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MULTI-COMPONENT FIBERS HAVING ENHANCED REVERSIBLE THERMAL PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF

Multi-component fibers having enhanced reversible thermal properties and methods of manufacturing thereof are described. In one embodiment, a multi-component fiber includes a fiber body formed from a set of elongated members, and at least one of the set of elongated members includes a temperature regulating material having a latent heat of at least 40 J/g and a transition temperature in the range of 22 °C to 40 °C. The temperature regulating material provides thermal regulation based on at least one of absorption and release of the latent heat at the transition temperature. The multi-component fiber can be formed via a melt spinning process or a solution spinning process and can be used or incorporated in various products where a thermal regulating property is desired. For example, the multi-component fiber can be used in textiles, apparel, footwear, medical products, containers and packagings, buildings, appliances, and other products.
Assessing and Managing Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: A Worldwide Perspective

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become increasingly recognized as a major cause of disability, premature death, and escalating health-care costs throughout the world. The purpose of the present report is to review the most widely used worldwide tools for assessment of the total (absolute, global, integrated) risk of developing CVD during the next 5 or 10 years and to review guidelines for the clinical management of dyslipidemia, hypertension, and dysglycemia that incorporate these tools. The World Health Organization (WHO) / International Society of Hypertension (ISH) risk charts, The Framingham system, Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) charts, and the PROCAM (PROspective Cardiovascular Munster) Quick Check and Health Check systems are described. Since the use of clinical guidelines based on these tools has some limitations and challenges, alternative or modified approaches for the management of CVD risk factors have been proposed by several researchers recently. Future studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of these proposed strategies
MEASURING APPARATUS

A measuring apparatus relates to a contractile ability of a spontaneously pulsating myocardial tissue (HM). The measuring apparatus includes a measurement table (20) and a pressure sensor (27). The measurement table (20) includes a storage section (21) having an opening (22) and configured to hold liquid inside the storage section (21), and an attaching portion (23) on which the myocardial tissue (HM) is attached around the opening (22). The pressure sensor (27) is disposed inside the storage section (21).
Short Communication: Effectiveness at 48 Weeks of Switching from Enfuvirtide to Raltegravir in Virologically Suppressed Multidrug-Resistant HIV Type 1-Infected Patients in a Brazilian Cohort

The effectiveness of switching from enfuvirtide to raltegravir in HIV-1-infected patients on a suppressive antiretroviral regimen has been poorly studied in the clinical practice of developing countries. We conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort study in HIV-1-infected, multidrug-experienced adults (≥18 years old) with plasma HIV-1-RNA <400 copies/ml for at least 4 months on an enfuvirtide-containing therapy between 2005 and 2010, in whom the attending physician switched from enfuvirtide to raltegravir. Effectiveness endpoints were measured at week 48 after switch. Analyses were conducted on an intent-to-treat basis and two strategies for handling missing outcome data were used (hereafter, strategies 1 and 2). Overall, 87 patients were eligible for analysis. At baseline, the median CD4(+) T cell count was 400 cells/μl and 91.9% of patients had <50 HIV-1-RNA copies/ml. At week 48, the proportions of patients with plasma HIV-1-RNA <50 and <400 copies/ml were, respectively, 86.2% (95% CI=77.1; 92.7%) and 88.5% (95% CI=79.9; 94.3%) (strategies 1 and 2) and 89.7% (95% CI=81.3; 95.2%) and 90.8% (95% CI=82.7; 95.9%) (strategies 1 and 2). This was a -10.3% (95% CI=-2.8; -17.9%) and -9.2% (95% CI=-2; -16.4%) difference from baseline in the proportion of patients with plasma HIV-1-RNA <400 copies/ml. The median increase in CD4(+) T cell counts was 41 and 64 cells/μl (p<0.001) (strategies 1 and 2). No patient withdrew raltegravir or developed opportunistic infections, but one was diagnosed with HIV-related dementia. In conclusion, switching from enfuvirtide to raltegravir in patients on a virologically suppressive regimen is an effective strategy even in a Brazilian clinical setting.
Research on the Impact Effect of Monetary Policy on the Price Fluctuation of Chinese Agricultural Products

This paper constructs a mathematical model by learning from Frankel'analytical framework and tests the factors that influence the price fluctuation of Chinese agricultural products from 1952 to 20102. The results show that:( 1). no matter in long term or in short term,the monetary policy has powerful impacts on the price fluctuation of Chinese agricultural products and the rise of the supply of broad money is the key factor that leads to the price rise of Chinese agricultural products.( 2) In the long run,the price fluctuation of agricultural products are affected by fiscal policy and the exchange rate of RMB; in the short run,the expansion of fiscal expenditure promotes the rise of Chinese agricultural products and the shock of exchange rate is not significant.( 3) This paper proves that rapid money supply is the most important factor that leads to the sharp fluctuation of agricultural products after February 2009 by using Chow breakpoint method based on the data from January 1999 to December 2012.
Identifying clinical, demographic, and genomic risk factors for treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders

Identifying factors contributing to treatment-resistance in psychiatric disorders could uncover shared aetiology or used to develop predictive tests to identify patients at risk of poor outcomes. Severe psychiatric disorders–here schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and anorexia nervosa–have an enormous impact on morbidity. Up to 60% have poor outcomes despite adequate treatment. Those with treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders have high rates of mortality, higher health care costs, and are hospitalized longer. Further knowledge on how clinical, demographic, and genomic factors effect treatment-resistance in psychiatry is urgently needed. To date, I am unaware of any systematic assessment of genetic, clinical, and demographic factors associated with treatment-resistance across the 4 previously mentioned disorders simultaneously. Previous genomic studies investigating these disorders evaluated treatment-resistance for one disorder, were limited by small sample sizes, and did not consider a range of risk factors. First, I will investigate whether clinical and demographic factors are associated with treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders using Swedish National register data and whether they differ between disorders (N=20K). Second, I will examine whether different forms of genetic variation are associated with treatment-resistance, using existing samples (N=20K) with genome-wide genotyping, copy number variant, and exome data. Here, I will uncover knowledge about how genetic variation effects treatment-resistance, including shared genetic correlation. Third, I will examine the confounding effects of genetics on clinical and demographic factors for treatment-resistance. Completion of the proposed work could highly impact our understanding of treatment-resistance in psychiatry, and has the potential to reduce morbidity, mortality, and suffering in individuals with these disorders.
Optimization of castor seed oil extraction process using response surface methodology

This work is focused in the study of the oil yield extraction from castor seed using three different seed states called: whole, broken and bare endosperm. Taguchi design was used to determine the contribution of the followed parameters: seed state, amount of seed in the extractor, temperature and pressure. It was proved that it is necessary to introduce the whole seed and that the pericarp forms paths that increase the yield extraction. The contribution of the control factors has a yield extraction limit. The complete analysis was done using a surface response methodology giving as result the best parameter for temperature and pressure that allows a better yield mechanical extraction. According to these tests, oil yield can be increased by 35% or even more just by controlling those factors that generate higher variability during the extraction process.
Joint non-uniform detection and low-complexity decoding for multi-level cell NAND flash memory

With the development of manufacture technology, the multi-level cell (MLC) technique dramatically increases the storage density of NAND flash memory. As the result, cell-to-cell interference (CCI) becomes more serious and hence causes an increase in the raw bit error rate of data stored in the cells. Recently, low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes have appeared to be a promising solution to combat the interference of MLC NAND flash memory. However, the decoding complexity of the sum-product algorithm (SPA) is extremely high. In this paper, to improve the accuracy of the log likelihood ratio (LLR) information of each bit in each NAND flash memory cell, we adopt a non-uniform detection (N-UD) which uses the average maximum mutual information to determine the value of the soft-decision reference vlotages. Furthermore, with an aim to reduce the decoding complexity and improve the decoding performance, we propose a modified soft reliability-based iterative majority-logic decoding (MSRBI-MLGD) algorithm, which uses a non-uniform quantizer based on power function to decode LDPC codes. Simulation results show that our design can offer a desirable trade-off between the performance and complexity for high-column-weight LDPC-coded MLC NAND flash memory.
Les études basques comme sujet d’enquête

Résumé Cet article analyse le processus de disciplinarisation des études basques –ou leur constitution en tant que sujet d’enquête académique —comme exemple d’ area study dans une nation sans État. A cette fin, il décrit la confluence des courants discursifs en bascologie à la fin du XIX e siècle dans un contexte de création des disciplines de la linguistique et de la philologie romane en Europe et de la “renaissance” de la langue et de l’identité basques. L’article soutient que ce processus s’est distingué par l’intégration de deux traditions —l’une “locale”, unie à la patrie basque, et l’autre “étrangère”, liée à la bascologie européenne— dans la stratégie de publication de la Revue Internationale des Études Basques (fondée en 1907). L’étude montre comment les conventions discursives dans lesquelles ces traditions ont été insérées ont influencé non seulement la production de connaissances, mais aussi la manière dont le sujet des études basques s’est construit à travers la fondation d’un congrès et d’une revue internationaux, et la canonisation des textes originaux basques.
CONCENTRATING EVACUATED PHOTOVOLTAIC GLAZING PANEL

An evacuated photovoltaic glazing panel is disclosed which is adapted to provide significant thermal insulation and optical daylight control to a building, while at the same time generating electricity through solar energy, in order to reduce and supplement the power requirements of the building, which in combination significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the building in question.
Cytotoxicity of non-vital dental bleaching agents in human gingival fibroblasts

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare several non-vital dental bleaching agents for their in vitro cytotoxicity to human gingival fibroblasts primary cell line.Methods: The cells were cultivated in DMEM and were seed in plates of 96 wells; then, it was exposed to the conditioned medium according to the experimental groups (n=12): G1- SP (sodium perborate) + distilled water; G2- SP + 20% CP (carbamide peroxide); G3- 20% CP; G4- SP + 35% HP (hydrogen peroxide); G5- 35% HP. In the control group (n=12), corresponded to the curve of cell growth and viability, the cells did not receive any treatment. Cell viability was measured photometrically using a MTT assay after a 24h and 48h of exposure period. Data were submitted to ANOVA and Tukey’s tests.Results: All the experimental groups presented high cytotoxicity statically in comparison to the control group. The rank of the most to the least toxic material after 24 hours was: SP + DW &gt; 35% PH &gt; PS + 20% PC &gt; PS + 35% PH &gt; 20% PC; and after 48 hours was: SP + DW &gt; PS + 20% PC &gt; 35% PH &gt; PS + 35% PH &gt; 20% PC. All the bleaching agents had presented cytotoxicity effects, reducing significantly the cell viability, however, in the conditions that the study was conducted the association of sodium perborate with distilled water was the most toxic bleaching agent.
Regions in Europe Coordinate and Optimize innovation and competitiveness policy instruments towaRDs improving the sustainability of transport - study case of SMEs in the railway sector

Europe has always been a step ahead regarding sustainable transport mode in comparison with the rest of the world and Europe has developed valuable expertise and innovation in the railway sector. That is why, railway is identified in many RIS3. However due to a fierce competition in particular from emerging industries, the whole sector and especially SME are facing big challenges regarding their competitiveness (pricebased vs. innovationbased competitiveness). To tackle this challenge, regions with the help of the EC, put efforts to encourage R&I joint activities (triple helix concept) by offering innovation delivery support in the ERDF OP (direct fundings, cluster policy...). Other initiatives have been launched towards the railway sector but it has been pointed out that SME have specific issues due to the way public transport works, the specificities of its value chain and its market structure (few big companies with thousands of SMEs, few profit margin, low innovation culture, etc.). Taking this into consideration, the RECORD project aims at helping SME to invest more and better in innovation activities by redesigning the regional policy instruments. To do so, we plan individual work to be compared with partnering regions and analyzed. Benchmark and brainstorming sessions with local stakeholders will help draw provenoriented conclusions and develop new approaches together. To have comparability and to be able to share experiences and learn from each other, it is key to admit regional policy structure, industrial environment and clusters differences. Stakeholders engagement in this project is very important as it will be the first time managing authorities, clusters, businesses, universities, other funding organizations, regions etc. are working together early in the political process in the railway sector. This lends credibility and builds solid foundation to develop a framework that will be accepted for implementation.
Obtaining intellectual property protection for the results of R & D by COBICO Sp. z o.o.

The services will cover expenses related to obtaining intellectual property protection in connection with the preparation of the application and proceedings for the EPO (European Patent Office) and the National Patent Office of the results of R & D research carried out under the Bon innovation sub-measure.
A Linearization Approach for Improving the Computational Efficiency of Water Distribution System Ranking-based Optimization Algorithms

Abstract This paper presents a linearization approach to be used within the framework of water distribution system optimization problems where the searching algorithm is guided by the ranking of the possible solutions characterized by a system performance indicator such as the resilience index. The results obtained in addressing two different problems applied to real water distribution systems, namely, identification of the optimal placement of flow meters in a district meter area and multi-objective design of a water distribution system, show that a linearized hydraulic simulator although not capable of correctly describing the hydraulic functioning of the network, nonetheless enables each solution it finds to be assigned a value of the performance indicator whose ranking closely approximates the ranking of the corresponding solution that would be obtained if the full hydraulic simulator was used. This ensures significant reductions in computational times.
Mass strikes and social movements in india and brazil

Since the onset of the world financial crisis a new cycle of labour unrest emerged around the world. This rise of labour unrest in emerging economies is part of a global wave of protests and strikes that followed the economic and financial crisis in 2007/2008. Given the massive tendencies of a concentration of political and economic power in the wake of this crisis and the crisis of democratic representation resulting from this, these popular movements constitute a counter tendency to broaden means of political participation - but the organisational forms that emerge from these movements have not yet been investigated and understood thoroughly. Thus, an understanding of these new alliances and forms of organisations will enable to conceive of new ways of democratic engagement and participatory politics that provide responses and solutions to the ongoing crisis of democratic participation. 

The objective of this research project is to construct a new initial theory on strikes that is able to take account of the manifold linkages between strike movements and community organisations. Therefore, I will investigate four case studies of mass strikes, two in the Indian automobile industry, and two in the Brazilian construction industry and the new forms of cross-movement alliances that emerged in these strikes. These sectors were the focus of mass strikes in this period in the respective national economies. These strikes have not been investigated in depth yet, and exhibited features that indicate new trends of labour movements in the emerging economies. Thus, they are examples of a wider trend in the new industrializing countries. The mass strikes in question were traditional strikes in the sense that they were focused on specific economic sectors on the one hand, but the forms of worker´s organisation took on new forms, including new alliances with social movements on the other hand.
DETERMINING PLACEMENT OF AN ARCHITECTURAL COVERING GATEWAY.

Techniques for configuring an architectural structural covering system are described. The system can include a number of coverings and a number of gateways. A gateway can be communicatively coupled with a covering, whereby remote controls of the covering can be effectuated via the gateway. To set-up such system, proximity metrics between coverings and the gateway can be processed and presented at a user interface to indicate the quality of the placement of the gateway in relation to a connectivity range to a space that includes the coverings and in relation to the strength of the connectivity to each covering. After the placement of the gateway is complete, the gateway can be connected to a data network and can receive from a computer system a configuration of the coverings and an assignment indicating which covering the gateway is to control.
Constraining the use of antibiotics: applying Scanlon's contractualism

Decisions to use antibiotics require that patient interests are balanced against the public good, that is, control of antibiotic resistance. Patients carry the risks of suboptimal antibiotic treatment and many physicians are reluctant to impose even small avoidable risks on patients. At the same time, antibiotics are overused and antibiotic-resistant microbes are contributing an increasing burden of adverse patient outcomes. It is the criteria that we can use to reject the use of antibiotics that is the focus of this paper. Scanlon's contractualism explains why antibiotics should not be used to gain small benefits, even when the direct costs of antibiotics are low. We know that some individuals now (and probably more in the future will) carry a burden of irretrievable harm as a consequence of treatment- (antibiotic-) resistant infection. If we accept that the dominant justification for use of antibiotics is to prevent irretrievable harm to an individual or contact, then the use of antibiotics for self-limiting conditions, or for the treatment of individuals with conditions for which antibiotics do not substantially impact on outcomes (eg, in the latter stages of terminal illness), or for access based on preference or willingness to pay (internet or over-the-counter access), or the use of antibiotics as animal growth promoters can be rejected. Scanlon's approach also suggests that, with few new antibiotics in the pipeline and an increasing burden of disease attributable to resistant microbes, control of the spread of antibiotic-resistant microbes should be given increasing priority.
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IS IT INTENDED TO IMPLEMENT AN INNOVATIVE FILTER SYSTEM FOR PRINTERS, CONSISTING OF A FILTER MADE OF NON-WOVEN FABRIC AND ONE OR AN IP? SENSORS FOR DETECTING PARTICULATE MATTER AND VOLATILE CHEMICALS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY NOT EXISTING ON THE MARKET AND CAPABLE OF BLOCKING PARTICULATE MATTER EMITTED BY THE LAST GENERATION AND TRAPPING PRINTERS OF THE VCC AND PI? IN GENERAL, VOLATILE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS EMITTED FROM DIFFERENT PRINTER TYPES. HAVE RECENT STUDIES ADDRESSED THE ROLE OF LASER PRINTERS AS A SOURCE OF EMISSIONS AND? CAN IT BE SHOWN THAT THE VOLATILE COMPOUNDS AND ULTRAFINE PARTICLES EMITTED CAN HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE RESPIRATORY TRACT AND THE NON-NON-POLITICAL ORGANS: L? ORGANISATION OF THE WORLD OF SANIT? HAS THE (WHO) ALSO BEEN THE GUIDELINES FOR QUALIT? DOES THE AIR INDOOR AIR RELATED TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POLLUTANTS, WHERE THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE EFFECTS ON THE MAN WAS FOUND TO BE HARMFUL
Abnormal Enhancement of N2+Emission Induced by Lower Frequency in N2Dual-Frequency Capacitively Coupled Plasmas

Nitrogen dual-frequency capacitively coupled plasmas (DF-CCPs) with different frequency configurations, i.e., 60/2 MHz and 60/13.56 MHz, are investigated by means of optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and a floating double probe. The excited nitrogen molecule ion N2+(B) is monitored by measuring the emission intensity of the (0,0) bandhead of the first negative system (FNS) at 391.44 nm. It is shown that in the discharge with 60/13.56 MHz, the N2+ emission intensity decreases with the increase in pressure. In the discharge with 60/2 MHz, however, an abnormal enhancement of N2+ emission at higher pressure is observed when a higher power of 2 MHz is added. Variation in the ion density shows a similar dependence on the gas pressure. This indicates that in the discharge with 60/2 MHz there is a mode transition from the alpha to gamma type when a higher power of 2 MHz is added at high pressures. Combining the measurements using OES and double probe, the influence of low frequency on the discharge is investigated and the excitation route of the N2+(B) state in the discharge of 60/2 MHz is also discussed.
METHODS FOR A MULTI-SERVICE MOBILE PLATFORM FOR WELL SERVICING

A multi-service mobile platform is enabled for various different types of well servicing, including jointed pipe service, coiled tubing service, snubbing service, and wireline service. The multi-service mobile platform may be installed using loads to deliver modular components and assemblies, such as on a truck bed for example. The multi-service mobile platform is mobile and may be positioned in an installed and configured state from one wellhead to another wellhead. The multi-service mobile platform includes integrated hydraulic and electrical power sources and integrated lines for the power sources.