Acute jaundice due to bile duct obstruction is defined as the retention of bile and bile components. Kidney and liver are largely responsible for inactivation and excretion of drugs, including organic anions, and other chemicals. In obstructive jaundice, adaptive mechanisms may permit urinary excretion of those potentially toxic compounds that could not be eliminated by the liver because biliary transport is impaired (Reichen & Simon, 1988; Klaassen & Aleksunes, 2010; Hagenbuch 2010).


Volterra analysis of the wide-band diode bridge track and hold amplifier (THA) is proposed based on a high frequency Schottky diode model. Approximate expressions for the third-order harmonic distortion and the third-order intermodulation distortion are derived respectively. Simulations based on a commercial available 130 nm process technology are performed with the SpectreRF circuit simulator. Comparative SpectreRF simulated results for the diode bridge THA have shown good agreement with those of Volterra series analysis.


Ahead of the ASCO Annual Meeting, we discuss the use of germline testing and PARP inhibitors in patients with breast cancer with Jennifer K. Litton, MD.


This article is a slight revision of a keynote lecture presented at the 15th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in Illinois in 2019. It argues that to experiment and create the "new" in post qualitative, post humanist, and other "new" forms of inquiry invented for the 21st century, social science researchers may well need to refuse conventional humanist social science research methodologies created for the problems of previous centuries.


OBJECTIVE
To study the effect of paeonol on experimental atherosclerosis in quails caused by high lipid feeding.

METHOD
The effects of oral administration of 300 and 600 mg/kg of paeonol on lipid levels in serum, hemorrheology and aortic intimal abnormalities were investigated.

RESULT
Paeonol decreased TC, TG, LDL, vLDL, APOB100 levels in serum and TC levels in aorta and liver. The ratios of HDL/TC, HDL2/HDL3, apoA1/apoB100 were elevated. In addition, the drug reduced the whole blood viscosity, Plasma viscosity and plasma fibrinogen, and inhibited erythrocyte aggregation.

CONCLUSION
Oral administration of paeonol can reduce the development of atherosclerosis.


Aiming at the serious viscosity loss occurring during Alkali/Polymer (AP) flooding of Dagang Yangsanmu Oilfield,GH viscosity stabilizer is formulated and developed.In order to research whether this viscosity stabilizer is useful to ultimate displacement characteristics of AP flooding,its effectiveness on displacement properties of AP system is analyzed one by one.Thermal-oxygen aging experiment,interfacial tensiometer and rheometer measurement,as well as SEM observation are applied to study long-term thermal-oxygen stability,IFT,rheological properties,viscoelastic properties and microscopic shape of AP system when GH viscosity stabilizer is added and not.The result shows that GH can keep the pseudoplasticity rheologic property and ultra-low interfacial tension of AP system and improve its long-term thermal-oxygen stability and viscoelastic properties through strengthening its micromechanism.GH viscosity stabilizer contributes to improve the stability of AP system,and possesses favorable field practice prospect in EOR.


Single and two shaft hot gas expander compression systems will soon replace conventional multitrain, low speed equipment due to significant economic and process advantages. The single train concept is a direct result of the recent advances in high pressure ratio compressor, high performance radial inflow turbine and high performance steam turbine technology. The application and custom engineering of single train compression systems is discussed, whereby emphasis is placed on performance and reliability.


In D.H.Lawrence's opinion,creation、criticism and aesthetics couldn't be deviated from feelings.That was to say,they couldn't be deviated from passion.The main body of creation was that a writer must be a person who was full of passions.In the matter of literature creation essence,it not only showed the writer's feelings but also expressed the character's feelings.According to his views of art,the article expounds that the true meaning of art lies in the expression of the passion of life.The task of art should present the relationship of the character and the circumstance around him.Meanwhile,the basic function of art is that it should carry morals and principles.Only in this way can the novel be the best medium of revealing of the vivid relationship change of rainbow.


Manipulators are often subjected to joint flexibility caused by various causes in industrial applications, such as shaft windup, harmonic drives and bearing deformation. However, many industrial robots are only equipped with motor-side encoders because link-side encoders and torque transducers are expensive. Because of joint flexibility and resulted slow response rate, control performance of these manipulators is very limited. Based on this, the purpose of this paper is to use easy-to-install and cheap accelerometers to improve control performance of such manipulators.,First, a novel tip-acceleration feedback method is proposed to avoid amplifications of approximation errors caused by inversion of the Jacobian matrix. Then, a new control scheme, consisting an artificial neural network, a proportional-derivative (PD) controller and a reference model, is proposed to track motor-side position and suppress link-side vibration.,By using the proposed tip-acceleration feedback method, each link's vibration can be suppressed correlatively. Through the networks, smaller motor-side tracking errors can be obtained and unknown dynamics can be compensated. Tracking and convergence performance of the network-based system can be improved by using the additional PD controller.,The originality is based on using accelerometers to improve link-side vibration suppression and control performance of flexible-joint manipulators. The previously used methods need expensive link-side sensors or accurate robot model, which is unavailable for many industrial robots only equipped with motor-side encoders. The report proposed a novel acceleration feedback method and used networks to solve such problems.


Self-determination theory suggests that motivation is multidimensional; as such, there are various dimensions ranging from autonomous (i.e., intrinsic) to more controlled forms (extrinsic) of motivation. While intrinsic motivation appears to be positively related to an individual's optimal functioning (e.g., happiness and performance), extrinsic motivation appears to be less beneficial. Furthermore, motivation is strongly determined by the context (e.g., job characteristics, such as autonomy). Although the relationship between job characteristics and workers' motivation has been demonstrated, how it impacts performance and happiness is still to be unpacked. Moreover, it is relevant to analyze such models within healthcare workers; their work is emotionally and psychologically demanding, hence, understanding what drives their intrinsic motivation is of crucial importance. Thereby, the aim of the study was to analyze the mediating role of intrinsic motivation and adaptive performance on the relationship between job characteristics and happiness. Based on the job characteristics model, we proposed a serial path from motivating job characteristics (autonomy, feedback, variety, meaning, and task identity) to healthcare workers' happiness via intrinsic motivation and adaptive performance, which was justified using the self-determination theory. We also argue that this path would not be significant for extrinsic motivation. We gathered data from 290 healthcare workers from a nursing home. The data were collected at three time points. The results support our hypotheses by demonstrating that all job motivating characteristics (autonomy, feedback, variety, meaning, and task identity) predicted healthcare workers' happiness by enhancing their intrinsic motivation and leading to better adaptive performances. The results are not significant for extrinsic motivation; that is, the serial mediating path was not significant when extrinsic motivation was analyzed. The findings highlight the need for managers to focus on work design, in a way to promote certain job motivating characteristics (e.g., autonomy), to improve healthcare workers' motivation, which leads them to achieve greater performances and, consequently, be happier. The study highlights that when healthcare workers have a job that provides them autonomy and regular feedback, with meaningful and varied tasks to which they feel a sense of identification, they tend to feel intrinsically motivated in their work, promoting higher adaptability to daily challenges, and, as a result, leaves them happier. The role of motivation and performance in the happiness of employees in a healthcare setting.


In the field of computer system anomaly detection, log anomaly detection is a very important project. In order to detect system faults from log text data accurately and quickly, this paper proposes a log anomaly detection method, namely Prog-BERT-LSTM, which uses the network based on the BERT model as the text vectorization module, and designs the sequence feature learning module based on LSTM to avoid the loss of sequence features caused by the disappearance of gradient in the calculation process, and further obtain the semantics and features of the input log sequence text. The progressive masking strategy is used to aggregate the text semantic vector and sequence feature vector. We compare the Prog-BERT-LSTM model with the BERT-based model (LogBERT) on three public log datasets. The test results show that the Prog-BERT-LSTM model has better performance than the standard BERT-based model (LogBERT).


With the arrival of sophisticated and inexpensive technologies, electronic crime has become more complex, more widespread and more difficult to detect. Although we welcome the benefits of such technologies in fighting crime, it is hard to ignore the potential abuses. Offenses such as identity theft and child exploitation are increasingly easy to commit.

For months last year, Robert Peak of Seattle used the latest technology to stalk his estranged wife, Sherri. He secretly placed a (...)


The Church tradition calls the followers of Christ in India Saint Thomas Christians. Where does this designation come from and why is it connected with the name of one of the Apostles of Christ? Taking into account the extant records, it seems that the appearance of Christ's disciples in India was formerly associated with another Apostle, St. Bartholomew. According to Ecclesiastical History written by Eusebius of Caesarea, the hypothetical founder of the Catechetical School of Alexandria, Pantaenus, travelled to India in the middle of the 2nd century.


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Secret police files from the Eastern bloc. Between surveillance and life writing, edited by Valentina Glajar, Alison Lewis and Corina L. Petrescu


Summary A system for in vivo analysis of sister chromatid exchange (SCE) was described. It involved culturing Chinese hamster V-79 cells in diffusion chambers (DC) in mice. Treatment of the hosts with repeated injections of 5-bromodeoxyuridine permitted the demonstration of differentially stained metaphases in the V-79 target cells after using the fluorescence plus Giemsa technique. Thus, it was possible to determine the number of SCE's under in vivo conditions. Induction of SCE in V-79 cells in vivo were studied following treatment with seven known promutagens/carcinogens: Cyclophosphamide, 1-(pyridyl-3)-3,3-dimethyltriazene, dimethylnitrosamine, diethylnitrosamine, benzo(α)-pyrene, 7,12-dimethylbenz(α)anthracene, 3-methylcholanthrene and three nonmutagens/noncarcinogens: perylene, pyrene, and anthracene. With the exception of DEN, all the promutagens/carcinogens caused a significant increase in the frequency of SCE. DEN was effective at the highest dose studied only after pretreatment with Aroclor 1254, a known mixed-function oxidase inducer. SCE analyses of the nonmutagens/noncarcinogens resulted in no increase of SCE frequency as compared to the controls. These results indicate that SCE analyses in V-79 cells in DC in mice may provide a convenient, sensitive, and economical host-mediated assay system for detecting certain classes of environmental mutagens or carcinogens.


The rise of the Internet and the advances in multimedia technologies have encouraged users to copy digital contents and ille- gally share them, thus violating the legal rights of content owners. In such a scenario, digital watermarking has become a key technology to support the copyright protection of multimedia digital contents dis- tributed on the Internet. This paper presents a nonblind watermarking procedure for JPEG images based on protected XML documents. The procedure enables the copyright owner to insert a distinct watermark code identifying the buyer into the distributed images. More precisely, the watermark is repeatedly embedded into an image in the DCT do- main at different frequencies and by exploiting both block classifica- tion techniques and perceptual analysis. The watermark is then ex- tracted from an image according to the information contained in a protected XML document associated to the image.


In this paper we examine a healthcare initiative aimed at improving coordination for children with complex care needs. We adopt a strategy-as-practice lens. We focus on how power and materiality emerge and play an active role in everyday strategizing practices and in so doing we highlight the agentic role of material artifacts – a relatively overlooked topic in prior research. We found that material artifacts gain power in their own right and can promote changes in healthcare practices, thereby improving the quality of healthcare delivery.


The article is devoted to L.L. Barkova – the famous Russian expert, the senior researcher of the department of Archaeology of Eastern Europe and Siberia of the State Hermitage (St. Petersburg), the keeper and the researcher of Siberian antiquities. After the graduation from the Leningrad State University, Lyudmila Leonidovna began to work in the State Hermitage in 1953. She participated in archaeological expeditions, was a curator of many exhibitions, including foreign ones, carried out educational and other activities. Her contribution to processing, studying and storage of the unique materials received at excava-tion of "imperial" barrows of Scythian-Saka time in Altai which belong to Pazyryk culture have a particular importance. L.L. Barkova wrote a number of scientific works on the subject. The papers devoted to ancient art have a special value. The information on the publications prepared by her colleagues is presented in the form of the bibliography. It is presented in the supplement to the article. All who interacted with Lyudmila Leonidovna note her human qualities, high professionalism and a responsible attitude to work.


Rainbow is a Java and web-based distributed database system designed for academic purposes, and serves as an exercise to understand concepts of distributed transactions and transaction management including concurrency control, atomic actions, data replication, and fault tolerance. The motivation for the Rainbow project is twofold. First, Rainbow can be used as a teaching tool. Graduate students taking Distributed Database (or Database Implementation courses) can gain a better understanding and experience of issues involved in transaction processing in a distributed environment [1][2][4]. The second motivation is to use Rainbow as a research tool to conduct scientific experiments on distributed database and transaction processing. To achieve these goals, Rainbow allows the user to configure and program the distributed environment, transactions, and transaction management protocols, and to observe local as well as global executions (history and measured behavior and performance). Rainbow also lends itself as an open system that can be easily changed and extended by students and researchers.


Natural gas trading in Europe has changed significantly since first deregulatory measures were taken in the late 1990s. The opening of transport infrastructure to third parties and the separation of transport from other activities along the natural gas value chain have in combination with other regulatory interferences, led to the development of several trading places across Europe. We investigate the current degree of market functioning in Europe based on short term trade in different regions. We test the hypothesis if natural gas markets in Europe exhibit a significant level of integration using the Kalman filtering technique. Our results identify a significant level of integration between twelve price series with varying evolution over time.


It designs a ASP-based (Application Service Provider) on-line interactive teaching learning system for CNC manual programming, gives some enabled key technologies and functionalities such as the extraction and expression of knowledge base for CNC machining process, the G M command base and its help and query, CNC codes associating correcting, on-line interactive CNC learning exercising system and examples of CNC programming. This system provides a Web-based heuristic CNC manual programming, learning and practicing environment with a graphical user friendly interface for more quickly and easily learning CNC programming and CNC machining.


: This article is a synthesis of a master's thesis whose objective was to discuss the evaluation system of school performance in the municipality of Bebedouro (SP) as an instrument for improving the management and regulation of educational policies and unfolded in analyzing this process, investigating the possibility of improvement in schooling results and identify and discuss whether the instruments used contributed to adjustments in public educational actions. The methodological procedures emphasized the theoretical, exploratory and qualitative approach, materializing through bibliographic research and document analysis by considering three structuring dimensions: evaluation, management and educational policy. The results showed that the data extracted from this assessment offered subsidies to develop, monitor and improve public policies in the municipal territory, generating instruments for correcting directions, reassessing priorities and planning actions. Therefore, this experience acquires relevance by serving as a reference to other Brazilian municipalities.


Objective To deepen the understanding about ventilator-associated pneumonia(VAP).Methods Patients admitted to the respiratory intensive care unit from Jan.2005 to Jan.2009 were divided into two groups,with or without VAP,according to the diagnosis criteria.The comparative analysis was performed in clinical characteristics,risk factors,distribution of pathological organisms and prognosis.Results The incidence of VAP was 48.6%(67/138 cases).The cases with deep venous catheter in VAP group were much more than non-VAP group(P0.05).The duration of ventilation ≥10 days among the patients of VAP group was 82.1%,while it was 17.9% in non-VAP group.significantly higher than that of non-VAP group.216 microorganisms were detected from patients with VAP.Pathogenic bacteria of VAP in ICU were mostly multidrug-resistant ones.of which the G-were 62.04%,G+ were 15.74% and fungi were 22.22%.Conclusion The risk factors of VAP may be the use of deep venous catheter and long duration of ventilation.The main pathogens are Acinetobacter species,Pseudomonas aenbginosa,and yeasts.The presence of VAP can significantly increase the mortality of patients.Prevention of VAP is the priority of treatment for elderly patients.


Abstract Hans Abrahamsen's recent music has been the subject of much critical and public acclaim, with his output of the last decade finding a new directness of expression even as it incorporates and develops elements of his musical language that have remained consistent over many years. This article examines the use of compositional processes within a number of these large-scale works – Schnee (2008), Wald (2009), the Double Concerto (2011) and Let me tell you (2013) – and explores the ways in which Abrahamsen generates and controls material through a variety of techniques of transformation and repetition. How smaller-scale systems interact to create music of great allusive complexity is considered through discussion of the variation form of Wald; finally, Abrahamsen's embracing of types of paradox and illusion are presented as strategies to unlock broader aesthetic issues within his music.


Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using cryoballoon (CB) ablation has comparable efficacy and safety compared to radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for first procedure treatment of symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). Redo procedures are usually done with RFA, allowing for selective pulmonary vein re-isolation as well as formation of additional lesion sets. It is unclear whether a combination of different ablation methods in the index procedure and the redo procedure provides an efficacy benefit compared to the use of RFA in both procedures. Purpose We aimed to compare the efficacy and procedural characteristics of redo AF-ablation-procedures in terms of the technology used in the first ablation procedure (Cryo vs. RFA). Methods We performed a retrospective analysis of our internal AF ablation registry, containing 310 consecutive patients that underwent a second ablation procedure for recurrence of symptomatic AF from November 2019 to August 2022. For 36 patients the method in the first procedure was unknown or a method alternative to RFA or Cryo was used, leaving 274 patients for analysis. Patients were stratified into two groups, based on the technology used in the index procedure (Cryo vs. RFA). Patients underwent follow-up at 3 and 12 months (at 12 months blanking phase recurrences were excluded), either as part of a prescheduled visit or via telephone call to the primary care provider or to the patient. Results 139 patients underwent the index PVI using RFA vs. 135 patients in which the index procedure was performed with Cryo. Baseline characteristics including sex (37.4% vs. 48.9% female, p=0.055), mean age (68.9 ± 9.7 vs. 68.7 ± 10.9 years, p=0.915), BMI (26,8 ± 4.1 vs. 28.4 ± 4.3 kg/m2. p=0.345), percentage of patients with paroxysmal AF (38.9% vs. 32.6%, p=0.280), arterial hypertension (69.6% vs. 67.4%, p=0.762), beta blocker use (84.1% vs. 80.7% p=0.472), class Ic or III antiarrhythmic drug use on discharge (40.3% vs. 45.9%, p=0.346) and mean left atrial diameter (39.7 ± 5.7 mm vs. 39.9± 5.6 mm. p=0.731) were all similar between groups. In the redo procedures, pulmonary vein reisolation was performed in 85.2% vs. 78.6% (p=0.204) after RFA vs. after Cryo. Additional substrate modifications including lines and defragmentation of low voltage potentials were done in 26.6% vs. 34.1% patients (p=0.179). Procedural duration (147.2 (110-180) vs. 139.0 (100-160) min, p=0.501), fluoroscopy time (12.1 (8.2-17.0) vs. 13.1 (8.2-19.0), p=0,638), and fluoroscopy dose (2525 (1425-3935)vs. 2544 (1356-4840) mGycm2, p=0.806) were comparable between groups. The rates of AF recurrence at 3 month follow-up (27.0% vs. 26.4%, p=0.924) and 12 month follow-up (25.6 vs. 34.5%, p=0.257) were similar between groups. Conclusion In this single center retrospective analysis, there was no difference in efficacy and procedural characteristics of redo AF-ablation-procedures based on the ablation method used in the index procedure.


The reproductive tracts of 110 non descriptive cows, collected from Faisalabad abattoir, were studied for biometrical values and pathological changes during disease condition. The average length of right ovary was 2.40 ± 0.06 cm and that of left ovary was 2.31 ± 0.05 cm. The average width of right ovary was 1.15 ± 0.02 cm and that of left ovary 1.14 ± 0.03 cm. The average thickness of right ovary was 1.61 ± 0.04 cm and that of left ovary was 1.52 ± 0.03 cm. The average weight of right and left ovaries was 4.29 ± 0.29 and 3.97 ± 0.24 g, respectively. The average size of right and left horns was 20.69 ±0.59 and 19.76 ± 0.58 cm, respectively. The average length of circumference and number of cervical rings were 6.0 ± 0.22, 8.40 ± 0.21 and 4.62 ± 0.09 cm, respectively. The incidence of pathological conditions observed were ovario-bursal adhesions, cystic ovary, cystic corpus luteum, parovarian cysts, teratomas, pyometra, metritis, mummified foetus, mucometra, cervicitis, fibrosity of cervix, tortuosity of cervix and double cervices. No abnormalities of oviducts were found.


describes small oscillations of ideal incompressible fl.uid that completely fills a container G and rotates about the vertical axis Oz at the constant angular velocity w = 1/2. This problem was studied by Sobolev in the famous paper [1]. Ralston [2] proved a general theorem on the position of the spectrum of the Coriolis operator stating that a(iB) = [-1, 1] for any domain G. It should be pointed out that the qualitative structure of the spectrum of B depends on the configuration of G. On the other hand, the properties of the solutions to the Cauchy problem (1) (such as almost-periodicity in the time variable t) are closely related to the structure of the spectrum. Almost-periodicity of the model problem corresponding to (1) for the case of two space variables, was studied by numerous authors (see the reviews [3, 4]). The three-dimensionai problem is much less studied. The structure of the spectrum of the Coriolis operator


Using amylose content as the selection indicator,we chose the progenies with significantly different amylose content in grains by continuous and unidirectional orthoselection from F2 to F10 generations,compared the progeny of Dongnong 1006(Its grain amylose content was 18.82%)and Dongnong 1012(7.70%)with their parent Dongnong 423(18.33%)and Toukei 180(11.05%),respectively.And we also compared the progeny of Dongnong 1006(18.82%) and Dongnong 1012(7.70%)with their parent Xixuan 1(18.74%)and Tong 769(17.05%).Moreover,all groups a- bove were chosen to analyze amylose accumulation and soluble starch synthase(SSS)activity and the expression levels of isoform genes during the grain filling.The results showed that the accumulated amount of amylose in parents and hybrid progeny with high amylose contents were always higher than that in the low amylose content progenies in differ- ent periods of grain filling,but for the amylopectin content,there were opposite results in the maturity stage.There were no significant negative correlations between the grain amylose content and amylopectin content 10,17,24days af- ter heading,and the correlation coefficients between SSS activity and the grain amylose content were 0.8115**,-0.7554*,-0.5957,respectively.In addition,the correlation coefficients between SSS activity and amylopectin content were-0.0694,0.5453,-0.0207,respectively.The expression levels of the OsSSSⅠ,OsSSSⅡ-1,OsSSS Ⅱ-3,OsSSSⅢ-1 and OsSSSⅢ-2 genes in endosperm of parents and hybrid progenies gradually peaked and then gradu- ally declined,following a single peak curve along with the process of grain filling,while the expression levels of the Os- SSSⅣ-2 gene just showed a downdraft.However,the expression levels of the OsSSSⅢ-2 and OsSSSⅣ-2 genes were higher than others in various periods of grain filling.Compared with their parents,hybrid progeny with high amylose content have the expression of increased genes and reducing genes during the different period of filling,as well as the hybrid progeny with low amylose content compared with their parents.Moreover,there was significantly positive correlation between SSS activity and the expression levels of the OsSSSⅠ,OsSSSⅡ-3,OsSSSⅢ-2,and no significant positive correlation between SSS activity and the expression of the OsSSSⅡ-1 and OsSSSⅣ-2,and no significant negative correlation between SSS activity and the expression of the OsSSSⅢ-1.


44  Dr. Holder is a Member, Training and Supervising Analyst, German and British Psychoanalytical Societies; and coauthor of The Patient and the Analyst and Freud's Models of the Mind . ATRICK CASEMENT' S "Some Pressures on the Analyst for Physical PContact During the Reliving of an Early Trauma" (1982) presents a welcome opportunity to comment on several aspects of it within the overall topic of this special issue on touch. I intend to do this in the first part of this paper. The second part will be devoted to a critical evaluation of psychoanalytical body psychotherapy as propagated by some of its exponents. The last part offers some thoughts on the differences in regard to the subject and meaning of touch in the analytical work with children as compared with adults.


A powerful and convenient reaction procedure for the C-N coupling reaction (the Buchwald-Hartwig reaction), yielding products of N-arylanilines and N-arylamines in both conventional heating and microwave irradiation has been reported. The protocol utilizes a stable and new supper ferromagnetic nanoparticle chelating N-heterocyclic dicarbene palladium(II) complex (Pd-NHC) as catalyst which helps/allows us to complete the reaction with only 0.002 mol% Pd producing high yield products. We also examined the reusability of the catalyst. It was found that the catalyst could be recovered by external magnetic field and  reused for seven times without obvious loss in catalytic activity.


The success of an enterprise is largely determined by its ability and flexibility to react to changes and its business process stability and safeness. Innovative technologies help to improve the execution and management of business processes and ensure that a competitive position can be achieved or enhanced. Radio frequency identification is such an innovative technology with a high potential of optimisation within business processes for example for reduction of processing time and failure rates. By means of a practical case study this paper gives recommendations and shows how RFID can improve business processes.


Inequality of income or the income gap between high-income groups
and low-income groups is a major problem that is commonly faced by developing
countries, including Indonesia. The aim of this study was to analyze the factors
unruk that mepengaruhi inequality in the province of East Java in 2011-2015.
This study uses four independent variables namely IPM, economic growth,
employment and population. The data used in this research is secondary data
analysis method used in this research is the analysis of panel data regression.
Results obtained from panel data regression analysis that Random Effects Model
(REM) is a panel data regression model is most appropriate. Based on test
validity or the effect of the t test, that the variables that significantly influence
income inequality in the province of East Java in 2011-2015 is simply the HDI
variable with a positive influence.


Transparent optical polymer/filler systems can be produced into complex shapes for a range of applications, such as lenses, shields, and containers. This work used refractive index liquids as a model for polymer matrices to investigate the degree of refractive index match required to maintain high transmission in an inorganic-filled polymer system (cubic calcium fluoride with particle size of 1 to 5 µm) over the visible spectrum. It was determined that in order to achieve a transparent composite (>85% transmission with 10 mm pathlength) with this filler (using literature reported dispersion data), the materials must have a refractive index match within ±0.007 for 1.6 vol.% loading. With a loading of 3.1 vol.%, the matching range required was reduced to approximately ±0.002.


The traditional two-dimensional roughmeter can not express the whole microscopic characteristics of the parts,while the three-dimensional optical roughmeter can only be used in the laboratory,but also can not be adapt to the occasion of the industrial field.So based on the analysis of traditional two-dimensional roughmeter's structure,three-dimensional roughmeter was designed;and the least squares method to fit the plane was used;according to the summed evaluation method for three-dimensional roughness parameters,the software system was programmed with LabVIEW.The three-dimensional parameters are validated by the test.The test shows that the surface can be effectively characterized by these parameters,which are able to overcome bad parametric statistics,large measuring deviation of the original two-dimensional parameters,closer to the real surface.


NB: The following description is for interest purposes only. This article only offers a brief synopsis of the steps taken during the TTA procedure. Any surgeon interested in performing this procedure is advised to attend a training session with a wet-lab practical course. PREMEDICATION, ANAESTHESIA AND POSITIONING After premedication with acepromazine and morphine, general anaesthesia is induced with propofol and maintained with isoflurane and oxygen. In addition, epidural anaesthesia is performed using preservative-free morphine diluted in Ringer's solution.


Dengue virus infection is increasingly being recognized as the world's major emerging tropical disease.1 Every year about 2.5 billion people worldwide are at risk of dengue. The disease infects an estimated 50 to 100 million individuals and, in some years, is responsible for around as many as 500 000 hospital admissions.1,2 An average 22 000 people die annually from the disease, three times more than influenza A H1N1 killed in 2009.1–3


Industrial development is hand-to-hand with economic growth. It has a positive impact on many economic sectors and human living, but also produces hazardous waste which giving a negative impact on the environment and human health. Industrial wastes have a high contribution to climate changes, many human diseases, a mutation on animals and plants. Recently, there are many methods to overcome industrial waste include physical, chemical, and biological treatment. Moreover, waste management also is developed to optimize the treatment using 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) and WTE (Waste to Energy). Therefore, this paper tried to discuss many technologies for industrial waste treatment and management includes recent research, benefit, and drawback.


Exposure to seismic hazard in mines is controlled through various evacuation, exclusion and re-entry procedures. The aim of exposure management procedures is to tactically reduce the safety risk by removing personnel from work areas during periods of elevated seismic hazard. Given that risk assessment is based on exposure, the design of exposure management procedures must also be risk-based.
In practice, the decision to re-enter a workplace after an exclusion is generally only made based on an assessment of the seismic hazard, often using previously defined levels of tolerable seismic activity rates. The definition of tolerable seismic hazard, in the context of re-entry, is seldom quantitatively assessed based on risk. In order to move towards a comprehensive seismic risk management strategy, design methodologies must be able to quantify the impact of different exclusion and re-entry practices on risk. The appropriate reentry practice can then be selected given the defined risk-based design acceptance criteria.
There is still a long way to go before the risk-based design framework for exposure management procedures is complete. This paper reviews the current state of design of exposure management controls in the context of risk and discusses several important areas for further research.


The relationship between low back pain and lumbar lordosis has been studied extensively with many contradictory conclusions. The already existing exercise programs to correct the accentuated lumbar lordosis have got many disadvantages. Objectives: Introduce newly developed exercise program to verify the relationship between mechanical low back pain and increased lumbar curve. A new program of exercise has been designed to alleviate the disadvantage of the previous programs. Study design: experimental, one group . Twelve patients with average age 39.3±4.5 years were included in the study, all have chronic low back pain over one year with lordotic angle over 50 degrees. Lateral X ray-films were taken before, after one and two months of treatment .A metal frame was designed to facilitate the use of plumb line, also a wedged pillow with an angle of 115u and stretch tool was designed for the execution of the exercise program. The patients did not receive any source of heat or medication throughout the treatment. The results revealed to a significant reduction of pelvic inclination, lumbosacral angle and lumbar curve were 5.4u, 2.6u and 3.00u , respectively after the end of the second month of treatment . There is gradual and complete relief of pain without recurrence. It is concluded that this new program alleviated the disadvantages of the previous programs .It confirm the relation between low back pain and accentuated lumbar lordosis. (Fatma A. El-Hamalawy. A Newly Developed Exercise Program for Treatment of Mechanical Low Back Pain


This research is to know difference between study result of the student who study using Somatic Auditory Visual Intelectual (SAVI) approach and students who study using conventional study in sains subject. The research is false experiment with post test only control group design plan. This research population is all of 5


Dragonflies never cease surprising me. I thought the most astonishing observation was the apparent "death feigning" (tonic immobility) of females to avoid male harassment. I observed this behavior during my PhD studies in the Swiss Alps in the holarctic Moorland Hawker (Sedge Darner) Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus) (Khelifa 2017). Ever since then, I have wondered whether this behavior occurs in other closely dragonfly species.


Let G be a connected reductive algebraic group defined over a finite field Fq of q elements, and B be a Borel subgroup of G defined over Fq. Let k be a field and we assume that k = F̄q when char k = char Fq. We show that the abstract induced module M(θ) = kG ⊗kB θ (here kH is the group algebra of H over the field k and θ is a character of B over k) has a composition series (of finite length) if char k 6= char Fq. In the case k = F̄q and θ is a rational character, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a composition series (of finite length) of M(θ). We determine all the composition factors whenever a composition series exists. Thus we obtain a large class of abstract infinite-dimensional irreducible kG-modules.


The aim of this article is to discuss how the increasing social control of violence and aggression, which characterized the period from the Archaic to the Classical Age in ancient Greece, can be explained as an Eliasian civilizing process. Particularly crucial for this development is the question of how the city-state's distinctive urban-political structures were the locus of this civilizing process. Accordingly, it is argued that not only are Elias's key concepts analytically relevant to the ancient Greek civilizing process, but also that they are to be reassessed in the light of the ancient Greek city-state culture. Thus, by the advancing of the argument that the civilizing process is not a uniquely western phenomenon, which occurred in western Europe from the Middle Ages to the end of the 19th century, the analytical relevance of Elias is re-evaluated and augmented.


The purpose of this work is to establish the basis to design an instrument to evaluate competences for non related-stress situations and their relationship with the presence or the absence of diseases. The proposal is based on the Ribes' psychological model of biological health, which responds to the need of understanding the influence of diverse psychological factors on healthdisease state. This model predicts a relationship between degree of competence and disease, among other important psychological factors. A two-parts instrument is proposed with this objective. The first one is designed to evaluate the health-disease state of individuals, and the second one their degree of competence and the affective and evaluative dimensions.


The purpose of this research is to examine the influence of profitability, capital structure, and asset structure positively to the stock price on manufacture companies which are listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The research samples have been selected by using purposive sampling technique to the 62 manufacture companies have been published the financial statement and active stocks which have been traded at Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2014 – 2016 periods with the amount of 186 data which have yet to be the research sample criteria.The data analysis has been carried out by using multiple linier regressions analysis. The results of the study found out that capital structure has a positive influence on stock price means that the high capital structure influences shareholder decisions in increasing stock price. Profitability has a significant positive influence on stock price means that every increase in the profitability of a food and beverages company, it causes the stock price will increase. And asset structure have a positive influence on stock price means to indicate that every increase in asset structure of manufacture company, it causes that stock price will increase.


A technique is proposed that evaluates efficiently the coefficients of a spherical wave expansion and is applicable to the optical synthesis of shaped beams. The method which extends previously published work, avoids the need to directly evaluate numerically a double integral to compute each coefficient. Examples are given of the technique when applied to Westcott's far-field optical synthesis procedure. The use of a tapered optical field distribution to improve the radiation characteristics of a shaped beam antenna is demonstrated.


Inpatient child psychiatry should be seen as a mode of treatment and not a bureaucratic convenience or a form of substitute care. The kind of therapeutic work and research generated within inpatient units has taken a distinguished place in the history of mental health services for children,' but in the current climate there are a number of trends that quite rightly necessitate those of us working in such units to clarify and define our role in current mental health services for children. In both paediatrics and adult mental health there has been a move away from inpatient beds and towards primary care and community services. In child psychiatry a family oriented approach can make isolating the child during an admission seem paradoxical. Our units, although low on medical technology, have high needs for staffing and physical fabric, and can seem expensive. As in any mode of treatment one can consider indications for use, mode of action, appropriate 'dosage', efficacy, and unwanted effects. I will also try and speculate a little into the future. The focus of this article is child inpatient units for children up to 14 years; adolescent psychiatry units taking children from 14 upwards have their own particular features, although many of the same points apply.


In this paper, we present a nonlinear PID controller based on saturation functions with variable parameters in order to regulate the output voltage of a buck converter in the presence of changes in the input voltage. The main feature of the proposed controller is to bound the control input with a variable parameter to avoid the windup effect generated by the combination of the integral control action and some operation conditions. The main advantages of the proposed nonlinear PID controller are its low computing cost and the simple tuning task to implement the control strategy in an embedded system. The acceptable behavior of the closed-loop system is presented through the simulation and experimental results.


A decision maker, whose payo is inuenced by an unknown stochastic process, seeks the advice of an advisor, who may be informed about the process. We identify a sucient condition on the correlation between the advisor's information and the true stochastic process, called conservativeness, for which there exists a strategyD of the decision maker that will yield him an almost rst-best payo in every period. We also demonstrate that without conservativeness no


Offshore wind power has been extremely popular in recent years, and in the energy technology field, relevant research has been increasingly conducted. However, research regarding patent portfolios is still insufficient. The purpose of this research is to study the status of mainstream offshore wind power technology and patent portfolios and to investigate major assignees and countries to obtain a thorough understanding of the developmental trends of offshore wind power technology. The findings may be used by the government and industry for designing additional strategic development proposals. Data mining methods, such as multiple correspondence analyses and k-means clustering, were implemented to explore the competing technological and strategic-group relationships within the offshore wind power industry. The results indicate that the technological positions and patent portfolios of the countries and manufacturers are different. Additional technological development strategy recommendations were proposed for the offshore wind power industry.


To avoid changing parameters largely and frequently in the experiment for seeking optimum vibration parameters and drilling parameters,a wavelet neural network model was proposed for vibration drilling process with varying parameters taking advantage of the characteristic that the wavelet function has better approximation capability to the one-dimension signals, and the input weight was chosen by the grey relevancy analysis. Theoretical analysis and experiment show that the optimum vibration parameters and drilling parameters can be seeked at the different stages of the drilling process by proposed simulation model.


An experienced therapist offers groundbreaking--and compassionate--techniques for helping "chronically inflexible" children, who suffer from excessively immoderate tempers, showing how brain-based deficits contribute to these problems and offering positive and constructive ways to calm things down. Original. 40,000 first printing.


THE problem of bleeding during operations has long exercised the minds of surgeons. This problem has two aspects: first, the danger to life from loss of blood, and second, the inconvenience to the surgeon of a blood-obscured operation field. With the ready availability of stored blood, the first part of t4e problem is no longer so formidable. The second, that of bleeding in the field of operation, still awaits a satisfactory solution. In surgery of the brain, ease of access and the avoidance of surgical trauma depend considerably on a low intracranial tension, which, in turn, is dependent in marked degree upon arterial blood pressure. In neurosurgery the Halstead-Cushing operative technique, the use of suction and diathermy and of absorbable haemostatics partly meet the difficulties occasioned by bleeding in the operation field. Modern anaesthetic methods, too, influence the amount of operative bleeding and lower intracranial tension by preventing venous congestion of the brain. Nevertheless intracranial surgery is still considerably hampered and limited by operational blood loss, by obscuration of the field by blood and by inconveniently high intracranial pressure. In order to minimise blood loss in operations on particularly vascular cerebral tumours, Gardner introduced into clinical practice the method of "controlled induced hypotension by arteriotomy", and our experience with this method is the subject of the present paper. Briefly, the procedure is to bleed the patient from an artery into bottles containing an anti-coagulant, until the blood pressure is stabilised at a suitably low level, and subsequently to return the blood to the patient by the same route. The experimental basis on which this clinical practice is founded is that of Kohlstaedt and Page2 who used an arterial cannula to bleed animals for the purpose of studying shock, returning the blood through the same cannula. These workers found that it was possible to maintain a given level of circulatory hypotension by judicious small bleedings and re-infusions. They also found that, in animals which had been thus kept in extreme hypotension for periods up to 135 minutes, if the shed blood was returned by the arterial route, a more rapid and certain recovery ensued than in those treated by intravenous re-infusion.


A polymeric multilayer optical film laminate is provided comprising a first portion and a polymeric multilayer optical film having a melting zone extending between the second portion, and such films of the multilayer optical film that. Shearing operation or other external influence acts on the film in the first part, when the delamination of individual layers of the multilayer optical film occurs, delamination from the first portion to the second portion melting zone to prevent the propagation is effective. Melting zone, and at least a portion of said deformation of individual layers of the multilayer optical film. Melt zone can be positioned to extend along a part or the whole of the periphery of the multilayer optical film, and adjacent thereto.


Previous research shows that experimental sleep deprivation alters emotion processing, suggesting a potential mechanism linking sleep disruption to mental ill-health. Extending previous work, we experimentally disrupted sleep continuity in good sleepers and assessed next-day emotion processing and regulation using tasks with established sensitivity to depression. In a laboratory-based study, 51 good sleepers (37 female; mean age = 24 years, SD= 3.63) were randomized to one night (23:00-07:00) of uninterrupted sleep (n=24) or sleep continuity disruption (n=27). We assessed emotion perception, attention, and memory the following day. Participants also completed an emotion regulation task and measures of self-reported affect, anxiety, sleepiness, overnight declarative memory consolidation, and psychomotor vigilance. Confirming the effects of the manipulation, sleep continuity disruption led to a marked decrease in polysomnography-defined total sleep time (229.98 mins vs 434.57 mins), increased wake-time after sleep onset (260.66 mins vs 23.84 mins) and increased sleepiness (d=0.81). Sleep continuity disruption led to increased anxiety (d=0.68), decreased positive affect (d=-0.62), reduced overnight declarative memory consolidation (d=-1.08) and reduced psychomotor vigilance [longer reaction times (d=0.64) and more lapses (d=0.74)], relative to control. However, contrary to our hypotheses, experimental sleep disruption had no effect on perception of, or bias for, emotional facial expressions, emotional memory for words, or emotion regulation following worry induction. In conclusion, one night of sleep continuity disruption had no appreciable effect on objective measures of emotion processing or emotion regulation in response to worry induction, despite clear effects on memory consolidation, vigilance, and self-reported affect and anxiety.


Robustness studies on integrated urban public transport networks have attracted growing attention in recent years due to the significant influence on the overall performance of urban transport system. In this paper, topological properties and robustness of a bus–subway coupled network in Beijing, composed of both bus and subway networks as well as their interactions, are analyzed. Three new models depicting cascading failure processes on the coupled network are proposed based on an existing binary influence modeling approach. Simulation results show that the proposed models are more accurate than the existing method in reflecting actual passenger flow redistribution in the cascading failure process. Moreover, the traffic load influence between nodes also plays a vital role in the robustness of the network. The proposed models and derived results can be utilized to improve the robustness of integrated urban public transport systems in traffic planning.


Changes in contents of amino acids of litchi(Litchi chinensis Sonn.) cultivar,Shuangjianyuhebao stored by refrigerated storage at 3-5 ℃ and controlled atmosphere(CA) storage(3-5 vol% O2,3-5 vol% CO2at 3-5 ℃ and 85-95% RH) for 42 days were analyzed by using an automatic amino acid analyzer.The results showed that the fresh litchi has total amino acid content of 2.93 mg/g with γ-amino-n-butyric acid(GABA),alanine and glutamine being of the dominant amino acid composition.No significant difference(p0.05) in total amino acid content between samples with refrigerated storage and CA storage was found in the early storage period.After a 42-day storage,total amino acid contents of the samples by refrigerated storage and CA storage were 2.93 mg/g and 3.13 mg/g,respectively.GABA in samples stored for 14 days by refrigerated and CA storage was increased from 1.01mg/g and 1.08 mg/g to 1.25 mg/g and 1.30 mg/g,respectively.Then GABA was decreased during refrigerated storage,but maintained a stable level during CA storage(p0.05).Alanine content in sample stored by refrigerated and CA storage showed a little increase(p0.05).During 7-day storages under different conditions,glutamine content was decreased and glutamic acid content was increased(p0.05).


This paper studies the hybrid simultaneously wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) protocol for full-duplex (FD) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. A wireless energy transmission method combining time-switching (TS) and power-splitting (PS) is proposed to enable the sensor to receive more energy from the base station (BS). In the case of relatively concentrated sensor or user distribution, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is applied during the information transmission phase. At last, we optimize the beamforming matrix to maximize the downlink (DL) sum-rate. Simulation results show that the proposed NOMA-aided hybrid SWIPT protocol outperforms traditional schemes.


A new approach for calculating relativistic corrections to the nuclear magnetic shieldings is presented. Starting from a full relativistic second order perturbation theory expression a two-component formalism is constructed by transforming matrix elements using the elimination of small component scheme and separating out the contributions from the no-virtual pair and the virtual pair part of the second order corrections to the energy. In this way we avoid a strong simplification used previously in the literature. We arrive at final expressions for the relativistic corrections which are equivalent to those of Fukui et al. [J. Chem Phys. 105, 3175 (1996)] and at some other additional terms correcting both the paramagnetic and the diamagnetic part of the nuclear magnetic shielding. Results for some relativistic corrections to the shieldings of the heavy and light nuclei in HX and CH3X (X=Br,I) at both random phase and second order polarization propagator approach levels are given.


The possibility of realizing non-Abelian excitations (non-Abelions) in two-dimensional (2D) Abelian states of matter has generated a lot of interest recently. A well-known example of such non-Abelions are parafermion zeros modes (PFZMs) which can be realized at the endpoints of the so called genons in fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states or fractional Chern insulators (FCIs). In this letter, we discuss some known signatures of PFZMs and also introduce some novel ones. In particular, we show that the topological entanglement entropy (TEE) shifts by a quantized value after crossing PFZMs. Utilizing those signatures, we present the first large scale numerical study of PFZMs and their stability against perturbations in both FQH states and FCIs within the density-Matrix-Renormalization-Group (DMRG) framework. Our results can help build a closer connection with future experiments on FQH states with genons.


Quick Response Code Abstract: To over half the world's population, rice is the primary staple food. In recent years, there has been a shift from transplanted rice to direct-seeded rice cultivation mainly driven by seasonal scarcity of agricultural labor, increasing water scarcity, and high cost of production. Labor constraints mean sowing and transplanting are often delayed, resulting in yield losses. It is cost and time intensive for farmers. It causes adverse effects to soil and environment. Because of the low input demand, direct-seeded rice (DSR) has gained a lot of attention. Direct seeded rice refers to the process of developing seed crops from field seeds instead of transplanting seedlings. Three methods of direct seeding are known, namely: dry-DSR, wet-DSR and water seeding. Precise land grading, good crop establishment, accurate water management, weed management, and nutrient management are the most important prerequisites for successful direct-seed rice crop. There are no varieties to date specifically targeted for DSR but many of the inbred varieties and hybrids bred for puddled transplanted are found to be suitable. Direct seeding follows the aerobic cultivation of paddy, so the nutrient dynamics are altered. Several key nutrients like N, P, S, Zn, and Fe are likely to be a constraint. The infestation of weeds can cause significant loss of DSR yield.


In vivo ^(31)P NMR spectroscopic study of forearm wrist flexor muscles was performed in two groups of volunteers composed contraction of 6 sedentaries and 6 oarsmen. A continuous isometric contraction of endurance exercises was adopted in oder to assess the endurance capacity and recovery potential of skeletal muscles. Differences in high energy phosphorus metabolism between the sedentaries and oarsmen were evaluated with an emphasis on the intracellular pH and Pi/PCr ratio ad indicators of high energy phosphorus metabolism. There were differences of baseline pH and Pi/PCr ratio between the two groups. The sedentaries sustained the exercise at a more acidic intracellular pH and at a higher Pi/PCr ratio of intracellular conditions for an all-out than did the oarsmen. The recovery rate of pH shows no differences between the two groups. There was a tendency of faster recovery of Pi/PCr in oarsmen showing half recovery time (T½) of seconds as compared to that of oarsmen. The recovery rate of Pi/PCr as a function of Pi/PCr ratio at a given period of time was significantly faster in sedentaries than in oarsmen (P<0.05). The correlation coefficient of the recovery rate of Pi/PCr against the Pi/PCr ratio was and respectively for the sedentaries and oarsmen to the heavy exercise. The pH and the Pi/PCr ratio at an ail-out state can be used as indicators of endurance capacity and the recovery rate of Pi/PCr, as a recovery potential of skeletal muscles.


................................................................................................ iv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS............................................................................ v INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW..............................................1 MATERIALS AND METHODS......................................................................6 RESULTS.................................................................................................. 10 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS............................................................15 LITERATURE CITED.................................................................................18


Anna Lesznai (1895-1966), a Hungarian artist and writer of Jewish descent, was a well-known figure of the Hungarian avant-garde. Lesznai's view of womanhood that is contained in the unstructured writings of her diary, addresses one of the major questions of the time: What makes women feminine and how do women construct their female identity? Her view of gender as founded in biological sex reflects her era when women's birthing capability was the focal point of their role and identity. Lesznai's view of the female self is constructed through two kinds of birthing—biological and creative. She asserts that birthing is an action in which women actively and voluntarily participate, giving agency to women and empowering them more than men who are barren. Lesznai redefined the role of women as a birth-giver, rather than a mother.


almost universally, until a few generations ago, and still are among primitive peoples, objects of superstitious terror. The coming of a comet into the heavens was held to portend calamity to men and nations. Comets were, in many cases, believed to be evil spirits prying around, above the earth, for the purpose of doing mischief. For instance, in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (act ii, scene 2), we find these lines: "When beggars die, there are no comets seen ;


With the material of hawthorn, the low alcoholic bubble wine is fermented by adding the grape yeast imported from France, and the low alcoholic degree is 5%(v/v), the general surgar beyond 50, general acid(g/mL)is 0.8~1.0. The pressure of CO2 in the bottle in 20℃ is beyond 0.3 MPa. And all of these obey the standard of national bubble wine.


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random primers have been used to screen for useful primers in study on genetic identification and purity assessments by RAPD, from which 12 useful primers were selected and used in RAPD assay with 80 garlic cultivars and lines mainly collected from 17 provinces and regions of China and abroad The optimum reaction system and program of temperature adjustment for PCR has been worked out and RAPD banding patterns of the garlic germplasm showed good polymorphism and specificity Differences in the garlic based on the banding patterns presented the same tendency with that by agronomic characters Confusions by one garlic cultivar with different names or one name given to several garlic cultivars have been made clear Purities of several garlic cultivars were tested It is depicted that the RAPD technique will be one of the useful tools in genetic identification and purity assessments of garlic


New scientific tools for investigating the qualitative and quantitative response of wood to mechanical loading under conditions close to those of mechanical pulping are needed to find ways of radically reducing energy consumption. At KCL a modulated loading device was developed to fulfill these requirements. The device allows the static load, the loading frequency and the amplitude to which wood is subjected to be varied over a wide range.


Induction motor is a critical component in many power plants & industrial processes and is frequently integrated in commercially available equipment. Safety, reliability, efficiency and performance are some of the major concerns of induction motor applications. Due to high reliability requirements, and cost of breakdown, the issue of condition monitoring of induction motors and diagnosis is of great importance. For these reasons, there has been a continually increasing interest and investigations into the fault detection and diagnosis of induction motors. Failures among motors indicate that 10% of the induction motor failures are rotor related and most of them are having cage faults. About 41% of failures are bearing related and 37% of failures are related to stator faults.


MINNEAPOLIS, MN – August 28, 2013 – Manufacturers of heavy duty off-road equipment and onroad trucks demand high-performance air filtration solutions that fit in compact spaces. PowerCore® air cleaners from Donaldson Company (NYSE:DCI), a leading, worldwide manufacturer of filtration systems and parts, do just that. Donaldson is pleased to announce that its PowerCore product line now covers even more onand offroad applications with the recent additions of the PCD family and the PSD14.


Due to its corrugated hexagonal lattice structure, Black phosphorus (BP) has unique anisotropic physical properties, which provides an additional freedom for designing devices. Many body interactions, including interactions with phonon, is crucial for heat dissipation and charge carrier mobility in device. However, the rich properties of the coherent acoustic phonon, including anisotropy, propagation and generation, were not fully interrogated. In this paper, the polarization-resolved transient absorption microscopy was conducted on BP flakes to study the anisotropic coherent acoustic phonon dynamics. It is found that the damping of the coherent acoustic phonon oscillation was anisotropic, which was revealed to be originated from the anisotropic absorption by pump power dependent experiment. The initial oscillation amplitude of coherent acoustic phonon was found to be anisotropic, from which we believed that the direct photoelastic mechanism dominated the generation of coherent acoustic phonons in our experiment. Besides, we calculated the sound velocity of the coherent acoustic phonon from the oscillation frequency and the acoustic echo, respectively, which well agreed with each other. These findings provide significant insights into the rich acoustic phonon properties of BP, and promise important application for BP in polarization-sensitive optical and optoelectronic devices.


This article analyzes the characteristics of complete sets of electrical appliances enterprise production and the current situation and the demand situation of enterprise information application, points out that the complete sets of electrical appliances enterprise information platform should be based on product data management, including CAX/CAPP/PDM/ERP integrated application platform. In this platform architecture, information integration of product data management is responsible for the management of design and process, generate BOM design and process of BOM, form the basis for ERP data, and ERP is responsible for the order of the original information input, logistics and cash flow. Using the corresponding interface design, PDM and ERP will keep database exchange of information. In the J2EE platform, establish the enterprise PDM and ERP system prototype. In system implementation, the phases of the modular structure, construct the enterprise information platform of the system. As to demonstrate the application, in a relatively short period of time, complete the implementation of a complete set of electric enterprise information system, and achieved remarkable results.


FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: material comprising a hemostatic agent O,O'-dipalmitoyl chitosan or a salt thereof and one or more bioadhesive neutral substances are described. EFFECT: increased hemostatic activity of modified chitosan, hydrophobically modified chitosan, high water solubility, increased hemostatic properties of the hemostatic material based on modified chitosan, expansion of the hemostatic arsenal. 28 cl, 7 tbl, 1 dwg, 11 ex


The measurement problems encountered while trying to exhibit the influence of market risk factor on asset returns may be numerous. It seems then difficult to highlight the unique common latent factor underlying stock return evolutions in the market. So far, excess return relationships are mainly and broadly considered. Moreover, basic and common studies require a market factor proxy (i.e., market portfolio benchmark). The chosen proxy usually impacts related results (see Roll [1977]). To bypass such problems, we resort to Kalman filtering methodology to exhibit the common latent factor underlying stock market returns. Of course, when this one exists.Forthcoming in Bankers, Markets & Investors as "Investigating the Common Latent Component in Stock Returns: Systematic and Systemic Risk Factors".


Dear Editor, Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease, which is most common in adult females, and sometimes is associated with other connective tissue diseases, such as Sj€ ogren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus. However, the combination of RA, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and thymoma is relatively less frequent. In this case report, we present a case of RA associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and thymoma. A 38-year-old Chinese woman was admitted to our hospital because of an 11-year history of general arthralgia and persistent joint stiffness. The arthralgia affected mainly hand joints (especially the proximal interphalangeal joints) and wrists bilaterally. Morning stiffness was not evident and joint swelling improved after movement of the corresponding joints. Her finger swelling and arthralgia grew worse in 2009. The arthralgia began to affect the finger joints bilaterally, partially the distal interphalangeal joints, shoulders and knees. Duration of morning stiffness was 2–3 h and movement was obviously limited. She was taking non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for joint pain when necessary and there was no history of immunosuppressant therapy. The patient was admitted to our hospital because of exacerbated arthralgia and limited movement after a cold 1 month ago. Her thyroid was enlarged and she was diagnosed as having Hashimoto's thyroiditis 8 years ago but without any treatment. On admission, physical examinations revealed mild swelling of the thyroid and stiffness of bilateral wrist joints. There was swan neck deformity in both hands. Tenderness was found in metacarpophalangeal joints and the proximal interphalangeal joints. Bilateral finger tip was deviated to the ulnaris side. Limited movement was also found in bilateral wrists, especially the left. Laboratory findings were as follows: anti-cyclic cirullinated peptide antibody, anti-keratin antibody and rheumatoid factor were positive; erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 106 mm/first h; anti-thyroglobulin antibody was over 2000 IU/mL; anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody was more than 1000 IU/mL; antinuclear antibody, anti-Sj€ ogren's syndrome A antibody and C-reactive protein were positive. Liver function tests showed that the level of globulin was 39.1 g/L. Chest computed tomography (CT) scan disclosed a mass in the area of the thymus. Thymus nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) detected that both thyroids were enlarged and there was a superior mediastinal mass on the left side. Thymoma was considered. The patient was then treated with meloxicam (7.5 mg twice daily), prednisone (30 mg once daily), amethopterin (10 mg weekly), sulfasalazine (0.75 g three times a day), hydroxychloroquine (0.2 g twice daily). In the meantime, some supporting therapies were taken, including administration of anti-osteoporotic and gastric mucosal protective drugs. Three months later, the symptoms ameliorated. As a result, meloxicam was discontinued and prednisone gradually was tapered to 10 mg daily. Swelling of joints almost disappeared, and in the meanwhile the thyroid apparently reduced. The patient has been self-reliant up to now. RA is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by chronic destructive polyarthritis. Various kinds of autoantibodies can be examined in the sera of RA patients. The underlying mechanisms of RA include predisposing genes, infection factors, autoimmune response-induced immunolesions and repair. Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease and many kinds of thyroid antibodies, for example, anti-thyroid stimulating hormone receptor antibody, thyroglobulin antibody and antinuclear antibody, can be found in the sera of these patients. The mechanism of Hashimoto's thyroiditis involves both humoral immunity and cellular immunity. This disease can coexist with other autoimmune diseases, such as RA, malignant anemia and rheumatic heart disease. Thymoma is the most common tumor of the anterior mediastinum, the mechanism of which is also related


This article gives a presentation of the Automatic Gain Control algorithm used in WCDMA (3rd generation mobile networks). The focus is on how the controller bandwidth influences settling times and modulation distortion. This will be investigated through simulation for two different channel cases.


With large sets of text documents increasing rapidly, being able to efficiently utilize this vast volume of new information and service resource presents challenges to computational scientists. Text documents are usually modeled as a term-document matrix which has high dimensional and space vectors. To reduce the high dimensions, one of the various dimensionality reduction methods, concept decomposition, has been developed by some researchers. This method is based on document clustering techniques and leastsquare matrix approximation to approximate the matrix of vectors. However the numerical computation is expensive, as an inverse of a dense matrix formed by the concept vector matrix is required. In this paper we presented a class of multistep spare matrix strategies for concept decomposition matrix approximation. In this approach, a series of simple sparse matrices are used to approximate the decompositions. Our numerical experiments on both small and large datasets show the advantage of such an approach in terms of storage costs and query time compared with the least-squares based approach while maintaining comparable retrieval quality.


Abstract High dose 56Fe implantations (15–110 keV) in oxygen ion conducting solid solutions of 0.86 Zr02-0.14 YO1.5 [ZY14] are used to introduce electronic conductivity. The Fe distribution in the target as a function of the various implantation parameters (dose, acceleration voltage) has been studied. Different profile shapes can be obtained. A combination of a high surface concentration and a rather flat profile in a surface layer is possible. Strong deviations from the normally expected Gaussian distribution are found after high dose implantation due to sputtering effects. However, if the sputter yield is experimentally determined, good prediction of the implanted dopant distribution is still possible. The peak concentration of high dose distributions is situated at or close to the surface. This surface peak concentration is obtained at a steady-state situation of concurrent sputtering and implantation of Fe. A maximum surface concentration with respect to Zr(Fe/Zr = 1.0) is achieved with the highest i...


In the previous research, the primitive variable methods have been proposed in the numerical scheme of magnetic field of thermo-electrically conducting fluids. The point to be emphasized in the above mentioned scheme is to satisfy the conservation law of magnetic flux efficiently. In the present paper, we compare the two numerical schemes of magnetic field, namely the cross helicity method and the numerical residual method, concentrating on convergence of Poisson's equation of the velocity and magnetic fields. Moreover, the relationship between the periodicity of low Prandtl number fluids and the convective inhibitation effect by Lorentz force must be clarified quantitatively. The frequency characteristics of kinetic energy, enstrophy, palinstrophy and hydromagnetic cross helicity are calculated by the maximum entropy method.


The particular switch concerned here is a Three-Stage Time-space-time(TST)interconnection network and performs the time-division circuit switching.The input and output stages are Time Slot Interchangers(TSI).The central stage is a time-multiplexed switch with two ports per address.By exploiting the channel grouping at the central stage as well as reducing the average loading at each internal frame,the three-stage multicast switch has po-tential to remove almost all slot contention blockings.


In the frame of a project aimed at selecting
plant-microbe associations useful for
phytoremediation purposes in a heavy metal
(HM) polluted area in the Sulcis-Iglesiente
region, we screened the accumulation of Cd
and other HMs in different plant parts of
several spontaneous herbaceous species
occurring in a HM polluted area and grazed
by ruminants, with the aim to check the
potential dangers that such plant species can
represent for the food chain safety.


Wegman [1] showed that a parallel coordinate plot [2] can be used for data analysis. This is one of the statistical graphics for the visualization of multivariate data and has become an important tool for exploratory data analysis. Swayne et al. [3] developed software with interactive functions such as linking, highlighting and brushing for various statistical graphics including parallel coordinate plots. Furthermore, Edsall [4] proposed tools for the interactive and exploratory analysis of complicated spatial data by linking parallel coordinate plots with maps. This paper presents and illustrates a ranking comparison plot through an example of actual POS data analysis, which is a visualization method for detecting the relationship between order fluctuation for two variables and other contributing factors on the basis of a parallel coordinate plot. Moreover, we developed tools for generating ranking comparison plot as an interactive statistical graphics.


Structural overstrength and ductility are two key characteristics that affect a reasonable assessment of the vulnerability of a building to seismic events. Overstrength results from sources inherent in the structural system and its response mechanism under loading, as well as design assumptions and simplifications. Ductility on the other hand is tied to the inelastic characteristics of the structural system, such as energy dissipation and strength degradation. In this paper, these parameters are assessed for a braced frame of a four-storey modular steel building using nonlinear static analyses. The design of the frame, particularly of columns, considers two widely used assumptions/simplifications; the Square Root of the Sum of the Squares (SRSS) approach and the Direct Summation approach. Analytical modeling of the modular braced frame takes into account the unique detailing requirements of this structural system. The implication of the results obtained from the analyses to the design of modular steel building braced frames is presented.


Granuloma faciale is a rare chronic skin disorder characterized by asymptomatic papules, nodules, and plaques on the face. Although its pathogenesis is unknown, researchers have suggested that one of the main causative factors may be sun exposure, as lesions are aggravated by sunlight and favor light-exposed areas. Herein, we are reporting the case of an adult female patient with keloidal granuloma faciale treated with a combination of several treatment methods with no improvement and a relapse. In this case, we attempted to highlight the difficulties that the doctor faces in treating the disease and to share the medical literature of our treatment experience.


In a nonrandomized prospective study, significant decreases in patient anxiety with home urinary catheter management and in length of stay were reported when patients attended the preoperative prostatectomy class with standard postoperative education versus standard postoperative education.


The sustainability of the planning and design goals of urban green land and that of its maintenance and management are mutually related and act as an organic whole. For a long time, the independence of the two is more prominent than their organic connection. This research has made preliminary considerations from three aspects. First, it concerns infusing the concept of ecology, contemplating and demonstrating space, as well as reducing the incidence of plant diseases and insect pests of urban green land. Second, the arrangement of flowers and trees for the planning and design of urban green land should comply with the biological attributes of flowers and trees to realize the organic unification of biological and scenic attributes of flowers and trees. Third, the planning and design of urban green land should attach importance to the organic unification of biological and scenic attributes of lawn grass seeds and reduce the difficulty of maintaining lawn. This research attempts to reduce the pressure of maintaining urban green land from the beginning, i.e. the planning and design of urban green land. It also tries to reduce the cost of maintenance and management to the realize planning and design goals of urban green land and the sustainability concerning its maintenance and management and arrive at the mutual unification of the planning and design as well as maintenance and management of urban green land.


The invention discloses a method for decoding an image under an unreliable channel. The method comprises the first step of receiving image data, compressing and encoding the image data based on the H. 264 algorithm and adding frames into a code stream formed after compressing and encoding for counting; the second step of scrambling the code stream, wherein scrambling comprises the regular randomizing process on the code stream to reduce the length of continuous '0' or '1' in the code stream; the third step of transmitting the scrambled code stream under the unreliable channel; the fourth step of receiving the scrambled code stream transmitted in the third step and descrambling the received scrambled code stream; the fifth step of decoding the descrambled code stream obtained in the fourth step based on the H. 264 algorithm and outputting the image data, wherein frame rate control is carried out in the process of decoding, the continuity of the image data is judged according to the frame count, the image data with frame missing or frame mistaking are predicted based on the interpolation algorithm under the frame missing or frame mistaking state, and the continuity of an output image is guaranteed.


CONTENTSIntroductionLecture 1. The Maupertuis-Lagrange-Jacobi principle and reduction of a dynamical system to a geodesic flow. Some general properties of smooth dynamical systemsLecture 2. Y-systemsLecture 3. Verification of the Y-conditions for a geodesic flow on manifolds of negative curvatureLecture 4. Transversal foliationsLecture 5. Measurability and absolute continuity of transversal foliations for Y-systemsConclusionAppendix. G. A. Margulis, Y-flows on three-dimensional manifoldsReferences


Studies on the bar series of Drosophila have, until the present time, been carried out entirely on flies of normal diploid chromosome constitution. The phenomena of polyploidy and heteroploidy make possible an investigation of the expression of the bar gene and its allelomorphs in flies having an aberrant chromosome complex. As a result of occasional failure of the X chromosomes to disjoin during maturation of the egg, individuals having three X chromosomes and the normal complement of autosomes may be produced. These individuals, known as superfemales, are of extremely low viability, and die a t various stages of development, rarely attaining maturity (LI 1927). L. V. MORGAN (1922) isolated a yellow stock in which the X chromosomes of the female appeared to be permanently attached. In addition to the attached X chromosomes, a Y from the father was present. It was found that occasionally the X's disjoin, giving normal diploid daughters in which one X comes from the mother, the other from the father. When double-yellow attached-X females (9) are mated to normal males, a small percentage of superfemales may be expected among the progeny. Furthermore, as the result of infrequent disjunction of the X's, normal diploid females are produced. Since these two classes of flies differ only in the presence or absence of an extra X chromosome, a comparison of the two affords an excellent medium for a study of the effect of a supernumerary X chromosome on the expression of any character.


The European Green Deal indicates the renovation of both public and private buildings as a key element for the improvement of energy efficiency in the building stock, in order to reach the goals of the document itself. New incentives, also including density bonus, can significantly contribute to foster diffuse actions. In Italy, the density bonus is under testing: the current framework has produced profitability for regeneration in some areas and unprofitability in others. This has led to a non-diffuse renewal, widening differences in richness and quality throughout territories subjected to the same reward measure. A territory is characterized by a high degree of typological and qualitative fragmentation and dissimilarity. Thus, the aim of the present work is the construction of a model that allows for identifying the entity of the reward measure in terms of density bonus. Density bonus can determine the feasibility of renovation interventions—in economic-financial terms and in relation to urban impact—taking into account the characteristics of the context (or micro-context) where they are performed. The research model is based on a Balance Sheet Model and is applied to the city of Florence. The model suggests an innovative approach where urban, landscape and environmental impacts produced by the density bonus are evaluated according to the economic amount needed for their mitigation. The expected results in the application of the model consist in the definition of an iso-bonus map organized by areas.


Abstract Megoura victue larvae topically treated with n-butanol die before moulting; n-butanol has a low toxicity for adults. The integument of the treated larvae reveals the absence of a cleavage between the old cuticle and the new one when it is completely formed. Histology of the cerebral and retrocerebral organs shows degeneration of the corpus allatum as observed after treatment with juvenile hormone mimics. It is suggested that n-butanol inhibits secretion of the moulting fluid with subsequent non-digestion of the old cuticle and prevention of exocuticle splitting.


In order to study the processing properties of HNS plate,the following experiments of work hardening,surface roughness,cutting force,tool wear,drilling,tapping and chip removal were made.The results show that work hardening of HNS materials is serious,the surface roughness after processing is good,and cutting force of HNS is lower than that of ordinary structural steel.


This article traced the theoretical origins of the legal regime of the current land rights in Nigeria. It argues that the configuration of the federal system of government is influenced by institutional theory which has systematically evolved from the era of colonisation backed by the unstable national affinity to the modernisation theory. Both theoretical pivots have given false hope of developing a prosperous national economy that wholly rely on investment in crude oil which required unwavering control of lands. The article posits that, the current state of affair with regards to land use, land ownership rights and the unitary control of land through coercive legislation is consistent with the suggestions of the dependency theory. Therefore, that Nigeria's land laws have evolved to a point of increased uncertainty of tenure for private and communal entities. The article further highlights the deep-rooted effects of institutional capture flowing from the theoretical origin of Nigeria's laws and policy formulations on infrastructure including land rights. In conclusion, this article excavated the paradoxes of the laws governing land use and land ownership rights in Nigeria by emphasizing that the true nature and effects of the extant land laws in the country should be evaluated based on its functions and not its form, hence to understand and correct the defectiveness of the land laws, there should be detachment from the false normative expectations about institutional appearance. Keywords: Land, Laws, Dependency, Institutional Theory, Institutional Capture. JEL Classifications : B15, B52, K11, K23, Q15, Q24. DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/97-08 Publication date: May 31 st 2020


In this work, we consider the applicability of the face recognition algorithms to the data obtained from a dynamic vision sensor. A basic method using a neural network model comprised of reconstruction, detection, and recognition is proposed that solves this problem. Various modifications of this algorithm and their influence on the quality of the model are considered. A small test dataset recorded on a DVS sensor is collected. The relevance of using simulated data and different approaches for its creation for training a model was investigated. The portability of the algorithm trained on synthetic data to the data obtained from the sensor with the help of fine-tuning was considered. All mentioned variations are compared to one another and also compared with conventional face recognition from RGB images on different datasets. The results showed that it is possible to use DVS data to perform face recognition with quality similar to that of RGB data.


This study seeks to explore the wide range of strategies that online users employ to express their linguistic support in computer-mediated-communication environments. Based on a purely semantic definition of the term support, this research puts forward a taxonomy containing several strategies by means of which support can be discursively transmitted in digital contexts. This taxonomy is thus applied to data collected from two prototypical communicative practices taking place online: a Facebook group and an Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) forum, which amounts to a total of 12,327 and 26,452 words respectively. Findings show the most salient realisations for expressing support in these two online settings, drawing on the implications the use of a particular sort of strategy may have with regard to the communicative practices under investigation.


P: For every coordinate system, there is no immediate reason for preferring certain systems of co-ordinates to others. If we don't recognize that P is establishment, we must recognize to existence of the absolute coordinate system. Therefore, we must recognize that P is establishment. Nevertheless, I got conclusion that P isn't es-tablishment for all coordinate systems . If P is establishment, this is the trouble. As against, I got conclusion that if we consider "Binary Law" for all coordinate systems , P is establishment for all coordinate systems . If we consider Binary Law for all coordinate systems , we must consider Binary Law for the coordinate systems using into Tensor, too. So, I decided to report for the Tensor which satisfied Binary Law.


ABSTRACT Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are considered inhumane, show increasingly limited efficacy due to acquired resistance, and carry environmental consequences associated with non-target species uptake. In a questionnaire study of 499 UK farms that all deployed chemical rodenticide we found a high mean reliance (79%), on second generation ARs with just over half of the respondents using no other rodent control methods. Additional methods where deployed, alone or in combination, included predation (41%), kill-trap deployment (16%) and shooting (1%). Nearly 40% of all respondents deployed rodenticides year-round. There was no evidence to suggest that "tidy-farm" measures, such as clearing food spills and minimising on-farm rodent harbourage sites aimed at minimising rodent-associated problems, were associated with a lower likelihood of year-round deployment; in fact trends in our analyses suggested the opposite. We therefore encourage operators to fully evaluate the true necessity of rodenticide deployment before AR use.


During test drives with a low-floor articulated trolleybus focused on the vehicle driving stability considerable rolling of the rear carriage appeared during all the driving manoeuvres. Using a stabilizer in the rear carriage is a suitable constructional solution. Verification of the suitability of its constructional solution from the point of view of the required effect on the driving stability was performed using the computer simulations with the trolleybus multibody models.


Summary Streptococci rich in M-protein emerged by natural selection from populations of group A streptococci poor in M-protein during rotation with human blood without homologous type specific antistreptococcal antibodies. When populations of these selected streptococci were then rotated with mixtures of human blood and diluted homologous type specific antistreptococcal rabbit sera, the M-protein content of surviving streptococci was greater, as much as 8-fold, than that of streptococci which survived rotation with human blood alone. In control experiments, when populations of the selected streptococci were rotated with mixtures of human blood and diluted heterologous type specific antistreptococcal rabbit sera, the M-protein content of surviving streptococci was no greater than that of streptococci which survived rotation with human blood alone.


The application of Aktiplast PP in tread compound of TBR tire was investigated.The test results showed that,by using Aktiplast PP in tread compound of TBR tire,the Mooney viscosity of compound decreased,the dispersity of carbon black and the extrudability of compound improved,the tear strength of vulcanizate increased,the heat build-up decreased,and the endurance of finished tire improved.


Reminiscence functions in older adults have been associated with variables related to mental health such as depressive symptoms. Additionally, the way in which older adults cope with stress or their personality traits could influence their use of reminiscence. This study examined the relation between gender, coping styles, personality traits and reminiscence functions and how these variables predict depressive symptoms in institutionalised older adults.


This paper details the architecture of a test-bed under development for secure sharing, capture, distributed processing, and archiving of surveillance data called the Networked Sensor Tapestry (NeST). The test-bed consists of core software modules including a centralized server, client interface library, a layered XML messaging scheme. Mobile hardware clients are interfaced to the NeST using a Tiny-OS based microcontroller with sensor data collected over a 1-wire data bus. Maintaining subject privacy in video and other sensor monitoring scenarios can be imperative for the successful deployment of surveillance networks. Subject privacy is integrated into the architecture and can (if desired) operate as a buffer to the server core, denying access to identity specific information to any or all modules or operators. We introduce 3 fundamental privacy concepts: The privacy buffer: is a core component of the NeST server and utilizes programmable plug-in privacy filters operating on incoming sensor data to prevent access to or transform data to remove personally identifiable information. These privacy filters are developed and specified using a privacy grammar that can connect multiple low-level data filters and features to create arbitrary data-dependent privacy definitions. The utility of the architecture is demonstrated with a connection to a variety of hardware/software clients including PDA based client hardware, remote sensor interface devices, software modules for sensor data inferencing, data visualization, sensor control and data archival applications.