Because of the advantages of cloud detection with satellite,the cloud structure and precipitation formation process can be analyzed from different configurations of cloud thickness,particle size and cloud top properties by the retrieval and multi-spectral analysis of satellite data,and consequently the potential of rainfall enhancement can be investigated based on the assumptions of rainfall enhancement and the available research achievements.A new applicable tool will be provided for satellite detection of the conditions of precipitation enhancement.A precipitation process of stratiform clouds from 7 to 8 February,2009 was selected to analyze rainfall enhancement with MODIS polar orbiting satellite data.The retrieval microphysical characteristics of the clouds are as follows:(1) The cloud top temperature was about-10 ℃,the effective radius(Re) of cloud top was around 10 μm,the cloud body was thick,and the clouds were rich in supercooled water but lack of ice crystals or large drops at daytime of 7 February;(2) Rainfall occurred under the participation of high clouds;(3) There was a good opportunity for rainfall enhancement because of the existence of sustained and stable low-level stratiform clouds.Cloud tracking with FY2C geostationary satellite revealed that the cloud system lasted for 30 hours,in which clouds grew thick gradually with stable Re and less rainfall from the daytime to the night of 7 February.Although precipitation process of such clouds was weak,there was a good potential for precipitation enhancement operation.After the comprehensive analysis,the suitable criteria for detecting rainfall enhancement of supercooled stratiform clouds with satellite can be summarized as: the thickness of clouds is about 2 km,and cloud top temperature ranges from-10 ℃ to-20 ℃ with Re less than 15 μm.


By explicitly solving the Schrodinger equation for a particle encountering a linear potential hill (V = 0, x < 0; V = V 0 x/a, 0 < x < a; V = V 0, x ≳ a), we obtain corrections to the quantum (a → 0) and classical (a → ∞) limits for the transmission coefficient, demonstrating the influence of the range a over which the potential rises.


Most of the literature of library consultancy has been written by practising consultants. It concentrates on what consultants require to do their job and their perceptions of the process. This paper describes from the Library staff's viewpoint the various steps in a particular automation consultancy study which took place in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Overseas Development Administration libraries in the first half of 1986, and attempts to draw some general conclusions from them.


Filtration is widely used to separate or concentrate deformable particulate suspensions in various industrial processes. In the filtration process, particulate fouling, which causes a decrease in permeation flux, is generally inevitable. To design the filtration process for effective suppression of fouling, we must understand the fouling phenomena essentially. A numerical simulation is an effective approach to understand the fouling mechanism of deformable materials. In this study, a novel simulation model was developed, which enables to independently evaluate various factors influencing on membrane fouling and visualize the particle motion. The simulation of the cross-flow filtration of a deformable particle was conducted to investigate the effect of the particle deformability on membrane fouling. The simulation results demonstrate that the present model can reproduce the dynamics of deformable particle in the filtration process. Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation ANNUAL REPORT No.27(2019) 110–114 Research Grant Report


This chapter begins with a discussion of the meaning of intentional interference. It then considers assault, battery, false imprisonment, and residuary trespass and harassment. Intentional physical interference with the person may occur by way of an act that threatens violence (assault), amounts to unlawful contact (battery), or constitutes the deprivation of liberty (false imprisonment). There is, in addition, a residuary and uncertain form of liability for the intentional infliction of physical harm, known as the rule in Wilkinson v. Downton. These torts are normally actionable without proof of damage and they also involve a sharp distinction being drawn between an act and an omission: the latter will not normally suffice to ground liability.


This research study, based on Goulah (2007), puts forward TELLA (transformative English language learning approach) as a pedagogical innovation that resulted in learners' construction of two literacy practices; i.e. (a) discourses around their own environmental identities and (b) transformation of perspective of their EFL learning process. This qualitative study was conducted for a year and a half with three different groups of students majoring in environmental engineering at the third level of their EFL program and, after intervention, it is discussed that TELLA encourages students to achieve different learning outcomes that go from linguistic achievement, to linguistic and non-linguistic representations of who they are in the world, to their vision of the Other and their environment, to exertion of agency in their own learning process.


The construction of silence Concerns about juvenile crime and juvenile justice have attracted the most intense public interest in Australia over recent years. This has come about largely as a result of a deep sense of public concern over a 'law and order crisis' generated by 'rising juvenile crime', 'crime waves', 'youth gangs' and so forth, as well as from more general worries associated with the social problems of homelessness, teenage suicide and youth unemployment (Polk 1993, Presdee 1990, Cunneen & White 1995).


Abstract Under the prevailing WTO jurisprudence, the mandatory/discretionary distinction is applied to Article 1.1(b) of the SCM Agreement whenever a Member's measure is challenged 'as such' pursuant to the SCM Agreement. However, applying the mandatory/discretionary distinction vis-à-vis Article 1.1(b) may render the entire SCM Agreement vulnerable against certain subsidies designed to confer benefits systematically through private intermediaries. In order to prevent such vulnerability, Article 1.1(b) of the SCM Agreement should be construed to cover benefits conferred as consequences of underlying financial contributions, without being limited by the mandatory/discretionary distinction.


A method for separation and determination of diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate was studied by GC with HP–5 (15 m×0.53 mm×1.5 μm) capillary column,1-pentadecane as internal standard and FID detector. The results showed that the linear correlation coefficient was 0.997 9,the standard deviation was 0.01,the coefficient of variation was 0.50%,the average recovery was 99.68%.


Background/Objectives: The main objective of this study is to propose a new design of go-kart chassis and to assess the ability to bear the front, rear and side impacts on this proposed design. Another goal of this study is to make this design with different materials and also to test them in different loading conditions. To determine the safest material for the proposed Go-Kart chassis design based on the results obtained. Methods/Statistical analysis: A new and lighter go-kart chassis model is proposed in this study. A 3D go-kart chassis was modelled and its Finite Element Analysis was carried out on Autodesk fusion 360 software. Global test standards were used to simulate the impact behavior on go-kart chassis. In addition, this Go-kart chassis design was also made from three different materials i.e., AISI-4130, Al-6061 and CFRP composite. These Go-kart chassis were tested under different loading conditions. A comparative study of the obtained results was also carried out. Findings: The results of simulations performed under different conditions, showed this design has demonstrated adequate resistance against deformation in front, back and side impact tests. In every situation, factor of safety was more than one. Therefore, it can be inferred that the proposed design was completely safe under testing conditions. Under different loading conditions, the design made up of CFRP composite was safest among all the materials used. However, detailed modelling and simulation studies are needed before testing it in real-life conditions. Novelty/Applications: Go-kart type of small vehicles are primarily used for recreational and racing purposes which are mainly powered by batteries as well as low capacity engines. The lower weight and better design of the chassis have the ability to improve their performance to a great extent.
Keywords: Gokart; Autodesk fusion 360; finite element analysis; chassis; impact behaviour


SUMMARY The acid-base status and clinical condition of twenty-six healthy mothers and their newborns following uncomplicated spontaneous or low forceps delivery under methoxyflurane-oxygen anaesthesia were studied and the effects of light and deep planes of anaesthesia compared. There were no significant disturbances in the acid-base status of the mother before anaesthesia and at delivery or of the foetus following light as compared with deep anaesthesia. However, the time to sustained respiration increased significantly in the newborns subjected to deeper planes or longer periods of anaesthesia, and the incidence of 1-minute Apgar scores of 7 rose. Methoxyflurane administered to the mother during labour and delivery does not appear to alter the biochemical status of the foetus but does depress the central nervous system subsequent to transplacental passage.


There is limited research on dangerous sex offenders in Australia. The current PhD study examined reoffending rates of offenders classified as dangerous in Queensland Supreme Courts. A review of the literature noted that sex offenders generally have low recidivism rates. Offenders considered high-risk are more likely to re-offend with general offences, but the overall level of sexual and nonsexual violent recidivism was low. Further, early onset of offending, diverse criminal careers, diverse victimologies, ecological change, and substance misuse were factors for recidivism. Last, the project identified that conceptualising dangerousness is complex and fraught with ethical and legal concerns.


The one-step synthesis of Na[C5H4CO2CH2CHCH2] (1) from NaCp and diallyl carbonate is presented together with a simple pathway for the synthesis of sodium hydroxyalkoxycarbonylcyclopentadienide, Na[C5H4CO2(CH2)2OH] (2). The latter new reagent is obtained in high yield by reacting NaCp with 1,3-dioxolan-2-one (ethylene carbonate). When (±)-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one [(±)-1,2-propylene carbonate] is used, the ring-opening reaction leads to a mixture of the two regioisomers Na[C5H4CO2CH2CH(Me)OH] (3a) and Na[C5H4CO2CH(Me)CH2OH] (3b) in a 7:3 ratio. Reactions of 1 and 2 with FeCl2 and [Rh(L,L)Cl]2 [L,L = CO or L,L = 2,5-norbornadiene (NBD)] lead to the respective metal complexes [Fe(C5H4CO2CH2CHCH2)2] (4), [Fe{C5H4CO2(CH2)2OH}2] (5), [Rh(C5H4CO2CH2CHCH2)(CO)2] (6), [Rh{C5H4CO2(CH2)2OH}(CO)2] (7), and [Rh{C5H4CO2(CH2)2OH}(NBD)] (8). Additionally in the reaction of 2 with [Rh(L,L)Cl]2 the diester-bridged dinuclear adducts [Rh2{μ-(C5H4CO2CH2)2}(L,L)2] [L,L = CO (9); L,L = NBD (10)] are isolated. The reaction of ...


Abstract The recession has greatly affected the business operations of every undertaking, including healthcare organizations. Change is required. This also concerns the relationship towards employees in terms of their influence on the successful business operations of an organization. Among employees, physicians possess a special, now already traditional status; therefore, their influence needs to be taken advantage of. In the empiric part of the study, we have identified twelve key physician competencies, based on the rankings of physicians, which, in their mind, influence successful business operations of their respective healthcare organizations during an economic recession. The comparison of the collected results to the findings on intellectual charm of managers has indicated that the collected key competencies, that are creativity, quality, education and personal development, attitude towards others, team work and cooperation, communication skills, problem management, business integrity, motivation and stimulation, multidisciplinary thinking, attitude towards culture and ethics, and acceptance of differences, form a whole which is named the intellectual charm of physicians.


Disclosed is a single-writable memory, improve the data rate in the access cycle time reduction and data input-output (I / O). The invention relates to a latch circuit for latching a read address and a write address inputted from the address input, either of the latched read address and write address to the latch circuit as an access address an address selection circuit for selecting a read latch circuit for latching read data being read from the memory cell array, a write latching circuit for latching write data inputted from the data input from the command input a memory having a control circuit which receives a command input address selection circuit controls the access address for selecting further memory cell write latch circuit is activated to write data latched those in which a control circuit for controlling the timing of writing to the It is.


Objectives : This study aims to review the actual use of acupuncture manipulation in clinical trials and to discuss the directions of studies, to be conducted in the future. Methods : Through five search engines, clinical trial papers were collected, which had involved the use of acupuncture treatment since 2001 when STRICTA was published. The selected papers were classified based on whether acupuncture manipulation and De-Qi were stated. The comparison status of domestic and foreign, status by year, target diseases, and therapeutic interventions were also investigated. Results : 54 % domestic and 69 % foreign papers mentioned acupuncture manipulation or De- Qi. Among them, acupuncture manipulation was used in 40 % domestic and 53 % foreign papers. There was no significant difference around 2010 when the revised edition of STRICTA was published. The use of acupuncture manipulation was the highest in studies that targeted musculoskeletal disorders. Besides that, the use of acupuncture manipulation was higher in cases where acupuncture was used for therapeutic interventions than it was for basic manipulation or combination therapy. Conclusion : Compared to the importance of acupuncture manipulation and De-Qi, there was actually a smaller number of papers that clearly suggested information on acupuncture manipulation and De-Qi. The reason is considered to be a lack of studies to establish the mechanism and effectiveness of each acupuncture manipulation method and studies that objectified the amount of stimulation incurred by the acupuncture manipulation methods. It is necessary to properly utilize acupuncture manipulation by actively conducting these studies.


Mr. Blix's figures indicating that it is safer to be a soldier than a civilian are more than borne out by the irony of Mr. Aldrich's observation with regard to the treatment of captured guerillas as if they were prisoners of war. It seems to me that we are returning to an age of chivalry where soldiers are treated a lot better than civilians even if those soldiers happen to be concealing their weapons, bearing no visible signs, and are captured while shooting at you. You may remember that the age of chivalry was an age of caste; you were very nice to the soldiers but not so nice to the peasants. That is very much what seems to be happening today.


ive: 【Objective】 To know the children's self-conception level in a primary school in Beijing,and to probe the relationship between children's self-conception level and the Child Behavior Checklist. 【Methods】 Students in grade 3 to 6 and their parents would be surveyed by using Child Behavior Checklist(CBCL) and Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale(CSCS) respectively in a primary school in Beijing,then the results were analyzed by statistical methods. 【Results】 135 children including 69 boys and 66 girls involved in this study.The differences of self-conception level between boys and girls had no statistics significance(χ2=5.180,P=0.055).The lower scores in children problem subscale(r=-0.423)and the higher scores in social competence subscale(r=0.803),the higher scores were found in the two subscales in CSCS:physical appearance and attributes(r=0.777)and behavioral adjustment(r=0.599)according to canonical correlation analysis. 【Conclusions】 1)The difference of self-conception between boys and girls have not be found.2)The CBCL can forecast the status of the child's self-conception in some subscales.


Abstract Using the Michelson-Sivashinsky (M.S.) non–linear equation as a starting point to study the dynamics of unstable premixed flames, we propose a way of incorporating an external noise intended to mimic an incoming turbulence. while preserving the possibility of pole-decompositions of the solutions.


Women farm workers in groups are not common in Minangkabau, especially those who earn wages once a year. The wages are used as an alternative income by allocating them as a capital for other 'business' in solving economic household problems. Minangkabau implement matrilineal system which respect women called as b undo kanduang. A local proverb for the system is "limpapeh rumah nan gadang, amban puruak pagangan kunci, sumarak dalam nagari". Discussions about women have not been finished yet.  The highest reward toward women in Minangkabau custom is not well-implemented in the real life. The Minang 'queens' are allowed to compete in economic sector without any gender consideration.


As the hingest stage of school education, tertiary education is of utmost importance in respect of college students' personality training. Physical Education (PE) teachers in colleges and universities should train students' personality in the light of the Characteristics of PE teaching. They should not only exert a subtle influence upon students with their lofty devotion to teaching, elicit students' thinlking with flexible teaching methods; but also explore the ideological connotation of PE teaching materials, make full use of every teaching link to cultivate students.


Let ρ : Gal(Q/Q) → GL2(F3) be a residual representation with cyclotomic determinant and splitting field of degree at least 16. First we show that ρ is isomorphic to the Galois representation attached to the 3-torsion points of an elliptic curve which is modular. Then we discuss some facts about minimality of conductors.


In the design and analysis of discrete event systems, the validation of their models is often addressed via simulation. Petri nets have been applied widely. Lookahead computation is a good method that improves the distributed simulation performance of Timed Transition Petri Nets (TTPN). The approach is based on a part of optimism computed on the prediction time each logical process can determine for its advancement. Timed Petri nets meet these requirements, and use the lookahead to analyze the TTPN model for finding the concurrency and blocking structure, thereby making certain the logical process (LP). Based on the specialties of lookahead, the lookahead was applied in parallel simulation, and acquire the sufficient condition about the TTPN model existing concurrency. According to the condition, parallel program can be partitioned into several logical processes, and the partition algorithm that can decide quickly the mapping project on the mapping process-processor is presented.


Backlash-adjustable worm drive is classified by adjusting theory. The adjusting relationships for each kind of backlashadjustable worm drive are discussed,and the advantages and disadvantages are reviewed. Based on the development of worm drive and the characteristics of industrial development in recent years,the development trend and the research hotspots of backlash-adjust worm drive are predicted. The study can offer guidance for us to select backlash-adjustable worm drive from existing ones and research novel backlash-adjustable worm drive.


Thermal stratification is an asymmetrical temperature distributing phenomena which is due to the hot liquid and the cold liquid which have low velocity are not mixed. There are thermal stratification phenomena in the pressurizer surge line. It's of great importance for the safety operation of nuclear power plants to research the thermal stratification in the pressurizer surge line. This paper theoretically analyzed the origin for thermal stratification, and numerically simulated the thermal stratification phenomena. The stratification transients are completed in different cross-sections of the surge line.


This article discusses the benefits of transportation public works research and the importance of sharing new developments. Currently public and private highway agencies spend lest than 0.7 percent of their annual budgets on research, which is extremely low compared to other industries. The author describes the positive results of transportation related research with the examples of Adaptive Control Software Lite (ACS-Lite) and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR). Ground-based LIDAR allows operators to survey pavement and right of way conditions quickly and accurately. There are, however, problems such as the need for editing out certain objects and large data file size that may make LIDAR infeasible for some projects. The other new technology, ACS-Lite, adapts traffic light timing to fit the conditions of traffic demand thereby reducing traffic delays due to poor traffic signal timing.


This paper presents the application of microexpansive polypropylene fiber concrete (MEPFC) to a bridge deck waterproof surfacing in aspects of waterproof mechanism, material selection, proportioning design and construction method. The practical application proves that MEPFC is a fairly good rigid waterproof material.


. The article under consideration gives scientific grounding of pedagogical conditions for the development of professional potential of future foreign language teachers in the process of their professional training. It has been assumed that the pedagogical conditions for the development of professional potential of future foreign language teachers in professional training should reflect: qualitative characteristics of basic factors, processes and phenomena of educational environment, reflecting the basic requirements for professional training of future foreign language teachers in higher educational establishment; complex of objective opportunities, which have been purposefully made up and implemented into educational environment, provide solutions to given pedagogical tasks; a set of the following measures increase the efficiency of the process of development of professional potential of future foreign language teachers: information (content of education; cognitive basis of pedagogical process); technological (forms, means, methods, approaches, levels, ways of organization of educational activity; procedural, methodical basis of academic process); personal (behavior, activity, communication, personal qualities of subjects of educational process); psychological (organization of reflective activity, etc.). Taking into consideration the peculiarities of professional activity of future foreign language teachers, the following factors have been singled out as pedagogical conditions that ensure the highest efficiency of development of all components of professional potential of students of investigated specialty: formation of positive "I-conception" of a professional in students' ideology; ensuring the formation of professional outlook of future foreign language teachers by means of expanding the content of academic disciplines with information of interdisciplinary character; use of educational context of professional training of future foreign language teachers as the basis for the development of professional potential; organization of reflective and creative educational activities of students. pedagogical conditions, methods.


Through the measuring-stress ductility test on the base asphalt and SBS modified asphalts of the two kinds of asphalt mortar with four different filler-asphalt satio at three different temperatures,showing the correlation between three routine index of asphalt mortar ductility,maximum stress,compliance of tension and filler-asphalt ratio,temperature.Test results indicate the force ductility test is a simple and effective mean of characterization of low temperature tension properties of asphalt mortar.


Data-Graphic System is an important part of dispatcher training simulate system(DTS).This proˉject bases on Linux,and uses Qtto consummate Data-Graphic Systemof DTS.Itmakes the application cheapˉer to get,better hardware to support,easier to program and convenient for maintaining,and runs faster.It opens a new door for spread of EMS/DTS.The analyses and design of this project are introduced in this paper.


The Night of the Museums (originally Long Night of Museums), an event held in the Republic of Croatia since 2005, is continuously setting up new records – the number of cities and museums involved in the project records the continuous increase, along with the rising number of visitors to the museums, heritage and cultural institutions in the few hours of the event. In 2013 the Night of the Museums project involved 226 museums, galleries and cultural institutions. According to the Museum Documentation Center's Registry of museums, galleries and collections in the Republic of Croatia, there are 281 museums at the state's territory. It is obvious that there is a tendency for the inclusion of all Croatian museum institutions in the Night of the Museums project. The event is an excellent promotion of museum activities and also the promotion of the project itself. The question remains how much individual museums themselves can highlight the quality of their programs in this mass event. Also, a continuos increase in the number of visitors to the Night of the Museums does not necessarily create a new museum audience. This paper provides an overview of the success of the Night of the Museums project, and seeks to identify the extent to which these events contributed to the development of the recognition of museums themselves, but also the creation of a new museum audience.


This article outlines the main changes that the system of Latvian courts faced after Latvia's accession to the EU. In the legislative field Latvia has added in its procedural laws general provisions that incorporate EU law into Latvia's legal system, as well as the possibility of national courts to apply preliminary rulings procedure. During Latvia's EU membership, Latvian courts have adapted to their role in the application of the EU law, especially in the area of administrative law. Latvian courts have referred to the Court of Justice of the EU for preliminary rulings in over 100 cases, mostly from administrative courts. This corresponds with general tendencies in other new EU Member States. However, the fact that there are very few requests for preliminary rulings from courts that are not the courts of the last instance in Latvia, suggests that Latvian courts of first instances are somewhat unwilling to make use of the preliminary rulings procedure and do not see the benefits in its use.


At begin of a space project, test requirements for scientific instruments will be derived by coupled load analyses using a very coarse model, or by statistical energy method. Application of these requirements for the qualification of the instrument cause very high loads, which never will occur during real lift off. To solve this problem tailoring of excitation by notching has been established. In case of notching, using interface-force as notchlimit is the best solution. These notchlimits can be derived by Finite-ElementAnalyses or by application of the Semi-Empirical Method, developed by NASA/JPL. To get an impression, how these calculated limits match the interface loads occurring during lift off, shakertests as well as Finite-Element-Analyses for a demonstration example have been done, covering component test and system test instrument on spacecraft interface. The derived data will be compared and analysed.


Chilli is one of the spices used to enhance the flavour and taste of cooked food. Fungal diseases are the main biological constraints in chilli production, and Alternaria leaf spot disease caused by Alternaria alternata is one of the most devastating diseases of chilli. One of the effective and environmentally friendly ways to control this disease is introgress resistance from wild relative/varieties to the cultivated one. The first step towards introgression of resistance genes is to screen the chill germplasm for leaf spot resistance. In the current study, we screened the chilly germplasm and identified the sources of leaf spot resistance, which can be harnessed in resistance breeding programmes.


Considering that most sewage treatment facilities have a water head of less than 2.0 m and a constantflow rate, the development of a small hydro power generation device capable of maintaining stable power generation and efficiency is urgently needed. In this study, a numerical analysis using the CFD code was carried out to develop adrag force type vertical axis hydro turbine for the improvement of the production efficiency of small-scale hydro energy underlow flow velocity conditions. The blade pressure changes and internal flows were analyzed in the presence or absence of hydro turbine blade holes at a flow velocity of less than 2.0 m/s. The pressure distribution of the hydro turbine blades with holes was found to be about 5.1 % lower than that of the hydro turbine blades without holes. The analysis of the internal flow around the water tank and hydro turbine blade revealed that the flow velocity varied withthe vector distribution and that the flow velocity of the hydro turbine blades with holes was 5.6 % less than that of the hydro turbine blades without holes. It is believed that forming a hole in the blade may be helpful for its structural safety.


A method of manufacturing non- polluting portland cement is provided to relieve strong alkalinity of the cement and to remove toxic materials by preventing being emitted by adding a combination of an activity alumina, a calcium chloride and sugar in the cement and dissolving a chrome by de-wetting and catalytic action. A method of manufacturing non- polluting portland cement includes steps of: evaporating moisture and stabilizing a calcium chloride and a sugar carbide which becomes an anhydride by adding a heat of 250-300‹C after mixing the calcium chloride and sugar at a rate of 50% and dissolving it in water; adding and mixing the activity alumina in range of 1-3% of a cement amount; and wrapping and developing the cement in which an additive is mixed up.


MB. PRESIDENT AND GlENTLsMBN,-Our advice is sought in the matter of diet in two different sets of cases. In the one set the patient is seriously ill, and disabled more or less completely from pursuing his ordinary avocations, or he is suffering from some disease which requires a special dietetic treatment, such as diabetes or gastric ulcer. In the other set the patient is only troubled with some slighter ailment or indisposition which does not incapacitate him from taking his part in the world's work, nor necessitate any deviation from his usual habits. In the former class of cases the diet often requires to be entirely transformed, the customary routine has to be abandoned, and the order, quality, and quantity of food have to be rearranged to suit the exigencies of the morbid state, with an almost complete abandonment of any thought as to what might be most suitable in health, and might best promote the success of the individual as an agonist in the struggles


Abstract : This research evaluated differences in the psychometric quality of supervisor vs. observer performance ratings. Specifically, type of rater (supervisor vs. observer) and type of instructions (rating vs. neutral instructions) were manipilated in a 2 x 2 factorial design to compare the traditional laboratory performance appraisal approach with a more realistoc experimental design. Results indicated supervisors demonstrated more halo and leniency error in rating subordinates behavior than did observers. Type of instructions given to the raters had no effect. (AUTHOR)


For acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the major form that occurs in children with Down syndrome (DS) is acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL). In 14% of these children, there is a history of transient myeloproliferative disorder (TMD) at birth.[1][1] Somatic mutations of GATA1 gene are found in both


When I was a youth in medical school we used abbreviated booklets in various courses called compendiums. This volume is such a booklet, updated of course, in obstetrics and gynecology. It is in a loose-leaf format with glossy paper and, as the authors indicate, is geared to the house staff level. They refer to it as a manual that they evidently intend to flesh out, but their primary selection has been rather odd. It consists basically of complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery, a gratuitous chapter on obstetrical regional anesthesia, a few chapters on uterine and ovarian carcinoma, management of postmenopausal bleeding, and a finale on evaluation of female infertility, which includes organization of a fertility clinic. If the book addresses itself to the house staff, it would appear to me that chapters on proper conduct of normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery are equally important as their aberration. They have


Abstract A new definition of the hypergraph functor from the category TOP(L) of L-fuzzy topological spaces to TOP is given which avoids the strictly less-than relation on L. For L a complete lattice with enough primes it will have all the earlier properties of the case when L is a complete chain. With L a continuous lattice, the functor ωL which replaces the topology of a topological space by the L-topology consisting of all Scott continuous functions is discussed and some sufficient and necessary conditions for an L-fuzzy space to be in ωL (TOP) are extended from L being the unit interval. Under this new approach the link between the hypergraph functor and the functor ωL is preserved for L a distributive continuous lattice, i.e. a continuous lattice with enough primes.


An electrocardiographic interval measured from the onset of the P wave to the onset of the QRS complex of single beat


In control anaesthetized baboons subjected to 30 min occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery, followed by 5.5 h reperfusion, total plasma levels for creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were markedly elevated in a time‐related manner. In a second group of baboons pretreated 10 min prior to ischaemia with ranolazine [(±)‐N‐(2,6‐dimethyl‐phenyl)‐4[2‐hydroxy‐3‐(2‐methoxyphenoxy)propyl]‐1‐piperazine acetamide dihydrochloride; RS‐43285–193] at 500 μg kg−1 i.v., followed by continuous infusion of 50 μg kg−1 min−1, neither enzyme was significantly elevated at any time point. Similarly, serum levels of the cardiospecific isoenzyme CK2 were 8 fold greater in the controls than in the ranolazine‐treated animals at 6 h. The results indicate that ranolazine pretreatment abolished cardiac enzyme release over a 5.5 h reperfusion period, indicating a potential protective effect.


Based on Copula Function,the VaR method has been improved and the new Copula-VaR mode has been built.Through the empirical research on the financial assets portfolio,the paper gets VaR results,and the empirical results suggest that the Copula-VaR model can measure the value at risk of the financial assets portfolio more exactly.


We look at ownership and board structure of Italian firms in selected years extending over 1978-2003. We investigate the determinants of board structure, and how ownership and board structure affect firm valuation. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we find that ownership structure in Italy has changed sharply over time, while board size and composition have tended to remain stable. However board structure is remarkably variable across firms. In particular, board size is directly related to firm size and inversely related to the cash flow rights held by the controlling shareholder. The proportion of non-executive directors increases in larger boards and when the roles of Chairman and CEO are held by the same person. In family firms, ownership structure is a strong determinant of board structure. When the controlling family holds a large stake of cash flow rights (and makes less recourse to control-enhancing mechanisms), the proportion of board seats held by family members is higher and a family chairman is more likely, however the percentage of seats held by independent directors is also higher. This seems to be inconsistent with an entrenchment story. Finally, Tobin's Q is related to firm characteristics (specifically to ownership structure and pyramiding), but not to board structure. JEL Classification codes: G32, G34


A fully integrated differential high-speed ring voltage-controlled oscillator(VCO) was designed,which was comprised of three-stage delay cell with multi-loop structure.The delay cell was optimized by using positive feedback and modifying load resistance value.In this circuit,high frequency and low power was realized by coarse/fine frequency control.Based on SMIC's 0.18 μm 1P6M CMOS process model,the VCO was simulated with ADS.At 1.8 V supply voltage,the VCO had a linear tuning range from 7.32 GHz to 11.07 GHz.Simulation results showed that,for an oscillating frequency of 11 GHz,the circuit had a phase noise of-88.32 dBc/Hz and-112.7 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz and 10 MHz off center frequency,respectively,with an average power of 63.5 mW.


Science and society would benefit enormously from detailed and well-supported knowledge of the Tree of Life (TOL). At present, however, we know relatively little about the phylogenetic relationships of most of the species on Earth, or even among many of the major branches of the Tree. Fortunately, we have reached a turning point. Owing to fundamental theoretical advances, to the development of powerful analytical tools, and to the availability of major new sources of data, we now have the power to assemble the entire TOL. Much of this task can be accomplished within the next two decades, given sufficient vision, resources, and coordination.


THE PROBLEM OF CORRELATION OF SEISMIC REFLECTION BOUNDARIES AND GEOLOGICAL DATA

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The origin of reflections under the conditions of ideally elastic and horizontally bedded environment is discussed. Subsequently, buffering properties of the rock medium were taken into account and the problem of the origin of reflections on thin beds and the effect of resulting disturbances were analysed. The analysis of the problem of concordance of seismic reflection boundaries and geological data has shown impossibility of any accurate correlation of the seismic boundaries and the geological boundaries based on borehole data, even in the case of horizontally bedded rock medium.


ABSTRACT Although the common way to perform late eighteenth-century flute or oboe concertos today is for the soloist to rest during tutti passages, this is probably not what most composers had in mind. Recent research has shown that keyboard and violin soloists played an important role as orchestral members during the ritornellos of their concertos, the former providing a continuo part and the latter doubling the orchestral first violins. But what about concertos for flute or oboe? Were these soloists also to play during the tuttis, and if so, what? Primary source evidence (supported by statements in contemporary treatises) reveals that many eighteenth-century composers expected woodwind soloists to participate during all or some orchestral ritornellos. Printed and manuscript parts of the period reveal several types of soloist participation, suggesting that the practice was widespread yet also flexible. Reinstatement of the soloist in the tuttis, performing all of the music that eighteenth-century composers asked them to perform, would alter the way these concertos sound, in turn forcing a change in how they are perceived.


Dissecting intramural hematoma of the coronary artery is an infrequent cause of sudden and unexpected death of women in pregnancy and the puerperium. Three cases are added to the 7 that have been reported in the literature. None of the cases was diagnosed clinically and all were rapidly fatal. The exact etiology has not been definitely established and the possible factors involved are discussed. A combination of two factors resulting in weakening of the coronary artery wall may explain the high incidence of this lesion in pregnancy and the puerperium; these include a) loosening of the ground substance of the connective tissue in pregnancy, and b) effect of hemo-dynamic factors during and after parturition.


The normal and reverse isotope effects of superconducting transition metal hydrides depend on the different crystal field energies. VH2 gets superconducting below 3.9 K. Since the discovery of superconducting in Th"Hl5 IM and PdH/2/ in 1970 and 1972, resp. many metal-hydrogen systems were investigated with the aim for a better understanding of superconductivity in such simple compounds where H enters interstitial sites without major changes of the metal lattice structure but some variation of the average number of valence electrons per atom (e/a) with H content. The basic structure types of transition metal hydrides with be or fee metal lattices are shown in figure ]. In the slightly distorted be or in the fee metal lattice the H atoms can occupy tetrahedral or octahedral interstices which can be correlated by the translations T (-70 0) or (T j j), resp. The lattice energies' of such closely related structures show only small differences which can be gained by crystal field energy depending on the state of the H atoms/3/. H enters octahedral sites with a relatively high electron density, H is repelled to tetrahedral sites. The Coulomb energy contributions of the crystal field stabilization and of the Madelung lattice energy have a minimum for V hydrides and increase as |S | or |6 | increases with the difference in electronegativity (or electron work function/5/) of the metal/4/ (figure 2). With increasing temperature, increasing H concentration, or by exchange of H by D the effective positive charge at the H atoms decreases and/or the electron concentration nearby the D atoms increases because of the smaller thermal motion. Both lead to the same effect as a smaller electronegativity of the metal (figure 2)/4/. Several other properties of the hydrides can be correlated to the Coulomb energy/4/. The force constant of the M-H bond is small if the Coulomb interactions between M and H are small. In that case the mean square amplitude of H oscillation becotetrahedral sites octahedral sites^ 6-VD • • p-NbH ° ' ° ° i ° (3 N b D • ' * < ' • « • i • TaH ° * ° ° a ° TaD * • £"NbH a * " " * " 3-VD P" T a H • • 1 • • • I • I be G T a D , ' ?°' ^ O I o O a o lattice (3-VH Y-NbH 0 i 0 0 0 0


Whoever reads, according to Sheikh Jaafar, sees the anecdotal tendency in his collections very clear, but he deliberately intensified and shortened them. His narrative poem now combines the characteristics of poetry, such as intensification, inspiration, and deep significance, and the characteristics of the short story that share these characteristics with poetry, in addition to saying, dialogue, and event.


Based on the insufficient analysis of current enterprise project portfolio management methods,this paper proposed the project portfolio management model based on the strategy-oriented. It then built an overall strategy-oriented project portfolio management process,and detailed step by step process. Thus it ensured the height fit of enterprise project portfolio and strategic in order to achieve business value.


Corn earworm, Heliothis zea (Boddie), larval survival and development on determinate cultivar soybeans, Glycine max (L.) Merrill, at plant growth stages from prebloom to bean maturation stage were tested. Larvae confined to plants established on all stages tested, although fewer established on plants at more mature stages. Mortality of later instars was low in all treatments. Larvae feeding on prebloom stage plants weighed more after 12 d than those feeding on bloom or podfill stage plants. However, larvae from podfill stages had higher pupal weights. Development rates of larvae were not significantly different for the cultivars of soybean and plant stages tested from field-grown plants, except for one 'Forrest' prebloom growth stage.


An anthology of more than 200 poems. This collection of Scottish verse covers a period of more than 600 years, from the early 14th to the mid-20th century, and contains poems by authors such as Robert Burns, Edwin Muir, Hugh MacDiarmid and Iain Crichton Smith. Tom Scott provides an introduction, individual biographies of the poets and a glossary of unusual words.


We investigate the movement of small amplitude parts in a coupled chaotic system. The system consists of chaotic circuits using CMOS ring oscillators and capacitors as coupling elements. In the case of coupling 25 chaotic circuits, irregular movements of small amplitude parts are observed for the same parameter and different initial values. This is a kind of spatio-temporal phenomena. We focus attention on difference of the movement. Distributions of the small amplitude parts are investigated.


To better understand how humor is used in today's multicultural virtual environment, this study investigates the humor styles of Hispanic Americans in a virtual community. Based on the four humor styles, the current study builds a theoretical framework to explain why cultural norms, gender role, acculturation, and education influence the humor styles of Hispanic Americans in computer-mediated communication. Two research questions and five hypotheses are developed in the research framework. The statistical analysis is based on content analysis of 400 Hispanic Facebook users, 93 of whom use humor in most recent News Feed. The results provide preliminary evidence of the influences of cultural norms, gender role, acculturation, and education on Hispanic humor styles.


Masterpieces of verses in Yuan dynasty reflects a new spirit of abandoning the traditional sufferings and miseries. The aesthetic characteristic attracts and arouses more readers' imagination by means of parallel structures. The popularization of poetic language gives a smooth and fluent description of internal beauty of spirit, thus creating a new realm of art.


Aerosol-assisted deposition (AAD) was used to deposit films of WO(3) from a suspension of solid nanoparticulate WO(3) in toluene. Titania films were deposited by the aerosol-assisted chemical vapour deposition of [Ti(OiPr)(4)] in the presence of WO(3) nanoparticles. The WO(3) and TiO(2) films exhibited photoactivity and photoinduced superhydrophilicity, further the titania films showed very unusual highly crenulated microstructures. These microstructures could not be obtained by sol-gel, atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition or evaporation routes. Furthermore, the microstructures could not be obtained from [Ti(OiPr)(4)] in the absence of nanoparticulate WO(3).


GPS HAVE been told they must give practice nurses the same pay rises as those awarded to nurses employed directly by the NHS.


Plaza del Valle is an open-air shopping center in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles. The new marketing manager must review primary and secondary data to determine a target market, a product positioning strategy, and a promotion strategy for the retail shopping center with the ultimate goal of increasing revenue for the Plaza. She is overwhelmed with data and must determine which information to use and how best to use it to make her strategic decisions.


Sublimation phenomenon is the change of the substance state from solid to gas, upon heating at ordinary atmospheric pressure, without passing through the liquid state. It is an endothermic process that requires energy to overcome the attractive forces between molecules allowing their escape into the vapor phase. Sublimation occurs at temperatures and pressures below a substance's triple point. There are numerous applications for sublimation such as separation and purification purposes, freeze-drying (lyophilization) of thermolabile substances and preparation of samples for cryo-scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis. Furthermore, sublimation has been recently contributed to the great progression in the design of floating gastroretentive drug delivery systems. It was utilized as a buoyancy achieving technique alone or in a combination with other approaches. Herein, the developed matrices are heated in an oven to permit vaporization of the incorporated sublimable agents. This result in developing highly porous systems with extremely low bulk


"Employee's Intention to Stay" as a term is broadly used in organization surroundings. The administrators must be identifying the importance of their staffs not only inspiring them to stay but also discourage them from seeking better job to another place. Conversely, Job embeddedness is a construct which explain the reason of individual's choice to stay or leave by considering the community and organizational forces that may retain employee on the workplace. Thus, current study examined the relationship between off-the-job embeddedness, continuance commitment and employee's intention to stay using a sample of 177 employees of ICT industries. Simple Random probability sampling technique and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach was employed to examine the relationship as drawn by the hypotheses. The findings of this paper discovered that there was a significant positive relation between fit and links dimension of off-the job embeddedness, organizational continuance commitment and intention to stay. These outcomes suggest that organizations like ICT industry (technology organization) need to consider off-the-job embeddedness relationships along with continuance organizational commitment when developing programs designed to affect intention to stay decisions of members.


Biochar obtained from sewage sludges are adopted for biogas cleaning. Sewage sludges are treated considering temperature, dwell time, activating agent, heating, and flow rate. The best performances achieved are registered considering the char produced at 400 °C using CO2 as an activating agent with a dwell time of 2 h. The adsorption capacity for the biogas cleaning CH4/CO2/H2S (20 ppm(v)) increased from 1.3 mg/g to 5.9 mg/g with the bed height. Future research with chemical activation processes will be made to improve the adsorption capacity achieved to produce cheaper sorbents than commercial ones.


ÅSLUD, ANDERS, The Last Shall Be The First: The East European Financial Crisis. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2010, xviþ 136pp., $21.95 p/b. BARTLETT, DJURDJA, Fashion East: The Spectre that Haunted Socialism. London & Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2010, xiiþ 326pp., e25.95 h/b. BATAKOVIĆ, DUŠAN T. (ed.), La Serbie et la France Une Alliance Atypique: Relations Politiques, Économiques et Culturelles 1870–1940. Belgrade: Institut des Études Balkaniques, 2010, 614pp., h/b. BLACKMON, PAMELA, In the Shadow of Russia: Reform in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Eurasian Political Economy and Public Policy Studies Series. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2011, xþ 130pp., $29.95 p/b. CALDWELL, MELISSA L., Dacha Idylls: Living Organically in Russia's Countryside. East European and Slavic Studies. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2011, xxiiþ 200pp., £16.95 p/b. COMPANJEN, FRANÇOISE, MARÁCZ, LÁSZLÓ & VERSTEEGH, LIA (eds), Exploring the Caucasus in the 21 Century: Essays on Culture, History and Politics in a Dynamic Context. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010, 254pp., e29.50 p/b. DUCKETT, JANE, The Chinese State's Retreat from Health: Policy and the Politics of Retrenchment. Routledge Studies on China in Transition. London & New York: Routledge, 2011, xivþ 146pp., £75.00 h/b. FREIRE, MARIA RAQUEL & KANET, ROGER E. (eds), Key Players and Regional Dynamics in Eurasia: The Return of the 'Great Game'. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, xivþ 300pp., £60.00 h/b. FÜRST, JULIANE, Stalin's Last Generation: Soviet Post-War Youth and the Emergence of Mature Socialism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, xivþ 392pp., £60.00 h/b. GEL'MAN, VLADIMIR &MARGANIYA, OTAR (eds), Resource Curse and Post-Soviet Eurasia: Oil, Gas and Modernization. Plymouth: Lexington Books, 2010, xþ 216pp., £39.95 h/b. GEL'MAN, VLADIMIR & ROSS, CAMERON (eds), The Politics of Sub-National Authoritarianism in Russia. Post-Soviet Politics. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010, xviiiþ 230pp., £55.00 h/b. GENOV, NIKOLAI, Global Trends in Eastern Europe. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010, xviþ 230pp., £55.00 h/b. GOLUBEVA, MARIA & GOULD, ROBERT (eds), Shrinking Citizenship: Discursive Practices that Limit Democratic Participation in Latvian Politics. On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and the Moral Imagination in the Baltics. Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi, 2010, 198pp., e40.00 p/b. HANSON, STEPHEN E., Post-Imperial Democracies: Ideology and Party Formation in Third Republic France, Weimar Germany and Post-Soviet Russia. Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010, xxviiiþ 280pp., £15.99 p/b. HARRIS, STEVEN, Two Lessons in Modernism: What the Architectural Review and America's Mass Media Taught Soviet Architects about the West. Trondheim Studies on East European Cultures & Societies. Trondheim: Program on East European Cultures and Societies, 2010, 94pp., p/b. EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES Vol. 63, No. 2, March 2011, 355–356


This article makes use of the graphic novel "From Hell" to study its narrative and aesthetic, emphasizing its structural and thematic components from the analysis of the visual syntax of the comic strip. This graphic novel, published in 1999, was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Eddie Campbell. The narrative takes place in Victorian England and tells the story of Jack the Ripper. The goal is to observe how the distribution of images, allied to words, allows the construction of a language. I will make remarks on �From Hell�, his narrative construction, arrangement of elements, use of color and fabric. For this study, I will use the principles of the theory of visual syntax Dondis Donis (2007) and studies of the cartoonist the cartoonist and comics theorist Will Eisner (1999), as well as Scott McCloud (2005), among other scholars of the subject.


Significance Low sunlight exposure and low vitamin D (vitD) levels are risk factors for the development of multiple sclerosis. However, there is still an ongoing debate, whether sunlight and vitD also modulate disease severity and worsening. Observational studies suggested vitD-dependent effects, but prospective supplementation studies have so far been inconclusive and reverse causality cannot be excluded as a source of bias. By using the sun-exposure measures vitD and latitude, we show correlations between vitD/latitude, vitD/disease severity, and latitude/disease severity in two multicentric cohorts. Although vitD cannot be proven as the causal factor, we provide evidence for clinically relevant effects of sunlight exposure. Furthermore, this study suggests sunlight-triggered pathways other than vitD could play additional and modulatory roles, as well. Multiple sclerosis (MS) disease risk is associated with reduced sun-exposure. This study assessed the relationship between measures of sun exposure (vitamin D [vitD], latitude) and MS severity in the setting of two multicenter cohort studies (nNationMS = 946, nBIONAT = 990). Additionally, effect-modification by medication and photosensitivity-associated MC1R variants was assessed. High serum vitD was associated with a reduced MS severity score (MSSS), reduced risk for relapses, and lower disability accumulation over time. Low latitude was associated with higher vitD, lower MSSS, fewer gadolinium-enhancing lesions, and lower disability accumulation. The association of latitude with disability was lacking in IFN-β–treated patients. In carriers of MC1R:rs1805008(T), who reported increased sensitivity toward sunlight, lower latitude was associated with higher MRI activity, whereas for noncarriers there was less MRI activity at lower latitudes. In a further exploratory approach, the effect of ultraviolet (UV)-phototherapy on the transcriptome of immune cells of MS patients was assessed using samples from an earlier study. Phototherapy induced a vitD and type I IFN signature that was most apparent in monocytes but that could also be detected in B and T cells. In summary, our study suggests beneficial effects of sun exposure on established MS, as demonstrated by a correlative network between the three factors: Latitude, vitD, and disease severity. However, sun exposure might be detrimental for photosensitive patients. Furthermore, a direct induction of type I IFNs through sun exposure could be another mechanism of UV-mediated immune-modulation in MS.


It has been well recognized that the low speed of maximum velocity can be seen as key factors which restrained the improvement of scores of Chinese elite long jumpers. Further it is found that the insufficient muscle quality is regarded as the main reason which limited the promotion of speed of Chinese elite long jumpers. This study conducted a profound analysis on the technique characteristics of high-speed running and its effects on the jumping indexes of long jumpers. Sev- eral solution approaches were proposed.


The invention provides an environment-friendly antibacterial moistureproof wallpaper, comprising a base layer, wherein a waterproof coating is arranged on the back side of the base layer; a coating layer is arranged on the base layer; a bamboo charcoal fiber layer is arranged on the coating layer; a bamboo charcoal fiber reinforcing layer is arranged on the bamboo charcoal fiber; an antibacterial layer is arranged on the bamboo charcoal fiber reinforcing layer; a printing embossing layer is arranged on the antibacterial layer; a moistureproof layer is coated on the printing embossing layer; a polytetrafluoroethylene layer is arranged on the moistureproof layer; a laminating layer is arranged on the polytetrafluoroethylene layer. The four layers, namely the bamboo charcoal fiber layer, the polytetrafluoroethylene layer, the moistureproof layer and the laminating layer, have certain moisture resistance, and have quadruple protection roles, so that the wallpaper disclosed by the invention has excellent moisture resistance. The antibacterial layer, the bamboo charcoal fiber layer and the coating layer have antibacterial properties and triple protection roles, so that the wallpaper disclosed by the invention has excellent antibacterial property.


Objective Cancer is heavy burben both in family and in society.The burden of inpatient care is investigated and its effect factors is explored.Methods Enrolled 110 cancer patients and their caregiver are investigated by questionnaire survey,to calculate the monetary cost in hospital care based on market value of care agencies.Results 96.36 percent of patients need nursing and 84.81 percent need nursing day and night.The majoriety of caregivers are patient's spouse,but it is the current phenomenon that the patients nurse given by childern in duty.Time cost in nursing the advanced cancer is more than that in eary and mediterm stage.Conclusion Treating the advanced cancer in community under the dismal therapatic reaction is benifit to the family of economics and relationship.


In a process to recharge a primary preform for stretch hot into an optical fiber, it forms a build-up layer by depositing silica particles on a silica tube forming the side wall of the preform primaire.Selon the invention, is doped silica grains of aluminum for the charging layer and the silica tube have substantially the same viscosity during hot drawing. It allows uniform stretching of the preform in a plane transverse to fiber drawing, whereby the optical fiber thicknesses from homothetic manner of the charging layer and the silica tube retain substantially the same refractive index. Advantageously, the presence of aluminum in the charging layer reduces the sensitivity of the optical fiber with hydrogen.


In view of complicated driving conditions, tough working environments and frequent rollovers of forklift trucks, this paper, based on the ADAMS software, builds the kinetic model of counterbalanced forklift trucks to perform simulation study on the lateral stability under zero load and full load, analyzes factors affecting the lateral; stability of forklift trucks and concludes the yaw velocity range of forklift trucks when forklift trucks are at the near-rollover moment, which provides references for enhanced control over lateral stability of counterbalanced forklift trucks.


In this paper, simple triband Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna is proposed for wireless communication technology. This antenna consists of two symmetric monopoles which are placed at a distance of 0.106λ0 and for board area it occupies 0.25λ0*0.26λ0 . By integrating a stub in the ground plane and adding the stub in the feed line, isolation is achieved more than 20dB.This triband MIMO antenna operates under 2.5GHz, 3.3GHz and 4.4 GHz. The proposed antenna gives Radiation Patterns and Stable Gain. Mean effective gain (MEG) and Diversity Gain (DG) are also measured.


In singleton term pregnancies, severe short-term maternal and neonatal morbidity were not more frequent in operative vaginal deliveries attempted using forceps or spatulas than vacuum. OBJECTIVE: To assess severe short-term maternal and neonatal morbidity and pelvic floor disorders at 6 months postpartum after attempted operative vaginal delivery according to the instrument used. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study of women with live, singleton, term fetuses in vertex presentation. Patients attempted operative vaginal delivery in a French tertiary care university hospital from December 2008 through October 2013. We used multivariable logistic regression and propensity score methods to control for indication bias and compare outcomes associated with vacuum-assisted or forceps- or spatula-assisted delivery. Severe maternal and neonatal morbidity were composite primary endpoints. Symptoms of urinary incontinence (UI) and anal incontinence (AI) were assessed 6 months after delivery by validated self-administered questionnaires. RESULTS: Among 2,128 attempted operative vaginal deliveries, 30.7% (n=654) used vacuum and 69.3% (n=1,474) used forceps or spatulas. Severe maternal morbidity occurred in 5.4% (n=35; 95% CI 3.8–7.4) of vacuum attempts and 10.5% (n=154; 95% CI 8.3–12.1) of forceps or spatula attempts (P<.001); severe neonatal morbidity occurred in 8.4% (n=55; 95% CI 6.4–10.8) and 10.2% (n=155; 95% CI 8.7–11.8), respectively (P=.2). Although attempted operative vaginal deliveries with forceps or spatula were significantly associated with more frequent severe maternal morbidity (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.99 95% CI 1.27–3.10) in the multivariable logistic regression analysis, this association was no longer significant after propensity score matching (aOR 1.46 95% CI 0.72–2.95). Attempted operative vaginal deliveries with forceps or spatula were not significantly associated with more frequent severe neonatal morbidity after multivariable logistic regression or propensity score matching. Among the 934 women (43.9%) who responded to questionnaires at 6 months, the prevalence of symptoms of UI and AI were 22.7% and 22.0%, respectively, with no significant differences between the groups. CONCLUSION: In singleton term pregnancies, neither severe short-term maternal or neonatal morbidity nor UI or AI were more frequent after attempted operative vaginal delivery by forceps or spatulas than by vacuum after controlling for indication bias with a propensity score analysis.


We consider litigation privilege and the dominant purpose test. Litigation privilege stems from a principle that those engaged in/contemplating litigation should be free to gather evidence without a requirement to disclose that evidence to opponents.


An indicating reaction,in which trace ion(III) catalyzed the fading of oxidization of methylene blue and neutral red by hydrogen peroxide in HCl medium was studied,and a new dual-wavelength and dual-indicator catalytic kinetic spectrophotometric method was established for the determination of trace iron.The Absorbence of catalytic and non-catalytic systems was measured at 520 nm and 660 nm respectively.The concentration of iron(III) showed linear relationship with the difference between Absorbence at two wavelengths.The linear range of method was 0.004-0.02 μg/mL and the detection limit was 8.5 ×10-5 μg/mL.A large number of common ions,Ce and La(III) except for equal amount of Cu2+ did not interfere in the determination of iron(III).The method could be applied to the determination of trace iron(III) in environmental water samples(such as rain water,tap water,spring water and river water) without pre-separation,giving the relative standard deviations(RSDs) of 1.9 %-3.5 %(n=6) and the recoveries of 97 %-105 %.


The equitable identification of youth from all cultural, linguistic, and economic groups for gifted programming is a longstanding and tragic problem in gifted education. Many factors contribute to fallible, discriminatory identification practices, including identification based on manifest gifted behaviors alone (as opposed to gifted potential), on high cut-off scores on nationally normed instruments that yield differential results, and on exclusionary procedures where students must meet several criteria for identification or pass through a nomination gate for consideration. This chapter provides guidance for addressing access, equity, and missingness of underserved students in gifted education. Emphasis is placed on talent development, substantial changes to identification and programming, policy, and urgency to address systemic racism as steps critical to developing equitable, inclusive, socially just, and effective gifted education programming.


A parallel algorithm that is intrinsic in the iterated function system (IFS) is proposed to speed up the decoding of fractal images. In the IFS, the fractal image is decoded with the random iteration algorithm that is a serial process and may generate undesired transient points. The proposed algorithm determines an initial point inside the image and thus no transient points occur. Moreover, the contractive affine transformations (CATs) in the IFS can operate in parallel and the simultaneously generated points in all CATs are randomly feedback to other CATs. The power of parallelism is basically proportional to the number of CATs. Two general cases of the proposed algorithm are provided to solve the non-uniformity problem due to the unequal probabilities among CATs. Finally, the proposed algorithm can cooperate with a previous parallel decoding algorithm to obtain multiplicative power in parallelism. The simulation results are demonstrated to verify the validity of the proposed parallel algorithm. Subjective terms: fractal image, iterated function system, contractive affine transformation, parallel algorithm. 1


3. The authors indicate that BTE inhibits HSV-1 at a number of steps in the viral replication process however, in most of these assays HSV-1 is incubated for 1 hour with BTE at a concentration which is sufficient to directly inactivate the virus and would therefore lower the MOI of HSV-1 producing a number of the results attributed to decreased adsorption, attachment, penetration and DNA replication. The reference indicated above shows that concentrations of 100um theaflavin-3,3'-digallate will inactivate multiple logs of HSV in an hour. Also, results in references 16 and 17 in this manuscript show that HIV is inhibited by BTE in the 1-30 um range through a direct effect on the virion. The authors in reference 17 state the effect of BTE on HIV reverse transcriptase is minor compared to the direct effect on the virion.


Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR) is a chemical reaction that negatively affects concrete pavements strengths and integrity. ASR impedes concrete pavements' performance due to the formation of cracks and ultimate deformation if not properly controlled. Concrete pavements are gaining more relevance due to their ability to be constructed on soils with low bearing capacity and support high traffic loadings, thus increasing the need for studies on how ASR in the concrete pavements can be mitigated. This study employed compressive and flexural strength tests to determine the strength properties and deformation of concrete pavements due to ASR when partially replaced with CBA at varying percentages. Static structural modelling of the concrete as a multiphase material in which aggregates, cracks and gel formations are considered as embedded inclusions in the cement paste is then carried out. The results are then compared with relevant standards and findings of other researchers. The study's findings reveal that all the concrete cube samples passed the recommended compressive strength for rigid pavement, which range from 35 - 40 N/mm 2 at 28 th day. The concrete cube samples also passed the target strength of 48.25 N/mm 2 obtained from the mix design. The effect of ASR resulted in lower compressive and flexural strengths observed at 180 th and 240 th days with lower CBA addition, while samples containing higher CBA contents had increasing compressive strength. The static structural modelling results reveal that the maximum deformation was obtained for the concrete cubes admixed with 0% CBA with 47.045 mm while the least deformation was obtained at 30% CBA replacement with deformation value of 5.542 mm on application of a 900 KN force. Therefore, the study posits that CBA addition will help reduce Portland Cement Concrete Pavement deformation due to ASR in relation to traffic loadings.


A previously suggested method for smoothing the narrow‐band spectra of voiced speech segments by "low‐pass filtering" the logarithm of the power spectrum [M. R. Schroeder and A. M. Noll, "Recent Studies in Speech Research at Bell Telephone Laboratories. I," Paper A21 in Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Acoustics, Liege, Belgium, 1965, D. E. Commins, Ed. (Georges Thone, Liege, 1966)] has been found inadequate for high‐pitched female voices. Low‐pass filtering, with a cutoff "quefrency" (independent variable in the Fourier‐transform domain of power spectra) below the pitch‐period value, may result in elimination of peaks due to the formant structure. An approximation to the spectrum fine structure (due to the quasiperiodic excitation of the vocal tract) is generated by requiring its Fourier cosine transform to match that of the log power spectrum of the speech signal in the immediate neighborhood of the pitch peak, but to have no other significant quefrency components. By subtraction of th...


Nowadays, the development of offshore wind energy technology has received considerable attention worldwide. In this paper, numerical investigation of wave run-up and wave forces around the supporting structure of a wind turbine in Shanghai Donghai-Bridge offshore wind farm by using our own CFD code naoe-FOAM-SJTU (Shen, Cao and Wan, 2012) is presented. The naoe-FOAM-SJTU solver is developed based on OpenFOAM and employs the finite volume method (FVM) to solve RANS equations, the free surface is tracked by volume of fluid (VOF) method. Two different big waves are investigated. The values of wave run-up around the supporting structure are measured and total forces on the individual piles due to wave run-up are calculated. Meanwhile, the flow field including velocity and pressure distributions is analyzed. The results show strong nonlinear character, and the phenomenon of green water on bearing platform is observed. The numerical results can help to understand the run-up phenomenon of Donghai-Bridge offshore wind turbine foundations and to provide some guidance to the design of the new supporting structures of offshore wind turbines.


With the growth of operating leasing within NHS Trusts, the potential pitfalls of entering into such agreements are becoming more apparent. Increasingly, NHS Trusts are calling upon the services of experienced advisors who can guide them through the 'cradle-to-grave' approach: necessary to not only evaluate competitive leasing bids but also the 'whole-life' cost implications.


This paper explores the viscosity-reducing effect and unblocking effect which are caused by 12 kinds of enzymes on the polymer drilling fluid by the formation of 9 kinds of viscosifiers which are commonly used in drilling fluid,mainly through viscosity decay tests and permeability recovery experiments,assisted with microscopic observations.Through the experiment it is found that the degradation effect of cellulose enzyme and Guar gum enzyme on polymers is very clear,the automatic unblocking effect of Guar gum enzyme on Guar gum solution and Lei Peng solution is quite good,and enzyme can degrade the polymer though it cannot necessarily achieve the automatic unblocking of the corresponding drilling fluid.


The current development of municipal sewage treatment plants in Yangzi River Delta area was discussed. The process select for reconstructing and new constructing the plants was studied systematically. For different areas, influent and effluent of sewage treatment plants, process select should be discussed systematically in order to remove maximum pollutant with less investment. So, this paper can prove reference for selecting municipal sewage plant process.


Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.5, 23.10, 57.2.2 and 81 of the Code, is to conserve two specific gastropod names Bulimus lineatus Bruguière, 1789 (Pulmonata: urocoptidae, currently Macroceramus lineatus, from Haiti) and Bulimus lineatus Draparnaud, 1801 (currently Acicula lineata, Caenogastropoda: aciculidae, from central Europe) by ruling under the plenary power to disregard their primary homonymy.


Article 14 EC The Union shall adopt measures with the aim of establishing or ensuring the functioning of the internal market, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Treaties.


This is a theoretical essay in descriptive poetics. By "theoretical," I mean that I shall not offer very extensive illustration by concrete examples of the principles under discussion. By "descriptive" I mean that, in examining the concept of mise en abyme, my aim is to help make it both a sharper and more flexible tool for the description of narrative texts. To succeed in this task I shall have to do my best to stay clear of the headier philosophical and poetic implications of the abysmal metaphor. Such implications inform the large body of the experimental or postmodern or nouveau or nouveau nouveau novel which has posed such a massive challenge to traditional narrative and representational conventions especially in the last few decades. In this essay, however, I am chiefly (but not exclusively) interested in the possible use of misc en abyme as a term denoting a specific figure in narrative fiction which I would characterize very broadly as mimetic. What I mean by this is fiction which ostensibly respects our most prevalent beliefs about empirical reality, especially those concerning temporality and the conditions of human knowledge. Conventional respect for such beliefs is reflected in narrative texts by a concern to keep their diegetic levels distinguishable. The best general account of the structure and functioning of the narrative text is still Gerard Genette's (with the emendations of able followers such as Mieke Bal and Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan). It is in the overall framework of such a theory that I would like to inscribe my comments on misc en abyme. This expression, whose application to literature and visual art was first suggested by Andre Gide in a diary entry from 1893, has enjoyed


Fifty-six novel alkyl and/or alkoxy disubstituted 2-(2,3-difluorobiphenyl-4′-yl)-1,3-dioxanes (DFBPD) were prepared. Smectic C and nematic mesophases were exhibited by most of the alkyl-alkoxy homologues. Conversely, most of the dialkyl compounds exhibited smectic C, smectic A and nematic phases. The birefringence (Δn), dielectric anisotropy (ΔIµ), spontaneous polarisation and response times of two ferroelectric mixtures formulated from the dioxanyl systems were determined. The birefringence results were compared with eight other groups of mixtures where the materials were based on different core systems. The overall electro-optic properties of the DFBPDs were found to be comparable to the best of the eight most commonly used materials in ferroelectric display devices.


The paper develops a general stochastic macroeconomic model that can be used to study the international transmission of disturbances under four alternative exchange-rate systems: uniform flexible exchange rates, uniform fixed exchange rates, and two versions of two-tier exchange rates. The analysis makes two general points. First, one cannot assume stability of structure when assessing the consequences of alternative exchange-rate regimes. For example, the slope of the aggregate supply curve and the rationally formed expectations in the asset markets can respond dramatically to the government's choice of exchange-rate regime. Second, exchange-rate regimes that provide full insulation from foreign disturbances may nevertheless be inferior to other regimes in terms of their ability to maximize social welfare.


Introduction I have been teaching a literacy/language arts methods course to pre-service teachers in a teacher education program at a Midwestern university in the United States for years. One of my favorite questions for my pre-service teachers in the beginning of the semester was: "What are language arts?" With a couple of prompts, most of the pre-service teachers were able to figure out two of them: reading and writing. These two arts or literacy skills are tested most often in schools. This is probably why they had no problem getting them right. With a few more cues, they added speaking and listening to the list. While they were quite satisfied, I reminded them that there were at least two more language arts according to the definition of the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association (Tompkins, 2009). This time, despite my numerous hints, they had no clue, and I had to tell them that viewing and visually representing were also considered language arts. We then had a discussion of how these six language arts were not clear-cut categories and how one was interconnected with others. For example, when we are reading, we are not simply reading but doing something else. We may also be visually representing pictures in our mind when reading a travel book. Or we may jot down notes on what we are reading. The pre-service teachers were usually surprised to learn that what appeared to be distinct categories of literacy skills turn out to overlap with each other. Once they were aware of the interrelationship of literacy skills, I invited them to think about what this implied for their teaching of literacy. Questions for them to consider were: "Can reading be taught as if it is a skill that can be isolated from other literacy skills? What is being literate? Does it mean the ability to read and write? What about people who cannot read or write well but are great artists? Are they literate?" By the time I asked them what we meant by being critically literate, they were generally overwhelmed and looked at me for answers. At this point, I was satisfied, not because I was finished with my questions (actually this was just the beginning of the course), but because I had problematized what they usually took for granted. This step, I believe, is very important because if we do not challenge what we have already known, it is dangerous. According to Harste (2008), it can even become an act of terrorism: We often extol certainty as a good thing and associate it with action, with decisiveness, with getting things done. And indeed it can be a source of action. It takes a very certain individual to mandate a particular reading program for everyone, to fly a plane into the World Trade Center, to organize a school shooting. We don't call all these acts of terrorism, but we should. Extremes are natural products of certitude. If I am absolutely certain I am right, then it will appear to me that I am justified in anything I do. (p. 35) Problematizing what my students believed about literacy education is what Lewison, Flint, and Van Sluys (2002) call "disrupting the commonplace," the very first dimension of the "four dimensions" framework of critical literacy practice. Theoretical Framework: Four Dimensions Framework of Critical Literacy Practice In line with critical literacists such as Paulo Freire (1972, 1984), Colin Lankshear and Peter McLaren (1993), and Barbara Comber and Anne Simpson (2001), Lewison, Flint, and Van Sluys (2002) argue that literacy education should not be limited to simply reading and writing. Instead, it should be situated in a sociopolitical context where literacy is examined critically. To put this critical view into practice, Lewison et al. propose a four dimensions framework that consists of (a) disrupting the commonplace, (b) considering multiple viewpoints, (c) focusing on the sociopolitical, and (d) taking action. …


A novel soft-hard template approach for preparing photoluminescent carbon dots (CDs) with tunable sizes, compositions, crystalline degrees and photoluminescence properties has been developed using four different precursors as carbon sources. The results offer a new strategy for fabrication of monodispersed CDs with well-defined morphology.


Methicillin/multiple-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causes serious infections in humans and is resistant to numerous antibiotics. Here we report a genomics approach for the identification of potential drug targets in two common MRSA strains, MRSA 252 and Mu50. Our approach identified 126 and 132 essential genes in MRSA 252 and Mu50 repectively that are essential to pathogen survival and absence from the human genome.


Increases in the number of tertiary students demanding higher education, referred to by Musselin (2007) as the massification of higher Education, have seen increased pressures on the budgets of tertiary institutions. The current economic crisis only served to further impact on this already stretched position. Smith (2009) commented that "university budgets are at breaking point as young people being unable to find work flock to tertiary study." (p.1)
Euben (2003) argues that "as institutions adjust to serving an increasing number of students with wide varieties of learning styles, traditional methods of workload measurement fall short in determining if faculty are making efficient use of their time. In other words, traditional measurement methods are not applicable to the changes that are occurring in higher education." Diamond and Adam (2000) support this by saying that although the traditional measurement of workload is a starting point, it is insufficient, as unique requirements placed on lecturers in each discipline results in differing workloads.
This paper endeavours to contribute to the body of knowledge by focusing on the discussion of academic workload of business educators in a changed economic environment.


Assessment of dental pulp status is normally undertaken using thermal or electrical tests that indicate the functioning of Aδ nerve fibers. The tests are quick and usually reliable, although nothing is absolute. Newer tests have involved assessment of blood flow, and of these laser Doppler flowmetry has been the most widely used and beneficial to patients particularly after traumatic injury. The high cost of flowmeters and the time-consuming procedure have limited uptake.


Nature-Inspired Networking: Theory and Applications contains nine original, peer-reviewed chapters reporting on new developments of interest to the nature-inspired networking/computing communities. All chapters contain remarkable topics of nature-inspired networking (NiN), from theory to applications for NiN based on rigorous interdisciplinary approaches in which theoretical contributions have been formally stated and justified, and practical applications have been based on their firm, formal basis. The book is a reference for readers who already have a basic understanding of networking and are now ready to know how to use rigorous approaches to develop networking that is inspired by nature. Chapters were carefully selected to, on one hand, cover a broad spectrum of formal and practical aspects and, on the other hand, achieve as much as possible in a self-contained book. Received on 16 April 2018; accepted on 16 April 2018; published on 18 June 2018


We have designed an "antipeptide" capable of firmly and specifically interacting with a preselected stretch of myosin S-1 heavy chain. Covalent attachment of this antipeptide to its target stretch, residues 633-642, does not affect the intrinsic ATPase activities of the protein but significantly reduces the actin-binding capabilities of the myosin head.


Background: In individuals affected with Hemoglobin SC (HbSC) disease, one β globin gene is affected by thesickle mutation (position 6, a single-base pair change encodes valine instead of glutamine) while the other βglobin gene contains a mutation for hemoglobin C (position 6, lysine is encoded instead of glutamine) In thiscompound heterozygous state individuals typically present with a milder sickle cell disease (SCD) coursecompared to those with homozygous HbS (HbSS) disease Although children with HbSC disease experience asignificant incidence of silent cerebral infarcts, acute stroke presentation is exceptionally rare Herein wedescribe a case of an adolescent male with historically uncomplicated HbSC disease, and otherwiseunremarkable sickle cell surveillance labs on admission presenting with new acute onset stroke CasePresentation: Our patient is a 16 year old male with uncomplicated HbSC disease and no history ofhospitalizations for vasoocclusive crisis He presented with 48 hours of difficulty focusing out of his left eye Physical exam revealed impaired right eye adduction, left eye nystagmus on lateral left gaze, and decreased sensation to touch to the left hemi face and left arm Strength and deep tendon reflexes were normal Normalgait was observed and he had no dysdiadochokinesia STAT MRI orbit and brain with contrast revealedmultiple foci of acute infarct involving the pons and left cerebral peduncle Vessel imaging with MRA wasconcerning for internuclear ophthalmoplegia secondary to stenosis in the posterior cerebral circulation Vitalsigns were normal for age and labs were overall mild and unchanged from his baseline (WBC 8750/mcL,Hemoglobin 13 5g/dL, Platelets 290,000/mcL, Reticulocyte 2 11%, CRP <0 30mg/dL) Initial thrombophilia workup demonstrated no increase in antiphospholipid antibodies, normal homocysteine levels and fibrinogenlevels Fibrin D-dimer was mildly elevated at 0 55mcg/mL Further thrombophilia evaluation is ongoing Arespiratory viral panel and COVID-19 testing were performed and were negative The patient was treated withemergent complete exchange transfusion Discussion: This case highlights the importance recognizing the riskfor acute stroke in patients with HbSC Prior to this acute presentation of stroke, this patient had mild disease with no history of prior transfusions and mild vasooclussive crises managed as an outpatient Earlyrecognition, imaging and management for those who present with focal neurologic deficits is essential inpreventing considerable morbidity and mortality It is imperative that as a general pediatrician, one must bevigilant and not rely on reassuring labs or prior histories of mild disease presentations in patients with SCD Unlike with HbSS, there is limited data and consensus guidelines for secondary stroke prevention in patients with HbSC, thus emphazing clinical judgement in initiation of exchange transfusion We did proceed withexchange transfusion taking into consideration the data that supports improved outcomes in HbSS patients


This study investigates the impact that market discipline mechanisms have on European Union (EU) banks' accounting policy decisions. We investigate the association between the level of loan loss provisions (LLPs) with earnings before provisions and taxes when depositors appear to withdraw their funds and demand higher deposit rates. We examine whether market discipline motivates banks to adjust earnings through accounting accruals. Empirical findings suggest that the demand for higher deposit rates limits management's accounting discretion. By contrast, withdrawals appear to encourage managers to use income smoothing via LLPs. The observed associations appear to be conditioned by banks' systemic importance and capital adequacy levels.


In order to build up the third-party evaluation system for the talent training quality in higher vocational spe cialties,we should follow up some basic guidelines: achieving the approval of the evaluation mainstay,paying attention to both the quantitative evaluation and the qualitative evaluation,highlighting the specialty characteristics and stressing the personnel training performance appraisal,and so on,meanwhile,it is necessary to take up some action strategies,such as establishing the valuation objectives,consulting the valuation programme,opening the evaluation channel and ex changing the evaluation information,and so on.


The protective activity of melanin-like pigment (MLP) derived from tea was studied using benzidine (BZ) as a DNA-reactive chemical. A wild strain of Drosophila melanogaster, Canton-S, was used to evaluate the toxic effect of BZ and protective power of MLP. Addition of MLP to feed at concentrations of 1.5–15 mg/ml decreased the toxic effect of BZ and increased the survival of the flies of both sexes. By monitoring chemiluminescence intensity, it was found that MLP prevented the production of free radicals due to metabolic transformation of BZ. MLP also prevented the formation of DNA–DNA cross-links and 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) DNA adducts. BZ can form free radial intermediates that bind to DNA sites, blocking the expression of genes responsible for the flies' resistance to harmful factors. MLP exhibited antioxidant activity by binding to these intermediates.# 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.


Whether the cognizance of traffic accident responsibility may have its nature of adminis- trative litigation has at all times been the focus for debate between the academic circle in theory and the judicial circle in practice."The Safety Act of Roadway Traffic"implemented on May 1, 2004 has resolved this issue.This Act calls off the cognizance of public security authority regard- ing the responsibility of roadway traffic accident,and hands over the jurisdiction of this kind of accident to the People's Court.The implementation of this Act indicates that the treatment of roadway traffic accident in our country has become more rightful,at the same time,has con- formed to the tendency of international judicial practice.


The SiO2/SiNx dielectric film stacks deposited by inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD) are employed on the top of the oxide-confined vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). The reflecting mirror characteristics of the dielectric films are measured with varying numbers of pairs from 4 to 12. The prepared devices have low threshold current of 0.3 mA, single-mode peak power of 1.4 mW at room temperature. The thermal resistance of the device depending on ambient temperature is estimated according to the relationship of wavelength shift and dissipated power, allowing us to extract the actual temperature in active region and the temperature dependence of the output characteristics of the VCSEL. The beam property of the device is characterized by the far field pattern (FFP). Depending on the drive current, the average divergence angles of the output beam estimated from the full-width-half-maximum (FWHM) of the FFP varies between 20.4° and 21.2°. Furthermore, polarization-controlled single mode emission is achieved by introducing a built-in grating into the VCSEL with orthogonal polarization suppression ratio (OPSR) around 19 dB.


Prior research examining disclosure of sexual orientation at work suggests that lesbian and gay people employ diverse strategies for managing this nonvisible aspect of their identity. Yet, research concerning sexual identity management has been hampered by inadequate conceptual definition and measurement. This paper reports initial development of the Workplace Sexual Identity Management Measure (WSIMM) based on a conceptual model of lesbian and gay identity management supported by prior qualitative research. Psychometric properties of the WSIMM were examined for a sample of 172 student affairs professionals. Results suggest the WSIMM successfully assesses a continuum of identity management strategies and lend partial support for individual scales. Recommendations concerning appropriate uses and further refinement of the measure are provided.


The article introduces the force effect under extreme working situations when laying seabed oil pipelines.It also presents the way to analyse the stability of seabed oil pipelines with the help of examples.


This paper presents the implementation of one element of a decision support system (DSS) for regional water quality management, applied to the Nitra River Basin in Slovakia. A model-based, aspiration-led methodology for multicriteria decision support has been used for the study. Several reusable, modular software tools have been developed and implemented: a problem-specific generator to produce the core part of the mathematical programming model, tools for the generation and interactive modification of multicriteria problems, and a solver for the resulting mixed-integer optimization problem. Provided in the paper are the following: a complete formulation of the mathematical model (including the imbedded water quality model), a summary of the aspiration-reservation-led multiple criteria optimization approach applied to decision support, and an overview of results that illustrate the applied approach and provide some interesting insights to the case study.


The invention relates to a thin plate resonance sound absorption structure which comprises a metal thin plate and a piezoelectric ceramic piece pasted on the metal thin plate. A resistor is connected between the two poles of the piezoelectric ceramic piece. The structure of the invention can fulfill the following technical effects of: being capable of effectively improving acoustical absorptivity at the basic frequency of the thin plate, tuning out another sound absorption peak through adjusting inductance and effectively widening the width of sound absorption frequency band through the combination of the sound absorption peak tuned out and the basic frequency sound absorption peak of the thin plate. Besides, the structure of the invention has light weight and small installation space and the acoustical absorptivity around the resonance frequency can reach more than 0.9.


Ring‐expansion polymerization (REP) of thiiranes was investigated using 3H‐benzothiazol‐2‐one (BT) as the cyclic aromatic thiourethane initiator in the presence of tetrabutylammonium chloride (TBAC) catalyst. The polymerization proceeded in a well‐controlled manner to afford cyclic polysulfides with one BT moiety per macrocycle, as confirmed by MALDI‐TOF MS spectroscopy. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurement of the obtained cyclic polysulfides revealed slight decrease in the glass‐transition temperature as the increase in the molecular weight, supporting the cyclic topology of the products. Postpolymerization of thiiranes using the BT‐initiated cyclic polysulfide as the macroinitiator afforded the ring‐expanded product while maintaining the narrow polydispersity and well‐defined cyclic structure, which enabled precise synthesis of cyclic block copolymer with different thiirane combination. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 2442–2449


With the questionnaire and interview,an inves ti gation concerning college young intellectual current physical exercise was condu cted.The results showed that the rate of PE population is low,the main content of exercise is running and playing ball, etc., and exercise site is usually at s tatiums in the campus around home.Sports consumption is low.The main difficult t hey met in participating exercise was busy work and housework and not money.Some countermeasures for these problems were put forward in the paper.


This article focuses on pedagogical documentation as a narrative of the educational experience for the family. As argumentative resource, the elements of a doctoral research in education, carried out in the Italian city of Pistoia, are presented. Among the privileged aspects are the documentation produced in the city's crèches, their different forms, typologies and, above all, the common threads and interweavings that make up the relationship of educators with families. The theoretical premise of the work is based on the idea that pedagogical documentation is a narrative that offers visibility and supports educational experiences for and with families in early childhood education services. Considering the different forms and types of ECEC services, two common threads have been identified in the documentation: the image of an active child, with the capacity to grow and establish relationships, and an educational context potentially rich in experiences. The interweaving of the threads occurs in the relationships between educators, children, and families.


The applications of emotion recognition in consumer electronics are increasing day by day. However the accuracy and stability of the decisions made by appliances largely depends on the efficient recognition of these emotions. The performance may degrade drastically due to interfering noise. This paper proposes a method which may improve the accuracy significantly. Results have confirmed that this system may help to improve the recognition results. General Terms Pattern Recognition, Gender Classification