A RARE CASE OF HETEROTOPIC PANCREATIC TISSUE CAUSING SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION

A Rare case of heterotopic pancreatic tissue of ileum causing acute intestinal obstruction has been described with a brief review of literature. A 42 yr old male patient presented to the emergency department with features of acute intestinal obstruction. After evaluation patient was taken up for emergency laparotomy which revealed a band to be arising from ileum. Furthermore, there was a small growth in the ileal wall at the site of origin of the band. Hence resection of the growth was done and followed by ileoileal anastomosis. Later on, histopathological examination of the growth revealed it to be heterotopic pancreatic tissue. Heterotopic pancreatic tissue is often an incidental nding encountered in upper gastrointestinal tract during endoscopy and surgeries. But Symptomatic ectopic pancreas of ileum is relatively rare and they very rarely present with acute symptoms as in this case

Iterating the Minimum Modulus: Functions of Order Half, Minimal Type

For a transcendental entire function f, the property that there exists $$r>0$$ r > 0 such that $$m^n(r)\rightarrow \infty $$ m n ( r ) → ∞ as $$n\rightarrow \infty $$ n → ∞ , where $$m(r)=\min \{|f(z)|:|z|=r\}$$ m ( r ) = min { | f ( z ) | : | z | = r } , is related to conjectures of Eremenko and of Baker, for both of which order 1/2 minimal type is a significant rate of growth. We show that this property holds for functions of order 1/2 minimal type if the maximum modulus of f has sufficiently regular growth and we give examples to show the sharpness of our results by using a recent generalisation of Kjellberg’s method of constructing entire functions of small growth, which allows rather precise control of m(r).

Improving Characteristics of LUT-Based Mealy FSMs with Twofold State Assignment

Practically, any digital system includes sequential blocks. This article is devoted to a case when sequential blocks are represented by models of Mealy finite state machines (FSMs). The performance (maximum operating frequency) is one of the most important characteristics of an FSM circuit. In this article, a method is proposed which aims at increasing the operating frequency of LUT-based Mealy FSMs with twofold state assignment. This is done using only extended state codes. Such an approach allows excluding a block of transformation of binary state codes into extended state codes. The proposed approach leads to LUT-based Mealy FSM circuits having two levels of logic blocks. Each function for any logic level is represented by a circuit including a single LUT. The proposed method is illustrated by an example of synthesis. The results of experiments conducted with standard benchmarks show that the proposed approach produces LUT-based circuits with significantly higher operating frequency than it is for circuits produced by other investigated methods (Auto and One-hot of Vivado, JEDI, twofold state assignment). The performance is increased by an average of 15.9 to 25.49 percent. These improvements are accompanied by a small growth of the numbers of LUTs compared with circuits based on twofold state assignment. Our approach provides the best area-time products compared with other investigated methods. The advantages of the proposed approach increase as the number of FSM inputs and states increases.

Varieties of unitary algebras with small growth of codimensions

In the last years, the sequence of codimensions of PI-algebras has been studied by several authors and the classification of unitary algebras, up to equivalence, with at most cubic codimension growth was given by Giambruno, La Mattina and Petrogradsky in 2007. In this paper, we establish a new approach by studying the possibilities of specific proper codimensions of a unitary algebra with growth [Formula: see text] in order to present a complete list of varieties generated by unitary algebras with polynomial growth [Formula: see text]. Also, we classify, up to PI-equivalence, the unitary algebras with growth [Formula: see text] whose leading coefficient of the polynomial describing the codimension sequence achieves the largest and the smallest possible value.

Improving the Characteristics of Multi-Level LUT-Based Mealy FSMs

Contemporary digital systems include many varying sequential blocks. In the article, we discuss a case when Mealy finite state machines (FSMs) describe the behavior of sequential blocks. In many cases, the performance is the most important characteristic of an FSM circuit. In the article, we propose a method which allows increasing the operating frequency of multi-level look-up table (LUT)-based Mealy FSMs. The main idea of the proposed approach is to use together two methods of structural decomposition. They are: (1) the known method of transformation of codes of collections of outputs into FSM state codes and (2) a new method of extension of state codes. The proposed approach allows producing FPGA-based FSMs having three levels of logic combined through the system of regular interconnections. Each function for every level of logic was implemented using a single LUT. An example of the synthesis of Mealy FSM with the proposed architecture is shown. The effectiveness of the proposed method was confirmed by the results of experimental studies based on standard benchmark FSMs. The research results show that FSM circuits based on the proposed approach have a higher operating frequency than can be obtained using other investigated methods. The maximum operating frequency is improved by an average of 3.18 to 12.57 percent. These improvements are accompanied by a small growth of LUT count.

Russian-Estonian border in the context of post-soviet ethnic transformations

The authors explore the main trends and regional peculiarities of ethnic transformations during the post-Soviet period in the Russian and Estonian borderlands. Special emphasis is placed on the dynamics of the share of two dominant ethnic groups – Russians and Estonians. It is argued that the main trend of ethnic transformations is an increase of the share of the dominant ethnic groups in the structure of population. The almost Russian-speaking Ida-Viru county in Estonia is an exception, where together with a small growth in the share of Estonians, there was growth in the number of Russians. The authors analyse the dynamics of smaller Baltic-Finnic nations – Ingrians and Setus (Setos), living in the Russian border area with Estonia.

A Novel Image Classification Approach via Dense-MobileNet Models

As a lightweight deep neural network, MobileNet has fewer parameters and higher classification accuracy. In order to further reduce the number of network parameters and improve the classification accuracy, dense blocks that are proposed in DenseNets are introduced into MobileNet. In Dense-MobileNet models, convolution layers with the same size of input feature maps in MobileNet models are taken as dense blocks, and dense connections are carried out within the dense blocks. The new network structure can make full use of the output feature maps generated by the previous convolution layers in dense blocks, so as to generate a large number of feature maps with fewer convolution cores and repeatedly use the features. By setting a small growth rate, the network further reduces the parameters and the computation cost. Two Dense-MobileNet models, Dense1-MobileNet and Dense2-MobileNet, are designed. Experiments show that Dense2-MobileNet can achieve higher recognition accuracy than MobileNet, while only with fewer parameters and computation cost.

On the compatibility of the adjective kichizhek ‘small’ in Khakass

There is still a great interest in the functional side of language phenomena in modern linguistics. The semantics of language units is closely related to a specific speech situation. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze both the context and the inter-compatibility of lexemes in order to describe the specifics of their meanings. The article aims to describe the features of combining the adjective kichizhek ‘small’ with nouns, and this aspect has not been previously studied separately in the Khakass linguistics. The adjective under investigation refers to diminutive adjectives. Diminutives are units characterized by the property of being smaller than the usual size for objects of this type. The diminutive adjective kichizhek ‘small’ is formed by the affix =zhakh from the adjective kichig, which in the “Khakass-Russian dictionary” is interpreted as: “1) small, small (in size); kichig aal small village; kichig tura small house; kеgeneem kichig dress [me] little; 2) small, small (growth); kichig synnyg (sӧӧktig) khys a small person; 3) younger, child, infant; young (by age); kichig oolgym [my] younger son; kichig tusta in childhood (in childhood); kichig naturalist young naturalist.” By analyzing the examples presented in the file, the following groups of combinations of the diminutive adjective kichizhek ‘small’ with nouns were identified: with the names of non-adult people, kinship names, anthroponyms, names of human body parts, living creatures (small size), objects (small), parts of objects, structures, places, parts of structures, parts of plants, natural objects (small size), substances (as grounds for comparisons). No combinations of this adjective with abstract names have been found. Thus, the diminutive combinations with adjective kichizhek ‘small’ have proved to be used more often to denote small objects of the nomination, with all objects being smaller than a man. The names of natural objects were used as a basis for comparison (a candle is compared with the sun, sparrows – with clouds).

Change and Rigidity in Youth Employment Patterns in Malawi

This chapter seeks to determine whether the youth of Malawi are central to any changes occurring in employment patterns in the country, possibly drawing upon their increased levels of training, benefitting from higher agricultural production levels overall linked to the Farm Input Subsidy Program, and responding to increased pressures to obtain a livelihood elsewhere than on increasingly small agriculture landholdings. Little evidence can be found of any significant processes of transformation in the structure of Malawi’s economy or of youth being in the vanguard of any changes in cross-sectoral patterns of employment. The small growth in service sector employment is being driven by the activities of older youth and non-youth, while younger youth instead extend the length of their schooling. Multivariate regression analysis reveals nonfarm employment and educational attainment are strongly associated. The main limitations to youth employment are the few high-quality jobs in Malawi in which well-trained individuals can use their skills productively.