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Verification and Simulation of New Designed NAND Flash Memory Controller

In this paper a NAND flash memory controller was designed. For the best use of NAND type flash memory we design a new Arithmetical and Logical Unit (ALU) for calculating increment, addition, subtraction, decrement operations etc. In this memory controller we design single memory cell, memory module, a decoder etc. These all are encapsulated inside a controller and this is on top most in hierarchy. NAND flash memory is a non volatile storage media used in today daily life electronic equipments. NAND flash memory is programmed on page by page basis. Typically programming time is very less few micro second per page. This NAND flash memory controller architecture can be used with a real secure digital card, multimedia card (SD/MMC), digital cameras etc. The NAND Flash memory controller can be an internal device, built into the application processor or host, or designs can incorporate an external, stand-alone chip. Experimental results show that the designed controller give good performance and full fill all the system specifications. We have used FPGA chip for download our code.
Bion and group psychotherapy: Bion and Foulkes at the Tavistock

The treatment manual is intended to serve more than one purpose. It is designed to be a research tool, making possible the standardization and validation of a treatment method. It is also a highly condensed primer and a practicum, offering a description of psychoanalytic group therapy which will act as a handbook for the beginner and as an aide-memoirefor the more experienced therapist. Many therapists will have had some experience with individual patients but wonder how they are to convert that knowledge into the practicalities of running a group, in which seven or eight patients are seen simultaneously. For young practitioners in a National Health Service setting, this can be a daunting prospect. It is difficult to do group therapy well, yet when it is done well it provides an invaluable therapeutic medium for a collection of patients it might be neither possible nor wise nor even necessary to see in individual treatment. In other words, there are many patients for whom a group is the treatment of choice.
Work Less, Live More? Critical Analyses of the Work-Life Boundary

The boundary between work and life is today seen as a major point of tension. New forms of employment and changing locations of work have blurred the distinction between paid labour and private life. Work Less, Live More? refocuses the debate from how we balance life and work to the increasingly ambiguous point where they meet. Leading scholars present international research to demonstrate the effects of this shift. Case studies include, amongst others, call centre workers, hairstylists and even professional athletes. Key Features: • Offers a critical understanding of new modes of work and how workers experience and manage the resulting tensions between work and life • Rethinks work-life balance and the boundary between work and life internationally and across a range of occupations • The only textbook to focus on changing patterns and definitions of the relationship between work and life.
For Personal Use. Only Reproduce with Permission from the Lancet Publishing Group

Background Diagnostic X-rays are the largest man-made source of radiation exposure to the general population, contributing about 14% of the total annual exposure worldwide from all sources. Although diagnostic X-rays provide great benefits, that their use involves some small risk of developing cancer is generally accepted. Our aim was to estimate the extent of this risk on the basis of the annual number of diagnostic X-rays undertaken in the UK and in 14 other developed countries.
Effect of Monovalent Cations on the Aggregation of Tobacco Mosaic Virus by Chondroitin Sulfate

The mechanism of precipitation of tobacco mosaic virus by chondroitin sulfate in the presence of various monovalent cations was investigated kinetically by means of turbidimetry. The virus solution became turbid on the addition of chondroitin sulfate, and led to separation of the virus as a crystalline phase. In the presence of monovalent cations the degree of precipitation of the virus by chondroitin was reduced with the increase in monovalent cation concentration. The order of the reduction was Li+
La relazione percettiva

In the present work the relation perceptive contains just as much the subjective and unstable field of sensation as it does the stable field of perceptual discriminations that tend to be structured. The theoretical statement is that the experience of the encounter with a work of art, especially of music, unveils a word. No sooner do we stop seeing the work of art as an object and start seeing as a world, then we realize that art reveals itself to be the expedient that clarifies the meaning of our perceptual relationship with the world, this perceptual syntony between the essence of the world and the sensing of subjects, this expressive processuality in which activity and passivity are horizons that can certainly be distinguished in description, but that cooperate internally
Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition at noninteger filling

Correlated electrons in a binary alloy ${A}_{x}{B}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}$ are investigated within the Hubbard model and dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT). The random energies ${\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{i}$ have a bimodal probability distribution and an energy separation $\ensuremath{\Delta}. $ We solve the DMFT equations by the numerical renormalization-group method at zero temperature and calculate the spectral density as a function of disorder strength $\ensuremath{\Delta}$ and interaction U at different fillings. For filling factors $\ensuremath{\nu}=x$ or $1+x$ the lower or upper alloy subband is half filled and the system becomes a Mott insulator at strong interactions, with a correlation gap at the Fermi level. At the metal-insulator transition hysteresis is observed. We also analyze the effective theory in the $\stackrel{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}{\ensuremath{\Delta}}\ensuremath{\infty}$ limit and find good agreement between analytical and numerical results for the critical interaction ${U}_{c}$ at which the metal-insulator transition occurs.
Pseudo-elliptic in-line filters with dielectric resonators in propagating waveguide

In this paper a new class of in-line filters with pseudoelliptic responses exploiting the TE01δ dielectric mode is presented. The basic structure consists of a single resonant dielectric puck placed into a rectangular propagating waveguide. Couplings are controlled by a proper positioning of the puck, and no irises are required. The fundamental propagating mode of the waveguide is exploited to bypass the resonator so as to obtain couplings between non adjacent resonators, allowing responses with a number of zeros equal to the number of poles. Direct input-to-output coupling is incorporated, resulting in very selective responses. With respect to classical waveguide filters, the maximum number of transmission zeros is obtained in a more compact waveguide section while not sacrificing the quality factor. Furthermore, in contrast with conventional dielectric resonator filters, which are limited to very narrow band applications, filters having a FBW up to 2% (or more) can be designed with the proposed approach. Higher order filters are obtained by cascading singlets, resulting in designs with high modularity. The connection between singlets is accurately taken into account in the equivalent circuit and no further optimization is required after the cascade, also allowing an exact positioning of the transmission zeros. Design of three pole filters demonstrate the flexibility of the proposed approach, while the measurement of a manufactured filter with a FBW of 2,3% demonstrate its feasibility.
Calcium intake in preschool children--a study of dietary patterns in a low socioeconomic community.

BACKGROUND There is a lack of published data on sources and quantity of calcium intake in preschool children. STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess calcium intake compared with the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI), to identify major food sources of calcium, and to compare dietary patterns of healthy preschool children who do and do not meet the calcium DRI. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Primary care pediatrics practice at a large urban medical center. SUBJECTS A group of 228 children aged 44 to 60 months in a low socioeconomic community. METHODS Diet was assessed using three or four 24-hour recalls administered approximately three months apart to the parents. Nutrient values were computed using a dietary analysis program based on USDA values. RESULTS Mean daily calcium intake was 852 mg/day (S.D., 271) and 44% reported mean calcium intake less than the DRI of 800 mg/day. Milk consumption accounted for 64.3% and cheese for 6.7% of the daily calcium intake. Multiple linear regression analysis adjusting for age, sex, race, body mass index, and total caloric intake confirmed the main contribution of mainly milk and, to a much lesser extent, cheese consumption, as determinants of calcium intake. All of the children who consumed less than 1.2 servings of milk (288 ml) milk per day reported mean daily calcium intake below the DRI. CONCLUSIONS Calcium intake below the DRI may be common in preschool children in low socioeconomic communities, and is associated primarily with lower milk intake. These findings indicate the need to promote the consumption of low-fat milk in preschool children.
The Wiener chaos expansion for the Cox-Ingersoll-Ross model

In this paper we recast the Cox‐Ingersoll‐Ross model of interest rates into the chaotic representation recently introduced by Hughston and Rafailidis. Beginning with the “squared Gaussian representation” of the CIR model, we find a simple expression for the fundamental random variable X1. By use of techniques from the theory of infinite dimensional Gaussian integration, we derive an explicit formula for the nth term of the Wiener chaos expansion of the CIR model, for n = 0,1,2,. We then derive a new expression for the price of a zero coupon bond which reveals a connection between Gaussian measures and Ricatti dierential equations.
A Comprehensive Evaluation of RPL under Mobility

This paper focuses on routing for vehicles getting access to infrastructure either directly or via multiple hops through other vehicles. We study routing protocol for low-power and lossy networks (RPL), a tree-based routing protocol designed for sensor networks. Many design elements from RPL are transferable to the vehicular environment. We provide a simulation performance study of RPL and RPL tuning in VANETs. More specifically, we seek to study the impact of RPL's various parameters and external factors (e.g., various timers and speeds) on its performance and obtain insights on RPL tuning for its use in VANETs. We then fine tune RPL and obtain performance gain over existing RPL.
An Introduction to Compassion‐Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders (CFT‐E)

This workshop is designed to introduce the principles, philosophy and techniques of Compassion Focused Therapy CFT, how these can be modified and applied to help people recover from an eating disorder. It introduces a specific approach to eating disorder formulation and treatment (Compassion Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders – CFT-E) and evidence that supports its incorporation into mainstream eating disorder treatment.
Rare chromosome structural aberration characterizing oncology malignancy.

UNLABELLED Ring chromosome aberration are rare abnormality potentially involving any chromosome in patients diagnosing in Oncology. The present review and case study has focused on the ring chromosome associated with oncology malignancies. MATERIAL AND METHODS An electronic peer review article search was performed systematically to obtain relevant literature with the CINAHL, Google scholar, and Pub Med databases. The keywords included marker, abnormalities, structural, Ring chromosome. The inclusion criteria for the review were that the documents were original quantitative research and published in English. This was also initiated using Medline, Mitelman database (http://cgap.nci.nih.gov/Chromosomes/Mitelman), Danish cytogenetic register and other pertinent web references on ring chromosomes in Oncology malignancies. Articles that were not directly relevant to the present objective were excluded. Also the un-stimulated bone marrow specimen of present case manipulated with Methotrexate cells culture synchronization and finally was treated by GTGbanding technique. RESULTS Ring chromosome was observed in 10% of the total cells. Cytogenetic analysis demonstrated apparently ring (15) 46, XY, r(15) karyotype. The clinical findings revealed history of nausea, loss of appetite, diarrhea, night sweats, and a weight loss, anemia and diagnosed as accelerated CML. CONCLUSION Our finding adds to the spectrum of both morphology and genetic rearrangements in oncology malignancies. Additional future analyses in similar subject will be necessary to draw firm conclusions.
Effect of Cannabis consumption on ANS and conduction pathway of heart of Indian paddy field workers

The current study reports the effect of regular Cannabis sativa (bhang) consumption on the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the conduction pathway of the heart of the Indian paddy field workers. Twenty-four paddy field workers were selected for the study and electrocardiogram (ECG) signal was recorded. The physiological modulation in the ANS was analyzed in a non-invasive manner using heart rate variability (HRV) parameters. The results suggested a sympathetic dominance in the bhang users. ECG signal divulges information about the cardiac physiology and the conduction pathway of the heart. Time-domain and joint time-frequency domain analyses of ECG signal suggested alterations in the cardiac conduction pathway of bhang users. Artificial neural network based classification using the important predictors as categorical inputs resulted in an efficiency of > 80%.
Exact Subthreshold Integration with Continuous Spike Times in Discrete-Time Neural Network Simulations

Very large networks of spiking neurons can be simulated efficiently in parallel under the constraint that spike times are bound to an equidistant time grid. Within this scheme, the subthreshold dynamics of a wide class of integrate-and-fire-type neuron models can be integrated exactly from one grid point to the next. However, the loss in accuracy caused by restricting spike times to the grid can have undesirable consequences, which has led to interest in interpolating spike times between the grid points to retrieve an adequate representation of network dynamics. We demonstrate that the exact integration scheme can be combined naturally with off-grid spike events found by interpolation. We show that by exploiting the existence of a minimal synaptic propagation delay, the need for a central event queue is removed, so that the precision of event-driven simulation on the level of single neurons is combined with the efficiency of time-driven global scheduling. Further, for neuron models with linear subthreshold dynamics, even local event queuing can be avoided, resulting in much greater efficiency on the single-neuron level. These ideas are exemplified by two implementations of a widely used neuron model. We present a measure for the efficiency of network simulations in terms of their integration error and show that for a wide range of input spike rates, the novel techniques we present are both more accurate and faster than standard techniques.
Based-Agent Distributed Architecture to Manage the Dynamic Multi-hop Ridesharing System

A diverse range of architectures and concepts has been suggested by academic researchers within the theme of ridesharing. Most of these studies have tried to join together two main elements: the need for mobility and the resources used to achieve this action. Based on empty seats in the private cars, rideshare systems allow a substantial number of people to share car rides. If a request can be matched with only one offer, then the problem is called single hop ride matching. It is called multihop ride matching, if a request can be matched with several offers at different times. In this paper, we focus on the Multi-Hop Ride matching Problem (MHRP) which offers more flexible than other forms of ridesharing and proposes more choices for the rider. As a transportation service, the MHRP is generally geographically distributed in dynamic changing environments. With this in mind, and aiming at setting up a distributed architecture through which an optimizing decentralized process should be performed, we propose a distributed software architecture based on communicating agents with different behaviors. The reason for the growing success of agents behaviors technology especially in performing complex tasks and operating with each other to achieve a desired global goal.
One-year bacterial colonization patterns of Staphylococcus aureus and other bacteria at implants and adjacent teeth.

AIMS (i) To assess the pattern of early bacterial colonization on titanium oral implants after installation, at 12 weeks and at 12 months, (ii) to compare the microbiota at submucosal implant sites and adjacent subgingival tooth sites and (iii) to assess whether or not early colonization was predictive of 12-month colonization patterns. MATERIAL AND METHODS Submucosal/subgingival plaque samples from 17 titanium oral implants and adjacent teeth were analyzed by checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization 30 min, 12 weeks and 12 months after implant installation. RESULTS At 12 months, none of the inserted implants had been lost or presented with signs of peri-implantitis. The distribution of sites at implants and teeth with bleeding on probing varied between 2% and 11%. Probing pocket depths < or =3 mm were found at 75% of implant sites. At 12 months, the sum of the bacterial counts of 40 species was statistically significantly higher at tooth compared with implant sites (mean difference: 34.4 x 10(5), 95% confidence interval -0.4 to 69.4, P<0.05). At 12 months, higher individual bacterial counts at tooth sites were found for 7/40 species compared with implant sites. Detection or lack of detection of Staphylococcus aureus at implant sites at 12 weeks resulted in the highest positive (e.g. 80%) and negative (e.g. 90%) predictive values, respectively. Between 12 weeks and 12 months, the prevalence of Tannerella forsythia increased statistically significantly at implant sites (P<0.05). Lack of detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis at 12 weeks yielded a negative predictive value of 93.1% of this microorganism being undetectable at implant sites at 12 months. CONCLUSIONS Within the limits of this study, the findings showed (i) a few differences in the prevalence of bacterial species between implant and adjacent tooth sites at 12 months and (ii) high positive and negative predictive values for selected bacterial species.
Functional principal component analysis of fMRI data

We describe a principal component analysis (PCA) method for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data based on functional data analysis, an advanced nonparametric approach. The data delivered by the fMRI scans are viewed as continuous functions of time sampled at the interscan interval and subject to observational noise, and are used accordingly to estimate an image in which smooth functions replace the voxels. The techniques of functional data analysis are used to carry out PCA directly on these functions. We show that functional PCA is more effective than is its ordinary counterpart in recovering the signal of interest, even if limited or no prior knowledge of the form of hemodynamic function or the structure of the experimental design is specified. We discuss the rationale and advantages of the proposed approach relative to other exploratory methods, such as clustering or independent component analysis, as well as the differences from methods based on expanded design matrices. Hum Brain Mapp 24:109–129, 2005. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Mining Negative Relevance Feedback for Information Filtering

It is a big challenge to clearly identify the boundary between positive and negative streams. Several attempts have used negative feedback to solve this challenge; however, there are two issues for using negative relevance feedback to improve the effectiveness of information filtering. The first one is how to select constructive negative samples in order to reduce the space of negative documents. The second issue is how to decide noisy extracted features that should be updated based on the selected negative samples. This paper proposes a pattern mining based approach to select some offenders from the negative documents, where an offender can be used to reduce the side effects of noisy features. It also classifies extracted features (i.e., terms) into three categories: positive specific terms, general terms, and negative specific terms. In this way, multiple revising strategies can be used to update extracted features. An iterative learning algorithm is also proposed to implement this approach on RCV1, and substantial experiments show that the proposed approach achieves encouraging performance.
Sexual Culture on a College Campus: How Sex Education and Communication Affects Safe Sex Practices

The promiscuous nature and risky behaviors on a college campus can impact health issues for young adults. For the most part, research on this subject has pointed towards the tendency that college students generally possess an adequate sex education, yet they continue to have sex without the use of condoms. This study examines how sex education and fluent communication around the topic relates to the likelihood someone is to broach the subject and talk about safe sex to a potential sexual partner. The study utilized content analysis of 124 participants that completed an online survey about their sex education and safe sexual behaviors on campus. Four main themes about sexual culture on a college campus emerged including male pressure, female unpreparedness, lack of communication, and regret. The data indicated that a college campus “hook-up” culture involves alcohol, promiscuity, and a general feeling of dissatisfaction surrounding hook-ups. Keywords: college students; sex education; communication; hook-ups