The invention provides a three-axial rock core holding unit, comprising a clamper cylinder body, a rubber sleeve, a first fixing ring, a second fixing ring, a first compacting cap and a second compacting cap, wherein the first compacting cap and the second compacting cap are respectively propped against the side ends of the first fixing ring and the second fixing ring. The three-axial rock core holding unit further comprises a first plug and a second plug, wherein the first plug and the second plug axially penetrate through the first compacting cap and the second compacting cap and are respectively propped against two side ends of a rock core to be tested of the rubber sleeve; an axial pressure piston assembly comprises an axial pressure cylinder body and an axial pressure piston, the axial pressure piston is connected with the first plug through an axial pressure nut, and the first plug is used for applying axial pressure onto the rock core to be tested through the axial sliding of the axial pressure piston; and the first plug and the second plug are respectively detachably connected with the first compacting cap and the second compacting cap. The three-axial rock core holding unit disclosed by the invention has the advantages of convenience for disassembling, convenience for cleaning, good sealing effect, adjustable length of a plug, small test error and wide application range.


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This paper presents the COG-FPOM, a model based on the Fuzzy Pay-Off Method (FPOM). The FPOM is a scenario-based real option valuation method that uses fuzzy numbers as possibility distributions. The paper shows an unexpected result generated by the original FPOM, in which the real option would have a negative value. It further analyses its reasons and suggests a way to overcome it, by using the center of gravity (COG) instead of the possibilistic mean to summarize a fuzzy number. The overall work is an ongoing project that aims to apply the presented model to support the abandonment decision of petroleum producing fields – an initial attempt together with its preliminary outcomes are shown here. Although not concluded, the COG-FPOM and its pilot results indicate a good potential for the sequence of the project.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present information from the Joint Health and Social Care Self-Assessment Framework (JHSCSAF) on reported rates of cervical cancer, breast cancer and bowel cancer screening for eligible people with learning disabilities in England in 2012/2013 compared to screening rates for the general population. Design/methodology/approach – Between 94 and 101 Learning Disability Partnership Boards, as part of the JHSCSAF, provided information to allow the calculation of rates of cervical cancer, breast cancer and bowel cancer screening in their locality, for eligible people with learning disabilities and for the population as a whole. Findings – At a national level, reported cancer screening coverage for eligible people with learning disabilities was substantially lower than for the population as a whole (cervical cancer screening 27.6 per cent of people with learning disabilities vs 70 per cent of total population; breast cancer screening 36.8 per cent of people with learning...


Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) represent a major concern for waterborne disease outbreaks associated with consumption of contaminated groundwater. Over 4 million people rely on private groundwater systems as their primary drinking water sources in Canada, and for which many of these systems do not meet current standards for water quality. This manuscript provides a scoping overview of studies examining STEC prevalence and occurrence in groundwater, and includes a synopsis of the environmental variables affecting survival, transport, persistence and overall occurrence of these important pathogenic microbes in private groundwater wells used for drinking purposes.


As energy prices rise and effluent quality regulations tighten across the country, many wastewater treatment plants turn to automating their control strategy in order to maximize the efficiency of their existing process and equipment. Upgrading controls can help a WWTP consistently meet more stringent effluent requirements, thereby avoiding expensive equipment upgrades or discharge fines. The goal of the pilot study was to improve energy efficiency by upgrading the mechanical equipment and the electrical controls in one treatment line, while maintaining the existing equipment and controls in the reference line in an effort to compare effluent quality and energy consumption between the lines. The process controllers that were used to optimize the system include a cascaded DO control loop, most open valve control, and an ammonium feedback controller. The data analysis showed an average energy reduction of 66% when combining the savings from both the mechanical equipment and process controls upgrades. Upon comparison of the two different DO control strategies, the upgraded controls provided a more stable and tighter control of the process variable around the setpoint. Additionally, with the ammonium control strategy, the variable DO setpoint resulted in an average 9% reduction in effluent ammonia for the period of analysis.


1. Covering for acoustic treatment applied to the surface level of the aircraft, in particular at the level of the front edge, such as the air inlet of the nacelle of the aircraft, wherein said coating comprises an acoustically resistive layer (28), at least one cellular structure (30 ) and a reflective layer (32), wherein said cellular structure (30) comprises a plurality of channels onto the one hand, at the level of the first surface of the imaginary (34) and, on the other hand, at the second imaginary surface (36), Otley sistent in that the cellular structure (30) comprises recesses or holes (38) formed at the side walls of some channels, allowing to establish communication between adjacent channels so as to create a communicating network of channels, insulating the at least one channel or a group noncommunicating channels, wherein at least one of communicating channels is connected to at least one inlet (40) of hot gas. ! 2. The coating for the acoustic treatment according to claim 1, characterized in that the cellular structure (30) comprises a series of first strips (48) without intersecting each other and spaced apart, and at least one second plurality of second stripes ( 50) do not intersect each other and spaced apart, and in that the first strip (48) intersect with the second strips so as to restrict the passage, on the one hand, between the first two adjacent strips (48) and, on the other hand between two adjacent second bands (50). ! 3. The coating for the acoustic treatment according to claim 2, located at the inlet of the nacelle of the aircraft, characterized in that the ne


Unified wheel opener is an extraordinary tool used in automobiles to open and close all the nuts of a wheel with a lesser amount of force. Our main objective is to develop a solitary tool with numerous mechanisms, this tool could be utilized during dismantling and assembling of wheels in automobiles. This will also be utilized in automobile workshops, garages, and service stations. Main principle of this equipment is amplifying the torque by arrangement of gears. In the present study, calculation of forces required to open all the nuts together has been done by the use of simulation software and then arrangement has been planned to manufacture by the use of spur gears in which when we apply a force approximately 200N with hands of normal person then we get output at all the four spanners in which nuts of the wheel are gripped which we want to open. Apart from this special attention has been given for the selection of different parts and to the types of gears.


Objectives. Determination of correlations between the cariogenic index, as quantifying element for the frequency of tooth decay, and some salivary and serum enzymes in patients who had been diagnosed with chronic alcoholic hepatitis. Materials and methods. The study group consisted of 25 patients diagnosed with chronic alcoholic hepatitis. The following salivary enzymes were determined: AST, ALT and the AST/ALT ratio. Also, the following plasma enzymes were determined: AST, ALT, amylase, LDH, GGT, ALP, AST/ALT and GGT/ALP ratios. Results. The determined average values were: cariogenic index 1,8±0,96, salivary AST 72,52±46,21 U/L, salivary ALT 80,28±40,34 U/L, salivary AST/ALT ratio 1,03±0,63, plasma AST 115,80±79,16 U/L, plasma ALT 114,76±116,01 U/L, plasma LDH 546,88±444,08 U/L, plasma amylase 53,04±18,12U/L, plasma GGT 212,32±198,12 U/L, plasma ALP 98,76±30,88 U/L, plasma AST/ALT ratio 1,58±1,17, plasma GGT/ALP ratio 2,15±1,76. Conclusions. Statistically significant correlations were determined between the cariogenic index and the salivary AST/ALT ratio, plasma AST, plasma ALT, plasma AST/ALT ratio.


Preface Energy, Economy and the Environment: An Introduction Climate Debate Win-Win Climate Policy Fundamentals of Energy Efficiency The Benefits and Drawbacks of Energy Efficiency The Concept of Barriers and Drivers and its Application to Energy Efficiency Energy Efficiency and International Environmental Law Commercializing Clean Energy Technologies Financing Energy Efficiency in Transition Economies The Role of Institutions in Promoting Energy Efficiency Epilogue: Road to a Sustainable Future: A Systematic Understanding of Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Consolidated Bibliography Index


Brazed joints were made between silicon nitride and Ni-based and Fe-based super alloys. Room temperature shear (torsion) strengths ranged from 75-242 MPa for Si3 N4 -to-Incoloy 909 joints and from 30-127 MPa for the Si3 N4 -to-Inconel 718 joints. At 500°C the joint strength was 120 MPa while at 650°C and 950°C the joint strengths were less than 20 MPa. These low strengths at 650°C and 950°C were attributed to a reduction in the shrink-fit and to low braze strength at these high temperatures. Finite element analysis (FEA) and a probabilistic failure theory (CARES) were used to predict the joint strengths. The predicted joint strengths agreed well with measured joint strengths in torsional loading at 20°C. Torsion tests were also performed at 650°C. Aspects of the material systems, residual stresses, mechanical behavior, and strength predictions and presented. Two new braze alloys based on the Au-Ni-Cr-Fe system were used to overcome the poor high-temperature strength. Joints made with these brazes had good strength (85 MPa and 35 N-m) at 650°C.


Abstract This work is focused on the characterization of the Seyfert-2 galaxies hosting very large, ultra-luminous narrow-line regions (NLRs) at redshifts z = 0.2−0.34. With a space density of 4.4 Gcp−3 at z ∼ 0.3, these "Low Redshift Lyman-α Blob" (LAB) host galaxies are amongst the rarest objects in the universe, and represent an exceptional and short-lived phenomenon in the life cycle of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We present the study of GMOS spectra for 13 LAB galaxies covering the rest frame spectral range 3700–6700 Å. Predominantly, the [OIII]λ5007 emission line radial distribution is as widespread as that of the continuum one. The emission line profiles exhibit FWHM between 300–700 Km s−1. In 7 of 13 cases a broad kinematical component is detected with FWHM within the range 600–1100 Km s−1. The exceptionally high [OIII]λ5007 luminosity is responsible for very high equivalent width reaching 1500 Å at the nucleus.


SynopsisA decrease in transpiration rate, which could not be explained on the basis of physical factors of the environment, was observed. Root impedance to water absorption and transmission was found to be approximately five times greater at the time of day when transpiration rate was greatly attenuated than at the time when transpiration was at a maximum. Transpiration rate was directly proportional to evaporative demand early in the day but later in the day when root: impedance was high, an inverse and less well denned relationship existed.


Oceanographic and aeteorologic data collected from 1970 to 1978 on the northern Gulf of Alaska shelf are used to compute monthly heat budgets within the surface 100 m for a composite year. During months of net heat gain, radiation is the primary source. Latent and sensible heat transfer dominate during months of net heat loss. Persistent downwelling is the second most important route for heat loss. During winter, alongshore advection is the principal contributor of heat to this region. Cross-shelf advection and diffusion of heat are of minor importance throughout the year and generally counter each other. The prevalence of onshore Efcman transport explains the cross-shelf variation in the annual amf&iCude of heat content and the differential propagation rates of surface temperature anomalies to greater depths. No significant linear relationships were determined between anom alies of surface heat transfer and sea surface temperature. Several hypotheses are presented to explain this result. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My education and thesis owe much to the guidance and support of numerous people. I thank Dr. Joe Niebauer, my major advisor, for his assistance throughout ttieSe years of study. I deeply appreciate his encouraging me in a variety of oceanographic experiences and his un derstanding during periods of~doubt and anxiety. Gratitude is extended to the rest of my committee, Dr. Thomas C. Royer, Dr. William S. Reeburg and Dr. Tsuneo NishiyasMk, for their willingness to advise and discuss oceanography and nearly any other topic with me. Knowing these people has been a personal and professional reward. Thanks are given to Karl Haflinger, Dave Musgrave, Dr. Jack Colonell, Terry Carpenter, Dave Nebert, Phred Short, Jeanne Lapsa and Ray Hadley for providing ways and means. I especially acknowledge Cydney Hansen, Arlene Vaughn and the cheerful IMS data management personnel for their assistance in the extensive data reduction this study required. I thank Steve Worley who dared me to study physical . ■ -• ■ ■ • / oceanography. Finally, I thank my family Whose efforts over the years are ultimately responsible for my education. This study and student wfere supported by federal Sea Grant Office contracts, SG-04-7-158-44006, SGG4-8-M01-49 and SG04-M01-187 to the University of Alaska.


Microwave-assisted synthesis of triarylsulfonium salt photoacid generators (PAGs) afforded reaction times 90 to 420 times faster than conventional thermal conditions, with photoacid quantum yields of new sulfonium PAGs ranging from 0.01 to 0.4.


Intrusion detection language is an expression specification used by IDS to describe the intrusion senarios.Based on a mutually exclusive and exhaustive taxonomy of network attacks and their detection languages,this paper proposes an evaluation method for intrusion detection languages with three metrics:expressibility,representational succinctness and detection intensity.Those well-known detection languages have been evaluated using this method in terms of their ability to express attack signature and their detection efficiencies,so as to reveal their shortages and the features that an ideal detection language should have.


The American Chemical Society Office of Research Grants is accepting proposals for Petroleum Research Fund grants. The proposals must be directed to fundamental petroleum research and be in one of 10 specified subject matter areas. Grants are available for professors beginning their first tenure-track position and for established tenure-track or tenured professors pursuing a new direction in their research. Separate grant types are available for qualified professors in institutions that do not have doctoral programs. The deadline to submit a proposal is 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on March 15. For application forms and further details, visit goo.gl/xM6q5Q.


Objective To investigate and analysis the use of antiinfective agents and improve reasonably the level of use of antibiotics in our hospital.Methods Fifty-two patients with recurrent biliary calculi was retrospectively analysised,and investigated situation of their using antibiotics during perinatal.Results The rate of antibacterials usage is 100%.The leading 3 drugs in terms of use frequency is cefodizime,metronidazole and cefmetazole sodium(16%).Drugs alone is 16(30.7%);2 alliance is 33(63.4%);triple drugs is 3(5.7%).Conclusion The use of antiinfective agents is reasonable,but there are still a lot of problems in choosing,treatment time and drug combination in our hospital.It is necessary to strengthen the guidance and supervise.


Rationale: Intraspinal choristoma is a relatively uncommon intervertebral canal tumor. Prior to our reports, only 2 cases of intraspinal choristoma had been reported. Because this disease is not common and looks like a mass of fatty tissue on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), intraspinal choristoma can be easily misdiagnosed as teratomas or lipomas (like the case of this article presenting) without a pathology report. So if a lumber intraspinal lesion is discovered in a clinical examination, intraspinal choristoma should be considered as a differential diagnosis. We present a case of intraspinal choristoma that is unlike any other reported case. Patient concerns: A 35-year-old woman with left lower extremity hypoesthesia and burning-like pain in the lumbar region for 1 month visited the local hospital for plain lumbar spine MRI. The patient was diagnosed with a lumbar space-occupying lesion. A second plain lumbar spine MRI scan and a MRI scan with enhancement were performed in our hospital to confirm the presence of a congenital lipoma in the spinal canal. A postoperative biopsy of the lumbar spinal mass indicated that the mass was an intraspinal choristoma located in the spinal canal. Diagnosis: Intraspinal choristoma. Intervention: The lesion was surgically removed, and follow-up plain and enhanced MRI images of the patient's lumbar spine were obtained. Outcomes: After surgery, the patient no longer experienced the burning pain in her lumbar region or the left lower extremity hypoesthesia when the patient was discharged. And there was no evidence of recurrence 2 years after the surgery. Lessons: The MRI presentation of intraspinal choristoma is similar to intraspinal lipoma. Therefore, a pathological assessment is critical to provide an accurate diagnosis.


This paper presents a research focused on development of low-cost manufacturing process which enables fabrication of accurate organic humidity sensors, where only screen printing is used for all layers deposition. It means that not only the interdigital structures with 50 μm line and space, but also phatolocynine sensing film and protective polymer layer are screen printed. The interdigital structures are printed by advanced screen printing in order to replace complex an expensive vacuum processes. In the frame of this research a novel screen printing technique for deposition of low viscose organic sensing film was also developed, where non-standard precise stainless steel Beta mesh was used for screens.


In 1994 Ukraine petitioned the European Union for advice from European experts on building a system of accreditation and quality control for its national higher education system. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, the directing entity) and the Universities of England Consortium of International Activities (UNICIA, junior partner) were enlisted for this project as part of the EU-Tacis program. The project lasted from October 1996 to September 1997. A decision will soon be made on whether to continue it. The author was first responsible for matters concerning higher education and later for other aspects of quality control in the project. Since more members of German higher education are assuming advisor functions in Eastern Europe over a wide range of themes yet still very little is known about the situation and working conditions in that area of the world (especially in West Germany), this report is meant to provide some information on these experiences.


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We report photon-number squeezing measurements on high-efficiency double heterojunction AlGaAs infrared light-emitting diodes. The overall current-to-current efficiency was 0.25 at room temperature and 0.40 at 77 K, resulting in a noise reduction below the Standard Quantum Limit of 1.1 dB and 2.0dB, respectively. In addition, photocurrent correlation experiments were carried out with 2 or 3 LEDs in series, revealing a normalized correlation coefficient of 0.25 at room temperature and 0.40 at 77 K.


Aim To evaluate physicochemical properties and semi-quantitative elemental analysis of AH Plus Jet with samples from the beginning, middle and final portions of the automix syringe system.
Methodology Three experimental groups based on the source of the material used (beginning, middle and final portion) were established for each of the evaluated properties. Setting time, flow and radiopacity were evaluate following ANSI/ADA n. 57 specification. Set specimens was used in the semi-quantitative elemental analysis in an energy-dispersive X ray spectroscopy and scanning-electron microscopy (EDS/SEM). Statistical analysis was performed using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey test (P<0.05).
Results Flow, setting time, solubility and EDS/SEM tests showed no significant differences among the three portions of the automix syringe (P>0.05). Radiopacity test showed significant differences in the beginning of the syringe comparing to the middle and final portions (P<0.05). EDS/SEM analysis identified the presence of C, O, Al, Ca, Zr and W. The element Al, however, was found only in the final portion of the syringe.
Conclusions The results of AH Plus Jet suggested an adequate ratio of the components, without segregation between organic and inorganic components, since the results of setting time, flow, solubility and EDS/SEM analysis presented similar values regardless of the portion of the syringe from where the sealer was taken.


The preparations of composites of porous metal and nanoenergetic materials were studied. Composites of porous metal (nickel, aluminum and magnesium) and nano-scale aluminum powder and CL-20 have been synthesized with UV (ultraviolet) ink method, respectively. The structure, morphology, infrared characteristic, thermal decomposition of composites were characterized by using Mercury Injection Apparatus, Scanning Electron Microscope, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, and Differential Scanning Calorimeter. The results showed that nanoenergetic materials could deposit into pores of porous metal without collapsing after solidification. Constituents of the composites could coexist with each other without chemical changes. Thermal decomposition temperature was lower after the addition of nanoenergetic materials. System enthalpy increased significantly with the addition of CL-20 and reactive porous metal. The new composites have potential applications in the field of structural and energetic materials.


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A s the list of expressed human genes expands, a major scientific and medical challenge is to understand the molecular events that drive normal tissue morphogenesis and the progression of


On the basis of ab initio quantum chemical calculations the strong enhancement of the 2(alAg-So) -* 1 (xiyZ~g ' T) transition in collision complex between O2 and organic dye is predicted, where T is the triplet excited state of the dye and So is its ground singlet state. The collision-induced electric dipole transition moment depends on polarizability of the dye and can be used for the estimation of energy transfer rate constant. Quantum chemical calculations can predict the most efficient dye sensibilizer for photodynamic therapy of cancer, instead of the difficult experimental search. Some new ideas are proposed for additional laser simulated mechanisms of active oxygen generation.


The goal of these notes is to illustrate the use of validated numerics as a tool for studying the dynamics near and between equilibrium solutions of ordinary differential equations. We examine Taylor methods for computing local stable/unstable manifolds and also for expanding the flow in a neighborhood of a given initial condition. The Taylor methods discussed here have the advantage that the first N terms in the series are computed by recursion relations. Bounds on the tail of the series follow from a contraction mapping argument. As an application we apply these validated local computations to prove the existence of a heteroclinic connecting orbit in the Lorenz system.


Medicine is progressively loosing its prestige and efficacy andneeds to rebuild the moral values that maintain the tacit social contract subscribed betweendoctors and patients. This altruistic commitment to serve people has been devaluated by changesin health systems, by advances in knowledge and by social and economical changes. Theperspective with which humanity faces its future, harmed by radical environmentaltransformations also has contributed to this devaluation. Notwithstanding, requirements toprovide high quality health care and demands to reinstall those fundamental attributes ofprofessional work, commit us to introduce or increase the selective learning of thosecompetences to health professionals. This new, or renewed form of improving the teaching ofhealth sciences, seems to be the unique way to stop the reduction on health care professionaleffectiveness, to maintain quality of care and to accomplish the goal of medical profession toserve and take care of humankind health (Rev Med Chile 2006; 134: 657-664).(


The article presents a comparative study of the mentality of generations X, Y, Z. The following approaches to the study of mentality are considered: historical, psychogenetic, psycho-physiological, socio-cultural, informational. The socio-psychological approach is recognized as the most significant in comparative research of generations. Generations are carriers of a unique mentality. We have identified four types of mentality: traditional, transitional, innovative, and post-innovative. The structure of the mentality includes: archetypes, image of the world, way of life, styles of thinking, relationships, and interaction of generations. We assume that statistical differences will be found in the components of the mentality of generations. the study involved: 150 schoolchildren from the city of Azov; 210 students and young workers; and 245 working adults from the city of Rostov-on-Don. We used techniques: technique of generational identity; the technique determined the type of mentality. The results showed that mature people identified with the transition generation, students with the information generation, and schoolchildren with the new generation. In the mentality of the transitional generation, archetypes, relationships are traditional; the image of the world, the style of thinking and interaction are in innovation. In the mentality of the information generation, archetypes, image of the world, lifestyle and interaction are in the innovation zone; style of thinking and attitudes in the post-innovation zone. In the mentality of the new generation, the image of the world, lifestyle, style of thinking, interaction are in the innovation zone; archetypes in the transition zone, and relationships in the tradition.


smart home environment research, little attentio n has been given to monitoring, analyzing, and predicting ener gy usage, despite the fact that electricity consumption in ho mes has grown dramatically in the last few decades. We envision t hat a potential application of this smart environment technology is predicting the energy would be used to support specific daily acti vities. The purpose of this paper is thus to validate our hypot hesis that energy usage can be predicted based on sensor data that ca n be collected and generated by the residents in a smart home envi ronment, including recognized activities, resident movement in the space, and frequency of classes of sensor. In this paper, we extract useful features from sensor data collected in a smart home environment and utilize several machine learning algorithms to predict energy usage given these features. To validate these algor ithms, we use real sensor data collected in our CASAS smart apart ment testbed. We also compare the performance between different learning algorithms and analyze the prediction results for t wo different experiments performed in the smart home. embedded into the smart floor in strategic location s. This sensor system can be used for tracking inhabitant and iden tifying user's location. The Neural Network House (3) designs an ACHE system, which provides an Adaptive Control of Home Environment, in which the home is proactive to program itself with the lifestyle and desires of the inhabitant. The smart hospital p roject (4) develops a robust approach for recognizing user's a ctivities and estimating hospital-staff activities using a hidden Markov model with contextual information in the smart hospital e nvironment. MIT researchers (5) recognize user' s activities by using a set of small and simple state-change sensors, which are ea sy and quick to install in the home environment. Unlike one resi dent system, this system is employed in multiple inhabitant envi ronments and can be used to recognize Activities of Daily Living (ADL). CASAS Smart Home Project (6) builds probabilistic models of activities and used them to recognize activities in complex situations where multiple residents are performing activities in parallel in the same environment. Based on a recent report (7), buildings are respons ible for at


The invention specifically relates to a special diet for a patient with hepatopathy, which belongs to the technical field of medicinal and edible food. The liver is an organ mainly having a metabolic function in a human body and plays a role in deoxidation, storage of glycogen and synthesis of secretory protein. Cereals and medicinal and edible traditional Chinese medicines, i.e., new resource food, are perfectly combined together and diet and health preservation are organically combined so as to realize conditioning, prevention and resisting of hepatopathy. According to the invention, on the basis of inheritance of treasurable treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine in China, probiotics are creatively used as a pioneer for promoting propagation of probiotics, adjusting microecological balance in intestines, promoting absorption of trace elements, improving motor functions of the spleen and the stomach and accelerating absorption of drug effects; the probiotics are rich in a plurality of active factors, biological immune factors and vitamins, a plurality of natural, original and both medicinal and edible food materials are added according to physical characteristics of the patient with hepatopathy, so the special diet has the unique advantage of integrated dietotherapy, prevention effects and conditioning effects.


This paper expounds the advanced concept of the construction, management and protection of the lake-type landscape resource in the last few years, discusses on the trends adapted to the future development of the city, and advances some measures for constructing the lake-type landscape resource in the future.


Chromosomes numbers of 17 species of the section Onotrophe of Petrak and of one species of the section Dermalolepis Petrak are given. The number 2n = 34, believed to be primitive, is found in 11 species; lower numbers, presumably reduced from 34, are found in two groups of species of the Onotrophe. The taxonomy and relationships of some species are discussed. A new species, Cirsium longistylum Moore & Frankton (2n = 34) from Montana, is described.


The electrical conductivities of the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide ([BMIM][Tf2N]) have been determined between (273 and 353) K over an extended pressure range up to 250 MPa by both electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and conductance bridge techniques. The results obtained by the two techniques are generally in good agreement, within 3%, though the conductance bridge results yield lower values outside the experimental uncertainties at higher conductivities, that is, at higher temperature and lower pressures where the maximum deviation is −7%. The temperature and pressure dependence of both the conductivity and molar conductivity have been represented by modified Vogel–Fulcher–Tammann equations. The molar conductivity scales with the viscosity, with overlapping isobars and isotherms, so that a Walden plot, the logarithmic projection of molar conductivity versus fluidity (reciprocal viscosity), is a straight line with a similar slope (0.924) to those obtained ...


In the article features are considered after forest fire regeneration processes in pine stands in the Luga and Putilov landscapes related to two forest districts of the Leningrad region. Quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis was carried out with the help of statistical methods of investigation: dispersion and rank analysis. The quantitative differences in the renewal dynamics of pine in cowberry and bilberry forest types on post-pyrogenic sites and under the parent stand in both regions of the study were determined based on the analysis of variance. The study showed a significant difference in the successful resumption of pine after a grass-roots fire for the Luzhsky and Kirovsky forestry's. The use of rank analysis using the Spearman coefficient made it possible to establish differences in the qualitative characteristics of pine undergrowth and to reveal the nature of the orientation of reforestation processes after grass-roots fires. The conducted research has shown that landscape conditions exert a great influence on the nature of pine renewal, on the indicators of occurrence, vital state, abundance. The indicator of rank evaluation of the qualitative characteristics of pine undergrowth allowed them to compare and identify those that are crucial for growth under certain conditions. It is concluded that the landscape and soil-hydrological growth conditions are the leading factors in the quantitative representation of the undergrowth that arose after the grassland fires, and, depending on these conditions, a pioneering growth strategy for pine as a species is manifested. The study showed that in the same forest-typological conditions, but in different landscape areas, the renewal of pine can differ in its quantitative and qualitative characteristics.


The present study sought to examine whether individuals with elevated levels of introjective depression, anaclitic depression, and self-efficacy, artistically express themselves differently. Sixty young adults, between the ages of 20 and 30, were asked to draw a person picking an apple from a tree (PPAT) and respond to the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ). The drawings were analyzed and rated


Abstract A micromixer with two-layer crossing microchannels based on PMMA bonding process was proposed. The micromixer consists of two-layer crossing microchannels and periodic mixing chambers. The numerical simulation and parameters optimization of the micromixer were carried out in a Reynolds number range of 0.5–100 using CFD software, and the prototype of micromixer was manufactured by PMMA bonding process under certain temperature and pressure condition. The mixing performance of the micromixer was tested and verified by the mixing experiments using red-blue dye. Both the numerical and experimental results confirmed that the micromixer achieves an excellent mixing characteristics over a wide range of Reynolds numbers through generating Dean vortices and chaotic advection. At the same time, the PMMA bonding process proposed in this paper has certain application value and reference significance for expanding the application of three-dimensional flow channels in the field of microfluidics.


The present invention is concerned with the extract of the pulp of the fruit of Argania spinosa. It is furthermore concerned with the use of this extract for the manufacture of a medicament and with the use of this extract for the production of a cosmetic preparation and with the use of this extract for the cosmetic treatment of the human body.


This paper demonstrates a new form of Input Shaping for vibrationreduction appliedtoroboticsystemsthatmanipulateflexible loads. The method is based on using an exponential function to define asymptotic and vibration-free trajectories for the flexible system. The required control input is calculated analytically by using inverse dynamics which ensures the desired end-effector trajectory. The method is demonstrated experimentally on the control of point-to-point movements of a robotic manipulator.


The interfacial chemistry of a conventional epoxy/dicyandiamide adhesive formulation applied to cold-rolled and galvanized steels has been studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). In both cases, the interfacial corrosion process appears to be dominated by attack on the metal substrate, and is reminiscent of crevice corrosion phenomena. On cold-rolled steel, analysis of the interfacial bond failure surfaces suggests that the contamination layer initially present on the substrate is not disturbed during bond formation. Bond failure appears to occur between the substrate and the contamination layer; the contamination layer remains largely intact on the interfacial surface of the adhesive after bond failure. On galvanized steel, the locus of failure appears to be at the adhesive-adherend interface, within a layer of zinc corrosion products. The contamination layer appears to have been partially displaced by the adhesive during bonding.


DOI: 10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.8.18 Abstract: The main objective of this study was to identify causes and perceived effects of rainfall variability on access to water in Baringo County. The study used a descriptive survey design. Purposeful sampling and stratified proportionate random sampling procedures were used to obtain the sample. A total of 376 households were selected for the study. Questionnaire, key informant interview schedule and observations were the main instruments of data collection. Analysis of data was done using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the effects and causes of climate change in Baringo County. Rainfall variability affected access to water in Baringo County. More frequent and severe droughts were perceived to be responsible for the reduced water level in Lake Baringo and intermittency of most rivers that were previously permanent. Deforestation is the main cause of rainfall variability in Baringo County hence there is need to increase awareness on climate variability and change and encourage people to use alternative sources of energy and plant trees.


Ground glass opacity (GGO) nodules have a higher possibility of malignancy compared to other types of nodules appeared in the lung cancer. They are very effortful to detect due to their hazy structures and unclear margins. 65% of lung cancers are missed by the radiologists with the faint appearance of the GGO. Consequently, the detection of GGO is a critical issue and a striving task for the radiologists. This research proposes an automatic detection of GGO remained after the detection of solid opacity. Simple thresholding based on grey levels and mathematical image subtraction are applied for segmentation. Possible false after segmentation are reduced by the support vector machine (SVM). In total 37 GGOs, only 2 are missed by proposed segmentation and the false reduction performance is 94%.


Abstract : This monograph examines Soviet tactical reconnaissance doctrine, organizations, and capability. The Soviet capability is analyzed using their own criteria for the conduct of tactical reconnaissance operations: purposefulness, aggressiveness, continuity, timeliness, and reliability. Soviet and Warsaw Pact Army documents (in translation) are used extensively. A recent Combined Arms Center study concluded that the U.S. Army's counterreconnaissance doctrine, force structure, and training are deficient. Beginning with this assertion, the monograph briefly explores the historical and current relationship between effective tactical reconnaissance and success on the battlefield. Then a detailed analysis of the Soviet reconnaissance capability determines that, despite difficulties in executing their doctrine, the Soviets possess a significant capability for seeing through the depth of the modern battlefield.


Abstract Based on multi-archival research in France, the United Kingdom, and Germany, this article analyses the Second Berlin Crisis (1958–1963) from a Franco-British perspective which has thus far been neglected. It argues that there was a fundamental divergence between Macmillan and de Gaulle about the nature of the crisis and about the role of their respective countries within the Cold War bipolar order. Thus de Gaulle began already at this stage to implement a revisionist concept of détente, which, by contrast with Macmillan's own understanding of détente, aimed at progressively calling into question the bipolar division of Europe. The ensuing strategic disagreement between the two men had major repercussions for European integration.


This study examined the value added to standard textbook-based instruction of plant biodiversity by the use of the exemplary interactive CD-ROM, Conserving Earth's Biodiversity. This CD-ROM features renowned conservation figure E.O. Wilson. The setting of the research was an introductory biology course in a rural public community college in the Deep South. Six participants were purposively selected to represent three levels of achievement and two groups, the CD-ROM group (exposed to CD-ROM in addition to the textbook) and the textbook group (only course textbook). Students experienced lecture-based, textual, virtual, and real experiences, and examined their ability to understand biodiversity-related concepts and to pursue guidedinquiry questions about local plant biodiversity. Their performance was assessed through activities, quizzes, concept maps, interviews, surveys, and students' presentations. This study led to three main findings. First, use of the CD-ROM, in addition to the textbook, allowed students to form a well-rounded grasp of plant biodiversity. Second, use of the CDROM enhanced the development of inquiries on local plant biodiversity and the metacognitive phase of assigning roles for local plant diversity. Third, the Plant Biodiversity Literacy Rubric [PBLR] was developed, based upon the history of the concept of biodiversity and was used to evaluate students' progress by assigning them to various levels of understanding during the


August 11-16, 2013 Warsaw, Poland The 17th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-17) will be held in Warsaw, Poland on August 11-16, 2013. The venue will be at the main campus of the University of Warsaw, established in 1816, which is Poland's largest and finest university. The main campus of the University consists of palatial-style buildings as well as a very modern glass-steel library, with a roof garden. This unique atmosphere will help to make the participation in the conference both comfortable and fruitful. ICCGE-17 will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of recent research and development activities in all aspects of bulk crystal growth and epitaxial thin film growth, with sessions including fundamentals, experimental and industrial growth processes, characterization and applications. The technical programme will include both oral and poster sessions, as well as plenary and invited talks to provide a complete picture of the latest developments in the field. Some of the sessions are jointly organized with the IUCR Comm. on Crystal Growth. The official language of the conference will be English. The conference papers will be published in a special volume of Journal of Crystal Growth.


In view of the simulation analysis of bolt connection structure,a finite element model for a single bolt connection and a finite element model for the bolt flange are established. Theoretical calculation and simulation analysis show that,after adding the tightening torque,the assembly stress is mainly generated among the bolt screw head,washer and fittings,and the maximum stress value appeared in the nut and screw joints. Modal analysis shows that the bolt pre-tightening force has little influence on the structure. For bolted flange connection structure,the stress variation and distribution caused by the assembly are limited near the bolts. In order to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the simulation calculation,a connection model for an entity bolt is recommended.


Summary

Familial polyposis is associated sometimes with an abnormal behaviour in certain other tissues. Osteomata, soft tissue tumours, sebaceous cysts and intra-abdominal fibrous tissue masses may co-exist with familial polyposis.

A case is recorded in which a desmoid tumour appeared in the wound after surgical treatment of familial polyposis. This is the 17th case to be reported in the literature.

Pathologically, the tumour appears to be histologically distinct. from palmar and plantar fibromatosis nor does it seem to be inflammatory in origin.

Desmoid tumours in surgical incisions are rare but the number that have been reportedin familial polyposis seems to indicate that in this disease there is a special tendency. The desmoid tumour may or may not be associated with fibrous tissue masses and osteomas elsewhere. In the case reported here these were present. It is known that this latter abnormality is transmitted as a Mendelian dominant. The curious association with polyposis has suggested two closely linked genes, or a pleotropic gene; a more acceptable theory is that the mutant gene has but a single action many steps removed from any clinically obvious manifestations.

Recurrence after removal is so common that it seems excision should be very wide, to avoid the involved fascia1 sheets. The prognosis of these desmoids has not been established and it is possible that removal is not essential.


We study the problem of extracting randomness from somewhere-random sources, and related combinatorial phenomena: partition analogues of Shearer's lemma on projections. A somewhere-random source is a tuple $(X_1, \ldots, X_t)$ of (possibly correlated) $\{0,1\}^n$-valued random variables $X_i$ where for some unknown $i \in [t]$, $X_i$ is guaranteed to be uniformly distributed. An $extracting$ $merger$ is a seeded device that takes a somewhere-random source as input and outputs nearly uniform random bits. We study the seed-length needed for extracting mergers with constant $t$ and constant error. We show: $\cdot$ Just like in the case of standard extractors, seedless extracting mergers with even just one output bit do not exist. $\cdot$ Unlike the case of standard extractors, it $is$ possible to have extracting mergers that output a constant number of bits using only constant seed. Furthermore, a random choice of merger does not work for this purpose! $\cdot$ Nevertheless, just like in the case of standard extractors, an extracting merger which gets most of the entropy out (namely, having $\Omega$ $(n)$ output bits) must have $\Omega$ $(\log n)$ seed. This is the main technical result of our work, and is proved by a second-moment strengthening of the graph-theoretic approach of Radhakrishnan and Ta-Shma to extractors. In contrast, seed-length/output-length tradeoffs for condensing mergers (where the output is only required to have high min-entropy), can be fully explained by using standard condensers. Inspired by such considerations, we also formulate a new and basic class of problems in combinatorics: partition analogues of Shearer's lemma. We show basic results in this direction; in particular, we prove that in any partition of the $3$-dimensional cube $[0,1]^3$ into two parts, one of the parts has an axis parallel $2$-dimensional projection of area at least $3/4$.


Many integrated circuit functional blocks, such as data and power converters, require timing and control signals consisting of complex sequences of pulses. Traditionally, these signals are generated from a clock signal using a combination of flip-flops, latches and delay elements. Due to the large internal switching activity of flips-flops and due to the many, effectively unused, clock cycles, this solution is inefficient from a power consumption point of view and is, therefore, unsuitable for ultralow-power applications. In this paper we present a method to generate non-overlapping control signals without using flip-flops or a clock. We propose to decode and translate the internal states of a ring oscillator into the desired control signal sequence. We show how this can be achieved using a simple combinatorial logic decoder. The proposed architecture significantly reduces the switching activity and the capacitive load, largely reducing the consumed power. We show an example implementation of a 9-bit SAR logic utilizing our proposed method. Furthermore, we show simulation results and compare the power consumption of the example SAR implementation to that of a functionally identical flip-flop-based state-of-the-art ultralow-power SAR. We were able to achieve a 5.8x reduction in consumed power for the complete SAR and 8x for the one-hot generation sub-part.


This article explores a novel perspective for education in Moroccan prisons by emphasizing the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It addresses the current state of prison education, underscoring its significance in the rehabilitation process of inmates. The article examines the potential benefits of ICT in terms of accessibility, interactivity, and effectiveness in prison learning. It highlights the challenges associated with this integration and offers recommendations for successful implementation. This inquiry aims to provide a fresh outlook on enhancing the Moroccan penitentiary system by utilizing ICT as an educational tool.


"Much doubt persists about the different benefits from, and indications for, all the many drugs proposed for the relief of anxiety" (Lancet, 1965). Chlordiazepoxide is one of the most popular minor tranquillizers used by psychiatrists, physicians and general practitioners. Its efficacy has been advocated in the "Today's Drugs" column of the British Medical Journal (1967, 1968a and b). Others, however, have been "impressed by the number of patients who claim great benefit but show little evidence of this" (Jenner, 1965).


For a new carbonylation technology using ionic liquid as catalyst to produce DMC (dimethyl carbonate) and EG (ethylene glycol) by CO2 and EO (ethylene oxide), ROI (Return on Investment) was chosen to evaluate the economic efficiency with the raw material and product price fluctuation. Meanwhile, ROI can be helpful to select suitable catalysts as a reasonable economic assessment method. Based on tech-economic analysis, inherent safety assessment was performed using the combination chemical safety index relying on physical properties and process safety index relying on operating condition. Finally, when conflicts with economic and safety metrics were observed, a new approach compromising the economic efficiency and safety to determine profitable mole ratio of ethanol to ethylene carbonate is presented based on SWROI.


We review the field of abundance determinations of elements in cool stars, with special interest paid to determinations based on analyses of high-resolution, 1 − 5 µm spectra. We discuss the current status, problems, and challenges of exploring high-resolution, near-infrared spectra. In particular, advantages and drawbacks are pointed out. A few examples of current, chemical-abundance determinations are highlighted and, finally, we discuss the development and future prospects of the field.


The Alaskan North Slope is one of the largest hydrocarbon reserves in the US where Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) technology can be successfully implemented. The proven and recoverable reserves of conventional natural gas in the developed and undeveloped fields in the Alaskan North Slope (ANS) are estimated to be 38 trillion standard cubic feet (TCF) and estimates of additional undiscovered gas reserves in the Arctic field range from 64 TCF to 142 TCF. Transportation of the natural gas from the remote ANS is the key issue in effective utilization of this valuable and abundance resource. The throughput of oil through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) has been on decline and is expected to continue to decline in future. It is projected that by the year 2015, ANS crude oil production will decline to such a level that there will be a critical need for pumping additional liquid from GTL process to provide an adequate volume for economic operation of TAPS. The pumping of GTL products through TAPS will significantly increase its economic life. Transporting GTL products from the North Slope of Alaska down to the Marine terminal at Valdez is no doubt the great challenge facing the Gas to Liquids options of utilizing the abundant natural gas resource of the North Slope. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate and assess the economic feasibility of transporting GTL products through the TAPS. Material testing program for GTL and GTL/Crude oil blends was designed and implemented for measurement of physical properties of GTL products. The measurement and evaluation of the properties of these materials were necessary so as to access the feasibility of transporting such materials through TAPS under cold arctic conditions. Results of the tests indicated a trend of increasing yield strength with increasing wax content. GTL samples exhibited high gel strengths at temperatures as high as 20 F, which makes it difficult for cold restart following winter shutdowns. Simplified analytical models were developed to study the flow of GTL and GTL/crude oil blends through TAPS in both commingled and batch flow models. The economics of GTL transportations by either commingled or batching mode were evaluated. The choice of mode of transportation of GTL products through TAPS would depend on the expected purity of the product and a trade-off between loss in product value due to contamination and cost of keeping the product pure at the discharge terminal.


Interconnected mesoporous sheet-like ZnCo2O4 nanomaterials directly grown on a three-dimensional (3D) graphene film (GF) coated on Ni foam (NF) have been successfully synthesized via an effective chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method combined with a subsequent hydrothermal route. When the ZnCo2O4@3DGF@NF composite material with a high surface area of 46.06 m2 g−1 is evaluated as a binder-free anode material for lithium ion batteries, it exhibits a superior electrochemical performance with a high discharge capacity (1223 mA h g−1 at a current density of 500 mA g−1 after 240 cycles), and an excellent reversibility (coulombic efficiency of 97–99%). Such an outstanding electrochemical performance may be attributed to its unique mesoporous sheet-like nanostructure with a 3DGF supporting, which can facilitate the electrolyte penetration and accelerate the ion/electron transport, as well as buffer the volume variation during charge/discharge processes.


The manuscript entitled with "Improved SIFTER v2 algorithm for long-term GOME2A satellite retrievals of fluorescence with a correction for instrument degradation" by van Schaik et al. tackles some interesting technical aspects related to the GOME-2 SIF retrievals. In particular, the assessment of degradation issues is crucial for the interpretation of the resulting data set. Improvements were apparently achieved by narrowing the fitting window, resulting in a very similar retrieval set-up with respect to the NASA algorithm. Therefore, it is not surprising that the results converge, but reassuring. While the manuscript is generally well written, there are some important


The aim of this work was to evaluate the inhibition of saccharides from seaweed on the freeze-denaturation of protein in Litopenaeus vannamei, compared with sodium pyrophosphate as anti-freeze agent. The results indicated that the thawing loss(5.00~5.54%) of shrimp were significantly(p0.05) decreased by 0.5% and 1.0% trehalose and alginate oligosaccharides(500~600 Da) treatments after six weeks storage(-18 ℃), which showed little significant difference from that by sodium pyrophosphate treatment(5.02~5.48%, p 0.05). The L*values of shrimp were not significantly affected by 0.5%, 1.0% trehalose, alginate and its oligosaccharides(p0.05) during the whole storage, which indicated they had good protective effect on the lightness of the shrimp. In addition, the activity of Ca2+-ATPase, contents of myofibrillar and salt-soluble proteins in shrimp were also decreased in all treated-groups after six weeks storage, while the protective effect on protein by trehalose/alginate oligosaccharides treatments were more significant than the other control groups(p0.05). The study can lay the foundation for developing a kind of safe, natural and harmless non-phosphate additive which is suitable for the frozen shrimp.


The goal of this work is to describe the general overview of ecofeminism, which is based exclusively on primary literature reviews.


However, according to our first representative estimate, only 560,000 homes are accessible today. In order to reduce the enormous deficit in spite of market barriers, KfW is providing investment incentives to improve the accessibility of existing homes under its 'Age-Appropriate Conversion' programme. In the years 2014–2018, promotional loans and investment grants were used for the conversion of a total of 190,000 homes.


Abstract Treatment interventions from a specialized multi-disciplinary inpatient trauma and dissociative disorders program were evaluated by 43 patients through the use of a satisfaction survey questionnaire. Interventions with the highest ranking means of usefulness, as perceived by participants, included individual therapy sessions by both the psychiatrist and the psychotherapist, trauma group, psychodrama, and goals-and-closure group. Body awareness group, led by nurses, and body movement group, led by expressive therapists, were rated the lowest. These results indicate the importance for specialized trauma programs to address body distorted perceptions of the dissociative patients while maintaining frequent individual treatment interventions that address the patients' existing problems they bring to therapy.


3 patients were admitted with established sepsis following induced abortion with resulting hematuria or hemoglobinuria. The motivation for abortion was: 1) economic stress 2) pregnancy 10 months postpartum and 3) illegitimate pregnancy. Treatment was conservative; in 2 cases the sudden onset of aneuria with hematura proved fatal. The use of aggressive surgery in septic abortion should be limited to: 1) suspected uterine perforations in multipara 2) gas gangrene of the uterus and 3) persistent shock associated with low urine output despite conservative treatment. The use of corticosteroids as adjuvant to antibiotics in controlling septicemia is advocated.


Abstract The reproductive cycle of the razor clam Solen marginatus (Pulteney 1799) was studied in three different locations of Spain. Sampling was performed in the natural beds of: Eo Estuary (NW Spain) in 1994 to 1995, Santander Bay (N Spain) in 1998 to 1999 and Terrón Estuary (SW Spain) in 1999. In Eo, Santander and Terrón, respectively: phase 0 (resting stage) occurred in July to August, September to October and August to September, phase I (proliferation of gonias) happened in: August to October, October to December and September to November, phase II (gametogenesis) was developed in November to April, January to May and December to April and phase III (reproduction) took place in: May to June, June to August and May to July. Two new approaches oriented to the fast monitoring of the gametogenic cycle of the species based on sequential mean drained soft parts weights obtained by simulation and on the macroscopic observation of the gonad are presented.


Molecular hydrogen H2 in glass optical fibers has been detected calorimetrically at the 50 ppm level by monitoring the ortho‐para conversion of H2 at low temperatures (T<1 K). The number of H2 molecules is determined and information about the local configuration can be inferred. It is concluded that the majority of the H2 is located in strings or very small clusters of two or three molecules each, rather than being uniformly distributed as isolated molecules.


This investigation examines and explains the ways in which community college faculty of color construct their understandings of institutional culture. We investigate four community colleges in California through interviews with 31 full-time faculty of color. This faculty group expresses identity conflicts between their professional roles and their cultural identities. Their understandings of their institutions suggest that the culture of the community college is more complex and multi-faceted than that portrayed in the scholarly literature, which often portrays the institution as homogeneous and the faculty body as uniform.


I have been asked to talk to you on some phases of the question of civil service reform, and perhaps a glance at the future of the reform as it appears in the lightof the past and of the situation at present will be as interesting as anything I am competent to undertake. This opportunity is very agreeable. I am deeply interested in the reform, and have been more or less actively connected with the organized effort to promote it for something like a quarter of a century. I may say that I approached it from the side of practical politics. I have belonged in my time to that class which is more numerous and diligent than the professional politicians like to believe, who "go to the primaries" and do what they can to shape the policy of the party they most nearly agree with. I regard such action as a duty, and I tried to carry it out with some persistence as long as I could find a party that would permit me to do so without pledging agreement and support beyond what my conscience would consent to. Much to my regret, that is no longer practicable in the State of New York, and for some time I have been forced to class myself with that fortuitous aggregation of unrelated voters known as the Independents. Now it appears to me that one of the chief causes of the development of party discipline and party allegiance to an unhealthy and extravagant degree is the evil of spoils, and in civil service reform, which seeks the gradual abolition of spoils, one underlying motive is the emancipation of the voter. Certainly we cannot expect to get rid of parties. It is idle to fancy the management of public interests by the will of the majority if there is to be no organized effort to shape and express that will. Nor can we hope that party action will be free from the influence of ignorance and prejudice and greed. But this seems to me to make it only the more needful that the mechanism of our politics shall be kept as clean as possible, that the organization requisite in any government by parties shall not be more selfish than at best it must be. Co-operation for unselfish ends is difficult, and is more and more so as the community extends and its interests become more complex. It is therefore well that we shall not set up prizes for selfish co-operation at the very threshold of political action. Prac-


Provided is a battery pack active balancing control system includes a controller and a plurality of balancing circuits, each balancing circuit includes a switch charging module, a switch charging module, and a transformer, the controller compares the voltage of any two of the single cells in a battery pack, When one of the any two of the single cells is over-voltage, and the other one is under-voltage, the controller controls the over-voltage single cell to the secondary side of the corresponding transformer through the switch charging module corresponding to the over-voltage single cell, and makes the electric energy from the secondary side of the corresponding transformer charge the under-voltage single cell through the switch charging module corresponding to the under-voltage single cell. The control system provided makes the overcharging electric energy of the over-voltage single cell directly charge the under-voltage single cell through the secondary side of the transformers when one of the any two of the single cells is over-voltage, and the other one is under-voltage, so that the balancing consistency of the any two of the single cells in the same battery pack can be realized.


The ways and means of ideological and political work to carry out education of anti-drug AIDS prevention in colleges,which can both extend ideological and political work and provide a broader platform for anti-drug AIDS prevention education.The two complement each other and have the same purpose.It is a worthy subject of study to achieve educational purpose through connection and integration effectively.How to use the ways and means of ideological and political work in anti-drug AIDS prevention is discussed and studied in the paper.


The lead character of Ready Player One apparently wishes he was the lead character in a much better film. https://i.redd.it/kx1uypt7bkh01.jpg


We demonstrate that Optimal Control Theory (OCT) with a state-dependent constraint which depends on the state of the system at each instant can reproduce the famous counterintuitive mechanism of Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP). We examine this behavior in a {\Lambda}-type three-level system and we show that could be applied for sequentially coupled many-level systems. We study the robustness of the two methods with respect to pulse fluctuations and the decays. We show that new OCT formulation appears to be more robust than STIRAP when a perturbation is introduced in the pulses. Such method is of great use for systems involving coherence loss such as molecular systems with dissociation or ionization limits. It also may find potential applications in the control of chemical reactions, quantum optics, and quantum information processing.


The outbreak of the Covid-19 virus has caused the economy of developing countries to slow down, including Indonesia. The sluggish economy contributes to the poverty rate. Zakat has an important role in the economy and can be a source of funds that can improve welfare. This study aims to analyze the impact of the zakat program in alleviating poverty in mustahik households based on material and spiritual aspects. This research method used a descriptive quantitative approach with a sample of 57 mustahik families who received food security action programs. The statistical test and data analysis used were paired data t-test and the CIBEST model. Based on the CIBEST Model, it shows that zakat's assistance improves the welfare of mustahik and reduces the poverty index of the mustahik material. After the assistance of zakat funds, the Number of mustahik households in the welfare household category (quadrant I) has increased by 0.14 percent. Meanwhile, the Number of mustahik households categorized as material poor (quadrant II) decreased by 0.14 percent.


: The stepwise and concerted mechanisms of benzene methylation with methanol were studied with the 5T, 12T, 104T 9 and 104T 12 H-ZSM-5 models using the " our own- N -layered integrated molecular orbital + molecular mechanics " (ONIOM) in combination with density functional theory (DFT) methods. The structures of intermediate species and transition states were described. The effect of the Brønsted (B) acid strength of H-ZSM-5 catalyst on the reaction mechanism of benzene methylation with methanol was considered. The reaction than that of the concerted mechanism. Increasing the B acidic strength is more beneficial to the stepwise mechanism. When the stepwise mechanism becomes the dominant reaction path, the secondary reaction arising from further formation of bulky hydrocarbons through the methoxide intermediate produced in the methanol dehydration step of the stepwise mechanism might lead to the inactivation of the H-ZSM-5 catalyst owing to coke formation. Reasonable modulation the acid strength of the H-ZSM-5 catalyst is important in improving its catalytic activity and stability of the catalyst.


Objective:Because of the high uptake of[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose(~(18)FDG)in brain, its disadvantage in brain lesion positron emission tomography and computer tomography(PET/CT) imaging,[~(18)F]Fluoroethyl-dimethyl-2-hydroxyethylammonium(~(18)FECH)background uptake in brain was low,it could improve the sensitive and specificity of brain lesions diagnosis.We analyzed the false positive and false negative in ~(18)FECH PET imaging in brain lesions with the aim of improving the accuracy of diagnosis with ~(18)FECH PET imaging.Methods:38 patients with brain lesion were studied using ~(18)FDG PET and ~(18)FECH PET/CT brain imaging.It was considered a positive result that increased tracer uptake relative to the surrounding background radioactivity in ~(18)FECH PET/CT imaging,the maximal standardized uptake value(SUVmax) for lesion and peritumoral regions was measured,and a lesion-to-normal tissue uptake ratio(LNR) was calculated,LNR2 that was considered a positive result.There were eleven false negative and false negative.The diagnoses of all patients were verified by biopsy or operation under neuronavigation guidance,and pathology including immunohistochemistry. 1.Five were false positive(one tuberculous granuloma,one necrosis of cerebral infarction, one pilosity hardenability gliocyte proliferation,one hemorrhage caused by vascular malformation and one demyelination).2.Six were false negative(one dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor, two gradeⅡglioma,one gradeⅡoligodendroglioma,one gradeⅡoligoastrcytoma and one gradeⅢanaplastic oligoastrcytoma).3.The rate of false positive was 13.2%(5/38),the rate of false negative was 15.8%(6/38),the accuracy of ~(18)FECH PET/CT was 71.1%(27/38).Conclusion:18FECH PET/CT clearly reveals the location and extent of the tumors and has a role in qualitative diagnosis.Howeve,it also has a certain rate of false positivity and false negativity.


Abstract 'WHERE IS A WOMAN UNDER THERE' 'Woman for woman': Balzac's Le Chef d'oeuvre inconnu is first of all the tale of an exchange, an exchange to which the narrative conforms in its most evident structure articulated as it is in two parts of unequal length, the first entitled 'Gilette', the second 'Catherine Lescault', after the names of two woman whose 'circulation' - in the words of the ethnologists - provides the main-spring of the intrigue. But it is also, and indissolubly, the story of an invention made possible, precipitated by, this exchange, within which, in the final analysis, it is contained: the invention, in the archaeological sense of the word, of a masterpiece, to date unknown, an 'unheard of masterpiece (if one can speak in these terms, as it is painting which is in question: but a painting of which, as of a dream, the reader will know nothing except what Balzac tells us), an unrevealed masterpiece which will remain so, because of the failure of its inventors to recognize it as such; inv...


Constitutional review has been studied by legal scholars, economists, political scientists, and other social scientists. In this chapter, the author reviews the theory and practice of constitutional review around the world, taking into account institutional variations, judicial politics, and recent empirical evidence. Ideology plays an important role in constitutional interpretation. However, constitutional judges face a multiplicity of additional goals that dilute their party alignment. Current empirical work on constitutional review seems to confirm such a theory. Understanding the politicization of the courts usually follows a more complex framework than a simple conservative–progressive division.


We show that there exist two types of universal phenomena for three-boson systems with isospin degrees of freedom. In the isospin symmetric limit, there is only one universal three-boson bound state with the total isospin one, whose binding energy is proportional to that of the two-boson bound state. With large isospin symmetry breaking, the standard Efimov states of three identical bosons appear at low energies. Both phenomena can be realized by three pions with the pion mass appropriately tuned in lattice QCD simulations, or by spin-one bosons in cold atom experiments. Implication to the in-medium softening of multi-pion states is also discussed.


The radiative corrections of order alpha for the charged- and neutral-current neutrino-deuterium disintegration for energies relevant to the SNO experiment are evaluated. Particular attention is paid to the issue of the bremsstrahlung detection threshold. It is shown that the radiative corrections to the total cross section for the charged current reaction are independent of that threshold, as they must be for consistency, and amount to a slowly decreasing function of the neutrino energy E-nu, varying from about 4% at low energies to 3% at the end of the B-8 spectrum. The differential cross section corrections, on the other hand, do depend on the bremsstrahlung detection threshold. Various choices of the threshold are discussed. It is shown that for a realistic choice of the threshold and for the actual electron energy threshold of the SNO detector, the deduced B-8 nu(e) flux should be decreased by about 2%. The radiative corrections to the neutral-current reaction are also evaluated.


The 27.8 keV transition of 129I has been studied in Fe(CO)4· I2 by the Mossbauer effect. Isomer shift, e2qQ, and asymmetry parameter η have been determined. Only one species of iodine is observed. From the derived bonding characteristics and the measured η=0.0, it is proposed that iodine bonds as molecular iodine through its px and py orbitals in pseudoeightfold coordination.


2D palmprint based biometric system can effectively and automatically recognize, with a high confidence, a person's identity. In such a system, feature extraction and matching serves as a key component since it has a direct effect on the overall performance of the system. In this paper, we propose a unified framework to combine the local feature and the global feature to improve the system's performance. Specifically, the orientation information extracted by the Gabor filters is coded as the local feature. By increasing the scale of Gabor filters to infinite, actually we can get the Fourier transform of the image, and hence the Fourier transform coefficients of the image can be taken as the global features. Such kinds of local and global features are naturally linked via the framework of time-frequency analysis. The BLPOC function between two images is used as a measure for the global features. Experiments are performed on the PolyU palmprint database. The promising results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.


We present a statistically-optimal and model-independent method to extract the pressure prole of hot gas in the intracluster medium (ICM). Using the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich eect, we constrain the mean pressure prole of the ICM by appropriately considering all primary cosmic microwave background (CMB) and instrumental noise correlations, while using the maximum resolution and sensitivity of all frequency channels. As a rst application, we analyze CMB maps of WMAP 9-year data through a study of the Meta-Catalogue of X-ray detected Clusters of galaxies (MCXC). We constrain the universal pressure prole out to 4R500 with 15 condence, though our measurements are only signicant out to R200. Using a temperature prole constrained from X-ray observations, we measure the mean gas mass fraction out to R200. Within statistical and systematic uncertainties, our constraints are compatible with the cosmic baryon fraction and the expected gas fraction in halos. While Planck multi-frequency CMB data are expected to reduce statistical uncertainties by a factor of 20, we argue that systematic errors in determining mass of clusters dominate the uncertainty in gas mass fraction measurements at the level of 20 percent.


We have analyzed the double-lined eclipsing binary system OGLE-LMC-CEP-1812 in the LMC and demonstrate that it contains a classical fundamental mode Cepheid pulsating with a period of 1.31 days. The secondary star is a stable giant. We derive the dynamical masses for both stars with an accuracy of 1.5%, making the Cepheid in this system the second classical Cepheid with a very accurate dynamical mass determination, following the OGLE-LMC-CEP-0227 system studied by Pietrzyński et al. The measured dynamical mass agrees very well with that predicted by pulsation models. We also derive the radii of both components and accurate orbital parameters for the binary system. This new, very accurate dynamical mass for a classical Cepheid will greatly contribute to the solution of the Cepheid mass discrepancy problem, and to our understanding of the structure and evolution of classical Cepheids.


The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation has announced a request-for-proposals to research integrating medication therapy management services into the hospital discharge process.


This essay attempts to examine theoretically whether the group lending component in many microfinance programmes reduces incentives to invest in risky projects. Under the assumption that riskier projects are associated with higher mean returns, this could result in lower expected returns, potentially explaining the limited success of microfinance schemes in contributing to poverty eradication.

We set up a principal-agent model with limited liability, in which agents borrow funds for investment projects. The agent's choices regarding both productive effort and the riskiness of the project chosen are non-contractible. We find that in group contracts, in which interest payments by the borrower are dependent on project outcome, risk-taking effort is reduced below the social optimum. This suggests that potential modifications, which encourage more risk-taking by rewarding high outcomes, could enhance returns and welfare.


In order to design the convenient and reliable the monitor-control system of the oil storage and transportation,the application of PLC on the monitor-control system of the oil storage and transportation was researched in depth.Firstly,the design of the hardware of the monitor-control system of the oil storage and transportation was analyzed,the intelligent MOV was chosen,and the structure of the system was analyzed.Then the application of PLC on the monitor-control system of the oil storage and transportation was analyzed,the corresponding parameters and methods was analyzed.Finally,the design of software of monitor-control system of the oil storage and transportation was studied.


We propose an innovative solar photothemal battery technology to develop all-solid-state lithium–air batteries operating at ultra-low temperatures where a plasmonic air electrode can efficently harvest solar energy and convert it into heat, enabling efficient charge storage and transmission in electrolyte/electrode materials. Such batteries demonstrate a high discharge capacity (∼3600 mA h g−1) at −73 °C and record-cycle life both at −73 °C and room temperature.


The paper presents a theoretical rationale for a new diagnostic parameter, which is meant for estimating the technical state of a vehicle suspension under test-bed conditions. It compares the proposed parameter with the specific index of residual coupling properties of wheels when the state of suspension changes, with regard to changes in tire tread height.


The notion of correlation immune functions has been introduced by Siegenthaler (1984) in symmetric cryptography in the framework of stream ciphers. At the conference CRYPTO'91 by Camion et al., it has been pointed out that this notion existed in statistics and combinatorics. It has recently been highlighted that such functions also play an important role in a new framework related to side-channel attack counter-measures. Since then, the interest in correlation immune Boolean functions has been renewed, and new challenges regarding these functions have appeared. Specifically, low Hamming weight correlation immune functions have been selected as useful for counter-measures to side-channel attacks. Despite their importance, the literature is not abundant in this research direction. Two very interesting articles in which such correlation immune functions were nicely explored, given this novel use of them. Carlet initiated the first one in 2013, and the second one is due to Carlet and Chen (2018). This paper deals with correlation immune Boolean functions aiming to produce more candidates of those processing low Hamming weights. We shall focus on correlation immune Boolean functions with Hamming weights power of 2 (which offer a flexibility to control the correlation immunity aspects) and present several methods of designing them. Some design methods are efficient and could be employed to derive such functions. Consequently, given two positive integers <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$n$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$m$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, we derive new effective constructions of correlation immune Boolean functions with Hamming weight power of 2. Furthermore, an upper bound on the correlation immunity of the newly constructed <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$n$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-variable Boolean functions with Hamming weight <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2^{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> was determined for <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$n-m\ge 0$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. Besides, exact values and lower bounds on the maximum correlation immunity of those functions are explored and discussed, mainly when the values of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$n$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$m$ </tex-math></inline-formula> are very close. This paper also exhibits explicit examples of those correlation immune functions that illustrate our methods.


This is an interesting case report describing for the first time the potential coexistence of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON; OMIM: 535000) in a 36-year-old Japanese woman with recurrent symptoms involving the optic nerves and spinal cord. The patient tested positive for anti-aquaporin-4 antibodies and was homoplasmic for the pathogenic 11778 mitochondrial DNA mutation (MTND4*LHON11778A). The 11778 is the most common LHON mutation and accounts for more than 50% of LHON cases among Caucasians and over 90% of the cases in Asians, 80% of whom are males.1 It is relevant to emphasize that in spite of the presence of the LHON mutation, the patient's neurological symptoms were most likely attributed to NMO. This fact was well pointed out by the authors and further supported by the lack of symptoms in the patient's family members having the 11778 LHON mutation and the low penetrance described for this mutation.2 The low prevalence of the NMO and LHON conditions makes it difficult to have reliable estimates of the frequency of mitochondrial DNA mutations in patients with NMO. However, in this case report described by Shiarashi et al., whether NMO and LHON are a coincidental finding in the same patient, or whether a potential underlying pathogenic relationship exists between both conditions remain largely unknown and warrant further investigation.


The purpose of this pa- per is to create the System of Sales at Lumbung Pulsa Store By Using Visual Basic 6.0 so as to facilitate the transaction and in preparing reports. Records with computers will fa- cilitate the recording of transactions and can maximize the service to consumers, with so may attract many consumers. Methods of research in writing this is combined with the method of writing that is between Field Studies and Li- brary Studies. Authors conducted a live interview with the manager to know the sales transaction system and by read- ing books related to the sales transaction and database pro- gramming sales. With the application of this sales system the necessary information can be presented with a complete and accurate data on stock of goods in the form of pulses, when the process will facilitate the sales transaction made ??in the payment process and the ocer making the report, so as to reduce errors that occur.


From the perspectives of artistic ontology, epistemology; axiology, and methodology, this essay expounds the ideological system of Mao Ze - dong's philosophy of artistic culture. The essay Proves that Mao Ze - dong's philosophy of artistic culture is the application and development of Marxist philosophy in the field of arts - a result of the combination of Marxism - Leninism and China's revolutionary artistic practice, which makes up an indispensable part of Mao Ze -dong's philosophy of Chinese characteristics. A faithful mastery of Mao Ze - dong's Philosophy of artistic culture has both imminent and far - reaching significance to the construction of socialist culture of Chinese characteristics.


Basing on a comparative analysis of the conceptions of «Easternism» and Eurasianism, the author concludes that their representatives, using the term "the legacy of Genghis Khan", are nevertheless talking about different dimensions and goals of Russian geostrategy of continentalism. For "Easterners" the term is linked to the importance of Russian foreign policy, independent from the Western powers, towards "Mongolian-Tibetan-Chinese" (P. Badmaev) East. For Eurasians "the legacy of Genghis Khan" primarily refers to the political unification of Russia-Eurasia by means of economic and cultural development of Russia's "internal East", represented by its "system of the steppe" (N. Trubetskoy).


We demonstrate that bilayer graphene can be used as the anode of a small molecule organic light-emitting diode (OLED). In our OLEDs, bilayer graphene was used as the anode, Sm/Au as the cathode and Alq3 as the emitter. By applying Cs2CO3-doped 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline to partly substitute Alq3 as the electron injection and transport layer, the electron current injected from Sm/Au was enhanced to match the hole current injected from the bilayer graphene anode and consequently improved the light emission efficiency. The maxima of luminance efficiency and power efficiency reached 1.18 cd A−1 and 0.41 lm W−1, respectively. We think that the efficiency of the bilayer graphene anode OLED can be further optimized by finding a more efficient electron injection and transport layer and/or reducing the hole density of the graphene anode.


The paper presents the analysis and discussion of video detection data usage for discrete transport systems safety improvement. The Autonomous Vehicles (AV) and the Augmented Reality (AR) research in connection with a Driving Assistance (DA) are presented. This article is going to show where the border between those two fields of interest is and how they are going to influence on the future of automotive. The proposal of the AR system based on soft-computing methods used for an object classification problem – is given. The input data are taken from the real traffic monitoring system located at the set of roads in Poland. Data from the monitoring devices are used to analyze the travel time of vehicles – elements of the transportation system. The travel time model taking into account the real road situation is built. The proposed solution can be an essential tool for the owner and administrator of the transportation systems.


RATIONALE
Oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes are widely used tracers for studies on naturally occurring and laboratory mixtures of isotopically different waters. Although the mixing calculations are straightforward to perform, there are ample possibilities to make mistakes, especially when dealing with a large number of mixed fluids. To facilitate isotope mixing calculations and to avoid computational mistakes, a flexible tool to carry out these calculations is in demand.

METHODS
We developed, in three independent efforts, spreadsheets to carry out the mixing calculations for a combination of waters with different isotopic compositions using the isotope mass balance equation. We validated our calculations by comparison of the results of the three spreadsheets for a large number of test calculations. For all the cases, we obtained identical results down to the 12(th) to 14(th) significant digit.

RESULTS
We present a user-friendly, thoroughly validated spreadsheet for calculating (2) H, (17) O and (18) O stable isotopic abundances and respective isotope delta values for mixtures of waters with arbitrary isotopic compositions. The spreadsheet allows the mixing of up to 10 different waters, of which up to five can be specified using their isotopic abundances and up to five others using their isotope delta values. The spreadsheet is implemented in Microsoft Excel and is freely available from our research groups' websites.

CONCLUSIONS
The present tool will be applicable in the production and characterization of singly and doubly labeled water (DLW) mother solutions, the analysis of isotope dilution measurements, the deduction of unknown isotope values of constituents for mixtures of natural waters, and many other applications.


Describing the new genus Odontiomorpha, for the new species O. minuta, Jacoby (1900) arranged it in a group, namely Odontionopinae (following Chapuis 1874 and Lefèvre 1885), which included the African genera Odontionopa Chev rolat, 1836, Obelistes Lefèvre, 1885 and Phascus Lefèvre, 1884. Odontiomorpha was later considered by Selman (1965, 1972) in the tribe Colaspoidini due to the "pygidium grooved medially", together with the genus Platycorynus Chevrolat, 1836. The description of two new species of Odontiomorpha gives me the opportunity to reconsider the position of this genus.


The present invention relates to a security certification apparatus for a power system and a method thereof. A security certification method for a power system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of transmitting a signal of requesting certification of at least one remote control server or external terminal, which will communicate with at least one power system, from the at least one power system to a certification server; and, when the certification is completed through the certification server, performing communication with the at least one remote control server or external terminal through an open communication network.


Traditional CIM (Computer Integr ated Manufacturing) instruction usually revolves around a hard-wired CIM cell that comes complete with a CNC ( omputer Numerical Control) machine tool, a robot tending the machine tool, a conveyor system with on-line sensors, a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), computer interface, and air/power s upply. While this setup can give a good demonstration of a working CIM cell, and can also be used for demonstrating certain parts of the system, the real challenge confronting CIM in industrial practice is how to put all these pieces together in the first place. Unless a company buys into a turnkey installation prepared by a system house (consulting companies specializing in custom-order integration jobs) where the kinks in integrating dispar ate system com ponents have already been worked out (though not always the case), the reality is that systems integration always comes with components that do not ex actly match up, or for which fixes have to be made on the fly. Engineering students who are only exposed to an error-free system, uncompli cated by system bugs and mi nor incompatibilities, are not prepared to cope with these real world problems. This paper presents the result of a NSF-ILI proj ect to examine the alternative of teaching students how to integrate system com ponents themselves, from the ground up, making use of basic principles and seeing first hand how everything does not always fit together nicely. A laboratory was established consisting of modular, table-top system components that can be mixed and m atched to build many different computer integrated systems using a variety of configurations. The development of this lab and the outcome on student learning of CIM are described in this paper and in the presentation.


The utility model discloses thin sheet automatic welding equipment, in particular to a machine for automatically welding large-sized thin plate. The utility model comprises a main machine frame (1), a welding platform (2), a machine head (3), a welding gun (4), a rushing milling device followed by the welding (5), a machine head transverse, longitudinal and vertical three-dimensional motion mechanisms (6), (7), (8); the main machine frame (1) comprises four standing pillars (1-1), two horizontal guiding track beams (1-2), two bearing girders; the rushing milling device followed by welding (5) is fixed on the lower part of the machine head (3); the utility model is close to the back of the welding gun (4) and is used to treat the thermal state welding bead metal in time; thus, the welding stress and the deformation of the sheet material are decreased, the welding thermal crack is prevented, and the welding quality is improved. The machine for welding plate also comprises a sheet material driving and reversing device, a sheet edge positioning device, a piano-key type compressing device, and camera shooting lens for a position of welding bead. The machine for welding plates is used to demonstrate and to automatically follow the welding bead, the welding process followed by the welding rushing and milling device is automatically operated, without shape-righting and elimination of the stress, and the production efficiency is very high.


Comparisons of surface color and anthocyanin composition in the periderm of four sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) cultivars revealed that each was characteristically different.1. 'Beniazuma' had the deepest red surface color and the anthocyanins were mostly non-acylated peonidin glycoside. On the contrary, the anthocyanins in 'Beniaka' periderm were mostly acylated and consisted of nearly 25% cyanidin glycoside.2. During the growth and development of sweet potatoes, two anthocyanins in the peri-derm, peonidin-3GG (glucosylglucoside) -5G (glucoside) and p-hydroxybenzoyl-peonidin-3GG-5G increased significantly; whereas, the concentrations of those with cinnamic acid derivatives remained nearly constant.3. The absorbance at 525 nm of HC1-methanolic extracts of the periderm decreased by 20 to 30% after storage at 13°C for 6 months; and it decreased during the curing treatment. Wrapping the storage container with polyethylene film (0.03 mm thickness) created an en-vironment with a high humidity, suppressed weight loss, and made the surface color light-er. It seemed that high humidity (ca. 95% RH) was suitable for maintaining the surface color of sweet potatoes during the storage at 13°C.


1. Puccinia culmicola DIET. Aeciospores of Aecidium Berberidis-Thunbergii P. HEXN. on Berberis Thunbergii DC. var. Maximowiczii FRANCH. et SAV., obtained from three different localities, were inoculated on wheat, but no infection was noted. Telia on Agropyron semicostalum NEES. (Fig. 1) were used to inoculate the barberry. Two weeks after sowing, abundant pycnia developed, being followed by aecia three weeks later (Fig. 2). Remarkably, the mature pycnia smell of putrid fish or glue. Inoculations on the leaves of Agropyron and rye from these aecia produced uredia, quite, identical with those of Puccinia culmicola DIET. On this account and from its morphological resemblance it may be stated that P. culmicola represents a form of P. graminis PERS.2. Puccinia Zoysiae DIET. Telia of this rust on Zoysia japonica STEUD. were sown on Paederia chinensis HANCE. After twenty-four days accia, to be identified with Aecidium Paederiae DIET. (Fig. 3) were obtained.


We present first results taken from the high-resolution mass time-of-flight spectrometer (MTOF) of the charge, element, and isotope analysis system (CELIAS) experiment on board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft launched in December 1995, concerning the abundance ratios of neon isotopes in the solar wind. We obtain the isotopic ratios 20Ne/22Ne = (13.8 ± 0.7) and 20Ne/21Ne = (440 ± 110), which agree with the values obtained from the Apollo foil solar wind experiments and which have been derived from measurements of solar particles implanted in lunar and meteoritic samples.


The Internet of Things (IoT) envisions a future in which digital and physical things or products (e.g., smartphones, TVs, cars) can be linked through the use of appropriate data. to enable a variety of applications using information and communication technology as well as products and services The characteristics of the Internet of Things include an ultra-large scale network of things, as well as device and network-level heterogeneity and a high number of unintentionally created occurrences things like this will make developing a wide range of applications and services a difficult endeavor. In general, middleware can make a process easier. Integration of heterogeneous computing and development process promoting interoperability within telecommunication equipment a wide range of applications and services. In this paper, we will discuss Smart System for Device Interoperability was offered as a solution. It serves as a hub, allowing disparate devices to communicate with one another. Regardless of their differences, they can communicate through it. Protocols and other forms of communication Detailed. The proposed system's architecture is presented, as well as each of its component is well explored.