The structure and micromorphology of wear debris of MC nylon 6 under dry sliding were investigated by FTIR, XRD, DSC, and FESEM, and the 3D surface topographies of friction materials before and after the friction test were observed, which will be helpful in understanding the friction and wear processes. The primary crystalline phase of both the unworn MC nylon 6 and the wear debris were α crystal, but the crystallinity of the latter was higher than that of the former. The proportion of α 2 (002 + 202) planes increased and the reflection from the α 1 (200) planes was suppressed in the wear debris, indicating a preferential arrangement of α 2 (002 + 202) on the surface of the wear debris. The transition in structure of the wear debris originated from the activation of the chain segments due to the thermodynamic effects. The thermodynamic effects and high chain segment mobility resulted in the hydrogen bonding whose interchain distance is a larger rupture or even chain scission. MC nylon 6 was severely worn due to the contribution of the tearing force that resulted from the combined action of the tribo-interface adhesion and the shearing effect during friction, whereas no damage happened on the worn surface of the counterpart steel pin even if under severe sliding conditions.


A two fluid model has been employed to study the oblique propagation of solitary kinetic Alfven waves. Formation of solitary waves and double layers is observed. Amplitude, width (in the case of solitons), and thickness (in the case of double layers) of the nonlinear structures are studied in some detail. Wider solitary structures are found to exist for oblique propagation nearer to the magnetic field direction.


- Most of us think that sunlight falling on panels or solar cells when they are stronger and hotter will increase the electrical energy that these panels generate. The temperature and solar radiation falling on the ground are among the most important factors that affect the amount of electrical energy we get from solar cells. Although temperature does not affect the amount of sunlight a photovoltaic cell receives, it does affect the amount of energy produced. Solar cells are made of semiconductor materials such as crystalline silicon, which are the most commonly used in the manufacture of these panels. The paper aims to study the availability of solar radiation in the city of Tajoura for three months, and the effect of temperature on solar cells and their efficiency.


This communication presents the first results of a research project developed by a team of three researchers at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) on the creation, adaptation and operation of a new analysis tool and content management of the media conversation digital social, which has been designed and registered with the name of Nostracker. The system processes and values the information and discussions that take place in the professional digital media tools and user-generated self-communication (blogs and social networks). The development and practical application of this new analysis tool and content management is carried out through five objects or relevant issues of global and local levels, to verify in each case their results and projections.


Strange ight phenomena for both commercial military aircraft and space vehicles are associated with maneuverability near bifurcation points (Upset trim points), components failures and environmental disturbances. Especially around bifurcation points, aircraft seem to be maneuverable but with the high risk of loosing qualitative properties of its control systems like controllability and observability. Throughout critical ight regimes connected with such points or in a post failure, the ight vehicle experience a dynamical change of structure that lead to either stall, tumbling, falling leaf and spin roll departure and also others form of controlled ight departure. In this analysis, we identi ed those critical points and design nonlinear smooth constrained control laws o ine that act as autonomous recovery strategy once aircraft enter such critical modes while making sure that the constraints on the states that de ne the ight envelope protection are satis ed. The constrained on the control inputs are relaxed to ensure proper recovery, proper regulation in a post stall or post failure regime while addressing stabilization of the internal dynamics with the emphasis on its zero dynamics.


Abstract : This study examines the current Military Retirement System in an effort to determine if changes should be made in it, and if so, what kind of changes and the consequences of such changes. An analysis was made of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control findings to determine the differences between the Military Retirement System, the Civil Service Retirement System, and retirement systems from the private sector. Special emphasis was devoted to determining the real problem which has led to these benefits being challenged currently. Additional data furnished from the National LIfe Insurance Company of Montpelier, Vermont helps to identify cost savings of paying benefits at various times. The conclusion is that the Military Retirement System is indeed generous and should be modified to incorporate features that would replace long-term incentives with short-term incentives which, in future years would substantially reduce costs for the taxpayer. However, changes should not be made in the Military Retirement System without similar changes in other federal retirement systems.


Copolymerization modification of PET was made by means of adding a third monomer on a home-made facility. The effects of the content of the third monomer NPG on the T_g, melting behavior and heat shrinkability of PET were studied, and the effect of drawing technology on the shrinkage of the film was also studied. The results showed the crystallinity of the modified PET decreased with the increase of the content of NPG, but the heat shrinkability was improved obviously. Amorphous polyester material that would not crystallize under usual circumstances was obtained, which made the modified PET film to be able to achieve a high degree of orientation during stretching, and it was heat shrinkable when the ambient temperature was higher than its T_g; the effects of different drawing temperature and DR on heat shrinkage of copolyester film was discussed.


The aim of this study is to measure the ability of the experimental design students PGMIPAU in the practicum General Biology .The title practicum General Biology is respiration with the implementation of inquiry based laboratory activities are generated lesson . The method used in this study was a pretest - posttest control group design . The sample in this study is a first semester student PGMIPAU the 2013/2014 school year in the practicum General Biology . The instruments used is guidance practicum, worksheet, and inquiry test by multiple choice . The results show the ability of the experimental design students PGMIPAU in the practicum General Biology with inquiry -based laboratory activities are generated lesson in the very good category is determine the type of problem have average 96%. Beside that, the ability determining purpose of the experiment in the good category with average percentage 85%. Key word: inquiry based laboratory, respiration.


This study examined the hypothesis that cognitive resources may be involved in swallowing. The approach involved a dual-task, reaction time (RT) paradigm with 10 healthy, non-impaired (NI) control participants and 10 participants in early to middle stages of Parkinson's disease (PD). First, baseline measures were obtained for durations of anticipatory phase and oropharyngeal phase during swallowing and RTs to non-word, auditory stimuli. Next, a dual-task was introduced requiring participants to swallow 5 ml of water from a cup while listening for a target non-word presented auditorily during anticipatory or oropharyngeal phases. Target stimuli were randomized across 19 baseline/single-task and 19 dual-task trials. For the single-task data, repeated measures analyses of variance were used to assess differences in (a) durations of the anticipatory phase across trials within and between participant groups; (b) durations of the oropharyngeal phase across trials within and between participant groups; and (c) durations of reaction times across trials within and between groups. For the dual-task data, analyses of variance were used to assess differences in (a) durations of the anticipatory phase between baseline/single-task and dual-task conditions; (b) durations of the oropharyngeal phase between baseline/single-task and dual-task conditions; and (c) durations of reaction times between baseline/single-task and dual-task conditions for each of the two swallowing phases. Results showed slowed swallowing and RTs in participants with PD compared to controls in both anticipatory and oropharyngeal phases of swallowing. This effect was largely carried by participants in more severe, mid-stage disease as compared to early disease. The anticipatory phase was more affected than the oropharyngeal phase, suggesting that cognitive demands may be greater for that phase. Swallowing durations were similar for NIs and participants in early stage PD, underscoring the strength and persistent nature of swallowing.


'We do not honor the worth of nature until it's dry'. We, almost at each and every stage often forget the contribution of nature by exploiting its pristine quality. Our obnoxious foot-prints on the heart of the earth prove this through pollution, desertification, deforestation, waste dumping, biodiversity loss, industrialization, urbanization, concretization and so many environmental problems. Nature, in turn, being compelled exerts adverse impact to us. Realizing the painful destiny of nature along with its inhabitant, the great noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore spread the awareness vista for geoenvironmental concerns among people during 19 th century. His geo-environmental visions were framed in aesthetic sense depicted in his all poems, lyrics, dramas, prose etc. which can demand distinct entity and may be applied at present perspectives by making people aware about the values of the environment. Authors have tried to establish here the aptness of the Tagore"s literary works at present degrading scenario of environmental quality to extend his ever-lasting ideas of environmental conservation.


[Objective] To study the relationship between habitual abortion and anatomical cacogenesis of uterus. [Method] 34 cases of patient with habitual abortion were examinated by panoramic hysteroscope (Wolf, made in Germany ) and corresponding operation instruments. [Results] To find out 12 cases anatomical cacogenesis of uterus in 34 cases patients with habitual abortion, uterus unicornis was 2 cases; submucosal myoma was 3 cases; incompetent cervix was 2 cases; mediastinal uterus 1 case; intrauterine adhesion and intimal fibrosis was 4 cases. [Conclusions] Hysteroscope was one of important method looked for cause of habitual abortion, anatomical cacogenesis of uterus were usually cause, special attention to be intrauterine adhesion and intimal fibrosis.


Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a newly developed high resolution microscopy technique which is capable of mapping forces near surfaces or, by means of these forces, the topography of the surface itself. In one mode of operation, AFM can resolve individual atoms on both conducting and insulating surfaces. A crucial component for the AFM is a flexible force‐sensing cantilever stylus, whose properties should include, among other things: a sharp tip, a low force constant, and a high mechanical resonance frequency. These requirements can be met by reducing the size of the cantilever stylus through microfabrication techniques and employing novel methods to construct a sharp tip. Presented here are a number of microfabrication processes for constructing cantilever styli with properties ideal for the AFM. These fabrication processes include (1) a method for producing thin film SiO2 or Si3N4 cantilevers without tips, (2) a method for producing Si3N4 cantilevers with integrated pyramidal tips formed by using an e...


The aim of the study was to identify specific features of the genre strategy of Boris Akunin's novel «The Falcon and the Swallow». In this paper, basing on the principles of comparative historical literary studies, we analyze specific features and mechanisms of transformation of the pirate novel genre into a model of a postmodern detective story. It was found that Boris Akunin in this novel plays with the genre nature of the work. In particular, a pirate novel is subject to parody. On the one hand, there are some external attributes of a pirate novel and a mysterious island; there is an element of competition in the treasure hunt; memoir form of presentation is used; the romance of corsair life is described. On the other hand, the external attributes become a parody. This is indicated by the figure of the narrator (a parrot), by the stylistic reduction of the narrative, by the feminization of the female characters and by the main character's lost hope to find the treasure in the final.


Research is the active pursuit of discovering new and relevant information through systematic inquiry. A foundational role of the AANA Journal is bringing research to our readers that assists us in refining the way we think about and practice our specialty. The age of evidence-based practice is upon us, and we must actively embrace the opportunity that it provides to merge research, skill, intuition, and humanitarianism.


. . (3/20/17) Today I learned that every if R is a ring and if S ⊂ R is a multiplicative subset of R not containing 0, then the prime ideals of R whose intersection with S is empty are in one to one correspondence with the prime ideals of RS , the ring localizing S. The way I look at this is to think, well, if I want a prime ideal in RS from an ideal in R, say, I, if I ∩ S = ∅, then you really didn't change the ideal. I'm not 100 percent sure how right that is-we'll see. (3/21/17) Today on a homework problem I learned about the Tubular Neighborhood Theorem, which says that if one is given manifolds Z ⊂ Y , then there is a neighborhood in the normal bundle of Z in Y ,written N(Z;Y ), containing Z, that is diffeomorphic to a neighborhood of Z. The picture I drew of this was a central circle for Z and a sphere for Y , which makes it seem super obvious, but I'm sure it isn't in general. (3/22/17) So fun fact. The fact about prime ideals and localization in (3/20/17) was in the book I was reading for fun at night called Algebraic Number Fields. But today, I learned a very similar fact about prime ideals, but this time relating to quotienting, in Vakil's notes. In particular, there's a natural bijective correspondence between prime ideals in a ring R containing an ideal I and prime ideals in the quotient ring R/I. This in particular gives some good visualization of Spec(R/I) as a subset of Spec(R). This sort of explains how we can relate ideals–for example, we can view any element of Spec(C[x, y]/(x2−y2)) as the set of ideals I ⊂ C[x, y] containing (x2−y2). So for example, the point (x − 1, y − 2) isn't considered. This will probably have a similar story with the above localization and prime ideals. Also today I learned a fact in DiffTop which will probably serve well in the future, well, maybe. A submanifold Z ⊂ Y is globally cut out by the zeroes of independent coordinate functions if and only if its normal bundle in Y N(Z;Y ) is trivial. I feel like now that we're getting into intersection theory stuff that might come in handy? I should think about why this applies to the example I learned in class about projecting a donut down to its height–why one circle by its lonesome can't be cut out in this case. (3/23/17) The first thing I can think of that I learned today is the Van Kampen theorem for groupoids. In particular, if X is a topological space, then Pi(X) is a groupoid whose objects are the points of x and whose morphisms between objects are homotopy classes of paths between the two points. In particular, if S = {U} is an open cover of X that is closed under finite intersection such that all of those open sets are path connected*, we obtain an S shaped diagram if we view S as a category whose morphisms are "inclusion". Then the Van Kampen theorem for groupoids says that Π(X) ∼= colimS(Π(U)). *Although to be honest, I'm not sure if this condition was necessary. I combed through the proof a few times to see, and it didn't seem to. Then I saw this Stackexchange post. http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/198348/does-mays-version-of-groupoidseifert-van-kampen-need-path-connectivity-as-a-hy Also, the "closed under finite intersection" thing might be a similar thing to being a "filtered category."


The structure of disodium dimolybdate (Na2Mo2O7) synthesized by a low-temperature method in the process of ultrasonic spray pyrolysis using acidified aqueous solutions of thermodynamically stable molybdenum (VI) oxide clusters as a precursor was refined down to an R-factor of 7%. The refinement of the diffraction data showed that Na2Mo2O7 powder synthesized at 3001C belongs to the base-centered orthorhombic type of structure with a space group of Cmca (no. 64). It was found that the basic units of the octahedral MoO6 precursor complexes exist in the structure of Na2Mo2O7. Tetrahedral MoO4 building units that coexist together with octahedral units in the structure of Na2Mo2O7 are most likely developed by the termination of weak octahedral bonds and by the placement of the molybdenum atom in the center of the tetrahedra.


Using the Infrared Spectrograph on board the Spitzer Space Telescope, we present low-resolution (64 0.5 mJy; 2) R-[24] > 14 Vega mag; and 3) a prominent rest-frame 1.6 micron stellar photospheric feature redshifted into Spitzer's 3-8 micron IRAC bands. Of these, 20 show emission from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), usually interpreted as signatures of star formation. The PAH features indicate redshifts in the range 1.5 =1.96 and a dispersion of 0.30. Based on local templates, these sources have extremely large infrared luminosities, comparable to that of submillimeter galaxies. Our results confirm previous indications that the rest-frame 1.6 micron stellar bump can be efficiently used to select highly obscured starforming galaxies at z~2, and that the fraction of starburst-dominated ULIRGs increases to faint 24 micron flux densities. Using local templates, we find that the observed narrow redshift distribution is due to the fact that the 24 micron detectability of PAH-rich sources peaks sharply at z = 1.9. We can analogously explain the broader redshift distribution of Spitzer-detected AGN-dominated ULIRGs based on the shapes of their SEDs. Finally, we conclude that z~2 sources with a detectable 1.6 micron stellar opacity feature lack sufficient AGN emission to veil the 7.7 micron PAH band.


Abstract A study of drilling performance in Unocal Indonesia's Attaka Field has resulted in a comparison of conventional drilling methods with newer drilling technology, introduced to the Attaka Field in 1984. The system consists of low toxic oil base mud (OBM), a polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bit, a measurement while drilling (MWD) tool and, in many cases, a steerable downhole positive displacement mud motor. Since the introduction of the modern drilling techniques, problems with wellbore instability have been eliminated, bit life and rate of penetration have improved, and drilling time and costs have been reduced.


The present invention relates to a jet injector water supplying apparatus using a direct-acting on-off valve and a toilet equipped with the jet injector water supplying apparatus coupled with a rapidly responding direct-acting on-off valve, wherein the jet injector water supplying apparatus mixes and injects high pressure jet drain water and high pressure jet drain water. A jet injector valve (12) of core devices is connected with a high pressure water supplying pipe and intermittently supplies high pressure jet water to the high pressure jet water supplying pipe. An injector nozzle (24) receives the supplied high pressure jet water and injects the water into a jet water mixing chamber (22). The jet water mixing chamber (22) receives high pressure jet water sprayed from an injector nozzle and mixing the high pressure jet water with low pressure jet water while charged with the low pressure jet water and discharges medium pressure water to a jet water outlet (25). At this time, the jet injector valve (12) is has a valve head direct-acting on-off valve type, preferably an electronic solenoid valve, rather than a diaphragm on-off type operated by charging and discharging pressure water. The jet injector water supplying apparatus of the present invention makes the middle pressure jet water to have preferable pressure and speed using the small amount of high pressure water by injecting high pressure jet water required to raise the flow energy of the low pressure jet water into a mixing chamber at the exact injecting point of time during a short spraying time using the direct-acting on-off type. The jet injector water supplying apparatus exactly detects the supplying condition of the low pressure jet water by measuring change in water level in a flushing tank in an operation process and then injects the high pressure jet water at the optimal timing, thereby generating stable siphonage and providing a sufficient washing effect with less washing water and less washing noise. [Reference numerals] (AA) Flushing tank; (BB) Body; (CC) Drain-trap; (DD) Bowl


*SUMMARY Motivation: The development of multicellular organisms involves the differential expression of many genes. Thus knowledge about spatial and temporal patterns of gene expression is crucial for understanding development. Typically researchers analyze spatial patterns of gene expression in multicellular organisms by visual inspection of photographic images obtained in the in situ hybridization experiments. A profound limitation of this approach is that it captures little of 2D and 3D information and provides only rough quantitative information. Thus the development of new algorithms and methods for processing of images to accurately quantify the level of gene expression at cellular resolution remains one of the important tasks for bioinformatics. Results: Here we describe a method to quantify protein and mRNA levels per nucleus in the Drosophila blastoderm embryos without loss of spatial information. Availability: All materials are available from authors upon request.


In the mid-1950s, the Eisenhower administration and Congress erupted in a sharp partisan debate over how to pay for the novel National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, slated to become the most expensive and expansive public works project in United States history. Republicans advocated for interest-bearing bonded debt borrowed from banks, while Democrats preferred to avoid debt service costs and apply a direct tax-and-pave approach to the enormous state building project. The chosen fiduciary practices promised to be as permanent as the physical infrastructure they paid to construct and maintain. Consequently, the fraught episode saw the two parties contest not only transportation infrastructure and the capital supply upon which it depended, but indeed the very nature and future of American political economy. When the tax-and-pave approach prevailed, it saved taxpayers interest costs, but came with its own perilous consequences as it set near-limitless development in motion.


In the first part of the thesis we present studies on three body charmless B± decays. The analysis is performed using LHCb dataset from protonproton collisions at the centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV and 8 TeV collected in 2011 and 2012, respectively, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.1 fb−1. We measured the inclusive CP asymmetry of the four channels: B± → K±π+π−, B± → K±K+K−, B± → π±π+π− and B± → π±K+K−. CP asymmetries were also studied along the phase space. The second part of this thesis is devoted to my contribution to the LHCb SciFi Tracker, a detector made of scintillating fibres. It presents the experimental setups used to characterise the scintillating fibres which needs to meet specific requirements to be able to operate under the running conditions foreseen for the LHCb upgrade. In addition, we discuss the results on the development of fibres made of a new class of scintillating material denominated as Nanostructured Organosilicon Luminophores (NOL). They were found to have a decay time constant at least two times shorter than the fastest scintillating fibres.


That the eggs of numerous parasitic animals may be deposited in the textures of living beings, and that these develop themselves in such textures, and draw thence their nourishment, has been long known. But that, under particular circumstances, certain cryptogamic plants are capable of germinating and fructifying in the living tissues of animals, and especially in man himself, is a discovery of recent date.


A key activity in small-molecule drug discovery is the characterization of compound–target interactions. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is a flexible technique for this purpose, with a wide affinity range (micromoles to picomoles), low protein requirements, and the ability to characterize the kinetics of compound binding. However, a key requirement of SPR is the immobilization of the target protein to the surface of the sensor chip. The most commonly used immobilization techniques (covalent immobilization, streptavidin–biotin) are irreversible in nature, which can afford excellent baseline stability but impose limitations throughput for slowly dissociating compounds or unstable targets. Reversible immobilization (e.g., His-tag–Ni-NTA) is possible but typically precludes accurate quantification of slow dissociation kinetics due to baseline drift. Here we present our investigation of three immobilization strategies (dual-His-tagged target protein, His-tagged streptavidin, and switchavidin) that combine the robustness of irreversible immobilization with the flexibility of reversible immobilization. Each has its own advantages and limitations, and while a universal immobilization procedure remains to be found, these strategies add to the immobilization toolbox that enables previously out-of-scope applications. Such applications are highlighted in two examples that greatly increased throughput for the kinetic characterization of potent kinase inhibitors and kinetic profiling of covalent inhibitors.


Second-order MI (mutual information) is an improved measure of first-order MI in image registration, enhancing the robustness and accuracy of first-order MI. However, in the process of implementing registration based on second-order MI by Rueckert et al., the related techniques can still be improved. So, in this paper, we study the affection of grey levels and neighborhood information on the technology of image registration based on second-order MI from some experiments and get the best grey levels and neighborhood information to improve this technology. At last, the effects of noise on second- order MI are analyzed to explain some conclusions drawn in our paper.


Object extraction is needed to track objects in color traffic image sequence. To extract objects, we use background differencing method based on MOG(Mixture of Gaussians). In extracted objects, shadows may be included. Due to shadows, we may not find exact location of objects and sometimes we find adjacent objects are glued together. Many methods have been proposed to remove shadows. Conventional methods usually assume that color and texture information are preserved under the shadow. Thus these methods do not work well if these assumptions do not hold. In this paper, we propose a new robust shadow removal method which works well in those situations. First we extract shadow pixel candidates by analysing color information and compute the ratio of shadow pixel candidates over the total number of Pixels. W the ratio is reasonable, we remove shadow candidate Pixels and if not, we use data in history array containing Previous removal records. We applied the method to real color traffic image sequences and obtained good results.


A speed sensorless control of nonsalient PMSM is demonstrated in this paper, where estimated rotor flux is directly utilized, instead of transformation angle. A discrete-time sliding-mode current controller in stationary frame with EMF feedforward is employed. The operation at low speed is improved by reducing the disturbance impact. The estimation angle error at zero speed is limited by injecting additional DC current that compensates for the unknown load torque and enables operation at zero speed.


Introduction. Arterial hypertension is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases in octogenarians. The aim of the study was clinical characteristics of patients with arterial hypertension over 80 years-old. Material and methods. The study group consisted of 2512 hypertensive patients in mean age of 68.28 ± 11.15 years-old, including group 1: 2148 patients in age up to 80 years-old (85.51%) and group 2: 364 patients over 80 years-old (14.49%). Clinical data was analysed including comorbidities, laboratory results and echocardiographic indices. Results. Persistent atrial fibrillation was more frequent in group 1 (10.3% vs. 2.5%), while in group 2 permanent atrial fibrillation was observed (59.2% vs. 41.3%, p < 0.0001). There have been differences between group 1 and group 2 in frequencies of atrial fibrillation (24.4% vs. 44.5%, p < 0.0001), hyperlipidemia (30.8% vs. 18.7%, p < 0.0001), heart failure (34.5% vs. 55.0%, p < 0.0001), past non-fatal stroke (4.5% vs. 8.2%, p < 0.0023). No differences in stable angina, diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia, left ventricle hypertrophy, history of myocardial infarction, thyroid dysfunction have been noted. Patients in group 1 had higher values of hemoglobin (group 1 > 2, p < 0.0001), total cholesterol (group 1 > 2, p < 0.0001), LDL-cholesterol (group 1 > 2, p < 0.0004), triglycerides (group 1 > 2, p = 0.0003), glycemia (group 1 > 2, p = 0.0142), urea (group 1 < 2, p < 0.0001), uric acid (group 1 < 2, p = 0.0034), creatinine clearance (group 1 > 2, p < 0.0001), potassium (group 1 > 2, p = 0.0482) but not left ventricle ejection fraction in comparison to group 2. Conclusions. Atrial fibrillation, heart failure and stroke were more frequent in hypertensive octogenarians compared to younger patients. Heart failure in hypertensives was classified as diastolic irrespectively of age. Renal dysfunction was not dependent on age however it was more pronounced in octogenarians compared to younger patients.


In recent years the quality of rural electric services in Liberia has been declining and the future economic viability of these power stations is a growing concern. Each of the ten operating and each of the planned rural public power stations is designed to operate exclusively on gas oil (diesel fuel). Fuel expenditures by the Liberian Electricity Corporation (LEC) for the rural public stations represent a major and growing burden on the financially hardpressed utility. Liberia has two potentially significant alternatives to oil-fired electric power for its up-country towns: small (1 to 5 MW) hydroelectric facilities, and wood-fired steam or gasifier plants (0.2 to 2 MW). Although small hydroelectric facilities appear viable for several locations, they cannot serve all locations and will require thermal back-up. The economics of supplying wood to a rural electric power plant or rural grid were evaluated under several scenarios involving: (1) different sources of the feedstock, and (2) differences in wood supply requirements for plants based on the use of steam or gasifier technology, and variation in the utilization level for such plants. With a few minor exceptions, wood energy supplies are plentiful throughout Liberia. Liberia has four different potential sources of wood fuel supply:more » the commercial cutting of retired rubber trees; the harvesting of secondary growth forest just prior to the land returning to temporary cultivation as part of a system of shifting agriculture; adding to the system of shifting agriculture the planting of fast-growing wood species and harvesting these trees when the land again is brought back under cultivation (generally after about five to seven years); and the establishment of commercial short-rotation wood energy plantations. Results indicate that the use of wood to fuel rural power stations is a viable economic option.« less


The goal of this article is to review, from new historic interpretations, the essay The agricultural situation of La Pampa, written by socialist Mariano Velez and published by La Vanguardia Press in 1934. Far from being the emissary of a black legend, as seen by pampean history, this book is an important work to analyze the reading that socialists made of the agrarian reality and their strategies to spread knowledge. These facts were very important among the political subculture during the first half of the twentieth century. The triangulation of this work with texts and contemporary newspapers is done to make a deeper analysis and to give the necessary importance to Velez essay. This essay was almost the only socialist analysis about agriculture done in La Pampa National Territory during the thirties.


Corrosion of ferrous material (such as steel or stainless steel) is a matter of an oil refinery pipes, tanks and piping systems and process equipment in, which may be the corrosion / TAN value of the feedstock oil transported by reducing iron-containing material with be reduced. The TAN value of the oil can be obtained by the reaction of alkali metal with the starting material, thereby forming a de-acidified to lower the alkali metal. FIG deacidified TAN number of less than or equal alkali metal 1mgKOH / g.


Thc rcsults of fecd intakc. nutritivc valuc and rumcn volatile fattv acids (VFA) production in shccp fcd with frcsh cocoa pod husk (FCH) ration or dricd cocoa pod husk (DCH) ration arc reportcd. Thc avcragc daily dry mattcr intake and thcobrominc intake of FCII and DCH rirtions wcrc not significantly differcnt and causcd no advcrsc cffect in shecp. F(lt{ has highcr nutritive value than DCF{. Thc digestibilitv of dn ntltte-r. organic mattcr. crudc fibrc, nitrogen free cxtract. cncrgv and crudc protcln rvcre significantlv different bctwcen thc FCtl and DCH rations. Nitrogcn rctcntion in FCFI and DCH rations was 17.0% and 12.2(,''r rcspectivcl\'. Thc mcan rumcn concentrations of total VFA (mM) acctatc. propionate and butyratc. ptl and non-glucogenic ratio werc [J,1.9. -56.8. ltt.2 and 9.3 mM.6.-r and 4.0 for thc FCH ration whilc the corresponding values werc t't5.3. 184.108.40.206 and 9.3 mM. 6.6 and 4.1 for thc DCII ration. Differences bctwccn rations wcrc not sisnificant.


Background Owing to its impact on weight loss, remission of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome, bariatric surgery has offered hope for grossly obese individuals. In recent years, obesity has increased in the UAE and the use of bariatric surgery has increased in-line with this trend. However, data regarding bariatric surgery outcomes in diabetic Emirati people is scarce. Objective To evaluate the effect of bariatric surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus. Methods This is a retrospective analysis of diabetic patients treated with bariatric surgery with a minimal follow-up of 1 year and extended for some patients (21) to 2 years follow up. A total of 80 patients underwent bariatric surgery. Two surgical procedures were used; laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (n=53) or mini-gastric bypass between January 1, 2015, and July 20, 2017. Results Mean baseline weight was 119.2±31.2 kg, this has significantly dropped to 100.1±23.1, 91.2±22.3, 82.3±17.5, and 81.3±15.3 kg at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months respectively, and this change was statistically significant P<0.001 at each time point. Mean baseline HbA1c was 8.6% ± 2.3% and this dropped significantly to 6.5±1.7, 5.9±1.2, 5.6±0.8, and 5.4±0.7 at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months respectively (P<0.000). In 49 (61.3%) we considered fatty liver based on ultrasound features either with or without elevation in alanine aminotransferase (ALT). We noticed a significant decrease in ALT at 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery. Furthermore, 11 patients (22.4%) showed sonographic features of improvement in fatty liver in addition to normalization of ALT. Conclusions Bariatric surgery was effective over a follow-up period of 2 years in achieving significant weight loss as well as resulting in improvements in glycemic control, blood pressure, and fatty liver.


To assess whether increased arousal would differentially affect time estimation in attention-disordered and normal English teenagers, 2 videotapes (1 of a police car chase [Bombadier, 1994] for high arousal and another of cell division [ITV, 1991] for low arousal) were shown. Self-reported arousal levels strongly correlated with pulse-rate change. Attention-disordered students estimated longer times in the low-arousal condition than normal students but not in the high-arousal condition. This evidence supports the cortical underarousal hypothesis as the basis for attention disorder. Compared to normal students, such children were poorer in use of time but better in imagery-based creativity tasks in high-arousal conditions. It would appear that attention-disordered children are unable to self-motivate in low-arousal situations.


The first methodology for the direct reductive deoxygenation of ketones catalyzed by high‐valent oxo‐rhenium complexes by using a silane as reducing agent is described. The systems PhSiH3/[ReOCl3(SMe2)(OPPh3)] (2 mmol/5 mol %) and PhSiH3/[ReOCl3(PPh3)2] (2 mmol/5 mol %) proved to be efficient for the deoxygenation of aryl ketones, producing selectively the corresponding alkane, or a mixture of alkane and alkene derivatives with the alkane as the major product.


The operating conditions of Petrovsky-Anastasievkaya irrigation system are considered. The system efficiency, the influence of operating and reclamation conditions on rice yield has bees analyzed. The priority types and amount of work on the improvement of operating conditions have been defined


This paper describes a color extension of a 2D laser profile sensor by extracting the corresponding color from a camera image. For these purpose, we developed a routine for an extrinsic calibration between the profile sensor and the camera. Based on the resulting translation and rotation vectors a belonging pixel can be calculated for each profile point. Consequently, the color for each profile point can be extracted from the image. This approach is used to extend the geometric data of a robotic based 3D scanning system by color data.


In order to solve the problem that the framework of highway cannot be extracted automatically from a static picture, in this paper, an automatic extraction technology is proposed, which is a mathematical morphology method based on the spectral information of the Remote Sensing Image to achieve the automatic highway extraction. The experimental results show that our proposal is effective.


Until recent years the primary responsibility for the vocational preparation and employment of persons with significant disabilities rested with the adult service system. After leaving school, these students typically entered a rehabilitation facility which provided them with skill training intended to prepare them for competitive employment. Today, the supported employment model of service delivery for people with significant disabilities is being adopted by rehabilitation programs. Using this approach, these agencies have shifted their focus from preparation to the establishment of employment opportunities for persons given the skills and abilities with which they come to the program. 1,2 Within the supported employment model, school programs are expected to playa much greater role in both the vocational preparation and employment of students. 3,4 Schools must assume major responsibility for teaching students those joband job-related skills that will permit them to work as independently and productively as possible. In addition, the school program is responsible for ensuring that a student is employed before or soon after departing school and that the supports the student will require to maintain the job are in place. Much attention has been given to identifying effective vocational preparation and employment strategies for individuals with disabilities. However, the focus of these efforts has been on students who experience cognitive disabilities; little attention has been given to the unique vocational preparation and employment challenges posed by students who experience physical and multiple disabilities, such as Angel and Kelly. 5,6 Angel experiences cerebral palsy and moderate cognitive disabilities (i.e., mental retardation). She is unable to read and has only limited number skills (counting and number recognition). She has no functional use of her left hand, but some use of her right hand. She uses a power wheelchair to drive long distances and a manual chair for short distances. She is able to speak, although in a slow and labored fashion. Angel has been employed as a clerical assistant at a credit union for approximately two years, beginning the job in her last year of school. Kelly also experiences cerebral palsy, moderate cognitive disabilities, and very limited academic skills. He has little functional use of both hands and uses a power chair for mobility. He is able to speak, but is difficult to understand. Kelly has been employed by a deli as a sandwich delivery person for three years, ajob created for him before he completed school. Angel and Kelly are two students who participated in a project called the Oregon Transition to Employment Project (OTEP), the purpose of which was to identify and put into practice strategies that districts can use to assist


The economic crisis that occurred in quarter IV of 2008 until the quarter II 2009 which took place in the world including Indonesia handy, have resulted in a variety of global financial institutions suffered losses and bankruptcy. Bankruptcy that plagued banks-banks in Indonesia is affected by bank accepted deposits increased, while loans provided decreased, leading to increased interest on loans given to banks. Population research used are commercial banks listed on the IDX (Indonesia stock exchange) period 2006-2012. This study used the method of DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) and test different ANOVA. The results of hypothesis testing with different ANOVA test showed the presence of tidal differences in the efficiency of banking performance before and after the economic crisis. The results can provide advice to companies banking on anticipated at the time of the crisis, bank indonesia concerning the banking performance evaluation andimplementation of the industrial policy of banks, borrowers, investors, banks and stockholders about the banking efficiency information at the time of the crisis.


The content of the physiology theories should be fine,new and useful.While making use of the teaching method,we should fully exert the student's main-body function.we should make use of the modern multi-media network teaching.The experiment teaching needs to adjust,to increase experiment contents,to renew to the means of experiment,to improve the means of examination.Thus the students not only can learn to more knowledge,teachers also can be promoted.


Slums and informal settlements in African cities are notably connected to green spaces and natural ecosystems serving as green infrastructure. Green Infrastructure holds the potential for improvement of the quality of life and the environment by harnessing benefits for people's livelihoods, food security, environmental regulation, socio-cultural appropriation, etc., and by addressing constraints to greening. Policy initiatives and relevant greening programs, especially those utilizing participatory, low-cost, socio-economically empowering approaches, are recommended.


ABSTRACT Sexual assault is sexual activity without consent, but what is consent? Undergraduates' understandings are often messier than the consensual/non-consensual binary. U.S. university undergraduates watched videos depicting consensual sexual interactions and sexual assaults. Scenes were drawn from popular television programmes and pornographic websites, and varied in their inclusions of verbal consent, alcohol consumption, and coercion. The results show promise for the method of using popular media vignettes to investigate undergraduates' consent perceptions. Findings illustrate that women who never viewed pornography found the scenes less consensual than men who frequently viewed pornography. Despite U.S. law requiring universities to provide sexual consent education to incoming students, such sexuality education had only limited effects on perceptions of consent. Findings suggest that semester-long educational courses were more effective than one-time trainings in impacting perceptions of consent.


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This document constitutes the Impact Assessment Report for Emergency Communications for Evacuation (EVAC) in New Orleans. Response, Emergency Staging and Communications, Uniform Management, and Evacuation (R.E.S.C.U.M.E.) is a bundle of applications that targets the improvement of traffic safety and mobility during crashes and other emergencies that affect the highway network. A key R.E.S.C.U.M.E. focus is on traffic incident management and responder safety. Another is emergency communications for evacuation. The R.E.S.C.U.M.E. bundle includes the following three applications: (1) Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders (RESP-STG), (2) Incident Scene Work Zone Alerts for Drivers and Workers (INC-ZONE), and (3) Emergency Communications for Evacuation (EVAC). Areas of interest within the EVAC application include information on traffic and road conditions, location of available lodging, and location of fuel, food, water, cash machines, and other necessities for evacuees using their own mode of transportation and those for whom transportation services were provided. The EVAC application bundle employs mobile communications technologies. This document assesses the potential impacts of EVAC through simulation that uses a model of the Greater New Orleans region.


To support ethical decision making in autonomous agents, we suggest to implement decision tools based on classical philosophy and psychological research. As one possible avenue, we present EthXpert ...


Objective:To understand the influence of survival ratio and effects on lungs in bile duct infective rats treated with L-NAME,G-csf.Methods:72 SD rats were randomly divided into four groups,sham-operation group,acute bile duct infection group and two therapeutic groups using L-NAME,G-csf(in each group n =18).Acute bile duct infection model was made by injecting E.coli 25922 to the common bile duct after ligating it.Surviral ratio of the common bile duct after ligating it.Surviral ratio of rats were oberserved for other 72 SD rats. Results:Comparing G-csf-group with acute bile duct infection group,the pathological harm of G-csf-group lungs was lightened ( P 0.05),and the survival ratio was improved ( P 0.01 or P 0.05).As for L-NAME-group,the pathological changes of organs were more prominent.Conclusion: Exogenetic cytokines L-NAME and G-csf can affect secretion of some inflammatory mediators.The pathological changes of organs in bile duct infection group using L-NAME seem as more prominent.As for G-csf group,the harmful effects on organs can be lightened,G-csf improve the surviral ratio of infective rats.


Current state legislation reflects professional differences of opinion about the identification, assessment, and placement of learning disabled children. The authors suggest that services for the learning disabled will be improved if legislation decreases its emphasis on categories and concentrates instead on providing mechanisms for meeting the specific educational needs of individual children.


Security always has been a main concern in the FPGA-based systems, especially when these systems manipulate sensitive applications and data. Since Systems-on-Chip (SoC) are connected to an external memory, the content of this memory can easily be retrieved or tampered by physically probing the memory bus. While the existing state of the art already proposes several solutions, these are not completely secure and impose a significant impact to the systems performance. This work proposes the design of a reliable system to properly secure the external memory of the device. The goal is to achieve a security system with low performance impact and low on-chip memory overhead. The presented solution was implemented Xillinx Zynq7000 All Programmable SoC architecture.


The boundary plasma of a Tokamak device is investigated experimentally by using an electrostatic probe. It is shown that the density of the boundary plasma decays exponentially in the radial direction and perpendicular diffusion in the boundary plasma behaves like the Bohm type. The gross particle confinement time is evaluated from the particle flux to the limiters and the wall, which can be estimated from the density profile and the electron temperature of the boundary plasma.


The green economy is a form of economic progress. It promotes environmentally sustainable, low-carbon, and inclusive development. It ensures environmental sustainability and preserves the conditions for social progress. The current model of resource management is not sustainable and puts pressure on the environment. The proposed steps toward a green economy are intended to benefit both the environment, the economy, and society. The aim of the study was to assess the spatial differentiation of the relationship between the green economy and the zero waste concept of Eastern Poland's municipalities. The assessment was performed using a synthetic measure. The choice of variables was determined by the availability of data in the Bank of Local Data of the Central Statistical Office (BDL GUS) for the years 2010–2020 in spatial terms (709) municipalities of Eastern Poland. The synthetic measure of green economy ranged from 0.28 to 0.56 in 2010 and from 0.28 to 0.59 in 2020; and for the waste management measure, from 0.19 to 0.55 in 2010 and 0.32 to 0.53 in 2020. Spatially, the essence of the green economy or zero waste stems from the desire to reduce the burden on the environment by creating attractive conditions for living and business activities. The development of the green economy is to shape the aspect of the environment, while ensuring economic security and quality of life.


Time-worn large-scale buildings have become fire hazardous to increase because of deteriorated safety facilities and the application of a past fire law. The purpose of this study is to find out the potential fire risk factors and of characteristics of fire risk factors according to time variance tracked the specific control large-scale buildings. Therefore, we analyzed fire risk of large-scale buildings according to time variance by checklist Method using questionnaire. As a result, 1970's buildings are about 30% lower than 2000's buildings. Therefore, this study will be providing base date about fire risk evaluation model of large-scale building and performance restoration according to deterioration.


This book presents a reconstruction of the Hellenistic-Roman glass industry from the point of view of raw material procurement. Within the ERC funded ARCHGLASS project, the authors of this work developed new geochemical techniques to provenance primary glass making. They investigated both production and consumer sites of glass, and identified suitable mineral resources for glass making through geological prospecting. Because the source of the raw materials used in the manufacturing of natron glass can be determined, new insights in the trade of this material are revealed. While eastern Mediterranean glass factories were active throughout the Hellenistic to early Islamic period, western Mediterranean and possibly Italian and North African sources also supplied the Mediterranean world with raw glass in early Roman times. By combining archaeological and scientific data, the authors develop new interdisciplinary techniques for an innovative archaeological interpretation of glass trade in the Hellenistic-Roman world, highlighting the development of glass as an economic material.


Soft crystallization routes for the controlled growth of one- and two-dimensional Cu(II)-coordination polymers of the type [(Cu(hfa)2)x(3-tpt)]n (hfa = hexafluoroacetylacetonate, 3-tpt = 2,4,6-tris...


The robot-assisted Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) enables to perform complex and delicate operations along anatomical tortuous paths through natural orifices. Such emerging techniques also pose difficulties for the master manipulator design. Based on the requirement analysis and ergonomics for robotic NOTES systems that rely on a master-slave configuration, this work proposes a new type of master manipulator in a combined parallel and serial configuration, providing advantages in terms of improved stiffness and accuracy, large workspace, low damping ratio, easy implementation of force feedback. It has three degrees of freedom (DoFs) with one driving unit for each DoF, including translation and two rotation forms, and supports both passive mode and active mode, permitting force feedback in all the three DoFs. A simplified and improved parallel mechanism with a planar six-linkage configuration is proposed to achieve translational motion, and it adopts a rotational form to replace the traditional approach using a linear guide rail. The singularity of the mechanism is analyzed, and the design has been improved to avoid reaching singular positions. The master arm platform has been fabricated and assembled, and it possesses a large workspace of $300 \times 300 \times 173.2$ mm3. Both simulation and experiments have been performed to validate its effectiveness and advantages, and the proposed design can be applied as a generalized master platform to target NOTES surgery.


UHF stations historically have faced considerable difficulties, many of which were predicted during the FCC's allocation hearings in 1950 but were generally dismissed by the commissioners. Commissioner Frieda Hennock, however, was in a unique position to both recognize the considerable deficiencies UHF stations faced and attempt to prevent them. Unfortunately, her enthusiasm for the development of educational television left her blinded to UHF's troubles. The present essay analyzes Hennock's actions regarding the development of UHF.


This paper proposes a novel visualization tool for educational compilers, called MieruCompiler. Educational compilers that generate native assembly code like i386 have many practical and pedagogical advantages, but they also have a disadvantage that the undergraduate students need to acquire a wide range of knowledge on native machine instructions, assembly directives, application binary interface (ABI), so on. To reduce this learning cost, MieruCompiler provides various visualizations as a rich internet application (RIA) including: (1) highlighting all related slices (called "horizontal slicing" after [13], but not implemented in [13]) among the source code, abstract syntax tree, assembly code, symbol table, stack layout and compiler code, when the user hovers the mouse pointer over a piece of them, (2) displaying tooltips for machine instructions, assembly directives, etc., and (3) visualizing stack layouts which are very likely to be implicit. As a preliminary evaluation, MieruCompiler was used in two universities, which produced promising results.


The human mind is naturally conditioned to assess the confidence of another speaker. Hence, confidence while speaking is crucial for success across most domains and situations. Confidence in speech is a highly useful trait to have when engaged in interactions and discussions. In the right amounts, it can often sound pleasant or reassuring to the listener. For a person striving to achieve a note of confidence in his/her voice, finding a human evaluator to give relevant feedback on the tone and voice is not always possible. Given the growing power of neural networks and other machine learning tools today, a machine could potentially serve as an evaluator for assessing the confidence in the user's speech, and provide scores as feedback for the user's improvement. In this paper, we present the descriptions, results and analysis of our experiments in predicting the confidence of a speaker using machine learning and audio processing tools. The project involved the building and scoring of an unbiased dataset of audio recordings based on the confidence of the speaker. The audio clips were recorded by the peers in the campus and graded based on clarity, modulation, pace, and volume. Three models were trained and tested on the built dataset: a multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural network, a support vector machine (SVM) and a convolutional neural network (CNN) to predict the confidence of a speaker. Our results show that convolutional neural networks produce scores with the highest accuracy, 86.3%, where accuracy is measured with respect to the closeness to the scores awarded by human assessment.


Children as gifts that are expected to be the successors of the family and nation sometimes do not match expectations with what is expected by both parents, often many crimes are committed by minors, crimes committed from the ordinary to extraordinary things, one of the crimes what is often done by minors is the crime of theft, there are many factors behind a minor committing a crime of theft that makes a child want to do it, one of which is bad environmental factors and family factors that pay less attention to the child, the judge's consideration is The most important thing in determining the realization of the value of a judge's decision is by looking at the existing facts.


"arguments that there are biological determinants of 'social formation' are unacceptable". This sort of forced choice between two extreme alternatives, which cannot actually be considered separately, seems likely to be improfitable, in the same way as the old distinction between genetic and cultural transmission. Other arguments for the primacy of social processes seems to me to show a somewhat similar bias. I t seems unlikely, for example, that the great increase in conceptual abilities which must certainly have occurred during the evolution of Homo is mainly a consequence of interest in social structure. The hypothesis is put in its most succinct (and perhaps somewhat jocular) form in the assertion (p. 61) that the "best brains in Homo erectus" were working on sociology. I t is of course, unfair to object that there is at present no evidence which allows us to disprove such a hypothesis, since this applies to most speculation about the evolution of human behaviour. I t is, however, reasonable to ask that the hypothesis should be framed so as to allow tests in the future. I t would have been fascinating, for example, to be shown how human social interaction, when verbal communication which is not primarily social in its content or aim is discounted, differs from that of a plains baboon in its demands on cognition. The third and fourth sections of the book present a biological background to man. Much of this is likely to be valuable to undergraduates in the social sciences: thus there is a very clear summary of human physical development, and a concise and fair account of what is involved in genetic effects on body and behaviour. However, the physiology chosen for exposition is not what physiologists would regard as most important for the understanding of human behaviour. Great emphasis is laid on the role of the adrenal medulla and cortex in the causation of behaviour. My own feeling is that the animal evidence (which is greatly superior to the human) is so complex, and so indicative of indirect and weak effects, that the subject is best left alone in a text at this level. I t might have been better to tell the reader at least briefly of strong effects which are well established from animal data, and which therefore may reasonably be looked for in man. The facilitation of attack by testosterone is one obvious example. Perhaps the most important of such extrapolations is from studies of brain function. The resemblances, for example between the taming effect in many mammals of basolateral amygdalal lesions and the effects of similar lesions in man are close. Proper consideration of data of this sort would have made it much more difficult for an undergraduate who is reading sociology to finish the book with the feeling that social constraints on human behaviour outweigh all others. No mention is made of the subtle and penetrating studies of social relations in the rhesus by R. A. Hinde, even though these have included the development of techniques which have direct application in "small groups" sociology, and are now beginning to provide for the first time objective definitions of variables such as the "warmth of a relationship". Nor is there any discussion of the modern revolution in ideas about the function and evolution of societies, which has some claim to be the most important development in organismal biology in the last decade. This last is perhaps something which might be amended in future editions, since it is almost certain that the controversy aroused by E. 0. Wilson's book "Sociobiology" will expose sociologists to the new ideas in this area in garbled and selected form. In conclusion, it is only fair to say, after so much carping and complaint, that I have concerned myself with those topics which I feel to be important, and on which I a m competent to comment. A sociologist or social psychologist would undoubtedly have a very different viewpoint, and might well profit greatly from parts of the book which I have hardly mentioned. R. J . ANDREW


Let A(X) be the Banach space of integrable, holomorphic, quadratic differentials ϕ on a Riemann surface X. We characterize the points of A(X) at which the norm is weak uniformly convex in terms of the infinitesimal form of Teichmuller's metric on QS mod Sand we give a quantified version of this characterization. Sullivan's coiling property applies along any Beltrami line [t|ϕ|/ϕ|] for which ϕ is a point of weak uniform convexity and the amount of coiling is quantified by the quantified version of weak convexity. For a closed set J in , we let A(J) be the Banach space of integrable functions in which are holomorphic in the complement of J. We generalize Bers' approximation theorem by showing that rational functions with simple poles in J are dense in A(J). Density is with respect to the L1 -norm over the whole complex plane, including J


This paper presents a simple in-house fabrication of a solenoid inductor using 3D printing, selective electroless plating, and electroplating for the inductor, and pressing for a highly laminated metal core. The frame of the solenoid inductor was 3D printed, where the design of the frame has a solenoid trench and ridge for wiring and insulator, respectively. The ridge of the frame was selectively coated with a novolac resin by dipping and rolling. The unique selective electroless plating showed the direct patterning to form a solenoid conductive path that came from the different surface activation. Electroplating to thicken the solenoid wire completes the inductor fabrication. A pressing and stacking of a nickel film form the highly laminated magnetic core for the inductor. A 10-turn solenoid inductor with a wire thickness of was successfully fabricated. An average inductance of 133 nH was measured in air-core condition. A 120 nickel layer cores were integrated into the inductor and showed the boosted inductance of 252 nH. The proposed simple fabrication has a great potential for various RF passive 3D devices including antennas, filters, and waveguides.


Degloving injury of skin of leg is an unusual but a major complication of manual traction. The authors report an abrupt full thickness skin degloving of lower leg, while reducing a dislocated total hip replacement in an elderly patient. This is a very rare complication and perhaps can be prevented with a high index of suspicion and cautious approach especially in old and frail patients.


THE NATURE OF ENERGY. ENERGY USE IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, RESOURCES, AND USES. THE BENEFIT-DETRIMENT APPROACH. Principles. FOSSIL-CARBON BASED ENERGY. BIOMASS FUELS. The Future. SOLAR-, WIND-, GEOTHERMAL-, AND WATER-BASED POWER. Solar Energy. WInd Power. THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR-BASED POWER. NON-NUCLEAR R & D FOR THE FUTURE. ENERGY, AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHERIES. GLOBAL TRENDS, PROBLEMS, AND NEEDS. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, FOOD, WATER, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. ENERGY USE, ATTITUDES, AND CONSERVATION. EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE. THE GOAL OF PEACEFUL PLANETARY MANAGEMENT. But Grounds For Optimism. GLOSSARY OF TERMS, UNITS, AND ACRONYMS. KEY REFERENCES TO INFORMATION AND DATA SOURCES. POSTSCRIPT.


Sulfuryl chloride battery systems have long been noted for high operating voltages, extended capacities and greater safety under abuse conditions. Cell performance is, however, primarily limited by reduction processes occurring at the TFE bonded carbon cathodes. In order to elucidate electrochemical reduction processes in SO/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/ systems and to optimize for various physical/chemical parameters of the carbon used, half cell voltage sweeps, polarization and discharge data were used to evaluate various carbon powders as potential substrate materials in Li/SO/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/ cells containing LiAlCl/sub 4/ as the electrolyte solute. Results are presented.


th edition I understand that this research report must be officially approved by the Graduate School and that an electronic copy of the approved version will be made available through the University Library website I attest that the research report is my original work (that any copyrightable materials have been used with the permission of the original authors), and as such, it is automatically protected by the laws, rules, and regulations of the U.S. Abstract The study was performed to assess the impact of applied learning courses " Lean Enterprise " and " Resource Planning Practicum " in the careers of students that recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. The study was targeted to the students who completed the applied learning courses while majoring in Engineering Technology, Supply Chain Management, Business and Masters of Science in Technology Management programs. The scope of the study was to gather data from students that graduated between the years 2007 and 2011. After the review and approval of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at University of Wisconsin-Stout, a research-based survey was sent to 203 graduates to collect the quantitative data required for the study. The data was used to analyze the impacts of applied learning courses on the career of the recently graduated students.


In equalization and deconvolution tasks, the correlated nature of the input signal slows the convergence speeds of stochastic gradient adaptive filters. Prewhitening techniques have been proposed to improve the convergence performance, but the additional coefficient memory and updates for the prewhitening filter can be prohibitive in some applications. We present two simple algorithms that employ the equalizer as a prewhitening filter within the gradient updates. These self-whitening algorithms provide quasi-Newton convergence locally about the optimum coefficient solution for deconvolution and equalization tasks. Multichannel extensions of the techniques are also described.


Introduction: According to archaeological data, viticulture and winemaking appeared in Armenia around the 7th millennium BC (HARUTYUNYAN et al. 2005). Armenia has a very large wild grapevine population and grape cultivars offering a valuable gene pool to grapevine breeders. Grapes contain large amounts of phytochemicals which account for most of the sensory characteristics of the respective wines, such as color, aroma and astringency (WATERHOUSE 2002). The most studied group of grape phytochemicals are polyphenols: secondary metabolites with diverse chemical structures and functions (NACZK and SHAHIDI 2004). Their biological activities have been extensively studied during the last decades, providing strong evidence of their potential health benefits. Grape skins and seeds are known to be rich sources of phenolic compounds, both flavonoids and non-flavonoids (ARNOUS and MEYER 2008, POUDEL et al. 2008). The concentration of phenolic compounds in grapes depends on the variety of grapevine and it is influenced by viticultural and environmental factors. Knowledge of polyphenolic content of grape skins is relevant for their future use. Many Armenian grapevine cultivars have been already described and their genotypes determined. However, many local grapevine accessions remain unidentified and their phenotypic characteristics overlooked. At the same time an accurate phenotypic description of varieties needs to be done with combined methodologies which involve the determination of polyphenolic content as an important chemical descriptor. The aim of this study was characterization of Armenian local grapevine resources by determining the total polyphenol content in skins and seeds of grape cultivars for phenotyping the diversity of Armenian grapevines. Material and Methods: G r a p e s a m p l e s : Ten colored and ten white Armenian grapes were analyzed to determine total phenols in skins and seeds extracts. Samples from the cultivars and germplasm accessions were harvested in their technological ripening stage. P r e p a r a t i o n o f t h e g r a p e s k i n s a n d s e e d s f o r a n a l y s e s : The pedicels were removed and the berries were manually skinned. The seeds were separated from the pulp, washed with distilled water and then blotted on paper to remove any residual pulp. The skins and seeds were then extracted in 20 mL of an ethanol: water: hydrochloric acid (70:29:1) solution for 24 h. The extracts were filtered before spectrophotometric the total phenols determination. A n a l y s i s o f t o t a l p o l y p h e n o l s : The Folin-Ciocalteu method was used for the determination of the total phenols as suggested by RUSTIONI et al. (2014). In brief, an aliquot (0.5 mL) of the appropriate diluted extracts was added to a 10 mL volumetric flask, containing 2.5 mL of distilled water. Then, 0.5 mL of Folin-Ciocalteu reagent was added and the contents mixed. After 3-5 min, 2 mL of 10 % Na2CO3 solution was added and made up to a total volume of 10 mL distilled water. After keeping the samples for 90 min at room temperature, their absorbance was read at 700 nm against distilled water as the blank. The total polyphenols were expressed as catechin (mg∙L-1) concentration and calculated applying the formula "catechin (mg∙L-1) = 186.5 x E700 x d" (E700 = absorbance at 700 nm; d = dilution). Then data were converted in mg∙kg-1 of grape, based on the berry weight. All samples were prepared in triplicate. S t a t i s t i c a l m e t h o d s : All data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) of three replications for each grape skin and seed extract tested. The data obtained were analyzed statistically by the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Multiple Range Test (STATGRAPHICS Plus).


Employment is a core concept related to the employment of graduates.In the background of the popularization of higher education,it is a important measure to promote employment of university graduates that inserts the employability education into the course teaching.There is a big difference in the level and mode about the Employability education for the different subject.Based on the characteristics of public administration subject,this article studies how to insert the employability education into course teaching of public administration subject.


Healthy communities draw their strength from multiple kinds of initiatives by public and private networks and organizations. Usually, they involve people working with one another to address community issues and problems that need attention, caregiving, and ongoing support. However, a key question is: What happens when people become "an other," when they fall between the cracks of system responses? We know that in every community there are people who are isolated, unserved or underserved, disconnected, sometimes homeless, and often avoided because of fear, stereotypes, and prejudice in the community because their needs or characteristics have made them into an "other." It may be because of a disability, mental illness, medical condition, age, ethnicity, lack of resources, or any social characteristic which becomes, too often, the defining part of a person's identity in the eyes of the community, and, far too frequently, in their own eyes as well. It happens when the adjectives used to describe someone become the noun—people who have a disability become "the disabled," those with mental illness become "the mentally ill," people who are elderly become "the old," people with substance abuse problems become "the addicted" or "the druggies," for example. The late Reverend Dr. Harold Wilke, a pioneer in the inclusion of people with disabilities of all kinds in communities and congregations, called this process the "sin of negative spread," (Wilke, 1981), meaning that an aspect or characteristic of a person's identity takes over their entire identity, and then people start making assumptions that because a person, for example, uses a wheelchair, that individual must also be deaf or intellectually disabled, or because a person has a mental illness that individual are also dangerous. Michael Smull, a leader in what is called person-centered planning in the field of disabilities, notes that people with severe disabilities


Soybean seedlings are usually affected by shading in maize-soybean relay strip intercropping conditions. This work aimed to investigate the response of soybean seedling growth and photosynthetic fluorescence characteristics to low light environment. The light intensity of 12 000,7 200 and 3 600 lx were chose for simulating different light environment. Soybean( G.max L. Merr.) cultivar Gongxuan 1( shade tolerance) and Guixia 3( shade sensitive) were used as experimental materials. The results showed that the height increased and the values of stem diameter,root diameter,root length,biomass,and root-shoot ratio decreased with declined of light intensity. For photosynthetic pigments,the 3 600 lx light intensity were significantly higher than that of CK. With light intensity declined,net photosynthetic rate( Pn) and transpiration rate( Tr) appeared the trend of low-high-low,whereas stomatal conductance( Gs) and intercellular CO2concentration( Ci) gradually decreased. Fluorescence parameters F,Fm',Fo and Fm of Guixia 3 increased with the declining of light intensity,however,those of Gongxuan 1 were maximized in light intensity of 7 200 lx. In addition,the non-photochemical quenching( NPQ) increased and the Fv / Fo displayed a trend of high-low-high of two soybean varieties with the decrease of light intensity.


ABSTRACT The structured inequalities of capital investment and disinvestment are prominent themes in critical urban and regional research, but many accounts portray 'capital' as a global, faceless and placeless abstraction operating according to a hidden, unitary logic. Sweeping political‐economic shifts in the last generation demonstrate that capital may shape urban and regional processes in many different ways, and each of these manifestations creates distinct constraints and opportunities. In this paper, we analyze a new institutional configuration in the USA that is reshaping access to wealth among the poor – a policy 'consensus' to expand home‐ownership among long‐excluded populations. This shift has opened access to some low‐ and moderate‐income households, and racial and ethnic minorities, but the necessary corollary is a greater polarization between those who are able to own and those who are not. We provide a critical analysis of these changes, drawing on national housing finance statistics as well as a multivariate analysis of differences between owners and renters in the 1990s in New York City. As home‐ownership strengthens its role as a privatized form of stealth urban and housing policy in the USA, its continued expansion drives a corresponding reconstruction of its value for different groups, and inscribes a sharper axis of property‐rights inequalities among owners and renters in the working classes.


Forest management that retains a hardwood component in ptne-hardwood Ftands to increase habitat dlverslty and aesthetic quality can negatively affect white-tailed deer (Odocorleusviginianui jbrowseproduct~on.ln unmanaged pine-hardwood stands, the habitat carrymg capacity for deernrelatwely Iow duetothe negaliveeffectsofshading on browse productton and lo\\ potential of hardwoods for mast crops S,lv,cultural pracuces and ecolog~al wcces-slon largely determtne deer browse production in naturally regenerared pine srands retatmng hardwoods Intensive control of the overstory pine basal area is often required to moderate the negative effects of hardwood shadmg. Hardwoods tend to form dense midstory canopies which inhibll understory browse prodoct>on. Thmmng to remove mIdstory hardwoods and to reduce stand density is commonly employed as a means of stimulating browse production (Blax and Feduccla 1977). However, because of the potential to mcrease mdsf production and habitat dlverstty, total removal of hardwoods from pine-hard-wood standr is not recommended (Hassinger and Smith 1979, Decker et al. 1983). Understanding the relationships between stand density and browse productton provides land managers with a tool for prescrlbmg thinnmg to encourage both deer browse and timber production Halls and Schuster (1965) suggest thinning pane stands to basal areas of 16-18 r&ha as a comprormse for producing both deer browse and timber. However, theu suggested target basal areas did not include hardwoods which create propornonally more shade than pines Studies that addressed browse production following thinning of pine-hardwood stands fo different levels of pine and/or hardwood basal area consistently showed improvements tn deer habItat However, the responses of browse speues to varylog densnies of both pine and hardwood has not been fully evaluated Wrigley et al. (1989) and Blair (1971) examined habitats across controlled levels of pine and/or hardtvood basal areas, hut their results were restricted to narrow ranges in treatment levels. Wigley et al (1989) evaluated stands with only 15 m2/ha of total basal area,


We produce new cryptosystem, based on knapsack multiplicative problem. We propose a generalization of "su-perincreasing" property for sequence of positive integers.


Lanthanide based dyes belong to one of the most promising fields of photovoltaic research, combining high quantum yields and large spectral shift. However, many challenges are faced when working with lanthanide dyes for spectral conversion: their thermal and chemical stability, which can greatly influence the shelf-life of the dyes; the absorption band position, which depends on the organic part of the dye, the so called "antenna"; self-quenching mechanisms, which lead to a photoluminescence emission loss. The chemical composition of the surrounding environment of the dyes has a fundamental role in their properties. In this paper, the optical and PLQY (photoluminescence quantum yield) properties of an europium-based dye embedded in a silica matrix are reported. The in-house synthesized dye consists of a bis(2- (diphenylphosphino)phenyl)ether oxide (DPEPO) ligand and three hexafluoroacetylacetonate (hfac) co-ligands coordinating a central europium ion. The dye has been included in porous core-shell particles, to study its optical properties once embedded in a solid dielectric matrix. The optical properties of the resulting samples have been characterized by photoluminescence emission and PLQY measurements. The results have been compared with data obtained from a commercially available dye (BASF Lumogen family) in similar conditions.


A time accurate, general purpose, adaptive grid method is developed that is suitable for multidimensional steady and unsteady numerical simulations. The grid point movement is performed in a manner that generates smooth grids which resolve the severe solution gradients and the sharp transitions in the solution gradients. The temporal coupling of the adaptive grid and the PDE solver is performed with a grid prediction correction method that is simple to implement and ensures the time accuracy of the grid. Time accurate solutions of the 2-D Euler equations for an unsteady shock vortex interaction demonstrate the ability of the adaptive method to accurately adapt the grid to multiple solution features.


Objective To observe the clinical curative effect of benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH)treated by Tablet Longbikangtai.Methods It was a double blind,randomized and controlled clinical study.80 patients with BPH were divided randomly into two groups,60 patients oftreatment group were taken Chinese material medica named Tablet Longbikangtai,and those of control group patients were treated by another Chinese material medica named Tablet Qianlieshule.Results The improvement of clinical symptom,quality of life,and maximum flow rate of urine,the reduction of prostate volume and residual urine volume were obvious after treatment in two groups.And the improvement of international prostate symptom score was more abvious in Longbikangtai group(P0.05).Conclusion Tablet longbikangtai can effiently treat BPH and improve the quality of patients 'life.


Fiscal Decentralization in Ukraine: Is It Run Smoothly? The first relates to fiscal decentralization, according to which the local authorities received more taxes, but with more responsibilities. The second refers to the administrative issues of decentralization, including the organization of amalgamated territorial communities. The latter, however, is not possible without the former. Through decentralization, local entities receive powers to carry out governance, healthcare, education, regional development, roads maintenance, etc. Overall, the decentralization reform is listed among one of the biggest successes of Ukraine's reforms in the last four years.


C4 plants are known to be of polyphyletic origin and have evolved independently several times during the evolution of angiosperms. We are interested in understanding the molecular changes that the C4 genes have undergone as they were adapted to their new functions in C4 photosynthesis and are using the C4 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) of the genus Flaveria as a model. The PEPCs of F. trinervia (C4) and F. pringlei (C3) are encoded by a gene family that is composed of at least three different gene classes named ppcA, ppcB and ppcC. The C4 PEPC of F. trinervia is encoded by the ppcA gene class and is expressed at high levels only in the mesophyll cells of the leaves. The nearest neighbour to the ppcA gene class of F. trinervia is found in F. pringlei. Comparisons of this pair of orthologous gene classes are used to identify the C4 -specific differences between the enzymatic properties of the ppcA PEPCs and the activities of the ppcA promoters. The two ppcA PEPCs are 96% identical, but differ in the Km for phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) and their inhibition by malate. Chimerical PEPCs are presently constructed to map the differences in the enzymatic properties of the C4 and C3 PEPC isoforms. To investigate determinants for the C4 specific expression pattern, the 5´ flanking regions of the ppcA1 genes of F. trinervia and F. pringlei were fused to the uidA reporter gene encoding s-glucuronidase and transformed into the C4 plant F. bidentis and the C3 species tobacco. In F. bidentis, the C4ppcA1 promoter drives a high level of expression of the transgene only in the mesophyll cells, while the C3ppcA1 promoter leads to low levels of expression in leaves, stems and roots. Determinants for the C4 specific expression of the ppcA1 gene of F. trinervia must therefore be located in the 5´-flanking region of this gene. Further analyses showed that two regions, a proximal and a distal segment, are sufficient to generate the C4 specific expression pattern. In tobacco, the C4ppcA1 promoter is preferentially expressed in the palisade parenchyma cells of the leaves. These results indicate that the major events during the evolution of the C4ppcA promoter occurred at the promoter level.


During September and October, 1937, the author made a reconnaissance by launch from Panama to Guayaquil, along a coast from which meteorological and oceanographic data are extremely scanty. Records were made at a total of 51 stations, mostly within 25 miles of shore but extending to a maximum distance of ±70 miles. Photographic and diagrammatic information were presented relating to the rainfall- and cloud-patterns of the region, and other matters.


The administration of relatively small doses of antiserum to BSA to mice receiving an injection of DNP 12BSA resulted in a concomitant enhancement of both the anti-BSA and anti-DNP antibody responses. It thus appears that under suitable conditions the "helper effect" may be mimicked by anti-carrier antiserum.


AIM
The study was aimed at establishing the correlation between the socio-cultural context of adoelscence and symptoms of adolescent depression.

METHODS
The Kraków Depression Inventory (KID), version IO "C1" was administered to 17 year old. students of secondary schools in Kraków in 1984 (last transformation) and 2001 (12th year of socio-political transformation). The groups studied were selected on two-stage sampling. KID IO "C1" results of these students who were screened as depressive (n = 153 in 1984; n = 522 in 2001) were analysed.

RESULTS
Statistical analysis revealed significant differences in Mood Scale results (higher in girls vs. Boys; higher in girls in 2001 vs. 1984), Anxiety Scale (lower in 2001 vs. 1984 in both gender groups), Self-destruction Scale (higher in girls in 2001 vs. 1984; higher in boys vs. girls), Somatisation Scale (higher in girls vs. boys). Cognition and Activity Level Scale showed no significant differences.

CONCLUSIONS
Changing socio-cultural conditions correlate with the symptomatic manifestation of adolescent depression especially with an increase of externalisation in self-destructive behaviour.


The emerging of the intelligent transportation system especially in the research area of traffic surveillance and solving traffic congestions, become notably crucial for traffic operators in the aim of achieving efficient vehicle flow. However, behavioural manoeuvres that describe the pattern of vehicles movements and change of the vehicle flow are not sufficiently modeled based on the conventional inductive-loop traffic sensors. These behavioural manoeuvres are useful for interpreting the indepth study of traffic pattern in a traffic network. Hence, with the advancement of the available vehicle tracking system, vehicle trajectory dataset is selected as suitable candidate input for the traffic pattern extraction. The implementation of k-means and fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering algorithm for vehicle flow analyzing task is served as focus in this paper. Similarity function based on Longest Common Subsequence (LCSS) is implemented to measure the similarity among the trajectories before clustering is performed. Rand Index (RI) is computed to evaluate the clustering performance of two sets trajectories with two different traffic scenes by comparing the simulated clustering result with the ground-truth result.


Satsuma Mandarin cultivated in Nanki, Mie, Japan is one of the most excellent rareripes. However, lack of agricultural continuators makes the translation of special agricultural skills much harder. Under these circumstances, advanced application of ICT to Mandarin production using the scientific evidences based on the sensing data is eagerly desired. In this sense, collaboration between ICT system developers and Mandarin growers should be necessary with sharing common understanding for the sustainable production of excellent Satsuma Mandarin based on the index for optimal irrigation control with sensing data. In this paper, we introduce a mobile-phone based data logging system with small rubber ball apparatus is proposed for cost effective way to collect cultivation diagnosis for Satsuma mandarin production. The data are collected to the server via internet and bring to each field worker via Web-based time-line UI, where they can compare other data such as temperature, the amount of isolation collected by local weather robot or reference user's data. The system was applied to a test field at test site in Kumano, Mie, Japan. In this paper, therefore, we tried to apply cutting-edge


In this study, we synthesized a series of diisobutylamine-functionalized graphene oxides as adsorbents (GO-DEA-DIBA) by adjusting synthetic conditions for the efficient adsorption of rhenium(VII) (Re(VII)). Results indicated that the best mass ratio was 10 mg of sodium carbonate to 5 g of distilled water, and a cooling time of 44 min could prevent the exfoliation of functional groups and achieve higher uptake capacity of Re(VII). The maximum uptake of Re(VII) was found to be 140.82 mg g–1 at 303 K with an initial Re(VII) concentration of 800 mg L–1. More importantly, it can be clearly seen that mixed ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, and Mn2+) could almost separate with Re(VII) on the adsorption of ReO4– onto the GO-DEA-DIBA with a weak acidity solution. Re(VII) was adsorbed on the GO-DEA-DIBA via charge interactions between tertiary amine groups and ReO4– by infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. In addition, adsorption behavior, adsorption isotherms, desorption, and regeneration are also d...


We studied the phase behavior of hard rectangular rods with edge lengths L, D, and D. All the calculations have been carried out through Onsager second virial theory within the three-state Zwanzig ...


In this study, graduates multiple intelligences profile are the main interest in order to enhance the opportunities of the management graduates for employability. In order to measure and classify the multiple intelligences of graduate, Two Step Cluster Analysis is applied. The cluster is based on their demographic background and Gardner's nine intelligences namely musical, spatial/visual, verbal/linguistic, mathematics/logical, bodily-kinaesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist and spiritual. The framework and findings of this study are conducted at Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship (FPTT), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). The nine intelligence types of the 137 management graduates had been successfully clustered into four more meaningful clusters based on their intelligence scores and characteristics that agree with the Gardner's Multiple Intelligence theory.


Autonomic computing is a research area that extends to numerous different fields of science. We describe ho w autonomic computing can be used to overcome many problems the IT industry is facing today. Autonomic computing systems are, by definition, self-configuring, self-healing, self-o ptimizing and self-protecting. We show some examples of existing syst ems that have these self-* capabilities. We look at what utility functions are and how they can be used in self-optimization. We describe a two-level architecture for self-optimization in a data center scenario. The architecture is flexible and suitsvery different kinds of applications. It supports fair resource allocation in a system where there can be very heterogeneous applicatio ns using shared resources.


Set-theoretic (or rather the more general topos-theoretic) models of polymorphic lambda-calculi are discussed under the assumption that the datatypes of the language are to be interpreted as sets and the operations as partial functions. It is shown that it is not possible to obtain a model in which function spaces are interpreted by the full partial function space, but that it is nevertheless possible to have models which incorporate a usefully large class of partial functions. The main result is that set-theoretic models do not exist, even constructively. This is a much stronger result than holds for the classical sound-order lambda calculus.<<ETX>>


KNbO{sub 3} thin films have been deposited on Si and MgO (100) substrates by a new ion beam sputter deposition system. It has been shown that, by choice of substrate and conditions, a variety of microstructures can be controllably achieved, varying from polycrystalline to epitaxial single crystal. In the case of the latter, two defect types have been observed, viz antiphase domains and 211-type growth twins. A structure has been postulated for the domain boundaries of the former. The relationships between microstructures and ferroelectric properties can now be investigated. Preliminary dielectric property measurements were made of polycrystalline films deposited on TiN/MgO (100) substrates. In the case of epitaxial KNbO{sub 3} films on MgO substrates, light has successfully been coupled into the films, and the films show low scattering losses. 17 refs., 8 figs.


This vitally important contribution to economics is essential reading for students, researchers, and policymakers. The book puts to rest claims about gender differences in risk-taking but, more imp...


Pedagogical innovation involving smartphone technology paired with complementary applications may offer sport management faculty the opportunity to create an environment of engaging instruction. Technologically enhanced and innovative assignments have the potential to stimulate student interest and critical-thinking skills by presenting new experiences and active learning opportunities via participatory education. Through the discussion of technology integration and pedagogical innovation when teaching millennial students, the purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework—namely, the concerns-based adoption model (CBAM)—to introduce mobile technologies, such as Socrative and Twitter, into the sport management classroom.


Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of bound excitons were measured in uniaxially strained GaP by performing shock-wave experiments at liquid nitrogen temperatures. GaP samples doped with sulfur or nitrogen were compressed up to 3 GPa when subjected to uniaxial strains along the [100] crystallographic orientation. PL lines from shallow sulfur donors redshifted upon compression, tracking the reduction in the indirect band gap. PL lines related to the isoelectronic NN1 pairs, in contrast, exhibited splitting and nonlinear blueshift. An empirical approach was used to model the NN1 behavior. It was shown that the splitting pattern is consistent with the previously proposed symmetry of NN1 defects and nonlinearities resulting from the reduction in the exciton binding energy. At high stresses, the NN1 lines disappeared due to the ionization of bound excitons.


To achieve successful communication,speakers tend to choose different language according to interlocutors.In the case of the emigrants from the Three Gorges region,they choose different language or dialect according to interlocutors among family members,emigrants of non-family members and local people at the their current settlement.We can summarize patterns of language choice of the emigrants from the Three Gorges region,and analyze their performance within different factors such as the number of speakers of the immigrant community and their literacy.This study will be conducive to the study of the language use of the emigrants.


This technical report contains the digest of Wei-Je Huang's PhD thesis "Dependable Computing Techniques for Reconfigurable Hardware." Funding: This research was supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency under Contract No. DABT63-97-C-0024.


Elementary concepts in statistics -- Basic statistics and tables -- ANOVA/MANOVA -- Association rules -- Boosting trees -- Canonical analysis -- CHAID analysis -- Classification and regression trees (CART) -- Classification trees -- Cluster analysis -- Correspondence analysis -- Data mining techniques -- Discriminant function analysis -- Distribution fitting -- Experimental design (Industrial DOE) -- Factor analysis and principal components -- General discrimination analysis (GDA) -- General linear models (GLM) -- General regression models (GRM) -- Generalized additive models (GAM) -- Generalized linear/nonlinear models (GLZ) -- Log linear analysis of frequency tables -- Machine learning -- Multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARSplines) -- Multidimensional scaling (MDS) -- Multiple linear regression -- Neural networks -- Nonlinear estimation -- Nonparametric statistics -- Partial least squares (PLS) -- Power analysis -- Process analysis -- Quality control charts -- Reliabilty/item analysis -- Structural equation modeling -- Survival/failure time analysis -- Text mining -- Time series/forecasting -- Variance components and mixed model ANOVA/ANCOVA.