ABSTRACT ABSTRACT ABSTRACT ABSTRACT Objective: Objective: Objective: Objective: Objective: To find out maternal risk factors causing Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) and prevention of mortality. Material and methods: Material and methods: Material and methods: Material and methods: Material and methods: This cross sectional study was carried out on a sample population of 23 patients out of total patients numbering 5726. Sampling method was convenient sampling i.e. patients visiting Khyber Teaching Hospital during peri partum period. A questionnaire was designed with questions regarding Post-Partum Haemorrhage (PPH), amniotic Fluid Embolims, Abruptio placentae, Eclampsia, Septic Abortion, Burns, History of Surgery, Heat Stroke, transfusion reaction and snake bites. The study was carried out from January 2012 to January 2013. Multi- disciplinary approach was carried out according to international protocols. Diagnosis of DIC was based on a clinical assessment as well as global DIC screening. Specific treatment was carried out which included fluid therapy, Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP), red cells concentrate and platelets concentrate in addition to correction of underlying obstetric disorder. Results: Results: Results: Results: A total of 23 sample population was treated. Out of these 15(65.2%) patients recovered and 8(34.7%) died giving a death rate of 34.7%. This study helped us to develop standard operating procedures for reduction in maternal mortality rate. Conclusion: Conclusion: Conclusion: Conclusion: Prompt termination of pregnancy, together with supportive measures of necessary to reduce the complications of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation.


In this paper, the probable range of the horizontal component of peak ground acceleration (PGA) is predicted as a function of focal depth, earthquake magnitude and epicentral distance, using artificial neural network (ANN). Three different ANN architectures (namely Feed Forward, Back Propagation and Radial Bias Networks) are used to develop the model. The three models are then compared, to decide which model gives better prediction. The model gives better result for earthquakes having focal depth less than 50km, magnitude greater than 4 and epicentral distance less than 300 km.Traditionally regression analysis and other mathematical models are used for the data analysis of the past earthquake data, to develop equations for PGA. In this study an attempt is made to develop a model with the help of Artificial Neural Networks for predicting the probable range for PGA. Thus an attempt is done to replace the traditional methods by the faster artificial intelligence techniques. Hence the two different fields, Seismology and Earthquake Engineering are gelled with the AI techniques for faster and better computational results. Peak ground acceleration (PGA) is a determining factor that must be considered while designing the earthquake resistant structures. With growing urbanization, there is tremendous increase in the population density in earthquake prone areas, which in turn is increasing the demand for earthquake resistant structures.


A single-wavelength Brillouin fiber ring laser is presented and its characteristics are investigated experimentally. The pump wavelength is 1551.8nm, and the length of the fiber in the ring cavity is about 13km. The influence of the pump and the output coupler on the laser output spectrum is discussed. The results show that high output coupling ratio leads to high power of output laser. When the power of the pump is over -12.8dBm, an obvious stimulated Brillouin scattering peak is acquired. The laser has low threshold, and is proved to be stable with power fluctuations of less than 0.7dB over more than 1h.


Scientific writing is a tedious matter, regardless of the length or the scope of the paper, and any aid to the preparation of the manuscript is always appreciated. The authors, who are eminently qualified, have done an excellent job of discussing several of the errors often made by the writer, for they "believe that he can write more skillfully and greatly improve the quality of his prose when he learns to recognize these faults of composition and understands how to correct them." The 7 aspects of writing discussed include the evolution of the paper, its revision, the presentation of the data, grammatical considerations, style, avoidance of jargon, and "the physical manuscript." The authors are to be commended for their concise presentation, omitting the more obvious and well-known errors, and including examples of other writing sins in a palatable fashion.


Few studies so far have experimented with the control of mobile robotic telepresence systems (MRP) especially with elderly people as controllers. In the few studies that had elderly people control a MRP it was shown that these people have particular difficulties with the driving such as with steering the robot or when driving while simultaneously talking to the person on the other end. How can the system be made easier for them? Could a touch screen device improve control of these systems for the elderly?
This thesis investigated this by means of an experimental approach in which we used the Giraff telepresence robot to compare two different input devices (mouse and touch screen) for control by elderly and young adults for comparison of results. We did not find statistical significance for most of the tests that compared the two interfaces and the two age groups but this could be because of the low number of participants (N = 22). However, there seems to be a positive effect of touch screen in the number of collisions and the driving times (between checkpoints) that elderly subjects had with the robot. Moreover, the number of collisions of the robot with the environment when using the mouse was significantly higher for elderly (compared to young) while with the touch screen there was no significant difference compared to young users. Statistical significance was found in the driving times (between checkpoints) with the robot for both interfaces where young participants performed the task in significantly less time than the elderly. Finally, we found significant difference in the training times of the system for the two groups where elderly needed significantly more training with the system than young users.
Apart from these results, we saw that the input device plays a role in the usability of the system but there are also other probably more important factors that are related to cognitive issues as it seemed that some participants needed a better understanding of how the system works and to better calculate distances of objects in the remote location.


A survey was undertaken to investigate, the species composition and distribution of Me 10idogyn e nematodes and the prevalence of Pasteuria penetrans, a group of bacterial hyper-parasite of Meloidogyne nematodes, associated with spinach in Matara district. A total of 11 localities, i.e., Dandeniya, Denipitiya, Diyalape, Kirimatimulla. Malitnbada, Malara, Mirisisa, Pasgoda, Radampola, Talalla and Welipitiya representing spinach growing regions were selected for the survey. At least 10 root systems of mature spinach plants were sampled from each locality. Roots were assessed for the percentage of root system galled and a gall index (0-5) was assigned. AI least 20 mature females were checked for the species identification and infection of P. penetrans. Species identification was based on the perineal pattern morphology. Meloidogyne nematodes were recovered from the roots of spinach crops grown at 9 localities, i.e., except, Radampola and Diyalape. Three Meloidogyne species, i.e., M incognita. M. javanica and M arenaria were detected. However, M. incognita and M javanica were found with the highest frequencies of occurrence, i.e., 88%for each, while M. arenaria was found in a low frequency, i.e., 2%. In general, mixed populations were detected. Associations of M. incognita and M javanica were common. Sometimes, M javanica, M incognita and M. arenaria occurred together. Only at one locality, i.e., Talalla, single population, i.e., M javanica, was prevalent. About 16% of the individual root systems inspected showed more than 50% (gall index: 5 and 6) of galling while 43% of the roots showed 26-50% (gall index: 4) and the remaining 41% showed 125% (gall index: 1, 2 and 3) galling. Pasteuria penetrans was recovered from only three localities, Welipitiya, Denipitiya and Malimbada with the frequencies of occurrence, 12%, 85% and 4%, respectively. This survey showed that M incognita and M javanica were predominant Meloidogyne species associated with spinach in Matara district. Introduction Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is an economically important leafy vegetable crop in Sri Lanka. It is cultivated in small-scale farms and backyard gardens in southern Sri Lanka. Apart from their importance as food, it earns cash for the farmers who sell their products in urban areas. Several plant-parasitic nematodes have been reported on spinach and among these, root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp. are one of the most common and damaging nematodes (Ekanayake, & Toida, 1997; Castillo & Jimenez-Diaz, 2003). The primary symptom of root-knot nematode infection is the formation of typical root galls on the roots. Nutrient and water uptake are reduced because of the damaged root system, resulting in weak and poor yielding plants (Abad et al., 2003). Pasteuria penetrans (Thome) Sayre and Starr is an obligate spore-forming group of bacterial parasite of several genera of plant parasitic nematodes (Sturhan, 1988). Only the spore stage is exposed to the soil environment and Meloidogyne nematodes become infected when endospores of P. penetrans adhere to the cuticle of infective juveniles (Ils) in the soil. Once Us invade the roots and initiate feeding, germination of the spores starts (Sayre & Wergin, 1977). Pasteuria penetrans has a high potential for reducing Meloidogyne populations (Stirling, 1984; Gowen & Tzortzakakis, 1994) via destroying the reproductive capacity of females (Mankau, 1980) and preventing invasion of roots by Us (Mankau & Prasad, 1977; Stirling 1984). Several studies confirmed prevalence of P. penetrans in Sri Lanka, too (Silva et al., 1996; Mohotti et al., 1998, Mohotti et al., 2002). Meloidogyne infestations often overlooked by growers and confused with nutrient deficiencies and other causes. Most of the vegetable growers in southern Sri Lanka are not aware of nematode damage on their crops and as a result it goes unnoticed in their fields. To date, only investigations have been conducted on nematodes associated with vegetable crops in the southern Sri Lanka. Hence, knowledge on Meloidogyne species composition, damage levels, distribution as well as their natural enemies, associated with vegetable crops including spinach is still fragmentary. This information is vital to establish successful management practices against these nematodes. Therefore, the primary objectives of this study was to investigate the species


Preface Transmission System Performance Analysis for High-Penetration Photovoltaics Distributed Photovoltaic Systems Design & Technology Requirements Distribution System Voltage Performance Analysis for High-Penetration Photovoltaics Power System Planning: Emerging Practices Suitable for Evaluating the Impact of High-Penetration Photovoltaics Enhanced Reliability of Photovoltaic Systems with Energy Storage & Controls Renewable Systems Interconnection Study: Cyber Security Analysis Index.


Afactor analysis of the Dissociative Experien.res Scale (DES) in 274 patients with dissociative identity disorder (DII)) was conducted a s an extension of a previous l)LSfactor analysis i~ ► - a general population sample . A principal components analysis yielded three factor s in. the DID group that were virtually identical to those in the general population .


With great interest from the quantum computing community, an immense amount of R&D effort has been invested into improving superconducting qubits. The technologies developed for the design and fabrication of these qubits can be directly applied to applications for ultra-low threshold particle detectors, e.g. low-mass dark matter and far-IR photon sensing. We propose a novel sensor based on the transmon qubit architecture combined with a signal-enhancing superconducting quasiparticle amplification stage. We refer to these sensors as SQUATs: Superconducting Quasiparticle-Amplifying Transmons. We detail the operating principle and design of this new sensor and predict that with minimal R&D effort, solid-state based detectors patterned with these sensors can achieve sensitivity to single THz photons, and sensitivity to $1\,\mathrm{meV}$ phonons in the detector absorber substrate on the $\mu\mathrm{s}$ timescale.


In the recent 20 years,along with the gradual development of psychological consultation in China,the problems also day by day became marked.This article mainly elaborated the problems of psychological consultation from four aspects: the understanding stratification plane,the management stratification plane,the fundamental research and the operation situation.These problems have affected the developmenour of psychological consultation in China to a certain extent.In the view of these problems,this article proposes the corresponding countermeasures,including to increase the propaganda dynamics,to strengthen the government manage,to promote psychology consultation research localilzing and to rich psychological consultation pattern and so on.These countermeasures will contribute to psychological consultation in China,which will be more systematic,more perfect and healthier developed.


Background Rectal washout can prevent local recurrence after anterior resection of rectal cancer. Few studies have focused particularly on the association between irrigation fluids volume or agents and the risk of local recurrence after anterior resection of rectal cancer. Objective To estimate the association between irrigation fluids types, volumes of rectal washout and risk of local recurrence after anterior resection for cancer. Data Sources Relevant studies were identified by a search of Medline, Embase, Wiley Online Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Cochrane Oral Health Group Specialized Register, Wanfang databases and Google Website from their inception until October 18,2013. Study Selection Studies reporting the association between rectal washout types and volumes and risk of local recurrence after anterior resection for cancer were included. Interventions Eligible studies used rectal washout. Control groups were defined as no washout. Study Appraisal and Synthesis Methods Random-effects model were used to obtain summary estimates of RR and 95% CI, with Stata version 11 and RevMan 5.2.5 softwares used. The quality of report was appraised in reference to the MINORS item. Results Of the 919 rectal cancer patients in 8 included studies, a total of 61(6.64%) cases of local recurrence were reported, with a pooled RR 0.51 (95%CI = 0.28–0.92, P = 0.03). The RRs 0.37 and 0.39 in normal saline and washout volume (≥1500 ml normal saline) subgroup, respectively, indicated that rectal washout with normal saline, or ≥1500 ml in volume could significantly reduce local recurrence (LR) rate (95% CI = 0.17–0.79, P = 0.01; 95% CI = 0.18–0.87, P = 0.02) after anterior resection for cancer. Limitation The included studies were non-randomized observational studies, with diversity of study designs. Conclusion Rectal washout with normal saline alone can reduce the risk of local recurrence in patients with resectable rectal cancer, and 1.5 liters rectal washout in volume is recommended.


The tangent is a line passing through two consecutive points of a plane curve, and we may in like manner consider the conic which passes through five consecutive points of a plane curve; and as there are certain singular points, viz. the points of inflexion, where three consecutive points of the curve lie in a line, so there are singular points where six consecutive points of the curve lie in a conic. In the particular case where the given curve is a cubic, the last-mentioned species of singular points have been considered by Plücker and Steiner, and in the same particular case, the theory of the conic of five-pointic contact has recently been established by Mr. Salmon. But the general case, where the curve is of any order whatever, has not, so far as I am aware, been hitherto considered;—the establishment of this theory is the object of the present memoir.


Objective To investigate the relationship between psychological distress and functional somatic symptoms(FSS) in different systems. Methods 450 young employees of a soft-ware enterprise of Changsha who were taken routine health examination in the hospital were asked to fill a revised questionnaire based on SCL-90 and CMI.Results The percentages of different system's FSS(eyes,ears and nose, respiration, circulation, digestion, nerve and muscle, skin, fatigue) and different psychological distress(compulsion, interpersonal relationship sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, panic, paranoid state) were different(7 2%~34 6%). The major coalition psychological symptoms were different in every different systom's FSS. The frequence of seeing a doctor was relation to 5 system's FSS (except skin and fatigue) significantly(P0 05).Conclusion It's important that to recognize and treat the different system's FSS and the different psychological symptoms complication,it is also a commonly task for all clinical physician.


ZnO(CH3COO)2/PVA composite fiber membrane with rough surface structure was synthesized through the electrospinning technology, which changed into ZnO nanofiber membrane after being sintered at 700 ℃ for 2 h, the effect of different collection distances was studied to the microstructure of ZnO nanofiber. And then the membrane was modified by FAS solution to reduce the surface energy. The phase composition was characterized by XRD and the microstructure was detected by SEM, the hydrophobicity had been discussed, both before and after the surface modification. The results showed that ZnO was well crystallized after being sintered at 700℃. The average diameters of ZnO nanofibers decreased first and then increased with increasing the distance of collection, the lowest was 177.3±58.5 nm. And the average diameter rose 91% after being modified, with changes in the contact angles which increased from 115° to 151°. The ZnO nanofiber membrane had transformed from hydrophobic to super-hydrophobic property.


Objective: to evaluate the functional ability of the kidneys in patients with prenatally diagnosed urinoma
Materials: we retrospectively reviewed 2 cases of antenatally diagnosed urinoma. With the aim of establishing the overall prognosis prenatally diagnosed urinoma we reviewed the literature on the subject. The analysis
included 38 published cases of prenatal urinoma detection followed by newborn follow-up.
260 Пренатальная диагностика уриномы 2018 Т 17 № 3; 255-260 ПРЕНАТАЛЬНАЯ ДИАГНОСТИКА
Конфликт интересов: отсутствует.
Прозрачность финансовой деятельности: никто из авторов не имеет финансовой заинтересованности в
представленных материалах или методах.
Для цитирования: Гусева О.И., Баратова А.Н., Егорская Л.Е. Пренатальная диагностика уриномы. Пренат. Диагн. 2018; 17(3): 255–260. doi: 10.21516/2413-1458-2018-17-3-255-260
Results: urinoma was diagnosed at 32 and 33 weeks of pregnancy. The development of children was traced
to 5 and 7 months. In the case of urinoma of large size, there was no renal function after birth. According to
the literature review, renal function was retained after birth in only 8 of 38 children (21 %).
Conclusion: urinoma is a rare serious complication that indicates significant damage to the kidney after
obstruction, which often leads to a violation or absence of the function of the affected kidney. If the diagnosis
of urinoma was in prenatal life, it is important to inform parents about the bad prognosis.


A process for producing an electronic chip of a semiconductor substrate, a dielectric layer located above it, a barrier layer, and electrical transitions (contact holes), comprising the steps of coating: a) depositing a dielectric layer (2) on a semiconductor substrate (1); b) processing of contact holes (8) in the dielectric layer (2) by a photo process and a contact etch process; c) depositing a barrier layer (3) on the dielectric layer (2) with the embossed contact holes (8); d) applying a closed metal layer (4) on the semiconductor substrate (1) for covering the dielectric layer (2) with the vias therein (8); e) removal of the metal layer (4) up to the level of the metal-filled contact holes (5) in an etch-back process by plasma-chemical etching, wherein the dielectric layer (2) and / or the barrier layer (3) over the whole area, that is deposited on the underlying layer without excluding a border zone (6), so that the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate (1) and a part of the rounded end chamfer ( 7) of the semiconductor substrate ...


Constant-energy synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy was used to examine the aromatic structural features of the tars from the pyrolysis of Loy Yang brown coal in a wire-mesh reactor. Tars from the pyrolysis of the raw coal and its H-form and Ca-form coal samples at various heating rates, peak temperatures, and holding times at the peak temperature were analyzed. The synchronous spectra of all of the tars showed two characteristic peaks with centers at ca. 335−340 and 385−390 nm. Synchronous fluorescence intensity per unit absorbance was found to be a useful parameter to examine the changes in the intramolecular energy transfer due to the changes in tar structural features. The degree of intramolecular energy transfer is considered a measure of the relative amounts of aromatic ring systems in oligomeric structures. Increasing heating rate during pyrolysis was found to enhance the release of larger (3 or more fused rings) aromatic ring systems. The introduction of ion-exchangeable cations (e.g., Ca2+) int...


This study investigated at-risk behaviors among Black and White adolescents using data from a nationally representative sample of United States high school seniors that permits examination of cohort, gender, and race effects. Designed both to describe trends in at-risk behaviors and to examine the strength and stability of a 10-variable regression model, this study found that (a) Black high school seniors reportedfewer at-risk behaviors than did White seniors, (b) Black girls consistently reported fewer at-risk behaviors than did other race/gender groups, (c) the 10-variable model lost predictive power between 1976 and 1985, and (d) the number of nights per week that seniors went out 'forfun and recreation, "their religiousness, and their college plans had the greatest predictive power for at-risk behaviors.


Purpose – the purpose of the article is to diagnose determinants of the effective development of entrepreneurial competence in members of the MCSU academic community and to develop a concept of a tool used for that purpose. Design/Methodology/Approach – Polish and foreign literature was researched to find answers to the following questions: 1) What requirements are imposed on universities with regard to the development of entrepreneurial competence among students? 2) How should the effective education of adults be guaranteed? 3) What are the methodological bases for the realization of focus group interviews? After that, focus research was carried out among 43 students from 11 faculties of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin to learn their opinions about: • The way the essence of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviour are perceived, • conditions created by the University for entrepreneurial education and for the development of entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviours, • factors that stimulate or block their entrepreneurship, • preferred methods of development of entrepreneurial competences. The obtained results of literature studies and focus interviews were used in order to develop the concept of an Entrepreneurship Academy or a complex program for the development of entrepreneurship in the academic community at the University. Findings – entrepreneurial competences are among the ones of key importance for the successful functioning of people in the society as well as in their personal and professional lives. There is an urgent need to develop them and universities play an important role in satisfying it. To guarantee the best effectiveness of didactic processes focusing on the development of the knowledge of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviour to members of the academic community, education curriculums should be developed considering the needs and preferences of the interested parties. Education methods based on learning in action and through experience should also be used. Practical implications – the developed concept of the MCSU Entrepreneurship Academy is comprehensive and flexible. It is possible to be implemented in any school of higher education in full or in the form of its selected modules depending on the identified needs of the interested parties and financial resources available. Pobrane z czasopisma International Journal of Synergy and Research http://ijsr.journals.umcs.pl Data: 19/10/2020 12:25:08


The paper discusses the deficiencies of definition of traditional productivity and points out that harmonious productivity is necessary trend of productivity development and demonstrates operation mechanism of productivity function of harmony.The paper thinks conception of traditional productivity should be changed and conception of harmonious productivity should be built up in constructing harmonious society.


During the Carbonaceous Species Methods Comparison Study at Glendora, CA, six groups made independent measurements of ambient formaldehyde concentrations during the period August 11–21, 1986. Measurement methods included DNPH-impregnated cartridges, an enzymatic technique, a diffusion scrubber, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS), and tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS). Sufficient data were obtained over the 10-day period to assess differences among methods based on hourly averages, 4- and 8-hour time-integrated sampling periods, and 3–5-minute averaging times. Comparison among the three spectroscopic methods (DOAS, FTIR, and TDLAS) showed good agreement, within 15% of the mean of the three methods for 162 hourly values. The enzymatic technique and diffusion scrubber reported concentrations ∼ 25% higher and 25% lower than the spectroscopic mean, respectively, for the entire study period. The DNPH cartridges, the only routine ...


Objective
To evaluate outcomes of endovascular procedures for atherosclerosis obliterans (ASO) patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods
Data of patients undergoing endovascular procedures for atherosclerosis obliterans at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University from January 2012 to December 2014 were retrospectively analyzed, disease characteristics, technical success rate, perioperative complications, ankle brachial index (ABI) improvement, clinical success rate, rest pain alleviating rate, limb salvage rate and survival rate were compared between the two groups.

Results
There were 144 patients (153 limbs) who received endovascular procedures, including 52 patients (56 limbs) with DM and 92 patients (97 limbs) without DM . Mean follow-up was 15 months. All patients experienced significant ABI improvement (P 0.05), but there was less 1 year clinical success rate in diabetic group (78.6% vs 88.6%, P<0.05).

Conclusions
Compared to nondiabetic paitents, endovascular procedures for patients with DM has similar efficacy, when the procedures are properly undertaken and postoperative correct medication are given.

Key words:
Arteriosclerosis obliterans; Angioplasty; Diabetes mellitus; Lower extremity


SuperBot is a modular, multifunctional and reconfigurable robotic system built for NASA applications. This paper reports the hardware and software design of the 20 SuperBot modules and experimental results for multifunctional behaviors, which include a set of long‐distance running of 1 km/hour with batteries, and a climbing on a large sand dune.


Pontianak City has typical food souvenirs to support its tourism industry but still has problems in marketing the product. This situation has been getting worse since pandemic covid-19. This research aims to determine a marketing strategy for Pontianak food souvenirs MSMEs to increase their income. The research method uses a descriptive method with a SWOT analysis tool to determine alternative strategies. Samples were 19 informants consisting of 4 key informants and 15 regular informants. The SWOT analysis results led to a WO (Weakness - Opportunity) Strategy with five alternative strategies. 1) Promoting products through Facebook Ads. 2) Expand the marketing area by selling in supermarkets and e-commerces. 3) Utilize the government grants for MSMEs that Covid-19 hurt to promote and keep product availability. 4) Registering and displaying products at the Pontianak UMKM Center also has to participate in the business skills improvement program. 5) Participate in exporting programs and increasing product quality according to foreign market standards.


Characterization of surface charge decay for varying materials – PTFE, Acrylic, and metals – of 100 mm diameter, radially symmetric bodies was performed. In a gaseous environment, charged materials will lose their charge depending on gas type, humidity, and other environmental factors. Eventually, the charge will be (1) neutralized by ions or electrons in the surrounding gas (2) distributed by conduction on the material surface or in its volume (3) or neutralized by ions or electrons in the material surface and volume. Metal and polymer samples are charged to a known potential in the tens of kilovolts range, and the decaying voltage is monitored with a non-contact probe until the potential reaches near zero. Humidity has an impact on both groups of materials. As a baseline, in air at 42% relative humidity in an enclosed chamber, a positive charge equivalent to 20 kV potential on a metal sphere of 50 mm radius decays to near zero within 25 minutes. In contrast, the same sphere negatively charged decays slightly faster within 20 minutes. Overall, the humidity has a significant effect on the charge decay time, such that an order of magnitude longer times (hours) are observed at low humidity. Effects of chamber size were also studied, drawing a connection to charge carriers in the air available for decay, with chambers of volume(s): 3.3 105 cm3 and 1.4 106 cm3, respectively.


Both one-proton and one-neutron knockout reactions were performed with fast beams of two asymmetric, neutron-deficient rare isotopes produced by projectile fragmentation. The reactions are used to probe the nucleon spectroscopic strengths at both the weakly and strongly bound nucleon Fermi surfaces. The one-proton knockout reactions 9 Be( 28 S, 27 P)X and 9 Be( 24 Si, 23 Al)X probe the weakly bound valence proton states and the one-neutron knockout reactions and 9 Be( 28 S, 27 S)X and 9 Be( 24 Si, 23 Si)X the strongly bound neutron states in the two systems. The spectroscopic strengths are extracted from the measured cross sections by comparisons with an eikonal reaction theory. The reduction of the experimentally deduced spectroscopic strengths, relative to the predictions of shell-model calculations, is of order 0.8‐0.9 in the removal of weakly bound protons and 0.3‐0.4 in the knockout of the strongly bound neutrons. These results support previous studies at the extremes of nuclear binding and provide further evidence that in asymmetric nuclear systems the nucleons of the deficient species, at the more-bound Fermi surface are more strongly correlated than those of the more weakly bound excess species.


Stellar population parameters correlate with a range of galaxy properties, but it is unclear which relations are causal and which are the result of another underlying trend. In this series, we quantitatively compare trends between stellar population properties and galaxy structural parameters in order to determine which relations are intrinsically tighter, and are therefore more likely to reflect a causal relation. Specifically, we focus on the galaxy structural parameters of mass M, gravitational potential , and surface mass density . In Barone et al. we found that for early-type galaxies (ETGs) the age–Σ and [Z/H]–Φ relations show the least intrinsic scatter as well as the least residual trend with galaxy size. In this work we study the ages and metallicities measured from full spectral fitting of 2085 star-forming galaxies (SFGs) from the SDSS Legacy Survey, selected so all galaxies in the sample are probed to one effective radius. As with the trends found in ETGs, we find that in SFGs age correlates best with stellar surface mass density, and [Z/H] correlates best with gravitational potential. We discuss multiple mechanisms that could lead to these scaling relations. For the [Z/H]–Φ relation we conclude that gravitational potential is the primary regulator of metallicity, via its relation to the gas escape velocity. The age–Σ relation is consistent with compact galaxies forming earlier, as higher gas fractions in the early universe cause old galaxies to form more compactly during their in situ formation phase, and may be reinforced by compactness-related quenching mechanisms.


The invention discloses an intelligent terminal-based spatial position sorting method. The intelligent terminal-based spatial position sorting method comprises the following steps that: a main control node collects absolute position range information of all participating nodes; each participating node generates a unique piece of anchor point information; each participating node shoots the anchor point information of surrounding adjacent nodes through a camera, analyzes the data information in the anchor point information through an image identification system, calculates the relative position information to adjacent nodes, and transmits the relative position information to the main control node; the main control node collects the relative position information of each participating node, iteratively calculates the relative position of each participating node in the overall node group according to real-time data, sorts and anchors according to the relative positions, performs error correction on the absolute position range information of each participating node, and feeds the corrected absolute position range information back to the corresponding participating node. According to the intelligent terminal-based spatial position sorting method, the position of a single intelligent terminal can be distinguished in a position superposition scene, the positioning error of each intelligent terminal can be corrected, and the absolute position range of each intelligent terminal can be reduced, so that the positioning information is more accurate.


The invention provides equipment and method for controlling cooperative storage of a memory and a nonvolatile caching device. The equipment comprises a storage state detection unit, a data transferring and triggering unit and a writing-reading control unit, wherein the storage state detection unit is used for detecting the storage state of the nonvolatile caching device when a user requests to read and write user data; the data transferring and triggering unit is used for generating a data transferring and triggering signal according to the data transfer condition of the data which is transferred between the memory and the nonvolatile caching device; and based on the storage state detected by the storage state detection unit, the writing-reading control unit is used for writing and reading the user data aiming at the memory or the nonvolatile caching device and is used for controlling a data transfer between the memory and the nonvolatile caching device according to the data transferring and triggering signal generated by the data transferring and triggering unit.


Energy storage is a unique grid asset in that it is capable of providing a number of grid services. In market areas, these grid services are only as valuable as the market prices for the services provided. This paper formulates the optimization problem for maximizing energy storage revenue from arbitrage and frequency regulation in the CAISO market. The optimization algorithm was then applied to three years of historical market data (2014–2016) at 2200 nodes to quantify the locational and time-varying nature of potential revenue. The optimization assumed perfect foresight, so it provides an upper bound on the maximum expected revenue. Since California is starting to experience negative locational marginal prices (LMPs) because of increased renewable generation, the optimization includes a duty cycle constraint to handle negative LMPs. The results show that participating in frequency regulation provides approximately 3.4 times the revenue of arbitrage. In addition, arbitrage potential revenue is highly location-specific. Since there are only a handful of zones for frequency regulation, the distribution of potential revenue from frequency regulation is much tighter.


11B hyperfine and quadrupolar couplings have been observed by the electron magnetic resonance techniques electron nuclear double resonance and hyperfine sublevel correlation spectroscopy for some tris(pyrazolyl)borato‐oxomolybdenum(V) and related nitrosyl complexes including a dinuclear B–B linked complex. The spectra are interpreted according to the electron delocalization onto the ligands, especially the pyrazolylborate. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Stabilization of polymers involves chemical and physical processes, and the effectiveness of antioxidants is strongly influenced by their compatibility with the host system. In the case of rubber-modified high-impact polymer blends, the dispersed elastomer phase is generally the most sensitive to thermooxidative degradation. The compatibility of five hindered phenolic antioxidants with polybutadiene (PBD) was studied as a function of temperature. Relationships were found between the diffusion rate and the specific volume of additive, as well as the total free-volume of the polymer/additive system. The solubility of antioxidants was evaluated on the basis of thermodynamic theories. Deviations from thermodynamic expectations are explained in terms of different physical states and self-association of the substances investigated. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym 65: 761–775, 1997


Jizhua disease is a physiological disease of Huangguan pear,and is also know as yellow spot and rust spot.The disease seriously damages the peel of Huangguan pear,especially damages the bagged fruit,reduces the high quality ratio of pear and the economic benefit.The occurrence regularity,pathogenesis and synthetical preventive measures of the disease are introduced to provide help for controlling it.


Damage diagnosis of structures subjected to time-varying environmental and operational conditions has been a challenging task. This task involves a damage indicator selection to characterize the unknown relation between the measurements and damage patterns. The majority of the conventional methods adopt hand designed damage indicators that can be inefficient for some damage patterns and require manual effort to design. To address these challenges, this work uses a special kind of deep learning method called convolutional neural network (CNN) to learn complex damage features and create complex classifier boundaries. In the evaluation of the proposed methodology, multi-dimensional input samples are used — each dimension has an individual strain field resulting from a different force applied to the structure. The network is trained with several crack scenarios and the learned architecture is tested on completely unseen damage setups. Based on the findings of the paper, CNNs fed through multidimensional inputs improve the accuracy of the damage diagnosis. Furthermore, they give the opportunity to capture the behavior of the structures under variations in the loading conditions.


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Graphic arts professionals know that the goal of maintaining color fidelity throughout a print or Web design project can be an elusive one. What you see on the screen might look like the sample you hold in your hand, but what about the final product? From swatch to screen, from proof to final output, the way to make sure your results match your expectations -- and those of your clients -- is through color management, and Real World Color Management is the industrial-strength, under-the-hood guide. Industry experts Bruce Fraser, Chris Murphy, and Fred Bunting pack every page with tips and techniques to help you build and fine-tune ICC profiles, develop a color-managed workflow, understand the craft of converting from one color space to another, and manage color using popular graphics applications. You'll also gain insight into color theory and color models, and learn how various devices interpret, display, and reproduce color.


This model is targeted to study the swallowing of peristaltically driven food stuff such as jelly, tomato puree, soup, concentrated fruit juices and honey in the aboral direction confined to an oesophagus by modeling it as finite channel. Considering such highly concentrated fluids as Casson fluid in the fully stretched activated state, the dependence of pressure on space and time has been investigated for time averaged flow rate. Pressure distribution has been studied along the oesophageal length for an integral and also a non-integral number of waves at different time instants. Local wall shear stress and the role of yield stress have also been the areas of investigation. Mechanical efficiency of oesophageal pump during the Casson food transportation has been obtained. Reflux limit of perstaltically driven flow of Casson food bolus has also been discussed. The effect of Casson food bolus vis-a-vis Newtonian food bolus has been compared analytically, numerically and computationally from investigation point of view. It is observed that the pressure distribution is even and uneven respectively for the case of integral and non-integral number of waves. It is also concluded that it is not as easy to swallow Casson fluids (such as concentrated jelly, honey, soup, juice, etc.) as Newtonian fluids (such as water). As plug flow region widens, the pressure difference increases, indicating thereby that the averaged flow rate will be less for a Casson fluid. Physically, the oesophagus works more to swallow fluids with high concentration. It is also inferred that such fluids are more prone to reflux.


Background and Purpose: Stroke-related functional risk scores are used to predict patients' functional outcomes following a stroke event. We evaluate the predictive accuracy of machine-learning algorithms for predicting functional outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients after endovascular treatment. Methods: Data were from the Precise and Rapid Assessment of Collaterals with Multi-phase CT Angiography (PROVE-IT), an observational study of 614 ischemic stroke patients. Regression and machine learning models, including random forest (RF), classification and regression tree (CART), C5.0 decision tree (DT), support vector machine (SVM), adaptive boost machine (ABM), least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) logistic regression, and logistic regression models were used to train and predict the 90-day functional impairment risk, which is measured by the modified Rankin scale (mRS) score > 2. The models were internally validated using split-sample cross-validation and externally validated in the INTERRSeCT cohort study. The accuracy of these models was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC), and Brier score. Results: Of the 614 patients included in the training data, 249 (40.5%) had 90-day functional impairment (i.e., mRS > 2). The median and interquartile range (IQR) of age and baseline NIHSS scores were 77 years (IQR = 69–83) and 17 (IQR = 11–22), respectively. Both logistic regression and machine learning models had comparable predictive accuracy when validated internally (AUC range = [0.65–0.72]; MCC range = [0.29–0.42]) and externally (AUC range = [0.66–0.71]; MCC range = [0.34–0.42]). Conclusions: Machine learning algorithms and logistic regression had comparable predictive accuracy for predicting stroke-related functional impairment in stroke patients.


Tebug, S.F., Chikagwa-Malunga, S. and Wiedemann, S. 2012. On-farm evaluation of dairy farming innovations uptake in northern Malawi. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 24. Methodology Malawi has the lowest consumption of milk per capita in Africa estimated at 4 to 6 kg/capita/year, which is well below the African average of 15 kg/capita/year, and significantly lower than the 200 kg/capita/year recommended by the World Health Organisation (Tebug, 2012). This figure, however, reflects an average with a very wide distribution.


Currently the use of plant extracts to reduce pest attacks is a concern. Mixed formulation of two plant extracts Calatropis gigantea and Crescentia cujete was applied in the filed rice to assess the effectiveness of these formulations in reducing insect pest populations and predatory (natural enemies). The results showed that the combination of C. gigantea and C. cujete in one formulation could reduce the population of the main pests of rice plants and did not affect the presence of natural enemies (predators). The field trials showed that mixing C. gigante and C. cujete in liquid formulation reduced pest population compared the farmer with treatment synthetic pesticide. Population decrease of scipophaga innotata with range 21-77 percent, Cnaphalocrosis medinalis 25-79 percent. The abundance of pests was very low when using the plant extract formulation, whilst the synthetic pesticide generally had a higher number of pests. Predator numbers were higher in plant extract formulation and low with synthetic insecticide by farmer application. Synthetic insecticides have a very large impact on predators while plant extract formulations have no impact because the predator population is still higher than application by synthetic. Plant extract formulation (mixed C. gigantean and C. cujete) is more effective in reducing population pests than synthetic pesticides. The plant growth parameters were better in the treatment of plant extracts formulation than the application by farmer. This research indicated that using plant extracts formulation effective to control pests can be as effective compared as synthetic insecticides by using of farmer.


The rose-ringed parakeet (Psiitacula krameri borealis), of the order 'Psittaciformes', has wide feeding niche, inhabiting sufficiently large roosts among diversified cultivations of Central Punjab, Pakistan. This paper reports on the roosting habits and requirements of the parakeet in a canal irrigated plantation of Central Punjab, Pakistan. Observations, extended for period of five months, among the selected subhabitats comprised roosting habits viz. allo-feeding, allo-preening, parakeet exits and returns, and tussles with other birds. Of their significant findings 36.17±4.25, 30.83±3.88, 16.74±2.28, 18.02±1.87, 32.00±3.12 and 31.80±3.89 respectively. For all these roosts, population richness of rose-ringed parakeet was maximum at the University Campus, with large experimental crops throughout the year, with sufficient numbers of old and tall trees which served as their roosts. For roost requirements, tussles existed between the parakeets and other birds' in commensurate with suitable ecological conditions viz. temperature, relative humidity, predation, and short distance from their roosts, to increment benefits.


The present invention, encapsulation device comprising a two casing consisting of a flexible polymer material defining a sealing space, respectively (12), respectively and at least one liquid hydrophobic substance satisfy (14) of the casing (2) respect, the casing (12) is brought into laminated, and are mutually joined sealingly at its periphery, for sealing the space (6) is, thus, to accommodate the device (4) to be encapsulated, the two casing It is formed between.


Due to the importance of modern science, the appearance of the notion of Chaos in ancient Greek cosmogonies and philosophical thought and the evolution of its meaning has been studied in this paper. In addition, a comparison has been made with the meaning of this important notion in modern Theory of Chaos.


Esophageal carcinoma(EC) is one of the most common malignancies, which is difficult to cure. The median overall survival is less than 1 year, and the 5-year survival rate is less than 10%. Previous reports cited the incidence of brain metastasis (BM) from esophageal cancer to be approximately 0.4%~5.1%, and most of the reports come from America and Japan. The incidence of BM from EC is increased. However, because of the rarity of BM from EC, there are no established treatment guidelines. This report provides a comprehensive view of the clinical characteristics, treatment and prognosis of brain metastasis from esophageal carcinoma.

Key words:
Esophageal neoplasms/CO; Brain neoplasms/SC; Review


The present paper reports new records of six species of termites (Blattodea: Termitidae), viz.,  Angulitermes acutus Mathur & Sen-Sarma, Dicuspiditermes obtusus (Silvestri), Pericapritermes dunensis (Roonwal & Sen-Sarma), Pericapritermes topslipensis Thakur, Nasutitermes cherraensis Roonwal & Chhotani, and Nasutitermes kali Roonwal & Chhotani from Kerala.  Three species P. dunensis, N. cherraensis and N. kali are reported for the first time from the Western Ghats. The details of materials collected, diagnostic characters and distribution data in India are provided.


PURPOSE: To obtain a method and device for assigning the function of a radio telephone to the key of a peripheral equipment such as a hand free set with which the radio telephone is connected so as to be attachable/detachable. CONSTITUTION: Push button switches 3; 31, 32,..., 3N are arranged on a peripheral equipment 2 connected with a mobile telephone 1 so as to be attachable/ detachable. When the mobile telephone is electrically connected with the peripheral equipment, one switch, for example, the switch 31 is pressed, and data are transmitted from the peripheral equipment to a data processing unit 13 of the mobile telephone. The function of the pressed push button switch is determined by using data stored in a keypad 7, data processing unit, and memory unit 15. The function of the push button switch of the peripheral equipment which is determined in this way is stored in the memory unit of the mobile telephone so that the push button switch can be used. COPYRIGHT: (C)1995,JPO


Abstract The progressing warming of the Earth's climate is mainly caused by natural factors, that is, the increasing solar activity and the decreasing volcanic activity on the Earth. The aspects which testify to the predominance of natural factors include: synchronous changes in the average air temperature in the Northern Hemisphere in the years 1856-2002, the average consecutive 11-year Wolf numbers and the location of the mass centres of the four largest planets. Natural causes of the climate warming are corroborated by the synchronicity of changes in the carbon dioxide concentration and paleotemperature in the last 450,000 years, revealed on the basis of an analysis of the ice core in Antarctica. Periods of climate warming occur every 100,000 years and are caused by an increased solar radiation in high latitudes, resulting from changes in the Earth's orbit and the inclination of the Earth axis (according to the popular Milankovič theory).


Application of series methods to the evaluation of rate coefficients has been considered for reactions in which explicit integration of the system of dependent differential equations is impossible The approximation of explicit integrals for such systems is considered, and a detailed study of the system: [graphic omitted] X1→X2, [graphic omitted] X1+ X2→X3 carried out using simulation techniques. Methods of analysing rate data for the above system are considered in detail, and it is shown that series methods provide precise methods for the estimation of both k1 and k2 in the above system.


RESRAD-CHEM is a computer code developed at Argonne National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy to evaluate chemically contaminated sites. The code is designed to predict human health risks from multipathway exposure to hazardous chemicals and to derive cleanup criteria for chemically contaminated soils. The method used in RESRAD-CHEM is based on the pathway analysis method in the RESRAD code and follows the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency`s (EPA`s) guidance on chemical risk assessment. RESRAD-CHEM can be used to evaluate a chemically contaminated site and, in conjunction with the use of the RESRAD code, a mixed waste site.


We consider the question of which zero dimensional schemes deform to a collection of distinct points; equivalently, we ask which Artinian k-algebras deform to a product of fields. We introduce a syzygetic invariant which sheds light on this question for 0-schemes of regularity two. This invariant imposes obstructions for smoothability in general, and it completely answers the question of smoothability for certain 0-schemes of low degree. The tools of this paper also lead to other results about Hilbert schemes of points, including a characterization of nonsmoothable 0-schemes of minimal degree in every embedding dimension d ≥ 4.


Objective To investigate the mechanism of potassium-sparing and potassium-supplementation of foeniculum vulgare mill on liver cirrhosis ascites in rats.Methods 120 healthy Wister rats were divided into a normal group(Group A,8 rats) and a liver cirrhosis ascites model group randomly.There were 66 rats which survived in the liver cirrhosis ascites model group.6 of them were tested in order to prove that the model for the liver cirrhosis ascites with 66 rats was successful.After proving successfully,60 rats remained in this group were selected randomly into 6 groups: Group B,C,D,E,F,G and each group had 10 rats.The group B is a model one.The group C is a hydrochlorothiazide group.D stands for a hydrochlorothiazide and KCL group.E group is a foeniculum vulgare mill low-dose group.The group F is a foeniculum vulgare mill middle-dose group and the G group is a foeniculum vulgare mill high-dose group.After 4 weeks,they were tested for blood serum ion and liver function of blood and observed in small intestine enterokinesia experiment.Liver were collected for H-E stain.Potassium content was detected through Employment Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry.Results(1) In small intestine enterokinesia experiment,the difference between Group G and C is significant(P0.05).(2) The results of serum potassiumion detection,the foeniculum vulgare mill high-dose group content is maximum.Compared with C group,the difference exists statistically significant.(3) Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry detected potassium content is 2.043 3 g/100 g,taking up 9.45%.Conclusion(1) Foeniculum vulgare Mill just like Hydrochlorothiazide and KCL has an effect of mechanism of potassium-sparing towards liver cirrhosis ascites.(2) Because foeniculum vulgare Mill has higher potassium content,it will reinforce potassium content in therapeutics of liver cirrhosis ascites.


Objective To study the chemical constituents from the stems of Dysoxylum lenticellatum and their cytotoxic activities.Methods Silica gel,RP-18,and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography techniques were used for separation and purification of the compounds and extensive spectral analysis spectra were employed for structural elucidation.The cytotoxic activity was evaluated by MTT method.Results Twelve compounds were isolated from D.lenticellatum and their structures were identified as β-sitosterol(1),stigmasterol(2),3-oxo-24,25,26,27-tetranortirucall-7-ene-23(21)-lactone(3),3α-hydroxy-24,25,26,27-tetranortirucall-7-ene-23(21)-lactone(4),laxiracemosin H(5),laxiracemosin B(6),24,25-epoxy-tirucall-7-ene-3,23-dione(7),butyrospermol(8),oleanolic acid(9),taraxerone(10),taraxerol(11),and 8-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3-pentylisocoumarin(12).Conclusion All of these compounds are isolated from D.lenticellatum for the first time and the compounds 8,10—12 are reported from the plants in Dysoxylum Bl.for the first time.What's more,compounds 5 and 6 are tirucallane-type alkaloids and compound 3 shows significant inhibitory activities against human cancer cell lines in vitro.


In has been shown in [5] that the NLS approximation makes wrong predictions for the water wave problem in case of small surface tension. We explain that the ideas used in [5] allow to show a similar result for the FWI approximation, too. (© 2014 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Proposes a framework for considering the factors relevant to the design of manufacturing strategy processes. The framework is built from manufacturing and business strategy literature through a review which positions popular strategies like Cellular manufacturing, TQM and JIT within more traditional manufacturing strategy frameworks and includes aspects of strategy that have been rarely mentioned in the manufacturing strategy literature. Thus competence, capability, culture and alternative strategy process modes are incorporated and throughout the review potential influences on the design of the strategy process are identified. Finally the framework′s ability to assist the design of a manufacturing strategy process is tested and the dependence of key process elements like the procedure and tools used are shown to be contingent on, for example, the outputs required from the process and the content areas under development.


Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an effective technique for coronary revascularization but is sometimes limited by restenosis and stent thrombosis. Optimal management of in-stent restenosis (ISR) remains inadequately defined. Prior to the introduction of drug eluting stents, brachytherapy was often used to limit recurrent ISR. In this issue of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, Jensen et al. present a retrospective cohort study of 270 patients with 302 lesions treated with drug-eluting stents (DES) for clinically driven ISR within 12 months after index PCI with either bare-metal stent (BMS) or DES in the population based Western Denmark Heart Registry [1]. Restenosis is a response to mechanical injury by the vessel wall resulting from two main processes, negative vessel remodeling and neointimal hyperplasia [2]. BMS placement was a technological achievement, providing a scaffold that reduced elastic recoil, limited negative vessel remodeling, and improved immediate angiographic success. However, neointimal hyperplasia remained problematic, initiated by platelet aggregation, inflammatory cell infiltration, and resultant smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation and extracellular matrix deposition. The introduction of DES mitigated this response to injury through the local delivery of anti-proliferative drugs to the vessel wall. Despite the lower rates of restenosis after DES placement, given the large number of PCIs performed, a significant number of patients still experience restenosis. ISR, usually thought of as a "benign" entity, can present either as recurrent angina or myocardial infarction and often leads to repeat procedures. Mechanistic insight into ISR is important in the development of management strategies [3]. Neointimal hyperplasia appears accelerated in certain vessels (small caliber, tortuous, calcified, chronically occluded vessels or ostial or bifurcation lesions) and with certain conditions (diabetes, hypersensitivity to stent components, or stent drug resistance). Sub-optimal stent placement, including underexpansion, malapposition, fracture, or failure to cover areas of barotrauma, is also associated with increased ISR. This association emphasizes the need for optimal procedural technique, including the use of intravascular ultrasound to assure adequate stent deployment. Finally, recognition that inadequate focal delivery of drug into the vessel wall can be implicated in increase restenosis risk has led to development of improved stent platforms and polymers. PCI with DES is an attractive treatment strategy for ISR given its ability to reduce intimal hyperplasia compared to balloon angioplasty alone (POBA) or BMS placement, its ease of use compared to brachytherapy, and its less invasive nature compared to bypass grafting. Randomized clinical trials have demonstrated the superiority of DES placement over POBA for BMS ISR. Unfortunately, data are more limited regarding the management of DES ISR. In a randomized study of 197 patients, treatment with sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) for ISR with sirolimusand paxlitaxel-eluting stents (PES) showed a trend toward lower target lesion revascularization (TLR) compared with POBA (5.9% vs. 13.1%, P1⁄40.097) at 1 year follow-up [4]. In the ISAR-DESIRE 2 study, that randomized 450 patient with SES restenosis to stenting with SES or PES, TLR at 1 year was 16.6% vs. 14.6% and not statistically different between the two DES groups (P1⁄40.52) [5]. The majority of other studies looking at treatment of DES ISR have been observational and retrospective. In this study by Jensen et al. examining the outcomes of DES placement for both BMS ISR and DES ISR, clinical presentation of ISR was comparable with


One-dimensional nanostructures which are important blocks for nanodevices and their synthesis,physical properties,characterization have attracted much attention since carbon nanotube was fabricated.The emphasis is placed on the fabrication,growth mechanism,characterization and potential application of quasi one-dimensional nanomaterials.


Postcolonial, transnational curriculum should value the experiences and knowledge of everyday lives, understanding the space of "interlanguage and intercultural differences" (Aoki, 2003, p. 6). Elsewhere in this issue, William Pinar says of Ted Aoki, "He is questing (rather than questioning) for the 'original ground of curriculum as a human study'". The focus of my writing is on language in a socio-cultural context. It amazes me how much everyday life and language are interwoven, especially that language which is unspeakable or untranslatable. During the summer of 2004, I returned to Japan to visit family and attend my fifty-year class reunion, which gave me the opportunity to revisit and reflect on the past and present. Like Hongyu Wang (2004) revisiting Beijing, I felt estranged from my homeland. Asanuma (1999) says, "Meaning is created out of the knowledge of past experiences and one's interaction with others" (p.23). The idea that our lives are composed not only of major events but the countless little events intrigued me and I could not help but keep note of them. This paper describes my struggle from the in-between spaces of insider/outsider, in multiple re-writings of tangled memories. I recorded the day-to-day happenings in a diary. I drew on the poetic discourse of Haiku as I felt that diary entries, alone, would inadequately convey the deep-felt emotions in these moments. A poetic discourse of the mundane of everyday life "seikatsu tsuzurikata" (daily diary) becomes an invocation for "questing" in-between languages and cultures. 要旨 戦後の国家を超えたカリキュラムは"内なる言語や内なる文化"(Aoki,2003. p.6)の違うスペースを理解して日々の経験や知識を高く評価するべきです。ウィィアム-パイナーはテッドアオキはカリキュラムの土台は人間探求ではないかと質問をなげかけているというより、人間探求であってほしいと懇願していると言っています。社会的、文化的な側面から言葉に焦点をあててみました。いかに毎日使う言葉が生活の中に織り込まれていて、英語に翻訳できない、言葉にできない言葉があることは驚きでした。2004年の夏に日本に住む家族に会うためと小学校の50年ぶりの同窓会に出席するために日本にもどりました。過去と現在を反省する機会を与えられました。ホンギューワン(2004)が北京に戻った時と同じように私も故国に何か隔たりを感じました。浅沼茂先生は物事の意味する所は他の人との相互の影響とか過去の経験から来る知識によってつくられると言っています。私達の生活は大きな事柄だけでなく日々の無数の小さな事柄に触発されます。このペイパーで読者と一緒にインサイダーとアウトサイダーの狭間で起こる私の苦しみを、絡み合った記憶をほどきながら、書き直しながら分け合いたいと思います。毎日の事柄を書きながらどうしてもうまく表現できないもどかしさを俳句にたくしました。生活綴り方の中に盛り込んだ詩的な要素が言葉と文化の仲介者となることを祈りを込めて願います


Mammographic features of 22 pathologically proved cases reflecting disorders of the male breast are described. Two patterns of gynecomastia were observed: a dendritic pattern seen in association with breast enlargement for 6 months or more, and a more florid triangular pattern, seen in association with breast enlargement of recent onset. Male breast carcinoma may be distinguished from gynecomastia by its eccentric location, spiculation, and, in some cases, calcification or involvement of the skin and nipple. Benign conditions simulating carcinoma included a case of drug-induced gynecomastia and a case of inflamed inclusion cyst.


The mining industry is one of the industries that has caused environmental damage. It is not only deforestation, but pollution, groundwater, and air problems caused by the mining industry. Departing from the worsening ecological conditions due to development, the mining industry became environmentally friendly by adopting the so-called green mining. This article wants to examine the application of green mining in Indonesia to find out the main strategies they carry out by mining companies. Through descriptive analysis, this article finds that the green mining industry in Indonesia is organized through cooperation between the government, mining companies, investors, and researchers. The association is practiced through the so-called green policy, green management, green investment, and green technology.


The protolith of the plagioamphibolites in Middle Hainan is the metamorphosed Paleo-Mesoproterozoic basic volcanics.It belongs to a suit of high-K calc-alkaline basalts with high Al and low Ti contents.The volcanic rocks have characteristics of typical island-arc basalts.Large-ion elements(LILE) are evidently enriched and high field strength elements(HFSE) relatively depleted the volcanic rocks.The geochemical features of trace elements and Sm/Nd isotopes also indicate that magama source is departed from the composition of primary mantle and not evidently contaminated by mature crust materials.It is the result of patial melting of two-coponent mixture made of the mantle wedge(the MORB type depleted mantle) located over subducted zone and the fluid released from the subducted oceanic crust.During Paleo-Mesoproterozoic Age,the Hainan block might have suffered geodynamic shifting from "extending" to "squeezing",leading to form oceanic-ridge type and oceanic-arc transitional tholeiites in the western Hainan at earlier extending stage and high-K calc-alkaline basalts in the middle Hainan at later strong subduction stage,while the South China unified block was subducting.


Electrocardiographic Changes in Hypothermia A 76-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department with severe hypothermia and was found to have Osborn waves and other electrocardiographic findings that resolved with rewarming.


This paper aims to describe the development process of the Observation Protocol for Teaching Activities in Mathematics (POAEM) and to report the findings from the qualitative and statistical analyses used to provide evidence of validity and reliability of the information collected with the first version of the POAEM. As part of this development process, 20 teachers from Mexican primary schools were videotaped twice while teaching mathematics. The study assessed the reliability of the POAEM rubrics. Results showed that the dimensional structure of the instrument can be grouped in one factor. A generalizability study provided information on the different sources of error in the measurement, showing that the dimensions accounted for 78% of the variance. This study provides an exemplar of the design and validation of an instrument that can help other researchers develop their own instruments and data collection to generate evidence of validity and reliability in different sociocultural contexts.


Mature and total TGF-β2 levels were determined in normal human tears, from 37 volunteers, using a quantitative 'sandwich' enzyme immunoassay technique. Since this ELISA method recognizes only mature TGF-β2, total TGF-β2 levels in tears were measured after acid activation. Aqueous humor samples from 9 patients with cataract were also tested as controls. Mature and total TGF-β2 in aqueous humor (AH) averaged 182 pg/ml and 737 pg/ml, respectively. The levels of mature TGF-β2 in normal human tears ranged from 36 to 71 pg/ml (mean: 55 pg/ml). And the levels of total TGF-β2 ranged from 3446 to 14910 pg/ml (mean: 7854 pg/ml), a very high level. Percentage of mature TGF-β2 ranged 0.4 to 1.3% (mean: 0.9%). It is reported for the first time that there are very high levels of total TGF-β2 in normal human tears. Curr. Eye Res. 15: 341–343, 1996.


parin (LMWH) during induction therapy, no thrombotic events were observed during 76 courses ASP therapy. One patient suffered a CNS infarct after discontinuation of LMWH. In a group of 50 historical control patients who had not received LMWH, two patients had TE. The significance of this intervention is still to be known [4].


The large-format portraits featured in the exhibition »Inwards and Onwards« testify to the substantial body of artistic work that Anton Corbijn has created. Apart from striking photographs of true music legends such as Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith or Tom Waits, who have always fascinated Corbijn, the photographer has focussed in his recent work on modern personifications of artistic inspiration such as Marlene Dumas, Gilbert & George or Jeff Koons. Working only in black and white with a Hasselblad camera, Anton Corbijn aims to reduce his photo shoots to the essential. He uses his subjects' familiar environments as settings and works on his own with available light – assistants or artificial lighting are off-limits for him. Corbijn understands the camera as a means to an end – ultimately, he tries to capture the personality and the character hidden deep within the person portrayed beyond any kind of superficial staging although some playfulness is sometimes apparent as with Damien Hirst's photograph and that of Jeff Koons. Hodgson's essay illuminates Corbijn's work shown in the exhibition of the same title (April 21 – June 9, 2012, CAMERA WORK, Kantstrase 149, 10623 Berlin)


Atomic force microscope (AFM) machining has the potential to become an essential technology for manufacturing micro/nano-scale devices. In literature, this technique has been successfully employed to machine various types of materials, including semiconductor materials and metals. However, the effect of material anisotropy in terms of crystal direction is rarely considered in the existing studies. In this paper, we conduct nano-scratching experiments on the (1 0 0) plane of single crystal silicon surface with a diamond tip in an AFM machine. Three levels of crystal direction of nano-scratching are considered. Four levels of normal loading are applied. Machining performances are mainly evaluated by the groove morphology. Also, the wear coefficients and scratch ratio are calculated to the anti-wear performance. Based on the pile up volume and cutting volume respectively, the presence of the ploughing and cutting mechanisms is determined. The experiment results indicate that the applied normal load significantly affect the groove depth and debris morphology. The scratching direction has a pronounced effect on the friction coefficient and the calculated scratching hardness. By observing the debris morphology and cracks formation, the dependence of ductile to brittle transformation mechanism of silicon machining on the crystal direction is also discussed.Copyright © 2013 by ASME


Radiotherapy either alone or in combination with temozolomide is a key element for the treatment of high-grade brain tumors at primary diagnosis and even at recurrence of disease (Stupp et al., 2009; Niyazi et al., 2011b). Nevertheless the clinical course of primary malignant brain tumors remains dismal, since early local failure is common. At least in part local failure is related to a diffuse tumor growth and difficulties in visualizing the relevant borders of the tumor contaminated area. Advances in radiation therapy technique such as 3D-conformal radiation, stereotactic radiotherapy (Combs et al., 2005), and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT; Veldeman et al., 2008; Jin et al., 2011) as well as improved image-guidance radiotherapy (IGRT; Minniti et al., 2010; Wilbert et al., 2010) provide the ability to deliver radiation dose with increasing precision. In order to take full advantage of these technological advances there is a need for precise tumor delineation and target definition.

This subsequently demands for precise imaging. Besides conventional radiotherapy planning being still based on computed tomography (CT) due to dose calculation algorithms additional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become current standard-of-care with a high soft tissue contrast (for planning purposes and during follow-up Gladwish et al., 2011). Current and future research in this field are focused on the meaning of special or new sequence techniques (Laprie, 2009; Stall et al., 2010). Positron emission tomography (PET) has become a further option in recent years (Grosu et al., 2005a).


The paper presents a novel view on the scattering of a flexural wave in a Kirchhoff plate by a semi-infinite discrete system. Blocking and channelling of flexural waves are of special interest. A quasi-periodic two-source Green's function is used in the analysis of the waveguide modes. An additional "effective waveguide" approximation has been constructed. Comparisons are presented for these two methods in addition to an analytical solution for a finite truncated system.


Objective To research a more accurate retrieval algorithm of ECR, which will assist its development and utilization in the field of medicine effectively. Methods Based on


In flame combustion research the study of gas-to-particle conversion and the subsequent aerosol evolution occurring in or above flames is important for providing fundamental understanding of the flame combustion processes and developing control strategies to limit combustion products relevant to health and environmental concerns. Laser microprobe mass spectrometry and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have been applied to particles collected in the flame to characterize particle chemical composition and morphology.


Previous work has shown that chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) severity may be associated with particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and black carbon (BC) in CRS patients without nasal polyps (CRSsNP). Data regarding occupational exposures, however, are lacking. We assessed the impact of PM2.5, BC, as well as occupational airborne exposure on CRS disease severity.


The propagation of a fatigue crack from an initial defect of the same order as the scale of the microstructure through to failure has been modelled using a representation of fatigue damage according to the Navarro-de los Rios (N-R) model. The fatigue processes are presented in the form of a fatigue damage map (FDM). It is shown how the map can be used to create a traditional S-N curve and to provide information suitable for estimating fatigue lifetimes under damage tolerant conditions.


A controlled dispersion loudspeaker configuration is disclosed in which a loudspeaker is mounted through a hole in a front baffle forming a seal between the speaker and the baffle. A rear baffle is parallely spaced a predetermined distance away from the front baffle by means of spacers. Acoustically absorptive material is placed between the two baffles and is acoustically open on at least two opposite sides. The sound waves from the rear of the speaker exit from the acoustic material and serve to cancel the sound waves at the sides and rear of the loudspeaker configuration eminating from the front of the speaker. The size of the baffles, as well as the spacing therebetween, bears a particular relationship to the frequency of the sound to be reproduced by the loudspeaker.


The advance of Machine Learning (ML) has led to a strong interest in this technology to support decision making. While complex ML models provide predictions that are often more accurate than those of traditional tools, such models often hide the reasoning behind the prediction from their users, which can lead to lower adoption and lack of insight. Motivated by this tension, research has put forth Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) techniques that uncover patterns discovered by ML. Despite the high hopes in both ML and XAI, there is little empirical evidence of the benefits to traditional businesses. To this end, we analyze data on 220,185 customers of an energy retailer, predict cross-purchases with up to 86% correctness (AUC), and show that the XAI method SHAP provides explanations that hold for actual buyers. We further outline implications for research in information systems, XAI, and relationship marketing.


Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica (Bazex syndrome) is a rare but distinctive dermatosis associated mainly with carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract or cervical lymph node metastases. We present the case of a 42-year-old male patient with Bazex syndrome in which apart from a cervical lymph node metastasis the intense examination failed to discover the primary malignancy. After initial improvement of the skin lesions following neck dissection and radiation therapy the patient's condition deteriorated as squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus became obvious


Malignant transformation is associated with specific alterations in cellular bioenergetic pathways. More than eight decades ago Herbert Crabtree found that numerous cancer cell lines exhibited increased respiratory quotient when there was no glucose in the growth medium (Crabtree effect).  Since then it has been postulated that oxidative phosphorylation increases under glucose deprivation. We explored the fundamental alterations associated with Crabtree effect in perfused DA3 murine breast cancer cells, under physiological conditions, by NMR spectroscopy, confocal microscopy and direct biochemical measurements. Glucose deprivation was associated with 13.7% to 28.2% increases in oxygen consumption compared to the controls. However, glucose deprivation diminished CO2 production to 11.4% - 15.1% of their control values, and depleted ATP. On the other hand, glucose deprivation was associated with remarkable elevations of mitochondrial superoxide production (195%  - 278% compared to the controls). These results confirm that Crabtree effect is not associated with increased OXPHOS but with futile oxygen utilization pathways. We also found that 2-deoxy-glucose (2-DG), which was traditionally regarded as a specific glycolysis inhibitor, decreased oxygen consumption by 10.3% to 29.5%, and abolished the Crabtree effect.


The main problems related to the design of a synchronous reluctance servomotor are examined. The most suitable rotor structure is identified among different alternatives. A simplified but general algorithm is found for calculating the internal optimized anisotropy ratio. Optimization algorithms are given regarding minimization of the q-axis magnetic flux and maximization of torque for given outside diameter and power dissipation capability. A maximum torque design is illustrated in the general case, practical involvements of this design are pointed out and discussed.<<ETX>>


Passerini (P-3CR) and Ugi (U-4CR) reactions were investigated in 4-oxoazetidine-2-carboxaldehydes, affording the corresponding Passerini and Ugi adducts with moderate diastereoselectivity in high yields. Fortunately, the obtained mixtures of isomers syn/anti were separated in most cases. The scope of both IMCRs has been studied using a variety of isocyanides, carboxylic acids and amines. Ugi adducts were used for the preparation of unusual 2-azetidinones fused to medium-sized rings via RCM. In addition, β-lactam-diketopiperazine hybrids have also been prepared from the corresponding Ugi adducts.


Construction of breakwaters is performed consecutively from core layer, filter layer, up to the armour layer. During construction, excessive damage is often encountered on core layers due to environmental conditions. The damage behaviour of core layers is similar to berm breakwater structures, where the initial profile is reshaped into a more stable S-shaped profile in response to environmental loads. In addition, when breakwaters are exposed to oblique waves, longshore transport occurs due to wave force components parallel to the structure alignment.
Many researchers have studied the behaviour of profile reshaping and longshore transport on berm breakwaters. Nevertheless, very little information is available about the behaviour of core materials. Most of the studies also focused on investigating the behaviour of breakwater trunks (the straight part of breakwaters), and not much is known about the behaviour of breakwater roundheads.
To investigate the behaviour of berm breakwater roundheads that consist of core materials, a physical model was performed in the Hydraulic Laboratory at Delft University of Technology. The model is exposed to two different wave loads (H_s=8 cm;10 cm); two different stones grading, which is narrow (D_n85⁄(D_n15=1.3)), and wide grading (D_n85⁄(D_n15=6)); and three different wave obliquities (0°, 30°, and 45°). In total, twelve tests were performed based on a combination of the above mentioned parameters.
During the tests, the data and profile changes were measured using laser profiling, video recording, and manual measurements. The result of laser profiling is then processed using MATLAB software to obtain 3-Dimensional plots that represent the breakwater models. Based on the 3-dimensional plots, the analysis of profile reshaping and longshore transport could be performed.
Several profile reshaping parameters, such as crest recession length (Rec), crest length (l_c), step length (l_s), crest height (h_c), step height (h_s), and slope below crest (θ_3) were measured and then compared with the calculated values using existing design formulas. The measured values in roundheads were also compared to the measured values in trunk sections. The effect of stone grading, wave loads, and wave obliquity were also investigated. Finally, a model to calculate the longshore transport on berm breakwater roundheads is proposed.


In a previous paper, we determined the statistical distributions for various classes of QSO absorption systems in the framework of the CDM model of the universe with a mass distribution of dark matter halos as given by the Press Schechter mechanism. These were shown to be consistent with the observed distributions for reasonable choices of model parameters. In this paper, we generate Voigt profiles of C IV lines associated with Damped Lyman Alpha systems in the framework of this model, taking into account rotation of disks and random motion of clouds embedded in galactic halos. We compare these with the profiles for a sample of 32 Damped Lyman Alpha systems collected from the literature by performing several statistical tests. These tests compare the width and the degree of asymmetry in the line profiles produced by the rotation of randomly inclined disks and the random velocity of clouds in the galactic halos, with the corresponding quantities in the observed profiles. We find that the kinematic properties predicted by the model are in good agreement with observations provided the disk thickness is about ten thousand times smaller than its radius, which indicates that the material in the disks is concentrated in dense clouds with roughly unit covering factor.


In this paper the effects of overburden stress on fracture-matrix flow partitioning were numerically analyzed using two different numerical approaches; the analysis was validated using a fractured Clashach core flood laboratory experimental data. In the first numerical approach, the fracture aperture variation under different overburden stresses, measured using a back calculation method based on the treatment of the fracture as an equivalent porous medium, was adopted in a coupled Darcy law, Brinkman flow and Navier-Stokes fluid flow formulation. In the second numerical approach, poro-elasticity was applied in order to accurately account for fracture aperture change under overburden stress loading. The resulting displacements were coupled to the same fluid flow equations used in the first approach through a moving mesh technique. This was further coupled with stress dependent permeability within the matrix. Flow partitioning from the two numerical approaches were compared to the experimental data. This comparison highlighted the inefficiency of treating fractures as equivalent porous medium. Moreover the cross-flow between the fracture and the matrix was monitored in both modeling approaches and a critical stress beyond which the matrix can no longer feed the fracture was identified. This critical stress can be very important in designing production scenarios for highly-stressed fractured reservoirs.


AIM To evaluate the clincial utilization and adverse drug reaction(ADR) of hemocoagulase atrox in Yangtze River valley from 2005 to 2010.METHODS The ADR type and drug use of hemocoagulase atrox in Yangtze River valley were collected and analyzed from 2005 to 2010.RESULTS Adverse drug reactions or events(ADRs/ADEs) occurred in 74 patients.The main distribution of ADRs/ADEs included systemic lesions(33%),skin and its appendages(22%).Allergic shock,dyspnea,hemorrhage of gastrointestinal tract,anomalopia and chest distress were reported as new serious or common ADRs/ADEs.CONCLUSION Package insert of hemocoagulase atrox should be modified and new ADRs/ADEs should be added,with allergic shock in particular.


Our adoption of cutting edge reference services sometimes outpaces our creation of management models capable of supporting them. Sci-tech libraries have been at the forefront of enhancing traditional services with a wide range of virtual reference services to help us meet our patrons' increasing demands for mobility. However, a unique set of practical management considerations are required in order to successfully move from quick setup to full service support.


Objective: To characterize the role of nutritionist in private offices in a municipality. Methods: Cross sectional study with a quantitative approach, and population composed of 45 nutritionists who attended clinics in the city of Fortaleza - CE, Brazil. We used a questionnaire consisting of sociodemographic data, academic standing, professional
activities and information. The data were organized by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences - SPSS, version 15. Results: The sample revealed a predominance of women - 43
(95.6%), with a mean age of 21 to 30 years - 15 (33.3%), married - 30 (66.7%), Catholic - 34 (75.6%), white - 32 (71.1%) and natural state of Ceara - 34 (75.4%). Of the total sample, 40 (88.9%) graduated in public universities, 24 (53.3%) had more than 10 years since graduation, and 40 (88.9%) had some kind of graduate. There was a positive association between duration of graduate and professional income. The quest for slimming / weight loss with 40 (91.1%) was considered the most cited reason for consultation with a nutritionist. The "inadequate remuneration" was reported by 23 (51.1%) of respondents as the main negative factor of the profession. Conclusions: The results showed a young professional, seeking updates on the area where it operates and that aims professional autonomy. The article opens promising perspectives for the potential contributions to improving the quality of information about the profile of these professionals.


A new generation of environmental satellites, the Sentinels, has recently been launched by the European Space Agency (ESA). Part of ESA's Copernicus Programme, the sentinel mission has adopted an Open Data policy which intends to make different levels of data freely available via an online data hub. Sentinel data will support applications including land monitoring, emergency management and security and will thus form the evidence-base for a wide-range of local, regional, national and international decisions, from individual insurance claims to humanitarian interventions. By providing ever more data streams for monitoring and managing the planet, the sentinels institute a novel mode of visibility in terms of resolution, coverage and frequency. At the same time, they are co-constitutive of the increasing datafication of the environment. In the entwinement of heavenly gaze and data visions, I want to recover the work of 'data fictions' in order to demystify notions of visibility and calculability associated with "earth observation" and trouble its unquestioned pursuit of total monitoring.


tribution to European thought. His review of the religious lessons of the outgoing century immediately sparked off a spirited response by Tony Bayfield and Jonathan Magonet. What would European Judaism be without psychotherapy? And so we ask the probing questions regarding Jewish identity What is our life? What our Justice? and What is our Strength and our Endurance?, with the contributions of Howard Cooper and Irene Bloomfield, along with a rabbinic perspective from Rabbi Fred Morgan. Since we have more pages, we can also supply something new: Documentations; the World Union for Progressive Judaism gives a Progressive view on future relations with Islam; and there is a Muslim response to the Israel-PLO accords by Dr Mehdi Rouhani our first text by an Ayatollah. And, finally, a statement on former Yugoslavia should not be absent in a periodical which claims to represent the new Europe in the making. In this issue, there is an expanded book review section so many Jewish books are written and so few periodicals can review them. We can only try our best. The same applies to the poetry section ably edited by Ruth Fainlight; and, where possible, we will publish your letters. In the meantime, we look forward to an exciting future with our new publishers and with you.


Background: Consciousness refers to the ability of the central nervous system to respond to internal and external stimuli. It is the ability of people to recognize and perceive the surrounding environment and their own state. The awareness, positioning and judgment of the role (including the awareness of the role space and the good judgment of the role emotion), as well as the good performance of the role ' s awareness and judgment of time. When the cerebral cortex and ascending reticular activation system are damaged by serious diseases of the brain and the whole body, there will be different degrees or types of abnormal awakening state and consciousness content. Clinically, the disorder of people ' s awakening state, orientation and consciousness content is called consciousness disorder. In the diagnosis of disturbance of consciousness, short-term loss of consciousness or syncope usually do not belong to the category of disturbance of consciousness, and vertigo should not be diagnosed as disturbance of consciousness. Coma should be distinguished from depression, numbness and atresia syndrome. Judging the type and degree of consciousness disorder and which kind of consciousness disorder is helpful to judge the prognosis of patients with consciousness disorder. In the etiology of mental disorders, etiology is usually divided into two categories: brain diseases and systemic diseases. Infectious and non-communicable diseases are considered to be each major disease. Because almost every serious disease causes disturbance of consciousness, it is sometimes difficult to make differential diagnosis. The differential diagnosis of consciousness disorder should not only ask the medical history and physical examination in detail, but also rely on auxiliary examinations, such as routine examination of blood, urine and feces, cerebrospinal fluid examination, blood biochemistry, blood gas analysis, blood culture and other sampling examinations. If poisoning is suspected, carry out poisoning inspection. ECG, EEG, CT, MRI and other examinations should be selected when there are indications. For patients with disturbance of consciousness, we should first pay attention to whether there are respiratory tract obstruction, traumatic bleeding, shock and cerebral hernia. If these conditions occur,


The sections in this article are

Introduction
Stereochemical Considerations for the Synthesis of Chiral Polymers
Syntheses of Copolymers with Chirality of the Main Chain
Copolymers Prepared with Template Monomer M1
Other Types of Template Monomer

Syntheses of Optically Active Homopolymers
Syntheses of Chiral Atropsiomeric Polymers
Resolution of Polymer Racemates
Anionic Polymerization with Chiral Chelating Agents
Anionic Polymerization with a Chiral Initiator
Anionic Polymerization of Monomers with Chiral Propellers
Helix-Sense Selective Radically Initiated Polymerization

Acknowledgements


PURPOSE
An emerging lung ventilation imaging method based on 4D-CT can be used in radiotherapy to selectively avoid irradiating highly-functional lung regions, which may reduce pulmonary toxicity. Efforts to validate 4DCT ventilation imaging have been focused on comparison with other imaging modalities including SPECT and xenon CT. The purpose of this study was to compare 4D-CT ventilation image-based functional IMRT plans with SPECT ventilation image-based plans as reference.

METHODS
4D-CT and SPECT ventilation scans were acquired for five thoracic cancer patients in an IRB-approved prospective clinical trial. The ventilation images were created by quantitative analysis of regional volume changes (a surrogate for ventilation) using deformable image registration of the 4D-CT images. A pair of 4D-CT ventilation and SPECT ventilation image-based IMRT plans was created for each patient. Regional ventilation information was incorporated into lung dose-volume objectives for IMRT optimization by assigning different weights on a voxel-by-voxel basis. The objectives and constraints of the other structures in the plan were kept identical. The differences in the dose-volume metrics have been evaluated and tested by a paired t-test. SPECT ventilation was used to calculate the lung functional dose-volume metrics (i.e., mean dose, V20 and effective dose) for both 4D-CT ventilation image-based and SPECT ventilation image-based plans.

RESULTS
Overall there were no statistically significant differences in any dose-volume metrics between the 4D-CT and SPECT ventilation imagebased plans. For example, the average functional mean lung dose of the 4D-CT plans was 26.1±9.15 (Gy), which was comparable to 25.2±8.60 (Gy) of the SPECT plans (p = 0.89). For other critical organs and PTV, nonsignificant differences were found as well.

CONCLUSION
This study has demonstrated that 4D-CT ventilation image-based functional IMRT plans are dosimetrically comparable to SPECT ventilation image-based plans, providing evidence to use 4D-CT ventilation imaging for clinical applications. Supported in part by Free to Breathe Young Investigator Research Grant and NIH/NCI R01 CA 093626. The authors thank Philips Radiation Oncology Systems for the Pinnacle3 treatment planning systems.


The strategic direction of an organization is powerfully influenced by the vision of the top management. The managerial plan represents a tool used by the university management to communicate the vision, mission and strategy to members of the organization. The authors analysed the managerial plans of Rector positions candidates in main universities of Romania to identify the approach and the direction the future rectors propose in their strategic plan for universities. The paper assesses the content of strategic plans against the strategic planning rigors to identify the chosen strategic directions, the diagnosis made and existence of alignment between the components of the plan. The results provide an image of the alternative futures for universities, the main areas where the intentions of candidates are concentrated and patterns of strategies for universities.


WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS • Within the limitations of an observational study there is no difference in the cancer incidence between users of drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system and users of other antihypertensives. • No consistent dose or duration dependency could be demonstrated for angiotensin reeptor blockers and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. AIMS A recent meta-analysis of clinical trials has demonstrated a small excess of cancers in persons who had been allocated to angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). We undertook this observational study to look at dose–response and dose–duration effects and look for specificity with respect to outcome. Use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) was included in the main analysis since ACEIs share pharmacological properties with ARBs.


Intranasal Holmium:YAG laser dacryocystorhinostomy after failed external dacryocystorhinostomy were successfully performed in 6 patients. The inner wall of lacrymal sac is identified by the illumination of a fine fibroptic probe which is passed through the upper canaliculus and directed medially into the obstructed sac. The most bright spot as seen intranasally is marked as a target for laser penetration, using O.5-1J, 5-15w, 10-15 pulses/second. Through 400um quartz fiber delivery depending upon the consistency of the tissue. The new opening about 6mm in diameter is made with relative ease from inside of nasal cavity as the opening is only 40 42mm from the nostril. A silicone rod of 2 loops or 3 loops is introduced retrogradely into the lacrymal passage as a stent which should stay for 4 months or longer. Among the 6 patients, 5 cases were successful. The follow up period were 4-17 months after removal of silicone rods. One case was failed as the silicone rod was accidentally broken at 5 weeks after operation. The advantages of this operation are: avoidance of skin incision, deep sutures, bleeding and scarring.


We explore valley filtering in a two-terminal graphene system with a Dirac gap. For such a system with a constant Dirac gap, it is found that the presence of a valley-polarized output current requires both a magnetic barrier and an electric potential. For the magnetic-electric barrier generated by a single ferromagnetic stripe, a remarkable valley polarization can be achieved and is tunable by gate voltages. The generated valley polarization can be detected from the Hall measurement in the outgoing region [Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 236809 (2007)].