Analysis of gaseous criteria pollutants in Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR), 8 Thailand, during 2010 to 2014 reveals that while the hourly concentrations of CO, SO2 and NO2 9 were mostly within the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQs) of Thailand; however, 10 the hourly concentrations of O3 frequently exceeded the standard. The results reveal that the 11 problem of high O3 concentration continuously persisted in this area. The O3 photolytic rate 12 constant (j1) for BMR calculated based on assuming photostationary state (ranged from 0.008 to 13 0.013 s) which is similar to the calculated j1 using the NCAR TUV model (0.021±0.0024 s ). 14 Interconversion between O3, NO and NO2 indicates crossover points between the species occur 15 when the concentration of NOx (= NO + NO2) is ~60 ppb. Under low NOx regime ([NOx] < 60 16 ppb), O3 is the dominant species, while, under high NOx regime ([NOx] > 60 ppb), NO dominates. 17 Linear regression analysis between the concentrations of Ox (= O3 + NO2) and NOx provides the 18 role of local and regional contributions to Ox. During O3 episodes ([O3]hourly > 100 ppb), the values 19 of the local and regional contributions were nearly double of those during non-episodes. Ratio 20 analysis suggests that the major contributors of primary pollutants over BMR are mobile sources. 21 The Air Quality Index (AQI) for BMR was predominantly good to moderate, however, unhealthy 22 O3 categories were observed during episode conditions in the region. 23


Professor Lemley teaches thermo-fluid engineering and works with undergraduates to perform fluid dynamics research mostly focused on small scale flow problems. He currently is an Assistant Dean of Mathematics and Science and a Professor of Engineering and Physics at the University of Central Oklahoma; his home institution for over fifteen years. Previously, Professor Lemley worked as a mechanical engineer in the power industry. His Bachelor's degree is in physics from Hendrix College and his M.S.M.E. and Ph.D. were earned at the University of Arkansas.


The research status on the biotransformation of lard to prepare structured lipids at home and abroad was summarized in the respects of acid hydrolysis of microbial lipase,transesterification,hydrolysis,alcoholysis,and esterification,etc. The development direction of research on the biotransformation of lard was discussed.


Transformer health monitoring is important because transformers are critical components of electrical power systems. Transformers convert electrical energy from one voltage level to another, and they play a vital role in transmitting and distributing electricity. If a transformer fails, it can cause widespread power outages, equipment damage, and other problems. By regularly monitoring the health of transformers, it is possible to identify potential issues before they cause problems, which can help prevent outages and other disruptions. Additionally, regular monitoring can help extend the lifespan of transformers by identifying and addressing issues before they become severe. In this paper, a continuous Health Index (HI) monitoring system using the Internet of Things (IoT) is proposed. The proposed model is capable of being integrated into the Digital Twin (DT) of a transformer as well.


The paper is a review of the state of knowledge regarding the dynamics of the geographic landscapes and aims at making more clear some aspects linked to the relative new part of ecology, namely the science which studies the landscape, named landscape ecology. Landscape ecology is a relatively new science, which developed due to the increment of the environment and territory management problems, scale importance recognition in ecology and biology, of the fact that the technology developed pretty much in the last few years in order to gather and study as many spatial data as possible in order to come to the support of the researchers dealing with these problems. The paper presents the directions of the landscape ecology, various points of view in defining this science of the landscape, its component elements, and causes of the landscape dynamics and metric indicators to characterize all this factors.


During the construction of reinforced earth wall, an amount of accumulative horizontal deformation induced by backfilling compaction action is inevitable. To reduce the horizontal displacement, an isolated-reinforced earth wall method was developed by isolating the facing blocks from the reinforced embankment. Field tests were performed by sequential construction of a 7.2 m high trial embankment in order to verify the effect of the method. Firstly, a reinforced embankment composed of geogrids, geotextiles and backfills was constructed. As a second construction stage, the facing blocks were installed in front of the embankment. During the construction, displacement pins and strain gauges were used to measure the horizontal deformations of the wall and the tensile strains of geogrids, respectively. Based on the field instrumentations of trial embankment, it is found that the reduction in horizontal displacement of facing blocks is significant; the horizontal deflection in the first construction stage was 70 mm and the corresponding value of second construction was approximately 0 (zero). It is also found that the prediction by FEM analysis simulates well the general trend observed from field instrumentation. For the covering abstract see ITRD E125786.


Compared with square-planar PtII drugs, PtIV-based anticancer prodrugs are relatively inert under physiological conditions and can be activated after entering cells. The two axial ligands in PtIV complexes provide an opportunity to further functionalize these prodrugs. In recent years, much effort has been devoted to developing new PtIV-based anticancer prodrugs with higher cytotoxicity but fewer side effects. New synthetic methods, however, are intensely desired for structurally diversified and biologically distinct PtIV complexes. Herein, we utilize N-halosuccinimides as oxidants and carry out the oxidation reaction on PtII drugs including cisplatin, carboplatin, and oxaliplatin to obtain halogenated PtIV complexes. The related mechanism of the reaction of N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) with cisplatin in ethanol is thoroughly investigated. N-chlorosuccinimide is also utilized to obtain the respective dichlorinated PtIV complexes. When N-iodosuccinimide reacts with PtII drugs, new PtIV compounds containing iodide and succinimide ligands in the axial position are formed. Cytotoxicity test shows that some of the complexes are active against cisplatin-resistant human ovarian cancer cells. Our study provides a detailed understanding of the reaction mechanism between NBS and cisplatin and offers a more convenient strategy to obtain dichlorinated and new iodinated PtIV anticancer prodrugs.


This article proposes a novel asynchronous advantage actor‐critic (A3C) learning‐based dynamic event‐triggered mechanism for the decentralized load frequency regulation to alleviate the local‐area communication burden and influence of the load fluctuations. The proposed dynamic event‐triggered mechanism applies the A3C algorithm to optimally adjust the threshold of the event‐triggered function in real time. In the A3C algorithm framework, the long short‐term memory (LSTM) network is used to estimate the policy function and value function. First, for each control area, a novel model of the decentralized load frequency control (LFC) system is established to design the event‐triggered communication mechanism and deal with the communication delay simultaneously. Then, based on the Lyapunov stability theory, the controller gain parameters of the decentralized LFC system and the margins of the even‐triggering thresholds are derived by solving a series of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally, a three‐area and four‐area power systems are used to evaluate the proposed decentralized LFC method. Simulation results show that the proposed method can greatly reduce the data transmission times and preserve a satisfactory system performance.


The magnetic order of the triangular lattice with antiferromagnetic interactions is described by an SO(3) field and allows for the presence of Z2 magnetic vortices as defects. In this work we show how these Z2 vortices can be fitted into a local SU(2) gauge theory. We propose simple Ansatzes for vortex configurations and calculate their energies using well-known results of the Abelian gauge model. We comment on how Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions could be derived from a non-Abelian gauge theory and speculate on their effect on non trivial configurations.


An original combination of acousto-optic modulators and electro-optic cells for stereoscopic laser videoprojection is presented. It is based on the separation by orthogonal polarizations of the two left and right images of a stereoscopic pair. As several video lines are scanned simultaneously, the acousto-optic modulators operate in multifrequency mode. The polarization states are controlled by the electro-optical devices. A practical bifrequency acousto-optic modulator using the slow shear acoustic wave in paratellurite has been designed, and an electrooptic device with four ammonium dihydrogen phosphate crystals has been implemented. Experimental results are reported.


In the development environment of MATLAB,the development ability of MATLAB GUI can be improved greatly if the ActiveX control which is largely applied in other development environment can be implemented in MATLAB.To solve this problem,an effective method to use the Treeview control in MATLAB is promoted in this paper.In some large-scale application,the development of Treeview control is always the key problem of user graphical interfaces.Therefore,the successful implementation of Treeview control in MATLAB is greatly valuable.


Transportation problem has been one of the most important applications of Linear programming. Transportation problems have become vastly applied in industrial organizations with multiple manufacturing units, warehouses and distribution centers. In this stugy, the methods of finding initial basic feasible solution of balanced transportation problem are studied and compared to find among them the best in terms of efficiency. The initial basic feasible solution tableaus of all the methods are constructed using data collected from Katsina State Transport Authority. The costing of the allocated cells associated with the initial basic feasible solutions of the five methods are computed and compared with that of optimal solution which was found to be N 1,098,000:00. It was observed that Vogel's approximation method, Least-Cost method and Column minimum method yielded better starting solutions. The North-West Corner method and Row minimum methods though simple to compute yielded starting solutions far from the optimal solution. In addition, Vogel's approximation method is more difficult and requires more iteration. The best transportation network for Katsina State Transport Authority was obtained. Keywords: Comparison, Transportation algorithms, Initial Basic Feasible Solution, Optimal solution, Linear programming solver


Heat Shock Proteins (Hsps) are a highly conserved group of molecular chaperones, the over-expression of which has been well documented in many cancer types. However, the location of these proteins within the cancer cell appears to be crucial in terms of tumour progression. Intracellular Hsp70 expression in particular appears to confer resistance to apoptosis, while surface Hsp70 expression has been shown to aid immune recognition of the cancer cell by NK cells. High intracellular levels of Hsp90 and Hsp27 also contribute to cell survival, while surface Hsp90 and Hsp27 have been shown to be required for tissue invasion and metastasis. However, the importance of these stress proteins in CLL progression is still poorly understood. Using flow cytotmetry, we show that CLL patients express significantly higher levels of iHsp90 in lymphocytes (mean MFI CLL = 2463, Control = 748) and significantly higher levels of iHsp27 in lymphocytes (mean MFI CLL = 2138, Control = 760) than that expressed by age-matched control patients. The expression of iHsp90, but not Hsp27, in these patients was shown to be related to the stage of disease, and patients in Binet stage A appear to have a significantly higher expression than those in Binet stage C (p Hsp70 expression in CD5+/CD19+ cells, both intracellular and extracellular, showed either a very high level or a very low level of Hsp70 (see figure below). The high expressing groups were found also to be significantly different (p Hsp expression was shown not to be associated with the apoptotic condition of the cell as analysis of active caspase-3 in CLL patients proved that the majority of the leukocytes were not apoptotic. Furthermore, the mean of fluorescence was significantly less in lymphocytes from CLL patients (mean MFI = 139) than those from control patients (mean MFI = 278). Taken together these results show that Hsp expression changes with the natural progression of the disease and therefore manipulation of Hsps may be beneficial in the treatment of CLL.


The invention relates to an agricultural machine for picking up and processing crop material, in particular mobile forage harvester provided with a measuring device of the crop material flow through the machine. The flow measuring device comprises a member (10) into a signal value of the vertical movement of at least one roller (7) precompression caused by the crop material admitted and a second element (13) which measures flow rate of product flow through the machine and converts the measurement value into a signal value. The two signal values are continuously transmitted to a microprocessor (12) which converts them into an absolute flow rate value. The invention allows in particular to accurately determine the yield fraction of land.


Background: Choanal atresia is developmental failure of nasal cavity to communicate with nasopharynx causing complete obstruction of the nasal cavity. Objective: This study was aimed to review the trans-nasal endoscopic approach systematically as a minimally invasive surgery to treat unilateral or bilateral choanal atresia, to analyze the complications of this procedure and how to avoid it. Patients and Methods: This retrospective study included twenty-five patients, with congenital choanal Atresia (CCA) who underwent primary transnasal endoscopic repair. The data was collected from patients records at Zagazig University Hospital. Results : The common complication in the study was restenosis, bilateral choanal atresia (BCA) cases were operated at an early age had high rate of recurrence while unilateral choanal atresia (UCA) case has a lower recurrence rate. The current study showed statistically significant relation between restenosis post endoscopy surgery of CCA and age at time of operation, site of atresia, except cases operated using surgical technique iii that started with vomer resection and technique vii with preservation of mucosa using fibrin glue. It noticeable that restenosis commonly occurred among young age exposed to endoscopic surgery and who had bilateral stenosis. Surgical bony resection is usually limited in cases of BCA because both pterygoid processes are medialized and the obtained choana is therefore narrower, whereas, by definition, one pterygoid processes is in normal position in UCA and is covered by a perfect mucosa lining. It could be concluded that the endoscopic transnasal approach is an effective, safe and minimal invasive surgery to treat unilateral or bilateral CCA. Starting with vomer resection give good result regarding patency of neochoana with low complications rate compared with other endoscopic techniques.


In this paper, a series-capacitor-based interleaving buck power factor correction (PFC) converter is proposed, the intermediate energy storage capacitance of which is operated at discontinuous capacitor voltage mode (DCVM), and automatic power factor (PF) correction for this converter is obtained. Moreover, the voltage across the series capacitor of the proposed PFC converter is clamped at the input voltage, and thus peak voltage stress existed in the traditional DCVM buck PFC could be relieved. By effectively regulating the charge/discharge time for the series capacitor, ultrahigh step-down conversion ratio of the proposed converter is achieved, the conversion ratio of which is independent of the duty cycle and only related to the switching frequency and circuit parameters. Therefore, high PF can be obtained due to very narrow deadtime of the input current. Meanwhile, the proposed PFC converter can realize the soft turn-on of part power switch and soft turn-off of part power diodes. In addition, comparing with the traditional discontinuous inductor current mode PFC, the input current of the proposed PFC converter is continuous so that the peak value and root-mean-square value of input current can be reduced. The operational principle, performance analysis, and parameter design principle are given in this paper. The analysis results show that the PF and total harmonic distortion are also independent of the duty cycle. Finally, a 220-Vac input, 60 W/15 V output experimental prototype is built to verify the validity of the theoretical analysis.


We present a simple formulation and proof of the Morse index theorem for two endmanifolds in the degenerate case, that is, when each submanifold lies at a focal point of the other. Introduction Let M be a Riemannian manifold with submanifolds P and Q. The energy function E is defined on the space £l(M; P, Q) of continuous piecewise C°° paths joining P and Q. A path y e Cl(M; P, Q), y: [0, T] —> M, is a critical point for E when y is a geodesic intersecting P and Q orthogonally at y(0) and y(T). Let H be the linear space of continuous, piecewise C°° vector fields along and orthogonal to y whose initial and final vectors are in Py^) and Qy(T) • The Morse index form is a symmetric bilinear map /: H x H -> R. In [4] the index of / at a critical point y was described, provided the endpoint y(T) was not a P-focal point. The index was computed using P-focal points and a calculation at y(T) involving the second fundamental form of Q. This paper extends the proof to include the case when y(T) is a P-focal point. To accomplish this, we add a third term in the index calculation, which we call the (2-multiplicity of the P-focal point y(T). Definitions. Many of the basic definitions can be found in [4]. Let M, P, Q,y, and H he as in the introduction. The Morse index form / is given by I(X, Y)= fT(RX(t)-X"(t), Y(t))dt + Y,{X'(t-)-X'(tt), Y(ti)) Jo + (X'(t)-StX(t),Y(t))\l, where the tj are the points of discontinuity of X' in (0, T); So is the second fundamental form of P at y(0) with respect to y'(0), and Sr is the second fundamental form of Q at y(T) with respect to y'(T). A P-Jacobi field is a Jacobi field J that is orthogonal to y with J(0) e PY(0) and with J'(0) -SoJ(0) ± Py(0); thus J corresponds to a variation by geodesies Received by the editors October 11, 1991. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 58E05. The second author's research was partially supported by the School of Science and Mathematics of William Paterson College under the Governor's Challenge Grant. ©1993 American Mathematical Society 0002-9939/93 $1.00+ $.25 per page


Kalopona is a small genus with five species distributed in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Two new Brazilian species of Kalopona Freytag, 2015 are described and illustrated: K. insigna sp. nov., from Amazonas and K. sagytta sp. nov., from Mato Grosso. A key to the seven known species of Kalopona is presented.


This paper offers a brief review of the present use of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in concrete studies, from the perspective of how research in materials science is translated into applications in construction engineering. It describes the scope of present use of the method, and attempts a prospective for the near future in areas where more work could make productive use of the technology. Selected case studies have also been discussed. The electron microscope has been used as a research tool in understanding the root cause of the differing performance of various types of concrete under various conditions, a development tool in making better concrete, and a diagnosis tool on problems like cracking of concrete. The paper also explains how sample preparation affects the type and quality of information which the SEM can produce.


This article discusses several engines used for game development. Developers use game engines as a tool to manage complex aspects of the gameplay. The article describes several engines: Unity, Unreal Engine and Cry Engine to choose the best one for the initial stages of development. Research has shown that Unity is a suitable engine for small development teams, Unreal Engine is designed to develop high-quality games with intense graphics, while the feature of Cry Engine is to create realistic natural environments.


With the rapid development of stereo image applications, there is an increasing demand to develop a versatile tool to evaluate the perceived quality of stereo images. Therefore, in this study, a blind stereo image quality evaluation (SIQE) algorithm based on convolutional network and saliency weighting is proposed. The main network framework used by the algorithm is the quality map generation network, which is used to train the distortion image dataset and quality map label to obtain an optimal network framework. Finally, the left view, right view, and cyclopean view of the stereo image are used as inputs to the network frame, respectively, and then weighted fusion for the final stereo image quality score. The experimental results reveal that the proposed SIQE algorithm can improve the accuracy of the image quality prediction and prediction score to a certain extent and has good generalization ability.


To enhance our understanding of collusion in procurement settings, this paper quantitatively evaluates how the buyer's choice of a reserve price influences the sustainability of two previously devised collusive schemes. If the buyer does not select its reserve price strategically, then collusion may be sustainable for a wide range of plausible discount factors. However, even mildly sophisticated reserve price selection can dramatically shrink the set of discount factors for which collusion is sustainable. These findings support existing arguments that buyers are vulnerable to collusion, but they also suggest that buyers possess tools that may profitably induce sellers to act competitively.


The development of a technique is reported for the manufacture of thick unsaturated polyester matrix resin composites using pre-catalyzed glass fabric. Composites over 2 cm thick using glass fabric that was pre-catalyzed (sized) with benzoyl peroxide were compared to composites made using conventional premixed catalyst and resin compounds. The pre-catalyzed fabric is shown to result in reduced internal temperatures during curing. This allows for the construction of thick fiber reinforced composite materials that do not suffer thermal degradation during the curing process. Mechanical testing of prepared thick composites demonstrated that the pre-catalyzed glass fabric composites were significantly stronger than conventionally prepared composites. The center regions of pre-catalyzed composites were about 80% stronger under tension, 25% stronger in compression and 35% stronger under shear than those of conventionally prepared composites of the same thickness. The pre-catalyzed composites were also more uniformly consolidated. Previous work aimed at the manufacture of thick composites has utilized controlled curing by use of expert systems, local resistance heating within the composite or the addition of chemical inhibitors. A method for staged curing has also shown considerable promise. None of these methods, however, has enabled high volume production of high quality thick composites. This paper presents the results of a new method for manufacture of thick composites based on a pre-catalyzed fabric technique.


The picture of sixteenthand seventeenth-century political theory painted by these four books contains more than a touch of irony. On the one hand the scholarship is excellent in places, new and important approaches are employed, and they yield new findings and a deeper understanding of the period. Yet, on the other hand there are serious differences in interpretations and in judgements of significance. The best way to illustrate this is to begin the review with a remarkable first book by a young Cambridge political philosopher and historian, Richard Tuck. Tuck's Natural rights theories is an outstanding study of natural rights that should become a classic in both political philosophy and the history of political theory. There is no book in the field comparable in terms of breadth of material covered and level of scholarship achieved throughout. Tuck revises many of our assumptions about the nature and history of rights and enormously deepens our understanding of their place in western political theory. Since the theme is intertwined with individualism, liberalism, absolutism and property, and since Tuck employs his wealth of knowledge and analytical skill to illuminate the major (and many minor) political theories from the Digest to the Two treatises, what he has to say is of decisive importance for everyone working in, or studying the history of political theory and political philosophy. The book is an exercise in both political philosophy and the history of political theory. His meta-argument is that there is a way of doing the history of political theory, exemplified in the book, that is a contribution to contemporary political philosophy; not indirectly, in the way of background information, but directly, by dissolving contemporary philosophical problems. Thus, an aspect of one of the central preoccupations of twentieth-century philosophy from Heidegger to Rorty, the relation of philosophy to its history, is here taken up in an original and challenging way.


A single chip analog transmitter (TX-chip) for a V29-V32 9600 bit/sec modem has been implemented in a 3¿ CMOS process. A high level of integration permits a low cost, high performance modem to be built. The TX-chip is composed of as well analog, SC, and digital circuits. The important functions realised are the phasepoint generator, the cosine roll off lowpass filters, the modulator and the programmable equalization filters. The chip occupies 29 mm2 and dissipates 300 mW.


Disputes, conflicts, and land issues never seem to recede, and tend to increase in intensity and diversity, as it becomes increasingly difficult to access land and increase the bargaining position between the three development actors - government, the private sector, and community to acquire land. The type of research is normative research that is analytical descriptive. The data collection technique used is literature study. Legal materials used include (1) the 1945 Constitution, Law No. 5 of 1960, Law No. 40 of 1996, Government Regulation No. 24 of 1997 and; (2) Secondary law materials: Scientific books; Documents; Reports and materials from the internet. Due to the various obstacles experienced by the justice seekers in court in court, it is time to take a relatively simple alternative (non-litigation) dispute resolution, shorter time and lower cost. This model is called Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The familiar forms of ADR in Indonesia include mediation, arbitration, conciliation, and negotiation. Of the various types of ADR, which is more suitable to be applied in the field of land is mediation. This choice is based on consideration because the structure and mechanism are simpler. Besides, for the Indonesian people who uphold the principle of discussion to reach consensus, this institution feels familiar. And lately, the means used by Komnas HAM in resolving various disputes also utilize the principles of mediation


Fascism is totalitarian because it subjugates all areas of life, both public and private, through the use of terror. The realms of culture and art are no exceptions. Murder and torture in concentration camps, the exiling of more than a thousand German writers, professional proscription, regulation of artists' and publishers' organizations, book burning these are merely the most conspicuous examples of fascist controls. In Brecht's words, after 1933 "anything which wants to be considered 'literature' can only be printed outside Germany, and, almost without exception, can only be read outside Germany." 1 Extreme opposition to art is, however, merely the practical result of the Third Reich's politics of repression. On the one hand, we find the destruction and outlawing of communist, socialist, democratic, liberal, "Jewish," "decadent" culture; on the other, the generalized demand for "national socialist," "aryan," "Germanic," "heroic" art. The external pomp to which Hitler could point when presenting himself and the Third Reich as the most generous patrons of art in history was nevertheless unable to compensate for the glaring weaknesses in the quality of "national socialist" art and culture. A world-view (Weltanschauung) which was only "an eclectic synthesis of all reactionary tendencies" 2 and a mass movement which ultimately led to the stabilizing of the capitalist social structure and to the elimination of all opposition could not engender new, "revolutionary" art and literature. In their speeches fascist leaders had to conceal the failure of their literary and artistic politics and their own disappointment at that failure. Academic publications of the Third Reich feature for the most part stereotyped endings which praise the "young troops" but must look (in vain) to the future for a true "poet of the Party." It becomes increasingly obvious


This study aims to determine the best response for growth and yield of 3 variants of indigenous katokkon chili to seedpriming treatment using snail extract, and to determine the best concentration of golden snail extract in katokkon chili seed immersion treatment. This research was conducted in Tallangsura Village, at an altitude 900 m asl, Regency of Tana Toraja of South Sulawesi Province. The research was arranged in a Split Plot Design experiment which consisted of 2 factors, the first factor as the main factor was the katokkon seed variant (g) which consisted of: Limbong Sampolo landrace, Leatung 1 landrace, Leatung 2 landrace. While the second factor as subplots, namely the concentration of the snail extract solution for seed priming (p) which consists of three levels, namely: control (without snail extract solution, 5 ml.L−1 and 15 ml.L−1. The results showed that the interaction between the treatment of chili varieties and the concentration of immersion did not affect the growth and yield of Katokkon chili plants. The use of the Leatung 2 Katokkon chili landrace gave the best effect on the parameters of plant height (24.62 cm), productive branches (5.53 branches), number of fruit (3.72 fruit), fruit weight harvested (8.05), and fruit length (20.22 mm). Treatment of snail extract immersion concentration of 15 ml.L−1 gave the best effect on fruit diameter parameters (17.8 mm). On the germination parameters, the concentration of 20 ml.L−1 showed the best percentage of germination, namely 67%.


Profound thymic atrophy, inversely coupled to lymph node and spleen enlargement, is confirmed as the central feature of acute allogeneic disease in mice. In this reinvestigation, newborn (A/J ♂ X C57BL/6 ♀) F1 hybrid rather than newborn A/J recipients of adult C57BL/6 spleen cells were employed to preclude host-versus-graft reactivity. The influence of sex and sex-associated antigens was controlled by comparing littermate male and female recipients of male spleen cells separately. Moreover, control F1 neonates inoculated with either adult, isogenic spleen cells or Hanks' solution were both compared with experimental mice to control nonspecific stimulation of lymphoid tissues. Significant sex-associated differences were discerned. F1 males were clearly more vulnerable to early death from transplantation disease. Comparison of female and male F1 littermate controls inoculated with F1 male spleen cells revealed consistent lymph node hypertrophy after 8 days as a consequence of X-linked histoincompatibility. Otherwise, this H-X disparity did not reveal acute effects. Substantial lymph node enlargement was characteristic of F1 neonates of both sexes at 24–48 hr after injection of adult C57BL/6 male spleen cells. However, significant splenic enlargement or thymic weight loss was found only after 4 days in response to H-2 plus non-H-2 incompatibilities. Early, but unsustained splenic enlargement and unexplained undulations in thymus, spleen, and node sizes in the previous study may now be attributed to inadequate control of sex-associated factors and/or nonspecific stimulation. In the present study, thymic atrophy is still attributable mostly to thymocyte depletion in attempted homeostatic restitution of rapid immunologic damage to peripheral lymphoid centers. A direct immunologic attack on the neonatal host thymus may also be involved. With the progressive disappearance of lymphoid cells from the thymus and peripheral tissues, both the immunologic and trophodynamic mechanisms of the host deterioriate.


This paper introduces the principle of flow derived from HEC-2 model water surface curve, step of as well as application of. This calculation is reasonability and practicability by way of comparing with the discharge derived from real curve of water level and discharge, and demonstrating the result with the frequency calculation of the data of palaeo-cataclysm.


The last two words of the title for this essay are taken from a paper by R. S. Lillie,' and the first phrase is also taken by implication from the same source. The study of chemical phenomena in life has progressed far enough so that underlying chemical causes, involved in Professor Lillie's picture of Biological Causation, may in part be discussed in general terms, and apart from the mass of detail known about the agents and processes involved. Moreover, this mass of detail is now great enough so that even though we are far from having a complete or even a comprehensive picture of these causes at least some of the fundamental principles involved in the chemical aspects of biological causation are clearly revealed. Every chemist and physicist would agree that the Universe as we know it is constituted of matter, in various states of organization, determined by the energy field in which it lies at the moment, but also by the previous history of the matter in question. Whether matter and energy are eventually reducible to the same entities makes no difference because, at the moment of observation, they are different, as shown by their strikingly different properties. Thus no evidence for the existence of energy can be obtained without using matter in some way to reveal its presence or existence. Likewise the existence of matter can be revealed only by some energy manifestation. Neither can have existence for our senses apart from the other. Matter we think of as being "lumpy" usually, while energy is "liquid" or even "volatile", and often or perhaps always constitutes the medium or field in which matter exists. Within our own experience we may see energy leave or enter matter any time we wish, but to see matter converted completely into energy lies outside our experience, if indeed it occurs anywhere in the universe. When we come to look at living organisms, given the kind of an energy-field in which we live, the chemist would enumerate at least three aspects of the matter, of which these living systems are composed, as fortuitous circumstances, having the general quality of causes, and which are discoverable in the matter of which they are composed: (1) The infinite variety of carbon compounds provided by the relatively unlimited capacity of carbon atoms to unite directly with each other, with nitrogen and oxygen atoms interspersed here and there in the built-up systems derived from the chains and rings, so formed; (2) The strange and intricate physical and chemical properties manifested by the simple and complex systems of colloids, which these compounds give rise to in the organism, i.e. under the conditions existing on the earth's crust; (3) The multiplicity of catalytic effects by which the delicate systems of (1) and 2) are enabled to bring about certain reactions, such as combustion and syntheses, in energy-fields of low intensity, that the chemist can obtain only in energy-fields of higher intensity,


Oil painting as Chinese Art developed rapidly in China in the 1920s and 30s. Theestablishment of new art educational system impelled the institutionalization of oil painting. A group of Chinese artists, who had studied the Western art in Japan, Europe and the United States, returned China and brought oil painting into Chinese art educational system. They introduced European teaching models to Chinese art students, oil painting became a required part of China's art education curriculum. Chinese art was influenced by the full range of modernist trends of oil painting in Europe during the 1920s and 30s. Meanwhile, Chinese oil painters made every endeavor to reconcile East and West so as to nationalize Chinese oil painting. In the process of Chinese modernization, art exhibitions, galleries, and art journals, which didn't exist before, flourished in modern metropolises, such as Shanghai. These public venues and artistic activities enriched styles of Chinese oil painting and promoted its development. The institutionalization of oil painting promoted the modernization of Chinese art education and the development of Chinese oil painting. The changes of Chinese oil painting and its educational system mirrored the progress of Chinese society, that is to say, from tradition to modernization.


.................................................................................................................................... xiii Chapter 1: Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 1 The evolution of the research question to an engaged stance .......................................................... 2 Reasoning for the title 'Education through mobilisation' ................................................................... 5 The citizen researcher ......................................................................................................................... 7 Precedents of engaged research....................................................................................................... 10 Structure of the thesis....................................................................................................................... 13 Chapter 2: A synopsis of climate change consequences: The risks we face ...................................... 15 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Effects of greenhouse gases.............................................................................................................. 17 The carbon cycle ............................................................................................................................... 19 Slow carbon cycle.......................................................................................................................... 19 Fast carbon cycle ........................................................................................................................... 20 Human changes to the carbon balance ............................................................................................ 21 Current trajectory ......................................................................................................................... 25 Effects of human changes to the carbon balance ............................................................................. 27 Land ice and sea level ................................................................................................................... 31 Security issues ............................................................................................................................... 33 Possibility of non-linear 'runaway' climate change ...................................................................... 34 Economic effects ........................................................................................................................... 35 Human response ............................................................................................................................... 36 Costs of action and inaction .......................................................................................................... 37 International action ...................................................................................................................... 39 Ethics and global commons .......................................................................................................... 41


The Wiener polarity index WP (G) of a graph G =( V, E) is the number of unordered pairs of vertices {u, v} of G such that the distance dG(u, v) between u and v is 3. In this paper, the extremal Wiener polarity indices of all chemical trees on n vertices are given.


In this study, a semi-active damper with OEM technical standard featuring MR fluid was fabricated to assess its use as potential reinforcement in enhancing c-class vehicle ride comfort. The finite element modelling was employed to investigate the capability of the MR semi-active damper prototype design in altered the damping utilizing unique rheological properties of MR fluid. The quarter car test rig completes with DYTRAN accelerometer and LMS Scadas mobile was operated to measure the RMS sprung mass acceleration of the MR semi-active damper prototype caused by a 5cm sinusoidal bump at speed of 10km/h. The finite element modelling gave the best representation of the ability of the design to manifest the shear stress development of MR fluid used. Indeed, the MR semi-active damper model prototype was able to enhance ride comfort by decreasing the acceleration of sprung mass compare to OEM passive damper. It was found that the applied current had the greatest influence on RMS sprung mass acceleration when measured over a range of frequency.


A program of professional education designed to teach craft skills will make extensme use of the kinds of cases mcluded in the casebook.&dquo; With the first point I am in total agreement. Lynn distinguishes between &dquo;analysis as craft activity&dquo; and &dquo;analysis as applied science.&dquo; The difference, he says, is that the craft approach is oriented unmanly (his emphasis) to coming up with prescriptions for action, whereas the other approach is oriented pnmanly to achieving


The adsorption of hydroxyl on Pt(111) single crystal electrodes from aqueous acidic solutions is carefully reinvestigated. The effect of small additions (10 to 10 M) of chloride and bisulphate anions on the OH adsorption region in perchloric acid solution has been studied. Two regions can be differentiated in the voltammetric profile that behave differently after the addition of the foreign anion. The initial broad adsorption process is unaffected until the highest concentration is attained. However, the sharper peak at higher potentials is affected even at the lower anion concentration. Since mass transport limitations allows to discard the anion adsorption as the main process giving this peak, we propose that the two processes are due to the dissociative adsorption of two different kinds of water, that are affected by the anion in a different way. From this idea, a new model, based on the Frumkin adsorption isotherm, is proposed, which gives an excellent fit of the experimental results.


The first Brazilian high speed integrated 100G-DPQPSK transmitter on a 4 × 3 mm silicon photonic chip is presented. The novel photonic component allows optical signal generation of advanced modulation formats in 25GHz bandwidth. Furthermore, in this paper we also present our vision on required integrated photonics targeting 400G optical transmission systems.


This study aims to examine the effect of Smart Parenting on the Formation of Children's Character. Parents can use technology and modern approaches to educate children. however, there needs to be more supervision of child caregivers, which affect the child's development. This study used a quantitative method by conducting a regression test. Data is collected through the distribution of questionnaires. The results of the study show that Smart Parenting has a positive influence on the formation of children's character. This is because Smart Parenting provides opportunities for children to participate in decision-making, respect children's opinions and feelings, provide support and guidance according to children's needs and interests, and use technology wisely and responsibly. The conclusion of this study is that Smart Parenting is an effective and relevant parenting style with the times to shape better children's character.


This paper given brief tour on the different control techniques for the quadcopter that can improve the flight control stability and trajectory tracking of a quadcopter. Four main control techniques have been studied: Linear, Nonlinear, Intelligent control and Hybrid control technique. Each has its point of strength and weakness


An adaptive hybrid mesh generation method is described to automatically provide spatial discretizations suitable for computational fluid dynamics or other 2D solver applications. This method employs a hierarchical grid generation technique to create a background mesh, an extrusion-type method for inserting boundary layers, and an unstructured triangulation to stitch between the boundary layers and background mesh. This method provides appropriate mesh resolution based on geometry segments from a file, and has the capability of adapting the background mesh based on a spacing field generated from solution data or some other arbitrary source. By combining multiple approaches to the grid generation process, this method seeks to benefit from the strengths of each, while avoiding the weaknesses of each. Possible future work to increase the robustness of the method is also discussed.


Objective: To probe into PBL,which is one of the important teaching methods in experimental teaching of pathology.Method: 120 college students in Qiqihar Medical College were divided into two groups: PBL applied group and traditional teaching method applied group,60 students for each group.Both the two groups were given exam and evaluated in their teaching effect.The evaluation included students' preview before class,classroom atmosphere,communication with teachers and knowledge extension.Then data analysis was made using statistical software SPSS13.0.Conclusion: The PBL group's score is obviously higher than the traditional teaching group.The teaching effect is satisfactory and feasible.


Objective: Antipsychotic therapy is the main therapy in psychotic disorders. Antipsychotics use often causes various side effects, such as the orthostatic hypotension, weight gain, and waist circumference. The study objective is to prove these side effects on combination therapy of atypical-atypical and typical-atypical antipsychotics on the psychotic disorders in patients.
Methods: This study method is a prospective cohort applied to psychotic disorders inpatients. This study is composed of 2 different groups(n=16). Data analysis using Risk Relative Ratio for orthostatic hypotension study variables and statistical difference test with 95% confidence level for study variables of weight gain and waist circumference.
Results: The p value showed that there was no significant side effects of orthostatic hypotension (p>0.05). Relative Risk Ratio (RR) value explained that the atypical-atypical antipsychotic combination group had opportunity to cause orthostatic hypotension side effects by 2,000 times greater than the typical-atypical antipsychotic combination group at 0th week observation and 1,667 times greater than the typical-atypical antipsychotic combination group at 1st and 2nd week observations. Atypical-atypical antipsychotic combinations use and typical-atypical antipsychotic combinations use cause insignificant weight gain (p>0.05). Typical-atypical antipsychotic combination use in the 2nd week increases waist circumference greater than atypical-atypical antipsychotic combination use in the 2nd week (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Typical-atypical antipsychotic combinations use and atypical-atypical antipsychotic combination use did not cause significant on orthostatic hypotension and weight gain. Significant test results appear on the waist circumference increasing in the second week of typical-atypical antipsychotic combinations use when compared to atypical-atypical antipsychotic combinations use.


The concentration, distribution profile and possible sources of n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the soil of oil sand deposits in Ondo Southwest Nigeria were investigated to determine the present level of contamination prior to exploitation of the oil sand deposits. Surface soil samples (015 cm) were collected from Ilubinrin, Agbabu and Oloda communities. The level and distribution of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and n-alkanes in the soil samples were analyzed using gas chromatography coupled with a flame ionization detector. The mean concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the soil of Agbabu, Ilubinrin, and Oloda were 36.07±1.61, 16.09±0.76 and 10.04±0.55 ìg/kg and the mean concentrations of identified, resolved n-alkanes were 14.03±0.55, 22.38±0.99 and 30.37±1.20 mg/kg, respectively. The odd-numbered alkanes were dominant in Agbabu and Ilubinrin, while the even numbered alkanes are dominant in Oloda. The distribution of total combustion specific PAHs was higher in most of the area than the non-combustion specific PAHs and the highest percentage of total carcinogenic PAHs was 28, 33 and 45% in Oloda, Ilubinrin, and Agbabu, respectively. The studied area was not polluted with PAHs, but there was evidence of PAH's accumulation in the soil. Various n-alkanes and PAHs ratios were obtained to identify the possible sources of PAHs and n-alkanes. Mixed sources of pyrogenic and petrogenic PAHs were discovered with predominant pyrolytic sources due to combustion of wood, biomass, and bitumen seepage.


cise, as plays or games, in connection with your regular gymnasium work?" Yes. The indoor practice of games and plays of the Grammar Grades during October included a number of running and tag games, as "peel-away," and ball games, as "roll-ball," and "pass-ball." The outdoor practice consisted of football games. In November "dodge-ball" was played; the game of "basket-ball" was suggested. Outdoor practice of football teams closed with a contest between an upper grade team and a team from the University school.


Automation in the laboratory is becoming increasingly common as the scale and complexity of instrumentation and experimentation increase. Computers and electronic logic can provide data manipulation and control to match most laboratory situations, but few potential users appreciate the scope and limitations of the techniques available. A perspective is given of the range of applications of digital techniques in laboratory automation and instrumentation and some indication of current trends and the impact of recent developments in electronics.


Down syndrome (DS) is one of the most common genetic, congenital causes of learning or memory deficits.[1] DS is a genetic perturbation of considerable complexity due to trisomy of the long (q) arm of human chromosome 21 (Hsa21) and the consequently increased level of expression of some subset of the genes it encodes.[2] There are hardly any pharmacotherapies available for learning deficits in DS. A considerably high interest in identifying pharmacotherapies for DS is because of its high incidences (1 in 1000 live births worldwide).[1] Hsa21 encodes more than 500 genes. Functional information of less than half of Hsa21 genes is available which is scanty. It is clear, however, that Hsa21 genes include protein modifiers such as kinases, phosphatases, methylases and several involved in ubiquitination and sumoylation, transcription factors, RNA splicing factors/modifiers, cell surface receptors and adhesion molecules, and components of many metabolic pathways. Abnormal expression of these genes occurs in DS and results in disturbed biological processes and pathways, of which many affecting brain development and function.[3] Investigation of a pathway gives an advantage to the detailed understanding of the functions of individual Hsa21 genes, when and where each is abnormally expressed. Memantine is currently in use for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease[4] and has been proposed for the treatment of learning deficits in DS.[5,6] Memantine modulates excitatory neurotransmission through the antagonizing activity of N-methyl-Daspartate receptors.[7] There are a few reports about its effects on protein expression, either alone or in learning paradigms. Higuera et al. examined the effects of memantine on protein expression, with and without learning in context fear conditioning (CFC) in mice and further demonstrated an application of self-organizing maps clusters in identifying common critical protein responses, which in turn may aid in identifying potentially superior drug targets.[8] At present, protein expression modeling is also turning ABSTRACT


This paper describes a series of interactive 3D range setting components, each designed for application in shared multi-user 3D environments. The nature of multi-user environments creates the necessity for interactive 3D interface components to be able to function when viewed from a range of different perspectives at the same point in time. The three described components were designed with this requirement in mind. The first component, a 3DBubble based system, utilizes a simple sphere that expands and contracts on an axis device to represent changing range values. The second component uses a cone shaped spring device, the 3DSpiral, with a sliding ball that moves along the spring to enable interaction, range viewing and value setting. The final device is a simple cylinder, the 3DCylinder, with a ring that moves along its shape to set changes in range value. An experimental trial of 78 participants was carried out and involved each participant using the three 3D components, with an additional control group for comparison (using a 2D slider), to set range values. Results from the trial showed that the 3DBubble and 3DSpiral achieved outcomes that matched the control (2DSlider) in terms of accuracy of result and time taken to complete task. The advantage of the 3DBubble and the 3DSpiral was that they performed consistently from multiple points of view and that this was significantly better than both the control and the 3DSlider, both of which performed poorly when viewed from anything other than a front, square on angle. These results indicate that the 3DBubble and 3DSpiral offer potential for use in setting range values in multi-user 3D environments.


... thanks are due to the Australia and New Zealand School of Government for the grant that funded the research, and to the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of Tasmania for its support. Some initial research assistance was provided by Thomas Butler. Heather Lovell would also like to thank the Australian Research Council, which part funded the Victorian Smart Meter case under its Future Fellowships program—Project ID FT140100646.


The relationship between the energy effi ciency, energy density and complexity level of the system is here addressed from both thermodynamic and evolutionary perspectives. A case study from economic systems is presented to show that, contrary to widespread opinion, energy effi ciency is responsible for energy growth and the complexity leap. This article further examines to what extent complexity, on a historical time scale, may evolve to counterbalance conservative effects brought about by energy effi ciency. We analyze structural complexity growth by four different paradigms. An evolutionary pattern is then proposed that may encompass the broad dynamics underlying complexity growth. This evolutionary pattern rests on the hypothesis that thermodynamic evolutionary systems are featured from an ever growing infl ux of energy driven into the system by self-catalytic processes, which must fi nd its way through the constrains of the system. The system initially disposes of the energy by expanding, in extent and in number of components, up to saturation due to inner or outer constraints. The two counteractive forces, constraints and growing energy fl ux, expose the systems to new gradients. Every new gradient upon the system represents a symmetry rupture in components' space. By exploring a new gradient, the system imposes further restrictions on its components and increases its overall degree of freedom.


The separation, identification and estimation of steroids by gas chromatographic methods rests upon the use of thin-film column packings prepared from highly thermostable liquid phases and inactivated supports ; microgram or sub-microgram samples are used with highly sensitive ionization detection devices. Separations are usually achieved by using the appropriate liquid phase, and derivatives may be prepared to aid in the qualitative or quantitative aspects of the separation. Non-selective liquid phases in current use include SE-30, F-60 and JXR ; these are all siloxane polymers. Selective phases in current use include the siloxane polymers QF-1, CNSi and PhSi, and the polyesters NGS, EGSS-Z, and CHDMS. Many types of useful derivatives are known. The indentification and estimation of steroid hormones in materials of biological origin requires the development of an isolation procedure for a steroid fraction as well as a suitable gas chromatographic method. The best way to compare isolation methods is by gas chromatographic techniques. The separation and estimation of urinary 17-ketosteroids may be carried out through use of trimethylsilyl ethers as derivatives. Pregnanediol may be estimated in the same way. Testosterone in urine may be determined either as the free steroid or as the propionyl derivative. DHIA in serum may be determined through use of an ion-exchange column procedure and a gas chromatographic measurement. Methods for the determination of THE and THF have been published, but these are not entirely satisfactory. Estrogens may be determined as the trimethylsilyl ethers or as acetyl derivatives. These methods may be used to study steroid metabolic pathways, responses to adrenal stimulation and alterations in steroid patterns produced by drugs. Other types of hormones may also be studied by gas chromatographic techniques. For example, the catecholamines may be separated as acetyl derivatives with a JXRCHDMS column. Examples of separations of steroids will be presented.


The growing scale of development assistance programs of China and India has attracted increased global attention. Research on their aid to the Pacific Island Countries, however, is largely missing. Whether their aid programs in the Pacific region are similar or significantly different—in terms of aim and scope—deserves investigation. Also, current literature on Chinese and Indian trilateral cooperation—a relatively new aid modality—is almost non-existent. Based on archival analysis and the authors' interviews in China, India and across the region over 2014–2016, this article provides a comparative analysis of Chinese and Indian aid to the Pacific island countries. It argues that Chinese and Indian aid in the Pacific are heterogeneous in a number of ways. In addition, China has been actively piloting trilateral cooperation in the Pacific, while no such projects have taken place from India who has only begun looking more closely at the region.


PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF TABLETS COMPRESSION MULTIPLE comprising: a) a discrete zone made from a formulation CONTAINING A BASE MATERIAL AS A COMBINED VEHICLE WITH A NUMBER OF DECONGESTANT therapeutically effective amount of a sympathomimetic, OR pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with the VEHICLE A MIXTURE OF ONE OR MORE cellulose ethers in quantity between 18 and 50% by weight relative to formulation A, 2 to 20% of one or more anionic pharmaceutically acceptable one or more carriers, YB) A ZONE DISCRETE A formulation B CARRYING A SECOND COMBINED vEHICLE WITH A ANTIBITAMINICO A piperidino - alkanol or a salt thereof, the second vEHICLE A MIXTURE OF 0.5 TO 25% BY WEIGHT OF CALCIUM CARBONATE WITH RESPECT TO THE fORMULATION B, 1 to 10% by weight of one or more nonionic surfactants and one or more other excipients, provided that compressed PLEASE CORE FORMULATION AY in the outer area FO RMULACION B.


This paper analyzed the university physics experiment teaching system framework and teaching practice methods and instructional strategies,which is intended to provide reference for the university physics experiment teaching reforming and innovation.


Acknowledgements Preface Chronology Chapter 1: Christians and the Restoration of the Jewish People Chapter 2 The Development of the Doctrine of Jewish Restoration Chapter 3: Jews and Christians in the Holy Land Chapter 4: Christian Zionists and Jewish Secular Zionism Chapter 5: Protestants, Travellers and SettlersChapter 6: Steps toward Jewish Statehood Chapter 7: Jewish Zionism and Anti-Zionism Chapter 8: Christian Missionaries and Jewish Settlers Chapter 9: The Balfour Declaration and American Christian Zionism Chapter 10: Political Agitation and the Jewish HomelandChapter 11: Palestine in the Post-Balfour Era Chapter 12: Christian and Jewish Support for a Jewish State Chapter 13: Arabs, Jews and Christian Zionists Chapter 14: American Premillenial Dispensationalism Chapter 15: Christian Zionists and the Middle East Chapter 16: Christian Zionism and the Holy LandConclusion Personalities Organizations


In this study we provide insight into how CEOs aggregate information from different sources to accurately forecast earnings by examining the relation between CEO networks and management forecast accuracy. We find that larger CEO networks improve the accuracy of firm's earnings forecasts. Our results are robust to controlling for CEO ability and using CEO fixed effects. We also find that the relation between CEO network size and forecast accuracy is strongest for connections with insiders and individuals from the same industry and when the firm's earnings have a relatively high correlation with the industry and macro economy, when there is a greater degree of underlying uncertainty, and industry competition is high. These results suggest that CEOs are able to use their contacts to better identify industry and economy-wide trends. Overall, our study contributes to the literature by providing evidence regarding how CEOs obtain information from external sources to improve their forecast accuracy. JEL classification: G170; M12; M50


The article develops the theory of a wave-like colonization of the Russian North. As a starting point for the development and decline of the Russian North culture, the author suggests to use the processes of ethnic and cultural convergence and divergence.


Nitrogen losses from nine nitrogen fertilizers, applied to four different topsoil samples, were compared in the laboratory. Total N losses were determined 28 days after application, as a difference between the extractable soil nitrogen initially and after 28 days. The ammonia volatilized during this period was determined. By subtracting this ammonia nitrogen loss from the total nitrogen loss, the 'denitrification' loss was estimated. Ammonia volatilization was important from aqua ammonia, urea or UAN for two soil samples with a clay content of 9,5% and 32,3%, and if the soil pH (H2O) increased above 7,0 as a result of fertilizer application.


We explore the equilibrium points, local and global dynamics, rate of convergence, instability and boundedness of positive solution of some rational systems of difference equations. As an application of difference equations in mathematical biology, we also explore the local dynamics about equilibrium points of the discrete‐time Levin's model. Finally, obtained results are verified numerically.


A new two-dimensional cobalt based phthalocyanine covalent organic framework (CoPc-BPDA COF) has been synthesized under solvothermal conditions. CoPc-BPDA COF exhibits a high surface area (SBET = 1087 m2 g−1), and it can store up to 1.2 wt% of hydrogen at 77 K and 1 bar.


This paper examines John Locke's political theory in order to see if it can offer any important insights into how to deal with international terrorism. The paper begins by outlining the central aspects of Locke's social contract theory and the way that Locke thinks that it is mirrored in international relations. A general definition of 'state of nature' and 'legitimate common authority' is offered that is then applied to both civil conflict and international terrorism. The situation that nation-states find themselves in with respect to international terrorist organisations is then analysed in terms of these concepts. The United Nations and the European Union are then examined in order to see if they fulfil the criteria of legitimate common authority necessary to deal with international terrorism in a just and unbiased manner.


This study aims to determine and analyze the influence of motivation and competence on employee performance at the Social Service Office of South Sulawesi Province. This research was carried out using a quantitative descriptive approach to obtain a complete picture of the variables studied. This type of research is a survey, namely analyzing the data needed to support the research discussion in solving and answering the problems that have been formulated. Multiple linear regression is the analysis of the data used in this study. Based on the results of the analysis of this study, it proves that motivation has a positive and insignificant effect on employee performance as evidenced by the significance (probability) = 0.985, which shows above from probability (sig) = 0.000 < = 0.05 and the contribution value of B1 = 0.001 or 0, 01%, while the effect of competence on employee performance in the Social Service of South Sulawesi Province shows a positive and significant effect on employee performance as evidenced by the significance (probability) = 0.000 below = 0.05. The competency variable (X2) has the two independent variables' most significant and dominant coefficient.


The rapid increase in performance of mass-market commodity microprocessors and significant disparity in pricing between PCs and scientific workstations, has provided an opportunity for substantial gains in performance to cost by harnessing PC technology in parallel ensembles to provide high-end capability for scientific and engineering applications. AHPCG is an Ateneo de Manila University initiative that aims to explore and develop a Beowulf-class Supercomputing Cluster. The project aims to build a 8-node cluster that will serve as a starting point for further research in the field of parallel computing. The cluster aims to pinpoint and remedy hardware, software and support related weaknesses found in many previous cluster designs and implementations, while building on their strengths. This gives us the ability to attain supercomputing power with off-the-shelf hardware and free software. It also eliminates the need for acquiring expensive supercomputers and at the same time addresses the question-"What do we do with our unwanted hardware?" This affordable, buildable and maintainable computing capability will be a boon to Philippine scientific, research and educational efforts. 1. Problem Statement In the Philippines today, there is a dearth of high-performance computer systems (HPCS) available to researchers. Although workstations have become quite common, computing power in the gigaflops or even tens of gigaflops level is not generally available for use in research and development. Consequently, there are research and development activities that cannot be done in this country because there are not enough gigaflops to make them practicable.


The problem of interpersonal comparisons of utility is discussed, and a new distinction between hypothetical and operational interpersonal comparisons is introduced. A theory of preference aggregation is then developed that sheds light on the question of how much relative weight should be given to the interests of the various parties affected by a group decision. The results of this theory are related to the NASH-HARSANYI theory of bargaining.


This paper discusses the distribution and functions of Trinidad Creole (TC) set-marking tag an ting in a series of medical counselling sessions in Trinidad. It is the first examination of a discourse feature within Caribbean sociolinguistic complexes, where there has previously been an emphasis on the study of phonological and morphosyntactic variation. In an ting's double representation of solidarity, first as a Creole marker and second as a discourse feature entailing implicit shared knowledge, it is selected above more precise semantic labels generally in contexts where patient or counsellor is attempting to break down the power differential conferred by their professional situation, or, in particular instances, to avoid embarrassment or admission of ignorance. Contexts where the power differential is breached are further defined by conversational modes which fall outside those most expected of these counselling interactions.


Two young Swedish sisters aged 23 & 24 years while holidaying in Goa, were the victims of dacoity and gang rape. Both the victims were sent for medical examination within 24 hours. The accused nine in number were arrested after few days and were also sent for medical examination. They were booked U/S 395 & 376 IPC respectively.


In the past few years the focus in this area has been changing from the processing of biomass to such issues as downstream processing, product recovery, and integrated process development. It is more and more obvious that commercialization of the various processes for converting biomass to fuels and chemicals will require an integrated approach since each part of the process can profoundly affect all other parts. Although economical production of fuel ethanol remains the major objective in biomass conversion, other large-volume oxychemicals also have great commercial potential. Lactic acid and succinic acid are two such oxychemicals. Separation of these organic acids from the aqueous phase is a particular challenge that is addressed by using membrane and absorption methods.


Cold storage can be challenging and expensive for the transportation and storage of biologics. We are developing a new processing technique, light-assisted drying (LAD), to prepare biologics for anhydrous storage in a trehalose amorphous solid matrix. Nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) are an example of new biological products that require refrigeration. DNA and RNA have emerged as building blocks for versatile biological drugs, called therapeutic nucleic acids (TNAs). NANPs have been developed to simultaneously deliver multiple TNAs and to conditionally activate TNAs and control their immunorecognition. The structural and chemical instability of NANPs over long-term storage at ambient temperatures is a challenge that may hamper broad use of this promising technology. In this work we apply the LAD technique to NANPs. NANPs suspended in a droplet of trehalose solution are irradiated with a near-IR laser to accelerate drying. As water is removed, the trehalose forms a protective matrix. The laser allows for careful control of sample temperature during processing. This is important as NANPs are thermally sensitive. In this study, RNA cubes (a type of NANP) were LAD processed and then stored for 1 month. Damage to LAD-processed NANPs was assessed after storage using gel electrophoresis and compared to unprocessed controls stored at 4°C. The thermal histories of samples were monitored during processing to determine the importance of temperature excursions on NANP viability after processing. The trehalose matrix was characterized using polarized light imaging to determine if crystallization occurred during storage, damaging embedded NANPs. These preliminary studies indicate that LAD processing can stabilize NANPs for dry-state storage at room temperatures.


The basic properties of RSA cryptosystems and some classical attacks on them are described. Derived from geometric properties of the Euler functions, the Eul r function rays, a new ansatz to attack RSA cryptosystems is presented. A resulting, albeit inefficient, algorithm is given. It essentially consists of a loop with starting value determined by the Euler function ray and with step width given by a function ωe(n) being a multiple of the order ordn(e), wheree denotes the public key exponent andthe RSA modulus. For n = pq and an estimate r < √ pq for the smaller prime factor p, the running time is given by T(e,n, r) = O((r− p) lnelnnln r).


The primary cultural tensions that we explore in this chapter are disciplinary and social. We focus on "Engineering Culture" and attempt to critique the practice of engineering service-learning as a very specifi c activity of the Global North, embedded with a priori social and cultural presumptions that map a pro development, charity-based perspective onto the Global South. We fi rst locate engineering in its Northern context and develop a critique of the "common sense" ways of thinking that have emerged, and which infl uence students and teachers alike. We make the point that service-learning based in this paradigm can be at best a charitable aid and at worst destructive to the "receiving" communities. We will use the case of the not-for-profi t organisation Waste for Life, which we founded in 2007, to explore and present some emerging ideas for an alternative approach to the
preparation and consideration of student involvement in community based engineering projects, which might to a certain degree mitigate potential cultural tensions.


BACKGROUND/AIMS
There is a general belief that gastroesophageal reflux attacks appear more frequently after quick meal, which is without powerful scientific basis, and the general advise to patients is to eat slowly. We aimed to determine whether the speed of eating has an impact on reflux attacks and symptoms in gastroesophageal reflux disease patients.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
24-h intraesophageal pH monitoring was performed to 60 patients with frequent gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms (39 women) in a tertiary referral center. One hour after placing the pH probe, the patients were asked to have the same meal (744 kcal: 37,6% of carbohydrate, 21,2% of protein, and 41,2% of fat) within 5 or 30 minutes in random order for two consecutive days without extubating. The number of reflux episodes, acid exposure time, and the symptoms of 3-h postprandial period were analyzed.

RESULTS
Thirty-eight patients had normal and 22 patients had pathologic pH monitoring for a total of 28 hours of measurement period. The number of reflux episodes increased in the 2 nd hour. The fast eating group had less reflux attacks and lower total reflux time in the 1 st hour and an insignificant increase in the 2 nd and 3 rd hours. The number of symptoms was higher following slow eating (113 vs. 100) without reaching significance.

CONCLUSION
Speed of food intake has no significant impact on acidic reflux attacks in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. The classical advice "eat slowly" may not have any scientific basis. However, a similar study on patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease should be performed by combined multichannel intraluminal impedance and pH to evaluate the place of nonacid or weak acid reflux.


The prevalence of the caries is high in the preschool children. The research in the risk factors can make the risk assessment of this kind of caries, and even decrease the prevalence of the caries in the children with high caries risk. This review will summarize the risk factors in the preschool childhood caries.


 Abstract-Non-wood plants were increasingly utilized for the pulp and paper production especially in countries witnessing decreased wood supply for such industry. Since they are somewhat different from pulp wood, they need special attention dealing with them as raw materials for pulping. Some of the common pretreatment efforts were reviewed.


20/11/2008 12:41:16 Cornish Studies, 16.indd 1 In 2002 the publication of Mark Stoyle's West Britons was hailed as an exemplar of the 'new Cornish historiography'. West Britons collected together a series of articles previously published in various academic journals and added a couple of new essays. As a result Stoyle's important work became more accessible to a wider public. It also adroitly staked a claim for the Cornish experience of the early modern period, between 1485 and the eighteenth century, to be taken seriously as a fit component of the 'New British History'.


Associative learning techniques have been used successfully to teach word pair lists to subjects with brain damage. However, these techniques have not been used systematically to improve naming of complex visual stimuli such as might be found in aphasia therapy. This study examined the effect of an associative learning procedure, personalized cueing, on long-term naming of 40 realistic stimuli by 10 subjects with aphasia and 10 subjects without brain damage. The results showed that subjects without brain damage had significantly higher levels of naming accuracy than subjects with aphasia; however, subjects with aphasia were able to recall approximately 50% of the trained stimuli on both the 1-week and 30-day post-training probes. These results show that subjects with aphasia are able to use personalized cueing to learn effectively the names of items pictured in realistic visual stimuli and that the effects of training can be durable over time.


In this article, we propose a new paradigm of Federated Learning (FL) for Internet of Things (IoT) devices called Coalitional Federated Learning. The proposed paradigm aims to address the challenges of (1) non-independent and identically distributed (non-IID) data across clients; (2) communication overhead due to the large number of messages exchanged between the server and clients; and (3) selfish clients that seek to obtain the latest global models without efficiently contributing to the training of the FL model. Our novel paradigm consists of three main components, i.e., (1) client-to-client trust establishment mechanism that relies on subjective and objective sources to enable clients to establish credible trust relationships toward one another; (2) trust-enabled coalitional game to enable clients to autonomously form harmonious coalitions of FL trainers; and (3) coalitional federated learning in which multiple local aggregations take place at the level of each coalition to mitigate the problems of non-IID data and communication bottleneck. Extensive experiments suggest that our solution outperforms both the standard vanilla FL approach and one state-of-the-art trust-based FL approach in terms of increasing the accuracy of the global FL model and decreasing the presence of selfish devices participating in the training.


In the production of high pure MoS2,a large number of heavy metal ions(Mo,As,Cu,Cd,et al)wastewater may be produced,it will pllute the invironment seriously if do not to be treated.Taking a molybdenum disulphide project as example,this paper puts forwads a scheme for the wastewater treatment and Mo recovery.After implementation of the project,the zero discharge of heavy metal ions wastewater has been realized,and 0.92 t/a molybdenum can be recovered.


Researchers and public health officials posit that vaccine equity holds the key to ending the pandemic. Yet, most prior work on vaccine equity focuses on vaccine hesitancy and seldom compares the vaccine trajectories of neighborhoods with varying COVID-19 levels. Notably scarce are also studies that examine the extent to which vaccination helps reduce inequalities in the prevalence of COVID-19. Using administrative data from the City of Toronto, we compare the vaccine trajectories of neighborhoods with low, moderate, and high COVID-19 rates. We also examine whether disparities in COVID-19 rates by a neighborhood's COVID-19 rates as vaccinations have increased. By mid-June 2021, differences in vaccination rates by the neighborhoods' COVID-19 levels are small. The vaccination rollout has only had a small impact on disparities in COVID-19 rates across neighborhoods. Equality in vaccination rates is by no means a silver bullet to reduce inequalities in COVID-19 infections across neighborhoods with varying socio-demographic characteristics.


Network supported cooperative learning is a learning process supported by network technology, which enhances learners' interaction by the sharing and the distribution of knowledge and expertise among community members. Hence, in network supported cooperative learning environments, an aggregation mechanism is necessary for that each student can look for an appropriate learning team or community to accomplish a common goal and discuss for identical themes by cooperation with each other. Hence, this paper proposes an aggregation mechanism based on genetic algorithm (GA) to facilitate students to find appropriate learning communities in network supported cooperative learning environments.


A striking property of modern western laws is the watch laid on "procedural justice" or "formal justice". Although the reform of civil trial methods in China , as a key in the civil lawsuit procedure, i.e. ,"finding authenticity ", was put on agenda in the late 1980's , it is difficult to realize a satisfactory argument , no matter in theoretical research or in judicial affairs. In this paper , the author discusses the connotation of legal authenticity and the theory of "formal reasonability " advanced by Weber , a distinguished jurist , from the starting point of "fact" in civil lawsuit ,and examines the reform of civil trial methods in China , from the perspective of legal sociology , and on the basis of investigating the present practical legal operation.


The Polish municipalities are obliged to act directly in the housing market by satisfying the housing needs of people who cannot do it themselves due to their financial or personal situation. Social flats are used for this purpose. In 2009, cities such as Wroclaw, Lodz and Cracow had the share of social housing in the municipal stock at a very low level (Lodz and Wroclaw below 3%, Cracow approx. 4%). In 2016, the situation changed – some cities significantly increased their share of the social housing stock, while in others the share remained at a low level. Cracow currently has approx. 20% of the social housing stock in its municipal housing stock, but Wroclaw and Lodz have the share of social housing stock at the level of 4%. The authors have decided to examine whether the observed trends have led to the convergence of social housing stock among voivodship capital cities and what was the role of socio‑economic factors in the investigated process. Research methods in the form of critical analysis of literature, review of documents and panel data econometrics were used.


Objective:To evaluate CT findings and the diagnostic value of traumatic lacunar infarction.Methods:Axial CT scanning was performed in 15 cases of brain injuny wiht clinical manifestation of different degrees of hemiplegia. Results :The cerebral infarctions appeared as small lacunar focuses,and were located mainly in the regions of lenticular nucleus,caudate nucleus and internal capsula.Conclusion:CT has definite value in accurate demonstration of the site,extent and size of the lesion,and assessment of the prognosis.


The diversion tunnel of a hydropower station has unfavourable geological tunnel sections, and many collapses occurred during the excavation construction. It was put into operation after treatment with reinforced concrete lining. However, the operating conditions are quite different from the design conditions: the tunnel is in a low water-level operation or emptying state for a long time. Therefore, a safety analysis of the tunnel section is required. In this paper, a 3-dimensional finite element model is established by reasonable geological parameters for numerical simulation. The simulation results show that the support lining scheme during construction can temporarily guarantee the stability of the surrounding rock and the safety of the lining structure. However, the reducing strength security reserve coefficient of the surrounding rock is relatively low. It is recommended to strengthen monitoring and regularly inspecting of tunnel emptying?


This paper reports a novel humidity-responsive self-healing material based on zwitterionic polyurethanes. The material was synthesized from N,N-bis(2-hydroxylethyl) isonicotinamide (BINA), hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and 1,3-propanesultone (PS). The self-healing of its structure, its mechanical properties and shape memory properties were carefully investigated. Results demonstrate that self-healing zwitterionic polyurethanes contain pyridine type sulfobetaines and that strong electrostatic interactions are formed between zwitterions acting as physical crosslinkers. The aggregation of zwitterions strongly influences the phase transition behavior of polyurethane. Bulk polyurethane shows a phase-separated structure with an amorphous soft phase. The damaged zwitterionic polyurethane structure can self-heal several times in the presence of moisture without any additive or external energy. As the proportion of zwitterions increases, the self-healing efficiency increases. The self-healing efficiency results are higher when the relative humidity is increased. The self-healing mechanism is ascribed to the improved ionic mobility upon hydration and to electrostatic forces which occur during drying. Furthermore, pyridine based zwitterionic polyurethanes also show good self-healing of their shape memory properties. Self-healed polyurethanes show both a good shape fixity and recovery. This work paves the way to develop stimulus-responsive self-healing materials for renewable shape memory applications.


This paper presents the study of a novel alloptical method for processing optical CDMA signals towards improving suppression of multi access interference. The main focus is on incoherent OCDMA systems using multiwavelength 2D-WH/TS codes generated using FBG based encoders and decoders. The MAI suppression capabilities based on its ability to eliminate selective wavelength pulse processing have been shown. A novel transmitter architecture that achieves up to 3dB power saving was also presented. As a result of hardware savings, processing cost will be significantly reduced and power budget improvement resulted in improved performance.


The invention provides a pin type PCB (Printed Circuit Board) safe production process with a safety lock, which comprises the steps of purchasing materials or providing materials by a customer; inspecting the materials; transporting the inspected materials to a warehouse; performing pre-molding, that is, fabricating a PCB according to a design drawing; carrying out component plugging, secondary inspection, wave soldering, manual repair welding, cleaning and the third time of inspection; performing machine set testing, that is, appearance inspection, size measurement, weldability detection, chemical performance detection, electrical performance detection, ion cleanliness testing , thermal performance testing, environment adaptability detection, and mechanical and physical performance detection are performed on the PCB; and performing complete appliance assembling and complete appliance inspection, packaging, putting the machines into the warehouse and setting a safety lock. The pin type PCB safety production process with the safety lock has the beneficial effects that the PCB is fabricated by adopting a special pre-molding process, the cost is low, the pollution is low, safety lock setting is adopted, and protection for the PCB is enhanced.


Supporting end-to-end QoS of media streaming applications over wireless Internet has received tremendous interest recently. In this paper we propose a new architecture for transmitting real-time multimedia streams over Bluetooth wireless Internet integrated with Differentiated Services (DiffServ) mechanism. IP support over Bluetooth is discussed in details to take advantage of the DiffServ framework. In our proposed architecture, the Bluetooth wireless users are connected to the Bluetooth LAN Access Point to acquire the capability of Internet access. Different media streams are classified at edge routers of the DiffServ core network, mapped to different priorities and delivered according to the dynamically negotiated Service Level Agreement (SLA). QoS monitoring agents deployed in network nodes and endsystems can monitor network QoS conditions and provide reports to the concerned nodes. Implementation details of the prototype of the proposed architecture are given in this paper. Specially, the Bluetooth communication is implemented as a virtual network card that supports IP protocol in order to provide consistent access to the DiffServ Internet. Experimental results show that enhanced end-to-end QoS can be achieved based on our architecture.


Agroforestry offers various tangible and non-tangible benefits including livelihood benefits to farmers in terms of higher crop yields and income, greater food security and better resilience to climate change, etc. The purpose and role of agroforestry practices are better explained by the farmers who adopt agroforestry as an appropriate land management option. In order to determine the socioeconomic and livelihood analysis of tribals in the Angara Block of district Ranchi in Jharkhand, the present study was undertaken. The study was conducted using standardised questionnaire methods for collecting information on different aspects of agroforestry interventions in general and lac based agroforestry in particular. The results revealed that major share of the tribal block is from agriculture, especially agroforestry and integrated farming systems. However, it was observed that the farm income can be increased if interventions like training on modern scientific cultivation of crops as well as lac, mass scale introduction of Semialata, a busy host, post-harvest management and value addition of crops and lac, and participatory approaches for improvement of agroforestry practices are done in the area, to double the income of the stakeholders. The findings also helped in identifying prevailing agroforestry systems with potential for wider adoption and also in designing wide adoptable and useful agroforestry practices in the region.


Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are a smart construction material that can recover its original shape when heated after deformation (beyond its elastic limit) and recover from large deformations, triggered by unusually large strains. SMAs can limit damage sustained by structures from natural hazards (such as earthquakes and hurricanes) by limiting/controlling the deformation and crack growth of the structure. The most widespread SMA for such applications is the nickel-titanium (NiTi) SMA, which is cost-prohibitive for largescale implementations. This study explores a lowcost and easily processed iron-based (Fe) SMA, which is capable of providing suitable mechanical properties for a structure, while demonstrating magnetic sensing capabilities. This latter property can be harnessed to create a method to monitor the stresses and strains on the structural system remotely and in a non-destructive manner. Through a series of demonstrations and laboratory tests, this effort designs, fabricates, and characterizes multi-functional high strength and selfsensing, braided cable structures using ironbased SMAs.


Now a day's Women are interested to start their own business, because of changed position of the techno- logical innovation and modernization of world andthey are successfully reaching their achievements. Due to this success factor every human being tends to upgrade their knowledge as well as their personality. And when coming to personality everyone wants to look more beautiful better than others. Beauty has been given high priority by all the modern men & women. The beauty care business is one of the growing businesses in India and it has to go a long journey to attain the success. Women managed to survive and achieve success with their hard work, attentiveness and persever- ance.This present study is a small step to study about the technological development in beauty care business as well as to know about women entrepreneurship in Salem District.It is an effort to present some of the developments of beauty care technologies and entrepreneurship taken by women entrepreneurs. The paper alsosuggests various problems and future prospects of women entrepreneurs in beauty care business. At the same time it expresses the economic developments of women entrepreneurs in Salem district.


According to the design requirements for control system of the 3 -DOF glue -robot, high reliable, high efficient control system is designed with TMS320F2812 as the core processor. The system software is developed using mixed programming of language C and assembly language. Parallel processing technology of resources time-sharing is adopted to realize the parallel process of multitask in order to improve utilization ratio of the system resources. Practices show that this control system can meet the requirements of actual production.


Objective: To determine whether higher fish intake is associated with a reduced risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) and, if so, whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in fatty acid biosynthesis genes are also associated with MS risk. Background: Marine diet is the best source of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). High fish intake has been associated with a lower risk of MS but whether this is due to PUFAs or other nutrients is unclear. SNPs in the fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene cluster that modulate fatty acid levels have been associated with cognition, cardiovascular disease and inflammation. Whether they are associated with MS is unknown. Design/Methods: We examined the association of fish consumption, 13 tag SNPs in FADS1, FADS2 and ELOV2 with risk of MS in 1153 individuals from the MS Sunshine Study, a multi-ethnic matched case-control study of incident MS or its precursor, clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), recruited from Kaiser Permanente Southern California. High fish intake was defined as consuming fish ≥1/week or 1–3 servings/month + fish oil supplements. Logistic regression models were utilized and adjusted for age, sex, smoking, genetic ancestry and HLADRB1*15:01 . Results: High fish intake was associated with a 45% reduced risk of MS/CIS (adjusted OR=0.55; 95%CI 0.40–0.75; p=0.0002) compared with consuming fish Conclusions: These analyses support a protective role of fish consumption and PUFA biosynthesis on MS risk. These findings suggest that omega-3 fatty acids may play an important role in reducing MS risk. Future studies to replicate our findings and determine whether this is mediated by the anti-inflammatory, metabolic and/or neurological functions of PUFAs are needed. Study Supported by: The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS, 1R01NS075308 PI: Langer-Gould) Disclosure: Dr. Langer-Gould has nothing to disclose. Dr. Black has nothing to disclose. Dr. Wu has nothing to disclose. Dr. Smith has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gonzales has nothing to disclose. Dr. Barcellos has nothing to disclose. Dr. Xiang has nothing to disclose. Dr. Lucas has nothing to disclose.


With the strong influence of popular culture, elite art is facing serious crises for existence. Popular culture occupies the art space of public lives with its scientific advantages. Elite art goes farther and farther away from the public . Arts have to adjust to the markets actively, give up the main current position and elite consciousness and satisfy the public s appreciation of beauty. Only by doing so can art get out of the present dilemma.


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Abstract Power transformer is one of the most vital equipment in an electrical system and its failure results in huge economic losses. Amongst the various data driven techniques available in literature for diagnosing faults in a power transformer, Support Vector Machine (SVM) is one of the most promising. In this context, SVMs have typically been implemented using all the gaseous species available from dissolved gas analysis (DGA). In this work, we propose to enhance the diagnostic performance of SVMs by using them with an optimally identified subset of gaseous species available from DGA. We propose to use mutual information to identify these optimal species (features). The approach is applied on industrial datasets corresponding to various commonly encountered faults in power transformers. The results show that better diagnostic performance is obtained when CO 2 concentration measurement is not used.