The mining industry's zero harm vision and 2013 health and safety milestones demonstrate the commitment that mining companies have made towards elimination of noise hazards in the workplace. There is a general consensus that the challenge requires more than a willing and able occupational health practitioner supported by personalized PPE, and that the industry will have to focus most of its energies on the elimination of noise at source. This is no simple and easy task, and will require leadership involvement across the industry in addressing noise hazards. The CoM MOSH Learning Hub Noise Team has been promoting an industry-wide Buy Quiet initiative (BQI). In the last decade, individual mining companies have established Buy Quiet policies, albeit with limited success. Unless industry partners with and motivates suppliers to invest specifically in the development of quieter equipment, efforts to eliminate noise hazards will remain reactive. It has now become imperative for the mining industry to embrace the challenge and develop an industry-wide BQI that will create a 'step change' in noise management and reduction. Various critical stakeholders, including the Learning Hub, group environmental engineers (GEEs), the MOSH Task Team, mine professional associations (MPAs), independent consultants, the MOSH Noise Team sponsor, and consulting mechanical and electrical engineers (CM&EEs) have been consulted regarding this initiative, and all confirmed the need for it and pledged support. It is widely believed that the CM&EEs is the critical industry group in this initiative, because noise elimination at source is largely an engineering function and most procurement standards fall under the responsibilities of engineers. An industry-wide Buy Quiet commitment is required, and for it to succeed a firm decision from mining companies to procure only equipment and machinery that complies with specific noise emission standards is essential. The motivation for an industry-wide Buy Quiet commitment is based on the following factors:


The present article treats of the construction, use and reflection on the use of the graphic resources in the apprehension of the social representations, which were elaborated with base in the Test of Thematic Apperception and in the Drawing-story with Theme to study the human aging starting from two points of view. One about the senior bearer of Diabetes Mellitus at home, and the other, about the manifestations of the sexuality in the context of the asylum. We harmonized that the graphic resource, represents or drawing, acquires important meaning in the apprehension of the social representations, because it is a middle of expression and communication in the intermediate area between reality it interns and it expresses, and still, it makes possible linking with the existence of the same and the drama that grows in it. It makes possible a new interaction with the illustrations, alternating the messages, the dialogues and the characters expressed, revealing, at the same time, the creative capacity of the researched and the plasticity of the instrument.


Several California Title VII-funded Developmental Bilingual Education (DBE) programs have worked together to produce a portfolio for language arts. The portfolio includes collections of student work as well as authentic assessment materials for oral language, written language, reading, and literacy questionnaires for parents and students. This portfolio will be presented, along with the rationale for its development and its usefulness for teachers, parents, administrators, and evaluators. "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." 2 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Oft of Educational Research and improvement ED CATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) his document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it Minor changes nave been made to improve reproduction Quality Points of weve or opinions stated ,rt this clocu . ment do not necessarily represent official OERI position of policy ) 13 '; it u I. Purpose of the Portfolio The Language Arts Portfolio, entitled Two-Way Immersion Portfolio Assessment was developed to provide teachers, administrators, parents and others a more indepth understanding of each student's level of language arts development in English and the target language, or non-English language (i.e., Spanish or Portuguese). Two-way bilingual/immersion education is the marriage of bilingual education for linguistic minority children and immersion education for linguistic majority children. Thus, instruction is provided to native speakers of two languages using both languages; one of the languages is a second language for each group of students. H. Rationale and Utility for the Portfolio Two major reasons prompted the development of the portfolio. Both reasons emanated from evaluation-related results. Teachers and program directors of the Two-Way Bilingual Immersion (Developmental Bilingual Education) programs felt that traditional standardized achievement tests, particularly the reading subtest, underestimated the students' language arts progress and achievement in the two languages. Thus, the teachers and program directors wanted to collect evidence that would substantiate their observations that the students were making substantial progress in their development of language arts in both Spanish or Portuguese and English. In addition, teachers felt that this information would be particularly useful for their own understanding of each student's level of language arts development in the two languages and that this information would be beneficial in discussions with parents as well. Thus, the portfolio was developed to provide additional information to teachers and parents as well as to document language arts growth in students for administrators and project-related reports. Not all of the information in the portfolio will be utilized for the project-related evaluation reports. There is a tremendous amount of information that is being collected. During this pilot year, the evaluator will determine what information will be most useful for reporting purposes. As much portfolio data as is beneficial will be used to supplement discussion of language arts development that typically focuses on achievement test scores in reading. Thus, the portfolios should provide a much more comprehensive understanding of the students' language arts development in both English and the target language (Spanish or Portuguese). K. Lindholm, AERA 1993 Bilingual Language Arts Portfolio 2 3 111. Portfolio Development The Two-Way Bilingual Language Arts Portfolio was developed by teachers and project directors from Title VII funded Developmental Bilingual Education programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles County Office of Education (ABC Unified School District and Long Beach Unified School District), and Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Parts of the portfolio were adapted from the current portfolios and/or work of Dr. Barbara Flores, Elena Castro, Erminda Garcia, and ABC Unified School District. The first stage of the portfolio development necessitated identifying what language arts information should be gathered. Subsequent phases involved bringing teachers together to ascertain what information they wanted to collect and what information they felt they could realistically gather and to provide feedback on the forms that were under development. The portfolio is currently being pilot tested. This academic year (1992-93) is the first year of its implementation. IV. Timeline for Data Collection A timeline is included that indicates what information should be collected at which time periods. Two reasons for the timeline are that the information can be spaced out so that teachers do not have too much data to gather at any one time and so that information is collected across all projects at the same time to enable project-wide consistency in data collection. All project sites are adhering to the timeline. However, some projects decided not to collect all of the information or to gather all data at every time period. K. Lindholm, AERA 1993 Bilingual Language Arts Portfolio 3 4 V. Portfolio


A market-demand-forecasting-value calculation section acquires order entry actual achievement data from an order-entry-actual-achievement-data storing unit of an order receiving system, and calculates a market demand forecasting value using the order entry actual achievement data. A correction safety inventory quantity calculation section calculates an error rate, which becomes negative when an ordering required-quantity becomes large, based on a number of ordered parts and a past ordering required-quantity. Subsequently, the correction safety inventory quantity calculation section calculates a correction safety inventory quantity using the error rate and the market demand forecasting value and a money-amount-zone index value. Further, the correction safety inventory quantity calculation section calculates a determined safety inventory quantity which is a value obtained by adding the correction safety inventory quantity and a reference safety inventory quantity calculated based on the market demand forecasting value.


Probiotics are harmless bacteria that provide equilibration of the intestinal flora, and hence have a positive effect on the health of the consumer. Probiotics are live microbes that can be formulated into many different types of products, including foods, drugs, and dietary supplements. Probiotics had high antibiotic resistance activity, antimicrobial activity and antioxidant activity. Prebiotics had the ability to support the growth of probiotics. Probiotics are well being of the host animal and contribute, directly or indirectly to product the host animal against harmless bacterial pathogens. Here the probiotic organisms, Bifidobacterium sp., Lactobacillus sp. and S. cerevisiae were isolated from soil, curd and yeast pellets respectively. Testing the antibiotic resistance activity of probiotic organisms against fourteen antibiotics, Bifidobacterium sp. had resistance activity against eleven antibiotics. Considering the antimicrobial activity, it was found that Bifidobacterium sp. had the high inhibitory effect against Salmonella sp. (18 mm). The prebiotics are helped to support the growth of probiotics. The OD value was measured at 650 nm in 24 hours time using two medium like MRS medium and selective medium. Bifidobacterium sp. maximally grown on the prebiotics like Inulin (OD value 0.657 and 1.979) and maximum growth was present in Bifidobacterium broth than in MRS broth. DPPH method results indicated the antioxidant activity of probiotic organisms. The different concentration of probiotic cultures was used and OD measured at 250 nm. The probiotic cultures Bifidobacterium sp., Lactobacillus sp. and S. cerevisiae showed stongest radical scavenging activity. The probiotics were tested invivo with the fish and pathogen. From the results obtained it was sure that the probiotic treatment offered a promising alternative to the use of antibiotics in aquaculture.


Present higher vocational education puts too much emphasis on technical ability and neglects humane education,and there has been"over-professional" phenomenon.Higher vocational colleges should strengthen the efficiency,coherence,practice and sustainable development of humane education.


While the importance of security has long been recognised, research efforts aimed at finding a solution have, so far, had little practical effect. Approaches utilising formal methods, theoretical security models and security evaluation criteria tend to be complex, unwieldy and often commercially unworkable in a world where software is continually being written, updated, improved and patched. The result is that few systems utilise such approaches and their effect on improving overall computer security has been minimal. As a result further work is required to find a more practical approach to understanding and improving the security of ,the computer systems that our society depends upon.

This study examined the influence that the development approach, as viewed from a "waterfall" model perspective, has upon the effective security of the final system. In conducting this, the practical security of three systems was analysed based upon a metric developed as part of the study. This metric allowed a multi-layered set of results to be produced for each system, including a final numerical estimate of effective security. A descriptive study was then made of the role that security had played in every phase of the development process for each of these systems. Information was gathered through examination of system behaviour, documentation and through interviews with developers. A comparison could then be made between the results of the security analysis and the approach taken with security.

The results of this showed that systems which considered security at every phase of the development process demonstrated markedly better degrees of security. Conclusions were also able to be drawn concerning the relative importance of each phase and the specific influences that each had Dn aspects of security. Additionally, relationships were discovered and examined between the different theoretical dimensions of security and how they apply to real-world systems.


Since the elucidation of the congenital nature of Klinefelter's syndrome, considerable interest has been aroused by this not uncommon, chromosomally predetermined, clinical entity. We have undertaken a retrospective study of a large group of patients with this condition in order to establish their phenotypic and laboratory characteristics. Methods The clinical records of 50 patients with Klinefelter's syndrome seen at the Mayo Clinic from 1956 through 1962 were studied. All of the patients were examined by at least one endocrinologist and more than half were interviewed and examined by one or more of the authors. All of the patients had a chromatin-positive buccal smear. Hypogonadal patients who were chromatin negative, as well as one patient with double chromatin bodies in his buccal smear, were excluded from the study. Results History. —The average age of the patients was 38 years (range, 17 to 66). Eleven patients (22%) were more than 50 years


Since 1970s, an increasing attention has been paid to land degradation worldwide (FAO, 1971; Zhou et al., 2017). Generally speaking, the connotation of land degradation commonly refers to the destroy of ecological balance, and the decline of soil quality and environmental capacity  (regeneration, and carrying capacity), and could be categorized as soil erosion, land desertification, soil salinization-alkalization, land impoverishment, land contamination, land destruction  according to their reasons (water/wind erosion, deforestation / overgrazing, unreasonable irrigation, inadequate fertilizer, pollution, mineral resources exploitation) (Liu, 1995; Zhou & Huang, 2001). The various related theories have been developed to evaluate the land degradation, such as global assessment of human-induced soil degradation (GLASOD), the assessment of the status of human-induced soil degradation in South and Southeast Asia (ASSOD), and the theory put forward by the Moscow State University and Russia Academy of Science (RUSSIA) (Sun et al., 2001). For each type of land degradation, it has various indicators and varied in different countries and regions (Morales & Zuleta, 2019).

Human activities are recognized as the major reason of land degradation, and countermeasures for effective prevention and treatment of land degradation are developed accordingly, including the formulation of laws and policies (Liu, 1995; Sun et al., 2001). Soil-environmental criteria are multi-objective functions with the range of values based on scientific research on relationships between soil pollutant concentrations and ecological risk or human health effects (Zhou et al., 2007). Compared with soil-environmental standards, they do not consider economic or technological factors and are not mandatory, but are the data foundations and scientific bases for development of soil-environmental standards (Zhou et al, 2017; Teng & Zhou, 2018). Currently, many countries and regions have developed various soil-environmental quality standards to meet the demand for soil management, such as screening levels, and intervention values. Generally, the methodological and deriving researches of soil-environmental criteria were far from adequacy for the development and revision of their standards, and further to serve the prevention and treatment of  land degradation.

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Detailed field study of a thin sequence of Middle Pennsylvanian rocks in central Colorado indicates that juvenile fusulinids were occasionally swept into water as shallow as 4 meters, but that few survived to maturity in water with a depth less than 13 meters. These depth figures are based upon: (1) knowledge of the position of the shore of maximum transgression, (2) knowledge of the form of the surface upon which marine beds representing the maximum transgression were deposited, and (3) the conclusion that distribution of many faunal and floral groups in central Colorado was controlled by factors directly affected by depth.


SUMMARY The very large number of potentially economic species in the rain forests of south east Asia is emphasized by describing various categories of usage. The forests are increasingly intensively utilized for timber, wood products and cellulose, and there are biological and sociological dangers in totally harvesting the above-ground bio- mass. Numerous species have the combination of features required for growth in plantations, at present foresters utilise very few. There is an assured future for rattans especially if attempts at silviculture succeed. Traditional societies utilize innumerable plants for ornamentals, fruits or seeds of which very few enter commerce, and those which do have wild relatives awaiting exploitation for superior characteristics. Forests are not today intensively exploited for phytochemicals (cellulose, lignin, hemicellulose, protein, insecticides, essential oils, food colourings, drugs, medicines, gums, latexes, resins and waxes) but major developments can be expected as the w...


The He(I) photoelectron spectra and the measured vertical ionization potentials of B-trimethyl-borazine and N-trimethylborazine, are reported and compared with those of borazine, and with the results of CNDO/2 calculations, to show that the highest-lying occupied orbital in all three compounds is of π type, and not σ as is indicated for borazine by calculations.


AbstractThe numerical aspects of interactions between Diaeretiella rapae and its host aphid Lipaphis erysimi bred on three different brassicaceous plants at different parasitoid densities were studied. When one, two, four or eight parasitoids were released on 200 of each aphid/host plant combination, the number of emergents showed a significant positive correlation with increasing parasitoids on all the tested food plants. The rate of multiplication, expressed as parasitoids egressed/female parasitoids put in, was greatest with one parasitoid for 200 hosts. It decreased with an increasing parasitoid number and also in the sequence of Brassica oleracea (cv. Pride of India), Brassica campestris (cv. Varuna) and Raphanus sativus (cv. Japani white). The fact that more parasitoids have a lower rate of multiplication shows the existence I)f mutual interference. Various aspects of the behaviour of the parasitoid which could give rise to interference effects are discussed. The killing power (k-value) of the paras...


This paper will explore flipped global simulations as a game-mediated language learning tool. Global simulations, or long term role plays, are well-known to language instructors (particularly in French language courses). In recent years, the trend has moved global simulations online to immerse the players in an alternate world using Internet websites and online platforms. Basing our design on theoretical underpinnings coming from game-mediated language learning, task-based learning, and the pedagogy of a flipped classroom; we will present the concept of a flipped global simulation where the content of the simulation is prepared online before using provided websites while the action of the game takes place during the face-to-face class. This report presents a preliminary analysis of this teaching practice focusing on the perspective of the learner, using data extracted from a flipped French language learning course which included a global simulation as part of the course.


The flexible soil bag reinforced retaining structure has low requirement for the bearing capacity of the foundations.This kind of retaining wall is suitable for foundations and can form green retaining wall or slope.It is a kind of ecological retaining wall which presents harmony between engineering structure and surrounding environment.The connection strength between soil bag face and the geotextile is the key to the stability of the ecological retaining walls.The connection strengths between soil bag face and the geotextile and between filling soil and the geotextile have been obtained by laboratory tests.The results show that the friction angles between soil bag face and the geotextile are 9°~15° for different soils filled into the soil bags,which is much smaller than the friction angle between soil bag faces(above 20°).A new connection style of reverse package has been put forward to overcome the problem of low connection between soil bag face and the geotextile.The friction strength between the soil bag face and the geotextile with the reverse package connection is higher than that between soil bag faces.The reverse package method can overcome the slide failure along the interface of soil bag and geotextile.The test results show that the shear strength(friction strength) between soil bags has significant difference with different filling soils.The friction angle of soil bag face is 20.4° when red clay is filled and 25.5° when gravel is filled.


this the and the of the teaching materials the of the some the those issues the basis of the social In this study I wi 11 exhibit how to improve the learning of the issues of ethnic in the social studies of Japan.


A novel location method for single phase-to-earth fault based on zero-sequence admittance of feeder section in non-effectively grounded system is presented.Each feeder of the distribution network is divided into several sections by the sectionalized switches.The criterion for faulty section based on zero-sequence admittance is discussed on the basis of analyzing zero-sequence admittance characteristics of sound section and faulty section.By using the feeder terminal unit(FTU) as field measurement equipment,this method for fault location can be implemented in distribution automation(DA) system.The results of digital simulation demonstrate that this method is immune to the variation of system operation mode,feeder parameter and transition resistance etc.,it has a high location accuracy and can meets the practical requirements.


A new approach for the dimensional reduction via projection of nonlinear computational models based on the concept of local reduced‐order bases is presented. It is particularly suited for problems characterized by different physical regimes, parameter variations, or moving features such as discontinuities and fronts. Instead of approximating the solution of interest in a fixed lower‐dimensional subspace of global basis vectors, the proposed model order reduction method approximates this solution in a lower‐dimensional subspace generated by most appropriate local basis vectors. To this effect, the solution space is partitioned into subregions, and a local reduced‐order basis is constructed and assigned to each subregion offline. During the incremental solution online of the reduced problem, a local basis is chosen according to the subregion of the solution space where the current high‐dimensional solution lies. This is achievable in real time because the computational complexity of the selection algorithm scales with the dimension of the lower‐dimensional solution space. Because it is also applicable to the process of hyper reduction, the proposed method for nonlinear model order reduction is computationally efficient. Its potential for achieving large speedups while maintaining good accuracy is demonstrated for two nonlinear computational fluid and fluid‐structure‐electric interaction problems. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The nonlinear Rayleigh–Taylor stability of a liquid layer over a finite vapor layer is studied using a simplified formulation of the problem. The method of multiple scale expansion is employed for the investigation. It is found that when the heat transfer rate is strong enough, the classically unstable system is stabilized by the nonlinear effect and the effect of mass and heat transfer across the interface. The size of the bubbles detached from the interface can also be estimated. A simple nondimensional parameter is also found to characterize the stability of the system.


(57) Abstract: The present invention provides a stretch, tensile strength, excellent composite nonwoven fabric abrasion resistance. Composite nonwoven fabric (10), by a plurality of bonds that bind the fibers, of at least one layer containing multipolymer fibers forming contact type extensible nonwoven (11). The contact-type stretch nonwoven fabric (11) is a Taber surface release value (rubber wheel) of 10 cycles or more, the highest load of elongation in at least one direction in the direction orthogonal to the machine direction or machine at least 70% is there. Second extensible layer (12) is stacked on the contact type extensible nonwoven (11).


This chapter discusses the author's attempt to develop the 'a theology of everyday life'. The quest for actual places and the methodological questions of where and how to find as well as describe them as a theologian has recently led the author to those geographers and cultural theorists for whom place and space are central. Feminism also emphasized the importance of 'place' and 'space'. Filipina domestic helpers in Hong Kong transform the inner city, the streets and the parks of Hong Kong into their own 'sacred space' where they worship, organize their festivals and parties, and also develop political strategies to encounter the many forms of injustice they suffer as migrant women in a strange and hostile city. This example shows how body and place are intertwined, how identity, religious identity and the actual place where and through which this identity is being constructed are inextricable. Keywords: Filipina domestic helpers; Hong Kong; migrant women; sacred space; theology of everyday life


Critical current densities of multifilamentary Ag-sheathed Bi(2223) tapes up to about 35 000 A/cm/sup 2/ have been achieved at 77 K and self field for lengths of several meters using an improved route: periodic pressing. This corresponds to an increase by 30-40% compared to the values obtained for conventionally rolled tapes starting from the same powders. Several pressing steps have been introduced during the anneal instead of the only standard rolling step (based on previous studies performed on both mono- and multifilamentary tapes). In contrast to earlier attempts by pressing techniques, periodic pressing is a practical and scaleable process for the fabrication of long lengths of Bi(2223) conductor as the standard intermediate rolling step. Engineering critical current densities of 8 000 A/cm/sup 2/ have successfully been obtained for tapes with high filling factor (35%).


The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effectiveness of using therapy dog reading programs with children who are deaf or hard of hearing using cochlear implants and hearing aids. It includes a literature review of reading fluency and therapy dog programs. Copyright by Jacklyn Marie Litzinger 2014


The first monolithic integration of a 1.55 /spl mu/m ridge waveguide DFB laser with an EA modulator using an identical active MOW-layer structure composed of two different QW types is reported. Minimum threshold currents of 17 mA, voltage swing <1.5 V for 10 dB extinction ratio and 2 Gbit/s modulation capability are obtained.


Fresh stumps of Norway spruce {Picea abies) were inoculated with Peniopbora gigantea (Fr.) Massee, Botrytis einerea Pers. ex Fr., Glioeladium deliqueseens Sopp, Tricboderma viride Pers. ex Fr. ex S.F. Gray aggr. and Vertieicladiella proeera Kendrick in order to study their effect on infection by Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref. The organisms colonizing spruce stumps under natural conditions were identified by collecting samples in the field. In addition, the effect of season of the year, air temperature, precipitation and relative air temperature on fungal colonization of the stumps was investigated.


The changes in the frequency of peripheral lymphocytes with chromosome aberrations were observed during or after irradiation of rabbits exposed to fractionated or single whole-body irradiations. In rabbits given daily fractionated whole-body irradiations the incidence of the aberrations showed a linear increase in the first week ; however, the incidence decreased thereafter though exposures were repeated. The lymphocyte count tended to decrease as the number of irradiations increased. In rabbits exposed to a single dose of 250 R or 500 R the incidence of aberrations rapidly decreased over a period of 10 days following irradiation, and then showed a little change thereafter. The lymphocyte count in the peripheral blood reached a nadir 2-5 days after irradiation, and then started to increase gradually. It was speculated that there are two types of lymphocytes, long-lived and short-lived, in the peripheral blood of rabbits, both of which are PHA-committed.


In this study, antifungal activities of Thymus vulgaris L., Eugenia caryophyllata L., Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume and Carum copticum L. essential oils against Monilinia fructicola and Botrytis cinerea, two important postharvest pathogens of stone fruit,were investigated underin vivostudies.Results showed that the essential oil treatments,especially T. vulgaris and E. caryophyllata oils,had a good antifungal activityinreductionofbothdiseaseincidenceanddiseaseseverityofbrownandgray mold rots caused by M. fructicola and B. cinerea on apricots,respectively.Gas chromatography(GC)andGC/massspectrometryanalysisoftestedessentialoilsshowed that thymol (37.55%), eugenol (48.76%), cinnamaldehyde (90.33%) and thymol (50.88%) were the main components of T. vulgaris,E. caryophyllata,C. zeylanicum, C. copticumoils,respectively.ApplicationofC. copticumandE. caryophyllataoilson apricot fruit showed a significant effect on fruit quality retention as evaluated with weight loss (%), fruit firmness, total soluble solids, titratable acidity and maturity indexinsensoryparameters.TheseresultsrevealedthatT. vulgarisandE. caryophyllataoilscouldbenaturalalternativestofungicidesinthecontrolofM. fructicolaand B. cinereainfections.


A gradient shimming method is presented to promote the homogeneity,and the full width at half maximum(FWHM) of the resonance line is used to measure the effect of gradient shimming.Results of experiments,showed the FWHM as a basic criterion for gradient shimming,which has worked efficiently in the 0.4 T magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) scanner.


Molecular communication offers an exciting vision, but realizing this vision will require a bridging of device-based electromagnetic modalities and biology's molecular modalities. We are exploring redox (reduction-oxidation) reactions as a means to span these modalities. Here we use the example of the biological material melanin to illustrate how electrical signals can be used to probe for important redox-based molecular information. However, redox-probing is not limited to abiotic materials, but can be extended to probing living systems. We envision that the coupling of redox-probing with synthetic biology will allow the information processing capabilities of biology to be integrated with the speed and power of microelectronics to help realize the molecular communication vision.


There has been some question as whether micropipes in SiC crystals, giant dislocations that possess hollow cores and lie roughly along the hexagonal c-direction, are screw dislocations with Burgers vectors of nc, where n is an integer, or are dislocations of mixed character, with Burgers vector nc + ma, where m is equal to n or possibly different from n. X-ray topographs of the basal faces of PVT-grown 4H-SiC wafers containing micropipes taken in both back-reflection and grazing-incidence geometries are compared with computer simulations of micropipe images. The deviation from circular symmetry of micropipe images in such topographs may be explained as well by the micropipe's tilt from the c-direction as by an nc + ma nature. The contrast of micropipes in electron micrographs comprises of a pair of light and dark lobes consisting of a detailed system of subsidiary fringes. These are comparable with micropipe image computer simulations for Burgers vector nc. When an na edge component is introduced to the simulation, a small feature, a few hundred nm wide, appears, which is absent from the micrographs.


Purpose – Serious case reviews (SCRs) are one means of learning the lessons arising from adverse, salient incidents and tragedies. Adult Safeguarding Boards in England are expected to have an SCR policy and procedure, to commission SCRs, to abstract and act on the learning, and to monitor the resulting action plans.Design/methodology/approach – Since SCRs reflect a wide range of processes, the authors undertook a general review, drawing on their experiences of conducting and contributing to SCRs. They chose to pose sets of question‐prompts regarding the commissioning process, the management of the process, the appointment of a chair and author, the terms of reference, information‐sharing, confidentiality, involving relatives and making findings public. The compliance of the process with human rights legislation is also considered.Findings – Whilst the authors acknowledge the responsibility of organisations to promote continuous and cumulative professional learning, they do not promote SCRs as the sole mea...


Abstract To explore meanings that nature holds for children, study participants were asked to write stories in response to photographs of natural and human-made (built) scenes. The task was intenti...


The objective of the paper is to use the describing function method to analyse the influence of a proportional automatic excitation regulator (AER), a power system stabilizer (PSS) and a linear optional excitation regulator on the static stability of power systems. Besides these, the effect of the parameters of various kinds of excitation regulator systems on power system stability is also discussed. The results show that the method has more advantages than the classical and traditional methods.


Background: Post corrosive poisoning result in serious chemical injuries and complications to the gastrointestinal tract and a high mortality rate. Post corrosive Complications that include respiratory injuries are especially significant for determining the severity of acute corrosive poisonings. Mortality is most often caused by tracheal necrosis, perforation of esophagus or stomach, followed by Mediastinitis or peritonitis. Results: Herewith presenting nine cases of laryngotracheal stenosis following corrosive poisoning ingestion. The purpose of this study is to upper aerodigestive tract complications and its Management. Stricture can be managed by endoscopic dilatation, oesophageal Stents, surgery. In our experience we planned for laser release of cricopharyngeal stricture with oesophageal dilatation. Diode laser isused for release of cricopharyngeal. Conclusions: Good postoperative outcome can be achieved and patient can be without tracheostomy for life long living near normal life. Pre and post operative psychological analysis and counselling is also very important for better functional outcome.Giving general anaesthesia is challenging in these cases hence experienced Team of anaesthetist is required to prevent mortality.


In LTER, curation activities play very essential role for data discovery and retrieval, quality control, and reuse over time. The K-ecohub system is a pilot repository to preserve long-term Korean national ecological data. The repository has been designed so as to manage and share data in an efficient manner. The paper presents the workflowbased data curation process in K-ecohub, which promotes collaboration and facilitates contribution from experts in the LTER field and also provides a way to automate and customize curation activities depending on the data types.


We have developed RNNI, a global alignment method for protein-protein interaction networks between species, using a random neural network model (RNN) tailored for the alignment problem. The benchmark of the method in comparison with other available alignment approaches was performed using a range of measurements. The alignment results of the human and yeast pair showed that RNNI is capable of generating alignments with large conserved networks with functionally-related protein pairs while maintaining the closeness to the naive- sequence homology approach (BLAST).


Abstract Background. Determining the non-inferiority margin is an essential step in the design and interpretation of non-inferiority trials, and this margin should be preferably justified on clinical and statistical grounds. Methods. After a PubMed search for phase III trials in advanced breast cancer (BC) or non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) published between January 1998 and December 2009 in 11 leading journals, non-inferiority trials were selected by manual search of the full papers. Results. Twenty-four of 195 trials had a primary non-inferiority hypothesis. When the two six-year study periods were compared, there were time trends within BC and NSCLC, with most non-inferiority trials in BC reported in the first six-year period, and vice-versa for NSCLC. The median sample size was larger for non-inferiority than superiority trials (p < 0.01). The choice of a non-inferiority margin was reportedly justified in only five cases. Non-inferiority trials were more likely than superiority trials to yield positive results (p < 0.001), as were trials in breast cancer (p = 0.02). Conclusions. Non-inferiority margins for cancer trials appear to be chosen mostly on historical grounds. Since nearly three-quarters of non-inferiority trials achieve their primary objective, the extent to which the choice of margins has influence on trial results remains to be determined.


these works from the discussion means that the Hapsburgs' vast patronage of the cantata cannot fully be appreciated. Indeed, surviving letters, particularly those addressed to Perti by composers and singers employed in Leopold I's musical chapel, reveal how these cantatas composed in Italy were performed in the imperial palace, how close the musical relations were between Austria and Italy, and how the taste of the emperor (even at some distance) influenced both textual choices and musical style. Bennett's decision not to include the works of composers who were not physically based in Vienna is particularly problematic, because it excludes an extraordinary number of printed and manuscript cantatas. Their consideration would not weaken his attempt to isolate the Viennese repertoire, but, on the contrary, might shed light on the taste of the emperors, and identify differences (if there were any) between works destined for the Viennese court but written in Italy and those created in Austria under the supervision of the emperor. One further limitation of this book is that the author decided to concentrate his attention only on what he calls "standard cantatas of the late seventeenth century" (p. 37), although he is perfectly aware, as he declares many times, of the countless, more or less evident, variations that a cantata might present and the different terminology used to identify it, depending on stylistic factors and performance occasions. On that basis he excludes from the book all of the celebratory cantatas (except for those written for the emperor's birthday and the accademie) composed by court musicians and all cantatas that probably had a mise-en-scène or costumes. In a book that seeks to investigate the cantata in "the Age of Absolutism," it is perhaps surprising not to find a chapter on the serenata, a particular type of cantata closely linked to the musical and textual representation of power and usually performed on occasions such as birthdays, name days, royal births and military victories. Indeed, cantatas were not only composed for entertainment but also as vehicles for various political and social messages, and this is particularly important in a historical period characterized by a devout approach to religion and wars of succession. In conclusion, this book is of fundamental importance for the study of cantatas composed and performed in Vienna between 1658 and 1711, furnishing a vital overview of the phenomenon. However, anyone wishing to fully understand the Hapsburgs' influence on the development of the cantata genre and to appreciate the unique characteristics of those composed in Vienna would also need to look at studies of those composers whose music is preserved in the imperial library and was performed in the presence of the emperors.


In the last few years, different concepts have been investigated in the context of building humantended bases in extra-terrestrial environments through ISRU. NASA has conducted a 3D printed habitat challenge in 2015, which put international focus on the topic. Amongst microwave sintering, contour crafting and other Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies using local resources on extra-terrestrial bodies, solar sintering has been the least investigated. In this context, the project RegoLight, sintering lunar regolith with solar light, is currently being developed.. The project has been funded through the European Commission to advance the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) from 3 to 5 and comprises five partners. Under the lead of the DLR in Cologne, Space Applications Services (Belgium), COMEX (France), LIQUIFER Systems Group (Austria) and Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure (Austria) collaborate to advance solar sintering technology in preparation of infrastructure construction on the moon. The project started in November 2016 and will terminate end of April 2018. This paper provides an overview of project RegoLight with regard to the projects' main objectives: − Utilization of the AM approach for automated fabrication of building elements. A regolith simulant feeder is used in a solar furnace, under ambient conditions. − Automated fabrication of larger structures through a mobile printing head outside the solar furnace and in ambient conditions − Demonstration of producing a 'building element' block from lunar regolith simulant by applying the solar sintering AM approach, using a solar furnace automated setup, under vacuum conditions. 69 International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Adelaide, Australia, 25-29 September 2017. Copyright ©2017 by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). All rights reserved. IAC-17, C2.9.13 Page 2 of 17 − Production of a 'building element' with a fine structure (resolution ≤ 1.4 cm) from lunar regolith simulant without bonding agent, using a solar light source under ambient conditions. − Design and validation of an interlocking building element, which when combined could be used for a variety of space architecture and mission requirements in a modular fashion − Characterization of the building elements produced (materials metrology) − Study the application of solar sintering element manufacturing in the frame of the larger picture of a lunar base architecture; also by considering concepts such as the ESA "Moon Village" The ultimate goal of the project is to help pave the way for future long duration, sustainable, crewed exploration to the moon. Projects such as RegoLight use local resources to create ecological solutions using only lunar sand and the sun to build protective shelters for humans.


Abstract: The in vitro binding of a new subtype‐selective NMDA receptor antagonist, [3H]Ro 25‐6981, to rat brain membranes and sections was characterized. The compound bound to a single site on the membranes with a KD of 3 nM and a Bmax of 1.6 pmol/mg of protein. Specific binding, defined with a new NR2B‐specific antagonist, Ro 04‐5595 [1‐(4‐chlorophenyl)‐2‐methyl‐6‐methoxy‐7‐hydroxy‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydroisoquinoline], at 10 µM, was fully inhibited by several compounds with the following rank order of affinities—Ro 25‐6981 > CP‐101,606 > Ro 04‐5595 = ifenprodil ≫ eliprodil > haloperidol > spermine > spermidine > MgCl2 > CaCl2—and partially inhibited by competitive glutamate recognition site antagonists. A high density of binding sites was detected, radioautographically, in several layers of the cerebral cortex, in the hippocampus, dentate gyrus, tuberculum olfactorium, caudate putamen, medium densities in the globus pallidus, thalamus, spinal cord dorsal horn, and motoneurons, whereas the cerebellum, pons, and medulla were, with a few exceptions, e.g., locus coeruleus, poorly labeled. Overall, the distribution of [3H]Ro 25‐6981 binding sites correlated well with that of NR2B (but not NR2A) transcripts, revealed by in situ hybridization histochemistry. The high affinity of [3H]Ro 25‐6981 for NR2B‐containing receptors renders this compound the ligand of choice to study the regulation of NR2B‐containing receptor expression.


Considerable progress has been made in developing promising subsystems for muon beam cooling channels to provide the extraordinary reduction of emittances required for an energy-frontier muon collider. However, it has not yet been demonstrated that the various proposed cooling subsystems can be consolidated into an integrated end-to-end design. Presented here are concepts to address the matching of transverse emittances between subsystems through an extension of the theoretical framework of the Helical Cooling Channel (HCC), which allows a general analytical approach to guide the transition from one set of cooling channel parameters to another.


Forest parameters are mapped using decision trees and Landsat ETM+ data. Reference data consist of forest stand registrations. The mapped parameters are tree species, age groups, wood volume per hectare and productivity classes. Accuracy assessment is carried out using national forest inventory data. The study area for the project is Ostfold County in South Norway.


This paper investigates lexical borrowings between the Malay language (spoken by Pattani Malays, in Thailand) and the Thai language (spoken by Thais living in Kedah, Malaysia), belonging to the Austronesian and Tai-Kadai language families respectively. The borrowing process, as well as the phonological aspects of lexical items under study, is discussed. A brief description of the historical background and characteristics of languages and dialects provides for a better understanding of the borrowing process between the two languages and dialects. The borrowing process is explored and explained with a description of physical change in the lexical items, and through the perceptions and world view of the speakers, i.e. Standard Malay versus Kedah Thai and Standard Thai versus Pattani Malay. It is found that culture and history of the communities which the speakers originate from, contributed immensely to the formation of their world view, impacting their languages and dialect. This paper will provide researchers in the area of language borrowing a better insight on how the synchronic and diachronic approach can describe the language phenomena in a holistic manner.


Objective To find out the factors which influence plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP) levels and assess whether preoperative plasma NT-proBNP levels can predict postoperative outcomes of cardiac surgery. Methods A total of 120 patients including 83 males and 37 females undergoing various cardiac procedures between December 2008 and May 2009 were included in the study.Their age ranged from 25 to 84 years with an average age of 62.13 years.Through pathological diagnosis,35 patients had heart valve diseases,74 had coronary artery diseases,3 had congenital heart diseases and 8 had aortic aneurysm.NT-proBNP,creatinine,cardiac troponin T(cTnT) and creatine kinase-MB(CK-MB) levels were measured preoperatively and 24 hours after operation.Ventilation time,length of stay in ICU or in hospital,and mortality were closely monitored after operation.The following events were regarded as endpoints:(1) ICU stay time4 d;(2) Ventilation time48 h;(3) Death occurred during the first 30 days after operation.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curve was used to analyze the prediction function of NT-proBNP on endpoint events.Based on the cut-off value,the patients were divided into the NT-proBNP increasing group and non-increasing group.Univariate and logistic multi-factor analysis were adopted to analyze factors which had an influence on preoperative NT-proBNP level. Results NT-proBNP concentration increased significantly from 37.5-30 867.0 pg/ml(1 929.12±3 749.44 pg/ml) preoperatively to 177.7-35 000.0 pg/ml(2 950.32±4 006.14 pg/ml) 24 hours after operation(t=-2.599,P=0.012).ROC curve demonstrated that a cut-off value above 867 pg/ml preoperatively could predict endpoint events with a sensitivity of 77.8% and a specificity of 62.7%.Ventilation time and length of stay in hospital for the patients in the NT-proBNP increasing group were significantly longer than those of patients in the non-increasing group(26.44±32.75 h vs.14.49±9.23 h,t=2.507,P=0.015;23.70±24.02 d vs.16.21±8.11 d,t=2.117,P=0.039).Influencing factors on preoperative NT-proBNP level included preoperative atrial fibrillation,heart function classification,left ventricular end-diastolic dimension(LVEDD), ejection fraction(EF),pulmonary artery pressure,preoperative creatinine,cTnT and pathological diagnosis.EF(P=0.007) and preoperative atrial fibrillation(P=0.018) were independently associated with preoperative NT-proBNP level.Preoperative NT-proBNP was closely related to ventilation time(P=0.015),and length of stay in hospital(P=0.039). Conclusion Preoperative plasma NT-proBNP level presents a high individual variability in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.Ejection fraction and preoperative atrial fibrillation are independently associated with preoperative NT-proBNP level.Preoperative NT-proBNP is a valuable marker in predicting bad outcome in patients undergoing heart surgery.


The invention discloses a face recognition based supermarket member recognition instrument. The face recognition based supermarket member recognition instrument comprises a machine casing, a face image collector and a display device which are arranged on the machine casing, a face recognition module and a control module which are arranged inside an accommodation chamber inside the machine casing and a power supply; the face image collector, the face recognition module, the control module and the display device are sequentially connected; an output end of the control module is connected with a supermarket charging system; the display device is used for displaying the supermarket member information; the face image collector is arranged on the top surface of the machine casing and can rotate in 360 degrees through a slide rail which is arranged on the top surface of the machine casing; the display device is installed on the lateral side of the machine casing through a support; observation angles of the display device can be adjusted through the support. The face recognition based supermarket member recognition instrument has the advantages of being compact in structure, stable in operation and high in accuracy and rapidly recognizing the member identity and displaying the member information; saving a member card of a physical carrier, reducing economic expenditure due to the fact that a real object card is not required to be applied and enabling a user to obtain member privileges without directly carrying the card to consume; reducing material waste for card production, saving resources and protecting the environment.


The zinc grade of the tailings that a lead-zinc mineral processing plant abandons is about 2%,of which Oxidized zinc one is about 90%.Because of the high slime containing,low grade,mineral processing is difficult and the zinc that can't be recycled is abandoned to tailings storage.As a result,the resource is largely wasted.This research employs spiral chute one-dressing to wipe of the slime,use tabling gravity to increase the grade of oxidized zinc to about 4.5% and flotation.By combining gravity concentration and flotation solves that hard question,getting oxidized zinc-concentrate of 33% grade of zinc and 86% flotation recovery.


Due to low fertility rates, higher life expectancies and substantial outward migration, Lithuania is one of the fastest ageing countries in Europe. As a result, the working-age population is expected to decline dramatically, giving rise to a number of economic, labour market and social challenges. In
order to mitigate the effects of ageing, policies are needed to raise the participation rates of older workers. This includes placing greater emphasis on active labour market programmes and other measures to ensure older workers are given the opportunity and skills to return to work and remain attached to the job market. Social dialogue and tripartite discussion are vital to successful policy design as well as generating the public support to implement the necessary reforms. In addition, a number of complementary policy options will also be merited to fully attenuate the downside risks, notably by increasing the productive capacity of the core working-age population through enhanced labour productivity, increased participation of all groups and addressing the root causes of emigration. This working paper discusses theses labour market implications in more detail and provides international policy examples on how best to address these challenges.


A residual self-tuning RELS algorithm is proposed to estimate ARMA parameters. Pseudo white noise was introduced to compensate for the error contributed by the unknown noise. DDS and AIC criterion are used for order selection. The result shows that the model established can reflect gyro drift tendency with reasonable accuracy.


The contribution discusses the most important theories which chiefly refer in a mainly sociologically orientated way to the explanation of the various forms of the process of aging: activity- and disengagement-theory. Both theories have had an exceptionally strong influence on scientific soziological research since they had become known and the result of this research has made a modification of the theoretical onset necessary. The conclusions to be drawn under socio-economical points of view under, respect of the theory of socialisation, sociology of knowledge and socioeducational points of view will be explained at the end of the contribution.


The paper analyzes the computing method in the PH of solution according to the student's common mistakes and discusses a few problems in chemistry course and teaching.It also studies the application of the ΔG in determining the chemical reaction's directions.


The Performing Arts Councils (PACs) have been the primary recipients of national public funding for the performing arts, accounting for nearly half of the arts and culture budget of the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST). They had to be restructured in order to free public resources for allocation to other disciplines and areas in need of redress. The four PACs addressed in this study are The Playhouse Company (Durban), Artscape (Cape Town), PACOFS (Bloemfontein), and the Spoornet State Theatre (Pretoria). The purpose of the study was to determine whether or not the PACs had achieved the transformation goals as defined by DACST. The research was approached from a qualitative perspective to ensure that as much nuanced information as possible was collected within a limited timeframe and financial constraints. Where necessary, as in analysis of staff and expenditure, quantitative analyses were undertaken. The study found that the process of converting PACs to playhouses had been inconsistently implemented, although some of the PACs had come a long way in transforming themselves. Funding was obtained from government subsidies, NAC funding for specific projects, sponsorships, and other minor sources of income such as box office sales. Traditional forms of the performing arts, specifically opera and ballet, still accounted for a large portion of the total expenditure. PACs have had considerable difficulty in obtaining provincial and local government support, or adequate business sector support to make them viable as stand-alone entities. None of the PACs has been able to secure sustainable funding on a reliable basis to meet their requirements. DACST regards the implementation of a Community Arts Development (CAD) component and the establishment of the NAC as essential for an equitable arts dispensation in the country. CAD is meant to provide education and empowerment of people from previously disadvantaged communities, access to iii Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za


This article deals with the way customers perceive individual non-direct response printed leaflets and it is simultaneously focused on the question whether this material has any importance in general for customers during their purchase realization. The research is further concerned with the issue of the differences between customers living in family built-up areas and those who are living in residential housing. The research explores the differences related to preferences of various target groups. It identifies whether customers wish to receive printed advertising material into their letter boxes, what sort of media they read and what kinds of assortment are most frequently requested to appear in this form of promotion by customers. Preferences are aggregated by means of data classification based on different criteria and they provide a clue for better orientation in customer thinking.


The exchange of information among information technology (IT) systems is inevitable. Service fulfillment often involves sending and receiving messages. The article presents a set of messaging patterns for service-oriented architecture, microservices, and messaging protocols for the Internet of Things. The paper describes selected patterns that are the result of current research work. In addition, patterns introduced in open-source frameworks such as ZeroMQ have also been included. Moreover, the set includes Enterprise Integration Patterns. All considered messaging patterns have been described using the stereotype extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language (UML), and their complete set has been included in the new UML Profile for Messaging Patterns. The paper also shows the manner of integration flow modeling. In the illustrative examples, both the integration flow modeling diagram and the profile have been used to describe the communication in the context of the Integrated services view of the 1+5 architectural views model. The profile has been designed in the visual paradigm tool and revealed in a public repository for the community.


The Cat Ba National Park area (Vietnam) with its tropical forest is recognized as being part of the world biodiversity conservation by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and is a well-known destination for tourists, with around 500,000 travelers per year. This area has been the site for many research projects; however, no project has been carried out for forest fire susceptibility assessment. Thus, protection of the forest including fire prevention is one of the main concerns of the local authorities. This work aims to produce a tropical forest fire susceptibility map for the Cat Ba National Park area, which may be helpful for the local authorities in forest fire protection management. To obtain this purpose, first, historical forest fires and related factors were collected from various sources to construct a GIS database. Then, a forest fire susceptibility model was developed using Kernel logistic regression. The quality of the model was assessed using the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve, area under the ROC curve (AUC), and five statistical evaluation measures. The usability of the resulting model is further compared with a benchmark model, the support vector machine (SVM). The results show that the Kernel logistic regression model has a high level of performance in both the training and validation dataset, with a prediction capability of 92.2%. Since the Kernel logistic regression model outperforms the benchmark model, we conclude that the proposed model is a promising alternative tool that should also be considered for forest fire susceptibility mapping in other areas. The results of this study are useful for the local authorities in forest planning and management.


It provided no plasma treatment, etc., with a polar resin, a resin, ceramics, glass, or a metal such as an adhesive containing an inorganic filler (in particular glass fibers), having excellent adhesion of fibers and nonwoven fabrics. Fibers comprising a thermoplastic polymer composition, the thermoplastic polymer composition comprising the block copolymer (A), the polyvinyl acetal resin (B) and the compatibilizer (C), the block copolymer ( a) having a polymer block (a1) containing at least one aromatic vinyl compound unit and a polymer block comprising at least one (a2) conjugated diene compound units, comprising the thermoplastic polymer composition relative to the insert parts of block copolymer (a) 100 parts by mass of 5 to 100 mass of the compatibilizing agent (C).


This article reports on a study examining the tense and aspect morphology in oral narratives from L1 English L2 learners and heritage speakers of Korean, focusing on the relative contribution of lexical and discursive meaning in non-European languages by comparing the predictions of Discourse Hypothesis and Aspect Hypothesis. We also examine heritage speakers' acquisition to discover whether an early age of acquisition, despite significant attrition later in life, leads to more native-like attainment of Korean. Unlike previous studies, our results suggest that discursive factors play a more significant role than lexical factors in determining the tense/aspect choice, and that temporal categories are interpreted indexically in the early stage of development.


Monitor athletes during exercise has always been a major challenge for engineers and researchers due to the restrictions involving the measurement of physiological and performance parameters. An athlete should have complete freedom to perform his normal activity, in order to be correctly monitored. The advent of e&textiles can give an important contribution to overcome these limitations since it is possible to integrate sensors in garments and thus perform monitoring without limiting the freedom of movements. This paper presents part of the work that is being carried out in the project entitled BIOSWIM, which envisions the development of an instrumented swimsuit, capable of acquiring several physiological and performance related signals with the purpose of aiding the trainer in improving the technical component of the swimmer and improve his performance. This paper will give an overview of the monitoring system and the textile sensors that were developed, namely for biopotential measurement.


Unseating of bridge girders/decks during earthquakes is very harmful to the safety and serviceability of bridges. Evidence from recent severe earthquakes indicates that in addition to damage along longitudinal direction, lateral displacement and rotation of bridge girders caused by pounding to adjacent girders can also lead to unseating. To simulate this effect, 3D modelling of the dynamic performance of whole bridge structures, including pounding, is needed strongly. This paper presents a 3D model that is practically suitable to precisely analyse pounding between bridge girders. Experiments have been conducted to verify the proposed pounding model. The 3D non‐linear modelling of steel elevated bridges is also discussed. A general‐purpose dynamic analysis program for bridges, namely dynamic analysis of bridge systems (DABS) has been developed. Seismic analyses on a chosen three‐span steel bridge are conducted for several cases including pounding as a case study. The applicability of the proposed pounding model is illustrated by the computations. The effects of poundings on the response of bridge girders are discussed and the computation results are given. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Observations of Jupiter's decametric radio burst have established that above 20 MHz more than 90% of the emission is elliptically polarized in the RH sense, but below this frequency the proportion of the LH polarization increases (Sherrill 1965) until at 10 MHz nearly 40% of the emission is LH polarized (Dowden 1963). The best time and frequency resolutions so far obtained when examining the polarization of the spectra of Jupiter's bursts have been 10 ms and 50 kHz respectively (Gordon and Warwick 1967, Riihimaa 1975). To study the fine structure of Jupiter's emission as observed by the linearly polarized Llanherne low frequency radio telescope (Ellis 1972), spectrum analysers with resolutions in the ranges 0.3 — 1 msec and 2–10 kHz have been used (Ellis 1973a, 1973b, 1974, 1975). A new telescope at Llanherne, which is capable of detecting the RH and LH circular components of incident radiation, is being used in conjunction with these analysers to yield information of the hyperfine polarization structure of Jupiter's decametric radio emission. This paper is a preliminary report of this investigation.


This experiment was conducted on the influence of welding process with ampere range variation and weld joints toward ST-40 shear strength. Furthermore, welded specimen is tested with tensile test. Method of this experiment is testing shear strength by using tensile testing machine where each five-specimens were previously welded by ampere range of 80 A, 90 A, and 100 A. Shear results show the highest shear strength is on 128.4916 N/mm2 with 80-ampere range on specimen no. 5, while on 90-ampere range variation the highest shear strength is on 124.7528 N/mm2, the specimen no. 5.  Meanwhile, on 100-ampere range variation, the highest shear strength is on 120.1484 N/mm2, the specimen no. 4. The higher ampere (I) used, the higher heat (Q) resulted. When the heat increases, the welding electrode is perfectly fused. It makes good welding result achieved. The more strength on welding result, the higher shear strength (τ) achieved. On the other hand, the higher ampere range on welding process results higher shear strength.


This document explores the key elements of bilateral air service agreements (ASAs) and recent trends towards increasing liberalisation and examines linkages between ASAs and cross border airline alliance. It discusses issues related to antitrust reviews of proposed alliances and summarises and comments on the impacts of international airline alliances.


This article proposes the Distance-Miqiedu Clustering Analysis to optimize the air environment monitoring points arrangement in the old town of Chuxiong.By means of categorizing air function areas and the comprehensive analysis of the meteorological conditions and the space,the monitoring points arrangement in the new town will truly reflect the air quality with no requirements of more human power,financial input and facilities.


Using both agency and institutional theories, we examined factors associated with the board's adoption of a formal process for evaluating the performance of the corporation's chief executive officer (CEO). Our sample was drawn from the hospital industry. Results show that an independent board chairperson, the level of market competition and the degree of managed care penetration were significant predictors of whether or not the board had adopted a formal CEO evaluation process. These findings imply that initiatives to improve governance effectiveness based on agency theory should take into account the institutional environment of corporate boards.


Traditionally outside the mainstream, ethnic minorities have been active in developing their own media outlets throughout the world. Introducing ethnic minorities in the public sphere where social and political issues are articulated and negotiated, and struggles over hegemonic meanings
 take place these media have become empowering tools to struggle against cultural hegemony, exclusion and discrimination. In this regard, the potential of ethnic minority media as platforms for the expression, discussion and exchange of generally marginalised collectives must be recognised.
 However, a more thorough analysis of minority media compels us to be prudent, as also in this specific field there are tensions and contradictions arising from the multiple forces that influence media production, which can limit their counterhegemonic potential. This article invites scholars
 to analyse ethnic minority media in a critical way, highlighting both resistance to hegemonic discourses and the limits imposed by political and economic forces, as complexity is an inherent characteristic of the media field.


Based on detailed steady-state system and component modeling, we developed a rooftop unit system design, which is able to achieve IEER (Integrated Energy Efficiency Ratio) higher than 20. We modeled fin-&-tube and micro-channel heat exchangers using segment-to-segment approach, and use AHRI 10-coefficient compressor map to simulate compressor performance. The system modeling is based on a component-based modeling approach, which facilitates flexible simulation of complicated system configurations. Starting with a baseline system having IEER of 16.6, we extensively investigated numerous technical options, i.e. varying compressor sizes, heat exchanger fin densities, fin-&-tube or micro-channel heat exchanger, suction line heat exchanger, desiccant wheel, tandem compressor, variable-speed compressor, and condenser evaporative pre-cooling; and developed an innovative system configuration combining a tandem compression system with a variable-speed compression system. The combined system can achieve high IEER as well as process the outdoor ventilation air over an extensive range. We successfully evaluated the design concept for a 20-ton (70.4 kW) unit as well as a 10-ton (35.2 kW) unit. All the selected components are readily accessible on the market, and we validated the performance predictions against existing Rooftop Unit (RTU) products at the rating condition. This paper illustrates a potentially cost-effective high IEER RTU design. Inmore » addtion, we conducted extensive building energy simulations using EnergyPlus to predict seasonal energy saving potentials and peak power reductions using the High IEER RTU in sixteen US cities, in comparison to a RTU with a minimum efficiency.« less


This article is a narrative review of the Tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria: a 21st century global public health challenge. Complete research articles related to TB which includes prevalence, incidences, risk factors, mode of transmission, comorbidity, challenges of prevention and treatment of TB (such as diagnostic tools and recent medications) were gathered from online database searches and individually critiqued for scientific rigor based on epidemiology of TB. Articles relating to 30 TB were reviewed. All but 15 articles were on prevalence and incidence of TB around the world, seven articles on prevalence and incidences of TB in Sub-Sahara Africa, and eight articles on challenges refer to an obstacle or barriers that prevent tackling or control of TB transmission from occurring. The results of this review provide information to those interested in epidemiological study of infectious diseases like TB. The rehabilitation professionals such as Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapists may use this information to develop the best assessment instrument and non-pharmacological intervention for persons living with TB.


The mola carplet, Amblypharyngodon mola is a representative small indigenous fish species, rich in vitamin and mineral contents. As a common fish in different freshwater habitats, A. mola is often harvested and sold as an assortment of Small Indigenous fish Species (SIS) consisting of multiple fish. A survey of the rural fish markets was made to characterize the exploitation pattern of A. mola as a component of assorted SIS, highlighting the biomass, abundance as parameters influencing the pricing pattern. A sample size of 168 assorted SIS from different fish markets indicated the presence of A. mola in varying proportions and biomass in 159 such samples. A logistic regression revealed that the pricing pattern of the assortment of SIS was strongly influenced by both the abundance and biomass of the representative A. mola in the samples. The species richness in the samples of SIS was negatively related, while the price was an increasing function to the proportional abundance of A. mola in the samples. The biomass of A. mola in the assorted SIS was significantly different from those that were sold as single species. The observations on the fish A. mola provide evidence about the food resource potential as well as the preference at the local scale. Further studies including monitoring of the habitats and the fish markets should be initiated to justify the sustainable use of the fish A. mola as a food resource.


The fractional-stochastic Drinfel'd–Sokolov–Wilson equations (FSDSWEs) perturbed by the multiplicative Wiener process are studied. The mapping method is used to obtain rational, hyperbolic, and elliptic stochastic solutions for FSDSWEs. Due to the importance of FSDSWEs in describing the propagation of shallow water waves, the derived solutions are significantly more useful and effective in understanding various important challenging physical phenomena. In addition, we use the MATLAB Package to generate 3D graphs for specific FSDSWE solutions in order to discuss the impact of fractional order and the Wiener process on the solutions of FSDSWEs.


Sophisticated topside electronics aboard today's Navy ships are becoming evermore increasingly expensive to replace due to corrosion. This paper discusses a ship board experiment using a solvent based Volatile Corrosion Inhibitors (VCI) solution used to inhibit the corrosion of electrical parts due to ocean type corrosive atmospheres and testing with the Quartz Crystal Microbalance, QCM and an atmospheric corrosion monitor to support the ship board conclusions.


A control sequence gives the intensities of the primaries for a pixel in a display. A multi-primary display has four or more primaries, so that multiple control sequences can sometimes produce the same colour. Different primaries likely consume different amounts of energy; furthermore, the energy consumption can be a complicated function. A minimal-energy control sequence for a target colour produces that colour with as little energy as possible. This paper shows that such minimal-energy sequences take a simple geometric form when each primary's energy function is linear. The display gamut, in CIE XYZ space, can be dissected into parallelepipeds. The originating vertex of each parallelepiped is the sum of a set of primaries at full intensity. Each edge of a parallelepiped is the translation of one primary. A colour with XYZ coordinates in a certain parallelepiped is a unique linear combination of the primaries in the originating vertex, and the three edge primaries. This paper proves that there exists a dissection such that these linear combinations are minimal-energy control sequences. In the generic case, this dissection is unique. An algorithm for a minimal-energy dissection is presented, along with an example.


The one-group interfacial area transport equation has been coupled to a wall heat flux partitioning model in the framework of two-phase Eulerian approach using the OpenFOAM CFD code for better prediction of subcooled boiling phenomena which is essential for safety analysis of nuclear reactors.
 The interfacial area transport equation has been modified to include the effect of bubble nucleation at the wall and condensation by subcooled liquid in the bulk that governs the non-uniform bubble size distribution.


The invention discloses a radar echo signal normalized window filtration method which comprises the following steps of: acquiring a radar echo original signal and performing normalized window Stockwell transformation and spectrum transformation; acquiring a radar echo signal with a high-frequency clutter and a low-frequency clutter, performing normalized window Stockwell transformation, and analyzing and determining a time-frequency filtration operator according to a two-dimensional time frequency; filtering the high-frequency clutter from the radar echo signal with the high-frequency clutter and the low-frequency clutter through a time-frequency filter, and performing TT transformation; filtering the high-frequency clutter according to the designed time-frequency filter, and performing TT transformation; extracting elements, namely the suppressible low-frequency clutter, near the diagonal line; and performing TT inversion transformation, and thus obtaining the filtered radar echo signal. The radar echo signal normalized window filtration method has the advantages of effectively filtering the clutters and keeping good characteristics of the original signal with small calculation amount, simplicity in implementation and the like.


Adoption behaviour of farmers towards small ruminant technologies was studied during J une, 2015 with the help of PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) techniques in Soda village (Tehsil Malpura, Tonk) in Rajasthan. Matrix ranking technique was used to assess the important technologies of small ruminant rearing as well as major constraints faced by them. Study revealed that all the farmers were adopting vaccination against enterotoxaemia, sheep pox, peste des petits ruminants and foot and mouth disease. Fifty percent of farmers were providing concentrate feed to ewe during pregnancy and lactation. A few (5.56%) farmers were growing grasses and planting trees (anjan grass, ardu tree and ber bush) for small ruminants. Majority of farmers were rearing Kheri sheep, but were interested in Patanwadi sheep. Seasonal analysis revealed that farmers remained busy with different small ruminant practices throughout the year except in January. Lack of grazing land, local market, proper shed and trough facilities were the common problems faced by farmers.


Using cellulose acetate beads as absorbent carrier in the production of an agent for the treatment by apheresis of a patient infected with HIV.


Audits of hundreds of urologic encounters show that work, documentation, and charges do not match in most cases, for most urologists.


In most ecosystems, nitrogen is a scarce and growth-limiting nutrient. Natural and anthropogenic processes convert unreactive atmospheric dinitrogen (N2) into reactive, bioavailable, nitrogen. This conversion occurs mainly through biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), industrial ammonia (NH3) synthesis, and oxidation of N2 into nitrogen oxides (NOx) during combustion of fossil fuels. The rate of anthropogenic conversion of N2 into reactive nitrogen has increased dramatically in the last century and today roughly equals the rate of all natural processes combined. The most important benefit is that NH3-derived fertilizer and BNF improve crop yields in agriculture. However, anthropogenic activities have also increased the turnover of reactive nitrogen in the environment, with unintended consequences for human well-being and ecosystem functioning. NOx and NH3 in the atmosphere contribute to smog and related health problems. Emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) contribute to global warming. Nitrogen fertilizes and acidifies terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, sometimes with dramatic effects on biodiversity. This thesis makes two types of contributions to the understanding of reactive nitrogen flows in European agricultural systems. First, it estimates and analyzes nitrogen flows with a special focus on livestock production and on uncertainties in agricultural nitrogen budgets, with results that can be used to assess the effects of potential changes to the food system. A comparison of organic and conventional milk production systems shows that organic milk is likely associated with less nitrogen losses to the environment, but this conclusion may change with improved BNF estimates. Second, the thesis analyzes and discusses three quantitative indicators to assess nitrogen losses associated with food products or production systems, with focus on system boundaries, uncertainties and environmental relevance. The indicators have limited environmental relevance since they aggregate nitrogen flows over time, space, and of different chemical forms. This analysis contributes to the understanding of how nitrogen indicators can be used for research and communication with the public and policy-makers.


The article presents the results of an investigation of microstructure, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of magnesium alloy WE43 processed by rotary swaging. The resulting microstructure is characterized by an average size of structural elements of 0.5 – 0.8 μm. The grain refinement leads to an increase in the strength of the alloy to 393 – 416 MPa while the tensile elongation stays at a level of 7 – 12.5%. The microstructure produced by rotary swaging does not lead to deterioration of the resistance of the alloy to electrochemical and chemical corrosion.


To identify Web users' interest shift on hierarchical structure websites,this paper present a new algorithm,which is used for adaptive website building and composed of two models based on exponential decay and Bayesian posterior probability respectively.Experiments based on a real Internet website show that the proposed algorithm can identify the user interests' shift promptly,as well as satisfying personalized information demands.The proposed algorithm can thus be widely implemented on various websites such as online News and virtual communities.


In spite of the frequency with which other strains of haemophilus influenza are foundin the oropharynx and nasopharynx of healthy adults, the encapsulated type B strain is the most commonly isolated agent in adult supraglottitis.':" The other encapsulated strains-serial types a, and c through f, as well as nontypeable strains of haemophilus influenza-typically cause only sinusitis and bronchitis in adults," although this may be changing." The identification of a case of nontypeable influenza supraglottitis prompted this report.


Precise and efficient inspection work is crucial for long-living, utilizable, and safe hydraulic structures. The inspection of waterway constructions in Germany is subject to a cyclical regime of inspections. In case degradations and damages occur, but structural reanalysis is not possible due to missing construction documents and / or unclear load paths, on-site experimental testing may be the appropriate way to get an insight in the available load capacity of the structure. The paper gives an overview on the existing inspection regulations of the German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration as well as an insight in practical inspection works including on-site physical testing.


Nearly all very large data bases of the future will be built by large organizations, and will be very complex and diverse. This paper discusses two approaches to VLDB management: centralized control, where a powerful DB administrator makes all the important decisions about the contents, representation, and access authorization; and distributed control, where the authority to make those decisions is shared between an administration oriented central office and many action oriented users. It is claimed that in large complex enterprises, whether private or public, the organizational and social aspects of DB usage outweigh the technological ones. Arguments are presented to support the thesis that, in such environments, only a regime of distributed control can meet the users' needs and provide the required adaptability, perspicuity and responsiveness. A concept of a decentralized DB is then briefly outlined. An example is presented early on to stress the scope of the problem discussed, and is used later to illustrate specific points.


In this paper, we contribute a new million-scale recognition benchmark, containing uncurated 4M identities/260M faces (WebFace260M) and cleaned 2M identities/42M faces (WebFace42M) training data, as well as an elaborately designed time-constrained evaluation protocol. Firstly, we collect 4M name lists and download 260M faces from the Internet. Then, a Cleaning Automatically utilizing Self-Training pipeline is devised to purify the tremendous WebFace260M, which is efficient and scalable. To our best knowledge, the cleaned WebFace42M is the largest public face recognition training set in the community. Referring to practical deployments, Face Recognition under Inference Time conStraint (FRUITS) protocol and a new test set with rich attributes are constructed. Moreover, we gather a large-scale masked face sub-set for biometrics assessment under COVID-19. For a comprehensive evaluation of face matchers, three recognition tasks are performed under standard, masked and unbiased settings, respectively. Equipped with this benchmark, we delve into million-scale face recognition problems. Enabled by WebFace42M, we reduce 40% failure rate on the challenging IJB-C set and rank the 3rd among 430 entries on NIST-FRVT. Even 10% data (WebFace4M) shows superior performance compared with the public training set. The proposed benchmark shows enormous potential on standard, masked and unbiased face recognition scenarios.


A Binary tree can be represented by a code reflecting the traversal of the corresponding regular binary tree in a given monotonic order. A different coding scheme based on the branches of a regular binary tree with n-nodes is proposed. It differs from the coding scheme generally used and makes no distinction between internal nodes and terminal nodes. A code of a regular binary tree with n-nodes is formed by labeling the left branches by 0's and the right branches by 1's and then traversing these branches in pre-order. Root is always assumed to be on a left branch. Different order of traversals yield different codes. An efficient nonrecursive Pascal program of 0(nlog2 n) time complexity using the backtracking approach is given to generate these codes in colexicographic order.


Abstract : The objective of Project 2.1 was to determine the physical nature and concentration of atomic bomb cloud particulate matter entering an aircraft through the cabin pressurization system. In addition, thispoject was to evaluate the inhalation hazard to which aircraft crew personnel would be exposed on passing through an atomic bomb cloud and to compare the inhalation hazard to the external radiation hazard. The sample for the cascade impactor was obtained from the pressurization system in the interior of the drone F-80 aircraft through the standpipe at the right of the pilot's seat. Three cascade impactor samples were collected in the clouds from two air bursts, at 2 to 7 minutes after dtonation. Particles collected ranged in average size from less than 0.1 micron up to 4.2 microns. Over 95% of the activity was associated with particles less than 0.2 micron in diameter. (Author)


The socialization of Generation Z takes place in the digital space. Digital socialization provides a special way of constructing the world of life and a specific way of acquiring ethical values among these young people. Socialization in the digital environment also promotes an anomie. The development of anomie in Generation Z leads to deviant behavior, which is manifested in unmotivated aggression, insulting other participants of communication in the digital environment. Along with anomie and deviation, Generation Z digital socialization is also characterized by opposite trends of institutionalization of the ethics of digital interaction. The practices of unethical behavior stimulate the emergence of discussions on the Internet about the limits of permissible and unacceptable behavior. This spontaneous discourse of digital ethics is extremely interesting from theoretical and practical points of view. Based on the natural ideas of individuals about ethical norms, it is possible to formulate a code of ethical conduct in the digital space. Such a code would not be coercive, but the very fact of its existence would have an impact on the behavior of individuals. The features of Generation Z that have been studied can be extremely useful for improving education. Understanding the specifics of these young people's world will allow them to develop more interesting courses and teaching methods. Knowledge of the genesis of ethical norms in the digital environment will allow effective translation of social constructive norms of behavior, ethical values into the young people communication.


The paper proposes a defeasible treatment of rights reasoning. First, I introduce a basic Hohfeldian account of rights, within the framework of a multi-modal deontic logic. Second, I offer a number of examples of rights reasoning that cannot be appropriately captured within this Hohfeldian framework. The classical Hohfeldian framework is unable to accommodate reasoning processes involving the balancing of rights in order of priority, the disabling or cancellation of rights, or strong permissive rights. I then propose an account of rights within an alternative framework. The particular framework used is the version of default logic developed by Horty. Rights are embedded within this logic as the premises of default rules. The account is meant to capture Raz's informal characterisation of rights as 'intermediate conclusions' capable of justifying a variety of duties. I argue that this logic brings the role of rights in practical reasoning into greater clarity.


You may not have heard of it, but you use it hundreds of times every day. It is the TemporoMandibular Joint (TMJ), the joint where the mandible (the lower jaw) joins the temporal bone of the skull, immediately in front of the ear on each side of the head. Each time you chew you move it. But you also move it every time you talk and every time you swallow (every 3 minutes or so). It is, therefore, one of the most frequently used of all the joints of the body.


In 1991 SGS‐THOMSON introduced partnerships with key suppliers. Describes how the partnership excellence programmes (PEP) developed. Shows how emphasis on employee empowerment and building trust relationships has resulted in continuous improvements within the supply chain.


This paper discusses the unusual operating experience of a 300-MVA, 19-km (12-mile), 138Kv, high-pressure, oil-filled submarine cable. This cable, installed in 1969 and described in IEEE paper 71TP183-PWR, has experienced, to an unexpected degree, corrosion and physical damage from external mechanical forces. The experience gained from operation of this cable may result in design changes and new considerations for future long submarine cables, especially in the areas of armoring, cable spacing, cable embedment, installation inspection, and cathodic protection.


OBJECTIVE
to present the indicators' projection method of the Strategic Action Plan for Tackling Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Brazilian State capitals and the Federal District, 2012-2022.

METHODS
simple linear regression model was used to calculate the indicators' projections with data from the Surveillance System of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey (Vigitel).

RESULTS
in most of the capitals, there was an increase in the prevalence of obesity (annual change: 0.36%;1.29%), overweight (annual change: 1.11%;2.00%), recommended (annual change: 1.45%;2.66%) and regular (annual change: 0.45%;1.46%) consumption of fruits and vegetables; smoking presented a decreasing trend (annual change: -1.34%;-0.20%); whereas physical inactivity, heavy drinking and mammography and Pap smears examinations were stable.

CONCLUSION
most of the goals are possible; however, effective actions are necessary, especially for tackling overweight and heavy drinking.


Medical resistance of mycobacterium tuberculosis, which were found out among 1287 patients of provincial antitubercular hospital is determined. It is established increase in revelation's frequency of medical resistance of mycobacterium tuberculosis. Also there is increase in revelation's frequency of monoresistance, polyresistance and, especially, plural resistance of mycobacterium tuberculosis.


The exploration of high-efficiency and earth-abundant electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) remains a tremendous challenge. Herein, ultrafine FeNi-Mo2C composite immobilized on the surface of SiO2 support are fabricated...


The problem of the excitation of a nonlinear oscillator by a monochromatic external force allowing for decay of the states, which is expressed as nonconservation of the Ψ function norm and describes transitions to other modes and molecular dissociation, is solved outside the scope of the perturbation theory. The solved problem is used as the basis for a model of radiative (collisionless) dissociation of polyatomic molecules which allows for rotation and can be used to calculate the dissociation probability analytically. The dependences of the dissociation probability on the laser radiation frequency ωl, and intensity I are obtained and these show good agreement with the experimental data.


Paper delivered at the ABCDE conference, held in Cape Town, South Africa, June 9-11, 2008. - This paper aims at isolating the productivity of economic infrastructure using a production function approach. Based on the extension of endogenous growth theory with public finance, infrastructure could have either a negative or positive effect on economic growth. The empirical analysis utilises a panel of 19 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The author concludes that physical and human capital can both positively and significantly affect aggregate output in the sample of SSA studies. A stable and open macroeconomic policy environment remains important for production, and policy also facilitates productivity, thus highlighting the need for coordinated policy.


Rationale: Catecholamine-producing tumors are rare, occurring in less than 0.2% of patients with hypertension, but can have relevant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Patient concerns: A 37-year-old woman presented with a history of dyspnea, chest pain, palpitations, and paroxysmal hypertension. Electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, and cardiac magnetic resonance showed severe LVH with a prevalent involvement of the anterior portion of interventricular septum. Endomyocardial biopsy found severe hypertrophy with disarray of cardiomyocytes and ultrastructural evidence of contraction and necrosis of myocytes. Hormone investigations revealed high values of 24-hours urinary metanephrines. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed an enlarged left adrenal gland with a strong uptake of 123I—metaiodobenzylguanidine at scintigraphy scan. Interventions: Thus, the adrenal tumor was surgically removed. Outcomes: At follow-up examination, the patient's metanephrines levels were normalized and the transthoracic echocardiogram showed a reduction of LVH. Diagnosis and lessons: We report a rare case of catecholamine–induced cardiomyopathy due to an adrenal adenoma mixed with nodules enriched in epinephrine-types secreting granules.


Internet GIS, serving spatial data and GIS functionality on the web, offers a special and potentially important means to facilitate public participation in the planning and decision-making process. In this paper I discuss a framework for the design of a web-based public participation system (WPPS) that integrates Internet GIS, Internet communications, and scenario-building tools. The design framework is based on a taxonomy that is created to describe the level of services in serving public participation according to the information content, level of user interactivity, and system functionality. The system is designed to enhance public participation in the planning and decision-making process by providing the general public with data, analysis tools, and a forum to explore knowledge, express opinion, and discuss issues. The unique feature of the WPPS using Internet GIS is that it provides users not only the option of evaluating, commenting, and selecting alternatives, but also the capability of forming their own alternatives. I also discuss system components and design issues in the WPPS.