77 Background: Canada's foreign-born population is estimated to reach up to 30% by 2036. Immigrants diagnosed with cancer can face poorer cancer outcomes compared to non-immigrants due to language barriers affecting physician-patient communication and non-equivalent interpretation by untrained translators. Reducing this disparity is a growing challenge due to continued high immigration rates. As Canadian data is lacking, we explored the language needs and resource utilization of Canadian cancer patients. Methods: Adult cancer survivors from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre were surveyed in English on their socio-demographics, perceived communication difficulties, and interpreter use. Results: Of 470 patients, 45% were foreign-born; 37% self-identified as immigrants; 78% spoke mostly English at home. Among self-identified immigrants, median age at diagnosis was 60 years, 46% were female, and 59% completed post-secondary education. Top three countries of origin were China (23%), India (10%), and Italy (9%). Although 73% of immigrants reported English as their most comfortable language in which to receive healthcare information, 18% reported difficulties communicating with the doctor in English at a few visits or more, 14% indicated some discomfort communicating with their oncologist in English, and 4% of immigrants felt their cancer care was affected by a language barrier. Twenty-six percent of immigrants required interpretation, with 91% employing family, 7% utilizing professional interpreters, and only 19% have ever used the institutional language services. Conclusions: Although most immigrants identify English as their most comfortable language for healthcare delivery, some still experience communication difficulties with their oncologist during at least a few visits. However, most patients felt comfortable communicating with their oncologists and do not feel their cancer care is affected. Most relied on family members to interpret, while local hospital language resources were largely underutilized. Strategies for promoting professional translation service use may help improve immigrants' experience, caregivers' burden, and enhance physicians' ability to counsel patients directly.


An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises a unit for generating image data, an image reconstructing unit and an image synthesizing unit. The unit for generating image data generates image data for displaying a tomogram of a subject by luminance according to signal intensities of echo signals obtained through ultrasonic waves transmitted to the subject. The image reconstructing unit generates reconstructed images by alternating at least one of a luminance and a color of an area of a predetermined luminance so that the area of the predetermined luminance is emphasized in the image data whilethe predetermined luminance is altered in turn. The image synthesizing unit supplies the reconstructed images to a display unit so that the reconstructed images are displayed on the display unit in turn.


Gluck and Ziller proved that Hopf vector fields on S have minimum volume among all unit vector fields. Thinking of S as a Lie group, Hopf vector fields are exactly those with unit length which are left or right invariant, and TS is a trivial vector bundle with a connection induced by the adjoint representation. We prove the analogue of the stated result of Gluck and Ziller for the representation given by quaternionic multiplication. The resulting vector bundle over S, with the Sasaki metric, has as well no parallel unit sections. We provide an application of a double point calibration, proving that the submanifolds determined by the left and right invariant sections minimize volume in their homology classes..


Ancient myths represent people's understanding and wishes about nature and society by stories, and myths of nature can best represent their original meanings. Therefore, a study on them may be an easy way to understand ancient people's ideas of interests. From the characteristics of thinking, this paper tries to analyze the formation and way of behaving of their ideas on interests.


The aim of this paper is twofold: first is to formulate a foundation for refinement of parallel programs that may synchronously communicate and/or share variables; programs rendered as 1st order transition systems. The second aim is to bring closer and to show the relevance of the algebraic theory of parallel processes to that of the refinement of such 1st order systems. We do this by first developing a notion of refinement and a complete verification criterion for it for algebraic, uninterpreted transition systems-basing ourselves on already existing theory. This refinement notion is sensitive to both safety properties and absence of deadlock and divergence. Then we show how 1st order transition systems can be translated-while preserving those aspects of their semantics that we are interested in-into uninterpreted transition systems. Since this translation is canonical, it is used to lift the algebraic refinement and verification criteria. to the level of 1st order systems. Specifica.lly, we show that they yield assertional methods for refinement of such systems that resemble the methods used in Z. Manna and A. Pnueli's temporal logic proof system. The results in this paper also apply to the problem of proving refinement of systems based on trace inclusion.


A channel-select filter with an automatic tuning circuit for ZIF(zero intermediate frequency) DVB-H tuner was designed.The filter topology was the 7th-order Chebyshev I low pass type,and the programmable bandwidth was 3/3.5/4 MHz with an attenuation of 24/56 dB at offsets of 1.25/4 MHz.A successive approximation register(SAR) scheme was incorporated in the on-chip tuning circuit to speed up the tuning time,which is proportional to the number of bits of resolution.By using this tuning technique,less than 2.5% cut-off frequency error was obtained.The simulated equivalent input referred noise(IRN) was 48 nV/Hz and the third-order intercept point(IIP3) was 26 dBm.Designed in TSMC's 90 nm digital CMOS process,the filter dissipates only 16 mW of power for a supply voltage of 1.2 V.


ADULT ATTACHMENT Attachment theory is among the most sweeping, comprehensive theories in psychology today. It offers a biosocial, lifespan account of how relationships form, are maintained, and dissolve and how relationships influence the persons involved in them (Bowlby, 1979, in Rholes and Simpson, 204). Despite its worldwide popularity research of adult attachment theory concepts in Slovenia is rather rare. This article presents basic information about adult romantic attachment theory (Hazan in Shaver, 1987), which stems from Bowlby's attachment theory, and an overview of research about relationship between adult attachment and romantic relationships as well as personality.


Given the rapid progress in the electronics industry, the thermal management of electronics components becomes an important and serious issue. Natural and forced cooling are often deficient. One possibility for heat dissipation for high heat flux is using loop heat pipe. A loop heat pipe (LHP) is a two-phase device with extremely high effective thermal conductivity that utilizes pressure difference in wick to circulate working fluid. It was invented in Russia in the early 1980's. LHP is composed by an evaporator, a condenser, a compensation chamber (reservoir) and a vapor and liquid lines. Only the evaporator and part of the compensation chamber are equipped with a wick structure. The use of the wick structure in the evaporator provides a stable physical interface between the liquid and the vapor phases in the LHP. This work deals with the design of LHP for cooling of Insulated gate bipolar transistor and impact of tilt angle of LHP on temperature of transistor. The LHP position is changed from the vertical position (90°) to the horizontal position (0°) during the measurement. The LHP evaporator is made up with copper pipe and alumina saddle. Inside of the evaporator is wick structure and it is made from copper powder. The condenser is made as a tube heat exchanger. The water temperature for cooling is set at 20°C and it is regulated by a thermostat. The temperatures are measured with the thermocouples. As the working fluid was used distilled water. The maximum permissible temperature of


In this paper we investigate some problems dealing with quality control of some economic processes. It is well known, that while we do a quantitative evaluation of the quality control of some economic processes with help of innovation factors, there are three groups of problems: high uncertainty of indicators of the quality management, their considerable ambiguity, and high costs to provide a large-scale research. These problems appear because of usage of contradictory objectives of enhancing of the quality control in accordance with innovation factors and preservation of economic stability of the enterprise. In our opinion, the following two methods are to solve these contradictions most effectively: 1) the use of paradigms and concepts of evolutionary improvement of quality of resource-saving management in the cycle "from the project of an innovative product (technology) - to its commercialization and update parameters of customer value"; 2) the application of the so called integrative-cyclical approach which consistent with complexity and type of the concept, to studies allowing to get quantitative assessment of the stages of achieving of the consistency of these objectives. We have developed some new methods, based on the integrative-cyclical approach, that allow us to get consistent management solutions for reducing the severity of the above mentioned contradictions and increasing the validity of the choice of resource-development strategies in terms of parameters of quality management and sustainability of enterprise. In this paper it is shown that the use of the integrative-cyclical approach to the study and evaluation of the resulting and factor indicators will help raise the level of resource-saving characteristics up to the value existing in the developed economies of post-industrial type. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n4p420


Some years ago, a sixteenth-century marble sculpture of a kneeling knight appeared on the art market (Fig. 1). This statue, now at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, bears a clear stylistic affinity with the work of the promi nent Neapolitan sculptor Giovanni da Nola (c. 1488-1558).' An inscription on the base of the statue identifies the knight as Riccar do Rota, who died in 1392. The statue was probably commissioned in the 1540s by Riccardo Rota's descendant, the poet and art patron Berardino Rota (1509-1575). An inquiry into the marble's origin led me to study the artistic patronage of yet another member of the Rota family, Ber ardino's father, Antonio, who had been a high-ranking official at the Aragonese court in Naples during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. I tried to illustrate the


Crystal structure and magnetic properties of RAlxGa2-x (R = Tb, Ho ; 0 ⩽ x ⩽ 2.0) were investigated by means of X-ray and neutron diffraction, microprobe analysis and measurements of magnetic susceptibility


The article argues that there is inadequate knowledge and understanding in the macro, meso and micro-policy environment on the potential influence of subjectivities in educational management, policy development and policy implementation. This inquiry sought to explore and explain how teachers understood the change processes at national, provincial and institutional level, tracing the impact of teacher subjectivities on teaching, learning, curriculum and assessment. This was done by exploring how teachers aligned themselves with the dominant educational discourses and their own subjectivities during policy implementation, as well as engaging teachers to find their voices and how they were able to deal with the complexities of practice regarding the new curriculum and educational assessment policies. Using mixed methods as research design we administered questionnaires and conducted semi-structured interviews. Findings recognised teachers' outward support of change and education policy reforms but mostly through their inward perceptions of their roles in conceptualising, developing and implementing policy. Broadly speaking, this inquiry exposed that while wounded memories in the South African education system cannot be erased, educationists working together at all levels in the entire education and training system, must move towards using subjectivities as a springboard to conceptualise, develop and implement policy to change the status quo for the better.


This article investigates the public right to nation branding in Turkey, as this process has been carried out predominantly by the AKP (Justice and Development Party) government with minimal civil society and public involvement. Owing to its centrality to 'Brand Turkey' as a financial and tourism capital, Istanbul is one of the most significant city brands in formulating Brand Turkey. The 2013 Gezi Park protests in Istanbul introduced a new dynamic to nation branding practices in Turkey through re-appropriating meanings to widely utilized nation brand images. During the protests nation branding also became discursive assets for political leaders who presented Turkey's brand image as the 'common good'. The protests then became symbolic of the laicist fractions' efforts to defend their lifestyle by reclaiming the symbolism used in Istanbul's city brand. In order to examine the significance of the protests in the public right to nation branding, I employ a discourse analytic approach and deconstruct the projects carried out by the AKP government to brand Istanbul. Then I investigate the public discourse surrounding the Gezi Park protests while illustrating how the protests have deviated from the AKP's efforts while employing similar visual representations.


The main consequence of the interaction between cells and pulsed electric fields is the destabilization of the plasma membrane leading to its permeabilization (allowing, for example, an uptake of external molecules by the biological cells). Electrochemotherapy [1,2] is one of the medical applications of this biophysical interaction. Although known for decades, the underlying mechanisms of cells electropermeabilization are still not fully understood [3]. One hypothesis explaining the membrane destabilization is the presence of chemically altered membrane phospholipids after the electrical excitation. We detail here a highly sensitive method coupling Raman Spectroscopy and CARS microscopy, to characterize the biochemical consequence of membranes electropermeabilization. An experimental setup of Raman spectroscope has been designed to probe the vibrational footprint of the membrane phospholipids. Comparing the vibrational footprint of biological samples before and after the application of pulsed electric fields can provide critical spectrum areas to characterize electropermeabilization. At UMR8203, a unique and homemade device [4] combines nanosecond electric pulses generator and wide-field CARS microscopy allowing to acquire images of living cells with a high time resolution. Based on the critical spectrum areas previously determined with Raman Spectroscopy, it will be possible to follow the evolution of the biochemical composition of the membrane during a pulsed electric field. The study is performed on two study systems: Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUV) of phospholipids which are a simple mimic of the cell membrane and DC-3F cells (Chinese hamster lung fibroblast cell) which are a classical cell line used to study electropermeabilization.


The Nested Partition algorithm suffers from the lack of information gathering and sharing despite the computational effort dedicated to sampling the different subregions at each step of the algorithm. It is also noticed that the solution quality of the NP algorithm largely depends on the quality of the samples generated. Ants are used in this work as a mean to improve the samples quality through information building and sharing to solve the Traveling Salesman Problem TSP. Some of the samples are found in this hybrid algorithm using the Max-Min Ant System MMAS while other samples are generated by perturbing the ants' tours.


TARGET AUDIENCE: Researchers and clinicians interested in high resolution DWI/DTI PURPOSE: To improve the spatial resolution of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), many multi-shot acquisition and reconstruction schemes have been proposed [1]. The shot-to-shot phase variations are acquired or estimated to eliminate ghost artifacts. Multiplexed sensitivity-encoding (MUSE) [1] is a multi-shot EPI based DWI method using SENSE [2] for self-navigating. In MUSE, SENSE is used for solving the phase of each excitation, so the reduction factor (R) equals to the number of shot. When many shots are used to decrease the EPI distortion and blurring, the high R will cause inaccurate estimation of phase by SENSE, and hence introduce artifacts in DW images. In this work, self-feeding MUSE is proposed. By using self-feeding [3] mechanism, robustness of phase estimation and MUSE reconstruction can be improved when higher shot number is used. METHODS: In MUSE for multi-shot EPI DWI reconstruction, SENSE is firstly performed to get an unaliased image for each excitation, and the phase as navigator information is extracted after smoothing. The accuracy of the phase is critical to the ghost elimination and final image quality, so the number of shot, which equals the SENSE R, is limited due to the noise and artifact amplification of high R. In self-feeding MUSE, MUSE is firstly performed (step 1). The magnitude of the MUSE reconstruction and the smoothed phase are combined as the prior image for another SENSE reconstruction using the prior information regularized SENSE scheme [4] (step 2): argmin where is the desired image which contains navigation phase, is the encoding matrix, is the sampled data, is the prior image and is the regularization parameter. Then these improved navigation phases are used for the final MUSE reconstruction (step 3). Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of self-feeding MUSE. To demonstrate the advantages of self-feeding MUSE, 6-shot DW EPI data sets with NSA=3 were acquired on a Philips 3T Achieva scanner with an 8-channel head coil. 15 slices were acquired using FOV=220 220mm, voxel size=0.89 0.89 4mm, 6 diffusion directions with b=800s/mm. The initial phase of SENSE reconstruction and improved phase of regularized SENSE were shown in Fig. 2. Reconstructed DW images and color-coded FA maps from original MUSE, self-feeding MUSE and single-shot EPI (2 2. 5 4mm, SENSE R=2) were compared in Fig. 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Since the regularization term will greatly improve the condition of high R (R=6 with 8-ch coil) SENSE, the phase estimation of regularized SENSE has much lower noise/artifact level (Fig. 2), especially at image center where geometry factor is high. The accurate phase estimation will benefit the final MUSE reconstruction. Fig. 3 compares the reconstructed DW images and FA maps of original MUSE, self-feeding MUSE and the single-shot EPI. Compared to original MUSE, self-feeding scheme reduces the ghost artifact (pointed by blue arrow). For color-coded FA map, self-feeding MUSE has more precise directionality estimation than original MUSE, by comparing with single-shot EPI reference (pointed by yellow arrow). Using the initial MUSE reconstruction results as prior information for regularized SENSE, the phase variations among shots can be calculated more precisely, thus eliminating the ghosts and benefitting the final multi-shot EPI reconstruction. CONCLUSION: Self-feeding MUSE provides robustness and accuracy in phase variance estimation and shows its potential for high resolution DWI without need for extra navigator acquisition. REFERENCES: [1] Bammer, R., et al. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 17(2009), 175. [2] Chen, N., et al. NeuroImage 72 (2013): 41. [3] Pruessmann, K. P., et al. MRM 42.5 (1999): 952. [4] Huang, F., et al. MRM 64.4 (2010): 1078. [5] Lin, F. H., et al. MRM 51.3(2004): 559. Fig 1. Schematic diagram of self-feeding MUSE.


To define the role that repeat expansions of a GGGGCC hexanucleotide sequence of the C9orf72 gene play in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). A genetic model for ALS was developed to determine whether loss of function of the zebrafish orthologue of C9orf72 (zC9orf72) leads to abnormalities in neuronal development.


Abstract : A novel self-sensing framework, utilizing embedded cyclobutane-based mechanophores, was developed for identifying damage precursors and propagation. The novel 'smart' material was incorporated into a thermoset polymer matrix and the color change phenomenon was observed under compressive loading. The smart material based polymer system was used to construct glass fiver reinforced composites to investigate the performance of the composite under cyclic loading; the correlation between fluorescence intensity and fatigue cycle was investigated. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy showed the potential of detecting damage in carbon-containing composites by identifying changes in the peak intensity associated with the mechanically responsive cyclobutane ring. An atomistic simulation methodology was developed in conjunction with the experimental work; the Molecular Dynamics (MD) based methodology was capable of emulating the experiments. After simulating the epoxy curing and ultraviolet (UV) dimerization process, mechanophore activation in the thermoset polymer matrix was successfully emulated. A local work analysis method was developed to evaluate the mechanophore sensitivity quantitatively. The simulation method captured the physical entanglement between epoxy and mechanophore network, which affected the mechanical properties of the polymer matrix significantly. Results from the simulations showed increment in the number of activated cyclobutanes during the deformation test. Good agreement was observed with experimental results: the intensity of fluorescence was found to be directly proportional to the deformation.


AIMS
To compare three-dimensional conformal radiation (3DCRT) and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IG-IMRT) for adjuvant gastric irradiation.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS
From Jan 2010-Aug 2013, all patients undergoing 3DCRT and IG-IMRT were included. Systemic chemotherapy included 1 cycle before and 2 cycles after chemoradiation. Planning Target Volume (PTV) received 45 Gy/25 fractions/5 weeks with concurrent capcetabine 825 mg/m2 bid. Matched pair analysis was performed to evaluate imbalance in two cohorts if any. Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Event (CTCAE) vs 3.0 was used to record gastrointestinal (GI), hematological (HL), and renal toxicity during treatment and follow-up. Patterns of recurrence were documented. Mann-Whitney U test was used for statistical comparison.

RESULTS
Of the 51 patients, 26 received 3DCRT and 25 IMRT. IMRT led to decrease in dose received by right and left kidney (12.4 Gy and 7.1 Gy and 29 Gy vs 8.2 Gy; P<0.001). Overall, 17.6% and 19.6% patients had grade II GI and HL toxicity and 3.9% and 5.9% had grade III GI and HL toxicity. No difference was observed in acute grade II-V GI or HL toxicity (11.5% vs 24%, P=0.07; 7.6% vs 20% P=0.20) or late GI, HL, or renal toxicity between 3DCRT and IMRT. No difference was observed in patterns of local relapse (11.5% vs 12%, P=0.14) or overall survival (39% and 38% (P=0.97)) between 3DCRT and IMRT.

CONCLUSIONS
3DCRT and IMRT are equivalent in terms of toxicity and local control.


We investigate the purchasing power parity (PPP) hypothesis for a group of 17 countries using a new panel-based test of stationarity that allows for arbitrary cross-sectional dependence. We treat the short-run time series dynamics nonparametrically and thus avoid the need to fit separate, and potentially misspecified, models for the individual series. The statistic is simple to compute and uses standard normal critical values, even in the presence of a wide range of different deterministic components. We also evaluate the behavior of the test using a factor model to approximate cross-sectional dependence and find that it generally improves finite-sample performance. Taken together, these features provide a widely applicable solution to the problem of testing for stationarity versus unit roots in macro-panel data. The test finds significant evidence against the PPP null hypothesis being true, even when allowance is made for structural breaks.


Cyclic trimetaphosphate is formed along with monophosphate and some di- and triphosphate on the degradation of chainlike polyphosphates in aqueous solution at pH 8 and 60°C. This degradation is catalytically accelerated by many metal salts. The kinetic examination of the degradation reaction in the presence of some selected metal salts shows that its catalytic effect is closely connected with the ion exchange capacity of the polyphosphates. The higher the affinity of a metal cation to the polyphosphate, i.e., the stronger it is bound, the higher is its catalytic activity. This increases in the order K < Na < Li < Ba < Sr < Ca < Mg < Al. From the kinetics of the degradation reaction it follows, contrary to our previous investigations, that degradation does not occur only from the chain end but statistically over the whole polymer molecule and that the formation of trimetaphosphate is not connected with the formation of the monophosphate. A new scheme of reaction for the formation of the cyclic trimetaphosphate from the chainlike polyphosphates is developed. According to this the primary step of the degradation consists of an intramolecular "phosphorylation" of the polyphosphate, which is then followed by hydrolysis of the trimetaphosphate.


654 Background: At the time of diagnosis, early stages of breast cancer already have microscopic metastases in the bone marrow. These metastases are resistant to adjuvant chemotherapy. The mechanisms of this resistance are not understood. In a model we developed, fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2), present in large deposits in the bone marrow stroma, inhibits proliferation of well-differentiated breast cancer cells and induces a state of dormancy. In turn, FGF-2 also induces an increased expression of integrins α5 and β1. Through these integrins, the cells bind fibronectin and activate survival signaling through the PI3 kinase/Akt pathway. Disruption of this signaling may induce cell death in the dormant cells or render them susceptible to cytotoxic therapy. Retinoids, that have reported activity against cancer cells, have been shown to modulate Akt phosphorylation.

METHODS
We investigated the role of all trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) in inhibiting Akt activation in dormant clones and their survival. Two well-differentiated breast cancer cell lines, MCF-7 and T-47D were used in the studies. Cells were incubated with FGF-2 10 ng/ml in fibronectin-coated tissue culture plates at clonogenic densities and ATRA was added at variable concentrations after three days in culture for an additional three or six days. Colonies of 2-10 cells (dormant clones) were counted and lysates were analyzed by Western blot.

RESULTS
FGF-2 upregulated the expression of integrins α5 and β1 on Western blots after three and six days and increased the phosphorylation of Akt and its downstream target GSK-3alpha/beta. Incubation of the dormant cells with ATRA 10-9, 10-8 and 10-7 M resulted in the inhibition of FGF-2-induced Akt phosphorylation. ATRA did not affect the increased expression of integrins α5 and β1 suggesting that this was not the mechanisms of inhibition of Akt phosphorylation. ATRA also inhibited the survival of dormant clones in a dose dependent manner and induced a distressed appearance in the remaining cells.

CONCLUSIONS
These data suggest that ATRA, which is currently being tested in clinical trials in breast cancer, may have a potential value in the treatment of resistant micrometastases. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


In standard competitive binding assays (including radioreceptor assays) unlabeled ligand (hormone) competes with labeled ligand (hormone) for binding to a fixed number of binding (receptor) sites. Detection of the unlabeled ligand occurs when the occupancy of binding sites by the unlabeled ligand is sufficient to reduce the binding of labeled ligand. A common feature of the hormone-receptor interaction is the ability of the hormone to regulate the affinity and/or the concentration of its homologous receptor. In the present study, by exploiting the ability of human GH to regulate by negative feedback the concentration of its own receptors, we have enhanced the sensitivity of the human GH radioreceptor assay 5-fold. The ability of hormone to regulate receptor concentration and affinity affords wide opportunities to broaden the scope as well as to enhance the sensitivity of radioreceptor assays.


How to effectively evaluate and facilitate teachers' professional development has become a major concern. In this paper, we make a detailed analysis with the fuzzy statistics and soft computing methods for the fuzzy questionnaires. Using the membership function and fuzzy statistical analysis, we find the data may contribute to our understanding of the expressions under human cognition which is not easily shown. Depended on the findings from the current status and needs of English teachers' professional development, we provide suggestions for the enhancement of in-service English teachers and teacher education in an EFL context.


AbstractAn experimental study has been conducted at Karlstad University. An independent measurement was carried out tests on 149 participants, of whom 75 men and 74 women participated. The study was designed primarily to examine how cognitive depletion affects behavior in decision making. Participants were randomly assigned to three different conditions. Each condition consisted of three different heuristics the first of which was Good-enough, meaning that the participant made a decision regarding a product that was good enough but not more than that. The second heuristic was specific, participants in this group were asked to find a specific product. The third heuristic was Take-the-best, the participants were asked to implement a product choice that they felt was the best product. After these elections have been held a strooptest on all participants, and then conduct two further decisions without heuristics and only with the guideline what they themselves might buy. The current study was able to demonstrate a significant difference between groups. The result suggests that the group that suffered the highest cognitive depletion and thus load was the group that took the longest time to implement a decision.Keywords: Depletion, decision-making, behavior, heuristics, consumer psychology


The PDX wall armor was designed to function as an inner wall thermal armor, a neutral beam diagnostic, and a large area inner toroidal plasma limiter. In this paper we discuss its thermal performance as wall armor during two years of PDX neutral beam heating experiments. During this period it provided sufficient inner wall protection to permit perpendicular heating injections into normal and disruptive plasmas as well as injections in the absence of plasma involving special experiments, calibrations, and tests important for the optimization and development of the PDX neutral beam injection system. Many of the design constraints and performance issues encountered in this work are relevant to the design of larger fusion devices.


Objective To investigate the adverse reaction Tanreqing the characteristics,in order to provide reference for clinical medicine. Methods A retrospective survey methodology adverse reactions to the 2007 ~ 2009 annual reports for statistical analysis. The results of traditional Chinese medicines adverse reactions induced by a total of 41 cases,involving 18 kinds of TCM preparations,which Tanreqing injection-related ad-verse reactions of 8 cases. Adverse reactions mainly manifested allergic reactions,damage to the skin and accessories. Conclusion Tanreqing symptoms of drug-induced adverse reactions and more in clinical use,medical personnel should pay attention to the adverse reactions Tanreqing to improve drug safety.


Most work on infinitary algebras in the literature makes ample use of the axiom of choice AC (see, e.g., [10],[12],[14]). While the theory of arbitrary infinitary algebras can hardly be developed in a satisfactory manner without AC, in the case of Peano algebras (= word algebras, absolutely free algebras) many or even most of the basic results can be proved in Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory ZF without the axiom of choice, sometimes, however, only with considerable effort.


AIM To investigate the protective effects of total ginkgolides (TG) on anoxia and acute cerebral ischemia in mice and focal cerebral ischemia in rats. METHODS Anoxia was produced by close hypoxia; Acute cerebral ischmia was produced by the occlusion of bilateral common carotid arteries with vagus nerves of mice; Focal cerebral ischemia was produced by permanent occlusion of the proximal of the left middle cerebral artery (MCA). The infarct area was measured by 2,3,5 triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining technique. The extent of neurological deficits was observed. RESULTS TG (32 mg·kg -1 , ip×8 d) significantly prolonged the survival time of mice subjected to acute cerebral ischemia by occlusion of bilateral carotid arteries and decreased the death rate. TG (4, 8, 16 mg·kg ·1 , ip×8 d) also markedly decreased the infarct size and ameliorated neurologic deficits score of rats subjected to MCAO. CONCLUSION TG has protective effects on cerebral ischemia.


Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and its diverse technical exten-sions and developments has evolved into the method-of-choice to isolate and amplify specific segments of DNA out of a complex mixture of sequences (1). In PCR, two oligonucleotides serve as reciprocal primers flanking the DNA fragment matrix to be amplified. Some simple rules help design efficient primers. Ideally, primers should be 16-26 nucleotides in length, contain 50-60% guanines and cytosines (GC) and anneal to the matrix at -55°C (0-10°C below the Tm: temperature at which 50% of the DNA molecules are denatured; 2). The numerous protocols designed for the different PCR applications almost always require an optimisation step when put into practice. We frequently undertook PCR experiments as part of our studies on the adenine and thymine (AT)-rich macronuclear genome of Paramecium primaurelia (80% AT content; 3). The low annealing temperatures required often induced misannealing, resulting in unacceptably high non-specific amplification of the DNA (not shown). To overcome this problem, we studied the possibility to increase the Tm by the addition of tetramethylammonium chloride (TMAC; Merck, Schuchardt, Ger-many) to the reaction mixture, thus improving specific annealing of the primers. At 3 M TMAC an AT base pair (bp) is thenrally as stable as a GC base pair (4), the overall stability depending on the length of the annealing


MCM-41–Co catalysts were tested in the synthesis of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) through methane chemical vapor deposition (CVD), varying total cobalt content, synthesis temperature, methane flow rate, and deposition time. All variables showed a relationship with total carbon deposition, graphitic quality according to Raman results. Cobalt content showed a maximum activity at 4%, but the structural quality is best at 3%. Flow rate does not affect the quality up to 300 cm3 min−1, but deposition time leads to the formation of highly disordered carbon species passing methane for periods longer than 30 min, concluding that optimal variables are a methane deposition temperature of 800 °C, a 300 cm3 min−1 methane flow rate, and a 30 min of methane injection time, leading to a 5.4% carbon mass content and 5.1 G/D area ratios.


Advances in computer technology and computer technology has enabled new generation railway cyber physical systems, where computing units are interacting with the physical environment not only through monitoring and decision making in the computing domain, but also through critical control operations on the physical properties and dynamic properties of the physical environment, including human physiology. The complexities of railway cyber physical systems make their development a significant technical challenge. In this paper, we propose an approach to specify and model railway cyber physical systems by the extension of AADL. We use AADL extension mechanism to model the physical world of railway cyber physical systems, the spatial aspect of railway cyber physical systems, and the dynamic aspect of railway cyber physical systems by integrating Modelica, Cellular automata (CA) and formal methods. Finally, we illustrate the proposed method via an example of railway cyber physical system.


This paper examined the concept of disaster and its management in the light of sustainable development with particular reference to Nigeria. It enumerated the different human and natural phenomena that could be characterized as disasters. It was discovered that, while hazard and/ or disasters posses anthropogenic origins, their consequences are felt on both human and the physical environments. In all cases, the human tolls have been significant. The paper highlighted the important elements of a typical Disaster Management
Information System in Nigeria. After presenting a typology of disasters in Nigeria, the paper, advocated for a workable disaster management information system. Keywords : Disaster Management, Risk, Hazards, Vulnerability, African Research Review Vol. 2 (2) 2008 pp. 187-217


Keloid scars are one of the most difficult pathologies to treat because its high rate of recurrence, from 100 % with single treatment to 50 % with combined t...


The present invention discloses a screening system for screening and help biological sample. Obtaining an image of the biological sample, and then generates image data from the image. Identifying objects of interest (OOIs) from the image data. At least in part, on the other OOI assigned FOI will OOI assigned to a plurality of domains of interest (FOI) each. For example, OOI not previously assigned to the FOI may be assigned to other selected FOI. OOI can be grouped within a FOI, to maximize the number of OOI included in the FOI, or alternatively, in an amount comprising FOI OOI all of the required minimum. Once the dispensing is completed OOI, with respect to each FOI can be scanned field (the FOV), in order to render the OOI art for checking.


Abstract Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive carcinoma that usually arises in sun-exposed regions. MCC is a primary neuroendocrine tumor that arises in the skin. This report describes an unusual case of MCC on the buttocks that was treated with excision, radiation and chemotherapy. Physicians should consider MCC as a differential diagnosis when encountering a rapidly growing, painless lesion. Early diagnosis and treatment may improve patient survival rates.


A 56-year-old male patient was admitted for catheter ablation of highly symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. During the procedure, a rare anatomic variation with an interrupted inferior caval vein (ICV) branching suprarenal into an azygos venous continuation draining into the superior caval vein was detected. Using angiography, a continuation of the ICV leading into the liver, subdividing into 5 smaller branches draining into the right atrium (RA), was displayed. Despite this challenging anatomic variation, successful pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) was performed.


The greenhouse gas emission reduction of hydropower in China for the years of 2005, 2009, 2015, and 2020 are calculated by using two methods in which the baseline emission factor and standard coal emission factor are used respectively. The results calculated by the two methods are close to each other. In the year of 2005, the greenhouse gas emission reduction of hydropower in China was 0.34 billion t. Relative to 2005, the total gas emission reduction of hydropower increased by 0.099 billiont CO2 in 2009, and will potentially increase by 0.342 billion t CO2 and 0.639 billion t CO2 in 2015 and 2020,respectively. Relative to 2005, the total CO2 emission reduction of all kinds of non-fossil energy, including hydro, nuclear, wind, solar, and biomass in China in 2020 can reach 1.481 billion t.That means the reduction by hydropower would account to 43% of the total, indicating that hydropower plays a significant role in meeting the target of national emission reduction in 2020.


On page 1781, line -7, the term 'By Fact 6.1 in [10]' should be read as 'By Lemma 1 in [8]'. On page 1782, line +15, the term 'lower semicontinuous' should be read as 'lower semicontinuous and the domain of Hi (Wi = {x ∈ X : Ai(x)∩Pi(x) 6= ∅}) is closed in X '. On page 1782, line -9, the term '{x ∈ X : Ai(x) ∩ Pi(x) ⊂ V } ∪ {x ∈ X \Wi : Bi(x) ⊂ V }' should be read as '{x ∈ Wi : Ai(x) ∩ Pi(x) ⊂ V } ∪ {x ∈ X : Bi(x) ⊂ V }'.


We read with interest the letter from Dr. Unger suggesting that this family might have a mild form of campomelic dysplasia (CD) as the result of disruption of SOX9 function. This assertion is dependent upon two factors: that themild end of the campomelic spectrum is significantly milder than previously reported, and that a translocation located upstream of SOX9 affects its expression. Clinically, our family does have several features reported in both campomelic and acampomelic campomelic dysplasias (ACD). However, the absence of growth or developmental retardation, limb anomalies, poor neonatal outcome, and sex reversal places them inamuchmilder range than is reported in the CD spectrum. The presence of hypoplasia of the inferior segments of the scapula, which are felt to be quite demonstrative of CD, are also seen in Antley–Bixler syndrome and a host of other skeletal malformation syndromes [Mortier et al., 1997]. Table I summarizes the clinical features seen in classical CD, ACD, the patient reported in the literature with the most closely related translocation, and our reported patients. The chromosome translocation in our family is located nearly a megabase from SOX9 [Hill-Harfe et al., 2004]. While it is true that there are a number of chromosome translocation breakpoints upstream of SOX9 associated with the CD phenotype, the idea that these translocations affectSOX9 expression and thus directly causeCD remains speculative.Without a test for pathogenicity of a translocation, this issue will remain unclear. Although we agree that the abnormalities described in this family might be caused by disruption of SOX9 expression, it is also possible that they are caused by disruption of an as yet unknown gene distinct from SOX9. The question of


Dynamic cardiomyoplasty occupies an important place among recent advances in treatment of heart failure. We report the first clinical dynamic cardiomyoplasty case in Korea. The patient was a 25-year-old male with viral cardiomyopathy and chronic active hepatitis. The preoperative echocardiogram showed a left ventricular ejection fraction of 30% and grade 2 mitral and tricuspid regurgitation with dilated left and right atria. The left latissimus dorsi muscle was mobilized to wrap the heart and a myocardial stimulator was connected and placed in the abdominal pocket. After a 10-week training period, the stimulation ratio was set at 1:4 and the stimulator functioned well. At the 8-month follow-up the left ventricular ejection fraction ranged between 30% and 35% and the patient was feeling much better with slightly increased activity.


Composites are the combination of materials that are mixed together to achieve specific structural properties. Teflon (Polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE) consists of long-chain molecular structure. Its monomer consists of two carbon atoms each of them having flourine atoms attached. Bonds within each chain are strong covalent bonds where as the secondary bonds between two chains are weaker. By raising temperature, the distance between the chains increases providing good adjustment of the atoms of other materials due to anisotropy of its mechanical properties. Powder metallurgy technique using hot isostatic pressing, a hybrid densification process in which pressure and temperature are applied at the same time, has been used to develop a teflon-copper composite material. Three samples were prepared by changing the teflon-copper composition as 60:40%, 65:35% and 70:30% by weight. Commercially available powders of teflon and copper of grain size ~ 40 μm was used. The aim to develop this type of material was to increase its density (~ 4 g/cm3), and hardness. The commercial applications of such type of composite material are solid lubricants, sleeves, bearings etc. In this paper the effect of composition on hardness, tensile strength and surface roughness is studied.


We show that if an amplitude has certain positivity properties as would be given by an optical theorem and if it obeys a dispersion relation with a known number of subtractions, then the amplitude can be uniquely and explicitly found from its modulus on the cuts and a known number of additional parameters. Applying this result to forward polarized Compton scattering, we find that the necessary additional parameters are fixed by low-energy theorems in terms of the static electromagnetic properties of the target.


The objective of the current study was to assess the comparative risk associated with exposure to particulate matter (PM) while commuting via different public transport modes in Fukuoka, Japan. For the given routes and measuring days, a trip-maker carried a lightweight portable bag loaded the real-time measurement devices which take simultaneous measurement for size-fractioned particle number concentration, PM 2.5 mass concentration, and total suspended particle (TSP) collection. The results of the present study have shown significant differences between public transports as commuting modes in Fukuoka. The PM exposure levels on subway platform and inside subway train were overwhelmingly higher than those of other points on commuting route. The relative ratio between modes (i.e., the ratio of PM 2.5 inside subway to that inside bus) provides an idea for choosing a right commuting mode for our health. This study clearly provided evidence of the extremely high levels of iron exposure by subway uses compared to bus uses. The result of theoretically reconstructed mass concentration of PM 2.0-0.3 collected on subway platform suggests that the PM of underground subway will be associated with PM both generated in subway system and inleakaged from outdoor environment.


In recent decades, several old towns and cities, particularly the historical cities in developing countries have been heavily damaged by earthquakes. The destruction of the city of Bam in the Kerman province of Iran, by an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 in 2003, is a good example in this regard. The reconstruction of these cities, particularly the historical ones, is of great importance for the corresponding countries, and to some extent, for the world community. However, the lack of sufficient global experience in this issue has caused several problems for reconstruction authorities, and it is likely that new problems emerge in similar future cases. This paper tries to look at the reconstruction project from the urban design point of view, focusing on: 1) The concept of reliable or "disaster-avoiding" urban design; and 2) The differences between reconstruction of an earthquake-stricken existing city and developing a new one. The requirements for achieving a seismically reliable urban design, discussed in the paper, include: population studies; lands ownerships identification; estimating the space needed for housing and offices, public and commercial areas, health and relief centers, urban activities as well as lifeline systems; location determination for the mentioned spaces based on urban design criteria in a seismic area; architectural design of spaces; and finally structural design of city components. Emphasis is put on the use of hazard microzonation maps of the city among the urban design criteria. Careful attention should be paid to the components of lifeline systems including energy, water and wastewater, transportation, and communication systems as well as the special buildings such as public and government buildings and rescue and relief centers. Using the proposed approach is believed to be useful for achieving successful reconstruction plans in case of severe damages to another city by a major earthquake.


Wheelchairs have been used by patients who suffer
from various physical disabilities to help them with locomotion
and cater their day to day needs with ease. But there are some
cases where the movement of a wheelchair is dependent on
another individual as is the case with patients who lack the
required arm strength and movement to properly push the wheels
forward such as quadriplegics, paraplegics, stroke patients, elders
etc. Joystick oriented wheelchairs, thought to be a solution to
those kinds of patients, can pose different problems as it requires
basic shoulder movement. It is not always possible for the
aforementioned types of patients. In addition, our solution doesn't
have the positional constraints that a joystick wheelchair might
have as it is wireless and can be worn on either hand which allows
the patient to sit in their preferred position for minimum
discomfort. This project is an attempt to help the disabled move
around independently. Thus, in this research work, we present a
prototype of a wireless gesture-based wheelchair which can be
controlled via hand gestures. The framework consists of a
transmitter and a receiver that communicate with each other
wirelessly. For wireless transmission, 433Mhz RF Transmitter
and Receiver Unit has been used as it transmits data through an
antenna at the speed of 1Kbps - 10Kbps and the range can be
adjusted as required. The transmitter unit consists of an Arduino
LilyPad microcontroller and an accelerometer that has been
attached to a hand glove. The accelerometer sensor has been used
to register the position of the hand while creating a gesture. This
glove is supposed to be worn by the patient allowing them to move
their hand conveniently, sending signals to the receiver unit
connected to the wheelchair leading to the movement of the wheels
in the desired direction. The receiver unit consist of motor drivers
that convert the voltage as needed by the wheels. This paper
presents an alternative to the commercial wheelchairs as it is cost
effective, easy to control and efficient. The working and assembly
of the system has been explained in the paper.


Abstract A survey of the mealybug species present in Hawke's Bay orchards was carried out from November 1963 to January 1965. Three species were found: Pseudococcus obscurus, P. adonidum, and Phenacoccus graminosus. P. graminosus is recorded from New Zealand for the first time.


The industrial zone's contribution to the country's socio-economic development is very important, contributing to reducing the unemployment rate, creating more jobs for the active population; promote business environment, improve competitiveness; creating favorable conditions for localities to promote their specific strengths, and at the same time acting as a bridge for development between urban and rural areas... Realizing that, the Republic of Vietnam government (1955-1975) interested very much in the policy of developing industrial zones. Since 1960, the Republic of Vietnam government has made specific plans and established many industrial zones to serve the goal of industrialization economy. Among the industrial zones established under the direction and management of the National Industrial zone Expansion Company (establishment December 26, 1963, abbreviated SONADEZI), Bien Hoa Industrial Zone is considered as the most popular industrial zone in the world typical industrial production organization, actively contributing to the transformation of the industrial economy in the South Vietnam in the 1955-1975 period.


Well-managed forests are major sources of livelihoods for the fringed communities. However, the remoteness, inaccessibility of most forested areas coupled with conflicts from adjacent forest communities, who often depend on it for livelihood is a daunting task in implementing conservation, viz-a-viz the Sustainable Development Goals. The Mt Oku forest is a unique, remote but represents novelty in forest management in remote areas in Cameroon, with devolution of management rights. The forest is well noted for its high level of endemism. This study is focused on the legal, institutional, socio-economic and regulatory framework put in place, for appropriate conservation and livelihood sustenance as forest management rights were devolved to the local community. A multidimensional framework guiding the development of testable hypothesis that assesses the relationship between the forest users' activities and forest degradation, which have a multiplier effect on the SDGs, was used. The alternate livelihood options/strategies and benefits after the institution of the Forest Management Project (FMP) was examined in randomly selected frontline and secondary villages. Selected Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools and registers from FMIs aided relevant data collection. The results indicated a significant relationship (χ2 = 0.65.4, p = 0.00) between the activities of forest users and forest degradation. Adopted alternate livelihood strategies/options include, direct employment, tourist guides, bee farming, agricultural intensification, agroforestry, capacity building for skill acquisition, selective exploitation and sales of Prunus spp. Forest regeneration strategies ranged from, forest guards, removal of exotic species, forest enrichment, raising nurseries, fire tracing, etc. It is concluded that giving greater access and ownership of forest to the local community in the Mount Oku Region, led to transparency, accountability and social stability, which contributed tremendously both to the recovery and conservation of forest for improved livelihoods. However there is a dire need for the reinforcement of mechanisms for capacity building to improved livelihoods and conservation and the implementation of a system where stakeholders enjoy favorable conditions for information exchange and learning.


Combined with the project general situation and field geological condition of one plant,it analyses the reason of the big difference settlement of the basement,puts forward that it can meet the need of technique and ecology of the project of anchor arm dead pressure micro underpinned pile technique,introduces the design process and construction technology of anchor arm dead pressure micro underpinned pile,and sums up the quality control measures in construction.


The chemical analyses of Lakeside Monarch uranium ore show that this material does not meet several of the FMPC impurity tolerance limits. Digestion studies show that the ore cannot be digested successfully and that the very large quantity of nitric acid insolubles in this ore would prevent the processing of this material without blending in the Refinery. It is possible that the ore could bs processed if blended with a high quality material. It is recommended that ores of this type be processed to concentrates for shipment to the refineries. (auth)


This paper describes the design, implementation and measured performance of low loss microwave Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) and Single Pole 4-Throw (SP4T) switches. The switch designs use beam-lead packaged PIN diodes, SMT resistors and capacitors and printed components on a low cost Rogers' RO4003 substrate. The operating frequency range is 12GHz to 19GHz and the measured insertion loss is 0.85dB for the SPDT and 1.8dB for the SP4T. The switch can handle RF input power levels of at least 2W without any significant compression. Introduction A low cost, compact Ku-band (12.4 to 18GHz) SP4T switch was required to replace an expensive, bulky connectorised part that was used in the prototype implementation of a radar system. Whilst Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) SPDT switches were commercially available as both packaged components and bare die, the insertion loss was relatively high (typically > 1.5dB at 16GHz) and the power handling capability relatively modest (P-1dB < 26dBm). Additionally such switches were only readily available in an SPDT topology, meaning that three parts would be required to realise an SP4T making the unit cost significant. Whilst a custom MMIC solution could be developed to provide a low l oss, compact microwave SP4T [1] the NRE costs would be high. The solution therefore adopted was a design based around discrete packaged PIN diodes, SMT resistors and capacitors and printed components realised on a low cost Rogers' RO4003 substrate of 0.008" thickness. Circuit Design At RF and microwave frequencies PIN diodes behave as voltage variable resistors and can therefore be used to realise switches. The diode structure comprises a region of high resistivity Intrinsic material sandwiched between a region of P-type semiconductor and Ntype semiconductor. When the PIN diode is forward biased, charge carriers are injected into the I region lowering its resistance. When the diode is zero-biased or reverse biased the I region is high resistance, in the region of several kΩ. At low RF frequencies simple switch configurations, such as the SPDT shown in Figure 1, can be readily realised. In this case a series mounted diode is used in each arm of the switch. When one of the diodes is forward biased, and so conducting a DC current, that arm of the switch is "on". When the diode is reverse biased the switch arm is off. More complex switches, that also incorporate shunt diodes, can be realised for improved isolation or to extend the upper operating frequency of the switch [2].


A performance comparison and analysis between two dielectric substrates with different permittivity for square slot patch antenna is presented in this paper. The reflection coefficient, voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR), bandwidth and gain performances of the proposed antenna at 5.5 GHz have been thoroughly investigated. The antenna is realized using a square patch printed on a dielectric substrate and ground plane. A square slot is loaded on the patch for antenna size reduction. The achieved gain results of FR4 and Rogers at the design frequency are 2.96 dB and 6.4 dB respectively. There is a significant improvement in gain and this indicates that the lower the permittivity the higher the antennas gain. Lastly, to validate the simulated results, scattering parameter measurements have been performed using vector network analyzer and the results show good agreement with simulations.


It is a well-known truth that knowledge is often forgotten and has to be relearned. In medicine, this unfortunate trend is especially prevalent in the history of military surgery. The story of a Russian Princess, military surgeon and poet, Dr. Vera Gedroits, is one such forgotten story. Dr. Gedroits' largely unrecognized contribution to military surgery was the adoption of laparotomy for penetrating abdominal wounds (PAWs).


Automation has taken over nearly all domains of operation due to the rapid progress of technology. Over the years, the evolution of human-computer interaction has sped up. With regards to technology improvements, Smart Greenhouse has come a long way. As such, it is critical to have a dependable security system in place to safeguard Greenhouse assets and employee privacy. To access Greenhouse using the conventional security system, an individual must utilize a key. However, the current security mechanism contains numerous flaws regardless of how it is cast or taken. By using face recognition, this study seeks to assist users in enhancing the door security of the Smart Greenhouse. The suggested system comprises several subsystems, including picture capture, face recognition, and automatic door access management. Face Recognition is supported by OpenCV because it uses Eigenfaces and scales down face photos without sacrificing essential features. The Doorlock Selenoid will function as the key. One relay will serve as both an active and passive solenoid. Thus, the images captured from the webcam will be compared to the stored features, and if a match is found, access will be provided to the authorized person. Otherwise, the door is not accessible.


This paper traces the history of Punjabi literature in Canada and examines the problems confronting its producers. Sandwiched between the indifference of mainstream Canadian community, and a high degree of expectation by scholars in the Punjab, Punjabi writers in Canada have had a difficult time making sense of their enterprise. Despite these initial difficulties, Punjabi literature in Canada has come of age and looks toward a firm future. ________________________________________________________________


The rapid advancement of technology, increased reliance on the internet and emphasis upon video demands continued innovation from all those interested in the dissemination of oral history material. This article outlines a collaboration between the Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), a long-time innovator in the field of on-line oral history programs, and The Australian Centre for Oral History (ACOH). The result has been an enhancement of UAF's Project Jukebox, with its full-length audio feature with associated photos, maps, and texts, to include a fully searchable on-line video capacity through ACOH's Testimony software. The article shows the enormous versatility and capacity of this innovative new technology as it has been used by UAF in recording the testimonies of speakers from across Alaska.


P2P security should be of interest to anyone who wants to protect their personal information and who actively uses the Internet. P2P Security has been a popular research topic for as long as P2P computing came into existence nearly a decade ago. P2P file sharing applications still remain popular and other applications based on P2P networks have gained in popularity. How do you secure your information when using P2P applications? How do you protect yourself against malicious nodes in a P2P network? This paper will review the risks inherent to P2P computing and discuss methods for securing a P2P network.


The present invention aims before and after the effective allocation of V-type engine with a plurality of exhaust pipes. The lower of the scooter type vehicle pedal, the pedal at the bottom of the low power assembly having a front loaded V-type engine. Having the power transmission assembly components. Transmission assembly constructed as follows: the V-type engine is connected to a side portion of the engine, extending rearward in a side portion of the vehicle, in the vicinity of the rear wheel swing arm pivot, from the other side portion of the vehicle, rear wheel drive, thus, the power unit in plan view substantially U-shaped. A first exhaust pipe and the rearward tilt cylinder V-type engine is also connected to the cylinder and extends rearward than the rear end extending downward through the space in plan view substantially U-shaped opening, a lower end extending rearward, which the second exhaust pipe forward of the rear end of the cylinder and V-type engine connection.


In order to determine the incidence of blinks during visual tracking, their effect, and the nature of this effect, two experimental arrangements were used. In one the subject had to keep a pen upon a moving line, his blinks being recorded without his knowledge both electronically and by two observers. In the second he had to keep two pointers in line using a positional control, the display being occluded intermittently in one part by a wheel tachistoscope, in another by his own voluntary blinks. It was found that the blink rate was raised when the subject expected the tracking to start, and again after tracking. During tracking it was reduced, particularly initially. The lowest blink rates were recorded during or immediately before the difficult periods of the course. It was not possible to predict the blink rate while tracking from a knowledge of the true "resting" blink rate. Although blinks were Infrequent when the course was difficult, it was here that they caused the largest errors, especially when anticipation was not possible. This effect was due partly to interference with vision, but only temporary inattention could account for the delayed deterioration following blinking. It has been suggested that the blink rate might serve as an index of attention, blinking being one of the earliest signs of inattention.


The recent history of Venezuela's student movements illustrates the paradox of academic autonomy. The student left used autonomy to resist repression during Venezuela's liberal democracy (1958). Yet, after 1998, the former supporters of the parties which had violated that autonomy started to capitalise on it in order to block the progressive reforms. The Bolivarian government's decision not to interfere with autonomous universities, but to create a parallel Bolivarian university system instead replicated one of the reform patterns of previous governments. Despite the government's intention to fight inequality, the reform contributed to further stratification of higher education and polarisation among the student movements.


We present an alternative and more efficient method for computing electromagnetic fields in arbitrarily-shaped, inhomogeneous dielectric bodies. In this method, a transpose-free quasi-minimal residual (TFQMR) algorithm is employed to avoid the complicated multiplication between the transpose of the system matrix and a vector, resulting in a much simpler computer implementation. Moreover, the number of FFTs is reduced to only six per iteration. It is observed that the TFQMR-FFT method yields excellent results even for highly inhomogeneous dielectric objects.


This paper analyzes the rent theory of the contemporary west economics,especially places an emphasis on expounding the core concept "economic rent",the "scarce rent" of natural resources and the "Hotelling rent" of mineral resources in the rent theory of neoclassical economics.Then,this paper puts forward that the resources tax,which exists as tax,not the embody of rent,is based theoretically on adjusting the divergence of social and private aim because of the two layers of the natural resources' social attribute.This paper puts forward the long aim of the reform that is to separate and reassemble rental and tax for them to return to their appropriate places,so that the resources tax play a pole on adjusting the divergence of social and private aim during the process of exploiting resources.


After 3 h of incubation at room temperature, hydroxyFlutamide, the active metabolite of Flutamide (Eulexin), and Casodex (bicalutamide), an analog of Flutamide, have comparable potency to displace [3H]R1881 from the human prostate and rat ventral prostate androgen receptors contrary to the previous claims that Casodex was four times more potent using different incubation conditions. Binding data, in fact, must be interpreted with caution, since they are very much dependent upon the duration and temperature of incubation. In the more appropriate intact cell situation, hydroxyFlutamide is approximately three times more potent than Casodex at inhibiting dihydrotestosterone-stimulated proliferation of androgen-sensitive mouse Shionogi carcinoma cells in vitro. Under in vivo conditions, in the orchiectomized rat supplemented with androstenedione implants, Flutamide is about three times more potent than Casodex at inhibiting ventral prostate and seminal vesicle weight. When both compounds were administered for 7 days to intact rats, Flutamide and Casodex showed similar apparent potency. However, taking into account the much higher plasma levels of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in intact animals treated with Flutamide compared with those treated with Casodex, the estimated potency of Flutamide in the intact rat is also at least three times higher than that of Casodex. The present data, contrary to previous claims based upon the inappropriate intact rat model clearly show that Flutamide is at least three times more potent than Casodex in rat and mouse tissues. These data are opposite to those obtained in the inappropriate intact rat model where Casodex was reported to be five to ten times more potent than Flutamide. Using more appropriate models of androgen action, the present data thus indicate a 15to 30-fold lower estimate of the potency of Casodex. Since the choice of the dose of Casodex to be used for the treatment of prostate cancer patients is based upon such a large overestimate of the true potency of Casodex, the present data should help the choice of a more appropriate dose of this antiandrogen for the treatment of prostate cancer. Endocrine-Related Cancer (1996) 3 229-241


Investment has the primary role in the economical growth and development in all of the world countries. Investment in each country is proportional to some variables such that their effects can be studied solely or together as a group. This paper investigates the simultaneous influence of formal and informal economy on private investment. The total gross investment in machinery and building is introduced as the investment of the private sector and the risk of investment is obtained through the composite risk index which denotes the informal economy. Furthermore, variables of labor productivity, income distribution, opening degree of economy are presented as the indexes of the formal economy. Investigation is performed by auto regressive distributed lag method (ARDL) in a time interval of 1980 to 2009. Results show that labor productivity and the income distribution has a positive and meaningful effect on the private investment, in long run also the risk of investment and opening degree of economy has negative impact on it. Structural stability analyses, cumulative sum (CUSUM) and cumulative sum of square (CUSUMSQ), show that the approximated coefficients are constant in studying period.


A obstacle clearance for motorized vehicle consists of: - a frame (2) connected to n (n ≧ 3) wheels (3a, 3b, 3c) of each lateral side; - drive means (5) able to rotate the wheels (3a, 3b, 3c); - an anti tilting front and rear system. This device is characterized in that each lateral side of the frame (2) is a mechanism comprising n-1 links (7a, 7b) in pairs around a common pivot axis on which the n wheels are distributed ( 3a, 3b, 3c), respectively a front wheel (3a), n-2 intermediate wheels (3b), and a rear wheel (3c), said mechanism allowing each wheel to rotate about the axis of each adjacent wheel.


In a horizontal steam generator for a nuclear power generation facility having a pressurized water reactor, steam is dried on a heat transfer surface in a container of the steam generator, and a metal specific gravity per structure of the container is reduced. A steam generator including a horizontal heat transfer tube bundle, which is manufactured as a steel shell and has a cylindrical shape including at least one feed water inlet tube and two steam outlet tubes and two elliptical lids. A welding vessel, an inlet header and an outlet header, and a heat transfer tube bundle connected to both headers and forming a heat transfer surface, wherein the inner diameter dvess of the welding vessel is selected based on the following inequality: In the welding container, the heat transfer tube bundle occupies the bottom to a height of 3/4 or less of the inner diameter, and the space left in the upper part of the welding container is used for steam drying. [Expression 1] [Selection] Figure 2


The development of power engineering has been traced from 1890 when Edison invented, the Incandescent Lamp and Dolivo-Dobrowolski. the three phase induction motor. The decline in interest amongst Electric Engineers for Power Engineering has been pointed out. The challenges of "Tomorrow" such as the thermo-nuclear generation and extra high voltage transmission and the necessity to get ready to face the future problems from now has been stressed.


This report will graphically show the coupling between QED and General Relativity. Space is from two types of energy in standing waves; energy with mass which is finite energy and energy without mass which is infinite. Standing half waves are twice light speed in a timeless vacuum on contraction harmonics where energy is infinite without mass and finite only with mass on the reversal expansion as time. Photons at the antinodes in the magnetic field are gravity forces on mass in the electric field.


This report seeks to explore the experiences and complications men face romantically and sexually when ethnicity and race are used as focus lenses to reflect upon the participants' past interpersonal interactions. The interviews and analyses within this article reflect the ways in which Dutch ethnic/racial norms and stereotypes shape attraction and desire, and how men who pursue other men romantically and/or sexually negotiate with said external constructions of identity. Research in this paper provides the reader with insight into race relations on an intimate level through the participants' personal narratives, revealing the complexity of Dutch race relations on the most intimate levels. Many may claim that race is not an issue in the Netherlands, but this report proves that although race may no longer be a volatile issue, it and ethnicity are certainly relevant factors in the pursuit of romance and sex between men.


Building portfolios in an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) world—mission impossible? Communication between the homo economicus and the homo ecologicus definitely has been difficult to establish. But the discussion is now open, even if the line is still a bit noisy. Unfortunately, in the absence of proper ESG risk factors, the integration of ESG criteria remains tricky for the homo economicus. In an attempt to bridge the gap and facilitate the mass adoption of ESG investing, the authors introduce a basic combinatorial approach enabling investors to align their portfolios with their ESG preferences without sacrificing their optimality. The authors let the data talk and show that in practice investors have to choose between two available ESG strategies: a so-called marketing strategy that consists of tilting the portfolio weights toward (respectively, away from) the industries with the lowest (respectively, highest) ESG risks to exhibit a better ESG score immediately, and a so-called impact strategy that consists of tilting the portfolio weights toward (respectively, away from) the industries in which there is a significant amount of (respectively, few) ESG risks that can be managed and committed managements embracing the ESG cause. Feeling good or doing good? Investors now have to choose their camp. This is their mission, should they accept it.


Objective: To invetigate the curative effect in treatment of betaloc in patients with congestive heart failur (CHF). Methods: 230 cases were randomly divided into two grourps: In the control group, paitents were treated with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI), diuretics, digitalis and conventional therapy for 18 month. In the base of control group therapy, paitents in the rapeutic group were treated with betaloc for 18 months. Results: The whole effective rates of the rapeutic group was higher than that of the control group (P0.01). The left ventricular ejection fraction of the rapeutic group was higher than that of the control group (P0.01) and the death rate was lower (P0.05). Conclusion: Betaloc was effective and safe in treating CHF.


A study, within the path probability method, of the dynamic magnetic features of the mixed spin (2, 5/2) Ising ferrimagnetic system on a hexagonal lattice under the presence of a sinusoidal external magnetic field is presented. The Hamiltonian of the system contains intersublattice, intrasublattice, and crystal‐field interactions. The intersublattice interaction is taken as antiferromagnetic. The time variations of average dynamic magnetizations and the thermal behavior of the dynamic magnetizations are investigated to obtain the phases in the system and to characterize the nature of the dynamic phase transitions and find the dynamic phase transition temperature points. The dynamic phase diagrams in six different phase planes are presented, in which they contain the paramagnetic (p) phase, three different ferrimagnetic (i 1, i 2, i 3) fundamentals, and the p + i 1, i 1 +  i 2, and i 2 +  i 3 mixed phases as well as the dynamic tricritical point and the dynamic double critical end point, depending on the interaction parameters. The dynamic compensation behavior is also examined and only N‐type behaviors are observed. Some of the obtained dynamic phase diagrams are in qualitatively good agreement within some works on the dynamics of mixed‐spin Ising system.


In a world of constant change, businesses must move forward in order only to stand still, competitively. In the push for success, training is only one element. This article looks at three training routes to greater corporate effectiveness and discusses how they vary in content and application. Industrial training at Ford UK in particular is examined.


Literacy normativities reinforce the colonial, racist, and anti-queer underpinnings of English education, and today these normativities are propelled by the English teacher imagination. To render these normativities visible, this study traces the affective reader responses of an inquiry community of queer educators and reveals normative reading practices that animate how English teachers imagine and feel their classroom worlds. In particular, ordinary affects—those that are subtly felt and often overlooked—spotlight interpretive norms and normative feelings that hide the field's ongoing commitments to colonization, racism, queerphobia, and more. Contributing to Critical English Education (CEE), this article concludes by calling for multiple prisms of interpretation to dismantle literacy normativities in English education and ELA.


Fresh Vegetable Growers of Ontario, Bradford Co-op Ltd., Belchim Crop Protection Canada (formerly Engage Agro), Corteva Agrisciences, Ontario AgriFood Innovation Alliance – University of Guelph and an OMAFRA HQP Scholarship (ASD).


Based on studies of simple oxides, this paper demonstrates that the specific energy deposition modes under irradiation induce modifications of materials over different length scales. On the other hand, we show the Landau phase transition theory, widely used to explain the structural stability of materials out of irradiation, can give a general framework to describe the behavior of these oxides under irradiation. The use of X-ray diffraction techniques coupled with the Raman spectroscopy allows defining in a quantitative way the phenomenological parameters leading to predictive results. This paper clearly shows that in two model systems, pure zirconia and spinels, no unexpected new phases are produced in these oxides irradiated at room temperature and with different fluxes. Such a phenomenological approach may be useful to study the radiation tolerance of many crystalline ceramics (e.g. the zirconium based americium ceramics).


The Eurozone sustainability could become a real challenge in the current economical environment, characterized by uncertainty and lack of credibility. The issue of public debts represents a threat for the European financial system, while the coordination process of the economic policies at the Union's level is almost inexistent. The extremely high discrepancies between the budgetary balances of the member states makes the SGP or the strict fiscal rules become an utopia. The discretionary application and lack of credibility induced by SGP have worsened the perceptions on the economic system on European level, and the authorities' answer was not coherent enough, leaving room for interpretation by the Euro-skeptics.


The development of electronic abacus is to integrate the use of abacus along with
electronic devices which offers better visualisation of the abacus operations. The
main focus of this application is to assist the primary school students" in validating a
fundamental arithmetic operation by using an abacus. The electronic abacus is
developed by integrating an abacus, abacus decoder module and FPGA-based
processor. DE2 115 is chosen as the development module and VHDL as main
programming language. The arithmetic algorithm developed for the electronic abacus
is limited to the computational of whole numbers only. The electronic abacus is
operational in two modes, display mode and arithmetic mode. In the display mode,
the abacus beads position at column 1 until column 7is displayed as numerical
representation on the LCD screen. A computation of arithmetic operations with less
than three operatorsare available in the arithmetic modewith the capability
ofdisplaying the negative numerical and infinite value. The implementation of
integrating an abacus with electronic devices will hopefullycontribute in the
development of more lively and interesting teaching approach by using this ancient
apparatus.


Isolated metal-semiconductor field effect transistors (MESFETs) have been fabricated on homoepitaxial diamonds grown by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition. Source, drain and channel regions are fabricated using the surface p-type semiconductive layer unique to hydrogen-terminated diamond surfaces. Other areas are irradiated by an argon beam to obtain highly resistive regions. The maximum transconductance of the isolated MESFETs with 7 µ m gate length is 4.5 mS/mm, which is comparable to that of silicon MOSFET with the same gate length. NOT, NAND, NOR, and R-S flip-flop circuits have been fabricated for the first time on diamond using enhancement-mode active loads.


The establishment and development of border gate economic zones (KTCK) is not only an important driving force for border gate and local economic development in the border areas but also contributes to the national economic development. From the point of view, development of the border gate economic zone does not mean a rapid increase in the number of economic zones, but the development and improvement of the quality of economic activities in the border gate economic zones. This paper analyzes the conditions and content of the border gate economic zone development, as well as showing the models of border gate economic zone that can be applied , thereby, suggesting solutions to promote the development and improvement of economic activities of Vietnam's border gate economic zones in the coming time.
Keywords
Border gate economic zone, operational contents, border gate economic zone model


The aim of this study is to research the features of white matter in the brain by Diffusion Tensor Image (DTI) from the patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and using the features to identify MCI and Normal Control (NC) to explore new methods for MCI diagnosis. In this study, 38 brain DTI images of MCI patients and NC were extracted respectively, and the parameters of cerebral white matter fiber tracts were analyzed. Using automatic fiber tract quantification (AFQ) technology, the index values with significant differences between MCI patients and NC were calculated. Support Vector Machine (SVM) model was built to classify MCI patients from NC. We found significant differences in right cortical spinal tract (CST_R), right uncinate fasciculus (UNC_R), left internal fronto-occipital tract (IFOF_L), and Callosum Forceps major (FP) in MCI patients and NC. The classification accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of the training set and test set were 94.73%, 92.11% and 97.36%, respectively. This study demonstrates that there are significant differences in certain fiber tracts in MCI patients compared with NC and using these fiber tract groups can effectively classify the MCI patients and NC, which can provide novel information for MCI white matter decline.


The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is considered to be one of Australia's "hallmark" consumption events. This paper draws from anthropological literature on carnivalesque festivals, postmodern streams of thought, and original participant observation data in order to construct a new theoretical interpretation of the Mardi Gras. The festival is a contested event with meanings associated with the carnivalesque and gay and lesbian politics, executed with an attention to serious political issues. Findings include insights about contemporary manifestations and embodiments of the carnivalesque, the "frivolous" approach to serious political issues and negotiating "Australian-ness" and the perils and pitfalls of marketing an oppositional sensibility. Findings are discussed in light of advancing a "spiral" model of appropriation and resistance with respect to oppositional gendered representations and meanings.


AIM To evaluate the protection of nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs against inactivation of antioxidant enzymes. METHODS The superoxide dimutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) were incubated with sugar or with aspirin,ibuprofen and paracetamol, respectively. The enzyme activities were assayed by the spectrophotometer and expressed relative to the control activity at each respective incubation time. RESULTS Fructose, glucose 6 phosphate (G6P) and glucose inactivated the SOD and CAT in a time dependant manner. Fructose displayed a more rapid inactivation effect than G6P and glucose. After incubation 6 days, 20 mmol·L -1 aspirin partially protected SOD against inactivation by 50 mmol·L -1 fructose and G6P and also protected CAT against inactivation by 5 mmol·L -1 G6P and 10 mmol·L -1 glucose. No protection was observed against inactivation of CAT by fructose. Ibuprofen showed a limited protection CAT against inactivation by fructose, G6P and glucose but not SOD. Paracetamol offered no protection SOD and CAT against glycation induced inactivation. CONCLUSION Aspirin and ibuprofen show partial protection against the glycation induced inactivation of SOD and CAT. This may play an important role in preventing cataract by aspirin like analgesics.


Let (R, 𝔪) be a Noetherian local ring and M a finitely generated R-module. The pseudo Cohen–Macaulayness (respectively, generalized Cohen–Macaulayness) was introduced by Cuong–Nhan [Pseudo Cohen–Macaulay and pseudo generalized Cohen–Macaulay modules, J. Algebra267 (2003) 156–177] as an extension of the Cohen–Macaulayness (respectively, generalized Cohen–Macaulayness). In this paper, we describe the pseudo Cohen–Macaulay (pseudo CM) locus and pseudo generalized Cohen–Macaulay (pseudo generalized CM) locus of M. We also study the non-Cohen–Macaulay locus and the non-generalized Cohen–Macaulay locus of the canonical module K(M) of M in case where R is a quotient of a Gorenstein local ring.


Healthcare personalism is a multifaceted approach to modern healthcare and its delivery, which champions the criticality of the person with respect to medical knowledge and clinical practice. As such, it is predicated on the philosophical movement of personalism in which the person per se plays a crucial role in analyzing the nature and function of individuals and their social institutions. In this paper, philosophical personalism and especially Christian Smith's explication of personhood are examined initially, along with a discussion of human dignity. Then, the nature of the person is analyzed in terms of its ontological, epistemological, and ethical dimensions to provide a philosophical framework for healthcare personalism. The paper concludes with a discussion of how healthcare personalism advances conceptually person-centered medicine, especially in terms of supporting the dignity of each person participating in the clinical encounter.


In response to the fact that not all rolling balls are laden when the angular contact ball bearing working under the condition with certain combined loads especially when the axial preload is not large enough, an analytical method for the determination of the time-varying stiffness of angular contact ball bearing considering the effect of time-varying number of laden balls and load distribution is proposed in this paper. According to the definition of the stiffness, the time-varying stiffness under different sets of combined loads is obtained by the implicit function derivation method. Only the principal diagonal elements of the stiffness matrix are studied for the sake of simplicity. Several numerical examples are simulated and the simulation results indicate that the time-varying number of laden balls and load distribution have a significant effect on the stiffness. The period of the time-varying stiffness is consistent with the time required for the cage to rotate the angle between the adjacent rolling balls. The calculation of the ball bearing quasi-static model and the analytical method for the determination of the stiffness is verified by the existing references.


N-3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) seem to prevent endothelial dysfunction, a crucial step in atherogenesis, by modulating the levels of vasoactive molecules and by influencing Na,K-ATPase activity of vascular myocytes. The activity of endothelial Na,K-ATPase controls the ionic homeostasis of the neighboring cells, as well as cell function. However, controversy exists with respect to the vascular protective effect of EPA and DHA. We argue that this dispute might be due to the use of different concentrations of EPA and DHA in different studies. Therefore, this study was designed to define an optimal concentration of EPA and DHA to investigate endothelial function. For this purpose, human endothelial cells were exposed for 24 h to different concentrations of DHA or EPA (0–20 μM) to study membrane fluidity, peroxidation potential and Na,K-ATPase activity. EPA and DHA were linearly incorporated and this incorporation was mirrored by the linear increase of unsaturation index, membrane fluidity, and peroxidation potential. Na,K-ATPase activity peaked at 3.75 μM of EPA and DHA and then gradually decreased. It is noteworthy that DHA effects were always more pronounced than EPA. Concluding, low concentrations of EPA and DHA minimize peroxidation sensitivity and optimize Na,K-ATPase activity.


Traditionally, the Barite (Specific Gravity of about conventional drilling fluid. But, t conventional drilling fluids may damage the producing interval. fluid's compositional solids, pay zone particles by filtrate; and mud filtrate are the most common damage mechanisms counter the damage, an ideal mud should have minimum drilled fine solids; filtrate. and maximize productivity. This paper discusses the development of least damaging drilling fluid basically for development wells in the Upper Assam Basin of India. T of drilling fluid was to avoid fines and polymer plugging by optimizing the Particle Size Distribution (PSD) of fine and medium effectiveness of throat on the formation surface to build an external filter cake which is much easier to be removed than an internal filter cake based on the Particle Size Distribution of CaCo study of the sandstone reservoirs of some oilfields of Upper Assam Basin. CaCo about 2.7 easily mud properties of laboratory formulated NDDF and required mud properties for successful drilling and completion in the study areas.


In recent years,with the rapid development of orthopedic surgery and minimally invasive surgery,superficial fascia and its structures are receiving much recognition and more and more attention.Although opinions on naming and definition at different levels still vary,in-depth study of related structures offers clinical surgeons a broad prospect.

Key words:
Superficial fascia;  Membranous layer;  Morphology


Summary Mitigation of drilling risks associated with geological hazards is a priority task of the site survey offshore investigations. One of the most challenging regions for offshore exploration in terms of near-surface geological hazards is the western Artic shelf. In this region, the near-surface is complicated by presence of subaqueous relict permafrost, intrapermafrost and subpermafrost gas caps, pingo-like structures and various cryogenic deformations. The paper presents our experience of mapping and characterization of the shallow offshore geohazards (including permafrost) using 3D seismic data acquired in different frequency ranges in the Russian Arctic.


Purpose To evaluate potential cardiac sequelae of COVID-19 vaccination at 2-month follow-up and to relate cardiac symptoms to myocardial tissue changes at fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/MRI, blood biomarkers, health-related quality of life, and adverse outcomes. Materials and Methods In this prospective study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04967807), a convenience sample of individuals aged 17 years or older were enrolled after COVID-19 vaccination and were categorized as symptomatic myocarditis (new cardiac symptoms within 14 days of vaccination and met diagnostic criteria for acute myocarditis); symptomatic, no myocarditis (new cardiac symptoms but did not meet criteria for myocarditis); and asymptomatic (no new cardiac symptoms). Standardized evaluation was performed 2 months after vaccination, including cardiac fluorine 18–FDG PET/MRI, assessment of blood biomarkers, and health-related quality of life. Statistical analysis included Kruskal-Wallis and Fisher exact tests. Results Fifty-four participants were evaluated a median of 72 days (IQR, 42–91 days) after COVID-19 vaccination: 17 symptomatic with myocarditis (mean age, 36 years ± 15 [SD]; 13 men), 17 symptomatic without myocarditis (mean age, 42 years ± 12; seven men), and 20 asymptomatic (mean age, 45 years ± 14; nine men). No participants in the symptomatic without myocarditis or asymptomatic groups had focal FDG uptake, myocardial edema, or impaired ventricular function. Two participants with symptomatic myocarditis had focal FDG uptake, and three had high T2 mapping values on MR images. Health-related quality of life was lower in the symptomatic myocarditis group than in the asymptomatic group. There were no adverse cardiac events beyond myocarditis in any participant. Conclusion At 2-month follow-up, FDG PET/MRI showed evidence of myocardial inflammation in two of 17 participants diagnosed with acute myocarditis early after COVID-19 vaccination, but not in symptomatic and asymptomatic participants without acute myocarditis. Keywords: Molecular Imaging, MR Imaging, Heart, Inflammation ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04967807 Supplemental material is available for this article. © RSNA, 2023


The present invention relates to a method of preparing a composite high frequency high dielectric microwave dielectric substrate. The steps: first by the ratio of ceramic powder mixed with the acid solution, and then adding a certain amount of the silane coupling agent, and then added to the resin, was heated with stirring, and drying to obtain a ceramic mixed powder; ceramic tile mixed powder in a mold, repeated shocks to make it smooth; the charged mold was placed in a hot press forming cold, room temperature, a pressure of 3 ~ 12MPa; both surfaces of the substrate after the final cold forming copper foil are covered, again placed in a mold , the sintering machine in hot pressing sintering, heat 2 ~ 10h at a temperature of 350 ~ 390 ℃, pressure of 5 ~ 22Mpa, then allowed to cool. High dielectric composite high frequency microwave dielectric substrate prepared by the present process have excellent mechanical properties, high dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, good uniformity and high density and to meet high-frequency high-dielectric microwave dielectric substrate composite Market demand.


The main purpose of this study is to find out the key challenges that Albanian exporters face, when internationalizing. The purpose of this research is reached by accomplishing the objectives of the study. The objectives are focused on three main areas: exporting companies challenges, food industry challenges and Albanian Market - export regulations creating challenges for the local companies. The book is focused on answering the main research question: "What are the main barriers that Albanian food industries face when exporting goods?" The main research question will be found by answering the main sub-questions which are designed for the three main areas mentioned above.


a single cause for delinquency, there is a tendency to find a single solution for it. It is the authors' opinion that &dquo;These panaceas, if taken alone, are of dubious value at best.&dquo; Along such panaceas for delinquency, the Webbs include curfew laws, punishment of parents, strict punishment of the delinquent child, and outlawing certain kinds of reading material and entertainment. The community should be aware, they point out, that no single law will solve a problem which has such complex and deep roots. Of reading matter, for instance, they say: &dquo;A look at history will show that ... horror and crime stories ...


to the unmanned nature of Wireless Sensor Networks, security becomes a key criterion when it comes to networks dealing with confidential data. Compromised node, Denial of Service (DoS) (1) attacks and Black-Holes/Sink-Holes (2) are the three key types of attacks in Sensor Networks. Classic routing algorithms use deterministic multipath routing schemes, where a predefined path exits between any two nodes. Once if the adversary acquires the routing algorithm it is possible to compute the route, making all information sent over these routes vulnerable to its attacks. Our approach involves selecting intermediary nodes for each packet rather than sending the packets directly to the destination node. This way, the user initially disperses all the packets that are to be transmitted using a modified form of Backpressure algorithm (4) and then directs them to the destination node using SENCAST (5). By following this method, most of the packets that are sent through a network have the probability of escaping black holes. Simulations show that our approach is much more effective in terms of security when compared to their deterministic counterparts.