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Phase II study of preoperation mFOLFIRINOX and chemoradiation for high-risk resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

362 Background: Patients with high risk resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma (BRPC) are at a high risk for R1/R2 resection, early relapse with upfront surgery and poor OS. Preop therapy has a sound rationale and current retrospective data suggest resection rates of 40-60% with a possible impact on OS. Methods: We planned a prospective study of 33 pts. Eligibility includes diagnosis of pancreatic ductal carcinoma (PC) and >=1 criteria of BRPC (radiographic) A: (i) PC involves SMV with vein deformity or segmental occlusion; (ii) PC involves =500 mg/dl (v) malignant peripancreatic nodes outside planned surgical field (vi) indeterminate liver or peritoneal lesions. Enrolled pts receive mFOLFIRINOX (oxaliplatin 75 mg/m2 d1+ irinotecan 150 mg/m2 d1+ 5-FU 2000mg/m2 46h CI) for 6 cycles. Those without progression & good PS undergo EBRT 50.4Gy with weekly Gemcitabine 350 m.
Inflation and Stock Index: Evidence from Vietnam

The paper investigates the nexus between inflation and stock index in Vietnam, a developing country with an emerging stock market. Data are collected quarterly in the period of fourteen years. The author employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach which is appropriate for empirical research with short data series to analyse the correlation between inflation and stock index in the short run and long run. The results reveal the unidirectional impact of inflation on stock index in the short run and long run, which is significantly negative. These findings are meaningful to economies around the world, especially developing countries like Vietnam. Based on these results, policymakers can develop suitable policies in order to keep inflation under control as well as develop a stable stock market. The valuable findings are also essential for consideration by investors in making wise decision in the short run and long run.
Diseño de un robot rescatista para terremotos en México

The Mexican Republic is located in one of the most seismically active regions in the world, nestled within the area known as the Circumpacific Belt where the largest seismic activity on the planet is concentrated. In the last 5 years, there have been earthquakes of very considerable magnitude affecting states such as Oaxaca, Puebla, Morelos, Guerrero, Michoacán and Mexico City. The number of people who died trapped inside the rubble was very high and in the coming years, there will continue to be constant seismic activity. The need to develop a robot that allows detecting people trapped not as a prototype but as a professional rescue tool is a priority. This work proposes the development of a rescue robot designed with various sensors to detect temperature, noise, detect breathing of people in the rubble. The proposed robot will move through the waste to detect humans.
Myoma pseudocapsule - a biological and surgical structure to respect during myomectomy

Uterine fibroids affect almost one in two patients, causing many pelvic problems and requiring pharmacologic and surgical treatment. For many years, the importance of the fibroid was emphasized as uterine pathology, without focusing on the complex myometrial biology peripheral to fibroid. Moreover, the traditional surgical technique in fibroid removal has not been investigated for years. In recent years, on the contrary, morphological, neuroendocrine and anatomical studies have demonstrated the importance of a biological and surgical structure surrounding myoma, rich in neurotransmitters and neurofibres, the myoma pseudocapsule. This structure is formed in the womb peripheral to fibroid onset, it separates the fibroid from the myometrium and acts as a tissue regenerator after the removal of the fibroid from the uterus. The translation of scientific research on pseudocapsules into surgical practice has allowed us to identify new techniques of myomectomy, removing the myoma inside the pseudocapsule and promoting the pseudocapsules sparing surgery. All this to favor the subsequent biological process of uterine scarring and healing, by activating the neurotransmitters and neurofibres present in the myometrial fovea. The correct healing after fibroid removal restores the uterine anatomy, with a positive impact on subsequent reproductive function, reducing problems related to the muscle scar.
Modeling of solid fuel conversion processes for CFD applications

The utilization of fossil fuels in industrial processes is not only reduced to the eld of combustion but is extended to other various technologies in which biomass or wastes are converted into more easily usable gases. The massive use of computers in today's engineering requires exible but accurate tools for calculating important quantities (for example the conversion level or the thermal eciency of specic reactors. Numerical simulations based on Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) software are the fundamental step towards such a tool since improvements in energy eciency, fuel exibility and capital eectiveness of modern solid fuel boilers as well as gasiers, increasingly rely on CFD modeling. The accuracy of CFD calculations is often limited by the lack of knowledge of fundamental conversion rate parameters since the need for eciency improvements is pushing the technologies towards higher temperatures and higher pressures, where measurements and modeling reach their limit of validity and accuracy. The primary objective of this work is then to explain and demonstrate how the CFD tool can be helpful in predicting solid fuel conversion for industrial applications with emphasis on high temperatures and high pressures processes. Attention will be given to the theory and the modeling needed for the description of the conversion of the solid. Since solid fuels are complex and heterogeneous, there is no single theory able to explain and predict all aspects of the complex thermo-chemical changes involved. In many situations, we must, therefore, rely on measurements to generate the parameters needed to feed the model. The correct mathematical analysis of those experiments is of fundamental importance for the further CFD calculation. It will be shown that CFD can help the analysis also of this preparatory step. Finally, it will be demonstrated that a high level of knowledge (and accuracy) is still nowadays a challenge for modeling. Detailed chemistry and high-performance computing are required, but also turbulence modeling must be improved. More sophisticated models and more advanced approaches can now be used since computer technology is so developed that memory, speed 1 2 and parallelization are easily obtainable. Following the advance in computing power, models can be rened in such details that they can be of use also in the interpretation of measured data. A well-established procedure in fuel characterization and solid fuels modeling at the Institute for Energy Process Engineering and Fuel Technology of The Clausthal University of Technology is based on the synergy between experiments and theory, in which both methods provide a substantial contribution to achieving the highest level of the description. The chapters of this book show examples and contain detailed information concerning the above-introduced methodology. %%%%Die Nutzung fossiler Brennstoe in industriellen Prozessen beschrankt sich nicht nur auf den Bereich der Verbrennung, sondern erstreckt sich auch auf andere…
The diving behaviour of little penguins in Western Australia predisposes them to risk of injury by watercraft

The most western little penguin colony globally, and the most northern in Western Australia (WA) is found on Penguin Island, WA. The penguins use coastal bays that are also used extensively by recreational watercraft. These penguins have been found to either dive predominantly to shallow depths of 1–5 m or to depths >8 m. It is thus hypothesized that (a) both the shallow and deeper diving penguins can potentially be disturbed or injured by these watercraft but that the risk will differ between the two diving strategies, and (b) that risk of injury for both is greater during the summer and autumn, when people are more likely to use watercraft. This was tested by attaching data loggers to little penguins during chick rearing and by investigating necropsy records. Diving activity was studied for the very shallow and relatively deeper diving penguins separately, and we considered the penguins were vulnerable to interactions with watercraft when they were within the top 2 m of the water column or at the surface. Shallow‐diving penguins executed >1,200 dives per day, 64% of dives occurred within the top 2 m, and they were vulnerable for approximately two‐thirds of their time at sea. The deeper diving penguins executed fewer dives. Almost half of dives were to ≥10 m, yet they were vulnerable for almost one‐third of their time at sea. Their post‐dive recovery was also longer. Thus, the risk of interaction from watercraft differs depending on the diving behaviour. This study highlights the potential impact to little penguins throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Genetic diversity analysis of some local biodiesel plant (Jatropha curcas L.) in Bangladesh

The present study was conducted to analyze genetic diversity among biodiesel producing plant Jatropha curcas genotypes using six RAPD primers. The J. curcas samples were collected from ten agro climatic regions in Bangladesh. The six primers produced 31 DNA bands. All the DNA bands (31) showed 100% polymorphism. Overall gene frequency of 10 genotypes of J. curcas was ranged from 0.10 to 0.90. The average Nei’s gene diversity and Shannon’s Information Index for all loci were estimated 0.2994 and 0.4650, respectively. The gene diversity value was ranged from 0.18 to 0.50 and Shannon’s Information Index was ranged from 0.3251 to 0.6931. Inter-germplasm similarity indices (Si) ranged from 5.56 to 66.67% with an average of 33.906%. The similarity coefficient range varied from 0.00 to 0.971. The UPGMA dendogram constructed from Nei’s (1972) genetic distance group indicated segregation of the ten J. curcas germplasms into three main clusters. Cluster I, II and III possessed 8, 1 and 1 germplasms, respectively. This study revealed that at least three different J. curcas genotypes are available in Bangladesh. The RAPD technique is, however, found to be useful in studying genetic variation among J. curcas genotypes of different regions in Bangladesh. J Bangladesh Agril Univ 17(4): 437–445, 2019
Merging two variables (observational learning and self-talk), is not preference one variable evermore

Observing a model let learners to make a plan of action that can be used for learning motor skills. Moreover, self-talk is a conversation that performers use it either apparently or secretly in order to think about their performance and reinforce it. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of observational learning, self-talk and combination of both on boy’s performance. The statistical samples of the present study included 60 students (12.25±1.24) with forth and fifth grade that were selected as available subjects. After volleyball AAHPERD pre-test, subjects divided into 6 groups: Instructional self-talk (STI), motivational self-talk (STM), observational learning (OB), combination of Instructional self-talk and learning observation (STI-OB), combination of motivational self-talk and observational learning (STM-OB) and control group (CO) and during one day, they were participated in specific intervention that planed for each group. On the first day of intervention, subjects participated in acquisition phase and acquisition test was taken, after 48 hours' retention and transfer test was Held. In each phase of study self-efficacy was examined. The results of two-way ANOVA revealed that there was a significant difference among all training groups with control group (p≤0.05). These results support the use of cognitive factors, self-talk and observational learning and the combination of observational learning and Instructional self-talk as learning facilitator.
RETRACTED: Learning spatiotemporal features with 3D DenseNet and attention for gesture recognition

Gesture recognition aims at understanding dynamic gestures of the human body and is one of the most important ways of human–computer interaction; to extract more effective spatiotemporal features in gesture videos for more accurate gesture classification, a novel feature extractor network, spatiotemporal attention 3D DenseNet is proposed in this study. We extend DenseNet with 3D kernels and Refined Temporal Transition Layer based on Temporal Transition Layer, and we also explore attention mechanism in 3D ConvNets. We embed the Refined Temporal Transition Layer and attention mechanism in DenseNet3D, named the proposed network “spatiotemporal attention 3D DenseNet. ” Our experiments show that our Refined Temporal Transition Layer performs better than Temporal Transition Layer and the proposed spatiotemporal attention 3D DenseNet in each modality outperforms the current state-of-the-art methods on the ChaLearn LAP Large-Scale Isolated gesture dataset. The code and pretrained model are released in https://github.com/dzf19927/STA3D .
Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Oral Drug Delivery: A Review

The high molecular weight and increasing lipophilicity of drug face many problems starting from the drug development to formulation and conduction of pharmacological, toxicological and pharmacokinetic studies to its biological application. To overcome this problem, nano-sized formulations are in trend recently. The use of Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) offers new insight into the formulation of the poor soluble and low bioavailable drug. The study aimed to investigate the literature concerning the development of SLNs for oral drug delivery of poorly soluble drugs, with a view survey the various methods of manufacturing and evaluation of formulation of SLNs and future prospects of SLNs and application of SLNs in oral delivery systems. Oral drug delivery is looking ahead progressively into newer directions due to the realization of various poor performance limiting factors such as reduced drug solubility or absorption, rapid metabolism, high actuation in plasma level of drug and variability caused due to food effect. These play a vital role in disappointing in vivo results, which leads in the failure of the conventional delivery system. Since the last decade, oral drug delivery has taken a new dimension with the increasing application of SLNs as a carrier for the delivery of poorly water-soluble or lipophilic drugs. The site-specific and sustained release effect of the drug is better achieved by using SLNs. This review highlights the various pros and cons, manufacturing techniques, characterization, and future prospects of SLNs in oral drug delivery systems.
Evaluation of Emotional Labor Concept in Terms of Accounting Professionals: Erzurum Province Case

Emotion does not have a wide range as it is today, but since the late 1800s, various studies and opinions have been put forward. It is possible to observe the emotional states of people, to observe their various effects, and to explain the biological, psychological, social and cultural aspects of emotions. In particular, since the 1980s, the role of emotions in working life, the role of expression in organizational success has been increasingly discussed. The concept of emotional labor was first used by Hochschild in 1983, and in this study, superficial behavior, emotional suppression and deep behavior were dimensioned from sub-dimensions of the concept of emotional labor. The purpose of this study is to examine the emotional concept in terms of professional accountants. In this regard, a questionnaire was conducted to the accounting professions who are operating in Erzurum province. 12 hypotheses were constituted and to test hypotheses independent sample T-Test and One-Way ANOVA were used. According to findings of the analysis, it may be seen that there are no significant differences age, gender and education with emotional labor while there are significant differences working time with emotional labor of accounting professionals. Keywords: Emotional Labor, Superficial Behavior, Suppression of Emotions, Deep Behavior, Accounting Professionals
Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer in Mosul City in 2005

Aim: To evaluate oral cancer status in Mosul during 2005 that will help planning research, prevention, and treatment measures. Materials and Methods: Data on oral cancer cases treated in Mosul city hospitals during 2005 were collected. These cases included patients who were residents in Mosul city only. The study covers the site, clinical presentation, histopathological, and methods of treatment of fore mentioned malignancy. Results: Thirty one new cases diagnosed in Mosul hospitals were included in this study. The Male to female ratio was 2.4:1. About 58% of patients were over sixty years of age. The most common site affected the lip (22.6%). Histologically, squamous cell carcinoma was the most common representing 64.5% of cases examined. Metastasis to regional lymph nodes was present in 74.2% of cases. Conclusion: In Mosul, oral cancer is rare. The cases of this study were detected in advanced stages affecting the choice of therapy and making prognosis much worse. Key wards: oral, oropharyngeal, cancer, Mosul. Alazzawi HS, Al-Ramadhani AY. Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer in Mosul City in 2005. Al–Rafidain Dent J. 2009; 9(1): 90-93. Received: 12/11/2007 Sent to Referees: 13/11/2007 Accepted for Publication: 9/3/2008
The deep roots of austere planning in Memphis, TN: is the fox guarding the hen house?

ABSTRACT US cities operate amid a longstanding notion that excessive government impedes prosperity. Here post–recession austerity did not trigger new retrenchment, but instead exacerbated an existing vacuum of the public. In cities like Memphis, institutional or community–led planning cannot confront austerity by going back to something it was before the recession. Instead, genuine public planning must be invented ex novo, exploring why planning agencies have not truly been able to act for the benefit of all. The recent launch of Memphis' first city–led comprehensive planning effort in decades provides an opportunity for reflection. This article examines whether a new emphasis on planning in Memphis represents a positive disruption of the status quo or a merely a disguised continuation of growth–machine motives. The findings argue for the need to work on the small signs of authentic interest in public planning as a starting point for new anti–austere courses of action.
Research-Based Approach in Business Courses: An Anchor for Industrial Design Students’ Comprex

Students’ academic lives are culminated with a research allowing them to integrate and materialize learnings and translating this knowledge into financially and socially feasible business ventures. De La Salle College of Saint Benilde is a higher learning institution providing an environment that promotes an entrepreneurial atmosphere especially the Industrial Design Program. Current students manifest high skill in design but despite availability of the latest equipment, facilities and highly trained design professors, it was noticeable that students are challenged on the business aspect of the design industry. It was the intent of the study to determine and tailor-fit a teaching methodology that espouses higher level of learning considering concepts in management, marketing, production/operations management. The proponent consolidated a five-year comparative data utilizing traditional approach in teaching for midterm and research-based approach for finals among students from 2014 to 2019. An average class size of forty (40) students per subject enrolled under Management in Design Practice, Principles of Marketing in Design Practice, Strategic Marketing in Design Practice and Production/Operations Management in Design Practice were among the students subjected to these teaching interventions. The results of the study provided a remarkable improvement in the students’ academic performance given a specific rubric in scoring research outputs with the close monitoring and guidance of the proponent. This evidence supports the researcher’s contention that a research-based approach in teaching business is a grounded foundation and an effective preparation for students who will be taking up COMPREX (Industrial Design Thesis) as a capstone requirement for graduation. Research in business provides the basic business framework and model that students can work with and develop to make their business ventures thrive in the design industry in the future. It is recommended that courses under the business cluster institutionalize the use of a research-based approach through a research output as a final requirement for these courses. A review of the current syllabi must also be undertaken to integrate and formulate guidelines and rubrics in conducting and scoring research outputs. Cluster alignment must also be initiated to ensure that professors are calibrated and well-equipped with teaching materials that are common to all business courses. Finally, seminars and workshops should be conducted as part of the faculty development program.
Governance, Board Inattention, and the Appointment of Overconfident CEOs

Are overconfident executives more likely to be promoted to CEO? Using an option-based overconfidence measure, we show that firms with overconfident executives tend to hire internally. Further, when firms hire internally, they are more likely to pick a more confident candidate. We propose, and test between two hypotheses, matching and board-failure, for favoring overconfident executives. We find support for the matching hypothesis. Specifically, firms that are candidates for a change in strategy (i.e., large and low-risk firms) tend to appoint overconfident-executives, and benefit in terms of improved corporate value and innovative efficiency.
Iris Feature-Based 3-D Gaze Estimation Method Using a One-Camera-One-Light-Source System

Multicamera or multilight-source is generally used to estimate the 3-D coordinates of the cornea center for 3-D gaze estimation in the existing gaze trackers. Although some model-based methods use one-camera systems to estimate 3-D gazes, which include some user-dependent eye parameters preset by fixed values, a one-camera-one-light-source system is still unable to achieve 3-D gaze estimation by considering individual differences. In this article, an iris feature-based method using one camera and one light source for 3-D gaze estimation is proposed. The iris radius and the kappa angle are determined during user calibration. The optical axis is reconstructed by the iris center and its normal vector from only the iris features. Therefore, with the real-time estimation of kappa angle, the 3-D gaze is estimated by an optimization method. Computer simulations and practical experiments have been performed to analyze the feasibility and robustness of the proposed method. This article’s innovation lies in achieving 3-D gaze estimation based on only one-camera and one-light source with calibrated eye-specific parameters, which breaks through the limitation of the existing methods using a 3-D cornea center on the system’s hardware requirements of 3-D gaze estimation. The simplified hardware system has great application values, especially in the portable mobile devices widely used today. Moreover, a binocular model is used to optimize the results of the point of regard, which improves the accuracy of 3-D gaze estimation effectively.