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Mechanical Properties of Fused Deposition Modeling Parts

—This research aimed to study effect of fabrication parameters on the mechanical property of three-dimensional printing part. Materials used in this study was Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. There were two sections of experiments. The first section focused on the effect of the layer thickness and in-fill on the mechanical properties whereas the second section focused on the effect of built orientation on the mechanical properties. All samples were fabricated using Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technique. The samples’ geometry was according to ASTM-D638 Type I. Values of mechanical property were obtained by tensile test. According to the result, it had been found that the in-fill and built orientation were influenced parameters to mechanical property. No significant change in the mechanical property was observed for different layer thickness.
Lobe function in domain-specific eye growth

The Drosophila eye is consisted of approximately 800 ommatidia and is subdivided into symmetrical dorsal and ventral domains. Its larval precursor, the eye imaginal disc, grows by cell division, increasing in number from about 130 cells at the end of the first instar to 9700 cells at the third instar (Wolff and Ready, 1993). Signaling events that occur at the DV boundary are required to coordinate this extensive amount of growth. Dorsal and ventral domains are distinguished by the asymmetrical expression of dorsal-specific wingless (wg) and ventral-specific decapentaplegic (dpp) in early eye disc (Cho et al., 2000). Dorsal wg activates the dorsal-specific iroquois (iro) gene complex whose products restrict fringe (fng) expression to the ventral domain (Heberlein et al., 1998; Cho and Choi, 1998; Dominguez and de Celis, 1998; Yang et al., 1999; Maurrel-Zaffran and Treisman, 2000). Opposing fng +
Two Cofactors and Cytoplasmic Chaperonin Are Required for the Folding of o(- and P-Tubulin

Though the chaperonins that mediate folding in prokaryotes, mitochondria, and chloroplasts have been relatively well characterized, the folding of proteins in the eukaryotic cytosol is much less well understood. We recently identified a cytoplasmic chaperonin as an 800-kDa multisubunit toroid which forms a binary complex with unfolded actin; the correctly folded polypeptide is released upon incubation with Mg-ATP (Y. Gao, J. 0. Thomas, R. L. Chow, G.-H. Lee, and N. J. Cowan, Cell 69:1043-1050, 1992). Here we show that the same chaperonin also forms a binary complex with unfolded a- or ,-tubulin; however, there is no detectable release of the correctly folded product, irrespective of the concentration of added Mg-ATP and Mg-GTP or the presence of added carrier tubulin heterodimers with which newly folded a- or 13-tubulin polypeptides might exchange. Rather, two additional protein cofactors are required for the generation of properly folded a- or 13-tubulin, which is then competent for exchange into preexisting al-tubulin heterodimers. We show that actin and tubulins compete efficiently with one another for association with cytoplasmic chaperonin complexes. These data imply that actin and a- and 13-tubulin interact with the same site(s) on chaperonin complexes. There is compelling evidence that all of the information required for a given protein to assume its correct three- dimensional structure is contained within its primary sequence
The Effect of an EFL Reading Strategies-Based Instructional Programme on Reading Achievement and Awareness of Reading Strategies among Jordanian High School Students

: This study probed the effect of reading strategies-based EFL program on High school students’ reading comprehension achievement and their awareness of such strategies. A three-month long instruction on a set of reading comprehension strategies derived from local and international research, was administered to an experimental group compared with a control group. The study results revealed a positive effect of strategy-based instruction on secondary students' achievement in reading comprehension and their reading strategy awareness as derived from the results of pre- and post tests and the self-observation scales. The study revealed strategies subscribed to by the experimental group students such as summarizing the reading text, identifying and understanding meanings of exotic words in the text, extracting the main ideas from the passage, restoring prior information to understand the reading text, understanding the main aim of the reading passage, transforming the reading text to a story and attempting to understand meanings of unknown words. The participated teachers of English in this study registered their observations and reported on their students' reading comprehension strategies which, according to them, varied in terms of strategy use and frequency between experimental and control group. Upon the findings of this study, the researcher recommended the training of students’ on reading comprehension strategies and assessing their effect on other students’ populations in different directorates of education in Jordan and in similar educational systems.
Historical Overview of Electroencephalography: from Antiquity to the Beginning of the 21 st Century

The history of epilepsy is intermingled with the history of human existence dating back to antiquity. Hippocrates, the founder of scientific medicine, was the first to de-mystify the condition of epilepsy by providing a more scientific approach to it. Since then, many centuries have passed until the recording of electrical waves was applied. First in experimental animals and close to the human brain. The birth of epileptology was characterized by the advent of electroencephalography and the delineation of underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. Starting in the 16-17 th century, William and Thomas Willis investigated electricity of various substances, and Otto von Guericke developed the first electrostatic apparatus. About two centuries later Cybulski and Jelens-ka-Macieszyna , published photographs of EEG, and some years later Hans Berger published its results. From then on, the progress to electroencephalography was rapid in all areas. The aim of this article is to present the historical overview of electroencephalography starting from the ancient years until the beginning of the twenty-first century.
SPT-regulated PCD in male gametogenesis

Sphingolipids are important signaling molecules involved in various cellular activities. De novo sphingolipid synthesis is initiated by a rate-limiting enzyme serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), a heterodimer consisting of long-chain base1 (LCB1) and LCB2 subunits. A mutation in the Arabidopsis LCB1 gene, lcb1-1 , was found to cause embryo lethality. However, the underpinning molecular and cellular mechanisms remain largely unclear. Here, we report the identification of the fumonisin B 1 resistant11-2 ( fbr11-2 ) mutant, an allele of lcb1-1 . The fbr11-2 mutation, most likely an allele stronger than lcb1-1 , was transmitted only through female gametophytes, and caused the formation of abortive microspores. During the second pollen mitosis, fbr11-2 initiated apoptotic cell death in binucleated microspores characteristic of nuclear DNA fragmentation, followed by cytoplasm shrinkage and organelle degeneration at the trinucleated stage. In addition, a double mutant with T-DNA insertions in two homologous LCB2 genes showed a phenotype similar to fbr11-2 . Consistent with these observations, the FBR11/LCB1 expression was confined in microspores during microgametogenesis. These results suggest that SPT-modulated PCD plays an important role in the regulation of male gametophyte development. Taken together, these results suggest that is most likely mutant allele lcb1-1 , thereby showing a more severe phenotype during reproductive developed in LCB2a/lcb2a lcb2c/lcb2c anthers. Pollen grains collected from lcb2a/lcb2a LCB2c/lcb2c anthers show a similar phenotype.
Light and Electron Microscopic Studies on papillae of Rat Tongue in Response to Ingestion of Red Chilli

Capsaicin is the active component responsible for hotness of red chilli. Present study evaluated effect of capsaicin contained in red chilli on rat tongue papillae. Wild rats ( Rattus rattus ) were fed on food containing 2% red chilli powder for a total of 7 days. Rats of control group were fed on plain food. Tissue samples of treated and untreated rats collected from the apex and body of the tongue were processed for light and scanning electron microscopic study. Light microscopy revealed tongue lined with keratinized stratified squamous epithelium which possessed numerous cylindrical filiform papillae and a few mushroom shaped fungiform papillae in untreated rats. Scanning electron microscopy revealed three different types of filiform papillae based on their tip as pointed, cylindrical and blunt. These papillae showed micropits and ridges. In rats which were sacrificed immediately after ingestion of treated bait, showed degeneration and hyperkeratization of lingual papillae with epithelium sloughed off at places. The number of micropits and ridges were more in treated rats. In rats sacrificed after 5-6 days of ingestion of treated bait, regeneration of the epithelium and lingual papillae was observed. Studies thus revealed reversible effect of capsaicin in altering histomorphology of rat tongue papillae.
EXPLORING SOCIAL ROLES IN TWITCH CHATROOMS

Author: Zhou, Qingheng. MS Institution: Purdue University Degree Received: December 2019 Title: Exploring Social Roles in Twitch Chatrooms Major Professor: Dr. Colin M. Gray With the popularity of the gaming industry, game streaming appeared and became a global phenomenon with high participation in recent years. Game streaming platforms such as Twitch had millions of active users participated in the community by watching and chatting. Yet there was lack of investigation about how chat behaviors connected with the overall participation in game streaming community. This study aims to describe and analyze the roles taken on by viewers as they engaged in chat while watching game streaming and identify how these roles influenced participation. I designed a qualitative study with online observations on several Twitch channels streaming Overwatch. By analyzing the chatlogs collected, I identified four social roles among chatters: Lurker, Troll, Collaborator, and Moderator. A discourse analysis was applied to further investigate the interactions among these roles and how they shape the conversation in chatrooms. With these findings, I generated a four-role model that specific for chatters in Twitch personal channels. Limitations of this study and suggestions for future research were also provided.
C Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Module Checking through Partial Model Checking

In this paper 1 we study the module checking problem, namely the model checking problem for open systems, as proposed by Kupferman and Vardi. We show how it is possible to reduce this problem for several temporal logics to a validity problem in deterministic (equational) µ − calculus by means of partial model checking techniques. In this way, we extend the results of Kupferman and Vardi by establishing the decidability of the module checking problem for µ − calculus and ECTL ∗ , also with incomplete information . We have built a semi-automated tool for performing module checking , which is based on an existing partial model checker.
Computational Models for Intent Recognition in Robotic Systems

The ability to infer and mediate intentions has been recognized as a crucial task in recent robotics research, where it is agreed that robots are required to be equipped with intentional mechanisms in order to participate in collaborative tasks with humans. Reasoning about—or rather, perceiving—intentions enables robots to infer what other agents are doing, to communicate what are their plans, or to take proactive decisions. Intent recognition relates to several system requirements, such as the need of an enhanced collaboration mechanism in human-machine interactions, the need for adversarial technology in competitive scenarios, ambient intelligence, or predictive security systems. When attempting to describe what an intention is, agreement exists to represent it as a plan together with the goal it attempts to achieve. Being compatible with computer science concepts, this representation enables to handle intentions with methodologies based on planning, such as the Planning Domain Description Language or Hierarchical Task Networks. In this licentiate we describe how intentions can be processed using classical planning methods, with an eye also on newer technologies such as deep networks. Our goal is to study and define computational models that would allow robotic agents to infer, construct and mediate intentions. Additionally, we explore how intentions in the form of abstract plans can be grounded to sensorial data, and in particular we provide discussion on grounding over speech utterances and affordances, that correspond to the action possibilities offered by an environment.
FilariasisLesional T Cells in Human Bancroftian Biased TCR Repertoire in Infiltrating

To investigate the hypothesis that T cells recognizing speciﬁc Ags localize to the site of disease activity in human bancroftian ﬁlariasis, we have compared the repertoire of TCR V b gene segments in lesions vs blood in individual patients by RT-PCR ELISA. V b 14 and V b 24 were overrepresented (5% greater in tissue compared with PBMCs and/or tissue/PBMC ratios in the highest 5% of all tissue/PBMC ratios for all V b s for all subjects) in 50% and 40% of study subjects, respectively. Overrepresentation of these two V b s did not occur in any control subject. In comparing three patient groups, the proportion of individuals meeting at least one criterion for V b 14 overrepresentation was shown to increase in tandem with our current concepts of disease progression (asymptomatic ﬁlariasis 5 25%; clinical ﬁlariasis with active infection 5 60%; clinical ﬁlariasis without active infection 5 71%). In 6 of the 10 individuals with V b 14 overrepresentation, V b 14 represented > 20% of the entire lesional V b repertoire. All but one of the 20 study subjects had at least one V b gene segment that was overrepresented in tissue compared with PBMCs. Only a small number of V b s, usually three or less, were overrepresented in any single ﬁlariasis patient. However, in the same tissue, no differences between patient groups were found when IFN- g , TNF- a , IL-4, IL-5, and IL-12 mRNA expression were examined. Taken together, these ﬁndings suggest that, in principle, in essentially all patients, whether with subclinical or with clinical ﬁlariasis, distinct and limited T cell populations are concentrated in affected tissue. The Journal of Immunology, 1999, 162: 1756–1764.
Hybrid Method by using Secured Privileged based DeDuplication in Cloud

— loud computing provide very cheap structure to take storage calculations. Many organization need to preserve and also operate huge amount of data.one of the most complicated problem of cloud computing is that management of increasing volume of data. For these the data de-duplication is used. The data deduplication is data compression technique that improves utilization of storage by reducing the same data. Here we give data duplication method that is new data de-duplication method. Here we suggest confidentiality of deduplication method here we introduced hybrid cloud method in these hybrid cloud we introduced two cloud one public cloud and one private cloud. A private cloud is an intermediate between public cloud and user. Private cloud gives set of private keys to user . we also support several deduplication methods.
THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL STATEMENT OF DISSERTATION APPROVAL

Keaton, Timothy J. Ph.D., Purdue University, August 2019. Dismembering the Multi-Armed Bandit. Major Professor: Arman Sabbaghi. The multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem refers to the task of sequentially assigning treatments to experimental units so as to identify the best treatment(s) while controlling the opportunity cost of further investigation. Many algorithms have been developed that attempt to balance this trade-off between exploiting the seemingly optimum treatment and exploring the other treatments. The selection of an MAB algorithm for implementation in a particular context is often performed by comparing candidate algorithms in terms of their abilities to control the expected regret of exploration versus exploitation. This singular criterion of mean regret is insufficient for many practical problems, and therefore an additional criterion that should be considered is control of the variance, or risk, of regret. This work provides an overview of how the existing prominent MAB algorithms handle both criteria. We additionally investigate the effects of incorporating prior information into an algorithm’s model, including how sharing information across treatments affects the mean and variance of regret. A unified and accessible framework does not currently exist for constructing MAB algorithms that control both of these criteria. To this end, we develop such a framework based on the two elementary concepts of dismemberment of treatments and a designed learning phase prior to dismemberment. These concepts can be incorporated into existing MAB algorithms to effectively yield new algorithms that better control the expectation and variance of regret. We demonstrate the utility of our framework by constructing new variants of the Thompson sampler that involve a small number of simple tuning parameters. As we illustrate in simulation and case studies, these
Expression of the (cid:2) F -Directed csfB Locus Prevents Premature Appearance of (cid:2) G Activity during Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis (cid:1)

During sporulation, (cid:1) G becomes active in the prespore upon the completion of engulfment. We show that the inactivation of the (cid:1) F -directed csfB locus resulted in premature activation of (cid:1) G . CsfB exerted control distinct from but overlapping with that exerted by LonA to prevent inappropriate (cid:1) G activation. The artiﬁcial induction of csfB severely compromised spore formation.
COMPARISON OF THE PERCENTAGE OF NRBC/100 WBC IN EARLY ONSET SEPSIS AND NON-INFECTIOUS PREMATURE INFANTS

Introduction . In spite of significant advances in medical care, neonatal sepsis remains an important risk factor for neonatal morbidity and mortality. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to compare the number of nucleated red blood cells per 100 white blood cells (NRBC/100WBC) in neonates with early onset sepsis and non-infectious neonates. Materials and methods . In this cross-sectional study of 154 neonates admitted to the NICU of Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad, Iran within the first three days of life, during 2014 to 2018, the characteristics of 44 neonates identified early onset sepsis (Case group) were compared with 110 non-infectious neonates (Control group). After the confirmation of sepsis in neonates based on positive blood culture and laboratory results, a researcher-made questionnaire containing neonatal characteristics (gestational age, weight, first minute Apgar scores, fifth minute Apgar score, duration of oxygen therapy, and mechanical ventilation duration) and neonatal laboratory profiles (routine blood culture, WBC, NRBC/100WBC, CRP, blood glucose, calcium and venous blood gas) was filled in. Results . The results of this study showed that the absolute number of NRBC/mm 3 in control group was 56.07±86.65 and in case group was 592.70±1166.75 (p = 0.000). Also, the number of NRBC per 100 white blood cells in control group was 6.54±11.18 and in case group was 31.84±40.07 (p = 0.000). The absolute number of NRBC/mm 3 for the detection of early onset sepsis had a good sensitivity (78%) and NRBC/100WBC was suitable specificity (68.2%). Conclusion . This study indicated that NRBC/100 WBC and absolute NRBC count/mm 3 can be helpful in the diagnosis of early onset sepsis and have an acceptable sensitivity and specificity.
Population genetic structure and levels of inbresdin depression in the M e d i t s m e a n island en emic Cyclamen creticurn (Primulaceae) - -3-LAURENCE

The variation and evolution of reproductive traits in island p b t s have received much attention from conserv%on and evolutionary bilgpists. s e r , p l a s on islands in the Mediterr-anean region have received very little attention. In the present w, we examinexe floral bolo and m a ~ g system of cyclamm mticurn, a diploid perennial herb endemic to CGe and -& purpose quantify (I) vmxon and covariation of floral tr&s related to the matksystem, (2) the ability of the species to self in the absence oTpoll&ators and its relative performance on s e k g and outcrcssing and (3) genetic diversity within and among populations. Pollen/ovule ratios were indicative of a xeno ous species. in the absence of pollinators, probably due to stigma-anther separation. A multiplicative estimate bf inbreeding depression based on fm-ation, se &umber and percentage seed germination gave 6=0.38%pu&ion gene 'c diversity was high, 5&% polymorphic loci, a me-ddes rates (mean Fh = 0.748) in n a t u x e , and low levels of Po-n differentiation (mean F, = 0.168). C. mticurn thus appears to have a muredmating system with high levels of (pollinator) mediated inbreeding (either by facilitated selfing, g e i t o s o r biparental inbreeding) in n a m 3 populations.
Production and Secretion of Adrenomedullin in Cultured Rat Cardiac Myocytes and Nonmyocytes: Stimulation by Interleukin-1 b and Tumor Necrosis Factor- a *

The present study investigated the secretion level and gene ex- pression of adrenomedullin (AM), a novel vasorelaxant peptide, in cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes and nonmyocytes, and the effects of interleukin-1 b (IL-1 b ) and tumor necrosis factor- a (TNF a ) on its production and secretion in these cells. Under serum-free con- ditions, both myocytes and nonmyocytes secreted immunoreactive (ir-) AM into the culture medium in a time-dependent manner. The secretion rates of ir-AM from myocytes and nonmyocytes per 10 5 cells were almost equivalent. The expression of AM messenger RNA was also observed in cultured myocytes and nonmyocytes. The peptide secretion and messenger RNA level of AM in cardiac myocytes were increased after stimulation with IL-1 b . In nonmyocytes, IL-1 b and TNF a remarkably augmented both the release of ir-AM into the medium and AM gene expression after 24 and 48 h of incubation. These observations indicate that cardiac ventricular cells ( i.e. myocytes and nonmyocytes) actively produce AM and also suggest that cytokines such as IL-1 b and TNF a regulate the gene expression and secretion of this peptide in the ventricles. On the basis of these results and the findings that IL-1 b and TNF a are involved in heart failure and cardiac hypertrophy, AM may play a role as an autocrine/para- crinemodulatorinsomecardiacdisorders. ( Endocrinology