This hands-on scenario was developed to introduce students to the concept of cumulative effects, why cumulative effects are a linchpin to managing for coastal impacts, and the challenges associated with managing for cumulative effects when faced with limited time and resources. By engaging in decisions while confronted by these cumulative effects challenges, students learn to apply the scientific and policy principles necessary to make their own management decisions. Coastal ecosystem management involves consideration of some of the most biologically diverse marine habitats, including kelp forests, seagrasses, and coral reefs. These ecosystems also represent a major interface of human activities and marine ecosystems, and are subject to impacts from both land and sea activities. Addressing cumulative effects in coastal ecosystems remain a challenge to both scientists and resource managers. Understanding why the challenge exists is an important first step in moving forward towards better integration of cumulative effects in future planning. DEVELOPMENT OF A CUMULATIVE EFFECTS SCENARIO-BASED ACTIVITY Cumulative effects exist where significant stress from multiple human activities on land and in the ocean alter the health of our valuable coastal ecosystems (see Figure 1). Changes to these systems are the result of accumulating or interacting past, present, and foreseeable future activities (Hegmann et al. 1999). The Center for Ocean Solutions' team of natural and social scientists and lawyers is uniquely poised to address cumulative effects challenges facing the oceans as a boundary organization capable of bridging the gap between the research community and decision makers. Despite legal mandates requiring resource managers to analyze the combined impacts of these stressors on the environment—such as increasing nutrients and pollution—the resulting cumulative effects are a challenge to address (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005). Understanding how existing legal frameworks account for cumulative effects through the best available science and cumulative effects analysis requirements is a first step towards overcoming this challenge. As stressors on marine ecosystems increase, so does the need to convey to scientists, resource managers, and policy makers alike the necessity of including cumulative effects in coastal planning decisions. In response to input from management and non-governmental organization (NGO) communities, we conducted an analysis to improve our understanding of the science (Clarke Murray et al. 2014) and law (Prahler et al. 2014) for managing cumulative effects to coastal ecosystems. Yet, we wanted to move beyond the analytics to identify the challenges scientists and managers regularly face in integrating cumulative effects into their research and planning. To better understand these challenges, we created a scenario-based cumulative effects activity for resource managers and ecologists. This activity took place during a Focus Group workshop (Managing for cumulative impacts of human activities in marine environments) at the Third International Marine Conservation Congress (Glasgow, Scotland 2014; see Figure 2). The Focus Group was designed from the results of our science and law research products to inspire international dialogue regarding innovative methods for grappling with three common challenges found across the science and law disciplines: 1) ecosystem complexity: how do you determine which impacts should be considered; 2) spatial scale: what is the appropriate geographic scale across which to look at impacts; and 3) temporal scale: what is the appropriate baseline from which to compare changes in the ecosystem due to impacts (Clarke Murray et al. 2014; Prahler et al. 2014). Focus Group participants conveyed their appreciation and frustration of managing for multiple impacts produced by both land and sea activities. The Focus Group activity was designed to have managers and ecologists deal with these three challenges in small teams and was fruitful in initiating dialogue between the two professional communities about these challenges. Figure 1. Southern sea otters and other species that live in coastal waters are subject to stressors from land and sea activities. For example, coastal power plants, such as this one in the photo above of the mouth of Elkhorn Slough in Moss Landing, California. Courtesy of Gerick Bergsma 2009/Marine Photobank


Objective To study molecular epidemiology of dengue fever in Guangdong province. Methods The partial nonstructural protein 1(NS1) gene of dengue 1 and dengue 2 virus isolates were amplified by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), then cloned into pGEM-T vector and sequenced. Taking a divergence of 6% between the nucleotide sequence as the cut-off value, comparisons were carried out among the sequenced nucleotides of dengue isolates and the corresponding sequences of other dengue viruses. Results Nucleotide sequences homology between GD03/91 and GD23/95 was 97%, between GD03/91 and GD14/97 was 93%,while that between GD23/95 and GD14/97 was 93%. GD03/91 and GD23/95 belonged to the same sub-genotype of dengue 1 viruses, GD14/97 was another sub-genotype, phylogenetic analysis suggested that GD03/91 and GD23/95 might be spread from Southeast Asia or Nauru, and GD14/97 from Singapore; Nucleotide sequences homology between GD06/93 and GD01/98 was 93%, which belonged to different sub-genotype of dengue 2 viruses. Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences homology between GD01/98 and ThNH-P28/93 was 98%(100%). Phylogenetic analysis suggested that GD01/98 might come from Thailand. Conclusion There is a heterogenous origination in dengue outbreaks in Guangdong province of China.


The love of reading is determined from the first years of children life, according how has been his relationship with books. This taste, is marked mainly by the importance we give to this aspect in the family from the beginning, and then by how you approach the subject from the early years of schooling. Keep in mind that school should not only teach reading, reading but also have to approach it in an attractive way to become a lasting habit. With this work, and through theoretical research, is to conduct a teaching program after analyzing some surveys collected on this course to Primary 6.


A pressure ulcer can be defined as a skin wound which occurs following disruption to the blood supply due to pressure, shearing and/or friction (Dealey, 1997). The grading of pressure ulcers ranges from grade 1 (skin intact, but redness present, blistering, non-blanching hyperaemia) to grade 4 (full thickness skin loss with extensive destruction, necrosis and damage of muscle, bone and supporting structures). The higher an ulcer's grade, the more severe are the implications for treatment, financial costs and impact on patient recovery.


Errors are a very important source of learning for doctors and nurses. Professor Sir Liam Donaldson in the government publication 'An Organisation with a Memory'1 stressed the importance of health professionals and medical institutions learning from their mistakes. This included learning from medical litigation.

The three Medical Defence Organisations (MDOs) in the UK all publish journals every few months or annual reports, which contain case reports from the different specialities. These case reports are based on real claims. They are annonymised to preserve confidentiality and are …


The work documented in this report demonstrates the use of existing Austroads deterministic road deterioration (RD) models in a probabilistic approach to estimate the possible predictions for the dependent variables of these models. This approach was adopted to address the issue of the uncertainty associated with the predictions of deterministic models which give a single prediction without any understanding of the potential for other prediction outcomes. The probabilistic approach uses probability distribution functions (PDFs) to define the observed variations of the independent variables which were then simulated by a Monte Carlo technique to give all the possible predictions for the dependent variables.


Since long, two dimensional printing technologies (flexographic printing and inkjet technology) are being applied in the pharmaceutical sector and inclusion of three dimensional (3D) printing technology in the same field is relatively new.[1] 3D printing technologies are already in use in many areas like fashion, construction, aerospace and many other industries. In the field of medicine, it is being used in dentistry and tissue engineering. However use of 3D printing technology in pharmaceutical field, is quite recent.


The cytological aspects of prostatic, urethral and seminal vesicles mucous membranes in normal and pathological, inflammatory and neoplastic, conditions are referred.


• Choose an appropriate type of green crop, such as clover-grass or alfalfa, with an expected high protein and amino acid content. Consider soil types and weather patterns to grow a crop with a good and high quality yield.
• Harvest the field at regular intervals in order to achieve good plant growth and to obtain batches with more high quality protein and less fibre
• Harvesting procedures, which minimise soil content in the green material obtained from the field are necessary to obtain good quality green protein and to avoid wear of machinery and technical equipment
• Cooperation with a bio-refinery plant is a prerequisite in order to concentrate the protein into a green paste that can be dried and used in poultry feed.
• If not dried, the wet green paste can be stored in closed containers/plastic bags in cool conditions for a shorter period.
• Chemical analysis of the green protein concentrate is important in order to replace other protein sources such as soya and to carry out the correct feed formulation. This can be done together with advisors or feed companies.


A non-trivial slope $r$ on a knot $K$ in $S^3$ is called a characterizing slope if whenever the result of $r$-surgery on a knot $K'$ is orientation preservingly homeomorphic to the result of $r$-surgery on $K$, then $K'$ is isotopic to $K$. Ni and Zhang ask: for any hyperbolic knot $K$, is a slope $r = p/q$ with $|p| + |q|$ sufficiently large a characterizing slope? In this article we answer this question in the negative by demonstrating that there is a hyperbolic knot $K$ in $S^3$ which has infinitely many non-characterizing slopes. As the simplest known example, the hyperbolic knot $8_6$ has no integral characterizing slopes.


A nano fiber and a preparing method thereof are provided; the nano fiber is a melamine-phloroglucinol-formaldehyde resin nano fiber; the preparing method comprises the steps: adding phloroglucinol into water, stirring to dissolve, continuing to add a formaldehyde solution, and stirring to obtain a solution A; adding melamine into water, stirring to dissolve, continuing to add a formaldehyde solution, and stirring to obtain a solution B; mixing the solution A and the solution B in a certain proportion, stirring, and carrying out a reaction; and filtering, washing and drying to obtain the product. The preparation method is simple, safe, environmentally friendly, and prone to scale production.


Hypothesis / aims of study A novel family of G-protein-coupled receptors has been identified in rat dorsal root ganglia and named as sensory neuronspecific receptors (SNSRs) (1). These receptors are expressed exclusively in a subset of small-diameter primary afferent neurons involved in transmission of nociceptive information (2). Recent study has demonstrated that intrathecal or intravenous administration of a SNSR1 agonist can inhibit the micturition reflex (3). However, it is unknown whether SNSR1 receptor activation in the bladder can locally affect the micturition reflex. Therefore, this study was performed to elucidate the urodynamic effects of intravesical administration of a SNSR1 agonist on the micturition reflex in urethane-anesthetized rats.


A semiconductor memory comprises a data bit memory cell array (3), a check bit memory cell array (4), and an address decoder (19) which includes a switching circuit (20) for selectively accessing data from either the memory cell array (3) or (4). Decoding signals dl to dm are used for reading out data latched by a column address strobe (CAS) signal. The decoding signals are applied to either the memory cell array (3) or (4) through a group of switching elements selectively rendered conductive by complementary signals phi and phi . The logical values of the signals phi and phi change responsive to a change in the CAS signal state.


This article reviews recent (2015–2021) English-language publications that focus on music in/as/about religion (broadly defined)—including world, folk, and indigenous religious traditions. While research related to Euro–American-based Christian music accounts for more publications than any other single tradition examined, this review intentionally foregrounds religions that are not as well represented in this literature, such as Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, and folk and animistic traditions from around the world. Recurring trends within this literature elucidate important themes therein, four of which are examined in detail: (1) race and ethnicity, (2) gender and sexuality, (3) music therapy (and medical ethnomusicology), and (4) indigenous music. Broadly speaking, recent (2015–2021) publications related to religion, music, and sound reflect growing societal and political interests in diversity and inclusion, yet there remain perspectives, ideas, and ontologies not yet accounted for. The list of references cited at the end of this article represents only those publications cited in the review and a more comprehensive bibliography is available via an open-sourced Zotero group.


The rotationally resolved zero-kinetic-energy electron spectra for the ${\mathit{v}}^{+}$=1, 2, and 3 vibrational levels of the predissociating ${\mathit{A}}^{2}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}}^{+}$ state of ${\mathrm{HBr}}^{+}$ are reported. The results for the rapidly predissociating ${\mathit{v}}^{+}$=2 and 3 levels show that the high principal quantum number Rydberg states involved in the zero-kinetic-energy spectroscopy are unperturbed by ion core fragmentation. These data demonstrate the general applicability of this technique for rotationally resolved photoelectron spectroscopy.


Proper driving of a large-area, high-resolution, and high-frame-rate active-matrix display can be hindered by excessive delay along a signal path, such as a scan line. Depending on the transistor architecture, such delay could be dominated by the parasitic overlap capacitance between the gate electrodes and the source/drain (S/D) regions of the address-transistors attached to a scan line. While the capacitance can be minimized by employing a transistor with the edges of the regions self-aligned (SA) to those of the electrode, actual implementation is easier with a top-gate rather than the more commonly deployed bottom-gate architecture. Presently reported is the realization and characterization of a bottom-gate, SA indium–gallium–zinc oxide transistor. The extent of the overlap between the S/D and the gate is determined by a thermal "activation" process, similar to how it is controlled in a conventional top-gate, SA transistor.


The cellular responses to two new temozolomide (TMZ) analogues, DP68 and DP86, acting against glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cell lines and primary culture models are reported. Dose-response analysis of cultured GBM cells revealed that DP68 is more potent than DP86 and TMZ and that DP68 was effective even in cell lines resistant to TMZ. Based on a serial neurosphere assay, DP68 inhibits repopulation of these cultures at low concentrations. The efficacy of these compounds was independent of MGMT and MMR functions. DP68-induced interstrand DNA crosslinks were demonstrated with H 2 O 2 -treated cells. Furthermore, DP68 induced a distinct cell cycle arrest with accumulation of cells in S phase that is not observed for TMZ. Consistent with this biological response, DP68 induces a strong DNA damage response, including phosphorylation of ATM, Chk1 and Chk2 kinases, KAP1, and histone variant H2AX.


This article used fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method of fuzzy mathematics and GIS spatial analysis and modeling techniques,established the model of flood hazard risk evaluation based on GIS with the flood risk assessment in Hubei province.


This project is a collective portrait of life in Walker Street (now Carroll Street), Dunedin, in the early 1900s from the point of view of people who were children growing up in the area. Walker Street was Dunedin's Chinatown in the late 1800s, and was also home to many Lebanese families from the 1890s. The area also had many European families, both poor and wealthy. Concern for children of poor families growing up in Walker Street led to it being a centre for social reform and innovative social work. In 1916 an attempt was made to change the street's image and character by changing its name to Carroll Street. In 1988 the Community History Programme of Presbyterian Support Services (Otago) undertook this project to discover what the area was like from the point of view of those who grew up there. Interviewees are Elizabeth Briton, Redmond Carroll, Negia Dale, Sarah Facoory, Albert Farr, Irene Given, Julian Johns, Jamelee Joseph, Alan Kwok, Sam La Hood, Constance Louisa (Connie) Manning, Ian McMillan, Isabel McMillan, Jessie Milne, Reginald Roberts and Arthur Sew Hoy.
Information about this project, a map of the Walker Street area, and material from an exhibition "Shirakee - children in Walker Street 1900-1920" held in Dunedin, are held in the backfile.
Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell
Interviewer(s) - Rosemary Goodyear
Interviewer(s) - Jane Thomson
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-018434 - OHC-018502
Quantity: 69 C60 cassette(s). 16 printed abstract(s). 16 interview(s).
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-6400 - OHA-6415.
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Presbyterian Support Otago, Dunedin, 2006


Economics is permeated with value judgements, and removing them would be neither possible nor desirable. They are consequential, in the sense that they have a sizeable impact on economists' output. Yet many economists may not even realise they are there. This paper surveys ways in which values influence economic theory and practice and explores some implications for the manner in which economics – especially welfare economics – is taught, practised and communicated. Explicit attention to values needs to be embedded in the teaching of economics at all levels.


Deng Xiaoping's thought of regional economic development is the historical generalization of after-the-founding-of-new-China economic strategy;is the application and practice of western regional economic theory;is the theoretical source of fully and harmoniously developing regional economy.


In the process of design of protocols for medium access control in wireless sensor networks, it is necessary to find a compromise between energy saving, time sensitivity, scalability, adaptability and complexity. In this research, as an object of optimization S-MAC protocol is chosen. The main advantage of the S-MAC protocol is a state of sleep, which significantly reduces power consumption. Although the S-MAC protocol is described with a large number of parameters, in this paper we have selected three parameters that directly affect the time frame protocol: the duty cycle, the duration of the synchronization interval, and duration of the data interval. To assess the quality of the selected parameters, three measures were selected: total electricity consumption in the network, delay in the delivery of packets to the application layer, and the total achieved bandwidth. Using ns-2 network simulator, a model for testing the influence of parameters of S-MAC protocol on network performance has been developed. The parameters values are selected using the NSGA-II algorithm implemented in MATLAB software package, and the whole process of finding of non-dominated solution set is fully automated. In addition to multi-objective optimization of parameters, an experiment with single-objective optimization using aggregated utility function and the standard GA is performed. Finally, the analysis of the obtained set of non-dominated solutions is performed and a comparison with the results of the single-objective optimization is done.


We introduce an extension of the Polya tree approach for constructing distributions on the space of probability measures. By using optional stopping and optional choice of splitting variables, the construction gives rise to random measures that are absolutely continuous with piecewise smooth densities on partitions that can adapt to fit the data. The resulting "optional Polya tree" distribution has large support in total variation topology and yields posterior distributions that are also optional Polya trees with computable parameter values.


Digital signatures are emerging as accepted solutions for protecting aircraft assets during their storage and distribution over computer networks in aviation information systems (AIS). However, the design of trustworthy signature protocols that can address the unique challenges of AIS is an open problem. This paper presents candidate signature schemes that are able to address some of the major challenges, such as recovering from unanticipated loss of secrecy of signing keys and accommodating delegation of signing authority at ground entities interacting with aircraft. These schemes are shown to be computationally secure. Specifically, the paper proposes a generic construct for making standard signature schemes to be forward secure, ensuring that any exposure of the signing key does not lead to forgery and repudiation of signatures produced. Further, an extension of this construct is given for building forward secure proxy signature schemes that enable multiple authorized entities to assume the role of asset signer on behalf of, for example, an airline.


Owing to higher accuracy than traditional statistical methods, neural networks are widely being used to predict coal properties. Many researchers have reported that neural networks can be successfully applied to predict several important coal properties such as elemental composition, grindability and gross calorific value using easily obtainable properties, usually, proximate analysis of coal. However, building the neural networks model is not always possible with enough coal properties data. Despite significant impact of coal properties on power plant boiler operation, in many cases, coal properties are not measured regularly and their databases are very limited. On the other hand, as one of data-driven modelling, the predictive performance of the neural networks models is influenced not only by the quality but also by the quantity of the training datasets. Sufficient training dataset, or as much as possible sample set covering wide range of data is crucial to build the neural network based models. The purpose of this paper is to present data expansion technique, mega-trend-diffusion, for small measured training datasets to improve the accuracy of predictive models. Using this approach, additional datasets are generated covering the gaps between available data. The proposed approach is tested in a variety of benchmarks and the results show that the predictive performances of neural networks are significantly improved compared to original training dataset as indicated by reduced mean squared errors ranging from 8 - 80%. The use of this approach will provide significant benefit to not only model coal properties but also to develop other property estimations using small amount of experimental data or actual plant data.


Cognitive radio is widely expected to be one of the next generation in wireless communication which uses radio spectrum opportunistically and efficiently. In this paper, we present the performance of "Always transmit" strategy for the Quality of Service (QoS) management for cognitive and primary system. We study the tradeoff between spectrum sensing duration and the QoS at cognitive network and the QoS must be guaranteed at primary network. We derive the closed-form expressions of the outage probability over independent but not necessarily identically distributed Nakagami-m fading channels. Computer simulation results are presented to show that the spectrum sensing duration affect (resp. not very affect) the performance of cognitive system under strict (resp. relaxed) constraint limit at primary system, and that the strategy "Always transmit" outperforms others conventual cognitive radio strategies.


groups of responses at high rates and periods of no response. This record is typical of others obtained after injection of sodium pentobarbital with a tandemschedule base line. The result obtained by Dews seems to be confirmed here by the use of a different experimental technique. Dews showed that the behavior maintained by fixedratio schedules was much more resistant to sodium pentobarbital than that maintained by fixed-interval schedules. In the present experiment, a tandem schedule was used, combining features of both fixed-interval and fixed-ratio schedules. The behavior generated by the tandem schedule shows both the progressive increase in rate typical of fixed-interval performance and the rapid responding characteristic of fixed-ratio performance. Sodium pentobarbital, by its selective interference with these two forms of responding, served to fractionate the tandem-schedule performance. Both effects of sodium pentobarbital on fixed-interval behavior were observed when the tandem schedule was the base line. There was both the depression in rate and the loss of positive curvature in the record. The rapid, fixed-ratio responding, which is insensitive to sodium pentobarbital when a fixed-ratio schedule alone is used as a base line, was not, however, disrupted by the drug. These findings serve the dual function of further substantiating the selective action of sodium pentobarbital and of being a demonstration of the presence of fixed-interval and fixed-ratio components within the tandem-schedule performance. R. J. HERRNSTEIN* W. H. MORSE Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts


This Native American Symposia Articles is brought to you for free and open access by TU Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Tulsa Law Review by an authorized administrator of TU Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact email@example.com. Recommended Citation Kevin K. Washburn, Lara, Lawrence, Supreme Court Litigation, and Lessons from Social Movements, 40 Tulsa L. Rev. 25 (2004).


Problem based learning(PBL) is a new problem-based and student-centered teaching method. In order to improve the teaching quality, we adopted this method in the reform of Fermentation Engineering teaching. The teaching effects were analyzed by final examination and self-evaluation investigation questionnaire. The results showed that PBL teaching method did have a large impact on stimulating students' learning interesting, and improving the ability of self-study, the ability of research and creative talents, which brings good teaching effects. PBL teaching method could effectively improve the teaching quality, and had a certain value to popularize.


Production of 4H-3,1-benzoxazine-4-ones of formula (I) in which: R is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, carboxyl, sulpho, nitro or halogen; R is C1-C20-alkyl, phenyl or phenylalkyl with 1 to 4 C atoms in the alkyl group, whereby a phenyl nucleus may be substituted by one or two C1-C4-alkyl groups, C1-C3-halogen alkyl groups, C1-C4-alkoxy groups, C1-C3-halogen alkoxy groups, C1-C4-alkyl mercapto groups, C1-C3-halogen alkyl mercapto groups, carboxyl groups, sulpho groups, C1-C4-alkyl sulphonyl groups, C1-C3-halogen alkyl sulphonyl groups, nitro groups or halogen atoms; and n is 1 or 2; by the reaction of isato acid anhydrides of formula (II) with acyl halides of formula (III) in which X is chlorine or bromine, by conducting the reaction at an outside temperature of 215 to 280 DEG C and causing the reaction components (II and III) to react together for at least 4 hours at this temperature.


The article presents a dynamic model of exchange, production, and consumption. In a dynamic world, complicated predictions often have to be made. Thus, in this article, the classical exchange model is expanded with a dynamic model specifying the intermediate states toward a static equilibrium, which may or may not be reached. A price mechanism was necessary to develop in order to describe these changes over time. The model is illustrated with two examples of the emergence of division of labor. The robustness of the dynamic model is tested with sensitivity analysis.


Understanding the complex determinants of psychiatric disorders and the effectiveness of psychiatric services is increasingly a collaborative enterprise. Multi-site collaboration offers many benefits; it is also a potential minefield to be negotiated. This editorial discusses multi-site collaborative research, suggesting ways in which it can be undertaken effectively.


In the present paper, on the basis of our previous studies, we outline the physical fundamentals of the cold gas spraying technology. Main results of experimental and numerical studies of the interaction of one-component flows of metal microparticles with substrate surface are presented. Upon impacts of ductile metal microparticles, with increase of particle velocity, a transition from a destruction of the substrate to the formation of a coating (erosion-adhesion transition) occurs. At particle sizes 30 to 50 μm, the threshold velocity for the transition is minimal (∼ 500 m/s), and it increases to about 1300 m/c with increase or decrease of particle sizes. Specific features of the high-velocity impact interaction of particle mixtures "metal + ceramics" and "metal + metal" are analyzed. The high-velocity impact interaction of heterogeneous mixtures formed by dissimilar particles with substrate surface can lead to enhanced deposition efficiency and reduced threshold particle velocity for the erosion-adhesio...


Bitmapping commonly refers to the localization of memory defects prior to physical inspection. With the pervasive use of embedded memories in modern silicon-on-chips (SoC), memory built-in self-tests (MBIST) become the only means to access and evaluate the memory cells. In the event of a failure, the accuracy of defect isolation depends heavily on the quality of MBIST diagnostic to acquire the correct failing details. Although the workflow to enable diagnostic is well established, challenges exist during actual implementations leading to errors in localization. Based upon the authors' experiences, this paper seeks to highlight possible areas of concern and describe solutions to overcome them.


To investigate BDNF and GFAP expression changes in rats' hippocampus and striatum after swimming and discuss the neurobiology mechanism of exercise-induced fatigue,24 rats were divided randomly into CG and EG(0EG,12EG,24EG) and BDNF and GFAP expression changes in hippocampus and striatum were observed using SABC method.After exercise-induced fatigue,cells arrange shows foul-up and loosen in cone district of hippocampus.Some cells crinkle,strut and chip.GFAP expression in cell's body becomes augment and shows wider axon.Expression of BDNF in 12EG,24EG significantly increased compared with CG(P 0.05,P 0.01),and 24EG also significantly increased compared with 0EG(P 0.05).Expression of GFAP significantly increased compared with CG(P 0.05,P 0.01).Exercise-induced fatigues have increased BDNF and GFAP expression.It has been proved that both of BDNF and GFAP may play an important role in the neurobiological modulation for exercise-induced fatigue.


Abstract : Futuristic wireless communication systems must perform in environments that generate scattering from various obstacles which in turn cause multipath effects to be dominant. This results in degradation in the overall performance that can be avoided if the antennas have narrow beamwidths and low sidelobes. Advanced designs for Rapidly Deployable Radio Network (RDRN) systems are required to consider transmission at single frequency to several mobile users in a single frequency cell. This in turn requires narrow beam, low-sidelobe antenna patterns in order to obtain diversity between closely located users in a single cell. In this report analysis of an array of lambda/2, axial, electric dipoles radiating in presence of a conducting cylinder is presented. The amplitude excitations are determined by Hamming and Taylor distributions while the phase excitations are determined by using an even symmetric quadratic phase taper. Once the complex excitations were found the far-field patterns were computed via the Numerical Electromagnetics Code - Basic Scattering Code (NEC-BSC). The mutual coupling has not been considered in this report. The results show that an interelement spacing between 0.4 lambda and 0.6 lambda may be chosen in order to avoid appearence of higher peaks close to the boresight mainbeam. This criterion has also been used to propose an algorithm to design the array geometry and the complex excitations. It was found that even symmetric phase taper provided superior pattern topography in addition to the amplitude taper. Indepenent control of the amplitude and phase excitations indicate that the Digital BeamForming (DBF) technique can be used to design high-performance cylindrical arrays.


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BACKGROUND
Older adults with preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD) show changes in on-road driving performance. The impact of preclinical AD on using automated vehicle (AV) technology is unknown. The aim was to evaluate safety and cognitive workload while operating AV technology in drivers with preclinical AD.

METHODS
This cross-sectional study included 40 participants: 19 older adults (age 74.16 ± 4.78; MOCA scores 26.42 ± 2.52) with preclinical AD, evidenced by elevated cortical beta-amyloid; and 21 controls (age 73.81 ± 5.62; MOCA scores 28.24 ± 1.67). All participants completed two scenarios in a driving simulator. Scenario 1 included conditional automation with an emergency event that required a manual take-over maneuver. Scenario 2 was identical but with a cognitive distractor task. Emergency response time was the main safety outcome measure. Cognitive workload was calculated using moment-to-moment changes in pupillary size and converted into an Index of Cognitive Activity (ICA). Mann-Whitney U and independent t-tests were used to compare group differences.

RESULTS
Emergency response times were similar between drivers with preclinical AD and controls in scenario 1 (20.85s ± 1.08 vs 20.52s ± 3.18; p = 0.83) and scenario 2 (14.83s ± 7.37 vs 13.45s ± 10.43; p = 0.92). Likewise, no differences were found in ICA between drivers with preclinical AD and controls in scenario 1 (0.34 ± 0.08 vs 0.33 ± 0.17; p = 0.74) or scenario 2 (0.30 ± 0.07 vs 0.29 ± 0.17; p = 0.93).

CONCLUSIONS
Older drivers with preclinical AD may safely operate AV technology, without increased response times or cognitive workload. Future on-road studies with AV technology should confirm these preliminary results in drivers with preclinical AD.


Revealed preference methods for estimating welfare changes have been the subject of few reliability tests. In this paper, we utilize a unique panel data set of Iowa households to test the stability of revealed preference recreational demand models. We find that welfare estimates of changes in water quality are not temporally stable over the full range of years in our data, while welfare estimates associated with a site closure are often, but not always, more reliable. Our results highlight important factors for policy makers and practitioners to consider when transferring welfare estimates of recreational demand studies over time. These findings emphasize the need for extensive temporal reliability tests of other revealed preference approaches.


Due to efficiently utilizing mechanical properties of high-strength tendons, steel and concrete, prestressed steel-concrete composite beams have the characteristics of extensive applications, large load-capacity, good service-ability and fatigue properties, economy, complexity in construction, et al. At present time, prestressed steel-concrete composite beams have been applied more and more. In this paper, newly progress of applications of prestressed steel-concrete composite beams at China and abroad are summarized and reviewed, then some comments of applications and studies are put forward.


This paper expounds the concept of intensive utilization of urban land,and thought the analysis on the population development,the increase of construction land,and the increase of GDP(gross domestic product),etc.of Shanxi Province in 2000-2007,clarifies the present situation of and problems in intensive utilization of construction land in Shanxi Province,and puts forward some corresponding countermeasures.


Abstract : High temperature structural materials that exhibit structural, functional and multifunctional properties are needed to improve the performance of aeronautics and aerospace components. The major challenge for the application of materials at ultra harsh environments is the lack of understanding about their potential which is partly due to lack of experimental data at the harsh environmental conditions. In this report, we summarize the technical accomplishments for the Defense University Research Instrumentation Project (DURIP) that aims to develop a tribological test system for ultra-harsh environments.


Composites, whose use has increased significantly the last decades due to their excellent
properties, are prone to failure over time, like any other material. Self-healing materials are
being developed to extend their lifetime. Today, most self-healing systems are based on the
introduction of microcapsules. Although a lot of progress has been made, the effect of
introducing such healing feature on the mechanical properties of the neat material is mainly
overlooked, with the microcapsules creating potential artefacts in the neat matrix material.
The use of a nanovascular network may show a better solution to apply self-healing systems.
Therefore in the present paper we created a nanovascular network by pullulan sacrificial
electrospun nanofibers, analysed the flexural properties and compared them to those of the
neat matrix material as well as reported microcapsule-based materials. A detailed parameter
analysis of the electrospinning process allowed for the production of tailored pullulan
nanofibers. The introduction of the pullulan nanofibers showed no effect on the strength and
modulus of the neat epoxy. On removal of the pullulan, the properties of the resultant
nanovascular epoxy matrix system were somewhat reduced relative to the neat epoxy with an
effect in proportion to the volume fraction and the diameter of the channels. However very
interesting, the decrease of the mechanical properties of the nanovascular epoxy is far lower
than on the introduction of microcapsules and opens potentials for a more appropriate
introduction of self-healing systems in composite materials.


factors for SOH after IVTA as: young age (Jonas et al. 2005; Shukla et al. 2007), multiple IVTA injection (Rhee et al. 2006; Sallam et al. 2011), preexisting glaucoma (Jonas et al. 2003; Rhee et al. 2006), male gender (Rhee et al. 2006) higher baseline IOP and increased TA dosage. Smithen et al. 2004 and Rhee et al. 2006 did not find age as risk factor for SOH. Limitation of this study is small sample size and retrospective study design. As IOP was recorded at different time points, it is possible that the maximum IOP increase may have been missed, especially when the patients were followed up at less frequent intervals. To conclude, SOH is a common side effect after a single injection of 4-mg IVTA and usually responds to glaucoma medication. We found mean time of IOP spike at 69.5 days suggesting that the effect of IVTA extends the half-life of TA from the time of injection, hence is important to closely monitor IOP for at least six months. Age being a risk factor, caution is necessary in recommending IVTA injection to young patients.


An experimental study to evaluate the energy consumption of a split type air conditioning is presented. The compressor works with the fluids R-22 and HCR-22 and has been tested varying the internal heat load 0, 500, 700 and 1000 W. The measurements taken during the one hour experimental periods at 10-minutes interval times for temperature setpoint of 20oC. The performance data considered where the evaporator cooling load, the condenser heat rejection, the electrical energy consumption, the refrigeration system temperatures, and the room temperature. And hence the Coefficient of Performance (COP) could be determined. The final results of this study show an overall better energy consumption of the HFC-22 compared with the R-22.


The present invention relates to a robust real-time tracking device moving target or a target in weak complex background, the image pre-processing unit of the target device is pre-processed input image; histogram calculation and processing unit to obtain an image histogram gradation calculating the minimum gradation minimum gray tone value histogram the maximum xmax nonzero gray image feature calculation unit value of a difference Δx xmin, calculates the pixel values of the maximum gradation number of nonzero ymax; FIG. ymin number of pixel difference values Ay; Δx and Ay determination unit according to independent determination of the image is a low contrast, the case where small target or complex background conditions; means then decide with the corresponding tracking method for tracking and output tracking results. The present invention uses two features contrast and gradation decision complexity can be effectively integrated representation of the image in the image histogram, and achieved good verdict.


A constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detection algorithm (see J.Y. Chen and I.S. Reed, IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst., vol.AES-23, no.1, Jan. 1987) is generalized to a test which is able to detect the presence of known optical signal pattern which has nonnegligible unknown relative intensities in several signal-plus-noise bands or channels. This test and its statistics are analytically evaluated, and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) performance improvement is analyzed. Both theoretical and computer simulation results show that the SNR improvement factor of this algorithm using multiple band scenes over the single scene of maximum SNR can be substantial. The SNR gain of this detection algorithm is compared to the previously published one. It illustrates that the generalized SNR of the test using the full data array is always greater than that of using partial data array. The database used to simulate this adaptive CFAR test is obtained from actual image scenes. >


This investigation has the purpose of determining how liability is thrusted upon the victim regarding crimes of gender in Ecuador. This will be achieved through the definition of concepts that must be determinated in order to understand the scope of this problem. Also, decisions taken by the Interamerican System (Court and Commission) and by latinamerican courts; this will be done with the purpose of widening the perspective on the subject and identifying the flaws existent within the Ecuadorean system of justice. Furthermore, cases decided in Ecuador will be also analyzed along with testimonies from Law experts, so to have a proper understanding of how this matter is treated in the country at the present time and through history. In this sense, this investigation´s purpose is to determine if effectively there is transferred of responsibility to the victim regarding gender crimes and how this constitutes a transgression of the victim´s rights.


A certain set of associated primes of the Matlis duality of any top local cohomology module of a complete filter local ring is characterized. Also, it is proved that the set of associated primes of a finitely generated module over a four-dimensional local ring is finite.


The paper presents information about the nesting and abundance of the osprey on the territory of the Sayano-Shushensky State Nature Biosphere Reserve and its conservation zone. During the analysis of the materials it was found that before the formation of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Station reservoir 3-4 pairs of ospreys nested on the banks of the Yenisei, in 1988 the number was 7-8 pairs, in 1994 7 residential nests were registered. Since 2012 observations have been resumed. In the period 2012-2018 it was found that the osprey lives on 9 breeding sites located on the territory of the reserve and in its protected area. In 2019 during the survey of the bays of the reservoir 12 nests with different status were mapped. The 2020 survey showed that there are 11 active nests (nests in which breeding takes place). Despite a decrease in the number of active nests and an increase in the proportion of unemployed the number of ospreys remains stable and amounts to 12 pairs. The fact that the number of birds is greater than the number of residential nests is explained by the fact that birds have not started nesting and are not associated with known nests, or not all nesting sites have been found. During the 2021 field season 2 new osprey nests were found within the reserve. In addition to accounting for adult birds, work was carried out during 2019-2021 to determine the number of chicks in the nests. A comparison of the results by year showed that in 2020, despite a decrease in the share of residential nests, there are more chicks compared to 2019. In 2021 the largest number of chicks was recorded for three years of observations. In order to improve the condition of the group living in the Sayano-Shushensky State Nature Biosphere Reserve, it is necessary to minimize the presence of humans near the bays in which the nests are located. This will allow the birds to safely form pairs and breed.


This paper analysis theoretically the influence of the gap disruptive flashover of insulated groundwire on distance relay, and performance of several usual earth fault distance protections have been extensively tested by using ATP.The results of simulation studies indicate that setting of earth fault distance protection on sectionalized groundwire with gap should be calculated on all the gaps disruptive flashover.


Abstract Rational abelian groups, that is, torsion-free abelian groups of rank one, are characterized by their types. This paper characterizes rational nilpotent groups of class two, that is, nilpotent groups of class two in which the center and central factor group are direct sums of rational abelian groups. This characterization is done according to the types of the summands of the center and the central factor group. Using these types and some cohomological techniques it is possible to determine the automorphism group of the nilpotent group in question by performing essentially matrix computations. In particular, the automorphism groups of rational nilpotent groups of class two and rank three are completely described. Specific examples are given of semicomplete and pseudocomplete nilpotent groups.


The stability of the banking sector is an essential precondition for a well-functioning economy. Enhancing this stability was one of the main motivations for the elaboration of the new capital adequacy framework, Basel II. The present paper examines the impact of Basel II on risk allocation in the banking sector and its implications for bank capital adequacy. Basel II introduces a two-layer framework for the calculation of the capital requirement for credit risk: (i) a very risk-sensitive internal ratings-based (IRB) approach that will be used by large sophisticated banks and (ii) a standardized approach, much less risk sensitive, which will be used by smaller, less sophisticated banks. We show that because the two bank types compete in the loan market, Basel II may induce sophisticated banks to specialize on low-risk borrowers and unsophisticated banks to specialize on high-risk borrowers. As a consequence, we may face a trade-off between the capital adequacy of the two types of banks, with an ambiguous net effect on financial stability: the risk sensitivity of the IRB approach improves the capital adequacy of sophisticated banks, but it deteriorates the capital adequacy of unsophisticated banks, as their increased risk taking is not appropriately reflected by the standardized capital requirement. Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2005


We consider some ethnopsychological determinants of human being's attitude to nature, analyze some features of environment perception. We tried to formulated some basic concepts about positive points of ethnopsychological approach to realize the connection and interdependency of human beings and nature


Abstract: Scholarship on the history of Jews in the early modern period, especially European Jewry, has flourished in recent years, clearly demonstrating that the period from c.1500 to c.1750 should be seen as distinct from both medieval and modern Jewish history. Mobility of people and information, changing relationships among rabbinic leaders and communal organizations, and the evolving nature of Jewish identity are among the characteristics that have been noted as unique to this period. This article surveys how historical scholarship related to Bohemian Jewry fits in that context, and suggests directions for moving that scholarship forward. Today's historiography has grown from foundations laid in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Wissenschaft des Judentums framework, by way of the establishment of the Jewish Museum in Prague and scholarly activities undertaken there, through the difficult years of World War II and Communist rule. Building on that tradition, the strengths of current historical writing on early modern Bohemian Jewry include material and print culture. Room remains for the development of broader, more synthetic analyses that link this regional history more closely with its central European and Jewish early modern surroundings. More research on specific areas such as Bohemian Jewish history through the lens of gender analysis, wide-ranging social history, and more, together with improved integration with broader historiographical trends, would both shed light on historical processes in the Bohemian Lands and improve understanding of early modern Jewish history as a whole.


Objective: Anthropometric indices are valid proxies for predicting the risk of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases across age groups and gender. The objective of the present work was to study some anthropometric measures of body mass and adiposity in male Nigerian adolescents.

Methods: In a population of male Nigerian adolescents (n=400; age: 13-19 years), data was collected for standing height, body weight and circumferences (hip, waist, neck, and mid-upper arm); and the body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHpR) and waist to height ratio (WHtR) were then calculated. Moreover, using Pearson's correlation coefficient, we studied the association between BMI and other anthropometric variables.

Results: Average BMI was 18.38 kg/m2 for adolescent males aged 13-15 years (n=217), and 19.03 kg/m2 for males aged 16-19 years (n=183). In the former category (13-15 years), BMI as a measure of body mass was best positively and significantly associated with the mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) (r=0.673, p<0.01), while in the older adolescent males (16-19 years), BMI strongly and significantly associates with hip circumference (HC).

Conclusion: Findings in the present study indicate that in adolescent male Nigerians, MUAC best serves as an alternative to BMI in early adolescence (13-15 years); while HC is the best proxy for BMI, and may be a substitute for this anthropometric index in predicting cardiometabolic risk in older adolescent male Nigerians (16-19 years). It is recommended that age- and sex-specific cut off values for MUAC and neck circumference (NC) be determined among adolescents of different nationals. Moreover, it is pertinent to characterize the associate between MUAC and the risk factors for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases in specific subpopulations.

Keywords: Anthropometry, adolescence, Nigerians, cardiometabolic diseases


1 Dept of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Monkole, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2 Centre de Formation et d'Appui sanitaire (cefa), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 3Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 4 Translational and Immuno-oncology, Infectious Disease and ImmunoEngineering Consulting, Guilford, CT, USA; Executive Consultant for the Grassetti Family Trust (GFT), Berkeley, CA, USA


Fantasy cricket is a sport based on actual cricket matches where points are earned based on players performance in those matches. In the proposed work, we created teams in the game of virtual cricket domain by employ an optimized model in fantasy cricket. For this intent, the concept of credit and points system was incorporated and various constraints are presented. In this work, the system generates teams with given constraints using an optimized model. No system, till now, that generates teams automatically with given conditions in the game of fantasy cricket. Our proposed system generates all possible teams or optimal teams based on given conditions and/or user-selected criteria. The system-generated teams are tested in a real-time environment with the teams that are created manually by users. The result shows more percentage of success over the teams created by users.


The invention provides a method for recovering pixel clocks based on internal display port interface and a display device using the same. The method for recovering pixel clocks based on an iDP interface includes selecting a prime factor closest to VA or HA from prime factors of X, and selecting a value obtained by subtracting VA from the selected prime factor, as VB, in Mvid = ( HA + HB ) ( VA + VB ) X , where HA indicates a horizontal active period, HB indicates a horizontal blank interval, VA indicates a vertical active period, and VB indicates a vertical blank interval, fixing the selected VB value, and selecting a total of HB within one frame period and the number of lanes under a condition that Mvid has an integer value, and recovering pixel clocks by multiplying a frequency of link symbol clocks of data received via the lanes by a multiplication of Mvid/48.


Phase III trials have demonstrated the efficacy and safety of ustekinumab in moderate‐to‐severe ulcerative colitis (UC), but few real‐world data are currently available.


In order for an autonomous agent to interact rationally within its environment, it must have knowledge of that environment. Given that the wealth of knowledge that even small children evidently quickly acquire, it is infeasible for an agent to be directly encoded with much, if any, knowledge about the real world. This means that it would be best to instead imbue the agent with the ability to learn the knowledge for itself. Given the non-triviality of the problem of programming an agent with this ability, this paper looks at a system that qualitatively replicates one of the main psychological processes that biological agents use to learn about their environment, that of classical conditioning. Initial testing of the system shows results that are inconclusive but are encouraging. This leads to the conclusion that further work is needed to ascertain the utility of the approach.


While the process of demographic transition occurred over almost a century in currently developed countries a sharp decline in fertility was observed in Brazil within the space of 3 decades. Total fertility in Sao Paolo State dropped from 4.69 children/woman to 2.44 over the period 1960-1990. While reducing the overall rate of population growth this decline in fertility will also dramatically increase the proportion of adults and elderly in the population. specifically it is estimated that the proportion of the population over age 60 will grow 4.95% annually over the period 1980-2000. This rate of growth is greater than those for the 15-59 and 0-4 year age groups. It is plausible that the elderly will constitute 15% of the population by the year 2025. Given current macroeconomic conditions however the public sector of Brazil can not afford to provide for the security and well-being of this growing segment of the population. Families have thus become the only support open to the elderly. This study examines income and occupational aspects of these individuals as well as aspects of the organization of their domestic lives and family structures with the goal of evaluating their life conditions and comparing them to other populations in the 1980s. Data are employed from modified 1987 tables. Analysis found that 97% of the elderly live with someone else usually relatives. Further 20% of the elderly have no income in Greater Sao Paolo and the Interior but they are cared for by families. Aging in Sao Paolo therefore does not necessitate impoverishment. In fact elderly people who are educated or who are employers reach higher income than young or mature people in similar situations.


The survey examines the diversity, abundance and composition of the aquatic communities at each site, and identifies those physical and chemical variables that most strongly associate with spatial variations in the biological communities.


Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate the associations between the habitual Ca intake and faecal fat and energy excretion as well as blood lipid profile in free-living normal-weight and overweight individuals. The participants were enrolled for an 8-d period where data from a 7-d diet registration (days 1–7), a 5-d faeces collection (days 3–7), a 2-d urine collection (days 5–7), and anthropometric measurements and a fasting blood sample (day 8) were collected. Analyses showed that dietary Ca intake (g/10 MJ per d) was positively associated with excretion of faecal fat (P = 0·004) and energy (P = 0·031) when adjusted for BMI, age, sex and intake of Ca-containing supplements. However, after adjustment for intake of fibre, the effect of Ca intake disappeared. Nevertheless, total cholesterol (CHOL) and LDL-CHOL concentrations were associated negatively with Ca intake (β −0·62 (95 % CI −0·96, −0·28) mmol/l, P < 0·001, and β −0·49 (95 % CI −0·78, −0·20) mmol/l, P = 0·001, respectively, per 1000 mg/10 MJ per d increase in Ca intake). In conclusion, incorporation of Ca-rich food products in a habitual diet was associated with reduced total CHOL and LDL-CHOL concentrations, which may lower the risk of CVD in the long term.


Designing the tool for continuous deformation method of wire nanostructuring -equal channel angular drawing is carried out. On the basis of the criteria estimation of equal channel angular drawing process efficiency rational design process tool is defined. It provides maximum process stability and the achievement of the required intensity and uniformity of the stress-strain state of the treated wire. It leads to the forming the ultra-fine grain structure and enlarging wire mechanical properties.


A motor stator of a scroll compressor is formed of a plurality of force fit uncoated plates. As the outer periphery of the uncoated plates is slightly greater than the inner periphery of the housing, the plates are secured to the housing without the need of a coating. After force fitting the plates into the housing, a tool 66 positioned above and below the plates presses the uncoated plates together to eliminate space 60 between the plates, forming a solid motor stator.


Present research experiment was conducted in two consecutive summer (zaid) seasons of 2012 and 2013 at the horticulture nursery, college of agriculture, Gwalior with five fertilizers doses and three concentrations of NAA on summer brinjal cv JB-64 in factorial randomized block design. On the basis of two years results it was found that the application of 125% of RDF i.e. 150 kg N, 100 kg P2O5 and 75 kg K2O/ha and two foliar spray of 100 ppm NAA before flowering (30 and 50 DAP), produced maximum fruit yield and gave higher net return as well as highest B : C ratio.


Two-phase frictional pressure drop and flow regimes in small channels were experimentally investigated.Using nitrogen and water,experiments were conducted in small horizontal rectangular channels with 0.99 mm inner diameter.The gas and liquid superficial velocity ranges were 0.017~33.3 and 0.1~5 m/s,respectively.The atmospheric pressure condition was maintained throughout the experiments.There are two conclusions:(1)Comparisons between the experimental data and the predictions indicate that the L M model shows a better predictive ability than the other empirical correlations.(2)In the case of the same ULS,the parameter C shows a regular relation with parameter X(U_(GS))and reaches a maximal value at X=7,where churn flow existed.But there is no regular relation between C and U_(LS).


This paper proposes a 3D structure recovery and registration method that uses four or more common points. For each frame of a given video, a partial structure is recovered using tracked points. The 3D coordinates, camera positions and camera directions are computed at once by our improved scaled orthographic factorization method. The partially recovered point sets are parts of a whole model. A registration of point sets makes the complete shape. The recovered subsets are integrated by transforming each coordinate system of the local point subset into a common basis coordinate system. The process of shape recovery and integration is performed uniformly and linearly without any nonlinear iterative process and without loss of accuracy. The execution time for the integration is significantly reduced relative to the conventional ICP method. Due to the fast recovery and registration framework, our shape recovery scheme is applicable to various interactive video applications. The processing time per frame is under 0.01 seconds in most cases and the integration error is under 0.1mm on average.


Preface, Introduction, Chris Gosden. Part I: Food and Culture, Andrew Sherratt, Cash Crops before cash: hunting, farming, manufacture and trade in earlier Eurasia, Christine Hastorf, Cultural Implications of Crop introductions in Andean prehistory, Alejandro Haber, Uywana, the house and its indoor landscape: oblique approaches to, and beyond, domestication, Soren Blau, Of water and oil: exploitation of natural resources and social change in eastern Arabia, Gustavo Politis, Plant exploitation among the Nukak hunter-gathers of Amazonia: between ecology and ideology. Part II: Introductions, Helen Leach, Food processing technology: its role in inhibiting or promoting change in staple foods, K. Mehra, Subsistence changes in India and Pakistan: the Neolithic and Chalcolithic from the point of view of plant use today, Sarah Nelson, Megalithic monuments and the introduction of rice into Korea, Catherine Andrea, Dispersal of domesticated plants into northeastern Japan, Elizabeth Reitz, Native Americans and animal husbandry in the North American colony of Florida. Part III: Food and the Landscape, Tim Bayliss-Smith & Jack Golsen, The meaning of ditches: deconstructing the social landscapes of New Guinea, Kuk, phase 4, Chris Godsen & Lesley Head, Different histories: Papua New Guinea and Australia compared, Christophe Sand, From the swamp to the terrace: intensification of horticultural practices in New Caledonia, from first settlement to European contact, Robert Kuhlken, Warfare and intensive agriculture in Fiji, Carol Palmer, Who's land is it anyway? An historical examination of land tenure and agriculture in northern Jordon, Ken Thomas, Getting a life: stability and change in social and subsistence systems on the North-West Frontier (Pakistan) in later prehistory, Yuri Vostretsov, Interaction of maritime and agricultural adaptation in Japan sea basin, Kevin MacDonald, Invisible Pastoralists: sedentists and livestock remains in the later prehistory of arid West Africa, Willem van Zeist, Evidence for agricultural change in the Balikh basin, Northern Syria. Part IV: Plants and People, Edmond de Langhe & P. de Maret, Tracking the banana: significance to early agriculture, Randi Haaland, Theory and evidence in archaeological interpretation of the transition from gathering to domestication: the puzzle of the late emergence of domesticated sorghum in the Nile Valley, Deborah Pearsall, The impact of maize on subsistence systems in South America: an example from the Jama River Valley, Coastal Equador, Michael Therin, Richard Fullagar & Richard Torrence, Starch in sediments: a new approach to the study of subsistence and land use in Papua New Guinea, A. Butler, Traditional seed cropping systems in the temperate Old World: models for antiquity, George Wilcox, Agrarian change and the beginnings of agriculture in the Near East: evidence from wild projenitors, experimental cultivation and archaeobotanical data.


Initial Bayesian stock assessment results for humpba ck breeding sub-stock B1 are presented. These sugges t this population presently to be within the range of 60-9 0% of its pre-exploitation size in terms of point e s imates.


Objective: To analysis the aneuploidy rate of X, Y and 18 chromosomes of sperms from a patient of Klinefelter's syndrome and to guide the assisted reproductive treatment. Methods: Analyze and calculate the aneuploidy rate of X, Y and 18 chromosomes of fewer amount of ejaculate sperm with fluorescence in-situ hybridization(FISH). Intracytoplasmic sperm injection(ICSI) was performed. Results: Sperms were picked up before and after ICSI. Among totally 156 sperms which had fluorescence signal after FISH, 82(52.6%) sperms were normal X sperms and 74(47.4%) were normal Y sperms. A twin pregnancy were achieved. The chromosomes of the two fetus were identified as 46,XY and 46,XX after a prenatal diagnosis were done on 19 weeks gestation. A health twin (a boy and a girl) were born with caesarean section on 36 weeks gestation. Conclusion: FISH analysis on sperms of patient with Klinefelter's syndrome indicated that normal sperm can be produced. Normal babies can be born after ICSI in patient with Klinefelter's syndrome who have sperm.


In this paper, a novel broadband circularly polarized (CP) slot antenna is proposed and fabricated, in which the perturbation configuration with two quarter annular rings fabricated cornerways in the square slot is designed and a simple Photonic-bandgap (PBG) structure is employed. Through simulating and testing, the broad impedance bandwidth of 81.5%(VSWR<2.0) and the 3dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth of 48.2% are achieved respectively. This slot antenna will be widely utilized in communication field. These instructions give you basic guidelines for preparing papers for conference proceedings.


Device (1) for dispensing a fragrance (4), having a least one outlet opening (13) container (2) for receiving the fragrance (4) and a container (2) associated with the electrical heating element (5) for heating the fragrance ( 4), wherein the container (2) is assigned a temperature sensor (8) for detecting the temperature of the fragrance (4) and that the device (1) comprises a controller (10) for regulating the electrical heating element (5) in response to the sensed temperature having.


Measures of forest structure provide an important indication of productivity, health and the growth stage of a forest. Using traditional field-based approaches, extraction of such structural parameters is often time consuming and labour intensive. Remote sensing is a cost effective technique for mapping and interpreting some features of vegetation; and LiDAR provides highly accurate measurements in the vertical and horizontal planes of vegetation structure that can approximate field measurements. In this study, we integrated LiDAR and Landsat TM to model the variation of biophysical parameters of a topographically complex landscape. Focusing on eucalyptus-dominated open forests in eastern Australia, this study provides an insight into how integrating small-footprint LiDAR and Landsat data can be used to develop models to assess vegetation structural attributes. This study demonstrates that fundamental forest structure attributes can be modelled with current remote sensing technologies.


The Sweden method of slices is used as the data model for slope stability analysis and a new searching method for slope stability analysis is presented. This method, named SAA_IAFSA in this paper uses the artificial fish-swarm algorithm based on simulated annealing algorithm to search the critical failure surface and minimum safety factor. This method can overcome the disadvantages of traditional optimization method such as easy to fall into local extreme points with high accuracy, applicability, and can get a more accurate global optimal solution. Finally, the feasibility and effectiveness of the new approach is verified by practical problem. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is significantly superior to original AFSA, with wide application.


A 21-year-old man had 10 to 12 scaling plaques witb hair loss, involving the chest (Eig. 1), back, and proximal extremities. Tbe plaques were approximately 5 to 6 cm in diameter. Tbe plaques were of 1 year's duration, and the patient was asymptomatic. A few of the plaques had follicular hyperkeratosis. There were supraclavicular bilateral lymphadenopathies. Other examinations were normal. A skin biopsv specimen revealed a moderately intense inflammatory infiltrate that surrounded and invaded a spongiotic hair follicle (Eig. 2). Three was also exocytosis of lymphocytes into the surrounding epidermis. A blue Alcian stain showed abundant intrafollicular mucin. Immunophenotyping was done on the formalin-fixed tissue, and the cellular infiltrate was composed mainly of helper T-cells, CD4+; B cell marker was not negative. A biopsy specimen from the supraclavicular lymph node showed Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerosing type. A roentgenogram of the chest showed evidence of an enlarging bilateral mediastinum, and the scanner confirmed the anterior superior mediastinal lymphadenopathies. A computed tomographic scan of the abdomen showed a moderate enlargement of the spleen. The results of bone marrow examination were negative. A diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease stage III was made. Policbemotherapv consisting of six cycles of MOPP (mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone) and ABVD (adriamicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine) alternating was given. After the fourth cvcle, the patient had a radiologic and clinical complete remission. The cutaneous lesions cleared only partially. He has remained in good health for 3.5 years since the diagnosis.


We show that the image of the pure braid group under the monodromy action on the homology of a cyclic covering of degree d of the projective line is an arithmetic group provided the number of branch points is sufficiently large compared to the degree.


Monitoring of structures offers a wealth of information on structural performance evaluation. While the performance of existing structures may differ from their designs, monitoring of dynamic behaviors potentially provides indications of how close or far the performance is to the designs and unexpected differences that might be important to the safety. This paper presents how two bridges were monitored in Japan as well as dynamic and structural analyses of the monitoring data. Ambient vibration and seismic response records are utilized in performance evaluation of these bridges. The dense sensor instrumentation on the bridges and long-term monitoring provides exceptional opportunities to obtain insight into the behaviors of the bridges and performance of their components.


The exponential growth of communication devices such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) devices, sensors/actuators, mobile devices, and many others have led to a substantial increase in the quantity of traffic generated. This heavy traffic may cause significant delays for delay-sensitive applications and burden the fronthaul in Cloud-RAN architecture. Supporting all types of communications with the C-RAN architecture will be expensive and inefficient for telecom network operators (TNOs) and devices. Consequently, a fog computing-based RAN has evolved to reduce the heavy burden on fronthaul and ensure timely delivery of requested content for delay-sensitive applications. Fog computing resolves this problem by bringing computational resources and networking closer to users or devices, which is particularly useful for delay-sensitive applications. The cloud has extensive computing and resource capabilities, but its latency is more significant than fog computing-based RAN. In this paper, we examine a market in which TNOs lease third-party deployed fog access points (F-APs) in order to optimize the utilization of fog computing-based RAN architecture and F-APs resources. By employing a fog computing paradigm and efficiently using available fog node resources, the fronthaul infrastructure can relieve some of its burdens. Reducing service latency for end users is one of the most promising advantages of the fog paradigm. A user agrees to utilize fog resources in this endeavor and vice versa. Users and fog nodes do not provide usable utility and cost functions, so we implement a market controller to regulate the market. To maximize the social welfare of the network for participating users and fog nodes, we devise a two-sided auction method to assign computational resources and appropriate compensation.


Abstract : Data obtained from free flight tests on pointed cones having semi-angles from 5 to 35 degrees at Mach numbers from 2 to 5 and Reynolds numbers up to 1.7 x 10 to the 8th power are correlated with simple theoretical formulae. A detailed analysis of the errors in the experimental measurements is presented and from correlations of data having an accuracy of =10% or better, the following conclusions were made: (a) For Reynolds numbers greater than 2 x 10 to the 7th power the experimental Stanton numbers exceed the theoretical conical values by about 11%. (b) The effect of cone-angle on the correction factor applied to flat plate theory to adjust it to conical flow conditions appears to be quite random, the data falling around the normally recommended value of 1.15. (c) The skin temperature, at least for fully turbulent conditions, can be predicted to a high order of accuracy by Hill's method in con junction with Van Driest's theory. (d) Reynolds analogy is well verified by the data and is found to be independent of both Mach number and Reynolds number effects. (e) Owing to poor presentation of the wall temperature data in most of the reports the recovery factor data was found to be unreliable.


Abstract Globalization is the global expansion of economic-cultural capitalism. The term "capitalism" today may mainly refer to the special economic mode shared by most countries regardless of their different political systems. The original essence of capitalism lies in the self-profit motive and commercial activities. Globalization makes this essence also penetrated into all aspects of society, culture and academia resulting in the systematically weakening of the scientific character of the humanities. The latter should be advanced to human sciences in order to be capable of balancing the cultural materialism caused by globalization. For carrying out this scientific task a subjective ethics is requested to form a minority of theoretical volunteers devoted to this revolutionary mission for reorganizing the humanities. The paper asserts that a multi-dimensional causal relationship exists between the materialist-globalization, renovation of the humanities, and subjective ethics.


Water content and temperature during food processing have a pronounced influence on the rates of those changes in food properties which are the object of the process such as reduction in water content or sterilization. However, they also strongly influence adverse side effects such as browning, loss of nutrients or shrinking. When the effects of temperature and water concentration on the process rates of the desired and adverse processes are known, the processes can be optimized. An example of the optimization procedure is given for the spray drying of heat-labile aroma containing liquid foods. Both temperature and moisture content of the droplets change with time in spray-drying. In a second example a new and simple calculation method is introduced for the optimization of quality retention in the sterilization of packed foods.


A 79-year-old man presented to our dermatology department with a generalized rash persistent for the last two months and importantly associated with itching. The patient had no history of drug allergy or a past dermatological condition. A clinical examination showed a generalized erythematous rash with scaling (Fig. 1). A skin biopsy revealed acanthosis and parakeratosis, but found no cause for the rash. The patient was treated with potent topical steroids and antihistamines but with no relief. Given the patient's complaint of dysuria and frequent urination, we measured the level of prostatespecific antigen (PSA) to find it abnormally high, at 45. A CT scan revealed iliac lymph node metastases. Prostate MRI revealed a suspicious lesion in the central area, corresponding to prostate cancer (Fig. 2). A prostate biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma classified as Gleason 8 (4 + 4). The patient was put under hormone therapy and radiation therapy. Two months after beginning the treatment, the patient achieved remission of the rash, but the itching remained unaffected.


Background: A novel dehydrated Human Amniotic Membrane (dHAM) allograft is a placental based scaffold that has been widely used in a verity of medical fields due to its unique regenerative ability in wound healing. Objective: To evaluate clinically, radiographically, and histopathologically the efficacy of dehydrated Human Amniotic Membrane allograf as a pulpotomy agent in primary teeth. Materials and Methods: IClinical and radiographical evaluation: This split-mouth, randomized clinical trial was conducted on 40 deeply carious primary molars indicated for pulpotomy. They were selected from 16 healthy children aged 4-8 years. They were randomly allocated into two equal groups (20 molars/each). Group 1: dHAM pulpotomy in one quadrant and Group 2: Formocresol (FC) pulpotomy in the contralateral. All molars were treated with the conventional pulpotomy technique. All patients were recalled for clinical and radiographical evaluation at 3, 6, and 9 months post-treatment. IIHistopathological assessment: A total of 30 healthy lower first primary molars and canines that indicated for serial extraction were selected for histopathological evaluation. The dHAM allograft and formocresol pulpotomies were performed (12 teeth/each group), where the other 6 teeth were used as a control. Six teeth from each experimental group were extracted at post-treatment intervals; one and three months. The samples were prepared for histopathological evaluation. All data were subjected to the exact test. Fisher exact test and Monte Carlo test were also used. The level of significance was set at P<0.05. Results: I-Clinical and radiographic results: The overall clinical success rates for both groups were 100%, whereas the overall radiographic success rates for dHAM and FC groups were 100% and 85%, respectively, but the difference was not statistically significant (p>0.05). II-Histopathological results: The overall evaluation at 1-month interval showed better histopathological criteria for dHAM group than FC group, but the difference was only significantly better on the degree of the inflammatory response (p<0.05). Whereas at 3-month interval, the dHAM group displayed significantly better histopathological criteria compared to the FC group (p<0.05). Conclusion: The dHAM allograft with its regenerative, biologic biocompatibility properties and its ability to deliver growth factors has shown successful outcome comparable to gold standard formocresol. Hence, it can be recommended as an alternative promising pulpotomy agent.


We sought to clarify the controversial issue of whether detecting low‐level anti‐donor‐specific HLA antibody (HLA‐DSA) by single‐antigen flow‐bead assay (SAFB) may have a potential role in reducing acute and chronic antibody‐mediated rejection (AMR). We retrospectively studied the preoperative serum of ABO‐compatible living kidney transplantation recipients transplanted between 2001 and 2004 by SAFB using a Luminex platform. HLA‐DSA was detected only by SAFB in 24 patients, although all of them showed negative T‐cell and B‐cell complement‐dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) crossmatches. The HLA‐DSA patients went on to have surprisingly high levels of acute and chronic AMR despite being only weakly sensitized (acute AMR, 33.3%; chronic AMR, 41.7%). After 2005, we implemented SAFB routinely and any patient having a positive HLA‐DSA was considered to be a desensitization candidate. The 52 patients found to have HLA‐DSA underwent kidney transplantation after prior treatment with a single dose of rituximab (RIT) and three or four sessions of double‐filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) in addition to regimens commonly used between 2001 and 2004. After 2005, there was a significant reduction in the occurrence of acute and chronic AMR (acute AMR, 4.7%, P < 0.001; chronic AMR, 4.7%, P < 0.001). The 5‐year graft survival rate also improved after implementing SAFB (83.3–98.1%, P = 0.032). The RIT/DFPP‐induction protocol may improve graft survival even in patients with low‐level DSA.


Summary

Project objectives
This study fits into a larger research project on logistics collaboration and outsourcing decisions. The final objective of this larger project is to analyze the logistics collaboration decision in more detail to identify thresholds in these decisions. To reach the overall objectives, the first step is to get a clearer picture on the chemical and logistics service providers industry, sectors of our study, and on logistics collaboration in these sectors. The results of this first phase are presented in this report.

Project Approach
The study consists of two parts: literature review and five case studies within the chemical industry. The literature covers three topics: logistics collaboration, logistics outsourcing and purchasing of logistics services. The five case studies are used to refine the theoretical findings of the literature review.

Conclusions
Main observations during the case studies can be summarized as follows:
• Most analyzed collaborative relationships between shippers and logistics service providers in the chemical industry are still focused on operational execution of logistics activities with a short term horizon. Supply management design and control are often retained by the shippers.
• Despite the time and cost intensive character of a logistics service buying process, shippers tendering on a very regular basis. The decision to start a new tender project should more often be based on an integral approach that includes all tender related costs. A lower frequency of tendering could create more stability in supply chains. Beside, it will give both, shippers and LSPs, the possibility to improve the quality of the remaining projects.
• Price is still a dominating decision criterion in selecting a LSP. This is not an issue as long as the comparison of costs is based on an integral approach, and when shippers balance the cost criterion within their total set of criteria for sourcing logistics services.
 • At the shippers' side there is an increased awareness of the need of more solid collaboration with logistics service providers. Nevertheless, in many cases this increased awareness does not actually result in the required actions to establish more intensive collaboration.
• Over the last years the logistics service providers industry was characterized by low profit margins, strong fragmentation and price competition. Nowadays, the market for LSPs is changing, because of an increasing demand for logistics services. To benefit from this situation a more pro-active role of the service providers is required in building stronger relationships with their customers. They should pay more attention on mid and long term possibilities in a collaborative relation, in stead of only be focused on running the daily operation.


Abstract : The present supplement contains some additional development concerning the mathematical statement of the second law and restrictions on the heat conduction vector and internal energy, as well as two examples which demonstrate some shortcomings of the Clausius-Duhem inequality. One of the examples, when studied with the use of the Clausius-Duhem inequality, leads to results that imply the possibility of a perpetual motion of the second kind. In the second example, which is concerned with a rigid heat conductor in thermal equilibrium, the Clausius-Duhem inequality requires that if heat is added to the medium the resulting spatially homogeneous temperature of the conductor decreases. Moreover, the inequality denies the possibility of propagation of heat in the conductor as a thermal wave with finite speed. The inequalities proposed here do not suffer from these shortcomings.


A new type of Water-Absorbent Expansive Polymer Temporary Plugging Agent-JBD is developed by using ethylene negative,positive,nonionic monomer and organic crosslinger and inorganic material etc..The result of evalution tests show that JBD has good water-absorbent expanding properties and not expanding in oil.The water-plugging efficiency was as high as 95% and oil-plugging is inferior to 15%,its plugging strength inferior to 1.0 MPa/m and the permeability restoration is above 85%.The application of JBD in high permeability oil wells has achieved succession.


Cloud Computing (CC) is currently attracting the attention of healthcare organizations to solve and facilitate some of the barriers to ehealth. However, in Jordan's healthcare organizations, there is a lack of empirical research that adopts Cloud Computing. This research seeks to comprehend several factors that affect Jordanian healthcare organizations ' adoption of CC. Based on the context of the technology, organization, and the environment factors (TOE), this study examined the adoption of CC in Jordanian health organizations. This study used the quantitative approach and carried out a survey among healthcare organizations in Jordan. Surveys were completed by participants working in Jordan's healthcare organizations. He showed that the TOE variables have been statistically important and could have an impact on CC adoption. The overall findings this examination have demonstrated that CC offers numerous advantages for Jordanian healthcare organizations, for example, cost reduction, reducing the information gap in healthcare, and spreading a culture of collaboration among healthcare facilities. However, Cloud Computing services are still ineffective spread for Jordanian researchers.


A FTER agreeing to present an overview of toxoplasmosis, I went to the dictionary to determine with what I had managed to become involved. There I learned that overview means "to survey, to inspect," which certainly sounded innocent enough. Depending upon the vantage point, this could mean limiting oneself to reviewing the history of the subject, to a statement of where we are, or to a brave attempt at defining future directions. In order to avoid stepping out of character, I shall probably try to encompass all three. This is an appropriate time to review the complex and fascinating problems posed by Txoplasma gondii. Since the parasite was first demonstrated in i908, we are now in the seventh decade of its recognition. The dye test (please forgive a personal reference) which provided the great stimulus toward expanding interest in the disease, was discovered in 1948, making this its 25th year. By the same token, 1973 marks the silver anniversary of my own involvement with the causative organism. As is so often the case, this was the result of a series of fortuitous, unplanned, and unpredictable events. But let us go back to the beginning. In i908 Nicolle and Manceaux' identified Toxoplasma in a North African rodent, the gondi, and Splendore2 did the same in rabbits in Brazil. These two almost simultaneous publications are of special interest for the epidemiologist because they offer positive proof that the organism was present on at least two continents, implying that it might be present in other places as well. Further, since Toxoplasma could invade the tissues of at least two vertebrate species, there was reason to suspect that other kinds of victims might exist. This was demon-


This study was carried out for characterization of MIO synthesized in our laboratory by co-precipitation method and applied isotherm and kinetic models for adsorption properties. XRD analysis were conducted to find crystal structure of synthesized MIO. Further SEM and XPS analysis was performed before and after phosphate adsorption, and BET analysis for surface characterization. Phosphate stock solution was prepared by KH2PO4 for characterization of phosphate adsorption, and batch experiment was conducted using 50 ml conical tube. Langmuir and Freundlich models were applied based on adsorption equilibrium test of MIO by initial phosphate solution. Pseudo first order and pseudo second order models were applied for interpretation of kinetic model by temperature. Surface area and pore size of MIO were found and 16 nm respectively. And, the determination coefficient () value of Langmuir model was 0.9779, which was comparatively higher than that of Freundlich isotherm model 0.9340.


A new architecture for REMS (Remote-sensing Environmental Monitoring System V1.0) is introduced in this paper. REMS is the first integrated system in China developed to meet the multi-resource, multi-temporal and multi-thematic data processing, analyzing and products distributing, especially to process and monitor inland water resource pollution. The most important components of REMS are presented in this paper including tools for multi-resource data input/output, preprocessing, data visualization and mapping, environment information extraction, conventional image analysis, advanced tools for eco-environment modeling, and integrated interface to connect with general spatial and spectral database and water quality monitoring database. REMS provide professional ability to extract the major characters of water resource such as Chlorophyll content, Total Suspended Matter (TSM), Yellow Substance or CDOM etc. In order to retrieve and predict the blue algae distribution and water quality evolvement, a group of statistical algorithms are also realized to analyses the result and at the same time data assurance measures are also given respectively. Finally, we select the Taihu Lake, JiangShu Province, South China, as the representative research area and some field applications constructed based on REMS are discussed


We show that the strength of non-commutativity could play a role in determining the boundary condition of a physical problem. As a toy model, we consider the inverse-square problem in non-commutative space. The scale invariance of the system is explicitly broken by the scale of non-commutativity Θ. The effective problem in non-commutative space is analyzed. It is shown that despite the presence of a higher singular potential coming from the leading term of the expansion of the potential to first order in Θ, it can have a self-adjoint extension. The boundary conditions are obtained, which belong to a 1-parameter family and are related to the strength of non-commutativity.


Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has mitigated the impact of HIV-1/AIDS among infected individuals in resource-poor settings. However, ART failure due to treatment interruption, bad adherence and emergence of drug resistance mutations has been a negative consequence. According to revised world health organization treatment guidelines in 2010, once a patient is found to be failing ART, change of regimen should be considered.


aneurysm of the mitral (MV) of revealed a grade II/VI systolic heart murmur at the cardiac apex, in the left upper quadrant, and purpuric lesions in the inferior analyses showed neutrophilia and C-Reactive Protein of 211mg/L. Positive Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-sensitive. polypoid the atrial side of the leaflet, of a regurgitation and of aneurysm, (LV) the an intraventricular al., 1 five patients with MVA of the anterior MV leaflet, in the setting of AV IE, were described, considering clinical, echocardiographic, and pathological features. Symptoms of heart failure and various degrees of valve regurgitation were reported. Four underwent AV replacement, while only two received MV intervention, as the MVA had not been previously diagnosed – these were identified in an autopsy, highlighting the importance of a detailed preoperative evaluation. 1 Autopsy studies found that MVA had necrotic material surrounded by vegetations in the anterior leaflet, with a sparring of the posterior MV leaflets. 1 Even less frequent is the finding of MVA in patients with connective tissue diseases, which has seldom been reported, suggesting a connection between tissue fragility and their development. 3 The anterior MV leaflet is also the most often affected valve leaflet in IE in patients with HCM. 2,4 Although nowadays no direct association is established between IE and HCM, this cardiomyopathy used to be considered a moderate-risk condition for IE development, in view of the published reports depicting an association of the infectious disease and HCM. 2 Increased leaflet susceptibility to IE seems to be primarily due to structural abnormalities in MV leaflets, such as leaflet elongation and papillary muscle displacement, along with continuous microtrauma of the valve endocardium by mitral-septal contact during SAM. 2,4,5 LV outflow tract obstruction has also been suggested as an important contributor for SAM


This paper reflects research on the semantic structure of antitheses. The thesis being proposed is that the defining quality of antitheses was implemented by the Syrian church father Ephrem as a rhetoric technique to enhance the power of arguments in his hymns. Examples are being investigated to explain the function of antitheses in the surface structure of some of his arguments.


Abstract The concept of droplet spectrum local broadening and narrowing is introduced. It is shown that a cloud droplet spectrum may be narrowed at one size interval and broadened at another simultaneously. Numerical simulations indicate that the salinity and surface curvature terms may produce absolute and relative broadening of droplet spectra in stratiform clouds in several tens of minutes, with variations of the supersaturation arising from typical turbulent vertical velocity fluctuations. The changes in shape of the droplet size spectrum are not reversible in these processes.


The contents of 15 inorganic elements (Al, B, Ba, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Sr, Ti, Zn ) in soil and in Fallopia multiflora (Thunb.) Harald. growing in different distribution areas were detected with the method of ICP. The differences in inorganic element distribution and the accumulation indices in different areas were examined with nonparametric tests. The results showed there were significant differences in the element contents in soil and plants from different areas. Mn content in the plants from Deqing, Jinggangshan and Jingxi was higher than that from other places. The accumulation indices of inorganic elements by F. multiflora were found no significant difference in the distribution areas. But the accumulation indices of different inorganic elements by the plant were different, and Ca, K, Mg and Sr were found rich in F. multiflora. Tab 6, Ref 14