International law standards of building a social state and guaranteeing each person a decent life make it necessary to develop, at the level of Russian legislation, an institute of social support for low-income ex-convicts as part of the program of their social rehabilitation after release from a penal institution. The author analyzes the essence of social rehabilitation as a legal institution, the evolution of legal regulation of social rehabilitation methods in the Russian penitentiary practice. The institute of social rehabilitation of convicts released after serving their sentences is inter-agency in its essence; it is aimed at the identification and solution of the whole complex of social and economic problems of those inmates who potentially fall into the category of the poor (or who could become low-income citizens after release). It is also aimed at providing not only psychological, but also material social support to ensure their right to a decent life, reduce their risk of falling into the category of low-income (poor) people and help their overall social adaptation after release. The effectiveness of social rehabilitation measures determines if a convict chooses the law-abiding or the criminal model of behavior after release, determines their legal consciousness and, in the end, influences the level of repeat crimes. The author singles out and analyzes the contents of social rehabilitation of ex-convicts after release from places of confinement. In the context of ensuring the right of a convict to a decent life after serving a sentence, the author pays special attention to such a component of social rehabilitation as assistance in finding employment and housing in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and the normative acts of the penitentiary system. The meaning of the term «social» in the collocation «social rehabilitation of convicts» is analyzed in its modern and historical aspect. The author shows the necessity of establishing an efficient state-controlled public system of social rehabilitation for persons who are released from places of incarceration in Russia. He also identifies key directions for improving the effectiveness of the penitentiary system by taking into account the humanistic values of the socio-cultural environment and the principles of international law norms when providing social support to low-income citizens who are in conflict with criminal law, as well as by overcoming their poverty and a negative attitude to them. The author presents arguments to prove the practical value of introducing new forms and methods of correctional influence on convicts that are alternative to criminal procedure coercion, of widening the scope of additional social, psychological and educational work with convicts in penitentiary legislation with the purpose of providing social rehabilitation for convicts and ensuring their right to a decent life after serving the sentence.


A ring R is called Armendariz if whenever the product of any two polynomials in R[x] over R is zero, then so is the product of any pair of coefficients from the two polynomials. Such rings have been extensively studied in literature. For a ring endomorphism α, we introduce the notion of α-Armendariz rings by considering the polynomials in the skew polynomial ring R[x; α] in place of the ring R[x]. A number of properties of this generalization are established, and connections of properties of an α-Armendariz ring R with those of the ring R[x; α] are investigated. In particular, among other results, we show that there is a strong connection of the Baer property and the p.p.-property (principal ideals are projective) of the two rings, respectively. Several known results follow as consequences of our results.


The purpose of this final report is to know the calculation contruction of Grand VileeBayung Indah's house in effeiciency time to work and the cost of production. The study was conducted in PT Silampari Palembang in Parameswarastreet, numer 01, RT 04/01, Bukit Baru village, West Ilir I Palembang subdistrict. The data collected by the interview and analyzed with the network planning theory. The result of analysis that the type 36 houses for development were seventy one days with the cost 75.482.000 rupiah and type 69 houses for development were eighty seven days with the cost 187.180.500 rupiah. The authors suggested that the company should to use this calculation because this can minimize the time and the cost.


This paper discusses double-circled solar assisted heat pump water heater with little electricity consumption in north china.Hot water is produced in the system which is suitable for local and central hot water supply.The experimental study was accomplished and EER(energy-efficiency ratio) is 2.5∶1.


Drawing shows a timber raft floating down the Potomac River past Maryland house and Georgetown, although neither are visible in the sketch. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.


According to the study of energy development,Explore the direction of energy development in Heilongjiang Province,The data of Heilongjiang Province in 2012 as the base year and The statistics released by the department of statistics as the original data,estimated major reserves of biomass energy as comprehensively as possible. After estimating,four categories of biomass energy reserves and the amount of standard coal are as follows: crop resides 68425900 tons,standard coal 20794300 tons; forest and wood biomass 9512000 tons,standard coal 5431400 tons; dung 120365300 tons,standard coal 55. 7103 million tons; city rubbish and wastewater 16. 26 million tons,standard coal 970600 tons. Biomass energy distribution varies from city to city in Heilongjiang province in general,we can focus on the top few select cities to develop biomass energy industry around the city to play the advantages of biomass energy development and provide a reference for future energy security.


Abstract Evidence is presented for the existence of quinone groups and aromatic hydroxyl groups on the surface of carbon black particles. This evidence is based largely upon polarographic analyses of slurries of carbon blacks. A mechanism for the chemical interaction of carbon blacks with elastomers is proposed on the basis of these functional groups.


Taking Beijing and Guangdong Province as examples, the paper presents water resources and current status of water resources utilization in China. Thus the necessity and the urgen cy of waste water utilization are affirmed in the paper. Since water shortage, especially water quality-induced wa ter shortage becomes increasingly serious, waste water utilization is of great significance.


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Optical aberrations due to the inhomogeneous refractive index of tissue degrade the resolution and brightness of images in deep tissue imaging. We introduce a direct wavefront sensing method using cellular structures labeled with fluorescent proteins in tissues as guide-stars. As a non-invasive and high-speed method, it generalizes the direct wavefront sensing method for adaptive optics microscopy. An adaptive optics confocal microscope using this method is demonstrated for imaging of mouse brain tissue. The confocal images with and without correction are collected. The results show increased image contrast and 3X improvement in the signal intensity for fixed mouse tissues at a depth of 70 μm. The images of the dendrite and spines are much clearer after correction with improved contrast. The Strehl ratio is improved from 0.29 to 0.96, a significant 3.3X improvement.


Up to now, the distributed polarization coupling (DPC) measurement system based on white light interferometry (WLI) has been mainly studied for static and quasi-static measurement. In this paper, we developed the DPC system to measure the instantaneous frequency of dynamic stress. First, we set up a model of transversal stress on the panda polarization maintaining fiber (PMF) and simulated the interferograms of dynamic coupling points when the PMF is subjected to stress of cosine wave, sawtooth wave and square wave. Then, we did groups of experiments to measure the interferograms of dynamic coupling points, including cosinoidal coupling point, sawtooth wave coupling point, square wave coupling point, and two cosinoidal coupling points. By applying wavelet transform to the envelops of interferograms, we can obtain the time-frequency distribution images and demodulate the instantaneous frequency of external stress. The absolute error of experiments is less than 1.84 Hz. Finally, we deduced the upper and lower limits for frequency measurement and discussed the methods of enlarging the frequency range in detail. The method introduced in this paper has potential application in fiber sensing of dynamic stress.


The paper aims at describing the strategic goals and significances and development characteristics of internationalization of higher education in the United States.Obviously,internationalization of higher education plays a significance role in strengthening the national power and maintaining the position of the superpower.The United States has benefited from internationalization of higher education in terms of economic benefits,absorbing global talents,enhancing the competitiveness and maintaining safety.The characteristics include building legal system,institutionalization,instrumentalization and marketization.


Baseflow recession analyses of Yewa and Ona rivers were carried out with a view to determining and comparing groundwater recharge in parts of the sedimentary and Basement Complex terrains of Southwestern Nigeria. Daily discharges of the rivers for ten years (1988 – 1997) were analysed. Groundwater recharge in Yewa Basin, located in a sedimentary area was 27.3 mm while that in Ona Basin, which is mostly urban and located within the Basement Complex, was 63.6 mm, representing 2.3% and 5.3% of the annual precipitation of the study area respectively. Baseflow were 21.5 mm and 65.3 mm, representing 34% and 8% of the average annual total runoff of Yewa and Ona rivers respectively. Ona Basin had a comparatively lower groundwater recharge than Opeki Basin (with 137.4 mm), which is in a similar terrain but in a rural environment of Southwestern Nigeria, indicating the negative effects of vegetation clearing and developmental activities, typical in urban environments, on infiltration and consequent increase in direct runoff and reduction in groundwater recharge. Identification and preservation of groundwater recharge areas, especially in urban environments, is therefore imperative in the sustainable management of groundwater in the study area.  Keywords: Groundwater Recharge, Baseflow Recession Analysis, Yewa Basin, Ona Basin, Opeki Basin, Southwestern Nigeria


Background The role of an acute care surgery (ACS) service during the COVID-19 pandemic is not well established. Methods A retrospective review of the ACS service performance in an urban tertiary academic medical center. The study was performed between January and May 2020. The demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of patients treated by the ACS service 2 months prior to the COVID surge (pre-COVID group) and during the first 2 months of the COVID-19 pandemic (surge group) were compared. Results Trauma and emergency general surgery volumes decreased during the surge by 38% and 57%, respectively; but there was a 64% increase in critically ill patients. The proportion of patients in the Department of Surgery treated by the ACS service increased from 40% pre-COVID to 67% during the surge. The ACS service performed 32% and 57% of all surgical cases in the Department of Surgery during the pre-COVID and surge periods, respectively. The ACS service managed 23% of all critically ill patients in the institution during the surge. Critically ill patients with and without confirmed COVID-19 infection treated by ACS and non-ACS intensive care units during the surge did not differ in demographics, indicators of clinical severity, or hospital mortality:13.4% vs. 13.5% (P = .99) for all critically ill patients; and 13.9% vs. 27.4% (P = .12) for COVID-19 critically ill patients. Conclusion Acute care surgery is an "essential" service during the COVID-19 pandemic, capable of managing critically ill nonsurgical patients while maintaining the provision of trauma and emergent surgical services. Level of Evidence III. Study Type Therapeutic.


Abstract.
 "XYOPHORUS" SP. FROM THE MIDDLE MIOCENE OF CHUBUT PROVINCE: SYSTEMATIC, BIOGEOGRAPHIC, AND BIOCHRONOLOGIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE RECORD OF A NOTHROTHERIINAE FROM THE NEOGENE OF ARGENTINA. Xyophorus Ameghino was described based on mandibular fragments of Xyophorus rostratus Ameghino from the Early Miocene of Patagonia. The specimen herein described was collected in the locality "El Petiso", located in northwestern Chubut Province, in sediments referred to the Middle Miocene and it is represented by a mandibular fragment that is characterized by: (1) posterior margin of the mandibular symphysis anterior to the plane of the caniniform; (2) posterolateral opening of mandibular canal on the lateral side of the coronoid process and nearly to the oclusal plane; (3) oclusal surface of the molariforms with two crests separated by a "V" valley; and (4) molariforms 1–2 presents vertical grooves on the labial and lingual sides, and molariform 3 with a groove on the labial one. The features present in this specimen and in the species herein referred to "Xyophorus" bondesioi Scillato-Yané, and "Xyophorus" villarroeli Saint-André allow distinguishing them from the species of the genus Xyophorus (e.g., X. andinus Ameghino, X. atlanticus Ameghino, X. crassissimus Ameghino) justifying the erection of a new genus and its inclusion in Nothrotheriinae. The record of "Xyophorus" sp. from the Middle Miocene of Chubut Province represents the oldest and australmost for Nothrotheriinae from Argentina, whereas, the record of "Xyophorus" cf. bondesioi from the locality of Cerdas, in Bolivia, would correspond to the oldest one for the subfamily.


There are four syndromes associated with abomasal ulcers (1). The first type is that of slight ulceration or erosion with only mild or no clinical signs. The second syndrome is that of marked hemorrhage or anemia. The third syndrome is that of abomasal perforation with acute circumscribed peritonitis. The causative factors related to cecal torsion are very similar to those of abomasal displacement.


This paper presents a conceptual modeling framework of Residential Mobility and Location Choice process consisting of three sequential steps. It develops a random parameter model for the first step of making residential mobility decision at the disaggregate level of the household that incorporates individual heterogeneity in the panel data model. A 1998 retrospective residential mobility survey of 280 households in the Greater Toronto Area is used to demonstrate the effects of residential stressors on the decision to become active in the housing market. The paper finds that most stressors that relate to life cycle events, neighborhood dynamics and housing market conditions are significant determinants of residential mobility.


Introduction: Hypertrophic scars and keloids are the results of a fibroproliferative disorder involving an aberrant wound healing response to dermal injuries that lead to the development of these benign lesions. Careful consideration of the patient populations that are most prone to developing keloids and hypertrophic scars has revealed that genetics may play a role in developing these pathological scars. The clinical distinction between these two lesions has classically relied on the characteristics of the scars borders with hypertrophic scars remaining within the borders of the original wound and keloids extending beyond the original wound borders. Conclusion: The most important factor in hypertrophic scar and keloid formation is prevention. A key strategy for prevention of hypertrophic scarring and keloid development is to identify those patients predisposed to this wound healing response and to control the Inflammation that can trigger these scars. Primary goals of treatment include reducing the cosmetic appearance of these lesions and preventing their recurrence once treated.


Chirp sub-bottom profilers (SBP) provide centi-to-decimetre resolution, seismic data with applications for various geophysical and geological purposes. To verify the field application of imaging of a buried target with a cost-effective and easy-to-apply pseudo-3D Chirp SBP survey, we explored the buried site of an ancient wooden shipwreck off the west coast of Korea before underwater excavations. The survey was conducted using a commercial 2D Chirp SBP system with a newly devised recording system that preserved the true polarity of the chirp signal. To produce high-resolution 3D Chirp SBP data from 2D Chirp SBP datasets recorded by the novel system, an optimal data processing sequence, consisting of a first phase of 2D data processing and a second phase of 3D data processing was designed. The first, 2D phase, included the estimation of a source sweep signature, cross-correlation, and deconvolution using an inverse filter. The resulting resolution of the 2D Chirp SBP data was better than that of the enveloped data provided by the commercial acquisition system. The second phase of 3D data processing included gathering 3D datasets, redistributing of ping positions, and static correction. To improve the consistency of the seismic events and reduce the repetitive corrections (swell, tidal, tie, and residual corrections), a static correction was based on multi-beam echo sounder data. The amplitude variation near the shipwreck was clearly apparent in the time slice from the final pseudo-3D Chirp SBP dataset with a bin size of 2.0 m (crossline) × 0.6 m (inline). Through 3D rendering, the buried ancient shipwreck with dimensions of 5 m (width) × 12 m (length) × 2 m (depth) was imaged successfully.


This report provides information on immigrant education in the United States in the areas of funding, participation, population, services, and allocation method. Additionally, it explores reauthorization issues confronting the Emergency Immigrant Education Act for fiscal year 1994. The report shows that: (1) there has been a steady decrease in funding for immigrant education over the past 6 years; (2) the number of children served by the program in the 1989-90 school year was 464,938, with approximately three-fourths of these children living in the States of California, New York, Texas, Illinois, and Florida; (3) the number of immigrant children entering the United States is increasing; (4) local school districts are using immigrant education funds for supplementary educational services; and (5) states are granted funds based on their count of eligible immigrant children, which is calculated from schools having at least either 500 students or 3 percent of total public and nonpublic school enrollment. Issues concerning reauthorization involve reducing the duplication of services, simplifying the funding formula through amendments, and improving the targeting of funds. (GLR) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** 93-136 EPW February 2, 1993 CRS Report for Congress 1:cs.;trcii Syr% ict, TIR. Lihrm. U.& DEPARTMENT or swears. orc.ot Educational CIIMMIOCh and Impioatenant EOUCAT10NAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) dOCUTIM1 h1111 baen todtoduced owed horn Ow parson or organization originating it CI Minot champs nave been mad* to unpins, tipproduction Quanta Points ot sow of opinions stated in tinsdocu. mint do not necossanty rntesitnt onicad OERI position oi doacy IMMIGRANT EDUCATION: A FACT SHEET Steven R. Aleman Analyst in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS HAS BEEN GRANTED BY -6t AletivoA o-cCop96e55 TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." The Emergency Immigrart Education Act of 1984, title IV, part D of the Elementary and Secondary Eaucation Act (ESEA), authorizes the Emergency Immigrant Education program. The program, administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED), aids local educational agencies (LEAs) to meet the educational needs of immigrant children. Authority for most ESEA programs, including immigrant education, expires in FY 1994; reauthorization is anticipated during the 103d Congress.' Reauthorization issues may include improving the targeting of funds to localities in most need and reducing the potential for duplicative services provided by other Federal education programs. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Funding. The FY 1993 appropriation for immigrant education is $29,462,000. This is an estimated 22 percent decrease, adjusting for inflation, from FY 1988. The chart shows the 6-year funding trend for immigrant education in FY 1993 dollars. Participation. Immigrant children eligible for services are those children who were not born in the United States, and who have been attending school in the United States for less than 3 complete academic years. The numLer of children served by the program in the 1989-1990 school year was 464,938. About three-fourths of these children lived in five States: California, New York, Texas, Illinois, and Florida. Approximately 49 percent of the children served--227,388--were in California. According to a 1991 General Accounting Office (GAO) report on the 1For the status of reauthoriz n, see: U.S. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Redefining the Federal R e in Elernenkuy and Secondary Education: Reauthorization of the ESEA. CRS Issue Brief No. IB92130, by the Education Section, Dec. 3, 1992 (updated). Washington, 1992. 2 CRS Reports are prepared for Members and committees of Congress BEST COPY AVAILABLE


Objective: To investigate the curative effect of the rehabilitation of patients following the reconstruction of cruciate ligaments of knees.Methods: A total of 24 patients with cruciate ligament injury received different surgical procedures of cruciate ligament reconstruction according to different injured locations.After operation,systemic rehabilitation treatments were given according to the training programs and Lysholm activity score list was applied to assess the activities of knee joints.Results: After systemic training of rehabilitation and follow-up for(31.9±12.1) months,the Lysholm activity score list showed that the functions were improved obviously,including the gait,stability of joint,pain,swelling and action of going up and down stairs as compared with those before treatments(P0.01 or P0.05).Conclusion: Early rehabilitation after the reconstruction of cruciate ligaments of knees plays important roles in protecting reconstructed cruciate ligaments,increasing stability of joint and recovering function of locomotion.


We have studied the possible mechanism of anti-asthmatic action of ethanolic extracts of dried seeds of Lepidium sativum (EXLS, 400 mg/kg) using various experimental models. EXLS produced an increase in the Pre-Convulsion Dyspnoea time induced by histamine and acetylcholine aerosol, a significant reduction in the elevated leucocyte counts in the Broncho-Alveolar Lavage fluid of sensitized guinea-pigs and reduction in the paw edema volume as compared to the control rats. Treatment with EXLS also produced decrease in the elevated histamine release from the sensitized guinea-pig lungs. The anti-asthmatic anti-inflammatory responses of EXLS was supported by improvement in microscopic changes like infiltration of inflammatory cells, submucosal edema, epithelial desquamation and reduced lumen size of the bronchi. The values of histamine in tracheal chain and taenia-coli were significantly greater and that in lung strip was lower in the sensitized animals as compared to control. Treatment of sensitized guinea pigs with EXLS significantly decreased values of histamine in all three preparations. Our data suggest the prevention of hyper-responsiveness in bronchial smooth muscles and inhibition of the immediate hypersensitive reaction, histamine release in the lungs and the infiltration of various inflammatory cells as the possible mechanisms of anti-asthmatic activity of EXLS.


The article lists the materials of wildlife, biotopical curvey and possible changing in connection with the building and exploitation of Gotsatlinskaya HES in Daghestan.


Objective Subject To summary the port placement and system set-up for robotic minimally invasive heart surgery using da Vinci S system in China. Methods 400 patients accepted selective robotic minimally invasive heart surgery from January 2007 to January 2011. We conducted a retrospective review of port placement and system set-up for all the surgeries. During the surgery 3-4 ports were made in the lateral thoracic wall and the position of ports were modulated according to the types of diseases, the procedure and patients' habitus. The surgeon completed the procedure before the surgeon console.The arms of da Vinci S system was adjusted according to surgery procedure. Results The right lateral ports were suitable for the intracardiac operation with extracorporeal circulation. And the left lateral ports can be used in the inner thoracic artery harvesting and coronary bypass graft on beating heart. Except for 1 case changed to sternotomy because of sever pleural adhesions,no arms collision and mechanical malfunction during the surgery that leaded to surgical conversion. Conclusion Robotic minimally invasive heart surgery can be safely applied to partial cardiac surgeries. The port position and system set-up should be adjusted according to the habitus of patients and surgical requirement.

Key words:
Cardiac surgical procedures;  Robotic;  Minimally invasive surgery


Abstract The history of statistics gathering by the Church of England is presented, and the methods used for data collection are described. Methods varied from triennial full collections, to biennial full collections, full annual collections and annual sampling. The integrity and usefulness of the data in making urban/rural church comparisons are examined and inherent difficulties in making such comparisons are highlighted. Key indices of church membership are discussed; membership statistics of a rural and an urban diocese are examined in the light of the available statistics on full-time parochial clergy, populations, and numbers of live births. The data examined support the thesis that the rural church is different with regard to membership statistics. In the year 2000 the rural church remained stronger in this respect than the urban church. However, by the year 2000 the rural church demonstrated signs of considerable decline with regard to membership.


This paper deals with the long-standing conflict between interpretations of thermoelectricity based on the original reversible thermodynamics of W. Thomson and the later irreversible thermodynamics of L. Onsager. It is shown that, by a slight modification of the Maxwellian relaxation treated in a previous paper (J. Goddard and K. Kamrin. Proc. Roy. Soc. A 475.2226 (2019): 20190144), Onsager's symmetry is simply a reflection of the underlying symmetry of equilibrium thermodynamics. It is also shown that a modern interpretation of Thomson's thermodynamics, as given recently by the present author, reveals thermoelectricity to be the analog of a fluid-mechanical transport process with the limit of thermodynamic equilibrium corresponding to the convection-dominated regime of large Péclet number.


A When the degassing means a gas chamber and a negative pressure degassing the gas dissolved in the liquid is driven down, the gas chamber without an opening operation of the air release, the degassing means bootable it is an object to increase the pressure of the gas chamber pressure. By A liquid gas dissolved capable transparent transmission member in the liquid flow path, and the liquid channel and partitioned gas chamber, the gas chamber of the gas chamber of the gas is discharged through the discharge passage by a negative pressure, a degassing means for degassing the gas dissolved in the liquid from the liquid, the discharge passage is always open to the atmosphere, can deaerated from the liquid at the time of ejection operation of the degassing unit It includes a resistance providing means for providing the flow resistance to the air of the flow into the discharge passage so as to maintain the gas chamber to a pressure, a. .Field


The problem of mining single-label data streams has been extensively studied in recent years. However, not enough attention has been paid to the problem of mining multi-label data streams. In this paper, a weighted voting ensemble approach is proposed to tackle this problem. We partition the incoming data stream into sequential chunks, and use binary relevance method to transform each chunk into a set of single-label chunks, which could be learned by binary classification algorithm. We train an ensemble of classifiers from the transformed chunks, and the classifiers in the ensemble are weighted based on their expected classification accuracy on the test data under the time-evolving environment. We also proposed a method for simulating multi-label data stream with concept drifting. Our empirical study on synthetic data set shows that the proposed approach has substantial advantage over majority voting ensemble approach.


ABSTRACT In this study, a pavement surface texture measurement device is designed and fabricated based on active triangulation. The device acquires 3D surface texture data in a non-contact manner. The device is designed to be reconfigurable, such that there is flexibility in the choice of parameters like data resolution, evaluation area, and speed of data acquisition. The data collected is validated using actual pavement surface. The cost of the fabricated device is also low.


Abstract The generalist predator Orius albidipennis Reut. (Hem., Anthocoridae) and entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) Sorokin (Ascomycota: Clavicipitaceae) are important biocontrol agents of Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thys., Thripidae) in most greenhouses. In this study, we estimated searching time, feeding time and predation rate in O. albidipennis feeding on untreated and treated thrips larvae which had been inoculated with three concentrations of M. anisopliae V275 at four time intervals; 0, 24, 48 and 72 h after infestation. Applied concentrations were 1×103, 2×104 and 2×105 conidia/mL which roughly correspond to the LC25, LC50 and LC75 for second instar-larvae. O. albidipennis responded to the presence of the M. anisopliae on the treated hosts by increasing the searching time and decreasing feeding time and predation rate levels. It was also able to detect and avoid treated patches.


The stream reasoning community is conducting a good amount of empirical research. It created benchmarks like LSBench, (C)SRBench, CityBench. They fostered the research in RDF Stream Processing (RSP). However, they do not stress much the reasoning task. Indeed, they are limited to RDFS. At the same time, the existing OWL benchmarks do not consider streaming tasks. There is a need to define, design and evaluate a domain-specific benchmark for stream reasoners that go beyond RDFS, namely Expressive Stream Reasoners (ESR). In this paper, we address this need, and we present LASS 1.0, a first attempt to realize a benchmark for ESR. LASS 1.0 comprises an ontology that models influence in social media, a set of reasoning tasks to stress ESR and an instance generation algorithm that creates streaming and static workloads.


The coating drying equipment chanmber can be divided into splicing,overlapping and fully-welded wainscot strucuture.Through comparison,the heat loss via wainscot overlapping place and heat brdige is much more than that via heat preservation layer,the fully-welded chamber avoids heat bridge and gas leakage;this article gives the caculating and analyzing mehtod with the quantity of heat,and also puts forword experiential value with key parameters;and develops the design emphasis with hot wind circulation and further puts forword issues be paid attention to in design.


Many agent simulations involve computational models of intelligent human behavior. In a variety of cases, these behavior models should be high-fidelity to provide the required realism and credibility. Cognitive architectures may assist the generation of such high-fidelity models as they specify the fixed structure underlying an intelligent cognitive system that does not change over time and across domains. Existing symbolic architectures, such as Soar and ACT-R, have been used in this way, but here the focus is on a new architecture, Sigma (Σ), that leverages probabilistic graphical models towards a uniform grand unification of not only the traditional cognitive capabilities but also key non-cognitive aspects, and which thus yields unique opportunities for construction of new kinds of non-modular high-fidelity behavior models. Here, we briefly introduce Sigma along with two disparate proof-of-concept virtual humans - one conversational and the other a pair of ambulatory agents - that demonstrate its diverse capabilities.


Ethnic and Racial minorities have been disproportionally affected by COVID-19 which can be seen from a significantly higher hospitalization rate, ICU-admission rate, and mortality rate [1]. This disparity has posed a great burden to certain racial groups, urging more studies to determine their vulnerability and the corresponding risk factors. This research used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and chose patients from the US as a racially diverse sample. Logistic regression and categorical regression were conducted to identify the association between their race and clinical outcomes (ICU-admission and Death). A randomized sample with a total of 80204 patients proportionally from "Asian, Non-Hispanic", "Black, Non-Hispanic", "Hispanic/Latino", and "White, Non-Hispanic" are included. This study shows that, given the same conditions of gender, hospitalization and medical condition, Asian and Black racial minorities have a higher mortality rate ("Asian, Non-Hispanic": 0, "Black, Non-Hispanic": 95%, -0.370 - -0.209), and are more likely to be ICU-admitted ("Asian, Non-Hispanic": 0, "Black, Non-Hispanic": 95%, -0.364 - -0.0.176) compared to White, Non-Hispanic individuals (Death: 95%, -0.725 - -0.495; ICU-admission: 95%, -0.788 - -0.0.580,). This result shows its consistency with the existing studies, and it also demonstrates the importance of rebuilding the medical system and more realistically reallocating resources as an agenda during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.


We are developing coherent light sources at the UVSOR‐II electron storage ring. We have developed a resonator type free electron laser in the visible to the deep UV range, coherent harmonic generation source in VUV range and coherent synchrotron radiation source in the terahertz range. A new five year plan has been started from FY2008, where a new 4m straight section will be created by moving the beam injection point, a new optical klystron type undulator will be installed and dedicated beam‐lines will be constructed. Great advances on the coherent light source developments at the new straight section are expected.


Bromine-methanol dissolution, which is mainly used in analysis of metallurgical specimens, has been applied to geological samples. It has been established that a solution of bromine-methanol dissolves sulphides and arsenides very selectively but attacks silicates and oxides only slightly. An exception is pyrite, of which merely 7 to 8 °/o is dissolved under the conditions defined in the analytical instructions.


Rice blast could take place in each growing period of rice,and is becoming an outstanding problems hindered the production development of rice.The reasons of occurrence and prevalence of rice blast are expounded,and the standardized comprehensive control countermeasures are introduced.


The end face run-out of tapered roller is an important quality index for tapered roller bearing. This article introduces a kind of auto-measuring system for this quality index and focuses on application of data fusion. Multi-cycle measurement under single sensor and data fusion are very effective for eliminating various disturbances and improving detecting veracity. This system accords with the rule of measurement for tapered roller bearing and can actualize auto-measurement of large end face run-out and auto-sorting. It has been validated by practical application and obtained Chinese patent.


A theorem of Jorgensen and Thurston implies that the volume of a hyperbolic 3-manifold is bounded below by a linear function of its Heegaard genus. Heegaard surfaces and bridge surfaces often exhibit similar topological behavior; thus it is natural to extend this comparison to ask whether a $(g,b)$-bridge surface for a knot $K$ in $S^3$ carries any geometric information related to the knot exterior. In this paper, we show that (unlike in the case of Heegaard splittings) hyperbolic volume and genus $g$ bridge numbers are completely independent. That is, for any $g$, we construct explicit sequences of knots with bounded volume and unbounded genus $g$ bridge number, and explicit sequences of knots with bounded genus $g$ bridge number and unbounded volume.


3D DSA has been introduced recently and was known to be useful for evaluating aneurysmal shapes and relations to neighboring arteries. However, there are some problems related to image acquisition and reconstruction of 3D DSA, such as artifacts. We present two cases showing perforators to arise from the aneurysmal dome on 3D DSA, which is probably associated with artifacts.


IntroductionThe relationship between business and politics is one of the most important areas of study in business history. Outside of Africa, especially in the United States, there are many studies on the subject. Business historians have made a significant contribution to our understanding of the changing relationship between the public and private sectors and the complex interaction between government institutions and business enterprises. Such works have provided valuable insights into the extent of government influence in industrialized economies, as well as the origins and subsequent development of different forms of government intervention. Furthermore, this vast literature has expanded and enriched our grasp of business political strategies.This essay examines Fula business-government relations in postindependence Sierra Leone. It focuses on Muslim Fula business elites. In particular, the essay examines two key themes where the Fula interacted with the Sierra Leonean government: immigration and business. The period covered is from 1961, the date of independence, under the rule of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) led by Sir Milton Margai. In 1964, Sir Albert Margai, the brother of Sir Milton Margai, became Prime Minister following the death of the latter. The study concludes in 1 992 when the government of the All People's Congress (APC) under President Joseph S. Momoh was ousted in a military coup led by Captain Valentine Strasser. The APC had been in power since 1968 under the leadership of Prime Minister Siaka Stevens, who became President in 1971 when Sierra Leone adopted a republican constitution. In 1985, Siaka Stevens retired and was replaced by Joseph Momoh.2Sierra Leone is a small West African country with about six million inhabitants and over fifteen ethnic groups, of which the Mende and Temne form the largest groups. Most of the Sierra Leonean population is poor. In 1787, Sierra Leone's capital city of Freetown became the first African experiment for the settlement of freed slaves - Black Poor, Nova Scotians, and Maroons - by a British chartered company, and was governed as a Crown Colony from 1808. By the nineteenth century these groups of former slaves and Recaptives or Liberated Africans would constitute the Krio population in Sierra Leone. In 1827, Sierra Leone became home to the oldest institution of higher learning in sub-Saharan Africa: Fourah Bay College, the "Athens of West Africa". After independence in 1961, Sierra Leone would also be the first in postcolonial Africa where the incumbent government, the SLPP, was narrowly defeated in a general election in 1967 and replaced by the opposition party, the APC, in 1968. In 1971, Sierra Leone became a republic, thus ushering in full Sierra Leonean control of government. In 1978, the APC government introduced a one-party state, and in 1992 it was in the process of introducing multi-party democracy when it was ousted in a military coup. For the next ten years Sierra Leone experienced the most destructive conflict in its post-independence history that left some 50,000 dead. In 2002, peace was restored under the SLPP government.In post-independence Africa, the study of business-government relations is becoming more important with globalization, deregulation of national markets, and privatization of local industries. However, the historical literature on the intersection of business and politics from both country-based and comparative perspectives is relatively small. Many of the scholarly writings on the subject have been by political scientists and economists whose primary focus has been such topics as corruption and underdevelopment. When firms have been studied the focus has generally been on non-African enterprises. Besides, a gap exists in the historical literature on the relationship between minority business groups - African and foreign - and government in the post-colonial period.4This country-based essay on the Fula, and therefore seeks to help fill this gap in our historical knowledge of the relationship between business and politics in post-independence Africa. …


The brakes system is critical with respect to vehicle safety. One situation during which
the brake system is put to the test is an Alpine descent. Such a descent causes very high
brake system temperatures and may even induce brake fluid vaporization. In following
report an In-Vehicle Brake System Temperature Model is developed and tested. This
model makes use of the information that is available on the vehicle CAN-bus in order to
estimate the temperature of the brake system and detect the risk of brake fluid
vaporization. Implementing such a model in production vehicles would improve vehicle
safety and in the long run allow downsizing of the brake system without giving in on
any safety margins. Firstly, possible approaches for estimating the amount of kinetic energy that is
converted into heat by the brake system are investigated. A Feed-Forward model is
developed that uses the pressure in the primary hydraulic circuit as input. The problem
with such a Feed-Forward Model is that the friction coefficient is variable. A Feed-Back
model that uses the vehicle deceleration as input gives better results. The challenge in
this approach lies in the fact that not all required inputs for the Feed-Back Model are
known. Secondly, the Temperature Estimation Model is developed. This is composed of models
of different parts of the brake system which are combined and matched to the
measurements. The brake disc is modeled as a lumped mass. The brake pad is modeled
as a Finite Difference Thermal Model. The fluid and surrounding caliper are modeled as
one lumped mass which receives its heat through conduction from the brake pad and
spreads the heat into the surroundings by means of convection. Finally, for the Human Machine Interface, several active and passive intervention
concepts are proposed. One important challenge to take into account is the uncertainty
in the brake fluid boiling temperature, which decreases over the course of time due to
brake hygroscopic effects.


Objective: To study the effects of MORA-color pain therapy instrument on the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia(PHN).Methods: 60 patients with PHN were randomly divided into 2 groups.The patients of treatment group(group A) and simulation treatment group(group B),all accept regular drugs.The treatment group was added MORA-color pain therapy.The quantification of severity of pain was evaluated with visual analogue scale(VAS) at pre-treatment,post-treatment and 1 week after treatment.The depression and anxiety status of the 2 groups were both also measured by self-rating depression scale(SDS) and self-rating anxiety scale(SAS).The Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI) was used to evaluate the sleep quality.Results: The 2 groups were both effective for treating PHN.The degree of improvement of the treatment group was significantly higher than the simulation treatment group(P 0.05).Conclusion: MORA-color pain therapy can obviously alleviate pain and decrease anxiety depression,improve sleep quality of the patients with PHN.


Background Approximately two thirds of adults undergoing cardiac surgery suffer from moderate to severe postoperative pain. Assisting patients with pain management is therefore critical to prevent its negative consequences. Information technologies have become part of our lifestyle and can facilitate the implementation of interventions to manage pain in a busy care setting. A computer-tailored and Web-based intervention—referred to as SOUtien à L'AutoGEstion-Traitement-Assistance Virtuelle Infirmière-Enseignement (SOULAGE-TAVIE)—for the self-management of pain was developed. Findings from a previous pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) provided some evidence of the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of this intervention in decreasing pain interference with a few postoperative activities and by modulating pain beliefs and analgesic intake. However, its acceptability from the patient's perspective remains unclear. Moreover, the proportion of women is much lower in the cardiac surgical population, making it difficult to detect differences in experiences between men and women. Objective The objectives were (1) to describe SOULAGE-TAVIE's acceptability from the perspective of adults experiencing pain after cardiac surgery and (2) to compare the perceptions of men and women. Methods A mixed-method approach was used to capture the various attributes of patients' perceptions of the intervention's acceptability and to compare the perceptions of men and women. Quota samples of men (n=10; mean age 62.5 years, SD 7.3) and women (n=10; mean age 64.3 years, SD 10.7) who had cardiac surgery in the past month were invited to view the intervention, complete a brief questionnaire rating its acceptability, and then to discuss each component in a 60-minute, semistructured interview. Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare groups. The transcripts were content analyzed to generate themes based on patients' experiences with the intervention and reports of acceptability. The content of each category and subcategory were compared between men and women. Frequency counts were also done to validate the emergence of a difference between the 2 subgroups. Results Participants perceived the intervention to be very acceptable in terms of content and format, and tended to describe awareness-raising and convenient support experiences. Women scored higher than men in terms of the intervention's appropriateness (U=13.5, P=.008). They were willing to adhere to the intervention based on the importance and relevance of the advice provided, whereas men were more focused on the delivery mode and its flexibility. Conclusions This study underlined the acceptability of computer tailoring and persuasive communication to modulate pain beliefs and attitudes in an acute care context. Both men and women appreciated the Web-based interface and general self-guided approach of the intervention. The delivery of SOULAGE-TAVIE across the continuum of care seems to be an interesting avenue to influence the transition from acute to chronic postoperative pain.


Double borate Na3ErB2O6 was synthesized by the solid-state reaction. The crystal structure of Na3ErB2O6 was refined by the Rietveld method: P21/c, a = 6.49775(14) Å, b = 8.50424(17) Å, c = 12.0067(3) Å, β = 118.4797(9)°, Z = 4. The crystal structure of Na3ErB2O6 consists of –[ErO6]∞-chains along the "b" axis, which are linked by BO3 triangles in a three-dimensional framework. Sodium atoms occupy empty positions inside the channels. The thermal behavior of Na3ErB2O6 was studied in detail in the range of 25–1150 °C range by DSC and TG methods. Na3ErB2O6 congruently melts at 1116 °C. Based on the results of DSC measurements, three reversible phase transitions were found for Na3ErB2O6.


Purpose: To use confidence limit dose volume histograms to evaluate the impact of residual systematic error during para‐spinal stereotactic body radiotherapy(SBRT). Methods: Retrospective analyses of the impact of residual systematic errors were performed for ten patients undergoing para‐spinal SBRT. Residual random errors were modeled by convolving the planned dose with a Gaussian distribution (Stdev 1.5 mm). Residual systematic setup errors were assumed to be normally distributed with standard deviations from 1 to 4 mm and were modeled using a Monte Carlo(MC) simulation. During the MC simulation, it was assumed that actual systematic setup error would be kept to institution‐defined thresholds which would equal one standard deviation. Confidence intervals were calculated by sorting the resulting MC DVHs according to a pre‐selected critical dose or volume (e.g. D95). Dose was calculated with an in‐house planning system and a grid spacing of 1mm. Results: Mean (Stdev) planned cord/cauda D05 was 46.1% (11%) of the prescribed dose. Mean 5% and 95% confidence intervals were 100.8% and 117.0% of the planned D05 for a 1 mm residual error and 94.1% and 155.1% for 4 mm residual error. The expected cord/cauda D05 (i.e., mean over all confidence levels) for tumors partially surrounding these structures was generally within 5% of the planned dose and the 5% and 95% confidence limits were approximately 5% to 15% lower/higher than planned dose for systematic errors no more than 2 mm. For tumors surrounding the cord/cauda, D05 equaled or exceeded the planned dose, regardless of confidence level or magnitude of residual error and the expected cord/cauda D05 could exceed planned D05 by 10% or more. Conclusions: Residual systematic error can result in clinically significant deviations between planned and actual dose particularly for patients with extensive disease. Such analyses can guide the level of treatment intervention required for individual patients.


Sexual occupations are an excellent starting point to (re)think the way in which people and social groups attribute meaning to the body, intimacy, pleasure and power. That is why the work of Guasch and Lizardo is welcomed: because in addition to being a study on the situation and the evolution of sex work between men, it is also an exercise of analysis around homosexual and gay communities and about the subcultures they produce. It is an excellent text that offers tools to review certain aspects of current ways of attributing meanings and generating ideologies.


The paper presents a series of arguments and elaborations questioning the present Italian political attitude of seeing large civil works, specially within the transport sector, as indispensable public expenditures for objectives of economic development. In particular it is presented the rather dismal record of large transport projects worldwide, where cost overruns and unachieved traffic forecast dominate, specially so in railways. A summary of the past Italian planning documents and actions show the overall weakness of economic and financial analysis of projects against the general political preference for highly visible investments. Finally, more general considerations are developed on the low priority of this type of expenditures both at macroeconomic level and from the point of view of transport needs, given the dominance of medium-short distance traffic.


Analyzing sonar images is monotonous and time-consuming but important work; a great number of mines are placed in oceans around the world, some of them are left over from the world wars. Sea mines are also a potential terrorist threat. Using synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) instead of conventional sidescan increases the spatial resolution of the sonar image and therefore also improves the use of a CAD/CAC system based on image analysis. This thesis is a preliminary study into the application of such a system to SAS images and gives a short introduction to sonar systems. It presents two segmentation methods and proposes a number of features to be used for classi cation purposes. The rst segmentation method is based on region growing and uses local statistics (local mean and standard deviation). The second method uses Markov random elds theory. The features discussed describe the smoothness of the object surface and object shape and size. Some features show promise for classi cation purpose and the results for the segmentation schemes are also promising. However a larger test set is needed to draw any rm conclusions.


East dongting lake area wetland provides the local people with many kinds of resource in product and leisure. But some aspects in management, silt deposition, water pollution, unreasonable development cause the wetland area decreasement and organisms vanishment, so these restrict the development in local ecomomy. Making the resolution,the paper puts forward in several respects: 1.establishing sound laws and institution. 2.education and training,reinforcing the public' protection consciousness.3. resource development and protection synchronism,putting into effect in economy and society. 4.establishing the local people participation institution, ecology compensation mechanism and monitor system..


Novel medicated hydrogels were prepared (by moist heat treatment) with PVA, agar, mumio, mare's milk (MM), seabuckthorn oil (SB oil) and salicylic acid (SA) for wound dressing/healing application. Scanning electron micrographs (SEM) show highly porous structure of these hydrogels. The swelling behaviour of the hydrogels in physiological solution displays remarkable liquid absorption property. The knowledge obtained from rheological investigations of these‐systems may be highly useful for the characterization of the newly developed topical formulations. In the present study, an oscillation frequency sweep test was used for the evaluation of storage modulus (G′), loss modulus (G″), and complex viscosity (η*) of five different formulations, over an angular frequency range from 0.1 to 100 rad.s−1. The influence of healing agents and swelling effect on the rheological properties of mumio‐based medicated hydrogels was investigated to judge its application on uneven surface of body.


This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of Village Expenditure affected the poverty in the village government district of Sumatera Utara province. The population of the study was 81 village government of the District of Sumatera Utara province since 2014 2016. The samples were selected by using purposive sampling method with criteria that owned their data reporting of APBDes and stage of poverty by the village government by the District of Sumatera Utara Province consecutively for 3 years amounted to 81 districts. This research is descriptive quantitative by using simple regression test. The data were processed using SPSS 22. The results showed that the Village Expenditure was significantly positive in affection. The conclusion of the study is the Village Expenditure which part of village budget holds affection in eradicating the poverty in village government.


The present invention relates to a three-dimensional image photographing apparatus using the pattern beam, with a, focus variable liquid lens for irradiating an image camera, a pattern beam to obtain a two-dimensional image of the object with the object mounting pattern beam irradiation part, the irradiation the pattern according to the pattern change pattern to collect light receiving pattern changes, and the gathering of the beam to calculate the depth information of each part of the two-dimensional image, and a signal processing unit for generating three-dimensional image.


The rapid development of financial markets make the financial data variability and unpredictability, the abnormal fluctuations in financial data often contain important information. Financial data is generated over time, so the time series mining method widely used in the financial data of anomaly detection. The traditional time series of anomaly detection method is to find out one of the biggest point of outliers from a series of randomly generated numbers. It often do not consider the time sequence of time series, and the concern is not only a point of unusual data, but the abnormal sub-sequences in the time series anomaly detection. This paper presents a method that combines the activity and density of time series. It uses the time sequence of time series and sub-sequences' features effectively to discover the anomalies. Experimental results show that this method can be more effective and accurate to find the anomalies from the time series of financial data.


~ The Co-Pt phase diagram shows three regions of chemical order [I]: cubic Co,Pt, tetragonally distorted Copt and cubic CoPt,. Intermetallic compound formation is expected to occur in relatively wide composition regions around these ordered phases. Chemically disordered Col.,Ptx alloys, with fcc structure exist in the composition range O.l<,x<l. These allovs are rerromagnetically ordered at room temperature in the range ~ 5 0 . 9 . Here we address the magneto-optics of ordered Co-Pt compounds and chemically disordered Co,.xPt, alloys. Fig. 1 summarizes structural properties of Co-Pt. E-beam evaporated alloys on Pt buffered quartz substrates showed strong Tcc(lI1) texturing. The measured d , , , spacing as a function o r x, with d , , , determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and x hy X-ray fluorescence (XRF). is shown in F ig l a . Fig.lh shows a plan-view, bright field electron micrograph and corresponding transmission diffraction pattern of a Co,,Pt,, film, epitaxially mown on basal-planc sapphire at 600°C. The structure of this film is the primitive cuhic I its [ I I I ] direction parallel to the c-axis of sapphire. 1


Combining with the project case,based on fully understanding on the engineering features of aeolian sand,it elaborates key construction technologies of aeolian sand subgrade,thus,it has accumulates some construction experience for aeolian sand subgrade filling in aeolian sand regions,furthermore,perfects the construction technology of aeolian sand roadbed.


In experiments in which adult subjects are asked to produce the first number below 10 that comes to mind, '7' is chosen considerably more than the other numbers. This study shows that this "seven phenomenon" does not appear for children of 8 and 9 yr. old but does for 10 and 11 yr. olds.


Abstract: Brain death is considered as one of the kinds of mercy killing and different ideas about is dependent on different ideas about ethics and morality.
Its importance comes from that point it is a subject for different issues like heritage. Time after divorce, capital punishment, Abolishing the precautions, blood money, permission for wives marriage etc. of death and it is clear that if someone has brain death. These issues are applicable investigation of this matter in medical. juridical, political, Social, ethical and philosophical debates is important so that a lot of meetings and seminars are held in all over the world and in developed Countries and there are different reactions toward it. According to the Article of Islamic council about those people who have brain death, today in hospitals, organs of dead people are transplanted to another sick people, while a big share of Islamic jurists consider it illegal, and some of them consider it as a murder and deserve the doer to the capital punishment.


A number of non-pharmacological factors have been shown to influence drug self-administration in experimental animals. This report examines diurnal changes in drug self-administration by rhesus monkeys trained to self-administer food (1 gm fruit-flavored pellets) and cocaine (0.01 or 0.032 mg/kg/injection) under a second order FR4 (VR16:S) schedule during four daily food and drug self-administration sessions. Saline, different unit doses of cocaine (0.001–0.1 mg/kg/injection) or different unit doses of heroin (0.0001–0.01 mg/kg/injection) were substituted for the maintenance dose of cocaine during drug sessions. Dose-effect curves relating unit dose of cocaine or heroin to the number of injections per session displayed an inverted U-shape during each of the four daily drug sessions. When 0.032 mg/kg/injection cocaine or 0.0032 mg/kg/injection heroin were available, monkeys usually self-administered the maximum number of injections during all four drug sessions. Substitution of saline or lower unit doses of cocaine (0.001–0.01 mg/kg/injection) or heroin (0.0001–0.001 mg/kg/injection) decreased the number of injections/session; however, these decreases were consistently greater during the evening (20.00 21.00 h) and morning (07,00–08.00 h) sessions than during the afternoon sessions (12.00–13.00 h and 16.00–17.00 h). As a result, the ascending limbs of the cocaine and heroin dose-effect curves for the evening and morning sessions were shifted to the right of the ascending limbs of the dose-effect curves for the afternoon sessions. Moreover, when saline was substituted for cocaine for only two sessions per day, drug self-administration decreased more during the evening and morning sessions even when the cocaine was available during those sessions. These findings suggest a diurnal variation in cocaine and heroin self-administration. Specifically, drug self-administration during the evening and morning sessions appears to be more sensitive to a decrease in reinforcer magnitude than responding during the afternoon sessions. These findings confirm and extend previous reports of the influence of non-pharmacological factors on drug self-administration.


Hyperthyroidism, a model of reversible hyperadrenergic state, is characterized by an altered autonomic regulation and by a reduced sleep quality, but no data are available on sleep characteristics and autonomic control during sleep in hyperthyroid (HYPERTH) compared to euthyroid (EUTH) state.


In this paper, we study the large-time behavior of solutions to the initial-value problem for
the generalized Korteweg--de Vries equation. We show that for initial data in some weighted space, the asymptotic behavior of the solution can be improved. In addition, we give the asymptotic profile of the fundamental solution of the linearized model. We extend and improve the results in [3] and [2].


Most of current normalisation methods for speaker verification are based on the ratio of the claimed speaker's and impostors' likelihood functions. As an extension, we propose alternative normalisation methods, which are based on the ratio of functions of the claimed speaker's and impostors' likelihood functions. A likelihood transformation is proposed in this paper to relate current and proposed methods. We also report several significant experimental results performed on the T146, the ANDOSL and the YOHO corpora using these proposed normalisation methods.


Abstract The dependence of total integrated light scattering on film thickness is investigated for evaporated PbF2-films and magnetron sputtered Nb2O5-films. The experimental results are discussed on the basis of theoretical model assumptions, relating the scattering behaviour to interface roughness cross-correlation effects as well as to the evolution of film morphology with increasing film thickness. Electron microscopy examinations serve to make evident the different film structures responsible for the specific scattering properties observed.


Mass spectrometry is now the key technology to study the structure of biomolecules in the gas phase. Gas-phase measurements of proteins, when compared with solution-phase measurernents, can provide deep insight into the effects of the solvent environment on the native molecular structure and dynamics. This field has attracted great attention since the advent of electrospray ionization (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI), two soft ionization techniques that can generate intact gas-phase ions of fragile high molecular weight molecules. Because MALDI and ESI typically generate unsolvated ions with few or no adducts, their structure also provides an ideal model system for theoretical calculations of confonnations. A major question today is whether singly or multiply charged biomolecular ions produced by soft ionization methods retain their native (or at least a "native-like"), active conformation in the gas phase. This is often assumed but needs to be proven rigorously. The present thesis is divided into two parts. Part A (Chapters 3-5) deals with fluorescence spectroscopy of ions trapped in a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer. In Chapter 3 a novel scheme for laser-induced fluorescence measurements of such trapped ions is introduced. lt is based on an open FT ICR cell design, continuous wave axial excitation of the fluorescence, orthogonal photon collection by fiber optics, and single photon counting detection. Chapter 4 describes a correlation between solution-phase and gasphase fluorescence measurements for rhodamine dyes. For the first time, efficient fluorescence resonance energy transfer in the gas phase between two fluorophores is unambiguously shown. In Chapter 5 we investigate the influence of three different gases, helium, argon, and nitrogen on the fluorescence signal intensity of rhodamine 6G cations in the gas phase. Part B (Chapters 6-8) is devoted to MALDI mechanistic studies that involve electron emission. In Chapter 6 the influence ofthe addition ofCuCh to the matrix/analyte solution on the analyte ion signal is analyzed. Chapter 7 deals with fundamental phenornena such as the VI --_._.. __...._--_.._-_._._------------------------------nurnber of photons needed to produce electrons, the influence of the substrate material, and the kinetic energy of the electrons on photoelectron emission, In Chapter 8 the ratios of positive to negative ion yields for MALDI TOF mass spectrometry were measured and the dependence ofthe ion yield on acid/base properties ofthe moleeules was examined.


Reflecting changes in local area network environments, this 2nd edition covers topics such as LANS and industry users, digital communications technology and error management, topology considerations, control and standards issues, security, software and applications and systems management.


ABSTRACT This article examines the development of criminal law, policy, and also the legislation of the Irish Parliament in the seventeenth century. In particular it questions how important matters pertaining to crime were to Members of Parliament and members of the government, and whether this had any material effect on the development of the corpus of criminal law in early modern Ireland. It also questions what role criminal law might have played in the colonizing process, whether in practice or in theory, as such asking to what extent criminal law and the notion of crime in society might or might not have been weaponized in a crusading, civilizing mission in Ireland.


Abstract Scaling of hot electron transport in slab plasmas is proposed and discussed in the energy range 0–150 keV. Theoretical bases for slab scaling are developed and results are compared with exact Monte Carlo simulations in the Fokker-Planck representation. Simple scaling laws deduced from the analysis are useful for fast numerical application and eliminate need for repetitive computations.


I study how pulse to pulse phase coherence in a pulse train can survive super-broadening by extreme self phase modulation (SPM). Such pulse trains have been used in phase self-stabilizing schemes as an alternative to using a feedback process. However, such super-broadened pulses have undergone considerable distortion, and it is far from obvious that they necessarily retain any useful phase information. I propose measures of phase coherence (i.e. supercontinuum coherence) applicable to such pulse trains, and use them to analyze numerical simulations comparable to self-stabilization experiments.


Ball-bearing carrier includes splined outer surface mating with slightly larger splined inner surface of housing and provides constant deadband, unaffected by movements of other components. Deadband needed to establish radial spring rate and provide for axial movement of bearing for thrust balance. Bearing carrier and bearing intended for use in high-pressure turbopump.


Manually designed deep neural networks have successfully forwarded waste recognition tasks in the resource recycling field. However, due to the diversity of waste samples, the feature extraction ability of inherently designed models fails to fully satisfy the requirements of real world applications. In this article, an attention-aware based differentiable architecture search (ADAS) network for waste recognition is proposed, which self-organizes to generate an optimal network structure according to diverse waste data. First, a structured search space with attention-aware modules is designed to enhance the diverse feature representations of waste data. Secondly, an efficient and differentiable structure search is achieved by continuously relaxing the representation of the network architecture and search space. Finally, the optimal architecture search process is evaluated by a bi-level optimization algorithm. Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves more satisfactory classification performances than the manually designed ResNet, DenseNet networks in the TrashNet dataset and the self-built household waste dataset.


The "yes" or "no"(1 or 0) of distribution of protective plants in Guizhou province was regarded as two-state character.Relative coefficient of Jaccard was taken for the similar degree of every pair-region.Cluster analysis on geographical distribution of protective plants was taken by unweighted pair-group average method.The results show as follow: There are close connections about distribution of protective plants between neighborhoods within Guizhou province.The distributions of protective plants show distinct difference over north and south of Guizhou province,as well as east and west of Guizhou province.Protective plants respectively pervade Guizhou province from north and south.


Nonadherence to treatment recommendations is a significant barrier to the improvement of health outcomes. Patient nonadherence (also called noncompliance) refers to the failure of a patient to follow specific treatment recommendations as directed by a health-care professional. Patient nonadherence varies widely across different conditions and patient populations. Current empirical research continues to examine, assess, and predict the challenges patients face in their self-care. Improvement in patient adherence depends on several key factors, including a realistic assessment of the patient's knowledge and understanding of their specific treatment regimen, and a collaborative partnership between the patient and clinician. Provider–patient communication can help to increase patient satisfaction and improve adherence. Health professionals can use the elements of the information-motivation-strategy (IMS) model to assist patients in building effective disease management strategies to maximize treatment adherence.

Keywords:

compliance;
health psychology;
patient adherence;
physician-patient communication;
health;
non-verbal communication


Bronchodilatation Effect on Lung Function of Asthma Patients Measured by Static and Dynamic 3He MRI: First Results of Clinical Trial Maxim Terekhov, Ursula Wolf, Klaus K Gast, Christian Hoffmann, Nina Bojadzic, Sergei Karpuk, Christian Mrozik, Christoph Düber, and Laura Maria Schreiber Section of Medical Physics, Department of Radiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Department of Radiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany


The general purpose of this paper is to provide insights on how painting can be relevant to the study of social memories and the shaping of national identities. By associating painting themes with the cultural and political experiences of a society, the author attempts to establish a relation between art content, social memories, and nationalist consciousness. To explore this issue, the author uses themes found in Cuban paintings.


Pancreatic islets were isolated by collagenase digestion of the pancreas from inbred Wistar rats and cultured at 20 mmol/l glucose and 5.3 mmol/l Mg++ for 4 days. About 1,000 cultured islets injected into the portal vein normalized the plasma glucose of severe diabetic rats induced by streptozotocin (45 mg/kg body weight). Spontaneous recovery of streptozotocin-treated rats was not observed in diabetic controls. Although the insulin response of transplanted rats after i.v. glucose injection (5 mmol per kg body weight) was significantly below control animals, the amount of insulin released was obviously sufficient to sustain a persisting normoglycemia of fed animals up to 1 year. The sufficient preservation of insulin content (I) and the rapid depletion of amylase content (A) of collagenase-treated pancreas fragments cultured for 48 h resulted in a significant rise in the I/A ratio. Because islet isolation is associated with islet loss, especially in the human pancreas, the short term culture enhances hopefully the possibilities for successful transplantation.


Of all taxes, income taxes are the most difficult to implement. Developing countries are usually able to generate large amounts of income tax revenue only from large corporations or foreign investments. They are rarely effective in taxing wealthy individuals or small or medium-size businesses. Using recent tax reforms in Jamaica, Indonesia, and elsewhere as examples, the paper discusses the pros and cons of specific tax reform elements. It summarizes the major issues typically faced in reforming income taxes in developing countries. More revenue, increased efficiency, and a better distribution of the tax burden are usually the underlying goals. Improving enforcement and compliance by simplifying the tax structure and increasing the legitimacy of the tax process is usually the major challenge.


This paper is concerned with the feedback stabilization of discrete time singularly perturbed systems under information constraints. First, the designed coder and decoder are connected via a limited communication channel with data packet dropout, which is assumed to obey the independent and identically distributed Bernoulli processes. Under the above conditions, the transmission error between estimated state and input state will tend to zero exponentially. Meanwhile, the upper bound of the packet loss rate can also be obtained when the communication channel capacity is limited. Then, under the proposed coder-decoder pair, a sufficient condition for the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system is given by linear matrix inequalities. Furthermore, the upper bound of the small perturbation parameter for the stability of systems can be explicitly estimated with a workable computational way. Finally, two examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


Relevance of the work is determined by the need to study the personality and psychological characteristics of students choosing full-time and distance learning to understand the general laws of the formation of the psychological culture of a graduate in the context of the active development of electronic educational space. The purpose of the study is to compare the individual characterological elements of the psychological culture of students choosing full-time and distance learning in the development of engineering specialties. Methods and sampling. The sample consisted of 84 respondents aged 18 to 22 years studying in the field of information technology. They were divided into two groups depending on the preferred form of education: distance learning (40 students) and full-time (44 students). The following tools were used: five-factor personality questionnaire by H. Tsuyi in the adaptation of A.B. Khromov; B. Bass technique for diagnosing the personality orientation, Yu.M. Orlov technique for identifying communication needs; viability test by S. Muddy; self-attitude test questionnaire (CCA) by V.V. Stolin and S.R. Pantileeva. Results. Distinctions in the reflexive-evaluative component, communicative features are highlighted. Students of distance learning have a lower level of the need for communication, lower levels of self-regulation and a more pronounced psychological distance in communication, associated with lower rates of self-acceptance, compared with full-time students. The choice of the method of organizing interpersonal interaction in the educational situation is affected by the psychological distance of the person in communication. In case of distance-learning students, the factor of "attachment-remoteness" appeared to be more significant compared to full-time students, who were characterized by a higher indicator of the need for other people to evaluate them. Conclusions. The active development of e-education requires to take into account the specifics of the personal characteristics of students and should not be limited only to the expansion of user competencies. This is determined by the distinguished differences in the characteristics of self-acceptance, the severity of the need for communication, as well as the psychological distance of the person in communication between students who prefer distance or full-time educational formats.


Figure 4 contains a misplotted total cross section curve. The correct figure 4 is shown below. Figure 4. Contributions of `swaps' to the total charge exchange cross section (a) for kmin initial target states, (b) one swap, (c) three swaps, (d) five swaps and (e) seven swaps.


Airlines′ game in the process of apply for deicing resources and the economic benefits have been analyzed based on Game Theory.Based on the analysis of the resources negotiate strategy of airline coalition,a optimal and stable strategy for the coalition has been proposed by introducing the idea of cooperative games and the de-commitment penalty mechanism.Finally,agent utility based negotiation algorithms are devised.The simulation results of the approach that negotiation algorithm combined with the Shapley value have shown that we enabled a solution of deicing costs distribution which assures fair and efficiency.


In Chinese society the family not the individual is the basic structural and functional unit. Family beliefs significantly determine the impact of the illness, choice of coping patterns and ultimately the physical and behavioral reactions of both the women and their family members. The purpose of this study was to identify the family beliefs about breast cancer and how the beliefs influenced family functioning. Twenty Hong Kong Chinese families where the woman had breast cancer (N=59) were interviewed using a minimally structured schedule. Interpretive phenomenology was the qualitative methodology used in the study. Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics related to the process of understanding, application and interpretation was used to guide the analysis. Patterns of disharmony related to stress and emotion, diet, exercise, genetics and fate were evident in the family beliefs about the causes of breast cancer and guided the cognitive, emotional and behavioral strategies they adopted to negotiate the illness experience. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


(E)-δ-Boryl-substituted anti-homoallylic alcohols are synthesized in a highly diastereo- and enantioselective manner from 1,1-di(boryl)alk-3-enes and aldehydes. Mechanistically, the reaction consists of 1) palladium-catalyzed double-bond transposition of the 1,1-di(boryl)alk-3-enes to 1,1-di(boryl)alk-2-enes, 2) chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed allylation of aldehydes, and 3) palladium-catalyzed geometrical isomerization from the Z to E isomer. As a result, the configurations of two chiral centers and one double bond are all controlled with high selectivity in a single reaction vessel.


Introduction: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a condition of neuropathy caused by median nerve entrapment, which is related to repetitive injury mostly due to workload. Some people have occupation that require a lot of repetitive wrist movement such as cigarette factory workers. Kinesiology taping and neural gliding exercises are conservative interventions, which can be performed on people with CTS.
Case: This case report showed that there was improvement symptom of carpal tunnel syndrome treated with kinesiology taping and neural gliding exercise. The patient was female, 43 years old, a cigarette factory worker. She had complains of tingling sensation on her palms, moreover on finger 1, 2 and 3 since 2 weeks before. The physical examination revealed positive test of carpal tunnel syndrome such as Phalen, Pressure Provocation and Tinel test. Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ) was also performed. The diagnose was confirmed with nerve conduction studies result. Kinesiology taping was applied on this patient and reapplied weekly until 4 weeks. Patient was also taught about neural gliding exercise and was asked to do it every day for 4 weeks. BCTQ was evaluated weekly and improved every week. While nerve conduction studies was evaluated in 4 weeks and there was also improvement in the result.
Conclusion: The improved outcome occurring in this case shows that kinesiology taping and neural gliding exercise can be considered as management of carpal tunnel syndrome, but of course further research is needed to prove its significance.


Epitaxial ${\mathrm{CaF}}_{2}$ and ${\mathrm{SrF}}_{2}$ layers were prepared by molecular-beam epitaxy onto clean, (4\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}2)-reconstructed InP(001) surfaces. The geometric and electronic structures of the layers and the interfaces were investigated by low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), Auger-electron spectroscopy (AES), and x-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopies (XPS,UPS). Both fluorides grow at the substrate in a (001) orientation in their bulk cubic structures and form atomically rough, (111)-faceted surfaces as deduced from LEED. The XPS core-level intensity attenuations and the AES depth profiles indicate the formation of sharp interfaces. No interface bonds between InP and overlayer atoms were observed with photoelectron spectroscopy, and the Fermi-level position at the InP surface does not shift after fluoride deposition. The core levels and valence-band maxima of the fluoride overlayers shift to higher binding energies with increasing thickness. Up to 0.5-nm coverage, this is explained by additional screening from the InP substrate. Above 0.5-nm coverage, the shifts are caused by electrostatic-potential differences extending 10 nm away from the interfaces into the fluoride overlayers. The potential differences decrease the binding energies of all electronic levels in the fluoride layers near the interfaces, analogous to a band bending in semiconductors at semiconductor surfaces or semiconductor-metal interfaces. These potential differences are generated by mobile ionic defects in the fluoride layers. A model is presented for this space-charge region caused by ionic point defects in insulating overlayers. Fluoride ions are chemisorbed at the InP surface, thus creating a negative interface charge, which is compensated by excess positively charged fluoride vacancies in the space-charge region. The analogy to space-charge regions in semiconductors due to electronic surface states is discussed. Furthermore, the electronic interface schemes with the band discontinuities, the work functions, and the electron affinities of thick ${\mathrm{CaF}}_{2}$ and ${\mathrm{SrF}}_{2}$ overlayers were deduced from the measurements.


To explore the correlation of stress and cognitive failure among undergraduates, a total of 280 undergraduates participated in a study involving measuring stress and cognitive failure with Psych-Somatic-Tension-Relaxation Inventory (PSTRI) and Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ). The significant differences for undergraduates' stress were found in variables of cognitive failures (F=55.641, P0.001), the high stress group of undergraduates' CFQ scores were significantly higher than medium (P0.001) and low stress group (P0.001), the medium stress group of undergraduates' CFQ scores were significantly higher than low stress group (P0.001), the stress could significantly predict cognitive failure (β=0.656, P0.001). In conclusion, the stress in undergraduates is tightly related with cognitive failure, and stress may be a vital factor influencing the cognitive failures of undergraduates. In order to avoid cognitive failure some effective measure should be taken to unlock undergraduates' stress.


Premature Rupture of Membrane (PROM) is the ruptured membranes before labor. There are several factors that increase the incident of PROM including infection (leukocytosis and bacteriuria). The aim of this research is to know the relation about these factors with PROM in Abdul Wahab Sjahranie Hospital in Samarinda in 2018. This research is an analytic observational study with case control design. The data in this study were taken from medical records at Abdul Wahab Sjahranie Hospital in Samarinda in 2019 using simple random sampling technique for maternities with the incident of PROM then without the incident of the PROM at Abdul Wahab Sjahranie Hospital in Samarinda. The ampunt of samples that obtained in this study are 104 samples that was divided to 52 cases sample and 52 controls that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data analysed using Chi-Square test. The results of the study found that leukocytosis and bacteriuria was not associated with the incidence of PROM (p = 0.680; p = 0.693) in Abdul Wahab Sjahranie Hospital in Samarinda in 2018.


This study was conducted under the USDA-Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) on the Choptank River watershed which is located within the Chesapeake Bay watershed on the Delmarva Peninsula in Maryland, U.S.A. The watershed is nearly 1036 km2 and is dominated primarily by corn and soybean production with extensive poultry production operations. Portions of the watershed have been identified as "impaired waters" under Section 303(d) of the Federal Clean Water Act due to high levels of nutrients and sediment. In recent years, a significant number of state and federal incentive programs have been implemented for water quality improvement in this watershed, but environmental benefits from these programs have never been quantified. Two of the most widely used USDA watershed-scale models, Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and Annualized Agricultural Non-Point Source (AnnAGNPS) were applied to quantify the environmental benefits widely used practices like winter cover crops. Five years (1991-1995) of detailed observed flow and water quality data were used to provide baseline calibration and validation for the two models. Simulation results showed significant differences in base-flow estimations for the two models. This difference may be considered to be a significant factor in model selection to estimate nutrients and sediment loads in regions of fairly flat landscapes such as the Coastal Plain physiographic region. This study concluded that both SWAT and AnnAGNPS models performed well for simulating hydrologic conditions, however, for nitrate loads, AnnAGNPS NC coefficients were relatively lower, slightly above an acceptable 0.5 value.


We present an energy conserving leapfrog finite-difference scheme for the nonlinear Maxwell's equations investigated The model describes one-dimensional scalar optical soliton propagation in polarization preserving nonlinear dispersive media. The existence of a discrete analog of the underlying continuous energy conservation law plays a central role in the global accuracy of the scheme and a proof of its generalized nonlinear stability using energy methods is given. Numerical simulations of initial fundamental, second and third-order hyperbolic secant soliton pulses of fixed spatial full width at half peak intensity containing as few as 4 and 8 optical carrier wavelengths, confirm the stability, accuracy and efficiency of the algorithm. The effect of a retarded nonlinear response time of the media modeling Raman scattering is under current investigation in this context.


Although medicine has for some time benefited from electronic devices that accurately gather and transmit vital information, only within the past decade has it become possible to use electronics for control of muscles and organs whose normal functioning has been impaired by disease or trauma. This still fledgling field has advanced rapidly, inlarge part because of recent technological developments. A number of surgeonengineer teams have pooled their skills and know-how to design and construct various kinds of cardiac pacemakers which maintain a regular heart rate over long periods of time. Some of these devices are entirely self-powered; others depend on an external electronic circuit. In 1952, Zolll suggested that intractable complete heart block could be treated by external electric stimulation. Since that time many investigators have directly implanted electrodes in the heart for the purpose of delivering a train of single electric impulses occurring at the desired rate. The impulses may vary in shape and width as long as the energy imparted exceeds a critical minimum. Weirich, Gott and Lillehei2 effectively controlled the heart rate in patients with complete heartblockby the combined use of a myocardial electrode and an artificial pacemaker. Furman and Robinson3 applied stimuli from the endocardia1 surface via an electrode introduced by means of a cardiac catheter. Glenn et ak4 stimulated the heart by remote control, using a radiofrequency carrier for the square-wave impulse. Sennings implanted in the epigastrium a small transistor pacemaker whose rhythm could be triggered with a special outside induction coil. Hunter and his coworkers6 described a bipolar myocardial electrode. Chardack e t aZ?v8 evaluated their clinical experience with a transistorized, self-contained, totally implanted electronic circuit. During the past two years 26 patients between 39 and 85 years of age, all suffering from complete heart block, have been treated at Maimonides Hospital of Brooklyn by implantation of a cardiac pacemaker. This pacemaker was developed jointly by the Surgical Research Division of Maimonides and the Electronics Laboratory of the General Electric Company. It has a fixed minimum rate and can also be controlled externally at 60-120 pulses/minute for optional use during periods of unusual physical stress. Primary considerations in design of the pacemaker were (1) a pulse oscillator configuration of minimum component complexity, (2) selection of reliable components compatible with miniaturization, (3) long battery life, (4) and a provision against damage to theunit from accidental short-circuiting of the output terminals.


In brief ▪ Correcting anaemia in women with heavy menstrual bleeding improves health-related quality of life scores ▪ Statins appear to slightly reduce physical activity in older males ▪ E-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine replacement therapy or no cessation aid in people who attempt to quit smoking without help from a health professional ▪ Women with diabetes are more likely to develop coronary heart disease than men with diabetes


Assume that (X,d,μ) is a metric measure space that satisfies a Q-doubling condition with Q>1 and supports an L2-Poincaré inequality. Let 𝓛 be a nonnegative operator generalized by a Dirichlet form E and V be a Muckenhoupt weight belonging to a reverse Hölder class RHq(X) for some q≥(Q+1)/2. In this paper, we consider the Dirichlet problem for the Schrödinger equation −∂t2u+𝓛u+Vu=0 on the upper half-space X×R+, which has f as its the boundary value on X. We show that a solution u of the Schrödinger equation satisfies the Carleson type condition if and only if there exists a square Morrey function f such that u can be expressed by the Poisson integral of f. This extends the results of Song-Tian-Yan [Acta Math. Sin. (Engl. Ser.) 34 (2018), 787-800] from the Euclidean space RQ to the metric measure space X and improves the reverse Hölder index from q≥Q to q≥(Q+1)/2.


This paper deals with two scalar fields ϑ (x,y,z,t) and φ (x,y,z,t) which are governed by two coupled nonlinear differential equations. Some of the spatial field distributions of ϑ and φ are topologically stable and represent solitons in three‐dimensional space. The simplest stable solitons are identified with the electron and the positron. The asymptotic solutions of the fields are studied. ϑ is shown to fall off asymptotically as ±a/r, where a is a constant related to the elementary charge and r the distance from the ''site'' of the soliton.


Aims: The study focused on finding if there is any possible relation between the intestinal bacterial population quantitative and qualitative and the deficiency of the most important iron compounds as haem precursors. Methodology and Results: Blood complete picture and stool analyses were done to 750 volunteer cases whom were asked for these analyses by their physicians. Analyses proved that 560 cases representing 75.2 % were anemic as the RBC(s) based on counts of the total studied cases of less than 263 x 10 4 and the haemoglobin amount ranged between 7.2 and 11.3 g/dl, while the remainder 24.8 % of the volunteer sample was not anemic. A high male/female ratio of anemic cases, 1:27 was also documented. Considering that all the studied stool samples should be completely free from any parasites or any other anemia-related diseases was a priority. Bacteriological analysis of stool samples of the anemic cases resulted in the detection of high counts of total viable bacteria, exceeded 42 x 10 9 cfu/g, while it was never more than 26 x 10 6 cfu/g and decreased to 4 x 10 6 cfu/g in many cases in this study. Identifying of the 361 bacterial isolates, were found to belong to 12 genera and 19 species, 6 of them; Pseudomonas putrefaciens, Micrococcus luteus, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus coagulans , were found and in high counts in the stool samples of only anemic cases. The ability of these isolates to compete for iron compounds such as ferrous fumarate alone or with glucose and phytate as activators or inhibitors to these abilities was investigated. Results proved 11 species out of the 19 identified species are capable to use and compete on ferrous fumarate as a haem precursor. Sensitivity test for the representatives of the 19 species and 6 of the most commonly used antibiotics in the Egyptian pharmacy, using standard disc method, revealed variable susceptibilities of almost all of them to more than one of the studied antibiotics, except Corynebacterium equatium, which was found very resistant to two antibiotics; colistin sulfate and erythrocin. Conclusion, significance and impact of study: The study finally concluded the strong role of intestinal bacterial counts and types as competitors on the haem precursor iron-containing compounds like ferrous fumarate.


A design of leaky-wave antenna with series-coupled patch array based on integrated filtering function is proposed. Methods of filter synthesis are utilized to analyze its filtering networks. An equivalent filter circuit with lossy coupling model between patches is derived for characterizing the coupled patch array with a finite length. The relationship between the equivalent circuit and the structure parameters is revealed for the optimization design of the filtering antenna. Impedance matching at ports is considered in optimization due to the lossy coupling and the feeding structure. The method's validity is demonstrated by theoretical derivation, simulation, and measurement. The measured results show the radiation angle and peak gain of the fifth-ordered filtering antenna from 12<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{\circ }$</tex-math></inline-formula> to 43<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{\circ }$</tex-math></inline-formula> and 9.23 to 10.36 dBi, respectively, as the frequency varies from 2.4 to 2.6 GHz.


IntroductIon Pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma (PSP) or sclerosing hemangioma (SH) is an uncommon benign neoplasm, often asymptomatic, affects middle-aged women and usually found incidentally. It was first described by Liebow and Hubbel.[1] It is misnomer and originated from morphologic similarity to a dermatopathology lesion that was previously called "SH,", now known as dermatofibroma/fibrous histiocytoma. It is moved from "miscellaneous tumors" to "adenomas" in 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification.[2]


The study is set at a large, research-intensive university in South Africa. The teaching model in mathematics for entry level students is that of large group teaching, with up to five hundred students per group. The principles required for the success of large group teaching in mathematics, as identified by the teachers involved, are classified hierarchically into two broad categories. The first category concerns organisational principles and the second involves social principles based on the human element. The study shows that organisational fluency such as suitable and well-equipped venues, and the skilful use of technology is essential. What also emerges is the importance of 'soft' skills such as knowledge of large group thinking, and the ability to deploy strategies to build a group identity and group coherence, as well as for making the individual feel recognised. The recommendation is for these skills to be developed to cultivate an environment within which large group learning is optimised.