According to the linear superposition principle of state in quantum mechanics,the three state superposi-tion multimode Schr dinger-Cat State light-field,namely,multimode SCS light-field) │ Ψ ,3) q is constructed,which is composed of multimode complex conjugation imaginary coherent state,the contrary state of multimode complex conjugation imaginary coherent state,and multimode complex conjugation coherent state.The multimode squeezed state theory established recently by pro fessor Yang Zhiyong and academician Hou Xun is utilized to study the char-acteristics of generalized nonlinear unequal-power higher-power sum squeezing of the generalized electric-field com-ponent in the multimode SCS light-field │ Ψ ,3) q mentioned above in detail.The results show that under the condi-tion of the sum of squeezing-power-number for every mode being an even number,while some other fixed conditions are respectively satisfied by the sum of the products between the squeezing-power-number of each mode and the ini-tial phase which is in accordance with each mode above,by the interstate initial phase difference,and by the mean photon-number of each multimode coherent state light-field,the generalized electric-field component of the multi-mode SCS light-field │ Ψ ,3) q can always display the effects of any N j -th power generalized nonlinear unequal-power higher-power sum squeezing that change periodically and alternatively.


In the USA, the rediscovery and celebration of Irish Protestant ancestry has extended in recent years to arguments by some scholars, political journalists, and politicians that there exists today an identifiable Scots-Irish socio-political legacy. This essay explores the history and cultural context of Irish Protestant migration and assesses its contemporary ramifications at the national level and in a critical state-level case (Kentucky). To assist in identifying the factors that have fostered or mitigated Irish Protestant identity/ies, comparisons will be made between the American experience and the very different ones of two other major recipient countries: Canada (and the province of Ontario) and Australia (and the state of New South Wales). Source regions, religious affiliation, the timing and magnitude of mass migration, and settlement patterns have all mattered in determining the socio-political roles played by Irish Protestants in the three former British colonies since the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Even more important have been the local economic and political contexts, including prevailing political party structures and competition. These factors explain why none of the three case countries, the USA included, bears witness to a coherent, identifiable Irish Protestant socio-political legacy.


The results of a study based on the distribution and appraisal of cultivated land returned to forest for forest program of Shaoha village of Yongshun county is presented. The type and plants species were disposed in different site types by different characters. The five types in sample land are as follows: return economic forest for keeping soil type, return forest for keeping soil type, mixed block return forest type, return forest in the top of mountain type and return forest in forbidden cutting type. The economic species examined included Citrus reticulate, Castanea mollissima and ommercial forest species such as Cunninghamia lanceolata, Schima superba, Acer, Alnus cremastogyne Burk and Pinus massonia.


— The total cavopulmonary connection ( TCPC ) is currently the most promising modification of the Fontan surgical repair for single ventricle congenital heart disease. The TCPC involves a surgical connection of the superior and inferior vena cavae directly to the left and right pulmonary arteries, bypassing the right heart. In the univentricular system, the ventricle experiences a workload which may be reduced by optimizing the cavae-to-pulmonary anastomosis. The hypothesis of this study was that the energetic efficiency of the connection is a consequence of the fluid dynamics which develop as a function of connection geometry. Magnetic resonance phase velocity mapping ( MRPVM ) and digital particle image velocimetry ( DPIV ) were used to evaluate the flow patterns in vitro in three prototype glass models of the TCPC: flared zero offset, flared 14 mm offset, and straight 21 mm offset. The flow field velocity along the symmetry plane of each model was chosen to elucidate the fluid mechanics of the connection as a function of the connection geometry and pulmonary artery flow split. The steady flow experiments were conducted at a physiologic cardiac output ( 4 L/min ) over three left/right pulmonary flow splits ( 70/30, 50/50, and 30/70 ) while keeping the superior/ inferior vena cavae flow ratio constant at 40/60. MRPVM, a noninvasive clinical technique for measuring flow field velocities, was compared to DPIV, an established in vitro fluid me-chanic technique. A comparison between the results from both techniques showed agreement of large scale flow features, despite some discrepancies in the detailed flow fields. The absence of caval offset in the flared zero offset model resulted in significant caval flow collision at the connection site. In contrast, offsetting the cavae reduced the flow interaction and caused a vortex-like low velocity region between the caval inlets as well as flow disturbance in the pulmonary artery with the least total flow. A positive correlation was also found be-tween the direct caval flow collision and increased power Because of this, MRPVM has the potential to provide accurate velocity information clinically and, thus, to become the in vivo tool for TCPC patient physiological/functional assessment.


This paper describes a class of frame-based direct search methods for unconstrained and linearly constrained optimization. A template is described and analyzed using Clarke's\break nonsmooth calculus. This provides a unified and simple approach to earlier results for grid- and frame-based methods, and also provides partial convergence results when the objective function is not smooth, undefined in some places, or both. The template also covers many new methods which combine elements of previous ideas using frames and grids. These new methods include grid-based simple descent algorithms which allow moving to points off the grid at every iteration and can automatically control the grid size, provided function values are available. The concept of a grid is also generalized to that of an admissible set, which allows sets, for example, with circular symmetries. The method is applied to linearly constrained problems using a simple barrier approach.


Over the past years, electrical energy demand has increased dramatically worldwide. Malaysia being a developing country, the need for electrical energy is expected to rise yearly. Therefore, to prevent the energy crisis and global warming, the Malaysian Government has started to switch focus to renewable energy technologies. This paper will analyse the wake characteristics produced by the vertical axis tidal turbine design. Malaysian waters have shallow depth and low water current speed, contributing to an ideal solution to implement a nested turbine. The numerical analysis compares the wake generated from the actual turbine design and a hypothetical 'actuator' cylinder which represents vertical axis tidal turbine. The simulation result has been validated with other studies which brings about the understanding of the wake generated from nested turbine and 'actuator' cylinder.


A dual‐polarized wideband Fabry‐Perot (FP) antenna based on a wedge‐shaped phase correcting structure (WPCS) is proposed. The antenna adopts a wideband dual‐linear polarized slot‐coupled antenna as a primary antenna, and adopts a single‐layer FSS structure with positive reflection phase gradient characteristics as a partially reflecting surface (PRS) of the FP resonator, to optimally excite the FP cavity resonances within a wide operating band. Moreover, a small circular metal patch array is printed on the other side of the FSS unit structure. The small circular patch array effectively increases the reflection amplitude without changing the positive reflection phase gradient characteristics of the PRS, which improves the FP antenna gain. In addition, a highly graded WPCS is loaded in the resonant cavity to properly compensate the phase between different reflection paths inside the resonant cavity, which enhances the gain of the FP antenna in a wide band. Finally, the measured peak gains of the FP antenna under the excitation of Port 1 and Port 2 are 16.0 dBi and 15.89 dBi, respectively, and the gain enhancement can reach up to 3 dBi after loading the WPCS. The measured 10‐dB impedance‐matching operating bandwidth of dual‐polarized common coverage is 14.08 to 16.45 GHz (15.53%).


Approximate solutions for gas separation by hollow fiber membranes have been developedby several investigators.However,there are few reports of experimental verification of the models forhigh stage cut separations.In this work,an approximate mathematical model was developed and wasexperimentally verified for high stage cut air separation.Both countercurrent and cocurrent now pat-terns were used.In addition,the applicability of feed-inside mode for low stage cut air separation byhollow fiber membrane was examined.It was found that feed-inside mods was more advantageousthan feed-outside mode when used for the generation of oxygen-enriched air.


The specific features of long-term luminescence of exogenous molecular probes in cells of pathogenic and normal biological tissues, cultivated on a solid nutrient medium, have been investigated by laser kinetic fluorimetry. It is proposed to use the Hyamatrix biopolymer as a nutrient medium. This polymer is formed on the basis of native, chemically unmodified hyaluronic acid and contains amino acids, microelements, vitamins, and other components. The possibility of using the obtained results to develop an alternative method of fluorescent diagnostics of biological tissues is discussed.


To increase the accuracy of autonomous parachute systems, the drag resulting from a common suspension line was quantified. 1000 pound flat Dacron parachute suspension lines were studied to assess its single line drag contributions and how flow induced vibrations affected the line's profile drag. Current parachute models either neglect the drag caused by suspension lines or use circular cylinder geometry, leading to incomplete predictions of aerodynamic parameters and thus less-than-optimal performance. To quantify drag, the Jones technique, a modified momentum deficit wake profile technique, was validated against published data on a static 2:1 ellipse and then applied to both static and vibrating suspension lines. In experimental testing, the suspension lines were analyzed at three flow velocities and three tensions which closely simulated flight conditions. While the majority of testing involved the streamlined orientation, the effect of flow incidence angle was also investigated. The line has proved to be quite varied in response to fluid-structure interactions and resulting drag coefficients. When static, the line has coefficients of drag values of approximately 0.3 with uncertainty values of 0.02-0.07 at 0° angle of incidence. Drag coefficients increased to general values of 1.2±0.05 and 1.5±0.09 for 45° and 90°, respectively. The higher drag contributions for a majority of incidence angles make flat braided line suboptimal for higher glide slope parachute systems. Oscillation frequencies proved congruous with previously measured values and predictions, and the torsional vibrations had amplitudes with possibly some sensitivity to flow speed. Drag coefficients for vibrating lines, which only occurred for 0° angle of incidence, fell between 0.30 and 0.45 on the average.


The observation of forbidden transitions in the visible range was the first experimental sign of the existence of highly charged ions in nature. Such lines can nowadays be excited in electron beam ion traps with excellent control of the ionic charge state, allowing their identification and precise determination of wavelengths and transition probabilities. The accuracy achieved in such experiments has been central to the study of nuclear size effects and quantum electrodynamic contributions, which are drastically magnified in highly charged ions, thus enabling the study of the underlying fundamental interactions in few-electron systems. At the same time, forbidden lines can be used to probe conditions in high temperature plasmas present in both astrophysical and laboratory environments.PACS Nos.: 31.30.Jv, 32.10.Fn, 32.30.Jc, 96.60.Tf, 97.10.Ex, 32.60.+i, 32.70.Cs, 12.20.Fv, 42.50.Xa


A consideration of the overall properties of antibodies has for some time suggested that their structural features must be unique among protein molecules. In the first place, serum antibodies within a species share a variety of physical, chemical and antigenic properties indicating that all have a common basic structure. However, the immunoglobulins of all animal species investigated occur in several forms, somewhat arbitrarily designated as classes, subclasses, or types, and distinguished on the basis of their chemical and biological properties. In addition, the great diversity of antigens which evoke an immune response and the narrowly defined specificity of the serum antibodies formed indicate that each individual can synthesize a very large number of antibodies-probably more than 105and there is conclusive evidence that these differ from one another in their covalent structure. The fundamental problem of antibody structure therefore concerns the nature of the molecular modifications which are superimposed upon a relatively constant basic configuration to generate a finite number of immunoglobulin classes and a very large assortment of distinct combining specificities. The extent to which this problem has been elucidated by studies of protein structure is outlined in this paper. It has been reviewed by Leslie and Cohen (1973). There is an additional intriguing problem which concerns the way that antibodies mediate complex biological reactions including, for example, the expression of acquired protective immunity or immediate hypersensitivity. There are very few instances in which the interaction of antigen with antibody leads directly to biological effects. Such primary reactions are limited to the inactivation of enzymes and toxins and the neutralization of some viruses and protozoa. In the great majority of cases the biological expression of immune reactivity requires interaction of antibody with either the complement system or with specific cell surfaces. Such reactions involve specific effector sites on the antibodies which are distributed unevenly among the classes and subclasses of immunoglobulin. These sites are involved in complementor cell-mediated lysis, opsonization by macrophages and mast cell


ERIC F. LOCK: Vertical Integration of Multiple High-Dimensional Datasets. (Under the direction of Andrew B. Nobel and J. S. Marron.) Research in genomics and related fields now often requires the analysis of multi-block data, in which multiple high-dimensional types of data are available for a common set of objects. We introduce Joint and Individual Variation Explained (JIVE), a general decomposition of variation for the integrated analysis of multi-block datasets. The decomposition consists of three terms: a low-rank approximation capturing joint variation across datatypes, low-rank approximations for structured variation individual to each datatype, and residual noise. JIVE quantifies the amount of joint variation between datatypes, reduces the dimensionality of the data, and allows for the visual exploration of joint and individual structure. JIVE is an extension of Principal Components Analysis and has clear advantages over popular two-block methods such as Canonical Correlation and Partial Least Squares. Research in a number of fields also requires the analysis of multi-way data. Multiway data take the form of a three (or higher) dimensional array. We compare several existing factorization methods for multi-way data, and we show that these methods belong to the same unified framework. The final portion of this dissertation concerns biclustering. We introduce an approach to biclustering a binary data matrix, and discuss the application of biclustering to classification problems.


We present a high-level description and error analysis of the Columbia-NYUAD sys-tem for morphological reinflection, which builds on previous work on supervised morphological paradigm completion. Our system improved over the shared task baseline on some of the languages, reaching up to 30% absolute increase. Our ranking on average was 5th in Track 1, 8th in Track 2, and 3rd in Track 3.


The thesis agrees that the procuratorate system should be improved from the legislation,both external and internal systems be soundly exerted,all kinds of means be strengthened in the practice and comprehensive quality of the procurators be improved in order to set up a procuratorate system of legal supervision with Chinese characters.


More teenagers and young people are getting cancer than ever before, said specialists and campaigners this week. But they are no more likely to survive their illness than they were 25 years ago because teenage cancer has been largely ignored by researchers, health service planners, and the government.

New data show that, although cancer among 13 to 24 year olds is still rare, it has been increasing by an average of 1.2% every year since 1979 and now exceeds the cancer rate in younger children.

An estimated 2000 people in this age group develop cancer every year, although the exact incidence and prevalence is difficult to pin down because of the way official statistics are collected.

Myrna Whiteson, chairwoman of the Teenage Cancer Trust, said at the trust's third international conference on cancer and the adolescent, that teenagers and young adults had been "defined out …


This study aims to (a) understand the level and risk factors of primary infertility, and (b) assess the spatial clustering of primary infertility at the district level in India. Data of currently married women aged 20-49 years married for at least 24 months (n=4,45,499) gathered through the National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16) was used for this analysis. The NFHS-4 is a nationally representative survey of 601,509 households that provides information for a wide range indicators of health, nutrition, and women's empowerment. Only those respondents who gave consent were interviewed in the survey. Binary logistic regression was carried out to examine the adjusted effect of socio-economic and demographic characteristics on primary infertility. The univariate Local Indicator of Spatial Association (LISA) cluster maps and Moran's I statistics were applied for spatial autocorrelations at the district level. Three percent of the studied women had primary infertility, and the prevalence varies considerably by socio-economic and demographic characteristics. Women marrying at 30+ years (OR: 16.52), with thyroid problems (OR: 1.41), obese women (OR: 1.12), and those from socially backward classes (OR: 1.32) were more likely to have primary infertility. The univariate LISA cluster maps revealed hotspots of primary infertility in most parts of Karnataka, two clusters in Arunachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, one cluster each in southern Maharashtra, south-west Odisha, south Chhattisgarh, and north-central Uttar Pradesh. Awareness generation about the preventable risk factors and provision of infertility care services at primary health care facilities will be of use in addressing infertility in India.


The final oxidation state of iron particles, used as catalysts for the growth by chemical vapor deposition of carbon nanotubes, was investigated by means of in situ photoelectron spectroscopy. Although the chemical evolution of the catalyst during the process is known to depend strongly on the nature of the substrate, we could address nanotube growth from metallic and fully oxidized particles grown onto the same type of substrate (Al2O3). While oxide particles promoted carbon nanotube growth efficiently, metallic particles of roughly the same size, known to be active onto other kinds of substrates, showed a very poor performance.


Construction of offshore artificial islands may cause change on hydrodynamic and erosion-deposition characteristics. By predicting the current and sediment field of LongKou Bay with Mike21 model, This paper assesses the influence of the construction of artificial islands in aspects of hydrodynamic and erosion-deposition environment. Simulating results show that the relative hydrodynamic characteristics have dramatically changed. The results also show that the deposition-dominating areas are located at the north and southwest side, while the west side area is dominated by erosion. The area inside the waterway of artificial islands deposits severely under the southwest windy condition.


The spillover effect is the external economic manifestution of spreading effect.It is the main channel by which multinational companies make great impact on host country's technology.This paper analyzes the spillover effect of FDI on Shanxi province and gives some correspanding suggestions.


A new population of Cypripedium reginae Walter was found in Lewis County, Tennessee. This marks its first occurrence in the Interior Low Plateau ecoregion and fifth occurrence in Tennessee.


Based on the large field testing settlement data of Dongguan-Gangkou Road trial section,the influence of lasting carry preloading time on settlement calculation by Asaoka method is analyzed,which predicts the soft ground embankments settlements in the Pearl River tri-angle areas that need four months lasting preloading time at least.A formula for correction coefficient of ultimate settlement of soft soil subgrade with Asaoka method is proposed to diminish the deflection of the settlement prediction for the shorter preloading time.


Metal-Organic Frameworks(MOFs) M3(BTC)2·12H2O(M represents Ni and/or Co) were successfully synthesized and used as electrode materials for supercapacitors.These compounds revealed isostructural characterization by XRD patterns.Electrochemical properties were tested by cyclic voltammetry(CV) and 1 000 charging-discharging cycles in 6 mol/L electrolyte.The experimental result shows that Ni3(BTC)2·12H2O electrode exhibits a high specific capacitance of 430 F/g at scan rate of 5 mV/s and a low specific capacitance of 154 F/g when the scan rate was increased to 200 mV/s,86% of the specific capacitance could be maintained after 1 000 cycles at a 5 mV/s scan rate.


BACKGROUND: Pulmonary rehabilitation is a common type of complex treatment especially in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). By contrast, only few rehabilitation centres in the Czech Republic provide pulmonary rehabilitation programme to non-COPD patients. OBJECTIVE: To find out if the rehabilitation programme has a similar effect in patient with obstructive and restrictive ventilatory disorder. METHODS: Twenty-eight patients with either COPD or pulmonary sarcoidosis (PS) have been enrolled for the 6-week rehabilitation programme. Lung functions, maximal inspiratory (MIP) and expiratory (MEP) mouth pressures, chest expansion at the level of the 4th intercostal space (IC) and at the level of the xiphoid process (XP), sixminute walk test, health-related quality of life using the St. George's Questionnaire (SGRQ) and fatigue occurrence using the Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue scale (MAF) were tested at the baseline and after 6 weeks. The rehabilitation programme consisted of exercise training, ventilatory muscle training, respiratory physiotherapy and soft-tissue techniques. RESULTS: Patients with COPD improved significantly (p < .05) in MIP by 17% (10.5 cm H_2O), MEP by 18% (16.8 cm H2O), IC by 65% (1.7 cm), XP by 90% (1.9 cm), six-minute walk distance (6MWD) by 15% (64.1 m) and SGRQ by -28% (-12.3 points). Patients with PS improved significantly (p < .05) in MIP by 25% (20.1 cm H_2O), IC by 29% (1.3 cm), XP by 29% (1.3 cm) and 6MWD by 6% (31.6 m). The change in lung functions and MAF in both groups; MEP and SGRQ in PS group were insignificant after the 6-week rehabilitation programme. CONCLUSIONS: The 6-week rehabilitation programme produces similar responses in functional health status of patients with either obstructive or restrictive ventilatory disorder. However, patients with restrictive ventilatory disorder in particular should be encouraged to continue in the programme to enhance the health-related quality of life, which might not be sufficiently affected after 6 weeks.


A method and a test pen for detecting a pathogenic microorganism by cell immunoreaction in response to antigen stimulation. Firstly, Immunocytes having contacted said microorganism in blood are stimulated by the pathogenic microorganism-specific antigen or functional segments thereof. Then, the immunocytes secrete cytokinin, for example, interferonγ (IFN-γ).Finally, whether said pathogenic microorganism exists in animal is judged by measuring the quantity of IFN-γ. In the invention, the pathogenic microorganism at latent or early disease stage can be detected quickly and effectively by measuring the quantity of IFN-γ in blood using colloidal gold immunochromatographic method.


On 16 June 2015, the EU Commission conditionally approved the proposed joint venture between music collective management organisations PRS for music Limited ("PRSfm") of the UK, Foreningen Svenska…


This research explores the implications of the practice of collaborative professional enquiry on professional re-formation and development. A series of case studies focuses on four aspiring Chartered Teachers as they lead collaborative enquiries in two schools. The case studies take account of the experiences of the teachers in the collaborative groups, as well as the managers in both schools. Using a Foucauldian theoretical framework, relations of power between all participants are explored. This reveals that active positioning is in operation. The Chartered Teachers are positioned in an 'in-between' space: neither teacher nor manager, and this appears to have allowed them to construct and negotiate new possibilities, contributing to their developing professional identities. While this challenged the established hierarchies in schools, the teachers reported that undertaking collaborative professional enquiry under the leadership of the Chartered Teachers, benefitted themselves and their pupils, appearing to offer opportunities to demonstrate an active professionalism which was in contrast to the expectations of their managers. The findings raise several issues for consideration by the profession. These include a recommendation that collaborative professional enquiry is encouraged as a core pedagogical resource. The research also highlights the need for policy makers to take account of the way power is exercised in and on schools when developing new policies and evaluating the success of current ones. It is argued that genuine and open dialogue is necessary and it is recommended that the national CPD framework should reconsider the current practice of supporting distinctive pathways within the profession.


TUTUILA ISLAND IS PART OF THE SAMOAN Archipelago (Figure 1), located in the South Pacific. On September 29, 2009 an 8.0-8.3 magnitude earthquake occurred close to 200 km SW of Tutuila in the Tonga Trench; it triggered a massive tsunami that killed more than 200 people. On Tutuila 34 people lost their lives, on 'Upolu 183 died, and on Niuatoputapu 9 perished. Tutuila experienced at least three destructive waves, up to 17 m in height and reaching over 700 m inland in some areas. More than 20 villages on Tutuila sustained substantial damage. At least half of the houses were destroyed in villages located at the eastern and western ends of the islands, such as Tula, Poloa, 'Aman-ave, Fagasā, Vatia and Āsili, among others. Beaches were heavily impacted with enough erosion in places to expose cultural deposits. The banks and beds of nearshore steams were also scoured by the receding tsunami waves. The impetus behind the survey reported upon here was to record coastal and riparian archaeological remains exposed by the tsunami. TUTUILA ARCHAEOLOGY


According to the authors, the choice for the lower DENL limit of 55 dB is possibly made because many calculation methods, used for the current noise mapping, are not particularly accurate at lower noise levels. Since the calculation methods are developing and will probably be more accurate in the future, they suggest that the lower limits could be dropped for the 2012 round of strategic noise mapping.


Textbooks make us believe that in every silicate mineral, on Earth, Mars and elsewhere, the oxygen anions exist in just one oxidation state, namely 2(-) as in 0(-2). Yet, a surprisingly large fraction of the oxygen anions in rock-forming minerals may exist in a more oxidized form, namely the 1- state, as 0(-) in peroxy. This has far-reaching consequences for understanding the Mars soil oxidant and its biocompatibility.


In a multi-product market, if one product stocks out, consumers may substitute to competing products. In this thesis, we use an axiomatic approach to characterize a price-dependent demand substitution rule, and provide a sufficient and necessary condition for demand models where our demand substitution rule applies. Our results can serve as a link between the pricing and inventory literature, and enable the study of joint pricing and inventory coordination and competition. I demonstrate the impact of this axiomatic approach on the joint pricing and inventory coordination model by incorporating the price-dependent demand substitution rule, and illustrate that if the axiomatic approach is acceptable, the optimal strategy and corresponding expected profit are quite different than models that ignore stockout demand substitution. I use this price-dependent demand substitution rule to model the joint pricing and inventory game, and study the existence of Nash equilibrium in this game. In the second part of this thesis, I consider the problem of dynamically trading a security over a finite time horizon. The model assumes that a trader has a "safe price" for the security, which is the highest price that the trader is willing to pay for this security in each time period. A trader's order has both temporary (short term) and permanent (long term) impact on the security price and the security price may increase after the trader's order, to a point where it is above the safe price. Given a safe price constraint for the current time period, I characterize the optimal policy for the trader to maximize the total number of securities he can buy over a fixed time horizon. In particular, I consider a greedy policy, which involves at each stage buying a quantity that drives the temporary price to the security safety price. I show that the greedy policy is not always optimal and provide conditions under which the greedy policy is optimal. I also provide bounds on the performance of the greedy policy relative to the performance of the optimal policy. Thesis Supervisor: David Simchi-Levi Title: Professor of Engineering Systems Division


In an agricultural-based country like India, farming and farming activities play a vital role in the growth of the economy as it is the main source of GNI (Gross National Income). This dependence of GNI on agriculture makes it important to address the issues faced by the farmers. The main area of concern for farmers revolves around crops and livestock. Precise farming techniques like cattle counting and crop disease detection are the need of the hour. The introduction of computer vision and deep learning has enabled us to make improvements in farming techniques. To accomplish this, a computer vision-based system is proposed which will be implemented using ResNet and YOLOv3-tiny. The proposed system will take images and videos as input and run them on the inference. The output will be updated in the database and the farmer will be notified in case of any inconsistency. The detailed report can be accessed by government agencies. The system will increase efficiency in farming processes like crop monitoring, livestock tracking, crop disease detection by providing fast and efficient solutions for the problems faced by the farmers.


The established procedure for problem diagnosis in a wide variety of systems is often embodied in a flowchart or decision tree. These procedures are usually authored manually, which is extremely expensive and results in flowcharts that are difficult to maintain and often quite inefficient. A better diagnostic procedure would be one that automatically modifies itself in response to the frequency with which symptoms and underlying problems occur, in order to minimize the average cost of diagnosis. We describe an approach to constructing a Bayesian network representation of diagnostic flowcharts, and demonstrate a system to support call center diagnostics based on this representation. One of the advantages of our approach is that it allows automated knowledge elicitation from "legacy" flowcharts. Using the new representation, knowledge is easier to author and maintain. By using information gain as a search heuristic, nearlyoptimal flowcharts can be generated in response to data about the frequency of system faults or symptoms. The approach allows both prior expert knowledge and training data to be used to automatically generate and maintain flowcharts that respond flexibly to changing circumstances.


There is a growing interest in testing students formatively during the course of teaching in order to determine skills that students do or do not possess. Information about skill mastery or nonmastery can help tailor instruction to needs of the students. A useful tool for formative assessment is cognitive diagnostic assessment (CDA). CDA measures the specific knowledge structures and the processing skills that examinees possess to provide information about the cognitive strengths and weaknesses of examinees (Leighton & Gierl, 2007). The cognitive diagnostic models (CDMs) that CDA uses to relate the latent skills to observed behavior (tasks) require a Q-matrix having elements qjk for J items and K attributes (Tatsuoka, 1983).


In many cases, the cause of a gummy smile is a combination of many simultaneously occurring factors. Therefore, a single method is certainly not effective in achieving the maximum aesthetic requirements. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of combining clinical tooth crown lengthening surgery and subsequent BTX-A injection in gummy smile treatment using clinical and photographical assessment. 21 patients with an average length of excessive gingival display of at least 4 mm at maximum smiling point and with the height of keratinized gingiva ≥ 3 mm were recruited. Gingival exposure (GE) and clinical crown length (CCL) were measured at baseline (T0), two months after clinical crown lengthening surgery (T1), two weeks after BTX-A injection (T2), two months after BTX-A injection (T3). GE values at T1, T2 and T3 were significantly different (p <0.001). CCL was significantly changed after gingivectomy surgery (T1) compared to preoperative value (T0) (p <0.001). BTX-A could be considered a favorable adjunctive treatment for gummy smile patients after gingivectomy surgery.


Culture predefines the framework of needs, beliefs, and norms in most decisions humans make in their lives. However, the impact of culture often tends to be neglected in the investigation into adaptation of mobile business technologies. This chapter aims to address that lacuna by highlighting cultural differences and their consequences for the diffusion of mobile technologies in business and society, as well as its acceptance in mobile direct marketing and mobile commerce. We achieve our objective in the following four steps:


TN THE SUMMER of I976, the OECD Secretariat proposed that three 1 leading industrial nations-the United States, West Germany and Japan-should adopt expansionary fiscal and monetary policies. Expansion, it was argued, would not be inflationary because of the presumed existence of unutilized capacity in the designated countries due to the world recession of I974-75. Moreover, in stimulating their own economies, the major industrial nations would act as locomotives, hauling other countries out of the recession. The locomotive strategy was adopted by the United States; it urged that Germany and Japan do likewise. For their own domestic reasons, however, those countries preferred to follow a specifically non-inflationary path to recovery. The contrast in results was interesting. In the United States, the real rate of growth of GNP dropped from 6.o per cent in I976 to 4.9 per cent in I977. InJapan, the real rate of growth of GNP was 5.I per cent in I977, higher than that in the United States.1 In Germany, GNP grew at 2.5 per cent during I977. In terms of inflation, the contrast was even more dramatic, especially towards the close of I977. It became clear that rates of inflation in Japan and Germany were declining while inflation was rising in the United States. The rate of increase in wholesale prices of non-food manufactures during I977 was 6.6 per cent in the United States, as compared with approximately 0.5 per cent in Japan. Furthermore, while in 1977Japan's real rate of growth of GNP was twice as great as that of West Germany, the latter's rate of increase in wholesale prices of non-food manufactures was more than twice as high as Japan's.2


This study aimed at exploring the quality of arguments and reasoning patterns of students in the Basic tenth grade in Jordan on issues of cloning, genetic engineering, endogamy, and premarital genetic screening.


Case study Female teacher, born 1963. First episode of multiple sclerosis (MS) in autumn 2003, medical diagnosis in spring 2004, Prednisone treatment, 7 week course. Since then Rebif® 44 injected 3 times per week, numerous side effects. Consequently considered possibilities of naturopathic treatment, initially magnetic field therapy, symptoms began to improve. After switching to energised inhaled air immediate improvement in mobility, patient increasingly felt better, long-term state of health significantly improved with no onset (felt ready to tackle anything). To provide more detail, various symptoms since autumn 2003 which were attributed to MS in 2004 and whose frequency and intensity reduced considerably since beginning Airnergy therapy (sensitivity on lowering the head, tingling in fingertips, no reaction to pinching and pricking in upper abdomen, legs tired easily when climbing stairs, blurred vision, disorders of the bladder/intestines, problems concentrating, permanently tired, mood fluctuations).


Dissatisfaction, criticism, accusation, and insult are some actions that are related to the use of abusive language. In relation to the concept of face, by using the abusive language, the speaker imposed the hearer's positive face. This article focuses on Surya Paloh's lawsuit against Rizal Ramli. Rizal Ramli, as one of the invited experts in a television program, implied that Enggar as the cadre of Nasdem was heavily influenced by Surya Paloh in establishing the adverse import policy. This study aims to investigate whether Rizal's utterance could be interpreted as a defamation case or not. Employing a qualitative approach and pragmatic perspective, this study reveals that felicity condition can be used to uncover the intention of Rizal Ramli's utterance that is to insult and accuse Surya Paloh. Keywords—defamation; talk show; pragmatics; felicity


Objective: Adult data proved that dyslipidemia is associated with cardiovascular risk. Our study aimed to analyze the relation between lipid indices, arterial damage and urinary albumin excretion (UAE) in children with primary hypertension (PH). Design and method: In 87 pediatric patients (15.10 ± 2.68 years, 60 boys, 27 girls) with untreated PH, we nalysed total, high-density, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (T-C, LDL-C, HDL-C), triglycerides (TG), and lipid indices: TG/HDL-C, Non-HDL-C, T-C/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), atherogenic index (AI), lipoprotein combine index (LCI), and CHOLIndex (LDL-C - HDL-C). Additionally, we assessed 24 h ABPM, central and peripheral office BP, and arterial damage: aortic PWV, AIx75HR, cIMT, carotid arterial stiffness estimated by ultrasonic wall tracking (E-tracking - ET) and UAE [mg/24 h]. Lipid reference values were taken from the American Academy of Paediatrics 2011 Guidelines. Results: In the study group, borderline/high T-C was found in 22 (25.3%), LDL-C in 10 (11.5%), TG in 45 (51.7%), and borderline/low HDL-C in 28 (32.2%) patients; overall, 60 (69.0%) patients had dyslipidemia. Children with borderline/high LDL-C had significantly higher aPWV (5.83 ± 1.78 vs. 5.26 ± 0.78 [m/s], p = 0.047) and UAE (16 [8–122] vs. 8 [5–22] [mg/24], p = 0.034) compared to patients with normal LDL-C. In 87 studied children, UAE correlated with T-C and LDL-C (R = 0.269, p = 0.017; R = 0.245, p = 0.030) and AIx75HR with T-C (R = 0.228, p = 0.035). Also, ET augmentation index (ET AIx) correlated with HDL-C, T-C/HDL-C and AI (R = -0.245, p = 0.023; R = 0.233, p = 0.031; R = 0.233, p = 0.031), and maximal diameter of common carotid artery (D_max) with HDL-C, TG/HDL-C, T-C/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, AIP, and AI (R = -0.332, p = 0.002; R = 0.220, p = 0.042; R = 0.255, p = 0.018; R = 0.223, p = 0.039; R = 0.220, p = 0.042; R = 0.255; p = 0.018). Logistic regression revealed that the rise in CHOLIndex increased risk of elevated (>30 mg/24 h) UAE (OR: 1.035 95CI: 1.008–1.070). Conclusions: 1. Lipid disturbances are common in pediatric patients with PH 2. Elevated lipid indices are associated with common carotid artery diameter and stiffness in hypertensive children and adolescents. 3. Pediatric patients with PH and abnormal LDL cholesterol are at risk of increased aortic stiffness. 4. CHOLIndex may serve as a marker of risk of hypertensive nephropathy in pediatric patients with PH.


The static load tests for pile composite foundation of X-section pile and circular section pile in the same area are conducted on trial pile in soft soil reinforcement engineering of a sewage treatment plant in the North of Nanjing, China. The load-settlement curves, pile-soil stress ratios and distributions of axial force are obtained. The comparison of test results on single-pile composite foundation of the two indicates that the vertical bearing capacity of X-section pile is 20% greater than that of the circular section pile with the same use of concrete because of the larger side friction. The results also show that the pile-soil stress ratio of X-section pile is higher than that of circular section pile, and the settlement of circular section pile is larger than that of X-section pile under the same loading. The axial forces of both X-section pile and circular section pile decrease from the pile top to the bottom. Therefore, in the same area, the bearing capacity of single-pile composite foundation of X-section pile is better than that of circular section pile. The in-situ test results are very significant for the theory study and engineering application of X-section pile composite foundation.


K-means algorithm not only has good processing ability of images and data sets, but also has good stability and scalability, and has good clustering effect. In addition, the clustering effect will not be affected by the order of data sets, and there is no need for corresponding constraints on the range of data sets. During the weathering process, ancient glass undergoes a large exchange of internal elements with environmental elements resulting in changes in its composition ratio, which affects the correct judgment of its category. In order to analyze the classification law of high potassium glass and lead-barium glass, a decision tree is used to determine lead oxide (PbO) as the characteristic element, and when lead oxide (PbO)5.26, it is classified as high potassium glass, and vice versa as lead-barium glass; on the On the basis of the two categories, considering that weathering and unweathering have certain influence on the subclass division, a two-layer subclass division is adopted, divided into four major categories, and the standard deviation statistics are conducted for the chemical components of each category, and several chemical components with larger standard deviation are screened out as characteristic elements, and the subclass division is carried out by kmeans clustering method, and finally a decision tree is used to find the chemical components that can be used as the basis for the division. The goodness of the decision tree is evaluated and analyzed by ROC curve to illustrate the rationality of the classification, and sensitivity analysis is performed by the relationship between the number of clusters and the depth of the decision tree to illustrate the reliability of the results.


An apparatus and a method for encoding information, and an apparatus and a method for decoding the information are provided to reduce a circuit size without recording all puncturing patterns by locating the puncturing position within a continuous range. An apparatus for encoding information includes a coding unit(155), a codeword data deleting unit(156), a puncturing start position recording unit(176), and a puncturing end position recording unit(177). The coding unit generates a codeword by encoding an information bit column using a predetermined check matrix. The codeword data deleting unit deletes data of a predetermined range of the generated codeword data. If the predetermined check column is divided into a partial matrix of the same number with a row weight value of the check matrix in a column direction, a row weight of each partial matrix is one. The puncturing start position recording unit records a puncturing start position. The puncturing end position recording unit records a puncturing end position. The codeword data deletion unit deletes data of a range from the puncturing start position to the puncturing end position of the generated codeword.


We apply the method developed in previous papers (Phys. Rev. D 40, 2997 (1989); 40, 3111 (1989)) to write a general parametrization of the masses of the lowest meson nonets. We compare the mass formulas obtained in this way with those used currently in a nonrelativistic quark model (NRQM). As in the previous work, the aim is to separate the features specific to the NRQM from those that follow from a relativistic field theory satisfying a few rather general conditions (satisfied by QCD). For the meson masses it turns out that the formulas obtained from field theory have essentially the same structure and number of parameters as those in the NRQM. This explains the good fit that the NRQM provides in this case; the internal {ital v}/{ital c} of the {ital q{bar q}} pair is irrelevant. As a by- product, the mixing angle for the {ital I}=0 mesons (e.g., {eta} and {eta}{prime}) predicted from the masses turns out to be model independent to first order in flavor breaking. We discuss the question of the linear versus quadratic or, say, square-root mixing angles.


Ship parametric roll is one of the main reasons for marine accidents and is introduced into the second-generation intact stability criteria by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) recently. In this paper, a 6-DOF three-dimensional time-domain model based on the IRF (Impulse Response Function) method is constructed to predict large-amplitude ship motions and investigate the phenomenon of parametric roll in head waves as well as major factors. The F-K forces and the restoring forces are calculated on the instantaneous wet surface while the radiation and diffraction forces are kept linear and transformed from frequency-domain results calculated with the three-dimensional Havelock form translating-pulsating source green function method. The proposed weakly nonlinear time-domain model is used to simulate motions of the C11 containership, which predicts the occurrence of the parametric roll successfully and shows a good agreement with the experimental data in amplitude. The inner mechanism of parametric roll is revealed by investigating the time-history and resonance frequencies of restoring forces and coefficients numerically.


The difficulties in fulfilling economic need, cause many children don't have enough money for their daily living and their education cost. Ifthis we don't pay attentioanto that conditioncan arraise social tension that will cause loss for society. Within Islamic Law vision to aid a poor children by adopting them, beside state and society duty, also become duty for rich man, as humanity sende and help each other duty and has been god's command in Al-Quran. But we should remember that an adopted children could not be own children that prohibited by Islamic Law.


Using modified cinchona alkaloid as the catalyst,a series of new compounds that bearing adjacent quaternary carbon and tertiary carbon chiral centers were synthesized by asymmetric allylic alkylation of Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates with α-substituted β-ketoesters in moderated yield with excellent diastereoselectivities and good enantioselectivities.The structures were characterized by 1H NMR and 13C NMR.


The impinging heat transfer during cooling strip steel in a fluid from single-jet nozzle was investigated by means of the computational fluid dynamic software FLUENT,basic theory of incompressible liquid flow and liquid thermal coupling finite volume method.As a result,the heat transfer characteristic and the effect of injecting distance,pressure and temperature as well as hydrogen content of injecting medium on heat transfer coefficient were clarified when strip steel was cooled by injecting fluid at different parameters and under different boundary conditions, thus theoretically giving a reference to the increase of cooling speed of strip steel.


Alat Asem,one of bilingual Uyghur writers in Yining Xinjiang,writes novels both in Chinese and Uyghur language.Just because of his bilingual writing ability,his works are full of strong regional cultural color and minority cultural atmosphere,which are characterized by such distinctive regional and cultural color as drinking wine culture,singing and dancing culture,joking and gaming culture and communicative culture.This the artistic charm of his works.


Analyzes the most possible potential risks of e business according to the basic ways of Hacker' attack,discusses the defending strategy,trying to get an easy way for the businessman to take on his own.


The safety valve calibrating and managing system based on both C/S and B/S modes was designed,it can automatically calibrate safety valve in local computer,record the pressure and displacement curve,and maintain the data of safety valve.It can also make inquiries and statistics of the information of safety valve through Internet in remote computer.The system constitution,database design and soft design were described in detail.


Rapid enzyme-based immunoassays were used to measure concentrations of oestradiol-17 beta and progesterone in daily blood samples recovered throughout oestrus and for a few days after ovulation from 34 Thoroughbred and 8 pony-type maiden, barren and foaling mares. The first detectable fall in oestradiol-17 beta levels occurred in 88% of the mares within the interval -72 to 0 h with respect to ovulation and in 65% of mares within the interval of -48 to 0 h. The results indicated that serial daily hormone assays of this type could, in a high proportion of animals, predict a correct time for a single mating and diagnose the occurrence of ovulation in Thoroughbred mares at stud in the absence of the present management system which includes repeated veterinary examinations of the ovaries. However, the absolute need for serial daily sampling from all mares to produce interpretable hormone profiles, and the cost of this sampling and the hormone assays, make the method impractical at the present time.


Identifying and developing sustainable competitive advantage could be considered one of the most critical activities for a new business venture. The process can often be challenging to the typical small business owner, as the process can often be both difficult and time consuming. Developing competitive advantage can be especially demanding for small and new emerging businesses operating in industries where many other businesses already compete. Unfortunately, some new entrepreneurs lack an understanding of the process and/or fail to recognize the importance of developing sustainable competitive advantage for their business venture. In some instances, new business ventures neglect securing a market position where the business could have reasonable chance for success. In some cases, a business will struggle to compete with bigger competitors while focusing on price, while other businesses believe that the key to business success is to open their business and customers will rush to purchase their products and services. In this paper, the author examines significant research findings on small business strategy and offers a model approach that could enable business owners to better utilize business resources and strengths to increase their likelihood of success.


Artemia from El-Bahira lake (northeast of Algeria) has been studied in point of view of its biometrics, its dynamics and its cyst hatching quality. Adults are only represented by females. Those measure between 9.04 and 12.15 mm length and produce between 3.75 and 18.43 offspring/brood, according to the sampling period. Cyst diameter is 277.26 μm and freshly hatched nauplii are 549.12 μm length. Population density varied during the wet period of 2009 between 12.38 and 107.7 ind.L . Hatching percentage of cysts is 63.45 %.


The kinetic products derived from addition of phthalimide, N-methyltoluenesulfonamide, or benzenethiol to homochiral Fp(dioxene)BF 4 salts [Fp=CpFe(CO) 2 ] undergo unimolecular dyotropic rearrangement, resulting in inversion of the two initially formed asymmetric centers


Helicobacter muridarum is one of specific spiral bacterial that inhabits stomach and intestine of mice and rats. Microbiologically this pathogen was almost similar with Helicobacter pylori. This research was the first experimental study in oral therapeutic immunization for eradication of Helicobacter pylori on infected mice by using the extract of Helicobacter muridarum with cholera toxin sub unit B.


The study assessed women's involvement in palm oil processing in Ife North Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select 120 women palm oil processors. Primary data collected with the aid of wellstructured interview schedule were subjected to frequency counts, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Chi-square analysis. The results reveal that majority (73.3%) of the palm oil processors were married, with the mean age of 50.2±15.173 years and years of palm oil processing experience averaged 24.713+13.670. Oil drying, x̅=3.87, ranked 1st of all the processing activities the respondents were involved in. Close to half (47.5%) of the women palm oil processors were at a medium level of involvement. High cost of labour and transportation ranked 1st with a weighted mean score of x̅=3.04 of all the constraints. There was significant association between age (ch2=18.730, p=0.001), marital status (ch2=15.663, p=0.047), primary occupation (ch2=20.207, p=0.003), level of education (ch2=15.821, p=0.045), experience (ch2=16.607, p=0.034) and involvement in palm oil processing. The study concluded that there was medium level of involvement in palm oil processing among the women. It was recommended that governmental and non-governmental agricultural agencies should introduce modern method of palm oil processing to the women palm oil processors in the study area.


Integration of functions and features into silicon circuits is very important for a new power circuit design in order to reduce the electronic bill of material's (eBOM) cost and component count. These eBOM reductions increase the reliability and decrease the cost and size of a product. A low cost power micro-inverter using two application specific integrated circuits, analog power manager (APM) and micro-inverter control (IXC), was built and characterized. This micro-inverter incorporates an algorithm for maximum power point tracking and converts power directly from photovoltaic, (PV), panels for use in solar power generating systems. The eBOM cost and component count and cost for the micro-inverter is decreased by 58% and 38.5% respectively compared to commercially available mirco-inverters with similar power level. The California Energy Commission (CEC) weighted efficiency of the low micro-cost inverter is higher than 96.3%. Total current demand distortion (TDD) is lower than 1% up to the 39th harmonic.


The analysis of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2AP) content in Hom Mali rice by conventional method is time consuming, an experienced technician is needed and it is costly, therefore a reliable and rapid method for determining 2AP content in aromatic rice is required. The purpose of this study was to assess if the 2AP content in Hom Mali rice could be determined using near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. A total of 205 ground samples with 2AP in the range 0.52–3.32 ppm were scanned by a Fourier-transform near infrared (FT-NIR) spectrometer in reflectance mode over the region 1100–2500 nm at room temperature (25–27°C). 2AP content was analysed by headspace-gas chromatography and used as the reference method. A model derived from this study was developed and the coefficient of determination (R2), root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP) and bias of the calibration equation were 0.79, 0.27 and 0.01 ppm, respectively. The calibration equation developed in this study could rapidly predict 2AP content and there was no significant difference between NIR-predicted values and actual values at a confidence interval of 95%. The calibration was based on ranges at 1409 nm and 1895 nm wavelengths which infer that the 2AP is linked to the lipid content of the samples. Therefore, it can be concluded that NIR spectroscopy can be used for the evaluation of 2AP content at the ppm level in Hom Mali rice.


The enzyme α‐aminoadipate‐semialdehyde synthase (AASS) is a bi‐functional enzyme that catalyzes the first two steps in the degradation of L‐lysine in plants and animals. The first enzymatic activity of the bi‐functional enzyme, saccharopine dehydrogenase (SDH), converts L‐lysine, α‐ketoglutarte and NADPH to L‐saccharopine and NADP. The second enzyme activity (saccharopine reductase (SR)) converts L‐saccharopine and NAD to α‐aminoadipate‐semialdehyde, L‐glutamate, and NADH. We have isolated the enzyme from bovine livers and determined the kinetic mechanism for both enzyme activities using initial rate and inhibition studies. The kinetic mechanism of the reductase is steady‐state ordered with NAD adding prior to L‐saccharopine and with NADH as the last product released. For the saccharopine dehydrogenase, the substrates bind in the order of α‐ketoglutarate, L‐lysine and NADPH at pH 8. We also observe induced product inhibition by L‐saccharopine at pH 8. In contrast, at lower pH (7.2), we observe activation of SDH by L‐saccharopine and L‐leucine. The presence of L‐leucine induces cooperativity in the binding of NADPH. We do not observe an effect of the presence of L‐leucine on the SR activity. We have not been able to demonstrate tunneling of substrates in this system and hypothesize that AASS exists as a bi‐functional enzyme for regulatory purposes. We have cloned and expressed in E.coli the SDH and SR halves of the mouse bi‐functional enzyme to study the two enzymatic activities separately. The research was supported by the Grayce B. Kerr Foundation.


Nonparametric regression, often called smoothing, is a widely used data analysis method. The use of a smoother requires the choice of a smoothing parameter that by balancing fidelity and roughness controls how much smoothing is done. Two popular selection criteria for choosing the smoothing parameter are Cp and generalized maximum likelihood (GML). Each of these has its own problems. ForCp, the problem is its high variability, whereas for GML, the problem is its potentially large bias. By studying the geometry of selection criteria, we give an intuitive explanation of the strength and weakness of Cp and GML. The geometry then motivates a new selection method, the extended exponential (EE) criterion, which combines the strength of Cp and GML but mitigates their weaknesses in terms of variability, bias, and undersmoothing.


Objectives: We compared the concurrent validity of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) with other cognitive screening instruments among Mexican Americans (MA) and non-Hispanic whites (NHW). Methods: In a community-based study in Nueces county, Texas (5/2/18-2/26/20), participants 65+ with MoCA ≤25 completed the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol. Regressions examined associations between MoCA and: 1) Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE); 2) abbreviated Community Screening Interview for Dementia (CSI-D); 3) Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE). Results: MA (n = 229) and NHW (n = 81) differed by education but not age or sex. MoCA and cognitive performance associations (MMSE, CSI-D-Respondent) did not differ between MA and NHW (p's > .16). MoCA and informant rating associations (IQCODE, CSI-D-Informant) were stronger in NHW than MA (NHW R2 = 0.39 and 0.38, respectively; MA R2 = 0.30 and 0.28, respectively). Discussion: Our findings suggest non-equivalence across cognitive screening instruments among MAs and NHWs.


— Lorentz symmetry violation (LV) arises when the behavior of a particle depends on its direction or boost velocity. This fundamental symmetry violation is expected to occur at the Planck scale ( (cid:24) 10 19 GeV). The Standard Model Extension (SME) is a general theoretical framework that includes both General Relativity and the Standard Model while also allowing for the spontaneous breaking of Lorentz symmetry through a set of coefficients. As predicted by the SME, neutrinos couple to a background tensor field and can exhibit LV behaviors due to a sidereal time dependence in the neutrino oscillation probabilities. Time-dependent perturbation methods are used to extract the LV neutrino oscillation probabilities in the SME at baselines shorter than the neutrino oscillation length. A search for LV at the T2K near detectors with baselines of 280 m is presented. A Fast Fourier Transform analysis of the T2K data using the protons on target normalized neutrino event rate at the T2K near detectors is used to search for LV. A binned log-likelihood fit is performed to extract limits on the relevant SME coefficients or, in the case of LV detection, extract the values of the SME coefficients.


A drilling stabilization system includes a power section 112 coupled to an upper end of a transmission housing 104, a bearing housing 106 coupled to a lower end of the transmission housing, and a drill bit 109 coupled to the bearing housing, wherein the transmission housing includes at least two radially outwardly extending blades 116 disposed on the transmission housing. The blades have diamond contact point elements disposed thereupon (120, Figure 1b). Also, a method of drilling a concentric wellbore including drilling a formation with a directional drilling bottomhole assembly coupled to a drill string, changing a direction of the drilling of the formation being drilled, removing the directional drilling bottomhole assembly from the drill string, coupling a drilling stabilization system to the drill string, and drilling the formation with the drilling stabilization system.


We describe the relation between the isothermal atomic compressibility and density fluctuations in mixtures of two-component fermions with population or mass imbalance. We derive a generalized version of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem which is valid for both balanced and imbalanced Fermi-Fermi mixtures. Furthermore, we show that the compressibility, its critical exponents, and phase boundaries can be extracted via an analysis of the density fluctuations as a function of population imbalance, interaction parameter or temperature. Lastly, we demonstrate that in the presence of trapping potentials, the local compressibility and local density-density correlations can be extracted via a generalized fluctuation-dissipation theorem valid within the local density approximation.


Since the emergence of System Methodology(SM) in the forties of twenty century,three main developing stages can be divided.In this paper will carry out a comparison among the three typical SMs which represents the three different stages.These three MSs are: Hard System methodology(HSM),Soft System methodology(SSM),and Complex System methodology(CSM).By this comparison we point out their interior relations and differences.On the interior relations: each subsequent SM is developed upon the deficiency of the earlier one.On the differences: there are mainly different in idea,practice background,theoretical subject base,application scope and developing characteristics.


Face recognition is the problem of identifying individuals in images. This thesis evaluates two methods used to determine if pairs of face images belong to the same individual or not. The first met ...


This paper considers a two-phase two-way relay network (TWRN) with two sources and multiple amplify-and-forward (AF) relays, where the direct link between the sources exists and one best relay is chosen for data communication to maximize the minimum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of bidirectional communication. To efficiently exploit the direct link within two phases, a switch-and-stay combining (SSC) protocol is employed. In SSC, one branch out of the relay and direct branches is activated for data communication, and the branch switching occurs when the end-to-end SNRs fall below the given thresholds. We analyze the system performances over the independent but not necessarily identically distributed (i.n.i.d.) Rayleigh fading channels, by deriving lower bounds and asymptotic expressions with high SNR for the outage probability and bit error rate (BER). It is shown that SSC can preserve the same spectral efficiency as analog network coding (ANC), while can concurrently achieve the full diversity order as the optimal selection (OS) with less implementation complexity. Numerical and simulation results verify the proposed studies.


PURPOSE: To efficiently obtain nickel hydroxide by adding elemental nickel into an aq. ammonia water contg. soln. to dissolve the nickel, then applying a negative potential to the aq. soln. and adding oxygen to the aq. soln. at a rate at which the negative potential can be maintained. CONSTITUTION: The elemental nickel is introduced into the aq. soln. contg. the ammonia water to form a mixture and thereafter, the elemental nickel of the mixture is activated by a method, such as heating, for dissolving the elemental nickel into the aq. soln. After the activated elemental nickel is dissolved in the aq. soln., the negative potential is applied on the aq. soln. by which a reducing level is attained. The oxygen is then added to the aq. soln. at such a rate at which the negative potential may be maintained and the dissolved nickel is softened and settled in the nickel hydroxide. The settled nickel hydroxide is filtered and is subjected to washing and drying. The nickel hydroxide may be produced from the nickel powder under atm. conditions and in addition, the production of the nickel hydroxide decreased in a nitrate impurity content is made possible. COPYRIGHT: (C)1996,JPO


The study attempted to reconstruct changes in naturalistic interactions between mother and child while children gained competence in three basic developmental tasks, namely, while they were learning to walk, eat, and dress themselves alone. Cross-sequentially organised observations focused on independent and dependent child behaviours and corresponding supportive mother reactions. At four measurement points across a period of 100 days, six children, two each at the age of 9, 12, and 21 months, were videotaped at home interacting with their mothers; at each point, mothers were interviewed about children's competencies. Changes in behaviour frequencies and interaction patterns were consistent with hypotheses that mothers adjust their socialising interactions to children's growing competencies in developmental tasks. Before tasks were begun, interactions could be characterised as nurturant (contingent maternal support for dependent behaviour only); when children were actively learning in a task, interactions evolved into complementary patterns (maternal support for both dependent and independent behaviours); and when competence was firmly established, mothers rarely showed contingent support for either dependent or independent task-related behaviours. The discussion contrasts processes of developmental change in socialising contexts with assumptions about the stability of childrearing practices.


1 Context and the positive form Last week we discussed the dynamic analysis of the positive form of vague gradable adjectives developed by Barker (2002). Simplifying a bit, the analysis assigns the meaning in (1) to pos, where d is a function that maps a context and a measure function to a degree. (1) λgλxλc.g(x) d(c)(g) This analysis leads us to expect two kinds of contextual variability in the standard of comparison: variability based on properties of c (e.g., the domain of discourse) and variability based on properties of g (e.g., the domain of the measure function). Both kinds of variability seem attested. Moreover, this analysis ends up predicting the sort of 'dual use' of vague expressions that Barker discusses: a sentence like (2a) can be construed either as 'about Betty' (the desriptive use) or as 'about the context' (the metalinguistic use). (2) a. Betty is tall. b. λc.tall(betty) d(c)(tall) This analysis is also going to be able to support a number of different explanations of the Sorites Paradox and borderline cases/boundarylessness. (3) a. Steve Nash is short (for a basketball player). b. Any basketball player who is 1 mm taller than a short basketball player is also short (for a bb player). c. Shaquille O'Neal is short (for a bb player). (4) a. short(nash) d(c 0)(short) b. ∀x, y, c[[[short(y) ≻ d(c)(short)] ∧ [tall(x) − tall(y) = 1mm]] → [short(x) ≻ d(c)(short)]] c. short(shaq) d(c 0)(short) On pretty much all the analyses we discussed, (4b) turns out to be false; the interesting part is why we think it's true. And if we're wright about the semantics of pos, then I think our options remain open. Well, maybe: now that we have an explicit semantics, let's finally decide on the significance of 'crisp judgments'. Consider a context in which Betty is just a little bit taller than Abe. All of the examples in (5) are bad, while those in (6) are ok. (5) a. #Betty is tall compared to Abe. b. #Betty is the tall one. c. A: What counts as tall around here? Is Abe tall? B: No, but Betty is. (6) a. Betty is taller than Abe. b. Betty is the taller one.


To foster high-quality enterprising talents is a vital target of talents training for colleges.Practice-instruction base is the link between theory and practice,as well as the bridge between colleges,students and the society. Colleges should strengthen the construction of practice-instruction bases inside and outside campus,and try hard to build up a good training environment for enterprising talents.


In China,the number of slopes along highways in mountainous areas is very great and they are widely distributed.Taking into consideration the uncertainties in highway slope safety evaluation,a mathematic model is established for evaluating the safety of highway slopes in mountainous areas based on set pair analysis.The slopes at k88+680 and k90+380 of the Wushan-Wuxi Highway in Chongqing are taken as typical examples and their safety is evaluated with the single index connection degree,integrative connection degree and relative subject degree.The results indicate that the k90+380 slope is essentially safe and the k88+680 slope is not safe enough.After cutting,the two slopes need to be reinforced according to their safety grades.


This year, the Northern Ireland Heart Failure Nurse Forum relaunched with the aim of supporting, developing and promoting the essential role of heart failure specialist nurses in Northern Ireland. One of their first priorities was to host an educational meeting for their members, colleagues working in cardiac rehabilitation and cardiology nurses. This report summarises the content of the day, highlighting some topical issues in 2022.


This study investigates the non-linear relationship between CEO demission threats and corporate risk-taking levels. We first estimate the degree of CEO demission threats, and then examine how CEO demission threats affect the level of corporate risk-taking. Using the data of China's A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2017, we find that the non-linear relationship is shown as an inverted "U" type in which the moderate CEO demission threats increase the level of corporate risk taking, however, the imminent demission threats of CEO reduce the level of corporate risk-taking. Further evidence demonstrates that the state-owned attribute of companies weakens the effect of CEO demission threat on corporate risk-taking and the eastern attribute of companies strengthens the effect of CEO demission threat on corporate risk-taking.


On the basis of introducing the current situation,harm and legal defect of violating the law by HIV/AIDS patients,it suggests amending the criminal law,supplementing accusation of transmitting HIV on purpose first;then modifying the laws and rules such as jail act,the scope of illnesses and deformity for offenders bailed out for medical treatment,etc.,for the sake of providing the legal safeguard to set up a special place to detain the HIV offender;establishing the mechanism to protect the policeman,doctor,nurse and others.


Tunneling and Dynamic Tunneling by an Algebraic Approach..- Uniform Quantization of Multidimensional Systems.- Mean-Field Approach to Vibrational Energy Levels and Tunneling Dynamics in Poly atomic Systems.- Conformational Changes on Excitation of MnO-4 Type d Degrees Tetroxo Anions in Crystals.- The Jahn-Teller Effect in Isolated Molecules: from the Dynamical Effects Occuring for Small Barriers to Typical Tunneling in Deeply Distorted Configurations.- Simplified Path Integral Treatment of Tunnelling.- Tunneling - Quantum Restoration of Classically Broken Symmetries.- Reaction Paths and Surfaces for Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions in Polyatomic Molecules.- Optical Studies of Proton Transfer Processes at Low Temperatures in Hydrogen Bonded Molecular Crystals.- Hydrogen Tunneling in Chemical Reactions. Comparison of the Golden-Rule Approach with Transition-State Theory.- Tunneling Mediated by Heavy Large Amplitude Motion.- Some Practical Aspects of Tunneling in Unimolecular Reactions.- The Role of Dissipation in Quantum Tunneling.- Transition State Theory for Tunneling in Dissipative Systems.- Quantum Dynamical Simulations of Tunneling Systems.- Activated Hydrogen Atom Tunneling Reactions in Solution.- The Quantum Kramers' Problem in the Underdamped Limit.- Relaxation Processes in Glasses at Low Temperature.- Coherent Voltage Oscillations in Ultra-Small Capacitance Structures.- Surface States of Electrons on Alkali-Halide Clusters.- The Chemisorbed State of Hydrogen on a Metal Surface Studied via Quantum Path Integral Molecular Dynamics Simulations.- Tunneling in Surface Diffusion.- Low Temperature Atom Diffusion on Surfaces: Tunneling and Energy Band Structure.- Ab Initio Models for Electron Tunnelling Between Transition Metal Complexes.- Electron Transfer Between Self Trapped (Solitary) States.- Role of Steric Repulsions in the Electron Transfer Between Ferrous and Ferric Ions in Water.- Role of Intramolecular Bridges on Electron Transfer in Donor/Acceptor Systems.- Environmental Modulation of the Electronic Factor in Electron Transfer Rate Theory, and Implications for the Primary Steps in Bacterial Photosynthesis.- Does Cytochrome Oxidation in Bacterial Photosynthesis Manifest Tunneling Effects ?.- What can be learned from Low Temperature Reactivity on Room Temperature Rebinding Kinetics of Heme Proteins ?.- Model Studies of Protein Dynamics. The Role of Potential Energy Surface. Friction and Entropy.- Structural Disorder in Myoglobin at Low Temperatures.- Two-Level Systems in Proteins: Thermodynamic and Dynamic Effects.- Resonance Tunneling and Its Applications.- Index of Subjects.


The article describes the characteristics of the value and life orientations and development of students of technical specialties within a period of study in high school. It was determined, that in adolescence are actively developing such new forms, as the willingness of the individual to self-determination, a sense of responsibility for their own future, the development of self-learning and self-knowledge, that is the decision the question of identity in the professional sphere, in the sphere of family relations and personal development. To determine the value of building structure features technical focus students selected adequate diagnostic methods, and for the processing and presentation of the results applied Student's t-test and cluster analysis. It was found, that the highest priority values are the values to students achievements and personal prestige or selfish-values that retain their dominant. The lowest rates were social and social values, which to some extent are emerging for students by the need to establish social ties and knowledge of vital values. Some indicators show the existence of contradictions and inner conflicts of personality and demonstrate the development of "Me-image" individual student. Research purport orientations of students showed, that students' initial rate at a certain level of meaningfulness of life, there is the problem of the presence of purpose in life, and lack of faith in their own strength, to control their own life that strengthens and increases alumni and manifested in the awareness of the nature of his own existence, responsibility and commitment.


The dynamics of many systems are most naturally expressed in terms of a state-dependent mass matrix, the most prominent example being rigid body dynamics. However, model predictive control solvers often do not support this structure natively and instead require a reformulation of the system. This paper presents a concise and self-contained derivation of the optimality conditions for this system class and describes the implementation of an efficient solver based on a tailored gradient method. The approach is evaluated using the dynamical model of a robot arm with seven degrees of freedom, whereby it is shown that computation times below one millisecond can be achieved. Furthermore, by exploiting the structure of the optimality conditions with state-dependent mass matrix, the computation times can be reduced significantly.


To maximize the network k-coverage and extend the life of the network,a k-coverage strategy of wireless sensor networks based on particle swarm optimizer is proposed The k-coverage rate and the use ratio of need were improved,and thus the network lifetime was prolonged.The inertia weight of particle swarm optimizer was advanced.The strategy avoided a phenomenon of premature which often occurred when using the method of standard,and improved the stability of the algorithm.The simulation experiment indicates that the method is effective.


The prime objective of this study was to research thepossibilities of synchronizing information such asepisodic progression and tracking as well as subscriptions inregards to audio podcasting chann ...


The present invention uses two steps, providing a system for fixing to a solid support having an available amino group of the biological molecule. In a first step, the available amino group is substituted the first leaving group activating compound, to form the activated support, the nucleophilic substitution reaction takes place. In the second step, the activated support is in response to a biological molecule, a compound of the following formula (I) is produced. In formula (I), S is the solid support, X is the following formula (i), (ii), is preferably selected from the group consisting of (iii) and (iv), R is approximately having up to 18 carbon atoms, an alkyl group, selected from allyl and the group consisting of oR


In this article, a general full‐wave two dimensional finite difference frequency domain (2D‐FDFD) method is presented that could be used to analyze general circular multi‐layered multi‐conductor guiding structures. The FDFD method is mainly used to get the dispersion curves for these structures. The results which are obtained using the FDFD equations come through solving an eigen‐value problem, where the obtained eigen‐values and eigen‐vectors are used to produce the propagation constants, distribution of the fields and the characteristic impedances for these structures. Several examples ranging from simple coaxial lines to coupled circular microstrip lines are presented. The FDFD results are compared with those obtained through other analytical and numerical techniques. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE, 2010.


L-shape traffic sign bar is composed of a stand column and a cantilever bar using bolted connection. The cross-section of stand column and a cantilever bar is closed thin wall with regular octagon and their cross sectional area is variable along axial line. The finite element simulation analysis for the bar is done under gravities and wind loads. Three-dimensional finite element model of bar is set up and stress field and displacement field is given under different load and their combination. Stress and displacement values of key parts are extracted and compared with theoretical calculation. Indicates that the theoretical calculation and finite element calculation is correct.


The correlation of egg shell thinning with residues of DDT (RATCLIFFE, 1967; HICKEY and ANDERSON, 1968) created a new interest in the effects of DDT in the laying hen. Several studies have indicated that the laying hen can tolerate levels of DDT up to 300 ppm without serious adverse effects (SMITH et al., 1970; CECIL et al., 1972; LILLIE et al., 1972~ DAVISON AND SELL, 1972~ CECIL et al., 1973; LILLIE et al., 1973). RUBIN et al, (19h7) showed that DDT was toxic when fed to laying hens at 1250 ppm for 12 weeks and egg production was reduced by feeding 620 ppm.


After the failure of the first Chinese Revolution ,the Chinese Communist Party made some useful researches into what a political power should be established in China In accordance with the main tasks and the changes of the class relationship of various revolutionary periods ,the Chinese Communist Party put forward propostions and assumptions of setting up a form of revolutionary political power such as representative system of people's right,soviet model , national defense government ,people's republic ,democratic republic,and at last the Chinese Communist Party put forward the proposition of people's democratic political power that Is fitted for the circumstances of China


The advancement in computers provided large amount of data.The task is to analyse the input data and obtain the required data which can be done by various data mining techniques. Present work focusses on analysis of soil profile data from various locations of Warangal Region. Naive Bayes, J48(C4.5) and JRip Algorithms were used to analyse the data JRip reported to be simple, efficient classifier of soil data. The selected soil attributes were Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Calcium, Magnesium, Sulphur, Iron, Zinc, Potassium, PH and Humus. The attributes were predicted by linear regression, least median square and simple regression. Even though all regressions provided almost equal results least median Square depicts better results. The attributes nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur were determined in less time by linear regression and showed accurate results. As large data of a long period for different locations were analysed by data mining, it reduces the time consuming process in soil analysis by traditional methods. Thus the results can be used by the researchers to suggest suitable crop to a particular region, season and also can recommend required fertiliser based on deficit elements.


We present a new spectrum unfolding code, the Maximum Entropy and Maximum Likelihood Unfolding Code (MEALU), based on the maximum likelihood method combined with the maximum entropy method, which can determine a neutron spectrum without requiring an initial guess spectrum. The Normal or Poisson distributions can be used for the statistical distribution. MEALU can treat full covariance data for a measured detector response and response function. The algorithm was verified through an analysis of mock-up data and its performance was checked by applying it to measured data. The results for measured data from the Joyo experimental fast reactor were also compared with those obtained by the conventional J-log method for neutron spectrum adjustment. It was found that MEALU has potential advantages over conventional methods with regard to preparation of a priori information and uncertainty estimation.


ABSTRACT.- physical therapy professionals are giving increased emphasis to including,ffimiky members and caregivers as partners in the patient education process, Physical therapy students and professionals can greatly benefit from being exposed to a family systems approach of patient education in both their academic and clinical education. A family systems approach to patient education is described as applied to various aspects of physical therapy practice. Physical therapy educators can play an important role in assisting students to appreciate the value of an expanded family approach to patient education. Suggestions for incorporating this approach in classroom and clinical education experiences are discussed. Physical therapy professionals have recognized the importance of patient education for many years. Clinicians working in pediatric, geriatric, or hospice practice are especially attuned to the value of family-centered patient care.1,2 Recently, there has been an increased emphasis across the profession of including family members and caregivers as partners in the patient educational process.3-9 Inclusion of family in patient-related education or instruction can enhance patient knowledge, decision making, progress, and safety.4 However, family dynamics such as family nonparticipation or ineffective participation can be problematic for practitioners in patient education endeavors.5 The focus of this article is to situate patient education within a larger social systems context so that patient education is extended to the family unit, a more inclusive and dynamic approach than the traditional medical model of including only the patient and professional health care provider. The family is broadly defined as the social group into which an individual is born or adopted (family of origin), or the social group created after leaving the family of origin (family of creation). Thus, family is not always composed exclusively of blood or marriage-related kin but rather should be thought of in very broad terms by health care providers. Because academic and clinical physical therapy educators have a powerful impact on how physical therapist students conceptualize patient education, this article will present patient education within an expanded family context. The frame of reference throughout the article is the physical therapy practitioner and how a family approach can inform and enhance patient education efforts. This frame of reference was chosen to match that typically utilized in classroom and clinical education settings. Additionally, some suggestions are included for physical therapy educators. DEFINING A FAMILY SYSTEM The definition of a family as a system is helpful in understanding the tasks and challenges individual family members face as they move through their individual and collective phases of the developmental process. As a system functioning within the larger social contexts of extended family, culture, and community, the family unit can be viewed as having characteristics and functions of a system. As a system, the family is a unified whole consisting of interrelated parts, functions according to a set of defined rules, processes information, and adapts to changing circumstances with the intent of preserving homeostasis, or balance, among its parts. The nuclear family of the past is no longer the typical family arrangement of today.10,11 Some patients live with their family of origin, some live with their family of creation, and others are living temporarily with family members due to disablement. Additionally, patients may be dealing with both of these families simultaneously; for example, a mother diagnosed with an orthopedic problem may have the responsibility of caring for young children as well as caregiving responsibilities for a disabled, frail parent or relative from the extended family system. FAMILY SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS Just as an organization is composed of various parts and components striving to function as an integrated system to accomplish its mission, every family is composed of various members who attempt to function as a system with some level of integration. …


WeexaminespillovereffectsoftherecentU.S. fi nancialcrisison fi veemergingAsiancountriesbyes-timatingconditionalcorrelationsof fi nancialassetreturnsacrosscountriesusingmultivariateGARCH models. We propose a novel approach that simultaneously estimates the conditional correlation co- ef fi cient and the effects of its determining factors over time, which can be used to identify the channels of spillovers. We fi nd some evidence of fi nancial contagion around the collapse of Lehman BrothersinSeptember2008.Wefurther fi ndadominantroleofforeigninvestmentforthecondition-alcorrelationsininternationalequitymarkets.ThedollarLibor-OISspread,thesovereignCDSpremi- um, and foreign investment are found to be signi fi cant factors affecting foreign exchange markets.


A wireless communications device configured to operate in a multimedia broadcast system is disclosed. The wireless communications device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of video streams each comprising intra-coded and inter-coded video frames. The wireless communications device also includes a video decoder, and a processing unit configured to switch the video streams to the video decoder. The processing unit is further configured to receive a prompt to switch from a first one of the video streams to a second one of the video streams, and in response to the prompt, delay switching to the second one of the video streams until an intra-coded video frame is received in the second one of the video streams.


ABE, I., HoBI, K., SAITO, S., SUZUKI, M. and SATO, H. Effect o f Attenuated Cells on the Growth of Small Implant of Yoshida Ascites Hepatoma AH109A. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1981, 134 (4), 385-392 The transplantability of small implants such as 10 cells of Yoshida ascites hepatoma AH109A, which grew lethally only in 2 out of 19 rats when transplanted subcutaneously, was improved by admixed implantation of attenuated tumor cells prepared with mitomycin C, presenting lethal take in 23 out of 27 animals. Similar effect was also obtained by liver homogenate or sonicated tumor cell suspension. Although the rate of tumor "take" of less than 103 cells of AH1O9A inoculated in the subcutis increased by admixing the attenuated cells, growth characteristics of such a small implant of the tumor, once initiated, were not significantly different whether inoculated with or without the attenuated cells. Growth support effect of attenuated cells was discussed in relation with either the size of inoculum or growth ability of tumor cells. Yoshida ascites hepatoma AH109A; growth ability; growth support effect; attenuated cells


As technology is advancing, the consumption of power is steadily rising. Sufficient and reliable source of electricity is a major prerequisite for a sustained and successful economic development and poverty reduction. The development of a country is dependent on the per person energy consumption rate, which is very low in Bangladesh. Bangladesh installed a capacity of 10416 MW electricity on June 2014 and three fourth of which is considered to be accessible. Near about 45% people has no access to electricity. Therefore, electricity shortage is an acute crisis in Bangladesh. As Saint Martin Island is far away from the main land, it is almost impossible and cost ineffective to supply electricity from the national grid. For connection of nearly 6000 peoples of Saint Martin Island to the main stream of development and to make this island more attractive to the tourists, it is very essential to provide electricity for them. Power generation by combining solar, wind and diesel, known as hybrid system can be the most efficient technique for the electrification of these types of Island. Based on this principle, in this paper a hybrid system is designed for electrification of Saint Martin's Island. In the analysis, realistic data is used for load calculation and optimization analysis for most effective solution. Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER) software is used to find out the final optimization and sensitive analysis of hybrid system. This system satisfies the load demand and reduces carbon emission which will help to generate green energy.


We draw on the Effort-Reward-Imbalance (ERI) Model to examine factors related to the development of burn-out symptoms as well as the consequences of burn-out. Our sample consists of 168 small and newly founded business ventures. Our results indicate that physical well-being is negatively related to the development of burn-out symptoms. Moreover, burn-out is negatively related to operational performance. Finally, we found some indication of the type of entrepreneur affecting both the relationship between physical well-being and burn-out, and between burn-out and operational performance. Specifically, we found higher correlations among necessity- and opportunity-driven entrepreneurs as compared to rationality-driven entrepreneurs.


This paper discusses the story characteristics of the storyteller based on plenty of field investigation information,the history of the immigrant clan,oral cultural tradition,Taoism culture of Wudang mountain and folk customs.It analyzes the ability of the storyteller using the oral elements and basic formula,and it also goes deep into the narrative style of the storyteller as well as his transmission route and transmission features.The essay especially expounds and proves the inner connections among the oral text,the psychological structure,folk ceremony and folk life through the comprehension of the spiritual religion and living condition of storyteller.It demonstrates the formation mechanism of the oral literature diversification in Wudang mountain,and approves the traditional inheritance ability and creativity of the storyteller,briefly summarizes the overall style of the storyteller.Finally this paper explains the cultural meaning of this case research.It has utilized historical-geographical method,psychoanalysis theory as well as the theory of oral composition to promonently represents the importance of field investigation.


In this work, we present the results of an investigation into charge trapping in metal/high-k/In0.53Ga0.47As metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors (MOS capacitors), which is analysed using the hysteresis exhibited in the capacitance-voltage (C-V) response. The availability of both n and p doped In0.53Ga0.47As epitaxial layers allows the investigation of both hole and electron trapping in the bulk of HfO2 and Al2O3 films formed using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The HfO2/In0.53Ga0.47As and Al2O3/In0.53Ga0.47As MOS capacitors exhibit an almost reversible trapping behaviour, where the density of trapped charge is of a similar level to high-k/In0.53Ga0.47As interface state density, for both electrons and holes in the HfO2 and Al2O3 films. The experimental results demonstrate that the magnitude of the C-V hysteresis increases significantly for samples which have a native oxide layer present between the In0.53Ga0.47As surface and the high-k oxide, suggesting that the charge trapping responsible for the C-V hys...


Review(s) of: Urban Air Pollution - European Aspects, Edited by J. Fenger, O. Hertel and F. Palmgren, National Environmental Research Institute, Roskilde, Denmark, 482 Pages, Hardback 1998, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 0-7923-5502-4.


With the proliferation of computer crime, the demand for computer-forensics experts continues to increase. Yet with so many computer-forensics certifications currently available, it is not an easy ...


The research was done to analysis of amount lead (Pb), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) at milkfish (Chanos chanos Forsk.) from Labbakkang Pangkep by Atomic Absorbtion Spectrophotometry (AAS). Before to be analised, first to do destruction of milkfish ( Chanos chanos Forsk.) later on HNO 3 . Quantitative analysis used atomic absorbtion spectrophotometry (AAS) at wave length of 283,3 nm for lead (Pb), 213,9 nm for zinc (Zn) and 324,8 nm for copper (Cu). Result of research find average rates of lead (Pb) and copper (Cu) from Labbakkang Pangkep is 0,0392 mg/kg and 0,0882 mg/kg. From result of research to showing that average rates Pb and Cu in the location, it is not over from still limit and according to Dirjen POM regulation. Key word : analysis of amount, lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), milkfish, atomic absorbtion spectrophotometry (AAS).


We propose to design a novel technique of microrefractometric and goniometric tomography based on multi-axis robotized Feodorov stage hybridized with pushintegrator and integrating Andine platform controlled by stepper motors based on modified Harvard architecture microcontroller and CAMAC modules.