Celebrating 20 Years of Progress RSPO to release revised global standards for sustainable palm oil

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil(RSPO)held its annual conference(RT2023)in Jakarta,Indonesia,from November 20 to 22,2023.Themed“Partners for the Next 20,”the meeting highlighted what RSPO’s members and partners have achieved over the last two decades.Nearly a thousand delegates from the global sustainable palm oil industry held discussions on the core challenges facing the industry including mitigating climate change,increasing uptake of certified sustainable palm oil(CSPO),protecting labor rights,and facilitating greater smallholder inclusion in green supply chains through compliance with emerging international regulations.

THE LOW MACH NUMBER LIMIT FOR ISENTROPIC COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS WITH A REVISED MAXWELL'S LAW

We investigate the low Mach number limit for the isentropic compressible NavierStokes equations with a revised Maxwell's law(with Galilean invariance) in R^(3). By applying the uniform estimates of the error system, it is proven that the solutions of the isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with a revised Maxwell's law converge to that of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations as the Mach number tends to zero. Moreover, the convergence rates are also obtained.

ISO publishes revised standard for ground support equipment and relevant systems

Aerospace is always a pursuit of humans,not only out of desire for knowledge,but also out of persevering ambition.Ground support equipment(GSE)and relevant systems are of vital significance,which is fundamental to space system programs and projects.Though there are standards for ESG,the standards for ESG inspection and maintenance are necessary to perfect the whole process.

New Data on Coal, Gypsum, Iron and Silica Sand Deposits and Geochemical Exploration (Pakistan): Revision of 25 Years History of Dinosaur Discoveries from Pakistan

Discoveries of many coal seams at depths by drilling carried by Geological Survey of Pakistan in Sor Range and Harnai Gochina, extended the coal seams at depth which is challenge for mine owners to exploit feasibly. Bed to bed gypsum samplings (and their chemical analyses) of huge gypsum deposits from Sulaiman foldbelt is a base for industrialist and also planers to develop cement and gypsum industries to increase export and foreign exchange for the development of area and Pakistan. Low and high grade sedimentary iron deposits, silica sand and uranium host rocks and their extensions in Sulaiman and Kirthar foldbelts are presented. Anomalies of a few base metals arise as a result of geochemical exploration carried at part of Loralai District of Balochistan. Theropod dinosaurs were frequent in India, while Poripuchian titanosaurs (Sauropoda, Dinosauria) were frequent in Pakistan. Besides some ichnotaxa, many bone taxa such as 1 titanosauriform, 14 titanosaurian sauropod (including one new titanosaur), and 3 theropod dinosaurs are established from Pakistan. Among these 12 titanosaur species and 3 theropod species are named in about 10 km2 area of Vitakri dome and 2 titanosaur species are named in about a few hundred square meter area of Mari Bohri (Kachi Bohri) which is about 10 km westward from Vitakri dome. Pakistan is a unique country which discoverd 14 diversified titanosaurs in a short area and also in a short period (67 - 66 million years ago/Ma). About 400 bones found from a few meter thick upper part of upper shale horizon of latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation which is base for titanosaur taxa. Cranial material is in low fraction (but include significant diverse snouts), caudal vertebrae are prominent, the cervicals, dorsals and sacrals have significant numbers, forelimb and hind limb bones have balanced fraction. Humeri, femora and tibiae are most common. To know the position of Pakistani titanosaurs among titanosaurs and sauropods, there is a need to extend list of characters for phylogenetic analyses. This broad feature list should include main characters of titanosaurs from Pakistan and also from global world.

Analysis of the causes of primary revision after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: A case series

BACKGROUND Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty(UKA)has great advantages in the treatment of unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis,but its revision rate is higher than that of total knee arthroplasty.AIM To summarize and analyse the causes of revision after UKA.METHODS This is a retrospective case series study in which the reasons for the first revision after UKA are summarized.We analysed the clinical symptoms,medical histories,laboratory test results,imaging examination results and treatment processes of the patients who underwent revision and summarized the reasons for primary revision after UKA.RESULTS A total of 13 patients,including 3 males and 10 females,underwent revision surgery after UKA.The average age of the included patients was 67.62 years.The prosthesis was used for 3 d to 72 months.The main reasons for revision after UKA were improper suturing of the surgical opening(1 patient),osteophytes(2 patients),intra-articular loose bodies(2 patients),tibial prosthesis loosening(2 patients),rheumatoid arthritis(1 patient),gasket dislocation(3 patients),anterior cruciate ligament injury(1 patient),and medial collateral ligament injury with residual bone cement(1 patient).CONCLUSION The causes of primary revision after UKA were gasket dislocation,osteophytes,intra-articular loose bodies and tibial prosthesis loosening.Avoidance of these factors may greatly reduce the rate of revision after UKA,improve patient satisfaction and reduce medical burden.

United States Healthcare Data Breaches: Insights for NIST SP 800-66 Revision 2 from a Review of the NIST SP 800-66 Revision 1

Healthcare security and privacy breaches are occurring in the United States (US), and increased substantially during the pandemic. This paper reviews the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publication base as an effective solution. The NIST Special Publication 800-66 Revision 1 was an essential standard in US healthcare, which was withdrawn in February 2024 and superseded by SP 800-66 Revision 2. This review investigates the academic papers concerning the application of the NIST SP 800-66 Revision 1 standard in the US healthcare literature. A systematic review method was used in this study to determine current knowledge gaps of the SP 800-66 Revision 1. Some limitations were employed in the search to enforce validity. A total of eleven articles were found eligible for the study. Consequently, this study suggests the necessity for additional academic papers pertaining to SP 800-66 Revision 2 in the US healthcare literature. In turn, it will enhance awareness of safeguarding electronic protected health information (ePHI), help to mitigate potential future risks, and eventually reduce breaches.

The Impact of Comment Style on Learners’ Essay Revisions

This paper investigates how the type of written feedback provided by teachers affects learners’ ability to revise essays. A total of 120 participants participated in two rounds of essay composition and feedback delivery. The findings indicate that learners who receive comments in the form of questions are more prone to make revisions compared to those receiving statements or imperatives. These results hold significant implications for educators and the ways they utilize written feedback to enhance learners’ writing skills.

基于Revised IMPROVE方法和MIE方法计算北京地区气溶胶消光系数的对比分析

目的对比分析IMPROVE方程的改进算法(Revised IMPROVE)和MIE方法在北京地区计算消光系数的适用性。方法基于2012年6月3日至6月30日北京地区大气颗粒物成分的浓度观测数据,分别采用Revised IMPROVE和MIE方法计算颗粒物的消光系数,其中MIE方法的粒径分布采用总量双峰分布体积谱和化学组分体积谱两种方案进行循环试验获取最优拟合结果,使用散射积分浊度计和黑碳仪的实测数据对计算结果进行对比分析。结果Revised IMPROVE方程、总量双峰体积谱MIE方法和化学组分体积谱MIE方法都能较好地计算出了大气颗粒物消光系数,与观测结果回归方程的相关系数R分别达到0.952、0.9686和0.9734。体积谱分布参数的循环试验方法还同时可以获得气溶胶的体积谱分布参数,总量双峰体积谱和化学组分体积谱MIE方法得到的细颗粒和粗颗粒几何平均粒径分别为0.74、7.5μm和0.48、6.0μm。结论采用化学组分体积谱MIE方法计算的消光系数与观测结果最为接近,Revised IMPROVE方程也有较好的准确性,采用化学组分体积谱MIE方法得到的颗粒物体积谱峰值与实际观测结果也较为一致。

英国索尔特高级化学课程(A2)教材配套复习材料Revise中有机化学知识的呈现特点与思考

针对与英国索尔特高级化学课程（A2）相匹配的复习材料Revise中有机化学内容的基本呈现方式、知识点的考查及习题设置特点进行相关分析，并对我国中学化学教材编写及其化学教学提出几点思考和启示。

Revised Stratigraphy and Mineral Resources of Balochistan Basin, Pakistan: An Update

The Balochistan basin is located on the south western part of Balochistan Province and also Pakistan. Balochistan super basin is subdivided into northern Balochistan (Pishin basin or Kakar Kohorasan basin represented as back arc basin), central Balochistan (Chagai-Raskoh-Wazhdad Magmatic arc and Hamuns-Inter arc basin) and southern Balochistan (Makran Siahan basin) basins. Balochistan basin consists of Cretaceous to recent sediments, diverse igneous rocks and low grade metamorphics. Balochistan basin is a leading basin which consists of very significant mineral deposits especially copper and gold deposits. These mineral resources need to be developed for the development of areas, province and Pakistan. During previous half century a lot of geological work has been done in Balochistan basin. Here the revised stratigraphic set up and its mineral resources with an update are being presented.

Aristolane‑type Sesquiterpenoids from Nardostachys chinensis and Revised Structure of Aristolanhydride

Four hitherto unknown aristolane-type sesquiterpenes,including one novel 8,9-secoaristolane,namely secoaristolenedioic acid(1),two aristolone derivatives,namely 1α,2β-dihydroxyaristolone(2),9-epidebilon(3),and one rare aristolane-chalcone hybrid,namely 3′-hydroxynardoaristolone A(4)were isolated from the ethanol extract of the roots and rhizomes of Nardostachys chinensis.Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis.In addition,the structure of aristolanhydride,recently isolated from the same species,was corrected by reanalysis of the published NMR data.

Interpretation of the diagnosis and treatment plan of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (tentative fifth revised edition)

On February 8th,2020,National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China issued the Diagnosis and Treatment Plan of Corona Virus Disease 2019(Tentative Fifth Revised Edition).Since December 2019,Wuhan City,Hubei Province has successively discovered multiple cases of patients with Corona Virus Disease 2019(COVID-19).With the spread of the epidemic,other cases in China and abroad have also been found.Most of the currently reported cases have a history of residence or travel in Wuhan,but cases without that have already been found in some areas.As an acute respiratory infectious disease,COVID-19 has been classified into the Class B communicable diseases stipulated by the Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases of the People's Republic of China,and managed as a Class A communicable diseases.

Efficacy of the revised Vienna Classification for diagnosing colorectal epithelial neoplasias

AIM:To prospectively investigate the effi cacy of the revised Vienna Classifi cation for diagnosing colorectal epithelial neoplastic lesions in cold biopsy specimens.METHODS:Patients were selected for inclusion if they had colorectal epithelial lesions that were not considered suitable for direct endoscopic resection.These included colorectal polyps ≥ 10 mm and lesions suspected of being carcinomas capable of invading the colorectal submucosa or beyond,including strictures,based on the cold biopsies obtained from each lesion prior to resection.We investigated the relationship between diagnoses based on cold biopsy samples using the revised Vienna Classification and resected specimens of the same lesions,and the therapeutic implications of diagnoses made using the revised Vienna Classification.The same cold biopsy specimens were also examined using the Japanese Group Classifi cation guidelines,and compared with the resected specimens of the same lesions for reference.RESULTS:A total of 179 lesions were identified.The sensitivity,specificity,positive and negative predictive values of the revised Vienna Classification for distinguishing between intramucosal lesions and submucosal invasive carcinomas in cold biopsy specimens was 22.2%,100%,100%,and 71.4%,respectively,and for distinguishing between intramucosal lesions and those invading the submucosa or beyond was 59.7%,100%,100%,and 37.6%,respectively.The sensitivity,specificity,positive and negative predictive values of the Japanese Group Classification for distinguishing between intramucosal lesions and submucosal invasive carcinomas in cold biopsy specimens was 83.3%,91.4%,83.3%,and 91.4%,respectively,and for distinguishing between intramucosal lesions and those invading the submucosa or beyond was 95.1%,91.4%,97.9%,and 82.1%,respectively.A total of 137 of 144 carcinomas that had invaded the submucosa or beyond and three high-grade intraepithelial neoplasias were diagnosed as "carcinoma" using the Japanese Group Classif ication system.CONCLUSION:The revised Vienna Classifi cation for cold biopsy specimens has high positive predictive value in the diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma invasive to the submucosa or beyond.

Estimation of soil erosion risk within a small mountainous sub-watershed in Kerala,India,using Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation(RUSLE) and geo-information technology

集成的全面方法论修订了通用土壤损失系统(GIS ) 技术被采用决定 forested 的土壤侵蚀危险的方程(RUSLE ) 模型和地理信息在 Kerala 的多山的亚分水岭，印度。年度土壤侵蚀率的空间模式被在一个光栅集成 geo 环境的变量获得基于的 GIS 方法。包括的 GIS 数据层，降雨 erosivity (R) ，土壤 erodability (K) ，斜坡长度和险峻，盖子管理(C) 和保存实践(P) 因素(LS ) 被计算决定他们的效果在区域的平均年度的土壤损失。年度土壤侵蚀的结果的地图在陡峭的方面斜坡上与与草土地区域，降级的森林和脱落森林的一种靠近的关系显示出 17.73 t h-1 y-1 的最大的土壤损失(与高 LS ) 。与 RUSLE 方法和 GIS 产生的空间侵蚀地图能在为土地在环境地敏感的多山的区域计划和管理导出策略用作有效输入。

Assessing field vulnerability to phosphorus loss in Beijing agricultural area using Revised Field Phosphorus Ranking Scheme

Guanting 水库，饮用水供给之一北京采购原料，受不了水超营养作用。它主要在 Guishui 河边被供应。因此，调查磷(P) 损失的原因并且在 Guishui 河分水岭改进 P 管理策略为在这个区域的饮用水的安全是重要的。在这研究，评价计划(PRS ) 的修订领域 P 被开发基于领域 PRS 在领域规模反映 P 损失的领域危险。在这个新计划，六个因素被包括，并且每一个被分配相对重量和一个决心方法。影响因素被分类进运输因素和来源因素，并且，地面水和土壤侵蚀分类和中国的降级上的环境质量的标准在这个计划被使用。由新计划， Guishui 河里的 34 块地作为“低”被分类，为进流量的 P 损失的“中等”或“高”的潜力。结果证明果园和蔬菜领域的 P 损失风险比玉米和大豆领域的高。来源因素是主要因素从学习区域影响 P 损失。在学习区域，控制 P 输入和改善 P 用法效率对减少 P 损失批评。基于结果，自从他们让极其高的用法 P 和 P 的高土壤测试评价，更多的注意应该在蔬菜和果园的领域上被给予，这被建议。与由领域大小的 P 剩余相比，修订领域 PRS 对反映领域的特征更合适，并且有更高潜在的能力比 PRS 识别 P 损失的批评来源区域。

Characteristics of canopy interception and its simulation with a revised Gash model for a larch plantation in the Liupan Mountains, China

Canopy interception is a significant proportion of incident rainfall and evapotranspiration of forest ecosystems. Hence, identifying its magnitude is vital for studies of eco-hydrological processes and hydrological impact evaluation. In this study, throughfall, stemflow and interception were measured in a pure Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr.(larch) plantation in the Liupan Mountains of northwestern China during the growing season(May–October) of 2015, and simulated using a revised Gash model. During the study period, the total precipitation was499.0 mm; corresponding total throughfall, stemflow and canopy interception were 410.3, 2.0 and 86.7 mm,accounting for 82.2, 0.4 and 17.4% of the total precipitation, respectively. With increasing rainfall, the canopy interception ratio of individual rainfall events decreased initially and then tended to stabilize. Within the study period, the simulated total canopy interception, throughfall and stemflow were 2.2 mm lower, 2.5 mm higher and0.3 mm lower than their measured values, with a relative error of 2.5, 0.6 and 15.0%, respectively. As quantified by the model, canopy interception loss(79%) mainly consisted of interception caused by canopy adsorption, while the proportions of additional interception and trunk interception were small. The revised Gash model was highly sensitive to the parameter of canopy storage capacity,followed by the parameters of canopy density and mean rainfall intensity, but less sensitive to the parameters of mean evaporation rate, trunk storage capacity, and stemflow ratio. The revised Gash model satisfactorily simulated the total canopy interception of the larch plantation within the growing season but was less accurate for some individual rainfall events, indicating that some flaws exist in the model structure. Further measures to improve the model's ability in simulating the interception of individual rainfall events were suggested.

Management of metal-on-metal hip implant patients: Who,when and how to revise?

The debate on how best to manage patients with metal-on-metal(MOM) hip implants continues. With over 1 million patients affected worldwide, the impact is far reaching. The majority of the aggressive failures of MOM hip implants have been dealt with by revision hip surgery, leaving patients with a much more indolent pattern of failure of devices that have been in situ for more than 10 years. The longer-term outcome for such patients remains unknown, and much debate exists on how best to manage these patients. Regulatory guidance is available but remains open to interpretation due to the lack of current evidence and long-term studies. Metal ion thresholds for concern have been suggested at 7 ppb for hip resurfacing arthroplasty and below this level for large diameter total hip arthroplasties. Soft tissue changes including pseudotumours and muscle atrophy have been shown to progress, but this is not consistent. New advanced imaging techniques are helping to diagnose complications with metal hips and the reasons for failure, however these are not widely available. This has led to some centres to tackle difficult cases through multidisciplinary collaboration, for both surgical management decisions and also follow-up decisions. We summarise current evidence and consider who is at risk, when revision should be undertaken and how patients should be managed.

DECODING ALGORITHM BASED QN REVISED SYNDROME FOR THE BINARY (23,12,7) GOLAY CODE

A decoding algorithm based on revised syndromes to decode the binary (23,12,7) Golay code is presented. The algorithm strongly depends on the algebraic properties of the code. For the algorithm, the worst complexity is about 683 mod2 additions, which is less than that of the algorithms available for the code, the average complexity is approximately 319 mod2 additions, which is slightly more than that of Blaum’s algorithm for the code.

Water Quality Evaluation in Tidal River Reaches of Liaohe River Estuary, China Using a Revised QUAL2K Model

Rivers in the Liaohe River Estuary area have been seriously polluted by discharges of wastewater containing petroleum pol- lutants and nutrients. In this paper, The Enhanced Stream Water Quality Model (QUAL2K) and its revised model as well as One-dimensional Tide Mean Model (1D model) were applied to predict and assess the water quality of the tidal river reach of the Liaohe River Estuary. Dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) and total phosphorus (TP) were chosen as water quality indices in the two model simulations. The modelled results show that the major reasons for degraded rivers remain petroleum and non-point source pollution. Tidal water also has a critical effect on the variation of water quality. The sensitivity analysis identifies that flow rate, point load and diffuse load are the most sensitive parameters for the four water quality indices in the revised QUAL2K simulation. Uncertainty analysis based on a Monte Carlo simulation gives the probability distribution of the four water quality indices at two locations (6.50 km and 44.84 km from the river mouth). The statistical outcomes indicate that the observed data fall within the 90% confidence intervals at all sites measured, and show that the revised QUAL2K gives better results in simulating the water quality of a tidal river.

A revised jump-diffusion and rotation-diffusion model

Quasi-elastic neutron scattering(QENS) has many applications that are directly related to the development of highperformance functional materials and biological macromolecules, especially those containing some water. The analysis method of QENS spectra data is important to obtain parameters that can explain the structure of materials and the dynamics of water. In this paper, we present a revised jump-diffusion and rotation-diffusion model(rJRM) used for QENS spectra data analysis. By the rJRM, the QENS spectra from a pure magnesium-silicate-hydrate(MSH) sample are fitted well for the Q range from 0.3 ^(-1) to 1.9 ^(-1) and temperatures from 210 K up to 280 K. The fitted parameters can be divided into two kinds. The first kind describes the structure of the MSH sample, including the ratio of immobile water(or bound water) C and the confining radius of mobile water a_0. The second kind describes the dynamics of confined water in pores contained in the MSH sample, including the translational diffusion coefficient Dt, the average translational residence timeτ0, the rotational diffusion coefficient D_r, and the mean squared displacement(MSD) u^2. The r JRM is a new practical method suitable to fit QENS spectra from porous materials, where hydrogen atoms appear in both solid and liquid phases.