To determine whether timing of CGM initiation offering low glucose suspend (LGS) affects CGM adherence in children and youth starting insulin pump therapy.


A theory for jointly minimizing the mean square error (MSE) between the desired and decoded signal with respect to the transmitter and receiver FIR multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) filters is developed in the presence of near-end crosstalk and two additive noise sources independent of the original signal. The additive noise sources account for noise at the input signal and on the channel. The transfer functions are known FIR MIMO transfer functions that can model the desired communication link and the undesired near-end crosstalk channel. The channel input vector time series is average power constrained. An iterative numerical optimization algorithm is proposed. When compared to the methods available in the literature, the proposed method yields better results due to the joint optimization of the transmitter-receiver pair, and is applicable to a more general scenario that may include correlated sources and near-end crosstalk.


This article reviews the potential for establishing in the British planning regime a universal obligation for environmental compensation of greenfield development, drawing on the emerging experience of Germany with this measure. It is concluded that, subject to compensation being employed only after the possibilities of avoidance and mitigation have been exhausted, it would help to secure local environmental capital against erosion by cumulated small developments, which pass through the net of environmental assessment. It is suggested that it might do this better than a greenfield tax. It might also contribute to managing land consumption per se.


Fly ash as one of the industrial by-product generated from the coal-based power station will eventually recognized as an environmental pollutant due to their enrichment in potentially toxic trace elements. Hundreds of thousand tons of fly ash every year exist alone were expected from the growth in power plants that use coal as the source of fuel. The present waste is widely been used in concrete industries to replace the usage of cement which is can minimize carbon dioxide footprint, but most will go straightly to the landfill or dump that will be one of the significant matter in environmental concerns and also will soon to be costly due to long term financial burden of maintenance. An economically viable solution to this problem has been proposed by utilization of fly ash as reinforcement in polymer matrix based composite production focusing on construction industry. Several studies proposed that fly ash has great potential as flame retardant in order to develop fire proof products even though not been much examined. This paper will emphasize on reviewing about properties of fly ash with its possible composition and characteristic that can help in fire controlling.


Visualization on mobile devices not only means accommodating to a small screen space, but also widely different aspect ratios. Improving on the MagicEyeView algorithm, this paper presents a visualization technique that is better suited to screens with skewed aspects ratios. The presented approach is a focus+context visualization effort which employs distortion of coordinate scales and a "fisheye" technique. The visualization algorithm is evaluated in the problem domain of business management and the presentation of "Key Performance Indicators ".


Introduction: Acute Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is an imperative medical condition with a considerable global impact. Inflammation is deemed to take a notable part in the pathophysiology of this potentially fatal disorder. The aim of the current study was to predict acute PTE severity in helical pulmonary CT-angiography using easily accessible hematological complete blood count (CBC) indices. Methods: After exclusion of inflammatory conditions that may affect CBC parameters, a total of 69 consecutive patients with definite diagnosis of acute PTE according to pulmonary helical CT –angiography were recruited. Laboratory tests, including CBC parameters were performed on admission in the emergency unit, before initiation of any therapy. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and RDW to platelet ratio (RPR) were calculated in each case of acute PTE. Ultimately, CT pulmonary arterial obstruction index (PAOI) was assessed subsequent to pulmonary helical CT-angiography for each patient. Results: We found that NLR is positively correlated with acute PTE severity according to CT pulmonary arterial obstruction index (PAOI) (P 0.05). Conclusions: NLR could be an easily calculated and capable index to predict severity of acute PTE in pulmonary CT-angiography. Consequently, NLR might be used in precise risk stratification when suspicious for acute PTE and in accurately triage of patients who would benefit greatly from urgent diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.


To improve the speed of the processors for CPU of minicomputers and other systems, it is required to improve the machine cycle and the memory cycle, which are the performance indexes of the system. The general idea to realize a high-speed memory cycle is to apply the cache memory, which provides a hierarchical structure for the memory. This paper considers the realization of the cache memory by Hi-BiCMOS (high-performance bipolar CMOS) technology, which aims at a high-speed, highly integrated LSI by combining the microstructured CMOS and high-speed bipolar devices at the element level of the circuits. As the basic circuit, a RAM-combined Hi-BiCMOS circuit comparator is proposed, where the comparator logic is introduced into the sense amplifier of RAM. Applying the proposed circuit, TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffer) is designed and constructed, which performs the address transformation by cache memory. A satisfactory operation of the circuit was verified with the address conversion time of 13.3 ns. An evaluation by simulation was made for applying the proposed circuit to a 4K Byte cache memory, and it is indicated that the cache access through an address conversion can be made in 17.5 ns.


Purpose: To investigate the protective effects of Portulaca oleracea seed extract (POA) against cytotoxicity, oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation induced by hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) in human liver cells (HepG2). Methods: The extract (POA) was obtained by ethanol extraction of P. oleracea seeds. Cytotoxicity in HepG2 cells was assessed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, neutral red uptake (NRU) assay and morphological changes. The cells were pre-exposed to noncytotoxic concentrations (5 - 25 μg/mL) of POA for 24 h, and then cytotoxic (0.25 mM) concentration of H 2 O 2 . After 24 h of exposure, MTT and NRU assays were used to evaluate cell viability, while morphological changes were assessed using phase contrast inverted microscopy. The effect of POA on reduced glutathione (GSH) level, lipid peroxidation (LPO), and ROS generation induced by H 2 O 2 was also studied. Results: The results showed that pre-exposure to POA (25 μg/mL) significantly (p <0.01) attenuated the loss of cell viability by up to 38 % against H 2 O 2 -induced oxidative stress and ROS generation. In addition, POA (25 μg/mL) significantly (p <0.01) increased GSH level (31 %), but decreased the levels of LPO (37 %) and ROS generation (49 %). Conclusion: This study demonstrates that POA has the capacity to protect HepG2 cells against H 2 O 2 - induced cell death by inhibiting oxidative stress and ROS generation. Keywords: P ortulaca oleracea , HepG2 cells, Cytotoxicity, Oxidative stress, Reactive oxygen species


The invention relates to an electronic device comprises a shell, a circuit board and a keying module. The circuit board and the keying module are fixed in the shell which is provided with a through hole; the keying module comprises a pressing piece for pressing, a fixed piece and an elastic piece, wherein the fixed piece is fixed in the through hole and is provided with a sliding groove; the pressing piece is convexly provided with a sliding block which is glidingly assembled in the sliding groove; the pressed pressing piece contacts a circuit on the circuit board to switch on or off the circuit; and the elastic piece is arranged between the shell and the pressing piece for restoring the pressed pressing piece. The pressing piece and the elastic piece are glidingly assembled on the electronic device and the keying module by the fixed piece to provide action force for restoring the pressed pressing piece, thereby achieving the restoration effect without the arrangement of a fixed arm, reducing the occupied space of the keying module and benefiting the miniaturization development trend of the electronic device.


specialized and mixed business modes have both advantages and disadvantages neither of which has the absolute advantage. This paper compares and analyses the advantages and disadvantages of specialized and mixed business modes in finance. The paper, starting from the present development and problems arising from the specialized and mixed business modes in Chinese finance, proves the inevitability of our country's rinance beading to mixed business mode and argues that it is better for the mixed business specific mode to adopt finance controlling form. Based on these, the paper puts forward the idea and effective supervisory ways on the construction of finance controlling corporations in our country.


The completion of prostate needle biopsy submission in the histology laboratory during grossing and embedding is a topic of interest worth discussion. Flattening the cores can contribute to the completeness of biopsy presentation on the microscope slide. The use of polyester pads is controversial due to a possible 'compression artifact' of thin and fragmented areas of the core during vacuum and pressure tissue processing. Two randomly selected cases demonstrated that many core areas are comparable with the holes in the sponge net. If the cores were placed between the sponges and prevented from direct contact with the sponge by porous lens paper, such a 'sandwich' would be optimal for keeping the cores flat and would secure completeness of submission. The specimens with fragmented cores require filtration during sampling. Filtration directly into a processing cassette could be faster, if an absorbent material were placed beneath the cassette. The use of a tamper to flatten the cores during embedding should be the standard procedure. Flattening the cores is only one of the particularities during embedding. For example, placing the cores parallel to each other and following the longest axis of the processing cassette can contribute to the completeness of the submission on the microscope slide.


The deformation of the 3d5 electron shell of iron atoms in an MnFe2O4 spinel is investigated by means of Mossbauer effect measurements with 60 kOe and without an external magnetic field at 4.2 K. An analysis of ME spectra is carried out using neutron spectroscopy data. It is found that the 3d5 shell deformation observed by neutron spectroscopy brings about the quadrupole splitting 23d = −0.040 mm/s. A change of the charge density at 3d5 electron shell is calculated to be about 0.3%. A dipole magnetic contribution to the effective field on iron ions in octahedral sites, HD, is estimated as +17.6 kOe. The magnitude of all other hyperfine interaction parameters of 57Fe nuclei are also given.


1. The light-dependent influx of K⊕ and of Rb⊕ into isolated leaves of Elodea densa was measured by using 42K⊕ and 86Rb⊕ as tracers. 2. If 86Rb was used as a tracer for K⊕ and then the K⊕ influx was determined from the specific activity σ86Rb/K an influx vK(86Rb) was obtained which was lower than the K(42K) influx (fig. 1). The ratio of vK(42K)/vK(86Rb) = SK,Rb increased with increasing [Rb⊕]0 and decreasing [K⊕]0 (figs. 1 and 7). The depression of vK(86Rb) as compared to vK(42K) was not a consequence of the competitive inhibition of K⊕ influx by Rb⊕ (cf. fig. 1). 3. As a working hypothesis it is proposed that 86Rb⊕ functions only as a tracer of Rb⊕ and that vK(84Rb) can be calculated from the parameters of the Rb (86Rb) influx and its competitive inhibition by K⊕. 4. By using the Michaelis - Menten - Kinetics a formula was derived for vK(86Rb), the Michaelis constant KmK(86Rb), and for VmaxK(86Rb). From these calculations it may be predicted a) that vK(86Rb) will show a Michaelis - Menten - Kinetic only if [Rb⊕] is kept constant at all K⊕ concentrations; b) that VmaxK(86Rb) is independent of [Rb⊕] and not necessarily equal to VmaxK(42K); and c) that KmK(86Rb) is greater than KmK(42K) and dependent on [Rb⊕]. 5. In order to test the calculations the mutual competitive inhibition of K⊕ - and Rb⊕ -influx (figs. 2, 3) was measured. From the Michaelis - Menten - Parameters of the Rb (86Rb) influx and the inhibition constant KiK of potassium vK(86Rb) was calculated. The predictions mentioned above were verified. The calculated depression of vK(86Rb) as compared to vK(42K) corresponded satisfactorily to the experimental values (fig. 7). 6. The isotherms of K (42K) and of Rb (86Rb) influx were measured (fig. 4). In the range of low concentrations (system 1) VmaxK(42K) greatly exceeded VmaxRb(86Rb), the same was true of KmK(42K) as compared to KmRb(86Rb). Thus in system 1 the Rb⊕ influx proceeded with much greater affinity but lower capacity than the K⊕ influx. Thus, although with regard to competitive inhibition K⊕ and Rb⊕ seem to use the same transfort site the relative similarity of vK(42K) and vK(86Rb) must be termed rather incidental though predictable. 7. At higher concentrations (system 2) the influx of K⊕ and Rb⊕ was less different with respect to Km and Vmax (fig. 7), an observation which was confirmed by competitive inhibition on almost equal terms. 8. It must be stated that the value of 86Rb⊕ as a tracer instead of 42K⊕ is limited. However, the metabolic linkages of K⊕ influx can also be detected by the use of 86Rb⊕.


MOL is a local microorganism or natural decomposer that is used as a starter culture in production of organic fertilizers which is known as bokashi. The advantage of using MOL is that it can be made from cheap materials or by utilizing agricultural waste so that it can increase the added value of waste as well as reduce the environmental pollution. The use of MOL as a biodecomposer in production of bokashi can accelerate the fermentation process. This study aimed to produce MOL where the characteristic is similar with commercial Effective Microorganism (EM4). This study used a factorial randomized block design (RBD) with 2 factors. First factor was the types of banana (J) consisted of three levels, namely awak banana (Musa paradisiacal var. Awak; J1), barangan banana (Musa acuminate Colla; J2), and kepok banana (Musa acuminata balbisiana Colla; J3). Second factor was the storage times consisted of three levels, namely 0 weeks after fermentation (L1), 2 weeks after fermentation (L2), and 4 weeks after fermentation (L3). The analysis carried out after fermentation included total cell counts (TCC), pH value, temperature, and organoleptic test in the form of hedonic test for color and description test for aroma. The best sample was determined based on the highest TCC, the lowest pH value and aroma using a ranking test. The best treatment was obtained from J1L2 treatment (awak banana and 2 weeks after fermentation) with 1.8 × 10 CFU/ml of TCC, 3.17 of pH which is similar with the EM4 and medium tapai aroma.


In evaluating seed quality, water content, hectoliter weight test and germination are important factors, as well as growth and development of seedlings and seed viability The objective was to evaluate the effect of seed barley coated with zinc, in its physiological and enzyme quality, during storage. We used two batches of seed, high and low quality. For seed treatment, we used commercial product, with a source of zinc in the form of ZnSO4, along with fungicide and polymer. It was tested for levels 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 mL ZnSO4 kg -1 seed. The physiological quality, during the storage period, was analyzed by the tests: moisture, hectoliter weight, germination, emergence, index emergence rate and tetrazolium test. Barley seed coating with zinc sulfate at doses 3-4 mL kg -1 seed, are effective in maximizing the physiological quality of seeds, up to six months of storage. Seed coating of barley with at doses 3-4 mL kg -1 seed, cause a smaller decrease in seeds viability on seeds during storage.


The phase field method was firstly introduced,and the dendrite growth in the undercooled melt of pure aluminum was simulated by the phase-field method.The effect of the initial nucleus radius and interface thickness on the morphology of grains was investigated.The computed results are basically in accordance with the experimental results.The simulation results indicate that the phase-field method accords with the physical mechanism of dendrite growth.


Vocational High School is one of the educational institutions that is responsible for creating human resources who have the ability, skills and expertise, so that graduates are ready to enter the world of work. SMK Negeri 1 Klaten, Central Java, especially lecturers in the department of computer and telecommunications network engineering, has the hope that it is necessary to explore the material and develop learning in the practical use of the Arduino microcontroller. The purpose of this activity is to implement the use of microcontrollers on devices that require automatic controllers such as machine controllers, IoT relay control, home security systems, and also other electronic equipment. The PKM activity method is carried out in stages: observation & requirements analysis, communication & dialogue, workshop, and evaluation. As a result of this activity, the workshop participants participated actively and looked enthusiastic in the activity by diligently asking questions. In the evaluation of the workshop, the results of the practicum were obtained: 75% of the participants succeeded well, and 25% of the participants with good enough results and were able to carry out the practicum independently.


Background:  Mycobacterial soft tissue infections are a heterogeneous group of infections that usually require a variety of therapeutic methods for cure. North Queensland has an environment, which predisposes to several such infections. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence and epidemiology of mycobacterial soft tissue infections in North Queensland and to review surgical and non‐surgical interventions in these conditions.


The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites' (EUMETSAT) Meteosat satellites provide the unique opportunity to compile a 30+ year land surface temperature (LST) climate data record. Since the Meteosat instrument on-board Meteosat 2–7 is equipped with a single thermal channel, single-channel LST retrieval algorithms are used to ensure consistency across Meteosat satellites. The present study compares the performance of two single-channel LST retrieval algorithms: (1) A physical radiative transfer-based mono-window (PMW); and (2) a statistical mono-window model (SMW). The performance of the single-channel algorithms is assessed using a database of synthetic radiances for a wide range of atmospheric profiles and surface variables. The two single-channel algorithms are evaluated against the commonly-used generalized split-window (GSW) model. The three algorithms are verified against more than 60,000 LST ground observations with dry to very moist atmospheres (total column water vapor (TCWV) 1–56 mm). Except for very moist atmospheres (TCWV > 45 mm), results show that Meteosat single-channel retrievals match those of the GSW algorithm by 0.1–0.5 K. This study also outlines that it is possible to put realistic uncertainties on Meteosat single-channel LSTs, except for very moist atmospheres: simulated theoretical uncertainties are within 0.3–1.0 K of the in situ root mean square differences for TCWV < 45 mm.


Of all the moments that linger after watching Strange Bedfellows, the most memorable is that of Paul Hogan watching wistfully from the window of a projectionist's booth as a film unfurls in his cinema.


We investigate a machine learning algorithm that interprets distributed vibration in a telecommunication facility environment. This is the first evaluation on the accuracy of a classification algorithm using field data in a cable tunnel.


Nothing prepares you for hospital life, least of all four relaxed years doing an Arts degree. Taking a year out before post-graduate study, I opted to became an auxiliary because it sounded different. What I found was perhaps the most important experience of my life.


The high mortality rate associated with lung cancer is in part a result of the disease being detected in its late stage. This is simply because early stage diagnosis is challenging. There have been numerousmass spectrometric analysis studies of exhaled breath volatiles spanning decades of research involving lung cancer patients in a bid to discover breath biomarkers of the disease, andwhich hopefully are present from the early stages of the disease. Despite this intense work, no breath test for lung cancer has been forthcoming for clinical use. A major reason for this is that there has been little consensus between studies, with limited agreement as to which breath volatiles (or pattern of volatiles) can be used to discriminate people with lung cancer from those without. Although many breath volatiles have been proposed to result from lung cancer, not a single study, thus far, has specifically pinpointed the origins of the breath volatiles exclusively to lung cancer nodules and not oxidative stress in any other organ resulting from cancer or any other disease. This situation seems to have changed with a recently reported study by Phillips et al. In their study, they claim to have found a 'mass ion', which they refer to as a single volatile biomarker in the breath, that is apparently able to identify biopsy-proven lung cancer as well as suspicious pulmonary nodes [1]. They suggest that this 'biomarker' has the potential to be used as an ancillary to low-dose computerized tomography of the chest to predict whether a pulmonary nodule is malignant or not. They have named this biomarker 'Mass Abnormalities in Gaseous Ions with Imaging Correlates' (MAGIIC). Furthermore, they claim, from blinded studies, that they can predict lung cancer, which was confirmed by the independent tissue biopsies, and suspicious pulmonary nodules. Given the potential importance of the findings presented in their paper, we wish to raise some questions and issues we have on the key results and conclusions provided in the paper by Phillips et al Our aim for this comment is to open a forum for discussion in order to help clarify some important issues so that this work can bemore fully appreciated and taken forward. A major concern we have is that Phillips et al refer toMAGIIC as a single biomarker. However, we would question if this is appropriate terminology to use, because the MAGIIC is simply a mass to charge ratio (m/z) in amass spectrum, and hence it cannot be referred to as biomarker. This singlem/z is not assigned by the authors to any specific volatile, although it is believed to include C4 and C5 alkane derivatives, which are considered to be consistent with metabolic products of oxidative stress. Nevertheless, it is difficult to accept that a singlem/z can be used to provide sufficient specificity to diagnose lung cancer. Such an approach raises concerns of 'voodoo' correlations, i.e. where the 'mass ion' is statistically significant but is clinically meaningless—something the authors correctly highlight to be a central problem that has limited progress in breath research. To some extent, the authors recognize this by listing in their table 2 eight possible candidate volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that could be the cause of the 'mass ion' signal. The authors do not identify them/z value, but a review of the electron impactmass spectra of these eight compounds suggest it could bem/z 44. Independent of this, it is strange to use a m/z value from a GC-MS investigation as a 'biomarker'. Why is the compound, which could be a biomarker, not correctly identified? Although the researchers admit that the chemical structure of MAGIIC was not determined with any certainty, it is claimed to be consistent with a volatile metabolite of alkane products of oxidative stress. It is highly surprising that the authors were unable to provide any clear identification given that GC was used and given that the 'mass ion'was identified by not only m/z but also retention time (although neither are given in the paper). This raises doubt in the results presented, because it simply is not possible for all eight compounds, that are potential candidates for the 'mass RECEIVED 24 July 2019


Abstract : To be an effective weightless worker, an individual must be able to achieve and maintain a stable attitude with respect to his vehicle. If the worker is to have this capability, he must be able to control both translation and rotation. Translation may not be controlled without hardware, whereas rotation may. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of body rotation by limb manipulation. This self-rotation is analyzed by the application of theoretical mechanics to a rigid mathematical model composed of six cylindrical segments. A quantitative evaluation, based on the mathematical model, is made for one maneuver to determine the expected degree of rotation. As a result of this analysis, a series of selected maneuvers are proposed to give man the capability for rotation about three mutually perpendicular axes. The nine maneuvers are intended to provide an effective rotation, while reducing undesirable coupled rotations. In addition, the stability of rotation of various geometrical shapes is investigated to determine if man can expect a self-rotation maneuver to be stable.


The flow of a viscous fluid due to symmetric peristaltic waves propagating on the horizontal sidewalls of a rectangular duct is studied under the assumptions of long wavelength and low Reynolds number. The effect of aspect ratio $_\beta$, ratio of height to width, on the pumping characteristics is discussed in detail. The results are compared to with those corresponding to Poiseuille flow.


This paper approaches the unsupervised learning problem by gradient descent in the space of probability density functions. A main result shows that along the gradient flow induced by a distribution-dependent ordinary differential equation (ODE), the unknown data distribution emerges as the long-time limit. That is, one can uncover the data distribution by simulating the distribution-dependent ODE. Intriguingly, the simulation of the ODE is shown equivalent to the training of generative adversarial networks (GANs). This equivalence provides a new"cooperative"view of GANs and, more importantly, sheds new light on the divergence of GANs. In particular, it reveals that the GAN algorithm implicitly minimizes the mean squared error (MSE) between two sets of samples, and this MSE fitting alone can cause GANs to diverge. To construct a solution to the distribution-dependent ODE, we first show that the associated nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation has a unique weak solution, by the Crandall-Liggett theorem for differential equations in Banach spaces. Based on this solution to the Fokker-Planck equation, we construct a unique solution to the ODE, using Trevisan's superposition principle. The convergence of the induced gradient flow to the data distribution is obtained by analyzing the Fokker-Planck equation.


The relationship of the important thought of Three Representatives and the governing ability of CPC is dialecti-cally unified. They are in the unity of the great practice of the socialist modernized construction. Both of them meet the requirement of internal identity in essence of building the Party for the public and exercising the state power for the interest of the people. On one hand, the important thought of Three Representatives must become the fundamental guidance, basic content and testing standard of strengthening the governing ability of the Party; on the other hand, implementing the important thought of Three Representatives must strengthen the governing ability of the Party, which is the fundamental way to practice the important thought of Three Representatives.


Bayesian nonparametric estimates of Australian mental health distributions are obtained to assess how the mental health status of the population has changed over time, and to compare the mental health status of female/male and indigenous/non-indigenous population subgroups. Firstand second-order stochastic dominance are used to compare distributions, with results presented in terms of the posterior probability of dominance and the posterior probability of no dominance. Our results suggest mental health has deteriorated in recent years, that males' mental health status is better than that of females, and non-indigenous health status is better than that of the indigenous population.


We show that partition functions of various matrix models can be obtained by acting on elementary functions with exponents of operators. A number of illustrations is given, including the Gaussian Hermitian matrix model, Hermitian model in external field and the Hurwitz-Kontsevitch model, for which we suggest an elegant matrix-model representation. In all these examples, the relevant operators belong to the (3) algebra.


Abstract Let $\def \xmlpi #1{}\def \mathsfbi #1{\boldsymbol {\mathsf {#1}}}\let \le =\leqslant \let \leq =\leqslant \let \ge =\geqslant \let \geq =\geqslant \def \Pr {\mathit {Pr}}\def \Fr {\mathit {Fr}}\def \Rey {\mathit {Re}}R$ be a commutative ring, $I(R)$ be the set of all ideals of $R$ and $S$ be a subset of $I^*(R)=I(R)\setminus \{0\}$. We define a Cayley sum digraph of ideals of $R$, denoted by $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{Cay}}^+ (I(R),S)$, as a directed graph whose vertex set is the set $I(R)$ and, for every two distinct vertices $I$ and $J$, there is an arc from $I$ to $J$, denoted by $I\longrightarrow J$, whenever $I+K=J$, for some ideal $K $ in $S$. Also, the Cayley sum graph $ \mathrm{Cay}^+ (I(R), S)$ is an undirected graph whose vertex set is the set $I(R)$ and two distinct vertices $I$ and $J$ are adjacent whenever $I+K=J$ or $J+K=I$, for some ideal $K $ in $ S$. In this paper, we study some basic properties of the graphs $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{Cay}}^+ (I(R),S)$ and $ \mathrm{Cay}^+ (I(R), S)$ such as connectivity, girth and clique number. Moreover, we investigate the planarity, outerplanarity and ring graph of $ \mathrm{Cay}^+ (I(R), S)$ and also we provide some characterization for rings $R$ whose Cayley sum graphs have genus one.


An array of seven fiber collimators with transmission ~99.9% was tested with 1.99 kW per channel. Truncated radiation was disposed through output collimating lenses by re-directing Gaussian beam tails with interior holey micro-lenses. For range of truncation of 5-29% cooling was not necessary. Beam quality in the far-field M2 ~1.2.


ABSTRACT There is a longstanding debate in philosophy concerning the relationship between intention and intentional action. According to the Single Phenomenon View, while one need not intend to A in order to A intentionally, one nevertheless needs to have an A-relevant intention. This view has recently come under criticism by those who think that one can A intentionally without any relevant intention at all. On this view, neither distal nor proximal intentions are necessary for intentional action. In this paper we present the results of two studies that explore folk ascriptions of proximal intentions and intentional actions in garden-variety, non-moral cases. Our findings suggest a very tight relationship between the two. We argue that the results from these two studies cohere with the Single Phenomenon View and give theorists who reject this view on conceptual grounds reason to worry.


SYNTHESIS 2004, No. 12, pp 1996–2000xx.xx.2004 Advanced online publication: 02.08.2004 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-829195; Art ID: F04804SS © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York Abstract: The ring transformation of nitropyrimidinone 1 with acetophenone derivatives 2 affords two kinds of azaheterocyclic compounds, 4-phenylpyrimidines 3 and 3-nitro-6-phenyl-2-pyridones 4. On the basis of the relationship between electronic properties of the substituent and ratios of products, a plausible reaction mechanism is provided. Furthermore, the present reaction could be applied to heterocyclic ketones giving bihetaryl compounds.


Aim: Adductor muscle strains are common injuries in contact related sports such as ice hockey and football. Most of these injuries are treated conservative with good results. However, there is no consensus on the best treatment of partial ruptures of the adductor longus tendon among athletes as non-operative and operative therapies seems both provide good results. Non-operative therapy rests on physiotherapy and operative treatment on tenotomy. MRI is an effective tool for grading the injury and is widely used for the initial diagnostics of an adductor longus injury. Methods: A31-year old professional ice hockey player sustained a partial rupture of the adductor longus tendon which did not heal by physiotherapy. Surgery was undertaken 20 weeks after primary injury, and 16 weeks later he returned to play (RTP) successfully with no relapse during 52 weeks of followup. He was followed up with a series of MRI and hip strength tests during recovery from non-operative and operative treatment. MRI showed that conservative means did not provide healing, while tenotomy was curative. The strength of hip adduction of the injured side returned to the same level as the contra lateral side after surgery. Conclusions: There may be clear benefits of tenotomy to treat partial ruptures of the adductor longus tendon, especially if non-operative treatment is insufficient and RTP is threatened. MRI and hip strength assessments may provide valuable information during the rehabilitation of the partial acute-on-chronic rupture of the adductor longus tendon. Case Report Operative Treatment of Acute-OnChronic Partial Adductor Longus Tendon Rupture MRI and Hip Strength Follow-Up: A Case Report Jussi Kosola1,2, Niklas Lindblad3, Kimmo Mattila4, Lasse Lempainen2,5,6* 1Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland 2Department of Physical Activity and Health, University of Turku, Finland 3Terveystalo Sports Clinic, Turku, Finland 4Medical Imaging Centre of Southwest Finland, Finland 5Hospital Neo, Turku, Finland 6Department of Surgery, Turunmaa Hospital, Finland


Bipartite graphs are widely used to model relation-ships between two types of entities. Community search retrieves densely connected subgraphs containing a query vertex, which has been extensively studied on unipartite graphs. However, com-munity search on bipartite graphs remains largely unexplored. Moreover, all existing cohesive subgraph models on bipartite graphs can only be applied to measure the structure cohesiveness between two sets of vertices while overlooking the edge weight in forming the community. In this paper, we study the significant (α, β)-community search problem on weighted bipartite graphs. Given a query vertex q, we aim to find the significant (α, β)-community ℛ of q which adopts (α, β)-core to characterize the engagement level of vertices, and maximizes the minimum edge weight (significance) within ℛ.To support fast retrieval of ℛ, we first retrieve the maximal connected subgraph of (α, β)-core containing the query vertex (the (α, β)-community), and the search space is limited to this subgraph with a much smaller size than the original graph. A novel index structure is presented which can be built in O(δ•m) time and takes O(δ•m) space where m is the number of edges in G, δ is bounded by $\sqrt m $ and is much smaller in practice. Utilizing the index, the (α, β)-community can be retrieved in optimal time. To further obtain ℛ, we develop peeling and expansion algorithms to conduct searches by shrinking from the (α, β)-community and expanding from the query vertex, respectively. The experimental results on real graphs not only demonstrate the effectiveness of the significant (α, β)-community model but also validate the efficiency of our query processing and indexing techniques.


Crowdfunding creates opportunities for entrepre- neurs. It allows startup companies to reach a large audience for fundraising and bring their creative ideas to life. In this work, we are concerned with crowdfunding project success prediction problem, i.e., to predict whether a project will successfully reach its funding goal by using its project profiles. This is important for startup companies to refine their project profiles and achieve their goals. Crowdfunding project success prediction is a typical classification problem but with a few critical challenges. On the one hand, with only coarse-grained project status as weak supervision, it is hard for a deep learning network to learn the relationship between project profiles and explain why it makes this prediction. On the other hand, on the project homepage, there are various modalities of description, including metadata, textual description, images, and videos. Among those, videos play an important role in the success of a crowdfunding project, however, were ignored in previous works, due to the difficulty in extracting useful semantic and authentic information from videos, especially for the crowdfunding project where information in different modalities are unaligned. To this end, we propose a novel framework called Deep Cross-Attention Network to learn and fuse information from introduction videos and textual descriptions of project profiles. More specifically, we develop a cross-attention block to align and represent mismatched textual description and untrimmed introduction videos and fuse the information from these two modalities, which effectively remedies the lack of supervised information caused by project status as weak supervision. More importantly, with our cross-attention mechanism, the model is able to interpret how it makes such predictions and show which keywords and keyframes it depends on. We conduct extensive experiments on two crowdfunding datasets (collected from Kickstarter and Indiegogo) and show that our method achieves superior performance over existing state-of-the-art baselines.


Summary Archaster typicus were collected during the spawning season off Cebu Island (Philippines). Gonads of male individuals were fixed. The ultrastructure of spermatozoa was studied by electron microscopy at various stages from early spermatid to the mature spermatozoon. Their development follows the typical scheme of the Asteroidea. Microanatomy is not that of a classical primitive marine spermatozoon, but resembles that of Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Crinoidea. There are no specific adaptations to the mating behavior of the seastar.


Abstract : This report results from a contract tasking University of Sheffield as follows: The contractor will investigate theoretically and experimentally the possibility of hybridizing organic and inorganic semiconductors in microcavities to produce a highly efficient light source that could be either a laser or a very efficient LED. The report describes fabrication of new types of microcavity containing organic semiconductors, including strongly-coupled microcavities based on two metallic mirrors. It further describes development of a theory of cavity polaritons in a disordered organic medium containing J-aggregates.


In the paper,lubrication oil in diesel engines serving as the example,the process of diesel oil contamination is analyzed,and the mathematical model reflecting contamination of lubrication oil in diesel engines is established.Then the factors affecting the contamination of lubrication oil are studied.The conclusions is proposed that the contamination of lubrication oil in tanks begins from the initial contamination and then varis exponentially and eventually tends to steady state.Other conclusions is put forward that the contamination of lubrication oil increases with the rise of external contamination particle's penetration rate Ri and the rate Rp of wear debris generated in the system,and decreases with the increase in filtration ratio βu1,βu2,βu3 ,as well as has nothing to do with the initial contamination degree C0 of lubrication oil,etc.


Laboratory tests have shown that about 2 to 5% of the resting spores of Entomophthora virulenta from pure cultures are ready to germinate when removed from the dry state and placed on artificial media, The germinating spores do not need the influence of chitin-splitting microorganisms or a lengthy period in a moist environment in order to start their growth, but they are responsive to high humidity conditions since a progressive increase in germination was noted as the period that the spores here soaked was increased, Considerable germination was noted following 10-minute exposures to temperatures up to 93° C. while no growth occurred after a 06-hour exposure to a temperature of 85° C.


A significant contribution to the significance of Romania's joining the war against Germany on August 23,1944, following the overthrow of the Antonescu regime and the liberation of Romania by the Glorious Soviet armies.


The genomic integration of an additional wiltype or engineered milk proteinencoding gene,the expression of milk proteinencoding transgenes,increasing the whey protein content,increasing the individual casein content of milk,the production of modified milk proteins with novel properties,the genomic integration of a product altering milk composition,the preventing plamin activity in milk through secretion of a specific inhibitor,lowering the lactose content through secretion of an active lactase of ribozyme mediated decrease of α lactalbumin mRNA expression,the producing a milk devoid β lactoglobulin,gene exchange at the locus of a milk protein encoding gene were reviewed.


A preliminary survey of the Moreton Island was undertaken as part of a larger research framework designed to examine the feasibility of using problem-oriented research projects as a basis for the assessment of significance of the archaeological resource in the Queensland context and to suggest ways in which such research might be conducted within the present structure of Queensland Public Archaeology.  Moreton Island was chosen as a staging ground for this research.


A short-term traffic flow prediction model was built based on KSOM-BP neural network.Using the kernel sample self-organizing map(KSOM) neural network,under the condition without a priori knowledge,the history samples with similar statistic character were classified into several categories by self-organizing and self-learning to enhance the statistic significance of the classified sample.A back-propagation(BP) neural network prediction model was built for the momentum-adaptive learning rate of every category sample to enhance the short-term traffic flow prediction accuracy,reduce the prediction time consumption.The model was validated using the practical road network data.The results show that the statistic index MARE of prediction error of KSOM-BP neural network is less than 7%,and less by 4% than that of BP network based on the whole sample without classification.The modeling time consumption of KSOM-BP neural network is also less than BP neural network without sample classification.All of this proves the validation and state-of-the-art of the proposed method.


This study discusses and classifies fossil didemnid ascidian spicules. Three new fossil genera and nine new fossil species are described based on spicule morphology. The genera are Bonetia gen. nov., Rigaudia gen. nov. and Monniotia gen. nov. The species are Bonetia acuta sp. nov., B. brevis sp. nov., B. quasitruncata sp. nov., B. truncata sp. nov., Rigaudia multiradiata sp. nov., R. praecisa sp. nov., Micrascidites pauciradiatus sp. nov., Monniotia acuformis sp. nov., and M. fasciculata sp. nov. Recognizing these distinctive fossil didemnid spicules in fine-grained sediments should provide useful palaeoenvironmental information and may stimulate interest in their biostratigraphy.


An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of preharvest sprays of NAA, GA3 and Urea on fruiting, fruit quality and yield of ber cv. Banarsi Karaka at the Horticulture Garden, Department of Horticulture, C.S. Azad, University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur during 200S-09. The experiment was planned in a randomized block design with nine treatments replicated thrice, viz. T1 (control), T2 (NAA 15 ppm), T3 (NAA 25 ppm), T4 (GA3 20 ppm), T5 (GA3 30 ppm), Ts(Urea 1.5%), T7 (Urea 2.0%), T8 (T2 +T4 +T6) and T9 (13 +T5 +T7). Foliar sprays of 25 and 30 ppm NAA and GA3 in conjunction with 2% urea produced significantly bigger sized fruits measuring 3.93 cm in length and 2.85 cm in width with maximum TSS (16.60° B) and sugar content (11.20%) as against the minimum of 2.00 cm, 3.00 cm, 13.8°B and 8.52% values, respectively recorded under control. The maximum fruit yield amounted to 147.00 kgltree in comparison to 55.0 kg of control.


To expand the photoresponse of perovskite solar cells, we implanted bulk heterojunctions to make integrated solar cells with a structure of ITO/PEDOT/CH3NH3PbI3/(PDPP3T–PC61BM)/Ca/Al. The new cells gave higher Jsc than perovskite solar cells due to additional photocurrent contribution from the bulk heterojunction. This innovative design shows promise for the development of next-generation solar cells.


High-frequency resonance is a prominent phenomenon which affects the normal operation of the high-speed railway in China. Aiming at this problem, the resonance mechanism is analyzed first. Then, model predictive control and selective harmonic elimination pulse-width modulation (MPC-SHEPWM) combined control strategy is proposed, where the harmonics which cause the resonance can be eliminated at the harmonic source. Besides, the MPC is combined to make the current track the reference in transients. The proposed control has the ability to suppress the resonance while has a faster dynamic performance comparing with SHEPWM. Finally, the proposed MPC-SHEPWM is tested in a simulation model of CRH5 (Chinese Railway High-speed), EMUs (electric multiple units) and a traction power supply coupled system, which shows that the proposed MPC-SHEPWM approach can achieve the resonance suppression and shows a better dynamic performance.


A relatively general formulation for studying the dynamics and control of an arbitrary spacecraft with interconnected flexible bodies has been developed. This self-contained and comprehensive numerical algorithm using system modes is applicable to a large class of spacecraft configurations of contemporary and future interest. Here, versatility of the approach is demonstrated through the dynamics and control studies aimed at the evolving Space Station Freedom.


In this paper, I analyze Gion Matsuri in Kyoto as a multilayered phenomenon, and explore its religious aspects in context, with particular attention to interactions between actors, such as its organizing bodies, residents of the neighborhoods that sponsor the yama and hoko floats, the local government, and Yasaka Shrine (Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社). Based on my extended fieldwork, I focus on the festival's most recent transformations (esp. the reinstatement of ato matsuri in 2014) and the negotiation of religious and secular boundaries, both within and without the festival's physical spaces. I also reflect on Gion Matsuri as a "contested zone," an idea that contributes to opening up new perspectives for the study of this and other festivals. More broadly, my analysis aims to shed light not only on the multidimensional character of Gion Matsuri, but also on the interplay of religion with different arenas of contemporary society, including local communities and government, tourism, the economy, and cultural policies.


Resource share and information security are paid more and more concern at present network time.Based on the prospecting Database System(EIS Software) in Shengli oilfield,how to build extensible and flexible DCOM distributed software system with COM+ technique is discussed.EIS adopts encapsulation rule of COM groupwares and COM+environment.The groupwares can be visited through net.


Freidberg, Amnon, and Wayne N. Mathis. Studies of Terelliinae (Diptera: Tephritidae): A Revision of the Genus Neaspilota Osten Sacken. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 439, 75 pages, 204 figures, 1986.— The genus Neaspilota Osten Sacken is revised, and its relationships within the subfamily Terelliinae are discussed. The distribution of the genus ranges from Alaska to northern Mexico. The genus contains two monophyletic sublineages, herein recognized as subgenera: Neaspilota, sensu stricto, and Neorellia, new subgenus. Nineteen species are recognized, including eight new ones, the latter all in the subgenus Neorellia: Neaspilota aenigma, N. albiseta, N. appendiculata, N. callistigma, N. footei, N. isochela, N. pubescens, and N. stecki. The asymmetry of the male foretarsus, found in all but one species, is an excellent character at the specific and generic levels. The female sperniatheca is likewise an important character at the generic/subgeneric level, but less so at the specific level. Approximately 60 host-plant species, all in the family Asteraceae, have been recorded for Neaspilota. Host plants have been listed under the appropriate species of Neaspilota and in a separate section. Species of Neaspilota, sensu stricto, are associated with species of Vernonia, while species of Neorellia are associated with many other genera, none, however, belonging to the tribe Cynareae, to which most of the known host plants of Holarctic Terelliinae belong. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DATE is handstamped in a limited number of initial copies and is recorded in the Institution's annual report, Smithsonian Year. SERIES COVER DESIGN: The coral Montastrea cavernosa (Linnaeus). Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Freidberg, Amnon Studies of Terelliinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) (Smithsonian contributions to zoology ; no. 439) Bibliography: p. Supt. of Docs, no.: SI 1.27:439 1. Neaspilota—Classification. 2. Insects—Classification. I. Mathis, Wayne N. II. Title. III. Title: Terelliinae. IV. Series. QL1.S54 no. 439 [QL537.T42] 591s [595.77'4] 85-600299


The velocity sensor is an important component of active damping systems and affects the accuracy and bandwidth of the control system. Velocity sensors with limited size lack accuracy in the low-frequency domain. To increase the velocity sensor measurement performance, this paper proposes a method that extends the low-frequency measurement bandwidth of the velocity sensor. Firstly, a mathematical model is established to obtain the physical characteristics of the sensor and analyze the factors affecting the measurement bandwidth. Secondly, an extended filtering method is introduced to match the sensor parameters and to design the sensor signal processing circuit based on theoretical calculation and simulation. Finally, a testing platform is set up and experiments are carried out. The results show that, for a given geophone with a natural frequency of 2Hz, the measurement bandwidth can be extended to 0.2Hz by using the proposed method.


THE following case, which was treated in a field hospital, would appear to be of sufficient interest to warrant its publication. A Polish soldier, aged 20, was admitted to hospital in a shocked state, complaining of rightsided abdominal pain. He gave the history of having fallen on his right side in the dark and. as he fell, being struck in the loin by the end of a blunt stake which was project ing from the ground. His pulse-rate was 110 per minute, and it increased to 120 in the following six hours. There was gross h<.EITlaturia with clots of blood in the urine. He vomited on two or three occasions, and the abdomen was extremely rigid and tender on the right side. This tenderness extended


The dominant theory in Anglo-American jurisdictions, as far as determining the objective of large public corporations, has been, certainly since the 1970s, the shareholder primacy theory. Yet there have been in recent years a number of challenges to the dominance of this theory in Anglo-American jurisdictions. Given this, the article asks whether shareholder primacy is able retain its position as the dominating theory in relation to corporations in such jurisdictions? A second question that is considered is: should the theory survive?


Plastic electronics is a rapidly expanding topic, much of which has been focused on organic semiconductors. However, it is also of interest to find viable ways to integrate nanomaterials, such as silicon nanowires (SiNWs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), into this technology. Here, we present methods of fabrication of composite devices incorporating such nanostructured materials into an organic matrix. We investigate the formation of polymer/CNT composites, for which we use the semiconducting polymer poly(3,3000-dialkylquaterthiophene) (PQT). We also report a method of fabricating polymer/SiNW TFTs, whereby sparse arrays of parallel oriented SiNWs are initially prepared on silicon dioxide substrates from forests of as-grown gold-catalysed SiNWs. Subsequent ink-jet printing of PQT on these arrays produces a polymer/SiNW composite film. We also present the electrical characterization of all composite devices. r 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 73.50. h; 73.63. b; 81.07. b; 85.35.Kt


Context  The last 10 years have represented a period of significant reform within both the health care and education systems in France. In terms of its workforce, France faces a shortage of doctors, particularly in primary care.


Due to the hazy weather and the long-distance imaging path, the captured remote sensing image (RSI) may suffer from detail loss and noise pollution. However, simply applying dehazing operation on a noisy hazy image may result in noise amplification. Therefore, in this article, we propose joint blind denoising and dehazing for RSI recovery and enhancement to address this problem. First, we propose an efficient and effective noise level estimation method based on quad-tree subdivision and integrate it into fast and flexible denoising convolutional neural network for blind denoising. Second, a multiscale guided filter decomposes the denoised hazy image into base and detailed layers, separating the initial details. Then, the dehazing procedure using the corrected boundary constraint is implemented in the base layer, while a nonlinear sigmoid mapping function enhances the detailed layers. The last step is to fuse the enhanced detailed layers and the dehazed base layer to get the final result. Using both synthetic remote sensing hazy image (RSHI) datasets and real-world RSHI, we perform comprehensive experiments to evaluate the proposed method. Results show that our method is superior to well-known methods in both dehazing and joint denoising and dehazing tasks.


Mentions a gift of seventeenth century medical-mystical-astronlogical works; a Symington Collection Supplement,"centering around Sir Edmund Gosse, including some twenty letters and manuscripts in his hand, and perhaps twice as many letters received by him; the papers of Washington A.Roebling; a group of "Certificates of Abandonment for Negro Children Born of Slave Parents," 1805-1807; letters of Woodrow Wilson, etc.


This paper explores the dispersion of entering tones from Middle Chinese to modern Mandarin Chinese by using a corpus-based approach. With 2698 corpus examples, this paper looks into how the manner and place of articulation of initials are related to the dispersion. The results suggest that sonorants and voiced obstruents show more salient tendencies than voiceless initials do in the dispersion of entering tones. Sonorants are highly associated with qùshēng, and voiced obstruents with yángpíng. Besides, labial initials are significantly different from coronal and dorsal initials in yángpíng, shăngshēng and qùshēng. The corpus data also reveal that there is a low rate of dispersing into shăngshēng for entering tones, as entering tones are incompatible with shăngshēng in height. Entering tones are non-low, whereas shăngshēng is low.


The correlation between serum uric acid (SUA) and β‐cell function remains controversial. The present study aims to use a new index, renal function‐normalized SUA, to observe its correlation with β‐cell function in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM).


Method for synchronizing the internal clock of a mobile station with local time, wherein the mobile radio terminal a short message (SM) sent to itself, derives the local time from the transmit and receive times of the short message signals and a time stamp included in the received short message t characterized that from the mobile station at a time t that the mobile station contains the transmission t is that t the time stamp back


The paper proposes an architecture for building immunochips and provides a mathematical framework in describing some of its operations using the concepts of proteins and immune networks. This approach is considered as the computational basis of an "immunochip", and this paper describes its implementation procedure. The proposed immunochip is emulated in software and evaluated with the problem of detecting of dangerous ballistic situations in near-Earth space.


. We construct a class of strongly indecomposable finite rank torsion-free groups that includes the rank-one groups, and develop a complete set of invariants for them and their direct sums.


A special case of Askey-Wilson algebra $AW(3)$ with three generators is shown to serve as a hidden symmetry algebra underlying the Hahn problem for the quantum algebra $sl_q(2)$. On the base of this hidden symmetry the corresponding Clebsch-Gordan coefficients in terms of the q-Hahn polynomials is found.


This paper presents a broadband cross-shaped patch antenna with an elliptical slotted ground plan as single unit for coming 5G wireless communication networks. The proposed single antenna has resonating wideband frequencies from 22 to 45 GHz, which cover 28 GHz and 38 GHz operating frequency. The radiation efficiency of the single unit antenna is 92% at 28 GHz and 90% at 38 GHz. The measured return loss of at 28 GHz is -17.66 dB with maximum gain of 3.81dBi while return loss of 38 GHz is -13.24 dB with maximum gain of 4.86dB. The antenna is designed on low loss Rogers's 5880 substrates with dielectric constant 2.2 and dielectric loss of 0.009. The antenna has compact dimension of 0.392λ0 × …


The liberation of the growth stress during the cutting down and the cutting into sections prevents the use of increased wood of Eucalyptus and the Quercus ilex as wood of work. The operations of first transformation modify the mechanical balance and provoke afterward fissuring in the form of cracks in end of grapes. The importance of the fissuring, which in connection with the mean value of growths stresses indicators (GSI), also depends on both intrinsic properties of the wood, the failure stress has a tensile and the fracture toughness in the distribution of crack. Measures of the growth stress indicator (GSI) were made on two broad-leaved trees of different sorts, three trees of grown Eucalyptus and three trees of the Quercus ilex by means of the method of the only hole. Essays of drive were made on specimens of massive wooden drive, to study the mechanical behavior during load. To estimate the fracture toughness by the method of compliance, essays of break in mode I were made on massive wooden specimens DCB. The study of the growth stress indicator (GSI), in the suburb of trees, showed, generally speaking, that both essences behave differently. Indeed, for the grown eucalypti sort with fast growth, 75 % of the values of the moderate GSI are lower than 90 μm. This value was only 31 μm for the Quercus ilex sort with slow growth. The grown Eucalypti presents a strong nervousness translated by strong values of GSI associated generally to the wooden presence of reaction (wood of tension). The massive wood presents a fragile behavior with failure stress of drive and a fracture toughness of the Quercus ilex more raised than that of grown Eucalyptus. These two essences have a similar average rigidity. Keywords— Grown Eucalypti; Quercus ilex; growth stress; failure stress; Bing; fracture toughness)


Sea level and atmospheric pressure data of 1999-2005 from four stations along the Korean east coast were analyzed to understand the sea level variability and its causal mechanism. The results of the wavelet and the auto-spectrum analyses indicate that the sea level fluctuations of 3-17 day period are statistically significant at the 95% confidence level, especially in spring to early summer. In this period, the coherency between the sea levels and the atmospheric pressures in a cross-spectrum is high, implying the importance of an inverted barometric effect in generation of the sea level fluctuations. To learn about the sea level variability, the cross-spectrum analyses were applied between the sea levels of the adjacent stations. The results show a case of southward phase propagations along the coast, as in 1999, 2003 and 2005, and an another case of no progressive phase lags between the stations, as in 2000-2002, and 2004. The phase speed in the former case is 12-15 m/s, which is a commonly observed phase speed of coastal Kelvin waves. Generation of such fluctuations seems to be related to low pressure cells developed in the Asian continent in spring and summer and moving eastward over the coastal region north of the stations. The latter case of no progressive phase lag, however, occurs when the low pressure cells developed in the continent move along the region south of the stations. In this case, the northeastward phase propagation with a speed of 5-8 m/s is observed along the southwestern coast of Japan.


The invention relates to the Internet detecting technique and provides a method for detecting installability of Andriod resource packages. The method for detecting the installability of the Andriod resource packages comprises the following steps of: installing an Andriod emulator, configuring and starting different software development kits (SDK) according to different system versions, and grouping all the started SDKs according to the system versions and storing corresponding numbers; extracting information of the resource packages, generating installed and uninstalled batch (BAT) files under all different system versions according to all the resource packages, putting the resource packages to a catalogue of the Andriod emulator, and changing resource packages of which the suffix names are not the Andriod package (APK) into an APK suffix; calling a command (CMD) window to start execute installation on the installed BAT files of different system versions by utilizing multithreaded start, and then, recording an installation status; and/or, uninstalling the multithreaded start, calling the CMD window to start execution on the uninstalled BAT files of different versions, and recording an uninstallation status. According to the scheme, the conditions that the resource packages cannot be successfully installed after being downloaded and cannot be uninstalled are avoided.


Data mining has given many solutions to various data- and information-related issues that directly reflect in advancements in science and technologies and so affect the society in multiple ways. Sentiment analysis is one branch of data mining that deals with opinions of customer and tries to use these opinions in the growth of the business. In this chapter, the authors discuss the use of sentiment analysis in various types of businesses and how this analysis helps these businesses to grow along with the challenges along the way. This will help readers to know why sentiment analysis has become popular in the business world.


Canestrato Pugliese is a traditional cheese produced in Puglia (Italy) which has the Protected Designation of Origin status. In this study the organoleptic properties which characterize this cheese, made with raw and pasteurized milk, were investigated and compared. Results on pasteurized samples were also compared with those obtained by analyzing a similar pasteurized ewes' milk cheese (Canestrato Sardo) produced in a different geographical area. Sensory profiles, qualitative and quantitative analyses of the volatile fraction and gas-chromatography/olfactometry were carried out. Important differences were found between raw and pasteurized Canestrato Pugliese cheese, even though they have the same PDO status. On the other hand, there was a significant similarity between the two pasteurized cheese samples even though they were produced in different geographical areas and have a different designation of origin status.


The effect of cabe cabe leaf (Lepidagathis javanica) in feed on broiler performance ABSTRACT . This study was conducted to determine the effect of using cabe cabe leaf (Lepidagathis javanica) into the ration on broiler performance. Design of this experiment was assigned to Completely Randomized Design (CRD) in 4 treatments and 5 replications. Each replication contained 5 chickens. The treatments were R0 = basal ration (as control), R1 = 97.5% of basal ration + 2.5% of cabe cabe leaf, R2 = 95.0% of basal ration + 5.0% of cabe cabe leaf and R3 = 92.5% of basal ration + 7.5% of cabe cabe leaf. Basal ration composed by corn, rice bran, soybean meal, coconut meal, fish meal, coconut oil, mineral mix and premix. Parameter measured was feed consumption, daily weight gain and feed conversion ratio. To determine the effect of treatment on the parameter was analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the significant effect of treatment on the parameter was analyzed by Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT). Result of this study showed that using cabe cabe leaf into the ration significantly (P<0.05) decreased feed consumption. Daily weight gain and feed conversion ratio. Duncan's Multiple Range Test showed that feed consumption and daily weight gain were significant (P<0.05) different between control and all level of cabe cabe leaf, however, feed conversion ratio was significant (P<0.05) different only between control and 7.5% of cabe cabe leaf in the ration. It is concluded that using 2.5% of cabe cabe leaf into the ration reduced feed consumption and daily weight gain but not influenced feed conversion ratio up to 5% of using cabe cabe leaf into the ration.


With the growing recognition of the role played by geography in all sorts of economic problems, there is strong interest in measuring the size and scope of local spillovers (i.e., simple anonymous agglomeration or congestion effects, or more complicated interactions between individuals or firms of specific types). It is well-understood, however, that such spillovers cannot be distinguished from unobservable local attributes using just the observed location decisions of individuals or firms. We propose an empirical strategy for recovering estimates of spillovers in the presence of unobserved local attributes for a broadly applicable class of equilibrium sorting models. This approach relies on an instrumental variables strategy derived from the internal logic of the sorting model itself. We show practically how the strategy is implemented, provide intuition for our instrumental variables, and discuss the role of effective choice-set variation in identifying the model, and carry-out a series of Monte Carlo experiments to demonstrate the instruments' performance in small samples.


Human glioma cells (138 MG) were found to take up 3‐O‐methyl‐d‐glucose (3‐OMG) by a saturable low affinity transport system with a Km of 20 mm and a Vmax of 500 nmol/mg protein/min. About 20 per cent of the total uptake was due to passive diffusion. d‐Glucose was a competitive inhibitor with a Ki of 10 mm. Follow‐up experiments indicated that the same transport mechanism is involved in the uptake of n‐glucose and 3‐OMG. Phloretin (0·02 mm) and cytochalasin B (0·002 mm) strongly inhibited the uptake of 3‐OMG, whereas phlorizin (0·02 mm), ouabain (0·1 mm), NaCN (0·5 mm) and iodoacetic acid (1·0 mm) had no effect. The data suggest that 3‐OMG and d‐glucose enter 138 MG cells mainly by a Na+‐independent passive carrier‐mediated transport system. Serum‐deprivation doubled the population doubling time (Td) without affecting the total uptake of 3‐OMG. An increase in the non‐specific (diffusional) uptake was balanced by a decrease in the specific (carrier‐medíated) uptake. After addition of dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP, 0·25 mm) the cells attained a morphology characteristic of differentiated glia cells. Td was maintained unchanged. The non‐specific uptake of 3‐OMG was not affected in cells grown in serum‐containing medium plus dbcAMP, whereas the specific uptake increased by 40 per cent and there‐fore also the total uptake. Similar, but more pronounced, changes were observed if serum‐deprived cells were treated with dbcAMP.


THE HISTORY THAT MADE THE FOUNDING FATHERS THE STATE OF THE UNION FREE-BORN ENGLISH SUBJECTS THE INTELLECTUAL WORLD THE HISTORY THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS MADE INDEPENDENCE CONSTITUTION-MAKING FEDERALISM POLITICS CHURCH AND STATE EQUALITY, INEQUALITY, AND SLAVERY AMERICA IN THE WORLD ANCESTOR WORSHIP? "WHICH FOUNDING FATHER ARE YOU?" THE DEAD HAND OF THE PAST: ORIGINAL INTENT CONCLUSION NOTES CHRONOLOGY FURTHER READING


Reports of cases of epibulbar squamous cell carcinoma or epithelioma are numerous, but cases in which the tumor is primary on the cornea are sufficiently rare to warrant reporting in each instance. There is such a confusion of terms used in the literature for this pathologic condition that it is difficult to obtain a complete bibliography. Parsons. 1 in 1904, could find only six cases reported in which the accuracy of the diagnosis of primary epithelioma of the cornea was probable. "The American Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology" 2 quotes some of these and adds nine more cases, eight being reported under epithelioma and one under carcinoma. A review of all cases of epibulbar carcinoma involving the cornea reported since then has shown only six cases 3 in which primary involvement of the cornea could not be doubted. This brings the total number of cases reported to twenty-one. To this I


A tilting train called Hanvit 200 was launched recently in Korea. In this paper, we propose a HILS system that is able to simulate the brake system of the Hanvit 200 using actual ASCU, actual dump valve, Simulink, dSPACE board, and Contra/Desk software. In the proposed HILS system, dynamics of wheelsets, bogies and car body, brake force generation, creep force generations are realized via mathematical model, and anti-skid logic is realized using actual components. The validity of the proposed HILS system is demonstrated via comparing results of real-time simulations and off-line simulations.


An integrated DC blocking amplifier circuit (100) includes an operational amplifier (110) configured in a differential amplifier; and at least first and second two-stage switched-capacitor circuits, each two stage switched-capacitor circuit including a first-stage circuit(140, 144) and a second-stage circuit (142, 146), wherein the first two-stage switched capacitor circuit is connected to a positive feedback path of the operational amplifier, the second two-stage switched capacitor circuit is connected to a negative feedback path of the operational amplifier, the first-stage circuit is switched at a relatively low switching frequency, while the second-stage circuit is switched at a relatively high switching frequency.


The relationship between prevalent weather and downy mildew (Sclerospora graminicola) incidence on pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum; cultivars BJ 104, NHB 3, 5141B and J 104S) was determined using 3-5 years of weather data from Rajasthan, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, India. The mean disease incidence in the pearl millet cultivars examined ranged from 40 to 82% across location and years. Cultivar NHB 3 recorded the highest disease risk percentage (77%), whereas cv. BJ 104 recorded the lowest (44%). Positive relationship was recorded for relative humidity and disease incidence 30 days after seedling emergence of BJ 104 in Karnataka and Rajasthan. However, the relationship was not consistent across genotypes over the different environments and years. The correlation between temperature and disease incidence were not significant for any location or year.


TiO2 thin film photocatalyst was prepared by the sol-gel method with acrylic acid acted as the surface modifier. The TEM images showed that the aggregation of TiO2 particles in the sol could be remarkably inhibited due to the modification of acrylic acid. The result of XRD and AFM analysis indicated that rapid grain growth of Nano- TiO2 particles could be suppressed also by the modification in thermal treatments and the transformation temperature of anatase to rutile (A→R) was extended into more high range of 800-1000℃ compared with the unmodified TiO2.


Abstract This paper presents recent progress of in situ observation for the microstructure evolution during solidification. Nucleation and fragmentation of dendrite arms are important issues for controlling microstructure during solidification. However, there are few studies on in situ observation of nucleation and fragmentation in metallic alloys. Time resolved X-ray imaging technique has been developed to observe solidification of metallic alloy systems in situ. Fragmentation of dendrite arms often occurred at the root after growth velocity was reduced for the Sn–13 at.-%Bi alloys and the Al–15 mass%Cu alloys. In the Al–15 mass%Cu alloys, both of nucleation and fragmentation contribute to formation of grain structure. The result suggested that fragmentation should be considered for controlling grain structure.


We consider a generalization of the projecting operators method for the case of Cauchy problem for systems of 1D evolution differential equations of first order with variable coefficients. It is supposedthat the coefficients dependence on the only variable x is weak, that is described by a small parameter introduction. Such problem corresponds, for example, to the case of wave propagation in a weakly inhomogeneous medium. As an example, we specify the problem to adiabatic acoustics. For the Cauchy problem, to fix unidirectional modes, the projection operators are constructed. The method of successive approximations (perturbation theory) is developed and based on pseudodifferential operators theory. The application of these projection operators allows to obtain approximate evolution equations corresponding to the separated directed waves.


Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of micro-incision in the treatment of osteofascial compartment syndrome.Methods The clinical data of 37 patients with osteofascial compartment syndrome caused by reperfusion injury after embolectomy admitted between February 1992 and July 2005 were analyzed retrospectively.All patients were performed open decompression operation on the legs with micro-incision.At the same time,the patients were given dehydration,diuresis drugs.The wounds were deferred the suturation time.Results Among the 37 patients,33 patients were fully recovered.Two patients had toes mortification and got toe amputation operation.Two patients had sensory disability on legs and got recovered after trophic nerve medicine treatment three months later.No patient got ischemia muscle spasm or high amputation.The micro-incision got secondary suture in 22 patients and self-cure in 15.Conclusion The therapeutic effect of micro-incision in the treatment of osteofascial compartment syndrome caused by reperfusion injury is satisfactory.Its forte is slight injury,small wound surface,little loss of extracellular fluid and protein,low probability of infection;self-cure in part of the micro-incision,no need of dermatoplasty.


The Ramsey cavity model in the compact cesium atom clock was built and simulated by using An soft HFSS 12.0 based on the Finite Element Method (FEM). The distributions of the electronic field and magnetic field of the Ramsey cavity were obtained for the ideal case. Meanwhile, the amplitude and direction of the magnetic field were simulated for the Ramsey cavity with cut-off wave guide. The result shows that there is the maximum value of the amplitude of magnetic field in the interaction region of cesium atoms, and the cut-off wave guide can prevent the microwave leakage, and not cause the frequency shift from Ramsey pulling. According to the intensity distribution of the magnetic field for the Ramsey cavity with cut-off wave guide, the least length of cut-off wave guide is estimated.


Aim of study: To evaluate corn grain micronization for calves fed a grower diet.
Area of study: Padinska Skela – Belgrade, Serbia.
Material and methods: Thirty weaned Holstein dairy calves (65–74 days of age) were randomly assigned to one of two treatments with growers containing micronized (MCG) or untreated corn grain (UCG). The experimental period lasted for 60 days.
Main results: The values of total tract apparent digestibility of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), and nonfiber carbohydrates (NFC) were higher for calves fed MCG versus those within the UCG treatment by 3.9% (p<0.05), 7.0% (p<0.01), 7.1% (p<0.01) and 7.5% (p<0.05), respectively, for the days 25–30 of the experimental period. In addition, the values of digestibility of OM, CP, and NFC were higher by 4.9% (p<0.05), 5.7% (p<0.05), and 6.0% (p<0.05), respectively, for the days 55–60 of the experimental period. The density of metabolizable energy, net energy for maintenance and gain in consumed dietary DM was higher (p<0.001) by 4.7, 5.5, and 7.2%, respectively for calves fed on the grower containing micronized corn grain (MCG), during the first digestibility period, and by 3.0, 3.6, and 4.6%, respectively, during the second digestibility period. Energy intake was lower (p<0.05) during the second digestibility period, for calves fed a diet with micronized corn. Blood urea N was affected (p<0.001) by dietary treatments. Lower values (10.2%) were observed for calves fed the grower containing MCG.
Research highlights: The micronization of corn grain is a useful tool for optimizing weaned calf production due to the improvement in the digestibility and energy content of the ration.


Fatigue and emotional distress rank high among self‐reported unmet needs in life after stroke. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may have the potential to alleviate these symptoms for some patients, but the acceptability and effects for chronic stroke survivors need to be explored in randomized controlled trials.


This article explores the relationship between international humanitarian law and international human rights law. It begins by providing an overview of the two rules, setting their origin and history in context and examining any similarities and differences between the two regimes. It then considers the different methods allowing for mutual application of the two rules including: creative interpretation; the lex specialis principle; and the norm which best protects the individual. It argues that the parallel application of these rules should not be uncritically assumed, as situations can arise where the application of both IHL and IHRL will result in a norm conflict. This article will refer to two situations of norm conflict: laws of occupation; and the war on terror. It urges caution to be taken to ensure that the rights of individuals are still protected when a norm conflict occurs, and to ensure that redress is available in the Courts so that violations of international obligations do not remain unchallenged.


Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients require DM management for life. Research proved that good quality self-care behavior of DM patients in dr. Harjono Regional Public Hospital Ponorogo and in North Ponorogo Community Health Center were still low (28,6% in dr. Harjono Regional Public Hospital Ponorogo and 50% in North Ponorogo Community Health Center). Health care worker communication is related to self-care behavior of DM patients. Differences in hospital and community health center self-care behavior in the previous study results triggered a question on the differences in hospital and community health center workers communication. This study was conducted in 2017 and aimed to explain the difference of health care workers communication regarding DM management in hospital and community health center. This study used comparative research design with 32 respondents from dr. Harjono Regional Public Hospital Ponorogo and 31 respondents from North Ponorogo Community Health Center. The results showed that 78.1% of respondents in hospitals and 93.5% of respondents in community health center stated good health care workers communication. The Fisher's Exact test found p value of 0.148 which meant that there was no difference in communication of healthcare workers in hospital and community health center. Most patients in both places suffered from DM for 1-5 years and required the same health care workers communication, therefore there was no difference in the communication of health workers in both places.


The primary objective of this investigation was to develop an index capable of assessing the magnitude of heat stress imposed on young heat acclimatized men exposed to variable work, climatic conditions, and clothing properties. In order to achieve this objective, two different heat stress indices were developed and evaluated based upon two separate biophysical models. For your heat acclimatized men subjected to hot environmental conditions, one of these biophysical models predicts the heart rate, while the other predicts the rectal temperature response. The predicted physiological responses obtained from these models were then used separately to derive the two heat stress indices. The heat stress indices were tested experimentally, and also by using data generated by other investigators. Based on test results, the index derived from the heart rate predictive model (Heart Rate Index) has been recommended.


Over the last 10-20 years, comparative research in the feld of communication has almost become fashionable. Many factors are responsible for this, for example: an increased awareness of globalisation as a communication-driven process; an awareness of increased transnational conglomerization of media organizations; and the increasing use of the Internet which facilitates easier access to information around the world. But the big question is how to organize collaborative international communication research efectively? Which models of cooperation are available to us, and what are their advantages and disadvantages? In this article, I analyze fve ways of doing collaborative researches and their respective challenges.


The Olympic Games can bring a tremendous influence on the host city or country because of its special value. People have been discussing how influential the 2008 Olympic Games will be on Beijing and China .The following paper is to state the repercussions of it upon China's international status and prestige.


As a new type of grain barn wall component, the "Structure-Insulation" integrated wall panel (SIW) has excellent characteristics such as a high-bearing capacity and good insulation performance. In order to study its mechanical properties under grain load, this paper designed three wall panels with different thicknesses, carried out static loading tests on them, studied their cracking and ultimate load, and analyzed the development trend of the wall panel's crack and deflection. In order to study the reliability of wall panels under stochastic conditions, the performance functions of the wall panel under deflection and strength control conditions were established. The reliability analysis was carried out by using the response surface method and finite element software. The sensitivity degree of each random parameter to different performance functions was quantified. The results show that, under the maximum grain load condition, the deflection of the designed specimens is less than l0/250, and the crack width is less than 0.2 mm, both of which meet the requirements of the normal use limit state. The cracking loads of the three specimens are 13.02, 14.75, and 16.49 kN/m2, respectively, with corresponding crack widths of 0.06, 0.07, and 0.06 mm. The ultimate load is 65.1, 75.52, and 82.47 kN/m2, with corresponding maximum crack widths of 1.66, 1.60, and 1.61 mm, respectively. The reliability indexes of the deflection and strength of the thinnest specimens are β1=2.60 and β2=3.26, respectively, which meet the safety conditions of ductile failure. The parameter affecting the reliability of concrete deflection is the grain gravity density, with a correlation coefficient of −0.707. The parameter affecting the reliability of concrete strength is concrete strength, with a correlation coefficient of 0.935. Combined with the static load test and reliability analysis, the designed wall panel can meet the normal use of grain under full load and has good reliability. Sensitivity analysis can provide a reference for the optimization of practical engineering design.


In this article, we discuss the current status of polynomial factoring (root finding) algorithms with some historical and mathematical background including size limits, convergence, accuracy and speed. The methods of root approximation versus root refinement are also examined. We then focus on two improved general purpose computational techniques, and in particular the factorization algorithm by Lindsey-Fox (L-F), which makes use of the fast Fourier transform to factor polynomials with random coefficients of degrees as high as 1 million. Computer simulations give insight that result in significant improvements in traditional approaches to an ancient problem.


The objective of the research was to design strategies that allow optimizing processes generated in the studied company, in order to contribute to the improvement of communication between areas and thus the productivity of the same. The study was conducted from a qualitative approach, which involved the collection of information based on techniques such as semi-structured interview. Following this, the data collected in matrices were analyzed and categorized in a way that could identify the current problems of the company in communication and establish strategies to mitigate this problem. With this, it was possible to identify not only the importance of the communication process to achieve organizational goals, but to incline for a good working environment, which is relevant when generating results. Also, the value of teamwork as a strategy to optimize the communication and reduce the rework and other difficulties of everyday life in the organization is highlighted.


Background and Aims: Due to the lack of knowledge about macroalgae in Tabasco's coastal lagoons, this work was determined in three seasons, the macroalgae diversity associated to the El Carmen lagoon, municipality of Cardenas and contributes to the biological and ecological knowledge of the state of Tabasco, Mexico.
Methods: Three samplings were carried out in an annual cycle from 2015 to 2016, during the rainy, northern wind and dry seasons. The organisms were collected manually, fixated with seawater and 4% formalin, identified, and deposited in the UJAT and FCME (UNAM) herbaria.
Key results: Twenty-one species of marine macroalgae were recorded, of which three are new records for the state of Tabasco. The Rhodophyta division with the families Gracilariaceae and Rhodomelaceae had the highest species richness and Gracilaria blodgetti was the most abundant species. The greatest diversity and abundance appeared in the northern wind season.
Conclusions: There is an increase to 125 species in the number of records of Rhodophyta species and 28 in the Ochrophyta for Tabasco. Hence, it is suggested to extend the sampling time and perform systematic work in an annual cycle, in order to have a better representation of the diversity and seasonality of the macroalgae in the El Carmen lagoon.


The science–education cooperative venture "Our Common Future: 'eKidZ'—Teach Your Parents Well" explores intergenerational learning processes and the transfer of learning from the younger to the older generation. Students acting as multipliers and their multiplication effect on parents is part of the research setting: 20 high school students, in the role of researchers, investigated the question of whether children who participate in the Climate Change Education (CCE) program "k.i.d.Z.21" passed on their climate-change-related knowledge, attitudes and actions to their parents (n = 91), in comparison to a control group (n = 87). Due to the annual increase in student participants in the CCE project "k.i.d.Z.21" since 2012 (n = 2000), this article can build on the results of a questionnaire regarding the school year 2017/18 (n = 100–120). A Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) showed that the "k.i.d.Z.21" project has a multi-faceted knock-on effect on parents, constituting a multiplier effect: increasing knowledge, and, above all, improvements to the child–parent relationship. Additionally, measurable positive effects in the frequency and quality of climate change communication between children and their parents have been observed (Spearman Rank Correlations), but a distinct lack of positive effects regarding changing climate-friendly attitudes or actions have been noted (Pearson Product–Moment Correlation). The importance of the child–parent relationship is a key factor in bridging the knowledge–action gap, and is reviewed in the context of CCE.


2 † Levels of the type II (cid:1) regulatory subunit (RII (cid:1) ) of protein kinase A are abnormally high in the nuclei of T cells of some subjects with the autoimmune disorder systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, the role of nuclear RII (cid:1) in the regulation of T cell function is unknown. Based on previous studies demonstrating that nuclear protein kinase A-RII subunits can modify cAMP response element (CRE)-dependent transcription, we tested the hypothesis that nuclear RII (cid:1) can alter CRE-directed gene expression in T cells through interaction with the nuclear transcription factor CRE-binding protein CREB. To test this hypothesis, we used the RII (cid:1) -deficient S49 and the Jurkat T cell lines. In both cell lines, transient transfection of RII (cid:1) resulted in nuclear localization of a portion of the ectopically expressed RII (cid:1) . In vitro and in vivo analyses revealed a novel, specific interaction between RII (cid:1) and CREB that mapped to the N-terminal 135 aa of RII (cid:1) . In functional studies, RII (cid:1) inhibited the transcriptional activity of a GAL4-CREB fusion protein by 67% in Jurkat T cells following activation with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 mAbs. Importantly, deletion of the CREB-binding region of RII (cid:1) completely abrogated inhibition. Additionally, RII (cid:1) suppressed CRE-directed reporter gene expression and substantially reduced induction of promoter activity and endogenous protein levels of the CREB-dependent gene, c- fos , in activated T cells. We conclude that nuclear RII (cid:1) can act as a repressor of CREB transcriptional activity in T cells, providing a potential functional significance for aberrant levels of nuclear RII (cid:1) hypothesis that the RII (cid:1) -subunit interacts with CREB in the nucleus of T cells and that this interaction modifies CREB-mediated gene transcription. We show that RII (cid:1) binds CREB in vitro and in the nucleus of T cells via its amino-terminal region. The binding of RII (cid:1) to CREB leads to inhibition of CREB transcriptional activity and CRE-dependent transcription in T cells stimulated via the TCR-CD3 complex and CD28 coreceptor. These results suggest that the nuclear RII (cid:1) subunit functions as a repressor of CREB-dependent transcription in T cells and implicates nuclear RII (cid:1) as a potential negative regulator of T cell activation. Because nuclear RII (cid:1) levels are constitutively high in the T cells of some SLE subjects, binding of RII (cid:1) to CREB could contribute to the T cell effector dysfunctions seen in these individuals by modifying the phys-iologic expression of genes regulated by CREB.


Communication Concepts, including the stationery pages, are tear-out sheets, which can be removed from the book. Finally, many of the exercises list additional sources of information on the topic being discussed so that students who wish to can do additional reading. The brief, summary treatment of topics in Business Communication Concepts may make it more attractive to experienced instructors as the sole text for a course. However, this same feature, along with the book's excellent exercises, case problems, and resource materials, make it a good universal choice as a supplementary text or as a text for short courses or in-house management seminars.


In this paper, we study the existence and uniqueness of subsonic potential flows in general smooth bounded domains when the normal component of the momentum on the boundary is prescribed. It is showed that if the Bernoulli constant is given larger than a critical number, there exists a unique subsonic potential flow. Moreover, as the Bernoulli constants decrease to the critical number, the subsonic flows converge to a subsonic-sonic flow.


The research experiment was carried out on "Effect of GA3, NAA and biofertilizers on seedling growth of custard apple ( Annona squamosa L.) cv. Local" at Horticultural B. Anand during Kharif-Rabi season of the year 2018-19. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) having ten treatment combinations, comprising of three levels of growth regulators viz., GA3 @ 50, 75 and 100 mg/l, NAA @ 50, 75 and 100 mg/l, and biofertilizers viz., Azatobactor, Azospirillum and Bio NPK consortia each of 5 ml/l of water as a seed soaking for 24 hours before sowing. The treatments were repeated thrice. Among all the treatments, GA3 @ 100 mg/l treatment recorded significantly maximum height of seedling, diameter of seedling, number of leaves per seedling, leaf area, chlorophyll content, seedling length, fresh weight of seedling and dry weight of seedling.


In view of the problems in cash management of liaison office of multi-national company,applying the basic theory and method of the cash management,the paper gave some practical suggestions to improve its cash management.


Note on Transliteration Acknowledgements Introduction: Muslim-Christian Encounters in Africa African Muslims and Christians in World Flesh Soaked in Faith: Meat as a Marker of the Boundary between Christians and Muslims in Ethiopia Missionary Legacies: Muslim-Christian Encounters in Egypt and Sudan during the Colonial and Postcolonial Periods A Fifty-Year Muslim Conversion to Christianity: Religious Ambiguities and Colonial Boundaries in Northern Nigeria, c. 1906-1963 The Time of Conversion: Christians and Muslims among the Sereer-Safen of Senegal, 1914-1950s Christianity as Seen by an African Muslim Intellectual: Amadou Hampate Ba Fundamentalism and Outreach Strategies in East Africa: Christian Evangelism and Muslim Da'wa In My End Is My Beginning: Muslim and Christian Traditions at Cross-Purposes in Contemporary Nigeria An Opportunity Missed by Nigeria's Christians: The 1976-78 Sharia Debate Revisited The "Sharia Factor" in Nigeria's 2003 Elections From Resistance to Reconstruction: Challenges Facing Muslim-Christian Relations in Post-Apartheid South Africa Contributors Index


This study aimed to produce media-based learning macromedia flash hyperlinks and the learning outcome of students. This type of research is the development of research (research and development) that adopt research development model 4-D of Thiagrajan. The instrument of research is the validation sheet and achievement test. The results showed that the macromedia flash media-based learning materials hyperlink to the digestive system that was developed to have a very valid criteria with an average score of 3.5 ratings validator. Improved learning outcomes were analyzed by N-gain, with the results of the test as many as 31.82% of students at the high category, and as much as 68.18% in the medium category. It was concluded that the media-based learning Macromedia Flash hyperlink generated are valid and can improve the learning outcomes of students in the subject matter Digestion System.


Extract: Experiments were designed to ascertain and compare the effects of acetyl salicylate and actinomycin D on RNA synthesis in mouse oocytes in vitro and in vivo. After exposure to the drugs the effects on RNA synthesis were measured by incorporation of [3H]uridine and autoradiography. The results indicate that acetyl salicylate inhibits RNA synthesis in the treated oocytes as does actinomycin D. The only difference in the effects of these two drugs is that salicylate inhibits RNA synthesis to a much lesser degree than does actinomycin D. Effects from a short exposure to salicylate may be reversible; the same effects with actinomycin D cannot be reversed. In utero exposure of the female fetus may lead to partial or total sterility (depending on the dose and time of exposure) of that fetus and/or abnormal development of the progeny from those mice (F2).These results suggest that RNA synthesis in early oogenesis is a vital part of later development of the oocytes in adult mouse ovary. Inhibition of RNA may be one of the causes of malformations and sterility.Speculation: During early stages of development a species of RNA (known as masked messenger RNA) is synthesized by the oocyte nucleus and stored in the cytoplasm. After fertilization this RNA is utilized for the production of proteins necessary for the development of the embryo. If this RNA synthesis is inhibited by some agent (e.g., drugs) malformation or infertility could ensue in the female progeny.