Introduction: Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is the most common congenital anomaly in children requiring intervention for survival and quality of survival. The time and type of intervention and the nutritional status of the children are key determining factors of outcome. As per the prevalence, available resources and health seeking behavior, the clinical profile and nutritional status of CHD is likely to vary from centre to centre. The Rashtriya Bal Swasth Karyakram (RBSK) Scheme was launched in India in 2013 to address the 4D's; defects, deficiencies, diseases and developmental delay & disability among 0-18-year-old children. Objective: To compare the clinical profile and nutritional status of children with CHD admitted to two tertiary care teaching institutions, under the RBSK Scheme. Methods: Consecutive cases with Acyanotic CHD (ACHD) and Cyanotic CHD (CCHD) admitted to SAT Hospital, Govt. Medical College, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, India (Centre A) and SreeMookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekharam. Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu (Centre B), were evaluated for type of CHD and nutritional status and sociodemographic data. Results:The children attending the government facility in Kerala (Centre A) were mostly in born babies or referred from other hospitals. The children attending the private facility in Tamil Nadu (Centre B) were referred from camps and school health programs. The socio-economic status was comparable, and majority belonged to middle and lower class.The male to female ratio was comparable. In the government facility in Kerala, there were more infants less than 1 year of age where as in center B majority were above 1 year of age. In both centers, majority were underweight and had varying grades of stunting and wasting, indicating chronic and acute malnutrition respectively. Stunting was more in children with CCHD, with chronic hypoxia. ACHD was more, compared to CCHD, in both centers. Among ACHDs, VSD was more in Center A and ASD was more in Center B. Among CCHD, Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) was more common in both centres. Conclusion:There was significant difference in the age group and clinical pattern among the children with CHD, attending the two centers under the RBSK scheme, as per the referral pattern. Socio-economic status and male to female ratio were comparable. Majority were underweight, stunted and wasted, indicating both chronic and acute malnutrition, which is a known determinant of poor outcome. ACHD was more common than CCHD and VSD was more common in the early referral group and ASD in the late referral group. This comparative study is presented in view of its public health importance.


The paper discusses the highlights of the great changes which have taken places in market concept,the sense of competition,innovative spirit,team cooperation,management ideas and strategic thought in WISCO during the past 30 years' reform and opening-up,and explores the ideological drive of tremendous changes in WISCO.


Over the last six decades, international development assistance agencies have tried to introduce innovations in developing countries to stimulate development and improve the quality of life of the poor. The results have been mixed. This paper presents the results of an evaluation of a project introducing modern beekeeping practices to increase household incomes among small farmers in Vietnam. The Project exceeded its targets in terms of the number of farmers who adopted the innovation and the number of households with increased incomes. The farmers also reported development benefits beyond those originally envisioned - improved health, happier family relationships, and greater respect. The successful diffusion is attributed to the readily observable, personally and collectively felt benefits of beekeeping, harmony with the social practice of sharing, and the efforts of the change agent to reduce the complexity of the innovation and to integrate local farmers' knowledge in the training and extension activities.


This study aims to determine (1) the influence of brand predictability, (2) the influence of brand liking and (3) the effect of trust in the company on brand loyalty on Yamaha Nmax motorcycles in the city of Surakarta. This type of research uses a quantitative approach. The population in this study was the people of Surakarta city who owned Yamaha Nmax motorbikes. Sampling carried out in this study by non probability sampling a total sample of 100 respondents. This study uses primary data sources and data collection through questionnaire distribution. Methods Analysis of the data used in this study is the validity test, reliability test, multiple linear regression analysis test, F test, t test and coefficient of determination (R2). The results of this study indicate that the predictibility brand variable, Brand Liking, and Trust In Company can explain Brand Loyalty by 60.1% and the remaining 39.9% is explained by other variables not examined. Based on the research results obtained (1) predictability brand has a positive and significant effect on brand loyalty, (2) brand liking has a positive and significant effect on brand loyalty, (3) trust in the company has a positive and significant effect on brand loyalty.

Keywords: Brand Loyalty, Brand Predictability, Brand liking, Trust in the Company


Background Good knowledge conjoined with evident practice of postoperative nausea, and vomiting management is vital for the optimal management of patients. On the other hand, inadequate knowledge and poor practice of health professionals on postoperative nausea vomiting risk reduction and management come up with complications, reduce patient satisfaction, increase patient, and hospital costs. Objective To assess knowledge, practice, and predictors of knowledge regarding postoperative nausea and vomiting management among health professionals working in referral hospitals in northwest Ethiopia. Methods A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted on 407 health professionals from February 27 to March 30, 2019, in referral hospitals in northwest Ethiopia. Stratified random
Sampling followed by simple random sampling was used to select the study participants. Both bivariable and multivariable logistic regression were used to identify factors associated with the knowledge level of health professionals in PONV management. In the multivariable analysis, variables with a p-value <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results 52.8% of the study participants had good knowledge of PONV management (95% CI: 47.9-57.2). Male professionals were 1.95 times more likely knowledgeable as compared with females. The odds of physicians being knowledgeable were 5.36 times more likely than midwives, while the odds of anesthetists being knowledgeable were 3.88 times more likely than midwives. Professionals trained on PONV management were 5.32 (AOR: 5.32; 95%CI: 1.58, 17.89) times more likely knowledgeable than those who did not train. Conclusions Nearly fifty % of healthcare providers working in the perioperative working areas had poor knowledge of PONV management. Gender, profession, and training on PONV management were factors significantly affecting the knowledge level of health professionals. Regular training seminars, continuous professional development, adherence to the latest guidelines, and conducting clinical audits are recommended to increase knowledge and improve the practices of health professionals in postoperative nausea vomiting management.


In China, the Chinese subject is called "the mother of the encyclopedia." Learning Chinese well is the basic condition for learning other subjects well. Therefore, Chinese education has always undertaken the important task of teaching the mother tongue and cultural inheritance and has a great influence on the development process of China's education. Society is facing new opportunities and challenges since the 21st century, and all the mobile Internet, cloud computing, and Internet of Things achieve great development. Using the increasingly mature technology of data information collection, analysis, and processing can realize a more comprehensive evaluation of students in teaching activities. In the current upsurge of big data, it is more and more widely used in the field of education, such as learning analysis, network education platform, education information management platform, education AP, and smart campus. In this context, Chinese teaching needs more open courses, which requires us to organically integrate the existing information technology and Chinese teaching, and on this basis, integrate modern educational data sets and learning analysis technology into Chinese teaching and learning, to promote the improvement of the quality of language teaching and learning. The development of information technology in the intelligent era provides an opportunity for the establishment and application of an intelligent classroom. This paper constructs an intelligent and efficient new classroom equipped with smart devices teaching mode based on defining the concept and connotation of a classroom equipped with smart devices. The proposed model is combined with the current situation and the development of classrooms equipped with smart devices. It also analyzes the difficulties and pain points of traditional College Chinese teaching. The research results can provide a reference for the implementation of intelligent classroom teaching mode in College Chinese and other general courses in higher vocational colleges.


Electric conduction,stress and stress gradient control are two key points in fabricating plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition(PECVD) silicon carbide resonators.Metal tungsten was chosen to solve the first problem with corrosion prevention property in hydrofluoric acid,which can simplify technology process.The match sputtering condition of minimizing the stress of tungsten film was as follow: Argon pressure is 2.0 Pa,power is 300 W,and back sputtering.Annealing,ion-implantation and sputtering two layers of metal films were introduced to release stress gradient in multi-layers.The results show that no annealing,120 keV ion-implantation voltage,1.6×1016 cm-2 dosage are the best technological conditions to fabricate silicon carbide resonators.


In this paper a test bench of interior honing processes was studied, analyzed and adjusted in order to improve its performance. The system consists of a horizontal honing test machine where tubes are placed in a rotating device and a honing head, provided with three abrasive stones, that has alternative linear movement. The abrasive stones hone the interior surface of the tubes. The system has six sensors: for linear speed of the tool, for tangential speed of the part, for pressure of the abrasive stones on the surface of the part, for wear on the surface of the part, for wear on the surface of the abrasive stone and for the temperature of the part. The sensors were tested and their gain was modified from the software if necessary. For indirect sensors, it was explained how to obtain the final parameter from the signal of the sensor. In addition, when a disagreement was found between the selected values of some parameters of the test bench and the values recorded by the software during the process, the internal parameters of the software were also modified.


The differentiation between ventricular tachycardia (VT) and smus tachycardia (ST) is problematic in some patients with implantable defibrillators and/ or antitachycardia pacemakers. The Integral of the ventricular endocardial evoked response, or paced depolarization integral (PDI), has been demonstrated to undergo characteristic changes with a variety of stimuli including catecholamines, pacing rate, and exercise. We hypothesized that the PDI recorded from a unipolar transvenous right ventricular endocardial catheter would differentiate VT from ST. The PDI was calculated from a unipolar pacing stimulus, delivered via a cathode in the right ventricular apex, and the reference electrode, a quadripolar catheter positioned in the superior vena cava. PDIs were measured in 22 patients during VT and sinus rhythm. The PDI measured during sinus rhythm was 579 ± 240 μV‐sec and the PDI during VT was 894 ± 411 μV‐sec (P < 0.001). In a subset of seven patients, PDIs were measured during VT, sinus rhythm, and ST induced by catecholamine infusion or exercise. In this subset, the PDI during sinus rhythm was 645 ± 295 μV‐sec, during ST 588 ± 308 μV‐sec (9% decrease from sinus, P = 0.05), and during VT 863 ± 342 μV‐sec (33.9% increase, P = 0.01). These data indicate that the measurement of the PDI is potentially useful in differentiating VT from ST.


The dielectric substrate material is entirely important in terms of controlling bandwidth as well as radiation efficiency. The possibility of using appropriate dielectric materials for graphene antenna design has been explored and their effect on radiation characteristics of rectangular patch antenna such as return loss, bandwidth, gain, directivity, radiation efficiency, voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR), absorption cross section and radiation pattern has been further investigated. The present study performs to comparative analysis of graphene based nano patch antenna resonating around 2.9THz for five dielectric substrates namely duroid, polyamide, quartz, silica and silicon. Finite element method (FEM) based high frequency structure simulator (HFSS) software has been used for carrying out the numerical simulation. It is clear from the various results in terms of return loss, gain, radiation efficiency, bandwidth, front to back ratio and VSWR that the graphene nano patch antenna based on silicon substrate realizes better characteristic as compared to other substrate materials.


The music education of the academically talented in the secondary schools is part of a searching project to point the way to better education for the upper twenty percent of all students. This article is taken from a report originally prepared by Mr. Hartshorn for the biennial convention of the Music Educators National Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 1960.


Monte Carlo estimates of eight specific absorbed fractions associated with an I‐125 point source in water are presented for distances ranging from 1–10 cm.


A GPU-based visualization method of large forest scenarios simulation was proposed by using Cg language balance between scheduling CPU and GPU load.A scene roaming method based on pre-partition paging algorithms effective balanced the system consumption.On this basis,the visual simulation of Huangfengqiao Forest Farm achieved good results.


Abstract This contribution analyzes the participation and performance of Turkish students in Germany's education system—the country with the largest number of Turkish immigrants in Europe. As education is the main prerequisite for the successful socio‐economic integration of immigrants and their offspring, the results are worrying. Turkish children find themselves in unfavorable positions throughout the different stages of school education, and their academic competences, as tested in international studies like PISA, are clearly below average. This is mainly due to the low socio‐economic status and German language deficiencies of the average Turkish student. The German education system fails to provide adequate language training for children who speak non‐native mother languages and shows a strong tendency to reproduce social inequality.


In this project, computer image enhancement processing, learning and analysis were carried out on a large number of brain multimodal medical images (MRI) from patients and a deep convolutional neural network was established to generalize the mask mapping function paradigm of learning images and diseased areas, so as to achieve accurate classification of high-grade glioma (HGG) and low-grade glioma (LGG); the semantic segmentation whole tumor area (WT) was carried out.


The development and application of wireless telemetry technology is talked about in this paper. Through an example of an application, the important role that wireless telemetry technology played in the process of informatization is illustrated. Practice has proved that wireless telemetry technology has a lot of advantages like data communication covering a wide range , unlimited expansion ability , unrestricted intervention location etc. These wireless telemetry technology has a broad market prospects in practical application.


Driver drowsiness is a serious issue that poses a significant threat to road safety, as it can lead to accidents and injuries. In response to this problem, a thorough review of machine learning techniques for detecting driver drowsiness was conducted. The review examined a range of techniques, including more recent approaches that use machine learning and deep learning algorithms as well as different types of data sources driver behaviours, physiological signals, and vehicle behaviours. The primary objective of this paper was to critically analyse and provide a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art in detecting driver drowsiness, evaluate the effectiveness of each technique in terms of accuracy and reliability, and identify potential areas for future research and improvement. In order to achieve this, a systematic review of relevant research studies was undertaken. The review determined that machine learning-based techniques can improve the accuracy and reliability of driver drowsiness detection systems. However, certain limitations, such as the need for large amounts of data, feature extraction, and model structure, must be addressed. By overcoming these limitations, machine learning-based systems have the potential to enhance road safety and prevent accidents. In conclusion, this paper provides a thorough review of machine learning techniques for driver drowsiness detection, evaluates their effectiveness, identifies potential research directions, and highlights their significance and contribution to road safety. The insights gained from this study can be used to guide the development of more effective driver drowsiness detection systems and improve road safety for the community.


By analysing published research, and holding focus group discussions with counsellors, my thesis examines how the demands and practice of psychological measurement, understood as a scientific activity, have shaped, produced and constrained professional research and therapy concerning the effects of child sexual abuse.


A semiempirical treatment of the hydrogen bond based on a slightly modified Lippincott‐Schroeder potential has been used to construct potential surfaces for simultaneous hydrogen and oxygen motion in OH···O hydrogen bonds. The resulting potential curves have been used to interpret the changes in infrared spectra and in lattice dimensions in H‐bonded crystals on deuteration. The ferroelectricity of KH2PO4 is also discussed.


The present invention relates to a micro spray servo control system, includes a line connected to the line velocity sensor, a speed sensor is connected via the line converter and a signal injection control system, the control system includes a spray a controller equipped with a feed the metering pump is connected to the metering pump is connected through a solenoid valve of the spray tube, the spray tube is also connected to the compressor through a solenoid valve with the gas source switch, a nozzle tip of the spray tube. Advantageous effects of invention: The present invention between the speed signal, compressed air, trace amount of liquid to achieve the intelligent control; the amount of the liquid in the high pressure gas stream to achieve the quantitative control; by digital to analog signal conversion mode, improve the control precision; may be used antibacterial nano-rolled strip line trace antibacterial nano material spray system.


The impact of electromagnetic (thermal) radiation on the dispersive low-frequency waves is examined in a radiative dusty magnetoplasma. For this purpose, a magneto-hydrodynamic model along with the Maxwell equations is employed to describe the three-component radiative dusty plasma that contains inertialess electrons, dynamical positive ions and negatively charged static dust particulates. The behavior of the electrostatic and electromagnetic waves significantly changes in a plasma medium when a radiation pressure is taken into consideration, as compared to the waves in vacuum. After seeking a plane wave solution, a general dispersion relation is obtained to investigate different limiting cases of the low-frequency modes propagating parallel, perpendicular and oblique to the external magnetic field direction both analytically and numerically. The calculations reveal that the usual thermal and acoustic speeds (cT, ca) do not remain constant even if the temperature is kept constant, because of the radiation pressure ( α ˜ e ) which strongly depends on the equilibrium number density as well. The present results may prove a useful understanding for the new features of the dispersive dust-ion-acoustic and compressional Alfven waves in astrophysical dusty magnetoplasmas.


AbstractThe range of diecasting machines has increased, in size and locking force, making possible the production of engine cylinder blocks, transmission housings, and other large and complex components, especially in aluminium alloys. Instrumentation has been developed to measure and control the speed and pressure of metal injection, temperature control of the dies, measurement of machine locking force, and oscillographic monitoring of the diecasting process, sometimes with a computer built into the equipment. Large diecasting plants can now receive molten aluminium alloy consignments direct from the secondary metal smelter. In molten-metal handling in the diecasting plant, further developments are being made in furnace design, both for bulk metal melting of scrap, runners, and ingots and in the bale-out furnaces adjacent to the diecasting machines. Several producers of zinc alloy diecastings are now making their own alloy, under carefully controlled conditions. During the past ten years most diecasting ...


M. L. Greenhut, M. J. Hwang, and H. Ohta have done an excellent job in pointing out the overly rigid assumptions of my model of motor carrier price discrimination (that is, constant elasticity of demand and perfect competition among shippers) and my incorrect interpretation of some of the results (that is, failing to recognize that the absolute difference between motor carrier rates and motor carriers costs increases with distance even though their ratio declines). Furthermore, they have developed a much more general model to explain why motor carrier discrimination varies with distance. If one assumes that elasticity of demand increases as the price of the good increases (a very logical assumption), then distant consumers will have more elastic demands and the difference between the profit maximizing motor carrier rate and motor carrier cost will decline. There are only two points in their paper with which I wish to disagree. In Figure 1, they show that under my assumptions the absolute difference between motor carrier rates and motor carrier costs increases with distance, thus making the difference between price of good and cost of producing and shipping it greater in distant than in near markets. This fact leads thenm to state later that " . . . resale possibilities by nearer buyers militate against the use of this type of price discrimination." Resale of goods between two markets is profitable if the difference in price of the good between the two markets is greater than the additional shipping costs. Suppose there is a buyer at a short distance m from the original producer who is considering reselling to another buyer at a greater distance M, from the original producer. The distance between the two buyers is M-m. Assume that the motor carrier cost of shipping a good, K, is broken into its terminal and line-haul elements, Ko and m. Then the cost of hauling from the producer to the nearby buyer Km, can be expressed as:


Coaches have an important role in team success. So, it is necessary to use effective systems to select, attract, maintain, evaluate and develop coaches. 360 degree feedback is one of the recent evaluation systems that can provide more realistic and accurate evaluation of individuals' performance by gathering approaches of different groups that have relations with those individuals. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of volleyball national team coaches using 360 degree feedback. Statistical population of this study included all male and female athletes, (head) coaches and supervisors of volleyball national team in different age levels. For collecting data, "performance evaluation criteria for national team coaches questionnaire" was used that was provided by Shafiei (2009). In this questionnaire, 40 criteria in 4 total subscales including managerial skills, technical skills, social skills and personality characters were designed. Results showed that there was no significant difference between athletes, peer coaches, supervisors and self-appraisal evaluation results in managerial, technical and social and personality skills. Also, out of 40 investigated skills, there was a significant difference among groups in 19 skills. Finally, necessary feedbacks were provided to optimize coaches' behavior through finding differences in coaches' perspectives and recognizing their weaknesses and strengths.


Let $P_n$ represent the path of size $n$. Let $K_{1,m-1}$ represent a star of size $m$ and be denoted by $S_{m}$. Given a two coloring of the edges of a complete graph $K_{j \times s}$ we say that $K_{j \times s}\rightarrow (P_n,S_{m+1})$ if there is a copy of $P_n$ in the first color or a copy of $S_{m+1}$ in the second color. The size Ramsey multipartite number $m_j(P_n, S_{m+1})$ is the smallest natural number $s$ such that $K_{j \times s}\rightarrow (P_n,S_{m+1})$. Given $j,n,m$ if $s=\left\lceil \dfrac{n+m-1-k}{j-1} \right\rceil$, in this paper, we show that the size Ramsey numbers $m_j(P_n,S_{m+1})$ is bounded above by $s$ for $k=\left\lceil \dfrac{n-1}{j} \right\rceil$. Given $j\ge 3$ and $s$, we will obtain an infinite class $(n,m)$ that achieves this upper bound $s$. In the later part of the paper, will also investigate necessary and sufficient conditions needed for the upper bound to hold.


IN T RO DU C T IO N Charge-based separation methods play an important role in characterization studies and quality control strategies for biotherapeutics. For the analysis of charged species of antibodies, ion exchange chromatography (IEX) has a widespread use in the biopharmaceutical industry for its ability to resolve species related to protein conformation, size, sequence variants, glycosylation, and post-translational modifications. The capability to perform protein characterization under non-denaturing conditions combined with the ability to isolate charge variants easily has both contributed to the popularity of IEX in charge variant analysis of biotherapeutics.


Introduction: We argue that in order to classify and thoroughly investigate the formation, history and provenance of chondrules, exhaustive and systematic textual and mineralogical observations are required. While we acknowledge that long-standing mineralogical-textural classifications for chondrules exist, they obscure relevant data. For example, many workers would class a chondrule with radiating spinifex textured olivine and pyroxene (Figure 1A) identically to another with coarse subhedral olivine and skeletal pyroxene (Figure 1B). This conventional approach homogenizes two vastly different textures. Moreover, these schemes overlook micron-scale features, such as mesostasis crystals and zoned pyroxene that may provide invaluable insight into chondrule history.


Ultrasonic digital data were collected from underclad cracks in sample reactor pressure vessel blocks. These blocks were weld cladded under different processes to simulate conditions in US Pressurized Water Reactors. These data were used to develop algorithms for automatic crack depth sizing. Each crack was represented by a flaw echo dynamic curve, which is a plot of the ultrasonic transducer position on the surface as a function of the signal response along direction of beam propagation. Crack depth sizing was performed by identifying in the dynamic curve the diffracted signals from the crack upper and lower tips. Signal processing routines were developed to quantify and validate the crack tip signals. Deconvolution was used in the visualization of the phase reversal that must exist between tip signals and in quantifying signal similarity. The complex spectrum was used in comparing the tip ensemble spectra. It was found that valid data for sizing always exhibited a predictable spectral shape. This report describes the experimental procedure, digital signal processing methods used and the algorithms developed for automatic crack depth sizing.


ABSTRACT This study sought to determine whether emerging adults with a history of arrest differed on reported experiences of direct violence victimization (DVV), as well as measures of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and aggression. We administered self-report measures to 535 diverse college students. Results revealed that 64 participants reported a history of arrest. Participants with a history of arrest reported significantly higher scores on measures of aggression, as well as a greater number of DVV experiences, when compared to a comparable random sample of participants with no history of arrest. When the total sample was examined, there was no direct relationship between DVV and history of arrest. However, we found evidence for the mediating effect of aggression between the two variables. Our findings suggest that, among emerging adults who have experienced DVV, high levels of aggression may play a role in criminal justice involvement.


Border matching and gathering of farmland classification is an important aspect in the farmland classification work,and relates the scientificity of farmland classification result.This paper firstly analyzes the cause on the result of farmland classification,and then discusses in detail the foundation,principles and implication of standard plot.In conclusion,it is realistic and feasible to construct the indicator system for evaluating the quality of standard plot,to establish analogy system of standard plot,and to calculate the border-matching coefficient of farmland which is applied to the result gathering of farmland classification,and which is meaningful for the establishment of integration regulations for classification on farmland.


Radio sonobuoy is a kind of effective,little limited with region and convenient equipment to detect submarine.A lot of factors should be considered when using sonobuoy balk to search submarine,the most important factor is detection probability.This paper researches the detection probability of sonobuoy at beat,and gives mathematic model and tentative analysis of it.


Optimization is a common method to improve the performance of a stock portfolio. However, it was unclear what performance to expect for a risk switch (RS) strategy and a moving average adjusted long only momentum (MA MOM) strategy as a benchmark. The research question was: how does a RS strategy with optimized portfolios perform in comparison to equal weights and to a benchmark for U.S. stocks? In this study, high Betas during winter and low Idiosyncratic Volatility during summer were computed to construct the RS portfolios. The computations required to consider a capital asset price model, Sharpe ratios, Efficient Frontier, F-test next to others. I find in this study that an optimization was only most profitable for a RS strategy, with a percentile range of rRS [0.56; 2.52% per month] during 2009 until 2019, and for Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market data. The findings are relevant for investors and portfolio managers who optimize portfolios and are interested to apply a RS or a MA MOM strategy.


The study was conducted from November to December 2013, as a continuation of the study of the financial and economic plan of the establishment and operation of Terminal Agribusiness Payakumbuh . Management analysis carried out on the basis of principles of effectiveness, efficiency,
and synchronization with existing regulations, to produce an operational strategy recommendations the Payakumbuh agribusiness terminal management policy for 10 years. The study recommends that in order to run effectively and efficiently, the Payakumbuh Agribusiness Terminal operationalized with three institutional management models applied in stages . The first phase ( pilot phase ), the management carried out by the Department of Agriculture is in the structure of local government with the establishment of the Regional Technical Implementation Unit. The second stage (development and stabilization phase), the management through the establishment of the business of professional staff assisted by the Board of Trustees. The third stage ( independent phase), through the management of the Joint Company.


Critical thinking, in educational practice, can be more easily approached and trained for students by use of informal contents such as literature, movie, or story telling than by formal logical contents. In this paper, I suggest that Les Misérable, as an example, is one of good teaching materials of critical thinking education. The rationale for this is that familiar literary works arouse common interests of students who have a variety of majors. And critical thinking education with arguments can exert its true value only when it leads students to motivation, theoretical understanding, embodying, and practical application. To show that Les Miserables satisfies this standard, I have introduced first person view summery of the novel and illustrated how various arguments and fallacies can be extracted from the classical literature.


In recently years, with the improvement of modernization, people's traditional living styles have been leave far away, this is not only the result of the progress in material, but also the influence of varies elements. The new living style is also influenced by the traditional culture slowly. To create a humanistic residence will become a new point in the resident design.


In recent years, mental health management of employees in companies has become increasingly important. As the number of psychotherapists is not enough, it is necessary for employees to be able to keep their mental wellness on their own. A self-guided mental healthcare course using VR devices has been developed, and its stress reduction effect has been validated previously. This study proposes a new version of the course using smartphones and chatbots to enhance its convenience for use and to maintain user motivation for daily and repeated use. The effects of stress reduction and motivation maintenance were acknowledged.


An experiment was carried out in the open top chambers for elucidating the effect of CO 2 enrichment on CH 4 emission from rice.Significant stimulation of CO 2 enrichment on CH 4 emission was found in the tillering,panicle initiation,booting,grain filling and maturity stages with the CH 4 emission increments of 253%,288%,273% and 157%,respectively.The highest flux,1 91mgCH 4·d -1 ·p -1 ,occurred in 106 days after transplanting.We propose that the increase in rice root biomass and root exudate might be the major reason for the stimulation of CH 4 emission.


The paper studies the capacity planning problem in the TFT-LCD production chain. Due to two significant trends, the capacity planning decision gradually becomes an important strategic issue to which TFT-LCD industry paid attention. First is the increase of product types which causes a wide range of product groups, such as mobile, monitor, notebook, TV and industrial display are produced. The second trend is the advances of new technology which cause multiple generations of technologies coexist in each manufacturing stage and production site. This paper proposes a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) to formulate the capacity planning which considers many practical characteristics and constraints in TFT-LCD production chain. A heuristic algorithm is developed to solve the MILP model.


The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that North Carolina's Dental Board cannot ban non-dentists from offering teeth-whitening service, upholding the Federal Trade Commission's finding that…


In many applications, it is natural to use interval data to describe various kinds of uncertainties. This paper is concerned with an interval neural network with a hidden layer. For the original interval neural network, it might cause oscillation in the learning procedure as indicated in our numerical experiments. In this paper, a smoothing interval neural network is proposed to prevent the weights oscillation during the learning procedure. Here, by smoothing we mean that, in a neighborhood of the origin, we replace the absolute values of the weights by a smooth function of the weights in the hidden layer and output layer. The convergence of a gradient algorithm for training the smoothing interval neural network is proved. Supporting numerical experiments are provided.


The purpose of the study is the global financial crisis before, during and after the return correlations between developed and developing stock markets to demonstrate the benefits of international diversification, and whether it is valid to examine whether there is the effect of financial contagion. For this purpose, the study was carried out for 24 developed and 21 emerging market in the period of January 31 1990-21 September 2012. The results achieved show in the period before the financial crisis, the relationship between stock returns are relatively low, increased during the financial crisis, the fall in the period after the financial crisis, but is still high compared to the period before the financial crisis. Findings show that the benefits of international diversification is reduced during the financial crisis rather slightly increased in the period after the financial crisis, but it is still very low compared to the period before the financial crisis. The findings indicate evidence of the existence of financial contagion effects during the period of financial crisis between developed and emerging markets.


Micromilling of NiTi shape-memory alloys (SMA) places high demands on tools and machining processes. NiTi is classified as a difficult-to-cut material due to its special properties. A new approach to machine NiTi with higher process flexibility is the application of ball nose cutters in micromilling processes. The article presents the latest results of the simulation-based analysis of five-axis micromilling processes of NiTi SMA. The emphasis is placed on the influence of different tool inclinations, the range of applicable cutting speeds, and a comparison of different machining properties of martensitic and austenitic NiTi alloys. Furthermore, this simulation-based approach helps in exploring new possibilities to optimize the NC-code programming of milling.


An experiment was conducted to study the effect of root rot fungus Fusarium solani on the growth of the plant, number of pods, chlorophyll, carotenoid, nitrogen and phosphorus content and nitrate reducatse activity on an important pulse crop lentil by inoculating the plants with variable inoculum levels from 0.25 g to 4.00 g fungal mycelial mat per kg soil. A reduction was observed in all the plant growth, biochemical and nutrient parameters as the inoculum level increased, with a significant reduction taking place at and above the inoculum level of 1.00 g mycelial mat per kg soil. Maximum damage to the plant was recorded at the highest inoculum level i.e. 4.00 g mycelial mat per kg soil. The percentage of root rot was directly proportional to the inoculum level, highest being on 4.00g mycelial mat per kg soil.


Field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based time-to-digital converters (TDCs) suffer from large bin width variations. This issue imposes performing a calibration process to compensate the nonlinearity of the TDC. The most commonly used calibration technique is the bin–by-bin calibration that can improve the differential nonlinearity (DNL) of the TDC up to 10 times. In this paper, we propose a new robust calibration method for asynchronous TDCs and compare it with the bin-by-bin method. The simulation results showed that the proposed method is less sensitive to the nonlinearity of the TDC, and an improvement of more than 100 times can be achieved in regard to the DNL of the non-calibrated TDC. These results have been confirmed by experimental measurements made on an asynchronous TDC implemented on a Cyclone V SoC-FPGA kit. Density code tests were performed to measure the root mean square (RMS) DNL of the TDC and those of the calibrated histograms for the two methods. For a TDC with a DNL of 0.71 least significant bit (LSB), the DNL of the calibrated histogram is 0.053 LSB for the classical bin-by-bin method and 0.005 LSB, i.e., 10 times better, for the proposed method.


Background : The colorectal adenoma-carcinoma sequence represents a well-known paradigm for the sequential development of cancer driven by the accumulation of genomic defects. Although the colorectal adenoma-carcinoma sequence has been well investigated, the studies about tumors of different dignity co-existent in the same patient are rare. K-ras mutation is an early genetic change in colon cancer. The genes involved in the cell cycle such as cyclin D1, p16, and p53 are important in the tumorigenesis of the colon. The aims of this study were to determine K-ras gene mutation and expression of K-ras, p16, cyclin D1 and p53 in synchronous lesions of the colon adenoma-carcinoma sequences and their possible relationship with K-ras mutation. Methods : The materials included 45 colonic adenocarcinomas which were accompanied by adenoma (22 low grade and 26 high grade). By using polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformational polymorphism (PCR-SSCP), we detected K-ras mutation of codon 12. An aberrant K-ras, p16, cyclin D1 and p53 expressions were stained using an immunohistochemical method. Results : K-ras mutation was 52.4% (11/21) of high grade adenomas. K-ras expression was 65.4% (17/26) of high grade adenomas. p16 and cyclin D1 expressions were 50% (11/22) and 90.9% (20/22) of low grade adenomas, respectively. p53 expression was 75.6% (34/45) of adenocarcinomas. There were statistical correlations among K-ras, p16 and cyclin D1. Conclusions : These results indicate that the ras gene mutation is an early event and the overexpressions of p16, cyclin D1 and p53 are associated with K-ras mutation and expression in adenoma-carcinoma sequences.


A model is proposed to explain rights arbitrator willingness to accept interest arbitration cases. Findings suggest that rights arbitrators are more likely to accept interest arbitration cases if they are younger, they are not a NAA member, they have strong beliefs in their ability to render interest arbitration decisions, and they have more experience handling interest arbitration cases. The proposed model accounted for just under half the variance (Adjusted R2 = 0.48) in rights arbitrator willingness to accept interest arbitration cases. Study limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.


The objective of this paper is to find a dynamic model that allows us to analyze and understand the underlying relationships between technology and employment. We will begin showing some data that illustrates the employment situation in the world and particularly in Spain, as well as its connection with other variables such as productivity, economic growth, quality of employment, the length of the workday, wage levels, and so on. We will then propose a model that allows us to characterize the link between technology and employment, or more appropriately, between technological development and employment. To show the complexity of this relationship a series of sub-models, with an increasing level of detail and precision, will be built. Various economic doctrines will be analyzed, which offer different perspectives about this issue. Then we approach the problem analytically, leading to a mathematical model of relations between technology and employment, so we can know how different magnitudes related with employment (number of employees, productivity, demand, salaries, etc.) evolve under a change in technology. Our model will allow the modification of the considered parameters, so that they can be adjusted to the realities of the economy at any given moment. Finally we perform a sensitivity analysis, which reveals very useful in the development of effective policies to increment the employment in a given economy.


Background and Objectives  Parvovirus B19 (B19V) DNA screening has been introduced to comply with European regulations for certain plasma products. Current commercial and some in‐house B19V DNA assays fail to detect or under‐quantify the recently identified genotypes 2 and 3. In this report, we describe 2‐year experience with B19V DNA screening using the commercial assay from Roche (detecting only genotype 1) combined with an in‐house assay (detecting genotypes 1, 2 and 3). This dual testing approach enables the identification of molecular variants of B19V.


We investigated the petrography of the Dalembert tuff, an assemblage of pyroclastic flows, in two sections named the Dalembert and Reneault sections. Tuffs in the Dalembert section consist of pumice, plagioclase crystals, and a polymict assemblage of lithic fragments probably derived from sub-aerial lavas. The size of plagioclase quench crystals varies somewhat across a thick (about 15 m) graded unit, proving eruption of hot pumice flows, but the tuffs are unwelded. The features suggest the eruption of overflowing glowing avalanches, and emplacement of the cold tuff under the sea.Plagioclase-phyric basaltic andesite, very similar to the pumice of the Dalembert section except for its poor vesiculation, comprises more than 95% of the tuffs in the Reneault section. A few dacite fragments are the accessory component. These features suggest derivation from collapsing domes or spines.The Dalembert section is representative of the Dalembert tuff as a whole, whereas the facies exposed at Reneault is a local varia...


The transient Hartmann flow of an electrically conducting viscous incompressible non-Newtonian power-law fluid between two parallel horizontal non-conducting porous plates is studied with heat transfer, without neglecting the Hall effect. A sudden uniform and constant pressure gradient, an external uniform magnetic field that is perpendicular to the plates, and uniform suction and injection through the surface of the plates are applied. The two plates are kept at different but constant temperatures, while the Joule and viscous dissipations are taken into consideration. Numerical solutions for the governing nonlinear momentum and energy equations are obtained using finite difference approximations. The effect of the Hall term, the parameter describing the non-Newtonian behavior, and the velocity of suction and injection on both the velocity and temperature distributions as well as the dissipation terms are examined.


Using SIT to control Anoplophora glabripennis the proper irradiation dose of γ rays is 70~90 Gy and the dose rate is 1 5 Gy/min for adults 7~10 days after emergency. Field release test showed that the population of A.glabripennis could be suppressed with release ratio of 5∶1. The major problem is artificial rearing of this species.


OBJECTIVES
Children's additional health and developmental needs are often first identified by teachers when they begin school. This study estimates the Grade 3 literacy and numeracy outcomes of children with teacher-identified additional needs emerging in the first year of school, including the added burden conferred by socioeconomic disadvantage.

METHODS
Population linked data (N=42,619) was analysed from the Australian Early Development Census, which includes teacher reports on children's health and development at school entry, and the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy, a direct assessment of reading and numeracy skills at Grade 3. Linear regression analyses were used to estimate associations between emerging needs and learning outcomes, adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics. The combined effect of emerging needs and low maternal education (an indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage) on academic outcomes was examined by estimating the relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI).

RESULTS
Emerging health and developmental needs at school entry was associated with lower reading (b=-26.86, 95%CI=-29.19, -24.52) and numeracy (b=-24.39, 95%CI=-26.43, -22.35) outcomes at Grade 3. The combined effect of emerging needs and socioeconomic disadvantage was greater than expected when their individual effects are summed (RERI=0.38, 95%CI 0.22, 0.55 for reading and RERI=0.27, 95%CI 0.10, 0.43 for numeracy).

CONCLUSION
In the current study, emerging health and developmental needs identified by teachers at the outset of schooling was associated with poorer literacy and numeracy skills at Grade 3, and family socioeconomic disadvantage appeared to further amplify this effect. Meeting the needs of these children will require timely and coordinated supports across the health and education systems, particularly for those children who are also disadvantaged.


In the recent decade the internet has gained importance as a medium for information and entertainment. Many 'old economy' enterprises discovered new possibilities to reduce e.g. advertisement costs taking advantage of this new medium. A lot of 'new economy' enterprises were founded in order to base their business model solely on advantages the Internet offers. In such an environment where turnover is generated by the users visiting a web site or purchasing goods or services using a web site, performance and uptime are crucial factors for being successful. As recent events have shown, a downtime due to hard / software failure or Denial of Service attacks causes the loss of transactions and turnover during the downtime and may inflict a considerable damage to a company's public image. In this paper we demonstrate a systematic approach for evaluating the performance of a web server. We will apply this approach in the analysis of an existing Web Site, serving mainly requests involving data base transactions. The objective of the case study is to identify the most performing technique for web-based data base access.


Digital business transformation is the use of technology that creates new business models, processes, software, and systems to generate increased revenue, competitive advantage, and efficiency of an Organisation. The emergence of digital business transformation is triggered by dynamic market changes and changes in consumer behavior in the use of technology and is triggered by the Coronavirus Disease 19 (Covid-19) pandemic. The impact of factors mentioned above affects medium-sized enterprises, in this case, the creative agency that is the research object. To assist creative agencies in maintaining their business, a guideline in the form of a digital business transformation framework is needed because there has not been a framework that can provide measurable guidance for digital business transformation in the sector. Researchers developed this framework using Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM). Evaluation of the proposed framework using a questionnaire with internal company respondents resulted that the aspect of people stating that 92% helped the digital business transformation in the scope of people's involvement in it. However, there was a percentage of 8% stated that they had not measurably minimized the impact of the change. While the results of the technology aspect stated that 100% had been able to help form a technology change team. Finally, the results of the process aspect stated that 100% had been able to explain and achieve the company's KPIs. The conclusion is that all of these aspects have digital business transformations, and the proposed framework can be used as a guide to influence in a structured and measurable way.


The strength properties of structural particleboard are critically important factors. In designing a particular particleboard, a series of experiments can be run to determine the effect of a particular combination of factors. Modeling could be used as an alternative approach. Simulation modeling is one of the modeling techniques that can be fast and cost-effective. Structural particleboard was modeled in this study as a multilayer system that consists of a number of thin and uniform layers that exhibit different strength properties between layers, but the same properties within each layer. The effective modulus of elasticity of a board is a resultant of the combined effect of the modulus of all the layers. The modulus of rupture was obtained by determining the ultimate force or maximum moment during the simulated bending test. Internal bond strength was modeled using a modified regression equation.


Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) represents a rare, aggressive malignancy. We analyzed factors predictive for overall survival (OS) and treatment modality utilization.


Epitaxial growth of Zn1−xMgxS alloy thin films on GaP(100) substrates was carried out using the molecular-beam-epitaxy technique. In situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction studies show that the alloys can be grown with a stable zinc-blende structure up to x around 30%. For x>30%, a structural transition will occur at a critical thickness which is sensitively dependent on the x composition. A near-band-edge peak with a full width at half maximum of about 10 nm was observed in room-temperature photoluminescence measurements made on as-grown alloy thin films. Several Zn1−xMgxS-based Schottky barrier photodetectors were fabricated. Room-temperature photoresponse measurements were performed on these detectors and abrupt long-wavelength cutoffs covering 325, 305, 295, and 270 nm were achieved for devices with Mg composition of 16%, 44%, 57%, and 75%, respectively. The response curve of the Zn0.43Mg0.57S device offers a close match to the erythemal action spectrum that describes human skin sensitivity ...


The invention discloses a five-finger-type finger vein recognition gun cabinet which comprises a cabinet body, the surface of a vein image acquisition device is provided with a metal palm groove, the vein image acquisition device is electrically connected with an image processing device, an image recognition and storage device is electrically connected with a controller, the controller is electrically connected with an electric control lock and an alarm device, the metal palm groove is electrically connected with a high-voltage electrode, a miniature transformer is electrically connected with an electric control switch, and the controller is connected with the electric control switch. The structure of the vein image acquisition device is adopted for the gun cabinet, comparison with the prestored vein information of an unlocking person for conducting unlocking is conducted, the gun cabinet is opened, the situations of false claiming and steal are avoided, the structure of the high-voltage electrode is adopted, when recognition of the gun cabinet cannot be compared, the high-voltage electrode can be generated to conduct electric shock on the unlocking person, coma is caused to the unlocking person, and arresting is facilitated.


Objective:To develop an optimal process for hyperin extraction from Acanthopana sessiliflorus(Rupr.et Maxim.) leaves.Methods:The major factors affecting hyperin extraction yield were ethanol concentration,extraction time and liquid-tosolid ratio.They were optimized using central composite design and response surface methodology.Multiple linear regression and quadratic polynomial fitting of experimental data obtained from central composite design were carried out to set up a mathematical model with hyperin extraction yield as a function of the above factors.Their optimal values were chosen using ridge analysis and verified experimentally.Results:The optimal conditions for the extraction of hyperin were found to be:ethanol concentration 69.80%,liquid-to-solid ratio 23.17:1 and extraction time 86.56 min.Conclusion:Central composite design and response surface methodology are suitable for optimizing the extraction of hyperin from Acanthopana sessiliflorus leaves.This method is simple,convenient and accurate.


Numerical models being one of the major tools for sediment dynamic studies in complex coastal waters are now benefitting from remote sensing images that are easily available for model inputs. The present study explored various methods of integrating remote sensing ocean color data into a numerical model to improve sediment transport prediction in a tide-dominated bay in Hong Kong, Deep Bay. Two sea surface sediment datasets delineated from satellite images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectra-radiometer (MODIS) were assimilated into a coastal ocean model of the bay for one tidal cycle. It was found that remote sensing sediment information enhanced the sediment transport model ability by validating the model results with in situ measurements. Model results showed that root mean square errors of forecast sediment both at the surface layer and the vertical layers from the model with satellite sediment assimilation are reduced by at least 36% over the model without assimilation.


This paper proposes a novel fault location algorithm based on the traveling-waves for three-terminal transmission lines. Three signal processing tools are used to show the performance of the proposed fault location methodology. The suggested algorithm is based on the application of the arrival time of first wave head at all terminals. Then, fault location indices are used to determine the fault section and the fault location. Simulation results confirm that the proposed method has high accuracy under different fault conditions for three-terminal transmission lines with arbitrary configuration.


The plant defence activator acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM; Actigard 50 WG) and a non pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum strain (FOM; Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis) were assayed on eggplant seedlings for its ability to induce resistance against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melongenae. Pre-treatment of eggplants with ASM and FOM significantly reduced the severity of the disease. The lowest disease ratings were detected at a time interval of 72 h between treatment and pathogen inoculation. With this interval, disease severity in ASM and FOM-treated plants was reduced to 30.1% and 20.1%, respectively, while positive control was 91.0%, at 21th day after inoculation. Microscopical studies showed a strong correlation between the interval of inducerpathogen inoculation and lignin accumulation in xylem cells undergoing hypersensitive reactions, whereas no staining were observed in negative control plants. Intense lignin accumulation in xylem vessels indicate both treatments are able induce resistance in eggplant against this disease


The new millennium marketer post covid-19 is faced with a host of challenges and opportunities. Challenges in the form of discerning and knowledgeable prospect/customer base coupled with availability of a plethora of choices which has made the marketers job complicated. The objective of this paper is to reiterate the need for CRM initiatives and corresponding marketing strategies in lieu of covid-19 which the consumer forums and consumerism prevails. The marketers' job is thus defined and implied (i.e., CRM practice to be imbibed and executed in letter and spirit). Consumerism on the other hand is an established and accepted (albeit with resistance) practice. Consumer exercises his/her right in the event of nonperformance or underperformance of the product or service. Be it known that CRM as a marketing tool as compared to consumerism are entities that vests with one, the marketer/company and the other, with the consumer. CRM when practiced in totality is the answer to consumerism. © This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.


This paper presents an experimental setup and measurement of pressure coefficient on a static model of an irregular shape building with pressure taps mounted on it, in a boundary layer wind tunnel. The building is the future sports hall in Oradea and it will be 23,05 m heigh. This research helped the civil engineers in the design process of the envelope and the structure itself because the design codes do not contain all forms of buildings, especially the irregular ones.


Abstract : A circuit is described which combines RF gating, phase shifting, and amplitude adjustment. It is well suited for most multiple pulse, phase coherent nuclear magnetic resonance experiments. The electronics are entirely solid state, consisting of passive elements for both gating and phase shifting and an IC amplifier for gain control.


The last ca. 50 ka of environmental variability across mid-latitude New Zealand is recorded by the lacustrine sediments of a Late-Quaternary crater maar, Lake Pupuke (36 47.25'S, 175 46.25'E; Auckland, NZ). Diatom O and Si stable isotope data (δO, δSi) show evidence for the timing of MIS 1, onset and termination of MIS 2 and termination of MIS 3.5. Several millennial scale short-term warm, competitive events are marked by relatively high isotope values that correspond to lesser diatom O-discrimination.


This paper examines the conflict between the autist pride movement and the animal rights movement over Peter Singer"s use of the "Argument from Marginal Cases." It is written from the perspective of a person who is an autist and a committed animal rights activist. This paper radically reframes the conflict using an approach which is both non-dualistic and reconciliatory. A "linked oppressions" model builds solidarity and fosters coexistence, thus bridging the divide between the disability and the animal rights movements. A radical reframing of the conflict can lead to a possible truce, if not constructive alliance building between these two disparate movements.


We report test results for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in an occupational group of postgraduate research students and current members of staff at King's College London. Between June and July 2020, antibody testing kits were sent to n=2296 participants; n=2004 (86.3%) responded, of whom n=1882 (93.9%) returned valid test results. Of those that returned valid results, n=124 (6.6%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, with initial comparisons showing variation by age group and clinical exposure.


Objective: Explore and discuss the diagnosis and treatment of cystic duct bile leakage after cholecystectomy.Methods: 3 cases of cystic duct bile leakage were treated by non-surgery way of abdominal drainage.Results: 3 patients recovered successfully and were performed extubation 3 ~ 5 weeks after the treatment.Conclusion: The conventional drainage is an effective way of treating cystic duct bile leakage.


The usability of the web pages is assessed using some statistical models. Researchers argue that many usability results and recommendations lack empirical and experimental data. Universities web pages are chosen as subjects for this work. Series of experiments have been conducted to investigate into the usability and design of the universities web pages. Prototype web pages have been developed according to the structured methodologies of web pages design and development. Four universities web pages were evaluated together with the prototype web pages using a questionnaire which was designed according to the Human Computer Interactions (HCI) concepts. The data collected was analyzed using correlation and regression models. The correlation analysis showed that there were significant positive and negative correlations between many items. The regression analysis revealed that the most significant factors (items) that contributed to the best model of the universities web pages design and usability were: multimedia in the web pages, the web pages icons (alone) organization and design, and graphics attractiveness. The results showed some of the limitations of some heuristics used in conventional interface system design and proposed some additional heuristics in web pages design and usability.


Objective To observe the protective effect of ginseng protein against radiation injury in mice.MethodsThe model was made in mice by ~(60)Co-γ radiation.The quantity of peripheral white blood cells(WBC)and bone marrow cells micronucleus were counted,respectively.The activity of SOD in red blood cell,the content of MDA in hepar,and the weight of thymus and spleen were determined,respectively.ResultsGinseng protein could increase the quantity of WBC,the activity of SOD and index of spleen and thymus organ,reduce the quantity of bone marrow cells micronucleus and the content of MDA.ConclusionGinseng protein is effective in protecting the γ-radiation injury in mice.


Electricity is the most powerful energy source in the world. Engineer and technologist combined and cooperated to invent a new low-cost technology and free carbon emission where the carbon emission issue is a major concern now due to global warming. Renewable energy sources such as hydro, wind and wave are becoming widespread to reduce the carbon emissions, on the other hand, this effort needs several novel methods, techniques and technologies compared to coal-based power. Power quality of renewable sources needs in depth research and endless study to improve renewable energy technologies. The aim of this project is to investigate the impact of renewable electric generator on its local distribution system. The power farm was designed to connect to the local distribution system and it will be investigated and analyzed to make sure that energy which is supplied to customer is clean. The MATLAB tools are used to simulate the overall analysis. At the end of the project, a summary of identifying various voltage fluctuates data sources is presented in terms of voltage flicker. A suggestion of the analysis impact of wave power generation on its local distribution is also presented for the development of wave generator farms.Electricity is the most powerful energy source in the world. Engineer and technologist combined and cooperated to invent a new low-cost technology and free carbon emission where the carbon emission issue is a major concern now due to global warming. Renewable energy sources such as hydro, wind and wave are becoming widespread to reduce the carbon emissions, on the other hand, this effort needs several novel methods, techniques and technologies compared to coal-based power. Power quality of renewable sources needs in depth research and endless study to improve renewable energy technologies. The aim of this project is to investigate the impact of renewable electric generator on its local distribution system. The power farm was designed to connect to the local distribution system and it will be investigated and analyzed to make sure that energy which is supplied to customer is clean. The MATLAB tools are used to simulate the overall analysis. At the end of the project, a summary of identifying various voltag...


ent-19-Hydroxy-7-norgibberella-5,16-diene (13) and the corresponding 19-aldehyde (14) and acid (12), have been prepared from the fungal metabolite, fujenal (8) and shown to act as inhibitors of gibberellic acid biosynthesis in Gibberella fujikuroi and to act as plant growth regulators when tested against rice seedlings.


The earliest records of Astragalus function appeared in " Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica", which are "Treat ulcer, defeat sore, discharge pus pain, wind disease, five hemorrhoids, rat fistula, benefit the weak, pediatric diseases". In order to illnesses as the main function, not emphasizing the tonic effect. the scholars further study, Zhang Yuansu summed up as "the five functions are fill the empty, Yi Qi, remove muscle heat, treat sore pain detoxification, strengthening the spleen and stomach ". Zhang Jiebin summed up as "Bu Yuanyang, filling the interstices, treatment of injured workers, grow muscle". Zhang Xichun inherited Li dongyuan, founded a lot of Prescription use Astragalus treatment "atmospheric subsidence" and many other diseases. From the historical evolution process can be see that, Astragalus first determine the function focus illnesses, surgical treatment of superficial infection etc. Gradually transition to benefit the weak,treat deficiency of Qi and blood, spleen and stomach deficiency, Yuanyang deficiency, atmospheric subsidence, Sheng Jin, grow muscle, solid sheet antiperspirant etc..


Changes in food consumption patterns and the growth of international megabrands have put pressure on the Thai food industry, especially in new product development (NPD). This paper, based on research on the food industry in Thailand, shows that the industry has relatively low R and D intensity, gnerally competing more through marketing activities than through innovative NPD. The article describes the industry's approach to NPD, suggesting that innovation is often sourced from mergers and acquisitions and multinationals for products and from suppliers for processes. The paper recommends some strategic and organization changes the industry may need to consider if it is to compete for global food markets.


Most organics also are strongly absorptive in the deep ultraviolet, and therefore could be processed using excimer lasers. However, the material removal mechanism in the ultraviolet is substantially different than in the visible and infrared. Specifically, visible and infrared lasers remove material in a thermal process. In contrast, deep ultraviolet lasers directly break interatomic bonds, atomizing the material in a process called photoablation. Generally, heating removes material much faster than photoablation, making the former method better suited for high speed tablet drilling. Photoablation is more advantageous in high precision applications, in which either the amount of material to be removed is small or processing speed is a secondary concern.


Chronic pain is a major health problem that heavily conditions life quality and results in a huge socio-economic cost. Currently available drugs and therapies are often inadequate for treating pain in many patients, particularly when 'acute' pain converts to a 'chronic' state. Growing evidence suggests that pain chronification may often derive from dysregulation of descending pain regulatory pathways. In line with this, stimulation of descending inhibitory noradrenergic circuits ensures low incidence of developing chronic pain (Ossipov et al. 2014). This view is also consistent with behavioural studies that support the antinociceptive effects of adrenaline mediated by spinal α2-adrenergic receptors (α2-ARs) and the clinical success of analgesic drugs that enhance spinal noradrenergic activity (Millan, 2002). Potentiation of descending noradrenergic circuits is particularly effective to revert sustained nociceptive signals associated with nerve injury and inflammation. Noradrenergic fibres originating from supraspinal regions establish axo-somatic and axo-dendritic synaptic contacts with spinal dorsal horn projecting neurons and provide the main source of noradrenaline. There is abundant evidence that noradrenergic innervation of the spinal dorsal horn is predominantly non-synaptic, suggesting that noradrenaline diffuses from the site of release to a distant site of action. In other words, the noradrenaline released by descending fibres may act postsynaptically as well as presynaptically (Pertovaara, 2006). Presynaptic effects on primary sensory neurons are supported by compelling evidence that α2-ARs are effectively expressed both in the cell body and in the central terminals of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. In agreement with this, noradrenaline or α2-AR agonists decrease the release of neurotransmitter from terminals of primary afferent fibres (Pertovaara, 2006), possibly by inhibiting in a timeand voltage-dependent manner the calcium channels of primary sensory neurons (Marchetti et al. 1986). An α2-AR-mediated inhibition of sodium, ATP-sensitive and TRPM8 channels has also been reported, but, curiously enough, little is known about the possibility that α2-ARs modulate transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) channels. These latter channels are highly expressed in DRG neurons and are the main molecular component of peripheral nociception. TRPV1 channels are non-selective ligandgated cation channels that contribute to the development of different pain conditions (inflammatory pain, bone cancer pain, migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis) (Palazzo et al. 2010). These vanilloid-sensitive channels are expressed at the soma, peripheral and central terminals of nociceptors (Aδand C-fibre) that make synaptic contacts with second-order spinal cord dorsal horn neurons. TRPV1 channels are normally closed and can be activated by capsaicin, endovanilloids, protons, polyamines and noxious heat. When open, TRPV1 channels act as pain 'stimulators' by causing sustained membrane depolarization, action potential firing and increased synaptic activity. Activation of presynaptic TRPV1 channels stimulates the release of peptides and modulates glutamatergic transmission by increasing the frequency of mEPSCs. Localization of TRPV1 channels with α2-ARs and other G-protein-coupled receptors at the presynaptic terminals of primary afferent neurons strongly suggests that these channels are strategically positioned to be modulated by neurotransmitters released by the descending fibres of supraspinal regions. There is therefore the interesting possibility that, besides being activated by peripheral noxious stimuli, TRPV1 channels could be down-regulated by α2-AR-mediated signalling pathways. Evidence in favour of this new presynaptic mechanism is now reported by Michelino Puopolo's group in this issue of The Journal of Physiology (Chakraborty et al. 2017). Using acutely isolated DRG neurons, the authors show that noradrenaline effectively inhibits capsaicin-activated TRPV1 currents through the activation of α2-ARs, highlighting a new role for TRPV1 channels in pain control. Consistent with this, clonidine mimics while yohimbine antagonizes the effect of the neurotransmitter. Puopolo and collaborators also show that G proteins and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) mediate the action of noradrenaline on TRPV1 channels. Noradrenaline action develops with no apparent involvement of PKAand PKC-mediated phosphorylation but with a curious strong dependence on Ca2+ passing through open TRPV1 channels. The rise of cytoplasmic Ca2+ is required to bind calmodulin and activate CaMKII. Since activation of presynaptic TRPV1 channels triggers the release of peptides and modulates glutamatergic transmission in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, in the second part of the work the authors focus their attention on the action of noradrenaline on the asynchronous release of glutamate between nociceptors and second-order spinal cord neurons. By recording mEPSCs from large lamina I neurons in horizontal spinal cord slices the authors show that clonidine markedly reduces the frequency of mEPSCs induced by 500 nM capsaicin, with nearly no effect on the size of minis. To ensure that the effects of clonidine are on TRPV1 and not on voltage-gated Cav channels, measurements were made in the presence of ω-conotoxin-MVIIC to block presynaptic Nand P/Q-type Cav channels. Addition of the CaMKII inhibitor KN93 can largely prevent clonidine effects allowing the authors to conclude that α2-AR agonists potently reduce the glutamatergic transmission induced by TRPV1 activation between firstand second-order sensory neurons. The current findings represent the first clear evidence that noradrenaline could act presynaptically by inhibiting TRPV1 channels and their associated glutamate release. This gives strong support to the idea that top-down noradrenergic circuits can effectively down-regulate incoming noxious stimuli at the dorsal horn of spinal cord. Obviously, the work opens new scenarios concerning the possibility of developing new drugs and therapies acting on the newly


This paper was part of the ongoing cooperation between the Swedish Civil Aviation Authority and the Department of Psychology at Lund University. The purpose of this study was to develop a self-report measure regarding human factors, for the air traffic controllers to fill out before they start their working shift. This in order to aid the team leaders in their judgment regarding the air traffic controller's ability to perform at the right safety level. The self-report measure would also serve as an aid for the air traffic controllers who have a responsibility regarding their own performance. If successful this self-report measure would make it easier for the air traffic controllers to be alert regarding certain factors that can have a large impact on their performance. The self-rating form is based on human factors such as home related stress, lack of sleep, psychosocial related work issues and the effects of working shift. These factors take place in non-working environments but can have a negative effect on the performance at work. The result showed that, even though the majority handled the human factors very well, some of the air traffic controllers felt that at least one of the human factors had a large negative influence on their performance. It had most impact if the air traffic controller was frustrated or felt dissatisfaction toward something at the workplace. Working with both administrative and operational tasks also had a large impact. Stress or fatigue did not seem to have that same amount of impact on their performance.


A report originally prepared for the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission {Orsanco), by Harold W. Streeter ; Staff Consultant, and David A. Robertson Jr., San. Engr. -Hydrologist, both of Or sanco, Cincinnati, Ohio. According to Or sanco' s executive director and chief engineer, Edward J. Cleary, the findings of this study resulted in the adoption by Orsanco, in 1958, of the membrane filter technique as an optional alternative to the MPN procedure for bacteriologie analysis of river water. Several of the Ohio River Compact signatory states have approved the use of the membrane filter technique by water plant laboratories that have demonstrated the ability to utilize it.


The authors analyzed the approach to implement a self-contained generator based on an induction motor with a wound rotor with connection of a stator circuit to the load and with the power supply of rotor windings from a regulated source of alternating current. The article provides a diagram for the power balance in the generator set and defines the boundaries of a sustainable electricity generation. The authors carried out experimental research which confirmed the data obtained during the simulation. The zones of the generator effective operation are determined.


Franciscans in Holszany; he also built the Church of St. John the Baptist and a residential building for them. In 1774, the church was remodeled for the Franciscans' money. Its main facade was decorated with paintings of scenes from the life of its patron – St. John the Baptist, and new altars were added in about 1790. The preserved copies of the foundation documents and information from inventory records and inspection certificates from the end of the 18th century and the 1st half of the 19th century testify to those changes [6], [7], [9], [22–24]. After the failure of the November Uprising whose goal was to restore the Polish-Lithuanian Federation, many monasteries in former Grand Duchy of Lithuania were considered centers of rebellion by tsarist authorities and they were closed. Such a policy applied also to the Franciscan convent in Holszany. It was closed in 1832 and the residential buildings were handed over to the Russian army that demolished some of them. The church was the only building that was preserved for the parish (Fig. 1) [8], [14], [15], [18], [20]. In the 1930s, the Soviet authorities closed the church in Holszany and turned it, just like many other churches, into workshops. It was given back to the believers only in 1990, and at the very end of the 20th century, the Franciscan monks returned there too. However, they found the temple, which once was famous for its excellent pieces of sacred art, destroyed and devastated. There were no altar paintings, wooden pews, confessionals, Rococo ornaments, carved in wood figures of four Evangelists and St. John the Baptist that once decorated the pulpit, or the pulpit itself, which was earlier located by the side altar of St. Anthony. The wooden elements of its interior decoration were probably burned down by the workshop workers. The Belarusian museThe wall painting in the Franciscan Church of St. John the Baptist in Holszany: history and conservation works


The most significant oncologic concern with finding new pulmonary nodules on imaging in a pediatric patient who has anaplastic Wilms tumor is progressive disease with new pulmonary metastases. This case emphasizes the importance of employing a creative clinical differential diagnosis, even for patients with known underlying oncologic disease.


H EALTH CARE COST ESCALATION HAS BEEN dramatic. In 1960, the first year such data were available, health expenditures were estimated to be $526 million dollars, or 5.1% of the US gross domestic product and $148 per capita, growing to approximately $2.2 trillion, almost $7500 per capita, by 2007. By 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that health care spending in the United States will be more than $4.1 trillion, equal to about 19.6% of the gross domestic product and $12 782 per capita. Spending levels for prescription drugs have increased even more rapidly than overall health care costs, growing from $24 billion, which was 5.1% of overall health care costs in 1986, to $217 billion, more than 10.3% of health care costs in 2006. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores estimates that the average price of a generic prescription in 2007 was $34.34, 72% lower than the $119.51 cost for the average branded prescription. The cost of the average branded medication increased 11.2% from 2006


A hydrogen bearing REMg3 alloy has a molecular formula: RE1.2-xMg3Niy, where RE is rare-earth mixture, x=0-0.4 and y=0-1. Its preparing process includes proportionally loading RE, Mg and Ni in crucible of induction furnace, vacuumizing, filling protective gas, smelting and cooling.


A diverse range of Rapid Prototyping, or layer manufacturing techniques have evolved since the introduction of the first process in the late 1980s. Many, although not all, rapid prototyping processes rely on lasers to provide a localised and controllable source of light for curing a liquid photopolymer or heat to fuse thermoplastic powders to form objects. This paper will provide an overview of laser based rapid prototyping methods and discuss the future direction of this technology in light of the threats posed by low cost 3D printing techniques and the opportunity for the direct manufacture of metal components.


The critical zone is the earth's surface layer in which the geological environment interacts with human society and the economy (Banwart et al., 2011). It plays a crucial role in regulating natural habitats, supporting economic development and providing ecological services (Richter and Mobley, 2009). The determinants of ecosystem services in critical zones can be divided into three types: internal factors in relation to geology and hydrology; external factors in relation to climate and natural fires; and human activities in relation to land use and urbanization (Bell, 1999). Understanding how these factors contribute to ecosystem processes and services is a key scientific issue in critical zone studies. The karst area in south-west China is one of the nation's ecologically vulnerable areas (Figure 1). Because of deforestation and excessive agricultural development over hundreds of years, most of the ecosystems that exist here have been degraded. The karst critical zone, which is characterized by its special lithology, for example, the easily dissolved limestone, has a complex three-dimensional structure with well-developed crevice networks that alter soil distribution and facilitate soil erosion. However, traditional regional ecosystem service assessments are based mainly on twodimensional land surface processes. If the interaction of underground and surface processes such as belowground soil erosion, nutrient loss and water leakage is ignored, this will directly affect the assessment of ecosystem services in critical zones. To restore the degraded karst landscape effectively, close attention should be paid to the link between vegetation growth and belowground processes in different ecosystems, in particular the effects of lithology as emphasized in critical zone studies. In this special issue focusing on karst ecosystem process and services, six articles about the determinants of ecosystem processes and services in the karst critical zone in southwest China have been collected together: one article reviews the lithology-related threedimensional structure and ecological processes in the karst critical zone, whereas the other five


Dr Lynn argues that our inception cohort has missed most elderly patients by comparing figures we provided for age distribution with SEER data in the U.S. However, we reported means rather then median ages (as reported in the table by Dr. Lynn). Furthermore, it is unclear whether figures provided in the paper by Hutchins et al. (i.e. ages in the SEER database referred to new cases of cancer, mean ages were not provided, ages were computed by five-years intervals, etc.) can be compared with characteristics of our sample, which included cancer patients evaluated at the terminal stage of their disease. Our figures also show that our population was somewhat younger than those who die in Alberta from these primary tumors. A number of reasons can explain this difference:


After the publication of Shishuoxinyu,there appeared a great number of imitating novels.These imitations are not only the products of the spread of Shishuoxinyu but also take part in the process of the spread of Shishuoxinyu.Therefore the research into the anecdote-style novels is an important part of the spreading system of shishuoxinyu.There exist 16 anecdote-style novels of Ming-Qing dynasties.Although these novels only gain the form of Shishuoxinyu and cannot reach its verve,they still have great value as a novel genre.


Abstract This paper compares the welfare outcomes obtained under alternative unionization regimes (decentralized vs. centralized wage setting) in a duopoly market in which shareholders delegate strategic decisions to biased (overconfident or underconfident) managers. In such a framework, the common tenet that consumer surplus and overall welfare are always higher under decentralized wage setting is completely overturned. Indeed, in the presence of centralized unionization (industry-wide union), firm shareholders always prefer to hire more aggressive or less conservative managers and, as a result, output (consumer surplus) and overall welfare are larger than in a decentralized wage setting structure.


In detrimental conditions, the cochlear implants used by the hearing impaired listeners suffer from a decrease in speech intelligibility (SI). In an attempt to improve the SI, the Time-Frequency masks are used to perform noise suppression. Ideal Binary Mask (IBM) with its binary weights and Ideal Wiener Filter (IWF) with its continuous weights masks are used to enhance the speech signal. It is not known which of the masks has the highest potential for CI users in terms of SI and speech quality. The comparisons of both these filters are performed, in this study. The investigations were conducted among normal-hearing (NH) subjects listening to the noise vocoder CI simulations and also in CI users on the bases of speech quality. The ideal masks estimates the potential of SI assessed in a sentence recognition task, with an interfering talker and in multitalker babble. The estimation of the simulated errors provides the robustness of the approaches. The speech quality is assessed in CI users to a preference rate. The IWF technique outperformed the IBM technique only in NH users, while no significance was obtained in CI users. The speech intelligibility is degraded due to estimated error in Cochlear implants. The IWF has high potential for speech quality than the IBM processed signals. In this study the outcome suggest that mask pattern is not critical for CI users. The outcome suggests the new approach should consider the class of listeners considered.


Graduation project and theses is an important teaching sector. New reformation was posed to improve the quality of graduation project and theses including the selection, process control, defendence,evaluating of projects.


Defining input values in the decision-making process can be done with appropriate methods or based on expert knowledge. It is essential to ensure that the values are adequate for the problem to be solved in both cases. There may be situations where values are overestimated, and it should be checked whether this affects the final results.In this paper, the Characteristic Objects Method (COMET) was used to investigate the overestimation effect on the final rankings. The decision matrixes with a different number of alternatives and criteria were assessed The obtained results were compared using the WS similarity coefficient and Spearman's weighted correlation coefficient. The study showed that overestimation has a significant effect on the rankings. A larger number of criteria has a positive effect on the correlation strength of the compared rankings. In contrast, a large overestimation of characteristic values has a negative effect on the similarity of the results.


A split-type flow cell for a polarized spectrophotometric detector (PPD), in which the column effluent is simultaneously passed through both the sample and reference sides, is described. The improvement in detection sensitivity in PPD with the use of this cell is discussed. Its utility as a universal polarimetric detector for HPLC for the detection of coloured amino acid–copper(II) complexes is shown. A new possibility for this cell in the gradient elution separation of glucose syrup is demonstrated.


We obtain a formula for the Turaev-Viro invariants of a link complement in terms of values of the colored Jones polynomial of the link. As an application we give the first examples for which the volume conjecture of Chen and the third named author\,\cite{Chen-Yang} is verified. Namely, we show that the asymptotics of the Turaev-Viro invariants of the Figure-eight knot and the Borromean rings complement determine the corresponding hyperbolic volumes. Our calculations also exhibit new phenomena of asymptotic behavior of values of the colored Jones polynomials that seem not to be predicted by neither the Kashaev-Murakami-Murakami volume conjecture and various of its generalizations nor by Zagier's quantum modularity conjecture. We conjecture that the asymptotics of the Turaev-Viro invariants of any link complement determine the simplicial volume of the link, and verify it for all knots with zero simplicial volume. Finally we observe that our simplicial volume conjecture is stable under connect sum and split unions of links.


Maintaining several code bases (e.g., clones) of software variants in an application domain remains a widespread development practice, though costly and error-prone. Despite the many benefits that come with using the product-line approach, many companies are hesitant to migrate to an integrated platform for their product variants because such a migration is considered challenging and risky. Often this perception is because the migration is seen as a drastic change that is not easy to verify and assure developers that the migrated products still operate as before. In this research we propose to develop a language structure (or abstract representation) of artifacts in a software asset base that would facilitate an incremental migration of several code bases to an integrated platform. We further seek to propose and evaluate techniques for verifying the migrated product line with respect to its original code bases.


Telemann's Essercizii musici is a seminal publication of the 1730's representative of the state of the sonata in Germany at that time. Telemann's music has been largely viewed in negative terms, presumably because of its lack of originality, with the result that the collection's content has been treated in a perfunctory manner. This thesis presents a reappraisal of the Essercizii musici based on criteria presented in Quantz's Versuch. A major source of the period, the Versuch provides an analytical framework for a deeper understanding of the sonatas that comprise Telemann's last publication. A comparison of contemporary publications of similarly titled collections establishes an historical framework for assessing the importance of the Essercizii musici as part of a tradition of publications with didactic objectives that may be traced to the late 17th century.


The foundation of political philosophy, which means, according to Arendt, the attempt of producing an escape from politics altogether, can be understood as a moment of what Foucault called the history of Western's will to knowledge. According to this hypothesis, we examine Arendt's analysis of the transformation from action to rulership in Plato and Foucault's reading of the exclusion of sophism by Aristotle. We show the differences between the archaeology of a pre-political philosophy world that Arendt reconstructs, based on an ambiguous restitution of Socrates, and the strategic theory of discourse which Foucault discovers in sophistic. We finally examine the political consequences of this difference, specially concerning a reconsideration of the traditional relations between thinking and acting.


The invention discloses a CeO2/TixSn(1-x)O2 composite oxide denitration catalyst which takes a TixSn (1-x)O2(O , drying at 110 DEG C, and roasting at 550 DEG C for 4h in a muffle furnace under an air atmosphere to obtain a TixSn (1-x)O2; and with the TixSn (1-x)O2 solid solution as a carrier, loading an active constituent CeO2 by adopting an immersion method, stirring for 3h, carrying out oil bath, steaming out the moisture at 100 DEG C, drying for 12h at 110 DEG C, and roasting for 4h at 500 DEG C or 750 DEG C in an air atmosphere to obtain a CeO2/TixSn(1-x)O2 composite oxide catalyst. The catalyst provided by the invention has the advantages that the specific surface area is large, the heating stability is good, the catalyst has higher NH3-SCR activity compared with single-component carrier, the water-resistant and sulfur resisting properties are excellent, the catalyst is an environment-friendly catalyst, meanwhile, the preparation method of the catalyst is simple, the equipment is simple, and the raw materials are cheap and are easily available.


─ The present paper reports on the development of a novel compact fractal microstrip patch antenna for spectrum sensing in cognitive radio. The geometrical design of the proposed fractal antenna is optimized using nature inspired Moth Flame Optimization (MFO) method. The optimized antenna is having broadband characteristic within two bands (6.206 7.864 GHz, 23.56%) and (14.95 20 GHz, 28.89%), which are specified for IEEE C-band, Ku-band and K-band applications respectively. The proposed fractal antenna is also having high peak gain of 7.26 dBi at 18.04 GHz and omnidirectional radiation pattern at all frequencies. The performance of the proposed antenna is also validated experimentally by having a comparison of simulated results with the measured results. The proposed design offers 45.54% reduction in antenna physical size (copper required) as compare to a rectangular patch antenna of same size. Index Terms ─ Cognitive radio, CPW feed, fractals, IFS, method of moment, microstrip patch antenna, moth flame optimization.


A field balancing method of a flexible rotor was presented to suppress vibration due to imbalance.In this method,a rotor system dynamic model was established with FE theory,and its differential equation of motion was expanded according to its modal shapes.By using FFT and IFFT transformation,the unbalanced load spectrum in frequency domain was acquired,and then the rotor imbalance was eventually identified.Simulation and experimental results showed that this method can identify the rotor imbalance accurately,it only needs to collect data of vibration response below critical speed without trial weights.After adding counterweights,the imbalance vibration for each mode of the rotor can be effectively suppressed.