Abstract To study the seepage characteristics of foam in the formation, combining the gas-liquid injection experiment and theoretical analysis to study the shunt effect and additive effect, the authors point out that in the nonhomogeneous strata, whether the gas or foaming agent is injected first, shunt effect of foam can be generated. After alternative multislug injection, the outflow fluid velocity in nonhomogeneous strata is the same, which in fact is the same fluidity. When the foam blocks effectively, the migration velocity of the gas-liquid slug in high- and low-permeability formation is subject to the pore. The ratio of high- and low-permeability formation is inversely proportional to the porosity. The foam additive effect should be further explored.


Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fiber is PTFE as raw material, after spinning or made of thin film after cutting or fibrillation of a synthetic fiber. Industrial production of PTFE fiber began in 1954, developed by DuPont, was the first industrialized special synthetic fiber. Austrian Lenzing has successfully developed PTFE membrane crack fiber in the 1970s which strength can also reached the level of emulsion spinning fiber, high production efficiency, but not the exact linear density. Moreover, in Russia, in the development of a variety of PTFE fiber is quite effective. The current main methods of preparation of PTFE fiber spinning of carrier spinning, paste extrusion spinning, melt spinning, cutting film crack method, etc. PTFE because of its excellent chemical properties and thermal stability, low friction factor, good biocompatibility, and is widely used in national defense, aerospace, instrument machinery, petrochemical, building, textile, electronics, medicine, and many other industries and fields.


Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by chronic inflammation of airways and bronchial hypersensitivity that lead to bronchoconstriction, edema, cough, wheezing, dispnoea and hypersecretion of mucus. We have studied five bronchodilators: three short-acting beta2-adrenergics (fenoterol, salbutamol, terbutaline) and two long-acting beta2-adrenergics (formoterol and salmeterol). The drugs were issued from the pharmacy as 13 pharmaceuticals. Except salbutamol, the short-acting bronchodilators have currently a low use in asthma therapy with the main indication for the treatment of asthma exacerbations. The long-acting bronchodilators are very effective in long-term treatment. Their efficiency is much higher in association with anti-inflammatory corticosteroids which decrease the airway inflammation. The multi-ingredient preparations such as salmeterolfluticasone (Seretide) and formoterol-budesonide (Symbicort) combinations are most recommended in the maintenance treatment of asthma.


This paper uses data collected in 2000 to first estimate OLS and ordered probit models to measure correlation between family background and workers' education. Then, human capital earnings functions are estimated to examine to what extent family background accounts for observed correlation between workers' education and earnings. Subsequently, it estimates returns to education with education treated as endogenous. Having well-educated parents is associated with greater educational attainment and earnings. Returns to education decline slightly when parents' education controls are in the earnings function. Instrumental variable estimation or self-selection correction suggests that estimates of returns to education may be larger than conventional estimates suggest.


To better the training of students' abilities to meet the needs of information ages for talents,"Module Teaching",a new computer teacnhing method,is introduced in the essay to expound the differences of modern and troditional teaching in the aspects of ideas,methodology and effects of teaching.


We compute the distribution function of single-level curvatures, $P(k)$, for a tight binding model with site disorder, on a cubic lattice. In metals $P(k)$ is very close to the predictions of the random-matrix theory (RMT). In insulators $P(k)$ has a logarithmically-normal form. At the Anderson localization-delocalization transition $P(k)$ fits very well the proposed novel distribution $P(k)\propto (1+k^{\mu})^{3/\mu}$ with $\mu \approx 1.58$, which approaches the RMT result for large $k$ and is non-analytical at small $k$. We ascribe such a non-analiticity to the spatial multifractality of the critical wave functions.


Although zeolites have been known since the 50's the application of zeolites in Indonesia started in the 80's after promotion by the Mineral Technology Research Centre. Before that period, zeolites were only used as construction materials for wall decoration. Zeolites became popular after publication of zeolite research into many aspects of possible applications. Applications of zeolites are based on their characteristics. Initially natural zeolites were used as fillers in the paper industry, ion exchangers in water treatment, separation of nitrogen and oxygen, sorbents in drying, and construction materials. At the same time, applications of zeolites were developed as feed additives for animals and for water treatment in shrimp ponds. In some countries, zeolites have been used as industrial materials, improvement of agricultural production, and environmental protection. In agriculture, applications of zeolites can be used directly to soils as materials for growth media, mixed with manures during decomposition process, and for mixing with urea as slow release agent. The number of zeolite factories in Indonesia is still low and they produce zeolites in powder and grain forms. In recent years, some zeolite factories have been built to produce zeolites for material of industry, agriculture and environmental protection. The most important effort for zeolite factories is how to produce high quality of zeolite. The prospect of zeolite applications in agriculture is very good as (1) soil amelioration for low cation exchange capacity of soils, (2) material for mixing with fertilizer, (3) material as growth media for horticulture and seedling plantation plants, (4) material for improvement of compost quality, (5) material for water treatment of fish ponds, (6) food additives for animals.


This paper presents an application of the FDTD method to large-signal analysis of active and nonlinear microwave circuits. Nonlinear characteristics, such as harmonic generation and intermodulation, are analyzed through this full-wave technique. Results are validated by comparing with those of HP MDS simulation and are in good agreement. Moreover, the advantage of the method is demonstrated by simulating a packaged circuit.


A new technique is presented to allow the measurement of weakly scattering samples despite a high-background environment. Coherent interference between the sample and a nanofabricated 'amplifier' structure generates a strong interference scattering pattern, which can be analyzed using angular correlation functions to reconstruct the sample's symmetry.


Impact craters are the dominant surface features of the solid bodies of the Solar System, specially if no other geological processes are acting. An impact crater formation is a fundamental and tangled process that is far to be still understood in its whole. The understanding of impacts has been recently advanced thanks to numerical model. We have used iSALE hydrocode to model a terrestrial impact crater.


This paper proposes to read Hamlet as a text with post-colonial subtext and its hero as a prototype of colonizer. As demonstrated in the textual analysis, the potent symbol of "hot blood" and the image of barbarism it entails is the subject. What I'm dealing with here is Marxian materialistic motif embedded in a colonial wish--through an intense study on the sociological poetics of that barbarian image, the hero, I argue, can be seen to embody the social being who relies on the sociality of the marvelous to determine consciousness, not the other way around. This paper does not see colonizer as being sinful, but rather man as being problematic, i.e., when man becomes colonizer, he becomes problematic by default. The issue presented here is therefore to correctly interpret the colonizer's cognitive method in their capitalistic colonial venture.A homological study of Greenblatt, Kristeva, and texts of Hamlet shows that the concept of barbarism could be easily, and probably necessarily, appropriated by the colonizer in the act of colonizing. Kristeva warns that we tend to alienate the foreigners and see them as strangers, barbarians, and enemies. Though we detest and hate them, the barbaric foreigners, who usually live out of meaningful political context, are the Other in ourselves, because it is them that awaken the dormant possibility of the existence of otherness. On the other hand, Greenblatt's materialistic theory of colonialism calls our attention to a new level of dialectical relationship between Self and Other. Through the power of imagination, particularly "the colonizing of the marvelous," the colonizer graphically represents the barbarity of the strangers, and creates categories for the benefit of inventory and learning, and finally achieves the goal of "possession."As could be inferred from his many philippic tirades, Hamlet is the materialistic man who thinks, speaks and acts like he is superior to other people while engaging in his revenge business. Hamlet insists on looking at everyman and everything with merciless excoriation and even compound the idea of the Self with materialistic thought of barbarism of epical proportions. Alienation seems to bury deep in his soul, waiting to hatch a new Other which will in turn breed a more authentic Self. This paper attempts to show how Hamlet barbarizes the Elsinoreans including kings, subjects, courtiers, friends, family, and the second sex, his mother and girl friend. He even barbarizes himself to purchase persuasion. With his ghost father, he seems blind-folded, since as an intellectual, he seems to hold no grudge against his monarchical-patriarchal image; but with the fatherly surrogate, Claudius, he seems to come back too soon to the identity of the traveler-colonizer, who with moral and religious prejudice seems to take a dim view of the welfare of the community. In sum, with all the rest of the key Elsinoreans and probably to his audience, he assumes the role of the nihilistic civilized Christian humanist individual; to us centuries later and far away, he may look like a civilized hero of high profile, but unfortunately also a Western capitalist colonizer deeply and finely versed in hegemonic manipulation.


On 23 June 2008 in the New South Wales District Court Murrell SC DCJ brought to its conclusion a legal saga that had begun at Kogarah over 5 years previously. This case should be of considerable interest to perfusionists because manslaughter charges against health professionals have hitherto been very uncommon in Australia, and it may be a sign of a wind of change on the medico-legal landscape internationally. Furthermore, it involved the administration of drugs that would typically be within the domain of an anesthetist by a health professional with very different background and training (the parallel with perfusion is obvious).


Using the Monte-Carlo method we simulated the Optical Coherence Doppler Tomography (OCDT) signals at the wavelength of 1 = 822 nm from one and two plain flows of a non-aggregating particulate suspension mimicking blood embedded into a stationary light scattering medium (2% Intralipid solution) with optical properties close to those of human skin. The dependences of statistical characteristics such as mean value and standard deviation of the stochastic fluctuations of the Doppler frequency behind the first flow (Doppler noise) on the angle between the direction of incident radiation and the normal to the object surface (Doppler angle) were studied. It was shown that with the increase of Doppler angle the mean value of Doppler Noise as well as its standard deviation decrease. It was shown that with an increase of embedding depth of the flow the reconstructed velocity values become smaller than the predefined ones and the reconstructed profile is stretched towards the rear border. In the case of two flows, it was shown that with an increase of the fist flow velocity the reconstructed velocity values of the second flow increase too. The computer with multiprocessor architecture was used for Monte-Carlo simulation.


Building on the theories of writing as a mode of learning and writing in the disciplines, a new course attempts to meet the needs of students whose disciplinary discourse communities follow the conventions of APA style. The course has engendered different expectations in various instructors and in the students. Variations in writing style, including sentence- and document-level differences, and content knowledge issues are addressed. Writing assignments in the course include annotated bibliographies, a literature review, an abstract, and a journal article review. Other assignments include a poster presentation and an oral report on the topic of the literature review.


Abstract : The absorption of iron in the form of ferrous sulfate was studied in 82 subjects and under various conditions of altitude exposure. Intestinal absorption of iron increased during the first days of exposure to an altitude of 14,900 feet and reached a maximum at the end of a week. It was less marked 4 weeks later. Iron absorption decreased in natives of high altitude brought down to sea level, reached a minimum in 3 weeks, and then returned to normal within 16 months. Studies on the recovery of iron in feces confirmed the changes that were interpreted on the basis of the amount of iron appearing in the red blood cells plus the iron that presumably reached the circulating plasma but was not used in red cell formation. The possible significance of failure in some cases to recover a small fraction of the total iron that was administered is discussed.


WHO has identified four risk factors for many non- communicable diseases (NCDs): tobacco use, alcohol con-sumption, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity. While individual behavior influences these risks, growing evidence shows that corporate business and political practices have a powerful impact on these behaviors. Understanding the pathways by which the production, marketing, retail, lobbying, and public relations practices of tobacco, alcohol, food, automobile, housing construction, and entertainment corpora- tions contribute to premature deaths and preventable illness from NCDs can help guide prevention strategies. Methods Through a critical selective review of interdisciplinary investigations of the impact of corporate practices on NCDs, this presentation compares the business and political practices that contribute to risk across business sectors and markets. It also reviews the responses to these practices by governments and civil society. Results Although the products produced by these industries vary, all aggressively to make products ubiquitous; consolidate in order to increase market power. Each practice has been associated with increased NCD risk. In these mislead the about the health consequences of their products and lobby to undermine health regulations that and their 'credibility engineering' to maintain their ability to advance their business and political the review of public and civil responses to harmful corporate practices, a typology of with an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of these strategies.


Objective: Tamoxifen complicates management of conditions such as urinary tract infections (UTIs), urinary incontinence (UI), and/or pelvic organ prolapse (POP) that traditionally benefit from hormonal intake; thus, we reviewed our experience in managing these hormonally deprived women. Materials and Methods: After IRB approval, electronic medical records from women with current use or history of tamoxifen use and referred to a tertiary care center with female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery expertise for UTI, UI, and/or POP were reviewed. Results: From 2015 to 2020, 32 women treated with tamoxifen 10–40 mg for a median of 4 years were referred for UTIs (9), UI (10), symptomatic POP (8), or for a combination of these (5). Participants with UTI treated with antibiotics, prophylactic supplements, and/or electrofulguration had satisfactory response at median follow-up of 1 year (interquartile range [IQR]: 0.5–1). Ten of 15 women with UI chose intervention, with no self-reported UI recurrence at median follow-up of 2.5 years (IQR: 1–3). All but one participant with POP underwent vaginal or open/robotic mesh repairs, with satisfactory outcomes at median follow-up of 3 years (IQR: 2–7). Conclusions: The management of UTIs, UI, and POP in women on tamoxifen or unable to benefit from hormonal intake is challenging, but traditional interventions can be considered with satisfactory results.


In this paper,personal information is encrypted,hashed and Digital-signed,then coded to Chinese information code,which belongs to two-dimensional bar code.The Chinese information code is directly used as personal information when it is need,for example when we are in a bank.The system presented in this paper is recessive,can be withdrawn automatically,so that it is a safe and efficient system.It can be used in all kinds of systems which need withdrawing information.This system protects personal information,preventing information from being disclosed without permission.


Abstract Georgia's Rose Revolution promised sweeping economic and political reforms, designed in part to enhance the livelihoods of ethnic and religious minority populations. The Rose events, however, occurred concomitantly with a surge in ethnic unrest. This article examines this paradox, arguing that the three major policy goals of the Saakashvili regime: the devolution of power to minorities, anti-corruption reform and state capacity building, have resulted in contradictory policy outcomes that have disproportionately hurt ethnic and religious minority enclaves.


Racemic 2-amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-5,6-diol (5,6-ADTN; 4) was synthesized from 5,6-dimethoxynaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid (14) in four steps (60% overall yield; Scheme). The crucial steps of the synthesis are Birch reduction of 14 to the valuable synthon 15, Curtius reaction and carbamate formation (16), hydrogenolysis (17), and demethylation to the biologically active hydrobromide salt 18 of 4.


Based on the NCEP/NCAR daily reanalysis sea level pressure field data from 1953 to 2007,the spatial-temporal characteristics of activity frequencies of northern cyclones and southern cyclones in East Asia were analyzed.The results show that there are obvious inter-annual and inter-decadal variability for activity frequencies of northern cyclones and southern cyclones.With the inter-decadal climatic jump in the global scale,activity frequencies of northern cyclones have an obviously abrupt change in 1980s.The most activity frequencies of northern cyclones and southern cyclones appear in May and in August,respectively.Northern cyclones are frequent in spring and have two obviously large values centers.The centers are located in the middle of Mongolia and the north of Northeast China,respectively.Southern cyclones are frequent in summer and they are mainly located in the sea regions of the east of China and the south of Japan.The seasonal variations of activity frequencies of southern cyclones and northern cyclones are related to atmospheric circulation.The relationally analytical results of this study could provide the references for knowing well the activity rules of extratropical cyclone in East Asia and forecasting cyclone activity.


Irradiation of acidic solutions of indens containing an alkyl group at the 2-position results in the facile formation of 2-alkylideneindans.


This article analyzes the crisis of identity from the lack and loss of individuality,wholeness synthesis,sameness continuity and social solidarity,then draw the conclusion of avoiding and resolving the crisis of identity from individuals,families and society.


A fair coin is tossed repeatedly until two consecutive heads are obtained. On the average, how many tosses will be needed? This seemingly simple problem was recently revived by Martin Gardner in the Mathematical Games section of the Scientific American'. One classical way to solve the problem is by the use of the canonical form for an absorbing Markov chain and readers interested in that approach can consult, for example, chapter 4 in the third edition of Introduction to Finite Mathematics by Kemeny, Snell and Thompson. The purpose of this article is to solve the problem by several other methods. In particular a simple method based on recent work2 of Arthur Engel, a German mathematician and mathematics educator, will be presented.


Physical and mechanical properties of newly developed carbon/carbon (C/C) com-posites and isotropic graphites have been measured for application to the first wall and divertor plate of JAERI Tokamak-60 Upgrade (JT-60U). The divertor plate of JT-60U is subjected to high heat flux of up to 20 MW/m2 during normal operations and to large thermal shock during disruptions. The surface temperature of the divertor plate should be lowered enough to prevent unacceptable carbon influx due to sublimation. The evaluation of these plasma facing component materials has been made mainly from thermal conductivity, thermal shock resistance and mechanical strength points of view. Outgassing properties and erosion characteristics against high heat flux are also considered in selecting the materials. It is found from these tests that a few kinds of 2-D felt type C/C composites have large thermal shock resistances and superior thermal conductivity in the range of 300-400 W·m-1·K-1 at room temperature which satisfies the JT-60U design requirement of 300 W·m-1·K-1. In addition, the investigated isotropic graphites also exhibit; improved thermal conductivity in the range of 150-180 W·m-1·K-1 at room temperature. Con-sequently, 2-D felt type C/C composites with superior thermal conductivity have been selected for the divertor plate. As for the first wall, two grades of isotropic graphites with relatively high thermal conductivity have also been selected as well as one which was used in the JT-60 operation.


The Highway Capacity Manual (2000) states that the capacity of a two-lane rural highway under ideal conditions is 3200 passenger car unit per hour for both directions combined. The ideal conditions as given in the manual do not include the riding quality of a road, which deteriorates with time. The present study has shown that the capacity of a two-lane rural road is also affected by the road roughness. Data collected on the roughness and free-flow speed of cars and heavy vehicles at a length of 55 km on three highways in India was used to establish the relationship between these two variables. Further, speed–volume data collected at eight different sections of two-lane roads were analyzed and the effect of road roughness on capacity was evaluated.


Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) are a class of pattern recognition receptors that play an important role in mediating inflammatory responses to pathogens. TLR4 recognizes lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a membrane component of gram negative bacteria. In the GI tract, neuronal integrity may be dependent on basal activation of TLR4 receptors suggesting a protective role for TLR4. A compromised gut epithelial barrier leads to enhanced entry of bacterial proteins into the lamina propria, leading to neuronal toxicity. Thus pro‐survival vs pro‐toxic effects of LPS may be concentration‐dependent. Enteric glia are important for the maintenance of neuronal integrity. We determined the expression of pro‐inflammatory cytokines in rat enteric glia cells in response to low and high concentrations of LPS. LPS dose‐dependently increased mRNA expression of IL‐6 and TNF‐α with 0.1 μg/ml inducing a 25‐fold and 10‐fold IL‐6 and TNF‐α mRNA expression respectively as compared to untreated glia. A 100‐fold higher concentration of LPS (1‐100 μg/ml) also induced ATP release indicative of cell damage. Whole cell voltage clamp studies showed that this high concentration of LPS increased ATP‐induced inward currents with a corresponding increase in P2X1,2,3,4,and 7 receptor mRNA expression up to 50‐fold as compared to untreated glia. Thus low concentrations of LPS can induce cytokine release whereas high concentrations of LPS induce ATP release which increases P2X receptor activity and further enhances the release of pro‐inflammatory cytokines. Understanding the role of P2X in LPS induced enteric glia activation will point to new targets to control gut bacterial inflammation while still maintaining the beneficial effects of basal TLR4 signaling. Supported by NIH DK046367, DA024009.


The aim of this article is the study of possible relations between forest fire hazards and pasture practices in 4 counties of the demarcated region of the Serra da Estrela cheese - Celorico da Beira, Fornos de Algodres, Gouveia e Seia - based on statistical analysis of the last 19 years forest fires registered there.


: My goal is to demonstrate how geometric priors can replace the requirement for annotated 3D data. In this context I'll present two of my works. First, I will present a deep learning framework that estimates dense correspondence between articulated 3D shapes without using any ground truth labeling which I presented as an oral presentation at CVPR 2019: "Unsupervised Learning of Dense Shape Correspondence". We demonstrated that our method is applicable to full and partial 3D models as well as to realistic scans. The problem of incomplete 3D data can be encountered also in many other different scenarios. One such interesting problem of great practical importance is shape completion, to which I'll dedicate the second part of my lecture. It is common to encounter situations where there is a considerable distinction between the scanned 3D model and the final rendered one. The distinction can be attributed to occlusions or directional view of the target, when the scanning device is localized in space. I will demonstrate that geometric priors can guide learning algorithms in the task of 3D model completion from partial observation. To this end, I'll present our recent work: "The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Non-Rigid Parts". This famous declaration of Aristotle was adopted to explain human perception by the Gestalt psychology school of thought in the twentieth century. Here, we claim that observing part of an object which was previously acquired as a whole, one could deal with both partial matching and shape completion in a holistic manner. More specifically, given the geometry of a full, articulated object in a given pose, as well as a partial scan of the same object in a different pose, we address the problem of matching the part to the whole while simultaneously reconstructing the new pose from its partial observation. Our approach is data-driven, and takes the form of a Siamese autoencoder without the requirement of a consistent vertex labeling at inference time; as such, it can be used on unorganized point clouds as well as on triangle meshes. We demonstrate the practical effectiveness of our model in the applications of single-view deformable shape completion and dense shape correspondence, both on synthetic and real-world geometric data, where we outperform prior work on these tasks by a large margin.


Teachers in universities face a serious and sharp challenge in teaching ideological and political theory.To strengthen the effectiveness in ideological and political theory teaching four changes must be implemented:from Injection teaching to the interactive teaching; from tyranny of teaching to democracy of teaching; from traditional test to the diversification test ; from positive education to the education not avoiding the dark side of the society.


For enterprises to be able to use information and communication technologies with guarantees, it is necessary to have an adequate security management available. This requires that enterprises always know their current maturity level and to what extend their security must evolve. Current maturity models are showing us that they are inefficient in small and medium size enterprises since these enterprises have a series of additional problems when implementing security management systems. In this paper, we will make an analysis of the maturity models oriented to security existing in the market by analysing their main disadvantages regarding small and medium size enterprises using as a reference framework ISO17799. This approach is being directly applied to real cases, thus obtaining a constant improvement in its application.


Map shows positions and routes of troops by brigade, division, battalions, and batteries; location of fortifications, buildings, roads, streets, ranches, and terrain for Mexico City and the vicinity to the south and east. Includes key to symbols and casualty statistics for the battles of Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chapultepec. Inset: "Part of the Valley of Mexico." Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:31,680].


At Queensland University of Technology, internships are offered for foreign students to familiarize with Australian education, culture and learn from other students under a supervision of an academic to gain a valuable undergraduate experience. Under the internship of a French student preliminary calculations carried out lead to development of an experimental test rig which was designed and developed to use for student experimentation and higher degree research at the Queensland University of REPORT 18(49), 2021 Indian Journal of Engineering ISSN 2319–7757 EISSN 2319–7765


Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic affects plastic waste management all over the world. Plastic wastes from the medical field, such as surgical masks and personal protective equipment are massively dumped and affected human health and environmental. There are several strategies to improve medical plastic waste management, one of them is to do recycling. A plastic shredder is a machine used for cutting plastics into smaller parts called granules or pellets. The focus of this paper is to design a shredding machine used for recycling plastic waste. The outcome of this shredding machine can be used for subsequent plastic processing machines such as extrusion and injection machines. The proposed design is prepared using 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software and uses several sources on the market to make improvements. This paper covers the design, material used, and strength analysis of the machine.


The first challenge that foreign language learners face is how to know a large amount of vocabulary and keep it to their memory. It is believed in psycholinguistics that this knowledge, which resides in what is technically known as mental lexicon or mental dictionary is very crucial for mastering a language. This paper aimed at investigating the structure of the mental lexicon of learners of English as a foreign (hereinafter EFL) who were registered for a 4-year programme of study at the Faculty of Arts in Omdurman Islamic University. Therefore, the paper examined two the retention and storage of words abilities of 64 students participated in the study. They were purposively selected from students who registered for the academic year 2013/2014. The technique of prompt words was used for data collection and analysis. The participants were given a list of ten prompt words selected from Reward pre-intermediate student book to examine how they access the words in their mental lexicon and write down as many as possible words that have any relation in a very short time between 20 to 30 seconds. This time is required to see the word on the board and decide on its relationships with other words in their mental lexicon. The knowledge of words, their associative properties and the speed at which they are located indicate a highly organized mental lexicon. Then, the participants' responses were analyzed and the resultant analysis was used to discuss to answer the major question of the paper. Finally, the paper's findings show very significant indications to the structure of the mental lexicon of the examined participants. For example, most of the participants have accesses to words in their memory paradigmatically which indicates that words are semantically stored in their memory.


The performance of the 3M 8710 dust/mist half-mask respirator was characterized in a workplace atmosphere that contained concentrations of manganese dioxide dust in the range 0.14 to 20 mg/m3 as manganese. Workplace protection factors (WPFs) were calculated from the simultaneously measured concentrations outside the respirator, Co, and inside the respirator, Ci. The WPFs, Co/Ci, were in the range 2.8 to 848. A plot of WPF versus Co indicated that for 1<Co<20 mg/m3, WPF did not have a constant value but tended to increase as Co increased. The relation could be approximated by the linear regression equation WPF=12.9+28.4 Co (r=0.77). In addition to measurements of Ci and Co, the size distribution of manganese dioxide particles was determined at different values of Co. The relation of Cp, the concentration of particles in stated particle-size groups, and Co was found to have the form Cp=A+kCo, where A and k are constants. A plausible explanation for the dependence of WPF on Co could be obtained by assuming t...


A large section of the world's population is affected by diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as "diabetes." Every year, the number of cases of DM is increasing. Diabetes has a strong genetic basis, hence it is very difficult to cure, but can be controlled with medications to prevent subsequent organ damage. Therefore, early diagnosis of diabetes is very important. In this paper, we examine how diabetes affects cardiac health, which is reflected through heart rate variability (HRV), as observed in electrocardiography (ECG) signals. Such signals provide clues for both the presence and severity of diabetes as well as diabetes-induced cardiac impairments. Heart rate (HR) is a non-linear and non-stationary signal. Thus, extracting useful information from HRV signals is a difficult task. We review several sophisticated signal processing and information extraction methods in order to establish measurable relationships between the presence and the extent of diabetes as well as the changes in the HRV signals. Furthermore, we discuss a typical range of values for several statistical, geometric, time domain, frequency domain, time–frequency, and non-linear features for HR signals from 15 normal and 15 diabetic subjects. We found that non-linear analysis is the most suitable approach to capture and analyze the subtle changes in HRV signals caused by diabetes.


Historical debate and exchange of Iranian civilization with other civilizations such as Indian and Greek in different cultural, scientific and medical areas have always been famous among the science historians. Medical education background in Iran can be divided into two general parts including the ancient Iran and also the post-Islamic era. One of the characteristics of the ancient Iran was its communication and collaboration with other medical schools at that period. The rise of Islam and its emphasis on fundamental principles led to the increasing scientific development of Islamic society in all the areas including medical science and its unique characteristics and innovations. The most important milestone in the development of medical education in Iran after the fundamental measures taken by some famous characters in Qajar age was the victory of Islamic revolution which was commenced by innovative formation of ministry of health and medical education in 1985. Although only some of the physicians and famous scientists in medical science and Islamic and Iranian culture and civilization areas have been mentioned herein, it should be mentioned that this group of the scientific society of the country have always been the leader of quantitative and qualitative improvement and sustainable development of medical education in Iran by defending the values of the system and by relying on Islamic fundamental values.


Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is the fundamental software system that supports the interpretation and execution of Java bytecode. To support the surging performance demands for the increasingly complex and large-scale Java programs, Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler was proposed to perform sophisticated runtime optimization. However, this inevitably induces various bugs, which are becoming more pervasive over the decades and can often cause significant consequences. To facilitate the design of effective and efficient testing techniques to detect JIT compiler bugs. This study first performs a preliminary study aiming to understand the characteristics of JIT compiler bugs and the corresponding triggering test cases. Inspired by the empirical findings, we propose JOpFuzzer, a new JVM testing approach with a specific focus on JIT compiler bugs. The main novelty of JOpFuzzer is embodied in three aspects. First, besides generating new seeds, JOpFuzzer also searches for diverse configurations along the new dimension of optimization options. Second, JOpFuzzer learns the correlations between various code features and different optimization options to guide the process of seed mutation and option exploration. Third, it leverages the profile data, which can reveal the program execution information, to guide the fuzzing process. Such nov-elties enable JOpFuzzer to effectively and efficiently explore the two-dimensional input spaces. Extensive evaluation shows that JOpFuzzer outperforms the state-of-the-art approaches in terms of the achieved code coverages. More importantly, it has detected 41 bugs in OpenJDK, and 25 of them have already been confirmed or fixed by the corresponding developers.


DiPOLE is a concept for a large aperture gas-cooled cryogenic multislab DPSSL amplifier based on ceramic Yb:YAG. It is designed to amplify ns-pulses at multi-Hz repetition rates and is scalable up the kJ-level. The concept was first tested on a small scale prototype which has so far produced 7.4 J at 10 Hz, with the aim of reaching 10 J at an optical-to-optical efficiency of 25 %. The design of an additional amplifier stage producing 100 J at 10 Hz is underway. When used to pump short-pulse Ti:S or OPCPA systems, PW peak power levels can be produced at repetition rates and efficiencies that lie orders of magnitude above what is achievable today.


Field experiments with sticky traps in South Australia demonstrated that crawlers and males of Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.) were carried up to 312 m by the wind from a scale-infested lemon orchard. Generally, the numbers of scales trapped decreased with increasing height from ground level to 2.7 m, but the distribution of trap numbers at ground level or close to the vegetation was not consistent. Trap numbers decreased rapidly with increasing distance from the source to 19.5 m, then more slowly from 19.5 to 312 m. A linear regression of the logarithms of the trap catches against the square root of distance was shown to describe satisfactorily the density-distance relation for crawlers, males and mature females for distances up to 19.5 m. The use of potted lemon trees as traps demonstrated that crawlers carried by the wind are able to establish themselves on a suitable food-plant following dispersal.


The stabilization of formate and acetate surface species on Pd(111) has been studied by temperature-programmed desorption and infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS). In addition to the previously reported stabilization of carboxylate species by the pre-adsorption of oxygen, an even bigger stabilizing effect was observed upon the adsorption of carbon monoxide onto formate- and acetate-covered surfaces. The presence of carbon monoxide delays the decomposition of carboxylate species by blocking surrounding sites. Proper use of co-adsorbed species could help to improve selectivity or activity in heterogeneous catalytic reactions.


We consider nonparametric Bayesian estimation and prediction for nonhomogeneous Poisson process models with unknown intensity functions. We propose a class of improper priors for intensity functions. Nonparametric Bayesian inference with kernel mixture based on the class improper priors is shown to be useful, although improper priors have not been widely used for nonparametric Bayes problems. Several theorems corresponding to those for finite-dimensional independent Poisson models hold for nonhomogeneous Poisson process models with infinite-dimensional parameter spaces. Bayesian estimation and prediction based on the improper priors are shown to be admissible under the Kullback–Leibler loss. Numerical methods for Bayesian inference based on the priors are investigated.


The accounting expert system and the accounting expert witness system are the main content involving economic litigation case support under the common law and civil law;the organic combination of the two systems can well overcome their defects.China adopts the litigation support system based on the accounting expert system and supplemented by the accounting expert witness system,which can effectively make up the inadequacy of the accounting expert systems,so that the accounting evidences can be confirmed with each other to improve the credibility of the impartiality of the law and truly reflect and improve the litigation efficiency.In order to make the integration of the accounting expert system and the accounting expert witnesses system play a better role,some of the issues should be improved or regulated on the legal level,such as the legal status and applicability of the accounting expert witness for the case,conclusions of cross-examination,the legal responsibility of the accounting expert,the qualification requirements on accounting experts and accounting expert witnesses and so on.


This paper studied the lime-fly ash bound macadam mixed with 20∶80 proportions of lime fly-ash and aggregates which is often used in construction projects,analyzed the impacts of the fine aggregate content to the unconfined compressive strength,modulus of compressive resilience and dry shrinkage property with various lime content and is showed that lime-fly ash bound macadam reached the desirable strength property and had good effect on avoiding shrinkage when the fine aggregate of 2.36 mm or under made up about 10% of the material.Therefore,it is concluded that lime-fly ash bound macadam with desirable property,replacing fine aggregates is achievable,and at the same time,resistance to water erosion is improved effectively.


An epidemic of typhoid fever occurred in a migrant labor camp some 15 miles south of Miami, Florida in February 1973. It was the largest reported outbreak of typhoid fever in the United States in the last 30 years. Epidemiological data revealed that an 11-year-old retarded girl was the index case, and that her disease was contracted from a carrier living next door. Spread occurred via a faulty well, chlorinator, and sewerage system in the camp. During a period of approximately three weeks, over 300 patients were hospitalized with suspected typhoid. Of this number, 147 were children under 13 years of age.


This paper provides a history and overview of the field of human information behavior, including recent advances in the field and multidisciplinary perspectives.


Objective: This study purports to investigate causes of the old-the old abuse and psychological and social changes of abusers after intervention. Methods: To collect the data, nine relevant cases were selected from the casebook of the elder abuse protection agency in G-city of Korea, and among those cases, five cases (abusers) were selected to conduct in-depth interviews. To analyze the qualitative data, the basis theory was utilized. Results: The results showed that causes of the abuse were derived from several factors including personality traits and behavioral patterns of abusers as well as negative relational issues in the old-the old abuse. In addition, psychosocial changes after intervention highlighted the will to change and improve the familiar relationship. Contrastingly, there were cases with inactive response and low motivation to change despite effective intervention provided. Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, practical and policy implications were suggested.


We investigated the mechanism of metal–organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) growth for InGaN by comparing experimental and simulation results. The simulation results showed a similar trend to the experimental results. Therefore, the simulation system can be used to speculate on physical and chemical phenomena through the behavior of precursors. InGaN growth is largely affected by the amounts of both trimethylindium (TMIn) and NH3 supplied. This is because InN growth is dependent on the amount of NH2 physisorbed on a surface, which is generated by NH3. Moreover, the decomposition of crystallized InN and the desorption of these decomposed precursors of InN during growth cannot be ignored.


ABSTRACT Numerical studies of fluid and heat flows in a sealed rotating annulus having a heated outer cylinder and a cooled inner cylinder are performed. Flow is induced by buoyancy in the centrifugal field and affected by the Coriolis force. We focus on the heat transfer efficiencies characterized by correlations of Nusselt number with Rayleigh number ( Nu ∼ Raγ); however, the flow structures are also discussed. We begin with a discussion of recent progress in Rayleigh-Bénard convection. Its connection to the rotating annulus systems used in the current study are then described. We hope to present a clearer picture of free-convective heat transfer in enclosures by comparing and interpreting results from various systems. Typical values for γ vary between 1/5 and 1/2 inclusive.


Background: Commercially available human placental amnion/chorion tissue allografts have been successfully used as protective treatment barriers for wounds and diabetic ulcers. Burn and traumatic limb injuries with exposed bone or tendon generally require surgical flaps or amputations for healing. The purpose of this study was to determine if dehydrated human amnion/ chorion membrane allografts (dHACM) with decellularized human collagen matrix (dHCM) could be used to salvage injured human extremities. Methods and Materials: dHACM/dHCM was topically applied to the wounds after debridement. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) was concurrently initiated, primarily to bolster the tissue with moisture and contamination control. Approximately every seven days, wounds were re-evaluated for granulation tissue growth response. As needed, patients received dHACM/ dHCM and NPWT in the outpatient or home care settings after discharge. Results: Fifteen males and two females (26 extremities) were treated for fourteen burn and three Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections (NSTI) injuries. Closure was observed in patients after two to five dHACM/dHCM applications. The dHACM/dHCM treatment was initiated: (median) 17-days after injury; NPWT for 17-days; autograft or primary closure after 21-days; discharge 25-days after the first application. Conclusion: Treatment with human placental-derived allografts provided a protective covering that enabled the healing cascade to generate granulation tissue formation in extremity wounds with exposed tendon and/or bone. In select limb salvage cases, dHACM/dHCM treatment may be a promising alternative to amputations, tissue rearrangements, free tissue flaps or other techniques for resolution of extremity wounds with bone and tendon exposure.


Carica papaya is a polygamous diploid plant species with three basic sex types; male, female and hermaphrodite. Rouging unwanted male plants from female and dioecious papaya plantings is a cumbersome procedure usually followed in papaya cultivation. Dioecious nature of papaya is one of the major constraints for papaya for large-scale cultivation. The present study deals with identification of molecular and morphological markers like leaf markers and rate of growth at juvenile/ seedling stage for different sex types and their evaluation at flowering stage in five varieties of papaya namely Ratna, Washington, Honeydew, CO6, and CO2. It was found that based on the leaf morphology and rate of growth, male and female seedlings could be identified at seedling stage. The study indicated that the seedlings start with single lobed leaves and  differentiates into three and five lobed leaves. The three lobed leaves are predominant in males and five lobed leaves in females. Leaf morphology and rate of growth at seedling stage has been exploited in identifying the presumptive males and female seedlings at juvenile seedling stage  (60-75cm height). Identification of sex types at seedling stage is the first report and has great impact on economic returns to farmers /  horticulturists. The above results were confirmed through RAPD (Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA) for different sex types and at flowering stage in field. This is the significant contribution for the field of horticulture,  which has great impact on economic returns to farmers.


The word Christ is a Greek translation of the Hebrew Messiah, "the Anointed One;" in the Old Testament it regularly referred to the king of Israel; and in New Testament times it would naturally mean the long-hoped-for king who should deliver the Jewish people from the Roman yoke and make them the sovereign nation of the world. How shall we relate the life of Jesus to such ideas ? No biblical problem has, in recent years, so occupied the attention of German scholars as this. It is significant that the most famous of Old Testament students, Wellhausen, and the most distinguished church historian, Harnack, should both be devoting themselves now to the study of the gospels. The credibility of the gospels as historical sources is undergoing a fire of destructive criticism which leaves nothing untouched. So also most divergent views regarding the person of Jesus are being championed. In all this discussion attention has been focused on the messiahship of Jesus. Did he really come before men as the Christ, the Messiah? Did he so regard himself ? It is the purpose of my paper to follow the shuttle-like movement of this German discussion as it goes from one extreme to the other, and to give an estimate of the fabric of opinion that is being woven. The traditional view regards Jesus as consciously the Messiah from the beginning. John the Baptist recognized him as such. The first disciples came to him fully assured of his messiahship,' and the opponents of Jesus began at once to contest his messianic claims. This traditional view rests on the Gospel according to John, and could not survive the historical attacks on that gospel. It is becoming more and more certain that the Fourth Gospel must be regarded as an interpretation of the person of Jesus rather than as a historical presentation. Such conservative scholars as Dr. Drummond recognize in it a large


The possible involvement of target membrane specific receptor(s) in the transmission of the neural signal leading to activation of the intracellular machinery involved in the process of neural determination, has been examined using lectin probes (Con A, succinylated-ConA, LcA, PsA and SBA). Not only Con A binding sites but many different glycoconjugated molecules (α-Dgalactose, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, α-D-fucose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, etc.) would have to be involved, if neural receptor(s) are invoked to explain initiation of neural induction. We show here that the close involvement of such receptor molecules in neural induction is so far hypothetical and remains to be demonstrated. Moreover we are inclined to the view of Barth and others who suggested that ionic fluxes and physicochemical and electrophysiological properties of the target membrane could play a crucial role in neural induction.


SHREDDER SHREDDER SIZE HELICOIDALE. THE MILL INCLUDES TWO FLOORS GRINDING 8, 4 BUNK IN WHICH ARE AGENCIES FOUR spline shafts 19, 20, 27, 28, BEARING CROWNS serrated 21 IN UPSTAIRS 8 AND 29 IN THE FLOOR 4. CROWNS, EACH FLOOR, OVERLAPPED THOSE OF OTHER TREE OF THE SAME FLOOR AND ARE OFFSET aNGULARLY TREE ON THEIR RESPECTIVE SO THAT DEFINE THEIR TEETH NOT A SPIRAL IN THE SAME WAY THAT ROTATION OF TREES. CROWNS ARE LESS THAN 29 TWICE AS THIN AND TURN TWO TIMES FASTER THAN CROWN ABOVE 21. GRINDING APPLICATION AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE OR REFUSE.


the goal of this work is to present the simpler reduced instruction set computing (RISC) Super Harvard architecture. This architecture will support general purpose computing as well as artificial neural network (ANN) acceleration. The multiply and accumulate (MAC) operation is frequently used to compute a generic artificial neuron. The design optimizes the frequently used MAC Operation. The architecture is presented using Very High Speed Integrated Circuits Hardware Description Language (VHDL). The architecture is implemented using Xilinx ISE 14.7 IDE for Xilinx Spartan 6 series FPGA family. The simulation results are analyzed in terms of: operating frequency, resource utilization, instruction throughput.


Mobile IPv6 is one of method can keep Mobile node`s session. To solve legacy Mobile IPv4`s triangular routing problem, in Mobile IPv6, Mobile Node could directly communicate with Correspond node by Binding Update. But, attacker could interfere Return Routability Procedure that is Correspond node check Home address and Care of address reachable. At this result, Attacker is able to hijack Session to correspond node from Mobile node. In This paper, We propose new Binding Update scheme for solving that problem. Our approach is that MN gives association both home token and care of token using onewayness of keyed hash fuction. From security and performance analysis, we can see that proposed binding Update Scheme can achieve stronger security than legacy scheme and at the same time requires minimal computational overhead.


Abstract Loneliness has been recognized as a risk factor for cognitive decline (CD) in older adults. However, how loneliness "gets under the skin" to influence CD has been conceptually proposed but rarely empirically examined. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether cardiovascular and kidney biomarkers mediate the longitudinal association between loneliness and CD. We used the cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) to examine the hypothesized relationships with 2006, 2010 and 2014 waves of data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Loneliness is measured with 3-item UCLA loneliness scale. Cognitive health was assessed using the total cognition score. Biomarkers considered including HbA1C, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, CRP, and Cystatin C. Among all five biomarkers examined, HbA1c significantly mediated the longitudinal association between loneliness and CD. The other biomarkers examined did not mediate the relationship between loneliness and CD. The study findings show loneliness might affect CD through elevating HbA1C levels.


Tinospora cordifolia Miers. and Centella asiatica Linn. were screened for their putative antistress activity in a battery of experiments. Ethanol extracts of both drugs at 100 mg/kg exhibited significant antistress activity in all the parameters studied, compared with diazepam at 2.5 mg/kg.


A comparison between usual angle‐dependent x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy/Auger electron spectroscopy and a recently developed evaluation procedure based on analysis of the near peak spectral region is presented. The latter procedure is based on the theoretical description of the energy/angular distribution of an arbitrary sample in which the so‐called partial escape distributions play a central role. These quantities describe the probability that a signal electron generated in a certain depth interval escapes from the surface with a direction in a certain angular interval after experiencing a certain number of inelastic scattering processes. Using model data to compare the two approaches it was found that analysis of a rather small energy region in the vicinity of the peak recorded at two emission angles (0° and 60° relative to the surface normal) suffices to restore the entire specimen depth profile. In contrast, the usual angle‐resolved techniques, based on peak areas or heights only, need to be reco...


While $O(n^3)$ methods for parsing probabilistic context-free grammars (PCFGs) are well known, a tabular parsing framework for arbitrary PCFGs which naturally allows top-down, bottom-up, and other strategies, corresponding to active chart parsing for CFGs, has not yet been provided. This paper presents such an algorithm, and shows its correctness and advantages over prior work. The paper finishes by bringing out the connections between the algorithm and work on hypergraphs, which permits us to extend the presented Viterbi (best parse) algorithm to an inside (total probability) algorithm.


Based on the experimentally-found existence of two superconducting gaps in MgB2 (one gap associated to the boron σ-states and the other to the boron π-states), the different contributions to the transport properties, electrical conductivity and Hall coefficient were studied using the full potential-linearized augmented plane wave method and the generalized gradient approximation. Four different relaxation times were needed to adjust the electrical conductivity and Hall coefficient to experimental values. MgB2 doping was analysed in the rigid band approximation; this permitted a detailed study of the partial substitution of magnesium for aluminium (Mg1−xAlxB2). Other substitutions such as AB2 (A = Be, Sc, Zr, Nb and Ta) are also discussed. The MgB2 σ-bands (boron σ-states), which are associated to the large gap, are very anisotropic at EF, while the π bands have very little anisotropic character. In Mg1−xAlxB2, Tc diminishes with Al content; the other compounds are not superconductors or have a low Tc. In this work it was found that with electron doping, such as Al substitution, the σ-band conductivity decreases and the corresponding bands become less anisotropic. The σ-band contribution for BeB2 and ScB2 at EF is very small and the anisotropy is much lower. For Zr, Nb and Ta there are no σ-bands at EF. These results give a clear connection between superconductivity and the character of the σ-band, band conductivity, and band anisotropy. This gives a plausible explanation for the diminution of Tc with different doping of MgB2.


Steel pipes and rectangular profiles heated during heat treatment in bundles, due to the geometrical structure, constitute a specific group of porous charge [1]. Basic and yet distinctive feature of this type of charge is significant porosity, associated with considerable participation of the gas phase. This is shown in Figure 1, depicting a view of the pipe and rectangular profile bundles. The solid phase occupies only a small part of the volume of the bundles. The total porosity of the charge being discussed can be divided into external and internal. Therefore, it can be seen that it is a charge of mixed porosity. The external porosity is associated with the occurrence of voids between the individual elements forming the bundle. The share of the porosity largely depends on the shape of elements themselves. Moreover, it is dependent on the method of arrangement of the elements in the bundle that determines the degree of its packing. The external porosity of the packed bundles of rectangular profiles is in the range of 1÷2%, and results from the existence of narrow gaps between the adjacent profiles which existence is a consequence of the lack of their straightness. For packed bundles of pipes this parameter is approximately 21%. For bundles of lesser compaction external porosity can exceed 30%. In turn, the internal porosity of those type of bundles of pipes or profiles is constant as it depends only on the ratio of the internal volume of the elements to their total volume. For thin-walled components the value of internal porosity exceeds even 85% [2]. A R C H I V E S O F M E T A L L U R G Y A N D M A T E R I A L S


A fabric analysis of calcite and dolomite in the Loch Shin limestone is described. The observed phenomena of twinning are consistent with those recently produced by experimental deformation of these minerals.


The dry and water shortage city in northwest of our country is researched in this paper,which discusses the necessity of water environment construction of dry and water shortage city,analyzes water resources situation and characteristic of water shortage city,and proposes an construction mode that put the reuse of rainwater and wastewater as recharge water resources of dry and water shortage city,combined with the perspective and new ideas of urban design explored with the development of modern city.


The Zhenzheng lun by Xuanyi: A Buddhist Apologetic Scripture of Tang China, by Thomas Jülch. Routledge. 2019. VII-216. Hb $140. ISBN-13: 9780367182854.


: One of the areas of economic security is information security, which implies the implementation of effective information and analytical support for the economic activities of the enterprise. Now, more than ever, it is relevant to ensure the information security of companies, since every year the growth of information security violations is increasing exponentially. In the age of information technology and the daily development of new methods of stealing information, it is necessary to pay full attention to the issue of protecting information of commercial enterprises. To do this, it is necessary to clearly define the legal norms for the protection of secrets, as well as a system of control over the protection of commercial secrets and its nondisclosure.


One reason that some managers and executives out‐perform others in their organisations is their problem solving skill. I refer here not just to their ability to solve technical and financial problems, but to the very specific skill of people problem solving. People problems abound in the world of business. People don't do what they said they would do; they arrive late to work or they don't come at all. People make mistakes; they don't do things right the first time, or the second time, and what's worse they don't seem to care about it. People providing service to customers or internal users are rude, abusive and slow; the outputs of their work do not conform to requirements, and are not fit for use by anyone.


In this project, we have aimed to design a fully voice controlled robot which can work round the clock as an assistant in hospitals. The intention was to design a cost-effective robot which can work in the absence of a nurse, thus reducing overload on workers or solving staff shortage situations. This robot is also energy efficient and does not consume so much of power. The design chosen for the robot is such that it can move freely for its size and have user-friendly features for a hospital and patient to take care of his/her needs.


Accurate infrared spectra of the two hydroxycarbene isomers are computed by diagonalizing the Watson Hamiltonian including up to four mode couplings using full dimensional potential energy and dipole moment surfaces calculated at the CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ (frozen core) and CCSD6-311G(**) (all electrons correlated) levels, respectively. Anharmonic corrections are found to be very important for these elusive higher-energy isomers of formaldehyde. Both the energy levels and intensities of stretching fundamentals and all overtone transitions are strongly affected by anharmonic couplings between the modes. The results for trans-HCOHHCOD are in excellent agreement with the recently reported IR spectra, which validates our predictions for the cis-isomers.


This project is designed to improve listening and speaking skills in students of the eight level who use Free Style text book.This project is a systematization, which contains learning games and dongs developed for each unit


The pluralist theory of Policy Network assumes that in modern government policy-making is split into different policy networks where groups influence decisions. The literature regarding the role of interest groups in EU decision-making argues, on the one hand, that interest groups influence decisions as they provide information and expert knowledge to the EU; on the other hand, it argues that potential influence by the interest groups is compromised by the EU's multi-level decision-making system. The question answered in this thesis is: Which interest group is the most influential in the EU's alcohol policy? And what does this mean for EU's alcohol policy? The thesis focuses on the interaction between the EU Commission and two EU level interest groups with competing interests in the alcohol policy area between 1990 and 2005. They are: European Council for Alcohol Research Rehabilitation and Education (Eurocare), an umbrella organization of public health groups, and an organization funded by European alcohol producers, The Amsterdam Group (TAG), now known as the European Forum for Responsible Drinking (EFRD). TAG mainly advocates for alcohol policy continuity whereas Eurocare largely pushes for alcohol policy change. Four contentious alcohol policy issues are examined; alcohol advertising; alcohol taxation countermeasures against drinking and driving as well as the focus of alcohol policies. The result is then compared with the EU's decision outcome on those four alcohol policy issues. The study found that TAG was more influential in the European Union's alcohol policy as its interests coincide with institutionalized interests of the EU where employment and economic growth take precedence over public health considerations. It is concluded that public health considerations play a smaller role in EU's alcohol policy.


The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions and experiences of secondary school staff with regard to adolescent self-harm. The research was conducted in a Local Authority where there were particular concerns about rising numbers of young people presenting with self-harm.
While the majority of young people who self-harm are supported in the community and never access clinical services, surprisingly little research has considered the role of schools and their staff. The research that has been done suggests that school staff can feel underqualified and overwhelmed in their attempts to support young people who self-harm. Further, there is a growing evidence base that when young people experience negative attitudes towards self-harm it is distressing and reduces the chance of them seeking further help.
To address this, qualitative exploratory research was conducted with thirteen members of staff working in secondary schools. Since the research was concerned not just with experiences, but also with perceptions of adolescent self-harm, the participants were from two groups: those with direct experience of supporting young people who have self-harmed and those without any direct experience. Data collection involved individual semi-structured interviews which were analysed using thematic analysis.
The research indicated that secondary school staff are keen to help and understand young people who self-harm, but that they do not always feel skilled or confident enough to do so, often feeling that some kind of specialist is required and/or fearing that they might make a situation worse. Findings highlighted the emotional impact of this work and illustrated the importance of supporting staff, who expressed a desire for further training and other forms of professional support such as supervision.


Center-biased fast motion estimation algorithms, e.g., block-based gradient descent search and diamond search, can perform much better than coarse-to-fine search algorithms, such as 2-D logarithmic search and three-step search. The latter type of algorithms, however, is more suitable for handling large motion content. To combine the advantages of both types of algorithms, an adaptive algorithm performing search patterns switching (SPS) is proposed in this paper. The proposed SPS algorithm classifies the motion content of a block using a simple yet efficient motion content classifier called error descent rate. Unlike other classifiers with heavy overhead, this classifier requires only the searching of a few points in the search window and then a division operation. Experimental results show that the proposed SPS algorithm is very robust.


The embodiment of the invention provides a method for manufacturing a split gate. The method comprises the steps of forming trenches in a substrate, and forming a first gate, an inter-gate insulating layer and a second gate in the trenches, wherein the inter-gate insulating layer is disposed on the first gate, and the second gate is disposed on the inter-gate insulating layer. The formation of the inter-gate insulating layer in the trenches includes the steps of forming a first insulating layer on the surfaces of the first gate and the substrate by a high-density plasma deposition method, forming a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer by an atmospheric-pressure chemical vapor deposition method, and etching the second insulating layer and the first insulating layer to form the inter-gate insulating layer in the trenches.


new syllabi for Junior and Leaving Certificates. The issues she refers to and raises are contemporary in the true sense of being timely as evidenced by the emergence of a debate about the State's responsibility to supply school places for both Irish and immigrant children and the mission of the Catholic Church to maintain its ethos and evangelization in and through the formal educational forum. Referring to the role of teachers as religious educators she concludes: 'If we expect teachers of RE to be catechists and to see their job as one of ministry, then the numbers of candidates who can sincerely accept that ministry will be very small. Perhaps it is then safer for the church to stop expecting teachers to be witnesses to what it preaches, if that is to make hypocrites out of many teachers, and to accept that a less faith-based programme in schools will at least allow those teachers to teach without being hypocritical, in a manner that nevertheless awakens students to the meaning of morality.' Twomey turns to Thomas More's 'Great Matter' in his treatment of the theme of conscience. After telling the virtues of More's life and death, he turns to the writings of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger to touch 'the core of the mystery of conscience' which is thematized through the English martyr's understanding of truth, as this unfolded both in his Utopia and in his death as 'a witness to the truth (the definition of a martyr).' Twomey concludes: 'Because More's own "great matter" was truth, or rather conscience understood as the primordial sensorium of truth, he could not only forgive his enemies but sincerely pray that those who condemned him would one day repent—and that they would finally recognise the truth so that they would all be merry together in heaven.' Presenting a cross-section of the interests and concerns of the contributors this book both represents and reflects on many of the themes and topics that Hannon treated in the course of his professorial and professional activities. Twomey's acknowledgement of Hannon's 'unique backgrounds in English literature and legal studies,' however, serves to underscore the lack of specific contributions covering the domains of both law and literature and their intersection(s) with moral theology, as such would have imaginatively complemented and completed this corpus. Finally, this book serves to highlight the need and call for an exploration of the discourse of moral theology itself in the Irish context. KEVIN O'GORMAN SMA Milltown Institute, Dublin


Psychological characteristics of students' adaptation as conditions for their preparation for a future professional career are revealed in the article. Components of the social psychological adaptation of students, contributing to formation of readiness to build a professional career, are substantiated. Main directions in promotion of this type of readiness in the teaching process in the university are identified. A program for development of social psychological adaptation of students and their psychological readiness to build a future effective professional career is presented. Experimental data features of development of social and psychological adaptation of students and their psychological readiness for building an effective professional career during university training process are shown. More attention should be paid to the formation of the personality adaptation characteristics of future staff to create such a social psychological environment. Social psychological adaptation involves the adoption of the rules and laws of a particular organization, the ability to adapt to new conditions. Social psychological adaptation implies the individual readiness to establish interpersonal and business relationships with colleagues, the adoption of values and group norms of behavior. Many students are concerned about the creation of their own career development project at almost all stages of university education, regardless of the profession specifics they get. The future employee will have to get acquainted with the interaction peculiarities in the organization, determine the significance of each employee in the activity process, and be included in the formal and informal groups. © 2019 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK


We propose a novel Variable-Delay Window ADC (VDWADC) design for digitally-controlled switched-mode dc-dc converters. In conventional Window ADCs based on the voltage-controlled delay line, the input voltage supplies the delay line. Thus, the conversion speed slows down when the input voltage decreases. The VDWADC is based on delay lines whose supply voltages are independent of the supply voltage. Hence, when the input voltage decreases, the conversion speed does not slow down. The VDWADC is simulated using 180 nm CMOS process and a supply voltage of 1.8 V. It achieves a quantization step of 0.05 V, or equivalently, a resolution of ~5.2 bits.


Since its introduction in 1978 ureteral stents become an essential part of urologic practice [1]. Double J ureteral stent is being used in various urological and non -urological surgeries. Indications for double J ureteric stents placement is to negotiate the obstruction and maintain adequate drainage from kidneys, help in localization and ureteral injuries during various gynecological and general surgical procedures and as an adjunctive procedure to Extra Corporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) [2]. Double J stent insertion is also not without complications; various intra and post-operative complications related to double J stent have been mentioned in the literature. Management of forgotten double J ureteral stents is also important for the surgeon's prospect due to its medico-legal implications. This article highlights on unique complication of forgotten DJ stent and its endourological management and preventive measures to avoid devastating complications.


A kind of ionic reactive surfactant sodium sulfopropyl-laurylmaleate (M12) was synthesized which is used as not only the emulsifier but also the initiator to prepare polystyrene nanoparticles in ultrasonically irradiated emulsion polymerization. The FT-IR spectrum of product indicated that copolymer P(S-M12) is prepared and the composition of M12 elevates with the increase concentration of M12 added. The molecular weight, particle morphology and particle size were investigated by GPC and TEM. It shows that the P(S-M12) with high molecular weight (10~6) and the nanoparticles with small diameters (20 nm~45 nm) are prepared. Studies on influence factors of the polymerization reaction indicated that the polymerization rate is improved with the increase of M12 concentration, ultrasonic power output, temperature and velocity of N_2 flow, and the decrease of the monomer concentration.


The aim of the paper is to simulate the brain nervous system based on complex networks. Complex networks provides a new view for brain network, and the brain nervous system can be abstracted to a network. In this paper we delineate the simulation process to brain nervous system by complex network and computer algorithm. By the logical definition, we can abstract the node and edge to set up the brain nervous system networks with the different algorithms. The simulation results imply that it is feasible to simulate brain nervous system network based on complex networks with brain anatomical and functional architectures. © 2014 Elixir All rights reserved ARTIC LE INF O Article h istory: Received: 6 February 2014; Received in revised form: 15 March 2014; Accepted: 23 March 2014;


Four different diselenide-crosslinked polyethylenimine(PEISeSe) were successfully prepared by changing the dosage of cross-linker and reaction time. The influence of cross-linking level on the DNA condensation,proton buffer capacity and transfection efficiency were investigated. The results indicated that the proton buffer capacity of PEISeSe was reduced with cross-linking level. All of the polycations could efficiently condense DNA into spherical particles with diameter of 150 nm at m(PEISeSe)/m(DNA) = 8. Moreover, diselenide bonds were easily cleaved in the presence of DTT. Cell culture results indicated that by adding chloroquine to exclude the limitation of lysosome escape,PEISeSe showed decreased cell cytotoxicity and efficient transfection. The proper reason was that the intracellular cleavage of diselenide bonds facilitated DNA release and nuclear entry. The diselenide-crosslinked polycations had promising potential in redox-sensitive gene delivery.


Microwave photonic cancellation notch filters have been shown capable of achieving ultra-high suppressions, making them an attractive candidate for on-chip signal processing. Their operation, based on destructive interference in the electrical domain, requires precise control of the phase and amplitude of the optical modulation sidebands. To date, this was attainable only through the use of dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators which suffer from bias drifts that prevent stable filter operation. Here we propose a new cancellation filter topology with ease of control and enhanced stability using a bias-free phase modulator and a reconfigurable optical processor as the modulation sidebands spectral shaper.


Highly SERS-active substrates can be prepared by heating a discontinuous gold film (thickness about 5 nm) on ordered bowl templates. Nanoparticles (about 20 nm) will uniformly locate on the inner surface of the bowls with an interparticle distance of about 5 nm after heating the discontinuous gold membrane, which is quite different from the morphology of annealing a continuous gold film (>10 nm) (a nanodot array will be obtained in this case). The dewetting process for continuous and discontinuous gold films is discussed. The main difference between the dewetting processes of continuous and discontinuous gold membranes on bowl templates are the hole nucleation sites. For a continuous gold membrane, hole nucleation first takes place at the edge of the bowl. However, hole nucleation emerges uniformly in the discontinuous gold film. This study deepens our understanding of the influence of film thickness on the dewetting process.


This section covers ML and automated assistance systems for crowd control. ML-based artificial intelligence (AI) lets software programmes enhance prediction accuracy without being designed to. ML techniques forecast correct output using past data. The next step towards truly automated beings is to develop methods for understanding and managing the currently pervasive community info gadgets since data is so important. In this part, we'll discuss ML's automatic crowd control. Data availability is expanding learning for application across sectors. Computer vision has helped medical diagnosis, data presentation and processing, science, and research. Computer hardware, electronics, internet content, and cyber security have used these methods. The machine learning-based automatic assistance system for efficient cored management can now be concluded.


Abstract. The atmospheric oxidation of dimethyl sulfide (DMS)
represents a major natural source of atmospheric sulfate aerosols. However,
there remain large uncertainties in our understanding of the underlying
chemistry that governs the product distribution and sulfate yield from DMS
oxidation. Here, chamber experiments were conducted to simulate gas-phase
OH-initiated oxidation of DMS under a range of reaction conditions. Most
importantly, the bimolecular lifetime (τbi) of the peroxy radical
CH3SCH2OO was varied over several orders of magnitude, enabling
the examination of the role of peroxy radical isomerization reactions on
product formation. An array of analytical instruments was used to measure
nearly all sulfur-containing species in the reaction mixture, and results
were compared with a near-explicit chemical mechanism. When relative
humidity was low, "sulfur closure" was achieved under both high-NO (τbi<0.1 s) and low-NO (τbi>10 s)
conditions, though product distributions were substantially different in the
two cases. Under high-NO conditions, approximately half the product sulfur
was in the particle phase, as methane sulfonic acid (MSA) and sulfate, with
most of the remainder as SO2 (which in the atmosphere would eventually
oxidize to sulfate or be lost to deposition). Under low-NO conditions,
hydroperoxymethyl thioformate (HPMTF, HOOCH2SCHO), formed from
CH3SCH2OO isomerization, dominates the sulfur budget over the
course of the experiment, suppressing or delaying the formation of SO2
and particulate matter. The isomerization rate constant of
CH3SCH2OO at 295 K is found to be 0.13±0.03 s−1, in
broad agreement with other recent laboratory measurements. The rate
constants for the OH oxidation of key first-generation oxidation products
(HPMTF and methyl thioformate, MTF) were also determined (kOH+HPMTF=2.1×10-11 cm3 molec.−1 s−1, kOH+MTF=1.35×10-11 cm3 molec.−1 s−1). Product measurements
agree reasonably well with mechanistic predictions in terms of total sulfur
distribution and concentrations of most individual species, though the
mechanism overpredicts sulfate and underpredicts MSA under high-NO
conditions. Lastly, results from high-relative-humidity conditions suggest efficient
heterogenous loss of at least some gas-phase products.


Localization and mapping are two of the most central tasks when it comes toautonomous robots. It has often been performed using expensive, accurate sensorsbut the fast development of consumer elect ...


A high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) protocol was developed for the determination of diphenylamine (DPA). Four productions of DPA were selected for qualitative assay and the peak area of the main product ion for quantitation. By means of separation using an Agilent Extend-C18 column (CA, USA) (150 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) with methanol-water (90:10) as the mobile phase, DPA was detected by electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry in positive mode. The linearity of the peak area versus concentration ranged 5-500 ng/mL, r 2 = 0.9978. The limit of detection (S/N =3) of this method was 0.3 ng/mL. This method is applicable for the determination of DPA in gunshot residue.


Objective To explore the ways to reduce radiation dose of CT-guided lung biopsy.Methods Totally 80patients who underwent CT-guided lung biopsy were randomly divided into 4groups(each n=20).Group A used 64slice CT and group B used 24slice CT,group C used special laser light for positioning and the vacuum pad fixation position with 24 slice CT,group D on the basis of group C used low kV and CARE Dose 4D.Dose-length product(DLP) was compared among 4groups.Results The mean value of DLP in group A,B,C,D was(778.73±310.79) mGy.cm,(817.80± 349.37) mGy.cm,(541.45±173.03) mGy.cm,(263.40±68.68) mGy.cm,respectively.No significant difference of DLP was found between group A and group B(P0.05),but the difference between group B and group C,group C and group D were statistical(all P0.05).Conclusion The application of precise position with low kV and CARE Dose 4Din CT-guided lung biopsy can significantly reduce radiation dose.


5522 Background: First line intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy improves survival in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Problems with IP delivery are not uncommon; in the GOG 172 study, 34% of patients discontinued IP therapy due to catheter complications. Icodextrin 4% is a high molecular weight solution for IP use, which produces a prolonged pharmacological ascites and reduces both post-surgical and post-chemotherapy adhesions. Methods: This phase I study investigated IP carboplatin in icodextrin 4% in optimally debulked EOC. Immediately post operatively, 1.5L Icodextrin 4% was infused IP. This was repeated on a weekly basis. Carboplatin was added 3-weekly, over 6 cycles. Carboplatin target AUC started at 5 mg/ml.min based on 51Cr EDTA clearance and the Calvert formula, and increased by increments of 1 mg/ml.min until dose limiting toxicity (DLT) was reached. Three to 6 patients were treated per dose level. IP fluid samples and blood samples were obtained immediately prior and after IP administration of car...


Oral motor control has been found to have a relationship with language development by,many
researchers (Alcock, 2006) and numerous studies have shown that language dysfunction and
oral motor dysfunction often occur together. In this intervention study the author investigated
the effects of an oral vibration intervention program in four preschool boys with speech
disorder. The outcome, after intervention step one and two, was assessed with an oral motor
test battery including orofacial motor control, two point discrimination, oral stereognosis,
tactile assessment, as well as speech and language tasks as word naming, sentence repetition
and non word repetition. A parent questionnaire of benefit was also administered.
Results showed positive outcomes in all areas after the completed intervention period of six
months. All four boys made improvements regarding oral stereognostic ability and orofacial
motor control and two of four boys improved on speech tasks. All the parents experienced
some benefit from the vibration therapy and most of them found it cost-beneficial


An extracellular endo-β-1,4-glucanase purified from Rhodothermus marinus was active on carboxymethyl cellulose but not on Avicel, Sigmacell 10 cellulose, granular cellulose, p-nitrophenyl-β-D-cellobioside, or 4-methylumbelliferyl-β-D-eellobioside. The hydrolysis products of carboxymethyl cellulose were glucose, cellobiose, and cellotriose, as well as a mixture of cellopentaose and larger oligosaccharides. The main degradation product of cellotriose, cellotetraose, and cellopentaose was cellobiose. The apparent monomeric molecular weight was about 49,000, and the pH optimum was at 7.0. The enzyme is the most thermostable endocellulase reported to date, retaining 50% of its activity after 3.5 h at 100°C and 80% after 16 h at 90°C.


solar cells, [ 4 ] and photonic crystals, [ 5 ] 2D hexagonal structures and 3D inverted opal (IO) structures have recently been intensively studied. In order to fabricate uniform IO structures consisting of regular arrangements of spherical void spaces surrounded by solid walls, 2D and 3D colloidal crystals consisting of a regular arrangement of uniform spherical particles are required. To date, a number of techniques to assemble colloidal particles into 2D and 3D opals have been developed: 3D colloidal crystals have been fabricated by sedimentation, [ 6 ] convective assembly, [ 7 ] and electrophoretic deposition, [ 8 ] while 2D colloidal crystals are produced by confi ned convective assembly. [ 9 ] Generally, 2D colloidal crystals have been used to fabricate 2D structures through edge spreading lithography, [ 10 ] colloidal masking, and templating while 3D colloidal crystals have been independently utilized to construct 3D structures through infi ltration and templating. [ 11 , 12 ]


We cant lose our humanistic spirits,we cant lose our traditional culture,and we cant lose the soul of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).The four basic traits such as holistic thought,image thought,monism thought and complicated thought,which are contained in the TCM theory,can be disclosed on the basis of the close relationship between TCM and traditional Chinese culture.The academic thoughts and system composed of above mentioned traits contribute to the advantages of TCM theory,which show up in the collision of orient culture and western culture.The system theory thought,complicated science thought,ecological thought and synergistic thought contribute to the traits of TCM theory,and determine its developing tendency.We should get rid of the thinking mode of pure positivism,and we should go back to the headstream of TCM theory according to the inherent law of academic development of TCM.The theoretical achievement of TCM should be created with its theoretical forms;thus,the inherent storage capacity of leaming could be increased.We should firmly grasp the academic main body of TCM,and realize the Thought Ego,and stand superiorly on our own legs.We should grasp the relation to international dialogue on the highest levels,and resolve our own fortune in the multiform cultures.As for inheriting TCM,it is suggested that we read TCM classics; thus,the makings of TCM staff could be improved in the aspect of the storage capacity of TCM leaming,and the atmosphere of inheriting TCM original works could come into being.TCM theory can develop continuously only through its continuous innovation.We should epurate and sublime TCM theory according to new factors;thus,the quality of TCM theory,which advances with times,could be embodied.The formation of academic faction is the headstream of theory innovation,and the embodiment of academic individuality is the necessary condition in which a famous physician with profound theory could come forth,and this is an era demand for the academic prosperity;thus,we should break through the uniform and stagnant situation,and facilitate all kinds of theoretical factions to rise.It is the precondition for scientific research of TCM to disclose the theoretical traits and development law of TCM,and we can grasp the correct aim and direction only after grasping this fundamental problem.The defects of TCM should be reformed and improved in practice and era advancement.The context of multi culture should be looked on with the attitude,which becomes reconciled but keeps different.We should recognize many scientific propositions and current culture cognition in the future development of TCM with the mutual spirit of humanities and sciences,by comparing the difference between orient culture and western culture,with the strong faith of developing orient culture,and with the profound thoughts of combining history with realism.We shout with affectionateness that TCM should recoin its national spirits and create its resplendence again.


We present investigations of the light scattered by subwavelength holes in a chromium film using an apertureless near-field scanning optical microscope, which operates either in the visible (λ=655 nm) or in the infrared (λ=10.6 μm). The near-field optical images exhibit patterns around the holes that seem to coincide with the component of the stray electrical field parallel to the tip axis. A tip–sample dipole coupling model provides a satisfactory description of the experimental data recorded in the infrared with light polarized normally to the sample surface.


Carlo Barone (1955–2022) was a pioneering performer, researcher, and educator in the nineteenth-century performing practice of the guitar. In this tribute, his friend and collaborator Adrian Walter describes Barone's career.


Background and Aim:  The aim of this study was to examine whether particular hepatitis C virus (HCV) subtypes are spreading among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Yamaguchi prefecture, on the south‐western tip of the island of Honshu in Japan, as found in European countries.


1. The functional significance of inflorescence morphology of Daucus carota L. (Apiaceae) was tested using an inflorescence manipulation experiment. Specifically, we sought to explain the role (if any) in pollination of the dark central floret of this species.

2. In central England, D. carota was found to be pollinated by a taxonomically wide range of insects that varied in their inflorescence visitation rates and in their pollen loads. There was also variation in abundance of some taxa between the 2 years of this study.

3. By removing the dark central floret and adding false florets we sought to affect pollinator visitation rates and seed set in a manner consistent with the 'fly catcher effect' hypothesis of Eisikowitch (1980). Taxa responded to these manipulations but not in ways that shed light on the adaptive role of the dark central floret. Seed set was likewise unaffected in any consistent way.

4. The role of the dark central floret remains an enigma. We speculate, following Darwin (1888), that the dark central floret may now be functionless and possibly represents a trait that has persisted long after its original function has been lost.


We used a nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to diagnose HTLV‐1 carriers. The DNA isolated from the nuclear extract obtained from frozen whole blood was found appropriate for PCR study both qualitatively and quantitatively. The use of freshly frozen whole blood made the field work much easier, and the use of a nuclear extraction procedure allowed DNA isolation in just 4 microcentrifuge tubes. We could not attain sufficient sensitivity to detect a single molecule with single‐step PCR, but nested PCR was confirmed to detect a single molecule/reaction. All samples of the seropositive group including 94 blood donors, 66 mothers, and 13 children were positive in the nested PCR, while none of the seronegative group, including 198 blood donors and 285 children, was positive. Although 18/717 (2.5%) cord blood samples obtained from babies born to carrier mothers were PCR‐positive, none of 5 formula‐fed children tested who had been PCR‐positive in the cord blood gave evidence of infection later on. Furthermore, all of 4 seropositive infected children who were formula‐fed had been PCR‐negative in their cord blood. The results are not consistent with intrauterine infection, but suggest the presence of a perinatal or postnatal infection route other than through breast milk.


Lymphangiosarcoma so‐called Stewart‐Treves syndrome, originating from the edematous left leg after hysterectomy in a 53‐year‐old woman has been studied by light and electron microcopy. Histologically the tumor was composed of either vascular channels or solid nests of the neoplastic cells having a large hyperchromatic nucleus with a single or multiple prominent nucleoli. The inner surface of the vascular channels was lined by either single or several layers of identical cells. Erythrocytes were occasionally observed in the lumina of the vascular channels. By electron microscopy the maturation of the neoplastic cells differed considerably from one area to another even in the same section. The immature cells were clustered in groups and consisted of scanty cytoplasm and a large nucleus with prominent nucleoli, whereas some of the mature cells lining the lumina had rod‐shaped tubulated bodies (Weibel‐Palade bodies). Desmosomes were frequently observed between the neoplastic cells. Basal lamina was generally not continuous or not present although some vascular structures were completely surrounded by a basal lamina. An autopsy was performed but revealed no metastatic lesions in any organs or lymph nodes.


We investigate the survival probability of unstable states, the time-dependence of an initial state, in coupled channels. First, we extend the formulation of the survival probability from single channel to coupled channels (two channels). We derive an exact general expression of the two-channel survival probability using uniformization, a method which makes the coupled-channel S matrix single-valued, and the Mittag-Leffler expansion, i.e. a pole expansion. Second, we calculate the time dependence of the two-channel survival probability by employing the derived expression. It is the minimal distance between the pole and the physical region in the complex energy plane, not the imaginary part of the pole energy, which determines not only the energy spectrum of the Green's function but also the survival probability. The survival probability of the"threshold-cusp"caused by a pole on the unusual complex-energy Riemann sheet is shown to decay, not grow in time though the imaginary part of the pole energy is positive. We also show that the decay of the"threshold-cusp"is non-exponential. Thus, the"threshold-cusp"is shown to be a new type of unstable mode, which is found only in coupled channels.


Following exposures to alternating gratings with unique combination of orientation and colors, an achromatic grating would appear tinted with its perceived color contingent on the grating's orientation. This orientation-contingent color after effect is called the McCollough effect. The lack of interocular transfer of the McCollough effect suggests that the McCollough effect is primarily established in monocular channels. Here we explored the possibility that the McCollough effect can be induced at a binocular site. During adaptation, a red vertical grating and a green horizontal grating are dichoptically presented to the two eyes. In the 'binocular rivalry' condition, these two gratings were constantly presented throughout the adaptation duration and subjects experienced the rivalry between the two gratings. In the 'physical alternation' condition, the two dichoptic gratings physically alternated during adaptation, perceptually similar to binocular rivalry. Interestingly, following dichoptic adaptation either in the rivalry condition or in the physical alternation condition, a binocularly viewed achromatic test grating appeared colored depending on its orientation: a vertical grating appeared greenish and a horizontal grating pinkish. In other words, we observed a McCollough effect following dichoptic adaptation, which can only be explained by a binocular site of orientation-contingent color adaptation.


For studying parasitic effects in inverter-fed drives high-frequency effects in induction motors have to be examined. A transmission-line model for the stator coil system in induction motors is presented. The capacitances between the coil wires are considered as well as the capacitance between coil and yoke.