1 1 1 hy do some women decide not to access workplace English 1 1 1 language and literacy courses when they are available? This %JkJ article investigates the perceived reasons for nonparticipation with reference to one specific site. It is pertinent to answering the stated question to first consider the present political and economic climate and the developments that led to current situations in the Australian workplace. After the release of Australia's language and literacy policy (Department of Employment Education and Training, 1991) and the accompanying media attention on low literacy, industry rushed to take advantage of government funding for literacy courses, which flowed under the Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL) and Food Industry Language and Literacy Programs (FILLIP). In fact, teachers may look back on the years 1991-1995 as the golden years of workplace literacy teaching. Millions of dollars flowed into such programs assumed to be the panacea for Australia's sliding place in global markets. The halcyon days did not last long, however, as rapid change was occurring in many businesses, outsourcing was ©1999 International Reading Association (pp. 340-351)


Closed capital accounts limit the scope for portfolio diversification. If further there is floor to consumption, at very low level of wealth uncertainty causes consumers to withdraw from investments. This paper studies the role of aid transfers aimed at fostering domestic capital accumulation in undoing this low-level development trap. Using mean-variance approach we derive optimal aid dependence and contrast investment policies in closed and open capital account regimes. It is shown that under free capital mobility: (i) the combination of investment risk and diminishing returns may reduce the proportion of aid funnelled to domestic investment as part of aid is invested abroad if not left idle; and (ii) if aid inflows are positively correlated with returns from foreign assets, consumers opt for less aid dependence because it is optimal to purchase foreign assets and insure themselves against risk. JEL Classification: E21, F21, F35, O11


The dispute between Tencent Technology Ltd.and Qihoo Technology Ltd.is an internet competition case which has attracted extensive concerns and discussions since the promulgation of Anti-monopoly Law.It shows that the particularity of internet competition has challenged the enforcement of China's anti-monopoly law.The essay analyses the problems caused by the case,then analyses the characteristics of the network economy and the differences between internet competition and traditional competition,and points out that Tencent's stopping QQ services for the customers is warrant and it doesn't abuse the dominant position in the market.


Folding top for a vehicle, in particular a convertible vehicle, - with a top fabric (5) in the direction of travel (4) at the front merges with a roof cap (6), - with two guide members (8) extending in the assembled state of the folding top (3) laterally along a roof opening (2), - wherein the roof cap (6) is attached to a cap handlebar (9) side, via a bearing bolt (11) on a cap carriage (13) about a support pivot axis (12) is pivotally mounted and a guide pin (14) (at the respective guide beams 8) adjustably guided and (about a guide pivot axis 15) is pivotably mounted, - wherein the cap carriage (13) is mounted adjustably guided on the respective guide support (8), - wherein at least one locking slide (16) is provided at the respective guide member (8) is adjustably guided and by means of a locking device (17) on the guide support (8) can be fixed, - wherein the respective cap carriage (13) having a forwardly rising guide path (18) into which the bearing pin ...


Z=13.107, p<0.001. Our student survey revealed that 98% of the students agreed that the CBTs helped them to understand and learn the subjects better. The survey results also revealed that 94% of the students agreed that the CBTs can help to replace traditional teaching by practical sessions. About 89% of the students also agreed that the CBTs helped them to improve in their assessment grades. Thus the student learning outcome of better knowledge and test grades were achieved. The casescenarios and assessment quizzes used in the CBT improved the higher order critical thinking. One interesting finding of the survey showed that student preferred interactive quizzes and assessment tools more than game based learning activity. These CBTs are used seamlessly as an integrated e-Learning tool to teach across the seven different courses for Health Sciences and Engineering students.


Committee members participating at the meeting location: Mike Pilot, Kass Ardinger, Frank Edelblut, George Hansel, and Alex Walker; Committee members participating by teleconference: Todd Black, Morgan Rutman, and Wally Stevens; Other trustees participating: Joe Morone (presiding); Trustees, Amy Begg, Jamie Burnett, Cathy Green, Senator James Gray; President Donald Birx, President James Dean, and President Melinda Treadwell


Purpose

This paper aims to develop a low-cost hot-point which can facilitate the conductivity type of N-type and P-type zinc oxide (ZnO) films. In this study, a diode was made out of the N-type and P-type ZnO films, and current-voltage (I-V) characteristic measurements were conducted.

Design/methodology/approach

A low-cost hot-point probe consists of a soldering iron station, digital multimeter and a pair of probes. The setup is adopted to identify N-type and P-type ZnO films. In particular, P-type films have been deployed for the first time.

Findings

Hot-point probe setup has been successfully developed. Measurements of N-type films give a positive voltage reading, whereas P-type films give a negative voltage reading. The measured voltage dominates at 1 per cent for N-type Ga and at 15 per cent for P-type Na. I-V characteristics of the fabricated diode showed a similar trend to the conventional diode.

Research limitations/implications

N-type has been often attempted. However, P-type has rarely been attempted because of the self-compensation effect in ZnO. There is a need to verify the conductivity type of ZnO films, especially P-type, as P-type films are not stable. The hot-point probe setup serves as a quick means to verify P-type ZnO films.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors' understanding, this verification tool was developed and deployed to verify the N-type and P-type ZnO films. The P-type films are coated on top of the N-type films for diode I-V measurements.


This paper describes a new technique for training feedforward neural networks. We employ the proposed algorithm for robust neural network training purpose. Conventional neural network training algorithms based on the gradient descent often encounter local minima problems. Recently, some evolutionary algorithms are getting a lot more attention about global search ability but are less-accurate for complicated training task of neural networks. The proposed technique hybridizes local training algorithm based on quasi-Newton method with a recent global optimization algorithm called particle swarm optimization (PSO). The proposed technique provides higher global convergence property than the conventional global optimization technique. Neural network training for some benchmark problems is presented to demonstrate the proposed algorithm. The proposed algorithm achieves more accurate and robust training results than the quasi-Newton method and the conventional PSOs.


With the exception of control of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) ventilation fans, and their shutdown in the case of smoke in the ducts, all implementations of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) in Dzero have been made within the fundamental premise that no uncertified PLC apparatus shall be entrusted with the safety of equipment or personnel. Thus although PLCs are used to control and monitor all manner of intricate equipment, simple hardware interlocks and relief devices provide basic protection against component failure, control failure, or inappropriate control operation. Nevertheless, this report includes two observations as follows: (1) It may be prudent to reconfigure the link between the Pyrotronics system and the HVAC system such that the Pyrotronics system provides interlocks to the ventilation fans instead of control inputs to the uncertified HVAC PLCs. Although the Pyrotronics system is certified and maintained to life safety standards, the HVAC system is not. A hardware or software failure of the HVAC system probably should not be allowed to result in the situation where the ventilation fans in a smoke filled duct continue to operate. Dan Markley is investigating this matter. (2) It may also be prudent to examine the network security of those systems connected to the Fermilab WAN (HVAC, Cryo, and Solenoid Controls). Even though the impact of a successful hack might only be to operations, it might nevertheless be disruptive and could be expensive. The risks should perhaps be analyzed. One of the most attractive features of these systems, from a user's viewpoint, is their unlimited networking. The unlimited networking that makes the systems so convenient to legitimate access also makes them vulnerable to illegitimate access.


1. Pituitary extracts prepared by certain methods give color reactions similar to those given by suprarenal extracts.

2. Slowing of heart rate ( dog) was noted from a preparation in which no pressor action was detected.

3. Pituitary extracts cause a strong contraction of non-pregnant cat's uterus. A certain amount of epinephrin when mixed with pituitary extract, does not change the characteristic action of pituitary extract on the cat's uterus.

4. After ergotoxin injection, pituitary extract causes a lowering of blood-pressure as by epinephrin. This suggests that some of the action of pituitary extract is on the sympathetic nerve terminals.

5. Isolated loops of rabbit's and cat's intestine are strongly contracted by pituitary extract. Relaxation of the intestine was not obtained by the addition of a certain quantity of epinephrin to such extracts.

6. By oxidation with MnO2, pituitary extracts lose their presson action and some of their color reactions, but retain at least to some extent their action for both non-pregnant cat's uterus and rabbit's and cat's intestine.

7. Several methods for isolation of epinephrin were tried on the pituitary glands, but were unsuccessful.


Based on the brief retrospect of the Organizational Learning(OL) research history,the paper compares three types of OL model,and offers the analysis of two orientations of knowledge flows existing in the OL process and develops a knowledge flow model to describe the OL mechanism.


Focusing on the skill training and with the working process oriented direction, this paper devised different teaching way as well as established stereo-teaching mode which aims at PLC practical teaching task on different stage and has received good results.


E-commerce generates specific market organizations of industrial activities. New economic business models and organisational patterns are not simply transfering designs conceived in traditional industries. Analyzing the case of music industry, we argue that the emerging of radically new market structures (portals, electronic market places, communities) has created original economic transactions (payment, contracts, investment process), incented new entrants to take place into cultural industries and heavily transformed competition and firms positions in the added value chain of music production and distribution. Consuming music on the internet leads to consumers differenciation, market disruption, splitting of payment rules and distribution channels.


Research on the utilization of sago waste as an activated carbon electrode for an electrochemical double-layer capacitor (EDLC) has been successfully performed. An important part of the EDLC is the highly porous activated carbon electrode that is prepared without the addition of adhesive materials with an optimum physical activation time. The sago waste-based activated carbon was prepared without adhesive materials with different physical activation times of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 hours. The effect of the physical activation time is discussed in terms of the physical and electrochemical properties of the carbon electrodes. The evaluated physical properties of the electrode include the density, surface morphology, chemical element content, degree of crystallinity and surface area. The electrochemical properties of the supercapacitor cells were studied for specific capacitances on a two-electrode system using the cyclic voltammetry method. The optimum specific capacitance of the sample electrode was 132 F g -1 , which was achieved with an activation time of 2.5 hours.


We predict the 21-cm global signal and power spectra during the Epoch of Reionisation using the MERAXES semi-analytic galaxy formation and reionisation model, updated to include X-ray heating and thermal evolution of the intergalactic medium. Studying the formation and evolution of galaxies together with the reionisation of cosmic hydrogen using semi-analytic models (such as MERAXES) requires N-body simulations within large volumes and high mass resolutions. For this, we use a simulation of side-length $210~h^{-1}$ Mpc with $4320^3$ particles resolving dark matter haloes to masses of $5\times10^8~h^{-1}~M_\odot$. To reach the mass resolution of atomically cooled galaxies, thought to be the dominant population contributing to reionisation, at $z=20$ of $\sim 2\times10^7~h^{-1}~M_\odot$, we augment this simulation using the DARKFOREST Monte-Carlo merger tree algorithm (achieving an effective particle count of $\sim10^{12}$). Using this augmented simulation we explore the impact of mass resolution on the predicted reionisation history as well as the impact of X-ray heating on the 21-cm global signal and the 21-cm power spectra. We also explore the cosmic variance of 21-cm statistics within $70^{3}$ $h^{-3}$ Mpc$^3$ sub-volumes. We find that the midpoint of reionisation varies by $\Delta z\sim0.8$ and that the cosmic variance on the power spectrum is underestimated by a factor of $2-4$ at $k\sim 0.1-0.4$ Mpc$^{-1}$ due to the non-Gaussian nature of the 21-cm signal. To our knowledge, this work represents the first model of both reionisation and galaxy formation which resolves low-mass atomically cooled galaxies while simultaneously sampling sufficiently large scales necessary for exploring the effects of X-rays in the early Universe.


Statistically optimal accelerated life test plans are determined for the case of Rayleigh failure distribution under the assumptions of periodic inspection and Type I censoring and two stress levels. For optimal plans the proportion of test units allocated to the low stress level and equally spaced inspection times are determined such that the asymptotic variance of the maximum likelihood estimator of p-th quantile at the use condition is minimized. Procedures for selecting a sample size are also discussed.


In recent years, nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds have found increasing application in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders [1, 2]. For this reason, we found it interesting to study the sulfonic acid azolides as possible vasotropic agents and immunomodulants for chemotherapy for patients suffering from disorders involving the immune inflammation of vascular walls. For this purpose, we have synthesized a series of new methanesulfonic acid azolides and studied their cytotoxicity immunomodulant activity. The new methanesulfonic acid azolides (Ia, Ib) were synthesized using the following reaction scheme:


s of The National Pemphigus Foundation and The American Autoimmune Related Disease Association International Meeting: Pemphigus As a Model of Organ-Speci®c Humoral Autoimmune Diseases 0022-202X/02/$15.00 ́ Copyright # 2002 by The Society for Investigative Dermatology, Inc. 734 April 20±21, 2001


Leading by the the fact that the exploitation of modern means of digital communication and e-commerce greatly affects the quality of service activities, the paper analyzes the principle of humanity as one of the basic principles on which the service economy should be based. Thanks to the application of the principle of humanity in service activities, the service user becomes an active member of the service relationship, a person with full capacity of rights and freedoms, who participates in the service relationship as an subject, not as an object. This ensures the preservation of the self-esteem of the service user who becomes an active participant in the service relationship, with his / her own thoughts, behaviors, feelings, needs, and who is able to take his / hers place in the puzzle of the humane service economy. The paper gives a brief analysis of the situation in the services sector, as well as possible directions for strengthening the capacity of the workforce, in order to make a step towards the future of the service economy. Finally, the paper proposes the standardization of the principle of humane treatment of the service user, which makes sure the humane character of the service industry and the right of the service user to humane treatment. Of course, every conclusion should be taken with caution. However, the importance of the principle of humanity should be taken in consideration.


THE subject is really the application of the principles of Town Planning to the remodelling or redevelopment of improvement areas. Speaking generally, areas which are covered by Town Planning Schemes become improvement areas and the Town Planning Act of 1925, has made considerable advance on the previous Acts of Parliament in making it possible for built areas to be included in Town Planning Schemes as part and parcel of the Scheme, but the Act does not go the whole way, so as to be able to deal


This paper proposes a method to solve the redundancy problem by using an optimized arm angle with a 7DOF humanoid arm controlled by a 6DOF remote controller. This study presents a method to determine the feasible arm angle range within which joint limits, self-collision, and singularity do not occur, using the characteristic that the configuration of the arm changes according to the arm angle, even when the end-effector's desired task is satisfied. When the arm angle is applied, the multivariate optimization problem to solve the redundancy problem can be simply expressed as a univariate optimization problem. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, experiments were performed using a 6DOF data arm and the DRC-HUBO+ humanoid platform. We confirmed that the robot moves flexibly by finding the optimal arm angle so that sub-tasks such as joint constraints, selfcollision, and singularity can be satisfied while performing the desired task of the end-effector.


As a region with the largest oil palm plantations in Indonesia, Pelalawan Regency is highly potential to develop a program of oil palm-cattle integration. Pelalawan has implemented the program legitimated by Regent Decree Number KPTS./524/Disnak/2012/472 regarding Zoning Regulation on the development of Oil Palm-Cattle Integration. The program of oil palm-cattle integration itself has been the basis for the Decree of the Minister of Agriculture Number 105 Year 2014 regarding the Integration of Oil Palm Plantation and Beef Cattle Farming. Moreover, the integration system of oil palm-cattle gives a lot of benefit to farmers, for example the utilization of manure as organic fertilizers could reduce farmer's expenses for chemical fertilizers and the cattle can be an asset for them. Products made from the integrated program are solid manure, liquid organic fertilizer, fodder, biogas, and beef. To improve the competitiveness of those activities, we can analyze the value chain which includes product design, inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing, sales, services and supporting activities. By using a value chain analysis, this study aims to provide recommendations for strengthening programs which could be implemented to improve the value-added of the products. Keywords: oil palm-cattle integration, value chain, value-added, industrial cluster


The invention relates to a household appliance (1), in particular a kitchen cooking or oven. In order to improve the availability of a user manual, the invention provides that the household appliance comprises an on or in at least one carrier substrate (2) arranged Operating Instructions (3), wherein on or in the domestic appliance (1), a receiving shaft (4) for the carrier substrate (2 is disposed), in which it is at least largely insertable or inserted.


This paper discusses the definition of metadata and its role in WebGIS. Meanwhile, based on the project of "Decision Support System of Statistical Information of LiaoNing Province", this paper discusses the representation and materialization of metadata in WebGIS in terms of data storage, data transmission and data display.


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We consider functional-differential inclusions with multi-valued impulses. We present an existence theorem for solutions and a theorem on the compactness of the set of all solutions. We establish some properties of a priory bounded sets of solutions.


The sensitivity coefficient of sandwich polyvinylidene fluoride( PVDF) pressure gauge was studied through a series of calibration experiments by using SHPB apparatus,the effects of thickness and lap joint style of conducting wire and area of sensitive element on the sensitivity coefficient were discussed. Based on the test results and the discussion,improvement measures were applied to improve the linearity and decrease the discreteness of sensitivity coefficient of sandwich PVDF pressure gauge. According to the tests,the fitted sensitivity coefficient is 32. 9 pC /N.However,the sensitivity coefficient is affected by many factors,it is recommended that the gauge should be calibrated in the pressure range which is compatible with the actual working conditions. To facilitate calibration,a vertical Hopkinson pressure bar apparatus which can effectively calibrate PVDF pressure gauge in a limited pressure range( 10 ~ 160 MPa)was designed and performed.


With the rapid development of national economy, we are constantly improving our marketing and trade system to better attract foreign investment in manufacturing industry and promote the development of manufacturing industry in China. This paper combs the relevant literature, empirically analyses the impact of marketing and trade system on foreign manufacturing industry investment, and finally draws relevant conclusions, in order to play a reference role in the formulation of policies for relevant departments in China.


An office database should be a "total" information resource in that it should be capable of storing data of many arbitrary types. Users of such a system should be able to store conveniently their documents and graphics objects in the same logical storage space as their more traditional records-oriented data.
 This paper presents a data model that can be used to describe more effectively the objects that occur naturally in the office environment. This model exploits some of the richer semantics of office objects such as the containment of one object within another (e.g., reports contain chapters) and the version histories of objects and their constituent parts. This model forms the basis for our experimental object management system which is used to support the creation of new office application programs.


Regionally Speaking brings two guests to the studio whose lives are intertwined with the City of East Cleveland, both personally and professionally. Collette Clinkscale, Chief of Staff in East Cleveland's Mayor Office, and Tom Wheeler, former Director of Building and Housing for East Cleveland, both grew up in the city they are still committed to till this day. They talk about their memories with city they love along their ideas about what community members and local can do to help the city survive and thrive.


A concept for a NOAA HRPT receiving station using an array of yagi-type antennae instead of a tracking dish is described. It has been shown that a pointing array of antennae can provide a sufficient signal level for the reliable acquisition of NOAA HRPT data from a spatially limited area of interest.


The primary goal of good project risk management should be to successfully deliver projects for the lowest cost at an acceptable level of risk. This requires the systematic development and implementation of a set of Risk Response Actions (RRAs) that achieves the lowest total project cost for a given probability of success while meeting technical performance and schedule. We refer to this set as the "efficient RRA set." This work presents a practical and mathematically sound approach for determining the efficient RRA set. It builds on some of Markowitz's portfolio selection principles and introduces several conceptual and modeling differences to properly treat project technical risks. The set of RRAs is treated as whole and not just individual risks. The efficient RRA set is determined based on "Outcome Cost vs. Probability of Success." The risks and RRAs are characterized using scenarios, decision trees, and cumulative probability distributions. The analysis provides information that enables decision‐makers to select the efficient RRA set that explicitly takes their attitude toward project risk into account. Decision‐makers should find it both useful and practical for sound decision‐making under uncertainty/risk and efficiently optimizing project success. The computations are readily performed using commercially available Monte Carlo simulation tools. The approach is detailed using a realistic but simplified case of a project with two technical risks. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Syst Eng 5, 194–212, 2002


Abstract This article uses the global production network perspective to analyze the various actors involved in the production and distribution of methamphetamine in North America. The paper analyzes the organization and operation of the two dominant network typologies at work in the United States: small toxic labs and Mexican drug‐trafficking organizations. Particular emphasis is placed on how the networks have adapted to changes in the regulatory context in which they operate. I conclude with potential policy recommendations for curtailing methamphetamine production within both networks.


The purpose of the present work is to understand the evolution of residual stresses in weldments. The study made to weld the multipass dissimilar of Nickel-based superalloy Inconel 625 and stainless steel 316L using Continuous Current Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (CCGTAW) and Pulsed Current Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (PCGTAW) process employing ERNiCrMo-3 and ERNiCr-3 fillers. The L4 orthogonal array was used in the present experimentation process. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is applied for the optimization and to identify the critical parameters. In welding process, the size of the lattice size will be stressed due to welding parameters; the lattice dimension is measured by non-destructive technique X-Ray diffraction to investigate residual stress in the weldment in the lateral surface of the plate. X-Ray Radiography test has evaluated the quality of welds. The results show that root gap is a critical parameter and filler wire and weld processes are not critical.


For centuries the mysteries in the reactions of the human body were explained as humors. Even recently we have had diatheses, predispositions, psychoses and now that will-of-the-wisp called allergy. Everything which can not be explained otherwise is called allergy, just as so many Roentgenologists explain every shadow in a chest plate as tuberculosis unless it is manifestly something else. No matter how often a symptom-complex, which is sometimes associated with allergy, occurs without any demonstrated allergy it is still explained as an allergy even though having no more relation to allergy than an X-ray shadow of an influenza associated infection in the lung has to tuberculosis. The search for adequate explanation has been in vain, the explanation needs still further explaining. It is apparently at present a fallacy, but at the same time one of the pushing forces of the world that everything can be explained. (God created the world out of chaos, but whence came chaos?) Many an unsuccessful search for something has been very fruitful in the discovery of some totally unexpected treasure, as Bret Harte's Dow of Dow's Flat in searching for water where there was no water discovered a fabulous gold deposit, or Columbus searching for India found America. "There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in thy philosophy," and it might be added many of the things you know you do not know at all. The facts and foibles of one age are reversed in a subsequent age. When I started the study of medicine cod liver oil was in excellent reputethen the scientists said it was only the fat that was of value and that olive oil was just as good, then cotton seed oil was as valuable in treating tuberculosis as olive oil, now the vitamin content of cod liver oil makes it of great value and more vitamins are added to it or we are urged to use vitamins by themselves as a substitute for the oil. An eminent physician of Washington, D. C., is quoted to me as mak-


The cover image (see also Ž gure 5, Glasser and Lulla, page 1977 of this issue) is a photomosaic of two images taken in sequence over the southern tip of the island of Sumatra from the Space Shuttle Atlantis on 26 September, 1997 using a digital camera operated by 'EarthKAM' project (http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu). One of the Ž rst well-publicized impacts of the 1997–1998 El Niño was out-ofcontrol Ž res followed by a large smoke pall over the Indonesia region from August through October, 1997. Together, the images provide a sense of the regional scale of biomass burning and smoke. The number of biomass burning Ž res (the small, arrowlike plumes) and the thickness of the smoke pall increase from south to north. The dark regions along the coast are the forested slopes of the coastal mountains. The smoke drapes around the mountains, and becomes thick and dense enough that it forms gravity waves (ripple-like features) . See Ž gure 3 in the article by Glasser and Lulla for the identiŽ cation of these features.


Based on domestic embedded multi-core operating system testing, this paper describes the characteristics of the multi-core operating system and existing test contents and gives an effective software function and performance function test method for application focus of the domestic embedded multi-core operating system so as to provide references for testing of domestic embedded software and embedded operating system.


Distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS attacks) are intrusions into computing systems of the Internet. Their purpose is to make systems of the Internet inaccessible for users. DDoS attack consist of sending many requests to a certain resource at the same time. As a result, the server cannot withstand the network load. In such situation, a provider must determine the moment when attack begins and change the traffic management strategy. Detection of the beginning of a DDoS attack is possible by using unsupervised machine learning methods and sequential statistical analysis of network activity. To activate that, convenient to use mathematical models based on discrete random processes with monotonically increasing trajectories. Random functions, which are represented in the correspondence between generalized time and the cumulative sum of network traffic or the correspondence between the total number of incoming packets and the cumulative sum of packets processed, change their type of increasing from linear to non-linear. In the first case, to parabolic or exponential, in the second case to logarithmic or arctangent. To determine the moment when the type of increasing is going to change, one can use quadratic forms of approximation-estimation tests as statistical rules.


Ideological and political work of teaching staff is the important content of higher vocational college ideological and political work.To give a scientific judgment and analysis to the newly appeared situations and problems,thereby consequently enhance the effectiveness and substantial results of the ideological and political work is an issue calling for urgent attention.


In this paper we present an implementation of karaoke machine for vocal. Karaoke is a form of entertainment in which users sing a song along with recorded music using microphone. In our first step we have successfully designed a karaoke machine in Simulink using subtraction method. After that we have implemented on TMS320C6713 DSP processor in real-time environment. A Simulink model is linked to code composer studio through embedded target and Real Time workshop facility to generate corresponding C code. The generated C code is used for the DSP processor to perform Karaoke Machine.


We present a review of our work on surface nanostructuring of many technologically important optical materials and components and illustrate record-low reflectivity losses, large bandwidth and record-high laser damage thresholds.


Fossil fuel is the major source of energy and is a fast depleting resource. The phenomenal increase in fossil fuel consumption has adversely affected carbon footprint impacting our environment. With strict environmental regulations in place, the focus towards renewable sources of energy is gaining momentum supported by recent advancement in technologies in wind, hydro and solar. Wind turbines were the first forms of clean energy has seen a major increase in power production. The site restrictions, have limited the wind turbine from being used to its maximum potential. In recent years, the concept of some unconventional methods is being proposed. In this review, the various types of wind turbines are emphasized with their recent advances and depicting the challenges faced in various aspects. The reviews contain details mainly about 4 types of wind turbines i.e. floating offshore wind turbine, airborne wind turbine, highway wind turbine systems and locomotive mounted wind turbine.


A movement state estimation method wherein a state equation of an observer is converted into a discrete equation by bilinear transformation and successively calculated to estimate unobserved movement state variables on a basis of observable movement state variables applied as a reference input.


This study investigates the interfacial reactions between three kinds of lead-free solders, Sn-0.7 wt%Cu (SC), Sn-58 wt%Bi (SB) and Sn-9 wt%Zn (SZ), and Au/Ni/SUS 304 substrates. The reaction temperatures were at 240, 255 and 270 °C, and the reactions times were varied between 1 to 5 hours. According to experimental results, only the (Cu,Ni)<inf>6</inf>Sn<inf>5</inf> phase was found in the SC/Au/Ni/SUS 304 couples. When the Ni layer was completely consumed, the massive spalling of the (Cu,Ni)<inf>6</inf>Sn<inf>5</inf> phase was found in the solder. And then the FeSn2 phase was formed at the SUS 304 surface. Only the Ni<inf>3</inf>Sn<inf>4</inf> phase was found at the SB/Au/Ni/SUS 304 interface. In the SZ/Au/Ni/SUS 304 couple, the Ni<inf>5</inf>Zn<inf>21</inf> phase was formed at the interface. The thickness of the IMC in the SB/Au/Ni/SUS 304 and SZ/Au /Ni/SUS 304 couples increased with increasing the reaction time.


In the Kanto region, Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPCO)'s service area, there are almost clear days during winter, but occasionally, when passage of an extratropical cyclone overlaps with a cold air system moving south, wet snow accretions will occur on transmission lines. The amount of this snow accretion is estimated and compared with observed data using high-density meteorological data from the Japan Meteorological Agency and employing an existing equation for calculating amount of snow accretion. As a result, it is found that the estimates showed a tendency to be somewhat greater than observed values, and the margin of error is not small. The extreme-value distribution is roughly compatible with a Gumbel distribution.


Kidney collecting duct principal cells play a key role in blood pressure regulation and water balance in part through the action of vasopressin. We integrated data from prior proteomics and transcriptomics studies of cultured mouse mpkCCD cells using Bayes' Rule to rank transcription factors (TFs) likely to be involved in vasopressin-mediated transcriptional regulation. The top ranked TF was the AP-1 component Fos-like 2 (Fosl2) and the third ranked TF was Sox4. We carried out ChIP-seq analysis (HiSeq 2000 sequencer) to identify genomic sites of Fosl2 binding using an antibody successfully employed for ChIP-seq in the Mouse ENCODE Project. mpkCCD cells treated with the vasopressin analog dDAVP or vehicle were separately analyzed. The success of the immunoprecipitation of Fosl2 was confirmed by western blotting and LC-MS/MS of the immuno-precipitated material (ChIP-MS). ChIP-MS identified two different Fosl2 peptides, but there were no peptides corresponding to other AP-1 proteins. ChIP-MS also identified Bub1b, a nuclear protein kinase known to phosphorylate histones, as a Fosl2-interacting protein. Fosl2-binding sites successfully mapped to genes by ChIP-seq included a Fosl2 binding site, centered at 87 bp upstream from the transcription start site [TSS] of Sox4, that was strongly downregulated in response to dDAVP, n=2; confirmed by ChIP-PCR. TF binding site prediction (Genomatix) identifies putative Sox4 binding sites in vasopressin-regulated genes beta-ENaC (-822 bp from TSS) and aquaporin-2 (-515 bp from TSS). These data provide an initial step in identification of the vasopressin-regulated transcriptional network in renal collecting duct cells.


Genetic Algorithms (GAs) mimic the basic mechanisms of biological evolution and molecular genetics in simplified form. Genetic algorithms have become quite popular due to their ability in dealing with very large search spaces. Genetic algorithms reported by (Goldberg 1989) were inspired on Darwin's evolutionary theory: 'the better adapted individuals tend to survive, transferring their genetic material to the next generation, while the less adapted tend to disappear'. Genetic algorithms have a wide range of applications in search, optimization, pattern recognition and machine learning as well as signal processing. Despite their successful applications, genetic algorithms still lack a general and stringent theory which guides the practitioner in adapting the algorithm to a specific application domain reported by (Reeves & Rowe 2003).


The other day while looking through some Facebook posts, I came across what I think is a very thoughtful and inspiring reflection by Mary Cate Bratcher of South Carolina. Mary Cate was responding to someone on my "friends list" who's been struggling with issues regarding romantic relationships.


The contrast between the formal recognition of rights and his effective protection has revived the debate on the problems of access to justice, particularly related to judicial decisions. In Argentina, after the constitutional reform of 1994, it has been observed a number of judgments that show a variety of criteria, even antagonistic, to solving the protection of constitutional rights, which has led to focus attention practices carried out by the courts. In this context, this paper proposes a line of explanation of the different positions that can make judges, using the notions of political culture and legal culture, analytical categories that may enable deeper explanations * Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET). Universidad Nacional de Tucuman (UNT).


Background: One of the most serious complications from plastic surgery is a thromboembolic event. The incidence of thromboembolism in truncal contouring procedures ranges from 1-9%. However, little physiologic evidence exists to support the observed hypercoagulable state. This is the first study to assess physiological markers of hypercoagulability, and one of few prospective studies addressing thromboembolic risk and prophylaxis in body contouring patients.


: Introduction: Pre-eclampsia with a frequency of 3-7% is a pregnancy related disorder constituting one of the leading causes of fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality world-wide. It is more frequent in nulliparous young women and in older multiparous women. Objectives of the study: The basic aim of the study is to analyses the maternal serum triglycerides in women with pre-eclampsia in local female population of Pakistan. Material and methods: This study was conducted at DHQ hospital Sheikhupura during 2018. With the approval of the institutional ethics committee, all patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria was recruited after informed verbal consent. It is a descriptive case series study conducted in the hospital. The study population comprised of 120 pregnant females. Among 120 pregnant females, 40 were eligible cases who were singleton pregnancies with the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia according to the criteria for the definition of pre-eclampsia. Results: The age of the studied pregnant females ranged between 16 and 42 years. The mean age of cases (pre-eclamptic) and controls (normal) pregnant women was 29.6 (6.1) and 29.5 (6.1) years respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in the maternal ages of both groups. Body mass index, which was only recorded at the time of blood sampling was not significantly different. Conclusion: It is concluded that total cholesterol, triglyceride, non-HDL-C, and HDL-C levels measured during pregnancy are significantly related to the risk of preeclampsia.


Superconducting oxide YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7-{delta}} (YBCO) was exposed to hydrothermal media (H{sub 2}0, NaOH, and KOH aqueous solutions) at temperatures of 100-200{degrees}C and pressures of 10-70 MPa for 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 h. The studies showed that the nature and intensity of the reaction of YBCO with hydrothermal solutions are determined by a number of factors: temperature, pressure, exposure time, and nature of solutions.


The Artifical liver support system is the importent treatment in liver failure.This purpose is by clear away the toxins from blood.The Basic compose and method by introduced.


An attempt has been made to determine proximates, nutritive value, elemental composition and heavy metal content of the ripe, unripe pulp and seeds of Ziziphus rugosa Lamk. for two years (2009 and 2010). The edible parts of the pulp and seeds were separately analyzed with reference to their unripe and ripe conditions. The macronutrients studies of pulp reveal that nitrogen was the highest which was followed by potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium and Phosphorus in case of unripe pulp, whereas in case of ripe pulp nitrogen was followed by potassium, magnesium, sodium, calcium and Phosphorus. Among the micronutrients iron was the dominant element which was followed by manganese, zinc and copper both in ripe and unripe pulp, respectively. The heavy metals, lead and cadmium were recorded only during 2009 and the lead was highest and values of cadmium were low not only in ripe pulp but also in unripe pulp. Among the components of nutritive value the moisture was the highest which is followed by carbohydrates, ash, fat, fibre and proteins, in case of unripe pulp, whereas in case of ripe pulp, the moisture was followed by carbohydrates, protein, fibre, fat and ash contents. In seeds, among the macronutrients nitrogen, was again the dominant and which was followed by potassium, magnesium, phosphorus and calcium in case of ripe seeds and nitrogen was followed by potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and calcium in unripe seeds, respectively. In case of micronutrients, iron was the dominant metals which was followed by manganese, zinc and copper both in unripe and ripe seeds. The lead was the dominant heavy metal not only in ripe seeds but also in unripe seeds. Among the proximates, the carbohydrates was the dominate proximate which was followed by moisture, fat, fibre, ash and protein in case of ripe seed and carbohydrates was followed by moisture, protein, ash, fat and fibre in case of unripe seeds. Between the pulp and the seeds, the seeds have more nutritive value than that of pulp and again the unripe seeds are more nutritious than the ripe seeds. The variation of macronutrients and proximates between unripe and the ripe components in pulp and seeds is statistically significant (P=0.00032 for pulp and P=0.00052 for seeds and P=0.000158 for pulp and P=0.0032 for seeds, respectively). At the same time variation of micronutrients between pulp and seeds is not significant (P=1.426 for pulp and 4.227 for seeds, respectively). The average values of proximate, nutritive values and elemental components of pulp of Z. rugosa are compared with Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) values and discussed. Further, the uses of pulp of fruits to establish cottage industries to improve economic and social condition of local people are appended.


Hematopoiesis – the generation of blood cells that proceeds mainly in the bone marrow is a well-controlled process constantly occurring throughout the live of the mammalian organism. Generally, blood cells are relatively short-lived cells with a life span ranging from few hours to several weeks causing the need for a sustained replenishment of functional erythroid, lymphoid and myeloid cells. The development of mature hematopoietic cells in a hierarchical manner from a pluripotent hematopoietic stem cell over multipotent progenitors that further develop to oligopotent and then to lineage-restricted progenitors requires several control mechanisms at different levels. Transcription factors important for the expression of lineage-specific genes play a major role in the regulation of hematopoietic stem cell maintenance as well as hematopoietic lineage decision. Moreover, the discovery of so-called master transcription factors determining the fate of a terminally differentiated cell population indicates on one side the coordinated processes of hematopoietic cell differentiation but on the other side the complex mechanisms of transcriptional activation and/or repression of specific genes. However, what in turn regulates the expression of transcription factors that finally determine the lineage and differentiation choice of a certain progenitor or immature cell? Is the development into one or another cell type a definitive event or is there some plasticity observed? Which factors are necessary and which sufficient for hematopoietic cell differentiation? These and several other important questions concerning the regulation of development and differentiation of blood cells will be discussed. This chapter summarizes the current knowledge about cell intrinsic, environmental as well as epigenetic mechanisms involved in the control of hematopoiesis under homeostatic as well as infectious conditions.


In this study, the usability of recycled glass powder (RGP) as an alkali activator in the geopolymer was studied. As precursors, C-class fly ash (FA) and blast furnace slag (GGBS) were used, and the replacement ratio of RGP was set to 0, 10, 20, and 30% respectively. As the replacement ratio of RGP increased, the compressive and flexural strength tended to increase. But, when the RGP replacement ratio was more than 30%, compressive and flexural strength decreased. In addition, the ratio of FA and GGBS had a significant impact on strength. In the case of specimens composed of a high ratio of FA, it showed high porosity and moisture absorption, and accordingly, compressive and flexural strength were reduced.


Abram, Simone, and Richard Cowell. 2004. Dilemmas of implementation: 'Integration' and 'participation' in Norwegian and Scottish local government. Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy 22, 5: 701-19. Bell, Darren. 2005. The emergence of contemporary masterplans: Property markets and the value of urban design. Journal of Urban Design 10, 1: 81-110. Chaskin, Robert J. 2005. Democracy and bureaucracy in a community planning process. Journal of Planning Education and Research 24, 4: 408-19. Groth, Jacqueline, and Eric Corjin. 2005. Reclaiming urbanity: Indeterminate spaces, informal actors and urban agenda setting. Urban Studies 42, 3: 503-26. Hovik, Sissel, and Marit Reitan. 2004. National environmental goals in search of local institutions. Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy 22, 5: 687-99. O'Malley, Lisa. 2004. Working in partnership for regeneration—The effect of organisational norms on community groups. Environment & Planning A 36, 5: 841-57. Savan, Beth, Christopher Gore, and Alexis J. Morgan. 2004. Shifts in environmental governance in Canada: How are citizen environment groups to respond? Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy 22, 4: 605-19. Sherlock, Kirsty L., Elizabeth A. Kirk, and Alison D. Reeves. 2004. Just the usual suspects? Partnerships and environmental regulation. Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy 22, 5: 651-66. Simeone, Ronald, John Carnevale, and Annie Millar. 2005. A systems approach to performance-based management: The National Drug Control Strategy. Public Administration Review 65, 2: 191-202. van den Berg, Leo, Erik Braun, and Alexander H. J. Otgaar. 2004. Corporate community involvement in European and US cities. Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy 22, 4: 475-94.


When the Car run on the road, assembled part support axle force and moment. In the FEM analysis of assembled part, the technique to predict Fatigue life and calculate stress need to apply correct force. In this study we use the stabilizer-bar during the experimentation for module road simulator using a full car road data generate crack. Strain gauge is attached to cracked point and estimates the strain history. The fatigue analysis will be implemented after calculate random stress history. S-N curve will be modified by cracked mode and compare to current a part-test-result for the confident fatigue analysis. Additional, damage analysis practice usually used S/W and numerical analysis method with measured strain data.


Traditionally, cast iron microstructures have been controlled by measuring and adjusting the chemistry of the liquid iron, the individual chemical elements being like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that the foundry can assemble to infer the microstructure. However, spectographic analysis is not able to provide information about the activity of the individual elements, to measure critical elements such as oxygen, or to indicate the efficiency of the inoculant. Some pieces of the puzzle are always missing; the picture is incomplete. In contrast, thermal analysis 'listens' to the graphite as it precipitates and grows. Regardless of the underlying chemical factors, if a graphite particle grows as worm, it will show a worm's heat. If it grows as a nodule, it will show a nodule's heat. Thermal analysis allows the foundry to see how the graphite is growing – similar to a micro but faster, and with a larger sample size. While the spectrometer has for many years been the ultimate judge in the foundry, the present paper proposes an evolution toward control by microstructure rather than by chemistry. Indeed, for the determination of feedforward and feedback process control actions, it is proposed that chemistry should be regarded as subordinate to microstructure determination by thermal analysis. Introduction As one of the largest consumers of castings, the automotive industry is undergoing a transformation. Governments around the world are implementing increasingly stringent fuel economy and emissions standards, with fuel economy in the US increasing from 27.5 mpg in 2010 to 54.5 mpg in 2025 and CO2 emissions in Europe decreasing from 130 g/km (42 mpg) in 2010 to 95 g/km in 2020 (57 mpg). This legislation is motivating a wide range of new technologies including lightweight cast components and body panels, downsized gasoline and diesel engines, electric powertrains, improved aerodynamics and reduced rolling resistance. The demand for more from less in the automotive industry places a parallel demand on the foundry industry. In order to enable design engineers to reduce safety factors and trim component weight, microstructures must be consistently controlled in a narrower range. And, in order to ensure cost effective production and global competitiveness, castings must be produced right-first-time, satisfying the property requirements with a minimum of alloying and feeding. One important element in achieving these goals is the continued transition from afterthe-fact quality control toward on-line process control. Process Stability and Control Strategy The need for process control is defined by the microstructure and property requirements of each casting. In the case of Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI), complex components such as cylinder blocks and heads require a narrow range of 0-20% nodularity, with no flake graphite, in order to provide the optimum combination of castability, strength, machinability and thermal conductivity. For ductile iron, safety critical components must be produced with more than 90% nodularity and a high graphite particle count, without resorting to excess alloying that can cause casting defects and cost inefficiencies. In both cases, the microstructure requirements must be maintained until the end of casting, even as the magnesium, inoculant and temperature fade. Traditionally, the control of cast iron microstructures has been achieved through chemistry measurement. However, chemical analyses provided by a spectrometer only show the total amount of each element and do not provide any information about compounds that could serve as nuclei or the activity of the elements such as the dissolved magnesium, oxygen and sulphur that influence the growth behaviour of the graphite. Therefore, chemistry results provide only limited information about the expected solidification of the iron.


Abstract : This study was carried out in order to explore the possibility of the establishment of job requirements. The procedures followed in this study involved the development, for each job, of attribute scores for various human attributes. These were derived as follows: (1) Identification of attributes to be used (42 were selected for this purpose). (2) Rating of each activity of the Worker Activity Profile in terms of the degree to which each such attribute would be required. (3) Derivation of an attribute weight for each attribute on each item of the Worker Activity Profile (a single value for each attribute was derived from the several corresponding ratings). (4) Analysis of each job (in a sample of jobs) using the Worker Activity Profile. (5) Computation, for each job, of an attribute score for each attribute (this score was based on the attribute weights for the various items of the Worker Activity Profile as multiplied by the item value for the job, with these cross-product values summed across all items that were analyzed as being applicable to the job). (Author)


Research shows that a certified infrared thermographer with an infrared camera can quickly find misaligned coupled equipment. The higher the heat, the greater the misalignment. The technique has also been verified to work well in the field, provided there is a line-of-sight to the coupling.


The article contains sections titled:

1. Introduction
2. Classification of Biocatalysts
3. History
4. Characteristics of Enzyme Reactions Used in Biotransformations
5. Types of Biocatalysts and Reaction Systems
5.1. Biotransformation with Growing Cultures
5.2. Biotransformation Conversion with Previously Grown Cells
5.2.1. Vegetative or Washed Cells
5.2.2. Permeabilized Cells
5.2.3. Dried Cells
5.3. Biotransformation with Spores
5.4. Biotransformation with Immobilized Cells
5.5. Biotransformation with Cell-free Enzymes or Purified Enzymes
5.6. Multistep Reactions Using Different Biocatalysts
5.7. Multiphase Reaction Systems
6. Process Design
6.1. General Considerations
6.1.1. Evaluating Enzyme Potential
6.1.2. Finding Suitable Enzymes
6.1.3. Substrates
6.1.4. Media
6.2. Selection of Biocatalysts
6.2.1. Screening
6.2.2. Enrichment
6.2.3. Molecular Engineering
7. Improvement of Conversion Processes
8. Conclusion and Outlook


The article describes the use of outsourcing in the field of information, filling, archival and administrative services. It shows that it is possible to apply for these services an expert version of outsourcing . It describes the benefits of outsourcing for customer if the services are highly aggregated.


In October 2017, a combined EURL-Salmonella interlaboratory comparison study on the detection of Salmonella in food samples and animal primary production stage was organised. In this study, hygiene swabs were chosen to be the matrix. All the laboratories involved were able to detect Salmonella in all the contaminated hygiene swab samples; they were all successful in analysing both the blank control sample and the positive control sample correctly. One laboratory made a mistake reporting the positive control negative for Salmonella and was, therefore, scored as having a 'moderate performance'. Blank hygiene swab samples, not contaminated with Salmonella, were correctly analysed as negative by almost all the laboratories. One laboratory found Salmonella present in two of the six blank samples and this was scored as a 'poor performance'. In a follow-up study this laboratory obtained good results for all samples. Participation was obligatory for all EU Member State National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) responsible for the detection of Salmonella in food samples, and voluntary for NRLs responsible for the detection of Salmonella in primary production stage samples. These latter laboratories had already participated in the compulsory EURL study for the detection of Salmonella in primary production samples which was organised in March 2017. A total of 56 NRLs participated in this study: 33 NRLs for Salmonella in Food matrices and 23 NRLs for Salmonella in Primary Production Stage matrices (PPS). The participants came from all 28 EU Member States (MS), four of the NRLs were based in third European countries and one was based in a non-European country. The EURL-Salmonella is situated at the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). An important task of the EURL-Salmonella is to monitor and to improve the performance of the National Reference Laboratories in Europe.


A case study of a Polar Stratospheric Cloud (PSC) was performed above ALOMAR in December 2005. Multiwavelength measurements (355, 532 and 1064 nm) were associated to Raman detection (387, 607, 529 and 530 nm). The rotational Raman wavelengths allowed for temperature profile retrieval simultaneously with PSC observations. At the peak altitude of the PSC layers, we test a method of PSC size distribution retrieval using look-up tables of backscattering coefficients. Comparing data with the tables give access to microphysical parameters and hence to surface area density used to estimate chlorine activation rate.


Objective To evaluate the efficacy of calcium hydroxide mixed with different vehicles.Methods Calcium hydroxide mixed with different vehicles in the same concentrations, they were sterile distilled water, glycerin, camphorated chlorophenol. Effect on Streptococcus mutans each other, laied them up in 7230G Spectrophotometer to read the value by dinitro-phenyl-hydrazine coloration.Results In the same concentration of drug, we can find calcium hydroxide with CMCP demonstrated higher inhibition than other groups (P0.05),Calcium hydroxide mixed with glycerol demonstrated better activity than Calcium hydroxide/sterile distilled water (P 0.05), the control group had no inhibition in the study. Conclusion In the same concentration of drug, we can find calcium hydroxide with CMCP demonstrated higher inhibition than other groups, calcium hydroxide mixed with glycerol demonstrated better activity than calcium hydroxide with sterile distilled water.


ISO 14001 is the most commonly used international standards for implementation of environmental management systems and is embraced by businesses for managing environmental issues. A new revision of the ISO 14001 standard was introduced 2015. Companies that have been certified according to the older version of the standard have three (3) years to adapt to the new version of the standard to maintain the certification. The report aims to investigate the differences between ISO 14001: 2004 and ISO 14001: 2015. Focus will be to identify the challenges that companies will face to adapt to the new version. In the report three (3) methods was applied, literature analysis, questionnaire survey and situation analysis (gap-analysis). The investigation concludes that the new version requires seven (7) major adaptations to successfully fulfill the difference for re-certification. These changes will impact business differently depending on the design of their presently used management system. Advantages and disadvantages of implementing the new version relates to multiple factors, but most essentially, on the organizations commitment and attitude. An organization must realize that it will be a considerable effort which will require time and manpower to successfully implement ISO 14001:2015. This is stated even though the standard is very well developed. For a business to achieve ISO 14001:2015 a diligent business investigation is recommended and a careful planning for implementation should be performed. (Less)


|A new synthesis method of linear array antenna for wireless power transmission is introduced based on invasive weed algorithm in this paper. In order to improve the beam collection efficiency, the subarray division is carried out in the case of different azimuth angles and different numbers of array elements, respectively. Under the constraints of aperture size and minimum element spacing, the element positions, excitation coefficients, and the element numbers of subarrays are optimized simultaneously. Compared with the optimization results obtained by other literature, it can be found that the proposed method in this paper can obtain a higher beam collection efficiency.


Teacher assessment is part of the evaluation and improvement process of teacher competence. Accurate assessment will be an appropriate basis for developing competency improvement programs. This research is aimed at getting a picture of the knowledge of science teachers in applying learning using technological devices. A descriptive analysis research method was used. The test result data were obtained from 100 science teachers in Banten Province who answered the questions online as the sample. The research instruments consisted of 10 essay questions and a scoring rubric for the assessment. Test questions cover aspects of the application of learning methods, learning media, learning resources, assessments, and student learning outcomes. The Cronbach's instrument reliability coefficient value is 0.7. The average score of the test-takers in this research was 29.90 with a standard deviation of 17.31. Based on the categorization of the assessment results, the scores of the subjects were distributed as follows: 1% of the good category, 10% of the fair category, 40% of the poor category, and 49% of the very poor category. The analysis of the items indicates that the most difficult problems to be answered are the questions about learning methods and student learning outcomes.


Correction for 'Design and development of 3D printed catalytically-active stirrers for chemical synthesis' by Matthew R. Penny et al., React. Chem. Eng., 2020, DOI: 10.1039/c9re00492k.


The pulverization, fracturing and crushing of materials, briefly called comminution, creates numerous cracks which dissipate a large amount of kinetic energy during projectile impact. At high shear strain rates (10/s − 10/s), this causes an apparent large increase of strength, called 'dynamic overstress'. This long debated phenomenon has recently been explained by the theory of release of local kinetic energy of shear strain rate in finite size particles that are about to form. The theory yields the particle size and the additional kinetic energy density that must be dissipated in finite element codes. In previous research, it was dissipated by additional viscosity, in a model partly analogous to turbulence theory. Here it is dissipated by scaling up the material strength. Microplane model M7 is used and its stress-strain boundaries are scaled up by theoretically derived factors proportional to the −4/3 power of the effective deviatoric strain rate and to its time derivative. The crack band model with a random tetrahedral mesh is used and all the artificial damping is eliminated from the finite element program. The scaled model M7 is seen to predict the crater shapes and exit velocities of projectiles penetrating concrete walls as closely as the previous models. The choice of the finite strain threshold for element deletion, which can have a big effect, is also studied. It is proposed to use the highest threshold above which a further increase has a negligible effect.


Works on vibration communication for Orthoptera and Hemiptera are widely known in Russian literature. Basically, the piezoelectric adapter GZK-661 or the electromagnetic transducer GZM-105 are used for recording this communication. The use of these devices does not give satisfactory results when recording insects smaller than 1 cm. In this paper we consider a comparative characteristic of recording devices based on the piezoelectric transducer GZK-661, electromagnetic transducer GZM-105 and electrodynamic head eas15s02m when recording vibration communication of near-water rigid-winged Heterocerus fenestratus (Thunberg, 1784) (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae). A comparative analysis of the efficiency of the three transducers considered in this paper shows that the transducer based on the electrodynamic loudspeaker head used as a signal source (reverse mode of operation) has the best characteristics. In addition, the shielded magnetic system of the dynamic head provides high magnetic induction in the working gap and insensitivity to inductions from external electromagnetic fields. 176 stress signals were recorded for males and 189 for females. The range of dominant frequencies ranged from 857,29 to 1002,01 Hz for males and from 898,04 to 1189,12 Hz for females.


O 29 December 2006, the national elections commission, the Aceh Independent Elections Commission (KIP), announced the offi cial results of the governor elections in the Indonesian province of Aceh: Irwandi Yusuf, representative of the former rebel movement GAM, which fought for the independence of Aceh in a civil war lasting almost 30 years, emerged as victor. The elections on 11 December 2006, at which the people of Aceh were able to directly elect their governor for the fi rst time, can be regarded as the climax of the peace process in Indonesia to date; a process which began with the signing of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in August 2005. This BICC Focus analyzes the history of the peace agreement, its provisions and the problems of its implementation, and formulates recommendations for the successful and sustainable implementation of the MoU. The Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding


Netsugeka surgical instrument comprises a system for controlling the supply of power from the energy source to the located active element on the chip. System for controlling the supply to the chip, chip current, in order to use one or more of the measurements such as SWR, which manages the power so as not to notice and by the surgeon without the need for adversely affect cutting effect including control algorithm that quickly changed to the reflected power. System utilizes a state machine to define the current environment with chips. Power supplied to the chip is selectively managed in accordance with the power profile that runs fixed power indicator or repeated manner. .FIELD 1


As a means to approach the question regarding the exact effect of lung denervation, hemodynamic studies were carried out in 49 dogs which had undergone either unilateral or bilateral lung autotransplantation. In 14 chronically survived animals of 20 with unilateral lung reimplant, unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion test was carried out. In the 29 with either one-stage or two-stage bilateral lung reimplants, serial hemodynamic studies were performed along with histologic examinations of the transplanted lung at autopsy. In the chronic survivors with the bilateral transplants, rapid and continuing infusion of 3, 000 ml of plasma expander was performed within 10 min through intraatrial catheter and various hemodynamic values were measured simultaneously. The animals with one-stage bilateral lung reimplants showed a varying degree of pulmonary edema in both lungs in the early postoperative period, and some of them succumbed to respiratory failure with a gradual decease in PaO2 but the other animals recovered from these pathologic states within 10 postoperative days and survived chronically. Hemodynamics of those longterm survivors showed high pulmonary vascular resistance early after surgery but this value returned nearly to the preoperative level in a distant postoperative period. On occlusion of contralateral pulmonary artery in unilateral lung replantation an increase in pulmonary arterial pressure was invariably observed. Their relationship was steep and almost linear against a given increment of cardiac output when cardiac output vs. pulmonary arterial pressure was plotted in each animal. These facts suggest that transplant differs from the normal lung in tolerance of the vasculature in an event of an increase in pulmonary blood flow. In the plasma expander infusion test, the dog with bilateral lung autotransplants demonstrated that pulmonary arterial pressure showed a parallel and linear increase with an increase in cardiac output until lung transplant became edematous, while in the control animal total pulmonary vascular resistance decreased with an increment in pulmonary arterial pressure during the course of increasing cardiac output. It can be interpreted from these results that changes have occurred in mechanism of pulmonary circulation of the transplant; the transplanted lungs cannot vasodilate totally with an increase in blood flow.


NEPHROGENIC diabetes insipidus presents a serious hazard during infancy when the excessive fluid requirements often cannot be satisfied by oral administration in the home. If severe dehydration is prolonged, physical and emotional development are commonly delayed, some patients become mentally retarded, and occasionally the child dies, especially if infection supervenes. Under normal circumstances the water:solute ratio of urine is about 1.25 ml./mOsm., that is 1.25 ml. of water per milliosmole of solute. In affected infants, water reabsorption by the distal tubule is so defective that this ratio may range as high as 100 ml./mOsm. In order to decrease this polyuria to some extent, Talbot et al.1 and Hillman et al.2 have suggested a high carbohydrate diet which combines minimal solute residue with adequate nutritional value. Recently another approach to this problem has been investigated. In an attempt to modify the excessive concentration of solutes in the plasma (hyperelectrolytemia) due to dehydration in three children with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, Reerink Brongers and Schouten3 stimulated solute excretion by administering the diuretic drug, chlorothiazide. As a result of this treatment, the serum electrolytes returned to normal; there was an associated decrease in fluid intake of almost 50%o, and a marked clinical improvement. In studies on the action of chlorothiazide, Laragh, Heinemann and DeMartini4 found that the drug given to "water-loaded" adults enhanced not only salt excretion, but also water excretion. However, the urinary water present in excess of that required to make the urine iso-osmotic with plasma was de-


Many product inspection processes rely on the human senses, visual mostly. Generally, such inspections are referred to as sensory inspections. Recently, with the progress of data processing techniques by neuro, fuzzy, and so on, these techniques have come to be used for automating or mechanizing the sensory inspections. The paper discloses an experimental model for discriminating steel types resorting to image processing techniques and a neural network based on Method of Spark Test for Steels (JIS G0556) in the simplified test for identifying the material from different material tests executed in iron and steel fields.<<ETX>>


Personalization is an individual or group"s ownership of a place or object, initially as physical and non-physical. The quality of housing which is influenenced by the social environment, economy, culture, defines the life of the inhabitant. Welfare, security, assuredness of infrastructure, housing quality, environment quality and the human resources are the elementsthat should be sustainable living. Housing as a physical function, is a shelter that is designed with physical building quality.While housing as a social function is reviewed based on the inhabitant's behavior (both individually and socially) withits enviroment. The process of personalization aims to meet the needs and achievements thatsuits the user group's character to generate sustainable living. Personalization in personal/private territory includes individual or a group's participation, whereas in communal territory the participants are constantly changing. The phenomenon of ownership and involvement in different settings, is an interesting subject to obtain a deeper understanding of, on the different concepts of personalization. This research aims to formulate personalization based on ownership and involvement of vertical apartment residence in private and public setting. Several researches state that vertical apartment residences tend to pay less attention to social/public factors, despite the presence of a public space with shared ownership. This research is conducted with a qualitative method which is initiated with literature review on the realm of study of Environment Behavior Studies along with questionnaire and observation to represent results of field data. Within this research, the results of discussion regarding personalization of space behavior is a study concept of the sustainability living of community in apartment residence that suits the user group"s character, which is in private and public setting. So expect this study may be considered for housing planning policy in urban apartments which not only the physical factors of structural but also character of its occupants.


Abstract This article presents an analytical solution for wave propagation in piezoelectric laminated cylindrical shells under large deformation with the effect of rotary inertias. In this research, non-linear dynamic governing equations of piezoelectric laminated cylindrical shells with freely supported end conditions are derived on the basis of the minimum potential energy principle. The effects of piezoelectricity, rotary inertias, and geometrical non-linear deformations on wave propagation are considered in the governing equations. Wave propagation characteristics curves are carried out by solving an eigenvalue problem. In example calculations, the effects of the wave propagation modes, piezoelectric layers, and the stacking sequence on wave propagation in piezoelectric laminated cylindrical shell are obtained and discussed from the wave characteristics curves. The results carried out can be used in the ultrasonic inspection techniques and health monitoring for piezoelectric laminated structures.


SUBTITLE: WITHOUT SHORT LINES PROVIDING CONNECTIONS AND PERSONAL SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS, MANY THOUSANDS OF CARLOADS WOULD NEVER MOVE OVER CLASS I RAILROADS.


PURPOSE
Congenital dermal sinus tract (DST), an uncommon entity of cranial or spinal dysraphism, occurs along the midline neuraxis that may arise from nasion and occiput down to the lumbar and sacral region. It is often diagnosed in infants and children for skin signs, neurological deficits, local infection, meningitis, or abscess. For spinal DST, there is a paucity of case or series report in Taiwan.

CASE REPORT
In this paper, we report a case in a 6-year-old girl. The girl presented with midline lumbar skin dimple, hypertrichosis, and history of bacterial meningitis. She was successful treated by surgical excision of the DST with local infection that ended within the subarachnoid space between L2-3 vertebrae.

CONCLUSION
This case highlights the importance of a thorough examination of the midline craniospinal axis in children with meningitis or history of meningitis.


In this paper we extend the study of the prime ideal structure of group rings initiated by Gilmer (1974), Brewer-Costa-Lady (1975), and Anderson-Bouvier-Dobbs-Fontana-Kabbaj (1988). Of particular inter-est is the transfer from A to A[G] of certain properties which are linked to the prime spectrum such as S-domain or Jaffard domain. Their study will follow the same lines as the usual approach to the study of prime ideal structure in polynomial rings.


After the Cold War ,Cultural impact becomes the new theory that the American foreign policy founders were in search of the explanation to the world , whose essence is American monoply , and whose goal is to provide the theory of American strategic profit. After the Cold War ,the change of world and the development of economics and science provides the basic of realistic theory of Cultural Monoply , which also is embodied in politics, economics and armitary .For developing countries including China ,resisting Cultural Monoply and remaining multipulity are significant for mutual compensation.


Anxiety is an unclear feeling, uncertain, and but is not dangerous. In adults, anxiety is caused by things that threaten their self-concept. For example, women who are facing menopause, they may be anxious due to a decline in reproductive function, so they need social support to prevent anxiety. The purpose of this study was to determine the anxiety level of perimenopausal women in facing menopause. The research method used was descriptive research design with a sample of 105 people. The results showed that 36.19% of perimenopausal women experienced mild anxiety levels, 57.14% experienced moderate anxiety levels, 5.71% experienced severe anxiety levels, and 0.96% of perimenopausal women experienced severe panic anxiety levels. It can be concluded that there are women who experience anxiety in facing menopause. Family support, especially husbands, is needed to set daily food diets such as carbohydrates, reduce protein consumption, reduce consumption of fatty foods, high fiber, vitamin C, and calcium, and exercise to reduce complaints related to menopausal symptoms.Keywords: Anxiety, Menopause, Perimenopause.


We inverted frequency dependent phase and amplitude measurements from 1st orbit Rayleigh waves at global stations for the 1st and 2nd degree polynomial moments of the stress‐glut rate tensor. The higher moments of the slip‐rate distribution determine the fault plane and approximate rupture dimensions. The results show strong rupture propagation to the west with an average velocity of the instantaneous centroid of 3.6±.1 km/s. The rupture had a characteristic length of 178±46 km in the east‐west direction and a characteristic duration of 48±2 s. The results are consistent with unilateral rupture on the east‐west fault plane of the focal mechanism and rule out significant rupture on the north‐south nodal plane.


Introduction: At the present time many authors coincide in the recognition that it is necessary to improve the quality of products and services to be competitive and to meet the needs and expectations of clients. The health services are a very significant determinant factor for the population welfare and the continuous improvement of quality, it is essential to achieve its excellence. Objectives: To specify some useful concepts for the current quality policies applied in Anesthesiology. Development: In the case of the Anesthesiology, the quality control is started with the identification of problems and its quantification by means of use of indicators and its standards, whereas the fulfillment of expectancies (perceived quality) by different clients is another paragraph valuable in the continuous improvement of the quality. Once detected the weakness to be overcome, it is necessary to develop plant using appropriate implementation measures on the anesthetic process to subsequently to assess the results and thus to improve the quality of services offered. Conclusions: The implementation of a continuous improvement system of quality in Anesthesiology's services from the indicators and the meeting of expectancies of our clients is a need of current time.


Understanding the quality of irradiance measurements is an essential part of PV monitoring. For
precise estimation of solar radiation all of its properties must be considered. There are two different ways to describe
irradiance – broadband and spectral. Broadband irradiance measurements are by far the most commonly applied
technique and can be undertaken by the use of pyranometers or calibrated reference cells. Broadband measurements
give integrated power over a specified bandwidth. Spectral irradiance describes not only the integrated energy of the
sunlight, but also its distribution by wavelength. PV modules are strictly wavelength selective devices. Their spectral
sensitivity depends mostly on the cell material technology. Spectral effects can be observed at their most extreme for
thin-film a-Si modules. Knowing the accurate intensity and spectral distribution of the sunlight may have a
significant influence on accurate prediction of the available energy for different types of PV device.


The study of rotating nanofluid flows has a vital role in several applications such as in food processing, rotating machinery, cooling systems, and chemical fluid. The aims of the present work are to improve the thermophysical properties of convective flow and heat transfer for unsteady nanofluid past a moving rotating plate in the presence of ohmic, viscous dissipations, Brownian, and thermophoresis diffusion. The system is strained under the effect of strong magnetic field, and then the Hall current is considered. For this investigation, three different types of the nanoparticles (copper), (aluminium oxide), and (titanium dioxide) with various shapes (spherical, cylindrical, and brick) are considered, and water is used as a base nanofluid. The system governing equations are solved semianalytically using homotopy perturbation technique. In order to validate the present work, different comparisons are made under some special cases with previously published results and found an excellent agreement. It is observed that the shape of nanoparticles plays a substantial role to significantly determine the flow behaviour. Also, it can be found that the use of the cylindrical nanoparticle shape has better improvement for heat transfer rate compared with the other nanoparticle shapes.


This symposium presentation discusses the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) views regarding the issues involved in Integrated Transportation Management Systems (ITMS) deployment. As well as legal issues, the focus is on environmental and social issues, mainstreaming Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and the planning process, inter-jurisdictional concerns, privacy issues, liability issues, and others. DOT is focusing on practical applications that will assist in the deployment of ITS. Two projects are under way which are looking at experiences from projects around the country. One is examining shared resource ITS activities. The other is examining innovative contracting procedures. The remaining part of this presentation discusses in detail the issues being examined within each of these projects.


Encapsulation is a process of enclosing the substances within an inert material which protects from environment as well as
control drug release. Recently, two type of encapsulation has been performed in several research. Nanoencapsulation is
the coating of various substances within another material at sizes on the nano scale. Microencapsulation is similar to
nanoencapsulation aside from it involving larger particles and having been done for a greater period of time than
nanoencapsulation. Encapsulation is a new technology that has wide applications in pharmaceutical industries,
agrochemical, food industries and cosmetics. In this review, the difference between micro and nano encapsulation has been
explained. This article gives an overview of different methods and reason for encapsulation. The advantages and
disadvantages of micro and nano encapsulation technology were also clearly mentioned in this paper.


Objective To observe the effect of Xipayi mouth rinse fluid treatment for recurrent oral ulcer patients.Methods 120 patients with recurrent oral ulcers were randomly divided into experimental and control groups,were respectively given Xipayi mouth rinse liquid and gargle chloroacetyl compound(oral Thailand)for treatment,the therapeutic effect of the two methods were compared.Results Xipayi mouth rinse liquid treatment for recurrent oral ulcers,the total effective rate was 88.3%,the total effective rate was 76.6% in control group.Conclusion Xipayi mouth rinse liquid treatment for recurrent oral ulcers has better clinical efficacy.


Results of a Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) experimental study and unsteady simulation about an overexpanded axisymmetric supersonic impinging jet at Ma=2.982 and dimensionless impinging height as Z/D=4 were presented in this paper. Especially, the detailed unsteady phenomena of the global flowfield coherent structures were focused both by PIV experimentally and numerically. The PIV results clearly demonstrated the formation of the shock cell, the stagnation bubble. With the help of the unsteady CFD technique, the unsteady process of the generation of the oblique shock wave and the Mach disk, the propagation of the oblique shock wave and its reflection on the jet shearing layer and the induced expansion wave, then the formation of the shock cell, the presentation of the stagnation bubble, the appearance of the entrainment vortex and its propagation radically towards the outside, were all further clearly revealed. Both the PIV measurements and the CFD results showed the highly unsteady, oscillatory behavior of the impinging jet. All these results are helpful to understand the overexpanded axisymmetric supersonic jet impingement phenomenon.


This paper presents the novel results for stabilizing uncertain standard discrete‐time fuzzy singularly perturbed systems (SPSs) via a state feedback control law. Two standard discrete‐time fuzzy SPSs are constructed firstly by using the Takagi‐Sugeno (T‐S) fuzzy model. Based on a matrix spectral norm approach, two new ε‐dependent stability conditions are derived, which guarantee the resulting closed‐loop systems are asymptotically stable. The gains of controllers are obtained by solving a set of ε‐dependent linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). In contrast to the existing results, the proposed methods have two advantages: (i) the designed controllers can overcome the external disturbances and parameter uncertainty; and (ii) the upper bound of ε is improved, especially it is not required to be smaller than one. Examples are provided to illustrate the reduced conservatism of our results.


This study aims at scrutinising the mathematical learning opportunities of children engaging with digital tools and the emerging affordances and constraints faced in such settings. By adopting a sociocultural perspective on learning and development, the multimodal analysis of the adult–child interaction shows that the children are participants in processes of appropriating the mathematical concepts of sorting and counting. Affordances are taken advantage of by the adults and constraints causing didactical dissonance are overcome and transformed into didactical harmony.


The stratigraphic correlation and the chronometricals datums obtained in the levels from the karstic fillings of Atapuerca, enable us to see a paleontologic record of Microtils brecciensis since last episodes of Lower Pleistocene, till the end of the Middle Pleistocene, and a evolutive trend to increase size through this time.


In the present paper, we attempted to use the average photosynthetic photon flux density (Qp), saturation deficit (De), leaf water potential (FL) and leaf temperature (TL) in the canopy as environmental variables (X) to optimize Jarvis'environmental variable model for estimating stomatal conductance (Gst) of a leaf in the maize canopy. The data, measured in the field in 1992-1994, were separated into three sets of short time period as one-year and a set of long time period as three-year. Therefore, the optimized models (*G(X)) to the each data set were selected through comparison of the coefficient of determinations (R2) of models with different numbers (from 1 to 4) of variable, respectively. The problems of application of the models on different period scale were also discussed. In the case of a short time period of one year,a relatively high estimated precision of Gst(R2=0.57-0.75) was obtained with the two-variable model *G(Qp, De) or *G(Qp, FL). However, in the long time period of three years, it was necessary that the model was constructed with three variables at least. The R2 of three-variable model *G(Qp, De, 7L) was 0.43, and even if the model was constructed with four variables the R2 of model *G(Qp, De, L, TL) wasonly 0.45.