brief review of the carried out researches concerning the use of untraditional raw material in various fields has been presented in the article. As a result of the analysis of nontraditional raw materials it has been determined that a large amount of industry wastes containing significant compounds is formed in our country. It has been shown that the quantity and viscosity of significant compounds in their content make possible to substitute expensive, heavily found raw material and use them in various fields. Carried out researches and obtained results have shown the possibility of effective use of industrial wastes containing significant compounds in various fields instead of traditional raw materials. Widening of raw material variety and preserving natural raw material resources are of great importance from economical and ecological points of view.


The article gives an introduction to a card issuing equipment of IC cards issuing machine of expressway, which with a rejected IC card recycle function. Also it gives an introduction to the structural component and the detailed structure design of the recycle function.


To provide a PCIe Express (PCIe) Multiple routes I / O Virtualization (MR-IOV) apparatus and method for prioritizing checks low latency in the environment. SOLUTION: This prioritization check mechanism, the port is to help to be able to conform to the PCIe MR-IOV ranking rules. Posted information array reflects the posted transaction queue, for the corresponding posted transaction entries stored in the posted transaction queue stores prior order indicators and virtual hierarchy (VH) tag information. Selector periodically such as every cycle, query the posted information array, non-posted / completion Tsu Deployment transaction output end of the respective queue, any posted transactions of the same VH that overrides it, posted waiting to determine whether it has somewhere in the matrix. .FIELD 1


In this paper I apply a novel method of network text analysis to a sample of 150 original screenplays. That sample is divided evenly between unproduced, original screenplays (n = 75) and those that were nominated for Best Original Screenplay by either the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences or by major film critics associations (n = 75). As predicted, I find that the text networks derived from unproduced screenplays are significantly less complex, i.e. they contain fewer concepts (nodes) and statements (links). Unexpectedly, I find that those same networks are more cohesive, i.e. they exhibit higher density and coreness.


In this paper,in view of the fork head often broken of the main drive system of a medium thickness plate mill,finite element analysis software ANSYS is used to establish universal coupling model and analyse static strength of the universal coupling, woning maximum stress value of the fork head and cross shaft at maximum load and analysing fracture reason of the fork,which could provide a theoretical basis for the cross shaft universal coupling strength analysis and structural optimization design.


The intrusion detection technology is an important part of network security and a fundamental module in consisting the integ-ration security.The generic method of intrusion detection can detect the generic intrusion,but it is difficult to obtain the deformed intrusion and intruded action.Intrusion detection technology is dealt with based on SVM method with exposure in network security can actively reduce the number of the sample in the limited time,improve the ability of the classification in intrusion detection efficiently,and also can show the accurate intrusion detection in the few time.


The genera Coppinsiella and Seawardiella are described based on the combined phylogenetic analysis from ITS nrDNA, 28S nrLSU and 12S mtSSU sequences. The affinities of the new genera Orientophila, Athallia, Flavoplaca and Calogaya are discussed. The former Caloplaca lobulata group (or 'Xanthoria lobulata-Gruppe' sensu Steiner et Poelt 1982) found to be positioned in the Calogaya clade based on ITS phylogeny while after a three gene phylogeny (based on ITS nrDNA, nrLSU and mtSSU sequences) two species (i.e.: Seawardiella lobulata and described as new S. tasmaniensis) were located in the Seawardiella clade of the Xanthorioideae. Three other species (i.e. Lazarenkoella zoroasteriorum, L. persica and L. polycarpoides) were positioned in the Lazarenkoella-clade of the Brownlielloideae. The position of all species of the Calogaya clade (after ITS phylogeny) should be re-evaluated based on three gene phylogeny from ITS nrDNA, nrLSU and mtSSU sequences. The new species Seawardiella tasmaniensis is described, illu...


Landfill leachate was treated by UV/Fe3+/H2O2 oxidation-coagulation process. The effects of initial pH on wastewater, dosage of H2O2 and Fe3+ , reaction time, reaction temperature, pH and mass concentration of the coagulation agent were investigated. The optimal condition was obtained as follows: pH=8, c(H2O2)=0.12 mL·L-1,c(Fe3+)=4×10-4 mL· L-1, T=50 ℃, t=90 min, pH and mass concentration of the coagulation agent=8 and 500 mg·L-1, with COD removal efficiency of 96.22%. The wastewater was up to Grade I of the national disposal standard.


The articles explores the utterance's semiotic nature and role in interlingual communication. It is demonstrated that the utterance, as a speech unit, has a complex sign structure. Each spoken utterance designates a situation comprising a representational setting and a communicative setting. This complicates the interpreter's task and creates some insurmountable obstacles to automated translation.


By studying the electrical control of the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic semiconductors (FMSs), we can understand many fundamental aspects of carrier-induced ferromagnetism and explore the possibilities of device applications. Previous experiments on the electrical control of ferromagnetism in Mn-doped FMSs were limited to very low temperatures due to their low Curie temperature (TC). Here, we demonstrate electrical control ferromagnetism at high temperature (210 K) in an electric double layer transistor with an n-type high-TC FMS (In0.89,Fe0.11)Sb thin film channel. A liquid electrolyte is used instead of a conventional solid gate to obtain a large change (40%) of the electron density in the (In0.89,Fe0.11)Sb channel. By applying a small gate voltage (0 → +5 V), TC of the (In,Fe)Sb thin film can be changed by 7 K, indicating that the magnetization as well as ferromagnetic phase transition in (In,Fe)Sb can be controlled at high temperature by the gate electric field despite a small change of electron concentration Δn = 2.2 × 1017 cm−3. Our result paves a way for realizing semiconductor spintronic devices operating at room temperature with low power consumption.By studying the electrical control of the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic semiconductors (FMSs), we can understand many fundamental aspects of carrier-induced ferromagnetism and explore the possibilities of device applications. Previous experiments on the electrical control of ferromagnetism in Mn-doped FMSs were limited to very low temperatures due to their low Curie temperature (TC). Here, we demonstrate electrical control ferromagnetism at high temperature (210 K) in an electric double layer transistor with an n-type high-TC FMS (In0.89,Fe0.11)Sb thin film channel. A liquid electrolyte is used instead of a conventional solid gate to obtain a large change (40%) of the electron density in the (In0.89,Fe0.11)Sb channel. By applying a small gate voltage (0 → +5 V), TC of the (In,Fe)Sb thin film can be changed by 7 K, indicating that the magnetization as well as ferromagnetic phase transition in (In,Fe)Sb can be controlled at high temperature by the gate electric field despite a small change of electro...


Injury of the cervical spine is an important medical and social problem due to the tendency to increase number and severity of injuries and high disability of patients. According to various sources, the incidence of injuries in this area is about 55 % of all spinal injuries. In addition, the diagnosis of injuries of the cervical spine is often difficult due to the peculiarities of the anatomical structure of the cervical spine, fixing devices, as well as the forced position of the patient. Therefore, it is important to have an idea of various research methods for the timely, competent construction of a diagnostic algorithm in case of suspected injury to the cervical spine and the early start of therapeutic measures. Presented literature review provides information on modern techniques of diagnostic radiology for injuries of the cervical spine. Such methods as radiography, computed tomography, CT myelography, and magnetic resonance imaging are used in modern medicine individually or in combination to diagnose injuries of the cervical spine of various nature. We describe their advantages, disadvantages and possibilities of complex use in diagnostics.


The constantly shifting socio-political and economic dynamics in the business environment are creating new obstacles for entrepreneurs in India. A new entrepreneur invests a significant amount of time, energy, and resources in building the proper set of procedures to guarantee the firm runs effectively and with the least level of risk. The entrepreneur's primary aims are risk minimization and profit maximization, followed by assuring value-added quality of the products or services and optimum executive management of the operations. Stakeholders must be identified at the outset, and a needs analysis must be carried out concurrently with the implementation of the entrepreneurial idea. The purpose of this study is to suggest how to improve the human interface i.e. the human to human connection using technology to enhance stakeholder engagement. The study will also establish the level of acceptability, the amount of use of project management methodology and technology in accomplishing organization goals, and the best practices implemented by entrepreneurs in this regard. The robustness of the organization structure built on human interface is crucial to the venture's success. Building unique human interface methods through technology to successfully engaging stakeholders will result in the growth of the business despite economic uncertainties.


The essence of national food security is revealed, internal and external threats are identified, questions related to development of domestic agriculture and the country's entry into the WTO are asked. To justify the development of agro-industrial complex strategy, it is proposed to use the scenario approach, which involves construction of several alternatives under various conditions of external and internal environment, taking into account control actions, and includes four phases: analysis, research, modeling and organization. The conditions for the strategy of agro-industrial complex are defined. A set of organizational, economic and legislative measures to ensure the functioning of the agro-industrial complex that meets the requirements of raising standards of living in the village ofand to ensure national food security is grounded. Food security of the population is invited to be considered from three directions: first, from the standpoint of immediate food supply of the population, secondly, to protect it from low-quality food products, and thirdly, to protect domestic agricultural producers from large-scale imports of food.


The anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) came from testosterone, with restricted use in medicine in some specific clinical conditions, and when correctly administrated are well tolerated. However, there is a potential risk to health the use of AAS without medical prescription and above the recommended dose, becoming evident the collateral effects. The risk of adverse cardiovascular effects increasing is a main concerning. The abusive use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy. The decanoate of nandrolone (nandrolone) is one of the most used AAS in the world. The regression of left ventricular hypertrophy is a point of interest because of the possible reduction of bad prognostic that it causes to the individual. Beta-blockers can revert the variations associated to ventricular remodeling and can show the progressive deterioration benefits from ventricular dysfunction. In this study was evaluated the effects of metoprolol on histomorphological profile of heart induced by AAS in rats. Four groups, each with 10 rats, were studied: 1) Control Group (C): rats that received twice a week injections of olive oil during five weeks as a control group (1 ml intramuscular);2) Nandrolone Group (N): rats that received twice a week injections of nandrolone during five weeks (15 mg/kg weight, intramuscular); 3) Metoprolol Group (M): rats that received twice a week injections of olive oil (1 ml intramuscular) during five weeks and daily injections of metoprolol (4 mg/kg weight, intraperitonial) during five weeks and 4) Nandrolone-Metoprolol Group (NM): rats that received twice a week injections of nandrolone (15 mg/kg weight, intramuscular) during five weeks and daily injections of metoprolol (4 mg/kg weight, intraperitonial) during five weeks. The animals were weighed to control body weight and heart beat frequency. The heart weight/animal weight ratio was quantified. The evaluation of ventricular remodelling was obtained through histological processing and morphological analyses, measuring miocytes diameter using HL Image 97. These microphotographies allowed the transversal diameter measurement of, at least, five ventricular fibers, with a total of 125 fibers measured by animal. The diameter of each fiber, in micrometers, was obtained in the HL Image 97 program. It was verified that the animals from Nandrolone (N) group showed a significant increasing of the ventricular fiber diameter compared with control group (C). In the association of nandrolone and metoprolol (NM) the diameter was 50 % lower than the group that received only nandrolone (N). The nandrolone decanoate promotes ventricular remodeling characterized by the increasing of myocardiocytes transversal diameter and the metoprolol associated with this nandrolone causes cardioprotective and repairing effect, decreasing the induced myocardium hypertrophy


Thermal fluctuations are important for amphiphilic bilayer membranes since typical bending stiffnesses can be a few k B T. The rod-like constituent molecules are generically tilted with respect to the local normal for packing reasons. We study the effects of fluctuations on membranes with nematic order, a simplified idealization with the same novel features as realistic tilt order. We find that nematic membranes lie in the same universality class as hexatic membranes, i.e. the couplings that distinguish nematic from hexatic order are marginally irrelevant. Our calculation also illustrates the advantages of conformal gauge, which brings great conceptual and technical simplifications compared to the more popular Monge gauge.


The determination of residual stresses in coatings generally goes with the simultaneous determination of their elasticity constants. The main experimental methods used for that purpose are briefly reviewed and their advantages and limitations discussed: mechanical tests on self-bearing layers or on coated substrates, indirect physical methods.


A compact complex surface with positive de nite intersection lattice is either the projective plane or a fake projective plane. If the intersection lattice is trivial or negative de nite, the surface is either a secondary Kodaira surface, an elliptic surface with b1 = 1, or a class VII surface. If the lattice is non-trivial, it is odd and diagonalizable over the integers. There are no other cases of surfaces where the intersection lattice is de nite.


The cocoa tree is a very important plant in Côte d'Ivoire (formerly known as Ivory Coast) with a production of 2,15 million tons. In spite of this performance, cocoa production is attacked by several pests of which the emerging ones are Pseudotheraptus devastans (Distant). These insects attack cherelles, pods, gourmands and young shoots. This study aims to locate these pests and determine their importance in the different cocoa production areas. The device used is total randomization. The leaching carried out in the orchard revealed the presence of P.devastans in all the cocoa producing districts. The means were 0,02 ± 0,00 to 2,35 ± 0,38 P. devastans / tree. The districts of Sassandra-Marahoué, Comoé and Montagnes recorded more P.devastans. However, the districts of Bas-Sassandra, Lagunes et Lacs had fewer P.devastans. Original Research Article Kouamé et al.; JEAI, 43(5): 114-121, 2021; Article no.JEAI.68015 115


Cross-national comparisons can teach lessons about antipoverty policy. While all nations value low poverty, high levels of economic self-reliance and equality of opportunity for younger persons, they differ dramatically in the extent to which they reach these goals. Nations also exhibit differences in the extent to which working age adults mix economic self-reliance (earned incomes), family support and government support to avoid poverty. We begin by reviewing international concepts and measures of poverty. The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) database contains the information needed to construct comparable poverty measures for more than 30 nations. It allows comparisons of the level and trend of poverty and inequality across several nations, along with considerable detail on the sources of market incomes and public policies that shape these outcomes. We will highlight the different relationships between antipoverty policy and outcomes among several countries, and consider the implications of our analysis for research and for antipoverty policy in the United States. In doing so, we will draw on a growing body of evidence that evaluates antipoverty programs in a cross-national context.


OF THE DISCLOSURE A flexible, load-bearing strapping article which consists essentially of an intertwined structure of continuous multi filament yarns of a fibrous polyamide, e.g. nylon 6 (poly caprolactam) or nylon 6,6 (polyhexamethylene adip amide), which has been reinforced with an elastomeric copolymer of butadiene, styrene, acrylonitrile and meth acrylic acid. The article is produced by impregnating and surface-coating the intertwined yarn structure with an aqueous emulsion of the copolymer and then heating to cross-link the copolymer onto the yarn.


Despite manifold technical advances in recent years, 3T MRI has low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), significantly limiting its sensitivity to emerging pathology (i.e. cortical lesions or early neurodegeneration).2–7 The most promising approach for overcoming MRI fundamental limits is to increase the thermal equilibrium spin polarization, which can be achieved by increasing the strength of the magnetic field. In this direction, recent efforts have been successfully conducted to deliver what we currently known as 'ultrahigh field' or UHF MRI (for any magnetic field strength ⩾ 7 T), to the point that in 2017 the first 7T MRI system received clearance by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a medical device.8 Of notice, the recent FDA clearance for this MRI system for clinical use, but restricted to head, legs and arms imaging due to unsolved challenges to high-quality imaging at high magnetic fields.


Proof. Given two real numbers a and b with a < b, it is enough to prove that m∗([a, b]) = b− a. Clearly, m∗([a, b]) ≤ b− a. Now let [a, b] ⊂ ∪k=1Ik for some positive integer n, which is always possible since [a, b] is compact. Without loss of generality, assume that the set [a, b] ∩ Ik is nonempty for each k. Observe that the set ∪k=1Ik is connected. (Otherwise, if (P,Q) is its separation, then for each k, by connectedness of Ik, either Ik ⊂ P or Ik ⊂ Q. Thus each of P and Q is equal to union of sets from the list {I1, . . . , In}. So the pair (P ∩ [a, b],Q ∩ [a, b]) determines a separation of [a, b], which contradicts connectedness of [a, b].) So ∪k=1Ik is an open interval containing [a, b]. Thus, b− a ≤ (∪k=1Ik ) ≤ ∑n k=1 (Ik ), where the last inequality holds since some intervals overlap. Hence, b− a ≤ m∗([a, b]).


An alternative encoding scheme using a field free line (FFL) promises a ten-fold higher sensitivity and faster reconstruction algorithms for magnetic particle imaging (MPI) [1]. Yet, different scanner designs for two-dimensional imaging have been introduced [2,3]. This paper introduces a simulation study that combines both approaches which relies on permanent magnets and includes a rotational device as proposed in [4]. Therefore, this work uses a rotationally symmetric design as a basis and suggests a potential assembly. This assembly is realized and used initially to capture one-dimensional images which are shown below.


Paired immunoglobulin-like type 2 receptors(PILRs) composed of two subtypes, PILRαand PILRβ, are members of immunoglobulin superfamily found recently. They play important roles in host innate immune responses. However, genomic sequence of porcine PILRB gene has not been cloned and sequenced as yet. This study was designed to clone and analyze polymorphisms of partial genomic sequences of porcine PILRB gene by using PCR method. The sequence obtained was 1 127 bp in length and contained the complete sequence of exon 1, intron 1, exon 2, intron 2, exon 3 and partial of intron 3.Intron 1 and intron 2 of porcine PILRB gene, 9 and 314 bp in length, respectively, were first identified experimently. Totally, 15 SNPs were identified in the region. Six SNPs were medium polymorphic loci and group into five haplotypes of which ACACCG was dominant haplotype. The results provide a basis for further analyzing the effect of these SNPs on protein function, and the role in disease-resistant breeding as well.


The P2Y family of receptors are G protein‐coupled receptors for ATP, ADP, UTP and UDP. Recently several members of this family have been cloned, including the P2Y4, which is activated by UTP but not by ATP. In the present report, using receptors stably transfected into 1321N1 cells, we show that suramin acts as an antagonist at cloned P2Y1 and (less potently) P2Y2 receptors, but not at the cloned P2Y4 receptor. Furthermore, PPADS (pyridoxal‐phosphate‐6‐azophenyl‐2′,4′‐disulphonic acid), a potent antagonist at the P2Y1 receptor, is a relatively inneffective antagonist at the cloned P2Y4 receptor. This work moves us closer to the goal of classifying the native P2Y receptors on the basis of agonist and antagonist profiles.


The role and importance of entrepreneurship and new business creation to the economy have been the subject of increased attention in recent years. Indeed, it is now widely recognised that the promotion of entrepreneurship is not only necessary for a healthy economy, but also critical for sustaining prosperity and creating new jobs. The authors discuss the debate on intervention in the business creation process, and pay particular attention to one aspect of such intervention, namely entrepreneurship training. The issue of the effectiveness of this type of training is also addressed, and the results of a comparative study of eight enterprise training programmes in five European countries, are presented. In addition to the intercountry comparison of entrepreneurship training programmes, the research undertaken comprised a three-year longitudinal study of participants in one of these programmes (CCNEA). The combination of the analysis of the comparative study with the more in-depth case study, has highlighted a number of issues which should be of particular interest to enterprise policymakers throughout Europe. These include the need for early stage awareness-raising through the education system, and the importance of providing secure funding for programmes; for pre-programme screening; for evaluation; and the need to ensure wide access.


Dental caries is one of the most common dental health problems and is the main problem of dental and oral disease. the most common cause of dental caries is Streptococcus mutans bacteria. To treat dental caries, one of the plants that can be used is the leaf of kale fence (Ipomoea carnea Jacq,  which has antibacterial properties. This study aims to determine the compound content of n-hexane, methanol, ethyl acetate and the antibacterial activity of Streptococcus mutans. This research used well diffusion method and tested against Streptococcus mutans bacteria. Thus, it was found that the compound content of the thick extract of kale leaves contains compounds of steroidal n-hexane, methanol flavonoids, saponins, tannins, triterpenoids, and ethyl acetate alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, tannins and simplicia dried kale leaves contain alkaloids, flavonoids. , steroids, tannins. The results of the activity test of the leaf extract of kale (Ipomoea carnea Jacq) inhibited the growth of Streptococcus mutans bacteria with a concentration of 100% n-hexane inhibition zone 5.2 mm in the weak category, methanol 16.4 mm in the very strong category and ethyl acetate 10.4 mm in the strong category. . Based on the results, it was shown that the leaf of kale (Ipomoea carnea Jacq) had antibacterial activity from Streptococcus mutans bacteria.


ABSTRACT Early career teachers (ECTs) face unprecedented pressure to fulfill expectations of 'highly effective' teachers within their first few years of teaching. Lesson planning is an important precursor to effective instruction, yet little is known about how the social and institutional contexts where ECTs work influences their planning. In this paper, we report findings from a large-scale study of elementary ECTs' mathematics lesson planning practice to shed light upon the nature of ECTs' lesson planning and factors influencing their lesson planning practice. Informed by the conceptualization of the curriculum enactment process, we present our findings of 67 ECTs' planning practices across four school districts, with distinct profiles for each district as defined by districts' official curriculum and the instructional materials available for teachers and students to use. We found that differences in the designated curriculum in each district corresponded with differences in how groups of ECTs utilize curricular objectives and instructional materials, and how they engage with colleagues during the lesson planning process. Implications for the preparation and induction of ECTs are discussed.


10. ABILDSKOV, J. A. and PENCE, E. D.: A comparative study of spatial vectorcardiograms obtained with the equilateral tetrahedron and a *correctedu system of electrode placement. CircuEation, 13: 263, 1956. ADAMS. F. H. md LIND, J.: Physiologic studies on the cardiovascular status of normal newborn infants. Pediatrics, 19: 457, 1957. AKULYNCHEV, 1. T.: Vectorelectrocardioscope. Voanomed Zh, I: 79, 1956. ARDRAN, G. M., DAWES, G. S., PRICHARD, M. M. L., REYNOLDS, J. R. M. and WYATT. D. G.: The effect of ventilation of the foetal lungs upon the pulmonary circulation. J Physiol, 118: 12, 1952. ARNAUD, P.: Information contained in vectorcardiograms. Procedures of analysis and characterization of the QRS loop. ElectroVecto-Phonocardiography. Edited by Moret. P. R. and Mahaim. I. S. Karger A. G., Basel 1966. ASHMAN, R.: The normal human ventricular gradient. N. The relationship between the magnitudes, APRs and G, and deviations of the RS-T segment. Amer Heart J , 26: 495, 1943. ASHMAN, R. and BYER. E.: The normal human ventricular gradient. I. Factors which affect its direction and its relation to the mean QRS axis. Amer Heart J, 25: 16, 1943. ASHMAN, R. and BYER. E.: The normal human ventricular gradient. 11. Factors which affect its manifest area and its relationship to the manffest area of the QRS complex. Amer Heart J , 25: 36, 1943. ASHMAN, R., CARDBERG. M. and BYER, E.: The normal human ventricular gradient. 111. The relation between the anatomic and electrical axes. Amer Heart J , 26: 473, 1943. ASHMAN, R. and HULL, E.: E s s a t W s of Electrocardiography. 2nd ed. The Maemillan Co.. New York 1945. 11. ASTVATSATRYAN, V. A.: Vectorcardiography in children with rheumatic affection of the heart. Pediatrija, 38: 12: 24, 1960.


Spectral clustering(SC) is a widely used method of unsupervised learning, which is effective in dealing with many real-world applications. However, existing SC simply drops in three deficiencies. Firstly, the traditional SC cannot learn an effective representation among non-Euclidean data. Secondly, for the present algorithms based on spectral clustering, it is necessary to carry out eigendecomposition of the Laplace matrix, that is very time-consuming when processing large-scale data. Thirdly, in large-scale data, the application of the k -means algorithm for spectral clustering will also waste time. To solve these issues, we combine Graph Convolutional Network and Chebyshev polynomial approximation of spectral filter to improve spectral clustering (CGCSC). Specifically, the proposed CGCSC algorithm first uses Graph Convolutional Networks (GCN) to express and analyze non-Euclidean data, and then builds the Laplace matrix. Meanwhile,we use Chebyshev polynomial approximation of spectral filter technology to avoid the eigendecomposition of the Laplace matrix, which is completely different from traditional ways. Additionally, this paper adopts a uniform distribution sampling technique, which can do a random sample of graph signals, further reduce the data scale and improve the k -means' speed in SC. The performance of CGCSC is tested on artificial and natural datasets. Compared with several advanced clustering algorithms, the experiment shows that CGCSC can considerably improve the clustering speed, and at the same time ensuring the clustering accuracy.


This research study tries to provide an overview of the accessibility of disabled community to web sites in Korea. One hundred and seventy-two websites were examined to find out how accessible they are with reference to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. Using the web accessibility tool, Bobby 5.0, and Markup validation service from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the study finds a disappointingly low level of website accessibility, and thus many disabled Koreans may have substantial problems in accessing sites set up for the disabled community.


Our laboratory has constructed a custom fluorescence microendoscope for detecting and monitoring tumor nodules in a mouse model of metastatic ovarian carcinoma (OVCA). The microendoscope is being applied for tumor recognition and for quantifying tumor burden reduction following photodynamic therapy (PDT). Benzoporphyrin derivative monoacid ring A (BPD-MA), a photosensitizing agent for PDT, is administered to the mice and imaged with the microendoscope prior to PDT. BPD-MA fluorescence is a convenient means for locating tumor sites and quantifying tumor burden (despite the fact that BPD-MA is a non-targeted contrast agent). The miniature, flexible microendoscope probe is delivered via a 14-gauge catheter for imaging metastases along the outer surfaces of the internal organs and the inner walls of the peritoneal cavity. The minimal invasiveness of this approach facilitates frequent imaging of the mice in order to monitor cancer progression and treatment response. We present promising data for intravital imaging of treatment response following PDT and new developments in the microendoscope instrumentation for improved image quality.


. A new contraction condition for multivalued maps in metric spaces is introduced and then, based on this new condition, we prove two fixed point theorems for such contractions. The new condition uses the altering distance technique and a Pompeiu type metric on the family of nonempty and closed subsets of a metric space. Our results essentially compliments and generalizes some well known results. As application, we model a nonconvex Hammerstein type integral inclusion and prove an existence theorem for this problem


Background: Human workers are indispensable in the human–cyber-physical system in the forthcoming Industry 5.0. As inappropriate work content induces stress and harmful effects on human performance, engineering applications search for a physiological indicator for monitoring the well-being state of workers during work; thus, the work content can be modified accordingly. The primary aim of this study is to assess whether heart rate variability (HRV) can be a valid and reliable indicator of acute work-content-related stress (AWCRS) in real time during industrial work. Second, we aim to provide a broader scope of HRV usage as a stress indicator in this context. Methods: A search was conducted in Scopus, IEEE Xplore, PubMed, and Web of Science between 1 January 2000 and 1 June 2022. Eligible articles are analyzed regarding study design, population, assessment of AWCRS, and its association with HRV. Results: A total of 14 studies met the inclusion criteria. No randomized control trial (RCT) was conducted to assess the association between AWCRS and HRV. Five observational studies were performed. Both AWCRS and HRV were measured in nine further studies, but their associations were not analyzed. Results suggest that HRV does not fully reflect the AWCRS during work, and it is problematic to measure the effect of AWCRS on HRV in the real manufacturing environment. The evidence is insufficient for a reliable conclusion about the HRV diagnostic role as an indicator of human worker status. Conclusion: This review is valuable in the Operator 4.0 paradigm, calling for more trials to validate the use of HRV to measure AWCRS on human workers.


Defining space‐time collocation criteria for the validation of measurements requires the information about natural variability of geophysical parameters. In this paper, we analyzed the variability of the small‐scale structure of temperature fields in the stratosphere using temperature profiles from radio‐soundings at Sodankylä (vertical resolution ∼10 m) with a small time difference between sonde launches. We found that the small‐scale structures in temperature profiles become different when the horizontal separation of measurements exceeds 20–30 km. The set of the collocated temperature profiles has allowed obtaining experimental estimates of the horizontal structure function of temperature fluctuations. The spectral analysis of the profiles has shown that vertical wavenumber spectra of temperature fluctuations are similar, even for profiles separated significantly in space and time (a few hundreds of kilometers, a few hours). Implications of these results for validation of high‐resolution profiles are discussed.


As part of the first phase of this study, characterization of the pore volume and surface area of coal was principally undertaken while the more extensive and complex diffusivity and high-pressure adsorption experiments were being built. The careful characterization work resulted in new understanding of the limitations of mercury porosimetry and nitrogen adsorption analysis for coal. Our results indicate that as the size of coal particles in a sample decreases, a spurious, intruded-pore volume is indicated in mercury porosimetry. Furthermore, at higher pressures of Hg, the penetration of Hg may actually be a measure of micropore crushing rather than pore structure information. Nitrogen adsorption measurements do not reflect the total surface area of the coal which is easily accessed and measured by carbon dioxide. At the same time we found that condensation of nitrogen and NMR relaxation experiments may lead to significantly new interpretations of coal porosity. We find that measurements of condensation of nitrogen gives a direct measure of large pore volume that can be contrasted to total pore volumes. Preliminary NMR results show remarkable differences in apparent pore structure for similar New Mexico coals. The extension of basic science of coal structure and development of a potential newmore » method for characterization of coal are major, long range impacts of this work. 41 refs., 9 figs., 6 tabs.« less


This paper briefly introduced the evaluation systems widely used in hospital informationization, namely that of the EMRAM of HIMSS of the United States, that of the electronic medical record function and application level grading, and that of hospital information interoperability standardization maturity used in China. A comparative study was made on those evaluation systems in terms of their evaluation objective, evaluation content, grading solution, evaluation method and evaluation process etc. It is held that the three evaluation systems are essentially an evaluation of the overall level of hospital informationization, yet each has different emphases and differences, and its rational application can guide and promote hospital informationization.

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Hospital informationization; Development; Evaluation system; Electronic medical record; Interoperability


The present paper explores a novel variant of Random Indexing (RI) based representations for encoding language data with a view to using them in a dynamic scenario where events are happening in a continuous fashion. As the size of the representations in the general method of onehot encoding grows linearly with the size of the vocabulary, they become non-scalable for online purposes with high volumes of dynamic data. On the other hand, existing pre-trained embedding models are not suitable for detecting happenings of new events due to the dynamic nature of the text data. The present work addresses this issue by using a novel RI representation by imposing a probability distribution on the number of randomized entries which leads to a class of RI representations. It also provides a rigorous analysis of the goodness of the representation methods to encode semantic information in terms of the probability of orthogonality. Building on these ideas we propose an algorithm that is log-linear with the size of vocabulary to track the semantic relationship of a query word to other words for suggesting the events that are relevant to the word in question. We ran simulations using the proposed algorithm for tweet data specific to three different events and present our findings. The proposed probabilistic RI representations are found to be much faster and scalable than Bag of Words (BoW) embeddings while maintaining accuracy in depicting semantic relationships.


The paper aims at development of mathematical model of interaction process between forest machine rover and soil, the properties of which change during the interaction process. The study bases on the off-road operation theory and methods of mathematical analysis. The basis of the mathematical model includes equation of interaction between a mover die and deformable soil mass of specified thickness placed on a rigid non-deformable base. The model uses power dependence of the mass deformation modulus on its density, which is changed under the impact of the mover die following the relative compression of the soil. The equation solution for sinkage is obtained in form of Taylor polynomials, this allows obtaining the rut depth caiculated value without iterations, which simplifies development of automated workplaces designed to evaluate forestry machines and cutting sites soils interaction at timber harvesting planning stage. Using an example of interaction between forest machine mover and weak forest soils, the paper shows the difference between rut depth calculated values, obtained using proposed mathematical model, and the values, obtained with a constant value of the deformation modulus. With a contact pressure in range of 0.06-0.1 MPa, rut depth predicted values are lower by 30-60%. In conclusion the paper notes prospective areas of further research, which include studying the changes of soil physical and mechanical properties, characterizing its shear resistance, and development of mathematical models that take into account the soil bearing capacity, the value of which also changes during compaction.


Human interleukin-6 (hIL-6) injected into mice increases antigen-specific antibody production. In the present study, we examined the possibility that anti-hIL-6 murine monoclonal antibody (MH-166) could neutralize this hIL-6 activity in vivo. Although MH166 completely neutralized hIL-6 activity in vitro, treatment in vivo with hIL-6 and MH166 combined unexpectedly increased both anti-dinitrophenyl (DNP) and anti-sheep red blood cell (SRBC) antibody production more than treatment with IL-6 alone did. To explain this phenomenon, the serum hIL-6 level was monitored following the MH166 administration. The hIL-6 level was significantly higher in the mice treated with both hIL-6 and MH166 than in the mice treated with hIL-6 alone during the 24 hr following hIL-6 administration. These results indicate that MH166 prolongs half-life of a xenogeneic hIL-6.


The article describes parallelism of the two arts, poetry and painting, in the emblematic books of the Baroque epoch. In the Baroque art, an emblem, as a visual metaphor, formed stylistic singularity of the culture of the 16th-17th centuries. The emblem represented the principle of simultaneity, a picture with a brief motto coexisting with a didactic or spiritual text. Not only was the emblem an ornamental "insertion", a piece of encrusted graphics, but it also reflected the Baroque principle of a witty game. A book of emblems could act as a visual dictionary of signified objects. The significance of finished emblems was not limited to their pictographical meanings, they could also include some symbolic senses. Such verbal pictures illustrating abstract notions can be found in the "Emblemata" (1531) by Andreas Alciatus. The synthesis of the verbal and the visual, as an allegorical way of defining the world and the exegesis of Biblical texts, provided wide opportunities for the emblematic signification. The Picta Poesis Baroque book "Graphical Poetry. Alchemy" (1552) by Barthelemy Aneau contained an alchemy symbolism reflecting the character of the Renaissance worldview. Dutch artists of the 17th century developed the theme of evanescence and vanity in their emblematic still-life painting.


ABSTRACT This study investigated predictors of depression in 278 African-American, 206 European-American, and 122 Hispanic teen mothers approximately 36 months after the birth while controlling for depression 14 months after the birth. Predictor variables were age, ethnicity, mastery, knowledge of development, and parental distress. Younger teens were not more depressed than older teens. Although there were not significant differences by ethnicity in 14 month depression, significant differences were evident at 36 months. European-American mothers were the most depressed, whereas Hispanic mothers were the least depressed. Parental distress was positively associated with depression at 36 months while controlling for depression at 14 months. This study provides information for targeting teen mothers at the highest risk for depression through the toddler years, as well as spurs ideas for intervention stategies.


The present study discussed the effects of electrolytes and pore surface area and/or oxygen functional groups of activated carbon fiber (ACF) electrodes on their electric capacity. The electric capacity was affected by the electro-conductivity of electrolytes and increased with increase in oxygen functional groups. It depended more on oxygen functional groups than on BET surface area. However, ACFs which have higher acidity exhibited more remarkable decrease in capacity with current density, due to the increase of internal resistance. At the greatest 30% of increase in electric capacity was obtained by using ACFs with different amount of oxygen functional groups between the positive electrode and the negative one.


Four growing male Haryana calves (13m; 101 Ve) were fed 850 g/d pre-water soaked (24 h) ground Dhaincha (Sesbania aculeata) seeds along with ad lib berseem straw. The DM consumption was 2.8±0.16 kg/100 kg body weight (92.95+1.80 g/kgw0.75). The Dhaincha seeds contained 32.55% CP on DM basis and its digestibility was 72.73%. The balances of N, Ca and P were positive. The plane of nutrition of calves (112 kg U. wt,) in terms of intake of DM, DCP and TDN was 3.20+0.11 kg, 236.08±8.28 and 1.70±0.04 kg respectively. The average DCP, TDN, NR, DE, ME, Ca and P value of Dhaincha seeds were 23.67% 67.39%, 1:1.85, 2.97 Mcal/kg, 2.43 Mcal/kg, 0.23% and 0.74% respectively. The growth rate In calves was 366.66±17.60 g/d.


Abstract : A z-less form of the mixing length that approaches surface layer similarity theory at the surface and approaches boundary layer similarity theory for weakly stratified conditions performed significantly better for CASES99 data than five other existing formulations, particularly after accounting for self-correlation. Radiative flux divergence was important for the initial formation of the surface inversion layer in CASES99, but was otherwise unimportant. Based on several data sets, the success of Monin-Obukhov similarity theory with moderate and strong stability is mainly attributed to self-correlation. The use of existing methods for computing fluxes with very weak turbulence in stable conditions is completely inadequate due to inadvertent inclusion of mesoscale motions and large random flux errors. More careful calculation of turbulence quantities for these conditions leads to extremely weak, but well behaved, turbulence fluxes. Intermittent turbulence patches are found to evolve and decay on small time scales and cannot be studied from a single tower. They advect past individual towers in various states of evolution and decay, which is one of several causes of the poor relationship between turbulence and the Richardson number. Well-defined intermittent events seen in textbooks are in practice relatively rare. Most intermittency assumes a more complex behavior.


Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and not those of the institute. Research disseminated by IZA may include views on policy, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit company supported by Deutsche Post World Net. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its research networks, research support, and visitors and doctoral programs. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. ABSTRACT Human Capital and Wages in Exporting Firms * This paper studies the link between a firm's education level, export performance and wages of its workers. We argue that firms may escape intense competition in international markets by using high skilled workers to differentiate their products. This story is consistent with our empirical results. Using a very rich matched worker-firm longitudinal dataset we find that firms with high export intensities pay higher wages. However, an interaction term between export intensity and skill intensity has a positive impact on wages and it absorbs the direct effect of the export intensity. That is, we find an export wage premium, but it accrues to workers in firms with high skill intensities.


We present a general technique for dynamizing certain problems posed on point sets in Euclidean space for any fixed dimension d. This technique applies to a large class of structurally similar algorithms, presented previously by the authors, that make use of the well-separated pair decomposition. We prove efficient worst-case complexity for maintaining such computations under point insertions and deletions, and apply the technique to several problems posed on a set P containing n points. In particular, we show how to answer a query for any point x, that returns a constant-size set of points, a subset of which consists of all points in P that have x as a nearest neighbor. We then show how to use such queries to maintain the closest pair of points in P. We also show how to dynamize the fast multipole method, a technique for approximating the potential field of a set of point charges. All our algorithms use the algebraic model that is standard in computational geometry, and have worst-case deterministic O(log2 n) complexity for updates and queries.


When multicast sources and receivers are active at LISP sites, the
core network is required to use native multicast so packets can be
delivered from sources to group members. When multicast is not
available to connect the multicast sites together, a signal-free
mechanism can be used to allow traffic to flow between sites. The
mechanism within here uses unicast replication and encapsulation over
the core network for the data-plane and uses the LISP mapping database
system so encapsulators at the source LISP multicast site can find de-
capsulators at the receiver LISP multicast sites.


In the light of the debate on colonisation or so-called colonisation, the question is if by this term the process is under attack. In southern Italy, the relationship between the Greeks and local populations is the main issue. The hermeneutic path developed in Magna Graecia in the last century is summarised. There is no doubt that, at first, the point of view that assigns to the Greeks a civilising function towards an indigenous world thought as a unit has prevailed. The archaeological finds put that model in crisis, without denying the main role of the Greek apoikoi. Recent literature has seen a remarkable increase in contributions and debates on the theme of Greek 'colonisation' in the West. While not always informed by stringent logic, they are nevertheless helping us to clarify things by doing away with certain aporias, but without throwing out the baby with the bath water, as Tsetskhladze and Hargrave have rightly observed. First problem: nominalism. On this subject all I can do is express the deepest astonishment. We who have some familiarity with Latin, as well as Greek, know that colonia comes from colere, and that the Greek movement called apoikismos, which produces apoikiai, has nothing to do with colere. Thus, there is no Greek 'colonisation' in the etymological sense of the word and the many nuances of meaning it picked up along the way from the Roman period to modern times. Finley and Lepore already addressed this subject with exhaustive clarity many years ago. 1 I do not understand why some scholars do not just refer to these authors, rather than invoke a problem that has no raison d'etre, being based on a wrong premise. It is thus surprising to see Etienne 2 enthusiastically adhere to Osborne's criticism of studies on Greek colonialism, vitiated, the latter argues, by the influence of modern colonialism. This is entirely an Anglo-Saxon problem. We, in Italy, never thought of looking at British colonies to study Greek ones. Do we want to abolish the word 'colonisation'? No problem: let us all call it 'apoikism', so everybody will be happy.


In this study, a full-potential density functional theory was used to investigate the effects of Ti substitution by different cations. In both rutile and anatase, Ti atom was replaced by Ce, Au, Sn, Ag, Mo, Nb, Zr, and Y. Phase stability, electronic structure and formation energy of oxygen vacancy were compared for rutile and anatase. The results indicated that substitution of Ce and Zr increases anatase stability through which photocatalytic activity is enhanced. It seems that the cationic capacity and size play a critical role in anatase to rutile phase transition, where with an equi- or higher valence than Ti, larger cations increase the stability of anatase phase. Oxygen vacancy concentration, as a second factor of photocatalytic activity, was also studied by calculating its stability due to the cationic substitution. The data revealed that Au, Ag, Y, Ce and Sn effectively reduce oxygen-vacancy formation energy. Of the studied cations, Au and Ag had maximum reduction in band gap, by creating defect states in the middle of the band gap resulting from the overlaps of these elements d-orbitals and oxygen p-orbitals. Mo and Ce impurities did not have a significant effect on reducing gaps by creating defect states under the conduction band. Finally, Sn impurity also generated defect states in the middle of the gap merely with the lack of oxygen.


In the article by Sinkey and Oparil, "Lower Blood Pressure Thresholds Raise the Bar in Pregnancy," which published in the July 5, 2019 issue of the journal (Circ Res. 2019;125:195-197. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119.315384), a correction was needed. In the editorial,1 the authors state that Hu et al2 found gestational hypertension defined by the 2017 ACC/AHA Guideline "was significantly associated with altered hepatic, renal and coagulation function in mothers, and with adverse perinatal outcomes, including preterm and early term births, and small for gestational age newborns." Data presented by Hu and colleagues report an increased risk for preterm delivery, early-term delivery, and small for gestational age neonates among women with ACC/AHA Stage 2 Hypertension, which is the current diagnostic threshold recommended by ACOG. Early-term delivery (aOR 1.25 [95% CI 1.12 – 1.39]) was the only adverse birth outcome that Hu and colleagues report among women with Stage 1 Hypertension. The corrected version of this article is available at www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119. 315384.


In this study Remote Laboratory for Digital Logic circuits was implemented that can test Logic Gate. The Virtual Contents and the Real Circuits are directly executed and these Real Circuit experimental images are provided to the students who are advised to do comparison studies. In this study, a DAQ card is used to confirm the Real Circuit's Input Signals and a PC camera is used to show a real-time experiment image screen to the students. The experimenting students will use LabVIEW web servers to conduct the real experiments, and the experiment results are saved database in which a data administrator will manage after. Other students will use the LabVIEW web server to monitor the stages of the experiment.


This is a case report of a 81 years old male with primary reticulcum cell sarcoma in the frontal sinuses. The patient had complained of frontal swelling and been treated by exstirpation and X-raytherapy.The patient has shown no signs of recurence for 4 months.Statistical observations were carried on 3 cases of reticulum cell sarccma arisirg from frontal sinuses, 65 cases of sarcorma in the paranasal sinuses, and 32 cases of malignant tcmors of the frontal sinuses.


Image: di64074 - Rick Jennings, Jim Johnson, Luther Scruggs. Group is called "Great Works". Missing form photo is Linda Fairbanks.


Introduction 878 1. Fermi Energy. Fermi Surface. Number of Electrons 878 2. Density of Electron States per Unit Energy Range 884 3. Thermodynamics of Conduction Electrons 886 4. Anomalies of Electronic Properties of a Metal at High Pressures 888 5. Para- and Diamagnetism (Weak Magnetic Fields) 890 6. The de Haas-van Alphen Effect (Strong Magnetic Fields) 892 7. The de Haas-van Alphen Effect and the Theory of the Fermi Liquid 896 8. The de Haas-van Alphen Effect (Special Problems) 898 9. Determination of the Electron Energy Spectrum from Experimental Data 900 10. General Theory of Oscillatory Phenomena 902 Appendix 903 1. The Definition of the Effective Mass of a Conduction Electron 903 2. Motion in a Time-varying Inhomogeneous Electromagnetic Field 903 3. Quasiclassical Quantization Near Singular Classical Trajectories 905 Literature References 906


To strengthen and develop the thought and politics work in state-owned schools, schools must explore the theoretical system of thought and politics construction in the practice of scientific development ideas guiding school development, actively innovate the practice model and implement early warning management for thought and politics projects. This is because only by accurately analyzing the problems and causes can we seek more reasonable measures for the laws of thought and politics practice education for modern students. At present, promoting the deep integration of thought and politics teaching projects with information technology has become an important means of thought and politics teaching projects in schools. However, with the explosive growth of network data, the structure becomes more and more complex, and learners face the problem of information overload as more and more information overflows in the network environment. Precise support for students with learning disabilities is a research direction for precision thinking education, and most existing support strategies in schools include manual statistics of failed subjects, written warnings, or corrective measures through simple correlation algorithms. In this paper, we propose a dynamical alert for thought and politics teaching based on the Long-Short-Term Memory Neural Network (LSTM), which uses a powerful global optimization function to optimize the parameters of the deep LSTM neural network. The experimental results show that the average execution time of LSTM is 19.46 seconds and 8.24 seconds lower than that of SCB-DBSCAN and CFSFDP, respectively, which shows that the execution time of the LSTM algorithm is faster and more accurate. Therefore, the LSTM algorithm is feasible and effective. The LSTM-based dynamic warning of thought and politics teaching can predict students' subject performance more accurately and has certain validity and feasibility.


First, let me thank the President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Professor Compton Bourne for the invitation to deliver this W illiam Demas Memorial lecture. I am fortunate in my choice of topic not only because of the interest Mr. Demas showed in health as an instrument of Caribbean development, b ut also I am privileged to deliver the lecture with Prime Minister Douglas in the chair. Prime Minister Douglas combines in one person the attributes of a physician and a poli tician, and let me pay tribute to his work as the Prime Minister responsible for the heal th portfolio in CARICOM. I am fond of quoting to my politician friends a famous statem ent by a distinguished German physician-Rudolf Virchov who said "medicine is a so cial science and politics is nothing more than medicine on a large scale". I do not kno w if the Prime Minister's experience bears this out.


Fatty acid (UFA) biosynthesis is essential for the maintenance of membrane structure and function in many groups of anaerobic bacteria. In this study isolation of cellular fatty acid distributed in unknown rhizobial strains collected from five different soil samples by pour plate method using YEMA medium. The five soil sample are namely Klt 1, Alg 2,Bdl 3, Rf 4 and Mdk 5.The isolated rhizobial sample was identified based on morphological and biochemical characterization. Then the purified culture was mass multiplied and used for isolation of fatty acid. The fatty acid profile of five different rhizobial isolates were identified by GC and the result of fatty acid was totally seven fatty acids from Rhizobial isolates. Among them the Myrestic acid (C:14) were present all the isolates respectively.


The induction lightning stroke over-voltage which is arising near Lightning substation is one of the important reasons to the secondary equipment damage. So the research and the identification, which are about the induction lightning stroke transient coupling characteristics of the substation secondary side equipment, have the great significance in transient protection and improvement of its reliability. This paper simulates the transient process which is arising from the of the induction lightning stroke impact to the substation secondary side cable using the laboratory equipment, analyzes the transient radiation signal which is arising from the induction lightning stroke impact coupling the shielded cable, and proposes a recognition of the induction lightning stroke based on wavelet packet energy spectrum characteristics entropy. Decompose the monitored transient disturbance signal into the reconstruction signals of different frequency bands by wavelet transform, construct high-band and low-band wavelet energy feature vector by wavelet energy spectrum method, and use it as the input of the recognition system. So the proposed method can better response the transient process characteristics which is arising by the induction lightning stroke, ensure the reliability of the identification results, and have certain theory and engineering applications value.


The invention relates to a surface treatment method for resisting a dewing environment of devices in a spacecraft sealed cabin. The surface treatment method comprises the steps that a, the surfaces ofthe devices are wrapped with water vapor isolation layers or a single device or the position between the mutual-connecting attached surfaces of the at least two devices are filled with a water vaporseparation material; b, pressure is applied to the water vapor isolation layers wrapping the surfaces of the devices or the surface of the water vapor separation material; c, the edges of the water vapor isolation layers wrapping the surfaces of the devices are sealed, and a sealed water vapor separation sealing wrapping sleeve body wrapping the devices is formed; or the water vapor separation material filled between the mutually-attached surfaces of the devices is solidified, and a solidified water vapor separation sealing filing body is formed between every two adjacent devices. The dewing resistance capability of the devices is significantly improved through the surface treatment method so that the devices can work normally for a long time.


Rendón, L. (2008). Sentipensante (sensing/thinking) pedagogy: Educating for wholeness, social justice and liberation. Sterling, VA: Stylus. Wilchins, R. A. (1997). Read my lips: Sexual subversion and the end of gender. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books. Williams, P. (1992). The alchemy of race and rights. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Wing, A. K. (2003). Critical race feminism: A reader. New York: New York University Press.


* Institute of Information Systems, University of Berne, Hallerstr. 6, CH-3012 Berne, {knolmayer¦herbst¦firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract. Business Rules are important organizational elements which can be treated diffently in information systems. One possible implementation alternative are trigger mechanisms provided by active database systems. The paper summarizes our research on conceptual and implementational aspects of business rules.


Luteal phase defect (LPD) is an inadequate endometrial response to serum progesterone and has been reported to cause infertility and spontaneous


Child development in the pre-school period is comprehensive, which means that the physical, locomotory, cognitive and social aspects are intertwined. It is, therefore, hard to measure achievements in each of these areas separately. Moreover, pre-school development varies in terms of the speed at which particular milestones in different fields are achieved. Development is characterized by growth, maturation, experience and adaptation. In its earliest stages child development can be influenced by adults, mainly by way of exposing children to relevant experiences. The importance of that lies in appropriate, sufficiently frequent and adequately intensive experiences provided at the right time, thus allowing children to develop their potential as much in line with their personal predispositions as possible, bearing in mind that any new skill or ability they had missed in the earliest stages may be hard to catch up with.
It is teachers who are responsible for relevant experience planning. Based on an analysis of a group of children entrusted to them, they plan, implement, analyze and adapt the pedagogical process, making sure that it follows the developmental milestones. A teacher can pursue such goals in different ways, i.e. he or she can implement them following different paths.
In this Master's thesis, which includes quantitative research, we analyze the importance of material, personnel and organizational factors in the frequency, type and duration of physical activities in nature.
 The studied sample includes 60 teachers from different locations in Slovenia. The variables sample constitutes a questionnaire composed of 7 parts. The individual sections are divided into: basic information, average rate of physical activities conducted in nature, teacher's knowledge, the kindergarten area, teacher's attitude to nature, teacher's knowledge of the significance of a child's physical activity in nature and management. The questionnaires were completed by teachers in April 2017.
The data gathered for this purpose were statistically processed in SPSS program. We also used subprogram Frequencies for calculation of individual answers and Descriptives for calculation of descriptive statistics. Based on the results obtained in this phase, in order to test the hypotheses, we prepared appropriate composite questionnaires, which in equivalent scope included a few components from each individual part. On the basis of different studies conducted so far as well as available literature, we constructed the following variables: material, organizational and personnel factors. The impact of the chosen factors was measured with the use of a regression analysis. In order to establish the connections between selected variables Pearson correlation coefficient was used. We accepted the hypotheses with a 5% risk rate.
The analysis of results has shown that material, personnel and organizational factors influence the implementation of organized physical activities in nature. We have also determined that teachers' knowledge and opinions do not affect the frequency, type and duration of physical activities performed in nature.


Objective To explore the value of diagnostic of alpha-fetoprotein(AFP),a-L-fucosidase(AFU) and homocysteine(Hcy) in patients with primary hepatocarcinoma(PHC).MethodsAFP,AFU and Hcy with 127 cases of primary liver cancer,80 cases of benign liver diseases and 50 healthy human were combined and analysis the difference of level.RusultsThe levels and the positive rates in serum AFP,AFU and Hcy of primary hepatocarcinoma patients were significantly higher than those of benign liver diseases patients and normal controls(P0.05).The diagnostic sensitivity and accuracy of combined detection was higher than that of single assay.ConclusionTo combining the levels of AFP,AFU and Hcy has important significance to diagnose primary hepatocarcinoma.


We perform quantum Monte Carlo simulations to study the 2D hard-core Bose–Hubbard model in a random potential. Our motivation is to investigate the effects of randomness on the Kosterlitz–Thouless (KT) transition and its quantum critical phenomenon. The chemical potential is assumed to be random, by site, with a Gaussian distribution. The KT transition is confirmed by a finite-size analysis of the superfluid density and the power-law decay of the correlation function. By changing the variance of the Gaussian distribution, we find that the transition temperature decreases as the variance increases. We obtain the phase diagram showing the superfluid and the disordered phases, and estimate the quantum critical point (QCP) and the critical exponent. Our results on the ground state show the existence of the Bose glass phase. Finally, we discuss what the variance of the QCP indicates from the viewpoint of quantum percolation .


To date, there are very few studies on the transition beyond second Hopf bifurcation in a lid–driven square cavity, due to the difficulties in theoretical analysis and numerical simulations. In this paper, we study the characteristics of the third Hopf bifurcation in a driven square cavity by applying a consistent fourth-order compact finite difference scheme rectently developed by us. We numerically identify the critical Reynolds number of the third Hopf bifurcation located in the interval of (13944.7021,13946.5333) by the method of bisection. Through Fourier analysis, it is discovered that the flow becomes chaotic with a characteristic of period-doubling bifurcation when the Reynolds number is beyond the third bifurcation critical interval. Nonlinear time series analysis further ascertains the flow chaotic behaviors via the phase diagram, Kolmogorov entropy and maximal Lyapunov exponent. The phase diagram changes interestingly from a closed curve with self-intersection to an unclosed curve and the attractor eventually becomes strange when the flow becomes chaotic.


Doppler-free laser-fluorescence and laser-rf double-resonance studies have been made of the hyperfine structure (hfs) of four strong, previously unclassified visible lines in Ho i; all are shown to connect with low levels. The hfs of the 4f116s24I11/2,9/2 levels is measured in detail, allowing evaluation of the dipole (a01, a12, a10) and quadrupole (b02, b11, b13) hfs radial integrals. The results are in close agreement with the ab initio values of Lindgren
 Rosen
 [ Case Stud. Atom. Phys.4, 93– 292 ( 1974)]. The value found for b02 in the 4f116s2 configuration is in reasonable agreement with that of Wyart
 Camus
 [ Physica93C, 227– 236 ( 1978)], thereby confirming their finding of a substantial dependence of this parameter on the number of 4f electrons in the core.


The emission of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from municipal solid waste is one of the environmental issues that raised the public's attention and awareness. Exposure to H2S that brings a foul smell of rotten eggs will cause headaches, irritation, dizziness, fatigue, and even death if the concentration of H2S is too high. The study's goals are to investigate the properties of biochars made from rice hulls, banana peels, and sawdust; to compare the biochars' physical and chemical properties; and establish the H2S removal efficiency of the three biochars. Biochars derived from rice hull (RHB-500), banana peel (BPB-550), and sawdust (SDB-500) by pyrolysis were used as the adsorbents. The biochar yield, pH, ash content, surface functional group, and morphology of the biochars produced were investigated. In this study, H2S was synthesized by mixing food waste and soil in the experimental column. The H2S produced was reduced by the adsorption method. The removal efficiencies of H2S for each biochar were determined by allowing the synthetic H2S to flow through the two columns that were packed with sand (act as control) and biochars, respectively. All biochars were alkaline, and BPB-550 had the highest pH, followed by SDB-500 and finally RHB-500. The order for removal efficiency of H2S (>94%) is BPB-550 > SDB-500 > RHB-500. Overall, the biochars derived from biomass had a strong ability to act as the adsorbents for H2S removal.


Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) have appeared to be not only beneficial for applications in commercial vehicles driving in city environments, but also for long-distance applications. For vehicles including a large (electric) power consumer, like a reefer, typically 5% fuel reduction is possible with rule-based energy management strategies. In this paper, it is demonstrated that an additional fuel saving (1-2%) is possible with advanced control concepts, utilizing the symbiotic advantages in the energy and thermal domain. For that purpose, optimal control techniques are used to develop an integrated Energy Management System (EMS). Here, the thermal behaviour of the battery and that of the internal combustion engine are incorporated in the EMS. Simulations with a EURO-VI vehicle model show the applicability of the optimal control framework and illustrate the physical characteristics of the derived control concept.


This paper mainly introduced application of digital watermarking technique in video surveillance.An infinite norm transform based watermarking method was presented.Experimental results showed that the method had stronger robustness and adaptability.


The paper deals with problems of preservation of the Ukrainian language in Australia, based on the 25-year experience of one of the authors, in teaching Ukrainian studies at Macquarie University in Sydney. Against a background of growing assimilation and the dying away of Multiculturalism as a government policy, the authors examine the structure and history of the Ukrainian community in order to explain the characteristics of dialect-influenced spoken Ukrainian, and set up categories for the other main phenomena of linguistic interference in the areas of phonology and morphosyntax.As a parallel concern, they consider a problem with special relevance in the Ukrainian homeland today, at a time when the direction of language planning is an important issue: the gap between modern standard Ukrainian and the different varieties of Ukrainian found in the diaspora.


Electromagnetic metamaterials have already proven very valuable for the enhancement and molding of RF magnetic fields within ultra-high field MRI scanners at 7T. We report on our development of coil elements based on composite right-/left-handed (CRLH) 1D electromagnetic (EM) metamaterial transmission lines (metalines) operating in the zeroth order resonance (ZOR) to foster uniform RF magnetic field distributions along the scanner axis. Tailored EM metalines supporting full-wave or quarter-wave resonances are used either as metamaterial ring antenna or as dual-band coil elements for simultaneous 1H/23Na imaging. The EM metalines are key to the MetaBore, which is a fully adaptive RF field control scheme based on a periodic axial arrangement of conformal metamaterial ring antennas in the framework of high-field traveling-wave MRI. With the 2D EM metamaterials (metasurfaces) we realized high-impedance surfaces (HIS) in order to enhance the uniformity and directivity of the RF magnetic field from e.g. overlaid (elongated) dipole elements towards the probe volume. The designs include simulation studies of the overall multichannel coil systems, which are carried out with our home-made, open source electromagnetic 3D EC-FDTD solver openEMS supporting conformal cylindrical inhomogeneous meshing. Experimental verifications of our coils have been carried out within 7T MRI scanners (Siemens Magnetom).


Traditionally network security deals with maintaining the confidentiality of information, authenticating the user and making the resources available reliably to the intended user, but now apart from these concerns which are at the stake in public networks other important factors are availability and survivability of services which are available on the computer networks. The current generation network security means like intrusion detection system, firewalls, virus detection system etc. present only one of the dimensions of a multidimensional problem of overall network security status. These tools provide detailed information about one aspect of the network security. The task of correlating the events happening in the network and being reported by these tools is left to network administrator. The number of services being made available through these networks is increasing exponentially and so is the number of users of these networks. This paper explores a new concept Network Security Situational Awareness (NSSA). Network Security Situational Awareness is a discipline which focuses on perception, evaluation, projection and resolution of the security risk to computer networks. In this paper the term situational Awareness is explained in context of computer network security. So the root of the term NSSA is explored. Various techniques employed to achieve NSSA have been explored in this survey paper. The conceptual model for NSSA and its functional requirements are also discussed.


In mammalian skeletal muscle, ryanodine receptor (Ryr) expresses in the membrane of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and is known as Ca2+-releasing channel. Ryr in mammalian skeletal muscle consists of 2 isoforms, Ryr1 and Ryr3. Ryr1 is coupled with dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRs) in transverse tubules, and Ca2+ release is a key step for the excitation-contraction coupling (E-C coupling). However, a physiological role of ryr3 is still unclear. Recently, we confirmed that Ryr3 knockdown induces abnormal myotube formation of C2C12 cells. Further, it is reported that the abnormal shape of C2C12 myotubes were observed by the knockdown of puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase, a selective hydrolyze of amino acid residue from the N-terminus of peptide and proteins. In the present study, we investigated that the molecular mechanisms for the abnormal myotube formation of C2C12 cells following the knockdown of Ryr3. Aggregation of phalloidin-stained actin fibers were observed in Ryr3-knockdown myotubes. On the other hand, a significantly decrease in the mRNA expression level of puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase and endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 was observed in Ryr3-knockdown C2C12 cells (p<0.05). Therefore, Ryr3 may play a crucial role in the quality control of proteins and peptides during myogenic differentiation via the up-regulation of puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase and endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1. This study was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI (18H03160, K.G.; 19K22825, K.G.; 19KK0254, K.G., S.Y., T.E.; 22H03474, K.G., T.E.; 22K19722, K.G., T.E.; 22H03319, K.G., T.E.; 22K18413, K.G., T.E.), a grant from Graduate School of Health Science, Toyohashi SOZO University (K.G.), and a research grant from Toyohashi SOZO university (K.G.). All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. This is the full abstract presented at the American Physiology Summit 2023 meeting and is only available in HTML format. There are no additional versions or additional content available for this abstract. Physiology was not involved in the peer review process.


Urban renewal and reconstruc-tion of old city areas relates to socialstability. The project of reconstruction ofSanfangjie area in Nanning not only hasits new concepts in architecture and ur-ban planning,but also makes architectsbe conscious of their social responsibility.[


We report a case of a man presenting with painless diffuse swelling over his right knee region with the clinical and radiological features suggesting a benign soft tissue tumour. Surgical removal of the lesion was done. A histopathological (HPE) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) examination for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculous bursitis around the knee with joint involvement. He was treated with 6 months of antituberculous chemotherapy. Correct diagnosis was difficult and delayed because of the rarity of the condition. Modern imaging technology including magnetic resonance imaging, in particular, was not conclusive.


Ultrasound spectroscopy has many applications in characterizing dispersions, emulsions, gels, and biomolecules. Interpreting measurements of sound speed and attenuation relies on a theoretical understanding of the relationship between system properties and their effect on sound waves. At its basis is the scattering of a sound wave by a single particle in a suspending medium. The problem has a well-established solution derived by expressing incident and scattered fields in terms of Rayleigh expansions. However, the solution is badly conditioned numerically. By definition, in the long-wavelength limit, the wavelength is much larger than the particle radius, and the scattered fields can then be expressed as perturbation series in the parameter Ka (wave number multiplied by particle radius), which is small in this limit. In addition, spherical Bessel and Hankel functions are avoided by using alternative series expansions. In a previous development of this perturbation method, thermal effects had been consider...


We establish a unified framework to study the conforming and nonconforming virtual element methods (VEMs) for a class of time dependent fourth-order reaction–subdiffusion equations with the Caputo derivative. To resolve the intrinsic initial singularity we adopt the nonuniform Alikhanov formula in the temporal direction. In the spatial direction three types of VEMs, including conforming virtual element, $C^0$ nonconforming virtual element and fully nonconforming Morley-type virtual element, are constructed and analysed. In order to obtain the desired convergence results, the classical Ritz projection operator for the conforming virtual element space and two types of new Ritz projection operators for the nonconforming virtual element spaces are defined, respectively, and the projection errors are proved to be optimal. In the unified framework we derive a prior error estimate with optimal convergence order for the constructed fully discrete schemes. To reduce the computational cost and storage requirements, the sum-of-exponentials (SOE) technique combined with conforming and nonconforming VEMs (SOE-VEMs) are built. Finally, we present some numerical experiments to confirm the theoretical correctness and the effectiveness of the discrete schemes. The results in this work are fundamental and can be extended into more relevant models.


The stained glass art of temples and chapels of the Renaissance period occupies a special place in the fine arts of Lviv. Special attention is drawn to the stained glass windows of Lviv's sacred buildings, which impress with their aesthetics, composition, colours, and artistic expressiveness. In the process of studying stained glass windows in the decoration of Renaissance churches and chapels in Lviv, the manufacturing technology, compositional solution, their colour scheme were analyzed and the main features of their artistic and figurative expression were revealed. Renaissance stained glass windows have not survived, all stained glass windows of Lviv temple buildings were made in the XIX-early XX centuries. The stained glass compositions of the Church of the Assumption are marked by a simple and at the same time refined composition and picturesque colours in light tones in contrast to the Gothic patterns. Ornamental stained glass compositions were used in the interiors of the chapels. Ukrainian artists of monumental art used the latest progressive technologies of making stained glass. Professional foreign artists - connoisseurs of stained glass art - were invited to make stained glass window compositions of Lviv Renaissance temple buildings. All stained glass windows of Lviv's sacred buildings are highly artistic decorative works and belong to Ukrainian artistic heritage.


Ordered molecular structure has been observed by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in the disordered films of an azobenzene derivative on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surfaces. The disordered films were formed by a direct deposition method. The present result gives the first report on the observation of tip-induced ordered molecular structure from disordered films by STM, and it demonstrates the possibility of orderly arranging molecules on surfaces through the action of an STM tip.


This paper analyzes the content and space distribution of total mercury in soil of Energy and Chemical Industry Base of Ningdong,using the geoaccumulation index method to evaluate the pollution degree of total mercury in the soil. The results show that there are different levels of mercury pollution at 8 sampling areas and 72 sampling points,the light pollution and moderate pollution level accounted for 45. 83% and 13.89% respectively,no pollution points accounted for 40. 28%. Every industrial park has different degrees of pollution,the central area of the park is the most serious pollution.


A radio communication system for providing a configuration for adding a new cell includes a mobile station, and a base station including a first cell having a first carrier wave frequency and a second cell having a second carrier wave frequency. When the mobile station is performing radio communication with the base station using the first cell, input information necessary for performing said radio communication with the first cell and the second cell is input. The mobile station transmits transmission information generated on the basis of the input information. The base station receives the transmission information.


In this paper, we define the concept of Processing in the context of science gateways (SGs), and the necessary management layer that is needed to handle it. A Processing captures the execution/run of a scientific Application, the Data consumed and produced during that run, and the User that performs it. The properties that define Application, Data and User are different across various layers, from the scientific domain to the infrastructure. We describe a software layer, the Processing Manager (PM), that manages the translation of a Processing from the domain level to the infrastructure level and back. The PM offers a homogeneous abstraction layer over heterogeneous execution platforms and data services for various infrastructures, thus simplifying the development, maintenance and operation of SGs. Finally, the PM enables external high-level control and monitoring of the execution process and naturally captures the provenance of each processing.


Summary Duration of survival was comparable in normal and C4D guinea pigs infected iv with cryptococci. Survival was shortened in animals depleted of late complement components by treatment with CVF. Some animals received a single treatment with CVF to allow recovery of complement components after challenge with cryptococci. This resulted in lower counts of fungi in peripheral blood, lung, and liver, but no improvement in levels of fungi in brain, or in survival when compared with animals continuously depleted of C3–9. Late complement components were therefore important in clearance of cryptococci from extraneural sites. However, once infection was established in brain, complement levels in the central nervous system may have been too low to aid in destruction or organisms. The authors wish to thank Miss Margret Huber for expert technical assistance and Dr. David Alling for help with statistical evaluation.


The functional response and searching efficacy of adult Propylaea japonica Thunberg on Aphis sacchari Zehntner were evaluated in laboratory.The results showed that the functional response of female and male adults of P.japonica could be described with Holling Ⅱ equation.The predation capacity of P.japonica increased with the increasing density of A.sacchari,while its searching efficacy decreased.The time for female and male adults of P.japonica treating one Aphis sacchari(Th) was 0.017 days and 0.024 days respectively and the instant damage(a) was 1.661 and 2.967 respectively with the maximum predation number as 58.824 and 41.667 respectively.The predation of P.japonica was influenced by the intraspecific interference,and the individual predation decreased with the increase of predator density.The intensity of scrambling competition(I) was only 0.0689 at 2 P.japonica per dish,which indicated that the intraspecific interference at this density was very low.


This article explores the ramifications of the linkages between culture and a more developmental role for social work practice in Africa. Its main argument is that for social work to fulfill this developmental role, it has to, among other things, deal with the cultural basis of its practice; and thus be adaptable to the demands of multicultural societies. After dealing with the definitional and theoretical issues, the essay examines multiculturalism and social work practice, and concludes by positing that a broader re-definition of culture which places social work at the centre of the developmental project facilitates the emergence of a more relevant practice model.
(The Journal of Cultural Studies: 2001 3(1): 231-245)


The invention relates to a geothermal hot air power station using an inflatable chimney. The inflatable chimney which is tied with balloons and suspended in the sky is up to several kilometers, uses strong suction to ensure that air heated by underground dry hot rocks automatically ascends to be provided for an air turbine generator to continuously generate power, and has simple and quick manufacture and installation, low cost and high efficiency.


Abstract : This paper examines the role of analogy and procedural representation in learning. Examples of analogical manipulation of knowledge schemata are presented from several domains, including turtle geometry, kinship terms, and the learning of a computer text editor. The view presented in this paper has a number of implications for instruction and for performance. In particular, the learner or user of a system should be presented with a conceptual model that has the following properties: (a) It is based on a domain with which the student is already knowledgeable and for which the student can reason readily; (b) The target and source domains should differ by a minimum number of spcifiable dimensions; (c) Operations that are natural in one domain should also be natural within the other domain; (d) Operations inappropriate within the target domain should be also by inappropriate within the source domain.


The study examined the spatiotemporal distribution of drought in the Maasai rangelands of Kenya. The implications of this distribution, in concert with the documented existing and/or projected social and biophysical factors, on critical rangeland resources in Maasai-pastoralism are discussed using an integrated approach. Participatory interviews with the Maasai, retrieval from archives, and acquisition from instrument measurements provided data for the study. Empirical evidence of the current study reveals that drought occurrences in this rangeland have been recurrent, widespread, cyclic, sometimes temporally clustered, and have manifested with varying intensities across spatial, temporal, and, occasionally, social scales; and they have more intensity in lower than higher agroecological areas. An estimated 86% of drought occurrences in this rangeland, over the last three decades alone, were of major drought category. The 2000s, with four major drought events including two extreme droughts, are an important drought period. A strong consensus exists among the Maasai regarding observed drought events. In Maasai-pastoralism, the phenomenon called drought, pastoralist drought, is simultaneously multivariate and multiscalar: its perception comprises the simultaneous manifestation of cross-scale meteorological, socioeconomic, and environmental factors and processes, and their various combinations. The inherent simultaneous multivariate and scalar nature of the pastoralist drought distinguishes it from the conventional drought types, particularly the meteorological drought that predominantly guides drought and resource management in the rangelands of Kenya. In Maasai-pastoralism, the scarcely used (33%) meteorological drought is construed as rainfall delay/failure across spatial and/or temporal scale, and never its reduced amount. Collectively, the current findings reveal that knowledge about drought affects the way the manifestation of this climatic hazard is perceived, communicated, and characterized; hence, ceteris paribus, alongside its spatiotemporal distribution, shapes the nature of the adaptive capacity of and resource management in Maasai-pastoralism. Studies that anticipate enhancing the drought-adaptive capacity of the Maasai should account for cross-scale social and biophysical factors, their processes, and interactions; they must engage the affected inhabitants, and utilize and integrate multiple data sources and approaches. These necessities become more crucial for informing adaptation under the present spatiotemporal distribution of drought as well as in relation to the projected increase in occurrence and intensity of this climatic hazard as the climate continues to change, and as pressures from socioeconomic globalization persistently proliferate into the Maasai's social and biophysical landscapes.


June 30, 2010 Type Package Title Calculating multilocus heterozygosity and heterozygosity-heterozygosity correlation Version 1.0.1 Date 2010-06-30 Author Jussi Alho, Kaisa Välimäki Maintainer Jussi Alho <firstname.lastname@example.com> Description This package includes functions to estimate heterozygosity-heterozygosity correlation and to calculate three estimates of individual multilocus heterozygosity: homozygosity by loci, internal relatedness, and standardized heterozygosity. License GPL-3 URL http://www.helsinki.fi/biosci/egru/research/software Encoding latin1 Repository CRAN Date/Publication 2010-06-30 11:57:33


Spatial queries include spatial selection query, spatial join query, nearest neighbor query, etc. Most of spatial queries are computing intensive and individual query evaluation may take minutes or even hours. Parallelization seems a good solution for such problems. However, parallel programs must communicate efficiently, balance work across all nodes, and address problems such as failed nodes. We describe MapReduce and show how spatial queries can be naturally expressed in this model, without explicitly addressing any of the details of parallelization. We present performance evaluations for several spatial queries and prove that MapReduce is also appropriate for small scale clusters and computing intensive applications.


We used a complex computer model of human thermal behavior to simulate the human thermal responses to epidural anesthesia. The circulatory changes that accompany onset of sympathetic blockade were modelled by forcing blood flow in the lower extremities to increase to 300% of baseline. Model responses were compared to those measured in five human volunteers in whom epidural anesthesia was induced. The model responses for average skin temperature, central temperature and cutaneous heat loss closely resembled those measured in volunteers. The human thermal model provides a convenient tool for investigating the mechanisms of anestheticrelated hypothermia.


The asymptotic currents on an ogival cylinder illuminated by an electromagnetic plane wave propagating in the direction normal to the generatrixes is composed of two main contributions corresponding respectively to the direct field and the edge diffracted field. A problem arises for the edge diffracted field at grazing incidence on the surface at one of the edges. In classical Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (GTD) analysis, this problem has been solved by combining the Spectral Theory of Difffraction (STD) with Ufimtsev's theory. In this paper, we apply a similar procedure to an ogival cylinder with a strongly elongated cross-section and derive new formulas for the induced asymptotic currents.


The ATP content of isolated pritoneal mast cells from 15 rats averaged 1.7 ± 0.1 mmoles/kg dry weight. When degranulation of the cells and histamine release was induced by compound 48/80 no significant decrease in the ATP content could be demonstratred. When buffered distilled water was used instead as degranulating and histamine releasing agent the ATP content of the cells decreased by 65—75 per cent with an apparent t1/2 of about 20 sec. The result are descussed in relation to the postulated energy-dependent reaction involved in the degranulation by compound 48/80.


Through the analysis of problems in the practice of contemporary Chinese architectural design from global perspective, the author pointed out that the core problem of design practice lay in the contradiction between change in demand under high-speed informationalization and traditional modes of design procedure, as well as the inadaptability of procedure and methods. Based on this, the concept of constructing an adaptive system of architectural design is put forward, hoping the related methodologies can improve the condition of purposelessness and hysteretic nature in architectural practice.


The article is aimed at selection and formation of an architecture of multi-agent factory-floor control system for groups of humans, collaborative robots and industrial equipment. They are members of robotic collaborative cell. A current solutions review was conducted, the elements of the cell were formalized as agents. Analysis of the MAS architectures showed that the coalition model is the most promising basis for the group control system architecture under development. Methods for the coalition's formation were proposed, taking into account the specifics of agents involved in the manufacturing process.The article is aimed at selection and formation of an architecture of multi-agent factory-floor control system for groups of humans, collaborative robots and industrial equipment. They are members of robotic collaborative cell. A current solutions review was conducted, the elements of the cell were formalized as agents. Analysis of the MAS architectures showed that the coalition model is the most promising basis for the group control system architecture under development. Methods for the coalition's formation were proposed, taking into account the specifics of agents involved in the manufacturing process.


Based on heat balance test,first law of thermodynamics and the second law of thermodynamics,the energy analysis and exergy analysis was made for the deoxidization-distillation process in order to study the energy efficiency of deoxidization-distillation process in titanium sponge combination production technology.The results of energy analysis show that high temperature physics heat of by-products MgCl2 to be used for better is the main direction of energy-saving.The results of exergy analysis show that reducing internal thermal and exergy loss of irreversible reaction is the key to save energy in deoxidization-distillation process.


This book explains in simple terms the historical evolution of the concept of Human Rights and gives the national and international instruments under appropriate headings to enable the readers to understand and follow the nuances of the idea.