The invention discloses a weighing apparatus based on giant magnetostriction and chirped moire fiber grating demodulation, relating to a fiber grating sensor-based system, and suitable for detecting the weight of 1g-90g objects. A wide band light source (10) is connected with a sensing head (30) through a first coupler, the first coupler is connected with a signal processing system (50) through a second coupler, the second coupler is connected with a demodulation system, and a second port (22) of the second coupler is connected with one end of an optical fiber (40); a chirped fiber grating is written on the optical fiber (40) for two times to form a chirped moire fiber grating (41), the chirped moire fiber grating (41) is adhered on a giant magnetostriction rod (42) and arranged on the axial line in a solenoid (43) to fix the other end of the optical fiber (40); and two ends of a solenoid winding are connected with a power source (44). The invention has low cost and simple structure, the manufacturing process of the chirp fiber stacked grating is simple, and the measuring precision is +/-0.2g.


Glycosylphosphat idylinositol (GPI) linkage is a fairly common means of an choring membra ne proteins to eukaryotic cells, although the exact function of the GPI linkage is not clear. The nascent fonn of a typical GPI protein contains a hydrop hobic NHrtenninal signal peptide that directs it to the ER. There the signal peptide is removed by NHrterminal signal peptidase. Nascent forms of GPI-linked proteins contain a second hydrophobic peptide at their COOH terminus. The eOOH-terminal peptide is also removed during processing and


The article deals with the structure and content of an author's training. The author presents the results of the experimental research of efficiency of the suggested method that testify its effectiveness and the possibility of its application in practical psychologists' work at vocational schools.


Objective To observe the ehangns in immune state in Kazakh patients with esophage-al squamous cell cancer (ESCC). Methods Flow cytometry was used to examine the subgroups of T lym-phoeytes. ELISA assay was used to determine the serum levels of IL-2, INF-γ, IL-4, IL10, slL-2R and TNF-β. Results Th1/Th2 ratio of peripheral blood was significantly lower in esophageal cancer group (P <0.05). IL-2 and IFN-γ expressed by Th1 were significantly lower than in control group, while IL-4 and IL-10 expressed by Th2 were significantly higher (P < 0.05). T ceil-mediated cellular immunity was disor-dered, and the degree was related to TNM stage. The characteristics were as follows : CD3+ and CD4+ were decreased and CD8+ increased (P < 0.05) ; the Th1/Th2 ratio was significantly decreased (P < 0.05),sIL-2R and TNF-β were increased (P <0.05). One month postoperation, CD3+ and CD4+ were in-creased, CD8+ decreased, and sIL-2R and TNF-β decreased (P < 0.01). Conclusion Dynamic observa-tion and surveillance of ratio of CD4+/CD8+ and serum levels of IL-2, INF-β, IL-4, IL-10, sIL-2R and TNF-β is a sensitive index to judge the immune function,TNM stage ,prognosis ,post-operational effective-ness and early detection of recurrence of Kazakh patients with EC.

Key words:
Esophageal carcinoma;  T cell;  Immunofunction


Frequency-dependent attenuation of compressional waves within the earth has been estimated in the vicinity of wells from

1
spectral power ratios of the coherent events in separate time gates on the seismic section

2
matching a broadband synthetic trace with seismic data at the well, and

3
determining the operator that transforms one down(up) going pulse recorded in the well into another recorded at a deeper (shallower) level.

The accuracy of estimation of all three methods was insufficient to estimate attenuation over small depth intervals, and it was not possible to distinguish between the contribution due to internal multiples and that of genuine absorption with much confidence. Spectral ratios from (1) showed a smoother variation with frequency—and one more consistent with other estimates—when they were compensated for the spectra of the reflectivities over the time gates employed, but they did not provide more than a broad indication of attenuation over a substantial depth interval. Approach (2) was hampered by the restricted durations over which synthetic trace and seismic data can be reliably matched; approach (3) gave the best results. Here matching is a much more powerful tool than the spectral-ratio techniques that are commonly applied since it can yield the form of the attenuation operator, i.e., both its amplitude and phase response, together with properly defined measures of its accuracy, while at the same time it minimizes the influence of noise and local interference effects at each recording level.

For seismic target depths where internal multiple activity was low the logarithms of the amplitude responses of the estimated attenuation operators decreased approximately linearly with frequency and the phase responses showed no significant dispersion. Application of approach (3) to downgoing and upgoing waves estimated from a vertical seismic profile revealed the importance of changes in frequency-dependent geophone coupling and their effect on values of Q determined from downgoing pulses only.


【The purposes of this current study were to develop a pre-parent education class for university students and to examine the difference in their beliefs after the program. The subjects of this study were 86 students who were selected from one university in Kyunggido, South Korea. Students had pre-test and post-test to measure the changes caused by the program. Two instruments were used: Beliefs of Appropriate Education and Child Rearing Attitudes. The results of this study were as following: In the post-test, students showed higher scores on affectionate child rearing attitudes. More specifically, students endorsed expression of affection toward a child, positive mother-child relationship, emotional involvement, giving a child equal right after having pre-parent education class. In terms of beliefs on appropriate education, in the post-test students became put more value on process, child, play, experience- oriented learning compared to their pre-test scores. In sum, this pre-parent education class is an effective one, which improve future parents' beliefs and attitudes on appropriate education and child rearing practices.】


We propose a method to find asymptotic states of a class of periodically modulated open systems which are outside the range of validity of the Floquet theory due to the presence of memory effects. The method is based on a Floquet treatment of the time-local, memoryless dynamics taking place in a minimally enlarged state space where the original system is coupled to auxiliary -- typically non-physical -- variables. A projection of the Floquet solution into the physical subspace returns the sought asymptotic state of the system. The spectral gap of the Floquet propagator acting in the enlarged state space can be used to estimate the relaxation time. We illustrate the method with a modulated version of quantum random walk model.


Objective:To investigate the expression of differential embry-chondrocyte expressed gene KDEC1) and its clinical significance in gastric carcinoma.Methods:The tissue microarrays technology was used to detect the expression of DECl in 162 gastric carcinoma and 32 para-carcinoma.The real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR was used to detect the level of DECl mRNA in 11 gastric cancers and 12 normal gastric tissues.Results:The expression of DECl in gastric carcinoma was 11.11%(18/ 162),and in paired para-carcinoma the positive expression rate was 3.13%(1/32).There was no significantly difference between them(P0.05).The level of DECl mRNA in gastric cancers and normal gastric tissues was more lower,which hadn t be detected.Conclusions:The expression of DECl in gastric carcinoma is lower,and its clinical value needs to be studied further.


Of the well-nigh innumerable products which constitute the food of man the carbohydrates are usually the most abundant and the most economical sources of energy. They are moreover the first of the three great groups of foodstuffs to be formed by synthesis from simple inorganic substances in plants; &dquo; in the long run, all the energy of living matter comes from them.&dquo; The carbohydrates may be subdivided into: (I) The Monosaccharides; (2) The Disaccharides; and (3) The Polysaccharides. Let us review these briefly.


Therapeutic applications for radiation therapy followed quickly from the discovery of X-rays by Roentgen in 1895. The first radiation treatment is credited to Grubbe, who reported the external beam treatment of breast cancer in 1896. Application to gynaecological cancers was almost immediate. However, the limited penetrating ability of the low-energy radiation of early X-ray tubes and isotopes was a major limitation. Consequently, brachytherapy and near-contact external beam therapy were preferred for gynaecological cancer until the advent of cobalt-60—the first source of a penetrating beam of megavoltage photons with a high dose rate, long half-life, and reasonable cost. This led to cobalt-60 machines becoming the most widely utilized treatment machine from the 1950s to 1970s. Radar research during World War II dramatically improved microwave technology. Linear accelerator-based machines (linacs) applied these advances to use microwaves to accelerate electrons onto a tungsten target and emit a fraction of their kinetic energy as mega-electron volt energy X-rays. The emitted X-rays are collimated into a beam and directed towards the patient. Advantages of linacs over cobalt-60 include higher dose rates, sharper beam edges, higher energies, and simplified radiation protection. This chapter describes the basic principles of radiotherapy and the role of radiotherapy in the management of gynaecological cancers, including cervix cancer, uterine cancer, and rarer tumours such as those arising from vaginal, vulvar, and ovarian cancers.


Self regulation is needed by every individual as a description of their ability to control themselves. Not every individual has good self regulation such as students categorized as underachievers. Self regulation on underachiever students could be said to be lower than high achiever students. There are many factors contributing to low self regulation, such as lack of responsibility towards personal goals, even personal goals that may be set by someone else.This theoretical review is anticipated to help realizing conditions that is happening towards ourselves and what is the factor behind it. Parents and educators may also understand the treatment causing children to have low self regulation and becoming an underachiever.


The theses about risks and opportunities of AI applications in public administra tion presented here have emerged from the empirical analysis in a semi-public German bank as weil as from the subsequent phases of conception and prototype implementation of a corresponding knowledge-based system supporting decision-making in that insti tution, where the credit worthiness of business founders is evaluated. The theses will oscillate between the perspective directly emerging from our system concept, and assess ments of a more general nature.


Disclosed is a solar ray concentration apparatus with an angle adjusting body comprising: a support body (10) having a base (11); a motor accommodation part (13) vertically extended from an upper part of the base (11), having a hollow inside and equipped with a left and right side rotating motor (12); and a left and right side rotating shaft (14) extended from an upper part of the motor accommodation part (13), having a hollow inside and connected to the left and right side rotating motor (12); a left and right side angle adjusting body (20) connected to the left and right rotating shaft (14) of the support body (10); an upper and lower side angle adjusting body (30) connected to the left and right side angle adjusting body (20); a concentration body (40) connected to the upper and lower side angle adjusting body (30), having a concentration part and rotating in a left and right side direction and an upper and lower side direction by the left and right side angle adjusting body (20) and the upper and lower side angle adjusting body (30); a detection sensor (50) equipped at the concentration body (40) for detecting the solar ray; and a controller (60) electrically connected to the left and right side angle adjusting body (20), the upper and lower side angle adjusting body (30) and the detection sensor (50) for operating the left and right side angle adjusting body (20) and the upper and lower side angle adjusting body (30) to control the concentration body (40) to be rotated in each of the left and right side direction and the upper and lower side direction.


The impact of globalization on adult education and training adult education and training strategies participation, problems and possibilities life-long learning reconsidered.


Parent–child communication about sex and relationships can protect adolescents from risky sexual behaviors, but few studies investigate how family talk may change over the course of development from adolescence to emerging adulthood. This current study uses thematic analysis to explore continuity and change in perceived talk with parents about sex and relationships, following a United States sample of 15 adolescent participants over three time points: early adolescence (age 13–14), middle adolescence (age 15–16), and emerging adulthood (age 20–21). Analyses addressed participants' experiences of talk with parents about sex and relationships (comfort, engagement) and the content of talk: dating and relationships, pregnancy and parenting, protection, STIs, and sexual behavior. Findings show that family communication about sex and relationships extends from early adolescence to emerging adulthood, but changes in content to reflect shifts in adolescent and emerging adult development. Further, while positive engagement and comfort with talk about sex remain relatively high over time, participants' discomfort and negative engagement appear to increase, highlighting challenges for ongoing family communication. These findings suggest a meaningful, ongoing role for parents in family communication about sex and relationships as their children develop, and suggest some opportunities and challenges that parents may face through this process.


ABSTRACT The natural co-occurrence of aflatoxins (AFs), ochratoxin A (OTA) and citrinin (CIT) in melon seed samples obtained from retailers and households in Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK) was evaluated. AFs and OTA were determined by HPLC with fluorescence detection while CIT was analysed by HPLC-MS/MS. AFB1 was detected in all (100%) samples (mean = 9.7 μg kg−1; range = 0.2–66.5 μg kg−1). Mean total AFs was 12.0 μg kg−1 (range = 0.3–82 μg kg−1). Commercially retailed samples showed a significantly higher AFB1 contamination (p < 0.05) than the household samples. OTA occurred in 3 (13.6%) samples, while 4 (18.2%) were contaminated with CIT at very low levels. In this study, 68% of the melon seed samples were contaminated above the 2 μg kg−1 EU limit for AFB1 in oilseeds. These results highlight the need for the development of strategies to reduce AF contamination in "egusi" for human consumption.


The aim of this thesis is to research the ecological thinking and practice in Thoreau` Walden and to suggest its meaningful implications to modern education. Conclusions are following. Firstly, researcher found that at first Thoreau was influenced by humanistic transcendentalist, Emerson, later Thoreau`s view of nature was changed anthropocentrism or biocentrism to ecocentrism during life of Walden wood. Accordingly his main concern was shifted human to nature. To him, human is one part of nature. Nature is living organism. So human never have right to govern the living things and non living things. In this sense, I think that Thoreau is pioneer of deep ecology. Secondly, researcher investigated how we can overcome educational difficulties from ecocentric view of Thoreau. In the first place, it seem to modern educational aims were to establish from not humanistic view but ecocentric view for enhancing environmental consciousness and thinking. In the later, it seems to educational contents were reconstructed by ecocentric knowledge helping symbiotic relations with living things and non living things. Lastly, it seem to new educational methods were developed to promote ecocentric mind and practice.


Sthaulya (obesity) is the most common metabolic disorder in affluent societies caused by excessive eating, lack of exercise and is a direct result of the modernization combined with lifestyle changes. The incidence of Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension, Angina Pectoris, and Myocardial Infarction etc. is higher among obese individuals. Acharya Charaka has included Atisthool in eight varieties of impediments, which are designated as 'Astha-Nindita Purusha'. He categorizes this problem under Santarpanajanita Vyadhi. Atisthool Purusha is said to suffer from the following eight defects; Ayurhasa, Javoparodha, Alpa-vyavayita, Daurbalya, Daurgandhya, Swedabadha, Ati-trisha, Ati-kshudha. In this study Vidangadi Churna and Trivrityukta Navaka Guggulu were given in tablet form in the dose of 1 gm twice a day for 30 days in the OPD of I.P.G.T. & R.A.,G.A.U., Jamnagar. Total 55 patients were registered for clinical trial of the study. Out of which, 39 patients completed the study. Total 15 patients of Vidangadi Churna group completed the full course, of which 5 patients showed mild improvement (33.33%), 4 patients showed moderate improvement (26.67%) and 1 patient showed marked improvement(6.67%). Total 24 patients of Trivrityukta Navaka Guggulu group completed the full course, among which 10 patients showed mild improvement (41.67%), 8 patients showed moderate improvement (33.33%) and 3 patient showed marked improvement (12.50%).


The technology and methods developed at the Plum Brook Reactor to analyze 1000 samples per year and report data on as many as 56 elements are described. The manpower for the complete analysis of 20 to 24 samples per week required only 3 to 3.5 hours per sample. The solutions to problems encountered in sample preparation, irradiation, and counting are discussed. The automation of data reduction is described. Typical data on various sample matrices are presented.


Farmers are increasingly using integrated crop-livestock?forest systems due to environmental and economic benths, including product diversiHcation, better use of the area throughout the year and recovery of degraded areas. These systems can ensure animal welfare by providing shade and superior quality feed, resulting in improved feed efficiency compared to traditional systems.


FIELD: production of canned soup concentrates. SUBSTANCE: claimed canned goods are produced by formula component preparation: namely beet cutting, fresh white cabbage shredding, potatoes cutting and blanching, cutting of onion, carrot and white roots and roasting thereof in fat; addition of tomato paste, red paprika puree, wheat flour, sugar, citric acid, and black pepper to produce dressing. Beet, cabbage, potatoes, salt and dressing are blended under heating up to 70-75°C Obtained mixture is pre-packed together with meat and bay leaf in specific component ratio. EFFECT: canned goods of increased digestion value.


Motivated purely by curiosity, I wandered into a fast-food franchise the other day. I stood there, fascinated, amid the swirl of activity, the efficiency of service, the long lines of customers, and I listened, observed, and imagined. The provider greeted the customer with an enchanting smile and without hesitation served up to the hungry customer fats, grease, and calories that would ultimately be transformed into obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. The time for each encounter between provider and customer was, all told, about 10 minutes. The provider, head down, staring into the computer monitor, entered the data necessary for swift service and billing. There was hardly a glance toward the customer. There was no real connection or any discussion of the customer's needs. The provider did not ask, How hungry are you? Would you prefer 250 calories or 1130? Eight grams of fat or 67? Do you really need 1920 mg of sodium, or would 480 mg suffice? No one ordered the healthy alternative: salad. The provider did not discuss risk. The customers were adultsor children supervised by adults. The customer was aware. It was not the provider's responsibility. The provider made no decisions. She merely implemented the decisions made by management. Billions served, said the sign. Billions in revenue. Acute wants never ignored, always met. Customer satisfaction off the charts. Customers were not searching for advice, guidance, or an ongoing relationship. They wanted their fix. And they always got it. It was management's dream come true. A wholesaler's most magnificent business model. I descended into deeper, darker thought. Germans would term it a thought experiment. I called it a nightmare. This whole scene became reminiscent of our health care delivery system, just another service industry rather than a profession. The providercustomer meeting was rushed, impersonal, perfunctory. The system was designed to supply a customer's acute wants rather than ongoing needs, with providers as employees made to feel that customer satisfaction is their responsibility and theirs alone and left to deal with the system's ever-increasing demands for productivity from its employees. Vocabulary had become sanitized. Just as a high-fat, high-carbohydrate meal of 1400 calories had become an Extra Value Meal, opioids are presented as a new product designed to improve the quality of life, provide long-term relief, or restore sleep. With an RVU-based, volume-driven business model arbitrated by third-party payers, the doctorpatient interaction has been replaced by the commerce of health care. Third-party payers incorporate patient satisfaction measures into reimbursement directives. The emphasis on wants-based service in place of needs-based care has become even greater. The provider, once called a physician, is bound by industry demands for productivity. Encounters with the customer, once called the patient, have become ever more brief. The customer presents with his or her symptom. Filling the order begins in the kitchen, or pharmacy. A selection of products, limited by what is least expensive yet delivers the highest customer satisfaction ratings, is presented to the provider. The provider dispenses his or her product, the prescription. Health care has redirected its allegiance to customer service and to universal standardization to ensure efficiency and output. As has the fast-food chain. Yes, there are exceptions. The finest restaurants, draped in damask and linen, have extensive menus offering the customer considerable choice. The items there are expensive, but the customer is so well above the norm that price is not an issue. Rather than being measured in minutes, the entire encounter is marked in hours. These places are for the elite, not the vast middle class and most certainly not those who can afford nothing but a fast-food enterprise, who can savor nothing except being supersized. Someone asks me whether I am in line, and I am shaken from my nightmare. What is the solution to this? How might we be delivered from both this fast-food addiction and the addictions promoted by our health care system? I look at those surrounding me. They are largely young, and they are large. Their children are commonly obese. The servers and those in the kitchen are commonly obese. They all seem as if locked into this addiction as our providers are to salary, benefits, the eight-hour day, and administrative demands for productivity. I remember the lines of a poem by Sheenagh Pugh: A people sometimes will step back from war; Elect an honest man; decide they care Enough, that they can't leave some stranger poor. And then I no longer despair. We still live in a democracy, no matter how tattered the flag today Our patients will save us. Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Want Fries With That?," by P.L. Loper Jr.


Objective Discussion and analysis of the longitudinal pipe by urethral plate urethroplasty in the treatment of children with hypospadias clinical effect.Methods Our hospital 80 cases of children hypospadias patients with urethral plate urethroplasty slitting rolling were analyzed retrospectively,in addition to select75 cases of children with hypospadias using transverse preputial island flap urethroplasty treatment,compared the effect after treatment.Results In the control group,the bleeding was(79±11) mL,operation time is(68±7.5) min,the complication rate was 9.3%,penile appearance satisfaction of observation group56%;the bleeding was(32±10) ml,operation time is(40±8.1) min,the complication rate was 2.5%,penile appearance satisfaction 92.5%.The above both have obvious difference(P0.05),with statistical significance.Conclusion The urethral plate slitting rolling urethroplasty in the treatment of children hypospadias with satisfactory effect,less complications.


The correlation of professional and personal qualities has always been the object of attention of specialists in sociology, psychology and HR management. The main thesis of the article is that in the post-industrial society as a whole, the importance of personal qualities of a human being increases. The article discusses numerous situations in which the balance of professional and personal qualities manifests itself in different ways. Outside of work, people in their interactions most often focus on the impression that a person makes due to his/her personal qualities. The apogee in the choice of individuals according their personal qualities is friends. We are friends only on the basis that we like one or another person. In many ways, the same situation is observed in relation to relatives and neighbors. But there are situations that make us to some extent put aside the ability of a person or organization to please us. The most obvious example is doctors. At the same time, today, doctors should focus on building partnership with patients, within which personal qualities begin to play an important role. In the professional activities, human interactions can develop according to organizational, market or hybrid (organizational-market) scenarios. In a classic bureaucratic organization, personal qualities have always occupied a subordinate place in relation to professionalism. In the market, the personal qualities of sellers have always been significant in attracting customers. This situation was reflected in the ideology of marketing and customer focus. In a modern economy, market relations penetrate organizations and force to reevaluate the importance of an employee's personal qualities. A profession (activity) of a blogger or a person leading Internet channel cis a symbol of the increasing role of personal qualities. In most cases, they gather million audiences not because of their unique professional abilities, but because of their ability to please people.


The purpose of this study was to verify whether or not an intervention program in navigation could help blind individuals to improve accuracy in dynamic orientation tasks. Nine individuals with blindness were requested to return to the departure point after walking in a straight line and along two sides of a squared triangle. Pre- and post-evaluations were conducted before and after a four-month training program. During the straight-line task, results of relative errors of angle deviations (READ) showed significant differences between the two test periods. The READ was larger in the straight-line task because the subject had to turn 180o prior to returning to the departure point (in contrast with the triangle task, which required a turn of 45o). We concluded that, in orientation tasks for individuals with blindness, errors in angle deviations depend on the amount of turn prior to returning to the departure point. And finally, the navigation program influenced accuracy in maintaining direction during orientation tasks.


A child with Joubert syndrome (episodic hyperpnoea, abnormal eye‐movements and ataxia) was followed from birth to eight years of age. Although severe mental retardation was suspected until approximately five years of age, unexpected and exceptional mental capacities were evident at later follow‐up. Adequate testing and appropriate stimulation of children with such a severe early motor disorder are difficult, so they may give a false impression of mental retardation. The history of this child challenges the notion that mental retardation is part of Joubert syndrome.


GPS one-way time transfer is a method to achieve local time and frequency reference calibration and traceability to Coordinated Universal Time( UTC). However,time and frequency transfer performance is impacted due to the change of GPS satellite elevation angle. The basic principle of GPS one-way time transfer is generally described,and the reason why the GPS satellite angle will impact the performance of time and frequency transfer is also analyzed. Furthermore,the assessment method of time and frequency transfer performance is given. Finally,the impact on the performance of time and frequency transfer is tested according to the designed experiment. Moreover,the experiment results are given and analyzed. The experiment results indicate that GPS time and frequency transfer performance will be improved while the number of visible satellite decreases as the increase of satellite elevation mask. In the engineering field,the elevation mask should be set as 25°if the long-term stability is required in time and frequency transfer; while the elevation mask should be set as 5°if just the short-term stability is required.


The gathering of UK statistics on drinking, smoking, suicides, drug poisoning, child mortality, and health inequalities has been retained despite proposed cuts. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) had planned to eliminate a large range of statistical outputs to meet budget targets,1 but it has modified the cuts after a public consultation.

The main beneficiaries of the decision are reports derived from the General Lifestyle Survey, which garnered the most support from the 440 people and more than 200 organisations that responded to the consultation. In addition, ONS will continue to publish an …


The determinants of public debt dynamics – real interest rates, the real exchange rate, output growth and the primary fiscal balance – are typically more volatile in emerging market economies than in industrialised countries. Capital markets also typically demand higher interest rates from emerging markets when their debt dynamics deteriorate. This paper considers how these characteristics affect the choice of fiscal policy rules in emerging markets. We estimate an econometric model of the determinants of public debt dynamics on Brazilian data and use this model to simulate the effect of different fiscal policy rules for future paths of debt. We then derive the set of fiscal policy rules which stabilise public debt dynamics. We find that macroeconomic forecast uncertainty and feedback among the endogenous variables (principally from the debt-GDP ratio to interest rates) force the policy rule to be significantly more responsive to changes in public debt. Rules that would stabilise debt in a fully known world may not do so when the policymaker is faced with a realistic pattern of shocks. The method we employ may be a useful addition to the toolkit of domestic and international policymakers when assessing fiscal rules and debt sustainability.


In the execution of structures in sewage treatment plants it is extremely important to utilize the Portland cement concrete, however, this one is easily degraded due to the aggressive conditions of this environment. The aggressive agents present in this environment are sulfates, which directly affect Portland cement concrete. Two alternatives are widespread in the literature to mitigate these effects: the use of lower water / agglomerate ratios and the use of pozzolanic additions. In this work, the performance of concrete with partial replacement of CP II F 40 cement by rice husk ash (CCA) at 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% was compared to the performance of concrete with CP V ARI RS cement as for resistance to sodium sulfate attack. The procedures were conducted according to the American Standard ASTM C1012 / C1012M 18a, being evaluated the dimensional variation, the flexural tensile strength, the compressive strength, the pH change and the mass change of mortar bars immersed in sodium sulfate solution. The partial replacement of cement by CCA was efficient to mitigating the expansion of mortars exposed to sulfated solution. Mortar with 10% CCA presented the smallest expansion reaching 0.011% at 15 weeks. It was observed an increase in the resistance of mortars exposed to sulfated solution when compared to mortars that remained immersed in lime-saturated water, and the mortar with 15% CCA showed the highest tensile and compressive strengths. It was noted that the sulfate solution was not able to change the pH along the cross-sectional depth of the bars and an increase in mass in the mortar bars that were immersed in the sulfated solution.


The study deals with the issue of preventive and socio-educational work of social pedagogues in schools in the Slovak republic. The current situation raises the social need for increased effectiveness of prevention and its professionalization in schools. It is therefore necessary to carry out socio-educational preventive activities in contemporary schools, where the school's social educator's plays an important role. The aim of the study was analyses legislative possibilities and actual activities of social pedagogues in schools in Slovakia.


Improving the quality of manufactured products involves reducing any contaminants introduced into the vacuum chamber from the pumping means. Scroll vacuum pumps, which are constantly developing, are the most promising for oil-free pumping. Relying on the mathematical model developed, we examined the influence of the main parameters of the scroll on the scroll pump performance, in particular, the influence of the radius of the base circle on the pumping speed and the power consumption of the scroll pump at fixed and variable radii of the pump housing bore. Maintaining the overall dimensions of the pump with an increase in the radius of the base circle proves to lead to an exponential increase in the limiting residual pressure and a decrease in energy efficiency due to a decrease in the number of scroll wraps and, as a consequence, an increase in backflows. For the pump under consideration, when the base circle radius is more than 3.5 mm, the limiting residual pressure exceeds 10 Pa, and the vacuum scroll pump can no longer be a full-fledged oil-free alternative to oil-sealed vacuum pumps. With an increase in the radius of the base circle, while maintaining the number of scroll wraps, the radius of curvature of the outer wraps will increase; this results in the backflow decrease, leading to a decrease, albeit insignificant, in the limiting residual pressure. The energy efficiency of the scroll pump decreases with decreasing pump inlet pressure. The above dependencies make it possible to choose the optimal geometry of the scrolls, based on the specific conditions for which the vacuum scroll pump is designed


Open plan offices have a characteristic without walls. For that reason, it can disturb work efficiency by the noise causing from near workstation. It, also, can cause invasion of privacy. When degree of speech privacy is measured at such open plan offices, STI(Speech Transmission Index) and SII(Speech Intelligibility Index) have been often used. However, lately, new single number-quantity(D 2,S , r D , L P,A,S,4m ) was defined at ISO 3382-3. This study shows the measurement of speech privacy using ISO 3382-3 and STI in five general-shaped offices. Also, each of the offices is evaluated by applying acoustics classification suggested by Virjonen. As the result of measurement, new single number quantity is more suitable than STI for representing the whole speech privacy of each office, and according to Virjonen's suggestion, it showed that speech privacy ratings of D 2,S , r D , L P,A,S,4m are all different respectively.


nloaded rix metalloproteinases (MMP), strongly associated pathogenic markers of cancer, have undergone ive drug development programs. Marimastat, a noncovalent MMP inhibitor, was conjugated with FITC l cellular metalloproteinase cancer targets in MDA-MB-231 cells in vitro. Punctate localization of active embrane MMP14 was observed. For molecular-targeted positron emission tomography imaging of syn67NR murine mammary carcinoma in vivo, marimastat was F-labeled using a shelf-stable arylboronic onjugate as a captor for aqueous [F]fluoride in a novel, rapid one-step reaction at ambient temper[F]Marimastat-aryltrifluoroborate localized to the tumors, with labeling being blocked in control ls first loaded with >10-fold excess unlabeled marimastat. The labeled drug cleared primarily via anima the hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal tract, with multiple animals imaged in independent experiments, confirming the ease of this new labeling strategy. Cancer Res; 70(19); 7562–9. ©2010 AACR.


A direct rolling method for producing a long profile, is hot rolled long products processing field. Comprising: a round billet, the billet square or rectangular slab continuous casting, hydraulic cutting, rapid delivery, high rigidity rolling processes, is advantageous in that, to cancel the use of the conventional production furnace, the production of long profile during the rolling process can be reduced consumption, reduce carbon dioxide emissions.


The heightened focus on corporate governance in the aftermath of the financial crisis and in particular the failure of boards to protect their corporations indicates the timeliness of this paper. Although corporate governance has been traditionally linked to control and compliance, the complexities of the 21st Century have focused attention on the need for more holistic approaches. This paper picks up these developments and using interpretive research, analyses thirteen in-depth interviews conducted with board members and senior management, before and after the crisis. The longitudinal data provides valuable insight into the role of boards, their behaviour, culture and decision-making structures.


This thesis presents some common problems of using scanf() function in C language,analyzes the causes and gives the solutions to them,such as the use of scanf() function control string and the related issues.It emphatically describes the ways to solve the problems when scanf() function is used to multi-dimensional array.


The carrier relaxation in self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots (SADs) is investigated by photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) at resonant excitation (below the GaAs and the wetting layer bandgap). Different relaxation paths are observed in the InAs/GaAs quantum dot system and allow to identify the hole relaxation in the SADs as multiphonon assisted tunneling. The PL decay time in the SADs after resonant excitation (about 600 ps) is attributed to the lifetime of the quantum dot exciton. In agreement with theoretical predictions, we find a constant lifetime of about 600 ps for temperatures below 50 K and a linear increase of the lifetime between 50 and 100 K with a slope of 26 ps/K.


Geographical Perspectives on Health Care Health Care Delivery Systems Some International Comparisons Access to Health Care Physician Organization, Location and Access to Health Care Measuring the Potential Physical Accessibility of General Practitioner Services Utilization of Health Care Facilities Revealed Accessibility? Jarvis' Law and the Utilization of Mental Health Care Spatial Aspects of Health Care Planning


An impermeable saucer or tray is spaced from an apertured support for plant growth medium by spacers which may be integral with the saucer or tray, Figs. 1 and 3, or with the support, Fig. 2, or which may be separate, Fig. 4.


Cognitive beamforming (CB) is a promising technique for efficient spectrum sharing between primary users (PUs) and secondary users (SUs) in a cognitive radio network. With CB, the multi-antenna SU transmitter is able to suppress the interference to the PU receiver and maximize the SU link throughput. Existing designs on CB assume that the SU transmitter either has prior knowledge of the interference channel to the PU receiver or can acquire this knowledge by observing the PU transmission. Both assumptions may be impractical. In this paper, we propose a new and practical design paradigm for CB based on finite-rate cooperative feedback from the PU receiver to the SU transmitter. Specifically, for the case of multiple-input single-output (MISO) SU channel and single- input single-output (SISO) PU channel, the PU receiver collaboratively communicates to the SU transmitter the channel direction information (CDI), namely the quantized shape of the SU- to-PU MISO channel, and the interference power control (IPC) signal, which specifies the maximum transmit power of the SU given the interference margin at the PU receiver. We present a CB algorithm for the SU transmitter based on the finite-rate CDI and IPC feedback. The resulting outage probability of the SU MISO channel is derived and shown to be lower-bounded by a function of the number of feedback bits, which is independent of the signal- to-noise ratio. Moreover, the optimal tradeoff between CDI and IPC feedback is analyzed.


Tolaasins are lipodepsipeptides secreted by Pseudomonas tolaasii, the causal agent of brown blotch disease of mushrooms, and are the toxins that cause the brown spots. We previously reported that Microbacterium foliorum NBRC 103072T is an effective tolaasin-detoxifying bacterium. In this study, we aimed to characterize the tolaasin-detoxification process of M. foliorum NBRC 103072T. The tolaasin-detoxification by M. foliorum NBRC 103072T was carried out by hydrolyzation of tolaasins at two specific sites in the peptide moiety of tolaasins by its cells, and the resulting fragments were released from bacterial cells. The tolaasin-hydrolyzing activity can be extracted by neutral detergent solution from M. foliorum NBRC 103072T cells. Moreover, tolaasin-adsorption to the bacterial cells occurred prior to hydrolyzation of tolaasins, which might contribute to the effective tolaasin-detoxification by M. foliorum NBRC 103072T. It is notable that the tolaasin-degradation process by M. foliorum NBRC 103072T is carried out by hydrolyzation at specific sites in the peptide moiety of lipopeptide by bacterial cells as a novel biological degradation process of cyclic lipopeptides.


The genus Lachnosterna Hope offers an excellent field for a study of almost any phase of investigation of insect bionomics. Composed of approximately 235 species distributed over the Western hemisphere, one need not lack for material. The economic entomologist has been interested in this group for many years, and to-day a vast amount of work is being done with regard to economic studies. As pointed out by Glasgow (1916), the distribution of the species is an important subject, since it offers a basis for the study of problems relating to the origin and source, the diversification and the dispersal of animal forms in North America.


Over the past years, I have been teaching an introductory course on Christian history. During the weekly seminars the students read a selection of primary sources. One of the seminar sessions is dedicated to the 'Church of the East', during which we do a parallel reading of the text of the Nestorian monument, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 'luminous religion' in China (781) and the dialogue between the Abbasid caliph al-Mahdī and Nestorian Patriarch Timothy I in Baghdad (c. 780). Both materials originate from the same period and church tradition, but where the Nestorian monument uses Buddhist and Daoist notions to express Christianity, the Baghdadi dialogue engages Islam as its main conversation partner (Horne 1917: 381–392; Ji 2007: 24–81; Mingana 2009). Students are often astonished to discover that these texts, which are so dissimilar in genre, locality, and context, are connected through the person of Timothy I, who, while resident in Baghdad, was also the patriarch of the Nestorian churches in China when the monument was erected. Philip Jenkins calls him "arguably the most significant Christian spiritual leader of his day, much more influential than the Western pope, in Rome" (Jenkins 2008: 6). Timothy's patriarchate was vast, with bishops in present-day Syria, Armenia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, and China (Irvin and Sunquist 2001: 284–287). Yet however impressive the spatial extent of Timothy's ecclesial responsibilities, in the class we remind ourselves that there was more to the Christian story in the latter decades of the eighth century than the Church of the East. We recall, for example, that around the same time, somewhat further to the west, Empress Irene was taking measures to end the first period of Byzantine iconoclasm, itself a side-effect of the advance of Islam (Crone 2017: 361–397). Or that even further west on the Iberian Peninsula a member of the Umayyad dynasty had established the emirate of Cordoba and was commissioning the construction of the illustrious Mezquita de Cordoba on the site of a former Visigoth church (Hillenbrand 1994:113–114). Towards the north, Charlemagne was on the warpath, simultaneously submitting and Christianizing neighbouring Saxons and Lombards to realize his ambition to


The structure of the complex of 3,5-dinitrobenzoaic acid with 3,5-dimethylpyridine was studied by neutron diffraction at 330, 300, 270, 240, 210, 180, 150, 120, 90, 60, and 30 K. The O⋯H bond length gradually changes from 1.403(10) A at 300 K to 1.424(4) A at 30 K. The proton shifts in the hydrogen bridge towards the acceptor nitrogen atom. Temperature-dependent changes in the strong OHN hydrogen bond are used to discuss the proton transfer mechanism.


Comparative analysis of GaAs semiconductor radiation detectors and silicon pixel ones with internal amplification elaborated for detection of nuclear radiation is carried out. Electrophysical and spectral characteristics are compared. Both the detector types have high sensitivity to α, β and γ radiation and can be applied in space and accelerator experiments for energy determination of elementary particles as well as in astrophysics, transmission and reflecting electron microscopy, medicine, biology and so on.


Tc m sestamibi was the first radiopharmaceutical to be approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for scintimammography. Some prospective studies have shown that the overall sensitivity of 99 Tc m sestamibi scintimammography in detection of breast cancer was 85%, the specificity was 89%, and the positive and negative predictive values were 89% and 84% respectively. Scintimammography plays a special role in various clinical indications such as nondiagnostic or diffcult mammography and evaluation of high risk patients,tumor response to chemotherapy,and axillary lymph node metastatic involvement.


Uniform constraint qualifications play a very important role in the algorithms for solving mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints. In this paper, we discuss a uniform constraint qualification which is needed in some algorithms for solving mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints and give some properties of this uniform constraint qualification.


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Summary Since the foundation of modern states the exchange of qualified young students across the borders of the national states is part of cultural foreign policy. Students were sent off out of a variety of reasons. To widen out the individual personality, to study other cultures, states and nations, to extend the language expertise by research and practice etc., and last but not least to expand the capacity of diplomatic and secret services. In the case of this case-study about the history of students and young persons exchange between the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and North-Korea (KVDR) a detailed insight is presented about the development, academic structure and aims. This exchange program during the Korean war started as a solidarity-act of high propagandaesteem in the early fifties of last century ending in the sixties under the disaster of lost interest by the North-Korean dictatorship. The article is fully based on sources of the East-German institutions of the communist party and the GDR Foreign-Ministry and gives a first insight about the theme and the arguments used.


The electronic structures and vibrational frequencies of dimethyl-substituted carbonyl oxide and its cyclic isomer dimethyldioxirane have been investigated using high-level ab initio quantum mechanical techniques with large basis sets. The equilibrium geometries have been optimized at the self-consistent field (SCF), the single and double excitation configuration interaction (CISD), the coupled cluster with single and double excitation (CCSD), and the CCSD with connected triple excitations [CCSD(T)] levels of theory. The absolute and relative energies of carbonyl oxide, dimethyldioxirane, and the transition state between them have also been computed. At the highest level of theory employed in this study, TZP CCSD(T), dimethyldioxirane is predicted to be lower in energy than the carbonyl oxide by 23.2 kcal/mol with the inclusion of zero-point vibrational energy (ZPVE) corrections. The energy barrier for the cyclization of carbonyl oxide becomes 19.5 kcal/mol at the same level of theory. Harmonic vibrationa...


Abstract This work is focused on the micromechanical modelling of the low-cycle fatigue of the nickel-based γ-γ superalloy AMI at high temperatures. The nature of the activated slip systems in the different types of channel of the γ phase is analysed, taking into account the combined effects of the applied and internal stresses. The latter are split into two contributions, misfit stresses and compatibility stresses between the elastic γ' phase and the elastoplastic γ phase, which are estimated within a simplified composite approach. Internal stresses may induce slip activity and/or be relaxed by it, which results in a complex sequence of slip activation events in the different channels under increasing applied stress. The consideration of these effects leads to a prediction of the nature and distribution of the active slip systems within the channels in [001] tension and compression and during low-cycle fatigue. The resulting microstructural behaviour and its consequences regarding the anisotropic nature of the coalescence of the γ' precipitates are discussed with respect to the available experimental data.


The objective of this paper is to design a modified plus shaped slotted PIFA antenna which operates in S-band and C-band. This antenna focused on the low cost, minimal weight and low profile antennas that are capable of maintaining high performance over a wide spectrum of frequencies. These antennas have frequency ranges in IEEE bands. S band cover the frequencies of 2GHz to 4GHz. C band cover the frequencies of 4GHz to 8GHz. These antenna simulations performed by using CADFEKO V5.5. Simulation results are presented in terms of Resonant Frequency Return Loss, VSWR, Radiation Pattern, antenna Gain and Directivity. PIFA antennas have wide range of applications, however in this paper following applications like Medium power Radar[MPR], Hughes Air Defense Radar[HADR], Airfield Surveillance Radar, Tracking, Navigation, Weather Radar, Ship Radar and Space Communication are present. Keywords— FEKO, PIFA, HADR, MPR, C-Band, S-Band, Radar.


Breeding aim of semi-erect panicle and high-density-tolerance rice were come forwarded by Heilongjiang rice research institute of land reclamation science with practically in breeding, it pointed out the spike type should have partly erect and high-density-tolerance, lodging resistance, disease resistance, high quality and yield. It designed relevant breeding technique route and bred new strains of semi-erect panicle and high-density-tolerance.


In this study a first assessment of the utilization of the Calcium Looping (CaL) as a CO2 capture method in the steel production process has been done. The applicability of CaL for CO2 capture from the blast furnace gas of the Top Gas Recycling Blast Furnace (TGR-BF) proposed by ULCOS has been studied.
Data of previous experimental campaigns where CaL was tested for post-combustion capture in a 200 kWth pilot plant has been used to simulate in Aspen PlusTM the CaL working under the TGR-BF conditions. The results of the CaL simulation have been used to compare CaL with VPSA, proposed by ULCOS as CO2 capture method, and amines adsorption (MDEA), presented by the IEAGHG. The three technologies have been energetically compared and its integration in a reference steel mill has been studied, offering CaL the advantage that is able to meet the electricity demand of the steel mill, avoiding the requirement of an additional power plant. As a direct consequence, the CO2 emissions in the CaL steel mill can be strongly reduced in comparison with the other capture technologies.
A determination of the costs of the CaL plant has been carried out and an economic comparison of the cost of steel production and the cost of CO2 avoidance for the different capture technologies has been done. The results showed that for the proposed steel mill and under the assumptions done, CaL offers the lowest CO2 avoidance cost.


A Framework For Learning Scene Independent Edge Detection Aaron J. Wilbee Supervising Professor: Dr. Ferat Sahin In this work, a framework for a system which will intelligently assign an edge detection filter to an image based on features taken from the image is introduced. The framework has four parts: the learning stage, image feature extraction, training filter creation, and filter selection training. Two prototypes systems of this framework are given. The learning stage for these systems is the Berkeley Segmentation Database coupled with the Baddelay Delta Metric. Feature extraction is performed using a GIST methodology which extracts color, intensity, and orientation information. The set of image features are used as the input to a single hidden layer feed forward neural network trained using back propagation. The system trains against a set of linear cellular automata filters which are determined to best solve the edge image according to the Baddelay Delta Metric. One system uses cellular automata augmented with a fuzzy rule. The systems are trained and tested against the images from the Berkeley Segmentation Database. The results from the testing indicate that systems built on this framework can perform better than standard methods of edge detection on average across many types of images.


This essay claims to analyse the reading that the argentine philosopher Enrique Dussel made of the famous thinker from Treveris, framing him in-side the ideological scene of liberation theology. We are interested in thin-king the ways in which Dussel put to use the theological discourse of liberation in order to politicize the categories of Marx's political economy and, in so doing, to criticize the economicist/cientificist approach to Marx's works.


Abstract Book reviewed in this article: A LEVEL LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Critical Reading and Writing by Andrew Goatly TEXT AND CONTEXT Literature in Context edited by Rick Rylance and Judy Simons


The outsourcing of software development projects has lead to the emergence of global virtual teams. However, the use of outsourcing strategies and consequently the establishment of global virtual teams by multinational corporations have had mixed reviews even though they often create access to a wider talent pool and sometimes at more affordable labor costs. This is the case because it is difficult to maintain a good performance level for those teams. This study utilized the framework from Kunze and Brahm as a guide and then expanded on it to explore factors that influence performance in global virtual teams: team cohesion, goal setting, task conflict, awareness climate, trust climate, leadership, and shared understanding. The study found that in addition to the aforementioned factors, collaboration, communication and cultural diversity also influenced performance in the global virtual teams. The findings are important because when a team's leadership has a better understanding of where they need to focus their energy in order to promote optimal performance, they can make informed decisions regarding plans and strategies to achieve that performance. The study thus offers important insight on the factors that could be nurtured and mitigated within an outsourced software development environment in order for global virtual teams to achieve and maintain a good performance level.


We hypothesize that the relationship between parameter settings, specifically parameters controlling mutation, and performance is non-linear in genetic programs. Genetic programming environments have few means for a priori determination of appropriate parameters values. The hypothesized nonlinear behavior of genetic programming creates difficulty in selecting parameter values for many problems. In this paper we study three structure altering mutation techniques using parametric analysis on a problem with scalable complexity. We find through parameter analysis that two of the three mutation types tested exhibit nonlinear behavior. Higher mutation rates cause a larger degree of nonlinear behavior as measured by fitness and computational effort. Characterization of the mutation techniques using parametric analysis confirms the nonlinear behavior. In addition, we propose an extension to the existing parameter setting taxonomy to include commonly used structure altering mutation attributes. Finally we show that the proportion of mutations applied to internal nodes, instead of leaf nodes, has a significant effect on performance.


In recent times, everything around us is automated. People are looking to make things easier and easier day by day, by reducing the work they do, but not reduce the efficiency of work. The most important thing in this technically forward world, is, what we mentioned above i.e. Automation and Security. Travel needs a lot of automation in this day and age, especially Airports. The idea of a bag can check-in by itself, and tell us where it is and deprive us of the worry of continuously checking or thinking if the luggage is okay, is just a dream for most people.


4 The advection-dispersion equation (ADE) or aggregated dead zone (ADZ) models and 5 their derivatives are frequently used to describe mixing processes within rivers, channels, 6 pipes, and urban drainage structures. The residence time distribution (RTD) provides a 7 non-parametric model that may describe mixing effects in complex mixing contexts more 8 completely. Identifying an RTD from laboratory data requires deconvolution. Previous 9 studies have successfully applied maximum entropy deconvolution to solute transport data, 10 with RTD sub-sampling used for computational simplification. However, this requires a 11 number of configuration settings which have to date not been rigorously investigated. Four 12 settings are investigated here: the number and distribution of sample points, the constraint 13 function, and the maximum number of iterations. Configuration options for each setting 14 have been systematically assessed with reference to representative solute transport data 15 by comparing the goodness-of-fit of recorded and predicted downstream profiles using the 16 Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency Index, evaluating RTD smoothness with a measure of entropy, and 17 through consideration of the mass-balance of the RTD. New methods for defining sample 18 point distribution are proposed. The results indicate that goodness-of-fit is most sensitive to 19 constraint function and that smoothness is most sensitive to the number and distribution of 20 sample points. A set of configuration options that includes a new sample point distribution 21 PhD Student, Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin St., Sheffield S1 3JD, UK, e-mail: email@example.com Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin St., Sheffield S1 3JD, UK, e-mail: email@example.com Professor, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK, e-mail: email@example.com 1 Sonnenwald, Aug. 16, 2013 is shown to perform robustly for a representative range of laboratory solute transport data. 22


The invention relates to electronic equipment and a shell structure thereof. The shell structure can comprise a structure body and a sheet-shaped bottom plate, wherein the structure body is provided with a through hole; the size of the through hole is matched with a battery in the electronic equipment; and the sheet-shaped bottom plate is located at one end of the through hole, and a groove is formed by a plane in which the sheet-shaped bottom plate is located and a side wall of the through hole, and is used as a battery cabin in the electronic equipment. With the adoption of the technical scheme, the machining difficulty of the battery cabin can be reduced and the whole thickness of the electronic equipment is reduced.


Using data from the Gallup World Poll and Latinobarometro, we examinethe relationship between life satisfaction, vulnerabilities, and migration in LatinAmerica. We look at three kinds of insecurities: nutritional, personal, and job insecurity.We find that controlling for income, migration experience by a householdmember increases life satisfaction of the respondent. We also find, however, thatnutritional insecurities interact negatively with migration. In other words, hungerhas a devastating effect on happiness, especially in households where a member isabsent due to migration.


The role of college education in providing an "ethical framework" for evaluating marketing practices is examined. The effects of a specialized college major on an individual's evaluative framework are suggested and the implications of these findings discussed in terms of both marketing education and future business-society relations.


Abstract:I call into question a line of thinking about the societal consequences of distributed network architectures. Empirically, this work centers its explanation on aberrant historical conditions, most notably the early Arpanet-centered Internet. Conceptually, despite an effort to identify a new order, it replicates foundational assumptions concerning market exchange, I argue that strategies for understanding network-based societies must incorporate cryptography, and either celebrate or transcend Smithian foundations.


individual centre studies showing mortality of 5% and less. While this is encouraging, the development of increasingly complex and often expensive methods of investigation and treatment are an indication that a more protocol orientated approach is needed, probably performed by a multidisciplinary team of specialists working closely together. Fortunately or unfortunately, the age of the single-handed individualist is past. Work is proceeding on the production of guidelines for treating oesophageal carcinoma, and NCEPOD advances a case for the establishment of specialist centres for the treatment of oesophageal disease. 10 Whether these changes are seen as threats or opportunities depends on your point of view and, to a large extent, the nature of the institution in which you work. With NICE looking over all our shoulders, it is clear that, in the future, deviation from the norm will be justified only by excellent results probably a good outcome for the patient. SW Fountain FRcs Consultant Thoracic Surgeon Harefield Hospital


Studies on the molecular pharmacology of antidepressants have lead to a reinterpretation of earlier models of the neuropathology of depression. Noradrenergic and serotonergic hypotheses of depression have been expanded to include postsynaptic intracellular signal transduction pathways and regulation of gene expression. Because much of this evidence was obtained from postmortem brain, there has been increased interest in the use of this tissue to study depression. In the following pages, we will review the postmortem brain studies in depressed individuals focusing on neurotransmitter systems, signal transduction, and structural abnormalities.


A printed slot antenna for WLAN/WiMAX and UWB applications is proposed. The rounded corners of slot and spade-shaped exciting patch are applied to the pentagonal slot. The proposed antenna capably responds to extremely wide impedance bandwidth. For impedance matching enhancement, a tapered CPW transmission line is introduced. The impedance bandwidth over 138 % is obtained. The radiation patterns likely omni-directional is given by the proposed antenna at all frequencies in xz plane. Therefore, the proposed antenna is suitable to use for various WLAN/WiMAX and UWB applications.


This work presents a novel estimation approach for an autonomous tethered kite system. We propose an es-timator which relies on visual motion tracking of the kite position from ground-based video recording. The proposed visual tracking approach is used to assess the quality of existing estimators and is eventually applied for real-time estimation of the kite dynamics in closed- loop operation of the AWE system developed at Fach-hochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW). The focus in this work is on the development of a fast and reliable visual tracking algorithm that can be used for real-time estima- tion in experiments of autonomous tethered kites. The developed visual tracking algorithm combines a fast tracking algorithm with a reliable object detector to ex-ploit advantages of both methods. The implemented tracker is a dual correlation filter (DCF), first proposed in [1]. It is not suitable for long-term robust motion track- ing since erroneous tracking occurs occasionally. These inevitable tracking failures can be tackled by resetting the tracking algorithm with assistance of a detector [2]. The latter is much more discriminating but comes with a significant computational cost. A reliability measure was therefore added to the DCF tracking algorithm in this work to provide a threshold when the detector is triggered. This improves computational efficiency of the combined visual tracking algorithm and allows reliable real-time estimation of the kite dynamics. To demonstrate the proposed estimator, we have implemented the visual tracking algorithm in Matlab which is able to track objects (40x40 pixel) in over 100 frames (1280x960 pixel) per second. For three videos of repre- sentative kite power test scenarios (sunny, cloudy and a small kite on long lines) with 23300 frames each, we achieve accurate estimates of the kite state. The figure below highlights the effect of line dynamics in state es- timation from experimental data of the two-line system at FHNW.


Abstract A NUMBER of studies have been made of the effect of low holding temperatures on the hatchability of hens' eggs. In general, these studies have shown that embryonic mortality is high after eggs have been subjected to storage temperatures of 40 degrees F. or lower for prolonged periods. Mauro (1923) stored two lots of eggs for 10 days; one lot was held at an average temperature of 32.9 degrees F. and the other at 57.2 degrees F. He found that the embryos in the eggs stored at 32.9 degrees F. did not develop when placed in the incubator. In contrast to this, he obtained a 60 percent hatch of fertile eggs from those which had been stored at 57.2 degrees F. for 10 days. Scott (1933) also found that low temperatures were harmful to hatchability. He stored two groups of White Leghorn eggs at average temperatures of 36.3 degrees F. . . .


A method has been developed for the preparation of 3-arylisocoumarins, which have been utilised in efficient syntheses of 5-hydroxyberbine and of 8-oxo-5,6,13,14-dehydroberbine derivatives.


The forms of management of the linen subcomplex in the Soviet and postSoviet times are analyzed. The problems and prospects for the development of the linen industry as a result of the creation of a linen regional cluster are considered. The advantages of clustering and the main directions of integration of enterprises for the cultivation and processing of flax and the production of competitive high-tech products are shown. The created clusters in the economy of Russia and other countries of the world, the existing and proposed measures of their state support are characterized.


Abstract Collocated detailed measurements of near-bed turbulent and intrawave flow are important for studying sediment transport processes and seabed evolution. Existing commercially available triple-axis profiling instruments do not provide collocated velocity measurements. To improve the capability to make such measurements a triple-axis coherent Doppler velocity profiler (CDVP) has been developed and tested in the marine environment. The instrument was designed to measure orthogonal velocity profiles within a narrow column of water at 16 Hz within 1 m of the bed with a vertical spatial resolution of 0.05 m. This paper describes the first deployment of the instrument, in a tidal inlet in Portugal during a multidisciplinary study, when CDVP flow velocity measurements were compared with data from other instrumentation. A pragmatic approach was adopted to assess the capability of the triple-axis CDVP, using both an evaluation of internal consistency and an assessment against two commercially available acou...


Defect structures of degraded GaAs/Ga1−xAlxAs double‐heterostructure (DH) lasers applied with pulsed current under high current density are studied by transmission electron microscopy. Several kinds of defects are observed corresponding to the 〈110〉 dark‐line defects which are observed in the photoluminescence patterns of the degraded DH lasers. They are arrays of dislocation tangles, nearly perfect dislocation networks, pipe‐shaped defects with strong dark contrast, and simple dislocation dipoles. The former three kinds of dislocations are assumed to be caused by the propagation of molten zone due to local heating at the mirror surface and the last defects may be caused by thermal stress.


Release of natural enemies in commercial fields is challenging and has been inconsistent in the results achieved. This work discusses the augmentative releases of Trichogramma pretiosum to control the cotton leafworm (CLW) Alabama argillacea and also examines the parasitoid–host interaction under grower field conditions. The treatments consisted of fields with and without releases of T. pretiosum set up in Primavera do Leste and Campo Verde Counties, MT, Brazil, during three different seasons (2003 and 2004 dry and 2004 regular summer seasons). Trichogramma wasps were weekly released in the treated fields throughout the entire sampling period (14–15 week period) at a rate of 100 000 wasps per hectare. One‐way repeated measures analysis of variance was performed for the number of parasitized eggs, followed by a meta‐analysis procedure to determine the contribution of T. pretiosum release on overall parasitism. In addition, regression analysis was conducted with each season's data sets to study the relationship of the host density and parasitism response by T. pretiosum. The overall results of Trichogramma augmentative releases did not result in significant increase of CLW egg parasitism beyond the natural parasitism in the areas studied. However, based on Cohen's d effect sizes from the meta‐analysis, the parasitism rate was greater in fields under T. pretiosum releases during four out of 15 weeks surveyed. The parasitism of CLW eggs by T. pretiosum exhibited host density‐dependence only in one out of three seasons surveyed. These findings are encouraging as they are evidence that T. pretiosum is able to maintain a considerable level of parasitism under commercial field conditions, highlighting their potential value in large‐scale commercial areas of cotton as previously found at the small and diverse farming scale. Future studies should address the potential of early‐season, low density releases of the parasitoid.


Nowadays, TCP has been used as the de facto transport layer protocol on the Internet. However, TCP incast happens inevitably in data centers, where exist massive concurrent flows, leading to packets loss, unacceptable long transmission time, and throughput collapse. Furthermore, DCTCP is widely used to solve these problems. Unfortunately, DCTCP cannot work well under a high concurrency environment. To this end, in this paper, we introduce a two-stage congestion control algorithm (TS-TCP) for high concurrency flows. The first step is to reduce the congestion window of long-lived flows aggressively to release bandwidth for short-lived flows. The second step is to decline the sending rate by adjusting the sending interval. Through the above steps, the proposed algorithm can mitigate the TCP incast effectively. The results, by using extensive ns3 simulation, show that TS-TCP can significantly outperform the DCTCP and TCP NewReno in terms of throughput and flow completion time. Moreover, TS-TCP can support hundreds of concurrent flows while maintaining about 85\% link utilization.


Tuberculous meningitis is a subacute disease with symptoms that may persist for several weeks before diagnosis. It can clinically present similarly to other forms of meningitis and this often leads to a delay in treatment. Detection of Mycobacteria Tuberculosis in cerebral spinal fluid remains the gold standard. However, there is low positive rate of mycobacterial detection. Treatment should be initiated as soon as clinical suspicion is supported by initial CSF findings after excluding other causes such as bacteria and fungus.


An 83-year-old man died of aspiration pneumonia 5 months after closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) with an Amplatzer atrial septal defect occluder (ASO). At autopsy, the device was scarcely covered by the endothelium. After percutaneous ASD closure, 6-month course of antiplatelet therapy and prophylaxis for endocarditis are recommended. However, the 6-month duration may not be sufficient for some patients. More data are required to clarify how long it takes for the ASO device to be endothelialized in the human body and to determine predictors of poor endothelialization.


The exposures of Kodak Personal Monitoring Type 2 films were evaluated using X-ray fluorescence of the low-energy silver La X-rays excited by a 109 Cd source. This method allows the separate reading of both the fast and the slow emulsion without the need to strip the films. Exposures of up to 250 rad of y-radiation can be evaluated. The method is useful in evaluating accidental exposures.


The investigation is based on field studies in full scale production and machinability is evaluated in terms of tool wear of cemented carbide inserts. The aim of this study was to investigate how rather small variations in chemical composition between different batches of a case hardening steel affect machinability. Continuous wear is observed to be low for all of the investigated inserts. However, some of the tools show discontinuous wear, like spalling of coating. The discontinuous wear is believed to be caused by unevenness of the forged scale of the machined component and not by variations in the material workpiece bulk properties. Since this wear mechanism may cause a premature tool breakage, it is very important to investigate this finding in more detail. To be able to evaluate the effect of chemical composition on machinability further experiments are necessary, in a more controlled environment with a material having a larger variation in composition.


The purpose of this study was to determine and describe the role of Arabic in Indonesian. Focusing on the influence of vocabulary, the influence of Arabic writing, and the influence of Arabic syntax on Indonesian, the purpose of this study was to identify and describe how changes in Arabic vocabulary were absorbed into the Indonesian language. Indonesian Indonesian. The method used in this study is a literature study using content analysis techniques, namely research methods that can imitate reproducible conclusions and reliable personality and language education data by considering the context. The data sources for this research are books or works related to the research topic, including Indonesian dictionaries and other books. The results show that the influence or role of Arabic on Indonesian is quite large. This can also be confirmed in Arabic borrowing, which ranks third after Dutch and English with 1,495 words. Also the use of Arabic script in Indonesian which is still widely used in Islamic religious books and Arabic books, saga, literature, and books written using Malay Arabic script. The influence of Arabic expressions on Indonesian can be seen in books or translations of the Qur'an. The words learned in Arabic usually change shape because they adjust to the phonemes or Indonesian language rules. It also underwent a change in meaning, although it was limited in number.


EFSA was asked by the European Commission to deliver a scientific opinion on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in food. PBDEs are additive flame retardants which are applied in plastics, textiles, electronic castings and circuitry. PBDEs are ubiquitously present in the environment and likewise in biota and in food and feed. Data from the analysis of 19 PBDE congeners in 3,971 food samples were provided to EFSA by 11 European countries. Eight congeners were considered by the Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel) to be of primary interest: BDE-28, -47, -99, -100, -153, -154, -183 and -209. The highest dietary exposure is to BDE-47 and -209. Toxicity studies were carried out with technical PBDE mixtures or individual congeners. Main targets were the liver, thyroid hormone homeostasis and the reproductive and nervous system. PBDEs cause DNA damage through the induction of reactive oxygen species. The Panel identified effects on neurodevelopment as the critical endpoint, and derived benchmark doses (BMDs) and their corresponding lower 95 % confidence limit for a benchmark response of 10 %, BMDL10s, for a number of PBDE congeners: BDE-47, 309 μg/kg b.w.; BDE-99, 12 μg/kg b.w.; BDE-153, 83 μg/kg b.w.; BDE-209, 1,700 μg/kg b.w. Due to the limitations and uncertainties in the current database, the Panel concluded that it was inappropriate to use these BMDLs to establish health based guidance values, and instead used a margin of exposure (MOE) approach for the health risk assessment. Since elimination characteristics of PBDE congeners in animals and humans differ considerably, the Panel used the body burden as starting point for the MOE approach. The CONTAM Panel concluded that for BDE-47, -153 and -209 current dietary exposure in the EU does not raise a health concern. For BDE-99 there is a potential health concern with respect to current dietary exposure. © European Food Safety Authority, 2011 1 On request from the European Commission, Question No EFSA-Q-2009-00684, adopted on 9 May 2011. 2 Panel members: Jan Alexander, Diane Benford, Alan Raymond Boobis, Sandra Ceccatelli, Bruce Cottrill, Jean-Pierre Cravedi, Alessandro Di Domenico, Daniel Doerge, Eugenia Dogliotti, Lutz Edler, Peter Farmer, Metka Filipic, Johanna Fink-Gremmels, Peter Furst, Thierry Guerin, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Miroslav Machala, Antonio Mutti, Martin Rose, Josef Rudolf Schlatter and Rolaf van Leeuwen. Correspondence: firstname.lastname@example.com 3 Acknowledgement: The Panel wishes to thank the members of the Working Group on Brominated Flame Retardants in Food: Ake Bergman, Alan Raymond Boobis, Sandra Ceccatelli, Jean-Pierre Cravedi, Metka Filipic, Peter Furst, Niklas Johansson, Helle Knutsen, Miroslav Machala, Franco Merletti, Olaf Papke, Dieter Schrenk, Rolaf van Leeuwen, Stefan van Leeuwen and Marco Zeilmaker for the preparatory work on this scientific opinion and the hearing experts: Bas Bokkers and Catherine Viguie, and EFSA staff: Alessandro Carletti, Gina Cioacata, Luisa Ramos Bordajandi and Elena Scaravelli for the support provided to this scientific opinion. The CONTAM Panel acknowledges all the European countries that provided PBDEs occurrence data in food and supported the consumption data collection for the Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database. 4 The term "intra-species" has been replaced by "inter-species" in the Summary and in Chapter 9.1.


Large rectangular industrial duct side panels often require regularly spaced stiffeners. Generally, the stiffeners are wide flanged steel beam sections with one flange connected to the steel panel and the other flange unsupported and unbraced. Under negative pressure (suction), the unconnected flange is in compression and the duct panel is in tension. The duct panel and the web to which the tension flange is connected they may provide a partial rotational restraint to the compression flange. This investigation concerns with the bending capacity and the design of such stiffened steel panels. Finite element analysis models for stiffened steel panels were built and this paper describes the features of this model and presents the convergence study results. The shell elements can model thick and thin shell structures, undergoing large displacement/small strains. The material model was elasto-plastic-multilinear material model with von Mises yield criterion. The model included geometric imperfections and residual stresses. The Load Displacement Control (LDC) method was used to capture the loading and unloading regions of the pressure load-lateral deflection response. Based on the comparison of results with the corresponding experimental results, it was concluded that the as built finite element analysis model can reliably establish the response of stiffened plates in the loading and in the unloading branches.


CoFeNi alloys are some of the most studied soft magnetic materials because of their superior properties over FeNi alloys as write head core materials in hard-disk-drives. Electroplating processes h...


the article discusses the models for department of emergency service, such as the construction and to build department of emergency service, staffing, scope of business and the training of staff etc., and puts forward the methods to build department of emergency service to respond the new situation.


We present the results of detailed monitoring of the radio emission from the Type Ic supernova SN 1994I from three days after optical discovery on 1994 March 31 until eight years later at age 2927 days on 2002 April 5. The data were mainly obtained using the Very Large Array at the five wavelengths of λλ1.3, 2.0, 3.6, 6.2, and 21 cm and from the Cambridge 5 km Ryle Telescope at λ2.0 cm. Two additional measurements were obtained at millimeter wavelengths. This data set represents the most complete, multifrequency radio observations ever obtained for a Type Ib/c supernova. The radio emission evolves regularly in both time and frequency and is well described by established supernova emission/absorption models. It is the first radio supernova with sufficient data to show that it is clearly dominated by the effects of synchrotron self-absorption at early times.


Reinforcement learning is a promising approach to developing legged robot locomotion controllers. The gen-eral process of development is: large-scale training in the virtual simulation environment to obtain reliable control policy network, and then the policy network is deployed to real legged robot. In the training procedure, a complete robot state increases the speed of training and the stability of policy. The robot's states like body velocities are easily available in simulation training, but they are difficult to obtain in the real robot, hence specifically designed robot state estimators are needed. However, the development of state estimators requires expert knowledge related to control theory and robotics, limiting the direct application of reinforcement learning to robots. To take advantage of the end-to-end mapping of artificial neural networks, we simplified the existing reinforcement learning process for quadruped robots and propose a training method based on curriculum learning in this work. The proposed method can produce a reliable policy that does not require robot state estimator and only take raw sensors data. The feasibility of the proposed method is verified in simulations and real quadrupedal robot. Video of the quadrupedal robot is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iho4KIlEPw.


INTRODUCTION
After a century of controversies, we are still not certain on the relationship between airway volume and facial morphology.

OBJECTIVE
To measure nasopharyngeal airway volume and compare it among different skeletal patterns.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Forty five CBCT scans of patients between sixteen to twenty five years were used in the study. The nasopharyngeal airway was divided into upper, middle and lower segments. CBCT images were grouped into skeletal class I, class II and class III.

RESULTS
There was highly significant difference in upper (p=0.001) and middle pharyngeal airway volume (p<0.001) among 3 skeletal groups. Lower pharyngeal airway volume was also statistically significant (p=0.051) among 3 groups. Total pharyngeal airway volume did not show any significant correlation.

CONCLUSION
Nasopharyngeal airway volume seems to play a role in different skeletal patterns.


Abstract Haugen, R. 1978. A Shortened Norwegian Adaptation of the Lie Scale for Children (LSC) and the Defensiveness Scale for Children (DSC). Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 22, 83‐90. Ten items consisting of five DSC items and five LSC items were translated into Norwegian in order (a) to control the verbal anxiety responses from defensive tendencies, (b) to handle the problem of response set, and (c) to permit research concerning the nature of defensiveness itself. The translated L‐D scale, the TASC, and the AMS were administered to 594 6th grade pupils in Oslo in the autumn of 1972, 302 boys and 292 girls. Data are presented regarding internal consistency, reliability, norms, and initial validity. The results so far are promising.


The etiologic agents of mycoses of man and animals are arbitrarily characterized as "dimorphic fungi" existing in saprophytic and parasitic forms. Developmental patterns of some of the pathogenic fungi are described and illustrated. In a synoptic table, the fungi are arranged in taxonomic order.


This paper describes t-bots, a team of co-ordinated mobile units designed for the collaborative search of a target goal at unknown location within a workspace where obstacles limit the mobility of robots. The final goal of the team is to make all the team robots to reach the final target location and to enter a delimited target area. The strategy of each robot depends on the information that are gathered during the exploration . Such information can be acquired by sampling onboard sensors or can be received from other mobile units, thus exploit ing the communication capabilities of robots. A Finite State Machine (FSM) determines the mobility strategy, the co-ordination and operational modes. The FSM's state change is triggered by the information collecte d by the robots and by the information received from other robots using wireless communication devices.


Pulse Compression technique is most widely used in Radar signal processing applications. For better Pulse Compression, peak signal to side lobe ratio i.e. Merit factor should be as high as possible so that the unwanted clutter gets suppressed. To achieve this, Phase Coded Pulse Compression sequences are widely used. The simple phase code is obtained from the Binary Pulse compression sequences but matched filtering of radar signals creates unwanted side lobes which may mask important information. The study of Poly Phase Pulse Compression sequences is carried out since these sequences have low side lobes and are better Doppler tolerant. When we move from Binary to Ternary and Ternary to Six Phase Pulse Compression VLSI systems, the memory requirements are increased, there by the area is increased and the real time implementation needs optimization of speed, area and power consumption. The paper concentrates on the design of an optimized model which can reduce these constraints. The proposed FPGA implementation can efficiently generate Six Phase Pulse Compression sequences while improving some of the parameters like area and speed when compared to previous methods. This module is implemented on FPGA as it provides the flexibility of re-configurability and reprograms ability.


The Chicago Board of Trade has received permission from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to operate a futures market trading in sulfur dioxide emissions allowances. Futures trading may begin late this year or by early 1993, and cash trading in emissions allowances, for which no regulatory approval is necessary, may begin at the same time in a computer trading system also operated by the board of trade and its members. Trading in emissions allowances is part of a major program to cut annual utility emissions of SO 2 , the precursor of acid rain, to 9 million tons annually from the 18 million tons emitted from the U.S. into the atmosphere in 1987. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue emissions allowances to coal-burning utilities beginning in 1995. EPA economists project the annual cost of an emissions allowance at between $100 and $400 per ton of SO 2 per year in the first five years of the program. ...


All developed countries, whatever their political system and overall approach to health policy, face challenges in meeting the rising costs of health care. This increase in health care costs generally exceeds the rate of economic growth; contributing factors include increasing proportions of older people in the population, the development of expensive medical technologies and drugs, and increasingly well-informed people who demand access to these developments in health care. High Quality Care for All (Department of Health, 2008a), also known as the Darzi Report after the junior health minister who led the NHS Next Stage Review, identifies six challenges common to all advanced health care systems: rising expectations, demand driven by demographics, the continuing development of the 'information society', advances in treatments, the changing nature of disease and changing expectations of the health workplace (i.e. staff expect a better work-life balance). An important element of the changing patterns of disease is the increase in prevalence of long-term conditions (LTCs); LTCs are one of the eight priorities for the NHS. Dowrick et al. (2005) consider that the management of what they term chronic illness is beginning to develop its own identity as an important component of health care, and that despite clinical differences, there are many similarities in the problems people with different LTCs face and the strategies needed in providing care. These include the proactive identification of relevant populations, supporting the relationships between people with LTCs and health and social care, the development of evidence-based guidelines intended to prevent exacerbations, and the promotion of empowerment, for example through self-management. This chapter discusses changes in the need for health care due to demographic change and persistent inequalities in health, before going on to outline some of the changes both in service delivery generally and in the provision of health care for LTCs more specifically, such as the use of targets by governments, and the growth of patient-focused care. Generally, like the rest of this book, the chapter has an English focus, in which policy initiatives and service developments include user participation (Department of Health,


Pure-radiation solutions are found exploiting the analogy with the Euler-Darboux equation for aligned colliding plane waves and the Euler-Tricomi eqution in hydrodynamics of two-dimensional flow.They do not depend on one of the spacelike coordinates and comprise the Hauser solution as a special subcase.


OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of psychological factors in functional dyspepsia (FD) and the effects of antidepressant drugs on FD.

METHODS: The psychological status of 24 FD patients and 24 healthy people was analyzed using the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAS) and the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) scale. Antidepressants were used to treat FD patients for 8 weeks; 13 patients received Prozac, 11 patients received Seroxat. Psychometric analysis was carried out before and after treatment.

RESULTS: There were significant differences in somatic and psychometric scores on the HAS and SCL-90 scales in the two groups (P < 0.001). The scores of the FD patients improved significantly after 8 weeks of treatment (P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: Psychological factors played a role in the etiology of FD. The patients commonly had depression or anxiety. Antidepressants were effective in the treatment of FD for improving both somatic and psychological symptoms.


Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) is a machine learning algorithm that is inspired from the working principles of the neocortex, capable of learning, inference, and prediction for bit-encoded inputs. Spatial pooler is an integral part of HTM that is capable of learning and classifying visual data such as objects in images. In this paper, we propose a memristor-CMOS circuit design of spatial pooler and exploit memristors capabilities for emulating the synapses, where the strength of the weights is represented by the state of the memristor. The proposed design is validated on a challenging application of single image per person face recognition problem using AR database resulting in a recognition accuracy of 80%.


This study examines the impact of post-secondary education on the well-being of Europeans, comparing single-item hedonic and multi-dimensional eudaimonic models of well-being, operationalized as 'satisfaction with life' (SWL) and 'flourishing'. The results indicate that the impact of education varies significantly when well-being is defined from each of these two perspectives: although vocational education is not significantly associated with the SWL of women and men, it is significantly associated with the extent to which both men and women are flourishing in their lives. Tertiary education is significant across all models for both SWL and flourishing. This study highlights the importance of comprehensive conceptualizations and measurements of well-being in European educational research and public policy.


There have been several challenges in facing the era of industrial revolution 4.0. namely "Artificial Intelligence (AI), data and information (big data), cloud computing (cloud technology), internet, digital money (bitcoin), social media to data security are challenges that must be faced by college graduates today. Industry 4.0 holds a commitment to increase flexibility in manufacturing, in bulk, with better quality and productivity, resulting in rapid changes experienced by society, namely the rapid development of information technology that has a lot of impacts on human life both positive and negative. which is very strategic in the midst of its community, which must be able to provide enlightenment for the surrounding community, nation and state.


This paper studied diameter distribution regularities of 32 sample plots of Larix principis rupprechtii Mayr plantation in Inner Mongolia Daqingshan,based on 3 probability density function:normal distribution,weibull distribution and β distribution.The study shows that the fitting effect of diameter distribution of Inner Mongolia Daqingshan Larix principis rupprechtii Mayr plantation with β distribution is better than the other two.Prediction of β distribution function is setted up on the basis,and forecast stand diameter distribution in theory.It provides theoretical basis for scientific management of Larix principis rupprechtii Mayr plantation.


When MIS is being developed,the function of searching information should be provided. In general,this function is implemented by using SQL statements.The key of correctness of the result of query is correctness of the WHERE clause.Here introduces a structured method of generating a WHERE clause. In this way, a condition expression is created by making use of hiberarchy of tree, from which, a string that stand for a condition expression which is used in WHERE clause is obtained. This method has been used in development of applications software, and has made good effects.


The invention relates to a method for powder bed based additive producing a component (25). This component (25) is produced in a powder bed (14) by means of an energy beam (22), wherein each of the component layers (25) are formed (not shown). According to the invention, that the additive particles can be introduced into the component (25) by means of a foil (28) which is applied to the surface of the component (25) in the foil (28) are distributed. remain by means of the energy beam (22) the material of the foil may be evaporated, so that these additive particles to the component (25). By a subsequent additive manufacturing step in the powder bed (14), the additive particles can be incorporated into the component that forms (25). The invention also relates to an installation which is suitable for application of this method.