Contributors Introduction Part 1. Research Methods in Syntax 1.1. Hypothesis formation William Croft 1.2. Hypothesis testing in the Minimalist Program Marc Baker 1.3. Field methods in syntactic research Marianne Mithun 1.4. Corpus methods Maria Freddi Part 2. Current Issues and Research in Syntax 2.1. Constituents Marja-Liisa Helasvuo 2.2. X-bar structure and Minimalism Jairo Nunes 2.3. The structure of NPs Giuseppe Longobardi and Giuseppina Silvestri 2.4. Word order Pamela Munro 2.5. Scrambling Francisco Ordonez 2.6. On V2 types Cecilia Poletto 2.7. Clitics Silvia Luraghi 2.8. Changing the subject: Shifting notions about subjecthood in Generative Grammar Tim Stowell 2.9. Alignment and grammatical relations Doris Payne 2.10. Passives and antipassives Edward Keenan 2.11. Middles and reflexives Leonid Kulikov 2.12. Causatives: Structure, type and distribution Jae Jung Song 2.13. Coordination Caterina Mauri 2.14. Wh-movement Luis Lopez 2.15. Complementation Claudia Parodi and Carlos Quicoli 2.16. Adverbial subordination Holger Diessel 2.17. Negation Liliane Haegeman and Terje Lohndal 2.18. Syntactic change Thorhallur Eythorsson 2.19. Acquisition of syntax Maria Teresa Guasti Part 3. New Directions in Syntactic Research 3.1. Usage and syntax Paul Hopper 3.2. Construction Grammar and the syntax/semantics interface Laura Michaelis 3.3. Topic, Focus and the cartography of the left periphery Luigi Rizzi 3.4. Optimality Theory as a possible framework for the Minimalism Program Vieri Samek-Lodovici Appendix: Resources in syntax Maria Freddi and Silvia Luraghi Glossary Bibliography


The description of the general outline and the main performances of the ZDF-50 type waiting framing camera is given in this paper. The waiting operation of the camera ;,s based on the triangular mirror which is drived by a motor. The framing rate is 5x10) pictures/sec at a rotor speed of 1500 rps. A circuit can record 110 frames with a frame size of 10x18 mm. The relative aperture at the film is about f/19. The dynamic photographic resolution is from 22 to 25 1p/mm. The framing lens consists of a doublet and a meniscus element. There are two objectives, each of them is suitable for using in the field and in the laboratory respectively, and three forms of shutters: electromagnetic shutter, fast open shutter and blast shutter. The rotating mirror house of the camera is vacuumized. A transistor circuit and digital display are incorporated into the control system of the camera. The operation of the instrument is accomplished automatically. Lastly, the detonator exploding pictures taken by this camera are presented.


AbstractIn this article, first published in 1998, it is demonstrated that martensite decomposition and precipitation of ultrafine carbides are important factors in improving the mechanical properties of high speed steels by deep cryogenic treatment (DCT) at 2 −196°C. Cryogenic processing has been found to double the service life of high speed steel tools. Microstructural examination shows that DCT not only transforms residual austenite into martensite, but also alters the morphology of the martensite that is already present, precipitating out ultrafine carbides. These additional changes brought about during DCT, after normal heat treatment by quenching and tempering, have fundamentally changed the conventional view of cold treatment. Application of DCT in several cycles, rather than as a single treatment for the same total period, was shown to be more effective. Similarly, DCT after quenching but before tempering produced a greater increase in bend strength and toughness than DCT after quenching and tempe...


This paper presents a new method for position estimation in shaft-sensorless ac motor drives over the entire speed range, including zero frequency. The method is based on the standard fundamental wave space vector pulsewidth-modulation (PWM) excitation sequence and requires neither an observer-based model nor a signal injection test signal. Experimental results confirm the effectiveness of the new technique, and a comparison with other PWM-excitation-based methods for estimating the rotor position of ac machines is made.


Orbital AVFs, abnormal vascular connections between orbital arteries and veins, are extremely rare. Often traumatic, few reports of spontaneous orbital fistulas have been reported so far. Treatment is warranted for deteriorating visual symptoms, but obliteration of the fistula can be
 challenging. We present such a case that symptomatically mirrored a carotid cavernous fistula. A novel approach was used by traversing a thrombosed superior ophthalmic vein to embolize the lesion. In addition, a complete literature review is presented.


This work describes the electrochemical fabrication of high aspect ratio Ag nanowire (NW) arrays with the aim of their later application in an anisotropic conductive adhesive NW film (ACANWF). The basis for the production is the well-established electrodeposition process of Ag into pores of anodic oxidized alumina (AAO). Here, deposition was carried out in both, standard DC mode and by pulsed electrodeposition. After variation of the parameters pulse frequency, pulse and pause potential and electrolyte concentration, aspect ratios of 371 (NW length = 26 µm, NW diameter = 70 nm) could be reached within 30 min deposition time where standard DC plating shows much slower NW growth to an aspect ratio of 56. The need for higher aspect ratio NWs is discussed with respect to the construction and manageability of the ACANWF in scaled-up processes.


Vehicular Ad hoc networks ( ) must overcome a myriad of security issues to realize their potential. VANETs are latest research area in network field. are deployed in un-trusted and unsecured environments. Consequently, authentication i s a fo rerunner to a ny secur e interactions in these networks. In this paper, survey of VANETs Authentication is d i s c u s s e d . Different discussed. This work provides the basis to understand the authentication in and to design new more efficient and cost-effective machenism for authentication in .


work, what professions are suitable for him and so forth. The above problems we often find in schools especially in high school, As has happened in high school SMA Negeri 4 Banjarmasin, teachers BK said there are still many students who are still confused in determining the department and career or what work is chosen later for the future, this is due to lack or BK teachers never provide career information services to students. Based on data analysis shows that there are significant differences in understanding of career planning of class XI students before and after service information that is giving tips and tricks career planning. This is true from the results of the initial test (Pre Test) with an average of 129.12 increased after being given Treatment through information service by providing career planning tips and tricks which then performed the final test (Post Test) with an average of 139.72. Then the initial test difference with the final test is 10.6. Thus, information services with the provision of career planning tips and tricks can be used as a very effective means in determining career planning students XI SMA Negeri 4 Banjarmasin.


In most of the traditional cluster-based hierarchical routing protocols, the cluster head (CH) selection is made on a random basis. As a result, some unlucky sensor nodes (SNs) become dead quickly; thereby, network lifetime reduces drastically. To overcome this problem, in this paper, a new cluster-based routing protocol- Energy-Aware Threshold Sensitive Stable Election Protocol (EATSEP) is presented for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In the EATSEP protocol, the CH selection is an optimum process where the initial and residual energy of each SNs are considered within a heterogeneous SNs energy environment. Additionally, our proposed EATSEP protocol has managed to reduce long-distance transmission by routing data among CHs to the base station. In our present study, we have simulated the EATSEP protocol through MATLAB to compare its performance with other popular protocols under some well-known performance metrics. The experimental results indicate that the network stability of the EATSEP protocol improves by 80.81, 66.41, and 27.06 %, respectively, compared to the low-energy adaptive clustering hierarchy (LEACH), Stable Election Protocol (SEP), and Threshold Sensitive SEP under a particular setting. In terms of energy consumption and network throughput, the EATSEP is also superior to other protocols.


A survey of cursorial spiders in a cotton field by using pitfall traps revealed a total of 2835 spiders belonging to 9 families, 41 genera and 101 species. The families, Gnaphosidae and Linyphiidae were common as they jointly accounted for 95.26 % of the total catch. Genus Pardosa of Lycosidae was dominant among the genera. Of the 13 dominant species eight species belonged to Pardosa which formed 78.4 % of the total sample. Maximum number of spiders (927) were recorded in July. Species richness was highest in July. Highest diversity was recorded in the month of October and evenness during the months of September and October when species richness was moderately high. Pardosa birmanica, P. mukundi, Evippa banarensis and Gnaphosa poonaensis attained peak abundance in July. Two species viz., P. sumatrana and P. songosa achieved high peaks in August. The guild of spiders comprising Neriene sp., Zelotes satarensis, Pardosa sp. I., P. timida and Pardosa sp. 3 attained high population peaks in October or in the subsequent months.


Lee. Kwang-Ho, 2003. Changing Estimate of Modern Korean Synonyms through a Diachronic Change of Middle Korean,
URIMALGEUL : The Korean Language and Literature 29. 17 3-190. In this thesis, I wished to forecast change of words that have series relation with synonymic change from a modern language to a medieval language. Applied statistical methods which are crossing analysis and positioning map for this. Synchronical shapes of synonym act on polysemic using, application of expressive meaning, and syntactic distinctive mechanism. These show change of unification, division, and continuance of synonymic relation. When see through crossing analysis verification, possibility that words of polysemic using change by division is high. And possibility that words by application of expressive meaning go forward by unification is high. Accordingly, can forecast change of dead language of 'thim(틈), mit (밑)' when go through 'thim(틈), mit(밑), and 'gyeoril(겨를). Arai(아래)' that have this phenomenon. It can forecast possibility that can co-occurrence with negative predicate by meaning extension of 'machim(마침)' that have predicate of affirmation that 'machim(마침)' and 'gonggyoropge(공교롭게)' that is acting in synonym by Syntactic distinctive mechanism. (Kyungsung University)


Children with plastic bronchitis,characterized by unknown origin,insidious onset,rapid progress,severe symptom and high mortality,is a relatively rare disease.Also,it is difficult to diagnose and treat with plastic bronchitis characterized by marked airway obstruction,via the formation of large gelatinous or rigid airway cast.It is associated with certain diseases including bronchial asthma,cystic fibrosis,accompanied with acute chest syndrome with sickle cell disease,congenital heart disease and bacterial and viral respiratory infection.Clinicians should be aware of this disease,and early bronchoscopy should be intervened.

Key words:
Plastic bronchitis;  Bronchoscopy;  Children


Climate change has drawn the attention not only of scientists but of politicians and societies worldwide. The aim of this paper is to present a method for selecting research studies on climate change, waste management and the role of microbes in the recycling of organic matter in soil that analyze the role of organic agriculture as the main connection between agricultural losses and climate change. VOSviewer version 1.6.18 free software tool was used in this study in order to achieve the bibliometric and mapping approach for studies on the effects of climate change in terms of soil recycled organic matter and microbe interaction. Scopus database (accessed 29 September 2022) indexed a total of 1,245,809 bibliographic items classified into paradigms. The presented documents were downloaded from Scopus as graph-based maps and as distance-based maps in order to reflect the strength of the relation between the items. Climate change includes changes in soil and soil microorganisms as affected by natural climate variations and local weather, which have beneficial or negative effects on soil organic matter. From the examination of the selected papers, it was concluded that climate change and changing precipitation patterns are having an impact on microorganisms, particularly bacterial groups, and thus ecosystem function.


This project will address a numerical study on the behavior of crack propagation in nonstandard ESET specimens when tested for crack propagation, governed by ASTM E647, and implementing a new technique for crack growth propagation studies. Consisting primarily in numerical modeling of crack propagation in bodies of evidence fabricated in steel ASTM A743 CA6NM. Subsequently the validation of numerical models will be conducted through experimental tests. The numerical methodology will be developed using the software Ansys APDL language, which is a commercial code for structural analysis using the finite element method. Apart from validating the numerical simulations, experimental and numerical procedures serve to calibrate the form factor the specimen type ESET not standardized, thus establishing a set of experimental procedures to be used in the Laboratory of Mechanical Testing of UNB.


Correctly elaborating Marxism in the present age not only has the current practical significance,but also contains the future philosophy purport.We should have the comprehension of Marxism in the present age from such three aspects as the questions raised by Marxism,the methods of settling questions and Marxist practicality.


Precision and ultra-precision 3D miniature components are increasingly in demand in the sector of aerospace,defense,micro-electronics,modem medicine and biological engineering industries in recent years.Micro-cutting technology draws more and more attention all around the world not only because of its ability to manufacture geometrically complex 3D miniature components in a wide range of engineering materials but also small equipments and low energy consumption.As key components of micro-machine tools,micro-spindles directly determine the performance of micro-machine tools and the development and application of micro-cutting technology.Therefore,it is necessary to review the performance requirements and research state of micro-spindles systematically and intensively.The performance requirements of micro-spindles for micro-cutting on cutting force,torque,rotating speed and rotary accuracy are systematically analyzed.The research state of micro spindles in respects of their structures,high-speed power sources,high-speed and precision bearings,tool holders,control and compensation is comprehensively elaborated.Some main problems existing in micro-spindles,such as rotating speed less than the requirement,large error motion of the tool and low chip load capacity at high rotating speed are pointed out in detail by comparing the present achievements with the performance requirements,and the feasible countermeasures presented.And the future development tendency of micro spindles is predicted and prospected.


Oil chromatography analysis is the foundation of transformer fault diagnosis, In this paper, based on knowledge base of the oil chromatographic analysis, an extended research combining the improved three ratio method, BP neural network, and case-based reasoning method for the transformer fault diagnosis was proposed, in the purpose of building a transformer Intelligent Evaluation Diagnosis model, to improve the accuracy of the transformer fault diagnosis, which is of a great significance for practice.


With the acceleration of smart grid construction, the continuous increasing amount of power quality monitoring sites and gradual improvement of the system, various types of monitoring and calculation data increase dramatically and show a trend of big data. Cloud computing is a distributed computing model which can allocate computing tasks into resource pools made up of a large number of computers. For big data computing and processing, cloud computing platform has inherent advantages. This paper presents and initially implements a power quality cloud model using the Hadoop, whose aim is to integrate traditional computing and storage resources to solve power quality big data storage and computing problems. The model uses hierarchical structures and sets up a hierarchical power quality cloud computing platform based on natural stratifi cation grid. The architecture of the model is based on the SOA, but the sub-cloud built for each layer is based on the Hadoop and provides services for its higher layer. The Hadoop based power quality cloud model can not only solve the issues of power quality monitoring data storage and computation, but also have a reference for solving other information systems' big data problems in smart grid.


The deformation problem caused by the excessive residual stress has brought great challenges to the high-precision machining and geometrical stability of thin-walled components. Aiming to ensure the verticality within 0.012 mm after the processing and forming of a certain type of outer ring components, this paper firstly employs the ultrasonic critical refraction longitudinal wave (LCR wave) detection method to test the residual stress distribution in the key process. Additionally, the stress elimination effect of cryogenic stress relief treatment and the effect of residual stress on vertical deformation are analyzed. After that, combined with the self-developed ultrasonic stress relief (USR) equipment, the ultrasonic regulation treatment was used to replace the heat treatment stress relief process for the processing. The results show that after wire cutting and milling, excessive residual stress induces deformation of components, and USR method can eliminate machining residual stress more efficiently and quickly. As the whole component has torsional deformation along the cross section, the hole position at the upper and lower end faces is changed, which leads to the change in verticality. Finally, based on the results of X-ray diffraction (XRD), the potential microscopic mechanism of stress relief by ultrasonic treatment is analyzed. This study provides guidance for ultrasonic residual stress regulation to achieve the high-precision outer ring thin-walled components.


An examination of the Spanish colony of La Florida. It looks at the mixed support system by which Spain maintained an unprofitable but strategic colony on the contested east coast of North America for two centuries. The system included royal subventions, private subventions, and drafted labour.


ABSTRACT Understanding the mechanisms behind time-dependent behaviour of granular materials is important in assessing agein of dynamically improved sands and set-up displacement piles in sand. A series of triaxial tests was carried out to investigate the creep of dense granular materials. In addition to shear strain development, a complex volumetric strain response with rotation of the creep strain vector over time was measured and the effect of the material characteristics was examined. The change in microstructure of dense sands during one-dimensional creep was also investigated using resin injection and optical microscopy of sections. Upon application of load, particles aligned to be more perpendicular to the load direction. However, over time, the particles rotated in space. A change in the local void ratio distribution was also found. Initially, the particles appeared relatively evenly spaced. However, with time, they grouped or clustered together. A conceptual model, accounting for these changes in microstructure, is proposed. The model emphasises the importance of the bimodal load-bearing nature of granular materials, suggesting that creep begins in frictional slippage of weakly loaded particles, which allows strongly loaded columns of particles to gradually adjust. The model may help to explain the complex volumetric creep response of dense soils and why dynamically densified soils 'age' with no detectable change in relative density.


The article analyzes the concepts of "creativity" and "creativity", their relationship. Very often, people mix these concepts or use them as synonyms, without thinking about the true meaning of the words. Conducted marketing research "Creative Marketing" using a survey of marketing students, which made it possible to understand the need to study the discipline "Creative Marketing Studio" and introduce it into the educational process (namely, the Department of Marketing of WUNU). Creativity is not something people are born with, it is a skill that can be learned and can only be improved with practice. The human brain is like muscles that need to be pumped – in this case, with the help of cognitive exercises. The importance of mastering creativity skills in marketing as the most sought-after soft skills today has been proven. Creativity is one of the most important skills of the 21st century that marketing graduates will need for career success after graduation. For modern professions, especially those related to innovation, creativity is needed – the ability, based on accumulated experience and knowledge, to generate new ideas and methods that optimize the work process or create a unique product. Creative thinking is needed by many, especially in business, advertising, science, art, and politics. Now, in many job offers, you can find messages that the employer needs creative people for various positions. The research of the global job search platform LinkedIn "Top 5 most in-demand personal qualities and professional skills that the company requires from its employees" was analyzed, as well as the rating of personal qualities of people for successful work in business, which was formed at the World Economic Forum in Davos. It is worth paying attention that creativity is needed not only in science or professional activity, but also in everyday life.


Objective
To investigate the prevalence of pertussis in infants and children with persistent cough in Beijing during 2011-2016.

Methods
The eligible infants and children from over ten hospitals who were suspected to have pertussis from 2011 to 2016 were enrolled for detection. Nasopharyngeal secretions and blood samples were collected. Multiplex-PCR was performed for Bordetella pertussis and real-time PCR was performed for nucleic acid of Bordetella pertussis.

Results
A total of 1 318 eligible cases were enrolled, including 820 males and 498 females. Pertussis was detected positive in 534 cases, including 81.3% (434/534) of B. pertussis positive cases and 31.8% (170/534) of IgG positive cases. There were 13.1% (70/534) had double positive for bacteria and antibodies. From 2011 to 2016, the enrolled patients were increased from 103 cases per year to 460 cases per year, and the test positive patients were increased from 29 cases to 194 cases. Among the pertussis patients, 466 (87.3%) cases were younger than one year old. From the first quarter to the fourth quarter of the year, There were 65 cases, 151 cases, 205 cases, and 113 cases, respectively. In further analysis of the 268 cases from Children′s Hospital affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, 90.7% of the patients who had whooping cough were scattered children; 185 cases (69.0%) of the patients had not begun programmed immunization, 71 cases (26.5%) did not complete programmed immunization and 12 cases (4.5%) completed the programmed immunization. Of all the inpatients, 21.6% were critical ill, 0.8% (2 cases) dead, and the remaining patients were recovered and discharged.

Conclusions
The prevalence of pertussis is increasing, especially in summer. Infants are the most susceptible population. Bordetella pertussis is one of the most important pathogen that can induce persistent and chronic cough.

Key words:
Whooping cough; Epidemiology; Polymerase chain reaction


Funding Opportunity Purpose This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages applications for institutional research career development (K12) programs that propose to support intensive supervised research training and career development experiences for clinician scientists (scholars) leading to research independence in the area of drug abuse and addiction. For this FOA, clinician scientists may include (but are not limited to) physicians, clinical psychologists, epidemiologists, doctoral-level social workers, pharmacists, and behavioral scientists. Scholars are expected to be supported for 3Y5 years on consecutive 12-month appointments. Candidates selected for support as scholars must hold a doctorate and commit a minimum of 9 person-months (equivalent to 75% of full-time professional effort) to conducting clinical research and career development activities associated with the proposed program. Complete details available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/ guide/pa-files/PAR-15-119.html.


Results of a model study to investigate the hydraulic performance of a proposed energy dissipation structure for fixed-cone valves are presented. Procedures for estimating pressures and airflow rates are discussed. Similar structures are currently in use or under construction at three Bureau of Reclamation dams.


Activity of habituation of positive attitude and behavior at school that starts gradually from basic education to higher education is the developing character. One of the habituation is in connection with school literacy movement that is a mandatory activity to use 15 minutes prior to the day of learning to read books other than textbooks (every day). School literacy movement policy is closely linked to literacy as a basic component of formation of qualified, productive and competitive human resources, possessing good character, and nationalism. There are three stages in the implementation of School literacy movement , namely habituation of fun reading activities at school environment; development of reading interest to improve the literacy skills; and implementation of literacy-based learning. The School literacy movement program can create a literate school ecosystem and cultivate learners


In this study , will be known ability of UASB reactors (Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket) in a laboratory scale in processing the mixture of domestic waste water (grey water and black water) by varying the upflow velocity and influent concentration. Influent concentrations used are of three kinds, namely the concentrations of low, medium and high. The parameters examined were BOD 5 (Biological Oxygen Demand), COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) and TSS (Total Suspended Solid). Maximum values obtained of COD removal efficiency is 69%, whereas the maximum BOD 5 removal efficiency is 76%, and the maximum TSS removal efficiency is 72%. The higher the concentration of waste water, the greater the concentration of BOD 5 , COD, and TSS that can be removed by the microorganisms in the UASB reactor. Overall, the reactor with slow upflow velocity is allowing time for microorganisms to decompose the substrate in the wastewater, so that the removal efficiency obtained is higher. However, the results of treatment using the UASB reactor was not yet meet the quality standard (KepmenLH. No. 112 , 2003 and Perda Jateng No. 10, 2004), thus requiring further processing to be discharged into water bodies.


The corneal electrode used in this laboratory for recording human electroretinograms was described in a previous article: I t has been very satisfactory, but a number of different sized electrodes were needed in the laboratory for various experimental animals in various age groups. A large variety of custom-built electrodes of the Burian-Allen type would be expensive. This report will describe a process developed for constructing an inexpensive electrode which possessed certain advantages over other available electrodes. The electrode consists essentially of a micro contact lens provided with a stainless steel suture wire near its rim (Figure 1). Construction cost for the new set of various sized electrodes is low because the different lens curvatures and circumferences were made without the expense of grinding or employing a variety of high-priced molds. The material used in each lens was purchased for less than five cents. The tools needed were available in the laboratory. Construction time for three dozen electrodes was less than an hour a piece, once the construction method was developed. Electrical artifact from this electrode is quite small. In some experiments. an electrode has been used for continuous recording over a seven hour session with less than a five-microvolt noise level. In part this can be attributed to the large number of electrodes available, which permits the selection of one possessing the correct dimensions for the particular experimental animal being tested. Capillary attraction holds a properly fitted lens securely in place. The weight of the corneal lens and its stainless steel contact wire is from .02 to .03 grams. Thus the electrode follows eye movement with minimal movement artifact. Stainless steel suture wire minimizes artifact from the electrochemical potential of the corneal electrode junction.


A series of structures of trans-[MX2(PBz3)2] [M = Pt, X = Cl−; PBz3 = tribenzylphosphine (1), I−, trans-diiodobis(tribenzylphosphine)platinum(II) (2), and NCS−, trans-di(thiocyanate)bis(tribenzylphosphine)platinum(II) (3); M = Pd, X = I−, trans-diiodobis(tribenzylphosphine)palladium(II) (4)] have been characterized by X-ray crystallography. In all compounds each tribenzylphosphine has one benzylcarbon close to the coordination plane. In (1), (2) and (4) those (in-plane) C atoms, from the two different PBz3, exhibit an anti conformation along the P—P axis, while (3) has the gauche conformation. Root mean square (RMS) calculations and half-normal probability plots show that the complexes in (2) and (4) are very similar and the only significant differences between them are the M—P bonds, 2.354 (4) and 2.330 (5) A, and the M—I bond distances, 2.604 (1) and 2.611 (2) A, for Pd and Pt, respectively. Calculations of the steric demand of the PBz3 ligands based on the Tolman model gave values ranging from 155 to 178° for the effective and 156 to 179° for the Tolman angles, respectively.


Reactions of Co(NCS)2 with 2,5-dimethylpyrazine lead to the formation of five compounds of compositions Co(NCS)2(H2O)4·4(2,5-dimethylpyrazine) (1), Co(NCS)2(H2O)4·3(2,5-dimethylpyrazine) (2), Co(NCS)2(2,5-dimethylpyrazine)(H2O)2·3(2,5-dimethylpyrazine) (3), [Co(NCS)2]2(H2O)6·4(2,5-dimethylpyrazine)·4H2O (4), and Co(NCS)2(2,5-dimethylpyrazine)(MeOH)2 (5). 1 and 2 are simple aqua complexes, in which the Co cations are octahedrally coordinated by two thiocyanate anions and four water molecules, whereas in 3 the Co cations are linked by the 2,5-dimethylpyrazine ligands into chains. In compound 4 Co(NCS)2](H2O)6 dimers are observed, which are linked by bridging water molecules. In compound 5 the Co cations are connected into chains by the 2,5-dimethylpyrazine co-ligand and are additionally coordinated by terminal anionic ligands and methanol molecules. Thermogravimetric measurements of compounds 1–4 show several mass steps, in which the water and the co-ligands and the water molecules are stepwise removed. Elemental analysis, XRPD investigations, and IR spectroscopic investigations indicate that all of these compounds decompose into new phases of composition Co(NCS)2(2,5-dimethylpyrazine)2 (6) that on further heating decompose into [Co(NCS)2]3(2,5-dimethylpyrazine) (8) via Co(NCS)2(2,5-dimethylpyrazine) (7) as intermediate. Compound 7 can be directly obtained by thermal removal of methanol from compound 5.


Objective To investigate the expression of p53,c-erbB2 and MRP and its clinicopathological significance in non-small-cell lung cancer(NSCLC).Methods The expressions of p53,c-erbB2 and MRP protein were detected in 152 tumor samples of primary NSCLC by immunohistochemical staining using a polyclonal antibody.The correlation of protein expression with clinicopathologic parameters was analyzed.Results The positive rates of p53,c-erbB2 and MRP expression were 53.9%(82/152),44.1%(67/152) and 43.4%(66/152),respectively.There was significantly correlation of p53expression with gender,tumor differentiation,TNM stage and lymph metastasis(P0.05),but there was no correlation of c-erbB2 expression with clinicopathologic parameters in NSCLCs.MRP positive rate in adenocarcinoma was significantly higher than that in squamous-cell carcinomas(67.6% vs 33.0%,P0.05).Overall survival was significantly correlated with the co-overexpression of p53,c-erbB2 and MRP proteins.The 1-,2-,3-year survival rates in patients with co-positive p53,c-erbB2 and MRP were 72.6%,54.8% and 32.2%,respectively,which were lower than those in patients with co-negative expression(92.1%,78.5% and 63.4%;P=0.02,0.01 and 0.00).The survival rate in patients who received surgery alone with co-positive expression was lower than that in patients with co-negative expression(P0.05);and the survival rate of patients who had surgery plus chemotherapy with co-positive c-erbB2 and MRP was lower than that with co-negative(P=0.01).Cox′s model analysis showed that c-erbB2 expression and cell differentiation were independent prognostic factors in patients with completely resected NSCLC.Conclusion p53,c-erbB2 and MRP may be useful indicators in prognosis of NSCLC.


A procedure for the optimization of an unstructured first-order kinetics model of cyclically operated biological reactors for the biodegradation of a single pollutant is developed using a combination of analytical and numerical tools. Asymptotic analytical profiles for the substrate and biomass for each steady cycle are obtained, which allow the formulation of an analytical design equation that relates the concentration of the pollutant at the end of a steady cycle to all the operating parameters of the bioreactor such as space-time, pollutant feed concentration, filling time, and ratio of minimum to maximum reactor volume. This analytical design equation is used for the systematic construction of practical bifurcation diagrams showing the variations of the pollutant concentration at the end of a cycle with the bioreactor operating parameters. The design equation also allows the formulation of a variety of optimization problems such as the maximization of volumetric efficiency as well as the minimization of the end-of-cycle pollutant concentration. In all cases it is shown that optimal parameter value sets exist. Implications of these results for the optimization of waste-treatment facilities are discussed.


This paper deals with the optimal stopping problem for a class of strong, nonstandard Markov processes the paths of which follow continuous deterministic trajectories but for random jumps at random times. The gain function, defined on the state space, is assumed to be bounded, measurable and, roughly speaking, continuous along the trajectories of the deterministic drift Combining continuous-time deterministic maximization and discrete-time dynamic programming yields a functional operator solving the single-jump problem.


An account is presented of a geotechnical survey made shortly after the major earthquake of September 19, 1985 (magnitude 8. 1) at the industrial port of Lazaro Cardenas in the state of Michoacan, Mexico, to assess the damage and the behavior of foundations and structures, particularly those at El Cayacal and Enmedio islands and at the urban zone. Remedial measures are suggested.


The anisotropic self‐diffusion coefficient of 7Li+ (I = 3/2) counterions has been studied in hydrated, macroscopically oriented Li‐(B)DNA fibers at relatively high water contents, corresponding to approximate DNA‐DNA helix axis distances of 22–35 Å, using the pulsed field gradient hmr spin‐echo method. Self‐diffusion coefficients parallel (D∥) and perpendicular (D⟂) to the DNA helix axis increase with increasing salt content and with increasing DNA‐DNA helix axis distance. The observed anisotropy D∥/D⟂ decreases from 1.6 to 1.2 with the DNA‐DNA separation increasing from 22 to 35 Å in the salt‐free sample. This result can be understood by the obstruction effect caused by the DNA molecules themselves. The values of the Li+ self‐diffusion coefficients in the most water‐rich system with no added salt (corresponding to an approximate distance of 35 Å between the DNA helix axes) were D∥ ∼ 1.15 × 10−10 m2 s−1 and D⟂ ∼ 0.98 × 10−10 m2 s−1, compared to 9.14 × 10−10 m2 s−1 for the diffusion of Li+ in an aqueous solution of LiCl (∼ 2.1M). The possible occurrence of restriction effects in the DNA fibers have also been studied by determining the self‐diffusion coefficient at different effective diffusion times. The self‐diffusion coefficient of Li+ in the sample with the largest DNA‐DNA helix axis distance seems to be independent of the effective diffusion time, which indicates that the lithium ions are not trapped within impermeable barriers. The possibility of diffusion through permeable barriers has also been investigated, and is discussed. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


Adrenergic receptors appear to play an important role in the modulation of pain. There is now abundant evidence that activation of adrenergic receptors can, in certain circumstances, generate impressive analgesic effects. However, under other circumstances, adrenergic receptors can contribute to chronic neuropathic pain and hyperalgesia. This review will focus on the beneficial effects of adrenergic pain modulation, and the circumstances when this modulation appears to magnify pain. This review will also address controversies surrounding how these two opposing processes occur via the same mediators.


Objective:To investigate clinical implications of serum uric acid levels in patients with chronic pulmonary heart disease complicated with heart failure.Methods:Two weeks before and after the therapy,the value of serum uric acid and arterial blood gas analysis in 68 cases with chronic pulmonary heart disease complicated with heart failure were recorded and compared to the normal control group(50 cases).The patients were divided into three groups: group A(class I~II),group B(class III),and group C(class IV)[New York Heart Association(NYHA)].Results:The serum uric acid levels of chronic pulmonary heart disease complicated with heart failure groups was higher than the normal control group(P0.01)before therapy.Serum uric acid levels were significantly different between groups C and A(P0.01),groups C and B(P0.05),but not between groups A and B(P0.05).After the therapy of two weeks,the value of serum uric acid decreased obviously in chronic pulmonary heart disease groups(P0.01).Conclusion:The detection of serum uric acid level is significant to evaluate the situation of patient with heart failure.The levels of serum uric acid can be used as a marker to predict the development of chronic pulmonary heart disease.


science. Summarzing geological opinions, Mr. Davis thus concludes, in a way which seems to us to be reasonable and sound: "The amount of glacial erosion in the central districts has been very considerable, but not greatly in excess of preglacial soils and old talus and alluvial deposits. Most of the solid rock that was carried away came from ledges rather than from valleys; and glaciers had in general a smoothing rather than roughening effect. In the outer areas on which the ice advanced it only rubbed down the projecting points; here it acted more frequently as a deposit'ing than as an eroding agent. " No large lakes have been produced by glacial erosion; the number of true rock-basins of erosion has been greatly exaggerated. The most considerable topographic effect produced by glaciers is the heaping of various morainal deposits on an area smaller than their source, and in this way very often forming hills of considerable size. A similar indirect result of glacial erosion is seen in the very numerous lakes made by drift obstructions in preglacial valleys."


Battery modules used for vehicle were investigated according to vibration standards QC/T 743 and SAE J2380.The influencing factors of vibration on the battery module were analyzed.After vibration,the structures of the modules,ACR and discharge capacity kept with the state before vibration.During the vibration,the discharge capacity of battery modules decreased to around 80% of the initial discharge capacity.It was indi cated that the the vibration level of SAE J2380 would be higher than QC/T 743,according to discharge capacity during vibration.


Traditionnal Information Retrieval techniques have some l imitations when it comes to extracting accurate answers from documents. This paper d escribes an information retrieval method working in the context of a speech-based, open domain interactive question-answer system. The goal is to improve the selection of the best answe rs. We present an approach which aims to compute a transformation cost between two text uals trees. This computation uses reformulation paths between a text which describes the information (question) and an extract from a document. We then present a first evaluation of our method on the Clef corpus. We analyze the results and suggest some possible improvemen ts, including the use of the tree transformations to give the user some information on how the answer was extracted. MOTS-CLÉS :Recherche d'information, systèmes à Questions Réponses


The phenomena of meaning extension from temperature term to emotion domain in Korean and Chinese was discussed from cognitive linguistic perspective. Furthermore, how the term user make interact with context through body and mind, and the way of conceptualizing cognition and thinking was revealed as followed: Firstly, both Chinese and Korean use temperature domain term to help understanding emotion domain. Difference is that Korean temperature term is more detailed divided. For example, there are two temperature term systems to express air temperature and physical temperature respectively in Korean, while in Chinese they are expressed in one, so that the term used for understanding emotion domain is different. Secondly, though there is mapping from temperature domain to emotion domain both in Korean and Chinese, the concrete emotion domain is different. For example, "angry" can be conceptualized from "hot" in both the two languages, but different is that in Korean, it can also be conceptualized from "cold". Finally, the result showed that the linguistic form and meaning is motivated, and emotional expressions are the combination of body and culture.


The object of this experimental study is to investigate the effects of the expansion devices on the performance of a one TR window air conditioner retrofitted with eco friendly alternative refrigerant R-407C. The widow air conditioner applying the expansion devices of a capillary tube, thermostatic expansion valve and electronic expansion valve is tested by varying changing condenser temperature from 40C to 55C, while maintaining evaporator temperature at 6C. The R 22 capillary tube system is utilized as baseline unit for the performance comparison with the R-407C system. The capacity for the R407C EEV system is higher by 10.1% at full charge condition than that for the R22 capillary tube system. The capacity for the R407C EEV system is higher by 10.2% at full charge condition than that for the R407C TEV system. The COP of R407C EEV system is higher by 15.4% and 12.3% than that of R407C capillary tube and thermostatic expansion valve respectively. The final result show an overall better performance of the electronic expansion valve compared with the thermostatic expansion valve and capillary tube.


Human Resource Management(HRM) is the core part of the enterprise.Some famous companies collected plenty of experiences from internal staff management in recent Tianjin history.Exact samples from HR acquiring、retaining,development and coordinating are selected to conclud and summarize the HRM experiences and measures,and therefore to give some good references and advices to the current enterprises.


We study emergence and interaction of collusion and bribe extortion in a model of bureaucracy with informative red tape. It is shown that a threat of collusion can lead to impossibility of implementing social optimum. We also show that bribe extortion weakly increases welfare in the presence of threat of collusion. We then apply the basic model to analysis of top-level corruption. In a four-tier hierarchy, agents bribe their supervisor's supervisor in order to get protection from the immediate supervisor's harassment. We compare e±ciency of equilibria with top-, bottomand all-level corruption. It is shown that though top-level corruption is not e±cient, it does redistribute rents in favor of agents and therefore makes the economy more attractive for potential entrants. JEL Codes: D73, H11, K42


Recombination-deficient (Ret-) mutants of Salmonella typhitn&um were used to study special transduction by phage P22 in the absence of the usual background of general transduction. Retstrains could not be transduced for any marker with a lysate arising by infection. When the same strains were infected with a lysate obtained by induction, low but significant levels of transduction were observed for the pro A and pro B loci (located to one side of the prophage attachment site), but not for pro C (located to the other side of the attachment site), lezc, or thy. Integration-deficient (id) phage lysates were unable to transduce the pro A and pro I? loci in l:eccells unless int+ helper phage were present. These results suggest that although Reccells cannot undergo general transduction, special transduction (by lysogenization) for the pro 11 and pro R loci is found. A mixtrue of intand inlf phage were unable to transduce the PI-O C locus despite the large number of pro C-transducing particles present in an int lysate. The inability of the int+ phage genomes to promote successful lysogenixation of pro C-transducing particles in Retcells may indicate a requirement for a structural element near the left prophage end for integration of phage P22. Alternatively, the deletion of cZ , the structural gene for P22 repressor, from most pro C-transducing particles may prevent successful lysogenizat,ion by these particles. Finally, the pro C locus may lie too far away from the prophage site to be included in special transducing particles containing any phagc DNA.


This article identifies the factors that indicate the opportunity of reviewing the methods in teaching economics in order to overcome the traditional teaching-learning scheme that overvalues rote learning and find formulas that facilitate the development of analytical skills. On the other hand, this work points out the importance of developing creative competences. One way to do this is to introduce artistic practices in the classroom, even in non-artistic subjects. In this work an experience of education based on the arts is presented. The proposal is to represent the economic problems of the third world through drawings made by students of Sociology.


The coronavirus (COVID-19) as in the study of which had a starting point in China in 2019, has spread rapidly in every single country and has spread in millions of cases. The pandemic attracts lots of attentions due to major impacts not only on human health but on many other aspects including, social and political ones. This paper presents a robust data-driven machine learning analysis of COVID19 starting from data collection to the final step of knowledge extraction based on the selected research topics. The proposed approach evaluates the impact of social distancing on COVID19. Several machine learning and ensemble models have been used and compared to obtain the best accuracy. Experiments have been demonstrated on large public datasets. The motivation of this study is to propose an analytical machine learning based model to explore the social distancing aspects of COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed analytical model includes classic classifiers, distinctive ensemble methods such as bagging, feature based ensemble, voting and stacking. Also, it uses different Python libraries, Rattle, RStudio, Anaconda, and Jupyter Notebook. This study shows superior prediction performance comparing with the related approaches and the classical machine learning approaches.


Aim: Gingival margins of posterior composite restorations is usually more apical compared to CEJ. The present study was aimed to determine the microleakage in gingival margins of Class II composite restorations through using three different types of resin cements as liners. Materials and Methods: In this in-vitro study, two mesial and distal Class II cavities with 1mm gingival margins were created under CEJ on 24 healthy human premolar teeth. The teeth were randomly divided into four groups: Group 1: Rely X Unicem liner, Group 2: PAN F2 liner, Group 3: RMGI liner, and Group 4: the control group where no liner was used. Then, teeth were restored using SE bond and Z-250 composite. The teeth were placed in 2% fushin solution after 24 hours of thermocycling. Then, the teeth were cut mesiodistally in order to analyze the microleakage under stereomicroscope. Statistical data were analyzed at significance level of 0.05 using SPSS version 16 by Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney statistical tests. Results: Microleakage of cavities in experimental groups were significantly different (p<0.05). Groups 1 and 3 had significantly lower microleakages compared to group 2 (p<0.05). However, these two groups had no significant difference with each other (p=0.590). Conclusion: Placing liner in posterior composite restorations reduced microleakage significantly compared to the control group. RXU and RMGI cements had similar effects on reducing microleakage and had significantly lower microleakage than PAN F2 cement.


Abstract Objectives This study aimed to examine the improvement effects of polyphenol enriched Chrysanthemum morifolium extract (CE) on energy expenditure and hepatic lipid accumulation in rats fed a high-fat diet. Methods The polyphenols identified in CE were analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) method. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups. Each group fed a normal diet (NOR), 45% high-fat diet (HF), or HF supplemented with 0.2% CE (CEL), or HF supplemented with 0.4% CE (CEH) for 13 weeks. Results Polyphenolic compounds of CE were confirmed that three flavonoids, such as luteolin-7-O-glucoside, luteolin-7-O-glucuronide and apigenin-7-O-glucoside, and three phenolic acids, including chlorogenic acid, 1,5-Dicaffeoylquinic acid and 3,5-Dicaffeoylquinic acid. CE significantly increased oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2) and energy expenditure (EE) compared with HF. CE supplementation was lower the serum concentrations of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), non-esterified fatty acids (NEFAs) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and decreased the levels of hepatic total lipids, TC and TG. Hepatic lipogenic gene expression such as cluster of differentiation 36 (CD36), sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c), ATP citrate lyase (ACLY), acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), fatty acid synthase (FAS), stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1), and diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) significantly down-regulated by CE supplementation. The mRNA expression involved in fatty acid oxidation such as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) and carnitine/palmitoyl-transferase 1α (CPT1α) were up-regulated in the CEH group than HF group. Hepatic adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity was significantly increased in the CE groups than HF group. Conclusions It is suggested that the polyphenol enriched CE might increase energy expenditure and reduce hepatic fat accumulation via modulating hepatic lipogenic and fatty acid oxidation gene expression with increasing AMPK activation. Funding Sources This research was supported by the BK21 FOUR (Fostering Outstanding Universities for Research) funded by the Ministry of Education (MOE, Korea) and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).


As most earthquake focal depths are concentrated in the upper crust (e.g. Chen et al ., 1983), previous studies on rate dependence of frictional strength have focused on granite that is typical in the upper crust (Lockner et al ., 1986; Blanpied et al ., 1995). However, recent reassessment of focal depth of many earthquakes revealed that some of them have been generated in the continental lower crust (Maggi et al ., 2000). Moreover, teleseismic imaging of the structure across the San Andreas Fault also suggested the existence of deep fault that cuts through the crust (Zhu, 2000). With this background, we need to pay more attention to intermediate and mafic rocks in the lower crust. Frictional resistance and the related rate dependence of such rocks are critical to understand the mechanical behavior of deep faults that cut the lower crust. Specifically, this is crucial for answering two important questions, namely: 1) Is it likely for earthquake to nucleate in the continental lower crust? 2) How much stress can the lower crust support? We conducted experiments on frictional sliding of oven dried gabbro gouge at elevated temperatures with a triaxial testing system using gas as the pressure medium. A gabbro gouge layer of 1 mm thick (particle size of the gouge76μm) was placed along an inclined saw cut (35° to the loading axis) in a 20 mm diameter cylinder sample to simulate a fault with gouge. Two series of experiments have been conducted with normal stresses of 200MPa and 300MPa, respectively, with temperatures up to 616℃. For both normal stresses, the rate dependence of friction is either positive or approaching to neutral rate dependence. With normal stress of 300MPa, the values of steady state rate dependence are positive in most of the temperature range but show a minimum around 315℃ (approaching to zero). Variation of rate dependence under normal stress of 200MPa is less pronounced. Based on theoretical analysis on slip nucleation (e.g. Dieterich, 1992) and these experimental results, it is unlikely that unstable slip nucleates in larger scales under similar conditions as set in the experiments.


An immobilized metal affinity porous membrane of a hollow-fiber form was applied to the purification of genetically engineered histidine (His)–tagged fusion protein. An iminodiacetate (IDA) group (–N(CH2COOH)2) was introduced into the poly–glycidyl methacrylate chain grafted onto a polyethylene-made porous hollow–fiber membrane. Subsequently, nickel ions were bound to the IDA group before the permeation of a His–tagged green fluorescent protein (GFP) solution through the porous membrane. The resultant immobilized nickel affinity porous membrane (immobilized Ni membrane) had a ligand density of 0.36 mol/kg and a phosphate buffer flux of 0.4 m/h at a permeation pressure of 0.1 MPa and 298 K. His–tagged GFP adsorbed to the immobilized Ni membrane was eluted by permeating a 0.5 M imidazole solution through the porous membrane. From an SDS–PAGE analysis, the purity of the protein was found to be improved from 35 to 97%. Purification of His–Tagged Protein Using an Immobilized Nickel


Argonne National Laboratory is developing an electrometallurgical treatment for spent fuel from the experimental breeder reactor II. A product of this treatment process is a metal waste form that incorporates the stainless steel cladding hulls, zirconium from the fuel and the fission products that are noble to the process, i.e., Tc, Ru, Pd, Rh, Ag. The nominal composition of this waste form is stainless steel/15 wt% zirconium 1-4 wt% noble metal fission products. The behavior of technetium is of particular importance from a disposal point of view for this waste form due to its long half life, 2. 14E5 years, and its mobility in groundwater. To address these concerns a limited number of spiked metal waste forms were produced containing Tc. These surrogate waste forms were then studied using scanning electron microscopy and selected leaching tests.


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We present the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observations of the SNR W50, associated with SS 433. The observations cover the X-ray lobe found between SS 433 and the outer eastern radio "ear" of W50. The X-ray spectrum measured with the proportional counter array and the High-Energy Timing Experiment in the 3-100 keV range favors nonthermal over thermal models for this part of W50. We combine the RXTE spectrum with the ROSAT and ASCA spectra, thus covering ~3 orders of magnitude in energy. The spectrum of the harder X-ray emission is well represented by a power law with a photon index of ~1.45 and a total X-ray luminosity of ~1.5×1035 ergs s-1 for a source distance of 5.5 kpc. We thus confirm the nonthermal nature of the inner X-ray lobe. We discuss its implications in the context of the interaction between the jets from SS 433 and the surroundings.


The AEḡIS collaboration's main goal is to measure the acceleration of antihydrogen ( H¯ ) due to gravity. The experimental scheme is to form a pulsed beam whose vertical deflection is then measured by means of a moiré deflectometer [1]. Creating pulsed H¯ is crucial since it allows a velocity measurement of the antiatoms via time of flight (ToF) necessary to deduce the gravitational acceleration ḡ from the vertical deflection Δs. The aim of this article is to outline the experimental protocol leading up to pulsed antihydrogen production in the AEḡIS experiment.


Provided is a voltage control circuit which suppresses a calorific value that generates when short-circuit fault occurs even if a voltage value of an input voltage is large. At the time of short-circuit fault, an additional control voltage Va whose voltage value becomes larger when the voltage value of the input voltage Vin is larger is input to the voltage control p-channel MOS transistor ( 110 ) from a transistor control MOS transistor ( 160 ), to thereby increase resistance of the voltage control p-channel MOS transistor ( 110 ) to suppress a short-circuit current. As a result, when the input voltage Vin is larger, the current value of a holding current or a calorific value after the short-circuit protecting operation has been conducted can be suppressed.


The results of statistical processing of the physicochemical parameters of sapropel of lake deposits of the territory of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra are presented, which indicate that the heterogeneity of the composition and properties of sapropel are primarily determined by the general geographical position of the studied lakes: their confinement to the right or left banks of the Ob river valley depend on the composition of the parent substrate the lake basins are formed on. The geomorphological factor imposes a minimal effect on the variability of the physicochemical characteristics of sapropel, being reflected only in the 4th most important of the identified factors. While none of the factors affects the deterioration of the balneological properties of sapropel.


Japanese war propaganda directed to the United States is here analyzed to show the obstacles to propaganda effectiveness imposed by cultural differences and a faulty appraisal of the frames of reference of the listening public. The assumptions are appraised in terms of their appropriateness to American listeners.


Beryllium is considered as a potential neutron multiplier in a Helium Cooled Pebble Bed tritium breeding blanket for future fusion power reactors. Under neutron irradiation, helium and tritium are produced in beryllium. The formation of helium bubbles induces swelling; tritium retention is a safety and waste handling issue. In-pile gas release should be sufficiently high to avoid the evacuation of the plant site in case of a serious accident leading to the abrupt release of all accumulated tritium. A reliable prediction of the behaviour of helium and tritium in beryllium, in-pile and during out-of-pile fast temperature transients, is necessary in order to prove the attractiveness of the blanket concept and to optimise design and materials. The lack of experimental data for beryllium pebbles, in the range of neutron fluence and temperature typical of the blanket module operation, imposes an extrapolation of models outside their validation range. A more sophisticated gas kinetics model and a more detailed validation of its single parts are necessary for beryllium in a fusion reactor blanket, than for uranium oxide in fission reactors. Since 1992 the code ANFIBE has been developed to predict the behaviour of helium and tritium in neutron-irradiated beryllium. The aim of the present work is to improve the code for both theoretical modelling and experimental validation, in order to increase confidence in its extrapolation to fusion reactor conditions. This requires to produce a more detailed, comprehensive and relevant experimental database than the one which was available during the early development phase of the code. The following milestones have been reached: (1 ) experimental characterisation of all helium and tritium diffusion and release stages in neutron-irradiated beryllium, also from a microscopic point of view; (2) assessment of helium and tritium thermal diffusion coefficients; (3) improvement of the model for gas precipitation into bubbles on the basis of the experimental study; (4) definition and application of an integrated validation procedure for the analytical model, based on the changes in the material microstructure related to different gas release stages. The final result of this study is a new version of the ANFIBE code, which can better describe gas atomic diffusion and precipitation into bubbles and the corresponding gas release. The code has then been applied to approximately assess tritium retention in beryllium at the End-Of-Life of a blanket module in a fusion reactor of 1.5 GW electric power. On the basis of such assessment, tritium retention in beryllium appears to be a much less critical issue than it was believed in the past.


Objective: The main aim of the study is to determine the level of knowledge, attitude and concepts about breast cancer among sample of Iraqi women attending the main breast cancer early detection center in Baghdad and to study the effect of education on them. Study Design: This is a descriptive cross sectional study. Method: This cross-sectional study recruited 320 women attending the main breast cancer early detection center in Baghdad aged between (18–63years) collected on May 2010. The knowledge, attitude and concepts about breast cancer are assessed through answers of participants to a structured questionnaire (including six questions for studying the patient's knowledge about correlation between breast cancer and lifestyle, sixteen questions for studying the patient's concepts about breast cancer, and eleven questions to assess patient's knowledge about breast cancer risk factors and demographic variables). Statistical analysis of data is done by application of (SPSS version 14) program. The sample is divided into four groups according to their level of education into (illiterate, primary school, intermediate and secondary school, and college and above) and compared their knowledge, attitude and concepts. Results: Results show that level of education of participants have variable effect on their knowledge, attitude and concepts about breast cancer, some in favor of higher educational level and it is significant (p value< 0.05) regarding knowledge about exercise and excessive intake of fatty diet correlated with breast cancer, while other in favor lower educational level and it is significant (p value< 0.05) regarding concepts like "breast cancer is a killer, dangerous and cannot be cured, caused by pollution, breast creams and body deodorants", and on knowledge about certain risk factors of breast cancer (smoking, alcohol intake and childhood radiation) Fortunately only (3.5%) of the total sample thought that breast cancer is not curable, only (0.8%) of them thought that having breast lump do not draw attention, (7%) of them thought that breast cancer is infectious disease and only (7.4%) of them thought that breast cancer is not dangerous and easily cured. Unfortunately the mean score of participants' knowledge about breast cancer risk factors is (28.9±26.63). Our results show that the lowest educational level group represented by illiterate and primary school have higher mean score of knowledge of breast cancer risk factors than the highest level group represented by secondary school and above with significant difference between them (p<0.05) Conclusion: Our conclusion is that the Iraqi women have poor attitude and bad concepts towards breast cancer as they have poor knowledge about breast cancer risk factors. Attitude towards breast cancer and practice of BSE can be enhanced through promotion of their knowledge about breast cancer, this can be achieved by promotion of teaching programs through visual media, symposiums, meetings, educational workshops and conferences, teaching folders and posters and by inserting such programs through the curriculum of intermediate, secondary school and college.


An eigenvalue equation for the spectrum of lepton and quark is obtained from a truncated set of Tamm-Dancoff integral equations, generated by a four-fermion interaction based on a finite nonlocal quantum field theory. Eigenvalue equations for the meson and baryon mass spectra are also derived and integral equations are proposed for the scattering amplitudes, which can be used to calculate coupling constants in the nonlocal version of the standard model.


A 12-year-old girl, who had complaints of ongoing nausea and vomiting for 2 years accompanied by chronic right upper quadrant pain, was admitted to our hospital. Her medical story did not include fever, jaundice, constipation, diarrhoea, acholic stool, sickle-cell anaemia or other blood disorders. On physical examination, we observed tenderness in the right upper quadrant. The patient's complete blood count, urinalysis, transaminases, bilirubin, amylase, lactic dehydrogenase, and alkaline phosphatase levels were normal. We did not detect any parasites in the microscopic examination of the excrement sample.


This paper compares the performance of different TCP variants, specifically Reno, Vegas and Sack, when used to transport SIP signalling traffic, in both a homogeneous and heterogenous competition environment. Throughput achieved by the relevant TCP connection is used as a basis for this comparison and analysis.


In a 41-year-old, previously healthy man, a pulmonary opacity presented diagnostic difficulties. Thoracotomy with resection of lung and ribs revealed actinomycosis. Postoperatively the patient responded well to long-term penicillin therapy.


Objective: To integrative effect of manual reduction of TCM on supracondylar fracture of humerus.Methods: Clinical data of 61 patients with supracondylar fracture of humerus in our hospital admitted from Jan 2006 to Jan 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.A total of 37 patients in observation group received manual reduction of TCM combined internal fixation by minimally invasive implementation of pinning splints,while patients in control group received closed reduction and internal fixation by minimally invasive implementation of pinning splints.Results: According to Neer scale for shoulder function,there were significant differences in pain,ability and range of active movement,stability,self-evaluation between two groups(P0.05).The cure rate and improvement rate were significantly higher,and the incidence of complication was significantly lower in observation group.Conclusions: Combination treatment of external fixation by minimally invasive needle splints and manual reduction of traditional chinese medicine is effective on supracondylar fracture of humerus.It is of few complications,safe and reliable and worthy to be popularized.


A project team from the Program Evaluation and Methodology Division of the U.S. General Accounting Office was asked to review recent research on education and summarize the findings for policymakers. This paper captures the team's reflections on the utility of education research for policymakers and others interested in improving schools. The search for information is described, and how the findings were presented is outlined. Factors that limit the usefulness of educational research are considered, and some suggestions are offered for overcoming obstacles to research use. Few of the recently published reports, articles, and books offered accessible guidance to policymakers. The research community could do much to improve the utility of their work for policymakers by packaging their findings for wider audiences and producing better summaries. To this end, they could enlist the aid of journalists to reach a larger audience. The access to information offered by the Internet should not be ignored. An appendix presents some examples of successful school practices. (Contains 3 figures.) (SLD) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. **************.************************************************** *


ABSTRACT On 20 March 2019, the Decolonise UoK, formerly Decolonise UKC conference took place at the University of Kent (W Ahmed and others, Decolonising the Curriculum Project Manifesto: Through the Kaleidoscope (2019) <https://decoloniseukc.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/decolonising-the-curriculum-manifesto-final-2.pdf). Out of this came its manifesto to the university with recommendations in three key areas (ibid). The end goal of this student–staff collaboration was not intended to be a strategic intervention to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) work within universities although the body of knowledge (the manifesto and the Decolonise UoK Collective book, Towards Decolonising the University: A Kaleidoscope for Empowered Action (Counterpress 2020)) is open access for everyone to read and implement. We explore this process of self-empowerment through the concepts of (re-)existence/resistance from decolonial studies in combination with the black feminist critical race theory (CRT) methods of counter-narrating. We discuss the detail of racialised life both as part of surviving and through resisting institutional racism and its affective impact upon us. We argue that the necessary conditions that made it possible to do the work of self-empowerment from our intersectional and multiple positionalities across the student–staff continuum within the neoliberal university have been trust, courage and silence.


In 2006 Finnish road administration started to use automatic crack measurements to monitor damages on road network level. Earlier pavement damages were inventoried manually by a visual method. During the old method the whole width of a road was inspected. With automated measurements only one direction has been measured. Test roads that were measured to both directions were chosen from Vaasa and Kaakkois-Suomi regions. Idea was to find sections in which one can assume that there is a difference in traffic load between the two directions. With the help of regions 150 km of roads was selected. Chosen sections have older pavement and a lot of heavy transportation. It was estimated that on these sections transportation with heavier load goes mainly in one direction. Traffic related differences on damages for these sections cause among others turf, timber and boulder transportation. Cracked Surface in both directions was compared so that the condition of pavement could be estimated. On some sections cracking hadn't started but still some badly damaged sections were found. While cracking is minor it can't be stated whether differences in cracking is due to traffic load or natural wear. After cracking starts to grow it can be assessed which kind of load (traffic, climate, structure of the road, subsoil, banks, etc.) affects most on pavement. Examined sections showed evident differences on damages in places where cracking had started. In worst cases pavement in one direction was already in bad condition while in other direction cracking was just about to begin. In some sections damages clearly located in wheel paths which is typical for damages that are caused by traffic load. Damages were usually found on old pavements that have high amount of heavy transport. Additionally damages were found on sections that have relatively new pavement. With a list of "Most Stressed Direction" for road sections the knowledge of differences in cracking could be utilized in planning of maintenance and while planning measurement programs. This report may be found at http://alk.tiehallinto.fi/julkaisut/pdf2/3201053-v-automaattinen_vauriomittaus_molempiin_ajosuuntiin.pdf


How to combine the university basic computer education with the professional learning is an important problem to be solved in reform process of computer foundation course.In this paper,"Multimedia Technology and Applications" course,for example,we explore and analysis how to use the First Principle of Instruction to design teaching activities,how to design evaluation activities,how to use Moodle to carry out blended learning and so on.Studies have shown that these reforms effectively promote the computer learning of students with poor foundation in Department of Physical Education.


A scalable 10 Gb/s (1.25 Gb/s/spl times/8) 4/spl times/2 switch LSI is fabricated for a 640 Gb/s ATM switching system. This chip employs a new distributed contention control technique that allows the LSI to be expanded. To increase LSI throughput, 0.25 /spl mu/m CMOS/SIMOX (separation by implementation oxygen) technology is used. The technology enables 1.25 Gb/s pseudo-ECL I/O 221 pins. In addition, power consumption of 7 W is achieved by operating the CMOS/SIMOX gates at -2.0 V. This consumption is 36% less than that of bulk CMOS gates (11 W) at the same speed at -2.5 V [3].


goo300k is a manually annotated reference corpus of historical Slovene. It contains 1,100 pages (about 300,000 tokens) sampled from 89 texts from the period 1584-1899.

Each text contains extensive meta-data and per-page links to facsimiles, while the word tokens in the texts are annotated with their modernised word-form, lemma, part-of-speech, and, for archaic words, their nearest modern synonyms or short explanation.

The corpus is available in source TEI P5 XML and in the simpler and smaller vertical format, used by various concordancers. Note that the vertical format does not contain all the information from the source TEI.


Throughout its one hundred plus years of history, the Cooperative Extension System has experienced many changes. Since its beginning, the Extension System has revolutionized nonformal educational approaches and outreach methods. However, these changes have also created issues such as role ambiguity, work-life conflict, work-life spillover, burnout, stress, and work-life imbalance among Extension professionals. There are very few currently existing publications that identify present day work-life balance issues in Extension. Most of such information is dated and irrelevant to current workings of Extension. To give more in-depth insights on this subject, a number of well-established theories, such as compensation, spillover, inter-role conflict, and role enhancement theories, are discussed in this publication. These theories are selected based on their relatability with Extension. Hence, this article was created with an intent to encourage a dialogue concerning current work-life balance issues within Extension. The article also illustrates a conceptual theoretical perspective–a three-tier approach to work-life balance in Extension. This approach discusses elements, such as individual awareness, environmental factors, and organizational policies, to inculcate positive work-life balance practices. This proposed approach could be a guide to creating a more positive work culture, improving work-life satisfaction among Extension employees, and boosting organizational competence and productivity.


Origin and significance of Chinese boxing genres are elucidated in this paper.The author holds that only Lao-tzu's mental boxing genre is the backbone of Chinese martial art.None but well understanding Lao-tzu's martial idea,can we well understand where the Chinese martial art comes from and how it develops,can we hand down this tradition,carry forward this national quintessence,and enhance our confidence.


In today's world of technology, data has been playing an imperative role in many different technical areas. Data confidentiality, integrity and data security over internet from different media and applications have greater challenging tasks. Data generation from multimedia and IoT data is another biggest big data in internet now. When sensitive and confidential data are counterfeit by attacks this requires serious countermeasures for security and privacy. Many cryptographic techniques are used for multimedia and IoT but when massive data are developed there are more computational challenges. This paper proposes a new coherent encryption algorithm solving issue of IoT and multimedia big data. Handling huge data with the help of GPU is included in order to enhance the data processing more efficiently. The proposed algorithm is compared with other symmetric cryptographic algorithms based on architecture, flexibility, scalability, security level and also based on computational running time, throughput for both encryption and decryption process and avalanche effect.


A novel Ni-S-Co/ZrO2 composite electrode was prepared by electrodeposition with ZrO2 particles of 200~400 nm in diameter dispersed in the bath.The XRD results suggest that the Ni-S-Co/ZrO2 coating is composed of amorphous Ni,Co,S and crystalline monoclinic ZrO2 particles.The SEM images show that the coating is composed of granules with porous surface and ca.50 μm in diameter,providing high specific area.The coating is homogeneous and tightly combines with the Ni substrate with a Ni-S-Co interconnecting layer.Electrochemical tests show that the overpotential for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER) of the Ni-S-Co/ZrO2 composite electrode is 145 mV at a current density of 100 mA/cm2 in mass fraction 28% NaOH solution at 25 ℃,which is 50 mV lower than that of the Ni-S-Co electrode.The incorporation of ultrafine ZrO2 particles into the Ni-S-Co alloy coating effectively improves the electrocatalytic activity of the Ni-S-Co electrode for hydrogen evolution reaction.The optimal conditions for electrodeposition of the Ni-S-Co/ZrO2 composite electrode are studied as well.


The present invention relates to at least one molecule by Chemical Formula (1) (wherein n is an integer of 1-10) the photosensitive resin represented by the group. The photosensitive resin of the present invention, the molecule having at least one azido group in the absorption wavelength range of 300nm or more, the high sensitivity of the photosensitive resin. Such a photosensitive resin can be used for producing the photoresist through the optical low-cost industrial production of the wavelength range of the emulsion-coated photoresist or soda lime glass. The photosensitive resin of the present invention functions as a photoresist is very effective.


Each nations including U.S.A. is implementing measures of global security and facilitation concerning the international trade supply chain. After the events of September 11, 2001, U.S. has taken various measures for the secure and security of the United States. i.e. CSI, 24-Hour Rule, Trade Act of 2002 Final Rule, C-TPAT. Especially, Customs Regulations in U.S. regulate that CBP must receive, by way of a CBP-approved ED! system, information pertaining to cargo before the cargo is either brought into or sent from the United States by any mode of commercial transportation. Trading circle in Korea undergoes various influences by various measures for the secure and security of the United States. To cope with such measures of U.S., Trading circle in Korea must examine thoroughly various measures for the secure and security of the United States. Korea government also must support trading circle to cope with such measures U.S. has taken for the secure and security of the Homeland and adopt strength of CSI, 24-Hour Rule, Trade Act of 2002 Final Rule, C-TPAT.


The purpose of this paper is to analyze the political discussion and the success conditions on the digital democracy and issues for introducing e-party of Korean parties, and to propose alternatives for solving these issues. To accomplish this purpose, this paper review actual conditions of the digital politics, analyze on results of e-party driving of Korean parties, review issues for introducing e-party of Korean parties, and propose alternatives for solving these issues. Proposed conditions on digital politics and e-party development will contribute to the prosperity of the Korean politics. In near future, an empirical study on the standpoints of voters politicians will be followed.


A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study Comparing Synchronized Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation (SNIPPV) Versus Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (NCPAP) as a Method of Weaning Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) from the Ventilator


In reflecting on categories of childhood, youth and adolescence, this article challenges the emphasis on linearity that often emerges within and between these representations of different life stages. It is argued that the focus on the linear dimension of children's lives can act to hide some of the more vital, nonlinear and situated aspects of children's becoming. In a context where children will inevitably be required to navigate increasingly complex local/global tensions and uncertainties, a shift towards the nonlinear can help us to better understand ways of living with/in this world that are both responsive and attentive. Through this, it is possible to see why these nonlinear dimensions of becoming hold a transformative potential; one that can help overcome the inertia that ironically arises within the frenetic pace often associated with contemporary childhoods.


A seven cavity LTD accelerator for radiography applications has been tested with a large area electron beam diode. Individual cavities have been tested with a resistive load. Results of these experiments have been compared to circuit simulations. The circuit model has been improved to provide good agreement with single cavity resistive load tests and seven cavity tests with an electron beam load. A simple modification was made to a single LTD cavity to reduce unwanted voltage oscillations.


In this paper we propose a nonparametric test for poolability in large dimensional semiparametric panel data models with cross-section dependence based on the sieve estimation technique. To construct the test statistic, we only need to estimate the model under the alternative. We establish the asymptotic normal distributions of our test statistic under the null hypothesis of poolability and a sequence of local alternatives, and prove the consistency of our test. We also suggest a bootstrap method as an alternative way to obtain the critical values and justify its validity. A small set of Monte Carlo simulations indicate the test performs reasonably well in finite samples. JEL Classifications: C13, C14, C33


The invention discloses an ear-wearing electrode structure and a wearable physiological sensing device and a system. At least one part of the ear-wearing electrode structure is made of an elastic material, so the stable jacking contact between the electrode and auditory meatus skin can be achieved through the elastic restoring force of the elastic material. In addition, the wearable physiological sensing device comprises a wrist-wearing structure, and an electrode connected to the wrist-wearing structure for receiving a brain electric signal.


The heterogeneous nature of soil is an important consideration when measuring or predicting soil properties. The purpose of this study was to describe the spatial pattern and its varying rule of penetration resistance (PR). The PR was measured for fields with and without intense grazing on Chestnut soils (CS) on Inner Mongolia Plateau for Typic Chestnut Soil (TCS), Dark Chestnut Soil (DCS), and Sandy Chestnut Soil (SCS) by soil hardness tester of Fuji Wara. Also PR was measured on DCS and SCS fields for post grazing. The varying rule of soil PR was inferred by the law of statistics based on the relation of Standard Deviation (SD) and the Mean (M) of PR and the relationship of PR of different fields. There were large differences between the average PR of different fields of a soil but small variations in coefficient of variation (CV). The PR of a field has changed for the change of grazed situation, its extreme value, middle value, the distributed range of the measured PR and SD are all changed the same ratio as that of M. Pooled across fields, the within-field Ms were extremely significantly correlated with SD. The autocorrelation length for both conventional and compacted TCS was around 2.3 m in the north-south direction, and was around 1 m for conventional SCS and 2 m for compacted SCS. There was no significant autocorrelation length for the other fields. And the distribution pattern of PR is normal distribution and it did not change with the PR. Based on these results and the law of expected value and variance we can concluded that the SD has changed almost the same time as that of M and the PR difference between two points will vary the same ratio as their M after being disturbed. This was caused by the features of ratio variation and co-ratio variation of PR of different point. The co-ratio variation is the determining factor for the rank (order) stability and spatial distribution pattern.


Postoperative ileus is common after cesarean section (CS) and can lead to increased postoperative morbidity, prolonged hospital stay, and increased costs. Gum chewing, as a method of sham feeding, may provide early stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract after CS without the complications of oral feeding. Previous randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) have shown benefit or no benefit of gum chewing in women after CS. This meta-analysis of RCTs was performed to evaluate the effects of gum chewing in the postoperative recovery period after CS. PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, and the Cochrane Library databases were searched for RCTs in which participants were women having CS, the intervention studied was postoperative gum chewing, and outcomes included one of the following: time to first flatus, time to first bowel sound, time to first stool, and length of hospital stay (LOS). Mean differences (MDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were reported. Significant heterogeneity was considered as present at P<0.10 and I>50%. Six studies with 939 women met the inclusion criteria, with 455 and 484 allocated to gum chewing and no gum chewing, respectively. Overall, most studies had a high risk of bias. Using pooled data from the 6 RCTs, a significant benefit of gum chewing on reducing the time to first flatus was found (MD, 6.42 h; 95% CI, 7.55 to 5.29; P<0.00001; I=0%). Similarly, times to first bowel sound and first stool were shorter in the gum chewing group (MD, 3.62 h; 95% CI, 6.41 to 0.83; P=0.01; I=95% for first bowel sound: MD, 6.58 y; 95% CI, 10.01 to 3.07; P=0.0002; I=79% for first stool). LOS was 5.94 hours shorter in the gum chewing group compared with the no gum chewing group (95% CI, 9.39 to 2.49; P=0.0007; I=77%). These results indicate that gum chewing by women after CS can lead to earlier recovery of bowel motility and shorter hospital LOS compared with those not chewing gum. This is a safe and inexpensive intervention that could easily be included in the routine postoperative care of parturients after CS. New Directions in the Prediction of Preeclampsia


The invention relates to a gear box for a petroleum drilling rotary table. The gear box for the petroleum drilling rotary table comprises a box body, an input shaft, an input bevel gear, an output bevel gear and an output shaft. The box body comprises an input shaft box body and an output shaft box body, and the combination part of the input shaft box body and the output shaft box body is connected into a whole in a welding mode after seamless butt joint is conducted. The input end of the input shaft box body is provided with a bearing sleeve, one end of the input shaft is arranged on the bearing sleeve in a supported mode through a bearing, and the other end of the input shaft is arranged on the input shaft box body in a supported mode through a bearing. The output shaft box body is provided with a bearing base, and the two ends of the output shaft are arranged on the bearing base in a supported mode through a bearing. One end of the input shaft and one end of the output shaft stretch out of the box bodies and are provided with a transparent cover and an oil seal. One end of the input shaft penetrates through the input shaft box body and enters the output shaft box body, the end of the input shaft is provided with the input bevel gear, the output bevel gear is arranged on the output shaft, and the input bevel gear and the output bevel gear are meshed with each other. The input shaft box body is at least provided with a forced lubrication oil inlet, lubrication oil enters the bearing supporting the input shaft through the forced lubrication oil inlet and an oil duct, and an oil return opening is formed in the position below the input shaft box body.


Relativistic potential-type equations are proposed which approximately reproduce important features and constraints of field-theoretic models and can be useful tool in hadron spectroscopy. Within this approach, the Regge-trajectory parameters and some properties of hihger radial excitations in the light quark sector are discussed.


Adsorption isotherms for propene and propane on Vulcan 3G were obtained at four temperatures between 273 and 313 K and pressures up to 1 bar, using a microbalance technique. The adsorption of the two gases, and of their binary mixtures (reported in Part 1 of this study), is analysed in terms of the two-dimensional Scaled Particle equation. Whereas Henry's Law constants and isosteric enthalpies of adsorption of the two gases are of nearly equal magnitude, the cross-sectional area β/L = πσ2/4 of propane is found to be about 10% larger, and the lateral interaction energy parameter ε more than 20% larger, than the corresponding parameters for propene. The binary adsorption system conforms to the Ideal Adsorbed Solution model by Myers & Prausnitz, and the interaction parameter α12 for unlike molecules (α ∼ επσ2/4) derived from the mixture adsorption data conforms to Berthelot's mixing rule within experimental accuracy.


Objective To explore the clinical features of recurrent spontaneous abortion patients in early pregnancy with threatened abortion and subchorionic hematoma, treatment methods and the effects of treatment. Methods From 2010 to 2013,48 cases of recurrent spontaneous abortion patients in early pregnancy with threatened abortion and subchorionic hematoma were recruited as study group and 50 cases of recurrent spontaneous abortion patients in early pregnancy with threatened abortion were recruited as control group. The serum levels of β-HCG,P and E2 of patients were recorded. Two groups of patients were treated with the same medicine. The symptom remission time and the symptoms disappeared time were observed. And the patients were followed up to 12 weeks. Results 73% patients in the study group the pregnancy continued to 13 weeks, while 90% patients in control group the pregnancy continued to 13 weeks, the difference has statistical significance(P0.05). The remission time and disappear time of symptoms were different in the two groups(P 0.05). The serum levels of β-HCG,P and E2 in two groups were compared,and there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups(P 0.05)...Conclusions The use of HCG,progesterone,phloroglucinol,aminomethylbenzoic acid, etamsylate, and vitamin C can reduce threatened abortion symptoms of recurrence spontaneous abortion patients during early pregnancy.The risk of miscarriage in recurrence spontaneous abortion patients with subchorionic hematoma is high. Treatment and sufficient communication are very important to this kind of patients.


In this paper, we present a fast binding-time analysis (BTA) by integrating a size-change analysis, which is independent of a selection rule, into a classical BTA for oine partial evaluation of logic programs. In contrast to previous approaches, the new BTA is conceptually simpler and considerably faster, scaling to medium-sized or even large examples and, moreover, it ensures both the so called local and global termination. We also show that through the use of selective hints, we can achieve both good specialisation results and a fast BTA and specialisation process.


For a signal consisting of p complex exponentials in white noise, it is well known that the true covariance matrix will have the Hermitian Toeplitz structure and that its minimum eigenvalue will have a dimension of M-p (where M is the dimension of the matrix). When the covariance matrix is estimated from such a signal, it will not generally satisfy these constraints. Two algorithms are presented for imposing these constraints on a covariance matrix. It is shown that the second algorithm generalizes easily to the two-dimensional case. Examples are given to demonstrate the improvement that these algorithms offer for the harmonic retrieval problem.<<ETX>>


Students today are a generation of consumers of technological devices and software. They tend to consider themselves as technology savvy and digital natives. However, this pervasive use of technology seems to encourage mastering the usage of a device rather than the interest to understand the technical details behind it. This might help to explain the decreasing number of enrollments in science and technology disciplines at Universities in the USA as well as in Europe. In this paper we introduce our concept of promoting interest in science and technology through understanding technological gadgets young people are familiar with. We introduce an implementation of this concept, an open embedded systems kit for education (EmbedIT) which currently is under development. Unlike common educational robot kits EmbedIT enables students to access the technical world in a non-engineering focused way. Through a graphical user interface students can play with sensors and actuators and are able to easily implement technological objects using them. We believe that once fascination and a basic understanding of technology has been established, the barrier to learn more advanced topics such as programming and electronics is lowered. Further we describe the hardware and software of EmbedIT, the current state of implementation, and possible applications.


ABSTRACT The female reproductive system of Scorpio maurus fuscus H. & E. (Scorpionidae) was studied in two different and isolated populations. One population was located in the Lower Galilee Mts., and the other, 100 km away by air (across the Hula Valley), was in the northern Golan Heights. Scorpions from these two populations differed in their body mass. The Golan scorpions were significantly smaller than those in the Galilee. Significant differences were also found in number of large, embryonic diverticulae. The average number of diverticulae was significantly higher in the Galilee scorpions than those in the Golan.


OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this pilot study was to better understand the extent of pain and patient attitudes regarding pain in a rehabilitation hospital.

DESIGN
A survey of rehabilitation inpatients focused on pain intensity and patient perceptions of the adequacy and timeliness of pain interventions.

SETTING
Academic rehabilitation hospital.

PATIENTS
Inpatients in specialty rehabilitation programs.

RESULTS
Forty-seven percent of patients surveyed reported experiencing pain in the previous 24 hours. Seventy-four percent of those patients rated their average level of pain at 5 or higher on a 0-10 scale. Fifty-seven percent of patients with pain reported that their pain interfered with their ability to participate in rehabilitation therapies. Additional data were obtained and analyzed to identify patient attitudes toward specific pain interventions and issues.

CONCLUSIONS
Pain is highly prevalent in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital setting and is of moderate to severe intensity in the majority of patients who report it. Pain is judged by about half of patients to be a significant negative factor impeding rehabilitation efforts. Despite this, most patients reported satisfaction with pain treatment. Additional study is required to determine whether improvements in pain control might improve rehabilitation efficiency and outcomes.


In view of the current situation of real estate project development,the author suggested guiding development area and greenland design based on landscape ecology theory,and put forward some suggestions for the development of real estate project.


The utility model discloses a single-panel short-circuit tester of a storage battery, comprising a power module, an indication module and a test module. The test module, the power module and the indication module are connected in series so as to form a loop. The test module comprises a first test contact and a second test contact respectively connected with anode and cathode of the single panel. The short-circuit tester having such a structure has low cost and is capable of conveniently testing the single panel. The single panel having a problem is tested and repaired by skilled workers so as to improve battery yield.