The increasing importance of service innovation in global economy motivates researchers in the fields of innovation and information technology (IT) to give attention to develop framework as a foundation of managerial and IT management for implementing a long-term organization capability on delivering service innovation. We have seen a body of knowledge in Business Transformation Management Methodology and ITIL® IT Service Management as a comprehensive guiding principle for managing organization, service process, technology and people to be more effective, aligning the business and IT for achieving the challenging business strategy. This paper addresses the importance in integrating BTM methodology with service management and develops a framework that enables service innovation. The proposed framework is reviewed by business practitioners in service innovations in business consulting, financial service, healthcare and academic organizations in Thailand. The results suggested that the framework aids innovation leaders on evaluating the organization's service capability, formulating a transformation program to improve the capability, and resolving the gaps in aligning the capability towards the company's service innovation strategies as well as improving the overall service innovation efforts. Keywords-Business Transformation, Service Innovation Management, IT Service Management


Reflection seismic data were acquired along a ca. 22 km long profile over the end-glacial Burtrask Fault with a nominal receiver and source spacing of 20 m. A steeply dipping reflection can be corr ...


A 28-years old lady complains of self-limited episodes of relapsing knee arthritis of 48-72 h of duration every 2 weeks. Immunological profile was all negative. At the same time, radiological images did not reveal any abnormality. She underwent to knee arthroscopy, however, a definite diagnosis was not reached. We discuss the differential diagnosis of relapsing arthritis.. © 2009 Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved


The usefulness of a deterministic modeling procedure employing structural-acoustic finite-element formulations is investigated for the prediction of structure-bor ne interior noise. Analytical predictions are compared to normal mode, forced harmonic response, and engine-running experimental data obtained during ground tests of a single-engine general aviation aircraft. From these comparisons, the modeling procedures are shown to be sufficiently accurate for structure-borne interior noise prediction.


Objective
To establish mouse intestinal tissue and its application in the proliferation of Marmota Himalayana hepatovirus (MHHAV).

Methods
The intestinal crypts of Balb/C mice were digested with EDTA at a high concentration, cultured in Matrigel and passaged into frozen intestinal enteroids. The monolayers were inoculated on 96-well plates and infected with MHHAV. Real-time qPCR virus concentrations at different time points were compared with those of a number of cell lines routinely used to develop hepatitis A virus.

Results
The mouse intestinal tissue culture system was successfully established. MHHAV did not proliferate in the cell lines commonly used for the culture of hepatitis A virus, but proliferated well in the intestinal tissues of mice. The virus multiplied about 3 700 fold in 4 days.

Conclusions
Mice intestinal enteroids can be used for the isolation and culture of MHHAV.

Key words:
Murine enteroids; Three dimensional culture system; Marmota Himalayana Hepatovirus; Hepatitis A virus; Virus replication


We introduce a new method for the exact and unified treatment of the Schroedinger equation and the calculation of the electronic density of states of materials with reduced symmetry (e.g., surfaces and interfaces) many of which are outside the reach of methods based on Bloch's theorem. This method is based on a self-consistent equation determining the t matrices of those parts of a system characterized by semi-infinite periodicity, without recourse to reciprocal space. The method is illustrated through a calculation of the density of states for bulk Cu and for a (100)/(111) planar Cu interface.


97 species of Macrolepidoptera are added to the provisional catalogue of Lepidoptera of Zamora of which 93 mention for the first time their lepidoperologican fauna.


This chapter asks what imaginative representations of venereal disease say about Restoration and eighteenth-century attitudes toward gender and sexuality. It does so by considering the portrayal of venereal infections in men. It is no coincidence that many of the positive representations of the disease focus on male rather than female subjects. It has been suggested that the sexual double standard (whereby men were applauded for sexual promiscuity and women punished for it) played some role in shaping imaginative representations of the infection. However, so too did a culture that linked infection to manliness and male power. While historians working with medical texts from the early modern period have tended to conclude that the disease was seen as originating with, and spread by, women, many eighteenth-century literary and artistic works imagine venereal disease as male—as a condition predominantly experienced by men, caused by male sexual indiscretion, and passed on by philandering husbands to their faithful wives and innocent children.


The invention relates to a preparation method for a tulathromycin intermediate. The preparation method comprises the following steps: oxidizing 4'-hydroxyl of demethylazithromycin of which the hydroxyl is protected by acetyl under a mild condition to obtain ketone by using a dimethyl sulfoxide and acetic anhydride system, and continuing to epoxidize the obtained ketone to obtain an epoxide by using a phase transfer catalyst, wherein the intermediate epoxide of tulathromycin can be introduced into propylamine through an open loop, and is subjected to deprotection to obtain the tulathromycin. According to the reaction method, a phase transfer catalyst system is adopted for the first time in an exoxidizing process, reaction conditions are mild, and the method is high in yield and more suitable for industrial production.


Deformation behavior and microstructure evolution of NiTiCu shape memory alloy (SMA), which possesses martensite phase at room temperature, were investigated based on a uniaxial compression test at the temperatures of 700~1000 °C and at the strain rates of 0.0005~0.5 s−1. The constitutive equation of NiTiCu SMA was established in order to describe the flow characteristic of NiTiCu SMA, which is dominated by dynamic recovery and dynamic recrystallization. Dislocations become the dominant substructures of martensite phase in NiTiCu SMA compressed at 700 °C. Martensite twins are dominant in NiTiCu SMA compressed at 800 and 900 °C. Martensite twins are not observed in NiTiCu SMA compressed at 1000 °C. The microstructures resulting from dynamic recovery or dynamic recrystallization significantly influences the substructures in the martensite phase of NiTiCu SMA at room temperature. Dislocation substructures formed during dynamic recovery, such as dislocation cells and subgrain boundaries, can suppress the formation of twins in the martensite laths of NiTiCu SMA. The size of dynamic recrystallized grains affects the formation of martensite twins. Martensite twins are not easily formed in the larger recrystallized grain, since the constraint of the grain boundaries plays a weak role. However, in the smaller recrystallized grain, martensite twins are induced to accommodate the transformation from austenite to martensite.


Labeling himself an antimodern modernist, Milan Kundera critiques what he calls "imagology." Privileging appearances over substance, "imagology" becomes hegemonic even as it opposes all forms of totalitarian truth. Meanwhile, Immortality reveals how an intricate design can emerge out of randomness, avoiding the need for a designer. Throughout the novel, key events appear random, but behind each one, a complex web of connections moves across time and space and through different worlds.


Critical Dimension fidelity continues to be one of the key driving parameters defining photomask quality and printing performance. The present advanced optical CD metrology systems, operating at i-line, will very soon be challenged as viable tools owing to their restricted resolution and measurement linearity impact on the ability to produce repeatable measurements. Alternative measurement technologies such as CD-SEM and -AFM have started to appear, but are also not without tier concerns in the field of reticle CD metrology. This paper introduces a new optical metrology system (MueTec /) operating at DUV wavelength (248nm), which has been specifically designed to meet the resolution and measurement repeatability requirements of reticle manufacture at the 130nm and 100nm nodes. The system is based upon a specially designed mechanical-optical platform for maximum stability and very advanced optical, illumination, alignment and software systems. The at wavelength operation of this system also makes it an ideal platform for defect printability analysis and review. The system is currently part of a European Commission funded assessment project (IST-2000-28086: McD'OR) to develop a testing strategy to verify the system performance, agree on equipment specifications and demonstrate its capability on advanced production reticles - including long-term reliability. It is the preliminary results from this evaluation that are presented here.


Inversion of seismic AVO-data is an important part of reservoir evalua- tion. These data are convolved but the convolution kernel and the associated error- variances are largely unknown. We aim at estimating these model parameters with- out using calibration observations in wells. This constitu tes the first step in socalled blind deconvolution. We solve the seismic inverse problem in a Bayesian setting and perform the associated model parameter estimation by an approximate marginal maximum likelihood method. A small test study indicate that bell-shaped wavelets with smooth edges are identified well, even for approximatio ns of low orders.


Gout is a recurrent acute arthritis of peripheral joints which results from deposition, in and about the joints and tendons, of crystals of monosodium urate from supersaturated hyperuricenic body fluids. Microwave resonance therapy, as nonpharmaceutical method of treatment, is recommended. It provides for relieving pain during 24 hours and for reducing the course of treatment.


We present the 1/MQ expansion for heavy mesons in the BS approach. Results due to the heavy quark symmetry are obtained at the leading order. The numerical results for spectra of heavy mesons and the decay rates of 1~ and 0+ heavy mesons including the corrections of the order 1/MQ are obtained with the QCD-induced model and are in agreement with experimental data when they are available.


To determine the reasonable tipping soil thickness of coal gangue subgrade,through analyzing the process of building coal gangue subgrade,a simplified finite element model of gangue subgrade tipping soil is developed.The influence law of the different tipping soil thickness on coal gangue subgrade tipping soil vertical side within the maximum compressive stress and vertical maximum shear stress is analyzed.The influence degree of tipping soil thickness on coal gangue subgrade center settlement,edge settlement of tipping soil and coal gangue roadbed,differential settlement of tipping soil and the subgrade maximum differential settlement is studied.The results show that: both the maximum vertical compressive stress and the maximum vertical sheer stress increase with the increasing of tipping soil thickness when the embankment height is identical;while the embankment height was less than 5 m,the influence of tipping soil thickness on internal force is relatively small;the influence of tipping soil thickness on coal gangue subgrade center settlement,edge settlement of tipping soil and coal gangue roadbed is relatively small;the influence on differential settlement of tipping soil is relatively lager,differential settlement increases with the increase of tipping soil thickness,however,all the differential settlements are less than 1.5 cm.


This Vast spread of computing technologies has led to abundance of large data sets. Thus, there is a need to find similarities and define groupings among the elements of these big data sets. One of the ways to find these similarities is data clustering. Currently, there exist several data clustering algorithms which differ by their application area and efficiency. Increase in computational power and algorithmic improvements have reduced the time for clustering of big data sets. But it usually happens that big data sets can't be processed whole due to hardware and computational restrictions. Clustering techniques, like K-Means are useful in analyzing data in a parallel fashion. K-Means largely depends upon a proper initialization to produce optimal results.


Ruben Dario is the first Spanish-language writer who vindicates Luis de Gongora's works fully and unambiguously. His proposal is put forward in Cantos de vida y esperanza by means of the sonnet triptych "Trebol" and the opening poem "Yo soy aquel que ayer no mas decia", where he acknowledges the great influence of Gongora and Paul Verlaine. With a basis on this dialogue initiated by Dario, from early on critics have remarked the affinities between Modernism and Baroque. Still, underneath these affinities clearly there are significant differences, which I aim to develop in this paper along three comparative axes: politics, religion and language. Following this comparison, I posit that Modernism, through Dario, removes Baroque from its historical siting and places it among the artist's modern dilemmas and contradictions when faced with society, thus establishing the fundamental lines of what will later emerge as Neobaroque.


The rheology of suspension of α-alumina and binary SiC composites with stability and low viscosity and high solid phase content was studied,and the major factor of affecting rheology was found.Under the condition of basicity,by using compound dispersant PMAA-NH 4 and CM made in our laboratory and organism monomer,compound phase SiC-Al 2O 3 concentrater suspension which solid phase content as high as 62(vol)% while viscosity as low as 245 mPa.s was prepared.


For Automated Driving Systems (ADSs), vehicle safety and functional correctness are assessed against scenarios the ADS would encounter - within or outside its operational design domain (ODD). A scenario specifies conditions and events that an ADS is expected to respond to when deployed. Scenario specifications underpin the verification and validation (V&V) life-cycle, and are used by a diverse set of stakeholders - from engineers to regulators. Due to the diversity in stakeholder expertise, scenarios must be available at different levels of detail. Further, the chance of writing syntactically or semantically incorrect scenarios is high. Due to the high reliance of V&V on scenarios, their correctness is crucial. Therefore, present-day scenario-description languages (SDLs) need to be supported by technologies to help authors compose scenarios and provide a mechanism for easy translation into executable forms for virtual or real-life testing. This paper addresses these issues by building on the existing two-level abstraction WMG-SDL in the following ways, (1) introducing a human-readable, natural language SDL, replacing the former Level-1 SDL, and complementing the more detailed Level-2 SDL, which is now syntax aligned with the ODD Taxonomy defined in ISO 34503, and (2) providing a tool consisting of a parser and a validator to assist writing syntactically and semantically correct scenarios. Our tool may be used within a graphical scenario editing interface or on the command-line. Further, for developers, an object-oriented interface for parsed scenarios enables further development and integration with off-the-shelf ADS simulation and language tools. The tools and technologies described in this paper are to be made open-source.


An ultra-wideband printed monopole antenna, improved by attaching a short two-plate horn to its surface, is reported in this paper. The short horn, which has a slant length of 45 mm and a total physical height of 46.9 mm, significantly increases the gain of the printed monopole antenna at lower frequencies where the gain of the monopole is otherwise low, giving an almost flat gain over a 114 % bandwidth. The new antenna has a measured gain in the range of 4.8 dBi ± 0.7 dB from 3 GHz to 12 GHz. Due to its compact configuration, ease of fabrication, high gain, broad azimuth pattern and minimal ringing of a radiated pulse, it is suitable for UWB applications.


An opaque mutation was identified that reduces 'y-zein synthesis in maize endosperm. The mutation, opaque-15, causes a 2to 3-fold reduction in y-zein mRNA and protein synthesis and reduces the proportion of the 27-kDa y-zein A gene transcript. Although the protein bodies in opaque-15 are similar in size and morphology compared to wild type, there are fewer of them in developing endosperm cells. The opaque-15 mutation maps near the telomere of chromosome 7L, coincident with an opaque-2 modifier locus. Based on its phenotype, opaque-15 appears to be a mutation of an opaque-2 modifier gene. Mutations that reduce the synthesis of maize seed storage proteins, zeins, typically result in endosperm with a soft, starchy phenotype. Some of these mutations, notably opaque-2 (o2) and floury-2 (fl2), increase the synthesis of other endosperm proteins (1, 2), resulting in a higher lysine content (3, 4). Many years of effort were devoted to introgressing o2 into agronomically important maize genotypes to create high-lysine corn. However, the soft, starchy endosperm of the mutant kernel caused it to be susceptible to mechanical damage and insect pests and ultimately prevented wide utilization of o2 (5). In recent years, the introgression of genes known as o2 modifiers has solved many of the problems associated with the soft phenotype of o2 mutants (6). The modifiers increase seed density, vitreousness, and y-zein content of o2 mutants (7). Activity of the modifier genes is associated with a 2to 3-fold increase in the synthesis of the 27-kDa y-zein mRNA and protein (8, 9) and appears to involve posttranscriptional regulation of y-zein gene expression (9). Several breeding programs have used the modifier genes to develop vitreous genotypes with a high lysine content that are referred to as Quality Protein Maize (6). Although o2 modification behaves as a complex quantitative trait (10), recent genetic evidence suggests that as few as two genes may be involved (11). In addition, two loci involved in o2 modification have been identified by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) mapping (11); one locus maps near the centromere of chromosome 7, and the second maps near the telomere on the long arm of chromosome 7. To isolate o2 modifier genes and determine their mode of action, we screened a group of mutant seeds for reduced levels of the 27-kDa y-zein protein. Here we report an opaque mutation, designated opaque-15 (o15), that significantly reduces y-zein mRNA and protein without significantly affecting the accumulation of other zeins. The mutation maps near an o2 modifier and, like an o2 modifier, alters the ratio ofmRNAs encoded by the A and B y-zein genes. Understanding the biochemical basis of olS will help clarify the regulation of ,y-zein gene expression and the factors responsible for development of vitreous endosperm in maize. MATERIALS AND METHODS Maize (Zea mays L.) kernels of the ethyl methanesulfonateinduced opaque mutant MGN-25:969-5 (olS) were obtained from M. G. Neuffer (University of Missouri, Columbia). The inbred lines W22+, W64A+, W64Ao2, W64Ao6 (opaque-6), and W64Afl2 were from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN). All inbreds and crosses were grown at the University of Arizona (Tucson). Restriction endonucleases were purchased from Bethesda Research Laboratories/Life Technologies (Gaithersburg, MD). [a-32P]dATP and [a-32P]dCTP were obtained from DuPont/NEN. Digoxigenin-11-dUTP was obtained from Boehringer Mannheim. Nylon membranes were obtained from either Schleicher & Schuell or Micron Separations (Westboro, MA). Goat-anti-rabbit/10-nm gold was obtained from EY Laboratories. Although the terms vitreous and opaque describe mature kernel phenotypes, developing kernels that are wild type (i.e., 015) will be called vitreous, whereas mutant kernels (i.e., olS) will be called opaque. Analysis of Developing Endosperm. Six self-pollinated ears of MGN-25:969-5, heterozygous for the opaque mutation (OlSolS), were harvested at the following developmental stages: 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, and 36 days after pollination (DAP). Heterozygous plants were necessary for the production of opaque kernels, because olS is lethal when homozygous. Forty kernels were harvested from each ear and cut in half. One half of the kernel was frozen in liquid nitrogen, lyophilized, and used for protein analysis to determine the normal or mutant phenotype. The other half was used for RNA or anatomical analysis. Zein and nonzein proteins were isolated by the method of Wallace et al. (8) and separated by SDS/PAGE (12.5% acrylamide). After electrophoresis, gels were stained with Coomassie brilliant blue R250. For protein quantification, flour was pooled from 10 lyophilized half kernels from two ears at each stage. The relative amount of y-zein was estimated by ELISA as described by Wallace et al. (8) and modified by Moro et al. (12). For RNA analysis, 10 vitreous and opaque half kernels were pooled from two segregating ears at 20, 24, 28, and 32 DAP. Methods of RNA isolation, blotting, hybridization, and determination of the A/B y-zein RNA ratios were as described (9). DNA Isolation and Bulk-Segregant Analysis. Crosses were made between MGN-25:969-5 (heterozygous for olS) and the inbred W22+. The F1 progeny were selfed and the homozygous opaque F2 kernels were identified on a light box; the homozygous vitreous and heterozygous vitreous F2 individuals were genotyped after selfing and F3 segregation analysis. DNA was isolated from lyophilized leaf tissue or endosperm flour similar to the method of Saghai-Maroof et al. (13). DNA was Abbreviations: DAP, days after pollination; RFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism. *To whom reprint requests should be addressed. The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payment. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact.


In this paper, we try to generalize ultraproducts in the category of locally convex spaces. To do so, we introduce D-ultracolimits. It is known [7] that the topology on a non-trivial ultraproduct in the category T of topological vector spaces and continuous linear maps is trivial. To generalize the category Ba of Banach spaces and linear contractions, we introduce the category L of vector spaces endowed with families of semi-norms closed underfinite joints and linear contractions (see Definition 1.1) and its subcategory, L determined by Hausdorff objects of L . It is shown that L contains the category LC of locally convex spaces and continuous linear maps as a coreflective subcategory and that L contains the category Nor of normed linear spaces and linear contractions as a coreflective subcategory. Thus L is a suitable category for the study of locally convex spaces. In L , we introduce (I. ) for a family ( ) of objects in L and then for an ultrafilter u on I. we have a closed subspace . Using this, we construct ultraproducts in L . Using the relationship between Nor and L and that between Nor and Ba , we show thatour ultraproducts in Nor and Ba are exactly those in the literatures. For the terminology, we refer to [6] for the category theory and to [8] for ultraproducts in Ba ..


The case of a patient with leptospirosis (treated with trimethoprim) with late neurological complications manifesting as a bilateral plexus syndrome is described. The probable reasons for the continued weakness, in this patient, of the muscles supplied by the anterior interosseus nerve, despite improvement in the proximal muscles, are briefly discussed.


The present article describes the psychometric properties of an instrument for the assessment of ethnic identity and its components among Costa Rican adolescents: the "Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure" (MEIM) developed by Jean Phinney (1992). Participants were 287 AfroCosta Rican, 768 White/Mestizo, and 120 of mixed ancestry adolescents. Confirmatory factor analyses show that the measure assess two different but highly related components of ethnic identity across groups: ethnic affirmation/identification, and ethnic exploration. Reliability analysis yielded satisfactory Cronbach's alphas across groups. The scale is moderately related to measures of ingroup orientation and intergroup behaviors as such as acculturation attitudes, and is positively related to indices of self-esteem and ego-identity.


Kim Chun Su's poetic activity was characterized by tenacious quest for sense as well as his throughout quest for nonsense. If poetry and salvation was connected, the problem of salvation couldn't be resolved only with the pursuit of poetic nonsense. At this point, the thing that he paid attention was 'conscience'. His experience which submitted in violence forced to him tormented by guilt. Until solving the problem of conscience, he thought that he was away from salvation. As a result, during term of his poetic activity, he devoted to solve this problem. In the process, Russian philosopher N. Berdyaev's ideas provided him with big inspiration. From Berdyaev's idea of human being's judgment on history, he found clues for solving problem. And he discovered the people they would be able to prove this, Socrates, Vera Figner, etc. Through these cases, he found that human conscience alive, and he got relief. However, these cases were just a superman. Therefore, in order to complete resolution of this problem of salvation required another poetic solution.


lowing Blaschko's lines are considered the manifestation of functional X-chromosome mosaicism. Interestingly, linear scleroderma following Blaschko's lines was reported to arise after contusion and local anesthesia injection. Taken together, we speculate that genetically susceptible cells are arranged along Blaschko's lines and some external stimulation, including scratching, may result in the pathogenesis of MDF. Previous reports suggest that MDF may be the sign of underlying immunodeficiency or autoimmune diseases. Because our patient had no evidence of those conditions, it will be necessary for us to follow the development of the diseases including autoimmune diseases or hematological malignancies.


Honoring a person or an event, public monuments interrupt geographical landscapes and point to a temporal past asking us to stop, to look, and to engage memory. They invite reveries as the word, monument, derives from the Latin word monēre , meaning 'to remind.' In effect, they occupy public spaces asking for private thoughts that problematize a referentiality dependent on identity. An analysis of Yusef Komunyakaa's poem "Facing It," based on viewing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., illustrates the way monuments offer a pheno menological space for an individual's transformation. Yet in addition to an interiority the poem captures, the monument itself reifies politically official and unofficial messaging, an ambivalence that further muddies the referentiality it reifies because it privileges one cultural identity over others. The theories from the phenomenologist Gaston Bachelard, the psychoanalyst Jacque Lacan, and the literary critic Cathy Caruth provide the framework for investigating the loss and the gain from the construction and the removal of monuments .


The rules governing the motion of equipment attached to spacecraft under the high-speed impact of micrometers or debris in space were studied with such spacecraft attachment equipment as solar energy plates and aerials simulated as simple attachment plate to establish the relationship among the elevation of attachment plate, impact speed, diameter of projectile, yield strength of material, and thickness of attachment plate. The results of study indicate that the attachment dose not go up in the direction of projectile under specific conditions and on the contrary, it goes up in the opposite direction, but its upward elevation is limited, and on the contrary, its elevation in the opposite direction increases without limits under specific conditions.


The purpose of this study was to compare the marginal fit of the dental prosthesis with the oral scanner and the model scanner. The model(3-unit bridges) used urethane material on the chamfer margin. The urethane model was scanned with a oral scanner and a model scanner, and then designed with CAD software. Each test piece was made of a subtractive manufacturing and an additive manufacturing process. The marginal fit was measured using a replica technique. We analyzed the marginal opening(MO), the marginal gap(MG) of the maximum curvature area, the axial gap(AG), and the occlusal gap(OG) with a CCD camera mounted on a microscope. And then, the distance was measured using an image analysis software. In order to analyze the changes of the scanning method and the manufacturing method, two-way ANOVA was performed. For data of each parameter, a one-way ANOVA was conducted. Overall, the average value of the marginal fit was less than 169μm, and the average value of MO and AG was 79 μm or less. There was no difference in the mean values of MO and AG in the prosthesis milled by subtractive manufacturing with oral scanner and model scanner. MG, OG showed better fit of the prosthesis made by the oral scanner than the prosthesis manufactured by the model scanner.


Article type: Review article If you are planning on fasting and have diabetes, it is important to speak to your diabetes healthcare team as early as possible before Ramadan. For some people with diabetes, fasting can be dangerous or can cause problems to your health. Your diabetes team will be able to advise you on whether it is safe for you to fast. If you are able to fast, they will advise you on how to keep good diabetes control throughout the fasting period. Article History: Received: 16 July 2015 Accepted: 17 July 2015 Published: 20 July 2015


This paper introduces the quantile regression- based Distance-to-Default to Probability of Default (DD-PD) mapping, which links individual firms' DD to their real world PD. Since changes in the DD depend on a handful of parameters, the mapping easily accommodates shocks arising from quantitative and narrative scenarios informed by expert judgment. At end-2020, risks from stock market corrections in the U.S. are concentrated in the energy, financial and technology sectors, and additional bank capital needs could be large. The paper concludes discussing uses of the mapping beyond PD valuation suitable for capital structure analysis, credit portfolio management, and long-term scenario planning analysis.


The enlarged coverage of the international publication and citation databases Web of Science and Scopus towards local media in social sciences was a welcome response to an increased usage of these databases in evaluation and funding systems. The mostly international journals available earlier were the basis for the development of current standard bibliometric indicators. The same indicators may no longer measure exactly the same concepts when applied to newly introduced or extended media categories, with possibly different characteristics than those of international journals. This paper investigates differences between media with and without international dimension in publication data at team and author level. The findings relate the international publication categories to research quality, important for validation of their usage in evaluation or funding models that aim to stimulate quality.


In this paper, we modify and generalize the concept of weakly contractive mappings and establish some new xed point theorems for


An essential drugs list a tendering system for the procurement of drugs in bulk and a network of public sector pharmacies are helping to improve the availability of medication to the people who most need them in Sudan the poor. Between 80-90% of the drugs needed in Sudan are imported by the Ministry of Health private wholesalers or local agents. Now for the 1st time Sudanese manufacturers have been given the chance to tender separately for 44 pharmaceutical products to promote the national drug industry. Until hygiene sanitation nutrition and immunization can be sufficiently improved essential drugs will continue to provide the 1st line of health care in many communities. Sudans list of essential drugs came out in 1983 containing about 400 active substances and 600 proprietary products. Since the list came into use shortages of essential drugs have been less severe and less frequent.


Seed of Agrostis tenuis and seed galls of the nematode Anguina agrostis were fumigated with methyl bromide at three concentration-time products over a range of moisture contents. Satisfactory nematode control was obtained by fumigating seed of about 12% moisture content at concentration-time products between 600 and 800 mg. h./l.


The results of an analysis of a series of infrared images recorded by the NOAA-12 and NOAA-14 satellites (6 September-14 November 1997), making it possible to trace the formation and evolution of coastal anticyclonic eddies (CACE) between Anapa and Gagra in the northeastern Black Sea are presented. The velocity of their movement along individual segments was determined and the movement of one of the coastal eddies from the shore west of Novorossiysk and its transformation into an open-sea eddy were observed. The possible relationship between the formation and trajectory of coastal anticyclonic eddies and bottom topographic features and atmospheric influences is discussed.


In the globalized world, managing human resources is one of the critical challenges for today's organizations. Increasingly it is understood that cultivating Psychological contract among people of the organization is the fundamental aspect of this employee-employer relationships. The p sychological contract includes informal arrangements, mutual beliefs, 'promises' or 'expectations' that are exchanged between the parties in an employment relationship. Four variants of Psychological contracts are Relational contracts, Transactional contracts, Transitional contracts and Balanced contracts. The present study is original one aimed at developing a deeper understanding about psychological contract and employment relationship amongst employees serving FMCG industry in India, taking into consideration strength of all variants of psychological contracts.


Teaching in schools has been conveyed by different social and mechanical courses, and the students are presented with all possibilities and span of developments that influence them genuinely and mentally. Students in public schools are at a phase of progress and are on an amazing edge. It is a phase when these students need care, consideration, warmth, and closeness. We have two kinds of schools, i.e., governmentand private that are running throughout the previous eight decades. These schools serve society by giving training to their residents. New improvements and instructional changes have occurred in the field of training so that school can provide a better environment and education.Creativity is an interesting procedure, likely inborn and unevenly circulated among the populace. Every day, we face new changes altogether aspects of life and creativity isn't only ameans for adapting with changes but also a stimulus for producing knowledge indifferent fields of study. Moreover, creativity is one of the key factors in academicachievement that requirespecial attention.Innovativeness is a subject that is intricate, multifaceted and dynamic.


Effects of six different proportions of red and blue light of LED(light emitting diode) on seedling quality in multilayer system were studied. Two out of six proportions were selected to determine their impact on tobacco plant growth and tobacco leaf yield and quality. Results showed that light intensity had an enhanced trend with increase of proportion of blue light. The seedling rate under four proportions of red and blue light(1:1, 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4) was significantly higher than that under natural light. Dry matter accumulation was high, but seedling quality was similar to natural light. Chlorophyll content under LED light was significantly higher than that under natural light, but root activity under LED light was significantly lower. In addition, root activity under red and blue light with proportions of 1:1 and 1:4 was significantly stronger than that with other proportions. Tobacco plants with LED light treatment grew slow in root extending stage, and grew faster afterwards, and showed no significant difference with those under natural light treatment at maturing stage. The economic characters and chemical compositions of tobacco leaves under LED light treatments showed no significant difference with those under natural light. It is concluded that red and blue light with proportions of 1:1 and 1:4 could increase seedling rate and chlorophyll content of seedling leaves, and promote accumulation of dry matter.


Purpose: The current study (case report) seeks to examine the effects of a proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) exercise program on the upper extremity function and activities of daily living (ADLs) in a stroke patient. Methods: The subject was a 42 year-old woman diagnosed with right-sid...


The historical verdict on the General Court of the East India Company has often been an unfavourable one. The Court, the ultimate sovereign body within the company, has invariably been described in terms similar to those which used to be applied to the eighteenth-century house of commons: it has been seen as a corrupt, disorderly, and disreputable political institution. Macaulay set the general tone in 1840 when he painted a typically vivid picture of proceedings at the General Court in the mid-eighteenth century. 'The meetings', he wrote, 'were large, stormy, even riotous, the debates indecently virulent. All the turbulence of a Westminster election, all the trickery and corruption of a Grampound election, disgraced the proceedings of this assembly on questions of the most solemn importance'. This unflattering and somewhat impressionistic sketch has occasionally received uncritical acceptance from modern-day historians, and indeed it may be endorsed by contemporary observations of particular events at the Court. In 1767, for example, a first-time visitor to the Court room at India House in Leadenhall Street was appalled by what he saw, and he came away with the impression that this was 'the most riotous assembly I ever saw'. And yet, on numerous other occasions commentators were full of praise for the good order and high standards of oratory at the Court. This has prompted two of the leading modern authorities on the history of the company in Britain to comment favourably on the quality of debate at India House during the eighteenth and early-nineteenth century.


In a surprise move, the Government of Karnataka drastically altered recently the distribution of authority within the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), the sole environmental regulator in the state. After having appointed a new chairman a few months ago, the government has now amended the rules to give most day-to-day powers to the member-secretary.


The author introduces the housing wall heat preservation technology and its characteristics,combining with concrete project example,describes external wall heat preservation construction technology procedures and important points of external wall heat preservation construction,provides concrete construction attention points,so as to promote the development of external wall heat preservation technology,thus realizing building energy-saving.


Max-min fair bandwidth allocation is desirable because it protects well-behaved flows while keeping network utilization high. Achieving and maintaining absolute global max-min fairness at finite flow granularity is improbable. Moreover, computing and communicating max-min fair rates has a significant overhead. In this paper, we define the notion of /spl epsiv/-fairness and derive the conditions for flow rates to be /spl epsiv/-fair. We describe a technique where max-min fairness is computed at the level of flow groups while /spl epsiv/-fairness is provided to individual flows. Using /spl epsiv/-fairness allows the network administrator to control the degree of fairness with an overhead proportional to the degree. An important implication of our technique is that traffic-pattern knowledge can be used to reduce overhead.


Based on the analyses of MDT data and the shape of formation pressure profile curves,an innovative method is proposed to gain continued formation pressure profile curves by using cubic spline function and the formation pressure profile curves can be considered as parabolic curves.In these curves,the apexes are one to one correspondence with the reservoir oil-water interfaces.Based on the peak value concept,the depth of oil-water interfaces can be extracted from these formation pressure profile curves,and correspondent program is compiled to extract the oil-water interface automatically.The possible extra error can be decreased in on-site processing using this program,the handling time of operating personnel can be saved,and the work capacity can be diminished.The reliability of this innovative method,the factuality and validity of the result of interpretation can be approved by practical applications.


This study involves expatriate children whose first language (L1) is English and who learned Hindi as their second language (L2) while their parents worked in India. The purpose of the study was to investigate the linguistic experiences of the children after they had left India, particularly experiences with L2 attrition. Through semi-structured interviews, subjects shared their stories of L2 acquisition and attrition. Common experiences which contributed to the attrition of the L2 included periods of non-use of the L2, social responses to the use of the L2, the lack of development of Hindi literacy and subjects' attitude toward using the L2. Some of the subjects were able to retrieve the L2 on return trips to India and an examination is made of their perceptions of what supported this retrieval process. These include exposure to the "environment" of India and personal motivation. The conclusion provides questions and suggestions for further research to contribute to a better understanding of the linguistic experiences of expatriate children.


Abstract 376 service employees at 27 Hong Kong food service outlets were surveyed using Lee-Ross's Service Predisposition Index instrument together with the cultural values questionnaire of the Chinese Culture Connection. The objective was to examine the influence of Chinese culture upon employees' willingness to deliver service. Results suggested that cultural values influence service predisposition through specific job attitudes. Respondents perceived humbleness, loyalty to superiors and tolerance of others to have the greatest positive effect on their job attitudes. This influence was most pronounced for the service dimensions disposition and communication and the moderator deference. The cultural values that had the most negative influence on service predisposition were protecting face, conservatism and repayment of good/evil. Respondents interpreted delivering service in terms of personal deference, to the customer or their employer, rather than as a relationship with the customer. There seemed also to be a cultural reluctance to accord (unknown) customers status and hence to perceive them as worthy recipients of service.


The present invention relates to a method for coating a glass product having a large surface area at a general level. The invention also relates to a coated glass product manufactured by the method. Coating is performed by using the ultra-short pulse laser deposition, wherein the pulse laser beam is scanned by the rotating optical scanner including at least one mirror for reflecting the laser beam. The present invention has a low formation temperature, high coating production rate, excellent coating properties, and some overall favorable effect both industrially and quality, such as low manufacturing costs to complete the coating of the glass products.


Customers are the source of insights and ideas that companies use to develop new products and services, to improve existing ones, to develop distribution channels and to plan promotion. The paper analyzes usage of instruments and methods of capturing knowledge from customers, suggests the classification of these instruments and methods and identifies factors that influence their selection. The research methodology of the paper is comparative case study and the sample includes 6 companies: 3 from electrotechnical industry and 3 from software development industry.


Surface fluorination of TiO$_2$ (F-TiO$_2$) has complicate photocatalytic behavior in degradation of organic compounds. This work attempts to establish an elegant scenario based on the band model to understand this behavior. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that fluorination of the rutile TiO$_2$(110) surface (F-TiO$_2$${110}$) results in the falling of band edges. The falling of valence band edge (VBE) facilitates production of free $\cdot$OH radicals, whereas the falling of conduction band edge (CBE) lowers the reducing power of photo-electrons and inhibits reductive reactions mediated by them. As a result, the photo-electrons are built up in the conduction band which depresses photo-holes in the valence band to produce $\cdot$OH radicals due to the requirement of electrical neutrality and thus leads to a low degradation rate of organic compounds. Even though, our model suggests a route to improve the degradation efficiency, by introducing a scavenger of photo-electrons to promote formation of $\cdot$OH radicals.


But what are you grateful for? It's a question that could change your life. Recent studies have concluded that the expression of gratitude can have profound and positive effects on our health, our moods and even the survival of our marriages. As Blair and Rita Justice reported for the University of Texas Health Science Center, "A growing body of research shows that gratitude is truly amazing in its physical and psychosocial benefits."


The Judiciary Inquiry method of testimony for children and adolescents who suffered sexual abuse, called special testimony, has been discussed by professionals and there are divergent opinions about it. This article aims to present historically the Special Inquiry method that has been used in Brazil, fi rstly named Testimony without Damage, and discuss the needs of the area for a better direction of this activity. The


Copyright information: Taken from "Phylogenetically and spatially conserved word pairs associated with gene-expression changes in yeasts"Genome Biology 2003;4(7):R43-R43.Published online 26 Jun 2003http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC193630.Copyright © 2003 Chiang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.Total number of conserved word-pair template associations at different K-S significance values. The horizontal axis shows different FDR-corrected significance levels for the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (see Materials and methods). The number of closely spaced word pairs meeting this cutoff for different minimum numbers of expression conditions is shown on the vertical axis. Word pairs were also filtered for an improvement of 10× over the K-S significance from any single word. Relative enrichment for significant gene-expression associations compared to independently conserved words. Relative enrichment was computed as an odds ratio: the fraction of gene groups selected by conserved word-pair templates associated with significant gene-expression changes, divided by the fraction of gene groups selected by randomly conserved word pairs associated with significant gene-expression changes. Templates were chosen as the set of 989 word pairs showing dependent conservation and close spacing (χ> 31.1, spacing 31.1, spacing 31.1, spacing > 0.05). The odds ratio is shown on the vertical axis; various FDR-corrected significance thresholds for gene-expression associations are shown on the horizontal axis. Word pairs were filtered for an improvement of 10× over the K-S significance from any single word.


Customer churn is one of the fundamental problems in telecommunications industry. Identifying potential churners in the early stage is an effective approach to preventing customer churn. Previous studies largely focused on churners from one operator to another. In this paper, we consider an interesting scenario where customer churn occurs within a specific operator (intra-operator), i.e., customers of China Mobile switch their telecommunication services from fourth generation (4G) to third generation/second generation (3G/2G). Since mechanism for intra-operator customer churn is quite different, previous studies fall short for this new problem. We propose a novel framework to address the emerging intra-operator customer churn problem by investigating the relations between $\pmb{4}\mathbf{G}$ service plans and switching behaviors of customers, unveiling the underpinned cause of the relations. Specifically, we first establish a classification criterion to estimate current service usage status of each customer. Then, we assign switching score to each customer which can be used to reflect switching likelihood of the customer. Finally, we establish the relations between 4G service plans and switching behaviors of customers by introducing two new concepts: changing trend and design evaluation score. We find that some features of 4G service plans indeed affect switching behaviors of customers significantly. Our framework can provide insight into the reasonable design of 4G service plans. Experimental results based on real data demonstrate the effectiveness of our framework.


5 1 Laboratory of Bio-inspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials & Mechanics, University of 6 Trento, Via Mesiano 77, I-38123 Trento, Italy 7 2 Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca 8 degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy 9 3 Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Napoli 10 "Federico II", Italy 11 4 School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile 12 End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom 13 = These authors contributed equally. 14 *email@example.com 15


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Throughout the last decade, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYDOH) have launched numerous Public Service Advertisements (PSA) to curb the use of tobacco and consumption of  ̳empty calorie' beverages. Numerous media outlets have referred to these campaigns and their images as impeding and ill-mannered, highlighting their existence as controversial from the onset. Previous literature indicates that controversial styles of advertising, specifically those using explicit means of communication, provoke psychological reaction and recall regarding the topic of the advertisement. This study uses a triangulated approach to data analysis in answering three research questions pertaining to media and consumer reactions through the rhetorical strengths featured in each of the campaigns. The results indicate that themes emerge between proponents and opponents of the campaign that justify the use of controversial styles in PSA; information recall, questioning of health practices and discourse as a solution. In conjunction with Althusser's (1971) Subject Positioning theory, each campaign's rhetorical strategy is found to be effective. Future research may capitalize on identifying scales of reaction and their consequent behavioral changes in the consumer.


In this issue, Malireddi et al. use a model of pathogen-induced priming and inhibition of TAK1 to demonstrate RIPK1 kinase activity–independent inflammasome activation and pyroptosis, apoptosis, and necroptosis that drive myeloid proliferation and sepsis in TAK1-deficient animals.


The cold spray technology is an innovative technique used to coat metallic and non-metallic substrates for protection from corrosion and/or to improve surface functionalities. It is well known that surface degradation (i.e. corrosion) is not merely an aesthetic issue; its consequences may affect the structural behaviour and the usability of structures or parts of them. This paper addresses the use of cold spray technology as a potential innovative tool for the repair of an extruded 6005A-T6 aluminium alloy item. The specimens investigated have a complex geometry and are used for a new kind of bolt-channel joints to secure the passenger seats to the frame of buses. In order to simulate environmental degradation, samples were exposed to aerated synthetic seawater for 15, 60 and 240 days and, subsequently, cold spray coated using a pure aluminium powder. Results acquired show that layers obtained using Cold Spray process are effective against corrosion, restore volume and geometry shape of corroded metals components without showing visible traces of the repair.


A TCE-contaminated competent bedrock site in Portsmouth, NH was used to determine if a relation existed between microfracture surface geochemistry and the ecology and metabolic activity of attached microbes relative to terminal electron accepting processes (TEAPs) and TCE biodegradation. The bedrock is a metasandstone and metashale of the Silurian Kittery Formation. Eleven microfractures (MF 01-11) were extracted from cores of competent rock from 2 boreholes (BBC5 and BBC6) at depths > 21.3 m below ground. The host rock had 3 nominal pore width sizes (131.1, 1.136, and 0.109 μ m), a porosity of 0.8%, and a permeability of < 1 μ d. Microfracture surface precipitates were polycrystalline with grain sizes ranging from 10 to 100 μ m. Petrography and XRD revealed that carbonates and quartz were the dominant microfracture surface precipitates. Mineral distribution was heterogeneous at the 10 μ m scale. Oxidized and reduced iron species were identified with XPS on the microfracture precipitate surfaces. Carbon functional groups characteristic of NOM were also identified. SIMS mass fragment fingerprints suggested that TCE, PCE and/or VC were possibly adsorbed to NOM on the microfracture surfaces. Packer waters were alkaline (131–190 mg/L as CaCO3, pH 8.8 to 9.6), mildly reducing (Eh of −208 to 160 mV, DO of 0.4 to 2.5 mg/L), with low NPDOC values (0.8–1.7 mg/L), and measurable Fe (II) (0.1 mg/L) and Fe (III) (0.02 to 0.3 mg/L). Sulfate was the dominant anion in the packer sample water (110–120 mg/L). No sulfide was detected. H 2 was present in a number of the BBC wells at the site (2.2–7.3 nM). Amplification with specific primer sets of seven microfractures from BBC5 showed the presence of bacteria, Archaea, anaerobic dehalorespirers (Dehalococcoides sp.), sulfate reducing bacteria, and iron reducing bacteria (Geobacteraceae). Redox zonation may exist relative to spatial distance from within the microfracture network to the open fracture system. The microfracture surface precipitates, frequently spatially complex and comprised of a variety of C-, Fe- and S-containing minerals, may be another region for redox zonation. Fe was the dominant microfracture surface element and active Fe cycling is suspected. However, the primer data suggest that the microfracture network may have been more reducing than the open fracture system. In this case, the microfracture network may constitute a zone where more reductive metabolic processes occur, making this system similar to biogeochemical redox zones found in other environments.


The invention relates to a gear cutting machine for the grinding of external profiles and/or internal profiles of workpieces having at least one machining head which can be rotated about an axis and which has a grinding tool, and having a dressing unit. In accordance with the invention, the dressing unit is supported in the region of the pivot axis of the machining head such that it is pivotable about the common pivot axis together with the machining head and such that it can be moved along the pivot axis toward the grinding tool to be dressed.


This study aims to investigate experimentally the natural convection flow over an array of discrete surfaces mounted on a flat vertical substrate. The investigation covers the case where the discrete surfaces/substrate unit forms a wall of a closed cavity. Experimental measurements of the flow and thermal fields were conducted. The experimental study is aimed at investigating the influence of the Rayleigh number on the velocity and thermal fields inside the cavity. Two cases of heat source distribution were considered: uniform heat source distribution and non-uniform heat source distribution. Measurements of vertical and horizontal velocity components were obtained for three heating values: 10, 15, and 20 W corresponding to Rayleigh number values of Ra = 9.06 × 109, Ra 1.19 × 1010, and Ra 1.41 × 1010. For each case, the velocity measurements were conducted at three different vertical locations, located at the middle of each of the three heaters. Velocity measurements were also obtained for non-uniform heater distribution at Ra 9.53 × 109. The energy loss was found to be about 10% of the power input in each case. Empirical correlations were obtained for the data for uniformly distributed heaters.


We demonstrate a nonlinear signal-processor incorporating a Bismuth-based nonlinear fiber for UWB doublet pulse generation. High quality of doublet pulses is readily generated from the signal-processor based on nonlinear polarization rotation of an elliptically-polarized beam.


Carbohydrates are an important class of biochemical compounds. Compositional analysis of mammalian N-linked oligosaccharides is performed routinely with gas chromatography and combined gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Infrared spectrometry has not been used frequently in the study of oligosaccharides. Nonetheless, infrared spectrometry can be applied quite effectively because each unique structure, with the exception of optical isomers, has a corresponding distinct infrared spectrum. Even large sugars that only have minor structural differences produce distinct infrared spectra. This investigation involves the rapid and accurate determination of monosaccharide composition in complex carbohydrates. Oligosaccharides are depolymerized in order for the individual monosaccharides to be quantified by Fourier transform infrared microspectrometry. The representative monosaccharides found in mammalian N-linked oligosaccharides are D-mannose, D-galactose, L-fucose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid, and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine. A common impurity is D-glucose and is therefore included in the study. A quantitative model was developed by the application of partial least squares regression methods to the spectra of mixtures of these seven monosaccharides, which mimic the composition of the oligosaccharides to be depolymerized. The standards and samples for prediction were subjected to acid methanolysis and peracetylation. Methanolysis was chosen over simple hydrolysis to protect N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid. In addition, the peracetylated product is highly soluble in methylene chloride, which is an ideal solvent for direct deposition onto an infrared transparent window.


A new coding scheme for bit rates below 150 Kb/s is proposed. The scheme combines (i) three-dimensional (3D) noncausal recursive prediction, (ii) vector quantization, and (iii) conditional replenishment. The 3D noncausal prediction model provides an alternative to causal (or unilateral) prediction, yet is not commonly used since it precludes recursive computations owing to its bilateral nature. This paper shows how to obtain a practical, near-optimal recursive implementation of the 3D noncausal video model and demonstrates its application in video compression. The proposed video codec is shown to produce high-quality compressed video at bit rates below 150 Kb/s. In contrast to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) H.263 standard, the video codec exhibits acceptable video quality with a higher peak signal to reconstructed noise ratio (PSNR).


The article was mainly analyzed with the spatial distribution and variability of 4 microelement(Cu,Fe,Mn,B)in top-loyer(0~20 cm) soil in grape production area of Zhuolu and Huailai County in Zhangjiakou city with the methods of Geostatistics and AICGIS 3.3.The results showed that the Total contents of Fe,B were accord with normal distribution,Mn、Cu were accord with logarithm normal distribution.total contents of Fe which had very strongly spatial correlation;total contents of Cu、B、Mn had medium spatial correlation.By using kriging method,the spatial distributions of 4 soil micro-elements took on piece and speckle in study area.The spatial distributions of 4 soil microelements were correlated with soil types,Fe had significant correlation with Vc;and B had extremely significant correlation with Vc;Fe,Mn,B had significant negative correlation with tss-acid ratio and had very significant positive correlation with tartaric acid;Cu have no significant correlation with three group quality indicator.


The present invention is a level of objects, the three-dimensional measurement and corrected vertical angle isometric value of the state measuring device. The present invention comprises a housing, an angle measuring function keys, LCD display, calculator keys and an electronic circuit, wherein, in the front housing cover is provided with a first window and a second liquid crystal display liquid crystal display window, the first liquid crystal display window for displaying the object tilt state, a second liquid crystal display window for displaying the calculation result calculator; electronic circuit comprises a control circuit, the power supply circuit, a key circuit, a sensor circuit module, a display module and a circuit module circuit song. The present invention has high accuracy, easy to operate, multi-functional characteristics. In use, the present invention is simply placed on the test plane, able to accurately display the current angle, and the precision can reach ± 0.10 °; included in the test calibration function, lock, reset, calculator functions, eliminating the daily the complicated operation.


In this paper, we mainly determine the compatible left-symmetric algebra structures on the planar Galilean conformal algebra with some natural grading conditions. The results of earlier work on left-symmetric algebra structures on the twisted Heisenberg-Virasoro algebra play an important role in determining these compatible structures. As a corollary, any such left-symmetric algebra contains an infinite-dimensional non-trivial subalgebra that is also a submodule of the regular module.


This article examines national identity in the three sub-state units of the United Kingdom which were granted devolved powers in 1998 (Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland). This
article argues that national identity provides a compelling explanation for why powers were devolved asymmetrically, as compared to federal states where powers are generally uniform at the sub-state level.


The paper forms part of a multiple case study in progress that focuses on information relationships, i.e., the exchange of information and knowledge at the micro-social level between supplier and buyer firms in the fuzzy front end of product development. The micro-social level is made up of dyadic information relationships between the Design Engineer of buyer firms and the Sales Engineer of supplier firms. The case study explores the information relationship through the lens of three theoretical perspectives, namely: early supplier involvement in product development, knowledge management, and the concepts of social embeddedness and tie strengths belonging to economic sociology. The paper describes the concept of supplier's Sales Engineer as a knowledge worker, and explains how the concept represents a specific type of supplier involvement in early product development. By using the preliminary findings of four case studies, the paper shows how the concept of the Sales Engineer as a knowledge worker has been understood and applied in practice The paper concludes with managerial implications regarding the conditions that need to be in place in order to make the knowledge transfer through the Sales Engineer robust and dependable.


Context. The ESA Rosetta mission has allowed for an extensive in situ study of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In measurements performed by the ram gauge of the COmet Pressure Sensor (COPS), observed features are seen to deviate from the nominal ram gauge signal. This effect is attributable to the sublimation of the volatile fraction of cometary icy particles containing volatiles and refractories.
Aims. The objective of this work is to investigate the volatile content of icy particles that enter the COPS ram gauge.
Methods. We inspected the ram gauge measurements to search for features associated with the sublimation of the volatile component of cometary particles impacting the instrument. All the sublimation features with a high-enough signal-to-noise ratio were modelled by fitting one or more exponential decay functions. The parameters of these fits were used to categorise different compositions of the sublimating component.
Results. Based on features that are attributable to ice sublimation, we infer the detection of 73 icy particles containing volatiles. Of these, 25 detections have enough volatile content for an in-depth study. From the values of the exponential decay constants, we classified the 25 inferred icy particles into three types, interpreted as different volatile compositions, which are possibly further complicated by their differing morphologies. The available data do not give any indication as to which molecules compose the different types. Nevertheless, we can estimate the total volume of volatiles, which is expressed as the diameter of an equivalent sphere of water (density of 1 g cm−3). This result was found to be on the order of hundreds of nanometres.


The invention discloses a method for controlling settlement by horizontally drilling at embankment and injecting a light weight replacing material under the normal traffic circumstance, which is characterized in that: the slope embankment on one side or two sides of roadbed is drilled transversely by a drilling or chiseling pore-forming technique, holes lean a certain angle downwards so as to inject the light weight material; and the light weight material is injected into the holes, and then is solidified in the holes to form the light weight replacing material. A sleeve is also placed into the holes firstly, and then the light weight material or a non-backfill material is injected into the sleeve, so that pore-forming quality is ensured and the diffusion of the light weight material is avoided. The road does not need to be sealed, a pavement structure layer and an upper accessory structure cannot be damaged, and the normal traffic cannot be influenced.


In this issue of TRANSFUSION, McCullough and colleagues reviewed data relating to pathogen inactivation. They concluded that there was little or no standardization of measurements of the circulating levels of infectious agents and the likelihood of infectivity from these levels, and that there were numerous factors that made it impossible to predict the clinical efficacy of pathogen inactivation technology. They concluded that it was most appropriate to use pathogen inactivation as a supplement to existing testing methods to remove the risk of infection from donations with low levels of agents not detectable by testing. Experience suggests that, at least in developed countries, this is an infrequent event. McCullough did not examine the use of in vitro infectivity or animal studies to predict in vivo infectivity, which are the methods preferred by regulators. Neither did he mention the use of pathogen inactivation in preventing bacterial sepsis. The latter has been shown, by hemovigilance reporting, to be efficacious in actual practice. Despite the concerns expressed by McCullough, it does seem possible to define the limits of safety for a pathogen reduction technology, and thus to consider appropriate strategies for the use of the technology. In the case of viruses and parasites, the worst case is that a single organism would be all that is necessary to establish an infection. To be infectious, the organism would have to have a functional genome. This means that the number of genomes detected in a product would reflect the greatest possible level of infectivity. If a pathogen inactivation procedure could eliminate the highest observed level of nucleic acid, plus a safety margin, then that method could be used to assure safety for that organism. If the level of nucleic acid were outside the limit, then minipool NAT could be used in tandem with pathogen inactivation. For bacteria that may proliferate in blood products after collection, the capacity for inactivation must be sufficient to inactivate the maximum level of bacteria that could be present at the time of treatment. The maximum time between collection and treatment is thus limited by the efficacy of the pathogen inactivation treatment process. This has been demonstrated in the laboratory and in actual use. To consider this approach, it will be necessary to establish the maximum level of nucleic acid for each transfusiontransmissible agent in asymptomatic donors (see, e.g., Dodd et al. NAT would be required only where necessary because of high infectivity levels or resistance to inactivation. It is reasonable to suggest that this would support elimination of serologic testing altogether, thus reducing complexity and resource requirements. This should serve as a paradigm for the future of blood safety, at least in environments where these technologies are feasible.


This paper presents a robust design scheme for an inertial measurement unit (IMU) composed only of accelerometers. From acceleration data measured by a redundant set of accelerometers, the IMU proposed in this paper can estimate the linear acceleration, angular velocity, and angular acceleration of the rigid-body to which it is attached. The robustness of our method to the uncertainty of the locations of the sensors and the measurement noise is obtained through redundancy and optimal configuration of the onboard sensors. In addition, the fail-diagnostics and fail-safe issues are also addressed for reliable operation.


Introduction, Arindam Chakrabarti Strawson on universals, Pranab Kumar Sen Reply to Pranab Sen, P.F. Strawson Universals and other generalities, Jonardon Ganeri Predicates and properties: an examination of P.K. Sens' theory of universals, Fraser McBride Buddhist nominalism and desert ornithology, Mark Siderits Universals transformed: the first thousand years after Plato, Richard Sorabji Conceptualism, Chris Swoyer The concept horse, Harold W. Noonan Universals and particulars: Ramsey's scepticism, Bob Hale How not to trivialize the identity of indiscernibles, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra Universals and the defence of ante rem realism, George Bealer Particulars have their properties of necessity, David Armstrong Properties in abundance, Wolfgang Kunne A category of particulars, P.F. Strawson On perceiving properties, Arindam Chakrabarti Index.


(1996). A Review of: "SELF PRODUCING SYSTEMS": Implications and Applications of Autopoiesis, by John Mingers, Plenum Press, New York and London, 1995. xvii + 241 pages; ISBN 0-306-44797-5. International Journal of General Systems: Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 184-185.


For a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature the energy of the gas is fixed and independent of its pressure and volume.


This paper compares the belt conveyor's present situation and development trend domestic and oversea,and brings forward coal belt conveyor's research objective of our country.


Introduction. Polymer nanoparticles are a key tool to deliver drugs to specific sites and to increase drug bioavailability. Aim. This research aims to use poly amide-disulfide nanoparticles as drug delivery systems. Method. Amlodipine (Amlop) was used as a model, forming Amlop-polymer nanocomposites. In this work, we investigated the effect of independent variables (polymer, Fe3+, Al3+, and pH) on the dependent variables (loading efficiency (%LE), zeta potential, and particle size). Nanocomposites were prepared by an inotropic method. Nanocomposites were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and a release study. Results. From the XRD data, the Amlop-polymer nanocomposite shows semi crystallinity. In addition, the disappearance of drug peaks indicates that the drug was incorporated between the polymer molecules and was amorphous in behavior. The FTIR for the nanocomposite shows the functional group of the drug, which indicates the incorporation of Amlop into the nanocomposite. From FE-SEM, the results showed that our nanocomposites have an average particle size of approximately 130 nm. The release of amlodipine from the Amlop-polymer nanocomposite was found to be controlled, with approximately 85% within approximately 24 hours. Conclusion. The amide-disulfide polymer nanoparticles are promising carriers for different types of drugs.


Currently, eight distributional databases of fishes are included in the "Fish Database of Taiwan." They are (1) coastal fishes mainly from underwater census; (2) inshore economic fishes from fishery harvest; (3) checklist of Dongsha (Pratas) and Nansha (Spratly) Island in the South China Sea; (4) freshwater fishes in Tzengwen River; (5) freshwater and estuarine fishes; (6) endemic freshwater fishes; (7) bottom trawling fishes; (8) deep-sea organisms. While the third to the fifth databases can be accessed interactively by using ArcView/Map Info, the last one can be accessed by using ArcIMS on Web GIS service. All of the above distributional databases are linked to "The Fish Database of Taiwan," or to the global fish database – "FishBase" of ICLARM. By using the species names as the primary key, a more detailed information of each particular species can be obtained, which includes specimen photos, biological information, literatures and other distributional data in Taiwan (Chinese version) or in the world (English version). Such collaboration between local and global database has shown a good example for local or regional biodiversity database moving toward international cooperation.


The article presents experimental studies of a newly developed suppression system used in a firearm. Measurements of sound pressure and recoil of the developed suppression system are compared to typical suppressors available on the market. Usage of the suppression system demonstrated a recoil force decrease from 26.31 % to 27.23%. Respectively, sound pressure measurements demonstrated a decrease from 66.2% to 71% when using the newly developed suppression system.


Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology concept that revolutionizes our way of living, ranging from standard household objects to sophisticated industrial tools. They represent a collection of interconnected devices equipped with software, sensors, and several other tools to interact and share information with gadgets and programs in the network infrastructure through the internet in a bid to enhance their decision-making skills. However, with such significant advancements come several issues that intimidate the IT industry, which has deteriorated due to the lack of capacity of various organizations to identify, evaluate, and monitor essential features to ensure adherence to security policies. The absence of efficient and robust security procedures, inaccurate device upgrades, user unawareness, and system tracking are a few issues IoT faces from a security, privacy, and cybersecurity perspective. Thus, there is a need for comprehensive knowledge of these IoT threats and their solutions to leverage their usage efficiently. Hence, this review paper focuses on exploring the different kinds of IoT risks and their potential solutions, which are necessary for the successful performance of IoT devices.


The article analyzes the reasons for the unstable development of the Russian economy in the period after the introduction of sanctions by the US and EU countries. It is shown that in the context of the fourth industrial revolution in Russia, it is extremely important to actively increase and effectively use such a powerful factor of economic growth and achieving international competitiveness as national intellectual capital.


Objective
To explore the correlation of apolipoprotein levels with the severity of hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis.

Methods
Clinical date of 169 patients with hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (AP) admitted in our hospital from September 2012 to December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. Apolipoprotein (Apo) AⅠ, Apo B, Apo B/Apo AⅠ ratio were compared among hyperlipidemic AP patients with different severity. Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to explore the correlation of Apo AⅠ, Apo B, Apo B/Apo AⅠ with Atlanta classification, CTSI score, APACHE-Ⅱscore, RANSON score and C-reaction protein level. The optimal cut-off point of apolipoproteins for predict the severe hyperlipidemic AP was determined by ROC curve. The local and systemic complications of pancreatitis patients with different Apo levels were compared with chi-square test.

Results
There were no significant differences in general conditions among patients with severe AP (SAP), median-severe AP (MSAP) and mild AP (MAP). The Apo AⅠ levels of SAP [ (0.89±0.36) g/L] were lower than those of MSAP [(1.07±0.40)g/L, t=2.07, P=0.04] and MAP [(1.14±0.70) g/L, t=2.55, P=0.01]. Apo AⅠ was negatively correlated with Atlanta classification (r=-0.24, P 8 [70.59%(36/51) vs. 55.08%(65/118), χ2=3.56, P=0.04] in patients with Apo AⅠ≤0.8 g/L were higher than those in patients with Apo AⅠ>0.8 g/L.

Conclusion
Apolipoprotein AⅠ level is negatively correlated with Atlanta classification and Apo AⅠ level can be used to predict severity of hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis.

Key words:
Pancreatitis; Hyperlipidemia; Apolipoproteins; APACHEⅡ; C-reactive protein


Cell rearrangement is one of the fundamental mechanisms underlying tissue morphogenesis. In epithelial tissues, cells rearrange without losing their tight neighbor interactions by junction remodeling according to a topological T1 transition, i. e. collapse of a junction followed by extension of a new junction in perpendicular orientation. The minimal functional units are cell quadruplets with two old and two new neighbors. The driving force for junction remodeling is provided by acto-myosin contractility in old neighbors. By now it has been unclear whether non-autonomous mechanism is involved, which coordinate the activities of old and new neighbors.
In my doctoral research I employed xit mutant Drosophila embryos to study potential non-autonomous mechanism of coordination with cell quadruplets undergoing cell rearrangement. I characterized the phenotypes of xit mutants in detail, confirmed the assumed function of Xit as a glucosyl-transferase in the ER and identified E-Cadherin to be hypo-N-glycosylated in xit mutants. Hypo-N-glycosylated E-Cadherin is more mobile and shows altered clustering. Germ-band extension and cell intercalation are affected in xit embryos, similar to the phenotypes in E-Cadherin RNAi embryos. The T1 process, especially the new junction extension phase is delayed in xit mutant embryos. Large-scale data analysis of several hundred cell quadruplets passing through T1 processes revealed a T1 specific and xit and E-Cadherin dependent anti-correlation of area fluctuations between old and new neighbors, indicating a function of xit and E-Cadherin in coordination behavior of old and new neighbors (Collaboration with Dr. Lars Reichl and Prof. Fred Wolf).
To test whether the observed correlations are functionally relevant I developed an optochemical method by Ca2+ uncaging to induce rapid and transient cell contraction at single cell resolution. Inducing cell contraction in T1 cell quadruplets, I found that synchronous contractions of cardinal cells are sufficient for junction extension in wild type but not in xit mutant embryos. Furthermore, induced cell contractions in new neighbors interfered with junction extension.
I propose a model that the hypo-N-glycosylation of E-Cadherin affects E-Cad-based mechanotransduction and cell-cell communications in Drosophila embryos. E-Cadherin cis-interaction could be affected by hypo-N-glycosylation, and E-Cadherin relative bigger cluster can be formed initially, but the increased myosin activity spits, instead of stabilize the cluster as in wild type, and furthermore affects E-Cadherin/F-actin interaction. The E-Cad-based mechanotransduction is affected consequently in xit embryos.


This paper shows how enhancing the representation, while fixing the logical power of computation, provides a better characterization of the computationally complex tone processes, the unbounded circumembient (UC) processes noted in Jardine (2016). Using Autosegmental Representations, we define tone-TBU associations as quantifier-free least fixed point transductions, which allow us to extend the notion of subsequentiality to the otherwise non subsequential UC processes.


In this research we considered the development of a system for automatically detecting and reporting traffic accidents at intersections. A system with these properties would be a great benefit in determining the cause of accidents and could also be useful in determining features of the intersection that relate to safety. A complete system would automatically detect and record traffic conditions associated with accidents such as time of the accident, video of the accident, and the traffic light signal controller parameters. In this project, the basic research required to develop the system has been considered. This involves developing methods for processing acoustic signals and recognizing accident events from the background traffic events. A database consisting of sounds from vehicle crashes, car braking sounds, construction sounds, and traffic sounds was created. We compute the Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients as a feature vector for input to the classification system. A neural network is used to classify these features into categories of crash and non-crash events. The classification testing results achieved 99% accuracy.


SEX IS a biological differential factor occurring only at a certain high stage of the animal evolution. In the early stages ofevolution there is no sex and living beings belonging to this stage are asexual or neutral. At a relatively higher stage sex occurs in the form of bisexuality or hermaphroditism (the real hermaphroditism which has nothing to do with what we call in human pathology " true" hermaphroditism), and the same living being possessing male and female genital organs and gonads. At a higher stage, the stage of gonochorism, male and female are separated. Ontogeny repeats phyllogeny. In the early stages the embryo is asexual. This is followedin the 5-7 mm. human embryo-by a stage of bi-sexuality or real hermaphroditism, the embryo showing at the same time rudiments of male and female gonads and genital organs. Last comes a stage of unisexuality. Thus, in humans sex develops through the interaction of two opposing impulses. First comes a bisexual impulse, and after that a unisexual or sex differential impulse, which inhibits the development of sexual characters belonging to one sex and enhances the development of sexual characters belonging to the sex which the human being will assume. This unisexual or sex differentiating impulse originates in the genes-especially those in the chromosomes XX for the female and XY chromosomes for the male. It acts through executives, that is it directs a masculinizing or feminizing action on organizers, endocrines and brain. The victory of the unisexual impulse is never complete, and for this reason every male human has a few female features and vice versa, the differentiation being sufficient, however, for biological purposes. The intersex is an individual in whom the unisexualiaing impulse -masculinizing or feminizing at the origin-is weak and sex differentiation is incomplete and intersexes are thus imperfect sexes. When this unisexualizing impulse is weak at its genetic origin we speak of deep, constitutional intersexes: when the deficiency occurs at one of the executive stages-principally through disease of the endocrine glands-we speak ofsecondary or acquired intersexuality. Analytically, sex differentiation depends on certain special features, different for male and female, and known, since the work ofJohn Hunter and Charles Darwin, as sexual characters. The division into primary and secondary does not correspond to our contemporary holistic conceptions and we have to distinguish simply morphological, psychological, psycho-sexual (libido), genital and gonadal features. Notwithstanding the weakness of the unisexual impulse we can accept in an intersexual individual what has been designated since the Roman jurisdiction on Hermaphroditism (VIpianus IIIrd century of our era) as the predominant sex, which will be based on the following criteria: (I) The original-even if deficient-genetic unisexual impulse, which even in the so-called true hermaphrodites, is male or female. This is the genetic sex. (2) The balance of sexual characters. This is the clinical sex which usually corresponds to the genetic sex. (3) The will of the patient manifested in his social behaviour. This is the "total personality " or pragmatic sex.


This report sets forth testimony of the authors reporting a rate increase by Public Service Electric and Gas Company of Newark, New Jersey. The owning and operating costs of proposed new nuclear units of PSE and G and of coal-fired alternatives are evaluated. The relative costs of deferring construction of the nuclear units are also evaluated. It is concluded that new coal-fired units are a more economical choice for PSE and G and its customers than new nuclear units and that deferral of new nuclear units will reduce costs even if nuclear units are ultimately constructed. These findings are discussed and explained in the summary section and followed by four appendices in which assumptions are explained with respect to (1) capital costs, (2) fuel costs, (3) capacity factor, and (4) operating and maintenance costs. (MCW)


This bachelor work is aimed at the problems of optimalization by using Tabu search method. In the introduction are described the theoretic principles of this method and their key elements. Next chapters deal with the implementation in Microsoft Access, the result of it is the algorithm created by testing together with the dates obtained during this process.


Aim To determine the content of baicalin in Kangjunxiaoyan capsule.Methods HPLC was performed with chromatographic conditions as follows:Agilent Eclipse XDB C18Column(250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm) with column temperature at 30℃,the mobile phase of methanol phosphoric acid-water(42∶ 0.2∶ 58),and the detection wavelength was set at 280 nm.Results The linearity of baicalin was good in the range from 0.063 05 to 0.630 5 μg(r=1.000 0).The average recovery was 99.23 % and RSD was 0.98 %.Conclusion The method is simple,feasible and reproducible,and can be used to control the quality of the drug.


A novel insulating plate relates to the technical field of insulating plates and comprises a protecting film layer (1), an aluminum foil layer (2), a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) layer (3) and a double-faced adhesive layer (4). The protecting film layer (1) is disposed on the surface of the rear half portion of the aluminum foil layer (2), the PET layer (3) is arranged at the bottom of the aluminum foil layer (2), and the double-faced adhesive layer (4) is disposed at a bottom layer of the PET layer (3). The novel insulating plate has more effective conduction and protection functions, improves an insulating function and can protect a circuit board better.


If DC voltage adjustment can be controlled very easily, it is much more effective rather than AC in transmission efficiency. The main reason why DC is more effective than AC, DC has the same role as the 70[%] of AC whenever the same power send. In addition, AC streams the surface of electrical wire, but DC streams overall of electrical wire. Digital load, which is operated by DC, has increased in modern times. The step of convert of AC-DC has to be reduced. When we turn the dispersed AC-DC converters into the concentrated AC-DC converter, it can improve the effective of the whole system. Further more, if digital society develops more than now and the time of electric vehicle comes, the need of DC will increase much more than these days. This paper suggests that DC output of distributed power source and high efficient 3 phase PWM converter can control the adjustment of output voltage, harmonic restraint, power factor improvement and dump power.


The effects of temperature on the dynamics of changes in shoot mechanical properties, cell wall components, relevant soluble sugars and respiration activity of harvested white asparagus spears were investigated during a 7-day storage period. All functional cell wall components of asparagus spears increased closely temperature dependent. The content of soluble glucose declined with a similar temporal dynamics and to a comparable degree, indicating a major carbon flow of this storage sugar into cell walls (60-70%). Irrespective of temperature, the contents of stored soluble fructose and sucrose remained more or less constant. Lower temperatures reduced cell wall development but do not significantly affect the relative carbon flow from storage sugars into cell walls or maintenance respiration. Compared with cell walls, maintenance respiration is by far the smaller carbon sink in stored asparagus spears. Temperature differentially affects the absolute amount and the relative contribution of the different cell wall components and the temporal dynamics of changes in structural carbohydrate and lignin content. At higher temperatures, secondary cell wall thickening resulted mainly from a large increase in cellulose content. The pronounced increase in the fractions of cellulose and especially lignin may stress the important role of lignin in cell wall strengthening. While the fraction of cell wall proteins decreased, those of hemicellulose and the pectic components were not influenced.


In highly diluted polystyrene-cyclohexane solutions under θ-conditions, the restriction of self-diffusion of a fluorescent probe was observed by means of excimer fluorescence. The evaluation of stationary fluorescence data was based on a model that makes it possible to distinguish between the thermodynamic phenomenon of preferential solvation and the dynamic diffusion process. The excimer formation process is diffusion-controlled, and the ratio of excimer to monomer fluorescence intensity (I exc /I mon ) correlates with the concentration and mobility of the fluorophore in two phases: inside and outside the polymer coil. Two fluorophores were used to corroborate the behavior of the polymer-solvent system: ethyl-1-naphthoate (EN) and methyl-4-(1-pyrenyl)butyrate (MPB)


Evidence of an association between nurses' educational preparation and patient safety has prompted many hospitals to engage in preferential hiring of baccalaureate nurses or invest resources into tuition assistance. Meanwhile, the difficult nature of nursing at the hospital beside, demanding hospital practice environments, and the need for nurses in expanded roles are converging to create a situation whereby education might beget increased turnover from the hospital bedside. This article describes a study that examined the relationship between educational preparation and turnover intention from the hospital bedside in a sample of nurses from an integrated health system in Pennsylvania. The authors discuss the review of literature, theoretical framework, and study methods. Results indicated that educational preparation independently predicted turnover intention from the hospital bedside. In the discussion and conclusion, the authors suggest that to keep hospitalized patients safe and reduce costs, the hospital bedside should be re-envisioned as a specialty so as to retain baccalaureate nurses in this setting.


Water is a recyclable energy source that can be differentiated according to hydro power. A driving water energy that produces electricity depends on the potential energy and kinetic water which is then converted into mechanical energy through a turbine to drive an electric generator.
Indonesia has quite a lot of rivers and irrigation flows and can be utilized as a renewable energy source. The micro hydro power plant is the right solution to be developed.
The results of the design of this power plant have a water capacity of 0.03 m3 / s with a head of 1 meter and have a power of 124 W or 0.124 Kw.


Abstract The forecasting of future airline passenger demand is critical task for airline management. The objective of the present study was to develop an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) for predicting Australia's domestic airline passenger demand. The ANFIS model was trained, tested, and validated in the study. Sugeno fuzzy rules were used in the ANFIS structure and Gaussian membership function, and linear membership functions were also developed. The hybrid learning algorithm and the subtractive clustering partition method were used to generate the optimum ANFIS models. The results found that the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) for the overall data set of the ANFIS model was 3.25% demonstrating that the ANFIS model has high predictive capabilities. The ANFIS model could be used in other domestic air travel markets.


In cooking, food gels such as agar-agar or alginate are often prepared and presented in the form of spheres or spaghetti. While experimenting in our kitchen, we realized that it is quite difficult to make more advanced shapes. In this study, we sought to develop new methods to obtain more complex shapes. Our first challenge was to obtain helices. The best method we selected was to deposit the solutions before their gelation in a thread. The robustness of the method is tested by systematically changing the thread pitch, diameter and depth. From the deformation under its own weight, we propose to deduce the mechanical characteristics of the helix. These values are compared to those obtained in the laboratory using indentation testing. Finally, we experimented with mixed gels obtained by combining agar-agar and alginate.


This paper studied the multiple decision problems,based on considering both the preference information of schemes and the scheme value of objective information,and gave a five scale values method for the decision indices. The attribute weight were derived by using indices scale valuation.Then based on multiple indexes line segment,it built up a cosinus decision model that gave the cosinus ideal plan and decision plan.This method is simple and practical and the result is believable.


Laboratory methods have the advantage of high precision measurement, and for determining a number of parameters. In addition, it can make a sufficiently high number of attempts to provide an acceptable accuracy in the determination of the parameters with a random variation, such as rock cutting.


If periods with DD and LD alternate regularly the maximum of the swarming Heteronereis is nearly as distant from the beginning of DD as it is, under the alternation of LL- and LD-periods, from the beginning of LD. This supports the assumption that the position of the swarming maximum is determined by the moment at which the time of the daily illumination is shortened. Blind Platynereis under the alternation of LL- and LD-periods have the same swarming periodicity as those with normal sight. Therefore the photoperiodic influences do not effect through the eyes.


As discussion intensifies, and critics exploit what they see as a serious press abuse of anonymous sources, this article explores current practices and policies, as well as examines justification for and danger of anonymous source usage. Seven guidelines are listed and discussed which may help editors and reporters decide whether to use the anonymous source: editor authorization, just cause, last resort, fullest possible identification, proportionality, just intentions, and second source verification.


It is the duty of a physician to himself and to his patients, not only to be well informed, but it is also to look out for new methods that tend to the best possible training for his work. Habits, good and bad, are the relentless masters of our lives and actions. Powerful as they are for evil they are equally potent for good if seized upon, developed and directed. Habits of mind and thought are just as much habits as those pertaining to the physical nature. Now there is a particular attitude in approaching a medical case that would seem, more than almost any other, to lead to sound judgments and judicious management, the attitude that takes account of not only present conditions, but discounts them by the probable future. It not only considers what the course of disease will be, if treated, but its course if untreated or