The Optimal Inventory Policy with the Reusable Raw Material and Imperfect Items

This paper covers four topics regarding inventory models, namely reusable raw material, the EPQ model, imperfect-quality items, and the present value method. The relevant cost value used in traditional EPQ models does not include the stockholding cost of raw material, which makes such models unsuitable for investigating production. Because people in the world are attempting to reduce the impact of environmental impairment and increasing market competition, all products are manufactured from 100% reusable raw material and are screened during the manufacturing process. By taking the fixed proportion of imperfect-quality items and the time value into account and applying the present value method to analyze optimal inventory policies, this study creates a modified EPQ inventory model that is close to real life we meet. Furthermore, this model aims to promote the reputation of a company and ascertain its costs accurately

THE STRATEGY OF MUSCULAR PRE-TENSION DURING INITIAL BLOCK PHASE IN SWIMMING GRAB START

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of muscular pre-tension on swimming grab start performance. Eight well-trained subjects participated in this study. They were instructed to perform three strategies (stretch-shortening cycle, purely concentric with and with no muscular pre-tension) in grab start. Two Peak-Performance high-speed video cameras operating at 120 Hz and one Kistler force plate (600 Hz) mounted on the starting block were synchronized to collect the data. The results showed that the block time was significantly shorter and horizontal velocity of taking off was larger in muscular pre-tension than in stretch-shortening cycle strategy. Based on the results of the present study, it has been suggested that using muscular pre-tension strategy during initial block phase in grab start could add some benefits of decreasing time

THE COMPARSION OF CURVATURE RADIUS IN DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES

The purpose of this study was to compare the curvature radius of different performance (63.20m and 68.46m) of hammer throw. The subject, who is the present record holder in Taiwan, has 9 years of experience in hammer throw. Two Peak-Performance high-speed video cameras operating at 120Hz were used simultaneously to record the performances of the subject. The results indicated that the patterns were completely different between two performances of hammer throw. The better performance was more periodic than the other. Based on the results of this study, it has been suggested that other sport events that include aspects of rotation may also benefit by adjustment of the pattern from their curvature radius

BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS DURING COUNTERMOVEMENT JUMP IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS

This study was to examine the biomechanical characteristics of children and adults during countermovement jump. Seven children and seven adult males were recruited to the study. A Peak high-speed camera (120Hz) synchronized with a force plate (600Hz) were used to record vertical jumping action. The kinetic parameters were calculated by using inverse dynamic method. Results showed that the children had both immature joint function prior to propulsion and inadequate knee and ankle joints function during propulsion. It is concluded that a lack of form in jumping strategy was performed during vertical jumpings in the children's group in terms of the kinetic methods was performed. This information may be used in following studies about countermovement jump, avoiding some important information needed only by kinematic analysis, it will be more complete to apply kinetic analysis for children movement researches

Small B cell lymphocytic lymphoma presenting as obstructive sleep apnea

BACKGROUND: Most lymphomas that involve the tonsil are large B cell lymphomas. Large B-cell lymphoma is a high grade malignancy which progresses rapidly. Tonsillar lymphoma usually presents as either a unilaterally enlarged palatine tonsil or as an ulcerative and fungating lesion over the tonsillar area. Small lymphocytic lymphomas (SLL) of the Waldeyer's ring are uncommon. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a 41-year-old male who presented with a ten-year history of snoring. Physical examination revealed smooth bilateral symmetrically enlarged tonsils without abnormal surface change or cervical lymphadenopathy. Palatal redundancy and a narrowed oropharyngeal airway were also noted. The respiratory disturbance index (RDI) was 66 per hour, and severe obstruction sleep apnea (OSA) was suspected. No B symptoms, sore throat, odynophagia or dysphagia was found. We performed uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) and pathological examination revealed incidental small B-cell lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). CONCLUSION: It is uncommon for lymphoma to initially present as OSA. SLL is an indolent malignancy and is not easy to detect in the early stage. We conclude that SLL may be a contributing factor of OSA in the present case

Discovery of serum biomarkers of alcoholic fatty liver in a rodent model: C-reactive protein

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Excessive consumption of alcohol contributes to alcoholic liver disease. Fatty liver is the early stage of alcohol-related liver disease. The aim of this study was to search for specific serological biomarkers of alcoholic fatty liver (AFL) compared to healthy controls, non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and liver fibrosis in a rodent model.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Serum samples derived from animals with AFL, NAFL, or liver fibrosis were characterized and compared using two-dimensional differential gel electrophoresis. A matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight tandem mass spectrometer in conjunction with mascot software was used for protein identification. Subsequently, Western blotting and flexible multi-analyte profiling were used to measure the expressions of the putative biomarkers present in the serum of animals and clinical patients.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Eight differential putative biomarkers were identified, and the two most differentiated proteins, including upregulated C-reactive protein (CRP) and downregulated haptoglobin (Hp), were further investigated. Western blotting validated that CRP was dramatically higher in the serum of AFL compared to healthy controls and other animals with liver disease of NAFL or liver fibrosis (<it>p </it>< 0.05). Moreover, we found that CRP and Hp were both lower in liver fibrosis of TAA-induced rats and clinical hepatitis C virus-infected patients.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The results suggest that increased levels of CRP are an early sign of AFL in rats. The abnormally elevated CRP induced by ethanol can be used as a biomarker to distinguish AFL from normal or otherwise diseased livers.</p

High-Performance Turbo-MIMO System Design with Iterative Soft-Detection and Decoding

Abstract-In turbo-multiple-input multiple-output (Turbo-MIMO) systems, the soft-output MIMO detector can provide the priori information to the turbo decoder. Unfortunately, if Rayleigh fading channels are applied, the induced unreliable priori information would cause the system performance degradation. In this paper, we proposed an iterative method to acquire the high reliability priori information from MIMO softdetector in Turbo-MIMO systems. Similar to the conventional updating rules in the turbo decoding algorithm, we utilize the extrinsic information from the turbo decoder to update the loglikelihood ratios (LLRs) based on log-MAP algorithm in the list sphere decoding (LSD) algorithm. To reduce the overall computational complexity, different iteration profiles are also discussed. Simulation results show that the proposed Turbo-MIMO system can significantly improve the system performance compared to that of the conventional Turbo-MIMO system

Methyl (2′S,3′S)-3,4-O-(2′,3′-dimethoxy­butane-2′,3′-di­yl)-α-l-rhamnopyran­oside: a glycosyl acceptor

The title compound, C13H24O7, is the product of the ketalization of methyl l-(+)-rhamnopyran­oside with 2,3-butane­dione. It crystallizes with two mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit, which are connected by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The C-3,4 diequatorial hydroxy groups of the methyl l-(+)-rhamnopyran­oside were protected, leaving the C-2 hydroxy group free. The l-(+)-rhamnopyran­oside and 2′,3′-dimethoxy­butane-2′,3′-diyl rings adopt chair conformations and all meth­oxy groups are in axial positions. The absolute configuration was assumed from the synthesis