Recently, hierarchical text classification has become an active research topic. The essential idea is that the descendant classes can share the information of the ancestor classes in a predefined taxonomy. In this paper, we claim that each class has several latent concepts and its subclasses share information with these different concepts respectively. Then, we propose a variant Passive-Aggressive (PA) algorithm for hierarchical text classification with latent concepts. Experimental results show that the performance of our algorithm is competitive with the recently proposed hierarchical classification algorithms.


The aim of this study was to evaluate the bioactivity of watery and alcholic extracts from Myrtus commanis L., Paeganum harmala L .and Rhus coriaria in some species of enterobacteracea ( E.coli,Klebsiella pneumoniae , Salmonella typhi ,Proteus mirabilis ) and Pseudomonas aruginosa .The results revealed that all extracts of plants in this study have inhibition on test bacteria except watery extract of Peganum harmala which didn't reveal inhibition effect on the growth of Salmonella typhi. The effects of extracts varied in its effect on test bacteria.Watery and alcoholic extract of Rhus coriaria was most effect than other plants extract which produce inhibition zone with diametre 25ml ,35ml of waterty and alcholic extracts of Klebsiella pneumoniae as well as it had inhibition of all test bacteria .Also the alcohlic extract of Myrtus conmunis L.Which made inhibition zone with diameter 33ml.of Proteus mirabilis and alcholic extract of Paganum harmala which produce inhibition zone with diameter 29.5ml. of Salmonella typhi .


We investigate the possible regular solutions of the boundary Yang-Baxter equation for the vertex models associated with the C (1) n , D (1) n and A (2) 2n−1 affine Lie algebras. We find three types of solutions with n, n−1 and 1 free parameters, respectively. Special cases and all diagonal solutions are presented separately. PACS: 75.10.Jm; 05.90.+m


Increasing of society awareness supported by unlimited information access nowadays causing environmental issues always take widespread attention from any holder. Green accounting is an answer from accounting towards environment degradation issues which caused by business activities. In this terms, accounting students have a preferential position. They have been educated on accounting and they are university students, who also considered as idealism agent of change. They will determining how accounting in future. The aim of this research is to get a comprehension perspective of accounting students toward green accounting topic based on their background study as university students for four years or more. Data collected from four students and analyzed used discourse analysis method. The result is accounting students consider that green accounting is very important to learn and environmental awareness of an accountant also can indirectly encouraged company to implement green accounting method. It shows that accounting students have high concern about their profession to influence shareholders.


The present paper discusses the results obtained from the investigation on the effect that lithium bromide, as nondurable finish, exerts on the flammability of 100% cotton fabric (plain, 150 g/m). The bone-dried weighed fabrics were impregnated with suitable concentrations of lithium bromide, through squeeze-rolling and drying. The samples were then cooled in a desiccator and reweighed with analytical precision. By using our vertical flame spread tester, the optimum add-on value for imparting flame-retardancy to cotton fabric was determined to be around 3.85 g lithium bromide per 100 g fabric. The thermogravimetric (TG/DTG) results obtained for both untreated and salt-supported cotton fabrics, at an optimum addition, were evaluated and their curves were compared and commented. The results obtained comply with condensed phase retardation, chemical action theory and gas dilution theory.


The premise for this study was that learner interaction in an online web-based course could be assessed in relation to academic performance, or in other words, e-learning. Although some studies reveal that learner interaction with online content is related to student academic performance, it remains unproven whether this is casual, or even if there may be a significant correlation. Thus, this study seeks to measure if there is a directional and then a casual relationship between student online academic performance, engagement analytics and other online activity factors. A unique aspect of this study is that data is collected from Moodle engagement analytics as well as from the activity logs. Student academic performance is measured based on the grade achieved from an assessment designed to map to the course learning objectives.


Objective: The objective of this Phase 2, open-label, multicenter study is to investigate the antitumor activity of navicixizumab monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumors. Cohort C will enroll triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. Background: Navicixizumab is a bispecific humanized monoclonal immunoglobulin G2 kappa antibody directed against human delta-like ligand 4, a critical ligand of the NOTCH pathway, and human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Aberrant NOTCH signaling is associated with chemotherapy resistance, tumor plasticity, enhanced metastatic potential, promotion of a cancer stem cell phenotype, and immune evasion. In TNBC, aberrant NOTCH expression is associated with poor prognosis, making targeting of this pathway an attractive therapeutic strategy. Additionally, NOTCH may mediate resistance to angiogenesis inhibition. While VEGF inhibitors are approved for the treatment of multiple solid tumors, observed anti-tumor activity is limited in breast cancer. Pre-clinical data show that co-inhibition of NOTCH and angiogenesis have superior antitumor activity compared to individual pathway targeting. We postulate that navicixizumab will demonstrate anticancer efficacy against TNBC. Methods: Eligible TNBC patients will have locally advanced or metastatic disease and have received at least 2 and no more than 4 prior lines of standard therapy for metastatic disease, including immunotherapy (for PD-L1 positive TNBC patients), and sacituzumab govitecan. TNBC is defined as ER and PR < 1%, and HER2-negative (IHC 0, 1+, or 2+ and negative fluorescence in situ hybridization [FISH]). Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue from an archival or a core tumor sample must be available for biomarker analysis. Samples will be tested using Oncomap™ ExTra with the Xerna TME Panel™ to classify patient samples into one of four tumor microenvironment (TME) subtypes based on angiogenic and immune gene expression signatures. Up to 30 patients will be enrolled to each TNBC cohort from approximately 8 sites in the US and will receive 3 mg/kg navicixizumab alone (Cohort C1) or in combination with paclitaxel (80 mg/m2 on Days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28-day cycle) (Cohort C2). Patients will have radiologic tumor assessments every 8 weeks and will continue to receive treatment until disease progression per RECIST v1.1 (as assessed by the investigator), unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, another protocol-defined discontinuation criterion is met, or the sponsor terminates the study, whichever occurs first. The primary endpoints of the study are objective response rate (ORR) and progression-free survival (PFS). The historical benchmarks for this patient population are estimated at an ORR of < 5% and a 20% PFS rate at 4 months, with targets of 15% and 40% respectively considered promising for this study. Interim efficacy assessments will be at 10-patient increments following the time patients have had at least 1 post-baseline scan. Cohort continuation and future evaluation decisions will be guided by the boundaries identified by a sequential monitoring procedure. Secondary efficacy endpoints include overall survival, time to response, disease control rate, duration of response, and the relationship between antitumor activity of navicixizumab and Xerna TME Panel™ biomarker subtypes.
 Citation Format: Amelia B. Zelnak, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Kerry Culm, Lukas Makris, Valerie Chamberlain Santos, Hagop Youssoufian, Colleen Mockbee, Kathy D. Miller. ONCX-NAV-G201: A phase 2, basket study of navicixizumab monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy in patients with select advanced solid tumors: Triple-negative breast cancer cohort (trial in progress) [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2022 Dec 6-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(5 Suppl):Abstract nr OT2-16-01.


: A procedure for the gas chromatographic determination of the β-receptor blocking agent metoprolol at therapeutic levels in plasma and urine is described. Metoprolol is made electron capture sensitive by a derivatization reaction with trifluoroacetic anhydride. The method permits determination of concentrations of metoprolol down to about 5 ng/g of sample with a standard deviation of 0.7 ng. Automation of the gas chromatographic procedure gives a capacity of 24 samples a day.


Prosody is a fundamental speech element responsible for communicative functions such as intonation, accent and phrasing, and prosodic impairments of individuals with intellectual disabilities reduce their communication skills. Yet, technological resources have paid little attention to prosody. This study aims to develop an automatic classifier to predict the prosodic quality of utterances produced by individuals with Down syndrome, and to analyse how inter-individual heterogeneity affects assessment results. A therapist and an expert in prosody judged the prosodic appropriateness of a corpus of Down syndrome' utterances collected through a video game. The judgments of the expert were used to train an automatic classifier that predicts prosodic quality by using a set of fundamental frequency, duration and intensity features. The classifier accuracy was 79.3% and its true positive rate 89.9%. We analyzed how informative each of the features was for the assessment and studied relationships between participants' developmental level and results: interspeaker variability conditioned the relative weight of prosodic features for automatic classification and participants' developmental level was related to the prosodic quality of their productions. Therefore, since speaker variability is an intrinsic feature of individuals with Down syndrome, it should be considered to attain an effective automatic prosodic assessment system.


Deep alluvial soil deposit of the Mississippi Embayment overlies the New Madrid Seismic Zone. A new nonlinear site response analysis model has been developed for wave propagation in deep soil deposits. The shape of the backbone curve of the model is described by the empirical unified formulas. Extended Masing criteria are used to represent hysteretic loading and unloading of soils. The new model takes into account the influence of the effective confining pressure on the shear modulus degradation and the viscous damping development in soil. The model is implemented into a two-dimensional finite element code in the time domain and calibrated with the recorded motion at Treasure Island during Loma Prieta Earthquake (1989). Results show that this model provides an acceptable outcome with simple input parameters. Finally, the new model is implemented into the site response analysis at a Missouri highway bridge site. The results show that the influence of the confining pressure is significant for the site response analysis of deep soil sediments.


Thousands of people are becoming victims of mosquito borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, chikenguniya, brain encephalitis, yellow fever, hemorrhigic fever, filaria and arbovirosis in the world. Based on encouraging research on the use of extracts of medicinal plants in control of agricultural pests, this study aims to investigate the potential usefulness of medicinal plant extracts from Adathoda (Justice adathoda), kadpooravalli (Anisochilus garnosus), shoe flower (Hibiscus rosacianencis) and Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium) in mosquito control. This is the first time these species of plants are considered as a control measure for Culex pipiens. The medicinal plants were collected from the outskirts of South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Sammanthurai, Eastern province. Plant materials were extracted in water. 50 mosquito larvae were put in each plant extract for 24 hrs, 36 hrs, 48 hrs and 72 hrs. The mortality rate of Culex pipiens was higher in Justice adathoda extract than in Anisochilus garnosus, Hibiscus rosacianencis and Gliricidia sepium. The mortality rate of mosquitoes was significantly different with time and in different extracts (P<0.05). This study is only a preliminary investigation but promising results can be obtained if chemical analysis of the above medicinal plants together with LD50 value of each plant extract against the Culex pipiens and effect of histopathology of the mosquito larva can be carried out.


Glutamatergic signaling is one of the main types of excitatory synaptic transmission in the brain. It plays a key role in the normal brain function and the cognitive performance. Glutamatergic signaling failure is associated with brain disorders; therefore this system is considered an essential target of therapeutic interventions. Glutamatergic synaptic transmission is mediated by a set of ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors including the kainate receptors. These receptors (both ionotropic and metabotropic) are involved in the process of synaptic transmission by modulating the excitation/inhibition balance. The modulatory effect of kainate receptors is mediated by the mechanisms that involve the presynaptic and postsynaptic endings, the rhythmic activity of the neural network, the function of the astroglial network, and the neuron-glial interaction. Thus, a dysfunction of kainate receptors can lead to deviations in the balance between excitation and inhibition, disorders of the neuronal networks, and even epileptiform manifestations. The present report reviews the major mechanisms of ionotropic and metabotropic activation of kainate receptors involved in the regulation of synaptic transmission, plasticity, learning and memory.


The market is the place where the buyer and the seller are met in order to do various transactions that is based on the numbers of supply and demand. The supply and demand of any goods is affected by the supply and demand of other goods. The equilibrium the market can be overcome if the equilibrium of the price can be achieved. The model of the multi market that has been developed by Samuelson can be changed to homogeny differential equation with the use of stabilizing matrix that can verify that the price can move towards the stabilization of the market equilibrium


Aims The Paediatric Trainee Survey is performed annually in a continuing effort to improve paediatric training across the deanery by anonymously obtaining feedback from all Paediatric trainees about their experiences in training. Every year, this survey highlights a wide variation in quality and practice in training across the deanery. Therefore, this project aims to identify the local practice which makes certain trusts excel in their training feedback and distribute this information across the deanery with the goal of ensuring equal standards and experiences. Method Using the 2016 Paediatric Trainee Survey, we analysed the quantitative results and identified the top three performing trusts for each of the selected five survey indicators. These indicators covered the following aspects of training; Induction, Internal and external teaching opportunities, management experience and training, clinical leadership training opportunities and teamwork and morale in the department. The College Tutors and Trainee Representatives for the identified trusts were contacted with specific questions related to their indicator to obtain information about their local practice. This information was collated and distributed on the Deanery bulletin and website and at Deanery training days with feedback obtained through discussions with trainees and trainers. Results Feedback was obtained and analysed from the top performing trusts and common themes in local practices were identified for each of the five survey indicators. These themes were named 'Best Practice' and shared amongst the trainees and trainers in the deanery. Conclusion This project has highlighted main themes in practices in five key aspects of Paediatric training which have been shared across the deanery to improve the overall standard and experience of Paediatric Training. Subsequent work is required to obtain the same information amongst the remaining survey indicators highlighted in the annual Paediatric Trainee Survey and in distributing these practices to other deaneries in the United Kingdom.


Through the recent publication (1942) of the excellent official Guide to the Iraq Museum there has come to notice a fragment of Assyrian bas-relief which is of interest in several points. This is numbered IM.31065, and is illustrated in the aforesaid Guide by Fig. 105, p. 125. The re-publication offered here (Plate V) is from a good photograph very kindly furnished by the Director-General of Antiquities in Iraq, together with permission to make this use of it. For both of these favours I wish to express sincere gratitude. Hardly more than the first glance is needed to suggest a context for the fragment; it recalls at once the tents and domestic activities in the Assyrian camp shown upon the well-known scene now (or formerly) in the National Museums, Berlin, numbered VA. 965. The connexion is very close—the curved defensive wall and bastions which surround the camp have only to be continued on VA (the Berlin fragment) in the downward direction in order to coincide with the upturned line which continues in IM (the Baghdad fragment) up to a horizontal fillet dividing the registers of the slab.


Provided is a thin illumination device capable of uniform illumination without being affected by heat from a light source unit or being inhibited by the growth of the plant in a plant cultivation device for growing a plant using artificial light, and an illumination device used in the plant cultivation device. Also provided is a plant cultivation device capable of higher density and increased crop production per unit volume using the illumination device. The illumination device (1, 1A, 1B) comprises an illumination unit (3) for emitting planar light in a position set at a distance from a light source unit (2). The illumination unit (3) is provided with: an illumination panel (30) for emitting light toward a plant; and a uniform illumination protection member (5) for preventing growing plants from making direct contact with the illumination panel (30), and maintaining the total reflective state of the illumination panel (30) to maintain uniform illumination toward the plant, the uniform illumination protection member being transparent and being disposed between the illumination panel (30) and the plant, in the vicinity of the illumination panel. The plant cultivation device (20) uses the illumination device.


Landsat and NASA High Altitude Special Mission Aircraft imagery have made it possible to define at least six separate lineament trends between the Amarillo-Wichita uplift (N62/sup 0/W) and the Texas lineament (N54/sup 0/W) that are 200 to 330 mi (320 to 530 km) long and oriented N54/sup 0/W to N62/sup 0/W. These long lineaments are thought to be P shears and are left-lateral wrench faults by definition. This left-lateral wrench fault system has been demonstrated at the Carta Valley fault zone. The Permian surface between Brown-Bassett and JM field of Terrell, Crockett, and Val Verde Counties along the Pecos River has a fracture system that is compatible with wrench faulting. In Garza and Borden Counties, the elements of left-lateral wrench faulting can be demonstrated from high altitude aircraft imagery and demonstrated on the surface and in the subsurface with seismic support. Surface lineaments are observed on Landsat imagery throughout the Permian basin and lead to the belief that the very long N54/sup 0/ to 62/sup 0/W lineaments are P shears. The set oriented N86/sup 0/ +/- E are the Riedel shears and the N36/sup 0/E are conjugate Riedel shears. These for high angle en echelon faults at the surface inmore » Borden and Garza Counties, and with the surface alignments being documented on CDP seismic lines in the subsurface.« less


To form an iridium-containing thin film by CVD, a low melting point and is excellent in vaporization characteristic, and provides an organic metal compound is a low temperature deposition on a substrate. To organometallic iridium compound represented by the formula (1) or (2): Formula 1 [Formula 2] In formula, R R Excluding the particular combination of the short R R R However, excluding a specific combination of R Iridium-containing thin film is prepared by a CVD method using the above compound as a starting material. Iridium compound, CVD, or evaporation properties, a thin film


This paper describes the growth of t-Se nanowires on the srufaces of a-Se@Ag2Se core−shell colloids. The number and dimension of the t-Se nanowires were controled by adjusting the release of Se through the Ag2Se shells.


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Students' fast and correct comprehension abilities in English reading can be cultivated effectively if teachers understand and teach the three dimensions: the dimension of language knowledge,information knowledge and text knowledge,and one core of reading: cultivating thinking abilities,together with some reading skills,and arrange the teaching contents and organize class activities effectively.


Introduction. Part I: The Space-Based Communications Convergence: Regulations of Different Origins Are Shaping the Satellite Communications of the Future. I. Satellite Communication Regulations belong to a Diversified International Legal System. II. Satellite Communications are the Object of Incomplete International Regulations Inherited from the Past. III. Satellite Communications are Now Considered as an Instrument of Global Trade. IV. The Harmonizing Impact of Air Navigation Systems. V. International Satellite Operators and their Regulatory Regime. Conclusion to Part I. Bibliography for Part I. Part II: North American Satellite Communication Regulations: The Making of a (Planetary) Lex Americana Juris Spatialis. VI. U.S. Satellite Communication Regulations. VII. A North American Perspective on Regulations Impacting on Global Satellite Communications. Conclusion to Part II. Bibliography for Part II. Part III: Western Europe Regulations on Satellite Communications: The Alternate Rule-Making Process for Space-Based Communications. VIII. The Regulation of Satellite Communications in the European Union: The Uneasy Weight of Central Regulation. IX. National Satellite Communication Regulations in the European Union: The Presence of Subsidiary Regulations. Conclusion to Part III. Bibliography for Part III. Part IV: In Conclusion, A Sketch of Requirements for the Future Regulations of Satellite Communications in the Glass House. I. An Audit of satellite communications regulations. II. Endeavouring several suggestions. Epilogue. Appendix. Index.


All that is here discussed is in the direction of bridging the gap between school and employment. The junior high school has done fine service in bridging the gap between the elementary, grades and high school. Here is another gap, wider and more dangerous, which results in enormous social and economic waste every year. More or less directly it threatens all junior high-school boys and girls. While significant work is under way in many schools, the much needed bridge is still far from complete.


Group III. and IV. metals on Si(100) surface tend to form long monoatomic chains. The chains represent a 1D system which is used to study self-organized growth and relationship between morphology of a thin lm and its electronic structure. Morphology and growth characteristics of indium, gallium and tin chains have been described in literature, but less attention has been given to aluminium chains. Although aluminium chains grow in similar manner, they di er from the others in morphology: they contain kinks and consist of three types of objects with di erent brightness in STM image. It has been generally considered that unlike other metals, aluminium chains consist only of dimers. Here we show that there can be monomers at the ends of chains (single-atom terminations) and their presence allows us to explain some of the special features of the aluminium deposit at low temperature.


Abstract The article treats the study on free convection of a hybrid nanoliquid confined within contrariwise T-shaped enclosure saturated by two porous media with different material and structure. Nanocomposite particles of multiwall carbon nanotubes–Fe3O4 are dispersed into water. Variable magnetic source located to the bottom wall has been analyzed in terms of heat transport performance and nanofluid motion behavior in the enclosure. The governing equations with boundary conditions formulated using the primitive dimensionless variables have been numerically worked out by the finite element technique. Impacts of the Hartmann number, magnetic number, Rayleigh number, ratio of thermal conductivity, porosity ratio, the Darcy number, and convective heat transfer coefficient at solid–nanofluid interface have been investigated. It has been found that low values of dimensionless convection parameter ratio at the border between solid and nanoliquid phases characterize high values of the nanofluid dimensionless convective heat transfer parameter. The average Nusselt number for the solid state has maximum value for high quantities of ratio of Darcy number and low values of dimensionless convection parameter ratio at the border between solid and nanoliquid phases.


The oscillation propertie of solutions under Robin boundary value condition for a impulsive delay parabolic differential system is investigated, and some sufficient conditions of oscillation are obtained.


In the construction of the expressway,the construction of the bridge occupies proportion greatly,and the construction technology of the bridge is increased constantly. In the construction of the bridge's bent cap,adopting the mound column plus steel anchor ear and Beilei pieces to replace traditional bracket can save turnover materials greatly and expedite the schedule of the construction.


Ferrari et al. The ECG in pulmonary embolism. Chest 1997;111:537-543 • 80 consecutive hospitalized CCU patients with acute PE, all underwent pulmonary angiography • Excluded 12 pts with "a history of cardiopulmonary disease that could have modified the ECG" Finding Percentage of patients with EKG finding T waves neg V1-V4 68% S1 Q3 T3 pattern 50% Peripheral low voltage 29% Sinus tachycardia 26% Complete/incomplete RBBB 22% Pulmonary P wave 5% Normal 9% • In massive PE (determined angiographically), anterior ischemic pattern was noted in 85% of patients versus 19% in nonmassive PE; no other parameter correlated with severity • Anterior T-wave inversions has a sensitivity of 85%, specificity of 81%, PPV of 93%, and a NPV of 65% for massive PE in patients w/ suspected PE.


Bixa orellana, known as Annato or Achiote, is a species popularly used in various countries of America as a dye and medicine. Its leaves possess several biological activities and are commonly marketed as filters. However, despite some ethnomedicinal and pharmacological studies with Bixa orellana leaves having been published, there is a lack of review articles that collect this information. In addition, the few studies about the quality parameters of these filters must be addressed jointly so that the usefulness of existing information can be better addressed in the discussion of commercial regulation. In this way, this review aims to compile systematically useful information about the medicinal use and pharmacology of B. orellana leaves, in addition to channeling the studies on the quality parameters of filters, which in turn can define the quality, efficacy and safety of the marketed products. As a result of the review, the searches showed that the leaves of B. orellana are traditionally used for various purposes, including treatment of headache, bronchitis, and inflammation, in addition to using as a diuretic, analgesic, antiophidic, among others. These findings were corroborated by pharmacological studies, which also point to other biological activities such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, neurodepressant and gastrointestinal modulator through the administration of leaf extracts. Finally, stability and extraction yield studies were also important in providing data for implementing quality control of B. orellana products.

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The virtual prototyping design platform for hydraulic equipment has been researched and developed, which has been checked in servocylinder test platform of PanZhiHua iron steel company.


The processes underlying the intensification of the ring current during geomagnetic storms are not completely understood. Strong electric fields transport ions from the plasma sheet to the ring current during geomagnetic storms, causing a depression in the geomagnetic field. However, these injected ions are initially cool and are heated up once they have entered the ring current. Magnetospheric modeling can aid in the determination of the underlying physics of ring current formation and heating by clarifying what processes are necessary for simulation results to match actual measurements. The Comprehensive Ring Current Model (CRCM) is a combination of the Fok ring current model and the Rice Convection Model (RCM). The Fok ring current model is a kinetic model based on solving the bounce-averaged Boltzmann equation in space and time, and the RCM uses the conservation of particle number and current to connect the ring current particles in the magnetosphere to the field-aligned currents in the ionosphere. Comparison between modeling and measurements provides verification that the modeling results describe real physics. While in situ measurements can only provide single point comparison, global imaging now enables comparison of both spatial and temporal variation. Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) imaging can provide such global measurements of the magnetosphere. We have demonstrated a technique to calculate ion temperatures from ENA data [Scime et al., 2002], which yields ion temperature images. Single images can be used to study temporal evolution, of a storm for example, or can be combined in a superposed epoch analysis [Zaniewski et al., 2006] to study average characteristics, even during times when signal is low. These studies have been performed using data from the Medium Energy Neutral Atom (MENA) imager aboard the IMAGE spacecraft.


Nine upland cotton hybrids(F1) were made up by three different high quality lines as female parents crosssd with high bollweight line,high quality line,high lint percentage line as male parents respectively.The relationships of heterosis of hybrids(F1) with their parent behaviours were studied.The results showed that F1 hybrid heterosis in yield was depended on jointly actions of their parents.Besides,the results indicated that the average heterosis in yield of F1 hybrids made up with the same female parent depended on their male parents and that of F1 hybrids with the same male parents depended on their female parents.F1 average heterosis of the check in boll number,bollweight,lint percentage and plant height depended on male parent.


The local structure of CdSe single quantum dots layer grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs substrates was investigated by the extended x‐ray absorption fine structure method (EXAFS). From the quantitative analysis of the data the local neighborhood of Cd atoms was reconstructed. It was found that the second coordination shell is highly disordered and that the quantum dots consist to around 50% of Cd atoms on cation sites.


Background: Given the social aspects of Software Engineering (SE), in the last twenty years, researchers from the field started using research methods common in social sciences such as case study, ethnography, and grounded theory. More recently, case survey, another imported research method, has seen its increasing use in SE studies. It is based on existing case studies reported in the literature and intends to harness the generalizability of survey and the depth of case study. However, little is known on how case survey has been applied in SE research, let alone guidelines on how to employ it properly. Aims: This article aims to provide a better understanding of how case survey has been applied in Software Engineering research. Method: To address this knowledge gap, we performed a systematic mapping study and analyzed 12 Software Engineering studies that used the case survey method. Results: Our findings show that these studies presented a heterogeneous understanding of the approach ranging from secondary studies to primary inquiries focused on a large number of instances of a research phenomenon. They have not applied the case survey method consistently as defined in the seminal methodological papers. Conclusions: We conclude that a set of clearly defined guidelines are needed on how to use case survey in SE research, to ensure the quality of the studies employing this approach and to provide a set of clearly defined criteria to evaluate such work.


Cell division and motility are generated by the cytoskeletal structures contained in networks of actin filaments and microtubules. Among the Ca2+-activated protein kinases, protein kinase C (PKC) can be activated with tumor promoter, 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) (Kikkawa et al., 1983), which induces alterations in the cytoskeleton of cultured cells. To study the regulation of the cytoskeleton by PKC, we investigated the formation of actin filaments, microtubules, changes in cell shape and Ca2+ signalling after treatment with TPA in unfertilised eggs of the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus. Formation of actin filaments and microtubles was induced in the eggs by the TPA treatment. When the eggs were treated with an inactive TPA, 4α-PMA, these cytoskeletal changes did not occur. Moreover, elongation of actin filaments was inhibited by the Ca2+ chelating agent BAPTA, but microtubule organisation was unaffected by intracellular Ca2+ chelation in the TPA-treated egg. TPA is known to induce alkalisation in sea urchin eggs (Swann & Whitaker, 1985) and when the eggs are treated with TPA in Na+-free seawater, the rise in intracellular pH (pHi) is depressed. However, elongation of actin filaments and microtubules occurred under these conditions. An increase in pHi is considered to be essential for triggering the bundle of actin filaments (Begg et al., 1982) and microtubule assembly (Schatten et al., 1992). These results show that actin and microtubule assemblies require activation of PKC, and that the formation of actin and microtubules may be related to the type of PKC isoform: Ca2+-dependent or -independent. Moreover, this mechanism is essentially independent of cytoplasmic alkalisation.


Neutron resonance spectra in intermediate and heavy nuclei appear simply and regularly in the light of superfine structure (SFS). It is found that the relative shifts between the SFSs in groups of nuclei have definite values and are closely related to the symmetry properties of the compound systems if we treat the neutron zero energy as a common reference point. A possibility of time-based understanding of the SFSs is discussed. It is pointed out that the measurements on parity violation in neutron resonances are important to look into the nature of the SFS.


A component separation DPCM Coding system is described which is capable of transmitting a 4 MHz NTSC color TV signal with broadcast quality at a 32.064 Mbit/s rate. The input NTSC color TV signal is first separated into a luminance component Y and two chrominance components I and Q . Then, these three components are converted into a TDM-PCM color signal, where I and Q of only odd lines are transmitted and samples in horizontal blanking intervals of Y,I, and Q are removed, in order to reduce the transmission rate. This TDM-PCM signal is encoded by a single DPCM coder, which employs a two-dimensional prediction method and a dual word-length coding method. For the Y signal, 4 bit and 8 bit code words are assigned to 29 quantizing levels. For both I and Q signals, 3 bit and 6 bit code words are assigned to 13 quantizing levels. Coding experiment results show that this coding system is promising for application to broadcast color TV signal transmission at a 32.064 Mbit/s rate.


White panicle mutant of rice can be used to study the mechanism of chloroplast development and photosynthesis of pancile, and then to improve and optimize the yield characteristics of grain crops. A white panicle mutant wp7 (whited panicle 7) which found in rice breeding materials was used to do related work from phenotype investigation, chlorophyll content testing, photosynthetic index detection, microscopic structure observation, genetic analysis and gene location. The result showed that wp7 displayed albino glume with green branches and cob at heading stage. The abnormal color of wp7 in panicle was mainly caused by the low content of chlorophyll a, because both of the chlorophyll and carotenoid contents of wp7 glume were lower than that of normal glume of wild one, especially the chlorophyll a was the most significantly. The mutations in wp7-related genes may be affected panicle photosynthesis seriously since the net photosynthetic rate was significantly lower than that of normal green panicle but the stomatal conductance and intercellular CO2 concentration of white panicle were higher than those of normal green panicle. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) observation showed that the plastids in white part of wp7 were few in number and abnormal in structure, without normal thylakoid lamella, and the chloroplast lamellar structure in green part was slightly abnormal, which indicated that mutations had a great influence on chloroplast development. Genetic analysis indicated that the albino phenotype of wp7 may be controlled by two pairs of recessive nuclear genes. One of the genes WP7-1 was located between InDel marker C02D089 and C02D095, as 1.6 cM and 15.5 cM genetic distance respectively on chromosome 2 using backcross population. This study laid a foundation for the cloning and functional analysis of WP7-1 and provided a new material for the study of chloroplast development and photosynthetic mechanism of rice.


Inter-vehicle communication (IVC) system using 700 MHz band to prevent car crashes has been proposed recently. In this paper, we first apply the FDTD method to the analyses of propagation characteristics at an intersection for IVC. We investigate the propagation characteristics considering the electrical conductivities, thickness and windows of building wall and pedestrians. As a result, it is shown that the electrical conductivities and thickness of building wall have a slight influence. In contrast, windows and pedestrians have a great influence on the propagation characteristics. Furthermore, the azimuth delay profiles are obtained by using the MUSIC algorithm.


The rapid transmission of H1N1 influenza that started in Mexico in March 2009 and spread to more than 11 countries within a month caused worldwide significant social and economic impacts. Therefore, researchers have suggested mathematical/epidemiological and simulation models to emulate disease surveillance or even to predict disease spread. It has been argued that the performance of such predictive models likely would improve with better heuristics (experience-based techniques for problem solving) as opposed to a pure data-driven approach. Research into identifying factors that influence the spread of a disease is regarded as necessary and becoming more important. It has been shown that various epidemiological parameters (including basic reproduction number, cumulative attack rate, and peak daily incidence rates) depend heavily on sociodemographic factors (eg, household size, percent worker population, percent student population). Applying spatial statistics and geographic information systems to visualize patterns of disease clustering and dispersion can provide stimuli for formulating hypotheses of disease outbreaks. Because human-to-human transmission of influenza is through close contact, factors affecting population behavior (including variation in demographic and environmental characteristics) would be useful in developing predictive models for disease risk assessment. Of notable concern is that results of spatiotemporal prediction would vary according to geographic scales. We are pleased to report that based on residential locations of a sample of 548 confirmed H1N1 patients from May 1 to July 8, 2009, our spatial models reported 4 of the 6 population-related factors to be significantly correlated with disease incidence at different grid resolution: percentage of elderly population (aged 65 + years), percentage of cross-district work population, net residential density, and population density. The data were aggregated into 3 geographic levels (200mx200m, 400mx400m, and 1000mx1000m) with population density emerging as the only factor bearing a consistent relationship with disease incidence at different spatial resolution (r = 0.245, 0.290, 0.373 for the respective cell sizes; P < 0.01). Indeed, the effect size of the correlation coefficients also was the largest among the selected variables in the analysis. Disease incidence within the elderly population or crossdistrict work population exhibited significant relationships but their effect sizes were relatively small. Even though the younger population made up the largest proportions of reported H1N1 cases, the insignificant relationship likely was confounded by better hygiene and control measures at the school level and the fact that the majority of infection occurred among school-age children attending the same school. The process of disaggregating map units to the finer grid cell level has proven effective in 2 aspects. First, the gridded data are easy to manipulate in an automated setting. Second, the grid format seems to ameliorate the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem. Our study demonstrated successfully that the grid cell approach not only was able to mask individual identity but also to extract relationships hidden by larger aggregated spatial units. Besides, the exclusion of country parks (with no population) and non-diseased grid cells offered additional discriminating powers to isolate salient factors in disease relationships. However, a higher spatial resolution or a smaller cell size does not necessarily mean improved associative relationships because of more data scattering and diminished health effects related to insufficient explanatory powers, especially when disease cases in the earlier phases of an infection outbreak were few. Even though the grid format may be useful for analysis, it must be reconstituted into some preset administrative units to draw references to area-based socioeconomic measures and for the implementation of broad policies. Our study showed that results would vary in accordance with spatial resolution. Errors and false alarms could be prevented or minimized by choosing the proper data resolution. These findings have practical implications given that the census statistics are readily available from official sources.


In the history of the Party Constitution of the CPC,there is a document that is not the Party Constitution but that has played the role of the Party Constitution,that is,the Resolutions of Gutian Meeting.It is the Resolutions that played the role of the Party Constitution in the special historical condition,which is a programmatic document for the construction of the Party.In the period of over 10 years,the Resolutions played a crucial role in the construction and development of the CPC.The Resolutions have been a remedy to the shortcomings of the Party Constitution made at the 6th Party Congress,in the meanwhile they have also cast a farreaching influence on shaping the Party Constitution at the 7th Party Congress.


In this paper, a hybrid column segmented CMOS image sensor (CIS) with an artificial intelligence (AI) core and a novel SRAM readout circuit is presented. To obtain a high performance and high speed column parallel CIS, each column is segmented into two parts: the first one is a DC reference voltage generator with a bandgap reference circuit, and the second one is a fine ramp generator with an AI core and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). Further, a novel SRAM readout circuit to improve the speed of digital block is also discussed. Based on this hybrid column segmented technique, excellent measured results are reported. With a 90nm backside illumination (BSI) technology, a 12-bit resolution image quality and 407uW power consumption per column are satisfied.


Pancreas segmentation in medical imaging data is of great significance for clinical pancreas diagnostics and treatment. However, the large population variations in the pancreas shape and volume cause enormous segmentation difficulties, even for state-of-the-art algorithms utilizing fully-convolutional neural networks (FCNs). Specifically, pancreas segmentation suffers from the loss of spatial information in 2D methods, and the high computational cost of 3D methods. To alleviate these problems, we propose a probabilistic-map-guided bi-directional recurrent UNet (PBR-UNet) architecture, which fuses intra-slice information and inter-slice probabilistic maps into a local 3D hybrid regularization scheme, which is followed by bi-directional recurrent network optimization. The PBR-UNet method consists of an initial estimation module for efficiently extracting pixel-level probabilistic maps and a primary segmentation module for propagating hybrid information through a 2.5D U-Net architecture. Specifically, local 3D information is inferred by combining an input image with the probabilistic maps of the adjacent slices into multichannel hybrid data, and then hierarchically aggregating the hybrid information of the entire segmentation network. Besides, a bi-directional recurrent optimization mechanism is developed to update the hybrid information in both the forward and the backward directions. This allows the proposed network to make full and optimal use of the local context information. Quantitative and qualitative evaluation was performed on the NIH Pancreas-CT dataset, and our proposed PBR-UNet method achieved better segmentation results with less computational cost compared to other state-of-the-art methods.


has no nonzero solutions in rational integers for 2 < n < 2003. This was accomplished by using criteria developed by Kummer (1850) and a modified form of a criterion due to the writer (1929) and testing these for each prime exponent in the range just mentioned, using the SWAC (the high-speed digital computing machine of the National Bureau of Standards at the Institute of Numerical Analysis at Los Angeles). In the present paper we shall show how this program was extended to n < 2521. The work on the SWAC was carried out by John Selfridge. Also, we shall discuss in detail how one might proceed in case the criteria so far employed in this program when applied to still larger exponents should fail in some particular case. This involves the consideration and comparison of various criteria for the second case of equation (1) which have been given by Inkeri and the writer. 2. The Impossibility of Equation (1) for 2000 < n < 2521.-In Paper F we considered the equation xI + y1+ z1= O. (2)


The clinico-pharmacoeconomic analysis of the combined neuroprotective and antihypertensive therapy in the patients with discirculative encephalopathy due to arterial hypertension and cerebral atherosclerosis was realized by the method of explicit "costs effectiveness". The value of antihypertensive therapy, changes in cerebral hemodynamics and the rate of thr principal neural processes were studied in comparative aspect. It was determined that the use of the combined treatment regimen including Cavinton-forte, Pyracetam, Enalapril or Enap HL is more pharmacologically and pharmacoeconomically profitable.


Abstract Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae , the causal bacterium of kiwifruit canker, induces the formation of chlorotic halo lesions on infected leaves and inhibits the growth of Escherichia coli . The inhibition of E. coli growth was shown to be reversed by L -arginine or L -citrulline, but not by L -glutamine, suggesting that the pathogen produces a toxin similar to phaseolotoxin, which inhibits ornithine carbamoyltransferase. The toxin was purified from culture broth of P. syringae pv. actinidiae strain Kw11, and was shown by nuclear magnetic resonance to be identical to phaseolotoxin. Assays based on inhibition of E. coli growth and on amplification of a phaseolotoxin fatty acid desaturase gene ( ptx ) fragment revealed that, among the plant pathogenic bacteria examined, the production of phaseolotoxin is restricted to strains of P. syringae pv. phaseolicola and pv. actinidiae . A non-toxigenic mutant of strain Kw11 generated by disruption of the ptx gene induced the formation of necrotic lesions on kiwifruit leaves; however, the lesions were not surrounded by a chlorotic halo as were those induced by the parent strain. The growth rate of the non-toxigenic mutant in leaf tissue was similar to that of the parent strain. These results suggest that phaseolotoxin production contributes to the formation of chlorotic halo lesions in kiwifruit canker but is not required for multiplication of the pathogenic bacterium during infection.


We study the type-theoretical analogue of Bernays–G&odel set-theory and its models in categories. We introduce the notion of small structure on a category, and if small structure satis5es certain axioms we can think of the underlying category as a category of classes. Our axioms imply the existence of a co-variant powerset monad on the underlying category of classes, which sends a class to the class of its small subclasses. Simple 5xed points of this and related monads are shown to be models of intuitionistic Zermelo–Fraenkel set-theory (IZF). c


Dyestuff textile wastewater treatment has become a research hotspot due to its high chroma, poor biodegradability, and low toxicity characteristics. In this paper, we have synthesized magnetic Fe3O4 and core-shell Fe3O4@SiO2 materials by hydrothermal methods. These materials were characterized by XRD, TEM, N2 adsorption-desorption and so on. These materials' heterogeneous Fenton has been applied to dye wastewater treatment. Methylene blue was used as a typical target of dye wastewater. Decolorization ratios of methylene blue were determined by different nanostructure composites catalysts. A serious of results of study showed that decolorization ratios of magnetic nanoparticles and core-shell composites arrived at above 90 % under the weakly acidic or neutral conditions and room temperature. When these catalysts were reused, the results show that Fe3O4@SiO2 materials were possessed with good cycle performance.


Objectives
Describe the gluten content of leading U.S. brands of cookies, crackers, hot cereals, ready-to-eat (RTE) cereals, specially formulated bars (e.g., Clif, Luna bars), granola bars, savory snacks, and candies.

Methods
To address the needs of researcherers examining the role of gluten in gastrointestinal health, gluten was added to a U.S. food and nutrient database. Few foods have been chemically analyzed for their gluten content. Thus, gluten values were assigned to foods based on the assumptions that: 1) foods that do not include any gluten containing grains or their derivatives- wheat, rye or barley may be presumed to contain 0 grams of gluten; and 2) a specified fraction of vegetable protein found in wheat, rye, barley and their derivatives (0.75) may be presumed to be gluten (factor selected based on studies in which gluten content of some gluten containing grains were determined by chemical analysis). Gluten values were assigned to brand name products in the database, thus presenting a unique opportunity to describe the gluten content of brand name products in the U.S. marketplace. For each food category the % of products containing gluten was calculated, and the mean and range in gluten content among gluten containing products were determined.

Results
Food categories with the highest proportion of products containing gluten were cookies (97.1%), crackers (82.7%), hot cereals (66.0%), and RTE cereals (64.8%). Categories with the lowest proportions were candies (15.7%) and savory snacks (25.0%). The mean gluten content among gluten containing products was highest for hot cereals (2.62 grams/serving), crackers (1.82 grams/serving), RTE cereals (1.76 grams/serving), and savory snacks (1.51 grams/serving). Granola bars and specially formulated bars had the lowest content (0.27 and 0.31 grams/serving respectively). The range in gluten content per serving for gluten containing products was lowest for granola bars (0.002-1.11 grams/serving) and highest for RTE cereals (0.001-7.03 grams/serving).

Conclusions
There is considerable variation in the gluten content of brand name products in the categories examined in this study. Studies quantifying dietary gluten intake may need to consider using a dietary assessment method that captures product brand.

Funding Sources
American Gastroenterological Association.

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Although efforts are now being made to develop magnetic levitation technologies in the United States, they have been underway for two decades in Germany and Japan. The characteristics of maglev systems being considered for implementation in the United States are speculative. A conference was held at Argonne National Laboratory on November 28--29, 1990, to discuss these characteristics and their implications for the design requirements of operational systems. This paper reviews some of the factors considered during that conference.


This review unravels the details of the immunological properties underlying the inducement, generation and control of immunological errors, the antigenic changes in the cells themselves, and the extent and activities of the immune response arising as a result of these changes.


We discuss the development of prototypes for a global grid of advanced 'thinking' sky sentinels and robotic follow-up telescopes that observe the full night sky to provide real-time monitoring of the night sky by autonomously recognizing anomalous behavior, selecting targets for detailed investigation, and making real-time anomaly detection to enable rapid recognition and a swift response to transients as they emerge. This T3 global EO grid avoids the limitations imposed by geography and weather to provide persistent monitoring of the night sky.


In this study, a distributed traffic-aware routing scheme is proposed for a wireless sensor network with multiple sinks. In multi-sink networks, traffic moving towards one sink may congest that moving towards others. The algorithm proposed here considers the traffic of surrounding neighbours before jumping to any sink. This is accomplished by building for each single sink, a gradient field and using gradient-based search for routing. The gradient index of one node contains two parts. (i) The first represents the distance-cost to travel, based on routing over lossy link) proposed by an IETF working group. (ii) The second contains the implicit traffic delay carried by the current holding node. Gradient field is built in distributed way and proven to free from loops. In a simulation, the authors show that this method of building gradient field routes balances the shortest path and possible congestion made by sinks, especially in heavy traffic networks, thereby reducing the overall end-to-end delay.


The utility model relates to a cylinder type letter rolling machine, solving problems that manual operation takes time and power and a full-automatic letter rolling machine which has complicated structure and high price is unacceptable to a small factory. The utility model is provided with a flat table and a machine of the riser, and a cylinder and a linear sliding track are provided on the machine to make a slider move horizontally. A lifting guide pillar, a supporting plate and the linear sliding track are connected to drive the up-and-down movement of a work piece; a hydraulic cylinder provided on the riser on the machine is connected with a drive mold to move reciprocally. Proximity switches are respectively provided on the flat table and the riser on the machine. The utility model has the advantages that a sleeve barrel or a part is provided fixedly between the bearing and the mold, and a control switch is started up, and meanwhile a formwork is driven by the reciprocal motion of the hydraulic cylinder to imprint the vivid writing or pattern on the surface of the work piece. The utility model which has simple structure, convenient operation and low price is acceptable to the small business.


Abstract Iron ores from two important Precambrian belts in India are studied in detail. The first of these is the Jilling-Langalota deposit, hosted by banded iron formations along with generations of shales, tuffs belonging to Iron Ore Group of Eastern India and is hosted in the Singhbhum-North Orissa Craton. The second group of ores is from the Chitradurga basin in Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India. These form part of the Archaean greenstone belts and show a typical oxide–carbonate–sulphide association. The Jilling-Langalota deposit contains considerable amounts of blue dust that is absent in the Chitradurga deposit. Comparisons are made between the Indian iron ores and those of the Krivoy Rog province of the Central Ukrainian Shield. The Indian iron ores are relatively richer in Fe and contain higher amounts of alumina and phosphorous compared with those of the Krivoy Rog deposit. The Indian iron ore samples contain porous and friable oxides and hydroxides of iron with kaolinite, gibbsite and quartz. In contrast, the ores from Krivoy Rog are massive with negligible clay and a higher quartz content leading to very low alumina and very high silica contents in the ores and slime. The Indian ores and slimes are manganiferous in nature with high alumina, which is deleterious to processing and is due to the presence of intercalated tuffaceous shales and clay. The Eastern Indian iron ore deposits could have been formed due to enrichment of the primary ore by gradual removal of silica. It is believed that the massive ores result from direct precipitation while powdery blue dust is formed owing to circulating fluids, which leach away the silica from the protore. The host rock is exhalatic banded iron formation and the ubiquitous presence of intercalated tuffaceous shales point towards a genesis that could have involved Fe leaching from sea floor volcanogenic rocks. The nature of these ores along with the parting shale is responsible for production of large amounts of alumina rich slime during mining and handling. The detailed mineralogical characterisation studies aided by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy—energy dispersive spectroscopy, physical parameters and chemical characteristics have indicated the presence of various mineral phases and established the nature of iron-bearing and gangue assemblages of the bulk ores and slime samples from the three iron ore deposits. These in turn are useful in understanding the amenability of the ores and slimes for beneficiation and waste utilisation.


The study investigated early postnatal vital signs in very low birthweight (VLBW) infants who later developed patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). We hypothesised that the early postnatal course of vital signs and blood gas variables might differ between infants whose PDA closed spontaneously, those who responded to ibuprofen and those who later required PDA ligation.


The first step for automatic calculation of the ejection fraction, stroke volume and some other features related to heart motion abnormalities in echocardiographic images is automatic detection of the end-systole and end-diastole frames. In this paper, modified Isomap algorithm is applied on two dimensional (2-D) echocardiographic images to reveal the relationship between the frames of one cycle of heart motion. By this approach, the image sequences are represented in a 2-D manifold and each image is characterized by a point on reconstructed manifold. By considering the fact that end-diastolic and the end-systolic frames have the highest volume difference and consequently highest image difference comparing to the other two frames, the maximum distance between the two points in manifold is used to find these frames. The results obtained with our method were validated to those obtained with the reference experienced echo-cardiologist on six healthy volunteers and depicted the usefulness of presented method.


In microwave medical imaging system, a monostatic radar approach can be used together with Gaussian pulse (with an ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency). In this system, eight antennas can be used for transmitting and receiving the Gaussian pulse signal and controlled by radio frequency (RF) switches. Therefore, this paper presents the performance analysis of three different single pole double throw (SPDT) switch topologies (Design A, B and C) using discrete silicon-glass PIN diodes. Then, the best performance of SPDT switch was built up to be a single pole eight throw (SP8T) switch configuration to connect with eight antennas. As result, Design C showed the highest isolation performance compared to others. Then, based on the SP8T switch of Design C, it resulted that the insertion loss was less than −2 dB and the return loss was more than 10 dB from 1 to 15 GHz. Meanwhile, the isolation bandwidth (at the minimum isolation of −15 dB) was from 1 to 14 GHz (with 13 GHz bandwidth).


The increasing incidence of lung disease and progress to end stage respiratory failure has focused attention on the need for lung assist devices. Hollow fibre membrane technology has reached clinical stage and is currently the most widely used when gas exchange of native lungs fail completely. In translation research, three areas of enquiry have emerged, namely, bioengineered lungs, microfluidic technology and photocatalytic oxygenation of blood; these technologies are yet to reach clinical trials. The present photocatalytic oxygenation review has twofold purpose: the first, is to summarize the overall trajectory of lung assist device development, the second, is to describe the evolution of the concept of photocatalytic oxygenation as a potential method of increasing oxygen content of blood. The efforts so far have realized a proof of concept and a 6% increase in the oxygenation of blood with Titanium oxide and Indium tin oxide (TiO2 + ITO) thin film photocatalyst. Photo Hall effect technique is employed to quantify the photocatalytic efficacy. This article reviews fundamental concepts as well as the progress made thus far and presents the challenges that need to be surmounted to realize the full potential of the technology at the bedside.


The present invention discloses a method for fixed network access information reported by the Evolved Packet Data Gateway (an ePDG) to report information to the fixed network access policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF); the PCEF the fixed contact the information to inform policy and charging rules function (PCRF). The present invention also discloses a system for reporting fixed network access information reporting unit for reporting fixed network access information to the ePDG PCEF; the PCEF to the fixed network access information providing PCRF. According to the present invention, it can be reported to the fixed network access information, thereby implementing the BPCF not sense a user equipment (UE) to access a wireless local area network (WLAN), still S9 * session can be established.


Aftershocks may be triggered by the stresses generated by preceding mainshocks. The temporal frequency and maximum size of aftershocks are well described by the empirical Omori and Bath laws, but spatial patterns are more difficult to forecast. Coulomb failure stress is perhaps the most common criterion invoked to explain spatial distributions of aftershocks. Here we consider the spatial relationship between patterns of aftershocks and a comprehensive list of 38 static elastic scalar metrics of stress (including stress tensor invariants, maximum shear stress, and Coulomb failure stress) from 213 coseismic slip distributions worldwide. The rates of true‐positive and false‐positive classification of regions with and without aftershocks are assessed with receiver operating characteristic analysis. We infer that the stress metrics that are most consistent with observed aftershock locations are maximum shear stress and the magnitude of the second and third invariants of the stress tensor. These metrics are significantly better than random assignment at a significance level of 0.005 in over 80% of the slip distributions. In contrast, the widely used Coulomb failure stress criterion is distinguishable from random assignment in only 51–64% of the slip distributions. These results suggest that a number of alternative scalar metrics are better predictors of aftershock locations than classic Coulomb failure stress change.


1. Introduction: Coleridge in the Land of Logic 2. Coleridge's Philosophical Trajectory: post-Kantian variety 3. The Drama and Poetry of Coleridge's Post-Kantianism 4. Coleridge's Stamina: the Idea of Logos 5. Coleridge's 'Coleridge': Coleridge and Life Writing 6. Coleridge's 'Rifacciamento' of Philosophy: Renewing Friendship 7. Reading from the Inside: The Contemporaneity of Coleridge's philosophical idiom 8. Conclusion - The Mammaloschen: Spelling the World Bibliography Index.


Cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis are uncommon pediatric diseases, although clinicians have seen them with increasing frequency in children in recent years. Moreover, no case of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection with cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis has been previously reported in the English literature. We report a pediatric patient with EBV infection, a gall bladder stone, and a common bile duct stone, may have had GB and CBD stones prior to her EBV infection, whom we successfully treated with antibiotics and laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholecystitis. (Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr 2012; 12: 57∼61)


Hemangiosarcoma is a malignant tumor of endothelial cells and mostly seen in dogs than in other
species. A 10-year male German shepherd dog (GSD) was presented to the small animal clinic with history of swollen abdomen and weakness. The dog was conscious but lethargic, weak, tachycardic with muffl ed heart sounds, labored breathing and tensed swollen abdomen. Radiography, Ultrasonography and a hemogram and biochemistry indicated splenic mass, internal hemorrhage and hemostasis pathology. The dog was euthanized and on post mortem examination, diagnosis of splenic hemangiosarcoma was made.


Preface Mortalities Shrunken towns Villages in stasis Impoverished noblemen and rich old ladies Knight, esquire and gentleman Of monks and nuns Like people, like priest Protest and resolution Architecture and the arts What matters Notes Bibliography Index


Analyzing written language is an interesting topic that has been studied by many disciplines. Recently, due to the explosive growth of Internet, social media has become an attractive source of searching and getting information for research purposes on written communication. It is true that different words in a sentence serve different purposes of conveying the meaning while they are of different significance. Therefore, this paper is going to employ the attention mechanism to find out the relative contribution or significance of every word in the sentence. In this work, we address the problem of detecting whether a tweet is ironic or not by using Attention-Based Long Short-Term Memory Network. The results show that the proposed method achieves competitive performance on average recall and F1 score compared to the state-of-the-art results.


Author(s): Gavryushkina, Marina | Abstract: Hellenistic coinage is a popular topic in art historical research as it is an invaluable resource of information about the political relationship between Greek rulers and their subjects. However, most scholars have focused on the wealthier and more famous dynasties of the Ptolemies and the Seleucids. Thus, there have been considerably fewer studies done on the artistic styles of the coins of the smaller outlying Hellenistic kingdoms. This paper analyzes the numismatic portraiture of the kings of Pontus, a peripheral kingdom located in northern Anatolia along the shores of the Black Sea. In order to evaluate the degree of similarity or difference in the Pontic kings' modes of representation in relation to the traditional royal Hellenistic style, their coinage is compared to the numismatic depictions of Alexander the Great of Macedon. A careful art historical analysis reveals that Pontic portrait styles correlate with the individual political motivations and historical circumstances of each king. Pontic rulers actively choose to diverge from or emulate the royal Hellenistic portrait style with the intention of either gaining support from their Anatolian and Persian subjects or being accepted as legitimate Greek sovereigns within the context of international politics. Overall, this paper illustrates how widely-circulating royal images are purposefully utilized and manipulated to advance the Hellenistic rulers' political ambitions.


We studied a single crystal LiNbO3 piezoelectric transformer composed of 140° rotated Y plate that uses the piezoelectric transverse effect and longitudinal vibration. When driven with a constant voltage, the dependence of the voltage transformation ratio depends remarkably on load resistance. When the load resistance is above about 10 kΩ, the voltage ratio increases in proportion to load resistance in an ideal case. The transmission characteristics we measured closely match the calculated value when the elastic loss at the support and the floating capacitance of the electrodes are considered.


It is established that the room-temperature dependences of transport properties on the total thickness of PbSe layers d in PbSe/EuS superlattices exhibit an oscillatory behavior. It is shown that the oscillation period Δd practically coincides with the period of the thickness oscillations observed earlier in single PbSe/EuS quantum well. The non-monotonic character of these dependences is attributed to quantum size effects. The theoretically estimated and experimentally determined Δd values are in good agreement.


Layer-structured Li[Ni,Co,Mn]O2 is a very promising cathode material for Li-ion batteries.The preparation process and reaction condition have significant influence on the structure,properties and manufacturing cost of the material.Surface modification for Li[Ni,Co,Mn]O2 is an important approach to improving electrochemical performance.In this paper,the recent research progress about various synthesis methods and modification of Li[Ni,Co,Mn]O2 is reviewed and analyzed in detail.Finally,the current main problems and further RD trend of the material are also discussed.


In response to the COVID-19 school closures in both K-12 and higher education, a group of education partners in the United States collaborated to offer a statewide webinar series, 12 webinars in total, to support preservice teachers as they worked to complete their clinical hour requirements. The webinars and extension activities provided via Padlets covered topics associated with best practices and related to credential requirements such as applying universal design for learning and differentiating instruction. This study explored the perceptions of 248 preservice teachers regarding the virtual professional learning format and extension activities, as well as what professional learning they felt they needed in the future as they began their first year teaching during COVID-19. Findings suggest preservice teachers were receptive to learning through the structured webinar platform and found extension activities helpful in applying content. Their knowledge, sense of preparedness, and application of the topics and strategies presented increased, and the topics were relevant and supported the required practicum hours and future teaching practice.


Water soluble poly(hydroxyethyl acrylate) [P(HEA)] polymers were successfully conjugated to an azide functionalized β-sheet forming peptide (P11-2) to form macromolecular chimeras using Cu(I) catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition ('click') chemistry. We found that the β-sheet formation and hence fibrillization tendency of P11-2 was severely diminished by P(HEA) conjugation. Moreover chimeras were observed to inhibit fibrillization when added to a pure β-sheet forming peptide.


Drawing on the University of the Arctic Thematic Network: Teacher Education for Diversity and Social Justice, this volume sets an ambitious agenda: to outline, review, and reflect on policies of equity and inclusion in diverse contexts across the Circumpolar North. The publication reflects the aims of the network, which include a focus on education for equality and social justice, cooperation among members, and the exchange of ideas and information.


This research explores how social capital is perceived as impacting on expatriate work well-being in the resources sector in Indonesia. Recent research found that work well-being is comprised of cognitive and affective components (e.g., Fisher, 2010). Prior literature has mainly defined job satisfaction as the key aspect of work well-being (e.g., Herzberg, Mausner, & Snyderman, 1959). Yet, from this quantitative extant literature, questions remain with regard to what constitutes and comprises work well-being as affected by factors internal and external to the organisation. Moreover, there is need for research that examines work well-being amongst employees and sectors that have not been previously examined in the work well-being literature. Thus, the current research involves a qualitative study to explore, identify, and provide an understanding of how social capital is perceived as impacting on expatriate work well-being in the resources sector in Indonesia. This is undertaken through examining the perceptions of expatriates, spouses, and HR managers.
Though the resources sector is internationally economically significant and a large employer, it has been suggested that levels of work well-being are relatively low for employees working in the resources sector generally (ACRRMH, 2014). However, consideration has not previously been given to how social capital might impact on work well-being of resources sector expatriate employees who often work in a remote area, which is quite distinct from the workplaces of non-expatriate employees who have been studied in previous work well-being research. In the current research, perceptions of work well-being, and the perceptions of the impact of social capital on it, are also examined with respect to whether they differ across expatriate employees in the resources sector in Indonesia amongst differing organisational ownership (local or multinational corporation) employers as well as by organisational position, age, gender, marital status, nationality, years of expatriation, length of stay, prior international experience, and work location. The core theory which is used to examine the overarching research question (RQ): "How is social capital perceived as impacting on expatriate work well-being in the resources sector in Indonesia?" is Social Capital Theory (SCT). This thesis employs social capital theory as utilized by Nahapiet and Ghoshal (1998) because it focuses on the resources embedded in the network of relationships possessed by an individual or social unit that suits the current qualitative research which scope is to examine the individual and social units.
Using Indonesia as a case study, this research employed a qualitative, interview-based approach. Fifty-eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with 43 expatriate employees working in the mining and oil and gas industries in Indonesia, as well as 8 spouses and 7 human resource (HR) managers, in order to gain an understanding of the perceptions of the impact of social capital on expatriate work well-being. The findings suggested that social capital, through its three dimensions (structural, relational, and cognitive dimensions), is perceived to significantly impact on expatriate work well-being. The data were analysed with NVivo 11.
This research provides theoretical contributions to expatriate/expatriation literature, specifically in relation to expatriates' use of their social capital, as well as to both work well-being and social capital literature, in several key areas. This research particularly provides insight into a specific context (i.e., the Indonesian resources sector); both Indonesia and the resources sector internationally have been under-researched in the business/management/HRM literature. First, the research is important in focusing on expatriates/expatriation issues in relation to expatriates' use of their social capital by specifically examining expatriates in the resources sector in Indonesia; a sector and country that have received limited attention in the extant expatriate/expatriation literature. Second, the study extends the existing literature on work well-being by offering a more thorough examination of the components of work well-being through the study of expatriates in the

resources sector in Indonesia. Third, the current study extends the social capital literature in
relation to expatriates by providing an understanding of the perceived impact of social capital on
expatriate work well-being, particularly by examining three dimensions of social capital; namely,
the structural, relational, and cognitive dimensions.
This research also offers practical implications for both organisations and individuals.

At an organisational level, this research contributes to practice by suggesting the need for
organisations that employ expatriates to have an understanding of bureaucracy in Indonesia, hiring
issues in Indonesia, and how to work within the business culture of Indonesia. At an individual
level, this study offers expatriates suggestions for how to build trust through embracing family
values and ways to socially network and find beneficial networks in
Indonesia, as well as to encourage their understanding of the cultural diversity in Indonesia.


Conditions are derived under which the mixed regression estimator (MRE) is better then the ordinary least-squares estimator (OLSE) with respect to the mean square error (MSE) matrix criterion especially for the case that the regression model is misspecified. Some attention is paid to prediction, where it is shown that the MRE-predictor is potentially superior to the OLS-predictor under the same criterion.


Experiments at two locations were used to evaluate the ropewick applicators as an approach for leafy spurge control with herbicides. One pasture was located southwest of Lincoln, Nebraska and the other near Plainview, Nebraska. The treatments were applied on May 19 and 21, 1981, respectively, when leafy spurge was in the early bud stage. The experiments were in a randomized complete block design with four replications at Lincoln and three replications at Plainview.


*1 would like to thank Val Burris, David Elliott, Richard Rogers, and the Insurgent Sociologist Collective for their helpful suggestions. The 'feminization of poverty' is currently a phenomenon of great concern to the government, social scientists, politicians, and feminists of all political persuasions. This phrase attempts to capture the essence of the following facts: in the United States, the fastest growing type of family structure is that of female-headed households and, because of the high rate of poverty among these households, their increase is mirrored in the growing numbers of women and children who are poor; almost half of all the poor in the U.S. today live in families headed by women. In 1984, 16 percent of all white families, 25 percent of all families of Spanish origin, and 53 percent of all black families were headed by women (Rodgers, 1986:5). In the same year, the poverty rate for white, Spanish-origin and black female-headed households was 27.1 percent, 53.4 percent, and 51.7 percent respectively (Rodgers, 1986:12). Poverty affects not only young and adult women with children but also older women; in 1984, the median income of women 65 years and over was $6,020 (while it was $10,450 for men in the same age category) and 15.0 percent of all women age 65 and over had incomes below the


The temperature of the human body is strongly influenced by the working climate of its environment.  A high-pressure work environment will certainly have an influence on the worker's body temperature and make a separate burden for workers in a work environment. Humans have the ability to adapt in colder and hotter environments with certain restrictions.  The consequences that occur when a person does physical activity in a hot temperature place is not only affected by the decrease in achievement of his activity but also increases the risk of developing diseases caused by hot temperatures. Workers who are exposed to hot temperatures continuously can cause dehydration to hyperthermia. In the tofu industry, there is a process of grinding and cooking of course using tools that will be a source of heat in the work environment. The purpose of this Community Service (PKM) is to provide information to factory industry owners and workers to know about the air conditions at the work site and how the time allowed to work so as not to cause comfort and health disruption for workers. The implementation method is carried out by conducting surveys, data retrieval and socialization hybridly. After the community service activities, managers and Harapan Maju Tofu Industrial workers to know the working climate conditions in their work environment so as to create safe and comfortable working conditions


International new ventures (INVs) – those that from the inception seek to use their resources and to sell their output in international markets – have been the subject of much research for more than a decade. However, research on INVs has so far ignored the importance of communication strategies directed toward foreign stakeholders during the internationalisation of these young firms. In addition, INVs may utilise different and at times progressively more complex entry modes into foreign markets (for example, exporting, licensing, direct investment). An important concern is then the necessity to develop and implement appropriate communication strategies towards foreign stakeholders as the firm evolves in terms of its international activities. This study examines communication strategies of INVs in foreign markets when pursuing different entry modes. A communications model is used to develop propositions and these are explored based on interviews with 22 executives in high-tech companies. Insights for managerial practice and for future research are provided. Results suggest that INVs do communicate with various publics as they internationalise; however, they are not taking full advantage of a carefully planned communication strategy or of all the communication tools available.


Modifications to bridge deck structures, such as open‐grate sidewalks or vents, have been used with the goal of suppressing wind‐induced oscillations of long‐span bridges. This paper presents results of a detailed two‐dimensional wind‐tunnel study on the effect of different vent configurations on the vortex‐induced response and flutter susceptibility of an H‐section bridge (a 3/125 scale model of the Deer Isle bridge). The presence of the sidewalk vents is seen to have a strong influence on the characteristics of the flow around the deck. The vortex‐shedding process is not disrupted completely but merely reorganized around different frequencies. Vent configurations that render the deck stable at low wind speeds are seen to have a destabilizing effect at high wind speeds, and vice versa. It is seen that the judicious use of modifications to the deck structure can lead to a stable section in the wind‐speed range of interest. In particular, in this case both the static and the aeroelastic behavior of the mod...


This paper presents a study of an auditory version of the game "Towers of Hanoi". In this study, we have compared three different strategies for continuous presentation of the objects. The focus for this study is to investigate the nature of auditory direct manipulation, where continuous presentation is one of the key aspects. The results show that the differences between the strategies need to be explored further by experimentation. Additionally, much effort has to be put on the learning phase of the auditory interface and the mouse interaction has to be investigated further.


Mams yadi Kwatha an Ayurvedic formulation cited in Siddha Yoga Sangraha of Yadavji Trikramji Acharya is said to be highly effectiv e in various psychiatric conditions. This wellknown formulation contains t he ingredients - Jatamamsi (Nordosthachys jatamansi DC ) , As hwagandha (Withania somnifera) and Parasika Yavani (Hyocymus niger Linn) in 8:4:1 r atio respectively. The test formul ation was subjected to assess its effect on Anxiety status. The model selected for this study were Open field behavior test a nd Elevated Pl us Maze Performance Test,in albino mice. The test formulation showed interesting results in anti anxiety property and pro - anxiety property at different phases of study.


Abstracr We present a new method for modeling and rendering of hair and grass type textures using simple exponential functions. We show that individual elements required for the generation of this type of texture can be defined in terms of simple exponential functions with their amplitude and shape controlled by a very small number of parameters of the exponential functions. The random variation in shape, size, thickness etc. from one element to the other is easily achieved through introduction of random variation in the relevant parameters of the defining function. The images are calculated using ray-tracing with the intensity of light along each ray calculated using Perlin's ray marching algorithm. A complete methodology together with examples showing the results of using our method is presented.


The Munsell Color Science Laboratory model and visual colorimeter for collecting color-matching-function data were described in Part I of this article. The model and instrument have demonstrated results that correlate well with data collected using the National Research Council of Canada's Trichromator. Color-matching-function data for 18 observers and 20 repetitions on a single observer have been obtained using the Munsell Color Science Laboratory visual colorimeter. The variability for the single observer for 20 repetitions over a month's time was found to be similar to the uncertainty of matching within a single measurement session. The variability of the 18 observers was found to be much larger. The results were compared with the CIE Standard Deviate Observer. The variability of the CIE Standard Deviate Observer was on the order of the single observer variability while the multiple observer variability was significantly larger.


The use of advanced computational methods aiding manufacture of biomodels applied in diagnosis, design and treatment of complexes surgical cases, may be, most of times, decisive to success of clinical results. The application of Rapid Prototyping in medical area allows the acquisition of highly precise three-dimensional models that represent the accurate copy of the anatomic structure of the patient. The main systems of RP used in biomedical area are: Stereolithography Apparatus (SLA), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM). With the physical model, the surgeon has, in a real scale of the anatomic region, better conditions to obtain the diagnosis, to design treatment and surgical intervention. Besides, the prototype reduces the surgical time, facilitates the communication between surgeon and patient and promotes an efficient integration between the multidisciplinary staff. The case reported here was developed in a patient with atrophy of superior maxilla needing prosthetic rehabilitation anchored on titanium implant. To obtain the biomodel, a computed tomography (CT) of the anatomical region, with axial slices of 1mm was required. The images were converted in format DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) to posterior manufacture of the prototype that, than was used in the planning and production of the bone supported surgical guide. The aim of this work is to provide information necessary to the application of RP in surgical therapies, based on a case study.


ITHIN the last few years there has been a marked increase in interest in supersonic and hypersonic flow regimes. This has been partly as a result of the establishment of a transatmpspheric vehicle and the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) program. Addressing the technology problems for these future systems will provide a significant challenge for the aerospace community. Supersonic and hypersonic airbreathing vehicles are highly integrated systems involving strongly coupled technologies. The conceptual design process for various components requires analytical and experimental tools. The flowfield regimes include the internal combustion of propulsion systems, the external flow of the vehicle, and the overall performance of the system. The rebirth of interest in high-speed flows follows a period of inactivity. During the 1960's, considerable research was conducted on supersonic and hypersonic flows. Much of the research was directed at understanding the problem of re-entry. Test facilities such as supersonic/hypersonic wind tunnels, shock tunnels, and shock tubes were established. The diagnostic instrumentation in these facilities provided limited data. The instrumentation included pressure transducers, heattransfer gages, schlieren and inter ferometry, and gas-sampling probes. The data were sufficient to help understand the flow phenomena. With the advent of computer and laser technologies, the activities in the area of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and sophisticated instrumentation were accelerated. The design and analysis of re-entry-type vehicles have become increasingly dependent upon numerical schemes for predicting the flowfield.1 The adequacy of CFD as the sole design tool for aerodynamic vehicles in the foreseeable future is doubtful. 2 CFD produces more detailed aerodynamic information faster than previously possible, particularly on simple configurations such as an airfoil section, a fuselage, or even a complete wing. However, reliable modeling of complex complete configurations including vortex interactions, boundary-layer transition, and chemistry are not yet available. Even the detailed physics of the flow near the leading or trailing edge of a wing is very difficult, if not impossible,, to compute within the required accuracy. Experimental aerodynamics, therefore, remain an important component in the design of future transport aircraft. This is even more true in terms of development of the propulsion system. To examine the applicability of various diagnostic techniques, it is necessary to establish the measurement requirements in terms of the parameters and the measurement environments. This in turn requires the examination of the available or proposed design facilities. Figure 1 shows the performance envelope of some existing ground test facilities.3 Also shown is the performance profile for a proposed entry research vehicle (ERV). The research vehicle is proposed for investigation of basic flowfield phenomena for high-altitude/ hypervelocity flights. Nonintrusive measurement techniques are also needed in support of candidate flight experiments. Examination of the performance envelope of existing flow facilities (e.g., Fig. 1) will help determine the required dynamic range of the instrumentation employed in these facilities.4 It is also generally agreed that the environments associated with supersonic and hypersonic test facilities are harsh both inside and outside the test facility. Inside, the measurement environment is characterized by high temperatures, high velocities, and high noise levels. Outside, it is characterized by high noise and vibration levels and by varying temperature and pressure fields, which can adversely affect the alignment and overall performance. For application of optical techniques, this requires that all optical components be mounted independent of


The invention discloses an on-line diameter measurement device for a large-diameter solid of revolution, and the device comprises a first measurement group and a second measurement group, wherein the first measurement group and the second measurement group are symmetrically arranged on two sides of a measured solid of revolution; the first measurement group and the second measurement group are symmetrical to the axis of the measured solid of revolution; the two measurement groups respectively correspond to two ends of the measured solid of revolution; each measurement group comprises a transmitting end for transmitting measurement lights, a receiving end aligned with the transmitting end and an adapting piece for connecting the transmitting end and the receiving end; the measured solid of revolution is positioned between the transmitting end and the receiving end; the measured lights are formed into blocked lights and residual lights after meeting the measured solid of revolution, wherein the blocked lights are blocked by the measured solid of revolution and can not be transferred to the receiving end, and the residual lights penetrate through the measured solid of revolution to reach the receiving end; the receiving end receives the residual lights and calculates the light band width of the residual lights; the receiving end inputs the light band width into a processor; and the processor calculates to obtain the diameter of the measured solid of revolution. The on-line diameter measurement device has the advantages of high measurement precision and low manufacture cost.


Synthetic Genomics
By recoding bacterial genomes, it is possible to create organisms that can potentially synthesize products not commonly found in nature. By systematic replacement of seven codons with synonymous alternatives for all protein-coding genes, Ostrov et al. recoded the Escherichia coli genome. The number of codons in the E. coli genetic code was reduced from 64 to 57 by removing instances of the UAG stop codon and excising two arginine codons, two leucine codons, and two serine codons. Over 90% functionality was successfully retained. In 10 cases, reconstructed bacteria were not viable, but these few failures offered interesting insights into genome-design challenges and what is needed for a viable genome.

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Terror narratives have been characterized by a dialogism where the "normative" I—i.e. the "non-threatening mainstream"—defines and delineates subjects whose identity is centred on their (actual or presumed) location in the terror network. This is especially so in the case of Asian migrants who settle down in Western countries, as their very identity as Asian locates them at a precarious point in the real or imagined "terror network." The migrant is no longer the Du (Thou), but the Es (It), imparting an identity to the Ich (I), where the Ich denotes the "original" citizens of the country. The transactions of the "I" with the "Thou" and the "It" become significant in the context of Asian immigrants in that, for the dominant mainstream (the "I"), the "terrorist" is an Es/"It" that has gradually marked its transition from the Du/"Thou." The person of the "terrorist" finds its ontological properties from the gradual movement away from a "Thou" to an "It." The hitherto unbounded "Thou" is transformed into a definable "It," by ascribing to her/him a religion, race, colour, nationality and ethnicity. He/she is not confronted, as every "Thou" is, but is rather "experienced" as a source of terror, as an "It." The paper attempts to explore the transformation of the figure of the "migrant terrorist" from a confronted "Thou" to an "imagined/experienced" "It" through an analysis of New York (2009) by Kabir Khan and Home Fire (2017) by Kamila Shamsie.


The Ministry of Energy of Thailand promulgated the criteria for computing the Overall Thermal Transfer Values (OTTV) to manage building energy efficiency in 1992. These criteria were improved in 2009 to cover dissimilar heat transfer rates in the daytime and the nighttime for offices, stores and hotels constructed with 0 to 90-degree roofs and walls. However, the assessment of OTTV of buildings with wall inclinations greater than 90 degrees has been excluded with only approximate values being used in the calculation. The objective of this paper, therefore, is to propose a calculation method of Effective Solar Radiation (ESR), a variable in OTTV equation, for office buildings with 105-150 degree wall inclinations, taking into account the effects of ground reflectance values of 0.05, 0.2 and 0.32 for water, grass, and white concrete, respectively. The ESR values for the inclined glass wall were obtained from the slope of linear relationship between the simulated solar heat gain and the glass's Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC). The simulated results and the regression analysis showed that the derived ESR values of the vertical wall were compatible with the ESR values in the building energy code (BEC) and the energy used index, similar to that obtained from energy audits. The ESR values decreased by 2.7-37% as the glass wall inclination increased, resulting in a decrease of the OTTV by 2.0-17%. For the high ground reflectance of 0.32 and SHGC of 0.54, the results showed that the OTTVs of the building with inclined walls exceeded 50 W/m2. Therefore, grass and water are recommended for the landscape around energy efficient buildings.