Pregnancy, labor, and delivery appear to be well tolerated in most patients with mild-to-moderate congenital heart disease (CHD). The management of these patients is uneventful. Patients with more severe problems require frequent assessment and reassurance by the obstetrician and cardiologist, who should work as a team. Therapy consists of curtailing physical activity, avoiding excessive weight gain, reducing salt intake, immediate treatment of infection, diuresis for fluid -retention, and close observation for signs or symptoms of latent congestive heart failure. Induction of labor and cesarean s~ction are indicated only for obstetrical reasons and not for cardiac reasons. Patients with uncorrected cyanotic CHD or Eisenmenger's syndrome constitute a high-risk group and should be advised against pregnancy._Sterilization is recommended in patients with severe cardiac disability that cannot be controlled with medical or surgical therapy and for whom pregnancy may be life threatening. Cardiovascular surgery during pregnancy is rarely indicated. Prophylactic antibiotics should be employed at


This report describes t h e use of a d i g i t a l computer program written t o solve the kinetic equations associated with t h e EGCR core. The neutron ki-n e t i c equations a r e solved with s i x groups of delayed neutrons. Temperature is calculated, based on the neutron level, and temperature feedback is used. Provisions are made t o vary several operating parameters as a function of time. A . This program w be used f o r control studies, design of kinetic experiments, and accident analysis.


In this paper, ethylene glycol n-propyl ether palm oil monoester (EGPEPOM) was synthesized through transesterification of refined palm oil and ethylene glycol n-propyl ether with sodium as the catalyst. Its chemical structure was characterized through Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometry, hydrogen atom nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) analyses. To investigate the engine performance of EGPEPOM, tests on a two-cylinder direct-injection (DI) diesel engine were conducted. Experimental results indicated that the chemical structure of EGPEPOM is consistent with theoretical analysis. In comparison to diesel fuel, the start of combustion was advanced and the peak cylinder pressure was decreased with the EGMEPOM fuel. Meanwhile, the brake thermal efficiency of EGPEPOM was improved. The smoke emission was decreased maximally by 37.5% with brake-specific CO (BSCO) emission reduced by 66.6%, brake-specific hydrocarbon (BSHC) emission reduced by 27.1%, and brake-sp...


Five ruminally cannulated lactating dairy cows, producing 27 kg day -1 of milk, were used in a 5 x 5 Latin Square design. Diets contained different protein sources: control, urea, soybean meal, roasted soybeans and corn gluten meal. The control diet featured 13.4% crude protein, and the other diets 16.5%. Dry matter intake, milk production, milk fat content and yield, and feed efficiency were not affected by the treatments. Feeding roasted soybeans decreased milk protein content (p < 0.05). The treatments had no effect on the total tract digestibilities of dry matter, organic matter, starch and neutral detergent fiber; however, crude protein digestibility was reduced with the control and roasted soybeans diets (p < 0.05). Feeding urea increased plasma urea-N (p < 0.05). The treatments had no effects on plasma glucose concentration.


SAOCOM is a scientific and commercial mission developed by CONAE, the National Space Commission of Argentina. It is composed of two identical satellites, each one carrying a fully polarimetric L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The main driver of the mission is the retrieval of soil moisture, an application that demands high radiometric and polarimetric accuracy. In this article, we summarize the main external calibration results obtained during the commissioning phase of the SAOCOM-1A satellite. In addition, the general calibration strategy as well as the devices and facilities that were involved in the external calibration process are described.


Based on nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation(NLPB) and flexoelectric theory of liquid crystal thin films,with the help of Fogolari's correct formula,a nonlinear multiscale relation among single-stranded DNA(ssDNA) molecule structure feature,salt solution concentration and biofilm electrostatic potential,chip macroscopic deformation is formulated.The flexoelectric coefficient is obtained by curve fitting based on existing experimental data.The linear and nonlinear predictions for biofilm electrostatic potential and chip deformation are compared to validate the present nonlinear multiscale relation.The influences of DNA fragment length,packing density on chip deformation are also investigated.The results show that chip deformation increase with the enhancement of DNA fragment length and packing density.


Quantitative research on asset pool's credit risk in non-performing asset securitization is very deficient in China.The paper tries to measure every single asset's credit risk in asset pool by using the improvement BP Neutral Network model based on our current situation that is short of historical data in credit.There are 16 input variables,1 crytic stratum and credit risk qua output variable of the NN.The paper measures the asset pool's credit risk by exercising conformity Credit Risk[+]model.The empirical analysis on real diagnosis indicates that the BP neutral network has a good application in evaluating the asset pool's credit risk in NPAS.


Twenty one tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) genotypes were evaluated during September 2011 to May 2012 to assess information on the genetic divergence of the genotypes for yield, quality and yield related characters. The experiment was conducted at Mizan-Tepi University trial field using Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Among the genotypes having better yield and quality performances, relatively higher D values were recorded between the genotypes CLN-2037H and Cochoro, 2 Cochoro and Roma VF, CLN-2037H and Melkashola and CLN-2037H and Pirson, indicating that they could be considered in hybridization program for yield and quality improvement.


One hundred and ninety five rice accessions were evaluated to study the diversity pattern among the genotypes. The genotypes were grouped under ten clusters. The distribution pattern indicated that maximum number of genotypes (28) were grouped into cluster II, followed by 27 in cluster III. The inter-cluster distance is higher than intra cluster indicating wide genetic diversity among the genotypes. The highest inter-cluster distances was observed between cluster VI and VII followed by cluster IV and VII showed wider diversity among the groups. The highest intra-cluster, distance was observed for cluster I followed by cluster IX. The accessions with IC 346231, 352813, 346237, 331640, 152036, 372020 can be used as potential donors for hybridization programme to develop variety with higher yield potential.


The present invention, vanadium, phosphorus, including catalytic active substance containing iron and acid, relates a catalyst for producing maleic anhydride by the hydrocarbon oxidation heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase having at least 4 carbon atoms in this case the catalytically active material has an iron / vanadium atom ratio of less than 0.005, using a phosphoric acid Fe (III) as in this case iron used materials. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of catalysts in the preparation of a number of methods and maleic anhydride for the preparation of catalysts according to the present invention.


SUMMARY The request for the Early Production System (EPS) barge movement and installation at Olero creek production platform was initiated in order to continue the flow and production of oil at the platform. This initiative came as a result of the damage to the existing production facilities at the Benin river area. The EPS is a concept designed to continue the flow and production of oil pending when the rebuild process of the damaged facilities will be completed. The terms of reference for the project were given as follows: - EPS barge movement from the Company base yard to the site. - Sand pad preparation of the site. - Positioning and ballasting of the EPS barge. - Installation of 16nos 12" double length piles (Restraining, Guide and Bumper piles). - Monitoring of the barge sitting for a period to establish settlement trend. The movement of barge was preceded by channel check. The entire route could not be checked or investigated due to logistic constraint, however some critical areas were investigated and movement was designed to avoid all observed obstacles and navigational hazards. Datum was established for the survey and tagged project datum. The datum established was based on the 1m mark at GB-3 location, Olero creek. The pre-survey carried out included the topographic and bathymetric appraisal of the entire flow station area. The information was used to reappraise the setting out before sand dropping and to design the sand padding to accommodate the overlap including loses. The sand pad area including the overlap was set out and long pegs were used to mark out the edges. Positioning of the barge was tied to the tidal situation (spring tide), while the movement was synchronized with tidal motion to avert the possibility of being dragged back by tide. This paper will highlight the experience, the tasks, and moreover the challenges faced during the EPS barge movement to site, the sand padding of the site and installation of the barge at the production platform, Benin river area.


Background: Research indicates that students struggle to transfer class room taught communication skills into the reality of clinical practice. Students have previously been shown to be poor at self assessment of communication skills with over or under estimation of ability. Patients have previously shown little correlation with faculty. Methods: This study sought to investigate medical student's actual communication skills at the bedside, during a medical interview, from the perspectives of faculty (behavioral scientists) patients and self assessment. A validated Calgary Cambridge observation tool was utilized. Results: Patients and faculty reported clear evidence of classroom taught skills being utilized clinically. The median scores achieved were similar with faculty reporting 64.5 %, (Q1, 59.5: Q3, 70.75), Patients 64% (Q1, 56.25: Q3, 71) and students' selfassessment at 63% (Q1, 56: Q3 68), (Range 0-100%). Students underestimated their skills in "initiation of interview", "gathering information" and "building structure". Students over estimated their abilities in "understanding the patients perspective", "building a relationship" and "closing Original Research Article British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science, 4(3): 362-374, 2014 363 the interview". A medium correlation of 0.584 was determined between faculty and patients with a pvalue of 0.00069. There was no correlation between students self assessments and faculty nor between students and patient assessments Conclusion: Medical students can transfer some classroom taught communication skills to the clinical setting, during the medical interview, to the satisfaction of faculty and patients. Students in the early years of training appear poor at self assessment of their actual ability in some aspects of communication skills. This concurs with previous findings. However, patients had good agreement with faculty this has been seen previously with standardized patients but not with actual hospital in-patients.


In the present study, the modeling and simulation of a distillation column for multicomponent hydrocarbon mixtures was carried out. The proposed Bubble Point rigorous simulation method is based on a partition analysis incorporating the classical Wang-Henke tridiagonal matrix. For this design the liquid-vapor equilibrium and the enthalpies of the mixture were predicted for their respective phases, based on their thermo-physical properties of the components. Reports of the temperatures, compositions and flows of the column were elaborated, as well as graphs of the profiles of the same ones.
The prediction of the liquid - vapor equilibrium and the enthalpies of a mixture of hydrocarbons can very well be determined by state equations such as the Peng - Robinson equation, Redlich - Kwong, Soave - Redlich - Kwong, and so on. In this work we used the equilibrium constants and enthalpies given by bibliography


In Figure 2, the bust darts are situated in the side seams. The apexes are moved toward the side seams on distance 2,5-3,0 cm. The neck opening is formed with an arc and the arc is divided in three sections, which are in proportions of the Golden ratio. Two perpendicular lines with length 3,5-4,0 cm are drawn in the neckline dividing points. The lines mark the place of the small ruffles. The both perpendiculars are connected with the apexes of the side seams darts with straight lines which mark the places of the bi-sided tucks.


The reaction of toluene diisocyanate with 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propanol (fluoro compound) or 3-glycidoxypropyl trimethoxysilane(siloxane compound) and other additives to form the structure of the fluoro-based or siloxane-based polyurethane (PU) ionomer has been proven by infrared spectra. Experimental results indicated that the amount of water vapor permeability of the film made by fluoro-based or siloxane-based PU ionomer appeared to gradually increase with increasing concentration of the siloxane compound or fluoro compound, as a result of the formation of more porosities. Our experimental results also showed that the water vapor absorption was seen to be larger for the film made by siloxane-based PU ionomer film than for the film made by fluoro-based PU ionomer film, as a result of increased hydrophilic groups attached to the backbone of the PU ionomer molecule. For the film prepared by siloxane-based PU ionomer, both tensile strength and elongation appeared to increase with an increase in the concentration of siloxane compound. This may be the result of the intermolecular interaction between siloxane-based PU ionomer molecules themselves, thus enhancing the crosslinking capability of the ionomer molecules. On the other hand, both tensile strength and elongation for the film prepared by fluoro-based PU ionomer decreased with increasing concentration of the fluoro compound, as a result of intramolecular interaction greatly reducing the crosslinking capability of the ionomer molecules. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 101: 3767–3773, 2006


The purpose of the article is the scientific substantiation and further development of the theoretical foundations and methodology of the system of economic security of an industrial enterprise. Methodology. The methodological bases are the provisions of security theory and the laws of the market economy. In the study the system method was used to reveal the essence of the mechanism of functioning of the economic security system; methods of logic, qualitative analysis and synthesis were used to structure the mechanism of functioning of the economic security system; economic and logical methods were used to establish the nature of the functioning of the economic security system of an industrial enterprise; the integrated method was used to substantiate the concept of "economic security system of an industrial enterprise". Results. Approaches to the functioning of the economic security system of an industrial enterprise in terms of management processes, management objects and elements are proposed. The locus in ensuring the functioning of the economic security system is the mechanism. The classification of methods of economic security management of the enterprise is given. The conceptual bases of functioning of the system of economic safety of the industrial enterprise are developed. A scheme is proposed in order to determine the nature of the functioning of the economic security system of an industrial enterprise, which takes into account the attributes: capabilities, possibilities, desires, interests and aspirations. Practical implications. The practical significance of the obtained results lies in the enrichment of the practice of economic security of an industrial enterprise with scientifically substantiated proposals to improve the functioning of its system. The use of the proposed conceptual provisions and the appropriate algorithm to establish the nature of the economic security system can increase the efficiency of the economic security system in the economic practice of enterprises. Value/originality. The scientific novelty of the obtained results lies in the development and working out of theoretical and methodological principles of functioning of the system of economic security of an industrial enterprise in accordance with the requirements of market situations.


This study aims to analyze the impacts of meteorological factors on 119 Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Busan in 2017 was set as the temporal and spatial subject. It identified the differences in the effects of each meteorological factor on the characteristics of the 119 EMS and investigated the degree of weakness in the provision of EMS due to weather abnormalities. The characteristics of EMS were defined by the number of dispatches, EMS time, distance to dispatch, and the ratio of dispatches outside the jurisdiction in the 119 EMS activity report of the Busan Fire Headquarter. Meteorological factors included temperature, wind speed, and precipitation data from the Korea Meteorological Administration's Automatic Weather System (AWS), and the meteorological abnormality was set as heavy rain that occurred in Busan on September 11, 2017. The results of the regression analysis on the relationship between weather and EMS reveal that the weather factors affect the characteristics of EMS, although it differs according to the first factor. In particular, an increase in temperature and rainfall tends to negatively affect the proper provision of EMS. Weather anomalies, such as the torrential downpour on September 11, 2017, acted as a factor that made the provision of emergency services more vulnerable.


Estimates from epidemiological studies indicate the high global prevalence of seizures in children. They can be associated with different complications that might even be life-threatening. Different risk factors have been reported to increase the risk and severity of seizures, like metabolic disorders, infections, and reduced access to needed care. Therefore, providing appropriate management is essential to enhance the prognosis of these cases. In the present article, we conducted a literature review to shed more light on identifying, diagnosing, and managing seizures in children. The identification process depends on different factors, including obtaining an adequate history from the patient or their caregivers, performing a thorough general and neurological examination, and conducting appropriate investigations whenever needed. It should be noted that in severe cases, these approaches should be made promptly not to delay the management approaches, which can be life-saving. Reassuring family attendants is also recommended. Besides, increasing awareness among these families about the diagnosis, identification, prognosis, reporting, and responding to seizures might reduce the risk of recurrence and enhance the prognosis of seizures. Choosing a treatment strategy is usually based on different factors, including the child's age, epilepsy type, family preferences, the presence of comorbidities, and ability to administer medications. For recurrent seizures, home-based medications, like rectal diazepam or buccal midazolam, might also be used to lower the risk of recurrence and reduce the intensity of seizures.


The aim of this study was to describe the structure of social calls produced by Kuhl's pipistrelles Pipistrellus kuhlii . Bats foraging around street lamps in the Campania region, Southern Italy, were recorded. Calls were produced by bats during chases and, similarly to those of Pipistrellus pipistrellus , were probably used to repel conspecifics from hunting sites. Calls often had three components, lasted on average 34 ms and contained most energy at about 17 kHz. A positive correlation was found between the frequencies of maximum amplitude of echolocation and social calls. Social calls from two adjacent populations differed in their peak frequencies, and possible hypotheses for this variation are given. The structure of P. kuhlii social calls was compared with those of the 45 and 55 kHz P. pipistrellus phonic types. Kuhl's pipistrelle calls lasted longer and showed lower values of minimum and peak frequencies. These differences can help to discriminate between field recordings of P. kuhlii and P. pipistrellus where the two species occur sympatrically.


The digital cinema revolution is upon us. Championing its rollout is the digital cinema initiative (DCI), a joint venture between some of the United States' largest motion picture studios: Disney, Fox, MGM, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal and Warner Bros.


A timbre modulation circuit for an electronic musical instrument having an automatic rhythm accompaniment system. The timbre modulation circuit is provided in a musical scale tone signal path and includes a means for generating a control pulse series synchronized with an automatic rhythm sound generation timing and a variable timbre circuit responsive to the control pulse series whereby the timbre characteristics are caused to vary in response to the control pulse series thereby modulating the timbre of the musical scale tones.


in the O.T., the rope was probably at one time the headgear of the humblest classes (see Nowack, Arrhaologfe, i. p. 125); and, like the sackcloth on the loins, was assumed by others as a mark of the deepest humiliation.' In Busoga, one of the countries in the Uganda Protectorate, mourners used to (and still may) wear rope on their heads. In Buganda the king's executioners used to wear ropes round their necks and on their heads, but that custom does not illustrate our text as the Busoga custom does, for the Syrians in question were victims, not executioners, and the custom is shown in conjunction with the custom of wearing sackcloth, the meaning of which is not in doubt.


We thank both referees for their time to review this manuscript as well as their constructive critiques and suggestions. Both referees write that the manuscript is suitable for publication in ACP. The two major suggestions were (1) to expand the introduction to include material that was only presented in the discussion (referee #1), and (2) to explicitly discuss the thermodynamically favored morphology (referee #2). The requested material has been added to the manuscript. Below are itemized responses explaining how all of the referees' critiques were addressed.


Zinc oxide thin films were prepared at room temperature in pure argon ambient on glass substrates by RF magnetron sputtering. The effect of sputtering power (50~250 Watt) on the structural properties of the film were investigated. The thickness of ZnO thin films was measured using surface profiler (Dektak 150+). Atomic force microscopy machine (AFM-Park system XE-100) was used to characterize the morphology while the crystalinity have been characterized using XRD (Rigaku Ultima IV). It was found that the thickness, growth rate and RMS roughness increases with increasing RF power. All films exhibit the (002) plane which correspond to hexagonal wurtzite structure with the highest peak at 150 Watt.


The formulation and improvement of talent training program has always been the focus of national colleges and universities. Aimed at the problems with the training program of personnel training for the already developed rail transit operation management, a revised method based on education professional certification standard was proposed. On the basis of the core concept of education professional certification, the concept of training mode of transportation professionals was constructed; For rail transit operation management, by analyzing the general standard of education professional certificate, the accurate localization of the profession and the establishment of goal were realized; the graduation requirements of the society on the talents of rail transit were explored and the students' ability, quality and knowledge were planned; The curriculum system was set up on the basis of the supplementary standard of engineering certification; The evaluation methods of the above factors were discussed and the program of talent training was improved; The revised talent training program has worked well after two years of empirical


Petrographic study of 109-2 hidden ultramafic intrusions at Gaotai-Linze, Gansu province suggests that the intrusive is mainly composed of lherzolite with olivine-cumulate texture, in which the olivines are mainly chrysolites, and alterations such as development of actinolite, chlorite and carbonates are similar to those in Jinchuan intrusives. A comparison in geological setting between 109-2 and Jinchuan intrusives indicates that they occur in the same tectonic unit of Longshou uplift belt, as they show similar features of surrounding rocks. Geochemical data prove that the magmatic source area is more concentrated for Jinchuan intrusives than for 109-2 intrusives, or that crustal contamination is more intense for Jinchuan intrusives than for 109-2 intrusives, indicating difference in degree of differential crystallization for them. The 109-2 intrusives are distinctly depleted in Cr content and the ratio of Ni/Cu is higher in 109-2 intrusives than in Jinchuan intrusives, clearly suggesting difference in REE distribution pattern between 109-2 and Jinchuan intrusives. The area of 109-2 intrusives is probably a new belt for concentration of magmatic energy, which deserves more attention for further prospecting.


The 25th of January 2012 is a date to be remembered in the history of data protection. It is the date when the European Commission published its proposal for a draft General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that would replace the Data Protection Directive, and so brought data protection into the spotlight. The draft GDPR aims at tackling the challenges that the protection of personal data faces due to technological developments. The European Parliament has spent numerous sessions discussing the draft GDPR and at the moment of writing this editorial 3.999 amendments to the Commission proposal have been tabled by the various committees of the European Parliament. This issue of International Review of Law, Computers & Technology is devoted to discussing the actual changes that the Commission's proposal wishes to bring about. However, focusing only on the newly proposed Regulation would unnecessarily tie the discussion on the future of data protection to the issues we face at present. The nine contributions to this volume will also look beyond the current challenges and place the discussion on the future of data protection in a broader temporal and conceptual frame. Convention 108 of the Council of Europe on the protection of individuals with regard to the automatic processing of personal data was seen by the Commission of the European Communities as a first and adequate measure for the protection of personal data. However, the reluctance of the European Member States to sign and ratify the Convention, led the Commission to the initiation of a procedure for the adoption of a Directive that would deal with the protection of the individual with respect to the processing of his personal data. The Directive was finally adopted in 1995 and is commonly known as the Data Protection Directive. Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention, the Council of Europe launched a process of modernizing the text of the Convention in order to adapt it to the substantive technological evolutions. Cécile de Terwangne in her paper presents the main changes that have been proposed as a result of the aforementioned modernization work and reflects on them, focusing on the definitions and the scope of the Convention, the basic principles, the special regime for sensitive data, as well as on new rights granted to the data subjects and new duties imposed on the data controllers. The development of the data protection framework in Europe gave rise to discussions on the nature of data protection as a fundamental right and its relation to the right to privacy. The European Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms introduces Article 8 on the protection of personal data, next to Article 7 which governs the respect for private and family life. Jeanne Pia Mifsud Bonnici commences from the fact that the right to the protection of personal data was newly adopted to consider the 'non-absolute' nature of the right in the light of two recent judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which stated that 'the right to the protection of personal data is not, however, an absolute right, but must be considered in relation to its function in society'. She argues that there is a subtle and gradual distancing from the initial understanding of the close relationship between the right to data protection and the right to private and family life. This gradual distancing is a positive development as the two have different foundations, scope and purposes. Yet it is only


The classification of Rational Period Functions on the modular group has been of some interest recently, and was accomplished by studying the pole sets of these rational functions. We take a complex analytic point of view and begin an investigation into the location of zeros of certain families of rational period functions.


Financial performance, one of which is in the financial sector. The decline in financial performance, during the COVID-19 pandemic, could be caused by a decline in the debtor's financial condition, late payments and other payment problems, as well as the deteriorating business prospects of creditors. Which results in a decline in credit quality or the occurrence of bad loans which will have an impact on the decline in banking financial performance. In this case, the disbursement of credit in a larger amount compared to customer deposits will cause banks to face liquidity risk which will lead to a decline in banking financial performance. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only impacted the financial performance of the banking sector, but also the performance of companies financing, one of which is fintech. Thus, giving rise to various services in the field of financial services by utilizing modern technology that provides services in the form of payments, lending money, investments, transfers


The article presents the results of production tests of "Belasorb" and "MeKaSorb" feed additives developed by us on the basis of tripoli. The object of research was broiler chickens of the cross Ross-308. Feed additives were given for a comparative purpose for mycotoxicoses prevention in poultry. Based on the conducted studies it was found that mycotoxin adsorbents additives based on tripoli contribute to improving the sanitary quality of feed and stimulating the assimilation of feed nutrients in the poultry gastrointestinal tract which leads to an increase in the average live weight – by 16.1-15.8%, an average daily increase – by 13.4-12.8%, guaranteed livestock safety at the level of 95.55-95.56% and a reduction in feed consumption per production unit up to 3.0-3.6%.


From the perspective of economic development, the theory of associated dependent development is an important school inquiring the issues of underdeveloped country's economic development. After having accessory conditions, dependent development of developing countries can produce the post unique advantages: benefiting developing countries' utilizing foreign capital; doing good to realizing industrial adjustment and escalation; aiding developing countries to solve many facing problems etc. However, the theory of associated dependent development also exists inner defects, which urge developing countries to inquire the way of avoiding disadvantage.


With interest rates already very low, levels of public debt very high, there seems very little room for government to improve the current economic situation. Tim Leunig looks to history to provide a recipe for growth, arguing that, as was effective in the 1930s, the government must act to guarantee that prices rise at a certain level annually, interest rates remain low, and the planning system is reformed so that many more new houses can be built.


It has analyzed the influence of the metal d electrons on the structure. Crystal Held theory provides perhaps the simplest explanation of the effect of d electrons on the structure of complexes.


The invention relates to a preparation process of a goose liver sauce, which is characterized in that mixed emulsions with different ratios are selected as emulsifiers. The method comprises the following steps of: soup stock preparation, goose liver homogenizing, preparation of emulsions with different ratios, freezing, unfreezing and cooking, and antioxidant screening. Through the screening of factors such as the type of mixed emulsifiers, the application amount of emulsifiers, the stirring temperature and the like, the optimum process conditions for the preparation of the goose liver sauce are determined. Meanwhile, through studying the color-protecting capacity and antioxidant capacity of different antioxidants to the goose liver sauce, an antioxidant which is most suitable for the goose liver sauce is screened out. According to the invention, the separation, stratification and precipitation phenomena of a water phase and an oil phase in the preparation process of the goose liver sauce are effectively prevented, and the shelf life of products is prolonged, therefore, the preparation process is of great significance to the improvement of the quality of goose liver sauce products and the comprehensive development of goose liver sauce series products.


Keeping the unification of law effect and social effect becomes the criterion of the court's judgment.Because of lacking proper sense,the courts recognize the satisfaction of people and the identity of society as the social effect of judicature.As a mechanism of prediction,which law supplies incentives to the human,while the social effect also offers a prediction to the people in nature.In essence the law effect is in accordance with the social effect,so they are integrated.


For total luminous flux calibration by a sphere-spectroradiometer system in 2π geometry, a new LED-based standard light source (standard LED) covering the full visible wavelength range has been developed. The developed standard LED has sufficient spectral power over the full visible wavelength range using UV-LED dies of different peak wavelengths in combination with red, green and blue phosphors. By evaluating spectrum flatness based on the magnitude of the second derivative, the spectrum of the standard LED was customised to minimise the measurement uncertainty. Properties of the standard LED such as the luminous intensity distribution, stability and reproducibility were also evaluated. The evaluation results indicate that the standard LED has good properties as a standard light source for the 2π total spectral radiant flux scale. Furthermore, the result of an operating current dependence suggests that the standard LED has benefits as a standard source that conventional standard lamps do not have.


Tire brush model is improved by considering the lateral distribution and nonlinear characters of tire parameters.Dissipation energy is calculated in the tire transverse direction.A dynamic composite suspension model is built to get real-time data of wheel attitudes and vertical forces.Combined improved tire model with dynamic data,tire uneven wear is numerated,simulated and graphed.


The Graduate Education Innovation Program provides a great opportunity for innovative organization of study for graduate students in China.Three innovative types of overseas organization of doctoral study are described with a focus on four of their features: the inclusion of international participants,an interactive communication process,a combination of traditional and modern techniques,and the expansion of interpersonal networks.In addition,overseas innovation experience may provide new enlightenments on China's reform in the mode of graduate training,form of graduate student organization,and utilization of resources of study in graduate education.


Abstract : This document replaces ATC-337. US Military aircraft operating in civilian airspace are subject to the same avionics equipage requirements as civilian aircraft. To satisfy Air Traffic Control (ATC) mandates, aircraft flying in civilian airspace must be equipped with a Mode S Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) transponder that can provide aircraft-derived data when requested by a Mode S SSR. Equipage with a Mode S transponder and the reporting of aircraft call sign is referred to as Elementary Surveillance (ELS). The reporting of aircraft intent and state data is referred to as Enhanced Surveillance (EHS). To meet the European requirements of ELS and EHS, current aircraft data must be maintained in the transponder and provided at the request of a Mode S ground interrogator. These data are used by ATC ground automation systems to provide better predictions of near-term aircraft trajectories than could be obtained from traditional surveillance data, thereby enabling more efficient use of crowded airspace. The United States Air Force (USAF) tasked Lincoln Laboratory to validate that Mode S EHS data from US Military aircraft are in compliance with European mandates. Analysis of US Military aircraft EHS data can be used to identify US Military aircraft with potential compliance shortfalls with respect to the European mandates. This report provides details of the algorithms developed by Lincoln Laboratory to perform this analysis.


W asthma is poorly managed, its adverse impact is felt communitywide, in increased health costs, lost school days and work time, poor quality of life, increased illness, and death. According the to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 18.7 million adults1 and nearly 7 million children had asthma in 2010, a 15% rise since 2001.2,3 Asthma is responsible for 1.8 million emergency department (ED) visits,4 and close to 14.2 million outpatient visits a year.5 Asthma rates are highest in minority populations. According to the CDC, African American children are twice as likely as White children to have asthma.6,7 African American and Puerto Rican children have higher rates of asthma prevalence than White children, and of hospitalization and ED utilization.8 Ethnic differences in asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality are strongly correlated with poverty, poor urban air quality, indoor allergen exposure related to substandard housing, lack of patient education, and lack of consistent medical care that is associated with health literacy and language proficiency. Innercity asthmatics with limited English proficiency have significantly poorer asthma control, higher rates of resource utilization, and a lower quality of life.9 Additionally, limited English proficiency is associated with increased concerns about medication side effects, decreased selfefficacy, and lower adherence rates to one's medication management plan.10 Poverty is a significant factor in asthma disparity. Individuals with a family income below the federal poverty line have higher asthma prevalence than those above the poverty line and are more likely to lack a primary care provider, use emergency department care, and live in substandard housing that places them at substantial risk of ongoing exposure to asthma triggers.11 According to the National Center for Health in Public Housing, residents of public housing developments have higher asthma rates as a result of environmental factors, as well as complexity managing the disease.12 In 2007, The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's National Asthma Education Prevention Program (NHLBI NAEPP) updated the clinical practice guidelines for comprehensive asthma management in response to increasing prevalence of asthma


The waveguide design of a GaAs based, epitaxially regrown photonic crystal surface emitting laser is discussed so as to optimise the coupling of the photonic crystal and the mode overlap with the quantum wells. Design criteria include the positioning of the quantum well and the photonic crystal layers, and the effect of varying aluminium composition in the lower cladding layer. Room-temperature, pulsed laser oscillation is demonstrated.


A 74 year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension presented to the emergency department with a several-day history of confusion associated with auditory and visual hallucinations. He had no past psychiatric history. He was provisionally diagnosed with delirium, but no cause could be found on screening blood tests, urinalysis, chest x-ray or CT brain. The episode resolved spontaneously with supportive inpatient care. Six weeks later he developed a major depressive episode with psychotic features, which was treated to remission with venlafaxine and olanzapine. He remained free of psychiatric symptoms over the next 12 months, but complained of deteriorating memory and demonstrated deficits of both recent memory and verbal fluency on cognitive testing. An MRI was obtained and demonstrated multiple punctate regions of signal loss on T2*-weighted gradientrecalled echo (GRE) sequences (Figure 1(a) and (b)). The lesions were noted to be located peripherally, largely sparing the basal ganglia, and were not visible on conventional T1or T2-weighted sequences (Figure 1(c) and (d)). These findings are typical of cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). Areas of high T2 (Figure 1(d)) and low T1 (Figure 1(c)) white matter signal were also seen, suggesting chronic small vessel ischaemic change. Hypertensive encephalopathy was considered as a differential diagnosis, but CAA was favoured on account of the peripheral distribution of lesions and relative sparing of the basal ganglia, thalamus and cerebellum. CAA is a neurovascular disorder characterised by the deposition and accumulation of beta-amyloid in smaller cerebral arterial vessels. The sporadic forms mostly affect older patients, though rarer hereditary variants occur in younger individuals. Lobar intracerebral haemorrhage is a common presentation, but microhaemorrhages and demyelination may also present with focal neurological deficits, seizures and cognitive impairment. In addition, CAA has been associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms including personality change, depression, and delirium (Gahr et al., 2013). Although a definitive diagnosis of CAA can only be made by postmortem examination of the brain, a probable clinical diagnosis can be made with imaging support (Knudsen et al., 2001). GRE and, if available,


Many mature age students are taking courses in postgraduate degree programs to acquire a degree needed for promotion. In these circumstances, the students may already have as much, if not more, knowledge about the subject as the instructor. A number of these degree candidates are also working in an environment whereby their work is of a research nature. Workplace research, however, is only one aspect of ongoing research. Important research is also being performed by working groups (WG) in professional organizations such as the INCOSE. In many instances such research can be incorporated into postgraduate degrees at the Masters and Doctoral levels. This paper discusses types of research that are appropriate, the benefits of applying workplace research for the employee and other stakeholders, and concludes with a step by step process for synergizing workplace research into a postgraduate degree.


Parallel computing provides a promising solution to accelerate complicated spatial data processing, which has recently become increasingly computationally intense. Partitioning a big dataset into workload-balanced child data groups remains a challenge, particularly for unevenly distributed spatial data. This study proposed an algorithm based on the k-d tree method to tackle this challenge. The algorithm constructed trees based on the distribution variance of spatial data. The number of final sub-trees, unlike the conventional k-d tree method, is not always a power of two. Furthermore, the number of nodes on the left and right sub-trees is always no more than one to ensure a balanced workload. Experiments show that our algorithm is able to partition big datasets efficiently and evenly into equally sized child data groups. Speed-up ratios show that parallel interpolation can save up to 70% of the execution time of the consequential interpolation. A high efficiency of parallel computing was achieved when the datasets were divided into an optimal number of child data groups.


This paper proposes a novel method based on LPP-SIFT(Locality Preserving Projection-Scale Invariant Feature Transform) for image copy-forgery detection.First,some steps of SIFT algorithm are used to extract key points;second,LPP is used to obtain low-dimensional feature descriptors,and then key points can be matched by the ratio of vector angel.If mass matching key points exist in a region,the region can be judged to have undergone copy-forged operation.Experiments demonstrate that the method can effectively detect forged images and locate the forged area,and this method is robust to rotation,scaling,JPEG compression and noise addition.


Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are considered the "gold standard" for mathematical description of photon transport in tissue, but they can require large computation times. Therefore, it is important to develop simple and efficient methods for accelerating MC simulations, especially when a large "library" of related simulations is needed. A semi-analytical method involving MC simulations and a path-integral (PI) based scaling technique generated time-resolved reflectance curves from layered tissue models. First, a zero-absorption MC simulation was run for a tissue model with fixed scattering properties in each layer. Then, a closed-form expression for the average classical path of a photon in tissue was used to determine the percentage of time that the photon spent in each layer, to create a weighted Beer-Lambert factor to scale the time-resolved reflectance of the simulated zero-absorption tissue model. This method is a unique alternative to other scaling techniques in that it does not require the path length or number of collisions of each photon to be stored during the initial simulation. Effects of various layer thicknesses and absorption and scattering coefficients on the accuracy of the method will be discussed.


Optical computing devices can be implemented based on controlled generation of soliton trains in single and multicomponent Bose–Einstein condensates (BEC). Our concepts utilize the phenomenon that the frequency of soliton trains in BEC can be governed by changing interactions within the atom cloud [F. Pinsker, N. G. Berloff and V. M. Perez-Garcia, Phys. Rev. A87, 053624 (2013), arXiv:1305.4097]. We use this property to store numbers in terms of those frequencies for a short time until observation. The properties of soliton trains can be changed in an intended way by other components of BEC occupying comparable states or via phase engineering. We elucidate, in which sense, such an additional degree of freedom can be regarded as a tool for controlled manipulation of data. Finally, the outcome of any manipulation made is read out by observing the signature within the density profile.


In this paper a research work done to optimize the truss structure using modified ABC algorithm. Three test problem were conducted to verify that the modified ABC algorithm is effective in optimizing. MATLAB software used in this work. The result obtained by modified ABC algorithm is compared with other optimization method. The result shows that modified ABC algorithm gives result as good as other methods.


Traditional group multicast routing (TGMR) is well known for its difficulty. The technology of network coding bring a new light to this problem. This paper addresses the network coded group multicast routing problem (NCGMR). We propose a hierarchical decomposition model for the minimum cost routing of NCGMR, implement the model in a distributed fashion and extend the model to 0-1 linear programming for TGMR. Finally, we prove that our approach is feasible and evaluate its convergence performance by a numerical example.


The present work deals with the investigation of damping and stiffness properties of the thermoplastic material reinforced with egg shell micro sized particles. Developed polymer composite material has been proposed for mounting base of a Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) sensor. The egg shell micro powder is initially coated with a refractory material and added in the thermoplastic polymer. A coupling agent is used to increase the bonding of the micro reinforcement to the polymer. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Electronic Dispersion Spectroscopy (EDS) inspection is performed for the proposed composite material to investigate the particle morphology and chemical composition. The damping factor and natural frequencies of the specimen made from this developed material are determined experimentally by using impact hammer and accelerometer along with Fast Fourier transform (FFT) analyzer. Experimental observations, with different proportion of the egg shell reinforcement, indicate that maximum improvement in the damping factor up to 252 % can be achieved with the egg shell particle reinforcement in comparison to that of the plain thermoplastics without any reinforcement. Lastly, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulation results reveal that the proposed composite material can reduce peak acceleration of the MEMS sensor by 38% in comparison to that of plain thermoplastic without egg shell particle reinforcement.


In this paper we introduce and study some properties for a new class of linear operators namely Bv w(l2). We characterize some special classes of this kind of matrices and we prove some new results ...


ith the strategy proposed in this paper, nondisruptive trunk monitoring (self-monitoring) at the data link layer of an Open System Interconnection (OSI) reference model is performed to detect facility failure of under 1 s. The Bit Error Rate (BER) on a transmission link is estimated based on the counts of the number of packets with Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) errors at the data link layer. This failure detection strategy can respond to link failures for any given traffic mix by the provisioning of duration and level of unacceptable sustained BER. In the event of a failure, the failure recovery is performed automatically after the switches at the end-points ofthe facility generate and send packets to inform the other end concerning the recovery action. The traffic is then rerouted through a different facility until failure is removed. This failure detection and traffic recovery process is very fast-it takes less than 3 s after the occurrence of failure. Sub-TI traffic recovery and unidirectional backup are other superior attributes of the selfhealing strategy to reduce traffic congestion during failure. Technology Overview


Law faculties lead the way in terms of tuition fee increases for the 2002/03 academic year, Statistics Canada reports, but they still rank a distant third to medical and dental faculties in overall fees charged.

Tuition fees for law students increased by 15% this year, to an average of $5020. The


A slide switching water outlet mechanism comprises a slide unit (100) and a fixed unit (200), wherein the slide unit (100) has a water inlet cavity (110) and two water outlet ends (120, 130), which water inlet cavity (110) has a first end face and a second end face (142, 152), and the fixed unit (200) comprises a water inlet (211) and a sleeve body (220), with the water inlet (211) being in communication with the water inlet cavity (110). The water inlet cavity (110) of the slide unit (100) is axially slidable relative to the sleeve body (220) between two stop positions: when the water inlet cavity is at the first stop position, the second end face (152) is sealed against the sleeve body (220), and water is discharged from the first water outlet end (120); and when the water inlet cavity is at the second stop position, the first end face (142) is sealed against the sleeve body (220), and water is discharged from the second water outlet end (130). This water outlet mechanism is stable during switching and simple in structure.


DVB-H networks allow high data rate broadcast access for hand-held terminals. A method to analyze the performance is developed. The influence of different MPE-FEC rates and modulation schemes on the performance of a DVB-H network is analyzed in this paper for 9 different reception conditions. Portable (indoor and outdoor) and mobile reception (car, train, tram, bus) are investigated. This analysis enables better estimations of the performance of DVB-H systems and an optimized DVB-H performance model. The percentage of valid reception, MPE-FEC gains, carrier to interference-plus-noise ratios, and minimal signal strengths for the different reception conditions and modulation schemes are presented.


A 72-year-old female visited our hospital, because an abdominal mass was pointed out by medical examination. The mass was palpable at the right upper abdomen, which was movable and as large as an infant's head. On diagnostic imaging methods, the surrounding organs were found to be compressed by the tumor. Abdominal angiography revealed the feeding artery and faint hypervascularity of the tumor. Mesenteric tumor was suspected and laparotomy was performed. The tumor was connected with only the lesser omentum and developed in the bursa omentalis, being excised easily. Other abdominal organs were normal and there were neither lymph node swelling nor peritoneal dissemination. The excised tumor was 17×12×11 cm in size, and 1110 g in weight. Histologically, it was diagnosed as leiomyosarcoma. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient is alive and well without any recurrence at present. Primary leiomyosarcomas of the lesser omentum are rare and only 13 cases have been reported in Japan. Further discussion is made by reviewing the literature.


In this paper, we unify the performance analysis for the outage probability (OP) and the bit-error rate (ABER) of relay-assisted dual-hop free-space optics (FSO) transmission under heterodyne detection and intensity modulation/direct detection (IM/DD). The FSO link experiences the generalized Málaga-m distribution with pointing errors. under the assumption of fixed and variable gain relaying schemes, we derive the analytical closedform expressions for the performance metrics in terms of bivariate Fox-H function (FHF). Finally, we present some Monte-carlo simulation results to corroborate the new derived expressions.


ABSTRACT Background Vaccination coverage needs to reach more than 80% to resolve the COVID-19 pandemic, but vaccine hesitancy, fuelled by misinformation, may jeopardize this goal. Unvaccinated older adults are not only at risk of COVID-19 complications but may also be misled by false information. Prebunking, based on inoculation theory, involves 'forewarning people [of] and refuting information that challenges their existing belief or behavior'. Objective To assess the effectiveness of inoculation communication strategies in countering disinformation about COVID-19 vaccines among Canadians aged 50 years and older, as measured by their COVID-19 vaccine intentions. Method Applying an online experiment with a mixed pre–post design and a sample size of 2500 participants, we conducted a national randomized survey among English and French-speaking Canadians aged 50 years and older in March 2021. Responses to two different disinformation messages were evaluated. Our primary outcome was the intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, with attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine a secondary outcome. The McNemar test and multivariate logistic regression analysis on paired data were conducted when the outcome was dichotomized. Wilcoxon sign rank test and Kruskal–Wallis were used to test difference scores between pre- and post-tests by condition. Results Group comparisons between those who received only disinformation and those who received the inoculation message show that prebunking messages may safeguard intention to get vaccinated and have a protective effect against disinformation. Conclusion Prebunking messages should be considered as one strategy for public health communication to combat misinformation.


The psychological health of infants plays on important part in infants' education.With the gradual development of infants' education reform,people pay more attention to infant's psychological health little by little.In the new century,people's comprehensive quality has to meet the higher demand form the society.Everyone has to give good intelligence,healthy psychology and complete personality.Scientists have just begun to do research on infants' psychological health.Partens' consideration on infants' psychological health plays a through and deep part in their family.It reflects infants' feeling determination social psychology and so on.That is to say,the degree of parents' consideration has direct impact on infant's psychological health.We will have to do research on the relation between them.


In James Newman's living room is a monument to our kind of crazy. Seven 2-meter-tall panels are covered with circuit boards festooned with blinking lights. It is a complete working CPU, plus 256 bytes of RAM and an input/output interface, all built out of 42,300 hand-soldered discrete transistors. It took Newman some four years and roughly £40,000 sterling (about US $52,500) to build and design the so-called Megaprocessor in his home in Cambridge, England. In some absinthe-tinged sense, the project is the logical end point of his software writing career. Newman explains that, over the years, he found himself doing increasingly low-level programming, and so became more and more interested in the underlying hardware. He says he began working on the Megaprocessor because he "wanted to build a processor to see how a real one worked".


POINTS is a dual astrometric optical interferometer with nominal baseline length of 2 m and measurement accuracy of 5 microarcsecs for targets separated by about 90 degrees on the sky. If selected as the ASEPS-1 mission, it could perform a definite search for extra-solar planetary systems, either finding and characterizing a large number of them or showing that they are far less numerous than now believed. If selected as AIM, it could be a powerful new multidisciplinary research tool, opening new areas of astrophysical research and changing the nature of the questions being asked in some old areas. Based on a preliminary indication of the observational needs of the two missions, we find that a single POINTS mission lasting ten years would meet the science objectives of both ASEPS-1 and AIM. POINTS, which is small, agile, and mechanically simple, would be the first of a new class of powerful instruments in space and would prove the technology for the larger members of the class that are expected to follow. The instrument is designed around a metrology system that measures both the critical distances internal to the starlight interferometers and the angle between them. Rapid measurement leads to closure on the sky and the ability to detect and correct time-dependent measurement biases.


In the convergence theory of regularization methods for ill-posed problems, so far deterministic error concepts have dominated, which leads to worst-case error estimates. Since this is sometimes not desirable, we aim at providing a framework for proving convergence rates in the Prokhorov metric for the regularization of ill-posed problems with stochastic noise. This allows us to assess uncertainty in the sense of a confidence region for the probability that the deviation between the exact and regularized solutions stays below a given bound with given probability. We exemplify this method for the special case of Tikhonov regularization for linear ill-posed problems and apply the result to the problem of deblurring an image contaminated by random blurring.


Recently, existing radiation-hardened static random access memory (SRAM)-based field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are anticipated for use in space radiation environments. Although such radiation-hardened SRAM-based FPGAs are programmable, the use of a radiation-damaged gate array has never been assessed for use with application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) because its serial configuration is invariably damaged first by radiation so that the configuration itself becomes impossible. Therefore, currently available FPGA cannot be used in such faulty gate arrays used in space environments. However, if faulty programmable gate arrays are used, then the total ionizing dose tolerance of the programmable gate array would be increased even if its process technology were the same as that of conventional FPGAs. In this paper, in order to explore the possibility, we experimentally assessed the configuration circuit robust capabilities of a normal Cyclone II FPGA. Also, we examined the failure probability when using 1-bit, 2-bit, 4-bit, and 8-bit buses for the FPGA configuration using the designs of serially configured FPGAs.


20Background: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha is a potent antineoplastic cytokine which exerts tumor destruction in part through vascular disruption. Local administration of TNF-alpha exerts prof...


The article analyzes the problem of quality management of training specialists of primary and secondary stages in multidisciplinary institutions of primary and secondary vocational education, industrial resource centers at enterprises. Strategic orientations of quality management of vocational education specialists' training at various levels and types are presented


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 The etiology of chest pain in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is diverse and includes coronary artery disease (CAD) as well as HCM-specific causes. Myocardial bridging (MB) has been associated with HCM, chest pain, and accelerated atherosclerosis. To investigate differences in the presence of MB and CAD, we compared HCM patients with age-, gender- and CAD pre-test probability (PTP)-matched outpatients presenting with chest pain.

 We studied 84 HCM patients who underwent cardiac computed tomography and compared these with 168 matched controls (age 54 ± 11 years, 70% men, PTP 12% [5%–32%]). MB, calcium score, plaque morphology and presence and extent of CAD were assessed for each patient. Linear mixed models were used to assess differences between cases and controls.

 Differences between HCM patients and controls are described in the table. In summary, MB was more often seen in HCM patients (50% vs. 25%, p < 0.001), who were also more likely to have >1 segment affected (14% vs. 2%, p < 0.05). In the HCM group, MB was associated with pathogenic mutation status. Calcium score and the presence of obstructive CAD were similar in both groups (9 [0-225] vs. 4 [0-82] and 18% vs. 19%; p > 0.05 for both).

 MB was twice as prevalent in the HCM group. However, in a matched analysis, the prevalence and extent of CAD was equal among patients with and without HCM. These finding illustrate that despite a higher prevalence of MB, the prevalence of CAD is similar between groups, also demonstrating satisfactory performance of pre-test risk prediction in HCM patients.
 Assessment of CAD by CT HCM group(n = 84) Control group (n = 168) p-value Agatston score 9 [0-225] 4 [0-82] 0.22 No. of pts with score* 0.07 0-399 31 (89%) 149 (91%) >400 8 (11%) 15 (9%) Obstructive CAD 15 (18%) 32 (19%) 0.82 No. of pts with MB 42 (50%) 42 (25%) <0.001 No. of vessels with MB <0.001 1 34 (40%) 39 (23%) 2 8 (10%) 3 (2%) No. of pts with >1 segment with MB 12 (14%) 4 (2%) <0.001 Abbreviations CAD = Coronary artery disease, MB = Myocardial bridging, pts = patients *Only measured in 73/84 HCM patients and in 164/168 control patients


Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text Introduction: Radiographic assessment of facial fractures with computed tomography (CT) scanning has become standard of care. As imaging resolution has improved, findings such as herniation of extraocular muscles (EOM) have become a means of diagnosing conditions like orbital entrapment. However, the sensitivity and specificity of these findings has not been well-studied. We sought to evaluate the value of radiographic findings such as fat herniation, EOM contour irregularity, and EOM herniation in predicting orbital entrapment after orbital fracture. Secondary endpoints include diplopia, abnormal EOM motility, and the need for surgical fixation. Methods: A single institution, retrospective review at a regional level 1 trauma center was conducted. Patients with orbital fractures were identified by International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes and CT reports were queried for the terms "herniation," "herniated," "entrapped," and "entrapment." Four hundred records were analyzed. Results: Sixty-seven percent of radiology reports mentioned "entrapped" or "entrapment," while the incidence of clinical entrapment was 2.8%. The odds of entrapment, diplopia, and abnormal EOM motility were higher in those with EOM herniation; however, EOM herniation had a positive predictive value of 7.9% for clinical entrapment. Fat herniation alone and EOM contour irregularity had positive predictive values of 4.2% and 4.8%, respectively. Conclusions: While the odds of entrapment appear higher in patients with EOM herniation, this imaging finding is not predictive of clinical entrapment. Fat herniation and EOM contour irregularity did not have higher odds of entrapment, nor were they predictive. Diagnosis of orbital entrapment should be based primarily on physical exam, with CT as an adjunct only. The assumption that radiographic findings indicate orbital emergencies may result in unnecessary interfacility transfers, subspecialist consultations, and emergency operative procedures.


In the paper the mathematical model describing dynamics of the planar manipulator with flexible links is presented. This model is essentially a system of partial differential equations [1]. These equations describe elastic deformations of the manipulator and its motion, resulting from external forces [2,3]. The numerical solution of forward dynamics, i.e. computation of robot movement (position, velocities, and accelerations) having known exerted forces and torques, is also presented. Calculations can be subdivided into two parts. The first is the solution of motion equations for acceleration variables with use of the Lagrange formalism. The second comprises double integration of the acceleration to compute trajectory of the manipulator (velocities and positions). The mathematical model for such class of flexible manipulators was built with use of a finite elements method [4]. The solution require a large amount of operations due to a large number of degrees of freedom of such system. The algorithm has been implemented in the multiprocessor system and subdivided into several tasks.


Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, ciliopathic disorder. In many ciliopathies, dental anomalies are observed alongside other symptoms of the disease. To date, there are no published reports concerning the dental developmental problems that are associated with ciliary defects in PCD patients. Methods: Patients suffering from PCD underwent dental clinical examination, which included the assessment of developmental disorders regarding the number and morphological structure of the teeth (size and shape) as well as developmental disorders of mineralised dental tissues. Then, three-dimensional radiographic examination was performed utilising Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT). Results: Four PCD patients, aged 31-54, agreed to enter the study. Dental examinations showed the presence of dental developmental disorders in three of them. Additionally, CBCT showed abnormalities in those patients. Conclusions: 1. The dental phenotype in PCD patients seems to be heterogeneous. Tooth developmental disorders resulting from abnormal odontogenesis may be a symptom of PCD that is concomitant with other developmental abnormalities resulting from malfunctioning primary cilia. 2. Patients with ciliopathies are likely to develop dental developmental defects. Therefore, beginning in early childhood, they should be included in a targeted specialised dental programme to enable early diagnosis and to ensure dedicated preventive and therapeutic measures.


Procoagulant α-thrombin is a highly selective proteolytic enzyme with central bioregulatory functions in hemostasis. Unlike with plasma protease inhibitors, human α- thrombin forms a noncovalent, yet high-affinity complex with hirudin (Ki∼ 6.3 pM), whereas noncoagulant γ-thrombin has ∼200-fold reduced affinity. Like 125I-α-thrombin alone, 125I-DIP- or 125I_pMS-α-thrombin in the presence of unlabeled α-thrombin incorporates into fibrin clots, but 125I-γ-thrombin or the hirudin complex of 125I-α-thrombin does not. Similarly, α-thrombin and its catalytic-site conjugated forms (e.g., DIP-α-thrombin) bind to nonpolymerized fibrin agarose and elute at higher ionic strengths (I ∼0.2 M) than do noncoagulant nitro-α- or γ-thrombin. Hirudin prevents this binding of α-, DIP-α-, or γ-thrombin, demonstrating a common site. The NDSK fragment of fibrinogen is a moderate inhibitor of the esterolytic activity of a-thrombin (Ki∼ 1 µM), while the residue-17 through -27 synthetic homologue of the fibrinogen Aa chain is not an inhibitor. These results suggest contiguous exosites in thrombin for noncovalent-protein binding and fibrin(ogen) recognition, where these sites are removed from the enzyme catalytic site and correspond to structural regions on the fibrin side of fibrinogen other than those of the α-chain NH2- terminus required for fibrin polymerization. Such binding/- recognition sites may explain the physiological proteolytic and receptor specificity of α-thrombin.


A method for modeling radar target scattering data for the purpose of automatic target recognition is considered. The approach is to estimate a time-domain feature vector which describes the target. The target is characterized by a set of scattering centers. Using the motion of a transient polarization response, scattering centers are estimated along with their polarization. An exponential model for the fully polarized radar return and estimation algorithm are presented


A complex stratum formed due to the influence of internal and external dynamic geological processes will lead to extremely complex mining conditions in deep exploration and development of oil, gas, coal and other resources, processes mainly threatened by disasters such as coal and gas conflict, mine water inrush, and rock burst. Combined with formation identification and measurement while drilling technology, the drilling level of underground drilling robot in coal mines is constantly developing. In order to prevent coal mine accidents and achieve safe and efficient mining, efficient and accurate drilling is the key, and should be based on research on the influence of complex stratum on the drilling trajectory. In order to comprehensively and systematically summarize the research on the influence of a complex stratum on drilling tool mechanics, this paper describes the history and current situation of complex stratum exploration, measurement while drilling technology, borehole bending conditions, stress analysis of complex coal seams on drilling tools, formation force theory and method, and geosteering drilling technology. In addition, the research and application of directional drilling technology in gas control, water hazard prevention and geological anomaly detection are also discussed.


Wheat old seeds stored for three years were radiated by He-Ne Laser of different dosages in the test.The results show that He-Ne laser can remarkably raise the sprouting potential,sprouting ratio,bud length and bud fresh weight,can decrease the electrical conductivity of wheat old seeds and can significantly increase the height of wheat seedlings and roots.He-Ne laser treatment is an effective way to improve the germination strength and growing-power of wheat old seeds.


The invention relates to a continuous high temperature chemical vapor deposition (HTCVD) method silicon carbide crystal growing device. The device comprises a main chamber, a moveable tray, a fixed tray, a first auxiliary chamber and a second auxiliary chamber, wherein the main chamber is a hollow cylinder and used for providing a vacuum environment for crystal growth; a tail gas pipeline radially passes through the main chamber; a source gas pipeline is communicated with the lower part of the tail pipeline; the moveable tray is positioned in the main chamber and above the source gas pipeline; the fixed tray is positioned in the main chamber and above the moveable tray; the first auxiliary chamber is used for providing a vacuum buffer environment and provides a sample to the main chamber under the environment; the first auxiliary chamber is positioned on one side of the main chamber and is communicated with the main chamber; a first gate is arranged between the main chamber and the first auxiliary chamber; a second auxiliary chamber is used for providing a vacuum buffer environment and taking out the sample from the main chamber under the environment; the second auxiliary chamber is arranged on the other side of the main chamber and is communicated with the main chamber; a second gate is arranged between the main chamber and the second auxiliary chamber; and the first auxiliary chamber and the second auxiliary chamber are isolated from the main chamber respectively through the first gate and the second gate.


In this present study, we investigated the capabilities of computer-based construction tool Construtor that allowed students to build virtual molecular models and view multiple chemical representations using computational molecular simulations. Construtor integrates various supports for learning of molecular structure meaning based on representation levels. The findings also suggest that computer based models can help students to make translations among representation levels.


for Organic Synthesis Valentine G. Nenajdenko,*,†,§ Vasiliy M. Muzalevskiy,† and Aleksey V. Shastin†,‡ †Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119992, Russia ‡The Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPCP RAS), Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences (INEOS RAS), 119991, GSP-1, Moscow, V-334, Vavilova St. 28, Russia


Multidrug resistance is one of the major public health issues the world is facing today. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed recently that there has been little progress in the development of new antibiotics to tackle drug‐resistant infections. By mining the bacterial genome database, Zhu et al, in the last issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, report a defensin expressed by human oral actinomyces, actinomycesin, and characterize its anti‐infectious capacity (Zhu et al, 2021). They demonstrate the safety and efficacy of this bacterial antimicrobial peptide (AMP) against various bacterial strains, describe its mode of action, and validate its use as systemic drug therapy against bacterial infections in mice. This study highlights human oral bacteria as a source of antimicrobial agents that need to be considered in the future to fight multidrug‐resistant bacteria.


Background. Kindler epidermolysis bullosa is orphan, autosomal recessive disease and it is one of the variants of congenital epidermolysis bullosa. Its severe course is characterized by high risk of multifactorial malnutrition, chronic inflammation due to recurrent secondary skin infections, and also bone metabolism disorders, what can lead to disorders in physical development and puberty in children. However, the effect of Kindler epidermolysis bullosa on patients' physical development and puberty remains unexplored. Clinical case description. Family case of Kindler epidermolysis bullosa was presented in 13 and 12 years old patients, third degree of kinship (maternal, uncle — nephew) with typical clinical manifestations for this disease. The diagnosis was confirmed in both patients via Sanger sequencing and revealing identical pathogenic variants in the FERMT1 gene (two deletions in the compound-heterozygous state — c.778del, p.Q260Kfs*21 and c.1088del, p. L363Wfs*39). Reduced concentrations of testosterone and 25(OH)D were revealed, whereas, increased concentration of adrenocorticotropic hormone — only in the older patient. The concentrations of luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and estradiol in both patients were within the reference values. The younger patient had prepubertal sizes and volume of testicles. Both patients had specific features of psychoemotional state: mood swing with rapid increase in anxiety level in the older patient and difficulties in emotional-volitional regulation in younger one. Conclusion. Patients with Kindler epidermolysis bullosa have high risk of physical development and puberty delay due to its systemic chronic pathological process. Thus, these patients require dynamic follow-up by pediatrician and pediatric endocrinologist.


Participants : GRS. Hong, K. Park. MJ. Kim, W.J. Choi. Care providers who take care of the growing elderly population are also getting older, so the role of caring robots in care field is highly anticipated. To maintain good care to older adults and disabled, care burden of care providers and social value of care robots must be understood. CONTENT Our symposium is designed to bring together multidisciplinary perspectives, such as nursing, physical therapy, and economics, to understand the areas of care difficulty in ADLs, social value of care robot, and care burden using both in lab and care settings. STRUCTURE Hong and her colleagues first examine the level of difficulty in activities of daily living (ADLs) care and the functional level of care recipient's ADL in formal caregivers of older adults and disabled. Park and her colleagues investigate the social value of care robots, including publicity value for the older adults and persons with disability, through qualitative research. Kim and Shin present the effects of transfer assistive robots on care burden, burnout, and self-esteem in caregivers caring for the mobility-impaired older adults and severely disabled people. Finally, Choi and his colleagues present the biomechanical effects of a mechanical lift on the risk of low back injury during transfers from bed to wheelchair. CONCLUSION With multidisciplinary perspective, the knowledge related to care burden and social value of care robot will guide to the direction in developing the types of care robot, making policies at local and national level, furthermore sharing the ethical issues in care robots.


Carbon-13 NMR spectra, acquired with cross-polarization and magic angle sample spinning (CPMAS), and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectra were obtained on solid humic acids (HAs) extracted from material sampled at four selected stages in a large municipal waste treatment process. The complexity of the spectra manifests the compositional diversity of these substances. 13C-′H solid-state NMR interrupted-decoupling spectroscopy aided in the examination of aromatic groups and of organic functional groups with no C-H bonds, which are typically only poorly resolved in normal 13C solid state NMR spectra of such systems. Data measured with this pulse sequence also indicate that certain moieties, such as methyl groups, are quite mobile even in the solid state. NMR and FTIR spectra combined with quantitative elemental analyses allow a comparison of both differences and similarities among the HAs considered here.


The Puli Basin, located between the Western Foothills and the Hsuehshan Range is the largest basin in the active orogeny in central Taiwan. South to the Puli Basin, a series of small basins spread along the NNE direction. Various tectonic models have been proposed in previous studies to interpret the formation of the Puli Basin. In this study, we aim to measure the deformation and to understand the tectonics of Puli Basin by the method of satellite remote sensing and field observation. We applied the Persistent Scatterer Interferometric SAR technique to monitor the surface deformation. Our result shows a relative lower LOS velocity in Puli Basin, which implies the change of depth of the subsurface basal detachment. A steep ramp along the detachment is proposed for the grown structure underneath the Puli Basin in this study. In order to interpret the mechanism of surface deformation in central Taiwan, we implement several forward models based on previous researches and our interferometric results and then compare our observations with accurate GPS and precise leveling data. These results can be compared with our field observations and with the recent seismicity data (20130327 and 20130602) to examine the activity and geometry of faults of this area, where a conjugate fault system below the basins was suggested. Due to the lack of evidence, the relationship between the conjugate system and the basin subsidence mechanism is hard to determine but may be the key to understand the tectonic activity in central Taiwan.


The concrete pour on the rock foundation with different layer thickness,different intermittent time and different rock foundation deformation modulus is discussed.Some conclusions are reached:①As intermittent time increases,the highest temperature of concrete heat of hydration decreases;as layer thickness increases,the highest temperature of concrete heat of hydration increases.②As the intermittent time increases,the crossing river stress and following river stress decreases.As intermittent time increases,the difference of stress in the surface of lift thickness and in the middle of lift thickness is bigger.And as the layer thickness decreases,the stress will decrease.The cross river stress affected by different rock foundation deformation modulus is small,and the following river stress affected by different rock foundation deformation modulus is bigger than the cross river stress.


title SUMMARY /title Alain Brieux (1922-1985) ran an antiquarian book shop in the rue Jacob, in Paris. He dealt in books on the history of science and medicine, and in historical scientific instruments. He was a self-educated scholar who published on the subject of his trade, and became an expert on Islamic astrolabes. In 1972 Brieux was involved in the discovery of the identity of an Englishman who made forgeries of historic instruments. The purpose of this article is to draw the attention of scholars and institutions to the archives of the Brieux businnes. These were accumulated over a period of twenty-five years, and still belong to the business which is now run by his widow.


The interrelation between campus P.E.culture and harmonious campus is analyzed.This study holds that strengthening campus P.E.cultural construction in vocational and technical colleges is of importance for building harmonious campus,adopting scientific developing outlook,and enhancing power of running vocational and technical colleges and their kernel competitiveness.


In this paper, a novel material handling system is presented. An overview of the hardware is provided, and issues related to control of the arms are discussed. It is believed that when it is completed, use of this material handling system will help reduce or eliminate workplace back injuries due to repetitive lifting.


This paper shows a control method which is used up to now for motor controls. This paper describes how the control method can be applied on Active Front Ends. The advantage concerning electromagnetic compability is the adjustability for the conducted emissions for a dedicated frequency range.


J Biochem Biotech 2021 Volume 4 Issue 2 storage and distribution of goods food [2]. Thus, food production depends on factors such as the modes of exploitation and appropriation of land, the reproduction and selection of plant species, crop rotation, multiplication, management and exploitation of livestock. As a result, there is a large margin of overlap and correlation between the various components of the food system and farms [3]. In addition, the same body stipulates that food availability (stocks) expresses the performance of farms because they are expressed in quantity by the composition of supplies and in quality by the conversion of products into calories, proteins and lipids.


First, consider the salary data in Table 1 published by GMU's office of Institutional Research and Reporting (IRR) in the annual GMU Factbooks. The Average GMU salary is compared to the Average Peer Group salary for Fall 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001. Note that GMU's average salary appears right on target with the averages from the peer group. One source of concern is that GMU's average salary actually dropped slightly from Fall 2000 to Fall 2001, while the average peer group salary rose during the same period.


Abstract : NTENNA, AND A Spiral Log Periodic Antenna.Research and development technical rept.,D'Accardi,Richard J. ;Roswell,Edwin L. , III;ECOM-4085DA-1-H-662701-A-4481-H-662701-A-44806(*antennas, atmospheric sounding), antennas, spiral antennas, log periodic antennas, antenna radiation patterns, gain, standing wave ratios, high frequency, statistical analysis, ionosphereFull-scale measurements were made of the elevation-plane gain patterns of in-house constructed fixed and transportable versions of the delta antenna. These antennas are primarily vertically looking radiators intended for use in ionospheric sounding. Measured patterns and theoretical considerations are presented along with details of the construction of both delta antennas and the transportable delta erection system. Included for comparison is the Granger Associates Model 798 Logarithmic Periodic Spiral Antenna. (Author)


In real-time systems, the WCET (worst-case execution time) of tasks is of utmost importance. For multi-cores, the WCET has been shown to be hard to determine due to task interactions on shared memory and shared buses. This problem is usually addressed by spatial or temporal partitioning of the resources, but both lead to lower utilization if the partitioning is not done optimally. We examine two approaches for optimizing resource usage in a temporally partitioned multi-core system and show that these techniques can reduce the WCET by more than 30% on average, leading to better schedulability and higher system utilization.


Prevalence in health statistics is the measure of the number of cases of a given disease existing at a certain time expressed as the proportion of a population with the disease at any time in a year. For prevalence statistics from different studies to be comparable, the length of period under consideration asked must be the same. The main sources of disease-specific data for incidence and prevalence data across a range of EU countries are: health interview surveys, cross-sectional population surveys, panel/cohort surveys, medical records/administrative statistics, hospital records, disease-specific registers, general practice (GP) records and administrative notifications (Eurostat, Concepts and Definitions Database – accessed October 2004: http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/coded/info/data/coded/en.htm


Soybean (Glycine max.L.) is very important oilseed crop of legume family which contributes to 25% of the global edible oil (Agarwal et al., 2013). It is a 'miracle golden bean' of the 21 st century. It is an excellent source of protein, oil, high level of amino acids such as lysine, linolenic, lecithin and large amount of phosphorous. It contains approximately 40-45% protein and 18-22% oil and is a rich source of vitamins and minerals. It is world's first ranked crop as a source of vegetable oil.


An appraisal of the rules of evidence in France necessitates an examination of the role played by these rules in both civil and criminal cases. Only by such a study can any conclusions be drawn as to whether substantial justice is achieved by the French method. At the outset, it should be noted that in both French criminal and civil procedure, evidentiary and exclusionary rules as to hearsay and opinion evidence, so firmly embedded in the matrix of the Anglo-American sense of justice, have no place. Unlike the practice in the United States, the use of a jury is limited to the prosecution of certain serious felonies which are' heard by the Cour d'Assises. Although originally, the function of the French jury resembled that in the Anglo-American system, i.e., the jury acting as the trier of the facts, with the court passing upon legal issues, this worked badly in France. Juries refused to disassociate themselves from the consequences of their findings, and often acquitted persons they believed guilty simply because they considered the legal penalty imposed for the particular offense too severe' In 1941, a reform was effected and the system of echevinage, used generally throughout Europe was adapted in France. Under this system the court and the jury2 deliberate together and they both play a part in deciding facts and law. The court still rules on disputed questions of law which arise during the trial. Serious felonies called "crimes", are tried before the Cour D'Assises sitting with a jury whereas offenses below this rank ("dlits") are prosecuted by the Tribunelle Correctionnel without a jury. Misdemeanors ("contraventions") also are not subject to jury trial. The gathering of much of the evidence in cases of "crimes" and "ddlits", is done before the trial itself by an official called the "juge d'instruction", 3 although in penal cases, emphasis is on oral testimony at the trial. The "juge d'instruction's" investigation may be quite extensive. He questions the accused and the witnesses, and all the testimony is reduced to writing. This composes the dossier which the court has before it during the hearing. The President of the Cour D'Assises and the Presiding Judge of the Tribunal Correctionnel play a controlling part in the trials before them.


In the second half of the XIX century a wave of family divisions involved Russian countryside. They had an influence on the structure and quantity of peasant family. Family divisions were not an exception for Western Siberia either, but they had some peculiar features there, which became the subject of research in the present article.


Every component of the criminal justice system except the law enforcement component is able to protect itself from the scandalous taint of the Watergate affair. This is not to infer that the other components of the criminal justice system would necessarily be free of potential scandalous involvement, but it is meant to infer that structurally all other components of the criminal justice system are organized in such a manner as to minimize their vulnerability to such scandalous involvement. Moreover, their visibility in the areas of processing participants of such scandals is more legitimized in terms of discretionary decision making that must necessarily occur in such cases, both prior to and after adjudication. The law enforcement component, on the other hand, is severely handicapped by low visibility political pressures to influence the decision either to arrest, charge, or investigate. Aggravating this problem is the intense political nature of the police organization, with its politically appointed adminstrators; its historical involvement in political activities; and its vulnerability to the use of discretionary decision making.


Micro, Small and Medium enterprises is the biggest economic actors in Indonesia, which reach 99% of businesses players in Indonesia. In Kebumen Regency on 2009, there were 35,114 micro-businesses managed by entrepreneur, with employment as many as 75,500 workers. In order to increase micro-businesses and developing new entrepreneurs, the government attempts to support the strengthening of the micro-businesses sector. To strengthen the capital, PD BPR BKK Kebumen, as financial institutions which are moving to serve the credits needs of the community in district and village, have distributed a lot of credits to small businesses and medium businesses primarily in the informal and traditional sector. The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of microcredit PD BPR BKK Kebumen Kutowinangun Branch in order to develop micro-businesses in the Kutowinangun District. The variables studied are differences in business capital, production, sales volume and profits before and after receiving credits from PD BPR BKK Kebumen Kutowinangun Branch. The objects of this research were micro-businesses which get credit from PD BPR BKK Kebumen Kutowinangun Branch, in total of 82 micro- business. Types of data collected are primary data and secondary data. The methods of data analysis used were validity test, reliability test, and Wilcoxon sign rank test statistics. Based on the calculations for the Wilcoxon sign rank, the variable capital has increased by 250%. Variable income has increased by 139% after the credit of the PD BPR BKK Kebumen Kutowinangun Branch. For variable profits, has increased by 140% after receiving credits from PD BPR BKK Kebumen Kutowinangun Branch.


Mu3e is an experiment under construction at the Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland) aiming to find or exclude the charged lepton flavor violating decay μ + → e + e - e + at branching fractions above 10-16. A first running phase using an existing beamline targets a single event sensitivity of 2 · 10-15, while the ultimate sensitivity is reached in a second phase with a new high intensity muon beamline. Achieving such sensitivity requires a high muon rate along with a detector of large kinematic acceptance able to reconstruct the low momenta of the decay positrons and electrons with minimal material budget. The Mu3e experiment is mounted with ultra thin tracking detectors based on high-voltage monolithic active pixel sensors, combined with scintillating fibers and tiles for precise timing. This paper presents an overview of the experimental requirements, the technical design, and the construction readiness of Mu3e.


Stock parameters of the Indian rock lobster, Panulirus homarus homarus were estimated from the commercial landing data (2007) collected from Kanyakumari District on the southern coast of penninsular India. The estimated annual average landing of lobsters (2000-2011) in Tamil Nadu was 233.5±77.05 t. P. homarus homarus formed 47% of the total average lobster landing in Tamil Nadu. The stock showed two annual cohorts which is evident from two spawning peaks. Mortality parameters Z, M, F and exploitation rate E were estimated as 2.51, 0.67, 1.84 and 0.73, respectively using length converted catch curve method. Probability of capture Lc50 was 46.75 mm CL with Lc/L∞ = 0.39. The estimated Emax was 0.65. Growth parameters L∞ and K were estimated as 119.4 mm CL and 0.30 respectively. The Y/R and B/R were estimated as 0.39 and 2.23. Recruitment pattern for P. homarus homarus showed two cohorts which was represented by two recruitment peaks. The study revealed that P. homarus homarus from Kanyakumari District is overexploited and the decline in catch over the years suggests adoption of responsible fishing methods to sustain this high value coastal resource.


Preliminary group classification became a prominent tool in the symmetry analysis of differential equations due to the paper by Ibragimov, Torrisi, and Valenti [J. Math. Phys. 32, 2988–2995 (1991)10.1063/1.529042]. In this paper the partial preliminary group classification of a class of nonlinear wave equations was carried out via the classification of one-dimensional Lie symmetry extensions related to a fixed finite-dimensional subalgebra of the infinite-dimensional equivalence algebra of the class under consideration. In the present paper we implement the complete group classification of the same class up to both usual and general point equivalence using the algebraic method of group classification. This includes the complete preliminary group classification of the class and finding those Lie symmetry extensions which are not associated with subalgebras of the equivalence algebra. The complete preliminary group classification is based on listing all inequivalent subalgebras of the whole infinite-dimensi...


Hot CO on Mars was measured by an ultraviolet scanning spectrometer onboard Mariner 6 and 7. Emission profiles of bands of the fourth positive group of CO are presented. It is postulated that high effective rotational temperatures will result in reduced self-absorption of the CO fourth positive bands on Mars.


The reduction calculation on discharge data at Yichang Station from 2003-2008 was conducted using 58 years' flood series from 1951-2008 at 7 stations of Yichang,Cuntan,Pingshan,Gaochang,Fushun,Beipei and Wulong.We analyzed occurrence law of annual maximum flood of mainstream and tributaries of the Yangtze River at TGP and upper stream area of TGP in detail,including the compositions of flood volume in flood season and annual maximum7d,15d,30d and 60d flood volumes at TGP.The result shows that the flood at TGP mainly comes from the Jinsha River,the Jialing River and Minjiang River and the flood between Cuntan Station and Yichang Station increases flood peak.Therefore,the encounter of the upstream flood and intervening floods usually causes high-level flood.The research result provides technical support for operation and regulation of Three Gorges Reservoir.


This paper expounds the noise source,and its harm to human health.At the same time,some reasonable control measures are proposed based on correlative law and technology.