The utility model relates to a water temperature regulation mat, mainly comprising a mat and a temperature controller two parts. The soft filler of the mat is laid with a high temperature resistance water pipe therein whose water inlet and water outlet are connected with the temperature controller to form a cycle waterway. The outer of the temperature controller is provided with an injection water port and a temperature regulation and display device, the inner is provided with a heater and a micro water pump which heats the water, which makes the heated water cycle and move fro and forth in the water pipe of the mat continuously. The water temperature regulation mat of the utility model is not touched with an electric hot wire directly, but one meter away from the wire, with safe and reliable usage. The heater in the temperature controller is used to heat water, the water pump makes the water cycle in the mat, without the propagation of electromagnetic wave, and the heat produced is not dry. The mat is easy in movement, convenient in usage and low in cost. The utility model not only can play the functions of traditional kang, but also can reach the effects of drying anhydrous massage, which has good effects for skin cosmetology, weight reduction, blood circulation improvement and health maintenance.


Nominal mass change patterns of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) are usually altered by climate anomalies. By alternating warm and cold conditions, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) alters moisture transport, sea surface temperature, precipitation, etc in and around the AIS and potentially produces such anomalies. Indices like the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) and the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) robustly represent the ENSO phenomenon and is used to evaluate the characteristics of an El Niño or a La Niña. Very few studies have taken place exploring the influence of climate anomalies on the AIS and only a vague estimate of its impact is available.

Changes to the ice sheet are quantified using observations from space-borne altimetric and gravimetric missions. We use data from missions like Envisat (2002 to 2010) and Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) (2002 to 2016) to estimate monthly elevation changes and mass changes respectively. Similar estimates of the changes are made using weather variables (surface mass balance (SMB) and temperature) from a regional climate model (RACMO2.3p2) combined with a firn compaction (FC) model. Inter-annual height change patterns are then extracted using empirical mode decomposition and principal component analysis to investigate a possible influence of climate anomalies on the AIS.

Elevation changes estimated from different techniques are in good agreement with each other across AIS especially in West Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, and along the coasts of East Antarctica. Investigating the inter-annual signals in these regions revealed a sub-4-year periodic signal in the height change patterns. This periodic behavior in the height change patterns is altered in the Antarctic Pacific (AP) sector possibly by the influence of multiple climate drivers like the Amundsen Sea Low (ASL) and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM). Height change anomaly also appears to traverse eastwards from Coats Land to Pine Island Glacier (PIG) regions passing through Dronning Maud Land (DML)  and Wilkes Land (WL) in 7 to 8 years. This is indicative of climate anomaly traversal due to the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave (ACW). Altogether, variability in the SMB of the AIS is found to be modulated by multiple climate anomalies.


e22152 Background: Concurrent cisplatin and postoperative irradiation (PORT) is the standard treatment for resected poor-risk squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC) . However, a substantial number of patients fail to respond. Anti-EGFR agents, such as gefitinib, may improve outcomes and molecular markers might predict treatment efficacy. This was the basis for the CARISSA trial. There was some concern after hemorrhagic events occurred in a large independent trial of recurrent unresectable HNSCC. This caused a temporary interruption and safety profile analysis of CARISSA, which resumed after security reports showed no excess of hemorrhagic events.

METHODS
The CARISSA multicenter blinded randomized phase II trial compares PORT and cisplatin alone (arm A) or in combination with the EGFR Inhibitor ZD1839 gefitinib (arm B) in HNSCC and analyses EGFR-binding, gene polymorphisms, Western Blotting and immunohistochemistry. Patients are followed weekly. Toxicities are graded according to the NCI/CTCv.3 scale.

RESULTS
Thirty-eight patients have been included. Compliance to cisplatin was 56% in arm A and 44% in arm B (NS). Compliance to gefitinib was 60% with half cases interrupting treatment for toxicity. There were 18 and 20 grade (G) 3/4 non-hematological toxicities, 12 and 6 hematological G3/4 toxicities in arms A and B, respectively. Mucositis was the most common toxicity. G3 mucositis occurred in 4 and 5 cases in arms A and B, dermatitis in three cases in each arm and diarrhea in one case in each arm (NS). There were 7 cancer- related deaths and 3 of other causes. One tumor-bleeding event occurred in the arm without gefitinib. Full-dose radiotherapy was delivered in all but one case in each arm. Mean doses were 63.9 ± 1.9 (arm A) and 65.5 ± 0.9 Gy (arm B) or 64.7 ± 0.9 (arm A) and 65 ± 0.9 Gy (arm B) in groups where RT was uninterrupted or temporarily interrupted, respectively (NS). The two patients who did not receive full dose received 60 Gy.

CONCLUSIONS
Compliance to PORT was similar with cisplatin alone or cisplatin + gefitinib. While there was no excess of hemorrhagic morbidity postoperatively (no gross disease), accrual continues with particular caution. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


: Composting has been demonstrated to be a sustainable technology for treating organic wastes. The process is based on the microbial decomposition of organic matter under aerobic conditions to obtain compost: An organic amendment that can be safely used in agriculture and other applications. Among the composted wastes, the organic fraction of municipal waste is commonly used. In this sense, the interest in composting at home or community scale is exponentially growing in recent years, as it permits the self-management of waste and obtaining a product that can be used by the own producer. However, some questions about the quality of the obtained compost or the environmental impact of home composting are in an early stage of this development. In this review, the main points related to home composting are analyzed in detail according to the current scientific knowledge. Among them: (i) The performance of the process, especially in the temperature reached and the fact that if home compost is sanitized, (ii) the quality of home composting, especially in terms of maturity and stability, (iii) the main environmental impacts of home composting, that is, gaseous emissions and (iv) the main trends related to community composting, a step forward from home composting, to make this alternative attractive for municipal organic waste management. The main advantages and possible drawbacks of home composting are also highlighted.


This study choose cassava as the raw material,and all experiments were made under very high gravity,water and material mixture at the rate of 2.2∶1.It was found the optimal dosage of pullulanase was 20ASPU/g cassava.Under these conditions,the final ethanol concentration and the material utilization ratio were improved by 3%vol and 3%,respectively.The component changes of the sugar during fermentation were also analyzed.The results showed that the pullulanase hydrolyzing α-1,6-glucosidic bond was the main factor for improving the material utilization ratio.Compared with that of the control fermentation,pullulanase was more suitable for very high gravity fermentation.


With the social and economic changes in recent years, women's role has also significantly changed and with a considerable share of the job market, i.e., 42%. If the burden of pregnancy and child birth is added to it, it could be stressful to the mother and likely to affect the birth weight as well as gestational age of the baby adversely. A study to find out relationship between occupation of women and the birth weight and gestational age of the baby was undertaken at Krishna Hospital; Karad. The data was collected on randomly selected 380 pregnant women by using structured interview schedule at registration and followed them till delivery. Data was analyzed in respect to the objectives of the study by using descriptive and inferential statistics. There were 23(6.0%) heavy workers. All of them were working on road construction sites and delivered 19(82.8%) Low Birth Weight (LBW) babies out of them 06(26.1%) were preterm births. The mean birth weight and Gestational age of babies born to heavy workers were 2199.1 ± 488.5g and 262.3±18.6 days as compared to 2764.4 ± 463.7g and 274.0±13.4 days for moderate workers 2688.8± 475.5g and 275.6±13.1 days for sedentary workers respectively. The study concluded that heavy maternal physical activity had a significant deleterious effect on birth weight and gestational age.


A series of aromatic ring‐modified praziquantel derivatives were prepared and evaluated against juvenile and adult stage of Schistosoma japonicumin. Several analogs comparable in activity to the drug praziquantel have been identified based on in vitro and in vivo japonuicum schistosomes worm viability assay. Structure and activity relationship of these praziquantel aromatic ring‐modified compounds was revealed. Specifically, a compound in which a bromine has been introduced in the aromatic ring of praziquantel demonstrated close antischistosomal activity to praziquantel in vivo.


We show the existence of stationary solutions of a one-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation in the presence of a multiwell external potential that do not reduce to any of the eigenfunctions of the associated Schr\"odinger problem. These solutions, which in the limit of strong nonlinearity have the form of chains of dark or bright solitons located near the extrema of the potential, represent macroscopically excited states of a Bose-Einstein condensate and are in principle experimentally observable.


There has been substantial interest in determining the thermo-physical properties of hydrocarbon fluids. We have used three different experimental techniques: ultrasonic interferometry to determine the velocity of compressional wave, differential scanning calorimetry to determine the specific heat and the Anton Paar density meter to determine the density of crude oil sample over a wide range of temperatures varying from 20 to 70 °C. These data are used in thermodynamic relations to evaluate the specific heat ratio, the Grüneisen parameter, the Debye temperature and the long wavelength limit of the structure factor. The packing fraction obtained for crude oil is found to be closer to the values of other dense liquid fluids.


Abstract In this study, a non-dimensional parametric numerical study of heat transfer during the melting process within an enclosure filled with a phase change material (PCM) was numerically performed. The enclosure contains a flush mounted heat source mounted on a substrate in the center of its bottom wall. All the enclosure walls are considered adiabatic. The heat source simulates an electronic component (microprocessor) and the substrate acts as a motherboard. Attention was paid to reveal the effect of dispersing copper nanoparticles within the PCM on the thermal and hydrodynamic behavior of the optimized heat sink. For this, a two-dimensional mathematical model based on the conservation equations of mass, momentum and energy was developed. The governing equations were integrated and discretized using the finite volume method. The SIMPLE algorithm was adopted for velocity-pressure coupling. After optimization, copper nanoparticles are dispersed inside the PCM enclosure to check their ability to improve the heat source working time and the melting fraction. The combination of copper nanoparticles and conducting wall (substrate) are tested to improve the heat transfer within PCMs characterized by their low thermal conductivity. Based on the asymptotic computational fluid dynamics technique, correlations were used to predict the maximum safe operating time and the plateau temperature given their practical and technical importance in the manufacture of passive coolers.


Cardiovascular disease is a long-term condition with a serious and often fatal acute presentation. While progress has been made in reducing mortality, there are around 2.7 million people are living with coronary heart disease (CHD) the UK.1 The 2010 review of the Coronary Heart Disease National Service Framework (NSF)2 acknowledged the success in reducing mortality from CHD. This trend has been observed over the past 5 decades. The number of people dying from CHD has more than halved from 166 000 in 1961 to about 80 000 in 2009. The percentage of 55 to 59 year-old females dying after a heart attack nearly halved between 1968 and 1998 while the percentage of males aged 60 to 64 years fell by a third.3


—Numerous authors have reported on the importance of the number of firstorder lateral roots (FOLR) when evaluating the morphological quality of nursery hardwood seedlings. Studies have shown that seedlings with a greater quantity of FOLR outperform seedlings with a lesser quantity of FOLR in the field. However, the FOLR measure may be limited in its ability to quantify root system morphology. Additionally, the number of FOLR is correlated with other morphological characteristics, and few studies have directly evaluated the importance of FOLR relative to other variables for predicting outplanting success. A trial in southern Indiana compared the ability of the initial number of FOLR to predict field performance for three hardwood species (black cherry, white oak, and northern red oak) relative to four other initial morphological variables (shoot height, stem diameter, root volume, and whole plant fresh weight). Regression analyses indicated that regardless of species, FOLR tended to be among the least effective predictors of total height and diameter after one field season. These results indicate that FOLR may provide a less accurate indicator of hardwood seedling morphological quality than other easily-measured variables. The success of reforestation and afforestation operations may be improved if nurseries produce seedlings with target morphological and physiological characteristics that have been quantitatively linked with outplanting success (Rose et al. 1990). Morphological characteristics may be easily assessed by both nursery workers and field foresters. As such, these characteristics are often used to help evaluate seedling quality. Commonly-measured morphological characteristics include shoot height, stem diameter, and root system size (Rose et al. 1990). Because shoot growth following planting is most limited by water availability (Burdett et al. 1984), roots must rapidly extend through the soil profile to re-establish root-soil contact and absorb water to minimize transplant shock (Sands 1984). The capacity of roots to do this is likely related to both seedling physiological quality (Ritchie and Dunlap 1980) and root system morphology. Various measurements of nursery seedling root system morphology have been proposed, including root mass, root volume, number of first-order lateral roots (FOLR), root length, and root area index. Many measurements of root system morphology are either destructive, tedious and time consuming, or both. This generally limits their application to only selective research projects. Two root system measurements that are relatively rapid and non-destructive, and thus may have application in operation, are root volume and number of FOLR. Root volume is measured using the water displacement method (Burdett 1979). Nursery seedling root volume has been directly correlated with reforestation success for Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menzeiseii (Mirb.) Franco) and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws.) in the western United States (Rose et al. 1991a; Rose et al. 1991b; Rose et al. 1997). Carlson (1986) reported that root volume helps determine the potential for water uptake prior to new root growth in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). Little research, however, has examined the importance of initial root volume in eastern deciduous tree species. Instead, the majority of research involving root morphology of these species has focused on FOLR (i.e., the number of first-order lateral roots exceeding 1 mm in diameter at junction with the tap root). Numerous studies have reported that hardwood seedlings with more FOLR perform better in the field than those with less FOLR (e.g., †Assistant Professor of Forest Regeneration (DFJ), Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2033; and Extension and Research Forester (JRS), Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, PO Box 216, Butlerville, IN 47223. DFJ is corresponding author: to contact, call (765) 494-3608 or e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


Restaurant commissaries range the full spectrum from simple storage of food and supplies to multi-milliondollar processing plants. The author discusses the cost effectiveness of commissary units, including their operating costs, quality control, and scope.


Abstract Certain complexes of some transition metal cations in the high oxidation state could oxidize some organic substrates with labile C-H moieties, leading to the corresponding cations in the lower" oxidation state and some carbon-centered radicals. The former would form oxidative complexes with molecular dioxygen to continuously oxidize organic substrates, while the latter would initiate polymerization of vinylic monomers. Such catalytic oxidation is adopted to initiate radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and styrene (St) with cyclohexanone (CyHO) and benzylic hydrocarbons as both the solvent and the substrate. Although, a large array of complexes could trigger the polymerization, CuII/2,2′-bipyridine complexes display a maximum turnover frequency above 200 h–1 during the catalytic aerobic radical polymerization of MMA in CyHO at 70–80 °C, but only less than 0.4% of CyHO is involved in chain formatting. CuII/ligand-catalyzed aerobic radical polymerization of St in CyHO exhibit comparable behaviors. Only CoII complexes could catalyze the aerobic radical polymerization of MMA in para-xylene and cumene at 90 °C, but only 0.1% of PX and 0.3% of cumene are involved in chain forming.


paper presents the design and implementation of an opinion mining system developed by NLPCity group for NTCIR-8 MOAT evaluation, named CTL-OM. CTL-OM incorporates two opinion mining approach, namely feature-based approach and similarity- based approach. The feature-based approach incorporates computational features at punctuation-, word-, collocation-, phrase-, sentence-, paragraph- and document-level in a coarse- fine multi-pass classification framework. The opinion holders and opinions targets in the opinionated sentences are then recognized. The similarity-based approach works in a different way. This approach estimates the similarity between the example sentences and testing sentence and identifies the similar example sentence- testing sentence pair. The opinion components annotated in the example sentence are utilized to recognize the corresponding components in the testing sentence. The analysis outputs by these two approaches are integrated to obtain the final opinion mining results. CTL-OM achieved promising results in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese evaluation in MOAT-8, respectively. This result shows that the incorporation of feature- based and similarity-based opinion mining approach is effective.


The current harmonics feed back (interference current) of railway traction inverter towards the grid has to be limited. The goal of this paper is to present a method which allows to model harmonics caused by switching behavior and turn on delay. Since simulation is limited by numerical errors due to the step size of the numerical solvers and also takes much time, an analytical method is chosen.


Most practical visible light communication (VLC) systems being currently deployed with image sensor receivers use intensity modulation and direct detection scheme for outdoor and indoor applications. A number of modulation and coding techniques that are used for image sensor-based VLC systems are presented.


This article identifies the mechanisms by which governments in the Saxon region sought to eradicate the lifestyle of travellers they labelled 'Gypsies' (Zigeuner). It argues that much of this policy rested on legislation that was already in place to regulate the itinerant poor, including both the restrictions governing itinerant trade and begging and vagrancy laws, but that the precise pattern of implementation for 'Gypsies' was nonetheless distinct. Special treatment was also apparent in the system of police escort that emerged, and in police efforts to gather and share the personal data of targets. Surviving Gendarmerie reports indicate that the implementation of policy was adversely affected by limited police resources, negligent officials, the willingness of individuals to continue to trade with travellers and, not least, the responses of travellers themselves. Nevertheless, they also make it clear that it became more and more difficult for travelling groups to sustain an itinerant lifestyle.


Single-image rain removal has always been challenging, due to its inherent ill-posed nature. In this paper, we propose a novel rain removal pipeline. This pipeline features two processing pathways: 1) a bottom-up pathway which iteratively performs down sampling and subtraction operations, yielding a Laplacian pyramid (LP) with decreasing scales, to bypass rain details; and 2) a top-down pathway which is built on image series obtained by the above bottom-up process and generate a series of image components based on conditional generative adversarial nets (CGAN), aiming at removing rain streaks while preserving image details. Generated components are further fused via scale-space aggregation, and descriptive image intrinsic information contained in different scales is interacted to jointly generate high quality de-rained image. Extensive experiments on synthetic and real-world rainy image datasets both demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed rain streaks removal approach.


AlN thin films were grown on HF-etched Si(111) substrates at 400–600 °C by plasma source molecular beam epitaxy. Reflection high energy electron diffraction and transmission electron microscopy studies show that AlN films grown at 400 °C form an initial amorphous region at the interface, followed by c-axis oriented columnar grains with slightly different tilts and twists. AlN films grown at 600 °C showed a significantly reduced amorphous region near the interface promoting an epitaxial growth of AlN with AlN[0001]∥Si[111] and AlN[0110]∥Si[112] orientations. However, all the films show numerous defects such as stacking faults, dislocations, and grain boundaries.


In wafer fabrication, because of the long cycle time, the high yield uncertainty and the high manufacturing cost, earlier process monitoring and control are critical. Thus, a number of inspection and measurement stations are set in the fabrication process to assure that the wafer quality meets the specific requirements. Researchers have applied the acceptance sampling plan to determine whether a lot is accepted or not. Due to the limited capacities and costs for in-line wafer inspections, only certain wafers are inspected among a specific number of lots. Thus, it is important to determine the sampling strategy that minimizes the total expected costs, including the inspection costs, false-alarm costs, out-of-control costs, in-control costs, and the costs from the false-passed wafers. In this study, we developed a cost-based heuristic for statistically determining the sampling frequency in wafer fab based on the economics, control chart design, Bayesian decision analysis, and the acceptance sampling strategy. We aimed to determine the optimal sampling frequency that trades off the various risks (i.e. the aggregation of cost and probability).


styraciflua provenance trial was established by DRFP/FOFIFA in 1986 in Mandraka. The species adapted well .That is why Malagasy organisms want to vulgarise this species. However, no study on wood properties of this species has been done in Madagascar. Three hypotheses were tested: (i) Liquidambar styraciflua woods are interesting for use in Madagascar and equivalent to local commercial woods, (ii) wood properties of trees are under strong genetic control, (iii) using diameter at breast height (DBH) as a selection trait improves wood quality as well. Tahiana RAMANANANTOANDRO, Herizo RAKOTOVOLOLONALIMANANA, Hery RAKOTONDRAOELINA, Sophie NOURISSIER-MOUNTOU, Gilles CHAIX Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques, Département des Eaux et Forêts, BP 175 Antananarivo 101, Madagascar CIRAD, Unité de Recherche Diversité Génétique et Amélioration des Espèces Forestières, BP 5035, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France Fofifa, Département des Recherches Forestières et Piscicoles – BP 904, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar Contact: email@example.com The provenance trial consists of 853 Liquidambar styraciflua trees from 13 provenances. For this study, 28 individual trees belonging to 9 provenances were selected. Specimens were collected at breast height. Wood properties included in the analysis were the modulus of elasticity (E), shear modulus (G) and wood density (D).


This article analyses the differences and integration development of low carbon economy and industrial economy. As an example of the method of dynamic alliance enterprises' cooperative competition, combines the development characteristics and elements of low carbon economy, discusses and analyses the laws and characteristics of the development of low carbon industrial economy under the market economy condition. Besides, it proposes useful ideas and methods.


This neat, compact guide shows readers how to pilot their businesses to the top. Based on the history of Cullinet Software, Inc., Cullinane describes how his company's rapid growth--13 straight years of over 50% annual growth--led to mismanagement, a takeover, and was eventually sold for close to $400 million. The Entrepreneur's Survival Guide gives readers specific tips they can use to make the most profitable decisions for their companies.


Background : Family empowerment plays an important role in the management of diabetes mellitus experienced by family members. Because of the chronic nature of this disease, people with diabetes mellitus need long-term assistance to improve self-care and delay chronic complications from diabetes mellitus through glycemic control. Aim : To conduct a systematic review and assess the effectiveness of family empowerment for metabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Method : Systematic reviews are carried out using electronic databases in article searches such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, ProQuest, Google Scholar. Results: After reviewing five articles it was found that family-based intervention or by empowering families in the care of patients with diabetes mellitus played a role in decreasing HbA1c as an indicator in glycemic control. And the most widely used instruments are the scale of self-care and diabetes activity (SDSCA), the diabetes empowerment scale (DES) and the diabetes knowledge questionnaire (DKQ). Conclusion : From the review of the article reviewed it can be concluded that families must be involved in the care of people with diabetes mellitus, diabetes education given only to individuals with type 2 diabetes limits the impact on patients, therefore empowering families will provide a large role in the management of chronic diseases that emphasize context where this disease occurs including the family's physical environment, education, and the personal needs of patients and family members. Helps develop healthy family behavior and shows self-management of diabetic patients, especially in health care programs, especially those who are able to promote various forms of social support, glycemic control and to strengthen ties between family members. Keywords : Family empowerment, metabolic control, type 2 diabetes mellitus.


This text describes a work experience with a collaborative corpus, developed during the last 10 years (2010-2020) with students in several undergraduate and graduate classes and students working on scientific undergraduate research projects at Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (already partially described by Fromm, 2013, and Fromm and Yamamoto, 2013). The work starts from the corpus elaboration methodology Rev. Estud. Ling., Belo Horizonte, v. 29, n. 3, p. 2041-2078, 2021 2042 (including its history) as a step towards a specific type of research (terminographic), goes through an analysis to point out and solve compilation problems and ends in its adequacy and standardization for reuse. The result is a robust, well-balanced, bilingual (English/Portuguese) corpus that can be used in numerous other studies in the area of


The study concerns the diagnosis of fetal condition early in pregnancy ‐ within the first trimester. An instrument was designed to allow biopsy of the extraembryonic membranes under visual control. The instrument was tested in 95 pregnant women prior to legal termination of pregnancy. In 28 cases, the biopsies were taken in the outpatient clinic and the patients were observed for 8 d before the pregnancy was terminated. Thirty‐eight percent of the biopsies were successful. Causes of failure were puncture or biopsy of the amniotic membrane, and bleeding which obscured vision. Biopsies were nonetheless obtained in all but four cases, and 60% contained chorionic villi. Target biopsy of chorion as chorionic villi is, however, possible, and the optimal time seems to be in the tenth week of pregnancy. Culture of biopsy material and karyotyping was successful in virtually all instances. When fetal tissue was identified in the abortion products, and cultured after subsequent termination (24 instances) karyotype determination confirmed the finding from biopsy culture cells. No maternal complications followed the procedure. The possibility is discussed that the present approach may be developed for clinical use as an alternative to transabdominal amniocentesis in the 15th. week.


In this paper, we develop a general collage coding framework for inverse problems in partial differential equations (PDEs) with boundary conditions. Although a general PDEs inverse problem can be very complicated, via the Generalized Collage Theorem in this paper, many such problems can be reduced to an optimization problem which can be solved at least approximately. We study a general theory for variational formulation of PDEs and then we show an application to a one-dimensional steady-state diffusion equation. We give many numerical examples and we analyze stability results under perturbation of data.


Most refiners have implemented individual information systems covering processing, laboratory, planning and maintenance. Refiners are now making progress installing integrated information systems to efficiently move and manage data and improve decision support for process control. Existing information systems have generally isolated individual segments of the refinery and petrochemical value chain within their own islands of technology, making it difficult to access and coordinate data. Integrated systems typically span areas such as maintenance, planning, scheduling, blending, yield accounting, laboratory analysis, tank monitoring and process control systems. The systems are expected to provide a timely, consistent and readily accessible view of plant information that will increase employee productivity as well as plant reliability, quality and compliance.


SUBTITLE: WEST COAST DOCKWORKERS ACCEPT CONTRACT BY JUST ENOUGH TO OVERRIDE REJECTION AT TWO KEY CALIF. LOCALS. WITH DISCUSSION OF FORTHCOMING VOTE FOR ILA FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT.


ABSTRACT In this work, a combination of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and droplet population-balance model (DPBM) in the framework of Fluent was applied to simulate the drop-size distributions and flow fields in a pilot-plant liquid–liquid extraction pulsed packed column. The three-dimensional unsteady-state liquid–liquid flow was modeled using the Eulerian two-fluid equations in conjunction with the realizable k – ε turbulence model. The classes method (CM) was chosen for solving population-balance equations. Two models for breakage and coalescence, the models of Luo and Garthe, were used in the CFD code. The model was validated by comparing the simulated drop-size distributions and holdup with experimental measurements. After the validation of the model, the effects of the operating conditions (feed rates and pulsation) on the dispersed phase holdup and drop-size distributions were studied. The results of linked CFD-DPBM model and experiments revealed that the dispersed phase holdup was increased when the organic and aqueous flow rates increased and when the intensity of pulse was increased, the holdup increased. Increasing the dispersed and continuous feed rates caused the Sauter mean diameter of the drops decreased and when the intensity of pulse was increased, because of high droplets break up rate, the Sauter mean diameter decreased. Results of linked CFD-DPBM model show that the CFD-DPBM tool is able to predict hydrodynamic parameters in a pulsed packed column.


"The author investigates the rich material offered by DOOM3, referring to a special recent type of conversion which deals with neological roots and originates in two successive processes: prefixal derivation followed by conversion (noun fraudă 'fraud' > noun antifraudă 'antifraud' (prefixation) > invariable adjective măsuri antifraudă 'anti-fraud measures' (conversion))."


*These authors contributed equally to this work Introduction: The molecular pathogenesis of liver cancer remains unclear; some ncRNAs have been considered as potential drug targets for cancer treatment. LncRNA PSMG3-AS1 has been reported to promote breast cancer, while its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unknown. Methods: Bioinformatics analysis was conducted to investigate the relationship between miR-143-3p and PSMG3-AS1. RT-qPCR was used to detect the expression levels of miR143-3p and PSMG3-AS1 and the correlation between them in HCC. The survival curve was used to analyze the effect of PSMG3-AS1 on the prognosis of liver cancer. RT-qPCR was used to detect the effect of different concentration gradients of miR-143-3p on PSMG3-AS1. CCK8 and clone formation experiments were used to examine the role of miR-143-3p and PSMG3-AS1 in regulating the proliferation of SNU-182 and SNU-398 cells. Results: Our preliminary bioinformatics analysis showed that miR-143-3p can target PSMG3-AS1. We, therefore, analyzed the interaction between PSMG3-AS1 and miR-1433p in HCC. We found that PSMG3-AS1 was upregulated, while miR-143-3p was downregulated in HCC. The expression levels of PSMG3-AS1 and miR-143-3p were closely and inversely correlated with each other. High expression levels of PSMG3-AS1 predicted poor survival. In HCC cells, overexpression of PSMG3-AS1 led to increased proliferation rates. Overexpression of miR-143-3p played an opposite role and reversed the effect of overexpression of PSMG3-AS1. Discussions: miR-143-3p may target PSMG3-AS1 to inhibit the proliferation of HCC cells.


The objective of this article is to analyse the Foundation Myths of Macedonian and Cita Royalties rapported for Herodotus' History.


Abstract : Set time data were obtained for polymer concrete made with a proprietary polyurethane resin for a wide range of aggregate and resin temperatures. Catalysts concentrations were adjusted so that setting occurred within a required time range. The effected of presence of water and ice on set time were also studied. Set time data were also obtained from pilot tests using another polyurethane and catalyst for various aggregate and resin temperatures and moisture and conditions. Considerably more catalyst was required in the pilot tests to obtain comparable set times. The impact of temperature variations on flexural strength was investigated. The flexural strength and failure mechanism at early ages depended on the temperature of aggregate and resin at the time of casting the polymer concrete. A model for the prediction of set time of polymer concrete was developed based upon thermodynamic and kinetic principles. The model parameters were determined experimentally from auxiliary laboratory tests conducted separately from the set time tests. Reasonable agreement was found between the model and the data from the set time since observed set times and resin temperatures generally agreed with those predicted by model.


The features of the development of cooperatives in the organizational structure of world agriculture and expanding areas of activity while deepening specialization, formation of regional, sectoral and national associations of the cooperative movement internationally. Systematized domestic and international experience of the cooperative movement in agriculture, in order to identify internal and external relations and regularities of formation of cooperatives in Ukraine and in the world. It is determined that development of agricultural cooperatives is an inevitable component of agriculture transformation to market conditions, and market system of farming cannot function effectively unless it includes the cooperative mechanisms of producers' self-support and self-defense in complex competitive environment.


owadays, one of the most challenging issues in Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) systems is tackling with physiological artifacts like Electrooculography (EOG) and Electrooculography (EMG) as a preprocessing step. It is the first step of each BCI systems that is very substantial because for next steps like feature extraction and classification we need clean signals without undesirable artifacts. Using a linear filter to remove these artifacts is common due to their simplicity and acceptable results in recent BCI preprocessing papers especially among winners in BCI VI competition using the same dataset as this paper (Graz 2A). By means of this, we have decided to compare the performance of band-pass filter with thirty well-known Independent Component Analysis (ICA) algorithms to remove undesirable EOG artifacts from EEG signals. The most common ICA algorithms that have been applied on this dataset are FastICA, SOBI and Infomax, but we tend to try less common algorithms to evaluate the real performance of ICA. In the meantime, we choose three optimized algorithm of ICA (FPICA, SANG and SYM-WHITE) that work better in noise reduction with Graz 2A dataset and compare their results with simple 8 to 40 Hz band-pass filter on 23-24-25 channels for EOG signals. The performance of our three algorithms was measured using the signal to interference (SIR) index. Results indicate that among all tested algorithms, Symmetric Pre-Whitening (SYM_WHITE) algorithm has considerable efficiency for EOG reduction and remarkable high speed in runtime. It is worth noting that it is for the first time that this algorithm is applied on Graz 2A dataset and approximately eliminates all EOG artifacts without destroying the original EEG signals.


The phenomenon of mutual communication between poetics and calligraphy is worthy of research in Chinese ancient literary theory.The ancient literary commentators often took advantage of their similarities to interpret the inheritance,development and innovation of poems,or talk about their styles and so on.In this way the abstract theory of poetics can be made into vivid images full of literary flavor.Compared with other arts,the research scope of poetic theory is broadened and enriched.


Preface 1. Tradition and Innovation 2. Living in Society 3. Women and the Family 4. Travellers and Others 5. World Pictures 6. Religion 7. Education 8. The Court and its Arts 9. The Theatre Conclusion Chronology Notes Suggestions for Further Reading Index


Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate the stress components that appeared in the periodontal tissue of maxillary central incisor when subjected to the same load in various positions. Methods:A maxillary central incisor model was made by three dimensional finite element method based on the average anatomic morphology of Chinese.Results:The stress decreased after passing through the periodontal ligament and the nearer to the cervix the position subjected to force was. the less the stress was. Conclusion: The nearer to the cervix the position subjected to force is,the better-distributed stress is; The periodontal ligament plays an important role in the transmission and cushion of forces acting on teeth.


Abstract The author of the leading article deals with a topic very relevant to the general area of discourse performance in aphasia, and the goals which should be established for communicative therapy. Although the author brings up many useful points his argument has a number of serious shortcomings.


Kaplan North America (KNA) is migrating all XML source content across business lines to a new technology stack. The stack uses Alfresco Community Edition and Componize for Component Content Managent System (CCMS) capabilities, and Oxygen XML Web Author for editing and authoring new content. Approximately 50 GB of content scheduled for migration exists in DocBook 4.0 and MathML 3.1. All XML content is stored in Arbortext Content Manager (ACM), a content management system built by PTC, and based on the Windchill Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
 This article aims to document the XSLT and XProc pipeline solution built to migrate KNA's content and, further, to create HTML with metadata for ingestion into KNA's Learning Management System (LMS) as a product. No project is perfect, however. As a result, we experienced a few hard-learned lessons as consultants while we worked our way through the project. We were excited to work on a DocBook project with XML tools — work we greatly enjoy — which led to a over-confidence that rendered us slightly stuck in the project's human variables. We learned (and continue to learn) valuable lessons about consulting and acting as trusted advisors throughout the project.


Background: Although many factors are known to influence the polymerization time of bone cement, it remains unclear which bone cement shape predicts the precise polymerization time. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether different cement shapes influenced polymerization time and to identify the relationship between cement shape and ambient operating theater temperature, relative humidity, and equilibration time. Methods: Samples were gathered prospectively from 237 patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty. The cement components were made into 2 different shapes: lump and pan. The time at which no macroscopic indentation of both cement models was possible was recorded as the polymerization time. Results: There was no significant difference between hand mixing (lump shape: 789.3 ± 128.4 seconds, P = .591; pan shape: 899.3 ± 152.2 seconds, P = .584) and vacuum mixing (lump shape: 780.2 ± 131.1 seconds, P = .591; pan shape: 909.9 ± 143.3 seconds, P = .584) in terms of polymerization time. Conversely, the polymerization time was significantly shorter for Antibiotic Simplex (lump shape: 757.4 ± 114.9 seconds, P = .001; pan shape: 879.5 ± 125.0 seconds, P < .001) when compared with Palacos R+G (lump shape: 829.0 ± 139.3 seconds, P = .001; pan shape: 942.9 ± 172.0 seconds, P < .001). Polymerization time was also significantly longer (P < .001) for the pan shape model (904 ± 148.0 seconds) when compared with the lump shape model (785.2 ± 129.4 seconds). In addition, the polymerization time decreased with increasing temperature (lump shape: R2 = 0.334, P < .001; pan shape: R2 = 0.375, P < .001), humidity (lump shape: R2 = 0.091, P < .001; pan shape: R2 = 0.106, P < .001), and equilibration time (lump shape: R2 = 0.073, P < .001; pan shape: R2 = 0.044, P < .001). Conclusions: The polymerization time was equally affected by temperature, relative humidity, and equilibration time regardless of bone cement shape. Furthermore, the pan shape model better reflected the cement polymerization time between implant and bone compared with the lump shape model. The current findings suggest that, clinically, constant pressure with the knee in <45° of flexion needs to be applied until remaining pan shaped cement is completely polymerized.


It seems to be the educated classes who contribute in the greatest degree to the high deathrates common all over India. Over " 50 per cent, of our youths (says Lieutenant-Colonel K. Prasad) are potentially tuberculous and die before their time, others who escape this evil contract diabetes before they are forty and are carried off before they are sixty." After discussing heredity, Lieutenant-Colonel Prasad devotes a chapter to marriage. In olden days in India, he says, " when might was right, people, to protect the chastity of their womenfolk, had to get every girl married as soon as jDossible,"


Summary form only given. Frequency selective filters implemented using thin film technology have been widely investigated for a broad range of applications. However, in some cases, for example a free-space communication link where the transmitter and receiver are mobile and their relative position is unknown, the strong coupling between the incidence angle and the resonance wavelength in a thin-film filter poses some technical challenges. In this work, we investigate nanocavities consisting of resonant defects in two-dimensional photonic crystals to achieve angularly insensitive narrowband wavelength filters.


The passive location system of multi-UAVs is an advanced surveillance detecting system,which is structurally simple and has many advantages.The principle of passive location of 4-stations based on TDOA(time difference of arrival) and its location precision are deduced in detail.Then the influence of the style of station distribution,error of station address,error of time,and baseline length of station distribution are simulated and analyzed.The simulation result shows that the GDOP(geometrical dilution of precision) of Y and reversed Y is better than other style of stations distribution;the GDOP of lozenge in the direction of anti-baseline(Y axial orientation) is higher.In addition,the GDOP is higher when die baseline length is longer,while it is lower when the error of station address and time are bigger.All of that factor can be considered when choosing the style of stations distribution.The GDOP will be better if choosing optical stations distribution according to actual requirements.


Text classification is a fundamental activity in natural language processing (NLP), that includes classifying text resources into predetermined groups. With the growing concerns over data privacy and confidentiality, there is a need to perform text classification on encrypted data to protect sensitive information. In recent years, homomorphic encryption has emerged as a powerful technique that makes computations possible on encrypted data without compromising its confidentiality. This paper provides an overview of text classification using machine learning algorithms on encrypted data. In this research work, we have taken a data set of movie reviews. The data set is cleaned by removing stop words and performing stemming, lemmatization, and tokenization. We utilized a semantic model with inverse document frequency weighting and term frequency weighting to represent the data (TF-IDF). For the classification of the data set, we have applied six machine learning algorithms Logistic Regression, Naïve Bayes, KNN, Support Vector Machine, Random Forest, and Decision Tree. The plain text is encrypted using a somewhat homomorphic encryption technique called the RSA method. The ciphertext is subjected to the machine learning algorithms mentioned above. We have compared the results for accuracy. The Random Forest algorithm was found to give 75.56% accuracy compared to other algorithms on encrypted data. In this work, we have calculated the time taken by each algorithm for execution on plain text and ciphertext. It was observed that the Random Forest method took more time and the KNN method took less time comparatively.


Objective To explore how to prevent and treat enteral nutrition related diarrhea after gastric operation with evidencebased approach.Methods Clinical problems such as best enteral nutrition injection device,injection and temperature of solution,whether with an addition of therapeutic elements in enteral nutrition or not and change of nutrition solution were identified.A retrieval was conducted in Cochrane library,Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials(CCRT),Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects(DARE),MEDLINE and Chinese Biomedical Database for quality clinical literature then nursing methods were established based on the literature.Results Eight articles were obtained and evidences in these articles were applied in the treatment of 292 patients after gastric operation.Enteral nutrition related diarrhea occurred in 19 patients(6.5%) and the incidence was lower than that in the research in the same period.Parenteral nutrition was provided for two patients while enteral nutrition was maintained among other patients.Conclusion Nutrient solution could be injected with small dose,low concentration and low speed by feeding pump and heated solution with therapeutic elements is effective for the prevention of diarrhea.


THE PURPOSE OF THIS case study is to examine the ways in which the systematic teaching of poetry reading at Greek primary school enhances children's interest in reading and helps develop their oral skills by enriching their vocabulary and creative thinking. The present poetry project was implemented at a Greek public kindergarten in Rethymno, Crete in the school year 2010–2011. The sample consisted of 22 children (12 boys and 10 girls) aged five to six years. The teaching instruction design was based on Rosenblatt's Transactional theory. The data were collected through (1) an observation checklist, (2) an observation diary, (3) post-course interviews with the children, and (4) a post-course interview with the teacher of the class. The findings indicated that: (a) small children described the poetry program as the most enjoyable part of language arts, (b) children's reading engagement and motivation were increased and (c) through the poetry program children developed better literary and reading skills.


Abstract We demonstrate a radio-over-fiber-based hybrid wavelength-division-multiplexed/time division multiplexed passive optical network (PON) to transmit 5 Gbps data rate to serve 32 subscribers. A broadband light source (BLS) is realized by mutual injection locking between two Fabry-Perot laser diodes at the transmission section to seed wavelength-division-multiplexed channels. Mutual injection locking technique is used to enhance the performance over single Fabry-Perot laser diode and 15  dB/Hz improvements in relative intensity noise(RIN) is realized in our proposed network system. All-optical up-conversion of a 10-GHz 1.25 Gbps on off keying radio frequency (RF) signal is achieved using one single-arm Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM). Transmission performance over 25-km single mode fiber is investigated. Low bit error rate with enhanced eye-diagram is obtained in our proposed system. As a result, the radio over fiber (ROF)-based wavelength-division-multiplexed/time division multiplexed PON set up employing mutually injection locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes can be a better choice in high speed long-haul optical communication system.


Natural and aromatic substances contained in plants which can be extracted by hydro-distillation or by cold extraction, more commonly known as essential oils are used today in several fields including cosmetic, perfumery, food processing, traditional medicine, agriculture etc. More recently, a strong use of these products extracted from plants as a corrosion inhibitor of metals and alloys in an acidic environment has been observed, given the number of works that have been published in recent decades. This review represents a general study on essential oils for a better understanding of these natural products, but also a non-exhaustive study of the published research works on the use of essential oils as a corrosion inhibitor of metals and alloys, in particular mild steels in acidic environments. Most of these studies have revealed great potentials of essential oils in inhibiting the corrosion of metals in aggressive environment, such as acidic environment. Thus, they have proposed alternatives to artificial metal corrosion inhibitor known to cause environmental pollution and public health issues. This review is a contribution to research efforts carried out by scientific community to find green corrosion inhibitors. It lays the basis for future research work aimed to investigate on the corrosion inhibition properties of essential oils extracted from Senegalese local plants.


As a new inorganic lead‐free perovskite, cesium copper iodide (CsCu2I3) has attracted wide attention in the field of photodetectors due to its non‐toxicity, good air and thermal stability, and excellent optoelectronic properties. However, the random growth and disordered distribution of CsCu2I3 crystals during their preparation results in poor crystal quality, seriously limiting their applications. Highly ordered CsCu2I3 crystal formation with high crystal quality for high‐performance photodetectors remains a major challenge. Here, an ingenious nanoimprinting technology is utilized to obtain high‐performance photodetectors based on highly aligned CsCu2I3 nanowires (NWs). Owing to the high crystal quality, the photodetector exhibits excellent responsivity of 12.35 A W−1 (310 nm) and 89.73 mA W−1 (365 nm), respectively, as well as good polarization light detection with a dichroism ratio of up to 2.28. Additionally, the device on a flexible substrate retains its initial level of performance even after being bent 2000 times. Remarkably, the device exhibits superior stability and maintains excellent performance after being placed in the natural environment for 1 month without any encapsulation.


On the basis of the grey system theory with the evaluation of coal resources,the paper discusses the grey characteristics of evaluation unit of coal resources,analyses the basic principles of evaluation of coal resources with grey cluster,and gives the calculating method in the evaluation of coal resources.Taking 9 evaluation units of coal resources as an example,the comprehensive subjection value was calculated based on 18 evaluation indexes and rating standard(excellent,good,acceptable,poor).The assessment results are obtained as 4 good,4 acceptable,1 poor and the sequence of exploitation is given at last.The results demonstrate that this method is reliable.


ObjectiveTo discuss the cooling result in different period of time after the medicine cooling in order to effect the body temperature accurately after cooling and offer reliable basis for clinic therapy. Methods To randomly choose 70 hyperthermia patients whom are applied medicine cooling, and after 30 minutes and 60 minutes to observe their cooling extent separately and carrying on an auto-control. Results The cooling extent in 60 minutes are higher obviously than that in 30 minutes, which have notable difference, P0.001. Conclusion The temperature in 60 minutes after cooling can reflect the cooling result effectively.


This PhD thesis has the following structure: Chapter 1 - General introduction; Chapter 2 - Preliminaries; Chapter 3 - The Replicated Transfer Matrix; Chapter 4 - Finite Size Corrections On Random Graphs; Chapter 5 - The Random Field Ising Model; Chapter 6 - The Euclidean Assignment Problem; Chapter 7 - The Euclidean Matching Problem; Chapter 8 - The Large M Expansion.


The report of clusters of pneumonia-like cases in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019, began a tumultuous cascade of health, social, and economic disruptions globally. Consequently, this resulted in the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, described as one of the most lethal pandemics the world has had to face. Several aspects of infection and its implications on different organ systems have been reported in formal literature, with more studies generated daily. Although the infection is reported to be dominantly respiratory, it may result in multisystem dysfunction. In this review, we discuss the hematological abnormalities induced by COVID-19 infection. These findings could contribute to a better understanding of the disease pathophysiology and ultimately guide in prognostication, guide assessment, monitoring, and treatment approaches and help develop targeted adjuvant therapies.


6089Background: Lenvatinib (LEN) significantly prolonged median progression-free survival (PFS) vs placebo (PBO) in the primary analysis of the phase 3 SELECT study of RR-DTC (18.3 vs 3.6 mos; HR 0...


In order to further improve the accuracy of distinctness,uniformity and stability(ab.DUS) test of rice varieties,the AMMI model was used to analyse the stability and Random Forest algorithm was used to evaluate the importance for 50 characteristics of 49 rice example varieties listed in DUS test guideline.The results showed that stability is largely different among different characteristics,and visual characteristics are highly stable for main qualitative characteristics and pseudo-qualitative characteristics,and measurement characteristics had low stability for quantitative characteristics.On the whole,the importance parameter difference was very big among different characteristics,which is larger for measurement characteristics,and relatively smaller for visual characteristics.Some characteristics with low stability and low importance could be excluded from DUS guideline,for example "panicle:exsertion","panicle:type","panicle:attitude","Spikelet:pubescence of lemma","leaf:pubescence",while those with low stability,but very important in practice,for example "time of maturity" and "time of heading" could be only in the location of applicants tested to avoid misjustice and use example varieties for correction.


This paper proposes a method to analyze statistically maintenance data for complex medical devices with censoring and missing information. It presents a classification of different types of failures and establishes policies for analyzing data at system and component levels taking into account the failure types. The results of this analysis can be used as basic assumptions in development of a maintenance/inspection optimization model. As a case study, we present the reliability analysis of a general infusion pump from a hospital.


The surface plasmon resonances of a monolayer graphene disk, excited by an impinging plane wave, are studied by means of an analytical-numerical technique based on the Helmholtz decomposition and the Galerkin method. An integral equation is obtained by imposing the impedance boundary condition on the disk surface, assuming the graphene surface conductivity provided by the Kubo formalism. The problem is equivalently formulated as a set of one-dimensional integral equations for the harmonics of the surface current density. The Helmholtz decomposition of each harmonic allows for scalar unknowns in the vector Hankel transform domain. A fast-converging Fredholm second-kind matrix operator equation is achieved by selecting the eigenfunctions of the most singular part of the integral operator, reconstructing the physical behavior of the unknowns, as expansion functions in a Galerkin scheme. The surface plasmon resonance frequencies are simply individuated by the peaks of the total scattering cross-section and the absorption cross-section, which are expressed in closed form. It is shown that the surface plasmon resonance frequencies can be tuned by operating on the chemical potential of the graphene and that, for orthogonal incidence, the corresponding near field behavior resembles a cylindrical standing wave with one variation along the disk azimuth.


Conventional resource inventories in Australian softwood plantations usually utilise Geographic Information System (GIS) thematic layers to stratify the resource prior to field sampling. Airborne lidar can offer a viable alternative for stratification but there are no standardised methods for plantation managers. This paper explores issues with current thematic stratification approaches and argues that relatively basic metrics extracted from a lidar-derived canopy height model (CHM) are suitable for constructing better stratification options. The case is supported with findings from an airborne lidar inventory undertaken in a pine plantation in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Lidar stand level metrics including mean height, mean above mean height, mean dominant height, predicted stocking, canopy cover percentage, occupied volume and height variance were tested as surrogates for plantation structure. The study demonstrated that lidar metrics can predict stand attributes such as age class (R 2 = 0.91, RMSE 1.9), thinning treatment (89% accuracy), mean height, (R 2 = 0.95, RMSE 4%), stocking (R 2 = 0.82, RMSE 26%), basal area (R 2 = 0.67, RMSE 19%) and total stand volume (R 2 = 0.8, RMSE 19%) across a range of stand structures. Since the metrics tested were highly correlated with survey data it is argued that they could provide a valid basis for a developing a new structure stratification approach to improve sampling design in future plantation resource inventories.


All three different types of classical, Pomeau-Manneville intermittencies along with a fourth kind following a subcritical pitchfork bifurcation have been identified in a single mathematical model. The mathematical model corresponds to a van der Pol oscillator with an impact damper.


Purpose: The study aimed to explore oral nutrition support needs in Chinese gastric cancer patients after gastrectomy by analyzing patients question on the internet.Methods: We searched Baidu website for diet question relating to stomach cancer undergoing gastrectomy. Content analysis was used to analyze the data material, Natural language processing & information retrieval sharing platform was used to analyze the sentiment tendency and sentiment attributes of all questions.Results: A total of 1420 diet-related questions were posed during the time before discharge and after gastrectomy several years. About 83.87% of all questions were about what and how to eat after gastric cancer. The results of emotional orientation of oral nutrition problems in patients after gastrectomy was generally positive (positive vs negative score: 1758 VS –1531), but the emotional orientation of diet and symptom problems was generally negative (positive vs negative score: 256.5 VS –410). The oral nutritional requirement of gastric cancer patient included oral nutrition-related solutions provided by professional staff, dietary and prognosis information, food metabolism information, dietary information, oral nutritional supplements information, symptom support, nutrition monitor, psychological support, and exercise information. Conclusions: The dietary problems of patients with gastric cancer after surgery mainly involve how to eat, the causes of diet-related symptoms and treatment methods. Patients and their caregivers need professional person to support their nutrition need, and the nutrition need include dietary and prognosis information, food metabolism information, dietary information, oral nutritional supplements information, symptom support, nutrition monitor, psychological support, and exercise information. The study clarified the specific needs of oral nutrition for patients after gastric cancer surgery, laying a foundation for the formulation of intervention programs.


Purpose – This paper aims to study the visibilization of learning in the context of developing a new collaborative practice, knotworking, in building design. The case under study describes the process of learning from the initiation of knotworking to its experimentation. The implementation of new building information modeling tools acted as an impetus for this development. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on activity-theoretically oriented ethnographic research. The four analytical steps created by Engestrom (1999) for analyzing the expansive visibilization of learning are applied in the analysis. Findings – The envisioning of the idea of knotworking involved the first and the second steps of visibilization. First, a flowchart made the ideal process of design visible and triggered a discussion on the problems and requirements emerging in the project members' work. Second, an idea for a new type of collaboration was introduced as a solution to these problems and requirements. Planning th...


In October 2014, the critically endangered palm Carpoxylon macrospermum growing in the Townsville Palmetum, Queensland, Australia, flowered for the first time, an event that had been much anticipated since the species first entered the collection in 1989. We provide a broad outline of the botanical history, cultivation and conservation of this species, as well as details about its occurrence in the
Palmetum collection.


Background: There have been few studies concerning the prevalence of Typus melancholicus (TM) in healthy volunteers based on age or sex. To our knowledge, no such studies have been performed in healthy Germans, but several in healthy Japanese people. Therefore, it is necessary to also determine the prevalence of TM in healthy Germans, in order to know whether the prevalence of TM is cross-culturally constant. Subjects and Methods: We examined the prevalence of TM in 121 healthy German volunteers (62 men and 59 women with a mean age ± SD of 43.9 ± 16.8 years and 47.4 ± 15.9 years, respectively). Kasahara's Inventory for the Melancholic Type Personality (KIMTP) and von Zerssen's F-List (F-List) were used to identify TM. The subjects were divided by age into three groups: those aged 40 years or less (group A), those aged 41–60 years (group B), and those aged 61 years or more (group C). Mean total KIMTP and F-List scores were calculated. In addition, we also calculated mean scores of the two KIMTP TM factors ['harmony in personal relationships' (factor 1) and 'social norms' (factor 2)]. Differences in scores between men and women were analyzed by Student's t test. Differences in scores between the three age groups were evaluated by one-way analysis of variance and Scheffé's test. Results: The KIMTP and F-List scores increased with age in both men and women. In the women, the KIMTP and F-List scores were significantly higher in groups B and C than in group A. In the women, the group C KIMTP factor 1 score was significantly higher than the group A KIMTP factor 1 score. The KIMTP and F-List scores tended to be higher for the women than for the men. Within groups B and C, the KIMTP and F-List scores and the KIMTP factor 1 score were significantly higher for the women than for the men. Conclusion: Overall, the sex and age distributions of scores for both questionnaires were similar to those obtained in previous studies in Japanese people. It is of note that our German subjects and previous Japanese subjects were not demographically controlled and, clearly, cultural backgrounds differed. Thus, KIMTP and the F-List may discriminate the TM personality with some degree of universality despite cultural differences and might be useful in cross-cultural comparisons of TM.


The electron irradiation induced synthesis of Carbon Nanomembranes (CNMs) from aromatic thiol-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold substrate is a well-established method to form molecular thin nanosheets. These molecular 2D materials can be prepared with tunable properties, and therefore, they find a variety of applications in nanotechnology ranging from ultrafiltration to nanobiosensors. However, no chemically inert CNM was fabricated up to now, as the reactive thiol group is present on the membrane surface even after transferring it to other substrates. Here we study electron irradiation of carboxylic acid-based SAMs on silver substrate as an alternative route for CNMs formation. Our analysis, based on combination of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, demonstrates that for this type of SAMs purely carbonaceous CNMs with tunable porosity can be obtained.


Here we present a new, rapid, immunofiltration assay for simultaneous detection of HIV p24 and Hepatitis B Virus antigens. The assay platform is composed of a 13 mm nitrocellulose filter spotted with capturing bioprobes and inserted in a Swinnex syringe filter holder. Samples and reagents are flown through the nitrocellulose filter by manual pressure on the syringe. A colorimetric detection allows for naked eye results interpretation. The assay provides sensitivity in the picomolar range in just 5 minutes, even using low volumes of sample in complex matrix.


This study aims to determine the effect of experiential marketing and experiential value on customer satisfaction on student FIA Business 2013/2014 Samsung Android users . This type of research is explanatory research. The samples in this study were 85 student FIA Bisnis 2013/2014 Samsung Android users. Methods of data collection by questionnaire. Data analysis using descriptive analysis and path analysis. The statistic results showed that there were significant impact between experiential marketing to experiential value that is shown by the probability value (sig) of 0.000 (p <0.05); there was significant impact between experiential marketing to customer satisfaction is shown by the probability value (sig) of 0.000 (p <0.05) and a significant impact between experiential value to customer satisfaction as shown by the value of the probability (sig) of 0.000 (p< 0.05). Based on the results of the statistical tests were be able to explain the experiential marketing and experiential value if applied seriously be able to create customer satisfaction. Keywords : Experient i al Marketing, Experient i al Value, Customer Satisfaction ABSTRAK Tujuan dari penelitian untuk mengetahui pengaruh experient i al marketing dan experient i al value terhadap customer satisfaction pada mahasiswa FIA Bisnis 2013/2014 pengguna Android Samsung..Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah explanatory research atau penelitian penjelasan. Sampel dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 85 orang mahasiswa FIA Bisnis 2013/2014 pengguna  Android Samsung.Metode pengumpulan data dengan kuesioner. Digunakan analisis deskriptif dan analisis path .  Hasil analisis statistik menghasilkan pengaruh yang signifikan antara experiential marketing terhadap experiential value yang ditunjukkan dengan nilai probabilitas (sig) sebesar 0,000 (p<0,05); terdapat pengaruh signifikan antara experiential marketing terhadap customer satisfaction yang ditunjukkan dengan nilai probabilitas (sig) sebesar 0,000 (p<0,05) dan terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan antara experiential value terhadap customersatisfaction yang ditunjukkan dengan nilai probabilitas (sig) sebesar 0,000 (p<0,05). Berdasarkan dari hasil uji statistik tersebut dapat menjelaskan experiential marketing dan experiential value apabila diterapkan secara serius dapat menciptakan customer satisfaction . Kata kunci : Experient i al Marketing, Experient i al Value, Customer Satisfaction


Objective: To assess the pattern of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in a tertiary care hospital. Materials and methods: This study was conducted in VSS Medical College, Burla, Odisha from October 2012 to September 2014. ADRs collected from various clinical departments were compiled and analyzed for distribution of age, gender, department, drug class and organ system. Assessment of causality, severity, and preventability was done using specific scales. Results: The occurrence of ADRs was more in males compared to females in the age group 19-60 years of age. Most of the ADRs were collected from medicine department followed by dermatology and psychiatry. The skin was the most common organ system affected followed by gastrointestinal and central nervous system. Antiretroviral drugs were the most common drugs causing ADRs followed by antimicrobials and antipsychotics. Skin rashes were the most common reaction followed by vomiting and extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). Causality assessments of ADRs were probable for 35.71 % and possible for 64.29 %. Most of the ADRs were of moderate severity (47.48 %) followed by mild (45.38%) and severe (7.14%). 59.67% of ADRs were categorized as probably preventable whereas 36.47% were not preventable. Conclusions: Majority of ADRs can be prevented by taking proper action at the early stage. Knowledge about the drugs and predictable adverse drug reactions are the requirement for preventing severe adverse drug reactions at a later stage. INTRODUCTION: Adverse drug reaction (ADR) is defined as "Any response to a drug which is noxious and unintended and which occurs at doses normally used in man for prophylaxis, diagnosis or therapy of diseases or for the modification of physiological function 1 . QUICK RESPONSE CODE DOI: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.9(6).2471-77 Article can be accessed online on: www.ijpsr.com DOI link: http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.9(6).2471-77 ADR is the cause of considerable morbidity and mortality in Europe 2 . According to Commission staff document of European communities, approximately 5 % of all hospital admissions are due to ADRs and 5 % of all hospitalized patients develop ADRs during their hospital stay 2 . It also constitutes 4 th to 6 th common cause of death in hospitalized patients 3 . In addition to increasing the duration of hospital stay, ADRs also increase the cost of hospitalization. The overall economic burden of adverse events according to literature ranges from about 0.2% to 6.0% of total health expenditure 4 .


A prospective single-cell efficacy study of a new 2% nonoxynol-9 gel (GYNOL II contraceptive jelly) used in combination with an Ortho All-Flex diaphragm is described. 20-30 women were enrolled at 10 centers in 8 states to participate in the 12-month study of the unscented unflavored colorless gel. The women were aged 18-45 years nonpregnant of any parity previous diaphragm users or not and willing to use the diaphragm and gel as their only contraceptive method for 1 year. Postabortal and postpartum women were eligible. 144 of 232 enrolled women completed 12 months of use between August 1980-September 1982. Follow-up visits were made at 6 and 12 months and telephone follow-up was carried out at 3 and 9 months. Pearl index and life table analyses were performed for 3 terminated classes: method failure subject failure and total use failure. The Pearl index method subject and total use failures were 2.5 6.9 and 10.4 respectively while the life table method subject and total use failure rates were 2.4 7.2 and 10.6 respectively. 4 of the 5 women experiencing method failure pregnancies had no previous experience with a diaphragm. The average months of use before pregnancy in the method failure group was 4.4. The average months of use for women who became pregnant in the subject failure group was 5.6 months. 9 of the 14 women in the subject failure group were previous diaphragm users. 4 of the 232 women originally recruited complained of irritation of whom 2 dropped out. The study appears to confirm the finding of previous prospective studies that women can expect an effectiveness rate of 97-98% if they use the diaphragm-gel method consistently and according to label instructions.


1. Introduction: Enigmatic Power? 2. Conceptual and Analytical Framework: Relational Power 3. Empirical Focus: Japan's China Policy 4. Case 1: Negotiating Investment Protection 5. Case 2: Interaction over the Pinnacle Islands 6. Conclusions and Reflections: Intelligible Power Reference List


Preservice teachers enrolled in a reading methods course at a large university in the southwestern United States engage in a multicultural project which requires collaborative research. Groups are formed at the beginning of the semester, and either choose or are assigned a specific culture to research. Students then investigate the history and contributions of that culture. When the students have become knowledgeable about their chosen culture they begin investigating children's literature for the purpose of locating books which accurately and sensitively represent information about that particular culture. Groups develop a literature unit and organize class presentations to share their findings. The best literature units are then compiled into book form and made available for purchase at a local copy store. This project appears to promote cultural understanding and awareness through immersing university students in: (1) collaborative research; (2) investigation of quality children's literature and expository resources; and (3) multicultural information provided by classmates. Participants express an understanding of the power of education as a tool for promoting cultural understanding and sensitivity. (Author) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** PROMOTING MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH COLLABORATIVE INVESTIGATION OF QUALITY CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Karen A. Schumaker Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin Abstract Preservice teachers enrolled in a reading methods course.at a large university in the southwestern United States engage a multicultural project which requires collaborative res irch. Groups are formed at the beginning of the semester, and either choose or are assigned a specific culture to research. Students then investigate the history and contributions of that culture. When the students have become knowledgeable about their chosen culture they begin investigating children's literature for the purpose of locating books which accurately and sensitively represent information about that particular culture. Groups develop a literature unit and organize class presentations in order to share their findings. The best literature units are then compiled into book form and made available for purchase at a local copy store. This project appears to promote cultural understanding and awareness through immersing university students in; a) collaborative research, b) investigation of quality children's literature and expository resources, and c) multicultural information provided by classmates. Participants express an understanding of the power of education as a tool for promoting cultural understanding and sensitivity.Preservice teachers enrolled in a reading methods course.at a large university in the southwestern United States engage a multicultural project which requires collaborative res irch. Groups are formed at the beginning of the semester, and either choose or are assigned a specific culture to research. Students then investigate the history and contributions of that culture. When the students have become knowledgeable about their chosen culture they begin investigating children's literature for the purpose of locating books which accurately and sensitively represent information about that particular culture. Groups develop a literature unit and organize class presentations in order to share their findings. The best literature units are then compiled into book form and made available for purchase at a local copy store. This project appears to promote cultural understanding and awareness through immersing university students in; a) collaborative research, b) investigation of quality children's literature and expository resources, and c) multicultural information provided by classmates. Participants express an understanding of the power of education as a tool for promoting cultural understanding and sensitivity. 2 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Irnprowinwnt EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) )(This docurnint has been rePrOducmil at recelvW horn th person or organithon originating it 0 Minor Chi INKS have been made to improve reproduction Quality Pc:anti of view Of opinions stated in this docin merit do not necemeray represent Olivet OERI position Of pone,/ "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY


T‐stellate cells in the ventral cochlear nucleus (VCN) are known to have local axon collaterals that terminate in the vicinity of their dendrites and cell bodies within the same isofrequency lamina in parallel with the auditory nerve fibers that innervate them. Excitatory synaptic connections between stellate cells within an isofrequency lamina are hypothesized to be involved in the nitric oxide‐mediated upregulation of T‐stellate responses to their auditory input. This could serve as a mechanism of variable gain control in the enhancement of responses to vowel spectral peaks. Previous studies have provided indirect evidence for these possible synaptic interconnections between T‐stellate cells, but unequivocal identification has yet to be established. Here, we used retrograde neuronal tracing with adeno‐associated viral vector or biotinylated dextran amine injected into the inferior colliculus (IC) to detect the postsynaptic target of T‐stellate cells within the VCN. We show that backfilled T‐stellate cell axons make monosynapatic connections on the labeled cell bodies and dendrites of other labeled T‐stellate cells within an isofrequency lamina. Electron microscopy revealed that T‐stellate terminals can also make synapses on structures not retrogradely labeled from the IC. Glycine antibodies combined with the viral labeling indicated that these nonbackfilled structures that the labeled T‐stellate terminals were synapsing on are most likely the cell bodies and dendrites of two size categories of glycinergic VCN cells, whose sizes and relative numbers indicated they are the D‐ and L‐stellate cells. These cells are known to provide inhibitory inputs back onto T‐stellate cells. Our data indicate that, in addition to their auditory nerve input, T‐stellate cells provide a second modulatable excitatory input to both inhibitory and excitatory cells in a VCN isofrequency lamina and may play a significant role in acoustic information processing.


Abstract 120 Patients from North Jordan were screened for three cystic fibrosis mutations; "F508, W1282X, and N1303K. This study identified "F508 (23.75%) and W1282X (15%) only. N1303K was not detected, although it was reported earlier from Jordan in low frequency.


1 From the Department of Plastic Surgery, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea. Received for publication September 1, 2021; accepted September 7, 2021. Copyright © 2022 The Author. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2022;10:e4080; doi: 10.1097/ GOX.0000000000004080; Published online 11 February 2022. Disclosure: The author has no financial interest to declare in relation to the content of this article. This study was supported by a grant from National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020R1I1A2054761). ...This body's fenscape, manscaped, hills removed – the meaty joins still livid, tight shut mouths where distant territories were stitched


Telomere length is a biomarker of cell aging that is hypothesized to contribute to women's greater longevity. Although most previous studies have found no sex difference in telomere length at birth, it is well established that females have longer average telomere length than males during adulthood. Proposed biological mechanisms underlying sex differences in adult telomere length include differences in sex steroid hormones and body size, which emerge during the pubertal transition. The purpose of this study was to examine the total effect of sex on telomere length during early adolescence and to examine estradiol, total testosterone, and body surface area (BSA; a measure of body size) as potential mediators of sex differences in telomere length. Data were from a population-based sample of 126 female and 109 male Hispanic adolescents aged 8 to 14 years from the Early Life Exposures in Mexico to ENvironmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) study. Relative telomere length (T/S ratio) was measured by the quantitative polymerase chain reaction method; sex steroid hormones were measured using an automated chemiluminescent immunoassay, and BSA was calculated using measured height and weight. Adjusting for age and pubertal status, we found that girls had significantly longer telomeres than boys (β = .13; P < .01), but there were no significant indirect effects of sex on telomere length through any of the proposed mediators. We conclude that sex differences in telomere length are evident during early adolescence but are not explained by cross-sectional differences in sex steroid hormones or body size.


Summary Many aspects of multiracial education were investigated in a national survey of teachers' opinions. This first part of a two‐part article reports on those items which covered necessary or desirable changes in the curriculum and other aspects of school life. These include topics such as religious education and assemblies, dress and diet, mother‐tongue teaching, English as a foreign language, racial bias in books, cultural adaptation and adjustment, special language needs of West Indian pupils, and deployment of immigrant teachers and non‐teaching staff. A total of 510 teachers (171 primary and 339 secondary) from 25 schools responded to the questionnaire. In these schools the overall proportions of pupils of minority ethnic groups ranged from 18 to 84 per cent. Pupils of Asian, Cypriot, Italian and Afro‐Caribbean origin were represented in varying proportions.


California's Creek Fire is not only the largest single wildfire in a state known for huge and destructive blazes, it spawned two rare fire tornados with winds over 100mph, a day after the fire started in early September. Huntington Lake and Mammoth Pool were the sites of these rare events leading to hundreds of trapped campers. An air rescue operation airlifted hundreds of trapped people to safety. Twenty days after the start of the fire, it had burned >300,000 acres with only 36% containment by fire crews. This review is an evaluation of our hospitals response team and the events surrounding that night.

 Our on-call surgeon had called in the back-up surgeon to run a second trauma operating room. It was at this time, the news had reported trapped campers near Mammoth Pool. The burn surgeon was notified and reported to the emergency department (ED) as word of 65 possible victims spread. Local disaster response planning was initiated with an ED physician triaging patients at the regional airport. Initial calls were made to the division chief and burn medical director. The nursing director was notified along with any available nursing staff with 8 ICU nurses volunteering to report. Immediately, lateral transfer orders were placed for all burn patients housed in the burn center which has 10 ICU bed capabilities.

 The first helicopter landed with 5 of the burn victims presenting to our hospital. 4 of the victims were male and 1 female with ages ranging from 17 to 27. Total body surface area burn was estimated on each with 2 minor burns < 10% and 3 moderate sized burns of roughly 25%. These patients were quickly triaged in the ED and traumatic injuries evaluated. 3 of the patients were placed in ICU level care with the 2 remaining patients housed in the ED as word trickled in about another rescue effort with an additional 95 people. By morning, an additional 2 patients were transferred to our burn center from the surrounding hospitals and another 2 patients evaluated for burns sustained in separate events. All patients were taken to the operating room over the next 24–48 hours for excision and autologous spray on skin cells (ASCS) in combination with widely meshed skin grafts or ASCS alone.

 Communication, teamwork, and personnel that are dedicated to the care of burn patients made this tragic incident manageable. The Creek Fire hit home for many of the burn staff not only because of the patients that were cared for, but because this area of California was a beloved respite for many. A debriefing with a chaplain, grief counselor, and psychotherapist, was held within 2 weeks of the incident to provide support to the staff during this devastating time.


Applications of rotational $SU(3)$ symmetry in nuclei, using Elliott's $SU(3)$ or pseudo-$SU(3)$ or proxy-$SU(3)$ model, often need just the lowest or leading $SU(3)$ irreducible representation (irrep) $(\lambda_H, \mu_H)$. For nucleons in an oscillator shell $\eta$, with ${\cal N}=(\eta +1)(\eta +2)/2$, we have the algebra $U(r{\cal N}) \supset [U({\cal N}) \supset SU(3)] \otimes SU(r)$; $r=2$ when there are only valence protons or neutrons and $r=4$ for nucleons with isospin $T$. Presented in this paper is a simple general formula for the leading $SU(3)$ irrep $(\lambda_H, \mu_H)$ in any given irrep $\{f\}$ of $U({\cal N})$. Results are provided for $(\lambda_H, \mu_H)$ irreps for $\eta$ values of interest in nuclei and for this for all allowed particle numbers. These results clearly show that prolate shape dominates over oblate shape in the shell model $SU(3)$ description.


This paper reports on subsea petroleum production facilities which will enable the satellite Tordis field in the Norwegian section of the North Sea a degree of flexibility for development planning and also defer expenditures. The facilities are designed to allow for simultaneous drilling, maintenance, and production operations. The planned development, as presented in a July 1991 concept study report, consists of seven individual subsea wells connected to a subsea manifold. The manifold is tied back to Gullfaks C platform for processing of hydrocarbons, supplying water for injection, and controlling production. Start of production is schedule for 1994. The Gullfaks operator has agreed to receive 12,000 cu m/day (75,500 b/d) of liquids for processing at Gullfaks.


Chinese short comment texts have the characteristics of feature sparseness, interlacing, irregularity, etc., which makes it difficult to fully grasp the overall emotional tendency of users. In response to such problem, the text proposes a new method based on ELECTRA and hybrid neural network. This method can more accurately capture the emotional features of the text, improve the classification effect, enhance the evaluation feedback mechanism, and facilitate user decision-making. First, in the embedding layer, ELECTRA model is used to replace BERT model, which can avoid the inconsistency of the mask training and fine-tuning process of the traditional pre-training model. Then, in the training layer, the self-attention mechanism and the BiLSTM are selected to obtain the fine-grained semantic representation information of the review text more comprehensively. Finally, in the output layer, the softmax classifier classifies the input corpus according to the sentiment characteristics of the Chinese short text. The experimental results show that the proposed model has an efficiently improvement in accuracy and there are some discoveries about the training effect of the pre-training model on text sentiment analysis tasks.


Background. The issue of containing cost has had a significant impact on organ transplantation. After our institution's 500th liver transplant, we critically examined the impact of the changing health care environment on liver transplantation. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed 500 consecutive liver transplants done in the period of 1989 to 1998. Results. Comparing the first 100 liver transplants to the last 100, patient demographics did not change significantly; however, mean waiting times increased significantly, from 30.4 days to 146.7 days, and median hospital stay decreased from 20.2 days to 10.9 days. One-year patient and graft survivals were not significantly different, 93.6% versus 96.5% and 88.0% versus 95.7%, respectively. Conclusions. Despite transplants in patients at higher risk and discharging patients sooner after transplantation, surgical results and patient survivals remained excellent. This was accomplished through improvements and modification of immunosuppression, outpatient treatment of uncomplicated acute rejection, and emphasis on close outpatient follow-up.


Hydrogen is considered as an attractive energy source in the 21st century and as a fuel to replace conventional fossil fuels. Apart from being a potential source of unlimited clean power, it is also widely used in the chemical process industries and is likely to become a dominant fuel in the transportation sector. Microbial conversion of biomass is a newly developed and unique process, which involves the fermentation of organic substrates such as carbohydrates present in organic wastewater by a consortium of bacteria to produce hydrogen. The study outlined in this paper provides a review of the microbial conversion process and describes the mathematical modelling of the microbial electrolysis cell behaviour in MATLAB.


Stock exchanges all over the world mirror ongoing economic processes and influence the markets in particular countries. In the age of globalization, investors are increasingly seeking attractive profit opportunities on foreign stock exchanges, while companies are trying to obtain resources for new enterprises, selling their stocks even on other continents. As a result of these developments, legal translators, including those dealing with the language of the law of obligations, as well as securities, are faced with ever-increasing requirements. The paper concerns English-Polish, English-German, and English-Chinese translations of stock exchange and securities-related terminology in Poland, the United Kingdom, USA, Germany, and China. In the first part, the authors give a brief overview of the stock exchanges in the respective countries. Then they discuss the methods of translating stock exchange-related terminology and list the most common strategies of ensuring equivalence and difficulties that arise in translation. The authors have also prepared a glossary of selected English stock exchange terms with its Polish, German and Chinese equivalents. 50 J. GRZYBEK, A. MATULEWSKA


The demagnetization process for a Nd2Fe14B grain covered by an α-Fe layer was studied by use of the finite element technique of micromagnetics. µ0 iHc decreases with the increase of α-Fe layer thickness t. With the increase of t from 0 to 6nm, µ0 iHc decreases from ~7 T to ~3.5 T when the angle between the applied field and the c-axis of the Nd2Fe14B grain is 0.5° and from ~4 T to ~1.5 T when the angle is 30° or 60°. The effect is only slightly affected by the angle between the α-Fe layer and the field direction.


Studies have shown that school culture and climate have an immense influence on students' academic achievement (Coyle & Witcher, 1992; Rutter, 1983). Review of current research literature reveals an abundance of programs designed to improve the behavioural functioning of students. A concomitant proliferation of studies delves into the effectiveness of these programs. Many studies base determination of efficacy upon achieving a criterion of reduced office discipline referrals per month. An underlying assumption is that, as the climate of the school improves, challenging behaviour is reduced. A complementary means of evaluating efficacy is via examination of the social validity of a program. Social validity is defined as the social significance of the goals of interventions, the social acceptability of the components of interventions used to attain those goals, and the social importance of the effects of an intervention (Wolf, 1978). Adherence to policies and techniques are more likely to be adequately achieved by individuals who believe in a program's goals and effects, as well as its techniques or processes. Initiatives adopted to address childhood behaviour must be deemed useful and acceptable by those implementing it; otherwise implementation may lack integrity and risk failure. This could not only undermine the use of a promising and potentially beneficial initiative, but also risks burn-out and cynicism in response to future attempts to improve school climates. Given the importance of school climate, and disciplinary approaches as part of this climate, the purpose of this study was to examine teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness and usefulness of a district-wide, school-based initiative Positive and Effective Behaviour


This article summarizes the progress of researching secondary cooling technique,In allusion to technics of the slab Continuous Casting and molten steel freezing process,building casting blank solidifying heat transfer simulation mathematic model.According to technics of Continuous Casting and mass criterion,all-purpose computer simulation software for secondary cooling process in slab Continuous Casting is designed and developed by means of programming language Visual Basic.Through simulative calculation by using the software,the operating paramenters in continuous can be designed and optimized.The interface of the software is viaualized and friendly,the accuracy is high.