We study the Carrollian limit of the (general) quadratic gravity in four dimensions. We find that in order for the Carrollian theory to be a modification of the Carrollian limit of general relativity, the parameters in the action must depend on the speed of light in a specific way. By focusing on the leading and the next-to-leading orders in the Carrollian expansion, we show that there are four such non equivalent Carrollian theories. Imposing conditions to remove tachyons (from the linearized theory), we end up with a classification of Carrollian theories according to the leading-order and next-to-leading-order actions. All modify the Carrollian limit of general relativity with quartic terms of the extrinsic curvature. To the leading order, we show that two theories are equivalent to general relativity, one to $R+R^2$ theory, and one to the general quadratic gravity. To the next-to-leading order, two are equivalent to $R+R^2$ while the other two to the general quadratic gravity. We study the two theories that are equivalent to $R+R^2$ to the leading order and write their magnetic limit actions.


Class IV flextensional transducer with features of small size and light weight is a common underwater low frequency and high power source. Compared to piezoelectric ceramic, the rare-earth magnetostrictive material has larger strain and energy density, and lower young's modulus, which can effectively reduce the resonant frequency of the transducer. A low frequency IV flextensional transducer driven by using rare-earth magnetostrictive material is designed. Through the analyses of static and dynamic magnetic fields, a magnetic circuit structure of dual rods type is built, and the transducer is modeled and calculated with finite element software. Based on the calculation results, a Class IV flextensional transducer is manufactured, and the simulation and experimental results are in good agreement. It is shown that the transducer is characterized by low frequency and high power, which means that the resonant frequency in water is 370 Hz, and the sound source level achieves 196 d B.


N,N-Dimethyl-D-ribo-phytosphingosine (DMPH) is an N-methyl derivative of sphingosine. In the present paper, we studied effects of DMPH on intracellular Ca concentration, pH, glutamate uptake, and cell viability in human 1321N1 astrocytes. DMPH increased intracellular Ca concentration and cytosolic pH significantly in a dose-dependent manner. DMPH also inhibited glutamate uptake by 1321N1 astrocytes. Finally, treatment of cells with DMPH for 24 h reduced viability of cells largely and concentration-dependently. In summary, DMPH increased intracellular Ca concentration and pH, inhibited glutamate uptake and evoked cytotoxicity in 1321N1 astrocytes. Our observations with DMPH in the 1321N1 astrocytes would enhance understanding of DMPH actions in the brain.


Abstract: A critical step in understanding the relationship between forest management and bird populations is conducting studies that employ rigorous experimental designs, relate forest management to avian demography, and explore relationships at expanded temporal and spatial scales. The Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project ( MOFEP ) is a long‐term, large‐scale manipulative experiment that is testing the effects of even‐aged ( i.e., clearcutting ) and uneven‐aged ( i.e., selection cutting ) forest management on a suite of response variables in Missouri oak‐hickory forests. We report on the short‐term effects of these management systems on the density and reproductive success of birds by evaluating 5 years of preharvest and 3 years of postharvest data from MOFEP. Densities of mature forest species declined 24–69% on the control ( i.e., no timber harvest ) sites during post‐treatment years, confounding interpretation of treatment effects. Densities of both Kentucky Warblers ( Oporornis formosus ) and Worm‐eating Warblers ( Helmitheros vermivorus ) increased in treatment sites relative to control sites. Conversely, even‐aged management negatively affected Ovenbird ( Seiurus aurocapillus ) density. Treatment significantly and positively affected density of four of the six early successional species. Densities of Indigo Bunting (  Passerina cyanea ) and Yellow‐breasted Chat (  Icteria virens ) were significantly higher in both even‐aged and uneven‐aged treatments, whereas densities of Prairie Warbler (  Dendroica discolor ) and White‐eyed Vireo (  Vireo griseus ) were significantly higher in even‐aged treatments than in the controls. Nest success rates averaged 29% for all species and did not change significantly from pre‐ to post‐treatment years. Mature forest bird populations declined as trees were removed, but significant changes in nest predation and brood parasitism did not occur. In addition, openings associated with timber removal provided habitats for early successional species. We suggest that a mixed strategy of timber management may be necessary to support the full range of breeding birds in this region.


Waxy corn,popcorn and sweet corn were used to study the effects of sand priming on seed germination and seedling growth of special corn in this paper.The results indicated that sand priming improved seed vigor of waxy corn and sweet corn significantly,and promoted seedling growth of three special corn varieties significantly,and didn' t have a significant effect on germinination percentage.Sand priming treatment increased peroxidase(POD) and superoxide dismutase(SOD) activities and decreased malonicdialdehyde(MDA) content in the seedling of three special corn varieties significantly.The effects on seed germination and seedling growth were waxy corn sweet corn pop corn,sweet corn pop corn waxy corn,respectively.Therefore,the effects of sand priming varied with genotypes.Sand priming can enhance antioxidases activities and seedling adaptability to external enviroment.


Fernando Pessoa's literary work can be read as a fantastic response to the situation of experiential impoverishment (Benjamin) and indolence of the soul (Simmel) that urban environments subject individuals to. Livro do Desassossego offers an incomparable description of the possibilities and conditions of an urban representation that omits the monumental dimension of the city to give meaning to the banal situations, mediocracy of life, and routines of the social mechanisms that bring this space to life. Soares develops an aesthetic theory based on indifference, which he calls "erudition of sensitivity" and the imaginative work operating in the "inner modality of the outside". An aesthetic theory that causes rifts to open in art in the least favourable places. Faced with the processes of disintegration suffered by the protagonist and the impossibility of completely experiencing the city, writing becomes the space of mediation that gives meaning to a wrecked individual and a blurred city, insofar as they communicate with each other. This allows a personal Lisbon to emerge, one which is allegorised and turned into literature


In the pathogenesis and clinic of hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus and its complications one important aspect a violation of the structure and function of the endothelium is considered. In these diseases, it appears as a priority target organ, since the endothelial lining of blood vessels involved in the regulation of vascular tone, hemostasis, immune response, migration of blood cells in the vascular wall, the synthesis of inflammatory factors and their inhibitors, provides the barrier function. Lecture reflects the modern views on the pathogenesis of endothelial dysfunction in the development of atherosclerosis.


Bacillus stearothermophilus SA0301 produces an extracellular oligo-1,6-glucosidase (bsO16G) that also hydrolyzes p-nitrophenyl -D-glucoside (Tonozuka et al., J. Appl. Glycosci., 45, 397–400 (1998)). We cloned a gene for an enzyme hydrolyzing p-nitrophenyl -Dglucoside, which was different from the one mentioned above, from B. stearothermophilus SA0301. The k0=Km values of bsO16G for isomaltotriose and isomaltose were 13.2 and 1.39 s 1 mM 1 respectively, while the newly cloned enzyme did not hydrolyze isomaltotriose, and the k0=Km value for isomaltose was 0.81 s 1 mM . The primary structure of the cloned enzyme more closely resembled those of trehalose-6-phosphate hydrolases than those of oligo-1,6-glucosidases, and the cloned enzyme hydrolyzed trehalose 6-phosphate. An open reading frame encoding a protein homologous to the trehalose-specific IIBC component of the phopshotransferase system was also found upstream of the gene for this enzyme.


The purpose of this study is to examine the extent on how higher education educators adapt Web 2.0 technology as tools for learning in the classroom. Web 2.0 tools provide extensive collaboration opportunities and can also be used to create student-centered instruction. To answer many questions surrounding Web 2.0 technology in higher education, a study will be conducted with randomly selected educators in higher education on their use of social networking tools in the classroom, as well as how to provide students different opportunities to create and share their own knowledge, both independently and collaboratively.


Burkholderia phytofirmans strain PsJN has been well characterized as a Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) that triggers induced resistance in grapevine against fungal pathogens. To better understand the interaction between grapevine and B. Phytofirmans strain PsJN, changes in the expression pattern of different defence related genes were investigated in Chardonnay grapevine leaves after root inoculation with PsJN strain. B. Phytofirmans induced a systemic spread of a signal from roots to leaves after root inoculation with bacteria, a phenomenon referred to as Induced Systemic Resistance (ISR). The expression pattern of well-characterized grapevine defence genes was also monitored in grapevine plantlets bacterized four weeks earlier, and subjected to low non-freezing temperature. Results report that PsJN induces earlier and/or higher transcript accumulation of defence genes in bacterized plantlets upon low non-freezing temperatures according to the phenomenon of priming. Investigation of several biochemical parameters reveals that bacterized grapevine plantlets are in a primed physiological state able to increase their sugar, starch and proline levels upon low non-freezing temperatures while the analysis of membrane lipid peroxidation markers indicates a faster degradation of aldehydes, malonaldehyde and hydrogen peroxide beyond one week, addressing the better adaptation of bacterized plantlets than non-bacterized plantlets to low non-freezing temperature. In conclusion, PsJN strain is an ISR-inducing PGPR able to stimulate grapevine defence mechanism by priming physiological responses critical to acclimation under low non-freezing temperatures


This study investigates the relationship between generic skills or attributes and the disciplinary context. Generic attributes have, for a long time, been viewed as superdisciplinary and hence as separated from and overlayed onto disciplinary content. There has been considerable interest in generic skills or attributes over more than a decade and there has also been interest in disciplinary culture and yet there has been little research to date which has examined the importance of disciplinary epistemology in shaping generic skills. This study brings together these two strands of research. The study examined the teaching of generic skills in five academic disciplines, physics, history, economics, medicine and law in two large, research-intensive Australian universities. The study is based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with academic staff and is located within a qualitative methodology. The findings demonstrate that skills such as critical thinking, analysis, problem solving and communication are conceptualised and taught in quite different ways in each of the disciplines. This study reveals that a de-disciplined approach to generic skills in contemporary policy is poorly aligned with educational practice. Instead it proposes a re-disciplined theorising of generic skills which frames them as part of the social practice of the disciplines and so understood as in and of the disciplinary culture. This new conceptualisation of generic skills acknowledges the integration of skills/attributes with disciplinary epistemology. The notion that there can be one global term 'generic skills' which encapsulates all the aspirations of both the academy and employers is flawed. Instead, a disciplinary understanding of generic skills and attributes requires acknowledgement within the scholarship of teaching, learning and academic development of the influence of disciplinary cultures. Generic skills are intrinsically complex and there are a range of ways of defining and conceptualising them. The findings of this study have a number of implications for theory and practice. In terms of policy, there is a need for careful consideration of the ways in which generic skills are framed, and there is a need for serious dialogue with industry regarding the complexities of generic skills. In terms of scholarship and pedagogy, this study argues for rigorous scholarship of teaching in the disciplines and for a deepening understanding of the importance of the disciplinary culture in teaching and learning.


Extremely weak lidar reflections in the thermosphere, which correlate with ionosonde data, were detected in 2008 and 2017 over Kamchatka during seasons of low aerosol filling of the atmosphere at solar activity minima. Here, these reflections are considered in comparison with mesospheric and stratospheric lidar signals that makes it possible to determine favorable conditions for thermospheric lidar observations. In 2014, it was shown that lines of transitions between the excited states of atomic nitrogen ions fall within the 532 nm lidar signal emission band, and in 2017, lidar reflections in the thermosphere were simultaneously obtained at 561 and 532 nm excited transitions of atomic oxygen and nitrogen ions, thereby the resonant nature of thermospheric lidar reflections was established and confirmed. Here, using lidar signals at wavelengths of 561 and 532 nm in the altitude range of 30–400 km, by solving the inverse problem, we restore the light scattering coefficients corresponding to these wavelengths that makes it possible to compare the optical characteristics of the thermosphere, mesosphere, and upper stratosphere and to determine the relationship between resonant, Rayleigh, and aerosol light scattering at different heights of the atmosphere. In conclusion, using the scattering coefficients in the thermosphere, we find the cross-sections of light scattering at the 561 and 532 nm transitions of atomic oxygen and nitrogen ions and explain why the scattering coefficients for O+, 561 nm are less than for N+, 532 nm, while the concentration of O+ is two orders of magnitude higher than N+. The results obtained here are of interest for understanding the ionization effect of solar activity on the optical characteristics of the atmosphere that determine weather and climate changes.


Tibetologist, Giuseppe Tucci, supported fascism in Italy, and in Japan, we need to remember that he was an equally obsequious supporter of the British Indian government, and a grand flatterer of the Tibetan leadership. Scholars determined to carry out field-work in areas controlled by dictators must, of necessity, be 'economical with the truth'. It was Tucci's ability to curry favour with governments and officials that gained him access to areas otherwise closed to European scholars: no flattery, no access, no scholarship! Buddhism has attracted a substantial number of followers in the West, and has, historically, always adapted to the local culture in any region to which it has been successfully transplanted. It is not unreasonable to ask a question absent from this work: whether there was ever a form of Buddhism which was not 'constructed'. Are Tibetan, Korean, or Cambodian understandings of Buddhism any less of a construct than our own?


The invention discloses an electric balance vehicle and a pedal assembly thereof. The pedal assembly comprises a base plate, a trigger plate and a light-coupled switch, wherein one end of the trigger plate is connected with the base plate through a rotating shaft, and the other end of the trigger plate is matched with the light-coupled switch; a metal elastic part is arranged on the rotating shaft; the control end of the metal elastic part is connected with the trigger plate; the end, matched with the light-coupled switch, of the trigger plate warps upwards. The pedal assembly controls the light-coupled switch through the trigger plate and the metal elastic part, and is strong in adaptability to temperature, and the problem of slow deformation or no deformation caused by too low temperature can be avoided, so that the whole electric balance vehicle can also be used at low temperature, and is suitable for more places and colder weather; the metal elastic part is arranged on the rotating shaft, and can be conveniently mounted without additional components; the pedal assembly is compact and simple in structure, smaller in size, easy to use and simple to maintain.


Students' unsubstantial knowledge of language and culture,lack of cultural background knowledge,and psychological barriers greatly affect their listening comprehension.To improve students' listening ability, it is necessary to take effective ways to have some pertinent practice for students.


As you all know, there are many kinds/forms of feminism. Alison Jaggar, in her classic work Feminist Politics and Human Nature (1988) presents four schools of feminist thought: liberal, socialist, Marxist, and radical. Today many add ecofeminism. What is decidedly missing from any of these discussions, however, is any mention of pragmatism. This is not a great surprise since American pragmatism is not taught in many graduate or undergraduate programs. This is, in my opinion, an unfortunate state of affairs for many reasons, not the least of which is that American pragmatism is a great resource for feminist thought. In teaching my Women and Philosophy class, one book I use discusses liberal, radical, psychoanalytic, postmodern, Marxist, socialist, existentialist, multicultural, global, and ecofeminism. Yet, there is nothing on pragmatism. Nonetheless, the conclusion asks readers to be flexible feminists who see growth, change, and pluralism as strengths rather than something to be avoided. This is a pragmatist stance, but it gets no development and the reader is left unaware that there is a school of thought that could be a valuable resource in developing the notion of "flexible feminism." Another book I use does have a section on pragmatism. It has excerpts from Jane Addams, Jessie Taft, and Charlene Haddock Seigfried. I consistently find that students like the Addams reading. I link this to the reading on Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who appears in the socialist section of the book, to develop a conversation about pragmatism and feminism. The students like these works because they see them as "engaged philosophies." These are not just abstract theories, but they are theories that are informed by experience and used to guide action. As Seigfried laments in her book Pragmatism and Feminism, why do twentieth, and now twenty-first, century U.S. feminists ignore their own philosophical heritage? Why do we turn to existentialism and postmodernism, especially when we still find these wanting? We must


Measurement of transformer wire-wound's DC resistance is an important test item of transformer.A lot of effective methods were proposed to exactly and rapidly measure transformer wire-wound's DC resistance.However,people were not finally able to rid themselves of restriction of time constant.The paper discusses the method,where limited sample points were collected from a short portion before the start segment of dynamic current curve,and the dynamic current expression was gained by computer software fitting,thereby transformer wire-wound's DC resistance was measured exactly and rapidly.


It is widely believed that attached diatoms are the best food source for freshwater ayu Plecoglossus altivelis (Temminck et Schlegel) in Japan. However, sensory testing by a panel consisting of 40 untrained tasters and analyses of gut content showed that there was no significant correlation between preference scores for fish taste and the dominance of diatoms in the algal assemblages fed upon by ayu in the Yahagi River, Aichi Prefecture, Central Japan. Ayu that fed on the filamentous blue-green algae Homeothrix varians was evaluated higher for aroma and fat content than those that fed on diatoms. Ayu feeding on diatoms were collected in the lower reaches of the Yahagi River which receive domestic sewage. In the absence of more detailed analyses, exposure to sewage is considered to confer a characteristic aroma on Ayu.


An integrated TOF (Tunable Optical Filter) based on thermo-optic effect in Silicon on insulator (SOI) rib waveguide is designed and simulated. The device is comprised of two high refractivity contrast Si/Air stacks, functioning as high reflectivity of DBRs and separated by a variable refractive index Si F-P cavity. The output characteristics are calculated and simulated based on Transfer Matrix Method (TMM). Wavelength tuning is achieved through thermal modulation of refractive variation of the cavity.As the cavity Si is heated,the refractive index of the cavity increases.When the temperature of cavity Si changes within100°C,the central wavelength gets a continuous 8nm shift from 1550nm to 1558nm, which is right located in the WDM (Wavelength division multiplexing) networks operating at C-band. Moreover, by calculating, the tuning sensitivity is about 0.08nm/°C. Owing to the compact size and excellent characteristics of integration, the proposed component has a promising utilization in spectroscopy and optical communication.


Most color imaging devices exhibit color distortions due to nonlinear component characteristics. Among color correction techniques, the most popular is device characterization. Generally there are two parts in printer characterization using a neural network, i.e. printer modeling and printer controller. This paper presents a method of printer modeling with spectral reflectance values using error back propagation. In experiments, we used an ink jet printer. First we print many color patches using known CMY values, and measured these patches with spectral reflectance values at wavelengths. The data set of the measured values and the input values were split into the validation set for assessing the performance of the trained network and the training sets. For training we took CMY values for the input nodes and reflectance values for the target values of the output nodes. The input layer of the network receives input as a CMY vector. The output represents spectral reflectance at certain wavelengths. To get a better performance, we change the network scheme. For the evaluation, we transformed spectral reflectance values to XYZ values. With this model, we can make a printer controller, the reverse of a printer model. Printer controller takes XYZ values for input and CMY for output. If the printer prints with controller CMY, we have the same L*a*b* between printed color patches and input value of the printer controller. From a global point of view, this total system represents a mapping from a target L*a*b* value to the output L*a*b* value of the printer.


Developing countries are continuously upgrading their transportation systems. The latest improvement in Qatar, a fast-developing country in the Middle East, was the installation of dynamic message signs (DMS) and lane control signs (LCS). These signs were installed in multiple areas in the city of Doha, the capital of Qatar. However, there have been no studies in Qatar or the region regarding the effectiveness of such signs on driver behavior. This study aims to evaluate and compare the impact of DMS and LCS on driving behavior on different types of roads. A real-life driving experiment was conducted along a defined route in Doha that consists of three sections: arterial road, freeway with electronic signs, and freeway without electronic signs. The details of the trips were recorded using multiple methods. The results showed that the introduction of DMS and LCS did not significantly affect speed compliance. The results also indicated that LCS and DMS did not have a major effect on other driver behavior variables such as harsh braking and lane changing. The study provided several recommendations to road authorities concerning the deployment of electronic signs and highlighted a few topics for future research work.


Shape memory alloys have a peculiar property to return to a previously defined shape or dimension when they are subjected to variation of temperature. Shape memory effect is facilitated by martensitic transformation governed by changes in the crystalline structure of the material. Martensitic transformations are first order lattice-distorting phase transformations and occur with the cooperative movement of atoms by means of lattice invariant shears in the materials on cooling from high temperature parent phase region. The material cycles between the deformed and original shapes on cooling and heating in reversible shape memory effect. Thermal induced martensite occurs as twinned martensite, and the twinned martensite structures turn into detwinned structures by deforming the material in the martensitic condition. Deformation of shape memory alloys in martensitic state proceeds through a martensite variant reorientation. The deformed material recovers the original shape on first heating over the austenite finish temperature in reversible and irreversible shape memory cases. Meanwhile, the parent phase structure returns to the twinned structure in irreversible shape memory effect on cooling below to martensite finish temperature and to the detwinned structure in reversible shape memory effect. Therefore, the twinning and detwinning processes have great importance in the shape memory behaviour of the materials. Copper based alloys exhibit this property in metastable β-phase region, which has bcc-based structures at high temperature parent phase field, and these structures martensitically turn into layered complex structures with lattice twinning following two ordered reactions on cooling.


Background: The health system reform plan (HSRP) was launched in Iran on 15 May 2014, with three approaches to protect people from the financial system, create equity in access to health services, and improve the quality of services. Objectives: The present study aimed at investigating the changes in the rate of some rare neonatal outcomes after the implementation of HSRP in Iran. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted in Izadi Hospital in Qom Province, in which 52,817 vaginal delivery and cesarean sections were evaluated for the incidence of complications from 15 June 2011 to 15 April 2017. The complications included hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, low Apgar score, cephalohematoma, clavicle fracture, the Erb palsy, and intracerebral hemorrhage. Complications were compared per 10,000 births before and after the implementation of the plan. Data were analyzed with SPSS software using t- and chi-squared tests. Results: There was a significant increase after the implementation of HSRP compared to before that in the rate of complications per 10,000 vaginal deliveries for stage 2 hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (P = 0.001), birth with a low Apgar score (P < 0.001), cephalohematoma (P < 0.001), and clavicle fracture (P = 0.002). In the case of cesarean section, there was a significant increase in the 2 (P = 0.001) and 3 (P = 0.034) stages of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and birth with a low Apgar score (P < 0.001). Conclusions: It can be concluded that HSRP could somewhat achieve its goals on the promotion of vaginal delivery. However, the implementation of the plan was associated with an increase in some minor neonatal complications.


In 2008, our center introduced the UK MicroVent emergency respiratory system (machine) for first-aid of breathing anomaly, which achieved good effects, including saving emergency treatment time, finding the cause of diseases and reducing complications.


For over two decades, the measurement of CD4þ cell count has been the principal means of assessing eligibility for initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and monitoring response to treatment [1]. In high-income settings, treatment response is also supported by routine virologic monitoring as the preferred way to assess adherence and detect virologic failure early and accurately [2,3]. In low-income, high HIV burden settings, access to viral load monitoring remains limited due to the complexity and cost of current technology. However, there has been a progressive evolution favouring increased use of viral load monitoring, and the latest guidelines from the WHO in June 2013 recommend that countries use viral load as the preferred approach to monitoring response to ART [4]. In support of this recommendation, major international agencies are working with countries to support scale-up of viral load capacity in resourcelimited settings [5].


Electric vehicles are anticipated to play a vital role in transportation in the future because of their dependability and lower CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions. However, the advancements in battery technology, combined with rising concerns about environmental pollution, have prompted the electrification of transportation. Electric vehicles (EVs), which take the place of internal combustion engine-driven vehicles, have a negative impact on power system operating parameters. The high charging load of fast EV charging stations degrades the power systems utilizing the parameters. Customer dissatisfaction will result from the degradation of the reliability of the distribution network's critical operating parameters. The research aims to quantify and investigate the deployment effects on the voltage profile, reliability, and power losses of EVCS load of standard IEEE 33 bus Radial Distribution test system using the MATLAB programming interface.


Ab inito calculations for the total energy and bulk properties of Al3X (X  =  Mg, Sc and Zr) have been carried out using the projected augmented-wave (PAW) method within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The structural, mechanical and thermodynamic properties are also determined using the Voigt–Reuss–Hill approximation. The present results are in good agreement with the experimental and other theoretical calculations obtained by other methods. The comparative study between aluminium and the aforementioned Al3X binary alloy system shows that the best combinations of mechanical and thermodynamic properties are realized with the transition metal aluminides (Al3Sc and Al3Zr). More specifically, Al3Zr tends to be more mechanically stable, while Al3Sc is convincingly the most thermally stable phase. On the other hand, Al3Mg stands out only in terms of ductility.


This paper summarizes the results of monitoring tank headspace for flammable gas release events. In over 40 tank years of monitoring the largest detected release in a single-shell tank is 2.4 cubic meters of Hydrogen. In the double-shell tanks the largest release is 19.3 cubic meters except in SY-101 pre mixer pump installation condition.


We report on an international cooperation between Nagoya University (NU), Japan and DLR Stuttgart, Germany on scaling issues in laser ablative propulsion. Lessons learned from collaborative work in the laboratory will be summarized with respect to the comparability of experimental methods and corresponding standardization issues. With the background of previous experimental research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), experimental work with CO2 lasers in a moderate (NU) and high (DLR) pulse energy range on laser ablation of POM is presented. Prolometry results of target surfaces are compared withuence distributions from beam propagation modeling. Ablation fromat targets is reported with respect to energy and area scaling and compared with results from ablative propulsion employing parabolic nozzles.


This study aims to describe the implementation, obstacles and benefits of peer teaching methods in machining practice frais course. The method was a descriptive qualitative. The population comprised of semester 1 students of Study Program of Mechanical Engineering Education Faculty of Engineering UNY. Data were collected by observation and interview. Data analysis used interactive model. The results show that this implementation works well with several benefits and obstacles. Benefits: 1) Improving discussion habits and exchanging knowledge to improve learning activities. 2) Provide an active learning experience. 3) Accelerate machining frais competence for high school graduate students. 4) Strengthening machining frais competence for vocational graduate students. 5) Improving students' enthusiasm, teamwork and confidence to do frais work. Obstacles: 1) introductory theory explanation was less conducive because students are listening while standing. 2) WPS discussion during the learning process reduces the practice time allocation. 3) Some students did not use glasses as a safety tool.


In this paper, we consider integral operators T on compact spaces of homogeneous type with finite diameter, whose kernels KT have certain Hölder regularity and mild singularity near the diagonal. We show that given any z≠0 , the Lp ‐stability of the operator zI−T is equivalent for different 1≤p≤∞ , where I stands for the identity operator.


There has been trouble in measuring larger-area DRAM capacitors, especially at higher frequency. Somehow, different area size capacitors are supposed to have the same capacitance per unit area due to the reliable and repeatable process technology. A model using an algorithm based on Metal- Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) structure is to be developed to understand the reasons why roll-off problems of measurements take place as the frequency gets higher and the areas of capacitors get larger. It is then found that the common unit capacitance C0, 1.1255E-5 nF/μm, of various size capacitors with 100Å Ta2O5 dielectric corresponds to the effective SiO2 thickness, 30.5 Å.


This report compares the results of intracoronary (IC) and intravenous (IV) streptokinase in two sequential series of 81 and 95 patients, respectively, admitted within 3 h of the onset of an acute myocardial infarction. Reperfusion was achieved in 71 of 81 (87·7%) patients in the IC group and in 90 of 95 (94·7%) patients in the IV group (P = NS), 35 ± 27 and 38 ± 28 min after commencement of treatment, respectively (P = NS). The interval from onset of symptoms to reperfusion was significantly longer in the IC than in the IV group, 235 ± 62 versus 169 ± 53 minutes (P<0·001). Mean values of peak creatine kinase-MB were 152 ± 117 IU l−1 in the IC group and 119 ± 81 IU l−1 in the IV group (P<0·05). There were 3 serious haemorrhagic complications in the IC group and 10 in the IV group. In-hospital mortality was 7 of 81 (8·7%) in the IC group and 7 of 95 (7·4%) in the IV group (P = NS). We conclude that intravenous administration of streptokinase is at least as efficacious as intracoronary administration in patients with an acute myocardial infarction.


................................................................................................................... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................... vi LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................ xvi LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................... xx LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................. xxii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ................................................... 1 1.


Due to the differences of political system and educational ideas,the younger generation has significant difference in the sex roles development.This study conducted the questionnaire to reveal the sex roles development of college students from Taiwan and the mainland.The results show that:(1)for all the participants,their feminine trait is higher than the masculine trait,ones in the mainland is higher than in Taiwan.(2)There are significant differences in gender traits between Taiwan and the mainland.(3)In the mainland,the distributions of androgynous,undifferentiated,and traditional sex roles(feminine and masculine)are about one third respectively.However,in Taiwan,the proportion of undifferentiated is the majority,and the androgynous and traditional sex roles have only relatively small numbers.(4)There are significant differences among the demographic variables in both Taiwan and the mainland;and the development of sex roles for college students in the mainland is better than that in Taiwan.(5)The college students'sex roles development was influenced by their demographic variables.


The aim of this paper is to answer the following question: what kind of features of the academic lecturers from the University of Rzeszow (Poland) and Palacký University in Olomouc (the Czech Republic) are preferred by the students of the Faculty of Education from both universities. The research was carried out with the participation of 355 full-time students (N=355). The answers of the students were sorted and statistically analyzed. On the basis of students' opinions from both universities there was created a ranking of the academic lecturers' features preferred by them. The preliminary conclusions were presented on the basis of statistics.


A total of 207 bitches of 24 breeds with pyometra were examined with the following results. The highest incidence, 30.3%, was found in the Spitz. The bitches ranged from 1 to 16 years old. The highest occurrence, 13.2%, was seen in the age group of 10 to 11 years. No bitches under 1 year old were affected. Regular estrous cycles were repeated in 77.7% of the bitches. The interval between the last estrus and the onset of pyometra varied from under 1 month to 4 years mostly less than a month. Nulliparous bitches were affected with pyometra most frequently. There was a tendency for the occurrence of pyometra to decline with the increase in parity. The interval between the last delivery and the onset of pyometra ranged from 20 days to 9 years with an average of 4 years. It was more than 5 years in about a half of the affected bitches. It was a characteristic finding that shortly before the onset of pyometra the highest copulation rate, 19.8%, was seen at the last estrus. The results of this survey suggested that the primary important factor involved in the pathogenesis of canine pyometra might be uterine dysfunction under the normal ovarian control, but not the ovarian abnormality.


Based on investigation of colleges in Ningbo,the article analyzes the status of EQ quality about college students,pointing out the problems and root causes,and proposes the countermeasures to improve the level of university students' EQ quality.


This paper explores the history and current status of spectrum regulation in Morocco. The ANRT is described in details with a focus on its primary goals and activities followed by a discussion of the policies and the outcomes of the regulatory processes. The second part of the paper closely examines the administrative threats with regards to ANRTs independence and its policies of access competition and transparency. The paper also addresses the recent pressing issues of the state's surveillance and privacy. This paper concludes with a delineation of two possible scenarios: a utopian or dystopian future of the spectrum and access to digital platforms in Morocco.


This study presents measurement and calculations of crystallization of PPS composite with 40 % of glass fibers on real molded part using differential scanning calorimeter and also FEM simulation of impact of injection mold temperature on the crystallization of same part. Analyzed part had circular shape and samples for testing were taken from 4 different locations marked "3, 6, 9, 12" depending on their position (marked like as at clock face), while location 3 was nearest to the mold intake.


In this letter, we investigate the tradeoff between energy efficiency (EE) and spectral efficiency (SE) in device-to-device communications underlaying cellular networks with uplink channel reuse. The resource allocation problem is modeled as a noncooperative game, in which each user equipment is self-interested and wants to maximize its own EE. Given the SE requirement and maximum transmission power constraints, a distributed energy-efficient resource allocation algorithm is proposed by exploiting the properties of the nonlinear fractional programming. The relationships between the EE and SE tradeoff of the proposed algorithm and system parameters are analyzed and verified through computer simulations.


We discuss the relative meritS Of the Huffman and the Arithmetic coders. We show that the Huffman coder is generally competitive with the Arithmetic coder. from the original data sequence. This has the obvious advantage that. if the most common composite symbol has a probability greater than 0.j. it will be encoded by a ]-bit symbol in the HC. meaning that the original values will be encoded with I/M bits per sample. A second. more subtle. advantage is that if there are significant correlations between the values to be encoded. grouping them will reduce the entropy of the distribution of symbols. yielding still lower bit rates.


Nanometer magnetic Fe3O4 particles were prepared by co-precipitation method.And with emulsification,the magnetic alginate nanopaticles were synthesized by taking Fe3O4 particles as nucleus,alginate as carrier.Then the magnetic particles were surface-modified with acyl chloride groups to immobilize laccase covalently.The conditions of immobilization of laccase were optimized by orthogonal design: 100 U/mL laccase 5 mL,and immobilizing for 30 min.Compared with the free enzyme,the affinity to substrate ABTS of immobilized enzyme decreased,but its stability was considerably improved.The optimal pH and temperature for immobilized enzyme was 3 and 50℃ respectively.The activity of immobilized enzyme could remain 80% at a temperature of 70℃ for 7 h,but the free enzyme would be greatly affected under the same conditions;the immobilized enzyme still remained about 50% of its initial activity after 10 cycles;and the storage stability of laccase was greatly improved after its immobilization.The decolorization of immobilized and free laccase to dye Congo red after 12 h was 39.92% and 22.59% respectively.The result showed that the modified magnetic alginate nanoparticles were good carrier for laccase immobilization.


This paper presents an efficient emission constrained economic dispatch algorithm that deals with nonlinear cost function and constraints. It is then incorporated into the dynamic programming based hydrothermal coordination program. The program has been tested on a practical utility system having 32 thermal and 12 hydro generating units. Test results show that a slight increase in production cost causes a substantial reduction in emission. Keywords—Emission constraint, Hydrothermal coordination, and Economic dispatch algorithm.


Assessment of peripheral blood flow may allow the prediction of cardiovascular disease. Thermal Signal Reconstruction and the k-means algorithm were applied to infrared images of the volar aspect of a subject's forearm collected during full occlusion of blood flow, revealing segments of subcutaneous vessels that increased and decreased temperature during the occlusion. Comparisons of infrared-derived maps of the forearm and near-infrared images of veins in the forearm showed that the heat diversity co-localized with veins and venous valves. Non-invasive measurement of skin blood flow is useful in helping to assess the delivery of oxygen and nutrients, and has multiple clinical applications in peripheral vascular disease, surgery, and management of wound healing. Although various techniques exist to visualize superficial blood flow (capillaroscopy, laser Doppler flowmetry, laser speckle contrast), infrared imaging (IR) provides the advantage of being able to access cutaneous and subcutaneous vessels simultaneously via perfused perforator vessels. Arterial blood at core temperature is warmer than the exposed skin surface, which has been cooled by radiant losses, evaporation, and contact with room air. Therefore, local microvascular blood flow, originating from the core, can be used as an endogenous, natural thermal contrast agent for IR visualization of the skin vessels, and IR may serve as a surrogate measure of tissue perfusion [1, 2, 3]. In the current study, we used IR imaging of the human forearm without thermal contrast, during occlusion and non-occlusion of arterial and venous blood flow. Several methods have been proposed to highlight the thermal discontinuities during the heat transfer process, such as pulse phase thermography [4], principal component thermography [5], high order statistics [6], and thermal signal reconstruction (TSR) [7, 8]. These methods are mainly used to locate defects in non-destructive testing (NDT) applications widely used in materials science. Although the term 'defect' is not directly applicable to IR imaging of human vasculature, the contrast between vessels and surrounding areas might be enhanced with the use of these methods. In our previous study, the TSR technique was applied to the reperfusion period after full arterial occlusion [1]. The release of cuff pressure created an impulse of thermal energy brought by the restoration of blood flow, which is analogous to the original experimental scenario of TSR in NDT. TSR may not seem as applicable to the occlusion period due to the lack of an initial impulse of thermal energy. However, it is important to note that the cooling process from the lack of blood flow is very similar to the air-cooling of the testing material in NDT after the initial thermal impulse. We hypothesize that our modified TSR analysis can be effective in enhancing spatial and temporal heterogeneity of thermal changes during the forearm occlusion period. 2. Methods 2.1. IR Imaging We analyzed IR images of the forearm of a healthy 23-year old male subject. The IR camera (3.0‐5.0 µm wavelength, 0.015˚C temperature resolution) was positioned 42 cm above the forearm. The subject's arm was placed on a padded armrest at heart level with the volar aspect facing upward toward the camera. Prior to the start of IR imaging, three triangular thermo-reflective pieces of tape were placed on the skin as fiducial markers, and the subject was given a 20 min period of acclimatization to the room temperature. In total, 3600 IR images (640×512 pixels each) were collected continuously (2 Hz acquisition rate) over the 35 min reactive hyperemia test that consisted of a 15 min baseline period, a 5 min occlusion period, and a 15 min reperfusion period. The IR images were then saved as an image cube for subsequent offline analysis. Full occlusion was achieved with an automatic pressure cuff (moorVMS-PRES, Moor Instruments, Inc., USA) inflated to 200 mmHg.


In this paper we present a proposal to automatically label the similarity between a pair of sentences and the results obtained on ASSIN 2016 sentence similarity shared-task. Our proposal consists of using a classical feature of bag-of-words, the TF-IDF model; and an emergent feature, obtained from processing word embeddings. The TF-IDF is used to relate texts which share words. Word embeddings are known by capture the syntax and semantics of a word. Following Mikolov et al. (2013), the sum of embedding vectors can model the meaning of a sentence. Using both features, we are able to capture the words shared between sentences and their semantics. We use linear regression to solve this problem, once the dataset is labeled as real numbers between 1 and 5. Our results are promising. Although the usage of embeddings has not overcome our baseline system, when we combined it with TF-IDF, our system achieved better results than only using TF-IDF. Our results achieved the first collocation of ASSIN 2016 for sentence similarity shared-task applied on brazilian portuguese sentences and second collocation when applying to Portugal portuguese sentences.


Erik Renström and colleagues discuss a new mouse study that explores the mechanism behind the secondary failure of sulfonylurea treatment.


The paper describes some of the problems caused by timing fluctuations, or jitter, in PAL colour-television signals; it also attempts to specify the required timing stability. A method of digital timing correction for use in video tape recorders is described in principle, and the possibility of using PALN decoding to derive the digital-timing clock pulses is discussed, together with the results of practical experiments.


The current study explored the influence of belonging to a different areas, South of Italy and Spain, on perception of parenting and family functioning adolescents in order to highlight the similarities and differences among two samples and verify if Mediterranean model of family exists". Empirical evidence of the existence of a Mediterranean family model has been conducted to verify which common and differentiating features exist in the perception of family ties among adolescents. Data highlighted that adolescents belonging to these areas report similar levels in different component of familial ties that can be defined as "Links and Roles": On the contrary, important differences were underlined on the perception of levels of rigidity and enmeshment within family: on the base of Marcia's model of identity status, we called this dimension "Foreclosure status". DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n1p377


Objective To investigate the relationship between arterial elasticity and target organ danger in the patients with essential hypertension.Methods Two hundreds patients were divided into two groups according to the levels of Brachial-ankle artery pulse wave velocity(BaPWV)more than14.0m/s(group A)or not more than14.0m/s(group B),incidence and severity of target organ damage were compared between two groups.Results Patients in group A showed a higher incidence and more severity of target organ damage than those in group B(P0.05).Stepwise regression analysis showed that BaPWV,pulse pressure index(PPI),age,systolic pressure,and pulse pressure were the risk factors of target organ damage.Conclusion Artery elasticity of hypertensive patient is close correlation with the incidence and the severity of target organ danger,PPI can be regarded as the alternative indicator of BaPWV to evaluate target organ damage.


KINMAN: HI OBSERVATIONS OF DWARF GALAXIES Few dwarf galaxies (Mpg > -15) are known outside our Local Group. Although Fisher and Tully (1974, A.A. 44, 151) detected HI by the 21-cm line in 179 out of the 243 objects in the DDO catalog of dwarf galaxies, only 8 percent of those detected have Mpg > -15, and only 15 percent have Mpg > -16. The Arecibo radio telescope was therefore used by E.K. Conklin and myself at 21 cm in the velocity range -500 to 1500 km/s to observe dwarf galaxy candidates to a hydrogen flux limit of ̂ 4 χ 101* M@ Mpc~2 (velocity resolution 4 km/s); photoelectric magnitudes and colors were obtained at KPNO. Among candidates chosen for low surface brightness, HI was found in three out of seven objects taken from Karachentsava*s (1968, Comm. Byurakan Obs. 39, 61) catalog of Sculptor systems. These are dwarf irregular galaxies with Mpg= -12.8, -14.4, and -15.5 (H0 = 50 km sec"1 Mpc"1), which suggests that Karachentsava1s catalog (like the DDO catalog) consists primarily of late-type systems. HI was also found in one DDO galaxy (No. 72, Mp" = -15.6) out of four searched, in which none had been detected by Fisher and Tully. Among compact, blue emission-line galaxies, neutral hydrogen was found in seven out of eight low-velocity galaxies discovered by Rubin et al. (1967, A.J. 72, 59) in the direction of the Virgo cluster. One of these (RMB 132) is a satellite of M87. A provisional comparison of the radio and optical properties of these compact galaxies with some low-velocity Markarian galaxies supports the idea that these RMB objects are members of the Virgo cluster with Mpg in the range -14.1 to -16.6. Spectroscopic observations are in progress in collaboration with K. Davidson and R.M. Humphreys.


THE editorial home of Pediatrics during the second year of its existence has been at La Rabida Sanitarium in Chicago. It is a pleasant place to live and work and the progress made this year may be due in part to the spirit which pervades this home. The prospect for the coming years should be bright. The arrangement came about by chance and the course of events.
 Christopher Columbus, on his way to France seeking support for his proposed voyage to prove the world was round, stopped for a night's rest at the monastery, Santa Maria La Rábida in Spain. That night he met the Abbot, Juan Perez, and the Andalusian physician, Garcia Fernandez, both of whom approved Columbus' concept and persuaded him to return to Queen Isabella of Spain for aid.


Objective To study the altered expression of dopamine transporter(DAT)in aged rat brains.Methods The healthy male Wistar rats were divided into 3-,12-and 24-month-old groups(n=20).Immunohistochemistry and Western-blot were used to detect the altered expression of DAT protein in aged rat brains.Results DAT immunoreactive intensity in substantia nigra and caudate putamen in 24-month-old group was lower than that in 3-month-old(P0.01)and 12-month-old(P0.05)groups.The ratio of DAT/β-actin in substantia nigra or caudate putamen of 24-month-old rats was significantly lower than that in 3-and 12-month-old rats(P0.05,P0.01).Conclusions The expression of DAT in aged rat brains decreases with aging.


This paper on the management of the accounting systems in the mergers-acquisitions rests on the survey of twenty-two operations of mergers-acquisitions achieved between 1992 and 2007 by four groups, quoted or no, operating in different sectors (distribution, wines and spirits, champagne, steel industry). The analysis of the data is done while using the cognitive mapping for the interviews and the chronological matrix for the other introverted data (direct observation, survey of documents on site and external). The results show the differentiated approaches and non linear according to the groups purchasers. While being inspired by the acculturation models, we propose a typology of the accounting systems integration in the mergers-acquisitions.


OBJECTIVE To detect the mRNA expression levels of PI3K, PDK1, Akt andNFκ Bgene, the key genes of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, in human thyroid adenoma tissue. To explore the relationship between PI3K/Akt signaling pathway and thyroid adenoma. METHODS Thyroid adenoma tissue specimens were obtained from 19 patients with single adenoma in operation. Adjacent-tumor thyroid tissue from the 19 patients were served as control. The RT-PCR technique was used to detect the PI3K, PDK1, Akt and N F κ Bgene expression levels. RESULTS The mRNA expression level of PI3K, PDK1, Akt and N F κ Bgene in thyroid adenoma were 77.69 ± 14.17 %, 83.46 ± 15.35 %, 68.63 ± 22.16 % and 62.66 ± 19.2 % respectively, while the mRNA expression level of PI3K, PDK1, Akt and N F κK Bgene in adjacent-tumor thyroid tissue was 43.84 ± 18.14 %, 51.66 ± 18.12%, 14.74 ± 12.03% and 43.10 ± 24.93% respectively. All the level of PI3K, PDK1, Akt and NF κ Bgene expression in thyroid adenoma were significantly higher than that in adjacent-tumor thyroid tissue (P 0.01). CONCLUSION Our preliminary data have demonstrated that PI3K/Akt signaling pathway is activated in the tumor cells of thyroid adenoma. The activated PI3K/Akt signaling pathway might have an important role in the pathogenesis of thyroid adenoma.


AbstractAnalysis of the annual cycle of intensity, extent, and width of the Hadley circulation across a 31-yr period (1979–2009) from all existent reanalyses reveals a good agreement among the datasets. All datasets show that intensity is at a maximum in the winter hemisphere and at a minimum in the summer hemisphere. Maximum and minimum values of meridional extent are reached in the respective autumn and spring hemispheres. While considering the horizontal momentum balance, where a weakening of the Hadley cell (HC) is expected in association with a widening, it is shown here that there is no direct relationship between intensity and extent on a monthly time scale.All reanalyses show an expansion in both hemispheres, most pronounced and statistically significant during summer and autumn at an average rate of expansion of 0.55° decade−1 in each hemisphere. In contrast, intensity trends are inconsistent among the datasets, although there is a tendency toward intensification, particularly in winter and sprin...


Plasticity plays an important role in the adaptation of sessile organisms like plants to the environment. Plants have been shown to respond plastically in heterogeneous environments, with plants originating from more resource-diverse environments thought to display greater plasticity. There is also evidence that fast-growing species show greater plasticity, as acquisition of resources from resource flushes is greatly aided by faster adaptations. We tested these theories in a Bornean tropical rain forest among three soil specialization groups (clay specialists, sandy loam specialists, and generalists) using two treatments of soil (clay versus sandy loam) and two treatments of light (high versus low). Here, I address four research questions: (1) Do tree species with different soil specializations exhibit differences in the plasticity of functional traits and growth rates? (2) Does the magnitude of plasticity depend on the type of resource? (3) Do functional traits and growth rates vary in the magnitude of plasticity exhibited? (4) Is plasticity in functional traits correlated with plasticity in growth rates? Overall the results show that clay specialists and generalists are more plastic than their sandy loam counterparts. Second, on average plasticity due to light was greater than plasticity due to soil. Third, growth rates were generally more plastic than functional traits. And finally, the plasticity of functional traits and growth rates were positively correlated. These finding add important insights to the plastic response of long-lived tree species to the environment, where much remains to be explored. iii Dedication To my family, friends, and adviser who never stopped believing in me, even when I stopped believing in myself. iv Acknowledgment Many individuals contributed to this thesis, for which I shall always be grateful. I must first thank my adviser, Sabrina Russo, who gave me the opportunity to obtain a graduate education at one of the best universities in the world; and near limitless patience with me as I struggled to complete my studies. I wish to also thank my committee members Diana Pilson and John DeLong, who gave a helping hand in experimental design and data analysis when it was asked. My further gratitude to my fellow graduate students, Benjamin Reed, who all contributed ideas, questions, and input with earnestness. My thanks to Lambir Hills National Park Warden Januarie Kulis and the amiable staff from Sarawak Forestry, whose help was instrumental in conducting this research. Further gratitude to the numerous field and lab assistants who helped out with …


The problem of determining the stresses in an orthogonal aerotropic plate have been investigated by many authors, but they are hiefly in the cases, either of a plate having straight boundaries or of an infinite plate with a circular or an elliptic hole. In the present paper the aerotropic plate is supposed to be bound by two hyperbolic edges, and solutions are sought in three cases, namely under pure tension, pure shear and pure bending. The process used is similar to the Neuber's method, and in each case the coefficient of stress concentration is obtained in a simple form.


Summary A marine continuous seismic (CSP) profiling study and a resistivity study of vibrocore samples of shallow marine sands were undertaken in Broken Bay, NSW, Australia, to characterise the seabed. The acoustic impedance contrast between deeper sediments and the anticipated sandstone was variable suggesting very dense sands, evident as layered sediments owing to regression and transgression of sea level, and variably weathered sandstones. Interpreted bedrock levels vary considerably across the survey area and represent drowned river valleys of the inner continental shelf. A broad deep channel representing a high-energy paleo-fluvial drainage system in the Hawkesbury outreaches is identified, extending to ~ -80 m below sea level (BSL). Another area is revealed with a dentritic fluvial pattern extending to ~ -70 m BSL. A moderately narrow paleovalley extending to -90 m BSL either side of the Palm Beach tombolo is clearly identified. The sampled sands had very low magnetic susceptibilities, thus corroborating the visual impression of low ultrafines content. However, a variety of grainsizes, grainshapes, colours and cohesions were noted. These factors, together with variations in inferred porosity, gave rise to a range of resistivities, which, when temperature corrected, plotted with some scatter about appropriate Archie Equation curves. Resistivity values recorded ranged from 1.3 to 0.6 Ω m (20°C) for 64 samples obtained from 17 sites.


We present high spatial resolution X-ray Chandra HRC and HSTWFPC2 Ha observations of the prototypical infrared-luminous galaxy NGC 6240. The central region of this system shows a remarkably complex morphology, with filaments and loops observed in the optical and X-rays. The total X-ray luminosity is dominated by the extended emission. Both nuclei are clearly detected in the HRC image and both appear to be extended. The energetics of the nuclei imply that the southern nucleus is the more plausible counterpart to the obscured active galactic nucleus. The overall spectral energy distribution of the galaxy is in good agreement with a blend of starburst and AGN components that have similar bolometric luminosities, L b o l ∼ 5 X 10 4 5 erg s - 1 , with the starburst dominating the observed continuum in the near-infrared (K band), optical and soft X-ray bands.


It was not clear if the young patient had been taking his diabetes medication, but as his blood sugar deteriorated and he became confused, we were not sure what was going on. With flights dependent on good weather and only scheduled back to the mainland three times a week, the "ordinary" suddenly escalated to high priority; should we or shouldn't we request a full medivac ?


A study on lirnmological condition and maRageraeRt status ofiAland water fishery reseives in CeRtral Kalimafitan was coRducted in l995, l996 and l997. The aim ofthe study was to elucidate the differences of general limnological coRditiofi and management status of inland water fishery reserves, Limnoiogical conditioR evaluated primarily based on water quality data, such as pH, dissolved exygen, conductivity, oxidative reductive potentials and others. Comparison ofthe management status between fishery reserves evaluated by special criteria developed fbr that purpose. The study was conducted in nine fishery reserves iocated ifi habitat types, i.e,, Lakes Lutan, Botong-Dulan, Laplrriping, Kajang, Rufigun, Lagon (all Oxbow Lake Type I), Lake Rengas, Lake Limus (both Oxbow Lake Type II) aRd the GulfofTelaga Bintang in the littoral zone ofLake Sembuluh, The results show that all fishery reserves are located in the blackwater inlaRd water environment, The lowest pH average (4.21-4.82) observed iR the Oxbow Lake Type II and littoral zone oflowland lake, The lowest conductivity value (O.O08 mSlcm) was also observed in this habitat type but higher turbidity (97-368 INTU) was observed in Oxbow Lake Type I. Oxydative Reductive Poteittials vaiues show a reducing condition with variable dissolved oxygen level in tirr}e and place. The fish species in some of the 'fishery reserves dominated by the member ofthe family Cyprinidae. in tends higher than the turbidity in Lake Rengas.


People have been writing their own experiences in life since long. But such writings in English in India have been done essentially in the present century. Some of them originally written in the regional languages have also been translated into English. These writings provide an authentic account of all that has been happening around them. They are useful as a source of information for freedom struggle, socio-economic history, business history, functioning of government, etc. They also contain information regarding sports, arts, and so on. The first maleauthored autobiography in India was written by the Mughal emperor Babur. Known as Baburnama, it was penned in 1520s. His great grandson, Jahangir, wrote Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri a century later. The third autobiography was written by a non-royal in 1650 Banarsidas. It was entitled Ardhakatha. Bahina Bai was the first Indian woman to write an autobiography – around in 1700. They have been followed by other writers. Since the subject covered even in a single volume is more than one, they have been listed in an alphabetical order in the following pages. Apart from the autobiographies, memoirs and reminiscences pertaining to their own lives have also been included. Show full item record


This study of the UK and German clothing industries analyses firms' competitive strategy and the competencies they have developed to implement it. It makes evident how competencies shape market position and how both then impact on the degree of network power firms can develop. The analysis sheds new light on the triangle of power relations between co-ordinating firms, suppliers and retailers and reveals the sources of power. It is demonstrated that, even in the study of global production networks, the domestic institutional embeddedness of firms still matters and that firms originating from different 'varieties of capitalism' behave in divergent ways. Lastly, it is shown that firms have relationships at multiple geographical levels, combining their insertion in global production networks with sometimes pronounced dependence on domestic retail customers.


The TREX1 and TREX2 genes encode mammalian 3′→5′ exonucleases. Expression of the TREX genes in human cells was investigated using a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction strategy. Our results show that TREX1 and TREX2 are expressed in all tissues tested, providing direct evidence for the expression of these genes in human cells. Potential transcription start sites are identified for the TREX genes using rapid amplification of cDNA ends to recover the 5′-flanking regions of the TREX transcripts. The 5′-flanking sequences indicate transcription initiation from consensus putative promoters identified −140 and −650 base pairs upstream of the TREX1 open reading frame (ORF) and −623 and −753 base pairs upstream of the TREX2 ORF. Novel TREX1 and TREX2 cDNAs are identified that contain protein-coding sequences generated from exons positioned in genomic DNA up to 18 kilobases 5′ to the TREX1 ORF and up to 25 kilobases 5′ to the TREX2 ORF. These novel cDNAs and sequences in the GenBank™ data base indicate that transcripts containing the TREX1 and TREX2 ORFs are produced using a variety of mechanisms that include alternate promoter usage, alternative splicing, and varied sites for 3′ cleavage and polyadenylation. These initial studies have revealed previously unrecognized complexities in the structure and expression of the TREX1 and TREX2 genes.


Non-rigid registration of deformed 3D shapes is a challenging and fundamental task in geometric processing, which aims to non-rigidly deform a source shape into alignment with a target shape. Current state-of-the-art methods assume deformations to be near- isometric. This assumption does not reflect real-world conditions, for example in large-scale deformation, where moderate anisotropic deformations (e.g., stretches) are common. In this paper we propose two significant changes to a typical registration pipeline to address such challenging deformations. First, we introduce a method to estimate anisotropic non-isometric deformations and incorporate this into an iterative non-rigid registration pipeline. Second, we compute additional correspondences in non-isometrically deforming regions using reliable correspondences as landmarks and prune inconsistent correspondences. We compare the performance of our proposed algorithm to several state- of-the-art methods using existing benchmarks. Experimental results show that our method outperforms existing methods. © 2019 The Authors. Published Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the develop a new consistency measure and automatic landmark selection method to support non-isometric consistency. We then extend the ARAP regularisation constraint to deform larger surfaces in a more uniform manner. Our experimental results demonstrate that our technique performs well in challenging scenarios. Comparative evaluations also highlight scenarios where state-of-the-art methods fail.


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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an established therapy for the management of acute cardiopulmonary failure. A substantial concern when considering ECMO therapy is whether the patient will recover enough function to be weaned from support and survive to discharge. The concept of "a bridge to nowhere" is where a patient is supported on a therapy for which there is no hope for recovery and would, by definition, immediately die if support is discontinued—a somewhat unique concept in clinical medicine, but often considered when considering short-term mechanical support for acute heart and/or lung failure. Much like initiating mechanical ventilator support in patients who have no chance of meaningful recovery, there are concerns about embarking on or continuing with ECMO support in patients in whom recovery is unlikely. The purpose of this chapter is to review the ethical foundation and principles to support the clinical decision-making process when there are concerns regarding the initiation, continuation, or withdrawal of this highly invasive, resource-intensive life-support technology. Specific attention will be given to well-established principles of the ethical application of advanced life support and how to appropriately limit offering or continuing therapies for which meaningful outcomes are unlikely or further support is considered futile.


Main mechanical properties and dimension stability of wood-polymer composites (WPC ) made from wood powder and PP was studied. the results indicated: the pressing time had some effect on properties of the WPC, and high mechanical properties and the low TS of WPC were prepared under pressing time of 9 minutes; the mass ratio of wood powder to PP had significant effect on mechanical of the WPC properties; its strength decreased and TS increased when the ratio was raised.


Acoustic wave time reversal self-focusing in underwater waveguide is studied.The acoustic wave time reversal is theoretically and experimentally investigated in a half-infinitefluid medium and a shallow fluid layer placed on a hard half-infinite solid medium,respectively,The ray approach method is adopted to study the far field of the acoustic field in theory,and the ultrasonic experiments have been carried out in laboratory to model the underwater waveguide.It is shown by theoretical and experimental results that the focusing gain can be improved by 12dB or more.


This study focuses on the evolution of an extended clinical case with a depression and panic disorder patient after suffering the action of mobbing. It is based on Winnicott, seeking to rescue her illusion, condition for being reinserted into reality. Symbolic narratives are used, such as fables like "The empty carriage", The chinese bamboo" and films, like "Click" and "Chocolate", associated with relaxation techniques. Both fables and films presenting appropriate thematics in accordance with the moment of the case evolution. A progressive reduction of depression and panic attacks is verified. The combination of relaxation techniques and narratives proved to be adequate, allowing the patient to deal with his narcissistic and phobic cores with less suffering. The conquest of her self allows the patient to return to her personal and professional activities, enjoying leisure and selfconfidence.


Track section Toebovice-Rudoltice on the border between Bohemia and Moravia and European watershed is one of the most complicated sections in Czech Republic from the geotechnical point of view. Main difficulties in that area result from expansive clays with high plasticity. Swelling of these clays caused destruction of the Toebovice tunnel built in 1842-1845. This tunnel was restored with great difficulty in 1932. Modernisation of railway track in that area was solved by re-alignment of existing tracks. Crossing through the soils with the worst mechanical properties (highly plastic expansive clays) was designed as cut-and-cover double-track tunnel protected by diaphragm walls with invert. The contractor that won the tender suggested solution with open cut and proclaimed significant reduction of costs. Stavebni geologie - Geotechnika a.s. was asked to analyse geotechnical hazards of both solutions from short and long term point of view. At the first stage it was necessary to prepare open cut solution on the same level as tunnel design to make comparison of them. Due to time shortage a limited site investigation was carried out and limited numerical analysis (FEM) was made. Results of this stage were summarised in statement that open cut is not possible to construct without additional technical measures (retaining walls, stabilisation of soils and dewatering). Suggested measures were integrated into design that was analysed in comparison with tunnel one. All main geotechnical hazards - expansive clays, saturated sands on the top of clays, removing of significant amount of material without subsequent compensation, crossing with existing tunnel, etc.- were solved by both designs. Comparing of life cycle costs of both solutions it was found out that open cut solution is less favourable than tunnel. For the covering abstract see ITRD E123761.


The decay characteristics of photoelectrons and shallow-trapped electrons have been obtained in the sulfur-sensitized cubic AgBrCl emulsion by microwave absorption and dielectric spectrum measure technique. With the continuous incnease of sensitizing-temperature,the effects of various electron depths have been analyzed.From the experiment results,we could conclude that:in cubic AgBrCl emulsion,the sulfur-sensitized grains at the early stage act as shallow electron traps,whereas with the increase of sensitizing temperature,the sulfur-sensitized centers will be turned into deep electron traps. The decay times of free electrons and shallow trapped electrons reach peak value at the temperature of 55℃.In addition,the relationship between the depths of different shallow traps and the decay times of shallow-trapped electrons have also been discussed.


The present study explored the relationship between cultural norms and customers' expectations for service by means of a pancultural factor model of restaurant service expectations. A survey instrument was developed in a three-stage process using input generated from focus groups in both the United States and Hong Kong. The service encounter was the level of measure and the instrument emphasized the behavioral components of service. Data were collected from comparable samples in the United States and Hong Kong. A six-dimensional model of service expectations was generated. Subsequent analyses indicated that the two groups differed significantly in their assessments of importance for each of the six dimensions. The results provide meaningful implications for managing service quality and training customer contact employees.


The method of extracting active ingredients from plants or mushrooms, characterized by comprising the steps of: from the perspective of a sealed pressure vessel, at a temperature of 100 ~ 250 ℃ and give high shear mixing comprises 1 wt. parts by weight parts mixture of water with the substance 2 to 7, the material is broken into a maximum average size of 1 ~ 20μm, to obtain a mixture comprising an aqueous phase and crushing the crushed solid substance containing the active ingredient residue, and recovering the and extracting the aqueous phase active ingredient.


In this paper, the authors proposed two multicast routing algorithms for irregular 3D mesh-based Bufferless Interconnection Network. The DRM-1 scheme sends multicast through a non-deterministic path. The DRM-2 scheme broke multicast into multiple single packets. Compared with the DRM-1 multicast routing algo- rithm, DRM-2 scheme with four different synthetic workloads acquires high system performance.


o-Benzoquinone di-imine was obtained fairly stably in ether solution by oxidizing o-phenylenediamine with lead dioxide. The reaction of o-benzoquinone di-imine with o-phenylenediamine was studied spectrophotometrically, and o,o′-diaminoazobenzene and 1,4-dicyanobutadiene were found to be formed as the reaction products. The reaction scheme was discussed.


Total shrinkage is one of the most important time-dependent properties of High-Performance Concrete (HPC). In this study, four different mixtures were prepared to compare effect of pozzolanic materials on shrinkage (autogenous shrinkage + drying shrinkage) of HPCs. Silica-Fume (SF) and Ground Granulated Blast-furnace Slag (GGBS) were pozzolanic materials that were used in this study. Furthermore, the combination of these pozzolanic materials has been investigated. The experimental results show that shrinkage was greatly reduced by use of GGBS. Also, the concrete mixture with SF shows high total shrinkage in the short-term and long-term in comparing with other mixtures.


Abstract In this paper, the structural properties and behavior of slender steel members strengthened against buckling by a hybrid system of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) shells filled with self-co...


We consider a mirror-symmetric resonator with two ports. We show that, when excited from a single port, complete absorption can be achieved through critical coupling to degenerate resonances with opposite symmetry. Moreover, any time two resonances with opposite symmetry are degenerate in frequency and absorption is always significantly enhanced. In contrast, when two resonances with the same symmetry are nearly degenerate, there is no absorption enhancement. We numerically demonstrate these effects using a graphene monolayer on top of a photonic crystal slab, illuminated from a single side in the near-infrared.


Zero-gap semiconductor HgTe in the presence of crossed magnetic and electric fields is considered theoretically. An external magnetic field opens an energy gap between the Landau levels in the conduction and the heavy-hole valence bands. An electric field in the crossed-field configuration closes this gap, inducing an insulator-metal transition at low temperatures. The structure of Landau levels in HgTe in crossed fields has been calculated. In order to decide whether the gap really closes, the authors have also calculated the kz dependence of the Landau subbands. For B=2 T the insulator-metal transition occurs at E approximately=0.98 kV cm-1. It is shown that the insulator-metal transition is preceded by tunnelling effects.


The present paper attempts to generate visual clustering and data extraction of cell formation problem using both principal component analysis (PCA) and self-organizing map (SOM) from input of sequence based on the machine-part incidence matrix. Firstly, the focus is to utilize PCA for extracting high-dimensionality of input variables and project the dataset onto a 2D space. Secondly, the unsupervised competitive learning of SOM algorithm is used for data visualization and subsequently, to solve cell formation problem based on ordinal sequence data via the node cluster on the SOM map. Although the numerically illustrated results from dataset revealed that PCA has explained most of the cumulative variance of data but in reality, when the very large-dimensional cell formation problem based on sequence is available then, obtaining the clustering structure from PCA projection becomes very difficult. Most importantly, in the visual clustering of ordinal data, the use of U-matrix alone cannot be efficient to get the cluster structure but with color extraction, hit map, labeling via the SOM node map it becomes a powerful clustering visualization methodology and thus, the present research contribute significantly in the research of cellular manufacturing.


—In this paper, synthesis and study of structure, microstructure, dielectric, ferroelectric, and pyroelectric properties of the (1-x) PZT 82.5/17.5 – xTa 2 O 5 , where x = 0; 0.5; 1; 1.5; 2% mol is presented. From experimental results, it was showed that the fabricated ferroelectric systems are of pure perovskite phase, rhombohedral structure, good microstructure, good dielectric, ferroelectric properties and strong pyroelectric effect. All samples are good ferroelectric ceramics such as the ceramic density ρ = 7.30 - 7.51(g/cm 3 ), the dielectric constant ε = 226 - 314, the dielectric dissipation factor tgδ = 0.008 - 0.023, hysteresis loops of rectangular forms with the permanent polarizations Pr = 23.2 - 32.4 (  C/cm 2 ), electric coercive fields E c = 6.8-8.9 (kV/cm), strong pyroelectric effect with maxima of pyroelectric coefficients γ = 6.1 - 12.4 (10 -2 .μC.cm -2 .K -1 ), and pyroelectric coefficients at room temperature: 2.19 - 5.80 (10 -3 .μC.cm -2 .K -1


The article presents preliminary results of a project which aims at developing a new algorithm for shallow parsing of a natural language. The main feature is that the algorithm allows efficient processing of word lattices. The main application of this feature will be a new rule-based approach to automatic speech recognition: with scoring sentence candidates for a given utterance with regard to their accordance with grammar of a particular natural language. The algorithm is being implemented on a basis of a shallow parsing and morphosyntactic disambiguation system Spejd. The Spejd formalism is designed to process a single (linear) sentence at once. The naive baseline approach to the task of scoring each of sentence candidates in a word lattice would be to process each of the candidates sequentially, after extracting from the lattice. Unfortunately, the time complexity of the naive approach is exponential in the size of the lattice. Hence, the basic approach is not applicable to real-life data. The rule pattern matching algorithm which is presented in the article uses Finite-State techniques to process the whole word lattice at once in polynomial time and space. It combines optimizations of processing of linear sentences used in the existing Spejd implementation with new ideas, specific to searching for regular patterns in word lattice. The improvements follow the idea of a Non-deterministic Finite-State Automaton simulation without backtracking presented by Ville Laurikari. This idea was extended to handle not only a bunch of NFA threads at once, but also to simultaneously process multiple paths passing through a particular word (a lattice node). The article also discusses an efficient application of RHS operations directly on a word lattice, which turns out not to be trivial due to the high expressive power of the Spejd formalism. The article is supplemented by a preliminary speed evaluation of the new implementation.


Malaria kills up to 3 million people per year worldwide. Jeffrey Sachs writes that the goals of the U.N. Millennium Project will not be met in large areas of the world if we continue with business as usual.


At present,the problem of environmental pollution in rural has become extremely worse,especially the problem of water pollution,which is the result of the industry water pollution with the development of rural industry in our country.However,the related few comments on this aspect were focused on or only analysis from the relatively legal viewpoint in this aspect,and the most comments were paid attention to the natural science aspect.The six possible reasons was done resulting in the worse pollution were drawn up through the analysis of the present pollution situation in rural,and the relative solutions to them were given out in order to form a distinct understanding to this problem,to better solve the rural environment problem and perfect the protection law about rural environment.


Nanographite materials (NGMs), e.g., carbon nanotubes and graphene, have attracted great attention owing to their unique electronic and structural properties which make them promising for applications in Li-ion batteries, [ 1 ] functional composites, [ 2 ] fuel cells, [ 3 ] supercapacitors, [ 4 ] nano-electromechanical systems [ 5 ] and photovoltaic devices. [ 6 ] However, when NGMs are used as supports of catalysts or active components in electrochemical devices (such as fuel cells), their oxidation and corrosion could lead to a severe degradation of the catalyst which eventually affects the whole performance of the electrochemical systems. Therefore, understanding the oxidation stability of NGMs is essential in order to develop new robust nanoscale devices.


Sex in Antiquity. Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World. Edited by Mark Masterson, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz and James Robson. Routledge: London and New York 2015. 567 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-51941-0 (hbk) and ISBN 978-1-315-74791-0 (ebk)


A test of a 0.658-scale V-22 rotor and wing was conducted in the 40- by 80-Foot Wind Tunnel at Ames Research Center. The principal objectives of the test were to measure the wing download in hover for a variety of test configurations, and rotor performance in forward flight. Also, a limited amount of data on rotor performance in vertical climb were acquired. This paper presents the results from the test with predictions from appropriate analytical methods. A new method for presenting and interpreting wing surface pressure data in hover is described, and this method shows that the wing flap can produce substantial lift loads in hover. The rotor performance in vertical climb was underpredicted by CAMRAD/JA and by the free wake analysis EHPIC. A simple momentum theory is presented which provides good predictions of rotor performance in forward flight.


We present a case of visualization of a clot in the superior vena cava with collateral flow to the liver during a lung perfusion scan. A digital venogram performed after injection through the right central venous line confirmed the presence of a clot in the superior vena cava with retrograde flow into the azygous venous system.


Chitosan amphiphiles self-assemble into nanoparticles that are used for drug delivery. These chitosan amphiphile nanoparticles significantly enhance the oral absorption of hydrophobic drugs such as cyclosporine A for example. Chitosan, an acid soluble and renewable biopolymer, was first studied as a drug delivery agent in 1990. This review focuses on the relatively newer self-assembling chitosan amphiphiles and their use as drug delivery agents. Chitosan amphiphiles, first introduced in the late 1990s, are prepared by conjugating hydrophobic and sometimes additional hydrophilic units to chitosan. These amphiphiles self-assemble in aqueous media at neutral pH to form micelles, with critical micellar concentrations (CMCs) ranging from 0.09 to 700μg mL. The CMCs depend on the actual molecular architecture, molecular weight and hydrophobic character, but are typically lower than the values reported for block copolymer amphiphiles. As well as linear amphiphiles in which chitosan is derivatised with hydrophobic pendant groups, new claw amphiphiles have been prepared in which chitosan amphiphiles radiate geometrically from a dendrimer core. These chitosan amphiphiles (linear and claw) have been exploited as drug delivery agents and they increase the oral bioavailability of hydrophobic drugs up to sixfold, deliver hydrophobic drugs to tumours, genes to the liver via the intravenous route, genes to the muscle via the intramuscular routes and small interfering RNAs to tumours via the intratumoural route. Chitosan amphiphile nanoparticles also deliver peptides to the brain via the intravenous and oral routes. © 2014 Society of Chemical Industry.


poultry production systems. These operate very much the same whether in the United States or Thailand. This is a clear case where international capital markets should be tapped directly. The paper by Lele synthesizes an ambitious systematic examination, using detailed case studies rather than polemics or econometric manipulations, of the role of foreign assistance in development. It points out some of the shortfalls of foreign assistance, among which instability, unpredictability, and biasing of investment decisions to availabilities of funds from donors are prominent. It underlines how the debt crisis has severely curtailed the previously increasingly important net flows of private capital to developing countries. As noted in Lele's paper, all is not well with official development assistance. Private capital flows will have to start growing again if the demand from developing countries is to be satisfied. These papers have several implications for donors.


Change has occurred in dentistry and periodontics where improved methods to accurately assess risk for periodontal disease and quantify periodontal disease status would benefit all stakeholders of oral health care. This paper focuses on a new technology that provides these measurements. The Periodontal Assessment Tool (PAT) is an integral component of the Oral Health Information Suite™ (OHIS). Using only data gathered during a traditional periodontal examination, PAT accurately assesses the risk and quantifies severity and extent for periodontal disease, reporting them as a risk score and disease score, respectively. The risk score is expressed on a scale of 1 (lowest risk) to 5 (highest risk) and the disease score on a scale of 1 (healthy) to 100 (generalised severe periodontitis). The risk score has been shown to be valid and accurate where the study population was observed for 15 years. The extent of agreement between calculated disease scores and actual severity measured as mean alveolar bone height using digitised radiographs was strong (r = 0.735). Furthermore, there was strong agreement between the disease score and the diagnostic opinions of periodontists, general dentists and dental hygienists. Both risk and disease scores are objective, precise, and sensitive to minor changes, either improvement or deterioration. These novel scores provide a powerful new tool for monitoring periodontal status, quantifying therapeutic outcomes, and for communication with patients, third party payers and other health professionals.


In Agreement of studies relationship with the adaptation model planted by Callista Roy the care of nurses towards patients, is the essence of the Nurse Profession, but nevertheless, applied studies by the American Health Organization, 10 percent of patients suffer an advers event, being the most common Ulcers for pression that increase the hospitalary stance in 16,1 days.taking into account most of adevres events will be prevent. This investigation pretends define the level of aplied Callista Roy the care of nurses towards patients aplied to paraplegics patiens. With The puprpose to plant procces to value patients through this model. And elaborationof careles plan and algorithm for nurse atention hospitalized. It is a qualitative-quantitative design with a research-action approach, through an observational profile through individual inquiry through an interview with the nursing staff of the Traumatology and Internal Medicine Service of the Specialties Hospital Eugenio Mirror of the city of Quito, for which emphasis has been placed on a proposal for change in the care process through the care plan and the algorithm that will be applied based on an action plan. This process will improve the quality of nursing care related to an algorithm that represents the application of diagnoses, so that it will be possible to implement improvements in the quality of care by nurses who work with this type of patients, since the hospital treatment of the paraplegic patient is based on multidisciplinary work and Nursing work in this framework is key to contributing to the guarantee of patient safety, contributing to its application and taking as a basis the Adaptation model in which the recognition of fundamental internal and external stimuli when identifying them in paraplegic patients, this is the reason why the proposal of the action plan for the improvement of the quality of the care will contribute the care for both the nursing staff that forms part of these hospital areas as for patients suffering from this pathology.It was expected to elaborate the plan of action of the nursing care plan and the algorithm for the care of paraplegic patients. This application allows to implement improvements in the quality of the nurses that work with these patients, because the hospital treatment of paraplegic patients is based on the discipline and the hard work of the nurse in that framework that is key to contribute to the warranty safety of the patient. This is the reason why the proposal of an action plan to improve the quality of nursing results in a Transcendental contribution for nurses that make up the areas of this hospital and patients suffering from this pathology.


A user interface providing method for wires communications connection in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a step of searching one or more other terminals, which are adjacent to a first terminal, via local area wireless communications; a step of receiving encoded device identification information of the other terminals searched by the first terminal from the searched other terminals; a step of decoding the encoded device identification information; and a step of matching the decoded device identification information with a device identification list including the device identification information on the other terminals and displaying user identification information corresponding to the matched device identification information on a display unit of the first terminal. The present invention provides a user of a user interface for identifying other terminals at once in Wi-Fi direct communication connection.


Data collected by the Swiss Cancer Registries Network (ASRT/VSKR) have been used to analyse trends in thyroid cancer during the last available 20 years, to make within-country geographical comparisons for current incidence rates. Age-standardized (European population) incidence rates per 100,000 for all morphologies combined ranges from 1.62 to 2.99 among males and from 2.13 to 8.09 among females in Switzerland. Regression analyses for both sexes combined detected an increase in time for papillary cases and a decrease for other types. Age-period-cohort analyses revealed that the youngest cohorts of men and women born after 1940 had an increased risk of all types of thyroid cancer while the cohort of people born between 1920 and 1939 were at increased risk of the papillary subtype. Assuming a higher sensitivity to ionizing radiation among the youngest people, a Chernobyl effect cannot be definitively excluded and continuous study of this topic should be encouraged.


A solid-liquid separator enabling the rotation speed difference between a drum screen and a screw to be controlled, which increases use convenience of the solid-liquid separator by enabling water content of sludge and retention time of the sludge to be controlled, is provided. A solid-liquid separator enabling the rotation speed difference between a drum screen and a screw to be controlled comprises: a screen drive motor for generating a rotary power; a motor chain sprocket installed on a rotary shaft of the screen drive motor; a screen chain sprocket(9) connected to the motor chain sprocket through a chain; screen shaft bearings(10,22) connected to the screen chain sprocket; screen shafts(11,20) connected between the screen shaft bearings; a drum screen(13) which is connected to the screen shafts, and in which a plurality of holes with a diameter of at least 0.6 mm are perforated; a screw drive motor for generating a rotary power; screw shaft bearings(7,23) connected to a rotary shaft of the screw drive motor; a screw spindle(15) connected between the screw shaft bearings; a screw(18) connected to the screw spindle; an inflow pipe(24) installed on an inner part of the drum screen; a body cover(12) which surrounds the drum screen, and on which an adulteration discharge port(28) and a filtrate discharge port(29) are formed; and a body frame(27) for supporting the components.