Supplemental digital content is available in the text. SIGNIFICANCE We investigated, for safety and awareness, ultraviolet and high-energy violet light–blocking protection provided by assorted types of eyewear. Ultraviolet and high-energy violet light–filtering efficiency varied and did not correlate with price or advertised claims. Standardization of methods and specifications for lens spectral transmission evaluation is recommended. PURPOSE Studies have linked exposure of high-energy visible blue light to effect and damage on retinal epithelial cells, photoreceptors, and ganglion cells. "Blue light" is more accurately differentiated into "high-energy visible blue-violet light" and "circadian rhythm blue-turquoise light." This study measured and compared spectral transmission of ultraviolet and high-energy violet light of low-, medium-, and high-priced sunglasses. METHODS Sunglasses and lens blanks were obtained from the University of Texas Medical Branch Optical Shop and vendors. Groups were based on promotional, retail, designer sunglasses, or "blue blocker" lenses. The percent transmittance of ultraviolet/visible spectral scans (800 to 350 nm) was measured using an Agilent Cary 50 spectrophotometer. High-energy violet/blue light was defined as 400 to 450 nm. RESULTS Promotional sunglasses (tinted polycarbonate) blocked 100% ultraviolet and 67 to 99.8% high-energy violet blue light. Retail sunglasses filtered out 95 to 100% ultraviolet A and 67% high-energy violet light. The tested designer sunglasses varied widely in their optical transmissibility with respect to their ultraviolet A and high-energy violet light–blocking properties, with some not blocking ultraviolet A. Clear and colorless Kodak Total Blue provided maximal high-energy violet protection, whereas clear Essilor Crizal Prevencia provided less high-energy violet blocking between 400 and 450 nm. CONCLUSIONS The ultraviolet and high-energy violet (400 to 450 nm) light–filtering efficiency varied between sunglasses and clear lenses and did not correlate with price or advertised claims. Standardization of methods and specifications for lens spectral transmission evaluation is recommended.


A formulation to characterize stimulated emission of synchrotron radiation is presented, based on simplification of a theory developed by Sokolov and Ternov. It is shown that optical gain may be obtained up to gyration harmonics of the order of the critical harmonic number for spontaneous radiation, 3γ 3 , where γ is the relativistic energy factor. Synchrotron-radiation lasers (SRLs) in the infrared and visible portions of the spectrum are shown to be feasible, provided beams with high energy definition are used. SRL gain can exceed free-electron-laser gain for similar beams


The improvement of screw compressor energetic characteristics is related to their working process enhancement. In many ways, it depends on the gas leakage between working chambers through the gaps. One of the main gaps in the screw compressor is the rotor profile clearances. They also generally determine the smoothness of meshing, partially influencing vibration levels. The rotor profile clearances occur due to the reduction of the real rotor profile in relation to the theoretical profile. It is done to compensate negative factors such as a rotor thermal deformation, manufacturing errors, etc. Their deep analysis may help to improve the real rotor profiling method and increase the screw compressor energetic characteristics.The improvement of screw compressor energetic characteristics is related to their working process enhancement. In many ways, it depends on the gas leakage between working chambers through the gaps. One of the main gaps in the screw compressor is the rotor profile clearances. They also generally determine the smoothness of meshing, partially influencing vibration levels. The rotor profile clearances occur due to the reduction of the real rotor profile in relation to the theoretical profile. It is done to compensate negative factors such as a rotor thermal deformation, manufacturing errors, etc. Their deep analysis may help to improve the real rotor profiling method and increase the screw compressor energetic characteristics.


Remark 3. The importance of the weak topology is that it is the weakest topology for which each of the functions fγ is continuous from (X, σ (X,F)) to (Xγ , τγ). Definition 4. Let X be a normed linear space, X∗ its dual, X∗∗ its second dual and for each x ∈ X let x̂ denote the corresponding element of X∗∗ as described in lectures, then the weak-star topology σ(X∗, X) on X∗ is the topology generated by the elements x̂.


We present calculation of radiation from a dipole source placed within photonic crystal slabs. Strongly enhanced emission from the surface and coupling with propagating modes are explained through comparison with dispersion relation of the structures.


Storage of light pulses in Rb vapour with bright Zeeman coherences and the associated enhanced absorption and steep negative dispersion is reported. Our experimental observations are qualitatively similar to the well-known proof-of-principle demonstration of light storage (D F Phillips et al 2001 Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 783), but obtained under conditions where electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) does not exist and the slow-light dark-state polariton model does not apply. Under the present experimental conditions the retrieved pulses obtained in atomic media with dark or bright Zeeman coherences have very similar exponentially decaying slopes which are independent of the shape of the incoming signal pulse. Numerical modelling based on the optical Bloch equations reproduces the essential features of the experimental observations.


AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
To describe the pain assessment and management practices documented by health professionals within a tertiary-level Children's Cancer Centre and to evaluate how these practices were compared with international recommendations.

BACKGROUND
Children with cancer are vulnerable to pain due to the intensity of antineoplastic therapy. Therefore, it is imperative to ensure that current pain management practices provided to paediatric oncology inpatients are of a high quality.

DESIGN
A single-site cross-sectional audit.

METHODS
A 24-hour period of documented pain-related care in randomly selected inpatients of an Australian tertiary-level Children's Cancer Centre was examined. The current pain management practices were audited over a two-month period resulting in 258 episodes of pain-related care being reviewed.

RESULTS
Pain related to medical treatment for cancer was common (n = 146/258, 57%) and persistent. The presence of pain was not consistently recorded by health professionals (n = 75/146, 51%). Pain was mild (n = 26/75, 35%) and opioids were the mainstay of pain management interventions (n = 63/112, 56%). Adjuvants were an important component of pain management (n = 47/112, 42%), and nonpharmacological methods of managing pain were under-represented in this audit (n = 38/146, 26%). According to the Pain Management Index, pain was appropriately managed for the majority of children (n = 65/76, 87%).

CONCLUSIONS
Pain management practices did not fully reflect the recommendations of contemporary paediatric pain management. Due to limitations in the documentation of children's pain, it was difficult to determine the effectiveness of pain management interventions.

RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
This study highlights the ongoing problem of pain for children receiving antineoplastic therapy. It is recommended that health professionals routinely screen for the presence of pain during hospitalisation and assess the efficacy of pain-related care.


In this note, I assess the legality of Israel's construction of a security structure as part of its counterterrorism initiative. To place this security structure in a proper context, I provide a history of the Intifada and Israel's recent campaigns to defend itself from acts of terror perpetrated against its citizens. I also trace the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict beginning in the early twentieth century, including the development of a two-state solution in British Mandatory Palestine and the subsequent Arab-Israeli wars that reflected and defined the region's volatile dynamic. Exploring the relationship between Israel and the United States, I evaluate the interpretation of international law principles relative to both the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Israel's counterterrorism initiative as enunciated by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). As such, I assess the ramifications of the ICJ's 2004 advisory opinion, which determined that Israel's security structure violated international law, and ultimately conclude that the ICJ: (1) embraced a flexible approach toward application of international humanitarian law while inexplicably eschewing such an approach to issues of self-defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter; and (2) created a dangerous precedent for self-defense in an era of global terrorism. With regard to the latter, the ICJ limited a state's ability to defend itself under Article 51 by (a) implying that a threshold level of devastation and destruction inflicted upon the state was necessary, thereby implicitly requiring a valuation of life, (b) restricting Article 51's definition of an "armed attack" to state actors and foreclosing the possibility that armed attacks cannot be perpetrated by non-state actors, and (c) preventing a state from implementing nonviolent means in order to protect its sovereignty and citizens.


Lead-free ceramics in the composition of K0.5 Na0.5 NbO3 (KNN) are reported to be promising for piezoelectric application. This family of material has comparable piezoelectric properties to that of existing lead-based ceramics. Present study deals with performance evaluation of KNN based materials for active vibration control. Finite element method is used to simulate the performance of these materials. Interestingly, K0.5 Na0.5 NbO3 -LiSbO3-CaTiO3 (KNN-LS-CT) demonstrated better vibration control behavior than that of conventional lead-based compounds. These materials are also reported to be temperature insensitive (−50 to 200°C) for piezoelectric properties viewpoints.


The Arctic Institute's research base on Devon Island was used by over twenty-five investigators and their field assistants during the 1970 summer field season, from late April to mid-September. There were two separately directed, but related, programs. One, a large integrated ecosystem study, was directed by L.C. Bliss of the University of Alberta and sponsored by the Canadian International Biological Program (IBP); the other was an Arctic Institute-sponsored comparative ecology project, under the direction of James A. Teeri. Substantial improvements were made to the Base Camp (located in the Truelove Lowland), and a total of 8 Parkall and Jamesway huts are now available as sleeping quarters, laboratories, warehouse, kitchen, and storage areas. In addition, a separate field camp was established about 8 km east of the base to facilitate the study of muskox, fox, and weasel. Local transportation was by two skidoo motorboggans, a double-tracked Ranger V vehicle and trailer, and a Massey-Ferguson tractor and trailer. Transportation between Resolute and the Base Camp was by Otter and Beaver aircraft. ...


An information-mining model supporting the traffic management integrated information platform was discussed from two aspects of structured or unstructured information sources. By using the relative rough set theory, the reduced property was improved in reducing the redundant information under the condition of guarantee of the model original functions. Then, the modified information-mining model can directly obtain information from the database otherwise data ware, and processes the real-time and on-line information mining with high effectiveness.


The traditional woven fabric's shortage of the method of test and evaluation was introduced, and the improvement programs were proposed by experiment. The influence of the objective errors of sample cutting, the inconsistency of the directions of cutting and fabric, the difference of the opposite sides on the test and evaluation was also analyzed. The improvement programs including increasing the sample number and expanding the evaluation index were drawn up and testified by being compared with the actual result. The experiment result confirmed that the veracity of the test result could be improved by cutting accurately and increasing the sample number. It was more reasonable to choose the sum of warp, broad and diagonal crease recovery angles as the assessment index for the woven fabric's elasticity on the wrinkle resistance. For the fabric which has different organization on both sides, the elasticity on the wrinkle resistance of the both sides should be tested separately.


The gonad development and individual fecundity of captured Synechogobius hastan from Haizhou Bay of Lianyungang were investigated.The results showed that the change of female gonadosomatic indices was almost the same as that of males and their maximal values both appeared in middle March.The spawning period was from middle February to early May.The absolute fecundity ranged from 16 151 to 70 693 eggs per fish with a mean of 38 971 eggs per fish.The absolute fecundity and relative fecundity both showed a positive correlation to age,body length,and weight,respectively(R2=0.987).This study provided the theoretical basis for Artificial breeding.


This invention provides a method for transfer image and word information simultaneously, which is to mount an image pick up device on the handheld call to make the microprocessor of the handheld callto fetch image pick up by the device then to fetch a prestored short messag from a memory then to connect with a network to transfer the said image and short message to the assigned destination by the user who will use the said handheld call to take photographs at any time matched with related short message to be transferred to definite receiver who will understand content delivered by the user, reaching the aim of negotiating with image of the said handheld call.


Electrochemical catalysis of carbon-based material via two-electron pathway oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) offers great potential for in-situ hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production. In this work, we tuned catalyst mesostructure and hydrophilicity/ hydrophobicity by adjusting polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) content in graphite/carbon black/PTFE hybrid catalyst layer (CL), aimed to improving the 2-electron ORR activity for efficient H2O2 generation. As the only superhydrophobic CL with initiating contact angles of 141.11 °, PTFE0.57 obtained the highest H2O2 yield of 3005 ± 58 mg L-1 h-1 (at 25 mA cm-2) and highest current efficiency (CE) of 84% (at 20 mA cm-2). Rotating ring disk electrode (RRDE) results demonstrated that less PTFE content in CLs would result in less electrons transferred and better selectivity towards 2-electron ORR. Though the highest H2 concentration (2 mg L-1 at 25 mA cm-2) was monitored from PTFE0.57 which contained the lowest PTFE, the CE decreased inversely with increase of PTFE, which proved that H2O2 decomposition reaction was the major side reaction. Higher PTFE content increased the hydrophilicity of CL for excessive H+ and insufficient O2 diffusion, which induced H2O2 decomposition into H2O. Simultaneously, electroactive surface area of CLs decreased with higher PTFE content, from 0.0041 m2 g-1 of PTFE0.57 to 0.0019 m2 g-1 of PTFE4.56. Besides, higher PTFE content in CL leads to the increase of total impedance (from 14.5 Ω of PTFE0.57 to 18.3 Ω of PTFE4.56), which hinders the electron transfer and ORR activity furtherly.


iv Foreword Risk affects a jail in the same way that it affects other organizations: by diminishing or enhancing the jail's ability to achieve its mission. The mis sion of our jail system is to protect the public and maintain a safe environment within the insti tution consistent with legal requirements and to provide work and other self-improvement activi ties to reduce the likelihood of recidivism. If jails fail to manage risk, the entire community will potentially be subject to negative conse quences, including inmate escape, injury to inmates and jail staff, damage to jail facilities, litigation and liability costs, and an increased likelihood of repeat offenses. Effective risk management also can lead to posi tive consequences. Many modern jails offer pro grams (e.g., educational programs, vocational programs, and substance abuse programs) that help inmates develop skills and overcome chal lenges. These changes require calculated risk taking. If jails manage that risk effectively, inmates emerge better able to function in society and less likely to become repeat offenders. Other benefits of effective risk management include the preservation and enhancement of key resources, reduced insurance premiums, and a reduction in staff turnover rates and lost worktime. This manual will help jails both to understand risk and its implication for jails and to develop a formal, effective risk management program that uses all of the jail's basic resources (i.e., human, financial, property, partners, and reputation). A risk management program offers jail administra tors a disciplined approach to assessing risks, implementing strategies to manage the risks, and evaluating the effectiveness of these strategies on an ongoing basis. The process outlined in this manual can be adapted to fit the needs of any jail regardless of its size; activities can be scaled back or expanded based on the organization's size and complexity. It is our hope that this manual will be useful to a broad array of entities that have a stake in effective jail management, including jail admin istrators and managers, jail supervisors, line staff, risk managers, jail inspectors, funding authorities, and executive authorities. Effective risk management in jails is in our nation's best interest. Nothing less than the safety and well being of our citizens—inmates and the public at large—is at stake.


Packaging design includes patterns and colours,structure,vessels,materials and printing etc..whether proper materials are used is an important factor that will detemine the success of package.However materials abuse is becoming more and more serious with the development of technology and endlesss apperance of new materials.As a result how to use package materials is a designing subject as well as a problem of social responsibilities.From the prensent situation of packaging materials abuse,hazardous consequence is discusssed and the schemes to cope the situation are also presented,to attract the attention of designers and make them think carefully packaging materials selection and usage.


The invention discloses a face recognition cloud authentication service method and system. The face recognition cloud authentication service method comprises the steps that a check-in commence sent by a computer is received, and whether the current computer is registered or not is judged. If the current computer is registered, the face information of a user collected by a browser of the computer through an image collection terminal is received, and the current user is authenticated based on the face information stored inside a database. If the user is recognized, cloud authentication is finished, and a message of check-in success is returned to the computer. The face recognition cloud authentication service method effectively lowers the use cost of an enterprise.


The paint of the drama studio was peeling in several places and more than a handful of ceiling tiles were missing. The stage was a mere eight inches off the ground and some sections didn't meet at the same height.A closer look revealed much more. The audience of more than 90 students was engrossed. Some students arrived with what seemed to be an expectation of boredom but had shifted their bodies toward the stage, where student actors were performing monologues. All of the performances focused on issues of human rights, but there was a range of topics, tone, and style. At one point, Manna was on stage performing a monologue from Aja's play Footprints Aren't the Only Thing Left Behind in Zimbabwe. Aja stood tensely in the back of the room, mouthing the words that Manna spoke: "They don't even use it! They got that food lookin like a giant sand dune of unshelled nuts in dat hospital's cavernous chapel. See, they care more about the food they're getting then the medical care of the people." Manna enacted Aja's stage directions: "Brings his left hand up to his waist then shakes it to all of the syllables in the next sentence. Then brings both of his hands to his sides." These student-created performances broke through many of the unspoken, yet accepted, assumptions about research, engagement, creativity, and creation in high school.IntroductionThe research unit is a well-established component of the high school English curriculum. In most classrooms the culminating project of this unit is a paper that asks students to report their research in writing. In most cases, this paper is expected to adhere to a specific structure, style, and format. Teachers have long expressed their discontent with the rigidity of the traditional research paper, yet it remains a fixture in most schools. As early as the 1980s when Ken Macrorie introduced the I-Search paper, teachers have called for alternative ways to engage students in research and argued that ELA teachers should be able to develop the required skills in more authentic and intellectually stimulating ways.According to the NCTE/IRA (http://www .ncte.org/standards/ncte-i ra) Standards for English Language Arts, students are expected to "Conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems" (Standard 7) and "Use a variety of technological and information resources to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge" (Standard 8). If the intent of the research paper is to ensure that students demonstrate these skills, we believe there are meaningful alternatives to the research paper.In this article, we, a university adolescent literacy professor (Molly) and a high school humanities teacher (Joshua), offer a dynamic and multifaceted alternative to the research paper. We offer playwriting as research. We believe that playwriting, as designed and enacted in the following account, is a powerful way to teach the research project. Our approach is unique in that students are required to represent their research not only in writing but also in dramatic performance. Thus, research is not an end in itself, but rather works in the service of rich learning about human rights.Starting with the premise that playwriting and other arts-based literacies are complex representations of research, we contend that creating opportunities for students to use rigorous research processes in the service of a creative production has implications for deepening students' capacities as researchers and integrating the arts into classrooms that are increasingly limited by test-driven pedagogies. This article presents our analysis of what happened when Joshua asked his students to conduct research on a human rights issue and represent their research in a five-scene play. We argue that asking students to enact, instead of simply report, research has implications for fostering critical inquiry and engaging students in research that matters. …


Advance payment is one of genuine innovation which is made by 1999 Montreal Convention regulating some rules of international carriage by air during the process of modernization and consolidation of Warsaw Convention system,which is advanced in the new era of legislation of international carriage by air and has some certain legal effects for protecting aviation consumer's interests.But it also exists some problems since it was prescribed in 1999 for ten years,and has a characteristic of soft law and is a meaningless legal framework.So it is necessary for us to make some examinations and self-criticizing to benefit China exercising correctly and regulating it reasonably.


In this study, filtration performance of various nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes and textile industry wastewater were evaluated. The work was carried out under different pressures (10–15–20 and 25 Bar) with a dead end filtration system. The nanofiltration membranes tested were NF90, NF270, NFTS40, NFXN45, NFDK and NFDL. Reverse osmosis membranes are ROX201, ROBW30FR and ROACM5. The highest permeability per pressure for nanofiltration membranes was obtained with NF270 membrane, which is 5.95 L/(m.h.Bar). Although higher permeability was achieved with NF270 compared to other nanofiltration membranes, the highest reduction in permeability per unit time was also found in this membrane. The initial permeability value of 12.41 L/(m.h.Bar) under a pressure of 15 Bar decreased to 4.41 L/(m.h.Bar) after a 1 hour test period. In reverse osmosis membranes, the highest permeability value was determined as 2.96 L/(m.h.Bar) by ROACM5 membrane and the highest permeability decrease was observed again in ROACM5 membrane (approximately from 4.14 L/(m.h.Bar) to 2.48 L/(m.h.Bar) for both 10 and 15 Bar pressures). Highest color, conductivity and COD removal for nanofiltration membranes was obtained with NF90 membranes. The influent was contained 4515 μS / cm conductivity; 518 Pt-Co color and 119 mg / L COD , and >95% ,>99% and >97% removal efficiency were obtained, respectively. When higher conductivity removal is desired, reverse osmosis membranes are required The percent conductivity removal for the tested reverse osmosis membranes is >97%, >98% and >98% for ROBW30FR, ROX201 and ROACM5 in the same wastewater, respectively.


An electrostatic micromirror is designed and fabricated using a standard MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) process. Active control approaches are proposed for driving actuation to eliminate micromirror ldquopull-inrdquo achieving enhanced device performance and functionality.


Background: Schizophrenia as a severe mental disorder characterized by profound deficits in thinking, perception, affect and social behaviour (World Health Organization [WHO], 2014). Schizophrenia is treatable. Treatment with medicines and psychosocial support is effective.
Methods: Quantitative approach with true experimental research design was adopted. Total 60 schizophrenic patients were selected for the study using purposive sampling technique. Subjects were randomly assigned into the experimental (n=30) and control group (n=30). Social skill training was given to experimental group. The training includes discussion, questioning, group activity, role play. The tools used to collect the data were as follows: (1) Demographic questionnaire (2) Standardized tool social adaptive functioning evaluation. Baseline assessment was done on the 1st day, then pre-test was done and the social skill training was implemented in experimental group on the same day. The training includes six sessions of discussion, questioning, group activity, role play etc. given for seven days followed by post-test was done in both the experimental as well as control group. The data analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSS 21 version.
Results: The mean post-test social skill score in experimental group (38.90±11.813) and in control group is (30.97±11.556) which shows the significant difference in social skill score between the groups (t=2.629, P= 0.005472*). There was a significant association found between the education (chi square= 15.890, P= 0.043), social skill training programme (chi square= 6.058, P= 0.048).
Conclusions: Thus, the training regarding social skill was effective in improving level of social skill among schizophrenic patient.


Apico-basolateral polarity is essential to maintain tissue architecture and function of healthy epithelium. It is weakened or lost in preneoplastic lesions and in the course of carcinogenesis. Patients suffering from chronic hepatitis C are at risk for hepatocellular carcinoma. In addition to the necroinflammatory liver microenvironment, which favours tumorigenesis, direct effects of the virus on its host cell physiopathology also participate in the initiation of oncogenic transformation.To study the effects of viral proteins on cellular polarity and function, we developped an in vitro threedimensional (3D) culture model that reproduces complex hepatocyte morphology. Both immortalized cells and primary hepatocyte precursors organise themselves into intricate 3D organoids and acquire markers of mature hepatocytes. Their organisation and polarity impacts on several intracellular signal transduction pathways, including the PI3K/Akt axis, a major actor of physiology and of oncogenic transformation. Interestingly, constitutive Akt signalling perturbs hepatocyte 3D organization.NS5A, an HCV viral protein with pleiotropic activities, is an upstream activator of Akt. NS5A expression interferes with organoid formation and integrity. In primary hepatocyte precursors it leads to downregulation of epithelial and to acquisition of mesenchymal markers, suggesting an induction of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Moreover, the effects of NS5A are additive to that of TGF-beta, a bona fide EMT inducer relevant to HCV-related pathologies. NS5A is also inducing pro-migratory and invasive phenotypes in BMEL cells as well as the hepatic cell line AML12. The signaling pahways underlying this results might involve Twist factors, well known actors of EMT, as NS5A is capable of their transcriptional regulation.The molecular mechanisms linking viral proteins to alterations of hepatocyte morphology are under investigation. Alterations of cell shape and function are of major interest in the context of virus-induced phenotype, relevant to tumour initiation and progression.


The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the catalyst, The method includes the step of forming the particles by mixing the catalyst components or precursors thereof in an aqueous medium, forming a step, and said mixture for supplying said mixture in step, the forming unit to form a catalyst precursor mixture, the mixture is unstable immediately before the molding step. By the method of the present invention it has good wear resistance and a catalyst having both higher accessibility can be made. The invention also relates to a obtainable by the process of the invention catalyst.


Contents: All tracks    Poetry reading [complete]
 Track 01
    Penelope's Song
 Track 02
    Quiet Evening
 Track 03
    Ceremony
 Track 04
    Departure
 Track 05
    Ithica
 Track 06
    Telemachus' Detachment
 Track 07
    Parable of the Hostages
 Track 08
    Telemachus' Guilt
 Track 09
    Anniversary
 Track 10
    Meadowlands 1
 Track 11
    Parable of the Dove
 Track 12
    Circe's Power
 Track 13
    Telemachus' Fantasy
 Track 14
    Odysseus' Decision
 Track 15
    Nostos
 Track 16
    The Butterfly
 Track 17
    Void
 Track 18
    Telemachus' Burden
 Track 19
    Purple Bathing Suit
 Track 20
    Reunion
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    The Dream
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    Otis
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    The Wish
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    Heart's Desire


This paper argues that liberal democratic politics in Australia is in a life-threatening crisis. Australia is on the verge of slipping into a techno-feudal (post-capitalist) and post-political (new Centrist) state of perpetual emergency. Citizens in Australia, be they of the Left or Right, must make an urgent attempt to wrest power from an increasingly non-political Centrism. Within this Centrism, government is deeply captured by the international corporate interests of Big Tech, Big Natural Resources, Big Media, and Big Pharma, as beholden to the economic necessities of the neoliberal world order (Big Finance). Australia now illustrates what the post-political 'new normal' of a high-tech enabled bio-security state actually looks like. It may even be that the liberal democratic state is now little more than a legal fiction in Australia. This did not happen over-night, but Australia has been sliding in this direction for the past three decades. The paper outlines that slide and shows how the final bump down (covid) has now positioned Australia as a world leader among post-political bio-security states.


Sentiment analysis is one of the utmost active research areas in natural language processing, web mining and text mining. In education, big data is a significant research part used to progress the value of education by observing students' performance and understanding their learning patterns. Real-time student feedback would empower faculty and students to comprehend the teaching and learning problems in the most user-friendly way for the students. The proposed Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) uses a Lexicon based sentimental analysis technique to analyze students' feelings and emotions through their feedback by correlating learning analytics to grounded theory. The sentiment analysis technique is a computational process to identify and classify subjective information such as positive, negative, and neutral from the source material. The proposed DCNN to improve the quality of teaching by giving positive or negative sentiments. This proposes a model based on Deep Learning approach to perform sentiment analysis


INVESTIGATIONS of the chemical composition of developing nervous tissue aim at correlating changes in the concentrations of chemical compounds with the differentiation of this tissue. Many of these investigations, especially those concerning the period of myelination, have been carried out with reference to cerebral lipids. Data on the developmental changes of inorganic constituents are few and rather incomplete. Investigations on developmental changes in white matter, which consists chiefly of myelinated nerve fibres and oligodendroglia, are of particular importance when made in conjunction with histological examination of the stage of myelination, one of the basic processes in the functional maturation of nerve fibres. The results of these studies not only supply information on the chemical changes during myelination but may also yield indirect evidence regarding the chemical composition of the myelin sheath. The developmental changes occurring in grey matter and in the spinal cord are more difficult to interpret. The development of grey matter involves not only the maturation of the nerve and glia cells, but also the myelination of varying numbers of nerve fibres present in the grey matter in different parts. The present report contains the results of investigations on changes in the content of sodium, potassium and calcium during the development of the brain and spinal cord of the guinea pig, consideration being also given to changes in the water content. From SPERRY'S (1955) survey on the biochemistry of the brain during early develop ment, which contains only scanty data on this subject, it appears that there occurs a decrease in the content of sodium, potassium and calcium in many animals after birth. In the guinea pig, however, the level of calcium shows an increase during this period of life. In previous investigations these changes have not been compared with the process of myelination.


Atoms are extremely accurate resonators. This property serves to build up precise sensors for time keeping, accelerometer and many others. However, their accuracy depend on their environment. For example, at the vicinity of a surface (metallic or dielectric) the atomic resonances are shifted by the Casimir-Polder interaction. The spatial dependency of this interaction (1/z3, in the non retarded regime) can be a crucial limitation for the development of compact sensors at the micrometer size scale. To address this issue, we explore the tunability property of the Casimir- Polder interaction with resonant surface plasmon modes. These latter are generated using nano-structured metallic layers. We found that the atomic resonance shift can be almost suppressed and the Purcell factor enhanced. More recently, we investigate quadrupole atomic transitions in surface plasmon. Those transitions are extremely weak in vacuum (~1 Hz) but can be enhanced if the spatial variation of the electromagnetic field become stronger as expected with localized surface plasmons. In this context, we will present our results, obtained with a cesium vapor, and discuss the potential application of creating new excitation channels in atomic spectrum.


The Neogene sediments of SE Spain are dominated by gravity-flow deposits, ranging from millimetre-scale dilute turbidites to kilometre-scale olistholiths. Details of the Neogene sequences at Finestrat, Alcoy and Fontanars provide examples of responses to periodic tectonic events in a variety of background settings. The main control on sedimentation in each area was the episodic rise of Triassic gypsiferous mudstone diapirs. This probably resulted from periodic regional extension and compression due to contraction and spreading of the Alboran Sea marginal basin.


For Pt. I see ibid. 3, 3, 380 (1970). On the basis of the formulae presented in Part I, defining the populations of excited levels, formulae were derived which determine the degree of ionization of atoms and ions in a non-thermal plasma. These transform into the Saha formula for relatively high electron densities. In conjunction with the partition function derived for a non-thermal plasma, a general formula was obtained which determines the degree of population of excited levels and also the degree of ionization of atoms and ions over a wide range of electron densities. The validity of the method presented was established by comparison of the results with those of Bates et al. (1962) for the ionization equilibrium of hydrogen-like ions.


The International Linear Collider (ILC) is an electronpositron collider being considered for the post-LHC era. Its Beam Delivery System (BDS) receives the beam from the main linac. This beam is then focused to the nanometer scale after going through collimators, beam diagnostic systems, strong magnets, etc. Effects such as wakefields due to resistive-wall, BPMs and collimators make the system very sensitive to the beam intensity. Understanding these effects is crucial in order to demonstrate that the nominal beam size at the Interaction Point (IP) can be reached in realistic scenarios. In this paper, results of the intensity dependence effects in the ILC BDS, simulated with PLACET, are presented.


Theoretical and experimental studies of the elements of control actions in the educational process are carried out. The proposed model organizes a variety of structural and functional components of the educational process. The cyclical nature of interaction between participants of the educational process and the educational system as a whole has been experimentally identified. Cyclically repeating the steps of interaction allowed to offer a way to control the educational process, based on advance planning of control measures.


In response to pressures from both domestic and global competitors, countless U.S. firms have attempted to reduce their costs and increase their focus on core competencies by increasing their reliance on outsourcing. This increased expansion of outsourcing has recently caused a significant amount of debate in academic and political circles, as well as extensive coverage in the media. A good deal of the media coverage and political debate has centered on outsourcing's negative effects on those whose jobs have been lost to outsourcing, especially outsourcing of work by U.S. firms to foreign partners. Academic research on outsourcing has also increased in recent years. Most early academic work on outsourcing was theoretical in nature and focused primarily on outsourcing's influence on organizational competitiveness (i.e., Bettis et al., 1992; Quinn, 1992). Such early examinations of the outsourcing-performance relationship made many intuitively appealing arguments for the benefits and concerns of outsourcing. In particular, there was concern that outsourcing would "hollow out" the American industrial base, leaving the U.S. economy floundering as a result of what appeared to be sound business decisions initially. Bettis et al. (1992) argued that outsourcing reduced innovation, shifted critical organizational knowledge to unscrupulous partners, and gave away control of organizational processes. Thus, Bettis et al. (1992) argued rather strongly that outsourcing by U.S. firms would eventually lead to "industrial decline." Quinn (1992), on the other hand, suggested just the opposite. More specifically, Quinn (1992) argued that outsourcing's many benefits would outweigh the disadvantages. In particular, Quinn (1992) argued that the increased focus on a firm's core competencies that is possible through outsourcing would yield superior performance in the long-run. More recently, Holcomb and Hitt (2007) suggested additional benefits from outsourcing, such as a short-term increase in capital available to the firm due to asset sales and a long-term reduction in capital required to operate. Initial concerns about outsourcing's negative effects on firm performance and, by extension, economic vitality, revolved mainly around manufacturing outsourcing because services outsourcing was relatively rare. Recently, however, new concerns about outsourcing's effects on the U.S. economy have surfaced, and these concerns now center on the outsourcing of service-related activities. Many service-related activities that were previously believed to be "safe" from outsourcing are indeed not (Barthelemy and Quelin, 2006). Much of the recent service-related outsourcing that is occurring is being made possible by advances in information technology. Further, research by Farrell and Agrawal (2003) suggested that services-related outsourcing is expected to grow at a rate of 30% to 40% in the coming years, leading to increased anxiety about the issue. Despite the various concerns about outsourcing's effects on the performance of individual firms and the U.S. economy in general, relatively few attempts have been made to assess the effects on firm value of outsourcing agreements, both services-related and manufacturing-related. There is anecdotal evidence that outsourcing can be good or bad for the economy as a whole, depending on whom you ask. For instance, the McKinsey Global Institute believes that the U.S. gains about $1.14 for every dollar of work outsourced abroad, which stands in stark contrast to the dire predictions of Bettis et al. (1992). Conversely, estimates from consulting firms such as Deloitte Consulting and Forrester Research estimate U.S. firms may lose between 2 million and 3.3 million jobs, primarily in the service sectors by 2015 (Halogen Corporation, 2010). Regardless, the effects of a broad range of outsourcing types on individual firms have been rarely studied (see Gilley and Rasheed, 2000). The current study examines investors' reactions to a broad range of types of outsourcing using an event methodology. …


The recent work of Kung (1 9 7 0) on kinetic energy generation and dissipation highlights one of the most important problems relating to our understanding of the general circulation and to the construction of numerical models. I n particular, when so much has been said about the geostrophic wind, gradient wind, and balance equations , it is refreshing to see the emphasis on the fact that no wind can be generated except through the-V*V4 term expressing the cross-isobaric flow. This approach also may give useful information about frictional dissipation in the free atmosphere, a very thorny problem indeed. Although a great deal is known about frictional dissipation in the boundary layer, very little is known about dissipation in the free atmosphere. Recent views express the belief that there is considerable kinetic energy dissipation in the upper troposphere in clear-air turbulence associated with jet streams. Kung's computations give the frictional dissipa-tion in the free atmosphere as a residual term in the kinetic energy balance equation. Now let us consider a long-term mean closed system area that is steady state and nondivergent. Then, where E is the frictional dissipation. Also, the generation term in the boundary layer must equal the frictional dissipation in that layer. We may estimate the frictional dissipation in the Ekman layer as follows. First, we consider the Ekman solutions for east-west oriented isobars, assuming that the surface wind is calm. Then and where K is the diffusion coefficient. Letting P = ~ O-~ g.cmF3, u,= 10 m/s, j=10-4 s-1, and K=5X104 cm2/s, (3) TABLE 1.-Dissipation of kinetic energy by friction i n the atmosphere as a function of latimde (Wsm-2)


Summary form only given. In the frame of the model of skeletal matter composed of magnetized electrically conducting thin rods, the possible mechanisms of electrodynamic (magnetic and electric) aggregation of nanodust toward macroscopic fractal skeletal structures are found. These include demonstration of the possibility of self-assembling of (i) coaxial tubular skeletons from initially linear filaments of electric current, composed of static lengthy (i.e. ID) magnetic dipoles, which possess the longitudinal electric conductivity and the electric charge, screened with its own plasma sheath, and (ii) skeletal structures in the ensembles of similar filaments detached from the electrodes, in the presence of external electric currents. The above mechanisms of self-assembling illustrate the possibility of forming the long-range electrodynamic bonds in laboratory and space, in support to both the plasma- based hypotheses4 and the nanodust-based hypothesis (1998), and the respective phenomenon of self-similar skeletal structures, identified in the range 10-5 cm - 1023 cm in the data from various laboratory electric discharges (tokamaks, Z-pinches, plasma foci, laser plumes), severe weather phenomena (tornado, hailstones) and various objects in space. Here we analyze the most important stage of the probable process of skeleton's self-assembling, namely a transition from initially linear filaments of electric current, composed of blocks with the above-mentioned properties, towards a tubular skeletal structure. The special stress is made on demonstrating the mechanisms of self-reduction" of the spatial dimensionality of structuring in the initially 3D quasi- homogeneous ensembles of filaments, and the role of magnetic threading in skeleton's formation.


Doctors at the BMA's annual representative meeting have narrowly passed a vote of no confidence in secretary of state for health Andrew Lansley and called for his resignation.

Delegates at the conference passed the motion by 158 votes to 124 despite being warned by chairman of council Hamish Meldrum of the negative effect the vote could have on the union's relationship with …


A study of the pressure dependence of the C5 products from the reaction of cis-butene-2 and methylene is reported. Methylene was produced by the photolysis of diazomethane with 4358 A light at 23° or 56°, and by photolysis of ketene with 3200 A radiation at 23° or 100°. The change with increasing pressure of the relative amounts of the characteristically "triplet products" (trans-1,2-dimethylcyclopropane, trans-pentene-2 (TP2), and 3-methylbutene-1 (3MB1)) and "singlet products" (cis-1,2-dimethylcyclopropane (CDMC) and cis-pentene-2 (CP2)) are discussed. The behavior is reminiscent of that found in 3CH2-cis-butene-2 systems and can be interpreted in terms of the rapid rate of rearrangement of an initial triplet diradical product component, due to 3CH2, relative to the slower rate and readier collisional stabilization of an initial vibrationally-excited dimethyl cyclopropane product component, due to 1CH2. Relative rates of reactions of 1CH2 with allylic CH:vinyl CH:CC in the neat liquid were, for diazomethane, 1:1.1:7.2 and, for ketene, 1:1.2:6.7.


Abstract This paper presents four new technology developments and their infusion into the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission. These technologies were not ready for infusion prior to the launch of this mission. Three of these new capabilities are designed to increase the level of autonomy for the operations, i.e., fewer ground-in-the-loop steps for executing commands. One of the new capabilities is designed to intelligently filter rover obtained images and return only those that are very likely to contain useful information. These new capabilities will be used for this and future NASA planetary missions.


This survey characterises the flexibility, throughput, area efficiency and energy efficiency of 22 different ASIC implementations of turbo decoders, as well as 89 different ASIC implementations of LDPC decoders.


Abstract. We present a wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical network (WDM-PON) that uses a graphene-based ultrashort pulsed fiber laser (USPL) as multi-wavelength source. The performance of this WDM-PON system is analyzed in two stages: at first, the USPL was designed, implemented, and characterized experimentally. Then experimental data from the USPL spectrum were then introduced into a simulated network using the software VPItransmissionMaker™, for testing the WDM-PON system performance. The results show that it is possible to achieve an error-free transmission (BER  <  10  −  9) for distances up to 30 km using a non-return to zero modulation format with a bit rate of 10 Gbps and 18 dB optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR). In comparison with an externally modulated distributed-feedback laser, a distance and OSNR penalties   <  5  km and 0.4 dB, respectively, were achieved. Furthermore, this USPL exhibited a 3-dB bandwidth close to 22 nm, which means more than 100 optical channels could be obtained when considering a 12.5 GHz standard grid. Thus due to the number of generated channels, a remarkable cost reduction could be achieved in comparison with conventional WDM-PON systems.


The article elaborates the concrete step of the processing which carry on speech signal with the matlab.It analyzes the effection that the different numerical filter descend different result from the view of theory and fulfillment.


This work considers a model for measuring non-additive quantities, in particular a model for subjective measurement. The purpose of this work was to develop the measurement theory and form of a measurement model that uses the corrected S. Stevens measurement model.A generalized structure was considered that included an empirical system, a mathematical system, and a homomorphism of the empirical system into a numerical system. The main shortcomings of classical measurement theories seem to be: 1) homomorphism does not display operations (in this case, one cannot speak of the meaningfulness of the model); and 2) there is no empirical measurement model that could confirm the existence of a homomorphism. To overcome the shortcomings of existing theories a definition of the measurement equation is given. As a result a measurement model is obtained that is free from the shortcomings of classical measurement theories. The model uses the corrected model of S. Stevens and the reflection principle of J. Barzilai.The measurement model was tested using laws that were obtained empirically. Using the model it is shown that Fechner's empirical law is equivalent to Stevens's empirical law. This means that the problem which has attracted attention of many researchers for almost a century, has been solved.A numerical example demonstrates the possibilities of the proposed measurement model. It is shown that the model can be used for extended analysis of expert assessments.


Since (D2 > (PI, there is a smallest i satisfying E3(xi, yi) 2, it follows that IDl = e(u, v). Hence we can choose e2 = xi-,, h = z, and el = Yi-1. If i is even, then we proceed dually. [1


Background Policies which reduce affordability and availability of alcohol are known to be effective in reducing alcohol harms. Public support is important in policy decision making and implementation, and it may be possible to intervene to improve public support for alcohol policy measures. This systematic review aims to explore the effects of interventions to increase public support for evidence based policy measures in relation to either public health or climate change, and to examine underpinning theory and content of effective interventions.Methods The electronic search strategy was built around the constructs "public support or opinion", "health or climate change policies" and "interventions". Backward and forward searching was conducted, and authors of included papers contacted. Studies were included if they aimed to intervene to improve public support for public health or climate change policy measures, were controlled trials, and targeted the general public.Results Sixteen studies were included in this review, of which 13 had sufficient data for inclusion in meta analyses. The pooled effect estimates for continuous and binary data both show improvements in public support for policy measures as a result of evaluated interventions. The pooled standardised mean difference (n=8 studies) is 0.13 (95% C.I. 0.08-0.17), and the pooled odds ratio (n=5 studies) is 1.72 (95% C.I. 1.33-2.21). Careful attention to message framing, with or without narrative persuasion, appears particularly important content for efficacious interventions.Conclusion This systematic review demonstrates the efficacy of interventions to improve public support for public health policies.


AIM: To observe the effect of oxidized low density lipoproteins (ox-LDL) on secretions of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1α (6-keto-PGF1α) in vein endothelial cell (ECV304 cells). METHODS: The experiment was conducted in the laboratory of Senile Disease Center, the 305 Hospital of Chinese PLA from June to December 2005. ①ECV304 cells were provided by the Wuhan Chinese Creature Collection Center. ECV304 cells were cultured in the DMEM and digested with pancreatin at 25 g/L when passaged. The cells were arranged closely like cobblestone without overlapping. ②The low density lopoprotein was dissolved in 0.15 μmol/L sodium chloride solution and preserved at 4 ℃ after removed the remnant agent with dialysis to prevent from oxidation. ③ECV304 cells were seeded into the 96-well plate by 3×104 per well, and divided into 0, 50, 100, 200 mg/L ox-LDL groups with 3 wells in each group. After the cells grew, different concentrations of ox-LDL were used for 24 hours. The cell supernatant was taken to detect the content of PAI-1 and 6-keto-PGF1α. ④100 mg/L ox-LDL was added for 3, 6, 12, 24 hours, respectively after 96 hours of inoculation, and the supernatant was taken to detect the content of PAI-1 and 6-keto-PGF1α and observe the time effect of ox-LDL. 0 mg/L ox-LDL group served as control group. RESULTS: ①Effect of ox-LDL on the content of PAI-1 and 6-keto-PGF1α: Compared with the control group, the content of PAI-1 in the 50, 100 and 200 mg/L groups were significantly increased [(180.1±2.5), (248.1±9.0), (278.6±15.6), (290.3±15.1) μg/L, P=0.000]; but the content of 6-keto-PGF1α was obviously decreased [(1 113.6±10.6), (995.0±8.8), (767.0±25.1), (660.9±20.3) ng/L, P =0.000]. ②Time-dependence of ox-LDL to PAI-1: The secretion of PGI2 of the 100 mg/L concentration group at each time point was higher than the control group (t =3.37-15.75, P 0.05). ③Time-dependence of ox-LDL to 6-keto-PGF1α: Compared with the control group, incubation of ECV304 cells with ox-LDL (100 mg/L) resulted in a time-dependent increase in secreted 6-keto-PGF1α at 3 hours (t =3.86, P =0.018), and similar at 6 hours (t =2.13, P =0.000), and significantly decreased after 12 and 24 hours (t =16.21-21.76, P 0.001). CONCLUSION: ox-LDL can promote the secretion of PAI-1 and 6-keto-PGF1α, which induce the occurrence and development of angiospasm, thrombosis and atherosclerosis.


Abstract— The broad bands at around 155 nm for GdAl3(BO3)4:Eu, at 184 nm for Ca4GdO(BO3)3:Eu, at 183 nm for Gd2SiO5:Eu, and at 170 nm for GdAlO3:Eu were observed. These bands were assigned to the charge‐transfer (CT) transition of Gd3+‐O2−. In the excitation spectrum of (Gd,Y)BO3:Eu, a broadened excitation band was observed in VUV region. It could be considered that this band was composed of two bands at about 160 and 166 nm. The preceding band was assigned to the BO3 group absorption. The later one at about 166 nm could be assigned to the CT transition of Gd3+‐O2−, according to the result of GdAl3(BO3)4:Eu, Ca4GdO(BO3)3:Eu, Gd2SiO5:Eu, and GdAlO3:Eu. The excitation spectra overlapped between the CT transition of Gd3+‐O2− and BO3 groups absorption. It caused the emission of Eu3+ to take place effectively in the trivalent europium‐doped (Gd,Y)BO3 host lattice under 147‐nm excitation.


This article presents an analysis of collective identity formation within an organization that is part of the new atheist movement to illuminate how a nascent social movement organization successfully builds collective identity through the construction of permeable boundaries. The organization delineates clear boundaries from outsiders so that it can foster collective identity among its members. Group processes that take place within the social movement organization facilitate collective identity formation through contrast to an abstracted and maligned other and through inclusion of former outsiders, namely the formerly religious. In fact, those who cross the boundary between atheists and religious believers make core contributions to supporting boundary maintenance within the organization. The analysis evidences the importance of boundary permeability for understanding collective identity.


This paper presents a study that was initiated to address the relationship between visualization of content information, the structure of this information and the effective traversal and navigation for users of digital video storage systems in domestic environments. Preliminary results in two topic areas are reported: (1) subjective analysis of video content, and (2) navigation by means of key frames for a consumer application.


The exclusive properties of RAW data have shown great potential for low-light image enhancement. Nevertheless, the performance is bottlenecked by the inherent limitations of existing architectures in both single-stage and multi-stage methods. Mixed mapping across two different domains, noise-to-clean and RAW-to-sRGB, misleads the single-stage methods due to the domain ambiguity. The multi-stage methods propagate the information merely through the resulting image of each stage, neglecting the abundant features in the lossy image-level dataflow. In this paper, we probe a generalized solution to these bottlenecks and propose a Decouple aNd Feedback framework, abbreviated as DNF. To mitigate the domain ambiguity, domain-specific subtasks are decoupled, along with fully utilizing the unique properties in RAW and sRGB domains. The feature propagation across stages with a feedback mechanism avoids the information loss caused by image-level dataflow. The two key insights of our method resolve the inherent limitations of RAW data-based low-light image enhancement satisfactorily, empowering our method to outperform the previous state-of-the-art method by a large margin with only 19% parameters, achieving 0.97dB and 1.30dB PSNR improvements on the Sony and Fuji subsets of SID.


The purpose of this report is to provide an informed basis for a comprehensive process of discussion and decision making to profoundly reform the Indonesian Police Mobile Brigade (BRIMOB)...


Abstract : The study contains a systematic approach to problems of modeling, nonlinear estimation and detection of signals in jump-type observations, namely processes whose paths are discontinuous. It is shown that modern martingale theory provides a powerful tool for attacking these problems in a unified and rigorous manner. A general model for describing signals in jump observations is presented. It is shown that a martingale model includes all the previously proposed ones and also covers the difficult case of past-dependent signals that arises in feedback communication and control problems. (Modified author abstract)


Abstract : The human factors characteristics of the AM-64D Apache Longbow helicopter crew stations were assessed. The assessment was based on a survey administered to 43 AH-64D pilots. Results of the assessment indicate that crew workload is manageable during missions and that crews experience lower workload levels, greater situational awareness, and are able to make decisions more quickly in the AH-64D than in the AH-64A. Results also indicate that pilots have not experienced significant problems when using most of the AH-64D crew station controls, displays, and subsystems.


We describe 7Li and 7Be nuclei in a di-cluster model.
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The invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte solution and a lithium ion battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution includes: a lithium salt, a nonaqueous organic solvent and an additive. The additive includes a heterocyclic compound with a structure shown as formula I and phosphoric acid cyclic anhydride with a structure shown as formula II. In the formula I, X is selected from one of S, O and NH, R1 and R2 are independently selected from any one of H, saturated alkyl with 1-10 carbon atoms, unsaturated alkyl with 1-10 carbon atoms and alkyl, or R1 and R2 are interconnected into a ring, and the H on the saturated alkyl and unsaturated alkyl can be partially or completely replaced by halogen, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, and sulfonyl. In the formula II, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from H, saturated alkyl with 1-20 carbon atoms, unsaturated alkyl with 1-20 carbon atoms, or a group with 6-18 carbon atoms and at least one benzene ring. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution provided by the invention can improve the rate charging performance of the lithium ion battery without affecting the storage performance and cycle performance of the lithium ion battery. (formula I and formula II).


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In this paper, we investigate the cluster synchronization problem for stochastic complex networks with time-varying delays by using pinning control. By utilizing the Lyapunov stability theory, stochastic analysis theory as well as linear matrix inequalities (LMI), the sufficient conditions for cluster synchronization for any initial values are derived to guarantee the synchronization. Some numerical examples are then given to illustrate the theoretical results.


Abstract : Combat search and rescue is a specific task performed by rescue forces to effect the recovery of distressed personnel in a wartime, pre-emptive strike or contingency environment. This task lends itself to microscopic clinical analysis at the tactical level and passionate discourse at every level. Born in World War II, developed in Korea and proven in Vietnam, combat search and rescue has all but been abandoned by the current armed forces. This paper will attempt to define force objectives and mission responsibility as reviewed from a CINC's perspective. (SDW)


THIS SPRING, Pfizer opened the door to its medicine cabinet and invited outside scientists to take a peek. It signed a five-year, $22.5 million agreement with Washington University in St. Louis allowing faculty to access data on hundreds of Pfizer compounds that had either failed in the clinic or were in ongoing studies. The idea was that sharing the information would generate novel ideas for old and new drug candidates alike. The pact inspired outside debate over Pfizer's motives and the true worth of the compounds. But no one could deny it was intriguing. If done properly, the collaboration would be an innovative model and signal a newfound openness on the part of drug companies to share information they tend to keep under lock and key. Indeed, Washington University is just the first in what will eventually be a network of academic collaborators who interact using Pfizer as a hub, says Rod MacKenzie, head ...


It is pointed out that the sum rules for KL–KS decay still can be derived even if the S matrix is only asked to satisfy a weaker condition than unitarity. Consequently, such sum rules still exist for a physical process with an absorption effect present.


Precision processing is performed for martensitic stainless steel SUS440C by loose abrasive machining technique. The processing parameters of lapping such as rotating speed of pad, load and processing time are optimized by Taguchi method. The surface roughness of workpiece after lapping with the optimized parameters is Ra 7nm. The polyurethane pad and SiO2 particles are used in polishing. The surface roughness of workpiece after polishing is Ra 8nm, and a mirror surface is obtained.


The objective of this study was to find out components of production cost and analyzing the cost of production materials which used full costing method and variable costing method. This research was conducted at October 2019 on PT. Katingan Timber Celebes Wamlana Village, Fenaleisela Subdistrict, Buru Regency. The company is a buried sawmill industry at Buru Island when has a primary industrial license for timber. Research data were collected by observation, documentation and interview methods, and then analyzed by full costing and variable costing methods. The result showed that the components of production cost consist of raw materials cost, direct labor cost used fixed factory overhead cost and variable factory overhead cost. The cost of production used costing method have value of  Rp.5.120.341.644,- more higher compered to variable costing is Rp.4.542.320.899,- the difference value of the cost of production due to full costing methods which imposes the fixed overhead cost and the variable overhead cost, that the cost of production is higher than with variable costing methods which imposes by factory overhead cost.


In the middle of his Journal (1810-16), John Norton breaks away from an account of his career as a Mohawk war chief to tell the story of the world's creation. The story seems out of place in a narrative that is otherwise occupied with diplomacy and warfare. Norton tells of an ancient mother, her fall and rescue by a turtle who rises from the deep to catch her, and finally the victory of her good grandson, Teharonghyawago, over his evil twin, Tawiskaron. Yet near the end Norton makes a surprising connection between the creation story and the military exploits in the rest of the Journal. The triumph of the good twin, he writes, illustrates an ethic of warfare that has guided the people in all of their conflicts, from ancient times to their present alliance with Great Britain. "Teharonghyawago always assisted [the people] in their wars, when they were undertaken with just cause," he concludes (88). In Norton's retelling, this famous creation story, sometimes known as the earth-diver story, becomes a parable of just war, a source of moral principles that explain and justify collective acts of violence. (1) It also becomes, in its concluding wisdom about the rights of war, an argument about the relationship between native and Western law. In using the phrase "just cause," Norton referenced a well-known formula from the European laws of war requiring that nations possess a valid casus belli, or cause of war, before engaging in hostilities. (2) Norton wrote his Journal at a time when many Western jurists, surveying the very wars in which Mohawks had fought, were expounding anew on the need for a just cause for war. (3) Norton's creation story comes in a form radically different from most European writings on the topic, found usually in academic treatises or diplomatic conventions. Yet for all its dissimilarity, it reaches some of the same conclusions as European scholars, implying a hidden identity between indigenous and Western traditions. Norton's story hints that the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy may have answers to some of the most intractable problems of European diplomacy. In this essay, I consider the many creation stories retold in Norton's Journal, a magisterial account of Six Nations mythology and military history. I argue that throughout the book Norton portrays Six Nations stories as a source of ethical and legal norms that intersect at crucial points with the European laws of war. These intersections--seen, for example, in a common embrace of just cause--support the broader claim, found throughout the Journal, that Native American nations are entitled to recognition from Western diplomats, not simply as dependent nations, but as equals under international law. For Six Nations leaders in Norton's era, there was an important link between the laws of war and diplomatic recognition. Norton wrote his Journal to support an appeal to the British Crown for land rights on behalf of the Six Nations of the Grand River. He composed most of it after 1810 and in 1816 deposited an unfinished copy with supporters in Great Britain, with hopes they would oversee its printing and distribution. (4) The book, which remained in manuscript until its publication by the Champlain Society in 1970, was part of a largely failed campaign to interest philanthropists and government leaders in the Mohawk cause, with the aim of creating a metropolitan base of support for the tribe. One of the many obstacles standing in Norton's way was the allegation of "cruelties exercised by the Indians" fighting in the service of the British Crown (303). From the beginning of the American Revolution, propaganda on both the American and British sides had portrayed Indians as war criminals. (5) In the Declaration of Independence (1776), Thomas Jefferson had written that the Crown's Indian allies, among them Six Nations warriors, were "merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions" (431). …


Purpose. This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficiency of the pyrosequencing (PSQ) assay for the rapid detection of resistance to rifampicin (RIF), fluoroquinolones (FQs) and second‐line injectables (SLIs) such as capreomycin (CAP) and kanamycin (KAN) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) clinical isolates. Methodology. Pyrosequencing is a simple and accurate short read DNA sequencing method for genome analysis. DNA extraction from Mtb clinical isolates was performed using Tris‐HCl buffer and chloroform. The rpoB (RIF), gyrA (FQs) and rrs (aminoglycosides) genes were amplified, followed by sequencing using the PyroMark Q24 ID system. The PSQ results were compared with the results from the conventional drug susceptibility testing performed in the laboratory. Results. The sensitivity of the PSQ assay for the detection of resistance to RIF, FQ, CAP and KAN was 100 %, 100 %, 40 % and 50 %, respectively. The specificity of the PSQ assay was 100 %. Conclusion. The PSQ assay is a rapid and effective method for detecting drug resistance mutations from Mtb clinical isolates in a short period of time.


Thyroid cancer, which is one of the top ten most prevalent cancer in Taiwan, can be diagnosed by traditional fine-needle aspiration biopsy or ultrasonic imaging technology cooperated with physicians' clinical experience. Recently, the computer aided diagnosis (CAD) system based on ultrasonic technology is well adopted by the hospitals. However, based on ultrasonic image and human experience, the cancer can only be diagnosed approximately in 80%, the rest thus have to return to invasive biopsy. What is worse, there are still remaining 20% uncertainness after biopsy. In order to increase the detection rate in CAD system, an approach based on shear wave ultrasonic image with computer vision and deep learning technology is developed. Three methods, namely, texture analysis, traditional convolutional neural network (CNN), and densely connected convolutional network (DenseNet), are used for study and comparison. With manual ROI selection, the method based on the DenseNet achieves 88% accuracy, 90.9% sensitivity as well as 96.5% specificity on our testing data, and is thus selected as the kernel used in our thyroid nodule diagnosis system for benign/malignant classification. Furthermore, a semi-automatic user interface has been built, which can diagnose thyroid nodule in real-time clinically and thus improve the physicians' diagnosis accuracy as well as reduce the probability of invasive biopsy.


Co-Mn alloys were electro-plated from an acidic sulfate plating solution containing sodium citrate as a complexing agent and boric acid as a buffer agent.The cyclic voltammetric experiments show that the initial co-deposition potential of the alloy was about-1.282 V(vs.Hg-Hg2SO4,sat.K2SO4).The effects of the plating conditions on the structure and the magnetic performance of the Co-Mn coatings were studied by means of scanning electron microscopy(SEM),energy dispersive X-ray(EDS),X-ray diffraction(XRD)and vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM),respectively.It was found that the influence of the plating conditions on the coating composition was relatively remarkable.With the increase of the cathodic current density from 10×10-3 to 40×10-3 A/cm2 at pH=4.0,the manganese molar content in the coating increased from 0.3% to 6.6%,and the coating structure changed from hcp Co-Mn solid solution to fcc Co-Mn solid solution.With the increase of the manganese molar content in the film,the saturation magnetization increased and then decreased.The maximal saturation magnetization reached 1 926.0 kA/m.The value of the film coercive force ranged from 31.6 kA/m to 33.9 kA/m.


These are two poems written from combining students' answers to specific questions about birth and fear. They are choral pieces, and address the way that sexism shapes decisiosn made about women's bodies in regard to birth, travel, public spaces, relationships and more.


In practical solid oxide fuel cell systems nickel and yttria-stabilized zirconia (Ni/YSZ) composites are frequently used as anodes. The elucidation of the microscopic details of the electrochemical reaction mechanism requires elementary kinetic numerical simulations along with electrochemical characterization experiments performed with geometrically well-defined model anode structures [1]. In the present work, the results of a comprehensive modeling and experimental study of electrochemical CO oxidation on well-defined Ni/YSZ patterned model anodes are presented. A computational model representing the coupled behavior of heterogeneous chemistry and electrochemistry in terms of elementary reactions was developed (Fig. 1 left), which allows for a quantitative description of the complete experimental data set, which covers a wide range of CO/CO2 gas compositions (4.0 ·102 Pa ≤ pCO ≤ 5.1 · 104 Pa and 9.5 · 102 Pa ≤ pCO2 ≤ 9.2 · 104 Pa and operating temperatures (973K ≤ T ≤ 1073K) (Fig. 1 right).


As a renewable energy, the uncontrollability of wind energy resources will cause the instability of the power grid. The research on the primary frequency modulation control strategy of wind power has become an urgent problem to be solved. Doubly fed wind power generation is the mainstream generator. The main methods of participating in frequency modulation include inertia control method and load shedding control method. This paper analyzes the doubly fed wind turbine model, analyzes its problems in the process of frequency modulation, and establishes the frequency modulation control strategy of wind turbine in the whole wind speed range by selecting the critical wind speed point. Energy storage technology has the advantages of instantaneous accurate response, safety and reliability. Based on the above, this paper studies the primary frequency modulation of wind power energy storage.


1H,13C, 29Si NMR and 35,37Cl NQR spectra have been obtained for (chloromethyl)silane, H3SiCH2Cl. The results are compared with the corresponding parameters of ethyl chloride, H3CCH2Cl. A less polar C—Cl bond is found in the silicon compound, due to the electronic effect of the silyl group H3Si. Previous findings are in agreement with this conclusion.


Background. Experimental studies have shown that low level laser therapy (LLLT) has a positive local biostimulative effect in the early stage of bone healing. Platelet rich fibrin (PRF) also has been shown to be effective in the treatment of intrabony periodontal defects. Objectives. The objective of our experimental study was to demonstrate the combined effects of LLLT and PRF on bone healing. Material and Methods. Our experimental study was done over 80 bony cavities in 20 adult male rabbits, aged 12 months. An incision was made for exposure of the femur bone of all rabbits. Then, by using a large, round surgical bur, a perforated hole was made in the femur. The cavities induced in these rabbits were divided into 4 groups: The control group which was neither subjected to any laser irradiation nor filled with any bone substitute (group I); The bony defects were filled with PRF (group II); The cavities were subjected to low level laser (LLL) for biostimulation (group III); The cavities were subjected to LLL for biostimulation then were filled with PRF (group IV). Histological assessments of the four groups were done using a hematoxylin and eosin stain. Statistical analysis was done using ANOVA and Bonferroni tests for comparisons between the four groups. Results. The area percentage of the newly formed bone in group IV was significantly higher than the other three groups. The area percentage of the newly formed bone in group III is significantly higher than group II. Conclusions. LLLT could induce bone formation in the bone defect at a faster rate than PRF. However, a combination of both LLLT and PRF as treatment modalities could induce bone formation in the bone defect more than that of LLLT or PRF alone (Dent. Med. Probl. 2016, 53, 3, 338–344).


Starting from the nature of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), this paper has made a empirical study on influencing factors of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance degree for both state-owned and non-state-owned enterprises in China. It shows that the enterprise nature is a remarkable influencing factor for CSR performance degree. SOEs make more social contributions than other types of enterprises, but only in terms of social donations, they make less. While small size and fast-growing enterprises make much more social donations. No matter using social contribution rate or social donation rate as the indicator, the operating results of both SOEs and non-SOEs have the same significant positive impacts on CSR performance degree.


We have synthesized new chiral liquid crystalline (LC) organic radical compounds 2 and 3, which are the derivatives of the previously reported compounds 1 containing a chiral cyclic nitroxide unit and an ester group in the mesogen core, and their ferroelectric properties have been studied. The enantiomerically enriched (2S,5S)-2 and (2S,5S)-3 showed an SmC * phase for which their ferroelectric properties such as spontaneous polarization (Ps) and tilt angle (θ) were compared with those of (2S,5S)-1.


The classification of scientific citations according to their quality and function, established in a previous paper, is strengthened by tests of its reproducibility and universality. The method is then applied to articles in various specialties of theoretical physics published in various journals, and conclusions are drawn about differences by specialty and by geographical areas. Specifically, it is shown for the sample investigated (a) that the number of papers referred to per article is much lower for Soviet journals than for European, US, or Japanese journals; (b) that this number is much lower for solid state physics than for high energy or nuclear physics; (c) that US journals have a higher percentage of conceptual citations, and a much higher percentage of organic citations than Soviet journals; (d) that the Soviet Journal of Nuclear Physics has citation patterns markedly different than the other two Soviet journals investigated and is rather similar to that of the US journals; (e) that high energy physics shows a significantly higher percentage of organic citations and a somewhat higher percentage of evolutionary citations than either nuclear physics or solid state physics. Some speculations are presented to "explain" these effects.


Abstract In this paper, by studying some 2-summing linear operators between and , we find various copies of in For instance, if contains a copy of and if contains a copy of


It is wel} kRowR that b}omass aRd activlty of phySop}anktoR are limited by phosphorus in many oligoto mesotrophic }akes. Bacteria are not only superior competitors for phosphorus to phytoplankton [3] but also large P pools relative to the P in other planktonic organisms [17]. RegeReratioR of P preserved iR bacterial cells, therefere, may free phytoplankton from P limitatioB. Previous studies kave demonstrated that grazing ef heterotrophic nanoflagellates is one of the most important bacterial loss processes [7,12]. In addition to this, bacterivorous fiagellates have higher P release rates per body weight than metazoan zooplankton Il]. The fiagellates, therefore, cogld be irr}portant P suppliers for phytoplankton in lakes. Kowever, there has been few s{udies oR the importance of the fiagell3tes as P sgppliers C181. IR the preseRt study, P release rate by bacterivorogs flagellates was estimated in the Rorth basin of P Iimited Lake Biwa, JapaR (350 10'N, 1360 eO'E, altitude 85iy}). The impertance of the flagellates as P smppliers for phytoplankton was examiRed by compariRg {he P supply by the fiagellates with P demand for phytoplankton primary production.


An apparatus comprising back chassis (4) covering the dorsal side of lighting apparatus (3); light source (5) consisting of a fluorescent tube with its both end portions held by the back chassis (4);and support member (6) supporting the portion between the both end portions of the light source (5), fitted on the back chassis (4), wherein the support member (6) consists of a shock absorbing material capable of absorbing any shock by the elastic behavior thereof, and wherein the light source (5) is superimposed on the support member (6).


INTRODUCTION Vilazodone is chemically 5-(4-[4-(5-cyano-1H-indol3-yl) butyl] piperazin –1-yl) benzofuran -2carboxamide. It is a strong dopamine antagonist. It has high affinity for D2 dopaminergic receptors. The literature survey reveals that the drug can be estimated by RP-HPLC [1], LCMS [2,3]. The aim of the study was to develop a simple, precise and accurate RP-HPLC method for the estimation of Vilazodone in pure drug and in pharmaceutical dosage form.


Observations of incoherent scattering of electromagnetic waves at UHF from Langmuir waves by a new scheme involving linear frequency modulation (chirping) of a UHF transmitter and the demodulation (dechirping) of the received signals have been applied during HF heating experiments. These observations show that the high power HF wave used for ionospheric modification creates small-scale plasma depletions instantly on a time scale of 5 ms. For a plasma frequency of 5.1 MHz, plasma frequency gradient of the order of 50 kHz/km, and power density input of the HF heater wave of 8.0 x 10/sup -5/ W/m/sup 2/ the depletion ranged from 3 to 5%. This appears to provide direct evidence that the HF-induced modifications involve Langmuir waves trapped in density cavities. copyrightAmerican Geophysical Union 1987


Engineers at the Japanese Space Agency, JAXA, are racing to save the Hitomi X-ray observatory that was launched on 17 February following a failure to communicate with the craft after launch.


Educational authoritarianism does not tolerate or provide the opportunity for individuals to write significant curriculums with the creative and personal intensity of art. Authoritarian meddling discourages experienced teachers from collaboratively interpreting so-called "aims and objectives" and other modes of written expression. The police-like approach, governmental fawning, sycophantic committee work and the railroading of insidious and dominating curriculums etched in stone will ultimately fail and betray us. We need a greater shift toward the personal and an active recognition for interpretation of authentic curriculum texts as art in our teaching practices. Authoritarianism can only lead to the eventual and diminishing returns in our schools and institutions.


The FeTexSe1−x (x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1) system has been studied using density functional theory. Our results show that for FeSe, the local density approximation (LDA) seems a better approximation in terms of magnitude of magnetic energy whereas the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) greatly overestimates it. On the other hand for FeTe, GGA is a better approximation that gives the experimentally observed magnetic state. It has been shown that the height of chalcogen atoms above Fe layers has a significant effect on band structure, electronic density of states (DOS) at the Fermi level N(EF) and Fermi surfaces. For FeSe the value of N(EF) is small so as to satisfy Stoner criteria for ferromagnetism, (I × N(EF) ≥ 1) whereas for FeTe, since the value of N(EF) is large, the same is close to being satisfied. Force minimization for FeTexSe1−x using the supercell approach shows that in a disordered system Se and Te do not share the same site and have two distinct z co-ordinates. This has a small effect on magnetic energy but no significant difference in band structure and DOS near EF when calculated using either the relaxed or average value of z for chalcogen atoms. Thus substitution of Se at the Te site decreases the average value of chalcogen height above Fe layers, which in turn affects the magnetism and Fermiology in the system. By using the coherent potential approximation for the disordered system, we found that height of chalcogen atoms above the Fe layer, rather than chalcogen species or disorder in the anion planes, affects the magnetism and shape of Fermi surfaces (FSs), thus significantly altering nesting conditions, which govern antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations in the system.


Objective: To explore the effect and mechanism of pulmonary infection on immune function and reninangiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods: The clinical data of patients with SAP admitted to the Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University from January 2016 to March 2018 were selected for retrospective analysis and randomized into the control group (n=64) and the pulmonary infection group (n=58) according to the presence or absence of pulmonary infection. In two groups of patients, serum levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), c-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), interleukin-17 (IL-17), interleukin-23 (IL-23), angiotensin-I (Ang-I), angiotensin-II (Ang-II), renin (REN), aldosterone (ALD) were detected with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay while the expression of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells was measured using Western blot. Results: There was no statistical difference in the general data in two groups of patients (P>0.05). Compared with those in the control group, patients in the pulmonary infection group had higher levels of serum IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, CRP, PCT, IL-17, IL-23, Ang-I, Ang-II, REN and ALD (all P<0.05), and higher expression of TLR4 in mononuclear cells (P<0.001). Conclusion: RAAS can be activated and inflammatory responses be aggravated in SAP patients complicated with pulmonary infection, which may be related to the activation of TLR4/IL-23/IL-17 signaling pathway.


The method of evaluation of intracellular metabolism level in chickens' hepatocytes, using luminescence spectral analysis with 5-([4.6-Dichlorotriazin-2-yl]amino) fluorescein hydrochloride (DTAF) is proposed. The dynamics of proteins content in chickens' hepatocytes under experimental escherichiosis and in intact poultry was established using this method. A gradual increase in the proteins content in hepatocytes of intact chickens was revealed from 1 to 30 days. The proteins content in hepatocytes of chickens with experimental escherichiosis was gradually increased during the monitoring period, to the exclusion of the sixth day indicators, which were kept at fourth day level (4th day - 2.15 ± 0.01; 6th day – 2. 15 ± 0.02). Moreover, these indicators were less than similar indicators of the control group throughout the experiment.


Effectuation processes are consistent with emergent or non-predictive strategies, and speak to the essence of Schumpeter's theory of creative destruction. In this study, hypotheses are formulated to understand the relationship between effectuation, technology orientation, and firm performance. The study takes place in South Africa, which remains a highly significant economic player in sub-Saharan Africa, and is focused on the renewable energy sector. Survey results provide evidence that different dimensions of effectuation are positively associated with technology orientation, and influence firm performance. Policy makers should be encouraging firms to use effectual principles of experimentation, flexibility, establishing pre-commitments, and forming alliances, so as to maximise their returns on technology and constrain their potential losses.


The title compound, [Cr(C12H27O3SSi)2(C4H8O)], is the first silanethiolate complex of chromium(II). The Cr atom is coordinated by two O,S-chelating tri-tert-butoxysilanethiolate ligands and contains, as an additional ligand, a molecule of tetrahydrofuran. The coordination geometry is square-pyramidal in which the tetrahydrofuran molecule occupies the apical position. The molecule lies on a crystallographic twofold rotation axis.


1. Farazestanian M, Yousefi Z, Zarifmahmoudi L, et al. Concordance between intracervical and fundal injections for sentinel node mapping in patients with endometrial cancer?: A study using intracervical radiotracer and fundal blue dye injections. Clin Nucl Med. 2019;44:e123–e127. 2. Frumovitz M, Coleman RC, Soliman PT, et al. A case for caution in the pursuit of the sentinel node in women with endometrial carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol. 2014;132:275–279. 3. Soliman PT, Westin SN, Dioun S, et al. A prospective validation study of sentinel lymph node mapping for high-risk endometrial cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2017;146:234–239. 4. Martinelli F, Ditto A, Signorelli M, et al. Sentinel node mapping in endometrial cancer following hysteroscopic injection of tracers: a single center evaluation over 200 cases.Gynecol Oncol. 2017; 146:525–530.


Combining the automatic generation of 3D finite element mesh with ANSYS sofeware,the loading methods of the helical gear and its root intellectual rounds are analyzed.According to point coordinates on the tooth surface calculated theoretically and using FORTRAN,this paper compiles the programs and builds 3D finite element model of the helical gear.The whole programming algorithm could automatically generate the evenly distributed mesh along tooth length and tooth height,inputting the gear basic parameters and the mesh control parameters.Then,the paper inputs the relative nods and the documents about mesh data into ANSYS,determines the best comparing several loading methods,and analyzes effects of several root rounds on the root flexible stress.


This paper shows several issues related to decrease in electric power consumption for hydraulic systems of modern machine tools, especially CNCs. A core element in the structure of such systems is the pneumo-hydraulic accumulator. Here, examples are shown for hydraulic systems destined to locking and unlocking of skids and to opening of tool holders. This paper shows mathematical models, diagrams, simulations and certain experimental executions.


One of the consequences a r i s i n g out of the i n c r e a s i n g use of automation i n i n d u s t r y has been considered to be the e f f e c t of t h i s on the trade union's a b i l i t y to stage a s u c c e s s f u l s t r i k e . I n t h i s study, the n u l l hypothesis i s t e s t e d to determine whether there i s a r e l a t i o n s h i p between the l e v e l of automation i n i n d u s t r y and the p r o p e n s i t y to s t r i k e i n c e r t a i n i n d u s t r y groups i n the U n i t e d States. Data from two periods i s analysed; P e r i o d 1 between 1951 and 1959, and P e r i o d 2 between i 9 6 0 and 1965. The measurement of the l e v e l of automation i n i n d u s t r y i s made on' the assumption that the l e v e l of automation i s equiva l e n t to the l e v e l of a p p l i c a t i o n of process c o n t r o l employi n g e l e c t r o n i c computers i n these i n d u s t r i e s . The measurement of p r o p e n s i t y to s t r i k e i s determined by comparing the ranking of the man-days i d l e due to work stoppages w i t h the ranking-of the annual average p r o d u c t i o n worker employment l e v e l s among the i n d u s t r i e s . Secondary data has been adapted f o r use i n the t e s t of the n u l l hypothesis. The data has been e x t r a c t e d mainly from the trade j o u r n a l , C o n t r o l Engineering, p u b l i s h e d by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, and from A n a l y s i s of Work Stoppages and the Employment and Earnings S t a t i s t i c s f o r the U n i t e d S t a t e s , p u b l i s h e d by the U n i t e d S t a t e s , Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor S t a t i s t i c s .


Abstract The phenylisothreonine derivatives, taxol side-chain analogs, were synthesized by two routes, one based on the highly stereoselective addition of a phenyl Grignard reagent to the L-threose-derived nitrone 7, and the other using asymmetric α-alkoxyallylation of the ketimine 20 with chiral allyl boron reagents.


In this paper we will define correct module and strongly correct module. We can have some basic results about those modules. And we will show that M is a graded correct R-module if and only if $M_e$ is a correct $R_e$-module.


Through the result of analysis on Internet traffic characteristics, we propose efficient traffic control method in optical switching environment with different granularity. According to the classified traffic flows, we can use both Optical Circuit Switching (OCS) and Optical Burst Switching (OBS) simultaneously.


The March 11, 2011 tsunami caused serious damage to many buildings, bridges and lifelines, and 18,771 people were killed and missing in Japan (data on 2012, July 25). From this event, the digital videos on the damage of structures and the tsunami flows were recorded and uploaded to open web sites. The tsunami flow velocity on land is estimated by using image processing of videos and estimating the dimension of the moving and reference objects. The analyzed tsunami flow velocities range about 2.9 4.9 m/s in Kamaishi town, 2.1 2.8 m/s in Ofunato town, 2.6 5.4 m/s in Kesennuma town, 1.4 m/s in Iwaki town and 2.6 m/s in Oarai town. Finally, the analyzed tsunami flow velocities are used to validate the tsunami velocity from the tsunami inundation simulation for this event. The tsunami flow velocities from the simulation results have the similar trend with the tsunami flow velocities by image processing of videos; however, most of them are less than the results by image processing of videos.