Chinese culture has been renowned for its sense of music. For hundreds of years poetry and music have been closely related with each other since they had the same origin. Architecture is regarded as solidified music. Even painting the seemingly different art can reflect the music tendency. The charm and rhyme as the essence of Chinese painting are obviously linked with music. The core of Chinese art and culture is Taoism whose development can be concluded as "meaning ——image ——figure". This course is always infiltrated in music spirit.


In dealing with the determinants and effects of technological choice attention was directed to 2 issues: 1) the design and application of a decision-making model explaining the technological choice process through the interaction of different agents; and 2) the formulation of a methodology to incorporate the technological dimension into a macroeconomic framework to evaluate analytically the effects of choice on relevant policy variables. The main existing analytical literature on choice of technology was surveyed and a partial equilibrium decision-making model which can be used to analyze and predict technical choices in situations where more than 1 agent influences the outcome is presented. Also included in a conceptual framework based on the Social Accounting Matrix which incorporates technology and can be used to explore the macroeconomic effects of alternative technologies. For the purpose of illustration the framework is applied to the case of South Korea.


Through two production and audience studies, spanning a seven year period, the author argues that a reorientation towards a creative, innovative, and interactive public is necessary in order for Public Service Media to maintain position in the emerging participatory media landscape. 'Participatory Public Service Media: Presenters and Hosts in BBC New Media' (Jackson, 2009) looks at how the relationship between producers and audiences is alters in 'interactive' web-based media services. 'Children in Virtual Worlds - Adventure Rock Users and Producers Study' (Jackson, Gauntlett, and Steemers, 2009) argues for users to be involved at the earliest concepting stages when building participatory environments.


In general, the main  purpose of this research is to analyze the factors respect to the economic decision making of the household coconut farmers of production, the alocation of working time, income and the expenditure in Keritang, Indragiri Hilir. Approach to econometrics simultaneous equations by the method of Two Stage Least Square (2SLS) is used to answer the research purposes. The results showed: first, the production respect to unresponsive by the amount of productive coconut. Secondly, the alocation of working time on coconut farming respect to responsive by the income of coconut farming and the use of hired  labor. The use of hired  labor respect to responsive by the income of coconut farming. The alocation of non-working time of coconut farming respect to unresponsive by the income of non-working time of coconut farming. Thirdly, the income of non-coconut farming respect to unresponsif by the alocation of non-working time of coconut farming. Fourthly, non-food consumption respect to responsive by the household total income, food consumption, investment education and savings. Business  investment, expenditure leisure , and savings respect to responsive by household total income. Fifthly, An important government policy that is associated with an increased price and revitalization of coconut. The need for an increase in price over the pricing policy of coconut product or realize the strong bargaining position of farmers. Keywords: Household  Economic, Economic Decision


Abstract : Quasi-optical planar transponder that integrates a self-oscillating mixer, an IF amplifier and two patch antennas, one for receiving RF signal (14GHz) and another for transmitting amplified IF signal (8GHz) is presented. The prototype circuit is designed in microstrip structure and fabricated on a single substrate. As an active source, GaAs FET is selected. Self-oscillating (6GHz) mixer with patch antenna in receiver front end is developed based on quasi-optical technique. To obtain enough power level of IF signal before it is transmitted, the amplifier is designed with bandpass filter which blocks undesirable mixing products except 8GHz. This prototype of transponder, which is compact and selfcontained unit as a single entity has many applications in microwave and millimeter-wave area. Transponder, Quasi-optical technique, Self- oscillating mixer, Active antenna.


In this paper, the pinching problems of complete $\lambda$-hypersurfaces in a Euclidean space $\mathbb R^{n+1}$ are studied. By making use of the Sobolev inequality, we prove a global pinching theorem of complete $\lambda$-hypersurfaces in a Euclidean space $\mathbb R^{n+1}$.


This chapter seeks evidence of palaeoenvironmental change to inform on the role of people in environmental dynamics. The focus is on Badu, one of the mid-point islands of Torres Strait, located halfway between New Guinea and mainland Australia. The Holocene material record - the vegetation record and burning history - is examined, as evidence of degrees of human interaction and manipulation of the environment, to better understand people-land relations, including horticultural and hunter-gatherer relations.


Cyclotron and plasma wave interactions between drifting electron streams in a steady axial magnetic field are studied for configurations of finite transverse cross section. It is shown for the case of equal and opposite drift velocities, that there exists an instability at approximately one‐half the cyclotron frequency. This instability is a consequence of the coupling between the slow space‐charge wave on one stream and backward cyclotron wave on the other stream. This coupling can occur whenever the streams are of finite transverse cross section.In order to verify some of the features of this instability, experiments in which two coaxial oppositely directed electron beams were passed between two planes, were carried out for a limited range of electron drift velocity and magnetic field values. These experiments demonstrated the existence of an instability at one‐half the cyclotron frequency, in agreement with the theory. It was found experimentally that at a particular stream velocity the instability cou...


I would like to add to Ham and Ellins's editorial.1 Even for a commercial company, the move to all-employee ownership is a major transition. Most people take years to move from a relatively passive "employee" frame of mind to that of being an active owner-partner in the business. It …


Abstract : Antibody selection for inclusion in a final assay format has relied on the performance of an antibody in an enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay with little regard to the quantification of the full spectrum of variables affecting antibodyantigen interactions. The Joint Product Management Office for Bio surveillance (JPMO BSV), Critical Reagents Program has instituted a quality program for the standardization of test methods to support comprehensive characterization and comparison of the physical and functional properties of antibody reagents within its repository. The development and standardization of antibodytesting provides JPMO BSV with an invaluable platform for the provision of consistent, high-quality assays and reagents for current bio detection platforms and for the development and validation of future systems. This platform will be used to characterize and evaluate the MS2 recombinant antibody produced and supplied by the Defense Advanced Research ProjectAgency-funded investigator, the University of Texas (Austin, TX), for affinity and stability enhancements. The results of this study provide standardized parametric data on antibody properties and performance. They contribute to the development of a decisional analysis tool for expanding the confidence level of antibody-based reagent selection to optimize field operational and performance metrics for future detection and diagnostic platforms.


Within various organisational, behavioural and management studies, work-life balance is still a discursive subject. Focal themes and implications of most research findings on this social concept often discloses the need for working adults to consolidate efforts in finding the right balance between their work and non-work roles while organisations are scrutinised on implementing a variety of work-life practices and policies that can foster workplace well-being. However, gaps in accentuating its meaning, the dominance of role conflict realities and continuous emphasis on negative work-life outcomes still proliferates studies of this nature. Thus, the modest ambition of this paper is to assess trends in research evidencing gaps in work-life literature and what prospects are available to overcome such hiatus in work-life theory, practice and policy development. This review concludes by stimulating scholarly minds on potential collaborative solutions and proactive changes that human resource managers and employees' alike can capitalise on for a more sustainable and fulfilling enactment of a win-win work-life situation.


Savings and loan activities at the cooperative is one of the routine activities. In accordance with the role of cooperatives that aim to maintain the welfare of its members. Management of bad savings and loan activities will lead to chaos in the operational activities of the cooperative. Based on the research that has been done on Cooperative Orchid II Jorong Pandan using field research methodology, library research and laboratory research, it is known that the financial data processing system is still done manually and simply. With the design of Accounting Information Systems are supported Java programming language will provide a better solution to the problems encountered. The level of error in doing the calculations can be minimized, the information produced more accurately and the data can be stored safely.
Keywords: SIA, Cooperatives, Services


Damage in the nervous system induces a stereotypical response that is mediated by glial cells. Here, we use the eye disc to explore the mechanisms involved in promoting glial cell response after neural injuries. We demonstrate that eye glia cells rapidly respond to neuronal injury by increasing in number and undergoing morphological changes, which grant them phagocytic abilities. We found that this glial response is controlled by the activity of the long-range signalling pathways, decapentaplegic (dpp) and hedgehog (hh). These pathways are activated in the damaged region and their functions are necessary for inducing glial cell proliferation and migration to the eye discs. The latter of these two processes depends on the function of the JNK pathway, which is cooperatively activated by dpp and hh signalling.


'I want to die': that, according to Gemma Blackwood, is the desire that films like Wolf Creek articulate for their audiences. Horror really is horrible. In 'Wolf Creek: an UnAustralian Story?' Blackwood discusses the question of whether this extremely violent 2005 film will have a negative impact upon Australian tourism, as some early reviewers predicted. One might expect it to. Wolf Creek describes a sadistic outback murderer who kills two female backpackers, slowly. Their lone male companion escapes to tell the police, but he can't remember where the events took place. By the end of the film, Mick Taylor is still out there, freely killing roos. What effects do movies, and the characters within them, have upon the attractions of place? Blackwood's answer to the question of fiction's impact upon the world around it comes by way of tourism research. Researchers such as Peter Phipps have demonstrated that the association of place with death and danger often serves to raise its power as a magnet for tourism, particularly in the younger market. Making the outback more authentically dangerous and wild, Wolf Creek may well, Blackwood suggests, be just the film to draw backpackers in. But are we really talking about place here, or anywhere in UNAUSTRALIA? This is Blackwood on 'Australian Gothic', the genre to which she sees Wolf Creek belonging:


Porous asphalt pavement already well known as one type of pavement since many decades, however due to lack in strength it is not been widely used in road construction especially in high stresses areas. Many research had been conducted by researchers in order to improve the durability and increase the service life of the road. One of the methods that commonly used is through asphalt modification. Objectives of this study are to discuss influence of macro-clay in terms of physical and rheological properties and their effect on performance of porous asphalt mixture. Various percentage of macro-clay (starting from 2% to 8%) was blended in an asphalt binder and compacted using the Marshall compactor. The blended asphalt was characterized using penetration, softening point test and penetration index compared with unmodified binder. Performance tests of asphalt mixture were carried out such as Los Angeles Abrasion Value (LAAV) and Stability and Flow test in order to determine the strength and durability. The results show that the addition of macro-clay would increase in softening point but decrease in binder penetration. Based on the results, while macro-clay changes physical and rheological properties of bitumen and increase stiffness, it also improves strength and durability resistance, as well. Generally, the best improvements in the modified binders were obtained with 4% of macro-clay.


Abstract : The principles of operation of Domain Tip Propagation Logic (DTPL) and its application to thin film all-magnetic logic have been described in previous papers. The controlled growth and interaction of domain tips, confined to narrow, low coercive force propagation channels within a film element of generally high coercive force, were shown capable of being utilized to perform all digital logic functions and to implement high-speed, bidirectional magnetic shift registers. In order to determine the feasibility of a DTPL implementation of a Push Down List Memory (PUDL), an 8 list, 25 word/list, 13 bit/word feasibility model was designed, constructed, and demonstrated. This report describes work which was carried out on the design of the feasibility model. Investigations were made on the basic PUDL thin-film shift register structure as well as the associated conductor patterns. Drive and sense electronics and the PUDL system has been studied and evaluated. The general feasibility of the DTPL implementation of a Push Down List Memory is demonstrable, the question of the cycle time, a factor, which requires additional work and optimization of the thin film elements. (Author)


We have carried out observations of Zeeman splitting of the H i 21 cm emission line from shocked atomic gas in the supernova remnants (SNRs) IC 443 and W51C using the Arecibo telescope. The observed shocked atomic gas is expanding at ∼100 km s−1 and this is the first Zeeman experiment of such fast-moving, shocked atomic gas. The emission lines, however, are very broad and the systematic error due to baseline curvature hampers an accurate measurement of field strengths. We derive an upper limit of 100–150 μG on the strength of the line-of-sight field component. These two SNRs are interacting with molecular clouds, but the derived upper limits are considerably smaller than the field strengths expected from a strongly shocked dense cloud. We discuss the implications and conclude that either the magnetic field within the telescope beam is mostly randomly oriented or the high-velocity H i emission is from a shocked interclump medium of relatively low density.


The problems of education quality in higher educational institutions of Ukraine, theoretical aspects of educational activity modernization in higher school, existing national system of higher educational establishments are outlined in the article. The essence of total quality management concept (TQM), its principles and advantages in higher educational stablishment is analyzed. The main factors of supportive environment formation and the main task of implementing the quality management system in higher educational institutions are defined. The aim of this research is to examine the main problems of education quality in higher educational institutions of Ukraine and introduce a new model of quality management system in higher educational institutions.


A deep ultraviolet surface imaging technique using a silylated acid hardened resist (SAHR) is described. The resist, Shipley XP‐8928, contains a meta, para‐cresol novolak resin which has a high optical absorbance in the deep ultraviolet (DUV). This reduces complications from substrate reflections and restricts the image to the near‐surface regions. The exposed regions, which become crosslinked, are less susceptible to vapor silylation by agents such as trimethylsilyldiethylamine (TMSDEA). The unexposed regions may be easily silylated. An anisotropic oxygen reactive ion etching is used to transfer the surface image through the bulk of the resist. This paper discusses the kinetics of silylation with TMSDEA, the resulting silicon distributions in the film before and after etch, and the lithographic performance of the process. Silicon distribution throughout the film is determined by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry and illustrated by stained cross sections. It is found that the film surface saturates a...


This paper presented an experimental investigation of the effect of capillary tube length, capillary tube inner diameter and capillary coil diameter on the mass flow rate of refrigerant in an adiabatic helical capillary tube. In this study LPG was used as refrigerant. This paper also investigated the effect of coiling of capillary tube on the performance of vapour compression refrigeration system (VCRS). It had been observed that the coiling of capillary tube significantly influences the mass flow rate of LPG through the adiabatic helical capillary tube. Several capillary tubes with different inner diameters, length and coil diameter were selected as test sections. With the decrease in the length of capillary tube from 4.5m to 2.5m, the mass flow rate was increased by an average of 25%. There was an average increase in mass flow rate by 106%, when the capillary inner diameter was increased from 1.12mm to 1.52mm. When the coil diameter of capillary tube was decreased from 190mm to 70mm, the mass flow rate was decreased by 13%, 7% and 9% for 1.12mm, 1.4mm and 1.52mm inner diameter of capillary tube respectively. Coiling of capillary tube effected the performance of system significantly. There was increase of COP with increase in the coil diameter of adiabatic helical capillary tube.


SUMMARY This article discusses procedure, rules and meaning of political assemblies in Poland, Hungary and Germany in the second half of the fifteenth century. During the reigns of Casimir IV (1447–92), Matthias Hunyadi (1458–90) and Frederick III (1440–93), general assemblies were regularly called by the ruler in order to negotiate and decide matters of the realm together with the political community. With regard to current debates about the ways to study pre-modern 'cultural political history', this article describes and compares logistic and institutional conditions, including aspects concerning the composition, procedures and contemporary pictures of the assemblies.


Cloud Computing is an innovative computing proposal, which key feature is the ease and effectiveness of providing a service. There are a number of challenges that a management system for the Cloud will need to address including: scale, reliability (fault-handling and high availability), security and service heterogeneity, to achieve effectiveness.
 This paper proposes an agent-oriented language, called CLOUDSCAPE, to address coordination and control of components in a distributed computation to provide reliability and scalability of service in the context of the Cloud. Agents are modeled as objects extended with transitions and dependencies to describe the lifecycle state machines of components and constraints between lifecycle states. The problem context is further extended with component failure and dynamic addition of new components. The practical utility and effectiveness of this system is illustrated through a series of real-world examples. We then define a formal model of the language and prove that the operational semantics of the language holds a linear consistent shared memory property.


In this paper we address the problem of secure multicast of data streams over a multihop wireless ad hoc network. We propose a dynamic multicast group management protocol that aims at solving problems that are specific to ad hoc networks such as mobility, unreliable links, and cost of multihop communication. The main idea is to have group members actively participate to the security of the multicast group, therefore reducing the communication and computation load on the source. Since the group security is distributed among the group members, we propose a service right certificate, to verify that a node is authorized to join the group, and also a corresponding revocation mechanism. We simulated our protocol within the ns-2 environment under various mobility, group size, and group dynamic scenarios. Our simulation results indicate that the communication cost and join delay of the protocol scale well when the group dynamic and nodes mobility increase. We have implemented the basic protocol in our ad hoc network testbed. We also proposed an extension to the basic secure multicast tree using multi-link capability combined with a k-out-of-N coding approach.


We report on measurements of the shift in resonance frequency of "spoof" surface plasmon polariton propagation along a 2-D metamaterial slow-wave structure induced by a gaseous plasma near the metamaterial/air interface. A transmission line circuit model for the metamaterial structure interprets the introduction of a plasma as a decrease in unit cell capacitance, causing a shift in the plasmon dispersion to higher frequency. We show through simulations and experiments that the effects of this shift at the resonance frequency and attenuation below and above resonance depend on the plasma density. The shifts recorded experimentally are small owing to the low plasma densities generated near the structure, ∼ 10 11 cm − 3, but simulations show that a shift of ∼ 3 % of the resonance frequency can be generated at plasma densities of ∼ 10 12 cm − 3.


This article presents a study of a large scale incorporation of one data acquisitionsystem into physics teaching in Israel. By 1994 about 30% of the schools throughout the country used the V-scope, a 3-D multibody motion tracing system, in their lab programme. The views and reactions of post-training teachers, experienced teachers and students on various aspects of using the system are described, analysed and compared.


Abstract This article argues that the transition from bandit colonialism through the intricate systems of the modern triage society that is wired for Western cultural compliance requires more than just critique, or a prayer for the meek to inherit the earth. It requires a decisive consensus that the meek do not inherit the earth by their meekness alone – they need defences of the mind and conceptual categories around which they can organise their thoughts and actions. Turning the previously colonised into participants in a new moral and cognitive venture against oppression requires more than just periodic elections – significant though electoral processes are. Addressing the atrophy of human capabilities that has characterised human development in the context of both bandit colonialism and the modern triage society demands the development of a plurality of insights, of critical traditions, and a deepening of the tools for diagnosis and hence the quality of prognosis. It may, in certain instances, demand a cognitive indifference to the Western model and a robust engagement with the methods of science and in particular their impact on sustainable livelihood when acting in consort with economics. But most of all it calls for a vigorous engagement with conceptual categories and the theoretical and cultural underpinnings from which they have descended, with the clear intention of their dismantling.


Haematologica vol. 85(4):April 2000 3. Simsek S, Faber NM, Bleeker PM, et al. Determination of human platelet antigen frequencies in the Dutch population by immunophenotyping and DNA (allele-specific restriction enzyme) analysis. Blood 1993; 81:835-40. 4. Tazzari PL, Cirillo D, Bontadini A, Ricci F, Masi R, Conte R. Flow cytometry immunophenotyping and polymerase chain reaction-site-specific primers genotyping for HPA-1 alloantigens in an Italian blood donor population. Vox Sang 1998;74:42-5. 5. Borzini P. Phenotype frequency of platelet HPA-1 antigen in a group of Italian blood donors. Haematologica 1991; 76:347. 6. McCullough J, Clay ME, Stroncek DF. Granulocyte alloantigen systems and their clinical significance. In: Nance ST, ed. Alloimmunity: 1993 and beyond. Bethesda, MD: American Association of Blood Banks, 1993; p. 49-82. 7. Bux J, Stein EL, Santoso S, Mueller-Eckhardt C. NA gene frequencies in the German population, determined by polymerase chain reaction with sequence– specific primers. Transfusion 1995; 35:54-7. 8. Chang YW, Mytilineos J, Opelz G, Hawkins BR. Distribution of human platelet antigens in a Chinese population. Tissue Antigens 1998; 51:391-3. 9. Lin M, Chen CC, Wang CL, Lee HL. Frequencies of neutrophil-specific antigens among Chinese in Taiwan. Vox Sang 1994; 66:247.


Research is being conducted by ORNL for the USNRC to address aging of nuclear power plant (NPP) containment structures in light-water reactor plants. The importance and operating experience of nuclear power plant containments is reviewed. Factors that can lead to age-related degradation of containment metallic pressure boundaries (i.e., steel containments and liners of reinforced concrete containments) and reinforced concrete structures are identified and their manifestations described. Background information and data to develop methods to assess the effects of age-related degradation on structural performance are provided. Techniques for detection of degradation are reviewed and related research is presented. A probabilistic methodology for condition assessment and reliability-based life prediction is provided.


The main purpose of this study is to examine why and in what way people make social comparisons in an online SNS environment. SNS including Facebook and twitter may be a convenient medium in which people can find evidence indicating that they are similar to others because SNS connects one with close friends and fans. Therefore, there will be comparisons with similar others than upward and downward comparisons in SNS. H1: In Facebook, there will be more horizontal comparisons than upward or downward comparisons. Method A total of 65 students(35 males and 30 females) from a mid-sized university in Korea participated in this study for extra credit. Participants received record sheets and instruction for recording their SNS activities. They were asked to record all the postings, comments, and photos in their Facebook regarding their own and other people`s appearance and physical attractiveness for the last three months. Specifically, participants were required to describe each case in terms of 1) whether they posted it or made comments on postings by other people, 2) why they posted it or made a comment on it, 3) whether there were any psychological responses and com- parisons regarding physical attractiveness and appearance. Participants` descriptions were carefully coded with regard to the type of postings, directions of social comparison (i.e., horizontal, upward, or downward), motivations for social comparison (i.e., self- improvement, self-enhancement, self- evaluation, interest). Results Participants received record sheets and instruction for recording their SNS activities. As shown in Table 1. out of 226 cases. horizontal comparisons constitutes 161 cases (71.2%) which are significantly more than upward (58 cases) and downward (7 cases) comparisons(χ2=163.38, df = 2, p < .001). Discussion SNS including Facebook and Twitter is a new and convenient way of connecting people where they can make social comparisons. This study found that people tend to make more horizontal comparison than upward or downward comparison in SNS. It seems that people can find evidence indicating that they are similar to others in SNS because SNS connects one with close friends and fans.


Empoasca species leafhoppers are a major insect pest of common bean ( Phaseolus vul- garis L.), that cause significant economic losses in both tropical ( E. kraemeri) and temperate ( E. fabae) regions of the Americas. The objective of this study was to use Insertion-Deletion (InDel) and single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNp) markers from the BArCBean6K_3 Beadchip to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) associ - ated with traits related to leafhopper resistance in common bean. Traits for leaf curl and leaf burn damage, as well as Empoasca spp. nymph counts, were evaluated in an inbred backcross line population (Matterhorn*/EMp 507) of beans in temperate (Michigan) and tropical ( puerto rico) climates. Fourteen QTL associated with resistance to E. fabae and E. kraemeri were identified on five chromosomes explaining up to 66.0% of the phenotypic variation for single resistance traits. A major QTL cluster associ - ated with multiple resistance traits and closely linked to the P color gene was detected for both leafhopper species in multiple seasons under both choice and no-choice treatments on p v07 (LH7.1, LH7.2, LH7.3), thus validating a similar QTL identified in previous studies. A novel QTL (LH2.2) for E. fabae nymph counts, identified on pv02 in three seasons, may be associated with antibiosis resistance. resistance to each leaf- hopper species appears to be controlled by sep - arate genetic mechanisms in common bean as there was little overlap of QTL regions between species. These QTL could be used to develop beans with leafhopper resistance as an alterna - tive to costly chemical controls while reducing risks to the environment and human health.


Disaster planning covers all actions which aim to keep the negative effects of disasters in minimum and to protect whole resources of the society against disasters. A vital records program and a disaster plan, the two basic elements of records management, are important tools which can be used at information centers during disaster planning process. In this paper, after examining characteristics of these tools and their benefits for information centers, a general evaluation of disaster planning in information centers in Turkey is provided and suggestions are offered.
Keywords: Records management, disaster planning, disaster plan, vital records program.


Abstract In this paper we study the effect that the self-reducibility properties of a set have on its time complexity. In particular, we show that the extent to which a set is self-reducible can determine whether or not the set is polynomially decidable. Our results concern three variations on the notion of Turing self-reducibility: near-testability, word decreasing query (wdq) self-reducibility, and p-cheatability. Our first pair of results provide charaterizations of polynomial time by coupling the notion, first of Turing self-reducibility, then of near-testability, with the notion of p-cheatability. We believe that these are among the first nontrivial structural characterizations of polynomial time. In contrast, our final theorems show that if sufficiently large deterministic and nondeterministic time classes are separated by tally sets, then (a) we cannot similarly characterize polynomial time by coupling word decreasing query self-reducibility with a variant of p-cheatability, and (b) we cannot characterize polynomial time by coupling ⊕ P and p-cheatability.


An important problem in analysis on fractals is the existence and the determination of an eigenform on a given finitely ramified fractal. It is known that on every fractal either with three vertices or with connected interior, an eigenform exists for suitable weights on the cells. In this paper, we prove that if the fractal has three vertices and connected interior, the form having all coefficients equal to [Formula: see text] is an eigenform for suitable weights on the cells.


This article analyzes Lewis Clarke's 1845 slave narrative, the Narrative of the Sufferings of Lewis Clarke , for what it can offer contemporary theorizing at the intersection of disability and race. Clarke's text, I suggest, "crips" the genre of the slave narrative, replacing abolitionist spectacle with the knowledge gained from a number of temporary or otherwise ambiguous disability positions. In doing so, Clarke's  Narrative  both expands the parameters of disability as often conceived within disability studies and offers a reconfiguration of the meaning of disability for critical race studies.


Promoting the construction of characteristic towns in the context of new urbanization is an important way for my country to break the bottleneck of economic development and realize economic transformation and upgrading. In recent years, although the construction of characteristic towns in Sichuan Province has achieved remarkable results and a large number of them, they still face urgent problems such as avoiding redundant construction, achieving scientific development, and overall planning that need to be resolved. This research analyzes the problems existing in the construction of this type of characteristic towns at this stage through field investigations and questionnaire surveys on the construction status of Sichuan tourism and leisure characteristic towns, and further proposes the construction strategies of this type of characteristic towns. The scientific development and overall planning of Tourist and Leisure Characteristic Towns in our province provide a policy basis. The conclusions of this study have important practical significance for promoting the construction of new urbanization, boosting the regional economy and promoting the development of the tourism industry in our province.


Eugenio Barba's letter of farewell to several main responsibilities for the Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium in which the Odin Teatret was deeply rooted was not altogether unexpected, but came as a jolt, nevertheless. Eugenio has served for more than two decades as a contributing editor of NTQ, sending us such marvellous pieces as those to be found in NTQ 86 (2006) and issue 102 (2010), which complement his prolific writing. The latter, crowned by The Five Continents of Theatre and written with long-term co-author Nicola Savarese (English edition, 2019), is another of the rich, multifarious activities that he initiated and steered through with his tireless ensemble of actors and other devoted collaborators to world renown. The unique and diverse achievements of this group are widely known and can be gleaned from Eugenio's modest account below, but also from NTQ articles, which focus on specific aspects of his massive contribution. So we meet him in the journal's pages in conversation on his early innovations with Maria Shevtsova (NTQ 90, 2007), Erik Exe Christoffersen's discussion of the Eurasian Ur-Hamlet (94, 2008) and Shevtsova's and contributing editor Ian Watson's records of the fiftieth anniversary of the Festuge, which the Laboratorium creates with the communities of Holstebro (119, 2014; 122, 2015). Eugenio's letter of love and solidarity for and with the theatre is by no means his last act, and we look forward to his continuing collaboration with NTQ.


Models of plant behavior are required to use formal methods of manufacturing execution systems (MES) application development. We present a manufacturing oriented modular approach for designing such models. The approach is a first step towards a predictive simulation system for operator support in control of complex, hybrid manufacturing systems in the plastics industry.


To study the species diversity of the genera Strobilomyces and Heimiella in Korea, 52 specimens were collected from 1982 to 1996 at 25 locations including Odaesan. Collected specimens were observed and three species among them were identified and described by observing macroscopic and microscopic characters. The three species are as follows; Strobilomyces floccopus (Vahl ex Fries) Karsten, S. confusus Singer, Heimiella japonica Hongo.


IR scholars argue that globalization both affords citizens new opportunities for collective action and exacerbates social inequalities, from the "digital divide" to the "democratic deficit." As a consequence, in a globalizing world citizens seek social protections from political organizations other than the nation-state. How do citizens organize to provide social protections and form a new "social contract" when the nation-state no longer can meet their needs? Building on Hanna F. Pitkin's classic work on "Obligation and Consent" (1986), the paper utilizes James Rosenau's concept of "spheres of authority" (1990, 1997) or SOAs to explain why some citizens successfully derive social protections from SOAs while others do not. The paper argues that citizens can successfully organize to provide social protections when (1) SOAs are as decentralized, and sometimes as disorganized, as possible; (2) SOAs learn to solve informational problems arising from its decentralized organization; and (3) SOAs utilize preexisting state institutions to facilitate the citizens' collective action. These hypotheses suggest that as citizens strive to redress the social inequalities of globalization, their organization ironically both is shaped by the nation-state and depends upon its institutions for its success. This paper is prepared for delivery at the 42nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, February 20-24, 2001. Copyright by the International Studies Association. I would like to thank James N. Rosenau and William J. Kiamie for their comments on earlier drafts of this paper. 1 This paper is a draft in progress. Please do not cite or attribute it without the permission of the


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The present invention is a pharmaceutical compound 11-piperazin-1-yldibenzo [b, f] [1,4] the solid preparation of thiazepine, and directed to the preparation and pharmaceutical use. .BACKGROUND


The article examines the peculiarities of managing marketing communication strategies of enterprises in the conditions of armed conflicts and martial law in Ukraine. The challenges presented to the management of enterprises during wartime are outlined, including: blackouts, air strikes and attacks on industrial enterprises and critical infrastructure facilities, the opening of communications, the Internet, population migration in the Americas and beyond, loss production capacity, problems with logistics and communication chains with customers and suppliers. It has been established that marketing is the central concept of enterprise management, which enables and develops the connection between the company and the outside world. It is noted that marketing is aimed at obtaining accurate, sufficient and happy information about the processes and events taking place in the environment of the enterprise, including the involvement of external factors in its activities. The impact of marketing research and the application of their results in the process of developing marketing programs and management solutions is determined. The consequences of the migration of people fleeing military operations for Ukrainian business and the economy of the country that hosts forcibly displaced persons from Ukraine, as well as Ukrainian business, are determined. It is analyzed how the armed conflicts themselves can affect every aspect of the process of preparing marketing strategies, communication complex, segmentation strategies, advertising, public relations, etc. It is established that every actor in the market, including businesses, consumers, dealers, traders and distributors, tries to try to adapt and develop the right strategy to live in the market. The above is really a place and a special feature of the activities of marketing specialists, which refer to the appropriate strategies and opportunities to support a full-fledged trade and maintain the level of profit. It has been proven that since February 24, 2022, after the start of a full- scale invasion of the Russian Federation, business has undergone significant transformations and needs new approaches to managing all processes from production planning to building marketing communications with consumers and state authorities, as well as international partners. It was noted that armed conflicts are the cause of instability and negative consequences not only for the economy of Ukraine and business owners, but also for the economies of European countries that provide constant support to Ukraine.


Hospital facilities are characterized by continuous operation, where the availability and reliability of the electrical energy supply are essential to guarantee patient safety. The level of hospital's requirements depends on the coverage and capacity of the facility, recognising that the energy demand will be greater in more complex hospital buildings. As a result of the increase in critical equipment and the medical systems used. Critical equipment often requires a stable and high quality electrical supply. In order to reduce the carbon footprint of hospital facilities there is a need to deploy renewable energy resources and implement management policies that contribute to sustainability without endangering the security of the electrical supply. In this context, this paper proposes an overview of various management models, strategies and research lines that can be found in recent literature. This review highlights the work associated with renewable electrical energy resources and the use of the Internet of Things in health facilities for sustainable energy management.


In this paper a semi-analytical method is introduced to calculate the high frequency electromagnetic force and vibration in electrical machines. Firstly, an efficient field reconstruction (FR) technique is utilized to calculate the high frequency magnetic field and force harmonics which are excited by current harmonics, such as the PWM side-band current harmonics in inverter fed machines. Then, the structural transfer function of the machine structure is obtained by static structural analysis and modal analysis. Thereafter, the vibration caused by high frequency current harmonics can be computed instantly by mode superposition. The proposed method is verified by the experiment results at the end of this paper.


Objective To explore the clinical effect of epidural block anesthesia combined with general anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing upper-middle abdominal surgery.Methods Twenty-four patients readied for upper-middle abdominal surgery were randomly divided into two groups:the control group(using general anesthesia) and the experimental group(epidural block anesthesia combined with general anesthesia),each were 12 cases,the life indexes,dosages of anesthesia and awake time were observed.Results Before surgery,there were no statistical significant difference in blood pressure and heart rate between the two groups(P0.05).The life indexes in experimental group maintained at stable levels after its decrease,and those in the control group maintained at stable levels after its increase.Compared to the control group,the blood pressue and heart rate at every time points were lower(P0.05),dasages of anesthesia agents was less(P0.05 or 0.01),postoperative awake time was shorter(P0.01) in the experimental group.Conclusion The effect of epidural block anesthesia combined with general anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing upper-middle abdominal surgery is very satisfactory.


A new type of a retimer, which employs a nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) coupled to a linear transmission line, is proposed. The pulse on a NLTL propagates as a soliton through the effects of the nonlinear capacitors periodically loaded with the NLTL and the elecromagnetic coupling continuously modulates this solitonic pulse. For the retimer, the data and the clock are applied at the same ends of the NLTL and the linear line, respectively, and then the clock signal couples with the solitonic data to achieve synchronization. Wave propagation in coupled NLTLs is characterized to provide design criteria for the retimer. Based on a new model equation, a perturbation theory is developed to explain the pinning mechanism in coupled NLTLs. We then present several results obtained by the numerical integration of the transmission equation of the coupled NLTL in order to evaluate the performance of the coupled NLTL as a retimer.


Employees coming to work in the companies of the service sector in Moscow frequently face synergy of not only low financial resources, incapable to provide worthy material incentives, but also with the populist management, which consider neither changing workload, nor growing professionalism of the personnel. In the modern conditions and considering these factors managers can not only prevent quitting, but also provide the personnel with successful professional development inside the company.


In this paper, a new video watermarking algorithm using 3D wavelet transform and position encoding of spread spectrum correlation is proposed as a method for ensuring enough payload in order to protect copyright for video contents. This algorithm provides better robustness than other watermarking methods in bit error and rotation because it uses the position encoding and 4x4 sample space instead of 1x1 pixel to express a digit. The evaluation result over 6 video clips shows that the PSNR is over 31dB at strength 11 when histogram is narrow and it satisfies the transparency. Also, it shows the robustness of the proposed watermark algorithm that the BER is 0% to three codecs.


Isolated and Identified IBV 5 local isolates (A,B,C,D from Shandong and F from Beijing), Cross neutralization tests were performed in tracheal organ cultures(TOC)to compare the serotype of IBV M 41 ,T and those isolates. The result of serotyping showed that A and T, B and D, F and 4/91 were the same serotype. A pair of primers of S1 gene to those IBV local isolates were designed according to strain M 41 (Gene Bank NO. M21883). S1 genes of them were amplified by RT PCR. PCR products were digested with restriction endonuclease HaeⅢ, and the RELP results showed that A, C, D, M 41 shared the same RFLP pattern, there were 900?400 and 300bp segments, whereas F or B had different RFLP pattern. A, C, D, M 41 were genotype of Mass; F was alone, there were 1000?300?200 and 100bp segments. There were 700?500?300 and 180bp segments in B, B maybe share with genotype of T in theory; The results of serotype and genotype showed maybe some difference in them.


Considering the shortcomings of the traditional energy spectrum algorithm applied to the rolling bearing fault diagnosis, which can only represent the tendency of fault feature transformation with a certain scale, but not adjacent scales contained. In this paper, we propose a fault diagnosis method of rolling bearing based on Support Vector Machine, combining energy spread spectrum and genetic optimization. The extracted signal is denoised and decomposed using wavelet packets, the energy spectrums and energy spread spectrums are calculated based on the decomposed different frequency signal components. The genetic algorithm is used to select the important parameters of the Support Vector Machine and bring the determined parameter values into the Support Vector Machine to generate the GA-SVM model. Then, energy spectrums and energy spread spectrums are inputted into GA-SVM as the characteristic parameters for identification. The experimental results show the two new points of energy spread spectrums and GA-SVM improve the diagnostic rate by up to 28.5 %, it can effectively improve the fault recognition rate of the rolling bearing.


ETS‐related gene (ERG) protein is present in 40–70% of prostate cancer and is correlated with TMPRSS2‐ERG gene rearrangements. This study evaluated ERG expression at radical prostatectomy to determine whether it was predictive of earlier relapse or prostate cancer‐specific mortality (PCSM).


The proposed 210-hectare Craney Island Eastward Expansion (and its subsequent development as a container terminal) in Portsmouth, Virginia is the largest port-development land reclamation ever proposed along the eastern U.S. coast. The shallow water site is underlain by substantial (25- to 40-meter-thick) deposits of highly compressible, weak clay that are predicted to settle 7 to 10 meters under the weight of the land reclamation fill and terminal loads. Prediction and acceleration of the settlement under the surcharge loads is thus vital for: land reclamation and ground improvement sequencing, the stability of the proposed containment dikes, and the construction-terminal development schedule. The project design required development of advanced analytical procedures to couple the geotechnical relationships between load, consolidation, settlement, strength gain, and stability. Copyright 2010 ASCE.


Against the backdrop of the century-long stigma associated with film in America's English classroom, which persists despite its codification in the English Language Arts (ELA) standards, this study investigated the question: How do American high-school English teachers make sense of and instruct with film? Employing semi-structured interviews with 12 high-school English teachers who instruct with film, from suburban, urban, rural and private school settings, the findings suggest that the stigma staining film in America's English classroom is systemic. Participants shared their view that film is not an inherently passive medium, and when purposefully and actively facilitated, it possesses unique and efficacious pedagogic promise. Employing strategies typically associated with teaching printed texts, maintaining high classroom expectations, and integrating twenty-first-century pedagogic technologies when teaching with film may allow instructors to fulfil film's remarkable learning potential, and consequently subvert misperceptions of, malpractices with, and the stigma surrounding film in America's English classroom.


Objective To investigate the surgical outcomes in cesarean section and hysteromyomectomy. Methods A total of 50 cases were selected in our hospital from May 2010 to August 2012, were given cesarean section also underwent myomectomy, patients who underwent cesarean section only at the same time were as control group, the clinical data of two groups were compared. Results In the observation group, the mean operation time, intraoperative blood loss were more than those of the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P 0.05). The mean bleeding after 2-24 h operation time, anus exhaust recovery time, average hospitalization time, complications, incision healing (Ⅱ/a) of observation group had no significant difference compared with control group (P 0.05). All patients were given postoperative 42 d follow-up, two groups showed normal uterine size. Conclusion Cesarean section at the same time with myomectomy is safe and feasible, avoide the two operation patients suffering, which has important application value.


The invention provides a method for forming a metal grid. The method comprises the following steps of: providing a substrate provided with a grid medium layer and forming a sacrificial layer on the medium layer; performing ion implantation on the sacrificial layer to form a second sacrificial layer, wherein the residual sacrificial layer without doped ions is a first sacrificial layer; mainly etching the sacrificial layer to form a first substitutional grid electrode layer; correcting and etching the first substitutional grid electrode layer to form a second substitutional grid electrode layer, wherein the bottom width of the second substitutional grid electrode layer is less than the opening width of the second substitutional grid electrode layer; forming a medium layer flush with the surface of the second substitutional grid electrode layer on the grid medium layer; removing the second substitutional grid electrode layer to form a ditch; and filling the ditch with a filling material to form the metal grid. The ditch of which the bottom is less than that of an opening is formed, so a clearance generated after the filling material is filled is avoided, the quality of the metal grid is improved, the problems that the resistance value of the metal grid is higher than that of the target resistance value to be formed and power consumption is increased because of higher resistance value are solved, and the reliability of a semiconductor device which contains the metal grid is improved.


Utilization of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NC) in muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is increasingly recognized as standard of care but trends of use in Ontario remain unknown. Currently, there remains knowledge gaps regarding the effects of perioperative chemotherapy on the rates of interventions requiring hospitalization (IRH) and atheroembolic events (ATEs).


In this paper, the authors present a direct optimization procedure using all the available phase-less electric field data for the reconstruction of an equivalent magnetic current density that represents the equipment under test (EUT). Once the equivalent magnetic current density is determined, the electric field at any point can be calculated. This approach is applied to calculate far field emissions as well as to diagnostic tasks. Results, from synthesized data simulating EUT radiating emissions, are included.


Introduction: Extracorporeal cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is being used more frequently for refractory cardiac arrest (rCA). Stroke remains a key determinant of outcomes in patients receiv...


Holding-power tests on several types of anchors in a variety of mud and sand bottoms revealed varying degrees of reliability. Balling up and failure to dig in were the principal problems encountered. A new streamlined anchor, the BOSS, generally out-performed the others by digging in quickly, holding well, and avoiding ball-up. The paper describes tests conducted in the Gulf of Mexico on model anchors and on full-sized anchors. Two large anchors (22,000 lb) were tested and used in the Santa Barbara Channel and in the Bass Straight, Australia. (Author)


The project examines differences between the construction and anticipated performance of a second generation asphalt overlay on jointed concrete pavement consisting of a two inch binder course with one and a half inch surface course following milling as opposed to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's (PennDOT's) standard treatment of milling followed by a maximum one inch leveling course and one and one half inch surface course. All asphalt paving materials meet PennDOT's Superpave requirements. A comparison was made between a 3.8 mi experimental section (with binder course) and a 5.8 mi control section (with leveling course). Project construction activities and fundamental material testing were conducted during the first phase of the project. Documentation was provided for field construction activities. Accelerated testing of the project materials was conducted to assess differences in the performance of the two sections with respect to fatigue and rutting. Pre- and post-construction surveys were conducted for pavement distress, deflection, and ride quality. The second phase of the project provided a Microsoft Excel database in which all project related performance data was recorded. This database contains the performance data collected during the project and will house future performance data for use in quantifying the relative performance of the two pavement sections. It also provides additional advanced asphalt material testing, such as master curves, for the mixes used on the project. Results from the laboratory and field testing were used to predict the performance of the two pavement sections. Due to the early age of the overlay sections, and lack of sensitivity of prediction models, no significant difference was predicted at this time. Recommendations indicate longer term performance monitoring as necessary to accurately reflect differences in performance. The Excel database document contains a tool for recalculating performance parameter predictions for rutting, cracking, and ride quality as the necessary information is collected.


Dear Dr. Turbill, I read with interest your paper which was published in the current issue of the BJO and I congratulate you and your colleagues Stephen Richmond and Jean Wright. I do not find the results too surprising and I thought the conclusions quite fair. However, I did regret that one issue was not addressed, in that in addition to many children receiving the treatment that they require, orthodontic cases treated within the General Dental Services are extremely cost effective to the government and in fact the same cases treated within the Hospital Service would cost much more, it was suggested to me perhaps four times as much. This point is often neglected when the emotive subject of high earnings in the GDS is considered. It will be interesting to see whether your paper will now spark off further high level discussion. With kind regards. Your sincerely, Barry D. Aron LDS. D.ORTH. RCS.


The construction, operation, and performance of a solar pond for a residence on a prototype educational farm is described. (LEW)


The endpoint detection of speech is still a big problem in situations of speech recognition in noisy environments. While traditional methods concentrate on finding speech in noise, the proposed technique is based on noise identification through HMMs, associated with both SNR and euclidean distance of the log-energy calculated on a frame-by-frame basis. Computer experiments confirm that the proposed algorithm gives rise to a considerable improvement on the precision of endpoint detection, specially in severely adverse conditions where the SNR is very low.


The goal of this study was to evaluate the time accuracy of five different Navier-Stokes flow solvers using five simple two-dimensional validation cases. The five flow solvers included Cobalt, USM3D, FUN3D, Beggar and NASCART-GT. The five validation cases included the laminar flow over a circular cylinder, the laminar shock tube, the inviscid convecting vortex, the 18%-thick circular-arc airfoil and the NACA 0015 pitching airfoil. This study was conducted in an effort to better understand the capabilities of each flow solver for time-accurate calculations. The eventual goal of the project was to use one or more of these flow solvers to analyze the unsteady transonic flow over a fighter aircraft with stores in captive carriage. Evaluating the capabilities of each flow solver with simple validation cases rather than a complicated fighter aircraft was desirable.


Background: Scrub typhus is an emerging public health challenge in India with increasing evidence of its activity being reported from all over the country. An outbreak of scrub typhus was reported from an area of South West Delhi, India hitherto not known for scrub typhus activity which prompted this zoonotic and entomological investigation.Methods: Zoonotic and entomological investigations were undertaken in five residential areas of South West Delhi, India located in the vicinity of the reporting hospital to determine the rodent hosts, vector mite diversity, and rickettsial activity in rodents. The rickettsial activity was ascertained using Weil-Felix test.Results: Palam area of Delhi, India is a hotspot of scrub typhus with evidence of tick and endemic typhus activity as well. This study reports the presence of known vectors of scrub typhus viz. Leptotrombidium deliense and Schoengastiella ligula, besides enriching the database of mite fauna of Delhi with an addition of a total of five new records, three of Leptotrombidium - vietzi, bhattipadense, fulmentum, and two records of Ascoschoengastia indica and Walchia lupella.Conclusion: The study reports Delhi as a scrub typhus hotspot. In Delhi, Palam was the most affected and had the highest number of cases and deaths, presence of the vectors of scrub typhus and evidence of tick and endemic typhus activity amongst rodents. The mite database of Delhi has been updated with the addition of five new trombiculid mite records.


Among numerous problems of education in Indonesia, one of them is the effectiveness of teachers' work. The quality of an educational institution is strongly influenced by the effectiveness of the work of teachers, and there are other factors such as organizational climate, emotional intelligence and professional competence. Based on the results of preliminary study through observations, the level of teacher effectiveness is still not maximized, such as teacher preparation in learning, utilization of media and learning resources, innovation in developing teaching materials, and the ability of teachers to develop self-quality. Therefore, this current study aims to analyze the direct and indirect contribution between organizational climate and emotional intelligence through professional competence on work effectiveness. This study used a quantitative approach, with facto exposure. The population of this study was 300 people from 32 elementary schools. The sampling technique used was a proportional random sampling. The number of samples was determined based on the Slovin formula with 171 respondents. The data was collected using a questionnaire consisting of organizational climate (20 items), emotional intelligence (40 items), professional competence (36 items) and work effectiveness (30 items). This research instrument has been already tested for the level of validity and reliability using the product moment person correlation test. The data in this study were analyzed using path analysis to see the direct and indirect contributions between variables, by first using normality, homogeneity, and multicollinearity tests. The results showed that there were direct and indirect contributions between organizational climate, emotional intelligence, professional competence and work effectiveness.


Different activated carbons and manganese-modified activated carbons were prepared as deoxidizers for the low-concentration coalbed methane deoxidation. The results show that the deoxidation performance of the different activated carbons is affected by raw materials for preparation of deoxidizers. One type of activated carbon exhibited the best performance of oxygen removal, due to the relatively low ash content and better adsorption performance. Experimental results show that the manganese-modified deoxidizers exhibit an excellent deoxidation efficiency at low temperature. At 200 °C, one kind of manganese-modified activated carbons decreased the oxygen content to less than 1 vol%, which could maintain about 600 min. This indicated that the addition of manganese greatly improved the reactivity of oxygen with activated carbon. Characterization results demonstrated that the physical structure and species types of oxygen of activated carbons, and manganese have important effects on the activity of deoxidizers in different temperature ranges.


Business activities are now digitalized learning all operations through an electronic system. The NonInformation Technology professionals do not know much about the web service composition. In this work we have developed a web-based tool which can help to create business activities automatically. This tool is designed in a way to frame and do the assigned services.


Depression has become a common mental disease in society, causing varying menticide and physical damage to individuals and society. The research on depression includes drug treatment, analysis of etiology, forecasting depression and prevention. This paper uses machine learning and deep forest is the core algorithm. In the cascade structure, the method of generating class vectors is redefined, and the forest is reweighted to improve the classification accuracy, which is applied to assist the diagnosis and classification of depression. Age, education level, income, assets and investments are the features to classify whether the individual is depression, the Investigated groups are divided into depression and non-depression. Finally, the classification performance of the improved deep forest is compared with the standard deep forest, random forest, xgboost and logistic. Experimental results show that the improved deep forest has better classification performance in the experiment of assistant depression diagnosis.


ABSTRACT The orders of metal deposition (e.g. Pt, Au and Pd) on graphene oxide (GO) and their electrocatalytic properties were investigated. The mono-, bi- and tri-metallic nanoparticles were electrochemically prepared for catalyst preparation. The electrocatalytic activities of the catalysts in 0.5 M CH3OH + 0.5 M H2SO4 solutions were examined. The results showed that the tri-metallic catalysts had higher catalytic activity and stability than the other catalysts. The results indicated that the existing Au and Pd layers before loading of Pt could improve the catalytic activities towards the methanol oxidation.


This paper presents the characteristics of tropical rain profiles observed by the Precipitation Radar (PR) on TRMM satellite. Data for the entire year of 1998 were used in the analysis. The investigation focuses on the following questions: (1) given a surface rainfall rate, what are the typical rain profiles for different cloud and surface types? (2) Given the same surface rainfall rate, what is the variability of tropical rain profiles? How does it affect the microwave brightness temperatures? (3) How is the difference among rain profiles related to cloud development? The objectives of the study are both for better understanding the precipitation physics and for improving microwave remote sensing techniques.


The second article in this series continues to explain the foundations of pharmacology in terms of its relevance for nurse prescribing practice. The fundamental principles underpinning pharmacodynamics are examined. The third and fourth pharmacokinetic phases - metabolism and elimination - are described. The importance of the pharmacokinetics, half-life and therapeutic index of agents to dosage calculation are considered along with the age of the host. Reference is made where appropriate to examples in clinical practice.


The 2011-2012 recipient of the ASU Retirees Association Scholarship, Nicholas Smith, told attendees about the degree program he is in (Business Information Systems), and that receiving this scholarship was extremely important to him. Joan Leard told the group about how much the ASURA Adopt-aFamily program means to those who are helped by it, and she presented a poster-board she had made displaying some of the letters of thanks and appreciation that we have received over the years from families we have helped.


(1. PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, China; 2. PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Chengdu 610051, China; 3. PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company, Korla 841000, China) Abstract: By reviewing the development history of stimulation techniques for deep/ultra-deep oil and gas reservoirs, the new progress in this field in China and abroad has been summed up, including deeper understanding on formation mechanisms of fracture network in deep/ultra-deep oil and gas reservoir, performance improvement of fracturing fluid materials, fine stratification of ultra-deep vertical wells, and mature staged multi-cluster fracturing technique for ultra-deep and highly deviated wells/horizontal wells. In light of the exploration and development trend of ultra-deep oil and gas reservoirs in China, the requirements on and technical difficulties in ultra-deep oil and gas reservoir stimulation are discussed: (1) The research and application of integrated geological engineering technology is difficult. (2) The requirements on fracturing materials for stimulation are high. (3) It is difficult to further improve the production in vertical profile of the ultra-deep and hugely thick reservoirs. (4) The requirements on tools and supporting high-pressure equipment on the ground for stimulation are high. (5) It is difficult to achieve efficient stimulation of ultra-deep, high-temperature and high-pressure wells. (6) It is difficult to monitor directly the reservoir stimulation and evaluate the stimulation effect accurately after stimulation. In line with the complex geological characteristics of ultra-deep oil and gas reservoirs in China, seven technical development directions are proposed: (1) To establish systematic new techniques for basic research and evaluation experiments; (2) to strengthen geological research and improve the operational mechanism of integrating geological research and engineering operation; (3) to develop high-efficiency fracturing materials for ultra-deep reservoirs; (4) to research separated layer fracturing technology for ultra-deep and hugely thick reservoirs; (5) to explore fracture-control stimulation technology for ultra-deep horizontal well; (6) to develop direct monitoring technology for hydraulic fractures in ultra-deep oil and gas reservoirs; (7) to develop downhole fracturing tools with high temperature and high pressure tolerance and supporting wellhead equipment able to withstand high pressure.


tient had sustained multiple .38-caliber gunshot wounds to the left hip, left arm, and chest. No attempt had been made to extract the metallic fragments from the hip. In 1971, he had to discontinue work as a plasterer because of pain in the left hip. In another hospital he was observed for back pain, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, and he had lost 18.1 kilograms (forty pounds) in a year. He was hospitalized for a week but could not recall whether a diagnosis of lead poisoning was made at that time. The patient was neadmitted in 1973 for abdominal pain, constipation, nausea, vomiting, severe anemia, and a left radial-nerve palsy. The


In the paper, the solution of the problem of selecting the most optimal design-for-testability technique for register-transfer level digital circuits is demonstrated. A decision-making process that is able to solve the problem over a set of scan-based techniques is presented in the paper. The process decides among following testability improving techniques: identification of testable cores, covering of feedback loops by minimum set of scan registers, selection of registers into scan chains to achieve high level of parallelism during the test application.


Exploration and searching in unknown or hazardous environments using multi-robot systems (MRS) is among the principal topics in robotics. There have been numerous works on searching and detection of odor, fire or pollution sources. In this paper, a modified Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm (PSO) was presented for MRS on detecting light sources, namely APSO. In the proposed algorithm, an integration of conventional PSO and Artificial Potential Field (APF) is employed to use swarm intelligence for space exploration and light source detection. The formulas for APSO velocities are based on those of PSO and APF. Furthermore, each particle is surrounded by an APF that forms repulsive force to prevent collision while the swarm is in operation. The simulation results of APSO in Matlab by various scenarios confirmed the reliability and efficiency of the proposed algorithm.


Starting from threshold characteristics and night visual theory of the human eye the new quanta detector and linear filter integrated performance model, universal threshold detecting theory and synthesis detecting equations for LLL (low light level) TV imaging systems have been put foreword and established, which set up together active regularity and connection between photon noise fluctuation theory and linear filter theory. By using the new performance model and apparent distance detecting equations many specific properties of LLL TV imaging system, such as brightness intensified, visual angle enlarged, signal to noise ratio and contrast transferred and attenuated, can be correctly expressed, calculated and evaluated. The characteristics of the human eye can also be correctly reflected and described.


This study aims to evaluate the mind mapping material in creativity course syllabus. The test is performed to see the students' convergent-divergent thinking characters. The treatment of the accounting mind map using numerical symbols was given to students before and after the thinking character tests. The test used paired sample t-test, Wilcoxon, and Chi-Square. The test result proves that there is an increase of students' divergent thinking character after given the material of accounting mind map using numerical symbols compared to before treatment. However, there is no difference of convergent thinking characters in class C before and after treatment .


The detailed understanding of the crystal structure and microstructure of nanomaterials is useful to predict the properties of nanomaterials. SnO2 nanocrystals of different shapes like particles, spheres, rods and pyramids are chemically synthesized. Here, we report the crystal structure and microstructure of SnO2 nanocrystals of different morphologies using X-ray diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). It is interesting to note that the tetragonal phase is found in particle, sphere and rod shaped SnO2 nanocrystals and pyramid shaped nanocrystals are composed of two types of orthorhombic phases. The Rietveld method has been used for refining simultaneously the atomic structure and microstructure of different SnO2 nanocrystals, and the growth mechanisms in different shapes are found to be different due to different preferential growth. Structural defects such as oxygen vacancies, deformation of unit cell and more importantly texturing effects are associated with change in bond length, bond angle and crystallite morphology. Size and lattice strain of different kinds of SnO2 nanocrystals are also studied in detail by using the Rietveld method of analysis and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).


: Composites are made up of individual materials referred to as constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties, that when combined, produce a material with characteristics different from the individual components. Reinforcements introduced to metal matrix composites are known for their inherent properties like hardness, corrosion resistance, wear resistance and machinability. This study deals with the investigation of the effect of adding silicon carbide (SiC) and flyash reinforcements in aluminium alloy (Al 6065) hybrid composite using squeeze casting process. The silicon carbide and flyash particles were introduced in various %-wt combinations to aluminium alloy (Al 6065) as per Taguchi experimental design. The hardness, tensile strength are found to increase in the Al6065 base matrix alloy with the increase in reinforcement. The mechanical properties of Al6065 hybrid composite are significantly improved after the dispersion of SiC/flyash particles.


With the increasingly urgent demand for innovative talents, college students should have strong collaborative innovation ability because they are the backbone of future sci-tech innovation in China. Existing methods can be used to measure and evaluate to some extent the collaborative innovation and achievement transformation efficiency of college students. However, many of the methods focus on data of a certain period and neglect dynamic analysis. Dynamic comparisons of different periods need to be made because innovation activities and achievement transformation may be influenced by time factors in practical situations. In addition, some methods only focus on the quantity index of achievement transformation, and neglect quality evaluation. Therefore, this paper aimed to study the collaborative innovation ability cultivation of college students by improving the achievement transformation efficiency. Three-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA)-Windows model was used to calculate the collaborative innovation and achievement transformation efficiency of college students. This paper elaborated in detail the calculation process of these three stages, namely, the first-stage DEA-Windows analysis, the second-stage panel stochastic frontier analysis (SFA), and the third-stage adjusted DEA-Windows analysis. Based on the research needs of collaborative innovation ability cultivation of college students by improving the achievement transformation efficiency, this paper constructed an evaluation index system using Fare-Primont index model and Pastor method, and focused on the sci-tech innovation achievement transformation factors, such as output results and ability improvement. Finally, this paper showed the analysis results by combining with examples, which verified the proposed method was effective.


Let's face it! Blacks do have smaller red cell masses than other racial groups and their hemoglobin concentrations are consistently lower. Our Founding Fathers may have concluded that all men (and women) were endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, but they were wrong with respect to the being "created equal" part. For many physical characteristics, comparative research across ethnic categories has shown predictable differences. Body composition is a recent case example (I , 2). Even earlier, the fact that those of African descent living in the Western Hemisphere have a distribution of hemoglobin shifted to the left, has been documented consistently (3-5).


In the last few decades the binary power cycle, utilising the organic Rankine cycle (ORC), has become a preferred means for exploiting low- to moderate-enthalpy geothermal resources. Over the years the basic ORC has been improved and modified to better adapt the cycle to various conditions of the heat source. Presently, India, which has been exploring its geothermal resources for the last four decades, is considering the binary power cycle for exploiting one of its geothermal fields for electricity production and direct uses. This low-temperature geothermal field is located in the Puga Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir State in the northern part of India. This paper presents a feasibility study for developing a model binary power plant using the thermal energy of the brine of this field. The binary power cycle consists of a preheater, an evaporator, a superheater, a turbine-generator, a condenser, a recuperator and a feed pump. The choice for selecting the working fluid is restricted by the well-known harmful effects of CFCs which demand the adoption of either hydrocarbons or some new fluids. In the present paper, five working fluids (isobutane, n-butane, isopentane, n-pentane and propane) were considered for the model to obtain the optimum net power output. A thermodynamic model of a binary power plant using an air cooled condenser was created in the Engineering Equation Solver (EES) software. All the working fluids selected were run in the EES programme, assuming a well enthalpy of 900 kJ/kg and a mass flow rate of 150 kg/s.


Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) data have been collected by state departments of transportation (DOT) in the U.S. and are anticipated to grow as state DOTs expand the number of WIM sites in order to better manage transportation infrastructure and enhance mobility. Traditional approaches for monitoring the vehicle weight measured in WIM systems include conducting statistical tests between two datasets obtained from two calibration visits. Depending on the frequency of visits, these traditional approaches are ineffective or resource-demanding for identifying calibration needs. Excessive vehicle-weight drifts exceeding 10% are usually indicative of poor performance by WIM systems. However, it has been difficult to consistently monitor such performance due to the sheer amount of data. In Georgia, the number of WIM sites have expanded from 12 to 29 in the past 3 years. This paper proposes a deep-learning-based temporal prediction approach for modeling sequential data and monitoring the time-history of the live loads imposed on roads and bridges. In total, 29 WIM sites in Georgia are analyzed to examine the effectiveness of a proposed temporal prediction approach for evaluating observed live loads. This study finds that the Jensen–Shannon divergence method is more effective than statistical difference tests, particularly when screening for live load anomalies. It is concluded that a LSTM neural network is able to capture temporal dynamics underlying the sequential load patterns observed in the WIM data and serves as an effective model for consistently monitoring the performance of WIM systems over time.


Patients with injured hands and forearms of varying severity [Hand Injury Severity Score (HISS)] were studied prospectively, including analysis of costs, hand/arm function (DASH), and health status (SF-36). Costs, duration of sick-leave, DASH-score (high score; impaired function) increased by severity of injury (higher HISS) and the greatest proportion of total costs resulted from lost production. Most employed patients returned to work within a year, but even minor injuries were expensive. HISS and costs of care during an emergency were significantly associated with duration of sick-leave, although HISS did not fully explain variation in costs and duration of sick-leave. DASH-score at one year was associated with variation in age, HISS, and residual health care costs. Results of DASH and subgroups for physical and bodily pain on SF-36 were consistent. Injuries to hand and forearm may generate high costs for society in terms of health care and long periods of sick-leave (lost production), but even minor injuries should be accounted for.


The article deals with the achievements of sustainable urban development by improving the quality of management based on the application of standards. The necessity of solving this issue is justified, as well as the relevance of the standards' application, including at the stage of data collection and processing, in particular, dedicated to "smart" cities. In addition, methods for assessing the effectiveness of the management itself are proposed.


A micrometre-size Josephson vortex flow transistor is demonstrated experimentally. The drain–source of this device is the output of a single-layer Nb superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) with a nanometre-size hole, forming a nanoSQUID. The device input is a Nb strip, which is closely coupled to the nanoSQUID. The change of the input current induces a change in the magnetic flux coupling to the nanoSQUID, and hence modulates the current–voltage characteristics of the nanoSQUID. The current gain and transresistance of the device were investigated by evaluating the mutual coupling and the dynamic resistance of the nanoSQUID. A current gain of 0.3 and a transresistance >1 Ω were achieved.


This report is a partial product of many years of study of Comanche faunas and of 10 field seasons in areas of Comanche outcrops. It includes the description of 190 species and varieties of mollusks, of which 131 are gastropods and 59 are pelecypods. The pelecypods include 6 new species and 3 new varieties, and the gastropods include 73 new species and 7 new varieties, a total of 89 new species and varieties. The part on gastropods constitutes the major contribution, _ whereas the part on .pelecypods covers only a few of the Comanche species. During the preparation of the report the writer had access to most of the Comanche fossil types, some of which were in private collections. As many of these have since been lost and others were inadequately described, their re-description and re-illustration should clarify problems of nomenclature. Descriptions of a number of sections in the Edwards Plateau and in trans-Pecos Texas are included to show the stratigraphic occurrence of some, of the fossils and to emphasize the Washita age of the Devils River limestone of southwestern Texas.


Arrangement pulse transformer using several primary supplies for transferring energy pulsadadesde a primary side having multiple primary windings to a secondary side, said transformer disposicionde pulse (100) is characterized by comprising: - a core pulse transformer uncut ( 110); y- multiple independent primary windings formed by a foil winding (120) isolated comprendemultiples conductive strips disposed around said transformer core nocortado pulses and ending in foil winding terminals, wherein said foil winding (120) estaenrollado a single turn around said transformer core (110) and said multiple tirasconductoras are isolated from each other and extending around the core (110); y- a connecting arrangement to the terminals of said multiple conducting strips paraproporcionar connections for such multiple independent primary windings are connected.


We reconsider and modify the second secure multi-party quantum addition protocol proposed in our original work. We show that the protocol is an anonymous multi-party quantum addition protocol rather than a secure multi-party quantum addition protocol. Through small changes, we develop the protocol to propose, for the first time, anonymous multiparty quantum computation with a third party, who faithfully executes protocol processes, but is interested in the identity of the data owners. Further, we propose a new anonymous multiparty quantum protocol based on our original protocol. We calculate the success probability of the proposed protocols, which is also a modification of the success probability of the original protocols. PACS: 03.65.Ud, 03.67.-a, 03.67.Dd


Mineral deposition or alteration is commonly found at fracture-block interfaces is fissured, geothermal reservoirs. In response to pressure reduction in the fissures such mineralization, if less permeable than the matrix rock, will retard the flow of fluid from the blocks to the fissures and is termed fracture skin in this paper. The problem of fluid flow to a production well in a double-porosity reservoir with fracture skin was analyzed theoretically. One of the findings of the analysis was that fully transient block-to-fissure flow can be approximated by pseudo-steady state flow if fracture skin permeability is sufficiently low. Type curves generated by numerical inversion of Laplace transform solutions are used to cooroborate the results of a finite-difference model of steam transport to a well in a naturally fissured, geothermal reservoir with fracture skin.


Vocational skills in an inclusive society are needed in business trips within an organization. Pusat Pemberdayaan Disabilitas Mitra Sejahtera (PPDMS) is an organization of persons with disabilities that is productive in producing patchwork mat products in quite a large capacity. This research wants to reveal how assistive technology in their business can change their vocational skills before and after knowing technology. This study uses a qualitative approach with a unique case of doormat crafts at PPDMS in Gunungkidul Regency. The research subject is the organizational chart, including the chairman and members involved in the production of doormats. The results of this study indicate that their vocational skills underwent a significant transformation after assistive technology was introduced. Before they learn assistive technology, their skill is to weave mats with the help of conventional looms. Developing more modernly, the use of mechanization with non-machine looms accessible for persons with disabilities has changed weaving skills to weaving skills complemented by skills in spinning threads. Developing even more rapidly, engineering technology-based vocational skills create job specifications for persons with disabilities. The users of these semi-automatic machines must be skilled and understand the machine mechanization system. This research implies that with the existence of assistive technology, the transformation of vocational skills goes hand in hand with developments in technology and science.


The goal of the railplug project is to commercialize this miniaturized railgun as an engine technology as rapidly as possible. To improve the technology transfer process, a board of industrial advisors was established. A list of representatives is included at the end of this annual report. The Railplug External Advisory Board (REAB) met in Austin on March 17--18, 1991 to discuss the project plan. A list of comments from the REAB is included at the end of this progress report, along with our written response to those comments. An alternate ``first`` meeting with some representatives of the REAB was held on July 9, 1991. This meeting was attended by most of the board members who were unable to attend the first meeting. The second meeting of the REAB was held in Toronto, Canada, on October 10, 1991. A list of the board members comments from this meeting is included at the end of this report, along with our written response to those comments. These meetings have proven to be most useful in assuring that this project is conducted as efficiently as possible. The railplug project is essentially divided into three main tasks: (1) Railplug system development; (2) application of railplugsmore » to engines; and (3) railplug durability. The status of each of these tasks is described below.« less


Electromagnetic forces on a whirling rotor of a synchronous reluctance machine are studied using time-discretized 2D finite-element analysis. The whirling motion generates eccentricity harmonics in the air-gap field. These harmonics may further induce circulating currents in the windings of the machine. The dynamics of the induced currents is coupled with the dynamics of the rotor, especially, when the machine is operated close to its first bending critical speed. In a synchronous reluctance machine, there is no rotor winding but the circulating currents may flow in the parallel branches of the stator. This electromechanical interaction and its effects on the rotordynamic stability are studied.


This paper presents an analysis and design of an electronic load controller (ELC) for three-phase self-excited induction generators (SEIGs) suitable for stand-alone pico-hydro power generation with constant input power. Here, the SEIG can be used to generate constant voltage and frequency if the electrical load is maintained constant at its terminals. Moreover, under such operation, SEIG requires constant capacitance for excitation resulting in a fixed-point operation. For this purpose, a suitable control scheme has to be developed such that the load on the SEIG remains constant despite change in the consumer load. In such applications, water is freely available and, hence, a simple and cheap controller has to be developed, which can operate almost unattended in remote and hilly regions. The proposed ELC consists of an uncontrolled rectifier and chopper with a series "dump" load. Proper design of rectifier, chopper, and dump load is very important for troublefree operation of ELC. In this paper, an analysis along with a design procedure for computing the rating of various components of ELC is presented for a range of SEIGs.


Cranial asymmetry in the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (L.) was studied using a series of 115 skulls obtained from animals from both sides of the North Atlantic and the east coast of the North Pacific. The degree of sinistrad asymmetry or "skew" did not differ significantly between these three populations. Contrary to an earlier report in the literature, skew was not found to be correlated with skull length or, by implication, age. This result is in accord with the necessity for precocious development of the nasal sac complex and associated structures in this species, which inhabits an environment in which the aural and acoustic faculties are of paramount importance.


Surrey Downs Health and Care (SDHC) is an innovative partnership consisting of the acute trust, community provider, three local GP federations and local authority. Together they deliver integrated health and care services for the Surrey Downs population. In April 2019, SDHC formally took over the management of an acute escalation ward at Epsom General Hospital. The aim was to redesign the model of care to offer a more integrated approach towards the management of patients with frailty.

 A change in leadership with interface frailty consultants developing an integrated multidisciplinary team (MDT) with reassignment of community staff. All members of the MDT had an equal voice and this helped develop the one team ethos. There were many developments along the way, but key changes included the agreement that a patients' time is the most valuable currency and that we should be changing conversations from "what is the matter with you?" to "what matters most to you?"

 1. A 100% increase in average daily discharges 2. An increase to 70% being discharged to their own home, versus 20% previously 3. A reduction from an average length of stay of 40 days to 13 days compared to the same time last year 4. Reduced 30-day readmissions at 15% versus previous average of 25%.

 By blurring boundaries between the acute and community, allowed a frictionless pathway for patients. This has led to improvement in patient care and outcomes for the patient and system as a whole.


Oscillator strengths of the 2p5(2P1/2)nd J = 2, 3 autoionizing resonances in neon have been determined using a dc discharge plasma in conjunction with an Nd:YAG pumped dye laser system. The excited states are approached using two-step laser excitation via 2p53p′[1/2]1, 2p53p′[3/2]1 and 2p53p′[3/2]2 intermediate states which are accessed from the 2p53s [1/2]2 metastable state, populated by the discharge in the hollow cathode lamp. The f-values have been determined for the nd′[3/2]2, nd′[5/2]2 and nd′[5/2]3 series following the ΔK = ΔJ = +Δℓ selection rule. Employing the saturation technique the photoionization cross section at the 2p5 2P1/2 ionization threshold is determined as 5.5(6) Mb and consequently the f-values of the nd′ J = 2, 3 autoionizing resonances have been extracted.


and fil-tration through a quick filter > disinfection > clean water tank > water-supply system. Although, according to the expert opinions that water treatment of surface water requires more modern methods, drinking water is taken from the Dnister River or its tributaries in the Western region of Ukraine. This water is now estimated as clean or slightly contaminated for most indica-tors. As a result of performed measures, the population receives water, which, according to its indicators, complies with the State Sanitary Regulations and Standards 2.2.4-171-10 «Hygienic Requirements for Drinking Water Intended for Human Consumption». Considering that the main river-bed receives the pollution from the tributaries and the catchment area, it can be contended that the quality of surface water depends on the ecological state of the river basin and the degree of its pollution.


In current literary production, teenagers are one of the most important target groups, and there are more and more correlations among books, films and serials dedicated to teenagers; in other words it is impossible to discuss children's literature without placing it into the complex context of the cultural industry. This situation may encourage a 'mutual influence' among these media languages, based on the use of the same stock characters and the same stereotypes. But, are teen novels really influenced by teen drama and teen films, absorbing their cliches and conventions? And, if this is the case, what is the dimension of this phenomenon?


A therapeutic effect of natrium humate given to experimental mongrel rats exposed to 60Co-gamma-radiation of lethal doses has been studied. A single administration of natrium humate, 5-10 min following irradiation with a dose of 193.5 mC/kg (LD100/30) leads to a 43.3 per cent survival of animals after 60 days; with a dose of 232.2 mC/kg (LD100/8) there is a trend toward the increase in the life span of exposed rats.


New scientific frontiers, recent advances in theory, and rapid increases in computational capabilities have created compelling opportunities for theory and computation to advance the scientific mission of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES). The prospects for success in the experimental programs of BES will be enhanced by pursuing these opportunities. This report makes the case for an expanded research program in theory and computation in BES. The Subcommittee on Theory and Computation of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee was charged with identifying current and emerging challenges and opportunities for theoretical research within the scientific mission of BES, paying particular attention to how computing will be employed to enable that research. A primary purpose of the Subcommittee was to identify those investments that are necessary to ensure that theoretical research will have maximum impact in the areas of importance to BES, and to assure that BES researchers will be able to exploit the entire spectrum of computational tools, including leadership class computing facilities. The Subcommittee s Findings and Recommendations are presented in Section VII of this report.