The utility model discloses a compound needle type zinc oxide arrester, including a zinc oxide arrester noumenon and a compound needle type insulator sleeved on the external surface of the zinc oxide arrester noumenon, wherein the zinc oxide arrester noumenon includes a valve core, top and bottom conductive cushion blocks, an insulated support barrel, top and bottom hardware fittings, wherein the valve core is composed of several zinc bloom nonlinear resistance pieces connected in series, the top and bottom conductive cushion blocks are arranged on the top and bottom end faces of the valve core respectively, the insulated support barrel is sleeved on the valve core and the external circumference surface of the top and bottom conductive cushion blocks, the top and bottom hardware fittings are inserted on the external circumference surfaces of two ends of the insulated support barrel and are contacted with the top and bottom conductive cushion blocks respectively. According to the utility model, the needle type insulator is combined with the arrester, the support function of the needle type insulator and the lightning protection function of the arrester are all reserved, such that each mounting point may save three needle type insulators in use, simultaneously wiring complexity, equipment maintenance quantity and equipment failure rate are all reduced.


【Objective】To establish a highly efficient extraction technology for rice bran protein under low alkalinity and temperature, and determine its physicochemical properties.【Method】Quadratic general rotary unitized design was used to determine the optimal extraction process. The solubility, emulsibility and frothing capacity of rice bran protein at different pH, temperatures and ion concentrations were investigated. Kjeldahl's method was used to measure the solubility, centrifugation method to measure the emulsibility, and volume method to measure the frothing capacity.【Result】The optimum extraction conditions were: pH 11, temperature 40℃, time 120 min, and the yield could reach up to 81.1% under such conditions. The solubility of rice bran protein was the lowest around isoelectric point, and the solubility increased with the increase of temperature, while it reduced due to ion presence. Effects of pH, temperature and ion concentration on emulsibility were similar to those effects on solubility. The higher the concentration pf rice bran protein the better of its emulsibility. Its frothing capacity was the lowest while foam stability was the highest around isoelectric point. Its frothing capacity was increased by suitable heating, and it was also significantly improved with the increase of ion concentration and protein concentration【.Conclusion】The yield of rice bran protein can reach up to 81.1% on low pH and temperature. The properties of rice bran protein obtained in this way are satisfying, indicating assuring potential for applications.


Abstract With the expanding use of plastic materials, there has been a demand for higher impact strength. This is because plastics materials have lower mechanical strengths and larger fracture strains than metals, and insufficient impact resis- tance often provides a restrictive application, especially when plastics are used as structural members. Reinforcement with fiber generally improves the im- pact strength of plastics materials, but the theoretical interpretation of this reinforcing mechanism is far from complete. The mechanism of impact frac- ture of composite materials is very complicated, their fracture behavior being distinctly different from that of the matrix polymer. Under these circum- stances, efforts have been devoted by many researchers to determine the rela- tionship between fracture mode and fracture standard [l-6]. It has been demonstrated that fiber-matrix adhesion, in particular, is a key factor for the improvement of impact strength of composite materials, and the surface treat- men...


Research performed during 1980 (and proposed for 1981) is summarized briefly in this administrative report. The main theme of the research is the mechanisms of light- and heavy-ion nuclear reactions and the relation between microscopic theories and phenomenological models. A publication list and budget are included. (RWR)


This paper analyzes the impact of the proposed Phoenix Light Rail transit system on future land use and household characteristics adjacent to station areas using a software-based simulation model called UrbanSim. UrbanSim is a microsimulation modeling environment, developed at the University of Washington, Seattle, which enables detailed analysis of the effect of different policy scenarios of future patterns of urban growth. Although existing literature suggests that projects such as the Phoenix Light Rail often increases the value of properties adjacent to the station areas, few studies have analyzed the nature and type of households that are drawn to these areas. The result of this analysis for Phoenix shows differential impacts of light rail on various neighborhoods with different existing land use and household characteristics. Particularly, the study draws attention to the potential gentrification of an area currently dominated by students of Arizona State University and suggests that preemptive strategies should be put in place to accommodate student housing.


Forty-four samples of the No. 6 Coal were taken from the Guanbanwusu Mine, Junger Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, in 2009 in order to study trace elements. Twenty-two trace elements of the samples were analysed by ICP-MASS method. The results show that Li, Se and Ag are significantly enriched in the No. 6 coal. Most trace elements are enriched near the roof and floor. The content ratios of Sr and Ba, V and Ni, V and Zn might indicate that the peat swamp of this area during this period is influenced by sea water or in a sea-land transition environment. The enrichment of Li, Se, Ag shows that it formed in a relatively oxidated environment, and ancient water salinity is slightly high. In harmful elements, only Se is significantly enriched. The contents of the other harmful element are low, and do not pose many hazards to the environment. They can be partially removed by physical coal washing.


The reasons causing the leakage in external wall by the design, structure form, material and other aspects are discussed in detail. And from the points of design, site performance, material application author propose peculiar opinion to ensure that the leakage phenomenon are not appear in external wall of building. This obtains the demands of quality and technology for external wall leakage. And the method to inspect the quality of external wall is proposed to ensure the construction can meet the demand of design and construction norm.


Under the traditional paradigm of considering vision as a recovery problem, visual interception is just another application of the structure-from-motion module. However, the inherent difficulties of three-dimensional reconstruction have delayed any real-time applications. The authors offer a robust solution under the active qualitative vision paradigm. From the image intensity function, they obtain the locomotive intrinsics of the agent and the target. Based on this relative information, they present a control strategy that decides in real time whether the velocity of the agent should be increased or decreased at any time instant, thus guiding the agent to intercept the target. The problem of visual interception can thus be solved by simple computation without correspondence.<<ETX>>


Although rare earth elements (REEs) are of some biological importance, their concentrations are not frequently assessed in biological samples. Rare earth elements in recent decade are widely used and lead to the accumulation in the environment and animal and human body. Today, rare earths are part of several devices such as lighters, television sets and computers. They are found in medical technology, nuclear engineering, automobile industry and military devices. Recent studies performed in Croatia have suggested a connection between metal exposure and 1991-1995 action. Differences between populations from eastern Croatia areas exposed to heavy and moderate fighting point to the need for the extensive monitoring, emphasizing the role of biomonitoring through ecologic and preventive activities. In this study concentrations of Cerium (Ce), Dysprosium (Dy), Europium (Eu), Erbium (Er), Gadolinium (Gd), Holmium (Ho), Lanthanum (La), Neodymium (Nd), Praseodymium (Pr), Samarium (Sm), Thulium (Tm) and Ytterbium (Yb) were determined in urine and serum using inductively- coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Samples from 388 participants were analyzed. The results showed that mean and maximum concentrations of determined REEs in urine and serum samples of inhabitants living in eastern part of Croatia were higher than published literature reference values. Our data provide some insight in REEs concentrations in biological samples and serve as a basis from comparison to the other region, both in Croatia and worldwide.


This study aimed to determine the effect of Lavandula stoechas , which is intensively grown in Muğla and known as lavender, on the meat quality and shelf life of hamsi kaygana, a traditional food in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. The study groups consist of the control group (K), a group containing 0.1% (A), 0.5% (B), and 1% (C) lavender. After performing the initial analyses, all groups were stored at 4 ± 1 °C. During the storage, the proximate composition, sensory, physicochemical, chemical and microbiological analyses were carried out. According to the chemical results, the lavender added to hamsi kaygana at the rates of 0.5% and 1% had an antioxidant effect and TBA obtained on day 20 in group C did not exceed the limit values. It draws attention that lavender has a positive effect on TVB-N. There was less development in the groups in which lavender was added in microbiological terms. The best score in terms of sensory acceptance correlate well within the group B during storage (1 to 9 days) was evaluated. This study has revealed that hamsi kaygana, can be transported to wider markets, by increasing its durability with spices such as lavender and longer-term preservation and easy transportation with different packaging techniques.


Attack to software, network and system is cause of computer security incidents. Computer Security Incident Response Capability (CSIRC) prevent from attacks by responding, predictive and safety quality management services. Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) provides these services. In this paper, modeling is proposed for deployment of CSIRT and structure for providing services is described. This model is implemented in a case study in a telecommunication company in a province of Iran and results are expressed.


We report on two siblings with Walker–Warburg syndrome (WWS) born to a consanguineous couple. In the index case, the second‐trimester scan showed ventricular dilatation and we diagnosed WWS after observing retinal detachment at 26 weeks' gestation and lissencephaly by 32 weeks' gestation in addition to hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis. The second case was first suspected at 12 weeks' gestation, when we observed a 2.8‐mm nuchal translucency and an unusually large hindbrain vesicle. By 14 weeks' gestation, the lateral ventricles were clearly enlarged (12–13 mm), at 16 weeks' gestation the vitreous chamber appeared to be hyperechogenic, and by 17 weeks' gestation hydrocephalus was evident. The couple chose to continue the pregnancy, and during the third trimester lissencephaly, major hydrocephalus and polyhydramnios developed.


The objective of this study was to characterize morphologically the seed germination and floral biology of Jatropha curcas grown in Vicosa, Minas Gerais state. The floral biology study was made on fresh inflorescences of 20 plants. For the post-seminal development study, the seeds were submitted to laboratory and greenhouse germination test. J. curcas has flowers of both sexes within the same inflorescence, with each inflorescence having an average of 131 flowers, being 120 male and 10.5 female flowers. Low numbers of hermaphrodite flowers were also found, ranging from 0 to 6 flowers per inflorescence. The germination of J. curcas begins on the third day with radicle protrusion in the hilum region. The primary root is cylindrical, thick, glabrous and branches rapidly, with about 4-5 branches three days after protrusion, when the emergence of the secondary roots begins. Seed coat removal occurs around the 8th day, when the endosperm is almost totally degraded and offers no resistance to the cotyledons that expand between the 10th and 12th day. A normal seedling has a long greenish hypocotyl, two cotyledons, a robust primary root and several lateral roots. On the 12th day after sowing, the normal seedling is characterized as phanerocotylar and germination is epigeal.


The problem addressed in the paper concerns temporal sequence recognition for a dynamic system. Several formal models can be used such as rule based systems, or graphs such as transition graphs or Petri nets in order to describe the sequences to be recognized. Then, according to the inputs obtained from the system's sensors at different times, the goal is to evaluate confidence into the fact that the sequence is in progress. The confidence is modeled by a distribution of mass of evidence proposed in Dempster-Shafer's theory.


This research aims to know the influence of Resource-Based Learning as one of thelearning models for the students as the victims of the earthquake in Kalipucang, Kasihan,Bantul.This research is classified as an action research. It is a fact-finding and problemsolvingmethod in social situation to improve the action quality, involving the researcher,practitioner, and laymen. The research subject was the students as the victims ofearthquake in Kalipucang, Kasihan, Bantul. The techniques of collecting the data wereobservation, interview, questionnaire, and documentation. The data analysis employedin this research was descriptive-qualitative analysis.The result of this research reveals that Resource-Based Learning can be usedas one of the learning models for the students as the victims of earthquake in Kalipucang,Kasihan, Bantul. This can be seen from the achievement of Resource-Based Learning.The characteristics of Resource-Based Learning are 1) using any kinds of informationresource as learning resource, 2) explaining the students on the width of informationresource, 3) urging to change the passivity of the students in traditional learning withactive learning motivated by interest and self-involvement in education, 4) increasingthe learning motivation by providing any possibilities of learning materials, learningmethod, and communication media which are different from the conventional class, 5)giving a chance to the students to work or learn in accordance with their own capacity,6) being more flexible in using time and learning class and 7) developing self-confidencein learning which enables them to learn as long as their life.Key words: Learning model, Resource-Based Learning


This report describes the details of our system for copy detection task in TRECVID 2009. We submitted 4 runs, 2 for video-only queries and 2 for video + audio queries. Details are listed below. Each group is with same technique but different parameters.


Background and aims: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the new Technogenetics TGS TA system for detecting anti-Cytomegalovirus IgG and IgM antibodies and IgG avidity. The TGS TA system was compared with our routinely used system, LIAISON XL, for the detection of IgG and IgM antibodies. Only in positive IgM samples, TGS TA system was compared to an enzyme linked fluorescent assay (ELFA) test (VIDAS, BioMerieux, Marcy-l'Etoile, France) and with LIAISON XL system for the IgG avidity (if possible). Materials and methods: Three hundred sera samples from pregnant women were examined with the TGS TA system and divided in 3 groups according to IgG and IgM screening LIAISON XL tests: 102 were non-immune women (Group 1), 98 were pregnant with past infection (Group 2) and 100 were pregnant with positive or equivocal IgM (95 with positive IgG and 5 with negative IgG) (Group 3). Results: The overall concordance of the IgG results between LIAISON XL and TGS TA was 98.3%: 97.1% in Group 1, 100% in Group 2 and 98.0% in Group 3. The overall concordance of the IgM results between LIAISON XL and TGS TA was 92.1%: 100% in Group 1, 99.0% in Group 2 and 70.1% in Group 3. In Group 3, the concordance between the results of the IgG avidity with the LIAISON XL and TGS TA tests was 87.4%. Comparing the clinical diagnosis obtained with our protocol and that of the TGS TA system, the overall concordance was 94.3%: 97.1% in Group 1, 99.0% in Group 2 and 87.0% in Group 3. Conclusions : In conclusion, the overall clinical concordance between the LIAISON XL/VIDAS protocol and the TGS TA system is excellent. TGA TA system shows to be a valuable tool able to clearly identify non-specific subjects, those with a non-recent infection and classify as either recent or past infection half of the subjects with undetermined infection with our protocol.


In this paper we define a tree-structure, the reduced cover-tree (RCT), for implementing both classical indexes and multiattribute search structures and we outline its application in the data access model of the relational multi-processor data base machine SABRE. The kernel of this data access model is an RCT describing the placement of a relation that could be either a multi-attribute clustering scheme also used to - in some extent - substitute secondary indexes, or a non-dense unique key index. If the placement is achieved by multi-attribute clustering a unique key index can be nicely constructed with the same tree-structure. The RCT is represented by a bit-table in a most economic way and thus the number of accesses to memory when retrieval can be considerably cut down. On the average the memory occupation rate should turn about 75 per cent.


Damping of high-lying single-particle states was investigated by the study of decay by proton emission from high-lying states in 91Nb, populated by the 90Zr(α, t) reaction at Eα=180 MeV. In addition to decay to the ground state of 90Zr, semi-direct decay was observed to the low-lying (2+/5− and 3−) phonon states, confirming the conclusion from other experiments that phonon states play an important role in the damping process of the single-particle states. Furthermore, the population and decay of isobaric analogue states of 91Zr, which are located at an excitation energy of about 10–12 MeV in 91Nb, has been studied in the same reaction.


Abstract This study intends to radiologically assess the drinking waters from Bursa province of northwestern Turkey. Using gross-alpha and gross-beta counting methods, the gross-alpha activity concentrations of 43 drinking water samples were measured as 68.5 mBq dm−3 in the range 13–629 mBq dm−3. The gross-beta activity concentrations were determined as 67.1 mBq dm−3 in the range 12–455 mBq dm−3. These values lead to average annual effective doses of 14 μSv from alpha emitters and 33.8 μSv from beta emitting radionuclides and are found to be much lower than those recommended for drinking waters by World Health Organization (WHO).


OBJECTIVE Cytoplasmic autoantibodies to vasopressin cells (AVP) have been detected in patients with idiopathic central diabetes insipidus and only in one patient with endocrine autoimmune diseases without clinical diabetes insipidus. The aim of this study was to look for AVP cell antibodies (AVP‐cell‐Ab) in human sera of a large population of autoimmune endocrine disease patients without diabetes insipidus and to test whether an occurrence of these antibodies in some patients can be associated with partial impairment of posterior pituitary function.


The unemployment problem in this area is centred upon the industrial city of Wollongong. The initial unemployment blows to this region were provided by recession and structural change in the steel industry in the early 1980s.


The Committee on Fetus and Newborn has given a thorough account of the history of research on the etiology of retrolental fibroplasia (RLF) (Pediatrics 57(suppl), April 1976), but there are characteristics of this research program as a whole, and of the report, which are worthy of further comment.
 1. Anyone who followed the work of Patz and his colleagues should have recognized by the end of 1953 that overuse of oxygen was the chief etiological factor in the disease.


Background Venous leg ulceration results from chronic venous insufficiency of the lower extremities. We recently showed that matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) ‐2 plays a major part in the pathogenesis of venous leg ulcers. In vitro activation of recombinant MMP‐2 is controlled by the activity of the urokinase‐type plasminogen activator (uPA), which acts as a fibrin‐independent plasminogen activator. The activity of MMP‐2 is potentiated by binding of uPA to the uPA receptor (uPAR).


As evidenced by the public response to the recommendation to wear masks to help curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the promulgation of misinformation can easily undermine health care recommendations. While health misinformation propagated by media coverage, celebrities, and others is widely recognized, how a range of health misinformation undermines the patient-clinician relationship is less understood. This is important to consider given that trust in health professionals has eroded, as evidenced by recent attacks on physicians promoting public health messaging during the pandemic. This Viewpoint describes why health misinformation spreads, characterizes a broader set of misinformation types, and discusses solutions to this problem.


The Rauzy gasket $R$ is the maximal invariant set of a certain renormalization procedure for special systems of isometries naturally appearing in the context of Novikov's problem in conductivity theory for monocrystals. It was conjectured by Novikov and Maltsev in 2003 that the Hausdorff dimension $\dim_{\mathrm{H}}(R)$ of Rauzy gasket is strictly comprised between $1$ and $2$. In 2016, Avila, Hubert and Skripchenko confirmed that $\dim_{\mathrm{H}}(R) 1.19$.


We investigate the problems of maximizing k-submodular functions over total size constraints and over individual size constraints. k-submodularity is a generalization of submodularity beyond just picking items of a ground set, instead associating one of k types to chosen items. For sensor selection problems, for instance, this enables modeling of which type of sensor to put at a location, not simply whether to put a sensor or not. We propose and analyze threshold-greedy algorithms for both types of constraints. We prove that our proposed algorithms achieve the best known approximation ratios for both constraint types, up to a user-chosen parameter that balances computational complexity and the approximation ratio, while only using a number of function evaluations that depends linearly (up to poly-logarithmic terms) on the number of elements n, the number of types k, and the inverse of the user chosen parameter. Other algorithms that achieve the best-known deterministic approximation ratios require a number of function evaluations that depend linearly on the budget B, while our methods do not. We empirically demonstrate our algorithms' performance in applications of sensor placement with k types and influence maximization with k topics.


This contribution deals with the problem of squeezing flow of compressible viscoelastic material considering partial slip at the surface of compressing circular plates. Rheological behavior of compressed samples is described by a power law model of shear deformation (consistency K and flow behavior index m) and viscoelastic properties are expressed using power law relation for first normal stress difference (K', m'). Alternative formulation takes into account only elongation and normal stresses. Squeezed material is considered as a foam, i.e. incompressible continuous phase filled by air bubbles. Partial slip at wall is expressed by dimensionless parameter  proportional to slip velocity that is independent of consistency and stresses. Suggested mathematical models result to analytical expression for axial force as a function of compression rate and the thickness of gap. The models are applied for experiment with the sample of collagen compressed between two parallel disks of the texture analyzer instrument TA-XT2i.


Background We have previously shown that older thrombus is associated with a statistically significant 2-fold higher long-term mortality in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI). We evaluated whether the addition of the presence of older thrombus to a multimarker model would result in increased predictive power for 1-year mortality in STEMI patients. Methods The study population consists of STEMI patients treated with thrombus aspiration during pPCI at our institution. Patients were included if aspirated thrombus material could histopathologically be classified according to thrombus age and laboratory measurements of at least one biomarker (cardiac troponin T, glucose, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and C-reactive protein) was available. The additional prognostic value of the presence of older thrombus beyond multiple biomarkers and established clinical risk factors was evaluated using multivariate Cox regression models. Results Serum biomarker concentrations were similar between patients with fresh and older thrombus. Sixty patients (7%) died within 1 year. The presence of older thrombus remained strongly associated with mortality at 1-year after multivariable adjustment for multiple biomarkers and established clinical risk factors. Addition of older thrombus to either a model including established clinical risk factors and biomarkers or a model including solely biomarkers resulted in significant increases in the discriminative value, as evidenced by net reclassification improvement and integrated discriminative improvement. Conclusions The presence of older thrombus provides independent complementary information to a multimarker model including established clinical risk factors and multiple biomarkers for predicting 1-year mortality in STEMI patients treated with pPCI and thrombus aspiration. Li proefschrift.indd 92 03-09-14 15:35 93 Thrombus age, multiple biomarkers, and outcome in STEMI patients


The irrigation systems have been transferred to the water user associations (WUA) by the Government in order to ensure sustainability and increase efficiency in the systems and rate have reached to 96% in Turkey. The farmers are the determiners here. The views, senses, attitudes and expectations of the farmers have been loomed large and this has a direct effect on the systems. Yet, because of the various reasons the expected benefits from the transfers have not been fulfilled as it was supposed to be. At this research to reveal the reasons of these is aimed. In this case, face to face questionnaire studies with farmers have been done to determine views to the WUA, senses, attitudes and expectations at the fields of 22 WUAs in the GAP project in Harran plain. The farmers generally believe that the investment and management decisions are not effective, efficient, sufficient and coherent; they aren't accepted, paid attention and informed adequately, unable to benefit from the services equally. This study is a first kind in the GAP region; the results are having direct effect on farmers' relationship to WUAs.


From about 1960, numerous organic materials for the transport and storage of water appeared on the market. The reasons for this were their interesting mechanical properties, and their ease of use. Nevertheless, some organic materials may cause alteration of the quality of water in contact with them, due to an inadequate inertness. In France a protocol to allow a selection of these materials was drawn up, giving primary importance to the organoleptic test. This test is the first step of control which the product must satisfy. The Centre de Recherche et de Controle des Eaux de Paris, who drew up these requirements tests, has at its disposal a great deal of results concerning organoleptic behaviour of all types of materials. This inertness test is followed up by global chemical analysis, a study of cytotoxicity, and the research for mineral and organic micropollutants leached into the water by the material. The controlled material must meet the requirements for the whole test.


A renowned problem of a viscous fluid displacement by a less viscous one from a Hele–Shaw cell is considered. Both fluids exhibit non-Newtonian properties: a power-law viscosity dependence on strain rates (Ostwald–de Waele rheology). A unified approach independent of particular rheology is applied to derive averaged two-dimensional equations of motion (so-called Hele–Shaw models). The equations are based on Reynolds class averaging procedure. Under these governing equations, linear stability analysis of the radial interface is conducted with a new key idea—possibility of characteristic size selection even in the absence of stabilizing factors such as surface tension and molecular diffusion. For proving this, proper boundary conditions are set on the interface, namely, the equality of full normal stresses including viscous ones, instead of the simple equality of pressures.


This study looks at the structuring of phrasal verbs with out to determine the different patterns that these verbs present, and the role these patterns play in creating phrasal verbs. Preliminary findings indicate two sources of structuring: 1) the particle, as in She kept out of the fight, where the particle structures the event by not simply juxtaposing 'she' with 'fight', as is the case in She kept out of the room, but rather integrating them to create an event of non-participation and 2) the root verb, as in She bought out the store, where the root verb structures the event by providing the basic schematic interaction between 'she' and 'the store' (that of exchange with focus on the acquisition of items) with out simply supplying an aspect of the event (that of extent). The above two examples suggest that the complexity of the root verb has much to do with the structuring of the phrasal verb and subsequently the types of meaning these verbs can achieve. This study offers an explanation of how phrasal verbs work by looking at the verb type (stative and dynamic), the schema of out and the degree of specification in the root verb, since these seem to be critical factors in determining which type of structure the phrasal verb will take. Understanding how phrasal verbs are structured will provide greater insight into the process involved in phrasal verb formation and their resulting meaning. It also provides criteria for distinguishing phrasal verbs from verb/adverb combinations.


This thesis is concerned with minority children reading picturebooks. The research question privileges pupil voice on the question of the everyday experience of learning to read at school. It explores minority children's interactions with the picturebook at school, from their own perspectives. The research also considers children's identifications and disidentifications with themes and characters in multicultural picturebooks. The overarching theoretical approach focuses upon viewing reading as a social practice, and on foregrounding the materiality of the book as an object for study, as well as upon seeing children as social actors. The study is distinctive in its use of participative methods. The research design included a peer research element, where older children were trained to take on the role of interviewer. Fieldwork consisted of one year of qualitative research in a multicultural central London primary school. The main findings were unexpected; the children reflected in complex ways upon the organisation and hierarchies of reading they encountered at school, and reading was a practice highly fraught with emotion. Books were used as a site for resistance, and agency against adults, messages in the books themselves and what the children saw as desirable 'not' to be. Race and friendship are two key dimensions negotiated by the children in their discussions of multicultural book illustrations with their classmates. Many children in the research did not speak English at home, and narratives about faith, language, and migration were significant in the children's constructions of their own subjectivities built from, and projected onto the books we read.


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Tetronolide is an aglycone moiety of novel antitumor antibiotics tetrocarcins. The space group of the crystal is P212121 with a=20.138(3), b=22.680(3), c=7.848(1) A and Z=4. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by the block-diagonal least-squares using 3577 independent reflexions. The final R value was 0.085. It is established that tetronolide is [1R-(1R*,3R*,4R*,4aR*,6aR*,7E,10R*,11E,12aS*,13R*,16aR*,20aR*,20bS*)]-1,2,3,4,4a,6a,9,10,12a,13,16,20,20a,20b-tetradecahydro-4,10,13,21-tetrahydroxy-1,3,7,11,20a-pentamethyl-18,20-dioxo-18H-16a,19-metheno-16aH-benzo[b]naphth[2,1-j]oxacyclotetradecin-15-carbaldehyde or its enantiomer.


The mechanisms limiting the value of the frequency multiplication coefficient for a two-section Cerenkov microwave multiplier with a spatially developed output section are examined. The operating modes of the multiplier are investigated in the absence and with the spatial charge of the relativistic electron beam (REB) taken into account in a geometry close to the experimental.


The rapid advancement of internet conditioned the adjustment of the tourism sector to this new technology. In that sense, the camping market is responding to constant changes by increasing transparency, involving new competitors and introducing the possibility of price comparison. These are features endorsed by innovative and dynamic campsites. The topic of this article is internet use and trends in internet application in Croatian campsites. For the purpose of this article, a study has been conducted on a sample of 840 Croatian camping guests divided into two target groups: a) campers who used mobile homes and b) campers who used their own outdoor camping equipment. The aim of this research is twofold. The first aim is to quantify the use of internet prior to vacation and the second aim is to establish main motives behind the choice of this medium. The former refers to searching for information online and booking accommodation online. Campers in mobile homes use internet for the purpose of booking accommodation to a greater extent (36, 6%) in comparison to other camping guests (28, 6%). Internet serves as an important instrument of marketing management due to its role in achieving and maintaining the competitive advantage in the camping sector.


1. A method of operating a wind power plant comprising a double-fed asynchronous machine, and the transducer on the network side and on the generator side converter, controlled by the control means, the method comprising the steps of: - in normal operation, the inverter is controlled via the control means using the controlled variables for the normal operation mode! - in case of a malfunction, the inverter is controlled via at least one control module, which via controlled variables manages (i) a torque and / or active power and (ii) the reactive current and / or reactive power in such a manner that the tripping the asynchronous machine from the network will be made only if the mains voltage drops below a predetermined voltage-time characteristics, the shape of which is defined by a plurality of preselectable parameters contained in at least one control module, when e ohm create at least one first function of the controlled variable which, in case of failure provides a controlled variable for the torque and / or for active power and which comprises at least two basic functions, the first of which determines the setpoint for torque and / or active power after the fault occurs, and the second - the setpoint for torque and / or active power failure of completion, and also create at least one second function of the controlled variable for the reactive a and / or reactive power, which in case of failure provides a controlled variable for controlling


Background & Objective: Failure is inevitable in the daily activities and machinery in industrial operations, the causes of which should be properly evaluated and analyzed. Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a potent and effective method for identifying and eliminating potential failure, as well as the difficulties and failures in systems, design, processes, and services. The present study aimed to assess the potential risk in an air conditioning equipment manufacturing company using the FMEA. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, all activities and machinery in different units of the air conditioning equipment manufacturing company were analyzed by census evaluation and FMEA risk assessment. Cutoff point was determined at 70%, and the risks were categorized into three levels of acceptable (L), medium (M), and unacceptable (H); based on the classification of the organization and control ability. Data analysis was performed in Microsoft Excel 2010. Results: Among 1,453 identified risks, 237 risks (16.3%) were in the H category with the ratio of  1/6, 473 risks (32.6%) were in the L category with the ratio of 1/3  , and 743 risks (51.1%) were in the M category with the ratio of  1/2 . Moreover, 44 unacceptable risks (H) (3%) were in the Likert classification developed by the researcher in accordance with the organization, which were considered acceptable in the FMEA classification. These risks could be considered the margins of control measures. Conclusion: According to the FMEA classification, the ratio of H risks to the total risks is 1/10 , while it was obtained at 1/6  in the present study. On the other hand, high number of the identified risks does not necessarily indicate the manufacturing units to be of high risk. How to cite this article: Yari S. Assessment of Potential Risk by the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis in an Air Conditioning Equipment Manufacturing Company . J Saf Promot Inj Prev. 2017; 5(2):89-96 .


North Korea has promoted its external trade policy only as an auxiliary means to build its "self-reliant" economy on the basis of the principle of national monopoly, a self-reliant economy, and reciprocity. Exports from North Korea have only been a means to acquire foreign hard currency to import goods, while its tariff system plays no active role to protect and promote its domestic industries as external trade is under national planning and monopoly. The June 15 South-North Joint Declaration, however, has triggered an increase in exchange of people and materials between South and North Korea. This sign of change, as such, is expected to enhance economic exchange and cooperation between the two. In this regard, a look at North Koreas external trade will be timely and meaningful. Currently, the Trade Department is in charge of North Koreas trade and external economic affairs, mainly handles trade, tariffs, joint ventures and transportation with foreign companies, as well as exchanges with the South. Tariff authorities include the General Bureau of Tariff Administration in charge of general tariffs affairs and the Customs Office, which handles actual tariff-related business. The role of the North Korean customs business is limited now, but as external opening accelerates, its role will be reinforced.


A Tc-sestamibi scan has become the most widely used localizing test for identifying a parathyroid adenoma. Despite its popularity, the effectiveness of Tc-sestamibi scan for parathyroid localization is still controversial due to the large number of false-positive results. The false positive Tcsestamibi scan can be attributed to a thyroid adenoma, nodular hyperplasia, metastatic thyroid cancer and other proliferating thyroid diseases because Tc-sestamibi is specific to the mitochondrial membrane of cells with high-level metabolic status, and not specific to the parathyroid itself. Minimally invasive radio-guided parathyroidectomy (MIRGP) was performed on a 61 year-old woman. The Tc-sestamibi focus was completely excised with γ-probe guidance. However, the frozen pathology showed the excised tissue to be a thyroid papillary carcinoma. We present the unexpected false-positive Tc-sestamibi in MIRGP, and discuss the considerations in order to reduce the number of falsepositive parathyroid Tc-sestamibi scans. (J Korean Surg Soc 2006;70:144-147)


In Roman antiquity, gladiator fights reproduce a managed crisis: the spectators transfer the violence that could oppose each other onto the gladiator, rejecting it out on the community and channelling it against its opponent. Once the fight has ended, the spectators are once again united in the celebration of Victoria getting rid of the atrocity of death. Infames because touched by the taint of death and money, they are nonetheless fighters that provide catharsis. Moreover rites rule this act that breaks the taboo of violence within the area of the pomoerium . The arena for example is surrounded by herms delimiting the area of the games into a separate world, distinct from the one of the humans and the gods whose devoted statues and icons accompanies the spectators. Moreover civilizing gest of the gods and their myths are also staged in the arena, and their statues are brought into the amphitheatre during the inaugurating pompa . Trough the richness of this type of representations, romans show the strength of their institutions and the world order. The games are integrated within rites that renew the pax deorum and they guarantee the values and the domination of the romans using the divine assent. Gladiatoral fight like sacrifice is part of the self-regulating mechanisms, a collective transfer achieved through representations perceivable by everyone.


The possibility of constraining the parameters of scalar field dark energy with barotropic equation of state using different available datasets is discussed. It has been found that the initial value of dark energy equation of state parameter is constrained very weakly by most of the data. We have determined the constraints on this parameter, which come from the combined dataset including supernovae from the full SDSS compilation with the MLCS2k2 fitting of light curves. We discuss also the possibility of distinguishing between different dark energy models with barotropic equation of state using the future data on CMB anisotropies.


The present invention relates to a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory of the present invention comprises: a plurality of banks; a control logic which is configured to output write enable signals and read enable signals corresponding to each of the plurality of banks based on mode information stored in a plurality of storage units; and a plurality of read and write circuits which is configured to independently enable or disable write and read of each of the plurality of banks in response to the activation of the write enable signals and the read enable signals. In the initial state in which the mode information is stored to the plurality of storage units, the control logic activates the write enable signals and the read enable signals regardless of the mode information.


A ten-component time·-dependent Phytoplankton Ecosystem model was calibrated and verified for the York Estuary. Since the York is both wide and deep and is characterized by low dissolved oxygen levels in the deeper layer, this model has two layers and three compartments laterally per layer. The calibrated and verified model is suitable for use in studying water quality in the York, such as the.development of waste load allocations.


Gospel.' One cannot help wondering what Paul would have said if he had been told that it was impossible for him, within a single decade, to confront opponents both outside and inside of the Church. There may, indeed, be other, better reasons for questioning whether the same man wrote both Gospel and Epistle, but the theological arguments which convinced Dodd of this are not open to Bultmann, since he attributes all the relevant


e17560Background: investigate the activity and mechanism of rAd-p53 combined with chemotherapeutics in advanced PTC. Methods: PTC cells (TPC-1) were treated with vehicle, paclitaxel (5 μM), cisplat...


TOLKIEN CONSIDERED HIMSELF FIRST AND FOREMOST a philologist in the primary sense of the term, a lover of words or a linguist. He often said that his chief impetus for creating Middle-earth was to provide a context for his invented Elvish languages, Quenya and Sindarin. Thus language was his deepest interest, and in this study I want to focus on Tolkien's use of language in The Two Towers, specifically in the discourse of the two Wizards, Gandalf and Saruman. Tolkien is very careful to differentiate the rhetorical choices of the characters in The Lord of the Rings [LotR], so that, particularly in the case of Gandalf and Saruman, rhetoric is character. (1) Tom Shippey is the only scholar I have come across who has commented on the language of either of these characters, (2) noting that Saruman's use of rhetoric as Gandalf reports his speech in "The Council of Elrond" is similar to that of a modern politician. As Shippey asserts, Saruman uses the most modern-sounding language, and constantly equivocates, shifting from one view to another as he tries to persuade Gandalf to join him, ultimately resorting to abstractions that make it difficult to pin down what he means. "His message," Shippey argues, "is in any case one of compromise and calculation" (J.R.R. Tolkien 75), and Shippey quotes the following example of the voice of Saruman: "We can bide our time, we can keep out thoughts in our hearts, deploring maybe evils done by the way, but approving the high and ultimate purpose: Knowledge, Rule, Order; all things that we have so far striven in vain to accomplish, hindered rather than helped by our weak or idle friends. There need not be, there would not be, any real change in our design, only in our means." (LotR II.2.253) The word "real" may well be the key word in this passage, implying as it does a very subjective and equivocal notion of "reality" that seems far removed from its apparent synonym, "truth." Shippey sees in this speech "many of the things the modern world has learnt to dread most: the ditching of allies, the subordination of means to ends, the 'conscious acceptance of guilt in the necessary murder'" (The Road 119). This is Machiavellian in the worst sense of the word, in which the end justifies the means, and it is sophistry in the way only a skilled modern politician can perform it, disguising a wrong cause in fair words. No wonder Shippey calls Saruman the "most contemporary figure in Middle-earth" (see Shippey, J.R.R. Tolkien 68-77). It is clear that Tolkien wanted readers to focus on Saruman's use of language, since he entitles the chapter in which Saruman finally appears "The Voice of Saruman." Here, when the victorious forces of the West finally confront the beaten Saruman in his tower of Orthanc, Gandalf warns his companions that "Saruman has powers you do not guess. Beware of his voice!" (LotR III.10.563). While some readers have interpreted Gandalf's warning as an indication that Saruman is capable of casting a verbal spell that might hypnotize his listeners and so move them through supernatural powers, Tolkien very clearly rejected that view. In a 1958 letter to Forrest J. Ackerman concerning a proposed film treatment of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien asserted: Saruman's voice was not hypnotic but persuasive. Those who listened to him were not in danger of falling into a trance, but of agreeing with his arguments, while fully awake. It was always open to one to reject, by free will and reason, both his voice while speaking and its after-impressions. Saruman corrupted the reasoning powers. (Letters 276-277, italics in original) It seems, then, that it is Saruman's rhetoric, rather than any magical powers, that makes him so dangerous. This is not to say that the Wizards of Middle-earth are not powerful in other ways. Gandalf, of course, is the only one of the Fellowship of the Ring who can challenge the Balrog in Moria, and he stands alone against the Witch-king of Angbar, Lord of the Nazgul, when all other defenders run in fear at the gates of Minas Tirith. …


In the present study, nutritional composition of the edible seaweeds, Gracilaria edulis (red seaweed), Ulva lactuca (green seaweed) and Sargassum sp. (brown seaweed) were evaluated. Results showed that the seaweeds had protein content of 13.84±3.55 to 18.21±0.00%; fat 0.73±0.001 to 0.93±0.00%, carbohydrate 30.32±0.21 to 43.19±1.75% and total dietary fibre (TDF) content of 53.625±0.18 to 63.175±0.46% on dry weight basis. Among the three seaweeds, Sargassum sp. contained highest protein content (18.21±0.00%) and G. edulis possessed highest TDF (63.175±0.46%). Macronutrients viz., Na, P and Ca and the micronutrients Fe, Se, Mn, Cu and Zn were present in all three seaweeds. G. edulis had highest Na (423.33±1.15 mg 100 g-1), P (282.5±0.5 mg 100 g-1), Ca (223.33±0.58 mg 100 g-1) and Fe (65.28±0.33 mg 100 g-1), whereas highest Se content was recorded in Sargassum sp (49.82±0.09 mg 100 g-1). Palmitic acid (C16:0), oleic acid (C18:1) and linoleic acid (C18:2, ω-6) were the most abundant saturated fatty acid (SFA), monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), respectively. Fatty acid profile also revealed that small quantity of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (C22:6, ω-3) ranging from 0.064 to 0.494% was present in all the three seaweed species but eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (C20:5, ω-3) was present only in Sargassum sp. at a concentration of 0.583%. G. edulis had higher vitamin D2 (2.590 mg 100 g-1), vitamin E (1.017 mg 100 g-1) and vitamin K1 (0.714 mg 100 g-1) than Sargassum sp. and U. lactuca. The results clearly indicates that these three seaweeds can be considered as a good source of dietary fibre, protein, minerals and vitamins and can be used for fortifying foods or as components of functional foods.


Self-cure refers to the phenomenon that the number of worms declines sharply and parasites are cleared up naturally after animals infected with Schistosoma japonicum for some time. Buffaloes and pigs play an important role in schistosomiasis transmission as the main sources of infection. Some studies have shown that self-cure occurs in water buffaloes and pigs infected with S. japonicum. It has great significance to clarify the mechanisms behind the phenomenon of self-cure for prevention and control of schistosomiasis and development of anti-schistosomiasis vaccine. This paper summarized the experimental research and field epidemiologi-cal studies around self-cure in water buffaloes and pigs infected with 5. japonicum and discussed the mechanisms of self-cure.

Key words:
Schistosoma japonicum;  Buffalo;  Pig;  Self-cure


It has been reported that the Excel 2003 method can be used for quality control of analytical data of geochemical samples with the windowsXP operating system.This suggests that one need only to key in the functions,i.e.SUM,POWER,STAT,LOGIC,and the automatic management will be completed for the quality control and error statistic of analytical data in data table.The statistical resutls of testing the national stadndard materials of GBW-07242~47 show that the method can rapidly prove whether the results of analysis quality of geochemical exploration samples with scale 1∶50 000 and 1∶200 000 is "ok" or "no".


The aim of this study was to characterise population pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of GSK961081 (MABA), a bi-functional molecule with muscarinic antagonist (MA) and beta 2 agonist (BA) properties. Nonlinear mixed effects modelling of plasma GSK961081 concentration-time data (Day28) and dose response of AM trough FEV 1 data (Day29) conducted using NONMEM. Data obtained from MAB115032 (Wielders et al. EurRespirJ 2012;40:Suppl.56,3081); a 4-week investigation of once and twice daily inhaled GSK961081. Simulations used to assess model predictive performance. The PK parameters for 2-compartment model determined with good precision (relative standard error (RSE -1 (0.313,0.535). No covariates were included in the PK model. The PD parameters for a maximum effect (Emax) dose response model were determined with reasonable precision (RSE 1 included as covariate in PD model; no other covariates including dosing frequency included based on statistical testing. Model adequacy demonstrated by good predictive performance. The models described can be used as tools for guiding GSK961081 clinical development. There was no influence of dosing regimen on the PD model, suggesting once or twice daily dosing could be used.


Velocity distributions of neutral aluminum atoms ablated from a variety of materials were obtained at various ablation laser powers for the second harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser system. The half‐range Maxwell‐Boltzmann velocity distribution was used to model the experimental data. The characteristic temperatures obtained for aluminum atoms ablated from Al0.3Ga0.7As and steel were below the critical temperatures of the samples. However, when an aluminum metal sample was investigated this was the case only at relatively high ablation laser powers. At lower powers the half‐range Maxwell‐Boltzmann velocity distribution described the data but required a characteristic temperature of ∼12000 K, over twice the critical temperature of aluminum. It is postulated that at lower ablation laser powers the observed aluminum signal is due to the ablation of an oxide coating formed on the sample surface.


In order to realize autonomous control for formationflying spacecrafts, the relative state (relative position and attitude)between two space vehicles must be detected precisely. An optical method for determination of the relative position and attitude between spacecrafts is proposed, which is based on the computer vision and imaging theory. First, a quaternion method for measuring the relative position and attitude based on the coordinates of the feature points on the target body is deduced. Then the principle of the testing system and the calibrating technique is introduced. Finally, the experimenting prototype are established to confirm the validity of the testing principle and the algorithm, in which the APS(active pixel sensor) CMOS camera is used as image sensor. Since quaternion theory and the CMOS camera are used to testing the relative state, which make the system with a lot of the advantageous such as smaller volume, lighter weight, higher precision and lower power consumption etc, can be widely used in measuring the relative position and attitude between cooperative space targets.


The economic development of the European Union is hampered by insufficient private and public long-term investments. This weakness is seen as a rationale for state intervention, and numerous projects are discussed and implemented to find new ways to mobilize private capital for long-term investments. Examples are the Investment Plan for Europe, the EU Project Bond Initiative, the Capital Markets Union, or, on a national level, the investment plan of a commission appointed by the German Federal Minister of Economic Affairs. For an economic evaluation of this policy approach, the following paper concentrates on the proposal of a targeted European savings account in the European Commission's Green Paper "Long term financing of the European economy" from March 2013.


Physical plants that form the core of the cyber-physical systems (CPSs) often have stringent safety requirements and, recent attacks have shown that cyber intrusions can cause damage to these plant. In this paper, we demonstrate how to ensure the safety of the physical plant even when the platform is compromised. We leverage the fact that due to physical inertia, an adversary cannot destabilize the plant (even with complete control over the software) instantaneously. In fact, it often takes finite (even considerable time). This paper provides the analytical framework that utilizes this property to compute safe operational windows in run-time during which the safety of the plant is guaranteed. To ensure the correctness of the computations in runtime, we discuss two approaches to ensure the integrity of these computations in an untrusted environment: 1) full platform-wide restarts coupled with a root-of-trust timer and 2) utilizing trusted execution environment features available in hardware. We demonstrate our approach using two realistic systems—a 3 degree-of-freedom helicopter and a simulated warehouse temperature management unit and show that our system is robust against multiple emulated attacks—essentially the attackers are not able to compromise the safety of the CPS.


The significant ideas of Jiang Zemin's "Three Representatives" contribute to the focused and profound condensation of the progress of the Party, to the revelation of the social development law and the scientific generalization of the whole cause,therefore, enrich the "advanced communist" ideas of the "Communist Manifesto",the law and necessity of social development the nature and aim of proletariat movement.\;


The thermodynamics of dissociation of vancomycin and ristocetin
dimers in the presence and absence of specific ligands has been
studied by direct microcalorimetry over a range of temperature, pH and
ionic strength conditions in H
 2
O and D
 2
O.
Dimerization of these antibiotics is exothermic with large temperature
dependence (ΔC
 p
) and consequent
entropy–enthalpy compensation effects that may be consistent
with solvation changes associated with burial of non-polar surfaces
during macromolecular association. For vancomycin, no significant
ionic strength effects are observed, so non-specific electrostatic
contributions are probably discounted, but pH and buffer effects on
the thermodynamic parameters are consistent with hydrogen ion uptake
and pK shift in the dimerization process. Vancomycin
dimerization is significantly enhanced in the presence ofspecifically
binding ligands: acetate, N-acetyl-D-Ala, and
N
 α
,N
 e
-diacetyl-L
ys-D-Ala-D-Ala, in increasing order of
effectiveness.The dipeptide ligand
N-acetyl-D-Ala-D-Ala promotes higher
oligomerization and crystallization of the complex. Ristocetin, in
contrast, displays no such ligand effects; it shows a slight reduction
in dimerization in the presence of strongly binding
N
 α
,N
 e
-diacetyl-L
ys-D-Ala-D-Ala. This difference may reflect the
need for flexibility in the antibiotic structure to allow
ligand-induced aggregation. Eremomycin dimerizes strongly even in the
absence of ligand. Dissociation of the
vancomycin–N
 α
,N

 e
-diacetyl-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala
dimer complex is slow (k
 diss
 ca. 0.005
s
 -1
) and kinetics can be measured by conventional UV
difference techniques.


I. Systematic Analyses.- Do Experiments Depend on Theories or Theories on Experiments?.- On Experimental Questions.- II. The Roles of Experiment: Theory Generation and Theory Testing.- Reconstructing Science: Discovery and Experiment.- The Role of Experiment and Theory in the Development of Nuclear Physics in the Early 1930's.- Empirical Support for the Corpuscular Theory in the Seventeenth Century.- Theory and Experiment in the Early Writings of Johan Baptist Van Helmont.- The Significance of Empirical Evidence for Developments in the Foundations of Decision Theory.- Testing Freudian Hypotheses.- Experiment, Theory Choice, and the Duhem-Quine Problem.- III. The Role of Theoretical Conceptions.- Physical Reality and Closed Theories in Werner Heisenberg's Early Papers.- Experiment and Theory in Ptolemy's Optics.- Newton's and Goethe's Colour Theories - Contradictory or Complementary Approaches?.- On the Structure of Physics as a Science.- Models and Interpretation in Human Sciences: Anthropology and the Theoretical Notion of Field.- On the Dynamics of Scientific Paradigms.- Breaking the Link between Methodology and Rationality. A plea for Rhetoric in Scientific Inquiry.- Index of Names.


The case of a young Moroccan doctor who spent Four months in Congo as part of an international humanitarian military mission; he underwent surgery under spinal anesthesia for an anal fissure a week after being returned to Morocco, In the seventh-day postoperative period, acute renal failure with anuria set in, justifying the patient's transfer to an intensive care unit. Upon admission, on the eighth postoperative day, one day after readmission to the emergency room and was put on triple antibiotic therapy ,and  liquid resuscitation was carried out immediately by infusion of saline isotonic solution and due to the non-improvement of the hemodynamic state after volume repletion, a vasoactive support was rapidly introduced at the initial dose of 0.2 ug / kg / min, the intravenous quinine was not immediately introduced in the emergency room because the initial thick, thin film and malaria blood smear carried out on  admission were negative and the postoperative clinical context argued in favor of bacterial septic shock. A sepsis context not ruled out (blood cultures performed); a surgical revision the morning of his admission to the intensive care by under umbilical laparotomy, didn't showed an intra-abdominal collection. Parallelly a thick film (30% of parasitized red blood cells) revealing P. falciparum, and blood smear were performed again and came back positive after a positive malaria antigen detection of specific IgMs in the indirect immunofluorescence, confirming the diagnosis. The mode of infection; is associated with the end of chemoprophylaxis rigorously followed up till Finally, the possibility of pernicious malaria aggravating the initial acute renal failure and hipocalcemia is also discussed.


Objectives The aim of this study was to conduct a comprehensive assessment of feline infectious upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) and disease (URTD) in Australian cats. Methods Laboratory data demonstrating URTI from feline URTD multiplex PCR panel (feline herpesvirus 1 [FHV-1], feline calicivirus [FCV], Bordetella bronchiseptica, Chlamydophila felis, Mycoplasma felis and H1N1 influenza) submissions in Australia (2013–2015) were obtained. For comparison, reports of feline URTD during the same time period were sourced from a voluntary companion animal disease surveillance system. Results A total of 3126 samples were submitted for testing; 1533 (49%) were positive. Of these, the most commonly detected agents were M felis (21.5%) and FCV (16.0%) alone, followed by FCV and M felis (13.4%) together as a respiratory infection complex, then FHV-1 (7.0%) alone. During the study period, there were 262 reports of 320 clinical feline URTD cases. Most cases (69%) were reported from New South Wales, <1 year of age (41%) and equally distributed between the sexes. Infection was more common in entire cats (69%) and most cases (55%) involved domestic shorthair cats. Of the 90 reports that had a known vaccination status, 63 had a vaccination history, 40 of which were recently vaccinated. Most (72%) feline URTD cases recovered from clinical disease. Both feline URTI and URTD were more common during winter months. Conclusions and relevance Feline URTI and URTD cause substantial impact in Australia, being most commonly associated with M felis and FCV infection. This information can be used by veterinarians to educate clients about prevention and management of this important infectious disease of cats.


Scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a popular tool used for observing bacteria surface and morphology. Using Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a model, this work aimed to show a SEM preparative procedure that is simple and economical but does not result in considerable data loss. This was accomplished via testing fixing ability of 10% formalin versus 2.5% glutaraldehyde, efficiency of air drying versus t-butyl alcohol drying method. Following that, polypropylene, dialysis tubing and agar were also assessed for their ability to serve as a supporting material for cell adhesion in preparing sample for SEM. Consequently, obtained data showed that the procedure using 24-hour 10% formalin fixation and t-butyl alcohol drying preserved well bacterial morphology. With this procedure, little cell or membrane damage was seen while extracellular structures were clearly observed. Furthermore, when this procedure was applied with different types of substrates including polypropylene, dialysis tubing, and agar, it showed that sample fixed on polypropylene maintained well extracellular structures meanwhile sample fixed on agar presented well bacterial morphology. In conclusion, our data suggested that coating samples on polypropylene, followed by 24-hour 10% formalin fixation and t-butyl alcohol drying was appropriate for observing bacteria under SEM.


Reducing poverty is one of the primary activities that must be implemented by developed countries and developing countries alike. Seeing as tourism has a major impact on the global and local economy through the implementation of the objectives of poverty reduction, the pro-poor tourism strategy must be included in the agenda of tourism development. The aim of the pro-poor strategy is to increase the economic and socio-cultural benefits for the local population. The theoretical frame for the creation of these strategies is almost inexistent, but a number of small initiatives is what indicates the further course of activities. Criticisms of the strategy of pro-poor tourism and problems occurring in practice should not be ignored, because the identification of these problems is the first step toward solving them and improving the existing strategies. Therefore, this paper aims to point out the advantages and disadvantages of applying the principle of pro-poor tourism. The subject of the paper is the identification of the key determinants of pro-poor tourism strategies and the requirements for the investors, tourists and local people to reap the benefits of pro-poor tourism.


Using techniques drawn from the statistical theory of branching processes, we approximate the critical resolved shear stress for the athermal planar glide of a dislocation, idealized as a flexible line of constant tension, through a random mixture of immobile point obstacles of distinct types. The approach simultaneously permits an estimate of the geometric properties of the particular obstacle configuration which determines the critical resolved shear stress. The estimates are shown to be in good agreement with empirical results obtained through direct computer simulation of glide through a random mixture of ''strong'' and ''weak'' points. A simple extension permits an estimate of the velocity of thermally activated glide through an array of mixed obstacle types at low temperature.


The possible influences to Chemical and Volume Control System design caused by coolant pump seal water distribution are discussed.The essential reason is picked out in this paper.The temperature drop of charging flow at the regenerative heat exchanger outlet is calculated,and the feasible retrofits of the Chemical and Volume Control System are illustrated.The thermal hydraulic software Flowmaster 7.5 is employed to numerically investigate the possible capability of charging pump with different coolant pump seal requirements.


Data from current gene-disease association studies motivate changes to existing haplotype inference methodologies. Many datasets are now comprised of both pedigree and population data so it is desirable to incorporate both sources of information when inferring haplotypes. The availability of high-density SNP data also makes it possible to determine and use the precise locations of recombination events. Our proposed method reconstructs haplotype structure on a genome-wide level by jointly using the information from the Mendelian law of inheritance and local population structure. The method combines in one framework new techniques of recombination event detection, maximum likelihood optimization of population haplotype diversity and our previous algorithm of zero-recombinant haplotype reconstruction. Experiments on both real and simulated datasets prove the efficiency and accuracy of our approach in reconstructing the haplotype structure. Our method makes it possible to reveal the haplotypic variation on a genome-wide level.


Objective
To compare the three different therapies on seminal vesiculitis manifested by hematospermia.

Methods
The clinical data of 131 seminal vesiculitis patients with hematospermia as clinical manifestation who were treated in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2016 to January 2019 were analyzed retrospectively. According to whether operation was performed and the operation mode, the patients were divided into 3 groups. Group A (34 cases) was treated with drug treatment; group B (47 cases) was treated by transurethral ejaculatory duct incision (TURED); group C (50 cases) was treated by seminal vesicle endoscopic fenestration and drainage. Followed up for 1-3 months after treatment, the therapeutic effect of the three groups were compared.

Results
A total of 117 patients were followed up, with a follow-up rate of 89.3%. There were 29 cases in group A, 43 cases in group B and 45 cases in group C. The clinical cure rate in group A was significantly lower than that in group B and group C (P<0.05). And there was no significant difference between group B and group C. In terms of surgical complications patient's epididymitis and incidence of hematuria in group C was lower than that in group B, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).

Conclusions
The treatment of seminal vesiculitis manifested by hemospermia treated by seminal vesicle endoscopic fenestration and drainage not only has high cure rate, but also has low incidence of complications, which is worthy of clinical application.

Key words:
Seminal; Transurethral ejaculatory duct incision; Hematospermia; Seminal vesicle endoscopic


a good number in the Negro community may have changed since the survey was conducted in 1964: they may now find it expedient to favor violence as a tactic, as it pays off in rewards from the whites. But otherwise, most Negroes have not changed much. It is only the white mass media that has created a false public image of the Negro: (1) by giving &dquo;national leadership&dquo; to extremists like Carmichael, Browne, Muhammed, and others who, in fact, can claim only a few thousand followers; (2) by claiming that Negroes want self-segregation when the great majority want nothing more than the opportunity to integrate-actual integration is a personal matter and to gain middle-class privileges; and (3) by claiming that the factual position of Negroes is getting worse, when, in fact, it is steadily getting better in nearly every measurable respect. Any sensationalist, antiwhite or anti-Semite, will be given tremendous publicity by the mass media-even to the extent of encouraging riots-but a balanced report of what is going on in the Negro world-as in this book-will be all but ignored. Thus the book might awaken responsible citizens to recognize that their mass media are helping to create the violence in the streets, as well as some of the &dquo;crime wave&dquo; and the &dquo;revolutionary temper of the times.&dquo; ARNOLD M. ROSE


The synthetic imidazoline-ammonium-salt corrosion inhibitor was compounded with sodium sulfite, isopropanol and potassium pyroantimonate respectively. Potassium pyroantimonate was selected as the best compound with good synergy. And the ratio of potassium pyroantimonate and the corrosion inhibitor was 3:50. Compared to the imidazoline corrosion inhibitor separately used, the inhibition efficiency was improved about 1.2% when the amount of the potassium pyroantimonate was 0.03%. Through researching the synergistic effect with polyaspartic acid, the green and high-efficient corrosion and scale inhibitor is got which is applicable to oilfield.


As the population ages and the prevalence of dementia increases, caring for a relative living at home with dementia has become a reality for many families worldwide. Studies have shown that families are confronted with diverse difficulties as they try to address the challenges involved in providing care. By understanding how they manage daily life, formal service providers become better equipped to meet the diverse needs of these families. Learning how families live with memory loss and cognitive changes calls for an understanding of the shared context surrounding the person, including the collective of people, and their connections. With the research method of ethnographic case study, we followed eight families living at home with dementia for two years. All participants had been placed on a waiting list for a specialised dementia day care programme. The analysis presented here is based on three cases which reflect widely different experiences and situations. We describe how these families dealt with their daily living at home, if and how they made use of the formal support available and what approaches they found helpful for improving their lives. The results show how the persons living with dementia and their care-givers drew on the collective of their backgrounds, surroundings and available support. With diverse arrangements, families tried to find ways to make their daily lives work out. But constant re-arrangement was necessary. This knowledge could be a central learning point for formal service to build on. While systematic or routine procedures in service provision can be helpful, time and space must be provided for professionals to understand families' different practices, so that they can provide family-centred support.


Background: An Audit is a quality improvement process where we seeks to improve standard of care of our patients and also improve the post-operative outcomes through systematic review of our work. Objective of this study was to find out the complications and readmission after a Day surgical procedures done by a single surgeon's services. Methods: All the patients presented in the surgical Day unit at Trafford General Hospital from January 2016 to June 2016. Detail of all surgical patients admitted during the period was recorded from the theatre register. Demographic data, mode of admission, diagnosis and outcomes were recorded on a pro forma. The Operations included are Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Hernia repair and anal canal surgery. We collected the data for readmission and any complications. Results: The total number 145, (100 males and 45 females) Age between 25-86 years. Total number of patients had laparoscopic cholecystectomy were 42 (29 female and 13 male). Three (3) patient transferred to Manchester Royal Infirmary for pain out of 42. Total number of patients had hernias 82 (57 male & 25 female). Total number of patients had hernias 21 (14 male & 7 female). No complication found, 3 (0.2%) readmission and 1 (0.68%) death with 28 days due to cardiac cause in a 85 years old male. Overall mortality was estimated as 0.68%. Conclusions: This surgical audit showed that day surgery is safe in a district hospital. Each Surgeon should do the self evaluation in a view to improve the quality of our health care system. Correspondence to: Ashfaq Chandio, Manchester Royal Infirmary & Trafford General Hospital, Manchester, UK, E-mail: email@example.com Received: October 18, 2016; Accepted: November 15, 2016; Published: November 18, 2016 Background An Audit  is a quality improvement process where we seek to improve standard of care of our patients and also improve the postoperative outcomes through systematic review of our work. The modern era of day surgery began in the years following World War II with the realisation that prolonged bed rest was associated with high rates of postoperative complications such as deep vein thrombosis [1]. The move towards early ambulation led to earlier discharge and, for the first time, the economic benefits of day surgery were noted [2]. The Royal College of Surgeons of England, in 1992, concluded that day surgery is better than inpatient care for many conditions and that it can be an effective way of reducing waiting times [3]. The increase in day surgery rates for appropriate procedures has the potential to improve the service for patients by achieving shorter waiting times, allowing patient choice and making best use of NHS. Aim of this study was to find out the complications and readmission after a Day surgical procedures done by a single surgeon's services. Methods All the patients presented in the  surgical  Day unit at Trafford General Hospital from January 2016 to June 2016 under a single surgeon's services. Detail of all the  surgical patients admitted during the period was recorded from the theatre register. Demographic data, mode of admission, diagnosis and outcomes were recorded on a pro forma. The Operations included are Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Hernia repair and Anal canal surgery. We collected the data for readmission and any post op complications. Result The total number 145, (100 males and 45 females) Age between 25-86 years (Table 1). Total number of patients had laparoscopic cholecystectomy were 42 (29 female and 13 male, Age between 2576 years). Three (3) patients who had laparoscopic cholecystectomy out of 42 (7%) transferred to Manchester Royal Infirmary for pain management. Total number of patients had hernias (Inguinal, Femoral & Umbilical) 82 (57 male & 25 female, Age between 28-86 years) Total number of patients had EUA+ Fistula +Fissure 21 (14 male & 7 female Age between 28-56 years) No complication found, 3 (2.06) readmission and one (0.68) death with 28 days due to DVT/PE in a 84 years old male who was not mobile when discharged home. Overall mortality was estimated as 0.68%. Discussion There has been revolution in Surgery over the past four decades, recent advances in surgical and anaesthetic techniques, as well as the publication of successful outcomes in patients with multiple comorbidities, deliberate policy and financial incentives for the Chandio A (2016) Is day surgery safe in district general hospital? Audit of general surgical procedures in district general hospital Volume 9(2): 2-4 Trends in Transplant, 2016 doi: 10.15761/TiT.1000211 hospital have changed the emphasis in patient selection in day surgery. It is now accepted that the majority of patients are appropriate for day surgery unless there is a valid reason why an overnight stay would be to their benefit. If inpatient surgery is being considered it is important to question whether any strategies could be employed to enable the patient to be treated as a day case. Although the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance on pre-operative investigations [4] is widely used, one recent study showed no difference in the outcomes of day surgery patients even when all pre-operative investigations were omitted [5]. Fitness for a procedure should relate to the patient's health as determined at pre-operative assessment and not limited by arbitrary limits such as ASA status, age or BMI [6-8]. Patients presenting with acute conditions requiring urgent surgery can be efficiently treated as day cases via a semi-elective pathway [9]. Effective pre-operative assessment and preparation with protocoldriven, nurse-led discharge are fundamental to safe and effective day and short stay surgery. Several recent publications provide useful advice on the establishment and running of both services [10-13]. Day surgery rates for specific procedures still vary between individual surgeons, between hospitals and even between regions. In November 2011, there was still a 17% variation in day case rates for inguinal hernia repair and varicose vein surgery between the best and the worst performing Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) in England, whilst the rates for day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy in all SHAs ranged from 23% to 56% [14]. The reasons for such variations are complex and remain largely unexplained, but often reflect an inability to organise healthcare effectively and follow guidelines [15-18]. The rate for day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the UK is just under 40% and still shows large variations between surgeons, trusts and regions [14]. The reasons for this relate to fears about reactionary haemorrhage, delayed haemorrhage and bile leak. The NHS Institute published a clinical pathway in 2007, which noted that 70% of laparoscopic cholecystectomies could be safely performed as day cases [19] and this target has been recommended to NHS commissioners as part of the 18-week programme [20]. As early as 1955, the advantages of inguinal hernia repair as day surgery were already described in the literature: quicker mobilisation, patient-friendly and lower costs [21]. From 1970s onwards, several retrospective series were published [22,23], as well as two small randomised studies in which day surgery was compared with inpatient treatment [24-26]. A randomised study compared how much patients valued different treatments [27]. These studies showed that day surgery is just as safe and effective, and, in addition, cheaper. In two of the three studies, patients were at least as content with day surgery [26,27]. In a large American cohort study, the costs of an inguinal hernia repair in a clinical setting were found to be 56% higher than those for day surgery [28]. Also in Germany, this procedure is generating less costs [29]. In 2011/12, 67.2% of inguinal hernia repairs were carried out as a day case, and rates varied from 32% to 100% across providers. Re-admission to hospital after day care surgery is often cited as an important index of a standard of care but is rarely an accurate measure as patients may be admitted to other hospitals and thus 'lost' to audit. It is a quarter of a century since the Audit Commission published its first NHS value for money report. The commission's analysis suggested that if all health authorities in England and Wales, 'performed day surgery consistently at readily achievable levels for each of 20 common procedures, an additional 186,000 patients could be treated each year without increased expenditure.' More recent data from 1998 onwards  suggests day cases as a proportion of elective activity have increased from 67 per cent to 78 per cent in 2013. As day case patients cost less to treat than patients who stay overnight as inpatients (in 2013–14, the average day case cost was £698 and the average elective inpatient case £3,375), the increasing proportion of day case activity has helped reduce overall costs [30]. The increase in day surgery rates for appropriate procedures has the potential to improve the service for patients by achieving shorter waiting times, allowing patient choice and making best use of NHS capacity. ISD estimate the cost of overnight accommodation to be £237 [31]. A reduction of 40,000 elective inpatients would result in efficiency savings of £9.5m per annum based on overnight accommodation savings alone. There was a major drive to promote day surgery around the turn of this century, but the political focus moved on before all of the lessons learned were fully implemented. Nevertheless, the recent drive to reduce length of stay and improve the quality of postoperative recovery has ensured that day surgery principles are fundamental to modern patient care. Abdominal pain is still the main cause of in-hospital morbidity and readmission; adequate pain relief is essential in day case surgery. Various methods, such as peritoneal instillation of local anesthetic agents [32,33] and wound infiltration with local anesthetic age


The disciplines of modeling and simulation are essential to the study of complex systems. The Department of Systems Engineering and Automation and Computer Architecture at the University of La Laguna has been developing a Java simulation library for Discrete Event Systems (SIGHOS). SIGHOS is intended to be used as part of tools that analyze the effects of proposed solutions on real problems. Using this library, however, requires programming skills which limit its effectiveness. In this paper we propose the introduction of a logic layer that separates the low-level simulation mechanisms of the modeling system. We achieve this through the creation of a web service that can run the simulation remotely via the Internet using SIGHOS. We then describe a service-oriented web application that encompasses a modeling and simulation environment through which a user can create models, process them (using the aforementioned web service), and observe the results without any knowledge of programming.


The tridentate metal binding domains of iron chelating agents have been tethered via a variable length methylene (CH2)n linker (n = 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 14). The single-crystal X-ray structures of monomeric ([Fe(HL8)]·2.5H2O n = 8; H4L8 is 1,10-decanedioyl di(salicylaldehyde hydrazone)) and dimeric ([{Fe(H2PL4)}2]Cl2·2H2O n = 4; H4PL4 is 1,6-hexanedioyl di(pyridoxal hydrazone)) iron(III) complexes have been determined. The complexes exhibit oligomerism: with chain lengths of n ≥ 6 monomers are prevalent whereas for shorter chains this is not possible and a series of clusters exist as shown by ESMS and molecular modelling.


Social participation in community is important in improving the wellbeing of life in city. The elements of social participation in this study relates to knowledge and intellectual, social concerns, sports and recreation, environmental sustainability which are important in encouraging local communities to conduct various activities that can lead to wellbeing of life. This survey study utilized questionnaire as the instrument for this study which involved a total of 2502 samples from various ethnicities that were randomly selected from 6 municipalities in Selangor state in Malaysia. The pilot study for all items in the whole construct was at high level of reliability with the Cronbach Alpha value between 0.803 and 0.946. The findings reveal that family support and local community support were at moderate levels. This suggests that families and communities in the area provide encouragement to participate in activities towards improving wellbeing of life in city. Nevertheless, peer support and social media support are only at moderate level where peers and social media-based activities are still not fully utilized in developing a wellbeing community. This aspect should be addressed by the local authorities in improving the quality of life in the city.


One of the most noticeable char. acteristics of American education has been its tendency to swing, sometimes slowly, sometimes rapidly, from one extreme to the other, like the pendulum of an old-fashioned clock. Ideas and concepts appear, attract attention, become the mode, wane in desirability, and almost disappear, only to return again to a new period of luster, perhaps a new name, perhaps unchanged. This has happened in many educational fields. Consider, for in. stance, the question of general education versus individualized train. ing. At certain times it has been the prevailing practice for every college or secondary student to study the same subjects in the same way. Then, as the disadvantages of this. method of instruction have become apparent, increasing numbers of electives have appeared, with a corresponding diminution in required subjects. until. in some institutions, as highly individualized forms of education as could be afforded have appeared. At the present time it seems that most educators believe, theoretically at least, in adapting instruction to the needs of the individual, Yet, even as the ideal of differentiation appears lirmly lixed, a growing demand for a common learning makes itaelf heard, and institutions here and there begin to introduce more gen· eral courses and to decrease the number of electives in what may be the commencement of a swing to· ward general education for all. A similar oscillation may be observed in many other phases of education. In primary reading phonics was in, then it went out, now it is returning. Once all grammar teaching was formal; then it became increasingly functional; next it began to work back toward a degree of formalism. How far the swing will go it is hard to predict. Many other examples could be cited; they all underscore the tendency of education to swing from one extreme to another. In many ways this has been ad, vantageous to education. It has kepI new, or al least different, ideas circulating. It has helped to keep teach. ers out of ruts, as Ihey have tried, or at least had 10 consider, the coming mode as well as the prevailing one. It has led to a number of new ideas, or to new experiments with old ideas. which have in turn enriched the possible variety which education can offer. Certainly it has been better than stultifying inaetivity. On the other hand, the pendulumlike swinging has done considerable harm to education. It has created confusion, as teachers have found themselves baffled by the changing ways and uncertain as to what trend to follow. It has led to a habit of mistaking change for progress, as educators, forgetful of the history of education, have hailed as new, developments which were only rep' etitions of previously tried ideas. Most injurious of all, however, il has led to a combination of paucity of ideas with a sense of uncertainty as to what is really good in education which is detrimental to the profession. It seems 85 if most ideas in education stem from the faculties of a few leading universities, with other educators following along with greater or lesser speed. This in turn has led some administrators and teachers to climb on the 'bandwagon of whatever idea appears to be gain. ing ground, so as not to be out-of. date. It has also encouraged many ALDEN J. CARR Superintendent of Sl:hoola Alburg, Vermont


This paper analyzes the potential competitive effects of the proposed bifurcated application of Basel II capital regulations in the United States on bank credit card lending activities. For this purpose, the authors consider the Basel II regulations as stated in the June 2004 Basel Committee Framework Agreement. ; Also issued as Payment Cards Center Discussion Paper No. 05-21 ; Superseded by Working Paper 07-09


Force and torque induced by traveling motion and moving operations of a mobile robot effect, dynamically to the objects being carried on it. If the induced force and torque should be bigger than the maximum static friction force and torque, the carrying objects may start to slip on the mobile robot. Since this slipping motion may increase the acceleration of the mobile robot, then the slipping of one object may cause a collapse of all carrying objects, which is thought to be dangerous. Furthermore it interferes with accurate moving operations. A purpose of this research is to make a model of mobile robot which is carrying objects, to analyze the influences of the slipping to the traveling motion and to discuss a constraint conditions for the controller of guidance and moving operations to avoid slipping. In this paper, we propose a model of mobile robot including the slipping motion of the plural carrying objects. Using the proposed model, the influences of the slipping are analyzed and justification of the model is verified by simulations and experiments.


The aim of this study was to analyze the force and deformation law of an artificial frozen wall. Thus, the frost heave coefficient was introduced to describe the frost heave characteristics, and the frozen wall was regarded as a heterogeneous material whose material properties changed in a parabolic pattern with the radius. The elastoplastic stress and displacement formulas of a non-uniform frozen wall considering frost heave characteristics were derived according to different strength criteria. Consequently, the derived formulas were used to calculate and analyze the mechanical characteristics of the artificial frozen wall. The results showed that the radial stress of the frozen wall changed linearly, whereas the circumferential stress change followed a parabolic pattern after considering the non-uniform characteristics. Moreover, the displacement of the outer edge of the frozen wall was always greater than that of the inner edge, and the displacement of the inner edge changed with the increasing temperature, significantly greater than that of the outer edge. When the frozen wall was in the elastic state, its displacement caused by frost heave was constant. When the frozen wall entered the elastic–plastic state, the displacement of its inner edge caused by frost heave increased with the increase in the radius of the plastic zone, whereas the displacement of the outer edge caused by frost heave decreased with the increase in the radius of the plastic zone.


The invention relates to an X-ray detector and X-ray CT equipment. The X-ray detector which can adapt to low flux rate to high flux rate only by using a layer of semiconductor, and the X-ray CT equipment provided with the X-ray detector are provided. The X-ray detector uses a semiconductor which directly converts the photon of an X-ray into an electrical signal, the semiconductor is assembled witha single-layer semiconductor substrate provided with a detection unit array, and the detection unit directly converts the photon of the X-ray into the electrical signal; a first data collection devic e collects data about the detection unit in a photon counting mode; and a second data collection device collects the data about the detection unit in a current measurement mode. The first data collection device and the second data collection device collect the data about different detection units.


The following article was the concept of the Common External Tariff, its implications and prospects. The analysis is contextualized within the Mercosur the South American integration process, and is projected at international level. The focus of analysis is from international law, with an emphasis on commercial and ideological aspects. Finally his relationship with export duties be analyzed.


Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair is associated with a systemic inflammatory response. This inflammatory response probably arises as a result of an ischaemia–reperfusion injury to the legs and gastrointestinal tract. In this study the relative contributions of these areas to the inflammatory response were assessed during elective AAA repair.


A possibility to realize an isotropic left handed material up to optical frequencies is theoretically investigated. The proposed homogeneous structure consists of dielectric spheres embedded randomly in a negative permittivity host medium. While the effective permittivity of the structure is negative over a wide frequency range due to the host medium, the negative effective permeability is obtained by spherical magnetic resonances of the dielectric spheres. Since this structure utilizes only magnetic resonance, both analytical and numerical simulation results show that it has higher fabrication tolerance, larger bandwidth and potentially less propagation loss than the previously proposed structure, i.e., the dielectric spheres embedded in the dielectric host.


Moderately rolled leaf is one of the most important morphological characters in ideal plant architecture breeding in rice.The heterozygous rl(t) gene could produce moderately rolled leaf and increase rice yield,presenting a high breeding potential.By using BC5F3 and BC5F4 populations derived from a rolled leaf Zhenshan 97B(carrying rl(t) gene) and a flat-leaf variety Qimiaoxiang(recurrent parent),and a total of 15 polymorphic markers,the rl(t) gene was ultimately mapped into a region of 11 kb flanked by the markers P95053 and P113.6 on chromosome 2.The genetic distance of this region is about 0.04 cM.Only one predicated ORF(open reading frame)/gene was found in this region,which encodes a transcription factor of the homeobox family HD-GL2(also known as HD-ZIP Ⅳ).The results laid a foundation for further cloning of rl(t)and understanding of its regulation mechanism.


Aeration device (1), it includes one or more impellers (2) extending longitudinally around the rotation axis. Each of the impeller (2) is formed so as to draw air from the ambient atmosphere in a transverse direction through a substantial portion of the length of the impeller. Coupling for transmitting the driving force to the other one of the impeller from the impeller is provided. Aeration device may be included in a unit including the cover 6 and the chassis, such a vent device may be provided around and can be installed in the room heating pipe or a cooling pipe of a building, or a heating pipe or the cooling pipe. Holding member which can be connected to the cover (6) 5 pipe (3; 4) holds, and / or one or more impeller (2). Venting device can be easily installed, it may also have an improved energy efficiency. Building provided with a ventilation device, the operating method of the aeration device, a plurality of vent device system, and one or more tubes and / or installation of one or more members of the impeller including a is further provided.