driver seat.


The integrity of a point cloud frequently suffers from discontinuous material surfaces or coarse sensor resolutions. Existing methods focus on reconstructing the overall structure, but salient points or small irregular surfaces are difficult to be predicted. Toward this issue, we propose a new end-to-end neural network for point cloud completion. To avoid non-uniform point density, the regular voxel centers are selected as reference points. The encoder and decoder are designed with Patchify, transformers, and multilayer perceptrons. An implicit classifier is incorporated in the decoder to mark the valid voxels that are allowed for diffusion after removing vacant grids from completion. With newly designed loss function, the classifier is trained to learn the contours, which helps to identify the grids that are difficult to be judged for diffusion. The effectiveness of the proposed model is validated in the experiments on the indoor ShapeNet dataset, the outdoor KITTI dataset, and the airbone laser dataset by competing with state-of-the-art methods, which show that our method can predict more accurate point coordinates with rich details and uniform point distributions.


(57) Abstract: Analysis of flow and quantification, for example, a method and are apparatus suitable therefor for such three-dimensionally locate or flow can be observed in the three-dimensional velocity components of the liquid or gas is proposed . At that time via the lighting device (12), it is generated electromagnetic radiation of a color which is particularly determined beforehand, thereby, are consecutively generated in time, at least approximately parallel, spatially longitudinal shape detection space alongside the light surface disposed in (19,18,17,20,21,22) to (25) is scanned. Electromagnetic radiation in the detection space (25), an electromagnetic wave is scattered is that is generated where the leaves or particles from the particle that characterize the flow. This electromagnetic wave is subsequently at least one image detector (16) by a two-dimensional, is particularly detected in the form of stomach Me over the collar. This ultimately upon detection, intensity detected by the frequency and / or its detection by the frequency spectrum to which the detection by the at least one image detector (16) is varied as a function of time.


An electrochemical assay for tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) is described. The activity of t-PA is measured in a coupled assay following the amidolytic cleavage of a synthetic tripeptide by the enzyme plasmin. The released electroactive label, p-aminophenol, is detected anodically either at a glassy carbon indicator electrode or at a platinized activated carbon electrode in a specially constructed perspex cell. Calibration plot data for t-PA are presented for buffered samples using the perspex block-type cell. The limit of detection for t-PA in this assay is 0.25 IU/ml. In addition, the assay format is adapted to yield kinetic information using repetitive square wave voltammetry as the mode of detection.


Risk-based specifications stimulant could be a methodology for distribution appropriate countermeasures for the defense of the Women's Safety System (WSS) supported the degree of risk. Women's protection is that the most vital issue recently, and building a security system that may act as a rescue and forestall hurt within the event of a danger is very necessary, notably for ladies.A smart device for women's protection is planned that automates the emergency warning system by employing a pulse-rate detector and a temperature detector to mechanically notice possible atrocity victimization outlier detection.Additionally, the planned system combines wearable detector nodes with Associate in Nursing IoT unit, yet as associate in nursing automaton app, to form women's movement safer. Ladies will get immediate and complete protection by pressing the device's emergency switch. Within the event of a happening, this method will monitor the user's location in real time and send it to an area station house, friends, and volunteers. This device will give the user with the placement of the closest safe zone. Moreover, this method are often used each on-line and offline. It directly sends associate in nursing emergency tuned in to the members of the family and therefore the nearest station house.


The interaction of platelets with natural and artificial surfaces is briefly reviewed, emphasizing the role of the platelet glycoprotein Ib and IIb/IIIa receptors. Studies utilizing monoclonal antibodies to these receptors for the diagnosis and therapy of hemorrhagic and thrombotic disorders are described, indicating the potential of such agents as platelet inhibitors.


One of the most enduring effects on education has been the search for individual differences that can explain and predict variation in student achievement, with the hope that pedagogical methods can be designed that will capitalize on these. Among the individual differences, 'Learning styles' remain a popular choice for filling this role and the number of models of learning styles on offer continues to proliferate. Learning styles are said to be influential factors, in learning a second or foreign language. Despite the fact that there are lots of papers published in this area, but comparing the learning styles employed by those who are learning different foreign languages seems to be untouched. Therefore, in this study we try to address this gap, by comparing the learning styles used by Russian, English, French, and Arabic who are learning these languages as their foreign language. A number of 100 Iranian students took part in this study. They are between 18 to 20 years of age. They were divided into four groups, each including 25 members. The Ehrman and Leaver Learning Style Questionnaire (E&L) was distributed among the language learners. The finding of the study revealed that these four groups of language learners made use of learning styles differently. And also, there are significant differences between Russian, Arabic, English, and French language learners in terms of employing learning strategies.


Environmental pollution by synthetic pesticides in water bodies have been a great concern globally and in developing countries such as Nigeria in particular as most of these pesticide compounds are persistent and bio-accumulative with high toxicity effects on ecosystems and humans. This work was aimed at quantifying synthetic pesticide residues of Organophosphate origin in the River Benue, Jimeta Adamawa State, Nigeria with specific objectives of investigating the presence of organophosphate synthetic pesticide residues; determine the respective concentrations of the residues. Water and sediment samples were collected from the River. A total of six samples each of water and sediment samples were collected from six points at an interval of 1 kilometer apart from the Downstream of the River Benue. One kg sample of sediment was also collected from the six points. The samples were taken to the laboratory and extracted using acetone, n-hexane and Dichloromethane. The extracts were analyzed using Gas Chromatography (GCMS, 7890, MSD, 5977A, Agilent Tech). The results revealed a total of 6 pesticides residues from the two media belonging to the class of pesticide Organophosphate on the basis of chemical composition. Organophosphate residues range from 0.01±0.01 to 0.97±0.10 (µ/l) in water and 0.01±0.0 to 1.23±0.11 (µ/kg) in sediment respectively. The results revealed higher concentration in sediment than water. The Organophosphate residues exceeded the normal value, hence, far beyond negligible limit as they may post adverse effects. This therefore necessitates a continuous monitoring of these residues.


The column-roller cam in space was an important machine in automaton. It was difficult direct using the CAD and CAE software to model and analyze the cam surface. In the paper, the column-roller cam-curves in space were described the plane-cams with the differential functions of generalized vector, solved the problems of the obverse reverse designs of the column-roller cam in space, and gained the practice effect.


Australia is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Whether migrants come for the lifestyle, the opportunities, for work, or for some other reason, the fact is, they have been coming since 1788, and the mix of cultures in contemporary Australia is reflected in almost every school across the nation as children from every walk of life learn and play together.


Objective: To study the clinical profile of diabetic patients on haemodialysis with a view to identify common clinical features and the trend of compliance with treatment and follow up. Place and Duration of study: Haemodialysis unit Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore, from January to August 2011. Method: Data collected from all patients above 14 years of age through medical history, record, examination and fundoscopy. Results: Out of total 76 patients on haemodialysis 50(65.7%) had DM and of these 42(84%) also had hypertension. Among diabetics 28 (56%) were male & 22 (44%) female. Mean age was 56.68 ± 9.09. Among these 15(30%) were illiterate and 27 (54%) belonged to lower social class. Ever smokers were 18(36%). Mean duration of diabetes since diagnosis was 10.9 ± 5.99. Mean duration of hypertension 8.28 ± 8.07, Duration of onset of dialysis 6 months to 8 years with mean 2.16±1.47. Retinopathy was found in 29(58%), 18(36%) had diabetic &11(22%) had hypertensive changes. Both fasting and random blood sugar levels were monitored by 28 (56%). None had regular follow up with HbA1c levels or urine for protienuria prior to onset of haemodialysis. Compliance with dietary advice & treatment claimed by 24(48%) and 36(72%) respectively. History of intake of Hakeem and homeopathic medications was found in 16(32%) and 10(20%) respectively. Conclusions: 65.7% of ESRD were diabetics. Majority were in 6th decade of life. Retinopathy was present in 58%. Low trend was observed towards compliance with treatment &follow up.


IT has changed modern business practice, making collaborative SCM possible. The concern about organisational competitiveness and development are closely linked to notions of the information sensitive society and global knowledge based economies. The business organisations under global knowledge economy can emerge and grow rapidly by formulating and adopting the innovative business practices.


In this paper we present a preliminary design and initial assessment of a computational musical tabletop exhibit for children and teenagers at the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA). We explore how participatory workshops can promote hands-on learning of computational concepts through making music. We also use a hands-on approach to assess informal learning based on maker interviews. Maker interviews serve to subjectively capture impromptu reflections of the visitors' achievements from casual interactions with the exhibit. Findings from our workshops and preliminary assessment indicate that experiencing and taking ownership of tangible programming on a musical tabletop is related to: ownership of failure, ownership through collaboration, ownership of the design, and ownership of code. Overall, this work suggests how to better support ownership of computational concepts in tangible programming, which can inform how to design self-learning experiences at the museum, and future trajectories between the museum and the school or home.


A method of forming an isolation layer in a semiconductor device is provided to improve the characteristic of filling a trench by preventing generation of a seam caused by contact of O3-TEOS formed at a sidewall confronting to the trench. A method of forming an isolation layer in a semiconductor device comprises; providing a semiconductor substrate(100) having a trench(114); forming a spacer(118a) at a sidewall of the trench; forming a first insulating layer to increase the deposition speed of a lower portion of the trench which is more fast than the surface of the spacer and then filling a part of the trench; forming a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer(120) to fill the trench.


Cricket is one of the most followed sports in the Indian subcontinent. There is a wide requirement for natural language descriptions, which summarize a cricket match effectively. The process of generating match summaries from statistical data is a manual process. The objective of this paper is to propose a framework for automatic analysis and summary generation for a cricket match in Tamil, with the scorecard of the match as the input. Data analytics is performed on the statistical match data, to mine all frequently occurring patterns. The paper proposes a parameter called Interestingness, which quantifies the interestingness of the match. The paper also proposes a customization model for the summary. We propose an evaluation parameter called humanness, which quantifies the similarity between the output and a manually written summary. Discussing the results and analyzing the summaries generated for matches based on scorecards, this paper concludes with proposing some extensions for future developments.


A novel implicit nodal space-time discontinuous Galerkin (STDG) method is proposed in this letter. An eigenvalue analysis is performed and compared with that for a DG scheme solved with a fourth-order Runge-Kutta time integrator. We show that STDG offers a significant improvement of dissipative and dispersive properties and allows larger time steps, regardless of the spatial hp-refinement. A domain-decomposition technique is used to introduce an explicit formulation of the method in order to render it computationally efficient.


The Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) antenna measurement drone was used to evaluate the beamforming performance of the Ottawa experimental OTHR transmit antenna array. Optimal and phase-only beamformers were compared and various calibration approaches were used with the intent of maximizing power toward a target and minimizing power toward the auroral clutter. Phase-only beamforming gave 7.5 dB more power on target than optimal beamforming. Surprisingly, theoretical calibration appeared to give better results than experimental calibration, making the far-field calibration task significantly easier.


The invention discloses a kind of assembled point bit digitizing selection method of duct pieces of shield tunnel, determination pipe sheet assembling point position protocol step is included, the step content is:Tunnel Design parameter is gathered first, then the relative position of molded section of jurisdiction and shield machine is determined using improved right angle guiding ruler, by in collection site boring parameter importing digital type selection calculation formula, it is determined that optimal pipe sheet assembling point position, it is last to paste slow intumescent rubber water-proof bar in every piece of section of jurisdiction outer ring surface, carry out pipe sheet assembling operation.The present invention have the advantages that type selecting speed soon, section of jurisdiction position it is accurate, applied widely, universal pipe-plate lining staggered joint erection point position can rapidly be determined, reach and reduce shaping section of jurisdiction with the deviation of Tunnel Design axis, the construction quality in guarantee tunnel, it is adaptable to determination and assembling construction using the assembled point position of universal pipe-plate lining in the shield tunnel of staggered joint erection mode.


This chapter goes to the heart of the anti-MPI statue grassroots resistance movement. It details the frustrations, politics and contested land values that gripped the Greater Kushinagar region after the MPI shifted its plans to Kushinagar from Bodh Gaya. The chapter tells the story of the rise of the Save the Land Movement and the activist endeavors that they initiated.


Crosslinked polymers containing starch have been used for the recovery of various pollutants from aqueous solutions. These polymers have been prepared by reticulation of starch-enriched flour using epichlorohydrin as crosslinking agent. Several studies (kinetics, time, concentration, role of crosslinking agent) are presented here. The results show that these polymers exhibit high sorption capacities toward substituted phenol derivatives. The mechanism of sorption is both physical and steric adsorption in the polymer network and/or the formation of hydrogen bond and hydrophobic interactions.


The primary objective of the study is to compare the insertion loss in an expansion chamber muffler using white and pink noise. White noise has equal power per hertz over the entire range of frequencies, while the power per hertz in pink noise decreases with increasing frequency. Nonetheless, as the width of successive octaves increases, pink noise renders equal power per octave. The sound pressure level at the output port of the expansion chamber muffler is recorded using an acoustic analyzer, maintaining a constant input for the corresponding noise source. Radon Soft, V1.21, has been used for white and pink noise. The response of three different mufflers with varying lengths and cross-sections is investigated for insertion loss, bandwidth, and dissipation: M_1 with m = 4.78 (constant length), M_2 with m = 7.27 (variable length), and M_3 with m = 12.14 (variable length). The experimentally obtained insertion loss and the nature of response are compared with the theoretical estimates of transmission loss.


The relaxation times (T1, and T2) of water proton in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) were measured with solutions containing bovine fibrinogen (Fbg), fibrin degradation products (FDP) and with fibrin-gel (Gel), at varying protein concentrations (0.7–70 mg/ml). Both T1, and T2 declined exponentially with increasing protein concentration. At a protein concentration of 35 mg/ml, the T1 of Fbg, Gel and FDP were 2.32, 2.12 and 2.82 s and the T2 values were 0.35, 0.17 and 0.70, respectively. The relaxation times for the control samples (0.2 M borate buffer) were 3–41 (T1,) and 2.28 (T2). When the relaxation rates (the inverse of T1 and T2). R1 and R2 were plotted against the protein concentration, there were positive linear correlations between them. Using the slopes of the plots, the hydcation value of each protein was calculated. The hydration value (g of H2O/g of protein) was 0.24 for Fbg, 0.34 for Gel and 0.14 for FDP.


The following research document aims to analyze telework elements as a mean and source of effectiveness of the company and workers and explains how that project should be done to design a telecommuting plan for different organizations evaluating the pros and cons for both employees and the company
Also evidences the types of telework that a company can apply, because telework do not necessarily consists of a continuous work from home, it can be fractionated according to the needs of the company or monitoring the supervisor need to make some project with his staff, and analyzes the impact of its implementation in the operating costs of enterprises.
Finally, seeks to show the needs in the digitization process, investment in ICT and the organizational culture in which the worker must be involved to carry out its remote operation with satisfaction and optimal performance, which will be reflected in compliance with the objectives of the company and the competitive advantage that it can create with this new business strategy.


Using closed, ventilated outdoor microcosms, plant communities were allowed to assemble from a pool of 48 herbaceous species comprising a wide range of plant functional types. The experiment involved factorial manipulation of soil fertility, invertebrate herbivores (slugs, grass aphids) and their predators (ground beetles, ladybirds). In the absence of herbivores the vegetation on soils of high, moderate and low fertility was dominated by plant species which under natural field conditions are restricted to fertile soils. At high fertility, the rate of competitive exclusion was rapid compared with communities persisting at lower fertility which remained species-rich with high densities of individuals.
The effects of herbivory were profound and attributable mainly to the slug Deroceras reticulatum. At moderate and low soil fertility the main effect of herbivores was to change the ranking of plant species; palatable grasses (e.g. Poa annua, Poa trivialis and Lolium perenne) were suppressed and plant species of slower growth rate (e.g. Festuca rubra, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Festuca ovina) were promoted. More subtle impacts of herbivory altered the size structure of plant populations suggesting the preference, by slugs, for seedlings and small (suppressed) plants. Although ladybirds and their larvae persisted in low numbers in some microcosms, carnivory was more strongly in evidence (lower densities of D. reticulatum and reduced consumption of lettuce discs) in relation to the activities of the ground beetle Pterostichus melanarius. Only in the low fertility treatment, however, was this potential translated into effects on vegetation; for several plant species the frequency of large individuals increased in the presence of P. melanarius.
We conclude that outdoor microcosms provide a valuable ecological tool and, in particular, allow investigation of (a) the role of herbivores in promoting slow-growing plant species in the vegetation of infertile habitats and (b) the protection of palatable plants against herbivores by carnivores.


The utility model relates to the technical field of display backlight and provides a lateral backlight module. The lateral backlight module comprises a surface light source device, wherein the surface light source device comprises a luminous body and a light guide cavity; the light guide cavity comprises a bottom reflecting sheet, a side reflecting sheet and light leakage sheets; the bottom reflecting sheet is arranged at the bottom of the light guide cavity; the luminous body is arranged on at least one side face of the light guide cavity; the side reflecting sheet is arranged on a part of the side face of the light guide cavity, which is not provided with the luminous body; and the light leakage sheets are arranged on the top of the light guide cavity and positioned above the bottom reflecting sheet. The lateral backlight module has the advantages that by design of the reflecting sheets and the light leakage sheets, the light of a lateral light source can be mixed, so a light guide plate is eliminated from the lateral backlight module, the weight of the lateral backlight module is reduced, and cost is reduced.


lacks an index locorum. One might quibble over some of S.'s translations, and a rare quotation that might be considered out of context, but ultimately these complaints are personal. I found much to both agree and disagree with in this book. It is consistently challenging, but thoroughly rewarding when one works through all the arguments, following up each reference. This is a valuable contribution to the study of Epicurean language theory.


A method for characterizing a deep structure (12) in a surface (14) of a substrate (10) comprising the steps of: a) generating a triangular cross-section recess (20) as a viewing window for an imaging device (44, 46, 48) (in the surface 14) of the substrate (10) adjacent to the deep structure (12), said recess (20) from the deep structure (12) by a substrate wall (50) being spaced apart; b) removing a layer of the substrate (10), which cuts into the deep structure (12) and the recess (20), by means of an ion beam in order to obtain a cut surface (22 '), wherein the layer and the surface normal of the surface (14) the substrate (10) an acute angle take (α) which is greater than zero; and c) imaging the cut surface (22 ') by means of imaging means (44, 46, 48) in order to characterize the deep structure (12), wherein the imaging means (44, 46, 48), the cut surface (22') about the triangular cross-sectional recess (20) scans.


Now a day most of the organizations tend to communicate with their customers in real time. Live Agent application will help service organizations connect with the enterprise customers in real time through a textual live chat. This project is for developing Live Agent application according to the high end business needs. Across the Customer Service industry web chat is becoming a popular channel to connect with the customers (and prospects). According to Forrester's, Live Agent ,a native Salesforce tool provides the ability to efficiently interact with web site users. Once we have an active deployment of live agent, organisation will be able to interact with site visitors in live time. The information collected during the chat can then be saved into Salesforce cloud instance and reported on for evaluating progress and finding areas that need improvement . This will prove to be a great way to get valuable user feedback and will help organisations to take faster , better and smarter decisions using reports and dashboards.


Apart from oil, agriculture is Nigeria's second backbone and irrigation is called the lifeline. Irrigation is the method of synthetically providing water to land where crops are cultivated. Prior to the inconsistent atmospheric conditions which vary from place to place in large farm lands, it became very tedious to uniformly and manually irrigate a large farm land at the same time. To meet the demand, a new type of system is needed to regulate the irrigation. Automatic irrigation is a form of irrigation system that incorporates the theory of digital control and feedback system with irrigation. In this system of irrigation, critical information (soil moisture content, humidity, sunlight) is sent to a microcontroller which is provided by sensors which is used by the microcontroller to schedule irrigation by turning on or off a water pump that supplies water to the farmland. The proposed system implemented GSM is used to report the detailed about


Proper contractile function of the heart depends on intact excitation–contraction processes and ion homeostasis of the myocytes. The 2 1 2 1 1 Ca ion activates contraction through its binding to troponin C. However, Ca homeostasis is tightly linked to Na regulation because 2 1 the primary mechanism for Ca efflux in cardiac myocytes is via electrogenic Na /Ca -exchange. While altered Ca -homeostasis has 1 been demonstrated in animal models of heart failure and failing human cardiac tissue, the role of dysfunctional Na handling processes in 1 altered excitation–contraction coupling remains obscure. Furthermore, altered Na handling has been implicated in a wide range of 1 cellular processes, such as regulation of membrane potential, pH, and growth. This review will discuss (1) the evidence for altered [Na ] i 1 2 1 homeostasis in the failing human heart, (2) how alterations in the Na electrochemical gradient can influence Ca handling, contractile 1 function, and a number of other cellular processes, and (3) the potential defects in Na channels and transporters that may underlie altered 1 [Na ] in the failing human heart.  Cardiology.


International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research Available online at www.globalresearchonline.net ©Copyright protected. Unauthorised republication, reproduction, distribution, dissemination and copying of this document in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Available online at www.globalresearchonline.net 44 Nikita S. Ingale, Vijay M. Motghare, Shubhangi J. Gawade, Smita D. Sontakke*, Rucha V. Punse, Renuka L. Kadam 1 Junior Resident in Pharmacology, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur, 440003, India. 2 Professor and Head Pharmacology, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur, 440003, India. 3 Junior Resident in Pharmacology, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur, 440003, India. 4 Associate Professor in Pharmacology, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur, 440003, India. 5 Junior Resident in Pharmacology, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur, 440003, India. 6Assistant Professor in Pharmacology, Shri Vasantrao Naik Govt. Medical College, Yavatmal, 445001, India. *Corresponding author's E-mail: email@example.com


2 Kallmann and London, Z. physik. Chem., 2B, 207 (1929). 3 Frenkel, Z. Physik, 58, 794 (1929). 4 Kallmann and London, Ibid., 60, 417 (1930). I A perfectly general method for treating a similar problem has been given by Holtsmark, Z. Physik, 52, 485 (1928). This method, however, cannot be used here for actual calculations. 6 Dirac, Proc. Roy. Soc., 114A, 256 (1927). 7 If the transition is not one of exact resonance there will be certain matrix components (corresponding to transitions in which no or little change of kinetic energy takes place and which, therefore, cannot occur with conservation of energy) very much larger than v12. It does not seem likely this could make the probability of transition to the state 2 itself any greater, as this will not combine with any of the states (not conserving energy) which one would expect to be temporarily excited while the two atoms are close together. Indeed, a preliminary calculation indicates, rather, that the probability of transition would be lessened by such disturbing influences. I Sommerfeld, Atombau und Spektrallinien, Wellenmechanischer Ergdnzungsband, Vieweg und Sohn, Braunschweig, 1929, p. 62, ff. 9 Watson, Theory of Bessel Functions, Cambridge, 1922, p. 401. 10 Datta, Z. Physik, 37, 625 (1926). Hanle, Ibid., 41, 164 (1927). 11 As v122 falls off so rapidly with the distance, I see no hope in the cumulative effect of the small perturbations due to atoms at a great distance from each other. Compare Kallmann and London, loc. cit. (Z. physik. Chem.), 233, ff. 12 Kallmann and London, loc. cit. (Ibid.) Eq. (26).


The well logging showed that the core properties of most wells in Dabei Gas-field were poor,its permeability was generally lower than 0.1×10-3μm2,some of it was less than 0.01×10-3μm2.In order to study the formation damage degree of low permeability and tight sandstone,experimental simulation was performed on the working fluid's invasion depth on the cores from Wells 102 and 202 and pollution depth under the condition of formation temperature and confinement pressure in different temperatures,pressures,shear rates,soak times and permeabilities of drilling fluid.The drill fluid damage experiment result of the rock samples from Wells Dabei102 and Dabei 202 indicates that there are no apparent mud cakes formed in rock samples,the its filtration loss is large with serious formation damage.With the increasing of detention time of filtrate in core,the reaction between reservoir rock and filtrate was more and more intensely,the formation damage was more severe.In addition,the increase of pressure drop and temperature would aggravate the damage too.Therefore water-lock damage evaluation test is performed on the cores of Dabei Gas Field.The water-lock index of Dabei Well 102 and Dabei Well 202 is more than 50%,it indicates that the water-lock in the area is medium to high and the water-lock damage is relatively serious.


Bolted joints are widely used to assemble various structures, and the conditions of bolted joints significantly affect the dynamic characteristics of structures. This problem causes the difficulties for designing precision machinery or earthquake countermeasures for structures. The aim of the present research is to clarify the contact surface conditions of structures with bolted joints from the microscopic aspect by tribological theory and to develop an estimation method of global dynamic characteristics of structures. First, the method to estimate the natural frequency and damping ratio of structures with bolted joints from the magnitude of tightening torque is proposed. The estimating process is divided into 4 steps, i.e., estimating, (1) tightening force from the tightening torque, and then step by step, (2) contact pressure, (3) contact stiffness and friction loss and finally, (4) natural frequencies and damping ratios of structures. The proposed method was actually applied to the plate and flange structures, and the natural frequencies and damping ratios were first estimated and then those were measured experimentally. It was shown that the calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental results, resulting in the verification of the usefulness and universality of proposed estimation method.


Objective To investigate nursing experience of the brain injury with intractable hiccups.Methods To analyze retrospectively the nursing process of 19 brain injury patients with intractable hiccups,and summarize the observation highlights and the nursing?of brain injury complicated with intractable hiccups.Results By close observing,active treating,and successive attending,hiccups of 19 cases were relieved,and did not aggravate the protopathy.Conclusion Patients with traumatic brain injury should be closely observed.Removal of the motivation of hiccups,early detection and active treatment of intractable hiccups can avoid aggravating the protopathy and is conducive to patients′ recovery.


In the contemporary market-oriented society, we seem to be more globally interdependent. The market economy system enhances large-scale production where search for increased productivity strives to ...


Haoyu Wen,1 Hong-Jia Chen,2 Chien-Chih Chen,2,3 Massimo Pica Ciamarra,1 Siew Ann Cheong1 1 Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371 2 Department of Earth Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan 3 Earthquake-Disaster & Risk Evaluation and Management Center, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan


We investigated the mediating role of interference in developmental assessments of working memory (WM) capacity across childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. One hundred and forty-two participants completed two versions of visuospatial (colour matching task, CMT) and verbal (letter matching task, LMT) WM tasks, which systematically varied cognitive load in a high and low interference condition. Results showed similar developmental trajectories across high interference contexts (CMT- and LMT-Complex) and divergent developmental growth patterns across low interference contexts (CMT- and LMT-Simple). Performance on tasks requiring greater cognitive control was in closer agreement with developmental predictions relative to simple recall guided tasks that rely solely on the storage components of WM. These findings suggest that developmental WM capacity, as measured by the CMT and LMT paradigms, can be better quantified using high interference contexts, in both content domains, and demonstrate steady increases in WM through to mid-adolescence.


Non-crimp fabric is used to produce parts for rigid applications. During production the non-crimp fabric would experience shear deformation due to the stretching of the material. This experimental analysis was conducted to observe the shear deformation of the non-crimp fabric using the Picture Frame apparatus and the Testometric machine. Chain stitched non-crimp fabric and tricot stitched non-crimp fabric were the specimens of the analysis which were inserted parallel and perpendicular to the acting tensile force and the crosshead speeds are 10mm/min, 30mm/min and 50mm/min. Specific mathematical equations were used to obtain the data for analysis which includes shear force, shear angle and shear stress. The fabric shear locking angle was obtained by observing the occurrence of wrinkling of the fabric. From the analysis, it is discovered that fabric at 50mm/min crosshead speed displaced longer but experienced lower level of shear force and shear stress. The 50mm/min crosshead speed increased the shear angle rate higher for the non-crimp fabrics. The chain stitched non-crimp fabrics endured higher shear force and shear stress compared to tricot stitched non-crimp fabrics when inserted parallel to the acting tensile force throughout the analysis. For the non-crimp fabric inserted perpendicular to the acting tensile force, the diversification of the shear force and shear stress endured by the specimens were insignificant but chain stitched non-crimp fabric was subjected to higher level of shear force and shear stress during the displacement of the specimens. The fabric shear locking angle occurred at 9° to 12° for the chain stitched non-crimp fabric and 15° to 20° for the tricot stitched non-crimp fabric when inserted parallel to the acting tensile force. As for the non-crimp fabric inserted perpendicular to the acting tensile force, the fabric shear locking angle for both specimens occurred at similar range of displacement of about 60° to 65°.


The invention discloses an extruding processing technology of an aluminium alloy tubing with large diameter. The method comprises steps of a. proportioning, b. casting, c. uniformization, d. surface treatment on casting rod, e. casting rod heating, f. extrution, g. on-line quenching, h. stretching, i. artificial aging and j. straightening, etc. Strict control on each parameter can solve problems of extruding production of tubing with large diameter, eliminate disadvantages of long production period, low production efficiency, high energy consumption, huge environmental pollution and expensiveauxiliary equipment of rolling and drawing, save cost, simplify arrangement of auxiliary equipment and further reduce failure rate of an apparatus. The energy consumption of the present invention is merely 1/4 that of rolling and drawing, and water consumption is 1/ 8 that of a steam jet pump set; therefore, the invention brings obvious economic effects.


1. Introduction 2. Comparative Corporatism 3. The Enticement of Corporatism: Appeals of the 'Japanese Model' in Developing Asia 4. Benign Capitalism - Idea and Institution 5. From Affiliation to Association: The Challenge of Democratic Consolidation in Korean Industrial Relations 6. From Patron to Partner: Korean State Role in the Textile Transition 7. From Parastatal Control to Corporatist Intermediation: The Korean Agricultural Cooperative in Transition 8. Korean Capitalism


This thesis aims at finding out how men and women were represented and what gender roles they took on, based on various gender images represented both in elementary school 'moral' books and 'music' books in time of Japanese colonial rule. Various images of people were represented in moral books while only a few people were sung in music books, and that most of them were men. Those men were patriots and soldiers known even to the foreign countries. To be more concrete, the ratio of men to women was 83: 17(%) in moral books and 63: 36(%) in music books respectively, though there were a slight difference according to book-publishing years. We can see that some women were described as an individual in moral books while they were described as minor, supplementary roles supporting male heroes. Even in case of little children, boys were sung in an image of future colonial personnel while girls were limited within the boundary of homes. Homes, a combination of men and women, were described as a harmonious unity. But they were also limited to a society under the rule of the Emperor, though each family are assembled into a community and further into a nation.


Gold has become one of the most popular and secures type of investment in our country. However, the price of gold shows a high level of volatility. This paper aims to explore the use of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) in evaluating and ranking the Malaysian gold price fluctuation factors. Nevertheless, there are not many researches have been done on FAHP method in gold price analysis. Hence, FAHP as tools of measurement have been applied to evaluate, compare, and rank the gold price fluctuation factors. Specifically, four factors that contribute to the volatility of gold price are determined from experts. The factors are currency exchange, demand, inflation and mining. The evaluation of FAHP shows that the highest value of normalized weight was 0.6892 for the currency factor. This study concludes that the most important factor that affects the gold price change is the currency exchange.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION 1. Biographical Traditions 2. The Great and the Marvellous 3. Herodotus and Hellenistic Geographies 4. The Persian Wars: new versions and new contexts 5. The Prose Homer of History EPILOGUE APPENDIX: ARISTARCHUS' COMMENTARY ON HERODOTUS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX


it is difficult to wring a satisfying interpretation from Achilles Tatius' novel Leucippe and Clitophon. As B. P. reardon writes, "no unchallenged interpretation [of this novel] exists." 1 Herewith, i propose another foray into the depths of Achilles' cunning and versatile world with the aim of better understanding the novel's beginning, middle, and end by reconsidering the role of Tyche in the novel. in particular, both the beginning and the end of the novel have vexed scholars, the beginning because it creates a narrative frame to which the narrative never returns, and the ending because it does not align with the beginning, either in mood (tragic/ hopeful) or in location (sidon/Tyre and Byzantium). scholars have advanced various readings of the beginning: 2 for instance, the ekphrastic painting of europa (or selene) is a metaphor for the narrative of Leucippe; 3 the setting of the conversation about love between the anonymous narrator and the stranger in a grove of plane trees evokes a Platonic dialogue; 4 and the lament of Clitophon the stranger conforms to a topos in ancient literature in which a stranger always laments his lot in life to new acquaintances. 5 The ending has proved more troublesome, but interpretations nevertheless have been proposed: Platonic dialogues, after which the novel is modeled, often do not return to their opening frames (e.g., the symposium but not the Phaedrus); 6 the novel subverts the convention of the happy ending, offering a non-happy non-ending; 7 Achilles is forced to comply with the convention of the happy ending, 8 though he does so perfunctorily; 9 the inconclusive ending demonstrates the limits of erotic instruction 10 or reflects its uncertain beginning; 11 or, the novel is not unfinished but unique. 12 i have deliberately arranged these last interpretations in order of increasing randomness to call attention to the incongruity of interpretations for the beginning and the end of the novel. The problem is that the novel has a deliberate and deliberately crafted beginning and a loose ending, where some of the story's threads are gathered but not bound, and this leaves a distinct impression that something is missing, that the ending is not as happy as might have been expected, given that the hero and heroine are at last reunited. 13 none of these above interpretations have convincingly connected the ending of the novel to the beginning. some adjustment always must be made; either the novel's tight beginning must be weakened to match up to its loose end, or the novel's loose end must be projected back upon the beginning. There is need of an interpretation that needs no finessing.


Statistical characteristics of meteoroids with kinetic energy from 0.1 to 440 kt TNT are estimated based on NASA satellite observations made in 1994–2016. The distributions of the number of falling meteoroids are constructed and analyzed based on the values of their initial kinetic energy, initial velocity, initial mass, altitude, geographic coordinates of the maximum total radiated energy region, and the year of the fall. Correlation dependences "mass–initial kinetic energy," "maximum total radiated energy region altitude–initial kinetic energy," and "maximum total radiated energy region altitude–initial velocity (the square of the initial velocity)" are constructed.


The use of advanced polymer composite (APC) materials to upgrade and to rehabilitate metallic structures offers an attractive solution for short-term retrofits and long-term rehabilitation. The basic principles of plate bonding metallic structures are similar to those used for the plate bonding of reinforced concrete (RC) structural units, but metallic adherends pose a different and a more difficult set of problems from those for RC systems.

This paper reviews the problems encountered in plate bonding onto metallic structures and discusses how these problems might be overcome. Initially, the paper investigates some of the in-service problems associated with APC and metallic adherends and reviews their solutions. The weakest link in the bonded joint is the adhesive, and a review of the various solutions is included. Another potential area for concern is the durability of the APC and adhesive and a review of this area has been undertaken. The degradation of metallic structures has been covered in the literature, and consequently, this area is not covered. To date, few upgradings of metallic structures with APC plates, have been undertaken and generally these have not been published, therefore, a review of the practical applications of this technique to metallic structures is included, discussing some case histories.


We have investigated the quantum Zakharov equations and the existence of quantum solitons in the fully nonlinear quantum wave. For simplicity, we use the so-called sech and tanh expansion method, a...


As new emerging pollutants, phthalic acid monoesters (PAMs) pose potential ecological and human health risks. In the present study, adsorption performance of monobutyl phthalate (MBP) onto two macroporous base anion-exchange resins (D-201 and D-301) was discussed. It was found that the adsorption isotherms were best fitted by the Langmuir equation while the adsorption kinetics were well described by pseudo-first-order model. Analyses of sorption isotherms and thermodynamics proved that the adsorption mechanisms for DBP onto D-201 were ion exchange. However, the obtained enthalpy values indicate that the sorption process of MBP onto D-301 is physical adsorption. The equilibrium adsorption capacities and adsorption rates of DBP on two different resins increased with the increasing temperature of the solution. D-301 exhibited a higher adsorption capacity of MBP than D-201. These results proved that D-301, as an effective sorbent, can be used to remove phthalic acid monoesters from aqueous solution.


In this paper, we introduce a new partial consistency for constraint networks which is called Structural Consistency of level w and is denoted w-SC consistency. This consistency is based on a new approach. While conventional consistencies generally rely on local properties extended to the entire network, this new partial consistency considers global consistency on subproblems. These subproblems are defined by partial constraint graphs whose tree-width is bounded by a constant w. We introduce a filtering algorithm which achieves w-SC consistency. We also analyze w-SC filtering w.r.t. other classical local consistencies to show that this consistency is generally incomparable although this consistency can be regarded as a special case of inverse consistency. Finally, we present experimental results to assess the usefulness of this approach. We show that w-SC is a significantly more powerful level of filtering and more effective w.r.t. the runtime than SAC. We also show that w-SC is a complementary approach to AC or SAC. So we can offer a combination of filterings, whose power is greater than w-SC or SAC.


The process of China' s vocational education is expected to be sped in the course of China' s modern industrialization. The function of vocational education is supposed to be comprehended from the perspective of modern industrialization. This paper suggests that vocational education could be improved by establishing its market mechanism.


The importance of cost management is discussed by three levels in this article.Issues lying in the current cost management are fully described.The way to improve and perfect the cost management is also explained.Important practical and significant influences to cost management could be found through making conclusions on current status of cost management.Besides,a detailed analysis of enterprise cost management is presented on thinking concept,human resources,organizational structure,and management mode,which restrict economic growth and management level of enterprises.Corresponding improving methods and better cost management models are also raised up in the following parts.


Based on the daily data observed of Daxigou Meteorological Station from 1961 to 2004,the characteristics of climate warming at Headwater ofrumqi River have been analyzed from the aspects of maximum temperature,minimum temperature,daily temperature range and the climate accumulated temperature.It is found that maximum temperature,minimum temperature,mean annual temperature,and extreme minimum temperature in winter are rising.The asymmetry of minimum temperature increase more than maximum is detectable.The decrease of daily temperature range is obvious.The decrease of sunlight hours is related to increase of water vapor and cloud.That indicated water vapor greenhouse effect could play an important role in climate warming.At headwater ofrumqi River,most cloud come forth in afternoon and evening.Water vapor greenhouse effect results from cloud increases making minimum temperature rise obviously,and impact on glacier melting and increasing the temperature of glacier.The climate accumulated temperature of T≥0 ℃is calculated.Its correlation with glacier mass balance is the best.The relationship of climate accumulated temperature change trend and Glacier No.1 mass balance is discussed in theend.


Chemical compositions and application properties of sepiolite formed by weathering-leaching geological action and occurred in asbestos mine in Xinkang, Sichuan were studied in the paper. The result showed that its chemical compositions were similar to that of fibrous-shaped sepiolite formed by hydrothermal action, but it had a big difference from earth-shaped sepiolite formed by sendimentary action in the chemical compositions. The sepiolite from Xinkang Sichuan belongs to rich magnesian sepiolite variant. Compared with the others genesis sepiolites, it has better heat stability, bigger cation-exchange capacity and specifical surface areas. It is a kind of good quality absorptive and filtrating mineralogical materials.


A field plot experiment was conducted to study the variation in nitrogen use efficiency among five rapeseed( Brassica napus L.) genotypes in Jiangxi province. The results showed that there were significant genotypic variations in grain yield,biological yield,harvest index,nitrogen efficiency and nitrogen responsiveness among different rapeseed varieties whatever nitrogen application rate. Five rapeseed varieties were classified into four different types based on their nitrogen efficiency and nitrogen responsiveness.Zhongshuang 11 belonged to H-H type( high N use efficiency with high N responsiveness); Xiangzayou 743 belonged to L-L type( low N use efficiency with low N responsiveness); Ganyouza 5 and Fengyou 730 belonged to H-L type( high N use efficiency with low N responsiveness); Rongyou 10 belonged to L-H type( low N use efficiency and high N responsiveness). The nitrogen accumulation could not accurately reflect the type of nitrogen efficiency in rapeseed,while both the nitrogen utilization efficiency and the nitrogen harvest index could well reflect the type of nitrogen efficiency.


BackgroundPerfusion imaging during or soon after pain has been shown to provide diagnostic and prognostic information in patients with suspected angina. Measurement of troponin I (TnI) and troponin T (TnT) provides similar information but only several hours after onset of pain. The role of inflammatory markers in this setting is less clear.Methods and ResultsWe prospectively studied 80 nonconsecutive patients using gated technetium 99m sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography (MIBI), TnT, TnI, C-reactive protein, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor α. Of these patients, 50 (63%) had abnormal MIBI, 13 (17%) had elevated TnT, 17 (21%) had elevated TnI, and C-reactive protein, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor α were raised in 46 (58%), 14 (18%), and 29 (37%), respectively. Myocardial infarction was the presenting event in 13 patients (16%), and 23 (34%) of those without index myocardial infarction sustained a cardiovascular event during follow-up. MIBI, TnT, TnI, and electrocardiogram all had similar negative predictive values for index myocardial infarction (97%, 97%, 95%, and 97%, respectively). However, only MIBI had a high negative predictive value for the prediction of subsequent events during follow-up (86%). TnT and MIBI were the only independent predictors of all events. Inflammatory markers provided no useful additional prognostic information.ConclusionsThe combination of TnT and MIBI is the best model for early prediction of cardiac events in patients with acute chest pain.


The soul of a theory is its thoughts,the updating of which will ensure theoretical freshness.New Ethics has established a category system,theoretical system and methodology system of clear personal characteristics that keep pace with the times.His most important contribution in thoughts is his re-examination of morality,kindness,altruism for one's own sake,and upon the base of which,his investigation of the relationship between social governance and heteronomous morality.His investigation reveals the primary way to heteronomous morality is comprehensive social justice.


An apparatus for producing consumable cubes of ice has at least one immersion element (46), which is provided with a conductive ice-adhesion surface (46a), and a refrigerator (34). The immersion element (46) is suitable for immersion, by way of its ice-adhesion surface (46a), in a consumable liquid (58). The refrigerator (34) is connected structurally to the immersion element (46) and has a predetermined heat-transporting device for cooling down at least the ice-adhesion surface (46a) to a freezing temperature of the liquid (58) such that, with the immersion element (46) in an immersed state, that liquid (58) which is in relatively close proximity to the ice-adhesion surface (46a) can be frozen and a cube of ice can be formed from some of the liquid (58) on the ice-adhesion surface (46a).


The article considers the main tendencies of transformation of the holiday calendar during the post-war period and in the early 1950-s, in particular, the public holidays. The author discusses the principle reasons for inclusion of new Soviet holidays into the calendar. The main forms of carrying out the calendar holidays during the considered period are investigated.


Pugin9s Contrasts of 1836 was the book that marked the turning point of the Gothic Revival and the end of the Georgian age. It also launched its author9s career as an apologist for the moral and religious value of architecture. The much modified second edition of 1841 has assumed a greater importance for historians. It was the first edition, however, that impressed contemporaries and made Pugin9s name. This essay looks at the process by which the book as it appeared in 1836 was composed, including the first, previously unpublished, scheme of 1833. It also examines its social and intellectual context. It suggest that Contrasts marked the meeting of two currents of thought in which Pugin had been steeped since childhood: the English antiquarian tradition, which was, from the Reformation itself, deeply imbued with Catholic sympathy, and the Romantic millenarianism of the 1830s, which determined the form that Contrasts eventually took. It also suggests that Pugin9s early life, his contact with the theories of the Picturesque, with the theater and popular journalism, as well as the influence of his mother, all played a greater part than has been thought in the composition of Contrasts.


The present invention increases the utilization efficiency of the solar system, a heat obtained at the home yeolbu and to quickly take advantage of the heating and hot water supply load, the present invention relates to a solar system for a stable system operation is possible. The present invention for achieving this are solar collectors to heat the heat medium contained therein to absorb the heat of the sun; Soon as receiving the number of heating as well, and the first thermal storage heat exchanger and installed the second thermal storage heat exchanger, respectively to the inner upper and lower portions connected to the heat accumulation pipe as a medium in the solar collector, a thermal storage tank, which comprises a diffuser for diffusing the heat-exchange on the inside .; A circulation pump that is connected to the heat accumulation pipe by pressure feeding the pressure sensor and the medium to detect the pressure in the heat storage circulation pipe; Supplemental heating medium tank connected to a pressure pump as a medium in order to make up for the lack of the heating medium in the heat accumulation pipe; Auxiliary boiler is heated can be heated for heating the feed water controlling the three-way valve in the supply pipe as a medium outlet of the heat storage tank is connected and the heat-exchange medium through to obtain a heat-exchange can control the three-way valve in the diffuser of the heat storage tank; A check valve connected to the water exchange between the heating water supply hole of the heating controlling the three-way valve and said auxiliary boiler; Heating the export of the auxiliary boiler sphere and heating loads to be connected to the three-way valve for controlling the water exchange can be heated; consists including.


Exercise elicits a wide range of health benefits, but can also be designed to produce specific clinical outcomes that improve the health and well-being of individuals with chronic disease1. In an editorial in the Canadian Family Physician, Pimlott2 described the 'exercise pill' as a miracle drug that has the ability to increase the capacity of almost every organ system. The wide-ranging actions of exercise cannot be matched by any prescription drug; a product designed with specific indications. As a result, multiple medications are required for patients with numerous chronic conditions. An additional benefit of exercise is that it has very few contraindications or adverse effects and there is increasing evidence that the more of the exercise pill you take, the healthier you will be3. Regular exercise has been shown to be as effective as most medically prescribed drugs in reducing the death rate from the major cardiovascular diseases, including coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke as well as the prevention of diabetes3. This study concluded that "exercise interventions should therefore be considered as a viable alternative to or alongside drug therapy" and recommended that "the 'exercise pill' should be prescribed as a preventative strategy to reduce morbidity and mortality" from the major cardio-metabolic diseases. If the results of that study could be replicated and perhaps extended to include the other major chronic diseases such as cancer, mental illness and degenerative musculoskeletal conditions, the implications would be profound. Similar findings would challenge and potentially change the priorities within current medical practice, such that exercise would become a primary treatment for the management of chronic disease. Could drugs be considered as an adjunct therapy to exercise? This four-part article develops the evidence base for exercise as a primary treatment for chronic disease management, questions the purpose of recent research on the development of a 'pseudo-exercise pill', examines some important adverse interactions between exercise and EXERCISE IS AS EFFECTIVE AS DRUGS FOR MOST CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASES


Review(s) of: Educating the postmodern child: The struggle for learning in a world of virtual realities by Fiachra Long, ISBN-13 9781441103871, ISBN-10 441103872, Bloomsbury Academic, 203 pp., 2013.


The tolerance-band (hysteresis) control method is widely used in three-phase PWM inverters. This paper presents a new Space Vector Control System of a three-phase instantaneous follow up control(IFUC) PWM inverter that uses hysteresis comparators with variable threshold voltage. The IFUC-PWM three-phase inverter is operated automatically by the chosen voltage vector. In this paper we show clearly this operation of the IFUC-PWM system with the space vector approach and then discuss the undesirable extraordinary oscillation phenomenon of this system. In this system, the integrated complex plane of error-voltage between the reference voltage and the selected output voltage vector has the defined domain of a trapezoid about each output vector. A new output voltage vector is chosen by moving the integrated voltage in the domain of the current trapezoid. We also discuss the extraordinary oscillation in the same domain, andpropose a method for its prohibition. Finally, the effect of this prohibition method is shown by experimental results.


Super-resolution microscopy has changed the way we look at biology by allowing imaging below the diffraction-limit of light. However, most implementations require specialized equipment or buffer conditions and multiplexed imaging remains challenging. We use the transient binding of dye-labeled oligonucleotides (DNA-PAINT) for straightforward superresolution imaging. Additionally, the programmability of DNA-based probes enables a powerful and easy-to-implement multiplexing approach (Exchange-PAINT).


It discloses a method and apparatus for saving power in a kind of a wireless local area network (WLAN) in. Station (STA) may receive the parameters of the STA and STA particular group based on the associated parameters for the channel access during execution cycle of the group STA allowed. STA may receive information relating to the group for the STA allowed access slots, and the access channel during the access slot. STA may receive a wake-up from hibernation schedule, and enters a sleep state based on the scheduling and exits the sleep state. Highest channel access priority may be provided to the sensor or meter type STA. STA STA may indicate to the access point (AP) does not listen to the beacon in a traffic indication map (TIM) or delivery TIM (DTIM).


It is proposed that:apply the on-line stability calculation function of the real-time dynamic power network monitoring system to carry out the static state security analysis and transient stability calculation of power grid based on the data of SCADA / EMS,PMU,stability control equipment,bus load forecast,generation plan,operational order management and protection system,and then properly schedule its operating mode according to the calculated results and assistant strategy to improve its operational security and stability.As the heat stability limit after accident is overloaded stability,the power supply will be limited in 30 minutes after accident if there is no efficient countermeasures.To improve the power supply reliability,it is also pointed out that,the power supply ability after accident must be taken into account in the operating mode scheduling.