Streamside red alder (Alnusrubra Bong .) stands are common i n many municipal watersheds in the Oregon Coast Range ; autumn leaf fall from such stands has been suspected of causing periodi c domestic water quality problems . Field and laboratory studie s were conducted to (1) evaluate water quality problems caused b y leaf litter on a representative municipal watershed in th e region, (2) clarify relationships between water quality an d variables such as leaf quantity and water flow, and (3) examin e the influence of alder leaf extracts on conventional wate r treatment processes and products . Studies conducted on the Seaside municipal watershed i n northwest Oregon showed the potential for water quality effect s (particularly increased color) by alder leaves, but strea m sampling during 1981-82 revealed no chronic problems . The few observed short-term increases in stream water color occurred nea r the onset of storm flows and thus were probably due to th e flushing of storage sites containing organic material . Only with an extended period of unusually low flows and maximum leaf fal l are significant water quality problems likely to occur in thi s particular stream system . Laboratory leaching of alder leaves with filtered strea m water showed a fairly constant release of colored organi c material over time ; running water was more efficient than stil l water in leaching this material . In still water, a linear increase in water color occurred with increases in leaf mas s added ; for a given leaf mass there appeared to be a limit to th e amount of colored material that could be removed in the first 4 8 hours of leaching . Laboratory tests also showed that ultraviolet absorbance (254 nm) may provide a reasonable estimate o f dissolved organic carbon concentrations in systems dominated b y alder leaf inputs . Laboratory studies of the influence of alder leaf extract s (ALE) on water treatment processes showed potentially significant effects . Chlorine demand of ALE, based on total organic carbo n (TOC), averaged 1 .7 mg C12/mg TOC. Trihalomethane (THM ) formation increased with increasing pH and C12/TOC ratio wit h maximum formation under the conditions tested (pH=8 .5, C12/TOC ratio=4 .3/1) being 60 mg CHC13/mg TOC. Natural organic matter in stream water from the Seaside watershed exerted less chlorin e demand and produced lower THM concentrations per mg TOC than di d ALE. Phenolic compounds listed as EPA priority pollutants wer e not produced at detectable levels by chlorination of ALE .


Function and dysfunction of the brain cannot be completely understood on the molecular level alone. A second level is required, namely that of system analysis and mathematical modelling. It is obvious that the problems of sensorimotor control of biological systems are related to the control of technical systems. Indeed, the quantitative analysis of a biological system is not possible without ®rst constructing a simple algorithmic model. A model can provide important insight into the structure of a system and thus increase our understanding of the system itself. Modelling can also reveal the logical errors of simple clinical concepts. Moreover, the possibility of simulating complete or incomplete failures of a single element or an entire pathway permits us to pose direct clinical questions: either about syndromes not yet observed or about the localization of the damage as well as the mechanism involved in syndromes already described. However, the original system must ®rst be precisely analysed before beginning to construct a model. At this point it becomes evident how complex these systems, e.g. sensorimotor brain functions, actually are. The vestibular control of eye movements may serve as an example.


In this paper, we study a stochastic predator–prey model with Beddington–DeAngelis functional response and Allee effect, and show that there is a unique global positive solution to the system with the positive initial value. Sufficient conditions for global asymptotic stability are established. Some simulation figures are introduced to support the analytical findings.


Ship‐based aerosol measurements in the summertime Arctic indicate elevated concentrations of ultrafine particles with occasional growth to cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) sizes. Focusing on one episode with two continuously growing modes, growth occurs faster for a large, preexisting mode (dp ≈ 90 nm) than for a smaller nucleation mode (dp ≈ 20 nm). We use microphysical modeling to show that growth is largely via organic condensation. Unlike results for midlatitude forested regions, most of these condensing species behave as semivolatile organics, as lower volatility organics would lead to faster growth of the smaller mode. The magnitude of the CCN hygroscopicity parameter for the growing particles, ~0.1, is also consistent with organic species constituting a large fraction of the particle composition. Mixing ratios of common aerosol growth precursors, such as isoprene and sulfur dioxide, are not elevated during the episode, indicating that an unidentified aerosol growth precursor is present in this high‐latitude marine environment.


This articleproposes a new control scheme for extension of speed range of dual inverter fed induction motor drives with open-end stator windings. One of the inverters connected to one end of the stator windings is fed by a dc power source whereas the inverter connected to the other end of the windings is fed by a capacitor. The control scheme ensures that only active power required by the drive is supplied by the inverter fed by dc power source and the reactive power alone is provided by the capacitor fed inverter. The modulation index of the capacitor fed inverter is varied to provide higher voltage to the motor at higher speeds keeping the capacitor voltage constant, thereby facilitating operation above base speed without field weakening. An alternative scheme in which the capacitor voltage is allowed to vary while keeping the modulation index of the capacitor fed inverter at its maximum value is also presented in this article. The proposed schemes, based on constant v/f ratio control, are simple compared to the existing schemes. Validation of the proposed schemes is carried out under transient and steady state operating conditions by extensive simulation using PLECS software. Experimental verification is also carried out on a laboratory prototype using a digital signal controller for implementation of the control scheme.


Since a few decades, to reduce energy consumption, processor vendors builds more and more parallel computers.At the same time, the gap between processors and memory frequency increased significantly.To mitigate this gap, processors embed a complex hierarchical caches architectureWriting efficient code for such computers is a complex task.Therefore, performance analysis has became an important step of the development of applications seeking for performances.Most existing performance analysis tools focuses on the point of view of the processor.Theses tools see the main memory as a monolithic entity and thus are not able to understand how it is accessed.However, memory is a common bottleneck in High Performances Computing, and the pattern of memory accesses can impact significantly the performances.There are a few tools to analyze memory performances, however theses tools are based on a coarse grain sampling.Consequently, they focus on a small part of the execution missing the global memory behavior.Furthermore, these coarse grain sampling are not able to collect memory accesses patterns.In this thesis we propose two different tools to analyze the memory behavior of an application.The first tool is designed specifically for Not Uniform Memory Accesses machines and provides some visualizations of the global sharing pattern inside each data structure between the threads.The second one collects fine grain memory traces with temporal information.We can visualize theses traces either with a generic trace management framework or with a programmatic exploration using R.Furthermore we evaluate both of these tools, comparing them with state of the art memory analysis tools in terms of performances, precision and completeness.


Significance Metabolic disorders related to aberrant fat accumulation, including lipodystrophy and obesity, are a serious health concern. Inside cells, fat accumulates in organelles named lipid droplets (LDs). LDs form in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where triglycerides (TG), the most abundant form of fat, are produced. The Berardinelli–Seip congenital lipodystrophy type 2 protein, seipin, has been identified as a key regulator of LD formation, but its mechanism of action remains debated and its molecular details mostly obscure. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the mechanism of seipin action. We find that seipin clusters and traps both TG and its precursor, diacylglycerol. Our results suggest that seipin organizes the lipid composition of specific ER sites to prime them for LD biogenesis. Lipid droplets (LDs) are intracellular organelles responsible for lipid storage, and they emerge from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) upon the accumulation of neutral lipids, mostly triglycerides (TG), between the two leaflets of the ER membrane. LD biogenesis takes place at ER sites that are marked by the protein seipin, which subsequently recruits additional proteins to catalyze LD formation. Deletion of seipin, however, does not abolish LD biogenesis, and its precise role in controlling LD assembly remains unclear. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the molecular mechanism through which seipin promotes LD formation. We find that seipin clusters TG, as well as its precursor diacylglycerol, inside its unconventional ring-like oligomeric structure and that both its luminal and transmembrane regions contribute to this process. This mechanism is abolished upon mutations of polar residues involved in protein–TG interactions into hydrophobic residues. Our results suggest that seipin remodels the membrane of specific ER sites to prime them for LD biogenesis.


The workplace environment in mines plays an important role for achieving targeted production and productivity with due importance to safety. As mines become increasingly mechanized and more complex, there is an urgent need to improve the workplace environment in mines for achieving better production at optimum cost. This publication volume contains papers from the International Mine Environment and Ventilation Symposium organized by the Department of Mining Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. These papers have been contributed by authors from several different countries including USA, Australia, Germany, South Africa, China, Japan, Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, and India. The papers deal with different aspects of the workplace environment the latest developments, the future challenges and the direction for research on this subject. The 10 main areas covered in the book are: Analysis and Design of Ventilation Systems; Coal Bed Methane and Gas Emission Modeling; Dust Generation and Control; Heat Flow, Fan and Face Ventilation; Monitoring and Control of Mine Environment; Mine Explosions, Inundations and other Emergencies; Spontaneous Heating and Mine Fires; Prevention and Control of Mine Fires; Model and Case Studies of Mine Fires; and Emerging Environmental Issues.


Fifty-seven U.S. troops developed Japanese B encephalitis during an epidemic in Vietnam in the summer of 1969. Thirty-six patients required medical evacuation from Vietnam because of persisting mental status abnormalities. One patient died. Severe disturbances in sensorium were present in 15 of the evacuated patients. Japanese B encephalitis virus was recovered from the patient who died. The typical patient presented with a symptom complex consisting of severe headache, fever, chills, vomiting, malaise, myalgia, photophobia and nuchal rigidity. Confusion and combativeness dominated the febrile period. There was no relationship between the number or type of cells or protein in the spinal fluid and the clinical severity of the disease. It is estimated that subclinical infection probably occurred in at least 10,000 troops during this epidemic. The magnitude of the epidemic and subclinical infection suggests that serious consideration be given to continued interest in the development of protective immunization


Target images can be clearly reconstructed from the monostatic and bistatic range profiles generated by a DRN with enough radar sensors. Because the images are instantly formulated, no synthetic aperture processing or motion compensation is needed. From the generated image, various target features such as target sizes, speed and scattering center pattern can be extracted for target recognition.


It is estimated that healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) account for approximately 1.7 million infections and 99,000 deaths in US hospitals each year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) have developed standardized surveillance definitions of HAIs including surgical site infection (SSI), pneumonia, bloodstream infection (BSI), and urinary tract infection (UTI). All HAIs except for these "big four" infection types are categorized as "other" types of HAI. Of the estimated numbers of total HAIs (1,195,142) and deaths associated with HAI (98,987) in US hospitals among adults and children outside of intensive care units (ICUs), other types of HAI accounted for 22% (263,810) and 11% (11,062) of deaths, respectively, which suggests that other HAIs represent a substantial burden in US healthcare facilities. NHSN reports have focused on surveillance data for device-associated HAI such as central line-associated BSI, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and catheter-associated UTI. The University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals have conducted comprehensive hospital-wide surveillance for all HAIs according to CDC criteria. Data from UNC Hospitals suggest that approximately 50% of HAIs identified in a tertiary care hospital are not included in published NHSN reports. Overall, 208 (16.5%) of a total of 1,264 HAIs were classified as other types of HAI at UNC Hospitals in 2010. In this article, we analyze the UNC Hospitals data in order to (1) investigate trends and break down HAI categorized as "other" according to the CDC criteria and (2) analyze other HAIs by selected variables (e.g., service, nurse station, and pathogen). We expect these data to be useful to infection preventionists who are interested in engaging in comprehensive efforts to reduce all HAIs and not just device-associated infections.


During the last decades, mankind has suffered from devastation caused by natural disasters and technological accidents of increased frequency and children are among the most vulnerable population group, especially those attending school during times of disaster. The importance of education in promoting and enabling disaster risk reduction has already been identified by re- searchers. In this paper "Disaster Date Center (DDC)" is presented, a new, powerful and innovative tool for the study of and education on disasters. One noteworthy application of DDC is the educa- tional and public awareness tool in the form of e-learning.


It becomes apparent in the situation under study that the stress concentration field does not alter significantly, at least the lower natural frequency coefficients; their magnitudes being determined primarily by the value of the applied in-plane stress


Research progress of microbial degradation of long-chain alkanes in the wetlands contaminated by petroleum was expounds in this paper. The research results on biodegradation mechanisms, environmental factors, biosurfactants and microbe community structure, and microbial degradation of long-chain alkanes in the wetlands for recent 10 years were summarized. The review results showed that from the observation of physiological and biochemical to molecular biology introduction, the researches on biodegradation of long-chain alkanes have reached breakthrough progress; the degradation mechanisms of aerobic and anaerobic microbes on long-chain alkanes depended on their enzymes which played a key role. After long-chain alkanes enzyme gene sequence was confirmed, the researches on gene engineering bacteria became the hot spot of microbe degrading long-chain alkanes. The gene engineering bacteria or communities with strong environmental adaptability and high efficiency on long-chain alkanes degradation were built, which could be effectively used in the wetlands polluted by petroleum. For different types of the wetlands polluted by petroleum, the restoration programs for them were put forth. When microbial remediation method was adopted to restore the polluted wetlands, the environmental characteristics of wetland ecosystem and oil pollution facts should be considered fully. At present, to improve gene bank of enzyme for long-chain alkanes degradation was still the important work of microbial degradation of long-chain alkanes.


U1583. To study the extent of viral activity and dynamics between viruses and other microbial life (Bacteria and Archaea), virus-induced microbial mortality and prophage induction experiments were performed on subsamples taken from five microbiological whole-round cores throughout the sediment column. To study the microbial activity at the sediment/basement interface, ammonium enrichment incubation experiments were started with the deepest sediment cores in Holes U1583C and U1583F, along with the uppermost basement samples.


Economies of scale and ease of centralized management has led to the rapid growth of shared data centers. Meeting response time deadlines and throughput requirements of various workloads contending for these shared resources is quite challenging. This paper presents a twolevel scheduling framework to meet response time guarantees by dynamically reordering the requests while maintaining the throughput given to each of the clients. Preliminary results show that our approach provides performance isolation and is work conserving.


In [2] Kir and Kiziltunc, in case of 2-Banach spaces, give generalization of theorem for fixed point of Kannan ([6]) and Chatterjea ([10]). In this paper are proven several theorems, which are generalizations of the results of Kannan and Chatterjea, as well as the results of Koparde and Waghmode ([5]).


The computer-patient dialog can take many forms. The most widely employed is that of generating a computer based patient medical history. This paper will describe the various modalities available for the purpose, ranging from paper-and-pencil histories which are basically one-way monologues to highly interactive histories employing CRT consoles. The advantages and disadvantages of each will be discussed.


Four main vegetation regions can be recognized in the Japanese archipelago: a lowland region of evergreen broad-leaved forest (Came 11 i e t e a j a p o n i c a e region) ; a lowland-tomontane region of summergreen broad-leaved forest (Fage t ea cren a t ae region) ; various regions of subalpine needle-leaved forests (V a c c i n i o -Pice e t e a region) ; and small regions of alpine heaths or "tundra" plus treeline krummholz. The evergreen broad-leaved forests are generally dominated by Castanopsis cuspidata (incl. var. sieboldii), Persea thunbergii, and/or various evergreen Quercus species. The understorey contains the character species Camellia japonica as well as various other evergreen smaller trees, shrubs, and herbs. This evergreen forest vegetation has been almost completely destroyed by human settlement activities. The summergreen broad-leaved forests are generally dominated by Fagus crenata and/or other holarctic deciduous trees (e.g. Ulmus, Acer) but may also contain conifers, evergreen broad-leaved understorey species, and a conspicuous ground cover of Sasa spp., a dwarf bamboo. Various wetlands are also well developed in this region, including raised bogs and various types of fens. The vegetation of this region has recently been clear-cut over large areas and converted to conifer plantations (Larix, Cryptomeria, Chamaecyparis). The subalpine needle-leaved forests occur above the summergreen forests wherever the mountains rise high enough, generally within the belt 1600-2500 meters in central Honshu. The most important species are Abies mariesii and A. veitchii, Tsuga diversifolia, Picea jezoensis, and Larix kaempferi, with Vaccinium spp. as character species. Above the subalpine forests (generally above 2500 m in central Honshu), and on unstable sites below, occur Pinus pumila krummholz and various alpine meadows and heaths. All of these subalpine and alpine areas are currently threatened by expanding tourism. Potential natural vegetation represents the theoretical vegetation which would arise, under current conditions, if all disturbance were removed. The map of the potential natural vegetation of Japan suggests four main vegetation regions: a lowland region of evergreen broad-leaved forest (Camel lie t ea j aponicae), a lowland-to montane region of summergreen broad-leaved forest (Fa ge t e a c r e n a t a e), various regions of subalpine needle-leaved forests (V acc in i o Pi cee tea), and small regions of alpine heaths or "tundra". The Camel1 ie tea j apon icae region covers roughly the southern half of Japan, extending up the coasts further to the north, including the original coastline of Tokyo Bay. The summergreen forest replaces the evergreen forest as winters become colder, both to the north and at higher elevations (about 700-1600 m in central Honshu). The subalpine needle-leaved forests occur mainly at higher elevations (above 1600 m in central Honshu) but can descend almost to sea level on Hokkaido.


In this work, we aim at investigating the Atendimento Educacional Especializado – AEE in Brazilian Portuguese (Specialized Educational Care), through literacies and discourses related to inclusive education practices. To do so, we observed the AEE in three cities: Fortaleza, in the state of Ceara; Teresina, in the state of Piaui (both in the Northeast); and Brasília, in the Federal District. The research, which started in 2010 and ended in 2013, can be characterized as ethnographic in nature, with four methods: participant observation, field notes, interviews and text analysis. In order to carry out a comparative analysis, we selected two schools in each city, based on the criterion of the school having classes with special needs students. The theoretical background of this work takes into account the epistemological articulation between Critical Discourse Analysis CDA (FAIRCLOUGH, 2001, 2003; CHOULIARAKI, FAIRCLOUGH, 1999; WEISS, WODAK, 2003; and MAGALHÃES, 2004) and the New Literacy Studies (STREET 1984, 1995, 2001; GEE, 1990,1992; BARTON, 2006; BARTON, PAPEN, 2010; BAYNHAM, 1995; BAYNHAM, PRINSLOO, 2008, 2009; PRINSLOO, BREIER, 1996; BARTON, HAMILTON, 1998; BARTON, HAMILTON, IVANIC, 2000; MARTIN-JONES, JONES, 2000; RIOS, 2009; and MAGALHÃES, 2012). In order to both analyze and interpret the data, we proposed discourse categories, such as word meaning, modality, appraisal, interdiscursivity, intertextuality, and Street ́s notion of literacy practice (1984). The results of the analysis suggest the need to develop teacher education, especially in the context of special education as related to principles and goals. We also understand that AEE needs a consistent pedagogic project, because it would link the educational practice with the students' needs. Although we have found some inclusive practices, they depend indeed on teacher skills, and they are not related to the specific agendas of the so-called "resource rooms" of the AEE, that is the specially equipped rooms to attend to special needs learners. The discourses and practices that we analyzed indicate that the AEE organization is under managing and bureaucratic bases; therefore, the pedagogic issues are not in the core. In addition, they suggest a hierarchical dominance of control practices. By considering all of these aspects, this work proposes some reflections about the inclusive education of the AEE, since it has turned "natural" the representation of students as "uncapable" and "unefficient" in asymmetrical power relations. It also proposes new possibilities for understanding the structures and methods adopted for AEE and the consequences of the practices in the Brazilian special inclusive education. Key-words: Literacy. Discourse. Identity. Atendimento Educacional Especializado AEE.


The major causes of blindness worldwide are diabetes and age related eye disorders. While the exact pathogenic mechanism for many of these disorders are not clearly known, there are evidences that protein glycation may play an important role in their etiology. Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) formed by Maillard reaction accumulate in the intracellular and/or extracellular environment of the ocular structure leading to crosslinking of various proteins, which may be involved in the development of various ocular diseases including cataract. This review attempts to evaluate the link between AGEs, and various eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, cataract formation etc.


The human voice contains in its acoustic structure a wealth of information on the speaker's identity and emotional state which we perceive with remarkable ease and accuracy. Although the perception of speaker-related features of voice plays a major role in human communication, little is known about its neural basis. Here we show, using functional magnetic resonance imaging in human volunteers, that voice-selective regions can be found bilaterally along the upper bank of the superior temporal sulcus (STS). These regions showed greater neuronal activity when subjects listened passively to vocal sounds, whether speech or non-speech, than to non-vocal environmental sounds. Central STS regions also displayed a high degree of selectivity by responding signi®cantly more to vocal sounds than to matched control stimuli, including scrambled voices and amplitude-modulated noise. Moreover, their response to stimuli degraded by frequency ®ltering paralleled the subjects' behavioural performance in voice-perception tasks that used these stimuli. The voice-selective areas in the STS may represent the counterpart of the faceselective areas in human visual cortex; their existence sheds new light on the functional architecture of the human auditory cortex. Experiment 1 sought to identify brain regions showing higher neuronal activity during auditory stimulation with voices than with non-vocal sounds, using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) paradigm adapted for auditory presentation (see Methods). Eight right-handed adults were scanned during silence and while they listened passively to stimuli from two categories (Fig. 1a): (1) vocal sounds produced by several speakers of different gender and age, either speech (for example, isolated words, connected speech in several languages) or non-speech (such as laughs, sighs and coughs); and (2) energy-matched, non-vocal sounds (for example, natural sounds, animal cries, mechanical sounds) from a variety of environmental sources. In all eight subjects, vocal sounds elicited signi®cantly (t . 5:7, P , 0:001, t-test) greater activation than nonvocal sounds bilaterally in several regions of non-primary auditory cortex. The maximum of voice-sensitive activation was located along the upper bank of the central part of the STS in seven out of the eight subjects (Fig. 1b). Averaged in the group of subjects, voice-sensitive activity appeared stronger in the right hemisphere, and was distributed in three bilateral clusters along the STS (Fig. 1c): one in the anterior portion close to the temporal pole; one in the central portion approximately at the level of the anterior extension of Heschl's gyrus; and one in the STS portion posterior to Heschl's gyrus, extending dorsally and caudally to the planum temporale in the superior temporal gyrus (Table 1). Importantly, there were no regions of signi®cantly greater activation for non-vocal than for vocal stimuli (t , 4:9, P . 0:05). Experiment 1 thus demonstrated that the brain contains several regions that are sensitive to voices; yet there is no clear evidence that they are selectively activated by voices. Vocal and non-vocal stimuli in expt 1 differed in a number of low-level acoustic features, and the areas activated might have simply been responding to some acoustic component more strongly present in the vocal stimuli. We therefore performed a second experiment in the same group of subjects to determine whether we would ®nd a selective activation pattern when comparing vocal stimuli with more carefully matched control sounds. In expt 2, vocal stimuli were contrasted to four classes of control stimuli: (1) recordings of various bells, to assess whether the same regions would be activated by presentation of exemplars of a single category, rather than voices; (2) human non-vocal sounds (for example, ®nger snaps, handclaps), to examine the possibility that the above areas would respond to any sound of human origin; (3) white noise modulated with the same amplitude envelope as the vocal sounds; and (4) scrambled voices, which preserve the amplitude envelope of vocal sounds, but sound nothing like voices (see


Catchment mass balance demonstrates the role of hydrologic, pedogenic, and human influences on cycling of Ca, Al, Na, and Si, derived from plagioclase dissolution. As Na is little taken up by vegetation, does not accumulate in secondary soil pools, and is primarily in plagioclase, net Na output is a measure of plagioclase dissolution. Net Na flux is proportional to streamflow, illustrating hydrologic control of weathering. Rates of Ca, Al, and Si release from mineral dissolution are more difficult to evaluate as they are variably taken up by vegetation or stored in secondary soil pools. However, plagioclase stoichiometry provides a benchmark by which the net storage or release of these elements may be gauged. Net export of Ca relative to Na shows that Ca export was enhanced in the 1960s, peaking in the 1970s, taken as an indication of acid deposition effects on the soil exchange pool, which were further exacerbated by harvesting treatments. Net export of Si and Al relative to Na suggest dynamic biotic Si pools and provide a measure of the podzolization soil development process. Net catchment export ratios provide a tool for comparing biogeochemical processes across catchments and a basis for investigating processes controlling pool accumulation. 7 US Forest Service, Northern Research Station, North Woodstock, New Hampshire, USA 152 BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES primarily in a dissolved form; particulate export is relatively small (Likens et al., 1977). Net catchment export of sodium (Na), calculated simply as streamwater export minus atmospheric input in bulk precipitation, has been interpreted as an estimate of Na+ release by primary mineral dissolution, and has been shown to be attributable to plagioclase weathering in catchments underlain by soils and bedrock of a variety of lithologies (Price, Peresolak, et  al., 2013; Price, Rice, et al., 2013; Stutter et al., 2002). The limited uptake of Na by plants (Kronzucker & Britto, 2011), resulting in minimum storage in biomass pools, and large ionic radius of Na+, which makes it a poor competitor for soil ion exchange sites, and its absence as an essential component in secondary minerals, contribute to the simpler mass balance of this element (S.W. Bailey et al., 2003), facilitating the use of net Na export as an indicator of mineral dissolution, and in particular plagioclase weathering. While the relatively conservative behavior of Na may facilitate its use as a weathering index, the other elements derived from plagioclase dissolution are critical to a number of ecosystem processes and functions. Calcium (Ca) and silicon (Si) are important nutrients, actively taken up by plants (McLaughlin & Wimmer, 1999; Ronchi et  al., 2013). Limitations in Ca supply lead to health impacts in sensitive species, which include red spruce and sugar maple, two of the most ecologically and commercially important species in NE North America (Long et al., 2009). Silica drives productivity in marine environments, where its supply is derived from runoff from terrestrial sources (Ronchi et al., 2013). Aluminum (Al) is not a nutrient, and can be toxic to terrestrial and aquatic life in its free ionic form Al3+ (Driscoll et  al., 2001). However, in humid, temperate to subtropical portions of the world where podzolization is an important soil forming process, Al is responsible for mineral horizon carbon (C) sequestration, the dominant C store in Spodosols (Lundström et al., 2000). Thus indices of Ca, Si, and Al loss normalized to Na export may provide an important tool for understanding biogeochemical processing of these elements including dynamics in storage in vegetation and soil pools. S. W. Bailey et al. (2003) proposed the use of a net ecosystem Ca/Na ratio, or the net loss of Ca from a catchment divided by the net Na loss, as a tool for evaluating temporal dynamics in ecosystem Ca pools, which may include net storage in aggrading vegetation or changes in weakly bound pools on the soil cation exchange complex. Unlike Na, ionic Ca pools in biomass and in soil are typically large compared to atmospheric inputs and streamwater outputs, and are potentially dynamic, responding to disturbances such as air pollution and vegetation loss, including biomass harvest during forest management. By normalizing net Ca loss to net Na loss, the effect of annual variability in mineral weathering flux can be removed, highlighting dynamics in ecosystem Ca pools. Elevation of net Ca flux relative to net Na flux, and subsequent declines have been interpreted as evidence for depletion of Ca from available soil pools, which peaked in the 1970s in response to anthropogenic acid deposition (S.W. Bailey et  al., 2003; Watmough et  al., 2016). Catchments at the HBEF that received various forest disturbance treatments, which included clearfelling trees, herbicide applications, and removal of forest biomass in tree boles or whole trees, showed further elevated net Ca/ Na flux ratios relative to reference or unmanipulated catchments, suggesting additional losses of Ca in excess of weathering inputs, with treatment effects lasting decades and continuing through the record reported on by S.W. Bailey et al. (2003). As plagioclase feldspar is also a dominant mineral source for Al and Si, there is potential to interpret net ecosystem Al/Na and Si/Na export ratios relative to the stoichiometry of plagioclase similar to the approach that has been applied with Ca. The objectives of the current study are to update the analysis of net ecosystem Ca and Na loss at the HBEF (S.W. Bailey et al., 2003) to determine if net Ca loss continues to decline relative to net Na loss in response to acid deposition, and to determine if experimentally treated catchments continue to follow a distinct trajectory from reference catchments, or if these trajectories have merged, suggesting that treatment effects on Ca export have ceased. The current study was also designed to expand this technique to evaluate net Si and Al loss from the same suite of catchments. This will elucidate processes affecting the export of these additional elements and infer potential dynamics in Si and Al ecosystem pools.


The modification effect of plasma on the material will be weakened with the storage time, that is, it shows a certain timeliness, which limits further development of plasma modification technology. To explore ageing behavior of plasma dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) fluorinated epoxy resin, the surface fluorination of epoxy resin was realized by plasma dielectric barrier discharge. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), surface profilometer, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), contact angle tester, high resistance meter, flashover voltage and surface potential testing system were used to characterize the physical morphology, chemical composition and electrical properties of epoxy resin surface before modification as well as being placed in 25 ℃ aging box for 0−30 d after modification. The experimental results show that fluoride grafting on the surface of epoxy resin is realized by DBD fluorination modification, which reduces the surface energy, surface resistivity and trap level of epoxy resin, thus speeds up the surface potential decay rate and increases the flashover voltage along the surface. After storage of 30 d, the fluorine content decreased, the surface energy increased, the attenuation rate of surface potential slowed down slightly, and the flashover voltage also decreased, but it is still higher than that of the untreated sample.


ABSTRACT Foreign fibers in cotton layers have a particular impact on the quality of the cotton. Traditional image processing methods are ineffective in detecting foreign fibers in cotton layers, which are time-consuming and costly. In order to identify foreign fibers effectively, a classification and identification method for foreign fibers in cotton layers was proposed based on NIR spectroscopy and CNN-TCN. In this study, near-infrared spectroscopy ranging from 780 nm to 2360 nm was used to identify the type of foreign fibers. Savitzky-Golay smoothing was used to preprocess spectroscopy data, and LightGBM-ANOVA was used to determine optimal wavelengths. Preprocessed spectral data extracted spectral features through the 1D convolutional neural network(1D-CNN). Then Temporal convolutional neural network (TCN), Long-Short Term Memory (LSTM), Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), and 1D-CNN were used to establish classification models. Compared with other time series models, CNN-TCN methods obtained better performances with the classification accuracy of over 99% in the test set and the shorter training time. The overall results illustrated that near-infrared spectral combined with the CNN-TCN method was efficient and accurate for identifying foreign fibers in the cotton layer.


The research discussed the development of children's classification ability based on "similarity" and factors affecting the result of classification. The subjects were children whose age ranged from 4 to 9. Six stimulating pictures were used as testing objects. In each pair of the pictures there might be zero, one or two same objects. Some of the pictures were totally stimulating and others were gradually stimulating, either with examples or without examples. The results were shown as follows: (1) With the ages increasing, children's ability of classification based on "similarity" improved. (2) The result of the classification mode that used target pictures was obviously better than that of free classification mode. (3) Those who were tested in gradually stimulating mode achieved better grades than those involved in totally stimulating mode.


This study investigated the effects of social-emotional competency on pupils' academic achievement, academic emotions and attitudes, and interpersonal relationships. Participants were 7106 fourth-grade and fifth-grade students in western China. The results were: (1) social-emotional competency positively predicted pupils' academic achievement (including reading, mathematics, and science); (2) social-emotional competency predicted pupils' academic emotions and attitudes, including learning anxiety and interest, and academic emotions and attitudes played a mediating role in the relation between social-emotional competency and academic achievement; and (3) social-emotional competency positively predicted pupils' interpersonal relationships, including peer relationships and teacher–student relationships, and interpersonal relationships played a mediating role in the relation between social-emotional competency and academic achievement. These findings highlighted the importance of social-emotional competency to child development in western China, where many children might lack their parents' company.


The present invention for providing a user host channel is selected IP broadcast server, multicasting of IP broadcast method and system that improves the response time to be broadcast stream is delivered to the user's host in the present invention is when the user's selection given channel When transmitting a subscription request for a multi-channel group in the multicast host multi selected channel to cast a host agent from a, it is determined whether or not joined with respect to the requested multicast group join in the multicast host agent, the multicast group If for not registered yet, the request to join the multicast group of the adjacent channels in a predetermined range including the selected channel to the IP broadcast server and, by ever transmit the broadcast stream via the multicast group is joined by this to the user host , it is able to provide a faster response time when a change to the adjacent channel. IP broadcast service, a multicast host, the host agent, the adjacent channel, the multicast group


Background and aim: We aimed to investigate the predictive value of the CHA2DS2-VASc score in the development of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN). Methods: A total of 2972 patients who had been diagnosed with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and who had undergone primary coronary angioplasty were included in the study. The patients were divided into three groups according to the CHA2DS2-VASc score, i.e.: low risk (1 point), intermediate risk (2 points), and high risk (≥ 3 points). The groups were followed with regard to CIN development. Results: The median CHA2DS2-VASc score was significantly higher in the CIN(+) group compared to the CIN(–) group (3 vs. 2, p < 0.001). The rate of CIN was 3.32-fold higher (OR 3.32, 95% CI 1.98–5.55, p < 0.001) in the high-risk group (CHA2DS2-VASc ≥ 3) compared to the low-risk group (CHA2DS2-VASc = 1). Age (OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.14–1.36, p < 0.001), female gender (OR 1.52, 95% CI 1.23–1.89, p < 0.001), hypertension (OR 1.50, 95% CI 1.265–1.78, p < 0.001), peak creatinine kinase-MB (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.10–1.21, p < 0.001), and the Killip score > 1 (OR 4.25, 95% CI 3.10–5.82, p < 0.001) were found to be independent predictors for CIN development. Conclusions: The CHA2DS2-VASc score is an independent and strong predictor of CIN development in patients with acute STEMI.


Based on practical situation,it introduces the characteristics of polyvinyl alcohol fiber and PVA-ECC,lists the application of ECC in practical project,and puts forward the development direction of ECC in China,so as to promote the development of construction industry.


Some connections between BM-algebras and its related topics are studied. It is proved that the class of medial BH-algebras coincides with the class of BM-algebras. Moreover, the congruence lattice of a BM-algebra is investigated.


Submitted for the SHOCK05 Meeting of The American Physical Society Shock Induced Polarization in Binary Electrolytes YURI SKRYL, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia, Latvia, ANNA BELAK, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, MAIJA KUKLJA, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, 22230, USA — This study is aimed at explaining strong polarization in shock-compressed aqueous solutions of KF. An original computational method is developed for modeling the charge transfer and accompanied changes of the electric field. Zeldovich's idea of bi-component diffusion of plasma is used as a main mechanism for shock-induced polarization. As a result of this modeling, charge distribution maps as well as electric field potentials in a sample are calculated for various amplitudes of the shock wave. It was found that large potentials introduced in shock-compressed electrolytes can be mainly explained by enhanced diffusion, strong ionic solvation, and change of water permittivity induced by a shock wave. More so, a sign of EMF generated is a strong function of interplay between stress-assisted and inertial diffusion mechanisms. The results obtained bring about a better understanding of mechanisms of shock-induced polarization in liquids.


This paper reports on a phenomenographic investiga- tion into the ways young people, aged between eleven and eighteen years of age, experience information in both their academic and everyday life. Experience here is interpreted as the relationship between the subject (the young person) and the object (informa- tion). This research builds on previous studies of peo- ple's experience of information. However, other stud- ies have had either a different focus, such as, focusing on information literacy, or, different respondents. Therefore this research addresses a gap in the knowl- edge. Three research questions are addressed in this paper: What are the qualitatively different ways young people experience information? What are the logical relationships between the categories of description? Can a holistic picture of young people's relationship with information be composed from knowledge of the different ways young people experience informa- tion? The study used a phenomenographic research approach to elicit and describe the qualitatively dif- ferent ways in which young people experienced infor- mation. A purposeful sample of forty-one young peo- ple aged eleven to eighteen years participated in the study. The data, which were gathered through draw- ings and semi-structured interviews, were subjected to a rigorous process of phenomenographic analysis. The outcome of phenomenographic analysis is an out- come space consisting of a finite set of categories of description which, with their relationships, explain the different ways people experience phenomena in the world. In phenomenographic research, the focus is on the collective rather than the individual experi- ence. The purpose of the study was therefore to high- light differences within the sample. In this study, six ways of experiencing information were identified: knowledge of sources of information; receiving infor- mation; process of finding information; store of un - processed information; processing information; and use of information. The findings demonstrate some broad similarities with other studies. However, there are significant differences. The paper, therefore, gives a new insight into young people's experience of information. It also highlights the complex and mul- ti-faceted way that young people experience infor- mation. These views help to understand what young people need to know and be able to do.


The results of a survey on social change undertaken in 1980 among 1765 people from the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium are reported. The focus was on the aspects of social change that seem most pressing to the individuals concerned. Aspects considered include the role of women at home and at work and womens preferences concerning the family (ANNOTATION)


Extension fault diagnosis has been successfully applied to fault diagnosis of electrical equipment,However,the process of fault di-agnosis appears not to consider the common failure probability of electrical equipment,As a result the results of the diagnosis have a certain impact.On the basis of analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of extension diagnosis method,Extension fault diagnosis based on failure probability combined the common failure probability and correlation of extension,Namely Bayesian discriminant method was introduced to extension.In the failure diagnosis process the type of diagnosis is deduced considering the prior probability and distribution of each kind of fault element.Finally,the method is described in detail in the actual fault diagnosis of electrical equipment.


Abstract Building on empirical qualitative material, this article argues that the international promotion of democracy is crucial to account for Tunisia's positive transitional outcome. Specifically, the study sheds new light on the capacity of international democracy promoters (IDPs) to enhance competitive politics and contribute to the professionalization of political parties and civil society groups during Tunisia's post-revolutionary path. The article also offers two research avenues for reviewing the negative standing on international democratic promotion in the MENA region. First it argues that promotion of democracy in transitions away from authoritarianism is more likely to succeed when a wide spectrum of transitional elites agrees upon the political system to establish and they do not enter into conflicts on how to collaborate with the IDPs. Second, it emphasizes that during a transitional period, structured and strategic partnerships between IDPs and transitional elites enable fragile societies to sustain their democratic process if internal and external anti-systemic interventions do not place obstacles in the path of this interplay.


The use of N-channel MOS technology has made it possible to develop chips with speed advantages relative to PMOS because of the higher mobility of electrons. This paper will describe a chip employing 5000 components, discuss a 90% reduction in execution time compared to PMOS designs, and also compare circuit features with existing P-channel approaches.


Glutamine is a crucial amino acid in gluconeogenesis, protein and nucleic acid synthesis and also in cancer metabolism. Glutamine can be produced in sufficient quantities under stable conditions, but under metabolic stresses becomes a limiting amino acid and make the organism vulnerable to infections. A number of studies showed that exogenous glutamine can support the gut glutamine metabolism after chemotherapy, radiation, injury and other catabolic states. But the reports about usage of glutamine supplements while photodynamic therapy in colon cancer are rare.


Lycopene β-cyclase (LCYb) is an important enzyme in carotenoid biosynthesis. Here, the Brassica oleracea var. capitata LCYb (BocLCYb) gene sequence was obtained from Brassica database (BRAD), and preformed for bioinformatics analysis. The BocLCYb gene mapped to Scaffold000212, and contains an open reading frame of 1,500 bp that encodes a 499-amino acid protein with a calculated molecular mass of 50.90 kD and an isoelectric point (pI) of 6.77. Subcellular localization predicted the BocLCYb gene was in the cytoplasm and nucleus. The conserved domain of the BocLCYb protein is PLNO2463. The BocLCYb protein is most closely related to Raphanus sativus. The findings of the present study provide a molecular basis for the elucidation of LCYb gene function in cabbage.


In response to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant's severe crisis, the Tokyo Electric Power Company planned rolling blackouts, and the Japanese government encouraged companies and residents to conserve electricity by adopting self‐restriction plans. We examine the structural changes caused by the disaster in Japan and the effects of the power blackouts and self‐restriction plans on the magnitude and pattern of load demand. The results show that the total demand decreased after the disaster and changed from weekdays to weekends and holidays. In addition, the effect of temperature on load demand changed after the disaster.


A numerical method for determining the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in electrocardiograms (ECG), distorted by various types of additive noise, is proposed. It is based on the calculation of the compression ratio (CRn) of an ECG fragment of 10 seconds duration. The functional dependences of SNR on CRn for ECG distorted by electrode motion, muscle artefacts and mixed noise, were found, and they are exponential. The values of root mean square error (RMSE) for such dependencies were 4.24 dB, 3.57 dB и 3.33 dB accordingly for SNR in range −10…45 dB. It is proved that the inclusion of heart rate (HR) in the model reduces the error by 0.6-0.8 dB. The present approach is based on the standard library zlib and is recommended for use in portative mobile systems.


Abstract A brief review is given of kinetic work on the oxidation of representative mono, 1,4 and 1,5 olefins. The essential process in each case is identified as a chain reaction in which hydrocarbon radicals are formed, absorb oxygen, and then react with another molecule of olefin to give a hydroperoxide and a new free radical. Three methods of chain initiation are considered: (1) direct attack of oxygen on the olefin, (2) thermal decomposition of the hydroperoxide, (3) thermal decomposition of added benzoyl peroxide. Chain termination results from interaction of two free radicals; except at low oxygen pressures, these are both peroxidic.


Although economic factors certainly play a role in the growing gap in marriage rates between higher income, college-educated Americans and those with lower levels of education and income, the impact of changing cultural mores should not be underestimated.


Purpose – This study examined the influence of supermarket brand name on the perceived quality of its private label merchandise. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the fascia brand of a retail chain has the power to positively or negatively skew prevailing opinions concerning the quality of its own merchandise range, beyond the set of product-specific intrinsic benefits. Design/methodology/approach – A within-subject two-phase research design was adopted, intially using an experimental approach and thereafter modeling the cognitive effect with the inclusion of a moderator variable (brand interaction). Paired sample t-tests were used to assess differences in mean ratings and partial least squares analysis was implemented in order to test the hypothesized relationships. Findings – In the experiment phase, both products were rated equally at the outset in unsighted conditions, however, ratings diverged when brand name was introduced. Here, the high-end private label brand was scored considerab...


Pollen grains of two species of the genus Fallopia Adans from Pakistan were studied by light microscope (LM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Pollen grains usually radially symmetrical, isopolar, tricolporate, subprolate, sometimes prolatespheroidal in equatorial view, while circular in polar outline. Based on exine ornamentation under SEM, two pollen types are distinguished i.e., Convolvulus pollen type with microechinate-punctate exine and Dumetorum type with reticulate exine.


This paper presents the resistance and reactance characteristics of various fixed antennas on two types of modern aircraft, one a two-place low-wing metal military airplane of the attack type and the other a large mid-wing metal military airplane of the bombardment type, whose dimensions are comparable to those of modern commercial transport airplanes. A frequency range of from three to eight megacycles is covered in all cases and in some cases this range is extended. A description of the measuring equipment and method is included.


In this paper, the solution of the two-point boundary value variational problem is improved to solve problems with some constraints. The objective function consists of two parts, the original one and the other, named a potential function, connected by a weighting coefficient. The potential function is described as a quadratic function corresponding to constraints. The optimum solution of the variational problem is obtained as a set of control points of a uniform B-spline by parallel and iterative computation. The algorithm is very simple and easily applied to various engineering problems. As an application, trajectory planning of a manipulator with redundant degrees of freedom is considered under the conditions that the end effector path and the constraints of the control or the state variables are specified. The validity of the algorithm is confirmed by numerical examples.


Using the phenomenological Landau thermodynamic theory, we have investigated the effect of external mechanical loads on the phase transition and physical properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluorethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE)] thin films. Quantitative calculation shows that the phase transition temperature, polarization, dielectric, pyroelectric, and piezoelectric properties are highly sensitive to external mechanical loads. External compressive stress increases the phase transition temperature and the out-of-plane polarization and decreases the out-of-plane dielectric constant below Tc, pyroelectric coefficient, and piezoelectric coefficient (absolute value) and vice versa. Compared with pervoskite-type ferroelectrics, the calculated results are opposite due to the different intrinsic parameters between pervoskite and polymer ferroelectrics, especially, electrostrictive constants. The ability to tailor the properties in ferroelectric P(VDF-TrFE) thin films with the mechanical load can offer a tremendously ...


Introduction Headaches constitute an important part of the burden of neurological diseases. Migraine is one of the most important causes of disability among these headaches. In communitybased studies, chronic migraine (CM) was found at different rates. Studies have shown that CM costs are three to four times higher than the cost of episodic migraine. Poor clinical status of CM has been cited as the reason for these high costs. Migraine has an impact both on direct health costs and indirectly on labor costs as it causes labor loss. Studies have shown that CM also has negative effects on school and family life (1). Trigeminovascular system, which is comprising of sensory neurons arising from the trigeminal ganglion and the upper cervical dorsal roots, generates the migraine pathophysiology (2). Neurogenic inflammation is known to be most important parameter of migraine pain, and substance P, the calcitonin gene-associated peptide and neurokinin A are accepted to be vasoactive neuropeptides that released with stimulation of the trigeminal ganglion. In addition, neurogenic inflammation can lead to a sensitivity process. There is a continuous activation of the trigeminovascular system in patients with CM. Increased vasoactive neuropeptide levels in cerebrospinal fluid have been found to be associated with this condition (3,4). When the studies on the preventive treatment of CM are reviewed, there are important deficiencies regarding the study design. Because the study designs are heterogeneous, it is difficult to compare the results of similar studies and it leads to conflicting results in terms of treatment efficacy (5). CM is a headache that is difficult to treat. Analgesics, anti-epileptics, antidepressants, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, greater occipital nerve blockade, Botulinum toxin applications and cognitive behavioral therapy are used in the treatment (6-9). In recent years, OnabotulinumtoxinA (BoNT-A) injections to the muscles in the head and neck region have been used in the treatment of CM (10,11). It has been understood that BoNTA is effective through different mechanisms. Due to its axonal DOI: 10.4274/gulhane.galenos.2020.928 ORIGINAL ARTICLE


There are several predictions about the drastic fall in international trade as results of the global
negative externality of ongoing pandemic Covid-19. Still we are in the middle of the crisis and
do not know the exact span and scale of it. It is thus a difficult task at this moment to ascertain
the trend of trade and forecast the exact level and magnitude of impacts of this major event.
The impact of COVID-19 on trade has multiple dimensions through interlinked processes.
Also, there are significant uncertainties regarding not just the virus itself, but its social and
economic impacts as well. The uncertainties made the task of making trade and related policies
extremely difficult. This note only outlines some likely impacts based on the limited
information presently available on some key trade related variables, anticipating some
normalcy in the post-COVID-19 scenario. However, we do not know when such normalcy may
return.
The coronavirus hit India in February 2020 via foreign visitors and Indian returnees from
abroad. Not surprisingly, it spread from the metros and then through community transmission
reached small towns. After WHO declared the virus a global pandemic in mid-March, India
went into lockdown on 24 March and all businesses and industries had to close. But the virus
gradually migrated to remote areas with the returning migrant workers. But it remains an open
question whether the current lockdown has reduced the infection, or it would have been better
to delay the lockdown after managing the movements of the migrant workers. It is also unclear
if the current lockdown has been utilized to upgrade the medical infrastructure to deal with the
pandemic at its peak when it arrives. The economic costs seem to be huge while the fatality is
significantly low. Only time will tell if the timing and the scale of the lockdown were correct.


Video conference system is the equipment frequently used in distance teaching at present. Based on the practice on distance teaching, this paper analyzed the condition on day-to-day usage of video conference system, and the capability of the terminal. It provided three kinds of scheme to improve the effect of distance teaching, which have been applied to Dong Hua University's distance teaching between Shanghai and Wuxi campuses.


OBJECTIVE: To investigate the outpaitent use of psychotropic drugs in The First Hospital of Peking University for references of rational drug use. METHODS: The outpatient prescriptions of psychotropic drugs in Jan. 2006 in The First Hospital of Peking University were randomly collected for a statistical analysis in respect of the variety, DDDs and drug interactions of psychotropic drugs. RESULTS: Of the total 2,180 prescriptions reviewed, the rate of combined use of psychotropic drugs was 77.3%, and 75.5% involved use of Benzodiazepines. Mental disorders were more likely complicated with primary diseases such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease etc, and 47 were found to have potential drug interaction. CONCLUSION: Safe and rational use of psychotropic drugs should be emphasized for patients who have chronic basic diseases so as to avoid the occurrence of drug interaction.


Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of levamlodipine besylate in the treatment of primary hypertension.Methods A total of 122 patients with primary hypertension who visited our hospital from February 2011 to February 2013 were randomly divided into study group and control group.The control group received sustained release tablets of nifedipine,while the study group received levamlodipine besylate.The treatment outcomes of the two groups(changes in blood pressure,overall response rate,and adverse reactions) were observed,analyzed,and compared.Results Both groups showed significant decreases in blood pressure after treatment(P0.05).The study group had a significantly higher overall response rate than the control group [91.80%(56/61) vs 80.33%(49/61),P0.05].The study group had a significantly lower incidence of adverse events than the control group [6.56%(4/61) vs 18.03%(11/61),P0.05].Conclusion The patients with primary hypertension have good treatment compliance and hypertension outcome and low incidence of adverse events when treated with levamlodipine besylate.Levamlodipine besylate holds promise for clinical application.


*A corresponding reporting period was used for 2014 comparison. Total debt issed for 2014 has been updated. 1 Data may not include issuances reported after the 22nd day of the following month.


Ripatti-Torniainen, Leena A Human Being in the Public World. Conceptualizations of the Public Agent and the Formation of the Public Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2013, 92 p. (Jyväskylä Studies in Humanities ISSN 1459-4323 (nid.), 1459-4331 (PDF); 201) ISBN 978-951-39-5135-1 (nid.) ISBN 978-951-39-5136-8 (PDF) English summary. Diss. The legitimacy of professional journalism is derived from an assumption of an agent to whom the public world is relevant. This PhD dissertation explores the distinct conceptualizations of the public agent, as well as of the formation of the public, understood as a politically capable and public-oriented collective body of agents. The study opens with a discussion of a human being, a citizen and the public as classical agents in the study of the public sphere, and proceeds to discuss the concept of the self-formative citizen, as conceptualized in the idea of Bildung in Germany and the Nordic countries. The theoretical start point is the conceptualization of an agent, in which a human being and a citizen are intertwined. The study demonstrates the concept of Bildung enables the synthesizing of cultural and political public sphere, which have been often separated in journalism research, in which the emphasis has been on the political public sphere. The study explores the themes of the public agent and the formation of the public via four peer reviewed, published articles and the introduction. The articles analyze the formative thought of the 1990s US public journalism, the construction of the Finnish variant of the US reform during the same decade, the concept and empirical formation of a discursive public, and the concept of public pedagogy. The theoretical research of the study uses the methodology of intellectual history, and the empirical research employs situational analysis. The findings of the study provide, initially, a variety of conceptualizations of a public agent: a member of the public, a citizen, a discursive public, and a human dweller of the world. Secondly, the study provides two distinct models on how the public forms. In the first model, the prerequisites of social togetherness are created and the dispersed public is gathered through consciously planned support, as was the case in the 1990s US public journalism. The study conceives this model as an adult educational solution. The critical issues of the model are whether individuals want and are capable of adopting the proposed ideals of public life and political agency, and whether ethical grounds can be found to propose such ideals to living individuals. In the second model, the public forms as a result of the self-organizing, dynamic interaction between distinct discursive publics. The discursive public forms in communication and cannot be reduced to individuals. The critical issue of this model is whether or not researchers can perceive the self-organizing dynamism of discursive publics. The challenge is thus methodological. The study concludes that journalism research and the study of the public sphere will benefit from a wide conception of the public agency, which includes understanding the development of the premises of public and political action, and of the variety of cultural and political forms which the action takes.


We discuss measurements of energetic ions from the LECP instruments on Voyager 1 (V1) and 2 (V2), made primarily in the inner heliosheath (HSH) downstream of the solar wind termination shock. The two features of these data described include: (1) intensity variations of suprathermal HSH ions measured at V1 and V2, and the clear association of these variations with solar wind stream interaction regions, as inferred from coronal hole maps; (2) efforts to separate spatial and temporal variations of HSH oxygen ions at both classical anomalous cosmic ray (ACR) energies >≈3 MeV/nuc and at lower energies <≈3 MeV/nuc.


Telegram sent to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer from Ray Wilson Foods in Merkel, Texas, asking him to vote for HB 25, the Sales Limitation Act.


Filling spaces and / or replacement bladders and manufacturing processes, characterized by; structure elastic behavior with at least two superposed layers together, formed by multiplicity of prisms houses with each other allowing inside let air chambers, a noble gas or vacuum. This gives the same mechanical properties for crushing and cushioning, lightweight or low structural density among others. The preferred embodiment to represent the invention has been hexagon by its spatial properties but includes variation than in other prismatic figures, scalars and angular variations. # Overlapping layers may be performed so that the apices are coincident or not coincident to characterize different mechanical properties. Moreover, the use of materials such as silicone or flexible aerogels make ignifuga, hydrophobic and lighter.


Abstract : This is Volume 2 of a 3 volume report which presents the results from Project PYRO, a NASA/USAF liquid propellant explosive hazards program which was conducted at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (AFRPL). The objective of this program was to develop a reliable philosophy for predicting the credible damage potential which may be experienced from the accidental explosion of liquid propellants during the launch or test operation of military missiles or space vehicles. Presented in this volume is the tabulated blast, thermal and fragmentation data from this program. (Author)


The paper presents a Scientometric analysis of 264 articles, published in 5 volumes, 30 issues, during the year 2005- 2009 of the International journal "Online Information Review''. The results indicate that in all the years under the coverage of the study, the year 2009 shows the maximum number of contributions. In 5th issue 2008 is found to be extraordinary with 16 items-the highest number among the issue contains. Majority of the articles are contributed by Single authors. Among single authored contributions, Peter Jasco affiliated to University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA is found to be highest scorer whose contribution is to be found in every issue. India ranks 11 with a meager Percentage. Average number of citation per article is 53.36 and average number of pages per article ranges to 16.59.


The Stomatological Museum of FMMU School of Stomatology was founded in 2010,covers an area of 539 square meters.The museum has 13 exhibition areas with more than 4 500 objects in the collection and display of the fossil of skull and dentognathic system,dental equipment,materials,books,etc.The museum provides plenty of materials for the research of development of Stomatology,plays a positive role in promoting the education development and inheritance of stomatology.


Tube side fluid temperature measurement has obtained the widespread application in energy efficiency testing. Aiming at the difficulty of temperature measuring without measurement window,a tube side fluid temperature indirect measurement method was proposed. The method was based on the steady state heat transfer through radial direction model, which deducing from heat transfer of air to tube, heat conduction of tube, and heat transfer of tube to water. Adopting this method, indirect measuring the temperature of tube side fluid required the data of tube specification and material, the temperature of pipeline outer surface, air temperature, and the velocity of flow. Experiments show that the proposed method has a well measurement accuracy,absolute error is less than 0.31 ℃,and a wide application prospect.


Objective To observe the efficacy of difethialone against rodents. Methods Synthesizing difethialone from 4-bromobiphenyl with seven steps of reaction.Testing the efficacy of 0.005% difethialone gel bait for 15 days. Results The total recovering rate of 4-bromobiphenyl was 10.9%.The mortality rate of rodents was 100% after using difethialone for 15 days. Conclusion Difethialone had good efficacy against rodents,and should be studied further.


T h e R an d om ized Server P ro b lem by Qin Zhang Dr. Wolfgang W. Bein, Examination Committee Chair Professor of Computer Science University of Nevada, Las Vegas In the k-server problem there are k > 2 identical servers which are located at k points in a metric space M . If there is a request to a point r e M , one of the servers must be moved to the request point in order to "serve" this request. The cost of this service is the distance between the points where the server "resided" before the service and after the service. A A:-server algorithm A must decide which server should be moved at each step. The goal of A is to minimize the total service cost. Competitiveness makes sense as a concept when A lacks timely access to all input data. We consider the version of the problem where requests must be served "online", i.e., the algorithm must decide which server to move without knowledge of future requests. Randomization is a strong tool to derive algorithms with better competitiveness . The main contributions of this thesis are: • An explicit detailed proof of the 2-competitiveness of the Random Slack Algorithm, which has never been given before. We note that Random Slack is a trackless algo rithm.


Vibration frequencies of ulnae in 19 children aged between 10 and 15 years old were correlated with their bone mineral densities (BMDs) determined using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. A correlation analysis method to identify the best frequency range for the vibration analysis was developed. The correlation of subjects' bone vibration frequencies in the identified frequency range with their BMDs were 0.71 (for first order polynomial) and 0.81 (for second order polynomial). This is an initial study, based on a small group of subjects. We are currently continuing the work on a larger number of subjects to confirm the findings.


Navigating unknown structures (e.g., buildings or caves) can be a dangerous and challenging task for emergency responders. This risk can be reduced by capturing detailed 3D maps of unseen environments with a robotic sensor platform and using them to assess and visualise the unknown structures. Many existing approaches require offline processing or human oversight to produce high-fidelity maps, which precludes their use in real-time scenarios with limited communication. This paper investigates the use of an autonomous aerial mapping solution that could capture detailed 3D maps of unknown structures in real-time without requiring human intervention.


Lighting device has a stepped stepped cylindrical outer shape, is an upper housing forming an upper portion of the illumination device, substantially an annular heat sink, the outer peripheral portion around the circular and the inner peripheral portion around the hexagonal, and it is shaped to have an opening at the bottom, and the heat sink is disposed around the inner periphery of the heat sink, and a plurality of LED oriented to emit upward at a predetermined angle light, and an upper housing located between the heat sink comprises a hexagonal reflector having a lower surface for reflecting light downwards and. When the illumination device is applied to and power LED assembled, the light emitted from the LED is reflected from the lower surface of the reflective portion to come out through an opening in the bottom of the heat sink.


The cell wall lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Gram-negative bacteria possesses both endotoxic and O-antigenic activity. Recent electron microscopic studies have provided strong evidence that the LPS, localized in the outer membrane of the cell wall, may also serve as a substrate for the action of the complement (C′) enzymes. "Lesions" indicative of utilization of the terminal C′ components have been visualized on the surface of Gram-negative bacteria and on the membranous LPS after incubation with fresh mammalian serum (1–3). Since various biologically active factors are generated by C′ interactions prior to terminal component activation, it was suggested that certain of the biologic effects of LPS might be mediated via the C′ system (2, 4).
 An important contribution to the study of the chemical nature of endotoxin has recently been obtained by O. Lüderitz et al. (5). These workers found that endotoxin, isolated from a rough strain of Salmonella minnesota, consisted mainly of 2-keto-3 deoxyoctonate (KDO) and "lipid A" without O-polysaccharide or heptose.


The motion of maintaining or enhancing the like of muscle in strengthening muscles using electrical stimulation, aims to increase awareness to be motion actively by applying a play or game, the so that motion can be fun, virtual image providing muscle electrical stimulation methods and muscle electrical stimulation systems utilizing. Muscle electrostimulation system K is contracted muscle is the main driving muscles, when muscles are antagonistic muscles are stretched, the electrode portions to contract by applying electrical stimulation to the muscle is muscle or antagonistic muscle is the main drive muscle and 10 and 11, a computer 4 for outputting a virtual image that works with muscle movements are muscular or antagonistic muscle is the main driving muscle, monitor 5 the person receiving the electrical stimulation of the virtual image by the computer 4 to display such a visible It is equipped with a.


Software reuse has potential for educational purposes since it uses decomposition and abstraction, two necessary skills to learn programming. Software reuse techniques require abstractions that are not obvious to students or even to professionals. Taking advantage of these techniques, students can learn computer programming in a productive and organized way. This paper proposes to use the Software Product Line (SPL) reuse technique as a strategy for learning to program industrial robots with the Arduino platform. First, the paper explains SPL construction and application with first-year university students. The SPL proposes abstractions close to the industrial robots domain with a simplified variability. The paper uses the case study method to show the feasibility of using the SPL approach in a learning environment. In this evaluation, students reused 38% to 43% of the total code needed to program the robot. It represents an improvement in the time it takes students to program industrial robotics solutions facilitating their learning. In addition, the paper unveils some limitations related to usability, specific knowledge, and some exploitable technologies.


Direct‐acting antivirals (DAAs) have dramatically changed the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Their high efficacy helps in eradicating hepatitis C virus with few adverse events. Information on real‐world use of DAAs therapy in patients aged 75 years and older is inadequate.


Despite legislative and social campaigns to reduce texting while driving, drivers continue to text behind the wheel. There is abundant evidence demonstrating that texting while driving impairs driving performance. While past driver distraction research has focused on how texting influences driving, the influence of driving on texting behaviors is often ignored. This study used a classic Lane Change Task and a smartphone texting application to study the mutual influences of driving and texting. Results showed that concurrent texting impaired driving by increasing variability in lane position. Meanwhile, driving impaired texting by increasing the texting task completion time and texting errors, and reduced texting key entry speed. The finding of mutual interferences of driving and texting provides new knowledge for social campaigns, which intend to persuade drivers not to drive while texting, and importantly provides a scientific basis for the development of smartphone-based technology to reduce the risky behavior of driving while texting.


The invention provides methods and devices for installing and operating application. The method for installing the application comprises the following steps: determining a plurality of types of functions needing to be realized according to requirements, wherein the plurality of types of functions include a major function and auxiliary functions; generating a major application for the major function and generating independent plug-ins for the various auxiliary functions; installing the major application, wherein the major application is capable of invoking different plug-ins according to requirements to realize different auxiliary functions. According to the method, the major application and the plug-ins for assisting the application can be independent of each other, and therefore, the installation package can be reduced, the installation speed can be increased and the occupation of the system space can be reduced.


Using data envelopment analysis (DEA), the objective of this paper is to analysis and compares the efficiency of domestic and foreign banks in Tanzania during the period of 2007 to 2016. The study is based on a panel data set of 5 domestic banks and 5 foreign banks; intermediation approach is employed to select the outputs and inputs in computing the efficiency scores. The findings of the study show that foreign banks have a higher efficiency level than domestic banks, this imply that foreign banks are relatively more managerially efficient in controlling their costs . The findings are consistent with most of the previous researches where foreign banks outperforming domestic banks in term of efficiency. Keywords :  Bank efficiency, Data envelopment analysis (DEA), Banking sector


Nanostructured conjugated polymers of diphenylbutadiyne (nano-PDPB) can perform photocatalytic water oxidation under visible light excitation. Charge recovery delayed in time was exemplified by the reduction of quinone acting as a hydrogen reservoir.


Gadolinium doped ceria (GDC) is a promising material for solid oxide cells. GDC is conventionally used as an ionic conductor in composites with electron-conducting metal or perovskite materials. However, recent studies demonstrated that pure GDC fuel electrodes can achieve substantial power density if their microstructure is appropriately designed. Four different types of GDC electrodes are investigated in this study, including conventional Nickel (Ni)-GDC composite, GDC-perovskite composite, GDC deposited with Ni nanoparticles and pure GDC. The test results show a clear correlation between GDC surface area and electrode performance. At the same time, the electrode active thickness depends on the electrode microstructure. It is in the range of 5 µm for the nano-size GDC electrodes. When the GDC electrode is thicker than the active thickness, it results in large ohmic resistance due to the electronic conduction in the outer layer.


A study of carbon (C) storage in the range of 0~0 75 m deep of soils of various grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau was carried out. It is found that there are 1 627 million km 2 of grasslands in the plateau, where organic carbon content reaches 33 52 Pg of C. Organic carbon is mainly stored in meadow and steppe soils, reaching 23 2 Pg of C stored in organic form. This accounts for 23 44% of China s total organic soil stored carbon or 2 5% of the global soil carbon pool. Carbon emission from the grasslands was estimated, based on the two major modes of emission: (i) natural soil respiration and (ii) shifts in net C flux to/from soil due to land use change and their potential influence on organic matter decomposition. CO 2 emission from the grasslands of the plateau driven by annual soil respiration reaches 1 17 Pg·a -1 of C, accounting for 26 4% of China s total soil respiration or 1 73% of global soil respiration. Because the grasslands is accounted for 1 02% of the global terrestrial area or 16 9% of China s total terrestrial area, this CO 2 emission rate is significantly higher than the mean annual rate of China (about 4 2 Pg·a -1 of C ), and even higher than the global mean rate (about 68 Pg·a -1 of C). In the last 30 years, about 3 02 Pg of C have been emitted from the grasslands of the plateau due to change in land use and grassland degradation. The total CO 2 emission rate from the grasslands of the plateau reaches 1 27 Pg·a -1 of C. Protecting grasslands on the plateau is of great importance for limiting global climate change.


This report summarizes research performed by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University under subcontract to Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The work, funded by the Energy Conversion and Utilization Technologies Program of the US Department of Energy, began January 1, 1983, and ended September 30, 1987. The research has resulted in the successful completion of Bing Hwang's Ph.D. degree in Materials Engineering Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The reference to Dr. Hwang's thesis is Near Surface Wear Structure of Ceramic Components, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va., May 1987. The purpose of the research was to develop novel x-ray diffraction and fluorescence methods for probing the near-surface (<1 ..mu..m deep) zone of worn ceramics. An important aspect of the work in regard to fundamental tribology research was to overcome the difficulties associated with x-ray analysis of rough surfaces. Fully and partially stabilized zirconia (PSZ) were selected as the materials to be examined by the x-ray techniques being developed. The specific characteristics of the worn ceramic surface of most interest were phase content, particle size, and near-surface strains. This summary outlines the major findings of this work. Details of the mathematical analysis may be found in themore » four cited open-literature references. Material in this report has been abstracted from the original manuscripts and reprints of these references. Each reference is separately outlined. 1 ref., 4 figs.« less


In a 25-year-old female patient, persistent urticaria led to the diagnosis of acute systemic lupus erythematosus. Herpetiform vesiculous and bullous lesions erupted under corticoid medication and responded very well to additional therapy with DADPS (= diaminodiphenylsulphone).


This study aims to explore  the use of Edmodo as the media in extensive listening class for students teacher. This study was conducted in the class consisted of 46 students who took Extensive Listening course at the university.  participants from this study were second semester students of English Education of IAIN Pekalongan. The participants used Edmodo for a full semester where the activities they did are, discussing about the subject material and sending assignments were given by the lecturer. The findings are the participants who used Edmodo actively and they utilized it maximally. The conclusion of this study is using Edmodo in the extensive listening class for student teachers of English Education of IAIN Pekalongan was effective.


T HE SEARCH FOR the elusive Garden of Eden and its first occupants has fascinated many an explorer and scholar in the past. It cannot be said that the search has been successful, but much interest and no little heat have been aroused along the way. To one who accepts the modern view of the Old Testament and the scientific theory of human evolution, the question "Where was the Garden of Eden ?" can mean one or more of several things: where did the author of the second chapter of Genesis (J) believe it lay? or, where did "man" first arise? or, where did "civilization" first exist ?


To evaluate the effects of phytosterol oletate(PSO)on the immune function of S_~180 -bearing mice. Fifty mice bearing transplanted tumor S_~180 were used as animal model, The effects of PSO on the immune function were observed by intraperitoneal injecting different doses of PSO-1 (10 mg·kg~-1 ·d~-1 ), PSO-2 (50 mg·kg~-1 ·d~-1 ) and Cyclophosphamide (20 mg·kg~-1 ·d~-1 ) to mice respectively. Compared with the S_(180)-bearing mice model group, PSO could enhance significantly the phagocytosing ratio and the phagocytosing index (p0.05 or p0.01), the effects of PSO were better than Cyclophosphamide; PSO also could improve evidently delayed-type hypersensitivity (p0.05 or p0.01), but worse than Cyclophosphamide; PSO could increase formation of antibody in splenic cells of S_(180)-bearing mice, but there is not remarkable different (p0.05); PSO had little influence on the contents of serum hemolysin (p0.05). The results show that PSO could improve immunologic function of mice.


Creating a high-level teaching team plays a decisive role in the characteristic specialty construction.Specialty construction forms characteristics,and makes the training talent combine with national economy and social development needs and plays an exemplary and leading role as well.Focusing on the construction and training of high-level faculty,and creating an effective way to create a sustainable development of the teaching team in the process of specialty construction is the key.


Breast cancers display significant intra-tumoral heterogeneity posing a major barrier to effective breast cancer treatments [1, 2]. This heterogeneity can be manifested in terms of genetic abnormalities or the presence of distinct cell types bearing similarities to the different epithelial lineages in the normal adult mammary gland including: luminal cells, basal cells, their respective progenitors, and stem cells [3]. The cell lineages present within a given tumor may determine the likelihood of progression. This is best exemplified by sub-populations of tumor-initiating cells present in aggressive breast cancers, some of which resemble adult mammary stem cells [4-9] and thus are termed stem-like. These stem-like cells are enriched in residual tumors after chemotherapy [10] as well as early metastatic lesions [11], suggesting they play a critical role in breast cancer progression. While attempts to treat breast cancers based on genetic mutations have largely been unsuccessful, therapies targeting particular cell lineages, including stem-like cells, are gaining renewed appreciation. Toward this goal, studies have uncovered distinct dependencies among different breast cancer cell types for particular cell death/survival pathways. These recent advances may open the door for new highly personalized approaches to breast cancer therapy. Our previous studies found that stem-like cells were highly sensitive to cell death induced by p53-upregulated mediator of apoptosis (PUMA) [12], a pro-apoptotic BH3-only member of the Bcl-2 family. These effects were specific to PUMA [12] as the related family member NOXA had no effect on stem-like cells consistent with its role in targeting basal-like breast cancer cells [13]. We further found that driving PUMA expression was sufficient to deplete stem-like cells and reduce metastasis in vivo, revealing its role as an important metastasis suppressor. Our results are consistent with published findings that PUMA-mediated cell death is the preferred response in some normal adult stem cell populations [14]. In an effort Research Perspective


Solidification of a high Prandtl number fluid in a square closed cavity, in presence of for angle of inclination of 0 and 45 degree has been investigated. Effect of angle of inclination on solidification front shape and flow in the mushy zone is studied, during the growth process. Flow strength in the fluid to reduce with time, with lower strength in case of cavity inclined at angle of 45 degree. Flow in the solid zone is diffusion dominant and is of same size and structure for both the cavity orientation.


The Saint John River discharges into the Bay of Fundy at the city of Saint John, New Brunswick. Although the Bay of Fundy at that location has tidal ranges of up to 8m, tides in the Saint John River Estuary are damped by the Reversing Falls and have a range of approximately 50cm. The tidal effects on the Saint John River are nevertheless significant. The mixing and exchange of salt and fresh water between the main Saint John River, the Kennebecasis Fjord and the exit to the open sea is strongly controlled by the presence of a shallow sill. The area is one of extreme spatial variability in salinity and temperature and acts as a laboratory for testing sound speed interpolation algorithms. The balance between the fresh water discharge of the Saint John River and the upstream intrusion of salt waters from the Bay of Fundy is examined in a numerical model of the estuary. QUODDY, a three- dimensional finite element baroclinic shelf circulation model, is used. The model has upstream and downstream open boundaries. These boundaries are forced with observations made over a tidal cycle in July 2001. Additional current and CTD data within the bounds of the model were obtained in June 2003. The observations are used to examine the performance of the model in various regions of the estuary. The gross circulation is adequately reproduced along the main Saint John River stem. However, due to the extremely thin and localized nature of the exchange, some detail is lost as a result of compromises in array size and computational speed. Problems were encountered in modelling the flow from the Saint John River Estuary into the Kennebecasis Fjord. The combination of particularly high density gradients together with strong topography found in this area pose challenges in the implementation of a sigma- coordinate model.


The purpose of the work the reception of fireproof compositions for wooden building constructions, based on the phosphates of twoor threevalence metals, which are stable to storage, effective, economic and ecologically safe. It is established that fireproof effectivity of synthesized dispersions depends on the metal nature and components interrelation in the composition. So, the highest indexes of fireproof effectivity have the product of synthesis, based on the aluminium phosphates, which representing an admixture of the X-ray amorphic product, crystal phosphate of aluminium-ammonium (NH 4) 3Al 5H 6(PO 4) 8·18H 2O and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate. By chemical analysis it is proved that the total maintenance of the ammonium dihydrogen phosphate in a product of synthesis, based on the aluminium compounds, is about 50 %. By comparative researches the fireproof effectivity of the fluid and disperse components of the synthesis product with molar interrelation P 2O 5: Al 2O 3 = 8,2:1 it was established that ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, being in the part of solution dispersion, leads the insignificant contribution to its fireproof properties. It is simultaneously shown that this dispersion characterized by high fireproof properties, stability to storage, uniformity and strength of the coating, good adhesion to wood, and also economically competitiveness.


The workshop was conducted by the Australian Road Research Board and the Singapore Public Works Department under the auspices of the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia. The following papers were presented at the workshop: Microcomputer technology for traffic applications (Cook, R); Microcomputer applications: a status summary (Bowyer, DP); The use of microsystems for applications in transport: selecting the right tools (Wigan, MR); TTM 2000, technical brochure by TTM Equipment, Melbourne, 1985 (Holdsworth, G); Traffic information supply system in Japan (Kitamura, A); Microcomputer-based techniques to assist the assessment of isolated intersection control (Nairn, RJ); Traffic planning using interactive color graphics (Taylor, MAP and Hatjiandreou, M); Trafficq: Simulation of traffic in a small urban road network (Toh, EH); Trip matrix estimation from traffic data: a micro byte at a large task (Bowyer, DP); Comprehensive Bus Operations Control System (CBOCS) (Konda, Y); Transit network planning and bus and crew scheduling: experience with microcomputers in Manila and Shanghai (Nairn, RJ); Use of microcomputers in bus transportation: the omo ticketing system (Ng, CY); Jeepney route information management system (Shoyama, T); Traffic and transport information systems (Bowyer, DP and Taylor, MAP); Effective presentation of journey-to-work performance indicators using interactive graphics (Botterill, R and Bowyer, DP); Some microcomputer possibilities for transport data collection and analysis (Taylor, MAP and Newton, P); Calculation and display of retail trade area and origin-destination analyses via a sensible hybrid use of mainframe/micro capabilities (Botterill, R and Barnard, PO). (TRRL)


Electrocardiographic left deviation, P S3. moder-ate hypochromic anemia the hemoglobin 9.2 gm. cc., leukocytosis of 14,6oo 65 per cent neutrophils; sedimentation rate in i hour. in the right upper by guinea-pig