The title compound, C3H10As+·I−, contains discrete [(CH3)3AsH]+ cations with a distorted tetrahedral geometry for the central As atom, which lies on a mirror plane. Weak van der Waals contacts are observed between the I atom and the H atoms in the range 3.15 (1)–3.25 (1) A.


The application of pyroelectric detectors to infrared imaging is reviewed, with emphasis on progress over the last several years. It is noted that pyroelectric detection represents a significant technology for infrared imaging in the 8-14- mu m atmospheric window. Detector materials of interest include Ba/sub 1-x/Sr/sub x/TiO/sub 3/ PbSc/sub 1/2/Ta/sub 1/2/O/sub 3/, PbZr/sub 1-x/Ti/sub x/O/sub 3/ and PbTiO/sub 3/. The first two materials typically operate near the phase transition temperature, with DC bias applied. Lead (zirconate) titanates are poled and operate without bias well below their transition temperature. A principal objective of work on pyroelectric imaging has been to produce low-cost infrared cameras which are capable of delivering television-quality images and which operate near room temperature without requiring costly cooling systems. Good progress has occurred toward achieving this objective. Efforts to produce hybrid detectors employing reticulated barium strontium titanate ceramics are discussed.<<ETX>>


Guaranteeing
access to food for a growing human population – based on
sustainability criteria and in the face of the climate change threat –
is the main challenge for twenty-first-century agriculture. The
solutions are inevitably complex, require a variety of coordinated
measures, and essentially, are dependent on the progress of science
and the development of technologies to make more efficient use of
available resources to increase crop yields and food quality to feed
the world. Technologies such as genomics, computing, robotics, and
nanotechnology, along with their correct application – which will
require highly qualified users – will also be crucial elements to
reach these objectives.


Rice is an important staple food crop worldwide, especially in India. Accurate and timely prediction of rice phenology plays a significant role in the management of water resources, administrative planning, and food security. In addition to conventional methods, remotely sensed time series data can provide the necessary estimation of rice phenological stages over a large region. Thus, the present study utilizes the 16-day composite Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) product with a spatial resolution of 250 m from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) to monitor the rice phenological stages over Karur district of Tamil Nadu, India, using the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. The rice fields in the study area were classified using the machine learning algorithm in GEE. The ground truth was obtained from the paddy fields during crop production which was used for classifying the paddy grown area. After the classification of paddy fields, local maxima, and local minima present in each pixel of time series, the EVI product was used to determine the paddy growing stages in the study area. The results show that in the initial stage the pixel value of EVI in the paddy field shows local minima (0.23), whereas local maxima (0.41) were obtained during the peak vegetative stage. The results derived from the present study using MODIS data were cross-validated using the field data.


The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the world at large with over 500 million cases and over 6 million deaths reported thus far. Of those, over 85 million cases and 1 million deaths have occurred in the United States of America (USA). The mental health of the general population has been impacted by several aspects of the pandemic including lockdowns, media sensationalism, social isolation, and spread of the disease. In this paper, we examine the effect that social isolation and COVID-19 infection and related death had on the prevalence of anxiety and depression in the general population of the USA in a state-by-state multiple time-series analysis. Vector Error Correction Models are estimated and we subsequently evaluated the coefficients of the estimated models and calculated their impulse response functions for further interpretation. We found that variables related to COVID-19 overall led to an increase both anxiety and depression across the studied period, while variables related to social isolation had a varied effect depending on the state being considered. Both conclusions have important implications for future pandemics.


This article aims to reflect the reflections, experiences and research of a research group of the University of Malaga in relation to the Lesson Study (LS): a cooperative research and action process. A way of teaching to be a teacher in initial and ongoing formation.One of our lines of research has focused on addressing the concepts and dilemmas involved in the formation of teachers' practical thinking, as well as in the complex processes of reconstructing it. In this last decade LS have helped us to understand that: (1) The knowledge of teachers should be considered, more broadly, as an active combination of knowledge, skills, attitudes, emotions, beliefs and values: called as thought practical of the teacher; (2) The majority of these personal and professional resources are unconscious or better subconscious; (3) Changes in the teacher's practical thinking require more practical experience and reflection, a dialectical process with two main moments: the theorization of the practice and the experimentation of the reconstructed theory; (4) The LS, as a cooperative action research facilitates the emergence of this dialectical process; (5) The LS is a particular way to develop action research, adding a complex, systematic, flexible and cooperative route to deal with specific and contextual curricular innovation projects; and (6) The pedagogical virtuality of the LS to reconstruct the practical thinking of teachers from within and strengthen the professional teaching community.


Introduction The coagulation abnormalities resulting from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been attributed to inflammation and subsequent cytokine storm. Thromboelastography (TEG) is a point-of-care test used to assess clot formation and degradation in whole blood and is an indicator of the overall real-time coagulopathic state of the patient. Methods A single-centre, prospective, observational cohort study was conducted in South Africa, analysing the coagulation patterns of 41 patients with hypoxia related to SARS-CoV-2 using serial thromboelastography (TEG) on admission, after 48 hours, and at resolution of hypoxia/day 10. Results: Two-thirds (n = 26) were women. The median age was 61 (IQR 50–67), and the majority (88%) were Black patients. Almost half (22) of the patients were critically ill and ventilated, with median SOFA and SAPS2 scores of 3 and 22 (IQR2-4 and 18–30), respectively. The prevalence of hypercoagulability was 0.54 (95% CI 0.46–0.62), whilst 29/41 (0.71, CI 0.64–0.78)) met the definition of hypofibrinolysis. Differences between the hypercoagulable (HC) and non-hypercoagulable groups remained apparent at 48 hours after anticoagulation. At this time point, the K time was significantly lower (p ˂ 0,01), and the α-angle (p ˂ 0,01) and maximum amplitude (MA) (p ˂ 0,01) were significantly higher in the HC cohort. At resolution of hypoxia, or day 10, only MA was significantly higher in the hypercoagulable group compared to the non-hypercoagulable group (p = 0.01). The initial impairment in fibrinolysis (Ly30), α angle, and MA were significantly associated with mortality, with p values of 0.006, 0.031, and 0.04, respectively. Conclusions In this South African population, hypercoagulability was a highly prevalent phenomenon in COVID-19 disease. It was typified by hypofibrinolysis and a persistently elevated MA, despite anticoagulation therapy.


Objective To analyze the effect of integrated TCM and western medicine for Coronary heart disease(CHD) and its influence on related inflammatory factors. Methods 92 patients with CHD who were treated in our hospital between December 2010 and December 2014 were selected and randomly divided into experimental group and control group. Western medicine was used for the patients in the control group and integrated TCM and western medicine was adopted for those in the experiment group. The therapeutic effect and related inflammatory factors of the two groups were compared and analyzed. Results Overall treatment efficiency of the experimental group was obviously higher than that of the control group(P0.05); before treatment, in terms of IL-6and TNF-,there was no statistically significant difference between two groups of IL- 6(interleukin 6) and TNF(tumor necrosis factor) no statistically significant difference between(P0.05); after treatment, in terms of IL-6 and TNF-, the experimental was significantly lower than the control group(P0.05). Conclusion The effect of integrated TCM and western medicine for Coronary heart disease is remarkable, and it can obviously improve the state of dyslipidemia and reduce the inflammatory reaction. Therefore it can be wildly used.


EXCEL PLANNING MODEL OPTIMIZES PROCESS IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS AT A RETIREMENT AND ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Articles and books written about Activity-Based Costing (ABC) systems over the past 18 years have focused on the use of an activity perspective to better understand the cost of products, services, and other cost objects, such as the cost of serving specific customers. We conducted a field study to explore a more precise use of ABC to enhance the profits of a business through a specially structured income statement that can be optimized using Microsoft Excel's "Solver" feature. This field study relies upon ABC's "intensity-of-usage factor" to create an income statement that has some of the features of a contribution margin income statement. In this income statement, the contribution margin of each product is identified, but, unlike a traditional contribution margin income statement, the fixed costs are attributed to products based on the extent to which each product uses each activity's practical capacity. The result is a "full-cost" income statement with a contribution margin subtotal. The other distinguishing feature of this income statement is that the cost of the unused capacity is explicitly revealed for each activity. The structure of the income statement is such that a planning model constructed using Microsoft Excel is capable of being optimized to determine which products should be emphasized in the product mix and which activity or activities should be the focal point of process improvement efforts. As demonstrated in this field study, the product mix choices suggested by an optimization of the computer model may be counter to the product mix choices that would be suggested by a more traditional ABC system that concentrated solely on the ABC operating profit per unit of each product. The optimization of the computer model also identifies the activity that will use up all (or nearly all) of its capacity when the optimal product mix is produced and sold. This identification of the constraining activity gives management an opportunity to anticipate profit limitations imposed by the activity and focus its process improvement efforts on that constraining activity. The focus provided by the ABC model is such that management is not tempted to divert its process improvement efforts to the activities that have unused capacity when the optimal product mix is produced and sold. Thus, the ABC computer model contributes to focused process improvement, not costly indiscriminate process improvement of all activities. The "intensity-of-usage factor" that is a critical element in ABC systems is the essential element for attributing activity costs to products. The attribution of costs to products coupled with the specification of each activity's practical capacity is what makes the calculation of each activity's unused capacity cost possible. The presence of each activity's unused capacity cost makes it possible for the computer model to be optimized using Microsoft Excel's "Solver" feature. THE SETTING The XYZ Retirement and Assisted Living Community (XYZ) consists of 70 living units.1 There are 10 twobedroom units, 41 one-bedroom units, and 19 studio units. XYZ's product offerings can be divided into four primary services. Ranging from the lowest to the highest level of care, the three services offered are CareFree Living, Semi-Assisted Living, and Assisted Living. Care-Free Living is designed for minimal assistance for activities of daily living. The services include all utilities (except cable and telephone), emergency call response 24 hours a day, three daily restaurant-style meals, activities and social events, scheduled transportation, wellness program, weekly housekeeping, weekly laundering of bed and bath linens, and maintenance of apartments and common areas. Semi-Assisted Living includes all of the services of Care-Free Living but also provides the resident additional assistance with activities of daily living such as monitoring meals, moving safely around the community, and coaching dressing and grooming. …


Shallow landslides and debris flows are a common form of soil slope instability within South Korea. These events may be generally initiated as a result of increasing intense rainfall or lengthening rainfall duration because of the effects of climate change. The paper presents the evaluation of rainfall-induced reinforced slope instability under vertical load (railway or highway load) throughout South Korea based on quantitative analysis obtained from 58 sites rainfall observatories for 38 years. The slope stability was performed through assumed infinite slope geometry by taking an average on maximum rainfall every ten years from 1973 to 2010. Seepage analysis is carried out on unsaturated soil slope and the factor of safety was calculated by coupled analysis using saturated and unsaturated strength parameters. The contour map (four stages) of South Korea shows landslide hazard of reinforced soil slope. The safety factor map based on long term observational data will help prevent rainfall-induced soil slope instability for appropriate design of geotechnical structures regarding disaster protection.


When a dynamic system is perturbed by random disturbances, the system responses deviate from their nominal values, in general. Because of physical reasons, the deviations are required to satisfy certain inequality constraints. When a closed-loop controller is designed to minimize the deviations, the control efforts are also subject to some inequality constraints. In this paper, a suboptimal closed-loop controller is developed for a linear time-varying process subject to additive random disturbances and additive measurement noises. The controller minimizes the probability that the system responses and the control inputs violate given inequality constraints. The method is based on the quadratic equivalence. The problem is formulated in the normed function space so that Dem'yanov and Rubinov's algorithm can be applied. The convergence conditions are also given. As an illustration, the method is used to design a closed-loop controller for a Saturn-class missile modeled by a tenth-order linear time-varying system.


Objective: Graduate females represent a substantial and growing proportion of the college student population, yet health promotion research and programming has traditionally focused on undergraduates. This study compared health status and health behaviors of female graduate and undergraduate students at a public university in the northeastern U.S. Methods: Data were collected from students in randomly selected courses during the spring 2008 semester using the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) survey instrument. Data were analyzed using bivariate and regression procedures. Results: Graduate females were similar to their undergraduate counterparts on all measures of health status and behaviors with the exception of reporting signifi cantly better health status, fruit and vegetable intake, routine gynecological exam participation, and more drinking and driving. After controlling for demographic variables there were no signifi cant differences in any measures of health status or health behaviors between groups. Conclusions: University health promotion efforts typically focus on undergraduate student health behaviors. These data support the expansion of campus programming to include and target graduate females. Additional research is needed to gain insight into health needs, preferred programming, and barriers to participation for this population so that effective interventions and services can be developed and implemented.


The fate of organic pollutants in the environment and in wastewater treatment processes is commonly modeled using a Henry`s law constant approach. By definition, Henry`s law constant is the product of a compound`s vapor pressure and infinite dilution activity coefficient. For many organic compounds in water solution, the infinite dilution activity coefficients are very large and are not adequately modeled by conventional methods such as UNIFAC. In this work, infinite dilution activity coefficients were determined for phenol, pyridine, aniline, p-toluidine, and o-toluidine in water by differential ebulliometry. An equation rigorously derived from conformal solution theory and van der Waals one-fluid mixing rules was used to model the temperature dependency of the infinite dilution activity coefficients. No corrections other than the introduction of two adjustable parameters were incorporated into the model to account for the strong interactions between molecules. Relationships derived from corresponding states theory were used to relate molecular parameters for size and energy interaction to the critical properties. Arithmetic mean combining rules and geometric mean combining rules were used to calculate size and interaction parameters, respectively.


We demonstrate room-temperature data transmission with monolithic InGaAsN/GaAs VCSELs, emitting maximum single-mode optical power of 700 /spl mu/W at 1304 nm wavelength. Bit error rates of less than 10/sup -12/ have been achieved for transmission over 20.5 km standard single-mode fiber and 500 m multi-mode fiber at 2.5 Gbit/s and back-to-back transmission at 10 Gbit/s.


Recent strides in the healthcare domain, have resulted in vast quantities of streaming data available for use for building intelligent knowledge-based applications. However, the challenges introduced to the huge volume, velocity of generation, variety and variability of this medical data have to be adequately addressed. In this paper, we describe the model and results for our submission at MEDIQA 2021 Question Summarization shared task. In order to improve the performance of summarization of consumer health questions, our method explores the use of transfer learning to utilize the knowledge of NLP transformers like BART, T5 and PEGASUS. The proposed models utilize the knowledge of pre-trained NLP transformers to achieve improved results when compared to conventional deep learning models such as LSTM, RNN etc. Our team SB_NITK ranked 12th among the total 22 submissions in the official final rankings. Our BART based model achieved a ROUGE-2 F1 score of 0.139.


Motivation: Currently, there are 347 million patients suffering Diabetes Mellitus (DM), raising the obvious need for more effective DM treatments. In this sense, the study of mechanisms that would allow the regeneration and protection of pancreatic insulin producing cells ( β -cells) represents a promising strategy to generate novel therapies to treat DM. Recently, a genome wide analysis showed that a specific polymorphism in the transcription factor Pax8 is associated with increased incidence of type II DM (1). In parallel, Riecket et al. determined that this gene was robustly induced in murine pancreatic islets during pregnancy, a situation of high metabolic demand (2). Interestingly, Pax8 is crucial for thyroid development and thyroxine (T4) production. Remarkably, a low concentration of circulating T4 is associated with gestational DM, which suggests that T4 may be required for the adaptation of pancreatic islets to pregnancy (3). These evidences indicate that alterations in Pax8 expression may be involved in the development of DM. Methods: In order to asess the physioloigcal role of Pax8 in islet physiology, isolated islets were transduced using lentiviral vectors harbouring GFP (MOCK) or Pax8. A microarray was performed to determine the genetic networks affected by Pax8 overexpressionin pancreatic islets. In addition, apoptosis was measured using a Cell death kit and immunohistochemical studies were conducted in order to determine the transduction efficiency (GFP), islets' morphology (insulin/glucagon) and apoptosis (cleaved caspase 3). In parallel, oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) and insulin tolerance tests (ITT) were performed in non-pregnant and pregnant Pax8 heterozygous and wild type mice to determine the role of Pax8 in glucose homeostasis during pregnancy. Results: Microarray data revealed that the transcriptional profile of pancreatic islets overexpressing Pax8 is associated with diabetogenesis and that interferon signalling is dramatically modulated. Moreover, our results indicate that Pax8 overexpression protects β -cells from apoptosis. The results for in vivo studies cannot be shown since they are under consideration for a patent. Conclusions: Our results indicate that Pax8 protects pancreatic islets from apoptosis in vitro, suggesting that Pax8 may modulate genetic pathways involved in the maintainance of islets integrity.


This paper proposed an ultra-low noise bandgap reference (BGR), which could achieve a sub-microvolt level of peak-to peak output noise in the low frequency region and have good load capacity. The noise performance is improved by using a negative feedback loop rather than traditional operational amplifier, which eliminates the noise from operational amplifier. Additionally, detailed analysis of noise is used to optimize the noise performance of the BGR. The driving ability is improved by using current mirrors to avoid the effect of load current on the behavior of BGR. Simulation results show operating at a 5 V supply voltage, over the range from -40 °C to 125 °C, output voltage of the BGR is 1.3345 V of mean value and temperature coefficient is 13.07 ppm/°C. The peak-to-peak output noise of the BGR is 442.1 nV in the band of 0.1 Hz to 10 Hz. The maximum output load current is 444.6 mA. MonteCarlo simulation illustrates process-invariance of this design.


The United Nations International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) attributes 2% of the Earth's total anthropogenic climate change to Aircraft Induced Clouds (also known as Contrails). Contrails, produced when water vapor and soot, emitted by jet form cirrus-like clouds, reflect back to Earth outgoing "thermal" radiation that would otherwise leave the atmosphere for space, thus resulting in global heating. Researchers have proposed mitigations including navigational avoidance that requires flights to avoid the airspaces in which the atmospheric conditions are conducive to the formation of contrails. The current accuracy of the forecasts for the relative humidity of the atmosphere are considered insufficient to meet the accuracy requirements to perform navigational avoidance.This paper describes the first of several incremental steps to improve the forecast of atmospheric conditions for the purpose of contrail prediction and contrail avoidance. This paper describes the results of the analysis of terrestrial sky images for six months for the airspace over the Washington D.C. region. An average of 594 flights per day transited the airspace above FL320. Twenty-nine percent (34%) of the days had at least one hour with (natural) cirrus clouds, and 13% of the total daylight hours had (natural) cirrus clouds. One in every 67 flights in the airspace above FL 320 generated a long-lived contrail. This confirms that only a small number of flights would need a cruise flight level adjustment to avoid generating a contrail. The implications of these results, limitations of the study, and future work are discussed.


This issue brings us new insights into urban governance and policy change. Urban governance has been a major focus in the urban politics and policy literature in recent decades. With the transition from "city government" to "urban governance," scholars emphasize the interaction between various state and nonstate actors at multiple levels, through both formal institutional arrangements and informal exchanges (Kaufmann and Sidney 2020; Peters and Pierre 2012; Hambleton and Gross 2007). While the concept of urban governance first emerged in the Western European academic milieu in the 1990s, there is an exciting emerging literature exploring the processes and consequences of urban governance in a cross-national context and diverse issue areas. We find that the articles in this issue investigate different aspects of urban governance, including policy change, policy implementation, political economy, and officer-involved killings.


The earliest reference to this operation appears to be that by the Greek Obstetrician Soranus, who advised its performance for severe prolapse. Down through the centuries there have been numerous reports of the operation, although it is not certain that the ~peration was anything more than an amputation of a protruding tumour. Andreas of Greece is credited with performing the first vaginal hysterectomy in 1560, and certainly by !575 Ambroise Pare was also using this procedure. An amazing case of self-inflicted vaginal hysterectomy is recorded by Percival Willoughby in his book " Observations in Midwifery" published in 1670. A certain Faith Raworth, striving to lift a heavy bucket of coal, felt something crack in her back, that ~vening her womb fell down. She often pushed It back but it always came down again and ha111pered her activities. One evening· in a fit of despair she walked out into her garden, lay down, seized the protuberant mass and slashed it off with a kitchen knife. She collapsed with the pain and the blood loss, but to everyone's astonishment she eventually recovered from this severe selfniutilation, only to be left with a persistent Urinary incontinence as no physician or surgeon could cure her. During the early years of the nineteenth century there were numerous reports on V • ag111al hysterectomy, but the mortality was appalling, and the operation fell into disrepute because it was being used in the treatment of advanced carcinoma of the cervix. Amongst all these dismal failures there was one brilliant success. Langenbeck in 1813 assisted by a gouty old surgeon whose nerve and knees gave way at a very critical stage of the operation, operated on a woman of 50 years of age for cancer of the neck of the womb and actually performed an extra-peritoneal vaginal hysterectomy. In the turmoil of the operation the operation specimen was lost and Langenbeck's report of the procedure was received with scepticism. However, the lady lived another 26 years, eventually dying from so-called senile marasmus, and a post-mortem examination confirmed the fact that the uterus had indeed been removed completely.


A response spectrum is a plot of the peak values of the response (displacement, velocity, or acceleration) of a number of SDOF systems with different natural vibration periods subjected to the same seismic input. Therefore, an acceleration response spectrum represents the peak accelerations that a suite of SDOF systems with a range of natural periods may exhibit when subject to a given ground motion component. In general, the acceleration response spectrum associated with a specific time-history recorded at a given location has a jagged shape with significant peaks and valleys. The response spectrum for another ground motion recorded at the same site during a different earthquake will exhibit also an irregular shape, but the peaks and valleys will not necessarily coincide with those in the previous one. Therefore, appropriately smoothed spectra are usually defined for design and evaluation purposes. These spectra are termed design response spectra. They do not represent the particular acceleration response from a single ground motion time-history, but rather they are intended to be more representative of general characteristics for a reasonable range of expected ground motions at a given site. Keywords: response spectrum, SDOF system, time-history, ground motions


Since 1985 the Heavy Ion Fusion Accelerator Research program at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory has been studying current amplification and emittance variations in MBE‐4, a four‐cesium‐beam ion induction linac. This experiment models much of the accelerator physics of the electrostatically focused section of a fusion driver. Four space‐charge dominated Cs+ beams, initially about one meter in length at currents of 5–10 mA, are focused by electrostatic quadrupoles and accelerated in parallel from approximately 200 keV up to one MeV by 24 accelerating gaps. Final currents of 20–40 mA per beam are typical. Recent experiments with extremely low emittance beams (en=0.03π mm‐mRad) have investigated variations of transverse and longitudinal normalized emittance for drifting and accelerating beams. Experiments show that very cold (σ0=72°,σ=6°), off‐axis or poorly matched beams increase transverse emittance when drifted or accelerated through these MBE‐4 apparatus. Only by carefully centering and matching the beams can acceleration at constant normalized emittance be achieved. Warmer beams with less true depression exhibit little to no emittance growth and show smaller emittance fluctuations when off axis or mis‐matched.


The rotational spectra of the nascent NO (X (2)Pi nu" = 1, 2, 3) product from the photolysis of nitrosobenzene( C6H5NO) have been recorded by using the single - photon laser-induced fluorescence ( LIF) technique. The rotational temperature and the relative ratio of vibrational population of the nascent NO( X (2)Pi) photofragment were obtained by probing the internal-state distribution of the fragment. The energy disposal in the photodissociation of nitrosobenzene at 266 nm was studied. In contrast to small molecule, the large-size molecule C6H5NO, gives rise to a broad-energy distribution involving all degrees of freedom in photodissociation.


In this study,adaptation performance characters such as biomass per plant,plant height,leaf length,leaf,width,regrowth rate,length of taproot,and crude protein content of 17 alfalfa varieties grown in the southwest area of Hunan province were measures and analyzed by the grey correlative system,to establish varieties assessment models.The alfalfa varieties,including Millennium,Powerplant,and CW680,performed well in the study area,whereas the other varieties had relatively low adaptive productivities.The order of weight index in the grey correlation analysis was: CPleaf lengthleaf widththick of stemheight lengthregrowth ratelength of taprootfresh/dryrootstalk diameterbiomass per plantnumber lateral root leaf/stemroot weight.These results offer scientific evidence for introducing and extending alfalfa production in sub-tropical regions of south China.


Waterlogged archaeological wood (WAW) is considered a precious material, first-hand account of past civilizations. Like any organic material, it is subjected to biodegradative action of microorganisms whose activity could be particularly fast and dangerous during the phases of excavation, storage and restoration. The present work aimed to characterize the microorganisms present in WAW during these tricky periods to evaluate the biological risk it is exposed to. The bacterial and fungal communities inhabiting woods coming from two archaeological sites (Pisa and Naples) were investigated through Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). High-throughput sequencing of extracted DNA fragments was performed using the reversible terminator-based sequencing chemistry with the Illumina MiSeq platform. The analyses revealed that the two archaeological sites showed distinct richness and biodiversity, as expected. In all the WAWs, the bacterial community harbored mainly Proteobacteria, whereas Bacteroidetes was well represented only in Naples communities and taxa belonging to the phyla Chloroflexi only in the Pisa site. Concerning the fungal community, the two sites were dominated by different phyla: Ascomycota for Naples samples and Basidiomycota for Pisa. Interestingly, most of the identified bacterial and fungal taxa have cellulolytic or ligninolytic ability. These results provide new and useful background information concerning the composition of WAW microbiota and the threat it represents for this precious material.


The validity of digital simulation is with vital importance to the security analysis and planning of power systems. Currently, it is very difficult to determine the erroneous simulation parameters that cause the mismatch of simulation output and measured trajectories. In this paper, a power system dividing and trajectory sensitivity based method is proposed to find the erroneous parameters. First, the power system is divided into several subsystems, and the recorded data is used as the equivalent input to the interested subsystem. Then the relative important parameters that influent the interested subsystem can be selected by trajectory sensitivity analysis, and by tuning the selected parameters the simulation output can match the measured trajectories. New England 10-Generator and 39-Bus System studies show the validity and simplicity of the proposed method.


Objective To observe the effect of ultrashort wave on the chronic lumbar spinal nerve root compression. Methods Twenty eight pure New Zealand rabbits were used, of which four were for nerve localization and the rest were randomized into untreatment group and ultrashort wave groups, after the establishment of the nerve root compression models by inserting a silastic tube into the intervertebral canal to compress the sixth and seventh left lumbar nerve roots. Electrophysiological tests including latency and nerve conduction velocity were analyzed.On 10,30, and 180 days after the operation, respectively, the data obtained from the non operated rabbits and that from the contralateral sides served as control. Results In the untreatment group, the latency was significantly longer and the nerve conduction velocity was significantly slower than those observed on the 10th day, after 30 days and 180 days post operation. In the ultrashort wave group (once a day for 10 days), the nerve conduction velocity was gradually recovered from 12.31±2.41m/s at 10 days to 16.78 ±1.36m/s at 180 days( t =3.24, P 0.05),which was close to the value of 17.69±1.24m/s obtained on the non operated side. Conclusion Early application of ultrashort wave is helpful to relieve the edema and aseptic inflammatory changes after nerve root compression, and beneficial to enhance the recovery of nerve function.


The observability and relative yield of distinct ''direct'' and ''redistributed'' components in the fluorescence of supercooled molecules is analyzed. The static and dynamic effects of anharmonicities underlying the redistributed component and their implication for experiments which are both time and frequency resolved, are specified. Analysis of the recent picosecond beam studies of Felker and Zewail in Anthracene shows evidence for a selective anharmonic coupling scheme in which the doorway state is coupled to a few harmonic states which are sequentially coupled to the other harmonic states.


The essential role of the resonant modes of the surface current density distribution on the chassis of a small size handheld terminal for its multiband radiation properties is discussed. An easy-to-implement practical approach for chassis mode analysis by post-processing of output data from standard CEM software packages is presented. The purposeful utilization and the tuning of chassis modes for the design of multiband radiation characteristics on generic bar-type and folder-type geometries are demonstrated and numerical results are given for several canonical examples.


Objective: To evaluate the value of speckle tracking imaging (STI) in assessing left ventricular myocardium function of hypertension patients with  normal left ventricular geometry. Methods : Forty hypertension Patients with normal filling (group A), 40 with abnormal relaxation (group B) and 30 normal controls (group NC) were studied. The global Peak systolic longitudinal strain rate, the mean Peak early diastolic longitudinal strain rate and the mean peak LV systolic longitudinal strain rate during atrial systole of whole-layer myocardium and subendomyocardium were measured. twist at aortic valve closure, twist at mitral valve opening, untwisting rate and twisting half-time of left ventricular were calculated. Results :  Compared with those in group NC, the patients in group A had lower values of subendomyocardium GSrL S, but higher values of subendomyocardium GSrL A ( P <0.05), group A and group B had higher values of MV-Prot, AP-Prot,lower values of UntwRand HTU increased ( P <0.05). Compared with group A, AP-Prot increased in group B ( P <0.05), but UntwR decreased ( P <0.05). Conclusion :  STI is of great value in quantitative analysis of the left ventricle myocardium function through detecting the subendomyocardium global peak systolic longitudinal strain rate and twisting parameters with essential hypertension. It is also a useful tool to assess the early damage of left ventricle myocardium in patients.


(1) The dating of biblical events increases our ability to study the biblical text in its historical context. For example, by dating the ministry of Jonah the prophet to the earlyto mid-eighth century BC based on his connection to Jeroboam II in 2 Kgs 14:25, one becomes aware of the fact that Jonah was refusing to preach to the capital of Assyria at a time when Assyria was in a period of decline that had allowed Jeroboam II to expand the borders of Israel. Jonah's fear of preaching to the Ninevites, then, was due to his interest in Nineveh's destruction, which could be averted if they repent at his preaching. Further historical study reveals that Assyria would overthrow Israel in 722 BC. This information, available through chronological study, informs the way one reads the book of Jonah.


The therapeutic promise of siRNA relies on its ability to knock down genes with minimal side effects. Upregulation of inflammatory genes such as vascular cell adhesion molecule‐1 (VCAM‐1) in atherosclerosis suggests that targeted delivery of siRNA as an antiatherosclerotic therapy might modify disease progression. We have shown previously that liquid perfluorocarbon nanoparticle emulsions (PFC‐NP) can serve as molecularly targeted vehicles for imaging and drug delivery in vivo. In this study, we sought to utilize PFC NP as carriers of siRNA to endothelial cells. Cationic PFC‐NP emulsions were produced with 1,2‐Dioleoyl‐3‐Trimethylammonium‐Propane (DOTAP). siRNA to VCAM‐1 was complexed to the emulsions and incubated with mouse 2F‐2B endothelial cells. We observed that fluorescently labeled siRNA in cells 24 h after transfection as determined by confocal microscopy. Optimized transfection conditions (10 pM PFC‐NP with 5 nM siRNA) produce a 52% decrease in VCAM‐1 mRNA levels after 48h. Corresponding viability data measured 24 h after transfection using flow cytometry indicated 80–90% viability in 2F‐2B cells under similar transfection conditions. Accordingly, these particles offer an efficient method for siRNA delivery to endothelial cells and they can simultaneously serve as a vehicle for molecular imaging to confirm siRNA delivery. This work was supported by NIH grant #HL073646


The research has conducted antimicrobial activity assay and identification of sapodilla fruit extract manila ( Achras zapota L.) against some pathogenic microbes with agar diffusion method. Manila sapodilla fruit extraction by maceration method by using the solvent ethyl acetate and ethanol 70%. Manila sapodilla fruit has tested by screening extract at a concentration of 1% on the test bacteria which is namely Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermis, Streptococcus mutans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella thyposa, Vibrio sp, Bacillus subtillis, and the fungus is Candida albicans . Furthermore, the inhibition has tested by using the agar diffusion method (paper disc) at a concentratied of 1500ppm, 1000ppm, 500ppm, and 100ppm  against screening test results of bacteria. Furthermore, identification of classes of compounds sapodilla fruit of extract phytochemicals by used screening manila methods qualitative. Screening results showed that the antimicrobial activity of the ethanol extract manila sapodilla fruit can inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermis, Streptococcus mutans, and Salmonella thyposa . Inhibition test using the agar diffusion method, shows that more the concentration used, more the diameter of the resulting barriers. The results of the identification of sapodilla fruit ethanol extract showed a class of compounds manila tannins, flavonoids, and terpenoids.


On the bases the social-psychological causals conception of the author describes the reasons of committing muders in places of inprisonment and takes personal characteristics of convicts committed murders under serving criminal sentences at the places of imprisonment. In the article makes acsent on the factors that are important for social-demographic characteristic of convicts. As the discovering of these factors is the basis for studying chracteristics of the convicts under serving criminal sentences at the places of imprisonment. The author gives the points of view of such scientists as V.S. Ishigeev and A.S. Mikhlin.


Recombinant DNA technology is all the vogue these days. It is the subject of intense media and investor interest. It has lured tens of millions of dollars from industry to support academic research, spawned a seemingly endless succession of symposia examining every nuance of the technology, and fostered the development of a hundred "recombinant DNA companies" in a dozen countries. But those who are "bullish" on this new technology had best be prepared to be patient, at least for the short term; most of the prognostications made about this new area are almost surely overly optimistic. Even the authoritative and useful report by the Congress' Office of Technology Assessment, Impacts of Applied Genetics , recently hyperbolized that "the immediate direct economic impact of using genetic manipulation in the [pharmaceutical] industry, measured as sales, can be estimated in the billions of dollars, with the indirect impacts... reaching several times that value." This


Second wave direct acting antivirals such as sofosbuvir, simeprevir and daclatasvir can be combined with pegylated interferon alpha and ribavirin (PEG‐IFN/RBV) as triple therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In patients with HCV genotype 1 (HCV‐1), a PEG‐IFN/RBV‐based regimen with sofosbuvir is highly effective but the presence of cirrhosis and the non‐CC IFNL3 genotype have been associated with a poorer response. A PEG‐IFN/RBV‐based regimen with simeprevir or daclatasvir is based on response‐guided therapy and its efficacy depends on predictors of response to IFN. HCV‐1 subtype is also a major predictor of response. In HCV‐1a infected patients, the K80Q mutation in NS3 or the presence of NS5A variants at baseline are associated with poor response with simeprevir‐ or daclatasvir‐containing regimens respectively. Thus, these regimens should be only used in HCV‐1b patients with good predictors of response to IFN.


Objective Discusses the child acute demyelinating encephalopathy diagnosis and the treatment.Methods To acute demyelinating encephalopathy 18 cases clinical characteristic,the diagnosis,the method of treatment and the curative effect carries on the review analysis.Results The patients line cerebrospinal fluid inspection,the electroencephalogram inspection and the MRI inspection detectable corresponding pathological change,the treatment result changes for the better 15 cases,the invalid 3 cases,the cure improvement rate to reach 80%.Conclusion The child acute demyelinating encephalopathy clinical manifestation to change many,the imageology is helpful to the diagnosis clearly,the curative effect good.


This paper proposes a methodology to design the auxiliary inductances of a bidirectional three-port DC-DC converter, which allows minimize the currents through the high frequency transformer and switches. In this way, RMS current and also the current values at the switching instants, as function of auxiliary inductances, are analyzed considering the different operating conditions. From this analysis, design considerations for these inductances are determined. Finally, experimental results are presented to validate the theory.


The possible role of PI3‐K in the reversible temperature‐dependent immobilization of fowl sperm motility was investigated by using PI3‐K inhibitor (LY294002) and its inactive analogue (LY303511). The existence of the PI3‐K in fowl spermatozoa was also confirmed by Western blotting analysis. Fowl sperm motility in TES/NaCl buffer remained negligible at the avian body temperature of 40°C but was maintained vigorously when the temperature was decreased to 30°C. At 30°C, no stimulation or inhibition of motility was observed after the addition of 2 mM CaCl2 and 10 µM LY294002 or LY303511: around 70–80% of spermatozoa remained motile. In contrast, at 40°C, the motility of spermatozoa was activated immediately after the addition of Ca2+, but the subsequent addition of LY294002 inhibited the motility again. The addition of LY303511 did not appreciably affect the Ca2+‐supplemented sperm motility, which was maintained for at least 15 min. The ATP concentrations of spermatozoa after the addition of LY294002 + Ca2+ or LY303511 + Ca2+ were almost the same values compared with those of Ca2+ alone at 40°C, suggesting that the addition of LY294002 was not simply affecting membrane damage or inhibiting energy production in the spermatozoa, but may be acting on some part of the motility‐regulating cascade. Immunoblotting of sperm extract using an antibody to PI3‐K revealed a major cross‐reacting protein of 85 kDa, which corresponds to the molecular weight of the subunit of PI3‐K. These results suggest that PI3‐K may be positively involved in the calcium‐regulated maintenance of flagellar movement of fowl spermatozoa at 40°C. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 76: 603–610, 2009. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


It will expend lots of resources to query and process huge data in data warehouse. Partitionbased query and merging technology is a solution to this problem,in which data are partitioned to several blocks easily processed, then the data blocks are processed individually, at last the process results are merged. One query and merging algorithm is presented and implemented by a VB program.


In this work, the recovery of valuable metals from Bayer red mud using hydrometallurgical techniques and the subsequent use of the solid remaining after leaching as the principal component of the fired bricks were analyzed. Water, sulfuric acid, and sodium hydroxide were used as leaching agents. Different L/S ratios and contact times were also tested. According to technical, economic, and environmental considerations, the optimal conditions to recover valuable elements from red mud were 2 M H2SO4, in contact for 24 h, with an L/S ratio = 5. Under these conditions, high leaching yields of valuable elements such as La (47.6%) or V (11%) were achieved. After the leaching process, the remaining solid was mixed with clay and water to produce bricks. Two doses of red mud (50 and 80% w) and two different sintering temperatures (900 and 1100 °C) were tested. When the proportion of treated RM in the mix was increased, the compressive strength of the bricks was reduced, but it was increased as the sintering temperature was increased. The environmental safety of the bricks manufactured (leaching of heavy metals and radionuclides) was also studied, and it was found that it was more favorable when red mud was treated instead of fresh red mud being used.


I According to Profs. Geisler, and Muller, Dr. Weber, and others, the 'Physiognomie' or 'Landschaftsbild' of a city consists of the following ele-ments. (1) 'Grundriss', (2) 'Aufriss', (3) population, (4) commerce, (5) communication, (6) history, (7) topography. The physiognomy of a city may be considered from two angles, the first is explanation from data of a number of phenomema, the second being the study of a city from investigations of its physiognomy; in other words, the 'Physiognomische Methode' of Dr. Weber, and the 'From Form to Function' of Prof. Jones. In the explanation, Prof. Geisler's 'moglichste allseitig' obser-vation is necessary, for which there are two ways, the one of systematic description in explaining landscape, the other in the voluntary selection of view points to make the explanation vivid. A good treatise on the subject will also be found to be serviceable. II The landscape of Tokyo to-day is characterized by the single word 'confusion', namely, a partial Europianization of the private life of the citizens, which is merely a stage in the eventual higher degree of assimilation of European culture by Japanese, my descriptions being memories of the pro-gress of Tokyo. The streets are the face of a city on which the most active and characte-ristic phenomena occur. Those referred to in this paper being commercial streets, include the following topics: 1 The developement of the present various types of commercial streets from the markets of old Japan; (a) street shops, (b) street stalls ('Roten' or 'yomise' in Japanese), (c) department stores, (d) street in a building, (e) markets, public, and private, retail and wholesale, (f) others. 2 The relations between commercial streets and purely transportational streets are very intimate, but when the former is only for walking, or when a new broad way is constructed to relieve the excess traffic, the relationship ceases, for instance the Ginza and Syowa street, although not an ideal exam-ple. The relation to topography is also dealt with (fig. 3, 4). 3 Definition of shopping streets by the number of shops or the total length of shop fronts (figs. 5, 6). 4 Uniformity of a street. The functional arrangement along streets are measured. (1) percentage: K=one function, L=other functions (industrial, commercial, and communications, public, refreshmental, residential, unused) Sign 0 K=100 (sum of front) 1 100>K_??_90 2 K>50 K_??_L/2 (2) Arrangement: The numbers of groups performing the same function are counted, but as a better method, the superior one is compared with the others, and according to the unit length of street now discussed, from i to 4 groups are selected. (3) Combination of percentage and arrangement oI absolutely Mono-landschaft 12, 13, 14, Mono-landschaft α, β, γ 22, 23, 24, vice Mono-lan dschat α, β, γ 5 Street rhythms. There are many rhythms in a street; the kinetic, caused by communications and the static, being the arrangement of houses, etc., also the historical and present. Showwindows and showvcases, as indi-cators of the development of shopping, are summarized by percentages for every 20 shops and houses along Yotuya and Hongo, radial main streets in Yamate (the upland or residential) district. The housefloors and house-types are also described (figs. 9, 10, 11). 6 The meshing of streets. The cause of the meshing of streets is the intersection of more than 2 roads, but since trade does not always develop on all parts of a street, the result is rhythm, meshing, and discontinuous city growth. The distribution of bank offices (fig. 12) indicates the mesh of commercial functions.


The aim of this report is to discuss sampling and analysis of unregulated automotive emissions. For this purpose a group of experts got together. The discussion dealt with the following: (1) Important unregulated pollutants in Sweden; (2) Measuring methods. At the EPA laboratories at Tringle Park different measuring methods have been developed in order to carry out analyses and to study the effect on quality when using new and alternative fuels and fuel blends; (3) Use of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) technology. This is an efficient way to carry out multi analyses of emission components in the motor vehicle exhaust. When measuring the PAC-emission it is essential to sample both the particulate and semi-volatile phase of exhaust. Different methods can be used for measurement of NOX. Low ambient temperatures have a considerable impact on the motor vehicle emissions and especially on such emission components which come from unburnt fuel.


The contents of trace elements Fe,Cu,Zn,Ca,Mn,and Mg in horisenbada were studied by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.At the same time,these data were compared with the contents of trace elements in rise,millet and corn.The FAAS results indicated that contents of Fe,Zn,and Ca in horisenbada were higher than those in rise,millet and corn.So it is concluded from the above analysis that horisenbada is a best food for supplementing trace elements.


Large, lightweight mirrors are a critical component in space based imaging applications. These mirrors have traditionally required long manufacturing cycle times with associated high costs. In this paper, the key cost and schedule drivers for the production of large, lightweight mirrors will be reviewed along with enabling solutions that could provide significant cost and schedule reductions while maintaining the high quality performance required for these challenging applications. The technologies include advancements in replication, construction, and bonding. Initial feasibility tests and associated results will be presented.


The invention relates to a medicament form containing an active substance with a water-solubility, according to USP, ranging from 23 to 30 in a matrix that is based on acrylate polymers, whereby the medicament form can be obtained by melt extrusion.


Navigation services in emergency scenes could be an important application of wireless sensor networks for saving human lives. In this paper, we propose a navigation algorithm which emphasizes on safely guiding people to quickly escape from a hazardous area. Our design allows multiple exits and multiple emergency events in the sensing field. At normal time, sensors are responsible for monitoring the environment. When emergency events are detected, our protocol can quickly identify hazardous areas and sensors can establish escape paths that are as safe as possible leading to exits. In particular, when surrounded by hazards, sensors will try to guide people as farther away from emergency locations as possible. Simulation results and our prototyping experiences are also presented. Compared to existing results, our protocol incurs lower latency and costs less message overheads.


Lhpaiiiinc and norepinephrine in the gastrointestinal tract of mice iind the effects o f neurotoxins. EAKER EY, BIXELLK GB ear (11. .lournril of Phurrmcolog~~ mil Eupcvin7mtal Thpraprulirs 1988; 244 438. Pulmonary complications after upper abdominal surgerytheir prevention with intercostal blocks. EYGHFRG , WIKLLND L. AC, IU At/irc~.sfheriologicu Scrmcliiirrriccr 19x8; 32: I. Neuroendocrine potential or the colon and rectum. LLUIS F, ' T H o b i w o h JC. Gii.srroenfc.rolog~, 1988: 9 4 832. Physiology and pathophysiology of gastrin-a review. MLLIIOLLANI) MW. DEUAS ]IT. Sirrgerj, 1988; 103: 135. The gut as source of sepsis after hemorrhagic shock. SoRl AJ, RWH BF J K rf id. Anrerican Journnl of Surgery 1988; 155: 187. Intestinal endotoxemia. Clinical significance. VAN DLVEKTER SJH. (;a rfrot.nfPrologv 19x8: 94: x25.


AbstractA variety of problems can occur due to the presence of cyanobacteria in water resources used for drinking, agricultural, industrial, commercial, and recreational purposes. In addition, certain cyanobacteria genera are producers of several potent toxins, which endanger the human and animal health. Coagulation is the key step in water treatment process for algae and cyanobacteria, and their associated metabolites removal. The objective of this study was to examine the coagulation processes to optimize the removal of cyanobacterial cells from drinking water under various aluminum sulfate dose and pH values. The influence of cationic polyelectrolyte as a coagulant aid on the cells in accompany with aluminum sulfate was also studied. A set of jar test experiments at 200 rpm of rapid mixing, and 30 rpm of slow mixing and 30 min settling time were conducted to find the optimum chemical dose and pH. From the results of the tests, the optimum dose and pH for aluminum sulfate coagulant and polyelectrolyte w...


OBJECTIVES
Radiation injury is common after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Radiotherapy can reshape the immune microenvironment and cause immunosuppression, including dysregulation of immune checkpoints (ICs). However, the relationship between oral ICs expression after radiation and the development of second primary tumors is unclear.

METHODS
Clinical specimens of second primary oral squamous cell carcinoma after radiotherapy (s-OSCC) and primary OSCC (p-OSCC) were collected. The expression and prognostic value of PD-1, VISTA, and TIM-3 were analyzed using immunohistochemistry. To further clarify the relationship between radiation and ICs alteration, a rat model was constructed to explore the spatiotemporal changes of ICs in the oral mucosa after radiation.

RESULTS
In carcinoma tissue, the expression of TIM-3 was higher in s-OSCC than in p-OSCC, while the expression of PD-1 and VISTA was similar between the groups. In para-carcinoma tissue, the expression of PD-1, VISTA, and TIM-3 was higher in s-OSCC. High ICs expression was associated with poor survival. In the rat model, ICs were locally upregulated in the irradiated tongue. Moreover, there was a bystander effect, in which the ICs were also upregulated in the unirradiated site.

CONCLUSION
Radiation may upregulate ICs expression in oral mucosa and contribute to the development of s-OSCC.


【Objective】To compare the effects of fibrolaryngoscope in nasal endoscopic maxillary sinus cystectomy and endoscopic sinus surgery.【Methods】100 cases patients with maxillary sinus cyst were randomly divided into fibrolaryngoscope in nasal endoscopic maxillary sinus cystectomy group (group Ⅰ,n =50) and endoscopic sinus surgery group (group Ⅱ,n =50),then the effects and complications of the two groups were compared.【Results】The effects and decreasing complications of group Ⅰ were all better than those of group Ⅱ (P 0.01).【Conclusion】Fibrolaryngoscope in nasal endoscopic maxillary sinus cystectomy is better operation type and simple operation,has the advantages of little trauma.


Symmetric quotients, introduced in the context of heterogeneous relation algebras, have proven useful for applications comprising for example program semantics and databases. Recently, the increased interest in fuzzy relations has fostered a lot of work concerning relation-like structures with weaker axiomatisations. In this paper, we study symmetric quotients in such settings and provide many new proofs for properties previously only shown in the strong theory of heterogeneous relation algebras. Thus we hope to make both the weaker axiomatisations and the many applications of symmetric quotients more accessible to people working on problems in some speciic part of the wide spectrum of relation categories.


A high-compression technique is presented for coding digital interlaced HDTV. A key feature of the method consists of coding the even elds using information from the neighboring odd elds, which have been coded rst with an MPEG-type technique. This approach, rst proposed in 1,2], was originally designed to aid development of MPEG-2 coding techniques of CCIR-601 video, compatible with the MPEG-1 video coding standard 3]. The same approach can also facilitate the design of HDTV/Standard TV compatible coding. In this paper, we outline two coding schemes that are based on this idea of eld separation. One of them aims at optimizing the coding performance for HDTV and is noncompatible, allowing occasional joint coding of the two elds. The other is compatible with Standard TV and also considers the problem of horizontal resolution mismatch; it aims at optimizing coding of HDTV, while reducing error propagation in standard TV coding by use of predictive leak in the DCT domain. These methods are appropriate for digital interlaced HDTV coding, including possible terrestrial and satellite transmission applications. The even elds are coded with a digitally assisted multi-mode hybrid interpola-tive/recursive technique, using both predictive (hence recursive) and interpolative modes of operation. Of particular importance is the use of a combined hybrid recursive/-interpolative mode. The technique provides for convenient multiresolution channel coding for graceful degradation in the presence of channel errors.


Saturation of the surface desert sands in Kuwait bas caused some problems of settlement and local slope failures. The surface soils, consisting of calcareous windblown fine sand or silty sand, are sensitive to saturation. Laboratory and field testing programs were conducted to examine the effect of saturation on the shear strength parameters, settlement under load, and the ultimate bearing capacity. Laboratory testing consisted of basic properties, direct shear tests, and consolidation tests on undisturbed samples under unsoaked and soaked conditions. The samples were trimmed from block samples taken from five sites where slight interpartlcle cementations exist. Field tests included standard penetration, static and dynamic cone penetration tests, and plate load tests. All field tests were performed at one site on samples under unsoaked and soaked conditions. The laboratory test results indicate a reduction of the shear strength parameters due to saturation and increased compressibility or settlement under load. The field tests indicate a loss of 25 percent in both the ultimate bearing capacity and the allowable soil pressure for a given settlement criterion at the site most sensitive to saturation along a 35-km (22-ml) corridor. An average ratio of 4 was calculated between the cone penetration and the standard penetration resistance of the surface sands.


In this paper, we consider the constructions of an N -to- K optical priority queue with buffer Σi=1M di by using a feedback system consisting of a single (M+max[N,K]) × (M+max[N, K]) (bufferless) optical crossbar switch, min[N,K] 1× 2 (bufferless) optical crossbar switches, and M fiber delay lines with delays d1, d2,..., dM, where N is the number of arrival links and K is the number of departure links of the priority queue. We first obtain two sufficient conditions [the conditions (A1) and (A2) in Section I] for our constructions of N -to-K optical priority queues. By establishing a space-time advancement property and a monotonically decreasing/increasing property for the packets stored in the fiber delay lines, we then use these sufficient conditions to show that with an appropriate choice for the delays d1, d2,..., dM, we can achieve a buffer size of O([(M3/N2)]) for the case that N=K. For the special case that N=K=1, our constructions achieve a buffer size of O(M3), which is much better than the O(M2) buffer size previously known in the literature for single-input single-output optical priority queues. Therefore, other than the extension from the constructions of optical priority queues with a single input and a single output to the constructions of optical priority queues with multiple inputs and multiple outputs, our constructions also achieve a larger buffer size than previous constructions of single-input single-output optical priority queues. Furthermore, we give another sufficient condition [the condition (A3) in Section I] for our constructions of N -to-K optical priority queues and then use that condition to obtain choices for the delays d1, d2,..., dM so that our constructions have the fault tolerant capability that can tolerate up to F broken/malfunctioning fibers (e.g., fiber cut, fiber shorting out, etc.), where 0 ≤ F ≤ M-1.


According to the voltage and current relationship of Scott transformer's primary and secondary,this paper uses phase sequence transformation technique to derive the Netcom model of Scott transformer in traction power supply system for fault calculation.Taking different kinds of short circuit at Scott transformer in traction power supply system,the paper uses the Netcom model to calculate each sequence current component and then to derive the phase current of three-phase current.The paper uses phase component method to verify the practicality of the method at last.The paper provides theoretical basis for computer algorithms of fault calculation which is based on symmetrical component by taking Scott transformer into account.


Background: Aluminum is a widely distributed metal in the environment and is extensively used in daily life that provides easy exposure to human. It is known that Aluminum induces toxic effect on the liver. Propolis is a honeybee product with antioxidant properties. Hence, aim of the work was to evaluate the possible protective effect of propolis against hepatic toxicity caused by Aluminum chloride (AlCl3) in rats. Material and methods: The present study was carried out on forty adult male albino rats that were divided randomly into four equal Groups. Group I served as control. Group II: rats were given propolis (50 mg/kg). Group III: received AlCl3 (34 mg/kg). Group IV: received AlCl3 (34 mg/kg) and propolis (50 mg/kg) simultaneously. All medications were given by nasogastric tube for four weeks. Specimens of liver were excised and processed for light and electron microscopic studies. Moreover, biochemical levels of serum liver enzymes were measured. Morphometric and statistical analysis were also done. Results: Administration of propolis alone in Group II had no effect on the hepatic architecture. However, AlCl3 administration in Group III had led elevation of serum liver enzymes and distortion of liver parenchyma. Vacuolated hepatocytes, mononuclear cellular infiltrations and congestion in portal vein branches and blood sinusoids were noticed. Moreover, there was a significant increase in area percentage of collagen fibers and a significant decrease in the optical density of PAS stained glycogen granules as compared to the control Group. By electron microscope, hepatocytes showed many lipid droplets in their cytoplasm, mitochondria with indistinct cristae, and dilated rough endoplasmic reticulum. Hepatic stellate cells associated with collagen fibrils were also detected. However, simultaneous administration of propolis with AlCl3 in Group IV attenuated the biochemical and structural changes induced by AlCl3. Conclusion: Propolis could have a beneficial protective effect against AlCl3 hepatic injury.


We revealed prognostic factors in metastatic urothelial carcinoma patients treated with second-line systemic chemotherapy in real-world clinical practice. Performance status, C-reactive protein level and response to prior chemotherapy were prognostic indicators.


family social Proquest Abstract Most schizophrenics live with and or maintain close contact with family and other relatives. However, families are rarely involved in clinical care, although studies have shown that family involvement has a positive effect on individuals with schizophrenia. The purpose of this study was to describe family intervention as an effort to optimize social support in patients with mental disorders. The method used was a systematic review. The results of a review of 11 articles from Proquest found that family intervention can improve patient adaptation to schizophrenia symptoms, reduce scores in BPRS, improve health and social skills, and family cohesion.


An inkjet printing system includes a stage having a substrate mounted thereon, a head unit for dripping ink onto the substrate, a drying unit for drying the ink dripped onto the substrate, and a moving device for moving the head unit and the drying unit to predetermined positions, wherein the drying unit includes vacuum holes.


Starting with the definition and the importance of language intuitions, the author discusses the importance of output in training language intuitions. The functions of output include noticing, hypothesistesting, metalinguistic function, developing automaticity, and switching declarative knowledge to procedural knowledge, which play an important role in training learners′ language intuitions. And at last the author advocates several suggestions to foreign language teaching in China.


In the paper global problems of the modern society are analyzed, the role of the education as one of the means of the anthropologic crisis overcoming is considered.


In granular flow mechanics, grain size is a key quantity since it significantly affects flow mobility as its influence on basal pressure suggests. In this respect, I can confirm the effect of grain size on basal pressure observed by Albaba et al., because we too have obtained in both physical experiments and numerical simulations that the maximum (and mean) basal stresses increase as the mean grain size increases (the values of all other variables being constant).


Mammalian fertilization requires that the sperm pellets pass through cumulus masses and oocyte transparencies before being fused with eggs. The molecular mechanism has not yet been fully understood, albeit sperm penetration through these physical barriers is essential. In addition to sperm motility, hyaluronan-hydrolysis and proteolytic enzymes have been suggested to participate in sperm penetration events. In the present study, I focus on the functional roles of hyaluronidase in sperm passage through cumulus mass and zona pellucida.


Metals are ubiquitous and play a critical role in neurobiology. Transition metals are important because they alter the redox state of the physical environment. Biologically, transition metals catalyze redox reactions that are critical to cellular respiration, chemical detoxification, metabolism, and even neurotransmitter synthesis. Many metals are both nutrients and neurotoxicants, such as iron, zinc, copper, and manganese. Other metals, such as lead and cadmium, are metabolized similarly to these metals, particularly iron. Iron metabolism and genes that regulate iron metabolism may be the key to understandingmetaltoxicity.Finally,recentevidencedemonstratesthatearlylifeexposuresmayprogramlaterlifeandadult disease phenotypes via processes of epigenetics. Parallel work in metals demonstrates that epigenetics may be a critical


4,5-Dimethoxykynuramine was synthesized in a three-step sequence originating with veratrole. Indirect evidence indicates that the drug was converted in vivo to the hypotensive agent 6,7-dimethoxy-4-quinolinol by the action of monoamine oxidase.


English is the most widely used official language in the world and China has a large population of English learners.Varieties of problems in learning English,especially in learning English vocabulary,force us to find out a more scientific way of learning English vocabulary based on the consideration of communicative characteristic of language.This study focuses on the universal phenomena and problems in vocabulary learning,using investigation research and example analysis.It reveals the impacts of contextual factors on English vocabulary learning in three layers-meaning,culture and capacity.Combining the views from vocabulary,text and culture,this study proposes several methods to learn English vocabulary through context.


A comprehensive comparison of couples' adjustment to benign (n=73 couples) and malignant breast disease (n=58 couples) at the time of diagnosis and at two follow‐up assessments at 60 days and 1 year is reported. Specific objectives were to: (a) compare the concurrent stress, resources, appraisal, and patterns of adjustment of couples in the benign and malignant groups; (b) compare the psychosocial responses of patients versus spouses; and (c) determine the amount of correspondence in levels of adjustment reported by patients and their husbands over time. Multiple instruments with reported reliability and validity were used to measure study variables: Smilkstein Stress Scale, Dyadic Adjustment Scale, Family APGAR, Social Support Questionnaire, Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Brief Symptom Inventory, and Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale. Mixed design analyses of covariance (ANCOVA) were used to assess differences between and among couples and examine changes in study variables over time.


We analyze the behavior of a system governed by a fractional diffusion equation with spherical symmetry and subjected to integro–differential boundary conditions which can simulate sorption, desorption and reaction processes. We consider the processes defined in terms of kinetic equations that couple the surface processes with the bulk dynamic enable us to describe scenarios where the surface modifies the bulk dynamics and this may change the behavior on surface. This problem is presented in terms of a general formulation satisfying the mass balance and a particular application characterized by a reversible process on the surface is analyzed. For this application, we obtain exact solutions in terms of the Green function approach and evaluate the concentrations on the spherical surface and in the bulk for different processes. These results lead to a rich class of scenarios which can be related to an anomalous diffusion.


Hospitals receive many patients and visitors daily, and include a large number of medical staff members, thus, hospitals are eligible environments for infection transmission. The hospital acquired infection (HAI) is situated at the top of the reasons pyramid that lead to death. HAI means that a patient enters the hospital for some reason and gets infected because of another reason. Non compliance with hygiene protocols is a major cause of HAI. Therefore, the automatic monitoring of hospital workflows using the recent communication technologies is a vital factor for infection prevention. In this article, we highlight in details the technologies that could be investigated for monitoring the workflows in a hospital room. We describe the hospital room use case, and we analyze the suitability for each technology. The goal of this paper is to suggest a system for monitoring the clinical workflows and pveventing the HAI. Nowadays, it became possible to perform efficient automated monitoring of hygiene related clinical workflows and we expect such solutions to become widely available within a few years.


Only using the angle information,infrared target tracking with single station is difficult.The states variable in modified spherical coordinates(MSC) are angle information and velocity informat tion and range information.But the old method is complex and needs lot of computation.Aiming at nonlinear and discreting problem,the n-step approaching during updating the state variable is adopted,acceleration is used produced by the coordinates' arcumvoling.The tracking effect is improved by minishing the livearization errors and predigesting the course.But the method using the bearing information only suits to tracking object with constant velocity or velocity changing tardily in MSC with one station.The conclusion is proved by simulation results.


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η5–C5Me5) containing adenosine nucleosides [L: adenosine (Hado), 2′-deoxyadenosine (Hdeoado) and 5′-acetyl-2′,3′-isopropylideneadenosine (Haipado)] were prepared and characterized by UV/Vis and circular dichroism (CD) spectra, NMR spectroscopy, electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy and X-ray crystal structure analysis. The isolations of one and/or two diastereomers were successfully carried out for the four systems by second-order asymmetric transformation and/or fractional crystallization. Interestingly, a striking kinetic difference was found between the present RhIII– and IrIII–ado systems. The crystal structure of CCC-[{Rh(Cp*)(ado)}3](CF3SO3)3·2.5H2O·CH3OH revealed that the ado ligand adopts a μ-1κN1:2κ2N6,N7 bridging mode and the three purine rings forming a triangle dome-like cavity can include one methanol molecule into its cavity. The absolute configurations were assigned to these complexes based on the crystal structural result and CD spectral arguments. The RhIII–N-methyl adenosine (HNMeado) system exceptionally gave a di-μ-hydroxy anti-dinuclear structure because of the weak coordination ability of the N(6) donor.


In connection with the spin frustration, the phase transitions of hexagonal ABX3 compounds are experimentally studied. For the XY-like CsMnBr3, it is revealed that the phase transition belongs to a new universal class governed by Z2×S1 symmetry. It is also revealed that though the phase transition is well established, the ordered phase in this substance as well as the intermediate phases in the Ising-like CsCoCl3, CsCoBr3 and CsNiCl3 dynamically fluctuate in a time scale slightly longer than the observation time of neutron diffraction. Crucial effects of strong one-dimensionality of the substances are discussed.


OSINA, Marek, Bc: Determination of procurement principles in information and communication technologies. [Diploma thesis]. College of Banking in Prague, Foreign college in Banska Bystrica. Department of Quantitative Methods and informatics. Supervisor: Ing. Zsolt Pastorek, PhD. Year of Diplma thesis defence 2013. Number of pages: The diploma thesis focuses on the procurement of information and communication technologies. The first chapter deals with the basic terminology of information technology management, innovative business processes, procurement and also focuses on project management. The second chapter is dedicated for the analysis of the current state of the enterprise, especially financial analysis and SWOT analysis. The third chapter focuses on the procurement of information and communication technologies in the chosen company. A case study of procurement of new software package is present. It is aimed at identifying procurement processes, market analysis and comparing of the products in the selected area. The last part of thesis is to determine the principles of procurement.


In 2011, Newcastle City Council set up the Newcastle Fairness Commission (NFC), a group of 18 people who were invited to prepare a report with the aim to set out the principles that would help Newcastle to become a fairer city. The NFC, which was chaired by Professor Chris Brink, the Vice Chancellor of Newcastle University, published its report in 2012 (NCC and Newcastle University, 2012). This article engages with what this report has to say about how salaries ought to be allocated within organisations, which it recognises as an important dimension of fairness. More specifically, the author shall engage with the question whether or not the theoretical recommendations made in the report ought to guide the practical allocation of financial resources in Newcastle University, the organisation that the author works for, and the third biggest employer in the city of Newcastle. The author's focus on Newcastle University stems from the belief that, as an employee, he has a greater right and duty to contribute to financial reform in his own, rather than in other organisations. Whereas the author shall not seek to argue for this position, which is based on his belief in participatory democracy, his hope is that these views will also inspire financial reform elsewhere.


lishment of state bureaus of labor statistics. Nearly every socialist, trade union and reform group, from the Marxist International Workingmen's Association to the Greenbackers included labor bureaus in their platforms. The Knights of Labor even established its own statistical bureau to aid workers in gathering information for proposed labor legislation. Knights' leader Terence Powderly perhaps best summed up the reason for this support: &dquo;it is to be hoped that through the aid of the Labor Bureau the laborer will in time know how much of that which he produces belongs to him as a reward for labor done.&dquo;'


There are, according to William Galston (1995), two kinds of liberalism. The first favours individual autonomy and critical rationality, and regards choice-making as definitively human. The second prioritises the toleration of diverse (including illiberal) communities within the wider polity. According to diversity liberals the first, autonomy-promoting, version of liberalism is paradoxically illiberal in proscribing communities that value solidarity and a sense of belonging over individual autonomy. In his most recent book Galston (2002) identifies Isaiah Berlin's moral and political philosophy as foundational for his own diversity liberalism. Berlin, however, is a liberal whose work is permeated by a tension between his recognition of the importance of belonging to a community and his commitment to individual liberty. This article argues that a more balanced treatment of Berlin's philosophy is less helpful to diversity liberalism than Galston claims. This is especially evident when Galston makes his support for the toleration of illiberal communities conditional on an individual right of exit from cultural communities and an education sufficient to make such a right meaningful.


We are building a musical performance assistance system that uses visual information to supplement the musical communication among deaf and hard-of-hearing people playing music together, enabling them to enjoy music communication playing music representing a certain emotion. We previously collected drawings for which the drawer had an emotion in mind in order to improve the communication in our system, which presents them to the players to enable them to focus on expressing a specific emotion. We thus need to better understand the properties of images that relate to an emotion. After computing the principal components of the image properties, we clustered the drawings into groups representing one of four emotions. We also asked viewers to categorize them on the basis of the emotion they elicited in the viewer. The results showed that the viewers based their judgment on the specific meaning of the drawing rather than the shape, if the shape of drawings was not abstract. The drawings intended to represent fear were well grouped by clustering, while the viewers categorized them as either fear or sadness. The results imply that we can add new drawings with intended emotions to our system as long as their image properties meet our analysis.


Introduction Copper superfilling can be achieved with an acidic electroplating solution containing Cl, PEG and MPSA [1] or Cl, PEG and SPS [2], the dimer of MPSA. In this study, experiments were performed to investigate the similarities and differences between MPSA and SPS in plating solutions containing one (SPS/MPSA), two (SPSCl/MPSA-Cl) or three (MPSA-Cl-PEG/SPS-Cl-PEG) additives. An understanding of the relationship between MPSA and SPS is critical to a complete understanding of the mechanisms that contribute to superfilling.


Voltage control for AC loads can be performed by controlling phase and cycles of AC voltages reaching load end. Cycle control tends to be more beneficial, as it reduces the amount of harmonic frequency in the circuit compared to phase control circuit. When a wave is passed in cycle control circuit, then either an entire half cycle or a complete full cycle is passed, hence eliminating the sharp change in the wave which is typical in phase control, causing harmonic frequency in the circuit. Cycle control is the most convenient process to control the output voltage for reducing RFI and this is the very approach that has been utilized in designing this project. This project utilized a voltage comparator to generate a digitized AC voltage and an SCR (Silicon Controlled Rectifier) to supply the required AC cycles to the load. The central controller was a digital controller, implemented in a Xilinx Spartan 2 FPGA. The digital controller utilized a Finite State Machine (FSM) that took in digital AC signal and the desired percentage of load voltage. With this information it passed a certain number of half or full cycles to the load, at the same time ensuring that, number of these AC cycles satisfied users percentage requirement. The digital controller was modeled in VHDL (Hardware Description Language), synthesized with XST tool, placed and routed in a Xilinx Spartan2 FPGA (xc2S50 – pq208) in Xilinx ISE 9.1i WebPack design environment. The placed and routed designed was implemented in the Pegasus FPGA board from Digilent containing the above mentioned FPGA. The simulations and the outputs of the implemented hardware accorded with the expected outputs.


As the accurate reasoning algorithm of causality diagram is NP hard, it's worth proposing an efficient reasoning method. This paper improves the binary decision diagram and proposes a method that transforms causality diagram into binary decision diagram, avoiding the process of disjoint cut sets. It can effectively reduce the reasoning complexity.


In ten dimensional type II superstring, all perturbative massive states are unstable, typically with a short lifetime compared to the string scale. We find that the lifetime of the average string state of mass M has the asymptotic form ≤ const.gs−2 M−1. The most stable string state seems to be a certain state with high angular momentum which can be classically viewed as a circular string rotating in several planes (``the rotating ring''), predominantly decaying by radiating soft massless NS-NS particles, with a lifetime = c0gs−2M5. Remarkably, the dominant channel is the decay into a similar rotating ring state of smaller mass. The total lifetime to shrink to zero size is ~ M7. In the presence of D branes, decay channels involving open strings in the final state are exponentially suppressed, so the lifetime is still proportional to M5, except for a D brane at a special angle or flux. For large mass, the spectrum for massless emission exhibits qualitative features typical of a thermal spectrum, such as a maximum and an exponential tail. We also discuss the decay properties of rotating rings in the case of compact dimensions.


Currently, the Pelikan Colombia S.A.S. drafts are produced on the basis of PVC and plasticizers, these two products have harmful effects on the environment, however, the performance of the product is good and the costs are low. In European markets they implemented regulations that eliminate products containing PVC in their composition. In reaching this market it is necessary to replace these components with others that have no environmental implications but offer the same quality as the drafts. The drafts found on the market are evaluated in terms of quality and chemically characterized by FTIR, to know the type of material used. In order to make erasers free of PVC, it is necessary to use a thermoplastic elastomer that has properties similar to natural rubber and additives that assist in the processing of the product; For this the offers of raw material are sought and the mixtures that according to patents would be the most appropriate are extruded. The extrusion should be done with the pelletized material or mixture to ensure a homogeneous mixture. The complete compound that is extruded has a good quality in terms of erasure and little migration with a hardness of 56,83 shore A. In conclusion, it is possible to replace PVC as a base material in the manufacture of erasers, for this an elastomer is used that has similar properties but also allows the eraser to have a good quality.


Surface and interface roughness of multilayer surface are often estimated with using X-ray reflectivity (XRR). In the conventional XRR analysis, the reflectivity is calculated based on the Parratt formalism, accounting for the effect of roughness by the theory of Nevot-Croce. However, the calculated result showed a strange phenomenon. The strange result had its origin in a currently used an equation due to serious mistake in which the Fresnel transmission coefficient in the reflectivity equation was increased at a rough interface because of a lack of consideration of diffuse scattering. Then we have developed a new improved formalism that corrects this mistake. In this study, we present the applying of the new improved formalism with the use of TEM observation results. The new improved formalism derives a more accurate analysis of the x-ray reflectivity from a multilayer surface of thin film material.


Along with the growing up of the network economy, the globalized e- business that is to replace the traditional business model puts forward the total new challenge to the current taxation system and its collecting model. The network taxation towards e- business is very necessary, and the fuzzy definition of the property right is beneficial to the development of e- business.


The method of realizing java animation is introduced, and then emphasized on discusses of how to clear up phenomena of twinkle with double_buffering technique, and use an example to show this technique.


Introduction A famous article by Oates (1969) first tested the hypothesis that house values depend on local public service quality and on local property tax rates, a phenomenon known as capitalization. His strong evidence for capitalization in a sample of communities in New Jersey stimulated dozens of additional studies on the topic. This chapter covers the subsequent literature on property tax capitalization. It focuses on the approach and evidence in Yinger, et al. (1988), henceforth referred to as PTHV. The chapter considers conceptual and empirical issues that arise in estimating property tax capitalization and discusses the important, but often counter-intuitive implications of property tax capitalization for public policy.


The invention discloses a display panel and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display apparatus. The display panel comprises multiple light emitting layers and filtering patterns corresponding to the light emitting layers, wherein the filtering patterns are positioned above the corresponding light emitting layers; the filtering patterns have special transmittance spectra; and the filtering patterns are used for filtering light rays corresponding to spectra except the special transmittance spectra, and transmitting the light rays corresponding to the special transmittance spectra. According to the technical scheme of the display panel and the manufacturing method therefor, and the display apparatus, the filtering patterns are positioned in the light output direction of the corresponding light emitting layers; the filtering patterns have the special transmittance spectra; and the filtering patterns are used for filtering the light rays corresponding to the spectra except the special transmittance spectra, and transmitting the light rays corresponding to the special transmittance spectra; partial light rays are filtered by the filtering patterns, so that the light rays transmitting the filtering patterns are reduced; and consequently, the reflectivity of the ambient light irradiated to the display panel is lowered, so that the contrast ratio of the display panel is further improved.


Aim. To study early and long-term clinical outcomes in patients with unstable angina (UA) and coronary artery stenting based on the results of a seven-year follow-up. Materials and Methods. The study included 165 patients with UA and coronary artery stenting. The average age of patients was 59.04±10.34 years; the number of male patients was 129 (78.2%). The risk by the GRACE scale was 96.9±17.46 points. The average number of affected coronary arteries was 2.23±1.07 per person, the average number of implanted stents was 2.10±1.45 per person, the average length of the stented area was 43.12±25.6 mm. Everolimus- or sirolimus-eluting stents were used. All patients were assessed for troponin I, myeloperoxidase, and C-reactive protein; platelet, plasma, and vascular hemostasis were evaluated. The patients underwent echocardiography, coronary angiography. The follow-up period was 7±1.6 years. Results. During a 7-year follow-up period, with endovascular treatment strategy and double antithrombotic therapy with clopidogrel 75 mg and acetylsalicylic acid 75 mg repeated UA developed in 91 (55.2%) pts and myocardial infarction was registered in 21 (12.7%) pts. Cardiovascular mortality was 7.3%. Independent stent thrombosis risk predictors included AUC ADR test ≥ 77.5 U, troponin I ≥ 0.90 ng/ml, total length of the stented area ≥ 60 mm. Independent predictors of the development of restenosis/neoatherosclerosis included: more than 4 implanted stents per patient (RR 1.440; 95% CI 1.233-1.681), the total length of the stented area ≥ 60 mm (RR 1.532; 95% CI 1.245-1.884), homocysteine ≥ 14 µmol/l (RR 1.479; 95% CI 1.168-1.876), myeloperoxidase ≥ 300 pmol/l (RR 1.351; 95% CI 1.102-1.656), with risk factors including a history of coronary heart disease for more than 5 years (RR 13.011; 95% CI 4.226-40.050), diabetes mellitus (RR 1.367; 95% CI 1.136-1.647). Conclusion. The number of early and long-term coronary events in patients with unstable angina and coronary artery stenting was estimated. Predictors of stent thrombosis, restenosis and the formation of new atherosclerotic plaques outside the stenting zone were identified.


SUMMARY The influence of some excitations acting on the drive system (i.e. vertical and lateral track roughness, motor torque changes, random changes of the coefficient of friction and internal parametrical excitations caused by the kinematic properties of the tension couplings) on the rotary motion perturbations have been studied in the paper. On the basis of the physical model of the drive system, a mathematical model has been determined. The method of determining the output power spectral density function has been described and the results obtained have been discussed.


A simple chemically defined medium was devised for exoprotein production by Bacillus brevis No. 47. About 2 mg/ml of proteins was produced in the synthetic medium containing 4% glucose and 1% ammonium sulfate. An essential component of fermentation medium was Ca salt which is required by this organism for assimilating glucose.Studies on the effects of various medium components on protein production revealed that the conditions appropriate for growth are also suitable for protein accumulation. Some compounds, especially inhibitors of cell wall synthesis and certain detergents, were found to enhance protein production.


This survey interrogates the contemporary politics of sexuality about the HIV epidemic, popular, artistic and pornographic representations, the masculinist movement, the right to indifference for homosexuals, the law against the prostitution system and sexual violence in wartime.


A study was conducted from 1994 through 1996 to evaluate barnyardgrass control, rice yield, and estimated economic returns with delayed preemergence (DPRE) applications of pendimethalin, quinclorac, thiobencarb, pendimethalin plus quinclorac, and pendimethalin plus thiobencarb applied alone or followed by postemergence (POST) applications of propanil or propanil plus molinate. Late-season barnyardgrass control with pendimethalin plus quinclorac was greater than with pendimethalin, quinclorac, thiobencarb, or pendimethalin plus thiobencarb. Control with pendimethalin, quinclorac, and pendimethalin plus thiobencarb exceeded that with thiobencarb. Propanil plus molinate controlled barnyardgrass more effectively than propanil. Quinclorac and pendimethalin plus quinclorac were the only DPRE herbicide treatments where yield and estimated economic returns were not improved by POST herbicides.


Overview Culturally proficient educational leaders must be able to see the process of teaching and learning from the social context of the learners. An important component of this teachinglearning dynamic is to see the barriers that exist for some, but not all, learners. When educators acknowledge and consider these barriers in preparing instructional materials, they provide for more equitable learning opportunities.


The elevation of Donald Trump as head of the Republican Party and the coalescing of Republicans behind him marks a dramatic shift in the core ideologies of the Republican Party. This creates a dilemma for Republicans who continue to embrace the party's former right-of-center philosophy of free markets, limited government, liberalized migration, and skepticism of politicians and politics. They must decide whether to remain in a political party currently hostile to their political beliefs. This paper argues that it is unlikely the GOP will return to the center-right Republicanism of the past half-century, and that supporters of that type of Republicanism should seriously consider attempting to form a new party. Though the odds that such a party will succeed are uncertain, they are better than what is commonly believed.


A cyclotron magnet is studied at Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMP, CAS), and the whole system include one main magnet and other magnetic gradient correctors, which is used to accelerate the Kr 26+ beam. The structure of superconducting coils and room-temperature iron core are adopted for the main magnet. This paper describes the magnetic field design of the cyclotron, and several shimming methods are used to meet the isochronous magnetic field of Kr 26+ beam, including pole face shimming method and side shimming method. The final optimization results show that the error between simulation and theory value is small. In addition, the magnet structure is also described.