The end of postmodernism? Is postmodernism still a viable analytical category? This is one of the theoretical questions du jour As diverse as the meanings of the signifier, "postmodern" itself (signifying everything from a set of stylistic practices, to theoretical antifoundationalism, to the "cultural logic of late capitalism"), contemporary challenges to postmodernism reflect a wide variety of presuppositions and political resonances. Some theorists have rejected the category of the postmodern altogether, substituting for it an enlarged conception of either modernism or modernity. Marjorie Perloff, for example, has argued for the continued validity of modernist aesthetics and for a "21st century modernism," while globally-minded scholars such as Arjun Appadurai and Andreas Huyssen have proposed differing models of "modernity-at-large" or "alternate modernities" for thinking about contemporary culture on a global scale. (1) Others don't so much reject the concept of postmodernism as define it as an historical era, a set of aesthetic practices and theoretical assumptions whose time has come and gone, and thus argue for the emergence of post-postmodernism, a reaction to the dominant aesthetics of high postmodernism. (2) In a similar vein, Marianne DeKoven has defined the postmodern as part and parcel of the 1960s and a shift from the utopian politics of the grand narrative to the more limited and, for her, more ethical politics of local struggle and reformist transformation (3-25). In this context, the postmodern, like the 1960s, is both historically removed and still very much with us in how it haunts the cultural imagination. A similar historicizing impulse informs Rachel Adams's recent argument that the postmodern needs to be periodized as a cultural product of the Cold War, and that the literary production of the last two decades in the United States can be conceptualized as part of what she terms "American literary globalism" (249). Finally a number of critics and theorists, myself included, have argued for the necessity of moving beyond the doxa that has formed around the tenets of postmodern theory. (3) The critical energy embodied by all of these critiques of the postmodern is admirable. Indeed, it is through the convergence of disparate critical accounts around a singular, if ill-defined object that real cultural change may happen, academic or otherwise. The cultural structure of feeling about postmodernism has clearly shifted, what was once fetishized having become rejected, old-fashioned, or reviled. This may indeed enable the emergence of something genuinely new and, as such, this critical shift is salutary. One danger of such a shift in intellectual common sense, however, is that what is rejected can become reduced to a fiat caricature, easy to dismiss and put behind us. Postmodern aesthetic practices, for example, can be reduced to pure metafictional play, the irresponsible aesthetic of a dominant class of cultural producers in an era when political-economic solutions seemed nowhere to be found and cultural production seemed divorced from any larger forms of political struggle. If this refrain sounds familiar, it should: it closely echoes the charges leveled by postmodernism itself against the aesthetic practices of (late) modernism. One of the risks of the present moment, then, is to repeat the ideology of the postmodern (an ideology that was always inadequate to the multiplicity of cultural practices that it claimed to encompass) in our very fantasy of overcoming it (in this context, nothing seems more postmodern than the positing of a post-postmodern; if we really are beyond the age of the "posts," the claim certainly cannot be congruent with the present). The literature of materiality Another strategy is to return to the reviled object that is postmodern literature in order to posit a rift within that category itself. For while the standard take on postmodern fiction defines it in metafictional terms--as fiction about the process of making fiction itself--this definition describes only one tendency within the literature conventionally grouped under the banner of the postmodern. …


In the UK they call it The Killing Season; in North America it's called The July Effect.

It's the time of year when newly minted physicians traditionally begin their residency training, other medical trainees advance to the next year of training, and senior residents graduate to begin their


A new approach, leading to a fragmental property index family, FPIF, is presented. Indices are calculated as local descriptors of some molecular fragments and the global values are then obtained by summing the fragmental contributions. The modeling ability of FPIF is demonstrated by modeling some physico-chemical properties and biological activities on selected sets of organic compounds. The results are compared to those reported in some previous works. Commun. Math. Comput. Chem. (MATCH), 2000, 41, 151-188 Introduction QSPRs (Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships) link quantitatively the physico-chemical properties of chemical compounds with the molecular structure. They provide mathematical models aimed to accurately predict a certain property from the structural attributes. Some molecular properties (i.e. those of which numerical value vary with changes in the molecular structure) such as the normal boiling point, critical parameters, viscosity, solubility, retention chromatographic index, are often used for characterizing chemicals in databases. However, a certain property is not always available in tables or other reference sources. It is just the case of newly synthesized compounds. As a consequence, methods of estimation / prediction of physico-chemical properties from the structural features of organic molecules become very important. The advent of combinatorial chemistry in the last decade required automated procedures for predicting various molecular properties. Monitoring the environmental pollution needs the prediction of toxicity of chemicals in air, waste waters and sole. QSARs (Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships) can be used to predict the toxicity accurately, without using more expensive experimental methods. Drug research and production is also related to the QSAR techniques. QSPRs/QSARs thus relate a molecular property, shown by a series of chemicals, to the structure encoded by a set of descriptors. In the past works, investigators looked for easily obtainable descriptors. As the computer technology developed, the attention of the descriptor designers turned toward more elaborated descriptors, with enhanced ability in modeling a certain molecular property /activity. Large pools of descriptors were thus created. Nevertheless, a new problem arised: how to select, in real time, a subset of descriptors suitable for the optimal modeling of the chosen property? An algorithm doing such a task must be a simple one, rapid and convergent to a global optimum. Simulated annealing SA and genetic algorithms GA are already verified procedures. In this paper a new approach, leading to a fragmental property index family, FPIF, is presented. These indices are calculated as local descriptors of some fragments of the molecule and, a global index is then obtained by summing the fragmental contributions. The modeling ability of FPIF is demonstrated on selected sets of organic compounds. Fragmentation Criteria The fragmentation criteria define the basic topological descriptors: CJ, CF and Sz. The fragments are just the entries in the Cluj and Szeged matrices, respectively. Before defining these matrices, some graph-theoretical background is needed. Let G = (V, E) be a connected graph, with V being the set of vertices and E ⊂ V x V the set of edges. A walk w is an alternating string of vertices and edges, w1,n = (v1, e1, v2, e2, ..., vn-1, em, vn), vi ∈ V(G ), ei ∈ E(G ), m ≥ n 1, such that any subsequent pair of vertices (vi-1, vi) ∈ E(G). Revisiting of vertices and edges is allowed. Then V(w1,n) = {v1, v2, ..., vn-1, vn} is the set of vertices of w1,n. Similarly, E(w1,n) = {e1, e2, ..., em-1, em } is the set of edges of w1,n The length of a walk, l(w1,n) = E(w1,n) ≥ V(w1,n) 1, equals to the number of its traversed edges. The walk is closed if v1 = vn (i.e. its endpoints coincide) and is open otherwise. The set of all walks in G is denoted by W(G). A path p is a walk having all its vertices and edges distinct: vi ≠ vj, (vi-1, vi) ≠ (vj-1, vj) for any 1 ≤ i < j ≤ n. As a consequence, the revisiting of vertices and edges, as well as branching, is prohibited. The length of a path is l(p1,n) = E(p1,n) = V(p1,n)1. A closed path is a cycle (i.e. circuit). The set of all paths in G is denoted by P(G). A terminal path tp1,n is the path involving a walk w = v1, e1, v2, ...,vn, en, vk, that is no more a path in G, for any vk ∈ V(G) such that (vn, vk) = en ∈ E. A path is Hamiltonian if n = |V(G)| . In words, a Hamiltonian path visits once all the vertices in G. If such a path is a closed one, then it is a Hamiltonian circuit. The distance, dij, between two vertices vi and vj is the length of a shortest path joining them, if exists: dij = min l(pij); otherwise dij = ∞. A shortest path is often called a geodesic. The eccentricity of a vertex i, ecci, is the maximum distance between i and any vertex j of G: ecci = max dij. The radius of a graph, r(G), is the minimum eccentricity among all vertices i in G: r(G) = min ecci = min max dij. Conversely, the diameter, d(G), is the maximum eccentricity in G: d(G) = max ecci = max max dij. The set of all geodesics (i.e. distances) in G is denoted by D(G). The detour, δij, between two vertices vi and vj is the length of a longest path joining these vertices, if exists: δij = max l( pij); otherwise δij = ∞. The set of all detours (i.e. longest paths) in G is denoted by ∆(G). Resuming to the Cluj and Szeged matrix definition. Let p ∈D(G) or p ∈∆(G); the Cluj Fragments, CJ and CF represent the sets of vertices obeying the relations CJi,j,p = {v |v∈V(G); d(G)v,i < d(G)v,j; and ∃ w∈Wv,i, V(w)∩V(p) = {i}} (1) CFi,j,p = {v |v∈V(G); d(Gp)v , i < d(Gp)v , j ; Gp = G – p (2)


Dorsal root ganglion stimulation (DRGS) is a promising neurostimulation modality in the treatment of painful polyneuropathy. The aim of this prospective pilot study was to investigate the effect of DRGS on pain intensity in patients with intractable painful polyneuropathy.


In this study, electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy was used for the first time to investigate liquid diffusion into contact lenses. As contact lenses are not para- magnetic substances, they were labeled with nitroxide spin probes to get an ESR spectrum. Thus, it gives a solid spin- labeled ESR spectrum. The shape and intensity of the ESR signals depend on the environment of these spin probes. The spin probe environment began to change from solid to liq- uid if liquid were dropped into the system. Consequently the ESR spectra began to change with time, too. By following these changes, three distinct steps were found. Their diffu- sion coefficients were determined to be 6.38 10 -8 cm 2 /s for the first step (rapid decay region) and 0.37 10 -8 cm 2 /s for the second step (slow decay region), and 2.50 10 -8 cm 2 /s for the third and last step (desorption region). © 2006


The rapid development of cutting tools and machine tools affect the change of some values determining the output of the cutting process. In this work the state of economical tool life is retrospectively analised. The procedures for computing economical tool life by several authors are analised and some examples from production conditions are presented.


The head gimbal assembly for a hard disk includes a plurality of suspension magnetic head is mounted for recording / reproducing information is located near the surface of the disc, the pivot hole central for pivotally mounted on said disk is formed, a head gimbals body having a plurality of suspension is placed at one end, provided at the other end of the head gimbals body and a coil rotator rotating the head gimbals body about the pivot hole, one and a laser assembly having a more laser diodes, and one or more wave guides, the light generated from any of the laser diode is guided to the magnetic head by the wave guide. According to the present invention, a laser diode used in order to improve the data recording density of a magnetic disk, instead of a suspension, is fixed to serve the head gimbals body of the support portion of the head gimbal assembly.


This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities involved in incorporating publicly available search engine data in scholarly research. In recent years, an increasing number of researchers have started to include tools such as Google Trends ( http://google.com/trends ) in their work. However, a central 'search engine' field of inquiry has yet to emerge. Rather, the use of search engine data to address social research questions is spread across many disciplines, which makes search valuable across fields but not critical to any one particular area. In an effort to stimulate a comprehensive debate on these issues, this paper reviews the work of pioneering scholars who devised inventive — if experimental — ways of interpreting data generated through search engine accessory applications and makes the point that search engines should be regarded not only as central objects of research, but also as fundamental tools for broader social inquiry. Specific concerns linked to this methodological shift are identified and discussed, including: the relationship with other, more established social research methods; doubts over the representativeness of search engine data; the need to contextualize publicly available search engine data with other types of evidence; and the limited granularity afforded to researchers by tools such as Google Trends. The paper concludes by reflecting on the combination of search engine data with other forms of inquiry as an example of arguably inelegant yet innovative and effective 'kludgy' design (Karpf, 2012).


Thus, managing embedded systems software quality is necessary to. Relevant quality attributes are going to be met in embedded systems.Software quality attributes QAs such as reliability and modifiability have been used to define nonfunctional requirements of software systems for many years.founded on analysis of the software quality attributes at the architecture level. Attribute priorities the embedded systems domain should be very well delimited.methodology, modelling, evaluation, quality, embedded systems engineering.


Abstract A novel series of bis(1,3,4-thiadiazole) derivatives were synthesized as a sole product in one step methodology by reaction of bis-hydrazonoylchloride 3 with many of hydrazinecarbodithioate derivatives 2a–e, 6a,b, and 8a–e. We discuss the mechanisms of the reactions studied and use elemental and spectral data to identify the assigned structure for each of the new products. This research aimed at synthesizing a novel series of derivatives of bis-thiadiazoles and investigating their antimicrobial and anticancer activity. The results showed that compound 6b was the most efficient synthesized antimicrobial compound. Moreover Compounds 8c, 10d, 6b, and 8d were the most active (IC50 values of 0.37 ± 0.15, 0.93 ± 0.32, 1.03 ± 0.45, and 3.52 ± 0.43 µg/mL, respectively) against human breast carcinoma cell line (MCF-7) and compounds 8c, 10d, 6b, and 8d were the most active (IC50 value of 0.38 ± 0.12, 0.88 ± 0.46, 2.15 ± 0.16, and 2.47 ± 0.44 µg/mL, respectively) against the human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line (HepG-2). Graphical Abstract


With the widespread use of web-based ideological and political education in colleges and universities,its acceptance becomes the crucial issue.In order to improve the effect of acceptance make use of the internet for ideological and political education,and lift the ideological and political education in the era of internet to a higher level,it is necessary for the universities and colleges to optimize the web-based education environment.Additionally,there is a need to strengthen the netizens' subject consciousness,to enhance the web-based emotional effect and to stress the guidance of netizens.


This study investigated subjects' attitudes towards three political leaders, one of whom was the ex-Prime Minister of Australia (Hawke), one the current Prime Minister (Keating), and one the leader of the opposition party (Hewson). Hypotheses were developed in the context of attribution theory and a conceptual analysis of deservingness that focussed on perceived responsibility for outcomes and balanced relations between positively or negatively valued actions and the positively or negatively valued outcomes to which they lead. A sample of the general population of Adelaide, South Australia (N = 204) completed a questionnaire containing items designed to assess causal attributions for each leader's success or failure, deservingness, affect, personality characteristics, and perceived responsibility


This paper introduces the sliding-mode control theory and the application on the Buck converter, also brings forward a novel method of designing the sliding mode controller. The difference between the novel method and the common methods is that the new method considers system and designs the controller on the three-dimensional space, this method thinks over the information of all elements in the buck circuit adequately. When the Buck converter is working in the continuous current mode (CCM), this paper gets the sliding mode controller's accessibility condition and the controller's equation according to calculations, also discusses the stability of this method, and makes simulations for the application of the controller on the Buck converter by the SIMULINK, results of the simulation demonstrate correlative theory of the converter, also testifies the usability of this new method.


Carrot mottle umbravirus (CMoV) has always been found co-infecting plants with carrot red leaf luteovirus (CRLV) and in carrot (Daucus carota) these co-infections are associated with carrot motley dwarf disease (CMD). CMD occurs wherever carrots are grown. Hence, CMoV was believed to have a corresponding global distribution. However, little or no hybridisation was detected between cDNA generated from the sequenced Australian isolate of CMoV (CMoV-A) and RNA from the much studied Scottish isolate of CMoV (CMoV-S). A weak hybridisation signal was obtained using cDNA to a conserved part of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene of CMoV-A, but when cDNAs to other parts of the CMoV-A genome were used as probes there was no detectable hybridisation with CMoV-S RNA. This lack of hybridisation suggests that the two virus isolates have relatively divergent genomes and that they should be regarded as distinct virus species. Both viruses are transmitted by Cavariella aegopodii, but only with the help of CRLV, and they yield almost identical double-stranded RNA profiles. For these reasons, we propose that the CMoV isolate from Australia be renamed carrot mottle mimic umbravirus (CMoMV). cDNA to CMoMV RNA hybridised with RNA from an isolate from New Zealand, whereas cDNA to CMoV-S RNA hybridised with RNA from isolates from England and Morocco but not to RNA from the isolate from New Zealand. Although preliminary, these data suggest that CMoV and CMoMV may have different global distributions.


By theoretical analysis on specific definition,categorized crime legislative background of crime of false Patent,the article agrees that the purpose of criminal provisions is to mainly protect public interest of society as well as private rights of patent holders.Accordingly,a conclusion has been drawn that object of crime of false patent are complex ones,which in-clude the management systemrights of patent mark.


EDITOR—Having read the paper by Doran et al on the north-south divide in social class inequalities in health in Great Britain, I am prompted to write about our local health divide.1 Wirral, across the Mersey from Liverpool, is demographically divided by the M53 motorway into two: a healthy, educated west sector and a …


ABSTRACT The present research aims at investigating experimentally the effect of heat treatment on the hardness, wear behavior, and friction properties of 6061 Al composite reinforced with sub-micron Al 2 O 3 (10% vol.) produced by powder metallurgy. Heat treatment of the as-received composite starts by the solution treatment at a temperature of 550°C for a period of two hours followed by quenching in chilled water and then age hardening at 175°C for different periods. It is illustrated that heat treatment has relatively small effect on the hardness of the composite. This can be attributed to the large interface areas between the matrix and the sub-micron alumina in the composite, which reduces the whole concentration of vacancies in the matrix. The result is reduced efficiency of age hardening. For this reason, wear and friction tests were limited to the heat treated composite with four hours aging only. A pin-on-disc tribometer was used to conduct wear and friction tests against AISI 4140 at room temperature for both as-received composite and heat treated composite (with four hours of aging) for comparison. Wear tests indicate that heat treatment has the advantage of increasing transition load to severe wear by 30% compared to as-received composite. On the other hand, at high loads heat treatment results in larger delaminated flakes on the worn surface, indicating reduced fracture toughness. This, in turn, resulted in higher wear rates compared to the as-received composite. Dry friction coefficient is practically unaffected by the heat treatment.


Previous issues in Assessment and Education, such as special issue 1/2018 (Lenkeit & Schwippert, 2018) and the thematic issue 4/2016 (Hopfenbeck, 2016), have discussed the increasing use of international test results. Now, more than even before, there is a need to critically investigate the validity and reliability of comparisons using international test scores. Additionally, there is a need for monitoring and examining the tests used, how the results are interpreted, and to what extent it is possible to compare across different contexts, as these tests have implications for different education systems, educational policies and sometimes even the individual students. The question whether it is possible to compare test results across different countries and contexts is not a new one. Indeed, scholars have debated whether it is possible to compare test scores since the 'Father of Comparative Education' Marc-Antoine Jullien de Paris compared the school systems in Switzerland, Germany and Italy in the first quarter of the nineteenth century (Fraser, 1963; Jullien, 1817). The difference now, is the number of national and international tests administered, and how these tests shape and influence the education system locally and globally. The globalisation of education and the increase in testing preparation services offered from different organisations worldwide (Verger, Lubienski, & Steiner-Khamsi, 2016), is also an indication of the need for critically investigating whether the tools and tests offered for the education systems are fit for purpose. How can we test whether they measure what they are supposed to measure and whether results can be interpreted and compared across countries? On what criteria should the tests be assessed? The first article in this regular issue, by Ivanova, A., Kardanova, E., Merrell, C., Tymms, P. and D. Hawker, addresses some of these questions by presenting a study where the primary focus of the paper is methodological. The researchers ask: Is it possible to compare the results in assessments of mathematics across countries with different curricula, traditions and age of starting school? In their study, a Russian version of the Performance Indicators in Primary Schools (PIPS) baseline assessment (Tymms, 1999) is used. Trial data from about 300 Russian children at the start and end of their first year at school were matched with parallel data from representative samples of children in England and Scotland. Similar as in the PISA tests, the researchers used Rasch measurement when equating what scales were explored. The researchers argue that although a few items showed invariance across the three countries, it was possible to link PIPS scores in mathematics from the start and end of the first year at schools across Scotland, England and Russia. Hence, meaningful interpretations of test results were possible. At the same time, the researchers acknowledge the limited number (n = 300) of students in their study, and accept that they need to replicate the study with a bigger sample. But still, the question of whether a test can be used and results compared across countries and contexts involves more than just technical questions and use of statistical models such as IRT or Rasch. The language difference is one of the main issues in international comparison (Grisay, de Jong, Gebhardt, Breezier, & Halleux-Monseur, 2007) and whether task demands of tests differ depending upon language (El Masri, Baird, & Graesser, 2016) needs to be investigated.


The shrimp industry in Ecuador is one of the main items of non-oil income that the country has, despite having high levels of production, faces the problem of pathogens such as viruses, among which is the yellow head syndrome identified In 1980 in Thailand was dispersed throughout Latin America, being important to establish strategies of monitoring and control. In this context, the research was designed to identify the main pathological techniques for the diagnosis of Yellow-Head Syndrome (YHV) in Litopeneaus vannamei, through a systemic review of scientific information. Identifying the techniques in frescoes is external where cephalotorax is examined and coloration of the head or internal where the dissection of hepatopancreas, intestine and gills, histopathological cuts and Anamnesis is done that is related to the study of factors like type of feeding, origin of the seed Or episodes of infection in nearby pools. It is concluded that YHV can be identified with field observations when performing a random sampling. It is recommended to know the origin of the larvae and to maintain a monitoring program to avoid the propagation of YHV.


Spectroscopic methods, as non-invasive, offer many possibilities to diagnose plasmas in the laboratory and in the space. Spectral line shapes carry information about plasma characteristics and deriving these parameters of line shapes with sufficient accuracy is the primary task in this work. The intrinsic problem in these methods is, the derivation of plasma characteristics from the measured spectrum: a characteristic of plasma plays a role of "cause", and the observed data-"effect". Therefore, to obtain the characteristic from the experimental data is an inverse and ill posed problem from the point of mathematical physics. The spectroscopic studies of the low voltage DC arc, used for excitation of free-burning cuprum-vapor plasmas at atmospheric pressure, were conducted. The true profile of Cu I 324.754 nm, self-absorbed spectral line, was obtained by deconvolution from experimental results by Tikhonov regularization method. Accuracy, reproducibility and limitation of the method were analyzed. Satisfacto...


The kinetics of reorientation of the magnetization have been studied for a noncrystalline Fe40Ni38Mo4B18 alloy which exhibits high magnetic permeability and low ac core loss at high frequencies (∼500 kHz). It is reported that the activation energy for the reorientation kinetics is about 2 eV, indicating that the alloy is thermomagnetically stable.


After the asynchronous network of Yunnan Power Grid and China Southern Power Grid, the characteristics of small capacity and poor anti-disturbance capability of Yunnan Power Grid are highlighted. Changes in the power grid environment make the problem of three-phase voltage imbalance more likely to occur and may deteriorate. This paper studies the ability of photovoltaic three-phase unbalanced adaptability after asynchronous networking. A double-synchronized reference coordinate model for PV in the three-phase unbalanced condition was established. The influence of the voltage negative-sequence component of the grid on the DC voltage, output current and power of the inverter was studied. A scheme for suppressing oscillation by adding a notch filter is proposed. In Matlab/Simulink, the whole process simulation of wind turbine adaptability under three-phase unbalanced change is realized. The simulation results verify the correctness of the theoretical analysis and the effectiveness of the proposed solution.


This paper reviews the panel report on Mexico-Measures A.ecting Telecommunication Services. The panel considered claims by the United States (US) that Mexico acted inconsistently with its obligations with respect to the liberalization of the market for telecommunication services. It is the .rst panel to consider solely the rules agreed in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It is also the .rst panel to deal with telecommunication services and its complex layers of legislation, in particular the rules agreed in the Telecommunications Reference Paper (TRP)onpro-competitive regulatory principles. Viewed fromthis perspective, this report is because of its potential precedence value, of particular signi.cance.


Analyzed the security of a recently proposed ID-based authenticated key exchange protocol without random oracles,it was shown that the protocol suffer from impersonation attacks due to redundancy of the exchange messages.To overcome this problem,presented an improved version of the protocol and gave security analyses in the standard model.Results show that it satisfies all the security requirements of an ID-based authenticated key exchange protocol.


TiO2 is a promising photocatalyst in the reaction of water splitting for hydrogen. Here, we used NaBH4 reduction reaction to introduce Ti3+/VO defect states into Si-doped TiO2 nanotubes and investi...


The invention discloses an optical communication method based on a USB and a receiving device. The receiving device comprises an optical sensing receiver, a driving circuit, a conversion chip and a USB interface, wherein the optical sensing receiver is used for receiving a visible light signal, the driving circuit is used for amplifying the visible light signal received by the optical sensing receiver, the conversion chip is used for converting the visible light signal amplified by the driving circuit into a USB differential signal, and the USB interface is used for outputting the USB differential signal to a host which is connected with the USB interface. The standard USB interface can be applied to the optical communication receiving device, accordingly, the receiving device can be connected with a USB interface of any intelligent terminal host, and the flexibility of the application range of the optical communication receiving device is increased.


Fixed drug eruptions (FDE) are common cutaneous adverse drug reaction observed in clinical practice. Ornidazole, a 5-nitroimidazole antiamoebic drug, is not a very well known cause of FDE. Few cases of ornidazole induced FDE had been reported so far. However, another nitroimidazole antiamoebic drug metronidazole is a common offender for causing FDE. We report a 37 year old female patient who developed severe pain and burning sensation within the mouth about 3 to 4 hours after the intake of the first dose of ornidazole. On examination it was found that the patient had developed FDE in the oral cavity and lips. Next day she developed FDE in the palm of both hands. Ornidazole was withdrawn and she was prescribed oral prednisolone 40 mg daily along with povidone iodine mouth wash. The lesions got resolved in next 6 to 7 days. We found a probable association between this FDE and ornidazole.


Probabilistic distributions of melt operating parameters in arc steel melting furnaces (ASMFs) are considered. Gaussian distribution laws are adopted for the amount of released product and electric energy expenditure in a steady mode of operation. A general solution for the distribution of specific electric energy expenditure is obtained. It is shown that for an ASMF this distribution can be regarded to be a Gaussian one. A proposal is given to determine the numerical characteristics of Gaussian distributions of operating parameters from the array of experimental data with correcting the values involving underproduction of goods and over expenditure of electric energy. In the general case, correction is carried out by balancing the array of experimentally obtained values of production release and expenditure of electric energy. For ASMFs it is recommended to balance the statistical distribution function of specific electric energy expenditures. Regions of practically trustworthy operating parameters are found: in the general case in the form of ellipsis of equally dense probabilities of the production release- electric energy expenditure system, and for an ASMF as a range of calculated values of specific expenditures of electric energy. By using the obtained results one can solve matters concerned with standardizing specific expenditures of electric energy and energy conservation.


With a significant number of organisations using a Facebook brand page to connect with users, the privacy issues that arise should not be ignored. In New Zealand, organisations have the obligation to protect the data privacy of their clients. For organisations using Facebook pages, it is essential to make sure users know how personally identifiable data gathered through these pages is being treated. This study develops a content analysis questionnaire that can be used to test privacy on organisational Facebook pages. The questionnaire determines the tools and features organisation brand pages use, as well as testing how the organisation communicates its data handling practices in respect of the data it gathers. The study concludes that the Facebook pages of top New Zealand organisations are making common use of Facebook tools, but are very poor in communicating their data handling practices with only a few pages examined having any form of privacy notification.


The paper is inclined to introduce our optimized simulation model for a renovated optimized model for urgent human evacuation based on the graph theory and queuing theory.It is known that the urgent human evacuation model should be founded on the basis of shortening the human response and reaction time and evacuation executing time,particularly in the case of fire accidents or earthquake urgencies in the large office buildings or high-rise.The simulation model of ours has been developed with its focus put on the study of the optimized project for the human resource evacuation executing time.To solve the problem,the key point is to realize whether the people,say,the office workers,the staff-members of a company or an enterprise,can be safely made to escape from the fire or an earthquake disaster spots does mainly rely on the following two factors:the safety egress time needed and the actually available safety egress time.By the safety egress time needed we mean the time for the human beings to successfully escape from the disaster spots,whereas the available safety egress time means the time or chance that there may exist for the people to get escaped from the disaster.If there exists enough time likely to be used for all the people in the building to get out,the fire or other disaster safety design of this building can be said successful.It is necessary to mention that the basic research of evacuation is actually the study of the various parameters in the process of the evacuation.Such parameters may include the efficiency,the crowd density,the speed of the movement of the people,etc.The evacuation executive time includes the movement evacuation time and the lag time.The time of the evacuation movement includes the floor executive time and stairs executive time.This part of time may not be supposed to have blockades or the blockades were to be very little.It also means to say that the escapers can still keep a certain speed to steer.But the lag time may be very long,because the case of waiting in line may appear due to the limited outlets.In such critical moments,the evacuation executive time may be closely relevant with the escape route choice,which can be optimized based on the graph theory.Practically speaking,the queuing theory should be carefully chosen to optimize the stagnant time.The evacuation optimization model can help to optimize the reasonable design projects for the evacuation lines and the rapid escaping routes so as to optimize and improve the emergency evacuation management level.


We describe a 70‐year‐old woman with a 2‐month history of a numb chin and gradually increasing bilateral headache and malaise. Neurological examination disclosed chin hypoesthesia while investigations showed a normocytic anemia, ESR of 100, and CRP of 72. A CT brain scan, chest X‐ray, and bone scan showed no evidence of malignancy. Temporal arteritis was suspected and prednisolone started with prompt resolution of the headache, chin hypoesthesia, ESR, and CRP. This case illustrates an unusual etiology of the numb chin syndrome, which in most occasions is associated with malignancy. Temporal arteritis should be borne in mind as a possible explanation for this as it is a treatable condition with potentially serious, life‐threatening complications.


In this work, various organs of human and tissues were studied in terms of the effective atomic numbers (Zeff) and electron densities (Ne) in the continuous kinetic energy region for different types of heavy ions. Variations of Zeff and Ne with kinetic energy were investigated and significant variations were noted. In addition, water and tissue equivalences of the given materials with respect to their Zeff and Ne were evaluated based on the results obtained. The best water equivalents were found to be Urinary Bladder_Urine for H, He and C ions and Skeleton Cartilage for Ne ion since differences in Zeff relative to water for H (≤%3), He (≤%1), C (≤%1) and Ne (≤%6) ions were significantly low. Moreover, variations in water equivalences of the materials have been discussed in detail in the continuous energy region. The reported data should be useful when heavy ions are intended to be used in these materials for radiotherapy and dosimetry applications as they represent the interaction of ions with these materials in the continuous kinetic energy region.


The reaction of N-acetylglycine p-nitrophenyl ester with the anion of an active methylene compound proceeds to give N-acetyl-3-butanoyltetramic acid. The influence of the N-acetyl group on the equilibrium between different 'internal' and 'external' tautomeric forms of N-acetyl-3-butanoyltetramic acid was investigated by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The structure of this compound was confirmed by an X-ray crystal structure determination.


Objective: To examine the osmolality of domestic influenza vaccine(split virion),based on which the national quality standard regarding this drug variety can be improved.Method: According to the appendix of Chinese pharmacopoeia 2010 edition part III,take 54 batches of influenza vaccine(split virion)which are produced by 6 manufacturers and sold at market,and determine their osmolality by freezing point osmometer.Results: The osmolality of examined influenza vaccine(split virion)ranges from 261 to 308 mOsmol·kg-1.Conculsion: Some difference exists in osmolality of examined products.Since the osmolality is one of important indexes to examine the safety of influenza vaccine(split virion),it is very necessary to add the check item of osmolality into quality standard of influenza vaccine(split virion).


The electronic structure, band structure and optical properties of Co,C co-doped AlN are investigated by first-principles calculations. The calculated results show that some impurity bands emerge near the Fermi level, and the degree of hybridization becomes stronger for Co 3d states and Al 3s states. Which indicates that the electron transition become more active from valence band to conduction band and the electrical conductivity is enhanced. Compared with intrinsic AlN, the optical properties of co-doped AlN improves a lot. There emerge some new peaks in the low energy region and the absorption coefficient, reflectivity and refractive index has large improvement in visible and infrared range.


Billion-billion dollar spends for the implementation of Information Technology (IT) in rural/village areas of developing countries through the direct-indirect interventions of The United Nations (UN), the World Bank and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and so on. Unfortunately, focus has been given to the supply side (implementation) of the interventions than understanding the demand (impact) towards socio-economic progress of the beneficiaries. Further, how far such interventions address socio-economic progress or developmental challenges at the grass root level remains questionable. This article aimed to address this challenge by focusing a case study of a multi-purpose community access center in a village area of a developing country; Bangladesh. This research finding, based on the participants' perceptions, attitude and experiences towards IT and socio-economic progress (Legal awareness). We found that the participants faced gender discrimination during the implementation of IT knowledge in their real World. Towards this IT enabled legal awareness in rural areas, NGOs with their social welfare oriented projects has a very concerned role to play.


In the article estimation of functional and reserve possibilities of Greek-Roman style wrestlers organism is examined after realization of the designed microcycles. They are found on the complex of recovering facilities to create optimum conditions for the increase of physical capacity and acceleration of recovering processes after physical loading.


The invention discloses electronic equipment and safety protection method applied to the same. A browser can operate in the electronic equipment, and the electronic equipment is provided with at least one datum. The method comprises the steps that at least one network application program is loaded through the browser; at least one network application program is provided with a unique identification; an acquisition request sent by the browser is intercepted, when the request is intercepted, it is represented that the browser obtains the first network application program based on the at least one network application program of the browser, and a data interface of a first datum in the at least one datum needs to be called to obtain the first datum; the identification of the first network application program is inquired by the browser, and feedback information, containing the identification of the first network application program, sent back by the browser is received; whether the first network application program has the authority of obtaining the first datum is judged according to the identification; when a first judgment result represents that the first network application program has an authority, the first datum can be obtained by the first network application program. Therefore, safety of data is effectively guaranteed.


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Heavy metal pollution of waste water is a common environmental hazard, since the toxic metal ions dissolved can ultimately reach the top of the food chain and thus become a risk factor for human health. Chromium is present in waste water as trivalent and hexavalent. Trivalent chromium is relatively less toxic and less mobile while hexavalent chromium is toxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic to animals as well as humans. Therefore, the removal of Cr (VI) from industrial waste water has been a research topic of great interest. In the present study carried out the comparative study of removal of the chromium (VI) from waste water by adsorption method. The search for new technologies involving the removal of toxic metals from wastewaters has directed attention to adsorption, based on metal binding capacities of various materials.


Morphological data of white shrimp(Exopalaemon modestus Heller) collected from five fresh water lakes in China were analyzed. Ten morphometric traits were measured from over 300 shrimps and the degree of morphological similarity among sites was calculated using multivariate analysis techniques.Eight from the eleven adjusted morphometric traits in females as well as six in males were effective to discriminate differences among five populations.Discriminant analysis revealed that over 90.8% females and 87.8% males of individuals could be classified to their sites of origin.The results of cluster analysis and principal component analysis revealed that populations from Taihu Lake and Dianchi Lake are most similar and form a common cluster when the other three populations from Xingkai Lake,Hulun Lake and Chaohu Lake form another branch,which means that the patterns of morphological variability in this species could be determined by the local environmental conditions,more research work must be done to identify the source of inter-population variability in the morphology of the white shrimp.


It is proposed that two approaches to evaluation that are being used to evaluate a major quality assurance initiative in the field of mental health care should be incorporated into all quality assurance evaluations. The author′s own evaluative work has been centred on a quality assurance system known as QUARTZ which is currently being piloted in three health districts in the South‐East Thames region of England. The importance of evaluating quality assurance programmes is stressed and it is argued that two particular forms of evaluation, utilisation‐oriented evaluation and formative evaluation, are particularly useful in this respect. Health care quality assurance programmes are particularly important arenas for evaluators to examine, especially with their probable proliferation in the wake of the statutory requirements centred on 1991.


Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in our country with predominant involvement of lung and lymph nodes which. Tuberculous mastoiditis is quite rare and is often diagnosed late. Early diagnosis and effective treatment may prevent ear damage as well as central nervous system complication. In this report, we describe the case of a 15-month-old male with a history of fever and yellow discharge. CT scan of temporal bones showed fluid accumulation in mastoid cells and in the middle ear with destruction of the left mastoid cortex and partial ossicular erosion. It's associated with a collection of soft parts opposite with peripheral enhancement after contrast application with left sigmoid sinus thrombosis. Necrotizing granulomatous inflammation was present in the mastoid specimens in all cases. Confirmatory diagnosis was made via GeneXpert polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The clinical outcome was favorable after anti-tuberculosis treatment.


In Japan, people with epilepsy are prohibited absolutely from driving. However, 10 years ago we had a case of a driving epileptic patient upon whom the Japanese court gave a flexible judgment as follows: The plaintiff whose seizures were completely controlled cannot be considered an "epileptic patient" as defined in the traffic law. Actually, many people with epilepsy drive cars in Japan in spite of the prohibition to obtain a driving license. On the other hand, a lot of people with epilepsy, who have been seizure free for many years, are not informed of the judgment mentioned above and refrain from driving. Here, a special session was planned regarding epilepsy and driving, considering the improvement of the law and hoping for an improved doctor-patient relation. R. Thorbecke, a sociologist from West Germany, spoke about "Epilepsy and Driving License in the Federal Republic of Germany and Other European Countries." He mentioned that a general prohibition to drive for patients with epilepsy was unwarranted and the problem to be solved was to find effective regulations in detaining people driving with epilepsy at a risk at the wheel. Also he stressed the importance of the doctor-patient relationship in the driving license regulations. The committee of Japan Epilepsy Associa-


Purpose: To report cases of a retinal, preretinal and vitreous hemorrhage due to retinoic acid syndrome and a papilledema caused by increased intracranial pressure in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). Case summary: (Case 1) A 48-year-old female visited our clinic with headache, dyspnea, and visual disturbance during ATRA medications for acute promyelocytic leukemia. Her visual acuity of both eyes was hand motion, and fundus examination revealed extensive retinal, preretinal, and vitreous hemorrhage. The laboratory test showed leukocytosis and computed tomography of brain and chest revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage and pulmonary alveolar hemorrhage. She was diagnosed with retinoic acid syndrome and was treated with vitrectomy in both eyes. (Case 2) A 17-year-old male, who had been treated with ATRA for acute promyelocytic leukemia, had headache and visual disturbance. His best-corrected visual acuity was 1.0 in both eyes, but the fundus examination showed papilledema and retinal hemorrhage in both eyes. Goldmann visual field examination revealed an enlarged blind spot in both eyes. He was diagnosed with papilledema caused by ATRA induced increased intracranial pressure, and was observed. Conclusions: Patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with ATRA may have retinoic acid syndrome and increased intracranial pressure that could result in retinal hemorrhage, vitreous hemorrhage, and papilledema. J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 2017;58(6):745-750


It could be broadly accepted that oral presentations are becoming important for students. It is required in almost every field and in the university environment. To succeed in the university environment and in their future jobs, these students need to improve their oral presentation skills. However, one of the drawbacks of using oral presentations in the language classroom is that students often find oral presentations extremely challenging. Therefore, the researcher conducted this research with the main goal of finding out common problems when giving an oral presentation to English-majored juniors at Tay Do University. Ninety juniors majoring in English at Tay Do University were selected to take part in the study. Data are gathered through questionnaires and interviews. The researcher used quantitative and qualitative methods to do the research. From the collected data, when they give a presentation, students usually make some mistakes such as problems in vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, psychological and background knowledge. Through this study, they would recognize their own problems when giving a presentation. Besides, understanding students' learning difficulties may also enable teachers to help students develop effective learning strategies and ultimately improve their presentation skills. It is hoped that this research can be helpful for not only students but also teachers in learning and teaching English.  Article visualizations:


Sometimes a person may enter into a contract as a result of a statement made to him which is false. If the statement is a term of the contract he will have a remedy for breach of contract. If the statement is not a term of the contract it is called a mere misrepresentation, and the consequence is rescission of contract. A misrepresentation is an untrue statement of fact which is one of the causes which induces the contract. A misrepresentation is statement, or conduct, which conveys a false or wrong impression. A contract may be rescined on the ground of misrepresentation even if innocent. An innocent misrepresentation is one made with reasonable ground for believing it to be true, as where an honest mistake is made. The types of misrepresentation are various. Acording to the Obligation Act it is not any misrepresentation cause the rescind of contract, but only the importance one. The importance misrepresentations are: the error in supstantia and error in personae if the contract is made bearing in mind intuit personae contract. This paper explanes different kinds of misrepresentation giving some proposal for legal interpretation of the provisions of the Obligation Act. The misrepresentation means an untrue statement of facts, made by one party to the other in the course of negotiating a contract, that induces the other party to enter into the contract. The person making the misrepresentation is called the representor, and the person whom it is made is the representee. A false of fraudulent misrepresentation is one made with knowledge of its falsehood, and intended to deceive. In the case of fraudulent misrepresentation representor did not honestly believe in the truth of his statement, which is not the same as saying that he knew it to be false. A negligent misrepresentation is one made with no reasonable grounds for believing in to be true. An innocent misrepresentation is one made with reasonable grounds for believing in to the true, as where an honest mistake is made. A fraudulent misrepresentation is actionable as a tort. When a person has been induced to enter into a contract by misrepresentation, he may in general either (1) affirm the contract and insist of the misrepresentation being made good, if that is possible, or (2) rescind the contract if it is still executory, and if all parties can be restored to their original positions, or (3) bring an action for damages, or (4) rely upon the misrepresentation as a defense to an action on the contract. A contract may be rescinded of the ground of misrepresentation even if innocent. Specific performance will not be decreed if a definite untrue representation has been relied on. It is clear that the claim for damages for fraudulent misrepresentation is a claim in tort. So the general governing rule is that the plaintiff should be restored to the position he would have been in if the representation had not been made. In the article is also analyzed comparative law related on misrepresentaton.


In this study, successful synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs), CuO NPs, and ZnO/CuO nanocomposite through an eco-friendly method using Corriandrum sativum leaf extract as a capping agent is reported. Using XRD, FTIR, UV-Vis, and SEM techniques, the synthesized materials were characterized for structural analysis, functional groups identification, spectroscopic measurements, and morphological analysis. The percentage composition and purity of the samples were determined by using Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX), which showed the synthesis of materials. Morphological analysis was done by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) which reflected that the CuO NPs, ZnO NPs and ZnO/CuO nanocomposite were spherical, and the average size calculated by using Image J software was around 25 nm, 55 nm, and 11 nm, respectively. FTIR and UV-Vis analyses were used for synthetic confirmation through characteristic peaks of materials. The synthesized (ZnO, CuO, and CuO/ZnO) nanomaterials were evaluated for photocatalytic activity using methylene blue (MB) dye. Among all three photocatalysts, the composite showed maximum photodegradation compared to the other two materials. The present work could lead to a pathway for the decontamination of harmful dyes of wastewater released from different industries.


: Turkey is one of the most important sour cherry ( Prunus cerasus L.) producers in the world, mostly producing the cultivar "Kütahya." To date, no previous study published on the effects of clonal roodstocks on the growth and development, yield, and fruit quality of "Kütahya" sour cherry. Therefore, this study was carried out from 2015 to 2019 to determine the influences of SL-64, Piku 3, Maxma 14, CAB 6P and PHL-C rootstocks on vigor, yield, and fruit quality of "Kütahya" sour cherry cultivar in Bursa, Marmara Region, Turkey. The effects of rootstocks on blooming period, ripening time, trunk diameter, trunk cross-sectional area, pruning waste, fruit weight and volume, fruit stalk length, soluble solids content, titratable acidity, pH, and ripening index were evaluated. No sour cherry trees on CAB 6P and PHL-C rootstocks died throughout the study period whereas trees on SL-64 rootstock showed high mortality (87%) in the first year of the study. In general, CAB 6P rootstock promoted the highest vigor and annual and cumulative yield. Yield efficiency was the highest for PHL-C but it was not significantly different from that for CAB 6P. CAB 6P rootstock induced the highest fruit weight and volume whereas Maxma 14 rootstock induced the lowest. Moreover, CAB 6P tended to induce higher fruit stalk length whereas Piku 3 induced the lowest. The soluble solids content was the highest in fruit from trees grafted on Maxma 14 but without significant differences with those in fruit from trees grafted on other rootstocks. In general, CAB 6P and PHL-C rootstocks tended to induce higher titratable acidity. In light of the findings of this study, it is concluded that CAB 6P was the best-adapted rootstock and it is recommended for establishing orchards of "Kütahya" sour cherry in the Marmara region.


Electric Vehicle fleets can be used as distributed energy resources and providing ancillary services for the Grid through Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. To enable this benefit, a key problem that should be addressed first is how to predict the schedulable capacity (SC) of electric vehicle (EV) fleets to meet different demands of power dispatch for utility. In this paper, two different time scales schedulable capacity forecasting (SCF) methods for EV fleets are proposed, including the real-time SCF method and one day ahead SCF method based on parallel random forests algorithm. The real-time charging or discharging data of each EV is collected to ensure the reliability of results by the real-time SCF method. The large amount of results of the real-time SCF is used as historical data for training one day ahead SCF model. A distributed parallel method of data processing for these big data is introduced to solve problems of the mass data processing and storage in the real-time SCF of EV fleets. The proposed methods are tested and analyzed by digital simulation calculation and compared with support machine (SVM) method by combining cloud computing technology, Hadoop and Spark platform. The simulation results show that proposed methods have the obvious advantages in speed and accuracy over SVM, and can meet the requirements of multi-time scale SCF.


Comparison of seasonal variations of three phytoplankton size categories allowed revealing common tendencies of Sevastopol Bay phytoplankton structure in spite of peculiarities of site location and temporal displacements of chlorophyll a maximums. High summary inputs of nano- and picoplankton confirm an active participation of small cells in formation of integral pigment quantity.


Optical flow estimation is one of a challenging task in computer vision fields. In this paper, we aim to combine correlation image that enables single frame optical flow estimation with deep neural networks. Correlation image sensor captures temporal correlation between incident light intensity and reference signals, that can record intensity variation caused by object motion effectively. We developed FlowNetS-based neural networks for correlation image input. Our experimental results demonstrate proposed neural networks has succeeded in estimating the optical flow.


PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a physical therapy-based tailored exercise program on pain, accident incidence rates, the number of work days lost, and economical loss cost for workers in an automobile parts manufacturing company. METHODS: A total of 530 workers with musculoskeletal symptoms were given a physical therapy-based tailored exercise program twice a week, for one hour a day. This exercise program consisted of movement pattern correction, muscle stretching and strengthening, and postural correction exercises, according to principles of movement impairment syndromes and medical training therapy. From 2011 to 2016, the lost days of work, accident incidence rates, and loss cost


OBJECTIVE
To explore the effect of peripheral blood T lymphocyte activation on the blood cells, tissue injury and the development of disease in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS).

METHODS
The expressions of CD69, HLA-DR, CD28 and CTLA-4 on peripheral blood T lymphocytes were determined dynamically by flow cytometry and the relationships between the above immune molecules and ALT, AST, leukocytes, platelets were analyzed respectively.

RESULTS
The expressions of CD69 and HLA-DR on peripheral blood T lymphocytes in patients with SFTS were elevated significantly during the whole course of disease (P<0.05). CD28 expression on CD4(+); lymphocyte subset decreased in the early stage and gradually increased to the normal range. Meanwhile, CTLA-4 expression on T lymphocytes went up in the late stage of viral infection. The levels of serum ALT, AST, LDH and CK were significantly higher than the upper limit of the normal and the counts of WBC and PLT dropped to the lowest at the outset. But all of them returned back to the normal range gradually with the down-regulation of CD69 and HLA-DR and the up-regulation of CTLA-4 on T lymphocyte.

CONCLUSION
The overactivation of T lymphocytes may contribute to tissue injury and the high expression of CTLA-4 may be a negative feedback regulation to the overactivation of T lymphocytes, which plays an important role in immunoregulation of SFTS patients.


Swift is a multi-wavelength observatory designed for the autonomous detection and immediate follow-up of gamma-ray bursts and their afterglows. Following launch in early 2004, Swift's Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) will detect 100s of GRBs per year, and autonomously maneuver sensitive UV/optical and X-ray telescopes onto the burst within 10 to 75 seconds. GRB and X-ray positions and UV/optical finding chart will be rapidly distributed thorugh the GCN to promote ground-based observations. Afterglows will be monitored by Swift for days to weeks. All data will be converted into standard FITS formats and rapidly made available to the community from data centers in the US, Italy, and the UK.


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Subspace clustering aims at detecting clusters in any subspace projection of a high dimensional space. As the number of projections is exponential in the number of dimensions, efficiency is crucial. Moreover, the resulting subspace clusters are often highly redundant, i.e. many clusters are detected multiply in several projections. We propose a novel index for efficient subspace clustering in a novel depth-first processing with in-process-removal of redundant clusters for better pruning. Thorough experiments on real and synthetic data show that INSCY yields substantial efficiency and quality improvements.


This article analysed the boiler unit thermal calculation standard of the former Soviet Union for the application to internal combustion oil burning boiler and expounded the choosing of some parameters.the examination has proved this analyse is correct.


It is a significant implication for enterprise to manage customer relations.In other words,good customer relationship management has important meaning for business's surviving and developing.And through customer satisfaction management,it can enhance customer relationship management level.Moreover,it can speeding up enterprise internal and external resource integration to realize customer value and enterprise value.Therefore,people pay more attention to customer satisfaction management.Especially in nowadays,fierce competition in the market make more and more companies realize the urgency to build and implement customer satisfaction management mechanism,and there is no exception for the third party logistics enterprise.From the ISO9001 quality management system requirement's perspective,it is much more necessity for the third party logistics enterprise to strengthen the customer relationship management by importing and applying the customer satisfactional research.


Filoviruses, marburgviruses (MARV) and ebolaviruses (EBOV), are etiologic agents of severe hemorrhagic fevers with unusually high lethality. They are emerging/reemerging zoonotic agents whose natural hosts remain to be identified. The viruses are highly virulent in primates, and the frequency of outbreaks in Africa and Asia as well as their impact on ape populations has been increasing in recent years. Introduction of filoviruses into human populations leads to serious, but limited, epidemics when inadequate sterilization of needles and lack of barrier nursing practices result in nosocomial spread. Interhuman transmission also occurs by direct person-to-person contact and possibly fomites and droplets. The viruses infect, among others, macrophages, dendritic cells, hepatocytes, and endothelial cells. In the infected primate, these infections lead to severe cytokine imbalances that (1) impair the innate and adaptive immune responses; (2) lead to disseminated intravascular coagulation with concomitant hemorrhages, thrombi, and organ necroses; (3) result in multiorgan failure and shock. Currently, there is no FDA-approved treatment or prophylaxis for filovirus infections.


Background: Many bone defects in the maxillofacial region can be reconstructed with distraction osteogenesis (DO). In the last thirty years, a great deal of research has been done for the development of the DO protocol. The purpose of this study was to perform a bibliometric analysis for the characterization of publications on distraction osteogenesis in the maxillofacial region from 1992 to 2021.
Material and Methods: Publication outputs were obtained from the Web of Science database on January 15, 2021. Citespace, Excel, and VOSviewer software were used in analysis and visualizations
Results: A sum of 1826 publications from 1992 to 2020 were analyzed. A total of 59 countries contributed to the DO literature. The United States had the most publications and the highest H-index. McCarthy JG was the highest co-citation author. Studies were gathered under 12 titles in general.
Conclusion: As a result, in this study, a bibliometric analysis of the articles on distraction osteogenesis in oral and maxillofacial surgery published from 1992 to the present and evaluation of publication trends were made. In the future, the development of this field can be followed by making such bibliometric analyzes.


The invention relates to a low temperature preparation method of yttrium aluminum garnet rare earth phosphor powder. The rare earth phosphor powder is formed by material expressed by a general formula Y3-xMxAl5-yGayO12, wherein M is Ce or Tb or Ce and Gd, x is molar number of M and is more than or equal to 0.01 and less than or equal to 0.08, y is molar number of Ga and is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.8, and the preparation method thereof comprises pretreatment of raw materials, mixing, sintering and the like. The raw material is easy to be evenly mixed and sintering temperature is low during preparation in the invention. The prepared phosphor powder has high brightness, spherical or near spherical shape, controllable powder particle size, even powder particle surface and good luminous performance through test; and the wavelength of emitting light thereof is not changed so as to greatly improve screen coating effect and luminous performance of devices when being applied to different devices, thus being applicable to field emission displays, projection televisions and LED devices, flying-spot scanning displays and the fields with high requirement on screen coating effect, luminous brightness and luminous efficiency of the phosphor powder.


An optical-pumping system of rubidium atoms for a laser-driven polarized deuteron target was constructed. The density and polarization of the rubidium atoms were measured using Faraday rotation. The rotation angle was determined within an error of 0.01°. Our preliminary result showed a polarization of 0.4 at a gas thickness of 4×1013 atoms/cm2.


Thank you very much for reading memoirs journal and correspondence of thomas moore. As you may know, people have search numerous times for their chosen books like this memoirs journal and correspondence of thomas moore, but end up in malicious downloads. Rather than reading a good book with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, instead they juggled with some infectious bugs inside their desktop computer.


Security Pacific is the tenth largest bank in the United States, operating 500 banking locations in the State of California. Our Electronic Data Processing Department serves the entire system from its Glendale Operations Center and a satellite center in Hayward. The Hayward location serves as an input/output center for our Northern California banking offices. Data Transmission provides for centralization of all accounting functions.


Eight new substituted bis(pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)amines have been prepared in one step condensation of 1-(hydroxymethyl)-3,5-disubstituted pyrazoles with a series of primary amines. The effect of substituents of divers bulkiness and electron donor/acceptor power that have been introduced to these tridentate molecules is visualised by 1 H NMR spectroscopy.


Overview: Family Theories and Methods (W.J. Doherty et al.). Metatheory and Family Studies (D.M. Klein, J.A. Jurich). The Emergence of Family Theories and Methods: The History of Family Theory (B.N. Adams, S.K. Steinmetz). Comparative Methods in Family Research (G.R. Lee, L. Haas). Family Theories and Methods Emerging During 1918-1929: Symbolic Interactionism and Family Studies (R. LaRossa, D.C. Reitzes). Qualitative Family Research (P.C. Rosenblatt, L.R. Fischer). Family Theories and Methods Emerging During 1930-1945: Quantitative Measurement in Family Research (K.S. Wampler, C.F. Halverston, Jr.). Family Theories and Methods Emerging During 1946-1960: Family Development Theory (R.H. Rodgers, J.M. White). Family Theories and Methods Emerging During 1960-1980: Systems Theories (G.G. Whitechurch, L. Constantine). Family Theories and Methods Emerging During the 1980s: Communication Theory and the Family (M.A. Fitzpatrick, L.D. Ritchie). 17 additional articles. Index.


We present a simulation study of WWW traac over a realistic DQDB network running the TCP/IP protocol stack. All network and protocol elements have been implemented in detail. A large scale DQDB network with 12 nodes and 24 access units is studied. QoS parameters of 552 TCP connections between end users are analyzed. The average frame length in our traac source model has been chosen according to the characteristics of WWW traac. We have analyzed two network models with diierent sizes of the buuers in the access unit. The innuence of the buuer size on QoS parameters and transmission performance has been examined. The worst case connections in the DQDB network have been also studied. Simulation results for throughput of the DQDB busses and the loss of IP packets in the DQDB network are given. TCP throughput and transmission times at two protocol levels are measured. Our results show a good utilization of the DQDB network capacity. The peak transmission delays in higher network load area depend on the size of sender buuers in the access unit. There is a signiicant unfairness for connection between far-oo stations in the network.


In a manifestation of the immunological autophagy termed xenophagy, autophagic adapter proteins such as p62 and NDP52 directly capture microbes for delivery to autophagosomal organelles where they are eliminated. In a mirror image phenomenon, which is also an immunological variant of the process termed decryption, p62 and autophagy contribute to the elimination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. During decryption, p62 sequesters cytosolic proteins into autophagosomes where they are proteolytically converted into peptides termed cryptides. A subset of cryptides possesses antimicrobial peptide properties exhibited upon their delivery to parasitophorous vacuoles where they kill intracellular microbes.


The US military presence in Afghanistan has been the subject of retrospective analyzes that facilitated the identification and learning of important lessons for future military actions. This article analyses, through the case study method, the way defense resources were managed from a sustainable development perspective, focusing on the durable effects of the main projects aimed at ensuring this country's initial steps towards a sustainable development destination. As a result, this study points to the positive potential that the military instrument could have in a country's efforts to achieve sustainable development goals, highlighting the way that unsustainable management practices can compromise or even nullify the progress in this area. Consequently, the main product of this research is a model of unsustainable use of defense resources that decision makers should know and avoid in the future, to obtain long-term beneficial results.


The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) tools has become widespread in map production, land surveying, landslide, erosion monitoring, monitoring of agricultural activities, aerial crop surveying, forest fire detection and monitoring operations. In this study, GEO 2 UAV manufactured by TEKNOMER equipped with SONY A6000 camera has been used. The flight plan have been performed with 100 m altitude, with 80% longitudinal and 60% side overlapping. Ground Control Points (GCPs) have been observed with Topcon and Trimble GNSS geodetic receivers. Recorded GNSS signals have been processed with LGO V.8.4 software to get sensitive location information. 985 photos have been taken for the 344 hectares the agricultural area. 291 photos have been taken for 50 hectares the landslide area. All photos were processed by PIX4D software. For the agricultural area, 25 GCPs and for the landslide area, 8 GCPs have been included in the evaluation. 3D images were produced with pixel matching algorithms. As a result, the RMS evaluation was obtained as ±0.054 m for the agricultural area and as ±0.018 m for the landslide area. UAV images have indisputable contributions to the management of catastrophes such as landslides and earthquakes, and it is impossible to make terrestrial measurements in areas where disaster impact continues.


Plane-wave multiple-scattering theory is used to analyze scattering in the near-Bragg region with Feynman diagram techniques. Approximate amplitudes of scattered orders are obtained as power series in 1/Q, where Q is the Klein–Cook Bragg parameter. Results are compared with the Klein–Cook computer solution.


The measurement precision of dielectric loss angle is a key factor of the performance of on-line monitoring system of metal-oxide arresters. The causes of data error of on-line insulating monitoring system for MOA are intro- duced in the paper. Questions about harmonic interference in on-line monitoring insulation system of MOA are stated. For the effect of harmonic interference in on-line monitoring insulation system, a harmonic interference error correction method based on BP neural network is presented for modifying dielectric loss angle. This method is used to identify the nonlinear relation between 3nd, 5th harmonic and dielectric loss angle modified value Δδ through BP network. Finally the adjusting dielectric loss angle model based on BP network is gained. The dielectric loss angle modified value Δδ, which can be got from the adjusting model, is used to modify the measured value of dielectric loss angle. The results from tests and simulation show that the two methods above-mentioned have a good result on eliminating harmonic in- terference error.


Purpose : To study the effects of oxycontin combined with amitriptyline on patients with severe cancer pain and depression. Methods : Patients with severe cancer pain and depression (n = 46) were randomly divided into two groups. The study group was given oxycontin combined with amitriptyline, while the control group received only oxycontin, each over a period of 4 weeks. Analgesic effect and depression relief were evaluated using FPS-R (Faces Pain Scale–Revised) and HAMD17 (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17-Item). In addition, the dose of medication and adverse drug reactions were monitored. Results : Pain in patients in the two groups were significantly relieved after treatment (p < 0.01). Symptoms in the study group were significantly improved, when compared with the situation before treatment, while HAMD17 scores significantly decreased (p < 0.01). The mean dosage of oxycontin in the study group in the fourth week after treatment was significantly lower than that of the control group (p < 0.01). There were no obvious differences in adverse reactions between patients in the two groups. Conclusion : Oxycontin combined with amitriptyline effectively controls severe cancer pain, and ameliorates depression and improves the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer. Keywords : Cancer pain, Depression, Oxycodone, Amitriptyline, FPS-R, HAMD17 scores


A hydraulic composite actuator is developed for vibration simulation. The hydraulic scheme and control principle are introduced and an open–closed-loop iterative learning control method is proposed for control issue. A special composite cylinder controlled by servo valve and proportional relief valve is designed to generate static force with large amplitude and dynamic force with small amplitude but high frequency. The control subsystem for dynamic force is a zero-type system with very high open-loop gain and uncertainty of parameters; therefore, an open–closed-loop proportional–derivative-type iterative learning control scheme is designed to solve this challenging control issue. A principle prototype of this hydraulic has been developed, and the experiments have been designed for this actuator. Different control methods are experimented for verification and comparison, and experiment results have verified practical applicability of this actuator and the superiority of control scheme.


The Hanford Seismic Assessment Program (HSAP) provides an uninterrupted collection of high-quality raw and processed seismic data from the Hanford Seismic Network for the U.S. Department of Energy and its contractors. The HSAP is responsible for locating and identifying sources of seismic activity and monitoring changes in the historical pattern of seismic activity at the Hanford Site. The data are compiled, archived, and published for use by the Hanford Site for waste management, natural phenomena hazards assessments, and engineering design and construction. In addition, the HSAP works with the Hanford Site Emergency Services Organization to provide assistance in the event of a significant earthquake on the Hanford Site. The Hanford Seismic Network and the Eastern Washington Regional Network consist of 44 individual sensor sites and 15 radio relay sites maintained by the Hanford Seismic Assessment Team. During FY 2010, the Hanford Seismic Network recorded 873 triggers on the seismometer system, which included 259 seismic events in the southeast Washington area and an additional 324 regional and teleseismic events. There were 210 events determined to be local earthquakes relevant to the Hanford Site. One hundred and fifty-five earthquakes were detected in the vicinity of Wooded Island, located about eight miles northmore » of Richland just west of the Columbia River. The Wooded Island events recorded this fiscal year were a continuation of the swarm events observed during fiscal year 2009 and reported in previous quarterly and annual reports (Rohay et al. 2009a, 2009b, 2009c, 2010a, 2010b, and 2010c). Most events were considered minor (coda-length magnitude [Mc] less than 1.0) with the largest event recorded on February 4, 2010 (3.0Mc). The estimated depths of the Wooded Island events are shallow (averaging approximately 1.5 km deep) placing the swarm within the Columbia River Basalt Group. Based upon the last two quarters (Q3 and Q4) data, activity at the Wooded Island area swarm has largely subsided. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will continue to monitor for activity at this location. The highest-magnitude events (3.0Mc) were recorded on February 4, 2010 within the Wooded Island swarm (depth 2.4 km) and May 8, 2010 on or near the Saddle Mountain anticline (depth 3.0 km). This latter event is not considered unusual in that earthquakes have been previously recorded at this location, for example, in October 2006 (Rohay et al. 2007). With regard to the depth distribution, 173 earthquakes were located at shallow depths (less than 4 km, most likely in the Columbia River basalts), 18 earthquakes were located at intermediate depths (between 4 and 9 km, most likely in the pre-basalt sediments), and 19 earthquakes were located at depths greater than 9 km, within the crystalline basement. Geographically, 178 earthquakes were located in known swarm areas, 4 earthquakes occurred on or near a geologic structure (Saddle Mountain anticline), and 28 earthquakes were classified as random events. The Hanford Strong Motion Accelerometer (SMA) network was triggered several times by the Wooded Island swarm events and the events located on or near the Saddle Mountain anticline. The maximum acceleration value recorded by the SMA network during fiscal year 2010 occurred February 4, 2010 (Wooded Island swarm event), approximately 2 times lower than the reportable action level for Hanford facilities (2% g) with no action required.« less


-Gearmaking is typically the province of specialty enterprises due to the substantial investment in particular machine tools designed for the purpose. General lathes and milling machines do not lend themselves to fine gearmaking, although wire EDM is becoming more widely used and can serve in this capacity according to the limits of its articulated degrees of freedom. In this article, we introduce a new, simplified method of generating precision gears of the spur, worm, or helical types that has been adapted for general purpose milling machine use. The method can use standard taps to make gears of standard 30-degree pressure angles, ACME taps to create standard 14-1/2 degree pressure angles, as well as standard hobs for 20-degree or metric gear


On the basis of NUM CNC system, the display interface and control interface of the system are designed, the users' database is established, and the relation and communication between the graphic interface and the numerical control system are setup.


THE MIDDLE ENGLISH ROMANCES are gradually recovering from their twentieth-century slur as pastiches of French originals cobbled by "literary hacks," (1) so much so that defending their value risks becoming a cliche itself. Havelok the Dane scholarship has recently benefited from a growth of critical interest in the poem, though less attention has been paid to its narrative mechanics and to resolving its supposed narrative inconsistencies. This study hopes to make a beginning at addressing these claimed issues. Havelok the Dane lies in a unique manuscript, Bodleian Laud Mise. 108, dated around 1285-1300. (2) In brief summary, the poem comprises a male-Cinderella tale in a double-helix structure where Havelok is endowed with Denmark by his dying father, King Birkabeyn, but forced into exile by an evil steward, Godard; in England Athelwold's daughter Goldeboru is also dispossessed by a treasonous warden, Godrich. Havelok grows up a peasant yet distinguishes himself, inspiring Godrich to wed him to Goldeboru, disparaging her; the trick backfires when Havelok returns as the rightful king of Denmark with an army to unite the two nations. With both usurpers dead and peace renewed, Havelok reigns blessed with marital harmony and a large family. The story also occurs in brief in Geoffrey Gaimar's Estoire des Engles (ca. 1135), in the Anglo-Norman Lai d'Havelok le Danois (ca. 1190), and in Brut (ca. 1272). Though the poem's origins remain unclear,' contemporary references are made by Langtoft and Robert Mannyng of Brunne to the Havelok legend, which persisted in Lincolnshire folklore for centuries: the rock the hero throws in the poem's games is still claimed to sit in Grimsby, and the town seal of 1201 depicts Havelok, Grim, and Goldeboru. Although much early Havelok literature following Skeat pursued the usual Victorian mania for source-hunting and charts of manuscript stemma, by the early twentieth century scholars had begun to identify difficulties in rationalizing some of the character and narrative elements. In 1914 Herbert Creek adduced "inconsistencies" in Havelok, such as that of Grim's abrupt executioner/nurturer switch, believing that the English poem was botched from the Lai. (4) French and Hale similarly grouse that the poet shows indifference to "consistency and accuracy," (5) and in his 1987 edition G. V. Smithers devotes a good part of his introduction to cataloging the poem's supposed disjoints. Others have conjectured how influence from other stories or translation errors might have also caused Ubbe's menacing/devoted alteration, or how his sixty sergeants suddenly become sixty thieves. Studies have attempted to account for the poem's oddly queasy taste for graphic violence in the execution scenes of Godard and Godrich; (6) New Historicists such as John Halverson have read the text's vulgar prurience as concessions to a lower-class audience and sentimentality. (7) Larissa Tracy has recently taken a more revisionist reading in problematizing Havelok himself, criticizing him as "tainted by the excessive and bloodthirsty nature" of his revenge. (8) The difficulty in such lenses of interpretation is that the "inconsistencies" or stylistic sins of the text are still taken as such, as flaws. Two newer approaches are potentially more fertile in giving a kinder reading to the poem, that of the wider interest in the Laud 108 manuscript, and that of oral folktale. Havelok sits in Laud next to King Horn, with which it is often compared and anthologized. Superficially the two poems are equated as Matters of England with parallel exile-and-return frames developing love/revenge motifs, and with heroes bearing rather more than passing resemblance to Edward I. (9) Stylistically they are dissimilar, with Horn possessing a more courtly stress on aristocratic love and Havelok a rougher but more artful "bourgeois" realism. (10) While Havelok's kitchen implements, lists of fish, and other domestic minutiae "romanticize the simple joys' of non-aristocratic life," (11) an interesting problem of genre interposes. …


High Step Up - High voltage gain converter is becoming the most productively converter now a days mostly in hybrid technology, mobile technology and for other portable devices that are in need of high voltages from low voltage input. Furthermore these converters are widely used in battery charging that includes Fuel cells as well. This Thesis discusses Simulate and proposed advancement in Developed High Step up Voltage DC to DC converter. Detailed analysis on Integration of Double Boost – SEPIC and CUK has been proposed. Proposed Topology contains multiple inductors with one controlled switch that will make a control mechanism useful for every application. Secondly voltage stresses across silicon conductor devices are very low. Conduction losses will also be reduced due to low voltage Stress. Reverse recovery current problem is also in under consideration of this thesis that will enables the use of Schotkey rectifiers. The keen purpose of the topology is to obtain the maximum output voltage with maximum voltage gain and less conduction losses reducing input ripple current. Without disturbing characteristics of Topology. A detailed analysis has been done on every converter separately and by integrating all converters to check the results. Mathematical equations are also derived for better understandings and simulation results are obtained as well.


The potentiodynamic polarization method using the K/K+ dynamic reference electrode was used to understand the corrosion behavior of Ni, Fe, Cr, the Ni-20Cr binary alloy, and 316L stainless steel in molten 46.5LiF 11.5NaF-42KF (FLiNaK, composition in mol %) salt at 700˚C. Exposure of the materials without an applied potential revealed that Ni and Fe were stable in FLiNaK, but Cr was dissolved rapidly. The apparent redox potentials of each material with respect to the K/K+ redox couple are compared to gain insight into how the applied potential relates to the dominant corrosion mechanism for each alloy. The polarized pure metals experienced uniform surface recession while corrosion in the alloys resulted in preferential elemental dissolution depending on the applied potential with respect to the K/K+ reference reaction.


A static library identification framework is proposed through studying library as "dcc" ,which dynamically extracts binary characteristic file on applications under ARM processor.This method obtains function modules using ARM assemble characteristics,on the basis of that,dynamic signature is generated due to pattern files through analyzing coding characteristics of assemble addressing mode,then the function signatures are matched with signatures of function signatures in executables using hash algorithm to identify library func-tions.This method can recognize library correctly and solve conflict between massive library files and matching efficiency effectively.


Aim. The aim of this study is to identify differential gene expression for glioblastoma tumor cells, normoxic and hypoxic glioblastoma stem-like cell lines. Finding the upregulated and downregulated gene and pathway interactions. Analysis to find the differential expression genes and pathway interactions. Materials and methods. The gene expression profiling data from the microarray dataset GSE45117 from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, as well as differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the 2 categories, are used in this analysis. 4 Samples of Glioblastoma tumors were considered as group 1 and 4 samples of normoxic and Hypoxic glioblastoma stem-like cell lines were considered as group 2 in the GEO2R web tool that has been used to screen them. Results. The gene-gene interactions among the DEGs and the GGI network with 37 nodes and 13 edges. The stem-cell-like cell lines showed lower expression of endothelin-related genes such as EDN3 and EDNRA along with dysregulation of enzymes such as PDK1, PGK1 which points to dysregulation of cellular respiratory pathways. This effect in consensus with under expression of cell attachment genes such as COL2A1, COL5A2, COL15A1 denotes a strong shift toward metastasis. Conclusion. Thus, a computational pipeline for identifying the significant genes and pathways involved in the glioblastoma tumors and glioblastoma stem-like cell lines. This study provides a path towards discovering potential leads for the treatment of glioblastoma and aids in comprehending the underlying novel molecular mechanisms. Key-words: Glioblastoma Cancer, Cancer Stem Cells, Cultured Cell Lines, Gene Expression, Gene Enrichment, Novel Molecular Markers, Molecular Biology, Genetic Analysis, Gene Expression.


We propose a new form of distributed multimedia communication, peer-to-peer mobile video on-demand (P2MVOD), that enables users to share an unlimited amount of video content without spatial and time constraints. P2MVOD allows a moving client to receive streaming data on demand from other moving clients in a peer-to-peer (P2P) architecture. Our scheme uses multicast VOD technology. To overcome mobile routing overhead and the service vulnerability of P2P, it divides video content into the same sized segments and broadcasts them from multiple clients. Broadcasting obviously consumes much bandwidth, but the segment aggregation allows content to be received by as many clients as possible, thus counteracting the resulting increase in traffic. Numerical analysis revealed the characteristics of the broadcast traffic on a network, the effectiveness of the segment aggregation, and the range of applications


Taking early rice variety Luliangyou 996 and late rice variety Y-liangyou 86 as test materials, a field experiment with 4 nitrogen (N) fertilization rates and 3 transplanting densities was conducted to study the effects of N fertilization rate and transplanting density on the plant dry matter accumulation, canopy solar energy interception rate, grain yield and its components of double season super hybrid rice. A single peak curve relationship was observed between the N fertilization rate and grain yield of test varieties. A medium N fertilization rate could obtain the maximum yield, with 10245.04 kg·hm-2 for Luliangyou 996 and 11015.37 kg·hm-2 for Y-liangyou 86. The effective panicles increased with increasing N fertilization rate, but the filled grain number per panicle reached the peak at medium N fertilization rate (N135 for Luliangyou 996 and N180 for Y-liangyou 86), with the grain·panicle-1 being 143.92 and 142.80, respectively. Transplanting density had minor effects on the grain yields of both Luliangyou 996 and Y-liangyou 86 and the yield components of Luliangyou 996, but had significant effects on the effective panicles and seed setting rate of Y-liangyou 86. High transplanting density induced high effective panicles but low seed setting rate, while low transplanting density was in adverse. The interaction of N fertilization rate and transplanting density had no significant effects on the grain yields of Luliangyou 996 and Y-liangyou 86, but, in terms of high yielding and high fertilizer N use efficiency, the optimal N fertilization rate for Luliangyou 996 and Y-liangyou 86 was 135 and 180 kg·hm-2, and the optimal transplanting density for Luliangyou 996 and Y-liangyou 86 was 45×104 and 30×104 clusters·hm-2, respectively.


1. Surov A, Buerke M, John E, Kösling S, Spielmann RP, Behrmann C. Intravenous port catheter embolization: mechanisms, clinical features, and management. Angiology. 2008;59:90-97. 2. Marcy PY, Magné N, Castadot P, et al. Radiological and surgical placement of port devices: a 4-year institutional analysis of procedure performance, quality of life and cost in breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2005;92:61-67. 3. Turner DD, Sommers SC. Accidental passage of a polyethylene catheter from cubital vein to right atrium; report of a fatal case. N Engl J Med. 1954;251:744-745. 4. Zähringer M, Hilgers J, Krüger K, et al. Ultrasound guided implantation of chest port systems via the lateral subclavian vein. RöFo. 2006;178:324-329. 5. Marcy PY, Magné N, Castadot P, et al. Is radiologic placement of an arm port mandatory in oncology patients? Analysis of a large bi-institutional experience. Cancer. 2007;15:2331-2338. 6. Bessoud B, de Baere T, Kuoch V, et al. Experience at a single institution with endovascular treatment of mechanical complications caused by implanted central venous access devices in pediatric and adult patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2003;180:527-532.


The properties of high temperature aluminum (HITEMAL, hereinafter HIT) composites made of powders with different particle sizes ranging from 0.8–3 μm and purities of 99.9%–99.996% were tested. The thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties of these materials were examined and compared with pure Al. Three different HIT materials were used for the outer sheath of single-core MgB2 wires with a Ti barrier manufactured by internal magnesium diffusion into a boron process. The critical currents, thermal stability, and strain tolerances of the MgB2/Ti/HIT wires were measured at liquid He temperature. It was found that the Al powder purity and particle size used for HIT affect the performance of MgB2 wires. A sheath made of high purity Al powder allows better thermal stability of MgB2 wire, but the strain tolerance is lower in comparison to the wire with HIT made of less pure powder and higher Al2O3 content. The presented wire configurations are promising for lightweight, thermally stabile, and strain tolerant superconducting MgB2 wires.


The utility model discloses a bouncing test device used for a single coil magnetic latching relay, which comprises a MCU micro-control unit connected to a host computer, the MCU micro-control unit are respectively connected to a relay drive circuit and a detection circuit, the relay to be tested is respectively connected to the relay drive circuit and the detection circuit; and the relay drive circuit is connected to a dc source. The bouncing test device used for the single coil magnetic latching relay has the following beneficial effects that when the bouncing test device is used, the driving voltage and the driving pulse width of the relay to be tested can be adjusted, bouncing tests of relays with different rated parameters under different control requirements of the relay can be reached, the cost is low, and the bouncing test device is suitable for batch detection requirements during actual production.


Monolithic catalysts were prepared by washcoating an alumina sol and then impregnating Cu-Mn-Ag mixed oxides onto cordierite substrates. The effects of the preparation parameters including the Ag/Cu/Mn ratio, the total amount of active phase and the loading of washcoat, and the reaction conditions, e.g., the space velocity and the oxygen/toluene ratio on the catalytic performance for the combustion of toluene were investigated. It is shown that the Cu-Mn-Ag oxides are very active for the combustion of toluene and that the highest catalytic activity is achieved over a monolithic catalyst containing 14.7 wt % of washcoat and 21.2 wt % of active phase with a Ag/Cu/Mn molar ratio of 13.8/43.1/43.1. It is also seen that the optimum catalyst has a good catalytic stability and exhibits an excellent activity not only at a rather high space velocity but also within a wide range of oxygen/toluene ratios.