A simple and cost-effective method was applied for the synthesis of zeolite composites utilising wet bottom boiler slag from the Bulgarian coal- -fired thermal power plant "Sviloza", near the town of Svishtov. The method consisted of a prolonged alkali treatment at room temperature of this waste. Experimental techniques, such as scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray and X-ray diffraction analyses, were employed to characterize the initial slag and the final products with respect to their morphology, and elemental and mineral compositions. The composites synthesized in this way contained two Na-type zeolite phases: zeolite X (type FAU) and zeolite Linde F (type EDI). The zeolited products and the starting slag were tested as adsorbents for a textile dye (Malachite Green) from aqueous solutions. In comparison with the initial slag, the zeolite composite possessed substantially better adsorption properties: it almost completely adsorbed the dye in much shorter times. The results of this investigations revealed a new, easy and low cost route for recycling boiler slag into a material with good adsorption characteristics, which could find different applications, e.g. , for purifying polluted waters, including those from the textile industry.


The butt welding of 1.4462 (2205) duplex stainless steel plates with thickness of 4 mm under various welding parameters was achieved by Nd:YAG laser type without the use of the filler material. Welding parameters such as welding power (kW) and the focus distance from the joint surface (mm) were changed. The Ar 5.0 protective gas flow and welding speed were the same for all the tests and were 20 L/min and 0.5 m/min, respectively. The weld shape, weld macrostructure, microstructure, strength and hardness, and the content of the ferrite in the weld zone, heat-affected zone, and base metal were emphatically investigated. The test results showed that increase in laser power increases the weld zone area. For the weld samples, a better ferrite/austenite ratio was obtained by focusing the laser beam on the sheet surface. Furthermore, the largest elongation from strength test has been observed for the weld samples made with laser power of 2.0 kW.


For the detection of point mutations (or variant alleles), PCR followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) detection is widely used and is probably one of the simplest methods for detection of known mutations. This method depends on the fact that the mutation of interest disrupts a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme. When a restriction site is not present around the mutation, mismatch primers need to be designed that do create a restriction site. Such a mismatch primer is thus usually located directly adjacent to the mutated nucleotide. We validate our PCR-RFLP assays by direct sequencing of the PCR product. In two of our assays, however, we found that none of the three samples found to be heterozygous by PCR-RFLP was confirmed as heterozygous by direct sequencing.

Detection of the CYP3A53 polymorphism (A6986G) is based on amplification of a 293-bp DNA fragment digested with Ssp 1 (1). For amplification, we used 40 pmol of primers P1 (5′-CATGACTTAGTAGACAGATGAC-3′) and P2 (5′-GGTCCAAACAGGGAAGAAATA-3′) in a final volume of 50 μL. The reverse primer P2 [which contains a mismatch (underlined nucleotide) to create a restriction site for the Ssp 1 restriction enzyme] is located directly next to the mutated nucleotide. Fig. 1A⇓ shows the …


Printed fabrics differ from non-planar fabrics (e.g., embroidery) in their rich colours, various patterns and low costs. However, non-planar fabrics are considered more attractive, expensive in appearance and luxurious owing to their solid texture patterns, floats and luster contrasts. To produce fabrics that are both colorful and lavish and also have color gradients, this paper proposes a novel fine-grained digital printing system that combines digital textile printing and non-planar fabrics. Note that because distortion is one of the characteristics of the fabric, directly printing an ink-design pattern onto nonplanar fabric gives poor performance. This work develops a solution to accurately align the ink-design pattern with the fabric, consisting of both hardware and software parts that are used to take pictures of the fabric, employ image registration-based computer vision technology to deform the ink-design pattern according to the deformability of the fabric, and print the deformed ink-design pattern onto the fabric. The system is flexible and highly automated, and it makes mass production possible. In the prototype, fine quality fabrics are produced efficiently (a fabric of 0.12 m in less than 4 s). © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


The article presents a brief overview and summary of the current position and likely future participation options for the Agricultural Sector in the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. It concludes by stressing the imperative of capturing the 'potentially lucrative' carbon offsets from agriculture in the final scheme.


The fresh pollen vitality,the effect of different storage conditions on the pollen vitality,and the difference of vitality among the species of seven species of Syringa were determined in Shenyang,China.The results indicated that the pollen vitality (81.5%) of Syringa villosa was the highest among the seven tested species,followed by S.microphylla and S.meyeri,and that of S.oblata var.affinis was the lowest.The low temperature was the best condition for storage of pollen of Syringa,and the most proper temperature for the storage was 0-2℃.The storability of S.microphylla was the best of all,and it could be stored over 60 days at the temperature of 0-2℃,next was S.villosa and S.meyeri.


Purpose - Childhood traumatic brain injury (CTBI) is one of the most common causes of mortality and disability in children and adolescents that impacts on neuropsychological, social and psychological development. A disruption of development in these areas often results in long-term problems with interpersonal relationships, participation in leisure and social activities, and employment status. These social and psychological problems appear to persist longer in comparison to other functional consequences, although evidence is scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate social and psychological outcomes 15 years post injury. Design/methodology/approach - Thirty-six participants post CTBI (mean age 21.47 years, SD=2.74), 16 males) and 18 healthy controls (mean age 20.94 years, SD=2.21), 12 males) were recruited from a larger sample of a longitudinal study conducted at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Information about social and psychological functioning was collected via questionnaires completed at 15 years post-injury. Findings - Results showed that post CTBI, adolescents and young adults reported elevated risk of developing psychological problems following their transition into adulthood. CTBI survivors reported greatest problems on internalizing symptoms such as depression, anxiety and withdrawal. Originality/value - This is the first perspective longitudinal study investigating the young adults perspective of their long-term psychosocial outcomes following childhood traumatic brain injury.


The selection to chain supermaket's site must be appled to science methods,to analyze and study most related tactevs seriously.The site selection standards of many domestic chain supermarkets at present formed by several pieces of module mainly,such as city tests and assesses,investigation of commercial circles,surveying and studying the goal shop and comprehensive appraisal etc.


In order to keep the under-sea optical cables perform properly,the deformation of cables caused by various forces is needed to be monitored.We propose a design of remote monitoring systems that can monitor the strain status.The system adopts BODTR as the front-end data collection module,takes Internet as the data transmission channel,and use virtual instrumental techniques to build the software systems.The entire system can be used as monitoring of strain of under-sea cable with remote data collection and analysis.


We evaluated the effect of the serotonin antagonists cyproheptadine (Cypro) and methysergide (Methy) on growth hormone secretion in six patients with acromegaly. Two days administration of Cypro deceased the plasma GH concentration during oral glucose tolerance tests in four of the six patients evaluated; 2 days administration of Methy reduced the plasma GH levels of only one of the four patients evaluated. The one patient whose palsma GH concentration was lowered by Methy, did not have a decerase in plasma GH concentration after Cypro administration. Acromegalic patients have normal serum serotonin concentration and normal 5‐hydroxyindoleacetic acid excretion. If Cypro lowers plasma GH by antagonizing serotonin, our data would suggest that serotoninergic neruonal pathways are important in the regulation of pituitary GH secretion in some patients with acromegaly.


Teatro Polidittico: Classics-inspired contemporary Italian operas and the concept of openness

Conference Paper presented at:
Italy and the Classics
APGRD - Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford 10th June 2016


With the publication of Graham Allison's Essence of Decision the "bureaucratic politics" model added a new dimension to the decision-making theory of foreign policy. Working within the "bureaucratic politics" framework Leon Sigal calls attention to the largely neglected role of committees in the decision-making process. In his analysis of the events leading to the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, he shows how various types of committees can be used tactically to forge interagency agreement on and secure compliance by governmental agencies with policy decisions. The result is a valuable contribution not only to the "bureaucratic politics" model but also to our understanding of the decision to drop the atomic bomb.


The analysis of development of a level of a motor pool in Russia which shows is lead, that preservation of the environment owing to emission of harmful substances with the fulfilled gases of engines is one of the most urgent problems of the present. One automobile annually absorbs from an atmosphere on the average more than 4 т oxygen, throwing out thus with the fulfilled gases about 800 kg of carbonic oxide, 40 kg оксидов nitrogen and almost 200 kg of various carbons. Across Russia from motor transport for a year in an atmosphere the huge quantity only cancerogenic substances acts. As a whole, the total of harmful substances, annually from automobiles, exceeds figure in 20 million т. Faulty automobiles not only consume more than fuel-air resources, and influence biosphere more considerable, there is obvious a necessity of development of priority directions of decrease in environmental contamination by motor transport. One of ways of decrease in influence of motor transport on an environment is creation of the regional autoservice systems having a rational network of diagnostic and preventive stations with the purpose of observance of normative ecological parameters of work of vehicles. The general principles of forecasting of development of autoservice systems in region are offered in view of its specificity and type (area, city, area, etc.), prospects of growth of economic and demographic potential.


A psychodynamic-existential perspective is proposed as a theoretical model that explains career burnout and serves as a basis for a counseling strategy. According to existential theory, the root of career burnout lies in people's need to find existential significance in their life and their sense that their work does not provide it. The reason that people choose a particular career is explained by psychoanalytic theory, which attributes it to significant childhood experiences, family dynamics, and familial vocational choices. Two detailed and 4 brief cases are presented to demonstrate the application of the psychoanalytic-existential approach to career counseling that is sought as a result of burnout.


Paper delivered at the ABCDE conference, held in Cape Town, South Africa, June 9-11, 2008. - This paper assesses technical efficiency and profitability of the knitwear industry in Bangladesh given the sector's role in poverty reduction. Stochastic frontier analysis was used to assess technical efficiency. Three alternative measures (rate of return, total factor productivity, Solow residual) were used to gauge the extent and determinants of the profitability of the industry based on firm-level data collected in 2001.


We thank Drs. Luca, Nicoletti, and Zappia for their comment on our finding that neuroticism is a risk factor of Parkinson's disease (PD). We agree that obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is an important clinical condition to consider in the context of PD. Beyond neuroticism, OCPD is conceptually and empirically related to conscientiousness, one of the five major personality traits. Conscientiousness is defined as a tendency to be cautious, responsible, hardworking, orderly, self-disciplined, scrupulous, and adherent to norms and rules. To an extreme, conscientiousness can lead to perfectionism, workaholism, rigidity, excessive control, and compulsive behaviors that characterize patients with OCPD. Similar conscientiousness-related traits are often used in anecdotal accounts and clinical observations of individuals with PD, which have led to the idea of a parkinsonian personality. This overlap in definitions and clinical observations results in the fascinating hypothesis that extreme scores on conscientiousness could be a shared vulnerability that increases the risk of both OCPD and PD. This hypothesis, however, conflicts with a large and robust literature that has found high conscientiousness to have widespread protective health effects. From early in life, highly conscientious individuals refrain from health risk behaviors, are more likely to be physically active, have better cardiometabolic and inflammatory profiles, and are at lower risk of chronic conditions, including neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. This literature supports the hypothesis that high conscientiousness could be protective for PD. Consistent with this hypothesis are crosssectional findings that patients with PD and impulsivecompulsive behaviors score low on conscientiousness. Although informative, the available evidence from clinical samples does not provide a direct test for risk/protective factors because of potential changes during the preclinical and clinical stages of PD. Surprisingly, there are no prospective studies that have tested conscientiousness as a risk/protective factor for incident PD (none of the studies in our meta-analysis included conscientiousness). This is a significant gap in the literature that longitudinal studies should address in future research.


A semiconductor device including a pixel region in which one or more pixels are formed and a DRAM cell region in which one or more DRAM cells for storing output signals from the pixels are formed, characterized in that the layers constituting the pixel region and the DRAM cell region are formed in the same semiconductor process.


A broadcasting satellite receiving converter IC includes a switch circuit and a voltage generating source. Disposed in front of the broadcasting satellite receiving converter IC are two first amplifying circuits which amplify differently polarized BS signals, respectively, and a second amplifying circuit. The switch circuit receives, from a BS tuner, a DC voltage signal for controlling switching of polarized signals to be received, and detects the strength of the received DC voltage signal, thereby determining which of the first amplifying circuits to use. Depending on the strength of the DC voltage signal detected by the switch circuit, the voltage generating source supplies either the first amplifying circuits and the second amplifying circuit with positive and negative voltages through a plurality of terminals.


The argument of Identity Politics in Deconstruction: Calculating with the Incalculable is that a deconstructive perspective can help us recognize that the political strategy of appealing to a determined concept of identity can both liberate and restrain.1 In other words, we cannot determine, in advance, whether banding together to form a particular group-identity, so as to ground a liberation movement, will support or frustrate the pursuit of political freedom. Carolyn D'Cruz develops her argument by studying various ways in which identities are formulated and authenticated, drawing attention, first, to the difficulties involved in the very process of constructing identity and, second, to the capacity for identity-based political movements not only to subvert restrictive power relations but also to institute new constraints. The book does not intend to offer a programme which should be followed when constructing identities or pursuing identity-based politics. Instead, D'Cruz seeks to make readers aware that grounding liberation movements on a determined concept of group-identity both opens and closes practical possibilities. Before summarizing the main themes of the book, I would like to identify what I see as the main strength of D'Cruz's approach, namely, the way in which she uses real examples to demonstrate her ideas. It is one thing to state, from a deconstructive perspective, that identity construction is both enabling and restricting, and another to actually provide concrete case studies which dramatize the point. D'Cruz interweaves theory with a discussion of real situations in a manner which facilitates the understanding of the argument. This should make her book a useful resource both for lecturers wishing to make deconstruction more accessible to students, and for stu-


Advanced biofuels incorporation into the transportation sector, particularly cellulosic bioethanol, is crucial for attaining carbon neutrality by 2050, contributing to climate changes mitigation and wastes minimization. The world needs biofuel to be commercially available to tackle the socioeconomic challenges coming from the continued use of fossil fuels. Cynara cardunculus (cardoon) is a cheap lignocellulosic raw biomass that easily grows in Mediterraneous soils and is a potential renewable resource for a biorefinery. This work aimed to study the bioethanol production from cardoon hemicellulosic hydrolysates, which originated from dilute sulfuric acid hydrolysis pretreatment. A detoxification step to remove released microbial fermentative inhibitors was evaluated by using both activated carbon adsorption and a nanofiltration membrane system. The Scheffersomyces stipitis CBS5773 yeast and the modified Escherichia coli MS04 fermentation performances at different experimental conditions were compared. The promising results with E. coli, using detoxified cardoon by membrane nanofiltration, led to a bioethanol volumetric productivity of 0.30 g·L−1·h−1, with a conversion efficiency of 94.5%. Regarding the S. stipitis, in similar fermentation conditions, volumetric productivity of 0.091 g·L−1·h−1 with a conversion efficiency of 64.9% was obtained. Concluding, the production of bioethanol through detoxification of hemicellulosic cardoon hydrolysate presents a suitable alternative for the production of second-generation bioethanol, especially using the modified E. coli.


Based on the theory of interval dynamic systems, the T-S fuzzy descriptor system is converted into a linear continuous-time descriptor system with norm-bounded perturbations in matrices E, A, B and C. According to the difference of the derivative matrix, the paper gives sufficient and necessary conditions for the stability of the system in two cases. In the special case, a linear state feedback control law is given to stabilize the fuzzy descriptor system. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed method.


The study conclusively showed the benefits of the declining rate system. Both systems were operated at the average filtration rates at a municipal lime softening plant. The declining-rate filter system produced an average filtrate turbidity which was consistently and substantially better than the constant-rate filter at all three filtration rates studied. The average filter run length for the declining-rate system was substantially affected by the amount of turbulent piping head losses in the system and the maximum filtration rate allowed on the newly backwashed filter. When operated to the same head loss increase in the filter media, the constant-rate filter run length was substantially shorter than the run length obtained for the declining-rate filter system. The filtration rates in the individual filters of the declining-rate system remained constant between backwashings and declined in a stepwise fashion after each backwash was completed.


The use of advanced high strength steels (AHSS) requires significant modification of the forming process parameters compared with those used to stamp mild steels: higher tool-sheet contact pressure, more stretching than deep drawing, measures to control spring-back, etc. Such modifications, especially the higher contact pressure, are expected to change frictional behavior significantly, which in turn change the final product characteristics. In order to understand frictional behaviors between steel sheets and tool materials, a novel friction tester was fabricated. This tester is free from certain deficiencies associated with previous testers; the plowing effect is completely eliminated, and high normal loads comparable to those found in real stamping can be used. The friction test machine was first used to investigate the frictional behaviors by using 780Mpa cold-rolled steel sheets paired with D2 tool steel. The friction coefficient decreased as the sliding velocity increased. With respect to the normal pressure, however, the friction coefficient generally tended to increase as the pressure increased. This study shows that the level of change of friction constant is enough to affect spring-back of automotive body panels significantly. Also, it was apparent that high attention must be given to galling phenomenon when relatively high pressures are used.


In this study, a novel ultrasonically initiated in situ emulsion polymerization approach was used to modify multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The dispersion behavior of MWCNTs in aqueous solution under ultrasonic irradiation was investigated by spectrophotometry. Ultrasonically initiated emulsion polymerization of monomer n-butyl acrylate (BA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) are reported. By employing the multiple effects of ultrasound, i.e., dispersion, pulverizing, activation, and initiation, the aggregation and entanglement of carbon nanotubes in aqueous solution can be broken down, while in situ polymerization of monomer BA or MMA on the surface of MWCNTs proceeds without any added chemical initiator; consequently, the MWCNTs are coated by the formed polymer. Transmission electron microscopy confirms that after surface modification through ultrasonically initiated in-situ polymerization, the size of MWCNTs increased; even after 72 h of Soxhlet extraction with boiling acetone there are still unextr...


Hatchery reared, northern strain brook trout have been stocked in streams within the home range of southern strain brook trout in an effort to restore or enhance native trout populations since the late 1800s. But, brook trout native to the southern Appalachians are genetically distinct; raising ecological and ethical concerns regarding the impact of the past stockings. In this study, the external microbial assemblages on native southern and wild fish of hatchery ancestry were compared by characterizing colony morphologies and estimating densities of colony forming units. The hatchery-ancestry fish had significantly higher densities, and assemblages were more similar to that of the surrounding water than those of the southern strain fish. These results suggest that the native southern strain fish exhibit a greater ability to inhibit microbial growth in their epidermal mucus than do the fish with hatchery ancestry.


Different imaging modes of low temperature laser scanning microscopy (LTLSM) have been applied to probe local optical and superconducting properties, as well as the spatial variations in thermoelectric and electronic (both dc and rf) transport, in a YBa2Cu3O6.95/LaAlO3 (YBCO/LAO) superconducting microstrip resonator with micron-range resolution. Additionally, the local sources of microwave nonlinearity (NL) were mapped in two-dimensions simultaneously by using the LTLSM in two-tone rf intermodulation distortion contrast mode as a function of (x,y) position of the laser beam perturbation on the sample. The influence of the direction of individual twin-domain YBCO blocks on its NL properties was analyzed in detail. The result shows the direct spatial correlation between NL microwave and dc electronic transport properties of the YBCO film that are imposed by the underlying twin-domain topology of the LAO substrate. In these circumstances, the scale of local NL current densities JIM(x,y) in different areas of...


Arif Ahmed makes two main objections to my paper. His first claims that the argument of Ian McFetridge which I tried to repair is flawed quite independently of the specific difficulty I raised and attempted to answer. Clearly if he were right, this would be fatal to my overall strategy, which assumes that, prescinding from the objection to it with which I tried to deal, McFetridge's argument sets a potentially lethal dilemma for those who believe that there are no logical necessities. Against this, Ahmed claims that the dilemma is a dilemma for everyonemore precisely, either no one, sceptic or not, can escape the regress which drives its second horn or, if the non-sceptic can evade it, the sceptic may do so in essentially the same way. As Ahmed construes it, the regress relies on three premisses:


Underground optical fiber industrial TV monitoring system has advantages of log transmission distance,high quality images, immunity toelectromagnetic interference as employing optical fiber as transmission medium: Not only dispatcher but also related leaders can know underground producinginformation in their own offices at any time, It's very helpful in dispatchingand dealing with underground emergency affairs. Hardware design is discribedin this paper.


To study the impact of nutrition and safety factors on the purchase intention of milk products.Sixty-four female Beijing community residents aged 18-45 were recruited to participate the purchasing choice experiments and questionnaire.Result: At no price difference conditions,the most preferred products were high-protein products and products added with probiotics,as well as the organic products and the 3-days shelf-life products.At a price difference of 20%,there were no significant intention difference between the claimed products and the common milk products.At a price difference of 60%,the common milk product was the significantly preferred choice.Conclusion: The result indicated that only some health-related claims were valued by the consumers,and the acceptability of the claimed products were significantly affected by price factor.


Muscle wasting is a common feature of systemic inflammation and malignant diseases. The primary cause is accelerated proteolysis. Protein degradation was found to be accelerated by IL-6 with activation of intracellular proteases in C2C12 myotubes. IL-6 transgenic mice displayed extensive muscle wasting together with an increase of proteolytic pathways. The increase in activities and mRNA levels of cathepsins (B and L) and the poly-ubiquitin (Ub) mRNA level could be inhibited by treatment with IL-6 receptor antibody (MR16-1), which inhibits the binding of IL-6 to the receptor. Muscle wasting and an increase in the serum IL6 level were observed with Colon-26 adenocarcinoma. This muscle wasting and increases in the activity and mRNA level of cathepsin L and the poly-Ub mRNA level could be inhibited by MR16-1 treatment via inhibiting the action of IL-6. IL-6 production and atrophy of muscle fibers were induced by intramuscular injection of turpentine oil. The injected muscle displayed increased activities and mRNA levels of cathepsins (B,L). The treatment with MR16-1 suppressed the increase of cathepsin activities. IL-6 is considered to be a proteolysis-inducing factor due to its modulation of muscle proteolytic systems. IL-6 plays a pivotal role in the muscle wasting observed in systemic inflammation, cancer cachexia and inflammed muscle.


With the quick development of electromagnetic propulsion systems, permanent magnet linear synchronous motors (PMLSMs) have been the focus of research for high-performance propulsion systems. Compared with traditional windings, two ring windings with novel structures and better performance for PMLSMs are proposed: the single-layer ring windings are suitable for high-power systems; the double-layer ring windings can be adopted in low fluctuation systems. This paper first analyzes the electromagnetic parameters of the ring windings based on the equivalent magnetizing current method to verify the availabilities of ring windings. The main parameters of two ring windings are compared to achieve the optimization guides. Then, the magnetic fields and thrust characteristics of ring windings and traditional lap windings are analyzed by the finite-element method, and the independent magnetic field of ring winding ends is verified. And then a prototype motor with double-layer ring windings was manufactured and experimentally tested, the measurement data were matched with the theoretical calculations. The results illustrate that the PMLSM with ring windings has higher thrust density and lower thrust ripple, ring winding structure is more suitable for electromagnetic propulsion systems.


Apoptosis is essential for a variety of pathophysiological progress. Apoptosis induction by various agents changes cellular morphology, DNA content and lipid membrane composition. Recently, sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is avidly released from not only platelets and erythrocytes but vascular endothelium. Here we established S1P releasing cells by deleting S1P lyase (F9-12 cells). We observed apoptosis induction by the treatment of fumonisin B1 (FB1) in F9-12 cells but not in F9 wild-type cells. We measured high amounts of accumulated S1P and dihydroS1P (DHS1P) in FB1-induced apoptotic F9-12 cells. We also showed DHS1P release in an early stage of the apoptosis induction by FB1 but not by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-induced apoptosis, suggesting differential apoptotic processes.


The nonlinear growth of neoclassical tearing modes is studied numerically. In the present computational model the perturbed bootstrap current, as well as the nonlinear coupling between different harmonics of the same helicity, are included, and the large aspect-ratio tokamak approximation is used. This work is focused on the nonlinear growth time and the saturated width of the magnetic island. The perturbed bootstrap current is found to play a destabilizing role in the nonlinear island as in previous analytical theories. For sufficiently large islands, the island width at saturation is not linearly proportional to the fraction of the bootstrap current. The formation of the island leads to a near constant decrease in plasma pressure in the region between the magnetic axis and the island. The simulated island growth time, as well as the saturated island width, agree very well with experimental observations.


A book review of "A genre approach to celebrity politics : global patterns of passage from media to politics" by Nahuel Ribke (Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, 233 pages, £63.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-13-740938-6)


Objective To explore the roles of electric incubators to prevent and reducte adverse reactions in enhanced CT scanning.Methods 4 440 cases of enhanced CT were divided into two groups,one group received injection of heated contrast agent,and the other group was injected at room temperature,to compare the incidence of side effects.Results Among 2 010 cases without heating,the adverse reactions occurred in 121,accounting for 6.02%.The 2 430 cases with heating,the adverse reactions occurred in 5 cases,accounting for 0.21%,significantly lower than unheated group(P 0.01).And in unheated group,there was 1 case of severe allergic reactions.Conclusion Heating contrast medium helps prevention adverse reactions.


with clinical data. By computational analyses of our RNA-Seq samples from 93 BC patients in addition to a meta-analysis of 30 gene expression datasets, together Methods: To decipher its function, DSCAM-AS1 expression was measured by qRT-PCR in tissue strongly dependent on Estrogen Receptor Alpha (ERα). expression levels in Luminal A, B and HER2-positive Breast Cancer (BC), where its expression is Abstract: Background: DSCAM-AS1 is a cancer-related long noncoding RNA with higher authors this work. those having a predicted hnRNPL binding motif. (f-g), RBPs binding motif enrichment results for genes with significant 3'UTR shortening upon DSCAM-AS1 silencing, considering a region upstream and downstream of the proximal (f) or the distal (g) APA sites, respectively, significance : z-score >1.96.


About the doctor-patient relationship has been written quite generally, but nevertheless, there is a lack of analysis on the theoretical and practical concepts regarding the specificity in the therapeutic approach and the discontinuity and pharmacological adherence. By "discontinuity of pharmacological therapy" is meant the interruption of the therapeutic scheme followed by a patient. Many factors influence the doctor-patient relationship in pharmacological treatment, which on the other hand overlap, but the two main factors are the doctor-patient relationship and the complexity/simplicity of the pharmacological treatment. In any case, the discontinuity of the treatment indicates in some way a discontinuity of the doctor-patient relationship. The doctor-patient therapeutic relationship is the environment where the rest of the therapeutic instruments, pharmacological or not, is housed. Each type of doctor-patient relationship implies a different relationship with pharmacological treatment; but also, the doctor-drug approach style imposes a doctor-patient relationship. This article reflects on: 1) Doctor himself as a drug; 2) The context that the doctor creates is itself also a drug; 3) The fact of prescribing pharmacological treatments changes the patient's thoughts, emotions and behaviors; 4) The complexity/simplicity of the pharmacological regimen; 5) The special doctor-patient relationship in the repeated prescriptions; 6) The doctor-family relationship and companions and caregivers in pharmacological treatment; 7) The characteristics of the patients; and 8) The types and phases of diseases.


This article investigates Turkey's sectoral trade flows to the EU based on panel data from the period 1988 to 2002. Turkey's 16 most important export sectors are analysed. Emphasis is placed on the role of price competition, EU protection and transport costs in the export trade between Turkey and the EU. The empirical model used is an extended version of the gravity model. This study is also a contribution to the current discussion of whether Turkey should be granted full EU membership or a privileged partnership with the EU, which for Turkey would mean improved access to the EU market for its products, among other benefits. Our investigation focuses on the latter policy outcome: the impact of deepening the customs union between Turkey and the EU and applying the common agricultural policy (CAP) to Turkish agricultural exports. To this end, the impact of the 1996 customs union covering most industrial goods and processed agricultural goods, is evaluated on a sectoral level. We also perform simulations to quantify the impact of the potential inclusion of agricultural goods, as well as iron and steel and products thereof, into the full customs union between Turkey and the EU which is still to come.


A ring assembly includes two side-by-side flat ring members of uniform rectangular cross-section each being split, with the confronting split ends having radially overlapping fingers to define a circumferentially sealing joint. The ring members are dimensioned to be received in a common piston groove with the ring members being non-rotatably coupled so that the joint of one member will always be rotationally spaced from the joint of the other to define an axial seal for the ring assembly. A non-rotational coupling is provided by an integral tab formed in one member and projecting transversely therefrom and received in a mating transverse recess in the other member, with the recess having a larger dimension than the tab to permit sliding movement of the ring members relative to each other within the groove. Two forms of tabs include a partially sheared and bent tab and a partially displaced shear plug.


, The measurement of the quality of education through league tables is clearly wrong in that it doesn't relate to efficient schooling at all. At its simplest, league tables reward schools on the basis of the social and academic skills of the intake, not schools who help their pupils improve. Schools in certain areas or with selection are almost certain to do better than others because of their intake. So the government league tables do not reward good schools, they reward schools who have an intake of able pupils, often in affluent areas. Linking school income or pay to performance measured in this way would reward schools and teachers virtually at random, and do nothing to improve schools' performance.


The EDCAT programme now has over two year's baseline data on the chemistry and fish biology of an English river, the Ray, which receives oestrogenic sewage effluent from the city of Swindon. It has developed models which predict oestrogen concentrations in the river throughout the year, and has successfully corroborated these with data on oestrogenic substances, in vitro oestrogenic activity, and non-oestrogenic contaminants. It has also gathered data on the dynamics and oestrogenic responses of stickleback populations in the river during a period when the sewage discharge received both normal dilution, and high dilution from unusually large river flows. Finally, breeding experiments with wild intersex roach have been conducted in which the breeding success of each individual has been tracked by microsatellite analysis of offspring. The Swindon (Rodbourne) sewage treatment plant has now been upgraded with granular activated carbon filtration technology to remove oestrogens, and future work of the EDCAT programme will monitor the rate of recovery of fish populations in the River Ray.


The insolvency practitioner is chosen independently by the court (§ 56 InsO). However, if a preliminary creditors' committee is established, it has to be heard and the court is obliged to appoint the practitioner proposed unanimously by the provisional creditors' committee unless the person proposed is not suited to taking on the office (§ 56a InsO). The court's decision is not challengeable, but the first creditors' meeting subsequent to the appointment of the insolvency practitioner may elect a different person to replace him (§ 57 InsO). The court may refuse the appointment only of a person unqualified to assume such an office; against a refusal of appointment any insolvency creditor may bring an immediate appeal.


Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common monogenic cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD). As this disease has increasingly been diagnosed in the primary care setting, advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) must be able to identify and effectively care for patients


Marine sanctuaries, also known as marine protected areas (MPAs), marine reserves, and no-take areas, are being widely promoted and implemented. Important for assessing the impact of these "no-take" sanctuaries (from which fishing has been excluded) on exploited populations is the rate of emigration of animals out into the remaining fished habitat. The most widely available data for estimating movement rates of commercially or recreationally exploited populations are those from tagged and recovered fish (Hilborn, 1990). Animals are captured alive, a visible numbered tag is inserted and they are released back into the wild. Because the accuracy of tag-recovery studies relies on fishermen reporting recaptured tags, the quality of tag-recovery information is lower than that from a controlled experiment. Tag-recovery experiments have three limitations for estimating movement rates of animals—the first two apply to most tagged populations, the third applies specifically to emigration from sanctuaries: 1) times at large (the numbers of days from when each animal is tagged and released to when it is subsequently recaptured in the fishery) are highly variable; 2) not all recaptured tags are reported to researchers by fishermen and this rate of tag nonreporting is often unknown; and 3) tag recoveries cannot be obtained from within sanctuaries for the simple reason that no fishing is allowed there. If this last asymmetry (of recaptures from the sanctuary coming only from tagged animals that emigrate) is not accounted for in the estimation model, then the emigration rate out of Estimating the emigration rate of fish stocks from marine sanctuaries using tag-recovery data


Objective To study the relationship between the perception of pain during parturition and endogenous opioid peptide (EOP) levels, and interactions of EOPs. Methods Concentrations of plasma EOPs (β-endorphin, dorphin A_(1-13), leuenkephalin) at deliery were measured immediately by means of radioimmunoassay in 40 term parturients. Results Dorphin A_(1-13) levels were not correlated significantly with emotional scale(ES)in the first stage of labor (r=-0.08,P=0.26), but correlated significantly with that in the second stage of labor negatively (r=-0.31,P=0.04). Plasma levels of β-endorphin and leuenkephalin were not correlated with ES during either the first or the second stage of labor, respectively. Statistically significant and positive correlation was found between β--endorphin and leuenkephalin (r=0.37,P=0.04). No significant correlations were found for β--endorphin and leuenkephalin as compared with dorphin A_(1-13), respectively (r=0.25,P=0.13;r=0.21,P=0.21). Conclusion The elevated concentrations of dorphin A_(1-13) in maternal plasma would attenuate the perception of pain in the second stage of labor of the parturients. The analgesic effect of β-endorphin can be synergized with leuenkephalin.


Tourism is a sector that has been recognized by the Malaysia government as an economic catalyst for the country. It has been significant growth in the hotel industry such as Malaysia, for instance, has been leading the way in the halal tourism industry and had been successful in trying to attract Muslim tourist from all over the world. The paper briefly discussed issues which focus in Shariah Compliance Hotel in Malaysia. It attempt to examine the relationship of service quality, hotel's facilities an brand image of the hotel towards the behavioral intention to stay at Shariah Compliance Hotel. Apart from that, this study also highlights the students of Shariah Compliance Hotel practices in Malaysia such as Perdana Hotel in Kota Bharu. In this study, a questionnaires was written in Malay and English. This questionnaires was distributed to the respondent at the Pengkalan Chepa campus, University Malaysia Kelantan. This questionnaires was used as the instruments to gather the information for this research. In this study, the respondents was choose from the 3487 students in Pengkalan Chepa campus, University Malaysia of Kelantan which narrowed down into 346 of students. Data collection to find out about this study was used descriptive and correlation research under non - experimental research. This research also uses quantitative research which is used the program that is use to analysis the data is called Statistical Program for Social Science (SPSS) version 22. As a conclusion, it can be summarized that all independents variables are the important to influence behavioral intention to stay at Shariah Compliance Hotel. The result showed that the hotel's facilities is the most important influences the behavioral intention to stay at Shariah Compliance Hotel, followed by the service quality and lastly brand images.


The Federal Reserve's policies have large and growing fiscal effects that most tax analysts are unaware of. For example, its deposits to the Treasury amount to almost 4 percent of federal revenues. And in the National Income and Product Accounts, the Fed accounts for almost 25 percent of all corporate tax receipts.Errata: There are typos on page 2. The figures should read 9.2 cents for $20 and $50 bills, and 7.7 cents for each $100, not $9.2 and $7.7.


Stochastic encoding represents a value using the probability of ones in a random bit stream. Computation based on this encoding has good fault-tolerance and low hardware cost. However, one of its major issues is long processing time. We have to use a long enough bit stream to represent a value to guarantee that random fluctuations introduce only small errors to final computation results. For example, for most digital image processing algorithms, we need a 512-bit stream to represent an 8-bit pixel value stochastically to guarantee that the final computation error is less than 5%. To solve this issue, this paper proposes to share bits between adjacent bit streams to represent adjacent deterministic values. For example, in image processing applications, the bit stream which represents the current pixel value can share parts of the bits in the bit stream which represents the previous pixel value. We use an image contrast stretching algorithm to evaluate this method. Our experimental results show that the proposed methods can improve the performance by 90%.


The purpose of this paper is to design a PID controller for effective position control of hydraulic cylinder using MATLAB/SIMULINK. The hydraulic system consist of a hydraulic pressure source, a hydraulic servo valve, a double-acting hydraulic cylinder, a force sensor, a translational motion sensor, a load system, control logic. The simulation models were verified by comparing the error between input data and output data.


A nondestructive test technique that has the potential for use as an inspection tool for surveying shipboard liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanks has been developed. The physical property that is monitored by this technique, known as the Internal Friction Damping Nondestructive Evaluation, is the rate at which an energy impulse imparted to a material or structure decays due to the internal friction of the material. A change in the rate of decay reflects changes in the basic chemical or mechanical properties of the material. This report details the application of this technique from laboratory testing of bar specimens to testing of field structures analogous to LNG tanks.


This paper deals with an innovative strategy to shorten the record size required to estimate the Integral Non-Linearity (INL) of Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC's) through the so-called Sinewave Histogram Test (SHT). Such a size reduction is achieved by low-pass filtering the collected sequences of test samples using a simple moving average filter. After some preliminary simulations, the validity of the proposed approach have been confirmed by some experimental results.


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The theme of this conference Researching our Practice reflects one of the strategies we are using to do two things: improve our practice and strengthen our research culture. (The use of 'our', in this paper, means all of us in the Institute community.) So what have squares and cliches got to do with this?


Because Latinos are underrepresented and often negatively stereotyped in the media, concern is frequently expressed that repeated exposure to these portrayals may reflect poorly on Latino adolescents' self-esteem. To test this issue empirically, we conducted 2 studies examining associations between multiple dimensions of self-esteem and several forms of media use. Testing 40 Latino high school students in Study 1, we found that more frequent and more active TV viewing was associated with lower social and appearance self-esteem. Many of these general patterns were replicated in Study 2 with 115 college students and with several demographic controls. Additional analyses of possible moderators revealed more consistent negative correlations among women and among participants with a stronger Latino ethnic identity. Together, these findings provide powerful evidence of a potential link between media use and the self-conceptions of Latino youth.


Abstract
 This chapter has four parts: (i) welfare during restraint for slaughter without stunning and assessment of restraint methods; (ii) welfare issues associated with the neck cut; (iii) methods to reduce the time the animal remains conscious; and (iv) use of permitted stunning methods. A major issue is that halal or kosher slaughter requires the animal to be alive at the time of the neck cut. There will be a discussion of how 'being alive' is defined.


The invention relates to a method of managing access rights of a user (10) in a location, the method being implemented by a controller (20) between each other by a time stamp, the controller (20) having a reading unit (22, 26) and the method comprising the steps of: - presenting to the reading member (22, 26) of a physical media (14) identification, - sending at least one message provision request of the identification code by the reading unit (22, 26) to the physical medium (14), each message being a message to contact the first layer (C1) according to a different communication protocol - when the reading unit (22, 26) receives a response of the physical medium (14), receiving the identification code.


Because of the obvious advantage in long time predictions it is useful to convert dynamical problems of flows into problems involving maps. For Hamiltonian flows this in effect is equivalent to identifying an area preserving map in the Poincare surface of section. The preservation of canonical structure of the Hamiltonian flow in the surface of section can lead to a description in terms of discrete canonical equations in the surface of section. This property is utilized here to convert the Hamiltonian flow problem of the dynamic evolution of self-focusing of an electromagnetic beam (width/phase front curvature dynamics) with beam propagation distance into an equivalent mapping problem for a wide range of initial conditions. The nonlinear Schrodinger equation is thereby converted to a map in a restricted sense.


The dependence of bromine/methanol polishing of InP on a number of major parameters - wafer area, applied pressure, rotational speed, and flow rate - has been studied in detail. For a one volume percent solution, the polishing rate is linearly proportional to flow rate, inversely proportional to wafer area, and independent of pressure and rotational speed. Hence, under our experimental conditions, the polishing action is limited by transport of Br to the wafer surface, and mechanical abrasion of the wafer by the pad is insignificant. The surface topography is controlled by the wafer size and by a parameter ..nu.., defined as the ratio of flow rate/wafer area. For v ..nu.. --0.48 ml/(min cm/sup 2/), free etching occurs and pits form on the wafer surface. In addition, as lateral dimensions of the wafer shrink to < --2 cm, surface topography degrades due to edge effects. Under the proper conditions, polishing rates as high as 6 ..mu..m/min may be obtained while maintaining excellent surface topography. The polished wafers are free of subsurface damage, as revealed by defect etching.


Sedation has allowed doctors to perform procedures that might otherwise be unpleasant and terrifying, thereby deterring patients from accessing them. The ideal pharmacological therapy would provide safe analgesia, hypnosis and anxiolysis, with exemplary pharmacokinetic properties such as organ-independent elimination, predictable distribution and rapid titratability. These qualities would enable rapid recovery to 'street fitness' and even allow procedures to be performed outside traditional hospital settings. Little evidence is available to suggest the superiority of one agent over another,(1) although synergistic combination therapies are frequently used. Commonly used agents include benzodiazepines, intravenous anaesthetic agents, opioids, neuroleptic agents and centrally acting alpha agonists. Doctors undertaking sedation require detailed knowledge of these agents and how they interact in the context of the patient's medical profile. Misguided use of sedation has resulted in morbidity and death.(2) With increasing sedation depth, patients' ability to maintain cardiovascular stability and independently maintain airway patency and ventilatory function may become impaired, and they may require critical interventions to avoid the possibility of 'lost airway'. Crucially, monitoring of vital signs needs to be delegated to appropriately skilled personnel who can undertake any medical intervention required(3) while the procedurist concentrates on the task at hand.


Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) backside analyses have been performed on a Cu/TaN/Ta/SiO2/Si structure to determine barrier effectiveness for Cu diffusion. Sample backside access to the barrier layers was obtained by removal of the Si substrate using a polishing method that maintains parallelism between the sample surface and the polished back side by monitoring changes in facets at the four corners of the specimen. Determination of the Si thickness remaining during the polishing process was improved through the use of optical interference measurements using a narrow band pass optical filter. Samples having slopes with respect to the original surface less than 6 nm over 60 μm have been obtained. A difference in polishing rate between SiO2 and Si was exploited to obtain this parallelism. For SIMS analyses, the presence of a SiO2 layer required electron gun charge neutralization for the O2+ 0.5 keV impact energy analysis. SIMS analyses show the ability to distinguish all layers and to monitor copper ...


The use of nerve root blocks is common in the management of radicular pain due to lumbar disc prolapse. However, most papers reporting their use do not necessarily specify the position or level at which the needle is positioned with respect to the level of pathology. We therefore set out to investigate this. We performed a survey of medical practitioners across the UK with an interest or involvement in the management of radicular pain secondary to lumbar disc prolapse The survey depicted the clinical scenario of a patient with radicular pain from an L4/5 disc prolapse and a number of questions were asked in relation to the use of nerve root blocks. Questionnaires were sent to 319 practitioners. We received 153 responses of which, 120 (37.6%) were sufficiently complete to be analysed. Of those who responded, 83% used a combination of local anaesthetic and steroids together with or without contrast. There were variations across the respondents in terms of the level injected with 22.5% injecting at the level of the L4/5 foramen, while 45% injected at the level of the L5/1 foramen. Differences were also noted when respondents were subgrouped according to their speciality. Of those who worked in pain management, 34.1% injected at the L4/5 foramen while 31.8% injected at the L5/1 foramen. For spine surgeons the respective figures were 20.5% and 43.2% and for radiologists 9.4% and 65.6%. In the treatment of radicular leg pain, there are apparent variations in the use and positioning of root blocks for a given level of disc pathology. This suggests that caution is necessary when considering the validity of published studies on the use of root blocks relative to an individual clinician9s practice.


In this article, the authors argue that in the wake of a major disaster, it is not only appropriate but also beneficial for governments to spend public funds to support official gratitude campaigns in response to outside assistance. These assertions are based on results of multiple studies on gratitude from both psychology and marketing that show that expressions of gratitude can offer both economic and social marketing benefits. Evidence demonstrates increased consumer willingness to purchase products produced in the devastated area and intentions to continue prosocial support through volunteerism and financial donations after receiving expressions of gratitude. Evidence also shows that public expressions of gratitude encourage those who did not participate in prior relief/recovery activities to do so in the future. As such, the authors recommend the implementation of a disaster management policy that encourages and rewards private and public groups to partner in similar campaigns. Such a policy leads to both economic and social rewards for the devastated areas and its citizens—and, importantly, the broader society—that outweigh and outlast the expense of the campaign. Specifically, these benefits save those directly affected by a disaster from having to bear the full burden of disaster recovery and rebuilding efforts and could increase the amount of outside economic and social assistance provided.


The aim of this research was to knowing if it would improve the shelf life of the lemons that were stored in hermetically polystyrene containers closed, as same that were placed in a refrigerated chamber with temperature of 10°C inside, high relative humidity (85%) and renovation of the air by action of the compressor of the chamber. Lemons cv "Lisboa" were cut directly from the orchard and washed with chlorinated water at 150 mg⋅L−1 sodium hypochlorite. The study variables were the color of the epicarp (shell) and the endocarp (pulp), polar and equatorial diameter, firmness of the pulp and total soluble solids concentration (°Brix) in the endocarp. The tone and purity of the yellow color of the shell (epicarp) and pulp or endocarp of the oranges increased significantly within polystyrene containers and, consequently, its quality was preserved and its shelf life was extended to more than 100 days without that they have symptoms of deterioration, by losses polar and equatorial diameter or decrease in total soluble solids. Inside closed containers polystyrene the temperature decreased to 2.0°C in the refrigerated chamber, so that the principle of thermal insulation polystyrene reaffirmed, and its functionality for packaging products, such as fruits, resolve some of their physiological problems themselves, to prolong its shelf life and improve its presentation.


One of the critiques to the regulatory framework of the Chilean electricity sector is the lack of flexibility for regulated prices (nodal prices) to adapt to changes in supply and demand. We develop a simple model to estimate welfare losses when using uni


Purpose
The purpose of this research is to introduce the Layar augmented reality (AR) application among library users and to understand the user's satisfaction towards the information services provided by the Layar application with the help of the structural equation model (SEM).

Design/methodology/approach
According to Thomas (2016), action research is mainly undertaken to develop new skills or new approaches and to solve issues and problems with direct application to any applied setting. The present study helps to develop new skills and approaches to repackaging information using AR applications. Researchers have identified the question of what could be done to increase the awareness of Layar AR applications among students. Because the Layar augmented application is one of the new tools for an academic library to repackage information for mass accessibility. Therefore, in the present action research approach, researchers encompass two activities action and research. Researchers have used participatory action research methods by collecting data from 17 MBA institute libraries affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University. Researchers have systematically used the Layar application in the library by obtaining permission from each higher authority. Researchers have designed a Layar satisfaction model using the SEM with AMOS and SPSS.

Findings
The researcher found that the relationship between experience, performance and service quality is positively significant. The user's experience is satisfied with the Layar application, but users are not satisfied with the service quality and performance of the Layar application.

Research limitations/implications
This study tested Layar AR application in MBA libraries affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University in the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad areas.

Practical implications
The Layar app helps the academic library to convert selected print collections into an AR feel for library users. This is an additional method of providing information services to users through mobile devices. A total of 157 students downloaded the Layar application from their handsets and provided feedback through a questionnaire. Researchers have found that the relationships between users and Layar experience, performance and service quality are positively significant. The user experience is satisfied with the Layar application, but users are not satisfied with the service quality and performance of the Layar application.

Originality/value
This study examined the performance, service quality and user experience of Layar applications. Structural equation and Modelling theories were used to examine the relationship between user satisfaction and information services using the Layar application.


This paper proposes high frequency (HF) modelling method of EMI filters for a 100 kW hybrid Si-SiC matrix converter used in aerospace application. The developed HF models are useful to make an accurate prediction of the effectiveness of the filters according to the standard for Airborne equipment and to improve the design in terms of size and lightness. Indeed lightness and compactness are important design constraints for aerospace systems but at the same time, the filter layout influences the values of the parasitic components. The method used to develop the HF models is based only on experimental measurements and it can be applied to different structures of filters without the knowledge of dimensions and electrical parameters of the single sections of the filter. In particular HF model of a differential mode input EMI filter and of a common mode and differential mode output EMI filter for matrix converters are developed in the frequency range 150 kHz-30 MHz. The circuit models are implemented in Matlab and Saber and are validated by comparing measured and simulated results.


Instruction prefetching is a standard approach to improve the performance of operating system (OS) intensive workloads such as web servers, file servers and database servers. Sophisticated instruction prefetching techniques such as PIF [12] and RDIP [17] record the execution history of a program in dedicated hardware structures and use this information for prefetching if a known execution pattern is repeated. The storage overheads of the additional hardware structures are prohibitively high (64-200 KB per core). This makes it difficult for the deployment of such schemes in real systems. We propose a solution that uses minimal hardware modifications to tackle this problem. We notice that the execution of server applications keeps switching between tasks such as the application, system call handlers, and interrupt handlers. Each task has a distinct instruction footprint, and is separated by a special OS event. We propose a sophisticated technique to capture the instruction stream in the vicinity of such OS events; the captured information is then compressed significantly and is stored in a process's virtual address space. Special OS routines then use this information to prefetch instructions for the OS and the application codes. Using modest hardware support (4 registers per core), we report an increase in instruction throughput of 2-14% (mean: 7%) over state of the art instruction prefetching techniques for a suite of 8 popular OS intensive applications.


IntroductionThe increase in prison populations is a phenomenon which is systematically rising throughout the world, leading to overcrowding of prisons, which has direct consequences on the health conditions of the individuals.ObjectiveTo explore the relationship among oral health, the life path and the perception of subjects in a vulnerability context.Material and methodThis is a qualitative study, developed with inmates in a State Penitentiary. To obtain and process the data, individual interviews and the Thematic Content Analysis technique were used.ResultThe interviewees showed limited perception of the process of oral health and disease fostered by the experiences of relatives and by knowledge acquired in the street or from the media. The life path in prison seemed to have little influence on this understanding. However, the prison experience influenced the oral condition of the inmates by facilitating access to dental service, oral hygiene materials and the improvement in their health knowledge and habits. The oral health results presented were, generally, in agreement with so-called common sense and with studies developed in socially similar populations.ConclusionThus, considering the limitations imposed by the way data were collected, in prison and in a vulnerability context; a non-harmful influence on the condition studied regarding the oral health of inmates is suggested.


If folic acid treatment is instituted its effect must be carefully and critically evaluated and supervised. Finally, no epileptic child should be left without antiepileptic therapy because of the evident risk of megaloblastic blood changes. BENGT HAGBERG ANDREAS KILLANDER Department of Paediatrics and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. REFERENCES I . British Medical Journal leading article. (1967) 'Anaemia due to anticonvulsant drugs.' Brit. med. J., ii, 6. 2. Chanarin, I., Laidlaw, J., Loughbridge, L. W., Mollin, D. L. (1960) 'Megaloblastic anaemia due to


species and rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris) in the Ozark Mountains. These growth increments, in turn, were correlated with climatic variables, including July rainfall and stream discharge. Although many studies have evaluated salmonid response to logging (e.g., Connolly and Hall 1999, Tschaplinski 1999, Young et al. 1999), the relationship between upland productivity and salmonid productivity in the Pacific Northwest has not been examined. For forest managers, it is important to know whether the productivity of potential upslope harvest areas is directly related to, or unrelated to, the capacity of associated stream reaches to support salmonid fishes. How upslope productivity, which likely influences timber harvest objectives, may be manifested in salmonid growth has the potential to significantly impact timber harvest plans. Because of the key role that riparian vegetation plays in providing an inflow of organic matter and in influencing trophic pathways in streams (Cummins et al. 1989), riparian condition may be a better predictor of salmonid productivity than upland stand productivity. Upland stand productivity may not be a good predictor of riparian condition, as the structure and dynamics of riparian vegetation is strongly affected by complex interactions among hydrology and local geology (Naiman and Decamps 1997). Lack of correspondence between upland and riparian productivity may be especially marked where the riparian zone is dominated by nitrogenfixing red alder (Alnus rubra), as its growth may be relatively independent of soil nutrients (Binkley et al. 1994). The objective of this study was to quantify relationships between indices of salmonid productivity and upland and riparian forest productivity in small coastal watersheds of northern California. We asked whether: 1) upland site productivity predicted riparian site productivity; 2) either upland or riparian site productivity predicted salmonid productivity; and 3) other parameters explained more of the variance in salmonid productivity than upland or riparian site productivity. Methods Study Area The relationship of upland productivity, riparian condition, and salmonid productivity was evaluated by analyzing data collected from 25 forest stands and their adjoining streams in coastal watersheds of northern California. Sites were located in small watersheds in the Klamath River, Maple Creek, Little River, and Mad River drainages in Humboldt and Del Norte counties (Figure 1). The regional climate is characterized as marine west coast, with an annual average precipitation of 170–200 cm, approximately 75% of which falls as rain between November and March. Discharge in these basins during the period of sampling (October 2001 to September 2002) was slightly below average, based on 39 years of record (Freeman et al. 2003). Geology of the sites includes Mesozoic and Paleozoic metamorphic rocks, Mesozoic granitic rock, Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, and serpentinized ultramafic rocks (Harden 2003). The study was conducted on lands of Green Diamond Resource Company, in areas of second growth redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Sites were selected to provide variation in Site Index values of the forest stands, with adjoining stream reaches in which the fish community was dominated by resident coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki) and rainbow/steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus). Cutthroat and rainbow trout were chosen as the target species for analysis because they are present in streams year-round. Small numbers of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were observed in one stream. Other vertebrates present in the study sites included the coastal giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus), tailed frog (Ascaphus truei), and ammocoetes of Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). Stream reaches were generally located in secondand third-order tributaries, with moderate gradients ranging from 2 to 9%, and catchments varying in size from 173 to 2,233 ha (Table 1). Study reach lengths were established using the proportional-distance designation (40 average stream width), a method adopted by the US Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) program and described in Barbour et al. (1999). Reach lengths averaged 125 m and ranged from 60 to 200 m. Red alder was the dominant hardwood species found in the riparian areas along the reaches. Hardwood species present included red alder (42% of the total number of riparian trees), tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) (11%), Pacific myrtle (Umbellularia californica) (3%), and bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) (2%). Upland Forest Productivity Upland productivity was estimated using Site Index, which is the primary tool used worldwide in estimation of forest stand productivity (Stearns-Smith 2001). For a given tree species, Site Index is defined as the average tree height at some fixed age (commonly tree height at 50 years) attained by dominant and codominant site trees that are selected to reflect site potential. The height of dominant trees is used as the measure of productivity because, unlike timber volume, it is relatively unaffected by density except in extremely dense or sparse stands (Stearns-Smith 2001). A different age-height model is required for each species because height growth patterns are not the same across species (Nigh 1997). Site Index values are often grouped into five classes from the Site Index curves, with I being the highest and V being the lowest. Site Index values of redwoods in upland areas of each watershed were provided by Green Diamond Resource Company, where data were obtained by cruise estimates, extrapolation from cruise estimates, field estimation, and photo interpretation. Values were fieldverified by measuring tree height and coring dominant trees from five (20%) of the study sites. At each stream reach, four evenly spaced transects were established perpendicular to the channel. The dominant upland tree along each of the four transects, on each side of the channel (n 8 trees per reach), was located by visual inspection. Because some transects did not contain a dominant or codominant tree due to crown damage or rocky soils, the number of trees cored per site for upland Site Index averaged 5.6. Upland was delimited as the region between the ridge top and the upslope edge of the riparian zone. Upslope edge of the riparian zone was delimited by abrupt changes in gradient and changes in vegetation composition. Tree height was measured with a laser rangefinder, and age was determined by coring trees with an increment borer. Averaged values were used to determine Site Index for the stand by using a lookup table from Hanson et al. (2003), modified from Krumland and Wensel (1977). Site Index lookup tables link tree height at present age with tree height at a common base age. Field measurements of Site Index were only weakly correlated with Site Index values provided by Green Diamond Resource Company (r 0.13). Because the field verification sample size was small and the Green Diamond Resource Company data averaged values for the entire watershed, no adjustments were made to their data set. 74 WEST. J. APPL. FOR. 22(2) 2007 A small proportion of the catchment areas examined (average 12%) extended beyond lands within Green Diamond Resource Company ownership. These areas had land use similar to those on Green Diamond Resource Company property. Thus, Site Index values supplied by Green Diamond Resource Company were assumed to apply to all uplands within the watershed boundaries. Drainage area was estimated by digitizing the watershed boundaries associated with corresponding stream reaches. Riparian Condition Riparian attributes measured at each site included the Site Index of red alder, riparian canopy composition (percentage of hardwoods), and percentage of canopy coverage. In five sites, Site Index of redwoods within the riparian area was measured to evaluate the correspondence of redwood Site Index between riparian and upland areas. In March 2003, following leaf-out of riparian hardwoods, measurements of each parameter were made along four evenly spaced transects perpendicular to the stream reach. Percentage of canopy cover was estimated using a spherical densiometer located 1.2 m above the water surface at the center of the channel width. Four readings (upstream, downstream, right bank, and left bank) were taken at each of the four transects and averaged. Canopy composition of riparian vegetation was quantified along both sides of the stream channel using a line transect and point intercept method (Bonham 1989). Points were established every 2 m along transects extending to the edge of the riparian area. Riparian width was determined for each transect by a change in uniform slope and vegetation type. Percentage of hardwoods within the riparian zone was estimated as the number of point intercepts of hardwoods divided by total point intercept of all trees within the


School facilities are some of the most underutilised public assets in Australia. Yet, opportunities to better utilise and enhance school facilities though offering a range of services to growing communities are increasingly being recognised. Across the country, state governments are endorsing the development of schools as community hubs, based on indications from overseas of better education, health and well-being outcomes for students, as well as benefits to their families and the public. How best to proceed with the development of community oriented schools in Australia however, remains an open question due to a lack of knowledge about; a) what types of services – beyond the academic – should be delivered from school sites; b) how best to utilize existing facilities and deliver new infrastructure that may be required for 'nontraditional' service provision; and c) what government funding should be directed to such services and facilities, and from which departments. Curtailing the development of community oriented schools are embedded state government policies and practices that tend to dislocate and dissociate the processes of procuring, designing, governing and using/managing school infrastructure. If the concept of schools as community hubs is to be realised, the policy environment through which such provision must be achieved needs to be scrutinised and updated. The provision of school facilities that can support enhanced social capital, education, health and well-being outcomes for Australian communities requires improved co-ordination between multiple levels of government, as well as non-government agencies, schools and community groups. A means of productively navigating and negotiating these multifaceted relationships is needed i.e. a coherent framework that links research, policy and practice associated with the planning and management of service delivery and associated infrastructure on school sites. This paper explores how such a framework may be developed for the purpose of helping state governments, local councils, schools and community stakeholders overcome the current 'obstacle course' that is limiting attempts to maximise school facilities for broader community benefit.


Lactic acid bacteria (BAL) is a gram-positive bacterium in the form of stems or round, not forming spores, anaerobic facultative fermentation and has the ability to ferment glucose into lactic acid. The purpose of this study was to isolate and identify lactic acid bacteria from spinach and mustard vegetable waste which can be used as food preservative. The isolation result was obtained by 10 isolates suspected as lactic acid bacteria. The isolates obtained were identified macroscopically, fermentation test, gram staining, spore staining and catalase test. From the macroscopic identification of samples of spinach and mustard, the isolates were white milk, rounded circular edges, kensitri surface and convex elevation. The fermentation test indicates that are heterofermentative and. All isolates obtained in the form of gram-positive bacteria had no negative spores and catalases and its alleged are Lactobasillus.


This article is about the analysis which was conducted on Jurisprudence advances, regarding children and teenagers' rights protection since the new constitution of 1991 came into force. Palabras clave: Constitucion, Proteccion, Ninez, Ley, Avances.


Recognizing the sex of conspecifics is important. Humans rely primarily on visual pattern recognition for this task. A wide variety of linear and nonlinear models have been developed to understand this task of sex recognition from human faces.' These models have used both pixelbased and feature-based representations of the face for input. Fleming and Cottrell (1990) and Golomb et a!. (1991) utilized first an autoencoder compression network on a pixel-based representation, and then a classification network. Brunelli and Poggio (1993) used a type of radial basis function network with geometrical face measurements as input. O'Toole and colleagues (1991, 1993) represented faces as principal components. When the hidden units of an autoencoder have a linear output function, then the N hidden units in the network span the first N principal components of the input (Baldi and Hornik 1989). Bruce et al. (1993) constructed a discriminant function for sex with 2-D and 3-D facial measures. In this note we compare the performance of a simple perceptron and a standard multilayer perceptron (MLP) on the sex classification task. We used a range of spatial resolutions of the face to determine how the reliability of sex discrimination is related to resolution. A normalized pixel-based representation was used for the faces because it explicitly retained texture and shape information while also maintaining geometric relationships. We found that the linear perceptron model can classify sex from facial images with 81% accuracy, compared to 92% accuracy with compression coding on the same data set (Golomb et al. 1991). The advantage of using a simple linear perceptron with normalized pixelbased inputs is that it allows us to see explicitly those regions of the face

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Bubbly flows are very common in both industrial and natural environments. In general bubbly flows are very complex. Detailed knowledge about all phenomena involved should be obtained to predict the behaviour of the bubbles and the implications on the flow. In this thesis the focus is on the motion and the flow around a single bubble in quiescent water.


Advances in medical imaging have had a considerable impact on medical practice over the past few decades. Regrettably, many such procedures expose patients to ionizing radiation, which may result in injury. Survey data show that physicians generally underestimate the magnitude of radiation doses and


A series of hepatic amino functional cholesterylated hepatic targeting liposome ligands L1-L6 were synthesized. Cholesterol as starting material, after esterification with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride to get cholesterol tosylate, then etherification with oligo ethylene ethanol (n=1-3) to get amino functional cholesterylated compounds T1-T3, T1-T3 were elongated by reaction with protected diethylene glycol and deprotected in acid condition to get T4-T6 . L1-L6 were mesylated and replaced by azido group, then hydrogenanted by hydrogen to get L1-L6.The target compounds affords cholesterylated hepatic targeting liposome ligands.


This paper describes a comprehensive model of alignment that provides a foundation for meaningful reporting of students' academic progress over time. The model includes both horizontal and vertical alignment as integral parts of the development of content standards, test blueprints, items, item pools, instruments, performance level descriptors, and performance standards. It also explains why comprehensively integrating alignment into development processes results in procedural efficiencies and gains in validity evidence for the measurement of student progress. Cautions against reducing focus on content in favor of alignment are given. All parts of the comprehensive alignment model described in this paper either have been or soon will be implemented in a large-scale assessment program.


Subcortical brain systems play an important role in the regulation of a variety of cognitive and emotional processes. The basal ganglia and thalamus, along with the surrounding limbic structures, comprise MacLean's paleomammalian brain, a region that serves to integrate appetitive drives with approach or avoidance to environmental stimuli. In humans, frontal–subcortical circuits comprise one of the major organizing neural networks in the brain. Discrete pathways connect prefrontal neurons sequentially to caudate, globus pallidus, dorsomedial thalamus, and finally back to the original prefrontal locus. These loop circuits process information supporting executive cognitive functions such as organization, motivation, and social comportment. This region of the brain receives its blood supply from relatively long, small-diameter, penetrating branches of the anterior and middle cerebral arteries. This unique circulatory arrangement is a consequence of the rapid evolutionary expansion of the neocortex and leaves these deep white and graymatter tissues vulnerable to ischemic injury and resulting neuropsychiatric dysfunction. Changes in subcortical white matter and deep gray matter nuclei are often noted in the brains of elderly people. Typically, these changes appear as foci of increased signal (hyperintensity) on T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging or as areas of low density (attenuation) on computed tomography (CT) (Figure 1). Such changes were previously interpreted to reflect degeneration of the white matter typical of Binswanger's disease. More recently, similar changes have been reported in patients with Alzheimer's disease, in nondemented patients with cerebrovascular disease or psychiatric illness, and in apparently asymptomatic individuals. As a result, important questions are being raised about the frequency, pathophysiology, and potential clinical significance of these subcortical changes. Given the frequent use of brain MR imaging in neuropsychiatry, clinicians and neuroscientists are likely to encounter patients with changes in the subcortical white and gray matter. The purpose of this article is to review relevant data on the occurrence, etiology, and correlates (both clinical and neurobiological) of these subcortical changes. The potential implications of these changes for the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders will be discussed, with a particular focus on the relationship between subcortical brain changes and aging, cognitive function, and mood in older adults.


Background and Study Aim: We aim to study the immunohistochemical expression of both hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in endometriosis to provide new evidence for a targeted endometriosis therapy. Patients and Methods: This study comprised 106 endometriotic cases diagnosed clinically and histopathologically. The immunohistochemical method was done to determine the expression of HIF-1α and mTOR Results: Endometriotic glands showed significant cytoplasmic expression of both markers in patients with poor ovulation, severe endometriosis, and infertile for >2 years (P<0.001). Also, patients with intense and worst pain show significant immunohistochemical expression of both markers (P<0.001). There is a significant correlation between mTOR and HIF-1α expression in endometriotic tissue samples as P<0.001. Conclusions: Our data suggest that both mTOR and its downstream target HIF-1α transcription factor are both disrupted in patients with endometriosis, which is consistent with aberrant activation of these pathways and their possible contribution to the pathogenesis of endometriosis. These results could offer a promising novel opportunity to be blocked therapeutically. As new management options need to be refined in particular in severe cases and infertile patients with endometriosis, therefore future studies are warranted to investigate treating endometriosis with mTOR inhibitors; the latter are already in clinical trials in phase III and IV, treating solid tumors as well as non-neoplastic disorders.


This research intended to diagnose the use of digital advertising, supported by social media, by the marketing managers of different organizations in the hotel sector in Ibague (Colombia). The methodology was mixed, supported in hermeneutic procedures, which includes interpretations by the author. The findings, based on the research, showed that hotels use social media to promote their business; however, they are not trained in the uses of digital platforms.


Factors to be considered when planning a land traffic system in Europe with a traveling speed of 400 to 500 km/hr are discussed. Problems of maintaining safety in a wheel-rail system operating at such speeds are considered. The possibility of using suspension techniques is outlined. Two suspension techniques are compared; namely, suspension on an air cushion or on a magnetic cushion, using permanent magnets, electromagnets or electrodynamic means.


The moment method combined with theory of microwave network is used for the analysis of EMC problems of the vehicular multiple antennas system.First,the multiple antennas system is equivalent to a microwave network,then the admittance matrix Y of the network can be computed from the MOM solution.Using the admittance matrix,we can obtain the coupling between two antennas.And the near field of the antennas with high RF power is also calculated in this paper.


Abstract The Tale of Genji, written by a Murasaki Shikibu, a female courtier commonly celebrated as a genius, is the greatest work of Japanese literature and has fascinated readers for more than a millennium. It depicts a court life of great sophistication over four generations, concentrating on the ascendancy of a gifted son of an emperor and his relationships with numerous women. Its psychological depth and brilliant narrative technique have astounded critics and general readers alike. Outside Japan, however, little attention has been paid to the philosophical assumptions underpinning this compelling masterpiece. The present volume contains eight essays by scholars of classical Japanese literature, which explore the assumptions and beliefs concerning human experience and its literary presentation that inform the narrative. An introduction sets the historical scene. Successive chapters analyze aspects of the work that are fundamental to its understanding of its own world and, at the same time, resonate with preoccupations of the twenty-first century reading public. The first group of three essays addresses the nature of political power and its relationship with mythology, the concept of time and space and the influence of China, and the construction of moral personhood that enables men to engage in multiple love affairs. Three essays describe the important cultural practices of poetry, calligraphy, and garden- making. Two concluding essays explore the concept of gender that facilitated the creation of the work by a female author in a society which disprivileged women and the pervasive influence of Buddhism on both the work itself and how it has been understood in Japan.


Statistics show that there are more than 70% contamination caused by hydraulic oil in the hydraulic system failures,. By introducing the engineering machinery hydraulic oil pollution formation,origin,and harmfulness,putting forward some effective measures and methods for control of oil pollution,it will be useful and valuable in the actual reference.


Law, Robin (ed.). — The English in West Africa: The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, 1681-1699, Part 3. Oxford, Oxford University Press ("Fontes Historiae Africanae. New Series, Sources of African History"), 2007, 719 p. This last of three volumes of Royal African Company correspondence contains letters and daybooks from various forts, and minor correspondence from outposts to the Company hq at Cape Coast (unfortunately, the reply correspondence from Cape Coast is...


physician stress by analyzing bio-metric information acquired by wearing a wearable sensor device. The proposed method estimates the state of stress during daily activities by acquiring data on heart rate variability (HRV) during wakefulness as well as sleep depth during rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM sleep. Up to seven physicians wore the wearable sensor device for the maximum of eight weeks and the sleep depth and low-/high-frequency (LF/HF) components of HRV were obtained. Our observation showed that physicians' root mean square of successive differences (rMSSDs) were constantly high in their healthy state. Therefore, the decreasing of this index can be used as an indicator of fatigue and stress. In addition, by combining LF/HF components to the rMSSDs, we may estimate the stress state of physicians and find personal stressors.


The qualitative and quantitative determinations of the trace volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air from the landfill field of Guangzhou, China have been carried out. The VOCs concentration distribution and their effects on residential environment have also been discussed. The results showed that there were 17 USEPA priority-controlled pollutants in 60 irate VOCs detected. Benzene and alkylbenzenes have the highest concentrations ranging from 2.541508.48g/m3. The concentrations of VOCs in air from the field were higher than those in the air outside the field. Higher VOCs concentrations were detected on the lower area where VOCs were easy to accumulate. No obvious pollution effects on ambient residential environment were found.


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This research looks into the pumiceous tuffs of Guadalajara as basic materials for the manufacturing of hydraulic bonding agents with specific characteristics and a low cost. The research takes into consideration the mineralogy, petrography, and chemical composition of the compounds formed during the pozzolan reaction, with optical microscopy techniques, X-ray diffraction and electronic microscope scanning. Also, the action of common bonding agents - hydrated lime and Portland cement - is considered in the hydraulic hardening - resistance to compression, tension and weathering - through a mixed experimental design consisting on the design of a simplex-lattice mix (3,3) and a 3 k factorial design. The influence of the components (hydrated lime, pozzolan and Portland cement) is explored with the first mix, while the second explores the considered process variables (curing time and size of pozzolan particles). The results were very encouraging and give the possibility to produce a whole new category of new economic products, with better quality than those currently offered in the construction industry in Mexico.


The article specifies the concept, significance and classification of the infrastructure under the conditions of market relations forming. Special consideration is given to such components of the infrastructure complex as market and innovation. The author also examines the possibility of establishing business incubators not only in large cities but also in district centres of Ukraine as one of the important guiding lines for small and medium-sized business functioning in the agrarian sector.


Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has achieved significant success in various robot tasks: manipulation, navigation, etc. However, complex visual observations in natural environments remains a major challenge. This paper presents Contrastive Variational Reinforcement Learning (CVRL), a model-based method that tackles complex visual observations in DRL. CVRL learns a contrastive variational model by maximizing the mutual information between latent states and observations discriminatively, through contrastive learning. It avoids modeling the complex observation space unnecessarily, as the commonly used generative observation model often does, and is significantly more robust. CVRL achieves comparable performance with state-of-the-art model-based DRL methods on standard Mujoco tasks. It significantly outperforms them on Natural Mujoco tasks and a robot box-pushing task with complex observations, e.g., dynamic shadows. The CVRL code is available publicly at this https URL.


A two degrees-of-freedom vehicle dynamic and a tyre model were discussed to overcome the low precision of the traditional vehicle steering system modeling and simulation.Then an electric power steering system(EPS) hardware-in-loop simulation test platform using two servo motors was developed.EPS steering angle can be input by either hand or input servo motor,while the output servo motor can dynamically simulate the real vehicle steering resistance torque according to the solutions of vehicle dynamic and tyre model under current steering angle and realvehicle operating parameters.Thus the EPS can be evaluated and debugged by detecting and checking critical signals.Test results show that the simulation test platform has good real-time and reliable character istic as well as high simulation precision,and can correctly catch the critical EPS performance parameters,so it is very suitable for developing,testing and evaluating EPS.