Using fixture T216 pitch left and right crawler belt was installed at Z 3050×16 type radial drilling machine.Technics of drilling 2-20.5 was introduced.Select of centering cell and operation step were discussed detailed.


Background. Clinical and subclinical psychotic symptoms differ quantitatively and lie on a continuum between normality and pathology. This is general supported and is based on prevalence and similarities between symptoms and risk factors, including stress. The vulnerability-stress model assumes that depending on an individual vulnerability threshold and the intensity of evoked stress, psychotic symptoms either regulate themselves or lead to a psychotic episode. There are gender differences in onset and manifestations of the symptoms. Aim. The present study is a quantitative assessment of positive, negative and depressive subclinical psychotic symptoms and the association with stress and gender on these symptoms, in a Nigerian population. The study is a replication of a Dutch survey among 829 psychology students, and provides the opportunity to compare psychotic symptoms in both cultures. Participants, procedure, design. Nigerian psychology students of the University of Lagos (N = 545; 53.3% female, 46.7% male) participated in a cross-sectional survey. Their average age was 22.3 years, and 67.2% belonged to the Yoruba ethic group. Participation was mandated, and the students filled out a hard copy of the survey. Measures. The Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE-42) measured the subclinical psychotic symptoms and the burden of the symptoms (van Os, Verdoux, & Hanssen, 2001). The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) measured the level to which the students appraised life events as stressful (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983).


Dithiooxamide [rubeanic acid, NH 2 C(=S)C(-S)NH 2 )] monomers were studied by FTIR spectroscopy combined with the low-temperature matrix-isolation technique. The most stable dithione-diamino tautomer of the compound was exclusively observed in argon matrixes immediately after deposition. Upon UV (λ > 345 nm) irradiation the dithione-diamino form transformed, by a double-proton transfer, into the dithiol-diimino tautomer. Theoretically supported analysis of the infrared spectrum emerging upon UV irradiation allowed identification of one of the conformers of the dithiol-diimino tautomer as the dominating photoproduct. Smaller quantities of other conformers of the dithiol-diimino tautomer were also found to be photogenerated. For the UV-irradiated matrix kept subsequently at 10 K and in darkness, a dithiol-diimino - dithione-diamino tautomerization leading to partial recovery of the initial form of the compound was observed. The only possible mechanism of this ground-state transformation at cryogenic temperature is synchronous double-proton tunneling. The experimentally obtained time constant of this process was 18 h.


Objective To observe the analgesic effect and mechanism of headache zhijing extract.Methods The evaluation was performed by acetic acid writhing test in mice,nitroglycerin-induced migraine test in rats and dextran-induced blood stasis test in rabbits.Results After 7 days with the administration of headache zhijing extract(0.36-1.44g/kg),the animals could significantly prolong the pain threshold,reduce the number of writhing within 15min after administration,and increase analgesic efficacy.Compared with the control group,the number of scratching heads,scratching cheek,climbing the cage were significantly reduced in headache zhijing extract(0.5-1.0g/kg) group,and the appearance of scratching heads and scratching cheek was significantly later and the disappearance was significantly earlier in a dose-dependent manner.Headache zhijing extract(0.448g/kg) could significantly reduce the low and high shearing stress of blood viscosity,and as well as the low and high shearing stress of blood reduced viscosity and plasma viscosity in rabbits.Conclusion Headache zhijing extract has strong analgesic effect on writhing mice induced by acetic acid and migraine rats induced by nitroglycerin,and it can significantly improve the hemorheology in blood stasis model of rabbit.


Studies of the pathologic enlargements of the ileocecal region usually have been confined to the commoner conditions; for example, neoplasms, tuberculosis and other granulomatous processes of definite etiology. Difficulty usually does not arise in establishing the identity of a malignant condition of the cecum. Earlier diagnosis of these lesions is desirable, however. Similarly, the inflammatory swellings of definite etiology, especially tuberculosis and actinomycosis, usually are readily recognized. But there remains a conspicuous absence of early diagnostic signs. A brief review of some of the less common cecal tumefactions seems advisable before our series of cases is presented. Lymphomas occur fairly commonly, but in comparison to carcinomas they are rare lesions. Cinaglia 1 considered lymphomas in considerable detail. The closely allied condition lymphosarcoma was recently reviewed by Rankin and Chumley. 2 Cholesteatoma is one of the rarest of the cecal tumors. Humiston and Piette 3 reported a case in 1921, and


Java Spiritualism is a local wisdom that colouring the javanese society lives. One of the
Javenese local wisdom is the proverb called "Memayu Hayuning Bawono". The
sacred meaning of those proverb is the balancing universe to achieve the happiness and
safety of mankind and the living things. In seeking balance, the javanese people should
maintain the high moral standards. That is why using the "Memayu hayuning bawana" is
needed to shift western cultural effects into the Eastern Culture, especially java


The surface of stainless steel will be destroy in manufacture,it is difficulty to furbish.By the structural design of stainless framework for example,the paper main introduce the aspect in designing of stainless sheetmetal,it will be avoid the destruction of surface furthest.


In western countries more and more percentage of the population enters into tertiary education On both national and individual level positive consequences of this tendency are numerous -; such as increased level of qualification(s) and higher level of foreign language proficiency. However, employers are still not satisfied. There is a considerable mismatch between the skills and competencies offered and those demanded. Present paper endeavours to find the origin(s) of this gap and proposes ways to fill them up.


BACKGROUND: In sentinel lymph node (SLN)-positive melanoma, two randomized trials demonstrated equivalent melanoma-specific survival with nodal surveillance vs completion lymph node dissection (CLND). Patients with microsatellites, extranodal extension (ENE) in the SLN, or >3 positive SLNs constitute a high-risk group largely excluded from the randomized trials, for whom appropriate management remains unknown. STUDY DESIGN: SLN-positive patients with any of the three high-risk features were identified from an international cohort. CLND patients were matched 1:1 with surveillance patients using propensity scores. Risk of any-site recurrence, SLN-basin-only recurrence, and melanoma-specific mortality were compared. RESULTS: Among 1,154 SLN-positive patients, 166 had ENE, microsatellites, and/or >3 positive SLN. At 18.5 months median follow-up, 49% had recurrence (vs 26% in patients without high-risk features, p < 0.01). Among high-risk patients, 52 (31%) underwent CLND and 114 (69%)


This paper explores and tests the impact of health and security on the participation of Chinese older people using data from the China Longitudinal Ageing Social Survey (CLASS) in 2014. Based on the framework of Active Ageing, the exogenous latent variables "health" and "security" are assumed to directly affect the endogenous latent variable "participation", and indirectly affect it via mediating the function of "willingness". The estimation results of the structural equation model show that health has a significant positive impact, while security has a significant negative impact on participation. In addition, health and security can significantly enhance the willingness of older people to participate. After the opposite effects of health and security are offset, their net effect on participation is generally negative. According to these empirical results, this paper concludes that the optimization of health coupled with the moderation of security level is more beneficial for promoting the participation of older people.


A method for geometric modeling of the contours of the suction and the pressure side profiles of axial turbomachine blades described by compound curves and formed by two sections has been proposed. Each section of the profile contour was modeled by a curve described in a natural parameterization. The cubic law of curvature distribution was applied to the leading sections of the profile and square law was used for the trailing section. Juncture of the leading and trailing sections of the profiles of the suction and the pressure side was provided with smoothness of the third order which assumes equality of values of functions, function derivatives, curvature and curvature derivatives in the junction point. When modeling the blade profile, thirteen kinematic and geometric parameters were used. Unknown coefficients of the square and cubic laws of distribution as well as lengths of the profile arcs of the suction and the pressure side sections were determined in the process of modeling the profile cascade for specified parameters. The problem was solved by minimizing deviations of the plotted curves from the reference points of the modeled profile located in the throat of the blade channel and on the circle, which determines maximum thickness of the profile. Based on the proposed method, a program code was developed which in addition to the digital information on the modeled turbomachine blade profile displays the results in a graphical form on a computer screen. The calculation studies confirmed feasibility of the proposed advanced method of modeling the suction and the pressure side profiles of axial turbine blades. The developed method can be useful in organizations engaged in the design and manufacture of blades of axial gas turbines of gas turbine engines


There is a context-free language $L_0 $ such that every context-free language is an inverse homomorphic image of $L_0 $ or $L_0 - \{ e\} $. Hence the time complexity of recognition of $L_0 $ is the least upper bound for time complexity of recognition of context-free languages. A similar result holds for quasirealtime Turing machine languages. Several languages are given such that deterministic and nondeterministic polynomial time acceptance are equivalent if and only if any one of them is deterministic polynomial time acceptable.


Pure aluminum has been utilized as contact material between power darlington silicon wafer (100 A, 500 V) and molybdenum disk as a back side contact for lightly N‐doped substrate. Appropriate temperature profile, assembly fixtures, and optimum aluminum thickness has been used during alloying of silicon wafer with moly disk to minimize silicon dissolution so that segregation of silicon at the liquid–solid interface takes place on silicon side and aluminum freezes out towards moly side giving low resistance ohmic contact, low saturation voltage, and low leakage. Metal base disk thickness has been determined optimally with respect to thickness of device wafer to provide minimum bow of fusion. Evaluation of voids at the moly–aluminum and aluminum–silicon interface indicated their absence at 700 °C bonding temperature.


Real-time simulation has proved to be an effective tool for research,test,plan,operation and security situation assess of power systems.Real-time simulation of power systems technology development experienced physical simulation,digital physical mixed simulation and digital simulation throughout the three stages.This paper introduces the general definition, development and present situation of power system real-time simulation and highlightens the real-time characteristics of this technology.Meanwhile,it illustrates the theory basis,the algorithms involved and implement methods of real-time simulation technology,compares and summaries three simulation technologies to the power system real-time simulation.Because they have their own advantages and disadvantages,they need to be employed selectively in practical application.Digital physical mixed simulation technology in the simulation applications has more advantages and is emphasized.Finally,the scheme of solving the problem of power system real-time simulation technology is put forward.


I have an important job for everyone who wants to volunteer-support this organization any way you can. If everyone reading this does the things listed below, AFA will be able to accomplish so much. Thank you to everyone. You are making a huge difference! 1 Talk about AFA when you talk about birds. Mention AFA and send people to the website for information. 2 Give away the Watchbirds you don't want to keep. Some of you get multiple copies. Put the extras at the hair salon, at the vet's, at the library, at the school. 3 Get people to take the Fundamentals of Aviculture course when they ask for advice on birds. 4 Talk to other bird people and encourage them to join AFA. It's only $40 for one year for an individual. ~ Talk to people you do business with, and encourage them to join as commercial members and advertise in Watchbird. Ask them for raffie donations. It is $125 for a year, and they get a free classified in Watchbird and their name and link on our website and in every Watch bird. 6 Talk to every bird group you know or can find and tell them why they should be affiliated with AFA if they are not. Contact your state coordinator with information for the group. If you are in an affiliated club, speak up in favor of AFA when the subject of re-affiliation comes up. P Join at least one AF A-affiliated organization and promote it. If you don't have a local club, there are many national organizations. There is strength in numbers. The more of us there are who work together, the better off we will be. 8 Get a group together to attend the Convention. Just think how much fun you and two or three of your favorite bird friends can have in St Petersburg talking about and learning about birds. 9 Watch for official legislative alerts from the office and from Legislative Vice President Genny Wall and act on them. When she says it's time to write letters or call your representative, she needs as many people as possible to do it. ~ @ Be positive in your interactions with others about birds and about AFA. This organization is only here because there are people who love birds.


This paper describes the evolution of responses to drug related problems in Wales, from the first National Health Service in-patient admissions in the late 1960's until the publication of Forward Together, the Welsh Office strategy for drug and alcohol problems, in May 1996. Service developments are placed in the context of the available data about the nature and extent of drug use across Wales, the particular challenges faced, and the strategies adopted in Britain, in Wales, and at the local level.


Background: Tissue-engineered bone grafts represent an appealing alternative for maxillary sinus augmentation because they eliminate the significant drawbacks associated with extra- and intraoral bone-harvesting procedures. In the present case series, we document the outcomes of sinus augmentation surgery using tissue-engineered bone grafts.Methods: Three patients requiring bilateral sinus augmentation received tissue-engineered bone grafts combined with xenograft prior to implant placement. Implants were placed and loaded 6 and 12 months postaugmentation, respectively. Radiographs were taken and clinical examinations were performed preoperatively and at 4, 6, 12, and 18 months postaugmentation. Biopsies were obtained at 4 and 6 months postaugmentation. Standardized orthopantomograms were used to measure the posterior maxilla bone height.Results: None of the patients experienced untoward complications during or following the therapeutic procedures. Ten implants were inserted into the augmented sinuses and...


Assembly for a drug delivery device (1) is described, this assembly includes a drug displaceably applied and arranged a piston rod to a delivery direction to dispense from the device (1) dose of (10) (12) , the application and placed energy storage member as accumulated energy move the piston rod (12) in the delivery direction (16), which is applied and arranged to the piston rod (12) mechanically cooperating and a interacting member (7), wherein the interaction element (7) is displaceable between a first position and a second position relative to the piston rod (12), interacting member (7), in order to increase such friction piston rod (12) is configured to be moved from the first position towards the second position, the interaction member (7), piston rod In order to reduce such friction (12) arranged to be moved back to the first position from the second position. Furthermore, the drug delivery device comprising an assembly (1) is described.


This study aimed to elucidate the relationship of type 2 diabetes, other known risk factors, and primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in countries with a high prevalence of hepatitis infection. We followed a prospective cohort of 54,979 subjects who participated in the Keelung Community‐Based Integrated Screening program between 1999 and 2002. A total of 5,732 subjects with type 2 diabetes cases were identified at enrollment on the basis of fasting blood glucose level, and a total of 138 confirmed HCC cases were identified either through two‐stage liver cancer screening or linkage with the National Cancer Registry. The independent effect of type 2 diabetes on the incidence of HCC and the interaction between type 2 diabetes and hepatitis infection or lipids profile were assessed using the Cox proportional hazards regression model. After controlling for age, sex, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), smoking, and alcohol consumption, the association between type 2 diabetes and incidence of HCC (excluding 33 prevalent cases identified at enrollment) was modified by HCV status and cholesterol level. The associations were only statistically significant (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] = 2.08 [1.03‐4.18]) for being HCV negative and for having hypercholesterolemia (adjusted HR = 2.81 [1.20‐6.55]). These statistically significant findings remained even excluding cases of diabetes newly diagnosed at enrollment. In conclusion, in an area with a high prevalence of hepatitis virus infection, type 2 diabetes increases the risk of developing HCC in those who are HCV negative or have a high level of total cholesterol. (HEPATOLOGY 2006;43: 1295–1302.)


Classic psychology cannot cope with an explanation of the nature of archetypes and the collective unconscious in terms of Carl G. Jung. In explanation of these phenomena with the help of psychic psychology quantum walks, which takes the paradigm of accepting electronic Processes Involved in the receptor cells and Tissues? This model goes back to the Quantum Foundations, and believes that a living system is an electronic device capable of recording information by electronic means. This forms Allows you to write to explain the mechanism of action of archetypes in a biological system, while the Functioning of the collective unconscious. This means that, thanks to the electronic system have many possibilities for biological recording information about the experiences of Individuals, the environment in which the man lives, but has the ability also record this information throughout ontogeny, and some of the phenomena within the scope of human phylogeny.


In recent years, the rapid development of edge computing enables us to process a wide variety of intelligent applications at the edge, such as real-time video analytics. However, edge computing could suffer from service outage caused by the fluctuated wireless connection or congested computing resource. During the service outage, the only choice is to process the deep neural network (DNN) inference at the local mobile devices. The obstacle is that due to the limited resource, it may not be possible to complete inference tasks on time. Inspired by the recently developedearly exit of DNNs, where we can exit DNN at earlier layers to shorten the inference delay by sacrificing an acceptable level of accuracy, we propose to adopt such mechanism to process inference tasks during the service outage. The challenge is how to obtain the optimal schedule with diverse early exit choices. To this end, we formulate an optimal scheduling problem with the objective to maximize a general overall utility. However, the problem is in the form of integer programming, which cannot be solved by a standard approach. We therefore prove the Ordered Scheduling structure, indicating that a frame arrived earlier must be scheduled earlier. Such structure greatly decreases the searching space for an optimal solution. Then, we propose the Scheduling Early Exit (SEE) algorithm based on dynamic programming, to solve the problem optimally with polynomial computational complexity. Finally, we conduct trace-driven simulations and compare SEE with two benchmarks. The result shows that SEE can outperform the benchmarks by 50.9%.


Road surface early cracks are common and incident disease, this paper discusses the reasons for dry shrinkage crack of cement stabilized gravel base course, presents the measures, and summarizes the items that should be paid attention to while constructing.


The Weibull distribution represents a wide variety of situations. Usually, the distribution is considered as a two-parameter family with a scale, and a shape parameter. If, however, the given data reflect additional information in the form of a minimum guarantee, a positive value away from zero, it is better to go for a three-parameter model with the additional parameter known as the threshold. The threshold parameter is often very important, but increases the complexity of the model. Arbitrarily going for the three-parameter form is not advisable unless it is really required by the data. This article attempts to make a simulation-based Bayesian study for checking if the threshold parameter can be taken to be zero or positive in situations representing the two models. We study the compatibility of the models for the given data set. We conduct the posterior simulation in each case using Gibbs sampling.


The drainage condition and its existed problems of Qingshan Lake area in Nanchang were introduced in this paper. It is necessary to build the interception polluted water project about Qingshan Lake for water quality protection of the lake which could adjust and store water and could be appreciated in Nanchang. There were two intercepting canals of the project design, the east canal and the west canal, which could lead rain and waste water into diversion canal of Qingshan Lake Power Drainage Station, and the process could intercept polluted water. The Qingshan Lake water quality would be satisfied with the landscaping requirements when polluted water was led into Qingshan Sewage Treatment Works and overflow into diversion canal of Qingshan Lake Power Drainage Station.


The formation of traditional V extraction from coal stone is reviewed in Hunan Province.The paper described several currently applied new processes for V extraction from coal stone.Suggestions are put forward for further development of V extraction from the coal stone.


The quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies in pelvic floor ultrasound: A systematic review A.T.M. Grob MSc, L.R. van der Vaart, dr. M.I.J. Withagen, prof. dr. C.H. van der Vaart 1 Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands 2 MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands 3 Medical student, Amsterdam Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands


Objective To observe the clinical effect of Jinhoujian on children hand foot and mouth disease.Methods 62 cases of children hand foot and mouth disease were randomly divided into two groups.Patients in two groups were treated by oral administration of children Chiqiaoqingre granule.And treatment group was given oral treatment of local reinforcement of Jinhoujian,five times a day.Control group was given general oral care of Light salt solution.The course was three days in two groups.Fever clearance time and the rash subsided time were observed before and after two courses in two groups.Results The total effective rate in treatment group and control group was 93% and 90%.There was no significant difference between two groups(P0.05).Fever clearance time and the rash subsided time in treatment group was shorter than those in control group(P0.05).Conclusion Jinhoujian has a synergistic effect for children hand foot and mouth disease,particularly in terms of easing local oral symptoms.


In running business poultry broiler, Rancamaya Farm faces many obstacles. Especially is not being able to meet all demand that there are (excess demand). The demand for chicken broiler currently reached 400.783, can be met by Rancamaya Farm is a 288.194. Along with the high education and people's income, then the demand for chicken broiler will progressively increase. This led to opportunities developed farms will increase anyway. The purpose of this research is to analyze the internal and external factors Rancamaya Farm as well as formulate strategies in developing his business. This research uses the qualitative method, as for the quantitative of with regard to internal factors (IFE) matrix, external factors (EFE) Matrix and internal-external (IE). After that, it was back in the analysis using the matrix Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat (SWOT) and architecture strategy. Respondents used in these studies amounted to 7 persons, with consideration of the respondents understand the external and internal condition of the company. The results of this research indicate that the position is located in Rancamaya Farm II which gives recommendations to grow and develop. The strategy that best suits your Rancamaya Farm is a strategy of intensive (market penetration, market development, and product development) or integrative (integration, integration of the back, and the horizontal integration). The results of the SWOT analysis produces 8 business strategic alternatives for Rancamaya Farm which is then poured into 18 work program needs to be done within a period of five years.


A suitable workflow management engine is needed for enhancing the reuse and second development ability of the office automation system(OA).On the basis of studying workflow management technology and university OA,a double database link list workflow management engine is designed and realized.It has successfully described the document flow between employees and has become the coordinating kernel of the whole realized office automation system.


Abstract : This report results from a contract tasking Radio Physical Research Institute (NIRFI) as follows: The contractor will investigate the use of powerful HF radars to detect coronal mass ejections from the sun.


AGUS KHOLIK. Variation on genetic, isotopes and near infrared (NIR) spectra of teak wood in Java. Under the direction of ISKANDAR Z. SIREGAR, ULFAH J. SIREGAR and LINA KARLINASARI. It is possible to track the origin of teak timber and its wood product using genetic and chemical fingerprinting. To enrich the available information on teak variation patterns, teak woods samples were collected from nine Forest Management Units (FMUs) representing all provinces and teak centers in Java. Sapwood's DNA were extracted using modified CTAB method and then subjected to genetic analysis using RAPD marker. Meanwhile, mills from all parts of woods were mixed for analyses using isotopes and NIR spectra. The mills were burned under vacuum in a reactor system at 1200C for 2 h, the resulting clean CO2 was then transferred to the mass spectrometer to determine its isotopic composition of δC and δO. The NIR measurement was carried out on near infrared spectroscopy at wavelengths 1000-2500 nm. The generated data was then analyzed using multivariate analysis. The results showed that the genetic analysis clustered teak populations in Java into two main groups based on Nei's (1973) genetic distance, namely Central Java group and West-East Java group. On the other hand, isotopes analysis grouped it into West Java population and mixed Central-East Java population. Chemical components of teaks in Java have broad variety of content and not grouped it by province. NIR spectra showed that teaks from West Java have higher values than those of Central-East Java. To consider wood as material for fingerprinting traded forest product, a refinement on method should be done.


The army worm Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) is one of the most destructive polyphytophagus crop pests in Indian sub-continent. The present study aims to investigate the effect of three fungal pathogens Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Verticillum lecanii on the total protein content and also on detoxifying enzymes like Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase (GPT), Glutamic Oxaloacetate Transaminase (GOT), Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) and Acid Phosphatase (ACP) and Acetylcholine esterase (AChE). The 48 and 96 hrs post infected larvae were used for evaluation. Throughout the study there was significant changes in the level of protein, GPT, GOT, ALP, ACP and AChE indicate very high elevations in both Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae treated larvae. Hence there is no significant elevation in Verticillum lecani treated larvae. It is proved by the results that these fungal pathogens cause significant inhibition of metabolic enzymes.


Reassesses the public career of James Ford Cairns and his impact on Australian society over the past 50 years. Particularly focuses upon the development of Cairns' thinking on social change and locates that development within the context of the Labor Party's ideological evolution since WWII.


Abstention and estoppels are used together usually and there are overlaps and intersections with abstention sometimes.But in fact,abstention,estoppels and incontestability are different principles and they are independent with each other.It perform an important function of abstention,estoppels and incontestability for insurance company and policy holder.It is not only valid to impel insurance company to explicit criteria,rigorously administer to protect insurance company's interest.So it is significant to explicate their concepts,constitutive requirements and scopes of application for maintaining the honesty,harmony and stability of insurance industry.


The CMS detector will undergo the replacement of its current endcap calorimeter by a new high granularity calorimeter (HGCAL). The new HGCAL will need to withstand much higher radiation levels than the present endcaps. This poses tight requirements on the front-end electronics, including the powering chain. As part of this chain, a low-dropout linear regulator (LDO) has been designed and prototyped for post-regulation for HGCAL, providing extremely low noise and stable power to the analog front-end. We present results from tests of the LDO, including from a detailed irradiation campaign.


The article reveals the nature of such fundamental problems of cognitive linguistics as linguistic categorization. The connection between the conceptualization and categorization processes as mental procedures of obtaining, processing, storing and reproducing information is shown. It is emphasized that hierarchical relations are objectified, particularly in dictionaries of linguistic terms. The formation of grammatical categories is qualified as secondary categorization. The development of nominations for the designation of the grammatical gender category in the Ukrainian language and, accordingly, the peculiarities of categorization of this class of words has been reproduced. It is noted that a linguistic term can be represented as an element of a system in which hierarchical relations are fixed. The main types of hierarchical relations between linguistic concepts are generic (hyper-hyponymous) and partitive (part and whole) relations. These relations are quite stable and independent of the context. It is proved that the study of the evolution of the grammatical categories of the Ukrainian language, which is based on the fixation and analysis of terminological nominations from different times, makes it possible to highlight the peculiarities of the mental processes that accompany their formation and modern functioning. Keywords: cognitive linguistics, categorization, linguistic term, grammatical gender category, historical terminology


A new generation of V-groove GaAs/GaAlAs quantum wires is reported, studied by micro-photoluminescence imaging spectroscopy. These samples with an improved heterointerface quality give indications for quasi-one-dimensional (1D) behaviour. The imaging shows that the excitons are delocalized over mesoscopic distances up to about 1 μm so that the exciton states should form a quasi-1D continuum. As the exciton density is increased, red shifts of the transitions of a few meV are observed, which are attributed to band gap renormalization in the limit of a weakly interacting exciton gas. For higher exciton densities approaching one per excitonic Bohr radius, biexciton transitions and a slight blue shift appear, interpreted as the screening of the exciton binding.


Executive Summary: DIRAC aims at developing an advanced and hand-portable sensor to be used on the eld by Customs and Police o cers in their daily ght against the production, tra cking, and street distribution of Amphetamine Type Stimulants (ATS) and precursors. The heart of the sensor is made of a micro-GC column, and of a laser-based IR analyzer, that measures the absorption spectra of the vapours released by the GC and transiting through an IR hollow ber. The sensor further integrates advanced solutions for sample collection, pre-concentration, and early detection of target compounds by a second, orthogonal detector based on Surface Ionization (SI). The project led to the development of three prototypes, that show diverse and complementary sensing capabilities:


University of Minnesota Masters thesis. June 1919. Major: Agriculture. Advisor: Professor H. K. Hayes. 1 computer file (PDF); 51 pages.


Our response to Hayduk and Glaser will principally focus on their critique of the four-step procedure. Hayduk and Glaser project things into the four-step procedure that are not part of its conception. They fail to see the implicit context in which those who use this particular four-step procedure operate, which qualifies its application. They also have misunderstandings about the rationale for the procedure and read too much of exploratory factor analysis into its use. Hayduk (1996) proposed a method for doing structural equation modeling with as few as one or two indicators per latent variable, which he feels is incompatible with the factor-analytic underpinnings of the four-step procedure and which motivates him further to seek its overthrow. He did not clarify this sufficiently on SEMNET, so we have been compelled to read Hayduk (1996) to better understand his position, and we will point out some limitations of it from our own point of view. We further argue that Hayduk's (1996) advocacy of the use of fixed parameters in sparse measurement models is not a viable general alternative to the use of multiple indicators. Hayduk also believed the usual .05 level of significance in testing the exact fit of models favors the null hypothesis. He recommended that the significance level for a chi-square test be set at .75. We show this recommendation to be incoherent with the idea of a significance test and further show it to be unnecessary because, on the contrary, in most studies the null hypothesis is likely to be rejected. STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING,7(1), 36–73 Copyright © 2000, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.


Although criticized as potentially invasive, profiling has recently been promoted as a means for finding potential terrorists, and particularly airplane hijackers. Based upon sophisticated data-mining technologies, new forms of profiling have seemed, whatever the privacy issues that they raise, to offer more objective alternatives to earlier airline profiling systems, which appear to have been based on nothing more than a sense that certain groups of people are not proper passengers, that they are out of place on an airplane. But in fact, the example of geodemographic systems suggests that an inevitable element of profiling is the appeal to sets of simple narratives. Indeed, far from being merely expository devices, such narratives are central to the profile's analytical structure; as a consequence, while their promoters laud the profiling systems as neutral analytical devices, embedded within them is a sorting system that might more accurately be described as encoding an unstable world of Foucauldian similitudes.


Reclamation with revegetation is one of the ways to repair of environment which have been strived by some opened mining.  This revegetation with plant meant to return land condition originally or come near original condition. The objective of this research is to identify land erosion at the reclamation land after opened mining. In this research obtained by accelerated erosion in farm region of revegetation Paringin for 168.45 ha is 545.3409 ton/year which including at erosion danger classification class I that isn't danger condition. Erosion of revegetation at Tutupan for 50.54 ha is 4418.409 ton/year that mean as danger erosion included at class II classification that is more danger condition than at Paringin, but something that had been consideration was big bank slide .


The appearance of robot manipulators has dramatically improved the productivity in manufacturing. Serial and parallel manipulators are 2 classes of most popularly investigated manipulators, which have been playing an important role in robotic domain for a long time. Optimal control theory is a widely employed method that can achieve the objective constrained by some equations as subtasks, whereas zeroing dynamics is another powerful method to solve time‐varying problems with an exponential rate of error convergence. Intuitively, the cross‐fertilization of optimal control theory and zeroing dynamics may reach the capability to deal with time‐varying problem in a cost‐optimal manner. In this paper, we make progress along this direction by combining the optimal control theory and zeroing dynamics to propose a novel method called optimal zeroing dynamics for motion control of manipulators. The proposed method is applied to the control of serial and parallel manipulators, and the corresponding results have illustrated high accuracy and low sensitivity of the proposed optimal zeroing dynamics to disturbances.


This paper presents an overview of current methodological research being conducted to improve the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The NCVS is sponsored by the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics and in its current form has been providing national estimates of the incidence and characteristics of criminal victimization since 1992. Although there are many benefits to the current NCVS design, there are also some practical limitations. This paper will provide an overview and key findings from the methodological work currently being conducted across three broad areas to address these limitations. These areas include: 1) the survey design and estimation process, 2) producing subnational estimates, and 3) instrumentation changes.


A 42-year-old white man presented with a 6-month history of several pruritic, slow-growing lesions on the glans. His medical history was unremarkable, with no previous history of trauma or unprotected sexual intercourse recorded. Physical examination revealed three small, yellowish-white papules on the anterior left side of the glans (Fig. 1). A thorough dermatological examination did not show other lesions on the skin or other mucous membranes. Laboratory investigations disclosed high levels of uric acid and glucose (8.8 mg/dL and 138 mg/dL, respectively; normal ranges 1–7.0 mg/dL and 100–125 mg/dL, respectively), with no other remarkable findings (complete blood cell count, renal and liver function tests). The patient denied prior episodes of gouty arthritis. What is your diagnosis?


Given a complex manifold $M$ equipped with a holomorphic action of a connected complex Lie group $G$, and a holomorphic principal $H$--bundle $E_H$ over $X$ equipped with a $G$--connection $h$, we investigate the connections on the principal $H$--bundle $E_H$ that are (strongly) adapted to $h$. Examples are provided by holomorphic principal $H$--bundles equipped with a flat partial connection over a foliated manifold.


Aiming at the network characteristics of a smart substation redundant network with complex communication messages, a large amount of interactive data, and high real-time performance, the test model of multiple submachines in a High-Availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR) loop network is analyzed. The requirements of packet types, size, and transmission speed are evaluated, and a hardware solution based on a multi-core Digital Signal Processor (DSP) and Parallel architecture FPGA is designed. The multi-core interaction strategy of DSP software and the multi-port high-speed communication method of FPGA are proposed, and the inter-core communication (IPC) interrupts and shared memory to achieve fast data migration between cores, based on the Serial RapidIO (SRIO) to complete high-speed message transmission. The throughput, delay, packet loss rate, and error frame detection functions are realized, tested, and verified, providing theoretical and practical support for the evaluation of redundant network performance of smart substations.


With fossil fuel running out in the foreseeable future, it is essential to develop substitution strategies. The heat market in industrial countries in the Northern Hemisphere has two peaks. The dominant one occurs at --90/sup 0/C and is due to the energy demand for space heating and warm water production. A smaller peak, mainly for metallurgical processes, occurs at --1300/sup 0/C. From thermodynamics considerations, using the high flame temperature of fossil fuels - or electricity - to supply the lower temperature range is obviously wasteful. On the other hand, contemporary light water reactor (LWR) technology makes it feasible to provide the space heating sector with hot water in a district heating network. Basically, existing reactor systems are adequate for this. Some 40 to 50% of the heat demand arises in the range below 120/sup 0/C, causing a corresponding fraction of air pollution by SO/sub 2/ and to a lesser extent NO/sub x/, if fossil fuels are used. When analyzing an adequate district heating system, units in the 10- 50-MW power range are found to be most suitable for Switzerland, both with respect to network size and the democratic decision-making structure. They would have the best chance of penetrating and covering more » the heat market. In a cooperative effort among some members of Swiss industry and the Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research, a small LWR for heating purposes only is being developed. The Swiss Heating Reactor (SHR) is a small, 15-bar boiling water reactor. Its core, together with its primary heat exchanger, is located in a reactor pressure vessel and a shroud within an underground water pool. « less


One technique for controlling an electrically operable parking brake of a motor vehicle upon failure of one of a speed of the vehicle indicative of the first signal comprises the steps of continuously closing the parking brake, for as long Illustrative second signal is detected on a driver's intention to close the parking brake and the opening the parking brake, provided that the parking brake is in a partially open condition, as long as an absence of the second signal is detected.


The first 10 years in 21st centry are the key stage for Chinese achieving the economic and social development by leaping.It is of important significance for us to promote the popularization of higehr education.The article analyses the basic situation of Chinese higher education in the popularization at early stage,discusses and forcasts its basic tasks,reform and funds and so on.


As finite energy resources are rapidly depleting, the world desperately needs to rely on more renewable energy resources, such as solar energy. The research described hereafter designs and analyzes the use of solar cells in public places, in the form of a solar table, to assess whether their use and energy output justifies their cost for use in public environments. The ultimate goal of this research is to develop a suite of devices and applications whereby solar power can be a publicly accessible commodity and to increase the usage of solar power by testing particular instances where solar technology can make an impact. Finally, this research explores the possible future that small-scale solar devices and technologies have when distributed throughout our community as part of the solution to the increasing energy demand.


Special Studies Experience, Summer 2016 -- Norway; England; The Netherlands -- Partner Agencie(s): Skjerven Farm; Oasis Down to Earth Community Farm; hogeway Dementia Village


Adoptive transfer of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) has generated objective clinical responses in patients with advanced metastatic cancers. Therapeutic exploitation of neoantigens as targets can potentially lead to safer and more effective treatment modalities with reduced toxicities. The Achilles Therapeutics trial NCT03517917 enabled the acquisition of matched tumor specimens and peripheral blood samples from patients undergoing routine surgery and facilitated the development of the proprietary VELOSTM manufacturing process, generating a personalized clonal neoantigen specific T cell product. An in-depth characterization of T cells expanded with the VELOSTM process was performed and compared to a standard TIL product. Samples were obtained from patients with primary NSCLC or metastatic melanoma. TIL were expanded from tumor fragments after dissection in the presence of IL-2. Peptide pools corresponding to the clonal mutations that were identified using the PELEUSTM bioinformatics platform were used to pulse dendritic cells (DC) generated from peripheral blood monocytes from each patient. Clonal neoantigen specific T cells (cNeT) were expanded using the VELOSTM process by co-culture of TIL with the peptide-pulsed autologous DC. As a comparison, TIL were expanded with a rapid expansion protocol (REP-TIL) in the presence of allogeneic feeders, anti-CD3 antibody and high-dose IL-2. Intracellular cytokine staining was performed following rechallenge with individual peptide pools encoding the clonal mutations. Single peptide reactivities were identified using ELISPOT and extended flow cytometric analysis of markers associated with T cell fitness or dysfunction was performed to phenotypically characterize the cNeT, TIL and REP-TIL. Analysis of the immune cell composition showed that cNeT, TIL and REP-TIL have similar CD3+ T cell content (median cNeT 90.2%, TIL 87.3%, REP-TIL 95%, n=6) and are composed of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells (median CD4:CD8 ratio- cNeT 11.1, TIL 2.03 and REP-TIL 4.7, n=6). cNeT showed superior clonal neoantigen specificity compared to TIL or REP-TIL. The proportion of CD3+ T cells responding to clonal neoantigen rechallenge was increased in cNeT (median 24.3%) compared to TIL (median 0.6%) and REP-TIL (median 1.8%) (n=5). The VELOSTM process incorporating the PELEUSTM platform for prediction of clonal neoantigens generates T cell products enriched for clonal neoantigen reactivities and superior phenotypic characteristics compared to conventional TIL. The VELOSTM process is currently being used to manufacture cNeT for two first-in-human studies including NSCLC and melanoma patients (NCT04032847, NCT03997474). Ethical approval: The samples for the study were collected under an ethically approved protocol (NCT03517917). Citation Format: Eleni Kotsiou, Tie Zheng Hou, Joseph Robinson, Sonal Varsani, Theres Oakes, Pablo D. Becker, Shreenal Patel, Jennine Mootien, Andrew Craig, Jane Robertson, Edward Samuel, James Reading, Lyra Del Rosario, Andrew Haynes, Samra Turajlic, Farah Islam, David Lawrence, Mariam Jamal-Hanjani, Martin Foster, Sergio A. Quezada, Katy Newton. Next generation clonal neoantigen targeting T cells, generated using the PELEUSTM bioinformatics platform and the VELOSTM manufacturing method show superior reactivity and phenotypic characteristics than classical TIL products [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 875.


- Trafficking in human beings has become a universal problem that affects every single nation. This have become an issue of concern for many international and national organizations, government and interest groups with political, social and economic consequences. Despite the increasing body of research on the coverage of human trafficking by the media, there is paucity of study on how human trafficking stories are covered within the Nigerian context. The objectives, therefore, are to: find out the frequency of newspaper coverage given to human trafficking stories by the selected newspapers; the prominence accorded to the reports on human trafficking; the patterns of coverage used to sensitize the society about the ills of human trafficking; identify the dominant form of human trafficking. Two national newspapers and one regional newspaper (Vanguard, The Guardian, and the Nigerian Observer) are purposively selected and analyzed using content analysis. The period under study spanned September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017, with a sample of 180 selected using composite week sampling procedure. The code sheet form the research instruments used for the study. Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: Abstract- Trafficking in human beings has become a universal problem that affects every single nation. This have become an issue of concern for many international and national organizations, government and interest groups with political, social and economic consequences. Despite the increasing body of research on the coverage of human trafficking by the media, there is paucity of study on how human trafficking stories are covered within the Nigerian context. The objectives, therefore, are to: find out the frequency of newspaper coverage given to human trafficking stories by the selected newspapers; the prominence accorded to the reports on human trafficking; the patterns of coverage used to sensitize the society about the ills of human trafficking; identify the dominant form of human trafficking. Two national newspapers and one regional newspaper (Vanguard, The Guardian, and the Nigerian Observer) are purposively selected and analyzed using content analysis. The period under study spanned September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017, with a sample of 180 selected using composite week sampling procedure. The code sheet form the research instruments used for the study. Findings revealed that Nigerian newspapers did not give significant attention to the issue of human trafficking due to low frequency in their news coverage; prominence given to human trafficking matters on the lead pages of the newspapers is extremely low when compared to the value given to other issues reported within the same period; 88% of the genre used in the report is straight news and with child trafficking as the dominant form of human trafficking reported. Based on these findings, the study recommends, among others, that the media should draw more attention to the dangers of human trafficking by increasing the level of their reports on the issue.


In this paper, we analyze the impact of the velocity a mobile user is moving at on the performance of the high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) in UMTS on both a qualitative and a quantitative level. In this context, we especially focus on the cell capacity as well as on the average per-user bit rates. As will be shown, the user speed has a significant influence on the system performance, which generally becomes worse with increasing velocities. We identify and classify the reasons for this performance degradation and examine their individual contributions as well as the overall performance decrease by means of extensive system level simulations. This contributes to a better understanding of the effects involved with higher user speeds and reveals where the biggest potential for performance optimizations can be found.


Flow characteristics of conservative two-dimensional dense cloud released instantaneously from water surface into a well-mixed ambient fluid with uniform velocity are investigated experimentally. A series oflaboratory experiments is conducted to understand flow mechanism and to obtain flow characteristics of the considering flow. It is found that dense cloud is advected in the horizontal direction at the nearly same speed as uniform flow velocity and is descent in the vertical direction in a similar manner to that in a quiescent fluid, and that the behaviour of dense cloud in a uniform flow is somewhat different from those in a quiescent fluid because weaker recirculating motion is formed as the existence of uniform flow.


In a rare but instructive combination of endocrine disorders, nature has made the Houssay experiment in the human being. This has been observed in a. small number of cases of diabetes, when damage to the pituitary gland by disease has caused loss of pituitary function with resultant modification of the diabetes. The changes in the ocular complications of diabetes observed in the following case are of special interest.


The reversible cluster–cluster aggregation processes in compact cluster systems are studied via a scaling argument and Monte Carlo simulations. To describe the detail effects of fragmentations from tree-like fractal to compact clusters a relative breakup probability with an exponent β is introduced. The mean-field rate equation and numerical simulation results indicate that the critical exponent y, which is defined as ~ k-y, has a value of (α + ξ - β + 2)-1. It is shown that the scaling properties of the cluster size distributions are determined by the selections of the exponents α, β and ξ.


Modern graphics processors provide exceptional computa- tional power, but only for certain computational models. While they have revolutionized computation in many fields, compression has been largely unnaffected. This paper aims to explain the current issues and possibili- ties in GPGPU compression. This is done by a high level overview of the GPGPU computational model in the context of compression algorithms; along with a more in-depth analysis of how one would implement bzip2 on a GPGPU architecture.


We give an example S of smooth Shimura variety for which irreducibility of the full Igusa tower is false but one can study the irreducible components explicitly. In other words, we construct a partial tower I◦/S for which the axioms (A1–2) can be proved. As before, we prove that S/W for sufficiently large discrete valuation ring W over Z(p) is irreducible and smooth and that the Igusa tower I/F is étale over S/F. Then for each point x ∈ I(W), we take a coordinate X1, . . . ,Xd of I and define a valuation vx of the function field of I by vx( ∑ α c(α)X ) = Infα ordp(c(α)) (X α = X1 1 X α2 2 · · ·X αd d ). For any automorphism σ of I/W fixing x, plainly vx ◦ σ = vx. Then we conclude the irreducibility by showing that the stabilizers {Dx}x∈I(W) inside Aut(I/W) of x ∈ I(W) covers sufficiently many conjugacy classes of tori enough to prove (A1–2).


Objective:To study the effects of anti-inflammatory, removing stasis and analgesia of Shuyanning Liniment.Methods:Animal experiments of inflammatory in mice auricles induced by exlene, swelling degrees of rat's toes induced by egg white, the permeability of abdominal skin capillary induced by xylene in mice, the blood stasis induced by injury in rabbit and pain induced by hot-plate in mice have been used.Results:The experiment studies showed that Shuyanning Liniment could markedly inhibit the inflammatory reaction in mice auricles, the permeability of abdominal skin capillaries in miced and swelling degrees of rat's toes, promoted the local extinction of blood stasis and inhance the pain threshold of mice pedis.Conclusion:The experiment studies demonstrated that Shuyanning Liniment possessed the effects of anti-inflammatory, removing stasis and analgesia.


This study evaluated marmalades and slices in heavy syrup of four mango cultivars-Edward, Irwin, Palmer, and Keitt. All varieties gave well over 65% recovery in pulp available for canning or marmalades. Both products exhibited some browning during storage, particularly in the marmalades, perhaps because of the lower pH, but such browning did not impair their acceptability. The quality and acceptability of both products were good for as long as 12 months.


The mature Raudhatain and Sabriya fields have been in production for the last six decades. Each field consists of four main reservoirs that are vertically stacked over a depth of 12.000 ft and separated by shales. The field development strategy is, to drill several horizontal wells within the individual reservoirs to maximize production. Some of these horizontal and highly deviated wells, experienced severe drilling problems, such as stuck pipe and side-tracking. As reservoir pressure changes during the life of the field, the stress state is modified. Such changes have an impact on well completions and the behaviour of faults. Therefore, the combined effect of well trajectory and in-situ stress changes on wellbore stability, should be thoroughly investigated. Not only is it important to understand the natural geomechanical behaviour of the reservoir during production, but it is also important to know, how to harness that behaviour to enhance productivity. At the same time, it is essential that the geomechanics of the field are understood to avoid costly mistakes. Therefore, a 4D geomechanical model that integrates geology, petrophysics, laboratory testing, fluid flow and geomechanics to obtain a representative equilibrated stress state prior to and during production was constructed. The results can be used to compute 3D critical drilling mud weights that provide guidelines for the placement of new wells and necessary drilling mud weights along planned wells.


OBJECTIVE To establish a method for the determination of dissolution of meleumycin capsules.METHODS The dissolution of meleumycin capsules was determined by UV spectrophotometry at 235 nm,using 900 mL hydrochloric acid solution(24 mL hydrochloric acid test solution was dilluted to 1 000 mL with water) containing 1% pepsin as the medium.The rotation speed was 100 r·min.1 and the sampling time was 45 min.RESULTS The method showed a good linear relationship in the range of 5.06.30.35 μg·mL.1(r=0.999 2).The average recoveries were 100.09%(RSD=1.1%) and 99.61%(RSD=1.2%) for two different types of samples,respectively.The dissolutions of 6 batches of samples were all above 80%.CONCLUSION The method is accurate and reliable,and it can be applied for the determination of the dissolution of meleumycin capsules.


Marbles are widely outcroped in the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt, but they experienced different grades of metamorphism during the Triassic collision between Sino-Korean and Yangtze Cratons. Carbon and oxygen isotope analyses were carried out for marbles from Beihuanyang, Sujiahe, Tongbo and Susong in the Dabie region, and from Zhangbaling, Wulian and Pingshang in the Sulu region. The results show that only the samples from Zhangbaling are characterized by significantly positive δ13 C values, the other samples have δ13C values close to 0±2‰ ( PDB) . There is no correlation between δ13C value and metamorphic grade. The variations in marble δ13 C are considered to mainly reflect the features of the age and environment of protolith precipitation, in which the positive δ13C values can be related to global glaciations during the Neoproterozoic. All the marbles show decreased δ18 O values relative to marine limestones, with the lowest one at 4. 5‰ (SMOW). The regional decrease in δ18 O is consistent with hydrothermal alteration during the middle Neoproterozoic, resulting in the very low δ18 O values. The fluid involved was mainly composed of surface water without significant amounts of carbon, and thus is derived from the meteoric water relevant to deglaciation.


The oily sludge has a wide range of sources and complex composition, the corresponding treatment technology and equipment also show a diversified trend, after the combined treatment of oily sludge, the oily sludge can meet the technical requirements of resource utilization and harmless treatment. Through the actual and literature research, the principle, scope, characteristics and development of the commonly used oily sludge treatment methods at home and abroad are summarized, the application status of several new oily sludge combined treatment technologies in China's petrochemical enterprises is introduced, including sieving fluidization-tempering-mechanical dehydration technology, electrochemical bio-coupling advanced treatment technology, sludge centrifugal dewatering-superheated steam injection treatment technology, hot-washing coupling treatment technology and microbial-plant combined treatment technology, summarized whether the oil content of the residue after treatment by the existing treatment method meets the standard requirements of HJ 607-2011 "Technical Specifications for Pollution Control of Used Mineral Oil Recovery, Recycle and Reuse" and the resource utilization of the residue goes. The problems and treatment effects of the integrated oil sludge treatment technology in application have not yet been treated in a satisfactory manner to completely treat all oily sludge, and further research is needed.


Background: The aim of this study is to assess the thyroid gland involvement in the preoperative contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) of neck with histopathology (HPE) in determining the indications for ipsilateral thyroidectomy in patients undergoing total laryngectomy in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers.Methods: Forty patients diagnosed clinically with stage 3 laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer were subjected to CECT of neck. Patients with cartilage erosion and extra laryngeal spread on CECT (T3, T4a) were routinely taken for total laryngectomy, partial pharyngectomy and hemi thyroidectomy. Specimens were sent for histopathological analysis and which was compared with preoperative CECT scan.  Results: Of the forty cases, only four patients had thyroid gland involvement in CECT scan and 2 of the 40 had thyroid gland involvement in histopathology. Of the four patients where the CT scan which showed infiltration of the thyroid gland, none had thyroid gland involvement in histopathology. In two patients where thyroid gland was involved in histopathology, CT scan failed to pick up the thyroid gland involvement. Those two patients with histologically proven thyroid gland involvement identify as transglottic malignancy with cartilage erosion and extra laryngeal spread.Conclusions: Our study concludes that an ipsilateral hemi-thyroidectomy is probably still indicated in transglottic cancer with cartilage invasion and/or extra laryngeal spread.


In this paper, the author discusses twelve assessment methods that were successfully utilized by the department of engineering technology at Miami University. Documentation of these assessment techniques helped the department obtain a six-year accreditation by the TAC-ABET commission. The twelve assessment methods described in this paper form a part of strategic planning process that is normally followed in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The principle is to document how the department keeps tabs on its education commitment. The assessment practices adopted by the department effectively incorporate the feedback received, in a constructive manner. Furthermore, the department has concentrated its efforts on developing a mechanism that primarily focuses on closing the loop, in each of the twelve methods outlined.Copyright © 2004 by ASME


.— The relationship between values (negative] positive) and subjective probabilities was studied. Stimuli consisted of unique socio-economic events represented in the political discussion in Finland. Uncertainty was measured as hesitation in estimating probabilities, The results indicated different relationships between values and probability estimates at different degrees of uncertainty. At certainty the relation was u-shaped, at some uncertainty the variables were nearly uncorrelated, and at uncertainty an linear relationship between values and subjective probabilities was found.


This collection of papers, consisting of 39 delegate contributions and three keynote articles from "New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education" hosted by Trinity College Dublin in April 2016, offers a window on a rapidly evolving form of learning. Telecollaboration is used in many formats and contexts, but has as a defining feature the ability to unite learners from classrooms around the world in meaningful computer-mediated tasks and activities. This cross-disciplinary overview discusses telecollaboration in support of language and culture, teacher training, student mobility, and other disciplines and skills from a range of analytical perspectives. It will be of interest to anyone working in HE as an educator, researcher, educational designer, mobility officer, decision maker or administrator.


OBJECTIVE
In contrast with exercise, or structured physical activity (PA), glycemic disturbances due to daily unstructured PA in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) is largely under researched, with limited information on treatment recommendations. We present results from retrospective analysis of data collected under patients' free-living conditions that illuminate the association between PA, as measured by an off-the-shelf activity tracker, and postprandial BG control.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Data from 37 patients with T1D during two clinical studies with identical data collection protocols were analyzed retrospectively: four weeks of continuous glucose monitoring, carbohydrate intake, insulin injections, and PA (assessed via wearable activity tracker) were collected in free-living conditions. Five-hour glucose area under curves (GAUC) following the last-bolused meal of every day were computed to assess postprandial glucose excursions, and their relation with corresponding antecedent PA was analyzed using linear mixed effects regression models, accounting for meal, insulin, and current glycemic state.

RESULTS
Datasets yielded 845 days of data from 37 subjects (22.8±11.6 days/subject); post-meal GAUC was negatively associated with total daily PA measured by step count (p=.025), and total time spent performing higher than light intensity PA (p=.042). Patients with higher median total daily PA exhibited lower average postprandial GAUC (p<.01). Additional analyses indicated that daily PA likely presents an immediate and delayed impact on glucose control.

CONCLUSION
Daily PA assessed by commonly available sensors is significantly associated with glycemic exposure after an evening meal, indicating that quantitative assessment of PA may be useful in mealtime treatment decisions.


Three models are proposed to explain the relationship between individual differences in beliefs and stress responses in control-limited environments: (1) the Environmental Incongruency, (2) Differential Stress Responses, and (3) Undifferentiated Responses. The present research examined the support for each model using inmates differing in control beliefs and prison as the control-limited environment. The results did not support either the Incongruency or the Differential models. In contrast with previous studies of control-limited environments, there was no evidence of change in passive stress responses over time in prison, but there was an increase in active responses (e.g., conflicts with other inmates) early during incarceration. As predicted by the Undifferentiated Response M odel, inmates who were more external in Locus of Control experienced significantly more active and passive stress reactions. No differences were found in stress as a function of their internal beliefs.


The resources in the County Energy Internet (CEI) are becoming more and more abundant, resulting in the complexity of investors. How to build a game environment for equipment with multi-agent under the CEI to analyze the configuration of equipment under different game modes is an urgent problem to be solved. This paper proposes a non-cooperative game method for the configuration of equipment with multi-agent in the CEI, and applies it to the CEI covering 8 types of equipment agents. First, we build a multi-agent game environment for the configuration of equipment in CEI. Secondly, we establish a non-cooperative game model for configuration of equipment with multi-agent in CEI to simulate the configuration behavior of different equipment. Finally, a calculation of simulation is constructed to verify the game method. The configuration behavior under game mode of different equipment agents as leaders and Nash equilibrium are analyzed. The impact of different equipment agents as leaders on the profits of various types of equipment is quantified. It is concluded that in the early stage of the development of CEI, photovoltaic and hydropower with low cost should be used as the main equipment to configuration through the game method.


Separating a polyphonic symbolic score into monophonic voices or streams helps to understand the music and may simplify further pattern matching. One of the best ways to compute this separation, as proposed by Chew and Wu in 2005, is to first identify contigs that are portions of the music score with a constant number of voices, then to progressively connect these contigs. This raises two questions: Which contigs should be connected first? And, how should these two contigs be connected? Here we propose to answer simultaneously these two questions by consid- ering a set of musical features that measures the quality of any connection. The coefficients weighting the features are optimized through a genetic algorithm. We benchmark the resulting connection policy on corpora containing fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier by J. S. Bach as well as on string quartets, and we compare it against previously proposed policies. The contig connection is improved, particularly when one takes into account the whole content of voice fragments to assess the quality of their possible connection.


By using multiple repeated signal replicas to formulate the accumulative observed noisy signal sequence (AONSS) or the differential observed noisy signal sequence (DONSS) in the hybrid ARQ system, a novel data-aided maximum likelihood (DA ML) SNR estimation and a blind ML SNR estimation technique are proposed for the AWGN channel. It is revealed that the conventional DA ML estimate is a special case of the novel DA ML estimate, and both the proposed DA ML and the proposed blind ML SNR estimation techniques can offer satisfactory SNR estimation without introducing significant additional complexity to the existing hybrid ARQ scheme. Based on the AONSS, both the generalized deterministic and the random Cramer-Rao lower bounds (GCRLBs), which include the traditional Cramer-Rao lower bounds (CRLBs) as special cases, are also derived. Finally, the applicability of the proposed SNR estimation techniques based on the AONSS and the DONSS are validated through numerical analysis and simulation results.


OBJECTIVE:To explore the efficacy and safety of memantine vs.donepezil in the treatment of alzheimer disease(AD).METHODS:According to the requirements of Cochrane systematic review,a thorough literature search was performed among Medline,Chinese Digital Hospital Library and Chinese Biomedical Literature Disk Database.Meta-analysis was performed on the literature which was accorded with the criterion.The results of study was manifested by OR value and 95%CI.RESULTS:4 literatures were included,involving 419 patients.MMSE scores [OR=0.09,95%CI(-0.88,1.07),P=0.85] and ADL scores [OR=-0.16,95%CI(-1.55,1.24),P=0.83] of both groups had no significant difference.There was significant difference in adverse reaction rate between 2 groups [OR=0.28,95%CI(0.11,0.72),P=0.009].CONCLUSION:Memantine is effective and safe in the treatment of alzheimer disease.


Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the prediction accuracy of hybrid models on the atomization processes of fuel sprays injected from a gasoline direct injection system. In order to analyze the prediction characteristics of hybrid schemes, various hybrid models for the primary and secondary break-ups of high-pressure gasoline spray are formulated by combining two different models. For the primary break-up, the LISA and WAVE break-up models are used, whereas the TAB, DDB, and RT models are utilized for the secondary break-up, considering the break-up mechanism of each break-up model. Therefore, six hybrid models are applied to the simulation of the atomization process and the prediction accuracies of the break-up processes are evaluated by comparing them with the experimental results. To obtain experimental results for comparison with the predicted ones, the local Sauter mean diameter and axial mean velocity are measured by using a phase Doppler particle analyzer. Also, the spray visualization system is utilized to analyze the process of spray development and spray-tip penetration. It is revealed that all hybrid models show reasonable agreement with the experimental results of spray-tip penetration. On the other hand, different accuracies are shown in the distributions of local SMD and axial mean velocity.


The Koongarra uranium deposit in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia is being studied to evaluate the processes and mechanisms involved in the hydrological/geochemical alteration of the primary uranium mineralisation and model the formation of the secondary uranium orezone and the dispersion fan. The project includes studies of groundwater flow through the orebody, the chemistry of intersecting groundwaters and the uranium distribution and mineralogy of the orezones. The work has resulted in solid phase and groundwater databases, and hydrological data from field and laboratory measurements. These are being used to test a range of geochemical, hydrological and transport models.


18 This study aimed at exploring the accuracy of the Evapotranspiration (ET) operational estimates 19 from the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Spinning Enhanced Visible Infra-Red Imager 20 (SEVIRI) at a range of selected ecosystems in Europe. For this purpose were utilised in-situ eddy 21 covariance measurements acquired from 7 selected experimental sites belonging to the 22 CarboEurope ground observational network, acquired over 2 full years of observations (201023 2011). Appraisal of ET accuracy from this product was also investigated with respect to land 24 cover, season and each site(s) degree of heterogeneity, the latter being expressed by the 25 fractional vegetation cover (FVC) operational product of SEVIRI. 26 Results indicated a close agreement between the operational products ET estimates and the 27 tower based in-situ ET measurements for all days of comparison, showing a satisfactory 28 correlation (r of 0.709) with accuracies often comparable to previous analogous studies. From 29 all land cover types, the grassland and cropland sites exhibited the closest agreement (r from 30 0.705 to 0.759). Among seasons, strongest correlations were observed during the summer and 31 autumn (r of 0.714 & 0.685 respectively), whereas with FVC a highest correlation of 0.735 was 32 observed for the class FVC 0.75-1 when compared against the observed values for the complete 33 monitoring period. Our findings support the potential value of the SEVIRI ET product for 34 regional to mesoscale studies and corroborate its credibility for usage in many practical 35 applications. The latter is of particular importance for water limiting environments, such as 36 those found in the Mediterranean basin, as accurate information on ET rates can provide 37 tremendous support in sustainable water resource management as well as policy and decision 38 making in those areas. 39


The first record of Spilostethus furcula (Herrich-Schaffer, 1850) in Greece is reported. Furthermore, information on the biology and the known distribution of the species, especially in Europe, is summarized.


[Extract] Introduction.
The Great Barrier Reef region, including the people and industries it supports, is influenced by a range of drivers from global to local scales. We define a driver as any natural or human-induced factor that directly or indirectly causes a change in the GBR system (see SELTMP 2011 for a more in-depth discussion of drivers).

Drivers are important to monitor so that we are able:

•To understand mechanisms of change in the variables we monitor

•To anticipate and begin to predict outcomes

•To document the context or "backdrop" of change — in 25 years' time, what will we need to know to interpret change?

These drivers themselves change over time (Figure 1) and the direction, magnitude and speed of change can be uncertain; hence monitoring programs need to be adaptive (Lindenmayer and Likens 2009).

In this chapter we:

1. Present drivers that were identified in eight SELTMP end user meetings in 2011, the first year of SELTMP, and then present comparative data from a workshop in 2013.

2. We then show how we categorised drivers identified in 2011 and from this, define six driver categories to be monitored. We focus on indirect drivers of change (MEA 2003) — underlying causes of pressures on the GBR —which are most relevant to the social and economic dimensions of the reef. Direct drivers such as biophysical processes of climate change and run-off are monitored by other research programs. However, SELTMP is interested in perceptions of climate change and policies to address it, for example.

3. Present "wishlist" indicators identified by the Drivers of Change Working Group or in the literature for each of the six key categories of drivers, and some of the data collected. Some categories, such as social and cultural drivers, and politics and management, are not easily generalised, and can be highly specific to the GBR region and the different end user groups.


A divergence angle of a telescopic unstable resonator of gigantic pulse YAG laser pumping with lamp is accurately measured.The laser beam outputting from the Hard-Edge mirror is focalized by a long focus mirror and attenuated before irradiating the CCD camera.The diameter of facula can be calculated by image process on computer,then we can get the value of divergence angle through formula.


Power line communications (PLCs) have been used for a long time as a viable solution for implementing wired digital communications over high and medium voltage lines. They recently gained momentum also for low voltage lines, in order to integrate home area networks into smart grids. Despite obvious advantages, including low-cost, the communication channel robustness is low and most of commercially available solutions exploit simple FSK and PSK modulations, possibly complemented by frequency hopping or OFDM techniques. This work is focused on frequency synthesis, as an affordable and effective way to realize multi carrier generation, suitable for simple PLC solutions. In particular, full-digital implementations are discussed. Several synthesis techniques, including DDS, bit stream and harmonic elimination, are detailed and experimental setups are arranged to evaluate obtainable performances. Pros and cons of each approach are highlighted.


Summary Year by year drilling of horizontal wells becomes more and more popular way of the field exploration. For instance, at the beginning of XXI century the quantity of drilled horizontal wells from the whole amount was just about few percentages, if to say that nowadays this number is getting closer to 60%. Despite on that fact, that designing and exploration of oil & gas fields are such laborious processes, the main problem is still lies on the low level of EOR. Nowadays geosteering becomes an essential part of well drilling and increases the level of well targeting, therefore it enhances the level of extracted hydrocarbon fluid. Analyzing drilling datas, received in a real time from the wellbore, geosteering provides an opportunity to correct the planned trajectory of the well instantly and therefore make sure that the well stays in a target zone.


Life-cycle engineering seeks to incorporate various product life-cycle values into the early stages of design. These values include functional performance, manufacturability, serviceability, and environmental impact. We start with a survey of life-cycle engineering research focusing on methodologies and tools. Further, the paper addresses critical research issues in life-cycle design tools: design representation and measures for life-cycle evaluation. The paper describes our design representation scheme based on a semantic network that is effective for evaluating the structural layout. Evaluation measures for serviceability and recyclability illustrate the practical use of these representation schemes.


Objective: To observe the effect of Xiaoxuming decoction combined with massage therapy in the treatment of acute cerebral infarction (ACI) with yang deficiency syndrome and hemiplegia. Methods: In this study, 70 patients with ACI combined with hemiplegia with yang deficiency syndrome were selected, and the patients in the observation group were treated with Xiaoxuming decoction combined with massage therapy and conventional western medicine treatment. The patients in the control group were treated with conventional comprehensive treatment of western medicine, and the clinical therapeutic effects of the two groups were compared. Results: Comparing the patients in the control group, it can be seen that the TCM syndrome scores, FMA scores, clinical total effective rate, and Barthel index after treatment in the observation group were significantly improved after treatment, P<0.05; TCM syndrome score, FMA score, Barthel index and adverse reactions, P<0.05. Conclusion: The effect of Xiaoxuming decoction combined with massage therapy in the treatment of patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI) combined with hemiplegia with Yang deficiency syndrome is ideal.


The invention relates to expandable tetrafluoroethylene copolymerized dispersion resin of high molecular weight. The resin employs tetrafluoroethylene monomers of superhigh purity and special comonomers in a high pressure reaction kettle for forming a dispersion emulsion by copolymerization; size of primary particles is 60-300 nanometers, and standard specific gravity SSG of dried resin is 2.13-2.18; comonomers used by the copolymerized tetrafluoroethylene dispersion resin is a kind of monomers which do not contain fluorine and contains hydrogen, 5-10 carbons and one unsaturated bond can be used for carrying out free radical polymerization, and amount of the comonomers based on the total dry weight of copolymerized tetrafluoroethylene dispersion resin is 0.1-5.0%; the tetrafluoroethylene copolymerized dispersion resin of ultra-high molecular weight can be expanded and processed into expanded materials containing micropore structures, and can be degraded by microorganism, so that environmental protection problems are solved.


The composition of the intestinal microbial community is a distinctive individual trait that may divergently influence host biology. Because dendritic cells (DC) regulate the quality of the host response to microbiota, we evaluated DC in mice bearing distinct enteric microbial communities divergent for colitis susceptibility. Surprisingly, a selective, systemic reduction of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) was observed in isogenic mice with different microbiota: restricted flora (RF) vs specific pathogen free (SPF). This reduction was not observed in germfree mice, suggesting that the pDC deficiency was not simply due to a lack of intestinal microbial products. The microbial action was linked to cytotoxic CD8 (cid:1) T cells, since pDC in RF mice were preserved in the CD8 (cid:2) / (cid:2) and perforin (cid:2) / (cid:2) genotypes, partially restored by anti-CD8 (cid:3) Ab, and augmented in SPF mice bearing the TAP (cid:2) / (cid:2) genotype. Direct evidence for pDC cytolysis was obtained by rapid and selective pDC depletion in SPF mice transferred with RF CD8 (cid:1) T cells. These data indicate that commensal microbiota, via CTL activation, functionally shape systemic immune regulation that may modify risk of inflammatory disease. The Journal of Immunology, 2008, 180: 5843–5852.


Although the carotid body is an established chemoreceptor, there is considerable evidence also for its possessing a secretory function. While adrenergic neuroendocrine cells of neuroectodermal derivation exist in the central and autonomic nervous systems, the exact histogenesis of the mammalian carotid body is unsettled.


when the intravenous route had been used. All cases in which the drug was given intravenously showed temporary albuminuria. In one case this persisted up to the fourth day. The muscular contractions that were fairly common during and following the injecticn of evipan were not se2n with nembutal used intravenously to the point of loss of consciousness. One out of the six healthy men who each received a fairly rapid intravenous injection of 10 c.cm. of cold sterile normal saline had an attack of shivering following the injection. This led to the inference that perhaps these muscular tremors are not a manifestation of hypersusceptibility to evipan in all cases. In an attempt to detect hypersusceptibility to a barbiturate a test rather similar to the Schick test was devised. This was used in 210 cases. Into the skin of the fcrearm was injected 0.2 c.cm. of a 10 per cent. solution of sodium amytal, a control injection of sterile saline being made at the same time. The sites of injection were observed for the appearance of erythema. The results showed the unreliability of such a test in a very striking manner. Conclusion


The stability of two-step repetitive processes will be considered. We assume signals depending on two spatial variables and the pass-number. In all cases of interest the pass lengths will be finite. Since all known approaches to the stability problem do not take this fact into account, the resulting statements concerning stability are of little help. To overcome this dilemma the process is reformulated into a vector-difference-equation of order 2 with the dimension LM as the product of the pass lengths. The stability of systems described by such equations has been investigated earlier. These results can be applied directly to the problem. Simple inequalities for the Fourier-transforms of the mask-coefficients are obtained. In the case of 3 times 3 masks, explicit stability conditions in the form of expressions for the mask-elements can be derived.


Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) are ubiquitous contaminants in the environment, but little is known on the occurrence and distribution of HBCDs in the background atmosphere of urban environment. In this study, air samples were collected from two sites in the city of Shanghai for investigating the concentration levels, composition profiles, potential sources and human health risk to HBCDs. Three diastereoisomers (α⁃,β⁃, γ⁃HBCD) were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatograph coupled to a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (HPLC⁃MS / MS). The annual average values of ΣHBCDs (sum of α⁃,β⁃, γ⁃HBCD) concentrations in total suspended particulates were 30.20 and 18.55 pg·m-3 for the sub⁃urban (BS) and urban (XJH) sampling sites, respectively. Compared with other reported data, the concentrations of HBCDs in this study were amongst the lowest concentrations yet reported in the urban atmosphere. The compositional profiles of HBCDs in the air were significantly different with those in commercial technical products. Based on the measured data in the present study, human daily intake of ΣHBCDs through particulate inhalation were estimated using Monte Carlo simulation and the preliminary exposure assessments suggested a low risk of HBCDs via inhalation in Shanghai.


The article substantiates the content, sequence and principles of building a block of disciplines of computer graphic training of future designers at the university. The components of the design of projects are considered: drawings, sketches, drawings, made both by hand and with the help of computer graphics programs. The purpose of the work is to identify the content and justify the need for special computer training for university students to complete their educational and real-life design projects. The scientific relevance of the problem lies in the study of modern methods for the implementation of design projects using computer graphics programs. The object of research is the use of modern graphic programs to carry out design projects. To solve the problems of research on the formation of disciplines in computer and information technology, an analysis of special literature has been performed. It is necessary that students are able to think creatively, constantly update their knowledge, understand modern computer and information technologies, own graphic programs, take into account the development trends of scientific and technological progress. The article discusses computer and information technology disciplines for students of the Department of Design and Technology of the Vladivostok State university of Economics and Service (VSuES).


ABSTRACT The Sunoco Felda oil trend of South Florida basin has been a prolific oil producer. All the oil is produced from the Cretaceous Sunniland formation, a leached limestone bioherm. Although the producing section has been considered reefal in the literature, petrographic and biostratigraphic analyses of various cores in producing fields have determined that these deposits are composed of particles of fragmented rudist and other fauna deposited in a tidal shoal. Atop this debris there has been deposited an algae and gastropod section, typical of a mound deposited on a tidal mudflat. This model is exemplified in the Sunoco Felda and West Sunoco fields and was used in exploration of the Sunoco Felda trend. From the petrological analysis of these two fields and from knowledge of other wells in the basin biostratigraphic and lithologic trends can be determined and extended offshore into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The emphasis on petrology in the exploration of the Sunniland formation is stressed because correlation of like responses on electric logs do not always result in correlating the same depositional facies--in fact correlation of like electric log responses in the Sunniland formation often results in correlating different facies. This study endeavors to analyse the Felda trend based on the petrological and petrophysical information obtained from the cores and logs, and will show that the future potential of the Sunniland formation may be greater than that of the past and that this basin may be the site of future major discoveries.


In reply In our article1, we reported significant CGM-related changes in telephone and outpatient visits for our entire study cohort. However, as Chu noted, there was a subgroup difference. While the change in outpatient visits was significant for patients with type 1 diabetes, it was not significant for patients with type 2 diabetes. Note that far fewer patients with type 2 diabetes initiated CGM (n=344), as compared to type 1 diabetes initiators (n=3,462). This set a higher bar for reaching statistical significance in the type 2 diabetes population, making the statistically significant improvement in HbA1c and reduction in hypoglycemia in this small subgroup notable.


On 8 September 1253 bishop Stanislaw of Szczepanow was canonised in the basilica of St Francis at Assisi. A year later his relics were elevated to the altar in the centre of the crossing of the so-called second Romanesque cathedral on the ancient Wawel hill at Krakow. This elevation transformed the church, which had functioned for centuries as the seat of the second most important bishop in the country, into the centre of St Stanislaw's cult. In time the cathedral acquired other functions, becoming the Polish coronation church and royal necropolis, a true Konigskirche , as well as undergoing numerous architectural transformations. All the transformations, especially in the western part of the church, were to a great degree linked with the presence of the saint's shrine. Yet in the past students of the cathedral focused mainly on the changes in the structural fabric of the building. Only a few scholars have devoted their attention to other issues such as  patronage or an ideological programme and, most importantly, to the study of the church as the main sanctuary of St Stanislaw.


The product of the analysis process is the 'requirements specification'. This is the statement of the prblem that has to be solved. Two phases , Requirements Analysis and Requirements Definition can be jointly referred to as Requirements Engineering. Requirements analysis and specification are arguably the two most important aspects of systems development. The objectives of systems analysis is to examine all aspects of the system: the equipment, personnel, operating conditions, and its internal and external demands, to establish a basis for designing and implementing a better system. Failure to elicit a correct and feasible set of requirements from the customer/client at the outset of development can result in the user receiving a final system that bears little resemblance to the original system he envisaged. Alternatively they may receive a system that appears to fit the requirements, but does not have inherent quality. Many solutions to the problems of communication in Requirements Engineering have been proposed with varying degrees of success. This paper will demonstrate how SSADM Version 4. handles (or fails to handle) issues of quality during the requirements engineering phase.


We discuss the feasibility of the following learning problem: given unmatched samples from two domains and nothing else, learn a mapping between the two, which preserves semantics. Due to the lack of paired samples and without any definition of the semantic information, the problem might seem ill-posed. Specifically, in typical cases, it seems possible to build infinitely many alternative mappings from every target mapping. This apparent ambiguity stands in sharp contrast to the recent empirical success in solving this problem. A theoretical framework for measuring the complexity of compositions of functions is developed in order to show that the target mapping is of lower complexity than all other mappings. The measured complexity is directly related to the depth of the neural networks being learned and the semantic mapping could be captured simply by learning using architectures that are not much bigger than the minimal architecture.


Security is an important aspect for a state. In particular, regional security plays important role in influencing state policies and actions. This paper departs from the High Level meeting between South Korea and North Korea in April 2018 which then produces an output in the form of peace agreement, the Panmunjom Declaration. The declaration has different impact to Japan, because it becomes the turning point of the status-quo in the East Asia region. Relations between states are generally driven and motivated by interests rather than the shared identity. This paper aims to analyze the actions and responses of Japan as a pacifist state towards the changes in the constellation of East Asia relations after the Panmunjom Declaration. In the end of this paper, it is concluded that what happened in the East Asia region is accordance to the concept of classical realism theory. The Panmunjom Declaration surely is an international event marked as turning point of East Asia regional status-quo, but could not be claimed as the main factor to drive Japan revising article 9. However, Japan's alertness towards North Korea remains same. Even though it is not the main factor, but the Panmunjom Declaration made Japan interprets its position differently in East Asia, and has influenced Shinzo Abe's narrative to further strive for the revision agenda to be realized immediately.


The effects of dust streaming on the nonlinear dust acoustic wave are studied in unmagnetized homogeneous dust-ion and dust-ion-electron plasmas. The numerical results are applied to Saturn's F-ring for illustrative purpose.


Beautifully presented in a concise and scholarly manner, this book develops the fascinating theory of sequences generated by one of the most basic models of computation; namely, finite automata.


In this study the synthesis and characterization of copper oxide nanoparticles
via solid state thermal decomposition of a recently synthesized aqua nitrato copper(II) complex with a
tridentate Schiff-base ligand (1) as a new precursor are reported.

The copper complexes were obtained by sonochemical and solvothermal process
and characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder Diffraction (XRD) and
FT-IR spectroscopy. The thermal stability of compound (1) was studied by Thermogravimetric Analysis
(TGA). The amount of initial reagents and the role of reaction time on size and morphology of
nanostructure compound (1) were studied. CuO nanoparticles were simply synthesized at 500 oC under
air atmosphere.

The diameter of CuO nanoparticles was estimated to be about 200 and 30 nm
from copper complex precursor obtained by sonochemical and solvothermal methods respectively.