Abstract Teachers' feedback literacy is a focus of increasing attention in higher education. It may be framed through intentional design decisions, inter-relational aspects of engagement and pragmatic considerations of enacted curricula. Thus, teachers' feedback literacy is connected to both the enacted curriculum and students' relationship to feedback. How these connections take shape in particular approaches to the curriculum, affecting students' roles in feedback and evaluation is not as well-understood. This paper presents findings from an intervention aimed at developing students' peer feedback and self-evaluation skills in an undergraduate business course. Peer feedback and self-evaluation are increasingly common modes of engaging students as active participants in feedback and evaluation processes. It is therefore worthwhile to understand the ways in which these processes affect and link teacher and student feedback literacy. Data was analysed from a 14-week course aimed at developing students' competencies in self-evaluation, peer feedback and teamwork. Results are presented and discussed according to three major areas: how teacher's feedback on student engagement with feedback served as affective 'meta' scaffolding, the trajectory of students' growth in feedback literate self-evaluation, and the relationship of feedback literacy to trajectory of growth in teamwork competencies. The paper concludes with suggestions for further, crossdisciplinarity research.


This paper presents the results from a national study of forensic referrals to the UK's three specialist psychiatric services for deaf people who are users of sign language. A search of 5,034 referrals identified 431 relevant cases. From these, data were collected on patient characteristics, offending behaviour, court disposal and diagnosis. In addition, data were used to estimate the need for a specialist forensic deaf service in the UK. The results show a steady and continuing rise in forensic referrals from the mid-1980s. They contradict previously held assumptions about the late age of first conviction and about the reluctance of the courts to impose probation supervision on deaf people. They confirm and expand our understanding of the high proportion of sexual and violent offences in this clinical population. Nearly 50% of the sample were found on assessment not to be suffering from a mental disorder - a category that excludes patients diagnosed with personality disorder. Figures from the past 30 years and from the past 5 years only are consistent in demonstrating that around 60% of this group would have benefited from a specialist forensic deaf service at some time in the assessment/treatment process.


Esophageal obstruction was encountered in 2 patients following the adminstration of a barium sulfate tablet. The tablets did not disintegrate for over three hours. They had been stored in the radiology department for at least three years. In vitro tests showed that the old tablets did not disintegrate for three hours while fresh tablets disintegrated within 30 minutes.


The authors present a hierarchical extension of the probabilistic relaxation method and demonstrate its application to the multiscale processing of edge information. The basic idea is to utilise interlevel constraints on the evolution of edge structure to locate consistent edge labellings at each descending level of a resolution pyramid. Information concerning the whereabouts of consistent edge structure is passed from one layer of the pyramid to another in the form of a labelled edge map. This information is combined with the raw edge data at the relevant level of the pyramid using a Bayesian extension of the probabilistic relaxation formula of A. Rosenfeld, R.A. Hummel and S.W. Zucker; the result is a fine resolution label interpretation. Since the consistent edge structures permitted at coarse resolution have a much greater spatial extent than those permitted at fine resolution, they provide more powerful constraints on edge connectivity. This means that noise contamination can be efficiently controlled without the use of excessive filtering and consequent band limitation of genuine high frequency image structure.<<ETX>>


A survey of the variegated poetic landscape of the 1950s and 1960s in New Zealand, dealing with its major figures, including Allen Curnow and James K. Baxter, Charles Brasch and the literary journal Landfall, finding some of them out of time, and looking to a mode of writing both more intellectual and more anarchistic in the poets associated with the periodical Freed, and also to the journal Te Ao Hou, founded in 1952, which provided a venue for emerging Maori writers such as Hone Tuwhare, J.C. Sturm and Witi Ihimaera.


Under the Belt and Road Initiative, the rapid development of tourism poses higher requirements for tourism practitioners. Talent is the fundamental cause of tourism. Building a contingent of highly qualified personnel is a top priority for tourism. Tourism personnel training made a significant breakthrough in 2015. The National Tourism Administration puts forward the "515 Strategy", which has worked out concrete plans in basic personnel system construction, professional personnel training and high-level backbone personnel training. The purpose of this paper is to explore the optimization of the training system for double language talents in tourism foreign language under the Belt and Road Initiative.


PbTe powder, with average particle size of 500 nm, was synthesized by solvothermal reaction, and then the PbTe powder was melted in the quartz ampoules under vacuum with other dopants to prepare (AgSbTe2)x(Pb0.5-Sn0.5Te)1-x(x=0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2) series alloys. The alloys powders, with the particle size of the micron order, were obtained by high energy ball-milling the ingots from melting. The polycrystalline samples for measurement, with relative densities all above 90%, were prepared by rapid hot-pressing process. The XRD, SEM and other methods were used to analyze the phases and microstructures, and studied the influences of the changing x values on thermoelectric properties, including electrical resistivity, Seebeck coefficient, thermal conductivity and the merit of ZT. It is concluded that the thermoelectric properties of the semiconductors is optimized when x=0.1, the peak ZT value of 1.093 is got at 575 K, and the rearch results are beneficial to improve the thermoelectric properties and decrease the production cost for the studied alloys.


A new model was established to calculate the real vapor pressure of Al in the molten Ni-xAl (at. pct) (x=25~50) alloy. The effects of the holding time, chamber pressure, mole fraction of Al and melting temperature on the real vapor pressure of Al in the vacuum chamber were analyzed. Because of the impeding effect of the real vapor pressure on the evaporation loss rate, within a short time (less than 10 s), the real vapor pressure tends to a constant value.When the chamber pressure is less than the saturated vapor pressure of Al, the real vapor pressure of Al is equal to the chamber pressure. While when the chamber pressure is higher than the saturated vapor pressure, the real vapor pressure of Al approaches to the saturated vapor pressure of Al of the same condition.


Airbag module with an airbag (24) and a module housing (10) having a front wall (16) closing an outlet orifice (40) annular to the airbag (24), wherein a central section (38) of the front wall (16) is secured to the module radially inwardly of the outlet opening (40) such that the central section is prevented, in the fixing, the freedom of movement outwardly when I opened the front wall (16), characterized in that at least the central section (38) of the front wall (16) fixed to the module has a thickness and elasticity such that, upon deployment of the airbag (24) rotates outward and radially inwardly about its attachment, seen from the module, without tearing radially, forming folds which leave the outlet orifice annularly where the front wall (16) is made, at least in the area of central section 38 as sheet-like fabric, or sheet BOOSTER ada with capade tissue.


The occurrence regularity and damage of weeds during summer on the urban green land in Nanchang were analyzed by the combination method of fixed point sampling survey and general investigation. The results showed that a total of 123 weed species belonged to 37 families were discovered. The broad leaf type species were the representative species which accounted for 79. 67% of the total,and the species of gramineae accounted for 16. 26% while cyperaceae just accounted for 4. 07%; the community structare was complex. The control strategies were proposed according to comparison of various wedding control methods.


Objective To investigate the information-based management mode of the county area class tuberculosis prevention and cure organization, in order to raise the quality of the grass-roots tuberculosis control work. Method It makes use of the computer and the network techniques to develop systematic management software and applies it based on the work management process of the county area class tuberculosis prevention and cure organization. Result Systematic software of the county area class tuberculosis prevention and cure management information run steadily, achieve the work management requirement of the county area class tuberculosis prevention and cure organization. Conclusion The information management of the county area class tuberculosis prevention and cure organization can replace the traditional management mode and is superior to it. It is significant raising the quality of the grass-roots tuberculosis control work.


While Don DeLillo's early novels explore the mindset of children and their engagement with cultural politics, little has been studied with regard to DeLillo's foray back into the representation of stridently individualistic children in Falling Man. This essay, which articulates a symbiotic relationship in many of the actions between Justin Neudecker and terrorist Hammad, argues that Falling Man offers a polyvocal fluidity and exploration to children antithetical in the novel's adult characters.


Modification of chitosan with biocompatible synthetic polymers is important for the development of biodegradable medical materials with a tailor-made complex of properties. The issue of the influence of a polysaccharide macromolecule conformation on the synthesis and properties of the hybrid products remains acute. Conformational transitions of chitosan and their influence on the process of grafted polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and N-vinylpyrrolidone onto the polymer and the properties of their copolymers were studied. To interpret the peculiarities of chitosan solutions properties, their viscosity was identified by the method of rotational viscometry; conformational transitions of the polymer polysaccharides were investigated by the method of spectrophotometry; dimensional characteristics of the polymer particles were assessed by the method of dynamic light scattering. Copolymers were characterized by the methods of IR-spectroscopy and gelpenetrating chromatography. Helix-coil conformational transition of the chitosan macromolecule was pH and temperature-sensitive. The effective size of the chitosan macromolecules for helix conformation was 14-35% larger than for the coil conformation. The grafted copolymer yield (98%) was significantly higher in the solutions of chitosan, where its macromolecules were in the coil conformation. The obtained results allow the researchers to create optimal conditions during the development of the copolymer-based biomedical materials with improved characteristics.


The traditional nonprofit is no longer the only business model through which to accomplish social good. A business established with a social mission, a social enterprise, is not characterized by its structure, but rather by its missions, use of profits, or engagement with stakeholders. There are different organizational models, but nonprofit charities (501c3) are only allowed to be structured as corporations. As nonprofit organizations face challenges such as employee burnout, starvation cycles, unethical leadership, the overhead myth, a lack of diversity in leadership roles, and disengaged boards, this research looks to cooperative models of shared governance and leadership for solutions. Using the Grace Notes Community Music School (GNCMS) as a case study, the research explores the conditions and impact of adopting the shared governance structure for 501(c)(3) organizations. The qualitative analysis with expert interviews and focus group point to a worker self-directed organization as the most effective model for GNCMS.


This review deals with adsorption of metal ions, particularly those considered as hazardous, on clays and some inorganic solids and covers the publication years 2000–2013 describing and quantifying the use of isotherms to obtain the adsorption capacities of the solids. The inorganic solids in the review include clays and clay minerals, their modified forms (obtained by treatment with acids and alkalis, organic functionalization, etc.), zeolites, silica gel, soil, river sediment, activated alumina, inorganic polymers, red mud, inorganic oxides, fly ash, etc. The use of two parameter and three parameter linear isotherms are only discussed with a view to obtain quantitative description of adsorptive accumulation and separation of metal ions from aqueous solution on the solids. The extensively used isotherms are those of Freundlich, Langmuir, Dubinin–Radushkevich and Redlich–Peterson. How these isotherms are being used to obtain the adsorption capacities along with their interpretations form the bulk of the review. The review is divided into sections, each describing the use of a particular isotherm. The metal cations receiving immense importance in adsorption studies are As(III)/As(V), Cd(II), Cr(III)/Cr(VI), Cu(II), Co(II), Pb(II), Ni(II), Hg(II), and Zn(II), and the review covers both the cationic and the anionic metal ions. A few other cations such as Mn(II), Fe(III), Se(V), which have not received much attention, are also covered.


The local temperature of quantum-cascade lasers operating in continuous wave mode is reported. This information is extracted from the thermal shift of the band-to-band photoluminescence peaks in the AlInAs and InP cladding layers of quantum-cascade laser facets using a high-resolution microprobe setup. Interpolation by means of a two-dimensional heat diffusion model allows to obtain the temperature profile and the thermal conductivity in the waveguide core. Comparison between substrate and epilayer-side mounted lasers shows the superior thermal dissipation capability of the latter, and explains their better performance with respect to threshold current and maximum operating temperature.


Abstract This paper describes the use of the time-line interpolation procedure for the design of large-time-step, Godunov-type schemes for systems of hyperbolic conservation laws in one dimension. These schemes are based on a specific procedure to characterize the left and right states of the Riemann problems at the cell interfaces when the Courant number associated with the waves exceeds unity. To do so, the time-line interpolation technique is used. Constant and linear reconstruction techniques are presented. Sonic or critical points are seen to be a source of difficulty in the algorithm and an appropriate treatment is proposed. The algorithms are applied to the linear advection equation, to the inviscid Burgers equation, and to the set of hyperbolic conservation laws that describe shallow water flow in one dimension. These simulations show the superiority of the linear time reconstruction over the use of a constant time reconstruction. When the linear reconstruction technique is used, the modulus of the amplification factor of the scheme is equal to unity for all wave numbers, inducing oscillations in the computed profile owing to the phase error. The introduction of a slope limiter allows these oscillations to be eliminated, but yields numerical diffusion, thus restricting the range of applications of the scheme.


The Victorian Government has determined that prospecting (metal detecting, gold panning and gem collecting), currently allowed in a series of central Victorian box-ironbark parks, should be introduced to eastern Victorian parks such as Baw Baw, Croajingolong, Errinundra, Lake Eildon, Lind, Mitchell River, Yarra Ranges and the Alpine National Parks.


This paper gives definitions of urban forest and describes the research contents about this comprehensive subject. It provides an overview of the past and current research on urban forest from three aspects: the analysis about the structure of urban forest, the ecological values, and the planning and management of urban forest. This paper also holds a discussion about the development on this important subject. It includes urban forest and hydrology, urban forest and global climate change, analysis of urban rural ecotone interface, and the application of modern information technology in urban forest.


The paper deals with the problem of classification of bulk material, based on silica gel, larger than 30 µm, from dusty gas flow. In order to solve this problem, the design of a classifier with coaxially arranged pipes is proposed. According to the conducted studies, it is more efficient to use a classifier with an inner conical pipe to solve the problems of separating the particles from the gas flows of various sizes, since a greater value is achieved for the centrifugal, inertial, gravitational and other forces acting on the dusty flow, that contribute to knocking the particles out of its structure, than in a classifier with a cylindrical inner pipe. On average, the efficiency of a classifier with a conical inner pipe is by 35.3% higher than that of a classifier with a cylindrical inner pipe. Classification of particles of bulk material, based on silica gel, larger than 30 µm from the dusty gas flows is solved most effectively by using a classifier with a conical inner pipe and hd parameter of 50 mm and a classifier with a cylindrical inner pipe and hd parameter of –10 mm.


Multivariate climate change presents an urgent need to understand how species adapt to complex environments. Population genetic theory predicts that loci under selection will form monotonic allele frequency clines with their selective environment, which has led to the wide use of genotype-environment associations (GEAs). This study elucidates the conditions under which allele frequency clines are more or less likely to evolve as multiple quantitative traits adapt to a multivariate environment. A novel set of simulations was created that all evolved similar phenotypic clines, but with varying proportions of causal alleles with clines. Phenotypic clines evolved mostly without clines in the causal allele frequencies under conditions that promoted unique combinations of mutations to achieve the multivariate optimum in different parts of the landscape. Although univariate and multivariate GEA methods failed to accurately infer the genetic basis of adaptation under a range of scenarios, individual multivariate traits could be accurately predicted from genotype and environmental data without any knowledge of the genetic architecture. This research challenges the utility of GEAs for understanding the genetic basis of adaptation to the environment, and instead suggests that multivariate trait predictions are a more fruitful approach for genomic forecasting and assisted gene flow efforts.


In this tutorial we present dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP ranging from content creation to consumption. It particular, it provides an overview of the recently ratified MPEG-DASH standard, how to create content to be delivered using DASH, its consumption, and the evaluation thereof with respect to competing industry solutions. The tutorial can be roughly clustered into three parts. In part I we will provide an introduction to DASH, part II covers content creation, delivery, and consumption, and, finally, part III deals with the evaluation of existing (open source) MPEG-DASH implementations compared to state-of-art deployed industry solutions.


Three experiments starting from different initial conditions have been made with the ECHAM‐4 atmospheric General Circulation Model (GCM) integrated at T30 resolution forced with the observed sea‐surface temperature (SST) over the period 1960–1994. The tropical America modes of seasonal rainfall anomalies whose time variation is most accurately simulated by the GCM have been searched for using Singular Value Decomposition Analyses (SVDA) and Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) between observed and model fields. The leading modes revealed by SVDA and CCA are highly similar, even though the ordering of the modes showed some fluctuation. A first skilful rainfall anomaly mode has weights of the same sign almost everywhere in tropical America, except along the western coast and the sub‐tropical margins. This mode appears in all of the four seasons assessed. A second major skilful mode is usually a bipolar north–south (N–S) rainfall anomaly pattern (clear in December–March, DJFM; March–May, MAM; and June–September, JJAS).


We can heartily commend the chapters dealing with modern biological, physical, cosmological, and psychological thought. They are well written. They show a capacity both to master the vast mass of scientific facts, and to present a balanced picture. It is when the author seeks to set the Christian faith within this picture which modern science presents, that he shows his weakness. The closing chapter reveals a stumbling amateur, honestly striving to reconcile Christianity, as he understands it, with his scientific knowledge. Alas! Christianity, as he understands it, is but a pale ghost of the glorious faith of the New Testament and of the Church. Woe to us that we so sadly instruct our laymen! Further, philosophically he stumbles into a pantheism in which God and nature are apparently two aspects of the same whole. Will and Purpose, we are told, are inherent in the stuff of the world. We need to have the mystical assurance that "God and the atoms and the human soul are one in essence." Yet with the same breath almost, the author talks of incarnation, only to reveal that he does not understand the Christian usage of the term at all. For him it means "the exemplification of man's finest and noblest ideals of human character," "the incarnation of the ethical and spiritual grandeur latent in man." Here is no note of triumphant divine activity, no glorious shout that God from on high has heard and that the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation. Christ merely becomes the sublime achievement of human evolution, under the guidance of an immanent cosmic spirit. This will not do, and the book loses its value, just because it does not bring us satisfyingly beyond the scientific portal which it paints so well. E. C. Rust


The present invention relates to a holder (7) for an actuator (6) on a housing (2) of an exhaust gas turbocharger (1), particularly for an internal combustion engine, preferably a motor vehicle, with a Stellerflansch (10), on which the respective actuator (6 ) can be fastened, and with a bent (from Stellerflansch 10) housing flange (11), with the (the holder 7) (in the respective housing 2) can be fastened. An improved adjustability for the actuator (6) is obtained when the housing flange (11) is formed a longitudinal guide (17), the opposite longitudinal guide when mounting the holder (7) on the housing (2) formed with a housing (2) (18 ) cooperates in such a way that at least one projecting element (20) engages in a recess (21) and is guided in a longitudinal direction (19) is adjustable.


Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, this research examines the association between timing of oral sex initiation and marital and cohabiting relationship satisfaction among young adults. Findings indicate that women who transition to oral sex "late" or who have no oral sex experience report higher levels of relationship satisfaction in their current coresidential unions than do women who transition at a "normative" age. Higher levels of relationship satisfaction among women who transition "late," however, appear to be explained by their lower likelihood of experiencing forced sexual relations and sexually transmitted infections. We find no evidence of any association between timing of oral sex initiation and relationship satisfaction among men. To best promote healthy relationships, researchers, practitioners, and educators need to better understand the various types of sexual activities in which young people engage.


Interactive learning media is a combination of videos, animations, images, and audio on learning media that allows users to interact and understand the material because the learning process becomes interesting, interactive, and effective. The trend of publications that have the highest number of citations, the classification of university or organization rankings, journals and publications, and the use of keywords along with using a database from Google Scholar. The method used is bibliometric analysis. A total of 442 articles were collected from the Publish or Perish (PoP) application using the Google Scholar database which was then combined into 1 file with RIS format and entered into the VOSviewer application to obtain network visualization and visualization overlays. The results show that the trend of publications related to interactive learning media in mathematics education in Indonesia in the last five years (2016 - 2022) has increased every year, the most citations are in the organization "State University of Yogyakarta", in the journal JIPMat, in the article (Istiqlal, 2017). Adobe flash became the most cited learning media keyword. The keywords that became the new theme were Articulate storyline, ispring, discovery learning, interactive games, plane figure, and quadratic functions.


Introduction: To achieve malaria elimination, understanding of the individual risk factors for malaria infection is critical to inform strategic planning and implementation. To address this, a community-based individual risk-factor study was conducted in Unguja Island Zanzibar.Methods: A matched case control study with a sample size of 103 cases and 309 controls was conducted in Unguja Island. Malaria cases from health facilities were reported via Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) mobile phones to a central database, after which an SMS alert was sent to the District Malaria Surveillance Officer's (DMSO) mobile phone. DMSO followed up index cases up to household level and performed malaria test on all household members using rapid diagnostic tests (mRDT). Family members tested negative were considered as controls. Both cases and controls were interviewed with the same questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Epi-info version 3.5.1 using conditional logistic regression model. Results: The findings revealed that chance of malaria infection was higher among individuals who travelled outside Zanzibar [AOR = 60.47, 95% CI 15.73 - 232.44], who spend their time in outdoor activities during the night [AOR = 8.53, 95% CI 1.96 - 37.11], whose rooms were not sprayed with indoor residual spray (IRS) [AOR= 29.60, 95% CI 2.68 - 326.49] and those who did not have a bed net [AOR=16.25, 95% CI 3.32 - 79.50].Conclusion: Travel outside Zanzibar, outdoors activities during the night, lack of access to malaria interventions (IRS or bed nets) were the risk factors for malaria infection in Unguja. Ministry of Health should set a mechanism of encouraging people who travel to malaria endemic areas to attend the nearby health facility for malaria screening. Sensitizing people on using protective gear during the night and ensuring good coverage of malaria interventions would reduce the risk of malaria in Unguja Zanzibar.


The drug 8β‐carbobenzyloxyaminomethyl‐1‐methyl‐10α‐ergoline (mce) has been shown to have a potent and prolonged antagonism to 5‐hydroxytryptamine‐induced bronchospasm in guinea‐pigs. 4–5 hr after 2 μg/kg of mce, given intraveneously, the effects of the 5‐ht were still markedly inhibited (dose ratio more than 1:300). A subcutaneous dose of 150 μg/kg of the drug partially counteracted the effects of 5‐ht for 4–7 days. Comparison between mce and l‐methyl‐(+)‐lysergic acid butanolamide tartrate (methysergide, uml 491) revealed that the antagonism to 5‐ht by mce developed more slowly but lasted longer than that elicited by methysergide. The results show that mce is a specific antagonist of 5‐ht‐induced bronchospasm in guinea‐pigs as it does not antagonise the bronchospasm‐inducing effects of acetylcholine, histamine and eledoisin.


Reaction mechanism of magnetite formation was investigated by two different methods such as 1) Pouring Fe(OH)3 suspension in Fe(OH)2 suspension and 2) Mechanically mixing Fe(OH)3 powders with Fe(OH)2 cake which has minimum water content. Ultrafine magnetite having particle size around 100 A was obtained by using both methods in a nitrogen filled glove box. The mechanism of magnetite formation from the Fe(OH)2 and Fe(OH)3 suspension was determined to be a solid-solid reaction. It was also found that the magnetite by agitating Fe(OH)2 and Fe(OH)3 suspension at pH 9.0, had the approprite particles for the practical use as the magnetic fluid.


One way to end the health care crisis is to provide health insurance for everyone. The Jackson Hole Group has developed a reform plan that would have the private sector do just that.


Objective:To correlate MSCT pulmonary function parameters and pulmonary function test parameters.To compare quantitative parameters of MSCT between COPD patients and normal volunteers,and to define the clinical feasibility parameters of MSCT in patients with COPD.Materials and Methods:Thirty cases of normal control group,forty cases of COPD with clinical pulmonary function test and MSCT scan at the end of the maximum inspiratory and maximum expiratory phase.All data was analysed by the lung analysis software of computer-aided inspection system,correlation analysis with pulmonary function parameters and comparison of the normal volunteers were made.Results:There was significant correlation with Vin/Vex and residual volume(RV)/total lung capacity(TLC)(r=0.90,P0.01).There was significant correlation with Vin,Vex and TLC,RV(r=0.70,0.81,respectively,P0.01).(Vin-Vex) showed correlation with FVC(r=0.76,P0.01).Expiratory EV-910 correlated with FEV1/FVC%(r=-0.84,P0.01).Expiratory PI-910 had a good correlation with FEV1 and FEV1/FVC%(r=-0.86,-0.85,respectively,P0.01).At inspiratory phase,the average Vin was(5318.15±1200.74)ml,lung density was(-898.04±35.36)HU,the density per unit volume was(0.102±0.035)g/cm3.There was no significant difference among the three parameters in normal group and COPD group(P0.01).At expiratory phase,the average Vex was(3878.21±1202.75)ml,lung density was(-855.04±50.41)HU,the density per unit volume was(0.144±0.051)g/cm3.There was significant difference among the three parameters in normal group and COPD group(P0.01).Conclusion:MSCT pulmonary function test can evaluate the situation and provide an objective basis for clinical diagnosis of the patients with COPD.


In a closed economy context, the literature dealing with entry and exit promotion policies is growing. It can be divided into two main groups: the model of symmetric oligopolists and that of asymmetric ones. The main purpose of this paper is to synthesize these analyses of symmetric and asymmetric cases by using the "Ikema-Cournot curve", developed by Ikema (1991). Then, we extend these models to the one under the international oligopoly setting, and show some cases where entry-promotion policies raise domestic economic welfare even the domestic entrant's technology is inefficient.


Skeletal muscle atrophy is the loss of muscle mass that results from a wide range of conditions including denervation, corticosteroid exposure, and aging. 1700029J07RIK is a putative novel gene suggested to be involved in skeletal muscle atrophy. The 1700029J07RIK gene was found to be induced following denervation in mice and is differentially expressed in Muscle RING Finger 1 (MuRF1) knockout mice compared to wild‐type mice. A previous microarray analysis of muscle tissue isolated from wild‐type control mice and MuRF1 knockout mice revealed that the expression of the 1700029J07RIK gene is unchanged at 3 days post‐denervation, while expression is significantly induced in wild‐type mice at 14 days post denervation but remains unchanged in the MuRF1‐null animals. It has been well established that muscle cells go through a distinct developmental timeline in which they proliferate as single cell myoblasts and then differentiate and fuse into multinucleated myotubes. Quantitative PCR was used to confirm that the 1700029J07RIK gene is expressed in proliferating cells and increases in expression as muscle cells differentiate. To characterize the transcriptional regulation of 1700029J07RIK, promoter fragments were cloned into a reporter plasmid, transfected into muscle cells and found to have significant transcriptional activity, while ectopic expression of myogenic regulatory factors appear to modulate the activity of the 1700029J07RIK reporter genes. In addition, the 1700029J07RIK cDNA was cloned from muscle cells and fused with green fluorescent protein and visualized by confocal fluorescent microscopy revealing an interesting perinuclear and cytoplasmic localization of the 1700029J07RIK protein in muscle cells. Finally, it was observed that overexpression of 1700029J07RIK resulted in inhibition of muscle cell differentiation and attenuation of the ERK branch of the MAP Kinase signaling pathway. While there is virtually nothing known about this novel gene in the context of skeletal muscle, the results presented here suggest 1700029J07RIK may play a role in muscle cell differentiation and in the skeletal muscle atrophy cascade.


The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is a SASE X-ray free-electron laser project presently under construction at SLAC [1]. The injector section from RF photocathode gun through first bunch compressor chicane was installed during the fall of 2006. The first bunch compressor is located at 250 MeV and nominally compresses a 1-nC electron bunch from an rms length of about 1 mm to 0.2 mm. Transverse phase space and bunch length diagnostics are located immediately after the chicane. We present preliminary measurements and simulations of the longitudinal and transverse phase space after the chicane in various beam conditions, including extreme compression with micron-scale current spikes.


The canister for the permanent storage of spent nuclear fuel used by SKB in Sweden consists of a cast iron insert surrounded by a five centimetre thick shell of copper. It is a safety critical component and in order to secure long-term structural integrity non-destructive methods are used to inspect 100% of the volume of each canister, before it is disposed of in the repository. One of the critical components that requires inspection is a sealing weld, joining the copper tube and the lid. The friction stir weld is inspected using an ultrasonic phased array system. The area of the weld is inspected with several inspection channels with different angles and varying coverage. To make sure that no defects that might occur in the weld are overseen, the reliability of the inspection must be quantified. The reliability of NDT is usually quantified with the probability of detection curves. The influence of the parameters that might influence the POD of the flaws in the weld is investigated analysing the experimental results, as well as with a help of a numerical simulation of the inspection.


DNX is a platform-independent system designed to extend Core's proposed Shared Registry System for managing domain names. DNX aims to provide several value-added services to the market, including intelligent registration.


In this article, we investigate the collection, organization, and dissemination of business information during the past seventy-five years. Transforming millions of "data bits" to intelligence for better decision making remains a challenge. However, we have come a long way since the late 1930s by building databases, connecting nodes and networks, and constantly upgrading the quality of business information. Classification schemes, search techniques, retrieval methods, delivery speed, and storage capacity have all increased exponentially. The key forces contributing to such transformation were public-private cooperation, the dedication of pioneers who "grew the field," and the entrepreneurial ventures of data consolidators and research agencies. The social, economic, and organizational forces brought about changes that were coupled with the requisite technology; this paved the way for the creation of the Internet, the World Wide Web, and many related features that range from mobile communication to visualization techniques.


1. Overview Combatting the threat posed by transnational and domestic criminal organisations has become a critical concern of governments throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Ideas of how to reduce crime and organised violence in this region vary between those who advocate for state-security led approaches and those who argue for approaches that tackle the causes of crime and the factors that incentivise people to engage in risky behaviour (Basombrío & Dammert, 2013). Policy responses in Latin America and the Caribbean have been implemented at a range of levels, from local to regional, and have involved a range of different actors.


The paper discusses a solution for the probabilistic problem of high-rise buildings oscillation exposed to seismic loads in form of a six-component random vector. Two groups of matrices for the dynamic response factors to help estimate the effects of spatial correlation between generalized coordinates and correlation in the various seismic vector components on design stresses in load-bearing building structures have been obtained. The spatial model of a building configured as a thin-wall compound bar provides a solution for the probabilistic problem in analytical form.


A Bloom filter is a space-efficient probabilistic data structure that is used in many domains including networking applications to test for set memberships. Such applications often require sending Bloom filters using messages. Consequently, it is important to minimize the size of the filters such that the storage, transmission, and processing costs are minimized. In this paper, we introduce a novel data structure, which we refer to as the Compacted Bloom Filter (CmBF) that improves performance, uses less storage, and provides the same functionality as a standard Bloom filter. CmBF is suitable for many networking applications including IP traceback, peer-to-peer networks, and DDoS attack filtering approaches that require the transfer of large amount of information, such as IP addresses, among nodes. Moreover, CmBF works well for endpoints with limited memory. However, unlike the standard Bloom filter, CmBF introduces false negatives. We formalize expressions representing the false negative and positive rates. We perform simulations that validate our theory and investigate different tradeoffs in CmBF.


The invention relates to a plant straw and biogum compound material and a preparation method thereof. The compound material is prepared from the following components in percentage by weight: 80% of plant straws and 20% of biogum, totaling 100%, wherein a water-proofing agent accounts for 2wt% of the plant straws and the biogum, the plant straws are wheat straws, the biogum is plant albumen glue and the water-proofing agent is glycerinum. The preparation method comprises the following steps: smashing and drying the plant straws; drying the biogum and mixing with the water-proofing agent; paving; carrying out compression molding and forming; cooling and forming to obtain the compound material in a certain specification. Meanwhile, the prepared compound material has an appearance of a wooden product and the processing characteristic of a wood-plastic compound material, and is wide in range of application.


6 Abstract goes here. 7 What is missing: 8 • Better justification of the rationale for tightening the KIN cut. 9 • Less repitition. 10 • Probability of observed events to be background only. 11 • Table summarizing candidates. 12 • Probably some other stuff. 13 The rate of K → πνν̄ decays is amongst a handful of hadronic processes that can 14 be precisely predicted in the standard model (SM) owing to knowledge of the transition 15 matrix element from similar processes and minimal long-distance effects [1]. In addition 16 the predicted branching fraction B(K → πνν̄) is (0.80± 0.11)× 10−10 [2] thus this 17 decay provides a sensitive probe of non-SM effects. Previous studies of this decay exper18 iment E787 at Brookhaven National Laboratory and its successor E949 have measured 19 B(K → πνν̄) = (1.47 −0.89)× 10−10 based on three candidates in the pion momentum 20 region 211 < P < 229 MeV/c (pnn1) above the K → ππ (Kπ2) peak [3] and set a 21 consistent limit of < 22 × 10−10 at 90% C.L. based on one candidate in the momentum 22 region 140 < P < 195 MeV/c (pnn2) below the Kπ2 peak [5]. 23


The article notes that Buddhism and Islam, which are currently the main world religions in the region of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, are among the main religions, the spread of these religions also had its own characteristics, like Hinduism, in contrast to the processes that took place in other countries, although the Islamization of the region has continued for decades, even centuries, the region has not seen Arab military action. With the spread of Islam in the region of Southeast Asia, it developed under the influence of the religions that existed there, and over time began the process of syncretization with the customs of other surrounding religions. It is noteworthy that at the time of the penetration of Islam, the population accepted it not as a foreign religion, but as a pre-existing belief.


We have been planning for sometime to devote a Review of the Month to an analysis of inflation, a subject which is at once omnipresent, increasingly painful, and little understood. While we were in the process of discussing the most useful angle of approach and lines of argument, we received from our friend Jacob Moms an article on precisely ,this subject. It says what we think, and does it so welI that we decided to present it in this space, adding our own commendation and endorsement. Naturally, as Jacob Morris would be the first to agree, no brief analysis of inflation could deal with all aspects of the problem, and our choice of what to emphasize and what to omit would not have been exactly the same as his. In particular, we would have been inclined to pay more attention than he does ,to the historical context of the present inflationary proc~j~ the <:a:pitali~t world. This context includeathe dominance in the ad,~~~d countries of giant aggregates of monopolistic capital; their sb:t!ggle.for wor1a-Widepreference in markets, raw material sources, and, investiIieiiF ~tu_IliJies;the emergence of alternative social systems which'otbreatim the very existence of capitalist class rule; and above all the rising' ITdii tilthe Third World of struggle for national independence and social revolution: These factors have introduced new inflation-biased forces into the fWie: tioning of Capitalist economies which were not present in the past, even thoUgh, as Jacob Morris nghtly insists, thatpasf-was characterized by countless inflationary episodes. But even more important, the gigantic national and international struggles of our time have generated' aI1unPrece,clentecfgrowth of militarisrn.which now ~~s.~I!_~Il0I'Il101Jll JllJldapJla.:I~ ling) proportion of humanity's productive resources. Under these circumstances, governments of capitalist countries, developed and underdeveloped alike, are driven to pursue what Jacob Morris calls the Keynesian inflationary strategy whether or not they ever heard of the English economist in whosehonorthe strategy is named. Ram~nt mi~~II1: ~~d_~.at:!£~_~~_~s inseparable as Siamese twins: they W~l" eliller1lve ana grow togetner or die 'together. But these are matters of focus and emphasis, not disagreement. And


Russia, the West and the lands between competing conceptions of Eastern Europe levers of control East European perspectives Gorbachev - a new East European strategy? Western policy - containment to Detente Epilogue - fostering a European identity Appendices: Chronology of Soviet Block events 1945-86 Soviet Block leaders 1945-86.


Although the physical techniques for measuring of the electromagnetic fields (EMF) are well developed, adequate characterization of the biological effects induced by EMF is subject of discussion yet. The aim of this study was to show the effects of the chronic exposure to EMF on the immune and oxidative response. Invivo experiment was carried out on 80 Wistar rats that were divided in 4 groups as following: Two Controlgroups, without exposure, sacrificed at 1 month and respectively at 3 months; Two EMF–exposed groups, sacrificed at 1 month and at 3 months. The rats were exposed to RF EMF that covers a range of the frequencies between 140-160 MHz. The following parameters were assessed: a) 3HTdR incorporation test; b) IL-1 assay; c) TNF-assay; d) Chemiluminescence's assay; e) Lipid peroxides. Our results indicate an association between electromagnetic fields and immune and oxidative response.


The bill is a kind of negotiable security,the negotiability is the basic way in which the bill circulates,it is restriction or prohibition on bill circulation to forbid endorsing.This paper carries out an in-depth analysis on the law effect of forbidden endorsement for drawer,the forbidden endorsement for endorser and the legal forbidden endorsement.This proves significant to ensure of safe and quick bill circulation.


Handbook for Higher Education Faculty by David Garrett Way. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press, Inc., 2016, 128 pp. $22.95 paperback.When I started working in faculty development back in the '70s, there weren't many books on teaching for higher education faculty. The one that was most well-known was Teaching Tips by Wilbert McKeachie, initially published around 1957. As the current editor of that book, I can tell you that the fervor for information about teaching in higher education continues to be strong. As a result, books like David Way's Handbook for Higher Education Faculty have become very popular and very helpful to beginning as well as seasoned faculty. Some of the books are general resources like this book, and some are more specialized for types of teaching such as online learning or collaborative learning or even the psychology of learning itself. Like Teaching Tips, Way's handbook was originally developed for teaching assistants and draws on his many years of experience as a teacher in that setting. As he points out, therefore, it is based on the wisdom of practice, but Way includes insights from other faculty about a wide range of topics on teaching both practical and philosophical. He also draws on his experience as a faculty developer to offer insights into common practices and pitfalls of teaching.Way has packed a lot of ideas into the seven chapters in the book, but one can tell from the chapter titles that the book is a combination of pragmatics and reflections. For example, here are some of the chapter titles, which will give the reader a good idea about the balance in the book: chapter 4 - preparing to teach; chapter 5 - creating effective learning experiences, and chapter 6 - assessing student learning and providing effective feedback. These three chapters are about the wisdom drawn from practice. They do not offer cookie cutter solutions to the problems of teaching but more a way to thinking about teaching. The other chapters give a more global analysis of teaching in higher education: chapter 1 - teaching and identity; chapter 2 - reflection and teaching; chapter 3 - the role of education in society; and chapter 7 - professional development. To develop fully as a teacher, Way maintains that both sides of the profession have to grow together.The book is well-grounded in the field as well as being representative of the field, and Way includes many references to other publications that might help a new person in a broader range of questions they will be facing. The reader would be wise to take Way's advice and search out these and other texts as a way of becoming more solidly positioned to deal with the everyday issues that face us all in the classroom and outside. …


The purpose of this article is to provide a brief background about the educational system in the United Arab Emirates and particularly describe the present types of programs and services offered within the country with respect to individuals with special needs. In addition, findings of an ongoing study about the attitudes of teachers and preservice teachers towards the integration of children with special needs into regular schools across the United Arab Emirates have been discussed. As the country continues its dramatic period of change as a nation, changes in the education of children with special needs will occur at a rapid rate. For success in the change process information on the attitudes and anxieties of the major stakeholders needs to be investigated and addressed. The findings of study would contribute to the literature base. Finally, the educational implications and recommendations will be explored within the social, religious and cultural contexts of the country.


Based on the International Arctic Buoy Programme(IABP) dataset(1979—2006),the characteristics of Arctic sea ice motion is studied on annual,seasonal and monthly average.Two obvious features,the anticyclonic Beaufort gyre and transpolar drift,are shown,while the strength and sizes of those are different in these three time scales.There is a low-pressure system over the Arctic from June to September,which drives a cyclonic sea ice motion and weakens the transpolar drift.The center of Beaufort gyre generally retreats from Canada Basin to the coast from January to September,and then moves towards the East Siberian Sea.Although SLP has an important influence on sea ice motion,the impact of Arctic surface current cannot be ignored,especially in the Fram Strait.


The main purpose of this research is to compare the response of a modeling and quadcopter implementation when it's in  normal position and given a yaw-lock mixer input with some PID control parameters. Yaw is one of the movable axis parallel to the axis of the earth magnet. The yaw interference comes from the rotor imbalance as the main inertia generator, thus causing a drift effect on yaw. The yaw-lock mixer input system is installed to keep the yaw in one quadcopter heading position as well as the setpoint tracking. One of the advantages of keeping yaw stability is when mounted dolphin 2 fpv camera axis (roll-pitch), with free-rudder image control generated will consist stable.
The method used in this research are; the quadcopter is dynamically modeled so that hypotheses can be drawn about the quadcopter response. After obtained the quadcopter response formulation, then do the sampling of magnetometer data. Based on the formulation and the sampling data, a decision was made regarding the control technique that became the yaw-lock mixer input to the quadcopter board. The graphic result of reading control response then analyzed the efficiency and the level of "disturbance cancellation".


An improved ant colony algorithm for continuous domain optimization was raised in order to solve the problems that there is great complexity when ant colony algorithm solves the optimization problem of continuous domain and a large number of iterations.The improved ant colony algorithm achieves global rapid search by directionally digging the solution space.This paper presented a new algorithm simulation steps,and carried out simulation comparison experiments of the improved ant colony algorithm and the ant colony algorithm of continuous domain and other intelligent optimization methods.Detailed test results show that the improved algorithm has excellent global optimization quality,and convergence rate also improves a lot.


Access to justice is often tight for inmates. Although prisons offer services to help inmates to solve their legal and administrative issues, being imprisoned puts inmates in the paradoxical situation of being into the judicial system while being - at the same time - excluded from it. This study is a first attempt to map non-criminal legal needs of prisoners by a peer-setting survey (questionnaires have been administered to the inmates by interviewer-inmates). The investigation has been carried out in 2014 in two prisons: the Casa Circondariale of San Vittore (Milan) and the Casa di Reclusione of Bollate. Evidence shows that prisoners' legal needs are mainly related to family law matters, property law issues and administrative procedures including release and renewal of documents. Imprisonment in itself represents a recurrent cause to give up trying to solve legal problems. Rarely inmates find institutional support to their legal needs within the prison, while turning to relatives and their criminal defence lawyers to manage pending issues. Empirical analysis investigates how both inmate-specific characteristics (being a foreigner or a person who is waiting for a first-instance judgment), on the one hand, and prison-specific characteristics (open cell regime), on the other hand, affect the capacity of prisoners to manage their pending legal issues.


Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry was used to determin thirty trace elements from the center to the edge of the manganese concretion. Iron was used as an internal standard. The sample was from the top of sea mountain in the Pacific Ocean. The artificial standard sample was made by pressing the powder of the manganese concretion, and the homogeneity of this standard was tested by laser ablation. The results showed that this artificial standard sample is well homogeneous for the determination of trace elements in manganese concretion.


Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of embolization of uterine fibroids by using pingyangmycin lipiodol emulsion or polyvinyl alcohol particles as embolismic materials.Methods Seventy-three patients with uterine fibroids were divided into two groups.Patients in group A(29 cases) were treated with pingyangmycin lipiodol emulsion as embolismic materials,while patients in group B(44 cases) with polyvinyl alcohol particles(with a diameter of 300-700 μm) as embolismic materials.Embolization therapy of uterine fibroids was performed in all patients.The uterus volume,the size of uterine fibroid and sex hormone level both before and after the treatment were estimated and the results were compared between two groups.The occurrence of complications was observed.Results The technical success of catheterization and embolization was 100% in both groups.After the therapy,both the uterus volume and the uterine fibroid size decreased significantly,but no significant difference in the size reduction existed between the two groups(P0.05).The clinical symptoms showed a marked improvement in all patients,while the sex hormone level showed no obvious changes.No serious complications occurred.Conclusion In treating uterine fibroids with embolization technique,both pingyangmycin lipiodol emulsion and polyvinyl alcohol particles are safe and effective embolismic materials.However,use of polyvinyl alcohol particles may be safer than pingyangmycin,as pingyangmycin is a kind of chemotherapeutic drugs,which might potentially cause some short-term or long-term complications.


This paper deals with some basic principles as the key components for the establishment and functioning of the system of social protection and assistance. The paper analyzes the principles of universality, equality of possibilities, the right to benefit, partnership, transparency and impartiality, decentralization, independence, social integration and participation in the community life, non-discriminating and subventioning character of this system. Furthermore, the paper is based on a detailed analysis of the aforementioned principles, tending to point out the impact of each of them on this system, with reference to the supervision of distribution of the minimal assistance in favor of the benefiting subjects. Organization, functioning, administration and control over the social services and public assistance have been based on some crucial principles established by law.


Interplay Between Intra- and Intermolecular Interactions in Solid-State Reactions: General Overview (E. Boldyreva). Cooperative Effects in Solid-State Reactions (T. Luty & C. Eckhardt). Some Aspects of Bimolecular Photoreactions in Crystals (K. Venkatesan). Kinetics and Spatial Propagation of Intramolecular Reactions in Solids (E. Boldyreva, et al.). Kinetic Descriptions of the Simplest Bimolecular Reactions in Organic Solids (V. Tolkatchev). Radical Solid-State Reactions at High Pressure (A. Buchachenko, et al.). Polymorphs and Solvates of Molecular Solids in the Pharmaceutical Industry (G. Winter). Mechanochemical Synthesis and Mechanical Activation of Drugs (T. Shakhtschneider & V. Boldyrev). Indexes.


Thailand's gross domesdc product (GDP) in real terms in 1989 is estimated to grow at 10.4 per cent. The Thai economy has been registering this high growth rate since 1986, and is expected to continue to do so in the foreseeable future as more foreign direct investment and induced local investment are directed into the economy. The performance of the Thai economy has been so impressive that there has been much talk about Thailand soon joining the ranks of the newly industrializing economies (NIEs). This article attempts to look at the structural changes in the Thai economy and how these changes contributed to the economic dynamism of Thailand.


To characterize antifactor Xa peak levels (as therapeutic, subtherapeutic, and supratherapeutic) in morbidly obese patients receiving treatment doses of enoxaparin, using a therapeutic range of 0.5–1.1 units/ml, and to assess the occurrence of bleeding complications in these patients.


The biometric verification system always sets a high judge threshold in order to get a low false acceptance probability.But the high judge threshold can lead to a high false rejection probability.So the legal user sometimes can not be verified for a period of time in practical work.The paper presents a method to develop two verification systems(fingerprint verification system and voiceprint verification system) in the same DSP developing board.The theory of the verification system and the details of the software and hardware are also presented.


Objective:To determine the proposal of fluid infusion according to the concentration of cystatin C after coronary angiography and investigate the effect of preventing contrast-induced nephropathy(CIN).Method:A total of 280 patients was divided randomly into conventional hydration therapy group and guiding hydration therapy group averagely.Patients accepted fluid infusion according to the volume of contrast agent in conventional group whlie in guiding group according to the level of Cystatin C at 8 h after coronary angiography.Detecting and ananysing the levels of Cystatin C and SCr in serum before coronary angiography and 8 h,24 h and 48 h later.Result:Infusion volume of conventional hydration therapy group was more than guiding hydration therapy group [(828.4±344.6)ml∶(746.6±308.2)ml,P0.05].There were 7 patients befalling in CIN and 4 in heart failure in conventional hydration therapy group while none occurred the same situation in guiding hydration therapy group.Conclusion:Concentration of Cystatin C determines the proposal of fluid infusion after coronary angiography,which could prevent CIN effectively and avoid excessive infusion and reduce the burden on the heart.


In textile design, it is often necessary to make a seamless pattern with repeat. The pattern can be designed by using a computer software. By the way, in the case of the geometric design such as the spotted image, the making seamless pattern requires manipulation while considering the continuity of pattern from top to bottom and from side to side. After the inverse conversion is applied only to the areas of low frequency by FFT, the converted image has the continuity from top to bottom and from side to side. This paper proposes the method of making the seamless pattern with repeat by using this characteristic and some image processing. (Received 10 August, 2010 ; Accepted 18 November, 2010) Designing Method for Seamless Pattern of Spotted Image with Step Repeat by Using Fourier Transform Keizo Koganeya, Hirotaka Fujisaki, Motoharu Fujigaki, and Yoshiharu Morimoto ノート フーリエ変換を用いた斑柄にステップ送りのあるデザインへの展開方法 株式会社 島精機製作所 グラフィックシステム開発部 古金谷圭三・藤崎浩孝 和歌山大学システム工学部 藤垣元治 一般社団法人 モアレ研究所 森本吉春 76 SEN'I GAKKAISHI (報文)Vol.67, No. 3 (2011) (60) トした状態で接続していてリピートがわかりにくく,ダ イナミックに見えるという特徴がある. 3.フーリエ変換による四方送り図案の作成 3.1 フーリエ変換 画像の加工,編集等の処理でよく使われる FFTについ て,その画像平面と周波数平面とは,Fig. 3のように対応 づけられる[7]. なお,関数 f (x,y)のフーリエ変換式と逆フーリエ変換 式はそれぞれ(1)式,(2)式で表わされる.


Polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate )-silica nanocomposites were prepared and analysed using differential scanning calorimetry, in order to determine the influence of nano-particulates on relaxation and thermal properties. Annealing was performed before the onset of glass transition for logarithmically spaced intervals of time (1, 10, 100 h) in order to observe the effect of physical ageing on thermal relaxation.


South Texas drilling in 1958 was down 14.4% from the 1957 level. Exploratory wells rose 5.4% but development drilling declined 22.4% from the previous year. The 83 discoveries were 10 less than in 1957; one of the new fields is of major importance. Field extensions and new pools added significantly to new reserves. Oil production declined sharply, but gas production increased slightly. Geophysical activity declined 12%, but the decline was least apparent in the Jurassic and Cretaceous trends. The Lower Eocene trend showed increased activity.


This paper,by systematic analysis of and dynamic investigation into the Heavenly stems and Earthly Branches in the narrative chronology of Jin Ping Mei,reveals the true connotation of the "mishaps",and establishes that the novel was began in the year of 23,Jia Jing Period and not finished until the beginning of Wan Li Period. This paper makes further inquiry into the period in which the author lived and into the creation process.


On first glance, political abuse of psychiatry appears to represent a straightforward and uncomplicated story - the deployment of medicine as an instrument of repression. Psychiatric incarceration of mentally healthy people is uniformly understood to be a particularly pernicious form of repression because it uses the powerful modalities of medicine as tools of punishment, and it compounds a deep affront to human rights with deception and fraud. Doctors who allow themselves to be used in this way (certainly as collaborators, but even as victims of intimidation) betray the trust of their fellow man and breach their most basic ethical obligations as professionals.


Int J Exerc Sci 2(1): S30-31, 2009. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the physical and performance characteristics of Division II and III softball players. This research also aimed to collect physical and performance measurements to begin the establishment of normative data on college softball players. Participants included two teams of female varsity National College Athletic Association Division (NCAA) II (N=19) and III (N=16) student-athletes. Athletes were evaluated prior to the softball season on select physical and performance characteristics; including height, weight, body composition, lean body mass, right and left grip strength, batted-ball velocity, throwing velocity, running speed, and vertical power. An independent t-test was performed to determine statistically significant differences between the Division II and Division III softball players. Results of the physical and performance measures are illustrated in Table 1.


This is a reply to the Comment on Shadow model for sub-barrier fusion applied to light systems.' '' We confirm the results of our paper. The claimed demonstration of the disagreement between the cross section derived from the shadow'' model and the low energy laboratory data is meaningless because it is based on a comparison which is incorrect.


In this study, a quantitative analysis of nitrate in aqueous solution was performed through the combination of an oxazine170 perchlorate–ethyl cellulose (O17-EC) membrane with aluminum-containing compounds. Aluminum of Devarda's alloy (DA) or a clay hydrotalcite (HT) was employed for the reduction of nitrate to produce ammonia, and the produced ammonia was detected by the O17-EC membrane. The method of combining the O17-EC membrane with aluminum compounds has showed a broad detection range of nitrate. That is, the DA was combined with the O17-EC membrane and showed the linear nitrate detection ranges of 1–10 mM and 10–100 mM, while the O17-EC membrane immobilized with the clay HT showed a linear detection range of 0.1–1 mM nitrate. The visual color transition of the nitrate-sensing membranes at different nitrate concentrations was clearly observed under sunlight or irradiation of a light-emitting diode (LED) at an excitation wavelength of 470 nm (LED470).


In this study, the different encapsulation methods involving emulsification and coaxial electrospinning were both utilized to fabricate a series of core/sheath composite, nanoparticles (NPs) and Nanofibers (NFs) separately, for drug delivery on potential biological and therapeutic applications. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) was employed as an active pharmaceutical ingredient model for core; poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) and methoxy poly(ethyleneglycol)-Poly lactic acid (mPEG-PLA) were selected as the encapsulation matrix for sheath. Attributed to the optimized fabrication procedures, the obtained NPs and NFs had the small average diameters and narrow size distributions with uniform structures and smooth surface morphologies. Based on the drug release profiles, both the NPs provided a burst release process followed by a drug diffusion manner, while for the NFs, the drug diffusion was the predominant factor in drug release. In particular, the mPEG-PLA NFs were fabricated with excellent hydrophilicity and highly neutralized surface resulting in a sustained release of BSA over 10 days. In addition, mPEG-PLA NFs also provided a better zero-order drug release profiles during the release time from 8 to 72 h, and a one-dimensional Fickian diffusion pattern during the whole BSA release period. A cytotoxicity study suggested that the two drug delivery systems were both safe to cells. In conclusions, the synergism of PEGylation with coaxial electrospinning may be an effective way to retard the release of drugs in a more sustained manner.


All authors would like to thank the British Heart Foundation for their generous support (refs RG/11/9/28921,
FS/14/17/30634, FS/17/58/33072 and FS/15/68/32042), the University of Oxford British Heart Foundation
Centre for Research Excellence (RE/13/1/30181) and the NHS National
Institute for Health Research
Oxford Biomedical Research Centre programme. The views expressed are those of the authors and not
necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. JJM would like to acknowledge a Postdoctoral Fellowship run in collaboration with Novo Nordisk and the University of Oxford, and
thank financial support provided by St Hugh's College and Wadham College in the University of Oxford.
LV and CTR are funded by a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship from the Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust
(098436/Z/12/B). AT would like to acknowledge funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council (EPSRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) [grant number EP/L016052/1]. LV
also acknowledges the support of Slovak grant agencies VEGA (2/0003/20) and APVV (15‐0029). PAB
was supported by a Newton Abraham Visiting professorship at Oxford.


This volume aims to equip teachers with clear plans and instructions for introducing dance to school pupils of all ages. Gayle Kassing is a teacher and dancer, and presents a step-by-step guide to constructing dance curricula. Each lesson plan includes explanations as to what skills the pupils will be learning, methods for teaching these skills and ways in which the teachers can customize the plans to meet the specific needs of their students and the curriculum.


To introduce, improve understanding and
appreciation of action research as one of the
new areas in social science research methods
which is very useful in policy debate on
governance, community development and
social policy as well as programme
implementation.


This article presents the first results of a survey on the occupations of geographers, conducted by the Belgian National Committee of Geography. Among those who graduated in geography from Belgian universities between 1970 and 1998, 47% now teach in secondary or higher education, 47% are employed elsewhere, 5% do not work and are currently not looking for a job and only 1% are registered as unemployed. Recently, the proportion of people employed outside education has strongly increased. Geographical studies lead hardly ever to unemployment.


The axial-vector form factors and axial-vector constants of the baryon decuplet are investigated within a pion mean-field approach, which is also known as the chiral quark-soliton model. Given an axial-vector current with a specified flavor, there are four different form factors of a decuplet baryon. When we consider the singlet, triplet, and octet axial-vector currents, we have twelve different form factors for each member of the baryon decuplet. We compute all these axial-vector form factors of the baryon decuplet, taking into account the rotational $1/N_c$ corrections and effects of flavor SU(3) symmetry breaking. We find that, for a given flavor, two of the form factors for a decuplet baryon are only independent within the present approach. We first examine properties of the axial-vector form factors of the $\Delta^+$ isobar and $\Omega^-$ hyperon. We also compare the results of the triplet axial-vector form factors of $\Delta^+$ with those from lattice QCD and those of the present work for the axial-vector constants of the baryon decuplet with the lattice data. All the results for other members of the baryon decuplet are then presented. The results of the axial charges are compared with those of other works. The axial masses and axial radii are also discussed.


Early repolarization (ER) pattern was considered a benign finding until 2008, when it was associated with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Since then, the interest in the medical community on the topic has grown, stating the need to develop methods to detect the pattern and analyze the risk of SCA. This thesis presents an automatic detection method of ER using supervised classification. The novelty of the method lies in the features used to construct the classification models. The features consist of prototypes that are composed by fragments of the ECG signal where the ER pattern is located. Three different classifiers models were included and compared: linear discriminant analysis (LDA), k-nearest neighbor (KNN) algorithm, and support vector machine (SVM). The method was tested in a dataset of 5676 subjects, manually labeled by an experienced analyst who followed the medical guidelines. The algorithm for the detection of ER is composed of different stages. First, the ECG signals are processed to locate characteristic points and remove unwanted noise. Then, the features are extracted from the signals and the classifiers are trained. Finally, the results are fused and the detection of ER is evaluated. Accuracies of the different classifiers showed results over 90%, demonstrating the discrimitative power of the features between ECG signals with and without the ER pattern. Additionally, dimensionality reduction of the features was implemented with Isomap and generalized regression neural networks (GRNN) without affecting the performance of the method. Moreover, analysis of critical cases that are difficult to label was performed based on the distances to the classifier decision boundary, improving the sensitivity of the detection. Hence, the method presented here could be used to discriminate between ECG signals with and without the ER pattern.


The finite field MNDO method has been used to calculate values of the second hyperpolarizability γ (the molecular counterpart to the nonlinear susceptibility tensor χ 3 ) for a series of derivative polypyrrole and polythiophene oligomers. The variation in the magnitude of γ with increasing conjugated backbone chain length, on the HOMO-LUMO energy gap and on the introduction of substituent groups to the backbone chain was investigated


Current signal post processing in spectrally encoded frequency domain (FD) optical coherence microscopy (OCM) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) uses Fourier transforms in combination with non-uniform resampling strategies to map the k-space data acquired by the spectrometer to spatial domain signals which are necessary for tomogram generation. We propose to use a filter bank (FB) framework for the remapping process. With our new approach, the spectrometer is modeled as a critically sampled analysis FB, whose outputs are quantized subband signals that constitute the k-space spectroscopic data. The optimal procedure to map this data to the spatial domain is via a suitably designed synthesis FB which has low complexity. FB theory additionally states that 1) it is possible to find a synthesis FB such that the overall system has the perfect reconstruction (PR) property; 2) any processing on critically sampled subband signals (as done in current schemes) results in aliasing artifacts. These perspectives are evaluated both theoretically and experimentally. We determine the analysis FB corresponding to our FD-OCM system by using a tunable laser and show that for our grating-based spectrometer - employing a CCD-line camera - the non-uniform resampling together with FFT indeed causes aliasing terms and depth dependent signal attenuation. Furthermore, we compute a finite impulse response based synthesis FB and assess the desired PR property by means of layered samples. The resulting images exhibit higher resolution and improved SNR compared to the common FFT-based approach. The potential of the proposed FB approach opens a new perspective also for other spectroscopic applications.


The HVDC transmission system in Sichuan power grid is a typical HVDC transmission system with multi-terminals, so it is necessary to research how to choose the most appropriate DC transmission line to damp the inter-area oscillation. Based on the linear processing of the HVDC system, the control sensitive index to weigh the advantage and disadvantage of the locations where the DC damping controller is possibly installed is attained by theoretical derivation. In this index the damping effect of DC damping controller to the targeted oscillation mode and its impacts on the rest of oscillation modes are synthetically considered, a bigger value of the index means that the control point possesses the better controllability to the inter-area oscillation modes and the smaller impact of the control point on the rest of oscillation modes. A practical computational procedure of the proposed index is given. The proposed index is validated by simulation results of BPA data model of actual Sichuan power grid under various operating modes. The proposed index provides a practical computing indicator for the selection of the optimal installation location of DC supplementary damping controller and the theoretical explanation of the selection is also given in a certain extent.


Load balancing in the cloud computing environment has an important impact on the performance. Good load balancing makes cloud computing more efficient and improves user satisfaction. This article introduces a better load balance model for the public cloud based on the cloud partitioning concept with a switch mechanism to choose different strategies for different situations. The algorithm applies the game theory to the load balancing strategy to improve the efficiency in the public cloud environment. In cloud computing, load balancing is required to distribute the dynamic local workload evenly across all the nodes. It helps to achieve a high user satisfaction and resource utilization ratio by ensuring an efficient and fair allocation of every computing g resource. Proper load balancing aids in minimizing resource consumption, implementing fail-over, enabling scalability, avoiding bottlenecks and over-provisioning etc. The Amazon EC2 is used to launch the instance and deploy our project.


Aims & Objectives: The main aim of this study is to find variation in number and position of nutrient foramen of the human clavicle which enlightens the operating surgeon in the free vascularised bone grafts and in microsurgical vascularised bone transplantation. From recent hypothesis it has been confirmed that vascularized bone and joint allograft survival depends strongly on the blood supply of bone. 17


This work involves the documentation and control of flow separation that occurs over turbine blades in the low-pressure-turbine (LPT) stage at the low Reynolds numbers typical of high-altitude cruise. We utilize a specially constructed linear cascade that is designed to study the flowfield over a generic LPT cascade consisting of Pratt and Whitney Pak B shaped blades. The center blade in the cascade is instrumented to measure the surface-pressure coefficient distribution. Optical access allows laser-Doppler-velocimetry measurements for boundary-layer profiles. Experimental conditions were chosen to give a range of chord Reynolds numbers from 10 4 to 10 5 , and a range of freestream turbulence levels from u'/U∞ = 0.08 to 2.85%. The surface-pressure measurements were used to define a region of separation and reattachment that depends on the freestream conditions


The market turmoil that began in mid-2007 re-emphasized the importance of liquidity to the functioning of financial markets and the banking sector. In December 2009, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a consultative document entitled: "International Framework for Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards and Monitoring". Interested parties were invited to provide written comments by April 16 th 2010. Given our interest in promoting sound liquidity risk management and supervision, three members of the Chair responded to the BIS request. Today, we share with you a summary of our analysis and comments. Our work first supports the adoption of the BCBS proposals on two new liquidity risk management standards which take the form of a 30-day minimum liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) combined with a one-year minimum net stable funding ratio (NSFR), both to be accompanied by a mandatory set of market-related monitoring tools. Second, we share with you several general comments and suggestions we formulated on the following topics: the need for better coordination, both domestically and internationally between macro and micro-prudential supervision, the need to formulate more precise liquidity risk requirements on foreign currency funding, the importance and usefulness of public financial disclosure, suggestions on extending the use of market-related monitoring rules and metrics. Third, we also share with you more specific comments and suggestions formulated on the following topics : areas of further work like intra-group and cross border liquidity risk management, selling to gauge market liquidity, clarifying LCR and NSFR definitions, credit rating downgrades, and defining required stable funding categories. Fourth, the results of the analysis support the need to promote a more level business and supervisory playing field for all internationally active banks. Last but not least, we draw the risk-return and financial implications for Canadian banks of the adoption of the BCBS proposals for liquidity risk management and supervision.


Despite the considerable intellectual and technical apparatus deployed by today's societies in the exhibition of works and objects in museums, certain aspects of the act of public exhibition remain unknown to the public. Much less, it must be said, because of wilful retention and concealment than a lack of explanation. The public witnesses neither the different processes and phases of the preparation of knowledge prior to its presentation nor the numerous arrangements, experimentations and critical evaluations. The intention in this issue is, therefore, to take comprehensive account of the factors that condition the interpretative gaze of the visiting public. Indeed, an exhibition is not just an instance of knowledge dissemination based on the progress of research in the different museum disciplines (art history, anthropology, history and archaeology). An astonishing array of factors influence the preparation, contents and actual display of the works and objects, ranging from the political context in which the knowledge is produced to the technological resources brought into play for the presentation of certain objects. The articles in this issue bear witness to the magnitude and range of such factors and also show how they help to shape exhibition policies in museums.


The use of doping substances constitutes one of the most significant threats in sport. The present study aimed at examining the beliefs of football players about anti-doping education, as well as their behaviour related to nutritional supplement use and doping use. The sample consisted of 186 football players from sports clubs in Thessaloniki, a city in northern Greece. A self-reported questionnaire, which consisted of five parts, was administered to the football players. The findings revealed limited football players' prior anti-doping education, which was not associated with their age and years of playing football in a club. However, footballers reported that they would be willing to learn about anti-doping. Online education was considered as the most
effective way anti-doping education should be offered. Football players indicated behaviour related to nutritional supplement use that was reflective of a neutral stance, while their behaviour related to doping use was reflective of a negative stance. Their age did not differentiate their behaviour towards both nutritional supplement use and doping use. The worrying lack of knowledge about anti-doping among football players
underlines the need for relevant education and prevention programmes. This research demonstrates that focusing on footballers' beliefs and behaviours related to doping can provide some knowledge that will be useful in the fight against doping.


The article provides the identification and consideration of the issues related to the executive law formation, analysis of the system of legal regulation rules and methods and determination of the subjects. Based upon the analysis of various viewpoints on where the executive law should be placed within the system of the Russian law which have been proposed by scientists and practicians as well as regulatory acts made an offer on attributing it to subsectors of an administrative law.


Fault detection is addressed within statistical framework in a certain class of nonlinear systems with nuisance parameters. The corresponding inference problem is stated. Particular emphasis is put on leading with nuisance parameters by using a linearization of the nonlinear mapping of the nuisance parameter into the observation vector.


These proceedings summarize lectures that were delivered as part of the 2002 and 2003 Theoretical Advanced Study Institutes in elementary particle physics (TASI) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. They are intended to provide a pedagogical


The purpose of this study was to examine cell viability after freezing. Two distinct ranges of temperature were identified as corresponding to stages at which yeast cell mortality occurred during freezing to (cid:1) 196°C. The upper temperature range was related to the temperature of crystallization of the medium, which was dependent on the solute concentration; in this range mortality was prevented by high solute concentrations, and the proportion of the medium in the vitreous state was greater than the proportion in the crystallized state. The lower temperature range was related to recrystallization that occurred during thawing. Mortality in this temperature range was increased by a high cooling rate and/or high solute concentration in the freezing medium and a low temperature (less than (cid:1) 70°C). However, a high rate of thawing prevented yeast mortality in this lower temperature range. Overall, it was found that cell viability could be conserved better under freezing conditions by increasing the osmotic pressure of the medium and by using an increased warming rate. Cell freezing, which is commonly used in the food and phar-maceutical industries, allows preservation of microorganism with no loss of their functional characteristics or induction of genetic modifications. The freeze-thaw method, which is cheaper than the freeze-drying process, has been used indus-trially for several decades (2, 14). However, in spite of many studies, the exact mechanisms of cell


The electrostrictive corrections have been made to a previous theory based on the pseudo one-dimensional Ishing model. The corrected results explain well the dielectric and the heat-capacity data of CsD 2 PO 4 (d-CDP) both in the para- and ferroelectric phases even without the proton-tunnelling terms, but they are not so successful in the case of CsH 2 PO 4 (CDP). The ratio of the effective dipole moments which indicates the strength of the effect of proton-tunnelling [Levstik et al .: J. Phys. C 19 (1986) L25] is evaluated as µ e /µ p = 1.2 for CDP. This value suggests that, in CDP, the tunnelling-effect cannot be neglected.


The importance of interpretability of machine learning models has been increasing due to emerging enterprise predictive analytics. Piecewise linear models have been actively studied to achieve both accuracy and interpretability. They often produce competitive accuracy against state-of-the-art non-linear methods. In addition, their representations (i.e., rule-based segmentation plus sparse linear formula) are often preferred by domain experts. A disadvantage of such models, however, is high computational cost for simultaneous determinations of the number of "pieces" and cardinality of each linear predictor, which has restricted their applicability to middle-scale data sets. This paper discusses an empirical study on the derivation of a distributed factorized asymptotic Bayesian (FAB) inference of learning piece-wise sparse linear models on distributed memory architectures from the original FAB inference algorithm. The distributed FAB inference solves the simultaneous model selection issue without communicating $O(N)$O(N) data where $N$N is the number of training samples and achieves linear scale-out against the number of CPU cores. Experimental results demonstrate that the distributed FAB inference achieves high prediction accuracy and performance scalability with both synthetic and public benchmark data.


Flexible and elongated catheter tube having a distal end and a proximal end having between them laser cut parts. Laser cut portion is cut in a continuous spiral pattern that make up the majority of the catheter length to form a sine wave, triangle, square or similar shape, preferably interlocking teeth, which may be a sine wave. The interior of the catheter tube is a polymer such as Teflon has a double layer of nylon polymer such as a polymer at the interface of the inner tube forms an inner lumen of the catheter. The outside of the tube has a thin polymer coating such as nylon. Short section of the distal end is followed by a narrower distal end, which may be tapered to not cut better penetration occlusion. Interlocking teeth are disengaged with the polymer without substantial separation with fish scale method without causing a plastic strain is recombination.


JavaScript is one of the world's most widely adopted scripting languages among web developers. It is intended to provide enhanced user interface. On the other hand, researchers acquired that commonly used browser such as Chrome, Firefox, IE, etc. suffers from JavaScript bugs. Snippets written in JavaScript may also suffer from Cross Site Scripting potential security threat due to the security unconsciousness of developers. Cross Site Scripting occurs due to the injection of snippets such as JavaScript through the input field of web applications. In this paper firstly the way of exploiting Cross Site Scripting (XSS) has been acquainted. Mainly focuses on the XSS attacks, in which malicious snippets is injected through the address bar of browser. Secondly a context free grammar (CFG) has been developed for detecting XSS vulnerable snippets written in JavaScript. Finally, developed grammar for XSS detection has been embedded through developed Google Chrome Extension. The developed mechanism successfully detects the XSS vulnerabilities attempted through malicious URL string. It also blocks the infected request before executing them.


The followings are studies on the application of digital governor for large capacity storage-pump hydro power plant. This project is performed by renewing the old electric control to newly designed digital control.


idity with which he adapted to life in California after emigration, ceasing to be a 'French' filmmaker virtually overnight. Mérigeau's approach is anything but monotonously hagiographic, attributing due importance to figures such as Catherine ('Dédée') Hessling, Renoir's father's model and later, for some time, Jean's wife, who first inspired him to pick up a camera, and Jacques Becker, his right-hand man par excellence before he embarked on a directorial career of his own. The apparatus criticus is suitably extensive, and mercifully Flammarion has not fallen victim to the maddening indexophobia sometimes characteristic of French publishers; a browse through its thorough listing demonstrates the immense range of Renoir's connections and impact. This is an indispensable source for anybody interested in Renoir, and a necessary complement to more specifically cinematic approaches to his work.


Along with the development of science and technology, computer technology is not only widely used in manufacturing, IT, construction, e-commerce and other industries, but also rapidly popularized in the creation and dissemination of music. The introduction of computer technology makes music more possible in writing, polyphony, harmony and secondary creation. In a sense, computer technology can not only enrich the means and forms of music creation, but also be an essential factor in the production and development of modern music. In view of this, this paper analyzes the advantages of computer technology in music creation, and systematically explains the specific application of this technology in music writing, harmony practice, orchestration and so on.


In this study, the aflatoxin consumption was assessed by aflatoxin determination in peanut, corn, bean, milk and derivatives collected directly from home of residents of Pirassununga Sao Paulo, Brazil, and a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) answered by volunteers. Samples were collected four times every three month, totaling 240 samples from 34 volunteers who answered the FFQs. Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2 and M1 were determined by high performance liquid chromatography using a previous validated method with immunoaffinity column clean-up. Thirty-five percent of peanut samples tested positive for aflatoxin (AFB1 þ AFB2 þ AFG1 þ AFG2) at levels of 0.05e36.7 mg kg 1. Corn derivatives showed 42% positive samples for aflatoxins (0.05e8.3 mg kg 1), with a higher incidence in corn meal. Bean samples had the highest incidence of aflatoxins (75% positive samples), but at lower levels (0.025e0.042 mg kg 1). Forty percent of fluid milk samples tested positive for AFM1 at concentrations from 0.009 to 0.069 mg L 1. AFM1 was quantified in 30% of positive cheese at levels from 0.091 to 0.30 mg kg 1. Yoghurt samples had no detectable levels of AFM1. Aflatoxin intake was calculated considering the aflatoxin concentration values in the food products and the individual FFQ results. Peanut products had the highest contribution to aflatoxin intake, with mean probable daily intake (PDI) of 1.56 ng kg 1 body weight (b.w.) day 1. Milk was the main source of AFM1 in the diet of individuals, which PDI values ranged from up to 0.10 ng kg 1 b.w. day 1. Although low levels of aflatoxin were found in all types of samples, the consumption data reported indicate that the food products evaluated may contribute significantly for the overall human exposure in the population studied. 2013 Elsevier Ltd. Open access under the Elsevier OA license.


Modern wireless communication systems demanding high data rate operating in bandwidth deficient world is using Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna arrangement. MIMO arrangement helping achieving high data rates with a technique of special multiplexing saves bandwidth but needs efficient receivers with manageable hardware. The receivers employing linear equalizers or Decision Feedback equalizers in detection use less hardware but are of suboptimum. Optimum detectors are realized by Maximum Likelihood Detectors but not suitable for implementation due to the complexity. Therefore suboptimum detectors such as Viterbi Decoding, Sphere Decoding and Genetic Algorithms based detectors are suitable candidates. Here we compare the performance of sphere decoder with some other detector. The complexity and SER rate of sphere decoder is good when compare with other detectors used in MIMO receiver design. The performance of sphere decoder and maximum likelihood decoder is same but complexity is reduced in sphere decoder. KeywordsComplexity, detector, MIMO system, SER, sphere decoder.


The invention provides a vacuum selenylation device and a vacuum selenylation method. The device comprises a body, a selenium steam recycling unit and a vacuum pump. Vacuum selenylation space is limited in the body. The selenium steam recycling unit is arranged on the inner wall of the body. The vacuum pump is arranged on the outer wall of the body and connected with the selenium steam recycling unit. Therefore, the selenium steam recycling unit and the vacuum pump can be separably arranged, then frequent periodic cleaning and maintaining on the vacuum pump can be avoided, and then the production efficiency of the device can be improved.


This study investigated two main topics. The first illustrates natural disasters which invaded Bilad Ash-Sham during the second Mamluki Era (784-922 A.H./ 1383-1516 A.C.) to investigate its content, nature, and types (drought, effusion, snow storms, cold, frost, winds, locust, rats, and plague). The second topic illustrates the size of the effects of these disasters on agricultural wealth, and its reflection on people in terms of famines, prices increase, as well as the effect on peasants in north Al-Sham, and finally, investigating the most effective one on their life.


In the light of the features of SMPDP planes,a precise plane positioning device was esta- blished base on computer vision technology.According to the signals from the CCD sensors, the computer controlled mechanical drive system could achieve auto high-accuracy position detection and precise positioning of the up-plane,the down-plane and the mask.To reduce the time of image process and improve the accuracy of positioning,the algorithms such as fast image edge detection,character extraction and positioning control strategy are proposed. The experimental results showed that the positioning apparatus could achieve positioning accuracy of.


Silicon has been considered to be one of the most promising anode materials for next generation lithium ion batteries due to its high theoretical specific capacity. However, its huge volume expansion during the lithiation/delithiation process that can result in rapid capacity fading and low conductivity present significant challenges for application. In this study, the morphology of Si in an Al–Si eutectic alloy was modified by Sr, and porous Si was then produced by dealloying the precursor. Profiting from the unique structure, the Si anode exhibits an excellent reversible capacity of 405 mA h g−1 at 0.5 A g−1 after 100 cycles and a fantastic first cycle coulombic efficiency of 83.74%. Furthermore, the porous silicon modified by Sr delivers a stable capacity of 594.8 mA h g−1 even at a high current density of 2 A g−1 after 50 cycles, suggesting a good rate capability.


A linear motor unit includes at least one first linear motor in which an armature is disposed spaced from a shaft guide supporting section which is provided at a distal end of a frame, and a shaft guide is disposed on a proximal side of the shaft guide supporting section; and at least one second linear motor in which an armature is disposed in contact with the proximal side the shaft guide supporting section which is provided at the distal end of the frame, and the shaft guide is disposed on the distal side of the shaft guide supporting section, wherein the first linear motors and the second linear motors are alternatively arranged in a width direction of the frame with the respective shaft guides of the linear motors aligned with each other, the shaft guide is rotated by a rotary motor.


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