We report on a 41-year-old woman with history of left breast cancer treated with partial mastectomy with lymph node dissection and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy who suffered from abdominal fullness for 3 days. Chest radiography showed cardiomegaly with bilateral pleural effusion. ECG showed sinus tachycardia and the echocardiogram showed moderate mitral valve regurgitation, moderate tricuspid valve regurgitation with estimated peak pulmonary hypertension of 29 mmHg, moderate impaired left ventricular global performance and minimal pericardial effusion. The pleural effusion was evaluated by thoracentesis. In addition to presenting the clinical course, we reviewed the medical literature on chemotherapy, radiotherapy and trastuzumab-related cardiotoxicity for a better understanding of the pathophysiology and medical treatment.


Abstract The endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale (Orcinus orca, SRKW) is an iconic species in the Pacific Northwest. Although many ecological aspects of this population have been studied, why SRKW perform above-surface "percussive" behavior such as breaching, cartwheeling, pectoral-fin slapping, tail lobbing, and dorsal-fin slapping remains unclear. In the present study, we observed SRKW in Haro Strait, Washington, to evaluate trends in percussive behavior by age and sex class during the summer of 2016, and used long-term data (1996–2016) to compare the relationship between the seasonal frequency of percussive behaviors and the abundance of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) the primary food source of SRKW. Over the summer season in 2016, we documented 24 encounters involving percussive behavior. We found a significant difference between ages and sexes in the rate of percussive behaviors performed, with adult females performing the most behaviors among these groups, and tail slaps comprising the most frequent behavior performed. We also found a significant positive relationship between the rate of percussive behaviors and Chinook Salmon abundance in the Salish Sea over the past 2 decades. These findings present a preliminary investigation into the potential for behavioral observations to serve as indicators of population-level health or behavioral trends, which could be important for this population's conservation.


The incidence of divorce is exhibiting a rising trend in every country. This phenomenon poses serious multi-dimensional challenges to two types of institutions–legal and socio-cultural. In the event of divorce, child is considered as the worst victim. So it becomes a responsibility of the legal institution to allocate child custody and arrange for a child support payment from the non-custodian parent with the objective of maintaining child's welfare. Unfortunately, several experiments in this regard have failed to achieve the objective either in part or in full. This book has a chapter to show theoretically that a combinatorial mechanism implemented by the court and the government can allocate child custody efficiently and eliminates the need for any child support system. The book also devotes a chapter to provide some direction to the age old anti-feminist debate whether women emancipation is at the root of shrinking family size manifested through disintegration of joint families to nuclear families and further culminating to single parenthood through divorce. We are optimistic that the results derived here have implications for policymakers, lawmakers and empirical researchers.


The basic mechanism and working theory of Cookie technology are analyzed. The specific method and main details of developing a Web site based on Cookie using PHP are described. Parts of the program are shown.


This article examines two decades in the life of Barricada, established as the "official organ" of the revolutionary Sandinista Front (FSLN) in Nicaragua, from its founding in 1979 through to its demise as a daily in 1998. It is argued that, distinct from the overriding "mobilizing imperative" of support for its Sandinista sponsor, an institutionally generated "professional imperative" was also evident in Barricada's functioning from the early days of the paper's operations. After the FSLN's election defeat in 1990, this professional imperative-along with the political preference of most senior staff for "renovation" within the FSLN-resulted in the paper establishing a significant degree of day-to-day autonomy from its sponsor, and important transformations in its journalistic project. This semi-autonomy was foreclosed when the dominant ortodoxo faction of the Front engineered the dismissal of Barricada director Carlos Fernando Chamorro in 1994. Barricada then returned to its more highly mobilized role as FSLN propagandist, but lost readers and advertising revenue as a result, finally closing in February 1998. The newspaper's trajectory serves as a useful bellwether for Nicaragua's revolutionary and post-revolutionary experience as a whole.


By the time this editorial is printed, there will already have been hundreds of thousands of words written about the withdrawal of rofecoxib from the commercial market and the placement by Food and Drug Administration on "clinical hold" of all celecoxib colorectal adenoma prevention studies ([1


Abstract A rapidly solidified Al73Mn21Si6 icosahedral alloy has been studied by X-ray powder diffraction and scanning and transmission electron microscopy. AH reflections were found to fit the icosahedral theoretical indexing to better than 10−3 A−1 The peak widths at half-maximum simultaneously depend on both the parallel and the perpendicular components of the six-dimensional momentum transfer, contrary to what is expected from an icosahdral glass. This momentum transfer dependence does not change with subsequent annealing of the samples.


Abstract : This document records the activities and presents the findings of the Manpower, Personnel and Training Technology Working Group part of the IDA/OSD Reliability and Maintainability Study conducted during the period from July 1982 through August 1983.


The present invention relates to a method for the same engine belonging to the category specified by the helicopter engine maintenance system forming part of a time-varying, variations of these parts dependent on its technical conditions, between a standard component and the engine component is replaced different displacement member, the system comprising: a central database storing the following data items relating to the operation: (i) operating conditions, a summed history of each of the engine operating conditions of one or more indicators, may be (ii) an engine improvement and authorized improvement; (iii) according to a predetermined value working condition indicators for engine maintenance defined plan; possible unplanned events (iv) be based on the data and working conditions data associated with the possible improvement and authorized improvement described reasons; maintenance (v) application, which is applied to summarize each engine maintenance history and the nature; and (vi) examples of the configuration, which summarizes improvements applied to the configuration of each of the nature and history of the engine; obtained for each operating condition of the engine and the index value obtained based on the index of each of the engine The new operating conditions of the device data; operation data in the database is applied to the device to confirm the maintenance operation according to each of the engine; sustained alarm means for generating for each identified for maintenance operations to be carried out; applied according each of the maintenance operation of each engine application and the maintenance of data instances of configuration data means digital signature updates; and, if performed at least for data from the application associated with the alert confirmed maintenance operations of the digital signature update, the device has been activated alarm is released.


The new rural cooperative medical care system is an important measure to solve the problems of farmers' medical security implemented by the Chinese government.This paper takes Jilin Province as an example,based on "survey of the living conditions of the rural old women in the 100 villages of Jilin Province",reviewing the historical changes of rural health care of China,surveying the 100 villages of Jilin Province about the implementation of the new rural cooperative medical care,exploring the problems existing in the system and corresponding countermeasures.


Indigenous communities possess unique strengths but also face significant challenges. The challenges faced by some communities, such as poverty, unemployment, poor health, social dysfunction and violence, have not been addressed through traditional models of government service provision, which have failed to draw on the strengths of communities. In the past decade, Australian governments have implemented a number of place-based initiatives in Indigenous communities with the overarching goal of addressing disadvantage. These initiatives attempt deep changes in the local operation of government agencies and their relationships with communities and each other.


The Dalongshan station of NO.6 of Chongqing railway transit is located at the city main road,interfered with large amount of earthwork,complicated tubes and various brace forms.The station is the transit hub of the TBM,and the project is under big pressure.In order to guarantee the main construction scheme and the whole time of the No.6 railway line construction,and to reduce the cost and influence on surrounding environment,the construction program is optimized and the construction technologies energy-saving and emission reduction technologies are improved.The construction scheme and environment requirement are guaranteed,and good social and economic benefits are reached.


In the pursuit of donor−acceptor low band gap polymers for photovoltaic applications, finding an optimal donor monomer which maximizes the photovoltaic efficiency is a complex synthetic optimization problem. We synthesized three different bithiophenes flanking a center aromatic ring (pyrrole, benzene, or pyridine) as the donor monomers (DTPr, DTBn, and DTPn) with decreasing electron-donating ability. An array of six electrochemically and optically unique polymers were prepared by copolymerizing these three monomers with 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole and with thiophene. The optical, electronic, and photovoltaic properties of these polymers were investigated. Among this series, we found that the HOMO energy level of the polymer is dominated by the most electron-rich ring in the polymer backbone. The optical band gap, conversely, involves the entire polymeric system. Among the three donor monomers investigated, we identified that DTBn-based polymers exhibited the most potential in photovoltaic applications due to t...


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The fire spread trend is analyzed based on the Geographic Information System(GIS) and the Cellular Automata(CA) mold.On this basis,the forest fire system is established.The system can be uesed to forecast the possibility of the fire by immediately,intuitively and dynamicly,which achieves a timely,accurate and effective fire-fighting purposes.The system has the significance for the timely and effective fire rescue.


We present spectroscopic observations of some 115 stars of the cluster Blanco 1, extending from the Ca II(H,K) region to the Ca II(I-R) triplet, supporting an age similar to that of the young cluster alpha Persei. The H-alpha absorption equivalent with vs (B - V) diagram forms a well-defined locus, with decreasing absorption equivalent width for decreasing effective temperature, akin to solar neighborhood dwarfs. A large spread in the Ca II surface flux, as a function of (B - V), also indicates the presence of a high degree of surface inhomogeneity, synonymous with high magnetic activity in young stars. A drop-off in the Ca II flux at (B - V) = 1.0 is also similar to the solar neighborhood stars, and shows that the primary chromospheric cooling changes from the Ca II and Mg II lines to the Balmer lines. The mean chromospheric temperature for stars at 4800 K lies between 8000 K and 10,000 K, based on theoretical models, which is somewhat higher than the older solar neighborhood dwarfs. The high mean Ca II surface flux of the sample is also consistent with that of other young clusters. We were able to measure the equivalent width of the Li(6708) line, whose strength as a function of (B - V) indicates an age similar to the young cluster alpha Persei. The lithium abundance decreases with decreasing effective temperature, consistent with the premise of lithium depletion in stars with larger convection zones. Using published photometry and a recent Zero Age Main Sequence (ZAMS) fitting method, we also re-define the distance to the cluster to be 246 pc.


In a r ecent p ttpel' [2] 2 lhe au thors gclve a m ethod [or obtainin g bounds in lh e Diri clllet problem for second-order ellipLi c par ti al d ifferential eq uations. Pointwise bounds were oblained which involved, in addilion to lhe ,1pproximalin g fun cLion , only 1IlldiA'erelltial ed da ta of l he problem. The in equalitics were 0 1' Il pri ori lype, hence only l'eguhuily conditions were imposed on Lhe itppl'oximating fun clions. Tn this paper we obt<tin bounds for lh e s lrain energy, and pointwi e bounds for th e solutioll of th e first boundary value problem in Lh e equations of elas ticily. Other m ethods for obt'lining bounds, which are based on known varia tional principl es, have been given in th e li ler a ture ( ee, 1'01' insllln ce, Prager and Synge [9 ], Diaz and Gr eenberg [3], Synge [10], Hnd oth ers). A m ethod based 011 a priori in equ ali t ies was proposed by PH~'n e 1nd Weill berger [ J. Theil' m elhod involved the introducti0n of a somewhitt compli cated unil -lH nge nt vec lol' , and point vise bounds involved differentiltled data. vVe derivc a method which yields poinlwise bounds which involve the undifferentiated data of th e problem. Tn th e p roblem und c r consid era tion th e displacem ent vector wilh compon ent s Uj sa tisfies the follow in g system of seco nd-order equ a tions in some N-dimensioll nl bounded domain D ,


A major defect of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems is the high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). In this letter, a novel scheme based on deep leaning, called tone reservation network (TRNet), is proposed for OFDM systems to improve the performance of the tone reservation (TR) technique. More specifically, TRNet reserves a part of tones to generate a peak-canceling signal. The feedforward neural network is used to adaptively generate a peak-canceling signal according to the characteristics of the input signal. Computer simulation results show that the proposed scheme provides a better PAPR reduction performance with fewer reserved tones, which is also beneficial to improve the bandwidth efficiency.


The potency of deep-sea sediments bacteria is still unfamiliarly used for oil spill biodegradation, and this research was to isolate and identify bacteria from those sediments and adapt them in oily media. Bacterial isolates were cultivated and adapted in a mixture of 0.1% v/v crude oil media. Seven deep-sea sediment samples were treated to isolate bacteria and it produced a variety of bacteria population 5.5 x 10 CFU mL to 1.5 x 10 CFU mL. These populations apparently increased after cultivation and adaptation and gave a varying population from 3.0 x 10 CFU mL to 6.8 x 10 CFU mL. The increased bacteria population was an indication of the bacterial capability of using carbon in crude oil as a substrate. Those bacteria were Raoultella sp., Enterobacter sp. and Pseudomonas sp.


Several methods use the Fourier transform from momentum space to twistor space to analyze scattering amplitudes in Yang–Mills theory. However, the transform has not been defined as a concrete complex integral when the twistor space is a three-dimensional complex projective space. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to define it as well as its inverse in terms of a concrete complex integral. In addition, our study is the first to show that the Fourier transform is an isomorphism from the zeroth Čech cohomology group to the first one. Moreover, the well-known twistor operator representations in twistor theory literature are shown to be valid for the Fourier transform and its inverse transform. Finally, we identify functions over which the application of the operators is closed.


ments, and no efforts were made to cleanse the patients from the dirt brought with them into the hospital from their homes. The majority of the pupil midwives then were not residential, and regularity of attendance and discipline were very defective. Dr. Gibbon FitzGibboiu referred to the effect of the introduction of the motor car in bringing to the hospital serious cases from outlying districts; in this way, he thought, some of the present high nmorbidity and mortality am-ong hospital patients was to be explained. The last six years compared uiifavourablv with the preceding fifteen years. The increase in the use of forceps and in the induction of labour might also be a factor in causing morbidity. He added that the Dublin maternity hospitals were responsible for 70 to 75 per cen't. of all the midwifery of the city. The institution of the ante-natal department by Dr. Gibbon FitzGibbon was mentioned by Dr. Bethel Solomons, with particular refereniec to the prevention of eclampsia by the early diagnosis of albuininuria. PEAMOUNT SANATORIUM. The Committee of Management of the Peamount Sanatorium, in its report for 1925, states that the number of patients sent by the different tuberculosis and insurance committees was greater than in 1924. On January 1st, 1925, there were 196 patients in the institution; 653 patients were admitted, and there remained at the end of the year 199 patients. The sanatorium is supported by the contributions given by the different coimmittees who send patients for treatment-namely, £2 2s. a week for adult patients and £1 17s. 6d. for children. There is no other souroe of income, and the committee must meet all expenses 9ut of the contributions received for the patients. This it has been barely able to do durinig the year under review, for after treating 849 patients at a total cost of £23,267 the accounts showed a balance of income over expenditure amounting to less than £6. The committee consider this margin very small, as it has no funds in hand or capital sum for any emergency or unusual expendituire. The cost per patient per bed at Peamount, although situated twelve miles due west from Dublin, is lower than any of the Dublin clinical hospitals under the auspices of the Dublin Hospital Sunday Fund, where the medical staff is volunitary and wlhere linen guilds supply all linen, etc.-a considerable item of expenise in any such institution. The necessary repairs to the different pavilions, slhelters, dining-lhall, administration building, laundry, anid electric plant were carried out so as to keep these buildings in proper order, and in somiie cases much needed renewals and improvements were effected. As the seven pavilions, doctor's house, dining-hall, and thirty shelters are -wooden structures the expense of keeping these in good repair niecessarily amounts to a large sum yearly. The resident medical superintendent, Dr. Sheehan, in his report miiakes special reference to advanced cases sent for treatment. The committee, wlhile realizing the difficulties tuberculosis officers labour under, considers it unfair both to the patients anid the institution to send advanced cases for treatmenit. About one-fourth of those admitted were miiore fitted for inistitutions for advanced cases than for Peamnouint. The committee notes with pleasure that the Minister of Local Government and Public Health is takincg steps to have suitable institutions established for such cases. Another point emphasized is the want of after-care committees ,n each county from which patients are sent; the Central After-Care Committee can only deal with patients in and about Dublin. Prior to the great war the Womeen's National Health Association lhad establisihed such comimittees in each of the counties sendinig patients. The most satisfactory part of the work at Peamount is the good result obtained from the treatmiient of children of sclhool age in a self-contained chiildren's pavilion. Dr. Sheehan states that this pavilion is the briglhtest spot in the grounids, and the high percen-tage of discharged patients withl the disease arrested has fully justified the committee in catering specially for children. With the educational and recreational facilities provided for under medical supzervision the occupants enjoy their stayt in Peamlounlt. Thle comlmittee, on the recommenldation of the mledical staff, hlas given an order for two ulltra-v-iolet lamps, which are expected to be installed early in the NewYear. Tir r5po1tuerr.


..cap alpha..-hydroxyisopropyl radicals prepared by fast electron irradiation of aqueous solutions containing 2-propanol and acetone were found to reduce monomeric ferrideuteroporphyrin to ferrodeuteroporphyrin with a rate constant of 3.7 x 10/sup 8/ M/sup -1/s/sup -1/. Relaxation of the coordination sphere is found to proceed with a rate constant k greater than or equal to 5 x 10/sup 5/s/sup -1/. Irradiation of such solutions in the added presence of various concentrations of CCl/sub 4/, CHCl/sub 3/, or CH/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/ enabled studies to be made of the reactions of ferri- and ferrodeuteroporphyrin with chlorinated methyl radicals. No reaction of ferrideuteroporphyrin with .CCl/sub 3/ could be detected (k less than or equal to 10/sup 6/ M/sup -1/s/sup -1/). For ferrodeuteroporphyrin it appears that a rapid reaction (k = (2 +- 1) x 10/sup 9/ M/sup -1/s-/sup 1/) gives a complex (DPFe/sup II/-CH/sub 3-n/Cl/sub n/) which undergoes further reaction as shown by transient spectral modifications. These results suggest that ferrous cytochrome P450 is likely to react rapidly with chlorinated radicals. A model for the toxicity and detoxification of CCl/sub 4/ is proposed. 38 references, 6 figures.


India has nominally increased the allocations for science and technology (ST science communication; technologies for a sustainable environment; and systems that integrate computation, networking, and physical processes. "We will work on raising further resour...


The purpose of this study was to compare the impact of lateral and supine positions on heart rate variability (HRV), including circulatory dynamics. In 20 healthy volunteers (22.3 ± 2.4 yrs), we measured blood pressure (BP) in both upper arms and ECG during rest in the supine, and right and left lateral positions. Subjects maintained a 90° angle in each lateral position for 10 min at random after being in the supine position. Half of the subjects were initially turned to the left lateral position from the supine position (group L), whereas the other half were initially turned to the right lateral position (group R). In addition, we performed these measurements in a male patient with situs inversus totalis (63 yrs), who was turned to the left lateral position first. Interestingly, the results appeared to vary depending on the order of postural change. In the left lateral position, HR was significantly lower than in the supine position. However, HR in the right lateral position was different in the two groups. In group L, no significant differences were observed in high‐frequency power (HF), whereas in group R, HF in the right lateral position was significantly lower than in the other positions. In the patient, the changes in HR and HF were similar to those in group R. These findings suggest that the order of postural change has an influence on circulatory dynamics, and it is possible that these changes are affected by anatomical changes.


Chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum) is an important spice crop worldwide, which is cultivated widely in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and accounts for one-third of the solanaceous vegetables grown in India. During the first quarter of 2017, …


The questions of methodological approaches to the history of sport science are considered in the article. The scientific approach given by the author to the historic process on the basis of periodization helps to define the peculiarities and tendencies of the development of sport science in Russia. The analysis of periods of its formation helps to see irregular character of the development: the tendency of delayed development at the end of XIX S XX century and tendency of the outstripped development in 50-80 years of XX century. The special attention the author is given to the postsovietic period and also defined the tendency of the outstripped development.


An important question for the countries that currently are in the accession process to the EU and for those that hope to access at a later stage, is to define transport policies which are in line with the policies of the Union. A monitoring study looked at the development of national transport policies in EU-15 and examined the impact of the policies on the transport objectives given in the White Paper. For each country, the elements of the national policy were identified, and compared with those of the EU White Paper. Analysis focused primarily on comparison of national and European outcomes. Where national outcomes support those of the EU, the specific outputs being used to deliver the outcomes were considered unimportant. However, where national outcomes do not support EU outcomes, a comparison at the level of the outputs becomes relevant. In addition, national progress on key outputs identified in the White Paper as being important to the achievement of intended outcomes, was examined. Most national policies are in line with EU White Paper objectives, but that there are large differences in the way the policies are implemented. Key areas of difference across member states include the commitment to infrastructure user charging; integration of transport with spatial (land-use) and environmental policy; and the role of private funding. Additionally, the considerable variation in the quantitative aspects of policy making across the EU-15 is discussed. Some national polices contain clearly quantified goals, while others include little or no quantification. In some cases, clearly quantified goals have been replaced by much vaguer statements. There are also large differences in the use of forecasts for policy formulation, with some policies including no forecasts at all. Apart from these results, the policies of those countries from the EU-15 that, like the current accession countries and most of the recent new members, had a relatively low GNP (and related transport infrastructure problems) when they joined the EU are highlighted. For the covering abstract please see ITRD E135207.


In this paper, experimental studies on designing Q filters in the disturbance observer (DOB) based motion control for balancing a one-wheel robot are presented. The robot is simply modeled as a second order system and the corresponding Q filters are designed to form a DOB control structure. Two Q-filters such as Q20 and Q31 are investigated and analyzed in a view point of disturbance rejection performance and sensor noise immunity. The performances of two Q filters are evaluated by realizing a DOB in the digital system for controlling the balance of a single-wheel mobile robot.


Throughout history ethical and philosophical thought has been shaping various concepts of freedom. Global transitions and significant changes within economic, sociopolitical and cultural structures have raised new questions on postmodern human condition and the sphere of axiology. The paper presents selected aspects of freedom in the context of globalization according to the works of Emmanuel Lévinas and Zygmunt Bauman. A postulated concept of freedom is defined in relation to criteria such as dialogue, encounter, inter-subjectivity and responsibility, that are the foundations for tradition of the philosophy of dialogue. The article aims at highlighting social challenges and chances, in terms of the fast-changing world, and outlines the importance of discussing the problem of freedom in dialogical approach in the 21st century.


Wave propagation in general bi-isotropic (BI) material is presented in this paper. Starting from the general Maxwell's equations in vector form, vector decomposition of the fields into directions parallel and perpendicular to the propagation direction leads to the scalarization of Maxwell's equations. The defined input-output relations then convert the field quantities into their circuit counterparts. A new equivalent circuit model of a piece of transmission line sections consisting of generators is proposed. Numerical analysis revealed that the bi-isotropy from the material makes mode conversion possible with single BI layer.


Laser spectroscopy has been used to measure the isotope shifts of 146Ce and 148Ce relative to 144Ce, Z = 58. The new data, in combination with existing optical data on the stable isotopes and radioactive 144Ce isotope, permits a study of charge radii variations for the even-N Ce nuclei from N = 78 to N = 90. This range covers both the N = 82 shell closure and the N = 88 shape transition region. A marked increase in deformation occurs at N = 88 for elements with Z ≥ 60 but not for those with Z ≤ 56. The new data for Ce (Z = 58) show an intermediate behaviour, resulting in a smooth increase in deformation with Z in the N = 88, 90 region.


This paper investigates images of the childhood, power, and ideology in some of the most successful children's books of all time: Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, and A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. We tend to assume that children's literature creates worlds of naive and innocent childhood. However, the respective writers portray violent and hierarchical relationships between adults and children in and through the dominant culture. The adult(like) characters involved in the aforementioned stories politically exploit the ideology of hierarchy to justify their domination over the child(like) characters, and to satisfy their strong desire to manipulate children with their own authority. The moral of the stories is: a child's duty is to keep to her or his own place, and not to leave it, and the beginning of wisdom for them is to recognize and to accept their limitations. The ideology of hierarchy in children's literature reinforces inferior images of children and thus marginalizes them.


The research status of the recovery for the domestic and international scrap rubber was reviewed and the desulphurization mechanism and its shortcoming and excellent for different desulfurizing technologies in accordance with physics,chemistry and biology were presented.The microbiligy desulfurizing technology and its research were provided as well.


A.CLAPET STOP FOR PIPE TUBE OR CONTAINERS. B.CLAPET STOP CHARACTERIZED BY ROD MAY BE ADJUSTED OPERATING 13 AXIALLY ONLY, AND THE SLIDE 35 THIS additionally, RELATIVE TO THE AXIS OF ROD OPERATION 13 SECTION SHAPED SURFACE HELICOIDALE THAT eXTENDS TO A ROTATION ANGLE OF 90, FOR TURNING THE PART SHUTTER 4. C.L'INVENTION CONCERNS A VALVE STOP FOR PIPE TUBE OR CONTAINERS.


The paper introduces a notion of a transition system with catastrophic failures where in each state and under each action profile of the agents the system might either transition to a next state or fail with a given probability. The main technical result is a sound and complete axiomatization of modality "coalition has a strategy to survive with a given probability while achieving a given goal."


Event-specific qualitative and quantitative polymerase chain reaction was established to quantitatively detect and identify genetically modified maize MON863.Transgenic event-specific primers and Taqman-MGB probes based on maize endogenous gene and the flanking sequence of MON863 were designed,and specificity of endogenous genes and exogenous gene was validated.The standard curves of endogenous reference genes and MON863 exogenous gene were established with the known transgenic percentage content samples of MON863.The transgenic percentage content of samples was tested using the curves.The results indicate this method was repeatable,special,sensitive and simple.The detection limit reached 0.001 ng/μL,namely 14 copies.This study can be widely used for qualitative and quantitative detection of MON863 genetically modified maize in import and export trade.


A theory for a flame in a solid whose speed is controlled by diffusion of radicals and heat is applied to slowly propagating flashes observed in solid nitrogen deposited at 4°K from a microwave discharge. Reasonable agreement is obtained with observed speeds.


Endorectal coils (ERCs) are used for acquiring high spatial resolution magnetic resonance (MR) images of the human prostate. The goal of this study is to determine the impact of an expandable versus a rigid ERC on changes in the location and deformation of the prostate gland and subsequently on registering prostate images acquired with and without an ERC. Sagittal and axial T2 weighted MR images were acquired from 25 patients receiving a combined MR imaging/MR spectroscopic imaging staging exam for prostate cancer. Within the same exam, images were acquired using an external pelvic phased array coil both alone and in combination with either an expandable ERC (MedRad, Pittsburgh, PA) or a rigid ERC (USA Instruments, Aurora, OH). Rotations, translations and deformations caused by the ERC were measured and compared. The ability to register images acquired with and without the ERC using a manual rigid-body registration was assessed using a similarity index (SI). Both ERCs caused the prostate to tilt anteriorly with an average tilt of 18.5° (17.4±9.9 and 19.5±11.3°, mean±standarddeviation, for expandable and rigid ERC, respectively). However, the expandable coil caused a significantly larger distortion of the prostate as compared to the rigid coil; compressing the prostate in the anterior/posterior direction by 4.1±3.0mm vs 1.2±2.2mm (14.5% vs 4.8%) (p<0.0001), and widening the prostate in the right/left direction by 3.8±3.7mm vs 1.5±3.1mm (8.3% vs 3.4%) (p=0.004). Additionally, the ability to manually align prostate images acquired with and without ERC was significantly (p<0.0001) better for the rigid coil (SI=0.941±0.008 vs 0.899±0.033, for the rigid and expandable coils, respectively). In conclusion, the manual rigid-body alignment of prostate MR images acquired with and without the ERC can be improved through the use of a rigid ERC.

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Abstract : Quality Circles are an organizational development process which deals with deficiencies and problems that plague modern organizations by combining behavioral science concepts with statistical quality control techniques at all levels of the organization. America faces internal obstacles to the widespread application of the more advanced concepts of worker participation in management of the workplace. American managerial philosophy generally considers worker participation of little value at any level in the organization. This research introduces the Quality Circles concept, determines the most significant basic factors inherent within a successful Quality Circles process, and presents a general model for implementing a Quality Circles process. Quality Circles are based on a people-building philosophy which breeds trust, respect, and satisfaction between management and workers. Quality Circles can be applied to any organization, especially the overmanaged public sector. To succeed, management must not be defeated by its own assumptions. We tend to be blind to our own assumptions when we are locked inside them; the Quality Circle concept combats this tendency. Man is limited not so much by his tools, as by his vision. (Author)


The concept of multilevel filtering (MF) preconditioning applied to second-order selfadjoint elliptic problems is briefly reviewed. It is then shown how to effectively apply this concept to other elliptic problems such as the second-order anisotropic problem, biharmonic equation, equations on locally refined grids and interface operators arising from domain decomposition methods. Numerical results are given to show the effectiveness of the MF preconditioners on these problems.


Emotion is a driving force behind almost everything teachers do, even more than ratio at times. Teachers are not robot. The emotions they feel are real and influential toward their effectiveness. They deal daily with other individuals, all with their own demands and different opinions, personalities and abilities, hence, conflicts cannot be avoided and stress is formed. Stress causes teachers to experience negative emotions; which, if allowed to linger, may cause harm to the teachers themselves as well as the individuals in which the teachers interact with. Emotion regulation methods, guided by emotional health, are vital for dealing with the stress that has emerged from various situations and problems in the workplace. By conducting a research interview with a biology teacher of a known international school in Jakarta as a study case, this paper will probe the cognitive process of choosing and employing emotion regulation methods. It will discuss the emotion regulation methods used in dealing with negative emotions and briefly discuss the importance of emotional health for teachers when dealing with work-related stress and demands. Keywords: teacher's emotion; emotion regulation strategies; emotion in teaching DOI : 10.7176/JEP/10-9-21 Publication date :March 31 st 2019


The shift from the knowledge - based to the competence - based educational model became one of the urgent issues in educational systems worldwide. As the intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is considered as one of the main goals in foreign language acquisition, the learning process should also embody intercultural learning. Therefore it is important for the teacher to track his\her students' progress in becoming interculturally competent: how effective and appropriate they can communicate.  The aim of this paper is to present a brief overview of research on diagnostics and assessment of intercultural communicative competence.


Kathleen Conkey, THE POSTAL PRECIPICE: CAN THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE BE SAVED? (Center for the Study of Responsive Law, Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036—$30.00, paper). Joel Fleishman, THE FUTURE OF THE POSTAL SERVICE (New York: Praeger, 1983—$33.95).


The Internet of things technology is currently one of the hottest emerging technologies in the future. The Internet of things technology will lead people to live and work into a new page. The Internet of things technology involves having a lot of technology, sensor technology, which is one of the technologies that people focus on relationships. The main things explaines technical concepts in this article,and makes a key sensor technology introduction. Secondly,the architecture of the system of things is introduced,and the realization of the system of things is illustrated. Finally,people's lives which affect for by the internet of things technology the future are discussed.


1 dolescence is defined as the period of 10-19 years . A 2017, almost one out of five Indonesians was 2 an adolescent (44.93 million adolescents) . Nutrition is one of the cornerstones for adolescent health. Adolescence is a life stage for physical growth and an opportunity for developing healthy dietary practices. This is increasingly relevant in the context of Indonesia, where non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are estimated to contribute 71% of total deaths and many of NCDs can be prevented by reducing risk factors such as by improving


The spectroscopic studies have identified few Actinide and Lanthanide nuclei of the periodic table, which can assume the pear shape. The low frequency collective rotation of these nuclei has been established by determining the band structure of the excited levels and their gamma decay rates. In this article, we report the rotation of a pear-shaped nucleus in 100 Ru, which rotates nearly three times faster than the previously known cases. The three novel consequences of this fast rotation are: the realization of a pear-shape in an excited state, its moment of inertia becoming a constant of motion and its shape evolution. These inferences have been arrived at by comparing the characteristics of the rotational band of 100 Ru with three of the best-known examples of a rotating pear-shaped nucleus and through the theoretical interpretation of the data. The observation of a pear-shaped nucleus in the lighter mass region opens up the possibility of a systematic study of the effects of fast rotation on this shape.


The article presents an economic and financial analysis of the thermal rehabilitation solutions of an educational institution. The paper is structured on three parts: theoretical aspects regarding the economic and financial analysis, buildings energy consumption, case study.Rehabilitation of thermo-technical buildings leads to an increase in their durability and a considerable decrease in operating costs in conditions of increased comfort. Reducing the energy consumptions required for a healthy and comfortable indoor environment can be achieved by applying passive measures associated with minimal energy consumption, integrated into the architectural and constructive design of the building.The basic procedure for comparing the technical and economic effects of the application of the various building rehabilitation solutions is the analysis of the net updated value of the costs involved in the realization of the investments and the exploitation of the related installations.


An orientation-dependent parameter, R¯ Sa (θ), is used to investigate the orientation of maximum elastic spectral demand for near-fault ground motions. The upper bound on R¯ Sa (θ), equal to 1, occurs when the spectral demands for an orientation θ are equal to the maximum demands at all periods considered. One hundred forty-seven pairs of near-fault ground motions were used to identify the orientation associated with the maximum value of R¯ Sa for each pair of ground motions. The maximum value of R¯ Sa is greater than 0.9 for over 80% of the records in the dataset, meaning that there is generally an axis where the spectral demands are equal or very close to the maximum spectral demands for a wide range of period. The strike-normal direction should not be used as a surrogate for the direction of maximum shaking for a) closest site-to-source distance less than 5 km and periods less than 1 second, and b) closest site-to-source distance greater than 5 km .


To optimize university classroom management under psychological contract would contribute to strengthen the contract consciousness between teachers and students, and make the learning subject consciously follow classroom discipline through perceived contract. Psychological contract in classroom is based on the agreement of rights and obligations between teacher and students, characterized by rationality, equality and flexibility. The strategies are as follows: build up psychological contract and harmonious relations; fulfill the contract and create the interactive atmosphere; revise the contract and realize flexible management.


Plasmonic resonators are excellent candidates to control reflectance of functionalized substrates. Because of their subwavelength characteristic dimensions, they can even be used to modify the color of transparent glass plates without altering the transparency quality. Their spatial arrangement must be carefully chosen so that the plates do not produce nonspecular diffraction, whatever their spatial density. We compare here the response of silver nanoparticles (NPs) arrays with different NPs sizes, spatial densities, and arrangements (periodic and correlated disordered). The effects of these geometrical parameters are analyzed in detail by measuring the reflectance and transmittance spectra in visible wavelength. We show that correlated disordered gratings attenuate diffraction effects appearing at lower spatial densities while keeping similar reflectance and transmittance responses and maintaining clear transparency of the glass plate. Promising configurations for head-up displays and applications in aug...


Conformable automotive display includes a flexible display screen coupled to the substrate. Substrate is a transparent substrate curved is adapted to be coupled to an automobile component having a curved outer surface. Flexible display screen is at least partially are separated from the outer surface of the motor vehicle part, having an emissive display. The outer surface of the motor vehicle part, when the flexible display screen is not activated, has visibility through flexible display screen and the substrate. Flexible display screen may be a transparent organic light emitting diode display device.


Electroformation of giant vesicles (GVs) from a lipid deposit on the surfaces of a platinum wire or a glass tube placed apart from but between the two parallel wire electrodes in water was demonstrated. It was found that the lipid deposit does not have to be in direct contact with the electrode surface for the GV formation. The substrate may be even non-electroconductive. Successful GV formation was also observed on a piece of poly(ethylene terephthalate) mesh that was held between two parallel planar indium tin oxide coated glass electrodes. In the planar system, the opening in the mesh was found to be crucial for the electroformation. These findings indicate that a phenomenon that requires proximity to the electrode surface could contribute little to the electroformation and further provide some important insights into the mechanism of the electroformation.


The goal of coded distributed batch matrix multiplication is to efficiently multiply L instances of $\lambda\times \kappa$ matrices, $\mathrm{A}= (\mathrm{A}_{1}\,\ \mathrm{A}_{L})$, with L instances of $\kappa\times \mu$ matrices $\mathrm{B}= (\mathrm{B}_{1}\,\ \mathrm{B}_{L})$, by distributing the computation across S servers, such that the response from any R servers $(R$ is called the recovery threshold) is sufficient to compute the L matrix products, AB $= (\mathrm{A}_{1}\mathrm{B}_{1},\ \mathrm{A}_{2}\mathrm{B}_{2},\ \cdots\,\ \mathrm{A}_{L}\mathrm{B}_{L})$. Existing solutions either compute each $\mathrm{A}_{\iota}\mathrm{B}_{\iota}$ one at a time by partitioning individual matrices and coding across these partitions, or rely only on batch processing, i.e., coding across the batch of matrices without any matrix partitioning. The state-of-art for matrix-partitioning and batch processing approaches is represented by Entangled Polynomial Codes (EP codes), and Lagrange Coded Computing (LCC), respectively. In order to combine the benefits of the two approaches, we propose Generalized Cross-Subspace Alignment Codes (GCSA codes) that unify, generalize and improve upon the state of art. GCSA codes bridge the two extremes by efficiently combining both matrix-partitioning and batch processing, and offer flexibility in how much of each approach is used. Both EP codes and LCC codes can be recovered as special cases of GCSA codes. Remarkably, even without matrix partitioning, GCSA codes demonstrate an advantage over LCC codes in download-constrained settings. This is due to cross-subspace alignment, characterized by a Cauchy-Vandermonde code structure that aligns interference along Vandermonde terms, while the desired matrix products remain resolvable along Cauchy terms.


The autophagy-initiating human ULK complex consists of the kinase ULK1/2, FIP200, ATG13, and ATG101. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry was used to map their mutual interactions. The N-terminal 640 residues (NTD) of FIP200 interact with the C-terminal IDR of ATG13. Mutations in these regions abolish their interaction. Negative stain electron microscopy (EM) and multiangle light scattering showed that FIP200 is a dimer whilst a single molecule each of the other subunits is present. The FIP200 NTD is flexible in the absence of ATG13, but in its presence adopts the shape of the letter C ∼20 nm across. The ULK1 EAT domain interacts loosely with the NTD dimer, while the ATG13-ATG101 HORMA dimer does not contact the NTD. Cryo-EM of the NTD dimer revealed a structure similarity to the scaffold domain of TBK1, suggesting an evolutionary similarity between the autophagy initiating TBK1 kinase and the ULK1 kinase complex. Summary The human ULK complex consists of ULK1/2, FIP200, ATG13, and ATG101. We found that the FIP200 N-terminal domain is a C-shaped dimer that binds directly to a single ATG13 molecule and serves as the organizing hub of the complex.


In the design of hybrid diversity, two options are possible giving different performances to the diversity system. Both options are analysed in the case of radio links over smooth surfaces. For the calculation of the vertical antenna spacing, some considerations are given in order to generalise a method valid for space diversity.


This chapter examines the 'ends' of probation. Overall this book aims to provide a critical overview of What Works, providing a wider set of perspectives on a project which is vital for the future of the National Probation Service


Monte Carlo method was used to simulate the propagation behavior of 2-D Stokes vectors and Mueller matrices under various conditions. The effect of different incident polarization states, tissue optical parameters and Fresnel matrices at the boundary are fully considered.


The application of (S)-1,10-binaphthyl-2,20-diol as NMR chiral solvating agent (CSA) for omeprazole, and three of its analogs (lanso-, panto-, and rabe-prazole) was investigated. The formation of diastereomeric host–guest complexes in solution between the CSA and the racemic substrates produced sufficient NMR signal splitting for the determination of enantiomeric excesses by Hor F-NMR spectroscopy. Using of hydrophobic deuterated solvents was mandatory for obtaining good enantiodiscrimination, thus suggesting the importance of intermolecular hydrogen bonds in the stabilization of the complexes. The method was applied to the fast quantification of the enantiomeric purity of in-process samples of S-omeprazole. Chirality 00:000–000, 2009. VC 2009


Abstract The garden symphylan (Scutigerella immaculata Newport) population of a field of table beets, Beta vulgaris L., in northwestern Oregon, was studied. The number of symphylans from the samples ranged from 110 to 1131 per cubic foot with an average of 557. Several laboratory tests were conducted to study garden symphylan population increases in soil types treated differently. It was found that garden symphylans reproduce well in soil types such as Felida, Salkum, and Melbourne. Manure added to these soils increases their porosity, probably supplies additional foodstuff, and consequently provides the best rearing medium.


The proposed experiments described in this report are designed to obtain information concerning the feasibility of tropospheric scatter transmission between an earth terminal and a satellite. These experiments are suggested in lieu of experiments utilizing orbiting vehicles primarily because of the problem of obtaining adequate power aboard satellites.


This paper mainly describes the classifications, causes and influencing factors of metal corrosion, and offers a detailed elaboration for improving the corrosion resistance of the metal material and using overlay to improve the corrosion resistance of metals, so that appropriate anti-corrosion measures can be taken to reduce losses caused by corrosion or special equipment accidents.


Using different dose of NDV F gene vaccine intramuscularly innoculated SPF chickens.Six weeks later,challenged with lethal dose NDVF 48 F 9.Result show that all chickens in control and 100 ug group died,30% chickens in 200 ug group survived.Antibody monitoring and protection rate show that the effect of NDV F gene vaccine is dose dependent.


Test of the inner force of anchor in the monitoring and measuring of Baoshiyan tunnel in newly constructing of Da-Cheng high-speed railway,analyzing the score,brings forward some problems which shonld be noticed in large span highway tunnel supervising quality,and have a significant means in accumulating constructing experience of high-speed railway tunnel.


The existing sparse reconstruction algorithms for DOA estimation cannot suppress noise and are not applicable under colored Gaussian noise, and the maximum number of sources that could be handled by these algorithms is smaller than the number of array elements. In order to solve these problems, a sparse representation model is constructed based on the fourth-order cumulant of received data, which suppresses the noise and realizes array extension by producing virtual array elements. And then, singular value decomposition is used upon the cumulant matrix to simplify the model. The simplified model not only reduces the scale of data, but also further suppresses noise. When the sparse representation model is solved by using weighted l1 norm algorithm, it's unnecessary to select the regularization parameter which balances reconstruction residual with the sparsity of solution. Theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is applicable under both the white or colored Gaussian noise, and the maximum number of sources that can be handled is larger than the number of array elements, with higher angle resolution.


Tourism is one of the main sectors in increasing a country's economy. For this reason, an estimate of tourist visits to Bali is needed so that it can be used as a benchmark for development and development in the tourism sector. Forecasting the number of foreign tourists coming to Bali using the Seasonal ARIMA method produces an MSE value of 1,250,276,526. While the Winter's Exponential Smoothing method obtained 1,291,150,258. The results of the forecast for the number of foreign tourists coming to Bali in 2020 using the SARIMA method are 588,980, 653,740, 659,817 (January-March 2020).


Wireless technologies grow rapidly and benefit almost every aspect of our daily lives. In a typical multiple-user environment, different users may severely interfere with each other. How to reduce the coordination overhead in order to improve the efficiency of the wireless networks becomes a big challenge.
Unlike the wired counterpart, a wireless link is easily affected by environment changes and surrounding wireless activities. Determining the instant link conditions (or qualities) is essential for most protocol designs and application developments in wireless communications. In previous studies, link-level metrics are utilized to reflect the link conditions such as Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and Signal-to-Interference plus Noise-Ratio (SINR). In practice, however, these metrics exhibit many limitations and could be misleading. As they are often the statistic measurements over the packet transmission while the link conditions may vary dramatically, the packet-level metrics are unable to indicate the instant link condition. Motivated by this, we propose to use more fine-grained information from the lower layer of the network protocol stack. A chip is an accessible element at the physical layer for many wireless standards such as IEEE 802.15.4 and 802.11b. In these standards, information bits are repackaged as certain sequences of chips before being transmitted over the air. As the chip duration is much shorter, it is more capable to capture the instant channel changes. Analyzing the chip-level error characteristics brings a new measure for the upper-layer network design such as the network diagnosis, transmission power control, routing, localization and topology control.
With the interesting observation that by generating intended patterns, some simultaneous transmissions, i.e., "interference", can be successfully decoded without degrading the effective throughput in original transmission. An extra and "free" coordination channel is thus designed based on the coding redundancy in DSSS. Based on this idea we propose a DC-MAC to leverage this "free" channel for efficient medium access in a multiple-user wireless network. I also theoretically analyze the capacity of this channel under different environments with various modulation schemes.
However, the previous Side Channel design is based on the coding redundancy in DSSS which cannot work in OFDM-based WLANs. I then propose a new communication model where the control frames can be "attached" to the data transmission. Thus, control messages and data traffic can be transmitted simultaneously and consequently the channel utilization can be improved significantly. I implement the idea in OFDM-based WLANs called hJam, which fully explores the physical layer features of the OFDM modulation method and allows one data packet and a number of control messages to be transmitted together.


It is necessary to ascertain equivalent heat drop of live stream and each extraction steam before the partly quantitative analysis of thermal system.Based on linear algebra theory,with deeply study of equivalent heat drop theory,a matrix method of calculating each extraction steam equivalent heat drop is given as to the fussy calculated process of traditional method.This brief calculating method has great universal performance;it can calculate rapidly and accurately as to different thermal system.


ABSTRACT Cultural heritage management produces hundreds of archaeological assessments each year. However, the level of input from Aboriginal people into the significance assessment of places uncovered during this commercial archaeological work is minimal at best. Assessment outcomes continue to privilege scientific archaeological concepts of significance. To address this, the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation has led the development of a tailored approach to significance assessment that is framed by the concept of Country. The criteria that have been developed integrate scientific archaeological approaches with Aboriginal cultural values and community perspectives in a balanced assessment methodology, which creates space for Aboriginal control of the assessment process and allows Aboriginal community perspectives to inform management/protection outcomes. Framing significance assessment within Traditional Owner perspectives of Country provides the opportunity for generating archaeological data that can address research questions and cultural significance at landscape or regional scales that are meaningful to the Traditional Owners, decolonising understandings of the past, and directly contributing to the protection of heritage places through improved and sustainable management outcomes.


The problem of waterlogging has been faced even at partial utilization of the potential in case of two recently constructed canal systems of Gandak and Sarda Sahayak in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Vertical drainage has been suggested as an anti-waterlogging measure because of the possibility of conjunctive use of the pumped groundwater in the commands of these canal systems. This aspect has been examined in detail in this paper with the use of a mathematical model


Spatial Reasoning, reasoning about spatial information (i.e. shape and spatial relations), is a crucial function of image understanding and computer vision systems. This paper proposes a novel spatial reasoning scheme for image understanding and demonstrates its utility and effectiveness in two different systems: region segmentation and aerial image understanding systems. The scheme is designed based on a so-called Multi-Agent/Cooperative Distributed Problem Solving Paradigm, where a group of intelligent agents cooperate with each other to fulfill a complicated task. The first part of the paper describes a cooperative distributed region segmentation system, where each region in an image is regarded as an agent. Starting from seed regions given at the initial stage, region agents deform their shapes dynamically so that the image is partitioned into mutually disjoint regions. The deformation of each individual region agent is realized by the snake algorithm14 and neighboring region agents cooperate with each other to find common region boundaries between them. In the latter part of the paper, we first give a brief description of the cooperative spatial reasoning method used in our aerial image understanding system SIGMA. In SIGMA, each recognized object such as a house and a road is regarded as an agent. Each agent generates hypotheses about its neighboring objects to establish spatial relations and to detect missing objects. Then, we compare its reasoning method with that used in the region segmentation system. We conclude the paper by showing further utilities of the Multi-gent/Cooperative Distributed Problem Solving Paradigm for image understanding.


The chemical and trophic conditions of the surface waters of the lake Bracciano, near Roma, have been investigated all through the year 2005. Electrical conductivity, pH, alkalinity, hardness, total nitrogen, phosphorus content, chloride, fluoride and sulphate ions were measured. The results were compared with similar analyses formerly carried out by different authors, to achieve a right evaluation of the actual quality of the surface waters of the lake Bracciano all over the year 2005.


We consider a free boundary-value problem based on a simplified model of two-phase flow in porous media. The model has two independent variables on each side of the free interface. At the interface at steady state, five mixed Dirichlet and Neumann conditions are given. The movement of the interface in time-dependent situations can be reduced to a normal motion proportional to the residual in one of the steady-state interface conditions (the elliptic interior problems and the other interface conditions are satisfied at each time). Following previous work, we consider the use of other residuals for the normal velocity that have superior numerical properties. The well-posedness criteria for this vector example are particularly clear. The advantages of the correctly chosen, non-physical residual velocities are demonstrated in numerical computations. Although the finite-difference implementation in this work is not applicable to general problems, it has superior performance to previous implementations.


THE FIRST KNOWN FEMALE OF THE SPIDER DENDRYPHANTES MELANOMERUS CHAMBERLIN, 1924 IS DESCRIBED AND THE MALE IS REDESCRIBED FROM THE WETLAND VEGETATION AND XERIC SHRUBLAND OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO. NEW RECORDS OF HABRONATTUS DIVARICATUS (BANKS, 1898), HABRONATTUS HALLANI (RICHMAN, 1973) METACYRBA TAENIOLA (HENTZ, 1846), PARAMARPISSA GRISWOLDI LOGUNOV AND CUTLER, 1999, PECKHAMIA PICATA (HENTZ, 1846), SALTICUS PALPALIS (BANKS, 1904), SITTICUS CONCOLOR (BANKS, 1895), AND THIODINA HESPERA RICHMAN AND VETTER, 2004, FROM MEXICO, ARE PROVIDED.


In this paper we present an approach to a decentralized intersection management which will not require much additional infrastructure at the intersection and which can operate in today's traffic so as to increase safety and to avoid congestion. For online optimization purposes which are required to avoid collisions, reduce fuel consumption or enhance traffic throughput, we use workflow processes to prepare available and proven optimization methods so as to configure and run them in an automated manner. Simulation results will prove the efficiency of the strategy.


1. Stephanie Hartman, MD*
2. Robin Petroze, MD†
3. Eugene McGahren, MD†

1. *Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

2. †Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

A previously healthy 2-year-old girl presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 4-day history of 1 to 2 daily episodes of nonbloody, nonbilious (NBNB) vomiting. She is accompanied by her father, who relates an unwitnessed fall from a playground slide 4 days ago and a sick contact with recent gastroenteritis. That night in the ED, she appears well and has normal vital signs. Clinicians attempt an oral challenge. She has 1 episode of NBNB emesis after eating an ice pop but later tolerates ice chips and water. Because she is 4 days removed from the reported trauma, the ED staff does not believe the emesis is due to any injuries. Her physical examination findings are benign and vital signs are stable, so she is sent home with the diagnosis of likely viral gastroenteritis rather than postconcussive syndrome.

Because she has emesis with every meal the next day at home and becomes more tired, her grandmother brings her back to the ED. The girl is somnolent, with dry mucous membranes and decreased urine output. Vital signs include a heart rate of 124 beats per minute, blood pressure of 99/53 mm Hg, and temperature of 36.6°C (97.9°F). Among the results of serum laboratory tests are alanine aminotransferase of 478 U/L (7.98 μkat/L), aspartate aminotransferase of 90 U/L (1.5 μkat/L), hemoglobin of 9.5 g/L (95 g/L), hematocrit of 29.9% (0.3), and anion gap of 25 mEq/L (25 mmol/L). She is given multiple intravenous (IV) …


Objective To establish a method for the detection of residual solvent in tirofiban hydrochloride.Methods The residual solvent in tirofiban hydrochloride was determined by GC with DB-624 capillary column(30 m×0.32 mm, 1.80μm);FID detector and nitrogen was used as the carries gas;the injector temperature and detector temperature was set to be 200℃and 300℃respectively;the column temperature was controlled by the automatic program;the initial temperature was set to be 40℃and maintained for 20 min;then the temperature was risen to 220℃with the rate of 20℃/min and maintained for 10 min.Results The result showed that the solvents were completely separated;the peak area and concentration of each solvent had good linear relationship within certain range.Conclusion This method is proved to be accurate and reliable for the accurate detection of residual solvent in tirofiban hydrochloride.It can be used in the detection for the organic solvent of tirofiban hydrochloride drug.


Based on SU(2) Yang-Mills thermodynamics we interprete Aracde2's and the results of earlier radio-surveys on low-frequency CMB line temperatures as a phase-boundary effect. We explain the excess at low frequencies by evanescent, nonthermal photon fields of the CMB whose intensity is nulled by that of Planck distributed calibrator photons. The CMB baseline temperature thus is identified with the critical temperature of the deconfining-preconfining transition. Introduction. Activities to detect deviations of the CMB spectrum from an ideal black-body shape and to extract angular correlation functions from carefully generated CMB maps are numerous and insightful [1, 2]. In particular, the observational situation at low frequencies [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] and large-angles [2, 9], respectively, has generated genuine surprises. We are convinced that these anomalies necessitate changing our present theoretical concept on photon physics [10]. Specifically, we mean a replacement of the gauge group U(1) by SU(2), the latter being treated nonperturbatively [11, 12, 13, 14]. This Letter intends to spell out a topical experimental reason confirming this. Recent data on CMB line temperatures T at lowfrequencies (ν = 3 GHz ... 90 GHz) [3], determined by nulling the difference between CMB (cleared of galactic emission) and black-body calibrator spectral intensities, indicate a statistically significant (5 σ) excess at the lowest frequencies. Combining this with earlier radio-frequency data on forground subtracted antenna temperatures [5, 6, 7, 8], a fit to an affine power law


ABSTRACT The graduate-level course on the two-year college described in this paper focuses on having students create a hypothetical college, Orange County Community College (OCCC), and apply futures research techniques in the strategic planning process. Following introductory comments, course objectives are enumerated; i.e., develop a perspective of the two-year college as an organisation and social institution; understand the nature of the two-year college; identify major issues facing the two-year college; and develop skill in using selected futures research methods. Methods for achieving these objectives are discussed next, including the formation of an in-class environmental scanning committee and OCCC planning committee; the use of probability-impact charts; the use of impact networks; the use ot environmental analyses; and the development of the plan for OCCC. Next, student evaluations of their e xperience are summarised. A 13-page bibliography of works on the two-year college is presented, organised by such topics as objectives and functions, history, instruction, students, faculty, administration, and the future of the two-year college. Appendices include a study guide of questions designed to give direction to the planning committee's activities; a sample OCCC plan; a scanning taxonomy; and the guide, "How To Se an Environmental Scanning Monitor." (LAL)


In this paper we propose the exploitation of high mobility portable battery operated video players (PVP) for the retrieval of video associated with the location in which it may be used. Reporting on an earlier interactive multimedia location-based prototype, we assess the possibilities for specific ontologies of a taxonomy of indexing procedure which avoids text-based retrieval methods, using instead the mnemonics of image association. We outline the proposed development of PVP firmware and a related user application enabling users to construct indexing procedures appropriate to their needs, using a metadesign approach


Background: There are various health problems in rotating shift workers. There have been few studies on the associations of male climacteric symptoms with duration of working and lifestyle. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the differences in male climacteric symptoms depending on the number of working years and to determine whether lifestyle habits differ depending on the number of working years in rotating shift workers. Methods: We collected participant's data from the manufacturing companies in Japan during the period from March to May in 2017. We conducted a self-administered questionnaire survey in 1561 male rotating night shift workers. Male climacteric symptoms were evaluated by using the Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS) rating scale. We analyzed 636 rotating shift workers aged over 40 years old whose all AMS data was collected. Results: A significant difference in psychological AMS score was found between men who had worked for 10 - 19 years (9.4 ± 3.9) and men who had worked for more than 40 years (7.6 ± 3.0) (p = 0.011). Sexual functional AMS score significantly differed depending on the number of working years (less than 10 years: 8.1 ± 3.9, 10 - 19 years: 9.8 ± 4.1, 20 - 29 years: 7.9 ± 3.3, 30 - 39 years: 9.3 ± 3.5, more than 40 years: 9.3 ± 3.5) (p < 0.001). The proportion of workers with a balanced meal intake was significantly lower in men who had worked for less than 10 years and the proportions of such workers were significantly higher in men who had worked for 10 - 19 years and for more than 40 years. The proportions of men who did not drink alcohol were high in men who had worked for less than 10 years and 20 - 29 years and low in men who had worked more than 30 years. Conclusion: Psychological AMS score and sexual functional AMS score are significantly different among the 5 groups according to the number of working years on rotating shift. In addition, well-balanced diet on day shift and reduction of alcohol drinking is a related-factor for long-term rotating night shift workers.


It is an extremely important feature of Grondona's system that, just as any country implementing it would do so independently on a scale appropriate to their economy, many different countries could establish a CRD without any need for coordination and without in any way hindering each other. On the contrary, as the number of CRDs increased, their collective stabilizing influence on commodity markets would increase proportionately. Moreover, the stabilizing influence on their mutual exchange rates would increase more than proportionately as the number of their mutual exchange rates grew. This contrasts sharply with the proposed international system of buffer stocks which could stabilize no more than a single currency and would become increasingly cumbersome as the number of participating countries increased.


Background Angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced hypertension attribute in part to activation of RhoA signaling pathway which regulates spontaneous vascular tone in large conduit arteries, but the exact molecules that bind to and activate RhoA were controversy. In addition,while there is an assumption of a link between Ang II/RhoGEF and Ca2+-sensitization pathway, little evidence has been provided to establish a direct relationship within Ang II, RhoGEF, RhoA and myosin light chain phosphatase (MLCP) in VSMCs. Methods VSMCs from Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with or without siRNAs against leukemia-associated RhoGEF (LARG) and then treated with Ang II (0.1 &mgr;mol/L), PD123319 (an AT2 antagonist; 1 &mgr;mol/L), or Val5-Ang II (an AT1 agonist; 1 &mgr;mol/L). Subsequently, mRNA and protein levels were measured by quantitative real-time PCR or Western blot analysis. Results The mRNA and protein levels of LARG were significantly increased at 0.5 and 24 hours after Ang II stimulation, respectively. Levels of LARG protein, activity of RhoA, and phosphorylation of MYPT1 were increased after treatment with Ang II together with PD123319 or Val5-Ang II. However, knockdown of LARG by siRNA can reduce the effects of AT1 activation in VSMCs. Conclusions Ang II directly and predominantly upregulates LARG gene expression through the AT1 and activates the LARG/RhoA/MYPT1 pathway to promote Ca2+-independent Ca2+ sensitization of myofilaments in VSMCs.


Clusters of galaxies -- with their turbulent magnetic fields and abundant matter content -- are a promising class of potential neutrino sources. Cosmic rays accelerated within the large-scale shocks,Active GalacticNuclei (AGN), or both can be confined in galaxy clusters over cosmological timescales and produce a steady flux of neutrinos in secondary interactions. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has detected a diffuse flux of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. After ten years of operations, however, the origin of this flux remains largely unconstrained. In this work, we perform a stacked search for neutrinos, using a population of over one thousand galaxy clusters detected by the Planck Satellite via the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect up to a redshift $z = 1$. We present the first results on the contribution of galaxy clusters to the diffuse neutrino flux and discuss the implications for various models of cosmic-ray acceleration in large-scale structures.


With the importance of Hedgehog signalling in embryonic development, tissue homeostasis and disease, understanding the molecular mechanisms of signal transduction is paramount for the design of specific, effective therapeutics. The Hedgehog receptor PTCH1 and the less studied PTCH2 isoform are evolutionarily related to bacterial RND permeases and sterol sensing proteins, which mobilise hydrophobic compounds powered by a cation gradient. Here we demonstrate that, in the active state, PTCH1 and PTCH2 form homomeric and heteromeric complexes that are inhibited by binding of Sonic Hedgehog. We show that PTCH2, unlike PTCH1, appears to have minimal cholesterol transport activity, but that conserved residues involved in cation transport are essential for its function. Heteromeric PTCH1-PTCH2 complexes depend on PTCH1's cholesterol transport capacity, but the cation transport can be provided in trans by PTCH2, suggesting that some deleterious mutations in either isoform can be silenced by formation of heteromers, enhancing the robustness of this signal transduction system. These findings provide the molecular basis for the intriguing behaviour of PTCH2 as semi-redundant and partially overlapping in function with PTCH1 and explain the dominant negative effect of mutations that disrupt the PTCH2 cation transport triad in rare cases of cancer.


The article presents the analysis results of stress resistance and basic beliefs as psychological resources for coping with fear of COVID-19 and negative psychological and emotional states on the sample of Russian (N=2310) and Kazakh (N=500) students (71.2% — women, average age 19.7). A higher level of stress resistance and basic belief expression in Benevolence of the World Around and Perceiving the World as Meaningful and Social Justice among Kazakh students in comparison with Russian ones is revealed, which is determined by the peculiarities formed in the conditions of the nomadic lifestyle of the Kazakh culture, based on the principles of mutual support and mutual assistance, trust and openness. It is shown that, regardless of the country and gender, high level of stress resistance and expression of basic beliefs are accompanied by lower indicators of fear of COVID-19 and the absence of negative psychological and emotional states associated with it, which suggests the universality of these psychological resources as a buffer that mitigates the traumatic effect of the pandemic situation.


Abstract A key question in interest group studies is why some interest groups put forward candidates for election rather than simply trying to influence the political process through normal channels. Theoretically interest groups should not seek public office or compete in elections but should rather pursue their goals through frequent interactions with politicians and bureaucrats. The aim of this article is to examine why such interest groups go beyond the informality stage of simply representing their members' interests by interacting with such politicians and civil servants and instead seek election to public office. As political parties in Ireland now compete on an increasingly narrow issue base, this article argues that interest groups involve themselves in elections precisely because they are better able to influence political decision‐making from inside Dáil Éireann and that election to the Dáil is a sign of their arrival as a serious group with a serious cause. This article categorises these groups into those that run candidates for elected office at both local and national level and those that campaign in specific referendums. It also assesses how such groups in effect move their lobbying activities into parliament as distinct from lobbying outside it as is in the theoretical norm in interest group politics.


We demonstrate a time-resolved terahertz (THz) system taking advantage of noncollinear frequency mixing in thick generation and detection crystals to perform broadband and high-sensitivity spectroscopy. A phase grating etched at the surface of a 2 mm-thick GaP crystal is used to control phase-matching conditions by diffracting near-infrared pulses. Our dual grating configuration allows long nonlinear interaction lengths that maximize THz generation and detection efficiencies while maintaining an accessible spectral window up to 7 THz.


Skeletal homeostasis relies upon a fine tuning of osteoclast (OCL)‐mediated bone resorption and osteoblast (OBL)‐dependent bone formation. This balance is unsettled by multiple myeloma (MM) cells, which impair OBL function and stimulate OCLs to generate lytic lesions. Emerging experimental evidence is disclosing a key regulatory role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the regulation of bone homeostasis suggesting the miRNA network as potential novel target for the treatment of MM‐related bone disease (BD). Here, we report that miR‐29b expression decreases progressively during human OCL differentiation in vitro. We found that lentiviral transduction of miR‐29b into OCLs, even in the presence of MM cells, significantly impairs tartrate acid phosphatase (TRAcP) expression, lacunae generation, and collagen degradation, which are relevant hallmarks of OCL activity. Accordingly, expression of cathepsin K and metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) as well as actin ring rearrangement were impaired in the presence of miR‐29b. Moreover, we found that canonical targets C‐FOS and metalloproteinase 2 are suppressed by constitutive miR‐29b expression which also downregulated the master OCL transcription factor, NAFTc‐1. Overall, these data indicate that enforced expression of miR‐29b impairs OCL differentiation and overcomes OCL activation triggered by MM cells, providing a rationale for miR‐29b‐based treatment of MM‐related BD. J. Cell. Physiol. 228: 1506–1515, 2013. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


This paper aimed to understand what the academic elites think about the student's university decision process and achieve students' future goals from studying at foreign universities. Because the success of studying abroad is believed to be closely related to the process of selecting university candidates with all the advantages and prestige of each university offered during recruitment promotions, to understand this, we searched for data sources electronically from various international journals and promotional advertisements. We processed this in a phenomenological approach that begins with understanding the problem and the study's hypothesis—the coding system, evaluation, and in-depth interpretation to get the findings' validity and reliability. Our data sources are based on Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, and other sources from 2010 to 2021. Based on the results of the discussion of the findings data, we can conclude our findings, among others. The decision to study abroad is first beginning with the right subject, course content, sports and societies, student accommodation, and scholarship availability. To get that information, applicants have to research alumni meetings, scholarship tours and promotions, western or eastern countries, and use multiple information sources. Thus, these findings should help prospective students and universities explore prospective international students' advertisements.


Abstract There are several well-known characterizations of the sphere as a regular surface in the Euclidean space. By means of a purely synthetic technique, we get a rigidity result for the sphere without any curvature conditions, completeness or compactness, as well as a dual result for the hyperbolic plane, the spacelike sphere in the Minkowski space.


Abstract. The purpose of the work is to establish the effectiveness of weed in control in crops of grain sorghum with herbicides of soil and leaf action. Scientific novelty. For the first time in sorghum crops for weed control, effective combinations of soil and leaf herbicides have been identified. Methods. Experiments were carried out on the black soils of steppe zone Ukraine. Research methods are generally accepted. The control options were herbicide-free and weed-free. Results. At tillering stage the number of weeds in sorghum crops reached 141 pieces/m2 and their air-dry weight was 218 g/m2. Green amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus), fat hen (Chenopodium album), field mustard (Sinapis arvensis), ragweed ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli), bristlegrass (Setaria viridis) were dominant in the crops. The use of foliar-applied herbicides such as Agritox (1 l/ha), Ballerina (0.4 l/ha), Dialen Super (0.7 l/ha) in the stage of three-five leaves and a pre sowing soil-applied herbicide Primextra Gold (3 l/ha) ensured the maximum reduction of weed infestation of grain sorghum crops. The number of weeds with the use of these herbicides decreased by 10.4–19.7 times, and their weight decreased by 4.1–4.8 times in comparison with the options without the use of weed control measures. The conditions for plant growth and development were improved due to the reduction of weed infestation of grain sorghum crops. The growing period of the crop reduced from 125 to 114 days, the height of plants increased by 19–21 cm and their weight increased by 2.7–2.8 times. The sorghum grain yield reached 6.32–6.34 t/ha, which was higher than with the options without the use of weed control measures by 4.01–4.30 t/ha or 3.0–3.1 times. The same results were obtained in production conditions.


© American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2022. No commercial reuse. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. INTRODUCTION The adverse risks of concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepines may be elevated even further in patients who are also prescribed nonbenzodiazepine sedatives, such as trazodone, commonly used to treat sleep disorders. Therefore, we sought to identify the prevalence of dual anxiolytic/sedative therapy among US adult opioid users.


End of the Concessionary Regime in Mexico By Mario Pulido On March 18, 1938, President of Mexico Lazaro Cardenas formally announced his Expropriation Act, expropriating the property of several oil concessions in Mexico. Among the companies that were expropriated were Standard Oil of New Jersey, Mexican Eagle, and Royal Dutch Shell. This thesis will address questions regarding what caused this change, what was predicted to happen, what actually happened, what the consequences were for Mexican foreign relations, and in the aftermath of the nationalization, asking if it was a general success. I argue that the main reason that caused the nationalization was the mistreatment of the Mexican oil workers by foreign oil companies. I move on to discuss that shortly after the nationalization, Mexico was predicted to collapse by the companies that were expropriated. Instead, Mexico saw prosperity from catering to its own domestic market and providing a new national identity with its then new state-owned oil company, Pemex, which stemmed from a sense of economic freedom and liberation. I also argue that Mexican foreign relations were embittered, but restored shortly after 1941 with World War II inevitably approaching. Finally, I argue that despite the embitterment the nationalization initially caused, it was a general success. Here, I define that success was achieved by kicking out foreign oil interests that were mistreating and underpaying Mexican oil workers.


The invention discloses an electric heating weeder which belongs to a weeding tool. The invention aims to provide a weeding tool which has simple structure, convenient use and high efficiency. The electric heating weeder comprises a shell, an electric heater (6) and a power supply plug, wherein the electric heater (6) is fixed in the shell; the power supply plug is connected with the electric heater; the shell is formed by folding and fixing a right shell (2) and a left shell (7); the electric heater (6) comprises two clamping blocks (8), an electric heating plate (10) fixed between the two clamping blocks and a heat transfer plate (3) the front end of which forms a triangular structure; and the front end of the heat transfer plate (3) outwards extends after penetrating through the front end of the shell. The invention can construct fixed point killing on weeds without influencing the normal growth of grass of other lawns and destroying the smoothness of the lawns, has multiple advantages of simple operation, low labor intensity, no environmental pollution, and the like, and is the weeding tool which is suitable for courtyard management.


A method for measuring subcell capacitance voltage (C–V) in a multijunction solar cell is introduced. The subcell of interest is illuminated by a monochromatic light pulse with a ns rise time. The subcell capacitance is calculated from the measured rise time of the solar cell voltage. The effect of optical coupling is eliminated by introducing a high intensity bias illumination to all subcells below the one measured. The method is verified by comparing the subcell capacitance obtained from four junction solar cells with the results from corresponding component cells, which can be measured using well-established methods. From the C–V curves, the built-in voltage and the base layer doping density for each subcell are calculated.


We present an appropriate design and simulated results of novel 1 × N (N represents an integer larger than 1) ultrasonic power splitters based on self-imaging effect with symmetric interference of phononic crystal waveguide arrays. Such sonic devices with two and three output channels are discussed in detail as examples. The finite element method is used to calculate the distribution of total displacement field and evaluate the efficiency of these structures. Results show that these devices exhibit new and interesting characteristics, such as compact size, wide bandwidth, and high-transmission. The approach provides a novel method and compact model for exporting freely ultrasonic waves to N channels and can present practical applications in future acoustic wave circuits.


The hyperspectral imager is capable of collecting hundreds of images corresponding to different wavelength channels for the observed area simultaneously, which make it possible to discriminate man-made objects from natural background. However, the price paid for the wealthy information is the enormous amounts of data, usually hundreds of Gigabytes per day. Turning the huge volume data into useful information and knowledge in real time is critical for geoscientists. In this paper, the proposed parallel Gaussian-Markov random field (Para-GMRF) anomaly detection algorithm is an attempt of applying parallel computing technology to solve the problem. Based on the locality of GMRF algorithm, we partition the 3-D hyperspectral image cube in spatial domain and distribute data blocks to multiple computers for concurrent detection. Meanwhile, to achieve load balance, a work pool scheduler is designed for task assignment. The Para-GMRF algorithm is organized in master-slave architecture, coded in C programming language using message passing interface (MPI) library and tested on a Beowulf cluster. Experimental results show that Para-GMRF algorithm successfully conquers the challenge and can be used in time sensitive areas, such as environmental monitoring and battlefield reconnaissance.


Voltage-activated human ether-á-go-go–related gene (hERG) potassium channels are critical for the repolarization of cardiac action potentials and tune-spike frequency adaptation in neurons. Two isoforms of mammalian ERG1 channel subunits, ERG1a and ERG1b, are the principal subunits that conduct the IKr current in the heart and are also broadly expressed in the nervous system. However, there is little direct evidence that ERG1a and ERG1b form heteromeric channels. Here, using electrophysiology, biochemistry, and fluorescence approaches, we systematically tested for direct interactions between hERG1a and hERG1b subunits. We report 1) that hERG1a dominant-negative subunits suppress hERG1b currents (and vice versa), 2) that disulfide bonds form between single cysteine residues experimentally introduced into an extracellular loop of hERG1a and hERG1b subunits and produce hERG1a–hERG1b dimers, and 3) that hERG1a and hERG1b subunits tagged with fluorescent proteins that are FRET pairs exhibit robust energy transfer at the plasma membrane. Thus, multiple lines of evidence indicated a physical interaction between hERG1a and hERG1b, consistent with them forming heteromeric channels. Moreover, co-expression of variable ratios of hERG1a and hERG1b RNA yielded channels with deactivation kinetics that reached a plateau and were different from those of hERG1b channels, consistent with a preference of hERG1b subunits for hERG1a subunits. Cross-linking studies revealed that an equal input of hERG1a and hERG1b yields more hERG1a–hERG1a or hERG1a–hERG1b dimers than hERG1b–hERG1b dimers, also suggesting that hERG1b preferentially interacts with hERG1a. We conclude that hERG1b preferentially forms heteromeric ion channels with hERG1a at the plasma membrane.


Sea ice covers vast regions of the Southern Ocean and impacts on the climate as well as the plant and animal life of the region. The variability of sea ice in the Southern Ocean affects the entire food web of the region, from phytoplankton to Antarctic krill through to the apex predators such as seals and penguins. Sea ice variability is determined by shifts in the atmospheric temperature distribution and shifts in the atmospheric circulation. The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is the primary mode of variability in the atmospheric circulation of the Southern Hemisphere. Despite the overall warming of Antarctica, sea ice extent and sea ice area show a positive trend in the Southern Ocean and all its sectors except in the Bellingshausen! Amundsen Seas sector which displays a negative trend for the period 19792007. The SAM index also shows a positive trend during this period indicating a shift towards the more positive phase. The monthly and seasonal correlations between the SAM index and sea ice concentrations display a dipole, with more ice occurring in the Ross Sea during the positive phase of SAM and less ice occurring in the Weddell Sea.


Polar codes are the first class of channel codes achieving the symmetric capacity of the binary-input discrete memoryless channels (B-DMC) with efficient encoding and decoding algorithms. But the weight spectrum of polar codes is relatively poor compared to Reed-Muller (RM) codes, which degrades their maximum-likehood (ML) performance. Pre-transformation with an upper-triangular matrix (including cyclic redundancy check (CRC), parity-check (PC) and polarization-adjusted convolutional (PAC) codes), improves weight spectrum while retaining polarization. In this paper, the weight spectrum of upper-triangular pre-transformed polar codes is mathematically analyzed. In particular, we focus on calculating the number of low-weight codewords due to their impact on error-correction performance. Simulation results verify the accuracy of the analysis.


The case histories of six children with epididymitis are submitted. In 2 cases the epididymitis formed part of Schonlein‐Henoch's purpura and microscopy of biopsies from the epididymis showed changes characteristic of the latter disease. In 1 case the epididymitis was of suppurative nature and in 1 case it represented a complication following orchiopexy. In the remaining 2 cases, the aetiology of the disease remained obscure.


A micro conducting ring comprises a slide ring, an insulation ring, an electric brush and a hollow shaft, wherein the slide ring and the insulation ring are sleeved on the hollow shaft in stack mode, one end of the electric brush is in contact with the slide ring, the other end of the electric brush is installed on an electric brush seat, a hollow shaft screw is additionally positioned at the lower section of the hollow shaft, an insulation screw cap is covered on a screw head, a tooth is positioned at the periphery of the hollow shaft, an inner tooth rotation prevention sheet is matched with the hollow shaft through the tooth, and a hole for a screw to penetrate is arranged on the inner tooth rotation prevention sheet. The micro conducting ring has the advantages that the inner tooth rotation prevention sheet is matched with the hollow shaft through the tooth arranged at the periphery of the hollow shaft; and under the action of the hollow shaft screw, the slide ring and the insulation ring can be integrally and firmly installed on an installation disk. The micro conducting ring wholly enhances stability and improves quality.


We are witnessing the development of three major approaches to the constitution of the component that generates optimal candidate sets of the outputs of the grammar of the individual language under investigation: (i) Minimalist Program by Noam Chomsky, (ii) Tripartite Parallel Architecture by Ray Jackendoff, and (iii) Optimality Theory by Prince, Smolensky and McCarthy. Adopting (i) the ground-breaking ideas of Game Theory (cf. Dixit and Skeath (2004)) John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern and John Nash and (ii) the thesis by Marvin Minsky that our consciousness is a set of elements of sub-conscious agents that are hierarchically organized, the present paper submits an argument to the effect that the set of optimal candidates from the grammar of a language is a set of optimal equilibria among grammatical sub-agents, which I will call grammatical gadgets. A significant corollary to our standpoint is that we may do away with what are called the correspondent rules in Tripartite Parallel Architecture; to rephrase this in our terms, the optimal correspondences in the semantics-pragmatics interface can be identified as the optimal equilibria among strategies that are given by syntactic and pragmatic gadgets. The paper proceeds as follows. The second section describes the overview of our game-theoretic approach to the theory of language. The Third section is concerned with the phenomena of mismatch in the clausal linkage in English and Japanese. The Fourth section takes up the phenomena of coarticulation in English and what is called High Vowel Deletion in Japanese.