INTRODUCTION Epilepsy is the second most common chronic neurological condition seen by neurologists. 3-5% of the populations have a seizure sometime in their life and 0.51% of the population have active epilepsy. In most countries worldwide, the prevalence of active epilepsy ranges from 4 to 10 per thousand populations. Higher prevalence rates ranging from 14 to 57 per thousand have been reported from some African and South American countries. The incidence of epilepsy ranges from 40 to 70 per 100,000 in most developed countries and from 100 to 190 per 100,000 in developing countries [1-3]. Epilepsy is often, but not always, the result of an underlying brain disease. Any type of brain disease can cause epilepsy, but not all people with the same brain disease will have epilepsy. In view of the fact that only a


The invention relates to a temporary buoyancy device for a tension leg platform tendon. The temporary buoyancy device comprises a pontoon and a buoyancy adjustment device used for adjusting the buoyancy of the pontoon. An opening used for being in clamping fit with the tendon of a tension leg is formed in the side face of the pontoon. The buoyancy center of the pontoon is in the opening and corresponds to the center of the tendon of the tension leg. The buoyancy adjustment device communicates with an inner cavity of the pontoon to control the volume of air in the pontoon so as to adjust the buoyancy of the pontoon. By adoption of the tension leg platform temporary buoyancy device, in the mounting process of a tension leg platform, enough tension can be provided for the tension leg tendon by relying on the buoyancy, and therefore it is ensured that before a tension leg platform main block is shipped to a working sea area, the tendon can keep a safe posture in water, tendon overturning caused by the self-weight of the tendon and tendon excessive inclination caused by external loads such as ocean currents are prevented. Furthermore, by adjusting the buoyancy of the pontoon, requirements of different buoyancy are met, and the applicability is improved.


In free space optical (FSO) communication system, the maximum likelihood (ML) is the optimum detector considering perfect channel state information (CSI) at receiver. However, the ML does not provide a proper performance in imperfect CSI scenario. Therefore, a deep learning based detection method is proposed in this paper. In this paper, we use deep neural network to get a mapping function of a received signal and transmitted symbol streams. Moreover, the end-to-end approach using deep learning with the conventional ML method is compared for both perfect and imperfect scenarios. Simulation results show that our method presents a better performance compared to the conventional ML method in imperfect CSI. Moreover, our proposed method reaches the same performance as the ML detector in perfect CSI.


The performance of the box-type solar collector was investigated experimentally, the cover of which is a high-vacuum plane glass plate with a middle narrow slot. The acquired experimental results were compared with those for box-type solar collectors using conventional double glazing. From the investigations in this work, it was concluded that the performance of the box-type solar collector can be improved significantly using plane vacuum glazing as the collector cover.


We propose a generic computational framework for maintaining a discrete geometric structure defined by a collection of static and mobile objects. We assume that the mobile objects move incrementally, that is, in discrete time steps. We assume that the structure to be maintained is a function of the current locations of the mobile and static objects (independent of their prior motion). Unlike other models for kinetic computation, we place no restrictions on the motion nor on its predictability.In order to handle unrestricted incremental motion, our framework is based on the coordination of two computational entities. The first is the incremental motion algorithm. It is responsible for maintaining the structure and a set of certificates, or conditions, that prove the structure's correctness. The other entity, called the motion processor, is responsible for handling all the low-level aspects of motion, including computing and/or tracking the motion of the mobile objects, answering queries about their current positions and velocities, and validating that the object motions satisfy simple motion estimates, which are generated by the incremental motion algorithm. Computational efficiency is measured in terms of the number of interactions between these two entities.


Next Great Breakthrough in Laboratory Systems Leads to Cost Savings and Increased Laboratory Efficiency tube sorting, centrifuging and decapping, sample aliquoting, barcode labeling, transportation to testing areas and loading into analyzers is completed effortlessly with CLAS. Laboratories also experience a decrease in biohazard exposure to laboratory technicians. CLAS technology is made possible by a long-term alliance with Hitachi, Ltd. For nearly 20 years, Hitachi and BMC have provided a steady stream of innovative clinical chemistry, immunochemistry and urinalysis systems. With agreements reaching well into the 21st century, both partners are committed to continuing to deliver automated, consolidated and integrated laboratory solutions to reduce healthcare costs.


We propose a novel image segmentation method for immunofluorescence microscopy images of skin tissue for the diagnosis of various skin diseases. The segmentation is based on machine learning algorithms. The feature vector is filled by three groups of features: statistical features, Laws' texture energy measures and local binary patterns. The images are preprocessed for better learning. Different machine learning algorithms have been used and the best results have been obtained with random forest algorithm. We use the proposed method to detect the epidermis region as a part of pemphigus diagnosis system.


Recognizing the responsibility institutions have to prepare teachers for today's diverse classrooms, Vavrus shows us how to incorporate transformative multicultural education into teacher education curriculum, pedagogy, and evaluation. Placing race, racism, antiracism, and democracy at the center of his analyses and recommendations, this volume provides:


Theories connecting meritocracy and democratic stability are heavily understudied, and there are few attempts to empirically disentangle the potential mechanisms. This article proposes a novel explanation, emphasizing that bureaucratic impartiality and effectiveness provide separate shields that stabilize democracies. Impartiality protects the opposition from unlawful discrimination, which raises support for democracy among the (potential) losers of elections and reduces the incentives to rebel or stage coups d'état, whereas effectiveness serves incumbent policies, which raises support among the (potential) winners and reduces the likelihood of incumbent takeovers. I find support for these propositions in comparative-historical analyses of a few paradigmatic cases—interwar Finland, Czechoslovakia, and Germany—with similar levels of economic development, imperial-autocratic legacies, and meritocratic types of administration but different regime outcomes. The results show that both impartial and effective bureaucratic behavior rather than meritocratic recruitment norms as such are important stabilizers of democracy. Yet they emphasize the importance of bureaucratic effectiveness in raising the perception that votes count to change outcomes on the ground and thus that democracy makes a difference. I argue that this should have a wider significance for the study of contemporary processes of democratic recession.


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With the help of the related theory on medium analysis,the present paper attempts to explore the change of reading strategies by the readers because of the special form of the net medium.Furthermore,it points out its impact on the readers in their learning style and mode of thinking resulting from the quick development of net medium.That apart,it conducts an analysis and evaluation of this change based on the views in media studies.


Emily Potter, Melissa Cardona & Douglas Kerr† †Author for correspondence Johns Hopkins University, Department of Neurology, Pathology 627C, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-6965, USA Tel.: +1 410 502 8624; Fax: +1 410 614 9568; email@example.com '...there is the likelihood that we will be able to alter the course of devastating neurologic diseases using stem cells in the future, and we will begin to see this potential in human patients in the next 5–10 years.'


Traffic assignment models are essential tools in transport planning. One core input to these models is the Origin-Destination (OD) demand matrix. As this information cannot be observed directly, it is usually estimated indirectly, using techniques that retrieve information about the underlying traffic demand and its characteristics from traffic sensor data. It is therefore crucial that these sensors are strategically positioned in the network, herewith maximizing the amount of demand information that they can indirectly capture. In this paper the authors explore the impact on demand estimation quality of a new sensor location strategy, based upon the concept of (partial) observability in networks. The authors show that a novel strategy introduced recently by Viti et al. (2014), which exploits nothing more than the topological relationships between links, identifies sensor locations that enable OD estimation whose quality exceeds those of other partial observability approaches, as well as random locating strategies. An additional property of this approach is that it allows achieving performances close to methodologies based upon prior information, i.e. requiring data or extra assumptions in order to be solved, and that are developed specifically for flow estimation approaches (e.g., the Maximum Possible Relative Error metric of Yang and Zhou, 1998). The authors validate their approach empirically, through a mid-sized methodological case study and a practical instance, showing how their contribution allows attaining full OD coverage based solely upon link-route topological relationships, and how this property reflects in the quality of OD estimation in a practical instance, where full OD coverage cannot be guaranteed.


The invention discloses a terminal carboxyl group polyester resin for a weather-resistance high-gloss powder coating. The terminal carboxyl group polyester resin is obtained by carrying out melt polycondensation on the following components in percentage by weight: 25-45 percent of polyalcohol, 35-65 percent of aromatic polyacid, 0-3 percent of fatty polyacid, 0-1 percent of branching agent, 6-20 percent of acid-hydrolyzing agent and 0.01-0.15 percent of esterification catalyst. The invention also discloses a preparation method of the terminal carboxyl group polyester resin for the weather-resistance high-gloss powder coating. The polyester resin has proper glass-transition temperature, softening point, viscosity and storage stability; and the powder coating prepared by adopting the preparation method disclosed by the invention has 60-degree gloss more than 96 percent and favorable leveling performance and weather resistance.


Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) prepared from the suspected periodontal pathogens Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans(A. a.), Bacteroides gingivalis, B. intermedius and Wolinella recta were compared to Salmonella typhimurium LPS for their capacity to stimulate prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) release from human monocytes. Counterflow isolated monocytes were cultured with control medium or media containing 10 μg/ml LPS. Media were then exchanged every 24 hours for a total of 72 hours. Salmonella and Wolinella LPS preparations demonstrated seven-fold greater PGE2 release than B. gingivalis and two-fold greater than A. a. and B. intermedius. PGE2 release was found to decrease over time with all LPS preparations except Wolinella. The potency of the LPS preparations is tentatively ranked as follows: Wolinella ≥ Salmonella > A. a. > B. intermedius ≥ B. gingivalis. These findings demonstrate that LPS preparations from suspected periodontal pathogens are capable of stimulating PGE2 release from human monocytes. The high potenc...


An attempt has been made to improve the drawability of steel rod for CO 2 solid wire. The effect of alloying elements on the mechanical properties of as rolled steel rods and how this relates to drawability was investigated. It was found that control of the carbon, silicon, and manganese contents of steel rod can improve its drawability. Furthermore, due to the improvement of drawability, the as rolled steel rod can be directly drawn from 5.5 to 1.2 mm dia. without process annealing, which saves not only the cost of annealing, but also the cost of pickling and phosphate surface coating. The weldability of CO 2 solid wire manufactured from modified steel rod also has been improved; the toughness of weld metal increased obviously due to the improvement of microstructure


Liquid mixing method was used to synthesize CaAl4O7 and the effects of the pH of the starting solutions and the molar ratio of citric acid to total metal cations concentration on the formation of CaAl4O7 were investigated.Increasing the molar ratio of citric acid to total metal cations concentration promoted the formation of CaAl4O7.When the molar ratio of citric acid to total metal cations concentration was 2,well crystallized,single-phase CaAl4O7 was synthesized at 1 000 ℃ for 2 h for the precursor with unadjusted pH,but it could not be obtained for the precursor with pH=7.Increasing the molar ratio of citric acid to total metal cations concentration up to 4,single-phase CaAl4O7 was synthesized at 800 ℃ for 2 h for the precursors with pH=7,but it was obtained at 850 ℃ for 2 h for the precursors with unadjusted pH,and the temperature was less 760 ℃ than the temprature using solid state reaction.


The invention relates to a smelting method for stably increasing the content of boron in boron-containing steel. The smelting method is characterized in that high-carbon ferromanganese, high-carbon ferrochromium and iron-core aluminum are subjected to the deoxidation alloying in the steel tapping process of a converter, and a whole-course bottom argon blowing and wash heat technology is adopted for reducing oxygen content and nitrogen content in the steel; after steel tapping is completed, molten steel is lifted to an argon station, and the molten steel is converted to an LF (Ladle Furnace) after ferroaluminium is added for adjusting the activity of oxygen in the steel to a required control range; and submerged arc operation, soft argon blowing control, a deep deoxidation technology and a titanium alloy technology are adopted for refining in the LF, then boron alloying is carried out, and later the long-time soft argon blowing is carried out, thus the recovery rate of boron in the steel reaches 82%-86%, the problems of low and instable recovery rate of boron are solved, the fluctuation quantity between the furnaces is less than 0.0005%, the ideal control level is achieved, the dependence of boron alloying on vacuum refining is eliminated, and the requirement of subsequent process for the quality of the boron-containing steel is ensured.


To investigate the effect of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction on the expression of blood-lipid and vasoactive substances in the rats with atherosclerosis.Forty SD rats were randomly divided into control group,model group and treatment group(Xuezhikang group,Xuefu Zhuyu high-dose group,and Xuefu Zhuyu low dose group).The control group was fed with normal diet,model group a high-fat diet,treatment groups the high fat diet mixed with Xuezhikang,High dose and low dose Xuefu Zhuyu decoction respectively.The morphological changes of atheromatous plaque were observed 12 weeks later.The blood level of total cholesterol,triglyceride,low density lipoprotein,high-density lipoprotein,and endothelin(ET) angiotensin Ⅱ(Ang Ⅱ) were tested at the same time.Compared with the model group,all the treatment groups could reduce the serum levels of total cholesterol,triglycerides,low density lipoprotein,ET and Ang Ⅱ(P0.05),and increase high-density lipoprotein(P0.05).It was found that Xuefu Zhuyu decoction could effectively regulate the serum level of lipidemia of AS rats,reduce the activity of vascular endothelial factors,and protecting the endothelium,and then prevent and cure atherosclerosis effectively.


Good education is essential for youth around the world. However, many communities in the developing world do not have access to basic knowledge and resources, like HIV prevention, women's rights, and life skills. As a result, the youth in these communities grow up and face difficult substandard lives. The Mobile Educational Forum addresses these issues by enabling a central party to distribute educational information to youth in emerging markets by making use of resources they already have on hand––mobile phones. Through our mobile web application, young people not only receive valuable information, but are also able to engage in discourse with their peers in geographically remote areas. Users with basic phones without Wi-Fi may still benefit from our application, which allows them to be able to send and receive text messages from the central party. In this way, the Educational Forum hopes to create positive social change by bringing knowledge and empowerment to youth who are otherwise destined to continue to live in poverty and inequity.


This study was performed to identify the proper analytical conditions of endotoxins regarding optical density in the workplace where metalworking fluids are used. This study found that "onset time method" was more accurate than "time to method". Reproducibility and accuracy analyzed by "onset time method" was greatly higher than the "time to ". The optical density of "0.03" was the most appropriate analytical condition among "onset time method". In this analytical condition, linearity of 0.998 was obtained and recovery rate ranged from 88% to 105% at the endotoxin concentrations below 5 EU/mL. No significant difference of endotoxins was observed between the optical densities of "0.03" and "0.05". However, correlation coefficients were different with statistical significance (p


It is condudcted to answer the following questions: (1) What are the grammatical errors in writing descriptive text made by the eleventh grade students of Sint. Carolus Senior High School Penfui Kupang in the school year 2017/2018? (2) What is the most common error in writing descriptive text made by the eleventh grade students of Sint. Carolus Senior High School Penfui Kupang in the school year 2017/2018?. Based on the problems stated above, the objectives of the study are (1) To find out the grammatical errors in writing descriptive text made by the eleventh grade students of Sint. Carolus Senior High School Penfui Kupang in the school year 2017/2018 and (2) To find out the most common error in writing descriptive text made by the eleventh grade students of Sint.Carolus Senior High School Penfui Kupang in the school year 2017/2018. The subject of this study was 21 students of the eleventh grade students of Sint.Carolus Senior High School Penfui Kupang. In collecting the result, the writer used descriptive method. The purpose of this method is to describe the errors made by the students. The students were given the chance to make their own descriptive text based on the topics prepared. The taxonomi used by the writer in analysing the data was surface strategy taxonomy that consists of some categories such as omission, addition, misformation and misordering. Based on the result of the analysis, it can be seen that (1) The total errors was commited by the eleventh grade students of Sint.Carolus Senior High School was 466. They committed 4 types of errors erros namely: omission 229 (49,14 %), addition error is 13 (2.78 %), misformation error is 176 (37.76 %) and misordering error is 48 (10, 30 %). (2) The most common error was omission error because the notal number of that category of error is the higest on i.e. 229 errors (49,14 %). Based on the result of this study, the writer suggests to the teacher that she or he should teach the students how to create a good text in English especially descriptive text and before that the teacher should teach the students about the subject and verb agreement, how to make good sentences based on the tenses used and the teacher should give the students chance to practice it, while for the students, they are expected to study more on English grammar especially subject and verb agreement.


The Arab world has been experiencing massive street demonstrations in recent months. The question is how will they survive? What many are doing to survive is to slow down whatever modernization globalization or democratization initiatives they were either pursuing or contemplating and to focus on the old agenda of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It is noted that the biggest victims of the West Bank war will be Arab liberals--as fledging democratic experiments are postponed foreign investment reduced security services given more leeway to crack down all public discussion dominated by the Palestine issue. But keeping the public and politicians focused on modernization is not easy. Hence Microsoft signaled its intent to invest US$2 million in a creative Jordanian software firm. The cabinet amended the laws by fiat but was hoping a new Parliament would ratify them.


The modern state of a problem of nutrition in pregnant women and nursing mothers is discussed and the ways of correction of nutrition with specialized milk formulas and vitamin mineral complexes are described. Key words: pregnant, nursing mothers, nutrition, vitamin mineral complexes.


It has been established that the addition of Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca, or Ba to a V-P-O catalyst changes its acid-base properties and the mobility of the surface oxygen. The activity of the promoted catalysts in butane oxidation is determined by the strength of the surface oxygen bond, whereas the selectivity is determined by the change in of the surface oxygen bond, where as the selectivity is determined by the change in acidity of the surface. The introduction of the promoters increases the P/V ratio on the surface of the V-P-O catalyst, and this explains their stabilizing effect.


In this paper we are going to analyze and describe Lisbon, a book written by the poet Angel Crespo, like a personal travel guide. First he approaches us tu the mythic origins of the city and he describes briefly the city's main historical facts. After that he shows us his favourite places in the city, while he designs several "walks" and comments the most interesting points of each one.


In this paper,by virtue of the orthogonal design optimization,molecularly imprinted polymer( MIP)was prepared with 2-( methacryloyloxy) ethyl phosphate as the novel functional monomer,17β-estradiol as the template,trimethylolpropane ethacrylate( TRIM) as the crosslinker, azodiisobutyronitrile( AIBN) as the initiator,and acetonitrile-toluene( 3 + 1,V / V) as the porogen. MIP was packed into SPE cartridge and applied to the determination of 17α-estradiol and17β-estradiol residues in pork, chicken and eel. Samples were homogenized with sodium acetate buffer solution, hydrolyzed by β-Glucuronidase / sulfatase, extracted with methanol,cleaned up with MIP-SPE,derivatized with silylating reagent,analyzed by GC-MS / MS and quantified with internal standard method. The results showed that the linearity of calibration curves ranged from 2 ~100 μg / L with correlation coefficients greater than 0. 999. For the samples spiked with 1 ~ 10 μg / kg estradiol,the recoveries in pork,eel and chicken were 76. 5% ~ 116. 8%,77. 7% ~ 111. 1% and 70. 8% ~ 112. 5%respectively. The relative standard deviations( RSDs) for pork,eel and chicken samples were 5. 2% ~ 9. 9%,3. 8% ~ 14%,and 1. 8% ~ 15% respectively. The limit of quantification of each analyte was 1 μg / kg,which satisfied the requirement of residual detection.


In Western Europe the concept of 'new racism' has emerged. The idea of the incompatibility of different cultures is central to this concept, and this idea leads to the abnormalization and exclusion of ethnic minority groups. This paper studies this form of ethnic prejudice and several of its correlates among ethnic majority and minority youth. The results show, first, that majority youth were more prejudiced than minority youth. Second, that among majority youth prejudice correlated positively with personal self-esteem as well as with self-esteem as an ethnic group member, whereas among minority youth a negative association was found. Third, among majority youth positive ingroup evaluation in combination with prejudice was found, whereas among minority youth a more positive ingroup evaluation was associated with less prejudice. Fourth, among majority youth prejudice was very strongly correlated with a measure of social distance, with rate of voluntary inter-ethnic contacts, and with level of outgroup formation. Among minority youth these associations were much weaker.


In this paper, a simple and computationally efficient approach is proposed to predict the cement strength. It is based on the mathematical concept of covariance matrix and polynomial coefficients. The polynomial coefficients are used to represent the features of cement strength data set. The efficiency and feasibility of the proposed approach is demonstrated on the cement strength data set collected from the cement industry for 2 days, 7 days and 28 days samples. Based on the number of dynamic input variables of the cement strength, the different prediction models such as SOM, linear and nonlinear regression and artificial neural network are designed and the various experimentations are carried to evaluate the proposed approach. Experimental results have shown the effectiveness of the proposed approach in the form of RMSE, R-square coefficients and computational time. It is observed that the proposed polynomial coefficient-artificial neural network approach performs better and predict the cement strength efficiently as compared to other existing methods.


In this paper, we study the identities of symmetry for the generalized higher-order q-Euler polynomials in three variable under symmetry group S3 which are derived from the fermionic p-adic q-integral on Zp.


Extended-spectrum – beta lactamases (ESBLs) are increasingly detected globally among Escherichia coli (E.Coli) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (K.pneumoniae). This study was designed to determine the prevalence and antibiogram of ESBLs produced by E.coli and K.pneumoniae clinical isolates obtained from various clinical specimens through different hospitals in Khartoum state -Sudan. An analytical comparative cross-sectional study was conducted. Identification of the isolates was done by using conventional biochemical methods ESBL screening, confirmatory according to CLSI guidelines. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS). Total of 368 isolates of Escherichia coli(n=216) and Klebsiella pneumonia (n=152) isolates were processed , Overall ESBL phenotype prevalence was 36.7 %, 40.1% and 34.2% of K. Pneumoniae and E. coli isolates respectively were confirmed to be ESBL phenotype. In this study, meropenem and imipenem were the most active antimicrobial agents against them. This study was indicated high prevalence of ESBL phenotype in Khartoum-state, with multidrug resistant trend, there is a need for longitudinal and nationwide surveillance as this help in tracking antibiotic resistant and regulating antibiotic policy.


Terminally Ill Disability Beneficiary Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to create an exception from the waiting period otherwise required for Social Security disability insurance benefits for beneficiaries suffering from a medically determined terminal illness with not more than six months to live.


Partial Precipitates and performance of GaAs analog and digital integrated circuits (S Martin et al). Carbon incorporation into LEC GaAs (P J Doering et al). The carbon and boron concentration control in GaAs crystals grown by liquid encapsulated Czochralski method (N Sato et al). The stoichiometry range of GaAs crystals (H Wenzl et al). Hydrogen passivation: relevance to semi-insulating III-V materials (A Y Polyakov et al). Whole wafer assessment of semi-insulating GaAs (J S Blakemore). Recombination mechanisms in semi-insulating GaAs studied by room-temperature photoluminescence mapping (H Ch Alt et al). Increased yield of microwave devices due to subsurface damage reduction in semi-insulating GaAs wafers (L C Shannon and D W Rogers). GaAs substrates: Issues for VLSI (L G Salmon). Uniformity of MESFETs fabricated on substrates from quenched and annealed LEC GaAs (D J Warner et al).


Background: This study aimed to determine whether regular telephone calls on reminding not to consume high glycemic index food and performing regular physical activity improve fasting glucose levels in Turkish women with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) aged 30-65 years. Methods: All intervention (n=117) and control (n=99) groups took a seminar on healthy eating and physical activity. Women in the intervention group were then called weekly and motivated by using charts that were designed with colours adopted from the traffic lights. After 12 weeks of intervention both groups were invited for blood tests. In total, 32 intervention and 17 controls responded to the last visit. Results: In the intervention group, the number of green colour code for nutrition decreased (from 16.2 ± 4.1 to 15.1±3.7, p=0.03) but the number of green colour code for activity was not changed significantly (from 0.5 ±0.7 to 0.4±0.7, p=0.25) in the third month. At the third month fasting blood glucose was higher in the intervention group (117.0 ± 25.8) than control group (109.5 ± 9.2) (p=0.69). Conclusion: In our study, simple regular telephone calls were not sufficient to motivate the study participants to stay in the study and to take dietary and physical activity advices. Further studies should be designed to evaluate different and new lifestyle change interventions in high risk people in Turkey.


The mathematical problem of the steady-state biofiltration of an organic substrate is formulated at two levels  taking into account the limitation and inhibition of the rate of its decomposition. The exact and approximate solutions to the problem of substrate biooxidation in a representative biofilm were obtained and compared using test examples. Based on them an analysis of the technological process in the porous biofilter medium and the output characteristics was carried out.


Dear Editor: We have read with great interest the recently published article by Goh et al. (1). In this study, authors aimed to evaluate association between the use of commonly used medications, particularly renin–angiotensin system (RAS) blocking agents, and severity of hepatic fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients with hypertension. In conclusion, hypertensive patients with NAFLD on baseline RAS blockers were found to be having less advanced hepatic fibrosis suggesting a beneficial effect of RAS blockers in NAFLD. However, we would like to share our thoughts and contributions with Goh and colleagues. First, before performing the statistical analysis in the original study, normality analysis should have been performed to assess whether data of the patient groups were normally distributed or not. Afterwards, comparisons between groups should be done by using the Student's t-test or Mann–Whitney U-test, as appropriate. Moreover, in the original study, it is noted that multivariate analysis using binary logistic regression was also performed to determine independent risk factors for advanced fibrosis. However, before performing the multivariate logistic regression analysis, univariate logistic regression analysis should be done and significant parameters derived therefrom should be evaluated by multivariate logistic regression analysis, thereafter. Moreover, correlation of parameters with each other is very important in multivariate logistic regression analysis. Hence, correlation analysis and univariate logistic regression analysis should be performed primarily, and then parameters only significant in univariate logistic regression analysis and not correlated with each other should be involved in multivariate logistic regression analysis. Second, it is stated that only relevant clinical variables within a 6-month period (either before or after) of the liver biopsy were included in the original study. This means study covers a period of approximately one year. As this interval is quite long and includes a period, either before or after the liver biopsy, creating homogeneous patient groups certainly seems less likely. It would therefore be more appropriate to include patients only before or after liver biopsy to avoid patient selection bias. Moreover, in an experimental study examining the effects of liver biopsy on blood biochemical results, it was found that biochemical parameters associated with liver can easily be affected by biopsy and it may take 3–11 days period to return towards baseline (2). In conclusion, timing of laboratory assessment is important in liver biopsy performed patients as liver biopsy may cause interference on biochemical parameters during the 11-day period following biopsy.


Aiming at the transmission cheme of Sanbanxi Power Plant, by useing EMTP, paper calculation and analysise of the self-stimulated resonance, power frequency over-voltage, power frequency resonance over-voltage and switching over-voltage were provided in this paper.


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Yogyakarta Special Region is a student city which every year always receives more than thousands of students from all over Indonesia and even from abroad. With this, many creative industries are developing rapidly, one of which is Co-working Space. Apart from the rapid growth of student numbers in Yogyakarta, Co-working Space also supports the startup business. Many startups that stand do not have a workplace that requires them to remain productive despite these limitations. For this reason, it is good to have an information system that is able to provide recommendations for Co-working Space in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, which is supported by Google Maps API technology to accurately locate Co-working Space. In addition to the accuracy of the location of Co-working Space there are also recommendations or comments from other users on the Co-working Space location so that system users will not be disappointed because the place and comments are in accordance with reality.

Keywords: Co-working Space, Freelancers, Google Maps API, Startup, Yogyakarta


(57) Abstract: pointing device in a computer system is automatically calibrated by the difference between the "interlock" state and a "breakaway" state. Correction of calibration to accommodate differences in the geometry of the user's hand and fingers. Thus, "Nature", "home" position, can be different in the case of operating with a thumb left or right hand, or the device against the index finger. The system monitors the motion of the user, automatically selects the X-Y values for the auto-calibration from the movement. Movement of "first contact" and "click" is used to select the appropriate X-Y value for automatic calibration. "Clicks from non-linkage" is used to determine the user's selection events when properly calibrated. The present invention detects the "first contact", to provide a "Hardware Help" for calibration.


Back to Methuselah is an important drama written by George Bernard Shaw.In this drama,Shaw explains his Creative Evolution,analyses human being's weakness as well as social problems.Shaw believes that the human being himself has serious inferior qualities,and under the command of life force he will evolve into the superman,who will be able to solve social problems which are beyond the power of present human beings and overcome human being's weakness.Marriage will disappear between the two sexes.This drama also criticises British parliament and wars among imperialist powers.


This work reports a computational and experimental effort to quantify (distributive and dispersive) mixing in a single screw extruder. This is done by considering the presence of solid‐liquid or liquid‐liquid systems and following changes in the average size of the disperse phase along the channel. The experiments are performed in a prototype modular extruder that allows changes in screw geometry and quick extraction of the screw from the barrel, thus yielding helical samples of material along the screw channel that can be subsequently analysed in terms of morphology (number, size and distribution of droplets / solids). The results are confronted with numerical predictions along the metering section of the screw, good agreement being found.


Advances in the understanding of non-small-cell lung cancer biology have led to the clinical development of biological therapies targeting molecular mechanisms underlying cancer growth and survival of this disease. In some cases, such strategies have significantly improved the outcome of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy, as for the monoclonal antibodies cetuximab and bevacizumab directed against the EGF receptor and VEGF, respectively. In others, they have found a place in therapy in the management of pretreated patients, as for the EGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitnib and erlotinib. Importantly, the recognition that certain clinical or biological characteristics predict for increased sensitivity to treatment has highlighted the importance of patient selection when designing clinical trials with these agents. This review is structured in order to summarize the targeted therapies currently used for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. In the la...


Joint estimation of human body in point cloud is a key step for tracking human movements. In this work, we present a geometric method to achieve detection of the joints from a single-frame point cloud captured using a Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera. Three-dimensional (3D) human silhouette, as global feature of the single-frame point cloud, is extracted based on the pre-processed data, the angle and aspect ratio of the silhouette are subsequently utilized to perform pose recognition, and then 14 joints of human body are derived via geometric features of 3D silhouette. To verify this method, we test on an in-house captured 3D dataset containing 1200-frame depth images, which can be categorized into four different poses (upright, raising hands, parallel arms, and akimbo). Furthermore, we test on a subset of the G3D dataset. By hand-labelling the joints of each human body as the ground truth for validation and benchmarks, the average normalized error of our geometric method is less than 5.8 cm. When the distance threshold from the ground truth is 10 cm, the results demonstrate that our proposed method delivers improved performance with an average accuracy in the range of 90%.


The author presents here the clinical history of 2 patients with chronic asymmetric motor neuropathy of the upper limbs. The affected muscles were weak but not wasted, and there were many fasciculations and myokymia. Electrophysiological examination recognised (i) proximal multifocal persistent conduction blocks located outside the usual entrapment sites, (ii) asynchronous and arrhythmic firing of a large number of fasciculation potentials recorded in the paretic muscles that were isolated or grouped, discharging distally on the blocked axons, and (iii) reduction of the number of motor unit potentials according to the severity of the conduction block during maximal voluntary contractions. During follow-up the weakness of these 2 patients slowly increased, and new conduction blocks could be seen at each examination, together with progressive denervation and amyotrophy. The patients died several years after onset, but no nerve biopsy was available. The patients were described in a medical thesis in 1986 and were the first two to be published and known to suffer from a peripheral neuropathy nowadays known as multifocal motor neuropathy. It is underlined that in 1986 the nosology of this neuropathy was unknown and there were neither biological markers nor treatment.


High velocity oxyg-fuel(HVOF) technology is used to spray WC-Co alloy and to form a resistance coating on stainless steel.Through experiments with different spraying parameters,such as torch velocity and distance,the influence of parameters on mechanical properties in coating is further studied and the optimal spraying parameters can be selected.The principle of influence on residual stress and hardness in coating is described by changing these parameters.By means of the micro hardness and micro milling methods,the distribution of micro hardness and residual stress in coating are measured under different spraying parameters.The result shows that there are three zones between coating and substrate in which hardness and residual stress are very different under different spaying parameters,but their changing curves are consistent.Comparing mechanical properties on coating under different processing parameters,the optimum parameter is obtained and it is discovered that the smaller the values of torch velocity and the shorter the distances to the workpiece are the higher hardness and larger residual stress are obtained.


We investigate static and spherically symmetric solutions in the Minimal Theory of Bigravity (MTBG). First, we show that a pair of Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetimes with different cosmological constants and black hole masses written in the spatially-flat Gullstrand-Painlev\'e (GP) coordinates is a solution in the self-accelerating branch of MTBG, while it cannot be a solution in the normal branch. We then illustrate how Schwarzschild-de Sitter solutions can become compatible with the normal branch when using different coordinates. We also confirm that the self-accelerating branch of MTBG admits static and spherically symmetric general relativity solutions with matter written in the spatially-flat coordinates, including neutron stars with arbitrary matter equations of state. Finally, we show that in the self-accelerating branch nontrivial solutions are given by the Schwarzschild-de Sitter metrics written in nonstandard coordinates.


This is a conceptual paper on the present economic policies and on the fundamentals of relative economics. This paper is intended to promote a holistic thinking and a broader framework for our development. The author looks at some of the important ideas of scholars relating to economic planning and development. The author reviews ideas like Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics, Gram Swarajya. The author proposes that there is a need of a fresh thinking about developmental yardsticks.


We have designed and fabricated a 355 /spl times/ 150 mm multilayer dielectric diffraction grating, 1800 l/mm for 1030 nm light, that exhibits > 99% diffraction efficiency and a diffracted wavefront flatness of < 0.15 /spl lambda/. This grating is an enabling component of a 2 ps, high rep-rate machining laser currently in operation at LLNL.


The President of the Republic of Indonesia has established the status of a health emergency in the Presidential Decree 11 of 2020, as well as stated in Presidential Decree 12 of 2020 that non-natural disasters caused by COVID-19 as a national disaster. The consequence is the birth of the role of the government through legal instruments and actions to control the community, so it is important to build legal awareness. In this case teachers have the authority to form a Learning Implementation Plan (RPP) applied to students, then this legal research aims to know the authority of teachers of Pancasila education and citizenship (PPKn) junior high school (SMP) in drafting RPP to build legal awareness during the covid-19 pandemic. The method used is Statute Approach, which is based on the legislation on the authority of teachers and related to the status of health emergencies and non-natural disasters. The results showed that PPKN teachers have the authority to develop RPP that builds legal awareness for students, especially with regard to the control exercised by the government during the pandemic.


On the paper, the auther describes some peyormances of on oil-diffusion pump with a device to eliminate the oil drain on the jet surjace and the mist in the oil vapour.With this device the speed of the pump is increased about 20% than that of prototype pump, and the rate of back Streaming of oil to ward the pump inlet is decreased to about one haly or less of that of prote type


The statistical equilibrium equations that determine the population densities of the energy levels in cometary C2 molecules due to fluorescent excitation are examined in detail. The adopted model and molecular parameters are discussed, and a theoretical estimate is made of the two intercombination transition moments. From the theoretical population densities in the various rotational levels, flux ratios and synthetic emission profiles are calculated as functions of the a 3Pi(u) - X 1Sigma(g)+ and the c 3Sigma(u)+ - X 3Sigma(g)+ intercombination transition moments. The influence of each of these two transitions separately on the vibrational and rotational excitation temperatures is investigated. The observed emission spectra of the (0,0) Swan band in Comet Halley are presented and compared to the synthetic profiles.


This essay analyses today's 'bipolar nation', looks at the legacy of Paul Keating, and discusses how John Howard will set out to craft an election-winning strategy. It explains how the Lucky Country and the Frightened Country will be the two grand themes of the election, and in doing so sets the political agenda for 2007.


tions and judgments are similar to those of the right of the Christian Democratic party and are biased in favor of their actions. He thus tends to underplay the extent to which the Christian Democrats contributed to eroding political institutions and procedures during their years in office. He also minimizes the Christian Democrats' inability to perceive that the political game had changed after June of 1973 and that they should have made every effort to save the regime. The Sigmund book is marred by a few minor errors. The most important is his failure to recognize that the erosion of electoral support for Frei was not due to the "fickleness of Chilean voters" (p. 19) or the "perenially dissatisfied voter" disappointed with the drop in personal income (which did not take place) (p. 110), but to the stability of electoral allegiances. After the presidential election, rightist voters (encouraged to vote for Frei in 1964) simply returned to their own parties. The failure of the Christian Democrats to realize that the vote for Frei was not an unqualified endorsement of that party contributed in large measure to the arrogant style of rule which helped aggravate the political climate before the 1970 election. Other errors include the following: mayors were not appointed by the president (except in three cities) but elected by municipal councils (p. 16); the general turned political leader and twice president of. the country was not Pedro Ibanez but Carlos Ibanez (p. 24); the Ministry of the Interior did not deal with all issues of domestic policy (p. 188)—in fact, the ministry had very few substantive responsibilities, its importance being derived by its jurisdiction over the police and the symbolic position of the minister as vicepresident in the absence of the head of state; much more than one-third of the population was in the market economy in the mid-1950s (p. 19)—indeed, Sigmund himself notes that in 1960 35 percent of the population was middle and upper class and 70 percent of the population lived in urban areas (p. 21).


The observations the dc voltage on asymmetric superconducting ring testify that one of the ring segments is a dc power source. The persistent current flows against the total electric field in this segment. This paradoxical phenomenon is observed when the ring or its segments are switched between superconducting and normal state by non-equilibrium noises. We demonstrate that the dc voltage and the power increase with the number of the identical rings connected in series. Large voltage and power sufficient for practical application can be obtained in a system with a sufficiently large number of the rings. We point to the possibility of using such a system for the observation of the dc voltage above superconducting transition and in the asymmetric rings made of normal metal.


Background: Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP) is characterized by episodic flaccid paralysis of skeletal muscles that is exacerbated by the consumption of potassium-containing foods, fasting, or rest following exercise. HYPP is largely diagnosed based on clinical features and electrodiagnostic findings. Methods: Seven patients from three families were assessed by interviews and clinical examinations. Standardized protocols comprising short and long exercise tests were applied to 15 unaffected control subjects and the 7 patients with familial HYPP. Results: Exercise of short duration induced an immediate increase in the amplitude of the compound motor action potential (CMAP) in the patients, and this was significantly larger and lasted longer than that observed in controls within 50 seconds (p


Numerous applications of plate structures may be found in aerospace and marine engineering. The present study is a continuation of the work by Amabili and Sirwan (1) extending their investigation to laminate composite rectangular plates with different boundary conditions subjected to an external point force. The excitation frequency lies within the neighbourhood of the fundamental mode of the plate. The analysis is performed using three different nonlinear plate theories, namely: i) the classical Von Karman theory, ii) first-order shear deformation theory, and iii) third-order shear deformation theory. The plates are tested using three sets of boundary conditions: a) classical clamped boundary conditions, b) simply- supported ends with immovable edges, and c) simply-supported ends with movable boundaries. The results discuss the limitations associated with using lower order theory to describe the large-amplitude oscillations of plates, investigate the effect of boundary conditions highlighting the different responses obtained from using isotropic or laminate composite rectangular plates and indicate chaotic oscillations observed for specific values of the excitation force.


Establishing an environmentally sustainable and economically efficient economy is a long- term aim for Hungary. The future EU-membership makes it not only possible but also necessary. Providing a suitable quality of life involves substantial responsibilities for today's society in environmental terms. Within the framework of this paper the author will present the main tasks to be fulfilled in order to harmonise the current Hungarian closed loop economy with EU practice. Because of the high logistic costs of the recycling systems of closed loop economy the author focuses on the logistic aspects and tasks of the improvement phases.


Space weather-driven geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) can cause quasi-DC geomagnetically-induced currents (GIC) to flow in the power grid leading to transformer overheating, excessive harmonics, and large reactive power loss. To protect system reliability, system planners are required to perform GMD modelling of their grids and calculate GIC flow in their transformers to assess system vulnerabilities during extreme GMD events. However, the portion of the neighboring networks outside a study area that should be modelled for accurate GIC calculations is often unclear and system-specific. This work adds to this body of knowledge by investigating the sensitivity of GIC magnitudes in the Dominion Energy Virginia (DEV) grid to different levels of neighboring system modelling. It was found that sufficient calculation accuracies of GIC magnitudes and transformers' reactive power consumption can only be achieved if the GMD model of the DEV grid includes up to the 5th neighboring buses. Additionally, the sensitivity of GIC flow in DEV transformers to GIC blocking schemes within and outside the DEV area were explored. It was shown that blocking GIC in a substation transformer can significantly increase GIC magnitudes in other transformers of the same substation. Thus, GIC blocking schemes must be deployed substation-wide rather than for single transformers. This paper also revealed that GIC blocking schemes in utilities close to the DEV grid can lead to higher GIC in DEV transformers, thus collaboration of neighboring electric utilities is useful for GMD/GIC studies.


According to the Chinese medical theory,"different diseases,same treatment",self-made"Liuan Qiwei Decoction"was adopted to treat climacteric syndrome,diffuse pulmonary interstitial fibrosis and sicca syndrome.Three proven cases were presented.


Objective:To investigate the manipulation Shujin Decoction with chronic fatigue syndrome(chronic fatigue syndrom,CFS)and effective treatment.Methods:CFS patients met the inclusion criteria,52 cases were randomly divided into two groups.The treatment group,26 patients received massage with Shujin Decoction.The control group,26 patients received oral Shujin Decoction.Symptoms were observed before and after treatment in patients with TCM treatment.Results:The markedly effective efficacy of TCM in the treatment group were better than that in the control group and before treatment.Conclusions:Massage therapy with Shujin Decoction treating CFS has significant advantages.


The rate of oxygen consumption is an index of the metabolic activities of the fish. Several earlier workers (Job 1969, Fry 1947, Kinne 1964, Rao 1965) have shown 'that in euryhaline species the environmental salinity to a certain extent influences respiration. The present study deals with the eflect of salinity on the respiratory rate of the tropical euryhaline fish Mugil macrolepis (Smith), a species useful for aquaculture.


Purpose: To improve the stability and bioactivity of human basic fibroblast growth factor (hbFGF) by site-specific pegylation Methods: Four new mutants of hbFGF were designed with substituted Asp68, Lys77, Glu78 and Arg81 with cysteine with the aid of bioinformatics technique, and then cloned into pET21a plasmid, transferred into E. coli BL21 (DE3). The expressed proteins were purified using cation exchange and heparin affinity chromatography. Cysteine analogs of hbFGF were PEGylated with 10 KDa PEG and purified using size exclusion chromatography. Mitogenic activity and resistance against denaturation agents were evaluated by MTT assay and fluorescence spectrophotometry, respectively, and the results obtained were compared with the non-PEGylated form. Results: Despite greater resistance against denaturation agent (1.2 M guanidine hydrochloride for denaturation of PEGylated mutants compared with 0.8 M for non-PEGylated forms), the mitogenic activities of the four mutants Asp68, Lys77, Glu78 and Arg81were retained at 79, 78.6, 83.3 and 75.6 %, respectively. Conclusion: PEGylated hbFGF shows decreased mitogenic activity and increased resistance against denaturation agent.


A device for generating a digital version of an analog tape recording of the video is described. It comprises an input interface for receiving a modulated magnetic tape recording high frequency signal derived from a magnetic tape recording of a video, an analog / digital converter for digitizing in order to obtain a digital version of the same of the modulated magnetic tape recording high frequency signal, and a digital post-processing unit for deriving a digital version of the video from the digital version of the modulated magnetic tape recording high frequency signal.


This report describes the analysis of culture cells and blast cells separated from the heparinized bone marrow and whole blood of patients with acute leukemias by means of a density‐gradient technique (Ficoll‐sodium metrizoate d = 1.077 g/cm3). Cell‐surface antigens were analyzed by a fluorescence‐activated cell sorter using a panel of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). The blast cells and culture cells were fixed by 3% paraformaldehyde in phosphate‐buffered saline. A low level of expression of MPO precursor protein was found in THP−1. K‐562 and HEL, MEG‐01, erythro‐megakaryocytic leukemia cell lines, Jurkat, MOLT‐3, MOLT‐4, RPMI8402, ATL‐5, T‐cell leukemia cell lines, Raji, Daudi. BALL‐1, B‐cell leukemia cell lines, and AGNK1 showed negative reaction. The de novo MPO‐negative acute leukemias, middle level of expression of MPO precursor protein, was found in the blasts of MPO‐negative AML (AML, M0), which coexpressed CD13, CD33, CD34, and CD38. A high level of expression of MPO protein was found in all cases of AML, M1, and M2. The MPO expression was not found in all cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The highest level of MPO expression was found in cases of AML, M3, and AML, M3v, suggesting the diagnostic value for this type of leukemia. The detection of MPO precursor protein by flow cytometric analysis with monoclonal antibodies is essential for the determination of lineage and precise diagnosis of acute unclassifiable leukemia, and should contribute substantially to the development of an effective form of therapy and cure. Am. J. Hematol. 58:241–243, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Acrylic type polymeric systems having degradable ester bonds linked to the 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA), were synthesized and evaluated for colon targeted drug delivery. The obtained prodrug was characterized by FTIR,HNMR,Melting point and Rf value.In vitro drug release study was conducted at pH 1.2,7.4 and in rat fecal matter. Drug release in rat fecal matter at pH 7.4 was found to be most satisfactory. A burst release of 41.65% was observed in the first two hours followed by a sustained release over a period of 12 hours. A maximum of 92.46% of the drug was released from the prodrug and the time taken for 50% drug release (t50) was found to be nearly 3 hours. The best linearity for the prodrug was found in Higuchi's equation, where r value was 0.9852, indicating the release of drug from prodrug as square root of time dependent process based on Fickian diffusion.The result suggest that these systems could be useful for preparation of a controlled release formulation of 5-aminosalicylic acid to target colon.


This study examines the green purchase intentions of Romanian consumers. Thepurpose of this paper is to identify major factors that affect Romanian consumers' greenpurchasing behaviour . Variables that influence purchasing decisions considered in the study are:Perceived Product Price, Perceived Product Quality, Organization's Green Image, EnvironmentalKnowledge. We conducted a quantitative research, a self administered questionnaire was preferredas a survey instrument. We made a study about of current situation regarding consumers' attitudeabout green purchase intentions. The study on a sample of 110 persons led to the identification ofkey factors influencing the GPI and the dividing population variables under investigation were age,gender and education. Research was conducted at '1 Decembrie 1918' University.


A new approach to Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI) data processing and analysis implemented in the PSI chain of the Geomatics (PSIG) Division of CTTC is used in this work. The flexibility of the PSIG procedure allowed evaluating two different processing chains of the PSIG procedure. A full PSIG procedure was implemented in the TerraSAR-X dataset while a reduced PSIG procedure was applied to the nine Sentinel-1 images available at the time of processing. The performance of the PSIG procedure is illustrated using X-band and C-band Sentinel-1 data and several examples of deformation maps covering different types of deformation phenomena are shown.


Energy harvesting technology allows the capturing of unused ambient energy such as solar, wind, thermal, strain and kinetic, energy of gas and liquid flows which is then converted into another form of usable energy. This paper focuses on the thermal-electrical energy harvesting based on pyroelectric effect. Pyroelectric materials generate a voltage, when subjected temperature variation. The pyroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) films were fabricated and characterized for pyroelectric and dielectric parameters. Using the foregoing parameters, the energy-harvesting capacity has been theoretically explored by capturing thermal energy available in the environment of Huntsville (pavement), Saudi Arabia (ambient) and MARS (ambient). The predicted maximum cumulative voltage by the end of a 300 hours cycle is approximately 0.13, 0.7 and 7.7 volts for Huntsville and Saudi Arabia and MARS, respectively for the PVDF based 10 cm2 pyro-elements. The results indicate that the electrical energy harvesting via pyroelectricity holds promise for powering autonomous low-duty electric devices. Furthermore, the mathematical modeling and numerical simulations can be helpful in designing of pyroelectric micro-power generators.


This paper explores a key gap in current Earth System Governance research: understanding the governance of a growing array of anticipatory activities that can collectively be termed 'foresight'. Foresight is a label for methods of anticipation that aim to explore what the future might bring – with most foresight approaches focusing on the use of multiple alternative scenarios to explore future directions of multiple drivers of change (Habegger 2010, Bourgeois et al. 2012). Ostensibly, foresight should help create better anticipatory governance, for instance to ensure the resilience of the population in a country or region in the face of future changes. But how are foresight processes being governed, i.e. who is steering them, to what end, and through what deliberative or representative processes? We present a set of research questions to help shape a research agenda on foresight and environmental governance, and then apply these research questions to two diverse case studies for a (preliminary) analysis.


In Feng Menglong's three Speeches,we can find that Feng has criticized traditional ethics and moralities with some ideas of returning to the tradition,which reflected the contradictory creating psychology of the men of letters in the late Ming Dynasty.


How much does nursing turnover vary among public health nurses? Walter L. Johnson, co-director of the American Nurses' Foundation public health nursing project, suggests that there are probably some important differences within this nursing specialty, and that need further study.


The transfer of infection of B. bassiana from contaminated male T. lineatum to non‐contaminated females, as well as the effect of B. bassiana treated timber to the breeding activity and the mortality of young beetles in contaminated soil after immigration for hibernation was investigated. Breeding activity of non contaminated females is reduced by 20 % if placed together with contaminated males. Treated timber shows fewer holes of brood systems and less breeding activity than non‐treated one. The beetles were infected to a higher degree if the soil was contaminated and not the timber. Spraying higher concentrations once or lower ones twice gives mortality rates of up to 100%. Application of spore dust gives lower mortality rates than application of water diluted spores if the concentration on the soil surface is the same. Sterile soil shows after spore contamination a higher mortality rate than non‐sterilized soil. Investigations were completed with observations on the migration flights of hibernated beetles in spring, the hatching of young beetles out of the brood systems, their phototactic behaviour and their distribution in the soil after immigration for hibernation.


Port catheters are widely utilized for long-term intermittent vascular access, especially in oncology patients. Recently imaging guided port catheter insertion has gained interest, and seems to be most preferable method. A 59 year-old male patient with the complaint of swelling in the neck was referred to our clinic. The patient had a history of port catheter placement by landmark method 5 months ago. Superficial ultrasonography revealed tubular structures within right internal jugular vein, anteroposterior and cervical X-rays demonstrated full-length venous catheter that circled many times in the venous lumen and ascended up to orbital level. Port catheter could not be freed within our interventional radiology unit therefore, the patient underwent surgery in order to remove port catheter. This patient is an interesting example of an unexpected complication, demonstrating malposition of 60 cm full-length port catheter. Ultrasonography and fluoroscopy guided port catheter placement would decrease these complications.


Affilation: L., Judele,D. Lepadatu, Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Faculty of Civil Engeneering and Buildings Services, Iasi; G. Sandulache, Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Faculty of Hydrotechnics, Geodesy and Environmental Engineering, Iasi, V. Mocreac, State Agrarian University of Moldova, Faculty of Cadastre and Law, Chisinau


In order to encourage greater peer involvement, help students practice higher order skills and provide richer feedback, peer assessment has been introduced in the assessment of oral presentations given by first year accountancy students. In order to ensure that feedback is provided quickly and with minimal administration, the process is conducted electronically with peers using an electronic assessment schedule to anonymously assess presentations. Following this, the tutor quickly collates the feedback and passes it on to presenters within 48 hours.


The aim of this study was to evaluate the immunomodulatory property of sauerkraut (in
the presence and absence of Lactobacillus casei culture) on Escherichia coli infected Balb
-C mice. Fermentation of freshly washed, shredded cabbage was fulfilled by adding 2%
salt to prepare 'sauerkraut control', whereas 'inoculated sauerkraut' was prepared by
adding 2% salt, 2% sugar and 20% Lactobacillus casei culture. After incubation for five
days at room temperature, fermented sauerkrauts were tested in vivo on mice and the
stimulation process was carried out orally for 19 days. Both 'sauerkraut control' and
'inoculated sauerkraut' have shown an increased number of T cell populations namely:
CD4+ CD8+
IFN-γ
+
, TNF-α
+
. These findings were associated with enhanced performance
of macrophages and reduction in a number of CD68+ IL-6
+
cell populations [a proinflammatory cytokine]. The impact of the immunomodulatory property of inoculated
sauerkraut was higher compared to control sauerkraut.


The conscientious and pragmatic forms of nonviolence are discussed as sanctioning strategies adapted to different phases in the development of a social movement. Some general factors affecting the evolution of a movement's relations with its institutional environment are also considered.


Palestine is a political entity trying to come into statehood in a context that has been deemed as one of the world's most intractable conflicts. Israel continues to exercise ultimate control over most of the territories officially governed by the Palestinian Authority (PA). It has aptly been described as "an uncertain political hybrid that falls far short of sovereignty."1 All security-related activities in Palestine have to be seen in the light of Israel's interference with affairs in the territories. This is the prime reason why security sector reform (SSR) in Palestine presents a peculiar situation since the framework for security governance is not for a state but a transitional regime with only partial domestic and international legitimacy. In addition, for more than a decade, Yasser Arafat's personal, patrimonial, and authoritarian rule coexisted alongside formal democratic arrangements, and while he often managed to maintain his legitimacy through material incentives and political repression, he also repeatedly undermined the effectiveness and credibility of security institutions.2 The Oslo Accords of 1993 gave birth to the Palestinian Authority, and eventually in 1994 the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PA SF) which were one of the first structures created by the PA. The purposes of these agreements, among other things, were to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to police Palestinians in the Occupied Territory as a means of furthering Israeli security concerns and advancing the process of creating an independent Palestinian sovereign state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. While Arafat frequently promised, without much success, to restructure the security apparatus by reducing the number of forces and combating corruption, at the same time in order to prevent challenges to his authority, Arafat encouraged a 'divide and conquer' strategy.3 Conflict and competition between the various security agencies and its leaders was a consequence of this strategy. Compounded by the destruction and consequent retaliation of Israeli forces during the second Intifada, and the continued security challenge by militants, the PA SF faces enormous institutional challenges and a major credibility deficit. The overall capacity of the PA SF and their ability to fulfill their functions remains weak and as noted, has been hindered by a myriad of domestic and international obstacles. SSR in Palestine has been a difficult process due to the PA's intricate power structures and the devastation of Palestinian security capacities by Israel. Previous attempts to reorganize the PA security sector have been blocked by Arafat, and other elements of the political elites.4 The current process of SSR in Palestine has been characterized by the considerable involvement of international and regional actors. In fact, when international efforts to reform the Palestinian Authority


IZA DP No. 15333 MAY 2022 Evolution of Union Wages and Determinants Labor unions, chiefly through collective organizing and bargaining, almost universally increase the wages of their members, even after controlling for individual, job, firm, and other characteristics that affect pay (Fang and Verma 2002). This earnings advantage of union workers is known as the union wage premium. The premium differs by country, industry, worker, and the estimated wage premium varies by study methodology, among other factors. This chapter explains the premium's determinants and charts how they have changed over time, leading to a typically reduced wage effect in recent years relative to decades past. Such changes include globalization, technological change and a rise in the skill premium, a shift toward the service industry, less favorable labor law, and possibly increased opposition toward unions. Methodological challenges and empirical techniques are reviewed, and premium estimates by country/region are presented. An average union wage premium of 0-20% is found based on recent research, with considerable variation depending on the methodology and country under study. The literature focuses on several developed countries, and is limited in a number of developing nations, with data availability being the primary reason. Results from the developing world exhibit more variation, but often fall in line with those from developed countries such as the United States. JEL Classification: J31, J33, J51


The effect of impurity scattering of electrons on the operation of semiconductor lasers and on absorption in semiconductors is considered. It is shown that the limiting field of a neodymium laser is increased by (tau/sub ph//tau/sub im/)/sup 1//sup ///sup 2/ times (tau/sub ph/ and tau/sub im/ are the times of electron scattering by phonons and impurities) compared with pure lasers, and that under certain conditions the dependence of the field on the pump current has a maximum. Combined scattering leads to a broadening approx.(1tau/sub im/tau/sub ph/)/sup 1//sup ///sup 2/ of the absorption curve. It is found that impurity scattering alone does not broaden the absorption line.


Abstract A review of alcohol involvement in motor vehicle-related fatalities in the province of Ontario is described. This study reports blood alcohol concentrations in 2247 deceased individuals (1939 drivers, 264 pedestrians, and 44 cyclists) submitted to the Center of Forensic Sciences between 2002 and 2005. The majority of cases involved males (n = 1745, 77.9%). The mean blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of alcohol-positive drivers was 175 ± 84 mg/100 mL (range 10–481 mg/100 mL). Eighty percent of alcohol-positive drivers had a BAC that was at, or in excess of, Canadian per se limit. Alcohol was not detected in the majority of deceased drivers (n = 1308, 68.2%), pedestrians (n = 195, 73.9%) and cyclists (n = 33, 75%). Nevertheless, alcohol is a factor in fatal motor vehicle collisions for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists alike. The mean BAC for alcohol-positive pedestrians was 204 ± 98 mg/100 mL (range: 23–402 mg/100 mL) and 147 ± 101 mg/100 mL (range: 18–306 mg/100 mL) for alcohol-positive cyclists. Alcohol was disproportionately present in drivers under 50 years of age, single MVC drivers and in recreational vehicle drivers in the alcohol positive group. As compared with previously published Ontario studies, the mean BACs may be similar but the incidence of alcohol detection in fatal motor vehicle collision drivers has decreased.


This paper proposed a centrifugal gradient detection method of rotating accelerometer gravity gradiometer (RAGG) and deduced the relationship between centrifugal gradient detection precision and gyro noise coefficients. Based on the deduced relationship, suitable gyros can be selected as angular velocity sensors for centrifugal gradient detection. A simulation experiment was designed to verify the centrifugal gradient detection method and the deduced relationship. In the experiment, the permitted centrifugal gradient error was given, the gyro critical noise coefficients were calculated, and their corresponding gyro simulation data was generated; based on the proposed centrifugal gradient detection method, centrifugal gradient and centrifugal gradient detection error were calculated. The experiment results show that the centrifugal gradient and the centrifugal gradient error are respectively consistent with the theoretical centrifugal gradient and the given permitted centrifugal gradient error; therefore, the results suggest that the centrifugal gradient detection method and the deduced relationship is correct.


By inquiry system,homework system and self-testing system,we can take advantage of the probability theory and statistics conventional teaching method and network course teaching method.Teaching practice shows that the application of the network course in the probability theory and statistic teaching has improved the teaching quality.It also gives an incentive to teaching inform and make teaching process in optimal conditions.


This study involves synthesizing of nanostructured tin sulphide (SnS) thin film on a glass substrate by chemical bath deposition technique. SnS film was prepared using non-toxic trisodium citrate (TSC) as a complex agent. The structural and morphological characteristics of the film were characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The XRD pattern confirmed an orthorhombic structure. The FESEM image revealed nanoflakes of the as-prepared SnS thin film. Moreover, near-infrared (NIR) metal semiconductor metal photodetector, which exhibited good photoresponse characteristics under (750 nm) light illumination was fabricated. The photoresponse characteristics also were investigated at different illumination power densities. The photodetector revealed excellent reproducibility and stability characteristics.


Based on the teaching of"Documentary Film Making",the author defines documentary film and feature film and describes the structural characteristics and story-nar- ration mode of documentary films.Combining theory with practice,the author looks into the social demand for the mode and specific techniques needed for the making of such documen- taries.The paper gives some insights to the students in their future career.


The purpose of this paper is to figure out the scientific and effective solutions to the problems existent in the inner control system in current business enterprises. This paper introduces the means of number control, analyzes the relation between "numerical control" and "duty-tracing system" and its central position in the internal control of the corporation, explores the concrete mechanism "numerical controls", and points out the indispensability of such "numerical control". The result is not only beneficial to the management of the state-owned big medium-sized enterprises, but also to privatelyowned enterprise, joint ventures and foreign enterprises.


This paper explores the quantitative plausibility of three candidate explanations for the European productivity slowdown with respect to the US. The empirical plausibility of the common wisdom on the topic (the "IT usage" hypothesis) is found to crucially depend on how IT-using industries are defined. If a narrow definition is chosen, the IT usage hypothesis no longer explains the whole of the EU productivity slowdown but just about 55 percent of it, with the remaining part to be attributed to other factors than IT, as argued in the "IT irrelevance" view. No room is left for IT-producing industries as another potential vehicle for the US-EU productivity growth gap, instead. (JEL O4, O47, O52)


Future research would be better served if we treat Ek's claim as a hypothesis to be tested, instead of a truism which points us away from creating a system that documents variation in social media. In conclusion, I am thoroughly impressed, both by the individual essays and by the book as a whole. The volume represents an important piece in a compelling research agenda; I found the theoretical arguments impressive, and the substantive findings fascinating. This book provides a strong foundation for anybody interested in the role of social media in tourism. Whether the scholars' goals are theoretical or empirical, they will find an excellent starting point here.


We consider the problem of classifying objects using their two dimensional silhouettes in environments generating large aberrant observations (outliers). These may be generated by failures in edge extraction or long tailed imaging noise. We propose a new approach based on circular sub-set autoregressions with robust parameter estimation and novel lag selection procedures. Lag selection is carried out in the test and training sets. The resulting estimates of the spectral function are used in a &distance' based classi"er which substantially out-performs techniques based on the sample covariance function in outlier contaminated data. This algorithm also out-performs a robust analogue of Dubois and Glanz (1986), and is well suited to classi"cation problems where sensitivity to clutter is important. Typical examples are fault identi"cation or the recognition of new objects entering a domain. Crown copyright ( 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.


The neutral, pentane-soluble portion of down-jet tar has been examined mainly by solvent extraction, adsorption chromatography, fractional distillation, and ultra-violet and infra-red spectroscopy.

The wax obtained by butanone treatment and chromatography was found to contain nonacosane among the paraffins, and also cycloparaffins.

Chromatographic separation of the whole fraction, with and without prior removal of wax, gave fractions mainly consisting of saturated hydrocarbons containing both paraffins and cycloparaffins; a hydroaromatic fraction, largely alkylated hydronaphthalenes; aromatic hydrocarbons, mainly alkylated naphthalenes; and two dark brown, viscous fractions of high oxygen content and of characteristic odour, containing esters.

The alkylated naphthalene fraction, the largest of these, was fractionally distilled. From the physical characteristics of the 15 fractions obtained, a wide range of alkylated naphthalenes appeared to be present; this seemed to be the outstanding characteristic of this sort of primary tar. In addition, hydronaphthalenes were present at the lower-boiling end.


Extensive field survey was conducted for infestation of sucking insect pests on Bt -cotton and non Bt-cotton fields during June 2011- March 2012 and June 2012 to March-2013 in Warangal District, Telangana, India. Five sucking insect pests were recorded viz, aphids (Aphis gossypii Glover), whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius), leafhopper (Amrasca biguttula biguttula Ishida), mealy bug (Phenococcus solenopsisTinsky) and stink bug (Acrosternum hilare Say). Aphids infestation was recorded for the first time in 3 rd week of crop and maximum infestation was recorded (45± 19.097) in Bt € cotton and (41.86±1.32) in non Bt-cotton in 23 nd week of crop. Whitefly infestation was recorded in 3 rd week of crop and continued it up to 25 th week of crop high percentage of infestation was recorded (40.26± 1.60), in Bt (36.44±1.81) in non Bt -cotton. Leaf hopper infestation was started from 3 rd week of crop and acquired its peak in 21 st week of crop and maximum percentage of infestation was recorded (39.66±0.69) in Bt and (33.99± 1.76) in non Bt. In case of mealy bug infestation was recorded 12 th week of crop and with peak (47.33±2.84) in Bt, (39.86± 1.83) in non Bt-cotton continues infestation up to 24 th week in both crops. The infestation of sting bug was recorded in 12 th week of crop and continued it infestation in 21 st week of crop in Bt-cotton and in non Bt-cotton with peak (29.83±0.99) in Bt, ( 25.91±0.77) non Bt. Aphids, whitefly, leafhopper, mealy bug and sting bug infestation showed positive correlation with morning relative humidity and negative correlation with maximum and minimum temperature, evening relative humidity and rainfall in Bt -cotton and non Bt-cotton.


Estimating the location of an image is a challenging computer vision problem, and the recent decade has witnessed increasing research efforts towards the solution of this problem. In this paper, we propose a new approach to the location estimation of images taken in urban environments. Experiments are conducted to quantitatively compare the estimation accuracy of our approach, against three representative approaches in the existing literature, using a recently published dataset of over 150 thousand Google Street View images and 259 user uploaded images as queries. According to the experimental results, our approach outperforms three baseline approaches and shows its robustness across different distance thresholds.


Summary A non-relativistic approximation to Dirac's new variational formulation of the single-stream electrodynamic field equations is presented using 3-vector notation and m.k.s. units throughout. The Hamilton-Jacobi theory of a rotational space charge stream is developed. The variational formulation is generalized to the multi-stream case—both for a finite number and a non-denumerably infinite number of streams.


The research paper presents a study on thermal performance enhancement in a rectangular channel heat exchanger mounted with periodically V-shaped baffles. The channel has an aspect ratio (width to height ratio), AR=10 and height, H=30 mm while baffle characteristics are the baffle to channel height ratio, e/H=0.2, 0.3 and 0.4; the baffle pitch to channel height ratio, PR=P/H=2 and 2.67; the attack angle (α) of 30° relative to the flow direction. The experiment has been conducted by varying air flow velocity in order to adjust Reynolds number range from 5000 to 25,000. The upper wall of the channel is uniformly heated as a constant heat flux while the rests are covered with thermal insulations to reduce heat loss to surroundings. The effects of the baffles on Nusselt number and friction factor have been examined. The overall performance of tested baffled channel is evaluated to obtain the degree of heat transfer enhancement and friction factor induced by baffles with respect to the smooth channel under similar flow conditions.


Based on secondary data, a number of pregnant women visiting health center of pattingalloang dropped out. The low visit of the maternal and child health (KiA) especially on infection. Therefore, it was found that pregnant women did not know the importance of Antenatal Care. This study aimed to identify the factors related to the quality of antenatal services. This study was quantitative method with cross sectional study approach. The population was all pregnant women who checked up their pregnancy health in health center of pattingalloang makassar. The sample was 79 respondents obtained by accidental sampling technique. The data collection was a questionnaire then followed by interview. To determine the relationship between the dependent variables and the independent variables, the chi-square test was used.The result revealed that there was a relationship between comfortable with the quality of antenatal services p=0, 000 with medium relationship (0, 056, ). There was no relationship between information with the quality of antenatal services with value p= 0, 531. There was a relationship between human with the quality of antenatal services p= 0, 000, ) with medium relationship ( 0,454). there was no relationship between affordability with the quality of antenatal services p= 0, 525. The suggestion was given to the staff of health center to pay more attention to patient€™s comfort such as procurement of curtains in medical examination room. The staffs of KIA were hoped that they could provide clear information to pregnant women about the signs of endangered pregnancy.Keywords: The Quality of Antenatal Services, Comfortable, Information, Human Relationship, Affordability.


Nov. 10 -12, the AJC and the Ebert Foundation jointly sponsored a seminar in Berlin for the second consecutive year. As Gene has reported, there was lively discussion and interchange among the participants. Given that the seminar ended with about half an hour of mutual thanks, it was obvious that both sponsors felt the seminar had brought the two organizations closer together once again, after several years of lackluster relations. The seminar, which was titled "A Decade in Transition: German, Jewish and European Perspectives," focused on the cultural, psychological and political impact of German unification. The concept was to bring together panels of experts who would make short statements, as opposed to speeches, that would stimulate discussion. The program was prepared chiefly by Pia Bungarten, responsible for transatlantic relations at Ebert, Uwe Optenhuegel, director of international dialogue for Ebert, Andy Baker and myself. We all felt the concept worked well, attracting high-level government representatives, including cultural minister Michael Naumann, who engaged in an open dialogue. There were three panels. The first focused on German responses to unification, the second on Jewish perspectives and the final one on foreign policy issues regarding unified Germany's future.


The HUPO Brain Proteome Project (HUPO BPP) held its 17th workshop in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 24 and 25, 2012. The focus was on the progress on the Human Brain Proteome Atlas as well as ideas, strategies and methodological aspects in clinical neuroproteomics.


s J 968 List of Serials with Title Abbreviations and A Manual of Style, 12 ed. Univ. Chicago Press. Where the style deviates elsewhere from lists of literature cited in other ROM publications these differences were required for greatest utility of the method used to prepare the bibliography. The body of the bibliography is composed of a standard arrangement of publications in alphabetical order of authors* names and chronological order within authors. Therefore if the user is merely checking the details of a citation for which he knows the name of the author he can do so by referring directly to the body of the bibliography. The subject index following the bibliography attempts to organize the subject matter dealt with by the individual publications. The index lists alphabetically, under each subject heading, the authors' names and the publication dates for all publications in the bibliography that apply; the complete reference can then be sought in the body of the bibliography. In order to provide increased utility to the reader, the subject index contains notations on the geographic area of the work cited. This refers to the area studied, not the place of publication. Where this is not given for a particular reference the area is either not known or the paper deals with the species in a general way, or over the whole of its distribution. Subject categories were chosen on the basis of the subject matter represented by the accumulated references. The categories were given titles which we felt would best represent subject areas users would most naturally look for. There is a moderate amount of cross indexing (36 rr of the titles appear in more than one category) in order to include in the index articles which treat several subjects or involve an area which encompasses more than one of the subject categories. The subject categories of the index are as follows: 1. Accounts by Political Areas — includes only publications usually entitled "The Fishes of" a particular political area. Such accounts generally involve at least brief comments for the species on almost all of the subject headings. Listing them otherwise would have required extensive multiple indexing. References in this category are not cross-indexed unless the account included a significant contribution to one of the other subjects. It is in papers or books indexed here that the reader will find at least basic information on the chain pickerel that is specific to his province or state. 2. Age and Growth — includes publications dealing with the determination and interpretation of these subjects. 3. Anatomy — includes both external and internal anatomy, especially osteology. It does not include references which list external anatomical features as part of a simple description of the animal; those appear under Taxonomy, Nomenclature, and Systematics. 4. Behaviour— includes only those dealing with ethology; concepts of behaviour which could be considered simply as habits are included under Life History and Habitat. 5. Culture and Spawning— includes references dealing with artificial aspects. Natural spawning was included here only if the study was carried out as an adjunct to fish culture. Otherwise references to natural spawning appear under Life History and Habitat. 6. Dingell-Johnson Project Reports— these reports of projects supported under U.S. federal aid to fisheries are not in general circulation and were largely derived from the Denver computer listings. Only some are annotated and for that reason they were difficult to categorize. We felt the readers might find it valuable to have all D-J reports indexed as such. Any that could readily be categorized will appear in the appropriate part of the index also. Almost all of them could be indexed under Management. In these references the following abbreviations are part of the standard government designation of those reports: Proj. — project, PR— progress report, Job— job number assigned, wk.pl. — work plan, Fin. — final report, F-6-R-7 a coded number designation assigned to that report. 7. Distribution and Range — references included here vary from obvious ones dealing with the total range of this species to those which include the species in a checklist of a specific region, or list it as present at a single location. 8. Food and Food Habits— includes all discussions of food items or feeding activity. 9. Hybrids — includes references that deal with hybrids in nature or cultured in the hatchery or laboratory. 10. Life History and Habitat — includes the biology of the animal in nature, its ecology, habitat requirements, and response to environmental factors (e.g. oxygen requirements, lethal temperature). 11. Management— as well as the obvious, this category includes references to papers dealing with production, yield, and catch per unit elTort. Most of the D-J reports indexed under that category probably could be equalh well classified here. 12. Parasites, Pathology, and Diseases — pathology includes sublethal, adverse responses to chemicals and other foreign substances. 13. Popular Accounts — all accounts that deal with angling reminiscences or treat the biology of the animal in a popular, undocumented way or in popular or interpretative media such as the conservation periodicals of state and provincial agencies or outdoors magazines. 14. Prvdation — references were included here if the word '"predation" is used in the title, or if it is readily interpreted from the text that the phenomenon of predation on, or prcdation by chain pickerel was studied. Otherwise, references on fishes eaten appear in Food and Food Habits. Although there are few references in this discrete category, they were separated since many people are interested in the potential of this species as a control of the numbers of other fishes. 15. Taxonomy, Nomenclature, and Systematics— as well as the obvious this category includes references to adequate taxonomic descriptions of the animal and various means of distinguishing it from other fishes. Many are cross-indexed here from Accounts by Political Areas and Popular Accounts. For those unfamiliar with the rather confusing synonymy of the chain pickerel the name used in each reference, if not Esox niger or chain pickerel, is given in the annotation. As a further aid to the use of the literature on this species, included below under Nomenclature is a list of the various scientific names by which this species has been known, their authorities, and date and page number of first use. All the publications cited are included in the bibliography. Below that is a list of common names used over the years


Abstract Morphological changes and lens position were examined in 51 patients 25 to 38 (mean 30) months after intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE) with implantation of the semiflexible, 3M, style 70, anterior chamber lens. Morphological changes presumably associated with the ICCE proper were: iris transillumination defects (68.6%), rupture of anterior hyaloid membrane (20%), detachment of posterior vitreous (42.9%) and anterior synecchiae (13.7%). The implant‐related morphological changes were caused by iris tucking (19.6%), small, mobile lenses causing endothelial disturbance (9.8%), iris‐haptic adhesions and progressive ovalling of pupillary form. The present morphological changes were compared with a previously published examination of the same patients performed 4 months after surgery: 9 eyes without tissue changes around the lens feet at the previous follow‐up now had iris‐haptic adhesions involving from 1 to 4 lens feet. In 8 eyes the iris‐haptic adhesions had progressed. Compared with the previous examination the fraction of eyes with tissue changes at the lens feet had risen from 47.1 to 64.7%, while the number of eyes with oval pupils had increased from 54.9 to 80.4%. Contact between lens haptic and iris root seems to constitute a constant stimulus for structural changes of the iris.


Quantum metrology is studied in the presence of quantum correlation. The quantum correlation measure based on quantum Fisher information enables us to gain a deeper insight on how quantum correlations are instrumental in setting metrological precision. Our analysis shows that not only the entanglement but also the quantum correlation plays important roles to enhance precision in quantum metrology. Even in the absence of entanglement, quantum correlation can be exploited as the resource to beat standard quantum limit and reach Heisenberg limit in metrology. Clearly unraveling the role of quantum correlations, the tighter bounds on the metrological precision are derived.


This bachelor thesis is focused on comparison of tax burden income of physical persons in the Czech republic and Slovakia - mainly on tax systems for employees. Theoretical part of this thesis briefly describes tax systems of both mentioned countries and in detail talks about the subject of income tax of physical persons in both Czech republic and Slovakia. The second, practical part shows on practical examples the analysis of both taxing systems. These examples should show the impact of the taxes paid by employees. This should also emphasise the most significant differences in tax systems for employees, between both compared countries.


This chapter studies the insufficiency of the so-called traditional principles of jurisdiction—territoriality, nationality, protection, universality, and passive personality—when set against jurisdictional provisions of treaties and in customary international law. In increasing and discernible measure, treaties have invoked a veritable suite of 'jurisdictional possibilities' over time, often making greater demands on states than is found in—to take an early example—the 1926 Slavery Convention. By way of treaty design, states have accentuated the form and shape of the jurisdictional power of states that is to be engaged: there is no question that jurisdiction has come to form a much more pronounced and explicit part of the strategization toward common ends on a host of matters ranging from the counterfeiting of currency to human trafficking.