Multi sensor based fire detection (MSbFD) systems are one of the important current developments in automatic fire detection technology. The two main objectives of this progress are the still unacceptable false alarm behaviour and improvements in the fire detection capabilities (i.e. shorter detection times) of fire detection systems. The use of more than one sensor in a fire detector gives an improved image of the environment monitored and hence allows a safer alarm decision. Multi sensor technology allows but does imply the enhancement of fire detection systems in the desired directions. The crucial point is the evaluation and interpretation of the signals produced by the monitored phenomena. This signal processing (detection algorithm) mostly determines the detectors capabilities. Due to the availability of microcontrollers applicable to fire detector technology with its severe technical constraints (i.e. power consumption) modern signal processing techniques (neural networks, fuzzy logic) can be used. The paper presents a MSbFD algorithm using two fire parameters (temperature and optical smoke density). These two sensors were chosen since ionization systems may become increasingly difficult to apply because of the environmental regulations being imposed on them. The evaluation and processing of the sensor signals is carried out by the use of fuzzy logic. The concept of the algorithm is outlined and its performance and robustness in the fire and the non-fire case is shown by simulation results.


When you feel organized at home, it's much easier to head into work with a clear head and with the right frame of mind.


We spoke to Gerald L. Andriole, MD, Michael Koch, MD, Herbert Lepor, MD, Mani Menon, MD, and Joel Nelson, MD, about the highly anticipated study findings.


The use of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has shown significant benefits in various applications. Integrating UAV's with a Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) fabrication method, allows for modular and on-demand configurations according to required specifications. A new prototype named the Triodactyl was designed and fabricated using the FDM method. An experimental setup validated the prototypes structural and aerodynamic capabilities. It was noted that modifications to certain FDM parameters provided an increased structural integrity.


We investigated the effect of perlite addition on poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) reinforced cementitious composites manufactured by extrusion molding. The PVA fiber composites of Perlite/C=10% and W/C=80% produced pseudo strain-hardening behavior with multiple cracking, and their ultimate tensile strain of this PVA fiber composite reached 2.2%. It was demonstrated that multiple cracks in the composite became invisible on naked eyes, possibly due to the matrix microstructure modified by the addition of perlite.


This article examines the discourse on modernity and nostalgia in Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, with a focus on the boi-bumbá festival, a folkloric dramatic dance that tells the story of the death and resurrection of a rancher's beloved bull. Although most of the population lives in urban areas and engages in wage labor, the region is still popularly imagined as a "place that time forgot": a natural area largely free of modern human intervention. This paper discusses how the boi-bumbá of Amazonas rose to stratospheric popularity in the context of urbanization, industrialization, political change, and the "greening" of the region. I conclude by suggesting that the boi-bumbá's rise is not unconnected to these larger demographic, socioeconomic, and political events and demonstrate how it has come to serve as a vehicle for collective memory and nostalgia.


Densely populated village ecosystems in subsistence agriculture regions cov- er a global area equivalent to two-thirds of that of tropical rainforests. Measuring long- term anthropogenic changes in these regions presents methodological challenges for ecol- ogists, because ecosystem processes must be measured and compared under preindustrial vs. contemporary conditions within highly heterogeneous anthropogenic landscapes. In this study, we use landscape classification and observational uncertainty analysis to stratify, estimate, and compare changes in landscape structure caused by the transition from tra- ditional to modern management within a single village in China's Tai Lake Region. Con- temporary data were gathered on-site during 1993-1996 using aerial photography, field surveying, local knowledge, and household surveys, while traditional period estimates, ;1930, were obtained using interviews, back estimation, and historical sources. A hier- archical landscape classification scheme was used to stratify village landscapes into 35 fine-scale landscape components with relatively homogeneous ecosystem processes. Monte Carlo simulation and data quality indexing were used to calculate and compare village and component areas and their changes. Using this approach, we observed significant long- term declines in the proportion of village area covered by paddy (212%), fallow, and perennial areas (28%), and increases in areas under buildings and infrastructure (17%). Aquatic and wetland areas increased by nearly 40% from 1930 to 1994. Significant declines in fallow and perennial vegetation and increases in constructed and heavily trafficked areas indicate overall increases in human disturbance. Our methods for observational uncertainty analysis, anthropogenic landscape classification, and the linking of imagery with field, household, and other local data are powerful tools for detecting and monitoring long-term ecological changes within anthropogenic landscapes.


Background: Programmed cell death (PCD) is a necessary part of the life of multi-cellular organisms. A type of plant PCD is the defensive hypersensitive response (HR) elicited via recognition of a pathogen by host resistance (R) proteins. The lethal, recessive accelerated cell death 11 (acd11) mutant exhibits HR-like accelerated cell death, and cell death execution in acd11 shares genetic requirements for HR execution triggered by one subclass of R proteins. Methodology/Principal Findings: To identify genes required for this PCD pathway, we conducted a genetic screen for suppressors of acd11, here called lazarus (laz) mutants. In addition to known suppressors of R protein-mediated HR, we isolated 13 novel complementation groups of dominant and recessive laz mutants. Here we describe laz1, which encodes a protein with a domain of unknown function (DUF300), and demonstrate that LAZ1 contributes to HR PCD conditioned by the Toll/interleukin-1 (TIR)-type R protein RPS4 and by the coiled-coil (CC)-type R protein RPM1. Using a yeast-based topology assay, we also provide evidence that LAZ1 is a six transmembrane protein with structural similarities to the human tumor suppressor TMEM34. Finally, we demonstrate by transient expression of reporter fusions in protoplasts that localization of LAZ1 is distributed between the cytosol, the plasma membrane and FM4–64 stained vesicles. Conclusions/Significance: Our findings indicate that LAZ1 functions as a regulator or effector of plant PCD associated with the HR, in addition to its role in acd11-related death. Furthermore, the similar topology of a plant and human DUF300 proteins suggests similar functions in PCD across the eukaryotic kingdoms, although a direct role for TMEM34 in cell death control remains to be established. Finally, the subcellular localization pattern of LAZ1 suggests that it may have transport functions for yet unknown, death-related signaling molecules at the plasma membrane and/or endosomal compartments. In summary, our results validate the utility of the large-scale suppressor screen to identify novel components with functions in plant PCD, which may also have implications for deciphering cell death mechanisms in other organisms. Citation: Malinovsky FG, Brodersen P, Fiil BK, McKinney LV, Thorgrimsen S, et al. (2010) Lazarus1, a DUF300 Protein, Contributes to Programmed Cell Death Associated with Arabidopsis acd11 and the Hypersensitive Response. PLoS ONE 5(9): e12586. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012586 Editor: Mohammed Bendahmane, Ecole Normale Superieure, France Received March 12, 2010; Accepted August 16, 2010; Published September 7, 2010 Copyright: 2010 Malinovsky et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Funding: This work was funded by grants to JM from the Danish Research Council (274-06-0460, 272-06-0049), and the European Union (LSHG-CT-2004-511983) and to MP (23-02-0101) and DH (23-04-0143) from the Danish Agricultural Research Council. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. * E-mail: email@example.com ¤a Current address: The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom ¤b Current address: Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes du CNRS, Strasbourg, France ¤c Current address: Skov & Landskab, University of Copenhagen, Hørsholm, Denmark ¤d Current address: Fysiologisk botanik, Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden


A b s t r a c t : Three new species are described: Braunsomeria glyptocorra, Braunsomeria micans, Notomeria namibiana. A new genus name Notomeria, having Myzine constrictiventris TURNER 1912 as typus generis, is proposed. New combinations are made: Myzine constrictiventris, Braunsomeria perpunctata T URNER 1913 and Braunsomeria mutilloides TURNER 1913 under the name Notomeria. The synonymies of Warayoa A RGAMAN 1994 with Braunsomeria T URNER 1912, of Braunsomeria perpunctata TURNER 1913 with N. constrictiventris are promoted. Lectotypes of Braunsomeria quadraticeps T URNER 1912, Myzine constrictiventris T URNER 1912, Braunsomeria peringueyi TURNER 1920, Braunsomeria cognata TURNER 1920, Braunsomeria albohirta TURNER 1927 are designed.


Introduction This Paper describes the design process used for the civil works of the Sizewell B Power Station. The design was carried out for Nuclear Electric's pressurized water reactor (PWR) Project Group by NDA (Nuclear Design Associates) Consulting Engineers which is a joint venture formed between Sir Robert McAlpine and Taylor Woodrow in 1974. 2. The major part of the Sizewell B design activities were completed in the period 1988 to


Summary form only given, as follows. Much (indeed most!) of quantum mechanics is concerned with determining the eigenvalues and eigenstates of the system of interest and scattering rates between these states. But in many cases (e.g. in superconductors and lasers) coherent superpositions of states are required to understand the physics. Furthermore some of the deepest issues of physics arise from correlations and coherences between subsystems (e.g. the EPR paradox and the Bell inequalities). Quantum optics is at the heart of such such considerations. On the one hand, we find that the application of atomic coherence concepts yields lasers that operate without inversion, light pulses that propagate at a few meters/sec, and new tools for the detection of Bell states applied to quantum dense coding and teleportation. On the other hand, quantum optics yields experimental and conceptual insights into many of the counterintuitive and puzzling aspects of quantum mechanics.


A research on logistics cost needs a great deal of effort to calculate logistics cost and analyze its characteristics due to the complexity of logistics cost components. For this reason, the logistics cost is generally calculated based on the government level analysis. However, the standards for calculating logistics cost have not been obvious so far. Furthermore, it is true that it takes a long time and a lot of money to evaluate the percentage of each logistics cost component. The expansion of SCM entities has diversified the factors determining the logistics cost and the change of business environment has had an effect on the components of logistics costs. Therefore, in order to research on logistics cost, it is needed to focused on not only the segmentation of logistics cost components but also on their characteristics, and to separate the former from the latter. That is because the logistics cost components or the characteristics of these components depend on the current situation and conditions of companies. In addition, a strategy to reduce the components of logistics costs such as the transport cost and the storage cost without analyzing the characteristics and causes of the logistics cost could be an alternative unsuitable for the current status of companies concerned. In conclusion, this study was aimed at investigating the factors which are required to fundamentally assume and consider in an effort to calculate and reduce logistics cost based on analyzing the characteristics of logistics cost components.


Abstract A new method for deriving profiles of tropospheric water vapor and liquid water from a combination of ground-based remote sensors was applied and tested under winter conditions in Colorado. The method is an extension of physical retrieval techniques used to derive coarse profiles from passive microwave radiometer measurements. Unlike an earlier method, it does not depend on climatological data for first-guess profile inputs. Instead, information about current cloud conditions aloft, obtained with active remote sensors, is used to determine physically realistic, first-guess vertical distributions of the radiometer's integrated vapor and liquid measurements. In preliminary tests, the retrieved profiles were compared with in situ measurements by aircraft and radiosondes during the Winter Icing and Storms Project. The shape of the retrieved liquid profiles agreed well with the aircraft measurements, but heights, thicknesses, and amplitudes differed considerably in some cases. The derived vapor profil...


The invention relates to chiral compounds of formula (I) R 1 -X 1 -(A 1 -Z 1 ) m -G-(Z 2 -A 2 ) n -X 2 -R 2 , wherein R 1 , R 2 , X 1 , X 2 , A 1 , A 2 , Z 1 , Z 2 , G, m and n have the meaning given in claim 1, to liquid crystalline mixtures comprising at least one chiral compound of formula (I), to chiral linear or crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers obtainable by polymerizing a polymerizable mixture comprising at least one chiral compound of formula (I), to the use of chiral compounds of formula (I) and mixtures and polymers obtained thereof in liquid crystal displays, active and passive optical elements, adhesives, synthetic resins with anisotropic mechanical properties, cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostics, liquid crystal pigments, for decorative and security applications, nonlinear optics, optical information storage or as chiral dopants, and to a liquid crystal display comprising a mixture comprising at least one chiral compound of formula (I).


Until the beginning of the twentieth century the reform of criminal procedural laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina from the decision of the public prosecutor to reject the criminal complaint and to give up the prosecution during the investigation, which he was dissatisfied with, the injured party could be protected by peicing criminal prosecution. The prosecution investigation was accepted by the reform. The concept of the injured party as a subsidiary prosecutor has been abandoned and for the first time we received the complaint as a new legal remedy against the orders of the public prosecutor on non-implementation and suspension of the investigation. Although a significant legal remedy, it is relatively rare and superficially addressed in our professional literature. Some issues were raised. The issue of its effectiveness is particularly questioned, ie whether it is an appropriate replacement for an earlier decision by which the injured party had the right to take over prosecution. In order to respond to this, but also some other allegations, the author conducted a comprehensive survey that included complaints against orders for non-implementation and suspended investigations in the District Public Prosecutor's Office in Banja Luka in the period from 2011 to 2017. Reviewing this issue should contribute to a better understanding of the complaint, its more correct application, and new legal solutions that better suit our conditions, practical needs and theoretical settings.


Flash transistors serve as the technology of choice for implementing nonvolatile memory. Current flash memory densities are increasing to meet storage demands. One of the key features that has resulted in increasing flash memory densities is the ability to program a flash transistor to have multiple threshold voltages. This feature has recently been exploited to implement ternary-valued logic. However, this implementation exhibited increased delays, due to the lowered Vgs values which result from using multiple threshold voltages. In this work, we present a circuit implementation that uses flash transistors to implement multi-valued digital circuits. The flash transistors used in our implementation only need two threshold voltages. As a result they have high Vgs values which improves delays significantly, and have higher write endurance as well. We evaluate our design methodology through circuit simulations, and compare our results to a CMOS standard cell based approach as well as the previously reported implementation of ternary-valued logic using flash transistors. Averaged over 20 designs, we report improvements in delay (23% lower), power (5% lower), energy (26% lower) and physical area (4% lower) compared to a CMOS standard cell based implementation. This is significant since it is hard for a new circuit approach to beat the established standard cell based approach in all the figures of merit (delay, area, power and energy. Compared to the ternary flash-based implementation, we operate at 3.15x faster than the ternary flash-based designs, while consuming more power and energy. The design approach presented in this paper targets high performance applications, unlike the TLC-based approach which targets low power and low speed applications. Also, the proposed approach scales elegantly to multi-valued logic using more than three values as well.


This article is concerned with identifying, comparing, and accounting for the principal rhetorical conventions within Pagan practitioners' narratives of conversion. Applying key insights from studies on narrative identity and drawing on 15 months of fieldwork and 25 in-depth interviews with Pagan practitioners, I first outline formal similarities in the content of participants' narratives, arguing that these narrative conventions together constitute an ideal typical conversion narrative: what I call the rhetoric of continuity. This narrative form depicts the process of conversion as a rediscovery or uncovering of a temporally continuous and essentialized Pagan self. I suggest that while all conversions involve both change and continuity, adherents of different faith traditions vary in the degree to which they stress self-transformation and/or self-continuity. I then argue that the rhetoric of continuity reflects and reinforces practitioners': (1) perspective on the locus and nature of the authentic self; (2) claims to legitimacy and social acceptance; and (3) understanding of the nature of religious truth.


The adjective 'comorbid', and its fellow noun 'comorbidity', are used repeatedly in psychiatric practice, but we frequently use them sloppily and ignore what they really mean. Here, I briefly define comorbidity of disorders, and suggest the alternative categories of consanguinity and co-occurrence.


This paper introduces an online load balanced energy-aware routing protocol for large-scale wireless sensor networks. The protocol designed, namely traffic-aware energy efficient (TAEE) routing protocol, exploits traffic load information in addition to power residue levels to optimize the load distribution of the entire sensor network, and thus accomplish longer network lifetime. An algorithm for adaptively computing the best parameter for TAEE is also described. Furthermore, to better accommodate larger-scale wireless sensor networks, our TAEE protocol can be adapted to include a random grouping scheme which implements hierarchical routing to reduce computation and routing overhead and to maintain energy efficiency. Our simulation shows that the TAEE protocol generates better performance in terms of network lifetime compared with the leading power-aware Max-min zPmin protocol.


The 2 gland bodies situated just before the prostata on both sides in cat correspond the gll. vesiculosae in man.There is no connective tissue septum worthy mentioning between the two lateral halves of the prostata in cat. Small glands as found in the prostata are also found in the mucosa of the pars prostatica urethrae.The pars interglandularis urethrae is the section of the urethra lying between the prostata and the gl. bulbourethralis. Many small glands similar to the prostata glands are found in this part, too. At the posterior end of this part, they pass over into the gl. bulbourethralis, which is of the same nature as the prostata.In the circumference of the propria of the pars interglandularis is formed a well-developed m. urethralis, of which the innermost layer consists of circular smooth muscle fibres and outside thereof a circular and a longitudinal striated muscle layers are found. At the back of the prostata, the smooth muscle layer is very powerful, a weak striated muscle layer lining it on the outside. This relative condition of the muscle layers continues into the pars interglandularis, but as we go further back in the latter, the striated muscle layer becomes gradually thicker, while the smooth muscle layer becomes weaker.Powerful plexus prostatici containing ganglia of variable size are formed on the lateral sides of the prostata. The nerve cells are distinguishable into 3 types according to their size, and the cells of the two major types have clearly visible processes and are divisible into the DOGIEL's Type I and Type II, while the smallest ones are not rarely seen as apolar cells. Multinuclear cells with 2-3 nuclei each are also found in some places.In the circumference of the prostata is found plexus periprostaticus, in which small ganglia consisting of nerve cells of the same nature as those in the plexus prostaticus are observable. The nerve fibres chiefly consist of fine vegetative fibres, but some medullated sensory fibres are also found mingled among them. Sensory nerve bundles running into the prostata and unrelated with these plexus are also found in existence here. These probably originate in the n. perinealis.The vegetative innervation of the prostata is very markedly developed, while the sensory innervation is not at all poor either. The sensory nerve elements, however, form in most cases their terminations in the pars prostatica urethrae, only a very few simply constructed terminations being found in the prostata itself. For example, such terminations are found in the smooth muscle layer posterior to the prostata or the prostata parenchyma only on very rare occasions. In the periphery of the broad propria of the pars prostatica, however, the number of the terminations gain suddenly, and many of them are of rather complex branched formation.The formation of sensory terminations in the pars prostatica urethrae in cat becomes better in development as we go backward from the prostata, and we find, beside the usual unbranched and simple branched terminations, a rather large number of genital nerve bodies Type II. These are of several sizes, the larger the corpuscle, the more complex being the ramification of the nerve fibres in their inner bulbs. Unlike as in the case of man, few genital bodies Type I were found in the pars prostatica in cat.Beside the above, some special simple cylindrical terminations, which might be called the medullated terminal bulbs, were found in the tunica propria of this part. Such a termination consist of a thick sensory fibre ending bluntly in a inner bulb seemingly formed by the extended myelin of a medullated fibre. The inner bulb is covered by a thin connective tissue capsule. Such a bulb termination is frequently formed with its end toward the epithelium and in not rare cases growing into the epithelium itself.As was the case with man, unbranched and simple branched intraepithelial fibres are found in the pars prostatica.


The article entitled, ''Dexmedetomidine Exerts Brain-Protective Effects Under Cardiopulmonary Bypass Through Inhibiting the Janus Kinase 2/Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription 3 Pathway'' by Jijun Xiong, Jie Quan, Chaosheng Qin, Xiaogang Wang, Qinghua Dong, and Bingdong Zhang (2020;40(2):116–124; is officially retracted from Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research after the Editor received a request to withdraw the paper after publication. A communication received from the corresponding author, Bingdong Zhang, said, verbatim: '' I chose pharmaceutical research based on the advice of my supervisor, but I did not retrieve another article that had already studied relevant content at that time. Although the results of the two articles are consistent, the innovation of my article are seriously declined. So the manuscript needs to be withdrawn for data supplement. All the authors approve this decision.'' [sic] The each the listed on the paper and received confirmation agreeing with the corresponding author's request. this article published data purported original, but been identified as previously published, the Editor officially retracts the paper from the literature in the interest of protecting the validity of original research. of the


Most of the virtual reality applications exhibit complex object interference patterns. Whether based on user interactions with physical objects, or on autonomous object dynamics, collision or interference detection is becoming a fundamental process in VR systems. However, the collision detection task is still an extremely time-consuming and complex process. Most collision detection research is focused on object-space techniques that are purely geometrical in nature. This leaves the rendering pipeline vastly unused from one frame to another, while the collision detection process computes the interference test for all the feature pairs on the main processor. In this article, we propose to balance the collision detection process along the rendering task and at the same time make an effective use of the 3D graphics accelerators.


Summary This paper is a report on the various features of the crystallogenesis of calcite as shown in specimens collected from iron-ore skarn deposits. Although there are several forms, each showing a variety of habit, a detailed study shows that there is a unified sequence of successive habit substitution. A structural analysis of calcite based on P.B.C. (Periodic Bond Chain) vectors is then considered.


where the integral is extended over En. By (j, g) we mean f f g dx, assuming that the integral converges absolutely, and by f * g the convolution of f and g. We shall also consider completely additive functions [J. (E) of Borel subsets E of En. By (j, [J.) we mean f f d [J. and by f * [J. the convolution f f (x y) d [J. (y). By D we denote the class of infinitely differentiable functions in En with compact support. Finally, C win stand for a constant depending only on the dimension and the parameters displayed. A locally integrable function is said to have first derivatives hex), j = 1, 2, ... , n, in the sense of distributions if (cp, h) = (~, f) a Xj


Design of an 8-bit multiplier for MCD was presented.In this circuit,partial products were generated by modified radix-4 Booth encoding,and then compressed with a modified compression array structure,which was optimized using sign extension reduction technique,and the final product was obtained with CLA array.The whole design was described in Verilog HDL at structure level,and synthesized based on SIMC's 0.18 μm standard cell library using DC of Synopsys.Results of the synthesis showed that the proposed multiplier had a delay of 5.31 ns and a system clock frequency up to 188 MHz.


It is hereby informed to all Iron Ore exporters at Haldia Dock Complex that entry of Iron Ore by trucks/ dumpers shall be allowed only against production of Transit Pass (TP) issued in the name of the concerned Exporter by the Competent Authority of the concerned Mining Department. No dock entry permission will be issued without production of TP


Solomon et al. present evidence that daily MMX mesalazine therapy is associated with improvement in disease-specific, health-related quality of life (HRQL), as measured by the short inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire (SIBDQ), in patients with mild-moderate active ulcerative colitis (UC) and that this HRQL is maintained in patients with quiescent UC, when treatment is continued. In addition to its central finding, this study adds evidence of the previously suggested relationship between HRQL and patient-reported measures of disease activity – including stool frequency (SF) and rectal bleeding score (RBS). 3 Ulcerative colitis carries a significant psychological and social burden. 5 Maintaining HRQL is therefore important in long-term management and increasingly recognised as a critical end-point in randomised controlled trials in UC. Patient-reported measures are non-invasive and may be simple, capturing features of importance to patients. The authors stressed the correlation between changes in the SIBDQ and the SF and RBS, suggesting that the improvements in HRQL are mediated through improvements in bowel symptoms. However, there were significant improvements in all domains of the SIBDQ over the acute phase, although more patients showed an improvement in the bowel symptoms domain than the other domains, implying a smaller effect size for these latter items. Interpretation of the data is limited by the lack of a comparator arm, variable treatment dose in the acute phase and incomplete data availability (only 103/137 had interpretable data at the beginning and end of the acute phase). Multiple statistical comparisons were made and it is not clear whether appropriate adjustments were made. Despite its limitations, this study helpfully documents improvement or maintenance of HRQL with MMX mesalazine treatment, but cannot confirm that the effect is due to treatment or its size. This as the authors indicate would require a randomised, controlled study.


The purpose of writing this article is to explain the application of online based learning using the Zoom Cloud Mettng application during the COVID-19 pandemic. The writing of this article uses a qualitative method of literature review by collecting data in the form of secondary data obtained from various sources such as articles, notes, or other scientific sources. The data collected is then analyzed inductively. Based on the literature review, data analysis, and discussion, it can be concluded that the Zoom Cloud Metting application is an effective medium used in the learning process during the COVID-19 pandemic because it is able to facilitate educators and learning to be able to interact while continuing to prioritize health protocols during the pandemic COVID-19, namely Physical Distancing or maintaining distance.


A new radioactive waste treatment system has been developed from the viewpoint of minimizing the volume and then solidifying the waste into a stable form. Emphasis has been placed on long term stability in the final disposal environment by solidification using a new inorganic agent (cement-glass). The primary components of the cement-glass are sodium silicate and phosphorous silicate. The mixing of cement-glass powder and water initiates a polymerization reaction by silicates, resulting in a three-dimensional structure of O-Si-O. Since all the materials used for cement-glass are naturally produced from clay containing montmorillonite, low cost as well as superiority in long term stability are obtained. Cement-glass is superior to ordinary cement in such points as lower viscosity (about 1/4) and higher adsorption capability of Cs and Sr (about 10~60). Many kinds of waste, which have different chemical characteristics, can be solidified by cement-glass due to its inertness towards the waste. The solidificat...


The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how best to empower Indigenous Australians in the upcoming employment and business opportunities of a low-carbon ('green') economy, particularly in Australia's rural-urban terrains. It was attached to an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project, titled 'Indigenous Participation in a Low-Carbon Economy'. My role as a Ph.D. student was to analyse the work on the project from a comparative perspective in relation to other approaches and methods used in engaging Indigenous communities in training programs and services to facilitate entry into new economies. It utilised five research modules: desktop research analysis (critical discourse analysis); an exploratory student survey; semi-structured interviews; a participatory workshop; and a deliberative democratic forum. This Ph.D. research project sought to make progress towards theorising a new approach to policy design and implementation that generates democratic and innovative outcomes in complex socioeconomic, cultural and political environments, such as those found in Indigenous Affairs. It sought to make significant steps forward in building a theoretical design foundation from which to empower marginalised 'end-users' to participate in the design and implementation of policies, programs and services. The project identified and reworked key theoretical design components from service design thinking to help bridge the conceptual and methodological divide between policy and praxis, with particular focus on enabling Indigenous Australians and communities to become stronger agents in their own agenda for change. The project's most fundamental discovery is that a human-centred and service design thinking framework that enables self-organising, transversal, heterarchical and Indigenised (decolonised) design practices is necessary to empower Indigenous Australians to design and implement a green jobs training program and thus direct their own projects in the upcoming green economy.


as higher environmental tolerance and higher content of dietary fibers. The application of triticale flour in food industry is limited by poor rheological properties of dough and low gluten strength. Potential application of the hexaploid triticale cultivar ―Odisej‖ for the production of cookies was assessed in this study. Additionally, the values of basic grain quality parameters for ―Odisej‖ were determined, such as hectoliter weight, thousand kernel weight, grain size, protein and wet gluten content, gluten index and falling number. Cookies were prepared from refined and wholegrain triticale flour and their physical properties (dimensions, color, and hardness) and sensory properties were compared to the cookies prepared from refined and wholegrain wheat and rye flour. Cookies manufactured from the refined triticale flour had high spread ratio (diameter/high) value, similar to that of cookies prepared from refined wheat flour. Total sensory score of the cookies manufactured from refined triticale flour was the highest among all samples, indicating that it can successfully be used in cookies production. The quality of wholegrain triticale cookies could be improved by the use of milling technique adequate for the production of wholegrain flour.


This is an opportunity for a collection of organisations/groups/individuals to come together to solve a problem relevant to the work of the housing profession and the lives of tenants in Wales. Tyfu Tai Cymru (TTC) has been engaging with tenants, housing professionals and policy-makers across Wales asking about the most pressing issues facing the sector. Our Housing Voices report identified the following:


What are the alternatives for alleviating the extreme poverty that was revealed in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in late August 2005? The options under consideration are to aid the dispersal of former residents of impoverished neighborhoods into more advantageous settings (either in the rebuilt city or within other parts of the United States), or to focus on reestablishing and strengthening communities that existed prior to the disaster. These are not mutually exclusive. My preference would be to assist those who want to start new lives elsewhere and also to enable those who want to return and recreate lost communities, such as the one that existed for generations in the Lower Ninth Ward. The persisting danger of such a low-lying site would have to be resolved, perhaps by consolidation in a higher section, or in a new place. What should be preserved, however, is the community that gave birth to the Mardi Gras Indians and other integral aspects of New Orleans culture. Underlying those traditions, and of greater importance, were the intergenerational networks of kinship, friendship, and mutual aid; the businesses and churches; and the high levels of home ownership that anchored people in spite of poverty. Xav's advice about heeding "the public agenda and how it is shaped over time" is especially relevant. The possibilities for resettling the dislocated, rebuilding neighborhoods, stimulating economic growth, and protecting the environment are severely circumscribed by the ideology of those in charge. There has been much criticism of FEMA's ineptitude. However, these problems are beyond bungling. Rather, they reflect a philosophy that the government is not really responsible for these matters, that the market should shape decisions and set priorities. Power to determine how, and if, neighborhoods are rebuilt rests on a competitive scramble to see which areas can muster enough resources by a certain date. This is a sure-fire formula for achieving HUD Secretary Alfonso Jackson's stated desire for a New Orleans with fewer residents who are black or poor. Herbert Spencer would have liked this idea. The grim realities of the rebuilding process prompt me to avoid offering fruitless prescriptions about New Orleans. Instead, I want to engage more general principles involved in "assisted mobility" and the forced engineering of "mixed income" communities. It is on these issues that there is an honest disagreement among thoughtful researchers and policy makers. Residential concentrations of very low-income people—neighborhoods with blighted housing, inadequate schools and public services, limited job opportunities, environmental contaminants, and repeated exposure to criminal activities—aggravate the disadvantages that poor children face from the moment of their birth. There is no debate about that. The issue concerns what policy initiatives might solve this conundrum.


Books that last through decades generally have an aura of immortality about them; one comes to look upon them as old friends. Thus it is for Brain's Clinical Neurology , revised by Bannister, which first appeared in 1960 and is now in its third decade of life, extending through six editions. Furthermore, it is an Oxford University Press book, implying a precision in production and printing that is invariably fulfilled. This text is written primarily for nonneurologists and students, if you will, and falls midway between those useful outlines that one peeks at for thirty seconds in a moment of crisis and more comprehensive texts and tomes on neurology that endeavor to be exhaustive, and usually are. The current edition is up-to-date in its inclusion of those new diagnostic techniques that have revolutionized the clinical practice of neurology. It also includes a discussion of neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and endorphins, which is at


Summary. This chapter discusses the changes in Egypt's agricultural land tenure structure, with special reference to the period 1961–81 and to their major economic impacts. During this period, the number of holdings increased from 1,642 thousands in 1961 to 2,468 thousands in 1981–82, i.e. by 50.3% approximately. The total area of agricultural land increased from 6,223 thousand feddans to 6,632 thousand feddans over the two decades, with an estimated increase of 6.6%. It is showed that the changes in the land tenure structure favoured small holdings, especially those between one feddan and less than three feddans, at the expense of medium and large ones. Although this situation implied equal distribution, it caused further fragmentation of land holdings. In addition, the tenant–landlord relationship has gone under several changes which favoured private holdings at the expense of rented ones. With regard to the relevant social variables of land tenure structure, emphasis was laid upon the social characteristics of holders (e.g., the number of household members and their age/sex distribution. The economic variables were the cropping pattern, animal holdings, machinery, family labour and/or hired labour. The analysis of such relationships indicates that the size of the holding has a direct influence on these variables but with varying degrees. This is due to the fact that small holdings are mainly cultivated with field crops. However, there is a negative relationship between the degree of crop intensification and the size of the land holding. As for animal holdings, their distribution is characterized by a greater degree of equity as compared to land tenure which would partly make up for the unequal distribution of land holdings. In view of the fact that the tenant–landlord relationship constitutes a major foundation for the stability of Egyptian agriculture, Law 96 of 1992 has been issued, whereby certain provisions of Law 178 of 1952 (Agrarian Reform Act) have been amended. Crucial changes have been introduced concerning the shares of both landlords and tenants and the contracting format in accordance with the economic reform policies of Egyptian agriculture.


Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a potentially life-threatening acute inflammatory disease of the pancreas. It is characterized by a systemic inflammatory response, with a growing number of hospitalizations each year, and it is associated with a mortality ranging from 3% to 30% in the world. In addition to gallstones and alcohol, hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is considered the third most common etiology of AP and accounts for 1-12% of AP cases.


To do a better job in energy conservation and emission reduction is the requirement of implementing the scientific outlook on development and the requirement of building resources-saving and environment-friendly society,which is of great significance to the sustainable development of the whole society.This article deals with the significance of agricultural and rural energy conservation and emission reduction,makes analysis on the implementation of this task,and puts forward measures to stimulate this work in five respects.


Kim, Yong Sung; Lee, Myung Kyoon.February, 2017.Developing a tool to assess green growth potential at a national level,Articles,[Seoul, South Korea]Association of Korean Economic Studies,36


An apparatus for gripping and releasing a tubular 33, 34 includes an elevator 13 and a spider 12, both having slips 15, 14 for gripping and releasing the tubular and a valve 18 for directly controlling a supply of pressurised fluid to move the spider slips 14 between a gripping and a release position. A grip assurance mechanism is provided to mechanically inhibit movement of the valve 18 such that the spider slips do not release the tubular if it is not being correctly gripped by the elevator. Preferably, the fluid supply control valve 18 is manually operated by a lever 22 which projects through a guide plate 24, the guide plate only being movable to allow the lever 22 to release the spider slips if the elevator slips are correctly gripping the tubular. A sensor is preferably provided to detect when the elevator slips are in the correct gripping position and this sensor may be a piston and cylinder arrangement 28 or a switch (51, figure 8). The sensor preferably controls a further piston/cylinder arrangement 31 coupled to a rod 32 which locks the guide plate 24 in the appropriate position.


Lack of interlinks among professional training, scientific research and practical activity leads to the fact that theoretical developments in the sphere of physical education and sports are not realised in new forms and technologies of teaching. Major subjects of the professional training programme are suggested to be made integrated. Innovation ideas are to become the content of major subject courses taking into account the innovative character of modern education.


Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of variant milliampere setting on appearance of metal artifacts in Cone Beam Computed Tomography. Methods: A dry human mandible with three titanium implants in anterior, premolar, and molar areas was scanned by CRANEX 3Dx CBCT unit utilizing variant mA setting, then, gray values were derived to detect metal artifacts in two different trials . Results: In our study, both trials (trial I, trial II) showed insignificant difference as P-value > 0.05, gray values in different areas of the jaw (anterior, premolar, molar areas) showed that the amount of metal artifacts was generally insignificantly different when varying mA setting except few conditions, and there was significant difference between anterior area and posterior area (premolar, molar). Conclusions: Our results revealed that metal artifacts exist constantly around dental implant in CBCT images and the anatomical region determine the amount of artifacts, which increased anteriorly more than posteriorly. Our findings revealed that there's no obvious difference by increasing mA setting, however, from interpretation of gray values, S2 exposure setting (8mA, 90 kVp and 2.3s with 6x8cm field of view) in anterior area, H4 exposure setting (10mA, 90 kVp and 6.1s with 6x8cm field of view) in premolar and molar areas have the least mean gray value, and thereafter less amount of metal artifacts.


There are usually many preservation and rehabilitation strategy options for any pavement section at any point in time. Each project-level strategy has associated costs, which are typically evaluated using life-cycle cost analyses (LCCA). Limitations to these analyses include: inability to accurately predict the actual timing and costs of future rehabilitation work; use of an appropriate discount rate; the assumption of equal benefits and service among competing alternatives; and treatment of end-of-life values (service life and salvage material). Each preservation option also impacts pavement service quality and service life, and the value of service on any pavement section depends on the volume and composition of traffic using the facility. Typical preservation strategy selection strategies do not adequately consider these factors in a quantifiable way. This paper presents and demonstrates the use of cost-effectiveness analysis in pavement preservation strategy selection to account for the different levels of service associated with different preservation strategies applied at different times. It also demonstrates concepts for using cost-effectiveness analyses in the allocation of network funds, considering both the quality of service provided and the number and type of users that use different pavement sections in the network. The analysis and strategy selection/optimization techniques presented herein are intended for use as tools to aid in decision-making, recognizing that there are likely additional factors that impact the decision processes that are not represented by these techniques.


The ternary mixture of crotonaldehyde with iodine in n-hexane has been studied extensively from the view point of their acoustic and molecular interaction studies at 293.15, 298.15, 303.15 and 308.15K. Experimental values are used to compute derived parameters. By using the ultrasonic velocity (U), density ( �) coefficient of viscosity ( �), the other acoustical parameters adiabatic compressibility ( κ), free length (L f), interaction parameter (�i) and molar volume (Vm) are calculated. The ultrasonic velocity decreases with concentration at 0.006M. It reveals the weak interaction that takes place at 303.15K of the ternary mixtures. The study reveals that weak interaction takes place at higher temperatures of the ternary mixtures. physicochemical behavior of ultrasonic wave propagation influences the physical properties of the medium. The variation in acoustic properties with temperature provides added information regarding the binary and ternary system. The sign and magnitude of non-linear deviations from ideality as a function of composition and temperature may be ascribed to the presence of strong or weak interactions between unlike molecules. Ultrasonic velocity is related to the binding forces between the atoms or the molecules and has been adequately employed in understanding the nature of molecular interaction in pure liquids, binary and ternary mixtures. Many studies have been done to find out the interactions in binary and ternary liquid mixtures by means of acoustic properties, viscometric and thermo dynamical properties of the ternary system 2-7 . The present investigation deals with three important liquids namely n-hexane, crotonaldehyde and iodine. The liquids under investigation are very useful chemicals and of industrial significance. Hexane is used in industrial manufacture of benzene, preparation of higher fatty acids and corresponding nitroalkanes, haloalkanes, sulphonic acids and lower alkanes. The variation of ultrasonic velocity and related parameters throw much light upon the structural changes associated with the liquid mixtures having weakly interacting components as well as strongly interacting components 8 . The ultrasonic velocity (U), viscosity ( �), internal pressure ( �i), adiabatic compressibility ( κ) and free volume (Vf) throws light on the nature and degree of molecular interaction occurring in the ternary system. Hence, the derived parameters listed above have been obtained to explore the interactions 9 . In the present investigation the ultrasonic velocity (U) studies and allied parameters of ternary mixtures of


At the required scale to meet the expected demand to human gene therapy, a method for preparing a rLV vector formulation of high purity is provided.


Ce Fe complex oxides prepared by co precipitation, were added to VPO system to produce composite VPO catalysts. Their structure, redox property and catalytic activity for oxidation of n butane to maleic anhydride were studied using XRD,TPR and pulse reaction of n butane. XRD results indicate that the composition of Ce Fe complex oxides could influence the structure of VPO markedly. The results of TPR show that Ce Fe complex oxides increase the activity of low temperature oxygen species on VPO surface, and decrease the TPR peak temperature of lattice oxygen. The catalytic performance of lattice oxygen in composite VPO catalysts is improved by adding Ce Fe complex oxides.


J Dennis Wilson qualified in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and completed his training as an endocrinologist at the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1979. He completed an MD at Queen's that same year and moved to Melbourne as a clinical fellow at the medical research centre, Prince Henry's Hospital. Dennis was appointed staff endocrinologist at the Woden Valley Hospital in Canberra in 1980. He was clinical director of endocrinology from 1990 and continued …


Background. Earlier we showed that the newly created sulfate-chloride sodium-magnesium drinking mineral waters "Myroslava" (5 g/L) and "Khrystyna" (10 g/L) have favorable effects on neuroendocrine-immune complex and metabolism of patients with their violations. At the same time, the influence of both waters on one constellation of parameters is similar, despite the twofold difference in mineralization, while on the other constellation it is different. The aim of this study was to elucidate the neuroendocrine mechanism of specific effects. Materials and Methods. The object of clinical-physiological observation were 22 men aged 23-70 years, who underwent rehabilitation treatment of chronic pyelonephritis and cholecystitis in remission in the Truskavets' spa. The examination was performed twice, before and after a 7-10-day course of balneotherapy. All patients received bioactive water Naftussya, however, 11 men additionally drank water "Khrystyna", and the other 11 men - water "Myroslava". The subject of the study were the parameters of the neuroendocrine-immune complex and metabolism. Results. The method of canonical analysis shows that the changes in neuroendocrine factors (LF and VLF bands HRV; beta- and delta-rhythm-generating nerve structures, cortisol and aldosterone determine changes in the parameters of immunity, microbiota, metabolism and cholekinetics by 99,5-98,6%. Conclusion. The primary effects of mineral waters are the modulation of the activity of the structures of the central and autonomic nervous and endocrine systems, which, in turn, have a regulatory modulating effect on the immune system, microbiota, metabolism, cholekinetics and blood pressure.


This manual describes the percutaneous techniques in urology and interventional radiologic techniques that are, in current practice, viable and commonly used alternatives to surgery. These techniques improve diagnostic capabilities, provide alternatives to surgery, and furnish therapeutic measures for patients who cannot undergo surgery.


The strategic place of Bangladesh in the proposed 21st century maritime Silk Road will attract the international traders where port transport service may offer to the neighbor countries for establishing industry also reducing shipping cost significantly. The objective of the OBOR initiative that proposed by China is to address the common needs of transport access for all and launch a new global transport networks by the combination of surface and water transportation system. In the aim of connecting two transport modes of OBOR, intermodal freight transportation system has a role to join two nodes of two modes to cover the line from Bangladesh to China and bid maritime logistics to the adjacent industry and offer for setting new industry to follow the easy access of seaports in Bangladesh. In this connection, Bangladesh has opportunity to draw lines from its seaports to China economy road by direct road haulage, road and rail, water and road combination to facilitate the port transport service. To follow the intermodal freight transportation system, it is possible to connect with India, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Myanmar where Bangladesh can do transport business with them and able to develop the area of those countries that are landlocked especially seven sisters of India and south-west part of China and southern part of Myanmar predictably. Recent initiative of India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh's motor vehicles agreement (BBIN) is indicating cargo movement among the four South Asian neighbors for a common transport policy to develop the region where OBOR will play a vital role to connect all countries of the South Asia especially cost effective maritime access through Bangladeshi seaports. This paper tried to find out the secure access to and from the Bangladeshi seaports by all means of transport as per OBOR initiative of China by following two-fold research methodology qualitative and quantitative.


Recently, usage of fabrics as wearable device, along with their applications are increasing, one example being the detection of bio-analyzes such as blood or sweat. One method used to observe the properties of the material of a fabric is to use the Refcletance Spectroscopy, in which excitation of monochromatic light with a specific wavelength is given to a fabrics. Intensity value is then processed using the PCA method in order to obtain the pattern of the difference between each substrate. The proposed transducer optic system consists of 405nm blueviolet laser as the light source, biconvex lens, Adafruit AS7262 light detector, and Arduino. This system can only detect the difference in substrate content from the occurring light scatter. This system can be applied to various kinds of fabric wearable material with differing scatter intensity values depending on the kind of fabrics. Softer kind of fabric is proposed as material for the wearable device because it gives a high scatter intensity value and constant values in every repetation which results in better data reading.Keywords: clustering, optical, reflectance, spectroscopy, transducer, wearable.


Problem: Branding has developed from focusing on particular products, or organizations, to now currently on how to brand countries. When the brand is to represent a whole country, the organization needs to create conditions for employees to be able to "live the brand". The study takes a new approach by, focusing on communication and sense making, bringing together research on nation branding with an integrated approach on branding where the internal and external parts of an organization is closely linked together. Purpose: This study aims to understand the internal communication processes in relation to a nation brand platform, and also to a certain extent, illustrate the complexity of nation branding. We aim to contribute to a deeper insight on how employees' understanding of brand values can be created and if the values can help employees to represent and "live the brand". Methodology: A case study carried out at the Swedish Institute, including qualitative, in-depth interviews with nine employees. Conclusion: In order to successfully integrate the brand into the organization, for example by using a brand platform, meaningful communication plays a key role. This increases the importance of communicative leadership and to allow dialogue and participation, which are not constrained by organizational structure barriers. Considering the complexity of nation branding, employees' understanding for and ability to live the brand values becomes even more critical. (Less)


Abstract N-Hydroxyethyl-substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines were synthesized by the reaction of 2-(phenylamino)ethanol with unsaturated ketone catalyzed by acidic ionic liquid N-methyl-2-pyrrolidonium dihydrogen phosphate [NMPH]H2PO4, obviating the need for toxic and expensive catalysts. The acidic ionic liquid not only showed superior performance over H3PO4 but also was stable and could be reused at least five times with a slight loss of activity. It provided a straightforward and efficient protocol for the synthesis of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivatives.


In this paper,crystals of η-Al_(11)Cr_2 were found in the holes of ingots,confirming the existence of this phase.By combining the experimental results of single-crystal X-ray diffraction and selected area electron diffraction,the crystallographic parameters were obtained as a=1.77348(10) nm,b=3.04555(17) nm,c=1.77344(10) nm,monoclinic angle β=91.0520(12)°and space group C2/c is confirmed.Through observation of SEM phase micrographs of specimen heat-treated at different conditions,the peritectic reaction μAl_4Cr+L(liquid phase)η-Al_(11)Cr_2 was observed and the eutectoid decomposition of the η-Al_(11)Cr_2 phase(η-Al_(11)Cr_2μ-Al_4Cr+θ-Al_7Cr) was confirmed.


This paper describes a novel standby system. The actual power consumption in standby mode is zero Watts. In this standby system the appliance is completely disconnected from it mains supply during standby mode. In addition from saving on electricity costs, it also has the added benefit of preventing hazardous situations whilst in standby mode. This novel standby system will set a new goal for manufacturers of consumer products to achieve.


The paper points significance, problems and particularities of business statistics in the current conditions of social development. The business statistics contains numerous simple methods just as complicated ones, adapted to business requires. Also it uses some techniques without theoretical base. It was find out that the classical inference concepts are not sufficient for decision making in business. So, in solving practical problems, the decision theory based on Bayesian theorem, where the combination of subjective and objective criterion is applied, is more adequate. The paper also points the need of introducing business statistics in teaching programs at more universities than it is now present, and its connection with business problems in practice.


A virtual measuring instrument for on-line measurement was designed. In this instrument,the measuring information was abstracted from the work piece CAD drawing and the measuring macro program was generated automatically,the measuring result was presented after evaluating. The probe system error and the algorithmic error were analyzed. A method for compensating pre-travel error by calibrating probe error was proposed. Experimental results show that the virtual measuring instrument is competent for high precision measurement.


The microscopic properties of superconducting cubic skutterudite-like material Y$_3$Ru$_4$Ge$_{13}$ are investigated using muon spin relaxation and rotation ($\mu$SR) measurements. Zero-field $\mu$SR measurements reveal the presence of a spontaneous internal field with a magnitude of $\approx$ 0.18~mT below the superconducting transition temperature, indicating broken time-reversal symmetry in the ground state. In line with previous experiments, transverse-field $\mu$SR measurements are consistent with a fully developed superconductivity gap in Y$_3$Ru$_4$Ge$_{13}$. Our observations point towards the relevance of electronic correlations beyond electron-phonon coupling as origin and indicate that spin-orbit coupling is likely not the key driving force behind the spontaneous breaking of time-reversal symmetry in this system.


Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) provides cloud intelligence at the mobile network edge. MEC provides services for access to radio network information and User Equipment (UE) location and for data plane handling. The potential of MEC is beyond standardized services. In this paper, we propose a new mobile edge service, which provides open access information about UE reachability and activity and enables analytics mobile edge applications to provide UE behavior prognostic to the network. The service is described by typical use cases illustrating the service functionality, data providing uniform access to and storage of data for different applications, and interface definition. Some implementation aspects are considered in terms of modeling the resource state as seen by the network and mobile edge application.


ABSTRACT Over 70 countries in the world currently carry anti-gay laws, among which is Barbados, a small English-speaking Caribbean island. This study evaluates whether heterosexuals in Barbados are consistent or ambivalent in their attitudes toward anti-gay law reform and the extent to which competing messages from interpersonal contact and religion affect ambivalence. The analysis revealed that a majority of heterosexuals hold ambivalent attitudes about gay and lesbian rights. Moreover, results from a multinomial logistic regression imply that Barbadians whose views on sexuality were theologically based were less likely to support restrictions on same-sex intimacy when they have a close relationship with a gay man or lesbian. However, this decline in support for the laws brought about by meaningful contact did not translate to support for gay and lesbian rights among the religiously inclined. Rather, it manifested itself as a state of attitudinal ambivalence.


It is shown that the maximum instantaneous near-end crosstalk interference voltage on a cable pair can be constrained by restricting the energy transmitted in any time interval of a duration determined by the cable properties. The maximum interference is proportional to the sum of the energies in the impulse responses of the equalized near-end crosstalk paths to the disturbed pair.


Motivation is a powerful driver of teachers' decisions to enter the teaching profession and why they stay in the field. As computer science education (CSEd) expands and the need for well-prepared computer science (CS) teachers grows, understanding what motivates teachers to teach CS will help address challenges related to recruiting, preparing, and retaining teachers. This poster presents the development of a scale that measures teachers' motivation to teach CS. We used exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to test and revise the scale. This resulted in a reliable, 18-item scale that measures four distinct, but related, constructs of teacher motivation to teach CS: external pressures, external benefits, student benefits, and personal enjoyment. Researchers and practitioners can utilize this scale to understand what motivates teachers to become CS educators and explore how such motivations can be leveraged to strengthen CSEd.


The wind-induced dynamic response of low-rise building is dominated by the non-resonant component. The gust loading factor method, fitted for resonant response dominating cases, is not suitable for low-rise buildings. And Load-Response-Correlation (LRC) method has difficulty in practical application due to some deficiencies such as sensitivity to the response positions and types. A Load-Lift-Correlation (LLC) method is proposed, which aims at the maximal or minimal lift force. The theory and the corresponding calculation steps are given. The equivalent static wind load calculated by LLC method is the dynamic wind load if the wind pressures are fully correlated. Therefore, the LLC method unifies the wind load equations for main structure design and shielding system design. Two examples are given to verify the rationality of LLC method in obtaining the equivalent static wind load on low-rise buildings.


The key factors in preparation of GaP nanocrystals in organic solvent were studied,including reaction temperature,reaction time,uniformity of reaction system,mol ratio of reactants.It is found that the yield,microstructure and particle size of the prepared GaP nanocrystals are very different with the change of these key factors.The prepared GaP nanocrystals were characterized by X-ray diffractometer and transmission electron microscope.The optimized synthesis conditions of GaP nanocrystals were obtained.The GaP nanocrystals can be prepared at high yield of 85% and the microstructure and particle size can be controlled.


In recent years,many high-tech industry zones have sprung up in some developed areas of China.In spite of their differences,they have been the sprout of the local economy.Zhongguancun high-tech zone is oneof the best case in point.This paper gives a full analysis os the strengths and weaknesses of Zhongguancun and displays some insights and inspiration to develop high-tech industry in other areas of China.


Abstract : N, FREQUENCY RESPONSE, *ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERINGThe space-time integral equation approach is extended to the solution of the large body problem for smooth convex targets. This is accomplished by the development of the impulse response augmentation technique that combines the smoothed impulse response, which is computed exactly with the space-time integral equation, and known features of the returns from the specular point, the join regions, and the creeping wave. This technique produces a total impulse response and the frequency response over the entire spectrum. Results are obtained for the sphere, the prolate spheroid, and the sphere-capped cylinder for axial incidence and are found to be in good agreement with available data. In addition, the polarization dependent effects on the leading edge of the impulse response are determined for the case of nonaxial incidence on smooth convex targets. Results are presented for the impulse response and frequency response of the prolate spheroid and the sphere-capped cylinder for nonaxial incidence with both polarizations. (Modified author abstract)


A variety-independent protocol was developed for transformation and regeneration of Egyptian cotton plants ( Gossypium barbadense L. ) from meristemaic tissue of excised embryonic axes and from the shoot apical meristem of seedlings using the Bio-Rad PDS/1000/He gene gun. Tungsten beads coated with plasmid DNA (pBI221) carrying the coding sequence for the GUS protein were used to deliver the gene directly into the meristematic tissue. Transgenic cotton plants have been obtained using techniques of shoot meristem transformation and direct regeneration of shoots and roots. Plants derived from this process were screened for integration of the GUS gene into the plant cell genome using dot blot technique, genomic Southern analysis, immuno blot hybridization and histochemical assay. This work represents the first report for shoot meristems transformation and regeneration of commercial Egyptian cotton varieties, Gossypium barbadense, (Giza 45, Giza 87 and Giza 88 as extra-long staple varieties and Giza 85, Giza 89 and Giza 86 as long staple varieties) using biolistic gun transformation. Molecular and genetic characterization of primary transformants and their progeny proved that GUS gene was successfully integrated in plant cell genome.


To compensate for severe shortage of scrub nurses, we have been developing the Scrub Nurse Robot (SNR) system that is capable of functioning as a skilled human scrub nurse, who is able to accurately predict which surgical instrument a surgeon will request next and to give it to the surgeon without any delay. In order to achieve this accurate prediction, we have been acquiring surgical-instrument information in laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery (ELS). To facilitate the acquisition, we developed an automatic acquisition system of surgical-instrument information (AASSI) using RFID technology, and evaluated it. The main components of the RFID hardware were an RFID antenna connecting to a trocar cannula and an RFID tag attaching to a surgical instrument. The AASSI detected insertion of the tagged instrument into the RFID-antenna trocar cannula and its extraction as well because the insertion started RF communication between the tag and antenna and the extraction ended the communication. However, electrocautery used frequently in ELS can interrupt the RF communication, thereby resulting in false recognition of insertion and extraction. We investigated and specified the conditions under which the electromagnetic interference occurred. Next, to prevent such incorrect recognition, we proposed a software-based solution, developed an algorithm against electromagnetic interference and verified that it worked in a laboratory setting. In conclusion, the AASSI is able to facilitate acquisition of intraoperative information on surgical instruments and also contribute to creation of extremely precise and accurate operative records.


The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering has adopted a sample-based embedded indicator plan to systematically evaluate course goals and program outcomes on a course-by-course basis using a common framework and standard measures with the intention of creating a comprehensive assessment of student learning. The approach is predicated on the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology assessment criterion, American Society of Civil Engineers Body of Knowledge (BOK-I) guidelines for assessment of program outcomes, and Bloompsilas Taxonomy of cognitive educational objectives. Embedded indicators were generally defined as assessment tools used to specifically measure a collectively determined course goal at an appropriately pre-assigned level of Bloompsilas cognitive performance. The paper provides an analysis of a populated matrix using data from three semesters (Fall 2006 through Fall 2008), including 33 course offerings and 83 course sections taught by nine faculty and two adjunct professors. Findings from this analysis will be summarized along with suggested steps to address problem areas, recommendations for optimizing the sampling process, and means to expand the process to include the entire 132 credit hour undergraduate curriculum. The entire process was established and is being implemented within a small-school environment by department faculty without benefit of support staff.


On 25 March 2017 the European Union celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of
Rome. With Brexit around the corner and the EU searching for its future strategy, we
talk to EU law Professor Federico Fabbrini on the legal challenges ahead.


It is necessary to use an appropriate algorithm in load balancing technology to choose a member, and determine which copy object to deal with the dispatched requests.Aiming at the problem that the traditional round robin algorithm can only implement load balancing in some occasions, this paper presents a round robin algorithm based on trigger mechanism which integrates the advantages of traditional round robin algorithm and weight-based round robin algorithm.Experimental results show that this algorithm can sense the changing of the background resources.


Two new coumarins have been isolated from the leaves of Geijera parviflora Lindl. One of these, dehydrogeijerin, has been shown to be 6-(β,β-dimethylacrylyl)-7-methoxycoumarin (I) and the other, geiparvarin, to be 7-(4, 7-epoxy-3, 7-dimethyl-6-oxoocta-2, 4- dienyloxy)coumarin (IX).


The article discusses selfish behavior and the pursuit for personal payoffs among people. It explores how the concept of selfish behavior is associated with the concept that people pursue only pers...


The class III phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase complexes I and II (PI3KC3-C1 and -C2) are central to the initiation of macroautophagy and endosomal maturation, respectively. Through three-dimensional classification of a large cryo-EM dataset of human PI3KC3-C1 bound to the small GTPase RAB1A, we were able to map the structural pathway of enzyme activation. The inactive conformation is stabilized by an N-myristoyl modification of the pseudokinase (PK) subunit VPS15. The N-myristate is sequestered in the N-lobe of the VPS15 PK domain, which stabilizes a series of interactions whereby VPS15 sequesters and blocks the catalytic and membrane binding units of the VPS34 lipid kinase. In the activated conformation, the N-myristate and the VPS34 lipid kinase domain are liberated to interact with membranes and catalyze PI3P formation. The VPS15 PK domain contains a unique Arg at the gatekeeper position and binds tightly to GTP. GTP binding structurally stabilizes the N-myristate "in" conformation, which promotes the inactive conformation. This pathway provides a general mechanism for PI3KC3 activation in autophagy and endosome biogenesis and a roadmap for their pharmacological upregulation.


Abstract : The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the University of Delaware (UD) have developed an enabling technology to produce a polymer matrix composite-based integral armor with improved multihit ballistic capability. Current applications for integral armor composites include the Composite Armored Vehicle (CAV) technology demonstrator and Crusader self-propelled howitzer platforms. Present integral armor manufacturing processes involve adhesive bonding of a composite structure with ballistic armor tiles, spall shield, and nuisance cover. ARL, UD, and the CAV/Crusader composite structure contractor, United Defense Limited Partnership (UDLP), assessed through-thickness stitching to improve the multihit capability and reduce manufacturing costs. The patent-pending co-injection resin-transfer molding (CIRTM) process was used to produce a stitched, co-injected integral armor panel that demonstrated improved multihit capability. The spall shield was fabricated with a phenolic resin for fire, smoke, and toxicity protection, while the remainder of the integral armor (structural composite resin encapsulating the tiles and the nuisance cover) was fabricated with an epoxy resin for structural performance. Through-thickness stitching and CIRTM were used to enhance the damage tolerance and to reduce the cost of the armor.


The report of Zimmerman et al1 strongly offers us the hypothesis for defect of mammary zinc secretion leading to secondary acrodermatitis in premature breast-fed infants. The validity of their study is in the prospective measurement of the breast milk zinc concentrations during lactation.
 We have also observed a premature infant who had the characteristic skin lesions along with failure to thrive and diarrhea, although the infant was exclusively breast fed, and his family history was negative.


Objective:To understand the Vibrio vulnificus pollution in sea shrimp and its seasonal variation.Methods: 114 sea shrimp samples were collected for qualitative and quantitative analysis of Vibrio vulnificus from three major food markets in Zhoushan.Results: There were 24 strains of Vibrio vulnificus in 114 samples,the total positive rate was 21.1%.Detection rates were relatively low in February and May,which were 3.6% and 7.7% respectively;Detection rates were 56.7% and 13.3% in August and November respectively.The difference of the detection rates in four quarters has statistical significance(χ2=31.91,P0.01).Conclusion:There is a potential risk about Vibrio vulnificus in four seasons of a year.And in summer,the rate of infection rised obviously.


The first direct determination of the iron charge distribution in the energy range 0.3-1.0 MeV/nucleon during Fe-rich and He-3-rich solar energetic particle events is reported. The deterimination was made on the basis of ISEE-3 data for the event from August 1978 to October 1979. The enrichment of He-3 iron relative to oxygen was found to be directly correlated with the enrichment of He-3 to He-4. Average ion charge distributions were computed for: (1) He-3-rich periods which were also Fe-rich and had a He-3/He-4 ratio of 0.1 and (2) periods with a He-3/He-4 ratio of less than 0.1. It is found that the mean iron charge state for He-3-rich periods was in the range 19.5 (+ or - 1.5) and only 14 (+ or - 1) for the time periods with He-3/He-4 less than ratio of 0.1. The reduced data are found to be in good agreement with the theoretical predictions of Fisk (1978), suggesting a temperature in the source region above 5 million degrees K for Fe-rich and He-3-rich solar energetic particle events.


Let α and β be positive real numbers and s a real number satisfying 0 ≤ s < 1. Let ⌊x⌋ denote the greatest integer ≤ x, and {x} = x − ⌊x⌋. Define Ψ (α, β; s) to be the least positive integer n such that ⌊nα + s⌋ ≠ ⌊nβ + s⌋. When s = 0, a simple explicit formula for Ψ is given, and otherwise more complicated formulas are obtained. When α is irrational, a formula for finding the least n ∈ Z+ such that {nα + s} = 0 is presented. A natural characterization of the approximation properties of intermediate convergents (including convergents) without reference to the apparatus of continued fractions is given. A new characterization of the sequence ⌊nα⌋ for n ≥ 1 is found, and ⌊nα + s⌋ for n ≥ 1 is also characterized in a different way.


X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy (XANES) was applied to give arsenic chemical form directly in the solid phase of creek sediment and mine waste samples from the Woodcutters Mine site. The XANES fitting data can be compared with existing bioaccessibility and bioavailability (rat animal uptake) data to explain the observed compositions of the mine wastes. The XANES results support that when soil intake was adjusted for bioaccessibility the potential risk estimate to local residents from the mine waste is less significant.


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To measure light emission pattern in scintillator, higher sensitivity and faster response are required to photo detector. Such as single photon avalanche diode (SPAD), conventional pixelated photo detector is operated at Geiger avalanche multiplication. However higher gain of SPAD seems very attractive, photon detection efficiency per unit area is low. This weak point is mainly caused by Geiger avalanche mechanism.
To overcome these difficulties, we designed Pixelated Linear Avalanche Integration Detector using Silicon on Insulator technology (SOI-Plaid). To avoid dark count noise and dead time comes from quench circuit, we are planning to use APD in linear multiplication mode. SOI technology enables laminating readout circuit and APD layer, and high-speed and low-noise signal reading regardless smaller gain of linear APD. This study shows design of linear APD by using SOI fabrication process. We designed test element group (TEG) of linear APD and inspected optimal structure of linear APD.


Abstract Using marine planation surfaces, fluvial terraces and a digital terrain model, the amount of eroded rock volume versus time for the Meuse catchment has been computed. A comparison of the amount of eroded volume with the volume of sediment preserved in the Roer Valley Rift System shows that 12% of the eroded volume is trapped in this rift. The neotectonic uplift evolution of the Ardennes is inferred from the incision history of the Meuse River system and compared to the subsidence characteristics of the Roer Valley Rift System. Both areas are characterized by an early Middle Pleistocene uplift event.


The high-tech armament equipment decides the result in the intending war.As the substantial basic of the Aeronautic Equipment,how to fit the modern war is the important task which we must solve.Considering the characteristics of the Aeronautic Equipment,the application of laser technology in today's Aeronautic Equipment Support is analyzed and the developmental trend of it is discussed.


This article presents the results of the research executed with teachers from federal educational institution, working in the First Segment of elementary school. The overall goal was to know what they think and know about the 10.639/03 Law and fundamental concepts of debates concerning ethnic-race relations; for the purpose of subsidizing the establishment of the Center of Afro-Brazilian Studies, to point actions necessary to its acting. The research focussed on a questionnaire, voluntary and anonymous. The date analysis, in the way it was thought by authors such as Munanga (2005), Fernandes (2009), Gomes (2005, 2011), Lopes (2005) e Trindade (2008), revealed that some teachers: demonstrate a superficial understanding of the ethnic-race relations theme; perform on their own initiative, specific activities in classrooms; and highlight the need for training and the development of knowledge and activities that help to effect this subject in the school routine.


Typhoid fever presents most often with fever, headache and gastrointestinal manifestations. Vascular lesions are one of the rare complications of infections. Many viral and bacterial infections complicate small and medium vessels. Herein, we report a 5.5-year-old Iranian girl with Typhoid fever and cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis which is an unusual presentation of the disease


There is an association between depressed left ventricular ejection fraction (ejection fraction < 35%; LVEF) and increased mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Ther...


A new direct hemagglutination test (HI-GONAVIS) for urinary LH was compared with the serum radioimmuno-assay of LH. The pairs of values showed a good correlation of r-0.87. In conjunction with clinical parameters and further hormone determinations the test was of value in the diagnosis of: the follicle phase of the cycle, the per-ovulatory phase, the luteal phase, the menopause, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism.


In recent years there seems to have been a growing interest in and understanding of the fact that more intensive conservation and restoration activities are needed in almost all fields during the years to come, if cultural objects of significant value are not to decay at a perilous rate. Equally it is becoming clear that the one and only course to follow, if conservation and restoration activities are to be intensified at the rate necessary, is to establish extensive education and training systems to serve for the training of future employees, as well as for bringing those already employed to a higher professional standard. In Denmark the problems in the field of conservation and restoration were recognized at the highest level in 1965, and in the autumn of that year the Minister of Cultural Affairs appointed a committee to put forward a plan for the future organization of conservation and restoration activities in Denmark, as well as for the future education and training of conservators and restorers. The findings of this committee were published in a report in March 1969. Regarding the organization of conservation and restoration activities in Denmark, the committee suggested a certain degree of decentralization. The report proposes that within each main field of conservation (historical and archaeological museums, museums of fine art, libraries and archives) a network of conservation and restoration laboratories working at different levels should be established. Thus the laboratories working on a primary level will be those connected to the large, central institutions in Copenhagen, (the National Museum, the State Museum of Fine Arts and the Royal Library), while laboratories or conservation and restoration teams, which may be varied according to local conditions, will be connected to institutions in the provinces (local museums, provincial museums of fine art, the University Library Odense, the State Library Arhus). As regards conservation and restoration activities in the field of archives, the archive authorities have


Our correspondent Mr. J. D. Pasteur is such a passionate naturalist, that he had no rest before he procured a nest of the black-tailed, red Tree-Rat. A specimen of the kind has been presented by that gentleman to our Museum and is at present exhibited in a glass case. This globulous nest has a diameter of 18 cm., the entrance, placed sideways, a diameter of about 6 cm. It has nicely been constructed of small branches with leaflets and parts of large leaves.


Electrical and mechanical activities were studied in voltage clamped crab muscle fibre. Two components of tension were described. The phasic component of tension is associated with the Ca inward current and the quantity of Ca ions entering the cell during the activation of this current. The tonic component of tension accounts for the tension elicited by low applied potentials which do not activate ICa, and for potentials higher than the reversal potential for Ca ions. When ica is activated the tonic tension appears superimposed on the phasic tension and it accounts for the existence of the maintained tension at the end of long-lasting pulses. The tonic tension explains the existence of mechanical activity in passive fibres. The voltage and time dependences of the tonic tension were analysed and the mechanical threshold was described. The dependences of the tonic tension on external Na and Ca ions suggested a regulation by a Na—Ca exchange mechanism. It is concluded that calcium influx is a prerequisite for the development of tension. Two origins for the Ca influx were suggested: Ca enters the cell via the calcium current and via Ca influx linked to Na efflux.


A series of 1,4,5-trisubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles was prepared simply and conveniently via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition/coupling reaction of terminal alkynes, phenylboronic acids and sodium azide in 1,4-dioxane-water using CuI/CuSO4 as catalyst.


Teaching the topics from the field of information system design and development presents a specific challenge for the teacher. It is hard to simulate real-life circumstances of complex information system design and development in educational environment. In this paper we present an educational model in which topics from this field are taught using project-based learning. This method is used continuously during the entire study, through a number of interconnected project assignments. Each assignment presents a phase or activity of information system design or development, and approaches students to real-life problems. We propose to implement this model through several courses in undergraduate and graduate study, because assignments require different levels of maturity and knowledge from students. The model follows a basic idea to give a theoretic overview of information system design and development phases in one course and then to teach each phase and its activities in a separate course in detail. In the basic course on information systems special attention should be focused on digital innovations and on students' awareness on application of technology to improve business effectiveness.


As a collaboration between humans and robots becomes critical, stiffness control of the robot is essential for stability and efficiency of work. Therefore, research on the variable stiffness mechanism is being actively conducted in service robots, soft robots, and exoskeletons. The main types of variable stiffness mechanisms are jamming effect (particle jamming and layer jamming), shape memory polymer (SMP), and low melting point alloy (LMPA). The case of the jamming effect uses negative pneumatic pressure to change the stiffness. Because of that, it is possible to change the stiffness quickly, and it is easy to manufacture. However, both SMP and LMPA use thermal energy to increase the material's stiffness. There is a risk of damage to humans or robots, and it takes much time to change the stiffness. Therefore, this study introduces a variable stiffness mechanism that combines particle jamming and core-frame. In addition, optimization studies are being conducted to use the jamming effect in industries. However, due to the randomness of particle jamming, the existing studies assumed that the variable stiffness mechanism was a simple beam or modeled it using hook's law, so the accuracy was low. Therefore, in this study, five design variables are selected for particle and core-frame, the main elements constituting the variable stiffness mechanism. In addition, design variables are optimized through various FEM simulations. Furthermore, the simulation is proved by establishing a theoretical model for variable stiffness structure when the jamming effect occurs. Finally, the optimization of five design variables is proved through experiments.


We previously demonstrated that [ 3 H]b-funaltrexamine ([ 3 H]b-FNA) labeled the rat m opioid receptor expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells with high specificity, and [ 3 H]b-FNA-labeled receptors migrated as one broad band with a mass of 80 kDa. In this study, we determined the region and then the amino acid residue of the m receptor involved in the covalent binding of [ 3 H]b-FNA. [ 3 H]b-FNA-labeled receptors were solubilized and purified to ;10% purity by immunoaffinity chromatography with antibodies against a C-terminal domain peptide. The site of covalent bond formation was determined to be within Ala 206 ‐Met 243 by CNBr cleavage of partially purified labeled m receptors and determinations of sizes of labeled receptor fragments. The amino acid residue of b-FNA covalent incorporation was then determined by site-directed mutagenesis studies within this region. Mutation of Lys 233 to Ala, Arg, His, and Leu completely eliminated covalent binding of [ 3 H]b-FNA, although these mutants bound b-FNA with high affinity. Mutations of other amino acid residues did not affect covalent binding of [ 3 H]b-FNA. These results indicate that [ 3 H]b-FNA binds covalently to Lys 233 . Since [ 3 H]b-FNA is a rigid molecule, the information will be very useful for molecular modeling of interaction between morphinans and the m receptor.


It was determined that beginning from 1990s increase happened in temperature and amount of the precipitations significantly reduced. These climate changes affected the quantitative indicators of the Kur water. The ion content of the river water considerably rose in 2018 in comparison with 1952 and 1990s. This rise was more intensive towards the river mouth. In 1952 the ion sum in the Girag Kasaman station was 419,0 mg|l, but in 1990 this figure was 608,3 mg|l, in 2018 it was 620,5 mg|l. But in Banka near the river mouth a quantity of ions was 865,0 mg|l in 1952, 874,7 mg|l in 1990, but it was 888,1 mg|l in 2018. The climate alteration affected mineralogical composition and amount of biogenic elements. A quantity of minerals legally rose while approaching the river mouth. Especially this increase has risen even further for 30 years.Change of the Kur water quality in this direction causes formation of some problems in irrigation use. Tons of harmful salts enter every hectare of land. The undrained and old unrepaired drained soil are salinized and create condition for degradation.


Indigenous offense is an act that violates the sense of justice and propriety inpublic life, sahingga cause disruption of public peace and order to restore balance, thenSo, Customary law offense is a whole unwritten law that determines the existence of violations of customary deeds and all attempts to restorea state of equilibrium is disturbed by such actions.there is the customary reactions.encouraged the emergence of an ongoing debate since the beginning of the independence ofIndonesia on whether custom could be one source of law in the Indonesian constitution. Therefore, the focus in this study is the existence of Indigenous offense in Indonesiancriminal law system. The conclusion in this paper can be said that the offense is a violation of Indigenous customary criminal and civil. In solution, preferably an elementHowever, Indigenous offense hasof peace through justice of the peace as the controlling offense Indigenous village. If not tercapa peace, then the elders can provide appropriate sanctions and the background dueto the violation.


One of the most effective ways to design low power circuits is to use low power supply voltages. If the threshold voltages are also reduced, it is possible to maintain good performance at these lower voltages. This paper addresses the question of how to choose the optimum supply and threshold voltages for low power design. Other workers have also addressed this question, but have only considered nominal conditions or nominal conditions plus simplified tolerances. These prior works have used simplified models for device switching speed and power dissipation. In the present work we take more detailed account of parameter tolerances, take full account of short channel effects in the devices, and carry out full circuit simulations to obtain accurate speed and power information.


The electric energy data acquire system with full coverage of power user and full collection of electric information is the important component of the deployment of strong & smart grid. A real-time, reliable, high-speed and secure data communication network is the key to implementing electric energy data acquire system. The low-voltage power line communication make full use of power line resources and has many advantages, such as coverage a wide range of electric power user, low cost of investment, easy to implement. PLC has become a mainstream technology in the construction of electric energy data acquire system and it has been widely adopted in many cities in China. However, it is usually hard for the current single communication mode to meet the requirement of full coverage of electric power user and collection of electric information because the structure of distribution network is complicated. This paper shows integrating several communication methods to build the electric energy data acquire network, which achieved good results in the field deployment, validate the feasibility of the solution.


PSYC G4490 Inheritance (seminar) 4 pts F Champagne F 10:10-12:00PM Room 405 Schermerhorn Hall INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION REQUIRED PRIOR TO REGISTRATION Please be advised that if you do not obtain permission to register from the instructor prior to registering you will not be permitted to take this course. Requests for permission should be made by email and it is recommended that you make this request in advance of the registration period. Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of biology and neuroscience recommended. Instructor permission required. Explores the concept of inheritance and the mechanisms through which inheritance is mediated. Will focus on the generational transmission of physiology and behavior, but will also consider the inheritance of culture and language. Textbook: Jablonka, E. and Lamb, M.J. (2005) Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life. MIT Press.


A review of available information on six self-dumping glacier-dammed lakes indicates that instantaneous discharge during a jökulhlaup is proportional to some power of the cumulative volume of water released rather than being a direct function of time. Information on these and four other self-dumping lakes, moreover, indicates that the peak discharge at the end of each jökulhlaup is approximately proportional to the two-thirds power of the total volume of water released during the flood.