Fibrillar distribution in the rat tail tendon and mice liver can be measured using optical methods. Two-photon excitation provides easy assessment of fibrotic collagen types I and II. Single photon deep ultraviolet (DUV) excitation imaging highlights all collagen types without discrimination. Their combination on the same tissue area provides a better overview of collagens in fibrillar diseases.


Aqueous biphasic systems (ABSs) composed of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and salt have been examined for the removal of textile dyes from textile effluent. The partitioning of four dyes namely Cibacron Scarlet LS 2G, Rhodamine B, Brown ERN and Astacryl Red 3B was investigated. All the dyes studied were found to partition into the upper PEG rich layer. Sodium carbonate was found to be the most efficient salt for extraction of dyes. Sodium sulphate was found to be marginally less efficient. Sodium chloride did not cause partitioning at all. Partitioning occurred at all pH and was almost pH independent. The partitioning of these dyes in larger volume (100 mL) ABS was also demonstrated. Studies using dye bath effluent were also conducted. In all cases very high efficiencies consistently above 98% were obtained.


This paper describes the acoustic characteristics of hesitations in Estonian spontaneous speech. We especially investigate duration, fundamental frequency, and first two formant analyses. Most frequent hesitations can be expressed by lengthened phonemes such as /ää/, /ee/, /õõ/, and /mm/. We compare lengthened phoneme hesitations with their related phonemes. The results from our preliminary hesitation study show (i) hesitations have longer duration and its range is spread; (ii) hesitations globally include lower pitch; (iii) hesitation formants are likely to be centralized or posterior and opened in comparison with related phonemes.


The welding of large scale closed plastic components with integrated functional elements inside is always a challenge to producers, just think for example of the reachable joint tolerances, depending on the method used. To also use laser beam welding in this application field, Jenoptik's Lasers & Material Processing division has developed a welding system with an in sections on/off switchable diode laser line.


ABSTRACT This study aims to detect the positive effects of alumina coating by silver on the mechanical and tribological characteristics such as hardness and wear resistance of Al2O3 reinforced copper matrix nanocomposites. 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10% wt. of alumina particles reinforced coated silver copper matrix nanocomposites were fabricated using the PM method. A scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to investigate the morphology of powders and microstructure of the nanocomposite samples. The density and hardness of samples were measured by the Archimede's method and Vickers microhardness method, respectively. Abrasive wear test of samples was measured using pin on disk. The results showed that coated alumina were homogenous distributed in the copper matrix. The densification of samples decreased but the hardness of samples increased with increasing Al2O3 content due to hard structure of Al2O3 ceramic particles. The highest microhardness was measured as 175 HV for copper matrix nanocomposites fabricated by using 10%wt of Al2O3 content. 70 HV was obtained for the copper matrix. Abrasive wear rate reduces by increasing the coated alumina percent and increase via increasing the normal load. In addition, the friction coefficient of the developed surface was found to decreasing with respect to increase coated alumina percent and increasing normal load.


It is shown that in any dual-topological-unitarization model of ..omega..-baryonium (B) mixing at the cylinder level, in which the production of baryon-antibaryon (bb-bar) pairs can take place only above a certain threshold energy, the phenomenologically relevant ..omega.. and B trajectories do not mix below bb-bar threshold. However, their couplings to external particles do get modified. The ..omega..-B mixing angle theta/sub omegahyphenB/, which characterizes these coupling modification effects below bb-bar threshold at t = 0, is estimated in some models. These estimates are found to agree reasonably well with the existing phenomenological bound on theta/sub omegahyphenB/.


MONG the matters of Euripidean A scholarship which await the patience and the insight of a sympathetic investigator is the nature and relevance of the dramatist's imagery. In no sphere is the psychological approach to literature likely to prove more fruitful in understanding. The method has become apparent from successful work on other authors, work which, in fact, by its freshness and originality, continues to provide illustration of the vitality of classical studies. Gilbert Norwood's brilliant study of Pindar,' now almost ten years old, must inevitably be quoted. Norwood's revelation of the poet's symbolism is something more than alandmark in the exegesis of one great writer. It leaves the reader with an intriguing quest, and the surmise that in other works of inspiration the hallmark of linguistic power may be a similar organization of the poetic medium, and concords of like subtlety between imagery and theme. And that belief will find reinforcement in more than one study of W. B. Stanford. Warm reference must also be made to Robert F. Goheen's examination of the imagery of the Antigone.2 This work demonstrated the relationship between the image-sequences of the play and the basic ideas of its theme, and did so in a manner which encourages belief that other Greek tragedies await similar analysis. The field is hardly touched. Its exploitation calls for sensitive scholarship, and a deep intimacy with the author concerned. Scholars in their retirement might find the task rewarding. A brief examination of the nautical imagery of the Medea of Euripides will provide a minor illustration. It will at least suggest that the methods of Norwood and Goheen are not irrelevant in other spheres. It can be shown that the play has its symbol, that one clear-cut set of images is related to that symbol, and that both symbol and image-sequence have vital connection with the theme of the play.


Some measures are taken to improve lasing performance of alexandrite crystals. As a result, the threshold is greatly decreased, and the output energy and tuning range are increased significantly.


Background: Quality of service can be said to be qualified if it gives satisfaction to patients. As time goes by, with increasing levels of education and people's incomes, the demands of the community to obtain quality health services are also increasing. Purpose: This study aims to determine the relationship between the quality of home care-based health services and patient satisfaction in the work area of the Layang Public Health Center, Makassar City. Methods: This type of research is quantitative with a cross sectional study approach. The population in this study were 159 home care patients in the working area of the Layang Health Center in Makassar City. The sampling technique used simple random sampling with a total sample of 60 respondents. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire/checklist sheet. The research results were analyzed using SPSS. Results: In general, from the research results of each research variable, it was found that the majority of respondents expressed satisfaction with the quality of Home Care services in the work area of the Layang Health Center. The results of the correlation analysis using the chi-square test (p < 0.05) showed that there was a relationship between the dimensions of technical competence (p = 0.000), human relations (p = 0.02), and accuracy time (p = 0.000) with patient satisfaction. That is, the better the quality of services provided, the higher the resulting patient satisfaction. Conclusion: There is a relationship between the dimensions of technical competence, human relations, safety, continuity, and timeliness of possession with patient satisfaction. It is hoped that the Layang Health Center can improve the quality of services provided to home care patients, especially in the timeliness of patient examinations.


The groundwater qualities of Obajana in Kogi State were determined. The study consisted of the determination of some heavy metals and physicochemical properties of drinking water samples. The samples were analyzed for the following parameters iron, copper, manganese, zinc, lead,using AAS Varian AA240FS. Nitrates, sulphate, phosphate, colour, dissolved solids, electrical conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), temperature, turbidity, total hardness and total alkalinity using standard method. The data showed the variation of the investigated parameters in samples as follows: temperature 26-30oC,  pH 5.53-7.89, electrical conductivity (EC) 6.210-339.670 μS/cm, total hardness 50.00- 424.20 mg/l, alkalinity 1.10-145.67mg/l, turbidity 0.00-34 FTU, colour 5-15TCU, phosphate 0.02-0.760 mg/l, nitrate 10.24-48.20mg/l, sulphate  24.70-222.13mg/l, dissolved oxygen 0.2-1.8 mg/l,  BOD 0.2-1.0mg/l, COD 1.1-3.2mg/l, Cu 0.00.1-0.10mg/l , Fe 0.01-0.060mg/l, Zn 0.029-5.046mg/l, Mn  0.0-0.44mg/l and Pb 0.0348-1.046mg/l. The concentrations of some of the investigated parameters in the drinking water samples from the research region were above the permissible limits of the World Health Organization standard for drinking water quality guidelines. lead was found to exceed 0.01mg/l which is the WHO maximum limit, also zinc and manganese were found to exceed the WHO maximum limit of 3.0mg/l and 0.1mg/l.


The fiber cut off wavelength is a critical parameter for single mode fiber. It is relevant to various factors such as MFD,length,curvature,attenuation etc. The dependence of fiber cut off wavelength is analyzed in this paper. Any unfavorable factor influencing fiber cut off wavelength must be reduced during fiber cable manufacture. The Smallest operation wavelength should be up to 60 70nm,so that it is favorable to decreasing bending loss.


Abstract Carbon films were prepared by hot filament assisted sputtering. Pure argon was used as the sputtering gas. The substrate temperature was 600 °C and the filament temperature was about 2000 °C. Sample was inhomogeneous. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) images showed that some part of films consisted of carbon nano fibers (not hollow but solid). Amorphous and polycrystalline phases were also detected by these measurements. No tube structure was observed by high resolution TEM. The diameter of the fiber was 10–30 nm.


The seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among patients attending the dental clinic of the Federal School of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu, was determined. Venous blood samples collected from 100 patients (46 females, 54 males) were screened for HIV using the HIV 1⁄2 rapid test strip (ACON, USA) and the Determined HIV 1⁄2 (Abbott, Japan). Structured questionnaires were also administered to Dental Surgeons and Dental Surgery Assistants to ascertain their infection control knowledge and practice. Out of the 100 patients screened, 4% tested positive, with males constituting over 70% of the overall prevalence. Also, patients within the age range 21-30 years accounted for the highest prevalence. The infection control knowledge/practice of the Dental Professionals was dismally low. This study underscores the urgent need for strict observance of the universal precautionary measures while handling patients of unknown HIV status. The need for routine infection control training for DentalProfessionals is hereby emphasized.


Like teachers of subject related languages in general alsothe teachers of traffic related language are faced with the challengesof contemporary, technologically fast developing society.In modem information times students are much better informedthrough satellite TV; Internet and numerous publications.On the other hand, getting hold of all this information isno easy task for teachers. If they want to be interesting andmake students attend their classes, they must even be ahead oftime or at least be the first to pass on fresh information. Here aquestion arises about the current role of language textbooks intertiary education. Writing of a good textbook requires at least ayear or two, considering the time from its conception to publication.However, by that time it is no longer up-to-date. One ofthe solutions to the problem is presentation of current articlesfound by students in various contemporary scientific and technicalpublications. The present paper gives recommendations,based on long experience, how to acquire traffic-related languagewith such presentations in class.


A Mannich's base(MB) was synthesized from acetophenone,formaldehyde,and diethyl amine and its inhibitory capability for corrosion of steel P110 in 15% hydrochloric acid was studied by using electrochemical measurements. The polarization curves at 20℃ showed that steel P110 underwent activated anodic polarization processes of corrosion reaction in the acid and,when the dosage of MB increased from 0 to 1.0%,the corrosion rate lowered and the autocorrosion potential shifted toward positive direction,which indicated this MB controlling mainly the anodic processes of corrosion. The EIS spectra showed that the films formed by MB on steel surfaces weakened with increasing temperature from 20℃ to 80℃ and strengthened with increasing MB dosage up to 1.0%. The values of corrosion rate of steel P110 in the acid,determined by electrochemical measurements,increased dramatically with increasing temperature at the absence of MB,being of 2.796 g/m2·h at 20℃ and 493.4 g/m2·h at 80℃,and decreased with increasing MB dosage at a given temperature; the percentage corrosion inhibition at a given MB dosage increased with increasing temperature,or the inhibiting efficiency of this MB in the acid was higher at higher temperatures.


The antimicrobial activity and mechanism of silver ions (Ag+) have gained broad attention in recent years. However, dynamic studies are rare in this field. Here, we report our measurement of the effects of Ag+ ions on the dynamics of histone-like nucleoid structuring (H-NS) proteins in live bacteria using single-particle tracking photoactivated localization microscopy (sptPALM). It was found that treating the bacteria with Ag+ ions led to faster diffusive dynamics of H-NS proteins. Several techniques were used to understand the mechanism of the observed faster dynamics. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay on purified H-NS proteins indicated that Ag+ ions weaken the binding between H-NS proteins and DNA. Isothermal titration calorimetry confirmed that DNA and Ag+ ions interact directly. Our recently developed sensing method based on bent DNA suggested that Ag+ ions caused dehybridization of double-stranded DNA (i.e., dissociation into single strands). These evidences led us to a plausible mechanism for the observed faster dynamics of H-NS proteins in live bacteria when subjected to Ag+ ions: Ag+-induced DNA dehybridization weakens the binding between H-NS proteins and DNA. This work highlighted the importance of dynamic study of single proteins in the live cells for understanding the functions of antimicrobial agents to the bacteria.


With 45% of its population over 65, one Dorset practice provides an insight into health care in the 21st century. GP John Pillinger describes this practice's ground-breaking project to manage benign prostatic hyperplasia in primary care.


This communication discusses the capabilities of the fourth order Phoenix cell for dual-band reflectarrays. Indeed, simulations show that the four geometrical parameters defining the metallization can be tuned to control the phase at two different frequencies (here for a frequency ratio close to 1.7). A complete 360° phase range is obtained at both frequencies and preliminary guidelines are proposed to design the cell.


In this investigation, nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficients were experimentally measured during pool boiling of mixtures, consisting of water/monoethanolamine and water/diethanolamine on a horizontal heating rod, under atmospheric pressure. The experiment was carried out below 205 kW.m-2 heat flux, over a wide range of concentrations. These experiments include, measurement of pool boiling heat transfer coefficient and also visual information. Applicability of the existing main correlations is briefly discussed, with the present experimental data. The major predictions(over and/or under) were observed in some parameter range by the existing correlations. In this investigation the correlations of Fujita et al and Inoue et al, which are structurally the same but have different tuning parameters were modified for this system and the average error has been significantly reduced.


This chapter deals with the applicability of propagation of ultrasound waves for materials (liquids and glasses) characterization. Much attention has been paid to the role and significance of molecular interactions in determining specific properties and structure of molecular systems as well as molecular phenomena related to interacting molecules. A brief review of literature pertaining to the present work is also


Athel (Tamarix aphlylla) is one of the important species planted for fixing the dune sands in the Iranian hot desert region. The variations in physical properties of Athel wood were studied on ten 48-52 year-old trees from the southeastern part of Iran (Zabol region). The samples were taken at breast height and from the entire disc surface. The physical properties, including oven-dry density (686 Kg m), basic density (521 Kg m), tangential shrinkage (7.13%), radial shrinkage (4.14%), longitudinal shrinkage (1.96%), volumetric shrinkage (13.23%), fiber saturation point (25.4%), maximum humidity content (125.60%), tangential to radial shrinkage ratio (1.72), percentage of cell wall (46.06%) and porosity (53.93%), were determined. The relationship between wood density and shrinkage (tangential, radial and longitudinal) and maximum moisture content was determined by Pearson matrix correlation analyses. It was found that the relationships density–shrinkage and density–maximum humidity content were positive and negative, respectively. The correlation coefficient between wood density and longitudinal shrinkage was found to be higher than those of the relationships wood density–tangential shrinkage and wood density–radial shrinkage.


This study assesses spatial and long temporal variations in water quality over the years 2008-2011 for Tigris River by: use of a water quality index (WQI), and multivariate statistical methods namely: principal component analysis and factor analysis (PCA/FA) to extract the parameters that are most important in assessing variations of river water quality, and cluster analysis (CA) to parameters responsible to temporal and spatial variations , for 18 physiochemical pollution data sets :pH value, Electrical conductivity (EC), Total suspended solids (TSS), Temperature (T), Turbidity (Tur), Total alkalinity(TA), Total hardness (TH), Calcium(Ca +2 ), Magnesium (Mg +2 ), Sulfate(SO4 -2 ), Total solids(TS) ,Iron(Fe +2 ), Aluminum(Al +3 ), Nitrite(NO2 -1 ), Nitrate(NO3 -1 ), Ammonia(NH3), Silica(Si), and Orthophosphate(PO4) -3 , from the intake of 8 water treatment sampling sites on the river. WQI on a rating scale range 50 >WQI>300, is 192, indicating poor water quality, not safe for drinking, industrial and crop uses. (PCA/FA) total variance for the rotation sums of squared loadings gives70.742% for 4 components, and 52.186% cumulative for 2 factor components. CA analysis dendrogram gives 3 clusters based on 8 WTPs as: Cluster 1 (Alrashed,Alwahda),cluster2(cluster1,Al-Karkh,East-Tigrus,Al-athba),cluster3(cluster1,cluster2,Al-Karama,AlQadsiya,Al-Dora), and 3 clusters based on the 20 physical and chemical data sets parameters : Cluster 1(,TS, EC,


In the field studies conducted during 1986 to 1987, seventeen species of birds were found to prey on larch case-bearer, Coleophora dahurica [Lep.: Coleophoridae], a key defoliating pest of larch forest in Jilin Province. In a larch forest stand, 16* trees were covered with a 7x7x4 m wire cage (mesh size=2 cm) in October of 1986 to prevent entrance of birds. Observations in April of 1987 showed that the population density of larch case-bearer in the uncovered check forest was .33.1% less than that on the cage-covered trees, indicating the control effect of birds over the case-bearer populations in nature.


This paper presents two experimental studies using an incremental informationretrieval paradigm to test the exhaustivity of French c'est-clefts against other exhaustive inferences and languages, namely German. Results suggest that exhaustivity in c'est-clefts is weak and in some cases shows a divergent pattern from exhaustivity in definite pseudoclefts, contra predictions of Percus (1997) and Büring and Križ (2013) and differing from an identical study on German. We seek a unified account of cleft exhaustivity, and propose that the broader discourse-semantics of c'est-clefts account for its weak effect.


I represent the Commonwealth of Learning, an intergovernmental organisation based in Vancouver Canada. Our slogan is 'learning for development'. COL is an intergovernmental organisation set up by the Commonwealth Heads of Government, when they met in 1987 in Vancouver, Canada. We are the only Commonwealth organisation located outside the UK. We are funded by voluntary contributions from Commonwealth Member States, and you'll be pleased to know that we are privileged to have Guyana's consistent support.


Various models for predicting high fluence ion collection profiles are reviewed. Recent calculations based on the diffusion approximation are described. The solute and defect probability distributions are calculated by a MONTECARLO code, TRIM. The method takes into account the effects of sputtering, including preferential sputtering of one of the components, and lattice dilation. In addition, the effects of radiation enhanced diffusion and radiation induced segregation are also considered. The calculations include the coupling of solute and defect fluxes. The described formalism can account for observed maximum attainable concentrations and distributions in high fluence implantation conditions of practical interest.


Medication review, the systematic examination of an individual patient's medicines in order to improve medication therapy, has been advocated as an important patient safety measure. Despite widespr ...


IRANIAN FILM AND PERSIAN FICTION M. R. Ghanoonparvar Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2016 (xvi + 246 pages, bibliography, index, notes) $45.00 (paper)M. R. Ghanoonparvar's latest book, Iranian Film and Persian Fiction, contends that film and fiction represent two branches of the narrative art with shared origins in the oral tradition. With a straightforward, chronological schematization and in language largely devoid of technical terminology, the book provides an overview of major trends and representative works of modern storytelling in the Iranian national context, starting with the rise of the Persian novel in late nineteenth century and the beginning of the Iranian film industry in the 1930s and continuing until the present day, while paying special attention to the narrative strategies common to both mediums. An eminent scholar and translator in his own right, Ghanoonparvar also has extensive experience teaching courses on Persian and Iranian cultural production, which is reflected in his uncomplicated analysis and lucid prose; as he puts it, he writes "from the perspective of a teacher of literature (with undergraduates in mind)" (xv). Beyond historical survey, the book addresses three compelling questions: How did Persian fiction shape the way that filmmakers told stories on screen? As cinema replaced fiction as the predominant narrative form, how did writers incorporate cinematic elements into their works? And how has war in general, but especially the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), shaped modern Iranian storytelling? Finally, having argued that film and fiction share an interconnected history, the author concludes that each medium will continue to shape the other as Iranian film and, to a lesser but growing degree, Persian fiction receive attention in the global marketplace.The book's six chapters vary tellingly in length. The first two chapters, at eighteen pages each, provide historical overviews of Persian fiction and Iranian film respectively, though without discussing overlaps and influences between the two mediums. By far the book's longest, chapter three (seventy pages) traces the influence of Persian fiction on Iranian films. The chapter pays special attention to the New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 1970s, when filmmakers adapted stories and novels of well-known writers like Sadeq Hedayat, Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi, and Sadeq Chubak to critical acclaim. Chapter four turns to cinema's influence on later generations of Iranian writers, especially in the 1980s and 1990s, but, at half the previous chapter's length, suggests that film's presence in fiction is less readily discernible than fiction's in film. The last two chapters survey works of fiction (chapter five, forty pages) and films (chapter six, thirty-two pages) that portray the Iran-Iraq War and its legacy.As the chapter lengths suggest, the book offers its most fully formed and salient analysis when considering Persian fiction and its impact on Iranian film. Though Ghanoonparvar relies largely on plot summaries to introduce works, his discussion of individual stories and novels becomes more expansive when he turns to the complex negotiations, interpretations, and collaborations that occurred between screenwriters, directors, and novelists, many of whom brought contrasting worldviews to the process of screen adaptation. Based on the contention that storytelling forms the defining element of both mediums, Ghanoonparvar follows a basic pattern whereby he summarizes a novel or short story's plot and then determines how successfully a film recreates the same narrative elements on screen. For example, he argues that the 1975 film version of Hedayat's The Blind Owl (1937) "fails as a translation of the essential features and aspects of this masterpiece of modern Persian fiction" (94). While the film presents only a "superficial" reading of Hedayat's work as dark and death-obsessed, recent scholarship "has focused on the structure and themes and has unraveled many of the complexities of Hedayat's narrative" (91). …


PURPOSE
To determine the mammographic, histologic, and clinical features of bilateral breast cancer.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Pre-biopsy mammograms of 67 patients with bilateral carcinoma were reviewed. Lesions were synchronous in 35 patients and metachronous in 32. Mammographic appearance, lesion size and location, and bilateral similarities were evaluated. Axillary nodal status was noted. These characteristics were compared with those of unilateral cancers.

RESULTS
Of 58 mammographically evident lesion pairs, 31 involved the same quadrant. Of the total 67 lesion pairs, 24 pairs were similar in appearance, and 15 had both mirror image location and a similar appearance. Of 17 lesion pairs considered to represent a single primary carcinoma with metastases to the contralateral breast, eight had a similar mirror image appearance and five had mirror image location and a similar mirror image appearance. The second cancer of metachronous pairs was smaller, with less frequent axillary nodal involvement.

CONCLUSION
The appearance of bilateral breast cancer does not differ from that of unilateral carcinoma. Bilateral breast carcinomas frequently demonstrate a similar mammographic appearance and mirror image location.


Functionally graded materials( FGM) is a new compound materials. This paper summarizes the character and capability of this material. Its thermal-mechanism theory research status is also summarized, including the exact solution of one-dimension steady temperature field , compound material layer plywood model under dynamic hot-carry action and crack problem under hot-carry action. And, some preparation methods of FGM and their applications are dealt with, including spark plasma sinter technology, powder metallurgy method and plasma structure craftwork. Besides, some research methods of FGM are also presented, such as diffraction method, optimizing method, transmutation model and the model of design modeling and so on. Finally, conception is proposed about applying FGM to the burning chamber of the engine is put forward.


Based on the Monte Carlo method, we examined the dynamic magnetic behaviors and magnetocaloric effect of a Kagome lattice subjected to the influence of time-dependent oscillating and time-independent magnetic fields. We used the Ising model to describe the Kagome lattice and study the dynamic order parameters, blocking temperature, internal energy, and phase diagrams. The results revealed that exchange coupling increases the stability of the system and the bias field induces order; however, the time-dependent oscillating magnetic field induces disorder. In addition, the magnetocaloric properties, changes in magnetic entropy, and relative cooling power of the Kagome lattice were investigated.


Further to the news story about a survey of relatives that will help trusts assess their end of life care (<March 2), talking to patients about dying is one of the most difficult things nurses have to do.


Only to penetrate theory into the practice,to systematically instruct the theories in classroom,and to use the modern education techniques,can we teach well the theory lesions of new physscal education and health curriculum,so that make the students grasp solid theoretical foundation of physical education and health.


Modular tank system (26) for a liquid reducing agent (3), wherein the tank system (26) comprises three modules: - a first module (4) comprising a tank (2) having a first opening (5) and an opposite second opening (6), - a second module (7) comprising a cover element (8) for receiving at least one extraction tube (9), and - a third module (10) comprising a bottom element (1), wherein the cover member (8) is arranged in the first opening (5) and the bottom element (1) in the second opening (6).


Objective: To characterize the incidence, diagnostic and therapeutic trends and outcomes for cases of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) occurring within 30 days after neurosurgery for central nervous system (CNS) tumors. Background: HSE has been reported previously after neurosurgery for other conditions, such as epilepsy surgery or trigeminal nerve decompression. In this study, we present the case of a 41 year old woman who had surgery for a craniopharyngioma and developed HSE postoperatively. Subsequently, we focus exclusively on other cases of HSE reported in the literature after a neurosurgical procedure for a solid CNS tumor. Design/Methods: Literature search was performed for cases meeting the above criteria. Information was gathered regarding patient demographics, tumor types, symptoms, diagnostic workup, therapy and outcomes. The data were analyzed and descriptive statistics calculated. Results: Eighteen cases were studied (56% female, median age 41). The most common tumor was pituitary adenoma. Encephalopathy, fever and seizures were the most common presenting symptoms (94%, 83% and 44%, respectively). 50% had HSV-1, 22% had HSV-2, while 28% were unspecified. A majority of the patients (78%) received intravenous acyclovir and 79% of those who did, survived. All patients who did not receive acyclovir died. The median time to starting acyclovir was 17 postoperative days (range 8–35 days). Most patients (78%) received steroids. Overall, 61% of patients survived (33% recovered fully and 28% had neurologic sequalae) and 39% died. No association was found between steroid use and outcome. Conclusions: HSE should be strongly suspected after neurosurgery for tumors in patients who develop fever, encephalopathy or seizures. A delay in recognition of HSE and failure to treat with intravenous acyclovir could result in severe morbidity and mortality. In our study, no association was found between steroid use and outcome. However, large, prospective, controlled trials are needed for definitive conclusions. Disclosure: Dr. Yari has nothing to disclose. Dr. Benardete has nothing to disclose. Dr. Ambe has nothing to disclose. Dr. Fonkem has nothing to disclose.


We propose a novel multiscale approach for the image registration problem, i.e., to find a deformation that maps one image onto another. The image registration problem is confirmed to be mathematical ill-posed due to the fact that determining the unknown components of the displacements merely from the images is an underdetermined problem. The approach presented here utilizes an auxiliary regularization term based on the energy of a plate with free edges, which incorporates smoothness constraints into the deformation field. One of the important aspects of this approach is that the energy does not penalize affine-linear functions. Consequently, the kernel of the Euler--Lagrange equation is spanned by all rigid motions. Hence, the presented approach is invariant under planar rotation and translation. In order to find an optimal deformation, we solve a sequence of subproblems with decreasing regularization parameter. In this framework the regularization parameter can be regarded as a scale parameter, which ca...


Information technology from time to time develops very quickly. It is straight with the complexity of the network. The effect of increasing complex network is monitoring management in a network that complicated. The lack of attention to the performance conditions of the device becomes an obstacle for an administrator in the assessment of the condition of the device. Diskominfo becomes gateway user of internet in scope of Organisasi Perangkat Daerah (OPD) of Kab. Bogor, so the allocated bandwidth should be effectively distributed. Without bandwidth management, the host can use maximum bandwidth, causing other host bandwidth allocations to be unusable. The implementation of monitoring can be done by login web in Network Monitoring System zabbix, SMS and E-mail that used as notification if there are host disruption. Monitoring systems of zabbix service are CPU, memory, hard disk, PING and Traffic Bandwidth in the unit of percentage, status and bit. As the result of NMS Zabbix configuration and optimize the management of bandwidth network with HTB algorithm run well, it can be seen by the successful of zabbix transmission through SMS and E-mail notification to the administrator and Optimize Bandwidth with HTB algorithm.


Modified porang flour by lactic acid and conventional heating using waterbath (PAW) and microwave radiation (PAM) were determined its functional group using FTIR, the chemical structure were studied using H1NMR, molecular weight were measured using HPLC-SEC and its microstructure were studied using SEM, particles size were measured using PSA and rheology characteristics were determined using Rheometer. The results showed that modified porang either PAW and PAM showed changes on functional group peaks compared to one of native porang flour included OH, CH 3 , C-C, C = O, C-O-C, mannose and glucose groups. H 1 NMR spectra of modified porang flour (PAW and PAM) were similar mainly in proton of CH 3 and CH 2 , molecular weight were higher at PAW 2.0×10 6 and PAM 3.0×10 6 , while particles size of PAW and PAM were smaller. The microstructure of PAW and PAM were porous and spongy indicated that PAW and PAM had higher moisture accessability on the amorph site. Storage modulus (G') dan loss modulus (G") PAW and PAM decreasing with the increased temperature. Lower G' compared to G" and modulus (G' and G") did not showed crossing indicated that PAW and PAM have a stable visco-elasticity. It can be concluded that functional group peaks of modified porang flour (PAW and PAM) changed differently compared to native porang flour, H 1 -NMR spectra of modified porang flour were similar, with bigger moleculer weight of PAM than PAW, the microstructure were porous and spongy and rheology characteristics indicated that an unchanged visco-elastic system by thermal treatments.


A sound system of responsibility locating in personnel oversight plays a very important role in perverting the official employment corruption and in guaranteeing the enrollment of the persons with high quality.Therefore,we must,under the guidance of the "Three Represents" thoughts,define scientifically the connotations,principles of the system of responsibility locating in personnel oversight.


Mobile projectors are an emerging trend and becoming ever more present in the consumer market. One main concern is how this resource will be used and exploited. The act of physically holding the projection device while interacting is uncommon and potentially beset with many issues. In this paper we present a mobile application, which uses the searchlight metaphor as a novel means of navigating though information space, potentially of limitless size. In addition to the searchlight navigation technique we have developed a number of input techniques which challenge the classic button press interaction with a number of intuitive gestures which complement the interaction style. We present our findings from a user study in which the usability of each technique was evaluated, we also propose several heuristics for mobile projector interaction design.


Radon is an increasingly common concern, mainly when it is found indoors exposing the users of the space to radiation. As a gas, radon is an element produced due to uranium decay; it emanates naturally from soil and is considered by the World Health Organization as the second most common cause of lung cancer. Several methodologies are available for mitigating the indoor radon concentration, with distinct improvements and efficiencies that need to be proved with on-site testing. The case study here presented analyzes the effect of applying a barrier membrane, covering the pavement of a ground floor room located in a historic building with a high occupancy rate, on an abnormal radon concentration evidenced by experimental data. After the barrier membrane installation, a new long-term monitoring campaign (3 months) was carried out to assess indoor radon concentration. The obtained results showed that the barrier membrane lowered the indoor radon concentration by 90%. However, the radon exposure level remained higher than the recommended level to enable safe occupation and the regular use of space. Nevertheless, as the reduction in the radon concentration was very significant by the adoption of a barrier membrane, the combination of this technical solution with other mitigation methodologies, namely including the adoption of mechanical ventilation procedures, can become a very efficient solution for radon remediation, reducing the number of air changes per hour (ACH) from 30–60 to 4–6.


Purpose: Young women more often present withatypical symptoms followingmy- ocardial infarction and further knowledge on cardiovascular risk factors in women is warranted. We examined the associations between pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and risks of developing hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes in a nationwide cohort of young women following childbirth. Methods: Women giving birth 2004–2010 with no history of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia or diabetes were identified by cross-linkage of nationwide registers. Women were divided in six BMI-groups: underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m 2 ), normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m 2 ), overweight (BMI 25.0- 29.9 kg/m 2 ),obese-I (BMI=30.0-34.9 kg/m 2 ),obese-II (BMI=35.0-39.9 kg/m 2 )and obese-III (BMI ≥ 40.0 kg/m 2 ) according to the WHO classification. We assessed risks of developing hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes by Poisson regression models (adjusted for age and calendar year) using normal weight as the reference. Results: The cohort comprised 266,154 women with a median age of 31.3 years (IQR 28.8; 34.5) and a median follow-up of 5.5 and was stratified into 3 groups: no change, weight loss, or weight gain. We grouped the women in four BMI classes including underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m 2 ), normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m 2 ), overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9 kg/m 2 ), and obese (BMI > 30.0 kg/m 2 ). We calculated the risk of death by Cox proportional-hazard models adjusted for age, smoking, diabetes, use of statins and antihypertensive drugs as well as degree of coronary artery disease) with normal weight as the reference. Conclusions: of coronary Our risk aim study is to if to withdraw for tension, hypercholesterolemia.


Article history: Received October 28, 2015 Received in revised format November 28, 2015 Accepted January 2, 2015 Available online January 3, 2016 The term innovation which is about the novelty on products, processes, services, technologies, on strategies or organizational structures is important for companies to stay in the competition and run their businesses well to gain both financial and organizational achievements. By the changing and globalizing world, innovation may require some interaction and cooperation which is called open innovation. In this research, five factors including brainstorming, feedback, benchmarking, open-minded mentality and relationship with supply chain elements triggering open innovation are investigated and ranked by one of the multi-criteria decision making models called ELECTRE III according to two criteria of inbound and outbound innovations. © 2016 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.


The utility model discloses a CRTSIII pattern plat type ballastless track self-compacting concrete filling tool. The CRTSIII pattern plat type ballastless track self-compacting concrete filling tool comprises a self-compacting concrete hopper machine frame and a self-compacting concrete hopper detachably arranged on the self-compacting concrete hopper machine frame, wherein the self-compacting concrete hopper comprises a hopper body used for storing self-compacting concrete and a supporting frame used for supporting the hopper body and correspondingly connected with the self-compacting concrete hopper machine frame, a valve assembly controlling discharging of the hopper body is arranged at a discharging end of the lower portion of the hopper body, the self-compacting concrete hopper machine frame comprises a primary frame and a buffer discharging hopper arranged on the primary frame, and the buffer discharging hopper is correspondingly arranged under the hopper body. The CRTSIII pattern plat type ballastless track self-compacting concrete filling tool is mainly used for filling CRTSIII pattern plat type ballastless track self-compacting concrete, and fills the self-compacting concrete conveniently and rapidly through the matching between the self-compacting concrete hopper machine frame and the self-compacting concrete hopper and the control over the valve assembly in the use process.


The α-prenyl alcohol fragment is featured widely in many natural products such as shikonin and alkanin.The addition of prenylmetals to carbonyl compounds provides a concise and facile entry into this class of compounds.However,such carbonyl prenylation are inherently problematic since both α and γ adducts are formed during the reaction.Different prenylmetals have different influence on the regioselectivity of this addition.In this paper,recent development of the regioselectivity of this addition using prenylmetals is reviewed.


Introduction 1. Part I: Market Risk 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Identifying Risk Factors 1.3. Market Risk Models 1.4. Back-testing Stress tests 1.5. Aspects of Integration 2. Part II: Credit Risk 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Credit Risk Basics 2.3. Credit Risk Parameters: Definitions and innovative estimations of 2.4. Credit Risk Modelling 2.5. Stress testing 2.6. Regulatory Capital Requirements 2.7. Aspects of Integration 3. Part III: Operational Risk in Banking Organizations 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Identifying & Measuring Operational Risk 3.3. Modeling and Monitoring Operational Risk 3.4. Assessing Operational Risk via Evaluation Analysis 3.5. Operational Risk Profiling 3.6. Optimizing Risks 3.7. Aspects of Integration 4. Part IV: Characteristics, Strengths and Weaknesses of Basel II 4.1. Introduction 4.2. The Framework for Market Risk 4.3. The Framework for Credit Risk 4.4. The Framework for Operational Risk 4.5. Aggregation according to Basel II: Different combination for each credit institution 4.6. Difficulties on Integrating Different Types of Risks 5. Part V: Integrated Risk Management Framework 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Integrating Market and Credit Risk 5.3. Integrating Market and Operational Risk 5.4. Integrating Credit and Operational Risk 5.5. Dealing with the Weaknesses of Basel II 5.6. Economic and Regulatory Capital 5.7. A complete proposal for capital requirements 6. Conclusions & Action Plans


Presents a method for the finite element (FE) analysis of saturation effects in a squirrel‐ cage electrical machine. The proposed mathematical model includes the FE equations of the electromagnetic field, the equations which define the connection of windings, and the mechanical equation. Applies an approach based on a simultaneous solution of these equations, paying special attention to the movement simulation. Applies the time‐stepping method with a fixed grid, independent of the rotar position. In the method the motional effects are simulated by trigonometric interpolation of the results for the previous time step.


In this paper we show how to construct noninteractive zero knowledge proofs for any NP statement under general (rather than number theoretic) assumptions, and how to enable polynomially many provers to give polynomially many such proofs based on a single random string. Our constructions can be used in cryptographic applications in which the prover is restricted to polynomial time.


Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy remains the most effective adjuvant treatment for noninvasive bladder cancer. Systemic BCG-related complications are rare and usually related to infective agent or an immune-mediated reaction. We discussed a case with perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (p-ANCA) vasculitis, developing after instillation of BCG for non-invasive bladder cancer. A 68-year-old man presented with nephritic syndrome a few months after BCG instillations which was performed for his non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer adjuvant therapy. The renal function had declined slowly after the first instillation and urinary sediment reveals the new onset of nephritic proteinuria and hematuria. High titer of p-ANCA was present. His renal biopsy was consistent with acute renal vasculitis. The patient's creatinine level regressed with immunosuppressive therapy and he was clinically followed up without hemodialysis. Here, we presented a patient that diagnosed as p-ANCA related vasculitis occurred after BCG instillation.


. This paper shows how a genetic algorithm can be used as a method of obtaining the near-optimal solution of the resource block scheduling problem in a cooperative cellular network. An exhaustive search is initially implemented to guarantee that the optimal result, in terms of maximizing the bandwidth efficiency of the overall network, is found, and then the genetic algorithm with the properly selected termination conditions is used in the same network. The simulation results show that the genetic algorithm can approximately achieve the optimum bandwidth efficiency whilst requiring only 24% of the computation effort of the exhaustive search in the investigated network.


Hormesis is a dose-response phenomenon which is characteristic of a low dose stimulation.Large amounts of data indicate that hormesis starts to occur immediately below the no observed adverse effect levels(NOAEL) and the maximum stimulatory response is generally approximately 30%-60% greater than the control,which exists objectively.This article provides an overview of hormesis,mainly including its concept,mechanisms,quantitative features and the fitting models.Also the examples of the model fitting are given.Finally,the key issues and orientation of research work on hormesis are also illustrated and proposed.


The glassy polymer lattice sorption model (GPLSM) recognizes the presence of holes on the lattice and determines how the number of holes changes by taking into account swelling due to penetrant gas molecules. The GPLSM equation has a composition-dependent energy term similar to that in the Flory-Huggins theory and an entropic term based on the mixing of gas molecules and holes. A good representation of the experimental data is obtained for the carbon dioxide- and methane-polycarbonate systems


(1) Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Department of Environmental and Landscape Geography, Budapest, Hungary (firstname.lastname@example.com), (2) Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Institute for Geology and Geochemical Research, (3) Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Geographical Institute, (4) Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Department of Mineralogy


A novel CMOS magnetic latch with extremely high magnetic resolution based on a single split-drain magnetic field-effect transistor is reported. The minimum detectable magnetic flux density is less than 4 /spl mu/T. The resolution for magnetic pattern recognition is less than 2 mT. The breakthrough has been achieved by importing a positive feedback.


In the event of the detection of an asteroid in a collision course with the Earth, numerous efforts would be made to gather as much data as possible on the hazardous object before an effective fully-fledged deflection mission can be developed. In the same way as ground and space–based telescopes will certainly be used towards this goal, a mission to collect in-situ information on the asteroid properties and to test the technologies required to perform the deflection will be mandatory. Such mission should be largely based on already existing space technology and /or hardware at time of asteroid threat detection (with the few exceptions of any novel technologies that being necessary to perform the asteroid deflection need to be tested for the first time), in order to reduce technological risk and enable the shortest possible development time. The mission proposed in this paper, which has been called Don Quijote, will consist of two spacecraft, which would be injected into separate interplanetary trajectories by the same Soyuz launch vehicle. The first spacecraft, called Hidalgo, would impact on the asteroid at a relative speed of at least 10 km/s. A second spacecraft, called Sancho, would have previously performed a rendezvous manoeuvre with the asteroid and would remain in orbit about it, observing the impact and analysing any changes in the asteroid internal structure, shape, orbit and rotation state as a consequence of the collision. The objectives of the mission would be to determine the asteroid internal structure, to constraint its mechanical properties, to determine the feasibility of coupling devices onto its surface and measure the orbital deflection of the asteroid as a result of the impact of the Hidalgo spacecraft. As an illustration of the mission concept and its versatility, a candidate mission has been selected considering one of the proposed DEFT, Athos, with optimum spacecraft masses and delta-v, compatible with the asteroid detection and estimated Earth impact date. Hidalgo arrival at Athos on 2012 would take place more than four years before the Earth impact, that could be time enough to allow the adaptation of a second mission -according to Don Quijote mission results - in order to enable an optimal asteroid deflection


In the progressive Type-II censoring with random removal, choosing a distribution for removing the number of unfailed units which is independent from the lifetime distribution, may be a serious challenge and lead to an unreliable inference. Two approaches based on the time distance between consecutive failure times are proposed to determine the removal numbers. Then, the joint probability mass functions of random removals are derived where the underlying distribution of the lifetime data is assumed to be an exponential. Furthermore, The expected test time is investigated under these two approaches and is subsequently considered as an optimality criterion for identifying progressive Type-II censoring schemes. Some statistical inference results are also obtained by using Monte Carlo simulations. The empirical results indicate that the proposed methods work perfectly well in the sense that, reduce the expected total time on the test. Finally, a numerical example, based on a real data set, is presented and analysed to illustrate the proposed approaches.


Some large impact basins on the Moon are covered with younger basalts, making it hard to determine their age by crater counting. Evans et al. (2018, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JE005421) use Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory gravity data to identify buried craters larger than 90 km and construct a relative chronology for the impact basins. This relative chronology is broadly consistent with the degree to which the basins have relaxed: Older basins tend to be more relaxed. Pre‐Nectarian basins are likely saturated, so the roughly constant measured crater density does not require a brief formation interval. Some of the results of Evans et al. (2018) are at odds with other determinations; for example, they suggest that Imbrium could be older than Crisium, and Serenitatis as young as Imbrium.


Quartz gyroscope' microstructure is etched to study the quartz etching laws.A 500 μm Z-cut quartz wafer is selected.10 nm thickness Cr and 200 nm thickness Au films are deposited as the etch mask.The mixture of 40% HF and 40% NH4F(1:1) at 70°C is used as the quartz etchant.Wet etching experiments are carried out at different temperatures.Etch rate increases while the temperature increases.Low temperature reduces etching efficiency and high temperature makes the roughness on the sidewall surface increase.There are two steps of arrises on the center of the quartz sidewall in wet etching process.The time for which the two arrises were flatted is worked out 8h for the one and 27h for the other according to the etch rate of the quartz sidewall surface.The etching experiments show that the arrises on quartz sidewall are basically flatted within the budgetary time.


Introduction. The article discusses the evolution of the mukhammas genre in the national enlightenment and jadid literature, the principles of evolution of this genre, the place of the general literary process in the system of literary genres, its new principles, theme and ideological content, examples of works of jadid and enlightened poets. Traditional and innovative features in comparative typological monograph, analytical-comparative, descriptive and critical aspects are analyzed. Methods. During this period, it is possible to observe literary processes and trends in the form of paradoxical models of poetic norms of classical literature, based on realistic elements in the expression of reality, critical of reality, descriptive and lyrical literature. Analytical and critical motives ensured the emergence of new style works in prose, as found in poetic genres. The same process necessitated the formation of new artistic forms, a new style in works of art. Results. Admittedly, if we take into account the second obligatory interpretation of this mukhammas, it becomes clear that this mukhammas is written in the traditional style, unlike other examples of national poetry of the poet. Discussions. Unfortunately, we are far from fully accepting and acknowledging these views and opinions. In our opinion, such an interpretation is a false principle, a formal process for the study of the poetry of the poets of the Jadid and Enlightenment periods. it is nothing more than an artificial claim to belong to a completely modern literature. Conclusion. Sometimes the hardships of life break his will and force him to turn away from his sect and profession and listen to the desires of his heart. In our opinion, the pain in this mukhammas is a complex of sorrows and griefs in the real life of this poet, and it is unique to him. The only thing that connects the essence of mukhammas to the Sunnah of traditional narration and classical literature is the eternal theme of the genre of mukhammas, namely, hajr, firaq, sadness, oppression of the rival and the infidelity of the beloved in love.


Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of coronary artery calcification (CAC) detected by electron beam computed tomography (EBCT) for coronary artery disease in elderly patients.Methods EBCT was performed for detecting CAC in 229 elderly patients who had undergone selective coronary angiography,and the value of CAC for diagnosing coronary artery disease in elderly patients was evaluated.Results (1)Of the 229 patients,CAC was detected in 220,and the overall positive rate was 96.07%.(2)The overall sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value and negative predictive value of CAC for diagnosis of coronary artery disease were 99%?13%?76% and 89% respectively,and for detection of any evidence of atherosclerosis,these indexes were 97%?19%?94% and 33% respectively.(3)For diagnosis of coronary artery disease,the sensitivity of CAC was higher and the specificity was lower in elderly men than in elderly women.The cut points of CAC score for diagnosing coronary artery disease in the present study were 200 for elderly men and 50 for elderly women.Conclusion Coronary artery calcification detected by electron beam computed tomography has considerable diagnostic value for coronary artery disease in elderly patients,but the value must be evaluated comprehensively by taking gender and calcification score into consideration.


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Telomeres (green) cluster at the spindle pole body (red) in a control cell (left) but keep their distance in a cell lacking the dynein light and heavy chains (right).

Yoshida et al. identify a new job for microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs)—helping telomeres huddle during


Current studies of the cytology and histology of the anterior pituitary gland, using the electron microscope in examination of ultrathin sections (Rinehart and Farquhar, '53 : Farquhar and Rinehart, '54a and '54b), have revealed detail of fine vascular and perivascular structure that is of considerable interest and would appear to be of importance in relationship to nutrient exchange and hormonal secretion. The observations also have an important bearing on time-honored problems of reticulo-endothelium, reticulin and basement membranes. lnsofar as it is possible, the electron microscopic studies will be correlated with histochemical observations. One cannot properly divorce histochemical or cytochemical studies from observations on detail of fine structure. Such studies should complement each other in an endeavor to arrive at an understanding of the true nature of fine cellular organization and function. The capillaries of the anterior pituitary gland are generally considered to be sinusoidal in nature, and their lining cells phagocytic. However, studies by Cappell ( '29) established


To stay competitive the bus industry must meet the challenges of reducing the fuel consumption and shortening the overall development time. To do that creativity, new perspective and new workin ...


The two-parameter renormalization group flow diagramme is used for obtaining the magnetic field dependence of localisation length Lc(B) for charged particles in 2D random potential at low disorder and weak magnetic fields B. The result reproduces the periodic singularities of Lc(B).


In network environments, the entities that connect to or interact with each other may know very little about each other or without prior knowledge at the beginning of an interaction. Therefore, in many cases, before a serious interaction begins, trust must be established between the interactive entities. During trust establishment, an entity may require that the other entity provide some information that probably involves some privacy, leading to privacy loss. On the other hand, such information exchange can help establish trust for the interactive entities. Consequently, it is important to study and understand the relationship between trust and privacy. In this paper, we study the relationship between trust and privacy in network environments and propose a trust-privacy bridge with the capability of application recognition to archive the goal of protecting privacy while establishing trust. The main functions of the trust-privacy bridge include the following: (1) it can recognize the priority of protecting privacy or establishing trust for the interaction and then automatically make the interaction decision; (2) it ensures that minimum trust is granted to an interactive party in order to protect privacy; (3) it provides feedback information regarding privacy disclosure for trust evaluation. In the trust-privacy bridge, we propose a novel privacy quantification method in which we consider multiple decision factors to allow users to set their privacy preference. Simulation results show that our trust-privacy bridge can achieve trust establishment and privacy preservation goals for network interactions.


Integration of the equation for the current‐time relationship when a linear potential sweep is applied to an electrode has led to an equation for the number of coulombs passed, , where is a constant dependent on the potential interval over which the integration is carried out, but independent of sweep rate, C the concentration of the species undergoing reaction, A the electrode area, and ν the time rate of change of the linear potential sweep. A procedure to distinguish between coulombs due to diffusing and nondiffusing reactants is given. The derived relationships are verified experimentally. Separation of the coulombs due to the reduction of ferric iron and platinum oxide under conditions where both reactions take place concomitantly is described. In the iodide‐iodine‐triiodide system, it is concluded that iodine, rather than triiodide, is the adsorbed species.


The present study was conducted to investigate bacterial causes of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in diseased and apparently healthy pet animals and human. Bacteriological examination of 106 collected urine samples were classified into 6 groups; HUTI, AHCO, AHDO, CUTI, AHC and AHD; revelaed that there were a positive bacteriuria in 59.4% (63samples). The predominant isolated pathogens were E. coli, S. aureus and Klebsiella spp. E. coli recorded the highest incidence with a percentage of 48.1% followed by S. aureus (28.3%) followed by klebsiella spp (4.7%). All isolates were sensitive to Amikacin, Azithromycin, and Imipenem; intermedaite sensitivity to Amoxacillin/Clavulanic acid and resistant to Cefepime and Cephradine. By using conventional PCR, the isolated E. coli, S. aureus and Klebsiella spp were molecularly confirmed for the presence of phoA, 16S rRNA and gyrA gene, respectively.


With object detection technology, real-time detection of dense scenes has become an important application requirement in various industries, which is of great significance for improving production efficiency and ensuring public safety. However, the current mainstream target detection algorithms have problems such as insufficient accuracy or inability to achieve real-time detection when detecting dense scenes, and to address this problem this paper improves the YOLOv7 model using attention mechanisms that can enhance critical information. Based on the original YOLOv7 network model, part of the traditional convolutional layers are replaced with the standard convolution combined with the attention mechanism. After comparing the optimization results of three different attention mechanisms, CBAM, CA, and SimAM, the YOLOv7B-CBAM model is proposed, which effectively improves the accuracy of object detection in dense scenes. The results on VOC datasets show that the YOLOv7B-CBAM model has the highest accuracy, reaching 87.8%, 1.5% higher than that of the original model, and outperforms the original model as well as other models with improved attention mechanisms in the subsequent results of two other different dense scene practical application scenarios. This model can be applied to public safety detection, agricultural detection, and other fields, saving labor costs, improving public health, reducing the spread and loss of plant diseases, and realizing high-precision, real-time target detection.


Damage to the endothelium is an important contributor to the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. GRP78 is a molecular chaperone localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in healthy cells that functions to assist in the correct folding of newly synthesized proteins and to prevent aggregation of folding intermediates. In addition, GRP78 is also present as a transmembrane protein on the surface of lesion-resident endothelial cells. Surface GRP78 is known to act as a membrane signaling receptor in cancer cells and is activated by anti-GRP78 autoantibodies isolated from the serum of cancer patients. We have demonstrated previously that high levels of anti-GRP78 autoantibodies accelerate lesion development in apoE
 -/-
 mice. However, the role of anti-GRP78 autoantibody activation of cell surface GRP78 on endothelial cells and how this contributes to atherogenesis is unknown. The objective of this study is to identify factors that mediate surface GRP78 expression on endothelial cells and to determine the mechanism by which surface GRP78 activation on endothelial cells contributes to atherogenesis. Here we demonstrate that induction of ER stress by tunicamycin increased surface GRP78 expression in cultured human aortic endothelial cells. We also show that activation of surface GRP78 on endothelial cells by anti-GRP78 autoantibodies significantly increases gene expression of the adhesion molecules ICAM-1 and VCAM-1. Pretreatment of these cells with a calcium chelator or an inhibitor of NF-B activation attenuated the anti-GRP78 autoantibody-induced promotion of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1. Our results suggest that signaling through cell surface GRP78 can activate intracellular pathways that contribute to endothelial cell activation, an important initiating event in atherogenesis. These findings further our understanding of the role of anti-GRP78 autoantibodies and the activation of surface GRP78 in endothelial cell function and lesion development. Furthermore, inhibiting the interaction of anti-GRP78 autoantibodies with surface GRP78 could present a novel therapeutic strategy to modulate lesion growth and thereby reduce the risk for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.


The author found the literature to be backing in precise statements concerning the extent to which the liver and spleen project below the costal margin in infants and children. It was found that when measured at the end of exploration, the mean projection of the liver edge below the costal margin in the midclavicular line was approximately 2 cm in the newborn, 1.6 cm in the premature, 1.6 cm during the remainder of the first year, 1 cm from 1½ to 10½ years of age and 0.85 cm from 10½ to 16½ years. The spleen could be palpated in 13.5% of newborn infants, in 12.7% during the remainder of the first year, and in 7.2% of those 1½ to 10½ years of age.


The aim of this paper is to investigate the potential redevelopment perspectives of the former industrial sites. A qualitative analysis of the post-WWII industrial site in Nis, Serbia, and its modernistic legacy was performed, related to the important issues of urban morphology. The qualities which are remaining behind the "rusty" industrial landscape were examined in view of the contemporary approach to the concept of the sustainable city. The research findings suggest the existence of need for interventions in the actual morphology of the examined urban space in order to fulfill the contemporary trends of placemaking.


Cylindrical 18650 and 21700 lithium-ion batteries are produced with small gaps between the jelly roll and the case. The size of these gaps and the mechanical attachment of the jelly roll to the case can have a significant impact on the thermal and mechanical properties of cells. To investigate the influence of the state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) on the size of the gap, computed tomography (CT) and gray-value analysis was conducted with various cell types at 0% and 100% SOC and after cycling. The results show a significant influence of the SOC on the gap for new cells and a substantial reduction in the gap during the first cycles.


By using a self-consistent particle-in-cell simulation, we investigated the effect of driving frequency (27.12–70 MHz) on the electron energy distribution function (EEDF) and electron-sheath interaction in a low pressure (5 mTorr) capacitively coupled Ar discharge for a fixed discharge voltage. We observed a mode transition with driving frequency, changing the shape of EEDF from a strongly bi-Maxwellian at a driving frequency of 27.12 MHz to a convex type distribution at an intermediate frequency, 50 MHz, and finally becomes a weak bi-Maxwellian at a higher driving frequency, i.e., above 50 MHz. The transition is caused by the electric field transients, which is of the order of electron plasma frequency caused by the energetic "beams" of electrons ejected from near the sheath edge. Below the transition frequency, 50 MHz, these high energy electrons redistribute their energy with low energy electrons, thereby increasing the effective electron temperature in the plasma, whereas the plasma density remains ne...


As one of the increasing number of persons whose ability to control weight gain changed suddenly over a relatively short period of time and whose weight maintenance has become extremely resistant to exercise or changes in diet, I read Dr. Atkinson's feature Article with great attentiveness (Microbe, June 2012, p. 263). However, I was a little shocked to see no mention whatsoever of the research of people like Dr. Randy Jirtle, who has demonstrated the ability to influence weight gain in rats by switching the agouti gene on or off with chemical substances that were fed to the rats (see http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/epigenetics.html for a condensed explanation of Dr. Jirtle's work). Might the chemicals used by Dr. Jirtle be affecting the same gene or gene cluster that are affected by adenoviruses? Or are two separate genes or gene clusters involved?


Running on the Edge of the Rainbow, a 1978 film produced by the University of Arizona, opens with Leslie Marmon Silko sitting on a porch swing, regaling an audience of three with a version of her poem "Storyteller." The poem features three versions of the Yellow Woman, a figure who originates in the Keres Pueblo oral tradition. Delighted giggles punctuate Silko's words, echoing the story's playfulness. As Silko's voice fades, the camera zooms in, framing the storyteller and her fellow porch-swinger, Joy Harjo, whose laughter trails the tale. The film intimates the strong connection to storytelling that binds Silko and Harjo. Harjo named Silko as a particular influence early in her literary career as she added poetry to her artistic repertoire (Bruchac 228).1 Literary criticism that discusses the two artists, however, has surprisingly not followed suit. Beyond comparing Silko and Harjo as women writers of native descent, with some emphasis on thematic overlaps, critics have yet to sustain an exploration into Silko's influence upon Harjo's poetry as contemporary writers interrogating gender norms to which dominant culture and the presiding feminism (also called "sisterhood feminism") adhere in the immediate aftermath of the late twentieth-century's women's liberation movement.2By drawing out Noni Daylight's Yellow Woman characteristics, I hope to illuminate another layer of complexity in Harjo's early poetry, which current scholarship predominately overlooks. I also aim to reify the importance of Yellow Woman and Noni Daylight for feminist literary scholarship and teaching. In the midst of sisterhood feminism's universalizing rhetoric that privileged a white liberal agenda, Silko and Harjo approach womanhood as polyvocal and uniquely situated. Like the Yellow Women in Silko's oeuvre, the Noni Daylights of Harjo's poetry insist that wom- en must learn how to tell one's story in order to reject both the normative narratives Anglo-American culture projects that restrict women's sexual expression and the counter-narratives posited by mainstream feminists.3 Noni Daylight and Yellow Woman exist between the phenomenology of their lived experiences and the storytelling event. Somewhere among the differences and similarities that attend each story they tell as representations of the culturally-inflected idea of "woman," Noni Daylight and Yellow Woman legitimize women's unsaid and previously unsayable encounters. In so doing, Yellow Woman and Noni Daylight assert that each woman's experiences, as they simultaneously reflect and reject normative gender narratives, deserve listening. They employ a poetics of survivance, a concept with which Gerald Vizenor describes interventions by people of native descent into dominant identity politics and the inextricable lived violences that accompany colonization. Silko and Harjo's figures, like mainstream feminism, reject exceptionalism in favor of community, but do not repeat sisterhood feminist's liberal homogenizing impulse. Each Noni Daylight and Yellow Woman extends, contradicts, and compromises how dominant American culture and liberal feminist counterculture define womanhood. Their voices call out in radical cacophony, expanding the definition of feminist storytelling, of stories worth telling.Historical Contexts: Who Nightrides with Noni Daylight?Critical conversation that engages Silko's work overflows with ruminations on her depiction of Yellow Woman (also called Kochininako), who Silko showcases in her 1981 memoir Storyteller. The name "Yellow Woman" does not only refer to a specific woman, but translates roughly to "Woman-Woman": in the Pueblo tradition the color yellow signifies woman, much in the same way that pink and blue connote gender for Anglo-European Americans (Allen 88). In comparison to scholarly engagements with Noni Daylight, the criticism that accompanies Silko's Yellow Woman on her journeys predominately celebrates her nuances. Elizabeth Hoffman Nelson and Malcolm A. …


Objective: To determine the association of clubfoot with consanguinity, ethnicity, lunar eclipse and addictions.
Methods: This observational descriptive case series study was conducted from July 2013 to December 2013. All 200 idiopathic clubfoot patients, who reported at Clubfoot Clinic (CFC) were included in the study. A designed questionnaire was used for asking questions from parents on telephone and during their visit to CFC
Results: Eighty-five (42.5%) patients were born from consanguineous marriage and 115 (57.5%) from non- consanguineous marriage. (p<0.001) 10 out of 115 consanguineous marriage were non- Muslim, who do not marry cousins (p<0.001) Two mothers had a history of smoking during pregnancy, 16 had a habit of chewing Paan (beetle nut & tobacco). None of the mothers had exposure to lunar /solar eclipse.
Conclusion: The Club Foot has a strong association with consanguine marriages, with heterogenic geographical distribution and family history and no association to exposure with lunar eclipse. Association with addiction (cigarette smoking tobacco chewing & paan), could not be identified due to insufficient data.
Key Words: Clubfoot, Consanguinity, Ethincity, and Addiction


The main purpose of this research is assessing the fundamental learning elements, considered as prerequisites for an enterprise to become a learning organization. More speciÞ cally, the research on the supportive learning environment, concrete learning processes and practices, and leadership that reinforces learning in Kosovan enterprises. This paper discusses how important and crucial is for enterprises to become learning organizations. A quantitative survey was conducted among 150 selected Kosovan enterprises. Learning Organization Survey LOS is utilized as an assessment tool. This tool was chosen to assess the degree to which the Kosovan enterprises function as Learning Organization. The research results have highlighted that Kosovan enterprises have fallen short in implementing the Learning Organization since the scores were below the benchmark set up by Garvin et al. (2008). This study is likely to contribute to decision makers and leaders keen to improve the learning environment, learning processes and practices and to reinforce learning within their enterprises. Also, it pinpoints the areas needing improvement in the Kosovan enterprises in this context.


This note reports the results of an investigation of the minimum-weight plastic design of a propped cantilever beam of nonuniform cross section. The design of a propped cantilever occurs in the plastic design of the end span of a continuous beam; therefore the results reported have wide application. The types of cross section that fall within the scope of this note are rolled sections with flange or cover plates, plate girders, and tapered girders.


The Generic NO{sub x} Control Intelligent System (GNOCIS) is an on-line enhancement to existing digital control systems (DCS) that results in reduced NO{sub x} emissions from fossil fuel fired boilers while meeting other operational constraints on the unit (principally rate and other regulated emissions). The core of this system is a model of the NO{sub x} generation characteristics of the boiler that reflects both short- and long-term shifts. The software applies an optimizing procedure to identify the best set points for the plant which are implemented automatically without operator intervention (closed-loop), or, at the plants discretion, conveyed to the plant operators for implementation PowerGen, The Southern Company, U.K. Department of Trade and Industry, and US Department of Energy. This paper provides a general overview of the technology and results from testing at several demonstration locations.


In cats, significant loss of glycine occurred in spinal grey matter on the side of local tetanus, whereas the γ-aminobutyric acid concentration remained unaltered. These findings suggest that tetanus rigidity is due to the blocking of the spinal inhibitory transmission by decrease of inhibitory transmitter and that glycine is an effective inhibitory transmitter in cat spinal cord.


In this paper,mix proportion experiment study on polypropylene microfibre shotcrete before support and quality control points during support are given in detail.Based on properties of polypropylene microfibre shotcrete(improving concrete compressive strength,crack resistance and durability),construction technique of polypropylene microfibre shotcrete used in slope support of diversion tunnel at Pubugou hydropower station.


In this paper, we will focus on the retrofit of the ventilation system setup on the premise of reserving the original VAV system. Therefore, a combination of the existing VAV system and the dedicated outdoor air system (VAV-DOAS) is discussed. Here, the VAV system handles the indoor temperature and humidity without outdoor air supply, while the DOAS handles the indoor air quality with full outdoor air supply. The feasibility and economic analysis of this combined system are discussed by comparing it with the conventional VAV system operated in the multiple spaces equation-based strategy (MSE-V). The experimental results indicate that the presented VAV-DOAS can save 16% and 21% of energy consumption under winter and summer conditions in Dalian, respectively. Furthermore, this paper presents an economic evaluation method that can effectively evaluate the economy of a VAV-DOAS system retrofitted from the VAV system with different air conditioning loads and outdoor airflow demands. The economic analysis result shows that the retrofit system is economically feasible while the system is designed to serve for more than 12 years.


Objective To investigate the applying significance of the warning score of trauma in rescuing patients with multiple fractures and multiorgan injuries.Methods From June 2007 through June 2010,126 patients with multiple fractures and multiorgan injuries were evaluated on the traumatic condition,and then treated based on grading warning with trauma severity in No.174 Hospital of PLA.Results For patients with multiple fractures and multiorgan injuries,the warning score of trauma could indicate the information of injury severity for timely rescue and improve nursing quality.Conclusion The warning score of trauma can gain precious time in effectively rescuing patients with multiple fractures and multiorgan injuries,which ensures further nursing operations.


The present article intends to bring some thoughts about illegal practices by the youth, mostly from the lower classes, in the context of speeding/racing cars and motorcycles. The knowledge transmitted in this universe opens to these young people the possibility, no matter how precarious, of an activity or an occupation that allows them, as individuals, group or collectivity, to face the low status and social invisibility of their lives and family backgrounds. In car races, in the midst of quite fluid boundaries between leisure and work, the intense sensory experience compensates for the pressures and uncertainties of daily life. In class, generation and gender interrelations taking risks becomes, in such practices, a component of identity-building and recognition, besides being a way to make a living.


A literature review of available geotechnical properties for PARAHO retorted shale was conducted. Also reported are laboratory measurements made at PNL on key hydraulic properties of the PARAHO retorted shale. The PARAHO material can be compacted in the laboratory to dry densities of 12.1 KN/m/sup 3/ (77.0 pcf) to 17.0 Kn/m/sup 3/ (108.4 pcf) depending on compaction effort. Optimum water content for these densities range from 14.4 to 23.7 percent (dry weight), however, PARAHO can achieve high densities without requiring water for compaction. Water retention characteristics indicate that optimum moisture contents (field capacity) range from 13 to 14% (dry weight). Water contents in excess of these values are likely to drain with time. PARAHO shale can be considered as semipervious to pervious with permeability values of 10/sup -3/ to 10/sup -4/ cm/s depending on compaction effort. PARAHO shale exhibits self-cementing characteristics. Under normal conditions cementing reactions are slow, with strength gains still indicated after 28 days. The shear strength of PARAHO is comparable to similarly graded gravel with effective angles of internal friction, phi', of 33 to 34 degrees. Depending on compactive effort and gradation of the material, effective cohesion values of 0.09 Mn/m/sup 2/ to 0.19 MN/m/sup 2/ (128.05more » psi to 277.45 psi) can be expected.« less


: The radiated immunity of passenger cars and commercial vehicles is validated using electromagnetic interference from off-vehicle radiation sources in an anechoic chamber according to the procedure in ISO 11451-2. Common electrical or electronic vehicle systems, including dual flash, monitors, and entertainment systems, must be validated using a standardized immunity evaluation procedure. However, Automated Driver Assistance System (ADAS) functions often lack verification in complex electromagnetic fields, which might create potential risk due to electromagnetic compatibility problems. For example, radar and camera sensors based on autonomous emergency braking (AEB), adaptive cruise control (ACC), or lane departure warning (LDW) functions may be ineffective in the real world if subjected to electromagnetic interference. This paper presents a new methodology to evaluate vehicle immunity performance based on the main ADAS functions. A target simulator and a virtual driving environment are designed to trigger AEB, ACC, and LDW functions in an anechoic chamber. Moreover, the vehicle In-the-Loop (VHIL) conception is also applied by acquiring and analyzing key ADAS-related signals. The reliability of ADAS functions at the whole-vehicle level can be evaluated and improved using standardized external radiation sources. VHIL-based test setup used to validate ADAS radiation immunity in an anechoic chamber. Typical radiated sources were used, including a signal generator, a high-power amplifier, and an immunity antenna to simulate an electromagnetic environment. The Vehicle Under Test (VUT) was mounted on a dynamometer that simulates a road. Here, a millimeter wave radar simulator with a 76–81 GHz band was used to simulate an artificial target, and the simulator moving on a rail was used to simulate a mobile target. Considering the complex electromagnetic environment, all the signal channels need to adopt an optical-fiber system given the high-strength electromagnetic field. Using a controlled sliding rail, target transverse velocity can be simulated.


Strontium carbonate dispersion and redispersible powder obtainable therefrom The present invention discloses a dispersion in an organic liquid of the modified strontium carbonate, preferably, for example, an alcohol, a ketone, in particular methylene chloride. The dispersions to be used in the production of no or reduced birefringence birefringent polymer, is suitable for optical applications. Obtainable powder after removal of the organic liquid can be converted back into a dispersion with surprisingly small amounts of energy. Modified strontium carbonate, dispersion, reduced birefringence, polymer optical


This paper shows results of low frequency envelopes analysis of EMG signals at lower extremity, and its correlation with the angular shifting of the knee. The objective of this analysis was to find signals which could be used to regulate Above Knee Prosthesis (AKP), from EMG signals processing.


After high energy Ar~+ ion beam sputters aluminum target,the amorphous thin flims are deposited on Si substrates,which are a mixture of Al and Al_2O_3.Annealing at 900~1200℃in the air,the thin films with different crystalline forms are successfully prepared.The influence of annealing temperature on the crystallization,surface morphology and infrared absorption spectra of Al_2O_3 thin film is discussed.The above analysis offers some references for the preparation and application of Al_2O_3 thin films.


//8RDifferences between males and females in locomotor and positional behaviors have been documented for several primate species [1, 2]. In Alouatta palliata for example, females climb and use smaller substrates more than males [3–5]. Such sex differences are usually related to body size. Indeed, interspecific studies have repeatedly demonstrated relationships between body size and locomotor and positional behaviors. It is easier, for example, for a large primate to suspend beneath a branch than to balance on top of it [6, 7]. This is particularly true for primates that feed near the periphery of the crown, where branches tend to be smaller.


In this paper, we propose a fast and dynamic Region-of-Interest coding method using the adaptive code-block discrimination algorithm in JPEG2000 images which complements the implicit ROI coding method and the modified implicit ROI coding method. For reducing the time of discriminating the code block, the proposed method estimates the characteristics of the shape of ROI and makes the shape of boundaries, and classifies the patterns of each code block. The method improves the preferred processing and loss of wavelet coefficients of background within the ROI code blocks by adaptively classifying the code blocks with the percentage of content of the wavelet coefficients using the thresholds of ROI and background. Also, the priority control of wavelet coefficients of background within ROI code block supports the rapid ROI coding by processing in batch based on patterns unlike the existing methods that process with unit of wavelet coefficients. To show the usefulness of this method, we compared this to the existing methods. There is no difference in performance, but we confirmed very speedy in processing time.


In this paper,a method of large arc grinding using multi-bar linkage in commercial plan-grinding machine was introduced,in which the straight movement of the machine table was transformed to small rotating of the worked parts.The envelop surface was formed by the relate movement of grinder and the worked part,with the feature of simple structures and easy to adjusting.The results from the parameter optimum and error analysis showed that the error of worked surface was less than 0.03 mm in the range of radium of 250 mm to 1 000 mm with convex or concave working surfaces.


The influence of initial moisture content on wood decay at different levels of atmospheric oxygen concentration was studied. Three fungi, Coriolus versicolor (C. versicolor) a white rot, Coniophora puteana (C. puteana) a brown rot, and Chaetomium globosum (C. globosum) a soft rot, were chosen. The mycelia of the fungi were inoculated in to mini blocks of Fagus sylvatica (beech) and Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine). Incubation was conducted under four levels of oxygen concentration (1,5,10, and 21% O 2) at 22 o C. At low oxygen concentrations, an increase of moisture content had a negative effect on the wood decay process by both the Basidiomycetes (C. versicolor and C. puteana) in Scots pine and beech. In air, the effect of initial moisture content on wood decay by these fungi depended on the characteristics of the fungi and the wo od species (such as fungal biology and physiology). When C. globosum was used as a colonizer, increasing moisture content generally increased weight loss in the wood blocks (especially in beech). When the moisture content in the wood blocks was increased, more sporulations by C. globosum were also observed on the wood samples. However, the role of oxygen in inceasing wood decay was more important than the moisture content effect.


This study aimed to assess the utility of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing in diagnosing fungal ulcerative keratitis in horses and compare their sensitivity with conventional microbiologic techniques used in laboratories. Conjunctival swabs from 12 horses with corneal ulcerations admitted to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University were collected for examinations. 14 conjunctival swabs were analyzed by the conventional culture method and by generic PCR using universal fungal primers to amplify the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) genetic region followed by DNA sequencing. The conventional culture method revealed that two samples exhibited fungal growth that identified as Aspergillus sp. and Penicillium sp. while three conjunctival samples contained bacterial growth which was identified as Staphylococcus intermedius , Staphylococcus epidermidis and Streptococcus zooepidemicus. Interestingly, PCR followed by DNA sequencing of the biological specimens on the swabs identified fungal pathogens in 9/14 samples and Ascomycete species in 3/14 samples. In 2/14 samples, no fungal pathogen was identified using PCR. Fungal pathogens detected included Aspergillus sp. in six eyes, Penicillium sp. in one eye, Fusarium sp. in one eye and Cladosporium sp. in one eye. Our findings demonstrate a limitation of the conventional culture method as a diagnostic tool as a fungal pathogen was detected in only two samples by this method as compared to nine samples using PCR and DNA sequencing. Therefore, PCR followed by DNA sequencing is able to identify a greater spectrum of agents including fastidious organisms or organisms present in lower numbers within mixed infections than can be identified by culture. In conclusion, PCR combined by DNA sequencing not only proved to be an effective and rapid method for the diagnosis of fungal keratitis, but was also a more sensitive diagnostic tool compared to the conventional culture method. Our findings demonstrate that PCR, in particular semi-nested PCR, is a promising tool for faster diagnoses of fungal keratitis in affected horses. addition, equipment and reagents necessary to perform the PCR are not readily available in all institutes, and the cost of the PCR is more expensive than the conventional culture method. However, as the present study demonstrates, PCR is a powerful tool that should be considered as a complimentary technique to use with culturing and can be used as an alternative diagnostic technique in cases where the causative pathogen cannot be identified by the routine culture method.


We show that the constraint structure in the chain by chain method can be investigated within the symplectic analysis of Faddeev-Jackiw formalism.


The traditional kernel two-dimensional principal component analysis (K2DPCA) method did not take full advantage of the class information for face images and there are both "outer class" problem and "hard classifier" problem on face recognition. Therefore, a new face recognition method based on fuzzy kernel two-dimensional principal component analysis (FK2DPCA) is presented . Firstly, it introduces fuzzy concept into K2DPCA. Secondly, the class separability of criterion will be extended to high dimensional feature space by the use of kernel method. Furthermore, we select the eigenvectors that between- class scatter is greater than within-class scatter after projection as optimal projection axis. Finally, it uses the nearest neighbor classifier for face recognition . The experiment results on ORL and YALE face databases show that the FK2DPCA is better than other traditional methods. Keywords-face recognition; kernel two-dimensional principal component analysis (K2DPCA); fuzzy; class separability criterion


This paper presents the techno-economic assessment of the CO2 Purification Unit (CPU) included in cement plants based on CO2 capture via oxy-fuel calcination. Two configurations, targeting two different outlet CO2 specifications ('moderate' and 'high' purity), have been optimized in order to minimize the increase in the clinker production cost due to this process unit. Air infiltration rate is the parameter with the highest impact on the operational conditions (e.g. separation pressure) and on the incremental cost of clinker due to the CPU (up to 20% for the worst case considered). The work has been carried out within the framework of the CLEANKER project.


In the present study, the biomass productivity of two green microalgae (Chlorella sp. and Dunaliella salina DCCBC2) were assessed in a 12 L tubular photobioreactor under optimum culture conditions. In the batch culture optimization process, the Chlorella sp. biomass was obtained as 1.2 g/L under atmospheric air as a sole CO₂ source and other culture conditions as follows: light intensity, temperature, pH, NH₄Cl and K₂HPO₄ were 100 μE/m²/s, 27℃, 7.0, 20.0 mM and 2.0 mM, respectively. On the other hand, 2.9 g/L of D. salina DCCBC2 biomass production was observed under the following conditions: light intensity, temperature, pH, KNO₃ and K₂HPO₄ were 80 μE/m²/s, 27℃, 8.0, 3.0 mM and 0.025 mM, respectively. At 1% CO₂ supply to the reactor, the Chlorella sp. production was reached 1.53 g/L with 25% increment under the same operating conditions. In addition, the maximum D. salina DCCBC2 biomass was observed as 3.40 g/L at 3% CO₂ concentration. Based on the aforementioned optimized conditions, the dilution rate and maximal biomass productivity of Chlorella sp. and D. salina DCCBC2 in the continuous cultivation were 0.4/d and 0.6 g/L/d and 0.6/d and 1.5 g/L/d, respectively.


The invention relates to a voice coil motor, which comprises a fixed component, a movable component and a spring piece, wherein the fixed component comprises a fixed frame and a magnet arranged on the fixed frame, and the fixed frame is provided with a projection with groove; the movable component comprises a rotating drum and a coil wound on the rotating drum, and the rotating drum is provided with a boss having a groove; the spring piece is provided with a positioning hole and a through hole, the spring piece is matched with the boss having the groove through the positioning hole, the through hole, and glue is spread in the groove to tightly combine the spring piece, the fixed frame and the rotating drum after curing.


OBJECTIVE
To study the effects of acoustic stimuli upon intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) of cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs) isolated from guinea pigs.

METHOD
The specimens were stained with fluorescence, and measured by using ACAS 570.

RESULT
Acoustic stimuli caused a remarkable increase of [Ca2+]i and the concentration of [Ca2+]i decreased gradually after reaching its peak value. The reponeses can repeat with another stimuli.

CONCLUSION
The acoustic stimuli could alter the physiologic characteristics of single OHC.


It is very useful to endow machines with the ability to understand users' personalized preferences. In this paper, we propose a novel methodology for discovering investors' personalized preferences in stock markets. Our work is able to estimate investors' personalized preferences for each stock and thus helpful for realizing investment recommendation, for instance through recommending real-time news or others' opinions on stocks preferred by the target user. Compared to conventional approaches, our method effectively incorporates stock movements for estimating investors' preference. By capturing stock-movement patterns influencing users' preferences, our method can find users with a similar investment philosophy and then increase the effect of preference prediction. An experimental evaluation with two real-world datasets demonstrates the effectiveness of our approach.