The study aimed at identifying the problems which face trainee students in the specialization of special education during field training. The descriptive survey apiroach was used through the instrument of collecting data and information (standardized interview). The sample of the study consisted of (120) male and femal trainees in the specialization of speciel education. Its results concluded (29) problems of the most prominent of which was the non – follows up of trainee students by supervisor with a percentage of (67%); the supervisor's delay in his / her supervision with a percentage of (66%); the non – awareness of supervisor of what is required during visits, with a percentage of (56%); supervision on trainee students by non – specialized teachers, with a percentage of (64%); the problem of non – habilitated co – operative teachers at training centres with a percentage of (64%); the existence of special education categories with their different degrees (simple, medium, strong) inside one classroom, with a percentage of (64%); classrooms not equipped in order to be appropriate for disabled categories, and do not take into account healthy and safety conditions, with a percentage of (65%). The researcher recommended the necessity for taking the problems, revealed by the study, into account by trainer in order to develop field training anent way. Keywords : Special education, field training Problems


Introduction The susceptibility artifact in magnetic resonance (MR) image occurs by the variation in the magnetic field strength around the interface of substances having different magnetic susceptibility. Especially, this artifact has an effect on the signal loss on orbitofrontal and temporal regions of the brain. For the compensation of this artifact, we propose a new RF pulse having bilinear phase, and quadrature phase, which provides nearly constant signal intensity against the magnetic susceptibility. Methods The signal in a voxel is represented in equation (1) when assuming that the signal loss due to the magnetic susceptibility is happened by variation of the linear phase distribution of the spins only in the slice selection direction (z-direction). [1]


Abstract Emission spectra of CO 2 , vibrationally excited by a DC electric discharge, were recorded at a resolution of 0.006 cm −1 , using a Fourier transform spectrometer ( Bruker 120HR ), in the spectral range of 13-18 μm. Results concerning 30 vibrational transitions with v 3 = 1, 2, 3 of 12 C 16 O 2 are reported. The band centers and the spectroscopic constants for all the vibrational levels involved are given. They reproduce the experimental wavenumbers with a rms of the order of 6 × 10 −4 cm −1 for transitions with v 3 = 1 and of 5 × 10 −3 cm −1 for the others.


The invention relates to a method for checking the absence of voltage on a power electronic component (5) connected to a high-voltage battery (2) and to an electrical machine (4) in a high-voltage network (1) of a motor vehicle, which component has a higher voltage than a low-voltage network of the motor vehicle. The power electronic component (5) comprises an intermediate circuit capacitor (9), a passive discharge resistor (10), a plug-in connection (15) for at least one high-voltage load and a fuse (18) which is connected upstream of the plug-in connection (15). Following disconnection of the high-voltage battery (2) from the high-voltage network (1) and when the plug (16, 20) of the cable (17) plugged into the plug connection (15) is withdrawn from the plug connection (15) or a target connection (42), a feed voltage is applied via the high-voltage contacts of the plug connection (15) and the voltage curve and/or, after a defined charging time interval (38) of the intermediate circuit capacitor, the resistance is measured by means of a measuring instrument (25), wherein an absence of voltage is determined in the event of a voltage curve lying in an intended range (35) or a resistance lying in an intended range (39).


Recently, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have made certain achievements in gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) partial discharge (PD) pattern recognition. However, these methods rely on the availability of massive PD samples and how to apply the CNN constructed in the laboratory to the field GIS PD pattern recognition has become an urgent problem. To solve these problems, we propose a small sample GIS PD pattern recognition using one-dimensional CNN (1DCNN) and domain adversarial transfer learning (DATL). First, a novel 1DCNN is constructed to achieve high-accuracy classification using unbalanced samples, where the problem of traditional two-dimensional CNN's dependence on sample size is solved. Second, DATL is used to realize on-site GIS PD pattern recognition using small samples containing some unlabeled samples. In the domain adversarial training, two domain classifiers are introduced to align the domain of the decision boundary, which achieves a suitable features migration and accurate classification of target domains. Through the construction of multiple experiments, we verified that the proposed method achieves 98.67% and >92% recognition accuracy in the source domain and target domain, respectively. Compared with the existing methods, the proposed method can realize satisfactory pattern recognition, which can provide strong support for the subsequent pattern recognition of GIS PD.


Objective To investigate the prevention effect of Duraphat on enamel demineralization during fixed orthodontic treatment.Methods A total of 60 participants were included.All the teeth were divided into two groups: experimental and control groups.The teeth of experimental group were applied with Duraphat after brackets being bonded,while control group received no treatment.Duraphat was applied every 3 months.The occurrence of enamel demineralization was observed and documented in both experimental and control groups before treatment and in 6th and 12th month during treatment,and the enamel decalcification index(EDI) was also calculated.Results There was no significant difference between the EDI of 2 groups before treatment(P 0.05).The EDI of experimental group was significantly lower than that of control group after 6 and 12 months(P 0.05).Conclusion Duraphat has a positive effect on the prevention of enamel demineralization during fixed orthodontic treatment.


In the 2nd report, the evaluation factors for void closure under the condition of multipass forging revealed that true strain ε z in the z direction is appropriate for the evaluation factors for void closure. However, although the effectiveness of the hydrostatic stress ratio σ m / σ eq for void closure was clear in the 1st report, the reasons were not clarified. In this paper, we investigated the effects of stress factors on void closure and its handling through numerical experiments. The following results were obtained. 1) By using the true stress in each direction, the deformation behavior of voids can be evaluated as a dimensional change of the diameter on the basis of the frictionless model. 2) In the z stroke direction, the void is easier to close than in the frictionless model when σ z / σ eq is -1 or less, and harder to close than in the frictionless model if not. 3) The void diameter in the x direction, d x , is smaller than in the frictionless model when σ x / σ eq is 0 or less, and larger than in the frictionless model if not. 4) When there is a void on the axis of symmetry, σ m / σ eq can be used to evaluate ε z for void closure and the dimensional change of d x . In addition, we clarified the influences of material size, void size, and mechanical properties of the material on void closure.


Summary Three sediment samples from deposits of medieval to post-medieval date, revealed by excavations at Citadel Way, Kingston upon Hull, were submitted for an evaluation of their bioarchaeological potential. Two samples were selected for evaluation and each gave small assemblages of plant and invertebrate macrofossils. Further work on the invertebrate remains from Context 1032 is probably worthwhile in order to give better resolution to reconstruction of local conditions. There is clearly potential for preservation by waterlogging in this area, and any subsequent excavation should be accompanied by sampling and bioarchaeological assessment of any wellstratified and -dated deposits thought likely to contain plant and invertebrate remains.


Abstract Unprinted, unsized, and sized security papers (SP) were treated under SiCl4−, O2−, and CF4-cold plasma conditions. The plasma treatments were carried out in a stainless steel, parallel plate RF (30 kHz) reactor. The influence of plasma parameters, such as RF power, pressure, and treatment time, on the surface properties of plasma-modified security paper was examined. The newly gained surface characteristics were evaluated by Wilhelmy wettability measurements, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Statistical experimental designs were used to understand the interactive effects of the plasma parameters. It was found that short treatment times and low RF power values produced the highest wettability with both SiCl4 and O2 plasmas regardless of the sizing. Printing and durability characteristics of the plasma-treated substrates were equivalent or superior to the standard samples. Mechanisms of plasma-induced surface modifications are discussed for the paper ...


The current design of fundamental power couplers for the ILC are expensive and require excessively long conditioning times. The goal of this develoment is design of a coupler that requires little rf processing and is significantly less expensive to build than the present ILC coupler.      The goal of this program is development of a new technology for power couplers.This new technology is based on the cylindrical TE01 mode and other over-moded technologies developed for the X-band rf distribution system of the NCLTA. During the Phase I program, a TE10 to TE01 mode transducer suitable for use as a part of a power coupler in the ILC will be designed, built and tested. Following a succesful test, prototype designs of the TE01 to cavity coupler and thermal will be produced. A detailed study of the suitability of this overmoded waveguide technology for the ILC power coupler will be provided in the final report. Development of over-moded power couplers for superconducting cavities could find application im many world-wide accelerator projects, such as SNS, Jefferson Lab upgrade, RIA, TESLA in addition to the ILC.


DOI: 10.14254/2071789X.2019/12-3/17 ABSTRACT. Over the last decade, a growing number of developing and emerging countries have begun addressing corporate governance practice and issued a national governance code. This paper analyses and compares the code contents and approaches of the 11 developing and emerging countries after the latest revision of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance to examine whether these countries follow the international best practice despite the national specifics differ from those of developed countries. Individual codes are subjected to content analysis to evaluate the level of compliance with the OECD Principles. This paper goes beyond the well-known particulars of developed markets and provides a rare insight into the development of corporate governance frameworks in the developing and emerging countries in a cross-country manner. We contribute to recognition and assessment of good corporate governance in developing and emerging countries and examine what impact the OECD Principles have had beyond its membership base of high-developed countries.


This article designs a novel dynamic triggering-based control methodology for nonlinear system connected to network. The network suffers from imperfections such as packet losses and delays which are deterrents to the stability of the system. The dynamic triggering mechanism ensures stability and allows computation of permissible values of packet losses and delay from: 1) sensor to the controller and 2) controller to the plant. A lower limit on dynamic inter-event time and boundedness of closed-loop error are analytically discussed for system stability. A comprehensive implementation of the proposed methodology for trajectory tracking by a robot manipulator prone to network imperfections presents its effectiveness.


In this paper we present bit error rate performance for spatial modulation with MIMO channels and Nakagami-m fading. The results are obtained by computer simulation. 4-ary, 8-ary and 16-ary phase shift keying signals are used. Simulation results are obtained for the following fading parameters: 0.5, 0.6, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 5. The numbers of antennas are 2, 4, 8, 16 for the transmitter side and 4, 6 for the receiver side.


ABSTRACT : This scientific research is about the optimum time minimization problem in a job in the culinary business Resto aquarium using the Assignment Method (Hungarian). For a leader in making decisions to determine when the job effectively and efficiently is necessary because otherwise would result in a poor condition for company. So with this purpose in wishing to achieve is to find out how the employment of employees who do have the right company and to find methods of assignment can be done to overcome the problem employee placement based on completion time of the calculation results obtained, it is known that the time required for produce one type of food with the Assignment Method (Hungarian) is about 11.88 minutes. Where an employee is placed on the Yono Chef (cook), the employee is placed on the Ari Line Cook, and employees located at the Joseph Priperation.


In view of shortcomings of conventional methods in soil erosion monitoring,this paper combined TM remote sensing images and GIS to explore the quantitative remote sensing image classification and evaluation.Mathematical models were established,in which vegetation coverage,land-use structure,the degree of slope and mining were used as the dominant factors.Based on the information extraction and classification and calibration,the data on soil erosion intensity classification were obtained by the quantization coding under ArcGIS,and spatial analysis.


This paper observes the market participation possibilities of a small electricity producer with its own electricity consumption - prosumer. Based on actual 10-minute measurements of consumption and production for a household with an installed PV system and considering the current legal and regulatory framework in the Republic of Croatia, this paper proposes a solution for net producers -prosumers who on annual level deliver more energy to the grid than they take from the power supplier. By using ASIC hardware in the optimal mode for observed household, it is possible to significantly increase the revenue of the prosumer while simultaneously having a favorable effect on the power network. With precise methodology and data validation, this paper indicates how the integration of a managed ASIC consumption unit into each prosumer node enables more harmonious cooperation with the supplier, while creating an additional revenue stream for the end users of the network. In addition to the presentation of models, calculations, and results, the paper presents the possibility of combining approaches and forming energy communities based on the consolidation of ASIC hardware with the aim of joint market performance.


Particle filters have been widely used as a solution to the Bayesian filtering problem, propagating in time a Monte Carlo (MC) approximation of the a posteriori filtering measure. In many situations, the exact statistics of the noises is not known, but some prior information is available. We consider here the estimation of the noise parameters by sampling from the a posteriori distribution of the unknown parameters given the measure data incorporated to the prior information using the Metropolis-Hastings MCMC algorithm. In order to compute the likelihood function, which is needed in the MCMC algorithm to sample from the a posteriori distribution, a factor-graph based approach is used.


ABSTRACT Perched sand dunes are ecosystems vulnerable to anthropogenic influence along the Great Lakes, including Grand Sable Dunes in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore along Lake Superior. Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) is a nonnative plant species that has colonized these dunes and spread into increasingly more areas of the ecosystem. I conducted plant surveys in areas with and without spotted knapweed in 2003, and then resurveyed those areas in 2018. Frequency of spotted knapweed increased in both areas surveyed. Additionally, dominance shifted with spotted knapweed becoming the most important species in the area originally invaded and third most important in the area originally uninvaded. There were approximately two-thirds of species shared between the two survey years, but many of the added species in 2018 were woody. Species richness increased between years, as did species diversity. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling ordination displayed community shifts as convergent succession. While the plant communities in the two areas were rather dissimilar in 2003, they converged as overlapping communities in 2018. Additionally, the shift between years in the area originally invaded was smaller compared to the shift between years in the area originally uninvaded. Due to the continuous evolution of plant communities within sand dune ecosystems, there is a need to monitor changes and quantify nonnative species spread patterns. Dominance by spotted knapweed may be facilitating dune stabilization and converging communities along a modified successional trajectory.


This article has for objective to systematize a combination of theoretical tools in order to elaborate a conceptual proposal to understand the relationship between law and social struggles. In this sense, it includes a brief discussion with some of the theories that dominate the juridical field, more precisely, with positivism and systemic theory. Additionally, it contains a recovery of marxist legacy, that incorporates the attempts to establish a socialist law in the sphere of institutionalized marxism. Straightaway, we present some theoretical concepts coming from the socio-legal field and from the critical legal studies –proceeding from central countries and from the Latin American area- that introduces a proposal destined to conceive law as an heterogeneous mechanism of political domination, as well as to emphasyze his contradictory and paradoxical character.


This work presents an analysis of noise in a cascode current mirror with CMOS-memristive device done by comparison with the basic current mirror. The analysis is completed based on THD for different frequency and channel length values by means of computer-aided design. AC and DC analyses are presented for both balanced and unbalanced current mirrors. While the change in the channel length has similar effect in both circuits, at high frequencies the memristive circuit is less susceptible to noise.


In pre-qin period,for communicating with the Chinese states,the minority paid more attention to the cultivation ZongZhou music culture,they used "poem" flexibly in political diplomatic places,accomplishment is very high.Bronze inscriptions of white Di embody "poem" into its cultural life,very appropriate,natural,and effectively enhance its articles persuasive.RongZi adapt at "poem" ritual,fulfilling spring-and-autumn coping.Jizha"poem"comment appeared on the assessment of the music culture accept and good cultural literacy.They through guiding poetry,such as spring-and-autumn,commenting on the way to get the recognition and respect Chinese states,which promoted ethnic culture blend.


The invention relates to a headlight (1) for a motor vehicle having a housing (10), in which at least one light module (11) is accommodated in a predetermined position, wherein the light module (11) receiving means (12) in the housing (10) of the headlamp (1) is arranged, and wherein the housing (10) at least one attachment point (13), in which the housing (10) connected to a frame element (14) of the motor vehicle. According to the invention it is provided that at least one strain bridge (15) is provided which is mechanically connected through the at least one receiving means (12) with at least one attachment point (13).


The second‐order nonlinear optical coefficients d33, d31, and d15 of GaN:Mg epitaxial film were studied by the standard Maker fringe of an anisotropic medium. The measured d33=−(16.5±1.3) pm/V which is 55 times of the d11 of quartz. The measured ratios of d33/d31 and d31/d15 showed that the crystalline film is close to an ideal wurzite structure. The refractive indices and the dispersive curves of ne, n0 were also determined by TM and TE waveguide mode measurements.


To evaluate with magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) whether patients with constrictive pericarditis (CP) have increased hepatic stiffness. CP results in reduced pericardial compliance, ventricular interdependence, and right heart failure. Patients with untreated CP may develop liver fibrosis and ultimately cirrhosis due to chronic venous congestion. Chronic venous congestion ± fibrosis may lead to increased liver stiffness.


ABSTRACT At the end of development, organs acquire functionality, thereby ensuring autonomy of an organism when it separates from its mother or a protective egg. In insects, respiratory competence starts when the tracheal system fills with gas just before hatching of the juvenile animal. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of this process are not fully understood. Analyses of the phenotype of Drosophila embryos with malformed muscles revealed that they fail to gas-fill their tracheal system. Indeed, we show that major regulators of muscle formation like Lame duck and Blown fuse are important, while factors involved in the development of subsets of muscles including cardiac and visceral muscles are dispensable for this process, suggesting that somatic muscles (or parts of them) are essential to enable tracheal terminal differentiation. Based on our phenotypic data, we assume that somatic muscle defect severity correlates with the penetrance of the gas-filling phenotype. This argues that a limiting molecular or mechanical muscle-borne signal tunes tracheal differentiation. We think that in analogy to the function of smooth muscles in vertebrate lungs, a balance of physical forces between muscles and the elasticity of tracheal walls may be decisive for tracheal terminal differentiation in Drosophila. Summary: During embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster, without involving the nervous system, somatic muscles control terminal differentiation of the airway system by stimulating gas-filling before hatching.


This article introduces the changes of the model and contents in new version ISO/FDIS9004, and makes a comparison between ISO/FDIS9004:2009 and Performance Excellence Model from commonalities and differences. Finally, the author give opinions about how to use the new version ISO9004.


De Winter syndrome is an electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern related to acute occlusion of the anterior descending artery. The incidence rate of De Winter syndrome is rare, but still requires much attention from clinicians.


A good comprehensive pipelines design is needed to better the living environment of residential quarters, to solve the contradiction between land tension and pipelines construction and to guarantee the pipelines operation safety. The paper discusses the essential points and functions of comprehensive pipelines design from the perspective of design and construction.


Objective To investigate the effect of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion(CCH)on the expression of caspr2 in brain tissue in aged rats.Methods The changes in caspr2 expression were examined qualitatively and quantitatively by immunofluorescence staining and Western blotting respectively,in 2 weeks,1 month and 3 months after establishment of CCH model in cerebral tissue in aged rats.Results The caspr2 immunoreactivity was mainly distributed in the white matter,especially in the bundle nerve fibers.As compared with the normal aged rats,the caspr2 expression significantly decreased after CCH(F=24.852,P=0.020;F=10.151,P=0.015;F=47.215,P=0.000).Its distribution also changed markedly and showed a confusion pattern in the corpus callosum.Conclusions CCH causes an evident decline in the expression of caspr2 and spatial changes as well.It might be a molecular basis and key link for the white matter injury and the cognitive degeneration.


A quantity is defined which measures the degree of complication of a turbulent flow. It indicates the amount of information necessary per unit volume to describe the turbulence with an accuracy comparable to thermal agitation. It represents a small supplement to the entropy of the fluid. It is also found that maximum intricacy corresponds to a maximum rate of energy dissipation.


Indonesia has a cultural diversity that affects the socio-economic activities of society and its impact on the environment. This study focuses on how the local wisdom of the Samin community enables them to conduct economic activities while preserving their environment and local nature. The purpose of this research is to de-scribe environmental education model based on local wisdom of society Samin. This research is sociolegal by using legal and environmental economic approach. Results show that the traditional law in Samin community is pretty solid and that people, there are still adhered to it. Most of Samin people rely on farming activities, but this is only meant to meet daily needs. Samin people do not consider costs and losses and are not familiar with the concept of trade. This economic philosophy enables them to preserve their environment. Samin people up-hold the principle of cooperation and are not against cooperation with any party to help preserve their nature. The educational model recommended from this research is observational learning and self-regulation. The national government must also play a role in preserving the local wisdom of Samin community as a cultural heritage.


In 1976, Pärt found his own original style and technique — tintinnabuli (from Latin 'bells'). From this time on, the musical thinking of the composer firmly includes 'tintinnabul genes', according to Pärt's apt expression. They combine the works of the composer, written in the tintinnabuli technique or not directly related to it, and are always perceptible thanks to the purity and rigor of the sound, in what the composer defines as 'the spirit of music'. The very name tintinnabuli contains not only a metaphor for sound. This is a special philosophy of the creation of Pärt, comparable to the 'spiritual fast' — 'escape into voluntary poverty' (Pärt, A. 1990), full of humbleness and prayerful concentration. We recognise Pärt's style of tintinnabuli unmistakably through a complex of such simple means as diatonic scale, a combination of scalar and triadic lines. However, it is only an upper layer of the musical material. The style 'mechanisms' of tintinnabuli music are revealed in the new hearing of these traditional means and are concentrated in its 'core' — numbers, numerical formulas that determine the strict discipline of the structure of the musical material. In Pärt's music, the number is the source of all the sound structures, and this is an objective basis for finding a new approach to studying his music. Pärt's music is well-structured and aphoristic, but these properties come from the source that differs completely from that, for example, of Webern's music. Tintinnabuli is a system of composition aimed at the global reduction of all possible parameters of musical means to certain primary basis, the prerequisites of the musical language. At the same time, simple and transparent, to the auditory's sense, music of tintinnabuli from the point of view of strictness of organization of its system is comparable to the serial technique (serialism). Structuralism here acquires the importance of the inherent quality of the texture configuration and is based on the numerical logic of the structure and connection of textural voices. Although the rules of tintinnabuli technique concern only the pitch structure of the work, often the rhythm in the composition is subject to strict rules. However, the tintinnabuli technique is not connected with the serialization of the parameters of sound, its essence consists in the numerical programming of the musical form on the basis of formulaic thinking, and this is a qualitatively different kind of creativity in comparison with serialism. The formulaicity of tintinnabuli has its own 'prototype' in post-serial technique. Unlike the formulaic technique of Stockhausen, which, in fact, remains serial, the forms in the music of tintinnabuli of Pärt are created on a fundamentally different numerical basis — in diatonic or polymodal systems (the latter combines the diatonic and one-and-half-tone scales or, very rarely, the chromatic and diatonic scales) and, thus, embody a new understanding of simplicity and postulate a new style paradigm of audible simplicity and structural complexity. Tintinnabuli music connects seemingly incompatible things: the all-encompassing rationality of the modern avant-garde with the breath of the melos of early polyphony, refracting these qualities in a new method of formulaic composition.


ABSTRACT Despite the tendency of the power literature to analyse legitimacy and coercion in isolation, both theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that coercion and legitimacy are not parallel lines but can interact in different ways, supporting or undermining each other. A methodical exploration of the relationship between legitimacy and coercion is important not only for improving the theoretical literatures on power and legitimacy but also in the light of the increasing interest in the power of legitimacy in statebuilding and peacebuilding. This article first analyses the overall interaction between coercion and legitimacy, and then explores the question that emerges from the interaction analysis; what level of coercion is permitted or required in order for a mission's local legitimacy to be sustained? Finally, for the practice of peacebuilding, the article shows that an operation needs to understand its initial legitimacy standing with the local population, as this determines how much coercive force it can employ without undermining its overall legitimacy.


The central theme of this thesis is the evaluation of potential interest and applicability of molecular spin crossover (SCO) complexes for nanoelectronic applications. The electrical properties of the [Fe(Htrz)2(trz)](BF4) complex and its Zn substituted analogues were analyzed first in the bulk powder form using broadband dielectric spectroscopy. It has been shown that the ac and dc conductivities as well as the dielectric constant and the dielectric relaxation frequency exhibit an important drop when going from the low spin (LS) to the high spin (HS) state. The iron ions kept their spin transition properties in the Zn diluted samples, but the SCO curves were significantly altered. The Zn substitution of active iron centers led to an important decrease of the electrical conductivity of ca. 6 orders of magnitude (for Zn/Fe = 0.75). We concluded from these results that the ferrous ions directly participate to the charge transport process, which was analyzed in the frame of an activated hopping conductivity model. Micrometric particles of [Fe(Htrz)2(trz)](BF4) were then integrated by dielectrophoresis between interdigitated gold electrodes leading to a device exhibiting bistability in the I-V,T characteristics. The stability of the starting material and the electronic device were carefully controlled and the concomitant effect of temperature changes, light irradiation and voltage bias on the current intensity were analyzed in detail. We showed that the device can be preferentially addressed by light stimulation according to its spin state and the switching from the metastable HS to the stable LS state was also demonstrated by applying an electric field step inside the hysteresis loop. The field effects were discussed in the frame of static and dynamic Ising-like models, while the photo-induced phenomena were tentatively attributed to surface phenomena. The [Fe(bpz)2(phen)] complex was also investigated by dielectric spectroscopy in the bulk powder form and then integrated by high vacuum thermal evaporation into a large-area vertical device with Al (top) and ITO (bottom) electrodes. This approach allowed us to probe the spin-state switching in the SCO layer by optical means while detecting the associated resistance changes both in the tunneling (10 nm junction) and injection-limited (30 and 100 nm junctions) regimes. The tunneling current in the thin SCO junctions showed a drop when going from the LS to the HS state, while the rectifying behavior of the 'thick' junctions did not reveal any significant spin-state dependence. The ensemble of these results provides guidance with new perspectives for the construction of electronic and spintronic devices incorporating SCO molecular materials.


An experiment was conducted to study the effects of different magnesium (Mg) concentration (0,0.5,1, 2,4,8,16 mmol/L) on dry matter accumulation and nutrient uptake of flue-cured tobacco.The results indicated that the dynamics of dry matter accumulation and nutrient uptake of flue-cured tobacco could be described by logistic curve equation.The maximum amount of dry matter accumulation and nutrient uptake,the maximum increase rations (MIR) of dry matter of flue-cured tobacco was obviously higher than that of other treatments when Mg concentration was 4 mmol/L;when the Mg concentration was either too low(1 mmol/L)or too high(4 mmol/L)there was no benefit for the growth and development,dry matter and nutrient accumulation,and made the time of the highest absorption rations (HAR) of tobacco ahead of schedule,and prevented tobacco plants from absorbing nutrients.The Mg accumulation of tobacco plants was increased when higher Mg concentration,but too high Mg concentration(4 mmol/L) was no benefit for dry matter accumulation of tobacco.


The 53 kDa insulin receptor substrate protein (IRSp53) is highly enriched in the brain. Despite evidence that links mutations of IRSp53 with autism and other neuropsychiatric problems, the functional significance of this protein remains unclear. We used light and electron microscopic immunohistochemistry to demonstrate that IRSp53 is expressed throughout the adult rat brain. Labeling concentrated selectively in dendritic spines, where it was associated with the postsynaptic density (PSD). Surprisingly, its organization within the PSD of spiny excitatory neurons of neocortex and hippocampus differed from that within spiny inhibitory neurons of neostriatum and cerebellar cortex. The present data support previous suggestions that IRSp53 is involved in postsynaptic signaling, while hinting that its signaling role may differ in different types of neurons. J. Comp. Neurol. 522:2164–2178, 2014. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


In this figure, a vinylene‐linked covalent organic framework (V‐COF‐1) was integrated with multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) to contrive a modified electrode (V‐COF‐1/MWCNTs/SPCE) for electrochemical sensing applications. The sensor exhibited the simultaneous detection of tryptophan (Trp), uric acid (UA), and 8‐hydroxy‐2′‐deoxyguanosine (8‐OHdG) in biological samples. More details about this figure will be discussed by Dr. Hui‐Ling Lee and her coworkers on page 1796–1806 in this issue.
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At a time of budget freezes and income cuts libraries need methods for responding systematically and fairly while insisting on the library's right to make the decisions. Reviewing and updating the procedures manual is a worthwhile project for evaluating library services, redesigning procedures, enhancing staff teamwork and creating a benchmark to guide decisions.


In 33 field trials on soils varying in texture from sandy loam to clay loam in Prince Edward County, Ontario, exchangeable potassium, per cent potassium saturation, and water-soluble potassium were significantly correlated with yield response of tomatoes to potassium fertilizer on the sandy loam soils, but there was no correlation within the loam and clay loam groups. The mean c1 value in the modified Mitscherlich equation relating exchangeable potassium to yield response within the sandy loam group was 0.00555 and the coefficient of variation was 19.8 per cent. The corresponding coefficients for c1 values based on per cent potassium saturation and water-soluble potassium were of greater magnitude. The amounts of potassium soluble in boiling 1 N HNO3 were not related to yield response.Exchangeable potassium and the non-exchangeable form soluble in boiling 1 N HNO3 increased, whereas water-soluble potassium decreased with increasing clay content of the samples. Water-soluble potassium was significantly cor...


An ideal solar selective surface coating must have good optical properties like high solar absorptance and minimum solar emittance. A new and affordable solar selective surface coating having higher solar absorption efficiency with low in-frared emittance compared to the commercial black paint coating used in most ordinary solar water heating systems has been developed. Such as solar selective coatings like black Nickel-Aluminium alloy particles with commercial black paint. Also, soalar selective surface coating with black nickel-cobalt plating on aluminium alloy substrates with nickel undercoat has been developed. Characterization study of such solar selective coatings is done in this paper. Characterization of coating includes Spectroscopic studies, Surface morphology and XRD studies, Polarization studies for corrosion resistance.


In recent years, herbal medicines have become increasingly popular in the pharmacotherapy of many diseases. One of the medicinal plants widely distributed in the wild on the territory of Ukraine is common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare L.) of the Asteraceae family; it is a promising raw material for the development of new medicines. In this regard,it is relevant to study and standardize a dense extract of common tansy flowers (DECTF) to predict the possible pharmacological action and the feasibility of further use in the production of solid dosage forms.
Aim. To study the qualitative and quantitative content of the amount of flavonoids and the amount of hydroxycinnamic acids in a dense extract of common tansy flowers.
Materials and methods. The study object was DECTF. The qualitative composition of phenolic compounds in the extract was determined by TLC. The quantitative determination of the amount of flavonoids calculated with reference to luteolin was performed by the spectrophotometric method.
Results and discussion. The identification of DECTF was performed by TLC. It allowed us to identify 3 dominant compounds of phenolic nature – luteolin, luteolin-7-glycoside and chlorogenic acid. The quantitative content of phenolic substances in DECTF was studied by spectrophotometry; it was found that the amount of flavonoids (calculated with reference to luteolin) was 3.69 ± 0.01 %; the amount of hydroxycinnamic acids (calculated with reference to chlorogenic acid) was 16.88 ± 0.02 %.
Conclusions. A significant content of flavonoids and hydroxycinnamic acids in DECTF indicates the prospects for further research and development of new drugs with the anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and choleretic action based on it.


Social cognition has become a rapidly growing area of schizophrenia research. Individuals with schizophrenia show substantial and persistent impairments in a range of social cognitive domains, including emotion processing, social perception, attributional bias, and theory of mind. The social cognitive impairment in schizophrenia is associated with, but separable from, impairments in (nonsocial) neurocognition such as attention, memory, and problem solving. Social cognition is a key determinant of functional disability of schizophrenia; it acts as a mediator between neurocognition and functional outcome, and it contributes unique information about functional outcome beyond that provided by neurocognition. Efforts to develop interventions to improve social cognitive impairments through new pharmacological and training approaches are under way.


Social services often face the challenge of congestion due to their limited capacity relative to their demand. The congestion partly stems from the inclusionary intent of such services: a toll-free road is available to everyone, even those able to afford alternative tolled ones. A broad range of low- and middle-income households are eligible to apply for public housing. How can a social service provider reduce congestion and thus the efficiency loss associated with service delay? In this context, the two controls commonly used for managing congestion, pricing and centralized admission control, are inapplicable due to fairness and implementation considerations. However, the service provider may have control over the information about the system state that it shares with the users. Local traffic managers and public housing authorities have accurate information about the level of congestion for their corresponding services. As such, the service provider can leverage this informational advantage to persuade some of those with lower needs to forgo the service and reduce congestion in the system. In this paper, we study how effective such an informational lever is. To investigate this question, we develop a stylized model that captures the key features of such a system. We consider a single server queueing system where each user, upon arrival, decides to either wait for the service by joining an unobservable queue or seek her outside option. To capture the disparity that users face in the quality of their outside options, we categorize users into two groups: (1) high-needusers who have no feasible outside option and (2) low-needusers who have a viable alternative. Both types incur higher waiting costs upon joining a longer queue. A high-need user always joins as she does not have any other choice whereas a low-need user makes a joinor leavedecision to maximize her expected utility. Since an arriving user does not observe the queue, her decision relies on her belief about the queue size based on the information shared by the service provider. The service provider has complete information about the status of the queue and can commit to a signaling mechanism, as in the Bayesian persuasion framework of Kamenica and Gentzkow (2011). Because high-need users always join the queue, the service provider does not need to know user types to implement a signaling mechanism. The main contribution of this paper is the characterization of the Pareto-optimal signaling mechanisms and the comparison of their welfare against key benchmarks: full-information and no-information mechanisms, and centralized admission policies. To ensure welfare improvement for bothtypes, we focus on the notion of Pareto-dominance, and we show that under mild assumptions, any such signaling mechanism has a threshold structure. The welfare comparison establishes the following: if the user population is mainly composed of a single type, information design does not provide much improvement over full-information or no-information, whereas if the population has sufficient heterogeneity, information design can lead to substantial Pareto improvement in welfare; and with enough high-need users, the Pareto frontier of information design coincides with that of the strongest "first-best" benchmark, i.e, the Pareto-optimal centralized admission policy with knowledge of users' types and no incentive constraints. In other words, in such settings, information design plays the role of a coordination device to achieve first-best welfare.


The Solomon Islands is one of the most seismically active areas in the southern Pacific with high earthquake hazard potential. The regional seismic network, equipped with six broadband seismic stations, was constructed as late as October 2018. On January 27 and 29, 2020, two moderate earthquakes, Mw 6.3 and 6.0, respectively, occurred in the southeastern Solomon Islands. The entire foreshock-main-shock-aftershock sequence was recorded by this seismic network for exploring the seismogenic structures. Based on the spacial distribution of the foreshock-aftershock sequence, the interaction of the subduction and transform zones between the Pacific and the Australia plates could lead to the near-vertical dip-slip tear slab. Confirmed with PREM and the new 1D velocity model for testing the robustness of the earthquake locations, a seismic gap at depths from 25 to 35 km is observed as the "jelly sandwich" rheology of the continental crust of the Australia plate.


Fire prevention and fire fighting equipment and fire extinguishing composition rooms, houses and buildings, transport tunnels, vehicles, underground and underwater facilities, ships, submarines, aircraft and military containers, space stations and vehicles, military facilities and vehicles, and any other person occupying the object and it is provided at the facility. The apparatus provides a respirable hypoxic fire prevention air at standard atmospheric pressure or the atmospheric pressure or local. The apparatus will provide oxygen-extraction device for storing it in a high pressure container for use in the case of a supply or a fire of oxygen depleted air in the person occupying the place. Respiratory digestion compositions available are provided for a fixed fire fighting environment in most have a oxygen content of 12% to 17% of a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. Fire suppression device creating a respirable firefighting air with a 10% oxygen concentration of 16%, with possible addition of carbon dioxide when released, by being provided with a fire extinguishing composition with little oxygen concentration greater than 16%. Automatic possible breath in the gas phase of the enclosed object to keep fire prevention composition technology for human occupation is provided by providing an inert ballast for automatically maintaining the amount of oxygen in hypoxic threshold. Aircraft fire suppression device using an hypoxic fire suppression agent is provided for generating a respirable gaseous air with a fire extinguishing composition.


Recently, a great effort was made to find transmission schemes intrinsically insensitive to phase noise and polarization fluctuations. Some new system solutions employing polarization modulation [or polarization shift keying (POLSK)] have been proposed, leading to both phase noise and polarization fluctuation insensitive systems3 or only phase-noise insensitive simplified versions.1,2


The invention discloses a blood pressure monitoring method. A pressure or vibration sensor sends a pulse (pressure or vibration) of the artery of a human body to generate a corresponding electric signal. A blood pressure value is figured out through analyzing the electric signal. Compared with the traditional sphygmomanometer, the method has the advantages that a pulse signal of the artery in the body surface of the human body is acquired under a normal state, and is analyzed and computed to obtain a blood pressure value. A blood pressure monitor adopting the method does not need a pressurizing air pump, and can be used for continuously monitoring blood pressure for a long time.


The sixty-seven papers in this book are grouped under the following chapters: Esterase Structures, Catalytic Properties of Cholinesterases, Catalytic Properties of Paraoxonases and Related Esterases, Biology of Cholinesterases, Biology of Paraoxonases and Related Esterases, Toxicity and Degradation of Organophosphorus Compounds, Neuropathy Target Esterase, and Miscellaneous. The chapters are preceded by a Preface and followed by the Author and Subject Indexes.


A "socioeconomic" definition of Pareto optimality, 305. — Can the income distribution be a public good?, 306. — The political economy of the model, 307. — Alternative approaches, 310.


The mitigation and control of induced seismicity has become a major challenge for the future of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). In this thesis I analyse the stimulation of well GPK2 of the EGS at Soultz-sous-Forets. I analyze whether interaction of seismicity by static stress transfer plays a role and investigate stress changes from inversion of focal mechanism solutions. Second, the time-dependency of borehole breakout development is studied.


The time and the movement of disfiguration—using this word as a kind of shorthand—continued, and continue to occur in various ways in our own time,1 but we might suggest that they all have something in common in terms of a trans-figuration in the sense that I have just outlined: a passing, a transience and an uncertainty, the fragility of a light touch, or an allusion. The portrait does not seek to capture the identity of a figure, nor does it seek to capture identity within a figure: Rather, it allows for something to approach and recede, so that it is less a question of identity than of presence, in the sense that this latter cannot be identified with pure position, to a being-here that is duly located or assigned to its place but, in an entirely different way, ...


Text-To-Speech synthesizers (TTS) have raised the interest of researchers and teachers for their ability to enhance foreign/second language (L2) learning, particularly with regards to the development of pronunciation skills (Liakin, Cardoso, & Liakina, 2017). Despite some optimistic results, there are no studies that investigate TTS's pedagogical potential to enhance L2 Phonological Awareness (PA), especially in foreign language contexts, where access to rich aural input is limited in terms of both quantity and quality. The present study examines TTS's pedagogical potential as a tool to assist English L2 learners develop their PA, focusing on the morphophonological alternations that characterize regular past tense marking in English (past -ed). Results show that TTS contributed positively for the auditory perception and controlled (but not spontaneous) production of the targeted phenomenon.


This paper aims to make the business plan of creating a comprehensive early learning center for children 1-5 years old, Quevedo Canton, 2015.

The comprehensive early learning center will offer citizenship Quevedena, stimulation services in the first years of life of children, to improve development during both emotional growth and student life, specialized in the first areas of early learning staff for children, which not only work with children but with parents who are at home to help their children as they grow, improving the shortcomings that have arisen during their first years of life.

The market survey conducted in the city of Quevedo, does not reveal that 54% of respondents do not attend or have attended an Stimulation Centre.

Our marketing and organizational plan which will have to publish the free radio, neon signs which are disclosed by our promotions.

According to the results, for every dollar invested in this project you will get $ 1.54; making the project profitable.
The actual recovery of an investment is the time it takes for an investment to be recovered based on the amounts generated in each period
The financial assessment is to define the best investment option because once it is determined that the project is financially viable known whether


Caltech's Hixon Professor of Psychobiology shares the 1981 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries concerning "functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres."


At present,there are complicated economic and social contradictions in China,so we should be cautious not to fall into the "middle income trap".We should actively promote the overstepping development of cultural industry,to provide important support to promote scientific development,and make it a point of new economic growth,strategic adjustment of the economic structure and changing the mode of economic development.We should stand on the national strategic level and vigorously develop the socialist culture with Chinese characteristics,continue to deepen the structural reform,vigorously promote industrial clusters,constantly facilitate independent innovation,and always adhere to the harmonious development to avoid the "middle income trap".


This paper uses a deep neural network model to test the classification accuracy of an application scoring model in assessing credit risk. The sensitivity of the type of data normalization method used during the data preparation stage in a data mining exercise to the accuracy of the credit model is an issue that has been largely ignored by researchers. Researchers have devoted more resources to the comparison of the predictive and classification accuracies of different machine learning algorithms. However, without adequate preparation of the input data, the output might be misleading. This paper corrects this imbalance by showing that the type of data preparation used in training the model can affect the classification accuracy and the validity of the output. Credit risk analysts has to be conscious of the type of data normalization that they apply to the training data and its implications to the predictive and classification accuracies of the model. In addition, the paper shows that the error from a single independent test sample (trainingvalidation) as opposed to two independent test sample (training-validation-hold-out) does not provide an honest estimate of the predictive ability of the deep neural network model.


Higher gauge theory arises naturally in superstring theory, but many of its features remain obscure. In this thesis, after an exposition of the bacis tools in local higher gauge theory, a higher gauge Chern-Simons model is defined. We discuss the classical equations of motion as well as the behaviour of the gauge anomaly. We perform canonical quantization and we introduce two possible quantization schemes for the model. We also expound higher parallel transport in higher gauge theory, and we speculate that it can provide Wilson surfaces as topological observables for the higher gauge Chern-Simons theory.


PERHAPS the most outstanding trait in Japanese behaviour, which has been noted and commented upon by many observers, is its thoroughly planned quality. This intense concern for well-planned activity affects all aspects of Japanese life, and is well expressed in the social structure of the country. The institutions of Japanese society are designed to keep everything under control. Its rituals are performed in the expectation that, as with magic or science, automatic results are to be anticipated from correct action. Incorrect action, however, may result in disaster, and will certainly result in disharmony. A symphony orchestra produces beautiful music only when all members play the proper notes on the correct instrument at the precise moment. The least error produces discords painful to the ear. The Japanese feel that society, too, must be orchestrated in order to avoid discord between the various personalities involved. This orchestration can be harmoniously maintained only if each unit is kept in its proper place. All the functions of social life, therefore, are carried on according to plan. Everyone is carefully instructed in the rules applicable to his particular duties, and indoctrinated with the belief that life will be satisfactory only if such rules are carefully followed. Since it is believed that any given situation can best be met by a precise, specified response, exact rules are prescribed for correct behavior by all individuals upon a11 predictable


Applying a multi-parametric approach, we already investigated the preparatory phase of several medium and large (M6.0 ~ M8.3) earthquakes occurred in the last 6 years in different locations in the World. In some cases, a chain of processes from the lithosphere to atmosphere and ionosphere has been successfully detected (e.g. M7.8 Ecuador 2016: Akhoondzadeh, 2018, ASR, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.07.014; Italian seismic sequence (M6.5) 2016-2017: Marchetti et al., 2019, RSoE, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.04.033; M7.5 Indonesia 2018: Marchetti et al., 2019, JAES, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2019.104097). These analyses underline the importance to study all the “spheres” that surround the Earth as suggested by a Geosystemic approach (De Santis et al., 2019, Entropy, https://doi.org/10.3390/e21040412). To analyse the anomalies that occur in the atmosphere we typically calculate the mean and standard deviation of the “historical time series” of the investigated parameter based on around 40 years of data, and then we superpose the value of the same quantity in the earthquake year. If the value overpasses two standard deviations of the historical time series, we define this day/parameter as anomalous. Applying the same methodology presented in previous works that studied climatological parameters such as skin temperature, total column water vapour, aerosols, and SO2, which  seem to provide anomalies possibly related to the earthquake preparation phase (e.g. Piscini et al., 2017, PAGeoph, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-017-1597-8), here we investigate more atmospheric parameters proposed as possible precursors in the Lithosphere Atmosphere Ionosphere Coupling (LAIC) models (Pulinets and Ouzounov, 2011, JAES, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.03.005) such as methane and surface concentration of carbon monoxide. Other parameters, such as dimethylsulfide could be useful in other geophysical events, such as the volcano eruptions (Piscini et al. PAGeoph 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-019-02147-x).

In this study, we also apply a Worldwide Statistical Correlation (WSC), as it was successfully applied to Swarm satellites electromagnetic anomalies and earthquakes, providing some statistical evidence for such perturbations in ionosphere before the occurrence of M5.5+ earthquakes (De Santis et al., 2019, Sci. Rep., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56599-1).

The statistical approaches applied to these climatological data, provided by meteorological agencies such as ECMWF and NOAA, provides some interesting concentrations of atmospheric anomalies, preceding from days to several weeks the occurrence of the largest earthquakes from 1980 to 2017.

The study of several chemical and physical (e.g. aerosol particles) components in the atmosphere, the involved physical processes, the chemical reactions and chemical constraints (such as the elements lifetime and interactions in the atmosphere) can help to distinguish which LAIC model is more reliable to produce the observed anomalies before the occurrence of a large earthquake.


Spot and Runway Departure Advisor (SARDA) is a decision support tool to assist airline ramp controllers and ATC tower controllers to manage traffic on the airport surface to significantly improve efficiency and predictability in surface operations. The core function of the tool is the runway scheduler which generates an optimal solution for runway sequence and schedule of departure aircraft, which would minimize system delay and maximize runway throughput. The presentation also discusses the latest status of NASA's current surface research through a collaboration with an airline partner, where a tool is developed for airline ramp operators to assist departure pushback operations. The presentation describes the concept of the SARDA tool and results from human-in-the-loop simulations conducted in 2012 for Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport and 2014 for Charlotte airport ramp tower.


Thompson, Jon. 2011. No Debate: The Israel Lobby and Free Speech at Canadian Universities. Toronto: Lorimer. ISBN 978-1-55277-656-8. Paperback: 22.95 CAD. Pages: 334.


The effects of groundwater direction on performance of geothermal heat pump systems were analyzed using a 3-D finite difference method with rectangular meshes. Each borehole was approximated by a square column with the actual circular borehole section circumscribing the approximated square section. The fluid temperatures inside each borehole were calculated by discretizing borehole vertically into different segments. Simulations made on various borefield configurations under several loading conditions at different groundwater velocities and directions showed that the percentage variation in leaving fluid temperature was highest for continuous constant load. With a daily operating schedule of 12 hours, the maximum percentage variation was reduced by more than 40%. The introduction of a cyclic load decreased it further but to a much lesser extent. Moreover, the percentage variation generally increased with the scale of the borefield. Hence, a more precise estimation on the groundwater characteristics is necessary when designing a large borefield.


This abstract relates to the following paper: LuJ. L. C., WongW. and BajekalM.Mortality improvement by socioeconomic circumstances in England (1982 to 2006).British Actuarial Journal, doi:10.1017/S1357321712000359


This critical reflection explores the emergence of Digital Health technologies within the Information Era, applying the Foucauldian concept of bio-power and calling upon technologies from Apple and the film Her, among others, as examples. In turn, examining whether Digital Health technologies can improve individual well-being or are in fact a side- effect of hyper-rational, capitalist ideology which ultimately leads to the breakdown of social relations.


Recently developed quasi-resonant and multi-resonant DC-DC power conversion techniques are reviewed. Quasi-resonant converter (QRC) and multi-resonant converter (MRC) topologies are derived from the conventional square-wave, pulse-width modulated (PWM) converters by adding resonant components to achieve zero-current switching (ZCS) or zero-voltage switching (ZVS) of the semiconductor devices. ZCS and ZVS reduce switching losses caused by the parasitic leakage inductance of the power transformer and junction capacitances of semiconductor devices. As a result, QRCs and MRCs can operate at higher switching frequencies and achieve higher power density than PWM converters. Explanations of operations of zero-current-switched and zero-voltage-switched QRCs and MRCs are provided, and their relative advantages and limitations are discussed.<<ETX>>


A political scientist and thinker talks about protest movements in his city, Kolkata, during the period from the late 1980s. The CPI(M)-led Left Front was elected to government in the state of West Bengal without interruption from 1977. It wielded enormous power over society. The turnaround finally came in 2007, with a wave of protest agitations that eventually allowed the opposition politician, Mamata Banerjee, to lead her party to electoral victory in 2011. At the time of the interview, in 2008, Samaddar talks about the 'Mamata phenomenon', locating the roots of her populist politics in the protest stream of the 1980s and 1990s. This period saw protest attempting to find its feet once again in the now blighted city. Samaddar points to the emergence of a new politics in the wake of the death of the old left politics. The conversation with Ranabir Samaddar helps one to better understand the political transformation in West Bengal, and also throws light on a way of thinking and a praxis whose roots lie in the robust civic and political life of that state.


The high vocational law major should make reform and innovation in the respect of direction choosing and courses setting. It should choose the training direction for law talents in high vocational college, standing out high vocational character and deepening the reform of teaching material system and curriculum system. With the center of practice, it should focus on the flexibility of teaching method, build up a steady teachers' group and express teachers' guidance.


The invention relates to a process for the optical-electronic scanning of coloured patterns image spotwise and linewise in which a coloured pattern is illuminated and the scanning light modulated by the densities of an image spot region on the coloured pattern is used to generate representative colour signals for the image spot region concerned, in that the scanning light is broken down into colour components and the separated colour components are converted optical-electronically into the colour signal values. In order to increase the signal level of the colour signal values of at least one selected colour component, especially the blue component, the image spot region selected for the evaluation is larger for the selected colour component than for the other colour components. The invention also relates to a device for implementing the process.


Thermoelectric elements with wire-brush contacts remove heat from or add heat to memory-metal actuators and thereby enable them to respond faster than previously possible. Memory-metal actuator formed to shape while hot, then to another shape while cold. When cold actuator heated so temperature rises above critical point, snaps from cold shape to hot shape. Upon cooling, actuator returns to cold shape, ready for another cycle. Clearly, faster actuator is heated and cooled, the faster it operates.


We have identified two classical extragenic suppressors, spp41 and spp42 , of the temperature sensitive (ts) allele prp4-73. The prp4 (cid:49) gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes a protein kinase. Mutations in both suppressor genes suppress the growth and the pre-mRNA splicing defect of prp4-73 ts at the restrictive temperature (36 (cid:56) ). spp41 and spp42 are synthetically lethal with each other in the presence of prp4-73 ts , indicating a functional relationship between spp41 and spp42. The suppressor genes were mapped on the left arm of chromosome I proximal to the his6 gene. Based on our mapping data we isolated spp42 by screening PCR fragments for functional complementation of the prp4-73 ts mutant at the restrictive temperature. spp42 encodes a large protein (p275), which is the homologue of Prp8p. This protein has been shown in budding yeast and mammalian cells to be a bona fide pre-mRNA splicing factor. Taken together with other recent genetic and biochemical data, our results suggest that Prp4 kinase plays an important role in the formation of catalytic spliceosomes.


Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain Thermodynamique et Mécanique des Fluides (TFL) Master in Mechanical Engineering Numerical simulation of condensation in a supersonic nozzle for application to ejectors in refrigeration by Marina Gallach Palma This thesis is a CFD study of a supersonic nozzle for ejector refrigeration applications. Condensation of the working fluid is aimed inside the nozzle in order to study its consequences. As a first approach to verify the built-in Wet Steam model in ANSYS Fluent, a Laval nozzle is tested with water and compared with experimental data from Moses and Stein [1]. Thanks to the User Defined Wet Steam Property Functions in the User Defined Wet Steam model, the code is adapted for R134a both ideal and real gas properties and the study is done with perfect and real gas properties. Anyway, the software presents certain limitations and the real gas Peng-Robinson Equation Of State could not be implemented due to convergence problems.


It was mainly introduced the methods on maintenance and management, the ways about how to resolve theproblems which often generated during the using of Dispatching Management Information System.


We report on the results of the first deep, wide-field, near-infrared methane imaging survey of the ρ Ophiuchi cloud core to search for T dwarfs. Among the 6587 objects detected, 22 were identified as T dwarf candidates. Brown dwarf models indicate that at the age and distance of the ρ Ophiuchi cloud, these T dwarf candidates have masses between 1 and 2 Jupiter masses. If confirmed as genuine T dwarfs, these objects would be the youngest, lowest mass, and lowest gravity free-floating objects ever directly observed. The existence of these candidates suggests that the initial mass function of the ρ Ophiuchi cloud extends well into the regime of planetary mass objects. A large fraction (59% ± 16%) of our T dwarf candidates appear to be surrounded by circumstellar disks, and thus represents the lowest mass objects yet found to harbor circumstellar disks.


This study aims at examining whether the implementation of questioning technique improves students' ability in reading narrative text or not. The population of this study is second grade students at SMAN 2 Banda Aceh, while the sample of this study is 2Mia6 class which is consisted of 30 students as experimental class and 2Mia5 which is consisted of 30 students as control class. Quantitative approach with experimental study of one group pre-test post-test and one group for control class design is undertaken to overcome the problems faced by the students in learning reading skill. This study is focussed on improving students' ability in reading narrative text in the aspects of main idea, inference, reference, detail and vocabulary. The instrument used to collect the data in this study was test. The collected data were analyzed by using statisctical formula as suggested by Sudjana (2006). The finding showed that there is a better improvement on students' reading skill after questioning technique implemented. The mean score of pre-test for EC is 67 and the mean score of post test for EC is 72.58. Meanwhile, the mean score of pre-test for CC is 60.73 and the mean score of post test for CC is 60.53. The result proves that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null Hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. In conclusion, questioning technique improves students' reading skill better in the aspect of main idea, inference, reference, detail and vocabulary. Therefore, the writer concludes that teaching reading narrative text by using questioning technique give good effect for students' ability in reading aspects; main idea, inference, reference, detail and vocabulary.


Serum immunoglobulins, five lymphocyte markers and three mitogen assays were used in an investigation of 20 patients with atopic dermatitis. A slight impairment of the cell-mediated immunity was detected. Ten patients suffering from contact dermatitis had sub-normal lymphocyte reactivity.


This paper tries to shed some light on why the collaboration between academia and industry can be difficult. By acknowledging that each institution has different objectives and live in different competitive environments we find different sets of values and priorities that sometimes leads to conflicting behavior. In spite of existing difficulties, many border crossing collaboration initiatives take place today. We argue that a better understanding of the collaborating institution's differences in values and priorities can help avoiding or crossing these tacit borders and increase the success rate of these


Complex systems and their underlying convoluted networks are ubiquitous, all we need is an eye for them. They pose problems of organized complexity which cannot be approached with a reductionist method. Complexity science and its emergent sister network science both come to grips with the inherent complexity of complex systems with an holistic strategy. The relevance of complexity, however, transcends the sciences. Complex systems and networks are the focal point of a philosophical, cultural and artistic turn of our tightly interrelated and interdependent postmodern society. Here I take a different, aesthetic perspective on complexity. I argue that complex systems can be beautiful and can the object of artification - the neologism refers to processes in which something that is not regarded as art in the traditional sense of the word is changed into art. Complex systems and networks are powerful sources of inspiration for the generative designer, for the artful data visualizer, as well as for the traditional artist. I finally discuss the benefits of a cross-fertilization between science and art.


The invention relates to a device for preparing a spherical solid-core microchannel plate, and belongs to the device related in the technical fields of detection of gamma rays, X rays, cosmic rays, ultraviolet rays and charged particles. The device aims to solve the technical problems of providing the device for preparing the spherical solid-core microchannel plate. The device solves the technical scheme that: the device consists of a transmission mechanism and a vacuum heating device, wherein the transmission mechanism is positioned on the upper part of the whole device; and the vacuum heating device is arranged on the lower part of the whole device. In the device, one surface of a plane solid-core microchannel plate is contacted with a clamping fixture in the process of preparation by clamping the edge of the plane solid-core microchannel plate. The device ensures that both surfaces of the prepared spherical solid-core microchannel plate are parallel and have the same radius of curvature, and avoids the edge wrinkling; the device is completed in a vacuum system in the whole process of preparation so as to avoid oxidation on the surfaces; and the device improves quality and yield of the spherical solid-core microchannel plate.


on a well-marked bullous appearance, the bull= being much larger than any of the lesions so far present, and containing clear fluid. Some bul ls also made their appearance on the buccal mucous membrane. The alteration in the clinical picture was so marked that I changed the hypnotic to 15 gr. of chloral hydrate, and in a week the bull= had disappeared and only vesicles were present. A few days later I again ordered a dose of the synthetic hypnotic to be given a t bedtime, and again it was followed by an outbreak of bulls, exactly as on the first occasion. The dose was not repeated, and the patient made an uneventful and somewhat slow recovery with occasional outbreaks of vesicles, but no further bull=. 'l'he bullous variety of Dermatitis herpetiformis is, of course, well liiiown, but in tlie present case the lesions were essentially and entirely vesicular, except when n particular drug was administered internally.


Aims: To evaluate the effect of different weed management options on the economics in groundnut + pigeonpea relay intercropping on medium black clayey soils of Junagadh .
Study Design: Field experiment was conducted at Junagadh during kharif 2019-20 and 2020-21 in Randomized Block Design with three replications to evaluate the effect of different weed management options on the economics in groundnut + pigeonpea relay intercropping on medium black clayey soils. The treatments comprised of: pendimethalin 0.9 kg ha-1 as PE fb interculturing and hand weeding at 45 DAS, pendimethalin 0.45 kg ha-1 + oxyfluorfen 0.09 kg ha-1 as PE fb interculturing and hand weeding at 45 DAS), interculturing and hand weeding at 15 DAS fb sodium acifluorfen 16.5% + clodinafop propargyl 8% (ready mix) 1 kg ha-1 at 45 DAS as POE, interculturing and hand weeding at 15 DAS fb quizalofop p ethyl 40 g ha-1 at 45 DAS as POE,  interculturing and hand weeding at 15 DAS fb propaquizafop 70 g ha-1 at 45 DAS as POE, pendimethalin 0.9 kg ha-1 as PE fb sodium acifluorfen 16.5% + clodinafop propargyl 8% (ready mix) 1 kg ha-1 at 45 DAS as POE, pendimethalin 0.9 kg ha-1 as PE fb quizalofop p ethyl 40 g ha-1 at 45 DAS as POE, pendimethalin 0.9 kg ha-1 as PE fb propaquizafop 70 g ha-1 at 45 DAS as POE (T8), weed free, and unweeded control (T10).
Place and duration of the study: Instructional Farm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during kharif seasons of 2019-20 and 2020-21.
Methodology: on the basis of prevailing local charges. The gross realization in terms of rupees per hectare. A net return of each treatment was calculated by deducting the total cost of cultivation from the gross returns.
Result: Significantly higher amount of gross returns were recorded with the weed free treatment (T9), which was closely followed by interculturing and hand weeding at 15 DAS fb sodium acifluorfen 16.5% + clodinafop propargyl 8% (ready mix) 1 kg ha-1 at 45 DAS as PoE (T3). Statistically higher net returns and higher net returns and B:C ratio were registered with interculture and hand weeding at 15 DAS fb sodium acifluorfen 16.5% + clodinafop propargyl 8% (ready mix) 1 kg ha-1 at 45 DAS as PoE (T3).


Different genres of media texts are characterized by different ratios of elements and the embodiment of the message and impact. A truly professional translator must not only be aware of this ratio in each translatable text them, but also to be able to adequately convey it in translation.


We discuss the influence of Young's modulus temperature dependence on the number of parametrically unstable modes in a Fabry-Perot cavity of Advanced LIGO interferometer. Some unstable modes may be suppressed by changing the mirror's temperature due to temperature dependence of Young's modulus. Varying the temperature of the mirrors we can change their frequencies of the elastic modes; it, in turn, can change the number of unstable modes, leading to nonlinear effect of parametric oscillatory instability. The determination of the optimal values of the temperature variations for some elastic modes to reduce the number of unstable modes is fulfilled. Both new "fine tuning" supression method of parametric instability and radius of curvature(ROC) change method in the next generation of gravitational wave detectors are discussed. The applications of this method in cryogenic detectors like LIGO Voyager or Einstein Telescope are proposed.


May the 13th, Anno 1694, one Samuel Chilton, of Tinsbury near Bath, a Labourer, about 25 years of age, of a robust habit of Body, not fat, but fleshy, and a dark brown Hair, happen'd, without any visible cause, or evident sign, to fall into a very profound Sleep, out of which no Art used by those that were near him, cou'd rouze him, till after a months time; then rose of himself, put on his Cloaths, and went about his business of Husbandry as usual; slept, cou'd eat and drink as before, but spake not one word till about a month after.


Protection of copyright of the digital images is a critical element for the multimedia Web applications, e-books, virtual picture gallery. This problem is today receiving growing attention due to the pervasive diffusion of Internet technology. This work shows the watermark as solution to this problem and describes a new wavelet-based algorithm, called WM1.0, which is invisible, private, strong. WM1.0 watermaks a subset of digital images building the ecclesiastic on-line art collection. The Owner of the images and related information is the Italian Episcopal Conference, whereas the Publisher is I.D.S., an ICT company located in Messina.


To solve the problems of high power consumption, low transmission distance and low recognition accuracy of the gesture monitoring system of traditional wearable devices, this paper designs a remote gesture monitoring system based on LoRa. In terms of data transmission, LoRa Internet of Things technology is used, which has the characteristics of low power consumption, high speed and long-distance transmission, and can meet the needs of multi-user long-term use. The identification module is built on the remote server and can be used directly without configuration. Based on the multi-sensor data, this paper also designs a deep learning model to complete the task of human gesture recognition, which can recognize 7 kinds of gesture data and the effect meets the expectations.


An effective plan of teaching the fine and industrial arts in elementary schools must consider not only the topics to, be presented but also, the age when each phase can be assimilated with greatest economy of effort and prove of highest value. Often things which come first in a logically arranged course based on a series of exercises which continually increase in difficulty can be taught to small children only at great expense of time and effort. A few years later these same things can be


This paper describes the safety factors used for fracture assessments of pipes having circumferential surface flaws. The "Fitness-For-Services Codes (the FFS Codes)" of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) restrict the depths of flaws according to their angles to prevent pipes with flaws from being fracture. Past restrictions were determined based on deterministic evaluations. In fracture assessments of pipes having flaws, however, the effects of measurement errors in flaw dimensions and of variations on material strength must be taken into account. Thus, we evaluated the effects of such variations on fracture assessments of pipes having flaws, and examined safety factors for giving failure probability (or reliability) equal, irrespective of the cracking angles. We found out that failure probability is heavily dependent on the measurement accuracy of flaw depths and material strength (flow stress). In view of this finding, we examined and proposed a simple approach which meets the target reliability without conducting complex evaluations by the Monte Carlo method and reliability evaluation methods (e.g., first-order second-moment method (FOSM)).Copyright © 2015 by ASME


The design, fabrication, optical and mechanical characteristics, and reliability of several kinds of the latching-type single-mode-fiber (SMF) switch are reported. Practical applications of these switches to optical fiber communication systems and optical testing and sensing systems are also demonstrated. In the developed switches, a movable fiber is actuated by the magnetic attraction force produced between permanent magnets and a micromagnetic-alloy pipe fixed around the fiber. The ultralight micropipes (0.13 (i.d.)-0.18 (o.d.)/spl times/5/sup L/ mm, 400 /spl mu/g) were successfully massproduced by a fiber-micromachining technique based on metallizing and etching of sacrificial fibers. We used a refractive-index-matching oil in the switches to reduce insertion loss and reflected light. The several hundred fabricated 1/spl times/2 standard SMF switches exhibited excellent optical characteristics, such as typical insertion loss of 0.36 dB, return loss of 49 dB and crosstalk of -70 dB. They exhibited stable latching-type operation with loss changes of below 0.1 dB during 10/sup 5/ switching operations with minimum driving power of 9 mW and switching time of 2 ms. The switches were subjected to endurance (10/sup 8/ switching operations), heat cycles, shock and vibration, and long-term (6.5 years) intermittent operation tests, and revealed no significant optical or mechanical degradation. A 1/spl times/8 latching-type SMF switch was constructed using seven 1/spl times/2 switches cascaded in three stages and uniform insertion losses of below 0.7 dB and return losses of over 47 dB at each of eight ports were obtained. The 1/spl times/2 and 1/spl times/8 switches have been applied to NTT's optical communication systems. We fabricated a compact and cost-effective wavelength switch by installing microfilter chips in the 1/spl times/2 switch and confirmed stable latching-type wavelength switching between 1.3- and 1.55-/spl mu/m optical signals. We also designed and fabricated a polarization-maintaining switch using polarization maintaining and absorption reducing (PANDA) fibers and confirmed stable polarization maintaining switching operations. These switches are applicable not only to optical fiber communication systems, but also to optical testing and sensing systems.


This special issue introduction explores the institutional, disciplinary, and geopolitical possibilities of "global south" as an emergent conceptual apparatus. More particularly, it explores how tensions between ordering and disordering implicit in "global south" might provide a useful heuristic for those engaged in a wide range of intellectual, aesthetic, and political work. By exploring "global south and world dis/order" we want to avoid the modern assumption that "change" is good in and of itself, even as we want to revisit long-standing assumptions about how the world has been ordered.


The object of this communication is to report the results of treatment of institutionalized epileptic patients with the ketogenic diet. I shall refrain from participating in the controversy regarding the mechanism operating in this form of therapy. It seems to me that no conclusive evidence has yet been offered that the acidosis, the ketone bodies or the dehydrating effect of the diet is the responsible factor. While there is an abundance of reports in the literature concerning the treatment of epileptic children with the ketogenic diet, there is a paucity of communications in reference to this form of therapy in adults. It seems that more favorable results are obtained in the treatment of children. There are three comprehensive reports in the literature regarding the treatment of adults. Two were made by Barborka in 1928 and 1930, respectively, and one by Bastible in 1931. THE LITERATURE In his first report, Barborka


Here is the interview that I did with Mr. Mohamed Arafat while I was working with Dr. Warigia Bowman, Visiting Assistant professor at American University in Cairo as her research assistant from 8:00 pm to 9:00pm on July 28, 2011 in the main headquarter of the party, which is 16 Mahmoud Bassiouny Street - Second Floor - Abdel Moneim Riad Square.


This paper presents findings from a study of IT professionals on Twitter. Our study aimed to understand the way IT Professionals' use of Twitter for professional purposes. The data for this study was collected using online observations and interviews to understand their experience through their own individual perspective. Twitter and interviews data were analysed using constructive grounded theory. The findings highlighted the fundamental understanding on how Twitter is perceived as an online information ground. Our study also revealed the differences and similarities between physical information grounds and online information grounds that has significantly influenced professional networking on microblogging. In short, IT professionals' experience Twitter as a real place where they meet and socialise with others, but it is more than just a place for information seeking and sharing.


This article is an attempt to show the status of the Serbian national minority in the Republic of Hungary. Particularly are analyzed the following questions: number of the members of the Serbian minority, their legal status, political and socio-economical status, education in their native language, representation in the media, advancement of national culture. The authors conclude that the status of the Serbs in Hungary is better than it was in the after-war period, bud should be improved and in this sense the authors give certain suggestions.


France's war in Algeria from 1954–62 has prompted new historical research and political polemics since 1992. Especially controversial has been an acknowledgement that torture was practised systematically, and the fact that French governments refused until 1999 to admit that Algeria was a real war, not just 'a law and order problem'. Access to French archives, along with publication of memoirs and collections of letters by conscript troops, has permitted fresh social, cultural and literary perspectives, and new insights about the memory of this war in France and Algeria. The war's strategies and military operations, however, have been neglected. Yet these aspects illuminate the nature of the armed challenges by nationalist insurgents in the era of Cold War and European decolonizations. Algeria reveals the operational success of the responses by the French military forces and psychological warfare service. The war's international diplomacy suggests that another 'operational theatre' – that of the United Nations and world opinion – was where the Algerian National Liberation Front really outmanoeuvred France. This ensured that French Algeria's days were numbered by 1960, despite French success in defeating the armed insurrection within Algeria.


Experiments are reported in which heads-up displays and voice input/output were implemented on an experimental pilot console. These displays and controls were developed interactively during the simulation of remotely piloted space vehicles (RPSVs) and US Space Station operations. Demonstrated and evaluated were seven heads-up reticle displays, two heads-up data displays, selection of displays by voice command, use of voice command to call for range and rate data, and the voice annunciation of alarms. The simulation laboratory architecture is described.<<ETX>>


Aiming at the problems of missed detection, false detection and rough edge recognition in the detection of water body changes in high-resolution remote sensing images of the same area before and after, an improved network model is proposed to better improve the extraction accuracy of water body change areas. Combining deep learning with machine vision we introduce the transformer block into the network. We design a Siamese change detection network with stronger contextual change semantic feature extraction capability SCTNet (Siam-CNN-transformer-Network), transformer block directly connects information at any location through a multi-head intention mechanism efficiently compute long sequence information mining long-distance dependencies. As the front-end of the network, the CNN model uses convolution to focus on the correlation between two-bit local data, ensuring the correlation between adjacent pixels to enhance the local modeling ability of the model and reduce the model's dependence on the amount of data. The proposed model performs well on the water body change dataset made from the WFV image data of GF-1 satellite. The experimental accuracy rate reaches 97.4%, F1-score and mIoU 97.9% and 90.9% respectively. Compared with other change detection models, all indicators have been significantly improved, the situation of false detection and missed detection has been improved, and the effect of water edge recognition has been enhanced.


Healthcare applications like emergency response systems are one of the Internet of Things (IoT) applications. These applications are classified as application-sensitive, where delay and throughput play an important role. To overcome the latency issue over these applications, a Fog computing paradigm has been introduced, in which cloud services are expanded to the edge of the network in order to reduce the delay. Several obstacles of the Fog Computing such as resource-allocation and job-scheduling are still in its infancy. However, fog devices located at the edge of the network are resource restricted. Thus, it is vital to determine the assignment and scheduling of a job on a fog device. An intelligent fog computing scheduling model that offers service-provisioning for IoT while reducing the latency has been proposed in this paper. A case study with a critical healthcare application (An electrocardiogram (ECG)) has been presented. This will optimally schedule the requests of ECG sensors on a fog environment and proficiently handle their demands on existing resources for each fog node. The proposed model was evaluated using iFogSim toolkit in terms of delay performance metric. The results show that the proposed model performance outperforms the existing approaches.


Dragon' blood is a kind of traditional valuable Chinese herbal medicine of our country.It is widely used all over the world.In this paper,we have compared the imported and Chinese dragon's blood in plant source and biological characteristics plant source and biological characteristics,in our country we called dragon's blood "Chinese dragon's blood" and we offer several simple meth-ods on the identification of dragon's blood.Although the import and Chinese blood have different on the Chemical composition but simi-lar in the pharmacologic actions,Chinese dragon's can completely replace imported dragon's blood on the clinical use.There is a lot of different dragon's blood dosage forms appeared on our market.According to the dragon's blood resources in the endangered condition now,we need to strengthen the dragon 'blood resources protection consciousness,and make the dragon's blood resources can be sustain-able utilization.


Objective:The effects of different surgeries in vulva cancer and the relative prognostic factors were investigated.Methods:Fifty-four patients who had surgical treatment for vulva cancer were retrospectively reviewed from 1985 to 2007 in Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital.Of the 54 patients,17 had traditional radical vulvectomy,13 had additional inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy.9 patients had modified radical vulvectomy,15 had additional inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy.SPSS software was used to analyze the effects of surgery manners and prognostic factors.Results:① There were no significant differences in clinical and pathologic features between the traditional and the modified radical vulvectomy(P0.05).② There were no significant differences in surgical time and blood loss between traditional and modified vulvectomy(P0.05),but the recovery time of vulvar wounds in modified operation was shorter than that in traditional operation(P0.05).The surgical time and recovery time of vulvar wounds in modified vulvectomy and groin nodes dissection were statistically shorter than those of traditional operation(P0.01;P0.05),the occurrence of edema on lower limbs and numbness feeling were reduces markedly(P0.05).However,there were no statistical differences in blood loss and recovery time of groin wounds(P0.05).③In survival analysis,5-year survival time and relapse rates of modified operation were similar to traditional operation(P0.05),furthermore,the recurrence rates did not significantly increase(P0.05).Conclusions:The modified radical vulvectomy and inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy could reduce surgical and postoperative complications without compromising 5-year survival and increasing recurrence.


Due to growth in construction industry and demand of Concrete, there is a scarcity of the different resources, used in making concrete. So in my book, I aim to understand and examine the appropriate material and percentage of waste materials to be used as a replacement of the same in concrete. As primarily, waste marble has been used as a replacement of cement and marble sand as a replacement of sand. M30 mix of self-compaction concrete was opted for experimental purpose. Three different tests were conducted on fresh concrete and two tests on cured concrete cubes to understand its strength, for durability Acid and alkaline curing was opted. Finally, different results of all the tests will guide me to identify the appropriate percentage use of waste marble dust and marble sand for achieving the best result.


The data on breeding and performance records of Swedish Red and White (SRW) cows kept in a private organic dairy farm in Kelkit, Turkey, during the period from 2006 through 2009 were used to study the effect of some non-genetic factors such as calving year, calving season, parity, age of dam and sex of calf on the various milk and reproductive traits. The actual lactation milk yield, daily milk yield, peak daily milk, days to attain milk yield and lactation length averaged as 5887.2±94.9 kg, 19.9±0.3 kg, 31.5±0.3 kg, 79.4±2.7 days and 302.5±3.2 days, respectively. The actual lactation milk yield, days to attain peak milk yield and lactation length were significantly affected by calving year and calving season. The effect of the parity on the daily milk yield, peak daily milk yield and days to attain peak milk yield were significant (P<0.01). The least squares means for calving interval and gestation length were 380.2±4.3 days and 275.4±0.6 days, respectively. Age of dam and calving season significantly (P<0.01) affected the days open. Mean age at first calving of SRW cows raised organically was 26.4±0.2 months and was significantly affected by the calving years. Significant (P<0.01) and positive phenotypic correlations of the actual lactation milk yield with daily milk yield (r = 0.71), peak milk yield (r = 0.53), lactation length (r = 0.53), days open (r = 0.43), calving interval (r = 0.36) and days attain to peak milk yield (r = 0.14) (P<0.05) were determined. In conclusion, the significant effects of environmental variables must be taken into consideration when developing and comparing models to be used in adjusting data to provide the best estimates of genetic values and parameters in evaluation of SRW cattle reared organically in Turkey.


Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy is a supplemental treatment, in addition to the converntional approach, for patients with an underlying ischemic process. In Andrology, HBO is a therapeutic approach supplemental to surgical and medical options for some patients, mainly reported in the treatment of perineal necrotizing fasciitis (Fournier's gangrene). There were also case reports of successful management using the HBO therapy for posttraumatic ischemic injury, infertility caused by varicocele, hydrocele, testicular torsion, and erectile dysfunction.


The paper presents a scheme of passive control of seismic responses of long-span half-through arch bridges. Nonlinear dynamic analysis through state variables equation integration is employed to examine the seismic behavior of arch bridge with the supplemental nonlinear viscous dampers. Taking CaiYuanBa arch bridge in Chongqing as original model, the paper analyzes the effectiveness of seismic control of the bridge by support consistent and multi-support seismic excitation . The numerical results indicate that displacements are reduced effectively in both cases of seismic excitation input ,but internal force reduction in the case of multi-support excitation input is superior to that of support consistent excitation input.


Levels of vitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, and calcium were determined in the plasma of various captive and wild pinniped and cetacean species. Vitamin D (< 0.4–5 ng∙mL−1) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (4–84 ng∙mL−1) levels in the pinniped plasma were similar to those found in nonmarine mammals. 24,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D levels in seals (3–48 ng∙mL−1) were high compared with those of other mammals, and the ratios of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D to 25-hydroxyvitamin D in fasting pups were extremely high. The belugas and bottlenosed dolphins had very high levels of both 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D compared with the pinnipeds and other mammals, but plasma calcium levels were normal for these species of cetaceans.