The present invention REFERS TO WIRES coated glass composition ENSAINADO comprising at least one silane satisfying the formula Si (R {SUB 1}) (R {SUB, 2}) (R {SUB, 3} ) (R {SUB, 4}) wherein R {SUB, 1) R {SUB, 2} ARE alkoxy groups, R {SUB, 3} is an alkoxy group or a radical BASED oNLY CARBON, hYDROGEN AND optionally nITROGEN R SUB {4} is a radical BASED solely of carbon, hydrogen atoms and optionally nitrogen cOMPRISING UNSATURATED at least one cycle substituted by at least one chain UNSATURATED CONJUGATE WITH CYCLE. THREADS glass according to the invention are particularly resilient in corrosive medium.


This paper investigates absolute and relative pose estimation under refraction, which are essential problems for refractive structure from motion. We first present an absolute pose estimation algorithm by leveraging an efficient iterative refinement. Then, we derive a novel refractive epipolar constraint for relative pose estimation. The epipolar constraint is established based on the virtual camera transformation, making it in a succinct form and can be efficiently optimized. Evaluations of the proposed algorithms on synthetic data show superior accuracy and computational efficiency to state-of-the-art methods. For further validation, we demonstrate the performance on real data and show the application in 3D reconstruction of objects under refraction.


Cocaine produces its psychotropic and habit-forming effects primarily by working on the brain's neural structure, a group of interconnected regions that regulate pleasure and motivation. An initial, short effect—a buildup of the organic compound dopamine—gives rise to high spirits and a want to require the drug once more. Researchers square measure seeking to know however cocaine's several long term effects manufacture addiction's persistent cravings and risk of relapse. within the author's laboratory, work has targeted on buildup of the genetic transcription issue issue. Levels of ΔFosB within the neural structure correlate with addiction-like behaviors in mice and will precipitate terribly long changes to vegetative cell structure. any pursuit of this and similar leads square measure 1st steps toward a whole understanding of the transition from hard drug abuse to addiction—and, ultimately, more practical treatments for those that square measure alcoholic. Snorted, smoked, or injected, hard drug quickly enters the blood and penetrates the brain. The drug achieves its main immediate psychological effect—the high—by inflicting a buildup of the organic compound monoamine neurotransmitter. Dopamine acts as a pacesetter for several nerve cells throughout the brain. At each moment of our lives, monoamine neurotransmitter is answerable for keeping those cells operational at the acceptable levels of activity to accomplish our desires and aims. Whenever we want to mobilize our muscles or mind to figure more durable or quicker, monoamine neurotransmitter drives a number of the concerned brain cells to improve to the challenge.


Nematodes are part of the soil food webs with decomposers, micophages, bacteriophages, predators and plant parasitic; when there are disturbance and pollution of soil affect the same populations of these trophic groups, which are used to assess the health and quality of ecosystems. The goal of this research was to identify and create a photographic record of the nematode communities inhabiting forest and bamboo ecosystems in the Montelindo farm of the Universidad de Caldas. In these ecosystems, root and soil samples were collected using GPS receiving equipment, allowing to generate a grid of georeferenced sampling taking samples every 15m. Later, in the laboratory of Plant Pathology at the same university was nematodes extracted by centrifugation and flotation in sugar method. The ecosystem of bamboo had the most high biodiversity with nematodes fauna, and there were identified as 29 genera of nematodes of the Secernentea class, located in Aphelenchida, Monhysterida, Rhabditida and Tylenchida orders, and Adenophorea class, located in Araeolaimida, Dorylaimida and Triplonchida orders; likewise in the forest ecosystem found 26 genera of nematodes, mostly belonging to the Secernentea class, located in Aphelenchida, Rhabditida and Tylenchida orders, and to a lesser proportion in class Adenophorea located in the Chromadorida, Dorylaimida and Triplonchida orders. The trophic group with 46% of plant parasitic nematodes predominated in both ecosystems, followed by bacteriophage, micophage and predatory with 40%, 13% and 1.5% respectively, showing that these ecosystems are rich in diversity of nematodes fauna.


The book is an assortment of papers all brought together through a series of surveys, observations, critical reflections and narratives. It is organised in five chapters, with the first one being a mere introductory note. The major issue of in the planning of cities is the issue of housing and its various dimensions. Harare is the capital city of Zimbabwe. Since its birth in 1890 as Salisbury, it has seen some tremendous growth. The Great Harare Region is the product of the city's expansion and forward and backward linkages between the centre and its satellites. As a capital and primate city of the country, Harare is the major hub of social, economic and political life. In the colonial city it was a rabidly divided city along racial lines with very little traces of informal living. Informal settlements were there but in the periphery: Epworth and Chirambahuyo. Chitungwiza was established as a dormitory town for the bulk of the workers in the city. When independence was attained in 1980, the city 'opened its doors' to the majority of the black African population that were forever meant to be destined in the rural areas. Such an open door policy had its challenges.


Abstract 3282 Poster Board III-1 The kinase inhibitor dasatinib has demonstrated efficacy in patients with CML-CP who fail imatinib due to resistance or intolerance. Imatinib failure is often associated with the acquisition of resistant mutations within BCR-ABL. Failure of dasatinib is associated with a limited spectrum of mutations, which are T315I/A, V299L, and F317L/I/V, suggesting these mutations are dasatinib resistant (DR). Only a fraction of patients with T315I respond to dasatinib, most patients with F317L have hematologic responses but few have cytogenetic responses, and V299L is uncommon in imatinib-resistant patients but is mostly seen after dasatinib failure. In vitro data suggests Q252H and E255K/V also confer a degree of dasatinib resistance. However, their clinical association with dasatinib resistance or inferior response is unclear. This retrospective analysis seeks to determine if the mutation status at the start of dasatinib impacts the initial molecular response, and to examine the type of mutations lost and gained during therapy. To assess the significance of intermediate sensitivity (DI) mutations (Q252H and E255K/V), BCR-ABL levels were measured against the International Scale (IS), and mutation status was assayed at initiation of dasatinib (baseline), at progression, or study termination or completion (progression/completion). Data were taken from 479 patients with CML-CP treated with dasatinib 70 mg twice daily, after imatinib failure for the phase II START-C or -R studies. Patients were grouped according to their baseline mutation status: DR, DI, dasatinib sensitive (DS, all other mutations not DR or DI), and no mutations. Patients with more than one mutation at baseline that qualified for more than one grouping were rare, and classified according to the most resistant mutation. By 6 months of dasatinib therapy, patients with DR mutations at baseline had the highest levels of BCR-ABL transcripts (Table 1). By comparison, those with DI, DS, or no mutations had a reduced proportion with high transcript levels. In addition, no patients with DR at baseline achieved a reduction of BCR-ABL by 6 months to IS ratio Disclosures: Branford: Bristol-Myers Squibb: Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding. Hochhaus: Bristol-Myers Squibb: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding. Bahceci: Bristol-Myers Squibb: Employment. Ploughman: Bristol-Myers Squibb: Employment. Mukhopadhyay: Bristol-Myers Squibb: Employment. Hughes: Bristol-Myers Squibb: Advisor, Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Advisor, Honoraria, Research Funding.


After years of research and experiments, the Japanese scholars have improved the automatic buoy system. The tracing accuracy has been greatly improved because the tracing error of the automatic buoy can be automatically corrected. But it is difficult for the automatic buoy to become a standard configuration for the offshore structures of oil storage and transportation because of complex technology and high price. In this paper, a multi-buoys system is founded to trace the oil spill. The system reliability of oil spill tracing is greatly improved.


The purpose of this study is to examine the role of Technology Acceptance model (TAM) on increasing the usage of Activity based costing in the commercial banking institutions of Libya. A survey was conducted and the survey questionnaire was distributed to around 180 respondents which in return around 125 questionnaires was used for the analysis. The location of the respondents was within the areas of Tripoli Libya. From the findings it was noted that the most important role of the activity based costing system in the banking institutions of Libya is to increase the costing and cost control and the customer profitability. There was around 81% of influence of costing and cost control on the usage of activity based costing system and around 78% of the influence of activity based costing system is to increase the customer's profitability. The results of the study showed that perceived usefulness was most influential in determining the usage of Activity based costing system in the bankers of Libya.


The first step towards immobilization of the soluble radioactive species in borosilicate glass is the addition of sodium tetraphenylborate (TPB) and sodium titanate to the radioactive aqueous solution. Initial studies of the TPB hydrolysis process have found that some component of the radiolysis mixture inactivates the Cu catalyst. The interaction of organic materials with the catalyst, and the subsequent interference with the hydrolysis process, would have presented problems with the use of the vitrification process. Prevention of the catalyst deactivation is obtained by washing the irradiated TPB precipitate in the Late Wash Facility prior to hydrolysis to remove the soluble radiolysis products. Identification of the organic radiolysis products, their distribution in the Late Wash Facility, and their interactions with the Cu catalyst has become an important analytical issue. To further investigate the reaction products of the TPB precipitation process, a simulated feedstock was created from compounds known to be present in the starting materials. This simulated feedstock was precipitated with sodium TPB and then exposed to Co-60 gamma radiation to simulate two years of additional storage time prior to the hydrolysis process. The irradiated product was divided into two parts, the filtered supernatant liquid and the precipitate slurry, which containsmore » the TPB and the solid sodium titanate. Using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry, ion chromatography, and high performance liquid chromatography, over 50 organic and inorganic species have been identified in the aqueous portion of a simulated feedstock for TPB hydrolysis. The major organic species present are benzene, phenol, benzamide and a variety of substituted phenylphenols. The major inorganic species present are sodium, nitrite, and oxalate ions.« less


This paper proposes an active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) method based on generalized proportional integral (GPI) observer to control of a biped robot while considering its complicated structure and possible disturbances. These observers are used to estimate time-varying disturbances and possible uncertainties. Generally, implying GPI observer on robotic systems is accompanied by a PD-controller in feedback, which is not efficient enough due to abrupt velocity changes of the biped in impact phase, and consequently, a higher level of input torque is required. Thus, applying the back-stepping technique to the mentioned method is suggested. In this study, a two-nested control loop is designed for a 3D biped robot. The back-stepping method with a GPI observer is used in the inner control loop to improve the custom method. Joint trajectories are designed by an offline method and modified by an online method in the outer loop to maintain the stability of the biped. The efficiency of the proposed control strategy is depicted for the biped in the presence of time-varying disturbances through MATLAB simulation.


Through comparative experiment, researched contest method using in colleges' badminton selective course. It prove that using contest method in teaching will stir up the learning interest of the students effectively, and increase the physical ability, improve the students competition and coordination psychology diathesis, promote them to form fine physical habit and establish regulations cosciousness.


Reviewer was provided with a copy of the Oct. 21, 2008 memorandum from Dean C. Simeroth, Chief of the Criteria Pollutants Branch, Air Resources Board to Gerald W. Bowes, Manager of the Toxicology and Peer Review Section, State Water Resources Control Board, Request for External Peer Review of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The memorandum included a timeline for the review, Scientific Issues to be addressed, and other guidance regarding confidentiality of the review and limits on contact between reviewers and staff who prepared the report. The time line in the memo, requesting reviews to be completed by March 2, 2009 was adjusted in e-mail correspondence with Gerald W. Bowes. The review material was received on March 10, and the revised guidance was to submit the review within one month. The reviewer had no knowledge of other reviewers and did not discuss the report with any of the listed staff and experts involved in its preparation.


With the chip-drying process,spinning process and draw-texturi ng process adjusted,the flame-retardant polyester DTY is produced.And the main f actors which influence producing flame-retardant polyester DTY are discussed.


Blind CFA interpolation detection,which identifies the demosaicing method used in digital camera by analyzing output images, provides many efficient tools for digital image forensics.In this paper, we proposes an approach of blind CFA interpolation detection based on the entropy of the correlative coefficients.By solving the pixel matrix equation, the CFA interpolation coefficients are calculated and the entropy of the coefficients are obtained, and they are further fed to SVM classifier to identify forgery. The experimental results show a high accuracy on blind CFA interpolation detection.Compared with existing ones,the proposed method in this paper indicates a better performance on the robnstness especially against lossy JPEG compression.


The utility model discloses an exterior rearview mirror with a defrosting function, which comprises a rearview mirror body connected onto a vehicle body by a triangular seat. Upper, lower, left and right angles of a mirror surface of the rearview mirror are adjusted by a mirror holder assembly via an adjusting steering gear with a micro-motor, an electric heating plate is disposed on the back of the mirror surface, and the thickness of the electric heating plate ranges from 0.3mm to 0.5mm. The exterior rearview mirror has the advantage that the electric heating plate is disposed on the back of the mirror surface of the exterior rearview mirror of a vehicle, when external environmental temperature is too low and the sight of a driver is affected by frost on the mirror surface, the electric heating plate can be electrified by the aid of an internal power supply system of the vehicle so as to continuously heat the mirror surface and rapidly melt the frost on the mirror surface, thereby guaranteeing safety of driving of the vehicle.


This report presents a MOF-compliant metamodel for calcula ting software metrics and demonstrates how it is used to generate a metrics tool that calculates coupling and cohesion metrics. We also describe a systemati c approach to the analysis of MOF-compliant metamodels and illustrate the approa ch using the presented metamodel. In this approach, we express the metamodel using UML and OCL and harness existing automated tools in a framework that genera tes a Java implementation and an Alloy specification of the metamodel, and use this both to examine the metamodel constraints, and to generate instantiations of t he metamodel. Moreover, we describe how the approach can be used to generate test data for ny software based on a MOF-compliant metamodel. We extend our framework to support this approach and use it to generate a test suite for the metrics ca lculation tool that is based on our metamodel.


A new thermodynamic assessment of the Co-Nb system is presented. All experimental phase diagram data available from the literature have been critically reviewed and assessed using thermodynamic models for the Gibbs energies of the individual phases (Thermo-Calc). Compared to previous assessments more elaborate models for the description of the C14 and C36 Laves phases and for the μ phase were employed. Thereby a calculated phase diagram is obtained which satisfactorily agrees with the experimental data.


The problem of social stigma toward others viewed as "different" has been accompanied by limited research when pertaining to persons with disabilities. The present study attempts to determine how college students will respond to a potential roommate with disability status (e.g. use a wheelchair). To control for socially desirable responses, two scales were imbedded in the survey to measure the extent to which participants feel a need for approval as well as their overall acceptance of others. Participants who possess a high need for approval presented more favorable attitudes when the wheelchair was not pictured. Comparatively speaking, participants who did not have a high need for approval presented a more favorable assessment when the wheelchair was pictured. Results suggest that individuals who excessively seek approval from others may be less willing to interact with those deemed as "different" from the norm.


MY FAMILY, MY IDENTITY: AN ETHNOHISTORICAL EXPLORATION OF A MULTIETHNIC FAMILY by Sarah Oosahwee-Voss May 2015 This thesis focuses on family identity in a time when multiethnic couples are increasing in population. How will this populace choose to define who they are? The purpose of this thesis is to focus on a multiethnic family, specifically one with different tribal heritages, and explore how their identity was formed over time and maintained through various times in their history. Multiple ethnographic methods were utilized in tandem to collect the information. A framework was then created to determine the main themes found throughout the history and information compiled in order to define the core values within their family identity. The family in this study is my family and by researching one's own family, a new and deeper understanding of one's own identity is achieved. This thesis creates an outline for others to apply in their search for helping to discover the themes in their own family to find a way to sustain and shape their family


relevant to internet, caregivers and self-management interventions. Studies had to report on an intervention delivered mainly using the Internet and on caregiver specific outcomes, include at least one care recipient older than 50 years and score high level of evidence. A narrative synthesis of components (e.g. content, multimedia use, interactive online activities and provision of support), caregiver outcomes (e.g. on stressors, mediators and psychological health) and behavior change techniques was conducted. A total of 2338 articles were screened. 12 randomized controlled trials were included covering 10 internet-based interventions. 5 interventions led to statistically significant results on caregiver outcomes, mostly reporting impacts on depression or anxiety (n=4). From these interventions, 4 incorporated remote professional support with either synchronous (e.g. videoconference, n=1) or asynchronous (e.g. email, n=3) components and all were highly interactive with quizzes on educational content (n=3) or online questionnaires on health status (n=2). All 5 interventions provided instructions for behavior change, 4 provided social support and 3 used modeling techniques. In sum, internet-based interventions that are interactive, model appropriate behavior, incorporate professional support and provide instructions and social support can lead to better outcomes in caregivers. More studies isolating the specific effect of components are needed to better understand the underlying mechanism of action.


This study reports results of a national mailout-mailback experiment that evaluated the effects of a deadline and compressed mailing schedule on response to census mail questionnaires. The experiment finds that providing a deadline and shorter interval (by one week) in which to complete the census form leads to a significantly higher rate of response (by 2.0 percentage points). Data quality was not impaired and in some cases showed significant improvements in the experimental panel (lower item nonresponse for one item and slight improvements in coverage). These results contrast with previous studies suggesting that a due date is not effective for improving response in mail surveys, and imply that a deadline would lead to significant cost savings in the decennial census.


This research aims to design dance practice learning in the Sendratasik Education study program. Changes in the curriculum in response to the MBKM program will indirectly affect the learning process, where lecturers must develop their learning designs. This study followed up by designing a blended learning-based practice of Nusantara dance. Of course, this research is a step towards more effective learning for students of the Sendratasik Education Study Program who are heterogeneous in terms of their dancing abilities, also during the pandemic which has an impact on limiting face-to-face (offline). The research problem is focused on: How is the design of a valid Nusantara dance practice learning design in the Sendratasik Education Study Program, Department of Performing Arts, FSD UNM. The research step uses the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Insemination, and Evaluation) model, which in this research activity reaches the design stage. The results of the study: The design of learning design for the practice of Nusantara dance needed in the Sendratasik Education PS, Department of Performing Arts, FSD UNM, is a design that is following the learning objectives as implied in the learning outcomes (CPL) in the curriculum of the study program, that the practical ability, especially the practice of Nusantara dance, is limited to learning interests in primary and secondary education units. The learning design for the practice of Nusantara dance is based on the concept of the 10-stage Dick & Carey model, namely: identification of learning objectives for Nusantara dance, analysis of learning, identification of initial behavior and characteristics of students who are required to program, formulating learning objectives following CPL, developing criteria for reference test items that refer to three aspects (wiraga, wirama, wirasa), learning strategies are arranged according to the needs of MBKM, development of a selection of learning materials following the availability of human resources (competence of lecturers in the Department of Performing Arts), formative evaluation is carried out at the end of the middle of the semester, revision of learning is carried out by reflecting on the results formative evaluation, and summative evaluation carried out at the end of the semester


Welfare is a corporate attitude or commitment reflected in the expressed care for employee at all levels. Obviously, there must be financial constraints but a concern for welfare makes no immediate contribution to perceived managerial priorities. An attempt is made here to elicit the views of the respondents on the various issues relating to the welfare practice in the EPDCL under the study. On the basis of the results, it is suggested that the performance of employees in any organization depends on the policies, procedures and welfare facilities adopted by the organization. The organization is stretching its hands to provide full range of welfare facilities to workers i.e. statutory and non statutory benefits. Apart from that, facilities like medical aid and subsidized food will improve the health and standards of living of the workmen that may positively affect loyalty, sincerity and commitment which in turn will bring morale and productivity.


There are three main navigation hindering areas in Jiulongtan shoal reaches of the Yangtze River,which are Guguqi,Jiaobatan and Sanjiaoqi.On the basis of navigation hindering cause analysis and combining the target and principle of waterway regulation,we propose the regulation schemes.The 2-D flow and sediment mathematical model is applied to investigate the regulation effects of different schemes.According to the flow conditions and sediment erosion and deposition characteristics of the typical year,we compare and optimize the waterway regulation schemes,and then propose the recommended one.Using the ilow and sediment series data of year 2002 to 2011,we study the laws of long-tenn channel sedimentation,the results of which show that after implementation of the recommended scheme,the channel scale meets the design requirements and can remain stable,which indicates that the regulation effect is remarkable and has achieved the expected goal.


The Marine Terminal Automated Management System (MTAMS) was implemented at the Seventh Street Terminal, Port of Oakland, CA in 1981. This report describes the terminal; presents an overview of the MTAMS; reviews the steps in system implementation; and provides an evaluation of the MTAMS.


In the past few years, we have experienced a rapid increase in the development and usage of Web-based systems. However, a main problem of these systems is the lack of security mechanisms to protect their data especially in cases where high security is required. In this work, we present the architecture of a secure system using voice biometrics. Among the existing security and biometric methods, voice biometrics can be an affordable technology providing high security. The proposed architecture includes a biometric server where the users' unique set of speech models (voiceprint) is stored. The authentication procedure requests from the user to pronounce a random sequence of digits and after capturing speech and extracting voice features at the client side are sent back to the biometric server. The biometric server decides whether the received features match the stored voiceprint of the user who claims to be, and accordingly grants authentication. By implementing the proposed architecture, online databases are provided with a higher degree of certainty based on the user's identity.


Recombinant human (rhu) macrophage colony‐stimulating factor (M‐CSF) was evaluated for efficacy, either alone or in combination with local X‐irradiation (LR), in mice inoculated subcutaneously (s.c.) with Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells. The size of the primary tumor and numbers of lung metastases, 21 days after tumor inoculation and 15 days after the start of treatment, were reduced by 87% in tumor‐bearing mice treated with 20 μg/dose M‐CSF s.c. twice a day for 5 days. LR (800 cGy) to the tumor once a week for 2 weeks had a moderate anti‐tumor effect and enhanced the anti‐tumor effect of M‐CSF. Hematological parameters, including nucleated cellularity in peripheral blood, femoral marrow, spleen and peritoneal exudate, as well as marrow and splenic granulocyte‐macrophage progenitor cells, and numbers of splenic Thy1.2+ cell and peritoneal mast cells, were perturbed in LLC‐bearing mice, and were influenced by treatment with M‐CSF and LR. Treatment with M‐CSF plus LR, but not with either agent alone, was associated with a significant, although slight, enhancement in survival time for LLC‐bearing mice. Inability to obtain a better survival‐enhancing effect appeared to be related to the limited treatment, since the anti‐tumor effects of M‐CSF were more notable early on in disease progression and were related to the dose of M‐CSF used. The effects of M‐CSF were most probably indirect ones on the host immune system. M‐CSF, in combination with LR, may be of benefit in the treatment of human tumors that have metastatic potential.


There are many kinds of research on web graph, most of them are focus on the hyperlinked structure of the web graph. Well known results on the web graph are rich-get-richer phenomenon, small-world phenomenon, scale-free network, etc. In this paper, we define a new directed web graph, so called the Web Usage Pattern Graph (WUPG), that nodes represent web sites and arcs between nodes represent a movement between two sites by users' browsing behavior. The data to constructing the WUPG, approximately 56,000 records, are gathered from some users' PCs. The results analysing the data summarized as follows: (ⅰ) extremely rich-get-richer phenomenon (ⅱ) average path length between sites is significantly less than the previous one (ⅲ) less external hyperlinks, more internal hyperlinks.


Contemporary Drama includes works that are closely attuned to one's particular time and place. Therefore, in order to ensure that work is authentic to the present time, dramatic artists are often involved in investigating, testing and taking risks with their creativity. The same is true of the founders of the non-naturalistic theatrical styles that we explore with our students each year. Contemporary in nature, our students are required to apply them to ensemble and solo prescribed structures, in order to involve their characters in the worlds of their performances. This article will discuss ways to make Bertolt Brecht's Epic Theatre relevant to our students, therefore enabling them to create drama that is attuned to their time and place.


Poster: "ECR 2015 / C-1107 / Differential diagnosis between benign and malignant soft tissue tumours using multi-b diffusion weighted images and dynamic contrast enhanced MRI" by: "L. Stefanetti, S. Marzi, V. Anelli; Rome/IT"


The utility model relates to the technical field of railway erecting equipment, in particular to a movable type trolley with an electricity prevention plate, which achieves the purpose that construction projects above a contact net of a trunk line electrification operating line can be performed conveniently, safely and flexibly. The movable type trolley comprises a base and a wheel train, and is characterized in that the wheel train and a rail are matched with each other; a support frame is mounted on the base; a hanging frame is arranged on the side of the support frame facing the base and is provided with a workshop; the workshop is provided with a working platform which is parallel to the base and lower than a rail tie; the side of the workshop facing the base is open; and safety nets are arranged on the other three side surfaces of the workshop. The movable type trolley with the electricity prevention plate has the advantages of stable structure and convenience in disassembly and assembly, can bear certain load, and particularly can be moved above the contact net after the outer side of the contact net is mounted; and the movable type trolley can meet the protection requirements of the contact net, is applicable for all the procedures of concrete wall-collision prevention construction, bridge decoration, facility mounting and other work, and is flexible to move.


The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing thermal protection material or piece. According to the process of the invention, a first solution is prepared, comprising a dispersant agent non-solvent of the resin, an emulsifying agent in which said fibers are suspended, and a second solution comprising said liquid resin selected from the thermostable and thermosetting resins having a fixed carbon content greater than 45% by weight, an emulsifying agent identical to that used in the first solution, a solvent of the resin and a dispersant medium identical to that used in the first solution and miscible with said solvent, the first and the second solution are mixed until a homogeneous liquid phase is obtained, the material or the piece is formed, drained, dried and hardened by an appropriate baking. Application of the protection material thus obtained for the equipment of a missile propellant stage.


Key to the concept of neoplasia is the presence of a clonal cell population. Identification of such a clonal cell population (also referred to as clonality testing or clonality assessment) is dependent on the presence of markers that under normal conditions are highly polymorphic in the cell type of interest. For leukemias and lymphomas, collectively termed neoplastic lymphoid proliferations, such highly polymorphic markers exist in the form of the antigen receptor genes that have to rearrange in a cell-specific way to encode the immunoglobulin (IG) or T-cell receptor (TCR) molecule. In a reactive cell population the repertoire of rearranged IG/TCR genes is thus highly diverse, whereas in a neoplastic context the IG/TCR repertoire is to some or to a large extent identical; of note, these are like the 2 ends of a spectrum with variants in between (Fig. 1). Still, clonality testing of rearranged IG/TCR genes forms a useful tool in the diagnostic armamentarium of leukemias and lymphomas. In this issue Keller et al review the state-of-the-art in clonality testing in veterinary medicine, highlighting the main aspects of all 3 phases of the clonality testing work flow, that is the preanalytical, analytical, and postanalytical phases. Next to that, the authors provide a rationale for harmonization of clonality assessment in veterinary medicine, building on what has been developed and achieved in human medicine for that matter. Given the current differences between veterinary laboratories with respect to laboratory practices and interpretation guidelines, harmonization of terminology, protocols and interpretation is a good step toward improving the accuracy of clonality testing assays worldwide. The glossary of terms as provided by Keller et al would help to avoid Babylonian misunderstandings for a clinical test that has been designated ''molecular morphology'' referring to the somewhat subjective description of profiles (see also Fig. 1). Furthermore, the detailed discussion of interpretation pitfalls in the review by Keller et al is most useful to create awareness amongst pathologists and molecular biologists active in the veterinary field. However, the veterinary field would strongly profit from making more steps, or better from making a big leap, by striving toward standardization, as has been done in human medicine. Standardization goes 1 step further than harmonization and implies much more attuned, evidence-based optimization to deliver an approach that is robust enough in a multicenter context. What would be the required actions and instruments for that purpose? A first thing to do would be to create a (small) consortium that starts to directly compare existing IG/TCR assays on the very same samples in multiple veterinary laboratories. The best performing assays for the different species would be the winners and could become the gold standards, unless it is clear that no single assay has a clinical sensitivity that is acceptable. In that case, novel multiplex PCR assays should be considered with newly designed primers, taking advantage of additional information that comes from high-throughput sequencing efforts (both on topology and expressed repertoires). In this respect the already existing IMGT veterinary page (www.imgt.org/IMGT veterinary) could be further exploited as a central platform for submitting sequence data in order to better annotate genes, identify polymorphic variants, and denote pseudogenes. Another essential step would be to design a quality assessment scheme for parallel testing of selected samples in multiple laboratories. Such a scheme would be instrumental to evaluate and improve performance of individual laboratories, especially when accompanied by some kind of feedback on the results through educational lectures and/or reports. Finally, it might be worthwhile investing in additional targets to increase the rate of clonality detection. The fact that many of the species are predominantly IG lambda expressing, would make the somatic hyper mutation-insensitive IGK Kde rearrangements an interesting target to consider. The same holds for incomplete IGH D-J rearrangements. That being said, setting up new assays is not an easy task in the veterinary field, as every species would require its own primer set, whereas the lack of complete genome sequence information might hamper design of primers in particular cases. Even though currently the available sequence information might not be sufficient, it might be worth investing in this. The current developments in next


A random rhodamine laser system is produced on board of a femtosecond laser machined microfluidic system. When pumped by a nanosecond pulsed laser beam at 532 nm, laser emission at 610 nm is observed together with the linewidth narrowing typical of random lasers. The system can be easily integrated as an optofluidic component into microfluidic circuits for assessment of optical parameters on board of the lab-on-chip.


This article examines a peculiarity dating from Classical times, namely, that democracy may be achieved, in practice, independently of and prior to its articulation as theory. This peculiarity has implications for the way in which the history of democratic theory is understood, and also for the place of the democratic theorist in society. Paul Feyerabend, Richard Rorty, Chantal Mouffe and John Keane are theorists of democracy, but they all depart, first, from the commitment to the universal truth‐claims that underpin other schools of democratic thought, and, second, from the concomitant belief in the priority of theory over practice. In doing so, they make it difficult to theorise how democracy might be brought about, except, circularly, where it already exists. On the one side, Feyerabend, Rorty and, to a lesser extent, Keane, assume that 'democracy' already exists, so that its realisation requires no theory. On the other, Mouffe argues that 'democracy' does not yet exist in practice, but her attempts to...


Easier access to climate data is very important for the climate change impact research communities. Many aspects are important for those users, such as extensive guidance, transparent access to datasets, on-demand processing capabilities (notably for data reduction). To fulfill this objective, the climate4impact (http://climate4impact.eu/) web portal and services has been developed in the European Union funded IS-ENES projects, targeting climate change impact modellers, impact and adaptation consultants, as well as other experts using climate change data. It provides to users harmonized access to climate model data through tailored services. One of the main objectives of climate4impact is to provide standardized web services and tools that are reusable in other portals. These services include web processing services, web coverage services and web mapping services. Tailored portals can be targeted to specific communities and/or countries/regions while making use of those services. Recently, it became obvious that to fulfill users' needs regarding on-demand data processing and calculations, the climate4impact platform had to be able to use existing research and e-infrastructures in order to offer scalable and flexible services. This is especially true in the current context of a large increase in the data volumes of climate science datasets. To easily accommodate heterogeneous systems, a containerized and modular approach is envisioned. Finally, in the context of data processing delegation, a robust approach for metadata, provenance and lineage is required.


The blind source separation (BSS) problem under noise is known as a hard problem. The performance of separation algorithm degrades with the decrease of SNR significantly. The key solution is the noise pretreatment. Wavelet transform (WT) and empirical mode decomposition (EMD), two typical analysis methods especially for the processing practical nonstationarity signals in time-frequency domain, are chosen as the pretreatment methods in this paper. Based on the analysis of the denoising performances by the two methods, a grading noise-pretreatment project is proposed which automatically selects a method according to different SNR. Simulation results shows that such flexible scheme could enhance the BSS performance by effectively denoising, and also makes the existing blind source separation apply to larger range of SNR and enhances the robustness of algorithm.


This presentation introduces the vision and goals of the UQ Challenge Benchmarks effort. We are proposing a community approach to the challenge of developing appropriate UQ benchmarks; these benchmarks, over time, will serve as a basis for developing, assessing, and improving UQ capabilities. This is a continuation of the UQ Challenge Benchmarks minisymposium held at USNCCM12 in July, 2013.


South Norfolk's new champion of culture is pushing the wonders of art in East Anglia's Waveney Valley, after biking round it with her family.


The creation of an art school in 1895 under the patronage of the Academy of Arts is an important milestone in the life of the Kazan Province center. As a result, Kazan combines various vectors of cultural activities: getting an art education, organizing exhibitions, and uniting the local creative intelligentsia. For the first time, rare but already regular exhibitions are held in the city. Initially, these were exhibitions of the academic school masters of the capital. Later, united by the school, Kazan artists felt up to the task of organizing their own exhibitions. The result of these events is the formation of the school's museum, as well as the development of the city's private collections. The City Museum also acquired works of art for its own funds. Artist A. Kandaurov laid the foundation of the school museum and presented two of his paintings in 1896. Afterwards it became a tradition – artists donated their works to the school museum. As a result, in 1902, the school petitioned the Academy "to create a museum and a gallery in the new school building using the stock of the Academy of Arts". Many of the works purchased at such exhibitions were included in the collection of the Republic of Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts. The organization of art exhibitions made Kazan a part of the all-Russian cultural space of those years.


Aim: The present study is focused with an objective to assess the Weil's disease and its association with hepatic damage and other co-infections. Methods: Leptospirosis was detected by microscopic agglutination test (MAT). These samples were assessed to find out the hepatic damage by liver markers such as amino transferase (ALT and AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT), bilirubin and proteins specifically total protein and albumin quantification. Results: Widal test and semi quantitative slide test were carried out to confirm typhoid .Total and Direct bilirubin quantification were carried out to diagnose Jaundice. Conclusion: Based on the results, the patients were grouped into five categories as Normal, Patients with Leptospirosis, Patients with Leptospirosis and Typhoid, Patients with Leptospirosis and Jaundice, Patients with Leptospirosis, Typhoid and Jaundice. Out of 40 samples, 35 were diagnosed as Leptospirosis patients and 5 samples were considered as normal.


The data warehouse provided a data environment of systematism and this is beneficial for the enterprise management decision makers to withdraw the useful information from the enterprise large quantity business data and supporting the decision-making.


A study on the robustness of the adaptation of the sample size for a phase III trial on the basis of existing phase II data is presented—when phase III is lower than phase II effect size. A criterion of clinical relevance for phase II results is applied in order to launch phase III, where data from phase II cannot be included in statistical analysis. The adaptation consists in adopting the conservative approach to sample size estimation, which takes into account the variability of phase II data. Some conservative sample size estimation strategies, Bayesian and frequentist, are compared with the calibrated optimal γ conservative strategy (viz. COS) which is the best performer when phase II and phase III effect sizes are equal. The Overall Power (OP) of these strategies and the mean square error (MSE) of their sample size estimators are computed under different scenarios, in the presence of the structural bias due to lower phase III effect size, for evaluating the robustness of the strategies. When the structural bias is quite small (i.e., the ratio of phase III to phase II effect size is greater than 0.8), and when some operating conditions for applying sample size estimation hold, COS can still provide acceptable results for planning phase III trials, even if in bias absence the OP was higher. Main results concern the introduction of a correction, which affects just sample size estimates and not launch probabilities, for balancing the structural bias. In particular, the correction is based on a postulation of the structural bias; hence, it is more intuitive and easier to use than those based on the modification of Type I or/and Type II errors. A comparison of corrected conservative sample size estimation strategies is performed in the presence of a quite small bias. When the postulated correction is right, COS provides good OP and the lowest MSE. Moreover, the OPs of COS are even higher than those observed without bias, thanks to higher launch probability and a similar estimation performance. The structural bias can therefore be exploited for improving sample size estimation performances. When the postulated correction is smaller than necessary, COS is still the best performer, and it also works well. A higher than necessary correction should be avoided.


This document provides guidance for calibration and testing laboratories involved in hardness measurements, as well as their assessors. It has been produced to improve the harmonization within EA in determination of uncertainties in hardness measurements with special emphasis on Rockwell hardness. It is based on international standards with respect to traceability requirements and calibration procedures.


We complete the model-independent analysis of the scaling properties of the differential cross section of elastic proton-proton cross sections, including new TOTEM data published in 2022 at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV. We separate the signal and the background region with a new gating method. In the signal region, we find that the statistical significance of Odderon exchange from the combined 7.0 and 8.0 TeV $pp$ data of TOTEM and the 1.96 TeV $p\bar{p}$ data of D0 is at least 7.32$\sigma$. In the background region, the scaling functions of elastic proton-proton data at 7 and 8 TeV and that of elastic proton-antiproton scattering data at 1.96 TeV agree with a statistical significance not larger than 1.93$\sigma$.


The electrical resistivity is common used in studies that intents to understand as occur the fl ow of water in soil and consequently as occur the groundwater recharge. The main goal of this paper is to evaluate the interference of some physical properties of the ground in the determination of the front of saturation predicted with the use of the electrical resistivity and to compare as if of the a percolating in the vadose zone, observing the variation of gotten profi les of resistivity in an interval of defi nitive time. Experiments were conducted in soils of southeastern complex crystalline rocks of reliance (Bacao complex), within the Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Centro-Southern State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. For this experiment it was chosen two different areas by geomorphologic features. The fi rst one is hollow on the slippery slope, with the predominance of lixisols; the second one is nose on the slippery slope, with well-developed topsoil prevalence (ferralsols). The results showed that the electrical resistivity method proved effi cient


Fog computing (FC) is used to reduce the energy consumption and latency for the heterogeneous communication approaches in the smart cities' applications of the Internet of Everything (IoE). Fog computing nodes are connected through wired or wireless medium. The goal of smart city applications is to develop the transaction relationship of real-time response applications. There are various frameworks in real-world to support the IoE in smart-cities but they face the issues like security, platform Independence, multi-application assistance, and resource management. This article is motivated from the Blockchain and Fog computing technologies and presents a secured architecture Blockchain and Fog-based Architecture Network (BFAN) for IoE applications in the smart cities. The proposed architecture secures sensitive data with encryption, authentication, and Blockchain. It assists the System-developers and Architects to deploy the applications in smart city paradigm. The goal of the proposed architecture is to reduce the latency and energy, and ensure improved security features through Blockchain technology. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed architecture performs better than the existing frameworks for smart-cities.


Background: Clinical research sites are hiring more non-licensed personnel to coordinate clinical trials and to replace licensed nurse counterparts. Revised regulatory documents heavily emphasize research staff training and research activity delegation of authority. The Scope and Standards of Practice for Clinical Research Nursing , published by the American Nurses' Association and based on role delineation studies for nurses, is the guidance document for clinical research nurses participating in research activities. Policy making related to research activity delegation of authority would be informed by data that correlate protocol deviation rates with licensure and education of research staff. Protocol deviations can lead to invalid clinical trial results, adverse events, and ethical concerns related to participant risk exposure. Outcome data are lacking, which directly compare frequency of protocol deviations by licensed nurse study coordinators to deviation rates of non-licensed study coordinators. Methods: This pilot study reviewed 45 monitoring reports for 3 clinical research studies and associated research sites staffed with licensed RN study coordinators and research sites staffed with non-licensed, non-RN study coordinators to compare deviation rates related to informed consent, protocol endpoints, participant eligibility and adverse events. Results: We identified 101 deviations. Adverse event and endpoint deviations were the highest frequency. Differences were evident in overall deviation rates; however, specific deviation comparisons failed to show statistical significance due to low sample size. Conclusions: This study illustrates a useful method for planning future studies using monitoring reports for deviation tracking and comparison across staffing levels.


In this paper, we address the leader following consensus of BLDC motor by considering the effect of delay in the network. Since BLDC motors are used in a variety of application such as Automobiles, Servo drives, UAV's, Aeronautics and other areas requiring higher efficiency and ease of control, therefore we think it is necessary to study the behavior of motor from the Multi-Agent point of view. We use RST pole placement control approach to design a system that controls the speed of BLDC motor and then elaborates the system from Multi-Agent prospective for consensus on speed by considering the effect of network delay. We assume that each agent communicates its data with neighbor via delay in a communication network. We use MATLAB Simulink to simulate the proposed model and results endorse the success of our approach.


Eight hundred and sixty heads of Camels were randomly selected and examined for infection by the three larval stages of the camel nasal bot-fly Cephalopina titillator, during the period from April, 1999 to May, 2000 in Riyadh abattoir, Middle Province, Saudi Arabia. Three hundred and fifty heads of Camels (41%) were infested with first, second and third instars. The highest peak of infested camels was in April, 2000, reaching 99%, while the lowest was in July, 1999 (4%). A total of 1689 larvae of all three instars were collected. The percentage of infestation of the first, second and third larvae were 31%, 35% and 34% respectively, with no significant difference. The mean monthly total number of all three instars per camel head (L/C) had two peaks of abundance in August, 1999 (6.8L/C) and in February, 2000 (7.7 L/C). In two cases, both C. titillator and Oestrus ovis were found in the same camel in May, 1999 and in March, 2000. The explanation of these incidences will be discussed in the paper.


The Albany Research Center is conducting atmospheric corrosion research in coastal environments to improve the performance of materials in the Nation's infrastructure. The corrosion of bare metals, and of painted, thermal-sprayed, and galvanized steels are presented for one-year exposures at sites located on bridges and utility poles along the Oregon coast. The effects of microclimates (for example distance from the ocean, high wind zones, and salt-fog prone regions) are examined in conjunction with sample orientation and sheltered/unsheltered comparisons. An atmospheric corrosion model examines the growth and dissolution of corrosion product layers to arrive at a steady-state thickness and corrosion rate.


William Muehl is Clement Profes sor of Christian Methods at Yale Divinity School. I don't know what "Methods" he teaches in addition to preaching but I suspect that preach ing is the main one. Muehl was trained in the law, and while his years in the divinity school environ ment as well as his personal studies have imdoubtedly exposed him to a great deal of theology, he writes as a lay person. For all the above reasons his book is a fascinating exercise in theology.


Giacomin and Oakley (1991) have shown that an upper convected Maxwell model with a structure-dependent relaxation spectrum incorporating the three-parameter kinetic rate equation proposed by Mewis and Denn (1983) works remarkably well for a molten LDPE in large-amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS). In a search for a simpler framework for interpreting LAOS based on network theory, four nonlinear, differential constitutive equations, each with less than three parameters, were evaluated. These models are compared with the Mewis-Denn model, and a two-parameter model has been found to work just as well for molten IUPAC LDPE X. The LAOS behavior of molten LLDPE is also adequately described by this model.


This report describes a mail survey of faculty members in general early childhood education designed to secure information about their perceptions of the benefits of and barriers to preschool mainstreaming A 22-item questionnaire was mailed to 204 general early childhood education faculty members selected randomly from all regions of the United States. A total of 114 (55.9%) questionnaires were returned in usable form. Respondents represented a full range of institutions of higher education. In all, 211 benefits in 10 categories and 202 barriers in 10 categories were listed Learning to accept differences was the mostfrequently cited benefit, and lack of trained staff and consultation was the most frequently listed barrier. Many benefits commonly ascribed to preschool mainstreaming were listed by the general early childhood education faculty. However, some (e.g., availability of peers as models, peers learning to be helpers) were cited less frequently than expected, and others (e.g., benefits to personnel preparation programs) more frequently than expected Negative attitudes were listed as a barrier by fewer than a third of the respondents. Few faculty listed skill deficits and behavior problems of children with disabilities as barriers.


In this paper we establish the optimal profit-perferable for securities portfolio investment with market equilibrium,then solve the model by appling the method of cerainty equivalent return with the agents aim to maximize the expected utility. In the end we provide some practical application of the model.


Copyright © 2021. The Korean Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Implantology This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. OPEN ACCESS This report describes the case of a patient who underwent acute sinus infection after dental implant placement with sinus lif t. The implant was placed at the right maxillary second molar area, and the sinus lif t with lateral approach was performed. After one week, acute sinusitis was caused in the right maxillary sinus. After the fixture and infected material were removed, sinus irrigation, membrane repair, and implant placement were performed simultaneously. This article reports a complication by iatrogenic cause of a routinely performed dental implant procedure and discusses management of sinusitis occurring by membrane perforation.


Enclosed with No. 1765. In speech at meeting in Cuernavaca Lombardo Toledano reaffirmed previous statements regarding arms shipments and the Sinarquist Union; speech poorly attended and many who were there left before it was over; source close to him reports he is in highly nervous condition.


Objective: Successfulengagement in regular physical activity usually requires motivation. This study investigated impacts of a provider-facilitator motivational support partnership on adherence to provider-recommended physical activity. Methods: 75 study participants from 5 doctor's offices in Elizabeth City and a neighboring town both in northeastern North Carolina were referred to the Elizabeth City State University Community Health Ambassadors Program (ECSUCHAP) on a rolling basis. Each participant received personal telephone-based motivational support from trained Community Health Ambassadors (students from professional pharmacy and allied health programs) for 52 weeks. Adherence to the physical activity regimen recommended by providers for each participant at the time of referral was tracked, documented and measured. Results: 100% adherence was achieved by all participants during the first 10 weeks of referral. Percentage adherence declined to 80% after 26 weeks and to 57% at the end of the mentoring cycle. Adherence was significantly more in older program participants (> 60 Y/O) (85%) in comparison to younger participants (< 60 Y/O) (33%). Conclusion: Collaborative arrangements between a facilitator of simple cost effective motivational supports and primary health care providers is effective in fostering adherence to prescriber-recommended physical activity by patients in primary care settings. Modified perceptions of importance of clinical benefits of physical activity that was achieved by written recommendations of activity regimens and referrals to a motivational support program by providers augmented response to motivational supports.


Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common global health disorder which carries multiple medical and social impacts. OSAS is characterized by periodic complete or partial upper airway obstruction during sleep, causing intermittent cessations of breathing (apnea) or reductions in airflow (hypopnea) despite ongoing respiratory effort. It is associated with sleep disorder symptoms including loud snoring, disturbed and frequent wake-up during sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness. Apnea is a Greek word means "without breath".


We study weak solutions for a class of free-boundary problems which includes as a special case the classical problem of travelling gravity waves on water of finite depth. We show that such problems are equivalent to problems in fixed domains and study the regularity of their solutions. We also prove that in very general situations the free boundary is necessarily the graph of a function.


able for maximum plant susceptibility. It is also possible that additional compounds related to PAN and Pl" may occasionally add to the toxicant complex. Controlled experiments with peroxybutyryl nitrate (PBN) have indicated it to be approximately twice as toxic as PPN. No analyses for additional compounds were made during this episode. Air Pollution Program of the California Department of Food and Agriculture; 0. C. Taylor is Associate Director and E. A . Cardiff is Staff Research Associate, Statewide Air Pollution Research Center at University of California, Riverside. Ron Oshima is a staff member of the


This technical note proposes a new sufficient condition for local controllability of nonlinear control systems ensured by single inputs. The objective is achieved by allowing control inputs to have the limitation of the derivation of unbounded-variation functions as with white noises, provided that we just consider deterministic signals. The treatment of the signals is mathematically recognized via rough path analysis, and then the dynamics of the target systems are represented by rough differential equations as the extension of ordinary differential equations. Our sufficient condition is clarified by deterministic Wiener processes that produce an effect on the dynamics of the systems similar to Wiener processes despite the nonprobabilistic property. The novelty of our condition is confirmed by a single-input two-link underactuated robot arm moving on the horizontal plane.


Background: Cognitive behavioral therapy is a goal-oriented psychotherapy treatment that takes a hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving. It has been documented in various studies to have an impact when used in the management of chronic pain. It has been shown to lack the drawbacks of pharmacological and surgical treatments such as addiction and toxicity; and cost and recovery time, respectively. Cognitive behavioral therapy has also been shown to target cognitive distortions such as pain catastrophizing among other things. The objective of the review is to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy in the management of chronic pain of degenerative conditions. Methods: This review article was conducted basing on the previous studies published from 2009-2019 and data analyzed was retrieved from Google Scholar, Elsevier and Science Direct. Only the articles that looked at effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy in the management of chronic pain from a physiotherapists point were included. Results: The outcomes of the studies used varied and included reduction in pain intensity, pain disability, fear avoidance, catastrophizing and kinesophobia. The CBT approaches used across the studies also varied and included operant conditioning, biofeedback, relaxation techniques, pacing, cognitive coping techniques, graded activity and graded exposure. Conclusion: Published randomized controlled trials provide good evidence for the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and how specific approaches may vary in effectiveness depending on the desired outcomes.


The objective is to investigate the influence of sonication on the mechanical and release properties of capsules made of a soft membrane in hydrogel. If high sonication may lead to the capsule rupture induced by a fatigue phenomenon, no influence of sonication is measured on the capsule mechanical properties below the breakup threshold. The release is studied by sonicating capsules filled with blue dextran suspended in an aqueous solution. The step in mass release that results from sonication is found to be proportional to the sonication duration time and pressure wave amplitude. The passive release subsequent to a low-intensity sonication is on average identical to the one measured on non-sonicated capsules. From these results, one can hypothesize that the high frequency ultrasonic stimulation leads to an acoustic streaming flow that enhances convection in the vicinity of the capsule membrane and hence drives out the encapsulated molecules. Sonication could also lead to a higher porosity of the capsule m...


Objective: To study the antioxidant activity of seed oil from Eucommia ulmoides Oliver key fruits in vitro.Methods: The reducing power and superoxide anion radical scavenging rate of the oil were measured by trichloroacetic acid method and NBT photoreduction method,respectively.The scavenging rate against hydroxyl radicals generated in Fenton system was determined by NBT photoreduction method.The cell membrane-protecting effect was determined by oxidative hemolysis of erythrocytes and the inhibitory effect against lipid peroxidation was evaluated by determining the relative content of MDA in mouse liver homogenate.Vitamin C was used as the control.Results: The oil had strong reducing power so that it could remarkably eliminate superoxide anion free radicals and hydroxyl free radicals.In addition,the oil could also inhibit the generation of MDA in mouse liver homogenate,reduce H2O2-mediated oxidation hemolysis of erythrocytes and spontaneous lipid peroxidation of mouse liver tissue in a dose-dependent manner.The oil at the concentration of 9 mg/mL revealed the strongest effect.Conclusion: Seed oil from Eucommia ulmoides Oliver key fruits has antioxidant capability in vitro.


We study optimal shape design problems for systems governed by the Navier-Stokes equations. Optimality conditions are presented. A numerical example for the design of an axisymmetric solid body surrounded by a Navier-Stokes flow is given.


In the light of the problem that the theory can not combine with the practice in teaching logistics courses.Spot teaching is a feasible and effective practicality teaching pattern to solve this problem.Spot teaching is direct and vivid, and the students can learn the professional knowledge in a perceptual way,which can arouse their interest and intuition in study.Besides,it can improve students'practical competence and promote the teaching quality accordingly.


To protect the environment is a hot topic in the 21th century. The government is also trying to make laws to prove the environment quality. With the development of science and technology and also the rapid growing of industry, the subjects of environment protection have turned from government to citizens and organizations. In China more and more people have consciousness about the essentiality of environment and want to be a part of environment protection. One of the premises is that the people have the right to obtain the information about the environment. Germany has already made a law to guarantee the right of acquiring the information from the environment organ in the government. This article will introduce the law in Germany and try to compare with the interrelated laws in China.


For a switched-capacitor filter(SCF),it is important to configure its pre-filter and post-filter properly.There is a lack of systematic analysis and description for the problem.Based on the analysis of characteristics of SCF,a design method of pre-filter and post-filter for SCF was presented.Two design parameters of pre-filter and post-filter for SCF are cut-off frequency and attenuation.In designing a pre-filter or a post-filter,its attenuation should be determined according to system requirements first,and then its cut-off frequency should be determined according to the attenuation coefficient of a given filter structure.In this way,a programmable low-pass filter based on a MAX295 was designed for a 12-bit data acquisition system.The results show that the pre-filter and post-filter of the MAX295 could cover cut-off frequency range from 10Hz to 50kHz with 4 different cut-off frequencies,keeping minimum attenuation-74dB and-10dB respectively.


In the paper review of various types of equipment using NDT methods and designed for provision of security and safety in different areas of human activity is given. Most attention is paid to thermovision (IR) method, description of modern solutions and wide range of instruments from hand held to stationary, integrated, multifunctional systems providing solution of screening & search tasks, security tasks and other similar tasks of public safety and security is presented. Existing practical solutions of tasks facing rescue authorities and teams, transportation security services are presented. Proposed are: equipment, instruments and complexes for terrorism fighting, border control and prevention of economical violence and criminal actions.


A systematic approach is presented to wiring layouts in nonsquare grids. The approach involves a combinatorial characterization of layouts that can be wired using, at most, k layers, and using algorithms for obtaining the wiring of a given layout. The algorithms run in time linear with respect to the area occupied by the layout.<<ETX>>


Testicular cancer allocate for only 1% of all male cancers, that 1-2% of them, would be familial. Family history of testicular cancer will be major risk factor. In this study, noticing the fact that familial testicular cancers are rare, we introduce cases of familiar testicular cancer. The first case was a 39-years-old man that came with abdominal enlargement, pain, and painless palpable masses in right testis. Serum tumor markers showed alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) as 373 IU/ml and s-human chorionic gonadotropin (sHCG) as 216 IU/ml. The second case (his brother) was a 35-yearsold man came to clinic with painless right testis enlargement. Serum tumor markers were normal. This patient underwent radical orchidectomy. Pathology reported classic seminoma limited to tunica vaginalis. Next, both of patients underwent chemotherapies. This study reveals that in familiar testicular cancer, one of the most important causes will be hereditary factors. For patients' more survival and comfortability, early diagnosis via physical examination, serum tumor markers evaluation and sonography is important.


Abstract 4652 Patient with refractory ITP have increased mortality compared with the normal population. Apart from major bleeding, infection was a major risk of death of these patients. 1 However, infections after diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia are less addressed in the literature and its clinical impact on outcome of patients with ITP has not been well-addressed. This study aimed to characterize risk of infection events after diagnosis of ITP and its impact on outcome of these patients. We retrospectively evaluated 239 patients (109 men, 130 women; medium age: 63 yr) diagnosed between Jan 1, 1997 to Aug 31, 2011. Every patient received at least steroid treatment according to platelet count or bleeding symptoms after diagnosis. Infection event occurred in 59 patients (24.7%) within 6 months after diagnosis. Multivariate analysis revealed that age (>65 yr) was the most important risk factor regarding to infection (p=0.048, 95% CI 1.005 to 4.007). 1-year mortality rate after ITP diagnosis was significantly higher in those patients with infection after steroid treatment (p Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


The purse seine is the dominant fishing tool at the Birea Fish Landing Base (FLB) which generally catches small pelagic fish. Handling fresh fish is an important part of the chain of the fishing industry. The problem that dominates fishermen and owners is the decline in the quality of fish caught due to fishing time at sea, so that preservation technology is needed that is able to maintain the quality of the fish longer from being caught until landed in the fishing port.The purpose of this study was to analyze the handling and quality of the purse seine fish catch and to analyze the handling and quality of the fish catch after landing from the purse seine ship. This research was conducted on a purse seine vessel in Bantaeng Regency from February to March 2020. Of the five vessels that were the object of research, vessels with better fish quality were vessels that used management with a ratio of 1: 1 meaning 1 kg for 1 kg of fish. The behavior management of fish traders in the market and the travel time from the fish caught to the market are factors that influence the effect of the decline in fish quality.


Objective To investigate how fluid shear stress regulates the expression of tissue factor (TF) in Endothelial cells. Methods The endothelial cells were subjected to fluid shear stress of 12 dyn/cm2(1 dyn/cm2=0.1 Pa) for 20 min in the flow chamber, and then the expression of Egr-1 and Sp1 during the expression of TF gene were detected by elector-phoretic mobility shift analysis (EMSA) and Western Blot (WB). Results (1) Only the expression of Spl was detected in static group and no Egr-1 expression was found; (2) Shear stress caused the level of phosphorylated Sp1 and the expression of Egr-1 increasing; (3) EMSA showed that Egr-1 had more competence than Sp1 in binding sites of the Sp1/Egr-1. Conclusion The nuclear transcription factors could play different roles in the process of the expression of TF gene: Spl is crucial to the basal expression of TF gene in the static condition, the displacement of Sp1 by Egr-1 and phosphorylated Sp1 may be involved in the expression of TF gene induced by fluid shear stress.


This report provides the results of an effort to evaluate the restricted use of radioactive scrap metal (RSM) and more specifically contaminated stainless steel, to be removed at the time of electric utility nuclear plant decommissioning for fabrication of canisters to store spent nuclear fuel (SNF). The focus is on the US domestic industry. Interest in pursuing this study was driven by a need within the Federal Department of Energy to find solutions to high level waste storage and disposal requirements including both SNF and materials resulting from defense production facilities clean up and dismantlement.


On base of defining the concept of the benefit of cropland conversion project, this paper pointed out that ecological benefit is the most important aim of such project, while the unification and harmonization of economic and social benefit must be chased under this premise. There are two approaches in the evaluation of such project, one is ecological system services evaluation, and the other is the integrated evaluation. The former can offers an economical review of the investment and output of conversion project, and provides scientific base for the making of national economical policies, while the later can offers technical support for program selection before the project, problem dissolution and policy adjustment in the carrying out of project, effect evaluation after the pro- ject.


A descriptive survey to identify factors influencing relapse of psychiatric outpatients in the rural communities of the Eastern Cape was undertaken. A questionnaire was used to collect data from family caregivers who were relatives of psychiatric patients receiving their monthly medications from two rural clinics. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17. A total number of 92 family caregivers participated. Respondents reported side effects of psychotropic drugs, poor family role, poor referral system, lack of home visits, non-compliance and stigmatization as major factors contributing to relapse of psychiatric outpatients. Active involvement of caregivers in follow up care of their relatives is effective in fostering collaboration between the psychiatric hospitals and patients with the common goal of relapse avoidance. It is recommended that adequate provision of resources in conjunction with health education is effective in enhancing collaboration towards prevention of relapse in psychiatric patients. This would promote team work among patients, caregivers and health care providers.


The aim of this study was to explore the role of matrine in anti-inflammation.The LPS-induced bovine endometrial epithelial cell model was established.Using MTT assay,LPS optimal stimulation concentration was 30μg/mL for 12hours;the concentration of matrine were 5,10,20μg/mL.RT-PCR was used to detect cytokines(TNF-α,IL-1β,IL-6,IL-8)mRNA expression at 3,6,12 hour.The results showed that matrine significantly reduced TNF-α,IL-1β,IL-6,IL-8 mRNA expression.Matrine shows a strong anti-inflammation effect.


In contrast with the wealth of information on the folding of soluble, cytosolic proteins, little is known about the folding of integral membrane proteins. The outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Gram-negative bacteria have a β-barrel structure and are essential for cell survival. The mechanisms of OMP transport across the periplasm and how these proteins subsequently fold and insert into the outer membrane remain to be elucidated.
The work presented herein examines the folding and membrane insertion of four different OMP constructs. Two homologous bacterial OMPs, OmpT and OmpP, were cloned, over-expressed and purified before biochemical and biophysical methods were employed to examine their folding properties. This work demonstrates that small differences in primary sequence can have large effects on folding efficiency and stability.
In spite of both OmpT and OmpP being able to fold under a variety of conditions, it was not possible to establish conditions under which folding was completely reversible. Examination of the origins of irreversible OMP folding was carried out using OmpT, as well as both hexa-histidine tagged and untagged constructs of the outer membrane acyltransferase enzyme, PagP. This study revealed evidence that lipid adhesion of the protein in the unfolded state may be important in preventing aggregation and promoting reversibility.
Finally, conditions were established to promote the folding of untagged PagP in low urea concentrations to allow the study of OMPs in the presence of the periplasmic chaperones, SurA and Skp. SurA was shown to have little effect on the folding of PagP into liposomes with zwitterionic or negatively charged membrane surfaces, while Skp was shown to exhibit holdase activity and to modulate PagP folding rate, dependent on the lipid composition. The results present the first detailed insights into the mechanism by which Skp and SurA act to facilitate PagP folding in vitro.


s of Soviet Medicine: An Appraisal BY ELIZABETH BEYERLY Temporarily with World Health Organization, Library Abstracts of Soviet Medicine. Parts A and B. Published quarterly by the Excerpta Medica Foundation (Amsterdam and New York). v. 1-No. 1. March 1957. $25.00 or 95 Dutch guilders annually for both parts. At the 55th Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association in June 1956, Peter A. Warren announced far reaching plans for coverage of Soviet medical literature as part of the Excerpta Medica abstracting service. The plans have niaterialized. In March 1957 a serious gap was filled with the appearance of the first issues of Abstracts of Soviet Medicine. Aided by a grant from the Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, U. S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, and in collaboration with Soviet medical experts of the Academy of Medical Sciences in Moscow, the Excerpta Medica Foundation prepares this quarterly comprehensive abstracting journal of Soviet medicine. The 18 sections of the Excerpta Medica cover various fields of experimental and clinical medicine. Literature from world medical journals usually is abstracted so as to cover within a section either a disease (Sect. XVI: Cancer)s of Soviet Medicine. Parts A and B. Published quarterly by the Excerpta Medica Foundation (Amsterdam and New York). v. 1-No. 1. March 1957. $25.00 or 95 Dutch guilders annually for both parts. At the 55th Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association in June 1956, Peter A. Warren announced far reaching plans for coverage of Soviet medical literature as part of the Excerpta Medica abstracting service. The plans have niaterialized. In March 1957 a serious gap was filled with the appearance of the first issues of Abstracts of Soviet Medicine. Aided by a grant from the Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, U. S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, and in collaboration with Soviet medical experts of the Academy of Medical Sciences in Moscow, the Excerpta Medica Foundation prepares this quarterly comprehensive abstracting journal of Soviet medicine. The 18 sections of the Excerpta Medica cover various fields of experimental and clinical medicine. Literature from world medical journals usually is abstracted so as to cover within a section either a disease (Sect. XVI: Cancer) or a field of related medical topics (Sect. XVII: Public health, Social medicine and Hygiene). The two parts of the Abstracts of Soviet Medicine are: Part A: Basic medical sciences and Part B: Clinical medicine. Together, they record in abstract form medical literature exclusively from the USSR. A total of 52 Soviet medical journals as well as a few monographic works (usually a collection of articles on a specific topic) are abstracted in the two parts of the Abstracts of Soviet Medicine. With the exception of 13 journals, all are being indexed by the Current List of Medical Literature. The abstracts, consecutively numbered, are long (from 100-400 words) and usually signed, chiefly by Soviet experts in the field. The transliterated name of the author is followed by the translated name of the institute or organization with which the author is associated. The transliterated Russian title is accompanied by an English translation of the title (in italics), followed by the abbreviated Russian journal title. With a few exceptions, the articles abstracted are from 1956 journals, which means that a delay of 6-12 months is encountered between the original article and its English abstract. There are author indexes at the end of each issue. Since no list of journals abstracted is given in the Abstracts of Soviet Medicine, the reviewer has compiled such a list from the first four available issues. See appendix.


Gadolinium‐enhanced dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) images in 90 patients were reviewed to assess the artifacts mimicking portal venous thrombosis. The incidence of definite signal‐intensity decrease mimicking pathologic condition was higher (P < 0.01) in the right (8%) and left (9%) portal vein branches and portal trunk (6%) than in the splenic (0%) or superior mesenteric (1%) vein with equilibrium‐phase images. Radiologists should remember that dynamic MR images occasionally show signal‐intensity decrease mimicking portal venous thrombosis due to flow artifact. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2000;12:763–768. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


This study was performed to examine the perception of farmers towards climate change. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select 120 respondents comprising equal number of respondents from Bidar and Raichur district. The primary data required for the study was obtained using structured interview schedule prepared for the purpose. The pooled data on over all perception of the farmers towards climate change revealed that 41.67 per cent of respondents in Bidar and Raichur district had high favourable perception towards climate change while 31.66 per cent of them had less favourable perception and remaining 26.66 per cent had medium favourable perception towards climate change. Statement wise farmers perception about climate change revealed that in Bidar district 100.00 per cent of the respondents disagreed that there was no change in rainfall pattern, 86.67 per cent respondents disagreed that number of rainy days were more in the recent years, while 100 per cent of them agreed that return to investment is uncertain in agriculture due to climate change, 78.33 per cent of the respondents agreed that there is increase in temperature over the years. Also 68.33 per cent experienced more erratic and extreme temperature during recent years. Regarding ground water, 80.00 per cent of them agreed that there is depletion which affects bore well irrigation. Similar results were found with Raichur district respondents.


The temperature has long been a key factor for stabilizing gas production in low temperature in winter in cold area.The article mainly introduced the waste treatment conditions in farms adopted agricultural new technology,which is built together by military and civilian in Shihezi city.Starting with the practice of waste treatment of biogas tank,the paper comprehensively analyzed the design of heat preservation and warming of biogas tank,the application effect,the waste treatment condition,and the direct economic benefit and comprehensive social benefit of biogas station,providing a reference and evidence for the design and application of waste treatment biogas tank in scaled farms in cold regions.


Due to the need to enlarge the range meats and respond to consumer demand for meat with lower fat content, especially of cholesterol, we considered it appropriate to make a comparative study on the characterization of meat rabbits and hares. It notes the concern of people today to find healthy food alternatives, low in fat and carbohydrates, but rich in protein, vitamins and minerals. Rabbit meat is a healthy alternative, having a very high protein and low in cholesterol content , but its value of nutrition and dietetics is not enough explained. The purpose of this paper is to highlight its nutritional value through the high protein and mineral content and low in fat content. It has been determined the quantity of protein, fat, water and collagen in the main muscle groups of carcasses of hares and rabbits.


The developmental process of apomictic embryo sac and apomictic pecentage at different developing stage in foxtail millet (Setaria italica Beauv) were studied, using the method of conventional poraffin sectioning. The results indicated that the apomictic development conforms apospory and diplospory. The apospory embryo sacs development looks like buffel grass ; The nucellar cell divided mitotically for two times to produce a 4-nucleate sac without the antipodals. The diplosporous type looks like Eastern gamagrass but the frequence was very low. The ovules were observed in M. M. C; F. M. C; two-nucleate and mature embryo sac stage, statistics showed that the earlier stage had the higher apomictic potential. The apomictic frequence decreased from 13. 3% (M. M. C) to 5. 4% (Mature embryo sac), however, some plant had much higher apomictic frequence, up to 29. 4%. It showed that there are some performing plant in SMA-1. Making a great effort, we could select a high frequence apomictic line.


Mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) disease is one of the most vicious diseases of green gram and has been renowned in India for more than five decades. It is caused by a group of geminiviruses belonging to the genus, begomovirus of the family, Geminiviridae. They are transmitted through whitefly in a persistent manner. The economic losses due to this virus account up to 85% in green gram which is spreading faster towards newer areas. The escalating economic importance of MYMV has resulted in the call for accurate detection and identification procedures that inspire rigorous research efforts focussing on the biology, diversity and epidemiology of the virus, so that viable management strategies could be designed. Breeding for resistance or tolerance appears to be the best approach to control this disease. However, the commercially offered genotypes are only partially resistant. Therefore, the hunt for newer sources of disease resistance needs to be intensified. This review updates all the accessible information on MYMV and outlines the areas in which advance research is indispensable.


Nowadays educational systems present their users (teachers and students) an intelligent environment in order to enhance the learning and teaching process. The goal of e-learning system developers is to build such systems that will create individualized instruction to get as close as possible to the 2-sigma boundary. Because of the fact that acquisition of knowledge is often an expensive and time-consuming process, it is important to know whether it actually improves student performance. In this paper we are going to present our approach about evaluating the educational influence of a e-learning system as well as some results on the evaluation of the e-learning system educational effectiveness in augmenting student's accomplishments for a particular knowledge domain by using the effect size as the metrics. By doing so, we determine whether and in which degree an e-learning system increases student' s performance and can, therefore, be an adequate alternative for human tutors.


A IRCRAFT engine designers have long realized tha t propulsive efficiency is related to rotational speed, but the complete relationship between engine power, propeller speed, and airplane forward velocity has not, to the author's knowledge, been set forth. I t is necessary that the aircraft engine designer understand this relationship in order to make intelligent selection of propeller shaft speed. This paper is an a t tempt to clarify the problem and to present, qualitatively, at least, the relationship between these variables. When the values of airplane speed (m.p.h.) propeller rotational speed (r.p.m.) engine power (hp.) and atmospheric density (p) are determined, the maximum efficiency for a given propeller blade design is fixed. Stated more directly, the maximum efficiency which may be obtained by selection of a propeller with the most favorable pitch and diameter is a function of the speed-power coefficient,


The subject of this study is developing an information system for assisting the development and management of tourism in Goze Delchev district. This district of the study could be characterized by unique nature and resources, protected natural objects and territories, churches and monasteries, archeological objects, architecture and ethnographic landmarks, museums, social and demographic conditions. The main aim of the study is to develop a modern, reliable and flexible information system for management the development of ecological and country tourism in the region. Programme realization include develop a data base for collecting and saving highly varied information for possible tourism destination and develop multivariate offers for short time tourism in dependence of users requirements. The suggested work is universal and could be applied not only for Goze Delchev district but also for random region of Bulgarian territory.


The article presents the results of research on the development of an assortment of flour confectionery products recommended for the nutrition of pregnant and lactating women. During the research, the methods of trial laboratory baking were used, followed by the evaluation of the obtained samples according to organoleptic and physico-chemical quality indicators using standard techniques. Studies have shown the possibility of using non-traditional raw materials (amaranth, barley and chickpea flour, fruit and vegetable puree, Jerusalem artichoke fiber) that contribute to increasing the nutritional value of flour confectionery products. The use of Jerusalem artichoke syrup and date syrup allows you to reduce the prescription amount of sugar without deterioration of organoleptic and physico-chemical quality indicators. The use of additional raw materials also improves the consumer properties of products, giving the products new shades of taste and aroma. The prototypes of the products met the requirements of the regulatory documentation. The developed flour confectionery products are characterized by increased nutritional value. The consumption of 100 g of products covers the daily need of pregnant and lactating women of more than 15% in protein and phosphorus (baklava «Zhemchuzhina»), dietary fiber (pastry «Isida»), or iodine and iron (cupcake «Zimnij vitamin»). The products are also enriched with polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamins B, A, E, D, C and minerals – calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus. Developed butter cookies, oriental flour sweets and cupcakes can be included in the diet of pregnant and lactating women, as well as people who adhere to a healthy lifestyle. Scientific novelty is confirmed by patents of the Russian Federation № 2751211 «Method for producing butter biscuits», №2749917 «Method for making flour based oriental sweets», № 2756531 «Cupcake production method», №2756529 «Cupcake production method».


Post-mortem interval (PMI) estimation is a critical task in forensic science. In this study, we used maggots collected from pig carcasses and applied an integrated proteomics and metabolomics approach to determine potential candidate substances for the estimation of PMI. After methanol precipitation, the supernatant containing metabolites and the protein pellet were separated and subjected to metabolomic and proteomic analyses using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). MS/MS data were analyzed for identification and quantification using Proteome Discoverer and Compound Discoverer software. A total of 573 metabolites and more than 800 porcine proteins were identified in maggots. This is the first dataset of proteins and metabolites in maggots collected from porcine carcasses. In this study, guanosine monophosphate, xanthine, inosine, adenosine, and guanine were detected with a similar tendency to increase during early days of maggot development and then decreased gradually. We broadly profiled various biomolecules through analysis in the spot of incident. Especially, we confirmed that proteome and metabolome profiling could be performed directly and indirectly.


Our objective was to examine the effect of plastic mulching, three soil matric potentials (SMP) treatments {I 1 (-20 kPa), I 2 (-40 kPa), and I 3 (-60 kPa)} and three fertigation levels {F 1 (100%), F 2 (80%), and F 3 (60%) recommended dose of fertilizer} under drip irrigation conditions for nutrient uptake, growth parameters and yield in guava plants. The experiments were set up in factorial randomized block design with eighteen treatment combinations. The experiments were conducted during the year 2012-13.  The investigation indicated that the plant canopy spread in (N/S and E/W) directions was greatly affected by different treatments. However, non-significant effects of interaction parameters were found on plant height, crop volume and plant girth.  The maximum yield was obtained in MI 2 F 2 (68.66 kg per plant and 22.86 t ha -1 ) followed by NMI 2 F 2 (66.50 kg per plant and 22.14 t ha -1 ) treatments. The maximum percentage of high quality (fruit levels A and B) were 48.2% and 50.1% in -40 kPa  irrigation treatment for mulch and no mulch conditions under 100% application of recommended dose of fertilizers. The varying range of leaf nutrients observed for different treatments of irrigation, fertigation and mulch is  1.26-1.74% N, 0.14-0.26% P, 0.44-0.88% K, 36.33-74.23 ppm Zn, 11.33-32.76 ppm Cu, 415.6- 557.3 ppm Fe, 26.80- 39.06 ppm Mn, 0.533-0.762 % Mg and 3.42-5.06% Ca. Based on the results above, it is recommended that controlling SMP between -40 kPa to -45 kPa at 0.2 m depth immediately under the drip emitter and fertilizer dose of 80% recommended dose of fertilizer can be used as an indicator for drip irrigation scheduling in semi-arid region of northwest India. Keywords: fertilizer application, irrigation strategies, pressure head, tensiometer, leaf uptake


Considerable cold energy embodied in liquefied natural gas (LNG) can be recycled in LNG regasification, which can not only save energy but also avoid cold pollution within the low-temperature fluid emission. Review on both domestic and overseas is conducted on the recycling of LNG cold energy in different applications. Against the single purpose utilization of LNG cold energy with a large amount of energy loss, the cascade recycling strategy is proposed for highly-efficient utilization of LNG cold energy. Based on the defined cold exergy efficiency, the exergy analysis is performed for some different recycling applications of LNG cold energy. The system exergy rate method is used to compare the superiority of modes in which the LNG is converted into NG under normal temperature. The results show that the exergy efficiency of a LNG cold energy cascade recycling system is higher than that of a single utilization system. Apart from the improved efficiency, the cascade recycling strategy can expand the applicable temperature range of LNG cold energy compared with the single utilization. Finally, the entropy and entransy for evaluating the LNG cold energy transport process are compared and discussed, from which it is indicated that entransy is more appropriate for the heat transfer process with low-temperature or large temperature difference, as is the case for LNG cold energy recycling.


In this study, quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) based recognition systems have been developed for the determination of hyaluronic acid (HA). For this purpose, firstly; N-methacryloyl-l-tyrosine (MAT), MAT-D-Glucuronic acid (MAT-D-GA) and MAT-Cu(II)-D-Glucuronic acid (MAT-Cu(II)-D-GA) pre-organized monomers have been synthesized, and characterized. Then, D-glucuronic acid active sites of HA biomacromolecule have recognized and synthesized onto sensors using selective imprinting strategies to HA molecule. In the last step, the binding interactions, usabilities in recognition and determination of prepared sensors have been investigated.


Sugar alcohol has attracted great interest for its low sweetness, low calorie, well-taste, stability and good-solution etc. Sugar alcohol production by microbial fermentation has gradually become a hot research area,owing to its moderate process and low energy consumption. This review summarized the research progress in the production by microbial fermentation of the common sugar alcohols sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol and erythritol.