In order to achieve spatial locating and visualization of batch defects in fillet weld of T joint weldments, detection images of weldments were obtained by using multi-view imaging method, and mathematic models of defect depth and deviation were established. On the basis of defects segmentation of detection images, according to the proposed automatic corresponding criterion of defects and automatic extraction algorithm of projection distance, the automatic extraction of spatial position data and visualization of batch defects in the joints were achieved. The data of 84 defects were analyzed statistically, and the distribution feature of defects was obtained. The experimental results show that the defects were mainly located on the left side of the sternum center line, which account for 73.8 percent of the total. The depth of defects is mostly among [2 2.5] mm, which account for 69.1 percent of the total. Nearly 70 percent of the defects were mainly distributed in the joint surface of the wing and sternum. The radius of defects is among [0 0.51] mm, the number of defects radius which is less than 0.25 mm is 56, which account for 66.7 percent of the total. The radius of defects is among [0.3 0.5] mm, whose number is 23, which account for 27.4 percent of the total. Along weld longitudinal direction the defects distribution is random.


Item the Article is devoted the analysis of forms of expression of individualism in the world view settings of the Ukrainian people in a historical retrospective view on folk-lore tradition of Steppe Pobuzhzhya. Investigational methods of actualization of «Ukrainian individualism» in folk-lore tradition; folk-lore material of Steppe Bug Rsver is analysed in the ХІХ-ХХІ с. of item in three sentinel measurings: XIX c., middle of XX item, end XX is beginning of XXI ages; investigational specific of institucionalizacii of individualist potencies of every khronotop in folk-lore texts


A scheme for beat wave excitation of electron plasma wave (EPW) is proposed by relativistic cross-focusing of two coaxial Cosh-Gaussian (ChG) laser beams in an under dense plasma. The plasma wave is generated on account of beating of two coaxial laser beams of frequencies ω1 and ω2. The mechanism for laser produced nonlinearity is assumed to be relativistic nonlinearity in electron mass. Following moment theory approach in Wentzel Kramers Brillouin (W.K.B) approximation, the coupled differential equations governing the evolution of spot size of laser beams with distance of propagation have been derived. The relativistic nonlinearity depends not only on the intensity of first laser beam but also on the intensity of second laser beam. Therefore, propagation dynamics of one laser beam affect that of second beam and hence cross-focusing of the two laser beams takes place. Due to non uniform intensity distribution of pump laser beams, the background electron concentration gets modified. The amplitude of EPW, w...


Women are important stakeholders in natural resource management and conservation. They are much closer to nature and have far greater role in preserving soil, forest and other natural resources than men. In spite of their consistent struggle for the protection and promotion of natural resources for human survival, it is noticed that they are still marginalized at all levels of policy making, planning and decision making in natural resource conservation, environment management, protection and rehabilitation. Result shows that involvement of women especially tribal women at planning stage was found to be very low as compared to execution stage of natural resource conservation. To promote the involvement of women in conservational activities, quota of women's representative in user committee be made essential and need based trainings are to be incorporated in the programmes. The paper discusses the involvement of women in planning and execution stages of natural resources conservation.


As the Symbolist movement has primarily been linked to the poetic mode, the association of symbolism with prose writing, and particularly with traditional Afrikaans prose, raises many questions, From the writings of older critics it appears that whereas they did identify symbolic patterns in the work of contemporaries, the presence of a specific Symbolist influence is either not recognized at all, or played down and evaluated negatively. However, several of the early authors themselves, e.g. Leipoldt, Grosskopf and Marais, referred to, or admitted to being influenced by the great 19th-century Symbolist poets. The most marked example of Symbolist writing is evident in the short stories of Marais ("Die Reenbul") and Van Melle ( Denker kom kyk ). In all the cases where the symbolist influence can be traced, several common characteristics are evident: the authors remained outside the mainstream of traditional Afrikaans prose writing, the lyrical tone and a decadent mood dominate, and in these early works signs of the innovative "Sestiger" prose are already evident.


Abstract A distinctive new species of the extinct ephydroid fly genus, Protocamilla Hennig (Camillidae), is described in mid-Eocene (45 myo) Baltic amber: Protocamilla groehni, n.sp. The unique male specimen has pedunculate eyes, which is presumably a sexual dimorphism as in Drosophilidae. Fore tarsi are also sexually dimorphic. This is the fifth ephydroid to be described from Baltic amber and the only hypercephalic ephydroid known outside the Drosophilidae. The phylogenetic position of Protocamilla is briefly discussed.


Abstract The multimode radiation of a high-power solid-state laser is dealt with as a Gaussian Schell model (GSM) beam that is described by the Wolf function. The laser beam parameters for a stable resonator configuration were calculated and compared with experimental results. The focusing of the GSM beam by means of a thin lens (first-order optical system) and the disturbance by an aperture diaphragm are discussed by means of two-dimensional graphics. For multimode radiation the advantage over ray-tracing methods are discussed.


The invention relates to a preparation process of a mica-based pearlescent pigment with high weather resistance. The preparation process comprises the following steps: using metal oxide such as titanium dioxide and ferric oxide to clad the surface of mica with a certain grain size distribution to obtain a base material in a certain series of the pearlescent pigment, using photostable substances such as SiO2, Al2O3 and CeO2 to cover the surface of the base material, performing organic modification on the surface of the pigment by using a silane coupling agent KH570, and then obtaining the mica-based pearlescent pigment with the high weather resistance after suction filtration, washing and drying. The preparation process of the mica-based pearlescent pigment is reasonable in design, simple in operation, low in equipment cost, low in energy consumption, and suitable for large-scale production; the prepared pearlescent pigment is good in color and gloss, and suitable for occasions such as automotive, marine and outdoor decoration which have high weather resistance requirements.


Ring-substituted styrenes were prepared and polymerized. They usually had higher glass transition temperatures than polystyrene. In some disubstituted systems the Tg was an additive function of the individual groups. Crystallinities of methyl-substituted polymers varied, depending upon the ring positions involved. Crazing tendencies were equivalent to those in polystyrene.


The new multipurpose space is located inside a concrete parallelepiped building. The internal perimeter partition walls create shapes and geometries typical of Etruscan tombs. They consist of a circular structure in plan built in squared blocks, surmounted by a pseudo-dome in slabs arranged in concentric circles with decreasing diameters to form a domed envelope. In this paper the acoustic phenomena depending on the concave surfaces that characterize this space are presented, mainly focusing and whispering. Acoustic architectural elements are used to inhibit them against the architectural image and controlling the other main acoustics parameters such as the Reverberation Time. The suggested construction solutions mainly refer to the chosen materials to realize the tumuli envelope.


ABSTRACT My vision for good future impact assessment (IA) involves 1. IAs testing the impacts of the plan/project against environmental standards; 2. IAs applying the precautionary principle to impacts that are already globally problematic, with the assumption that those impacts are significant until the IA can show that they are not; 3. Making IA recommendations legally binding; and 4. Better scoping to allow IA to focus on only key impacts. These changes would turn IA from a (baleen) whale – imposing but toothless – into a sleek and effective shark.


This paper presents a development of mathematical models for predicting the effective elastic and piezoelectric properties of a Smart Composite Actuator (SCA) reinforced with transversely isotropic piezoelectric hollow fibers. The models are established based on micromechanics of representative volume element of concentric cylinders or so-called concentric cylinder model (CCM). Five elastic constants and two piezoelectric coefficients are predicted as a function of fiber volume fraction, matrix volume fraction, and their constituents' properties in the SCA. Numerical results of a chosen material system are obtained and discussed. The models can be found useful for developing a SCA or a novel hollow fiber-reinforced composite with the desired properties.Copyright © 2011 by ASME


Cam shaft which is part of automobile engine is essential part about traveling and the decision of fuel injection timing. Also, stiffness and efficiency are component of automobile sash which have an durability of the engine. High hardness and durability are necessary, because engine output is effect by cam shaft directly. So, High-Frequency Induction Hardening is very important. Therefore, in this study are compared with surface hardness characteristic about hardening depth of the SM53C used in the cam shaft. And in order to prospect the shape of hardened structure, hardness, hardening characteristic and fracture characteristic using SM53C which is made by carbon steel.


In 1863 Jules Verne sketched a vision of urban life as it might be a century later. His early novel, Paris au XX siècle, imagines the city's future as a dystopia driven by money making, technological progress, and mechanical efficiency. What cultural production remains bears the grim imprint of an exclusively industrial age. Verne's protagonist, Michel Dufrénoy, is an aspiring poet—resolutely in the antiquated mould. Thanks to this embattled devotee of literary classics, the novel is littered with references to canonical figures, from Rabelais and Montaigne to Balzac and Victor Hugo. Although these lions are all long dead in Verne's futuristic chronology, Michel resembles them in being a remnant of an earlier age: he is peculiarly out of time with the "twentieth century" in which he lives. In a brief episode toward the middle of the novel, Michel spends an evening with two similarly anachronistic figures: Jacques, who harbors military ambitions of an ancient, chivalric bent; and Quinsonnas, a frustrated composer, who expounds on the problems of modern music. Today's harmony, the latter says, may be difficult to analyze but can be produced all too easily. Simply sitting on a piano's keyboard will result in "a perfect chord for our times"—such "gut-wrenching harmony" is generated almost without effort, understanding, or respect for the once-treasured ideals of high art. Responsibility for this pitiful state of musical culture lies, according to Quinsonnas, with a single man: "We've reached this point by the force of events; in the last century, one Richard Wagner, a sort of messiah who has been insufficiently crucified, invented the music of the future, and we're enduring it." Wagner's appearance stages yet another encounter between Verne's imagined future and his present-day reality. Unlike the pantheon of cultural greats already mentioned, however, Wagner is unmoored from his own time. He is problematic precisely because he cannot—unlike Montaigne, or even Victor Hugo—be subject to nostalgic recollection: his destructive, anti-artistic tendencies have persisted; his compositional and theoretical soothsaying of a century earlier has come all too true,


We introduce a point process model for inter-gang violence driven by retaliation -- a core feature of gang behavior -- and multi-party inhibition.
Here, a coupled system of state-dependent jump stochastic differential equations is used to model the conditional intensities of the directed network of gang rivalries. The system admits an exact simulation strategy based upon Poisson thinning. The model produces a wide variety of transient or stationary weighted network configurations and we investigate under what conditions each type of network forms in the continuum limit. We then fit the model to gang violence data provided by the Hollenbeck district of the Los Angeles Police Department to measure the levels of excitation and inhibition present in gang violence dynamics, as well as the stability of gang rivalries in Hollenbeck.


A novel basic ionic liquid paired by 1-butyl-3-methyl-morpholine cation and morpholine anion([Hnmm]Im)was synthesized in two steps;the structure of ionic liquid intermediates was characterized by1 H-NMR and FT-IR.The alkaline ionic liquid was obtained through anion exchange and used as catalyst in the synthesis of biodiesel by transesterification.The results showed that the alkaline ionic liquid[Hnmm]Im is highly active as a catalyst in the transesterification;under the optimum reaction conditions of 60℃,[Hnmm]Im amount of 3%,and methanol/oil mol ratio of 6.5∶1.0,the content of fatty acid methyl ester(FAME)in the product reaches 95.80% after reaction for 2 h.Moreover,the alkaline ionic liquid exhibits high catalytic stability upon reusage;it remains highly active even after being reused for five times.


This paper suggests a solution to what has become known as the "private equity premium puzzle" (Moskowitz and Vissing-Jorgensen (2002)). We interpret occupational choice as a dynamic portfolio choice problem of a life-cycle investor facing a liquidity constraint and imperfect information about the profitability of potential businesses. In this setting, becoming an entrepreneur is equivalent to investing in non-traded private equity capital subject to transaction costs. We model the return on private equity as the sum of two components, the individual ability of the entrepreneur and idiosyncratic business risk. Information is imperfect, because only entrepreneurs observe their own business risk realizations. Using numerical techniques we find that the model generates the observed return structure for private equity using standard CRRA-preferences and fully rational expectations.


Purpose: This study proposed to examine the effects of a blended-learning orientation program executed for nursing students` clinical practice. Method: The participants were 61 nursing students in the experimental group and 57 in the control group. For the experimental group, a blended-learning orientation program was executed by e-learning (on-line) and lecture-led training (off-line) from two-week before the start of clinical practice in medical-surgical nursing. For the control group, orientation was given in the traditional lecture-led training by distributing printed materials before clinical practice. A pre-test was conducted on the experimental and control group before clinical practice, and a post-test was conducted after two-week of clinical practice in order to examine the effects of the orientation program. Results: After two-week of clinical practice, differences were observed between the experimental group and the control group in adaptation to clinical practice (F


A nanoporous ZnO film(nano-ZnO) was prepared by physical vapor deposited method and its physical and chemical properties were studied by means of SEM,UV-Vis,XRD and electrochemical methods. The results show that nano-ZnO is a nanoporous film with a polycrystalline hexagonal wurtzite structure. The average diameter of the nanoparticles is about 50—100 nm and its band gap is 3.37 eV. A new superoxide dismutase(SOD) modified nano-ZnO electrode(SOD/ZnO) was prepared by dipping method. SOD was modified stably in the nano-ZnO film confirmed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS) and the direct electron transfer could be achieved confirmed by cyclic voltammetry(CV). Spectrum studies indicated that SOD kept its bio-activities. A novel third-generation O-2 biosensor with high selectivity,quick response time(4 s),large linear range(anodic current response:0.24—180×10-6 mol/L; cathodic current response:0.12—250×10-6 mol/L) and good sensitivity(anodic:2×10-7 mol/L; cathodic:1×10-7 mol/L) was constructed and its analytical properties were studied.


©Copyright 2019 by Turkish Foundation of Family Medicine Available online at www.anatoljfm.org INTRODUCTION Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has presented as the most common cause of chronic liver disease in the Western world. NAFLD is the condition of hepatic steatosis when no other causes for secondary hepatic fat storage are considered. Hypercholesterolemia is main cause of the NAFLD and ultrasound-based imaging techniques are cheaper and more widely available to diagnose NAFLD in the field of gastroenterology.[1]


There have been many works to improve productivity of greenhouse-grown tomato. One effort is to analyze the photosynthetic rate as it influences productivity (Hisaeda et al., 2007; Takayama et al., 2010). Thus, quantifying photosynthetic rates is essential to diagnose the plant condition as well as to achieve the optimum cultivation condition in the greenhouse in the speaking plant approach concept (Hashimoto, 1989; Udink ten Cate et al., 1978). To bridge the plant's photosynthesis and greenhouse climate control, many researchers developed various kinds of mathematical models of the environmental response of photosynthesis. The models were used as research tools or analytical means, for forecasting, or to be implemented in a computerized system for climate control (Nederhoff and Vegter, 1994). Thornley's model (Thornley, 1976), Acock's model (Acock et al., 1978), TOMGRO (Dayan et al., 1993), and TOMSIM (Heuvelink, 1996) are some established models. Some studies used photosynthesis measurements of single-leaf (Thornley, 1976; Acock et al., 1978; Xin et al., 2019), other studies used canopy-level measurements in a closed chamber (Acock et al., 1978), or whole-greenhouse (Nederhoff and Vegter, 1994; Tsafaras and de Koning, 2017). However, these studies could not provide a realtime response of the photosynthesis of a full-size plant, as part of a community under greenhouse condition, to its environment. Furthermore, the variables used in the photosynthesis models vary among the models. The Thornley's model used incident light flux density, ambient CO2 concentration, and dark respiration rate with three other parameters to calculate net photosynthesis of single leaf (Acock et al., 1978). The model was then constructed by Acock et al. (1978) for canopy photosynthesis in tomato. Nederhoff and Vegter (1994) used variables of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR, i.e., light flux, 400―700 nm), CO2 concentration, and leaf area index (LAI) in an empirical photosynthesis model. However, other environmental factors may also contribute to photosynthesis activity. Based on previous literature, photosynthesis activity has an apparent response to temperature (Castilla, 2013), and is affected by vapor pressure deficit (Acock et al., 1976; Shamshiri et al., 2018). The objective of the present study was to develop an empirical model for the estimation of the whole-plant net photosynthetic rate (Pn) of cherry tomato as a function of relevant greenhouse environmental factors. We used data of Pn at the whole-plant level as a real-time response to instantaneous PAR, air temperature, vapor pressure deficit,


To investigate the effects of benzyltetrahydropalmatine (BTHP) on the transient outward potassium currents(I to), I to were recorded in rat single ventricular myocytes by using whole cell patch clamp technique. The results showed that 5.0 μmol·L -1 BTHP significantly reduced I to from (13.8±2.2)pA·pF -1 to (5.1±1.4)pA·pF -1(P0.01,n=6). BTHP 1-100 μmol·L -1 reduced I to in a concentration-dependent manner, IC 50 was 3.6 μmol·L -1. Furthermore, 5.0 μmol·L -1 BTHP shifted the half-point of activation potential (V 1/2)from (-6.8±0.2 )mV to (-1.5±0.1)mV. BTHP increased the recovery time constant (τ) from(75±19)ms to (119±21)ms (P0.01,n=6). The results indicate that BTHP inhibits I to in a concentration-dependent manner.


The teaching of science has long been viewed as problematic within primary classrooms across Australia. This study explores the teaching of primary science in an area of rural and regional Australia (the New England Region of New South Wales) where small populations, remote settings and isolation can make the teaching of science and other Key Learning Areas (KLA) very challenging. The study employed a mixed methods approach involving a survey of pre and in-service primary teachers (n=41), and semi structured interviews (n=11) with individuals from both of these groups. The findings indicated that many primary teachers and pre-service primary teachers in the New England Region feel challenged by science for a number of reasons including low levels of confidence in relation to scientific content and pedagogical knowledge (specifically in relation to the physical sciences), insufficient resources and equipment, time constraints and limited professional development opportunities. Furthermore, the research indicated that the inservice teachers involved in this study rated science as their second least preferred subject of the six Key Learning Areas within the New South Wales primary curriculum. However, a recent innovation entitled Primary Connections, currently being developed and trialed cross Australia, was favorably received by interviewees in this study and once fully operational, may help to address some of the challenges faced by primary teachers in the area of science.


Multi-category retailers design and develop a huge array of product types, often with vastly different development processes. With so many possible variations, should they align all development teams onto one PLM platform, or use multiple systems?


In various degenerate donor-silicon systems, taking into account the effects of donor size and heavy doping and using an effective autocorrelation function for the potential fluctuations expressed in terms of the Heisenberg uncertainty relation and also an expression for the Gaussian average of , a ≥ 1 being the kinetic energy of the electron, calculated by the Kane integration method (KIM), we investigated the density of states, the optical absorption coefficient and the electrical conductivity, noting that this average expression calculated by the KIM was found to be equivalent to that obtained by the Feynman path-integral method. Then, those results were expressed in terms of for total electron energy , vanished at the conduction-band edge: , and for exhibited their exponential tails, going to zero as , and presenting the maxima, in good accordance with an asymptotic form for exponential conduction-band tail obtained by Halperin and Lax, using the minimum counting methods. Further, in degenerate d-Si systems at low temperatures, using an expression for the average of , p ≥ 3/2, calculated using the Fermi-Dirac distribution function, we determined the mobility, electrical conductivity, resistivity, Hall factor, Hall coefficient, Hall mobility, thermal conductivity, diffusion coefficient, absolute thermoelectric power, Thomson coefficient, Peltier coefficient, Seebeck thermoelectric potential, and finally dimensionless figure of merit, which were also compared with experimental and theoretical results, suggesting a satisfactory description given for our obtained results.


In some embodiments, the multilayer structure comprises at least one structural material (for example nickel), it is electrochemically forming process from at least one sacrificial material (e.g. copper) and at least one sealant (e.g. solder). In certain embodiments, the laminated structure is formed so as to have a desired shape and is at least partially surrounded and directly by the sacrificial material. Substantially the entire said sacrificial material is surrounded by the structural material. The above structure material includes a plurality of openings on its surface. Etchant to attack the surface to remove the sacrificial material trapped inside. The sealing material is disposed in the vicinity of the opening. After removal of the sacrificial material, the case is preferably a gas or liquid into the or casing is evacuated filled. Thereafter, the sealing material is flowed, sealing the opening, and re-solidify. In other embodiments, those to complete the lid or enclosure after the layer formation is placed on the structure.


This paper discusses a life-history approach concerning prehistoric monuments. I argue that prehistoric monuments had lives that extended from their construction in prehistoric times up to the pres ...


The intestinal digestibility of ruminal undegraded protein (RUP) from canola meal heated at 125 or 145 °C for 0, 10, 20, and 30 min was measured using either duodenally cannulated steers or pigs. Cannulated pigs accounted for 96% (P < 0.05) of the variation in intestinal digestibility of RUP by steers with a standard error of prediction of 0.073%. The pig model overpredicted intestinal digestibility of RUP by only 6%. Key words: Ruminal undegraded protein, cannulated pigs, mobile nylon bag, intestinal digestibility


We describe and develop three recent novelties in network research which are particularly useful for studying social systems. The first one concerns the discovery of some basic dynamical laws that enable the emergence of the fundamental features observed in social networks, namely the nontrivial clustering properties, the existence of positive degree correlations and the subdivision into communities. To reproduce all these features, we describe a simple model of mobile colliding agents, whose collisions define the connections between the agents which are the nodes in the underlying network, and develop some analytical considerations. The second point addresses the particular feature of clustering and its relationship with global network measures, namely with the distribution of the size of cycles in the network. Since in social bipartite networks it is not possible to measure the clustering from standard procedures, we propose an alternative clustering coefficient that can be used to extract an improved normalized cycle distribution in any network. Finally, the third point addresses dynamical processes occurring on networks, namely when studying the propagation of information in them. In particular, we focus on the particular features of gossip propagation which impose some restrictions in the propagation rules. To this end we introduce a quantity, the spread factor, which measures the average maximal fraction of nearest neighbours which get in contact with the gossip, and find the striking result that there is an optimal non-trivial number of friends for which the spread factor is minimized, decreasing the danger of being gossiped about.


【Objective】 To analyze the reason of reoperation after thyroidectomy.【Methods】 A retrospective analysis of the reoperation cases after thyroidectomy in the past thirteen years was made,including comparison of the reason and pathology results.【Results】 The reasons of thyroid reoperation were thyroid carcinoma(43 cases),recurrent nodular goiter(27 cases),recurrent hyperthyoidism(7 cases),and recurrent hyperthyoidism secondary to nodular goiter(6 cases) in the order.The radical therapy of thyroid carcinoma and subtotal thyroidectomy.There was no mortality.Complications included transient hypoparathyroidism(n=3),recurrent laryngeal nerve injury(n=2),incision hemorrhage(n=2),dyspnea(n=2) and thyroid abscess(n=1).【Conclusion】 The combination of complete examinations before operation,investigation of specimen′s cross section during operation and quick frozen section pathology can elevate the accuracy rate of diagnosis,reduce the reoperation percentage.Meanwhile,adequate operation manipulation can avoid reoperation.Subtotal thyroidectomy of benign thyroid nodule is helpful to prevent thyroid reoperation.It is difficult to have reoperation after thyroidectomy.Routine exposure of recurrent laryngeal nerve is advised to avoid injury.


This chapter will assess the relationship between order and disorder in the film through a detailed examination of the key authority figures: the Judge, the Squire, the Curate, and the Doctor. The figure of the Judge receives particular attention as a contentious and problematic figure. In considering these authority figures, the chapter will develop a reading of the film as playing out the tensions of the 18th Century setting as Britain moved from an age of superstition into an Enlightenment age of reason. The chapter will explore the film as an example of, what Andrew Tudor has called, a paranoid horror narrative, and a contrast will be made with examples of secure horror narratives. This chapter will consider how this paranoia is expressed through the fundamental flaws, limitations and weaknesses of these authority figures.


Guest lecture by Andre Faaij (Utrecht University/BE-Basic), IPCC Lead Author on Energy Systems. Introduced by Roy Meijer, Science Information Officer of the TU Delft, member of the Delft Environment Initiative. In this lecture, Faaij will build on insights from the Special Report on Renewable Energy, and will discuss the outlook for deployment of different renewable energy technologies (RET's).


Abstract : All the necessary equations for the parallel T stabilizing networks as used in AC servos are presented. The Diehl two-phase control motor is used in the servo-mechanism. Design formulas and tables of values for various forms of the parallel T network, of the bridge T, and the Wien Bridge proportional derivative networks are developed from the simplest basic assumptions. Tolerance requirements on the components of the parallel T, the bridge T, and phase lag networks are given.


At the Planetary Probe Workshop Dr. Paul Mahaffy will give a tutorial on the history of planetary exploration using mass spectrometers. He will give an introduction to the problems and solutions that arise in making in situ measurements at planetary targets using this instrument class.


The following discussion with philosopher and political scientist Wendy Brown seeks to apply her provocative and indispensable ideas to recent political events and problems, in particular focusing on her work in Undoing the Demos (2015) and returning briefly to consider Politics Out of History (2001) in today's context. The questions were collectively authored and the interview itself was conducted by Sebastian Raza via Skype on 23 May 2017. We would like to thank Wendy Brown for the generous contribution of her time and for answering the questions so directly and clearly.


Blueberries have been drawn more attention in recent years for their antioxidant capacities and proposed health benefits. Pulsed ultraviolet (PUV) light is known for its disinfection effects on the surface of fresh fruits. This study's aim was to examine the effects of PUV light on naturally present microbial load, antioxidant capacity, and antioxidant enzyme activity of fresh blueberries. Fresh blueberry samples were treated for 30, 60, 90, and 120 s. Samples were stabilized at 13 cm away from the PUV lamp before treatment. Total Aerobic Plate Count (TAPC) and yeast and mold count reduction were observed the highest in samples treated for 90 s, 1.97 and 1.27 log CFU/g, respectively. Antioxidant capacity levels were significantly different for treated samples for 60 and 90 s in FRAP analysis, whereas no differences were observed in results of DPPH analysis. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity as antioxidant enzyme had no difference, however, glutathione peroxidase (GPx) increased by 50% with PUV treatment for 120 s. PUV light treatment of fresh blueberries for 90 s was determined as ideal exposure time among tested time intervals of this study. PUV light illumination can generally enhance antioxidant capacity and antioxidant enzyme activity of fresh blueberries and decrease the population of natural microorganisms of fresh blueberries and similar small fruits.


SummaryA component of propolis has been identified as 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid (ferulic acid). It was found in the course of the systematic investigation of the chemical composition of propolis, using UV, IR and NMR spectrometry and paper and thin-layer chromatography. The isolation and identification of the compound are described, and reference made to its pharmacological activity.


The Birl is an electronic wind instrument developed by the authors, which uses artificial neural nets for the mapping of fingering systems and embouchure position. The design features of the instrument are described, and the selected machine-learning mapping strategy is discussed.


Due to high operating cost, limited coverage range, complex installation and additional weight, helicopter and other general aviation aircraft may not have datalink function implemented as portion of its avionics system. However, datalink has great advantages of releasing crowed VHF channel resources, reducing pilot and controller workload, supporting automation application, gaining time efficiency and operation precision. During the preflight, in-the-air and post-flight periods, general aviation operators and ground stations always demand data from helicopters, similar to Airline Operation Control (AOC) for air transportation. The automotive control trends and mandatory standards also drive the installation of data communication for the helicopters. By using SysML modeling language, this paper tries to identify the data link communication scenarios and requirements for helicopters. The feasibility of utilizing existing high speed mobile network for helicopters data communication is analyzed and confirmed, which removes the cost obstacles of helicopter datalink applications. Based on the operational concept and requirement analysis, flexible and scalable datalink system architecture for helicopters is proposed, which support both the VHF ACARS and mobile cellular network. Since the weight and size of airborne system for helicopter is severely restricted, besides the data communication radios, all the other router, protocol stacks and applications should be hosted in the modular computing resources and/or multi-function displays. With an integrated data communication radio and the datalink partition hosted applications, the airborne datalink system can support the 4G/LTE, WiFi, VHF ACARS and other future new communication channels, e.g. broadband satellite communication and AeroMACS system etc.


We report here synthesis, characterization and photo-catalytic behavior of chitosan coated copper-oxide nano catalyst towards reduction of carbon dioxide. The catalyst was synthesized by onepot hydrothermal method using HCl depolymerized chitosan and CuSO4 penta-hydrate salt. The purified catalysts were characterized by FTIR, AFM and XPS. A boron doped Siwafer was spin coated with a thin film of aqueous dispersions of the catalyst and used for photo-reduction experiment with CO2 under direct sun light for 5 hours. We observed formation of formic acid as a major photoreduction product in FTIR analysis. We conclude combined Si-Wafer and CuxO nano material is a promising photo-catalyst for CO2 reduction. Keywords—CO2 reduction, photo catalyst, Chitosan coated –copper oxide.


The electronic structure and optical properties of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in cubic perovskite structure are calculated using a density functional theory with full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method. In this study, we have used the approximations LDA, GGA and mBJ, with mBJ the best approximation to get the band gap energy. This study is conducted through five stages: (1) We have started by optimizing the lattice parameters to find the basic state of each component (2) We have calculated electronic properties such as density of state, band structure, charge density (3) and based on the band structure we have also calculated the optical properties as dielectric function, absorption coefficient, refractive index, reflectivity and optical conductivity to discuss the different transitions and the new peaks. The mechanical (4) and thermodynamic (5) behavior was discussed for the first time for [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in the cubic phase, in terms of elastic constants, and their related parameters, such as Young's modulus, shear modulus and Poisson's ratio. Our results show that [Formula: see text] has a stable ductile trait that makes it effective for high temperature electronic applications. As a result, the various new peaks in the wide UV region due to the transition of electrons confirm the application of [Formula: see text]([Formula: see text], Sr and Ba) in the field of optoelectronic devices.


Below are the Disciplinary Policy Guidelines, Missio n Statement, Core Principles , and Goals  for the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC). Disciplinary Policy Guidelines As provided in 19 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) § 249.5, the primary purposes the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) seek


From the organic synthesis point of view, major reviews concerning the uses and applications of the trifluoromethyl group in chemistry appeared in the 90 s by Kiselyov [1] and McClinton [2]. Despite fluorine atoms are extremely rare in natural compounds, they have a valuable importance in drug synthesis and agrochemicals. Particularly, the trifluoromethyl group is very common in drug compounds (i.e marketed pharmaceutical compounds such as the anti-depressant fluoxetine 1 (Prozac), the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib 2 (Celebrex), the antimalarial drug mefloquine 3 and the HIV protease inhibitor tipranavir 4 (Aptivus)). Trifluoromethyl compounds are also valuable intermediates in synthesis, for the preparation of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and ionic liquids. Since Moisson s elemental F2 discovery in 1886, fluorine had attracted the attention of chemists due to its properties as a reagent for the direct preparation of several organic and inorganic compounds; however, its extreme reactivity limits its widespread laboratory use. The 1970 s decade marked the development of new safer and selective fluorinating agents, compatible with ordinary laboratory equipment, and thus permitted a growing field for the fluorination of organic key molecules. Recent developments in the synthetic methodology toward trifluoromethyl containing organic molecules have given rise to a great interest in the scientific community, from both academy and industry. This special Issue of Current Organic Synthesis covers some interesting aspects of the trifluoromethyl group in organic synthesis, such as the trifluomethylation of carbonyl compounds, stereoselective construction of an assymetric center containing a trifluoromethyl group, preparation of trifluorometyl-substituted fused bicycled-heterocycles and the trifluoacetylation of organic molecules, including its application for the preparation of trifluomethyl heterocycles.


The invention discloses a mobile charging method and a mobile charging system for an electric automobile. The mobile charging system comprises a fixed charging box, a mobile battery and an automatic payment system and a mobile battery assembling box. The mobile charging method comprises the following steps: fully charging the mobile battery on fixed charging equipment for use; when the electric automobile needs to be charged, taking away the mobile battery on the fixed charging equipment and placing the mobile battery onto the electric automobile, and supplying driving power to the electric automobile and charging a vehicle-mounted battery by the mobile battery at the same time; after charging of the vehicle-mounted battery is completed, returning the mobile battery to nearby fixed charging equipment. When the mobile battery is taken away and returned, the automatic payment system calculates the using time and the power consumption of the mobile battery respectively for billing. When the mobile battery on the fixed charging equipment is taken away, account information or prepayment is required for unlocking. Through the mobile charging method and the mobile charging system, the charging operation is high in efficiency, a user does not need to wait for several hours for charging and can carry away the fully-charged mobile battery along with the electric automobile, and the electric automobile is connected with the mobile battery and is charged in the driving process.


Environmental motivation in industrial waste processing should be prioritized in national social development programs. Technogenic materials accumulate near industrial enterprises and significantly complicate the environmental situation in the regions. The article considers the possibility of utilizing technogenic waste (slag) from the Elektrostal Tyumen metallurgical plant. We propose including finely-ground slag in the raw charge for the production of wall ceramics, which can assist in reducing the plasticity number of the Kyshtyrlinsky clay deposit of Tyumen and its sintering temperature. The results obtained indicate an increase in the strength of the ceramic by 23.8%. A burn-out additive (wood flour) is additionally introduced into the raw material mixture to improve the thermal characteristics of ceramic products.


1 Water management and fertilizer nitrogen in agricultural products should be improved due to lack of resources, environmental problems and health. Modeling in recent years has had an important role in improving irrigation, fertilizer operations in new irrigation systems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the capability of Hydrus-1D model to simulate the effect of different combinations of water and nitrogen regimes in a drip irrigation system for the dung. This study was done in a drip irrigation fertilizer system and under field conditions for onion cultivation. Moisture levels and nitrogen concentration were obtained in field with 48 hr irrigation and fertilizer nitrogen injection with the concentration of 0.116 hr. Applying boundary conditions and initial in Hydrus-1D model, moisture and nitrogen were estimated at four depths 0-15, 15-30, 30-45 and 45-60 cm. In this study, changes of moisture content and nitrogen concentration during different growth months by Hydrus-1D model were evaluated. Results indicate higher moisture content of the three at 30, 60 and 90 days after transplanting bulbs in the ground layer 15-0 cm and 10 cm at the location of emitters. The humidity was higher in the first layer of soil at 10 cm eye drops due to the settlement of the soil. Measurement and modeling of nitrogen showed increasing nitrogen content at 30 and 90 days after transplanting in 15-0 cm layer of soil at the site of emitters than two months after transplanting. Reducing nitrogen at 10 cm droppers and 60 days after transplanting could be due to plant bulbs at 10 cm from droppers, increasing vegetation cover and food for the plant. Compared to moisture simulations at depth of 60 cm and 10 cm at place droppers showed that root mean square error were 0.0067 and 0.0062, mean absolute error were 0.0044 and 0.0047 and the coefficient of determination were 0.9 and 0.99, respectively. Similarly, compared to nitrogen simulated with observed in place dropper and 10 cm showed the root mean square error were 0.015 and 0.011, the mean absolute error were 0.014 and 0.009 and the coefficient of determination were 0.92 and 0.99, respectively. Calculating error statistics indicate low error and high coefficient of determination in application of Hydrus-1D model and accuracy of this model in the simulation of moisture and nitrogen distributed in the root zone.


The invention discloses a method for adjusting the size of a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel comprises a color film substrate, an array substrate and liquid crystals filled between the color film substrate and the array substrate. The method for adjusting the size of the liquid crystal panel comprises the following steps: cutting the liquid crystal panel to form a fracture at the cutting position; coating the fracture with an adhesive; letting the adhesive partially or all penetrate into the color film substrate and the array substrate; and curing the adhesive. According to the method, the liquid crystal substrate is not squeezed, so that the risk of damage to the liquid crystal substrate is avoided. The adhesive coating mode is simple, easy to operate, high in coating success rate and high in production efficiency.


Infective endocarditis (IE) may be complicated by acute kidney injury, yet data on the use of dialysis and subsequent reversibility are sparse. We set out to examine the prognosis of short- and long-term dialysis in patients with IE.

 Using Danish nationwide registries we identified patients with first-time IE from 2000 to 2017. Dialysis naïve patients were grouped into: those who were treated with dialysis during admission with IE and those who were not. The cumulative incidence of continuous use of dialysis was examined one year post-discharge Multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazard analysis was used to examine one-year mortality for patients surviving IE based on use of dialysis.

 We included 7,307 patients with IE; 416 patients (5.7%) initiated dialysis treatment during admission with IE and these were younger, had more comorbidities and more often underwent cardiac valve surgery during admission with IE compared with non-dialysis patients (47.4% vs. 20.9%). In patients with both surgical intervention and dialysis treatment, 153 (77.7%) initiated dialysis on- or after the date of surgery. The in-hospital mortality was 40.4% and 19.0% for patients with and without dialysis, respectively (p<0.0001). Of those who started dialysis and survived hospitalisation, 78.4% became dialysis-free within one year after discharge. Among those who survived one week subsequent to IE discharge, we identified 5,520 who never had dialysis, 204 patients without continued use of dialysis, and 40 patients with a continued use of dialysis. The corresponding mortality risk at one year was 15.2%, 13.5%, and 41.6% (Figure), respectively. Compared with patients not treated with dialysis, those who became dialysis-free at discharge showed no increased risk of one year mortality in adjusted analysis (HR=1.45, 95% CI: 0.97–2.20), while patients who continued dialysis had an increased associated risk of mortality (HR=2.00, 95% CI: 1.20–3.33).

 In dialysis-naïve patients with IE, more than 1 in 20 patients initiated dialysis treatment during admission. Dialysis identified a high-risk group with an in-hospital mortality of 40%–twice as high as their counterparts. In dialysis patients surviving admission with IE, almost 80% became dialysis-free and showed better long-term survival than those who continued dialysis after discharge.
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The Cubo Trienggadeng Irrigation Schme in Pidie Jaya District fulfills irrigation water depending on the Cubo Trienggadeng Dam which has a fluctuating discharge. The Cubo Trienggadeng Irrigation Scheme divides three technical rotation zones to avoid water user conflicts. In the growing season, rendeng planting season can irrigate the entire rice field area of the Cubo Trienggadeng Irrigation Scheme, while during the gadu planting season (May to August) it can only irrigate an area of 428,25 Ha of rice fields in zone I of a total functional area of 1.090 Ha. To fill irrigation water there are reservoirs in the zone II area which can provide water deposits as reserves with Hutan Pantang small dam. The source of the small dam is from rainwater harvesting, because there is no inflow that enters the reservoir. The primary data in this study is by observing small dam, irrigation area and irrigation network and measuring the dimensions of the carrier channel while secondary data obtained from previous studies and other related institutions, namely technical data on small dam, rainfall, irrigation network schemes. The optimization technique model is used to solve the problems , this study uses non-linear programs with Microsoft Excel solver. In reservoir optimizing for service area, it is expected to be able to solve the problem. The service area of Hutan Pantang small dam covers 84,25 Ha, which requires the largest discharge rate of 0,19 m 3 / sec with a water surface height of 1,77 m and a volume of reservoir 278,161.66 m 3 capable of operating 100% to meet reliability. The results achieved are optimal small dam operation, where the reliability of small dam affects the volume of the reservoir


The scattering number of a noncomplete connected graph G is defined by s(G) = max{ω(G − X) − |X|: X ⊂ V(G), ω(G − X) ≥ 2}, where ω(G − X) denotes the number of components of the graph G − X. In this paper, we show that this parameter can be used to measure the vulnerability of a graph. To some extent, it represents a trade-off between the amount of work done to damage the network and how badly the network is damaged. The relationship between the scattering number and some other parameters of a graph is discussed. Furthermore, we give the Nordhaus—Gaddum-type result for scattering number. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


Focusing on impacts to health‐related indicators in older Japanese patients, this study analyzed both the direct influence of dialysis‐related stigma and influences of its intersectionality with other stigmatized characteristics.


The paper describes dynamic analysis of middle scale horizontal axis wind turbine. The result of computer simulation is compared with that of field test. Both results agree well. Local circulation method is used to analyze rotation force as a part of simulation theory. The rotor diameter of turbine is 8.2 mΦ and the rated output is 8 kW. As the results, the theory which is used in the paper is useful to calculate the wind power in any setting position of wind turbines.


It is the key issue to improve beef value and quality for the improvement of beef industries.This article summarizes the research work on cutting to optimize beef value and technology of quality valuation,then introduces the way of quality valuation.


Abstract : The toxic action of 1-1-dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) and monomethylhydrazine (MMH) may be mediated by the inactivation of pyridoxal in the brain. One possibility considered was the formation of a hydrazone between the pyridoxals and the substituted hydrazine. Pyridoxal dependent enzymes were investigated. UDMH and MMH inhibited both glutamic acid decarboxylase and DOPA decarboxylase. Transaminases (amino transferases) which required alpha-ketoglutaric acid as a substrate were not affected by the hydrazines tested. Further work was conducted to refine an ultrasensitive bioassay method for the detection of each congener of the vitamin B6 group. The microorganisms investigated for the assay were a neurospora and a yeast. Some indirect evidence was obtained which implies that UDMH injected intraperitoneally can be detected in the central nervous system. A mathematical model for hydrazines-induced convulsions was developed. It is now possible to predict the time lapse after administration of the convulsigen and the onset of seizure if only three data points are given.


The posterior and multidirectional instability of the shoulder is a complex problem in terms of diagnosis and treatment. Increased joint volume caused by redundant capsular ligaments has been regarded as a major pathogenesis of posterior and multidirectional instability. Distinct from multidirectional hyperlaxity, multidirectional instability creates symptoms related to increased translation in more than one direction. Recent reports that shoulder symptom originating from labral lesions caused by excessive rim-loading of the humeral head on the posteroinferior glenoid labrum during repetitive subluxation helps us to understand the pathogenesis of such instability. Painful jerk and Kim tests indicate labral lesions in the multidirectionally loose shoulder, suggesting multidirectional instability. Also, a painful jerk test is a prognostic sign of failure of nonoperative treatment. The labral lesion can be an incomplete tear or a concealed lesion which often has been underestimated. Operative treatment is indicated when nonoperative treatment has failed. Arthroscopic capsulolabroplasty is a reliable procedure, which not only provides capsular balance, but also restores the labral height.


Integrated governance on tax made by the Customs is a major innovation in the customs management in recent years and significant results have been achieved.By borrowing one of the latest achievements of contemporary public administration —— the analytical framework and methods of governance theory,from the theoretical level,this paper makes an explanation of the practice of integrated governance on tax,so as to find out the implied governance ideas and in perspective put forward the ways of transferable model from the customs management to the customs governance and innovative ideas in order to further enrich the customs management theory and provide a certain perspective guidance for the practice of integrated governance on tax.


The differentiation of male gametes of the marine red alga Ptilota densa was studied by electron microscopy. Mature primary spermatangia are enveloped by a single cell wall and possess a clearly polar subcellular organization. The nucleus is situated apical to large, striated, fibrous vacuoles which are apparently formed by the repeated fusion of dictyosome vesicles. The transformation and liberation of spermatia from spermatangia involve both the secretion of the fibrous vacuoles at the base of the cell and the subsequent rupturing of the spermatangial cell wall. Liberated spermatia are coated with a thin mucilage layer and contain numerous small vesicles and several mitochondria and dictyosomes. The nucleus is cup‐shaped and generally lacks a limiting envelope. These findings are discussed in relation to other light and electron microscopic studies of differentiating spermatangia in red algae.


The title complex [Co(Pae)2L] was synthesized by hydrothermal methods and characterized by IR,cyclic voltammetry and X-ray single-crystal diffraction.The results show that the complex is monoclinic with space group P2(1) /c,a=1.35141(15) nm,b= 0.73190(10) nm,c= 2.0897(2) nm,Mr = 435.85,V =1.9529(4) nm3,Z = 4,F(000) = 910,Dc= 1.482 g/cm3,μ(Mo-Kα) = 0.915 mm-1,R1= 0.0530,wR2= 0.1129.The complex was measured for its antimicrobial activity by agar diffusion method.It was found to be active against the three test bacterial.


In this paper, we consider a problem of asymptotic output regulation of a class of uncertain nonlinear systems by output feedback. The system under consideration is in the Parametric-Pure-Feedback Form, which does not satisfy the existing conditions such as the triangularity condition or the Lipschitz condition. We propose a linear output feedback controller with a scaling factor, which asymptotically regulates the output of the considered system.


As a businessman, the continuation of the agreements entered into between a farmer and his or her respective clients, suppliers and third parties are important for the growth of farming activities and the survival of the farming business.


In this section, we explain the definition and solution to avoid the multi-collinearity in multivariate analysis, which appeared in the articles titled, "Time to first cigarette and hypertension in Korean male smokers" and "Barrier factors to the completion of diabetes education in Korean diabetic adult patients: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2007-2012", published in September 2015 by Lee et al.1) and by Kim et al.,2) respectively.


In the paper we address the problem of administering Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) systems, which consists in substantiation of the choice of solution of the RBAC design or reconfiguration problem based on using genetic algorithms (in conditions of dynamically changing access control policies). The problems of RBAC design and reconfiguration are NP-complete. Therefore, the use of genetic algorithms to solve it seems to be quite appropriate. The paper discusses the mathematical basis for selection of administrative tasks and novelties, implementation of which allows to increase the speed of the developed genetic algorithms. We also consider the structure and possibilities of the developed testbed and the results of its application to estimate the administrative costs to implement changes to an access control policy using the solutions of administration tasks. Additionally, using the testbed we evaluated the gain in speed of the genetic algorithms that was obtained by implementing the proposed contributions, such as creating two chromosomes for each individual, using columns of Boolean matrices as genes of chromosomes, as well as additional procedures that improve the operations of crossover, mutation and selection. The results of the experiments showed high efficiency of the proposed algorithms.


Single-image blind deconvolution is one of the most challenging fields in image processing which restores a sharp image from its blurred version. Nowadays blind deconvolution algorithms have made significant progress. However, the restoration of blurred images with little scale edges and periodic textures is still a hard work. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a new normalized sparse regularization blind deconvolution algorithm, which uses a gradient saliency map to prohibit the image small structures on image blurry kernel estimation. Firstly, salient detection is performed to select the important area which conforms with the human vision system and generates a binary mask to screen out useful gradients. Secondly, the normalized sparse regularization blind deconvolution method is applied to obtain accurate blur kernel and recover the sharp image. Finally, the experiment results show that the algorithm can effectively deblur the degraded image on different scenarios.


We use deep optical photometry from the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) to investigate the color–magnitude diagram for the galaxies inhabiting the core of this cluster. The sensitivity of the NGVS imaging allows us to continuously probe galaxy colors over a factor of ∼2 × 105 in luminosity, from brightest cluster galaxies to scales overlapping classical satellites of the Milky Way ( M g ′ ∼ −9; M* ∼ 106 M⊙), within a single environment. Remarkably, we find the first evidence that the red sequence (RS) flattens in all colors at the faint-magnitude end (starting between −14 ≤ M g ′ ≤ −13, around M* ∼ 4 × 107 M⊙), with the slope decreasing to ∼60% or less of its value at brighter magnitudes. This could indicate that the stellar populations of faint dwarfs in Virgo's core share similar characteristics (e.g., constant mean age) over ∼3 mag in luminosity, suggesting that these galaxies were quenched coevally, likely via pre-processing in smaller hosts. We also compare our results to galaxy formation models, finding that the RS in model clusters have slopes at intermediate magnitudes that are too shallow, and in the case of semianalytic models, do not reproduce the flattening seen at both extremes (bright/faint) of the Virgo RS. Deficiencies in the chemical evolution of model galaxies likely contribute to the model-data discrepancies at all masses, while overly efficient quenching may also be a factor at dwarf scales. Deep UV and near-IR photometry are required to unambiguously diagnose the cause of the faint-end flattening.


ABSTRACT Development of new approaches to adaptive traffic signal control has received significant attention; an example is the reinforcement learning (RL), where training and implementation of an RL agent can allow adaptive signal control in real time, considering the agent's past experiences. Furthermore, autonomous vehicle (AV) technology has shown promise to enhancing the traffic mobility at highways and intersections. In this paper, delayed action deep Q-learning is developed for a vehicle network with signalized intersections to control the signal phase. A model predictive control (MPC) scheme is proposed to allow AVs to adapt their speed. Several case studies that consider mixed autonomy are examined aiming at reducing network traffic and fuel consumption in the traffic network with multiple intersections. Simulation studies reveal that even with a few AVs in the network, the waiting time, fuel consumption, and the number of stop-and-go movements are significantly reduced, while the travel time is increased.


The paper introduced to the integration and synergy of knowledge bases upon workflow management technology.With existing medical knowledge bases as starting point, this method first developed knowledge services for each knowledge base, then orchestrated these services using workflow management technology, and finally achieved coordinated decision support applications.Such support system has found clinical uses in tertiary hospitals in China with proven outcomes.

Key words:
Clinical decision support system; Workflow management; Knowledge base; Integration; Synergy


The theory of coconvex bodies was formalized by A.~Khovanski{\u\i} and V.~Timorin in \cite{KT}. It has fascinating relations with the classical theory of convex bodies, as well as applications to Lorentzian geometry. In a recent preprint \cite{schnei2}, R.~Schneider proved a result that implies a reversed Brunn--Minkowski inequality for coconvex bodies, with description of equality case. In this note we show that this latter result is an immediate consequence of a more general result, namely that the volume of coconvex bodies is strictly convex. This result itself follows from a classical elementary result about the concavity of the volume of convex bodies inscribed in the same cylinder.


Abstract : This report is a compilation of dielectric materials properties. It was originally published in February, 1944, by the Laboratory for Insulation Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for the National Defense Research Committee, Division 14, Report No. 237. This report contains measurements of dielectric constant and loss for a variety of materials over a wide frequency range.


Another name of 4-acetamidophenol is popularly known as the paracetamol. It was considered as one of the safest and most frequently used analgesic and antipyretic drug all over the world. This medicinal important drug compound was grown by the single diffusion gel method for the first time to improve the quality of the crystal. The harvested crystals are analyzed by powder XRD, FT−IR and UV−Visible spectroscopy studies. The powder XRD study confirms the crystallite compound of 4-acetamidophenol by comparing 2θ and d-spacing values of the compound with JCPDS values of the same compound. The functional groups present in the molecule and their wavenumber assignments were made in the FT−IR spectroscopy study. The optical band gap and the transparency of the grown crystals are found by using the UV−Visible spectroscopy study.


The topic is a very challenging and attractive one for scholarship of all ages, namely how readers, in this case young readers, should respond to and understand poetry, and most importantly, how to use poetry in their lives. Taking as a starting point Plutarch's own comments on the passages he quotes from poetry, his readers are urged to be critical and value the poetic views or doctrines on a pragmatic rather than merely artistic level, so that reading poetry will finally become of moral benefit and a preparatory stage to a deeper understanding of philosophy. This edition of Plutarch's How to Study Poetry (De audiendis poetis) in the series of Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics is a systematic commentary and, as such, an invaluable source of information about the reception of poetry in the Hellenistic world and beyond, offered by two of the world's leading scholars in the field. The volume is a follow-up to previous work: H.'s discussion of the treatise in Critical Moments in Classical Literature (2009), and R.'s earlier translation of part of Plutarch's essay in Ancient Literary Criticism: the Principal Texts in New Translations (1972). The extensive introduction, which is mainly H.'s work (though it is based on the draft commentary that R. had prepared but never completed), is carefully structured and consists of five chapters, which elaborate the editors' various angles of approach and anticipate some of the points raised in the main corpus of the commentary. The editors suggest (with a tinge of uncertainty) a dating in the early 80's and expand on the literary background, with special emphasis on the three dominant traditions in antiquity: Plato, Homer and the Stoics; as H. points out, the Platonic intertext seems to be always present in Plutarch's work, and 'in many ways, Republic 2–3 and 10 set the agenda for all subsequent discussion of poetry' (p. 4). The editors find it particularly worthwhile to discuss those instances where the Platonist Plutarch deviates from or just responds to Plato's views on poetry (cf. e.g. 15e, 16e, 17e, 18a–b, 24d, 28b–d, 36b–c, etc.). Plutarch admittedly shares with Plato the great concern for the moral value and the possible dangers that lurk in poetry for young men's minds – although he never adopts Plato's extreme proposal to ban all poetry. The cardinal topic of literary criticism is followed throughout the commentary, where the editors expand on matters which are important for both understanding the intentions of the poets and promoting the awareness which poetry requires from the readers in order for them to distinguish between truth and (deliberate or involuntary) lie, myth and reality, mimetic interpretation and exemplary value. The editors may well be right that, 'Plutarch's distinction between truth and falsehood is founded on an implicit distinction THE CLASSICAL REVIEW 84


A polysilane was used as the precursor for silicon carbide (SiC) and different amounts of it was dissolved in dichloromethane. Subsequently, between 10 to 80 %wt of alumina (Al2O3) powder was added into the solutions to make SiC-Al2O3 suspensions. Cubes of polyurethane (PU) foams with open cells in the size range 500-1200μm were soaked in these suspensions and pyrolysed in flowing nitrogen to produce SiC-Al2O3 composite foams. Some foams were heated further in nitrogen to 1300°C. The foams produced consist of an open cell structure and hole-free solid struts which were also cracks free in the polysilane-Al2O3 80:2Owt% formulation. The retention of shape during processing was excellent. Shrinkage observed after pyrolysis and further heating the foams was measured and can be controlled by varying the Al2O3 content. The foams produced have porosities in the range 87 to 95%. The maximum compressive strength of the pyrolysed foams prepared using the polysilane-Al2O3 80:20 wt% formulation was 2.3MPa.


This study was intended to investigate the development of students' mathematical reasoning ability and disposition through contextual teaching and learning assissted by Game Adobe Flash Cs 4.0 (CTL-GAF). It adopted a pretest-postestquasi-experimental control group design involving eighty two tenth-grade students of a vocational high school in Cimahi which were chosen puposively.The instruments of this study arean essay test on mathematicalreasoning ability, and a mathematical disposition scale. The study revealed that on mathematical reasoning ability students getting treatment CTL-GAF attained good grades and students of conventional teaching obtained medium grades. Students of conventional teaching class realized diffificulties on estimating, on generalization, and proving concerning trigonometry. Moreover, the study proved that there were no different grades on mathematical disposition between students of the both classess and the grades were fairly good, and there was no correlation between mathematical reasoning ability and mathematical disposition. Finally, vocational mathematics teachers are recommended to make use of the game to encourage the students to improve their mathematical reasoning ability. Keyword: mathematical reasoning, mathematical disposition, contextual teaching and learning (CTL), Game Adobe Flash Cs 4.0 (GAF)


This paper presents the improvement of the extended power function proposed by Liu and Znidarcic [1] that defines the e-σ′v relationship for normally consolidated clays, to include the unloading-reloading behavior. With this extended power function, the unloadingreloading lines are defined according to their preconsolidation stresses. For naturally deposited soils with similar properties, this improved function can also be used for the estimation of one-dimensional swelling-settlement behavior and for the calculation of the variation in void ratio profiles under different vertical stresses. Additionally, using the water content of disturbed soil specimens, the soil characteristic consolidation parameters (αA, αB, βA, βB), and the knowledge of the in-situ stress conditions, it is feasible to obtain the preconsolidation stress by retro analysis. As a result of substituting undisturbed sampling with more economical disturbed sampling, a more cost-effective site investigation strategy can be adopted.


Objectives: Attitudes towards healthy eating patterns have their roots in adolescence or young adulthood. The nutritional issues of Armenian adolescents and young adults have rarely been investigated. Even of greater importance is the need for assessment of medical students' dietary habits as indicators of appropriate alteration of dietary patterns due to nutritional knowledge. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a nutritional course on dietary practices and nutritional concerns among medical college students in Yerevan marz of Armenia. Methods: Study utilized nonequivalent control group design. Yerevan state medical university was chosen as a study setting. Sample size was calculated using a formula for twogroup variance calculation. Classroom units were randomly chosen to yield the needed sample size. A self-administered questionnaire that measured dietary habits, nutritional concerns and socio-demographic characteristics was completed by 114 intervention and 114 comparison group students at preand post-tests. Post-measure was conducted six months after the pre-test. Independent samples t test and Chi-square analyses were used for between group analyses, and paired samples t test for within group analyses. Results: There was significant decrease in consumption of chocolate, candy, cake and butter for participants in intervention group. Both intervention and comparison groups reported an increase in servings of fruit and vegetable groups defined by the Food Guide Pyramid. Significantly higher number of intervention students at post-test reported they have changed their dietary habits due to nutritional knowledge. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that nutrition education appears to be predictive of dietary change. Absence of changes in nutritional concerns of participants suggests a need for further assessment of environmental and behavioral factors implicated in their dietary changes.


This paper provides a theoretical and experimental discussion on ac inductors used in a modular multilevel cascade converter (MMCC) based on triple-star bridge cells (TSBC) for motor drives. The TSBC converter is one of the most promising candidates suitable for low-speed, high-torque motor drives. It requires ac inductors for the cluster current control, and the three kinds of inductors exist: non-coupled inductors, zigzag inductors, and three-legged three-winding inductors. This paper proposes a new set of ac inductors consisting of three three-legged cores with special windings. The proposed set of inductors is characterized by canceling out the flux produced by not only the motor currents but also the supply currents, thus resulting in bringing a significant reduction in size and weight to it. A specially-designed downscaled motor drive system rated at 400 V and 15 kW is used to confirm the validity of the proposed set of inductors.


Estonian farms are connected to the common grid practically for 100%. Therefore efforts to
improve the share of renewable energy resources in the agriculture must consider the impact
on the common grid. Estonia is rich of wind energy, but its random character and rapid
changes in velocity (causing high wind power increments) create problems for the wind
turbines to be matched with the existing power supply. The geographical dispersion of wind
turbines will help to reduce their total wind power increment and impact on the common gird.
This effect has been studied by two different approaches at four separated sites on the
Estonian western coast. Both methods show that the resulting power increment can be
suppressed up to 3 – 5 times if the number of sites exceeds 3 – 5.


The present work deals with the damage identification problem in mechanical structures from their impulse response. In the adopted model, the structural integrity is continually described by a cohesion parameter and the finite element model (FEM) is used to spatially discretize the displacement and cohesion fields. The damage identification problem is then posed as an optimization one, whose objective is to minimize, with respect to the vector of nodal cohesion parameters, a functional based on the difference between the experimentally obtained impulse response and the corresponding one predicted by an FEM of the structure. The damage identification problem built on the time domain presents some advantages, as the applicability in linear systems with high levels of damping an/or closed spaced modes, and in nonlinear systems. Numerical studies were carried out considering a simply supported Euler-Bernoulli beam. The D-optimal criterion was considered with the aim at determining the optimal position of the displacement sensor. The Differential Evolution (DE) optimization method was considered to solve the inverse problem of damage identification. Numerical analysis were carried out in order to assess the influence, on the identification results, of noise in the synthetic experimental data and of the sensor position. The presented results shown the potentiality of the proposed damage identification approach and also the importance of the optimal experiment design for the quality of the damage identification results.


We proposed and implemented a system based on fuzzy logic Toolbox. We designed such a system to measure the strength of the upper limb elbow of a tennis player. We have tried to predict the injuries and movements for the sports player, For that we used the Triangle and Trapezoidal membership function for better prediction of the elbow strength. We have selected Two input parameters Elbow Flexion Angle and Torque in the system development using fuzzy logic toolbox in Matlab. We have considered these two inputs and based on that we have developed membership functions. After we get the elbow strength levels we will be able to predict the level of injuries. By measuring the elbow strength, comments can be made on the chances of player getting elbow related injuries.


Safe autonomous passing of intersections with mixed traffic, including human drivers and autonomous vehicles, is challenging. We propose a tailored approach that provides guarantees despite uncertainties fusing learned models and model predictive control. A single autonomous vehicle is controlled by the predictive controller via acceleration and steering angle without assumption of a global controller. Each maneuver of the human behaviour is modeled with a neural network, which enters the predictive controller formulation as a constraint. As an example, we consider a single autonomous vehicle on an unsignalized intersection, which gives right-of-way to a human-driven vehicle. We show how human driving behavior can be modeled based on real recorded trajectory data and implemented in the proposed predictive control approach by dynamically changing the constraints of the optimization problem.


Serine hydrolases (SHs) are involved in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes. Conventional proteomic or genomic methods can only provide an indirect assessment of the functional state of this enzyme in cells and tissues. The lack of effective small-molecule probes or pharmacological tools for the functional characterization of SHs has hindered our understanding of this class of enzymes and its myriad functions and regulation modes. Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) has emerged as a powerful chemical proteomic method for broad profiling of functional states of enzymes in native biological systems. Herein, we will describe how ABPP has been used to identify and characterize SHs and their inhibitors that are important in physiological and pathological processes of mammals and microbes. Moreover, an integrated workflow for functional mapping of SHs is also depicted.


Targeted therapies have begun to be developed and approved in the clinic over the past several decades to treat cancers with specific genetic alterations. In non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), patients harboring EGFR activating mutations often respond to the EGFR inhibitors gefitinib/erlotinib, exhibiting down-regulation of central oncogenic pathways and dramatic tumor regressions. Despite initially promising results, the vast majority of patients develop resistance to targeted therapies. Thus far, several mechanisms of resistance including T790M mutation in EGFR, amplification of the MET receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK), activating mutations in downstream signaling molecules, and loss of negative regulators have been identified. As a result, next generation inhibitors and combination therapies continue to be developed and tested in the clinic. There are still many cases in which the cause of resistance to a particular targeted therapy is unknown, or the subset of patients most likely to benefit has not been identified. This thesis describes the ability of the MET ligand, HGF, to activate PI3K signaling and cause gefitinib resistance in EGFR-driven cancers. In addition, detection of a preexisting subpopulation of MET amplified cells (present before treatment with an EGFR inhibitor) is shown to successfully predict the development of MET amplification as a resistance mechanism. These results suggest that it may be possible to prospectively identify patients who will benefit from combined MET/HGF and EGFR inhibitors as initial therapies. Further, this thesis highlights the


This study aimed to evaluate the compatibility of L. acidophilus KLDS 1.0738 (LA-1.0738) with different prebiotic carbohydrates to develop a synbiotic soft soy cheese. It was observed that the addition of 4% (m/v) prebiotics mixture (galacto-oligosaccharide:inulin = 1:3) to soy cheese significantly improved the growth of LA-1.0738, making it no less than 8.2 log colony-forming unit (CFU)/g during the 28-day storage period, but had limited influence on the viability of S. thermophilus KLDS T1C2 (STT1C2). Meanwhile, because of the presence of prebiotics, soy cheese fermented by LA-1.0738 in co-culture with STT1C2 exhibited higher values of acidity, proteolysis and lipolysis index as well as better texture properties and sensory acceptance. These results suggested that the selected combination of prebiotics could be used as functional ingredients to manufacture soy cheese to maintain the survival of desired LA-1.0738, which contributed to improve the texture and sensory features of soy cheese.


One of the limitations in using spaceborne, microwave radiometer data for atmospheric remote sensing is the nonuniform spatial resolution. Remapping algorithms can be applied to the data to ameliorate this limitation. In this paper, two remapping algorithms, the Backus–Gilbert inversion (BGI) technique and the filter algorithm (AFA), widely used in the operational data preprocessing of the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS), are investigated. The algorithms are compared using simulations and actual ATMS data. Results show that both algorithms can effectively enhance or degrade the resolution of the data. The BGI has a higher remapping accuracy than the AFA. It outperforms the AFA by producing less bias around coastlines and hurricane centers where the signal changes sharply. It shows no obvious bias around the scan ends where the AFA has a noticeable positive bias in the resolution-enhanced image. However, the BGI achieves the resolution enhancement at the expense of increasing the noise by 0.5 K. The use of the antenna pattern instead of the point spread function in the algorithm causes the persistent bias found in the AFA-remapped image, leading not only to an inaccurate antenna temperature expression but also to the neglect of the geometric deformation of the along-scan field-of-views.


Queering the Aftermath: Rethinking the Queer in Postcolonial and the (Post)Colonial in Queer Robert LaRue, Ph.D. The University of Texas at Arlington, 2016 Supervising Professor: Penelope Ingram "Queering the Aftermath: Rethinking the Queer in Postcolonial and the (Post)colonial in Queer," argues the necessity for a sustained dialogue between the fields of postcolonial studies and queer studies. The paucity of analysis of queerness within postcolonial discourse, along with dearth of analysis of systems of colonialism which undergird much of queer studies impedes both discourses' aims for challenging the systems of normativity upon which Western hegemony is built. With a focus on sub-Saharan African queer narratives, this work finds that, contrary to common perception, queerness in Africa operates in a myriad of forms that are unrecognized in U.S. notions of queerness. On the one hand, failure to recognize the presence of these forms of contributes to representations of African nations as being among "the most homophobic" nations in the world. On the other hand, failure to recognize the presence of these forms serve to displace systems of oppression. Alongside novels, such as Wole Soyinka's The Interpreters and K. Sello Duiker's Thirteen Cents, this text examines short fiction published by queer African individuals, while emphasizing how these texts reflect and respond to discourses that produce legislation such


Solar Radiation Radiation is a special type of energy that spreads out as it travels. The Sun gives off different types of radiation, including light and heat. Solar radiation travels throughout the solar system. However, only some of the radiation that reaches Earth penetrates our planet's atmosphere to reach its surface. This diagram illustrates what happens to sunlight as it moves through Earth's atmosphere.


Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of diabetic-related deaths among women with diabetes (CDC, 2001, ADA, 2004). Diabetes alone increases the risk for CVD. Adequate levels of physical activity are known to decrease CVD risk especially among women with diabetes (Hu et al., 2001). Primary health care providers are in a key position to promote increased levels of exercise to decrease CVD risk among women with diabetes. The purpose of this proposal is to describe a primary care intervention to promote exercise among women with diabetes, and to present a plan to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of the intervention.


The search for centers of origin has fallen into disrepute because of unfounded assumptions and spurious criteria. Nevertheless, a proper approach to understanding ancestral areas would enhance the study of the natural history of organisms. If there is reason to assume that a group originally had a more restricted distribution than it has today, a method for estimating that ancestral distribution is warranted. I describe a cladistic procedure for approximating ancestral areas of individual groups from the topological information in their area cladograms. Each area is treated as a single character, which may be optimized onto the cladogram using either forward or reverse Camin-Sokal parsimony (...)


Main vision behind semantic web data maintenance is to make the text or content of web is interpretable, among different things, and sophisticated search procedures over huge amount linked web data. In this case different human beings perform fraudulent text which can be found on internet web. So that main research concentrated on automated approaches autonomously identified and analyzed content present in web. Making digital artifacts on web in terms of text, code and others verifiable and reliable, because of general nature of digital artifacts i.e immutability, it is a serious concept to produce reproduces the updated results of processes that display modified content in web resources. So that in this paper, we propose De-centralized Hash URI approach (DHURI) to solve the immutable concept of digital artifact generation in nano-publication with unique hash based cryptography value. In this approach, we provide Decentralized secure URI for identification of digital artifacts with parallel structure representation of data such as nano-publication. Basic concept of this approach is to handle digital artifact immutable concept with evaluation of existing approaches, and also describe the performance of proposed approach in de-centralized framework.


PURPOSE
To assess the diagnostic performance of an active-matrix flat-panel x-ray detector for reduced-dose imaging of simulated arthritic lesions.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
A digital x-ray detector based on cesium iodide and amorphous silicon technology with a panel size of 43 x 43 cm, matrix of 3,000 x 3,000 pixels, pixel size of 143 micrometer, and digital output of 14 bits was used. State-of-the-art screen-film radiographs were compared with digital images obtained at doses equivalent to those obtained with system speeds of 400, 560, and 800. The phantom was composed of a human hand skeleton on an acrylic plate with drilled holes simulating bone erosions of different diameters and depths. Results of four independent observers were evaluated with receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.

RESULTS
The cesium iodide and amorphous silicon detector resulted in better diagnostic performance than did the screen-film combination, with the dose being the same for both modalities (P <.05). For digital images obtained at reduced doses, no significant differences were found.

CONCLUSION
The improved diagnostic performance with digital radiographs obtained with the cesium iodide and amorphous silicon detector suggests that this detector technology holds promise in terms of dose reduction for specific diagnostic tasks, without loss of diagnostic accuracy.


The purpose of this article is to present a unified critical survey of the deterministic solution algorithms for constrained concave minimization. To unify and streamline the survey, the article first describes four fundamental techniques that serve as building blocks for most of these algorithms. These four techniques are extreme point ranking, concavity cut reduction, outer approximation, and branch and bound. Using these descriptions, the article then surveys the deterministic algorithms for constrained concave minimization by grouping them into three categories of approaches. These categories are enumeration, successive approximation, and successive partitioning. This strategy provides a means of efficiently conveying the essential mechanics and the relative strengths and weaknesses of most ofthe well-known concave minimization algorithms.


Background: Nearly half of older African-Americans who develop multiple myeloma (MM) do not receive systemic treatment. Those who do are less likely to receive newer treatments, such as novel agents and stem cell transplant, than their peers. In this study, we sought to determine if disparities in resource utilization exist even among patients receiving similar treatment.
 Methods: All newly diagnosed MM cases from 2007-2013 in the SEER-Medicare dataset were reviewed along with their corresponding claims data through 2014. We excluded cases 1) not enrolled in Medicare Part A, B, and D; 2) HMO enrollees; 3) those diagnosed prior to age 65; 4) all patients who did not receive a proteasome inhibitor and/or an immunomodulatory drug within 6 months; 5) those who underwent stem cell mobilization or transplantation; or 6) died within 12 months of MM diagnosis. All reported medical costs including both those paid by Medicare and patient copays for the first 12 months post-diagnosis were captured and adjusted for inflation.
 Results: 2,841 patients were included. The median age was 74 at diagnosis (range 65-96) and 51% were male. 79% (n = 2,247) were white, 14% (n = 403) African-American/Black, and 7% (n = 191) were another race. Overall, the median expenditure was $127,054 in the 12 months post-diagnosis; $121,400 for African-Americans, $127,810 for whites, and $119,209 for other races.
 After controlling for age, gender, comorbidities, a proxy measure of performance status, and MM related renal impairment and bone disease, African-American patients had $10,524 less in overall expenditures on average than white patients. This can partly be attributed to lower expenditures on MM drugs. On average African-American patients had $5,520 less in MM drug expenditures (p = 0.0062). African-Americans also had 9.3 less days of interaction with outpatient services compared to their white peers (p < 0.0001), but 4.6 more days in inpatient settings (p = 0.0208).
 There was no statistically significant difference between white patients and patients of races other than white or African-American in overall expenditure or MM drug expenditure but members of other races had 8.2 less days of interaction with outpatient services (p = 0.0004) and 5.7 less days in inpatient settings (p = 0.0350).
 The estimated median overall survival for African-American patients was 44 months (95% CI 40-51) compared to 47 (45-50) for white patients and 57 (44-66) for patients of other races (p = 0.097). Race was not associated with overall survival in multivariate analysis.
 Conclusion: Minority patients with MM received fewer services during the 12 months post-diagnosis. It is currently unclear if this is due to inferior care, overuse among white patients, or related to the clinical needs of the patients.

 Schroeder: Amgen Inc.: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Vij:Celgene: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Bristol-Myers Squibb: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Amgen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Takeda: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Jansson: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Karyopharma: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees.


We have investigated the growth temperature dependence of InN crystalline quality grown by RF-MBE. It was confirmed that the crystalline quality improved by increasing the growth temperature within the dissociation limit of InN. We obtained FWHM as narrow as 3.7 cm -1 for E 2 (high frequency) phonon mode peak of Raman spectroscopy and 24 meV for the band-edge luminescence at 77 K. These values prove excellent quality of our samples. In this study, we obtained optical band-gap energy of around 0.8 eV at room temperature from the high-quality InN samples.


The article contains the substantiation of demands raised to the mechanical cleaning of cattle skin which is essential for their operation improvement as well as for the reduction of labor and material costs. On the basis of these requirements the design and operation principles of the device for regular mechanical treatment of animals' skin are described. The device suggested is to be used for carrying out regular mechanical dry and wet cleaning of skin surface and to treat it with liquid veterinary preparations according to the experts' directions. As result of using the described design of the above device there is the opportunity to improve the quality of the products obtained and to realize the animal's genetic potential to a greater extent.


SUMMARY
The Ehrich reaction can, under standardized conditions, form the basis of a sensitive method of estimating certain indoles down to 1–2 μg/5 ml. An appropriate concentration of HCl in the Ehrich's reagent is essential. The concentration of trichloroacetic acid to give maximum sensitivity compatible with linearity between concentration of indole and absorbance must be experimentally determined. Absorbance should be measured between 530 and 580 mμ after a precisely measured time for colour development. Specificity can be increased by extraction of the colour complex into chloroform. The method has proved satisfactory for estimating the recovery of indoles from paper and thin-layer chromatograms and from silica gel columns.


Cloud Computing is a promising service platform to access computing resources on demand over the Internet. It moves information and applications to the massive knowledge centers wherever data and services may be managed in an exceedingly far better manner than locally. In this way, users of cloud storage services do not physically maintain direct control over their data, which makes data security one of the major advantage of using cloud. Previous research work already allows data integrity to be verified without presence of the actual data file. When this verification is done by a trusted third party, the verification process is called as data auditing, and this third party is called an auditor. However, its use puts forth a lot of difficult problems associated with security, privacy and reliability of the overall system. In this paper, we focus on the problem of data-integrity verification (by a third party auditor) for the client's data residing on a cloud storage server (CSS). Here, we tend to optimize associate existing third party auditing protocol and create it immune to replace, replay and forge attacks launched by malicious insiders at cloud storage server. To firmly introduce a good third party auditor (TPA), the following two fundamental requirements have to be met: TPA should be able to efficiently audit the cloud data storage without demanding the local copy of data, and introduce no additional on-line burden to the cloud user; The third party auditing process should bring in no new vulnerabilities towards user data privacy. We tend to utilize and unambiguously mix the general public key based mostly homo morphic authenticator with random masking to realize the privacy preserving public cloud data knowledge auditing system that meets all above requirements. Keywords—Health Information System (HIS), Cloud Computing, Hashing Algorithm, Auditing algorithm, Simple Object Access Protocol(SOAP).


A quasi-Hermitian quantum system can be mapped to a multitude of Hermitian systems by the Dyson map. All Hermitian systems thus obtained are globally unitarily equivalent but the unitary may entangle different parts of the whole system. The choice of the unitary in the Dyson map then leads to physically different Hermitian systems emerging from the same quasi-Hermitian system. We analyze the resulting dependence of the von Neumann entropy for an oscillator coupled to N other oscillators via a quasi-Hermitian Hamiltonian (a PT -symmetric Hamiltonian in the symmetry unbroken region). For this model, we explicitly find all Hermitian systems emerging by varying over all unitaries in the Dyson map. We show that the evolution of the entropy of the single oscillator in the Hermitian system depends on the choice of the unitary, but the period of the entropy is universally the same for all choices: it is exactly double that of the entropy of the quasi-Hermitian oscillator. We give a simple explanation of the origin of this phenomenon.