Written for the master in Journalism of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences New University of Lisbon, this report, entitled "Online Journalism of TVI24 and its relationship with the sources", results from the knowledge apprehended in the non-teaching component and practical experience of three months at TVI24 site, between September and December 2014. I propose to reflect about online journalism, it's potential and, in particular, about the relationship of journalists with sources, from literature review and an analysis of the coverage of the events related to the Ebola virus and the Legionella bacteria regarding the use of sources and digital tools. By analysing the collected data, I conclude that online journalism is still marked by sedentariness, by indirect contact with the sources and by the little use of digital tools.


The quantitative analysis of carbon in liquid‐encapsulated Czochralski (LEC) GaAs crystals has been investigated using secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Localized vibrational mode (LVM) infrared absorption measurements are calibrated by SIMS results. A LVM absorption of 1 cm−2 arisen from carbon was found to be produced by a carbon concentration of 9.5±2.9×1015 atoms cm−3 at room temperature. This carbon LVM optical cross section is 2.7 times larger than the value which had previously been reported. Carbon concentrations in LEC GaAs crystals are estimated to be 1–3×1015 cm−3 or lower.


Objective: To explore 5 years of drowning deaths in Australia compared with a previous Australian study a decade earlier, and to assess the feasibility of achieving a 50% reduction in unintentional drowning deaths by 2020.


The expert system is designed and implemented by using the method of fuzzy inference. The
method of knowledge representation is the combination of framework and fuzzy genetic algorithm. The
fuzzy matching and semantic distance are used in fuzzy inference. And the reasoning under uncertainty is
implemented in the fuzzy expert system.


May Sinclair's borrowed phrase, "Stream of Consciousness," reverberates widely and wildly through criticism of modern fiction. In spite of attempts to define both "consciousness" and "stream," usage in discussions of the novel remains problematic. Most users agree that the phrase refers not to a single technique but, rather, to a category of fiction identified by psychological subject matter and utilizing several techniques and devices. Users disagree, however, about the levels of nonverbal and verbal consciousness and the degrees of author intervention the term encompasses; a work labeled "stream of consciousness" in one study, therefore, may be denied the label in another.1 This difficulty is compounded by the metaphorical nature of the word "stream." It has two conflicting sets of connotations. On the one hand, it connotes unity and continuity. When associated with consciousness, it suggests an active, creative self. On the other hand, stream connotes multiplicity and change. When associated with consciousness, it suggests a relatively passive receiver of impressions.


A graph G is called an [s,t]-graph,if there are at least t edges in every induced subgraph of s vertices.Let G be a 2-connected [4,2]-graph and the order of G be not less than 7,then G is a pancyclicity graph.


Abstract : We have undertaken a broad range of research for developing image understanding technique to infer 3-D shape descriptions of-the scene front sensed data which may consist of monocular images, stereo pairs, motion sequences or range data, to recognize the objects in the scene, and to keep integrated temporal descriptions in dynamic scenes. This report details recent work in generating 3-D descriptions from range data or intensity data, object, recognition using perceptual grouping and pose estimation, and representing and recognizing landmarks for indoor navigation. (KAR) P. 1


Newly independent multilingual countries of Asia formulated language policies because of rapid modernization; however, there has been no clear policy in Papua New Guinea. The most popular language in Papua New Guinea, Tok Pisin, is experiencing difficulties in improving its expressive capacity due to Anglicization. This study investigated the present characteristics of Anglicization in Tok Pisin words. Data were collected from Wantok, the Tok Pisin newspaper. The results show that words borrowed from English have increased and these words interfere with the grammar of Tok Pisin, which has decreased the expressive capacity of the language.


The CIAC (Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry) Comprehensive information System of Rare Earths is composed of three subsystems, namely, extraction data, physicochemical properties, and reference data. This paper describes the databases pertaining to the extraction of rare earths and their physicochemical properties and discusses the relationships between data retrieval and optimization and between the structures of the extractants and the efficiency with which they are extracted. Expert systems for rare earth extraction and calculation of thermodynamic parameters are described, and an application of pattern recognition to the problems of classification of compounds of the rare earths and prediction of their properties is reported.


This thesis focuses on the role of different psychosocial factors in the course of pain over time in a general population sample of women in Sweden. The main aim was to identify and quantify such f ...


International relations may be arriving at a time when it can recognise the value of taking the feminist contribution to the discipline seriously and on its own terms. This essay begins by outlining the nature of the 'epistemological impasse' that has tended to produce an 'external character' to the criteria used by feminists when evaluating the mainstream of IR and the criteria the mainstream has used to judge feminists. Tensions within the mainstream, particularly the failure to predict the end of the Cold War, provides an opening for engagement with alternative approaches. The final section elucidates what is regarded as the most significant element of feminist IR as a social science: its own struggle with the 'quest for certainty', and its efforts to stimulate and work with epistemological doubt.


For pt. I, see ibid., vol.6, 229 (1973). The activation energies for the hopping motion of a self trapped hole (Vk centre) have been calculated for CaF2, SrF2 and BaF2. The estimates use the well known small polaron model, together with the microscopic model used successfully for the static properties in the previous paper. The results are in reasonable agreement with observation. Unfortunately, the only data available refer to temperatures so low that simple thermal activation is not expected, and the most serious approximation appears to be the relation of the calculated and observed parameters. In CaF2 90 degrees jumps are not observed, in contrast to all simple theories. Possible explanations are discussed; chemical bonding between the Vk ions and the nearest axial anions is not adequate, but a modification of the corresponding repulsive interaction has the correct properties.


Considering the problem of sub-carriers and power allocation for the downlink of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) system with proportional fairness, the paper develops an improved resource allocation algorithm for OFDMA systems with inter-carrier interference (ICI) based on genetic algorithm. The paper develops an improved water-filling algorithm at the same time. The resource allocation problem is formulated as one that maximizes the total capacity of all active users subject to certain constraint conditions, which are determined by proportional fairness, total power and bit error rate. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithms have better performance in proportional fairness, algorithm convergence and complexity of the algorithm compared to the existing methods.


AXL which is a chemosensitizer protein for breast cancer cells in response to epidermal growth factor receptor‐tyrosine kinase inhibitor and suppresses tumor growth. The clinical information show nuclear factor I (NFI)‐C and NFI‐X expression correlate with AXL expression in breast cancer patients. Following, we establish serial deletions of AXL promoter to identify regions required for Adenovirus‐5 early region 1A (E1A)‐mediated AXL suppression. All of the NFI family members were extensively studied for their expression and functions in regulating AXL. Moreover, E1A post‐transcriptionally downregulates AXL expression through NFI. NFI‐C and NFI‐X, not NFI‐A and NFI‐B, resulting in cell death in response to EGFR‐TKI. Our finding suggests that NFI‐C and NFI‐X are crucial regulators for AXL and significantly correlated with poor survival of breast cancer patients.


When an infant is admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the ability of parents to spend time with and provide meaningful care for their infant is often restricted. Added to this is the distress parents may be feeling as a result of the premature birth of their child, as well as the intimidating and technological environment of the NICU. These factors strain the development of an optimal parent-infant relationship, which can have effects that last beyond discharge. A solution to this problem is to offer parents the opportunity to be the primary caregivers for their infant in the NICU. This article reviews the development and theory of the care-by-parent model, including examples of successful programs, discusses the benefits and challenges of the model, and looks to the future of care in the NICU.


This paper focused on isolated primordial germ cells (PGCs) from gonads at stage 19 by Ficoll density-gradient centrifugation. Then, the PGCs were froze respectively in six kinds of freezing medias under slow speed cryopreservation process and vitrification process. The viability of the frozen-thawed PGCs was measured by the trypan blue exclusion method. The results showed: For the slow speed cryopreservation, the viability of the frozen-thawed PGCs under freezing media V was the highest, and showed significant difference(P0.05)when compared to that of freezing mediaⅠ.For the vitrificated cryopreservation, the viability of the frozen-thawed PGCs under freezing media I was the highest,and showed very significant difference(P0.01)when compared to that of other five freezing medias. The third passage PGCs subcultured after slow speed cryopreservation and the second passage PGCs subcultured after vitrificated cryopreservation were positive to PAS and AKP staining and still kept intact karyotypes.


When the k1 number approaches 0.6 and below, optical proximity correction (OPC) is inevitable. Most existing OPC schemes correct the image in the focal planes without considering the possibility of different optimum focuses for the features to be corrected. Furthermore, OPC is often conducted without optimizing NA and (sigma) before and after, to save experimental or simulation work. In this paper, a full-depth OPC scheme is presented. It optimizes the individual size bias of contributing features in the entire exposure-defocus space using the E-D tree methodology. In addition, the OPC scheme integrates with signamization to fully automatically optimize NA, (sigma) , and individual feature bias together.


Species and energies of impinging ions at the substrate during sputtering were analyzed with a quadrupole mass spectrometer combined with an energy analyzer for different targets of Y1Ba2Cu3O7−x (YBCO), InSnO+5wt %SnO (ITO), ZnO, Pb1Zr0.5Ti0.5O3 (PZT), and Ba1Cu2Ox (BCO). In every target the argon positive ion flux was most intensely observed. Relative intensities of the dominant positive ionized sputtered atoms, normalized by the argon positive ion flux, were 0.3% to 4.5%. The dominant negative ion flux was oxygen negative ions (16O−). Relative intensities were 13% and 18% for YBCO and BCO, respectively. For ITO, ZnO, and PZT, however, they were 0.26% to 0.36%. These results qualitatively agreed with the model of negative‐ion formation based on ionization potential and electron affinity values. Emission of a large amount of the oxygen negative ions from the target was a distinguishing feature of Ba containing oxide targets.


Based on the data of population census and GIS technology,the spatial distribution of population in Wuhan City urban agglomerations were systemtic analyzed from 1990 to 2005.The results based on sphere layer method and direction method showed the changing tendency of the spatial distribution,and deeply analyzed the driving forces factor by policy,economy,migration and transport.


The gas panel according to various aspects of the present invention is configured to deliver a constant flow rate of gas during the lamination process step in the reaction chamber. In one embodiment, the gas panel includes a laminated panel having a sub-laminated injection line, stacked vent line, and at least one lamination process gas line. Laminated infusion line is supplied to the mass flow rate of the carrier gas into the reactor chamber. Each lamination process gas line may include a pair of switching valve configured to selectively guided to a laminating process gas into the reactor chamber or the vent line. Stacked vent line may also comprise a switching valve configured to selectively guided to a second mass flow rate of the carrier gas equal to the sum of the mass flow rate of all the lamination process gas into the reactor chamber or the vent line. Gas panel is configured to replace the mass flow rate of the lamination process line the mass flow rate of the line stack vent, so it was when the line stacked vent leading to the reactor chamber, the lamination process line is guided to the vent line and a line vent line stacked vent When the induction laminating process line is guided to the reactor chamber. Replacement of the two mass flow maintains a constant mass flow rate of gas into the reactor chamber throughout the lamination process step.


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Electronic tags have revolutionised animal movement studies, but the reliability of subsequent ecological inference hinges on being able to quantify uncertainty in location estimates. Light‐based geolocation, which uses the time series of light intensity during twilight events, remains the only viable technology for many species (e.g. fish and small birds) despite its limited accuracy. Modern approaches to movement modelling, such as Kalman filters and gridded hidden Markov models, require a valid likelihood for each observed twilight. It is difficult to directly construct such a likelihood (i.e. the probability density of the light data during a twilight period) given any location on the globe, because of complicated autocorrelation structures and non‐standard statistical distributions. We therefore use data from moored tags at known locations to construct a transformation that turns a simple one‐dimensional statistic into a quantity with the properties of a log‐likelihood. The result is a set of calibration splines that can be used with light data from a similar tag deployed on a real animal: for each twilight, the one‐dimensional statistic is calculated for any location (e.g. on a grid of, or all possible, locations) and then transformed into a likelihood using the calibration splines. The likelihoods can then be input to any state‐space model to estimate a track. We show an example track from a grid‐based hidden Markov model applied to light data from a tag deployed on a southern bluefin tuna. This approach to light‐based geolocation provides the flexibility to integrate movement and behaviour modelling in a novel way. The likelihood surfaces from our approach can be used in any state‐space model of animal movement and behaviour, irrespective of whether estimation is by maximum‐likelihood or Bayesian methods. Our approach is primarily aimed at users interested in developing and fitting their own state‐space models to explore biological hypotheses about animal behaviour.


Age, growth and cost of reproduction were examined for the small near-shore loliginid squid Loliolus noctiluca in Tasmanian waters, near the southern limit of its distribution. The effects of several factors on hatch size were also evaluated by comparing the statolith natal ring size (NR) from individuals collected in different locations, seasons and years. The life cycle of L. noctiluca was less than six months. July-hatched females grew faster than their May-hatched counterparts, indicating a faster growth in winter-hatched compared with autumn-hatched individuals. There was considerable variation in NRs as function of location, season, year and sex, with females displaying NRs considerably larger than males in any location and year. Immature and maturing females displayed poorer body condition than mature counterparts, suggesting that gonad growth does not affect the mantle or fin growth. A good condition was maintained also in spent individuals indicating that L. noctiluca continued to invest in somatic organs throughout the spawning period. A reproductive strategy closer to 'multiple spawning', than to 'single spawning' was proposed for this species. Loliolus noctiluca was used as a model to explore the possible effects of climate change on near-shore loliginid populations.


Monthly temperature-salinity diagrams for 1957 have demonstrated that three surface oceanic "water bodies" were consistently present in the eastern North Atlantic; two are regarded as modified North Atlantic Central water which give rise to the third by mixing. As well in the oceanic areas, large and small, high or low salinity patches of water were common. Effects of seasonal climatic fluctuations differed in the several oceanic water bodies. In coastal waters, differences in properties and in seasonal and annual cycles of the properties distinguish the waters from the North Sea, English Channel and the western entrance to the Channel.The geographic distributions of the oceanic waters are consistent with "northern" and "southern" water bodies mixing to form a "transitional" water. Within this distribution there are short-term changes in boundaries and long-term (seasonal) changes in size of the water bodies.Water in the western approaches to the English Channel appeared to be influenced chiefly by the mi...


A wireless communication device (102-110, 113-116, 300-324) comprising: a transceiver (108) adapted to transmit and receive wireless radio transmissions; an input / output (105, 106, 107, 113, 304, 320) adapted to accept input and providing output; a memory (116, 308) adapted to store data; a marker (324) adapted to accept and provide a destination number to the transceiver (108) to a desired transmission; characterized by: a processor (114, 312) adapted to accept a segment string entry comprising both alphabetic and numeric characters and to convert the alphabetic characters of the numeric characters to obtain a translated segment string; and a filter (114, 316) adapted to filter both predetermined and undefined characters from within the string translated segment, the string translated segment filtered in an appropriate format as elnumero destination for said marker (324) being.


An analysis of the pentangle and of Morgan le Fay in SGGK suggests that the poem is neither a reaffirmation of Christianity nor a tool of conversion, but a poem of religious synthesis in which paganism and non-Christian ideologies—like the Jewish Kabbalah—are presented as parallels to Christianity, not wholly appropriated or obliterated.


OVERVIEW Interfacing cognitive architectures with virtual agents is still in its infancy and remains an open teleological question. However, we hope that this book encourages readers to seriously consider the particular role of cognitive architectures for state-of-the-art virtual agents. The chapters in this book consider the advantages of specific cognitive architectures over others depending on the nature of the virtual agent implementation. Deciding to use a cognitive architecture in the first place is a meaningful decision, and the book's chapters have discussed the utility of doing so. Cognitive architectures can be used to support arbitrary complex agents for contexts ranging from videogames to training simulations. Currently, advanced cognitive abilities are not necessary for videogames, but their progression may allow novel forms to emerge. We believe that as Artificial General Intelligences improve, they will become more accepted, and cognitive architectures will begin to assume a more prominent and explicit role with the deliberative management of intelligent behaviors. Reflecting on the book's theme as a whole, most of the chapter authors focused on cognition that would be represented and embodied within virtual characters. However, the thematic scope was not limited to an analysis of virtual characters. Cognition was also represented in terms of human behavioral templates and character authoring systems. Virtual characters are sometimes implemented in immersive virtual reality (VR) or mixed (augmented) reality domains. In Chapter 1, Borovikov et al. argued that " the assumption of an imperfect human participant is critical to the development of a robust VC cognition system. " Essentially, they suggest that the cognition of virtual characters could be expedited if there were human-avatar templates from which to 294


The article deals with the terms connotation and expressivity and possibilities of their expressions by some word formation means in modern German.


This article lists the key outcomes and recommendations of Phase I of the monitoring and evaluation of the DESD. Phase I focused on a review of the structures, provisions and conditions countries and regions have put in place in order to facilitate the development and implementation of ESD. The author also touches upon the constraints and limitations of conducting such a review on a global scale. In a concluding personal reflection, the author calls for more engaging local forms of monitoring and evaluating, using locally determined indicators, appropriate languages and multiple literacies (not just print based) as well as for more equitable and dialogical forms of interaction as a first step towards monitoring and evaluation systems that are better aligned with the foundations of sustainability.


A deconfined medium of quarks and gluon, called the Quark–Gluon Plasma (QGP) is produced when heavy-nuclei are collided at relativistic energies. The QGP formation is often characterized by a phenomenon called strangeness enhancement where, the relative production of strange-to-non-strange particles are enhanced in central collisions compared to peripheral or proton-proton interactions. Besides the enhancement in K/ π ratios, a non-monotonic energy dependence was also reported for ¯ (cid:3) to ¯ p ratios at CERN SPS, attributed to a signature for the strangeness enhancement as well. As anti-particles are produced directly from the reaction, the ¯ (cid:3) / ¯ p ratios are considered as a cleaner probe for the strangeness enhancement. However, at this energy range hadronic interactions have a dominant role to play and, importantly for ¯ (cid:3) and ¯ p , processes like baryon-anti-baryon (B ¯ B) annihilation can have a significant impact. In this work, we use a hadronic transport model UrQMD, to investigate the role of baryon-anti-baryon (B ¯ B) annihilation on (cid:3) , ¯ (cid:3) hyperon production and its effect on ¯ (cid:3) / ¯ p ratios. The UrQMD calculations that include B ¯ B annihilation can produce the trend of average transverse mass spectra for (cid:3) and ¯ (cid:3) , as well as, the characteristic enhancement in ¯ (cid:3) / ¯ p ratios in data as a function of centrality and collision energy. Fur-thermore, ¯ (cid:3) / ¯ p ratios extracted from the feed-down corrected SPS data are seen to be in good agreement with UrQMD model calculations with B ¯ B annihilation. This suggests that ¯ (cid:3) / ¯ p enhancement is not necessarily because of strangeness enhancement and B ¯ B annihilation has a significant role to play.


The ultrasound quantitative method for liver fat content (LFC) is a recent established method for non‐invasive assessment of liver steatosis. Its use in clinical practice is further explored by investigating the quantitative relationships between LFC measured by quantitative ultrasonography and metabolic diseases in a middle‐aged and elderly Chinese population.


A virtual instrument system is proposed to test the performance parameters of local-ventilator installed under coal mines,which can do ventilator parameter acquisition automatically,as well as plot and analyze the ventilator performance curve.The whole system is designed using the virtual instrument technology combined with network technology based on Labview platform.Experimental results show that it can monitor and evaluate ventilator's performance parameters automatically and efficiently,which provides critical information for ventilator safety under coal mine.


Objective To analyze the clinical and pathological features of 144 cases of thyroid carcinoma and to provide significant information for the study of the relationship between urinary iodine and thyroid node disease. Methods From January2006 to December 2012, clinicopathologic data of 144 patients with thyroid carcinoma treated in the Beilun People's Hospital(our hospital for short) were retrospectively analyzed. The annual incidence cases, age, gender and household register, preoperative color ultrasound result, diseased parts, with pathological pattern or not, benign disease and lymphnode metastasis were recorded. Results The annual incidence cases were 8, 10, 10, 13, 23, 32 and 48 from 2006 to 2012 including 32 cases of male and 112 cases of female. The average onset age of male were(37.1±8.2) years old and the peak incidence age of male was 30-50 years old; the average onset age of female were(47.0±12.3) years old, and the peak incidence age of female was25-55 years old. 120 cases(83.3%) of Beilun household register were found, 24 cases(16.7%) of ancestry were found, the differences were statistically significant(P = 0.02). 120 cases of thyroid calcification were detected by color ultrasonic doppler before operation including 76 cases(52.8%) of microcalcification. 134 cases(93.1%) of papillary thyroid carcinoma, 15 cases(10.4%) of follicular thyroid carcinoma and 1 case(0.7%) of medullary thyroid carcinoma were found, among which 6 cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma combined with follicular thyroid carcinoma at the same time were found. 80(55.6%) cases were found at lobus dexter of thyroid, 36(25.0%) cases were found at left lobe of thyroid, and 28(19.4%) cases were found at two sides. 72 cases were detected with lymphnode metastasis, the rate of lymphnode metastasis of male and female patient were62.5% and 46.4% respectively, and the difference was not statistically significant(P = 0.11). The rate of lymphnode metastasis of age 45 and age ≥45 were 59.0% and 39.4% respectively, the differences were statistically significant(P = 0.02). 70cases of thyroid carcinoma were found combined with benign diseases at the same time, and the cases of nodular goiters, thyroid adenoma, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, subacute granulomatous thyroiditis, nonspecific thyroiditis were 50, 6, 10, 3and 1 respectively. Conclusion The number of patients with thyroid cancer in our hospital raise during the last 7 years, it is right to formulate the correlative strategy according to the clinical characters.


The lithostratigraphic subdivision of the Upper Cretaceous in the Eastern Balkan Mountains includes the Balkanbas (Cenomanian?), Dobromir (Cenomanian, partly Turonian), Radova (partly Turonian – Santonian), Trânak (partly Turonian – Coniacian), Karaveljovo (Coniacian, Santonian) and Emine (partly Turonian – Maastrichtian) Formations. The chronostratigraphy is based on foraminiferal microfauna. The Cenomanian is represented by limnic conglomerates, sandstones, siltstones and shales with coals, as well as of shallow-marine clastic, argillaceous and calcareous rocks. The Turonian includes the upper part of the shallow-marine rocks and the lower part of the deep-marine Emine flysch. The Coniacian is represented by flysch consisting of alternation of graywackes, siltstones and shales or marls, clastic limestones, micritic limestones and argillaceous limestone ("marls") or of tephraturbidites, volcanic tuffs and effusive rocks. The Santonian is represented by flysch, analogical in composition to this of the Coniacian. The Campanian includes mainly clastic-limestone flysch, and locally, in the lower part a mixed flysch. The Maastrichtian consists mainly of clastic limestone flysch, locally (Emine Mountain) of mixed flysch. The boundary between the Maastrichtian an,d the Paleocene (Danian) is under discussion. Most probably it coincides with the boundary between the Emine and the lrakli flysch, where some shales occur. In the Emine back-arc marginal Sea (partly Turonian – Maastrichtian) through processes of normal sedimentation and resedimentation a flysch has been deposited. The Maastrichtian limestones are replaced by Paleocene clays.


Objective To study the characteristics of sexual behavior and HIV prevalence among MSM in cities of Yinchuan,Tianjing and Hangzhou. Method A respondent driven sampling or "snowball" sampling was used.The process included informed consent,face to face questionnaire,specimen collection and detection. Results HIV prevalence was 1.6% among 635 participants,In homosexual and bisexual MSM,the HIV prevalence was 1.5% and 1.9%,respectively.The highest HIV prevalence was 5.8% which was observed in an age group of 35-49 years.Over 52.9% of the participants did not use condoms at each sexual behavior in the recent half year,and 5.52% of sex partners were averagely reported among all the participants. Conclusion A relatively high proportion of unprotected sex behavior,multi-partners and bisexual behavior is observed among MSM,though they are well aware of HIV knowledge.MSM is still a risk population for HIV prevention and control.


Combined with the concrete condition of supervision units,this paper introduced the application of the computer network (Local network and international internet).


Of late, software applications that allow for nonlinear presentation creation are gaining quite a bit of attention. Applied with diligence, planning, and intention, tools like Prezi may work well for some purposes; engineers can deploy it in hi-concept meetings or conference presentations. The slides in PowerPoint can be saved as pictures and these .jpg files can be imported inside the Autodesk program; upon rotation, the slides become visible. There are a myriad of presentation applications (apps) available for the numerous devices that now populate our work lives. The chapter outlines the usage of apps, such as 2Screens, inside the presentations. As new programs and apps become available to speakers, it will be interesting to see how practitioners put these new developments into practice.


The management of distance learning systems , The management of distance learning systems , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی


We present an investigation of photoresponse in a large period (300 Å) sawtooth doping superlattice which is composed of alternating n (Si) and p (Be) δ-doping layers with undoped GaAs layers (15 nm) between them. This doping profile leads to sawtooth shaped conduction and valence bands in the growth direction. We use a new selective n and p contacting method to measure the photocurrent in this sturcture and the behavior of the subband gap compared with the gap of the host semiconductor. The photocurrent is finite even when the photon energy is below the gap of GaAs and can be varied by applying a bias voltage between the n- and p-contacts. The previously suggested generalized Franz-Keldysh model is used to explain the observed phenomena. The relaxation process is investigated by considering the decay of the photocurrent after switching off the illumination. It is found that the relaxation of system towards equilibrium obeys a nonexponential law. The temperature dependence of this decay process is discussed. Our theory is in quite good agreement with the experimental results.


A process for producing a fiber composite component for vehicles, comprising at least one prefabricated fiber composite shell element (3) and at least one fiber composite hollow member (2), wherein the at least one fiber composite shell element (3) with the at least one fiber composite hollow component (2 ) which is then solidified by means of a molding method to the fiber composite component is pre-assembled to form a unit.


A novel electro-optic modulator based on graphene on silicon (GoS) dual-slot waveguide is proposed, utilizing the electro-absorption and electro-refraction effect of graphene. The optical mode in the waveguide can interact strongly with the upper graphene layer due to the enhancement of light intensity and poor mode confinement in the nanometer slot. The real part and imaginary part of effective modal index relate to the optical propagation phase and attenuation, respectively. Electro-absorption and electro-refraction modulators can be realized by reasonably tuning the chemical potential of graphene through an applied gate voltage. The geometric parameters of the GoS waveguide are well optimized. Simulation results show the phase shift can be linearly tuned from 0 to  $\pi $  by changing the gate voltage from 1 to 5.4 V for a  $70~\mu \text{m}$ -long GoS dual-slot waveguide. When this waveguide is used as electro-absorption modulator, the modulation depth and insertion loss are 25 and 0.09 dB, respectively. The 3-dB bandwidth is estimated to be 79.6 GHz. The power consumption is ~0.94 pJ/bit and ~1.42 pJ/bit for the electro-refraction and electro-absorption modulation, respectively. The FoM (modulation depth/insertion loss) is as high as 273. This GoS dual-slot waveguide modulator with merits of footprint-compact, energy-efficient, and CMOS compatible has potentials in on-chip optical interconnections.


Potato (Solanum tuberosum) suspension cultures were used as a model to obtain basic information regarding the occurrence of enzymatic browning reactions. The cultures were subjected to chitosan, an established stress factor, at concentrations from 2.5 to 100 μg/mL to examine stress reactions and to pressure treatments from 100 to 400 MPa for 10 min at 25 °C to monitor the impact of minimal processing on plant systems. The release of hydrogen peroxide from chitosan or high- pressure-treated potato cells, which constitutes an initial stress response, was correlated with activities of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), peroxidase (PO), and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) as well as with polyphenol production in cell free extracts. Chitosan-induced browning was related to PAL induction and corresponded to the concentration of phenols within the cells. Sensitivity of plant cells to these stress factors was affected by the amount of PO present in the cells. High PO levels in the potato cells resulted in a fast degrada...


Objective: Resocialize and reduce the traumatic vulnerability of other users of health services, presenting strategies of great utility, with a suggestive approach to the contribution of child development, self-confidence, safety and comfort to these children. Methodology: This is an ecological study and review of literature that had as units of analysis the evaluation of the toy library in the reduction of childhood anxiety, especially in Brazil. The data are secondary obtained through the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN). The research was based in depth on the case studies and experiences, reported in 13 articles published in the Google Scholar and Bireme databases. Results: It was found that in all articles the relationship of the recreational space has a great influence in reducing childhood anxiety and is an important pillar for the recovery and treatment of sick children. Final considerations: From these results we can conclude that, in the following work, the main approach has been a study to which a range of information extracted from the data research described on the influence and contribution to the reduction of childhood anxiety with the implementation of playrooms and games children in hospital environments, how beneficial and positive it has been for a good relationship between professional-patient, and also therapeutic in the scope of health-disease.


Objective To investigate the expression of resistin protein in greater omentum and subcutaneous fat tissue in type 2 diabetic patients and the relationship between obesity and diabetes mellitus.Methods The expression of resistin protein in greater omentum and subcutaneous fat tissues was measured using western blot method.Fasting insulin and glucose level were measured to calculate insulin sensitivity index.Height,weight,waist circumference,hip circumference,systolic blood pressure,diastolic blood pressure were measured to calculate waist-hip ratio,body mass index,body fat percentage.Results The expression of resistin protein in greater omentum and subcutaneous fat tissues in normal group(57411±1225.59)(arbitarary OD units) was more higher than that in obesity group(41671±884.38,P0.01),type 2 diabetes mellitus without obesity group(42131±1286.15,P0.01) and type 2 diabetes mellitus with obesity group(42677±1751.10,P0.05)respectively,and there was no difference among obesity group,type 2 diabetes mellitus without obesity group and type 2 diabetes mellitus with obesity group.The expression of resistin protein in greater omentum fat tissue was compared with that in subcutaneous fat tissue in oneself and no difference was found.Stepwise regression analysis showed that expression of resistin protein was negatively correlated with WHR,BMI as well as FBG.Conclusion The expression of resistin protein in greater omentum and subcutaneous fat tissues in normal group was more higher than that in obesity group,type 2 diabetes mellitus without obesity group and type 2 diabetes mellitus with obesity group respectively.The negative correlation between expression of resistin and WHR,BMI,as well as FBG suggests that resistin may not links obesity and diabetes mellitus.


Decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) is considered as an effective method for the identification of cause-effect chain components of a complex system. It deals with evaluating interdependent relationships among factors and finding the critical ones through a visual structural model. Over the recent decade, a large number of studies have been done on the application of DEMATEL and many different variants have been put forward in the literature. The objective of this study is to review systematically the methodologies and applications of the DEMATEL technique. We reviewed a total of 346 papers published from 2006 to 2016 in the international journals. According to the approaches used, these publications are grouped into five categories: classical DEMATEL, fuzzy DEMATEL, grey DEMATEL, analytical network process- (ANP-) DEMATEL, and other DEMATEL. All papers with respect to each category are summarized and analyzed, pointing out their implementing procedures, real applications, and crucial findings. This systematic and comprehensive review holds valuable insights for researchers and practitioners into using the DEMATEL in terms of indicating current research trends and potential directions for further research.


In the Information Technology (IT) industry an individual spends most of time in front of their computers working for more than 7 to 8 hours per day. This continuous sitting in the same postures has been the reason for many musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and repetitive strain injuries (RSIs). The paper focuses on the finding the different body parts that suffer strain and discomfort. A questionnaire was designed to evaluate the different parts of the body suffering from pain and to evaluate the different aspects of the five workstation elements considered. The questionnaire was subjected to a Reliability test to measure the consistency of the questions and their responses. From the data collected it was found that the chair was the element that caused most discomfort. The major body parts that the employees had pain frequently were the neck, shoulder, upper back and lower back. The reliability test conducted showed that all the questions in the questionnaire were consistent and reliable. High correlation was found between the body parts affected and aspects of the chair.


This paper focuses on the business and artistic values of Andy Warhol's three artworks, Green Coca-Cola Bottles, Campbell's Soup Cans, and Brillo Box. The three art pieces could be considered typical examples of the cohabitation of art and business, the two seemingly conflicting concepts. The business value of his works lies in the similarity between the pattern in his paintings and the mass production of the consumerist society, the association between the brands and their products, and his underlying intention in rebuilding the brands' brand image. The artistic values of Warhol's art could be detected in the composition and the technique used to produce the paintings. Warhol's works also successfully blur the boundary between art and reality, echoing the spirit of rebellion in the postmodern era. Fredric Jameson's theory of consumerist society is also utilized in the analysis.


In a protoplanetary disk, planetesimals grow to planets by mutual collisions and accumulations. The gravitational interactions among the planetesimals increase eccentricities of the planetesimal orbits. When a relative velocity between the disk gas and planetesimal exceeds a sound velocity of the gas, a bow shock wave is produced on the leading side of the planetesimal. It has been shown that heating by the planetesimal bow shocks in the nebular gas played a key role in formation of particles found in meteorites and interplanetary dust. For instance, the shock heating leads to formation of chondrules, millimeter-scale igneous silicate spheres in chondrites, by melting dust in the protoplanetary disk (e.g.,Hood 1998; Weidenschlling et al. 1998; Ciesla et al. 2004; Miura and Nakamoto 2002). Furthermore, it is possible by a planetesimal bow shock to form various types of cosmic crystals, which are fine silicate crystals observed in chondritic meteorites and interplanetary dust particles (Miura et al. 2010). far, region However, we note possibility the planetesimal bow shock leads to heating and evaporation of the planetesimal itself. A similar process is found in ablation of the planetesimals penetrating through the atmosphere of a protoplanet (e.g., Pollack Heating and resultant evaporation by the planetesimal bow shocks will suppress growth of planetesimals. Furthermore, of the vapors thus will form small dust particles by re-condensation. Those dust clouds in the disk may be found in the infrared spectra of the protoplanetary disks. In the present study, we focus on the planetesimal heating and evaporation by the planetesimal bow shocks. We evaluated the surface temperature and evaporation rate of the planetesimal using a simple model of planetesimal evaporation by the planetesimal bow shock. We applied the model of the planetesimal evaporation to the formation stage of protoplanets. Our results show that the icy planetesimals evaporate efficiently in the planetary oligarchic stage (Kokubo and Ida 2002), where strong shocks are generated by the gravitational perturbations from the protoplanets. The results suggest that the growth of a protoplanet is suppressed owing to the insufficient accretion of planetesimals onto the protoplanet. There may be an influence on the chemical conposition in the asteroid region because the vicinity of asteroid belt (2-4 AU) corresponds to the region where the evaporation is effective. Science, Biomineralization is a biological process by which living organisms make use of organic matrix, such as peptides and proteins, to control the formation of functional minerals. The mineral brushite (DCPD) has been found under pathological conditions in kidney stones, some forms of arthritis, and caries. It has been proposed that brushite is a transient precursor for phase hydroxya-patite (HAP), which is the major inorganic component of bone and dental tissues. In recent years, the transformation mechanism from DCPD to HAP has attracted many attentions. The transformation from DCPD to HAP can be divided into two processes: dissolution of DCPD and precipitation of HAP. However, many researchers considered only the effect of interfacial energy on the transformation process from DCPD to HAP in solution and there were few literatures about kinetics of dissolution of DCPD. The purpose of this study is to reveal the details of fundamental process of the dissolution and the effects of bioorganic on the dissolution during transformation. For the purpose, we carried out in situ observations of dissolution of DCPD in solution by using the following microscopes. The phase shift interferometer (PSI) was used to measure the dissolution rate of DCPD crystal. Phase contrast microscope (PCM) and atomic force microscope (AFM) will be used to observe the change of crystal surface in atomic scale, e.g., the formation and growth of etch pit during dissolution process. Firstly, we prepared the plate-like DCPD crystal around 2 mm in size by a simple precipitation method. The (010) surface of DCPD crystal during dissolution in solution has been in situ observed by PCM, PSI and AFM under different undersaturation, pH value, and concentration of Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane. The reason why we chose Tris is that it is an organic compound and a primary amine, which can be widely used in biochemistry and molecular biology. From in situ observation by PCM, we observed the triangle, quadrilateral, and trapezoidal etch pits on the (010) crystal surface under different conditions. We found that at the case of triangle etch pit, the step velocities, of [101], [-100] and [10-1] steps on the (010) surface are different in spite that the solution condition is the same. Especially, [-100] step has the fastest step velocity, which is opposite to the former report. It was also found that the step velocities increased evidently when two or three etch pits merged. In addition, the experimental data demonstrated that the dissolution rate normal to the (010) face became slower after adding Tris in solution. Therefore, it is considered that the effect of impurity on the crystal surface during dissolution process is very important, which may further change the crystal habit. Finally, these findings are helpful for us to further understand the mechanism of biomineralization. To understand the basic processes in water-material chemical interactions in nature it is common to use oxygen isotopic ratio as a reference marker. For this SMOW has been conventionally employed as a standard, but its validity as a universal reference in a whole solar system is currently in hot debate [e.g.1,2]. We urge that any cosmochemical study on water-material interaction in the early solar system (the objective of this session), either theoretical or experimental, must in the first place consider this fundamental constraint. The latest report of GENESIS project gave a convincing isotopic composition of oxygen in bulk solar wind (SW) sample collected on a concentrator. However, correction for putative isotopic fractionation between SW and the Sun is still needed to conclude the solar oxygen isotopic composition. Although a model-dependent and somehow circular argument on the fractionation process was suggested the GENESIS report [5], a definitive examination of the isotopic fractionation is urgent. Here, we studied noble gas isotopic fractionation, and on the basis of the latter result, we discuss oxygen isotopic fractionation between SW and the Sun. Our result does not support the solar oxygen isotopic composition concluded from the GENESIS mission. Firstly, we show that the average noble gas isotopic composition in the early solar system is represented by Q-noble gas in primitive meteorites, one of two major noble gas components (Q and SW) widely occurring in the early solar system. Next, we show that SW-noble gas was mass-dependently fractionated from Q-noble gas with a fractionation factor inversely proportional to a square root of mass ratio of isotope, namely in proportional to 1/(mi/mj)1/2, where mi and mj stand for the mass of isotope i and j. We note that the characteristic fractionation factor is the typical of a Rayleigh distillation type fractionation. If the noble gas isotopic fractionation factor concluded in this work were applied to the Genesis SW oxygen data, the corrected oxygen isotopic composition becomes much closer to the terrestrial oxygen than to those suggested in the GENESIS report [5], and therefore is contrary to a widely held view [1, 5] that the solar oxygen isotopic ratio is the same as CAI oxygen, but differs from the terrestrial oxygen. Besides the mass-dependent isotopic fractionation identified in the case of noble gas, additional mass-independent fractionation (MIF) may also be present, which we speculate attributable to the dissociation of CO in the lower solar photosphere [6,7]. 415 , and A., , e , et 46 , , , The inner edge of a protoplanetry disk is the region where all the solids are vaporized, where condensation/evaporation plays a critical role in chemical evolution of dynamic disk. We have investigated chemical evolution of dust and gas with a kinetic condensation model (Nagahara and Ozawa, 2008, 2009) and kinetic parameters determined by condensation/evaporation experi-ments by our group. The model is based on the Hertz-Knudsen equation and mass balance between solid and gas in a cooing gas. Free parameters are cooling time of the system, total pressure and gas/dust separation efficiency, which is tentatively expressed by the critical size of dust separation. The results show that there are three regimes in terms of chemical fractionation; one is the regime where no chemical fractionation takes place due to very fine grain size of condensing dust, one where no chemical fractionation takes place due to very large dust size, and one where effective fractionation takes place depending on the cooling time scale and critical dust separation size. The cooling rate and critical size for dust separation can be regarded as the relative velocity of gas around the inner edge, thus the dynamics of gas. We discuss the conditions to achieve chemical fractionation among chondrites.


Background: As a tactic of combating money laundering, auditors have been introduced asguardians and enforcers of the laws, due to their insight into company affairs. However, as shownby the Financ ...


This in-depth conversation with Professor Andrew Linklater engages with his academic biography, his intellectual contribution to the field of International Relations (IR) and his reflections on the current state of, and challenges facing, the discipline of (IR). It thereby traces his biography from his undergraduate days in Aberdeen, via his first lectureships in Australia, back to the United Kingdom and eventually to Aberystwyth University; it engages with his main oeuvres from the 1982 book Men and Citizens in the Theory of International Relations to his most recent work on The Problem of Harm in World Politics, and covers the development of IR as a global discipline from the 1970s until today.


Brood parasites occur in the avian families Cuculidae (cuckoos), Indicatoridae (honeyguides), Plo- ceidae (Old World finches), Icteridae (cowbirds), and Anatidae (ducks). In general each has a feather mite fauna similar to related nonparasitic species. There is general congruence between the phy- logenies of feather mite groups and their avian hosts. Usually the mites are transferred from par- ent to offspring before the young leave the nest. Obvious exceptions to the parent/fledgling trans- fer are the obligate brood parasites, birds that do not build nests but lay their eggs in nests of other species. It is believed that the first contact be- tween the parasitic birds reared by foster parents is during mating. Do these parasitic birds have their own parasite fauna or parasites of their hosts? First, let us consider the birds that exhibit ob- ligate brood parasitism. This phenomenon is more common in the Old World, but there are examples from the Western Hemisphere. Obli- gate brood parasitism occurs in some cuckoos (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae), all honeyguides (Pic- iformes: Indicatoridae), certain Old World finch- es (Passeriformes: Ploceidae), most New World cowbirds (Passeriformes: Icteridae), and one species of South American duck (Anseriformes: Anatidae). For mites, it is usual for a cluster (or com- munity) of higher taxa to be associated with a family or an order of birds. Members of a cluster of closely related forms may be associated with other bird groups, especially in the non-passer- iforms. If mites on a brood parasite had the same mites as their foster parents, especially if unre- lated to the mite fauna of their nonparasitic rel- atives, the origin of the mites would be the foster parents. If the mites of a parasitic species had the same mites as the nonparasitic members of their group, it could be assumed that the parasites of the foster parents did not or could not adapt to the brood parasites. Obviously a third possi- bility would be a "mixture" of mites representing those of the host and those of the parasitic birds.


This study area is located in Wuhan city,using interpretation results of the TM image of Landsat5 in 1996 and 2006.It takes a quantitative research on Land Use / Cover Change in Wuhan city based spatial analysis of GIS and methods of mathematical statistics in 1996-2006.The results show that:(1) General characteristics of land use/ cover show that cropland,grassland and unused land have decreased,forest,water and construction land area have increased in Wuhan city from 1996 to 2006;(2) These three kinds of changes of cultivated land into forest land,construction land and water which distribution are the most widely,and conversion rate are is the larges in the 11 years;(3) An integrated dynamic degree of land use change is great,and slowly rise.Annual rate of change of land use is to reach 1.37% in Wuhan city in the past 11years;(4) Land use degree increase year by year,variable quantity and variable rate of land use is greater than 0.This shows that Wuhan is in the land use development period,and its land use intensity will be further enhanced.


Network functions (NFs) are critical components in the network data plane. Their efficiency is important to the whole network's end-to-end performance. We identify three types of runtime redundant logic in NFs when they are deployed with concrete configured rules. We propose to use compiler techniques (e.g., program slicing, constant propagation, dead code elimination, symbolic execution) to optimize away the redundancy. We implement a prototype named NFReducer using LLVM. Our evaluation on two IDSes shows that after eliminating the redundant logic, the packet processing rate of the two IDSes can be significantly improved.


Drug and substance abuse (DSA) is and remains a major social problem world over. The purpose of the study was to investigate effectiveness of guidance and counselling (G/C) as a strategy for curbing drug and substance abuse in secondary schools in Kenya. Literature relating to guidance and counselling strategies and curbing DSA in schools was reviewed. The journal publication is an extract of a descriptive survey study conducted in secondary schools in Nairobi County – Kenya. The study sample was 35 head teachers, 35 Heads of Departments (HODs) for guidance and counselling departments and 420 students. Data was collected using questionnaires and interviews. The findings show that Guidance and Counselling was the most preferred strategy for curbing drug abuse and all schools visited had a guidance and counselling teacher. However, majority of the head teachers and teacher counsellors lacked the skills for counselling drug abusers. Teacher counsellors also doubled as subject teachers hence lacked time for counselling students. Therefore, the benefits of Guidance and Counselling strategy have not been fully harnessed. The study concluded that guidance and counselling, despite being the best and most preferred strategy, was ineffective in curbing drug and substance abuse in secondary schools in Kenya.


Complications of endoscopic treatment are reported more and more often as a result of popularization of pancreatic endotherapy. Our study presents the results of treatment in patients with intraductal pancreatic stent fragmentation diagnosed during endotherapy of chronic pancreatitis.


The present invention discloses a circuit and a radio frequency signal transmission method. The radio frequency circuit comprises a primary antenna, a first antenna and a radio frequency integrated circuit. The primary antenna is electrically connected to the radio frequency integrated circuit, configured to transmit and receive at least one transmission / reception signal; the secondary antenna is electrically connected to the radio frequency integrated circuit to receive at least one set of received signals; used by the RFIC the primary antenna diversity reception to receive a particular signal, and through the secondary antenna to transmit and receive a specific transmission / reception signals.


Abstract We have made high resolution calculations of the wintertime stationary atmospheric response to planetary scale topographic and thermal forcings. A numerical model has been used that solves the spherical primitive equations linearized about observed zonal wind and temperature fields. The model's lid is placed high enough so that spurious reflections do not affect the results. Considerable attention has been paid to numerical accuracy. The model's response to realistic forcing is in general agreement with observational analysis of van Loon et al. We find that in middle latitudes the response to topographic forcing strongly dominates the response to thermal forcing. In the midlatitude troposphere, the topographic response is insensitive to changes in the zonal wind. The interannual variability of the tropospheric waves is due more to the heating response. The 500 mb amplitude of the interannual variability due to the sum of both forcings is, as indicated by our model, and as measured at the Himalaya...


The corrosion and passivation behaviors of 6082‐T6 aluminum alloy in 1.5 wt% NaCl solution with natural aeration were investigated by segmented electrochemical measurement combined with scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, and X‐ray diffractometer. The results showed that the active Mg dissolved from Mg2Si promoted the development of intergranular corrosion (IGC) and that local dissolutions of the matrix around the Si and AlFeMnSi particles are the initial sites for pitting corrosion. The passivation overlying the IGC crack is interacted by the cations in the layer and the ions, resulting in the intergranular cracking of the passive film. The cracks near the secondary phase meet the cracks developing along the grain boundary, resulting in the failure of the passive film in the form of networks.


A new type of wavefront dividing reflection interferometer for the far infrared is discussed. The interferometer uses two sets of interpenetrating rings, one fixed and the other movable for the production of an interferogram. The advantage of this interferometer compared to the lamellar grating is higher modulation of shorter wavelengths. This modulation advantage is also applicable to transmission-reflection beamsplitters in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. A two mirror wavefront dividing interferometer may be constructed so small that it fits in the deqar of a He-cooled detector. Using this interferometer, asymmetric Fourier transform spectroscopy may be conducted, yielding simultaneously the optical constants n and k with a sample and a reference interferogram.


To be linked directly in Mobile computing enviroment, the wireless networking technologies are introduced in this paper. The wide area solution based on GPRS/WAP and the local area solution based on WLAN are discussed on emphasis, and an application example is presented at the end .


Topic of my bachelor thesis is to analyze customers of Hotel Rusava. This recreation center owns company Z-FIN, Inc. My thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part, I studied and describe literature related to my topic. In the analytical part I evaluated a questionnaire containing 9 questions. The questionnaire was filled in by hotel guests. Also I analyzed accommodation books in the Excel with last 3 years and their separated months. In conclusion, I propose a solution that could lead to an increase in customer satisfaction with the recreation center.


A 68‐year‐old man developed pemphigus foliaceus, myasthenia gravis with a spindle cell thymoma, and later died with red cell aplasia. At autopsy, pemphigus affected the oesophageal mucosa, and this finding was confirmed by direct immunofluorescence.


Five methods including absolute ethanol extraction-sublimation,67% ethanol extraction-sublimation,water extraction-sublimation,ethanol extraction-crystalization,organic solvent extraction were performed,and the advantages and disadvantages of each method was compared and analyzed.Experimental results showed that as far as time,reagent,yield and environmental protection are concerned,extraction of caffeine by absolute ethanol extraction-sublimation is the preferred experimental method.


Introduction : Oligodendroglioma's (ODG) are primary glial brain tumors that are divided into classical and anaplastic ODG's. Common pathologies encountered in the corpus callosum include primary central nervous system lymphomas and glioblastoma. Corpus callosal ODG is a rare entity. Case Report : A 54 year old male presented with headache since 6 months and weakness of right upper and lower limbs since 4 months. Radiological imaging was suggestive of a heterogeneous minimally enhancing mass arising from the corpus callosum and extending bilaterally into the frontal lobes (left more than right). Left frontal craniotomy and tumor decompression was done. Final histopathological report was "oligodendroglioma grade II but likely to behave in an aggressive manner". Patient received adjuvant chemo-radiation and on his latest follow up two years post-surgery, radiological imaging showed only gliotic changes in the brain. Conclusion : Corpus callosal oligodendroglioma is a rare entity. The treatment for anaplastic and aggressive ODG's should include gross total resection (wherever possible) or tumor decompression followed by adjuvant chemo-radiation. Neoplasms, Corpus callosum, Frontal Lobe, Glioma, Oligodendroglioma.


This paper Trends of students of the Department of kindergartens in the Faculty of Basic Education / University of Salahuddin-Erbil towards the subject of pluralistic education, through a researchers' developed questionnaire which consists of 20 items divided over 5 axes, namely: social, patriotic, religious, special needs and Gander. Each of these axes consists of 5 items. To achieve the objectives of the study, a field study has been conducted on a sample comprising of (150) Divided into two stages of the first stage consisted of(62)students ,and the fourth stage consisted of (88) students ,By Using the t-test for a sample and Shifi test to show the difference significance between the students of the two stage for the measuring items of diversity education according to the five axis, The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences between the first stage and the fourth stage in favor of the fourth stage. Differences were also found in the statistical significance between the fields. The fourth stage was the highest for the social aspect. There were also significant differences in the attitudes of female students towards pluralistic education (religious field) between the first stage and the fourth stage and in favor of the first stage, the study also showed, there were no statistically significant differences between the two stages, according to the field of nationalism, special needs and gender. Study


The classical transistor theory developed by Shockley and later extended to high currents by Webster is based on division of the transistor into physically defined regions. Details of the electron density and electric field are limited to the base region. Inherent in the classical theory is a monotonically decreasing injected-minority-carrier density in the base region. More complex injected-carrier-density profiles have been shown to exist by Lindmayer and Wrigley for the junction diode. In all of these approaches base widening is prevented by the assumption of operation under "perfect sink conditions."


The digital gender gap is still a big, unseen problem in Indonesia. The government alone will not be able to close this gap, and it needs support from the private sector and the role of civil society. This study aims to explore and determine Civil Society Organizations' (CSOs) role in closing the digital gender gap in Indonesia. Using a qualitative approach, this research collected data and information through interviews and focus group discussions with CSO representatives who have long been advocating for various vulnerable groups of women in Indonesia. Multiple literatures and reports related to the digital gender divide were also reviewed. An important finding in this study is the description and exploration of the various roles of CSOs in digital assistance to women and vulnerable groups through a wide range of programs such as (1) advocating for women's rights, (2) promoting digital literacy, (3) fulfilling the Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health, (4) protecting women victims of violence, (5) public policy oversight, (6) encouraging women's public/political participation, (7) securing recognition of marginalized groups, (8) women's economic empowerment, and (9) environmental sustainability campaigns. The results of this research indicate that CSOs have directly or indirectly contributed to increasing the capacity of individual women and groups they engage with. The various digital mentoring roles performed by CSOs have helped women and other vulnerable groups to become more confident, thereby increasing their participation in the public sphere, mainly through the use of ICT/the internet.


Thirty years ago, a global democratic revolution began with the Portuguese military revolution that overthrew several decades of dictatorship and launched a contentious but ultimately successful democratic transition in that country. This "third wave" of global democratization then spread to Spain and Greece, then to Latin America, and eventually to a number of countries in Asia, Africa, and, with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Central and Eastern Europe as well. By the mid1990s, the percentage of states in the world that were democracies had increased from 27 percent in 1974 to over 60 percent. Democracy had become the dominant form of government in the world. Since the mid-1990s, the global democratic revolution has stalled in some respects while deepening in others. Several things have been striking about the global trends in democratic development over the past decade. The first has been the relative stability of democracy as a system of government in the world. This has been true in two senses. First, the overall number of democracies in the world has remained relatively stable since 1995. By the end of 2002, the number of democracies in the world (as rated by Freedom House) had increased slightly from 117 in 1995 to 121 in 2002, but it fell back to 117 at the end of 2003. In recent years, democratic breakthroughs have been counterbalanced by democratic setbacks or by changes in scoring, as several countries oscillate on the margins of electoral democracy and electoral authoritarian rule. Stability has been evident in a second sense as well. Although many democracies continue to perform very poorly, there have been few outright breakdowns of democracy into renewed authoritarian rule. The most spectacular democratic reversal since 1995 has come in Pakistan, where the military overthrew a deeply corrupt and badly governing parliamentary system on October 12, 1999. As I noted in the Journal of Democracy the following year, this was only the fourth blatant reversal of democracy in a country with more than 20 million people since the third wave of democratization began in 1974.1 The other three were the military coups in Nigeria in 1983, in Sudan in 1989, and in Thailand in 1991, and the latter was reversed


This paper deals with a survey on the trematode-fauna of the sea perch.Lateo-labrax japonicus (Cuvier et Valenciennes),along the coast of China Sea,from Huang Hai and Dong Hai,containing six species belonging to three different families,namely 1.Aeanthocolpidae:(1) Stepharwstomum gp.,2.Cryptogonimidae:(2) Biovarium cry-ptocotyle Yamaguti,1934,(3) Biovarium tsingtaoensis sp.nov.,(4) Biovarium schis-toleeithale sp.nov.,and 3.Acanthostomidae:(5) Terminoisocoelium laterolecithale gen.nov.ei sp.nov.,and (6) Sacculoesophagiphora bipapittosa gen.nov.et sp.nov.Among them B.cryptocotyle Yamaguti,1934 is a new record for China.Generic diagnosis of the new genera are mentioned and keys to the subfamilies of Isocoeliinae Price,1939 as well as the species of Biovarium Yamaguti,1934 are given in the Chinese text and the new species are tabulated in Table 1.Biovarium tsingtaoensis gp.nov.(fig.1)This species differs from the most closely related species B.lateolabracis Yamaguti,1958 by following features:(1) body longer in diameter,(2) both extremities blunt,(3) intestinal caeca longer,extending posteriorly behind the posterior testis,(4) cirrus wanting,(5) seminal receptacle present,(6) the distribution of the vitellaria and (7) the location of the genital pore.Biovarium schistolecithale gp.nov.(fig.2)This species differs from all the hitherto described species in having both lateral groups of vitellaria being separated anteriorly.The generic diagnosis of Biovarium Yamaguti,1934 should be emended as follows:(1) seminal receptacle present or absent,(2) genital pore opening into genito-acetabular pocket immediately in front of or far before aeetebulum,and (3) vitellaria dendritic or follicular,extending along caeca from testicular zone to pre-or post-acetabular zone where they are united or not across the median line.Terminoisocoelium laterolecithale gen.nov.et gp.nov.(fig.3) This species bears certain resemblance to Isocoelium Ozaki,1932 but it differs fundamentally in the terminal oral sucker,in the distribution and arrangement of the vitellaria,in the uterine loops reaching nearly the posterior extremity of the body.There is no doubt that it represents a distinct genus in the subfamily Isocoeliinae Price,1939.The name Terminoisocoelium laterolecithale gen.nov.et sp,nov.is suggested.Generic diagnosis:Acanthostomidae,Isocoeliinae.Body ribbon shaped,occulted, spiny.No circumoral spines.Oral sucker terminal.Acetabulum smaller than oral sucker.Pharynx developed.Oesophagus very short.Caeca terminating at posterior extremity symmetrically.Testes tandem,in median of posterior one-third of body.Genital pore median,opening far anterior to acetabulum.Ovary lobed,lying in posterior of mid-third of body.Vitellaria mostly extracaecal,in clusters,aggregated into two sets.Uterine loops intercaecal,and reaching posterior extremity.Excretory system Y-shaped,excretory arms united at intestinal fork and excretory vesicle tubular.Parasitic in stomach and intestine of marine fishes.Type species:Terminoisocoelium laterokcithale sp.nov.Sacculoesophagiphora bipapillosa gen.nov.et sp.nov.(fig.4) This species is characterized by the long sac-like oesophagus with two muscular papillae on the ventral lip of the oral sucker,in the presence of a cirrus sac enclosing a cirrus and the distribution of the vitellaria being separated from genus Anisocladium Looss,1902.Therefore,it is suggested as a new genus and named Sacculoesophagiphora bipapillosa gen.nov.et sp.nov.Generic diagnosis:Acanthostomidae,Anisoeladiinae.Body ribbon shaped,spiny.Oral sucker terminal.Oesophagus rather long and sac-like.Caeca terminating at posterior extremity.Acetabulum smaller than oral sucker,lying on a projection in posterior portion of anterior half of body.Testes tandem,lying in posterior half of body.Seminal vesicle long,tubular.Cirrus sac and cirrus present.Genital pore median of anterior border of acetabulum.Ovary pretesticular.Seminal receptacle rather large.Vitellaria follicular in cluster,between acetabulum and seminal receptacle.Uterine loops reaching posterior extremity.Ora small


There are so many environmental and pollution problems today. Fuels prices are also increasing day by day. In this scenario it is needed to find an alternative fuel for internal combustion engines which is producing less pollution and are lower in price. Several alternate fuels are tried by various researches. An experimental study has been carried out for palm seed biodiesel blended with diesel used in a single cylinder diesel engine. Palm. Palm seed biodiesel presents a very promising scenario of functioning as alternative fuels to fossil diesel fuel. The properties of these can be compared favourably with the characteristics required for internal combustion engine fuels especially direct injection (diesel) engine. In this work, literature review for the use of palm seed biodiesel as fuel for compression ignition machine is provided. From the literature review, it is obtained parametric optimization of compression ignition machine using palm seed biodiesel can be done using various blends.


Since 1980 s,the development for Philosophy of Higher Education in China could be categorized into three stages:introduction,reflection and localization,and the establishment of theoretical system,in which problems like passivity of introduction context,singularity of research approach,and the epistemological fuzziness still existed.In future it is necessary for the research on Philosophy of Higher Education in China to focus on ontological study,enlarge the area based on problems,integrate the perspectives of different subjects to create new theory and straighten out the relationships to exert the functions of philosophy of higher education.


In this paper, we give a criterion for the dual Selmer group of an elliptic curve which has either good ordinary reduction or multiplicative reduction at every prime above p to satisfy the 𝔐H(G)-conjecture. As a by-product of our calculations, we are able to define the Akashi series of the dual Selmer groups assuming the conjectures of Mazur and Schneider. Previously, the Akashi series are defined under the stronger assumption that the dual Selmer group satisfies the 𝔐H(G)-conjecture. We then establish a criterion for the vanishing of the dual Selmer groups using the Akashi series. We will apply this criterion to prove some results on the characteristic elements of the dual Selmer groups. Our methods in this paper are inspired by the work of Coates–Schneider–Sujatha and can be extended to the Greenberg Selmer groups attached to other ordinary representations, for instance, those coming from a p-ordinary modular form.


Background: The spectrum of mitochondrial disease is genetically and phenotypically diverse, resulting from pathogenic variants in over 400 genes, with aerobic energy metabolism defects as a common denominator. Such heterogeneity poses a significant challenge in making an accurate diagnosis, critical for precision medicine. Methods: In an international collaboration initiated by the European Network for Mitochondrial Diseases (GENOMIT) we recruited 2,023 pediatric patients at 11 specialist referral centers between October 2010 and January 2021, accumulating exome sequencing and HPO-encoded phenotype data. An exome-wide search for variants in known and potential novel disease genes, complemented by functional studies, followed ACMG guidelines. Results: 1,109 cases (55%) received a molecular diagnosis, of which one fifth have potential disease-modifying treatments (236/1,109, 21%). Functional studies enabled diagnostic uplift from 36% to 55% and discovery of 62 novel disease genes. Pathogenic variants were identified within genes encoding mitochondrial proteins or RNAs in 801 cases (72%), while, given extensive phenotype overlap, the remainder involved proteins targeted to other cellular compartments. To delineate genotype-phenotype associations, our data was complemented with registry and literature data to develop GENOMITexplorer, an open access resource detailing patient- (n=3,940), gene- (n=427), and variant-level (n=1,492) associations (prokischlab.github.io/GENOMITexplorer/). Conclusions: Reaching a molecular diagnosis was essential for implementation of precision medicine and clinical trial eligibility, underlining the need for genome-wide screening given inability to accurately define mitochondrial diseases clinically. Key to diagnostic success were functional studies, encouraging early acquisition of patient-derived tissues and routine integration of high-throughput functional data to improve patient care by uplifting diagnostic rate.


Automatic colorization is the process of adding color to greyscale images. We condition this process on language, allowing end users to manipulate a colorized image by feeding in different captions. We present two different architectures for language-conditioned colorization, both of which produce more accurate and plausible colorizations than a language-agnostic version. Furthermore, we demonstrate through crowdsourced experiments that we can dramatically alter colorizations simply by manipulating descriptive color words in captions.


Nitric oxide (NO) is a messenger molecule of macrophages, endothelial cells in blood vessels, and neurons. A neuronal form of NO synthase (NOS) has been previously cloned. We now report the molecular cloning of macrophage NOS. The macrophage enzyme displays 50% sequence identity to the neuronal enzyme. Like neuronal NOS, macrophage NOS has recognition sites for FAD, FMN, and NADPH and also has a consensus calmodulin binding site. Macrophage NOS mRNA is strikingly inducible; it is absent in quiescent macrophages or spleen but is prominent 2-6 hr after endotoxin treatment.


The correspondence between Leibniz and Arnauld was judged by Leibniz himself to be very useful for understanding his philosophy. Historians have concurred in this judgment. Leibniz did not find any philosophy of independent interest in the letters Arnauld sent him. Historians have, for the most part, also concurred in this finding. I shall argue that on one set of issues at least — modal metaphysics and free will — Arnauld accomplished more than facilitating Leibnizian elucidations. He held his own in this dispute. Indeed, were it not for the general sophistication and superior handling of such issues as identity, unity, and the nature of body enjoyed by the Leibnizian system, the Cartesian position on modal metaphysics and free will espoused by Arnauld might have won the day in the eyes of later philosophers. A proper appreciation of the Cartesian framework should also make it of considerable interest to philosophers presently at work on the metaphysics of modality. I shall argue that Descartes and some Cartesians like Arnauld espoused a strongly actualist doctrine. This means they thought that all philosophically interesting uses of possibles were analyzable into facts about actually existing things.


After two decades of dramatic ascension of neoliberalism, several observers have denounced the degradation of work conditions: some of them mention "violence at work", highlighting the social-economic dimensions that shape professional universes. This article is included in this perspective and particularly considers the role of "managerialism dynamics" in the use of violence at work. It stands on two emblematic situations: work in call centers, and the implementation of a "total" management device called Balanced Scorecard, in a multinational company. The paper shows that violences linked to a "managerial fact" are revealed in three different articulated levels. In the first one, violence results from macro-political transformations that make introduction and renewing of the management devices implausible. In the second level, violence takes place as a result of the implementation of management devices. Finally in the third level, symbolic violence, which supports practices of different categories of actors, is revealed. The overlapping between these levels makes most actors adopt an attitude of resignation due to their impossibility to get free from management. This evidence leads to a better focusing on the place and on the way of acting to face violence at work.


ABSTRACT The present study aimed to evaluate the dietary quality maintained among 113 overweight [body mass index (BMI) ≥25.0 kg/m2] women aged ≥20 years, who were enrolled in a Brazilian primary healthcare service in 2009. Dietary quality was evaluated using the Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-1995, which was adapted in the Brazilian context. Statistical analysis included linear regression adjusted by self-reporting energy intake. The prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥30.0 kg/m2), elevated waist-circumference, and excessive body-fat were 85.8%, 98.2%, and 100% respectively. Data on dietary quality indicated an HEI score of 66.6 (11.3), with low mean scores for 'milk and dairy products' (2.6) and 'vegetables' (3.1). The calcium (ß=0.40) and vitamin C (ß=0.27) intake was positively associated with the HEI score. Fat (ß=−0.38) and sodium (ß=−0.21) intake and protein adequacy (ß=−18.17) were inversely associated with the dietary quality. We found that the dietary quality in this study population needs improvement, demonstrating the importance of nutritional counselling within the primary healthcare service.


We present an application of a microsegregation model that takes into account the Soret effect. This model, summarized here, lies in the context of the evaluation of thermodiffusion influence in alloys solidification. Initially, we deal with the thermodiffusion effect on the microsegregation scale. Subsequently, the Soret effect on macrosegregation shall be analyzed. The present model was conceived with similar considerations compared to the Gulliver-Scheil approach. A dimensionless parameter emerged from the model, which is potentially useful for assessing the Soret effect on the solidification of binary alloys. In the present work, this parameter was applied to an Sn-Bi alloy. The microsegregation model including the Soret effect can be widely used in the study of solute redistribution.


In this article, the impact of the Jadid movement on the formation of Kazakh national identity is discussed in the context of the regional characteristics of Kazakhstan. The issue of the Jadid movement in Russian historiography was written within the framework of Islamic integration, pan-Turkism, and ethnic nationalism. The Jadid movement, which is the essence of the national identity construction, has left its traces in Kazakhstan
thanks to the Tatar scientists who naturally affect the Turkish unity process. National identity and Turkish unity issues developed in parallel in Kazakhstan. Evaluating the religious views of Kazakh nomads in rural areas, and the tribalism and ethnic relations, the Tsarist administration exerted strong pressure on the policy of Russification. Therefore, Russian-Kazakh schools increased in number and developed rivalry to the Jadid schools. The founders of the Alaş movement, who were educated in the Jadid schools in the northern and western regions of Kazakhstan, later studied at the higher education institutions of the Russian Empire. The rest of the Jadids received their education in the madrasahs of today's Uzbekistan, Kazan, Cairo and Istanbul. In
this context, two aspects of the Jadid movement have become stereotyped in Kazakhstan, the first is the establishment of the Kazakh state Alaş Orda, the second is the struggle for the unity of the Central Asian Turkic people and the establishment of the Turkestan state.


In this paper, we have proposed a technique for the generation of OSSB transmission with carrier for WDM Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) with Radio over Fiber (RoF) optical link. The performance of the system is further enhanced by using a square root module (SRm) at the receiver side. The suppression of 5 dB in carrier and 10 dB in the sidebands has been shown. The improvement in the performance has been reported three times for successful transmission of OSSB as compared to ODSB over the distance of eywords: ptical network unit ptical line termination ER PON 20 km and it is further enhanced by two times with the use of SQRT module and that has been witnessed by measuring BER and eye opening. © 2012 Published by Elsevier GmbH. oF quare root module


Background Elevated blood pressure (BP) remains poorly controlled in primary care despite effective antihypertensive drugs. Methods The Valsartan Intensified Primarycar EReduction of Blood Pressure (VIPER-BP) Study was a national, multicentre, randomized trial involving 260 primary care physicians from 114 clinics. The study compared usual primary care(enhanced by automated absolute risk profiling) with an intervention of structured BP reduction and risk management (also comprising automated risk profiling plus standardized pharmacological treatment and computer assisted, intensified follow-up and treatmenttitration). Follow in ga14–28 day run- in period (valsartan80 mg/day), hypertensive patients who remained above their individualized BP target were randomized to usual care or the VIPER-BP intervention arm (comprising initial valsartanmono-therapyor two forms of valsartan combination therapy) at aratioof 1:2. The primary end-point was individualised BP control (guided by expert guidelines) at 6 month follow-up. Secondary end points included change in BP, absolute risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), adjudicated CVD events and safety profile. The trial design provided>80% power to detecta ≥7% absolute difference between groups in BPcontrol at 6 months at a two-sided significance of 0.05. Results A total of 2336 hypertensive patients were enrolled and 2178 (59 ± 12 years, 59% men and 60% prior hypertension) with a mean BP of 154 ± 17/91 ± 11mmH gentered the run-in phase. Subsequently, 465(21%) achieved their individual BP target (126 ± 8/76 ± 8mmHg) and 151 (7%) with drew. Overall, 1562 patients (59 ± 12years, 62% men and BP of 149 ± 17/88 ± 11mmHg) with a CVD-free target of 140/90mmHg (29%), pre-existing CVD (53.5%, target 130/80mmHg) or renal impairment (17.5%, target 125/75mmHg) remained above their BP target. Patients werer and omizedtousualcare(524,34%) or the VIPER-BP intervention (1038;359 and 679 patients, respectively, assigned initial mono-orcombination valsartan therapy). The groups were well matched according to their demographic and clinical profile (including individual BP targets). With follow-up completed in September 2011, the primary and key secondary endpoints will be presented at the meeting. Conclusions VIPER-BP is one of the largest studies of its kind. If positive it will support the application of more intensive and structured management to achieve individual BP control in hypertensive patients being managed in the primary care setting.


An aerial photographic and ground survey of southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimm. infestations was performed in August, 1970 within the purchase boundary of the Wayah Ranger District of the Nantahala National Forest. Survey results revealed a continuing low beetle population over the 390,000 acre area. Even though a small nucleus of live beetles was found, it is unlikely that the southern pine beetle population will become a problem in this area during the remaining months of 1970.


Weight perturbation learning was proposed as a learning rule in which perturbation is added to the variable parameters of learning machines. The generalization performance of weight perturbation learning was analyzed by statistical mechanical methods and was found to have the same asymptotic generalization property as perceptron learning. In this paper we consider the difference between perceptron learning and AdaTron learning, both of which are well-known learning rules. By applying this difference to weight perturbation learning, we propose adaptive weight perturbation learning. The generalization performance of the proposed rule is analyzed by statistical mechanical methods, and it is shown that the proposed learning rule has an outstanding asymptotic property equivalent to that of AdaTron learning.


Based on 8-shaped double circle circular array, a self-calibration algorithm is proposed in this paper for 2D angle estimation and calibration of mutual coupling coefficients. Through the analysis of array structure, the entire array is divided into two sub arrays. By observing the characteristics of mutual coupling matrix in each sub array and between two sub arrays, a reasonable reconstruction matrix is constructed, in order to realize the decoupling of the angle information and mutual coupling coefficient. First, the principle of rank loss is used to estimate the angle information, and then the mutual coupling coefficient is estimated by the estimated angle information. The high-dimensional search is not required in the whole process, so the amount of calculation is reduced. In addition, the algorithm does not require additional auxiliary correction source, hence, it is very simple to implement. Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can solve the mutual coupling problem of 8-shaped double circle circular array reliably and effectively.


Point defects and impurities play a major role in optical properties of scintillators, as they can be at the origin of afterglow emission, which are detrimental for the applications. Spectrally-resolved thermally stimulated luminescence (TSL) is used here to study defects possibly affecting scintillation properties of LaCl3:Ce and LaBr3:Ce samples grown by Saint-Gobain Crystals & Detectors. In the case of LaCl3:Ce, after X-ray irradiation two major glow peaks with complex structures are detected at 23 K and 63 K (when measured at a heating rate of 0.1 K/s). A more composite structure of the TSL pattern of LaBr3:Ce is observed. Possible explanations and implications of these findings are discussed. (© 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) took place in the tropical Indian Ocean during 2006. The evolution of this event started in July 2006 and intensified during August 2006. It was indicated by negative sea surface temperature anomalies, lower than normal sea level and suppressed convection in the southeastern equatorial Indian Ocean in contrast to western counterpart. Peak negative SST anomalies exceeding 1 degree C were observed in the eastern basin during September-November coinciding with anomalous easterly winds along the equator and strong southeasterly winds along the coast of Sumatra and Java. The expression of this positive IOD was also seen in other physical variables: negative sea surface height anomalies of about 30 cm and negative rainfall anomalies exceeding 8 mm/day were observed in the eastern basin. The event was terminated in December 2006 mainly due to warming of the eastern pole. The magnitude of this event determined by the east-west temperature gradient across the tropical Indian Ocean was the third largest in the last 30 years, after 1997 and 1994 events.


Objectives: To evaluate the prognostic value of preoperative lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR) in patients with renal cell carcinoma and venous tumor thrombus (RCC-VTT) after surgery. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical data of 144 consecutive patients with RCC and level I-IV VTT after surgery. Kaplan-Meier method was used to assess and compare survival. Univariable and multivariable Cox proportional hazard models were constructed to identify the independent prognostic factor for survival. The Harrell concordance index was used to assess the predictive accuracy. Results: Decreased preoperative LMR was significantly correlated with clinicopathologic features that are associated with tumor progression. Decreased preoperative LMR was an independently risk factor for decreased OS (P < 0.05) and PFS (P < 0.05). To evaluate PFS, integrating LMR to each model led to an increased predictive accuracy of 6.9% for TNM staging model (P = 0.014), 6.8% for UISS model (P = 0.006), 3.4% for SSIGN model (P = 0.017), respectively. Incorporating LMR into SSIGN model led to an increased predictive accuracy of 6.5% for OS (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Preoperative LMR is an independent prognostic factor for patients with RCC-VTT after surgery. Adding preoperative LMR to the prognostic models enhance their predictive accuracy.


Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) has been used widely for the tasks of object recognition and facial recognition because of their remarkable results on these common visual tasks. In order to evaluate the performance of CNN for embedded devices effectively, it is essential to provide a comprehensive benchmark evaluation environment. Even though there are many benchmark suites available for use, but these benchmark suites require installation of various packages and proprietary libraries. This creates a bottleneck in using them in applications which are executed on resource constraint devices like embedded devices. In this paper, we propose an evaluation platform which can be used for evaluation on any platform that supports Cuda and OpenCL. This evaluation platform was executed on Nvidia TX2 Jetson board embedded device and commodity hardware without needing any extra proprietary libraries to execute the model. We also achieved 4.5-fold gain in execution speed of the Cuda and OpenCL model. The model also exactly predicts images as the Python based with 100% accuracy. We also provide in-depth statistics about the CNN network execution pattern by executing the model on embedded devices and commodity hardware.


Learning Management Systems frequently act as platforms for online content which is usually structured hierarchically into modules and lessons to ease navigation. However, the volume of information may be overwhelming, or only part of the lessons may be relevant for an individual; thus, the need for customized curricula emerges. We introduce a Moodle plugin developed to help learners customize their curriculum to best fit their learning needs by relying on specific filtering criteria and semantic relatedness. For this experiment, a Moodle instance was created for doctors working in the field of nutrition in early life. The platform includes 78 lessons tackling a wide variety of topics, organized into five modules. Our plugin enables users to specify basic filtering criteria, including their field of expertise, topics of interest from a predefined taxonomy, or expected themes (e.g., background knowledge, practice & counselling, or guidelines) for a preliminary pre-screening of lessons. In addition, learners can also provide a description in natural language of their learning interests. This text is compared with each lesson's description using Cohesion Network Analysis, and lessons are selected above an experimentally set threshold. Our approach also takes into account prior knowledge requirements, and may suggest lessons for further reading. Overall, the plugin covers the management of the entire course lifecycle, namely: a) creating a customized curriculum; b) tracking the progress of completed lessons; c) generating completion certificates with corresponding CME points.