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     from Trudeau: making sure voices from the Prairies are heard in the capital.

“The message is we have to do a better job listening, communicating, sharing and developing a set of regional policies that fit into the strength of our federation and the objective is that there be a strong Western Canada in a united Canada and I think that’s my mandate,” Carr said.

One existing policy, however, is at the heart of much of the west’s anger: Bill C-69. It’s a contentious pieces of legislation overhauling the environmental assessment of major projects, which critics argue will further strangle natural resources development in red tape.

READ MORE: B.C. oil tanker ban squeaks through final vote in Senate

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the group had a blunt conversation about the bill, but


instead, they set up a maze of restrictions—grandfather clauses, poll taxes, literacy tests—designed to winnow out non-whites and, to a lesser extent, poor people of any race.

A law that says, “whites can vote, non-whites not so much,” for example, is invalid on its face. But what if it says, “persons convicted of a crime of moral turpitude may not vote,” when that rule disenfranchises blacks far more often than whites? In a 1985 case called Hunter v. Underwood, the Supreme Court found that, neutral in language or not, the “moral turpitude” clause was invalid under the 15th Amendment. The historical evidence, wrote then-Justice William H. Rehnquist, “demonstrates conclusively that [the ‘turpitude’ provision] was enacted with the intent of disenfranchising blacks.” The sponsors of the measure had admitted inbackground lights in the subject’s face.

That was the basic setup that Frederico used for all shots. But of course, he had to tweak his formula on the fly, based on how the available light and his creative impulses.

“I love how the gels are pre-cut and how everything fits my B1 flashes perfectly right off the bat,” says Frederico. “Before I had to carry around big gels sheets of and cut them in the right seize and so on. All this while trying to set up a shoot. This solution saves me a lot of time, which in turn allows me to be more creative and take better pictures.”


is suitable for all car windows. This product is also suitable for trucks, busses and motorcycles.

Properties:

Long lasting coating (lasts more than 12 months)

Last up to 3 times longer than common nano coatings

Does not change color of surface and is completely invisible

Better visibility during the rain

Higher safety on the road

Preparation of surface:

Surface has to be clean, dry and oil, grease free. If glass is waxed, clean it with Hendlex Wax Remover and wash with water. It is recommended to clean glass with Hendlex paint prepare before coating. Usage of product: using special application cloth buff coating into the surface. Repeat buffing process several times without using additional coating. Wait for 5 minutes and polish the surface with cloth. Application temperature should be more than +5?C. Protect surface for 4this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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 *
 * Should you need to contact me, the author, you can do so either by
 * e-mail - mail your message to <vojtech@ucw.cz>, or by paper mail:
 * Vojtech Pavlik, Simunkova 1594, Prague 8, 182 00 Czech Republic
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#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/ioport.h>
#include <linux/gameport.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>

MODULE_AUTHOR("Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("EMU10k1 gameport driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

struct emu {
	struct pci_dev *dev;
	struct gameport *gameport;
	int io;
	int size;
};

static const struct pci_device_id emu_tbl[] = {

	{ 0x1102, 0x7002, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, /* SB Live gameport */
	{ 0x1102, 0x7003, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, /* Audigy gameport */
	{ 0x1102, 0x7004, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, /* Dell SB Live */
	{ 0x1102, 0x7005, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, /* Audigy LS gameport */
	{ 0, }
};

MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, emu_tbl);

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robots that interact with humans," said Rao. "Other skills will need to be learned on-the-fly, which is one of the reasons why we have focused our robotics research on learning by imitating humans."

Friday, November 5, 2010

Springer has commissioned an edited volume in The Frontiers Collection (which deals with forefront topics in science and philosophy) about the singularity hypothesis and related questions, such as the intelligence explosion, acceleration, transhumanism, and whole brain emulation. The book shall examine answers to central questions which reformulate the singularity hypothesis as a coherent and falsifiable conjecture, examine its empirical value, and investigate its the most likely consequences, in particular those associated with existential risks.

The purpose of this volume is to report the results of using the standard toolkit of scientific enquiry and analyticand defeated Islam, will bow the knee to the two men who occupy these offices during Daniel’s 70th Week.

There are other confused patriotic Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christians who now think God’s chosen nation, America, has been taken over by global elitist wolves wearing sheepskin suits, like President Bush, and want to take it back, by force if necessary. Many of them are probably former supporters of President Bush, but have fallen away thinking the President has betrayed them.

Another distinct group of confused Evangelicals and Fundamentalists are acknowledging that America might actually be, or at least has become, Babylon the Great of Revelation 18 and the final lead nation of the Roman Empire of Daniel 7, and rightfully seek to distance themselves from this New World Order, rather than


seduced young Christians back into the ways of unsaved mankind by religious deception, than he is the “dignities”, the unregenerate kings and governors of the then Roman Empire, who occupied the land of Israel.

Today these false teachers and their followers, instead of obeying the command of the Lord through Peter and Paul to obey (only commands not contrary to the gospel) and honor President Bush, while still warning him of his own sin nature and the false militant gospel he is following, are now accusing President Bush of conspiring and even planning the attacks on 9/11 in order to fulfill the plans of the New World Order elites to establish a one-world government and religion. Let me be clear on this….even if President Bush and his government weredirectly involved in the slaughter of 9/11, or at least had knowledge of its coming, and purposely let it come to pass to then invade the Middle East to bring about their “dominion” vision, does not change how born again Christian ambassadors are to respond to civil authorities.

Those of you who think I am delirious and in desperate need of a psychiatrist’s medications please read Revelation 13&14, which describes how Christians are to respond to the Antichrist/President and False Prophet/Pope during the coming time of Daniel’s 70th Week which lasts seven years. Keep in mind this is when all of mankind will be forced to swear allegiance by taking the Mark of the President/Antichrist/Beast or be executed. Even then, the saints of God are commanded not to resist


by taking up arms against a government which is filled with men who have the Mark of the Beast on their forehead or hand, who can rightly be called, dead men walking, for those who take the Mark are beyond hope and cannot be redeemed. They have condemned themselves by taking the Mark. Even during those coming days of darkness and mass death, the saints are not to take vengeance on their enemies.

Listen and heed the warning from the scriptures….”And it was given unto him (Antichrist/President/Beast) to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of lifedead, so shall we. Is your ear tuned in to what John is teaching here?

To be honest, there was a battle in my mind as to whether or not I should write this article, knowing that it will trouble some of you who are daily bombarding the airwaves and internet with your harsh anti-government oratory and unproven accusations, all in the name of Jesus Christ. Some of you on my mailing list would have said to me…just pray and ask the Lord to correct these men if they are wrong about President Bush. Some others of you are probably calling me a monumental hypocrite, in that I am continually writing and exposing America as Babylon the Great and not God’s chosen nation, whose destiny is to manifest the


that born again Christians should get entangled in. For all of these groups are different faces of the same serpent who leads all men who have not departed from the sin nature they were born with. It is Satan and his fallen angels who use them all against each other in order to seduce Christians into joining their “righteous” cause. They all need to be called to repentance and made aware of Satan’s control over them. Admitting that I was controlled and manipulated by fallen angels that I could not see with my own two eyes was one of the most difficult decisions I have ever made. But it was the dirty and foul truth, and when I asked the Lord Jesus Christ to free me from theirbloody cross and coming of our Lord Jesus, who will then put an end to all of these wars that Satan has inspired among mankind. Those of you who profess to be Christians and are zealously warring and speaking condemnation against the civil authorities, need to know that you are fighting the wrong war. I sincerely ask you to reflect upon what I have written in this article and ask the Lord Jesus Christ if he is pleased with the war you have joined. Born again Christians should be joined with the indwelling Holy Spirit in the war against our own carnal mind that yet resides in our sinful bodies.

Remember, when we are born again it is our heart or spirit that is re-created and washed clean of


Amplification and sequence analysis of partial bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene in gallbladder bile from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.
The etiopathogenesis of bile duct lesion in primary biliary cirrhosis is unknown, though the participation of bacteria and/or their components and products is suspected. In this study, we tried to detect and identify bacteria in the bile of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis by polymerase chain reaction using universal bacterial primers of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Gallbladder bile samples from 15 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis, 5 with primary sclerosing cholangitis, 5 with hepatitis C virus-related liver cirrhosis, 11 with cholecystolithiasis, and from 12 normal adult gallbladders were used. In addition to the culture study, partial bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)Archives

Australia Embraces Technocracy with Biometric Employee Time and Attendance System

In the global race to see which industrialized nation will lead the way in the implementation of the most oppressive police state the world has ever known, Australia has been making silent but steady gains for years. With those aware of the march toward totalitarianism usually preoccupied with the developments in the United States and the UK, Australia can often go overlooked. Yet, not to be outdone, the land down under has managed to enact carbon taxes, militarize police, end gun ownership, and rival even England in terms of forced political correctness. Although Australia might not be the leader of the pack, it refuses to be left out.

Every now and then, there are signs that Australia is attempting to


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 Liver microsomal fatty acid composition in ethanol-fed rats: effect of different dietary fats and relationship to liver injury.
The rat intragastric feeding model for alcoholic liver disease was used to study the effect of different diets on the fatty acid composition of liver microsomes. Rats were fed corn oil and ethanol (CE), saturated fat and ethanol (SF+E) or corn oil and dextrose (CD) for either 2 or 4 weeks. Rats were also fed saturated and dextrose (SF+D) for 4 weeks. In comparison with the CD diet, lower levels of arachidonic acid were detected in rats fed the CE, SF+E, and SF+D diets. However, the diet-induced changes in levels of arachidonic acid varied as a function of length of feeding. In rats fed the CE diet, we detected a significant


decrease in the level of arachidonic acid compared with CD animals. Conversely, in rats fed the SF+E diet, the level of arachidonic acid increased compared with the SF+D group. In addition, a significant correlation was noted between levels of oleic acid and arachidonic acid in both corn oil (r = -0.85, p < 0.01) and saturated fat (r = -0.76, p < 0.05) groups. However, the changes in levels of arachidonic acid and oleic acid were in opposite directions in the two groups. Levels of docosahexaenoic acid decreased between the 2 and 4 weeks in animals maintained on the CE diet. Levels of stearic acid increased between 2 and 4 weeks in rats fed the SF+E diet. The lowest level of linoleic acid was detected in the SF+D Trial/registry/hospital names;

4.  Methodological quality of the studies;

5.  Baseline features;

6.  Outcomes reported;

7.  Follow-up periods;

8.  Types of participants (single or multivessel CAD, ULMCAD, any other complex CAD);

9.  Location (regions where these studies were carried out);

10. Type of angiographic tools that were used for evaluation (SS II);

11. Number of patients with a low versus a high score, respectively.

The methodological qualities of the studies were also assessed. Randomized controlled trials were assessed with reference to the Cochrane Collaboration.^\[[@R14]\]^ Two points were given for each of the 6 components (high risk bias = 0 point, unclear bias = 1 point, low risk of bias = 2) that assessed the methodological quality with a maximum total score of 12 points.

For the observational studies, quality assessment was carried


based on the most beneficial revascularization choice.

A recently published meta-analysis comparing the SYNTAX score with clinical SYNTAX Score to validate their abilities to predict adverse clinical outcomes showed that the latter was associated with better predictive value for all-cause mortality with RR: 1.04 (95% CI: 1.03--1.05).^\[[@R22]\]^ Even in this current analysis, a low SYNTAX Score II was compared with a higher score, and significantly higher predictive values for mortality were observed indicating that this new angiographic tool might be more effective to predict prognosis in patients who underwent PCI. Good calibration of the SYNTAX Score II has been demonstrated.^\[[@R23]\]^

Even a retrospective study from a single-center registry demonstrating the potential utility of the SYNTAX Score II in patients with left main CAD showed that SYNTAX Score II allowed abetter and individualized risk stratification of patients requiring coronary revascularization.^\[[@R24]\]^ An editorial publication was also in favor of the SYNTAX Score II.^\[[@R25]\]^ The author stated that the SYNTAX Score II had far more benefits and it was innovative. He also suggested that the SYNTAX Score II was a daring attempt in this new era, and stated that the SYNTAX II trial was completed in November 2015 and it would be interesting to know its outcome.

To further support these current results, in another study, the authors concluded that the SYNTAX Score II might be applicable to several types of patients with CAD such as stable CAD, ACS and other patients with complex CAD undergoing PCI.^\[[@R10],[@R26]\]^ A prospective study^\[[@R27]\]^ further stated that this important decision-making tool should be used in


patients with 3-vessel diseases and in the vast majority of patients that have been enrolled in the SYNTAX II trial.^\[[@R28]\]^ It should also be noted that the SYNTAX Score II might also be important in contrast-induced nephropathy.^\[[@R29]\]^

This is one of the first meta-analyses to assess the risk of mortality prediction using the SYNTAX Score II scoring system in patients who underwent PCI. Another novelty is the fact that this scoring system is new in Interventional Cardiology and should be promoted and applied in daily practice. Applying this scoring system might better predict mortality following coronary angioplasty as compared with other tools such as the SYNTAX Score I.

This analysis has certain limitations. Even though the total number of participants was adequate, the number of participants involved in each subgroupvisit the Audubon Society website, www.ctaudubon.org, for more information and a live camera feed to the gourds at Milford.

Bracelets for Baby Birds

Media: New Haven Register

Purple martin nesting gourds at the Milford Point Coastal Center in Milford.

Purple martin nesting gourds at the Milford Point Coastal Center in Milford.

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At Milford coastal center, bracelets for baby birds are part of broad conservation efforts


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   handmade, I doubt there's another one like it. But if it's still there, and I've satisfied my own requirement, I shall get it. I would love to have a wonderful guy present it to me on bended knee...but we know how bloody likely that is to happen (if you'll pardon the language, and understanding that Divine Providence does not operate by probability tables). So, I shall [odds are] have to do it for myself! And maybe I'll take myself out to a nice dinner, too! Buying myself roses, though, might be going overboard. :-)

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Disturbing discovery thanks to a random "met a person from church" chat moment...one of the children I used to babysit for is engaged. Well, he's an adult now, and employed as an


an actively hostile fellow. So, I'd appreciate your talking to our father about this situation. I sure have been!

Also, as many of you know, I have a chronic illness which has been flaring up of late, so if you'd pray for a return to remission, too, I'd really appreciate it.

Blessings to all during this wonderful preparation-season for Christ's advent--both past and future!

Saturday, December 11, 2004

Evil roommate unlocked front door while I was typing that last entry. Came in dressed like a hip-hopper robbed of his chains. Marched over to the bulletin board without a word, thumb-tacked a few greenbacks to it. Turned around, walked out, not even looking at me. Locked the front door and I heard a car drive away seconds later.

At least she’s alive—as I toldyears ago that I’d be a spinster at thirty, living with two, and possibly three unrelated twenty-something guys…

Happily, some folks from Intervarsity showed up among the more than fifty people who crowded our downstairs—turned out that a fellow named Ben was in graduate school with Marianne, and he brought two guests—one guy I knew, and one girl I didn’t. Joey, a tall, thin man with rimless glasses, has joined the navy, and is due to report to OCS just a few weeks after my submariner brother. The fun and wacky redhead Emily and I hit it off almost immediately. She was a drama person in college, and yes, she still is a drama person at heart. Her sister was married in Siberia two years ago to one of


a William novel in anexhibit showing the stuff children took with them during the war evacuation.
Also
saw the first Time Out. Took the highwalk back to the Barbican, an international India Habitat Centre I found yesterday. The library was open for longer today, so read the Time Out guide to London.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

yesterday, went to Oxford St. to shop. Hordes of people were there for the Boxing Day sales. Intheafternoon, part of the street was cordoned off after a teen got stabbed there. Had a late lunch of lip smacking Lebanese. Took thebus back again as the tube strike was on. Enjoyed the view from the deck.
Today, went to Hyde Park. Then Harrod's. Had to stand in line to enter the perfumesale area. Worth it though. Beautifully doneon the tube and remembered PG Wodehouse. Keen to go to the Sherlock Holmes museum. Saw Baker St.

Monday, October 17, 2011

From Rimbik, a plenitude of greenery on
the way calmed my spirit. Rivers, mini waterfalls on the way, valleys
and mountains all greeted us. The waterfall had water in a hurry, in
contrast to the rest of the surroundings, which simply were.

Watercolors merged with blue, trees
silhouetted against the sky. After lunch, another trek took us to
Gurdum. UNO now also known as ENO and a local brew led to a merry
evening. Saw orchids too.

Next morning, after a breathtaking
sunrise, we started trekking to Sandakfu. The stillness and coolness
of the jungle green was soothing. Panoramic clouds crept up on the
hillside. Felt like pulling a particularly fluffy one down for a
pillow.

It gave a feeling of


friend's wall on Facebook. I also watched some hilarious videos of Facebook in the offline world. People poking each other actually, writing on wall, and shouting out comments.

We write about the real world online. It's still funny to imagine the virtual world offline. Maybe one day it will be the other way round.

Friday, May 06, 2011

I'm often irritated when I see photos of happy friends at birthdays etc on Facebook. People don't seem to share the downs as much as the ups here. Although no one likes a wet blanket friendship does mean sharing the good with the bad.

Is Facebook making us more optimistic? I don't think so. Our editing skills are improving definitely. We may not be happier but by choosing to only share our high pointsother than twiddle our fingers while the boys in blue did their part.

Games watched at home in childhood, in college in common rooms, and at work in conference rooms all melded together, as all the people we shared these moments with were on social media. We could exult over a stylish shot, groan in despair when a catch was dropped, and pray together when times were tough.

Otherwise, the internal energy would have no outlet and may have resulted in more heart attacks :)

Monday, March 21, 2011

Social media is logically the best way to learn about what’s happening in social media. There’s something constantly happening in this field. We feel like we always need to be plugged in, otherwise we may miss out on something important.

Just like poets are


not use Facebook? I feel that is our comfort zone, because we are particular about who we add as our friends. They may know as much as we do, particularly if the subject is esoteric. Tapping experts on Twitter is a better bet.

Facebook reminds me of a swimming pool, where groups of friends do their own thing. You smile, wave, laugh with each other. It’s for the good times. Twitter is this vast ocean you can drown in, or learn to swim in.

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Happy Women's Day. The argument has been that if women want equality, why do they also want a day set aside for them? The fact remains that women are still exploited all over the world, so I think in this context, if initiativesaround these women are helped by this day, then we should definitely mark this day.Wikipedia informs me that this was originally International Working Women's Day. Originally a Socialist event, does it still have teeth, on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day? Let's not limit it to wishing each other, celebrating womanhood, and meeting galpals.When I was a child, it was a distinct mental jump to watch women in managerial roles on cable TV- Star World soaps and the like. Gradually, as I saw women achieve more, be as good at tasks which were considered male, I internalised the fact that we've arrived.Womanism still resonates more with me than feminism. Sometimes, catfights prevail over better sense. But I still think we've come a long way. I still don't


into.Twitter's a Hi! and a blog's a how are you? the one that friends can take half an hour to answer. If Twitter's 20-20, a blog's a Test match.A blog tells you more about a person, the way she thinks, speaks, and writes. In a tweet, I'm always conscious of the fact that I have only 140 characters. Reminds me of the STD calls earlier.A blog can be thought similar to a magazine, while a tweet is akin to a newspaper. Although Twitter may be more social, a larger ego boost, what will you tweet about? That's where a blog can come in.Although I still believe brevity is the soul of wit, short blog posts seem like a good compromise between a tweet and a post which ismenu "Firmware packaging (fwmod) options"
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cell lines. Cell nuclei were stained in blue with DAPI (Figure [3E](#F3){ref-type="fig"} and [3F](#F3){ref-type="fig"}). Yellow spots are indicative of a significant TLR-4/Dkk-3 co-localization (Figure [3G](#F3){ref-type="fig"} and [3H](#F3){ref-type="fig"}).

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A diffuse expression of both TLR-4 and Dkk-3 in U-138MG (**A** and **C**) and in A-172 (**B** and **D**) cell lines was observed by immunofluorescence analysis. Cell nuclei were stained in blue with DAPI (**E** and **F**). Yellow spots are indicative of a significant TLR-4/Dkk-3 co-localization (**G** and **H**).](oncotarget-09-37564-g003){#F3}

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Activation of the innate immune system, particularly through TLR-4, may stimulate tumor growth. Also, the expression of TLR-4 on tumor cells was reported to play a role in immune surveillance and facilitate tumor growth and chemoresistance \[[@R16]\]. In this study, we observed that the absence of TLR-4 strongly inhibited the growth of U-87 MG xenografts in mice. Mean tumor weight was significantly reduced (*p* = 0.9701) as shown in Figure [5A](#F5){ref-type="fig"}, and tumor burden was inhibited by 42% (*p* = 0.128), as shown in Figure [5B](#F5){ref-type="fig"}, suggesting TLR-4 KO mice showed a greater resistance to the tumor onset and development. Also, during the 28-days observation period, tumor growth was significantly inhibited in TLR-4 KO mice compared to Control WT mice, as shown in Figure [5C](#F5){ref-type="fig"} (*F* value =


are indicative of a significant Dkk-3 (**A1** and **B1**) and claudin-5 (**D1** and **E1**) expressions. Each data are expressed as mean ± SEM. *T*-test followed by unpaired test. ^\*\*^*p* \< 0.01 and ^\*\*\*^*p* \< 0.001 vs Control WT.](oncotarget-09-37564-g006){#F6}

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He *et al.*, demonstrated that TLR-4 expressed on human cancer cells is functionally active and plays important roles in promoting immune escape of human cancer cells by inducing immunosuppressive cytokines and apoptosis resistance \[[@R11]\]. Thus, to understand if the lack of TLR-4 could increase apoptosis in U-87 xenograft tumors, TUNEL staining was performed on tumor sections from tumor sample taken after 28 days. Few TUNEL-positive apoptotic cells were found in Control WT tumor sections (Figure [7A](#F7){ref-type="fig"}, [7B](#F7){ref-type="fig"} and [7C](#F7){ref-type="fig"}, see graph Figurestudies {#s2_8}
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Our series includes 30 patients, 9 women and 21 men, aged between 46 and 65 years with an average age of 52.5%. The neoplasm was typically located in the supratentorial region: frontal lobes (four cases), temporal lobes (three cases), parietal lobes (three cases), occipital lobes (two cases). In ten cases, GBM showed a multi-lobar localization: fronto-tempo-parietal lobes (five cases), fronto-temporal lobes (four cases), parieto-occipital lobes (two case). Four cases were located in the temporo-insular region, and the remaining three cases in the thalamic region.

Patient clinical presentation can vary greatly depending on the size and location of the tumor and the anatomic structures of the involved brain. It is also important to take into the account of surrounding edema from the tumor itself as it


be explained by their ability to stop growth and survive in a quiescent state and by the involvement of an enhanced DNA damage signaling \[[@R11]\]. Tail length observed in GBM human cell line compared to control cells was a considerable example of DNA damage, detected by Comet assay analysis.

Although the regulatory mechanisms underlying Wnt/Dkk-3 -- induced apoptosis remain to be elucidated, Abarzua *et al.*, \[[@R28]\] showed that overexpression of Dkk-3 selectively induced apoptotic cell death in human prostate cancer cells via activation of c-Jun-NH2-kinase (JNK). In our study, we revealed that the JNK pathway is more consistently activated in human GBM cells than in control cell lines, and it is notably expressed in GBM tissues, confirming that the activation of JNK has a role in promoting the tumorthat the regulation of Dkk-3 confirmed the caspase-mediated apoptosis involvement in tumorigenesis process while the modulation of claudin-5 highlited the role of BBB to maintain its integrity in tumor environment. Furthermore, we demonstrated, for the first time, an interesting TLR-4/Wnt modulation, suggesting that combined therapies that simultaneously enhance Wnt/Dkk-3/claudin-5 activity and inhibit TLR-4 pathway, might shift the balance from tumor growth stasis to cytotoxic therapeutic responses. Taken together, a more clarification between the Wnt/Dkk-3/claudin-5 signaling and the TLRs pathway will be better investigated to find new possible molecular targets for future therapeutics protocols.

**Author contributions**

EE, SC, AG and AC planned the experiments, MiC, ML, VB, RM and AF performed experiments, SMC, GiC, MaC and GeC analyzed the results and prepared the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final


manuscript.

**Ethics statement**

All patients had provided informed consent and tumour collection was approved by the Regional Ethical Board at the University of Messina.

**Availability of data and materials**

All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article.

**CONFLICTS OF INTEREST**

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

**FUNDING**

No specific fund for this work was provided.

GBMs

:   Glioblastomas

Wnt

:   Wingless signaling

Dkk-3

:   Dickkopf protein-related protein 3

TJ

:   Tight Junctions

TLRs

:   Toll-like receptors

TLR-4 KO

:   Toll-like receptor 4 knock out

PAMPs

:   Pathogen Associated Molecular Patterns

NHA

:   Normal Human Astrocytes cell line

JNK

:   c-Jun-NH2-Kinase

p-JNK

:   phospho-c-Jun-NH2-Kinase

GAPDH

:   Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase

ECL

:   EnanchedChemioluminescence

MR

:   Magnetic Resonance

BBB

:   Brain Barrier Blood
When these absorbents were added to water, the MFS/CC-DKGM sank to the bottom of the water due to its hydrophilicity, but the MFS/CC-PDMS floated on top of the water due to its hydrophobicity ([Figure 4](#materials-12-01182-f004){ref-type="fig"}a). A water droplet (blue-colored with MB dye) formed a spherical shape on the MFS/CC-PDMS, whereas a hexane droplet (light oil, red-colored with oil red O dye) quickly absorbed onto the MFS/CC-PDMS ([Figure 4](#materials-12-01182-f004){ref-type="fig"}b, left). Conversely, a water droplet rapidly absorbed on the MFS/CC-DKGM ([Figure 4](#materials-12-01182-f004){ref-type="fig"}b, light). The water-contact angles (WCAs) of the MFS/CC-DKGM and MFS/CC-PDMS were 0° and 154°, indicating their superhydrophilicity and superhydrophobicity, respectively (see insets of [Figure 4](#materials-12-01182-f004){ref-type="fig"}b). When the MFS/CC-PDMS was immersed in water, a silver mirror-like phenomenon was observed on the surface of the MFS/CC-PDMS that corresponded to Cassie-Baxter


unstable endocrine disease, or refusal to participate in the survey. Therefore, 219 outpatients were eligible for the behavioral economics survey, 66 with type 1 diabetes and 153 with type 2 diabetes. Patients with type 1 diabetes were defined as those with acute onset of insulin-dependent diabetes or positive anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase or anti-islet antigen-2 antibodies. All other patients were defined as having type 2 diabetes. The survey and an explanation sheet that included a consent form were handed out at the outpatient clinic. Participants also received a book coupon worth 500 yen (JPY 500= USD 5) as a token remuneration. The completed survey forms were returned by mail. The survey questionnaire used in this study is shown in [Table 1](#t1-ppa-9-649){ref-type="table"}. The first nine questions were modified from theregression analysis, we examined statistical correlation between responses to the questionnaires. QE (lottery 1 low risk, low gain) and QF (lottery 2 high risk, high gain) were significantly correlated (*P*\<0.01). QH (myopic time preference 1) was also significantly correlated with QI (myopic time preference 2) (*P*\<0.01). Therefore, we eliminated QF and QI from the logistic regression analysis in order to avoid multicollinearity. We also removed QD (procrastination 2) because of apparent correlation with QC (procrastination 1).

[Table 4](#t4-ppa-9-649){ref-type="table"} shows the results of logistic regression analysis of factors associated with retinopathy. The model produced a good fit for the data given the statistical significance of the likelihood-ratio chi-square test (*P*\<0.0001). In the standard logit results (Wald test), the parameters of diabetes type, diabetes duration, levels of HbA~1c~, hypothetical lottery risk


               You happen to find a ticket for a lottery with a 1% chance of winning 100,000 yen (USD 1,000). What's the lowest price you would sell it for? No less than \[.....\] yen.

  QH                                                                  Myopic time preference 1             43.0        0.2372

**Note:** Values are presented as mean ± SE.

**Abbreviations:** BMI, body mass index; HbA~1c~, hemoglobin A~1c~; NGSP, National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program; SE, standard error.

######

Age-stratified analysis of the survey response rate

                                   Type 1 diabetes                                     Type 2 diabetes


for them again, Rein says.

“But it turns out it’s not where (the laws) predicted it would be, it’s moved a bit. And it’s moving because there are strong interactions with the rings in which it’s embedded.”

This is the first time astronomers have seen objects in orbit change their course, Rein says.

And he says the alterations are likely caused by collisions between the tiny moons and even smaller bodies of ice and dirt within the rings. These herky-jerky pathways would be similar to the ones Earth and the other planets took during their formations.

Rein is currently running numerical simulations on the Cassini moonlet data to better understand these interrupted motions so as to better predict what may happen on a planetary scale.

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“Really (however) it’s634 patients, 333 answered the questionnaire (52.5%). Of all participants, 26.4% used CAM parallel to RT. Before RT, a total of 39.3% had already used complementary medicine. The most frequently applied methods during therapy were vitamins/minerals, food supplements, physiotherapy/manual medicine, and homeopathy. The majority (71.5%) did not use any complementary treatment, mostly stating that CAM was not offered to them (73.5%). The most common reasons for use were to improve the immune system (48%), to reduce side effects (43.8%), and to not miss an opportunity (37.8%). Treatment integrated into the individual therapy concept, e.g. regular acupuncture, would be used by 63.7% of RT patients. In comparison to other studies, usage of CAM parallel to RT in our department is considered to be low. Acceptance amongst patients is present,


this happened was because the text from his wife. He had replied, telling her she would “regret all of this”.

A medical report was read to the court in which the doctor said the four children’s injuries were consistent with a serious assault by their father and there was clear medical evidence of an attempted strangulation by him.

A psychiatric report was also read to the court in which it said the children had suffered severe trauma that night and they had lost their safe environment. Their world had been turned upside down overnight, Mr Burns read, and things would never be the same again.

Both parents had been described as extremely attentive parents with happy and active children. People spoke of how well the children had turned out.

Their mother readGomphus (fungus)

Gomphus is a genus of cantharelloid fungi in the family Gomphaceae. Once presumed to be related to chanterelles, molecular study has shown them to be allied with stinkhorns and fairy clubs. The type species of the genus is the pig's ear (G. clavatus).

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon named the genus in 1797, but did not assign any species to it at the time. The generic name is derived from the Greek  'γομφος' gomphos meaning 'plug' or 'large wedge-shaped nail'.

Species
, Index Fungorum accepts 18 species of Gomphus:
G. africanus R.H.Petersen 1976 – Africa
G. albidocarneus Villegas 2010 – southeastern Mexico
G. bonarii (Morse) Singer 1945 – North America
G. brasiliensis Corner 1970 – South America
G. brunneus (Heinem.) Corner 1966 – Mexico
G. calakmulensis Villegas & Cifuentes 2010 – southeastern Mexico
G. cavipes Corner 1970 – South


and location-specific signaling in the ENS and identifies key areas where future research could be focused. Greater understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in regulating GPCR signaling in the ENS will provide new insights into GI function and may open novel avenues for therapeutic targeting of GPCRs for the treatment of digestive disorders.

INTRODUCTION G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are dynamic signaling proteins capable of sensing and responding to different physiological stimuli and to diverse extracellular ligands, such as neurotransmitters, hormones, and environmental or dietary cues. GPCRs are ubiquitously expressed by both neuronal and nonneuronal cells in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, where their signaling outputs modulate a broad range of processes, including motility, barrier function, secretion, and immune responses (41). Although a suite of GPCRs function synergistically toboth receptors and bound ligands to early endosomes (5, 16, 35). The subsequent postendocytic sorting events that occur have been examined in some detail, including the targeting of receptors to recycling endosomes or to lysosomes (29, 35, 37), the requirement for endosomal endopeptidase activity, and acidic pH for effective GPCR recycling (16, 35, 36, 55), and the kinetics of GPCR recycling and resensitization under different conditions (29, 35). A summary of currently available tools for examining GPCR endocytosis and signaling in the ENS, their targets, and specific examples of their use are presented in Fig. 1 and Supplemental Table S1 (deposited in Figshare: https://doi.org/10.26180/5c20e75aa9824). Fig. 1.Chemical and genetic approaches to examining G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) trafficking and signaling in the enteric nervous system (ENS). The black text labels


and use potentially supraphysiological or saturating concentrations of agonist. Furthermore, the duration of agonist exposure most likely does not reflect the events that occur under physiological conditions. More physiologically relevant studies have examined GPCR trafficking in response to release of endogenous neuropeptides by electrical stimulation (9, 20, 33), application of high K+ (16, 36, 37), or by mechanical activation of enteric reflexes (9, 45). Endocytosis has been used to study functional coupling between cell types. For example, internalization of the neurokinin 1 receptor (NK 1 R) occurs in interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) in response to activation of the ENS (20). Similarly, internalization of labeled peptide agonists into specific cells within tissues has been used as a surrogate measure to define sites of GPCR expression, particularly when detectionAn immunoassay for a urinary metabolite as a biomarker of human exposure to the pyrethroid insecticide permethrin.
Permethrin is the most popular synthetic pyrethroid insecticide used in agriculture and public health. For the assessment of human exposure to permethrin, a competitive indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of the glycine conjugate of a major metabolite, cis-/trans-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (DCCA), of permethrin was developed based on a polyclonal antibody. An assay based on an antibody with a high sensitivity was optimized and characterized. The IC50 value and the detection range for trans-DCCA-glycine, in the assay buffer were 1.2 and 0.2-7.0 microg/L, respectively. The antibody recognized trans-DCCA-glycine and the mixture of cis-/trans-DCCA-glycine with an isomer range from 30:70 to 50:50 nearly equally. Little or no cross-reactivity to permethrin and its


expressed a fragment of myosin XVIIIa and are in the process of determining its functional properties. This myosin contains several interesting domains, including an N-terminal KE domain and a PDZ domain. It is alternatively spliced at several places. We are beginning to study the function of the various domains using a combination of biochemical and cell biological techniques1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is generally concerned with clutches and is more particularly directed to those designed to be fitted to automobile vehicles.
2. Description of the Prior Art
As is known, a clutch of this kind generally comprises a first plate, called the reaction plate or flywheel, which is designed to be constrained to rotate with a first shaft, in general a driving shaft, in practice the motor output shaft in the case of an automobile vehicle, a friction disk which is designed to be constrained to rotate with a second shaft, in general a driven shaft, in practice the input shaft of the gearbox in the case of an automobile vehicle, a second plate called the pressure plate constrained to rotate with the reaction plate


[@B27]). Solidity was greater in activated microglia than in microglia in a ramified state ([@B30]).

In addition, we performed analysis of microglial density. For this purpose, the centers of the microglial cell bodies on layer 3 of area 12o were located under a Nikon ECLIPSE 80i microscope (Nikon, Tokyo, Japan) in ten Iba1-immunostained sections from each animal used in this study, and the number of microglia were counted in a 150 μm × 80 μm area. The density value was expressed as the number of microglia cell bodies per 1000 μm^2^.

Statistical Analysis {#S2.SS7}
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The data were evaluated using analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey-Kramer *post hoc* tests. Statistical analyses were performed using JSTAT software (Tokyo, Japan) and KaleidaGraph 3.6 software (Synergy Software, Reading, PA, United States). All values wereand VPA marmosets through the developmental stages examined. **(B)** Histogram shows the area of microglial cell body in UE and VPA marmosets through the developmental stages examined. **(C)** Histogram shows the solidity of a microglia in UE and VPA marmosets through the developmental stages examined. ^\*^*p* \< 0.05.](fncel-13-00344-g003){#F3}

Distribution of Microglia in VPA and UE Marmosets on the Sections Stained for Iba1 {#S3.SS3}
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The density of microglia cell bodies in VPA marmosets at 6 months was statistically lower than that in UE marmosets ([Figure 4](#F4){ref-type="fig"}). There were no statistical differences at any other ages evaluated.

![Effects of prenatal exposure to VPA on microglial density in marmoset cortex assayed on sections stained for Iba1. **(A)** Representative images show microglial distribution in UE and VPA marmosets through the developmental stages examined. **(B)** Histogram


in rats prenatally exposed to VPA is statistically lower in later life than in control rats ([@B3]). In the future, these results need to be re-considered in the context of other factors, such as altered microglial and neuronal proliferation rates ([@B6]; [@B18]; [@B8]; [@B35]) and neuropil expansion as a result of increased dendritic spine density ([@B11]; [@B23]; [@B33]), both of which are found in ASD patients.

In summary, since segmentation of microglia processes occurs in patients with ASD and in rodent and marmoset models of ASD, this feature may serve as a good biomarker for assessing brain pathology, and the healing effects of ASD therapy.

Data Availability {#S5}
=================

The raw data supporting the conclusions of this manuscript will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation, to any qualified researcher.

Ethicsacts as a separator between the electrodes, and a current collector. The laminated mother-battery is thereafter subjected to a sharp mechanical cutting out to give thin polymer electrolyte batteries.
These documents disclose how to assemble the laminates themselves but do not teach precisely how to properly superpose or flat-stack the laminates to form batteries.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,547,229 discloses a stacking apparatus and method employing one or more stations, each including a stationary stacking platform or a conveyor upon which spaced-apart pucks are coupled for travel thereon. A product delivery apparatus drives one or more movable webs to which segmented product sheets are removably affixed. The product delivery apparatus includes one or more rotatable lamination interfaces associated with each of the stations for transferring product sheets from the webs to


laboratorial studies which have made it clear that a-Si allows the acquisition of a large-size film at a low cost, a-Si is now becoming a material indispensable for the manufacture of semiconductor devices such as solar battery and thin-film transistor. And, owing to the fact that this a-Si film possesses superior properties such as freedom from pollution, high resistivity and long service life, there has been considered the application of this film to a photoreceptor for electrophotography. However, since those a-Si films which were obtained in their earlier stage of development showed resistance values not high enough for satisfying the requirements of photoreceptors, there has been a delay in putting a-Si films to practical photoreceptors for electrophotography. This delay is considered to be due to the reason thatlang Specifies the primary language for the values in the name and short_name members. This value is a
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now withdrawn their
application to register the marriage.

"We had kept the marriage pending, but now they do not wish
to pursue it further," Vithal Salkar, marriage registrar in
Goa, said. "The documents were not proper."

Dutt, 48, could not be immediately reached for a comment.
Neither was it immediately clear if they could apply to
register the marriage in another state.

The actor, among the highest paid in Bollywood, is out on
bail, while he challenges his conviction for getting illegal
guns from gangsters connected with India's worst bombing in
Mumbai that killed 257 people in 1993.

Dutt's first wife died of brain tumor, while his second
marriage ended in divorce. Dutt has a daughter from his first
marriage.GFP expression was restricted to CD11b(+) and CD11c(+) antigen-presenting cells, but not B cells. Further, significant inhibition of plasmid/antigen-induced IL12 secretion was seen after injection of IL12-siRNA in VM. These findings suggest VM and DPX to be promising means of delivering nucleic acid vaccines in vivo, and warrant further studies on their role in inducing effective immune responses.


on a table.

– It for Pak.

The old man has glanced at the container and at Alex, has drunk up beer in a volley, has grunted, has taken the container and has left.

Alex drank beer, has ordered ragout. In the bar to the people there was a little. On this planet there was a black market where it is possible to get anything. Alex was accepted to ragout. There was no place hurry. Li Pak filled with the planet. He was the former military, the general in resignation. It was its own planet.

– Nyam, nyam.

Alex has looked at the next chair. There the rat catcher sat. It was an animal similar to a cat. These animals, nobody touched, all loved them. They with ease tracked down and destroyed rats.

–two-seat ship. With outside looked as the express ship for fast deliveries. But inside has been equipped with the high-power and fast engine, a contrivance and a powerful board.
– And it to you gift.

Pak has put an energy cube, ten by ten centimeters on a table.

– You looked for it and will receive. But you need to deliver parcel to the planet thirty three. To doctor Pak.

– Well, I will make it, – I have told.

Pak has put on a table the diplomat and has left. I have taken an energy cube, the diplomat and left a complex. For me this delivery was trifling matter. I have established an energy cube, have changed clothes in the courier, have entered coordinates and have started an auto


that was on the last floor. I have risen by the thirty ninth floor. Has seen the corridor conducting to a ladder up. Oho, even higher, I have thought and have gone on a ladder up, have opened a door and have entered the room. I have seen a dome, spherical shape. It was beautiful. Three moon and are a lot of stars....

Light from the moon was natural, and all was visible around, it was possible even to read. I have examined the room. It was the wide hall with tables, children ran here, people went and ate. Here scientists and to their families had a rest.

I have looked round and at a distant table have seen Irza, she sat and looked at stars. I have approached itmushrooms fried with onions and potato. I have eaten up and was accepted to beer too.

Doctor Pak has joined us. The waiter has brought to it food and beer.

– Alex you has appeared the rights. When I have imposed schemes of all labyrinths, it has turned out an ideal grid hundred on hundred cages. Then I have made the same, but with the minimum coincidence. The grid eight on eight has turned out. How you have guessed?

– The idea to me has come when I have visited three labyrinths, I have paid attention that distance between walls a miscellaneous. And halls are in different places.

To the doctor some idea has come, and he has decided to jump out because of a table and to run to the computer.


to the ship where they saved the main forces. When they tortured me, I have given them satellite coordinates where gold was stored in ingots, they have pecked and have sent part of the ships there. Everything was it a little. Have begun to torture again, I with it satellite coordinates with diamonds, they flew, have taken away. Again torture. But after each torture I began to notice that my wounds heal quicker. They greased them with something, without allowing me to die. I have held on the fixed time. Time to be pricked on full has come. Well, I it at once ten coordinates with satellites. They have given me to the sorcerer. And have decided to be separated into ten parts, to take everything at once.brawny and firm. With each blow of six-paws said: "Pi, pi-p, pi-pi-pi, pi, pi".

Six-paws it was filled up on a back, it shivered and continued to say "пи" in different sequence. I have stepped aside, without understanding in what business. I have heard it "пи" from all directions. I have looked at Tsy, it was filled up sideways, shivered, but said: "Hee, hi-hi-hi, hi-h".

Has reached me, it was the laughter, looking at all this picture, I is not free has burst out laughing.

– All right, everything, will be enough, – the order was heard.

All have calmed down, and HHL jumping as a puppy, uprygat somewhere. GUG has approached me.

– Thank you for these cheerful minutes. When there has come war, all children began to be sent to military


PlumX Metrics provide insights into the ways people interact with individual pieces of research output (articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, and many more) in the online environment. Collectively known as PlumX Metrics, these metrics are divided into five categories to help make sense of the huge amounts of data involved and to enable analysis by comparing like with like.

Abstract

Background. The rapid identification of the etiology and the evaluation of the antimicrobial susceptibility of the bacteria causing bacteremia is of outmost relevance to set up an adequate treatment of sepsis. In this study we evaluated the microarray based method, Verigene Gram-positive blood cultures (BC-GP) nucleic acid test (Nanosphere Inc., Northbrook, IL, USA) for the identification of Gram positive pathogens from positive blood cultures. The panel BC-GP is capable towere E. faecalis and 3 E. faecium, all of these were correctly identified.Conclusions. The overall agreement with the results obtained by standard procedure is quite elevated (88%) and as a consequence the BC-GP panel could be used as a rapid diagnostic tool to give a faster response in the case of bacteremia associated with sepsis.


in all shapes and sizes.

“Austin is the food truck capitol of the world,” said Alex Donnini, who lives in Austin. “Everything from Brazillian food to Thai food to something crazy-obscure, you can find it here.”

The owners of Taco Sweets off of Burnet Road have been hit three times. Jessica Wareham, the co-owner, is now out at least $1,000 in both stolen property and damages.

“They attempted to get in through our back window and once that was a failed attempt, they decided to shatter another window,” Wareham said. “First your heart drops because we are family owned and operated, so it’s a piece of us.

Many food truck parks have added extra security to try to catch the thieves in action. APD is hoping someone recognizes the burglars which cansize from 300 to 3000 growers/finishers (10--24 weeks old), as well as 180--1800 piglets/weaners (0--9 weeks of age) and 100--400 sows (up to 3 years of age).(ii) *finishing farms* (*site III only*), ranging in size from 250 to 5000 growers/finishers (10--24 weeks old), but no piglets (0--3 weeks of age), weaners (4--9 weeks of age) or sows; and(iii) *finishing farms* (*site II/III combined*), ranging in size from 250 to 5000 growers/finishers (10--24 weeks old) and 100--2000 weaners (4--9 weeks old), but no piglets or sows.

Ageing of pigs occurred deterministically, with the exception of gilts/sows on farrow-to-finish farms, which we assumed died or were replaced according to a Poisson process.

In the simplest case, we considered a finishing farm (site III only) in which new cohorts of 10-week old pigs were imported


\[[@RSIF20160138C1]\]. These reassortant viruses can circulate undetected for years \[[@RSIF20160138C1],[@RSIF20160138C5],[@RSIF20160138C6],[@RSIF20160138C46]\].

Efforts to curb the emergence of novel IAV in swine populations should focus on interrupting transmission at the farm level, particularly for finishing herds of more than 3000 pigs. Our analysis suggests increasing the interval between farrowing or the introduction of growers/finishers, such as an all-in-all-out management strategy, would be one way to decrease the persistence of novel strains ([figure 5](#RSIF20160138F5){ref-type="fig"}). Vaccination could also help to interrupt transmission by lowering the effective reproductive number, although this would need to be balanced against the selective pressures imposed by vaccines.

Identifying precursors to novel human-transmissible influenza strains circulating in swine before they make the jump to humans may be akin to the proverbial search for a needle in a haystack. In the USAthe surface thermal emission. In order to investigate their cooling at this stage, one needs $C_{\rm core}({\widetilde{T}})$.

Cooling theory is also used to analyze thermal states of neutron stars in XRTs (e.g., Ref. [@YakPeth2004]), which are compact binaries containing a neutron star and a low-mass star. These old systems show active periods (days, weeks, or months) of accretion from the low-mass companion to the neutron star through an accretion disk. The active periods are superimposed by quiescent periods (months or years) when the accretion stops.

During an active period, a huge amount of gravitational energy is released when the matter falls [onto]{} the neutron star surface. This makes XRTs bright X-ray sources. In addition, the accreted matter burns in thermonuclear reactions in the surface layers which intensifies the surface X-ray emission.


gas; the electrons are ultrarelativistic while the muons are typically mildly relativistic.

Even in this simplest case, the problem of calculating $L_\nu^\infty({\widetilde{T}})$ and $C({\widetilde{T}})$ is strongly complicated by [possible superfluidities of neutrons and protons]{}. The critical temperatures for such superfluidities are difficult to calculate exactly (e.g., Ref.[@PageReview2013] and references therein). Neutron and/or proton superfluids affect $L_\nu^\infty({\widetilde{T}})$ and $C({\widetilde{T}})$ because of the onset of energy gaps in [the]{} nucleon dispersion relations. Strong superfluidity exponentially suppresses [the]{} neutrino emissivities for the neutrino processes involving superfluid particles and the partial heat capacities for superfluid particles (as reviewed in Ref. [@Yak2001]). In addition, it creates a new specific mechanism of neutrino-pair emission due to [the]{} Cooper pairing of nucleons (see Refs. [@1976FRS; @2006LP; @PLPS2009; @Pot2015] and references therein). If [the]{} superfluid critical temperaturesa nucleon, and $\ell$ is either an electron or a muon. The first column labels the cases, the second one shows the temperature dependence of the corresponding neutrino luminosities $L_\nu^\infty({\widetilde{T}})$, the third presents the leading neutrino reaction and the last column indicates [the]{} superfluid state of the neutron star core at which the given $L_\nu^\infty({\widetilde{T}})$ is the leading one. The first case is the most powerful direct Urca (DU) neutrino cooling process [@LPPH1991] (a sequence of neutron decay and inverse reactions producing an electron or a muon neutrino pair). The DU process can be open only in the inner cores of massive neutron stars with those EOSs which predict a sufficiently large fraction of protons. The second case corresponds to a less powerful neutrino cooling due to the


$\rho_*$. Using Eq. (\[eq:nb-rho\]) one can solve Eq.(\[eq:dPhi\]) and obtain $$\label{eq:Phi-rhoPnb} \Phi = \frac{1}{2}\ln(1-x_{g}) - \ln \left(
\frac{P+\rho c^2}{m_0 c^2 n_{b}} \right).$$ Here we have used the boundary value $\Phi_s = \frac{1}{2}\, \ln (1-x_{g})$ at the stellar surface, with $x_{g} = 2GM/(Rc^2)$. The polytropic approach yields $$\label{eq:PhiStar} \exp \Phi_* = \sqrt{1-x_{g}} \left( 1 +
\frac{K}{c^2}\,\rho_*^{\gamma-1} \right)^{-\gamma/(\gamma-1)}.$$

The quantity $\xi(M,R)=R/R_\text{core}$ can be taken from Refs[@HZ2011; @ZH2016] as $$\label{eq:RcoreR}
\xi(M,R)\equiv\frac{R}{R_\text{core}} = 1/x_g -
\exp(-2\chi_{cc})(1/x_g-1),$$ where $\chi_{cc}=\int_0^{P_{cc}} {\rm d}P/(P+\rho c^2)$ is an integral over the crust and $P_{cc}$ is the pressure at the core/crust interface. For catalyzed matter, one has $\exp{(\chi_{cc})}=\mu_{cc}/m_0c^2$, where $\mu$ is [the]{} baryon chemical potential. The value $\chi_{cc}$ slightly varies from one EOS to another. Here we adopt $\chi_\text{cc}=0.03$ as a unified value for all the EOSs of our study.

   $L_\nu^\infty$ orThe grayed regions in the allowable range $0.01 \leq f_\ell \leq
100$ are mainly limited by [the]{} two thick solid lines calculated including the effects of the magnetic fields. [The]{} upper line corresponds to the maximum $T_s^\infty$ and $t$ from Table \[tab:obs\], while [the]{} lower line is for the minimal $T_s^\infty$ and $t$. In [the]{} cases when [the]{} upper line goes much higher than [the]{} realistic values of $f_\ell$, it is not plotted, and the grayed regions are limited by $f_\ell=100$. The thick long-dashed lines are the same as the solid lines but neglecting the effects of the magnetic fields. One can see that the effects are not monotonic and not too strong. These conclusions naturally follow from the results of Ref. [@Pot2003]. As explained there, the nonmonotonic effects come


the neutrino luminosities $L_\nu^\infty({\widetilde{T}})$ and [the]{} heat capacities $C_{\rm core}({\widetilde{T}})$ in isothermal cores of neutron stars with redshifted internal temperatures ${\widetilde{T}}$ for nine EOSs (Table \[tab:EOSparams\]) of superdense matter composed of neutrons, protons, electrons, and muons. We have considered three basic cases of neutrino luminosities (Table \[tab:nucases\]) and five basic cases of heat capacities (Table \[tab:capcases\]). For any case and any EOS, we have calculated $L_\nu^\infty({\widetilde{T}})$ and $C_{\rm core}({\widetilde{T}})$ for a wide range of masses of neutron stars. [The results of these calculations have been approximated by the analytic equations (\[eq:LC-final\]) with the parameters given in Table \[tab:npkabcgamma\]; these parameters are independent of the specific EOS.]{} We have shown that $L_\nu^\infty({\widetilde{T}})$ and $C_{\rm core}({\widetilde{T}})$ are strongly affected by the effects of General Relativity (Sec.\[sec:Redshift\]).

[Although our analytic approximations are   Charlotte, NC 28223 U.S.A.
author:
- Marco Fontana$^1$
- Evan Houston$^2$
- 'Thomas G. Lucas$^3$'
title: Toward a classification of prime ideals
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Introduction
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Throughout this paper we let $R$ be an integral domain with quotient field $K$. For most of the results, $R$ is assumed to be a Prüfer domain with $R\ne K$. What we are interested in is a classification scheme for the nonzero primes of $R$. We do this on an individual basis for each prime rather than considering the collective types a particular Prüfer domain admits in its entire spectrum of nonzero prime ideals.

Given a nonzero ideal $I$ of $R$, we mainly consider the following algebraic objects associated to $I$: $$\begin{array} {rl}
(I:I) :=& \{z\in K \mid zI \subseteq I\},\\
I^{-1} := & (R:I) :=


[@HuPduals] as Lemma 3.3 and Theorem 3.2. Theorem 3.3.10 is from [@Hays] and Theorem 4.1.10 is from [@FHPjpaa].

Sharp and antesharp primes in Prüfer domains
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We begin by giving several ways of characterizing sharp primes and antesharp primes in Prüfer domains. Then we consider relations between these two properties and the other three.

\[rk:1.1\] Let $P$ be a nonzero prime of a Prüfer domain $R$. In [@GHover Corollary 2], Gilmer and Heinzer proved that (in our terminology), $P$ is sharp if and only if there is a finitely generated ideal $I$ contained in $P$ such that each maximal ideal that contains $I$ also contains $P$ (for $P$ maximal this is [@GHover Theorem 2]). Also, the only time $P^{-1}$ properly contains $(P:P)$ is when $P$ is invertible [@FHPbook Corollary 3.1.8], and thereforemaximal. A simple consequence is that in all cases, $(P:P)=R_P\cap \Theta(P)$ [@FHPbook Theorem 3.1.2]. It follows that $P$ is sharp if and only if $(P:P)$ is a proper subset of $\Theta(P)$. Also, for a nonzero nonmaximal prime ideal $P$, we know that $P$ is divisorial if and only if $P^{-1} \subsetneq \Theta(P)$ or $(R : \Theta(P)) =P$ [@FHPbook Theorem 4.1.10]. Hence if $P$ is a nonzero nonmaximal prime that is sharp, then $P$ is divisorial [@FHPcjm Theorem 2.1]. Finally, note that $P$ is both branched and sharp if and only if $P=\sqrt B$ for some finitely generated ideal $B$. This is simply a combination of the characterization of “sharp" given above and Theorem 23.3(e) in [@Gilmit] – specifically, $P$ is branched if and only if $P$ is minimal


primes.

\[pr:1.9\] Let $P$ be a nonzero prime of a Prüfer domain $R$. If $P$ is not maximal, then the following are equivalent.

1.  $P$ is both branched and sharp.

2.  $P$ is the radical of a finitely generated ideal.

3.  There exists a proper $P$-primary ideal that is divisorial.

4.  Proper $P$-primary ideals exist and each (proper) $P$-primary ideal is divisorial.

Since $P$ is branched (i.e., proper $P$-primary ideals exist) if and only if it is minimal over a finitely generated ideal, the first three statements are equivalent by Proposition \[pr:1.7\]. Clearly (iv) implies (iii). Thus to complete the proof it suffices to show that (i) implies (iv).

Assume $P$ is a nonzero nonmaximal prime ideal that is both branched and sharp. Then $P$ is divisorial by Remark \[rk:1.1\]. LetI} \rangle$. As above, let $K$ be the residue field $T/M$ and let $\varphi: T(X) \rightarrow T(X)/M(X) \cong K(X)  $ be the canonical projection and let $R$ be the pullback of $K[X]_{(X)}$ along $M(X)$. Then $R$ is a Prüfer domain where $P:= M(X)$ is a divisorial nonmaximal prime. In $R$ it is antesharp and unbranched (and idempotent) but not sharp (Theorem \[th:2.3\]) so $\boldsymbol{\Lambda}_R(P)=\langle {{\bf S {{\hskip-6.98pt}\raise1.05pt \hbox{$\boldsymbol /$}\hskip.8pt} }},{\bf A},{\bf D},{{\bf  B{{\hskip-7.25pt}\raise1.05pt \hbox{$\boldsymbol /$}\hskip.4pt} }},{\bf I}\rangle$.

Let $D$ be a Prüfer domain with a nonmaximal prime $Q$ such that $Q^{-1}=D$ and let $X$ be an indeterminate over $D$. Then, in the Nagata ring $S:=D(X)$, the ideal $P:=Q(X)$ is a nonmaximal prime with $P^{-1} \ (=Q(X)^{-1})=S$. Let $K:=D_Q/QD_Q$. Then $S_P/PS_P$ is naturally isomorphic to $K(X)$. Let $\psi_P:


Y)$. For each $\alpha\in \mathcal A$, let $P_\alpha =Q_\alpha(\mathcal Y)$, $K_\alpha =D_{Q_\alpha}/Q_\alpha D_{Q_\alpha}$ and $\mathcal Y_\alpha=\mathcal Y\backslash \{Y_\alpha\}$. Then the quotient field of $S/P_\alpha$ is naturally isomorphic to $K_\alpha(\mathcal  Y)$. Let $V_\alpha$ be the pullback of $W_\alpha :=K_\alpha(\mathcal Y_{\alpha})[Y_\alpha]_{( Y_\alpha)}$ along $P_\alpha S_{P_\alpha}$ (i.e. if $\psi_{P_\alpha}:  S_{P_\alpha} \rightarrow S_{P_\alpha}/P_{\alpha} S_{P_\alpha} \cong K_\alpha(\mathcal  Y)$ is the canonical projection, then $V_{\alpha} := (\psi_{P_\alpha})^{-1} (W_\alpha)$). Finally, let $R: = (\bigcap_{\alpha \in \mathcal A}  V_\alpha) \cap S$ and let $P'_\alpha:=
P_\alpha\cap R$ for each $\alpha\in \mathcal A$.

\[th:2.13\] Let $D$, $\mathcal Q$, $\mathcal Y$, $\{V_\alpha\}$, $R$, $S$ and $\{P'_\alpha\}$ be as above and let $\mathcal M:=\{P_\alpha\mid Q_\alpha\in {\rm Max}(D)\}$.

1.  $R$ has the same quotient field as $S$.

2.  $N_\alpha:=Y_\alpha V_\alpha \cap R$ is a principal maximal ideal of $R$be based on two specific types of nonmaximal primes of $E$. First a little notation. For a nonzero $g\in E$, we let $Z(g):=\{a\in \mathbb C\mid g(a)=0\}$. The set $Z(g)$ is nonempty if and only if $g$ is not a unit. It is also the case that $Z(g)$ is countable with no limit points. For each $a\in \mathbb C$, we let $\mu_g(a)$ denote the multiplicity of $a$ as a zero of $g$ (equal to 0 if $g(a)\ne 0$, equal to $n\ (\ge 1)$ if $g(z)/(z-a)^n$ is in $E$ but $g(z)/(z-a)^{n+1}$ is not). Two entire functions $g$ and $h$ are associates if and only if both $Z(g)=Z(h)$ and $\mu_g(a)=\mu_h(a)$ for each $a$. For convenience we set $\mu_r(a)=\infty$ if $r$ is the zero function. By a theorem of Weierstrass, there are


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[^1]: $^1$Work done under the auspices of GNSAGA (Gruppo Nazionale per le Strutture Algebriche,I have not tried it.
Another option is to use image handler. Image handler allows you to set any file as an additional image. With 1.5.4, you will need to find version 4.3.4 on github.

The advantage to the app would be that you could rename all the files and FTP them to the site in one swoop. Then the system would automatically put them where they belong. NOTE: Be sure to read the link fully if you decide to use the renaming app. Similar file names can get you in trouble by adding them to the wrong product. It's discussed in the link.

Re: Apple Ipad and uploading multiple images to the store

Originally Posted by Annie_zaz

They tell me that all the images on the Ipad are called image.jpg

That could well


just Windows - But ALL computers regardless of the operating system. This is one of those *facts that will never change.

*caveat#1: Case sensitivity is to be taken into consideration - "Image.jpg" and "image.jpg" are not the same and will be allowed on most, but not all systems.

*caveat#2: Rarely seen these days, but way back in the distant past file names could only be 6(?) characters long, plus the 3character extension, and there was a brief period where it was possible for a file to effectively has 2 different names - the short one, and a long one - and it *was* sometimes possible to have 2 (or more) files that *appeared* to have the same name (the short one).

This is ancient history though and no longer relevant, sohe couldn't!l

Apparently a 3rd party application is needed.

Originally Posted by Annie_zaz

So I will advise the client to upload images to dropbox and rename then download.

I'd like to know how this goes. Not the renaming aspect - but more so what the filenames end up as after the upload to Drop box.

I've just performed a couple of quick tests in this regard.

When I changed the image on my local machine and used a 'push' program to upload the 'new' file, it overwrote the original without warning, and no option to rename.

When I'm logged into DropB and 'pull' the same file, Dropbox automatically renamed the file by adding as "(1)", etc after the name, and before the prefix.

I'm assuming that the same behavior will exist with the iPad, and that


Safety and efficacy of a 36-week induction regimen of abacavir/lamivudine and ritonavir-boosted atazanavir in HIV-infected patients.
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speaking they did do what they said they would. You recieved double what a peer did, presumably because of your difference in tenure.
Unfortunately I think this is the wrong thing to be focusing on - a company that is two to three paychecks behind is not in great shape, and the difference between say 5% of nothing and 20% of nothing is, well a whole lot of nothing. Focus on the money they definitely owe you right now rather than different percentages of future money that may never happen.

How should i approach this?

I'd be doing two things - reminding them in no uncertain terms that they owe you 2+ paychecks and that you need that paying and looking for another job.

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BRADSHAW
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ASHLEY.
No. 60.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued November 1, 1900.
Decided January 14, 1901.
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Mr. William F. Mattingly and Mr. John Ridout for the plaintiff in error. Mr. William John Miller was on their brief.
Mr. J.J. Darlington and Mr. A.S. Worthington for defendants in error.
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The defendant in error, the plaintiff below, brought this action of ejectment in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to recover from the defendant the possession of one undivided fifth part of certain lots in the city of Washington, *60 in square 939, sometimes described as lots 1, 2 and 3 in that square, and sometimes as lots 4, 5 and 6; and he


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We think the plaintiff in this case proved enough to submit to the jury the question of possession,the entry by the defendant, who entered without color of title, but it was shown that the plaintiff had leased the land to a tenant who had left the premises without informing the landlord, who did not know of it until after the defendant entered. "This shows," said the court, "that the possession had never been abandoned by the lessors, without the animus revertendi." Prior possession, although the land was at the time of defendant's entry actually unoccupied, was also said in Whitney v. Wright, 15 Wend. 171, to be sufficient to enable the plaintiff to recover as against a mere intruder, where the prior possession of the plaintiff had not been voluntarily relinquished without the animus revertendi.
*67 In Smith v. Lorillard, 10 Johns. 338, cited in Sabariego


the Court of Appeals, formerly Chief Justice of Maryland, Staffan v. Zeust, 10 App. D.C. 260, he made use of the following language:
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Shipments jumped 7.9 per cent on February’s total of 36.63 million tonnes, an increase of 2.9 million tonnes which surged ahead of the September record of 39.4 million tonnes.

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The iron ore price rally in the first quarter of 2016 has been met with a two week slump of 2.8 per cent last week and two per cent the previous week, with full stockpiles at Chinese ports, leaving 62 per cent dry tonnes at $US54.80


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A Vast Kaleidoscope of Pink

Rioja was recently featured in an article about rosé by Beverage Media Group that highlights rosés from various regions around the world. From the article:

Not only are we seeing more Spanish rosado these days (there are 39 from just Rioja in the U.S. market this year!), there’s been a noticeable style shift in this historic rosé producing nation. “Spanish rosado is evolving, the wines are paler in color, a result of less time with skin contact,” says Beth von Benz, sommelier & wine consultant. “They have less residual sugar and more aromatics; producers in Rioja are leading this trend, moving away from over-extraction to a more natural style.”

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One factor that makes Rioja a world class winebeen banned. A Montgomery County, KY high school removed this book from classroom discussion and curriculum because, "Some parents have complained about five novels that contain foul language and cover topics - including sex, child abuse, suicide, and drug abuse - deemed unsuited to discussion in coed high school classes. They also contend that the books don't provide the intellectual challenge and rigor that students need in college preparatory classes.". Have any of these parents actually read this book? Lacking intellectual challenge? This is one of the most thought provoking YA books out there!!! As far as the content matters, these are high school kids! Oh my gosh! I don't know if high school kids should discuss *gasp* sex, or suicide, of abuse, or *hushed tones* drug abuse.


day. She doesn't beat around the bush, she doesn't sugar coat anything, and she raises awareness in adolescents about topics that they will likely face whether their parents want to believe they will or not. Her first book, Crank, along with it's successors, Glass and Fallout, chronicle the struggle her own daughter faced with meth addiction. Beautifully written in verse, these books delve deep into the horrors faced by not only the addict, but the countless people touched by association with her. It is an eye opening account, and one that SHOULD be read by all kids before graduating middle school. Hopkins's daughter wasn't a clichéd inner-city "tough case", exposed to the streets; she was a middle-class teen who, by chance, got involved with something she had noreader would get more from this book. I think it is a great option as a classroom book for high school English classes.

Friday, September 23, 2011

This hop is hosted by two awesome bloggers; Kathy over at I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Jen over at I Read Banned Books. You should be grateful! Not only are they raising awareness for a very important annual event, but they are offering up a way for you to enter a slew of great giveaways in the process!

Take some time this week to peruse the blogs of the 250+ bloggers participating; read their views on censorship in schools and libraries and enter their giveaways. Also take some time to visit the websites and blogs of some of the authors often


how you can involve yourself in the fight against censorship. I will be featuring the following books/series:

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

When 17-year-old Jamie arrives on the idyllic New England island of Little Bly to work as a summer au pair, she is stunned to learn of the horror that precedes her. Seeking the truth surrounding a young couple's tragic deaths, Jamie discovers that she herself looks shockingly like the dead girl—and that she has a disturbing ability to sense the two ghosts. Why is Jamie's connection to the couple so intense? What really happened last summer at Little Bly? As the secrets of the house wrap tighter and tighter around her, Jamie must navigate the increasingly blurred divide between the worlds of the living and the dead. Brilliantly plotted,homes to try and gauge the need for a garden waste bin and was amazed at how many local rate payers are missing out.

“These residents have front, rear and side gardens and have been forced to dispose of their own garden waste and make do with a small food caddy collection.

“I appreciate that this service will not be required for all of the 3,835 homes reported to be excluded from the scheme in the Portadown, Lurgan and Craigavon areas but we must seek to deliver one service across the Borough.

“The collection service offered by Armagh is hugely different from what we see in Craigavon and Banbridge and I will continue to work with Council officers to find a solution and have asked that Council would identify quickly and


some of it by osmosis even, you really would have given the ultime to the forum!

Jazz, those are awesome!! Thank you so much for sharing. You already have given more to this community than you think. You're a truly sweet person. Now, if you can just let Crops absorb some of it by osmosis even, you really would have given the ultime to the forum!

Thanks again, dear heart!

Crops....

Oh Granny Your just full of fire today arentcha!!!! But can you explain just one thing??? What is OSMOSIS???? Gosh I am hoping it a good thing! LOL1991, plaintiffs-appellants Sierra Fria Corporation and Rodrigo Rocha (hereinafter collectively Rocha) acquired an option to purchase two Aruban resort hotels, the Divi Divi and the Divi Tamarijn, from Grape Holding N.V.  (Grape) for approximately $35,000,000.  Rocha engaged Goodwin, Procter as lead counsel, with overall responsibility for coordinating legal due diligence involved in the transaction.  The law firm assigned a partner, Michael Glazer, and an associate, Minta Kay, to work on the acquisition.  Both attorneys specialized in real estate law, but neither previously had handled an Aruban transaction.

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Kay received a draft title memorandum based on Aruban land records from Ingrid Bleeker, an attorney affiliated with Smeets, Thesseling & Von Borkhorst (a firm that one of Rocha's joint venturers had hired for its familiarity with Aruban