The associated risks of the technologies currently used in the accounting field, relating to the difficulty of maintain the security of data, are still significant due to the complexity of the systems used which, in addition to the benefits they bring in accounting processes, generate a number of challenges in maintaining the fundamental characteristics of data. To address the current lack of well-trained practitioners for them to be able to reduce these risks, the international professional bodies support the need of developing a sufficient set of skills for accountants, by raising the awareness level of the impact that security incidents may have. At the same time, there is a gap between the skills that students acquire and the requirements of the business environment, an aspect that favors the increase and the impact of cyber-attacks. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perception of data security of the practitioners in the field of accounting and auditing and the extent to which they believe that the information they receive is sufficient while examining the different types of actions of the professionals that may affect the security of accounting information. The results of the research show that the professionals are aware of the good practices of maintaining the fundamental characteristics of the data and understand the impact of incorrect information management, but a significant part of the study participants believes that does not receive enough information on data security from companies and professional organizations.


Recurrent drought is among the major factors constraining coffee production in Ethiopia. On the other hand, in most cases, there is shortage of water resources for irrigation during prolonged dry spells. Therefore, this study was conducted with the objective of developing an effective irrigation management strategy, which could minimize the adverse effect of drought on coffee production, save water and improve water use efficiency of this crop. Two deficit irrigation techniques: partial root zone drying (PRD) and normal deficit irrigation (NDI) were studied along with a well-watered (WW) treatment on six years old coffee (Coffea arabica L.) stand of cultivar F-59 in randomized complete block design with four replications. The experiment was conducted for 18 months at Jimma Agricultural Research Center of the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research. Among the irrigation practices tested in the present study, full irrigation (WW) resulted in considerably higher soil moisture content, leaf relative water content (RWC), stomatal conductance (gs) and crop yield, compared to PRD and NDI. Yield components had also higher values under WW than in PRD and NDI treatments. However, the difference between WW and PRD was not significant for crop yield and for most of the yield components, and yet PRD and NDI significantly improved the quality of coffee beans. In addition, PRD saved 50% of the irrigation water required for WW and resulted in significantly higher irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) than WW and NDI. Hence, it was concluded that PRD seems an effective irrigation strategy that could save water, increase IWUE and improve crop quality without a significant reduction in crop yield in areas where water is scarce for irrigation and the dry spells are prolonged.


The relations between culture relics preservation and tourism development becomes a current hot topic.The paper analyses their relations from two aspects of the unity and the opposite.The author points out that only when we moderately develop tourism with the premise of preserving culture relics can we realize double wins.


The use of a fourth order loop filter within a Continuous-Time (CT) ΔΣ Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) structure is explored and a custom prototype in a 0.18μm CMOS with a measured performance of 40dB gain, 70 degree phase margin and unity gain bandwidth of 79.060 MHz which consuming low power consumption at 1.8V power supply. A key innovation is the explicit use of the loop filter output to avoid the signal distortion that had severely limited the performance of ΔΣ ADC's. The proposed architecture consists of the loop filter using active RC integrators in a low power. This study is implemented in Tanner Tools by using 0.18μm CMOS process.


A multi-disciplinary team from the University of Sevilla studied the Tower of Don Fadrique (Albaida, Seville, Spain), carrying out an analysis of its history, materials, construction, and pathologies. The aim was to provide local authorities with information to guide their technicians in assessing the possibilities of an intervention on the tower based on a better understanding of its masonry and an evaluation of its hazards and levels of vulnerability. A synthesis of the preliminary phase of this study is presented below. state of the tower makes it advisable to undertake a future intervention to optimize its conservation status and provide a complete analysis regarding its origin and historical evolution in order to provide the local administration with guidelines for their technicians. Consequently, a group of researchers from the Department of Architectonic Construction 2 of the Institute of Technology of Building Engineering at the University of Seville set out a preliminary intervention plan fitting the needs of this building. The preliminary results are presented herein. Specifically, for a better understanding of the tower's masonry and a more complete evaluation of its hazards and vulnerability levels, we undertook multi-disciplinary historical, material, construction, and pathology analyses of the tower in order to address intervention proposals on this Historical Heritage Site.


The aim of the research was to monitor as closely as possible the active media consumption behaviors of pupils living in Mures, Cluj, Brasov and Harghita counties, in Romania. The age range of the pupils was between the ages of 11 and 18 years old. In the school year of 2017-2018, 206 individuals participated in the study by filling out an online electronic questionnaire. Prior to this study, there was an assessment in 2012, on similar topics, and the survey conducted then and now can be compared in order to see the changes and shifts that occurred in five years, considering that the current study was conducted on a larger sample, on a larger population. This assessment was conducted from the perspective of practical media education, focusing on topics such as the possibilities inherent in using Facebook; the purpose and the language of chat and messenger; befriending on social media: the question of friendship on the web—is it actual or virtual friendship? etc. The questionnaire was adapted to the age, individual characteristics of the pupils, their media consumption habits, perceived preferences, interest, perceived and revealed risk factors. The data obtained is very valuable from my perspective as a media psychology teacher. It is very important to emphasize on the fact that our society, on the micro-level and on the wider scale, is facing multitudes of challenges regarding media consumption. These challenges require a more precise, refined and advanced theoretical and practical approach (raising awareness, prevention strategies) in media education.


The current research investigated the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance through moderation of transformational leadership in the context of Pakistani SMEs. For this purpose, 193 SMEs were selected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The data was collected through a structured questionnaire from the selected respondents. The study found that entrepreneurial orientation is positively and significantly related with firm performance (t=13.39, p<.05). The study also found that transformational leadership moderates the significant relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance. Limitations, managerial implications and direction for future research are also highlighted.


The invention discloses a water-reducing slump-retaining type polycarboxylic acid water reducing agent and a preparing method thereof. The water-reducing slump-retaining type polycarboxylic acid water reducing agent has the pH of 6.0-7.0 and comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 190-200 parts of methyl-2-buten-1-ol polyoxyethylene ether with the molecular weight of 600-3000, 15-25 parts of acrylic acid, 1-5 parts of hydroxyalkyl acrylate, 0.1-3 parts of unsaturated phosphate, 0.5-5 parts of unsaturated alcohol ether, 1.0-3.5 parts of an oxidant, 0.1-2 parts of a reductant, 0.1-2 parts of sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, 0.5-2.5 parts of a chain transfer agent, 325 parts of water, and a proper amount of a caustic soda liquid with the mass concentration of 30-32%. The water-reducing slump-retaining type polycarboxylic acid water reducing agent has the advantages of high content of effective components, good dispersion and excellent performance; and the preparation method adopts a room temperature process and a composite initiation system, has the appropriate reaction temperature of 5-40 DEG C, has no need of heating, makes the production more convenient and the cost lower, saves energy and protects the environment.


To address these challenges, countries in the region have sought advice and assistance from their neighbours, as well as international donors and organizations, and formed what is now known as the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security. The six participating countries of this initiative — Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, and Timor Leste — are working together to promote marine protected areas, better fishing techniques, and sustainable tourism, work that is helping to safeguard their unique marine resources and future economies.


A new synthesis of highly substituted dienes using LiCMe2SePh is reported, along with its application to the synthesis of the taxane model compound 8,12,15,15-tetramethyltricyclo[9.3.1.03,8]pentadecane.


ABSTRACT Nowadays, companies are absorbed in changing, competitive and globalised markets, which necessitates further investigation about processes and tools that prepare executives to take on those challenges. In the organisational field where it is required to enhance skills and attitudes for achieving certain objectives, coaching becomes relevant as companies are becoming more conscientious about the best way to sustain their employees over time. This is achieved through the investment in processes and accompanying programmes that include training and knowledge transfer. The objective is to achieve better results that would influence the financial and non-financial performance of the organisation. Considering that managerial coaching lacks empirical evidence for the results in executives and therefore in organisations, the present research analyses the influence of this concept on performance and its effectiveness, proving how coaching processes are fundamental tools not only for managers in human resources, but for all professionals working in leadership roles and meeting goals within organisations.


We demonstrate reflective metalens using silver and PMMA patterned nanoholes and experimentally confirmed that broadband metalenses efficiently focus with each focal length in the RGB wavelength. We expect compact-optics and meta-filter by combining those.


A model for time-dependent reliability assessment of structures, subject to cumulating damage due to point seismic overloads, is presented. The deteriorating structural parameter is the capacity of the structure expressed in terms kinematic (monotonic) ductility to conventional collapse. A stochastic process is employed to model the progressive loss of capacity during a time interval of interest. The capacity reduction due to earthquake shocks is analysed for a simple bilinear structural system, for which earthquake damage increments are non-negative independent and identically distributed random variables. The widely used Gamma distribution is adopted to model damage increments. Some approximations are proposed to get handy expressions for the reliability function. Based on these, close-form solutions for life-cycle structural assessment are derived and discussed with respect to different possible knowledge levels. Finally, illustrative examples show applicability within the performance-based earthquake engineering framework.


Abstract Two previously unrecognised debris‐avalanche deposits have been identified on the eastern flanks of Egmont Volcano beneath a thick mantle of tephric and andic soil material that has mostly subdued their topographic expression. The Ngaere Formation is a c. 23 14C ka large volume (>5.85 km3) debris‐avalanche deposit that is widely distributed over 320–500 km2 of the north‐east, south‐east, and south portions of the Egmont ring plain. The second deposit, Okawa Formation, is a c. 105 ka large volume (>3.62 km3) debris‐avalanche deposit that has been mapped over a minimum area of 255 km2 in northern and north‐eastern Taranaki. Both debris‐avalanche formations contain axial facies with hummocks composed mainly of block‐supported brecciated andesitic debris. A less conspicuous marginal facies, texturally resembling a mudflow, is more extensive. A third debris‐avalanche deposit (Motunui Formation) is extensively preserved along the north Taranaki coast where it is truncated by a c. 127 ka wave cut surface (NT2) and closely overlies a c. 210 ka wave cut surface (NT3). The source of this debris‐avalanche deposit is unknown. Side‐scan sonar and shallow seismic profiling have been useful in accurately delineating the distribution of combined Okawa and Motunui debris‐avalanche deposits in the offshore environment but cannot distinguish between the two deposits or enable onshore spatial and volumetric estimates for each unit to be revised. However, the widespread occurrence of debris‐avalanche rock material offshore does emphasise the importance of this lag material altering the orientation of the coast influencing both wave climate and rates of coastal erosion. Similarly, the extensive onshore occurrence of debris‐avalanche rock material appears to be a significant factor in widening of the north Taranaki coastal plain and preservation of the NT2 and NT3 uplifted marine terrace surfaces. Initiation of collapse by magmatically‐induced seismicity is apparently common at many stratovolcanoes. Emplacement of Ngaere Formation was immediately preceded by a magmatic fall unit and is directly overlain by a closely spaced sequence of 13 fall units. In contrast, there is no evidence to indicate that an eruptive event triggered or immediately followed the Okawa debris‐avalanche event, but seismically induced gravitational sliding cannot be discounted. Egmont Volcano has repetitively collapsed over its c. 127 ka history and has generated at least five voluminous landscape‐forming debris‐avalanche deposits. Probabilistically‐based return times are calculated at c. 1967 14C yr for volumes ≥0.15 km3 and c. 21 000 14C yr for volumes ≥7.5 km3. Despite lower return times in comparison to tephra emission, Egmont Volcano is an inherently unstable cone because it comprises interbedded lavas and unconsolidated volcaniclastic deposits with a high slope angle overlying a faulted basement of Tertiary sediments. Should eruptive activity recommence and coincide with significant upper cone dilation, then the likelihood of a gravitational cone collapse is expected to increase although critical thresholds remain to be modelled. Fortunately, the Taranaki Regional Volcanic Contingency Plan is based on pre‐emptive evacuation which is intended to minimise loss of life in advance of an eruptive and/or cone collapse event occurring.


Nationally, and at the state and institutional levels, we face a daunting dilemma. Since 9/11/2001 the challenges of religious pluralism, and its varied extremist elements, are having a daily impact, not only here in the U.S. but around our reeling globe. Here in the U.S. we have long standing white, Anglo Saxon, Protestant, religious assumptions and habits embedded in our psyche and expressed through our symbols and rituals – our currency, our Pledge of allegiance, our legal holidays, the Presidential inauguration and court practices where we swear on the Bible. Until fairly recently these foundations for our culture have gone largely unexamined in our schools, colleges and universities. Legal challenges from atheists or from those rooted in different belief systems which get to the Supreme Court create a short blip on our awareness screen, which quickly fades for most of us. Of course many of those who identify strongly with our Christian foundations are very aware of, and concerned about, the consequences of these challenges and the Court decisions, and the societal trends they support. But the rest of us continue our daily rounds paying scant attention to varied ways this tradition finds expression.


Piwi and piRNA form the piRNA‐induced silencing complex (piRISC) to repress transposons. In the current model, Armitage (Armi) brings the Piwi–piRISC precursor (pre‐piRISC) to mitochondria, where Zucchini‐dependent piRISC maturation occurs. Here, we show that Armi is necessary for Piwi–pre‐piRISC formation at Yb bodies and that Armi triggers the exit of Piwi–pre‐piRISC from Yb bodies and the translocation to mitochondria. Piwi–pre‐piRISC resist leaving Yb bodies until Armi binds Piwi–pre‐piRISC through the piRNA precursors. The lack of the Armi N‐terminus also blocks the Piwi–pre‐piRISC exit from Yb bodies. Thus, Armi determines Piwi–piRISC processing, in a multilayered manner, from precursor formation and quality control to inter‐organelle translocation for maturation.


This paper reviews published literature on decision making in adolescents and impacts of interaction with computers amongst adolescents. The focus is on understanding the developmental stage of human brain during adolescent age along with physical, social and emotional impacts of interactions with computers. This will help in understanding areas where computer interactions have enriched the lives of adolescents and areas with negative consequences of computer interactions. The motives behind excessive online interactions are more important to predict negative consequences rather than time spent online. The adolescent brain understands reward-based interactions better than risk analysis and consequences of risky behavior. Adolescents tend to learn from their peers and they tend to take more risk in a group setting as compared to individual setting. Adolescents get addicted to online group play video games and find them as an escape from day to day miseries in their lives. Depressed adolescents get affected more negatively on social media as compared to normal adolescents. Adolescents and parents can connect with each other by participating in video games together. Social media and Internet based communication can also be helpful in motivating adolescents to exercise. These studies bring forward various important aspects of adolescent brains and how computer programs can be designed to cater to the needs to adolescents such as educational applications can be designed with reward-based system and allow sharing their achievement amongst their peers. Similarly, social media posts can be used as an input in analyzing psychological state of adolescents to detect depression amongst adolescents. Video games can be designed by making them a source of family entertainment to bring the family together.


Objective To investigate the clinical features of neonatal seizures in newborns delivered within 1 week, so as to provide reliable recommendations for clinical treatment and prevention of the disease. Methods Fifty-two neonates with neonatal seizures admitted in our hospital from December 2012 to March 2015 were randomly selected. And their clinical data were retrospectively analyzed. Results In this study, 44.23% of the neonates had neonatal seizures within 3d of delivery, 36.54% of them had neonatal seizures within 3-7d of delivery, 40.38% of them had the disease due to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Microminiature attack was the most common attack type, accounting for 9.62% of all the attack types. After antispasmodic and etiological treatment, of the 52 neonates, 31 cases were cured successfully, 16 cases were improved, but 5 cases died. Conclusion The clinical signs of neonates, especially those delivered within 3 days, should be closely observed. Timely detection and treatment of neonatal seizures can protect the safety of the children and reduce the incidence of sequelae.


A favorite proxy for market power is the degree of concentration defined as the per centage of national sales held by the largest four, eight, or twenty firms in a given indus try. Summary measures of national concen tration have also been formulated, and each has its own appeal and advocates. A problem common to all measures of concentration, however, is the implicit assumption that in dustrial competition is national in scope. For many industries with medium to low concen tration ratios, Weiss [19] has shown that mar kets are geographically limited, a fact recog nized by Industrial Organization economists, but largely ignored in empirical studies. The national concentration ratio could be low for an industry, nominally implying low concen tration and thus low profits, when in fact, high shipping costs, information costs, prod uct perishability, or other factors could result in many firms nationally, but few firms in any geographic market. Blair [1, pp. 9-10] provides us with a case in point, for the bread


The objective of this study was to verify the efficiency of nondestructive evaluation of wood panels mechanical properties by stress wave timer method in medium density particle board (MDP) from pine. Were evaluated industrial MDP panels from eucalypts (5) and pine (5), both from two national companies, and five panels from sugarcane bagasse imported from China. Stress wave timer method was used for nondestructive evaluation. The modulus of elasticity (MOE d ) obtained by stress wave timer method was confronted with MOE and flexural strength (MOR) to bending tests from conventional assays. Measures in length and width directions were performed in each panel. Nondestructive method was effective only for sugar cane bagasse panels, so it can be used to predict MOE and MOR for this type of panel.


This study has extended the development of an
exciting technology which promises to enable the Pb-Bi eutectic
cooled reactors to operate at temperatures up to 650-700°C. This
new technology is a functionally graded composite steel which
resists high temperature LBE corrosion. This composite steel
consists of a Fel2Cr2Si protective layer weld overlaid on a T91
steel and then drawn to fuel cladding and piping material. A series
of tests and materials analysis were performed on the composite
piping material. These tests / analysis included microstructural
characterization, heat treatment optimization, creep and tensile
testing, diffusion testing, and long term static corrosion tests.
Although the composite fuel cladding was not available at the time
of this study, all of the results from the piping material
characterization are directly applicable to the fuel cladding
material. It has been shown that the heat treated composite piping
material exhibits mechanical properties in excess of the ASTM
minimum standard for T91. This material also exhibits a
conservative corrosion rate of< 22pm/yr in static Pb-Bi
eutectic. This low corrosion rate will enable fuel cladding to have
a 3.6 year lifetime and piping material a 36 year lifetime, if the
static corrosion rate is equivalent to the flowing corrosion rate.
This material has also been shown to have a very slow diffusion
rate for chromium, with a chromium inter-diffusion zone of <
35um over the lifetime of the nuclear reactor. There still however
exist several challenges to implementing this technology. The
challenges include resolving the issue of cracking of the Fel2Cr2Si
layer during tube drawing and increasing the high temperature
stress / creep resistance of the structural T91
layer.


ABSTRACT: Based on Indonesian law, a guardian is responsible for the walfare and property of the children under his guardianship including the heritage. In Aceh, usually a guardian is a man in the child's father family and generally he is only responsible to manage the property of the child under his guardianship but the walfare and day care s still the responsibility of the mother. However, if the mother also die the guardianship is given to the family of the mother. This research aims to explain what the authority of the guardian towards the child means to represent the child is and the constraints of the guardian in conducting the guardian for children in terms of providing the protecting for the child. The research shows that the authority of the guardian towards the child means to represent the child in acting in relation to the property of the parent and benefit the child, the guardian has an obligation to manage the property. The constraint factors to be a guardian for the child are of the understanding of the guardian obligation. Law Protection o n Orphans Losing Their Parents


The invention relates to a remote real-time measurement and control (monitoring) terminal of an oil pumping unit by combining a digital video technology. The remote real-time measurement and control (monitoring) terminal comprises a power supply interface, a sensor wiring terminal, a data control chip, a video input interface, a digital video processing module (DSP), a bus driving circuit, a CPU control module (ARM), a wireless module expansion port and a data acquisition chip. The invention not only has the functions of achieving real-time acquisition and real-time control to remote operationdata of the oil pumping unit, but also has the remote safety anti-theft real-time monitoring function of the oil pumping unit.


Abstract This article challenges current assumptions about 14–19 education at a deeper level than the post-Dearing debate. Overt barriers to rethinking are the ambiguous treatment of practical knowledge and prevailing assumptions about standards, time-frames and the role of the learner. A broad framework of learning goals for the 14–19 curriculum is offered. Several might properly be regarded as entitlements. Yet few curriculum pathways significantly progress young people towards these goals throughout this 4–5-year period. Too little attention is given to developing their capability and disposition to learn in a wide range of contexts, an essential foundation for participation in 'The Learning Society'. Key curriculum concepts have become covert barriers to curriculum thinking, and have therefore been reframed in accordance with current understanding of the learning process. These concepts are knowledge, understanding, transfer of learning, skills, progression, assessment, relevance, motivation and market.


Background:
 Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in patients with COVID-19 and mediated, in part, by thromboinflammation. In non-critically ill patients with COVID-19, therapeutic-dose anticoagulation with heparin increased the probability of survival to hospital discharge with reduced use of cardiovascular or respiratory organ support. We investigated whether therapeutic-dose heparin reduces the incidence of AKI or death in non-critically ill patients hospitalized for COVID-19.

 Methods:
 Non-critically ill patients hospitalized for COVID-19 were enrolled in an open-label, multiplatform randomized trial of therapeutic-dose heparin versus usual-care pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis. The primary endpoint of this analysis was in-hospital diagnosis of AKI or death. AKI was defined as Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes stage 2 or 3 AKI (≥2-fold increase in serum creatinine or initiation of renal replacement therapy). A Bayesian statistical model estimated the risk of AKI or death between those randomized to therapeutic-dose anticoagulation versus usual-care thromboprophylaxis, adjusted for age, sex, D-dimer, time epoch, country, site, and platform.

 Results:
 Among 1922 enrolled from ACTIV4a and ATTACC, 23 were excluded due to ESRD at enrollment. Baseline or follow-up creatinine was missing for 205 individuals. Among 1694 participants analyzed, median age was 60, 58% were men, and median baseline creatinine was 0.9 mg/dL. The primary endpoint occurred in 83 participants (4.9%); 4.4% assigned to therapeutic-dose heparin and 5.5% assigned to thromboprophylaxis (adjusted relative risk [aRR] 0.72, 95% CrI 0.47-1.10; posterior probability of superiority [defined as relative risk < 1.0] was 93.6%). Therapeutic-dose anticoagulation was associated with a 97.7% probability of superiority to reduce the composite of stage 3 AKI or death (3.1% vs. 4.6%; aRR 0.64, 95% CrI 0.40-0.99) compared to usual-care thromboprophylaxis.

 Conclusions:
 Therapeutic-dose anticoagulation with heparin was associated with a high probability of superiority to reduce the incidence of in-hospital stage 3 AKI or death in non-critically ill patients hospitalized for COVID-19, compared with usual-care thromboprophylaxis.


Future organizations must handle a very large and complex IT infrastructure that consists of very diverge and highly heterogeneous computing systems. Moreover, the future generation applications must access services and resources regardless of the geographical location, access methods, and domain of authorization. In order to meet these challenging requirements, a very high degree of virtualization has to be implemented using a smart middleware. This is a very challenging problem for both theory and practice. This paper presents a new framework called OpenUCI (Open Utility Computing Infrastructure). The OpenUCI project aims to explore the innovative design of scalable and flexible software infrastructure that manages large scale heterogeneous distributed system ranging from large Server, PC, and Mobile Devices. OpenUCI exploits a well established technology such as Grid, Web services and .NET technology to build a virtualized and unify access to resources. Basic services that need to be presented will be discussed. The prototype system has been implemented along with the prototype financial engineering application. The results are presented along with the discussion of the experiences learned. With OpenUCI, users can easily harness computing and storage of large distributed system.


A method for eliminating formaldehyde, comprising the steps of: (1) The present invention eliminates formaldehyde diluted 1000-fold agent; (2) the diluted solution was sprayed on the sheet, to the surface of furniture or home decoration. The method of the present invention eliminates formaldehyde agent can reach 90% of the rate of addition to aldehydes, without causing secondary pollution.


Ecological  management is related to sustainable development and affects both the economic motives of profitability and their relationship to people and the environment. This type of management helps to strengthen and build a sustainable management system in the institutions and organizations that apply it. The main objective of this study is to reveal and evaluate the prospects and priorities of ecological management in the 21st century. The following methods and approaches are used in the process of study and research: review of literary sources, methods of analysis and synthesis. The benefits of implementing ecological  management are presented, with special attention being paid to its improvement. The results  draw conclusions for the strategic ecological activities.


In this paper, we study various homology cobordism invariants for Seifert fibered integral homology 3-spheres derived from Heegaard Floer homology. Our main tool is lattice homology, a combinatorial invariant defined by Ozsváth-Szabó and Némethi. We reprove the fact that the d-invariants of Seifert homology spheres Σ(a1, a2, . . . , an) and Σ(a1, a2, . . . , an + a1a2 · · · an−1) are the same using an explicit understanding of the behavior of the numerical semigroup minimally generated by a1a2 · · · an/ai for i ∈ [1, n]. We also study the maximal monotone subroots of the lattice homologies, another homology cobordism invariant introduced by Dai and Manolescu. We show that the maximal monotone subroots of the lattice homologies of Seifert homology spheres Σ(a1, a2, . . . , an) and Σ(a1, a2, . . . , an + 2a1a2 · · · an−1) are the same.


The selection of configuration components in small businesses can be done without any special software, based only on technical and general database knowledge. The most difficult problem in respect to optimal selection of components is the combinational variety. The number of allowed configurations may be very large. The paper presents a solution for selected special tasks of product configuration that allows the reduction of the combinatorial variety. The solutions are demonstrated on an example of a car configuration.


Errors in static pressure measurements caused by taps which protrude beyond the wall and disturb the boundary layer locally are investigated experimentally. The resulting error is presented as a function of the wall shearing stress, the protrusion height and the probe diameter in a representation similar to the calibration curve of Preston tubes. If suitably plotted, the present results can be made to fit this calibration curve to within the experimental accuracy, in spite of the differences between the geometries being compared.


We read the editorial of Gilbert and Desateux.1 In their analysis, they take into account some newborn screening programmes for congenital toxoplasmosis in developing countries such as Brazil and Mexico, with reported rates of up to a maximum of 20 cases/10 000 live births; however, they did not mention our recent report that found a prevalence of 0.5% in a reference hospital in Colombia.2 This study found one child who died 1 week after birth. As we had information only on the frequency of deaths in a reference hospital, we carried out a study in a representative sample of all newborns from Quindio and found nearly the same prevalence: 0.6% (see letter in Archives of Disease in Children in response to the paper …


Abstract Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups (n  =  366) were hot-branded at Lowrie Island, Southeast Alaska, USA, in June 2001 and 2002 for vital-rates studies. To assess potential mortality following branding, we estimated weekly survival to 12 weeks postbranding using mark–recapture models. Survival estimates ranged from 0.984/week to 0.988/week, or 0.868 over the 12-week period; varied little with sex, year, and capture area; and were higher for larger than smaller male pups and unexpectedly lower for larger than smaller female pups. Inclusion of resights at 1–3 years of age prevented a −4.5% bias in cumulative survival to 12 weeks postbranding by accounting for pups that survived but permanently emigrated from Lowrie Island during the 12-week survey. Data from double-marked pups (i.e., branded and flipper-tagged) indicated the low brand-misreading probability of 3.1% did not bias survival estimates. Assuming survival differences between the first 2 weeks postbranding and later weeks were due entirely to the branding event, potential postbranding mortality of branded pups attributable to the branding event was 0.5–0.7%, or one pup for every 200 marked. Weekly survival of branded pups was nearly identical to estimates from a control group of undisturbed, unbranded pups born to 10–11-year-old branded adult females in 2005 (0.987–0.988/week) and similar to pup survival estimates from other otariid studies. Available data did not indicate substantial mortality to 12 weeks postbranding resulting from the branding disturbance, suggesting branding of Steller sea lion pups can be used effectively for investigations of population declines without significantly affecting population health or study goals.


The thesis discusses the Yoneda lemma, which is considered one of the central
theorems in category theory. The introduction de�nes the basic concepts of
category theory, which are later used to formulate and prove the lemma.
Throughout the text there are examples of the categorical way of thinking,
where we take a speci�c situation, that we encounter in mathematics and
look at it in a more general setting. In the �nal chapter we describe and
prove the Yoneda lemma, that presents a way of studying a category, by
studying its inclusion into a category of functors. We show some use cases
of the lemma.


Abstract:This short essay reflects on desires for body modification expressed by civil rights activist Pauli Murray and jazz innovator Ornette Coleman to offer some preliminary thoughts on the concept of "nonbinary Blackness." It compares the different ways Murray and Coleman negotiated the "glandular imaginary" that informed mid-twentieth-century ideas about sex, gender, and identity, and influenced decisions they made about their own bodies. The transmasculine Murray reconciled to living as a woman once medical examinations determined that there was no hormonal or gonadal cause for her/their masculine identifications, while Coleman, a seemingly cisgender man, drew creative insight from his decision to undergo the genital surgery of circumcision.


This thesis studies the demographic history of Crosthwaite Parish, Cumberland (Cumbria) during the period 1560-1800, and attempts to assess the factors affecting population change in the region over that period. It uses the demographic material to assess the influence of some of the population changes on the genetic structure of the population. The study starts with a general introduction to the geography and population history of the region. The second chapter describes the methods used to record and cross-reference the Anglican parish registers which were the main source of material for this research. This is followed by an outline of the types of analysis used to obtain demographic information, and by a description of some attempts to assess pre-census population sizes in England and Wales. The main section of the work involves the use of 'cohorts' to study changes in the size of the breeding population, family size, age at marriage, migration rates and the sex ratio of migrants. Indices of genetic isolation are calculated to indicate the likelihood of genetic drift occurring at any point during the period studied. A study of isonymy is used to calculate inbreeding coefficients. The conclusion discusses the results obtained, and assesses the limitations and potential of historical population studies.


Complexes (dad)2RuCl2 (1) (dad = diazadiene, RN = CR'– CR'=NR) are reduced to (dad)2Ru (2) which react with L = CO or ethylene to give (dad)2RuL (3,5). Reduction of 1b ( R' = H) with magnesium–butadiene or reaction of 2b with butadiene leads to a new type of C–C coupling of butadiene to one of the diazadiene ligands (6b). Addition of CO induces a rearrangement to 7b by a hydride shift.


The invention discloses a processing method of an environmentally-friendly electrosilvering-type powdery coating for replacing electroplating. The processing method comprises the following steps of 1, semi-finished product preparation: mixing polyester resin, triglycidyl isocyanurate, a leveling agent, a brightener, a degassing agent and a pigment, carrying out extrusion, carrying out crude fragmentation, carrying out crushing and carrying out sieving, and 2, finished product preparation: controlling a temperature, adding Chip-On-Board into the semi-finished product, adding aluminum powder into the semi-finished product, then adding a loosening agent into the semi-finished product, carrying out bonding and carrying out sieving to obtain a finished product. The environmentally-friendly electrosilvering-type powdery coating can be used for replacing electroplating, can eliminate environmental pollution caused by electroplating, can reduce a product production cost and can improve acid resistance, alkali resistance, adhesion and mechanical properties of the product.


The studio glass movement first arose in the United States in the early 1950s, and was characterized by practitioners who wanted to divorce glass from its industrial associations and promote it as a fine arts medium. This movement began in a few cities in the eastern part of the country, and in Los Angeles, but gradually emerged as an art form strongly associated with the city of Seattle and the Puget Sound region. This research studies the emergence and growth of the studio glass movement in the Puget Sound region from 1970 to 2003. It examines how glass artists and Seattle's urban elites interacted and worked separately to build the support structures and "art world" that provided learning and mentoring opportunities, workspaces, artistic validation, audience development, critical and financial support, which helped make glass a signature Puget Sound art form, and the role that artist social networks, social capital, cultural capital and cultural policy played in sustaining this community. In particular, the research seeks to explore the factors that nourish a new art form and artist community in second-tier cities that do not have the substantial cultural and economic support structures found in the "arts super cities" such as Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. This study contributes to the growing literature on artist communities, and the roles played by social capital, cultural capital, urban growth coalitions and policy at different stages of community development. Results can assist policymakers in formulating policies that incorporate the arts as a form of community development. ii Acknowledgements I would like to express my sincere thanks to and acknowledge the following people who helped me throughout this process. My committee chair, Carl Abbott, along with Karen Gibson, and Charles Heying, for encouraging me to explore my interests in artists and art in the context of urban studies. The friends who supported and encouraged me wholeheartedly through this long and difficult process: Mary Ratcliff, Laura Freeman, Ellen Walkley, Christy Bailey, Leslie Young, Mi Dove, Kathy Schneller, Randy King, Jane Waddell, Ed Menze, Flora Dalglish, and Tony Daniel. The members of the writing interest group, who listened to, discussed and challenged my ideas in ways that helped me during the writing of the many drafts that went into the making of this document: Arlie Adkins, Lisa Bates, Lauren Larin, Moriah McSharry McGrath, Gretchen Luhr, and Jackie Kohon. I would also like to acknowledge the financial support I received from the Maurie Clark family, Nancy Chapman, and the PSU Laurels program, for which I am grateful. iii Table of


The glass ceramic ZERODUR® from SCHOTT has an excellent reputation as mirror blank material for earthbound and space telescope applications. It is known for its extremely low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) at room temperature and its excellent CTE homogeneity. Recent improvements in CNC machining at SCHOTT allow achieving extremely light weighted substrates up to 90% incorporating very thin ribs and face sheets. In 2012 new ZERODUR® grades EXPANSION CLASS 0 SPECIAL and EXTREME have been released that offer the tightest CTE grades ever. With ZERODUR® TAILORED it is even possible to offer ZERODUR® optimized for customer application temperature profiles. In 2013 SCHOTT started the development of a new dilatometer setup with the target to drive the industrial standard of high accuracy thermal expansion metrology to its limit. In recent years SCHOTT published several paper on improved bending strength of ZERODUR® and lifetime evaluation based on threshold values derived from 3 parameter Weibull distribution fitted to a multitude of stress data. ZERODUR® has been and is still being successfully used as mirror substrates for a large number of space missions. ZERODUR® was used for the secondary mirror in HST and for the Wolter mirrors in CHANDRA without any reported degradation of the optical image quality during the lifetime of the missions. Some years ago early studies on the compaction effects of electron radiation on ZERODUR® were re analyzed. Using a more relevant physical model based on a simplified bimetallic equation the expected deformation of samples exposed in laboratory and space could be predicted in a much more accurate way. The relevant ingredients for light weighted mirror substrates are discussed in this paper: substrate material with excellent homogeneity in its properties, sufficient bending strengths, space radiation hardness and CNC machining capabilities.


In order to obtain higher data transmitting rate and the wireless transmitting technology while drilling with less influence by working condition,an analysis and discussion were made for acoustic telemetry while drilling in channel transmission characteristic,noise and inter-symbol interference,transducer and power supply,and some key factors during drilling deep/ultra-deep well.The result showed that a 100bps or higher transmitting rate using acoustic telemetry is possible to obtain while drilling.The acoustic telemetry while drilling is a promising technology.


A big part of what agencies do — indeed, the core of their executive power—is law enforcement. Whether it is a statute or an agency regulation, agencies make sure that individuals and entities comply with the law. In the case of some agencies, such as prosecutors' offices or police departments, all they do is law enforcement; they do not possess rulemaking or judicial powers. Even for agencies that possess an array of powers, including rulemaking, enforcement is typically a core part of successfully achieving their statutory mission. Agency authorizing statutes typically give the agency broad discretion to set enforcement policies and prioritize the cases they will target.
As a matter of administrative law doctrine, however, enforcement discretion plays a lesser role. To be sure, when agencies bring enforcement actions against a party, courts will review the agency to verify the agency is complying with the law and not exceeding its authority. But enforcement discretion is far broader than a decision to move ahead against a party.
Most aspects of agency enforcement policy generally escape judicial review. A decision not to enforce is presumptively unreviewable, as is an agency's decision not to monitor those it is charged with regulating. Courts tend to steer clear of second-guessing an agency's selection of which actors to target and which to ignore. The judiciary takes a similarly hands-off approach to an agency's broader plans for how it will proceed with enforcement, changes in its nonbinding enforcement policies, or how it will allocate funds from a lump-sum appropriation for enforcement needs.
One might think that because these critical enforcement policy calls do not face judicial review, other oversight mechanisms should take on greater importance. But all too often, enforcement oversight outside the courts gets insufficient attention as well. This Foreword to the Annual Review of Administrative Law in The George Washington Law Review shines a spotlight on enforcement discretion as a standalone problem of agency oversight and begins to catalog approaches for overseeing it.


Abstract We reply to the thoughtful commentary by Joiner and Robison (this issue) about the documentary Robin's Wish. Joiner and Robison suggest that a major depressive episode may have been a proximal cause of Robin Williams' suicide, but that stigma surrounding mental illness led the documentary to eschew a role for depression. We find this perspective compelling and important. Mental illness can be an important cause of suicide, and stigma can harm our ability to understand and treat mental illness and suicide risk. As a complementary perspective, we discuss research and theory suggesting that mental illness does not explain all deaths by suicide. We present research and theory suggesting that suicide is motivated by pain and hopelessness, and that pain and hopelessness can be caused not only by mental illness but by other factors such as overwhelming interpersonal struggles or loss, seemingly insurmountable financial problems, chronic medical conditions, and systematic discrimination and persecution. Finally, we reaffirm Joiner and Robison's belief that understanding and preventing suicide requires the pursuit of accurate knowledge, unburdened by stigma that can harm progress and people.


In this study, we performed surveys on marine algae at 10 different locations selected according to co astal variable parameters (human preassure, hot spring en tity, pollution etc.). The variable parameters meas ured, algae samples collected and then taxonomical classificati ons completed within these field works. As a result , 12 Cyanophyta , 32 Rhodophyta , 13 Phaeophyta , 9 Chlorophyta and 2 Magnoliophyta members, totally 68 taxon assigned.


Recently, the term 'intended giving benefit' has been used extensively, particularly in the development field. However, it was found that the use of this term varies and some confusion and misunderstandings exist, especially between happiness (or subjective wellbeing) and intended giving benefit. For these reasons, this study conducted documentary research aimed at constructing the definition of 'intended giving benefit' and comparing the similarities and differences among intended giving benefit, happiness, positive externality, sufficiency economy, economics of sharing and philanthropy. The results of this study defined 'intended giving benefit' as the benefits which others gain from helping and sharing, including public voluntary work which increases the social benefit. Those who help and share behave intentionally with an altruistic concern for the well-being of others. In addition, the individual happiness of the giver increases as well.


Immatures of the Phelypera schuppeli (Boheman, 1834) (Curculionidae; Hyperinae; Cepurini) are described, illustrated and compared with available descriptions of larvae and pupae of Hyperini. Immatures and adults from midwest (Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul; Pirenópolis, Goiás) and southeast Brazil (Bauru, São Paulo) were found on leaves of the host plant, Pachira aquatica Aubl. ( Malvaceae, formerly Bombacaceae), a tree used as an ornamental plant in many Brazilian frost-free cities. Larvae of P. schuppeli are exophytic, brightly colored, eruciform and possess abdominal ambulatory ampullae, resembling larvae of Lepidoptera. Mature larvae can spin globular lattice-like cocoons where pupation takes place. Data in the field and under laboratory conditions confirmed previously published biological observations on P. schuppeli. Additional information about defensive behaviors, process of cocoon construction and natural enemies, such as the larval predator Supputius cinticeps (Stål, 1860) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and the prepupal and pupal parasitoid Jaliscoa nudipennis Bouček, 1993 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), are reported.


Objective
To explore the effect of token economics on the pediatric peripheral intravenous transfusion.

Methods
A total of 200 cases of hospitalized children at the age of 3-6 years old, were randomly divided into experimental group and control group of 100 cases in each group. Control group received peripheral intravenous transfusion with the conventionalmethod,the experimental group receivedtoken economics intervention based on the peripheral intravenous transfusion;Application of Wang-Baker face scale and FLACC scale for the children's pain was evaluated, and a needle in the two groups, the success rate of indwelling needle,infusion compliance, unplanned extubation and infusion leakage and other aspects were evaluated.

Results
Intravenous puncture pain subjective scoring and objective scoring of the experimental group were lower significantly than those of the control group(P<0.05), a needle puncture success rate, transfusion compliance of the experimental group were obviously higher than those of the control group, while the indwelling needle unplanned extubation, transfusion swelling drain side were lower than those in control group,and there were statistical significance.

Conclusions
Token economics can improve the transfusion compliance of children, improve the success rate of puncture, reduce children transfusion pain,improve the satisfaction of patients and their parents.

Key words:
Token economics; Peripheral intravenous transfusion; Compliance; Children


In this paper,the way of porting U-Boot to Control Computer Based MPC8349 will be introduced in details.As the development of the embedded system,the U-Boot is getting more and more useful of the boot loader for the system.In this case,the study of porting U-Boot to the system of MPC8349 is very important.The results show that the U-Boot can run on the system prefect.


meanings it is one word, for the change of accent is accounted for by the transitive and intransitive meanings of the verb from which it comes, vefia is both ' to arrange' and ' to range,' and is used alike of the man who gives and the man who takes the lot or place assigned. The noun consequently varies between an active and passive sense: it is denned and denning custom, law; a land with denned boundaries, a province; ground where men and cattle may move within limits, pasture; lastly, from this third meaning a rhythmical measure which gives to sounds instead of motions their allotted place, a nome. V6/M>I <P&T)<; and olfws doiSrfc in the Homeric hymns both contain the same metaphor. But there are many plainer examples of the debt that the art of music owes to its sister the dance. SUKTUXOI, fingers and toes, are the chief instruments of gesture; dactyls, as Professor Hardie has shown, were the sole instruments of the earliest metre, the heroic hexameter, and so to them the word was transferred. The other metrical subdivisions are all ' feet,' with the distinguishing adjectives such as irov<; the running foot, fa/iftos the flinger, avdtraia-Tos the strike-back, rpifipaxwi the three short (steps), vpoiceXevo-fiaTiicos the hurry-up, traicov the striker; and in many cases the dances which gave them their names still persisted—the pyrrhic, the Ionian, the Cretan, the Molossian. The list indeed may be almost indefinitely extended : among the nouns that are used in a secondary sense as technical terms of metre, we have KO>\OV a leg, avWaftrj a grip, T/JOTTO? a turn, dpfiovia a joint, trrL-xpi a line, <TTpo<f>rj a twist; there are the adjectives opdios straight up, ftapvs heavy, (TKO\I6<; twisted, and (TKO%COV limping; the verbs vaia to beat with the hand, and /cpovw to beat with the foot. There remains one inference; may not some of the more obscure terms of music be found to have a simple explanation in the movements of the dance ? SiOvpapfios must surely be ' the three-step,' and perhaps even the first meaning of rpayiKol %opoi was ' dancing places marked out for a transverse dance' (our square or country dance), as opposed to the KVKKIOI %<Y>OI the circular dancing places of the dithyramb.


The article characterizes intrafamily relations in a peasant family in the second half of 19 th century. The analysis of traditions of marriage and familylife in the peasant environment gives the reasons of high level of household criminality. Author characterizes the basic crimes and makes the conclusion about influence of peasants stereotypes on a humanisation of intrafamily relations.


Lower bounds for the size of a complete partial ovoid in a nondegenerate Hermitian surface are obtained. For even characteristic, a sharp bound is obtained and all examples of this size are described. Next, a general construction method for locally hermitian partial ovoids is explained, which leads to interesting small examples. Finally, a conjecture is given for the size of the largest complete strictly partial ovoid. By using partial derivation, several examples of complete strictly partial ovoids of this size are provided.


Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the major cause of ESRD. New-onset DM after transplantation (NODAT) frequently occurs and increases the risk of infection and mortality. Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) with pre-existing risk factors for DMt2 are more prone to develop NODAT. An intriguing novel concept is the use of the incretin-based therapies including dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4i), glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1-RAs) and Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) in solid organ transplantation. This class of antidiabetic therapy is not yet established in KTR. Our aim was to examine the efficacy and safety of incretin-based therapies in DM or NODAT in KTR.

 We searched without language restrictions for all publications on Kidney/Renal Transplantation and DPP-4i, GLP-1-RAs and SGLT-2i using electronic databases including Medline, Embase, Cochrane, PubMed. We hand-search the reference lists of every relevant study for additional publications. Further searches were done by reviewing abstract and review articles. We included every study (retrospective/prospective) that used these classes of antidiabetics as treatment of NODAT or DMt2 in KTR. All the primary and secondary outcomes were calculated as mean ± sd. Heterogeneity was assessed with Cochrane's Q statistics and quantified using the I stat, which indicated the proportion of variability across studies that was due to heterogeneity. We used the DerSimonian-Laird estimator for tau^2. Meta-regression was used to assess the effect of different antidiabetics on the primary and secondary outcomes. We assumed a priori the presence of heterogeneity and we used the model of random effects in all analyses. We assessed publication bias using the Begg-Mazumdar test and to nullify the estimated bias the trim-and-fill method, where it was necessary. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistical significant.

 On the 1512 references screened, 16 studies were included in the final analysis. In total, 310 individuals were analyzed with a mean age of 55.98 ± 8.81 years, similar between studies. In 10 of them, participants were diagnosed with NODAT, whereas in all other trials were DMt2 or NODAT. In 8 studies participants received DPP-4i, in 6 SGLT-2i i and in rest 2 GLP-1-RAs. All included KTR were stable and transplanted over 6 months. The mean follow-up of all trials included was 22,03±14.95 weeks. Glycemic control reduces HbA1c (10 studies, MD=-0.38 %, I=45%). The MD of HbA1c for the DPP-4i group was -0.3741 and for the SGLT-2i group was -0.4596 mg/dl. Within every group of each different category of drugs, there was homogeneity (QM, p-value>0.05) and it was explained the most of the variance of the previous meta-analysis (QE= 15.76). The Begg-Mazumdar test showed that publication bias was not present (p> 0.05). Nine trials reported the difference of FPG and 5 of PPG before and after the administration of antidiabetics. The common MD estimator with a random effect model was – 25.76 for FPG and – 6.61 for PPG with a high grade of heterogeneity for both. Seven trials reported the change of body mass index (BMI) and body weight (BW) before and after the administration of this class of antidiabetics. The BW reduction, where reported, was significant in KTR on SGLT1i or DPP-4i whereas BMI wasn't significantly reduced in this group, possible due to statistical artifact. The majority of the studies showed that GFR and hepatic biochemical parameters, didn't change during therapy (DPP-4i, GLP-1-RAs, SGLT-2i).

 Evidence concerning the efficacy of incretins in diabetes on KTR is limited. SGLT2i and DPP-4i are efficacious for glucose-lowering. The safety profile based on renal and hepatic function is indicative for the use of this class of antidiabetics in this population. More high-quality studies are required to help guide therapeutic choice for antidiabetics in KTR.


ABSTRACT Drawing from the practice-oriented conception of reflection in social work, its applications in social work education typically focus on students' encounters with the field. Recognizing the value of practice-oriented reflection yet aware of its limitations, complementing it with life story reflection (LSR) is urged. The importance of LSR in social work education is discussed, and a three-phased application is proposed, which encourages reflection and reflexivity. First, future professionals recount their life stories, subsequently they analyze them, and eventually they explain them. LSR might be doubly beneficial in forming social workers as reflective practitioners. It is valuable in its own right, encouraging students' "big" self-understanding, and when combined with the customary modes of reflection in and on action, potentially deepening insights attained through them.


Clinching is an economical sheet joining technique that does not require any consumables. Besides, after its usage, the joints can be recycled without much difficulty, making clinching one of the most sustainable and eco-friendly manufacturing processes and a topic of high research potential. In this work, the influence of surface roughness on the load-bearing capacity (strength) of joints made by the mechanical clinching method in cross-tensile and lap-shear configuration is explored. Additionally, a correlating mathematical model is established between the joint strength and its surface parameters, namely, friction coefficient and wrap angle, based on the belt friction phenomenon. This correlation also explains the generally observed higher strength in lap-shear configuration compared to cross-tensile in clinching joints. From the mathematical correlation, through friction by increasing the average surface roughness, it is possible to increase the strength of the joint. The quality of the thus produced joint is analyzed by cross-sectional examination and comparison with simulation results. Experimentally, it is shown that an increment of >50% in the joint strength is achieved in lap-shear configuration by modifying the surface roughness and increasing the friction coefficient at the joint interface. Further, the same surface modification does not significantly affect the strength in cross-tensile configuration.


Twelve sweet potatoes cultivars, harvested in 1985 after one vegetative cicle, were processed as meal, wich showed an average composition in dry matter of 46.00% starch, 4.64% crude protein, 1.88% crude fiber, 2.77% ash, 1.34% fat and 2.08% pectin. The juice extracted by a mechanical press, with an average level of total soluble solids of 10.8 2 BRIX, showed the presence of amylases and polyfenoloxidases. These cultivars were evaluated as potential raw material for sweet potato meal processing, for alcool fermentation and as ingredient for the jam processing, as well as product to be used "in natura".


Assume that Ω ⊂ ℝ N is a bounded W 1,p -extension domain and that μ is an upper d-Ahlfors measure on ∂Ω with p ∈ (1, N) and d ∈ (N-p, N). Then there exist continuous trace operators from W 1,p (Ω) into L q (∂Ω, dμ) and into B p β (dμ) for every q ∈ [1, dp/(N - p)] and every β ∈ (0,1 - (N - d)/p].


The channel mismatch problem was investigated in multi-aperture Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR).A channel balancing technique based on the two-stage filters in the different raw data domains was presented.The amplitude and phase filter in the range Doppler domain corresponds to the antenna beam pattern difference,and the filter in the range frequency azimuth time domain corresponds to the frequency response difference.In the first stage filtering process,we constructed an adaptive filter in the region with higher coherence,and a non-adaptive one in the noise dominated region to remove the deterministic difference between channels.In the second stage filtering process,the noise was removed and only the target signatures were left.The feasibility of the channel balancing algorithm carried out in the raw data domain is demonstrated with the measured airborne data.