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A Study of the Regional Network Attention Based on Google Trends:Case Study of Xiangtan City

This paper adopts Google trends,a new approach,to analyze the regional network attention.As a critical measurement,the "search volume index" with keywords of certain region name is used to analyze the situation and the tendency of the regional network attention under the influences of industries,brands,institutions,prominent figures of this region,etc.Also,comparative analysis among different regions is undertaken.Taking Xiangtan City as an example,this paper takes a close look at the phenomena and causes of the regional network attention in this city,and proposes some suggestions and solutions as well.
Ultrasensitive second harmonic generation nanoprobes via plasmonic coreshell structures

As a new mechanism of contrast for biomedical imaging, second harmonic generation (SHG) possesses unique advantages over fluorescence, such as non-bleaching, non-blinking, and narrow emission bandwidth. SHG has also shown great potential for three-dimensional microscopy [1, 2]. It was shown in theory that the nonlinear susceptibility of composite nanostructures can be greatly increased at resonance [3]. Recently silica-core Au nanoshells were demonstrated with engineered resonance [4]. Here we show, for the first time to our knowledge, that when we encapsulate a core material that is not centrosymmetric (BaTiO3) in a plasmonic shell (Au), the SHG response is strongly enhanced at resonance. In theory, the enhancement can reach 900 times based on a 100 nm diameter BaTiO3 core and a 10 nm Au shell. Experimentally, we measured a 741 times enhancement of the SH scattering efficiency. Such composite nanostructures potentially provide a class of ultrasensitive SHG biomarkers.
Challenges of Structure and Organization in Medium-Sized Content

Organizational knowledge management resources are a combination of articles, guidelines, and process documents. The content in these resources typically ranges from about a few words to a few hundred words. These pieces of content are called medium-sized content. While most organizations do not pose a limit on how long or short each content piece should be, most content sizes default to this limit due to various reasons. Assigning a metadata and taxonomy to the medium-sized content pieces are challenging because of a limited number of repetition of keywords, the limited size of the content, and the existence of other content without which this content is not conceptually complete. This results in challenges for knowledge managers in organizing and structuring this content as well as making it intelligent enough for search engines and business intelligence tools. This chapter presents an approach to creating metadata for these content pieces by proposing a three structure metadata consisting of a static part, a dynamic part, and a conceptual part that links to other pieces of related information. Madhavi M. Chakrabarty Verizon Wireless, USA
Endosonographic evaluation of the venous anatomy around the gastro-esophageal junction in patients with portal hypertension.

BACKGROUND/AIMS Para-esophageal venous collaterals and perforating veins have recently been suspected to play an important role in the development of esophageal varices and their recurrence after initial obliteration in patients with portal hypertension. We undertook this study to look at the cross-sectional venous anatomy around the gastro-esophageal junction, with special attention to those venous structures, using the Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) in patients with different grades of esophageal varices. MATERIAL AND METHODS EUS examination was performed on the upper stomach, GE junction, and lower esophagus in 50 patients with liver cirrhosis, 20 of whom had small (grades 1 & 2) and 30 had large (grades 3 & 4) esophageal varices. RESULTS Esophageal varices could be detected in all the 30 (100%) patients with large, but in 9 (45%) of patients with small varices. Gastric Varices were detected significantly more often by EUS (33; 66%) compared with endoscopy (17; 34%, p < 0.005). The mean number (2.8 +/- 1.4 and 4.7 +/- 1.78, p < 0.0005) and size 3.41 +/- 0.57 and 5.98 +/- 1.66, p < 0.00001) of paraesophageal veins were higher in patients with large varices compared with those with small varices. When the lower 5 cm of the esophagus was scanned in patients with small and large varices, perforating veins connecting the para-esophageal and the submucosal veins (varices) could be identified in 3 (15%) and 21 (70%, p < 0.0005) of patients, respectively. CONCLUSION Perforating veins connecting the paraesophageal with the submucosal veins (varices) in the lower esophagus, demonstrated for the first time by EUS, may have an important role in the development of varices and in their recurrence after sclerotherapy.
Movements and diving behavior of pelagic spotted dolphins

We radio tracked 20 pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata )i n the pelagic waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean during three research cruises in 1992, 1993, and 2001. Dolphins were tracked for up to 6 d from 20 to 1,000 km offshore. Seventeen of these dolphins also carried time–depth recorders, nine of which were recovered with a combined total of 477 h of dive data. The movement data suggested that the dolphins associate with areas of relatively high biological productivity. Dolphins close to shore moved along the continental slope, while some dolphins traveled farther offshore along thermocline “ridges. ” Tracking and tagging multiple dolphins demonstrated the dynamic nature of dolphin herds, which change size and membership over the course of a day. At night, the dolphins traveled more slowly but dove deeper and longer, with more rapid ascents and descents than during daylight hours. These nighttime dive characteristics support the hypothesis suggested by some food habit studies that spotted dolphins are nocturnal feeders. Comparison of dive data with acoustic backscatter data indicates that spotted dolphins typically begin and end nighttime feeding activities with dusk and dawn diving bouts that track the vertical migration of organisms associated with the deep scattering layer.
Insulin sensitivity following treatment with the alpha 1-blocker bunazosin retard and the beta 1-blocker atenolol in hypertensive non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients.

OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of the alpha 1-blocker bunazosin retard and the beta 1-blocker atenolol (Uniloc) on insulin sensitivity and glucose and lipid homeostasis in patients with type-2 diabetes and hypertension. METHODS Patients with controlled type-2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus), treated by diet or oral sulphonylurea derivatives, and with mild-to-moderate hypertension were include in a randomized, parallel group, double-blind, multicentre study. After a single-blind placebo run-in period lasting 4-6 weeks, the patients were treated either with bunazosin retard or with atenolol for a further 16 weeks including an initial dose titration period to achieve blood pressure control. Treatment involved 3, 6 or 12 mg bunazosin retard tablets or 25, 50 or 100 mg atenolol tablets, administered orally once a day and prescribed according to blood pressure response. The euglycaemic hyper-insulinaemic clamp technique was used to assess insulin sensitivity both after the placebo period and after the active treatment. A total of 95 patients was enrolled in the study (placebo phase). Forty-eight patients were withdrawn from the placebo phase, mainly due to their blood pressures being outside the required range (seated diastolic blood pressure 90-114 mmHg) and 47 patients were allocated randomly to active treatment. Of these, 23 were administered bunazosin retard and 24 atenolol. All evaluations were on an intention-to-treat basis. RESULTS Insulin sensitivity assessed as glucose utilization during the clamp was significantly higher following bunazosin retard compared with following atenolol administration (3.52 +/- 0.27 versus 2.86 +/- 0.19 units of metabolic clearance rate of glucose index, P < 0.05). The insulin level attained during clamps (infusion rate 56 mU/m2 per min) was higher (P < 0.05) following atenolol (117 +/- 5 mU/l) than it was following bunazosin retard administration (102 +/- 5) or placebo (108 +/- 3), possibly due to an impaired insulin clearance. Compared with placebo, atenolol treatment resulted in significantly increased glucosylated haemoglobin whereas bunazosin retard had no significant effect. The two drugs did not show any consistent differences in lipid profile or fibrinogen and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 levels. During the study seven serious adverse events were reported and one was reported shortly after completion of the study. All except one were classified as not related to the study drug and five of them occurred during placebo treatment. The non-serious side effects were in general considered to be either unrelated to the test drugs or expected effects of the two respective drug classes. Both bunazosin retard and atenolol displayed acceptable safety profiles. CONCLUSION Bunazosin retard treatment in hypertensive non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients appears to be associated with a slightly higher insulin sensitivity than is atenolol.
The US National Building Information Modeling Standard

In 2004, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a report stating that poor interoperability and data management costs the construction industry approximately $15.8 billion a year, or approximately 3-4% of the total industry (Gallaher, et al. 2004). Additionally, the buildingSMARTTM Alliance is calling for a $600B reduction in construction costs through productivity ABSTRACT
Design of a Varactor-Based Matching Network Using Antenna Input Impedance Variation Knowledge

It is commonly assumed that the antenna input impedance remains static during the transmission and reception process. However, in a real scenery the impedance value is a dynamic parameter, affected by the user and the environment, that can be very different compared to the static situation. With a statistical approach, the impedance variation can be characterized in the matching domain. This information can be very useful for the design of efficient adaptive matching circuits. In this paper, we propose the design and optimization of a varactor-based tunable matching network (VMN) to improve the antenna matching, using the previous knowledge of the antenna input impedance variations. Improvements in power transmission greater than 3 dB for the originally unmatched region, and reduced power losses (under -0.5 dB) in the originally matched area can be achieved using this circuit.
Breeding Bird Response to Field Border Presence and Width

Abstract Avian communities can benefit from reconstructed herbaceous, strip habitats among agriculture; however, any benefits may be limited by width-dependent factors such as edge effects. We used 2 years of strip-transect surveys to evaluate avian density, richness, and conservation value between non-, narrow (mean width = 8.2 m), and wide (mean width = 40.7 m) field borders on intensive row-cropped field margins in the agriculture-dominated Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Wide field borders supported two times more birds (7.0 birds/0.2 ha) than narrow borders (3.6 birds/0.2 ha), which supported six times more birds than no border (0.6 birds/0.2 ha). Mean bird species richness was over five times greater in bordered (0.80–1.10 species/0.2 ha) than non-bordered margins (0.14 species/0.2 ha), but was largely uninfluenced by border width. We documented more bird use of agricultural fields and wooded fencerows adjacent to bordered than non-bordered margins. Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) and Dickcissels (Spiza americana) had the strongest positive response to field border presence and width. Wide borders attracted high densities (2.0 birds/0.2 ha) of Dickcissels, an edge-sensitive species, suggesting the conservation potential of herbaceous vegetation patches <50 m of wooded edges for grassland birds. Extensive implementation of field borders, particularly of enhanced width, may contribute substantially to grassland bird conservation strategies in intensive, agricultural landscapes, although confirmation of these benefits requires additional demographic information.
Municipal Benchmarks Assessing Local Performance And Establishing Community Standards

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PREPARATION, MODIFICATION, AND APPLICATIONS OF CHITIN NANOWHISKERS: A REVIEW

This paper provides an overview of the most up-to-date information available relating to chitin nanowhiskers. This paper presents aspects about chitin nanowhiskers, including methods of extraction and preparation, chemical modification and applications. Chitin nanowhiskers can be obtained by hydrochloric acid hydrolysis, TEMPO-mediated oxidation, partial deacetylation with NaOH by fibril surface cationization, ultrasonication, electrospinning, aqueous counter collision treatment, a simple grinding treatment and gelation with 1-allyl-3- methylimidazolium bromide. An introduction into the methods used to prepare chitin nanowhiskers is given. The chitin nanowhiskers applications are used mainly as reinforcing polymer nanocomposites, but also to prepare scaffolds, hydrogels and wound dressings, as adsorbents in industry, water purification, for protein immobilization, transformation of bacteria by exogenous genes, stabilization of oil-in-water emulsion and nematic gels, formation of CaCO 3 /chitin-whisker hybrids and as carbon precursors.
Aircraft trajectory optimization with direct collocation using movable gridpoints

One of the shortcomings of the direct collocation method, as presented in the recent literature, will be addressed in this paper. The major problem area concerns the node placement, i.e. the discretization. A practical approach to improve the quality of the optimal solution with only a slight increase in computing time is to introduce movable nodes that are optimally placed by the algorithm. The principle capabilities of this method will be demonstrated on some general aircraft trajectory optimization problems. In addition, solutions to some undesirable side effects that occur with a pointwise evaluation of path constraints will be presented.
Non-unitary Quantum Associative Memory

Quantum associative memories (QAM) have storage capacity exponentially larger than classical associative memories. Given an input with n bits, the QAM can load all of 2n binary patterns. In this paper we propose a nonunitary quantum memory retrieval algorithm. The proposed method is used to recover incomplete input information and also in pattern classification task as an ensemble of memories. The advantages of the proposed method are the simplicity of recovery procedure in a unique iteration and the fact the circuit has linear complexity in function of the input length with deterministic output.
Milk production, milk composition, and reproductive function of dairy cows fed different fats

Petit, H. V. , Dewhurst, R. J., Proulx, J. G. , Khalid, M. , Haresign, W. and Twagiramungu, H. 2001. Milk production, milk composition, and reproductive function of dairy cows fed different fats . Can. J. Anim. Sci. 81: 263‐271. Thirty-five non-gestating multiparous Holstein cows averaging 571 kg of BW (SE = 8) were allotted at 9 wk postpartum to one of two dietary fat supplements based on either Megalac® (Volac Ltd., Roston, Hertfordshire, UK) and solvent extracted flaxseed meal (MEGA) or whole flaxseed treated with formaldehyde (FLAX) to determine the effects on milk production and composition, follicular development, gestation rate, and fatty acid (FA) composition of blood. Cows were fed a total mixed diet based on ryegrass silage and fat sup plements for ad libitum intake. The experiment was carried out between weeks 9 and 19 of lactation. Dry matter (DM) intake and change in body weight were similar for cows fed MEGA and FLAX. Milk production was higher for cows fed MEGA than for those fed FLAX (19.8 vs. 18.6 kg d ‐1 ) as was 4% fat-corrected milk yield (22.9 vs. 20.2 kg d ‐1 ). Increased fat mobilization could have contributed to increased milk yield when cows were fed MEGA compared with when they were fed FLAX as plasma concentrations of non-esterified FA and cholesterol increased more from weeks 9 to 19 of lactation for cows fed MEGA. Milk fat per centage tended (P = 0.06) to be greater for cows fed MEGA (4.62%) compared with those fed FLAX (4.37%). Milk protein percentage was higher for cows fed FLAX (3.09%) than for those fed MEGA (2.95%), indicating that formaldehyde protection of flaxseed was adequate to partly prevent ruminal degradability of protein in the seed. Milk fatty acid concentrations of C8:0, C 10:0, C12:0, C14:0, C14:1, C18:0, C18:3, and C20:5 were higher for cows fed FLAX than for those fed MEGA while the inverse was observed for C16:0, C16:1, C18:1, and C18:2. Cows fed FLAX had lower blood concentrations of C16:0 than those fed MEGA. There was a significant interaction ( P < 0.05) between week and diet for C18:0 and C18:2 with a decrease in C18:0 blood concentration for cows fed MEGA and an increase for those fed FLAX between weeks 9 and 19, while the inverse was observed for C18:2. Blood concentrations of C18:1 were similar for both treatments. Conception rate was significantly lower for cows fed MEGA (50.0%) compared to those fed FLAX (87.5%). Diet had no effect on the size of the largest and second largest follicles, or on the difference between the diameter of the largest and second largest follicles. The number of class 1 (1.09 vs. 0.86), 2 (1.33 vs. 0.86), and 3 (1.28 vs. 0.98) follicles was similar for MEGA and FLAX although the total number (3.70 vs. 2.70) of follicles tended (P = 0.09) to be greater for cows fed MEGA than for those fed FLAX. These data suggest that dietary FA have an effect on gestation rate, but this could not be explained by differences in follicle dynamics or number. However, additional trials wi th greater numbers of animals are needed to confirm the reproductive results.
Dimensions Services Quality of Indonesian Islamic Banking (Case Study Customer SantrisBank Muamalat Indonesia)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the customer perception of santris about the meaning of quality Islamic banking services and to create a model Islamic bank service quality . Design / Methodology/Approach: The research method used was qualitative research methods with techniques of data collection methods Indeft Interview. Informants as research subjects santris are customers who have savings in Bank Muamalat Indonesia ( BMI ) regional of Eks- Karesidenan Besuki 5 ( Five ) informants. Results: The study found the santris have the view that the customers of Islamic banks is the bank run by sharia istem and quality service Islamic bank must contain elements of sharia . This study found that service quality model consists of 8 (Eight ) dimension as a means of measuring the quality of Islamic banking services . Originality/value : research is one of the few studies evaluating the students community in the context of Islamic
The Effect of Walnut on the Weight , Blood Glucose and Sex Hormones of Diabetic Male Rats

Diabetes leads to reproductive dysfunctions by producing free radicals. It seems that using walnut can be effective in the damage induced by diabetes. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of walnut consumption on sex hormones in diabetic Wistar male rats induced by STZ (streptozotocin). Diabetes animals were induced by STZ (60 mg/kg). Rats were randomly divided into 5 groups (n=6), including normal diet and healthy (Sham), Diabetic by normal diet (control) and diabetic by 6, 9 and 12% w alnut in their diet (experimental groups), and were examined for 6 weeks. Body weight, blood glucose (3 times), and sex hormones (testos terone, FSH and LH) were measured. Overall, in terms of the mean index, there was a significant difference in the percentage of weight chang s between the groups (p<0.001). Blood glucose (3 times) significantly increased in experimental and control groups in comparison with sham group (p<0.001). FSH concentration significantly decreased in control group (p<0.05) and testosterone hormone decreased in expe rimental and control groups compared to sham group (p<0.05). Oral administration of walnut seems to prevent severe weight loss in the experimental models of diabetic rats and exerts appropriate and useful changes in blood glucose level as well as positive effects on the secretion of sex hormones.
Quantum circuit design of discrete Hartley transform using recursive decomposition formula

In this paper, the quantum circuit design of a discrete Hartley transform (DHT) is investigated. The proposed design procedure can be divided into the following two steps. First, the N-point transform matrix is decomposed into the combination of N/2-point transform matrices and several sparse matrices such that any 2/sup n/-point transform can be computed recursively from the 2-point transform. Second, starting from the 2-point Hadamard transform, the quantum circuit of 2/sup n/-point transform can be designed recursively by using elementary quantum gates. The design results are compared with those of the conventional factorization method to demonstrate the effectiveness of proposed method.
Market Micro Structure of Indian Life Insurance Industry: A General Trend Analysis

In 1991, Indian economy was liberalized in a big way. In this financial liberalization, our study is focused on ascertaining trends due to structural reforms affected in the life insurance industry. The present study explains the concept of market micro structure. It also elaborates upon the concept of insurance from three perspectives and incorporates the risk management process. The main emphasis of the study is to ascertain the growth trends of variables peculiar to life insurance industry. The study reveals a growth and graphical analysis of life insurance penetration, life insurance density, new policies issued, first year premium and total life insurance premium and shows that insurance industry has been on a growth path as all the above mentioned variables have shown a consistent rise.
Assimilation and Changes in Cohort Quality Revisited: What Happened to Immigrant Earnings in the 1980s?

This article uses the 1970, 1980, and 1990 Public Use Samples of the U.S. census to document what happened to immigrant earnings in the 1980s and to determine if pre-1980 immigrant flows reached earnings parity with natives. The relative entry wage of successive immigrant cohorts declined by 9% in the 1970s and by an additional 6% in the 1980s. Although the relative wage of immigrants grows by 10% during the first 2 decades after arrival, recent immigrants will earn 15%-20% less than natives throughout much of their working lives.
The role of integration in oncogenic progression of HPV-associated cancers

Persistent infection with a subset of “high oncogenic risk” human papillomaviruses (HPVs) can promote the development of cancer. In these cancers, the extrachromosomal viral genome has often become integrated into the host genome. The integration event is thought to drive oncogenesis by dysregulating expression of the E6 and E7 viral oncogenes, leading to inactivation of critical cell cycle checkpoints and increased genetic instability in the host. This Pearl reviews the evidence that gave rise to the current textbook paradigm of HPV integration events and their consequences and incorporates new findings that demonstrate that stochastic integration events can promote oncogenesis in many ways.