Human louse-borne diseases are reemerging overseas and biological study of their arthropod vector, Pediculus, is needed. In an observational study on head lice, morphological features on the surface of the human host and on closely associated personal objects, such as clothing, influenced location of lice. Given optimal conditions, head lice readily transferred to the body and clothing, fed on the 'naked' body, retreated into, and laid eggs in, clothing or body hair, from which viable nymphs hatched and in turn continued the life cycle. Both wild and colonised head lice developed and reproduced without scalp contact or hairs and withstood periodic separation from the host. Further, head lice elicited the same dermatopathological effects as are reported for body lice. The belief that only established body lice infestations are a public health threat is challenged; an alternative disease process is proposed; and further basic research into this parasite is strongly indicated.


Although (violent) conflict and education still co-exist to a large extent in separate academic and practitioner silos, the linkages between them have begun to emerge as a central concern for a variety of stakeholders working on sustainable development and peacebuilding. Critically examining this relationship is important, especially in view of a range of societal changes taking place around the world: a growing younger population, rampant urbanization and spatial fragmentation, rising social inequalities, and high rates of (lethal) violence. This paper explores whether and in what ways education can play a role in mitigating or preventing urban violence that mainly affects youth. The paper also recognises the possible negative effects of education. Specifically, in combination with uneven urbanization, education – whether available or not – can lead to an increased sense of social exclusion among the urban youth, which, in turn, can foster violence in the city (i.e. civic conflict). This paper explores these positive and negative interactions between education, youth and urban violence, and develops an emerging research agenda in this specific subfield. We argue how an expansive rather than narrow methodological 'post-disciplinary' framing is essential to explore the relationships between formal and non formal educational processes, various forms of urban violence and youth agency in relation to peace.


The King of Mankon (Cameroon) dispenses bodily substances (breath, saliva, sperm) to his people and his wives. In the eyes of both the monarch and his subjects, these substances are intimately linked to ancestral powers at the origin of all life. This state of affairs is not a matter of archaism, since some past practices still remain today. The king is a politician of national renown and a businessman as well. His platform, in both realms, calls for a conservative modernization in the context of a "return of royal authority" onto the forefront of the political scene in Africa. Perceived as a receptacle, he plays a central role in this setting: he stands at the heart of a body politic (a politics of the self and of the body) that draws on the resources of modernity.


The morbidity and mortality associated with canine parvovirus disease (CPV) is caused, in part, by endotoxin (LPS). Equine anti-endotoxin hyperimmune plasma (Anti-LPS) was administered to 89 CPV patients in addition to conventional therapy. In Anti-LPS treated CPV patients mortality was lower (16-8 per cent, 15/89) than in controls that received conventional therapy alone (66-7 per cent, 24/36, P < 0–0005). The hospitalization period of survivors was reduced from 8-5 ± 4-0 days (controls) to 5-2 ± 2-0 days (Anti-LPS treated group). These results suggest that an anti-endotoxin specific therapy should be incorporated into the treatment regimen of CPV, and possibly, other canine enteric disorders, known to produce endotoxaemia.


This paper reports the results of an investigation conducted to determine the influence of certain load characteristics on the carrying capabilities of male workers. The effects of load density, location of load center of gravity, and load orientation were studied. Using the psychophysical methodology, subjects determined the maximum weight they were willing to carry in containers of different configuration, over prescribed distances. Statistical analysis of the data showed that load density and its c.g. location significantly influence carrying capabilities of males. The influence of load orientation on carrying capabilities was not critical. A comparison was also made between the carrying capacity of students, employed in this study, and industrial workers. Compared to the industrial population, students carried significantly lower amounts of weight. Since the isometric strengths of the two populations were comparable, age and experience on the job appear to be the logical factors contributing to this difference. The findings of this study were similar to the previous findings for lifting activities.


Past research on new teacher induction has focused on changes in retention. Keeping people in the profession is important, but new teachers may need help in learning about curriculum and students in order to be effective instructional leaders. New teachers may also need assistance in learning how to interact with colleagues. We asked new teachers through an on‐line survey what they learned from mentors about curriculum, student diversity and collegiality. In addition, achievement gains of classes taught by new teachers and experienced teachers were compared. The results of the study are discussed in terms of implications for teacher training, organizational change, and data usage by districts.


Abstract Piracy is the allegory of media modernity – its immateriality and decisive disruption of sovereignty, authorship and property. Piracy, along with terrorism, is now a favoured term in the language of global fear, with its consequent attractive/destructive semantic overflow. For liberals and old‐style Marxists, piracy seems to allegorise an impure transgression, tainted by commerce and an inability to produce a discourse on itself. Pirate production of commodities and media objects fits neither a narrative of avant‐garde resistance nor normative critique, nor does piracy seem to fit received models of creativity or innovation. Piracy today produces a series of anxieties: from states, transnational capital, and media industries and even among some liberal proponents of the public domain. For the avant‐garde, postcolonial piracy is also a puzzle, a media archive that cannot be easily excavated for critique.


We present a library of synthetic spectra characterized by , and K computed at the same = 20000 resolving power of the observed spectra given in Paper I for 131 standard stars mapping the MKK spectral classification system. This range of parameters includes the majority of the galactic stars expected to dominate the GAIA target population, i.e. F-G-K-M type stars with metallicity ranging from that of the galactic globular clusters to Population I objects. Extension to > 7500 K will be given later on in this series. The 254 synthetic spectra presented here are based on Kurucz's codes and line data and have been computed over a more extended wavelength interval (7650-8750 A) than that currently baselined for implementation on GAIA, i.e. the 8500-8750 A. This last range is dominated by the near-IR Ca II triplet and the head of the Paschen series. The more extended wavelength range allows us to investigate the behaviour of other strong near-IR spectral features (severely contaminated by telluric absorptions in ground-based observed spectra) as the K I doublet (7664, 7699 A), the Na I doublet (8183, 8194 A) and the lines of Fe I multiplet N.60 at 8327 and 8388 A. The synthetic spectra support our previous conclusions about the superior performance of the Paschen/Ca II 8500-8750 A region in meeting the GAIA requirements when compared to other near-IR intervals of similar = 250 A.


In connection with a study of an extensive collection of prehistoric mammals from Toalian caves in Southwestern Celebes, a certain number of recent mammal species from Celebes and adjacent islands have been examined. In most cases the recent material for comparison available of a given species was adequate to determine the status of the corresponding cave form. Some of the cave animals (Phalanger celebensis (Gray), Macaca maura (Geoffr. et F. Cuvier), Macrogalidia musschenbroekii (Schlegel), Sus celebensis Muller et Schlegel, and Babyrousa babyrussa (L.)) could be shown to be subspecifically distinct from the living forms (Hooijer, 1950 a). In all of these cases the time that has elapsed since the deposition of the material in the prehistoric caves has been sufficient for a subspecific differentiation to have taken place.
In some cases examined, however, the recent material available to me at the time was rather poor, and additional material was greatly needed.
Since the preparation of the cave report (Hooijer, 1950 a) more recent specimens have been examined while visiting various natural history museums in the United States. It is a great pleasure to thank the curators of mammals, Dr. George H. H. Tate of the American Museum of Natural History, Dr. David H. Johnson of the United States National Museum, and Dr. Colin C. Sanborn of the Chicago Natural History Museum, for their kind cooperation and permission to study the material in the collections under their charge.
The present paper contains observations on Phalanger ursinus (Temminck) and Lenomys meyeri (Jentink), two species which are represented in the cave collection and which I have dealt with before on the basis of


Objective To study the relationship of tumor hypoxia and MSCT perfusion parameters of VX2 soft-tissue tumor in the rabbit model during the process of tumor growth.Materials and Methods 8 rabbits were implanted with VX2 tumor tissue in proximal thighs.MSCT perfusion scan were performed on those rabbits with Mx8000 Quad CT in the 7,14,21,28 days after implant respectively.The 45s-perfusion CT examination was underwent and perfusion maps were produced automatically.Blood flow(BF),peak enhancement index(PEI),time to peak(TTP)and blood volume(BV)were measured by the manually defined ROI within tumor.2 rabbits were sacrificed every 7 days after CT perfusion,and the resected specimens were stained immunohistochemically to identified HIF-1αfor assessment of their stage.Results The HIF-1α staging of 7th,14th,21st,28th day increase gradually with time and then following decrease.The HIF-1α staging of vary time have no significance difference(χ2=1.49,P=0.22).Significant correlation were observed between BF with HIF-1α(r=0.87,P0.05),There were no significant associations between PEI,TTP,BV and HIF-1α.Conclusion HIF-1α is an important factor in the regulation of angiogenesis and tumor growth in VX2 soft-tissue tumor.Blood perfusion values correlate positively with HIF-1αand they may reflect the regulation of hypoxia and perfusion partially in tumor.


In 1955,from domestic rabbits and cats in Fukien Province,we had isolated 4 strains ofToxoplasma gondii,which were identified morphologically,biologically,and serologically.Thisdiscovery reveals the presence of toxoplasmosis in our country.In order to further study theinapparent infections among animals in the endemic area,we used the complement fixationtest for a survey in rabbit population bred by the local farmers. The antigen used for the complement fixation test was prepared from the infected chorio-allantoic membranes and from allantois fluid,which were ground together,centrifuged at 13,000r.p.m.,and the supernatant,is the antigen.It is highly specific,and used at a titer of 1:16-1:32dilution.Sera of 62 rabbits have been examined with this antigen,and seven were found to bepositive.One strain of toxoplasma was also isolated from one of the rabbits that gave posi-tive reaction. Besides,skin test with the antigen was also carried out,and 3 rabbits,the sera of whichyielded positive result in complement fixation test showed redness at the site of injection withlittle or no necrosis,while nine rabbits,giving negative reactions,showed an intense redness andlarge area of necrosis. Such result justifies the specificity of our antigen. Lastly,cross complement fixation test between the strain from cat and that from rabbit wasmade and the result gave evidence of similarity in antigenicity of the two strains.


A special project report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture(Agricultural Economics and Extension option)


1. The Philosophy of Japan's Foreign Aid 2. Aid at Home: Public Response and Pressure Groups 3. The Real Challenge: Reforming Japan's Aid Administration 4. Policy Innovation in Japanese Aid 5. Ties that Bind: Japanese Aid and Asia 6. Japan and Foreign Aid Leadership


Botulinum toxin is a mainstay therapy for dystonia. Formulations available are three types of botulinumtoxinA and one type of botulinumtoxinB.1 Antibodies can develop against the toxin, leading to treatment failure. IncobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin; Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany) is differentiated from other types of botulinumtoxinA preparations by being free from complexing proteins, speculated to make the product less antigenic.2.


The mean body weights and standard deviations of body weights at monthly intervals of female Jersey and Friesian cattle on the Massey Agricultural College and Dairy Research Institute farms at Palmerston North, New Zealand, are presented in graphs. A summary of some of these mean weights is presented in the following table:


PRELIMINARY studies on the iucideuce, psychodyuamics aud mauagement of the psychosomatic dermatoses have already been reported (Cormia, 1947, Lewis aud Cormia, 1947). Iu 100 Army personnel the types and sites of various disease syndromes were related to underlying factors and a symbolic relation depending on the uuderlyiug psychodynamics was frequently fouud. Forty of these were iuvestigated further to fiud any correlation between specific personality types and morphological forms of dermatoses as postulated by MacKenna (1944). The inconclusive results indicated that a survey of a larger group of patieuts was necessary. Lastly, technique for iuvestigatiug psychosomatic dermatoses iu the consulting room, a luodificatiou of Dunbar's (1944) method, was submitted. The second paper reported the investigation aud management of a relatively small group of patients seeu iu private practice and in geueral confirmed the conclusions of the first, although it emphasized oue fundamental difference, viz. recent psychic trauma was much less important as a cause of disease in private patients than it was iu Army personnel. As it was felt that the uumber of patieuts studied was insufficient to draw definite conclusions, a long-term investigation was begun at the skiu clinic ofthe New York Hospital and carried on for three years. The preseut report summarizes these observations.


In this article, we explore the process of psychoanalytical listening in the context of language. We demonstrate through a clinical example how listening may act as a facilitator of a person's linguistic style, but also how the defence of negation blocks the same process. Guided by the modern speculations on the function of metaphor, we show how listening has been expressed in various metaphors and other "tropes" of language by psychoanalysts, and also how useful metaphors can be in our listening to patients.


Membrane technology has several significant applications in the production of drinking water. Some of these application include desalination, softening, removal of natural organic matter (NOM) removal of pesticides and other micropollutants and nitrate removal. Currently, some Dutch drinking water supply companies are planning several large scale membrane filtration installations. These plants are being realized through investigations varying from desk studies to research on pilot scale.


Femi Oyebode and Christina Pourgourides show how Greek tragedy tests established morality and helps an audience resolve its own emotional conflicts.


The next 2 years will see radical changes to the way medical training is delivered. First, the old apprenticeship and time served model will no longer be applicable. Second, from August 2004 the European Work Time Directive (EWTD) applies to trainees in the same way that it applies to all other


The sentences in both (1) and (3) are slightly odd, but not entirely uninterpretable. They both have a reading as an excessive: on that reading, (1) says that Luk is somehow too nice and in (3) he is said to be too tall/short for some currently salient purpose. Intuitively, the data in (3) make perfect sense. To say of someone that they're tall is to say that their height somehow stands out, as argued in (for instance) Fara (2000) and Kennedy (2007). The reasoning could now be that (3) is odd because there is no such thing as standing out slightly. Turning the adjective's interpretation from the positive into an excessive does away with the standing out ingredient. Being too tall is a crisp judgement: there can be a precise height involved. Once you are taller than that height, you are too tall. There is no need to stand out and it is very clear what it means to be only "a bit too tall". Can we apply the same reasoning to (1), though? It is definitely tempting to do this, but Jaspers et al.'s observation blocks this route: any explanation of why (1) requires coercion to the excessive needs also explain why (2) does not need such coercion. Jaspers et al. therefore stipulate that in cases like (1) and (2) diminishers favour the negative part of scales. This stipulation has some empirical bite because they observe that this tendency can be reversed in non-veridical environments. For


The lightweight design of the hood is crucial for the structural optimization of an entire vehicle. However, traditional high-fidelity-based lightweight methods are time-consuming due to the complex structures of the hood, and the lightweight results heavily rely on engineering experiences. To this end, an improved adaptive marine predator algorithm (AMPA) is proposed to solve this problem. Compared to the original marine predator algorithm (MPA), the proposed AMPA adapts to optimization problems through three enhancements, including chaotic theory-based initialization, a mixed search strategy, and dynamic partitioning of iteration phases. Experimental comparisons of AMPA, MPA, and eight state-of-the-art algorithms are conducted on IEEE CEC2017 benchmark functions. AMPA outperforms the others in both 30- and 50-dimensional experiments. Friedman and Wilcoxon's sign-rank tests further confirm AMPA's superiority and statistical significance. An implicit parametric model of the hood is generated, and the critical design variables are determined through global sensitivity analysis to realize hood lightweight. The stacking method is employed to construct a surrogate meta-model of the hood to accelerate the optimization efficiency of the vehicle hood. Utilizing the meta-model and the proposed AMPA, the hood mass is reduced by 7.43% while all six static and dynamic stiffness metrics are enhanced. The effectiveness of the proposed optimization method is validated through finite element analysis.


The rapidly urbanizing world reflects the dynamism of urban agglomeration and city-centered growth. World cities have been traditionally recognized with the dominant economic models and have traversed from being industrial to Fordist to post-Fordist to the technological to logistical cities of today. These cities are now categorized and conceptualized as 'intelligent city', 'information city', 'wired city', 'knowledge city', 'smart city' and 'digital city'. These ideas and articulations share convergent technological perspectives, information and communication centrality, and dependence on cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things (IoT) and modern techniques of data management. Catering spatiality to these processes, cities like Navi Mumbai represent integrated cyber-physical spaces of institutions and strategic meeting points of the extraordinary circulation of technology, operations, logistics, and services, which directly andindirectly caters to governments, businesses and citizens. Through the paper, we explain how specialized landscapes within Navi Mumbai that cater to collection, interpretation, storage, dispersal and control of data and information flows and how it is mediated through dedicated geographies and physiologies of 'data centers'. The paper explicates how data infrastructures as data centers and cities mutually produce an intensified relationship through which function, administration and governance of one-another is operationalized. Through the trajectory of Navi Mumbai, the paper connects the city's processes, infrastructure development, patterns of governance, and land use patterns with the genesis of institutionalization, operations, and professional aspects of the data center. How data center, its geographical location, and physiological operation can provoke and influence our understanding of the city, its activities, transformations, social fabric, infrastructure, and overall governance? Additionally, we attempt to explore how the city and its various aspects are intertwined or en-messed in the mega processes of data production, analysis, consumption, and exchange? In an attempt to explore this, we have inquired how the city becomes central to state and corporate governance through processes and operations manifested in the security-finance-governance complex of data infrastructures and how do we make meanings of the emerging forms of governance.


Aim: This study looks at changes in the knowledge of and attitudes towards substance misuse in medical students in two UK medical schools between years 1 and 4 of undergraduate training. Method: The instrument used comprised 20 questions regarding knowledge, attitudes to training, clinical practice, and stigma. Questionnaires were distributed to 1st and 4th year students. Data was entered onto Microsoft Excel worksheets and analysed using the Excel program. Results: There was an overall response rate of 75%. Knowledge was poor amongst the students, with little improvement seen between 1st and 4th years. Responses to attitudes to training were encouraging from both years of students at both schools. Attitudes to clinical practice demonstrate improvement between the 1st and 4th years. Negative attitudes to substance misuse greatly diminish from the 1st year to the 4th. Conclusions: Education and training in substance misuse are vital in the personal and professional development of medical students, who will become tomorrow's doctors. This study indicates that, while there is a degree of improvement in their knowledge about prevalence and complications related to substance misuse, there is a more clear cut change in attitudes to substance misusers and the value of treatment, as students progress through their years of training. However, an unacceptably high proportion of students still feel negatively about the patient population and about treatment prospects and prognosis.


Analysis of ring modulator helps to gain a better perception of modulator operation. There are extracted equations for transmission and modulation depth. These equations are based on loss, index and coupling modulation. Since the size of optoelectronic circuits is concern in nowadays industry, by using these extracted equations the effects of changes in ring radius on bandwidth is studied. In this study, loss, index and coupling modulation considered separately. When the ring radius changes 73 percent, the bandwidth changes 8GHz in loss modulation and 55GHz in index modulation. For coupling modulation the bandwidth is limited by FSR, where with increase the ring radius FSR decrease. Furthermore, the dependency of loss, index and coupling modulations bandwidth to quality factor parameter is investigated.


Among the many issues one encounters today with drones, and especially with swarms of drones, positioning has become more and more crucial. Even though technologies such as GNSS and sensor based location systems have become mature, they are only efficient, i.e. accurate, outside of buildings and in environments that are not adverse (no jamming). In this paper, to go beyond the state of the art, we present the issues of indoor and adverse locations and provide retex based on our previous and current research work. Our use case is an indoor show using a swarm of drones directed by a Soundpainting artist.


An impact evaluation on Government-led social protection for women and children was carried out in Chirumanzu and Zivagwe districts south west of Zimbabwe. The objectives were; to gather statistics of women and children in the districts, to explore diverse social protection programmes for women and children, to explore the challenges faced by women and children in attaining sufficient livelihoods. Finally, to determine social protection programmes for women and children for nutrition and physical wellbeing. A survey method was used to gather data through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and semi-participant observations with the use of interview tool guides. Data was collected from 60 women and 50 children and 10 key informants drawn from representatives of all stakeholders totalling 120 study participants. The study established that various social protection programmes are provided for people in general and yet very little has been done to address the problem of elderly women andchildren in particular who appear to experience multifaceted social protection challenges more than their counterparts. This study concluded that there is need for multi-stakeholder approach to address the problems of women and children. The study is calling on Government and international agencies in programming to intervene through reinforcing social protection policies and programmes in order to alleviate absolute poverty amongst women and children in Zimbabwe.
Key terms: Social Protection, Women, Children, Poverty, Chirumanzu, Zivagwe, Zimbabwe


Businesses today are becoming increasingly dependent on information technology (IT) to meet business-critical demands. The more available a computer system is, the more value it can provide to its users. In many cases high availability (HA) requirement becomes as critical as high performance. Cluster computing has been attracting more and more attention from both the industrial and the academic world for its enormous computing power and scalability. High availability features need to be included to ensure that cluster computing environments can provide continuous services. In order to validate and compare the different techniques, it is often necessary to build models of the system. A typical availability modeling method is based on analytical formalisms such as fault tree, Markov chains, Stochastic Petri Net, etc. In this paper we describe (1) a two-component cluster configuration, and (2) an availability model of that system using Markov modeling techniques.


The importance of providing consistent methods for the assessment of need for practice and research in child and family social work has been accepted for some considerable time. One feature identified by key stakeholders, such as Directors of Children's and Social Services, is the need for rigour in the development of such instruments. This paper reports on an evaluation of the Children's Review Schedule, an instrument developed in collaboration with one Children's Department. It focuses on a key aspect of the assessment of need: the measurement of the nature, range and severity of family problems.


We explore the effectiveness of a dynamically processed incremental referring description system using under-specified ambiguous descriptions that are then built upon using linguistic repair statements, which we refer to as a dynamic system. We build a dynamically processed incremental referring description generation system that is able to provide contextual navigational statements to describe an object in a potential real-world situation of nuclear waste sorting and maintenance. In a study of 31 participants, we test the dynamic system in a case where a user is remote operating a robot to sort nuclear waste, with the robot assisting them in identifying the correct barrels to be removed. We compare these against a static non-ambiguous description given in the same scenario. As well as looking at efficiency with time and distance measurements, we also look at user preference. Results show that our dynamic system was a much more efficient method—taking only 62% of the time on average—for finding the correct barrel. Participants also favoured our dynamic system.


Abstmct-The design and fabrication of practicable CCD IC's as pseudo-noise matched filters (PNMF's) for directaequence spreadspectrum signals is descn'bed. After a brief explanation of CCD PNMF's, desirable architectural features fa an IC are presented. A state-of-the art My integrated 512-cell CCD PNMF is used as an example. Next, PNMF design considerations dealing with device Limitations, sampling errors, and carrier-frequency offsets are addressed. The application of PNMF's to various modulation formats is treated, dong with approaches to increased smpling resolution. Finrlly, hborntory measurements for a 128-cen PNMF as wen as a 512-ceIl PNMF formed by a tandem connected of four of the former are presented. Multiple access, a 60-dB dynamic nnge, and 0.75 percent linearity were achieved with the former, while the latter correlated 255 chips m a double-sampled configuration.


The freezing point of silver is realized using an open type cell. The uncertainty of the thermocouple calibration of this temperature was evaluated using Pt/Pd thermocouples. The sources of uncertainty estimated were stability and repeatability of the plateau, temperature distribution in the cell. impurity effect of the metal, surroundings pressure correction and hydrostatic pressure correction. The combined standard uncertainty is 7.8 mK.


There has been a marked increase in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere over the years, presenting countries with the task of reducing the emissions. This drives the motivation of discovering methods to fix carbon dioxide into valuable commodities. Microorganisms can be engineered to express pathways that do not exist naturally, and more efficient at providing high yields and titre of a particular product. This principle serves as the basis for this research project. A computationally designed carbon fixation pathway for growth on formate, known as the reductive glycine pathway, can theoretically produce pyruvate, a central to E. coli metabolites, through the expression of recombinant genes. The goal of the project is to test the expression of a bidirectional glycine cleavage system that has been cloned from C. acidurici 9a in E. coli, which is predicted to be a major pathway expression challenge for the reductive glycine


The COVID-19 pandemic has spread all over the world. People go to public or crowded areas (i.e., schools, universities, hospitals, and government agencies), they take a lot of time to be checked the fever symptoms because of coronavirus. Therefore, this paper presents a method to automatically detect the body temperature by distance based on the recursive least square estimation. An infrared thermal camera is utilized to measure both human and environmental temperatures in real-time within a two-meter distance. The recursive least square approach is applied to estimate parameters for these correct temperatures. A microcontroller is integrated to read, compute, and send the measured temperatures to both web browsers and smartphones using the message queuing telemetry protocol. Moreover, the module of radio frequency identification is utilized for identification of the personal information. To validate our proposed temperature measurement system, fifteen male healthy students are invited to record their body temperature. The experimental result showed that our proposed approach was the correct temperature compared with the commercial device ($37 \pm 0.17^{\circ}\mathrm{C}$). However, our proposed system is more stable than the commercial device: the standard deviation of the commercial device and ours is 0.41 C and 0.09°C, respectively. The measured temperature of each person is monitored and stored in the cloud. It is easily accessed by web browsers and smartphones. In addition, our proposed system can show a warning if the measured temperature is greater than the threshold. This work promises to automatically initial selection for suspected cases of COVID-19 disease to reduce the infection of this pandemic.


It has been suggested that the uncertainty in the measurement of a particle's momentum could be made arbitrarily small by observing the particle at two ends of an arbitrarily long flight path. However, consideration of the nature of the detection process shows that the usual limits of the uncertainty principle hold independent of the length of the flight path.


Objective To analysis the correlation between ratio of TP/DPD and toxicity of Capecitabine via evaluation of TP and DPD levels in tumor tissues from patients with colorectal cancer. Methods According to inclusion criteria,33 patients with colorectal cancer were enrolled.TP and DPD of ex vivo tumors were detected by immunohistochemy and rated using a four-stage scoring(1~4) system.The subjects were assigned into high and low TP/DPD groups according to TP/DPD median.Two to three weeks after operation,the patients were given with Capecitabine and the adverse effects were monitored.The correlation between Chemotherapy toxicity and TP/DPD ratio was analyzed. Results Significant correlation was found between adverse effects and TP/DPD ratio(r=-0.878,P=0.021).Furthermore,significantly higher adverse effects rate was observed in high TP/DPD group than that in low TP/DPD group(P0.05).Meanwhile,a strong correlation between adverse effects and TP/DPD ratio was proved in high TP/DPD group(r=-1). Conclusion Patients with high TP/DPD are vulnerable to toxicity of Chemotherapy with Capecitabine.


Thesis funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Lander Scholarship at Pembroke College and the Cambridge Trust European Scholarship.


INTRODUCTION-THE STUDY OF GRAMMAR GRAMMAR, IDIOM, AND USAGE THE PARTS OF SPEECH UNITS OF STRUCTURE BASIC SENTENCE TYPES FUNCTIONS IN THE SENTENCE PART I, THE PARTS OF SPEECH, NOUNS-STRUCTURE OF THE NOUN PHRASE NOUN CLASSES NOUN FEATURES NUMBER GENDER CASE THE GENITIVE THE ARTICLES FUNCTIONS OF THE NOUN PHRASE PRONOUNS-PERSONAL PRONOUNS POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS REFLEXIVE /EMPHATIC PRONOUNS RELATIVE PRONOUNS INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS INDEFINITE PRONOUNS PREPOSITIONS-TYPES FUNCTIONS PREPOSITIONAL MEANINGS SOME IDIOMATIC USAGES TIED FORMS VERBS-LEXICAL AND AUXILIARY TYPES OF LEXICAL VERBS FORMS OF LEXICAL VERBS FINITE AND NON-FINITE THE INFINITIVE GERUNDS AND PARTICIPLES GERUND AND THE INFINITIVE THE AUXILIARY TENSE EXPRESSING THE FUTURE ASPECT MODALS MOOD AND MODALITY VOICE: ACTIVE AND PASSIVE STRUCTURE OF THE VERB PHRASE PHRASAL VERBS ADJECTIVES-INTRODUCTION ADJECTIVE FEATURES SYNTACTIC FUNCTIONS OF ADJECTIVES EXCEPTIONAL CASES ADJECTIVE COMPLEMENTATION ORDER OF ADJECTIVES COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES SOME USAGE POINTS ADVERBS-ADVERB AS A PART OF SPEECH FUNCTIONS OF ADVERBS POSITION OF ADVERBS COMPARISON OF ADVERBS ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS SOME POINTS OF USAGE CONJUNCTIONS-INTRODUCTION CO-ORDINATING AND SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS CO-ORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS PART II, SENTENCE STRUCTURE-THE SIMPLE SENTENCE INTRODUCTION THE SIMPLE SENTENCE DEFINED CLAUSE PATTERNS IN THE SIMPLE SENTENCE SYNTACTIC FUNCTIONS AND THEMATIC ROLES QUESTIONS NEGATIVES COMMANDS EXCLAMATIONS COMPLEX AND COMPOUND SENTENCES-INTRODUCTION NOMINAL CLAUSES RELATIVE CLAUSES ADVERB CLAUSES COMPARATIVE CLAUSES CO-ORDINATE CLAUSES GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE AND INFORMATION ORGANIZATION-SOME PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION ORGANIZATION CONCORD REPORTED SPEECH PUNCTUATION APPENDIX 1, FORMATION OF THE GENITIVE APPENDIX 2, IRREGULAR VERBS


Post‐flashover fires inherently lead to external fire plumes, constituting a hazard for rapid fire spread over façades. As multi‐storey mass timber buildings with internal visible timber surfaces become more common, there are concerns that such buildings would produce larger external plumes and hazards (assuming all other parameters equal). The literature reveals only indications of this, and how the actual exposure relates to different test methods for assessment is unknown. Here we utilise a series of full‐scale mass timber compartment tests to quantify the exposure to the external façade. An incombustible external façade is instrumented with gauges at positions corresponding to reference data from several different assessment methods. The results show that there is an increase in plume duration, height, and temperatures when increasing the areas of exposed timber, but that this increase is less for normal‐ to large‐opening compartments, than was previously seen in small‐opening compartments. Also, normal variations in external wind speed have a larger influence on plume heights than the effect of doubling exposed timber surfaces. Test methods used for regulatory compliance differ significantly not only in exposure but also in pass/fail criteria. The proposed European large exposure method and the BS8414 method exhibit exposures on par with the severe end of what could be expected from mass timber compartments, whereas methods like SP Fire 105 and Lepir II produce significantly less severe plumes. However, the safety level is always a combination of exposure and assessment criteria. This data can help justify assessment criteria from a performance perspective.


Influence of some Hatha Yoga asans was studied on thyroid gland hormones level triiodthyronine and thyroxine. Orthostatic and antiorthostatic Hatha Yoga postures has a different influence on thyroid gland. For activation of thyroid gland function we recommend to practice the orthostatic poses and for that reduction the antiorthostatic poses. By the asan practice the organ are in condition of altered haemodynamics by the squeezing of the stretching and redistribution of blood in organism, it can change the function of glands after return to the initial pose.


In this article, the author details the history of the Research Library in Olomouc since its founding in 1566 through 2010. It is the second oldest library in the Czech Republic and also one of the major libraries in Central Europe. Later, the author describes the library's most important collections, focusing on manuscripts, incunabula, and the historical collection up to 1800.


In the last year of his life, Pierangelo Garegnani (1930–2011) worked on revising a paper on Marx's labour theory of value drafted 30 years before, which had remained unpublished. This revised pape...


The surface energy imbalance problem has been an important challenge in the study of surface land process since it was found in the late 1980s. By utilizing the observed data in the land surface process experiment carried out over the Loess Plateau region in the middle part of Gansu, the characteristics of climate unclosure and short-term unclosure of the surface energy balance are analyzed and the relationship between surface energy balance unclosure and vertical velocity is studied in the paper. It is found that there is a good correlation between surface energy balance unclosure and vertical velocity. Furthermore, the paper estimates the values of vertical sensible heat advection in the surface layer. After considering the vertical sensible heat advection, characteristics of the surface energy balance condition are analyzed again and there is a significant improvement in the surface energy balance unclosure.This means vertical velocity plays an important role in the surface energy buget and the vertical sensible heat advection has a significant influence on the surface energy balance unclosure over the Loess Plateau region.


The energy flux method can be interpreted as an integration over propagation angle of a semi-classical (WKB) modal continuum, which yields an averaged incoherent intensity field with depth-dependent intensity bands that decay in range. Range dependence is typically incorporated via the adiabatic modes approximation and use of the ray invariant to map propagation angles. Though the energy flux method averages out nearly all of the field structure, it has the primary advantages of avoiding finding eigenvalues and eigenrays and its computational effort does not directly scale with frequency or range. The method has also been extended in the past decade to include a convergence factor derived from the interference of neighboring modes, producing a semi-coherent solution that captures some convergence structure analogous to high-frequency caustics. Since the development of the semi-coherent energy flux method, it has so far only been applied to Nx2D environmental models, but should theoretically be applicable in a 3D environment without the assumption of azimuthal symmetry or the exclusion of horizontal refraction. This paper will discuss the theoretical derivation and numerical implementation of a generalized semi-coherent three-dimensional energy flux model. [This study is funded by the NDSEG Fellowship program.]


Fifty of 93 females experienced headache from wearing a ponytail. Pain was experienced only at the site of the hair tie in 10 subjects, extending in others, forwards to the vertex (n = 5) or forehead (n = 7), laterally to the parietal region (n = 8) or temples (n = 3), downwards to the neck (n = 5), or to other areas (n = 12). Loosening the hair relieved pain immediately in 4 subjects, within half an hour in 32, and within an hour in 5 subjects; the remaining 9 subjects were uncertain of pain duration. This headache was preventable by wearing the ponytail more loosely tied.


Based on the experimental data of quasi-static compression and dynamic compression of PUR syntactic foamed plastics,the influence of material parameters and experiment environment on the stress-strain characteristics is discussed.The Sherwood-Frost constitutive model is improved in order to describe the influence of hollow sphere content.By means of this improvement,the compressive constitutive relation is fitted by the numerical method according to the experimental data of PUR syntactic foamed plastics,which includes the influence of strain rate,density,and sphere content.


There are two aspects in the professionalism.One is the hardware,that is,vocational skills,and the other is the software,that is,the factors of aesthetic culture including professional ethics,professional consciousness,professional emotions,professional psychology,and professional ethics.Both aspects are indispensible.Students in vocational colleges are lack of professionalism because of the lack of unification of time and space on professionalism education.Then education of professionalism in vocational colleges is very important.The main path of aesthetic culture on the developing students' professionalism in vocational colleges is the affection teaching in Chinese based on the traditional classic works which can provide affection and sublimity education so as to develop the students' professionalism.


The paper analyzes the development trends of the demographic situation in the Trans-Baikal region. It forecasts the rate of births and deaths to 2020 and presents a factor analysis of the birthrate depending on the intensity measures of the state demographic policy and the number of women of childbearing age. It suggests that today demographers' fears about a temporary birthrate increase thanks to pronatalist measures may be followed by a decrease are justified. The paper considers the population sex and age pyramid in the Trans-Baikal region and concludes that today's young people aged 10-15 make up the smallest group of the population. The author determines the tendencies of the reproductive behavior, namely the improvement of living conditions will lead to some increase in the birthrate but changes in the needs for children can give much better results than improvement of living conditions.


Multi-Input/Multi-Output (MIMO) random vibration test control technique is a key for reliability and environment test of large and complicated structures. It is very important to qualify the reliability of the products. MIMO random vibration testing control methods are discussed, and the whole control strategy, the control algorithm and the relevant technologies are introduced in this paper. The MIMO random vibration testing control software is developed under LabWindows/CVI. The prototype of the dual-shaker random vibration testing control system based on virtual instrumentation is composed of the control software and the data acquisition cards manufactured by NI Company. The design of this system and the closed loop control method is expatiated. The actual test is performed on the system. The test results are compared with the data measured by the HP35670 spectrum analyzer, and the coupling problem of MIMO, the resonance and anti-resonance problems are emphasized to discuss. The practical results show the control algorithm is correct under certain conditions, and the control results reach the test requirements.


The paper analyzes the behaviour of vegetal tissue under acid conditions. The reactivity of oxygen atoms from model compounds of polysaccharides and the rate constants of autocatalytic hydrolysis reactions in case of hardwoods (beech, poplar) and corn cobs are estimated.


In today's market conditions, the introduction of new technologies and more sophisticated production processes objectively put forward new requirements for the quantity and quality of the labor force employed. In terms of further increasing competition in agricultural markets the problems of human resource management at agricultural enterprises are of particular relevance and importance. Basing on their industrial structure and the scale of production, agricultural enterprises independently determine the need for labor, its structure and skills.Manpower of an enterprise represents a generalized indicator of the human production factor, an integral characteristic set of abilities and skills of the employees and the personnel management system of the enterprise. The method to analyze the state and use of labor potential, the selection and application of analytical indicators to assess the degree of labor resources, the control system effectiveness, its development and compliance with the market requirements is one of the crucial issues in the system of the company economic potential analysis.The study of techniques to analyze the labor potential at agricultural enterprises is the subject of the article, where analytical procedures for assessing the state of the labor potential and its use are analyzed and presented.


Cloning, and expression of cytochrome P450 1A, 1B and 1C genes in liver, brain, gill, and kidney from PCB 126-exposed three.spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.)


The Digestive Endoscopy Society of Taiwan(DEST)was established in 1992 with the initial aims of promoting the researches, publish academic journal, and hold varieties of conferences periodically. In the past 10 years, DEST has cooperated more with international digestive endoscopy societies and leadingedge experts in digestive endoscopy technique and technology. DEST has held many international sessions with 40 to 50 foreigner experts from Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, USA and European in our annual meetings. To promote the techniques, knowledge and English ability of young Taiwanese endoscopists, DEST has had International TaiwanJapan Endoscopy Forum of Digestive Disease every year since 2013. Recent two years, DEST also invite young endoscopists from other countries such as Thailand and Singapore to join. DEST also provides one to two quota of financial support for oversea international endoscopy meeting such as JGES, KSGE, IDEN, HK live and so on. TTEW with live demonstration has been the stage of communication of endoscopic techniques between Taiwanese international endoscopic consensuses.


This paper presents a discussion of a methodology of the paneled-wing method for calculating aircraft-induced wake velocities. This discussion will include a description of how an aircraft and its wake are represented by finite length vortex filaments, how the strength and location of these filaments are determined based upon aircraft characteristics and trajectory data, and how the induced velocity values are determined once the location and strength of the vortex filaments are known. Examples will be presented showing comparisons between induced velocity values calculated using both the paneled-wing method and Strickland's lifting line method. Comparison is also made between calculated results from the paneled-wing method and wind tunnel data collected in the wake of a scale model aircraft. Additional examples will show the effect of including aircraft downwash calculations in a trajectory analysis for a parachute-retarded store delivered via aircraft. 3 refs., 12 figs.


Scanning tunnelling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS) data show that InSe layered crystal intercalated with nickel is a heteronanosystem—InSe layerpacket that alternates with nickel at fine dispersed phase in the interlayer gap. For analysis of the degree of metallicity of cleavage surfaces, an array of STS data obtained in the current imaging tunnelling spectroscopy (CITS) mode is used. By significantly different behaviour of current–voltage curves for metal and semiconductor at localized points of surface analysis on the cleavage within the bias voltages that correspond to the band gap of the semiconductor, the method for the calculation of the relative metal concentration on the cleavage surface is proposed. The constraints for this method of the relative concentration estimates are analysed. As determined, the value of the nickel relative concentration in the interlayer gap for the NixInSe systems can be up to 2%, taking into account features of obtaining of the cleavage surfaces in the layered crystals. To establish the structural characteris-


Gregorio Selser was born in Buenos Aires on 12 July 1922. A militant of the Argentine Socialist Party and secretary to its veteran leader Alfredo Palacios, Selser was a prolific author who earned his keep as a journalist most regularly as a staffer at La Prensa but devoted his passion and intellect to writing some fifty scrupulously detailed and unashamedly committed books on modern Latin American history and politics. His most celebrated work was Sandino. General of Free Men, first published in Buenos Aires in 1955, subsequently a decisive influence on the young men who founded the Frente Sandinista, and still in print in its (condensed) English edition. Implacably opposed to dictatorship, Selser inevitably ran foul of many regimes, and in the mid-1970s he was exiled from his homeland on the ludicrous charge of being a guerrilla courier working out of Cuba. In Mexico 'Goyo' found work at the National Autonomous University (UNAM) to supplement a modest income gained from the publication of his invariably meticulous and usually extensive articles, which provoked almost as much irritation in Washington as they did in those regional capitals ruled by the generals or the boardrooms of those (many) corporations engaged in activity prejudicial to poor Latin Americans. He was writing afour-volume History of Foreign Intervention in Latin America when he discovered he had cancer and killed himself on 27 August 1991. His widow Marta and daughters are completing the final volumes in his memory J. C. D.


Chinese"peace"culture embodies a state of relation: different things or elements are in a state of interdependence, intermodulation, intercomplementary and interpromotion. It is a kind of conciliatory acknowledgement of people to themselves, people to others, people to society and people to nature, the basic features of which are peaceful joint: reunion of heterogeneous medium; enjoying differences peacefully: seeking common ground and reserving differences; peaceful combination: people's integral part of nature. The world peace calls for Chinese"peace"culture. The reunion of heterogeneous medium is the prerequisite of peaceful coexistence, and reserving differences peacefully are the fundamention of multiparties coexistence.


Although the application of performance reviews is believed to be beneficial for projects, there is little evidence to support this claim. Therefore, we studied the current application of and follow-up on performance reviews in projects. Results show that both the application of and follow-up on performance reviews differ between companies. We find that the use of performance reviews contributes positively to project outcomes, especially if they are applied bilaterally. Remarkably, whereas companies tend to review process variables, project outcomes are affected more by reviewing input and output variables. Hence, thoughtful consideration of the application of performance reviews is needed.


Nucleation of transmutation products such as rhenium (Re) and osmium (Os) is a central issue contributing to changes in mechanical properties under neutron irradiation in fusion reactors. In particular, Re solutes in tungsten (W) not only affect hardening via radiation-induced precipitation but also have a notable softening effect. We explored the softening/strengthening behaviors of various solutes in a W matrix by density functional theory (DFT) calculations combined with a solid solution model. Our DFT calculations of the solutes show a clear trend in the interaction energy between different solutes and screw dislocations, which also influences the solid solution behavior. These predictions, based on a solid solution model and DFT calculations, reasonably reproduce the complex softening/strengthening behavior as a function of temperature and solute concentration. Notably, solutes such as Re have relatively weak attractive interactions and do not markedly influence the pinning effect; however, such solutes can reduce the energy barrier for kink pair nucleation. We conclude that this specific balance is the origin of macroscopic solid solution softening in dilute body-centered cubic alloys.


The present invention provides a compound of formula (Ia~Ie), (II), (IIIa~IIId), (IVa~IVc), (Va~Vb), (Via~Vie), (VII), (ViIIa~VIIIc), and compounds having a (IX), their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and solvates thereof, the composition of any of them, as well as associated with dysfunction of proteoliposomes stasis comprising an effective amount of these compounds condition a method of treatment to target the. .BACKGROUND


Academic Advisors have essential duties and functions to  help students to achieve good learning performance. In addition, improving students' learning performance can also be influenced by mastering good learning skills. The problem is not all academic advisors carry out their duties and functions as specified in academic guidelines, as result there are students who have low learning achievement. The purpose of this research is to find the relation between academic guidance conducted by academic advisors toward student achievement and the quality of students learning skills. This type of research is quantitative correlation.The population in this study was BK study program students for the year of 2017. The results showed that the relationship between academic guidance and learning skills on learning achievement with a correlation coefficient of 0.127, this indicates a weak correlation.Academic Advisors have essential duties and functions to  help students to achieve good learning performance. In addition, improving students' learning performance can also be influenced by mastering good learning skills. The problem is not all academic advisors carry out their duties and functions as specified in academic guidelines, as result there are students who have low learning achievement. The purpose of this research is to find the relation between academic guidance conducted by academic advisors toward student achievement and the quality of students learning skills. This type of research is quantitative correlation.The population in this study was BK study program students for the year of 2017. The results showed that the relationship between academic guidance and learning skills on learning achievement with a correlation coefficient of 0.127, this indicates a weak correlation.


Abstract : Temperature and current measurements were made during transects of the Florida Current. The former showed variations on the western side of the current which were believed to correspond to the tide or to external waves. Seasonal temperature variations were also observed. Each transect produced a characteristic bathythermogram. Surface currents measured with a geomagnetic electrokinetography revealed monoaxial and biaxial current patterns. The greatest horizontal surface velocity shear was observed on the western side of the axis, and the greatest temperature change at 100 and 200 m was associated with it. The measurements indicated that a greater average speed is associated with a greater net surface temperature change near the western edge. Determinations of the transport were attempted with a modified form of the Malkus-Stern theory, and a strong relation between the transport and cross- sectional area was observed above the first strong thermocline. No obvious relation was observed between the transport and average surface velocity. A slight deepening of the first strong thermocline was noticed below the speed axis of the current. Observations are also reported for the western edge of the Florida Current, the area west of Elecuthera Island, and the Antilles Current area.


The laboratory secretary is the basic force of laboratory management in universities,whose quality and professional level directly determine the laboratory management level.How to construct a team of qualified professional laboratory secretary proves an urgent issue to be solved.The responsibility,position and function of the laboratory secretary in universities were discussed.The current status and main problems of the laboratory secretary were analyzed.The improving measures and thought on constructing a laboratory secretary team were explored.


In this paper we discuss new type of continuous functions called slightly βg−continuous; somewhat βg-continuous and somewhat βg-open functions; its properties and interrelation with other such functions are studied.


Scene segmentation mainly consists of semantic segmentation and instance segmentation. The latest research points out that combining the two segmentation methods to achieve panoramic segmentation can understand the current scene better. The point cloud contains rich spatial information, but panoramic segmentation research in this field is rarely discussed. How to use the unified model framework to obtain the results of instance segmentation and semantic segmentation is the key to realize the task of point cloud panoramic segmentation. In this paper, we propose a panoramic segmentation network for point cloud. In feature encoding stage, we introduce the potential correlation information among points to improve the performance of feature extraction. Then, an output module is presented to combine the results of the two decoders which uses objective distance to enhance the semantic and instance segmentation. Experiments show that our model has good performance on the panoramic segmentation task of point cloud.


A new series of (2E)-2-{2-hydroxy-5[(Z)-phenyl diazenyl] benzylidene} -Nphenyl hydrazine carbothioamide, (2E) -2{2-hydroxy5-[(Z) -(2-nitrophenyl) diazenyl] benzylidene}-N-phenyl hydrazine carbothioamide and (2E)-2-{2-hydroxy-5-[(Z)-(4nitrophenyl) diazenyl] benzylidene}-N-phenyl hydrazine carbothioamide has been synthesized by the condensation of 2-hydroxy 5-(substituted phenyl azo) benzaldehydes and thiosemicarbazides. Thiosemicarbazones exhibit various biological activities over the last 50 years as antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-tubercular, antitumor and anticancer therapeutics. Studies have been conducted on compounds bearing –N=N-, -N-C=S and CH=Nas pharmacophore. Purity of compounds were ascertained by Column chromatography and the structures were assigned on the basis of elemental analysis and spectral data. The synthesized compounds were screened for antibacterial activity using disc diffusion technique against bacterial pathogens viz Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Chloramphenicol were used as standard drug respectively. The compounds exhibit moderate activity.


Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus (L.), cluster on trees in areas with little wind, low light levels, and low solar radiation. Butterflies move readily among trees within an overwintering grove, and their movements seem to be associated with wind direction and velocity. Avoidance of wind appears to be the key environmental factor that affects roosting behavior.


Evidence from the burden of disease studies indicates that improving water, sanitation and hygiene (WSH) is a primary disease prevention measure (1,2). It prevents 57% of diarrheal deaths, contributes to prevention and management of neglected tropical diseases, and is the first line of defence against cholera (1–3). Moreover, water and sanitation (W&S) services and hygiene contribute to programme initiatives including new-born, child and maternal health; infection prevention and control; universal health care; antimicrobial resistance; and health emergencies (4). Access to W&S services is recognized by the United Nations as a human right.


Our principal aim is to determine the retraction distance (RD) of the transverse abdominis muscle after unilateral endoscopic transversus abdominis release (eTAR) for the treatment of midline and lateral hernias, and compare it with the same patient contralateral unreleased side.

 We performed a retrospective analysis of a prospective database collection. We defined the RD as the measure between the lateral edge of the rectus abdominis muscle and the medial edge of the transversus abdominis muscle at the level of L3-L4 and at the defect´s maximum diameter. RD was measured pre and postoperatively and compared in the eTAR side with the contralateral (non- eTAR) side.

 94 midline and 63 lateral hernias underwent hernia repair via endoscopic totally extraperitoneal (eTEP). Thirtyfive patients required unilateral TAR, including 1 primary and 34 incisional hernias. Lateral (65,7%) and medial (34,3%) defects were both included. The mean hernia defect was 49mm transverse diameter and 52mm longitudinal. We compared the postoperative RD at L4, obtaining 45,8mm on the eTAR side and 42,2mm on the non-eTAR side (p=0,284). At the defect site a mean of 38,3mm on the eTAR side was compared with 35,5mm (p=0.363). In our series we didn't find any statistically significant differences in the transversus muscle retraction after unilateral eTAR when compared with the unreleased side.

 eTAR is a safe technique especially during the treatment of lateral hernias, allowing a proper mesh placement without significant transverse muscle retraction.


The paper proposes a low-power underwater optical communication system through detailed circuit design and software design so as to realize half-duplex high speed communication between two nodes underwater. The measured results prove that the system can complete the underwater distance of 10 m, with rate of maximum 115.2kbit/s in the error free condition, and provide a new access method for underwater network equipment.


Approaches to foreign language (FL) instruction have changed a great deal in the past fifty years, the most fundamental change being the shift from a focus solely on language form to a focus on communicative competence (CC). Although most FL instructors now appear to focus on CC in the teaching of speaking, they do not necessarily apply CC to writing in the same way. The study reported here attempts to describe the role currently played by writing in the first and second-year FL curriculum by detailing the methods used by 10 professors working at 7 different universities across the United States to teach FL writing in these courses. Results indicate that writing-to-learn activities make up a large majority of the writing methods used, but that learning-to-write activities that foster CC in writing have also been successfully integrated into the beginning FL curriculum.


Using cell culture in vitro,ELISA an d RT-PCR technique,the effects of tripterygium hypoglaucum(TH)on IL-8TNFαproduction and IL-8mRNA expression in human monocyte were investigated.The results demonstrated that TH(0.2~1mg /mL)in-hibite LPS-induced human monocytes cytokines secretion and IL-8mRNA expression.The data suggested that th e anti-inflammatory mechanism of the TH was related to inhibite cytokine expression at the tra nscription level.


This issue of Journal of Theoretical Politics contains five original articles focused on the design of political and economic institutions. In ''Rivalry among agents seeking large budgets,'' Kimiko Terai and Amihai Glazer consider delegation and resource provision in dynamic principal agent situations where a single principal has two agents about whose preferences the principal has incomplete information. Terai and Glazer's model illustrates a classic and important trade-off: the principal can sometimes achieve separation (i.e., screen the agents) by allocating large budgets to the agents initially, but this comes at a cost, as one or both of the agents might use their budget in ways that do not benefit the principal. However, holding too much of the budget as a reward in subsequent periods for the agent who reveals himself or herself as having preferences similar to the principal can obviously induce pooling, which benefits the principal in the first period, but leaves the principal uninformed in the second period. Terai and Glazer also consider the positive incentive effects (from the principal's standpoint) of maintaining uncertainty among the agents about principal's true preferences. Per F. Andersson and Johannes Lindvall consider the impact of power-sharing arrangements on crisis management. In ''Crises, investments, and political institutions,'' Andersson and Lindvall present a model of power-sharing and investment that illustrates the fundamental linkage between both crisis management and investment and the (in)ability of an incumbent government to credibly commit to


The purpose of this clinical focus article is to encourage speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to shift their operational framework as students grow from childhood to adulthood by focusing on three pillars of interaction: motivation, rapport, and resilience. We need to foster greater independence and interpersonal skills in older students, but researchers have not explained how to help SLPs successfully transition their intervention strategies. Here, we identify three pillars of adolescent therapy—motivation, rapport, and resilience—to help clinicians shift their perspective from childhood to adulthood. We rely on social constructivism to guide practice and argue that client-centered models of therapy are more appropriate than therapist-centered models for adolescent students. For each pillar, we discuss clinician behaviors, student results, and clinical implications.

 By strengthening these three pillars of interaction, clinicians can shift their focus toward client-centered therapy models and facilitate skills students need in adulthood. Strengthening skills related to motivation, rapport, and resilience will help support more symmetrical and flexible clinical partnerships in adolescent students with communication disorders.


The purpose of learning science in primary school is to provide students the chance to authentically develop their curiosity, to learn how to ask questions and look for explanations to natural occurrences based on evidence, and to think scientifically. The study's objective was to examine how the inquiry-based learning model and the direct learning model affected the self-efficacy of primary school students to understand science courses. This study is a quasi-experimental one with a 2x2 factorial design. In this inquiry, the first phase in the data analysis method was the normality and homogeneity tests. A two-way ANOVA analytic technique is then used to test data that is homogeneous and regularly distributed. The research was conducted at Pondok Benda Primary School in South Tangerang, Banten, was the site of the study. The sample was made up of 111 pupils in the fourth-grade primary school (aged between 10 and 11). Two-way variance data analysis method was followed by the Tukey test at a significance level of 0.05. should use the Lilliefors test to determine whether the data are normal, and the Bartlett results to determine whether the data are homogeneous.


The aim of this literature review was to develop clinical guidelines for the prevention and control of needle‐related pain in newborn infants. The guidelines were developed by the Italian Society of Neonatology, using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach, based on the assessment of 232 papers published between 1986 and 2015. The quality of the evidence was high or moderate for some behavioural and nonpharmacological interventions.


The study is designed to examine the role of movie industry in the transference and preservation of cultural heritage. The plots of some selected Hausa movies are analysed with a view to examine the application of these cultural values. The research is mostly carried out through field work (interview). A textual analysis of aspects of these cultural values in the selected movies is carried out and their use in the movies is also analyzed. The study discovers that Hausa movies, through the employment of cultural values, improves the quality of the messages; promotes good governance, enlightening the public on conflict resolution mechanisms and cautioning against anti-social behaviours. It also discovers that our cultural and historical heritage could be preserved through entertainment. At the end, the study recommends that films should continue to be held and regarded with high esteem despite some of its criticisms.


Objective: Established and tested PVC products using HPLC-UV determine in the EU limit of the method with the six kinds of plasticizer.Methods: using ether as solvent,adopting Soxhlet extracted the six kinds of restricting the use of Phthalate ester plasticizer in PVC,qualitative with relatively retention time and quantitative with peak area.Results: The mean recovery was 91.03%~101.01%,RSD was 0.094%~4.17%,and the detection limit(S/N=3) respectively,BBP:0.014mg/L;DBP:0.081mg/L;DEHP:0.066mg/L;DNOP:0.015mg/L;DINP:0.068mg/L;DIDP:0.92mg/L.Conclusion: The experiment showed that this method could meet the testing needs of the work which the EU carry out testing of some exports of the PVC products.


The present invention relates to a session control entity, method and computer program product for transmitting a request for establishment of a media comprising relates to a transmission path for a user's parameters, and the request includes an indication of whether or detect the parameters from the user It is received indication. 3GPP optimized media routing for the present invention are particularly useful.


In recent years, biological invasions have become a
 focus of ecological research. The success of invading
 plant species can be driven, both, by specific traits
 of the invader (invasiveness) as well as by the
 susceptibility of a new habitat for such invasions
 (invasibility). Furthermore, in many invasion
 processes, specific interactions between invasive
 populations and their environment are involved. The
 present study analyses the contribution of genotypes
 and habitat conditions to the invasion success of
 Rhododendron ponticum L. in
 the British Isles.Rhododendron ponticum is
 an evergreen Ericaceae with natural occurrences in the
 Black Sea area, in Lebanon and with further natural
 stands on the Iberian Peninsula in Southern Spain and
 Portugal. In 1763, the species was first introduced to
 Great Britain for ornamental reasons. Since its
 introduction, R. ponticum
 has spread successfully in Atlantic Western Europe into
 many communities, mainly in Great Britain and Ireland.
 Until now, single aspects of the species invasion and
 population biology have been the topic of several
 studies, conducted either in the invaded or in the
 native range. The present study is the first extensive
 comparison of native and invasive populations combined
 with experimental analyses. Six native populations in
 Georgia (Caucasus) and Spain, and six invasive
 populations in Ireland were studied with a standardised
 hierarchical sampling design.Patterns of invasion and site conditions in the
 three countries were analysed in a comparative approach
 and correlated to assess the meaning of abiotic factors
 for explaining the invasion success. Experimental
 approaches in the field and in the greenhouse were
 performed to detect a genetic basis for the
 invasiveness of R. ponticum
 and putative adaptations to the new habitat.The systematic comparison of biometrical,
 morphological and demographical data on the basis of
 three investigation periods in six native Rhododendron populations in Georgia and
 Spain and six invasive populations in Ireland could
 demonstrate that the invasive populations differed
 significantly from native occurrences in higher annual
 shoot growth rates and a more successful establishment
 of seedlings in the field. Georgian individuals were
 clearly separated from both, Spanish and Irish ones by
 morphological leaf traits. These results confirm the
 high probability of an Iberian descent of the invasive
 populations.In a second study, differences in microclimate, soil
 conditions and structural parameters between the
 Georgian, Spanish and Irish Rhododendron stands were assessed and
 showed that invasive populations had a higher nutrient
 supply than the populations in the native area. High
 growth rates and a high number of seedlings in the
 field were positively correlated with the contents of
 exchangeable magnesium and potassium and of organic
 carbon. In contrast, a high temperature amplitude in
 the course of the year was negatively correlated with
 the growth rates in the field.Rhododendron cuttings of
 the three origins were reciprocally (re-)transplanted
 in a range-wide transplant experiment. With highest
 survival rates in Ireland, the invasion area was most
 appropriate for all origins. In this experiment, no
 indication of a general superiority of the invasive
 genotypes could be detected. Among all three countries
 tested, the invasive Irish origins responded positively
 only to the invasion area by means of a high increase
 in shoot length. The study could demonstrate that among
 the factors habitat, genotype and adaptation, the
 favourable edaphic and climatic conditions explained
 the invasion success to a major degree.In green house and climate chamber experiments, we
 tested for the evidence of a genetic background for the
 successful spread of Rhododendron
 ponticum. Germination experiments at four
 different temperature levels with seeds from all 18
 native and invasive populations showed no significant
 differences in the absolute germination rates, but the
 seeds from the invasive Irish populations responded
 much faster independent of the temperature tested.
 Growth experiments with Rhododendron cuttings from native and
 invasive populations resulted in higher growth rates of
 the invasive origins, and demonstrated, thus, that the
 observed pattern of a different annual increase in
 shoot length in the field is also due to genetically
 fixed traits.These results reflect a specific adaptation of the
 populations to the site conditions in their respective
 home country: limited resource availability and harsh
 abiotic site conditions act less as selection pressure
 in the new habitat than in the native range. In
 contrast, the ability of the invasive genotypes to
 transfer available resources into rapid growth and fast
 reproduction has to be considered as an adaptive
 response to the conditions in the invasion area.
 Summarising, one might conclude that the favourable
 conditions of the habitat and resulting adapted life
 strategies of the invasive populations explain the
 invasion success of Rhododendron
 ponticum to a high degree. To which extent
 biotic factors are involved in explaining the
 favourability of the new environment needs to be
 analysed in additional studies.


This work presents experimental results relating to the structural characterization of a commercially available alumina membrane. A {esc}gc{esc}s-alumina mesoporous tubular membrane has been used. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption, scanning electron microscopy and gas permeability test has been carried out on the alumina membrane to characterize its structural features. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to determine the pore size distribution of the membrane. Pore size, specific surface area and pore size distribution were also determined with the use of the Nitrogen adsorption-desorption instrument. Gas permeation tests were carried out on the membrane using a variety of single and mixed gases. The permeabilities at different pressure between 0.05-1 bar and temperature range of 25-200oC were used for the single and mixed gases: nitrogen (N2), helium (He), oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2), 14%CO2/N2, 60%CO2/N2, 30%CO2/CH4 and 21%O2/N2. Plots of flow rate verses pressure were obtained. Results got showed the effect of temperature on the permeation rate of the various gases. At 0.5 bar for example, the flow rate for N2 was relatively constant before decreasing with an increase in temperature, while for O2, it continuously decreased with an increase in temperature. In the case of 30%CO2/CH4 and 14%CO2/N2, the flow rate showed an increase then a decrease with increase in temperature. The effect of temperature on the membrane performance of the various gases is presented in this paper


Object relational mapping has become an important subject in the object-oriented system design, based on relational database application especially in application information system. Relational database has become the bottle-neck in the object-oriented design and application system performance. This paper puts forward a new cache worker framework based on existing framework,which can resolve some problems in this domain. It can enhance system performance and flexibility, as well as mask the difficulty of object-oriented design based on relational database.


This paper introduces and discusses one-dimensional thermal network for microprocessor silicon die temperature prediction both under steady and transient states. Firstly, one-dimensional thermal network with average temperature nodes is constructed with the thermal spreading resistance and the thermal local resistance. Secondly, characteristics of thermal resistances under steady state are discussed. By conducting three-dimensional heat conduction simulation, thermal resistance values are evaluated for the case with different cooling solutions and different heat distributions at silicon die bottom of microprocessor. Thirdly, thermal resistance behavior of introduced thermal network during transient state is explored for further understanding of temperature transition of the microprocessor silicon die. Since the thermal spreading resistance takes relatively large value and changes its value drastically, this paper investigates transient behavior of thermal spreading resistance from TIM (Thermal Interface Material) to heat sink base as an example.Copyright © 2013 by ASME


Free hemoglobin formed from hemolysis of red blood cell, was known a predicator of many disease such as cancer, sclerosis and delirium. That also related with cytokine production in leukocytes. In this study, we elucidated change of gene expression through DNA methylation difference by free hemoglobin in THP‐1 derived macrophage.


Bio-fragmentable starch blends were obtained by extrusion, using either wheat starch and cellulose acetate dry blends, in which the degree of substitution (DS) of cellulose acetate was close to 2.3, or wheat starch and starch acetate dry blends in which the DS of starch acetate was around 1.5. After preparation, the dry blends were stored for one week at 20 °C and 65% relative humidity (RH) before being injection moulded to produce standardised samples for tensile tests. Tensile strength tests (ISO/R527) and Charpy shock tests (ISO/R179) were carried out on the injection moulded samples after having been stored under the same conditions of temperature and RH. The dimensional stability of the samples was estimated by measuring the volumetric shrinkage after storage. The hydrophobic behaviour of the blends was evaluated by measuring the development of the contact angle of a drop of water placed on the samples. This study showed that starch was not compatible with 2.3 DS cellulose acetate. The samples prepared with starch and 2.3 DS cellulose acetate blends had a thin surface layer composed of cellulose diacetate. This layer increased the hydrophobic property of the samples. On the other hand, starch seemed to be compatible with 1.5 DS starch acetate. The samples prepared with starch and 1.5 DS starch acetate blends were globally homogeneous and did not exhibit any surface layer, but the blends were less hydrophobic than the previous ones.


1. Sports Ethics - Carwyn Jones 2. Exercise And Health - Nanette Mutrie And Anna Campbell 3. Sports Management - Simon Shibli and Jerry Bingham 4. Exercise Physiology - Rob Shave 5. Sociology Of Sport - Martin J. Roderick 6. Sports Biomechanics - Marianne J. R. Gittoes 7. Sports Coaching - Zoe Knowles 8. Strength And Conditioning - Liam Kilduff 9. Sports Psychology - Ross Wadey 10. Performance Analysis - Nic James 11. Sports Development - Geoff Nichols And Rita Ralston 12. Exercise Physiology - Richard M. Bracken, Daniel J. West, And Stephen C. Bain 13. Sports Psychology - Rich Neil And Stephen D. Mellalieu


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T he Black-cheeked Lovebird Agapornis nigrigenis originates from south-west Zambia and is classified as an Endangered Species. Large numbers were collected from the wild in the 1920s, reportedly for the South African and European markets. Just how many of these lovebirds, in their pure form, are kept in the United States is unknown - and we'd like to find out. If you keep Black-cheeked Lovebirds, and believe that they are pure-breds, please contact us with the number of birds you have. If you keep breeding records we're particularly interested in clutch-size, laying times, hatching success and fledging success. Other questions we are interested in are: • What is the life-span of these lovebirds? • Do (would) your lovebirds breed all-year, (all seasons), do they keep in permanent breeding mode if you don't actively rest them ? • Do you ever get chicks with totally dark colored beaks ? • At what age do the chicks eyes open? • What shape nests do they construct inside the nest box ? Black-cheeked Lovebirds have been studied in their natural habitat since 1998 by Louise Warburton, as part of a Ph.D. programme at the University of Natal, South Africa. This year the first breeding records were obtained. As expected, the lovebirds bred on a loose colonial basis in natural cavities in Mopane woodland. The average height of the cavity from the ground was 10.4 meters, from a total of 78 nests, with an entrance hole (or two) just wide enough for the lovebirds to move in and out of. We watched the females collect nest material: usually pliable Mopane leaves which were stripped of their leaves before being carried back into the cavity. As the cavity entrances were mostly too small to see into, our research is relying on clutch-size data from captive records. In Europe the Black-cheeked Lovebird is uncommon in captivity, and basically restricted to specialist keepers interested in maintaining pure blood-stock. In the UK six zoos are involved in the Black-cheeked Lovebird stud book scheme, and report their breeding results back to the UK Parrot Taxon Advisory Group. These zoos hold a total of over 60 birds - a relatively small number. So what is happening in the USA? How many Black-cheeked Lovebirds are out there? If you keep Black-cheeked Lovebirds please get in contact, we'd love to hear from you. All data sources will be acknowledged in resulting publications. Thank you for your interest.


This paper presents a method to characterize the stability of tunable active frequency selective surface, which covers the incidence of electromagnetic wave at different angles and the switching of frequency bands. It provides a method for determining the angular stability and tuning stability of tunable frequency selective surface. At the same time, based on the coupling principle, taking the spanner shaped patch as the basic unit, a coupling AFSS with good angular and tuning stability is designed by the annular design of the patch and the enhancement of coupling action. The simulation results show that AFSS can be tuned in a wide range from 6.36GHz to 8.81GHz by changing the external magnetic field to rotate the upper layer. According to the characterization method, the designed AFSS has good stability in the oblique incidence of electromagnetic wave from 0° to 80°, and maintains good tuning stability between frequency bands.


Abstract. The Robinia pseudoacacia forest in the Yellow River delta of China has been planted since the 1970s, and a large area of dieback of the forest has occurred since the 1990s. To assess the condition of the R. pseudoacacia forest in three forest areas (i.e., Gudao, Machang, and Abandoned Yellow River) in the delta, we combined an estimation of scale parameters tool and geometry/topology assessment criteria to determine the optimal scale parameters, selected optimal predictive variables determined by stepwise discriminant analysis, and compared object-based image analysis (OBIA) and pixel-based approaches using IKONOS data. The experimental results showed that the optimal segmentation scale is 5 for both the Gudao and Machang forest areas, and 12 for the Abandoned Yellow River forest area. The results produced by the OBIA method were much better than those created by the pixel-based method. The overall accuracy of the OBIA method was 93.7% (versus 85.4% by the pixel-based) for Gudao, 89.0% (versus 72.7%) for Abandoned Yellow River, and 91.7% (versus 84.4%) for Machang. Our analysis results demonstrated that the OBIA method was an effective tool for rapidly mapping and assessing the health levels of forest.


An underwater target ranging and sound speed profile (SSP) inversion algorithm for synchronous beacon is proposed. In the condition of actual SSP unavailable, based on the multipath propagation time-delay estimation, a genetic algorithm is employed to estimate the target range and SSP by eigenray propagation time-delay matching. Lake trial results show the algorithm could achieve target ranging and SSP inversion simultaneously.


Big data is a huge resource that needs to be used at all levels of economic planning. The article is devoted to the study of the development of the concept of "Big Data" in the world and its impact on the transformation of statistical simulation of economic processes.
Statistics at the current stage should take into account the complex system of international economic relations, which functions in the conditions of globalization and brings new forms of economic development in small open economies. Statistical science should take into account such phenomena as gig-economy, common economy, institutional factors, etc.
The concept of "Big Data" and open data are analyzed, problems of implementation of "Big Data" in the official statistics are shown. The ways of implementation of "Big Data" in the official statistics of Ukraine through active use of technological opportunities of mobile operators, navigation systems, surveillance cameras, social networks, etc. are presented. The possibilities of using "Big Data" in different sectors of the economy, also on the level of companies are shown. The problems of storage of large volumes of data are highlighted.
The study shows that "Big Data" is a huge resource that should be used across the Ukrainian economy.


To overcome the challenge of traditional Compressive Sensing without adaptive measurement ability,the theory of Bayesian Compressive Sensing is briefly introduced.An evaluation index based on differential entropy of estimated signal is devised and the adaptive compressive measurement procedure without any prior information about the measured signals is presented in block manner.Numerical simulations on random step signal verify that the adaptive algorithm has good performance.This algorithm offers great potential for adaptive compressive measuring.


The present state of development of the experimental technique regarding the flow through cascades and several points to be specially observed in the design of cascade wind tunnels were discussed. The equations required for the evaluation of the momentum measurements in two dimensional flow through cascades were developed. Regarding the effect of the jet contraction due to the boundary layer along the side walls a simple method for correction was also given in order to obtain two dimensional flow characteristics. Also given were the equations for the evaluation of the pressure distribution measurements. Another contribution was made regarding the presentation of the test results in the form of nondimensional quantities. The results of systematic measurements of cascades with symmetrical aerofoil were reported, and the above suggested method was applied for the evaluation of the measurements.


In this study, the acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) for the optical functionality sheet was prepared by blending liquid isoprene rubber. The acrylic PSA was synthesized with butyl acrylate, acrylic acid, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate. Toluene was used to a solvent for polymerization. Liquid isoprene rubber (LIR-50) was blended with the acrylic PSA and blend ratio was 0 ~ 50 wt%. According to the results, the adhesive transfer, which was the big problem of acrylic adhesive, was reduced with the addition of LIR-50. The secondary bonding of LIR-50 with substrate did not occurred due to absence of polar group in LIR-50. The peel strength and adhesive transfer were decreased by UV curing and the degreed of decrease depended on the amounts of photoinitiator and UV irradiation time. On the other hand holding power increased drastically by increasing amounts of photoinitiator and UV irradiation time.


Cardiorespiratory fitness is negatively associated with arterial stiffness, although it is unclear whether it is associated with prospective arterial stiffness changes. The authors examined cardiorespiratory fitness and arterial stiffness progression in a 2‐year follow‐up study of 470 healthy men and women aged 26 to 69 years. Peak oxygen uptake ( V˙O2peak ) was measured at baseline using a graded cycle exercise test. Arterial stiffness was assessed using brachial‐ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) at baseline and after 2 years. Two‐year changes in baPWV were significantly higher in patients in the lowest V˙O2peak tertile (28.8±7.6 cm/s) compared with those in the highest V˙O2peak tertile (−1.4±7.5 cm/s) (P=.024) and were inversely correlated with V˙O2peak (r=−.112, P=.015). Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that age, glucose, baPWV, V˙O2peak , and sex were independent correlates of 2‐year changes in baPWV, suggesting that higher cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with age‐related arterial stiffening suppression.


We introduce a new computability model, of a distributed parallel type, based on the notion of a membrane structure. Such a structure consists of several cell-like membranes, recurrently placed inside a unique "skin" membrane. A plane representation is a Venn diagram without intersected sets and with a unique superset. In the regions delimited by the membranes there are placed objects. These objects are assumed to evolve: each object can be transformed in other objects, can pass through a membrane, or can dissolve the membrane in which it is placed. A priority relation between evolution rules can be considered. The evolution is done in parallel for all objects able to evolve. In this way, we obtain a computing device (we call it a P system): start with a certain number of objects in a certain membrane and let the system evolve; if it will halt (no object can further evolve), then the computation is finished, with the result given as the number of objects in a specified membrane. If the development of the system goes forever, then the computation fails to have an output. We prove that the P systems with the possibility of objects to cooperate characterize the recursively enumerable sets of natural numbers; moreover, systems with only two membranes suffice. In fact, we do not need cooperating rules, but we only use catalysts, specified objects which are present in the rules but are not modified by the rule application. One catalyst suffices. A variant is also considered, with the objects being strings over a given alphabet. The evolution rules are now based on string transformations. We investigate the case when either the rewriting operation from Chomsky grammars (with respect to context-free productions) or the splicing operation from H systems investigated in the DNA computing is used. In both cases, characterizations of recursively enumerable languages are obtained by very simple P systems: with three membranes in the rewriting case and four in the splicing case. Several open problems and directions for further research are formulated


In 1990, a previously sterilised 43 year old Caucasian woman (para 2 + 1) presented with regular vaginal bleeding after nine month's amenorrhoea whch had been associated with her having voluntarily reduced her weight by 20 lbs. She had had premenstrual symptoms of pressure in her pelvis and stress incontinence. From December 1990 until March 1991 she had frequent, heavy periods lasting five days every 10 to 14 days which were associated with breast discomfort. She was generally fit, and there were no systemic abnormalities. The vulva was normal; there was laxity of the upper part of the vagina with rectocele formation, and the uterus was retroverted, bulky and incarcerated in the pouch of Douglas. As a consequence of her abnormal bleeding, on 20 April 1991 she was examined under anaesthesia and had a dilatation and curettage. Second degree genital prolapse was confirmed. The curettings appeared normal, and an elective vaginal hysterectomy and pelvic floor repair was planned for four months later. In the interim she was prescribed buserelin to suppress menstruation. Histological examination of the curettings, however, revealed several noncaseating tuberculoid granulomata. Before surgery could be carried out, it was necessary to exclude tuberculosis. Thus, on 25 May 1991, a further examination under anaesthesia, dilatation and curettage, laparoscopy and adhesionolysis was performed. The curettings were sent for histological examination and culture for tuberculosis; a chest X-ray also was performed. Bacterial studies and the chest X-ray were normal, but the endometrial curettings again contained granulomata. The possibility of these being related to suture material inserted at a previous caesarean section was considered, but excluded when no foreign material could be identified. On 15 June 1991, in view of the negative findings for tuberculosis, the planned vaginal hysterectomy, anterior colporrhaphy, posterior repair and perineorrhaphy were performed. The woman made an uneventful post-operative recovery.


We have checked the shifted data problems by using transform of derivatives. In particular, we have put emphasis on the representation of £(y′) and £(y′′) to f(a) and f ′(a) for any number a. Mathematics Subject Classification: 35A22, 44A10


Purpose – The design of electrical machines includes the computation of several requirements and, in general, the improvement of one requirement implies in a degradation of another one: this is a typical multi‐objective scenario. The paper focuses on the multi‐optimization analysis of a special switched reluctance motor.Design/methodology/approach – Two design requirements were analyzed: the average torque and the ripple torque. The electromagnetic field computation was performed by the finite element method and the torque was computed by the Coulomb's Virtual Work for several positions. This allows us to calculate the average torque and the ripple torque. Three different methods were used to obtain the Pareto set: a min‐max approach, the non‐dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA) and the strength Pareto evolutionary algorithm (SPEA). In order to save the computation time, the objective functions (the average torque and the ripple torque) were replaced with surrogate functions. Kriging models were use...


Nonlinear tidal interactions in the shallow coastal lagoon Ensenada de la Paz, Mexico are investigated using a verticallyintegrated two-dimensional numerical model. The model is calibrated with observations of sea surface elevation and currents. Two runs are implemented to study the role played by different bottom friction parameters. A dominant momentum balance between the pressure gradient force and the frictional force is found. MK3, SK3, MS4, and M4 were the most energetic shallow water tides. They are mainly generated by a quadratic bottom friction law. A coherent tide-induced residual current was found. Two anticyclonic eddies were generated at the inlet, they were correlated to the M4 tidal energy flux. In the lagoon, in the deeper region, an anticyclonic eddy was generated, which was correlated with the M2 and K1 energy fluxes; but in the shallower region, a cyclonic eddy was generated, which was correlated with the M4 energy flux.


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