Protein kinase C (PCK) is a family of isoforms that are implicated in subcellular signal transduction. The authors investigated the distribution of several PKC isoforms (PKC‐α, PKC‐β, PKC‐γ, PKC‐δ, and PKC‐ϵ) within major cerebellar cell types as well as cerebellar projection target neurons, including Purkinje neurons, cerebellar nuclear neurons, and secondary vestibular neurons. PKC‐α, PKC‐β, PKC‐γ, PKC‐δ, and PKC‐ϵ are found within the cerebellum. Of these isoforms, PKC‐γ and PKC‐δ are highly expressed in Purkinje cells. PKC‐γ is expressed in all Purkinje cells, whereas the expression of PKC‐δ is restricted to sagittal bands of Purkinje cells in the posterior cerebellar cortex. In the lower folia of the uvula and nodulus, Purkinje cell expression of PKC‐δ is uniformly high, and the sagittal banding for PKC‐δ expression is absent. Within the cerebellar nuclei, PKC‐δ‐immunolabeled axons terminate within the medial aspect of the caudal half of the ipsilateral interpositus nucleus. PKC δ‐immunolabeled axons also terminated within the caudal medial and descending vestibular nuclei (MVN and DVN, respectively), the parasolitary nucleus (Psol), and the nucleus prepositus hypoglossi (NPH). PKC‐γ‐immunolabeled axons terminated in all of the cerebellar nuclei as well as in the lateral and superior vestibular nuclei and the MVN, DVN, Psol, and NPH. The projection patterns of PKC‐immunolabeled Purkinje cells were confirmed by lesion‐depletion studies in which unilateral uvula‐nodular lesions caused depletion of PKC‐immunolabeled terminals ipsilateral to the lesion in the vestibular complex. These data identify circuitry that is unique to cerebellar‐vestibular interactions. J. Comp. Neurol. 427:235–254, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Some techniques to solve non linear algebraic equations in nite element analysis are considered Especially the use of preconditioned iterative linear equation solvers in path following algorithms is described and the choice of an accelerator iteration and the preconditioner are discussed Some preliminary results are presented from structural analyses


In Cloud Computing Resources are allocated to customers based on their requests and prioritization, but sometimes a non-cloud provider organization wants to share their spare resources to same customers through Cloud Brokers so in this type of system a heterogeneous environment is created between regular cloud providers, Non- cloud provider organization, cloud broker and customers. In this paper we proposed an algorithm for maintaining this communication secure, reliable, and authentic between cloud providers and customer. Here we generated a link between customer and cloud provider through Cloud broker for secure service till session expiration. By implementation of this algorithm on CloudSim, we noticed better results in terms of better resource utilization, Connection reliability, Session handling and in fault tolerance.


This paper presents an adaptive texture model for texture classification. In this model, a texture is considered containing both structural and stochastic components. These two components are indeterministic and deterministic parts as in the Wold texture model that are represented by Gaussian Markov random field (GMRF) model and multichannel filtering model based on Gabor function (Gabor model), respectively. According to the different ratio of composition from each component in the texture model, an adaptive factor was proposed for the new adaptive model. Experiments demonstrated that the new adaptive model can better represent a wide variety of textures and hence can lead to better classification results.


Back Injection is a new production process that completely different to conventional powder pressing machine.The ingredient of cake is separated to powder phase and solvent phase(Isopropyl alcohol or de-mineralized water)and mixes them as the "slurry".The injection unit injects the slurry via the bottom hole of plastic case,this method could prevent the mold mark and powder dispersal.The completed product can compose various shape and produces different volume and color at the same time and very high drop test.


This paper focuses on the problems of omission, misclassification, and inter-adhesion due to overly dense distribution, intraclass diversity, and interclass variability when extracting winter wheat (WW) from high-resolution images. This paper proposes a deep supervised network RAunet model with multi-scale features that incorporates a dual-attention mechanism with an improved U-Net backbone network. The model mainly consists of a pyramid input layer, a modified U-Net backbone network, and a side output layer. Firstly, the pyramid input layer is used to fuse the feature information of winter wheat at different scales by constructing multiple input paths. Secondly, the Atrous Spatial Pyramid Pooling (ASPP) residual module and the Convolutional Block Attention Module (CBAM) dual-attention mechanism are added to the U-Net model to form the backbone network of the model, which enhances the feature extraction ability of the model for winter wheat information. Finally, the side output layer consists of multiple classifiers to supervise the results of different scale outputs. Using the RAunet model to extract the spatial distribution information of WW from GF-2 imagery, the experimental results showed that the mIou of the recognition results reached 92.48%, an improvement of 2.66%, 4.15%, 1.42%, 2.35%, 3.76%, and 0.47% compared to FCN, U-Net, DeepLabv3, SegNet, ResUNet, and UNet++, respectively. The superiority of the RAunet model in high-resolution images for WW extraction was verified in effectively improving the accuracy of the spatial distribution information extraction of WW.


Floyd's 60 years of scientific contributions to ultrasonic biophysics and his life experiences created, and crossed with, many of the thrilling and tumultuous events of the 20th and early 21st centuries. We will consider national and global events in economics, war, geopolitics, cosmology, and black holes. This paper will look at these topics through conversations spanning some 40 years. We will examine how they meshed with his life, family and the hypotheticals that were frequently discussed which might have drastically altered the outcome. The material is based on informal talks between father, son, and youngest grandson.


This paper presents a new approach: virtual equivalent system method to analyze adaptive pole-assignment control system. With the help of the new method and model order reduction, a criterion was developed to judge the stability and convergence of adaptive pole-assignment control system, which shows that neither controllability nor convergence of estimated model (parameters) is necessary for adaptive pole-assignment


In order to further optimize the process of polysulfonamide/wool blended fabric,the physical property index,flame-retardant index and dyeing property index were tested,and the relevant test methods and criteria were also introduced while the results were analyzed in this article.The results indicated that fabric tensile and tear strength have reached the standard of protective clothing,flame-retardant fabrics met the standard for protective clothing and were closed to the standards of fire-fighting.The levels on wash-resistant,perspiration-resistant,water-resistant and friction-resistant of fabric were up to 4~5,meeting the dress requirements.When the blended ratio was different,the measured tensile and tear strength were also significant.The fabric in blend ratio of polysufonamide/wool 60/40 tensile strength,tear strength and anti-pilling fabric level were better than the fabric in blend ratio of polysufonamide/wool 70/30.


Abstract : This report serves as a progress report on the second year of my training grant. I have completed my fifth year as a graduate student in Dartmouth Medical School's Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, part of the Program in Experimental Molecular Medicine (PEMM). Dr. James DiRenzo serves as my mentor and chair of my thesis committee. Training Tasks I completed all required coursework and passed the qualifying exam, consisting of a written grant proposal and its oral defense. Senior members of the DiRenzo lab trained me in mouse handling, histology and tumor pathology. I was also trained to isolate mammary epithelial cell populations by fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS), and have developed some of my own protocols for FACS-based experiments. Dr. DiRenzo has also trained me in the surgical technique of transplanting mammary epithelial cells into cleared mammary fat pads. In the past year I have also worked with our lab manager, Pratima Cherukuri, M.Sc, to develop a chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) protocols to study the binding of transcription factors and transcriptional machinery at specific loci.


The essence of moral education is concentrated axiomatically at the level of the first principle, which highlights the necessary pedagogical correspondence between moral theory and moral practice.
The objective dimension of moral education of an axiological and sociological nature is expressed, on the one hand, by moral norms and values, and, on the other hand, by
moral traditions; the subjective one, of a psychological nature, is achieved by moral actions supported affectively and motivationally.


This research uses data from 244 family caregivers to examine racial differences in the composition of care-related decisionmaking networks. Analyses reveal blacks are significantly less likely to identify the older care recipient as involved or as the key decision maker when compared to whites. The older individual's physical and mental impairments are also important predictors of the involvement in decision making. Discussion addresses sensitivity to racial differences and elder cognitive capacity in assessing older individual decision-making involvement.


Objectives: It is known that anxiety disorder, depression, and other psychiatric disorders are more common in patients with smoking and tobacco use. In our study, it was aimed to investigate whether there was any difference in the first-year follow-up between patients who applied to the smoking cessation clinic and those who were not consulted to psychiatry at the first evaluation. Materials and Methods: A total of 197 cases who applied to our smoking cessation policlinic in 2017 were included in the study. Among the patients who applied to the smoking cessation outpatient clinic, 96 patients who were consulted to psychiatry were evaluated as "group 1" and 101 patients who were not consulted to psychiatry as "group 2". Demographic data and smoking attitudes and habits of all cases, comorbid diseases, treatments they received, and smoking cessation in the first year were recorded. Results: When group 1 and group 2 were compared, there was no significant difference in the cases referred to psychiatry in terms of smoking cessation rates in the first year [Ngrup 1 quitters = 22 (22.90%), Ngrup 2 quitters = 23 (22.70%), p = 0.67]. In the subgroup analysis, in cases who quit smoking in the first year; It was observed that group 1 cases received behavioral treatment and NRT treatment at higher rates than group 2 cases (Ngrup 1 quitters = 33 (44.60%), Ngrup 2 quitters = 17 (21.80%); p = 0.002). It was determined that group 2 cases received behavioral treatment and varenicline treatment more than group 1 cases [Ngrup 1 quitters = 6 (8.10%), Ngrup 2 quitters = 33 (51.10%); p = 0.002]. Conclusion: It was found that the patients who were found to have a high need for psychological support who applied to the smoking cessation clinic were able to quit smoking at rates similar to those with low anxiety and depression scores with effective pharmacological and psychiatric support.


The effects of various drenching programs for hogget (2-year-old) sheep, on productivity in subsequent years was studied at the Pastoral Research Institute at Hamilton during 1976-78. In 1976, liveweight gains and fleeceweights in hoggets were significantly (P 0.12). Sheep drenched at weekly intervals as weaners, then left undrenched as hoggets, had the lowest liveweight gains of any group. Liveweight gains and fleeceweights measured at the end of the third year were unaffected by previous drenching history (P > 0.15). Frequent drenching of weaners may not increase their productivity, and productivity losses due to underdrenching weaner sheep may be compensated for in subsequent years.


The Criminal Code of Canada identifies "fraud" as one of several circumstances capable of vitiating consent to sexual activity. Where fraud does not go to identity or the "nature and quality" of the sexual act, consent will be invalid only where the fraud results in a "significant risk of serious bodily harm." Since this standard was settled in the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R v Cuerrier in 1998, consideration of its effects has focused almost exclusively on non-disclosure of an individual's HIV-status. This article considers the application of the Cuerrier standards to cases not involving the non-disclosure of HIV. It concludes that the standard is not operating as intended, shielding those who have committed reprehensible acts from criminal liability, and undermining sexual autonomy.


Objective To reduce the conflicts between doctors and patients,and ensure clinical medication safety.Methods Take out all drug withdrawal prescriptions(2114) for the inpatients in our hospital from 2010 to 2011,analyze drug withdrawal reasons,amount of money and corresponding radio.Results The drug withdrawal rates were the highest for pediatric department and ICU(pediatric).The drug withdrawal ratio resulted from changing medication regimens by physicians was up to 41.67%,the next respectively was adverse reactions(25.35%),nurse entry errors(22.28%) and pharmacy reason(4.02%).Conclusion It's necessary to strengthen the management of hospital pharmacy,implement the first asking duty system for drug withdrawal,provide professional service to the patients in combination with good attitude.


Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) is an important block in Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) systems used to recover the clock from the bitstream. With high data rates, the effect of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) is increased. Several spreading spectrum profiles are able to reduce the effect of EMI. Asymmetric spreading spectrum profile is one of the types that can be implemented easily and can make a significant reduction on EMI. The challenge in CDR design is increased with asymmetric spreading profiles as the slew-rate is high with respect to the other profiles. Many researches provided several architectures for adaptive CDR with symmetric spreading profiles. In this research, a new architecture is proposed to detect the large phase error to reach suitable CDR controller parameters needed to recover the clock with high slew-rate profiles. The proposed architecture is able to get locking with the incoming data in short-time even with an initial large difference between transmitter and receiver clock frequency and at the same time achieve minimum jitter. A white Gaussian noise with 30 dB Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) is used on a channel model to simulate the actual behavior on SIMULINK. Also, a search algorithm is proposed to find the best CDR settings in the proposed architecture. Results obtained from MATLAB shows the efficiency of the proposed architecture to track the data with largest slew-rate using sudden step change on transmitter clock frequency.


Myers. He wanted to pick up his notebook and read the whole thing, because now he would understand it." Stephen Marion's storytelling skills are such that readers will worry over and wonder about the characters long after they've finished the book. Marion's colorful language and kinetic imagery make Alexander County and its inhabitants magically visible, touchable, smellable, audible, tasty. His management of plot advancement and temporal events is sophisticated and stylish, never contrived, so that the story is underscored with steady rhythm and movement, much like floating down a river. Stephen Marion's passion for and understanding of his own place is conveyed with laugh-outloud humor, but never condescension. For instance, Taft recalls his mother's brief flirtation with Asian cuisine: "They tried to order a wok at the Whiteway and the clerk thought his mother had a speech impediment. Do you mean the combination type or the key, honey? he asked." And maybe most stunning, there are no predictable, prepackaged resolutions in this story, just as there are no pronouncements when and where the next sinkhole will appear in Alexander City. But in this beautifully written book, "nothing is never lost," either. —Marianne Worthington


This paper discusses a novel multilevel inverter topology. Using only six power devices and two asymmetrical DC sources, the proposed topology is capable of synthesizing seven-level output voltage waveform. As will be seen, the proposed configuration uses the least number of power devices and DC sources as compared to the conventional topologies reported in the literature. Simulation results verifying the operation of the proposed optimized configuration are also presented. Overall topology properties, PV application with grid interface, and experimental results of the prototypes will be presented in this paper along with detailed simulation results.


The aim of this work is to build a unified model for basic DC-DC converters that are subject to disturbances and parametric uncertainties on which a robust composite control is designed. Toward this end, three basic DC-DC converters, buck, boost, and buck-boost, operating in the continuous conduction mode are formulated by a unified model that control strategy is devised accordingly. A robust composite control strategy comprising an integral sliding-mode control and a robust linear control is implemented to the system. The advantage of integral sliding-mode control not only eliminates the so-called matched disturbances but maintains the system, namely equivalent system, on the designed sliding surface. While, in the mean time, the equivalent system asymptotically approaching the equilibrium by robust linear control with consideration of parametric uncertainties, such as inductance, capacitance, and load resistance; in this work, however, we treat also the input voltage as one of the parameters that subject to large variations. It is noted that although the control design are divided into two parts, the control, however, acts simultaneously to the system such that the design goals are reached.


The present study examined patterns of romantic involvement in 100 Israeli emerging adults (54 males) who were followed from age 22 to 29 years. Analyses of interviews at age 29 yielded four distinctive relational patterns that are associated with different levels of concurrent wellbeing: Intimately committed, Intimate, Non- intimately committed, and Non-stable. Low efficacy, immature dependency and low parental support, measured 7 years earlier, predicted less optimal romantic relational patterns—non-stable or non-intimately committed. Continued pursuit of studies predicted a delay in entering a committed relationship, despite the capability for such a relationship. Findings of the study suggest that personality and family attributes explain the type and quality of relationships in which young people will be involved, while contextual factors only explain postponement of commitment.


In order to take effective quantitative evaluation on risk of railway transport safety,based on AHP method and fuzzy mathematics theory,the risk evaluation index system of railway transport safety was established.Through taking quantitative evaluation on cold-cutting axle and personal injury risk of axle detection post for the wheel-set assembly team of certain rolling stock depot wheel workshop,the evaluation method shows that it could solve the problems in the evaluation which are subjective and difficult to quantify,and could also increase effectively the scientificalness and rationality of the risk evaluation of railway transport safety.


Microelectromechanical systems known as MEMS, are an enabling technology that describe a field capable of creating very small electromechanical devices with feature sizes on the order of microns, or 10-6 meters. MEMS switches have shown great RF characteristics via low losses and high isolation. However, they possess several important shortcomings. The goal of this paper is to understand the limits of the Capacitive switch operation and predict the impact in practical applications.


This study aimed to identify the impact of the dimensions of the administrative decision support systems on the re-engineering of the systems of the Palestinian universities in Gaza Strip from the standpoint of employees. A descriptive approach was used through which a questionnaire was developed and distributed to a stratified random sample. (500) questionnaires were distributed and (449) were returned, with (89.8%) response rate. The study revealed these results: There was an effect for the potentials (physical, human, technical, and organizational design) available for the decision support systems and re-engineering of the systems in the Palestinian higher education institutions in Gaza Strip.There were significant differences between the assessment means of the study sample about the impact of decision support systems to re-engineer the systems in the Palestinian higher education institutions in Gaza Strip due to the gender variable in favor of males. There also differences due to the name of the university variable in favor of the Islamic University, Al Azhar University, Al Aqsa University, respectively. It was recommended that Palestinian higher education institutions which intend to start re-engineering the systems should be encouraged immediately start the process. These institutions should also develop the infrastructure of the decisions support systems when re-engineering their operations.
Keywords: Decision support systems, Re-engineering, Palestinian higher education institutions.


Emblica officinalis is highly nutritious and important dietary source of vitamin C, minerals and amino acids. It also contains phenolic compounds, tannins, phyllembelic acid, phyllemblin, rutin, curcuminoides and emblicol callus was raised from cotyledonary explant on Murashige and Skoog (M S) medium supplemented with different concentrations of auxin and cytokinin. Callus initiation and Best callus growth was observed on 1.0 mg/l 2, 4-Diphenoxy acetic acid (2, 4-D). Callus was transferred from 1.0 mg/l 2, 4-D to different concentrations of Sodium Chloride (NaCl) i.e. 50, 100, 150, 200 mM NaCl. The effect of NaCl on proline, protein, phenolics and ascorbic acid were observed after four weeks. Addition of salt (50 mM) led to decrease in protein and proline but increase in phenolics and ascorbic acid content. Further increase in NaCl (100,150 and 200 mM) led to increase in protein, proline, phenolics and ascorbic acid content. Interestingly, ascorbic acid content in the salt (200 mM) treated calli was approximately as much as reported in fruits in vivo .


Gibel carp(Carassius auratus gibelio),a unique polyploid fish,is discovered to be able to reproduce by gynogenesis or sexuality reproduction.Since the allotetraploid gibel carp with 212 chromosomes were discovered from the gynogenetic offspring of gibel carp activated by red common carp sperm in 1990s,a lot of works have be done to study the genome organization and formation mechanism of them.The observations of genomic in situ hybridization and 45S rRNA gene localization on the allopolyploid metaphases showed the unusual allotetraploid gibel carp which contain the whole chromosomes of gibel carp and one chromosome set of common carp.However,the histological characterizations of allotetraploid gibel carp still remain unknown.In this study,we compared the histological features and found significant differences in peripheral blood cells and testis tissues between triploid(D clone) and allotetraploid gibel carp.The HE staining results showed that there were many abnormal red blood cells with small,round nuclear in the blood cell smear of allotetraploid gibel carp,which was obviously different from red blood cells with oval-shaped nuclear of triploid gibel carp.Moreover,the dual-nuclear red blood cells indicated a trend of cell division in peripheral blood of the allotetraploid gibel carp.Meanwhile,using the flow cytometry technique,we compared the DNA histogram of peripheral blood cells between triploid and allotetraploid gibel carp.The result revealed the existence of two kinds of cells with different DNA content in peripheral blood of allotetraploid gibel carp.In addition,we observed three testis types of allotetraploid gibel carp: TypeⅠ,wild type,which the sperm development was as normal as that of the male D clone gibel carp and large quantity of spermatids and sperms could be found in spermatogenic cysts;TypeⅡ,in which spermatids and sperms could not be observed in spermatogenic cysts;and Type Ⅲ,lacking the structure of spermatogenic cysts.Among those three types,TypeⅡ and type Ⅲ were the mainly forms of testis in allotetraploid gibel carp.To further study the characterizations of sperm development,fluorescent immunostaining was performed to compare different testis types of allotetraploid gibel carp by using the vasa antibody.The result revealed that germ cells in TypeⅠtestis could complete the meiosis process and produce a large number of spermatids and sperms in breeding season,while TypeⅡ testis was observed considerable quantities of primary and secondary speratocytes without spermatids in its spermatogenic cysts,indicating that germ cells cannot complete the second meiosis process in TypeⅡ testis.The unique characterization of red blood cell and testis could broaden our understanding about allotetraploid gibel carp.


Abstract Mature larvae identified as Thermonectus basillaris by culture to adults revealed that larval characters attributed to the species and commonly used in taxonomic literature are incorrect. Species level identifications that are based on published descriptions of T. basillaris and T. nigrofasciatus ornaticollis (as T. ornaticollis) are problematic, even when these are the only two representatives of the genus in a local fauna.


Here is the only current and comprehensive treatise on polycythemia vera and the myeloproliferative disorders. This book provides a complete review of the pathophysiologic manifestations of these diseases and the important advances in human physiology resulting from their study. It presents the most up-to-date clinical information on polycythemia vera and the myeloprolferative disorders, including treatment of thrombocythemia with anagrelide, secondary polycythemia, chronic myelocytic leukemia, therapeutic recommendations for polycythemia vera and much more. Over 220 illustrations add valuable visual detail to the text.


WHILE THE BODY of archaeological knowledge of Micronesia has been expanded considerably over the last several years (Cordy 1980), little is as yet known of the early chronology, settlement patterns, and dynamics of culture change in the southern Mariana Islands (Fig. 1). Inspired by the modern pioneer works of Reinman (1977), Ray (1981), and Takayama and his associates (1971, 1976) which were built upon the still earlier efforts of Spoehr (1957), a full-scale archaeological excavation was initiated in northern Guam by a team of researchers from the University of Guam in the spring of 1980. The project at Tarague aims to ascertain: first, the prehistoric origins of human habitation on Guam from the perspective of cultural history; second, the cultural and natural processes influencing culture change as seen in archaeological remains; and third, the use of space within the context of island ecology. This article summarizes the preliminary findings made at Tarague during the 1980-1981 field seasons.


Background: Fractures of the subtrochanteric region of the femur provide several challenges to the operating surgeon due to anatomic and biomechanical peculiarities inherent to this region. These challenges are compounded several times in a severely osteoporotic bone. Case presentation: We report a case of pathological fracture following Vitamin D3 deficiency. The patient had sustained a subtrochanteric fracture of left femur & incomplete fracture of right tibia which was managed with a DHS (Dynamic Hip Screw) and PTB (Patella Tendon Bearing) cast respectively for the two different fractures. Conclusion: This highlights the fact that pathological fracture can be due to Vitamin D3 deficiency, but needs to be differentiated from other causes of pathological fracture like infection or neoplastic conditions. While DHS provides a viable alternative in the management of fractures of the subtrochanteric region of femur in severe osteoporosis, incomplete fracture of tibia can be treated with PTB cast.


The paper completely analysed the cause of bridge defect with the project profile of the Queshi bridge. And relation to different defect , the paper gave the reinforcing design and the main maintenance using the construction features.


Refluxing montmorillonite-containing raw bentonite ((Na,Ca)o.33(Al,Mg)2Si 4 O 10 (OH) 2 ) in aq HNO 3 , then neutralizing it with NH 3 produces NH 4 NO 3 -containing NH 4 -bentonite. The NH 4 NO 3 intercalated can be eliminated as a gaseous product (N 2 O and H 2 O) by heating at 400 °C, and the deammoniation and dehydroxylation process of the preactivated bentonite leads to formation of bleaching earth (H x (Al,Mg) 2 -ySi 4 O 10 -(OH) 2 ).


With the finding and application of more and more lineage-specific molecular markers and with the employment of flow cytometry technique, identification and isolation of hematopoietic progenitor cells have obtained great progress, whereas our knowledge about the role of stromal cells in hematopoietic control is relatively less, especially in hematopoiesis of fetal liver. Because of the heterogeneity of stromal components in long-term bone marrow culture and probable alterations of cytokine expression and growth control in immortalized stromal cell lines, results from different groups are often controversial. In this report, a protocol to produce non-transformed colony-derived fetal liver stromal cell lines was established. The finding that conditioned medium from primary culture (CM-PC) of fetal liver cells in early stage has the potential to stimulate the proliferation of stromal cells is the key to the success of this method. Results showed that the stimulating activity of culture medium containing 50 % CM-PC was significantly higher than that of Dexter type cultural medium or serum supplemented control medium when using the MTT colorimetric assay (both P0.01) . After incubation with medium containing CM-PC, the number of stromal cells from fetal liver cell liquid culture was 3.5 times greater than the cell number inoculated and was higher than that incubated with each of other two cultural media (both P 0. 001). Stromal cells were inoculated in 96-well plate at the concentration of 3 cells per 10 wells by limiting dilution. Colonies with more than 50 cells were transferred to 24-well plate following trypsin treatment and subsequently transferred into 25 cm flask where stromal cells were subcultured. By this method, four stromal cell lines were obtained and the longest time of in vitro culture reached more than 3 months starting from primary culture. Stromal cells remained proliferative potential following cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen. Compared with previously reported methods, this one has such characteristics as reproducible establishment, non-transformation and uniformity of cell type. To our knowledge, it has not been reported before. The study showed that the component of the stromal cell lines in fetal liver culture in vitro is macrophage. Stromal cells both from primary adherent layer and colony-derived cell lines showed uniformity in morphology and cytochemical staining pattern. In morphology, stromal cell is large and irregular, has one clear nucleus, and dendritic cytoplasm with one or more projections contacting adjacent cells. Stromal cells arrayed closely in high density with the occurrence of overlaying somewhere. Cytochemical staining of stromal cells displayed negative for alkaline phosphatase (AkP- ), positive for acid phosphatase (AcP+ ) and non-specific esterase (NSE+ ). Stromal cells had the capacity to phagocytize chicken red blood cells. Analysis of colony-derived stromal cell lines for molecular markers showed vimentin-, CD15-, CD45RA-, CD71-, macrophage Ab-l +, macrophage Ab-2+ , fibronectin+ and collagen Ⅳ- . Our data showed that the method producing non-transformed colony-derived fetal liver stromal cell lines was reproducible. Stromal cell lines thus obtained provide material for studying the role of stromal cell in fetal liver hematopoietic microenvironment.


Abstract : The problem of program transferability is discussed from a technical point of view. The paper begins by attempting a general characterization of the problem and of the nature and limitations of possible approaches to its solution. An effort is made to isolate those features of the program specification which are least transferably, to analyze the sources of the difficulty, and to suggest the directions which future software might make to ease the problem. The problem is characterized in terms of models analogous to the abstract model suggested by FORTRAN (i.e., the 'FORTRAN machine'). Suggested application of this characterization is discussed with respect to isolating the transferable features of file structures. The difficulties introduced by the failure of current software to separate logical and hardware dependent commitments are discussed in terms of both file structures and program assembly. (Author)


A time warping algorithm is included in the waveform relaxation circuit simulation in a distributed environment in a multicomputer network. The algorithm feature, is that it can exploit parallelism in the spatial, iteration and temporal domains. The algorithm is characterized by a relative insensitivity to the interprocessor communication overhead. The simulator is ported on a network of Sun Sparc-2 workstations using a 10 Mbits/sec. communication link. Speedups results obtained are comparable for a shared memory architecture [1,51. The simulation of integrated circuits at the detailed electrical level continues to be an indespensable element in the overall IC design and verification process. However, the dramatic increase in the complexity of IC's over the last years has strained the capabilities of traditional circuit simulators such as SPICE. With today technology it is possible to pack a few million transistors in a chip, and device densities continues to grow at a faster rate than the performance of the computer that can simulate them, and designers agree it is a bottleneck limiting their productivity. This situation has resulted in creation of different approaches to obtain acceleration in the simulation process for VLSI circuits, involving non-standard hardware resources and new algorithm methods. Therefore, it is considered that a viable approach to improve the performance of VLSI circuit simulation is the use of parallel and distributed processing. Much attention has been focused in the last ten years on the mapping of circuit simulation algorithms to parallel architectures which use the shared-memory paradigm to facilitate parallel computation [1,2,3,4]. With the advent of high performance workstations and high speed interconnection networks, distributed processing offers a cost effective and attractive solution to the circuit simulation problem. Workstations available at Universities and Researcg Centers can be effectively used for distributed simulation, resulting in shorter simulation times with no additional investment. Also, workstations are more general purpose computers and are much easier to use and hence can be used for a wider variety of applications as compared to parallel dedicated machines. The major drawback of using such a network of workstations in circuit simulation is the high overhead involved in the interprocess communication, and therefore, a careful analysis is needed. The approach used in our research is the use of distributed algorithms for the acceleration of circuit simulation. Therefore, these distributed algorithms considered must guarantee efficient use of the hardware resources. This can be achieved by partitioning the problem and allocating them through the system, and minimizing their interactions. A portable parallel simulator developed at the University of Illinois [ 5 ] , was used to evaluate the WR algorithms in the network of Sun-Sparc2 workstations, using 8 workstations. The software allows to use different levels of relaxation methods, based on the coupling degree between subcircuits. Because this software evolved through a hierarchical architecture (the CEDAR machine) [ll, WR methods is supported through a message-passing paradigm, and the Iterative Time Analysis (ITA) in conjuntion with the Direct Methods (DM) are supported through the shared-memory paradigm. Because we are interested only in the WR algorithms, the top level platform of this simulator is used for our environment research study. To improve the convergence speed of relaxation methods, WR involves partition in two domains: the spatial and temporal domain. The spatial domain partitioning involves grouping strongly-coupled components in the circuit under simulation into small subcircuits. These subcir338 0-7803-2972-4/96$5.00


The processes leading to school failure and early school leaving are complex and involve multidimensional factors. In Portugal, as in other European countries, in the last decade, several policies, programmes, and practices have been developed to address this issue. This article focuses on a socio-educational practice of the study support type developed within a national programme aimed at social inclusion and educational success located in the community. The data collected through a semi-structured interview and a focus group with socio-educational professionals allowed us to identify how the study support practice is characterised and perceived by these actors. Processes and factors of transformation that occurred in the practice regarding its mode of implementation, conceptual evolution, and specificities were also addressed. Results indicate that the practice promotes improvements in participants' outcomes such as learning, social behaviour, integration, and autonomy; the construction of a strong and sustained relationship with significant adults from the learning point of view; and the completion of compulsory schooling and studies. Hence, the research findings highlight that participation in the practice leads to transformative processes in the academic pathways of children and young people involved in the practice concerning academic, individual, and social dimensions.


Direct numerical simulations of compressible fluid flows with heat and mass transfer can be carried out these days, using the Navier-Stokes equations at least for low Renumber flows (Re ≤ 50,000). Compressibility is taken into account by the "compressible form" of the continuity equations. Temperature and density or pressure variations in space are accounted for by the dependences of the molecular transport coefficient on the local thermodynamic state, i.e. by introducing the viscosity coefficient μ(T, P), the thermal conductivity coefficient λ(T, P) and the mass diffusion coefficient D(T, P). Hence, the following equations are solved:


Introduction: The prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been increasing and studies suggest that exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals such as phthalates may play a...


The bechnlque of arsenlc diffusion from a solld source into lnner surface of Si trench was examined and the feasibiliby of applying to the bechnigueof trench capaci,tor hras denonstrated. lle have achieved diffuslon depth as low as 0.15un and surface densiby as high as ?E\P?O/cm3. Thin SiOe on As layer has defecb density as low as that of non doped substrate. Though the trench to treneh spacing is 1.4um, the leakage current through bhe trench wall is snall enough indicatlng the feasibility of using' this teehnique for 4l,tUits DRAM.


This thesis is an analysis of a play written by Bruce Norris, entitled Clybourne Park (2010). This study is aimed to expose the issue about racial stereotyping which is done by the white people toward the Black and to know contribution dramatic elements; character, plot (conflict), setting, and stage direction in revealing the issue of racial stereotyping. This analysis is related to the concept of Orientalism by Edward Said in the post-colonial approach and also supported by the concepts of stereotype by Gamble. The result of this analysis is to expose the forms of stereotype toward black people. White sees blacks as poor people and black as a barbaric group.


Objective
To observe the effect of Quercetin regulating the expression levels of B cell lymphoma/leukemia-2 associated X protein (bax), B cell lymphoma/leukemia-2 (bcl-2) on the apoptosis of human rheumatoid arthritis fibroblasts-like synoviocytes (RAFLSs).

Methods
The synovial tissues were collected from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The standard of diagnosis of RA was the criteria revised by American College of Rheumatology (ACR). Fresh synovial tissues were chopped into fragments, washed in sterile phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), and digested with collagenase to obtain synoviocytes. Human RAFLSs morphology was observed under light microscope. Flow cytometry was used to measure the expression of cluster of differentiation 3 (CD3), CD14, CD19 and CD90 on the cell surface of RAFLSs. Human RAFLSs were treated with different concentrations of quercetin (0, 100, 200, and 300 μmol/L) for 24 h. Western blotting was used to detect the expression of anti-apoptotic protein bcl-2 and pro-apoptotic protein bax. The effect of quercetin through bcl-2/bax gray ratio on the apoptosis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) was analyzed.

Results
As compared with control group (the bcl-2/bax value was 8.26±0.08), the bcl-2/bax in the quercetin-treated groups (100, 200, and 300 μmol/L) (bcl-2/bax values were 3.23±0.11, 0.26±0.05 and 0.12±0.03 respectively) significantly decreased (P<0.01). The apoptosis rate of RAFLSs in the control group (6.5%±0.9%) was significantly lower than in 100 μmol/L quercetin-treated group (19.9%±3.8%) (P<0.05), and 200, 300 μmol/L quercetin-treated groups (34.3%±6.7% and 42.5%±4.8% respectively) (P<0.01).

Conclusion
Quercetin can regulate the expression of bax and bcl-2 to influence RAFLSs apoptosis, and the apoptosis rate of RAFLSs is inversely proportional to the bcl-2/bax value.

Key words:
Quercetin; Rheumatoid arthritis; Fibroblastlike synoviocytes; B cell lymphoma/leukemia 2 associated X protein; B cell lymphoma/leukemia-2


We present electroreflectance (ER) data near the fundamental absorption edge of Cd1−xMnxTe as a function of temperature and Mn content. We show that the observed weak‐field ER structure is associated with the screening of excitons by impact‐ionization‐generated free carriers. Such a phenomenon has never before been observed in mixed crystals at such high temperatures (300 K). From the increased broadening of the ER structure with composition, we conclude that the excitons have a Wannier‐like character for x<0.15 and develop a local bound character for x≳0.15, composition at which the system reaches the percolation critical point. The temperature variation of the energy of transition with composition for x?0.15 is not constant and is believed to be a result of mode softening of the lattice with increased Mn content.


This paper presents a shape adaptive discrete wavelet transform (SA-DWT) scheme for coding arbitrarily shaped texture. The proposed SA-DWT can be used for object-oriented image coding. The number of coefficients after SA-DWT is identical to the number of pels contained in the arbitrarily shaped image objects. The locality property of wavelet transform and self-similarity among subbands are well preserved throughout this process.For a rectangular region, the SA-DWT is identical to a standard wavelet transform. With SA-DWT, conventional wavelet based coding schemes can be readily extended to the coding of arbitrarily shaped objects. The proposed shape adaptive wavelet transform is not unitary but the small energy increase is restricted at the boundary of objects in subbands. Two approaches of using the SA-DWT algorithm for object-oriented image and video coding are presented. One is to combine scalar SA-DWT with embedded zerotree wavelet (EZW) coding technique, the other is an extension of the normal vector wavelet coding (VWC) technique to arbitrarily shaped objects. Results of applying SA-VWC to real arbitrarily shaped texture coding are also given at the end of this paper.


UnitedHealthcare is offering SignatureValue Alliance in California, a new health benefits plan that features what it calls "high-performance" care provider networks aimed at delivering effective, evidence-based and cost-efficient care


The article characterizes therapeutic communities (TC) approach as one of the most effective world-recognized methods in dealing with various forms of chemical dependency. History of the method and its Christian roots are briefly described. Connections with the 12 Step Movements (Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, etc.) and with the essence of the 12 Step Program are studied. Applying the approach within the Orthodox Christian perspective is considered on the example of the "Old World" Christian Charity (Moscow, Russia), that works more than 20 years in the field in close cooperation with Russian Orthodox Church.


In high throughput microscopy, it is often assumed that the objects under investigation are fixed spatially. In addition, it is also presumed that the objects are sufficiently populated, otherwise there will be need to search through vast tracks of field of views before any recording can be done. The ability to collect objects at one location in the hydrated state is thus desirable and this is a challenge when the density of target objects in a sample is very low. In this work, we report that the generation of a squeezing flow from a circular coverslip compressing on suspensions is able to collect particulate (microbeads, fluorescent nanobeads and live algal cells) and non‐particulate (EGFP) objects at the rim region of the coverslip. With a coverslip of 13 mm diameter, volumes between 2 µL and 4 µL were found to completely fill the coverslip without breaching the rims. Sample compression speeds between 100 µm/s and 1000 µm/s did not have any effect on object collection outcomes. In effect, the simple placement of coverslips on top the drop of sample by hand without a motorized translator was found to produce similar collection outcomes. Quantitative measurements confirmed that all the objects investigated were displaced and relocated at the rim regions to a very high degree. Microsc. Res. Tech. 76:767–773, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


Ovarian cancer exhibits a wide spectrum of behavior, the effectiveness of therapies varies and the circumstances of patients differ. Better outcomes will require more selective treatment strategies considerate of these variables. The need for treatment As long as outcome is affected more by disease than by treatment, survival will be determined by the bulk and growth‐rate of residual tumor ‐ prognostic factors reflect these. They indicate the need for treatment, but not whether benefit is likely. FIGO stage is the international standard, but this alone is inadequately predictive. Grade reflects virulence, but subjectivity has limited its usefulness. Newer quantitative pathology techniques (such as DNA ploidy) more reproducibly reflect behavior. Prognostic factors can be used to define subsets of patients at differing degrees of disease risk. Efficacy of treatment No response predictors are yet of practical use in selecting primary chemotherapy on an individual basis. Generally, response is more likely if the tumor is less extensive and if dose and treatment frequency are higher. Monitoring biomarkers can more quickly identify those with a suboptimal response who may require a change or discontinuation of treatment. Re‐laparotomy has limited usefulness. Response predictors for second‐line treatment (e.g. the failure‐free interval) are available and also have implications for new drug testing. Suitability of treatment Advanced age or serious additional illness may render intensive treatment inappropriate. The informed patient's wishes are of prime importance.


The test system was designed according to the requirement of the electric tool test standard.We can measure the real-time output data of the motor by dynamometer and torque- speed sensors.These data can be sent to the host through the communication port of IPC.Meanwhile,the IPC also can send control data to the load controller through the communication port to adjust the load in accordance with the test requirement.Software part is based on Visual Basic,to monitor the entire test,collect sensor signal,issue control instructions.So this test system can test the motor characteristic curve automatically.


The present invention provides a dust cover for separating dust and soot from the gas stream in the cyclone separating apparatus; cyclone (10 40) with the dust cover and separating device. The dust cover (10; 40) comprises a through-hole having a plurality of gas flow allowed through (30; 46) of a porous member (14; 44). According to the present invention, each of the through-hole (30) and the upper edge of the dust cover (10) to meet the air flow constant angle between the plane of the sharp corners. The present invention improves the use of the dust cover; performance (1040) of the dust separating apparatus.


Australia, Canada, and the United States are three of the world's largest traders in temperate zone agricultural commodities. More than two-thirds of world exports of wheat, feed grains, and oilseeds originate in the three, with the United States accounting alone for nearly 40% of the wheat, 70% of the corn, and nearly 80% of the soybeans exported. In addition 25% of the world meat trade occurs among the three. Beyond these items, there is significant bilateral trade in fruits, vegetables, and assorted other products. Agricultural trade is important to the countries themselves. Agricultural exports accounted for the following percentages of total exports in 1976Australia 43.5%, United States 20.6%, and Canada 11%. Agricultural exports are even more important to the agricultural economies of the three countries. It is not surprising, therefore, that there is an interesting set of agricultural trade issues in which all three have vital interests.


A total fifty Gir cows of different reproductive status (10=normal cyclic, 20=repeat breeders and 20=induced estrus) were selected to determine total proteins and micro-minerals profile in their estrual cervico-vaginal mucus (CVM) in relation to body condition score (on 0-5 point scale) and fertility post-AI. The overall mean concentrations of total protein (g/dl) and micro-minerals, viz, copper, iron, zinc and manganese (ppm) in CVM of these cows were 3.48±0.04, 0.90±0.06, 9.78±0.38, 1.02±0.04 and 1.75±0.10, respectively. Total protein content of CVM was neither influenced by groups, conception nor body condition score (BCS). The concentrations of copper and manganese were significantly lower (P<0.01) and those of zinc and iron apparently lower in repeat breeding cows than in normal cyclic and induced estrus cows. The levels of all four mineral elements were signifiantly higher in CVM of conceived than non-conceived cows. However, there was no any specific trend between levels of these constituents in CVM and BCS of cows of any group, though a trend of decreasing levels with increasing BCS was noted in copper and zinc, and the levels of copper and manganese were high in cows with BCS 3.0 and 3.5, respectively. The results indicated that the micro-minerals deficit in CVM could be the cause of conception failure in repeat breeding cows.


In the marketing world, in which social media is becoming a natural part of any company's or brand's marketing strategy, it is crucial to stay current on how to reach target groups. Interactions between brand and consumer are essential when building relationships in order to gain trust and loyalty. However, the social media world is changing with consumers finding new ways of avoiding marketing messages from companies and brands. Furthermore, media sharing platforms with users actively having to choose to follow corporate accounts to receive commercial messages are expanding. Potential reasons for people to engage in the act of following companies and brands in media sharing platforms shall be detected by conducting four focus groups and by looking at theories about corporate use of social media and Social CRM as well as a framework for social media interaction. The results suggest that consumers are following corporate accounts to stay updated with trends and developments within their fields of interest, but mainly to get inspiration. Companies should learn from how celebrities and blogger use media sharing platform, since they have an ability to create a closer emotional connection to consumers, which also affects the decision to follow.


Experiments were conducted using a 3 by 2 factorial design to evaluate the efficacy of Haemophilus somnus and unspecified Pasteurella inactivated vaccines and to compare the oral and intramuscular route of administration of a BVD vaccine. 303 crossbred steer calves with an average weight of 222 kg were purchased and any animal showing clinical signs of illness excluded. All calves in the trial received an intranasal IBR vaccine, 2.5 million units of vitamin A intramuscularly, three 36 mg implants of zeranol, multivalent clostridial vaccine and levamisole. Calves were randomly assigned to treatment groups by a random number table. 45 randomly-selected calves distributed among all treatment groups were bled during processing and again 42 days after vaccination to collect paired samples. The calves were checked daily and any with clinical signs of respiratory disease were treated. The calves were weighed on arrival and at 34, 72 and 106 days, and daily feed consumption was calculated. The pasteurella vaccine reduced the incidence of BRD and improved the response to treatment. The result disagrees with previous findings, perhaps because of differences in prior exposure, movements in marketing channels or the virulence of the bacteria. The BRD morbidity rate and response to treatment were no different for the oral and intramuscular route of administration. However, the immune response to the BVD vaccine as measured by serum neutralisation was greater following oral administration.


Organometallic compounds have been proved to be cap able of acting as biocidal and antimicrobial agents . Organotin(IV) methyland ethylisopropyldithiocarba m te compounds are the two series of new compounds that are expected to have biological activities. In this stu dy, evaluation of antimicrobial activity of the com pounds was carried out using qualitative disc diffusion method and quantitative broth microdilution method. The c ompounds were tested on eight bacterial species namely Bacil lus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureu s, Streptococcus mutans, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhimurium, and Shigella f lexneri and three species of fungi namely Aspergillus niger , Candida albicans, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Triphenyltin(IV) ethylisopropyldithiocarbamate comp ound (compound 6) showed a very active antimicrobial activity with an inhibition zone diameter of greate r han 15.0 mm on most of the bacteria and all the fungi tested. MIC values obtained for this compound were better t han streptomycin against B. cereus at 0.39 μg/mL, S. aureus at 0.12 μg/mL, and S. mutans at 0.12 μg/mL. Higher MIC values were needed for the Gram-ne gative bacteria as compared to Gram-positive bacteria, and higher valu e than nystatin was required to inhibit the growth of fungi. MBC and MFC values obtained showed that compound 6 can act as a bactericidal and fungicidal agent. It could be concluded that compound 6 has a strong inhibition and active antimicrobial a ctivities against the bacteria and fungi tested. This compound also has better antibacterial activities compared to antifungal activities.


inequities are mitigated over time as newcomers offer more or less for property based on its under- or over-assessment. Maybe the subdued conclusion is just as well. Too much can be made of capitalization. Any policy may be capitalized after it is shown to be persistent; that does not make it just or fair. Japanese-Americans whose property was confiscated in World War II surely had capitalized their losses in their net worth after many years. Most Soviet Jews had undoubtedly discounted repression into their behavior and thus did not make "foolish" requests to emigrate. But few people, and most assuredly not the authors of this fine book, would say that capitalization exempts such policies from corrective action.


The invention relates to a bioluminescence detection probe which comprises a photoelectric sensor, a mounting rack for holding lenses, and a moving scanning platform for holding a biologic reagent to be tested. The bioluminescence detection probe is characterized in that light sources are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the mounting rack relative to a central line; emergent rays from the light sources on the two sides are intersected onto the biologic reagent to be tested; the first lenses are respectively and symmetrically arranged on light paths between each of the light sources on two sides and the biologic reagent to be tested; rays triggered by radiation of the rays of the light sources on the two sides on the biologic reagent to be tested further pass the second lens and a light filter arranged on the mounting rack to reach a photoelectric sensor. The bioluminescence detection probe is good in detection effect, can take the place of a probe part of a conventional bioluminescence detection system to a certain extent, and has a good prompting function for popularization and application of a bioluminescence detection technology.


Nowadays, recommendation systems are getting more attention from both academia and industry. However, most industrial recommendation systems are still using non-embedding models such as TF-IDF-based machine learning models. We also have had an existing model implemented using TF-IDF. This current model served as the baseline for our performance evaluations. In this paper, we implemented an embedding-based "People Who Viewed This Product Also Viewed These Products" recommendation. The purpose of this recommendation is to be able to recommend alternative products to customers that are similar to the product they are viewing. In this way, users will not only be able to see their own search and filtering results but also view the alternatives based on the experience of the users who view similar products. The product view sequences to be used in model training are created using 6 months of product view data. The number of daily product view events is over 20 million. We used offline and online metrics to compare the new model results with the existing model. We have achieved a significant lift in product coverage with 286%, order count with 29%, and distinct ordered product count with 30% without a decrease in CTR value.


Objective To know freshmen's state of mental health,and compare it to national level.Method Taking 3 826 freshmen as our subjects investigated through the SCL-90 questionaire survey.Results 6.8% of freshmen have mental health problems.The subjects have a higher scores than national level,except on somatization and anxiety,but the differences are not statistically significant(P0.05).Girls' scares are higher than boys',except on the total score and hostile,the differences are statistically significant(P0.01).Conclusion The freshmen have a normal state of mental health,but the state is male is better than that of female.


'Hongju' is a seedless table grape de- veloped by the Rural Development Admin-istration (RDA) grape breeding program in Korea. With increasing imports of table grapes from Chile and the United States, Korean consumers largely prefer seedless table grapes with nonslip skins (Heo and Park, 2017). 'Hongju' is a new cultivar that meets current consumer demands. 'Hongju' has red berries with firm flesh, nonslip skin, and a slight Muscat flavor. The mean berry weight is 5.4 g without gibberellin application. 'Hongju' grapes can be stored for up to 3 months after harvest under suitable condi-tions, which makes them attractive for export markets.


In this paper, we propose a new joint dictionary learning method for example-based image super-resolution (SR), using sparse representation. The low-resolution (LR) dictionary is trained from a set of LR sample image patches. Using the sparse representation coefficients of these LR patches over the LR dictionary, the high-resolution (HR) dictionary is trained by minimizing the reconstruction error of HR sample patches. The error criterion used here is the mean square error. In this way we guarantee that the HR patches have the same sparse representation over HR dictionary as the LR patches over the LR dictionary, and at the same time, these sparse representations can well reconstruct the HR patches. Simulation results show the effectiveness of our method compared to the state-of-art SR algorithms.


nhui has good advantages of water transport and natural resources in tapping up tourism development along the Wanjiang golden waterway(the Anhui section of the Yangtze River).The Wanjiang tourism system can be developed in three aspects: environmental support,product development and marketing.The role of government should be fully played to actively support the development of water tourism enterprises,strengthen cooperation of tourism in the Yangtze River basin,promote the overall development of the Wanjiang basin,and nurture the new tourism growth pole of Anhui in the period of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan".


Video games, along with other types of violent media, are heavily consumed by young people. Concern over the effects of violent video game content on child development has led to the establishment of a ratings system to help parents understand and manage video game consumption. However, it is unclear just how effective or diagnostic these ratings are for the intended audience. In this paper, we examine video game rating perceptions and suggest that "desensitizing" may influence young people's perceptions of ratings, while prior experiences may create perceptual biases that influence how rating information is perceived by adults. Further, we show that certain rating content descriptors may strengthen perceptual biases, suggesting a need to reevaluate the current video game rating system.


Lattice dynamics in pyrochlore and defect fluorite type (Eu 1−x Nd x ) 2 Zr 2 O 7 were investigated using nuclear inelastic scattering by the 151 Eu Mössbauer resonance for x = 0, 0.5, and 0.75 and using inelastic neutron scattering for x = 1. On the basis of the generalized density of phonon states obtained by inelastic neutron scattering, the vibrational entropy of the disordered defect fluorite Nd 2 Zr 2 O 7 is found to be 12(3)% smaller than the one of the ordered pyrochlore counterpart. Accordingly, the loss of specific Zr–O coordination in the defect fluorite structure leads to a strong broadening of phonon modes. The Eu sublattice in both structure types was further characterized by thermodynamic quantities calculated using the Eu partial density of phonon states. The Eu framework is shown to be significantly softer than the other sublattices.


Information on the population structure and breeding of the following species is presented: Siriella armata (Milne-Edwards), 5. clausii G. O. Sars, S.jaltensis (Czerniavsky),Gastrosaccus spinifer (Goës), Anchialina agilis (G. O. Sars),Psendomma affine G. O. Sars and Hemimysis latnornae (Couch). There is no previously published information on the biology of these species in British waters except notes on 5. armata and A. agilis. Notes on the occurrence of the following species on the west coast of Scotland are also given: Siriella norvegica G. O. Sars, Gastrosaccus sanctus (van Beneden), G. normani G. O. Sars, Leptomysis mediterranea G. O. Sars, Mesopodopsis slabberi (van Beneden), Heteromysis formosa S. I. Smith and Acanthomysis longicornis (Milne-Edwards).


We report the phase diagram of NdO1−x F x BiS2 (x = 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9) compound. The samples synthesized by the vacuum encapsulation technique are crystallized in a tetragonal P4/nmm space group. The superconductivity of all samples is confirmed by dc magnetic susceptibility and electrical transport measurements. The highest superconducting transition temperature (T c) onset of 5.25 K is seen for the NdO0.3F0.7BiS2 sample. Superconductivity is suppressed with an applied magnetic field, as both T c onset and T c (ρ = 0) are decreased to lower temperatures in magneto transport ρ(T, H) measurements. The upper critical field H c2(0) is estimated to be above 3Tesla for NdO0.3F0.7BiS2 sample. The Arrhenius equation is used to calculate the thermally activated flux flow (TAFF) activation energy (U 0) for a NdO0.3F0.7BiS2 sample, which is 61.64 meV in 0.02Tesla field. Hall Effect measurements show that the electron charge carriers are the dominating ones throughout the studied temperature range of 300 K–2 K.


For over a decade Williams Advanced Engineering has been involved in pioneering electrification projects ranging from motorsport to road-going hypercars – we find out what's behind its magic touch


Multiple ecological forces act together in shaping the composition of microbial communities. Phyloecology approaches —which combine phylogenetic relationships with community ecology— have the potential to disentangle such forces, but are often hard to connect with quantitative predictions from theoretical models. On the other hand, macroecology , which focuses on statistical patterns of abundance and diversity, provides natural connections with theoretical models but often neglects inter-speficic correlations and interactions. Here, we propose a unified framework combining both such approaches to microbial communities. In particular, by using both cross-sectional and longitudinal abundance metagenomic data, we reveal the existence of a novel empirical macroecological law establishing that correlations in species-abundance fluctuations across communities decay from positive to null values as a function of phylogenetic similarity in a consistent manner across ecologically distinct microbiomes. We formulate three mechanistic models —relying on alternative ecological forces— that produce distinct predictions. We conclude that the empirically observed macroecological pattern can be quantitatively explained as a result of fluctuating shared resources, i.e. environmental filtering and not e.g. as a result of species competition. Finally, we also show that the macroecological law is also valid for temporal data of a single community, and that the properties of delayed temporal correlations are reproduced by our model. e.g., species competition) explains the empirically-observed pattern of decaying correlations with phylogenetic distance. Last but not least, we analyze temporal data for a fixed community, showing that the macroecological law also holds quantitatively in this context and that delayed temporal correlations are naturally reproduced by our model with environmental filtering. 2(a,b,c) the three models give rise to three qualitatively distinct patterns of correlation as a function of preference distance d P . (A) Competition through shared resource fluctuations induce an effective neutral behavior, with nearly vanishing correlations across the spectrum of pairwise preference distances. (B) Competition together with independent growth-rate fluctuations produces negative correlations at small distances that increase to near-zero values in a monotonic way. (C) Environmental filtering leads to correlations decaying from positive to vanishing values with distance.


The telecommunications environment is changing its face towards an open market of information services. Within this market the aspects of service customization and instant service provision are of fundamental importance. In this context this paper presents the architecture of an Open Integrated Intelligent Network (OIIN), a new approach to services in communication networks, which allows heterogeneous networks integration and provides an openly programmable service environment to overcome the drawbacks of the existing intelligent network architecture.


In the present study, design and fabrication of microfluidic cascade impactor are demonstrated. The system consists of three impaction stages, and rectangular-shaped jet nozzle is employed. It is designed to operate with 0.5 L/min air flow rate. To evaluate collection efficiencies of each stage, polystyrene latex particle (0.2-2.5 μ m) and ammonium sulfate (10-700 nm) are used. From the theoretical analysis, 50% cutpoints of each stage are 1.06, 0.55, and 0.26 μ m in aerodynamic diameter, respectively. Experimental results show that they are 1.15, 0.48, and 0.24 μ m, respectively. To reduce the bounce and re-entrainment phenomena of the particle at the impaction zone, silicon oil is spin-coated on the surface of the microchannel. It is shown that particle losses are less than 10% for 0.2-2.5 μ m particle and 9-12% for 0.05-0.20 μ m particle, respectively. (Word count: 132 words)


Talent management is an important element of Human Resources Management of any organization. Therefore, it must be developed as an integral part of the business strategy. Talent management process has sub-processes that focus on identifying critical positions, competence training, development and reward management. Many researchers find it interesting to explore the impact of various rewards categories on the individual performance in the organization. Researchers have examined both intrinsic and extrinsic factors as reward management, as an important factor and integral part of the talent management process. This paper examines the major dimensions of rewards management. Researchers using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) for the first time may find it difficult as there is limited detail explanation available on making decision on selecting acceptable and interpretable factor. This research makes a genuine attempt to understand how to use Exploratory Factor Analysis for the further research in reward management studies.


We will describe the construction and performance of a prototype high speed, non-mechanically scanned, laser system that is coupled to a custom planar waveguide optical amplifier. The system provides high speed (10 kHz) scanning of <200 far-field resolvable spots, with a path toward <500 spots at 10 kHz demonstrated. An enabling component for this system is the new EO scanner that provides previously unrealizable performance such as sub-millisecond scanning, full 2-D operation with only three control electrodes, fully refractive (no side-lobes) scanning, no blind spot within the field of view (FOV), and a large continuous scan angle. Scanners with near perfect Gaussian output beams, throughputs greater than 50%, and a 500 × 15o continuous field-of-view will be discussed. Furthermore, a path toward much larger FOVs will also be presented. We will also present the design and construction of custom planar waveguide amplifiers to which our EO scanner can be free space end-fire coupled. The amplifiers and scanners were designed for operation at 1.645 microns. This will enable long-range, eye-safe LADAR and sensing applications, such as CH4 sensors.


Inventory management of spare parts is the most important section in a metro operation system.Base on study many forecast of spare parts,a Bayesian inventory control of metro spare parts be set up in this research.The method has been applied to forecast the demand of spare parts in Nanjing metro,and some key spare parts future demand amounts have been calculated.


We are interested in the career of Lieutenant Colonel Joaquin Perez Salas, valued as a staunch Republican. It is considered that their last performance at the service of the casadista counter-revolution allows us to review the annotated concept, so widespread as accepted. We will try to uncover in that time and because started a one-way trip. The summary trial to which he was subjected –located in the Cartagena Naval Archives-, It allows to illuminate certain unpublished aspects of his performance, underlining its well-established reputation of Gunner, and outline some personality traits. The information gathered reveals the evolution of a soldier considered Republican without "add-ons", his determined alignment next to the regime that has sworn allegiance, his opposition to class violence, his friction for this reason with the popular militia, his role in the coup of Casado, and the story of the last hours of the Republic as head of the naval base of Cartagena. A material that we have contrasted with other contributions - unpublished and printed - and the relevant bibliography.


by G.L. Warnock

Seldom does an opportunity arise to summarize 50 years of history with direct input from people who have been leaders in molding the direction and growth of a major journal. Therefore, as part of the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Journal of Surgery (CJS), the editorial board endorsed the concept of interviewing editors, past and present. We aimed to follow up on the inaugural editorial authored by Dr. Robert M. Janes in 1957 and determine how the Journal has lived up to its reputation and what challenges were encountered through its years of growth.

A series of interview questions grew naturally from the readership survey of 2006 (summarized elsewhere in this anniversary section). To offer some perspective on the challenges faced by the editors-in-chief, the editorial boards and the managing editors, these questions covered the organization and governance of the Journal, including finances, journal content, readership opinions, challenges and the quality and significance of the CJS. Former editors Drs. C. Barber Mueller, Lloyd D. MacLean, Roger G. Keith and Jonathan L. Meakins, as well as current editor Dr. James P. Waddell and former managing editor Gillian Pancirov, were contacted by teleconference. The questions were reviewed by Dr. Nis Schmidt and Ms. Rachel Cadelina. Final transcripts of the interviews were lightly edited and reproduced in the sections that follow.

During the course of the interviews, 2 important observations emerged. First, the Journal has remained under the stewardship of very solid board chairmen or coeditors who have steered it through turbulent and challenging times. All of the editors, past and present, are unanimous in one observation — a solid acknowledgement of former managing editor, Gillian Pancirov. The praise for Gillian's effort remains effusive for the roles that she played to maintain a high-quality reputable journal of surgical scholarship. A second major observation is the acknowledgement of solid enduring quality, which informs the peer group of Canadian surgeons about the science and practice of surgery across many surgical disciplines in Canada. This unique perspective on Canadian surgery is unparalleled among national surgical journals in Canada. Finally, these largely unedited transcripts chronicle many challenges in bringing a high-quality journal to its readers through decades of solid leadership and contributions from coast to coast in Canada.


A ternary europium complex of 4-aminobutyric acid (ABA) with 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) [Eu2(ABA)4 (phen)4](phen)4(CIO4)6 was synthesized and characterized by X-ray single crystal diffraction. The result shows that 4-aminobutyric acid exists in zwitterion form in the binuclear complex and that the carboxylates coordinate with Eu3+ ion in bidentate bridging and tridentate chelating-bridging modes. There are two types of phen molecules, one is coordinated and the other is uncoordinated. When excited by YAG: Nd laser with 355 nm light, the title complex can emit strong red fluorescence, and its high-resolution emission spectrum was recorded at 77 K. The Eu 3+ion site is in low symmetry, which is in agreement with the result of X-ray single crystal diffraction analysis. When irradiated with a mercury lamp, the aqueous solution of the title complex can perform photochromism with the color change from colorless to green and the green color can fade away in the dark. The photochromic response time is related to the concentration and pH of the solution, the temperature and the light intensity.


Objectives Previously, we found that urinary fibrinogen (Fg) levels were positively related to contrast-induced acute renal injury degree in mice. Reduction of fibrinogen in heterozygous mice can improve renal function. Here, we prospectively observed the variation in urinary Fg levels in patients undergoing angiography to determine the relationship between serum creatinine (Scr) and serum cystatin C (Cys C) levels. Methods Serum Cys C and urinary Fg levels were evaluated by ELISA before and 2, 12, and 24 h after angiography in 115 enrolled inpatients. Scr was assessed before and 24 and 48 h after angiography. Data were analyzed using ANOVA or Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA and Spearman correlation. Results Urinary Fg levels were elevated as early as 2 h after angiography and decreased thereafter before returning to baseline levels 24 h after angiography. Urinary Fg was correlated with the amount of contrast agent (r = 0.24, p = 0.036) and the presence of diabetes and hypertension (r = 0.31, r = 0.28, p < 0.05, respectively). Urinary Fg levels 2 h after angiography were positively related with Cys C at 12 and 24 h and Scr at 48 h after angiography (r = 0.34, r = 0.51, r = 0.85, p < 0.05, respectively). Conclusions Our results showed that variations in urinary Fg levels are consistent with serum Cys C and Scr in patients undergoing angiography and that urinary Fg levels were the earliest parameter to become elevated. Urinary Fg should be investigated as a useful predictor for abnormal renal function after angiography.


Let G be a finite group and E be an H∞-ring G-spectrum. For any G-space X and positive integer m, we give an explicit description of the smallest Mackey ideal J in E (X ×BΣm) for which the reduced mth power operation E (X) Ð→ E(X ×BΣm)/J is a map of Green functors. We obtain this result as a special case of a general theorem that we establish in the context of G×Σm-Green functors. This theorem also specializes to characterize the appropriate ideal J when E is an ultra-commutative global ring spectrum. We give example computations for the sphere spectrum, complex K-theory, and Morava E-theory.


In this paper, we present recent developments in the characterizat ion of healthy and pathologic cries of newborns. We have identified and quantified acoustic characteristics that appear the most relevant in differentiating between pathological and healthy cries; such as fundamental frequency (F0), irregularity of F0 and presence of hyper-phonic modes. The results obtained are very encouraging, since the characteristics measured actually differentiate pathological cries fro m the cries of healthy babies.


Comparison between two types of C8 aromatics isomerization catalysts,ethylbenzene(EB)dealkylation catalyst and EB conversion catalyst,in the aspects of reaction activity,operation conditions,product distributions and processing capacity were described.A selection of technologies was discussed for the 600 kt/a new integrated aromatics complex of Shanghai Petrochemical Company based on the conditions of the integrated unit,feed properties,catalyst performance,estimated material balance results and yield of para-xylene,finally,technology with EB dealkylation catalyst was adopted.It was concluded by the economic analysis data that technology with EB dealkylation catalyst required less equipment investment and could provide lower production cost for the objective product.


Prior studies have shown physical models are superior learning tools compared to interactive‐two‐dimensional models (3D images on 2D surfaces) and key views of the specimen when tested on a cadaver. Additionally, we have shown that haptic feedback and transfer‐appropriate processing do not contribute to the superiority of the physical model. In the current study, we explored the role of stereopsis in the same context. During the learning phase, we compared a condition with both eyes uncovered to a condition with the non‐dominant eye covered, removing stereopsis. The results further validate that physical models are superior to the interactive 2D model. Participants in the physical model group performed significantly better than those in the interactive 2D group on structure identification on the cadaveric pelvis (64% vs 47%, p < 0.001). Furthermore, the use of two eyes was superior to one eye (62% vs 49%, p < 0.01). However, there were no interactions, suggesting that stereopsis had no differential effect in the 2D model. Ultimately, these results further support the superiority of the physical model for anatomy education.


Microporous polyethylene (PE) membranes having a controlled pore size were produced via the thermally induced phase separation process by manipulation of the phase boundary of the PE/diluent blend and process conditions. The phase boundary of the PE blend, caused by upper critical solution temperature type phase behavior, was controlled by the use of a diluent mixture, that is, an isoparaffin/soybean oil mixture. The phase-separation temperature of the PE/soybean oil blend was always higher than that of the PE/isoparaffin blend. In PE/(isoparaffin/soybean oil) ternary blends, the phase-separation temperature of the ternary blend rapidly increased with increasing soybean oil content in the diluent mixture. Furthermore, the phase-separation temperatures of ternary blends were always higher than that of the PE/soybean oil blend, regardless of the blend compositions, when the diluent mixture contained more than 50 wt % soybean oil. The observed phase behavior of the ternary blends was analyzed with interaction energy densities calculated with the Flory–Huggins theory and ternary stability conditions. The growth of droplets caused by both coalescence and the Oswald ripening process was observed after the onset of phase separation. As the blends became less stable, the droplet growth rate increased, and larger equilibrium droplets were formed. Microporous membranes with the desired pore structure could be prepared by control of the phase boundary and the variation of processing conditions such as the quenching depth, annealing time, and cooling rate. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008


In our earlier paper (Sacks, h o k e & Beach 1979: henceforth Paper I) we presented a case for lateral heterogeneity at the base of the mantle based on our interpretation of core-phase amplitude data. Although this result is not unexpected, our technique is novel so that it should be quite closely examined and questioned. As Clark & Pearce (1981) point out, we did not specifically discuss source effects in our paper, and they suggest that such effects should be considered as an alternative explanation for the observed distribution of amplitude ratios which formed the basis for our case for lateral heterogeneity. It was our assumption that the averaging method used (which is described in the caption of Fig. 1 (fig. 5 from Paper I)) minimized such effects. In this reply we discuss source effects explicitly. Our data set consists of observed amplitude ratios of core phases PKPAB and PKPDF for given earthquake-station pairs. Clark & Pearce note that, depending upon the source depth and the epicentral distance, the take-off angles of the AB and DF branches differ by several degrees (7"-17" typically) for a laterally homogeneous, spherical earth model. (1) If there were random orientations of the focal mechanisms of the earthquakes, one would expect variations in the resulting amplitude ratios shown in their fig. 2(a). (2) They note that if deep-focus earthquakes are characterized by a vertical fault plane, this would result in a tendency towards large AB/DF ratios. (3) If there were a non-random distribution of focal mechanisms for example, if the earthquakes were predominantly from a single region then this effect might cause a skew in the amplitude-ratio distribution.


Special bar quality [SBQ] is a long steel product where an assured quality is delivered by the steel mill to its customer. The bars have enhanced tolerance to higher stress application and it is demanded for specialised component making. The SBQ bars are sought for component making processing units such as closed die hot forging, hot extrusion, cold forging, machining, heat treatment, welding operations. The final component quality of the secondary processing units depends on the quality maintained at the steel maker end along with quality maintained at the fabricator end. Thus, quality control is ensured at every unit process stages. The various market segments catered to by SBQ steel segment is ever growing and is reviewed. Steel mills need adequate infrastructure and technological capability to make these higher quality steels. Some of the critical stages of processing SBQ and the critical quality maintenance parameters at the steel mill in the manufacture has been brought out.


Long Term Evolution (LTE) emerges as the promising communication technology for data and voice service in Human to Human Communication (H2H). Currently, LTE network also includes Machine to Machine (M2M) communication. Combining the legacy systems and evolving Machine type devices, increases the access rate to a particular base station leading to congestion in Access network. Congestion in Random Access Network (RAN) that occurs during the Random Access Process affects the performance of H2H communication. The objective of the paper is to analyze the existing congestion control techniques and to provide a comprehensive summary on classified poll and event based mechanisms.


In this paper, we prove several fixed point theorems, which are generalizations of the Banach contraction principle and Kannan's fixed point theorem. Further we discuss a characterization of metric completeness.


Dynamic behaviors of two coupled bistable elements optically connected in a series are theoretically predicted and discussed based on a phenomenological model with respect to photocarrier densities, where each bistable element is a self-electro-optic effect device (SEED). Feedback from one of the two SEEDs to the power of an incident light beam was introduced, which resulted in various types of oscillatory solutions and bifurcation structures depending on incident light power and choices of parameter values included in our model.


Bryophyte dynamics after fire in the Mediterranean macchia of Southern Italy was studied both by diachronic and synchronic approaches. Changes of bryophyte cover and spe- cies composition were found in relation to both age and fire intensity. During the first 2 yr after fire, bryophytes dominated the plots which had experienced the highest fire intensity while herbs were dominant in plots affected by lighter fires. Pioneer species, such as Funaria hygrometrica, Barbula convoluta and Bryum dunense, characterized recent intense fires, whereas Bryum torquescens, B. radiculosum and B. ruderale were dominant after less intense burning. Pleurochaete squarrosa, Tortula ruraliformis and Tortella flavovirens domi- nated intermediate successional stages. Pleurocarpous mosses were dominant only in the older closed stands. Different patterns of regeneration strategies were described: spores dominated early stages of intense fire, while vegetative propagules characterized later successional stages and less severely burned areas. Although bryophytes usually have a low abundance in Mediterranean vegetation, their role in post-fire vegetation dynamics may be locally enhanced according to burning conditions.


In this paper, the problem of automatic nonlinear unmixing of hyperspectral reflectance data using works of art as test cases is described. We use a deep neural network to decompose a given spectrum quantitatively to the abundance values of pure pigments. We show that adding another step to identify the constituent pigments of a given spectrum leads to more accurate unmixing results. Towards this, we use another deep neural network to identify pigments first and integrate this information to different layers of the network used for pigment unmixing. As a test set, the hyperspectral images of a set of mock-up paintings consisting of a broad palette of pigment mixtures, and pure pigment exemplars, were measured. The results of the algorithm on the mock-up test set are reported and analyzed.


Development of a monoreactive rabbit antiserum reagent to a specific glycoprotein (α-2-GP) of rat serum has permitted detection and quantitation of this glycoprotein in heterogeneous serum protein mixtures by agar-gel immunodiffusion techniques. Not detectable in serum of mature, normal rats, α-2-GP was found following trauma to connective tissue. An 8–12 hr period post traumatization was required to reach serum levels detectable by immunoelectrophoresis. Relationship of α-2-GP synthesis to the stress syndrome, and the mediating effect of the adrenocorticoids, was indicated by its absence in adrenalectomized (adrexed) traumatized animals, and the dose relationship of serum α-2-GP concentrations of such animals to administered cortisol. Serum α-2-GP concentrations also reflected the amount of tissue traumatized when adrexed animals were given a standard dose of cortisol. The linearity of response of α-2-GP synthesis to the amount of tissue traumatized was demonstrated without exogenous cortisol in the adre...


Previous investigations have attempted to determine the isotopic composition of carrier-free Iodine-131 by activation analysis. Gminder and Tyler, and Jones and Crist reported that stable 1-127 present was of the order of 100 mg/ml in carrier-free 1-131 obtained from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This was equivalent to approximately 3 mg of 1-127 per millicurie of 1-131. This amount of 1-127 cannot be accounted for on the basis of the fission process alone. Further investigation employing an improved detector for activity measurements gave indication that these results are high by a factor of one hundred or more. The writers wish to express their appreciation for the invaluable assistance and patient encouragement offered by Professor W. W. Hawes of the United States Naval Postgraduate School during this investigation.


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Pre-term infants are especially susceptible to necrotizing enterocolitis

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Of all the obstacles faced by premature infants, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a particularly scary one. The disease kills developing intestinal tissues and sometimes the infants themselves. Scientists still don't know what causes NEC, but because the disease responds to antibiotics, they suspect that a contagious bacterium may be to blame. Raveh-Sadka et al. used a metagenomics approach to identify the microbes present in premature hospitalized infants during a NEC outbreak. They found that these babies shared very few bacterial strains, suggesting that no single bacterium caused the outbreak. Although this indicates that hospitals have good barriers in place to stop the spread of dangerous bacteria in these fragile infants, the cause of NEC remains a mystery.

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I investigate $^{10}$B+$\alpha$ cluster states of $^{14}$N with a $^{10}$B+$\alpha$ cluster model. Near the $\alpha$-decay threshold energy, I obtain $K^\pi=3^+$ and $K^\pi=1^+$ rotational bands having $^{10}$B($3^+$)+$\alpha$ and $^{10}$B($1^+$)+$\alpha$ components, respectively. I assign the band-head state of the $K^\pi=3^+$ band to the experimental $3^+$ at $E_x$=13.19 MeV of $^{14}$N observed in $\alpha$ scattering reactions by $^{10}$B and show that the calculated $\alpha$-decay width is consistent with the experimental data. I discuss an $\alpha$-cluster motion around the $^{10}$B cluster and show that $^{10}$B+$\alpha$ cluster states contain significant components of a linear-chain 3$\alpha$ configuration, in which an $\alpha$ cluster is localized in the longitudinal direction around the deformed $^{10}$B cluster.


3 Abstract: The purpose of this study is to design and implement the measurement and improvement system for maintenance that leads to improve and promote the maintenance conditions purposely in terms of organizational goals and strategies. In order to this, a model has been developed for realizing the research purpose based on the literature review and then the model has been implemented in the electricity company through the present organizational structure and the suggested team-based structure. This article seeks to express the steps of system designing and the results of its implementation. The main steps that have been conductedfor realizing the research purpose are determining the measures, determining the measurement periods, goal-setting, designing a measurement system, measuring and defining the corrective activities. Designing and implementing the measurement system and maintenance measurement and improvement result in the different outputs that some of them have been indicated in the following section. Considering the maintenance systems from different perspectives leads that not only technical aspect is attended, but also other aspects are considered. Reviewing and detonating the measures in different levels leads that the necessary and sufficient data are offered for the organization and the managers did not involve in this data that capture their decision making power. Measurement feedback and continuous monitoring help them in defining the corrective efforts for promoting the maintenance system. Using the measurement feedback not only was effective in modifying the work processes, but also was effective in modifying some of the goals, policies and organizational structure.


A complete and annotated edition of Shakespeare's non-dramatic verse, including the sonnets, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece.


This paper presents a kind of co-existence framework for companying physical space with virtual space with a case study. The fundamental approach is to investigate the interplay between users and information in virtual space, including collecting, interpreting, integrating, and communicating. Based on this framework, we propose an information structure, which elaborates the information of our co-existence representation. The infrastructure modeled with three strategies including dynamic information components, space-time interaction and interaction between users and information is tested in representing ten historical significant civic building in Taiwan.


Recent trends towards adopting hypervisors, hierarchical scheduling, and other virtualization technologies that achieve partitioned access to the CPU and other resources impose significant impact with respect to jitter performance in embedded real-time systems. In this paper we make a first step towards characterization, modeling and calculation of this jitter.


Virtual reality (VR) is collecting attention thanks to the progress of hardware such as head-mounted displays (HMD) and 3D graphics chips. Because most of the systems, however, are based on computer graphics (CG), they require a significant amount of time and energy to build 3D models manually. One solution is to build them automatically from images, but the display quality lacks realism due to low resolution and some artifacts. We propose a system based on image-based rendering that can provide the user with a photo realistic and immersive walk-through experience. Depending on the user's location, we switch images. Although the time consuming part is image acquisition, it takes less than an hour for 30 images by a consumer omnidirectional camera. The user is able to walk around in a room interactively in realtime, while looking in any direction with a wide-angle HMD.


An overview is given of the work on Eurocode 5, Design of Timber Structures. Special emphasis is given to: a) ultimate limit states to take into account the influence of moisture content and load duration; b) the prescription of partial limit states; c) serviceability limit states; d) ultimate limit states for both basic members and for components such as notched beams, columns, trussed rafters and joints. At the time this article was written the work on Part 2 (Bridges) had hardly begun. (A) The French title for this paper is: EC 5: Calcul des structures en bois. The German title for this paper is: EC 5: Bemessung von Holztragwerken. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 855476.


Review on FEN1 (flap structure-specific endonuclease 1), with data on DNA, on the protein encoded, and where the gene is implicated.


Objective To evaluate the preventive effect of combinative use of valsartan with benazepril for the kidney,a six months' prospective study was conducted on type two diabetes mellitus normotensives(DM-2n) with persistent microalbuminuria(MAU).Methods The enrollment included 100 cases of DM-2n with MAU,randomly being divided into group A,group B and group C.Group A had valsartan 40-80 mg/d plus benazepril 5 mg/d as the combinative treatment group.Group B had benazepril alone 5-10 mg/d.Group C had valsartan 80 mg/d.All the therapies lasted for 6 months.Results Urinary albumin excretion rate(UAER) in all the groups showed significant decreases after treatments(P 0.01),but UAER differed among the groups,the combinative treatment group was prominent(P 0.05).Serum creatinine and ureal nitrogen decreased(P 0.05),the others had no significant changes.Conclusion Combinative use of valsartan with benazepril reduces DM-2n with MAU more efficiently than they are used singularly,and their preventive effect on the kidney is independent of their influence on the blood pressure.