Dear Sir, A randomized controlled trail titled "Ten units intravenous oxytocin over 2–4 h is as effective as 30 units over 8–12 h in preventing postpartum hemorrhage after cesarean section: A randomized controlled trial" by Cecilia et al.[1] is an excellent sincere work by the team. Nearly one‐quarter of maternal mortality in India is due to postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).[2] This article had given deep insights into the management of PPH in general and specially after cesarean delivery (CD). Oxytocin is considered as a drug of choice to treat and prevent the PPH. In this study, the role of oxytocin in the management of PPH covered comprehensively, especially in differentiating higher dose and lower dose. Recently, the Government of India has banned over‐the‐counter use of oxytocin.[3] This study will help in preventing the reckless use of oxytocin and maintain the stock of the oxytocin in the stores. According to the prestigious American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) practice bulletin issue of October 2017, information regarding the range of dose that could be used is provided. It recommends the use in the range of 10–40 units per 500–1000 mL either as a continuous infusion or as 10 units by intramuscular injection.[4]


We construct a six-dimensional Maxwell theory using a latticized extra space, the continuum limit of which is a shifted torus recently discussed by Dienes. This toy model exhibits a correspondence between continuum theory and discrete theory, and gives a geometrical insight into theory-space model building.


The ambiguity of the term "metatheatre" derives in part from its text of origin, Lionel Abel's 1963 book of the same name. By his own admission, Abel's use of the term was "loose and sometimes erratic" (v). If we use the term in its broadest sense—to describe any theater that in some way draws attention to its own artifice—it becomes evident that early modern drama is always "metatheatrical" to some extent: these plays are designed never entirely to lose sight of the material realities of their performance, or of the physical co-presence of their audiences. If this is the case, how useful is the term "metatheatre"? Indeed, are Shakespeare's plays always metatheatrical? This article unpicks some of the conflicting notions of metatheatre suggested in Abel's book, and suggests a modified conceptual model based on the work of Arthur Koestler. Arguing against the tendency to see early modern theatrical self-consciousness as a form of proto-Brechtian alienation, it uses Koestler's concept of bisociation to think about the delight produced by "universes of discourse colliding, frames getting entangled, or contexts getting confused" (40). It considers several examples from performance, especially moments from productions at the reconstructed Shakespeare's Globe, to argue that metatheatre functions as a kind of imaginative game. This game may be prompted by cues in the written text, but it is one that can be played only in performance. While Harry Newman's essay for this special issue argues that metatheatricality was available to early modern readers "on the paper stage of printed playbooks" (104), my essay posits a decidedly more theatrical definition of the term, contending that the agency of the actors plays a central role in determining the metatheatricality of particular moments on stage.


The study is aimed at evaluating the fertility potential of bi-herbal methanol extract on male Wistar rats. This research finding based it fact of fertility in male Wistar rats to investigate through the phytochemicals, antioxidant assay, hormonal indexes, lipid profile, body/organ weight changes and histopathological study across the graded doses (25, 50, 100 mg/kg) of the treated groups of bi-herbal (Zingiber officinale and Chrysophyllum albidum)) methanol extract using standard procedure. Results from the phytochemical screening elicited the essential constituents (alkaloids, flavonoids phenol, tannins and saponnins). The antioxidant assay showed broad scavenging property against free radicals, which possibly is associated with one of its mechanisms of action. An increase in the level of significant (p > 0.05) in hormonal indexes (testosterone, progesterone, follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone) and slight increase in the level of lipid profile (cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL LDL and VLDL) activities among the treatment groups when compared with the control. There absent significant change (p > 0.05) in the body and testes mass ratio. No pronounce histopathological variation on the testes state in comparative to the control. The dependent from the bi-herbal extract with extreme exhibition of fertility potential as its therapeutic effect


This paper introduces an algorithm and a new graph, the Conditioned Transition Graph (CTG), to derive the mode invariants from an Software Cost Reduction (SCR) mode transition table. An SCR requirements document contains a complete description of the external behavior of the software system. Some system properties, such as mode invariants, can be used to describe safety features that must be ensured during software development. Current SCR requirements documents give independently derived invariants. The algorithm detects mode invariants by rst transforming an SCR mode transition table into a CTG, and then applying de ned computations on two matrices derived from the CTG incidence matrix. The algorithm was used to generate mode invariants from an SCR mode transition table, which were correct as compared to externally derived invariants. An SCR requirements document implies some invariant properties of the speci ed system. This method can also be used to provide test requirements and test cases that are independent of the software design structure.


Abstract The Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats was signed in Bern, Switzerland in 1979 and came into force on 1 June 1982. Over the past 20 years, various mechanisms have been developed to monitor the implementation of the Convention and to improve its effectiveness. The purpose of diis article is to examine the application of these mechanisms and assess die effectiveness of the Convention as a tool for biodiversity conservation.


Introduction: One of the phases of life in which the human being is more subject to suffering from the morbidity and mortality process is in childhood, this is caused by several factors, it is, therefore focused on this public when it comes to the study of infant mortality and morbidity. Objective: analyze hospital morbidity and infant mortality from perinatal causes in children under one year in northeastern Brazil from 2013 to 2017. Methodology: It is characterized as an ecological study, carried out from secondary data extracted from the Informatics Department of the Unified Health System (DATASUS) from the Mortality Information System (SIM) and the Hospital Information System of the SUS (SIH/SUS), from 2013 to 2017. Results: They revealed that perinatal causes are major contributors to mortality. Of the factors that kill the most are bacterial septicemia (30.7%) and maternal disorders (42.3%). 2013 and the state of Bahia revealed a greater number of deaths. Morbidity can be observed the diseases affecting the perinatal period (33.8%) and perinatal respiratory disorders (49.7%) being those with the highest number of cases, in addition to 2017 and the state of Bahia as the ones with the highest number of hospitalizations. Conclusions: Perinatal causes are one of the main factors responsible for generating victims, making it necessary to take action. Knowledge transmission should be improved in order to prevent diseases and strengthen health promotion and reduce morbidity and mortality rates.
 Keywords: Infant mortality; Neonatal mortality; Perinatal nursing; Perinatal care; Morbidity; Perinatal mortality.


Solid state straw cultures of the white rot fungi Pleurotus sp. and Dichomitus squalens covered with a layer of sterile soil were incubated at 20 °C, 25 °C, 30 °C, and 34 °C. The activities of the extracellular enzymes laccase and manganese peroxidase (MnP) in the soil layers were measured over eight weeks. Pleurotus sp. produced high enzyme activity at low temperatures. Laccase was maximum at 25—30 °C and manganese peroxidase at 20 °C. D. squalens showed uniformly high levels of manganese peroxidase at 20—30 °C whereas at 34 °C, MnP was low and laccase showed an atypical time pattern. The discrepancy between low activity of the main enzyme, MnP, and high straw decomposition at 34 °C by D. squalens warrants further investigation of the enzyme inventory produced at that temperature.


Based on the crystallographic nature, two major characteristic textures of the deepdrawing automobile steel sheet are represented with inverse pole figures. The correlation betweenthe texture of deep drawing steel sheet and its deep drawing properties may be simply anddirectly analysed by the quantitative texture technique. An verification was made that theresult obtained by this technique is in agreement with that after ODF quantitative analysis.


In this article, I argue that for risk/recidivism research to achieve its full potential, it must continue to grow beyond its empirical roots, a process that began more than 20 years ago. The theoretical model highlighted in the current article can explain one of the brute facts of criminology: namely, that past offending is one of the best predictors of future offending. By understanding how cognitive variables mediate the past crime–future crime relationship, we improve our ability to more effectively manage recidivism risk. Toward this end, six considerations for mediation analysis are discussed: variable selection, model creation, research design, data analysis, effect size estimation, and sensitivity testing. An illustrative example using attitude toward fighting as a mediator of the past physical aggression → future physical aggression relationship is presented.


[Extract] The upper Walsh River catchment has numerous old abandoned mines, many of which may still be discharging contaminants into waterways. There is considerable public concern over this possibility. Because of this, the Northern Gulf Resource Management Group, the natural resource management group set up under Natural Heritage Trust arrangements for catchments of the Gulf of Carpentaria, including the Mitchell catchment, commissioned the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research at James Cook University to examine water quality issues in the upper Walsh River. One of the issues examined is the potential for widespread historical mining activities to have impacted on the metal concentrations in streams of the upper Walsh River, one of the major sub-catchments of the Mitchell River.


In this study, we examine the contribution of nuclear, fossil (coal, oil, and gas), and renewable (hydro, solar, wind, biofuel) electricity sources to pollution in the globalization era, as measured by total greenhouse gases (GHG) produced by electricity per capita. We conduct an empirical investigation in a global panel of 163 countries which assesses both the concurrent and individual effects of alternative energy sources. Additionally, we implement a second model to assess the roles of various electricity sources on the carbon intensity of electricity generation. Robust GMM estimators show that fossil electricity is a major polluter and a driver of carbon intensity. Furthermore, nuclear and renewable energy reduce pollution on a global scale, with wind emerging as the most efficient energy source in the global fight against pollution and climate change. Moreover, globalization as measured by trade openness tends to reduce the carbon intensity of electricity production (CI), whereas biofuels have an increasing impact on CI. The findings have important policy implications, indicating that shifting to nuclear and renewable energy sources could help countries achieve their sustainable development goals more efficiently.


Under the concept of supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering, cocrystallization is one of the most widely used approaches for developing physical and other properties of crystals. Herein w...


Schiff Base Complexes are very important. Benzothiazole and its derivatives play an important role in biological activities like anticancer agent, antidiabetic agent, antiinflammatory agent, antimalarial agent etc. while its Schiff base also plays an important role. This study deals with synthesis and characterization of condensation products of ABT derivatives with Schiff base. Schiff base ligands of BT and Ni(II) complex were synthesized and important characterizations have been studied. Schiff base obtained shows very effective biological activities while complex of Ni(II) is also important for that very purpose.


Doctrinairism remains an archenemy in revolution.During his leading Chinese revolution,Mao Zedong started from the situation of our country and solved many problems in practice,integrating theory with practice.His contribution includes creating the way of using the rural areas to encircle the cities,criticizing left deviationist errors and right deviationist errors,that is "all decisions must be approved by the united front," "all must be obeyed," a great achievement of leading Chinese revolution to success,propelling the sinicization of Marxism against doctrinarism.


We prove that assuming the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis every even integer larger than $\exp(\exp(15.85))$ can be written as the sum of a prime number and a number that has at most two prime factors.


The utility model relates to a car roof device used for cars. The car roof device comprises a movable panel (12), a sunshade piece (17), a guide rail (13), a sliding component (14), a joint component (25) and a component to be jointed (21). The movable panel (12) is an open part (10a) capable of being opened and closed; the sunshade piece (17) can be opened relevant to opening operation of the movable panel; the sliding component (14) ensures that the movable panel moves in the complete closed state to be in a slanting state and carries out opening operation; the joint component (25) is installed on the front portion of the movable panel and comprises a joint portion (28) and an installment portion (26d); the installment portion (26d) of the joint component is installed on the movable panel; the joint portion (28) is arranged on the front side of the a car relative to the installment portion; the component to be jointed (21) is arranged in the position of the sunshade piece and is pushed and pressed by the joint portion (28) when the movable panel carries out opening operation.


Objective To assess the efficacy and safety of cerivastatin in Chinese with primary hypercholesterolemia. Methods The multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group trial was conducted in 3 hospitals. After a 5-week single-blind run-in period (period A), 470 patients were randomized to receive cerivastatin 0 1 mg ( n = 119), 0 2 mg ( n = 117), 0 3 mg ( n = 116) or placebo ( n = 118) once daily at bedtime for 8 weeks (period B). At the end of period B, patients with a low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) decrease of ≥20% from baseline were continued to receive their randomized dose of cerivastatin or placebo for 16 weeks further for the assessment of long-term safety. Total cholesterol (TC), LDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and tryglicerides (TG) were measured before, during and after the treatment. Results Compared with the baseline value, TC, LDL-C and TG were significantly decreased in all cerivastatin groups (all P 0 01). The mean percentage decrease in TC, LDL-C and TG were 15 84%-21 81%, 21 83%-29 68% and 8 14%-11 54%, respectively, while in the 0 2 mg and 0 3 mg groups cerivastatin decreased LDL-C more in women than in men: 29 7% vs 23 5% for 0 2mg, and 33 7% vs 27 5% for 0 3 mg. HDL-C was significantly increased by (0 080±0 160) mmol/L in the 0 1mg group, (0 086±0 146) mmol/L in the 0 2 mg group and (0 076±0 147) mmol/L in the 0 3 mg group. In the placebo group, there were no significant changes of TC and LDL-C, but TG and HDL-C increased slightly. Cerivastatin had a good safety and tolerability profile. Only one patient in the 0 3 mg group was withdrawn from the study because of abormal liver function tests. No patients were withdrawn due to an elevated CPK level. Conclusions 0 1 to 0 2 mg cerivastatin once daily at bedtime can decrease TC, TG, LDL-C and increase HDL-C significantly. It is an effective, safe, and well tolerated long-term treatment for Chinese patients with primary hypercholesterolemia.


Paramagnetic defects have been studied over a wide dose range. At doses>6×1014 P+/cm2, only one isotropic spectrum of g=2.0062±0.0004 which characterizes a continuous amorphous layer is observed. At doses between 0.1 and 6.0×1014 P+/cm2, four types of paramagnetic defect centers coexist. One is a new center that shows motional effect at around 200 K and has a very short spin-lattice relaxation time. The others are the isotropic center with g\fallingdotseq2.006 which originates from isolated amorphous regions, the Si-B2 and -P3 centers and the spin-lattice relaxation time of these centers increases in this order. The spin-lattice relaxation time of the new center is between that of the isotropic center (∼10-6 sec) and the Si-B2. Among the isolated defect centers, the new and Si-B2 centers become dominant instead of the Si-P3 center with increasing dose to ∼1014 P+/cm2. Three types of motional effects are considered from the observed ESR spectra.


A door-to-door bus service that prevents elderly and vulnerable Ribble Valley residents from becoming "prisoners in their own homes" has a new set of wheels thanks to cash from the borough council.


To most of us sight is the most precious of the senses. Tumors of the eye and orbit can be life threatening, cause blindness and be disfiguring. In planning management, the threat to life is the primary issue to be faced with the best treatment aimed at cure or longterm control having priority. Fortunately we have two eyes and the loss of vision in one does not prevent a person from living a normal life. Disfigurement caused by tumors around the eye is more serious than in any other part of the body, and this, together with preservation, forms the secondary priority. Radiotherapy can produce a high cure rate with good cosme sis and preservation of vision but is in danger of becoming a lost medical art (Fitzpatrick 1995, Schlienger et al. 1996).


The clinical study for four years running of desensitization treatment to adsorbed pollen calcium phosphate, prepared "at request" by Institut Pasteur, shows that these preparations produced particularly good results. The population of allergic subjects is divided into two categories as from first year of treatment: good responders and non responders. A study on the serums of these patients, in view of a different "immuno-imprint" in these two groups, has not yet been conclusive, whereas we were expecting much from this prognosis test, which would have given us better treatment information.


The deficit model was, at one time, dominant in the study of disability, but not in disability studies. There are three variations of the deficit model: the medical model, the rehabilitation model, and the special education model. But a person with a disability does not have a deficit. Identifying as a person with a disability is an ideological act. There are nine versions of the disability studies paradigm which can be combined into one statement which raises the question of why people with disabilities face oppression. To answer that question the philosophical foundations of Western culture must be examined. When that is done the Greek, Christian, and modern versions of an ontology with an epistemology are found. As we are "socialized" and educated we are given one of these ontologies with its accompanying epistemology. The ontology contains uncritical hypotheses about the world which are stereotypes of all but the power elite. This type of ontology lies at the heart of discrimination based on disability. We must critically examine that ontology and reconstruct it. When we do so we will find that only an experientially based epistemology will be sufficient and that it produces some experientially based knowledge, but mostly inferential knowledge. Life therefore must be lived tentatively. Our research must be guided by a critical spirit.


This chapter addresses one aspect of Bernard's life, namely, the relationship between him as abbot of Clairvaux and his ever increasing monastic family. The first of two tables at the end of the chapter is designed to show, first, which houses occur in the correspondence, and when they were founded. The second table arose as it seemed the letters fell into a series of discrete subjects, even though a few letters deal with more than one. This table is also arranged chronologically. It is hardly surprising that the largest group of letters, 31, reveals Bernard's efforts to attract individuals into the form of Benedictine life which he had deliberately chosen when he joined Citeaux, rather than any older monastic community with which his family had link. Keywords:Bernard; Clairvaux; Father Abbot


Background:Multislice computed tomography (MSCT) coronary angiography (CAG) is a noninvasive technique with a reported high diagnostic accuracy for coronary artery disease (CAD). Women, more frequently than men, are known to develop atypical angina symptoms. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the diagnostic accuracy of MSCT in women with atypical presentation differs from that in men. Methods:We enrolled 396 in-hospital patients (141 women and 255 men) with suspected or proven CAD who successively underwent both MSCT and invasive CAG. CAD was defined as any coronary stenosis of ≥50% on conventional invasive CAG, which was used as the reference standard. The patients were divided into typical and atypical groups based on their symptoms of angina pectoris. The diagnostic accuracy of MSCT, including its sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value, and positive predictive value (PPV), was calculated to determine the usefulness of MSCT in assessing stenoses. The diagnostic performance of MSCT was also assessed by constructing receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Results:The PPV (91% vs. 97%, &khgr;2 = 5.705, P < 0.05) and diagnostic accuracy (87% vs. 93%, &khgr;2 = 5.093, P < 0.05) of MSCT in detecting CAD were lower in women than in men. Atypical presentation was an independent influencing factor on the diagnostic accuracy of MSCT in women (odds ratio = 4.94, 95% confidence intervals: 1.16–20.92, Walds = 4.69, P < 0.05). Compared with those in the atypical group, women with typical angina pectoris had higher PPV (98% vs. 74%, &khgr;2 = 17.283. P < 0.001), diagnostic accuracy (93% vs. 72%, &khgr;2 = 9.571, P < 0.001), and area under the ROC curve (0.91 vs. 0.64, Z = 2.690, P < 0.01) in MSCT diagnosis. Conclusions:Although MSCT is a reliable diagnostic modality for the exclusion of significant coronary artery stenoses in all patients, gender and atypical symptoms might have some influence on its diagnostic accuracy.


With the development of mobile computing technology, the traditional E-commerce is entering into the era of mobile E-com- merce. There are many advantages if mobile agent technology is brought into mobile E-commerce. Mobile agent can improve the effi- ciency of E-commerce and quicken the pervasion of mobile E-commerce. Besides the introduction of the mobile agent system, the analysis ofthe function structure of mobile E-commerce and the process of mobile agent's migration are foucsed. At last, several security technologies are given out in E-commerce and problems that must be considered when mobile agent being used in E-commerce.


Article Classification: Research Article Purpose – In this study, work engagement and job satisfaction variables; two positive constructs related with employees attitudes to work; and their associations with employee related outcomes such as performance and intention to quit were analysed via the data collected from 988 participants employed in education sector. We aimed to understand the associations and interactions of work engagement and job satisfaction on the outcome variables intention to quit and employee performance.


FIELD: medical biotechnology. SUBSTANCE: the innovation deals with the method to test compounds able to induce STF-I transcription. For this purpose the cells of pancreatic insulae which express STF-I/lac Z hybrid gene are isolated, then the impact of different compounds upon STF-I expression is estimated by adding the suggested compound to STF-I/lac Z-expressing cells. Then, due to calorimetric assay a qualitative estimation of lac Z-activity is conducted both in control and treated cells. Due to this method it could be screened the great number of compounds and STF-I- inducing ones could, also, be easily identified. Another aspect of innovation deals with the method to use STF-I promoter to trace insulin-producing cells of pancreatic insulae in vivo. This method uses protein with fluorescence in a green spectrum area as an indicator. Introduction of transgene named "STF-I-protein with green fluorescence" enables to isolate, quickly and efficiently, insulin-producing cells out of pancreas. EFFECT: broadened assortment of preparations to regulate neuroendocrine system. 9 cl, 13 ex


We propose a new low-complexity tracking algorithm inspired by the Fano's sequential decoding algorithm for the position tracking of a user in a WLAN-based indoor localization system. The positioning infrastructure consists of a IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN and of a radio map of the indoor environment, which is available to the user. The position estimation is performed comparing the signal strength received by the user's network card interface to the signal strength values stored in the radio map. By introducing a tracking algorithm, we improve the accuracy of the system, by reducing the number of position estimates which are less probable or impossible for a given environment topology.


Objective To investigate the injury degree and the character of the cranio-cerebral injury by falling from different parts of the head.Methods 68 cases of tumbling injury were divided into foreside-injury-group,lateral-injury-group and rearward-injury-group according to the forced part of the head.The forced part was confirmed by the detail of the case,the course of the injury,clinical symptom and computed tomography.Only four types of injury were concerned,and they are cranio fracture,extradural hemorrhage,subdural hemorrhage and brain contusion.The injury was classified as single lesion and multiple injuries according to the injury area.The cranio fractures were classified as force-bearing-point fracture and non-force-bearing-point fracture,and the brain contusions as contrecoup and coup lesions respectively.Then the pearson χ2 was used to analyze the frequency distribution.Results The character of cranio fracture and cranio-cerebral injury degree were significantly different between the groups which fell from different parts of the head(P0.05).Cases in rearward-injury-group were more likely to have non-force-bearing-point fracture and multiple injuries while cases in foreside-injury-group and lateral-injury-group were more likely to have force-bearing-point fracture and single injury.Also the majority cases in the rearward-injury-group and lateral-injury-group often suffer contrecoup lesion while cases in the foreside-injury-group is less common.And if any,coup lesion was more common.Conclusion The injury degree and the characters of cranio-cerebral injury differed between the groups which fell from different parts of the head;CT image was helpful for investigating the mechanism of cranio-cerebral injury.


Abstract : Frumkin-isotherm parameters are reported for 1-butanol, 1-pentanol, and cyclohexanol, in solutions containing 0.05, 0.1, or 1 M concentrations of KF, KCl, NaClO4, or Na2SO4, over a range of potentials. The nature and concentration of the electrolyte, as well as the potential, influence the magnitudes of the interaction parameter and of the adsorption coefficient. These effects are in qualitative accord with known facts about the adsorbabilities of the alcohols and electrolytes. The Frumkin isotherm describes the data well, except in the presence of fairly strongly specifically adsorbed anions. (Author)


Superresolution techniques have advanced our understanding of complex cellular structures and processes but require the attachment of fluorophores to targets through tags or antibodies, which can be bulky and result in underlabeling. To overcome these limitations, we developed a technique to visualize the nanoscale binding locations of signaling proteins by taking advantage of their native interaction domains. Here, we demonstrated that pPAINT (protein point accumulation in nanoscale topography) is a new, single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) technique and used it to investigate T cell signaling by visualizing the Src homology 2 (SH2) domain, which is common in signaling molecules. When SH2 domain–containing proteins relocate to the plasma membrane, the domains selectively, transiently, and reversibly bind to preferred phosphorylated tyrosine residues on receptors. This transient binding yields the stochastic blinking events necessary for SMLM when observed with total internal reflection microscopy and enables quantification of binding coefficients in intact cells. We used pPAINT to reveal the binding sites of several T cell receptor–proximal signaling molecules, including Zap70, PI3K, Grb2, Syk, Eat2, and SHP2, and showed that the probes could be multiplexed. We showed that the binding half-life of the tandem SH2 domain of PI3K correlated with binding site cluster size at the immunological synapses of T cells, but that longer binding lifetimes were associated with smaller clusters for the monovalent SH2 domain of Eat2. These results demonstrate the potential of pPAINT for investigating phosphotyrosine-mediated signaling processes at the plasma membrane. Description Imaging the SH2 domains of signaling proteins by superresolution microscopy reveals T cell receptor signaling events. PAINTing protein interactions Although current microscopy-based studies of signaling molecules have provided insights into the dynamics of T cell activation, they are often hampered by the need to attach tags or fluorophores to the proteins of interest. Farrell et al. developed a superresolution microscopy–based technique called pPAINT through which they visualized the spatiotemporal distribution of the phosphotyrosine-binding SH2 domains of various signaling and adaptor molecules in activated T cells on lipid bilayers. In addition to demonstrating that the technique could be used to track the recruitment of multiple signaling molecules to T cell receptor clusters, the authors also measured the binding lifetimes of the tagged SH2 domains to analyze signaling dynamics. This approach could be applied to other protein-protein interaction domains to investigate other receptor signaling processes at the plasma membrane.


Pixel detectors currently in use by high energy physics experiments such as ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, etc., are critical systems for tagging $B$ hadrons within particle jets. However, the performance of standard tagging algorithms begins to fall in the case of highly boosted $B$ hadrons ($\gamma \beta = p/m >200$). This paper builds on the work of our previous study that uses the jump in hit multiplicity among the pixel layers when a $B$ hadron decays within the detector volume. First, multiple $pp$ interactions within a finite luminous region were found to have little effect. Second, the study has been extended to use the multivariant techniques of an artificial neural network (ANN). After training, the ANN shows significant improvements to the ability to reject light-quark and charm jets; thus increasing the expected significance of the technique.


Benzenecarbothioic acid S-(2-{[(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl]formylamino}-1-[2-(phosphonooxy)ethyl]-1-propenyl) ester hemihydrate, C 19 H 23 N 4 O 6 PS.0.5H 2 O, M r =475.5, monoclinic, P2 1 /n, a=16.822 (5), b=18.556 (6), c=14.429 (5) A, β=105.52 (3) o , V=4340 (1) A 3 , Z=8, D x =1.359 g cm -3 , λ(Cu Kα)=1.5418 A, μ=24.1 cm -1 , F(000)=1992, T=295 K, R=0.050 for 4526 reflections with I≥2σ(I). The conformation of benfotiamine is stabilized by an intramolecular N(4α')-H...O(2α) hydrgen bond in the two molecules of the unit cell.


Abstract : Electronic circuits have been developed to control a rocket borne quadrupole mass filter intended for measurement of ion clusters. The low altitude instrument was designed to measure negative or positive ions in the high pass or the band pass modes. Its range extended to 255 amu. Digital control of the bias and the quadrupole excitation signals was maintained during the flight through a program stored in an EPROM. A manual control unit which could be substituted for the EPROM provided flexibility during laboratory experimentation and calibration procedures. (Author)


An RF power rectifier has been designed, constructed in surface-mount technology, and evaluated for use in distributed power converters for advanced electronic packaging applications. With commercially available components, a 40-W rectifier with a 100-MHz input from a 50- Omega source impedance provides 2.9-V output with 38% conversion efficiency. Detailed simulation and characterization indicates that 50-W and 10-W converters are capable of 70% and 80% conversion efficiency, respectively, with low-loss RF implementations.<<ETX>>


This study provides an overview of the knowledge and information base for policy analysis in certain areas connected with the family in Ireland. It takes place in the context of considerable policy interest in various aspects of family behaviour combined with a poor record of research and data collection in the field. The study aims to summarise the main outlines of what can be said on the basis of present knowledge about major trends in family formation in Ireland, identify the main gaps in the data which need to be filled, and draw implications. In considering trends in family formation, it focuses on three major issues: decline in fertility, the growth and pattern of lone parenthood, and changes in household and family size, with particular reference to the persistence of large family households.


ID model-IAIDM(Immune-based Adaptive Intrusion Detection Model) is put forward.Because current IDS usually has a problem of incomplete training sets,this page has done the deep researches on the problem caused by the limit of training time with the feature of IAIDM.Based on it,an incremental algorithm(IA) is put forward.The experiment results demonstrate IA can update local selfspace that has changed incrementally and dynamically instead of the whole space so that IAIDM can adjust itself to the current network environment quickly.


As cyber-physical systems (CPS) become prevalent in everyday life, it is critical to understand the factors that may impact the security of such systems. In this paper, we present insights from an initial study of historical security incidents to analyse such factors for a particular class of CPS: industrial control systems (ICS). Our study challenges the usual tendency to blame human fallibility or resort to simple explanations for what are often complex issues that lead to a security incident. We highlight that (i) perception errors are key in such incidents (ii) latent design conditions -- e.g., improper specifications of a system's borders and capabilities -- play a fundamental role in shaping perceptions, leading to security issues. Such design-time considerations are particularly critical for ICS, the life-cycle of which is usually measured in decades. Based on this analysis, we discuss how key characteristics of future smart CPS in such industrial settings can pose further challenges with regards to tackling latent design flaws.


Abstract The Russian conquest of Central Asia marked the beginning of record-keeping for Qazaq arbitrators (bīs) and customary law ('ādat). It remains obscure how bīs complied with the colonial regulations obliging them to record their court proceedings. I approach this issue first by questioning the utility of extra-judicial sources crafted in Russian at the instigation of colonial bureaucrats; hence, I argue that the comparison alone of 'ādat-related judicial records written in Turki (Chaghatay) with šarī'a court certificates allows situating the legal terminology applied by Qazaq arbitrators within the discursive tradition of Islamic law. By way of illustrating my approach, I offer a close reading of a report of a murder case adjudicated according to Qazaq customary law in the vicinity of Khiva in 1895. My commentary on the summary of the trial sheds light on the interplay of customary and Islamic law in the region. In addition, it challenges earlier interpretations of the use of the exculpatory oath among the Qazaqs.


Based on the principle-agent theory,this article studies National Treasury Management System in China.It argues that certain principle-agent benefits can be achieved in this system,but principle-agent problems still exist.This article mainly analyzes the problem of incentive incompatibility,and puts forward some suggestions on how to improve the system according to the characteristics of the national treasury management system in China under the conditions of public sector economy.


The main objective of this present novel work is to investigate the performance, combustion and emission characteristics of biodiesel derived from the tamarind seed through the transesterification process as potential alternative feedstock for the diesel engine. The physio-chemical properties of tamarind seed methyl ester (TSME) were evaluated experimentally and compared with the base fuel. Test fuels were prepared in 3 concentrations such as B10 (10% tamarind seed oil and 90% diesel), B20 and B30.Experiments were conducted at a constant speed, the injection timing of 23° crank angle and compression ratio 17.5:1 with varying load conditions to investigate the diesel engine characteristics. TSME 20 shown better thermal efficiency (34.41%) over diesel which is 1.17 % higher and also it produces lower emissions of CO, HC, and smoke opacity. N-Amyl alcohol (NAA) is used as a fuel additive for the optimum blend of TSME20; added in 5% and 10% concentration on the volume basis. From the analysis of experimental data, the use of fuel additives significantly reduces the smoke opacity by 29.49 % for TSME20 NAA 10% blend in addition to the reduction of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons emissions; however, the specific fuel consumption and the oxides of nitrogen were marginally increased.


Objective To construct a recombinant adenovirus vector expressing human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorγ(PPARγ).Methods PPARγcDNA from human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs)was digested with AgeⅠ and NheⅠ and inserted into the plasmid CMV-MCS-SV40-EGFP to generate a recombinant shuttle plasmid.Then the recombinant shuttle plasmid and framework plasmid pBHG loxΔE1,3Cre were recombined with Cre/loxP system to produce the adenovirus vector expressing PPARγ(Ad-PPARγ).The Ad-PPARγwas transfected into HEK293 Tcells for package,amplification,purification and titer determination.Results The PCR and sequence analysis showed that the Ad-PPARγwas constructed successfully.Western blot analysis confirmed that the transfection with Ad-PPARγsignificantly up-regulated the expression of PPARγin HUVECs.Conclusion The Ad-PPARγ was successfully constructed and markedly up-regulated the expression of PPARγin HUVECs.


This is an easy read introduction to multifractals We start with a thorough study of the Binomial measure from a multifractal point of view introducing the main multifractal tools We then continue by showing how to generate more general multiplicative measures and close by presenting an extensive set of examples on which we elaborate how to read a multifractal spectrum


The existence of a length-scale $\xi_K\sim 1/T_K$ (with $T_K$ the Kondo temperature) has long been predicted in quantum impurity systems. At low temperatures $T\ll T_K$, the standard interpretation is that a spin-$\tfrac{1}{2}$ impurity is screened by a surrounding `Kondo cloud' of spatial extent $\xi_K$. We argue that renormalization group (RG) flow between any two fixed points (FPs) results in a characteristic length-scale, observed in real-space as a crossover between physical behaviour typical of each FP. In the simplest example of the Anderson impurity model, three FPs arise; and we show that `free orbital', `local moment' and `strong coupling' regions of space can be identified at zero temperature. These regions are separated by two crossover length-scales $\xi_{\text{LM}}$ and $\xi_K$, with the latter diverging as the Kondo effect is destroyed on increasing temperature through $T_K$. One implication is that moment formation occurs inside the `Kondo cloud', while the screening process itself occurs on flowing to the strong coupling FP at distances $\sim \xi_K$. Generic aspects of the real-space physics are exemplified by the two-channel Kondo model, where $\xi_K$ now separates `local moment' and `overscreening' clouds.


Current industry trends, combined with present cost pressures shall force signal integrity engineers to revisit traditional "rules of thumb" such that additional bandwidth can be obtained from conventional (standard) packaging materials and methodologies. In this paper, the authors assert that some current design practices prematurely cap the useful bandwidth of current technology, and unnecessarily lead designers to ask material scientists to solve our bandwidth concerns. Every facet of the electronics industry is subject to cost pressures. Opposite these financial constraints is the continuing drive to improve performance. Every new product must evaluate the business case for the use or inclusion of a new technology, more expensive component, or increase in power. The larger design community tends to move together into and out of technology "nodes" as they become more feasible and cost effective. Whether or not a particular technology is effective at meeting the design and business goals is a function of what other technologies and consequences are traded off in order to use it. This paper examines the conventional wisdom of some common practices, in light of an attempt to forego the use of advanced packaging technologies while extending the practical life of lower-cost techniques to signaling interfaces with higher frequency content.


In this paper, an approach to complement legacy rules for the elevator operation is proposed. The approach is derived from the analysis that the elevator operation in the real world often obeys a heuristic rule, and such a rule can be divided into a legacy rule and ad-hoc rules. In the approach, ad-hoc rules are represented as polysemous rules, and a Genetics-Based Machine Learning (GBML) method is applied to acquire such rules. Here, a polysemous rule encodes, not a set of environments' states as the well-known if-then rule does, but a relative attribute vector of an arbitrary elevator. The elevator selection rule based on polysemous rules is simple: if there is a polysemous rule which matches one of attribute vectors of the elevators, select the elevator which corresponds to the matching vector; otherwise select an elevator according to a legacy rule. In computer illustrations, the GBML method is applied to 3 traffic patterns formed by the system's users. It is shown that the resultant polysemous rules seem to complement an existing (legacy) operational rule. Furthermore, polysemous rules, which are selected among those acquired by the GBML method, are successfully applied to harder problems with more elevators than those used in learning.


Screw feeders are widely used in powder processes to provide an accurate and consistent flow rate of particles. However this flow rate is rarely measured or controlled. This investigation explores the use of generalised norms and moments from structural-borne acoustic emission (AE) measurements as key statistics indicators for the estimation of powder mass flow rate in a screw feeder. Experimental work was carried out acquiring AE measurements from an industrial screw feeder working with four different types of material at different dispensation rates. Signal enveloping was used in first place to eliminate high frequency components while retaining essential information such as peaks or bursts caused by particle impacts. Secondly a set of generalised norms and moments is extracted from the signal, and their correlation with mass flow rate was studied and assessed. Finally a general model able to estimate mass flow rate for the four different types of powders tested was developed.


Different configurations for riser systems have been emerged as suitable technological and economical solutions for offshore petroleum fields in ultra deep water. The study and development of methodologies for riser project considering the uncertainties involved in the manufacture process of offshore risers and effects of meteocean conditions, such as waves, current and platform motions for the fatigue failure is fundamental to increase the reliability of riser structure design. The present work presents a procedure to evaluate the probability of fatigue failure in offshore Steel Catenary Risers (SCR) identifying the influence of the main parameters in the failure process due to fatigue. Meteocean conditions and uncertainties due to accumulated fatigue damage given by Miner-Palmgren's rule are here considered. The probabilistic methodology is taken into account, and the analytical approach based on the First Order Reliability Method (FORM) is applied considering two practical cases. In the first case, calculations are performed to compare with the results from the literature, and the second one calculation is carried out considering a typical Brazilian offshore field operation. In the calculations, results for the probability of failure, as well as, the riser service life are observed in four different locations along the SCR length. Finally, conclusions are shown to the probability of failure due to fatigue such as influence of each parameter in the process.Copyright © 2010 by ASME


The purpose of the paper is to assess the most widely used index models for customer satisfaction measurement in the world (SCSB, ACSI, ECSI/EPSI). On the basis of comparison between them, their main strengths and weaknesses are derived. In this way the usefulness of the European model is outlined and its applicability in corporate banking is justified. The results of EPSI application in Europe are studied and the necessity of introducing a similar model in the Bulgarian banking sector is brought out.


Background. Currently, communication networks are under development of high-speed transmission technology for single channel fiber optic transmission systems, along with intensive introduction of Wavelength Division Multiplexing technology. Thus there are variants of optical channels design with different transmission rate, which may differ by an order or more, e.g., in the STM-16 standard, it is 2.5 Gbit / s, and STM-256 standard - 40 Gbit / s. Thus, issues arise with respect to the comparison of frequency resource in various transmission technologies that provide certain information bandwidth. Objective . The aim of the paper is to find solutions that can increase information throughput of FOCL at constant frequency resource. Methods . FOCL analysis with frequency multiplexing showed the feasibility of a smaller number of channels but with a higher data rate in each channel. In addition, a perspective use of soliton transmission mode to increase capacity is shown. Results . It was shown that to improve the wavelength division information-bandwidth transmission system in a fixed wavelength band it is plactical to use a minimum number of optical channels while increasing the transmission rate in each of them. Conclusions . The possibility to improve information throughput by increasing the number of channels limited by the transmission band of the optical amplifiers. A considerable part of the frequency resource is used for intervals between the optical channels in order to maintain the requirements for inter-channel effect and consideration of the laser frequency instability and its spectral linewidth. Thus, there is a certain margin for further increase of FOCL throughput. This can be achieved by increasing the transmission speed in each optical channel while reducing their number.


In order to investigate the effects of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on growth yield and yield components of two wheat cultivars under saline conditions, a factorial experiment with three replicates conducted in greenhouse at Khorasan Razavi Agriculture and Natural Resources Center, Mashhad. The first factor was two wheat genotypes (Falat cv. Sensitive to salinity and Bam tolerant). The second factor was four irrigation water salinity levels as (1, 4, 8, and 12 dS/m) and the 3th factor was five biological treatments as (Pseudomonas fluorescens 153, 169, Pseudomonas putida 108, 4 and control treatment without inoculation). Wheat seeds sown after inoculation with desired strains. In this experiment 5 traits including grain yield, shoot dry weight (biologic yield), grain per panicle, 1000-grain weight and tiller number were determined. Results showed that salinity significantly decreased at 5% level. Bacterial inoculation had striking effect on grain yield, 1000 grain weight, interaction effects of salinity and inoculation were significant for grain yield. In general indicated that these strains can be used to overcome salinity stress and improving wheat growth and yield under saline conditions.


XVHLE THE Swiss Constitution of 1848 empowered the newly established Federal Tribunal2 to decide controversies between cantons "provided they do not involve public law,"3 thus limiting its competence to civil law controversies, the revision of 1874 gave it power in both the civil and the public law areas.4 During the next twenty years, civil law litigation between cantons dwindled, and public law litigation waxed, till in the present century every reported decision is in the field of public law.' Therefore, though presumably they are not extinct, civil law controversies between cantons need not detain us.6


While the GDP measures economic output, it often gets treated as a proxy of welfare. To better reflect welfare the Index of Sustain- able Economic Welfare and the Genuine Progress Indicator, united under the name of Green GDP, were created. This thesis tests for the β- and σ-convergence of the GDP and the Green GDP by using methods from the convergence growth literature. It is hypothesized that the GDP and Green GDP differ in their convergence. For the β-convergence section we consider unconditional and conditional β- convergence. To make the t-test in this section more reliable we bootstrap the t-distribution. We find both unconditional and conditional β-convergence for the GDP, but not for the Green GDP. In the σ- convergence section we see if the sample variance changes over time with an F-test of equality of variance and by regressing the sample variance on a trend. We also bootstrap the F-distribution. Further- more we perform an adjusted Dickey-Fuller test to see if the sample variance is stationary. The results in this section are influenced by the unbalanced shape of the data. We do not conclude σ-convergence or divergence for either the GDP or Green GDP. Our final conclusion is that there is a difference between the GDP and the Green GDP in terms of their β-convergence, and thus that using the GDP as a proxy for welfare can be erroneous and propose more use of the Green GDP when the goal is to discuss welfare.


Glutamine-based gelators,1-dodecylamino-2-Boc-amino-L-glutamine(DBLN),1-tetradecyl-amino-2-Boc-amino-L-glutamine(TBLN) and 1-hexadecyl-amino-2-Boc-amino-L-glutamine(HBLN),were simply synthesized through one-step reaction.It was found that DBLN and HBLN could gelate seven among the tested twenty solvents,but TBLN only formed stable gel in four solvents.SEM observation showed that both the structure of the gelators and the property of the solvents affected the morphology of the aerogel,obviously.FTIR spectra revealed that the hydrogen bonding between the amide groups played an important role in gel formation.


In this work we present a novel and generic framework for reactive collision avoidance in bipedal locomotion, which is formulated as an optimization problem considering the constraints of collision avoidance as well as others (e.g. joint limits) to simultaneously satisfy both Cartesian and joint space objectives. To realize the reactive behaviors, several task space motions, such as the translational motion of the swing foot and the vertical position of the support foot, could be relaxed in presence of obstacles. Therefore, the swing foot trajectory is modulated with respect to the references in real-time for preventing future collisions between the legs, or legs and obstacles in the environment. External obstacle negotiation in the proposed framework can also be addressed generically by treating the obstacle as an extended segment of the support foot. The allowable deviation of the relaxed degrees of freedom from their references could be further utilized to modify the foot placement to regenerate a reactive walking pattern. The validation and the performance of the proposed method are fully evaluated and demonstrated in physics based simulations of the compliant humanoid robot COMAN.


In order to ensure that local SAR of a particular pTx excitation stays within upper limits (6) over the whole model, the related maximum power deposition has to be determined for the applied signal vectors U. Instead of inspecting all voxel matrices of the model, a much smaller sub-set of matrix elements has been pre-compiled that still offers a good estimate of peak SAR in the full model by removing essentially redundant matrix elements from the set of matrices under consideration for SAR evaluation. Local SAR of physiologically critical areas with respect to SAR can be scaled up prior to this compression step in order to increase the sensitivity of their evaluation, or their inclusion in the set of "virtual observation points" can be enforced independently. We tested the performance of the proposed algorithm to detect local SAR maxima by comparison with an exhaustive search over local SAR distribution in numerical simulations of adult male and female subjects (Virtual Family (7)) and the HUGO models (Medical VR Studio, Lorrach, Germany). The simulation applied 1000 random combinations of signal amplitude and phase in an 8-channel pTx body system at 3T. The spatial resolution of the whole-body models was 7.18 mm, and the electrical fields were estimated with the Transient Solver in Microwave Studio (CST AG, Darmstadt, Germany). The region size for local power density was 10 cm³. Refining the averaging method to upper limits for 10g SAR will result in small changes of the matrices S due to the maximum density values of the body models and is not expected to change the compression quality significantly.


Energy band of Bi-Te based thermoelectric material was calculated using the density functional theory.Based on the comparison of band structures of Bi-Te materials with various compositon,the effect of Te content on thermoelectric properties was obtained.Calculation results showed that the lake of Te widened the band gap,while the excess of Te narrowered the band gap.With the increase of Te content,electrical polarity of the material changed from N type to P type,and the value of Seebeck coefficient increased accordingly.Experimental measurements displayed high consistent with the calculation results.


Objective To explore the atherosclerotic structural features induced by high-fat food after autogenous vein graft in rabbit to provide the data for the prevention of restenosis after vein bypass graft. Methods 25 rabbits were divided averagely into five groups and operated with autogenous vein graft, and fed with high cholesterol food. The relative blood vessel segments were harvested at the different intervals postoperatively and observed under light and electron microscope. Results The grafted vein wall was thicken and number of foam cells increased gradually in intima and inner part of medial tunica with less intercellular substance between foam cells, and artery and the adhesion and infiltration of leukocytes were seen in the early time after graft under light mcroscope, and few foam cells ere found in the vien and artery of control. Smooth muscle cell (SMC) phenotype was changed from contractile phynotype to synthetic one with maximum at the end of second week after operation, the endothelial cells of grafted vein was found with various shapes and rich long dense microvilli, and endothelial cells desquamated locally as the time past under electron microscope. But in control vein, endothelial cells are fusiform without microvilli. Conclusions The susceptibility to atherosclerosis in grafted vein is higher than that of the blood vessels in situ, SMCs phenotype change, proliferation and synthesis of extracellular ma trix and the changes of blood flow dynamics maybe contribute to the changes of the wall.


Values of the σ* constants have been defined for some m- and p-substituted phenyl groups from the 29Si–H coupling constants for a series of m- and p-substituted phenylsilanes, phenylmethylsilanes, and phenyldimethylsilanes. The σ* constants for the groups, XC6H4, were found to be directly related to the Hammett σ constants for the ring substituents, X. From this correlation the σ* constants for a number of other substituted phenyl groups have also been calculated. Examples have been presented in which a simple relationship holds between the Taft polar substituent constants including the newly derived σ* constants and molecular properties for a series of compounds covering both aliphatic and aromatic substances. Correlations of reactivities with the extended σ* values have been illustrated and the implications of the results are discussed.


Abstract This paper describes a new freshman two-course sequence designed to introduce students to engineering and to explicitly develop the cognitive skills and personal characteristics of an experienced engineer. The courses focus on engineering skills associated with design and communication and on personal characteristics associated with good teamwork and effective leadership. Small group discussion related to course readings are used to increase student understanding of abstract engineering concepts. Design projects are used to facilitate student transfer of their understanding to new contexts. The course sequence has been piloted in the Mechanical Engineering program and was shown to be quite successful with regard to student achievement and student satisfaction. Plans are being made for college-wide implementation of a similar freshman experience emphasizing skill and personal characteristic development. 1.0 Introduction The issues of engineering student engagement and persistence and institutional retention and attrition are important from a societal standpoint


R.J. Hughes, J.E. Nordholt, C.G. Peterson, W.R. Scarlett, J. Anaya, D. Derkacs, J. Franken, P. Hiskett, W.J. Marshall, R. Sedillo, C. Wipf (P-21), K.P. McCabe, I. Bernstein, N. Dallman, I. Medina, P. Montano, N. Olivas, S. Storms, J. Thrasher, K. Tyagi, R.M. Whitaker (ISR-4), J. Wren (ISR-2), P. Milonni (T-DO), J.M. Ettinger, M. Neergaard (N-3), D. Ranken, R. Gurule (CCN-12) On April 27, 1986, a satellite television broadcast to the east coast of the U.S. was briefl y taken over by a hacker calling himself "Captain Midnight." With the growing reliance on satellites for communications, this notorious incident highlights the importance of assured command and control of orbital assets, as well as protection of downlinked data. In 1994, two LANL researchers, Richard Hughes and Jane Nordholt, set out a methodology whereby QKD using single-photon transmissions could be used to provide greater long-term security, based on fundamental principles of quantum physics, for secure satellite communications. Since then, our QKD team has been conducting research toward that goal, and we have developed another secure communications concept that would become possible with a satellite QKD capability—secure data dissemination between dynamically reconfi gurable networks of users. This research is leading to QKD becoming a higher-security alternative to present-day public-key-cryptography-based methods of establishing secure communication—today's public-key broadcasts, which we must assume are being recorded by adversaries, will become retroactively vulnerable if a large-scale quantum computer becomes feasible in the future, potentially allowing an adversary access to still-valuable information.


The fluorescences of BSA and glycosylated BSA were observed respectively. The lambda(cm) of BSA was 340 nm; while the lambda(cm) of glycosylated BSA was 436 nm. Because the fluorescence spectra of them were different greatly, we can observe the suppression of Ge-132 on the Maillard reaction of BSA without any interference of itself. It was showed that the fluorescence intensity of glycosylated BSA increased continuously with the cultured time, Ge-132 may suppress the Maillard reaction of BSA greatly, and the suppressing efficicency would be 32 %. The key site of the Maillard reaction of BSA is free amino groups of alanine residues on N-terminal amino group, besides the epsilon-amino groups of intrachain Lysine residues.


The growing critical interest in the work of Randall Jarrell reveals two things: his reputation as one of the most perceptive and helpful literary critics of the last three decades continues to flourish, while his own poetry remains the center of intense controversy. Judgments of its overall value and place alongside the work of contemporaries like Robert Lowell and Theodore Roethke vary radically, and even his admirers seem unable to relate his poetry conclusively to any of the major critical or methodological "schools" of this century. For friend and foe alike he is the most "idiosyncratic" of modern poets, for the one consistent ele ment in the diverse collection of strategies and subjects found in the poems from "The Rage for the Lost Penny" (1940) to The Lost World (1965) is an insistence on unfettered improvisation, an absolute refusal to be systematic or provide a theoretical or symbolic paradigm for his own work. This attitude is also clearly operative in his criticism, and, ironically, is chiefly responsible for its fresh and innovative approaches to writers like Whitman and Frost. Nothing like Stevens' "Supreme Fiction," Frost's characteristic idioms and landscapes, or Pound's con sistent use of private sources is available to the reader of Jarrell, for the core of his work, the announced purpose for its existence, is emotional and quasi-mystical rather than theoretical or aesthetic.


We introduce and investigate sleeper attacks and explore them in the context of anonymous communication, especially mix networks. Sleeper attacks can make use of the interference inherent to mix protocols. Simply by leaving his own messages in a mix network an adversary can learn about the communication of network users. Sleeper attacks can be combined with epistemic attacks, statistical disclosure, or other attacks to be made even more effective. We use sleeper attacks to disprove the common belief that mix networks are necessarily more secure than onion routing networks. Finally we use our results to disprove another commonly held belief about computer security in general, that it is always conservative to prove security against the strongest possible adversary.


Beyond Media Representations of Crime. How Visible is Law in Everyday Life? Theorising the Relationship between Law, Media and Popular Culture. Analysing Cultural Representations of Law: Content Analysis, Reception Studies and Media Production. Women's magazines, Cyberspace and DIY Law. Tort Tales: Selling the 'No Win No Fee' Formula on Daytime Television. Let there be Light: Improving Law's Visibility. Re-examining 'the Vanishing Line between Law and Popular Culture': Why do we Need a Line Anyway?


Main functions and working principles of Process Management System were briefly introduced. In order to solve the weaknesses in traditional process management,Agent's internal structure and Process M anagement System's structure chart based on Agent are illustrated. Furthermore,this paper analyzed corporations between each Agents,and put forward a conception of 'Agent Corporation M atrix'in the basis of 'Agent Latin Square'. At last,through application examples,advantages of Agent and necessities of corporations between each Agents were elaborately explained. Using 'Agent Corporation M atrix'brought intelligence and highly efficiency to this system,and gave a well reference value to the process management of enterprises in the near future.


The present paper focuses the modelling and the simulation of a direct thixoextrusion test achieved on C38 semi-solid steel. Many parameters related to thermal, mechanical, material features are involved but are currently unknown. Consequently to validate the modelling and the simulation, it is important to get various experimental informations during the test and to correlate them with simulated results. In a previous paper (Becker et al, 2008), the force-displacement curve, the temperature within the die, the macro and micro structure obtained for different process parameters during thixoextrusion of C38 were investigated. In this work, those results are correlated to those obtained by simulations of the processing. The simulations were performed using the commercial software Forge®. The thermal modelling is based on the heat equation and the thermal boundary conditions involving the heat losses, the thermal conduction within the semi-solid slug and the die and the plastic dissipation as heat source. The latent heat associated to the liquid-solid phase transformation is not considered here. The constitutive equation of the material is given by a multi-scale modelling based on micromechanics and homogenization techniques, labelled as micro-macro modelling (Favier et al, 2009). Friction is modelled using the usual modified Tresca equation. The parameters of the model are determined (i) using literature results and (ii) to match various experimental measurements obtained during the test and described in Becker et al (2008) such as the die temperature during the test and the load-displacement curve. Comparisons between experimental and simulated reveal the presence of complex temperature field and the presence of zones having very low viscosities. These zones contribute actively to the semi-solid material flow.


Both 256×1,512×1 element linear near IR InGaAs focal plane array (FPA) modules with wavelengths of 0.9~1.7m and 256×1,cut-off wavelength of 2.4μm are fabricated. The InGaAs FPA modules consist of the detector sensitive chip, CMOS readout circuit, thermoelectric cooler and sealed package as well. The sensitive chip of InGaAs detector was provided by mesa structure on the InP/InGaAs/ InP (p-i-n)double hetero-structure epitaxial material,which was wire-bonded to 128×1 or 512×1 element readout integrated circuit (ROIC).The detector arrays were packaged in a dual-in-line package by parallel sealing. The key techniques of fabrication and main results of the high uniformity linear InGaAs FPA modules were introduced, which provided a foundation for the manufacture of the longer linear FPA modules.


In our country at the modern stage of the development of constructional industry the necessity arises in qualitative ceramic wall materials. The use of this items provides durability, comfort and architectural expressiveness for constructions. In connection with what is an acute problem of use of "low-grade" clay raw material for production of high-quality wall ceramic products. The solution of problem is to activate clay raw materials in various ways. One of relatively simple, effective and economically expedient methods of the activation of clay raw material is mechanical activation. It is used to improve the quality of dense metamorphisized clay raw materials. But it is not enough, therefore it is offered to hold extra chemical activation by adding chemical additives in raw mixtures. The purpose of present research is to study mechanism of increasing the strength of the ceramic crock affected by the fluxing additive, imputed in raw mixtures proportion based on medium-plastic clay raw materials. To achieve the given purpose, it is necessary to solve the following tasks: a) to investigate influence of fluxing additives on rheological raw mix behavior; b) to study modification mechanism of changing the properties of ceramic crock by adding fluxing additive into the raw mixtures.


A system which simplifies the complex monitoring methods used to measure the astronaut's radiation exposure in space is proposed. The excess dose equivalents of trapped protons and secondary neutrons, protons, and alpha particles from local nuclear interactions are determined and a combined thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD)/nuclear emulsion method which measures the absorbed dose with thermoluminescent dosimeter chips is presented.


The status of multi-GHz photonic components and fibre-optic links from an industrial perspective is presented. Current and future device performance and availability is discussed. We focus our attention on commercially available, active, bandwidth-limiting devices-the lasers, modulators and detectors required for multi-GHz photonic links.


Healthcare organizations and governmental agencies around the world envision the secure electronic exchange of healthcare information. Oracle Health Information Exchange solutions enable these stakeholders to realize the promise of that vision and to move forward on their initiatives.


THE STORY OF Ashmedai and Solomon in bGit 68a–b is an extravagant tale of travel, demons, doppelgängers, sex, teetotaling, and magical rings. One of the longest narratives in the Babylonian Talmud, it is a story that has understandably attracted many interpreters, both traditional and academic.1 Our tale interweaves folklore and Bible exegesis, in much the way that Shalom Spiegel once described.2 But scholars of rabbinics have too often set aside the folkloric elements, while folklorists have too often downplayed Bible exegesis.3


Background: Cervical spine injury leads to significant functional impairment, one of them is quadriplegia. Debate between surgical versus conservative management of trauma to cervical spine has been going on since early 19th century.
Aims & Objective: This study has been conducted to compare functional and neurological outcome of conservative and operative management in patients with cervical spine injury with complete quadriplegia.

Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study. Case records of 30 patients were analyzed. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to treatment given, i.e. Surgical and conservative. These two groups were compared retrospectively in terms of age, sex, type of injury, Mechanism of injury, mode of injury, stability, hospital stay, complications, neurological involvement and outcome. All patients were evaluated based on four parameters work, Functional independence measure, stability and neurological impairment. These parameters were measured and graded with appropriate modified scale.

Results: Mean age of patients in this study was 35 Yr. (Operative 31.88 Yr, Conservative 38.2 Yr.) With approximately 73 % belongs to 20 to 40 years group of young and active individual. Road traffic accident was the major culprit for cervical spine injury in this study. It accounts for 46.66% of total patients, followed by fall from height and fall of heavy object on patient. In operative group out of 15 patient 3 had stable cervical spine injury & 12 had unstable injury. In conservative group 5 had stable cervical spine injury and 10 had unstable cervical spine injury. Overall among 30 patient only 15 patient (50%) improve neurologically other remained same or worsened. Neurological improvement in conservative (46.66%) and operative (53.33%) group was found practically to be with negligible difference.

Conclusion: The ultimate neurological and functional outcome of cervical injury was probably decided at time of injury itself rather than by chosen management. Improvement in neurological function was independent of factor like type of surgery, Mechanism of injury (flexion-extension), spinal deformity and type of management. Surgical stabilization result in batter alignment and stability, early rehabilitation and probably decrease in length of stay but has its own complication and great economic burden to patients.


Clare liked to press his publishers with ideas for new projects. In 1 824 he wrote to John Taylor excited by the capacity of the sonnet to respond to the abundance and variety he enjoyed in nature: 1 have made it up in my mind to write one hundred sonnets as a set of pictures on the scenes & objects that appear in the different seasons & as I shall do it soly for amusment I shall take up wi gentle &. simple as they come whatever in my eye finds any inter[est] these things are resolves not merely in the view for publication but for attempts'.1 The sonnets (like the one hundred popular songs Clare had earlier planned to write)2 never did see publication in a unified volume, but his attention was engaged upon the form throughout the 1820s (many of the sonnets he composed were included in 1832's proposed Midsummer Cushion volume) and again from 1832-6, following his move to Northborough. Clare's letter poses questions about the quality of that attention, most crucially about its mediation between nature and accident, and artistic control. Questions crystallize, for instance, around the swiftness with which the movement from 'in my eye' to 'in the view' turns Clare's 'scenes & objects' round from natural into artistic phenomena: does this amount to carelessness, or vitality?The response of Clare's best critics has been that Clare's sonnets' apparent carelessness is the source of their vitality. Most influentially John Barrell has argued that Clare's effort, as manifested in sonnets such as 'Emmonsails Heath in Winter' and 'Beans in Blossom', is to subdue the intrusion of artistic craft, to shape a syntax 'not content to go along with the order which [...] language must inevitably impose' but that 'that attempts instead to conceal it'.3 Thus Clare works against the constraints of language and form to achieve a striking depiction of landscape as 'one complex manifold of simultaneous impressions'.4 More recently, Mina Gorji has illuminated the ways in which Clare's sonnets skilfully delight in 'mess' by embracing a degree of 'artful disorder';5 for Gorji, Clare's sonnets embody an 'art of accident rather than of deliberate design', celebrating 'a landscape shaped by nature and chance, rather than the human hand'.6This is a persuasive path to take, not least because it is the path which Clare himself pointed down. Clare liked to disparage 'art', and the sonnet, a manifestly artificial form, carrying an extensive literary heritage, afforded him scope to do so. As early as July 1820 he wrote to Markham Sherwill, confidently chastising Milton for following the 'rul[es of] art in the construction of the Sonnet just as a architect sets about abuilding', whilst praising Wordsworth, who 'defies all art & in the lunatic Enthuseism of nature [...] negligently sets down his thoughts from the tongue of his inspirer'.7 But I wonder if an approach which judges Clare's art in his sonnets as being purely - if complexly - mimetic does not in some ways sell short a poet whose combinations of 'nature and chance' and 'the human hand' can be more subtly and self-consciously intertwined than he tends to let on. For one thing, it leaves unaddressed the issue of whether the minute attention the sonnets devote to the 'scenes & objects' of the Northamptonshire countryside is matched by Clare's attention to their own individuality as poems. The sheer number of sonnets Clare wrote puts the autonomy of individual poems under pressure, as Barrell implicitly acknowledges when he identifies the syntax he describes as 'the characteristic form [...] of the sonnets that [Clare] wrote in Helpston between about 1 823 and 1832',8 and it is not unreasonable to share in Joseph Phelan's anxiety that the sonnet becomes in Clare's hands 'a kind of default setting for poetry which eventually induces an insensibility to the poetic potential of the form'.9Coleridge is not usually a critic whose tenants are regarded as having much in sympathy with Clare's, but a distinction between 'copying' and 'imitation' he made in a lecture on Shakespeare might prove useful in beginning to isolate some of the trees from the wood. …


The nuclear symmetry energy $E_{sym}(\rho)$ and its density slope $L(\rho)$ can be decomposed analytically in terms of the single-nucleon potential in isospin asymmetric nuclear matter. Using three popular nuclear effective interaction models which have been extensively used in nuclear structure and reaction studies, namely, the isospin and momentum dependent MDI interaction model, the Skyrme Hartree-Fock approach and the Gogny Hartree-Fock approach, we analyze the contribution of different terms in the single-nucleon potential to the $E_{sym}(\rho)$ and $L(\rho)$. Our results show that the observed different density behaviors of $E_{sym}(\rho)$ for different interactions are essentially due to the variation of the symmetry potential $U_{sym,1}(\rho,k)$. Furthermore, we find that the contribution of the second-order symmetry potential $U_{sym,2}(\rho,k)$ to the $L(\rho)$ generally cannot be neglected. Moreover, our results demonstrate that the magnitude of the $U_{sym,2}(\rho,k)$ is generally comparable with that of $U_{sym,1}(\rho,k)$, indicating the second-order symmetry potential $U_{sym,2}(\rho,k)$ may have significant corrections to the widely used Lane approximation to the single-nucleon potential in extremely neutron(proton)-rich nuclear matter.


The problem of quality management personal high-tech products in recent years have increasingly become the subject of various branches of science. In the context of ever increasing personalization of information services, the demand for personal communication tools, which include smartphones, tablet PCs, minicomputers, as well as netbooks and laptops. All these devices represent individual access to various services provided in social media, local networks and groups to which access is permitted only to authorized users.


Social scientists have discussed at length the protection of individual subjects but have paid little attention to collective subjects (for example, see Sjoberg 1967; Wax 1971; Diener and Crandall 1978). However, if researchers are to study the corporation and the corporate elite (Useem 1979), and if they are to "bring the firm back" into the mainstream of organizational research (Baron and Bielby 1980), they must also consider the protection of corporate research subjects. The need to protect collective subjects derives from the obligation to protect individual informants, but it also becomes a pragmatic issue in gaining access to study a large corporation. The common resort to pseudonyms is problematic, for the collective subject may be so distinctive that it can be identified in the first or subsequent studies (Vidich and Bensman 1958/59:4; Hicks 1977). The protection question applies specifically to qualitative fieldwork data, because methods for avoiding disclosure with quantitative data are already ...


ABSTRACT Securitizations are complex and opaque transactions. We hypothesize that bank insiders trade on private information about banks': (1) securitization-related recourse risks, (2) not-yet-reported current-quarter securitization income, and (3) securitization-based business model sustainability. We provide evidence that proxies for each of these types of insider information are positively associated with insider trading. Specifically, we find that net insider sales in the 2001Q2–2007Q2 pre-financial crisis quarters predict not-yet-reported non-performing securitized loans and securitization income for those quarters, and that net insider sales during 2006Q4 predict write-downs of securitization-related assets during the 2007Q3–2008Q4 crisis period. We find that net insider sales are more negatively associated with banks' subsequent stock returns in their securitization quarters than in other quarters. In supplemental analysis, we show that the above findings are driven by trades by banks' CEOs and CF...


We observed experimentally that the detected signal-vs-generator current deviates from linearity. The deviation has a shape similar to that of a Lorentzian. Preliminary arguments lead us to the conclusion that if the maximum deviation occurs at a generator voltage ${V}_{m}$ the emitted recombination peak should tend to a width given by ${V}_{m}\ensuremath{-}2\ensuremath{\Delta}$. By calculating the spectrum of phonons emitted at a given generator voltage and hence the detector response signal, we have shown that the above prediction is essentially correct. We also give a brief discussion on the behavior of a superconductor when used as a phonon frequency convertor.


Abstract : A review of some of the basic approaches to the study of supervision in organizations leads to the conclusion that the behavioristic methodology of searching for temporal and spatial correlations between assessed events without establishing specific connections to theoretical networks has provided an inadequate basis for the understanding of the nature of supervision. A process approach to supervision which is emerging in the literature is presented. This approach combines the leadership dimensions of consideration and initiating structure with the path-goal theory of motivation. Data collected among supervisors and subordinates in a manufacturing plant for an exploratory study testing assumption about the psychological meaning of these dimensions in terms of a path-goal theory are presented. It is suggested that the current assumptions underlying the process approach to supervision are too simplistic and an argument is made for the need for construct validation of the leadership concept. A conceptual framework which integrates supervision with valence-instrumentality-expectancy theory of worker motivation, influence and power is outlined. Emphasis is put on the construction of a theoretical network within which the questions of the leadership and supervision process should be examined. (Author)


Some aspects of the simulation by point vortices of two‐dimensional decaying turbulence are discussed, together with their most relevant consequences for the decay of the number of vortices. Two different merging models are proposed to simulate dissipative interactions between corotating vorticity structures within a point vortex simulation. Both models are based on a statistical approach to assign the number of vortices resulting from the merging of two vortices of different size. Probability distributions are defined for the production of one, two, or three vortices, and they are assigned as functions of the circulation ratio for the two interacting vortices. These functions are determined by performing a large number of Contour Dynamics simulations of vortex interactions, each under a given strain field. A simple rule to reset the vorticity field, at the end of the merging process, is discussed in terms of conserved quantities for the formation of one or three vortices. To complete the merging model, a...


wT |HE measure of potential of population is a "derived quantity" depending on numbers of people and their distances apart. Potential of population-a macrogeographic, spatially continuous phenomenonwhen given mathematical expression defines a "demographic gravitational field" that is a useful concept for the understanding of certain features of the geographical patterns of economic and sociological activities. This is attested by the now widespread critical evaluation and rise of the idea in the social sciences.1 It is hoped that the new detailed map of population potentials presented here (Plate I) will add to that concept.


Objective, in order to advance Chinese speed skaters to get new breakthroughs in future winter Olympics, the paper puts forward a new speed skate blade adapter. Methods and content,with the methods of literature information, contrast and experiment analysis, it analyzes the Clap skate's structure and shortage, discusses the related research progress of speed skate structure,and basing on the development of speed skate of plantar flexion type, it presents a improvement for the plantar flexion skate. Results, by contrasting some domestic and overseas research findings from the viewpoints of structural mechanics and biomechanics, it develops a speed skate blade adapter of plantar flexion type with short arm hinge and elastic steel bridge, which adapter being as far as possible in accordance with the features of speed skate structure and human body biomechanics. Conclusion, the new skate adapter will be possible to improve the speed skaters' performance by helping to the metatarsophalangeal joint bring its physiological function, and making the fixation between the blade and shoe more firmly.


A new topology optimization method for designing thermomechanical compliant actuators using meshless methods is presented. The meshless method is employed to discretize the design domain and the bulk density field, which can avoid the undesirable mesh distortion when the standard finite element method (FEM) is applied. The method for imposing boundary conditions in the meshless method is discussed in details. An interpolation scheme is applied to indicate the dependence of material mechanical and thermal properties on pseudo-densities which are distributed to the related integration points. Furthermore, the design sensitivity analysis is performed by incorporating the adjoint approach into the meshless method. The optimization problem is then solved by the method of moving asymptotes (MMA). The availability of the proposed method is demonstrated by using a widely studied compliant structure.


Arsenic contamination in ground water is reported in valleys of Manipur especially in Kakching area. Kakching is the second biggest town in Manipur with a population of 28,746. Ground water samples of the area are well contaminated with arsenic. Highest level of 111 ppb is found in Paji Leikai. The area was a peat land in the past and patches bog iron deposits are still observed. Ore Microscopy, SEM and XRD analyses of bog iron samples confirmed the presence of arsenopyrite. We concluded that the main source of the Arsenic contamination in ground water of the study area is due to leaching out of arsenic from the Bog Iron deposits. . Keyword: Kakching, Ground water, Arsenic, Bog Iron.


2 Sammanfattning 3 Introduction 4 Literature overview 6 The virus 6 Epidemiology of Japanese Encephalitis 6 Vietnam and JEV 7 Humans and JEV 9 Pigs and JEV 10 Dogs and JEV 11 Birds, other animals and JEV 11 Vectors 11 Detecting JEV 12 JEV control and JE prevention 13 Dogs as sentinels 15 Materials and methods 15 Study area 15 Study population and study design 17 Results 21 Control procedure inactivation and ELISA 21 HI results 21 Questionnaires 24 Discussion 26 General 26 Questionnaire and data collection 29 Conclusions 31 Acknowledgements 32 References 33


Lethal infectious disease epidemics have historically occurred in military, refugee and mining camps where crowded conditions promote the spread of enteric, respiratory and insect‐borne infections. The early history of gold mines around Palmer River, Queensland in the 1870s, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in the 1890s and Papua on the island of New Guinea in the 1910s are recounted specifically as it relates to infectious disease deaths. Despite large diagnostic gaps, it is likely that malaria was the predominant problem in Palmer River, typhoid in Kalgoorlie and bacillary dysentery in Papua. Nearly two‐thirds of all recorded deaths in the Palmer River district from 1873 to 1883 were due to infections, predominately 'fevers'. Typhoid fever likely killed >2000 Australians in the early phases of the Western Australian goldfields in the 1890s. Severe dysentery outbreaks killed up to a majority of the local workforce in the Lakekema goldfields of Papua resulting in the colonial authorities stopping mining activity in the second decade of the 20th century. In the absence of public health measures and specific chemotherapy, large mortality rates in miners reflected the over‐riding economic drivers of gold miners and their lack of any understanding of microbial disease and its interruption by public health measures. Similar infectious disease epidemics are likely to reoccur when large numbers of impoverished miners use low‐technology methods to work alluvial gold deposits in conflict areas as has been seen in modern Africa.


The following is an abstract of the statistics of Epidemics occurring in London during the months of June, July, August, September, and October, 1855, as presented in the Registrar-General's Report: ? Scarlet Fever. ? The mortality from this disease was in most weeks above the average of the corresponding weeks of the ten previous years, though generally much below the mortality of the corresponding week of 1854. The highest mortality was in the week ending October 20, being 76 ; the lowest that ending August 11, being 33. The southern districts suffered most severely, having been in the week ending July 21, 17, whilst all the other districts together only numbered 18. Measles. ? The deaths from this disease were every week greatly below the average of the same week in the ten previous years, as likewise below the deaths of the corresponding week in 1854. One week the deaths were 3 only, being I in each of the northern, central, and eastern districts, a mortality less than which is shown


Let F be a infinite field.This paper studies the conjugate classes of the linear group GLn(F) and proves that the cardinal number of any conjugacy class is equal to the 1 or |F|.


Understanding complex dynamics of digital ecosystem service innovation is of key strategic interests of many firms. For example, the primary challenge for the mobile phone industry has been recently transformed from one of joint handset device and telecommunication service innovation towards one of global digital ecosystem development. Apple and Google have as new entrants gained a lucrative share of the market and competitors such as the Nokia-Microsoft alliance, RIM, and HP/Palm are all seeking to compete through their own proprietary ecosystems. The aim of this paper is to understand the structures underpinning the seemingly complex and emergent actions when stakeholders engage in service innovation in digital ecosystems and applies narrative analysis on a large corpus of web articles to understand service innovation within Apple and Google's digital ecosystems and applies narrative analysis on a large corpus of web articles to understand service innovation within Apple and Google's digital ecosystems. This identifies a set of core generative and controlling actions, the underlying structural relationships between these actions, and a discussion of strategies for combining these actions. Our results show the interactive nature of service innovations in a digital ecosystem.


To study the electromagnetic radiation effect of a thermal control layer (TCL) on the surface of general spacecraft in a space environment, a model of thermal control material irradiated with microwaves was established, a particle-in-cell (PIC)-Monte Carlo collisions (MCC) simulation was used, and the processes of field emission, multipacting, outgassing, and impact ionization on the surface of thermal control materials were simulated. By comparing the primary electrons, secondary electrons, and impact ionization electrons produced under different field intensities and frequencies of electromagnetic waves, different compositions of outgassing, and different thermal control materials, the influencing factors and critical thresholds of avalanche ionization were obtained. The simulation results show that whether avalanche ionization occurs in outgassing on the surface of the TCL is affected by the electromagnetic wave amplitude, electromagnetic wave frequency, outgassing composition, and the material of the TCL. This provides a theoretical reference for the safe operation of spacecraft.


We discuss various relationships of fuzzy sets and rough sets with knowledge discovery in databases (KDD). We describe the main advances of rough set and fuzzy set methods in solving KDD problems, point out research directions in fuzzy sets and rough sets stimulated by KDD, as well as characterize potential impact of these methodologies on KDD.


The present publication is a tribute to the late Valerio Rohden, the chief mentor of Kantian studies in Brazil over the last four decades. It contains a translation of the Deduction of the Categories as it is found in the first edition of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. The translation is complemented with some notes bearing on possible diverging interpretations of a part of the text, indicating eventual ambiguities of Kant's original formulation and suggesting alternative renditions where appropriate.


Read There are many ways of ancient poetry,the author summarizes the teaching practice these four steps,first Understand on the world,and second reading sentiment,third,tasting appreciation,fourth,to explore the experience.As long as we guide students to take a good four-step,then repeated readings by students,in-depth experience,to understand the main elements of poetry,a feel for the image of the ancient art of poetry,and understand the ancient poems,thoughts and feelings.


Natural gas, being the cleanest burning fossil fuel, will play a key role in the future. Liquefying natural gas lets moving it to regions where pipeline transport is not possible, allowing end-use markets access to natural gas. LNG is more energy dense than gaseous natural gas, so there using fields are still increasing in end-use applications, e.g. different types of transportation (heavy duty vehicles, marine or rail applications). Global LNG demand is expected to grow, mostly because of new economic markets from Asia and Middle East.


Chang, Nam-soo. "On the Split Personality of Pancks in Little Dorrit." The Journal of Modern British & American Language & Literature. 30.4 (2012): 219-240. The purpose of this paper is to examine the problem of the split personality in Little Dorrit which comes from the nature of the modern capitalist society. Among various split personalities in this work, Pancks is worthy of special notice, because he comprises the culmination of split ones such as William Dorrit, Meagles, and Merdle. Pancks under Casby"s dominion, that is, "the public Pancks" is shown to be a man true to the spirit of the business world. He ruthlessly wrings rents from the tenants of Bleeding Heart Yard and pays no attention to their personal lives. His vital energy and natural kindness are "highly charged" and cannot be suppressed, though. "The private Pancks" full of the inborn humanity and energy asserts itself through helping establish the Dorrits" inheritance. But he proves to be a man who cannot be completely cut off from the contamination of the business world, which explains his recommending Arthur Clennam to make an investment in Merdle. This act leads to the ruin of Clennam in the wake of Merdle"s suicide, representing the tragedy of the modern people. The modernity is the period when one"s kindness may be easily twisted or channeled into its opposites. The division of Pancks accompanies readers" pathos or sympathy. However, Jasper, another split character in Dickens"s last work, The Mystery of Edwin Drood evokes no sympathy from readers, which reflects the writer"s deepening pessimism about the progress of history. (University of Ulsan)


We report on the formation of Laser Induced Periodic Surface Structures in Poly (ethylene terephthalate) and Poly (ethylene terephthalate)/Expanded Graphite films. The quality of the ripples depends strongly on the irradiation time and fluence per pulse. The characterization studies show that some physical properties of the surfaces improve in the presence of these nanostructures. No chemical changes are observed after irradiation.


This report discusses the Runaway and Homeless Youth program, which is authorized by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and funds organizations throughout the country to provide services to youth who have run away and/or experience homelessness.


Quantum annealing devices exploit this model. At a high level, this paradigm uses a phenomenon from quantum physics known as the adiabatic theorem to find the global optimum of a discrete optimization problem. Recently, the actual physical devices that implement this paradigm have also been found useful in sampling a Boltzmann distribution. T his paradigm does not have a direct classical analogue, and some understanding of statistical physics is recommended to work in this paradigm. T his model will be referred to as quantum annealing. Qeios · Definition, August 4, 2019


The price of bulk cooking oil in East Java, which has decreased and increased in the last five years, is also followed by an increase in consumers of bulk cooking oil from 2017 to 2021. Bulk cooking oil is a very important staple, because almost all food is cooked using oil fry. This study analyzes the characteristics of consumers of bulk cooking oil, the reasons consumers buy, and analyzes the factors that influence purchasing decisions. This research was conducted in a traditional market, namely Pasar Sasak. The sampling technique was "accidental sampling" with a total of 56 consumers of bulk cooking oil. The sample criteria are bulk cooking oil consumers aged 15-64 years. The analytical method uses SEM-PLS with the help of the SmartPLS version 4 application. The results of this study indicate that product quality, price, and information have a positive effect on purchasing decisions for bulk cooking oil.