Editorial PrEfacE i One role of the International Journal of E-Planning Research is to promote the debate of pioneering approaches in the field of urban and regional planning. In this issue, the International Journal of E-Planning Research continues the exploration of cutting edge planning themes and addresses key problems faced by urban and regional planners, policy makers, citizens and other stakeholders. The issue contains a mix of refereed research articles and book-reviews covering some of the latest developments in the field of urban and regional e-planning. The research articles address landscape virtual modeling, visual simulation for urban sustainability and the implementation of a model for collaborative environmental knowledge management in the planning field. The first article, " Coupling Real-Time 3D Landscape Models with Microclimate Simulations " , explores and discusses a new method for the visualisation of spatial changes and for the quan-tification of its effects on urban microclimate. While the visualization of spatial changes is particularly important for citizen participation in urban design processes, the quantification of its effects on the microclimate is a key condition for the development of landscapes resilient to warmer weather. In the case study reported in this article, the authors show how the model was initially calibrated and how different changes in the initial design were tested along with the variation in weather conditions up to 2080. in the next article – " Real-Time Visual Simulation of Urban Sustainability " – present and discuss the Sustainable City Visualization Tool (S-CITY VT), an instrument that aims to facilitate sustainability modeling and 3D visualizations and which has the potential to enhance citizen's engagement in urban and rural planning processes. S-CITY VT models the various aspects of sustainability, on a spatial and temporal basis, and provides an innovative form of data presentation through the


Objective To study the safety and degree of injury to gallbladder wall of electrohydraulic lithotripsy.Methods Giving an single-frequency electric shock gallbladder test on every 10 gallstone patients firstly who need an open cholecystectomy,then observing the gallbladder wall injury through pathological observation.Results 10 gallstone patients are divided into vertical group(Electrodes and gallbladder wall are closely vertical)and parallel group(Electrodes and gallbladder wall are placed closely in the parallel),four different intensity discharge being given.By scoring through the pathological observation of gallbladder,the rank test statistical analysis results indicate that different intensities and directions of discharge on gallbladder wall injury have significant statistical differences.Conclusions EHL can leed to a certain degree of gallbladder wall injury,the degrees of injury depend on the intensity and direction of discharge.And no gallbladder perforation exists in EHL through pathological observation.As an result,EHL is a safe and effective therapy in hepatolithiasis according to a certain and necessary operation.


Fuzzy Petri Nets(FPN) is a computer system model suitable for describing asynchronous and concurrent events.It can be effectively used to perform formalized verification and decision analysis for parallel and concurrent systems.This paper presents a Weighted Fuzzy Petri Nets Decision-Making Model based on weighted fuzzy production rule aiming at the fuzziness and uncertain polymer flooding comprehensive adjustment system's knowledge.Based on the Weighted Fuzzy Petri Nets Model,an algorithm of formalized decision reasoning process is proposed,in which all of the constrains in the reasoning rules are considered.It demonstrates that the decision reasoning process is accomplished more simply and quickly as the algorithm is adopted and efficiency of the reasoning is also improved due to the parallel operation ability of Petri nets.Furthermore,taking frac adjustment as an example,it is described in this paper that the model has the advantages of objectivity,strong expression ability and easy to reason,it has better practical value.


The paper ascertained the effect of the global financial meltdown on the Nigerian banking Industry and Economy. The study explores the plausibility of the assumption of the research topic stated above, using the Nigerian banking sector and economy as a focal point. The intensity of the financial crunch in Nigeria was one that went through all facets of the Nigeria economy. The research work adopted ordinary least square method of econometric techniques to evaluate whether or not their existed a negative, positive or neutral relationship among variables of interest. The study covered a period of 42 quarters and employed secondary data. Specifically, it holds that the global financial meltdown had a negative or reverse effect both on the Nigerian banking sector and the economy. However, some quarters following the financial meltdown, there were drastic changes (negative) in the variables that explain the financial development of the economy. Hence, the research concluded by suggesting economic policies that could restore the economy to full stability as well as adequately insulate the economy against future financial crisis. The study recommends that policy makers should evolve comprehensive measures to address the crisis at the national level and in any case to bring about a return to stability in the international financial system.


This report presents the highlights of the conference held March 13–14, 1989 at the Gloucester Hotel in London, England, sponsored by Tourism Management and the University of Surrey. Papers presented at the conference will appear in the Fall 1989 issue of Tourism Management.


-29.693 + 2.864*SL + 10.697*BS 9.875*SO + 0.208*SI + 5.729*OM 0.957*P + 9.351*D 8.335*BS*OM + 4.669*SO*D 0.174*SL*SI) Probability of = e Debris Flow (-29.693 + 2.864*SL + 10.697*BS 9.875*SO + 0.208*SI + 5.729*OM 0.957*P + 9.351*D 8.335*BS*OM + 4.669*SO*D 0.174*SL*SI) 1 + e High mud lines Debris Flow! Missionary Ridge Fire, 2002, Durango, Colorado Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (a) Spearman's rho is a nonparametric rank-order test, similar to the student's t-test. Variables and models with no correlation with debris flows have spearman's rho numbers near zero, and variables with perfect correlations have numbers near plus or minus one. (b) The Wilcoxon test is a nonparametric test to determine if there is a significant difference between areas with and without debris flows. As the effectiveness of the models improves, the Wilcoxon p-values approach zero. (c) McFadden's rho is calculated by logistic regression, and conceptually is similar to an r-squared in linear regression. A McFadden's rho value of zero means there is no correlation; values between 0.2 and 0.4 denote significant correlation. Logistic regression was used to predict the probability of debris flows occurring in areas recently burned by wildland fires. Multiple logistic regression is conceptually similar to multiple linear regression because statistical relations between one dependent variable and several independent variables are evaluated. In logistic regression, however, the dependent variable is transformed to a binary variable (debris flow did or did not occur), and the actual probability of the debris flow occurring is statistically modeled. Data from 399 basins located within 15 wildland fires that burned during 2000-2002 in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico were evaluated. More than 35 independent variables describing the burn severity, geology, land surface gradient, rainfall, and soil properties were evaluated. The models were developed as follows: (1) Basins that did and did not produce debris flows were delineated from National Elevation Data using a Geographic Information System (GIS). (2) Data describing the burn severity, geology, land surface gradient, rainfall, and soil properties were determined for each basin. These data were then downloaded to a statistics software package for analysis using logistic regression. (3) Relations between the occurrence/non-occurrence of debris flows and burn severity, geology, land surface gradient, rainfall, and soil properties were evaluated and several preliminary multivariate logistic regression models were constructed. All possible combinations of independent variables were evaluated to determine which combination produced the most effective model. The multivariate model that best predicted the occurrence of debris flows was selected. (4) The multivariate logistic regression model was entered into a GIS, and a map showing the probability of debris flows was constructed. The most effective model incorporates the percentage of each basin with slope greater than 30 percent, percentage of land burned at medium and high burn severity in each basin, particle size sorting, average storm intensity (millimeters per hour), soil organic matter content, soil permeability, and soil drainage. The results of this study demonstrate that logistic regression is a valuable tool for predicting the probability of debris flows occurring in recently-burned landscapes.


We explore the impact of variable viscosity, activation energy on MHD mixed convective heat and mass transfer flow of nanofluid through a porous medium in a Co-axial cylindrical duct. The non-linear, coupled equations have been solved by using Galerkine finite method with quadratic polynomials. The behaviour of velocity, temperature and nanoconcentration is analyzed at different axial positions. The rate of heat and mass transfer has also been obtained for variations in the governing parameters. From the analysis we find that an increase in Nb and Nt reduces the velocity, increases the temperature and nanoconcentration.


The rearing performance has indicated slightly poor results in all the commercial traits of silkworms at Kargil which can also be due to the outcome of poor quality mulberry leaf availability being nutritionally weak. The growth and behaviour of mulberry and performance of silkworm rearing in the areas Kargil sufficiently indicate that mulberry sericulture has a greater potential in these areas, however, the same has not picked up perhaps due to less acquaintance of crop with people of these areas, coupled with lack of scientific knowledge about sericulture. The soils at Kargil area are chemically and nutritionally not much better yet with the application of minor quantity of fertilizers and manures their conditions can be reclaimed and made better mulberry plantations. The leaf nutrient status has also revealed the same trend. The same can be done through cultivation of promising mulberry genotypes. Similarly promising silkworm hybrids could be reared for increased production.


Besifloxacin is fourth generation ophthalmic fluoroquinolone of synthetic origin, it was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) in May 2009 for the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis. It is only fluoroquinolone that has not been studied for systemic use; it was sold first in United States of America (USA) under the trade name of Besivance ® ophthalmic suspension 0.6% formulated with Duracite ® technology. This review article provides an overview of the pharmacology, efficacy and tolerability of besifloxacin suspension in the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis, along with their different analytical techniques.Besifloxacin is a broad spectrum antibiotic active against ocular bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Haemophilus influenza, Moraxella catarrhalis and Corynebacterium spp .Conjunctival concentration of besifloxacin was reported and found to be C max - 62.79µg/ml, AUC 0-t -5569min.µg/ml, MIC 90 <0.06-4µg/ml after single dose of besifloxacin ophthalmic suspension 0.6% in rabbit. In two randomised, double masked vehicle- control trial study reported the besifloxacin ophthalmic suspension was well tolerated and efficacious than vehicles.Besifloxacin was found to be well tolerated in clinical trial however common adverse effects were blurred vision (2.1%), bacterial conjunctivitis (1.8%), eye pain (1.5%) and non-specific bacterial conjunctivitis. Besifloxacin 0.6% ophthalmic suspension was reported to the well tolerated and efficacious in the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis.There were several methods of analysis like UV, HPLC and microbiological for the quantification of besifloxacin. Keywords: Besifloxacin, Moxifloxacin, Gatifloxacin, Bacterial conjunctivitis, HPLC Pharmacokinetic


The pH-dependent water-exchange rates of [(CO)2(NO)Re(H2O(cis))2(H2O(trans))]2+ (1) in aqueous media were investigated by means of 17O NMR spectroscopy at 298 K. Because of the low pK(a) value found for 1 (pK(a) = 1.4 +/- 0.3), the water-exchange rate constant k(obs)(H2O(trans/cis)) was analyzed with a two-pathway model in which k(Re)(H2O(trans/cis)) and k(ReOH)(H2O)(trans/cis)) denote the water-exchange rate constants in trans or cis position to the nitrosyl ligand on 1 and on the monohydroxo species [(CO)2(NO)Re(H2O)2(OH)]+ (2), respectively. Whereas the rate constants k(ReOH)(H2O)(trans)) and k(ReOH)(H2O)(cis)) were determined as (4.2 +/- 2) x 10(-3) s(-1) and (5.8 +/- 2) x 10(-4) s(-1), respectively, k(Re)(H2O)(trans)) and k(Re)(H2O)(cis)) were too small to be determined in the presence of the much more reactive species 2. Apart from the water exchange, an unexpectedly fast C identical with 16O --> C identical withO exchange was also observed via NMR and IR spectroscopy. It was found to proceed through 1 and 2, with rate constants k(Re)(CO) and k(ReOH)(CO) of (19 +/- 4) x 10(-3) s(-1) and (4 +/- 3) x 10(-3) s(-1), respectively. On the other hand, N identical with 16O --> N identical with *O exchange was not observed.


Consider ordinary bond percolation on a finite or countably infinite graph. Let s, t, a, and b be vertices. An earlier paper (J. Van den Berg and J. Kahn, Ann Probab 29 (2001), 123–126 ) proved the (nonintuitive) result that, conditioned on the event that there is no open path from s to t, the two events "there is an open path from s to a" and "there is an open path from s to b" are positively correlated. In the present paper we further investigate and generalize the theorem of which this result was a consequence. This leads to results saying, informally, that, with the above conditioning, the open cluster of s is conditionally positively (self‐) associated and that it is conditionally negatively correlated with the open cluster of t.


A large portion of near infrared (NIR) laser energy is lost at the skin surfaces by reflection, for example 30% of the incident energy reflects off with incident angle of 20°. Retrieving the reflected light and redirecting it onto the skin surfaces will increase the effective excitation energy, resulting in an increased photoacoustic (PA) signal for the same light source without increasing power. Increased uniformity of light distribution on the skin is also expected due to multiple random light reflection inside a light retrieving and reflection device. In this study, we fabricated a relatively simple, but effective light illumination improvement device, called light catcher, and integrated it into a compact high frequency ultrasound transducer for small animal imaging. Using chicken breast tissues and a mouse cancer model, feasibility of the light catcher for PA imaging was demonstrated. When using the light catcher, PA signal intensity was increased by 33% (0.44 vs. 0.30) and 28% (0.57 vs. 0.41), and corresponding CNR was improved by 22% (2.66 vs. 2.18) and 23% (1.96 vs. 1.52) compared to without the light catcher for in vitro and in vivo study, respectively. This device might allow deep tissue PA imaging with improved CNR using the same laser power.


Dice games is a cube (often with corners slightly rounded), Marked on each of its six faces with a different number of circular patches or Pits called pips. Based on the purpose of this research to find out whether the use of Loaded Dice Game can increase or not the students' Vocabulary mastery at the fourth-grade students of SDIT Anak Sholeh Mataram in the school year 2016/2017. In this research, the writer used quasi-experimental research (pre-test and post-test design) with the population was 111 of 4 classes, and the sample was 58 students by using cluster sampling. The writer took two classes as samples, they are Malik class as an experimental and Khuzaifah class as a control group. To collect the data, the writer used multiple choices items with 20 numbers items. The finding of this research from the value of t-test was 5.01 higher than the value of t-table in the significance level 95% (1.67) and at the confidence level 99% (2.39). The value of t-test is higher than t-table, it means that the hypothesis alternative (Ha) is accepted. So, the writer can conclude that the use of Loaded Dice game can increase the students' vocabulary mastery at the fourth-grade students of SDIT Anak Sholeh Mataram in the school year 2016/2017.


In Osijek (eastern Croatia) during the three years experiments were set up, with 25 wheat varieties developed in the last 100 years from Croatia, Italy, Romania, France and Russia. After harvest we determined differences in selected traits. The sum of precipitation in growing season during 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11 were 368.6 mm, 846.6 mm and 500.4mm. Grain yield, plant height, heading date, 1000 kernel weight, test weight and protein content were analyzed. Highly significant differences between varieties and years were revealed for the traits. The highest grain yield had varieties Katarina, Alka and Renata. Alka and Katarina had yields in average 15% higher compared with Slavonia (Saray Bosna, Brasilia), 18% higher than Dropia and Flamura 85, 30% higher than Bezostaja 1 and about 54% higher than Sirban Prolifik and U1. In both dry years the highest grain yield had varieties Alka, Katarina, Renata and Lucija. In a rainy year, all varieties had significantly lower grain yields, lower 1000 kernel weight and test weight, but higher protein content, and the highest grain yield had varieties Demetra, Katarina, Dropia, Zitarka and Alka. The lowest grain yield in all three years of research had varieties U1 (introduced in the production in 1936), Sirban Prolifik (introduced in the production in 1905) and Dubrava (recognized in1968). The oldest varieties Sirban Prolifik and U1 were 130-140 cm high, 7-14 days later in heading date with significantly higher protein content (not god quality of gluten) than varieties developed in the last twenty years.


The class of the faithfully balanced self-orthogonal bimodules, which is widely used in studying (co) tilting theory and Cohen-Macaulay ring theory, is a very important researched object in module theory. First, a sufficient condition over which the SNC holds is obtained is given in this paper. By studying the property of a right minimal injective resolution of a faithfully balanced self-orthogonal bimodule, under some assumption we construct an injective cogenerator for the category of left modules. As a consequence of this result, we give a new characterization of QF rings.


We found a group of non‐platelet RNA‐containing particles (NPRCP) in human umbilical cord blood. To understand the origin, characterization and differentiation of NPRCP, we examined cord blood‐isolated NPRCP in vitro. The NPRCP range in size from < 1 to 5 μm, have a thin bilayer membrane and various morphological features, contain short RNA and microRNA and express octamer‐binding transcription factor 4 (OCT4), sex‐determining region Y 2 (SOX2) and DEAD box polypeptide 4 (DDX4). On coculture with nucleated cells from umbilical cord blood, NPRCP fuse to small, active, non‐nucleated cells called 'particle fusion‐derived non‐nucleated cells' (PFDNC). The PFDNC are approximately 8 μm in diameter and are characterized by their twisting movement in culture plates. They can easily move into and out of nucleated cells and finally differentiate into mesenchymal‐like cells. In addition, the larger non‐nucleated cellular structures that are derived from the aggregation and fusion of multiple NPRCP can further differentiate into large stem cells that also release OCT4‐ and SOX2‐positive non‐nucleated small cells. Our data provide strong evidence that NPRCP can fuse into PFDNC, which further differentiate into mesenchymal‐like cells. Multiple NPRCP also fuse into other types of large stem cells. We believe that stem cells are derived from NPRCP fusion. There is considerable potential for the use of NPRCP in clinical therapy.


This paper contributes to a long-lasting debate between practitioners who argue that academia is unable to understand what pricing is all about and academics who criticize practitioner pricing approaches for lacking rigor or rationality. The paper conceptualizes a resource-advantage (R-A) perspective on pricing by drawing on the R-A theory of competition. After a review of R-A theory, the paper integrates the price discretion concept and pricing as a spanning competence by introducing a separation between resources that create and resources that extract value, thereby expanding R-A theory to pricing. The perspective aims to shed light on how the process of competition helps organizations to learn/benefit from pricing capabilities. The research shifts the focus of pricing research from an equilibrium-based static view to a dynamic, disequilibrium-provoking pricing competence. In this way, it draws attention to what is perhaps most relevant to pricing in practice: the actual means necessary to determine price.


phologically similar species such as M. acronea and M. megriensis having posteriorprotuberances in females. The female has prominent posterior-protuberance, laterally located neck, perineal pattern made up by extraordinarily faint and broken striae, stylet 12.3ƒÊm long and excretory pore located about four times the stylet length behind the stylet knob. The second-stage juvenile has a hemizonid located just in front of the excretory pore, undilated rectum, body length of 470ƒÊm, a-value of 31.3, tail length of 54.2ƒÊm, stylet length of 11.3ƒÊm and distance of 5.2ƒÊm from the dorsal gland orifice to the base of stylet. The shape of the hyaline tail of the secondstage juvenile is usually triangular, but variant forms with protruded tail tips sometimes appear. The males are very rare. The only known host plant of this species is I. laevigata. Egg masses are produced within usually terminal galls. Jpn. J. Nematol. 22: 11-20 (1992).


This document presents an evaluation by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Country Program of the Inter-American Development Bank with Suriname over the period 2011-2015. This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) is the third independent evaluation of the Bank's program with Suriname.


Nuclear number in germinating conidia of Neurospora Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 License. This research note is available in Fungal Genetics Reports: http://newprairiepress.org/fgr/vol2/iss1/8


Introduction. Recent studies revealed that differentiation of valvular interstitial cell into myo fi broblasts played an important role in pathological valve remodeling in rheumatic valvular disease. Objective. To investigate effects of atorvastatin, olmesartan, and resveratrol on Transforming Growth Factor β 1-induced �brosis. Methods. Valvular interstitial cell was isolated from 12-weeks male New Zealand rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Culture cells was divided into 4 groups, control group, group I (0.5 mg/mL Atorvastatin), group II (100 nmol/L Olmesartan), group III (50 μ M/L Resveratrol) and group IV (combinations). All group were exposed to 100 nM Transforming Growth Factor β 1 for 24 hours. Results. Immunochemical staining demonstrated that cells were completely differentiated into myo�broblasts with mean expression of α -smooth muscle actin 24522.64±4566.994. Atorvastatin, olmesartan, resveratrol, and its combination signi�cantly reduced α -smooth muscle actin expression (6823±1735.3, 6942.7±2455.9, 14176.2±3343.3, 5051.8±1612.2 respectively (p<0.001). Conclusion. Our data showed atorvastatin, olmesartan, resveratrol, and its combination signi�cantly reduce Transforming Growth Factor β 1-induced valvular �brosis.


The Aid to Capacity Evaluation is conducted to determine a person's ability to make informed decisions regarding his/her treatment and/or authorization to release confidential information. Persons served by Henrico Area Mental Health & Retardation Services are presumed capable of making decisions unless proven otherwise through this evaluation. Prior to conducting the evaluation, a staff member involved in the person's care (doctor, case manager, occupational therapist) should explain the treatment or action and its risks, benefits and alternative treatments, if any. The evaluating clinician/case manager should also understand the treatment, so as to judge whether the person's response is accurate. The evaluator should assure that the treatment has been explained to the consumer, using an appropriate communication method (e.g., sign language). If the evaluator feels that an adequate explanation has not been given, he/she may offer a brief explanation (see Guidelines) prior to conducting the Capacity Evaluation.


A review is presented of the factors effecting gust loads and the methods or devices which reduce these loads. Aerodynamic detices which reduce the lift-curve sl~pe include spoiler-deflector controls, for which some data are presented in the Mach nmiber rsmge from 0.4 to 1.1. Systems are also considered in which a sensing detice is used to operate gust-alleviation controls. Two basically M.fferent types of sensing devices are possible, the load-sensing type and the sngle-of-attack– sensing type. These devices exe compared snd their limitations discussed. Sane preliminary flight measurements of wing-root bending moment due to turbulence are presented for a gust-alleviation system installed in a small twin-engine transport airplane. This system increased the wing-root bending mcments as compared with those of the basic airplane. This increase resulted frcm the fact that the system as tested was adjusted to reduce acceleration and, as a result, overcompensated for the wing-root bending mcments due to gusts. flight measurements of the effects of a yaw damper on the tail loads of a bomber airplane are also presented.


Risk investment existence depends on the high capital cycle flow relating to th high risk.The most important things of withdrawal decision is the time and manner of withdrawal.Every withdrawal manner may complete the above function,but the choice of withdrawal manner influences the relationship between venture imvstors and enterprisers.IPO is found to be a withdrawal manner which encourages venture investors,but does not enterprisers through the study of the positive analysis of the U.S.A risk investment.


Abstract : Fracture mirrors formed in as received, annealed and quenched flint glass rods fractured under normal strength measurement and impact loading rates were compared. The objectives of the investigation were to determine the effect of methods of mirror measurement, loading conditions and residual stresses on fracture mirror size and shape and to demonstrate the usefulness of mirror measurements for estimating the fracture stresses in glass specimens when other means of estimating the stresses were not available.


Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active metal island films placed within micrometer-sized polymer sandwich thin film structures were explored as molecular-level probes of case II diffusion events for n-hexane swelling of polystyrene. The fabrication and use of these structures in an internal reflection geometry is detailed. A comparison of Ag and Au films indicates that strong SERS signals are obtained from Au island structures interspersed to various depths within polystyrene, while simultaneously avoiding photooxidation problems typically encountered with Ag-enhancing structures. The physical spread of the Au island structure in the depth direction was determined to be [le]200 A by Auger depth profiling and physical profilometry. Combining this physical spread and the SERS-distance dependence d(1/e) [approx] 50 [angstrom] yields a spatial resolution for this technique of [le]300 [angstrom]. Although the SERS features of the solvent within the swollen polymer film were generally substantially lower than those of the polystyrene, in situ observation of permeant progression was possible for unannealed samples. Large changes in the vibrational spectrum with solvent influx were noted for the polystyrene features at 1070 and 1371 cm[sup [minus]1]. In particular, changes in the latter band are interpreted in terms of an increase in chain mobility, with solvent passage, whichmore » allows the pendant phenyl moieties to align parallel to the semimajor axes of the oblate spheroidal particles, thus increasing their effective scattering cross section. 39 refs., 7 figs.« less


A 52-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) from a skilled nursing facility with a complaint of bilateral upper-quadrant abdominal pain of 48 hours' duration. The pain was sharp, nonradiating, constant, and was associated with nausea, vomiting, and constipation. The patient denied any fever, back pain, dysuria, melena, or hematochezia. In the rehabilitation facility the patient had been initially evaluated for this pain. He was given laxatives and stool softeners for presumed constipation but these measures had not been effective. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen had only showed stool in the colon and he was sent to the ED for further evaluation. Apart from severe degenerative joint disease in both his knees he was in good health. He was in the skilled nursing facility (SNF) for rehabilitation for bilateral knee replacement surgery done 9 days prior to this presentation. His postoperative course was unremarkable. He had been maintained on prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism with enoxaparin since postoperative day 1 at a daily dose of 40 mg subcutaneously, and was transferred to the SNF on postoperative day 6 on the same dose. His was receiving oxycodone and Tylenol for pain. He was on no other medications. Vital signs on presentation revealed a temperature of 97.5 F, a heart rate of 100 beats per minute, a respiratory rate of 16 breaths per minute, and a blood pressure of 136/ 69 mmHg. He was alert and oriented and in mild distress from the abdominal pain. Examination was normal except for tenderness in the upper quadrants of the abdomen though no rigidity or rebound tenderness were noted. Routine chemistries were normal except for sodium of 134 mg/ dL. His white count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelet levels were noted to be at 17.5K/lL, 10 g/dL, 30%, and 345K/lL, respectively, and were stable with regard to his discharge laboratory values. His serum eosinophil level was normal. A complete workup for hypercoagulable state and bleeding disorders including assays for antibodies associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia were negative. He was admitted for further evaluation and treatment. The patient had another CT scan of the abdomen (Figure 1), which when compared to the one done at the SNF 2 days prior showed ''markedly enlarged'' bilateral adrenal glands suggestive of bilateral acute adrenal hemorrhage. The enoxaparin was discontinued and empiric steroid replacement therapy was begun. A random cortisol level was normal but a cosyntropin stimulation test showed an absolute increase in cortisol level of only 0.8 lg/dL at both 30 and 60 minutes after administration of 250 lg of cosyntropin. An investigation was undertaken to determine if the patient had any prior risk factors for bleeding. There was no evidence of infection and a comprehensive evaluation for bleeding, and coagulation disorders was normal. The bilateral adrenal hemorrhage was attributed to the use of enoxaparin in the postoperative setting. Unfortunately, the patient subsequently developed a deep venous thrombosis in his lower extremity and an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter was placed before discharge. He was doing well 6 months later, and is still continued on glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid replacement therapy and follows up with endocrinology as an outpatient. FIGURE 1. Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage on CT. Abbreviation: CT, computed tomography.


This paper is related to comparison of two switching techniques that can be applied to asymmet ric bridge converter driven switched reluctance machine. Switc hed reluctance motor operation principles are discussed . Theoretical circuit operation description and Matlab simulation software are used for switching technique comparison. After analysis shows that modification of switching technique have following advantages: lower semiconductor commutation losses, lower current pulsations, reduced voltage stress.


Although corporate Web sites play many important roles in the modern business world, there is a surprising lack of empirical studies on their user interface. This study collected data from 50 Web sites owned by large international organizations. Analysis of the study's data: (1) provides an overview of the trends in corporate Web site design, (2) shows that many Web developers voluntarily adopt certain design conventions, and (3) indicates that most corporate Web sites do not make good use of multimedia capability. It further shows that, although some usability principles have been implemented, there is much room for improvement.


Over the past decade, biologists and ecologists rather than geographers have been primarily responsible for developments in spatial analysis and geostatistics that are of great potential importance to both biogeography and community/landscape ecology. These advances in geostatistics, rate of change analysis and boundary detection and their application to floristic and environmental data at the community scale are reviewed. Issues of scale, spatial autocorrelation and terminology are introduced. Approaches to the description of spatial pattern in plant assemblages and environmental data, the quantification and removal of spatial autocorrelation, the spatial interpolation of data, techniques for the description and analysis of spatial rate of change and finally boundary detection are all reviewed in turn. Despite the development of new methods, the extent to which they have been applied more widely within both plant ecology and biogeography is limited. The paper concludes that perhaps the time is right for biogeographers to reassess the potential significance of these areas for the subject.


In this paper, we present a stochastic language model for Japanese using dependency. The prediction unit in this model is an attribute of "bunsetsu". This is represented by the product of the head of content words and that of function words. The relation between the attributes of "bunsetsu" is ruled by a context-free grammar. The word sequences are predicted from the attribute using word n-gram model. The spell of Unknow word is predicted using character n-gram model. This model is robust in that it can compute the probability of an arbitrary string and is complete in that it models from unknown word to dependency at the same time.


The unsteady MHD free convection heat and mass transfer flow of a viscous, incompressible, and electrically conducting fluid passing through a vertical plate embedded in a porous medium in the presence of chemical reactions and thermal radiation is investigated. The effects of the Hall current, rotation and Soret are studied. Using the perturbation approach, one can obtain an accurate analytical solution to the governing equations for the fluid velocity, fluid temperature, and species concentration, provided that the initial and boundary conditions are acceptable. It is possible to obtain expressions for the shear stress, rate of heat transfer, and rate of mass transfer for both plates with the ramping temperature and isothermal conditions. On the one hand, the numerical values of the primary and secondary fluid velocities, fluid temperature, and species concentration are presented graphically. On the other hand, the numerical values of the shear stress and rate of mass transfer for the plate are presented in tabular form for various values of the relevant flow parameters. These values are given for a range of pertinent flow parameters. It was determined that an increase in the Hall and Soret parameters over the whole fluid area leads to a corresponding increase in the resulting velocity. The resultant velocity continually climbs to a high level due to the contributions of the thermal and solute buoyancy forces. Lowering the heat source parameter reduces the temperature distribution, resulting in a lower overall temperature. When there is a rise in the chemical reaction parameter over the whole fluid area, there is a corresponding decrease in the concentration. The concentration buoyancy force, Hall current, and Prandtl number reduce the skin friction. On the other hand, the permeability of the porous medium, rotation, chemical reaction, the Soret number, thermal buoyancy force, and mass diffusion all have the opposite effects on the skin friction.


Dutch Elm Disease (DED) forms a complex system of three elements closely interacting: a host, a pathogen and an insect vector. Elm breeding programmes for resistance to DED have been exclusively based on selecting or obtaining pathogen-resistant trees, thus stressing only the host–pathogen side of the interaction and missing the vector component. Resistance against the bark beetle vectors would involve mechanisms other than those implicated in fungus resistance. As a consequence the search for resistance to the vectors would offer more than just a different way of obtaining resistant elms as it would allow incorporation of a new type of resistance into pathogen-resistant trees. Suppressing twig crotch feeding by elm bark beetles would greatly reduce infection on healthy elms. Evidence of preferences by elm bark beetles among different elm species has been documented in the field and in controlled experiments, demonstrating that U. minor is preferred over U. laevis and U. glabra, whereas intraspecific preferences among individual elms or clones remain largely unexplored. The selection of an individual plant by an insect is a two-step process that involves finding and accepting the host. Plant chemicals can play a key role in both of these steps, acting either as long-range stimuli, such as attractants or repellents, or as close-range contact cues, such as feeding stimulants and deterrents, operating after landing on the plant surface. Research on the chemical aspects of elm selection by bark beetles is here reviewed, and prospects for the future are discussed.


The Crab nebula has proved to be the nearest to a standard candle in VHE $\gamma-$ ray astronomy. Results on the gamma ray emission from the nebula at various energies have come in the last decade mostly from imaging telescopes. The aim of the new Pachmarhi Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope (PACT) array has been to use the temporal and spatial distribution of Cerenkov photons in distinguishing between proton and gamma ray showers. The array, with timing information from 175 mirrors, is ideally suited for precise estimation of the arrival direction. Preliminary results from the recent data taken on Crab has shown a 12$\sigma$ signal with the flux in good agreement with those of the other experiments.


Background: Needle stick and sharp injuries (NSSI) occur commonly amongst health workers including medical students with a potential for transmission of nosocomial infections. This study was carried out to determine the prevenlence of needle stick and sharp - related injuries among clinical medical students of Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja.Methodology: The study was a cross sectional study conducted amongst medical students undergoing their clinical rotations at the Lagos State University College of Medicine using pre-tested, self-administered questionnaires. The questionnaire elicited information on the socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge of and prevalence NSSIs and actions taken following an NSSI. The data was analysed using SPSS 21.0.Results: The mean age of the respondents was 24.7+3.3 years and half of the students were in their fourth year (rst year clinicals). The majority (98%) wereaware of the dangers of needle stick and sharp injuries. One out of ve (23%) had experienced an NSSI duringtheir clinical postings and 60% of the NSSIs occurred in their r st clinical year. Only half had received the complete dose of hepatitis B virus vaccination. The majority (89%) always wore gloves when handling sharps and a third (33%) never attempt to recap needles. About 4% did not take any action following an NSSI.Conclusions: Medical students are at a high risk for needle stick injuries. There is the need for more training of medical students about protective measures against needle stick and sharp related injuries. Preventive strategies to reduce this risk should be instituted.


Several studies on human capital development have ignored its effects on activity sectors of the economy in developing countries like Nigeria. This paper examined the effects of human capital development on the Nigerian real sector activity 1981 to 2022 with data from Central Bank of Nigeria's Statistical Bulletin, and National Bureau of Statistics. This paper utilized a macro-econometric model approach anchored on the endogenous growth theory. Ex-ante forecast showed that a 4% increase in life expectancy led to improvement in industry output (50.9%) and service output (16.6%), and agriculture output decreased by 7.4%. 4% decrease in life expectancy improved agricultural output by 14.9% and worsened industry and service sectors' outputs by 31.2% and 65.9%, respectively. A 2.0% increase in number of schooling years improved service (9.3%) and industry (3.7%) while agriculture output shrunk by 2.0% deviation. A 2% decrease in schooling year's worsened service and industry output by 74.5% and 42.4%, respectively and improved agriculture output (24.1%). A 7.7% increase in the index of per capita GNI resulted in negative shock to service output (69%) and industry output (37%) and positive deviation of 21.5% in agriculture output. Under the index of per capita GNI decrease of 7.7%, service output deviated by 200%, industry output deviated by 47.7% and agriculture output by -19%. The study therefore recommended that quality education should be made available to all so that Nigeria's service and industrial sectors can be revolutionized.


[The author discusses Christ's presence as perceived and symbolized when an assembly gathers to celebrate Eucharist. Her article consists of four parts: (1) a brief review of recent official church documents on the modes of Christ's presence; (2) an examination of how the relationship of Christ's presence in the eucharistic species to his presence in the Church gathered for worship has been articulated in Christian tradition and in selected 20th-century writings; (3) a consideration of Michael Polanyi's semiotics and Louis Marie Chauvet's theology of symbol; and (4) an application of their thinking to key symbols in the gathering rite of the Roman liturgy.]


In an animal model of human rickets developed by giving a short-term administration of large doses of EHDP to young rats, concomitant administration of [Asu1,7]eel calcitonin (CT) with EHDP resulted in the promotion of calcification in growth cartilage. In an attempt to clarify the mechanisms related to the accelerated calcification due to CT, the effects of diltiazem, a calcium antagonist, were studied. Diltiazem suppressed, in a dose-dependent manner, the accelerated calcification due to CT in the growth cartilage, as determined by findings on the soft X-ray photos, contact microradiograph and light microscopic histology of the proximal region of the tibia. This suppression was only evident when diltiazem and CT were given concomitantly. If it is assumed that diltiazem inhibits the entry of calcium ion into the cells of growth cartilage, in the same manner as seen in case of smooth muscle and myocardial cells, then our results indicate that intracellular concentrations of calcium might play an important role in the occurrence of accelerated calcification due to CT.


This paper investigates the use of electromagnetic induction to reduce the separation region at the entrance of a cylindrical tundish nozzle. >


Loanwords are an important sociolinguistic phenomenon. English loanwords are prominent in Cantonese. The appearing of the large number of English loanwords has historic cause and social cause. Among the peculiar formations, transliteration is dominant. The loanwords have brought much influence not only on Cantonese but also on Putonghua to some extent.


This study allows knowing the particularities that the implementation of the federal rural schools project —driven by the Secretaria de Educacion Publica— had in some populations located in the descent towards the central valley of the Grijalva river terraces in Chiapas. In order to illustrate the different adaptations, we contrast the experiences that the project faced in cases of Tzeltal communities, as Amatenango del Valle and Aguacatenango, and mestizo populations, like Teopisca, Tzimol and Socoltenango. Analyzed cases allow us to ask about alliances and conflicts of interest that arose between the communities, teachers and the authorities as a result of the implementation of this educational project.


With the continuous expansion of China' s economic cooperative fields with the outside world,there is a surge in the demand of talents who specialize in foreign business and the priority of which becomes to foster students to be talents acquired with vocational ability and innovative awareness.In effect,an important approach for students to command English is to stimulate their interst in it and cultivate their creative ability.How to achieve the goals? That is a subject that every English teacher have to study.


Dinaric karst is the region in Croatia formed largely of sedimentary rocks of limestone and dolomite. It spans along the coast of the Adriatic Sea in northwest-southeast direction. It covers half of the Croatian territory, including islands and coast, high mountain region, partly central Croatia, and vast part submerged by the sea. The karstic forms such as tufa deposits and sediments in karst lakes and rivers, terrestrial and submerged speleothems in numerous caves and marine algal rims in the coastal area present good material for studying the palaeoclimate and environment in the Dinaric karst. Precipitation of carbonate sediments (speleothem, tufa, lake sediment, algal rims) in karst region occurs from water supersaturated with calcium carbonate, but conditions of precipitations are different. Tufa formation from lake or river water is favoured where well-developed plants exist in streams resulting in different morphological forms and the isotopic equilibrium is often not established. This process is very sensitive to physico-chemical or biological changes in the water and also to seasonal fluctuation. Lake sediments are formed from lake water under more stable conditions than those of tufa precipitation, and therefore the lake sediments are more often formed under isotope equilibrium conditions. Lake sediments may provide a continuous, high-resolution record of environmental changes within the lake ecosystem and regional catchment and have been used widely to study natural environmental changes or human-induced impact. Speleothems are carbonate deposits precipitate from drip water in the caves under stable microclimate conditions and represent valuable high-resolution records of paleoclimate. Submerged speleothems as well as marine algal rims in the coastal area can be used as sea-level change indicators. An overview of the paleoclimate and environment investigation of different carbonate deposits in the karst area of Plitvice Lakes, Krka and Zrmanja river, several caves and coastal area of Adriatic sea using carbon isotope analyses (14C and 13C) will be presented. The project Reconstruction of the Quaternary environment in Croatia using isotope methods financed by Croatian Science Foundation will be also presented.


The capsular slime of microorganisms is usually indistinct and often completely invisible when v-iewed with the light microscope, even when contrast is enhanced with the phase-contrast optical system. The true extent of capsules of considerable size may be inapparent in simple wet mounts (Fig. 1 and 2). Of the many methods reported for the demonstration of capsules by microscopy, some are cumbersome, some are unreliable, and most require dyes or other reagents which often may not be at hand when needed. One of the better methods is the mounting of microorganisms in a drop of nigrosin between cover slip and plane surface slide for bright-field microscopy. Capsular material is manifested by a clear area, usually surrounding one or several cells or sometimes detached from cells, from which the fine nigrosin lparticles have been excluded. Although nigrosin is generally adequate, occasional difficulties have been met, such as bubbling under intense illumination or inadequate light transmission, especially when used with phase contrast. A convenient and simple substitute for nigrosin in dark phase contrast microscopy is skim milk. A few drops allowed to flow beneath the cover slip quickly provide a turbid background which delineates the capsule. A 10%0 suspension of dried milk powder, as prepared and sterilized for milk culture tubes, is satisfactory. B3romeresol purple milk, methylene blue milk, and litmus milk serve equally well. In contrast to India ink, the sterilized milk does not introduce extraneous encapsulated bacteria into the field. The milk solids are dispersed as much finer particles than the carbon in India ink, and, although not as finely divided as nigrosin, they permit better light transmission.


CLUTTER DETECTION IN PULSE-DOPPLER RADAR SYSTEMS Ahmet Gungor M.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Sinan Gezici August 2010 Among various types of radar systems, the pulse-Doppler radar is the most widely used one, especially in military applications. Pulse Doppler radars have a primary objective to detect and estimate the range and the radial velocity of the targets. In order to have a basis for the detection, first reflected echo signals are matched filtered and then the time-alligned pulse returns are transformed to the Fourier domain to obtain the range-Doppler matrix. The resulting range-Doppler matrix is input to target detection algorithms. For this purpose, constant false alarm rate (CFAR) algorithms are run on the range-Doppler matrix. It is useful to run different CFAR algorithms inside the clutter region and outside the clutter region because the statistics are different inside and outside of the clutter. In order to achieve this discrimination, the position of the clutter has to be detected in the range-Doppler matrix. Moreover, the clutter may not always appear around zero Doppler frequency when realistic terrain models and moving platforms are considered. Two algorithms for clutter detection using range-Doppler matrix elements are investigated and their performance analysis is presented in this thesis. The first algorithm has higher error rates but lower computational complexity,


In this study, composite materials are produced, placing unidirectional carbon fiber reinforcements with 12 filament numbers in a polyester matrix to form one, two, and three layers at room temperature through the hand lay-up method. The samples are prepared from composite plates with the help of a mold in line with the fiber direction angle by the standards. The tensile, three-point bending, and falling weight low-speed impact strength values of the samples were measured and were investigated the mechanical performance of the specimens. As a result of the tensile test, the highest tensile strength value among layers is obtained in the two-layer unidirectional fiber-reinforced composite materials. In bending tests, the highest elasticity values of unidirectional carbon fiber reinforcements are observed in three-layer composite materials with a fiber direction angle of 00. 00 unidirectional fiber-reinforced one-layer composite materials are observed in composite materials with the highest deformation values in the falling weight low-velocity impact tests.


Causation relations are a pervasive feature of human language. Despite this, the automatic acquisition of causal information in text has proved to be a difficult task in NLP. This paper provides a method for the automatic detection and extraction of causal relations. We also present an inductive learning approach to the automatic discovery of lexical and semantic constraints necessary in the disambiguation of causal relations that are then used in question answering. We devised a classification of causal questions and tested the procedure on a QA system.


We report an extended range distributed temperature sensor based on coherent detection of the frequency shift of the spontaneous Brillouin backscatter combined with Raman amplification. The Raman amplification was achieved within the sensing fibre using either co- or counter-propagating Raman pump with respect to the probe pulse and experiments were conducted to investigate the optimum pump and probe power combination. With a co-propagating Raman pump a temperature resolution of 0.8C was achieved at a sensing range of 150km with 50m spatial resolution.


Porphyromonas gingivalis is a gram negative bacillus predominant in chronic periodontitis, multiple virulence factors make it extremely aggressive. In the gingival sulcus find the conditions for growth,interacting with the host produces a slow but steady destruction of periodontal tissue. Its dominance has been considered a risk factor for systemic inflammatory diseases such as myocardial infarction. Although its susceptibility to a variety of drugs makes possible its handling with antimicrobials after mechanical removal of subgingival biofilm. In conclusion this review covers various features of the bacteria, which lead us to the consensus that the pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis is more relevant in chronic periodontitis,and its presence in various forms of periodontal diseases


We propose and demonstrate an optical 8-ary phase-shift keying (8PSK) transmitter using tandem in-phase/quadrature (IQ) modulators. A 30-Gb/s 8PSK is successfully generated through cascading a rectangular quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) and a square QPSK.


This study classifies types of carrier in SCM according to partnership intensity and the role of carrier. The authors designate the partnership of low intensity as transactional partnership and that of high intensity as integrated partnership. The level of carrier's role is two types. The one of them is routinized carrier and the other is partnership carrier. By the combination of these, four types of carrier have categorized as transactional, reactive and integrative, proactive, and totally integrated carrier. Then hypotheses on differences in partnership satisfaction and logistics service quality by types of carrier are proposed and tested. This research use survey data acquired from Korean manufactures for analysis. The results show that partnership satisfaction and logistics service quality are highest in the totally integrated carrier group where carriers actively participate in partnership and have lots of roles to perform.


Due to great commercial application of protease, it is necessary to study kinetic characterization of this enzyme in order to improve design of enzymatic reactors. In this study, mathematical modeling of protease enzyme production kinetics which is derived from Bacillus licheniformis BBRC 100053 was studied (at 37°C, pH 10 after 73 h in stationary phase, and 150 rpm). The aim of the present paper was to determine the best kinetic model and kinetic parameters for production of protease and calculating (inhibition constant) of different inhibitors to find the most effective one. The kinetic parameters (Michaelis-Menten constant) and (maximum rate) were calculated 0.626 mM and 0.0523 mM/min. According to the experimental results, using DFP (diisopropyl fluorophosphate) and PMSF (phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride) as inhibitors almost 50% of the enzyme activity could be inhibited when their concentrations were 0.525 and 0.541 mM, respectively. for DFP and PMSF were 0.46 and 0.56 mM, respectively. Kinetic analysis showed that the Lineweaver-Burk model was the best fitting model for protease production kinetics DFP was more effective than PMSF and both of them should be covered in the group of noncompetitive inhibitors.


9550 Background: ASCO and AACR recommend assessment of tobacco use (TU) for all cancer patients, but there is little consensus regarding approaches for reliable, valid, and clinically meaningful TU measurement. Our aim was to develop clinically efficient evidence-based assessments that can be applied across research settings, and to provide expert recommendations for the timing of assessment. Methods: In 2013-2014, an expert Task Force developed candidate TU measurement items via consensus dialog and systematic evaluation of existing tools. From 9/2014-1/2015, in-depth, semi-structured cognitive interviews were conducted with three rounds of cancer patients to evaluate patient comprehension, memory retrieval, and judgment of draft versions of the instrument. Interviews were abstracted into structured reports tabulating cognitive difficulties. A subcommittee convened to recommend modifications. Results: Two tiers of TU measurement items were developed: a core set for all cancer studies, and a longer menu o...


Four hybridomas which produce the monoclonal antibodies against C-reactive protein(CRP)were reported.ELISA was used to screen the hybridomas secreting monoclonal antibodies to CRP,and subcloning was carried out by limited dilution. These two sets of monoclonal antibodies by GHB7 and GHB10 were purified from ascites by the use of QAE-Sephadex A50.The purity of these two sets of antibodies which was tested by SDS gel elctrophoresis,showed one band only.Isoelectrefocus- ing was performed and showed that IP of the two types of antibodies is about pH 5.0-5.5,The subclass of four antibodies was IgG2b,IgG2a IgA,IgM respectively. The experimental conditions of preparation of hybridomas were discussed.


Background: 7% of patients with RA have clinically significant interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) which significantly increases morbidity and mortality. Anti-TNF agents have been associated with significant lung injury in a small number of patients, with high morbidity and mortality. It is common practice for MTX to be avoided or stopped in patients with significant ILD, although there are no data to suggest increased mortality or morbidity due to MTX. AZA use had been associated with increased mortality in British Society Rheumatology biologics register (BSRBR), but was thought to be due to RA-ILD, rather than AZA. We interrogated our database for any association between use of medications and mortality, with a particular interest in the effect of MTX and anti-TNF agents. Methods: We retrieved the reports of all high-resolution CT (HRCT) scans requested by consultant rheumatologists at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust during a 6 year period (1 June 2006 to 31 December 2012). We identified patients with RA-ILD and collected available smoking and drug histories retrospectively from medical records. We recorded mortality and length of follow up. Univariate associations with mortality were examined by Cox's proportional hazards using Rstatistics. Results: 484 patients had HRCT scans during the study period. 76 (16%) were confirmed to have a diagnosis of RA-ILD based on HRCT findings of ILD and a clinical history of RA. 51 out of 76 (67%) patients were alive at the end of the study. The median (range) time between diagnostic HRCT and death was 24 (0.6–83) months. 15 of 25 died more than 6 months after HRCT diagnosis (Table 1; analysis after missing data excluded). No significant association was found between i78 Tuesday 28 April 2015 POSTER VIEWING I


Literature adopts the methods of investigation,experiment and statistics,level-classified teaching is used in aerobics-choosing class.Experiment consequence is that the level-classified teaching can raise students' whole quality;can stir different-level students' learning subjectivity,which is benefit to develop students' individual and culture consciousness of life-sports and it can raise students' ability to compose the aerobics.


The aim of the paper is to introduce a parameter indicating a possible progressive deterioration of rotating machinery affected by any dynamic misalignment (due to increasing eccentricities, uneven mass distribution, propagating cracks, etc.). Such parameter, which has to be considered as a damage index, is based on a series of post-processing algorithms to be implemented on the vibration signals acquired on static supporting elements. The vibrations acquired from rotating machinery could be influenced by non-stationary and non-linear features, especially when the rotating elements are affected by dynamical unbalances due to misalignments or uneven mass distribution. The authors use the Hibert-Huang Transform tool, that is able to decompose the original signal into Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs), each of them holding quite significant information about the instantaneous frequencies and the energy content of the original signal.


Anti-DNA antibodies often exhibit cross-reactivity. It has been observed that anti-DNA antibodies cross-react with A and D snRNP proteins in an in-house developed Western blot assay but do not cross-react with native U[RNP in ELISA or immunoprecipitation experiments. We have analyzed the cross-reactivity of anti-DNA antibodies to snRNP A and D in a recently developed commercial blot assay (InnoLIA, Innogenetics). In our experience anti-DNA antibodies do not cross-react with proteins A and D in this blot system. Hence this new blot system avoids the cross-reactivity problems in the assessment of antinuclear antibody specificity for both Sm and U1snRNP


embraced with caution. Typical of prognostic indices in this setting, the superior sensitivity of SOFA measured at baseline was associated with reduced positive predictive value, which can lead to transplantation of patients who were destined to survive. Also, it is not clear how SOFA GCS scoring was applied to patients who were intubated for transfer but prior to the development of more advanced grades of hepatic encephalopathy. This may have led to an overestimation of SOFA scores. In addition, the daily calculation of the SOFA score and assessment of its statistical performance at 48 h, cannot be proposed as a method of triage. The data indicate that only 37 patients were assessed at 48 h. That is because 13 had either died or had been transplanted. Also, 11 of the original 50 patients never developed encephalopathy or significant organ failure. Thus, only 26 patients remained for triage. At that time point either SOFA or APACHE II scores can be used to identify critically ill patients, and thresholds can be chosen to identify those with likely poor outcome. More relevant triage at this time point would address the following key clinical questions – is it possible to identify a listed patient who should be delisted because survival without transplantation seems likely and is it possible to identify a patient who should be delisted because the organ failure has become so severe that transplantation would be futile? The data and analysis do not address this issue. The dynamic nature of SOFA has much to commend it, but it requires prospective evaluation in a large cohort of patients. In practice, prognostic models that are used for triage during the early hours after hospital admission are most likely to affect patient outcome and lead to the early and appropriate application of liver transplantation in this setting.


Hospital ship Maunganui at anchor off Port Tewfik. Taken circa May 1941 by an official photographer.
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PurposeCorporate governance principles are living a positive momentum in light of the megatrends reshaping the world. An effective company based on sound governance principles can prevent issues and corporate scandals as the company ensures greater transparency and accountability. Accordingly, this paper aims to investigate the relationship between shareholder-oriented corporate governance mechanisms, value and performances in the real estate sector.Design/methodology/approachThis paper investigates the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms, performance and value in a sample of 111 USA real estate firms. After collecting data from 2014 to 2018, this paper tests the research hypothesis using the linear fixed-effect model.FindingsThe results demonstrate a positive impact of shareholder-oriented corporate governance mechanisms on performance and value. In particular, firms with no chief executive officer (CEO) duality and staggered board mechanisms and recognizing excess variable compensation to the firms' executive have a significantly higher Tobin's Q, return on assets (ROA) and price-to-book performance.Practical implicationsThe implications are twofold: on the one hand, this motivates shareholders to establish new corporate control mechanisms to maximize value, attract more capital and improve operating performance. On the other hand, this allows investors to direct the investors' resources toward real estate firms with effective corporate governance mechanisms that may return higher performance and value.Originality/valueFocusing on the real estate industry, where governance is expected to have a lower impact due to solid regulation, especially in real estate investment trusts (REITs), the research allows the formulation of industry-specific inferences that may be generalized for the general market.


The paper reveals the methodology for justification of rational inventory scope. The concrete example of its calculation is given in the paper. The diagram of the inventory changes has been plotted which makes it possible to manage it efficiently.


The digital conversion window is defined to analog by the reference voltage which is stored in the reference memory cells of the memory device. And the first reference voltage read out to define the upper limit of the transformation window, the second reference voltage so as to define the lower limit of the transformation window is read. Is converted into a digital bit pattern conversion process by the digital-to-analog voltage representing a digital bit pattern is read out from the memory cells, the analog with the composition window as limits for the sampling process. This configuration helps the real-time tracking of the ADC window, depending on changes in the program window of the memory array.


Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics,diagnosis and treatment of multiple primary colorectal carcinoma.Methods The data of 65 patients with multiple primary colorectal carcinoma from 1981 to 2002 were analyzed retrospectively.Results The patients with primary colorectal carcinoma was 1.3%(65/5 070) of all patient with colorectal carcinoma treated in our hospital during the same period.There were 35 cases of synchronous carcinoma and 30 cases of metachronous carcinoma.65 cases all received operation.29 of 35 cases with synchronous carcinoma underwent radical operation,and the 5-year survival rate was 34.6%(9/26).Among the 30 patients with metachronous carcinoma,2 patients underwent local excision and 28 patients underwent radical operation for the index tumors,and the 5-year survival rate was 92.0%(23/25).Conclusion The optimal therapy for multiple primary colorectal carcinoma is surgical treatment.Early diagnosis and treatment are the keys to improve the 5-year survival rate of multiple primary colorectal carcinoma.


Detailed measurements and modeling results for 1200-V p-i-n diodes over the temperature range 300-77 K are presented. At typical rated current levels, the forward voltage drop increases with a decrease in temperature. Analysis and measurements show that there is an order-of-magnitude reduction in the i-region stored charge from 300 to 77 K. This results in greatly reduced switching losses at 77 K. An analytical model including end region recombination with bandgap narrowing is presented to explain the experimental observations.<<ETX>>


In 1920 the British government of Palestine sent six officers to establish a British presence in Transjordan. Lacking military and financial support, they could not possibly control a country populated by more than 200,000 tribespeople, many of them members of powerful tribal confederacies. The key to explaining why the British chose this unorthodox way to takeover a new territory lies in the special attitude towards Arabia entertained by the British following World War One. British policy derived from an alleged cultural affinity between the British and the 'Bedouin', coupled with a colonial tradition of attributing British administrators with a 'natural' ability to rule over natives. These two myths gave the British an inflated belief in their ability to rule local society. Drawing on official reports, private papers and local accounts, this article shows that the British grossly misunderstood local conditions and could not deal with the tribal communities that frustrated their attempt to assert British influence.


Introduction and Aims: This study evaluated the proximal femoral remodelling associated with three uncemented femoral prostheses of different designs and surface treatments. We hypothesised that less bone loss will occur over time with a titanium implant designed for proximal stress transfer compared to a more rigid stem that produces diaphyseal loading. Method: During total hip arthroplasty (THA), patients were implanted with either: AML cobalt-chrome alloy porous-coated stem (11 patients), Osteonics titanium alloy hydroxyapatite-coated stem (13 patients), or Sulzer titanium alloy hydroxyapatite-coated stem (eight patients). All patients followed the same surgical and post-surgical protocol for THA. Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans of the operated proximal femur were performed on all patients pre-operatively, three to seven days post-operatively, and then six weeks, six months, and annually up to five years post-operatively. Longitudinal changes in bone mineral density (BMD) were compared within and between the two groups. Results: Using the first post-op DEXA scan as baseline, the percent change in BMD (g/cm 2 ) at one year was −17.06% in patients implanted with the AML stem. The percent change in BMD at one year was −3.06% in the Osteonics group and in the Sulzer group, the percent change in BMD at one year was −4.11%. The greater bone loss observed with the AML stem was found to be statistically different than the bone loss observed with the other two stems. These findings continued at three and five years post-operatively. Conclusion: There was a trend toward less bone atrophy and preservation of bone stock in patients implanted with both the HA and Sulzer stems. Extensively coated, diaphyseal-fitting, CoCr stems (AML) definitely caused greater bone loss, both proximally and in the diaphysis.


Abstract This paper investigates the incipient motion of sediment particles under non-uniform flow in river and laboratory. In rivers, the non-uniform flow is often observed due to the presence of various bed forms. Threshold condition has been examined by using the Shields diagram based on the uniform flow assumption, however, this approach can be led to fallacious results for non-uniform flows where the effect of pressure gradient is significant due to bed forms. This study investigates the chronological order of incipient motion of the particles, the average threshold velocity (Ucr), and Shields parameter for non-uniform flows. River data collection with gravel is used for investigating the incipient motion of surface layer of river bed and the laboratory data collection is considered studying the incipient motion of sub-surface layer of river. Both river and laboratory data collections are conducted in the presence of bed forms. Results reveal that the Shields diagram underestimates the particle incipient motion under accelerating and decelerating flows for the both case of laboratory and river. In both weak and general motion in the laboratory, the values of the critical Shields parameter are located below the Shields diagram, showing no particle motion. Our analysis shows that the incipient motion in river is affected by the presence of bed forms, river width changes, and flow non-uniformity conditions. The results show that in the accelerating flow (the bed form exit with a negative slope), the incipient motion is greater than the decelerating flow (the bed form entrance with a positive slope).


Abstract We report new records for ixodid ticks in birds in an Atlantic Forest fragment, in the southeastern of the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast Brazil. We collected 222 ticks: three females of Ixodes paranaensis and 40 larvae and 179 nymphs belonging to the genus Amblyomma, on 82 birds. The new records are: three semi-engorged females of Ixodes paranaensis collected on Cypseloides fumigatus, Apodidae; five nymphs of Amblyomma nodosum collected on Leucopternis lacernulatus, Geotrygon montana, Piaya cayana, Trogon viridis and Dysithamnus stictothorax; four nymphs of Amblyomma longirostre collected on Veniliornis maculifrons, Lepidocolaptes angustirostris, Machetornis rixosa and Tangara peruviana; two nymphs of Amblyomma calcaratum collected on Terenura maculata and Mimus saturninus; and five nymphs of Amblyomma tigrinum collected on Ramphocelus bresilius. Additionally, we also add tick records that have previously been reported from other fragments of the Atlantic Forest.


VOL. 9 NO. 5 MAY 2007 390 A recent supplement of this journal reviewed the topic of resistant hypertension and described what is known about its underlying causes and appropriate diagnostic evaluation.1,2 In one article, there was extensive discussion of poor compliance, but it focused exclusively on patient compliance (or adherence) with prescribed treatment.2 What was not discussed was poor compliance of the arteries, or arterial stiffness. This is surprising since there has been an upsurge of interest in arterial stiffness in the past few years, both as a marker of target organ damage and as an independent predictor of cardiovascular risk. A list of common clinical conditions associated with resistant hypertension published in one of the reviews included obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, black race, female sex, and the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)1; one might also add older age to this list. The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT)3 provides some of the best data for examining predictors of resistance to treatment. In an analysis of the degree of blood pressure (BP) control (<140/90 mm Hg) at 3 years after the start of the trial in 33,357 participants, the independent predictors of poor control were older age, female sex, black race, diabetes, obesity, and LVH. (Renal function was not included in this analysis.) While at first sight this list may seem like a hodgepodge, a common thread is that they are all conditions characterized by increased arterial stiffness, and this may be the reason why it is so difficult to control BP.


Classically, in Asia and in the West, speech is a goddess who inspires male poets. What happens when the Muse defiantly consorts with women poets, daring them to challenge the limits of male-dominated discourse in what is ironically called their "mother tongue?" The poems, translations, and musings that follow are meant to suggest how the female angle of vision can be expanded when women poets explore and exploit diverse layers of their linguistic experience. Despite the compartmentalization of poetic activity within one language or another of each poet's "bilingual" experience, the juxtapositions of conflicting linguistic and cultural codes have provided them with liberating insights and innovative verbal means to transcend the limits of male-ordained


The modified generalized Laguerre-Gauss collocation (MGLC) method is applied to obtain an approximate solution of fractional neutral functional-differential equations with proportional delays on the half-line. The proposed technique is based on modified generalized Laguerre polynomials and Gauss quadrature integration of such polynomials. The main advantage of the present method is to reduce the solution of fractional neutral functional-differential equations into a system of algebraic equations. Reasonable numerical results are achieved by choosing few modified generalized Laguerre-Gauss collocation points. Numerical results demonstrate the accuracy, efficiency, and versatility of the proposed method on the half-line.


The effect of ListerineTM Tartar Control mouthwash on plaque formation in the human mouth was examined by staining the teeth of eight subjects with a plaque-disclosing solution before and after use of the mouthwash, and measuring the area of plaque reduction on the incisors. We hypothesised that the mouthwash would significantly reduce the plaque level of the subjects. The results of the study supported our hypothesis, and we concluded that the mouthwash was effective at reducing plaque. Picture 2: Subject 8 after treatment 6 over a period of time. The plaque-disclosing solution may have contributed to erroneous findings, due to the difficulties faced in applying a uniform amount to each subject's teeth. As well, the pictures did not always show the full surface area of the teeth, and it was often difficult to distinguish between the plaque and the gum line in the photograph. Further research should include a larger subject sample, and possibly should be controlled by having a group of subjects that only rinse with water or a placebo mouthwash.


The refrain about location is well known to those in business, particularly retail merchants and restaurateurs. Has American medicine now become a business, so that this now applies to our profession? David, Mogilner, and Ozick in the present issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology (1) surveyed 59 trainees at graduation from New York City gastroenterology fellowship training programs in 1996. The authors report that 42% of these trainees were either unemployed in gastroenterology or else were "underemployed"; that is, practicing gastroenterology half-time or less. These disconcerting figures bear out the findings of others that in 1994 and 1995, approximately 20% of graduating gastroenterology fellows had difficulty in finding a full-time, clinical position (2–4). These same surveys indicated that over 50% of the graduates were going into group rather than solo practices, less than 4% into closed panels HMOs, and 16–23% locating in small towns with populations less than 50,000 people. However, the data reported in the paper by David et al. (1) is somewhat at variance with what is now becoming common knowledge among gastroenterology training program directors:jobs for gastroenterologists are indeed available, particularly in smaller towns and in academia . This is not unexpected because the gastroenterology workforce study published in 1996 found that many areas of the United States were without gastroenterologists (5). That study, commissioned by the Gastroenterology Leadership Council, which was comprised by the American Society for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Gastroenterological Association, and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, looked closely at where gastroenterologists were currently practicing. The study obtained data on the number of gastroenterologists per 100,000 population in defined geographic areas of the United States. It also looked at the change in the number of gastroenterologists in these locations between the years 1985 and 1992. The geographic unit for this aspect of the workforce study was Health Care Service Areas (HCSAs), which are geographic areas that reflect patient migration. As such, these areas cut across county, and possibly even state, lines and are of variable size, depending on the population in the area. There are 803 HCSAs in the United States. The gastroenterology workforce study revealed that 40% of these HCSAs had no practicing gastroenterologist. Maps were created, both of the number of gastroenterologists in these HCSAs and the change in the number of gastroenterologists over the preceding 7-year period of time. These maps were striking. The areas with the highest number of gastroenterologists (3–10 per 100,000 population) were the same as the HCSAs that had undergone the greatest change in the number of gastroenterologists over the preceding years. These high-density areas included the East Coast, from New England down through Florida; the West Coast, from Washington through Arizona; and also every major metropolitan area throughout the United States. These maps, however, reveal clearly that the rural heartland of the United States, including the Southern Central states, the rural Great Lake states, and both the South-Central and North-Central states had the least number of gastroenterologists and the least change in that number of gastroenterologists preceding 1992. Thus, there are private practice jobs available for gastroenterologists in rural and small-town America. There are jobs also in academia. The academic jobs are not just basic science positions, but positions for clinical scientists as well as for clinical academicians. At nearly every meeting of academic gastroenterologists I have attended in the past year, there have been inquiries whether I know of young gastroenterologists seeking academic jobs. An important question is what will happen to job opportunities in gastroenterology in the future? My view is that they will remain reasonable, predominantly because the number of internal medicine graduates entering gastroenterology has declined dramatically since 1993. That year, the number of trainee graduates peaked at 511. Data available from the National Study of Graduate Education in Internal Medicine (NaSGIM) shows that the number of gastroenterology trainee graduates in 1997 was down to 332, a decrease of 35%. Thus, the profession is within 15% of the goal articulated in the manpower study of decreasing the number of gastroenterology graduates by 50% by 2001, i.e., to 250 trainees per year. Such a reduction would keep the number of gastroenterologists at or below 3 per 100,000 population for the next 20 years. After that time, there should be an increase in the number of retirees (reflecting retirement of the baby boomer generation), and the ratio could fall even further, providing the number of trainees does not increase in the interim. Another uncertain factor is what will be the type and Received May 1, 1998; accepted May 7, 1998. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY Vol. 93, No. 8, 1998 Copyright © 1998 by Am. Coll. of Gastroenterology ISSN 0002-9270/98/$19.00 Published by Elsevier Science Inc. PII S0002-9270(98)00269-X


nculture 10dayspostinfection. We isolated twoclones that grewpoorly inagar, required feeder layers ofadherent bonemarrowcells forgrowth inliquid culture, andwereextremely slowtoform tumors insyngeneic animals. Bothclones, after passage inthepresence of adherent feeder layers for3months, grewwellinliquid andagar-containing cultures intheabsence offeeder layers andformed tumors inanimals atarapid rate. Theprogression ofthese clonal cell lines toamoremalignant growth phenotype occurred intheabsence ofdetectable changes intheconcentration, half-life, phosphorylation, invitro kinase activity, orcell localization ofthe Abelson virus-encoded transforming protein. Nochange intheconcentration or arrangement ofintegrated Abelson viral DNA sequences wasdetected ineither clone. Thus, perhaps changes intheexpression ofcellular genes wouldappear to alter thegrowth properties oflymphoid cells after their initial transformation by Abelson virus. Suchcellular changes couldcomplement theactivity ofthe Abelson virus transforming protein inproducing thefully malignant growth


Palestinian consciousness and identity among the young, rather than the PLO-run schools or the respondents' peer groups. One might theorize that due to the stateless nature of the Palestinian people, Yasir Arafat (the personification of the national expression), the family, and the "homeland" have become linked in the Palestinian psyche. One overall criticism of this collection is that many if not most of these surveys took place at the earliest stages of, or prior to, the 1979 revolution in Iran. This event was riddled with nationalist, religious, and socioeconomic dimensions and has greatly influenced the altogether unresolved issues of identity and legitimacy throughout significant parts of the Arab world. An updated series of surveys can easily rectify this shortcoming.


The rosary means blessing and absolving the God, uttering that He is excluded from all titles regarding fault and defect and for this purpose to say the word Subhanallah which means glory God that I am blessing and absolving you from everything. Divan poets always gain inspiration from cultures and truths definitely corresponding to something in social life while they are composing their poems. Also the poets who composed their couplets took advantage of rosary and its related culture acted in the same manner. Rosary, while being the subject as an aesthetic element in poems, has carried many terms with itself such as culture and persons that it represents, function, its raw material that are made of wood or precious metals. The ore generating rosary, creates a variety of similitudes in terms of color and shape. It is impossible to tell apart exactly the couplets compiled and they are classified under 6 categories: Rind and Zâhid, Change Rosary to Wine, Trap-Prey, Pearl-Tooth, Tear and Hair-Priests Fastener


Open graded friction course (OGFC) is widely used in Florida and many southern states as a final friction surface in high speed roads. FDOT friction policy requires the use of OGFC on multilane highway facilities with design speeds greater than 50 miles per hour. OGFC reduces the possibility of hydroplaning and water splash during rain, thereby reducing crashes. About half the Florida State Highway System is surfaced with OGFC, amounting to about 22,000 lane miles of roads. The use of FC-5, the current OGFC mix type in Florida, started in 2000. Some roads with FC-5 have reached the end of their useful life and have been milled and resurfaced. Given the high cost of FC-5 mix, it made economic sense to try to reuse the prime aggregate and high quality material incorporated in OGFC using the hot in-place recycling (HIR) process. The HIR process heats, hot-mills the surface pavement layer, applies a rejuvenating agent, mixes and then places the material in one pass. The process uses 100% of the existing road material and can produce significant cost and environmental savings. This paper reports on three attempts to hot in-place recycle OGFC in Florida. One was to hot in-place recycle an FC-5 mix as part of a hot in-place recycling project in Pasco County, Florida (SR-54) in 2012. The second is laboratory study of recycling FC-5 mix based on samples taken at SR-60 in Polk County, Florida in 2011. The third references SR-471 case study conducted by FDOT in 2002 in which an OGFC (type FC-2) was hot in-place recycled, lasted 10 years to date and still remains in service. The three referenced projects have shown that HIR of OGFC can be done successfully and should be considered as a cost effective rehabilitation option in the future. FC-5 is 0.75 inch thick. The recycling thickness for successful HIR is 1.0 to 2.5 inches. Thus, recycling FC-5 requires blending it with the dense-graded mix beneath it. The blending ratio of the two mixes depends on the thickness of each layer. The gradation of the recycled mix was dense graded. The blending ratio can be varied by changing the recycling depth and can produce either coarse or fine mix. While the recycled mix is not open- graded and does not meet FDOT's requirement, it provides an economical option to milling and resurfacing OGFC. That option is to recycle the old OGFC into the structural layer and resurface with a new OGFC. Current resurfacing practice entails milling the FC-5 and a portion of the structural layer underneath it, replacing the structural layer then replacing the FC-5 course. FC-5 cannot be overlaid and must be removed before overlay. The OGFC can be in-place recycled and mixed with the structural layer underneath, and then a new friction course can be placed over the recycled mix. This can save money as it eliminates the need to mill and replace the top structural layer under the FC-5. Raising the road grade by 0.75 inch, the thickness of the new FC-5 layer, while increasing the section's structural number, remains an issue in this approach. This may be acceptable if there are no limitations on raising the road elevation in the selected project. Among the interesting findings is the increased amount of fines in the mix compared to construction gradation. Over time, the voids in the mix get filled with dirt and dust. Water flow brings fines into the mix and as the water evaporates, it leaves the fines in the voids, reducing the drainage capacity and resulting in a finer mix.


Modern gas turbines for applications in power plants have to fulfill more and more demands defined by customer and grid requirements. These requirements address for example reduced time for run up and increased power output while providing maximum single or combined cycle efficiency. The demanding market requirements increase the pressure to further improve the design process of gas turbine parts by reducing the overall development time and simultaneously improving the quality of the design. This paper describes the implementation of an automated optimization process for the mechanical assessment of compressor blades applied during the preliminary design process. Previous work from Fedorov, Szwedowicz, et al [1], has shown that it is important to apply 3D FE methods for the accurate prediction of the dynamic behavior of compressor blades already in the early stage of the design phase. These key ideas were picked up in the present work while the FE model from [1] was extended to a complete 3D model of the compressor blade including airfoil and blade root geometry. The new approach completely automates the 3D FE analysis of compressor blades including CAD model generation, FE pre-processing, FE analyses, FE post-processing and takes it to the further level by integrating the FE analysis procedure into an automated design loop using the commercial optimization software iSight FD. The target of this optimization loop is to drive the frequency of critical mode shapes into allowed ranges by modifying airfoil parameters such as airfoil thickness and chord length. A scalar optimization technique is applied solving the design problem using penalty functions for excitation sources, mode shapes and eigenfrequencies. In order to achieve a smooth distribution of airfoil parameters Bezier-Spline approximations are used to parameterize the design space. The implementation of the mechanical analysis for compressor blades into a standardized and automated process was one of the main achievements of the presented work. The process was completely implemented in Abaqus CAE including 3D FE model preparation and post-processing. It was key to a successful integration into an overall optimization loop, which helped to substantially reduce the amount of manual work required to perform the design task.Copyright © 2011 by Alstom Technology, Inc.


We describe several realistic treatments of the neutral pion (π 0 )-condensed state or ALS structure. Treatments we call «realistic» here aim to incorporate the effects from (1) the isobar Δ(1232), (2) the reduction of the OPE-tensor force in the short range due to ρ meson, (3) the central force due to «σ» and ω meson, and (4) the short-range correlations between baryons. We present the following approaches to take account of these effects, i.e., an OBEP one with a schematic short-range correlation, a reaction-matrix one and two kinds of effective interaction approach. The transition density ρ t (π 0 ) is found to be (2-3)ρ 0 in neutron matter and about 2.5 ρ 0 in symmetric nuclear matter (ρ t being the nuclear density)


In this paper I have drawn out the steps to be followed in order to derive the exact Schro''dinger wave function for a particle in a general one-dimensional time-dependent linear potential. To this end I have used the so-called Lewis and Riesenfeld invariant method, which is based on finding an exact quantum-mechanical invariant in whose eigenstates the exact quantum states are found. In particular, I have obtained the wave functions of a particle in the linear potential well, driven by a monochromatic electric field.


in clinical background and lesion background except that age was higher in the IABP group (62 ± 15 vs 72 ± 13, p =0.0006). In addition the one year mortality rate of PCPS group was significantly higher than the IABP group as shown below. Conclusion: The one year mortality after PCI with a mechanical support device for shock AMI patients was high. New devices and strategies are needed to im- prove the clinical outcome of shock AMI. Purpose: In-Hospital mortality of comatose survivors of cardiac arrest is high, but lack of information exists about the mode of death (MOD) of these patients, especially in the era of therapeutic hypothermia Methods: Observational retrospective study analyzing all consecutive patients admitted to the acute cardiac care unit of a tertiary university hospital after in- hospital (IHCA) and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) treated with hypothermia from January 2007 to December 2012. MOD was divided into three cate- gories: neurological, cardiovascular or others. Results: A total of 194 patients were analyzed, mean age of 64.9 ± 13.4 yr, male sex 78,1%. Nighty six patients (50.5%) died before hospital discharge; 87 of 163 (53.4%) of OHCA and 9 of 31 (29.0%) of IHCA (p=0.01). The differences of MOD between IHCA and OHCA are shown on the table. There were no differences in the MOD between patients with shockable and non-shockable initial detected rhythm Differences between OHCA and IHCA neurologic the extents to other (IHCA) Background: This is a retrospective observational study of all episodes of ven- tricular fibrillation (VF), recorded in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases in the two tiered system of early defibrillation called Progetto Vita. The 5.8 min, p=ns). Conclusions: Only 28,89% of cases where correctly dispatched as Blue Code thus underlying the importance of dispatcher in managing sudden cardiac arrest by phone interview.Survivalrate was higher inpts treated firstlyby lay responders mainly due to shorter defibrillation time. The number of cases of coma caused by brain anoxia was not influenced by adding CPR to AED shock. and methods: We included all patients with CAOH during and trans- ferred to the CHU for a coronary angiogram between 1st and 31st in the RICO database. Prognostic factors for in-hospital death were studied using a multivariable logistic regression model. Results: Of


The success of model-based
ight control law design for autonomous helicopter is
largely dependent on the availability of reliable model of the system. Considering the complexity of
the helicopter dynamics, and inherent di�culty involves with physical measurement of the system
parameters, the grey modeling approach which involves the development of parameterized model from
�rst principles and estimation of these parameters using system identi�cation (sysID) technique has
been proposed in the literatures. Prediction Error Modeling (PEM) algorithm has been identi�ed
as an e�ective system identi�cation technique. However, application of this method to complex
system like helicopter is not a trivial exercise due to inherent coupling in the system states and
the challenges associated with parameter initialization in PEM algorithm. In this work, an e�ective
procedure in application of PEM algorithm available in MATLAB toolbox is presented for small scale
helicopter using real-time
ight data. The approach was able to yield satisfactory model suitable for
model-based
ight control design.


Cationic polymerization of 4-tert-butoxystyrene (1) initiated by hydrogen iodide/zinc iodide (HI/ZnI2) led to well-defined living polymers at temperatures up to +25°C in either toluene or methylene chloride, the latter containing a small amount of tetrabutylammonium iodide (mole ratio nBu4NI/HI = 1/100). The number-average molecular weight of the polymers increased in direct proportion to the monomer conversion, and the linear increase further continued upon addition of a second feed of 1 to the completely polymerized reaction mixture. Both before and after the monomer addition, the molecular weight distributions of the products were invariably very narrow (Mw/Mn ≤ 1,1). In the polymerization in salt-free methylene chloride, in contrast, the polymers showed broader molecular weight distributions, particularly at low conversions, and thus the presence of the ammonium salt proved mandatory for attaining living polymerization in this polar solvent. By treatment with hydrobromic acid the HI/ZnI2-initiated poly(1) could readily be converted into poly(4-vinylphenol) (3) that inherited the narrow molecular weight distribution and controlled molecular weight of the precursor.