We describe an authoring tool for Augmented Reality (AR) contents. In recent years there have been a number of frameworks proposed for developing Augmented Reality (AR) applications. This paper describes an authoring tool for Augmented Reality (AR) application with interactive features. We developed the AR authoring tool which provides Interactive features that we can perform the education service project and participate it actively for the participating education service. This paper provides learning and teaching models for next generation digital textbook which Augmented Reality interactions between teacher and learner. The proposed method of this paper is applied to educational contents and we found positive effect which is supported by statistical experiments.


The objective of this experiment was to investigate the inheritance of subgynoecious trait in watermelon.Five F1 combinations,one F2 segregation population,one backcross population(BC1R34)and one transferred subgynoecious line(BC4S3)were developed by crossing,selfing and backcross between subgynoecious line(BG1)and other watermelon inbred lines,respectively.All the plants of F1 populations expressed monoecious,similar to their male parents;F2 population segregated into two phenotypes of normal monoecious type and subgynoecious type in a ratio of 1∶3 through χ2 test;as well the plants of backcross population BC1R34 completely expressed monoecious.In addition,transferred subgynoecious line BC4S3 was subgynoecious type that produced high female flower proportion to 77.9%.These results indicated that subgynoecious in watermelon was controlled by a single recessive gene.According to the frequence distribution of female flower proportion in F2,it was considered that there might be other minor genes modified this subgynoecious trait.Two pairs of NILs,BG1 versus BG2,and BC4S3 versus R34 was studied by the RAPD technique out of 333 random primers.A specific amplified fragment s1454-1100 in subgynoecious line was found out through verifying the F2 individuals.


Every $C^2$ action $\a$ of $\mathbb{Z}k$, $k\ge 2$, on the $(k+1)$-dimensional
torus whose elements are homotopic to the corresponding elements of an
action $\ao$ by hyperbolic linear maps has exactly one invariant measure
that projects to Lebesgue measure under the semiconjugacy between $\a$ and
$\a_0$. This measure is absolutely continuous and the semiconjugacy provides
a measure-theoretic isomorphism. The semiconjugacy has certain monotonicity
properties and preimages of all points are connected. There are many
periodic points for $\a$ for which the eigenvalues for $\a$ and $\a_0$
coincide. We describe some nontrivial examples of actions of this kind.


(Collectively referred to as unlicensed spectrum) a method for enabling wireless cellular operation in spectrum licensed to the unlicensed spectrum and simple described herein. Using cognitive method allows the secondary use of the band licensed to use and / or simple unlicensed band. Wireless device may be used as the new bandwidth unlicensed spectrum in addition to the existing bandwidth, and sends to the wireless transmit / receive unit (WTRU) in the downlink direction, or transmitted in the uplink direction to the base station . Wireless device can access the unlicensed spectrum to bandwidth aggregation or relay using carrier aggregation framework. Specifically, the primary component carrier operating in the licensed spectrum may be used for the control and connection establishment, the second component carrier operating in unlicensed spectrum, for bandwidth extension used.


Until recently, imaging of peripheral nerves was limited from a technical point of view, as there was no established gold standard study protocol for the purpose of qualitative visualization of nerve trunks in normal and pathological conditions. With technical advances in magnetic resonance imaging and the advent of specialized high-resolution magnetic resonance neurography, it has become possible to visualize peripheral nerves of varying diameters. A literature search in the Pubmed, Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and eLibrary databases demonstrated the presence of several studies examining the capabilities of magnetic resonance imaging in visualizing the pudendal nerve in normal and pathological conditions. It must be emphasized that the results of these studies are consistent and largely complement each other. A generalization of the available data on the capabilities of magnetic resonance neurography of the pudendal nerve was the impetus for writing this literature review. Magnetic resonance neurography is a tissue-specific imaging method optimized for assessing the condition of peripheral nerves, including changes in the morphology of their bundle structure, signal, the diameter and length of nerve trunks, which can be caused by both anatomical features and pathological processes. Three-dimensional (3D) imaging is critical for studying the topography of peripheral nerves, identifying areas of compression or traumatic injury, and for preoperative planning. Magnetic resonance imaging in certain modes and sections allows to clearly visualize the pudendal nerve along almost its entire length, determine the nature of its branching and the features of its topographic and anatomical location. The anatomical characteristics of the pudendal nerve and its pathological changes obtained using magnetic resonance neurography can be used in everyday clinical practice by urologists, obstetricians-gynecologists and neurosurgeons for planning surgical interventions.


� � � � � � � � � � � � ) 0�Abstract0�The Quick Response(QR) barcodeanti-counterfeiting technique based on digital watermarkprovides lowwatermarking capacity, and itsanti-counterfeiting performance is poor.To solve the problem, Rand-grayingmethod and background-image-graying methodare proposed for QR binary images to increasewatermarking capacity. The graying extent for QR binary image is determined by the graying thresholdwhich can be selected according to specific application. Based on the graying


This research study represents a key part of the program of Statewide Public Library Development Projects delivered by the State Library of Victoria between 2011 and 2014 in partnership with Public Libraries Victoria Network (PLVN), the peak body for Victoria's 47 public library services. The overarching objectives of this project were:

- to develop a framework to articulate the core competencies required by the public library workforce for the 21st century

- to conduct a skills audit of Victorian public library staff in order to collect evidence of the current skills and to anticipate future skills requirements

- to deliver a report that analyses the audit findings and makes recommendations on training needs and strategies to prepare for the future delivery of public library services in Victoria.

The study built on the 2008 report Workforce sustainability and leadership: Survey, analysis and planning, developed for the State Library of Victoria and PLVN, in which three types of workplace skills were delineated: cognitive (or Foundation), technical (or Professional) and Behavioural skills. Following industry discussion and review, a framework comprising 59 skill-sets within the three distinct skills areas was finalised in October 2013. The skills audit, which comprised an Individual survey and a Management survey with questionnaires directly based on the skills framework, was undertaken between late November and December 2013. This report presents the analysis and interpretation of the data collected through the two surveys.


It is essential for the expansion of the scope of the campus one-card-through system and consummating the card function.For applications which have various functions and different realized platform to be integrated to one-card-through system smoothly,the application interface must need to have very good interactive nature and general availability,Web Service technology can meet the requiring.Web Service can offer a unified interface for the front application of one-card-through system to visit back server,it can solve the third party system's integrating problem successfully in the actual utilities.


ABSTRACT Following social cognitive theory, this study examines the effects of negative workplace gossip (NWG) on employees' unethical work behavior in the hospitality industry by introducing the mediating role of moral disengagement and moderating role of self-construal. Data were collected with a multi-wave survey approach from five hotels and five restaurants in Shantou, China. The results demonstrate that NWG exerts a significant influence on moral disengagement; this leads to employees' unethical work behavior. Employees' self-construal is a vital boundary condition moderating the detrimental impact of NWG on moral disengagement, as well as the indirect impacts of NWG on unethical work behavior via moral disengagement. The study findings contribute to NWG literature by extending the effects of NWG to unethical work behavior in the hospitality industry and unveiling the internal mechanism linking them. Furthermore, these findings provide a significant boundary condition to grasp when NWG causes moral disengagement and unethical work behavior.


The design of the Radiation Monitor in the LISA Technology Package on board LISA Pathnder is based on two silicon PIN diodes, placed parallel to each other in a telescopic configuration. One of them is able to record spectral information of the particle hitting the diode. A test campaign for the flight model Radiation Monitor was done in the Paul Scherrer Institute Proton Irradiation Facility in September 2010. Its purpose was to check correct functionality of the Radiation Monitor under real high energy proton fluxes. Here we present the results of the experiments done and their assessment by means of a simulated flight model geometry using GEANT4 toolkit. No deviation from nominal RM performance was detected, which means the instrument is fully ready for flight.


Ovarian torsion is an urgent gynaecological surgery and can occur during pregnancy. Ovarian torsion during pregnancy carries significant risk to pregnant woman and intrauterine fetus. Diagnosing ovarian torsion during pregnancy can be challenging as most frequently ,patients present with abdominal pain and non specific symptoms. If the diagnosis of ovarian torsion is missed, it can lead to ovarian necrosis and sepsis with subsequent loss of ovarian and tubal function. This condition not only threatens the pregnancy but also has great implications for future fertility. A 26year-old G2P1L1 at 5 weeks gestational age presented to us with right sided lower abdominal abdominal pain radiating to back, burning micturation, and low grade fever. Ultrasound showed an enlarged edematous enlarged right ovary with two hemorrhagic cysts with absent flow on color Doppler. The patient underwent emergency laparoscopic surgery, during which the necrotic adnexa was removed. She was placed on progesterone therapy postoperatively and eventually delivered a healthy baby at term. Ovarian torsion though is extremely rare problem in pregnancy, it should be taken into consideration in differential diagnosis of abdominal pain.


The following expression is derived expressing the instantaneous growth rate (G) in terms of length (l) the power of the weight–length relationship (b), and the Bertalanffy growth parameters (K and L∞): G = bK(L∞/l − 1). Since this is valid for a length (or age) range in which growth conforms to the Bertalanffy model, a plot of G vs. 1/l should be linear with the intercept on the G axis being −bK and on the 1/l axis being 1/L∞. Since the variables can be measured independently, deviations of points from the regression can be tested and the limits of validity of the model ascertained. In addition, confidence limits of K and L∞ can be estimated. Two examples compare results with those using previous methods. Key words: method, Bertalanffy, growth, statistical, estimates, parameters


This essay intends to understand the connection between religion and the social construction of gender roles in The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood (1985). In a dystopian future, a Christian fundamentalist group self-proclaimed "Sons of Jacob" articulates and executes a coup d'etat against the United States government and establishes the Republic of Gilead. In this new totalitarian regime, a rigged social structure is established based on a biased interpretation of the Bible, that categorizes and standardizes gender performances. The new social roles, established by a social, moral and legal author- ity, enhance the gender roles, turning the male domination into a sacred element and justifying the female submission in a family unit parody of Jacob, Rachel and Leah.


Using the modal theory the optical response of a non-linear planar resonator illuminated by a genuine two-dimensional, pulsed beam is studied. We consider a defocusing Kerr-like non-linearity appearing well below the fundamental band-gap of direct semiconductors due to two-photon processes. Optical bistability is identified for normal incidence whereas it disappears if the angle of incidence of the input beam becomes comparable to the width of the resonance. No evidence for symmetry breaking could be found, whereas a pronounced beam shaping arises in the high-transmission state.


Accelerated development of productive forces and population growth determines the more intensive use of land resources. Modern technologies progress contributes to more intense and complex technogenic load of the land. The active use of the land in a vertical dimension (not only ground, but also underground and aboveground space) often leads to consequences which are increasingly creating negative social pressures and necessitate the economic and environmental matching. Land relations have always been one of the determining factors of socio-economic development and tightly exist in a single system of socio-economic matters. Therefore, the development of cities, regions, countries is directly related to the effectiveness of land management. The aim of the study is to systematize objects that can be located in different vertical levels of the land plot with taking into account their origin and functional use. The study analysed objects both natural and anthropogenic ones. It was proved to separate a special subclass of natural-anthropogenic objects. Inter anthropogenic objects special attention is paid to the buildings and structures. Buildings are combined in subclasses – residential and non-residential buildings, and structures – in transport and engineering ones. The study also includes an analysis of the impact of various natural and anthropogenic objects on territories development in matching with land management methods ensuring harmonious combination the social, economic and environmental aspects. Object location in the vertical dimension was taken into account in research. Recommendations regarding eensuring a balance between the environmental, economic and social aspects of urban development were observed in the article.


In this research, static stresses analysis of boron nitride nano tube reinforced composite (BNNTRC) cylinder made of poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) subjected to non axisymmetric thermo mechanical loads and applied voltage is developed. The surrounded elastic medium is modelled by Pasternak foundation. Composite structure is modeled based on piezoelectric fiber reinforced composite (PFRC) theory and a representative volume element has been considered for predicting the elastic, piezoelectric and dielectric properties of the cylinder. Higher order governing equations were solved analytically by Fourier series. The results demonstrated that the fatigue life of BNNTRC cylinder will be significantly dependent on the angle orientation and volume fraction of BNNTs. Results of this investigation can be used for the optimum design of thick walled cylinders under the multi physical fields.


Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Objectives Real-world data about sustained clinical remission (SCR) and treatment optimization with vedolizumab for ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are scarce. We aimed to investigate the short and long-term effectiveness and safety of vedolizumab in a real-world cohort in Denmark. Methods A retrospective two-center cohort study was conducted between November 2014 and November 2019 with the primary outcomes of clinical remission (CR) at weeks 14, 30, 52 and 104 and SCR defined as CR at week 14 through week 52. Results The study included 182 patients (UC: 97, CD: 85), all previously exposed to at least one biological therapy. Rates of CR at weeks 14, 30, 52 and 104 were 36.6, 35.1, 34.0 and 27.8%, respectively, in UC, and 31.7, 30.1, 26.5 and 22.4% in CD. SCR was achieved in 19.6 and 20.0%, respectively. In UC and CD, optional dosing of vedolizumab at week 10 (odds ratio [OR] = 0.23 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.03–1.17), and OR = 0.68 (95% CI, 0.22–2.04)), as well as increase of frequency (OR = .26 (95% CI, 0.01–2.86), and OR = 0.19 (95% CI, 0.01–1.45)), were not associated with CR at week 52. Furthermore, combination treatment with azathioprine was not associated with long-term outcomes. However, dose intensification of vedolizumab successfully restored CR in 65.2 and 57.1% of patients with UC and CD experiencing loss of response. Conclusions Vedolizumab is effective in achieving and restoring short and long-term CR and SCR in patients with treatment-refractory UC and CD. This study emphasizes that supplementary dosing at week 10, and simultaneous treatment with azathioprine, did not improve long-term outcomes.


In the background that China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second largest economic entity, in order to realize the sustainable development of economy and society in China, to realize the social security dream of "everyone share, level improvement, fair and reasonable, safe and reliable", the realistic value and the meaning of China's social security construction are further elaborated system and meaning, the different features of the sino-foreign social security theory system are induced and compared, and the historical development stages and main theory viewpoints of the sino-foreign social security theory are summarized,so as to improve China's social security system, to steadily improve the level of social security with the economic and social development, to make the realization of the social security system more fair, to realize the reliable operation of the social security system and sustainable development.


From the end of the nineteenth century until well into the 1980s, one spoke of the "political sciences" (in the plural), a concept that included all the disciplines that analyzed political phenomen...


In this paper is defined the term data visualisation. Main requests for creating effective visualisations are described and basic list of standardised forms of data visualisation are brought. Noticed is also example of data visualisation in Business Intelligence. In analytical part of this paper is advanced programming environment Processing as effective tool for creating data visualisations. Open software Processing is proposed to integrate into educational program Information Technology at Banking Institute / College of Banking.


For right-censored data, Subramanian (2001) proposed an estimate for estimating regression parameter of "long-term" survival rate. In this article, we demonstrate that Subramanian's estimator can be extended to left-truncated and right-censored data. When the covariate is discrete, we propose an alternative estimate and show that under logistic regression model, is asymptotically more efficient than . Based on , the chi-squared test statistic can be used for testing goodness of fit of logistic regression model. Furthermore, for a one-dimensional continuous covariate, we propose an estimator by using a generalized product-limit estimator of conditional survival function (Iglesias-Prez and Gonzlez-Manteiga, 1999). A simulation study is conducted to investigate the performance of the proposed estimators. The proposed method is applied to the Vetran's Administration lung cancer data reported by Prentice (1973).


In hierarchical clustering theories of galaxy formation, galaxies form by gas cooling and condensing into dark matter halos which, in turn, form by a hierarchy of mergers (White & Rees 1978). The context in which this process takes place is specified by a cosmological model that determines the spectrum of primordial density fluctuations and the rate at which they grow by gravitational instability. The best known example of such a model is the cold dark matter (CDM) model (see Frenk 1991 for a review), but a number of alternatives (mostly variants of CDM), have recently become popular in response to new data on large-scale structure and the COBE detection of anisotropies in the microwave background radiation. Regardless of the specific cosmological model that one wishes to consider, there are at least six distinct physical processes that need to be included in any theory of galaxy formation:

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The growth of dark matter halos by accretion and mergers.

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The dynamics of cooling gas.

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Star formation.

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Energy feedback into prestellar gas from the products of stellar evolution.

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Evolution of the stellar populations that form.

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Galaxy mergers.


In this paper, we consider the propagation of current waves along the horizontal curved wire above the ground. On the base of the exact Mixed Potential Integral Equations (MPIE) for the current and scalar potential we have developed an iteration approach, which permits to obtain solutions including corrections accounting for line radiation. The zero iteration term correspond to the classical transmission line (TL) solution. The first iteration term gives corrections to the reflection and transmission coefficients associated with the line bend. The derived analytical expressions for the straight bend are compared with "exact" numerical results published by other authors and very good agreement is found. The developed analytical expressions can also be used to evaluate the radiated power associated with the line bend.


Due to the significant risk profile associated with traditional ablative resurfacing, a safer and less invasive treatment approach known as fractional deep dermal ablation (FDDA™) was recently developed. We report the results of the first clinical investigation of this modality for treatment of photodamaged skin.


ABSTRACT We present a technique for clustering categorical data by generating many dissimilarity matrices and combining them. We begin by demonstrating our technique on low-dimensional categorical data and comparing it to several other techniques that have been proposed. We show through simulations and examples that our method is both more accurate and more stable. Then we give conditions under which our method should yield good results in general. Our method extends to high-dimensional categorical data of equal lengths by ensembling over many choices of explanatory variables. In this context, we compare our method with two other methods. Finally, we extend our method to high-dimensional categorical data vectors of unequal length by using alignment techniques to equalize the lengths. We give an example to show that our method continues to provide useful results, in particular, providing a comparison with phylogenetic trees. Supplementary material for this article is available online.


This paper comparatively examines how three major world cities plan for the ongoing development of memorials in their public spaces. The predominant focus is on memorials that have been erected in these cities over the past two decades, many of which have new forms and address new subjects. Each city has strategies for regulating the themes, sites and designs of future memorial proposals, because of significant ongoing demand, and to calibrate commemoration against other land use needs. Drawing upon interviews with city planners and memorial designers, analysis of planning documents and project briefs, and spatial analysis of memorial layouts, the paper analyses the needs, opportunities, constraints and historical contexts that are shaping new memorial development. It identifies the aims, principles and practices of the plans and regulations that guide memorial locations, designs and subject matter. It examines the historical evolution of formal memorial planning strategies and regulations in each city in relation to proposals and designs for individual new memorials and the availability of particular sites.


Summary The prevalence of local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity among populations is critical to accurately predicting when and where climate change impacts will occur. Currently, comparisons of thermal performance between populations are untested for most marine species or overlooked by models predicting the thermal sensitivity of species to extirpation. Here we compared the ecological response and recovery of seagrass populations (Posidonia oceanica) to thermal stress throughout a year‐long translocation experiment across a 2800‐km gradient in ocean climate. Transplants in central and warm‐edge locations experienced temperatures > 29°C, representing thermal anomalies > 5°C above long‐term maxima for cool‐edge populations, 1.5°C for central and < 1°C for warm‐edge populations. Cool‐edge, central and warm‐edge populations differed in thermal performance when grown under common conditions, but patterns contrasted with expectations based on thermal geography. Cool‐edge populations did not differ from warm‐edge populations under common conditions and performed significantly better than central populations in growth and survival. Our findings reveal that thermal performance does not necessarily reflect the thermal geography of a species. We demonstrate that warm‐edge populations can be less sensitive to thermal stress than cooler, central populations suggesting that Mediterranean seagrasses have greater resilience to warming than current paradigms suggest.


The orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation is a new multi-carrier modulation technology proposed in recent years. The sparse and invariant signals in the Delay-Doppler domain make OTFS to be a promising technology to solve the Doppler shift in the time-variant underwater acoustic (UWA) channel. In the UWA-OTFS system, the traditional channel estimation and equalization methods need accurate channel information, and the performance can be easily influenced by the channel model. This paper proposes a Bi-LSTM-based UWA-OTFS signal detection method to replace the traditional explicit algorithms. This method can fully use the previous channel information and data to improve the reliability of the UWA-OTFS system, which has been verified on the Watermark underwater acoustic dataset. The result shows that the proposed method performs with a lower symbol error rate (SER) than traditional algorithms.


the characteristics of the study protocol and the small numbers of subjects recruited from most centers, these observations should be interpreted with caution. Differences in the risk of severe hypoglycemia between centers are well recognized. We have repeatedly tried to draw attention to this phenomenon (1-3). Differences in patient characteristics referred to the various centers may be one explanation. On the other hand, the quality of diabetes care, especially with respect to patient education, may be crucial in this context (4). Rational insulin substitution and training of the patients to prevent and effectively treat hypoglycemia appear to be the most important determinants of the risk of severe hypoglycemia. If it were true—as Dr. Stephenson suggests—that any effect of insulin species might be obscured by (these) other differences that exist between centers, and that such bias cannot be overcome even by large numbers of patients investigated, then a clinically relevant effect of insulin species on the risk of severe hypoglycemia definitely can be ruled out.


The In-Tank Precipitation (ITP) process will concentrate the Tank 48 contents to approximately 10 wt. percent tetraphenylborate solids by filtration. The filtrate produced during the process flows to the ITP stripping columns where the soluble benzene is removed from the solution. It has been observed that a large pressure differential occurs across the column packing when the filtrate is processed in the column. One potential explanation for the pressure differential is that the filtrate is foaming in the column. Small scale stripping tests have verified that the salt solution foams. Waste Management requested assistance from SRTC in solving the foaming problem through technical task requests HLE-TTR-93013A/B (Benzene Stripper Performance Evaluation) and HLE-TTR-93044 (Kinetics of Benzene and Dissolution). Various tests were completed to determine an effective defoaming agent for use in the stripping columns. This document discusses the tests and the conclusions.


ABSTRACT Larvae of the Atlantic mud crab Panopeus herbstii were reared for 13 days posthatching using two different laboratory methods and using large, field-deployed enclosures (mesocosms). The laboratory diet consisted solely of nauplii of Artemia sp., while the enclosure diet was a natural zooplankton assemblage. Survival was generally higher in the laboratory, but the rate of larval development was faster in the mesocosms. Differences in developmental rates were attributed to dissimilarities in the respective nutritional environments.


Objective To understand the epidemiological characteristics of mumps in Tai'an city in the years 2006-2010,to lower its incidence and to provide evidence for developing stratagems for its prevention and control.Methods A descriptive epidemiological analysis was carried out on the data of mumps prevalence obtained from Tai'an national disease reporting information system during the 2006-2010 period.Results It is reported that 187,133,155,289 and 421 cases with mumps occurred each year during 2006-2010 in Tai'an.The average annual incidence rate is 4.23/105.Mumps cases occurred in all the six counties,in which Xintai,Feicheng and Taishan District had a higher incidence.The incidence was of visible seasonality,which peaked during the April-July and November-December period.The age of onset usually ranged from 4 to 19 years.Conclusions The surveillance of mumps should be further strengthened and the vaccination carried out in Tai'an.


Objective To screen and identify the phage-display random 7 amino acid peptide specific to the systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) and analyze its practical significance. Methods Using the phage random 7 peptide library screening, the SLE specific phage clones are obtained after binding with the mixture of sera from 30 SLE patients and 30 normal controls as ligand respectively. Then the Dot-ELISA is used to identify the SLE specific phage clones reactive to sera of the SLE patients and normal controls individually. Finally the identified phage-display random 7 amino acid peptides are sequenced and it's homology with the antigenic epitope of human being and other are also analyzed. Results Total 12 of the phage-display random 7 amino acid peptide are obtained by phage peptide library screening and the Dot-ELISA identification. Sequence analysis shows that the identified phage-display random 7 amino acid peptide epitope have homology with E. coli, Salmonella and human immunodeficiency virus, but not with that of human being. Conclusion SLE-specific peptides screened by phage random peptide library maybe used to diagnosis the SLE. Meanwhile, the antibodies in SLE patients which are combined with the Pathogen epitope, suggest that SLE maybe relate to pathogen infection.

Key words:
Phage peptide library; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Sera


The research reported here describes aligning talk in simulated employment interviews. Alignment talk is used metacommunicatively by speakers to bracket, transform, or qualify other talk, hence it assumes great importance in how communicators define and evaluate situations. Four features of alignment talk appear both in the scholarly literature and in the speech of interview participants in our data: accounts, meta‐talk, formulations, and qualifiers. Each of these features are described in the present report, and their uses in job interviews are explored. It is concluded that these devices serve to accentuate role differences between interviewer and applicant, and to enforce rather stringent norms of how one talks in the job interview. Implications for interviewing practice are discussed.


This Algorithm Theoretical Basis (ATB) document describes the algorithms used to generate the parameters of certain ancillary products and datasets used during Level 2 processing of Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MIST) data.


It is generally recognized that diphthongs do not have steady states and only display identities through a dynamic shift of their spectra. In Miller's auditory‐perceptual theory, dynamic shifts of diphthong spectra are represented as paths on a "vowel map" [J. D. Miller, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Suppl. 1 81, S16 (1987)]. From the utterances of English digits by two male and two female native speakers, an auditory‐perceptual transformation system and a segmentation rule were used to transform the spectral prominences contours derived from those utterances containing diphthongs/aɪ/ and /eɪ/ in paths on the vowel map, and it was found that all paths from the same diphthong, independent on talker's sex and phonetic contexts, travel in the same route and form a "diphthong pip." After the detailed analysis of the paths, an automatic detection algorithm was developed based on angles, durations, lengths, origins, and other attributes of the paths. When applying the algorithm to digit utterances from 21 new talkers, the recognition accuracies for /aɪ/ and /eɪ/ were 75% and 90% while the insertion rates were only 1.1% and 4.5%, respectively. [Work supported by NINCDS and done at Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis MO.]


to accept the title by a special sign which Zeus had sent him in answer to prayer. {Letter to Athenians 284C.) But when Julian described the event to his closer companions, presumably Latin-speaking officers, he assigned the divine message to the genius publicus, i.e. the geniuspopuli Romani (Amm. XX, 5, 10). After Julian's death Libanius described the proclamation in purely secular terms. This was his own classical way of looking at historical events. But he too was affected by the age's preoccupation with theological interpretation. In Or. XXIV he ascribes, or professes to ascribe, the misfortunes of the empire to the anger of the gods at the failure to punish an alleged Christian murderer of Julian.


Since its construction in 2010, the icebreaker ARAON has been conducting regular polar field surveys to observe changes in the atmosphere and marine environment in polar regions. The Arctic Ocean, a major research area, is directly affected by changes in the ocean, atmosphere and energy circulation system due to the continuous decrease in sea ice. During the Arctic summer season, when sea ice becomes smaller and thinner, the ARAON passes through East Sea, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea to investigate the marine environment on the high latitude high seas. The Arctic Ocean is important not only for scientific research due to climate change, but also for economic research such as undersea energy, mineral resources, and Northern Sea route. However, it is difficult to access the Arctic and conduct long-term and continuous field surveys. ARAON carries out Arctic research voyages using various research equipment, and the most basic observation among them is meteorological information and sea water observation data. Weather data include solar radiation, atmospheric temperature, humidity, wind speed and wind direction, and seawater observations include sea water temperature, salinity, conductivity and fluorescence substances. In addition, three-dimensional location information of the research line was obtained. The data will be used as inspection data for satellite data and polar field survey data.


This paper studied the effects of various compound substrate on growth,photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters by using soaked CAA of 5 different nutrient solution mixed vermiculite.The results showed that with concentration of nutrient solution increased,growth indexes,net photosynthetic rate and maximal photochemical efficiency of PSⅡ(Fv/Fm) of cucumber seedlings increased.Treatment 5 had the best obvious effects among 5 different treatments,and its growth and photosynthesis parameters were significantly greater than other treatments.The results suggested that the fertilization frequency was decreased,and quality of plug seedlings of cucumber were significantly improved using the compound substrate of CAA soaked in high concentration nutrient solution mixed with vermiculite,which can be used as the substitute product of peat-based growing media.


Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ABSTRACT) The long-term effects of participation in high school sports were the focus of this study. Ten top-level managers in Fortune 500 companies were asked about participation in high school sports and the enduring effects of that participation. Five men (one black) and five women (one Asian) participated in the study. Interviewing, observing offices, and reviewing high school yearbooks were the methods of data collection. The data were analyzed using the constant-comparative method of Maykut and Morehouse (1994). Based on the literature and the development of a sports participation theory, data were collected on the organizational and personal variables affecting participation in high school sports, and the sports participation variables affecting later life. Long-term effects of sports participation in high school were identified in 13 areas: (1) being competitive, (2) being goal oriented, (3) being physically active, (4) making friends, (5) developing leadership skills, (6) enhancing self-esteem, (7) displaying sports paraphernalia, (8) practicing sports philosophy, (9) working as a team, (10) acquiring skills not taught in a classroom, (11) managing time, (12) volunteering, and (13) working with diverse groups. These findings may be helpful to school administrators and policy makers as they evaluate the benefits and liabilities of their sports programs. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I want to acknowledge my advisor Dr. David Parks, without whom I would never have completed this project. I want to thank him for sticking beside me when the going got tough and for his trademark encouraging feedback. I would also like to thank my committee members: Dr. Tina Dawson, for providing much guidance in the early stages of developing this study; Dr. Bill Christy, who was always willing to discuss the benefits of sports participation and the need for my research; Dr. Travis Twiford, who came on as a committee member with recent experience as president of the high school league association in North Carolina; and Dr. Vicki Swecker, who encouraged me to provide research that would be beneficial to central office personnel. They each offered words of wisdom when I needed them the most. I would like to publicly thank the school board members and central administration personnel of the Portsmouth Public Schools for allowing me to take a year to move to Blacksburg and complete this project. There are two special persons in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies program at Virginia Tech that deserve a very special thank …


We report the preparation and thermal reactivities of unique Cu(I) and Cu(II) metalloenediyne complexes of the flexible 1,8-bis(pyridine-3-oxy)oct-4-ene-2,6-diyne ligand (bpod, 1). The thermal reactivities of these metalloenediynes are intimately modulated by metal oxidation state. Using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), we demonstrate that the [Cu(bpod)2]+ complex (2) undergoes Bergman cyclization at 203 °C, whereas the Cu(II) analogue (3) is substantially more reactive and cyclizes at 121 °C. Similar results are also observed for mixed ligand [Cu(bpod)(pyridine)2]+/2+ analogues 4 (194 °C) and 5 (116 °C), suggesting that both complexes of a given oxidation state have comparable structures. The Cu(bpod)Cl2 compound (6) exhibits a cyclization temperature (152 °C) midway between the those of Cu(I) and Cu(II) complexes, which can be explained by the propensity for cis-CuN2Cl2 structures to exhibit dihedral angle distortion. The oxidation-state-dependent thermal reactivity is unprecedented and reflects...


Moldova is a parliamentary democracy that has recently embarked on a strong reform agenda despite a series of exogenous crises. The parliamentary nature of the democracy has been confirmed by recent competitive elections at parliamentary and presidential level. The country's legal and constitutional framework largely corresponds to European and international standards. As regards the political criteria, Moldova has a solid foundation in place to reach the stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities. As regards the economic criteria, Moldova has pursued reasonably sound macroeconomic policies, significantly strengthened financial sector stability, and improved the business environment. Speaking about capacity to fulfil the obligations of membership, Moldova has worked since 2016 on the implementation of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (AA/DFCTA). These agreements already capture significant amount of the EU acquis and Moldova has gradually taken up the alignment process across many sectors and has a satisfactory track record of implementation. Overall, Moldova is a European State committed to respecting and promoting the values on which the European Union is founded.


Amphiphilic silicone copolymers are an exciting class of biomedically relevant polymers that can be used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based cell labelling and oximetry studies. However, the...


Some new methods are proposed for on-line cursive handwriting recognition.Based on the special primitive attribute of handwriting cursive English,the paper represents a fast valid decoding algorithm,that is,Primitive Level Building Beam Viterbi(PLBBV).Since the decoding process is a multi-phase decision-making process,the paper represents a combining classifiers algorithm that uses all the classifiers' measurement to make decision.The tests on the Unipen training set and the laboratory set reveal the feasibility of the proposed method.


A new complexometric titration method coupled with multivariate calibration for the simultaneous determination of multi-components including Cu,Pb,Zn in alloy has been developed.The titrant is a mixture of EDTA and sodium fluoride,both mercury film electrode and fluorinion selective electrode are inserted in the titration solution.In a process of titration,both the added volume of titrant and the concentration of mercury ion at each titration point can be obtained simultaneously from the potentials of two electrodes,and then the concentration of each component in the alloy can be obtained from the titration curves by multivariate calibration.The method is free of volumetric measurements and independent of titration end point.The method has been applied for the simultaneous determination of copper,lead and zinc in alloy samples with the relative standard deviation of 0.18%-0.45% and the recovery of 99.5%-101.6%.


The polymorphisms of prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH ) genes were detected using PCR-RFLP and PCR-SSCP, respectively. The association between the two genes (PRL and GH ) and egg performance of Gaoyou duck were analyzed. The results showed: ①Three genotypes AA, AB and BB were found in PRL gene by PCR-RFLP. Frequencies of allele A and B were 0.226 and 0.774. A mutation T→C at the position of 1 326 bp (PRL intron 1) of the PRL gene in Gaoyou duck was found by DNA sequencing. Three genotypes CC, CD and DD were found in GH gene with the preponderant gene D frequency of 0.778 and the gene C frequency of 0.222. The mutations C→T at the position of 3 701 bp (GH extron 4) was found by DNA sequencing. ②The highly significant association between PRL polymorphism and egg weight (30-weeks) was observed (P 0.01). Three significant associations were found: for PRL and double-yolk percentage (P 0.05), GH and the highest clutch days (P 0.05), GH and double-yolk percentage (P 0.05), respectively.


David Livingstone was one of the supreme representatives of the British Empire; yet his career suffered many set-backs during his own lifetime and since his death his reputation has swung between extremes of adulation and dismissal. Were his epic journeys through Africa purely to save souls and counter the slave trade? Or were they the first steps towards bringing the peoples of Central Africa under the control of Europeans who would destroy their values and exploit them economically? Beyond these questions, there lies the puzzle of Livingstone's own character and its contradictions. Livingstone's career was certainly an extraordinary one. Born in poverty in Blantyre, Scotland, he educated himself by heroic endeavour, later proving himself to be a remarkable linguist and scientist. His missionary journeys brought him into contact with a wide range of African peoples, for whom he showed remarkable sympathy. This book is an account of Livingstone's life and his achievements.


Physical and numerical modeling methods were used to predict shoaling rates in the proposed Naval Station Puget Sound, Washington. A simple analytical model (SILTHAR), based on the premise that shoaling in a tidal harbor depends on the volume of water exchanged per tidal cycle and the suspended sediment load of the exchanged water, was appropriate for the predictions. Dye tests in a physical model, with horizontal and vertical length scales of 1:500 and 1:100 respectively, indicated that the volumes of water exchanged per tidal cycle by eddy motion and with the tidal prism in the existing and the proposed harbors are 27 and 22 percent of the harbor volumes. The volume of water exchanged by density-driven circulation, however, is as much as 7. 8 times the volume exchanged be tidal action alone. Predicted shoaling rates in the proposed facility range from 2. 0 cm/yr in the inner harbor to a maximum rate of 10 cm/yr in the outer harbor.


The invention relates to a device for pulse laser etching of a conducting film on organic glass. The device comprises laser etching equipment, the laser etching equipment consists of a laser device (1), a light gate (2), a 1/2 wave plate (3), a Glan prism (4), a beam expander (5), a total-reflection lens (6), a galvanometer system (7) and a telecentric field lens (8), laser light emitted by the laser device (1) sequentially passes through the light gate (2), the 1/2 wave plate (3) and the Glan prism (4) and then is incident into the beam expander (5), light beams are coaxially expanded by the beam expander (5), the laser light reaches the total-reflection lens (6) after the beams are expanded and collimated by the beam expander (5), reflected laser light of the total-reflection lens (6) is incident into the galvanometer system (7), and emergent laser light of the galvanometer system (7) passes through the telecentric field lens (8) and is focused on a to-be-processed workpiece (12) absorbed on a vacuum absorption platform (13). The device for pulse laser etching of the conducting film on the organic glass is simple in processing, high in efficiency and free of consumables.


The relationships between the media and the presidency have been written about extensively, yet some conclusions have been misapplied and overvalued, while other potential conclusions have been overlooked or denied. The ten propositions presented here are intended to provide corrective hypotheses to presidential communication researchers.


In the title of her book, linking the words "public spheres", "public mores" and "democracy", Madeleine Hurd more than hints at the larger theoretical and empirical confines of her investigation. Furthermore, the title also contains the keywords in Hurd's polemic against some strains in the treatment of "public spheres" and "democracy". Make no mistake about the reference to Jürgen Habermas's classical investigation of the Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit . As such, Hurd's investigation of the emergence and functioning of the public spheres in two cities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is to be situated within a large amount of recent theoretical as well as empirical analyses of the manifold processes contained within the term "public sphere". In fact, plurality might serve as a common characteristic for recent investigations into this thematic complex. Keith M. Baker, Robert Darnton, Jeffrey K. Sawyer and J. A. W. Gunn have investigated the French "revolutionary" scenario, while English and Anglo-American variants have been analysed by David Zaret, Paula McDowell and Michael Warner. The German public sphere, on its side, has recently been analysed by Günter Lottes, Jürgen Kocka and Torstein Liesegang. Hurd's investigation, then, is an addition to this recent revision of certain facets of Habermas's classical notion of the bourgeois public sphere, while the use of the plural "public spheres" in the title underlines the extent to which Hurd establishes a polemical front towards Habermas's monolithic concept of the public sphere. On the other hand, Hurd's book transcends the theoretical framework of this recent revisionist literature on two counts. First, Hurd investigates the relationship between the public spheres, public mores and democracy in comparative terms, in which Hamburg and Stockholm serve as the units of comparison. Secondly, Hurd is the first, to my knowledge, to use a comparative method as well as making a comparison on both a microand a macro-level. While the micro-comparison is set within the methodical confines of recent approaches in social history – Geoff Eley and David Blackburn in particular should be mentioned here – the macro-historical component pertains to the third keyword, namely "democratic". In other words, the macrohistorical component enables Hurd to introduce a second polemic counterpart as she argues against the well-known Sonderweg thesis: the failure of democracy in Germany leading finally to totalitarianism was due to the lack of a strong bourgeois class able to balance political absolutism represented by the coalition of king and nobility. Hurd draws attention away from this static model and focuses on how the democratic mores are intimately connected to the public spheres on the one hand, and the democratization process on the other: "Contrary to the Sonderweg model, I shall argue that a democratising liberal party need be neither bourgeois, capitalist, nor libertarian" (p. 3). Scand. J. History 27, pp. 47–60. Oslo. ISSN 0346-8755


An innovative approach to adaptive regu1ation of stocha stic mu1tivariab1e linear plants is described. Its main feature consistsofsynthesizing a feedback-gain matrix according to the minimization of a quadratic cost functional defined over a control horizon of arbitrary length via an implicit identification algorithm. Indeed, all that is required is to recursive1y carry out an LS esti mation of a multistep prediction model J#hose parameters almost di rectly yield the desired feedback. The resulting algorithm, refe! red to by the acronym MUSMAR, encompasses the basic LS+MV self-t~ ning regulator as well as adaptive regulators strictly related to steady-state LQG theory. In the latter version, the MUSMAR, inhe riting the intrinsic robusteness of LQG design, performs almost DE timally even when the plant is nonminimum-phase or does not satisfy a positive real ness condition.


Abstract This paper derives from an ESRC‐funded study (L208252002) of the English and foreign languages classroom experiences of Year 9 pupils. In this project, researchers worked in three schools, one of which had significant numbers of bilingual learners, and observed/recorded lessons, interviewed teachers and pupils and recorded pupils performing a number of language‐related tasks. The main focus of the project was to explore the extent and nature of teachers' and pupils' 'knowledge about language' (KAL), how KAL issues were handled in the classroom and possible links between KAL and pupils' language development. The paper uses data from the project to compare the experience and responses of bilingual learners in mainstream classrooms with those of monolingual English speakers, in relation to factors such as awareness of language variation and language learning strategies. This empirical account is set in the context of a critical discussion of recent policy developments for language education and an e...


With the development and progress of society, short-term traffic flow prediction has become an increasingly important topic. Accurate prediction of traffic flow can not only provide necessary guidance for the transportation department, but also bring convenience to travel, but also play an important role in the prevention and control of urban air pollution. This paper mainly studies the prediction of vehicle flow, and then estimates the vehicle exhaust through the calculated vehicle flow, trying to establish the estimation model of vehicle flow and vehicle exhaust. Through Gaode map interface and WGS-84 (GPS) coordinates of each bayonet provided, the road name corresponding to the bayonet equipment is obtained according to the distance vector, and the data is preprocessed. For the interval road motor vehicle flow, the dynamic prediction can be realized by using the interdependence between the time series observations. According to the time dimension of prediction, traffic flow prediction can generally be divided into long-term traffic flow prediction (in year), medium-term traffic flow prediction (in month and day) and short-term traffic flow prediction (in hour and minute). According to the data provided, due to the weak regularity of short-term traffic flow data of interval roads, strong random error interference, and high uncertainty, it is difficult to predict accurately, The long-term and medium-term traffic flow data have strong periodicity and weak random interference. Considering the accuracy and data provided, this paper mainly selects the prediction method based on endogenous variables represented by autoregressive moving average model ARIMA and time cycle neural network LSTM. Because the use conditions of the two models are different, it is necessary to improve the model and modify the use scenario of the model. The advantage of this method is that the data acquisition cost is low and easy to implement. Finally, the prediction effect of traffic flow is evaluated by cellular automata to improve the performance of the model.


Following up on last month's skills article by Stradley Ronon attorneys on establishing a framework for resolving disputes in arbitration, Zela G. Claiborne, of San Francisco, describes additional sophisticated strategic moves for advocates and parties


Simple Summary Both marine and terrestrial mammal predators come into conflict with humans in Europe and yet their situations are rarely compared. Areas of conflict include the predation of livestock and farmed fish, and also perceived competition for wild prey (for example wolves competing with hunters for deer and seals competing with fishermen for salmon). A lethal method (shooting) and non-lethal methods of conflict reduction used for terrestrial large carnivores (e.g., bear, wolf, wolverine, lynx) and marine mammals (seals) are discussed and their potential impacts on predator welfare are considered. The importance of carrying out an animal welfare assessment when choosing a control method is emphasized along with possible assessment methods. Recommendations for future work are also made. Abstract The control of predators, on land and in the sea, is a complex topic. Both marine and terrestrial mammal predators come into conflict with humans in Europe in many ways and yet their situations are rarely compared. Areas of conflict include the predation of livestock and farmed fish, and the perceived competition for wild prey (for example wolves competing with hunters for deer and seals competing with fishermen for salmon). A lethal method (shooting) and non-lethal methods of conflict reduction (including enclosures, guarding, and aversion) used for terrestrial large carnivores (e.g., bear, wolf, wolverine, lynx) and marine mammals (seals) are discussed. Control measures tend to be species- and habitat-specific, although shooting is a widely used method. Potential impacts on predator welfare are described and welfare assessments which have been developed for other wildlife control scenarios, e.g., control of introduced species, are considered for their potential use in assessing predator control. Such assessments should be applied before control methods are chosen so that decisions prioritizing animal welfare can be made. Further work needs to be carried out to achieve appropriate and widely-accepted animal welfare assessment approaches and these should be included in predator management planning. Future research should include further sharing of approaches and information between terrestrial and marine specialists to help ensure that animal welfare is prioritized.


In the recent years the multicast routing in wireless mesh network has given attention on metrics to improve link quality and to increase the high-throughput.Nodes must have always contact with their neighbouring nodes to send the data to the destination.In the wireless mesh network all nodes acts as honest and behave correctly during the data transmission,As well as data transmission leads to unexpected consequences in the network where these nodes acts as intruders. In this work, we discover attackers against high-throughput multicast protocols in wireless mesh network.These intruders allows other malicious nodes to increase large amount of traffic.These attackers are highly successful against multicast protocols based on high-throughput metrics.We conclude that these path selection is very secure.So it increase the throughput and also have high effect on the attackers.So our idea is to defend against the attackers by using Rate guard mechanism.The important protocol used in this wireless mesh network is ODMRP,SPP,and ETX metric to the multicast setting.


The biology characteristics of seeds and the seedlings of Pinus sylvestris var.mongolica were observed and studied,techniques of growing seedlings of Pinus sylvestris var.mongolica including seed treatment,seedling cultivation and prevention and control of plant disease were summarized.


It is quite natural to conjecture that a positively homogeneous function with degree d ≥ 2 on R satisfies the Łojasiewicz gradient inequality with exponent θ = 1/d without any need for an analyticity assumption. We show that this property is true under some additional hypotheses, but not always, even for N = 2. Introduction. The starting point of this work is convergence to equilibrium of global bounded solutions of the first order gradient system governed by the equation (0.1) u +∇F (u) = 0, t ≥ 0. The following basic result, generalized in many recent papers [1–7, 12] to various finiteor infinite-dimensional gradient-like dynamical systems, has been obtained by S. Łojasiewicz [8, 10]: Theorem 0.1. Let F : U ⊂ R → R be real analytic with U open and let u be any bounded global solution of (1.1) with the closure of its range contained in U . There exists a ∈ E = {a ∈ U : ∇F (a) = 0} such that (0.2) lim t→+∞ ‖u(t)− a‖ = 0. The proof of Theorem 0.1 relies on the following deep result also due to Łojasiewicz [8, 9]. Theorem 0.2. Let F : U ⊂ R → R be real analytic and let a ∈ E. There are two real numbers (depending on a in general) θ ∈ (0, 1/2) and η > 0 such that (0.3) ∀u ∈ U, ‖u− a‖ ≤ η ⇒ ‖∇F (u)‖ ≥ |F (u)− F (a)|. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 26B35, 26E05, 34A26, 34D05.


This article explores dormant Commerce Clause problems encountered when states attempt to regulate internet communications. It concludes that the so-called SPAM problem requries a national solution.


In the eight years since its creation, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had tried to provide a platform for the federal government to share sensitive but unclassified (SBU) information among its varied mission partners. These partners include federal agencies and state and local public safety and law enforcement officials. Its third iteration was under development and was behind schedule, over budget, and was not garnering the support from either management or the user community. The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had halted any additional spending on the project. The existing course of action was not acceptable and de-escalation was required. A review of the project led DHS to cancel the project, re-scope the work, and start over. This case study examines the process of de-escalating the project by mapping the de-escalation phases of DHS Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) Next Gen into an established research framework (Keil & Montealegre, 2000). The study confirms the practical application of Keil and Montealgre's deescalation framework and provides insights for practitioners from the case's lessons learned.


Abstract The Tobolsky-Eisenberg theory serves to explain the equilibrium polymerization of sulfur in terms of the dependence of S8 (ring) concentration on temperature and the dependence of number-average degree of polymerization on temperature. The predictions of the theory are completely in accord with experiment. In this paper it is shown that it is possible to take the presence of another component in the melt, Sπ, into account, using a slightly modified version of the Tobolsky-Eisenberg theory. When this is done it is found that the earlier conclusions remain valid. The molecular complexity and structure of Sπ is also discussed.


BACKGROUND
The cisplatin-pemetrexed and cisplatin-gemcitabine combinations are considered the standard treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma. The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of gemcitabine plus docetaxel in the first-line setting, as this combination has not been investigated in mesothelioma before.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
Twenty-five consecutive patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma were enrolled. They received 80 mg/m(2) of docetaxel and 1,000 mg/m(2) of gemcitabine on days 1 and 14 of a 28-day cycle. The treatment was scheduled for a maximum of 6 cycles or until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

RESULTS
A total of 7 out of our 25 patients (28%) responded to treatment. In 14 patients (56%), the disease remained stable, while in 4 (16%) it progressed. The median time to progression was 7 months (range: 5.4-8.6 months) and the median overall survival was 15 months (range: 12.4-17.5 months).

CONCLUSION
The administration of gemcitabine and doctaxel appears to be promising first-line therapy for patients with mesothelioma, as it is well tolerated and appears to improve survival.


Structured document query languages have been proposed for providing dynamic linking and composition behavior within hypermedia systems. HyTime (ISO 10744) defines a structured document query language called HyQ, but HyQ has received little attention by designers of hypermedia systems. We discuss and evaluate the use of HyQ for dynamic linking and virtual document structures. A series of HyQ examples are provided as part of the presentation. We also review qualitative performance considerations and implementation status.


Entrepreneurship is one of the important economic phenomena of today. The entrepreneurs who put the initiatives into operation, which constitute the most fundamental building block of the economy, keep the interest above all periods. It can be stated that, it is tried to be increased with the support and incentives of the state and also with grants especially today. Entrepreneurship is a key element of economic development, employment creation and increasing the level of welfare which countries emphasize strongly. Entrepreneurship is the process of carrying the opportunities offered by the environment into a business activity. There are many characteristics that entrepreneurs who can see these opportunities should have, and as one of them, the entrepreneurial tendencies of university students who are candidates to become entrepreneurs and the personality traits considered as one of the factors affecting this tendency have been tried to be determined by considering the gender factor. In the study, it was aimed to determine the role of gender factor in the effect of personality traits of university students on their tendency to be entrepreneurs. For this purpose, data from 300 university students were obtained from the online questionnaires sent to university students. Reliability analysis and descriptive statistics were made with SPSS 16 for these data. For the analysis of the hypotheses, the structural equation model was applied in AMOS 19 program. It was determined that extraversion and openness to development dimension of personality traits affected entrepreneurship tendency. Additionally, it was determined that age and gender among demographic factors also affected the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurship tendency.


A key technology problem with respect to approval testing is that of simulating firing impulse in large

calibre weapon systems without firing live ammunition with many problems as high cost, strict

environmental conditions, large numbers of staffing, wide test field, etc. There are two main methods in use

at present: the first method is to carry out numerical simulation of gun firing dynamics with modelling and

simulation (MS the second method is to conduct hardware-in-the-loop simulation test with

firing impulse simulator (FIS). The latter types of methods generate impulse effect to simulate gun live

firing from power sources of gunpowder, gas, or liquid. FIS with gunpowder or gas as power source take on

problems as low control precision, complicated operating process, and poor safety. In this paper, a FIS

which transfer test data via CAN (Control Area Net) bus was designed and developed. System composition

and working principle are introduced based on analyzing features of similar products, where key

technologies as counter-recoil analysis, mass and speed choice of pounding head, system safety design are

studied with emphasis. The research results indicate that FIS can be used as an effective supplementary to

live firing in approval test of weapon system.


The Chequers deal is deeply flawed on both economic as well as political grounds - a "no deal" Brexit would be a far preferable solution, argues Ruth Lea. In her opinion, a Chequers-style deal would be economically sub-optimal, tying the UK to the EU's rulebook, but without any influence. On the contrary, in the event of a "no deal" Brexit, trading under the WTO rules could give a major competitiveness boost to the British economy, providing liberalising, outward-looking policies were to be pursued. It is the forward-looking, global option, whereas Chequers would de facto keep us tied to the EU's relatively slow-growing and saturated markets, she concludes.


Banking authorities must resolve or otherwise deal with existing banks that are weak or insolvent without imposing costs on consumers or taxpayers. Two aspects of this concern should be delineated. First, how can banking regulations be structured so that the future exit of weak and insolvent banks would be relatively costless? Next, how can the authorities resolve existing weak and insolvent banks without imposing costs on depositors or taxpayers?


The article reveals the content of base ontological and gnoseological conceptions of freedom of modern epoch. The main aspects of ontology of freedom in French materialism, German classical philosophy and culture of Marxism developers' philosophy are considered.


The use of a rectangular waveguide partially loaded with electrooptic material as a laser beam phase modulator is analyzed theoretically. The characteristic equation, fields, power, and attenuation are obtained in terms of normalized parameters. Design procedure of the modulator is given with particular reference to KDP.


The authors present parallel algorithms for heap operations on an EREW PRAM. They first present a parallel heap construction algorithm with p processors running in O(n/p+logp) time. It takes 3.625n/p+4log p time in the worst case. The algorithm is optimal when p= theta (n/logn). They then propose a method to delete the root of a heap in parallel. To facilitate dynamic processor allocation, a data structure is developed in a preparatory step using O((n/logn)/sup 1-1/p/) processors in O(logp) time. A sequence of root deletion operations is realized such that each of these operations takes O((logn)/p+logp+loglogn) time using p processors. The authors also suggest an O((logn)/p+log p) time optimal parallel insert algorithm using p processors. When p= theta ((logn)/loglogn), both algorithms run in O(loglogn) time. The algorithms can also be extended to a parallel algorithm for deleting an element from a heap, given the address of the element.<<ETX>>


Nitrogen-doped porous carbons have been synthesized from triazine based polyimide frameworks using ZnCl2 as an activating agent for electrochemical energy storage.


On March 17, 1925, there occurred a rare phenomenon in the annals of intellectual history: an important event subsequently lost in the recorded memory of modern scholarship. Following a series of delicate internal discussions, the Executive Council of the American Historical Association (AHA) voted unanimously by postal ballot to sponsor a proposal from European scholars for a new "international journal of comparative cultural history." Though administered through the AHA, the review would be financed through a subvention from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial (LSRM), then the world's leading philanthropic supporter of the academic humanities and social sciences.1 The project was submitted under the joint auspices of American historians and the memorial as the official research publication for the newly conceived International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS), in the hope of alleviating


Abstract In 2001 and 2002, West Virginia (WV) salmonid producers were offered free fish health inspection services (FHI). The objectives were to educate farmers about the value of farm biosecurity and of fish health inspection, estimate the number of WV salmonid farms positive for seven pathogens, estimate the per farm cost of FHI, and survey private producers regarding experience with, and attitudes toward, the FHI. Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus, Myxobolus cerebralisand Aeromonas salmonicida were identified at WV farms. Cost of inspection was $3,000 to $5,000 per farm. A significant portion of the cost was associated with travel and with identification of Myxobolus cerebralis. Farmers understood the value of FHI as part of a biosecurity plan and did not view it as simply an annoying regulatory requirement.


Wave-mechanical calculations are reported for the sulphur atom in varying degrees of ionization. The Dirac vector model is used to set up the self-consistent-field equations appropriate to (1) spectroscopic states involving one or more electrons in d orbitals; (2) valence-states with one or more d electrons; (3) valence-states in which octahedral, square-planar, and distorted tetrahedral hybrids are used. The equations are solved to determine the total atomic energy and the size and shape of the orbitals. Previous less accurate work with use of simple analytical approximations to the orbitals is confirmed and improved. The sizes of the 3s and 3p orbitals change very little, even when the total number of valence electrons changes; but the size of the 3d orbital is very sensitive both to the number of d electrons and the formal charge on the atom. The importance of this is stressed for an understanding of the higher valences of sulphur, and of sulphur, and of other atoms where d electrons may reasonably occur.


The prognosis of HIV infection has dramatically improved in recent years with the introduction of combined antiretroviral therapy. Currently, liver disease is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality, even more so given the high rate of hepatitis C virus coinfection in countries where drug abuse has been an important HIV risk factor. Survival of HIV-coinfected patients with end-stage liver disease is poor and shorter than that of the non HIV-infected population. One-year survival of HIV-infected patients with end-stage liver disease is only around 50-55%. Infection with HIV is no longer a contraindication to transplantation, which is becoming a standard therapy in most developed countries. The HIV criteria used to select HIV-infected patients for liver transplantation are quite similar in Europe and North America. Current criteria state that having had an opportunistic infection (e.g. tuberculosis, candidiasis, Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia) is not a strict exclusion criterion. However, patients must have a CD4 count above 100 cells/mm3 and a plasma HIV-1 RNA viral load which is suppressible with antiretroviral treatment. More than 300 orthotopic liver transplants in HIV-infected patients have been published in recent years and the mid-term (three-year) survival was similar to that of HIV-negative patients. The main problems in the posttransplant period are the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions between antiretroviral and immunosuppressive agents and the recurrence of HCV infection, which is the principal cause of posttransplant mortality. There are controversial results regarding midterm survival of HIV/HCV-coinfected patients in comparison with HCV-monoinfected ones. However, one study showed a trend of poorer five-year survival of HIV/HCV-coinfected patients. There is little experience with the treatment of recurrent HCV infection. Preliminary studies showed rates of sustained virologic response ranging between 15-20% in HIV/HCVcoinfected recipients. Liver transplantation in HIV/HBV-coinfected patients had a good prognosis because HBV recurrence can be successfully prevented using immunoglobulins and anti-HBV drugs. Finally, this field is evolving continuously and the indications for liver transplantation or the management of HCV coinfection may change in the future as more evidence becomes available. (Trends in Transplant. 2008;2:78-91) Corresponding author: José M. Miró, email@example.com . 2008;2:78-91


The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how a general metaphysical framework can be fruitfully integrated with contemporary fundamental physics to help advance our understanding of quantum ontology. The basic idea is that metaphysics concerns fundamental reality and how fundamental reality is related to reality. If we accept that fundamental reality includes fundamental physics, then the investigation of fundamental reality by physicists is one component of the overall undertaking of metaphysics. The distinctively philosophical components include (1) identifying how fundamental reality relates to reality, (2) clarifying our epistemic grasp of fundamental reality, and (3) comparing our answers to existing alternatives. It would take considerable effort to accomplish each of these tasks fully, but in the following discussion, I hope to sketch one particular philosophical program and how it can address them. My goal is to provide a proof of concept for a scientific metaphysics that is broader and more conceptually oriented than science itself yet is capable of supporting the conclusion that the actual world is ultimately just fundamental physics. I will first sketch my proposed philosophical program and its central distinction between fundamental and derivative reality. In order to support adoption of the program, I will then address tasks (1) and (2) by introducing a formal device called an 'empirical surrogate'. Its purpose is to idealize the empirical phenomena that scientific theories attempt to predict and explain so that the fundamental theory can explain the empirical phenomena by explaining the empirical surrogate. One can think of the concept 'empirical surrogate' as an alternative to Wilfrid Sellars' (1962) "manifest image" and to the more recently proposed idea of a "primitive ontology." In sections 4 and 5, I then illustrate the fundamental/derivative distinction and 'empirical surrogate' by applying them to the classic debate over the ontological status of space in classical mechanics and to contemporary debate over quantum ontology. Finally, I address task (3) by contrasting my approach to some recent advocacy for primitive ontology and to Bell's appeal to "beables" and "local beables."


An Information Extraction activity is a complex process that can be decomposed into several tasks. This decomposition brings the following advantages: (i) for each task it becomes possible to choose the best technique independently from the other tasks; (ii) an Information Extraction program can be developed as a set of independent modules (one for each task), making it easy to perform local debugging; (iii) it becomes easy to customize the Information Extraction activity through reordering, selection or even composition the tasks. This paper presents a commonly used decomposition of the Information Extraction activities and gives detail about the most used machine learning and rule-based techniques for each task.


A core value of Pentecostals is a vital experience of faith. This leads to miracles and healings being an integral part of our belief system. In a time of sickness when we have a choice between coming down on the side of belief or unbelief, we firmly choose belief. This does not mean that we try to force God to heal nor that healing on earth even comes in every instance. But a positive affirmation of faith is our starting point based on the following premises flowing out of our belief in the Trinity.


In the present work, the reaction mechanisms for thermal decomposition of cyclohexane in the gas phase have been investigated using quantum chemical calculations and transition-state theory. Three series of reaction schemes containing 38 elementary reactions are proposed. The geometry optimization and vibrational frequencies of reactants, transition states, and products are determined at the BH&HLYP/cc-pVDZ level, while energies are calculated at the CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ level. The rate constants for the reactions without transition states, including the initial steps of cyclohexane decomposition (C–C bond scission or C–H bond scission), are obtained by the canonical variational transition-state theory (CVT), while the rate constants for the other reactions with saddle-point transition states are obtained by the conventional transition-state theory (TST) in the temperature range of 300–3000 K. The rate constants are in good agreement with data available from the literature. The kinetic parameters in the modifi...


Conventional visual and manual analysis approaches to pavement crack detection are costly, time-consuming, labor-intensive, and subjective. This paper proposed a scheme of automated detection of asphalt pavement surface images. Image enhancement based on mathematical morphologic operations was first performed, then the image is segmented based on the threshold method. The main idea of the proposed image segmentation method is that the threshold values of gray-level pavement images are strongly related with the values of the mean and standard deviation of the pixel intensities. The experimental results have demonstrated that the proposed approach can determine the threshold values accurately and quickly.


The Academic Business Library Directors (ABLD) assembled for the group's annual meeting May 5-7, 2001, at Michigan State University (MSU), in East Lansing. Participants who arrived early on Saturday could select from an array of events nearby for an introduction to M.S.U., including a visit to the "Botanica: Contemporary Art & the World of Plants" exhibition or a stroll among several exhibits at the M.S.U. Museum. A trip to the M.S.U. Dairy Store for homemade ice cream was also recommended along with the more adventurous Rodeo Triple Challenge Championship held at the M.S.U. Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. Attendees were also able to enjoy the opportunity of exploring the grounds of the M.S.U. Horticultural Demonstration Gardens. Attendees were formally welcomed at a reception on Saturday evening at the William C. Gast Business Library. The business library serves the students, faculty and staff of the Eli Broad College of Business, the Michigan State University community as a whole, and residents of the state of Michigan. The Gast Business Library, the largest and most technologically advanced branch library of M.S.U.'s 14-branch library system, provided the facilities for the conference programs.


Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B3 (702 aa, ~74 kDa) is encoded by the human SLCO1B3 gene. This protein plays a role in both the uptake of endogenous and xenobiotic compounds in the liver and bile acid and bilirubin transport.


Studies of reactor safety considerations have demonstrated the need for automatic safety circuit action based on the measured rate of power increase in the power level range from 10{sup {minus}2} to 10 {sup 0} times equilibrium power level. Budget and Preliminary Engineering Studies were performed. This document provides the design criteria for detailed design of the proposed Linear Power Rate-Of-Rise Instrumentation facilities and is applicable to any of the eight IPD reactors.


This study aimed to look at how a lifelong education program and learning groups related to the program in a rural community contributed to the rural tourism development. This study was also aiming at developing theoretical frameworks and research methods to investigate the effects of a lifelong education program and learning groups on the rural tourism development as well as the revitalization of a rural community. As a case study, this study chose the Green College that is a lifelong education program for community leaders and for (potential) rural tourism managers in Gangjin and it investigate the whole process from the development of the program until the end of the one-year program with surveys, participant observations, and interviews.


An odd number of digital not‐gates connected in a closed loop circuit will produce a relatively stable free running oscillator. The frequency of oscillation is determined by the number and type of not‐gates, the circuit supply voltage, and the total length of connection wire used between the not‐gates. Measuring the frequency for various lengths of connection wire enables the speed of the digital signals in the wire to be calculated. The method is sensitive enough to reveal that signals traveling in 22 gauge insulated copper wire propagate about 5% slower than those in 22 gauge bare copper wire. The speed in insulated wire is (2.87±0.03)×108 m/s and the speed in bare wire is (3.03±0.02)×108 m/s. This experiment has been found to be a very popular undergraduate laboratory due to its low cost, straightforward theory, and relatively high (∼1%) precision. The absence of a light source eliminates complicated optics and impresses students with the fact that visible light is not the only thing that travels with ...


ABSTRACT Secrecy as a mode of governance offers a new site to analyze and understand the state's violence against those living under settler colonial oppression. In this article, we investigate the Israeli state's policies and use of "secret information" to violate, infiltrate, and penetrate Palestinian women's lives, bodies, psyches, and minds in Occupied East Jerusalem. By sharing Palestinian women's narratives, we offer a glimpse into the operation of colonial power via what we define as gendered securitized secrecy. The narratives expose the gendered aspects of the psychopolitical work of secrecy in penetrating, engineering, and/or destabilizing the constructions of national and social bonds, personhood, and sexuality among colonized women. We argue that secrecy, as state-militarized and psychologized gendered violence, increases social and private disciplining of bodies and affects. Secrecy is challenged by an embodied and affective counterpolitics that refuses and defies the power of secrecy.


We propose to investigate a particle with four different flavors, bsūd̄, which is a promising detectable tetraquark state. Its BK threshold, 5773 MeV, is 270 MeV higher than the Bsπ threshold of bdūs̄ and bud̄s̄, leading to a large mass region to be stable. If the lowest-lying bsūd̄ state exists below threshold, it can be definitely observed via the weak decay mode J/ΨK−K−π+, with the expectation of hundreds of events in the current LHCb data sample but rejecting backgrounds due to its long lifetime. This can be a benchmark of the existence of X(5568) which is a partner of bsūd̄ under the flavor SU(3) symmetry. If no signal is observed in this mode, it constrain the mass of the ground tetraquark state to be larger than the threshold. In the case above threshold, it can be detected via the strong decay mode B 0 K−. The csūd̄ state has similar features.


We calculate matter effects on neutrino oscillations relevant for long baseline experiments. In particular, we compare the results obtained with constant density along the neutrino path versus results obtained by incorporating the actual density profiles in the Earth. We study the dependence of the oscillation signal on both E/{delta}m{sub atm}{sup 2} and on the angles in the leptonic mixing matrix. We also comment on the influence of {delta}m{sub sol}{sup 2} and CP violation on the oscillations. The results show quantitatively how, as a function of these input parameters, matter effects can cause significant (25%) changes in the oscillation probabilities. An important conclusion is that matter effects can be useful in amplifying certain neutrino oscillation signals and helping one to obtain measurements of mixing parameters and the magnitude and sign of {delta}m{sub atm}{sup 2}. (c) 2000 The American Physical Society.


This study was an attempt to investigate the distribution of power within the genre of a television interview, looking at the effects of context on register, especially tenor, when an ordinary man was interviewed on television. The analysis was performed using a framework outlined in Eggins and Slade (1997), which is derived from the work of Halliday (1961, 1985, 1994). The analysis consisted of three main stages, a lexico-grammatical mood analysis, a semantic Appraisal analysis and an exchange structure analysis. From the analysis it could be seen that power was distributed unequally between the two interactants and although the interviewee had a reasonable amount of power the majority was with the interviewer. This dissertation is dedicated to my great-uncle Claude and great-aunt Phyllis, who are no longer of this earth but inspired me to reach for the sky.


A structure combining an IC integrated substrate and a carrier and a method for manufacturing the same are provided to produce an electronic device with a multilayer interconnection structure, at least one semiconductor device or a combination thereof. An IC integrated substrate(8) is formed on a carrier(10) and has a first dielectric layer(14) adhered to the carrier. The material of the carrier and the material of the IC integrated substrate are selected so that the IC integrated substrate is not detached from the carrier in a process by adhering the carrier to the IC integrated substrate and is separated from the carrier naturally after being cut. The interface between the carrier and the first dielectric layer is not processed with an adhesive. The IC integrated substrate has a multilayer interconnection structure including at least one dielectric layer with the first dielectric layer and at least one metallic layer(22). At least one dielectric layer and at least one metallic layer are formed on the carrier alternately.


In Run-7 of RHIC operations PHENIX has recorded over 5.4 billion minimum bias events, facilitating a detailed study of deuteron and antideuteron production as a function of centrality and up to transverse momentum of p T = 5 GeV/c. We present transverse momentum p T and transverse mass m T spectra, mean transverse momentum (cid:2) p T (cid:3) , source parameters, particle ratios, and nuclear modification factor R CP . Deuteron and antideuteron spectra are compared to those of other identified particles and to hydrodynamical predictions.


To solve the contradiction between borehole cleaning,wellbore stability and reservoir protection,the enzyme biodegradable drilling fluid system is applied.In laboratory,the viscosity decay test is used to optimize the enzyme matches the polymer best,and eight kinds of materials that can be used for biodegradable drilling fluid are tested with the core flow experiment and metallographic microscopic observation test.Solid-liquid coupling method is carried out to analyze the factors influencing the degradation of polymers.The experimental results show that gradation rate of particular polymer with enzyme is CBA F and by using specific enzyme breaking gel,the core permeability recovery rate is over 70%,so that the biodegradable drilling fluid has characteristics of keeping wellbore stability and reducing reservoir damage for coal bed methane drilling.


(stove, coffee pot, etc), including direct sunlight. Some premixed insulins-NPH and Regular-are commercially available in a 70:30 combination. Some pharmacies have also provided extemporaneously prepared vials of insulin mixtures for patients who are stable on a particular combination. Various proportions are used, based on a patient's control needs. An extemporaneous mixture of insulin (NPH and Regular, 70:30) remains stable for three months when stored in a


Objective: To investigate oropharyngeal bacterial colonization in neurosurgical patients with tracheotomy and influencing factors.Method: Selected 51 patients with tracheotomy in neurosurgery,on the first day,third day and 7th day after tracheotomy,sputum samples were collected and bacteria were cultured.Compared the number of patients whose bacteria were detected,respiratory tract were infected,and analyzed the influential factors.Result: Respiratory infection cases and bacterial detected cases on the 7th days after tracheotomy were significantly more than the cases on the first day(P 0.05).Disease severity,decreased resistance,catheter retention time,mechanical ventilation,antacids,nutrition in the gastrointestinal,analgesics,antibiotics,which were statistically significant on single factor analysis(P0.05),disease severity,decreased resistance,catheter retention time,which were statistically significant on multivariate analysis(P0.05).Conclusion: In order to reduce respiratory infections and bacterial colonization on patients with tracheotomy,catheter retention time should be shorten.


In order to deposit thin film silicon solar cells on plastics and papers, the deposition process needs to be adapted for low deposition temperatures. In a very high frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition(VHFPECVD)process,boththegasphaseandthesurfaceprocessesareaffectedbylowprocess temperature. Using an electrostatic ion energy analyzer the effect of deposition temperature on the ener-giesofionsreachingthesubstratewasmeasured.Theionenergydecreaseswithdecreasingtemperature, but this can be compensated by diluting the silane source gas by hydrogen.


The article presents the data оf the research of new feed additives introduction in mature cows' rations affecting quality indexes of milk products


A Dissertation in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the
Degree of Master of Science in Human Resource Management (Msc HRM) of the
Mzumbe University


Strengleikar is a collection of romantic tales that were translated from one or more collections of French narrative tales, the so-called lais (singular lai), at the behest of Hákon the Old, who ruled over Norway from 1217 to 1263. The Strengleikar consist of twenty one lais and a prologue, and are now preserved in the Norwegian manuscript de la Gardie 4–7 at the University of Uppsala library alongside four leaves of the same manuscript, which are today found at the Arnamagnaean Institute in Copenhagen under the signum AM 666 b 4to. The manuscript is considered to be from about 1270 and as such is one of the oldest and most important compendiums of Old Norse translations of courtly literature.1 The lais – as with other courtly literature – were compiled for the entertainment of the King and his court. They were composed in poetic form, and were on average 3–400 stanzas in length. They were sung or read with instrumental accompaniment, most likely stringed instruments, as the name Strengleikar would indicate. Their performance was therefore a combination of two art forms, the spoken and the musical, each supporting the other. It can thus be assumed that reading the tales does not have the same effect on listeners today as it did in the courts of the Middle Ages. Despite this, the content of the lais, which bears witness to the world of the audience who experienced them, is none the less entertaining. The lais tell tales of knights and ladies, the tests of their love and their fate. As in other forms of chivalric literature the male heroes are of noble birth; they are courteous, handsome and young, and they have the freedom


We study groves on planar graphs, which are forests in which every tree contains one or more of a special set of vertices on the outer face, referred to as nodes. Each grove partitions the set of nodes. When a random grove is selected, we show how to compute the various partition probabilities as functions of the electrical properties of the graph when viewed as a resistor network. We prove that for any partition σ, Pr[grove has type σ] / Pr[grove is a tree] is a dyadic-coefficient polynomial in the pairwise resistances between the nodes, and Pr[grove has type σ] / Pr[grove has maximal number of trees] is an integer-coefficient polynomial in the entries of the Dirichlet-toNeumann matrix. We give analogous integer-coefficient polynomial formulas for the pairings of chains in the double-dimer model. We show that the distribution of pairings of contour lines in the Gaussian free field with certain natural boundary conditions is identical to the distribution of pairings in the scaling limit of the double-dimer model. These partition probabilities are relevant to multichordal SLE2, SLE4, and SLE8.


The main practical limitations in the operation of any solid-rod laser due to the thermal gradients could be solved by development of the rectangular-slab laser with a good cooling. Such construction pennits to obtain a uniform pumping of large volumes of active media with high gain and low thermal lensing. But it is very difficult to extract all energy from the whole volume in this case; even for a multipass zig-zag slab laser (designed at General Electric and other laboratories |1|) the efficiency is rather low.


Cermet cladding material is a new kind of composite material with high wear resistance,it is especially suitable to manufacture parts under wear condition.A plate cermet cladding part is selected as the study object.It is equaled as a uniform part at first.The friction process of the equivalent part and a cylindrical part under a certain press load is simplified as a plane strain problem.Based on Hertz theory,the theoretical model of the maximum interface shear stress in the cladding part is established.Example and finite element analyses(FEA) are carried out.Theoretical results well coincides with those of FEA.Both results show that,the maximum interface shear stress of the cladding part decreases with the increase of the cladding thickness;it increases with the increase of the wear load.The influence of the materials of the friction pair on the maximum interface shear stress in the cladding part is also studied.The design principle that the maximum interface shear stress cannot exceed the interface shear strength of the corresponding cladding material is proposed.Results have theoretical significance to the design and optimization of cladding parts and to more applications of the cermet cladding material.


Sexual assault and HIV are coexisting public health problems. Sexual assault may increase HIV transmission risk through diverse mechanisms, such as infliction of anal, oral, and genital injuries by penile, digital, or object penetration, extragenital trauma, concurrent sexually transmitted infections, condom use, and whether the perpetrator was circumcised.


Five kinds of modified Y zeolite-based fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts were prepared. The N2 adsorption desorption and NH3 temperature-programmed-desorption (NH3-TPD) were used to investigate the pore structure and acidic properties of the catalysts. The effects of pore structure and acidic properties of catalysts on the catalytic cracking performance of Venezuelan heavy oil were carried out using an advanced cracking evaluation unit. The results of N2 adsorption desorption and NH3-TPD show that CAT-A and CAT-B catalysts with rundle pore distribution have a similar pore sizes and acidSubscript textSubscript textic properties. The catalytic cracking results show that the acidic properties and the pore distribution of the catalysts have obvious effects on the conversion and product distribution. The light oil yield and total liquid oil yield can reach 58.75wt% and 73.83 wt%, respectively, under reaction temperature of 520°C.