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Turkey Jails American Pastor
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9815/turkey-jails-american-pastor
"[T]he charging documents do not present any evidence against him.... He is being held simply because of his Christian beliefs and is facing grave danger in a Turkish prison." — Gene Kapp, American Center for Law and Justice.
"The government of Turkey -- led by an Islamic party -- has begun increased crackdowns on Christians, and Pastor Andrew, if convicted, may face years in prison based on extremely serious -- and false -- charges," wrote Jordan Sekulow, Executive Director, American Center for Law and Justice.
"A Turkish judge had the option to deport Pastor Andrew, release him on weekly sign-ins at the local police station, or imprison him. The judge chose to remand Pastor Andrew to prison." — American Center for Law and Justice.
The global "human rights community" has done nothing to help him. One hopes that the incoming Trump administration will stand up for his freedom.
American Pastor Andrew Brunson has been jailed in the city of Izmir, in western Turkey, on charges of "being a member of an armed terrorist organization".
Brunson -- a U.S. citizen from Black Mountain, North Carolina -- has led Protestant churches in Turkey for over 23 years with the knowledge of local authorities, and has raised his family there.
Brunson and his wife, Norine, were summoned to the local police station in Izmir on October 7, 2016 to discuss their application to renew their visas. They thought they would be receiving a long-awaited permanent residence card; instead, they were detained by Turkish police.
While Norine was released 13 days later, Pastor Brunson was informed he would be detained until deportation, based on being a "threat to national security".
During his 63-day confinement, he was denied access to his Turkish attorney and for part of this time placed in solitary confinement. His belongings, including his glasses, phone, pen and watch, were confiscated. He was also denied a Bible.
On December 8, he was taken to a counter-terrorism center in Izmir; then to court. He was questioned, then on December 9 imprisoned after being charged with "membership in an armed terrorist organization."
Pastor Brunson is now in the Sakran 3 Nolu T Tipi Prison near Izmir. The authorities there declined Gatestone Institute's requests for comment.
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which represents the Brunson family, is working to secure his freedom. "He faces a serious, yet completely unfounded, charge -- 'membership in an armed terrorist organization.' In fact, the charging documents do not present any evidence against him," the ACLJ's Gene Kapp told Gatestone.
"He is being held simply because of his Christian beliefs and is facing grave danger in a Turkish prison," the ACLJ reported.
"A Turkish judge had the option to deport Pastor Andrew, release him on weekly sign-ins at the local police station, or imprison him. The judge chose to remand Pastor Andrew to prison."
Brunson is now allowed visits with his Turkish attorney, said Kapp.
"However, due to an emergency decree in Turkey, those visits are recorded and any notes taken by his attorney are copied. Thus, Pastor Andrew has no attorney-client privilege."
Earlier reports that claimed that Brunson is held in the same cell as Islamic State terrorists were denied by his wife, Norine.
Brunson's future seems uncertain. "No trial date has been set. In recent days, the court has denied an appeal," Kapp said.
Gatestone asked the ACLJ for an interview with Brunson's Turkish lawyer, but Kapp said:
"As this case continues, we are not at liberty to put our representatives in Turkey on the phone with reporters. I am sure you can understand the sensitivity to this case and the nature of the serious charges."
More than 99% of Turkey's population is Muslim; there are about 10,000 Protestant Christians in the country.
According to the Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey, 100 expatriate Protestants have been prevented from serving in Turkey during the past four years: their visas or residence permits were not extended.
"The government of Turkey -- led by an Islamic party -- has begun increased crackdowns on Christians, and Pastor Andrew, if convicted, may face years in prison based on extremely serious -- and false -- charges," wrote Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the ACLJ.
An American, Brunson, has been stripped of all of his basic rights and is being held in a Turkish prison despite there being no evidence against him. The global "human rights community" has done nothing to help him. One hopes that the incoming Trump administration will stand up for his freedom.
Uzay Bulut, a journalist born and raised a Muslim in Turkey, is currently based in Washington D.C.
Related Topics: Persecution of Minorities, Turkey
vivienne • Jan 23, 2017 at 11:00
As I have noted and pointed out before Erdogan is determined to raise the second Ottoman Empire. I hope Trump can intervene.
P.marais • Jan 23, 2017 at 09:11
Christian groups traveling to Turkey should perhaps think again...rather spend your money in Israel.
Ted Crawford • Jan 23, 2017 at 06:21
We need to get him out of there ASAP! Meanwhile, pray.
Michael S • Jan 23, 2017 at 04:13
This is part of a general, worldwide persecution of Christians, which has picked up considerably in tempo over the past few years. It is no surprise to me, that these people who hate and scapegoat Christians also, for the most part, are against Israel.
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Agent – Sections 182 – 238 of Indian Contract Act
Ankita Jha - Editor
Who is an Agent?
A person who has been employed to discharge a duty for someone else, or to represent him; is called an "Agent."[1]
The represented person, or for whom the work is being done, is called the "Principal."[2]
Who can employ an agent?
A person who has attained the age of Majority.
A person who is of sound mind.
A person meeting with these two criteria is legally allowed to employ an agent.[3]
Who can become an agent?
Any person can become an agent who has:
Attained the age of majority as per the law to which he/she is subject.
A sound mind so that he is responsible to the Principal.[4]
What is an agent's authority?
The authority exercised by the agent can either be expressed or implied.[5]
Illustration 1: A appoints B as his agent and tells him to go to the bank and deposit A's money. This is an 'Expressed' authority from A to B.[6]
Illustration 2: A owns a shop in Kolkata but resides in Delhi. A has hired B to manage the shop. B buys goods in the name of A for A's shop. This is 'Implied' authority from A to B.[7]
An agent has the authority to do whatever is needed for the fulfilment of his duties towards the Principal while staying in the legal ambit. Any action of his must not be illegal during discharge of his duties.[8]
Illustration 3: A has employed B in his shop. A asks B to buy some things for the shop. B should use only legal means to obtain those things. B cannot steal or do something which is illegal.[9]
When faced with an emergency situation, an agent has the full authority to do whatever is necessary to protect the interests of his Principal. In an emergency an Agent would act as a prudent man and react in the way as he would have done if he himself would have been in the same situation.[10]
Illustration 4: A has employed B in his vegetable shop which is in Delhi. A asks B to take the vegetables to Kolkata to sell them. On his way to Kolkata, B finds that the vegetable may rot after two days. B has the authority to sell them in Lucknow to protect the interest of profits to be earned by A.
An Agent does not have the authority to employ another 'Agent' to do his acts. An Agent has personally undertaken the responsibility to discharge the duties delegated to him. He cannot further delegate the function.[11]
Exception: If under ordinary circumstances and the custom of the trade in which the Agent is involved requires the presence of a 'Sub Agent' (discussed later in the Article). Then, and only then, in the presence of such an exception, can an Agent engage a 'Sub Agent.'[12]
What is an Agent's Duty towards the Principal?
There are various duties of an Agent towards his Principal:
He must follow the directions of the Principal.[13]
Requirement of skill and diligence.[14]
Maintain the accounts.[15]
Communicate with the Principal in order to receive instructions.[16]
There are many other duties and rights which are thoroughly discussed in Sections 211 – 221 of the Indian Contracts Act, 1872.
What is the Principal's Duty towards an Agent?
Likewise, the Principal also has some duties towards his Agent: Indemnification of loss incurred whilst the discharge of a lawful act.[17]
How can an agent be discharged from his duties?
The Agent can be discharged or terminated from his duties in various ways:
When the Principal revokes the Agent's authority.
When the Agent, himself, leaves the agency,
When the business is complete.
If the Principal dies.
If the Agent dies.
If the Principal becomes of unsound mind.
If the Agent becomes of unsound mind.
If the Principal be declared an insolvent.[18]
Who is a 'Sub Agent?'
A person employed by the Agent is called a 'Sub Agent.' He acts under the control of the Agent.[19]
What is the relationship between a Sub Agent and the principal?
The Principal is responsible for all the acts of frauds and willful wrongs of the Sub Agent who has been properly employed by the Agent. The Agent is responsible to the Principal for all the acts of the Sub Agent.[20]
Termination of Sub Agent's duties.
The termination of the Agent causes the termination of the services rendered by the Sub Agent(s), if there be any.[21]
What is ratification?
When acts are done by a person for someone else, a third party, without their knowledge or authority; it is their right to either ratify or nullify such acts. If they ratify then the act will be deemed to be have been performed under their authority.[22]
Ratification can be either implied or expressed.[23]
Illustration 1: A has bought some goods for B, without B's knowledge. He gives them to B. B later on sells them to C. Here, B has impliedly ratified the purchase made by A, on B's behalf.
[References]
[1]Indian Contracts Act, 1872. Section 182.
[2]Ibid.
[4] Indian Contracts Act, 1872. Section 184.
[7]Supra Note 5.
[10]Indian Contracts Act, 1872. Section 189.
[11] Indian Contracts Act, 1872. Section 190.
[17] Indian Contracts Act, 1872. Sections 222 – 225.
[18]Indian Contracts Act, 1872. Sections 201 – 209.
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Effects of sub-atmospheric pressure and dissolved oxygen concentration on lesions generated in ex vivo tissues by high intensity focused ultrasound
Min He ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7233-48571,2,
Zhiqiang Zhong1,2,
Deping Zeng1,2,
Xiaobo Gong3,
Zhibiao Wang1,2 &
Faqi Li1,2
Acoustic cavitation plays an important role in the medical treatment using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), but unnecessarily strong cavitation also could deform the morphology and enlarge the size of lesions. It is known that the increase of ambient hydrostatic pressure (Pstat) can control the acoustic cavitation. But the question of how the decrease of Pstat and dissolved oxygen concentration (DOC) influence the strength of cavitation has not been thoroughly answered. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship among the Pstat, DOC and the strength of cavitation.
Ex vivo bovine liver tissues were immersed in degassed water with different DOC of 1.0 mg/L, 1.5 mg/L and 2.0 mg/L. Ultrasound (US) of 1 MHz and the spatial and temporal average intensity (Isata) of 6500 W/cm2 was used to expose two groups of in vitro bovine livers for 2 s; one group was under atmospheric pressure (Pstat = 1 bar) and the other was under sub-atmospheric pressure (Pstat = 0.1 bar). Acoustic cavitation was detected by a passive cavitation detector (PCD) during the exposure process. Echo signals at the focal zone of HIFU were monitored by B-mode ultrasound imaging before and after exposure. The difference between two pressure groups was tested using paired sample t-test. The difference among different DOC groups was evaluated by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).
The results demonstrated a significant difference of broadband acoustic emissions from the cavitation bubbles, echo signals on B-mode image, morphology of lesions under various conditions of ambient pressure and DOC. The lesion volume in tissue was increased with the increase of ambient pressure and DOC.
Cavitation could be suppressed through sub-atmospheric pressure and low DOC level in liver tissue, which could provide a method of controlling cavitation in HIFU treatment to avoid unpredictable lesions.
As a noninvasive therapy for cancer treatment, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has recently been receiving more and more attention [1,2,3,4]. The absorption of highly localized ultrasound energy by the targeted tissue in the focal region allows the temperature in situ rapidly rise over 60 °C, consequently the irreversible coagulation necrosis takes place instantaneously [5,6,7], while the surrounding tissues are spared from the significant damage [8]. During HIFU treatment, acoustic cavitation plays an important role through the collapse of oscillating microbubbles in tissues [9, 10]. Cavitation enhances lesion formation mainly by local high-intensity acoustic wave, thermal deposition of acoustic radiation from the compressed bubbles and the viscous loss of bubble oscillation through tissue organization and the body liquid [11,12,13]. Coussios et al. [14] indicated that the appearance of cavitation bubbles would change the acoustic impedance and attenuation coefficient, resulting in more severe lesion. Chen et al. [15] and Watkin et al. [16] found that the morphology and size of targeted tissue were out of control due to severe cavitation. Sokka et al. [17] observed that lesions with cavitation in the region closer to the transducer of thigh tissue of rabbit were about 2 ~ 3 times larger by volume than the lesions under the same exposure conditions without cavitation. Hynynen [18] showed that an enhanced heating effect in dog's thigh tissue during sonications, and concluded that such effect should be avoided in clinical therapy because they might lead to unpredictable thermal and mechanical damage. Chapelon et al. [19,20,21] observed irregular lesion outside the focal zone when uncontrolled cavitation occurred during HIFU treatment, which affected the therapeutic effects of targeted tissue. They strongly recommended that acoustic cavitation during the treatment should be avoided.
Cyril et al. [22] showed that using gated sonication instead of continuous sonications can remove residual cavitation nuclei between pulses with gated sonications to weaken the cavitation. Several researchers elevated the ambient hydrostatic pressure (Pstat) to suppress cavitation [23,24,25] in continuous HIFU treatment. He et al. [26] proved that elevating the ambient hydrostatic pressure can restrain the acoustic cavitation, the morphology of lesion was regular and the size was smaller under higher Pstat. Caupin and Herbert [27] demonstrated that cavitation threshold would increase with the increase of hydrostatic pressure, but sub-atmospheric pressure would strengthen the process of expansion motion of microbubbles and promote the activities of cavitation bubbles. After systematic experiment and molecular dynamics simulations, Kinjo and Matsumoto [28] manifested that cavitation nuclei would appear immediately under the condition of a sub-atmospheric pressure of 0.2 bar, and the appearance time would be delayed when under sub-atmospheric pressure with Pstat equal to 0.4 bar. However, all these studies were all performed in water. It is still unknown whether the sub-atmospheric pressure would influence cavitation activities in biological tissues such as the liver during the process of HIFU exposure.
Dissolved oxygen concentration (DOC) also plays a significant role on the cavitation bubble during HIFU treatment. A change in the gas content of a medium can affect the propagation of focused ultrasound beam, leading to an unpredictable lesion. Saito and Soetanto [29] showed that the quantity of microbubbles would increase with the increase of DOC during ultrasound irradiation. Tuziuti et al. [30] indicated that cavitation was more active as the increase of DOC in a solution. Stomach and intestinal preparation including fasting and water-deprivation were necessary before the clinical treatment of liver cancer, pancreatic cancer and kidney cancer [31,32,33]. When treating prostate cancer and uterine fibroid, and bladder injection with degassed water as acoustic coupling medium through the catheter was also needed [34, 35], and the DOC of degassed water should be less than 4 mg/L, according to the treatment standard issued by the State Food & Drug Administration of China [36]. In HIFU experiments, isolated biological tissues such as bovine liver were generally degassed for 1 h [37]. However, the value of DOC in bovine liver tissue was not clearly stated in literature.
Based on these findings, we hypothesized that Pstat and DOC can control the cavitation in tissue during HIFU treatment. Thus, in the present study, we examined whether Pstat and DOC can regulate the lesion morphology and smaller the lesion size induced by cavitation in HIFU treatment. And if so, to analyze the mechanism of lesion formation and cavitation behavior in ex vivo bovine livers.
DOC in degassed water and inside the tissue
Table 1 shows the DOC of degassed water and inside the tissue. Under the three levels of DOC (1.0 mg/L, 1.5 mg/L, 2.0 mg/L), there is no significant difference between the DOC in degassed water and inside the water. Because of the DOC test inside the tissue took much more time than the test in water, we used the DOC in water to present the DOC inside the tissue.
Table 1 The comparison of DOC in degassed water and inside the tissue
Cavitation signal
Under the conditions of atmospheric pressure and sub-atmospheric pressure, the broadband emissions from ex vivo bovine liver exposed by HIFU in degassed water with different DOC are shown in Fig. 1. The black solid line was the baseline which was detected without HIFU exposure. The signals of broadband emissions under atmospheric pressure (Fig. 1a) were higher than that under sub-atmospheric pressure (Fig. 1b) when DOC was the same. Under the condition of atmospheric pressure (1 bar), the signal of broadband emissions at three DOC levels (1.0 mg/L, 1.5 mg/L and 2.0 mg/L) were all above the noise level of the system during HIFU exposure. Moreover, the signal of broadband noise increased with an increase of the DOC levels. Under the condition of sub-atmospheric pressure (0.1 bar), there was no signal of broadband emissions above the noise level of the system except under DOC of 2.0 mg/L. The violent collapse of transient cavitation is the only source of broadband emissions [15], these results indicated that each DOC level had transient cavitation behavior during HIFU exposure under atmospheric pressure, but under the condition of sub-atmospheric pressure, only 2.0 mg/L had transient cavitation behavior.
Broadband noise during HIFU exposure: a atmospheric pressure, b sub-atmospheric pressure. The black solid line was the baseline detected without HIFU exposure. The red, blue and purple solid lines represent the broadband noise signal at the DOC of 2.0 mg/L, 1.5 mg/L and 1.0 mg/L, respectively
Gray-level variation on B-mode ultrasound
Figure 2 shows B-mode ultrasound image change before and after HIFU exposure. HIFU focus was located in the center of white dotted circle during the exposure. Under the condition of atmospheric pressure (1 bar), hyper-echoic change was found in the focus after HIFU exposure under the condition of different DOC levels. Under sub-atmospheric pressure (0.1 bar), hyper-echoic changes were observed found under DOC conditions of 1.5 mg/L and 2.0 mg/L, but no hyper-echo at 1.0 mg/L DOC.
B-mode ultrasound image before and after HIFU exposure. The white dotted circle flagged the HIFU focus zone. Hyper-echoic occurred under all conditions except at sub-atmospheric pressure with the DOC of 1.0 mg/L
Lesions on ex vivo bovine livers
The morphology of lesions in ex vivo bovine liver exposed by HIFU is shown in Fig. 3. Under atmospheric pressure (1 bar), the morphology of lesions was very different from each other. In the 2.0 mg/L DOC group, the lesion was teardrop-shaped. In the 1.5 mg/L and 1.0 mg/L DOC groups, the lesions were approximately ellipsoidal. Under sub-atmospheric pressure (0.1 bar), in the 2.0 mg/L DOC group, the lesion was approximately cigar-shaped. In the 1.5 mg/L DOC group, the lesion was also cigar-shaped, but the size of lesion was smaller than that in the 2.0 mg/L group, with homogeneous coagulation necrosis in the central part. In the 1.0 mg/L DOC group there was no significant lesion formed in the liver tissue. In addition, when the DOC level was the same, the size of lesions at atmospheric pressure (1 bar) were larger than that at sub-atmospheric pressure (0.1 bar), and damage on the central zone of lesion at atmospheric pressure (1 bar) was severer than that at sub-atmospheric pressure (0.1 bar).
Morphology variation of lesions in ex vivo bovine liver. The first row was experimented under the condition of atmospheric pressure, and the second row was experimented under the condition of sub-atmospheric pressure. The column represented the HIFU exposure conducted under the DOC of 2.0 mg/L, 1.5 mg/L and 1.0 mg/L. Lesion appeared under all conditions except at sub-atmospheric pressure with the DOC of 1.0 mg/L
Figure 4 shows the volume of lesions in ex vivo bovine liver exposed by HIFU under atmospheric pressure (1 bar) and sub-atmospheric pressure (0.1 bar) with different DOC conditions. At atmospheric pressure (1 bar), the volume of lesions in the 2.0 mg/L and 1.5 mg/L DOC group were 83.28 ± 14.56 mm3 and 76.84 ± 11.07 mm3, respectively. There was no significant difference between two groups (p > 0.05). However, when DOC was equal to 1.0 mg/L, the volume of lesion was 47.98 ± 14.92 mm3, which was significantly decreased while compared with the 2.0 mg/L and 1.5 mg/L groups (p < 0.05). At sub-atmospheric pressure (0.1 bar), the volume of lesions in the 2.0 mg/L, 1.5 mg/L and 1.0 mg/L groups were 20.53 ± 5.54 mm3, 16.01 ± 4.22 mm3 and 0.00 ± 0.00 mm3, respectively. There were significant differences between any two (p < 0.05), indicating that the volume of lesion was increased with the increase of DOC levels at either atmospheric pressure or sub-atmospheric pressure. Meanwhile, the volume of lesion in tissue at atmospheric pressure (1 bar) was larger than that at sub-atmospheric pressure (0.1 bar) while DOC level kept the same (p < 0.05).
Lesion volume variation in ex vivo bovine liver after HIFU exposure. At atmospheric pressure (1 bar), the volume of lesions in the 2.0 mg/L and 1.5 mg/L DOC group were 83.28 ± 14.56 mm3 and 76.84 ± 11.07 mm3, respectively. At sub-atmospheric pressure (0.1 bar), the volume of lesions in the 2.0 mg/L, 1.5 mg/L and 1.0 mg/L groups were 20.53 ± 5.54 mm3, 16.01 ± 4.22 mm3 and 0.00 ± 0.00 mm3, respectively. Lesion volume under atmospheric pressure was significantly different from that under sub-atmospheric pressure when DOC was kept the same. *Represents p < 0.05 for significance of difference between the two groups, **represents p > 0.05 for no significance of difference between the two groups
The main mechanisms of coagulation necrosis induced by HIFU are thermal deposition and cavitation effect [38]. During the process of HIFU exposure, the absorption of sound energy can result in thermal deposition in tissue, leading to formation of lesions [6]. Moreover, cavitation can accelerate the rise of the in situ temperature and enlarge the size of lesions [18]. Cavitation includes stable cavitation and transient cavitation [39], and the accelerated temperature increasing during HIFU exposure comes from transient cavitation [17].
Overpressure has been proved to suppress cavitation and has been used to study the influence of cavitation on HIFU-induced lesions [24,25,26]. This study investigates the effect of atmospheric pressure and sub-atmospheric pressure on the formation of the lesions. Under various DOC conditions (2.0 mg/L, 1.5 mg/L or 1.0 mg/L), the broadband noise at sub-atmospheric pressure (0.1 bar) is significantly lower than that at atmospheric pressure (1 bar). It manifests that sub-atmospheric pressure can partly suppress cavitation in liver tissue during HIFU exposure, which is different from the report that sub-atmospheric pressure can strengthen cavitation activity in water by Caupin and Herbert [27]. We think that although sub-atmospheric pressure can enhance the expansion process of cavitation bubble, the mechanical strain of sub-atmospheric pressure can also disperse the bubble distribution in tissue, resulting in that cavitation bubble cannot stably form and concentrate in the focus and the signal of sound scattering in focus is distinctly weakened. This is demonstrated by our bovine liver experiments at sub-atmospheric pressure, which reveals that the volume of the lesions is smaller than that at atmospheric pressure (p < 0.05). Under the experiment parameter under which cavitation occurred, the center of lesions appears to be mechanically damaged due to the collapse of cavitation bubbles. Without cavitation occurring, the lesion undergoes homogeneous necrosis, and there is no lesion formed in bovine liver tissue while DOC is equal to 1.0 mg/L.
This study also demonstrates a certain quantity of cavitation nuclei is needed for the occurrence of cavitation. Under atmospheric pressure, PCD results showed that cavitation activities exist during HIFU exposure under the condition of three DOC levels, with the hyper-echoic changed observed on B-mode ultrasound after HIFU exposure. With the increase of DOC level, the strength of the cavitation signal enhances gradually during the process of exposure, leading to the increased volume of the lesion in bovine liver tissue. However, under sub-atmospheric pressure, cavitation signal only appeared in 2.0 mg/L DOC level group, and the B-mode ultrasound image without hyper-echoic occurred only at the DOC 1.0 mg/L group. The volume of the lesion at the condition of 2.0 mg/L DOC is 20.53 ± 5.54 mm3, which is larger than the lesion volume of 16.01 ± 4.22 mm3 at the DOC 1.5 mg/L group (p < 0.05), but no lesion is observed at the DOC 1.0 mg/L group, indicating that lower DOC level could produce less gas content in water, and less than the critical number of cavitation nuclei that makes cavitation difficult occur during HIFU exposure. On the contrary, an increase of gas content in both water and tissues could facilitate the occurrence of cavitation and lesion formation, which could improve the efficiency of HIFU treatment through microbubbles [40]. In addition, Rabkin et al. [41] reported that hyper-echo on B-mode ultrasound was produced by boiling bubbles of water during HIFU exposure. But the boiling point of water at sub-atmospheric pressure (0.1 bar) is only 56 °C, which is much lower than that at atmospheric pressure (1 bar). This might help understand our findings that under the condition of sub-atmospheric pressure and DOC 1.5 mg/L level, PCD showed no cavitation during HIFU exposure but a significant hyper-echo on B-mode ultrasound and homogenous lesion in bovine liver tissue.
Using ex vivo bovine livers, we investigated the effect of Pstat and DOC levels on the formation of HIFU-induced lesions in this study. Our results showed that the occurrence of cavitation could be suppressed through sub-atmospheric pressure and low DOC level in liver tissue. This could provide a method of controlling cavitation in HIFU treatment which could avoid unpredictable lesions. Conversely, coagulation necrosis could be enhanced by increasing the quantity of cavitation nuclei in tissues.
As shown in Fig. 5, the experiment is mainly composed of three parts: the preparatory work, the HIFU exposure and the data analysis. The preparatory work and the HIFU exposure experiment were performed in a stainless chamber (50 cm L × 50 cm W × 70 cm H) which was filled with degassed water. The data analysis was carried out on the computer.
The flowchart of methods
Experimental equipment
As shown in Fig. 6, the major experimental system (Jisheng 1#, Chongqing Haifu Technology Co., Ltd, Chongqing, China) includes a 1.0 MHz HIFU transducer (12–32, Chongqing Haifu Technology Co., Ltd, Chongqing, China), with an aperture diameter of 220 mm and a focal length of 170 mm. The probe of the B-mode ultrasound (PA230E, ESAOTE Co., Genova, Italy) was mounted in the central hole of HIFU transducer, sharing the same focus with HIFU transducer, so that its imaging plane intersected the HIFU axis along its axial length. Data cables connected to a computer through the hermetic feedthrough. A HIFU drive system, a water processing system, which can prepare for degassed water of different DOC, and sample holder are all provided by Chongqing Haifu (HIFU) Technology Co., Ltd. A rotary vane vacuum pump (2XZ-2, Taizhou Qiushi vacuum pump Co., Ltd, Zhejiang, China) was used to control the condition of Pstat in the chamber. DOC in water and tissue was monitored by a portable dissolved oxygen meter (LDOTM 550A-12, YSI Co., Yellow Springs, OH, USA), with measurement range of 0 ~ 50 mg/L and resolution of 0.01 mg/L.
Schematic diagram of the experimental system. The HIFU transducer was driven by the HIFU drive system. The input power was set on the PC. The PCD signal was acquired by the data acquisition card and shown on the PC. The ultrasound diagnostic scanner, which was controlled by PC, was used to scan the B-mode image of tissue
Dissolved oxygen concentration and hydrostatic pressure detection
Degassed water at different DOC levels was prepared by regulating the water flow of a water processing system. The experimental chamber was filled with degassed water at DOC of 1.0 mg/L, 1.5 mg/L and 2.0 mg/L, respectively, with the temperature kept at 37 ℃, according to the standard protocol of HIFU treatment system [36]. The degassed bovine liver specimens were mounted in the sample holder, and then placed in the experimental chamber. Ten minutes later, the DOC of degassed water and inside the tissue was detected for five times, shown in Table 1. The DOC in water was in accord with the DOC inside the tissue. Therefore, we used the DOC in water to present the DOC inside the tissue. Pstat in sealed experimental chamber was changed by a vacuum pump which was turned off after 5 min to keep the experimental chamber under the Pstat of 0.1 bar, which was the maximum negative pressure that vacuum pump could stably support.
Acoustic intensity test
Acoustic spatial and temporal averaged intensity (Isata) was 6500 W/cm2 for ultrasound applied to ex vivo bovine livers, where cavitation could be detected clearly under atmospheric pressure. Before the exposure experiment, the acoustic power generated was measured by the radiation force method [42], and the sound field was scanned by needle-type hydrophone (HFO-660, ONDA, Sunnyvale, CA, USA), in order to ensure every experiment had the same acoustic output.
HIFU exposure
The liver specimens were taken from the portion of fresh bovine liver with less connective tissues and blood vessels within 6 h after the animal was killed. It was then cut into blocks of 12 cm × 6 cm × 4 cm, soaked in 0.9% saline, and degassed by vacuum pump for 60 min. During the experiment, 1-MHz HIFU transducer was used to generate a continuous wave of exposure parameter of Isata 6500 W/cm2 for 2 s to expose bovine liver specimens. Experiments were done under two Pstat: atmospheric pressure (Pstat = 1 bar) and sub-atmospheric pressure (Pstat = 0.1 bar). Experiments with same exposure conditions were repeated ten times. The gray-level variation of bovine livers at HIFU focus was monitored by B-mode ultrasound before and after HIFU exposure. Moreover, the DOC of water was detected by the portable dissolved oxygen analyzer before and after each experiment. The deviation of DOC in each group was within ± 0.1 mg/L.
Cavitation detection
A passive cavitation detection (PCD) (V309-SU, Olympus Panametrics NDT Inc, Waltham, MA, USA) with a central frequency of 5 MHz was used to detect the cavitation characteristics to compare the cavitation behavior. The broadband focusing PCD transducer with the diameter of 13 mm and focal length of 40 mm was fixed on the sample holder, shown in Fig. 6. Acoustic signal from ex vivo bovine liver was recorded by the high-speed data acquisition card with sampling rate of 20 MHz (PXie-5122, National Instruments Co., USA). The corresponding spectrum of obtained signal was analyzed via fast Fourier transform on the LabView development platform (v10.0.1, National Instruments Co., Austin, TX, USA), and the sampling step length was 15 ms. The broadband noise was calculated after band-pass filter (3 ~ 7 MHz) and band-stop filter (filter stopped the signals around harmonics ± 30 kHz), to minimize the error caused by the contributions from the HIFU fundamental, second, third and fourth harmonic frequencies arising from nonlinear sound propagation.
Sections of the bovine liver specimens with their cross section perpendicular to the direction of acoustic propagation of HIFU were cut immediately after exposure to observe the lesion size and shape. The lesion was photographed digitally under every exposure condition. The HIFU measurement software (1.0, Chongqing Haifu Technology Co., Ltd, Chongqing, China) was used to set the scale and mark the boundary of the lesion region.
Statistics analysis
The SPSS software (19.0, IBM, Camp Takajo, NY, USA) was used for statistical analysis. The final measurement results were expressed by mean ± standard deviation (SD). Difference between the sub-atmospheric pressure group and the atmospheric group was tested using paired sample t-test. Statistical relationships among the three DOC groups were evaluated by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Tukey's test was used for pairwise multiple comparisons if one-way ANOVA revealed statistical significance. A value of p < 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant.
DOC:
Dissolved oxygen concentration;
HIFU:
High-intensity focused ultrasound;
PCD:
Passive cavitation detection;
P stat :
Ambient hydrostatic pressure
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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 81127901, 11274404, 11574039), and the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (973 program, Grant No. 2011CB707900).
State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
Min He, Zhiqiang Zhong, Deping Zeng, Zhibiao Wang & Faqi Li
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
National Engineering Research Center of Ultrasound Medicine, Chongqing, 401121, People's Republic of China
Xiaobo Gong
Min He
Zhiqiang Zhong
Deping Zeng
Zhibiao Wang
Faqi Li
MH, FL and ZW designed the study. MH and ZZ performed the experiments, collected and processed the data. XG and DZ maintained the experimental setup. MH wrote the manuscript. FL revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Zhibiao Wang or Faqi Li.
He, M., Zhong, Z., Zeng, D. et al. Effects of sub-atmospheric pressure and dissolved oxygen concentration on lesions generated in ex vivo tissues by high intensity focused ultrasound. BioMed Eng OnLine 20, 91 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-021-00926-z
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-021-00926-z
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'Dirty Politics:' Roy Moore Plays the Victim as Conservatives Caught Trying to Fake Allegations Against Him
Even Donald Trump has tempered his participation in the Alabama Senate race, while he has offered support for Moore, he has made it clear he will not actively campaign for the embattled Republican
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With two weeks to go until the Alabama election for U.S. Senate, Kathie Luckie of Hoover said she is "teetering" with her choice. Like many Alabama voters the tenure of the race has confused even the most die-hard of Republican partisans in the state as allegations of sexual assualt against Roy Moore and his counter accusations of a witch hunt have rocked the election.
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The same day Moore claimed the allegations of sexual misconduct against him were nothing more than "dirty politics," evidence of the moral failings of leaders in Washington and simply meant to distract attention from the real issues.
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All of which brings us back to Kathie Luckie, a Republican, she usually supports the GOP candidate. But she said Roy Moore has always been "a little radical" for her taste, even before he was hit with recent allegations of sexual misconduct.
"It's a struggle. I'm just kind of bouncing around with my decisions. Right now, I'm caught between don't vote or vote Republican," said Luckie, a retired UPS supervisor from Hoover. Even though she's not a Moore fan, she said, "I do believe it's important for a Republican to get into the office."
Voters like Luckie — reliable Republicans in the middle — will determine whether Moore or Democrat Doug Jones wins on Dec. 12. While Moore needs evangelicals to show up at the polls and Jones will rely heavily on black Democrats, a large swath of Alabama Republicans — typically Christian and conservative — holds the key to victory for both.
Moore is counting on them to send another Republican to Washington while Democrats hope Jones peels off some Republicans and others, turned off by Moore, stay home.
Doug Jones signs are a common sight in Homewood, a leafy suburb near downtown Birmingham where incumbent Republican Sen. Luther Strange lives.
Harold Cook, 67, typically votes Republican but said he might vote for a write-in this time.
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Moore was a polarizing figure in Alabama — winning his last statewide election with 51 percent — before the allegations of sexual misconduct. He was removed as state chief justice in 2003 when he disobeyed a court order to move a boulder-sized Ten Commandments monument out of the state Supreme Court building. After winning election to the post again, he was permanently suspended last year for urging state probate judges to refuse marriage licenses to gay couples, in defiance of the federal courts.
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It's been a quarter of a century since a Democrat was elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama, where many white voters almost reflexively vote for the Republican in statewide races.
Zac McCrary, an Alabama-based Democratic pollster, said Jones must focus on issues that cross party lines and will "never have good math" if he presents it as a "D versus "R battle.
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Jones has launched an advertisement with Republicans explaining their decision to support him. His wife, Louise, has been doing coffee talks with suburban women. In speeches, Jones hammers on "kitchen table issues" and breaking away from divisive politics.
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Support for Moore is stronger in rural areas. Crossing an intersection down the street from a Sav-A-Life anti-abortion center in Troy, 77-year-old Bert Fridlin said he never votes Democrat. He won't this time either, he said, citing Jones' support of abortion rights.
President Donald Trump on Sunday tried to frame it as a partisan battle. Disregarding concerns from Senate Republican leaders who have disavowed Moore, Trump tweeted out criticisms of Jones and said it would be a "disaster" for a Democrat to win the Alabama race.
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Tatiana Tarasova: "Not every person can be made a great athlete"
Video interview with Tatiana Tarasova made on the eve of her birthday. Partly translated. Tatiana Tarasova talks about the end of her sports career, commentary work, why in men's figure skating there were no bright stars after Plushenko and Yagudin and many other things.
source: by Lina Fedorova for Nice Ice Baby youtube channel
photo by Globallookpress.com
I read in your book that from the age of 6 you were an independent child, and your parents were not even present at your trainings.
Tatiana Tarasova: No, they weren't present. It was really odd, since all the children at that time were accompanied to classes and someone was with them. Mila Pakhomova was with us, Mila Pakhomova's mother. But my parents worked and no one was at trainings with me. Well, nothing special. I did my laces myself, dressed / undressed herself, walked back. We lived nearby, so I needed to go only by tram. You just take a tram and you will come straight to the house.
Can you say that you lacked that support from your parents at that time?
Tatiana Tarasova: No, I can't say that. I had been going to trainings myself since I was 6 years old. What kind of support did I lack? Parents sent me to the rink, so I was doing it.
At what point did you realize that you won't be able to go on the ice as an athlete? And at that moment, how did you realize that something needs to be done next?
Tatiana Tarasova: I didn't understand that, my father did. I didn't get it. I rushed about and was in serious condition. I wanted to throw myself under a tram, a trolley bus, or something else. It was all ugly, I thought my mother would be upset. Hmhmh, well, so to speak, it was my dad who told me "Go help your colleagues. Go to work. There is no one to work …". Then there really was no one to work. "There is no one to work, go on the ice and try to improve, try to help and start your labor activity." I was 19 years old and I am very grateful to him that I started this labor activity at the age of 19.
Please tell us what the Lesha Yagudin was like, that Lesha who came to your group and managed to win more than one heart, including yours.
Tatiana Tarasova: Of course I can't sing this song about him "You haven't changed at all", of course he changed. Well, a lot hasn't changed. I have always loved him both when he came and when he left. And, he's a very good person. And he is a reliable person. I love his involvement. I love when he takes on reading such a books, American real estate, and studies them with great interest for a year or two. When he complete studying them, I will buy a good apartment.
There was some pressure, there was pressure on Lesha when he competed, even from the federation. When he was told straight off "You will fail"
Tatiana Tarasova: I don't give a damn about it
How did you support the athlete who …
Tatiana Tarasova: Well, we agreed and why should I not support him? Was I supposed to trust some jerks from federation who told him it was over? Well, I know my profession a little, I know who I'm taking, and what I can do with this guy. The rest does not interest me at all. Who said what. Yes, a lot of nerves were spoiled because the Russian judge has never put him even close to Zhenya (Plushenko). He's always put him second. And I consider this pretty illegal. Let it rest on the conscience of those people who judged. And who gave such orders. I still defeated them.
I'd like to talk about your duo Bestemianova-Bukin. Certainly an authentic pair, you called them so. And it's no secret that this pair was one of your favorite.
Tatiana Tarasova: Well, I can't say that. They all were my favorites.
One of.
Tatiana Tarasova: Before that I had Moiseeva and Minenkov. And they, of course, were the most beloved, because they were the first. They were the first, they were unique. And no one except them has skated as touching as they skated. And no one conveyed music like that and no one had such arms, such hands. And such a dramatic talent as this pair had. Of course it was a delight to go to workout every day. To face with some miracle. You teach, you have it in your hands and you do it right. You know, this is Nikita Mikhalkov's favorite word "Turns out", this "turns out" (says it breathy). At first you walk like a goof, and then you start to succeed. And it turns out, and it turns out, and it turns out. And then competitions has already begun and it also worked out. And then competitions and championships. And from small competitions and championships in Moscow, we grew up to huge competitions – Europeans, Worlds and the Olympic Games, and this also worked out. I came back in such a deranged state, I don't remember how the years passed. I arrived in such a deranged state and I say "Dad, we are second at the Olympic Games. Dad, my pair Moiseeva Minenkov, we became the second. Pakhomova – Gorshkov are first and we are the second. We beat all the Americans, all the Canadians. This is my pair, since the youth category." Dad said, "You know, daughter, they fire us for the second places."
Tatiana Anatolievna, going back to our times, are there such duets now that you can single out? Our duets. Are there any duos that take your breath away when you watch their skating? Or is it not working out yet?
Tatiana Tarasova: If there were such, I would say so right away. But since you have to think, something turns out, but something does not. You are happy when something turns out. The performance turns out, but places do not. There are good ones, but there are no outstanding ones. It happened that Papadakis Cizeron were breathtaking. Not in every performance and not always. But it happens that when they catch their wave, it captivates.
After the era of Plushenko / Yagudin, there were no such stars in our figure skating. Why do you think this is happening? Are they coaching worse, or training? Or what? What has changed?
Tatiana Tarasova: Such were not born.
So you think they were just unique people?
Tatiana Tarasova: Well, of course. No, not every person can be made a great athlete. Not everyone.
Maxim Kovtun. What led this talented guy astray?
Tatiana Tarasova: Nothing. This is his essence. He cannot go all the way. Well, not every person can go to the end. He feels sorry for himself. He wants, but does not know what needs to be done for this. When it's hard for him, he doesn't believe it will be easier. That's it. I feel really bad for his ability. But ability is one of the qualities that should accompany an athlete, must accompany. There is no character. No, like a rag. Only scandal. If you listen to the coach, you will succeed. If you don't listen, nothing will work out.
I would like to talk about your husband.
Tatiana Tarasova: I was very lucky in my life that I got married. And he married me. Vova. Because I was married for 33 years to a great man, to a great musician, to a talented teacher, an absolutely brilliant performer. I traveled with him to the cities. At the end of any piece, the audience jumped up and broke chairs in standing ovations. He has had an overwhelming success always and everywhere. In Japan, in America, in Canada, in France and wherever we were with him, everywhere it was amazing. He was a light, cheerful person.
Your father loved him very much, right?
Tatiana Tarasova: Yes, he could practice 24 hours a day, and it was fun. Of course, he was very helpful with the music, very helpful. He often disagreed with me a lot. He often helped, but often disagreed.
Is it hard for two creative people to get along in the family?
Tatiana Tarasova: NOT! Not at all, why should it be hard? We look in one direction, love each other and understand why and how to live together. And what values we have, and how we help each other. And there is a lot that doesn't need to be explained, because we are creative people and we have the same thoughts. Moreover, we are teachers. My house in America was full of my students and Vova was in demand there. I was at his house in Hanover, I did everything I could. All I could do was give food. They didn't work with me, but we're still friends. They adore me and remember everything that I did for them, and all the time when I had money, I put them in all their pockets. My dear lovely children who all became teachers.
Tatiana Anatolievna, you talked about admiration and I can't help but remember the interview given by Maxim Trankov. In the ranking of the most influential people in figure skating, he called you number one.
Tatiana Anatolievna: Aaaand?))
Do you agree with this?
Tatiana Anatolievna: Don't you agree?)))
We agree one hundred percent.
Tatiana Anatolievna: Well, me too.
Who do you feel more now?
Tatiana Anatolievna: I do not feel like a pensioner.
In no way it was on my list. National team consultant, coach or more commentator?
Tatiana Anatolievna: I would feel like a coach best. Because I am a coach. And this is my profession. I love it more than anything else. And I don't love anything else as much as I love coaching. But unfortunately, not that I'm complaining, but I didn't get a school. And I have no ice and I cannot. Otherwise, I would be a coach. Of course, I would coach both pairs and single skaters, and I would coach ice dancers. And I would live happily ever after. I would not fail anyway. As a commentator I am dependent, and I love independent professions. I depend on whether they call me to comment or not. Whether the manager likes me with my comments or not. I cannot depend on one person, even though millions of people love me and wait for me when I talk about something. And as a team specialist – yes. I can and I know, yes. I look, I look, and so I can tell each of these young talents who skate in the national team. I could say how and what, in my opinion, what is needed. I can be happy for them, for the pair skaters. And I'm grateful to Trankov. Look, he put me first. I'd be glad if I was a coach.
Going back to your current activities …
Tatiana Anatolievna: By the way, since childhood I was very fond of commenting.
I remember that after Zhenya Medvedeva's performance at the Olympic Games you said the following phrase "I want her to win." Was you upset when you saw the final result?
Tatiana Anatolievna: Well, somehow this is not the right word "upset", which fits there. Half of the people were happy, half of the people were crying. This is already a great victory for our sport. Everyone is happy. Or everyone is unhappy. The main thing is that we have a medal. That's all.
You got the TEFI award for that broadcast.
Tatiana Anatolievna: A good scolding!
Why, if not a secret?
Tatiana Anatolievna: I do not know why.
Well for what?
Tatiana Anatolievna: I don't know.
On television, it is clear what is the main award and what is the main award for a coach?
Tatiana Anatolievna: The most important reward is when you know that you have done everything in your power, everything that you have planned. And he did everything that depends on him. And it doesn't interest you anymore. That's all.
That is all? The work is done, the result is achieved.
Tatiana Anatolievna: That's all. No, nobody is happy anymore. Nobody goes crazy. You already knew it had to be that way. And here it happened. That's all, bravo.
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CapoVelo.com - - Hein Verbruggen Hits Back at Lance Armstrong's Accusations
Hein Verbruggen Hits Back at Lance Armstrong's Accusations
By David - In THE GREAT RACE
Hein Verbruggen is hitting back at Lance Armstrong, after the defrocked cyclist made claims today that the former UCI president helped him cover up a positive test he had for cortisone back in the 1999 Tour de France.
Verbruggen, who is now chairman of the Olympic Broadcasting Service, and an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), attacked Armstrong's credibility, after the American went public with his accusations during an interview with the media today.
"Since when does one believe Lance Armstrong?" Verbruggen wrote via SMS to Dutch TV station NOS. "When with Oprah Winfrey he said he never settled something with the UCI? Or since he (charges a fee!) makes movies and interviews and hints that there are juicy stories to come?
"His story is illogical because it was not a positive/anti-doping offence, in the opinion of the competent authority," Verbruggen continued. "That authority was not the UCI, but the French Ministry. After allegations a year back of a large-scale complicity at the UCI over doping by Lance Armstrong and his team, we are now back to a cortisone-case from 1999 that wasn't even from the UCI. Sincerely, Hein Verbruggen."
Verbruggen was UCI president between 1991 and 2005. And, after, handing over power to his successor Pat McQuaid, Verbruggen has remained as "Honorary President" of the UCI, which affords him a seat on the Management Committee.
The IOC echoed Verbruggen's sentiment of Armstrong's credibility today as well.
"It is hard to give any credibility to the claims of a cyclist who appears to have misled the world for decades," read an IOC statement, according to AP. "That said, the UCI is currently working on plans to investigate the matter more thoroughly and we await proper considered outcomes."


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I was watching 'Have I Got News For You' on BBC 1, and what a surprise when a photo I took of the Dalai Lama popped up on the screen.
This was from a press conference I attended in April while His Holiness was visiting Cambridge. It was great to see one my favourite photos of the year being used on national television.


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Q: How to develop a grammar correcting program using NLP techniques? As part of my NLP course project I have decided to write a program that can correct the grammatical and semantic errors in a sentence with an idea in my mind that I can convert this program to an mobile app in future which can help in faster typing in mobile devices . For example my program should be able to detect and fix following sentences which contains a combination of grammatical and semantic errors.
FROM[I *am reach* home] -> TO[I am *reaching* home OR I *reached* home OR I have *reached* home ]
FROM[Dog is *barring* in the street] -> TO[dog is *barking* in the street ]
FROM[She *died* not *seen* to be understanding] -> TO[she *does* not *seem* to understanding ]
FROM[I am not interested in *then*] -> TO[i am not interested in *them*
FROM[I would really *live* to meet you.] -> TO[i would really *like* to meet you OR I would really *love* to meet you]
FROM[He *if* a good boy.] -> TO[He *is* a good boy.]

https://www.languagetool.org and http://www.polishmywriting.com are doing a poor job in finding issues with above sentences whereas the grammar correction tools at
https://www.paperrater.com/, http://spellcheckplus.com, http://www.reverso.net/spell-checker/english-spelling-grammar/ are good.
Initially I had a rough idea in my mind about solving this problem which I thought will work to some extent and started with this project but  I am completely lost now. Even after couple of days of lot of browsing I am not able to get faintest idea about how I can solve this problem. I am new to NLP but I know about  parse trees , POS tagging, NLTK module in python etc., but I don't know how I can put this concepts together in use to solve my problem. For instance I can use rule based POS tagging to find that a 'verb form' is needed in sentence a like 'I reaching home' but how can I fix a semantic error or remove a totally out-of-context word from a sentence using POS tagging or parse tree or using lexical dictionary like WordNet?
I would like to at least write a  small application for now that can fix grammatical and semantic error to some extent and build  this over a period of time in future.
Can anyone guide me about how I can approach this problem? What NLP techniques should I use and how should they be put together to solve this issue. Thanks.
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I have looked at
How to check whether a sentence is correct (simple grammar check in Python)?
but I don't understand how to use parse tree for my application.


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SELECTION OF TEAM NAMES: INTRODUCING TEAM "OBUBA"
Sherry (Shih-Hui) Chang and Pablo Rojas
We have had a ton of fun this week as our teams have provided us with feedback on their first meetings and the team names they have chosen. Together, one scientist and one designer, who would otherwise likely have never met, have been sharing their work with one another and making plans for their Descience Runway 2014 creations.
Team 50 is composed of Sherry (Shih-Hui) Chang and Pablo Rojas. Together, they coined the name "OBUBA" to represent their team and here's why:
"OBUBA" from "ob-buba"
OB: Prefix "ob-" from Latin: "to", "on", "over", "against"
BUBA: from Greek "boubôn": groin swelling. It indicates an inflammation on lymph nodes due to an infection caused by microorganisms. Such swelling takes place especially in the groin or the armpit. It can be visualized in patients suffering from untreated tuberculosis and gonorrhea. "Bubo" lesions were also visualised and described during the black death (bubonic plague) back in the 14th century.
Our team name "OBUBA" hallmarks the research currently being done in the microbiology field and aims to highlight the importance of science communication when fighting infectious diseases.
In looking back over the words each used to describe his/her interest in the project, we were struck by some amazing parallels:
Sherry:
"When I was younger, I indulged in looking and holding objects from my parents collection appreciatively such as carvings, jades and accessories. I was attracted by the structure of the objects, and couldn't stop observing them deeply. Science observes objects and fashion makes a fetish out of them. Even though standard education sets them apart, and takes away their depth. My skepticism made me doubt the dualism between them. Therefore, I am excited and looking forward to collaborate with a scientist."
"What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals or life"- Michel Foucault
We are expecting transcendental results from this team! We think Pablo sums it up best:
"I feel that a multidisciplinary approach can bring further significance to image diagnostics. I am interested in exploring the conflictive relationship between science and art and the creative tension that results from their constant friction."
Good luck, Team OBUBA!


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Napolitano meets with UC student-veterans to discuss their concerns
By Connor Grubaugh | Staff
Last Updated February 6, 2014
University announces new veterans' affairs advisory group
Napolitano discusses tuition, aid for student groups in webcast with students Tuesday
Seven years after his unit first shipped off to Afghanistan, 26-year-old Mike Drake says he's still baby-faced.
The 2007 incident in Afghanistan that left Drake — the only capable medic immediately on hand — with the responsibility of stabilizing 11 injured soldiers in a firefight won him an Army Commendation Medal with Valor, but it didn't help him get a job as a firefighter-paramedic when the economy collapsed a year later. Grim employment prospects led him back to school and eventually to UC Berkeley, where he will graduate with a degree in political science in spring.
Despite his youthful appearance, Drake conducts himself with the experience of a seasoned veteran. Since leaving the military in 2008, he has become not only the first member of his family to attend college but also a successful advocate for veterans in the Berkeley community.
"Higher education gave me a better purpose," Drake, who is also the president of the Cal Veterans Group, said. "I was a combat medic; I didn't know anything about bureaucracy or politics. Coming to a school like UC Berkeley gave me the opportunity to change."
More than 1,300 veterans collecting federal veterans' benefits are currently enrolled across the UC system, according to UC spokesperson Dianne Klein. Nearly 500 veterans, both recipients and nonrecipients of benefits, attend UC Berkeley alone.
As increasing numbers of veterans returning home from abroad have steadily expanded the university's student-veteran population, Klein said UC President Janet Napolitano has taken a keen interest in veterans' issues since she took office. On Friday, Drake was just one of 10 students — one from each UC campus — invited by Napolitano to the first meeting of a new veterans' affairs advisory group in Oakland.
The meeting was the first chance many of the student representatives had to interact with veterans from other UC campuses, upper-level administration officials and Napolitano, whose no-nonsense approach left a good impression on some members of the group.
Jessica Garcia, a 28-year-old UC Irvine senior, said child care for veterans with families was a major concern for her going into the meeting with Napolitano. As a veteran, a military spouse and a mother of two, Garcia said discounted child care on UC campuses can be invaluable to student-veteran families but is often unavailable at affordable prices.
Still, Garcia said she was encouraged by Napolitano's positive response to her concerns and was pleasantly surprised when the UC president's office phoned the UC Irvine veterans' center Monday to inquire further.
"That was a big thing for me," Garcia said. "When she said she would look into the issue, she actually did. She didn't give lip service."
The meeting represents an important step toward addressing the broad range of issues student-veterans throughout the UC system face. Discussion topics at Friday's meeting alone ranged from finding dedicated spaces for campus veterans' centers and providing subsidized day care for student-veteran parents to improving financial aid resources and hiring more veterans' affairs-focused staff, among other issues.
"With the student-veteran community, not only is there a lot of overlap with the transfer and re-entry community, there's a lot of student parents," said Ron Williams, program director of re-entry student and veteran services at UC Berkeley. "Student-veterans encapsulate many student communities of interest that we have here on campus."
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645,000 Oregonians affected in previously disclosed Dept. of Human Services breach
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Oregon's Department of Human Services (DHS) is in the process of mailing notifications to roughly 645,000 of its reportedly 1.6 million clients, following a data breach incident last January that resulted from a phishing scam.
When DHS first publicly disclosed the incident last March, it said the number of affected Oregonians exceeded 350,000, but it was unclear by just how many. However, a June 18 news release from the agency appears to have answered this lingering question, raising the total number of victims by nearly an additional 300,000.
DHS said it will provide affected individuals with one year of ID theft monitoring and recovery services, including a $1 million insurance reimbursement policy.
"It is not known if the compromised information, which includes personal health information, was viewed or used inappropriately," the release stated.
The breach took place on Jan. 8, 2019 when nine separate DHS employees opened a phishing email and clicked on a malicious internet link that gave the sender the power to success their accounts.
"Beginning January 9, 2019, these nine employees started reporting problems. We found all affected accounts and stopped the phishing access by January 28, 2019," the official notification letter states.
Much of the client information exposed in the breach came from email attachment such as reports. Compromised data included names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, case numbers, personal health information (including HIPAA-protected info), and other information used in DHS programs.
"The Oregon DHS breach is very typical of the news we hear continuously," said
Pravin Kothari, founder and CEO of CipherCloud, in emailed comments. But "What's surprising is that the email attachments with sensitive PII [personally identifying information] and PHI [protected health information] data did not have any protection, and that Oregon DHS was just not prepared for such common attacks."
Colin Bastable, CEO of Lucy Security, also took a swipe at the agency, asking "Why on earth are they sending and saving confidential documents as unsecured attachments via email?"
"The offer of 12 months of credit monitoring services is a box-tick, business-as-usual offer," Bastable continued, "but the adverse impacts of phishing attacks last much longer and reverberate much wider. Harvested data is sold, repackaged and resold multiple times on the dark web. The 645,000 Oregonians and their families and friends will be compromised and inconvenienced in some manner for years to come."
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Today I'm thankful my husband is another year older.
Jason celebrated his birthday and is now the same age as me, 31 39. It's our last year together in our thirties. I'm blessed that I've been able to spend several birthdays with him, and that he keeps getting better with age.


G. E. BENTLEY, JR., of the University of Toronto, writes chiefly about Blake and about illustrated books of Blake's time.
DAVID V. ERDMAN has two books in press, a photofacsimile of The Four Zoas with commentary (in collaboration with Cettina Tramontano Magno) and a study of John Oswald and the British in Paris 1790-1793.
NELSON HILTON teaches English at the University of Georgia and is the Review Editor for Blake.
TIM HOYER, graduate student in the Department of English, University of California at Berkeley, is working on a dissertation on Blake. He also heads the automated cataloging unit of the Bancroft Library.
WALLACE JACKSON is Professor of English at Duke University. His most recent book is Alexander Pope: Vision and Re-Vision (Wayne State University Press, 1983). He is presently at work on an inquiry into the historical bases of Pope's literary reputation and an intertextual study of Thomas Gray's poetry.
EDWARD LARRISSY, Lecturer in English, University of Warwick, is author of William Blake in the Rereading Literature series. His poems have appeared in various periodicals, and he is currently writing a book on contemporary British and American poetry.
RAYMOND LISTER, an Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and a Syndic of the Fitzwilliam Museum, has just completed a catalogue raisonné of the works of Samuel Palmer to be published in 1987 by Cambridge University Press.
MORTON D. PALEY's most recent book is The Apocalyptic Sublime (Yale University Press, 1986), a study of works on apocalyptic subjects by British artists from John Hamilton Mortimer to Lord Leighton.
DAVID PUNTER is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of East Anglia. His books include The Literature of Terror (1980), Blake, Hegel and Dialectic (1982), and The Hidden Script: Writing and the Unconscious (1985). A book on romanticism and the unconscious is forthcoming from Harvester Press later in 1986.
DAVID SCRASE, Keeper of Paintings, Drawings, and Prints at the Fitzwilliam Museum, is responsible for the cataloging and exhibitions of the holdings in that museum, which is, as is well known, particularly rich in Blake's works.
DAVID SIMPSON is Professor of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His most recent book is The Politics of American English, 1776-1850 (Oxford University Press, 1986).
DENA BAIN TAYLOR completed her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, writing on the Kabbalistic elements in Blake's poetry and designs. She lectures parttime at Erindale College, University of Toronto.
Detlef W. Dörrbecker, Universität Trier, FB III Kunstgeschichte, Postfach 3825, 5500 Trier, West Germany. Nelson Hilton, Department of English, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.
International Standard Serial Number: 0006-453x. Blake / An Illustrated Quarterly is indexed in the Modern Language Associations International Bibliography, the Modern Humanities Research Association's Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, English Language Notes' annual Romantic Bibliography, ART bibliographies MODERN, American Humanities Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index.


I fall somewhere in between. In a class with YA writer, Robert Paul Weston, I developed a broad outline for a young adult novel as a class assignment. It seemed useful and KM Weiland's book, Outlining Your Novel, inspired me to add more detail. I wasn't sure I'd actually stick to the outline, but over time, it proved to be an invaluable map that kept me from straying off-course to follow exciting but unproductive subplots.
I guess I'm plotting my pantsing….if that makes any sense at all.


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import { IMessaging } from "./IMessaging";
import { IMessagingPort } from './MessagingPort';
import { IEasyLogger } from '../Logger/EasyLogger';

export class MessagingContentScript implements IMessaging<Object, Object> {
  constructor(
    private port: IMessagingPort,
    private logger: IEasyLogger,
  ) { }

  public send(message: Object)
    : Promise<Object> {

    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      let port = chrome.runtime.connect({ name: this.port.name().toString() });
      this.logger.info(`opened port: ${this.port.name()}`);

      port.onMessage.addListener(m => {
        this.logger.info(`received message: ${JSON.stringify(m)}`);
        resolve(m);
      });

      port.postMessage(message);
      this.logger.info(`sent message: ${JSON.stringify(message)}`);
    });
  }
}

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