Encoding of Passive Anticollision Radio Frequency Identification Surface Acoustic Waves Tags

This paper describes the encoding of anticollision radio-frequency identification tags based on surface acoustic waves. The study is based on the tag model with specific topology, which allows us to receive a response signal with time–frequency information. This research considers the collision case for several passive tags. Therefore, the proposal is to analyze the possibility of using several distinctive signs like frequency and time. We consider the model of passive surface acoustic wave tag, which contains piezoelectric substrate, interdigital transducer, and consecutive orthogonal-frequency-coded structures, which are placed in time slots. Similar topology makes possible the reliability of increasing tag identification in the collision case

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Pedagogiska dilemman : Proceedings från Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteternas pedagogiska inspirationskonferens 2016

Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna vid Lunds universitet anordnar vartannat år en högskolepedagogisk inspirationskonferens för sin undervisande personal. Syftet med dessa konferenser är att inspirera till erfarenhetsutbyte och diskussion om undervisning och lärande. I denna antologi har vi samlat elva bidrag som presenterades vid 2016 års inspirationskonferens. Rubriken för konferensen var »pedagogiska dilemman« och i princip alla antologibidrag tangerar på ett eller annat sätt detta ständigt aktuella tema. I antologin diskuteras olika utmaningar som man som universitetslärare inom humaniora och teologi har att hantera. Det kan till exempel handla om att välja relevanta examinationsformer, att hantera bristen på kontakttid mellan student och lärare, att driva kursutvecklingsprojekt eller att undervisa disciplinöverskridande. En av artiklarna är författad av den erkände norske pedagogikprofessorn Gunnar Handal och handlar om »kollegaveiledning« och formerna för ett tillitsfullt kollegialt samtal om undervisning

Hepatoprotective Activity Combination Between Morinda Citrifolia Linn (Mengkudu) Extract And Virgin Coconut Oil (Vco)

This research aimed to determine phytochemical content combination between Morinda Citrifolia linn. extract and VCO, getting the best solution for their combining  formulation  and get the data of antioxidative and hepatoprotective activity in vitro and in vivo, the  combination between VCO and Morinda Citrifolia Linn extract. Stages of the research consisted of phytochemical analysis with the combination between VCO and aqueous of Morinda Citrifolia linn extract , antioxidative activity analysis methods using DPPH and TBA and hepatoprotective in vivo test using wistar rats as test animals. The results showed that the phytochemical content of VCO combination with aqueous of Morinda Citrifolia Linn extract  dominant are flavonoids, saponins and triterpenoids. Antioxidative activity: DPPH free radical capture with the combination of  VCO  and aqueous  Morinda Citrifolia linn extract is very powerful with the effective concentration  (EC50) 75.40 ppm compared with the positive control (BHT)  the effective concentration is  (EC50) 121.45 ppm. Based on the data-serum GPT activity and rat liver cell histology were found as well as the results of the analysis procedure is applied, it can be concluded that the combination of the VCO and the aqueous Morinda Citrifolia Linn extract  has hepatoprotective characteristic with a dose range of 1.260 g / kg body weight up to 1,890 g / kg Keywords: hepatoprotective, Morinda Citrifolia Linn+ VCO combination,  antioxidant

Detection of metastable electronic states by Penning trap mass spectrometry

State-of-the-art optical clocks achieve fractional precisions of $10^{-18}$ and below using ensembles of atoms in optical lattices or individual ions in radio-frequency traps. Promising candidates for novel clocks are highly charged ions (HCIs) and nuclear transitions, which are largely insensitive to external perturbations and reach wavelengths beyond the optical range, now becoming accessible to frequency combs. However, insufficiently accurate atomic structure calculations still hinder the identification of suitable transitions in HCIs. Here, we report on the discovery of a long-lived metastable electronic state in a HCI by measuring the mass difference of the ground and the excited state in Re, the first non-destructive, direct determination of an electronic excitation energy. This result agrees with our advanced calculations, and we confirmed them with an Os ion with the same electronic configuration. We used the high-precision Penning-trap mass spectrometer PENTATRAP, unique in its synchronous use of five individual traps for simultaneous mass measurements. The cyclotron frequency ratio $R$ of the ion in the ground state to the metastable state could be determined to a precision of $\delta R=1\cdot 10^{-11}$, unprecedented in the heavy atom regime. With a lifetime of about 130 days, the potential soft x-ray frequency reference at $\nu=4.86\cdot 10^{16}\,\text{Hz}$ has a linewidth of only $\Delta \nu\approx 5\cdot 10^{-8}\,\text{Hz}$, and one of the highest electronic quality factor ($Q=\frac{\nu}{\Delta \nu}\approx 10^{24}$) ever seen in an experiment. Our low uncertainty enables searching for more HCI soft x-ray clock transitions, needed for promising precision studies of fundamental physics in a thus far unexplored frontier

Clinical outcome of anomalous coronary artery with interarterial course in adults:Single-center experience combined with a systematic review

Background: Anomalous coronary artery originating from the opposite sinus of Vasalva with interarterial course (ACAOS-IAC) is associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young athletes. If identified in adulthood prognosis is usually more benign, resulting in a dilemma regarding revascularization. Methods: This is a retrospective observational single-center study, including adults with ACAOS-IAC. Medical records between 2012 and 2019 were reviewed for management approach, mortality, cardiac death and coronary related adverse events. Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) were reviewed. We provide a literature review in regard to clinical outcome. Results: We identified 40 patients with ACAOS-IAC (mean age 51). Presentation was acute in 7/40 (18%). Ischemia detection with single photon emission tomography (SPECT), cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) or dobutamine stress echocardiography were performed in 25/40 (63%) patients. Ischemia in the vascular territory of the anomaly was present in 2/25 (8%). In 39/40 (98%) patients were treated expectative. During median follow-up of 2.7 years (IQR 1.5–5.3) no cardiovascular death was observed. Mortality occurred in 1/40 (3%) and coronary related adverse events in 2/40 (5%). We identified 20 studies describing 1194 patients. Revascularization was performed in 376/1154 (32.6%) patients. Mortality stratified for clinical management was 23/431 (5.3%) in the non-revascularization versus 16/253 (6.3%) in the revascularization group during 4.0 years follow-up (weighted median). Cause of death was cardiovascular in 10/596 (1.7%) in 4.2 years (weighted median) follow up. Conclusions: Both revascularization and non-invasive management have good prognosis in adults with ACAOS-IAC during early follow up. There is need for guidelines and long-term surveillance.</p

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Efficacy, Cost-Effectiveness, and Safety of Selected Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Neck and Low-Back Pain

Background. Back pain is a common problem and a major cause of disability and health care utilization. Purpose. To evaluate the efficacy, harms, and costs of the most common CAM treatments (acupuncture, massage, spinal manipulation, and mobilization) for neck/low-back pain. Data Sources. Records without language restriction from various databases up to February 2010. Data Extraction. The efficacy outcomes of interest were pain intensity and disability. Data Synthesis. Reports of 147 randomized trials and 5 nonrandomized studies were included. CAM treatments were more effective in reducing pain and disability compared to no treatment, physical therapy (exercise and/or electrotherapy) or usual care immediately or at short-term follow-up. Trials that applied sham-acupuncture tended towards statistically nonsignificant results. In several studies, acupuncture caused bleeding on the site of application, and manipulation and massage caused pain episodes of mild and transient nature. Conclusions. CAM treatments were significantly more efficacious than no treatment, placebo, physical therapy, or usual care in reducing pain immediately or at short-term after treatment. CAM therapies did not significantly reduce disability compared to sham. None of the CAM treatments was shown systematically as superior to one another. More efforts are needed to improve the conduct and reporting of studies of CAM treatments

Singlet magnetism in intermetallic UGa2_2 unveiled by inelastic x-ray scattering

Using high resolution tender-x-ray resonant inelastic scattering and hard-x-ray non-resonant inelastic scattering beyond the dipole limit we were able to detect electronic excitations in intermetallic UGa$_2$ that are highly atomic in nature. Analysis of the spectral lineshape reveals that the local $5f^2$ configuration characterizes the correlated nature of this ferromagnet. The orientation and directional dependence of the spectra indicate that the ground state is made of the $\Gamma_1$ singlet and/or $\Gamma_6$ doublet symmetry. With the ordered moment in the $ab$ plane, we infer that the magnetism originates from the higher lying $\Gamma_6$ doublet being mixed with the $\Gamma_1$ singlet due to inter-site exchange, qualifying UGa$_2$ to be a true quantum magnet. The ability to observe atomic excitations is crucial to resolve the on-going debate about the degree of localization versus itineracy in U intermetallics.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figure

Cost–utility analysis of antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes: results from a randomised, placebo-controlled trial in Norway (the AIM study)

Objective To evaluate the cost–utility of 100 days of antibiotics in patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) and type I or II Modic changes included in the Antibiotic treatment In patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (AIM) study. Design A cost–utility analysis from a societal and healthcare perspective alongside a double-blinded, parallel group, placebo, multicentre trial. Setting Hospital outpatient clinics at six hospitals in Norway. The main results from the AIM study showed a small effect in back-related disability in favour of the antibiotics group, and slightly larger in those with type I Modic changes, but this effect was below the pre-defined threshold for clinically relevant effect. Participants 180 patients with chronic LBP, previous disc herniation and Modic changes type I (n=118) or type II (n=62) were randomised to antibiotic treatment (n=89) or placebo-control (n=91). Interventions Oral treatment with either 750 mg amoxicillin or placebo three times daily for 100 days. Main outcome measures Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) by EuroQoL-5D over 12 months and costs for healthcare and productivity loss measured in Euro (€1=NOK 10), in the intention-to-treat population. Cost–utility was expressed in incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). Results Mean (SD) total cost was €21 046 (20 105) in the amoxicillin group and €19 076 (19 356) in the placebo group, mean difference €1970 (95% CI; −3835 to 7774). Cost per QALY gained was €24 625. In those with type I Modic changes, the amoxicillin group had higher healthcare consumption than the placebo group, resulting in €39 425 per QALY gained. Given these ICERs and a willingness-to-pay threshold of €27 500 (NOK 275 000), the probability of amoxicillin being cost-effective was 51%. Even when the willingness-to-pay threshold increased to €55 000, the probability of amoxicillin being cost-effective was never higher than 53%. Conclusions Amoxicillin treatment showed no evidence of being cost-effective for people with chronic LBP and Modic changes during 1-year follow-up.publishedVersio