Abstract : This paper proposed a new high-voltage gain resonant switched-capacitor dc-dc converter for high-power offshore wind energy systems. The proposed new dc-dc converter is characterized by the resonant switching transitions to achieve minimal switching losses and maximum system effi ciency. Here, the converter operates at fi fteen times as high as the input voltage with a small device count. Finally, the performance of the proposed converter is evaluated with the simulation as well as experimental results of a prototype system.


This paper examines the returns of a sample of American Depository Receipts issued for Brazilian firms in order to determine if a currency crisis in the country of origin affects either the longor short-term performance of ADRs. Brazil has the largest market in Latin America with a market capitalization of over $234 billion and 367 companies listed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange. Brazil has 85 companies with ADRs, more than any other country in Latin America. A research report by the Central Bank of Brazil suggests that Brazilian ADRs have increased interest in the domestic stock market. Research has shown that ADRs display short-term profit potential, while recent studies on Latin American ADRs have shown that ADRs under-perform the market in the long term. This paper confirms those conclusions and proposes that even ADRs issued after weak economic conditions have been resolved will continue to under-perform the overall market as a long-term investment.


The latest video coding standard H.265/HEVC is developed to succeed the previous coding standard H.264/AVC. However, a large amount of legacy content was coded with H.246/AVC. Therefore, transcoding from H.264/AVC to H.265/HEVC format is required. During the process of transcoding, we can easily calculate the distortion of the transcoded video with respect to the H.264/AVC-decoded video. However, since the original video is usually unavailable, the distortion between the original video and the transcoded video is unknown, which makes it difficult to control the coding quality of the transcoded video compared to the original video. In this paper, we propose a novel and accurate quality estimation method for transcoded videos utilizing probability theory. Experimental results demonstrate that the predicted quality of transcoded videos approximate the true value, with an average error of 0.28 dB, 0.41 dB, and 0.46 dB for Y, Cb, and Cr components, respectively.


OBJECTIVE: To present a case of Bowen's disease of the breast. CASE REPORT: A 51 years old female presented to the dermatology out-patient department with large plaque measuring 15x13cms on her right breast, of twenty years evolution. A clinical diagnosis of Bowen's disease/Paget's disease/Lupus vulgaris of the breast was made. Histopathological examination confirmed Bowen's disease. CONCLUSION: In the present case, Bowen's disease extensively involved the breast along with complete destruction of nipple and areola and rarity of occurrence over sun- protected area like breast and without history suggestive of arsenic exposure. There was no associated underlying carcinoma of the breast or internal malignancies. Histo-pathologically Paget's disease and lupus vulgaris was ruled out and a final diagnosis of Bowen's disease was made. Hence we publish this case for its rarity.


e21106 Background: SOX2 is an embryonic stem cell transcription factor that plays a crucial role in differentiation and maintaining pluripotency. We examine the pattern of SOX2 expression and assess correlation with CP features in NSCLC. Methods: Using the AQUA method of automated quantitative immunofluorescence we measured SOX2 expression in two cohorts (in a tissue microarray format), from Yale New Haven Hospital (YTMA 79) and an independent cohort from Patras University Hospital in Greece (YTMA 140) (196 and 342 cases, respectively). YTMA 140 had high percentage of Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (48.8%) as opposed to 17.9% in YTMA 79. There were more stage III & IV pts in YTMA 140 (41.3%) compared to YTMA79 (30.6%). 88% of pts in the YTMA 140 were male compared to 52.5% in YTMA79. Survival analysis was done using Kaplan-Meier analysis with log-rank test. The associations between SOX2 expression level and CP features were evaluated by using non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test. Results: In both cohorts, we...


Accomplishments are briefly described for the following tasks: environmental impact statement; coupled fluidized bed bitumen recovery and coked sand combustion; water-based recovery of bitumen; rotary kiln process for recovery of bitumen and combustion of coke sand; recovery of bitumen from oil sands using fluidized bed reactors and combustion of spent sands in transport reactors; recovery of bitumen from oil sand and upgrading of bitumen by solvent extraction; catalytic and thermal upgrading of bitumens and bitumen-derived liquids; evaluation of Utah`s major oil sand deposits for the production of asphalt, high energy jet fuels and other specialty products; development of mathematical models for bitumen recovery and processing; completion of the cost examination study of the pilot plant restoration; development studies of equipment for three-product gravity separation of bitumen and sand; determine thickener requirements; and environmental studies of the North Salt Lake pilot plant rehabilitation and eventual operation and those environmental problems associated with eventual commercial products.


Abstract Micronutrients play a vital role in physiological processes in organism cells. In this regard, three micronutrients including Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) were imposed on Stevia growth medium, to find the Stevia growth and metabolites response to these nutrients. Five levels of Zn (0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 ppm), Cu and Fe (0, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 ppm) were applied in three separate experiments using pots filled with a loam soil under greenhouse conditions. The micronutrients were added to the soil when plants were transplanted into the pots. The results showed that the Cu, Fe and Zn did not significantly affect the Stevia growth while Cu and Fe varied the leaf greenness index. Despite the Stevia growth, the Stevia metabolites were significantly affected by Cu, Zn and Fe. As a general result, the steviol glycosides (SVglys) of Stevia such as stevioside (Stev), rebaudioside A (Reb A) and their ratios were positively induced by Cu, Fe and Zn, compared to the control (without Cu, Fe and Zn). However, the effects of the three micronutrients were not the same and the Stevia metabolites response to these micronutrients was clearly dependent upon their concentrations. Our results showed that although Cu, Fe and Zn did not improve the Stevia growth, they remarkably increased the sweet compound in Stevia leaves, which are suggestible for more sweet compound production in Stevia.


The steady state experiments for the effective thermal conductivity of papers were carried out at and below atmospheric pressure.The thermal conductivity of porous materials below 0.05mmHg is considered to be the value of the materials.Results obtained were as follows.(1) 10% of the effective thermal conductivity depends on papers. and 90% the content of air.(2) The relation ship between the thermal conductivity and density of papers is not decisive below atmospheric pressure.(3) The effective thermal conductivity at atmospheric pressure and density show the same gradient of linear relation ship as Mr.Wakasugi's Experimental Formular, but the value is about 13% higher than measured values. (λ20=0.035+0.00015P)


Three new bases from the root-bark of Erythroxylum monogynum have been identified on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence; they are 1αH,5αH-tropan-3α-yl 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate, 1αH,5αH-tropane-3α,6β-diol 3-(3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamate) 6-benzoate, and 1αH,5αH-tropane-3α,6β,7β-triol 3-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate). 1αH,5αH-Tropan-3α-yl 3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamate was also isolated. Alkaloids were not detected in the root-wood.


The starting point for the discussion is the hypothesis of Richard E. Nisbett about differences of thinking and communication systems between people of the East and the West. It is significant that these differences have specific linguistic markers, on syntactic level as well. Therefore, the aim of this text is an attempt to answer the question: how the syntactic subsystem of the contemporary Polish language is located in indicated dichotomy. It appears that the answer is not easy and requires consideration of many aspects of this problem. The final conclusion, however, tends to the statement that the Polish syntax is the complex unit and includes the features of both communication systems – east and west – but we can notice the gravity to the West.


ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate effects of overweight on spirometric parameters in adolescents who underwent bronchial provocation test for exercise. Methods We included 71 male adolescents. The diagnosis of asthma was done based on participants' clinical history and on the International Study Questionnaire Asthma and Allergies in Childhood, and the diagnosis of obesity was based on body mass index above 95th percentile. The bronchospasm induced by exercise was assessed using the run-walk test on a treadmill for eight minutes. The decrease in forced expiratory volume in one second > or equal to 10% before exercise was considered positive, and to calculate the intensity in exercise-induced bronchospasm we measured the maximum percentage of forced expiratory volume in one second and above the curve area. Data analysis was carried out using the Mann-Whitney U test and Friedman test (ANOVA), followed by Wilcoxon test (p<0.05). In addition, we used Fisher's exact test to analyze the exercise-induced bronchospasm frequency. Results Significant differences were observed among obese adolescents in exercise-induced bronchospasm frequency (p=0,013) and in relation to time required for recovery after exercise (p=0,007). Conclusion Overweight can influence the increase in the exercise-induced bronchospasm frequency in non-asthmatic adolescents compared with eutrophic adolescents.


The Dali-Ruili railway is an important part of the south line of the Fanya railway.In order to solve the complex geological problems in railway building,China Geological Survey carried out 1∶50000 regional geological mapping and environment hazard investigation from January 2008 to December 2010.Six working items were set up,which included twenty-two 1∶50000 mapping items and one comprehensive research item.Important progresses were made in such basic geological aspects as structure,petrology,strata and paleontology through systematic regional geological survey.A number of high-precision age data were obtained.The Baoshan block is considered to be a part of the Gondwana continent.Luxi tectonic melange belt was discovered,which is thought to be a part of the Nujiang tectonic melange belt.


To assess short- and long-term seizure freedom, the authors reviewed 371 patients who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy to treat pharmacoresistant epilepsy. The mean follow-up duration was 5.5 years (range 1 to 14.1 years). Fifty-three percent of patients were seizure free at 10 years. The authors identified multiple predictors of recurrence. Results of EEG performed 6 months postoperatively correlated with occurrence and severity of seizure recurrence, in addition to breakthrough seizures with discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs.


Background: Patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) can suffer from varied degrees of depression and anxiety. Objectives: to determinate the frequency and severity of depression, anxiety and stress in patients with CLD and to identify the relation between sociodemographic, disease-specific factors and depression, anxiety and stress among those patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done in internal medicine outpatient clinic, Zagazig university hospital in the period from June to December 2018. A questionnaire including personal characteristics and etiology of CLD was filled in. The diagnosis of CLD was confirmed by using combination of clinical signs, symptoms, laboratory investigations and ultrasonography. The severity of liver disease was quantified using modified Child-Pugh classification. Mental health was assessed using Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) questionnaire. Results: More than one fourth of cases had mild depression while 16.5% of them had moderate depression. The same percentage reported extremely severe anxiety and severe stress. There are statistically significant differences between gender, patient education, ascites, child pough classification, comorbid diabetes and mean depression, anxiety and stress scores. Comorbid diabetes and decompensated cirrhosis significantly increase risk of depression by 3.84 and 17.7 folds respectively. Absence of comorbid hypertension and being illiterate were protective factors against anxiety or stress. Absence of diabetes protects against stress. Conclusion: Psychiatric symptoms were frequent among patients with CLD. Comorbid diabetes and decompensated cirrhosis increase risk of depression while absence of hypertension and illiteracy were protective factors against both anxiety and stress symptoms.


This study aims to examine some variables that affect audit hours. The population of this study is a banking company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Sampling in this study was carried out using the purposive sampling method. The results of this study found variables in the adequacy of internal audit resources, Accounting expertise and legal expertise have a negative and significant effect on audit hours. The variable relating to long service as the head of internal auditors is not proven.


Aiming at the characteristics of concrete pouring,including large grouting amount,tight construction period,high construction intensity and strict requirement of temperature control,in the construction of main structure of Dagangshan Hydropower Station,the concrete production system was studied and the suitable technical parameters were selected.Considering the features of the field terrain,the concrete production system layout should be tight and concentrated,technically rational,convenient for the materials in and out.The technical design of the concrete production system was introduced,including arrangement of the platform of the system and paths,aggregate storage and transportation system and secondary screening system,cementing material storage and transportation system,compressed air station and air supply system,admixture workshop and infield transportation.The pre-cooling measures of cooling system and main technical parameters were explained.The system was in trail operation in March,2011 with satisfying effects,and the temperature controlling and quality met the design requirement.


PURPOSE: A gravity type precast retaining wall with a shear key and a steel pipe is provided to increase coherence between a cutting area and a precast retaining wall and to increase coherence between the precast retaining walls using a shear key. CONSTITUTION: A gravity type precast retaining wall with a shear key comprises a main body, a vertical wall, a first shear key(130), a second shear key(140), a guide tube, and an anchor guide tube. The vertical wall is integrated and expanded from the inner center of the incline of the main body to a bottom surface side. The first shear key, made of steel material in a hollow shape, is projected from the upper surface of an incline at the same angel as the incline. The second shear key is made of steel material in a hollow shape. The guide tube, made of synthetic resin or the metal material, is inserted between the first shear key and the second shear key at the same angle as the incline. The anchor guide tube passes through the vertical wall.


Sapstreak, a killing disease of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.), caused by the fungus Ceratocystis coerulescens (Munch) Bakshi, was first described by hepting in 1944 in North Carolina. It was reported in the Lake States by Kessler and Anderson in 1960 and in the Northeast by Houston and Fisher in 1964. It has also been found on occasional yellow-poplars (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) in scattered locations in Tennessee and North Carolina (Roth et al. 1959). In 1963, Ohman and Kessler reported several new cases in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, including one stand in which the incidence was probably about 10 percent. They also presented evidence indicating that the fungus enters primarily through root wounds caused by logging.


The human race has exerted inordinate pressures on the Earth's natural resources since the onset of industrialization. Unfortunately Africa has been the last to join this industrialization race as much of the continent remains rural and largely underdeveloped. As with everywhere else around the world, essential development in Africa is heavily dependent on availability of oil for energy. However, utilization of the resource as an energy source has been heavily contested as while the oil industry is the backbone of many economies, oil extraction has proved to be detrimental to the environment and society. The study explored models that countries have adopted in order to inhibit the utilization of oil as an energy source and to encourage the efficient development of renewable energy sources. Countries such as Malaysia have reduced oil subsidies while the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is planning on introducing Carbon Emission Tax in 2016. Additionally, the study sought to examine the disparity of the effects that a drop in oil price made to stakeholders with varying degrees of purchasing power (i.e., low income individuals to large organizations). The study also analyzed the varying degrees of purchasing power that the oil price reduction gave to end users. Historical data, during the bull and bear oil markets, was used to analyze the effect that oil price fluctuations had on corporate social responsibility initiatives. Oil companies have multifarious corporate social responsibility initiatives that are designed to promote social and environmental sustainability, additional to rehabilitation. Conclusions were drawn against observations that the fall in oil prices from June 2014 had varying effects on the economies of oilexporting and oil-importing countries and other stakeholders. These effects ranged from lowering of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of OPEC countries like Nigeria and a concomitant increase in fiscal space for oil importing countries. The paper also critiqued on the profits gained from extracting and selling oil, where these did not sufficiently justify the exploitation of the environment at a time when alternative viable renewable energy sources that will facilitate the preservation of natural resources for future generations.


This paper will explore the problematic link between biography and literature as it is self-consciously demonstrated by Stephen's theory about Shakespeare in the 'Scylla and Charybdis' episode of James Joyce's Ulysses. I argue how Stephen's construction of the link between Shakespeare's life and his work both illuminates and repeats a larger critical gesture between biography and literature. This is based on a mode of hermeneutical temporality which sees the present moment as containing within itself temporal fullness to be realised in a teleological fashion. However, Joyce's own ironic construction of Stephen, who disavows his own theorizing, should alert us as to how much we can take this theory at face value with respect to a character who invokes the name of Shakespeare as much to construct a theory of him as to deconstruct it. In response to this, I argue that Rene Girard's reading of Shakespeare in terms of mimetic desire provides a more compelling picture of the ways in which not only his characters, but the characters in Ulysses understand and articulate sexual desire as mediated by a prior belatedness patterned on the desire of the Other. However, I problematize Girard's reading of Shakespeare and Joyce, and my final contention is that the desire of reading and self-fashioning is set in motion not so much by mimetic recognition as it is by the Lacanian notion of misrecognition. This forms the discursive conditions of the articulation of that desire while irrevocably fracturing not only the Girardian idea of the triangulation of desire, but also the 'loop' of literature and biography by thwarting all attempts to speak and desire from the place of the Other, as the Other.


The investigation of growth characteristics including flower color for 40 crocosmia varieties wild to Ulleung-do and introduced from foreign countries was conducted. The range of flower stalk length, number of leaves, and leaf length at the full flowering stage in July and August was 52~165 ㎝, 5~12, and 16~127 ㎝, respectively. Crocosmia showed 3~6 flower stalks per flower stem and 8~110 florets per flower stalk with great varietal differences. Crocosmia showed three flower colors, red, orange and yellow, and two flower types, dish and bell, with a higher ratio of the dish type.


In order to resolve occlusion problems, we have proposed the Spatio-Temporal Markov Random Field model for segmentation of spatio-temporal images. This S-T MRF optimizes the segmentation boundaries of occluded objects and their motion vectors simultaneously, by referring to textures and segment labeling correlations along the temporal axis as well as the spatial axes. Recently, we have extended this model to segment spatial MRF energy distributions of images along the temporal axis, in order to resolve the problem of illumination effects. Since such spatio-temporal distribution of MRF energies is so stable against illumination effects, the model is able to appropriately segment spatiotemporal images against variations in illumination and shading effects. Consequently, in the evaluation of S-T MRF for application to vehicle tracking in traffic images, segmentation boundaries of vehicle regions were successfully determined even in cases of serious occlusions and shading effects.


One of the most contentious issues in public transport planning is whether passengers react differently to rail-based public transport and to bus-based public transport. A key problem is the difficulty in comparing the two modes. Specifically, rail-based modes are often built in higher-density environments that have higher latent public transport demand. Bus routes rarely offer the same service qualities (travel speed, service frequency) as rail service does. An approach that uses cluster analysis of public transport services as a basis for further comparison can account for these evaluated methodological shortcomings. This approach provides the opportunity to compare bus and rail under similar conditions. The authors describe the cluster analysis in which bus and rail transport in Zurich and Berne, Switzerland, were compared. The research considered several public transport qualities regarding travel time, frequency, and number of lines between bus and tram service to a particular stop. Where equivalent service qualities were provided, no significant higher effect existed in tram-based clusters compared with bus-based clusters. Nevertheless, demand potential (defined as numbers of residents and jobs) differed between clusters.


In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), increased ecotropic virus integration site 1 protein homolog (EVI1) gene expression is prognostically unfavorable. Subsets of cases show 3q26 rearrangements, such as inv(3)(q21q26)/t(3;3)(q21;q26), frequently accompanied by chromosome 7 abnormalities. We investigated whether cytogenetically cryptic EVI1 rearrangements may cause EVI1 overexpression in myeloid malignancies without 3q26 abnormalities and investigated 983 patients with AML (n = 606) or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS; n = 377) with normal karyotype (CN‐AML/CN‐MDS, n = 594) or chromosome 7 abnormalities (n = 389) for EVI1 rearrangements using interphase FISH. We identified cytogenetically cryptic EVI1 rearrangements in 27 patients (19 AML, 8 MDS): inv(3)(p24q26) [n = 10]; t(3;21)(q26;q11) [n = 9]; and der(7)t(3;7)(q26;q21) [n = 8]. Elevated EVI1 expression was detected in nearly all cases with cryptic EVI1 rearrangements: Median %EVI1/ABL1 was 92.8 (range: 29.8–146.1) in inv(3)(p24q26), 104.9 (41.4–176.3) in t(3;21)(q26;q11), and 101.8 (4.4–210.4) in der(7)t(3;7)(q26;q21). This was similar to median %EVI1/ABL1 of 73.9 (range: 7.3–585.6) in an independent cohort of inv(3)(q21q26)/t(3;3)(q21;q26) and 67.1 (2.3–410.7) in other 3q26/EVI1 rearrangements. Healthy controls showed median EVI1 expression of 0.5 (range: 0.0–5.8). Using SNP microarray and sequencing analyses, the breakpoints of der(7)t(3;7)(q26;q21) were assigned to CDK6 and centromeric of EVI1, and of t(3;21)(q26;q11) to be within EVI1 and NRIP1. Median overall survival in patients with cryptic EVI1 rearrangements was short, comparable to patients with inv(3)(q21q26)/t(3;3)(q21;q26) or other EVI1 rearrangements. Cryptic EVI1 rearrangements contribute to explain the clinical heterogeneity of CN‐AML and are associated with elevated EVI1 expression and an unfavorable prognosis. Screening for cryptic EVI1 rearrangements by FISH may be particularly appropriate in CN‐AML with elevated EVI1 expression or in AML/MDS patients with chromosome 7 abnormalities. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


An evaluation model of customer satisfaction for fast-food chain enterprise is established based on the Evidential reasoning(ER) in which the factors of brand,product,service and environment are considered.To reflect the customer satisfaction differences of different stores,the stores are given different weights according to the turnover,and the final satisfaction is obtained by integrating the assessment result of each store using ER.By a sample survey for a famous fast-food chain enterprise in Anhui,a week datum of the seven stores is collected.The model's effectiveness and practicality are verified by the simulation,and some suggestions improving the operation are put forward.In addition,the performance of the proposed two models is compared.


This paper examines Indonesia's democratic state capacity-building in terms of transformations in West Timor, particularly around manganese mining. It is structured on the basis of three complementary sets of arguments. Firstly, democratic capacity-building is essentially a power-driven process as it seeks to re-arrange the way in which power is distributed. This process is shaped by the relative capabilities of a variety of societal interests struggling to dominate the control of state power at multiple sites of a highly competitive 'field of power'. Secondly, Indonesia's democratic decentralisation experience has produced uneven results, both between and within provinces. This is largely because the dynamic of the reform process is determined by the relative capabilities of competing social forces to engage in the political landscape and influence revenue generation and resource management policies. Thirdly, manganese mining, which has recently emerged as a quick method of revenue generation in resource-poor West Timor, provides an important case study that reflects the structural dynamics of state (in)capacity.


Based on the data of water transparency measured in the northern region (17°N-23°N, 106° E-121°E) of the South China Sea during 1950-1982, the distribution graphs of water transparency have been plotted. The results from the study of the variation of transparency in the region show that the water transparency in winter is lower than that in summer, with the isopleths of transparency basically qarallel to the coastline and increasing with the water depth. During the whole year, the transparency is the highest in the northeastern area of the region, lower in the Beibu Gulf and the lowest in the Qiongzhou Strait and off the Leizhou Peninsula.


T is exceedingly difficult to prove by any tangible evidence that uniformity of cost accounting has influenced competition, for there are so many other economic forces at work in all industries that the efforts of the accountants are somewhat obscured. Beyond any question of doubt, however, the trend toward uniform general accounting and cost accounting in specific industries and in all industries generally, has improved competition and has promoted more intelligent competition based upon a more intimate knowledge of the cost of manufacture and the cost of marketing. One of the greatest forces that has brought the benefits of uniform cost accounting to the attention of various industries has been the work of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, through its Department of Manufacture, under the able leadership of Mr. E. W. McCullough. Mr. McCullough's department has been disseminating information for a number of years in the form of pamphlets, holding meetings in different sections of the country and offering advice on this subject to any trade association desiring assistance in the promotion of this activity. The need for industry cooiperation in the form of trade associations usually develops when the competitive situation reaches a stage where inadequate returns upon invested capital predominate. After passing through the customary evolutionary period during which codes of ethics are formulated, statistical compilations regarding production, sales and stocks are regularly published, and other general activities peculiar to the individual industry are discussed, the competitive situation is still in an aggravated state. Possibly the situation seems more aggravated than before, owing to lack of results after the optimistic feeling among the membership at large, when the association was formed or changed from a purely social fraternity to a business organization. When this period is reached in the life of a trade associa-


This paper report on the attempt made by the Department of Foreign Language and Literature to promote the training of markers in the scoring of open-ended writing tasks. A et of data from a training workshop is analysed according to a criterion to investigate the extent of consistency with which marker cored student script . The 0 erall picture gained from the anlaysis shows that there is a reasonably acceptable level of agreement: 67%, 70%, and 68% uniform marking was observed in essions one, two, and three respectively. In addition. the examiner marked the script with lightly better con istency when u ing the analytic instead of the impre ionistic marking cheme. The results of the analysis also show ca es of deviations from the group consensus and fluctuation between trict and lenient marking. Given the level of agreemef!.t and the ca es of deviation and fluctuation observed, it is noted that there i still room for improvement in uniform marking. In other words, the re ults of the analy i in this paper clearly show the need for continued concern in marker reliability.


Spontaneous rupture of a utero-ovarian vessel during pregnancy is a rare cause of obstetric shock that has caused high rates of maternal and fetal loss. Extensive literature search has revealed only 117 previously reported cases. Three recently managed cases are presented, and clinical features of this maternal complication are discussed.


A new occurrence record of Eratyrus mucronatus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) is reported from Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. The distribution of this triatomine species was updated and a potential geographic distribution map in South America was presented based on ecological niche modeling.


In this study we report an experimental determination of the segregation coefficients of some elements in commercial titanium alloys. The methods used are point analysis of as-cast alloys and analysis of zone-melted samples. The as-cast samples for point analysis consisted of laboratory arc-cast ingots and also of sections of as-cast vacuum-arc remelted ingots of conventional industrial sizes. The zone-melted samples were prepared from either an optical furnace system or from an induction zone refiner. In both these cases the melting was carried out under argon of 35 kPa pressure to prevent volatilization of alloy elements. We find that the values of segregation coefficients determined differ significantly from those derived from binary phase diagrams, due to the strong inter-element interactions in these systems, but follow the general trends to be expected from the reported liquidus/solidus relationships. The implications of the results in terms of the segregation to be expected in commercial ingots prepared by either vacuum arc remelting or by hearth remelting is discussed and it is concluded that proposed new alloy compositions containing substantial amounts of Fe and Cr will prove difficult to manufacture with adequate composition control as a result of the segregation of these elements during solidification.


We discuss the role of stellar atmosphere models in the spectrophotometric calibration pedigree. It is shown that stellar atmosphere spectra form an essential ingredient for spectrophotometric calibration. Compared with other (infrared) calibration networks currently available, the marcs grid is shown to provide the calibration community with spectral reference energy distributions of higher accuracy improving the spectrophotometric calibration of infrared spectrometers by more than 3%.


In this study, a 2-stream CNN model was proposed to improve depression prediction accuracy by analyzing facial images. For image pre-processing, the AVEC2014 database was used to cut the participant's eyebrows, eyes, nasolabial folds, mouth, and tail to create images and use them as input data. It also computes and visualizes the optical flow between successive frames. It is expected that various depression patterns can be analyzed with high accuracy by predicting depression scores using a proposed model combining ResNet and Squeeze and Excitation Networks (SENet).


Thirty patients with chorioretinitis and positive Sabin-Feldman dye test were studied concerning their neurologic aspects. There were no striking abnormalities in neurologic examination and skull X-rays. Otherwise electroencephalographic studies indicate that 73.4% of the 30 patients showed some degree of abnormalities. The most frequent changes consisted of paroxysmal sharp waves patterns, diffuse desorganization changes and as-symetrical brain waves activities. It should be emphasized the high incidence of electroencephalographic abnormalities in patients with toxoplasmosis.


Spiegel's hernias are uncommon anomalies in the Spiegel's aponeurosis, which runs between the rectus muscle and the semilunar line. They are most commonly found in the "Spigel's hernia belt" between the navel and the interspinal line (a horizontal line connecting the anterosuperior iliac spines). We recommend open repair for individuals who arrive with an acute Spiegel's hernia, especially if there is a risk of high-grade blockage, strangulation, intra-abdominal infection, and/or the necessity for bowel resection. Furthermore, open repair may be required due to the surgeon's lack of expertise with and/or experience with laparoscopic methods, or when laparoscopy is contraindicated due to an inability to tolerate pneumoperitoneum or securely access the peritoneal cavity. Sutures or mesh can be used to repair an open Spiegel's hernia. Given the risk of recurrence, we only do suture repair in cases of contamination when mesh implantation is contraindicated and may enhance morbidity.


It is of great interest and remains a challenge to simultaneously improve the low-dielectric properties and chemical resistances of addition-cure liquid silicone rubber (ALSR). In this work, we proposed an efficient approach to address this issue by filling silicone-modified eucommia gum nanofiller (SEUG) into ALSR. By adding 5 wt% SEUG, the dielectric constant of the SEUG/ALSR composite rubber was significantly lower than that of neat ALSR both at 102 Hz, 103 Hz and 104 Hz. Simultaneously, the SEUG/ALSR composite rubber exhibited better mechanical and insulation properties than the neat ALSR after HCl, NaCl, and oil resistance tests. Our findings demonstrated the great potential for fabricating silicone rubber with low-dielectric properties and erosion resistance by the utilization natural biomass rubber material, endowing it with excellent mechanical performance and degradability.


Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of stem positioning on the biomechanical performance of a novel, collared, short-stem total hip implant under compression and torsion ex vivo. Study Design Six canine cadaveric femurs were implanted with a collared short-stem femoral implant. Canal flare index (CFI), stem angle, absolute and relative cut heights and relative size were measured radiographically and used as independent variables. Biomechanical performance of the construct was evaluated using physiologic loading (loading) and supraphysiologic loading (failure) protocols. Results During loading protocols, compressive stiffness was influenced by absolute cut height (p = 0.018). During failure protocols, peak torque was influenced by CFI (p = 0.004) and craniocaudal relative size (p = 0.005). Peak load and torsional stiffness were not impacted by any of the radiographic variables (p > 0.05). Three of six femurs developed longitudinal fractures originating at the medial calcar at the time of failure. Conclusion The biomechanical performance of the collared short-stem implant was positively impacted by preserving more of the femoral neck, having a higher CFI and using a smaller implant size relative to the femoral neck isthmus.


A religious revival is occurring in the United States today as the traditional wall preventing faith from entering the work place is crumbling. With workers increasingly practicing their religion at work, employers face a growing cavalcade of dilemmas, including those where employees discuss religious tenets, wear religious symbols, object to employer edits on the basis of faith, and proselytize. The faith/work challenge is made even more complex because of the greater number of religions practiced today (both traditional religions based on Judeo‐Christian principles and the so‐called "immigrant religions" that have blossomed during recent decades) coupled with the growing popularity of a host of "spirituality" movements. As the mixing of faith and work becomes common place, employers and employees naturally look to the law to establish concomitant rights and duties.


We study the associated Higgs production with Z boson at future linear colliders in the framework of the minimal noncommutative standard model. Using the Seiberg–Witten map, we calculate the production cross-section considering all orders of the noncommutative parameter Θμν. We consider the effect of earth's rotation on the orientation of Θμν with respect to the laboratory frame and thus on the total cross-section, its azimuthal distribution and rapidity distribution for the machine energy ranging from 0.5 TeV to 3 TeV corresponding to the noncommutative scale Λ ≥ 0.5TeV.


PURPOSE: An array substrate of a liquid crystal display device and a method for fabricating the same are provided to form channels of thin film transistors in the rounded U shape and using the refraction exposure, thereby simplifying the fabricating procedure and improving the yield with stability. CONSTITUTION: An array substrate of a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines formed in one direction on the substrate and connected with gate electrodes, a gate insulating film formed on the gate lines and the gate electrodes, an active layer formed on the gate insulating film, ohmic contact layer(151,152) formed on the active layer, data lines(161) formed on the ohmic contact layer intersecting the gate lines, source and drain electrodes(162,163) extended from the data lines, a protecting layer formed on the data lines and the source and drain electrodes and having contact holes for exposing the drain electrodes partially, and pixel electrodes formed on the protecting layer with a transparent material and connected to the drain electrodes. The ohmic contact layers are in the same shape with the data lines and the source and drain electrodes. The semiconductor layer is in the same shape with the data lines and the source and drain electrodes, except between the source and drain electrodes in the symmetrical U-shape.


In this current era where internet is very common and very essential, it acts as a simple and efficient solution to most of the problems faced by the society. The advantages of the internet are well-known to everyone in the society. The health of a person and it's monitoring is very crucial, and it is a very essential aspect of health. Having said this, in countries, where there is a lack of trained professionals and also a dearth of hospital beds, monitoring is usually ignored and/or is very costly. The traditional systems for this kind of monitoring are usually very bulky and expensive and hence, our proposed system provides a smart and wearable solution to the problem of health monitoring. Internet of Things (IoT) can help in providing solutions to this need of continuous health monitoring. IoT is basically a network of sensors that can communicate with a processor that is capable of taking various decisions based on the sensor values. There are various solutions to health monitoring in hospitals, which are not portable and not so affordable to most people, but our proposed system uses IoT (Internet of Things) to provide the best possible solutions to the need mentioned above. Using IoT as a platform we can monitor people with various chronical diseases especially rheumatic diseases. Index Terms Internet of Things, Arduino, Healthcare, Health monitoring system, Wearable devices, NodeMCU. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________


In the first book of his history, Herodotus interrupts his political narrative to offer a quick ethnographic survey of the Persians, wherein he remarks that Persians respect other ethnicities in proportion to their proximity to Persia and reserve their greatest disdain for the most distant peoples. For Herodotus and his 5th-century Greek audience, the Persian himself incarnates the category of the Barbarian, whose inferiority is a function of his distance from Greece. This article proposes to assess the role of ethnocentrism, and its correlation of proximity and superiority, in two of the most iconoclastic figures in the history of Western thought, the ancient Greek sophist Antiphon of Rhamnus and the French Renaissance author Michel de Montaigne. Recently excavated and edited papyrus fragments reveal tantalizing glimpses of Antiphon's lost treatise On truth, which seems to formulate a very far-reaching critique of ethnocentrism within the framework of cultural relativism. In his renowned essay Des Cannib...


Metal-based additive manufacturing (AM) is revolutionizing the production process and introducing unprecedented capabilities, which are quickly becoming indispensable across a wide range of industries [1]. Direct Energy Deposition (DED) in particular is exhibiting a high potential for space applications due to no imposed limitation on the size of manufactured objects and the ability to operate in micro-gravity conditions [2]. DED however remains hindered by poor deposition quality and reproducibility, which appear to originate in the powder stream condition [3]. Increased accuracy of the blown powder dynamics hence represents a crucial ingredient of next-generation DED models [4]. Powder stream is usually modelled with the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as a two-phase flow problem involving a dispersed second phase [5]. Powder particle collisions and their interaction with the melt-pool cannot be accounted for by these models and are regularly disregarded on the account of these particles occupying a small volume fraction in the carrier gas flow [5]. This assumption was put to the test using a Discrete Element Method (DEM) model of the particle stream of a discrete coaxial nozzle. While neglecting the interaction between carrier gas and powder particles, the results showed that non-negligible portions of powder grains are involved in grain collisions with substantial rebound angles, which underlined the need to account for inter-particle interaction in DED stream models. This sparked the development of a fully coupled CFD-DEM model of powder stream in DED, the results of which will be presented at the conference.


The Nördlinger Ries (NR) impact crater in southern Germany contains Miocene lacustrine fine-grained post-impact sediments, which were deposited under saline, alkaline, and hydrologically closed aquatic conditions. To obtain information on the organic matter quantity, quality and environmental evolution, samples from one central (NR 1973) and one more marginal (Enkingen SUBO-18) well were analyzed by pyrolytic, organic geochemical and micro-petrographic techniques. Deposits of the marginal drilling can be linked to the thicker stratigraphic units of the well from the lake center based on total organic carbon (TOC), hydrogen index (HI) and lithology. Central deposits contain mainly hydrogen-rich type I kerogen with a mean HI of 447 mg HC/g TOC, whereas the marginal sequence contains type II-III kerogen with an average HI of 206 mg HC/g TOC. In the center, high total sulfur (TS) over TOC ratios of 1.5 on average, and δ13C values of biomarkers in combination with low α-/total MTTC (α-/total methyl-trimethyltridecyl chromans ∼ <0.6) and Pr/Ph ratios <0.2 suggest the prevalence of hypersaline water. Salinity only decreased during deposition of the uppermost Miocene units, when the then shallow alkaline lake turned, at least temporarily, into acidic-neutral conditions during the time of peat deposition. A similar trend, but at overall lower salinities is recorded for the marginal site. Water stratification in the center is stronger than in the marginal domain based on salinity variation. Anoxic bottom water prevailed in the whole lake, as recorded by exceptionally low Pr/Ph ratios (∼<0.2), the occurrence of des-A-lupane and small pyrite framboids (<5 µm) except for the youngest layers of the Miocene lake. Autochthonous, halophilic red algae/plankton prevailed as reflected by abundant C27 steranes, while terrestrial material and aerobic bacteria significantly contributed to the OM only in the latest stages of lake as evident from abundant vitrinite/inertinite particles, high values of diterpenes/C27 sterane (up to 255) as well as low values of C27-29 regular steranes/C29-32 hopanes (<0.5). The same trend, but less well resolved, can be seen at the margin of the paleo-lake.


Nonlinear Alfvén wave trains in resistive and viscous magnetohydrodynamics plasmas are investigated. In weakly dissipative one-dimensional systems the inclusion of these effects leads to dissipative damping of Alfvén waves and heating of the plasma. It is found that plasma flow along the background magnetic field can reduce/increase the visco-resistive damping when the flow is along/against the Alfvén wave. In strongly dissipative systems, the front of the Alfvén wave train damps slower than the others, and it gradually forms a damping soliton. In two-dimensional systems, Alfvén wave phase mixing induced by inhomogeneity of the background plasma leads to enhancement of the dissipative damping and the corresponding plasma heating.


We should be wary of low-quality journals and predatory OA publishing. But we should also know which sources' judgement to trust. Is the new website Predatory Reports a trustworthy source of information?


Abstract Understanding the diet and diet preferences of introduced ungulates is a crucial step towards modelling their trophic interactions and managing their impacts. We collated information on the diet of 8 introduced ungulates (Order: Artiodactyla) from 19 studies in New Zealand. A total of 185 indigenous plant genera (379 species) was recorded as eaten. Five studies assessed diet choice by 4 ungulate species (red deer, fallow deer, white‐tailed deer, and feral goats) in forests. Of the 60 plant species or genera present in two or more studies, 8 were always "preferred" (eaten more than expected from their availability) and 15 were always "avoided" (proportionately less eaten than was available); most others were "not selected" (eaten in proportion to their availability). From these data we constructed a table of preferences for commonly occurring forest plant species. Ungulates preferred woody species with low foliar lignin. Although there was no significant relationship between diet choice and foliar N, avoided species all had low foliar N. Ungulate preferences for fern species were closely related to foliar P concentrations, but not to foliar N concentrations. Since relatively few plant species were consistently preferred, we conclude that many native species have neutral resistance to ungulate herbivory, a conclusion that is contrary to the notion that the New Zealand flora is especially vulnerable to introduced herbivores.


OF UNrrwD STATES 1974, at 19 (95th ed. 1974). 46. See CoLo. REV. STAT. § 33-41-101 (1973) ("rural areas"); IowA CODE ANN. § 111C.2(1) (West Cum. Supp. 1977-1978) ("land used for agricultural purposes"); OKLA. STAT. ANN. tit. 76, § 10(a) (West 1976) ("land which is used primarily for farming or ranching activities"); OR. REv. STAT. § 105.655(2) (1975) ("agricultural land, range land, forest land, and lands adjacent or contiguous to the ocean shore"), construed in Tijerina v. Cornelius Christian Church, 273 Or. 58, 539 P.2d 634 (1975) (in banc) (O'Connell, C.J.); S.D. COMPILED LAWS ANN. § 20-9-5 (Supp. 1977) ("rural real estate used exclusively for agricultural purposes"); WASH. REV. CODE ANN. § 4.24.210 (Supp. 1976) ("agricultural or forest lands or water areas or channels and rural lands adjacent to such areas or channels"). But see Stone Mt. Mem'l Ass'n v. Herrington, 225 Ga. 746, 749, 171 S.E.2d 521, 523 (rejects argument that RUS was intended to apply only to land such as that owned by farmers because the Georgia statute has no specific limitation), rev 'g 119 Ga. App. 658, 168 S.E.2d 633 (1969). 47. See ILL. ANN. STAT. ch. 70, § 32(a) (Smith-Hurd Cum. Supp. 1977) ("lands located outside the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town and not subdivided into blocks and lots"); VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 10, § 5212(a)(1) (1973) ("areas which are: (A) unposted, and (B) more than 500 feet from any residential or commercial building, and (C) outside of city limits"). 48. See VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 10, § 5212(a)(1) (1973). 49. See Herring v. Hauck, 118 Ga. App. 623, 625, 165 S.E.2d 198, 200 (1968) (Jordon, [Vol. 3 RECREATIONAL USE STATUTE the meaning of "land" within the context of recreational use statutes generally reaches a similar conclusion. The leading decision of Boileau v. De Cecco, 0 a case in which a New Jersey court considered the application of its state's recreational use statute to a private swimming pool in a residential area, illustrates the rationale. An invited adult guest dove into the shallow end of the pool, fractured his neck, and eventually died of the injuries sustained. A wrongful death action was brought against the homeowner, alleging negligence in the construction and maintenance of the pool.The homeowner pleaded immunity under the New Jersey recreational use statute as a defense and was granted a summary judgment by the trial court. On appeal, the appellate court reversed, holding that the recreational use statute did not apply. The court relied on the broad definition of "sport and recreational activities" enumerated in the New Jersey recreational use statute,5 the statute's references to "posting" of land,5" which would be expected only to apply to rural or semi-rural tracts of land, and the recent trend in public policy to eliminate islands of tort immunities . The court reasoned the statute covered only activities conducted in the "true outdoors not in someone's. backyard" 54 and held the recreational use statute inapplicable to P.J., concurring specially) (would apply Georgia RUS to residential settings); Villanova v. American Fed. of Musicians Local 16, 123 N.J. Super. 57, 301 A.2d 467 (Super. Ct. App. Div.) (by implication) (applied to park; however, no "recreational" use found), petition for certification denied, 63 N.J. 504, 308 A.2d 669 (1973); Estate of Thomas v. Consumers Power Co., 58 Mich. App. 486, 228 N.W.2d 786 (semble) (undeveloped property within city limits), aff'd in part, rev'd in part on other grounds, 394 Mich. 459, 231 N.W.2d 653 (1975); McWilliams v. Guzinski, 71 Wis. 2d 57, 75-76, 237 N.W.2d 437, 446 (1976) (R. Hansen, J., dissenting, joined by Hanley & C. Hansen, JJ.) (interprets Goodson v. Racine, 61 Wis. 2d 554, 213 N.W.2d 16 (1973), as authority for applying Wisconsin statute to urban and residential areas). 50. 125 N.J. Super. 263, 310 A.2d 497 (Super. Ct. App. Div. 1973), aff'd mem., 65 N.J. 234, 323 A.2d 449 (1974). 51. N.J. STAT. ANN. § 2A:42A-2 (West Cum. Supp. 1977-1978) ("'sport and recreational activities' means and includes: hunting, fishing, trapping, horseback riding, training of dogs, hiking, camping, picnicking, swimming, skating, skiing, sledding, toboganning and any other outdoor sport, game and recreational activity including practice and


Abstract The currently recommended allowances of total digestible nutrients (TDN) and digestible protein (DP) for milk production and their bases were examined. It was concluded that the uncertainties of estimating the body gain or loss of energy and protein from body weight changes preclude the use of the conventional feeding trial to estimate requirements. As a consequenee, in the present studies the milk production requirements for TDN were estimated by the digestion-trial method and those for DP from published nitrogen-balance data. The TDN values of seven diets ingested at levels of intake ranging from one to five times the maintenance level were determined in 265 individual-cow trials. Per increment of intake equivalent to that of maintenance, the TDN value of the diets declined at rates ranging from 2.1 to 6.2% (average rate, 4.0%). These data indicated that the requirements for TDN (determined at maintenance) increase with increasing feed intakes (or milk outputs). Accordingly, the TDN requirements were computed for the average rate (4%) of depression in the TDN value observed. An examination of nitrogen-balance data indicated that the average rate of utilization of DP for the combined functions of milk production and maintenance of cows in body nitrogen equilibrium is of the order of 65%. This observation suggests that milking cows require an average minimum amount of DP in the diet equivalent to 154% of the quantity of protein in the milk. For usual 4% FCM, the requirement would be 24.4 g of DP per pound of milk. Since the DP value declines at about the same rate as the TDN value of the diet with increasing daily inputs of feed, the effect of feeding level was superimposed on the apparent net requirement for DP. This indicated that for cows in nitrogen equilibrium, the requirement would range from 25.3 to 30.0 g per pound of 4% FCM for daily yields of 10 and 100 lb, respectively. The data also suggest that milk production requires a DP:TDN ratio of 1:5.7. Practical feeding requires a knowledge of a) the dietary needs of the various body functions and b) the nutritive values of feeds. Although nutrient requirements are the basis of practical allowances, a number of conditions need to be taken into account to adapt net requirements to practical feeding situations. Thus, it is necessary to generalize and, in certain instances, to project generalizations, even over gaps in present knowledge. In this report it is the intent a) to summarize the present status of the knowledge of the energy and protein requirements of lactation and b) to extend results of the authors' recent studies to derive estimates of the energy and protein requirements.


The study of the Keynesian-monetarist synthesis macroeconomic model on Indonesia's balance of payments combines the goods market and money market approaches to Indonesia's balance of payments theory. This study used three models of shortness to balance payments: Keynesian, monetarism, and synthesis of Keynesian and monetarism methods. Data was used from 1998 to 2019 from International Monetary Fund, international financial statistics, and balance sheet book from Bank Indonesia statistics report. The data is analyzed using reduced-form regression analysis. The results show that based on the monetarist approach to the balance of payments, it is found that the effect of the money multiplier on the international balance of payments; the magnitude of which is strongly influenced by the size of the high-powered money or the monetary base; has a negative effect on the international balance of payments, while the Net Domestic Assets has a positive effect on the international balance of payments. In the Keynesian model of the international balance of payments, it is found that government spending, world income, and domestic prices have a negative effect on Indonesia's balance of payments. Based on the Keynesian-monetary syntheses approach to the balance of payments, it is found that government spending and domestic prices have a negative effect on the international balance of payments; the higher the level of government spending and the level of domestic prices will reduce foreign exchange reserves. At the same time, an increase in foreign income, in this case, an increase in US GDP, will increase Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves.


State-of-the-art efficient model-based Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms typically act by iteratively solving empirical models, i.e., by performing \emph{full-planning} on Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) built by the gathered experience. In this paper, we focus on model-based RL in the finite-state finite-horizon MDP setting and establish that exploring with \emph{greedy policies} -- act by \emph{1-step planning} -- can achieve tight minimax performance in terms of regret, $\tilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{HSAT})$. Thus, full-planning in model-based RL can be avoided altogether without any performance degradation, and, by doing so, the computational complexity decreases by a factor of $S$. The results are based on a novel analysis of real-time dynamic programming, then extended to model-based RL. Specifically, we generalize existing algorithms that perform full-planning to such that act by 1-step planning. For these generalizations, we prove regret bounds with the same rate as their full-planning counterparts.


The design and implementation of a general database access component based on COM is introduced, which can perform the inter-operation between the browser and database by reading parameters from the browser and retrieving the query result set from the database to the browser with HTML format. An algorithm for dynamically generating HTML pages is also given.


: The aim of this essay is to briefly present mamulengo puppetry as an artistic form of cultural, social, and racial resistance. Mamulengo is one of the oldest and most representative artistic expressions of popular culture in Brazil. While its origins are mostly undocumented, it is considered a probable development of the influence of European puppetry brought by Portuguese settlers in colonial times. Its traditional audiences lived in remote rural areas, composed of humble northeastern villagers who gathered together especially for the puppet shows, in lively performances that originally lasted from four to six hours. Today, mamulengo is still typically performed by popular artists, portraying the lives, everyday situations, and hardships lived by lower-class characters. Often dealing in humorous ways with themes of violence and brutality, mamulengo puppets typically make fun of the locally powerful: While dramatically defying and fooling typical authority characters (a sheriff, local priest, or politician, etc.), they momentarily invert current injustices and release through laughter, sentiments of oppressiveness (even if briefly and symbolically only), suppressing social differences in a lively, cathartic show. Usually bringing up themes of class differences (except in touristic or carnival-related adaptations), mamulengos simultaneously address the issue of race. Having as protagonist a " Black Arlecchino, " this form of theatre touches the very roots of the country's cultural and social formation. In that sense, two recent initiatives that restore and dignify the contribution of Black artists in Brazilian puppetry will be addressed: Sebastian Marques's "Benjamim, the Clown" puppets (created after our first Black clown, the late Benjamim de Oliveira), and Chico Simões's 2020 Mamulengo Arts and Tricks , his version of the legendary story of brave slave Benedito (who, according to oral narratives, was the creator of mamulengo in Brazil).


This paper analyzes various techniques of translation which is used in the text on the package of several snack products that is produced in Indonesia. The most important thing to be known by consumer from the snack package is its expiration date and the composition of the product. This study discusses the translation techniques used from Indonesian into Arabic. Based on these problems, study aims to find out the techniques which is used by translator according to the theory of Molina and Albir (2002) which proposed 18 different techniques. The method for this research is qualitative descriptive. The result, there are 11 kinds of techniques. Among them are as follows: amplification, borrowing, literal translation, decription, particularization, modulation, transposition, linguistic compression, calque, generalization, reduction. In addition to changing the structure, the vocabulary of the packaging text also changes in meaning.


Thousands of scientists in Italy's public research institutes held a one-day strike last month to protest against government plans to impose new working conditions. Laboratories run by the national research council (CNR), the alternative energy research agency (ENEA), the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) were amongst the government institution affected.


The most important task in tests of resistance of aircraft structures to the terrorist threats is to determine the sensitivity of thinwalled structures to the blast wave load. For obvious reasons, full-scale experimental investigations are carried out exceptionally. In such cases numerical analyses are very important. They allow to tune model parameters for proper correlation with experimental data. Based on preliminary analysis experiment can be planned properly. The paper presents a summary of the results of dynamic analysis of FE model of a medium size aircraft fuselage. Characteristics of the materials used in FE simulations were obtained experimentally. Modeling of C4 detonation was also discussed. Studies have shown very strong sensitivity of the results to chosen numerical models of materials, formulations of elements, assumed parameters etc. Studies confirm also very strong necessity of the correlation of analysis results with experimental data. Without such a correlation it is difficult to talk about the validation of the results obtained from the "explicit" codes.


Functional magnetic resonance imaging is one of the most commonly used neuroimaging techniques in cognitive neuro science. Its influence had a central role in establishing the experimental side of the field. Given this, we consider that its status as a source of evidence has not been sufficiently dealt within the philosophical literature. We focus on this issue from the standpoint of the classical problem of defining the scope of lo calizationist approaches in neuroscience. We attend to the way this tension unfolds today, considering some recent examples of neuroscientific approaches that tackle the dynamic character of the brain's large scale activity. We take into account a number of limitations that functional magnetic resonance imaging presents, distinguishing those of them whose treatment involves not merely technical issues. On the basis of an analysis of some ways researchers deal with them, we claim that there is a con siderable extent in which this kind of neuroimaging studies can be oriented according to general assumptions and theoretical considerations. We conclude that this particular theoretical per meability is a main factor affecting the technique's status as neu roscientific evidence.


In this paper,four state grain and oil inspection mechanisms carried out the feasibility verification of immunochromatographic test paper method by comparing the effects of high performance liquid chromatography and the immunochromatographic test paper method on determining the aflatoxin B1 in two original samples,i.e. rice and corn,contaminated by aflatoxin B1.The results showed that the consistence rate of the immunochromatographic test paper method and the high performance liquid chromatography was up to 90.5%;and the immunochromatographic test paper method was simple,accurate,convenient and rapid,and could be used for field rapid determination of aflatoxin B1 in preliminarily screened grain.


Kidney disease or commonly known as kidney failure is a condition when the renal function is declining that could result in the inability of the kidneys to perform their duties. Kidney disease patients have the potential to get into the chronic phase. Chronic kidney disease is a decrease in kidney function gradually during the three months which resulted in the cessation of kidney function in total. The purpose of this development is a decision support system for a doctor in diagnosing of the kidney disease patients. The system displays the results of predicting whether patients with renal disease have entered a phase of chronic kidney disease or not. The methodology of this study consists of two main phases: classification modeling and system development. Classification modeling consists of data collection, data preparation, data grouping, classification, rules extraction. System development was based on the extracted rules before. This study resulted in a system that can detect a chronic condition of kidney disease based on several factors with an accuracy of 98.34%.


Despite obvious benefits of crude palm oil industry for economic development, it contributes to environmental degredation. This paper addresses a multi-objective stochastic programming model of the sustainable production planning of crude palm oil. The model takes into account conflicting goals such as return and financial risk and environmental costs. The uncertainty comes from the reliability of financial risk. Starting from it two single objective models are formulated: a maximum expected return model and a minimum financial risk (pollution penalties) model. We transform the stochastic programming model into a deterministic multi-objective model using covariance approach.


In February 2000 the NESSIE project has launched an open call for the next generation of cryptographic algorithms. The NESSIE project has received 39 algorithms, many of these from major players. In October 2001, the project completed the first phase of the evaluation and has selected 24 algorithms for the second phase. The selection of the portfolio of 17 recommended algorithms has been announced in February 2003.In 2000, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (formerly the Ministry of International Trade and Industry) entrusted the task of evaluating cryptographic techniques useful for the e-Government to the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA). In 2001, IPA and Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan (TAO) became a joint secretariat for the CRYPTREC Evaluation Committee, which works together with the newly organized CRYPTREC Advisory Committee. This article presents testing and evaluation procedures for block ciphers used within these projects. Key-Words: differential cryptanalysis, linear cryptanalysis, avalanche effect evaluation.


The precise large deviations of non-independent and non-identical distributions are investigated,where {Xn,n ≥1}is a sequence of negative dependence random variables with distribution functions {Fn,n≥1}.Under certain conditions,the lower bound of the precise large deviations for the non-random sums is solved,and the uniformly asymptotic results for the corresponding random sums are obtained.The research results are applied to the more practical compound renewal risk model,and the theoretical and practical values are verified.


In this study, the behavior of a 5383 aluminum alloy is investigated. An experimental campaign, including uniaxial tension and free bulging tests, is performed to characterize the mechanical properties. The BBC2003 yield criterion with a composite hardening model is employed to describe the constitutive behavior. The model is implemented in the ABAQUS finite element solver with a user subroutine. The identified model is validated by comparing numerical and experimental results obtained for the hot forming of a complex shape specimen at 673 K and 0.001 s. The experimental and numerical results (strain field and thickness distribution) are in good agreement.


Objective To evaluate the clinical effects of concurrent chemoradiotherapy with 3D-CRT late-course hyperfractionated accelerated radiation therapy(LCAHF) plus the prognostic factors(PF) project induction on intermediate and advanced esophageal carcinoma.Methods 65 patients pathologically confirmed as having intermediate or advanced esophageal carcinoma were randomly allocated into two groups(33 in radiotherapy group and 32 in complex or chemoradiotherapy group).All patients were given external beam radiation of 6/15 MV X-ray.During the first two-thirds of the course,the patients received a routine dose of 1.8 Gy per fraction,five times per week,at a dosage of 40 Gy in both groups.For the one-thid that followed,LCAHF was given at a dose of 1.5 Gy,twice daily,at an interval of more than 6 hours,with the total dosage of 70 Gy.In complex group,chemotherapy regimen was combined with DF project.At the end of treatment,the efficiency,respective survival rates of 1,2 and 3 years,toxicity as well as side effects between the two groups were compared,based on Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Carcinomas.Results In the radiotherapy group,CR was 36.4% and PR was 54.5%,and in the complex group,CR was 43.8% and PR was 53.1%,respectively.The 1-,2-,3-year survival rates were 39.4%,30.3%,24.2% in the radiotherapy group and 68.8%,56.3%,50.0% in the complex group,respectively(P0.05).The difference between the regional toxicity and side effects in the two groups were not statistically significant(P0.05),while in the complex group,the regional toxicity and side effects were higher than in the radiotherapy group(P0.05).Conclusions 3D-CRT with LCAHF plus PF project chemotherapy can remarkably promote the 1-2-3-year survival rates of intermediate and advanced esophageal carcinoma patients without increasing regional toxicity and side effects and is was worthy of clinical generalization.


Settlement is the major problem that arises after the construction of a structure on a soil mass. Consolidation characteristics of soil such as coefficient of consolidation cv, compression index cc, recompression index cr, preconsolidation pressure σ′p play a major role in the settlement behavior of fine grained soil mass. cv represents the rate of consolidation of soil mass. cc and cr are essential in calculating settlement of normally and over consolidated clays respectively. σ′p is determined to find whether the clay is under, normally or over consolidated. These consolidation properties are obtained from graphical constructions after conducting several one dimensional consolidation-oedometer tests. Since this is time consuming, many correlations have been derived between consolidation properties and index properties of soil. Different researchers have used various soil parameters such as liquid limit (wL), plastic limit (wp), natural moisture content (wn), initial insitu void ratio (eo), dry unit weight (γd), plasticity index (Ip), void ratio at liquid limit (eL) etc., as correlative parameters for deriving the correlations. Hence, it is desirable to predict the value of cv, cc, cr and σ′p from the known correlations rather than conducting several tests, to ease the procedures.


In this paper, we present a classical molecular dynamics algorithm and its implementation on Cray C90 and Fujitsu VPP700. The characters of this algorithm consist in a grid based on the block division of the atomic system and a neighbor list based on the use of a short range potential. The computer program is used for large scale simulations on a Cray C90 and a 32node VPP700, and measurements of computational performance are reported. Then, we examine the interaction between a crack propagating and a tilt grain boundary under uniaxial tension using this computer program. The Johnson potential for α-Fe is used in these simulations. A structural transition from bcc to hcp induced by hydrostatic stress and brittle crack propagation are observed in a system including a crack whose direction is [010] in the (101) plane. In a system including both the crack and a [110](112) grain boundary which is symmetric and stable, not only the phase transition but also crack propagation is restrained by the grain boundary. In a system including both the crack and a [110](111) grain boundary which is asymmetric and unstable, intergranular crack propagation occurs after the crack tip reaches the grain boundary. keyword: Molecular Dynamics, Brittle Fracture, Crack Propagation, Grain Boundary , α-Fe.


This research work is aimed at determining the most economical means of estimating the quantity of hydrocarbon saturations in a particular reservoir and the evaluation of oil ultimate recovery using the recovery factor (RF) equations that have been developed. In order to achieve this aim, a model called Area-depth concept model was developed using Agbara oil well reservoir in Niger-Delta as a case study. This model is an extension of the existing volumetric model which has been found insufficient in the evaluation of reservoir viability. The method considers a reservoir as an enclosed volume element and to planimeter the isopachous or horizon map drawn from a reservoir cross-section. The integral of the reservoir volume was taken and the values of bulk gas sand volume, Vg, and bulk oil sand volume, VO, were analytically estimated from the cumulative bulk volume plot (CBV plot). Using the collected field data and the necessary related petro-physical parameters, the stock tank oil initially in place (STOIIP) in the reservoir and the recoverable quantity were analytically estimated from the CBV Plot. In this study, an evaluation of actual log readings from NigerDelta were collected and used to calculate the connate water saturations in order to determine the productive oil zones in a reservoir by using Achie's Equations. Equilibrium initialization algorithm was also used to determine pressure gradient in a particular reservoir . The research also covered the basic economic measures that are related to oil production. Considering the related petrophysical parameters involved in the evaluation, the reservoir was found to contain an oil deposit of 295.8 x 106 stock tank barrel (stb). The amount recovered for a case where there is a strong aquifer influx was 153.82 x 106 stb. The amount of recovery for a case where there is no aquifer influx was 136.1 x 106 stb. These results showed that the reservoir investigated was economically viable. It is hoped that this study will be helpful for efficient, quick collection, processing and interpretation of drilling data to analytically give the accurate estimation of recoverable hydrocarbon in a particular reservoir in order to achieve optimum yield.


A long conversation with Stead. He told me some curious things, amongst others that the remarkable report of the Cabinet meeting in the Pall Mall Gazette of . . .1104 upon R. Churchill's resignation was a transcript verbatim from an autograph letter of Salisbury's to him. S. gave him this information with his own hand, but on condition that it should not be known that it had in any way come from him. Stead did not know at first how under such conditions he would make any use of it, but at last it occurred to him that he could publish it as his own report of the Cabinet meeting leaving everyone to guess how far it was true and if so how he had got it. Randolph of course was furious at this publication as it contained Salisbury's version of the quarrel, whilst he, Randolph, was bound not to give his statement till Parliament met. At the same time he did not know how such a report had got into the paper, not knowing of this secret communication. It was a very pretty piece of jockeying.


Stem rot disease is caused by one of Phytophthora pathogenic fungi that attacks several types of cultivated plants. The alternative control against Phytophthora attack can be done with the use of natural fungicides. One of the herbs that can be untilized is the ethanol extract of lakum stem (Cayratia trifolia (L.) Domin). The aim of this research is to know the effect of ethanol extract of lakum stem and its secondary metabolite in inhibiting the growth of isolate Phytophthora sp. Im5. The research was conducted for three months starting from October to December 2017. This research used solid dilution method and completely randomized design (CRD) wth 8 levels of treatments, i.e. positive control, negative control, ethanol extract concentration of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 mg/ml. The test for secondary metabolite compounds was done by phytochemical screening method. The result showed that the concentration of 30 mg/ml has the biggest antifugal activity with the inhibition percentage of 34.98%. The activity of lakum stem ethanol extract against isolate Phytophthora sp. Im5 was included in moderate catagory. The results of phytochemical screening showed that the ethanol extract of lakum stem contained alkaloid, flavonoid and tannin compounds.


Abstract Snowboarding, as an American sport experience based on fun, risk-taking, creativity, and freedom, entered the Winter Olympics as a youth show à l'américaine through freestyle disciplines. The concept of geo-sportivity explains the link between the United States and snowboarding and shows that, despite its Olympic inclusion, snowboarding's ethos has remained fundamentally American in terms of leadership, representation, evolution, and commodification. Inspired by the X Games, the Winter Olympics have provided a new platform for the American sport experience. According to pioneer skateboarder Tony Hawk, snowboarding introduced a youthful energy and a youthful viewership to the Olympics. On the global stage, snowboarding has become a form of American youth culture without borders, which brings about the question of sports as soft power resources. The inclusion of snowboarding as an American-made lifestyle sport, a youth culture, and a performance has had an impact on the Winter Olympics and, ultimately, on the Summer Olympics.


Perforation of the appendix is one of the complications of appendicitis that is associated with increased morbidity and
mortality and regarded as a surgical emergency. The identification of perforated appendix at imaging is not always
straightforward, and atypical imaging appearances can add to the interpretive challenge.The diagnosis of perforated
appendix on the basis of imaging findings can be challenging when those findings do not conform to classic
appearances.This presentation allows readers to become more familiar with the varied spectrum of CT appearances of
perforated appendix.The pearls and pitfalls presented also may help improve diagnostic accuracy and guide clinical
management of atypical cases.


Based on the analysis of UV images (at 365 nm) of Venus cloud top (altitude 67 ± 2 km) collected with Venus Monitoring Camera on board Venus Express (VEX), it is found that the zonal wind speed south of the equator (from 5°S to 15°S) shows a conspicuous variation (from −101 to −83 m/s) with geographic longitude of Venus, correlated with the underlying relief of Aphrodite Terra. We interpret this pattern as the result of stationary gravity waves produced at ground level by the uplift of air when the horizontal wind encounters a mountain slope. These waves can propagate up to the cloud top level, break there, and transfer their momentum to the zonal flow. Such upward propagation of gravity waves and influence on the wind speed vertical profile was shown to play an important role in the middle atmosphere of the Earth by Lindzen (1981) but is not reproduced in the current GCM of Venus atmosphere from LMD. (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique)


The camptothecin-cucurbit(n=7)uril solid inclusion complex was prepared by using co-evaporation method.The spectrum of IR and X-ray powder diffractometry of the inclusion complex was remarkably different from that of CPT,and investigated its inclusion rate,solubility,dissolution rate by UV spectrophotometry.The yield of inclusion and inclusion rate were both more than 80 percent,and the inclusion could greatly improve the drug solubility and dissolution rate.The solubility had increased by nearly 70 times and the drug dissolution could achieved 100% within 10 minutes in the medium pH = 1.00.


Blowpipe dart poison in Borneo is generally produced from the latex of the Antiaris toxicaria tree (Moraceae). This latex contains a variety of toxic chemical compounds. The principal toxic agent is a steroid glycoside known as [beta]-Antiarin. A lethal dose (L50) is only about 0.1 mg. per kg. weight of a warm-blooded animal. To dehydrate the milky latex into a paste, a long, carefully implemented procedure is essential because the steroid glycoside compound is extremely heat-sensitive. Therefore, hunters perform the dehydration of the latex by using a young leaf from the small Licuala spinosa palm. The leaf is folded into a boat-shaped container to hold the latex at a carefully determined distance over a small flame for about one week. This is possible because the young Licuala leaf is astonishingly fireproof and durable. This is the secret of producing the lethal poison. If the latex were heated at too high a temperature, the glycoside compound would crack and its toxicity would be lost.


Talk back is a concept defined by Schon in his now classic study of the design studio. This paper draws upon the concept of talk back to reflectively consider the implications of social media and specifically tag cloud visualizations on design research and practice. Information visualizations were once most commonly associated with researchers with scholarly and/or design expertise. Tag clouds represent a form of visualization that is more publicly accessible for non-experts to produce. In this paper, I explore tag clouds as a new way to support talk back as part of the designer's reflective practice. I also consider how the boundary between designers and end-users may blur within the social media context.


Abstract The radiation-induced polymerization of styrene was conducted under emulsion conditions in the presence of polybutadiene latex in an attempt to induce grafting and the results were compared with the corresponding chemically initiated system. The propagation rate constants, kp, for styrene estimated on the assumption of the Smith-Ewart theory and the activation energies derived from the temperature dependence were found to be in good agreement with the values reported in the literature. The grafting efficiency was also measured and the results are discussed in association with the molecular weight of the polystyrene chains on the basis of a simple model. This is presented to explain some aspects of the experimental results and to give clearer ideas of the reactions involved.


Objective: The present study investigates protective effect of hesperidin on streptozotocin and high fat diet induced diabetic nephropathy in experimental type 2 diabetic rats.
Methods: Sprague Dawley rats were fed with high fat emulsion and high fat diet for 2 weeks to induce glucose intolerance and then injected with streptozotocin (35 mg/kg, i.p.). Following 48 h of streptozotocin injection blood glucose level was estimated to confirm hyperglycemia. After 4 weeks of diabetes induction diabetic rats were orally treated with hesperidin (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg body weight) for 4 weeks. At the end of the treatment kidney functions, oxidative stress indices, biochemical estimations and histopathological examination were carried out to assess the efficacy of the treatment.
Results: Diabetic rats exhibited significant rise in blood glucose level, altered kidney functions, oxidative stress and histological abnormalities compared to control rats. Hesperidin treatment significantly reduced the elevated levels of blood glucose, creatinine, urea nitrogen, total cholesterol and triglyceride when compared with diabetic control rats. Significant rise in renal hypertrophy, hyperfiltration, microalbuminuria as well as oxidative stress in the diabetic rats were effectively attenuated with hesperidin treatment, dose dependently. Moreover, basement membrane thickening and mesangial expansion observed in the kidney of diabetic rats restored near to normal structure.
Conclusion: Results of the present study suggest that hesperidin ameliorate early diabetic nephropathy.


Changes in electronic structure that occur during the stepwise transition from gas phase monomers to large clusters which resemble the condensed phase were studied. This basic information on weakly bound clusters is critical to the understanding of such phenomena as nucleation, aerosol formation, catalysis, and gas-to-particle conversion, yet there exist almost no experimental data on neutral particle energy levels or binding energies as a function of cluster size. (GHT)


RECENTLY, AS PART OF A COURSE, A COMPANY HAD TO provide a relevant in‐company project for their training officer. After making a number of conventional and rather feeble suggestions it was eventually agreed that he would investigate the problem of low earners (these are operatives who fail to earn the minimum bonus and whose wage therefore has to be made up by the company). There were a significant number of these each week.


Prophesy is just for fun. The more useful purpose of the exercise is to identify important issues and to stimulate thought about where they stand and how they might be resolved. The subject areas that are fair game include all of particle physics and cosmology.


The purpose of this diploma thesis is the design of the ring current transformer dimensions and its assembly into HV switchgear, including the design of the newly designed ring current transformer. The theoretical part describes the introduction to plastics theory, plastics processing technology, HV switchgear and instrument transformers. The practical part is focused on the design of the specific dimensions of the ring current transformer, which is used in the HV switchgear, the processing of complete assembly materials including parts lists and the design of the mold for vacuum casting of epoxy resin, including complete technical documentation. The practical part will include the flow of the production process in real operation. The aim of the diploma thesis is to design the ideal dimensions of the ring current transformer for HV switchgear, their assembly and forms. The achieved results will be evaluated economically.


In 1983 the world-renowned filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni suffered a physically debilitating stroke that left him severely aphasic. While mentally alert, he had, but for roughly a dozen words in Italian, lost the ability to speak and to write. He was able to draw -- but only with his left hand. None of this, however, could extinguish his creative drive and he was determined to continue working. Eventually he managed to convince financiers that he was still capable of making a film as long as there was another director on the set to interpret his drawings and nods of the head. Thus in the spring of 1994, with the internationally acclaimed German filmmaker Wim Wenders signed on as co-director to calm concerned insurers, he began filming Beyond the Clouds. My Time with Antonioni is Wenders's diary of filming with "the maestro". With insight and respect, he recounts the experiences -- both good and bad -- of striving to bring to fruition Antonioni's cinematic vision.


The PID controller design and parameter choosing problem are analyzed in detail. Especially, seven good conclusions are proposed for the choosing of coefficient of PID controller design for a first order system. Also single P control and PD control effect and the reason of steady state error are studied and calculation of steady state error is proposed. Introduction PID control is the most widely used control law at present[1-4]. It is loved by the majority of engineers because it has a good universality, and also the demand for the precise knowledge of the model is not high. But it is worth mentioning the fact that the PID control is applied for a hundred years, but only few people tried to prove its stability[5-8]. Because of the difficulty of theoretical analysis, the research of the theory is less, so the parameters of the test is basically rely on the experience of the engineer, or rely on multiple simulation to select the optimal performance. Based on the above reasons, this paper is one of the few to try. In this paper, the stability analysis of P control, PD control and PID control, as well as the ability to resist the disturbance is analyzed. Finally, the appropriate interval of parameter selection is obtained. Model Description To make the below research easy to read, a kind of first order system is chosen as a research object as following: ( ) x f x bu F = + +  (1) Where the control object is to design a PID controller such that the control law can make the system state x track the desired value d x under the existence of constant disturbance and analyze the system performance with PID control and disturbance. Analysis Of Steady State Error Of P Control Caused by Constant Disturbance First, we discuss the linear system situation, then ax x f = ) ( . And define error variable as d x x e − = and design the PID control law as p i d u k e k edt k e = + + ∫  (2) And substitute it the system model then it holds ( ) d p i d e f x bk e bk edt bk e F x = + + + + − ∫    (3) Without loss of generality, assume the desired value as a constant and 1 = b , then it holds ( ) p i d e f x k e k edt k e F = + + + + ∫   (4) Then it can be written as d p i d e ae k e k edt k e F ax = + + + + + ∫   (5) First , the integral item is neglected, then the integral coefficient is set as 0, then it holds: w w e K e F = +  (6) 2nd International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Informatics (AMEII 2016) © 2016. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 1616 where ) ( p w k a K + = , d w ax F F + = . Then the above system is stable if 0 < w K . But there is a steady state error caused which can be calculated as w w ss K F e / − = (7) Then the ratio between steady state error and input signal can be written as a x F x ax F x e d d d d ss − − = + − = (8) Then below three conclusions can be made as following: Conclusion 1: The constant disturbance will not affect the stability of the system but it will increase the steady state error. Conclusion 2: if the input signal is increased, then the steady error will increase. Conclusion 3: if the input signal is increased, then the ration between steady state error and input will decrease. Analysis Of Steady State Error of PD Control Caused By Constant Disturbance Second, we consider the control effect of the differential item, then 0 ≠ d k ,so it holds (1 ) d w w k e K e F − = +  (9) Then the system can be written as (1 ) (1 ) w w w d d K K e e F k k = + − −  (10) So a conclusion can be made as following: Conclusion 4: if the system is stable, then 0 ) 1 ( < − d w k K should be satisfied. Consider the system should be stable under both PD control and P control, then the below condition should be satisfied 0 ) 1 ( > − d k , it also can be written as 1 < d k . So we can also have below conclusion 5 and conclusion 6 for PD controller design for first order linear system. Conclusion 5: The steady state error of system will not change and it can be written as w w ss K F e / − = (11) Conclusion 6: if 1 0 < < d k , then the convergence speed of system will be increased, and if 0 < d k , then the convergence speed will be slower than P control, which is like the situation of systems with more damping ratio. Analysis Of Choosing Interval Of PID Control Parameters Third, we consider the situation that all coefficients are not zero then all items of PID control are effective. Then the system can be written as below second order system as follows: Define a new variable as dt e o ∫ = , and the system can be written as o e =  (12)


Quadracaea mediterranea was collected during our continuing mycological survey of saprobic conidial fungi on decaying leaf litter of Quercus floribunda from the Ramgarh forest, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. Detailed taxonomic information on Q. mediterranea includes
 morphological description, geographical distribution, comments, illustrations, and a comparison with allied taxa. This finding extends the geographic distribution of the species, previously recorded only in China, Italy, and Brazil.


In Sanming state tree farm there still are some questions such as the low quality of forestry resource,the inefficient management,the reasonless distribution and personnel system and heavy burden.To achieve sustained development of the farm,somebody's job should be changed and reformed the personnel and distribution system should be according to the requirement of the modernized enterprise system.


For two polyelectrolytes (chondroitin sulfate and heparin), the influence of added salt concentration (NaCl) on the diffusive modes of the macroion and of its counterion is studied in coupling diffusion experiments by the tracer technique using the open-end capillary set up


This paper systematically analyzed the cause of metal fatigue pitting and spalling of gear surface in close gear_drien,the kind of pitting and spalling,the main factor affecting pitting and spalling.How to improve the ability to resist gear surface fatigue pitting and spealling has been suggested.This paper may give a help to gear design and application.


This study investigates the factors that support or obstruct the use of steel grade S460 in the Dutch building industry. The research was limited to European hot-rolled sections and focused on buildings which have primarily a non-residential function. In order to identify these factors, a qualitative (exploratory) research study has been carried out. On the basis of an extensive literature review a semi-structured interview schedule was constructed to guide the interview process. Data was collected in a focus group interview with stock holders and during fourteen in-depth interviews with structural engineers, steel fabricators, contractors and a steel producer. Interviews were conducted face to face, and then transcribed. The results are invaluable in gaining an in-depth understanding of the perceptions held by stakeholders in the Dutch building industry, and which factors influence these perceptions.


Objective: To evaluate the phytochemical present in various solvent extracts from leaves of Ocimum sanctum (L.), Swertia chirayita (L.), Butea monosperma (Lam.) and Stevia rebaudiana (Bert.) as well as antioxidant and anticholinergic activities employing different in vitro models. Methods: Total phenol content of diethyl ether, chloroform and methanolic extracts obtained from leaves of different medicinal plants was determined by Folin-Ciocalteau's spectrophotometric method. Moreover, antioxidant and anticholinergic studies were conducted by four different in vitro methods which included diphenyl picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging, 2,2-azinobis (3-ethylbezoline-6-sulphonic acid), reducing activity by ferrous reduced antioxidant power and anti-acetylcholinesterase assay, in order to ensure pharmacological potential of the plants. Results: The methanolic leaf extract of Ocimum sanctum showed the highest total phenol content which was (21.13±1.04) GAE/g DW and antioxidant activities compared to other plants with the IC50 value of 40.43 μg/mL in diphenyl picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging assay and 53.5 μg/mL in 2,2-azinobis (3-ethylbezoline-6-sulphonic acid) assay as well as metal ion reduced by (78.22±0.38) TE/g DW in ferrous reduced antioxidant power assay. The inhibition percentage of the anti-acetylcholinesterase assay was (94.22±0.26)%. Conclusions: The results of our current study show that Ocimum sanctum leaf is the most significant source of phytochemicals that possesses antioxidant and anticholinergic properties. However, further investigation on isolation and characterization of active compound which is responsible for the pharmacological potential is needed.


Semiconductor lighting technology on high brightness blue GaN-based LEDs impacts illumination field largely,and it has been focus in the semiconductor research and investment at present.This paper was overviewed the basic properties of GaN-based material,analyzed key technologies in making blue GaN-based LEDs,such as MOVPE,P-doping ohmic contact,etching and chip dicing saw,and introduced recent progresses of technologies at present.At last,pointed out problems that we must prospect,and also discussed the future trend.