A laryngoscope, for use with a binocular operating microscope, has a tube with a flared distal end and a narrow intermediate portion allowing manipulation of the tube. The proximal end of the tube is flared horizontally to an extent such that the centerlines of both objective lenses of the microscope enter the proximal opening of the tube even when the microscope is moved to the left and right to view portions of the larynx spaced laterally from the central axis of the tube. When the microscope is moved laterally, the centerline of one of the lenses intersects the interior wall of the tube, which is dark. Therefore the annoying effect of seeing objects external to the laryngoscope tube with one eye is avoided.


Is the knowledge world organized differently today with respect to yesterday? At the world level, observers used to highlight the asymmetry between the North and the South, which would shape the unidirectional flows of competence from the former to the latter. t he 'center' would attract the brains and human resources in science and technology. toda y, by contrast, one tends to stress the greater complexity of flows' directions and the 'circulation' of brains rather than their 'drain'. Some see this trend as making migration contribute to development. Others, in a more skeptical way, argue that the core features of the world have not changed. t his article does not aim at identifying which position is right, but rather at discussing the core arguments in this debate, on the basis of empirical evidence and of the interpretations it can be associated with. t he first part analyses the evolution of data over the last decade. t he role of diasporas is the object of the part 2, which demonstrates the potential, but not automatic, link between migrants and their country of origin. t he third part connects the major transformations of the scientific and technological world with current and future mobility trends; if flows are less unidirectional than before, the social and political conditions in which they take place remains uncertain. In conclusion, the paper argues that the 'circulation' approach to migration, that is now at least a decade old, is going through a new phase and must therefore be reassessed.


This article discusses how subsidy and patronage from German municipalities, private individuals, and British organisations supported Kurt Jooss's artistic output enabling him to create new work, to have high production values, and to present and disseminate his work in Britain, across Europe, the USA and South America. Working chronologically, consideration is given to how each sponsor and benefactor impacted on Jooss's work, particularly his activities as a theatre/opera director and as a choreographer for Baroque operas and oratorios. It is concluded that without such deliberate sponsorship Jooss's work would have been severely restricted.


A new algorithm for color image quantization based on the pattern recognition technology is proposed in this paper. This is a fast statistical clustering algorithm based on maximizing minimum discrepancy (FSCAMMD). The algorithm can overcome the shortcomings of the seeking method of initial value of the clustering center of SCA algorithm, and gives a method of combining maximum frequency degree with maximizing minimum discrepancy, that is an optimum seeking method of initial value of clustering center. The experimental results show that both the total mean square deviation and lack fidelity of images quantized by the present algorithm have a relatively big reduction and the effect of color image equalization is better than that of SCA algorithm and other clustering algorithms.


The authors of"Application of Memetics in the Translation of Chinese Public Signs"have revealed a general law of translating the Chinese public signs from the view of Memetics,providing,to some extent,a memetic foundation for the widely accepted methods of"borrowing,adapting and creating".However,they have missed the strategy of adapting the target language memes,and left some improper arguments and examples in their articles.Having exposed itself a limited explanation of the translation of Chinese public signs,Memetics has to turn to the helps from other theories such as that of generality particularity,text typology and Skopostheorie.


Metal-poor, star-forming dwarf galaxies produce extreme nebular emission and likely played a major role in cosmic reionization. Yet, determining their contribution to the high-redshift ionizing photon budget is hampered by the lack of observations constraining the ionizing spectra of individual massive stars more metal-poor than the Magellanic Clouds (20%–50% Z ⊙). We present new Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) optical integral field unit spectroscopy of the only H ii region in Leo P (3% Z ⊙), which is powered by a single O star. We calculate the required production rate of photons capable of ionizing hydrogen and helium from the observed Hβ and He i λ4471 emission-line fluxes. Remarkably, we find that the ionizing photon production rate and spectral hardness predicted by a tlusty model fit to the stellar spectral energy distribution agrees with our observational measurements within the uncertainties. We then fit Cloudy photoionization models to the full suite of optical emission lines in the KCWI data and show that the shape of the same tlusty ionizing continuum simultaneously matches lines across a wide range of ionization energies. Finally, we detect O iii] and N iii] nebular emission in the Hubble Space Telescope far-ultraviolet spectrum of the Leo P H ii region, and highlight that the rarely observed N iii] emission cannot be explained by our Cloudy models. These results provide the first observational evidence that widely used, yet purely theoretical, model spectra accurately predict the ionizing photon production rate from late-O stars at very low metallicity, validating their use to model metal-poor galaxies both locally and at high redshift.


Fictional texts containing specialized terms pose a challenge for literary translators. Rooted in raw factual accuracy, such terms can nevertheless be used in very expressive ways. Raymond Chandler, for example, used oil industry terminology (bull wheel, derrick, oil field, scum, walking-beam, and especially the term sump), in his first novel The Big Sleep (1939) within intentionally artistic phraseology, involving alliteration, parallel structuring and repetition. The novel was (re)translated into Spanish a number of times (El sueño eterno 1947, 1948?, 1958, 1972 and 2001), enabling an analysis into how different translators met this challenge. Though the published translations reveal a lower frequency of repetition in all cases, as well as inconsistent co-textual use of the terminology and usage of non-terms, omissions and errors, these instances are often qualitatively compensated for with creatively reproduced alliterative elements and added literary devices. This study of a seldomly explored aspect of literary translation shows how professionals are aware of the importance of language for specific purposes in literature and how effective balances between technical accuracy and literary expressiveness can be attained. For theorists who consider that literary and technical translation are separate fields, the results show that literary translators tend to bridge this gap proficiently with both accuracy and literary flair.


It is considered that in aged territories of low population density and accentuated economic and social devitalization, the promotion of a sustainable development may constitute an opportunity for the resident population and for the economic activities of these territories. In this sense, it is believed that the local agents" action based on local governance logic and manifested into more decentralized forms of intervention and articulation, may be significant for the promotion of local strategies for recovery, dynamization, and revitalization of these territories. In the present research study, the subjects of local development and of local governance are considered complementary, so that its reflection and problematization is done together and the field research has been conducted through its dimensions. The way of action of the local agents in the implementation of development initiatives of the Penamacor county it is here analysed using a participative methodology and in the view of the governance concept dimensions and sub dimensions such as: strategic vision, participation (of local agents and population), inclusion (inclusion and sustainability), performance (organization and leadership) and accountability (transparency and accountability).


ABSTRACT The inability of existing analytical models to accurately predict future events has, at times, led to the economic failure of mining operations whose financial viabilities were determined based on static assumptions, leaving operational managers with little room to make future decisions. Therefore, the application of a robust decision-making tool, such as Real Options (RO) can minimise losses and more accurately express uncertainty. This paper has considered a stochastic simulation to analyse ROs for a real case iron ore mine, which closed in April 2016. In comparing the net present value from the traditional discounted cash flow (DCF) method to delay, to abandon the operations and to stage the investment options, the ROs method increased the project value by between 56% and 195% depending on the volatility. As a new contribution, a managerial flexibility domain map is proposed in this paper. Thus, flexibility in mining operations creates agility, increases value and mitigates financial losses.


This article investigates the flow and mass transportation characteristics in the peristaltic motion configured by a heated curved channel. The coupling between momentum and energy equation is achieved using the Boussinesq approximation. The equations describing the flow and heat/mass transfer are developed using curvilinear coordinates. A reduction of these equations is made based on the lubrication approximation. The reduced linear ordinary differential equations are integrated numerically using an implicit finite difference scheme. The effects of thermal and concentration Grashof numbers, Hartmann number, Brinkmann number, and curvature parameter on longitudinal velocity, pressure rise, temperature, and mass concentration are analyzed in detail. It is found that the temperature field is enhanced with an increase in the thermal Grashof number and Hartmann number, while the mass concentration decreases with an increase in the thermal Grashof number and Hartmann number. The flow patterns in the channel illustrating the effects of Grashof numbers, Brinkmann number, and Hartmann number are also displayed. It is observed that flow movements become intense for greater values of Brinkman number, thermal Grashof number, and Hartmann number.


This paper examines the relationship between corruption and the composition of public expenditures. First, I derive a theoretical model that links the degree of corruption in a country - to be understood as the prevailing culture of corruption - to distortions in the budget composition. The transmission channel is a rent-seeking contest where firms from different sectors pay bribes to politicians and bureaucrats to influence public procurement decisions, which give rise to endogenous rents. I then test the implications of the theoretical model with a dataset covering 29 OECD countries over the 1996-2009 period. Consistent with theoretical predictions, the relative share of expenditures on categories that involve public procurement, high-technology goods, and non-competitive markets (health and environmental protection including waste management) increases with corruption. This distortion occurs at the expense of spending categories that do not involve public procurement (social protection and recretion, culture and religion).


Abstract : An evaluation test was conducted to obtain performance data and develop an acceptance test procedure for a small oil spill retrieval system requiring no more than two men for its deployment and operation. It was found that the use of a simple, floating gravity separator provides a 6.8 to 1 reduction in fluid volume recovered by the simple weir-type SLURP skimmer. This reduction of oil-water volume allows the use of a compact, collapsible 300 gallon storage bag in the ved of a standard 3/4 ton pickup for recovery of small harbor oil spills. The present combination of a SLURP skimmer, single diaphram pump, floating separator and collapsible storage bag can be effectively deployed by two men from a single pickup truck. A reproduceable test procedure was delineated for use as a first article acceptance test for this type of equipment. (Author)


The family Paracortinidae Wang & Zhang 1993, comprising eleven species from southern China as well as Vietnam, is reviewed. Two new cave-dwelling species, Paracortina chinensis sp. n., from Yunnan Province, China, and P. multisegmentata sp. n., from Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, are described. The new discoveries permit a reconsideration of some characters applied in the systematics of the family. The monotypic genus Scotopetalum Shear 2000, with S. warreni Shear 2000, so far known only from two caves near Hanoi, Vietnam, and the apparently polytypic (sub) genera Altum Wang & Zhang 1993 and Relictus Wang & Zhang 1993, are synonymised under Paracortina Wang & Zhang 1993 (s. str.), all syn. n. A distribution map of, and a key to all hitherto described paracortinid millipedes are also provided.


The critical region around the true phase transition temperature is estimated for Ising-like models near d=4 and for the same models with long (but finite) range interactions at arbitrary d. The results justify the use of the Ginzburg criterion for the critical region. The rapid and nonanalytic decrease towards zero of the size of the critical region as d to 4 from below is analysed and its consequences for the validity of the epsilon -expansion are discussed.


Normal 0 Normal 0 Natrolite proved to be an effective adsorbent for the adsorptive removal of lead and chromium ions from aqueous solutions. Adsorption parameters such as pH, adsorbent dose, temperature, and contact time were optimized. For the determination of rate of metal adsorption by natrolite from 50 mL (20 mg L -1 ), the supernatant was analyzed for residual metals after the contact period of 10-120 min. The effect of pH on metal adsorption by natrolite was determined at values pH 2-8 and the effect of different doses of natrolite from 0.1 to 0.6 was determined, as well as to what extent the adsorption data obey Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms were also investigated. Thermodynamic studies shows the negative values of ∆ G 0 at all the temperature indicates the spontaneous nature of Pb(II) and Cr(VI) ions on natural mineral natrolite. Natrolite has shown good results ans exhibits that the pH plays an important role in adsorption of metal ions.


Characterization of modified natural rubber has been performed through 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Recently, pulsed-field-gradient (PFG) technique made possible to observe a correlation between 1H and 13C in good signal to noise ratio in a short time. In fact, 2D NMR measurements with inverse pulse techniques provide a new insight into assignments of signals in NMR spectrum for epoxidized natural rubber, so that the signals are correctly assigned with various pulse sequences. Carbonated natural rubber, which is a novel functional organic material, is characterized through 2D NMR spectroscopy with various pulse techniques, in which no model compound is required for the assignments. Quantitative analysis for a reaction between epoxidized natural rubber and poly (L-lactide) is performed on the basis of the correct assignments of the signals in 1H NMR spectrum for epoxidized natural rubber. The assignments and related quantitative analysis will play an important role in a molecular design of the modified natural rubber.


Objective To compare the efficacy of repellent tested by two laboratories.Methods According to the method of GB/T13917.9-2009.Results The average effectively repellent time of repellet A and B tested by No.1 laboratory were 5.75 and 4.25 h respectively.The average effectively repellent time of repellet A and B tested by No.2 laboratory were 5.50 and 4.25 h respectively.Conclusion There is no statistical difference in the efficacy of repellent tested by two laboratories.


The socialization of individuals affects employment. The law of it is that the higher the degree of the socialization of the individuals, the less possibility there is for them to be unemployed, and vice versa. Lack of socialization among the unemployed individuals suggests low degree of the socialization of professional technical abilities, backwardness of the socialization of employment value system and improperness of the socialization of professional roles. The socialization of individuals also affects reemployment. The law of it is that the higher the degree of the socialization of the unemployed individuals,the more possibility there is for them to be reemployed, and vice versa. Therefore. in order to construct a system for socializing the individuals to be reemployed, the socialization of professional technical abilities, the socialization of employment value system and the socialization of professional roles should be continuously upgraded.


In this paper,the nonlocal friction law proposed by Oden et al is applied in the pile foundation problem.The equation with the integral form is obtained by using effective stress method.The equation is solved by programming with maple language,its number solution is given.Compared with the solution to the local (friction) law,the nonlocal friction law is more effective.


Objective To discuss the methods of offering warm service in order to improve the nursing quality and the inpatients' satisfaction.Methods The rules of warm service promise were formulated and handed out to every nursing staff. The correlative education and control were carried out at the same time. Before conducting the activity and 3 months later, 70 inpatients were investigated by the self-made questionnaires-evaluation on the nursing service in the department of impatient and degree of satisfaction with the nurse in charge in the department of impatient.Results The inpatients' satisfaction rate was greatly increased after conducting the activity (P0.05, P0.01).Conclusion By providing humanistic service in the activity-warm service promise, the nurses have enhanced their character. Moreover, the quality of nursing service and the rate of the patients' satisfaction has been improved.


The 1993 OH Tropospheric Photochemistry Experiment was performed in the forested Colorado mountains during late summer and early fall 1993. Measurements of the OH radical were made by four different techniques; one pair provided an extensive intercomparison data set. A large number of other species that control OH and HO 2 concentrations were also determined. These ancillary variables have been useful both in understanding intercomparison issues and in testing detailed model predictions of OH photochemistry in this environment. The paper places this campaign in historical and scientific perspective; it discusses the results in terms of their contributions both to our ability to measure OH radicals and to our understanding of the pertinent tropospheric photochemistry; and it provides a view toward, and lessons for, future campaigns. We conclude that OH is indeed being measured and that it forms very useful tests of photochemical models but that we do not fully understand the underlying chemistry in this environment.


In the light of Pekić's understanding of the notion of archetype as primarily ontological category, the paper aims to explore various manifestation of the archetype of trade articulated in the seventh book of the Golden Fleece, that index of meaning that determines hystorical trade sailing of the Njago/Njegovan familly. From the trade nautics point of view the paper equally examines crusial, ideologically divergent aspect between Noemis and heroic world, particularly antagonism between Noemis and Orpheus which profiles the characters as bear- ers of civilizational alternatives – the rationalist, materialistic world and spiritual, moral and artistic orientations. In addition to point out textual nods in which the motive of fatal error activates irreparable, by Noemis acts predestined materialistic direction, the paper is intended to elucidate the notion of spiritual metamorphosis by which the enchantment with exact, pan- logical relations could be weakened. It is this imperative of spiritual transformation and the awareness of the necessity of human liberation from total dependence on matter and ration- alist-pragmatic relations that suggests the justification of Pekić's autopoetic thought about the Golden Fleece as a novel of hope.


AIM: To determine whether previously identified risk factors are associated with the development of a severe form of pre-eclampsia in a heterogeneous cohort of women, and the predictive values of these risk factors when combined with certain biochemical indicators.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Systematic review of data collected for a doctoral case-control study plus an examination of the indicators of pre-eclampsia and maternal IL10 levels. This examination was conducted in 100 women with pregnancies complicated by varying degrees of pre-eclampsia and in 80 normotensive patients hospitalized at the University Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Patients with pre-eclampsia were categorized into moderate (m PE) and severe (s PE) pre-eclampsia group according to the degree of pre-eclampsia. The severity of pre-eclampsia was determined according to the definition of the World Health Organization, Handbook for guideline development from 2010.
RESULTS: The regression analysis applied in this study showed that elevated systolic blood pressure of 160 mmHg or higher, diastolic blood pressure of 100 mmHg or higher, pregnancy at an older age, nulliparity, persistent proteinuria in pregnancy, the serum lactate dehydrogenase concentration of 450 U/L or higher, and reduced serum concentrations of IL10 as significant predictors of severe pre-eclampsia in pregnant women. While other variables predicted a higher likelihood for the development of severe pre-eclampsia, IL10 decreased such likelihood. IL10 was also found to be negatively correlated with proteinuria and positively correlated with blood platelets. Significantly higher concentration of IL10 was confirmed in patients with a higher number of platelets in the blood and vice versa. On the other hand, the serum concentration of IL10 was significantly lower in patients with a higher amount of proteins in the urine and vice versa.
CONCLUSIONS: Examination of clinical risk factors combined with biochemical markers can improve the predictive success of pre-eclampsia and has important clinical values in improving the prognosis of pregnant women and fetuses.


We report the experimental characterization and first principles calculation of linear and nonlinear optical properties of two orthophosphates A3Al2(PO4)3 (A = Rb, K).


Purpose. To assess the effectiveness of legal management and regulation of professional participants based on the analysis of legislative, regulatory and legal documents that ensure the formation, regulation and prevention of illegal actions in the domestic stock market, as well as identify areas of cooperation with government agencies in stock market development and mediation. Methodology. In the process of research, general research methods and techniques were used, in particular: analysis and generalization to identify regulations governing the activities of professional stock market participants; analytical method to compare the effectiveness of cooperation of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission with anti-corruption organizations, synthesis to assess the completeness and effectiveness of existing legislation governing the activities of professional participants. Findings. The peculiarity of legal management and regulation of professional participants is determined; the classification mark of professional stock market participants and their activities (types of services) is formed in accordance with the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market, namely: investment firms, trade organizers (stock exchanges), clearing institutions, mortgage managers, depository institutions, companies with asset management. An analysis is performed of the effectiveness of certain laws, including the Law of Ukraine On Prevention and Counteraction to Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds from Crime, Terrorist Financing and Financing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, which reduced corruption and sanctions during 20172020 and the Law of Ukraine On licensing of economic activities, which is a lever in the field of regulation and maintenance of transparency of professional market participants, prevention of illegal actions. The mechanism of cooperation of professional participants with state bodies as a component of legal management on the basis of SMIDA activity is developed. Originality. It consists in defining the areas of legal management and regulation related to the activities of professional participants in the stock market and developing mechanisms for interaction of professional participants with government agencies based on transparency, information and competitiveness. Practical value. The proposed directions of cooperation and interaction of professional participants with government agencies, in particular SMIDA and NSSMC, as part of legal management and legal support, will optimize the standards of exchange activity and development of stock trading, reduce corruption and shadowing.


For the computational complexity of traditional non-sampling wavelet algorithm, a method of multi-focus image fusion based on fast non-sampling wavelet with the advantage of the characteristic of the processing on both space and frequency domain is proposed in this paper. Inverse transform is not needed as compared to previous non-sampling wavelet algorithms. Pixel value of fusion image is directly taken at the corresponding position of the source image based on the maximum principle of the sum of the absolute value of high frequency wavelet coefficients. Hence, there is a great improvement both on the real-time requirement of image processing and the fusion effect. Two comparisons, namely, comparison between the algorithm and six traditional non-sampling wavelet algorithms, comparison between fast non-sampling wavelet transform and traditional sampling wavelet transform are made in the work. The comparison results validate the advantage of the algorithm on effect and the time cost.


The present invention is intended to make it secure relates to a mounting structure of the semiconductor device and the semiconductor device is a dam is formed, the same level of reliability and underfill process without proceeding in the conventional underfill process only the flip-chip bonding, where the solder bump is formed by providing the semiconductor device, a solder dam is formed around the area, when flip-chip bonding a semiconductor device on a substrate, and provides a mounting structure of a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device is bonded to the substrate solder dam with a solder bump. That is, when bonding a flip chip of a semiconductor device to a substrate, since the solder dam is bonded to the substrate with a solder bump, a thermal stress due to thermal expansion coefficient difference between the semiconductor device and the substrate can be dispersed in the solder bump and the solder dam. Therefore, it is possible to omit the underfill process who progress after the flip-chip bonding the semiconductor device to the substrate in the prior art. Underfill, flip-chip, wafer, the solder bump, the solder dam


The Human Development Index (HDI) is an important indicator to measure the success of efforts to improve people's quality of life. The increase in the human development index in Indonesia is not accompanied by an even distribution of the human development index in every district/city in Indonesia. To facilitate the government in making policies and plans in overcoming the uneven HDI in Indonesia, it is necessary to group districts/cities in Indonesia based on HDI indicators. This study discusses the use of the K-means and Fuzzy C-Means algorithms with a total of 4 clusters. The grouping results obtained summarize that most districts/cities in Papua Island have low HDI indicators. The achievement of the HDI indicator in the medium category on the K-Means and Fuzzy C-Means methods is the same, spread across all major islands in Indonesia. However, the Nusa Tenggara Islands generally have a medium HDI indicator achievement. The achievements of the HDI indicators with high categories in the K-Means and Fuzzy C-Means methods are mostly found on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi. The achievement of the HDI indicator in the very high category in the K-Means and Fuzzy C-Means methods is found in provincial capitals in several provinces in Indonesia as well as in big cities in Indonesia. The results of this study indicate that the S_DBW index and C_index values of the Fuzzy c-means method are smaller than the K-Means method, namely 2.312 and 0.105.


`̀ Snow White took off her pajamas. Henry took off his pajamas. Kevin took off his pajamas. Hubert took off his pajamas. Clem took off his pajamas. Dan took off his pajamas. Edward took off his pajamas. Bill refused to take off his pajamas. `Take off your pajamas Bill,' Snow White said. Everyone looked at Bill's pajamas. `No, I won't,' Bill said. `I will not take off my pajamas.' `Take off your pajamas Bill,' everyone said. `No. I will not.' Everyone looked again at Bill's pajamas. Bill's pajamas filled the room, in a sense.'' Donald Barthelme Snow White (1978, page 112)


JOPERD • Volume 80 No. 7 • September 2009 T eacher education programs have a long history of producing excellent health and physical education (HPE) teachers for suburban school districts. But graduates who found themselves teaching in high-need schools complained that their teacher education program simply did not prepare them for low-income school districts, schools, and students. Their first year was too often spent trying to survive large classes, outdated facilities, insufficient equipment, dysfunctional curricula, intimidating students, unhelpful colleagues, and unsupportive administrators. Traditional teacher education programs focusing on effective teaching for fitness and motor skill acquisition seem almost irrelevant in the context of high-need schools and the lives of low-income and minority students. This article is directed primarily to teacher educators interested in improving HPE teaching and programs for students in high-need schools, whether they are located in urban centers or in suburban areas. The purpose of this article is to describe why and how one group of HPE teacher educators is addressing this need.


Covers the field of recycling and refining of metals. An important point the book stresses is that the principles are the same in the treatment of various different metals. The book answerd why it is important to have a clean and properly alloyed metal from recycling and refined metal? The text covers basic thermodynamics, physical and transport properties, mixing, mass transfer and numerical models. Further it identifies problems and described methods for removal of dissolved impurity elements, particles and inclusions, also during solidification. And lastly applications remelting and addition of alloys, recycling and challenges and specific processes for each metal are included. The book is self-contained.


This article aims at presenting a comparative study of the policies proposed by liberal parties in office at different countries in the andean region, in respect to the involvement of their indigenous eOll1l11unities in the process of construction of their State and Nation during the 19th century. The variables observed are demographics, and policies followed by republican states with respect to comunity lands, tributes and labor from independence to the end of the century.


As a result of the actions of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in banning the manufacture of PCBs and in requiring that PCBs and PCB contaminated material still in service be withdrawn as soon as is practical, there is a large and growing reservoir of PCB-contaminated hydrocarbons in the United States. In any case, many of these contaminated materials possess significant energy content and therefore could serve as fuel for some industrial processes. In this era of very high fuel costs, there is great demand for PCB-contaminated materials to be used as fuel. A further impetus in this direction is the fact that the PCB Disposal Regulations (referred to herein as the Regulations) specify that incineration is the preferred method of disposal of PCBs and of PCB-contaminated materials. In view of these considerations, it is highly desirable that a series of co-firing experiments be carried out on a coal-fired high efficiency power boiler. Such a test series is described in this document.


In a vessel (1) having a first propeller (5) and a second propeller (6) which are arranged in the direction of travel (4) of the vessel (3) one behind the other, an electric motor (15) for driving the first propeller (5) and a drive unit (8) for driving the second propeller (6), wherein the drive unit (8) within the vessel (3) and a propeller shaft (7) with the second propeller (6) is connected to the drive, and with an opening (9) in the ship's hull (10) is led out through the propeller shaft (7) from the ship (1), the reliability can be increased in that the electric motor (15) outside the vessel (3) between the opening (9) in the shell (10) of the vessel (1) and the second propeller (6) is arranged and that it has an opening (14) through which the propeller shaft (7) for driving the second propeller (6 ) runs.


Many countries around the world have introduced programming curriculum at K-9 level. For a number of years, a lot of studies have surfaced demonstrating enactments of programming education, for ins ...


The objective of the present study was to evaluate in vitro antileishmanial activity of leaves form Plumeria pudica Jacq. (Apocynaceae). In the present study, the in vitro antileishmanial activity of petroleum ether, chloroform and methanol extracts from P. pudica leaf was evaluated against Leishmania donovani (strain AG 83) promastigotes by in vitro promastigote cell toxicity assay by using MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide). Here, all extracts markedly inhibited the growth of L. donovani promastigotes in vitro in a concentration dependent manner. The methanol extract was the most active followed by chloroform and petroleum ether extracts. Therefore, from the present study it can be inferred that P. pudica leaf exhibited remarkable antileishmanial activity against Leishmania donovani promastigotes in vitro.


Objective: To investigate the expressions of MEF2A/2D and CDK5 and the relationship between them in the lithium-pilocarpin model.Methods: The rats were randomly and equally divided into control group and epileptic group.The epileptic group divided into 0 d,1 d,3 d,1 w,2 w,4 w,6 w,8 w after mode terminated.The total RNA isolated from rat hippocampus tissue was reversely transcribed into cDNA,and the expressions of MEF2A/2D mRNA and CDK5 mRNA was detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR method.Results: It was demonstrated that MEF2A/2D is decreased at 1d,and up-regulated from 3th day to 4thweek,and CDK5 mRNA keep increasing after SE.Then both of them decreased gradually to normal lever.There is a negative correlation between the expression of MEF2A/2D mRNA and CDK5 mRNA on time regularity.Conclusion: MEF2 and CDK5 may play important role by its elevated activity during epileptogenesis.However,there is a negative correlation between the expression of MEF2A/2D and CDK5 mRNA on time regularity during epileptogenesis in rats.


Multi-carrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA), a novel, high capacity, multicarrier modulation scheme, is developing to a key radio transmission technology for future wireless local area networks (W-LANs). However in ad hoc code division multiple access (CDMA) networks near-far effects can block a receiver due to high interference. These effects occur when a receiving station is closer to an interferer than to its corresponding transmitter. Accordingly, the receiver cannot detect the intended signal out of the received one and the data transmission fails. In this work, we present an adaptive medium access control (MAC) protocol for ad hoc MC-CDMA based W-LANs, based on the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol. The new protocol has the ability to overcome the near-far-problem by employing a frequency adaptation method. The key of the proposed method is an interference estimate built at each receiving mobile station (MS). Aided by its estimate, a MS can calculate whether the quality of service (QoS) expectations of the incoming link can be accomplished. If the interference is too high, the receiving MS initiates a frequency channel change and informs the corresponding transmitter over the control packets about the Id of the new channel. It is shown that this concept can deploy the high capacity characteristics of MC-CDMA in wireless environments


This paper introduces a function that increases the amountof neutrality (inactive code in Genetic Programming) for the Artificial Ant Problem. The objective of this approach is to try to smooth the ridged fitness landscape of the Santa Fe trail.
 Several experiments were carried out with different crossover and mutation rates, in order to identify the better settings to solve this problem and to compare the normal representation and the one proposed in this paper. The results indicate that the proposed approach is better than the conventional one.
 Also the difference between per individual and per node mutation is showed and a way to relate them is pointed out.


This thesis work relates to an intended improvement of volumetric efficiency, particularly on lower engine speeds, in a direct injection turbo charged gasoline engine. It has been known for a long period of time that heat transfer rate in flow components, such as intake system can have considerable effects on mass flow and consequently volumetric efficiency. There are several ways to enhance the amount of air flowing thru an engine, such as increasing size of intake and exhaust geometries. The modification that will be implemented in this project is not supposed to increase the volume of air that will flow thru the engine, but to a certain extent increase the mass flow of it. This is achieved by decreased intake air temperature which results in increased density and hence increased mass flow of the incoming intake air charge. The area of investigation in this thesis project relates to the fact that heat builds up in the cylinder head and transfers to the intake ports surfaces making them very hot. The main objective is to study how a decreased temperature of the intake ports surfaces influences the temperature of the incoming intake air. To efficiently accomplish such a study, a technical solution which intends to reduce heat transfer to the intake ports surfaces must be developed and isolated intake ports are one example of such a solution. The expected outcome of this solution is that the surface temperatures in the intake ports will be reduced and consequently heat transfer to the incoming intake air charge is reduced to a certain extent.
The primary aim of the thesis project is to develop a technical solution that with a great amount prevent heat from transferring to the intake ports surfaces. The secondary aim of this study is to investigate how decreased surface temperature in the intake ports influences the incoming intake air charge temperature. Finally, the results will be compared against measured data, obtained from an identical standard single cylinder head.
The intention of reducing the surface temperature in the intake ports is to hopefully answer some questions such as were the highest amount of heat transfer occurs in the intake port, if it mostly occurs over the entire intake port or predominantly near the hot intake valves. The results from the GT-Power engine simulations showed that isolated intake ports obtained a reduced surface temperature in the intake ports. That substantially led to a decreased temperature of the incoming intake air, particularly on lower engine speeds. In the single cylinder experiments it was found that the isolated intake ports were a possible method to reduce the temperature of the incoming intake air. Thus, the result did not become as positive as was indicated from the results of the theoretical simulations. To conclude, the major drawback was experienced during experiment testing, there it was noticed that the standard intake ports did not heat the incoming intake air as much as was expected. This consequently resulted that the initial improvement potential of isolated intake ports influence on intake air was not as great as what is expected from the beginning of the thesis.


We propose an upstream scheduling method for optical ring networks based on time- and space-division multiplexing technology. Numerical simulations show that the proposed method achieves deadline-aware and fair sensor data acquisition and control.


This paper compared the performance of the conventional Radial line slot array (RLSA) antenna structure. Two different substrates of RLSA antennas were used: The FR4 with the relative permittivity (er) value of 4.5 and the Duroid/RT5880 with the relative permittivity (er) value of 2.2. Both substrates had their own thickness, where the Rogers RT Duroid 5880 was thinner with the value of 0.254 mm compared to FR4 which was 1.600 mm. There were two antenna cavities, which were the FR4 hybrid with air gap and the Duroid/RT5880 hybrid with air gap. Based on different substrate, this RLSA antenna was simulated using the CST Microwave Studio simulation software and measured using the Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) equipment that can measure the frequency range (10.0 MHz to 50.0 GHz). Moreover, this RLSA antenna was presented, experimented and measured for millimeter wave frequency, which is within the frequency range (24.0 GHz to 32.0 GHz). In the middle of the rectangular, slots on radiating plate, located with fed coated of 50 Ω SSMA connector as a coaxial to waveguide transition frequency reconfigurable millimeter-wave antenna for 5G networks is presented. The results of the simulation and measurement of this RLSA antenna with different substrates show the S11 and wider value of impedance bandwidth performance in millimeter wave frequency.


Book Citations: Authors, Title, HemaSphere, 2023;7(S3):pages. The individual abstract DOIs can be found at https://journals.lww.com/hemasphere/pages/default.aspx. Disclaimer: Articles published in the journal HemaSphere exclusively reflect the opinions of the authors. The authors are responsible for all content in their abstracts including accuracy of the facts, statements, citing resources, etc. 3260 active therapy were more likely to have a resuscitation limitation documented (p=<0.01) and not be hospitalised before death (p=<0.01). These patients were more also likely to have been of a non-English speaking background (p=<0.01). Summary/Conclusion: Within our cohort of patients with HM we found high rates of hospitalisation and disease-modifying therapy use in the last month of life, corresponding with high rates of transfusion and critical care admissions. Clinical trial participation and intensive chemotherapy further corresponded with intense healthcare utilisation. Although most patients did receive a palliative care referral, this frequently occurred within days of death, potentially limiting the symptom and psychosocial benefits of this multidisciplinary service at end of life. HemaSphere | 2023;7(S3) EHA2023 Hybrid Congress Copyright Information: (Online) ISSN: 2572-9241 © 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the European Hematology Association. This is an open access Abstract Book distributed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) which allows third parties to download the articles and share them with others as long as they credit the author and the Abstract Book, but they cannot change the content in any way or use them commercially. Abstract Book Citations: Authors, Title, HemaSphere, 2023;7(S3):pages. The individual abstract DOIs can be found at https://journals.lww.com/hemasphere/pages/default.aspx.Book Citations: Authors, Title, HemaSphere, 2023;7(S3):pages. The individual abstract DOIs can be found at https://journals.lww.com/hemasphere/pages/default.aspx. Disclaimer: Articles published in the journal HemaSphere exclusively reflect the opinions of the authors. The authors are responsible for all content in their abstracts including accuracy of the facts, statements, citing resources, etc. 3261


Len already had a 10 year history of bipolar affective disorder when he was admitted with a manic episode. The psychiatrist recorded numerous grandiose delusions: he claimed to hold world records associated with lying on a bed of nails and believed that he held black belts in several martial arts, managed a construction company, was a reverend, and had appeared on television.

After treatment, …


SummaryPortable and Clinical Bench models of an automatically triggered auditory feedback masking device, the "Edinburgh Masker", and their usage are described. The device was found to be effective in abolishing or greatly reducing stammering in 89% of 195 cases. The effectiveness of the portable device has continued in the majority of users during periods of observation of up to three years. In a follow-up study of 67 subjects with six months or more experience of the Masker, 82 % considered it to be of "considerable" or "great" benefit and 67% stated that, as the result of using the device, their unaided speech fluency had improved. No undesirable side-effects have been observed.


In the article we shall explain a phenomenon of corporate governance evolution with the tool of replicator dynamics of evolutionary game theory.At first,the difference of system environment results in their views difference about corporate governance structure of BritishAmerican corporation participants and GermanJapanese corporation participants,and further results in the difference about their evolutionary learning path,and finally shaping two different corporation governance patterns.


Introduction: One of the main goals of orthodontic management is to achieve a beautiful smile. However, beauty has both objective and subjective dimensions. This study aims to evaluate the factors that affect the perception of the smile in patients consulting for orthodontic treatment about the vision of their practitioners. Materials and Methods: Fifty orthodontic patients and 30 orthodontists evaluated the degree of attractiveness of 16 photographs of the smile. Dental, gingival and labial parameters were used. Statistical analyses of the level of perception of each group were performed. The Student t-test and the Chi-square test were used to compare the attractive and unattractive smile parameters. Results and Discussion: The perception of smile aesthetics between orthodontists and orthodontic patients has shown a significant difference (P < 0.05). Orthodontists were more analytical in judging variables like smile arc, alterations of the gingival display and the palatal inclination of the maxillary incisors.


A series of tests on cold-formed unlipped channels with comparatively stocky webs and subjected to web crippling is presented in this paper. The web slenderness values of the channels ranged from 15.3 to 45. The tests were conducted under the four loading conditions (End-One-Flange, Interior-One-Flange, End-Two-Flange, and Interior-Two-Flange) specified in the Australian/New Zealand and American specifications for cold-formed steel structures. The test strengths are compared with the design strengths obtained using the specifications. It is demonstrated that the design strengths predicted by the specifications are generally unconservative for unlipped channels. Test strengths as low as 43% of the design strengths were obtained. Hence, new web crippling design equations for unlipped channels are proposed in this paper. The proposed design equations are derived based on a simple plastic mechanism model, and the web crippling strength is obtained by dispersing the bearing load through the web. It is shown th...


According to the satellite-tracked drifters and dynamic height data, the basin scale circulation in the South China Sea was analyzed. The results showed that, during September to October of 2011, the Vietnam current was southward, separated from the coast at the 11.5 °N and 8.5 °N, and turned east to be Vietnam separate current. Then, this current presented the "Snake" path between 11 °N and 16°N from the east of Vietnam to the west coast of Philippines. Through the analysis of satellite altimeter results, it was shown that the northern of the South China Sea was controlled by cyclonic circulation, and the flow in the southern cyclonic circulation was east, which determined the characteristics of Vietnam offshore flow across the basin. The "Snake" path is mainly decided by the anticyclone- cyclone – anticyclone – cyclone eddy.


The invention discloses a metallographic automatic grinding polishing machine and comprises an electric control unit, a hydraulic unit, a cooling water unit, a polishing spindle unit and a rotational grinding disc unit; wherein, the polishing spindle unit (1) is arranged above the rotational grinding disc unit (2); and the polishing spindle unit (1) and the rotational grinding disc unit (2) respectively adopt independent motors for rotation control and play a part in the polishing spindle unit (1) by controlling and outputting processing parameters through the electric control unit, thus achieving the surface grinding polishing treatment of high hardness metal of aluminium alloy, titanium-aluminium alloy, siliconiobium, etc.


Power politics and opportunism go hand in hand. Picking the right time to act involves a clear perception of the alternatives, a close estimate of the risks, and a clever gamble on the odds. The Russians have shown themselves adept at the game. Their use of force or the threat of force has been unusually astute. They try to move when the deck is stacked in their favor.


For a long time, the question of, whether or not tidal forces control volcanic activity and/or seismic activity, has been unsolved. The authors obtained remarkable results for tidal control of volcanic earthquakes and ocean bottom hydrothermal activity. An OBSIH (Ocean Bottom Seismometers with Hydrophone) was used for all observations. Volcanic earthquake activity associated with the 1983 Miyake Island eruption was high at high-tide and/or low-tide. Observations in three hydrothermal areas, the southern Mariana Trough, the TAG area in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the middle Okinawa Trough, showed the existence of low-frequency pulses called pressure pulses having a good correlation with semi-diurnal and diurnal changes in relation to tidal forces. An increase of pressure pulses suggests a hydrothermal upwelling from the vents. It is difficult to state why volcanic and hydrothermal activities are controlled by the ocean tide or the earth-tide. Similar variations occurred during the most resent volcanic activity on Miyake Island in July-September, 2000. Using the 2000 Miyake Island volcanism, a hypothetical interpretation is presented.


In traditional thermodynamical and statistical-mechanical approaches one has (some) detailed knowledge of the principles governing the microdynamics of a system. However in many instances we may not have a Hamiltonian or good information about the degrees of freedom (or, in a roughly complementary sense, the redundancies in observed data), but on the other hand we have access to a preponderance of raw data. The development outlined here is an attempt to apply the principles of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics generically to such cases.


Within a decade, Wikipedia has become one of the most popular health-content web sites in the world. James Heilman talks to Fiona Fleck about how the once free-wheeling website is moving closer to a formal publication model.


We present a two-color (956 and 985 nm) InGaAs/AlGaAs laser structure epitaxially stacked through a low-resistance (10−5–10−4 Ω cm2) Esaki junction, exhibiting two threshold characteristics. It is shown that this structure can be considered as a bipolar cascade laser.


AUTHORS: Soil Scientist and Agronomist, USDA-ARS, Coastal Plain Research Center, 2611 W Lucas St. Florence, SC 29501-1242; Associate Professor of Agronomy, Clemson University, 2200 Pocket Road., Pee Dee Research Center, Florence, SC 29506-9706. Corresponding author W. J. Busscher, Email: email@example.com. REFERENCE: J.E. Hook (ed.) Proceedings of the 22 Annual Southern Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture, Tifton, GA. 6-8 July 1999. Georgia Agriculture Experiment Station Special Publication 95, Athens, GA.


Summary We have assembled a data base for 71 full length and near‐full length amino acid sequences of glutathione S‐transferases from various vertebrate and invertebrate eukaryotic and prokaryotic species. This database was used as input for multiple sequence alignment and a dendrogram was established representing the classification and phylogenetic relationship of the glutathione S‐transferase supergene family. The glutathione S‐transferase sequences were grouped into six classes; five of them are established classes identified as alpha, mu, pi, theta and microsomal. The lens S‐crystallin amino acid sequences from squid and octopus were grouped into a new class termed sigma. A hypothesis of the origin and evolution of glutathione S‐transferases is proposed. Glutathione S‐transferases are present in primitive prokaryotic organisms and the ancestral gene for glutathione S‐transferase probably was a member of the theta class. Gene duplication followed by diversification has led to the multiplicity of glutat...


Objectives: The use of religious/spiritual coping strategies may be particularly prevalent when dealing with the stress of a cancer diagnosis. There has, however, been very little research conducted on this topic outside the USA. Existing measures of coping largely ignore the complexity of religious/spiritual coping and its potential to be adaptive as well as maladaptive. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of various religious coping strategies in a UK cancer sample.


This essay, try to explain and identify the importance of maintaining an adequate organizational climate at the organization in order to find the way that human resources that are part of the institution, show their best skills and experience to develop a role that probably will result in a win to win for both parties.


Bisphenol A (Figure 1) is an industrial chemical used primarily to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins that have a variety of applications including use in some food and drink packaging, e.g., water and infant bottles, compact discs, and sports and medical devices. Epoxy resins are used as internal liners of water supply pipes, coatings on the inside of many food and beverage cans, composites of some dental sealants, thermal papers used for sale receipts. Human being intakes BPA mainly via consumption of food and beverage into which BPA leached under high temperature or long-time storage. BPA concentrations in human detected in 92.6% urine samples were in the range of 0.4 ng/L (1.75 nM) to as high as 149 μg/L (or 0.65 μM) based on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2004 [1,2]. A person's exposure level to BPA varies, which is largely determined by a person's life style and to which microwaved long-storage canned food might contribute the most. Infants fed with liquid formula are among the most exposed. A study funded by the Environment Working Group detected an average of 2.8 ng/mL (~13 nM) BPA in the blood of 9 out of the 10 umbilical cords tested. Children are more susceptible to BPA exposure than adults according to a study that found higher urinary concentrations in young children than in adults under typical exposure conditions because their body metabolism systems/organs are not well-developed before adulthood [3,4]. Though there is not a concrete concentration of BPA intake in ordinary human body, the range in blood or urine could be from the low nM to as high as 1 μM based on above-mentioned reports.


1526Background: Lynch syndrome is a cancer predisposition caused by inherited mutations in mismatch repair genes MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2, or EPCAM. Accurate cancer risk estimates are required for mutation carriers and their family members to develop appropriate genetic counselling guidelines and targeted screening and clinical management. Cancer risks for Lynch syndrome may differ not only by age, sex and the gene mutated but also by the genetic variant and geographic region of the carrier. Methods: We analysed pedigree data (age, sex, cancer histories and mutation status of family members) of Lynch syndrome families that were submitted by researchers and clinicians from 23 countries to the International Mismatch Repair Consortium (IMRC) (http://www.sphinx.org.au/imrc). For each cancer, we estimated age-specific cumulative risk (penetrance) and hazard ratios for carriers compared with the general population. We estimated penetrance by: cancer site, sex, the gene mutated, type of mutation, and geographic...


In the presence of sum types, the eta-long beta-normal form of terms of lambda calculus is not canonical. Natural deduction systems for intuitionistic logic (with disjunction) suffer the same defect, thanks to the Curry-Howard correspondence. This canonicity problem has been open in Proof Theory since the 1960s, while it has been addressed in Computer Science, since the 1990s, by a number of authors using de- cision procedures: instead of deriving a notion of syntactic canonical normal form, one gives a procedure based on program analysis to de- cide when any two terms of the lambda calculus with sum types are essentially the same one. In this paper, we show the canonicity problem is difficult because it is too specialized: rather then picking a canonical representative out of a class of beta-eta-equal terms of a given type, one should do so for the enlarged class of terms that are of a type isomorphic to the given one. We isolate a type normal form, ENF, generalizing the usual disjunctive normal form to handle exponentials, and we show that the eta-long beta-normal form of terms at ENF type is canonical, when the eta axiom for sums is expressed via evaluation contexts. By coercing terms from a given type to its isomorphic ENF type, our technique gives unique canonical representatives for examples that had previously been handled using program analysis.


—Robotic grasping in unstructured and non- deterministic environments needs to depend on smart vision processing that is able to segment unseen and arbitrary number of object categories. The usual case of detecting and segment-ing objects from training sets makes the work limited to its own setup. This encourages us to develop generic methods for category-agnostic segmentation. In this work we introduce DoPose , a dataset of highly cluttered and closely stacked objects for segmentation and 6D pose estimation. We show how using careful choice of synthetic data and fine-tuning on our real dataset along with a rational training can boost the performance of already existing CNN architectures to generalize on real data and produce comparable results to SOTA methods even without post-processing or refinements. Our DoPose dataset, network models, pipeline code and ROS driver are available online 1 .


This paper suggests a single-input switched-capacitor Nine-level inverter configuration advantaging from quadruple voltage-boosting ability, natural voltage balancing of capacitors, and reduced components per level. Also, the single-source character of the proposed topology makes it cheaper and more compact. The cascaded version of the suggested topology has also been introduced, by which high boosting factors, as well as large number of steps, can be obtained. The proposed topology can effectively supply the resistive-inductive or pure inductive load types. The capacitors' impulsive-charging-current issue has been solved by simple small-inductance-based inductor-diode (L-D) networks. The comparative analysis affirms the fewer device-usage in suggested configuration per equal gain or level count than existed structures, resulting in less size and cost. The usage of Nearest-Level modulation guarantees the low-frequency operation of semiconductors and reduces the switching losses. The comparative analysis and experimental outcomes affirm the competitiveness and accurate functionality of suggested configuration.


College student entrepreneurship is a complex and dynamic process, in which the potential risks faced by entrepreneurial enterprises are interactive and diverse. The changes in risk assessment for college student entrepreneurship are also dynamic and nonlinear and are affected by many factors, which make the risk assessment process for college student entrepreneurship quite complicated. Big data analysis technology is a new product formed under the background of cloud computing and Internet technology, which has the characteristics of large data scale, multiple data types, and strong data value and provides more technical support for the researches on the risk assessment algorithm for college student entrepreneurship. On the basis of summarizing and analyzing previous research results, this article expounded the research status and significance of the risk assessment algorithm for college student entrepreneurship, elaborated the development background, current status, and future challenges of big data analysis technology, introduced the basic principles of support vector machine (SVM) and hierarchical analytic process, constructed a risk assessment model for college student entrepreneurship based on big data analysis, analyzed the risk factors and assessment indicators of the entrepreneurial model, proposed a risk assessment algorithm for college student entrepreneurship based on big data analysis, performed the discrimination coefficient calculation and comprehensive correlation optimization, and finally conducted a case experiment and its result analysis. The study results show that the risk assessment algorithm for college student entrepreneurship based on big data analysis can effectively realize the comprehensive management of risk factors, make full use of the value of assessment parameter data, and significantly improve the accuracy and efficiency of the risk assessment for college student entrepreneurship, providing more technical support for the researches on the risk assessment algorithm for college student entrepreneurship. The study results of this article provide a reference for further researches on the risk assessment algorithm of college student entrepreneurship based on big data analysis.


Objective To explore the effect of chole enterostomy plus antireflux operation for preventing reflux cholangitis.Methods All patients were performed with chole enterostomy plus antireflux operation including end to side transverse anastomosis between proximal and distal jejunum;side by side serosa suturing between proximal jejun and interposed jejunal loop,and making antireflux intussusceptive valve of interposed intestinal loop.A total of 24 out of 26 cases were followed up for 1 to 5 years.The rate of follow up was 92.3%.Results Excellent and good results were achieved in 87.5% of the postoperative patients without severe complications and recurrent cholangitis.Conclusion It is effective for using chole enterostomy plus antireflux operation to prevent reflux cholangitis.


Robert Autor is the executive vice president and chief information officer of SLM Corporation, where he leads the company's information technology division, loan consolidation business and corporate procurement division.


ABSTRACT. The research on which the present work is based analyses the ornamentation of the facades of major Brazilian public buildings and investigates how that representation contributed to the construction of a visual national identity during Brazil's First Republic (1889–1930). Two government buildings are discussed: Pedro Ernesto Palace, inaugurated in 1923 to house the municipal chamber of Rio de Janeiro, and Tiradentes Palace, erected in the years 1922–26 to house Brazil's Parliament. The article focuses on the allegorical figures ornamenting these two buildings in order to explore contradictory aspects of the discourse they convey. It will be argued that visual culture, more precisely architecture and architectural sculpture, served the elites of this period as a powerful tool for projecting their values and for preventing contradictions within Brazilian society from emerging in visual terms.


This book helps provide the sense for those of us who are not bicultural, smoothly traversing rehabilitation goals with the per- spective of economic evaluation of service and outcomes. The text is a must for pro- gram managers and administrators. Therapists and graduate students who are undertaking program research also will find it an important resource. Watson's focus was to provide a begin- ning text to support therapists and admin- istrators who need to learn how to approach both clinical- and cost-effectiveness system- atically. A therapist, a new intervention technique, a treatment program, or a clin- ic's "batting average" is rarely known; yet, consumers, program directors, third-party payers, and legislators want to know how we are doing in terms of the economic costs and outcomes. The ultimate goal Watson supports, which is to be achieved through knowledge of cost and outcome, is the abil- ity "to select the right intervention for the right person and provide it in the right time, and in the right setting." No small undertaking to be sure, and the author per- ceives that quality and costs do not have to be competing objectives if we are knowl- edgeable in how to undertake the study of costs and outcomes from both clinical and economic perspectives. The text guides the reader in under-


C\ensuremath{\lambda}aSH is a functional hardware description language that borrows both its syntax and semantics from the functional programming language Haskell. Polymorphism and higher-order functions provide a level of abstraction and generality that allow a circuit designer to describe circuits in a more natural way than possible with the language elements found in the traditional hardware description languages.


Notation on Waterways is a geography and literature famous work of ancient time in China.Now more extensive and more profound researches have been conducted in it especially in the last decade,mainly manifested in the edition,the note,historical geography,Chinese literature,history of Li study and scientists of Li.Among them,there are not only epitomizing research results but detailed additional remarks as well,research on Notation on Waterways is consummating unceasingly.


Abstract Disclosure: C.T. Malvar: None. P. Patel: None. H. Moran: None. D. Bleich: None. Introduction: Post-prandial hypoglycemia is a rare complication following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB). Some theories suggest that post-operative beta cell expansion and altered beta cell function may lead to increased secretion of insulin, thereby causing hypoglycemia. We report a 39-year-old female with multiple episodes of recurrent post-prandial hypoglycemia following RYGB. Case Report: A 39-year-old female with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes managed with insulin, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity underwent RYGB and developed multiple episodes of fatigue, diaphoresis, palpitations, and tremulousness a year later. The patient continued to have worsening symptoms, leading to multiple hospitalizations for hypoglycemia. During her initial presentation to the emergency department, she was found to be afebrile, tachycardic with stable blood pressure. Work up revealed a glucose of 34 mg/dl (70 - 109 mg/dl), insulin of 40.1 (2.6 - 24.9 uIU/mL), C-peptide of 3.8 (1.1 - 4.4 ng/mL), potassium of 3.2 (3.5 - 4.8 meq/l), negative sulfonylurea screen, normal renal function, and a mild leukocytosis of 12.6 (4.0 - 11.0 x 10*3/µL). CT abdomen/pelvis, chest x-ray, and urinalysis were normal and did not reveal any infection. The patient denied taking any hypoglycemic agents and reported consuming high glycemic index meals. During her hospitalization, she received a bolus of dextrose followed by a continuous dextrose drip; however, she continued to experience recurrent hypoglycemic events requiring glucagon and dextrose tablets. Subsequent morning labs showed elevated insulin levels at 34.6 (2.6 - 24.9 uIU/mL) and a normal IGF-1 level. Her 8AM cortisol level was 2.3 (6.0 - 18.4 ug/dl). Due to high suspicion of adrenal insufficiency, she was started on Hydrocortisone. Pituitary MRI was negative for any adenoma. Hydrocortisone was held and a cosyntropin stimulation test established appropriate adrenal response. Hydrocortisone and dextrose tablets were discontinued. She was educated on eating low glycemic index meals to prevent future hypoglycemic episodes. She was started on acarbose as it delays carbohydrate degradation, thereby preventing reactive hypoglycemia. Conclusion: This case highlights the importance of having a thorough differential diagnosis in patients with a history of bariatric surgery and hypoglycemic episodes including adrenal insufficiency, which in this case was ruled out. RYGB increases stimulation of islet β-cells by enteral signals and enhances GLP-1 sensitivity and insulin secretion, predisposing some individuals to hypoglycemic episodes. Patients may have remission of diabetes and no longer need medications post-operatively. Dietary modification is fundamental in the management of hypogylcemia after RYGB. Pharmacotherapy is an adjunctive treatment if symptoms persist. Presentation: Saturday, June 17, 2023


Clinical gene therapy trials using standard Ad5‐based vectors have thus far demonstrated limited efficacy, most likely due to low expression levels of adenoviral receptors on tumor cells. We sought to analyze adenoviral receptor expression levels on primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cells and to determine whether adenoviral retargeting to the CD46 receptor via the Ad5/35 system would increase therapeutic potential for HNSCC.


The timing controller receives and stores the fail-mode determining unit, the fail signal is output when the fail mode operation to determine whether the fail mode operation of the OLED display based on an input signal an input signal, the fail mode is input according to the operation status storing the converted signals output from the signal or fail mode generator for generating a conversion signal for selectively outputting a fail signal and the fail mode generation unit, and to re-output the converted signal of the previous frame when the fail mode operation to generate an output signal and a fail mode control.


The characteristics of the differential-output D-dot sensor, which is employed to diagnose the voltage pulse across the water-insulated component of the pulsed power accelerator, are investigated by theory, circuit simulation, and experiments. The leakage current from the D-dot sensor to the inner electrode of the measured component will degrade the low-frequency response property of the monitor. The lower level of the water medium resistivity the worse performance of the sensor's low-frequency response property will be. The actual lower-limited response frequency of the D-dot sensor is not related to the sensor itself but is mainly determined by the resistivity of the water. These are not only deduced from theory but also approved by the experimental results. Circuit simulation results suggest that the D-dot sensor without consideration of the leakage current will over-evaluate the amplitude and rise time of the voltage pulse across the water-filled element. We have proposed a method to make compensation for such an effect by using a passive resistor–capacitor (RC) integrator instead of the numerical process suggested previously. It is approved both by circuit simulation and experimental results that the output of the D-dot sensor post-processed by the RC integrator could give accurate measurement results providing that the time constant of the RC integrator is identical to the characteristic time of the D-dot sensor.


In normal prothrombin, 10-glutamyl residues present in the amino portion of the molecule are carboxylated to form γ-carboxyglutamic acids (gla). Dicoumarol, an antagonist of vitamin K, induces the production of (partially) acarboxylated atypical prothrombins. In addition to our atypical varieties, viz. 7−,5− and 2-gla prothrombins, we have isolated two more atypical molecules, one containing 1.0±0.1 gla (1-gla prothrombin) and the other approximately 0.25 gla (0-gla prothrombin). These two variants adsorbed onto alumina Cγ-gel (Bio-Rad), similar to 2-gla protein, but were derived from 40 to 50% (NH4)2SO4 saturation. The purified materials, obtained after isoelectric precipitation followed by preparatory polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and heparin agarose chromatography, showed a single component by analytical disc-gel electrophoresis both in the presence or absence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and contained antigenic activity comparable to that of normal prothrombins. The pI's of the two variants by column electrofocusing were each 4.835±0.015. Similarly, the two proteins did not reveal any difference in electrophoretic mobility; however, their prothrombin fragments 1 (F1, residues 1-156) did—0-gla F1 moved slower than 1-gla F1. Employing anti (normal) prothrombin sera with Ca2+ , the two, 0− and 1-gla, F1's produced vaguely visible immunoprecipitates which were definitely lighter than all the other F1's including 2-gla. These results confirm that not only are multiple forms of atypical prothrombin induced by dicoumarol but also that gla does affect the immunochemical properties of the gla-containing fragment.


In the preface to Literacy Research Methodologies the editors, Duke and Mallette, describe meeting each other at the US National Reading Conference (NRC) in 1999 where as 'aspiring new researchers' they discovered that both were interested in the literacy experiences and instruction for poor and minority children. They also discovered that each of them was addressing this issue from a quite different epistemology and research methodology. They state:


1. Dzau VJ, Ginsburg GS. Realizing the Full Potential of Precision Medicine in Health and Health Care. JAMA. 2016;316(16):16591660. 2. Vogenberg FR, Isaacson Barash C, Pursel M. Personalized medicine: part 1: evolution and development into theranostics. P T. 2010;35(10):560-576. 3. Vogenberg FR, Barash CI, Pursel M. Personalized medicine: part 2: ethical, legal, and regulatory issues. P T. 2010;35(11):624-642. 4. Vogenberg FR, Barash CI, Pursel M. Personalized medicine: part 3: challenges facing health care plans in implementing coverage policies for pharmacogenomic and genetic testing. P T. 2010;35(12):670675. 5. Alter HJ, Klein HG. The hazards of blood transfusion in historical perspective. Blood. 2008;112(7):2617-2626. 6. Report of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The 2009 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey Report. Washington, DC: Services, T.U.D.o.H.a.H; 2010. 7. 3. Ali A, Auvinen MK, Rautonen J. The aging population poses a global challenge for blood services. Transfusion. 2010;50(3):584-588. 8. Kamatani Y, Matsuda K, Okada Y, et al. Genome-wide association study of hematological and biochemical traits in a Japanese population. Nat Genet. 2010;42(3):210-215. 9. van der Harst P, Zhang W, Mateo Leach I, et al. Seventy-five genetic loci influencing the human red blood cell. Nature. 2012;492:369-375. 10. Crispino JD, Horwitz MS. GATA factor mutations in hematologic disease. Blood. 2017;129(15):2103-2110. 11. Ling T, Crispino JD, Zingariello M, Martelli F, Migliaccio AR. GATA1 insufficiencies in primary myelofibrosis and other hematopoietic disorders: consequences for therapy. Expert Rev Hematol. 2018;11(3):169-184. 12. Gangat N, Marinaccio C, Swords R, et al. Aurora Kinase A Inhibition Provides Clinical Benefit, Normalizes Megakaryocytes, and Reduces Bone Marrow Fibrosis in Patients with Myelofibrosis: A Phase I Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2019;25(16):4898-4906. 13. Persons DA, Paulson RF, Loyd MR, et al. Fv2 encodes a truncated form of the Stk receptor tyrosine kinase. Nat Genet. 1999;23(2):159165. 14. Xie Y, Gao L, Xu C, et al. ARHGEF12 regulates erythropoiesis and is involved in erythroid regeneration after chemotherapy in acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients. Haematologica. 2020;105(4):925-936. Editorials


Digitalis glycosides have been used for more than 200 years to treat chronic congestive heart failure although they often fail to provide adequate support in a patient with a severely depressed heart at the dose that does not cause toxicity. Improvement of this class of drugs is not feasible because both the therapeutic and toxic actions are caused by the same mechanism, i.e., inhibition of the sarcolemmal sodium pump. Despite the initial optimism with "newer" positive inotropic drugs, they are not free from toxicity which is caused by Ca2+ overload or from their tendency to inhibit relaxation. Moreover, these drugs fail to reduce risk factors in patients with advanced heart failure. Mortality of these patients is reduced by vasodilator therapy combined with digitalis and a diuretic. This therapy reduces preload and afterload, and hence workload, in addition to increasing the force of myocardial contraction, and minimizes deficiencies of failing heart. In this regard, importance of nonpharmacologic therapies for re duction of cardiac workload should also be emphasized. All these treatments, however, are palliative. We know very little about the basic changes that lead to heart failure, and treatments to prevent those changes are presently un available.


This research, descriptive, correlational and cross-section was held in the
Educational Institution San Nicolas de Huamachuco, in order to determine the
knowledge and attitudes of adolescents toward abortion. The sample consisted
of 88 adolescents, and data collection was performed by applying two
instruments: Test of knowledge about abortion and survey on attitudes toward
abortion. The data obtained were tabulated and presented in statistical tables
single and double entry. Statistical analysis was performed using the test
criteria of independence Chi Square (X ^ 2). After the analysis it has led to the
findings: 64.8 percent of adolescents obtained good level of knowledge and
34.1 percent regular level. 63.6 percent of adolescents mostro positive attitude
toward abortion, and 36.4 percent of adolescents or negative attitude in favor of
abortion. highly significant relationship between the level of knowledge and
attitude toward abortion in adolescents in the study (p <0.000) was found.
Keywords: level of knowledge, attitude and abortion among adolescents.


In the polymerisation of 1,3-dioxolan by Et3O+BF4– the formation of active centres (which are stable when formed) is slow, and it is accompanied by competitive hydride abstraction from monomer and decomposition of the catalyst.


In line with the sexual selection for altruism hypothesis, research has shown that men and women typically prefer hypothetical partners who are described as prosocial to otherwise similar individuals. In this study, we consider this hypothesis in the real world by examining whether prosocial behavior conveys actual benefits in terms of real-life mating success. Using a nationally representative annual panel data set, we examine the impact of single individuals' prosocial behavior on their probabilities of finding a steady partner in the course of the following year. Our results show that single individuals who frequently engaged in prosocial behavior had substantially higher chances of being in a stable relationship the following year. The effect persisted even after accounting for individual differences in the Big Five personality traits and the degree of social involvement.


Abstract In this study, pf and df of single order statistic of nonidentical discrete random variables are obtained. These functions are also expressed in integral form. Finally, pf and df of extreme of order statistics of random variables for the nonidentical discrete case are given.


This book is designed primarily for undergraduates in mathematics, engineering, and the physical sciences. Rather than concentrating on technical skills, it focuses on a deeper understanding of the subject by providing many unusual and challenging examples. The basic topics of vector geometry, differentiation and integration in several variables are explored. It also provides numerous computer illustrations and tutorials using MATLAB and Maple, that bridge the gap between analysis and computation.Features:Includes numerous computer illustrations and tutorials using MATLAB and MapleCovers the major topics of vector geometry, differentiation, and integration in several variablesInstructors ancillaries available upon adoption


An electrically conductive metallic clip used for lead-out electrodes of an Ec mirror has a U-shaped section. One of opposed side pieces of the clip, which is disposed at the side of an electrically conductive film, is formed in a planar shape. The. other side piece disposed at the side of a glass substrate is configured in a curved shape and has a terminal that is outwardly round-opened. The central portion of this side piece is formed in a convex shape so that an opening thereof is narrowed. With this configuration, when a sealing resin expands, an occurrence of poor contact between a lead-out electrode portion and the clip is prevented. Moreover, good workability for attaching the clip to the substrate is realized. Furthermore, the lead-out electrode is prevented from being damaged. Additionally, the clip is prevented from being deformed when the clip is fitted onto the substrate.


The expansion of the number of intermolecular interactions available to create molecular functional systems is of paramount importance. Quite recently, we have identified synthetic transport systems as attractive tools to elaborate on interactions that are otherwise difficult to detect. Realized examples include anion–p interactions, halogen bonds, and anion–macrodipole interactions. Intriguing results with transport promised attractive applications to catalysis, because evidence for anion binding in the ground state implied that anionic transition states could be similarly stabilized. Anion–p interactions were particularly interesting for this purpose because wonderful examples exist for catalysis with complementary cation–p interactions, reaching from carbocation stabilization in terpenoid and steroid cyclization to surprisingly rare and recent use in organocatalysis. Anion–p interactions, however, have essentially not been used in catalysis. This is understandable, because experimental evidence for their functional relevance appeared only recently, and discussions concerning their nature and significance continue. The poor development of the field presumably originates from the limited occurrence, availability, and diversity of the required p-acids, that is aromatic rings with strong enough electron-withdrawing substituents to invert their usually negative quadrupole moments into positive ones. The Kemp elimination is an established tool to develop conceptually innovative catalysts. Useless with regard to applications in organocatalysis, this reaction has served well to elaborate on theoretically designed enzymes, catalytic antibodies, promiscuous proteins, synthetic polymers, macrocyclic model systems, vesicles, micelles, and non-specific medium effects. The key step is the deprotonation of a carbon in the benzisoxazole substrate S by a general base (Figure 1). The reaction then proceeds with a single anionic transition state to afford the nitrophenolate either as intermediate or product, depending on conditions. There is general agreement that catalysis in its most general sense occurs by transition-state stabilization. The anionic nature of the transition state thus qualified the Kemp elimination as a valid tool to identify contributions from anion–p interactions to catalysis. Herein, we report that p-acidic naphthalenediimides (NDIs) with a covalently attached carboxylate base can catalyze the Kemp elimination and, most importantly, that the stabilization of the anionic transition state of this transformation increases with increasing p-acidity of the new catalysts. The key to "anion–p catalysis" was to take the p-acidic surface of an NDI (variable and strong), and to attach a carboxylate base on one side and a solubilizing tail on the other side (Figure 2). With this design, p-stacking between substrate and catalyst should hold throughout the transformation. The onset of anion–p interactions between the compound in transformation and the catalyst C (Figure 1), however, should coincide exactly with the key step, that is the injection of a negative charge from the proximal carboxylate into the substrate. The translocation of this negative charge over five atoms (from the carboxylate oxygen to the Figure 1. Catalysis of the Kemp elimination with anion–p interactions. A carboxylate is placed as general base near the p-acidic surface of catalyst C to 1) couple deprotonation with the onset of anion–p interactions for transition-state (TS) stabilization, and 2) protonate the phenolate in the reactive intermediate (RI) to avoid product inhibition. blue = electron deficient, red = electron rich, S = substrate, P= product, CS = catalyst–substrate complex, CP = catalyst–product complex.


This paper examines the way in which national government policy, aimed at curbing mobility and trespass, by gypsies/travellers has, historically and to date, when interpreted and translated into local policy and practice, exacerbated the problem whereby some families are excluded from employment, education, health and social welfare. Such policies are often based on a knowledge archive from which definitions are derived which may or not be accurate. Implemented policies can lead to a set of coping strategies which can make, shape and separate the Gypsy/Traveller habitus from the mainstream, ensuring that it remains parallel. The caravan is currently the more obvious cultural symbol which quickly singles out families for 'special' treatment – namely discrimination, exclusion and enforced mobility.


Polyphenols are natural antioxidants and play a vital role in inhibiting oxidative stress induced by the body's free radicals. Banana peels are a significant agro-industrial waste. This waste could be utilized to extract polyphenols to process various functional foods and nutraceuticals. An investigation was executed to extract polyphenols from banana peel using the sonication and maceration techniques. Three different polar solvents, methanol, ethanol and acetone, were used at four different concentrations: 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. Yield (%), Total Polyphenolic Content (TPC), Total Flavonoid Content (TFC) and 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) Radical Scavenging assays were performed. The results from the current study articulate that extraction by sonication yields a higher quantity of polyphenols than the maceration technique. The study also concludes that ethanol leads to better extraction than other solvents used in this study.


O 1 O C T O Primary Examiner Richard Bueker 75 Inventors: Hiroshi Shinriki, Kofu; Yijun Liu, Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Nast Masahito Sugiura, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. p 57 ABSTRACT 73 Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, Japan A Single-SubStrate-processing CVD apparatus is used for 21 Appl. No.: 09/310,132 forming a BST thin film on a semiconductor wafer while y 9 Supplying a first process gas containing a mixture of 22 Filed: May 12, 1999 Ba(thd) and Sr(thd), and a second process gas containing O O Ti(O-iPr)(thd) or Ti(thd). Precursors of Ba and Sr have 30 Foreign Application Priority Data lower activation energies and higher resistivities than pre May 13, 1998 JP Japan .................................. 10-148343 cursors of Ti. The first and Second proceSS gases are Supplied Sep. 10, 1998 JP Japan .................................. 10-274354 from a shower head which has a group of first Spouting holes 7 for Spouting the first proceSS gas and a group of Second 51) Int. Cl.' ..................................................... C23C 16/00 Spouting holes for Spouting the Second proceSS gas. The 52 U.S. Cl. .............................................................. 118/715 group of the Second Spouting holes are designed to have 58 Field of Search ............................................... 118/715 diameters gradually decreasing in radial directions outward from the center of a shower region, Such that the Second 56) References Cited process gas is Supplied at a Spouting rate gradually decreas U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS ing in radial directions outward from the center.


In 1839, when Maurice de Guerin died of tuberculosis at age 28, he was survived by a fragmentary oeuvre. Some of his writings had been destroyed by the author himself.(1) Others languished in the hands of family members and acquaintances from his native Languedoc to Paris and Brittany and beyond. His journal traveled with a friend to Louisiana and Alabama, then returned to Caen, where it narrowly escaped destruction in the bombings of 1944.(2) A few letters, poems, and poetic fragments were collected and edited for publication, at the instigation of Guerin's sister Eugenie, by a dedicated bibliophile from Caen, G. S. Trebutien, and a mutual friend, Jules Barbey-d'Aurevilly. This trio established a corpus of "Gueriniana" and created a vital legend of the jeunemort, soft-spoken son of the Midi and of the Catholic church, who in his final years produced poems on mythological themes, including "Glaucus" and two remarkable prose poems, "Le Centaure" and "La Bacchante." For Jules de Goncourt, Matthew Arnold, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Marguerite Yourcenar, Guerin's prose eclipsed his verse.(3) Hailed as precursors of poetic prose works by Nerval, Baudelaire, and Rimbaud, the prose poems and journal are all of Guerin to be found in most anthologies. This situation is due in part to early negative judgments on the quality of his "poesies" by Sainte-Beuve.(4) Yet George Sand recognized the genius in Guerin's best verse and saw to it that some was published, along with "Le Centaure," in her 1840 article on Guerin in La Revue des Deux Mondes that launched his literary career. When Abel Lefranc, Henri Clouard, and Francois Mauriac took up the challenge of reviving interest in Guerin's works in the twentieth century, they also emphasized his verse.(5) The recovery since 1980 of numerous verse fragments, missing lines, and even entire poems points to the need for a reconsideration of Maurice de Guerin,poete. Several of the recovered items are juvenilia. Others supply textual variants or lost parts of known texts. Three complete poems, substantial additions to the Guerin canon, show aspects of the young writer's continuing struggle to cope with dislocation and loss.(6) One, "Rayssac, ou la retraite," figures in the cycle of love poetry inspired by Louise de Bayne, whose family rejected Guerin's proposal of marriage in August 1832. Seeking solace in religion and writing, he retreated to La Chenaie, an intentional community in northern Brittany devoted to religious and philological study. Its leader was the controversial Felicite de Lamennais, whose pronouncements on the need for radical transformation in both church and society got him in trouble with each. While in Brittany Guerin composed another recently recovered poem, "Le Chateau d'armes et le manoir," in honor of the poet Hippolyte de la Morvonnais and his family, who took him in when La Chenaie was forced to close a few months after his arrival. Guerin conveyed his sadness at his ultimate separation from the warmth of that family and the beloved surroundings associated with the Breton coast near their home, Le Val de l'Arguenon, in a third resurfaced poem, "A Mon Ami Paul Quemper." Fourteen recovered lines providing a revised conclusion for the poem that begins "Vous m'avez invite ..."--lines published here, as best can be determined, for the first time--help to illuminate a crucial period in Guerin's literary career about which relatively little is known: the gap between his poetically productive stay in Brittany, September 1832 through January 1834, and the composition of the prose poems in late 1835 or 1836.(7) Much of Guerin's time in Brittany was spent at La Chenaie where he became part of a select group (including Lacordaire, Montalembert, Gerber, and Mickiewicz) gathered around the renegade thinker and writer whom Guerin called "M. Feli." The rest he spent with Lamennais's adherents at other sites in Brittany when French bishops opposed to Lamennais's progressive ideas forced the community at La Chenaie to disband. …


Interactive Model of Subsidiary Behaviors, Work Performance and Autonomic Nerve Activity during Visual Display Terminal Work: Toshimasa Takanishi, et al. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences


Since Blix noted that force varies with muscle length [1], many investigators have worked to characterize the passive length-tension properties of skeletal muscle in the tissue's fiber direction [2]. However, few reports have examined the properties of muscle in either transverse extension or in longitudinal shear [3–4]. Material properties in these three directions are needed to fully characterize computational models, which generally describe muscle as being transversely isotropic, hyperelastic, and isovolumetric [3–6]. Further, previous studies reporting tri-planar material properties indicate that muscle tissue is stiffer in the transverse direction compared to the longitudinal direction [3–4]. This counters conventional notions of transversely isotropic materials, which are generally stiffer in the fiber direction.Copyright © 2008 by ASME


Based on characteristic of high nonlinearity,time delay,nonparameter model in the refine of chemical process,it bring about no ideal effect for adopting conventional control technology such as P ID in precise control for pH control.In this paper,fuzzy control is put forward and is applied in refine process that could result in high efficient and stable control.


We employ an overlapping generations model of a financial market to demonstrate that, in equilibrium, investors can become skittish in that they appear to overreact to earnings news during some stretches of time. In an equilibrium with investor skittishness, price deviates from steady state equilibrium price and can be highly volatile relative to a steady state equilibrium price. In addition, price levels are, on average, higher than steady state price levels and can revert back to near steady state prices only if subsequent earnings news is bad. Our findings suggest that observed price volatility can vary significantly over time, with episodes of excessive volatility, even though fundamentals exhibit constant volatility. In addition, observed price to earnings relations can be quite unstable even though fundamentals (earnings and interest rates) are stable.


Much of what is known about breast cancer in African‐American (AA) women is based on existing cancer surveillance data. Thus, it is important to consider the accuracy of these resources in describing the impact of breast cancer in AA populations.


In this paper we present new edge splitting-off results maintaining all-pairs edge-connectivities of a graph. We first give an alternate proof of Mader's theorem, and use it to obtain a deterministic $\tilde{O}({r_{\max}}^2 \cdot n^2)$-time complete edge splitting-off algorithm for unweighted graphs, where r max denotes the maximum edge-connectivity requirement. This improves upon the best known algorithm by Gabow by a factor of $\tilde{\Omega}(n)$. We then prove a new structural property, and use it to further speedup the algorithm to obtain a randomized $\tilde{O}(m + {r_{\max}}^3 \cdot n)$-time algorithm. These edge splitting-off algorithms can be used directly to speedup various graph algorithms.


Reception: February 6, 2017 Accepted: May 22, 2017 The first group of Mexicans to read Jorge Luis Borges's work appeared at the beginning of the 1940's in Guadalajara; among its members were Juan Jose Arreola and Juan Rulfo, whose narrative work presents traces of the Argentinian writer. Arguing the familiarity of Rulfo with the initial work of Borges, this paper proposes that there is a direct intertextual relationship between the short stories "Hombre de la esquina rosada", by Borges,and "La Cuesta de las Comadres", by Rulfo, one which links the narrative style of the two texts to the construction of a specific orality. Reference is also made to the brief prologue that the Argentinian wrote for Pedro Paramo , a novel for which Borges expressed unfailing admiration.


Abstract A semi-empirical nonlinear model of moisture content and wet-milling quality degradation in com drying is established. The model uncertainty is expressed as a relative error level which includes a pre-specified percentage of experimental data. An optimal control strategy for batch drying is determined which maximizes the dryer throughput, while simultaneously satisfying two quality constraints on the final state: achieving specified moisture content and wet-milling quality levels. Taking into account the model uncertainty results in a conservative but less efficient control strategy. The performance - robustness compromise is discussed.