Studies on women from time to time continue to emerge. Recently, with the proliferation of discourses on feminism in various parts of the world, women and their existence have returned to the lips of our society. Feminism with its idea of equality, in theory and practice, is not uniform. Even though the word equality is often discussed and studied in depth, there has been no satisfactory media formula, which is generally agreed upon. West and Islam, for example, have their own formulations and interpretations regarding women's equality. More cautious and far-sighted striving for women's equality on the one hand without eliminating that womanly nature, on the other hand, in contrast to the west, equality is interpreted as broadly as possible so that women who initially feel happy with the freedom offered, in turn, are trapped in the form of equality This journal that exploits and eliminates its female nature is one of the moral messages of this journal that in responding to an offer of freedom we should consider and examine more deeply. It is certain that Muslims themselves in carrying out these considerations must be based on the rules and laws of Allah stated in the Al Quran. and Sunnah. Some of the things discussed in this journal are: Legal sources of women's rights and obligations in Islamic law and European society, the position of women in Islam, the discourse of difference and equality.Keywords. Women, West, �law, Islamic, �Law.


Dr. Gallo has faced questions about his scientific claims ever since the paper was published in Science magazine in April 1984. Most of his critics argued that Dr. Gallo had tried to take credit for work that the French had done and that he may even have taken the virus the French were studying and claimed it as his own. At the time, the virus was difficult to isolate and grow in sufficient quantity for researchers.


ART IS INDEXICAL OF SOCIETY. It is expressive and reflective of its culture. Visual production has a continuous dialectical relationship with culture. Within the spaces shaped by this dialogic, new identities are negotiated and contested forming new and renewed cultural icons to the extent that Mieke Bal argues that "art thinks culture."1 The dynamics of this relationship is impacted by political upheaval and is further complicated by outside interference often reflecting a new imposed modus operandi. Contemporary Iraqi art in the aftermath of the US-led invasion has taken on various roles, be that of resistance, documentation, testimony, prediction and hope. In the postmodern era of image-making, possibilities of interpretation are as limitless as those of creation. Jean Baudrillard' s definition of simulacrum, for instance, shattered the eternal art historical concern with the relationship between origin and copy. He argued that a movement from "representation" to "simulation" distorted the relationship between sign and referent. Some contemporary Iraqi works evoke Baudrillard' s "simulacra" in its hyper-realist definition of the "absence of reality," specifically in their disconnect with their lived reality.2 Baudrillard places the postmodern age in what he classifies as the third order of simulacra, which is dominated by a "precession of simulacra," where the representation precedes and determines the real, as "copies without originals." Within the framework of occupation, these contemporary works further expose a campaign for "visualizing" Iraqi culture and spatially reconfiguring Baghdad in an effort to construct images for a "new" Iraq through ideological cultural reconstruction. In other words, these works could not be examined within the context of an art historical tradition attentive to styles and aesthetics. After all, Baudrillard declared that seeing is "no longer believing," and Mirzoeff added that it "is interpreting."3 Given the exorbitant events taking place in Iraq since 2003, one cannot simply view its visual production in terms of cultural


Concerning the application integration of multi-application system in CIMS enterprises and adopting object and net-oriented technique,the system frame of multidatabase integration system based on Browsers/Servers/Databases/Clients is presented,together with detailed analysis of its functional fabric.Finally,the approach to concurrent control of multidatabase and implementation of transparent access to multi-data source with ADO.Net technique is discussed and analyzed.


Organizations become more competitive by implementing a quality management system, as this allows them to identify more timely expectations
and needs of its customers and other stakeholders.
The present work aims to document a quality management system giving compliments to each of the requirements of the Colombian technical standard NTC 5555 for educational institutions to work; achieving measure and control the processes developed by the institution, which are aimed at continuous improvement, this will enable the school to provide a high quality service thereby ensuring their stay in the market.


The nonlinear optical coefficients d11(Te) and d14(GaAs) have been determined relative to d+(Ag3SbS3), pyrargyrite, in second harmonic generation (SHG) experiments at 10.6μ. Based on an absolute value for d+(Ag3SbS3) previously determined, we find that d11(Te) = (22±7) × 10−7 esu, and d14(GaAs) = (3.2±1) × 10−7 esu. The value for Te is significantly less than the previously accepted values.


A new CoNiMo/Al2O3 catalyst was developed for deep hydrotreating of vacuum gas oil (VGO) intended as a catalytic cracking feedstock containing 200–500 ppm of sulfur. A method of preparing the catalyst comprises the following steps: preparation of a support with desired textural, strength and granulometric characteristics; synthesis in a solution of bimetallic (Co-Mo and Ni-Mo) complex compounds; their application and drying. Physicochemical (texture, morphology, structure of the active phase) and catalytic characteristics of the new catalyst were compared with those of modern domestic and imported industrial analogues. It was shown that the catalyst allows the hydrotreating at a temperature 5–20 °C below and with yields of the desired fraction 4–13 % higher than do all the samples tested. The high activity of the catalyst is due to the formation of monolayer particles of a trimetallic Co(Ni)MoS phase during the catalyst sulfidation. Technology of the catalyst synthesis is prepared for industrial implementation («NPK Syntez», Barnaul, 1000 tons/year), and the basic technological regimes of the hydrotreating of VGO with the use of the new catalyst are developed.


The aim of the present study is to identify the critical success factors for successful technology transfer across the technology transfer project life cycle. The study analyzed the critical factors influencing successful technology transfer from Indian publicly funded R&D institutions to the industry. Through content analysis, 27 influencing variables were identified. The perceptions of 734survey respondents were obtained through questionnaire survey on the relevance and importance of these 27 variables on a Likert scale. The conceptual model was proposed that included five factors which were considered to influence successful technology transfer. The survey data was analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. The model fit indices were found to be significant for both the measurement model and structural model. The results of the SEM analysis showed that among the five factors, technology transferor factors, market factors and financial factors play a major role in successful transfer of technology. Based on these findings, recommendations to technology transferors, technology receivers and government were proposed in order to ensure and facilitate the successful technology transfer.


This work investigates the potential of an unsupervised network classifier, the Centroid Neural Network (CNN), for land cover change detection in remotely sensed images. Experiments carried out to evaluate the algorithm include change detection in both approaches: pre-classification and post-classification. Results confirm the effectiveness of this technique.


WE seem to be rapidly approaching the day when statesmanship, or the science of state-management, will be paramount in the world of scientific thought. Men may dispute about the measure and the manner or means of state-control, but the nation's right to protect the weak against the strong, even in their misnamed free-contracts, has been happily conceded years ago. But the right of possessing does not imply the use and enjoyment of the thing, and we still have to wait upon unofficial enterprise to teach us the way to the better things of social reform. Individualism and Collectivism hang in the balance of distributive justice, and those only who have eyes to see can discern Catholicism weighing them in the balance and supplying to each what is found wanting. Catholicism, used in this sense, however, means Catholic sociology, or the Church's economical principles, and while it is easy to vindicate our ethical position as a Church, some apology may seem necessary to account for our inaction as individuals. How then do we stand? We English Catholics are often charged with apathy regarding the physical and moral well-being of our fellowcountrymen, and it is maintained that we are unknown among those who live for the uplifting of the industrial classes, and that as a social body we don't count. The first part of this accusation is manifestly untrue. We are a relatively small community, with the inherited effects of persecution still upon us. With the enforced seclusion from public life and the loss of opportunities for public service,


The development of genu valgum in a child after a fracture of the upper metaphysis of the tibia with a medial gap is due to the interposition of a flap of fibrous tissue consisting of pes anserinus and periosteum avulsed from the lower fragment. The ensuing biomechanical disturbance induces bowing of the shaft and asymmetrical growth at both ends of the bone. Four cases of established deformity are reported, together with two cases of fresh fracture successfully treated by surgical clearance of the fibrous tissue from the gap.


In this study, a fuzzy logic system was used to optimise a parametric evaluation system in surface and sprinkler irrigation systems. This study was performed on a surface area of 5,175 ha in the Fath-Ali region located in the Ardabil province of Iran. It was indicated that for the sprinkler and surface irrigation system, an area of about 385.06 ha (7.4%) and 159.81 ha (3%) of land is "highly suitable" and an area of about 286.1 ha (5.5%) and 312.69 ha (6%) is "moderately suitable", respectively. About 2,810.08 ha (54.3%) and 2,744.17 ha (53.02%) were respectively "marginally suitable" for the sprinkler and surface irrigation systems. The "currently not suitable" suitability included about 1,322.88 ha (25.5%) and 1,746.05 ha (33.7%) and the "permanently not suitable" suitability included about 370.91 ha (7.1%) and 212.28 ha (4.1%) in the zone under study. According to the results, there is a major difference between the "highly suitable" land obtained through the two methods and the area of the "highly suitable" land using the sprinkler irrigation method is about two times the area of the "highly suitable" obtained through the surface irrigation method.


Subsidized rice is one government program to help people who are not capable of in terms of food, in order to reduce mortality and malnutrition affected due to difficult taking one of the main food staple of man. Thus it is necessary decision support system assisting the government to give the decision to the person entitled to receive the subsidized rice. The research was done at Kelurahan Jalan Gedang yang terdapat di Kecamatan Gading Cempaka, Provinsi Bengkulu. In con-ducting this research, the writer used the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Steps in designing a system that includes analysis of the system in general and in detail using the tools of Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) and Entity Relation Diagram (ERD). The development of this system is carried out using Visual Basic 6.0. The results showed that the exist-ence of this program can be used as aids in the manufacture of valid data about the reception Raskin, so as to facilitate the completion of the work. The existence of this system can also make the management and performance become more effective and efficient. Keywords: Decision Support Systems, Location Marketing, MySQL, Visual Basic 6.0


This thesis on Picea glauca trees in central Yukon Territory makes progress toward understanding the use of tree-rings as a natural archive for atmospheric mercury (Hg) over long time-scales, a perspective needed to better understand Hg cycling. Unlike other tree-ring properties, tree-ring Hg appears to be independent of age and incremental growth variations, thereby eliminating the need to correct tree-ring Hg for biological trends. This is the first study in northern Canada to develop a multi-century (1606-2014 CE) tree-ring Hg reconstruction, and corroborates observations from other Hg reconstructions in North America, such as low 17 th CE Hg concentrations relative to the post-Industrial era and peak values in the 20 th CE. Finally, analysis of a control site and an industrial site where Hg emissions were elevated for ~6 decades demonstrates that local Hg emissions are additive to regional atmospheric Hg concentrations, and retained in tree-ring records proximal to emission sources.


"Esotericism" is often linked with "tradition". References to "hidden" or "perennial" traditions abound on the emic level, and often enough esotericism has itself been conceived of as constituting a "tradition" traceable through history. These two general tendencies hide a web of interrelated questions, which can be probed from the perspectives of sociology and history. In the present chapter, we chart some of the most important of these, aiming at a comprehensive overview of the problems surrounding the notion of "tradition" in the field of esotericism and pointing at ways to deal with them. Our approach is therefore synthetic, and ploughs through several layers of discussions. First, we discuss briefly the vague and problematic uses to which the term tradition is often put. This brings us to a discussion of attempts to operationalize the term in the context of sociology. We generally find that a lack of historical awareness is detrimental to sociological uses of "tradition"/"traditional", although the more nuanced notion of "detraditionalization" and attendant processes does have some promise. After pointing out shortcomings of these conceptualizations of tradition, we turn to a critical constructivist approach emphasizing the inventedness of traditions. Drawing on the approach pioneered by Eric Hobsbawm,2 and the applications of similar approaches to religion by Olav Hammer and James Lewis,3 and to esotericism by Hammer,4 we recognize its strong critical potential and call for more systematic scrutiny of the social, material, contextual and situated background


To improve selection method of information systems in overall planning for enterprise application systems,a decision model based on the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process(FAHP) was proposed to evaluate the application systems.An index system including strategy matching,business support,application foundation,cost and return as primary evaluation factors was established for the model.Evaluation data of core business in overall planning was obtained through fuzzy judgment and it could be used to make quantificational decisions.The research was designed to transfer the decision problem from qualitative decision to quantificational decision which would be favorable to successful implementation of information system in enterprises.


We demonstrate a SESAM modelocked thin-disk laser (TDL) based on Yb:CALGO delivering 62 fs pulses with 5 W of average power. To our knowledge, these are the shortest pulses achieved from a modelocked TDL to-date.


Acetaminophen overdoses are a major cause of hepatotoxicity, which develops from formation of a toxic metabolite, N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine (NAPQI) [1]. While most cases are from oral ingestion, iatrogenic overdoses from intravenous (IV) acetaminophen may be increasing [2]. The toxic threshold of this formulation is unclear. In one report, an infant presented with intussusception requiring surgery. Postoperatively, she received an accidental overdose of 90mg/kg of IV acetaminophen. She did not receive antidotal N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and subsequently developed hepatotoxicity, although the relationship of the acetaminophen overdose to her liver injury is unclear [3]. In other reports, infants receiving overdoses as low as 75mg/kg were treated with NAC and did not develop hepatotoxicity. We report a case of iatrogenic IV acetaminophen administration in an infant who did not receive NAC and did not develop hepatotoxicity. A 13-month-old 8.8 kg healthy, underweight male was admitted to our pediatric hospital for bronchiolitis requiring supplemental oxygen. He had symptoms expected for bronchiolitis but was otherwise stable. His initial laboratory evaluation was unremarkable. The patient had no known preexisting liver disease or other medical problems and did not take any regular medications. On the night of admission, the patient was administered a dose of IV acetaminophen for irritability. The pump was scheduled to deliver 130mg (15mg/kg), but due to a programming error the patient was instead administered between 800 and 900mg (90.9–102.3mg/kg) of IV acetaminophen over 90min. The bedside nurse realized the error around 0300. Labs were drawn at 0330, 7.5 h after the start of the infusion, and yielded a serum acetaminophen concentration of 40.0 ug/ mL, AST 45U/L, ALT 23U/L, and total bilirubin 0.5mg/dL. INR was not assessed. NAC was not started. Repeat labs drawn at 0830 showed a serum acetaminophen concentration of <10 ug/mL and normal transaminases. The patient remained well-appearing besides requiring supplemental oxygen. The remainder of the patient's hospitalization was uncomplicated and he was discharged the following day. Intravenous overdoses of acetaminophen are more likely to result from medical error than other causes. These mistakes are commonly a 10-fold error in dosage, likely because the formulation as 10mg/mL lends itself to multiplicative errors [2]. The toxic dose, however, remains unclear. One report documented hepatotoxicity after a patient received 90mg/kg of acetaminophen and did not receive NAC, prompting one guideline to suggest a treatment threshold of 60mg/kg. Most overdoses above this range are now treated with NAC, which may capture some harmless overdoses. Our patient did not develop hepatotoxicity despite a dose of >90mg/kg of acetaminophen. Other similar cases did not develop hepatotoxicity, although all were treated with NAC [4,5]. Explaining the variability in the development of hepatotoxicity after IV acetaminophen overdoses is challenging. One study demonstrated low expression of CYP2E1, the enzyme involved in production of NAPQI, in premature infant livers. This suggests that infants are less likely to form NAPQI [6]. IV administration of acetaminophen bypasses first-pass metabolism, which could also attenuate hepatotoxicity. On the other hand, glutathione stores are rapidly depleted in infants under oxidative stress (such as the patient with intussuscepted bowel), potentially leading to acetaminopheninduced hepatotoxicity at relatively lower doses than adults [7]. This case adds to the literature on intravenous acetaminophen overdose in infants. The patient received greater than 90mg/kg IV acetaminophen and did not develop hepatotoxicity, despite not receiving NAC. Indications for NAC remain unclear in this patient population given the variability in the hepatotoxic dose of IV acetaminophen.


This paper introduces a simple method for designing hybrid filter banks for A/D converters with mixed distortion/aliasing optimization of channels using total least-squares solving. Distortion/aliasing discipline induced by HFB itself is the principal goal so that a mixed optimization algorithm related to distortion and aliasing errors is introduced. By this optimization using total least-squares the design method take the imprecision of analog analysis filter into account and hybrid filter banks are approximately PR. Through the simulation, several design examples are included, illustrating the properties of the proposed filter banks.


The popularity that the Book of Genesis enjoyed among the members of the Qumran community (28 or more copies) undoubtedly accounted for the great number of the works inspired by its content that functioned as the paraphrase of the biblical material. Hence, in the scrolls interpreting the narrative of Gen 12–50 there were found in the Dead Sea Scrolls there are relatively many references and allusions to the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Unfortunately, most of the texts – apart from the Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen) – survived in a very fragmentary state only, therefore their interpretation meets serious difficulties and any conclusions should be drawn with the extreme cautiousness. Nevertheless, it can be acknowledged that, in many cases, the authors of the Qumran texts paraphrasing Gen 12–50, on the one hand enriched the biblical material with new elements by extending and supplementing it and, on the other hand, as in the biblical narratives of Gen, portray the patriarchs in a standard sequence listing their names (i.e. Abraham – Isaac – Jacob) in the context of the covenant and of the divine promises, and present them as the models of obedience, loyalty and faithfulness to God.


An efficient and scalable broadcast are two essential features of structured overlay networks which used in large scale distributed computing systems and in peer-to-peer networks. The existing broadcast based algorithms over the structured overlays experience certain issues due to a decentralised nature of such networks in which nodes join and leave the network dynamically. This causes poor routing efficiency and high maintenance bandwidth overhead. In this paper, we study routing efficiency and maintenance bandwidth overhead while broadcasting messages over the structured overlay networks in dynamic environment. We also propose an improved message broadcasting algorithm over the structured overlay networks. The simulation results show that although there is a trade off between routing efficiency and maintenance bandwidth, with optimisation we can improve one without severely effecting the other parameter.


In this article, we provide a simple method for growth of bulk single crystalline. By the control temperature along a vertical furnace, we can easily fabricate bulk single crystals. This technique is called the temperature gradient method. To create a temperature gradient along the body of the furnace, the density of resistance wire which is coiled along the body of furnace is different. The density increases from the bottom to the top of the furnace. So that, at any time of the growing process, the temperature at the bottom of furnace is the smallest. During could down process, single crystal in the ampoule has been grown up from a seed at the bottom. Using this method, we successfully grew layer structure single crystals such as SnSe, SnSe2, SnS, GaTe, InSe2, GaSe. X-ray diffraction and FE-SEM measurements indicated the high quality of single crystals. By changing cooling speed, we can control the number of defects in the single crystals.


To investigate the defects from the gate regrowth process, samples with and without regrowth p‐GaN process are fabricated by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The DC characteristics indicate larger gate leakage (Igs) between the GaN channel and the p‐GaN gate in the regrowth sample than in the nonregrowth counterpart. In addition, significant Si/O impurities are introduced by the regrowth process at the interface between channel and regrown AlGaN barrier. The low‐frequency noise (LFN) measurement and deep‐level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) are further carried out to investigate the defectivity at the AlGaN barrier and channel interface, giving a 2–3 times higher border trap density in the AlGaN barrier (depth ≈5 nm from the channel interface) and a 10 times increase in interface trap density at the channel interface, corresponding with a band of shallow levels E3 = Ec–0.02–0.15 eV. Three additional bulk traps E2/E5 (Ec–0.8 eV, σn=5×10−15 cm2 / Ec–0.17 eV, σn=5×10−22 cm2 ) and E4 (Ec–0.23 eV, σn=5×10−19 cm2 ) are also found in the regrowth and nonregrowth samples, respectively. Their possible spatial locations and origins are discussed.


Voice intercepting is an important method of the national security sectors to obtain criminal intelligence. This approach is secret, mandatory, statutory, and technical and commits a violation of privacy. The recent years of technical advancement enable criminals to adopt more sophisticated anti-investigation tools and thus impose stricter requirements on energy consumption and environmental adaptation of the intercepting systems. Zigbee is an emerging two-way wireless communication technology characterized by low power consumption, high capacity, low costs, short delays and great reliability. Hence, it is particularly suitable for automatic and remote control and can be built into any devices.


Thirty‐six ophthalmology journals indexed by the Science Citation Index (SCI) in 2003 were selected to study the role of the 'papers cited rate' in scientific journal evaluation. The 2‐year, 3‐year, 5‐year, 8‐year, and 10‐year cited rates of these papers were calculated to analyze statistically the correlations with impact factor, 5‐year impact factor, immediacy index, eigenfactor score, article influence score, and total cites. The results of questionnaires sent to 8,525 ophthalmologists were used to analyse the correlations between the papers cited rates for different years and traditional bibliometric indicators. The results showed that eigenfactor score and total cites were better than other indicators, and impact factor was better than the 5‐year impact factor. The 2‐year and 3‐year cited rates of papers were reasonable for evaluating science journals, and the 2‐year cited rate was better than the 3‐year cited rate. The 5‐year (and more than 5 years) cited rates were not significant in evaluating science journals.


Objective To study the clinical value of 3.0T MR for the spectrum analysis(1H-MRS) of the brain metastases.Methods Twenty patients with brain metastases underwent single-voxel and multi-voxel 1H-MRS based on enhanced scanning,with the focal center including part of the tumor parenchyma and the normal brain tissue as the interested regions.Then the spectrums obtained were analyzed.Results When compared with the normal brain tissue,the tumor parenchyma regions of the 20 patients had 20 cases of reduced NAA peak,16 cases of increased Cho peak,18 cases of reduced NAA/ Cho peak,2 cases without apparent NAA peak and CHO peak,20 cases of reduced Cr peak and 20 cases of increased Lip peak.Conclusion It is proved that 1H-MRS is of significance for the diagnosis of the brain metastases.


The perturbation method is used to solve
the control equations of a three-dimensional annular flow inside a small gap.
The nonlinear equations are separated into zeroth-order and first-order
perturbation equations. The velocity and pressure distributions are solved successively
by different numerical methods with the zeroth-order and first-order equation. Agreement
in results is found with the present method and software ANSYS-CFX, which
illustrates the applicability of perturbation method in solving complicated
flow field inside small gaps.


Electron energy levels in single dots, and energy splitting and tunneling times in stacked quantum dots are calculated as functions of structure parameters. An effective mass approach is used to solve the Schrodinger equation for cylindrical dots with finite confinement potentials. Strong confinement due to small sizes produces quantized energy levels in single dots and strong interactions of the wavefunctions with adjacent dots. This electronic coupling induces significant energy splittings and short tunneling times for characteristic structures used in experiments. This coupling may even yield coherent artificial molecular states with different optical properties.


Pedestrians with visual impairments need to cross streets where traffic signals and traffic signage are not present. This study examined the influences of several interventions, including a pedestrian's use of a mobility cane, on the behavior of drivers when they were expected to yield to a pedestrian crossing at an uncontrolled crossing.


The present experimental study investigates the turbulent LPG Inverse Diffusion Flame (IDF) stabilized in a coaxial burner in terms of flame appearance, visible flame length, centerline temperature distribution and oxygen concentration and NOX emission characteristics. The effect of air-fuel jet velocities on visible flame length is interpreted using global strain rate and a new devised parameter called Modified Momentum Ratio. The centerline temperature exhibits a steeper increase in the lower premixed zone of the IDF due to the enhanced premixing. Subsequently it declines gradually in the upper luminous portion owing to soot radiation and heat losses to the ambient. Further, the centerline oxygen depletes rapidly in the lower blue zone but found to increase gradually in the upper luminous portion of IDF. The centerline temperature and oxygen distribution along the flame length revealed the dual flame structure of IDF. The EINOX values exhibited a bell shaped profile and reached a maximum value around stoichiometric overall equivalence ratio.


One-only children have long been a research concern and previous studies have consistently found that one-only children posed academic advantages. However, we know very little about why one-only ch...


Xylem sap was collected from the leaf tip of intact transpiring barley plants at low and high external [NaCI], by applying pressure to roots of plants growing in sand containing nutrient solution plus 0, 100, 150 or 200 mol m-3 NaCl. Transpiration rates during the collection period were manipulated by varying the light and humidity level around the shoot. The osmotic pressure of the xylem sap (πx) from the oldest leaf of plants without added NaCl increased hyperbolically with decreasing transpiration rate, and rose to values 2-3 times that of the nutrient solution at very low rates of transpiration. A similar pattern applied to plants exposed to high external [NaCl] for several days, except that πx was about 30% higher than that of plants without NaCl, for a given rate of transpiration. However, after a week or more at high external [NaCl], πx of the oldest leaf increased dramatically, and the leaf died a day or two after πx increased by 200-300 kPa. Growth of the youngest leaf was independent of these changes. Simultaneous collections of πx from leaves of all ages showed that πx was lowest in the youngest leaf. We suggest that ions in the transpiration stream build up in the cell walls when ion contents of the cells reach a maximum, and net uptake rates become zero. Such an accumulation would cause loss of turgor then dehydration of cells, and may be the primary cause of death of the old leaves.


Abstract : Recently, according to the advances of vehicle manufacturing technology and the fuel-efficient vehicles, the weight of the vehicle body has been reduced and quietness of the vehicle has been increased. So that, as the emotional qualities of cars, such as NVH, are emphasized in recent years. Also required to be established of the effective measure for brake Judder. The Judder was caused by the increase in DTV by the uneven thermo metamorphosis of brake disc and the partial abrasion of disc. In this study, the disc aggression by friction materials was confirmed and the improving methods of friction materials in connection with the abrasive characteristics reviewed of ZrSiO 4 each particle size(under 3μm, 5 ~ 10μm and over 15μm). In addition, the study is institute make use of limit for ZrSiO 4 raw-material particle size and vol% in friction materials. At the result, the optimum size of ZrSiO 4 particles was confirmed about 5 to 10 μm. Key words : Aggression(공격성), Friction materials(마찰재), Particle size(입도 크기), Brake disc(브레이크 디스크), Brake judder(브레이크 져드), DTV(디스크 두께 편차)


Abstract Shape memory polymers are unique materials having the ability to recover original shape in response to the external stimuli (heat, light, electric/magnetic field, pH, etc.). Shape memory nanocomposites have broadened the scope of shape memory polymers. Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic aromatic thermoplastic polymer employed in shape memory nanocomposites. This feature article presents an up-to-date review on versatile stimuli-responsive polystyrene-based nanocomposite. Shape memory polystyrene-based nanocomposites have been developed under the categories of thermo-responsive, electro-active, and photo-active materials. The PS derived nanocomposites with carbon nanotube, graphene, nanoclay, nanoceramic, and metal nanoparticles have shown high-class shape recovery phenomenon, properties, and performance. The potential directions for future advancements in this field have been identified for coatings, actuators, electronics, structural materials, textiles, tissue engineering, drug delivery, etc. Graphical Abstract


AGARIN, TIMOFEY, A Cat's Lick: Democratisation and Minority Communities in the Post-Soviet Baltic. On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics. Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi, 2010, xviiiþ 380 pp., e80.00 h/b. ANDERSON, KEVIN B., Marx at the Margins: On Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Non-Western Societies. London & Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2010, xiiþ 320 pp., £14.50 p/b. BODUSZYŃSKI, MIECZYSŁAW P., Regime Change in the Yugoslav Successor States: Divergent Paths toward a New Europe. Democratic Transition and Consolidation. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 2010, xxiiþ 334 pp., £31.00 h/b. COMMERCIO, MICHELE E., Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan: The Transformative Power of Informal Networks. National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010, viiiþ 248 pp., £39.00 h/b. DJOKIĆ, DEJAN, Nikola Pašic and Ante Trumbić: Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Makers of the Modern World. London: Haus Publishing Ltd, 2010, xxiiþ 228 pp., £12.99 h/b. FILTZER, DONALD, The Hazards of Urban Life in Late Stalinist Russia: Health, Hygiene, and Living Standard, 1943–1953. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010, xxxþ 380 pp., £65.00 h/b. FORTESCUE, STEPHEN (ed.), Russian Politics from Lenin to Putin. St Antony's Series. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, xviþ 224 pp., £57.50 h/b. FUCHSLOCHER, EVA, Vaterland, Sprache, Glaube: Orthodoxie und Nationenbildung am Beispiel Georgiens. Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society. Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag, 2010, 242 pp., e34.90 p/b. GEORGE, JULIE A., The Politics of Ethnic Separatism in Russia and Georgia. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, xiiþ 248 pp., £55.00 h/b. HELLMAN, BEN & ROGACHEVSKII, ANDREI, Filming the Unfilmable: Casper Wrede's 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'. Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society. Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag, 2010, 248 pp., e34.90 p/b. KALIADINE, ALEXANDRE & ARBATOV, ALEXEI (eds), Russia: Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security. Moscow: Imemo, 2010, 150 pp., p/b. KANTOR, VLADIMIR, Das Westlertum und der Weg Russlands: Zur Entwicklung der russischen Literatur und Philosophie. Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society. Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag, 2010, 352 pp., e39.90 p/b. KAVALSKI, EMILIAN (ed.), Stable Outside, Fragile Inside? Post-Soviet Statehood in Central Asia. Post-Soviet Politics. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010, xviþ 236 pp., £55.00 h/b. MARKOWITZ, FRAN, Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope. Urbana, Chicago & Springfield: University of Illinois Press, 2010, xivþ 224 pp., $25.00 p/b. MUSAYEV, KAMRAN, Die postsowjetische Transformation im Baltikum und Südkaukasus: Eine vergleichende Untersuchung der politischen Entwicklung Lettlands und Aserbaidschans 1985–2009. Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society. Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag, 162 pp., e24.90 p/b. PYMAN, AVRIL, Pavel Florensky: A Quiet Genius. The Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Russia's Unknown da Vinci. London & New York: Continuum, 2010, xxivþ 304 pp., £19.99 h/b. EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES Vol. 62, No. 8, October 2010, 1423–1424


Endoscopic abdominoplasty was a natural outgrowth of the new techniques being applied in the field of general surgery over the past 10 years. In several geographic locations, innovative plastic surgeons began to apply endoscopic techniques to surgery of the abdominal wall. Faria-Correa,' J o h n s ~ n , ~ and Vasconez and co-~orkers~ ,~ were all independently developing this technology as it applies to surgery of the abdominal wall. Since this work has become known to the general plastic surgery community, it has been embraced by a number of practicing plastic surgeons and become an accepted procedure in their armamentarium. Now that there has been some time to develop an experience with the procedure, some modifications have naturally developed in the technique. The author was involved in the original work at the University of AlabamaBirmingham and the Ochsner Clinic and has previously reported his techniquc4 Since that time, some modifications have developed as a natural consequence of more experience with the procedure. The purpose of this article is to update the reader on the more recent modifications in the technique, which are the result of an individual surgeon's experience over the past three years.


Abstract Weiss molecular field theory has been applied to spinels containing two types of ions carrying magnetic moment. By neglecting AA and BB interactions and considering only the four AB interactions between the two types of ion in the two types of site, it is shown that anomalous spontaneous magnetization curves can arise, some of which are more varied than those described by Neel. Calculated curves for titanomagnetites with Fe2+ and Fe2+ ions as carriers of magnetic moment are similar to the Neel P type for some cation distributions, in agreement with experimental data. Spinel systems containing Fe3+ Co2+ and Fe3+ Ni2+ have also been considered and a general expression for the Curie point of spinels containing two types of ions carrying magnetic moment is given as a function of the cation concentration on the A and B sites and the lattice parameter.


Some prestressed concrete cantilever bridges built in France between 1965 and 1975 have a deficiency of bending strength that results in the opening of segment joints under variable loads, and, in more severe cases, even under the permanent loads. The main problem posed by this type of pathology is undeniably the fatigue strength of the prestressing tendons at the joints that undergo repeated live-load tensile stresses, under the combined effect of traffic and of thermal gradient loadings. To evaluate the fatigue life of these cables, the article describes a methodology based on the simultaneous acquisition of cable strain measurements in a cracked section and in a sound section near it; the measurements made on the sound section allow linear totalling of the loadings. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 850834.


On December 16th 1999, the European Parliament approved the Orphan Medicinal Products Regulation (EC 141/2000) published on January 22nd, 2000 in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Based on the US experience, where the Orphan Drugs legislation was enacted in 1983, the regulation's aim is to provide incentives to research and develop drugs for rare diseases. In fact some conditions occur so infrequently that the cost of developing and bringing to market a medicinal product to diagnose, prevent or treat the condition would not be recovered by the expected sales of the medicinal product. The pharmaceutical industry would be unwilling to develop the medicinal product under normal market conditions; these medicinal products are called "orphan". One main principle underpinning this legislation is the notion of the rights of people affected by diseases treatable by orphan drugs to receive treatment. A concept that is supported by the notion of social justice and equity and the fact that individuals with rare disorders share the same desire for effective treatments which will relieve or remove their conditions as those with common disorders. The orphan drug legislation is the result of an unwritten contract between society (or at least governments in their capacity as the expression of society's will) and the pharmaceutical industry to undertake RD such action is best taken at Community level in order to take advantage of the widest possible market and to avoid the dispersion of limited resources; action at Community level is preferable to uncoordinated measures by the Member States which may result in distortions of competition and barriers to intra-Community trade". Objective criteria for designation as an orphan medicinal product are established in the European regulation:


A flying amusement device including first and second rotary elements separated by a hub. Each of the rotary elements includes a set of lift members which provide lift in a common direction when the device is rotated about the hub. A length of flexible line is connected to the hub and wound thereabout prior to use. The device is held in the user's hand with the free end of the flexible line connected to the user's throwing hand. The device is then thrown outwardly from the body of the user with a snapping motion of the wrist to impart rotation to the device. This rotation produces lift, and further rotation is imparted to the device due to the device unwinding from the flexible line as it travels away from the user. Upon fully unwinding the flexible line from the hub, the continued rotation of the device causes the flexible line to be rewound upon the hub, thus drawing the device back towards the user. During the travel of the device away from and towards the user, the continued rotation of the device produces lift which causes the device to fly through the air.


Based on an investigation and study on the processing technology of discarded mobile phone accessories both in Japan and China,the problems in processing technology in China were proposed.Considering the experience in Japan and the actual conditions in China,some suggestions about improvement and update in recycling system,professional enterprise processing technology,legal system,publicity efforts and many other aspects were advocated,so as to accelerate the continuous and healthy development of discarded mobile phones recycling in China.


Recently the enhanced heat removal capability of unsaturated superfluid helium II has been exploited in fusion and accelerator dipole magnets. In superfluid the internal convection mechanism dominates the heat removal process and orientation with respect to gravity becomes of secondary importance. Heat transfer, however, can be influenced by the thermodynamic state of the liquid, especially with regard to possible phase transformations. The transformation from non-saturated He II must involve an He I state before the film boiling transition is experienced. Some steady state measurements of heat transfer to non-saturated He II have been previously reported. In typical magnet designs, cooling passages between turns result from gaps between the electrical insulation, and are typically on the order of a fraction of a millimeter. The purpose of the work reported here is to measure the attenuation of the heat transfer within such a restrictive geometry.


The utility model discloses a LED touches desk lamp, including electrode slice A, electric capacity C1, chip IC1 and bidirectional thyristor Q1, electrode slice A connects electric capacity C1, electric capacity C1's other end connecting resistance R1, and resistance R1's other end connecting resistance R3, diode D3's positive pole and diode D4's negative pole, chip IC1's pin 4, chip IC1's pin 1 connecting resistance R2 is connected to resistance R3's the other end. The utility model discloses LED touches desk lamp circuit structure is simple, components and parts are few, adopts the step -by -step touch of fourth gear to adjust luminance application specific integrated circuit PT2102 as the gear regulatory element, the luminance of adjusting station lamp that can be convenient to set up the key control structure, simultaneously the circuit has stronger inhibitory action to the fluctuation of commercial power, has consequently that the cost of manufacture is hanged down, an advantage of convenient to use and stable performance.


May 2020 1 Bin Wang, MD* He Li, MD, PhD* Yuji Xie, MD Jie Cai, MD, PhD Li Zhang, MD, PhD Yuman Li, MD, PhD MingXing Xie , MD, PhD A 37-year-old woman with a recurrent cardiac myxoma was transferred to our hospital for a heart transplant. Initially, at 35 years of age, she presented with a 3-month history of shortness of breath on exertion. Echocardiography showed one mass in the left atrium in close proximity to the posterior mitral valve leaflet, measuring 2.0×1.9 cm. Another right atrial mass measuring 2.2×0.9 cm attached to the interatrial septum. The patient underwent surgical resection of intracardiac masses in the local hospital. The diagnoses of cardiac myxoma were confirmed histologically. Half a year after surgery, she noted onset of exertional dyspnea and chest pain. Echocardiography revealed the evidence of same-site recurrence of left atrium tumor (1.4x1.0cm), involving the posterior mitral valve leaflet. As there was no clear demarcation between the mass and the mitral valve, tumor removal and mitral valve replacement were performed in a local hospital. The pathology revealed atrial myxoma with possible malignant degeneration. She underwent local radiotherapy after surgery. Unfortunately, 10 months after the second surgery, the patient again had shortage of liberties and arthralgia. A chest radiograph disclosed an enlarged heart (Figure [A]). Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography revealed multiple cardiac masses, 2 of which were in the left ventricle (4.0×1.2 cm and 2.3×1.2 cm, respectively; Figure [B1]; Movie I in the Data Supplement) and 1 was in the pericardial cavity (5.4×3.0 cm; Figure [B2]; Movie II in the Data Supplement). The left ventricular masses were seen near the anterolateral papillary muscle. The pericardial mass was close to the basal and middle segments of the left ventricular anterior and anteroseptal walls. Contrast-enhanced echocardiography demonstrated that there was a slight enhancement of the contrast agent in the masses (Figure [B3]; Movie III in the Data Supplement), and subsequent real-time 3-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography showed 2 masses infiltrating the left ventricular myocardium (Figure [B4]; Movie IV in the Data Supplement). The left ventricular systolic function was preserved with mild pericardial effusion. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging confirmed multiple masses in the left ventricle and the pericardial cavity. On T1and T2-weighted images, the masses appeared heterogeneous and mildly hyperintense relative to the myocardium (Figure [C1 and C2]). Late gadolinium hyperenhancement imaging revealed a heterogeneous pattern of enhancement high signal intensity (arrows) in the pericardial mass (Figure [C3]). Positron emission tomography demonstrated no distant metastases. Considering the second recurrence and malignant degeneration of the cardiac myxoma, the patient underwent cardiac transplantation. The gross examination of the excision heart showed 2 masses in the left ventricle and one in the pericardial cavity. The large, yellowish-white pericardial tumor infiltrated the myocardium (Figure [D1]). The left ventricular jelly-like masses were seen to be close to the anterolateral papillary muscle of the mitral valve (Figure [D2 and D3]). © 2020 American Heart Association, Inc. CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGES


In this paper, an efficient and easy to implement method for face recognition using Principal Component analysis (PCA) which employs eigenface approach is presented. In recent years, when research into the field of face recognition started, principle component analysis (PCA) was the first major breakthrough that proved successful and it has remained one of the most popular methods representation methods for face images. It not only reduces the dimensionality of the image it also retains some of the variation in the image data. The reduction in dimensionality ensures that it can be applied to real time applications since it requires lesser time for processing. keywords: Biometrics, Face Recognition, Face detection, Principal Component Analysis, Jones-Viola Face Detection Algorithm


Plastic pallet (1), comprising a plastic supporting plate (2), the plastic carrier plate having a cargo can be stacked on the upper side. Furthermore, there is a plurality of plastic slide plate (3), the plastic slide plate spaced apart from the upper deck and arranged substantially parallel to the upper deck. A plurality of plastic spacer blocks (6) located between the upper deck and the slide plate. The upper deck and the slide plate are manufactured as separate parts, the upper deck and the skids are fastened together by a fastening pin (8) in the assembled state. Each fastening pin extends through a respective hole in each hole, and spacer block and the upper deck of the skateboard.


RHIC experiments have established jet quenching as a fundamental tool in the study of hot matter in heavy-ion collisions. The energy reached is enough for high-pT inclusive particle studies and one- or two-particle correlations up to pT= 10-20 GeV. The corresponding data are successfully described by a formalism based on radiative energy losses. This formalism needs, however, to be improved for more exclusive observables, in particular for the reconstructed jet properties. Jet reconstruction is a new branch in heavy-ion collisions with very high expectations as a tool for the characterization of the medium properties. We present here an implementation of the jet quenching phenomena based on a modification at the level of the splitting functions in parton showers in standard, general purpose, Monte Carlos as PYTHIA or HERWIG.


Many high-risk or advanced cancers of the blood, such as acute leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, cannot be cured by chemotherapy alone. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a procedure that has the potential to cure such cancers not only by replacing a patient's diseased hematopoietic stem cells with healthy donor cells, but also by harnessing the benefit of a new donor immune system to eradicate any residual malignant cells. Although initial donor stem cell engraftment occurs relatively quickly and reliably [1], the early months after an allogeneic HCT are associated with profound deficits in immune function. Furthermore, many patients will experience a decline in function of their transplanted cells, manifested by secondary cytopenias and life-threatening immunodeficiencies, occurring when post-transplant complications are encountered, principally graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) [2,3]. A deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind secondary posttransplant lymphohematopoietic failure, and new methods to intervene upon this complication, are needed to improve survival in allogeneic HCT recipients. While standard options include administration of growth factors (i.e., G-CSF) or donor lymphocyte infusions, novel cellular therapeutic options under current investigation include the infusion of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) as a means to restore allograft hematopoietic function and possibly improve immune homeostasis after complications of allogeneic HCT.


Human tutors, in dealing with non-native speakers, draw from their knowledge of common learner mistakes to understand learner speech and offer effective corrective advice. In this paper we present our work towards embedding some of this knowledge in the speech recognition and learner speech error detection subsystems of the Tactical Language Training System (TLTS). We discuss the implementation and effectiveness of our methodology which uses a combination of rule based and probabilistic models derived from linguistic knowledge about the target language and annotated speech to identify potential learner errors, detect them using ASR and to provide the user with corrective feedback based on error severity and factors such as the learner history. Evaluation results show that our system can provide effective feedback to the learner with good accuracy.


This year, 2022, marks the 40th Anniversary of the journal 'Chemistry and Ecology', which in 1982 published the first issue as 'Chemistry in Ecology'. When 20 years ago a new Editor in Chief was appointed, the main target of the journal was to widen its visibility and to acquire the impact factor. These results were achieved and during the last 10 years, Chemistry and Ecology has constantly expanded its visibility in the international community and, coherently, has increased its Impact Factor (source ISI-Web of Science), attracting and growing number of submissions from several academia and research institutes worldwide. The papers published in Chemistry and Ecology are becoming an important reference for research based on multi-disciplinary approaches in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems dealing with environmental pollution, ecotoxicology, environmental biotechnology and biogeochemistry. The Journal is also experiencing an enormous increase in flow of manuscripts and more than 600 papers have been published 10 years with 10 issues per year. In addition, Chemistry and Ecology continues to publish also specific issue on emerging topics, such as the SI dedicated to the ABBaCO project and entitled: Multidisciplinary approach to the characterisation of marine coastal areas subjected to chronic industrial contamination. The manuscripts' flow has also increased over time reaching more than 280 submissions per year, while having space only for 60 publications per year. According to the journal procedure and the policy of Taylor & Francis group, each issue has been published online once completed (ca 6 papers) and hard copies of the journal are now published in two volumes collecting the issues 1–5 and 6–10, to reduce the impact of the Journal production and management on the environment. Some papers resulted highly cited. These manuscripts covered various topics, from the bioremediation solutions, the application of new environmental biotechnologies [1–13], the ecotoxicological research on aquatic and terrestrial organisms [14–18], the assessment of different pollution sources along with the biological responses [19–37], and the organic matter diagenesis and biogeochemical cycles in all ecosystems [38–44]. These results are due to its growing international credibility, the engagement of a growing number of authors (more than 2500 in the last 10 years have published in Chemistry and Ecology), the contribution of the Editorial staff and Editorial board, and of the >1600 reviewers that have dedicated their time to support the growth of Chemistry and Ecology in the last 10 years. We will continue in this direction, guaranteeing the full respect of equity and accessibility of the journal, the gender balance, fair and robust review process, and the support to young and emerging scientists all over the world, independently from the prestige of their institution, giving voice to all Authors with an original vocation to publish their original results from all over the world.


In a bid to make formal music education experiences more relevant to children's lives, teachers have sought to incorporate aspects of children's informal learning practices into classroom settings. Singing games have a long history both in and out of school settings, and the recontextualization that occurs when brought into the music classroom typically leads to differences in issues such as player populations, modes of transmission, and pedagogical practices. This literature review examines the motivational impacts of these discrepancies, analyzing research on singing games through the lens of self-determination theory of achievement motivation. Self-determination theory posits that three basic psychological needs are essential for humans' optional functioning—relatedness, competence, and autonomy. Each psychological need is defined, benefits are described, and distinctions are made between the ways that the need is met or thwarted in informal and formal settings during singing game play. Suggestions for music teachers are provided.


The effects of different contents of Al-Ti-C on microstructure of AZ91D magnesium alloy were studied under casting state and T6 heat treatment state.The analysis shoes that the grain size of AZ91D magnesium alloy decreases with the increase of Al-Ti-C content,the grains were refined;its reason is compound phase of Al4C3 and TiC of Al-Ti-C alloy.


Aims  The overall aim of the study was to identify the factors that best predict medical career choice and practice location.


We present ab initio studies of the conductance in the ballistic limit for relaxed monatomic Cu wires. Our approach is based on density functional theory in the frame of the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green's function method. Atomic relaxations are calculated by means of ab initio based many body potentials. We confirm the parity oscillation of the conductance and demonstrate that the effect is robust with respect to structural relaxation of the wire.


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Hypocentre location is an ill-posed inverse problem even assuming that the velocity model is known, because different sets of hypocentre locations may satisfy the fitting criterion. We present a regularized hypocentre inversion in which the constraints of spatial proximity of the hypocentres to target planes are used. This constraint introduces the geological bias that earthquakes might occur along fault planes. Here, the target planes may be either (1) planes specified by the interpreter or (2) planes fitting groups of events. We assume also that initial estimates of hypocentres and origin times are available. Then, the initial hypocentre estimates, origin times and target planes are used as input to an inversion problem to relocate the hypocentres so that the maximum-possible clustering of events along the given planes is attained, matching the observed traveltimes. We use L1 norm for data fitting, L2 norm for the plane proximity criterion and a polytope algorithm to minimize the functional. Results from synthetic and real data indicate that the plane proximity constraint allows for hypocentre relocation presenting a high degree of clustering along planes. The real-data example is an intraplate earthquake sequence in NE Brazil. Our methodology defined the geometry and strike of fault segments close to known geology and focal mechanism data. In addition, the new method indicates that the fault is characterized by a splay geometry in its southern end and that more than three fault segments are necessary to explain the hypocentre distribution.


COTS (commercial off the self) equipment use in military systems is increasing. Reliability engineers must change their paradigm to meet the challenges involved with using COTS equipment in military system designs. Systems that use COTS equipment still require reliability engineering efforts. Indeed, reliability tasks are equally as important for systems that employ COTS items as they are for those that use specially designed military equipment. Even though COTS equipment designs are complete, system level reliability efforts must be performed to ensure a reliable system design, and to provide the foundations for effective logistics support. The essential reliability analysis/tasks that must be performed are reliability predictions, system level failure mode effects and criticality analysis (FMECA), failure reporting, corrective action development and reliability verification. Predictions of COTS equipment reliability are essential and often are available from the manufacturer, however some adjustments may be required. A strategy for ESS of COTS equipment is to first accept the product as delivered, monitor failure data for trends, then determine the need for additional screening. FMECAs performed on systems utilizing COTS equipment are limited to consideration of equipment power and interface signal failures. Most COTS equipment manufacturers provide failure analysis and corrective action support for trend failures. Observed MTBF data on COTS equipment is essential to accurately predicting the reliability of future generations of COTS equipment used in similar environments.


I report a 78‐year‐old female patient with multiple erosive and erythematous inflammatory lesions of the vulva of seven months duration. She was diagnosed as bullous pemphigoid based on the following findings: subepidermal blister in the histological examination, linear deposition of IgG and C3 at the basement membrane zone on direct immunofluorescence studies, and positive IgG deposition on the epidermal side of saline‐split normal skin on the indirect immunofluorescence study.


Abstract In the book Interdisciplinarity, Joe Moran traced the rise of interdisciplinarity as an inherently transformative approach to the gathering and ordering of knowledge in the modern university. Interdisciplinarity challenges the university as an epistemological project by historicizing it as a context for knowledge production. The academic study of religion arose in this setting and has developed within the intellectual forces—the lines of inquiry and allegiances to certain discourses and ways of organizing knowledge—that marked the modern university. Over the past few decades, the concept of "religion" has been historicized and scholars have argued over whether the "sacred" is in the structure of human consciousness or is the expression of culture; whether the "sacred" is its own category or is better left to the various disciplines to account for it; and, how "religion" and "secular" are to be understood. Religious Studies has been called interdisciplinary by some, but the development of the intellectual context of the university as an epistemological project has not been historicized to see how its formation cast discourse in the manner in which it has. Interdisciplinarity can provide that historicizing and open new paths of interest and inquiry in Religious Studies.


Multiplicative plant perturbations with H¿-norm bounds are considered. The results of [9] are applied to the problem of robust stabilization with nominal sensitivity being less than some prespecified value and the robust performance (sensitivity) problem with a guaranteed stability robustness margin. A necessary and sufficient condition for the solvability of the first problem and a sufficient condition for the second problem are derived. Synthesis algorithms are given to construct real rational proper compensators satisfying our multiple design specifications.


This work addresses the trajectory of the deployment of a State school in College radio 14 December – FSM – in the municipality of Peabiru – PR, held between September and December 2010. Through participant observation was possible to report in detail this process pointing his achievements, problems and overruns. To this end, we support in the study of media radio in education as a PEDAGOGYCAL tool pointing as potentiality its effectiveness in the development of intellectual capacity and skills of students in improving institutional communication, in encouraging the youth leadership and provide leisure and culture. Highlighting the language radio as a way of development of other forms of languages that if materialises in the exercise of communication and dialogue. Well as the need for planning and organisation of the work, since the definition of what each Member of the team will develop in the production of programs until serving. Another striking aspect of this work is the use of free software Audacity as feature that allows you to make recording, editing and inserting sound. In the end, we find the possibility of making radio with what resources the school already has and pedagogical potential of this media in the teaching process.


Introduction. The current state of economic development draws attention to the formation of the management component, which should be responsible for biases regarding threats to the enterprise. The rationality of managing the economic security of the enterprise involves a timely response to changes in the internal and external environment. The organization of these aspects into a stable purposeful dynamic process is achieved by creating an appropriate structure for managing the economic security of the enterprise, which is manifested in the fixation of the composition, interconnection and interdependence of the characteristic elements of the organizational system. Ensuring the effective management of the economic security of the enterprise should become the basis for the successful and long-term existence of enterprises in the conditions of competitive struggle. One of the directions for solving these issues can be the expansion of competencies that form the management of the economic security of the enterprise as a whole, which is the result of the management of the economic potential of the enterprise.
Purpose. The purpose of the work is to research and analyze problems related to the management of the economic security of the enterprise. Determine directions for overcoming problems based on the competence approach.
Method (methodology). In the research process, the following methods of theoretical generalization were applied (with the interference of the concepts "enterprise economic security management system", "informational component", "management process"), the method of analysis and synthesis (for the formation of evaluation results regarding the management of economic security of the enterprise), a systematic approach ( for the formation of the economic security management system of the enterprise).
Results. The article examines the formation of the economic security system of the enterprise. The main components of the system and their relationship are defined. The management mechanism of the economic security system is defined. Among the problems of managing the economic security of the enterprise, a significant place is given to the informational component. The meaningful concept of the effectiveness of managing the economic security of the enterprise is defined. It is proposed to calculate an integral indicator to determine the effectiveness of the economic security management of the enterprise. The article considers the interference of concepts, the concepts of "management system of economic security of the enterprise", "informational component", "management process"), as conditions of the competence approach to the management system of economic security of the enterprise.


The recent worldwide spreading of pneumonia-causing virus, such as Coronavirus, COVID-19, and H1N1, has been endangering the life of human beings all around the world. In order to really understand the biological process within a cell level and provide useful clues to develop antiviral drugs, information of Gram positive bacteria protein subcellular localization is vitally important. In view of this, a CNN based protein subcellular localization predictor called "pLoc_Deep-mGpos" was developed. The predictor is particularly useful in dealing with the multi-sites systems in which some proteins may simultaneously occur in two or more different organelles that are the current focus of pharmaceutical industry. The global absolute true rate achieved by the new predictor is over 99% and its local accuracy is around 92% - 99%. Both are transcending other existing state-of-the-art predictors significantly. To maximize the convenience for most experimental scientists, a user-friendly web-server for the new predictor has been established at http://www.jci-bioinfo.cn/pLoc_Deep-mGpos/, which will become a very powerful tool for developing effective drugs to fight pandemic coronavirus and save the mankind of this planet.


Editors' Preface.- 1. Disordered systems.- Extremality of the disordered state for the Ising model on general trees.- Trees in the time-scale domain.- Random measures on trees and thermodynamic formalism.- 2. Probability and trees.- Branching random walk: Seneta-Heyde norming.- The growth of an entire charasteristic function and the tail probabilities of the limit of a tree martingale.- Probabilistic aspects of infinite trees and some applications.- Functional limit theorems for the simple random walk on a supercritical Galton-Watson tree.- 3. Ultrametric and algebraic aspects of trees.- Groupes d'automorphismes et frontieres d'arbres: le cas homogene.- Trees and non-archimedean topologies.- 4. Large deviations.- Arbres et grandes deviations.- Large deviation principle for random fields on a binary tree.- List of Participants.


This chapter deals with legal accountability arrangements in the context of EU peacebuilding activities carried out under the CSDP with a special focus on legality, access to justice, and monetary relief. It starts by illustrating why and how judicial actors were kept at a safe distance from EU foreign policy and security matters. The analysis then moves on to sketch out the limited function of national judicial actors in adjudicating matters pertaining to civilian CSDP. Subsequently, the chapter discusses the important role of the CJEU with regard to foreign policy issues (ie the implied and contingent jurisdictional competences of the Court), while concentrating on recent case law pertaining to civilian CSDP. Moreover, it measures the wider jurisdictional field, that is, the division of labour between the CJEU on the one hand, and national courts and the ECtHR on the other. Finally, the chapter draws some conclusions on the evolution and current state of legal accountability in civilian CSDP.


The higher strength requirement of heavy generator retaining rings made of Mn18Cr18N austenitic stainless steel can be obtained by cold deformation strengthening. However, the yield ratio of Mn18Cr18N austenitic stainless steel is close to 1 gradually during the unidirectional tensile deformation, which will limit the unidirectional tensile deformation of cold deformation strengthening. In order to investigate the cold deformation strengthening by complex loading paths of Mn18Cr18N austenitic stainless steel, compression-tensile deformation behavior of Mn18Cr18N austenite stainless steel at room temperature was investigated by compression and tensile consecutive loading deformation experiments with the first compressive reduction range of 0%~40% and the second tensile range to fracture. Microstructure evolution, deformation dislocations, fracture behavior and mechanisms have been analyzed by OM, SEM and TEM. The results indicate that the subsequent tensile yield stress and the *国家自然科学基金项目51575372,山西省自然科学基金项目2014011015-4和山西省科技攻关计划(工业)项目201603D121006-2资助 收到初稿日期: 2015-10-26,收到修改稿日期: 2016-01-28 作者简介:李 飞,男, 1989年生,硕士生 DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2015.00547 第956-964页 pp.956-964


The following general formula (I) [In the formula, Ar represents an aromatic heterocyclic ring containing and membered 5-6 which may have a substituent a phenyl group which may have a substituent or a hetero atom, R represents a substituted represented by that shown and also good (C1 -C6) alkyl group optionally] is [1,2,4] triazolo [1,5-a] pyrimidine derivative or salt thereof and an active ingredient which their pharmaceutically acceptable It relates to a pharmaceutical to be.


Poster: "ECR 2013 / C-1516 / Optimisation of arterial phase liver CT: automated tube voltage selection compared with manual tube voltage selection and fixed tube voltage protocols" by: "F. Willemssen, R. Dwarkasing, W. Lip-Pauwels, R. Booij, G. P. Krestin, M. van Straten; Rotterdam/NL"


The autonomous healing performance of concrete is experimentally verified by applying a technique based on the ultrasonic pulse velocity method using embedded piezoelectric transducers. Crack opening which deteriorates the mechanical capacity of concrete infrastructure is traditionally studied by different monitoring techniques that adequately provide a direct estimation of damage. Conversely in this research, an ultrasonic pulse velocity method is applied in order to monitor the crack closure and sealing of small-scale concrete beam elements. Short glass capsules filled with healing adhesive break due to crack formation and release those healing additives which fill the crack void and reset the element continuity. The damage index based on the early part of the wave arrival observes any emitted signal shape differentiation indicating the crack formation and development under two-cycle three-point bending loading tests (in the first cycle, the crack forms and healing release takes place, and consequently, after few hours of curing and crack reset, the beam is reloaded leading to crack reopening).


1. Rho‐associated coiled‐coil forming protein serine/threonine kinase (ROCK) is involved in the development of tumour metastasis. Wf‐536, (+)‐(R)‐4‐(1‐Aminoethyl)‐N‐(4‐pyridyl) benzamide monohydrochloride, a novel inhibitor of ROCK, inhibits tumour metastasis in some animal models. To metastasise, tumour cells have to disturb the tight intercellular junctions and the basement membrane matrix of the host tissue, which, respectively, create an intercellular barrier and the extracellular membrane. To clarify the mechanism of Wf‐536 in inhibition of tumour metastasis, we analysed the effect of Wf‐536 on the transition of tumour cells through the host cell layer and the basement membrane in in vitro systems.


Abstract This article reports on the cleavage of lignin β-aryl ether bonds in sugarcane bagasse by the ionic liquid (IL) trihexyl tetradecyl phosphonium chloride [P66614] Cl, in the presence of catalytic amounts of mineral acid (ca. 0.4%). The delignification process of bagasse was studied over a range of temperatures (120°C to 150°C) by monitoring the production of β-ketones (indicative of cleavage of β-aryl ethers) using FTIR spectroscopy and by compositional analysis of the undissolved fractions. Maximum delignification was obtained at 150°C, with 52% of lignin removed from the original lignin content of bagasse. No delignification was observed in the absence of acid, which suggests that the reaction is acid catalyzed with the IL solubilizing the lignin fragments. The rate of delignification was significantly higher at 150°C, suggesting that crossing the glass transition temperature of lignin effects greater freedom of rotation about the propanoid carbon-carbon bonds and leads to increased cleavage of β-aryl ethers. An attempt has been made to propose a probable mechanism of delignification of bagasse with the phosphonuim IL.


Through to modern urban sculpture concept and current situation analysis of characteristic,discuss contemporary public important problem of art-How to find an entrance cutting into contemporary culture effectively on the basis of exchanging with the public,enable it and the natural environment combine this contemporary subject.


Within recent years a considerable amount of work has been done on the Myxosporidia, especially, as pointed out by Kudo (1919), in North America, Asia, and to a lesser degree in Japan (Fugita, 1912, 1913, 1925). Few investigations, however, have been carried out in Australia, and consequently very little is known concerning the distribution of the group in this country. There appear to be as yet only two contributions to the subject, papers by T. Harvey Johnston and M. J. Bancroft (1918, 1919). As far as can be ascertained, my paper is the first report concerning Myxosporidia from fishes of Southern Australian waters, and contains the first record of a species of Chloromyxum from Australia.


According to the phenomenal changes that Additive Manufacturing (AM) has brought to manufacturing industries and markets, most of the managerial approaches should be restructured in order to adopt this emerging manufacturing technology. This revolutionary technology is reasonable to dramatically change business models and innovations, shrink supply chains, and alter the global economic. In production side, 3DP shifts production location, leads to freeform product design and sustainable production. There are several researches in the management research stream, so the aim of this article is to use systematic literature search to identify the specific research domains of AM in the scope of management, business and economic to understand the current state of progress and the future research directions.


Objective To investigate the expression of Notch1 in developing mouse molar tooth germ. Methods Cryosections of developing ICR mouse first molar tooth germ at different developmental stages were made. The expression of Notch1 in the tooth germ tissues was examined by immunohistochemistry. Results Notch1 was expressed in the oral epithelium above or surrounded by the dental placode at initial dental lamina and tooth bud stages,but not expressed in dental placode. From dental cap to bell stage,Notch1 was expressed in stratum intermedium but not in inner enamel epithelium. At enamel and dentin secreting stage,Notch1 was still expressed in the stratum intermedium of the cervical loop. Moreover,Notch1 was also expressed in the mesenchyme,dental papillae and early dental pulp throughout the developing process. Conclusion Notch1 may play an important role in the dental epithelial cell,especially the inner enamel epithelial cell differentiation during the mouse molar tooth germ development and may also be needed in dental follicle,dental papillae and dental pulp cell development and homeostasis.


Transition metal carbides are interesting materials with a singular combination of properties, such as high melting points, high hardness, good transport properties and relatively low costs, which makes them excellent candidates for several technological applications. The possible applications of NbC carbide remained unexplored as it was in the past expensive and available in limited volumes. In order to guide investigations of the applicability of NbC, a deeper understanding of the physical properties of this carbide is fundamental. In this review paper, key physical properties of NbC are compiled with emphasis on its chemical bonding, a careful description of the C-Nb phase diagram, the phases formed and the crystal structures. Thermal properties are discussed and correlated with the intrinsic and extrinsic features of NbC. Finally, elastic properties are discussed.


High‐flow nasal cannulae (HFNC) are increasingly used for respiratory management of preterm infants. However, their ability to provide support compared to nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been questioned. We compared the effect of HFNC versus nasal CPAP on diaphragm electrical activity (EAdi) in preterm infants.


In this letter, a complete small-signal analysis for frequency chirping in the semiconductor-optical fiber ring laser is presented. It shows that chirp-to-power ratio (CPR) strongly depends on the junction phase shift, the optical coupling, and the phase detuning between two cavities, especially if the modulation frequency is below the gigahertz range. 7 refs.


Thermodynamic considerations indicate that sodium should be favorable for the one-step reduction of UF/sub 6/ to uranium metal. A reaction vessel was developed for the continuous reduction of UF/sub 6/ to metal with batch collection of the products, and several experimental tests established the chemical feasibility of this direct and continuous reduction. Up to 93.5% of the uranium content of UF/sub 6/ continuously reduced by sodium in a reaction vessel was recovered as massive uranium metal in the form of a metal button of acceptable purity. A remaining problem is development of compatible materials of construction. (auth)


We describe the successful implementation of full-field microscopes based on ?=13.2 nm and ?= 46.9 nm table-top lasers that can image nanostructures in transmission and reflection modes with a spatial resolution of ~50 nm.


Objective To evaluate the effects and the most appropriate concentration of epidural analgesia with ropivacaine plus sufentanil on the mother and the newborn using self administrated epidural analgesia in labor.Methods 100 parturients were randomly assigned to five groups(n=20 for each group).Group F(control),0.1% ropivacaine plus fentanyl 2μg/ml was used.In experimental groups:S1,S2,S3,S4,0.1% ropivacaine was administrated with the addition of 0.3,0.4,0.6 and 0.8 μg/ml of sufentanil respectively.All parturients with cervical dilatation of 3-4 cm received 10-15 ml solution of epidural anesthetic of ropivacaine plus sufentanil or fentanyl.The self administrated epidural analgesia were initiated after epidural anesthesia 30 min,injected anesthetic solution as above in each group.The following data were collected:the vital signs,VAS,the onset time of analgesia,Bromage motor score of block,mode of delivery,and side effects.Results The VAS at 5 min and 10 min in the S2、S3 and S4 groups were lower than those in the S1 and F group(P0.05),At 30 min in the F、S2、S3 and S4 groups,VAS were lower than that in the S1 group(P0.05).There were no differences of VAS at 60 min,90 min among five groups(P0.05).The onset time of analgesia in S2、S3 and S4 were faster than those S1 and F(P0.05);Motor block did not occur in any patient.The mode of delivery、neonatal Apgar scores were similar among five groups The incidence of pruritus was significantly higher in group S4 than others.Conclusion ropivacaine 0.1% plus sufentanil 0.4 μg/ml provides effective analgesia with less side effects.


Abstract Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Here we suggest a novel approach for tracking atherosclerosis progression based on the use of atomic force microscopy (AFM). Using AFM, we studied cross-sections of coronary arteries with the following types of lesions: Type II—thickened intima; Type III—thickened intima with a lipid streak; Type IV—fibrotic layer over a lipid core; Type Va—unstable fibrotic layer over a lipid core; Type Vc—very thick fibrotic layer. AFM imaging revealed that the fibrotic layer of an atherosclerotic plaque is represented by a basket-weave network of collagen fibers and a subscale network of fibrils that become looser with atherosclerosis progression. In an unstable plaque (Type Va), packing of the collagen fibers and fibrils becomes even less uniform than that at the previous stages, while a stable fibrotic plaque (Vc) has significantly tighter packing. Such alterations of the collagen network morphology apparently, led to deterioration of the Type Va plaque mechanical properties, that, in turn, resulted in its instability and propensity to rupture. Thus, AFM may serve as a useful tool for tracking atherosclerosis progression in the arterial wall tissue.


In recent years, India's service industry is developing rapidly. The objective of the study is to explore the dimensions of customer perceived service quality in the context of the Indian banking industry. In order to categorize the customer needs into quality dimensions, Factor analysis (FA) has been carried out on customer responses obtained through questionnaire survey. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is employed to determine the weights of the banking service quality dimensions. The priority structure of the quality dimensions provides an idea for the Banking management to allocate the resources in an effective manner to achieve more customer satisfaction. Technique for Order Preference Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) is used to obtain final ranking of different branches.


The scale with the female personality over the age of 18 in China as the evaluation object,referring to the domestic and foreign research of personality scale,constructed the theoretical framework of Chinese women personality scale. This scale is composed of 5 dimensions: agreeableness,independence,aesthetic,sensitivity,and stability. The confirmatory factor analysis shows the fit indexes:( GFI = 0. 87,RMSA = 0. 06). The internal consistency coefficient of total scale is 0. 832,the scale has good reliability and validity,in line with the psychometric standards.


Experimental data on the influence of noise from a number of Moscow cogeneration stations on the territory adjacent to them are presented. The need to consider the noise emitted from different sources into a residential area is shown, as is the possibility of using calculation methods to determine the level of the noise effect from a cogeneration station on a residential area.


The Council of Europe promotes the development of multilingual communicative competence, whereas many studies focus on the development of multilingual awareness in children. The main goal of our article is to study the effectiveness of online linguistic resources on the development of multilingual communicative competence, through a cross-linguistic study of several foreign languages. In specific, the necessary linguistic material was retrieved exclusively from free online resources. The survey was held over 117 5th and 6th graders in the Greek primary education. The activities presented the same linguistic content in four, unknown languages to the pupils: Dutch, Hungarian, Swedish and Portuguese. Internet offers very important auxiliary tools for teaching materials' development for a multilingual awareness, provided that they are not used unreasonably, but in an appropriate way so as to equip teacher with valid teaching material. Analysis of the data received from both the pupils' answer sheets but also from the verification process of the validity and effectiveness of the linguistic content retrieved from the online tools shows a significant difference between words and sentences' translation accuracy, mainly regarding online translators with many languages. However, the analysis of the pupils' worksheets shows relatively high scores, which means that online linguistic resources can be used only in accordance with the learning goals.


1. A method for fault detection "rotational flow separation" in the compressor (12), which is driven via semiconductor converter-fed three-phase motor (8), thus calculated from the measured output currents (iS1, iS2 and iS3) and measured inverter semiconductor proportional the rotational speed signal (ω) estimated value () is compared with the torque measured and determined from a predetermined signal proportional to the rotational speed (ω, ω *) nominal value (m *) krutyascheg of the time so that the signal (SRS) is generated when the inequality, which indicates that the fault occurred "rotational flow separation". ! 2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the calculated estimated value () Torque differentiate. ! 3. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the calculated nominal value (m *) torque differentiate. ! 4. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that formed from the estimated value () of torque and the nominal value (m *) torque the torque deviation is compared with a fixed value dependent on the operating point so that, when exceeded, generates a signal (SRS) . ! 5. A method according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the applied values (, m *) torque is filtered. ! 6. A method according to claim 4, characterized in that the formed torque deviation filtered. ! 7. A method according to claim 4, characterized in that the signal (SRS) generates a warning indication.


Cultural Consciousness is the Inherent Law and Inevitable Requirement of a Nation's Cultural Development, and is the Realistic Way out to Solve the Cultural Dilemma. Only by Awakening the Conscious Consciousness of Cultural Subjects, Forming Rational Cultural Consciousness and Creating a Good Cultural Atmosphere Can We Change People's Cultural Mentality, Improve People's Cultural Life and Promote the Healthy Development of Contemporary Culture. Only through Cultural Awareness Can We "Be Harmonious But Different" and Gradually Reach the Ideal State of "Beauty of Each, Beauty of Beauty, Beauty in Common, Harmony in the World".


The aim of this work was to study the patterns of inheritance of the mid-oleic content in F1 seed oil for scientific support of sunflower breeding to improve the quality of the oil. Four constant inbred lines of sunflower from VNIIMK genetic collection with different content of oleic acid were used: low oleic RHA416 (28.2%), increased oleic VK678 (47.8%), mid-oleic LG 27 (66.1%) and high oleic LG26 (88.1%, 0l mutation). Fatty acid composition was determined by gas-liquid chromatography of methyl esters on the chromatograph Chrom-5. When crossing mid-oleic line LG27 with low oleic RHA416, a significant difference in reciprocal crosses of F1 on the content of oleic acid on 21.4% was found. While reciprocal indexes F1 deviated towards the maternal parent phenotype. The inheritance of the studied trait in the F1 belonged to intermediate type. When crossing lines LG27 and VK678 with an increased content of oleic acid within a normal phenotypic class, the difference in reciprocal F1 averaged over two years was 5.9 %. The deviation was also directed towards a female and inheritance of the studied trait in the F1 belonged to intermediate type. When LG27 was crossed with the high oleic line LG26, in reciprocal F1 the expected dominance of the high oleic mutations was observed. The use of line LG27 as maternal forms increased the content of oleic acid in F1 up to 90 %. The degree of maternal effect of mid-oleic trait of line LG27, as the h/d ratio, ranged from 0.48 to 0.79 when applying the pollen of RHA416 and VK678 lines. Thus, the maternal effect of mid-oleic trait of the LG27 line is not complete. When LG27 line was crossed with a high oleic LG26 line, synergism of mutation 0l and mid-oleic trait was observed (h/d = 1,18), which led to overdomination, i.e. exceeding the values of oleic acid content in the F1 hybrid regarding to high oleic male lines LG26.


World War Z (2006) produces a liberal utopian vision of a world in which many of the political problems of the early 2000S have been solved after an apocalyptic event, yet the underlying structures that created those problems are left unaddressed. This article thus argues that World War Z should be read for both its apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic dimensions. In analysing the contributing factors of the apocalyptic scenario as well as its post-apocalyptic aftermath, this reading shows how the novel highlights the limits of a progressive liberal imagination.


WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROTEIN METABOLISM OF INFANTS FED ON PROTEIN MILK, BY B. RAYMOND HOOBLER, A.M., M.D. From the time of its first introduction by Finkelstein and Meyer, protein milk has been the subject of much experimental use and many reports have appeared by those employing it as an infant food, a substitute for ordinary milk formulas. The experience of these various writers has differed largely in their methods of preparation which have given widely divergent fat percentages and caloric values to the mixture, and for this reason it may be well stated at the outset that our experience has to do with a protein milk made from skimmed milk and having a fat content of less than 1 per cent. There has been less variety in the application of the preparation, all of its users having advocated or condemned it on the basis of its value as a


Clinical significance of submaximal exercise was examined by measuring excess post-exercise oxygen consumption(EPOC) and thermic effect of a meal(TEM). Eight male collegiate students participated in an exercise trial(EX) and a control trial(CON). In the EX, they ran for 30 minutes at 70% of their VO₂max, and then rested for 10 hours. In the CON, they rested for 30 minutes instead of the exercise. A liquid meal was provided at 2 hour of the recovery phase for two trials. Oxygen consumption(VO₂), HR, skin temperature, and RER were measured and compared between the trials. Main results were as follows: 1) There were significant differences between EX and CON in VO₂ from immediately after the trial to 7 hours of recovery. 2) There were significant differences between EX and CON in HR from immediately after the trial to 6 hours of recovery. 3) RER was significantly lower in EX than CON throughout the recovery. 4) Increment in VO₂ by having a meal was greater in EX than CON. It was concluded that the duration of EPOC was 7-8 hours when complicated by having a meal and the magnitude of EPOC was about 32 L, indicating 28.53% of net exercise VO₂. In addition, the exercise caused an enhancement of TEM. A bout of submaximal exercise would be clinically important by increasing EPOC and TEM during recovery.


Predicting the reaction mechanism of water and hydrogen peroxide formation on a platinum catalyst is a crucial step toward the understanding of the corresponding selectivity in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. In this perspective, the environment of the catalytic active site should play an important role; however, its explicit description at the atomic scale is an ongoing challenge for theoretical approaches. In this study, we propose to model three effects of the environment: surface hydroxyl coverage, temperature, and reactant pressure. A detailed investigation of the reaction mechanism of water and hydrogen peroxide formation on a platinum surface is reported on the basis of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and Gibbs free energy diagrams. In standard conditions of reaction (1 atm and 353 K), the selectivity toward water and hydrogen peroxide depends on the competition between two reaction paths (molecular oxygen direct dissociation and hydrogenation), which can be tuned by the parti...


The combination structure of a porous metal and microperforated panel was optimized to develop a low frequency sound absorber. Theoretical models were constructed by the transfer matrix method based on the Johnson—Champoux—Allard model and Maa's theory. Parameter optimizations of the sound absorbers were conducted by Cuckoo search algorithm. The sound absorption coefficients of the combination structures were verified by finite element simulation and validated by standing wave tube measurement. The experimental data was consistent with the theoretical and simulation data, which proved the efficiency, reliability, and accuracy of the constructed theoretical sound absorption model and finite element model. The actual average sound absorption coefficient of the microperforated panel + cavity + porous metal + cavity sound absorber in the 100–1800 Hz range reached 62.9615% and 73.5923%, respectively, when the limited total thickness was 30 mm and 50 mm. The excellent low frequency sound absorbers obtained can be used in the fields of acoustic environmental protection and industrial noise reduction.


Abstract The linear electro-optical effect has been studied in test samples of two different nonlinear optical polymers–with Tg of 140°C and 175°C, respectively–during and after poling. The electro-optical coefficients were measured between crossed polarizers (r33 – r13) and using the test samples as Fabry-Perot interferometers (r13). The field strength dependence of the coefficients has been measured during poling of the polymer with Tg = 140°C, and compared with theory. Also, the ratio r33/r13 has been investigated. A quasi-instantaneous loss of the field-induced electro-optical activity is observed when the poling field is switched off at ambient temperature after poling in the vicinity of Tg . The influence of an annealing step on the relaxation behavior is discussed. Results of relaxation experiments in the two polymers performed at several constant temperatures are presented.


Single particle distributions as functions of the scaled variables pT/pT and pL/pL have been studied for neutral strange particles produced in proton-proton interactions at 19 GeV/c. For pp → Ks0+X++ the distributions in both variables for different charged particle multiplicities show approximate scaling, while for pp → Λ+X++ only the distribution in the transverse variable shows this behaviour.


The invention discloses a reconfigurable gear combined machining center. The reconfigurable gear combined machining center comprises a tool main movement SP1-axis system, a diamond roller dressing SP2-axis system, a radial feed X-axis system, an axial feed Z-axis system, a tangent feed Y-axis system, a spiral angular indexing A-axis system, a working table indexing C-axis system, a rear stand column auxiliary positioning Z2-axis system, an automatic tool switching system and an online measurement system. A machine tool has the high-precision composite machining functions including the forming and gear milling functions, the contour evolution gear hobbing functions, the shaping and gear grinding functions and the five-axis linkage milling function, the outer circles and the end faces of shaft class parts and disc class parts can be simultaneously milled or ground, the requirement for the rough and fine machining of small and medium size externally-toothed cylindrical straight bevel gears, spiral gears, various special-shaped tooth surfaces and free-form surfaces can be met, multiple purposes are achieved through one machine, the machining efficiency of a single product is improved by 30% or higher, the device input is saved by 50%, and the floor area of plants is reduced by 60%.


Experiments on the designed nanometer function filter material and coating were performed to apply to the purification of water for seawater seed rearing.The efficacy of nanometer material to purify water for seawater seed rearing was compared through the temperature,salinity,pH,dissolved oxygen,oxidation-reduction potential,ammonia nitrogen, nitrite N,nitrate N,colony count,and the survival rate of seed rearing(Cyclina sinensis)of the experimental water.The results showed that the ability of nanometer material to degrade organic substances in experimental group was superior to that of control group,and obtained good bacteriostatic results.The function coating and function powder in experimental group could promote the growth of spat and its survival rates were 31.3% and 9.1% higher than those of control group,respectively.