Disaster recovery planning in an automated manufacturingenvironment

Disasters may strike at any moment in any location. When they do, no distinction is made about the type of firm that is being affected, whether it is a bank or a manufacturing plant. Most firms do not plan for possible disasters, and those that do have typically focused on computer and data contingency planning. In this paper, the focus is shifted to incorporate disaster recovery planning for manufacturing enterprises, especially those that are automated. Automated manufacturing enterprises have characteristics that put them at an increased risk to disasters. The methodological framework proposed in this paper will aid manufacturing organizations and their managers in reducing the risks associated with unanticipated disasters. The framework is termed the “Manufacturing Operations Recovery and Resumption” model. Recommended activities and tools for effective management of this methodology are identified     

Gyrotron coaxial cylindrical resonators with corrugated innerconductor: Theory and experiment

Gyrotron coaxial resonators with a longitudinally slotted inner cylinder are examined analytically using a surface impedance model, from which expressions for the electromagnetic field, ohmic quality (Q) factor, and characteristic equation of the transverse eigenvalues χ _m,p are obtained. The major attributes of such resonators are expressed by the dependence of χ_m,p on the parameter C-defined as the ratio of the outer to inner radii of the coaxial structure. In that connection, the effect of the corrugation parameters on χ_m,p is particularly investigated on the basis of an expression derived for the slope function dχ_m,p,p/dC. It is shown that the χ_m,p(C) curve may either exhibit oscillatory behavior or present a flat portion over a wide range of C depending on the corrugation parameters chosen. The theory is checked against experiment in which resonant frequencies and total Q factors were measured for TE modes operating in the range of 8-16 GHz in a coaxial cavity with 40 slots. Good agreement is found in that the magnitude of the relative error in frequency is less than 0.5%. Corrugated coaxial resonators prove to be relevant to megawatt gyrotrons where highly selective cavities are required to ensure high conversion efficiency     

Design of finite-length metal-clad optical waveguide polarizer

The performance of optical metal-clad waveguide polarizers is analyzed in this paper with a view to optimizing the extinction ratio, a condition for which power of the TM mode is completely attenuated is identified here. In general, such a condition corresponding to an infinitely high extinction ratio can be met for a wide range of buffer layer thicknesses by selection of metal film thickness and polarizer length. When a very thick (e.g., semi-infinitely thick) metal film is used, the aforementioned condition can be met with a properly chosen buffer layer thickness and polarizer length. The numerical results show that all the polarizers designed here for realization of infinitely high extinction ratios have either quite low or reasonably acceptable attenuations for the TE mode     

Results of selective venous site-specific catheterization in occult C-cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland

Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis is a surgical procedure used for the treatment of people with chronic ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis. The surgery is intended to preserve anal sphincter function, but it carries a risk for certain complications, including pouchitis and anastomotic stricture. The purpose of this article is to review the clinical manifestations, causes, and treatment of anastomotic stricture and pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.     

Src homology 2 protein tyrosine phosphatase (SHPTP2)/Src homology 2 phosphatase 2 (SHP2) tyrosine phosphatase is a positive regulator of the interleukin 5 receptor signal transduction pathways leading to the prolongation of eosinophil survival

Interleukin-5 (IL-5) regulates the growth and function of eosinophils. It induces rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of Lyn and Jak2 tyrosine kinases. The role of tyrosine phosphatases in IL-5 signal transduction has not been investigated. In this study, we provide first evidence that SH2 protein tyrosine phosphatase 2 (SHPTP2) phosphotyrosine phosphatase plays a key role in prevention of eosinophil death by IL-5. We found that IL-5 produced a rapid activation and tyrosine phosphorylation of SHPTP2 within 1 min. The tyrosine phosphorylated SHPTP2 was complexed with the adapter protein Grb2 in IL-5-stimulated eosinophils. Furthermore, SHPTP2 appeared to physically associate with beta common (betac) chain of the IL-5 receptor (IL-5betacR). The association of SHPTP2 with IL-5betacR was reconstituted using a synthetic phosphotyrosine-containing peptide, betac 605-624, encompassing tyrosine (Y)612. The binding to the phosphotyrosine-containing peptide increased the phosphatase activity of SHPTP2, whereas the same peptide with the phosphorylated Y612--> F mutation did not activate SHPTP2. Only SHPTP2 antisense oligonucleotides, but not sense SHPTP2, could inhibit tyrosine phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein kinase, and reverse the eosinophil survival advantage provided by IL-5. Therefore, we conclude that the physical association of SHPTP2 with the phosphorylated betac receptor and Grb2 and its early activation are required for the coupling of the receptor to the Ras signaling pathway and for prevention of eosinophil death by IL-5.     

Mechanisms of virus assembly probed by Raman spectroscopy: the icosahedral bacteriophage P22

A microdialysis flow cell has been developed for time-resolved Raman spectroscopy of biological macromolecules and their assemblies. The flow cell permits collection of Raman spectra concurrent with the efflux of small solute molecules into a solution of macromolecules and facilitates real-time spectroscopic detection of structural transitions induced by the effluent. Additionally, the flow cell is well suited to the investigation of hydrogen-isotope exchange phenomena that can be exploited as dynamic probes of viral protein folding and solvent accessibility along the assembly pathway. Here, we describe the application of the Raman dynamic probe to the maturation of the icosahedral capsid of bacteriophage P22, a double-stranded DNA virus. The P22 virion is constructed from a capsid precursor (procapsid) consisting of 420 coat subunits (gp5) in an outer shell and a few hundred scaffolding subunits (gp8) within. Capsid maturation involves expulsion of scaffolding subunits coupled with shell expansion at the time of DNA packaging. Raman static and dynamic probes reveal that the scaffolding subunit is highly alpha-helical and highly thermolabile, and lacks a typical hydrophobic core. When bound within the procapsid, the alpha-helical fold of gp8 is thermostabilized; however, this stabilization confers no apparent protection against peptide NH-->ND exchange. A molten globule model is proposed for the native scaffolding subunit that functions in procapsid assembly. Accompanying capsid expansion, a small conformational change (alpha-helix-->beta-strand) is also observed in the coat subunit. Domain movement mediated by hinge bending is proposed as the mechanism of capsid expansion. On the basis of these results, a molecular model is proposed for assembly of the P22 procapsid.     

Discriminative stimulus properties of ethanol in the rat: differential effects of selective and nonselective benzodiazepine receptor agonists

Rats were trained to discriminate between ethanol (1.0 g/kg; 10% v/v) and saline under a fixed ratio 10 schedule of sweetened milk reinforcement. Both diazepam [nonselective, full benzodiazepine (BZ) receptors agonist] and bretazenil (nonselective, partial BZ receptor agonist) produced dose-dependent ethanol-appropriate responding (>75%). Neither diazepam nor bretazenil affected the response rate at the doses producing maximal generalisation from ethanol. In contrast, zolpidem (full BZ1 receptor agonist) and abecarnil (full BZ1/full or partial BZ2 receptor agonist) produced only moderate (<50%) ethanol-appropriate responding when tested up to doses that markedly decreased the overall response rate. These results suggest that: 1) there are no major differences between full and partial, nonselective BZ receptor agonists in their ability to substitute for 1.0 g/kg dose of ethanol; 2) stimulation of BZ1 receptors alone is not sufficient to produce ethanol-like discriminative stimulus effects in the rat.     

Vector-entropy optimization-based neural-network approach to imagereconstruction from projections

In this paper we propose a multiobjective decision making based neural-network model and algorithm for image reconstruction from projections. This model combines the Hopfield's model and multiobjective decision making approach. We develop a weighted sum optimization based neural-network algorithm. The dynamical process of the net is based on minimization of a weighted sum energy function and Euler's iteration, and apply this algorithm to image reconstruction from computer-generated noisy projections and Siemens Somatson DR scanner data, respectively. Reconstructions based on this method is shown to be superior to conventional iterative reconstruction algorithms such as the multiplicate algebraic reconstruction technique (MART) and convolution from the point of view of accuracy of reconstruction. Computer simulation using the multiobjective method shows a significant improvement in image quality and convergence behavior over the conventional algorithms     

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