We have performed scaled lithospheric experiments to simulate the behavior of a ocean-continent plate system subjected to compressional strain over a geological timescale. Experiments have been constructed using sand and silicone putty, representing the brittle upper crust and the ductile lower crust/upper mantle, respectively; the layers floated on glucose syrup simulating the asthenosphere. Compressional stress is achieved by displacing a piston at constant velocity perpendicular to the plate margin. We investigate the influence of four parameters: (1) the negative buoyancy of oceanic lithosphere, (2) the horizontal body forces between continent and ocean, and (3) the brittle and (4) the ductile strength of the passive margin. Two numbers express the importance of these parameters: the Argand number (Ar), representing the ratio between the body force of continent and its integrated strength, and the buoyancy number (F), representing the ratio between the buoyancy force of ocean and its ductile resistance. We obtain three scenarios. In experiments with Ar 3 and F 1 the continent collapses toward the ocean, producing back-arc extension and subduction, simulating the post-Alpine Neogene evolution of the Mediterranean area. In experiments with Ar 3 and F > 1 the passive margin slowly evolves toward trench nucleation with the formation of a viscous mantle instability. We conclude that the latter model can be applied to the evolution of Atlantic-type margins, where there is evidence of this ongoing process.


OBJECTIVE
To explore the arterial origin of the facial nerve and the site of the arteries joining it in cerebellopontine angle (CPA), in order to provide anatomical data for clinical application.

METHODS
The nutrient arteries were observed on 22 fresh adult head specimens fixed and perfused with formalin and gelatin under operation microscope.

RESULTS
Of all the nutrient arteries of facial nerve motor root,31 were derived from the artery loops in CPA space (50.82%) and 17 from the branch of anterior inferior cerebellar artery (27.88%). Eight of them originated from the labyrinthine artery (13.1%), 3 from posterior inferior cerebellar artery (4.92%) and 2 from basilar artery (3.28%) respectively. Forty-seven nutrient arteries (77.05%) entered the proximal 1/3 segment of facial nerve motor root. Thirty-six nutrient arteries of nervus intermedius raised from the artery loops in CPA space (73.47%), 7 from the branch of anterior inferior cerebellar artery (14.29%) and 6 from labyrinthine artery (12.24%) respectively.

CONCLUSIONS
The observation of the arterial origin of the facial nerve and the site of the arteries joining it in cerebellopontine angle provided an anatomic basis for the etiology of hemifacial spasm and the microsurgical operation in CPA.


Placopyrenium cinereoatratum and Stigmidium rivulorum, lichenicolous lichen and fungus, respectively,are reported for the first time from Bulgaria. Both species are rare or otherwise overlooked worldwide. Descriptions, comments, and illustrations based on Bulgarian specimens are provided.


This note summarizes recent progress in developing h-p adaptive finite element methods for the numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations. A brief review of the h-p strategies and error estimation techniques is given together with the results of representative numerical experiments.


This article demonstrates that the mechanisms that Australia has in place for protecting the human rights of immigration detainees are seriously deficient. The article then recommends system changes that may go some way towards addressing the deficiencies identified.


This study proposes a sequence of procedures to extract building boundaries and planar patches through segmentation of rasterized lidar data. Although previous approaches to building extraction have been shown satisfactory, there still exist needs to increase the degree of automation. The methodologies proposed in this study are as follows: Firstly, lidar data are rasterized into grid form in order to exploit its rapid access to neighboring elevations and image operations. Secondly, propagation of errors in raw data is taken into account for in assessing the quality of gradients-driven properties and further in choosing suitable parameters. Thirdly, extraction of planar patches is conducted through a sequence of processes: histogram analysis, least squares fitting, and region merging. Experimental results show that the geometric components of building models could be extracted by the proposed approach in a streamlined way.


Because of the difficulty in measuring investment in intangible assets and frequent data revisions, estimates based on National Accounts investment data provide an imperfect measure of the capital stock. Following the influential work by Robert Hall for the United States, this paper provides an alternative measure of the UK capital stock based on asset prices. This market-based measure reflects the premise that in fair-valued financial markets the value of firms' securities reflects the value of their productive assets. In line with Hall's results for the United States, the paper suggests that for a range of adjustment costs, depreciation rates and starting values, market-based estimates of the UK capital stock have differed substantially from those based on National Accounts investment data. Despite some advantages over National Accounts based measures, market-based measures are likely to be more volatile, because financial markets' assessment of the value of intangible assets can potentially change rapidly. Nevertheless, they can be a useful cross-check of the National Accounts based measures of the UK capital stock.


The advent of high power geostationary satellites with large deployable antennae has opened new vistas for the application of direct satellite receivers. The Department of Space will conduct the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment using the Applications Technology Satellite-F to be launched by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In this paper the detailed systems analysis using the parameters of ATS-F is presented. This analysis is used as the basis for establishing the design approach for the satellite receiver. The functional block diagram of the envisaged satellite TV receiver is given and the design objectives for the individual blocks are presented. The probable components cost of such a receiver is also given.


Objective To determine whether reduction in central pressure augmentation and central systolic blood pressure by nitroglycerine (NTG) results from effects on pre-load or is due to arterial dilation. Methods We compared effects of NTG with those of lower body negative pressure (LBNP). Hemodynamic measurements were made at rest,during LBNP (10,20 and 30 mmHg,each for 15 min) and after NTG (10,30 and 100 μg/min,each dose for 15 min) in ten healthy volunteers. Cardiac pre-load,stroke volume and cardiac output were assessed by echocardiography. Central pressure augmentation and central systolic pressure were obtained by radial tonometry using a transfer function. Results LBNP (20 mmHg) and NTG (30 μg/min) reduced pre-load (as measured by the peak velocity of the S wave in the superior vena cava) to a similar degree [by (26.8±3.8)% and (23.9±3.4)%,respectively]. Compared to LBNP,NTG reduced systemic vascular resistance [by (32.9±7.5)%,P0.01],decreased peripheral and central pressure augmentation [by (20.8±3.4)% units and (12.9±2.9)% units,respectively,each P0.01]. Conclusion These results suggest that a reduction in pre-load does not explain reduction in pressure augmentation and central systolic blood pressure by NTG and that these effects are mediated through arterial dilation.


Two methods for calculating inner products of Schur functions in terms of outer products and plethysms are given and they are easy to implement on a machine. One of these is derived from a recent analysis of the SO(8) proton-neutron pairing model of atomic nuclei. The two methods allow for generation of inner products for the Schur functions of degree up to 20 and even beyond.


Background: Mechanical forces regulate gene expression. The mechanisms are not well understood. Results: A HES-1 site in the promoter of h2-calponin gene is a tension-regulated repressor responsive to Notch signaling. Conclusion: Notch regulation plays a role in the mechanoregulation of h2-calponin. Significance: The findings demonstrated a novel mechanism in the mechanoregulation of h2-calponin gene expression. The essential role of mechanical signals in regulating the function of living cells is universally observed. However, how mechanical signals are transduced in cells to regulate gene expression is largely unknown. We previously demonstrated that the gene encoding h2-calponin (Cnn2) is sensitively regulated by mechanical tension. In the present study, mouse genomic DNA containing the Cnn2 promoter was cloned, and a nested set of 5′ truncations was studied. Transcriptional activity of the Cnn2 promoter-reporter constructs was examined in transfected NIH/3T3, HEK293, and C2C12 cells for their responses to the stiffness of culture substrate. The results showed significant transcriptional activities of the −1.00- and −1.24-kb promoter constructs, whereas the −0.61-kb construct was inactive. The −1.38-, −1.57-, and −2.12-kb constructs showed higher transcriptional activity, whereas only the −1.57- and −2.12-kb constructs exhibited repression of expression when the host cells were cultured on low stiffness substrate. Internal deletion of the segment between −1.57 and −1.38 kb in the −2.12-kb promoter construct abolished the low substrate stiffness-induced repression. Site-specific deletion or mutation of an HES-1 transcription factor binding site in this region also abolished this repression effect. The level of HES-1 increased in cells cultured under a low tension condition, corresponding to the down-regulation of h2-calponin. h2-Calponin gene expression is further affected by the treatment of cells with Notch inhibitor and activator, suggesting an upstream signaling mechanism.


The objective of this chapter is to emphasize issues connected with adoption of information
and communication technology (ICT) as a strategic tool contributing to further organisational
growth. This understanding is based on the results of a qualitative analysis of a group of small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Gradual development of a group of 30 organisations has
been monitored over the last fifteen years during their co-operation with the Technical University of
Liberec. These organisations have hosted one-year student placements where students as part of
their Bachelor degree course undertake a long term work experience enabling them to integrate
the practical and theoretical aspects of their course. During this long period SMEs developed and
passed through the different levels of changes that impact their size and style of management. The
research focused on SME management's approach to ICT, its utilisation for competitive advantage
and its relation to and defining of business and information strategy. Other aspects of the study
looked at the effect of ICT on organisational performance, knowledge and skills of the employees,
training and organisational culture.
The analysed organisations were divided into five groups according to the level of their develo-
pment during their business existence. Each group has its specific way of managing the organisa-
tion, its organisational structure, presence or absence of the corporate strategy, level of utilisation
of ICT, internal and external integration ICT supporting processes in the organisation and way of
utilisation of knowledge of the employees. The objective of this division is to emphasize changes
of the management information needs and better understand their approach to ICT. The results
indicate that successful and growing companies have gradually established business, information
and knowledge strategies and use ICT as a strategic advantage.


Respiratory disorders are not only caused by high concentration of dust, but also affected by employee's habit and characteristics. Based on the data from Sintuk Health Center, there are 145 cases of ISPA in this region. Over all, the brick craftsman smoke and don't use the personal protective equipment. This study aims to determine the relationship between work periods and use of personal protective equipment with respiratory disorders on brick craftsman in Sintuk Toboh Gadang, Padang Pariaman Regency 2017. The research is descriptive analytic research with cross sectional approach which was conducted on 11-21 August 2017. This study used Cluster Sampling with 73 people of total sampling which then using Accidental Sampling and questionnaire to collect the data. The data analysed by using Chi-Square test. The result shows that among 73 respondents, there were 47 people (64,4%) infected respiratory disorders, 41 (56,2%) of times work, 39 (53,4%) work periods, and 55 people (75,3%) do not use personal protective equipment while working. Statistical test revealed that the variables which have relationship with the habit of respiratory disorders were times work (p=0,003, OR=5,304), work periods (p=0,000, OR=7,857), and use of personal protective equipment variables (p=0,004, OR=5,857). From the research, it was found that times work, work periods, and use of personal protective equipment have a strong impact to respiratory disorders. It is suggested that brick craftsman need to use the personal protective equipment in producing craftsman. Therefore, long work periods do not give impact to the respiratory disorders.


Although Renaudot was the founder of advertisement and also of the press in France in the seventeenth century, he did not manage to unify both. The Gazette, Journal des rois et des puissances de la terre (Newspaper of the kings and the powers of earth), carried out duties too high to be able to flirt with advertisements. Advertisers therefore made use of posters or leaflets. On the eve of the Revolution, posters were everywhere in Paris. In the meantime, the Journal de Paris and the newspapers from Panckoucke's bookshop opened up to advertisements. The Revolution broke this trend. Even afterwards, the newspapers were seldom interested in advertisements, which they did not yet need to offset their expenses. The daily papers finally and definitely opened out to advertisements in 1828 following a government tax assault. The great press which opened late on advertisements let the advertisers invest in posters. They preferred to insert "advertisement posters" in the press, despite Girardin's efforts to promote only the "advertisement notices." The competition of the posters, but also the deep distrust that surrounded fanciful advertisements or those by lying quacks, and those by speculators, all explain why the French press in the nineteenth century was not the biggest advertising medium that was dreamed by Girardin.


The present invention discloses a surgical tool, said interchangeable surgical tool comprising an end effector, the handle assembly and a shaft assembly. The interchangeable end effector having a first jaw member may include a first electrode and a second jaw member having a second electrode. The first jaw member relative to the second jaw member is movable between a first position and a second position. The handle assembly may be positioned proximal to the surgical end effector. The shaft assembly may extend between the handle assembly and the end effector interchangeable. The shaft assembly may include a rotating shaft capable of transmitting rotational motion. Said rotary drive shaft relative to the shaft assembly is selectively axially movable between a plurality of discrete positions. The coupling structure may be used interchangeable end effector is releasably attached to the shaft assembly.


In recent years, many policies on water and water quality management are proposed for various problems, such as water pollution and water shortage. To choose a most suitable policy or policy combination, we need to quantitatively evaluate these policics' effects on a river basin scale. In the present study, the evaluation system on water management with the simulation of water and pollutant balances is constructed. In this system, the random variation of water quantity is considered and probabilistic evaluation indices are calculated. Furthermore, this system is applied to the Tone River Basin and the effects of water saving and a new reservoir are evaluated. The following results are obtained from the present evaluation; -The effects of the new reservoir, Naramata, are less than the effects of 20% reduction of intake volume at the ToneOhzeki and both effects are larger in the lower basin. -There is no relation between water saving in the upper basin and the stability of water use in the lower basin in the Tone River. -The effects of water saving in agricultural use are larger than water saving in industrial and domestic use. KEYWORDS; Water and water quality management, Probabilistic evaluation system, Water and pollutants balances, the Tone River Basin, Water saving, New reservoir


The purpose of this study was to compare kinematic in taekwondo roundhouse kick of Thailand National athletes to Youth National athletes. Both groups experienced and were successful in major international competitions. The athletes were instructed to promptly perform roundhouse kick at the target with their dominant leg when the LEDs above the target were turned on. Motion analysis system captured three kicks. The Mann-Whitney U test did not reveal significant differences of response time and selected kinematic parameters of the kicking leg between the two groups. In conclusion, both groups shows similar kicking pattern; nevertheless, this study only investigated the kick in static condition. Future research should include dynamic condition.


Abstract Recent studies have shown that biventricular pacing improves left ventricular function on long-term. However, little is known about diastolic function in these patients (pts). This study compared global and segmental systolic and diastolic left ventricular function by gated blood pool technique in 13 pts with advanced heart failure and complete left bundle branch block (BBB) during sinus rhythm, right ventricular (apex) and biventricular pacing. Methods: the mean age was 56 [plusmn] 5 years and 9 pts were male. The mean NYHA functional class was 3.5 [plusmn] 0.8. Analysis during sinus rhythm was done prior to pacemaker implantation. Diastolic function was analyzed according to the peak filing rate (EDV/s) and to the time to peak filling rate milliseconds. The systolic function was analyzed according to segmental and global left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Conclusion: Diastolic function does not change under uni or biventricular pacing as compared to sinus rhythm in pts with advanced heart failure and complete LBBB. Regarding the systolic function, pacing does not improve global LVEF. However, systolic septal contractile function is markedly improved under biventricular pacing as compared to sinus and right ventricular pacing.


This study has been carried out within COIN - Concrete Innovation Centre - one of presently 14 Centres for Research based Innovation (CRI), which is an initiative by the Research Council of Norway.


Large text-to-image models have revolutionized the ability to generate imagery using natural language. However, particularly unique or personal visual concepts, such as your pet, an object in your house, etc., will not be captured by the original model. This has led to interest in how to inject new visual concepts, bound to a new text token, using as few as 4-6 examples. Despite significant progress, this task remains a formidable challenge, particularly in preserving the subject's identity. While most researchers attempt to to address this issue by modifying model architectures, our approach takes a data-centric perspective, advocating the modification of data rather than the model itself. We introduce a novel regularization dataset generation strategy on both the text and image level; demonstrating the importance of a rich and structured regularization dataset (automatically generated) to prevent losing text coherence and better identity preservation. The better quality is enabled by allowing up to 5x more fine-tuning iterations without overfitting and degeneration. The generated renditions of the desired subject preserve even fine details such as text and logos; all while maintaining the ability to generate diverse samples that follow the input text prompt. Since our method focuses on data augmentation, rather than adjusting the model architecture, it is complementary and can be combined with prior work. We show on established benchmarks that our data-centric approach forms the new state of the art in terms of image quality, with the best trade-off between identity preservation, diversity, and text alignment.


BACKGROUND
Pelvic girdle pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder which affects women during pregnancy and the postpartum period. In previous years, physiotherapists have focused on managing pelvic girdle pain through stabilizing exercises.

PURPOSE
The aim of this study was to systematically review studies investigating the effectiveness of the stabilizing exercises for pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

METHODS
The following electronic databases were utilized to search for eligible studies: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, and Cochrane Library. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were defined a priori. The quality assessment was performed by the two reviewers independently using the PEDro scale (Physiotherapy Evidence-based Database).

RESULTS
Six studies were identified as eligible with the inclusion and exclusion criteria. All studies evaluated the pain as an outcome measure. The evidence conflicted between the studies. Two studies showed that stabilizing exercises decrease pain and improve the quality of life for pregnant women when they are carried out on a regular basis. There is some limited evidence that stabilizing exercises decrease pain for postpartum women too.

CONCLUSION
In summary, there is limited evidence for the clinician to conclude on the effectiveness of stabilizing exercises in treating pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy and the postpartum periods.


The detailed gravity effects information of topographic mass distributions on the effects of gravity field modeling are fundamental issues in the area of geophysics and physical geodesy. In the spatial domain of gravity forward modeling, we expand the concept of gravity effects, including Gravitational Potential or geopotential (GP), Gravity Vector (GV) and Gravity Gradient Tensor (GGT), of the topographic mass reduction by adding the Gravitational Curvatures (GC). We take the efficient tesseroid model for topographic mass as an example, and derived new GCs of tesseroid formulas both in spherical and Cartesian integral kernels in 3D and 2D integration forms, respectively. Numerical experiments are performed to show the spatial prosperities for gravity effects of tesseroid. Specifically, the numerical efficiency for the gravity effects of tesseroid formulas have been evaluated by 3D and 2D Taylor Series Expansion (TSE) approach with zero-order, second-order and fourth-order, Gauss-Legendre Quadrature method (GLQ) and Newton Cotes Quadrature method (Closed NCQ (CNCQ) and Open NCQ (ONCQ)) with different degree nodes. Moreover, the very-near-area problem and polar singularity problem of the computation point for gravity effects of tesseroid mass body in spherical coordinate system have been discussed based on the numerical method of 3D and 2D TSE approach, GLQ and NCQ methods. Numerical results show that with higher order for TSE and more nodes for GLQ and NCQ, the approximation errors are less whereas the computation time is larger. Among the numerical approaches mentioned in this paper, the GLQ approach is recommended for practical calculation in terms of computation efficiency and time. This study is supported by National 973 Project China (grant Nos. 2013CB733301 and 2013CB733305), NSFCs (grant Nos. 41174011, 41429401, 41210006, 41128003, 41021061)


Jaw bone cyst is a common disease at OMS department The treatment is usually enucleated the lesion by dental curette via opening a large window on jaw bone, One of the most common complications following these surgical procedures is wound dehiscence, Here present a calcifying odontogenic cyst treated with modified technique which could offer good wound healing, The technique is to preserve the bone lateral to the lesion during making bone window, after tumor removed from bone, put the bony cap back to jaw and fixation with restorable suture, This cap offers support for flap and wound would not collapse or dehiscence, This cap also prevents soft tissue ingrowth into bone cavity, guided new bone formation, The GBR-like surgery is to prevent the wound dehiscence, Instrument choice, bone preservation and soft tissue care also reviewed and discussed.


Baiting with sodium salt (hereafter salt) to attract mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) for hunting has been illegal since 1931, yet no comprehensive study of the relationship between mourning doves and salt in the environment has been conducted. We measured consumption of freely available salt by captive male and female mourning doves, and we tested effects of season, grit availability, and reproductive status on salt consumption. Additionally, we evaluated the attraction of wild mourning doves to salt by comparing dove use among resource patches containing food and salt baits, salt bait, food bait, and no bait at 2 sites in eastcentral Alabama. Captive doves consumed 20 + 3 (x t SE) mg salt/day. Salt consumption did not vary between genders, among seasons, or with availability of another grit source. Grit consumption by females during April-May was greater than during other periods, and greater than consumption by males during any period. Pairs of doves successfully hatching young consumed more salt/dove/day than did unsuccessful pairs or unpaired doves. Among successful nesters, mean salt consumption was highest during the week following hatching. Wild mourning dove use was similar between patches containing both food and salt and those containing food, and between patches containing salt and unbaited patches. Results confirm that mourning doves will consume salt in their environment, particularly during nesting, apparently in response to physiological demand for sodium. However, salt did not appear to attract wild mourning doves, perhaps due to physiological sodium-conserving mechanisms or the availability of natural sodium sources. Salt does not appear to function as grit in the diet of mourning doves. Grit may be an important source of calcium for doves during reproduction. Regulations prohibiting salt baiting for dove hunting may not be necessary, although additional research should be conducted in other areas to test our results. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 66(2):425-432


Certain Employment Agreement Employees (PKWT) or can also be referred to as contract employees in a company who are hired to help work within the company, but it is not certain how it is implemented based on only being a temporary employee. In a sense, after it expires, the company can extend or lift the contract as a permanent employee, by looking at how active the employee is. In the process of selecting PKWT employees, the company must obtain prospective applicants objectively so that the results match the desired criteria. In the process of hiring PKWT employees there are problems, namely because of the large number of candidates so that it takes a long time to select them. The next problem is that the selection process still looks inefficient and takes time, because the assessment and results of PKWT implementation are carried out in stages, such as file selection, interviews and so on. Thus, it is likely that errors in the final result of anticipating PKWT employees often do not meet the criteria required by the company and hinder the company's performance. Therefore, a Decision Support System (SPK) is needed to overcome the problems that occur in the acceptance of Specific Time Agreement Employees (PKWT) using the OCRA method. The OCRA method is one of the methods of the Decision Support System, where this method makes decisions by ranking from the smallest value to the largest value. With this system, it is expected to be able to obtain optimal system decisions and can minimize the performance of the company in the process of accepting Employees of Specific Time Work Agreements (PKWT).


Three groups of 40 first grade boys – Negro dialect-speaking, Negro standard English-speaking, and white standard English-speaking – were given an auditory discrimination test. The test was composed of two kinds of word pairs: (1) those pairs pronounced as homonyms in Negro dialect but as contrasting words in standard English, and (2) those pairs pronounced as contrasting words by all subjects. The word pairs were presented on tape by both Negro dialect and standard English speakers. The purpose of the study was to examine whether differences existed in auditory discrimination ability between the Negro dialect-speaking and the standard English-speaking boys. Results indicate that there were no significant group differences in auditory discrimination performance on those word pairs which could be commonly differentiated in the speech of all subjects. However, both groups of standard English-speaking children scored significantly higher than the group of Negro dialect-speaking children on those word pairs pronounced as homonyms in Negro dialect when they were presented contrastingly by standard English speakers.


Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) written in a 10 mol.% Ge-doped core silica fiber using a phase mask were exposed to /spl gamma/-radiation. The transmission and reflection spectra were recorded during irradiation up to doses in excess of 1 MGy. There was no detectable change of the Bragg peak amplitude and the grating temperature sensitivity. The radiation-induced shift of the Bragg wavelength saturated at a dose of 0.1 MGy at a level less than 25 pm, which could still be decreased by optimization of the grating parameters. Our results confirm that FBGs are good candidates for sensing applications in radiation environments.


Side-emitting LEDs are proposed showing a wide optical spectrum. The LEDs were fabricated using a special growth technique called shadow masked growth (SMG). The width of the window in the shadow mask was gradually changed along the LED stripe direction and therefore resulted in a continuous variation of the layer thickness. The combination with a quantum well active region results in a continuous variation in bandgap and emission wavelength. These different spectra add up at one side of the LED offering a broad spectrum. By decreasing the width of the window, starting from 100 mu m, GaAs/AlGaAs GRINSCH SQW LEDs have been realised with spectral widths up to 63 nm and very small spectral ripple.


Canopy color and structure can strongly reflect plant functions. Color characteristics and plant height as well as canopy breadth are important aspects of the canopy phenotype of soybean plants. High-throughput phenotyping systems with imaging capabilities providing color and depth information can rapidly acquire data of soybean plants, making it possible to quantify and monitor soybean canopy development. The goal of this study was to develop a 3D imaging approach to quantitatively analyze soybean canopy development under natural light conditions. Thus, a Kinect sensor-based high-throughput phenotyping (HTP) platform was developed for soybean plant phenotyping. To calculate color traits accurately, the distortion phenomenon of color images was first registered in accordance with the principle of three primary colors and color constancy. Then, the registered color images were applied to depth images for the reconstruction of the colorized three-dimensional canopy structure. Furthermore, the 3D point cloud of soybean canopies was extracted from the background according to adjusted threshold, and each area of individual potted soybean plants in the depth images was segmented for the calculation of phenotypic traits. Finally, color indices, plant height and canopy breadth were assessed based on 3D point cloud of soybean canopies. The results showed that the maximum error of registration for the R, G, and B bands in the dataset was 1.26%, 1.09%, and 0.75%, respectively. Correlation analysis between the sensors and manual measurements yielded R2 values of 0.99, 0.89, and 0.89 for plant height, canopy breadth in the west-east (W–E) direction, and canopy breadth in the north-south (N–S) direction, and R2 values of 0.82, 0.79, and 0.80 for color indices h, s, and i, respectively. Given these results, the proposed approaches provide new opportunities for the identification of the quantitative traits that control canopy structure in genetic/genomic studies or for soybean yield prediction in breeding programs.


Bias temperature instability (BTI) depending on body bias through the buried oxide (BOX) layer was measured using ring oscillators at nominal gate-source voltage. BTI through the BOX layer becomes dominant on OFF-state transistors by applying reverse body bias (RBB) even at nominal gate-source voltage. BTI-induced degradation is accelerated by RBB, which is opposite to previous results at which only ON-state transistors were measured. The degradation rate at 1.0 V RBB is more than 5x larger than that in zero body bias.


The rise of people in our communities who are experiencing homelessness, challenges us to consider the role of nurses in responding to the needs of and supporting homeless people. On any given day there are media reports on homelessness, and many of these stories are centered on the staggering numbers of homeless people in seemingly wealthy first world countries such as New Zealand, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom (OECD, 2017). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


It has long been believed that physical layer primitives extracted from wireless channel are not breakable given certain physical constraints. This belief is built upon the old faith in wireless channel's uncontrollability and unpredictability, and it is a cornerstone of physical layer security. Through our study, however, we find that the trust on an unauthenticated wireless channel's integrity is not valid. Here we propose various attacks and counterattacks on physical layer primitives including physical features about the environment and secret keys, and provide strong evidence that physical layer security solutions which purely rely on extracting these features from wireless channel need to be redesigned. In the first and second parts of this thesis, we discuss the fast growing interest in extracting physical layer primitives from wireless channel, and the reasons that lead to researchers' belief in the integrity of an unauthenticated wireless channel. Furthermore, we introduce a basic background of the technologies we exploit to overturn such a belief, and define the problems we study in the thesis. Then we start with our finding that an in-band full-duplex forwarder can change wireless channel in fine granularity. We propose PhyCloak, which is a fine-grained channel controller. It works against a popular set of application that rely on physical primitive extracted from channel, called communication based sensing. This work is the first to counter the threat of unwanted or even malicious communication based sensing: it proposes a blackbox


Anthropogenic alterations to terrestrial habitat (e.g., urbanization, deforestation, agriculture) can have a variety of negative effects on riverine systems that flow through disturbed landscapes. These in-stream changes can alter aquatic population size and community structure; however, the underlying causal mechanisms remain poorly understood. Although patterns in population size presumably reflect underlying variation in organismal health and condition, such individual-level metrics are rarely evaluated in the context of ecosystem disturbance. Using physiological sampling, we can examine the effects of land use on the health of resident fishes, and improve our understanding of the mechanisms causing population declines. Therefore, the goal of my thesis is to define the relationship between human land use, habitat quality, and the physiological condition of stream fish. To accomplish this goal, I performed two distinct studies that examine these relationships in different ways. Chapter 1 quantified blood parameters relating to nutrition, oxidative stress, and the glucocorticoid (GC) stress response across streams differing in land-use practices at the watershed scale. Results from this study demonstrate natural lands (i.e., forests and wetlands) have stronger influences physiological condition than human land uses (e.g., agricultural and urban areas). Streams with the highest proportions of natural lands resulted in greater free energy, resistance to oxidative stress, and glucocorticoid function. In my second chapter, I used tissue cortisol extraction to examine the relationship between stream quality and the glucocorticoid function of a stream fish community. Results revealed that largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides, brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus, and logperch Percina caprodes had altered GC function as a result of anthropogenic stream degradation, whereas white sucker Catostomus commersonii and pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus did not. Together, my results show that different species residing in identical habitats can


Loss of cardiomyocytes (CMs) and impaired mitochondrial function are major causes of heart failure (HF). We recently found that cardiac Dachsous Cadherin-Related 2 (DCHS2) is induced in pathological hypertrophy and HF but inhibited by exercise. CM DCHS2 expression in vivo causes pathological hypertrophy while its deletion induces physiological hypertrophy and increases markers of cardiomyogenesis. Whether and how DCHS2 inhibition protects against pathological hypertrophy or HF are unknown. CAS9 knock-in mice were injected with AAV9 carrying scrambled (control) or guide RNA1 (gRNA1) targeting DCHS2 exon 2 together with troponin T-driven Cre and subjected to transverse aortic construction (TAC). 10 weeks after TAC, DCHS2 knockdown (KD) in CMs reduced heart (HW) and lung weight / tibial length (TL) ratios (HW/TL: 11.14±0.76 vs 13.72±0.72 mg/mm, p=0.04, n=6/group), increased fractional shortening (40.67±3.65% vs 28.80±3.51%, p=0.04, n=6/group) and decreased CM size. DCHS2 KD in CMs increased markers of CM proliferation (Ki67 and pHH3, PCM1 double positive cells, all p<0.05) and expression of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes I-V protein and PGC1α mRNA (all p<0.05) while attenuating TAC-induced disruption of mitochondrial structure and reactive oxygen species production measured by DHE staining. In primary CMs, DCHS2 gene KD by siRNA increased CM proliferation (13.93±1.09% vs 10.11±0.14%, p=0.03, n=6) which was prevented by Yap1 KD (13.93±1.09% in DCHS2 KD vs 7.45±0.89 in DCHS2/Yap1 double KD, p<0.01, n=6). DCHS2 KD also increased mitochondrial oxygen consumption (354.8±25.86 vs 248.2±10.42 pmol/min, p<0.01, n=6) and enhanced expression of mitochondrial biogenesis-related genes as well as mtDNA copy number (all p<0.05). These DCHS2 KD-induced changes were not affected by Yap1 KD but were canceled by KD of either PGC1α or Acadvl, which is essential for very long chain fatty acids oxidation (all p<0.05). DCHS2 pulldown demonstrated that Acadvl directly bound DHCS2 in CMs. In conclusion, DCHS2 inhibition protects against HF through Yap1-dependent cardiomyogenesis and Acadvl-dependent mitochondrial effects.


Studying on 37 Chinese academic libraries' Sina micro-blogs,this paper makes a quantitative analysis of the main factors that impact micro-blog information dissemination from the perspectives of micro-blog's contents and users. The results show that information types,formats,information sources,number of followers and types of users who reposted have significant impacts on micro-blog information dissemination. It is suggested that academic libraries should post micro-blogs to meet users' actual needs,write micro-blogs in various forms,launch original topics and maintain the close social network relationships with their users to promote the dissemination and use of libraries' micro-blog and improve the information service level.


This study aims to examine the effect of the village financial systems on accountability and the role of village financial management as an intervening variable on the relationship of village financial systems to accountability. The population in this study were villages in Pidie Jaya which consisted of 222 villages in 8 sub-districts. Sampling is done using proportional random sampling techniques. The respondents of the study were 102 people from 34 selected villages consisting of village heads, secretaries and treasurers. Data collection is done using a questionnaires that is delivered directly to the respondent. data processing is done by PLS SEM (Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square). The results of this study indicate that village financial systems influence accountability. financial management cannot be an intervening variable for the relationship of the village financial system with accountability.


In recent years there has been an intensive debate on the relationship between peasantry and environmentalism in Environmental History. The starting point was the controversial definition of Popular Environmentalism by Ramachandra Guha and Martinez Alier (1997). In the present article we focus on these ideas through the analysis of a specific social movement, the «Andalusian Agreement for Nature» (Pacto Andaluz por la Naturaleza, 1985/1986), one of the first expressions of the Spanish green movement. The interesting feature lies in its origin. This green movement, claiming for a new sustainable use of forests, arose from the confluence of several environmentalist organizations and the traditional Peasant Union (Sindicato de Obreros del Campo). The struggles achieved a new Forest Policy (1989) adopted by the regional government, introducing new ecological values in the population beyond the traditional conservationist conception of environmentalism. This is the history of the confluence of an Old Social Movement, the peasant movement, and a New Social Movement, the green one. We consider this to be a good example for understanding the complexity and the auto-transformation capacity of the social conflict.


This paper presents modified PSSK scheme with phase offset to eliminate 180° phase change between adjacent symbols. The proposed scheme uses different signal constellation for the different silence period of PSSK. Phase offset between the constellations is applied in proposed OPSSK. Simulation results of error performances and spectral re-growth are also provided.


Heart failure (HF) is a common end-stage phenotype of a variety of conditions that impair myocardial performance and/or cause long-term cardiac overload. The HF syndrome involves progressive functional impairment due to ongoing remodelling that may outlast the initiating cause. Awareness of the importance of adverse remodelling has led to extensive investigation of the underlying mechanisms and potential preventive interventions.

Sustained adrenergic stimulation plays a key role in the progression of HF. While optimizing short-term cardiac performance by increasing heart rate and contractile force, adrenergic stimulation leads in the long term to apoptotic cell death, maladaptive remodelling, and arrhythmogenic cardiomyocyte Ca2+ mishandling (Triposkiadis et al. 2009), explaining why β-adrenoceptor antagonists are beneficial for long-term treatment of HF patients despite short-term risk of haemodynamic impairment. Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAS) activation, commonly associated with adrenergic enhancement, also contributes to HF progression by inducing vasoconstriction, antinatriuresis, apoptosis, superoxide production, pathological remodelling and arrhythmogenesis (Paul et al. 2006). Inhibitors of both adrenergic and RAS pathways (β-adrenoceptor antagonists, angiotensin converting-enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin or aldosterone receptor blockers) improve the prognosis in HF patients (Jessup et al. 2009).

There has been increasing interest in the role of inflammation in HF progression (Mann & Young, 1994). Pro-inflammatory cytokines are small molecules that mediate the host response to infection and tissue injury. Although reparative in early phases, continuous cytokine production can lead to tissue damage, fibrosis and necrosis (Tracey, 2007). Tumour necrosis factor-α (TNFα), and interleukins (IL)-1 and -6 are principal pro-inflammatory cytokines whereas IL-10 is anti-inflammatory. Pro-inflammatory cytokine production is increased in HF, both systemically and locally, where they are secreted in response to cardiac injury. Recombinant TNFα injection impairs cardiac function (Pagani et al. 1992) and inflammatory cytokine administration causes cardiac hypertrophy, apoptosis, fibrosis and dilated cardiomyopathy (Krown et al. 1996; Sivasubramanian et al. 2001). In addition, inflammatory cytokines promote skeletal-muscle wasting and the 'cardiac cachexia' syndrome, which has a particularly negative prognosis (von Haehling et al. 2007). Circulating TNFα and IL-6 concentrations correlate with the functional class of HF patients and independently predict mortality (Deswal et al. 2001). An interesting recent development is insight into the role of impaired intestinal microcirculation and cytokine production by the gut in the inflammatory and metabolic derangements in HF (Sandek et al. 2009).

Chronic β-adrenoceptor stimulation induces inflammatory cytokine synthesis in healthy cardiomyocytes (Murray et al. 2000). RAS activation initiates tissue inflammation through paracrine actions, inducing local secretion of TNF-α and IL-6, along with proinflammatory/profibrotic growth factors like TGF-β (Phillips & Kagiyama, 2002). Treatment with β-blockers and RAS inhibitors suppresses production of TNFα and IL-6 in animal CHF models and HF patients (Tatli & Kurum, 2005; Tian et al. 2009). Thus, inflammation induced by adrenergic and RAS activation may constitute a final common pathway for cardiac deterioration.


Along with the trend of technology development and steps into the information era, the concept of "Internet of Everything" and "Information-Exchanging" is applied in all the aspects of life, more convenience and better operation experience are brought to people by the intelligent and automatic electrical product. Electricity power supply is the foundation of production and living, the development of its management system is moving fast altogether with the innovation of the IoT technology, IoT technology is widely applied on the smart meter-the terminal of electricity management, the difference between the varies of IoT technology provides multiple choice for the system planning, to adapt comprehensive circumstances, to guarantee the stability of electricity power supply, minimize the energy loss and enhance the energy service efficiency.


Objective: To elucidate specific patterns in CTP that can delineate seizure from stroke. Background: CT Perfusion (CTP) has fast become the imaging modality of choice in acute stroke. It can also shed light on stroke mimics (seizures, PRES). Many peculiar CTP changes in relation to seizures have been reported in the literature. Our study sought to delineate the specificities on CTP that can aid in the above objective. Methods: We retrospectively identified patients who presented to our center as stroke alerts but received a discharge diagnosis of seizure between 2008 and 20011. We excluded patients who did not get a CTP or EEG. We compared the patient's CTP with their EEG and MRI. Results: 91% of patients who presented with seizure, had an abnormal CTP. Of these 66% had typical CTP changes suggestive of seizure i.e. ipsilateral increased perfusion, or contralateral increased Time To Peak (TTP), or unilateral increased Cerebral Blood Flow (CBF) and decreased TTP. A minority showed globally increased CBF with EEG showing status epilepticus. The Pattern of perfusion abnormality commonly encountered in seizures was cortical ribboning, sparing the basal ganglia, and not respecting vascular territories. Large vessel CT Angiography (CTA) changes were absent. Conclusions: CTP is a valuable test to help differentiate strokes and seizures. CTP abnormalities are common in patients presenting to the ED with seizures. Particular attention to the patterns of CTP changes increases the specificity of this test. CTP imaging is now routinely available and has a shorter acquisition time than studies such as MRI or EEG making it uniquely useful for seizures. In addition, CTP may aid in targeting certain areas for biopsy in suspected pathologies like tumors and may prevent unnecessary thrombolysis. Given that cerebral blood flow mechanics is a dynamic phenomenon, the timing of CT perfusion is critical. We propose that there is likely a continuum of CTP changes in seizure: increased flow ictally, decreased flow post-ictally, and normalizing subsequently. Disclosure: Dr. Khaku has nothing to disclose. Dr. Hedna has nothing to disclose. Dr. Waters has nothing to disclose.


Abstract To mark the fortieth anniversary of the historic Vatican II declaration Dignitatis Humanae, the Winter 2005 issue of The Review of Faith & International Affairs features a special theme package. What crystallized at Vatican II was a dramatic change in Catholic social thought that has contributed in significant ways to political reform, including the "third wave" of democratization in the 1970s and 1980s.


The use of Information Technology (IT) by business firms has increased tremendously, so is case with insurance industry. In an IT based economy the need for E-Insurance has become imperative to meet the current challenges of the 21 st century. The Insurance companies in the world are using IT to increase their productivity/income and customer base by using latest IT systems. The Pakistan's insurance companies are not lacking behind and using latest IT systems for performance improvements. E-Insurance in Pakistan is growing rapidly. There are changes taking place in the IT landscape of Pakistan's insurance industry. The purpose of this paper is to know about the IT usage in the insurance industry and where Pakistan stands in terms of IT adoption at its major institutes like the State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan. The results of this study showed that IT is being utilized aggressively in insurance sector. The State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan is also increasingly utilizing Information Technology (IT) since long but its efforts are not properly aligned with its current need and at par with the world. The company is working with old/outdated IT systems products and needs to revolutionize its IT usage to have Web based internet integrated systems. There is a dire need that the company must implement an ERP system to become more competitive.


Digital music games have been focusing at stunning visual effects, changing music styles, and excellent interactivities to attract game players and create huge amount of business ever since its creation. With smartphone's getting popular everyday, thanks to its rapidly declining prices, gaming app downloads play a dominant role in the app software market. Scores of gaming software houses are trying to develop smartphone exclusive digital music games being similar to existing ones in both their presentations and playing methods. As the smartphone and conventional digital music games differ only in themes and are played by the same methods and modes their attractiveness is declining and app downloads and purchases weakening. This study tries to create a whole new digital music games with embedded Augmented Reality (AR) technology and intensive gamer interactions to increase gamers' interests in it with un-preceded user interfaces and almost the same core play method. Then a series of questionnaire interview, research data collection and interview data analysis is executed to form a ground work to be used in later fusion of AR and digital music games. The research finds that most interviewee are satisfied with AR enriched smartphone digital music games with or without prior experiences in AR and are interested in trying other AR games. This proves that AR based user interfaces does excite users' interests and may help digital music game developers in creating new digital music games.


Oxygen dissociation was measured in reactive ion etching (RIE) plasmas using a quadrupole mass spectrometer which sampled the particle flux through a pinhole in the lower electrode of a parallel‐plate reactor. The oxygen atom flux increased with increasing power and generally decreased with increasing pressure. Ion currents and bombardment energies also decreased with increasing pressure, while the etch rate of novolac resists increased. In the low‐pressure (20–75 mTorr) regime of oxygen RIE plasmas, etch rates of novolac polymers correlated most directly with the supply of oxygen molecules to the surface.


Perhaps in response to declines in the growth rate of real incomes in the United States during the past two decades, there appears to be a renewed interest in the distribution of incomes.1 The general perception of our recent distributional history is that overall incomes have rather methodically become more unequal, albeit not all would accept that the observed sum? mary statistics truly denote a structural change in the economy, [e.g., Samuelson, 1983] That is, the diversity of income equality measures and the various ways of defining the respective income dimensions have left the door open for a continuing debate on the character of the population's income shares.


This paper presents the design and implementation of a miniaturized ultra-wideband low noise amplifier (LNA) suitable for RF system. The LNA is based on negative feedback topology and reduces the size of the circuit greatly. By using a 4.7 Ω resistance in series with the drain of each transistor, the design yields excellent stability at a wide frequency band. The LNA is fabricated on a Rogers RO4003C board with size of 91.5mm*25mm. Over the wide operating frequency band of 2-10GHz, the measured results demonstrate an excellent performance with the gain of higher than 34dB, in-band flatness of less than 3.37dB, S11 of less than -10.95dB, S22 of less than -11.04dB, a low noise figure of less than 3.49dB and a low power consumption.


TiN-Si3N4 composite powders were prepared by carbothermal reduction
 nitridation using rutile and quartz as raw materials. The influence of
 temperature and carbon addition on the phase evolution and microstructure of
 the products were investigated. The equilibrium phase diagram of Si-C-N-O and
 Ti-C-N-O system at different temperatures under 0.2 MPa nitrogen pressure was
 drew. The results show that the optimum parameters for synthesizing TiN-Si3N4
 by carbothermal reduction nitridation process are carbon addition of
 stoichiometric content, temperature of 1873 K for 4 h and nitrogen pressure
 of 0.2 MPa. The produced TiN-Si3N4 in this experiment exist in granular and
 hexagonal columnar shape, and the average particle size of the synthesized
 powders is 2 ~ 10 μm.


AQUATIC PROTECTED AREAS AS FISHERIES MANAGEMENT TOOLS. J. Brooke Shipley (ed.). 2004. American Fisheries Society Symposium 42, Proceedings of the Symposium Fisheries Society/Sea Grant Symposium Aquatic Protected Areas as Fisheries Management Tools held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 11–12 August 2003. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. ISBN 1-888569-62-X. xxii + 301 p. $60.00 (paperback).—M.R.D.


The article is devoted to one of the threats to the organization's personnel security-the reliability of personnel. The paper considers approaches to determining the essence of personnel reliability and factors that influence it. Methodological tools of the research: economic and mathematical modeling. According to the study, the efficiency and readiness of employees to perform their job duties efficiently have a significant impact not only on the total duration of working time losses and, but also on the economic efficiency of the enterprise as a whole. Based on the research, in order to ensure protection from personnel failures and reduce possible downtime, the article offers a model for predicting personnel reliability. With the help of which you can assess the degree of reliability of personnel and predict cases of loss of working condition of personnel. The proposed model will allow you to develop appropriate management decisions and avoid personnel risks of the organization.


Mutual cooperation between the domains of social research and digital artefact production comprises an important aspect of HCI design projects. Despite this fact, we were confronted by a startling lack of methodologically sound approaches pertaining incorporation of source code into the social research process. The text therefore provides a theoretically founded inquiry into possible reasons and remedies for the situation described.


High-quality sequence assembly is the ultimate representation of complete genetic information of an individual. Several ongoing pangenome projects are producing collections of high-quality assemblies of various species. Here, we show how to represent the sequenced genomes in 2–3 orders of magnitude smaller space, allowing easy and fast extraction of any contig or its part.


This paper presents a discussion of methodological issues that are relevant and idiosyncratic to cross-cultural research. One characteristic that typifies cross-cultural studies is their comparative nature, i.e., they involve a comparison across two separate cultures on a focal phenomenon. When differences across cultures are observed, the question arises as to whether the results are true cultural differences or merely measurement artifacts. Methodological considerations in cross-cultural research focus on ruling out alternative explanations for these differences and thus enhancing the interpretability of the results. The paper presents an overview of key methodological issues in cross-cultural research and reviews methods of preventing or detecting methodological problems.


Based on the situation and strategic demand analysis for the ITS,the paper discusses the four aspects of problems the ITS faced.It presents a six-point suggestions to promote the construction and development of Chinese ITS from the view of top-level design.


This article presents a theorical introduction to the use of data mining in libraries (bibliomining). It also presents some of its practical uses, and how these uses support the so-called Library 2.0, and the improvement of technical and user services. Finally the article analizes the issue of privacy in bibliomining.


Background: Psychological distress is very common during pregnancy and threatens the health of both the mother and fetus. Non-pharmacological treatments are of priority to reduce the psychological distress of pregnant women. Objectives: This study aimed to determine and compare the effectiveness of art therapy based on painting and childbirth preparation classes on the psychological distress of pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy. Materials & Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population consisted of all pregnant women in the third trimester who were referred to health and treatment centers of Kerman in 2020, among whom 51 were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned into three groups of art therapy based on painting, childbirth preparation classes, and a control group (n=17 in each group). Data were collected using Kessler psychological distress scale in two periods before and after the interventions. Art therapy based on a painting was performed in 12 sessions of 90 minutes weekly for the first experimental group for a month and a half. Childbirth preparation classes were performed in eight 90-minute weekly sessions for the second experimental group for two months. The control group received no intervention. Data were analyzed using univariate analysis of covariance and Bonferroni posthoc test. Results: The mean (Standard deviation) of psychological distress in the art therapy based on the painting group decreased from 23.47 (0.89) in the pre-test to 8 (0.71) in the post-test (P<0.001). In the childbirth preparation class group, it decreased from 23 ±0.51 in the pre-test to 17.10 ±1. 01 in the post-test (P< 0.001). It showed that art therapy based on painting was found more effective in comparison with childbirth preparation classes (P< 0.05). While there was no difference in the psychological distress of the control group in the pre-test and post-test. Conclusions: Both interventions reduced the psychological distress of pregnant women in the third trimester. In comparison with the two interventions, art therapy based on painting was more effective in reducing psychological distress.


A study was conducted in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu with 120 sample farmers to analyse the dealer loyalty of farmers to pesticides. A linear multiple regression model was employed. The results showed that the price of products and credit availability were significant, while all other included variables were not significant. The study showed that the farmers are loyal to dealers.


Schiff-base complexes, [(FeL)2MoaXb], have been prepared [H2L =NN′-ethylenebis(salicylideneimine), X = O, a=b= 1, X = S, a= 2, b= 7; H2L =NN′-o-phenylenebis(salicylideneimine), X = O, a= 2, b=7; H2L = 3.3′-iminodiethylenebis(salicylideneimine), X = O, a=b= 1]. Magnetic properties and spectra (i.r., u.v., visible, and Mossbauer) are reported. The complexes are binuclear with bridging molybdate or thiomolybdate anions, but the spin coupling between iron atoms is much less than in the analogous oxo- and thio-bridged complexes.


Several investigators reported that GP-DAP activity, one of dipeptidyl-aminopeptidases, increased in urine of patients with various renal diseases. In this study, we determined urinary GP-DAP and NAG activities of 165 subjects in normal pregnant women. It was clear that urinary GP-DAP was increased less than NAG with the progress of normal pregnancy. In conclusion, it is suggested that urinary GP-DAP may be a better marker than NAG for the discrimination of renal diseases from normal pregnancy.


The features learning has been one of the main challenges of techniques based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), especially when it comes to a large number of samples and features that define them. Restricted Boltzmann Machines (RBM) is a technique based on ANN, even little explored especially in security in computer networks. This study aims to explore these techniques in unsupervised features learning in order to detect malicious content, specifically in the security area in computer networks. Experiments were conducted using techniques based on RBMs for unsupervised features learning, which was aimed to identify malicious content, using meta-heuristics based on optimization algorithms, which was designed to detect spam in email messages. The experiment results demonstrated that fewer features can get similar results as the accuracy of the original bases with a lower training time, it was concluded that learning techniques based on RBMs are suitable for features learning in the context of this work.


CNC drilling EDM is a new kind of technology in the EDM field.The question is how to guarantee the normal and highly efficient running of the the CNC drilling EDM.This thesis analyzes the repairing technology of NC EDM,the method of the diagnosing of NC machine malfunction is given.


(GSWA) has released 14 versions of the 'Geological Map of Western Australia'. The latest in this series, published in December 2015, is the first bedrock geology map compilation in digital form that covers the entire state, and can be viewed online and downloaded at no cost in a variety of formats. Western Australia is endowed with an impressive number of mafic dykes. The new digital state map includes an updated dyke layer compiled from published geological maps and interpreted from aeromagnetic data. Mafic dyke and sill suites are shown in significantly more detail than on previous state maps, reflecting advances in isotopic dating of mafic igneous rocks and improvement in the resolution of aeromagnetic datasets. Most dykes and sills have been assigned to named suites based on age, orientation, magnetization, composition, and cross-cutting relationships. Detailed attributes can be viewed via the digital dyke layer for each mapped intrusion. Many dyke swarms are also components of at least seven large igneous provinces, which range in age from late Archean to early Cambrian. The oldest coherent mafic dyke swarm in Australia is the c. 2772 Ma Black Range Dolerite Suite, which fed the Mount Roe Basalt of the Fortescue LIP in the northern Pilbara Craton. A recent baddeleyite age of 2770 ± 4 Ma for a large north-trending dyke in the Rocklea Inlier demonstrates that the Black Range swarm extends for at least 200 km into the southwest Pilbara Craton beneath the Fortescue and Hamersley Groups. The southern two-thirds of the Yilgarn Craton is transected by the Widgiemooltha dyke swarm. Several dykes have been dated at c. 2410 Ma with zircon and baddeleyite and several others can be correlated with dated dykes based on paleomagnetism. Most dykes are less than 100 m wide, although the Binneringie Dyke and the Jimberlana Norite locally exceed two kilometres in width, and several dykes are at least 600 km long. The Widgiemooltha swarm includes dykes of two polarities; dykes with negative magnetic anomalies trend about 085°, whereas most dykes with positive anomalies trend closer to 075°. Most U–Pb ages are within uncertainty of 2410 Ma regardless of magnetic polarity, although a TIMS baddeleyite age of 2401 ± 1 Ma has been reported for a negative-polarity dyke. Dykes of different polarity must be different in age, and additional high-precision TIMS dating may be able to discern this difference. The c. 1210 Ma Marnda Moorn LIP consists of mafic dyke swarms that are subparallel to and extend around the western, southern, and southeastern margins of the Yilgarn Craton, as well as in parts of the western Yilgarn interior. However, recent geological mapping, geochemistry, geochronology, and metamorphic studies indicate that this c. 1210 Ma circum-Yilgarn LIP is only one manifestation of a much more widespread event. The c. 1210 Ma Marnda Moorn LIP coincided with mylonitic deformation and extensive, ultra-high-temperature reworking and rapakivistyle granite magmatism during the 1220–1150 Ma Musgrave Orogeny in central Australia. Also at this time, intracontinental reworking and magmatism occurred in the Capricorn Orogen, the Albany–Fraser Orogen, between the Albany–Fraser Orogen and the Gawler Craton, and presumably in the Pinjarra Orogen along the western Yilgarn margin. These events at c. 1210 Ma may reflect change in the regional stress regime; plate reorganisation at this time is indicated by a major bend in the apparent polar wander (APW) curve for Australia. At c. 1075 Ma, The Warakurna LIP includes layered mafic–ultramafic intrusions, mafic to felsic volcanic rocks, and dykes in central Australia, a 1000-km-long mafic sill province, and several swarms of mafic dykes. Recent geochronology has identified mafic sills in the eastern Pilbara Craton margin and well into the interior of the Yilgarn Craton, extending the LIP to the north and south and increasing its known area to c. 2 × 106 km. Initially considered by some to have formed above a mantle plume, Michael T.D. WINGATE and David McB. MARTIN, 2016. Updated Digital Map of Mafic Dyke Swarms and Large Igneous Provinces in Western Australia. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 90(supp. 1): 13-14.


A single-hole steel plate energy consuming shock absorber for construction relates to a shock control device of a construction structure. During bolt connection, a bolt hole is arranged in a fixing portion in a rectangular form, the outline of a middle energy consuming portion is in an inwardly concave arc shape or a smoother polygonal form, and the inside of the middle energy consuming portion is hollowed out by means of cutting in a circular, elliptical or other smoother polygonal form. During welding connection, steel plate energy consuming components are geometrically symmetrically arranged, and the middle energy consuming portion is in an elliptical, or circular or polygonal shape. The shock absorber is mounted on a herringbone support of a frame, can also be mounted between a beam and a wall, can increase integral rigidity of a construction structure when being used normally, can reduce seismic reaction of the construction structure by the aid of yield energy consumption of the steel plate energy consuming shock absorber when an earthquake occurs, and effectively protects the construction structure.


The article considers the problem of estimating the readiness of young taekwondo athletes to the conditions of competitive activity. The results of studying the influence of the author's method of certification on the belt as a mean of estimating the readiness to competition have been presented.


Acollaborative research program has been initiated between Canadian Forest Service, University of Victoria The results of greenhouse screenings and field trials indicate that the efficacy of Chondrostereum purpureum is comparable to the commercially used glyphosate for controlling target weed species. Vegetation control is an essential part of integrated management plans. It is also very important to control vegetation on ski slopes, power, rail, pipeline and other rights-of-way. For example, British Columbia Hydro spends approximately $28 million annually on vegetation management of their rights-of-way. Over the last decade, more than 480,000 hectares of British Columbia's crown land have been brushed using manual cutting or girdling, and application of chemicals. Traditional use of chemicals is being increasingly restricted. In British Columbia, manual brushing is increasing while chemical control, having peaked in 1989/90, is decreasing. An alternative to chemicals is preferred due to public and environmental concerns.


Abstract This study compares quantitatively the perceptions of Finnish pre-service and in-service religious education (RE) teachers concerning future skills needed in the context of RE. The data consists of questionnaires (N = 157) collected from RE student teachers (n = 74) and practicing RE teachers (n = 83). Three groups of respondents were formed: students, established teachers and teachers in the induction phase. The perceptions of twenty-first century skills of the three groups were analyzed using the SPSS program. On the basis of the results, the different groups all saw different interaction-related skills as key skills for an RE teacher. Consideration of social issues and diversity in the context of RE was also seen as important. Religious literacy and the use of technology were anticipated to be emphasized in the future. In addition, critical thinking was interpreted as relevant in the context of RE. By contrast, for example, productivity and leadership were perceived as less relevant parts of religious education.


Both Nitrate and Nitrite are naturally occurring in the environment, products by oxidation of nitrogen by microorganism in plants, soil and water. The objective of this study was to investigate and determine the nitrate/ nitrite compounds in groundwater wells of Baghdad city/ Iraq. During a period of three months (January, April and August 2014), 26 samples of water were examined. The results showed that mean Nitrate concentration in water samples were 52.66 ppm, 15.03 ppm, 8.53 ppm, 12.30 ppm, 13.36 ppm, 50.56 ppm for three Months (January, April and August) and Nitrite concentration were 4.05 ppm, 072 ppm, 0.85 ppm, 0.88 ppm, 1.05 ppm, 3.11 ppm at Dyala Ridge, Salikh, Doura, Al-Jadria, Ghazalyia – Ammiria, and Abu-Ghreeb locations, respectively. Both Nitrate, Nitrite in Two area (Abu-Ghreeb, Dyala) had been more than the others locations due to increasing use of artificial fertilizers, the disposal of wastes and changes in land use are the main factors responsible for the progressive increase in nitrate/ Nitrite levels in both locations. One of the important issue that protection these area by apply many actions to reduce or remove nitrate concentration from groundwater.


Data reduction rules are an established method in the algorithmic toolbox for tackling computationally challenging problems. A data reduction rule is a polynomial-time algorithm that, given a problem instance as input, outputs an equivalent, typically smaller instance of the same problem. The application of data reduction rules during the preprocessing of problem instances allows in many cases to considerably shrink their size, or even solve them directly. Commonly, these data reduction rules are applied exhaustively and in some fixed order to obtain irreducible instances. It was often observed that by changing the order of the rules, different irreducible instances can be obtained. We propose to "undo" data reduction rules on irreducible instances, by which they become larger, and then subsequently apply data reduction rules again to shrink them. We show that this somewhat counter-intuitive approach can lead to significantly smaller irreducible instances. The process of undoing data reduction rules is not limited to "rolling back" data reduction rules applied to the instance during preprocessing. Instead, we formulate so-called backward rules, which essentially undo a data reduction rule, but without using any information about which data reduction rules were applied to it previously. In particular, based on the example of Vertex Cover we propose two methods applying backward rules to shrink the instances further. In our experiments we show that this way smaller irreducible instances consisting of real-world graphs from the SNAP and DIMACS datasets can be computed.


In this document we address an error discovered in the ensemble generation for our calculation of the $I=0$ $K\to\pi\pi$ amplitude (Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 212001 (2015), arXiv:1505.07863) whereby the same random numbers were used for the two independent quark flavors, resulting in small but measurable correlations between gauge observables separated by 12 units in the y-direction. We conclude that the effects of this error are negligible compared to the overall errors on our calculation.


Short termexperiments wereconducted withvegetative soybean plants (Glycine marL.Mewf. 'Ransom' or'Arksoy') todetermine whether sourcesinkmanipulations, which rapidly changed the'demand' forsucrose and partitioning ofphotosynthetically fixed carbon into starch, wereassociated withalterations inactivities ofsucrose-P synthase and/or cytoplasmic fructose-1,64Iisphatase inleaf extracts. Whendemandforsucrose fromaparticular source leaf wasincreased bydefoliation ofother source leaves, starch accumulation wasrestricted andactivities ofbothenzymes weremarkedly enhanced. Whendemandforsucrose fromsource leaves waslimited byexcision, starch accumulation inthedetached leaves was increased while activity ofsucrose-P synthase declined sharply. Theconsistent responsiveness ofsucrose-P synthase activity tochanges indemand forsucrose supports thecontention that regulation ofsucrose-P synthase isanintegral component ofthesystem which controls sucrose biosynthesis andpartitoning ofcarbon between starch andsucrose biosynthesis inthe light.


Practice, then, both shapes and supports learning. We wouldn't need to labor this point so heavily were it not that unenlightened teaching and training often pulls in the opposite direction. Brown & Duguid (2000, p. 129) In their book The Social Life of Information , Brown and Duguid (2000) analyze examples of learning in the context of professional practice and the ways in which information technology supports or fails to support professional learning. Failure is related to neglect of ways in which people learn, their resourcefulness in solving problems, and the communities of practice in which they participate. As the opening quotation suggests, training (and technology that supports a training model of learning) tends to pull professionals away from their practice, focusing on information about a practice rather than on how to put that knowledge into practice. Only by engaging in work and talking about it from inside the practice can one learn to be a competent practitioner. They conclude that "practice is an effective teacher and the community of practice an ideal learning environment" (p. 127). Over the past several years, we have been developing and refining the sociotechnical infrastructure of a virtual environment called Tapped In ® (www.tappedin.org) that is intended to support the online activities of a large and diverse community of education professionals. We have described the design principles that underlie our efforts and documented how educators have used the environment for their own purposes and in the context of formal professional development (Schlager & Schank, 1997; Schank, Fenton, Schlager, & Fusco, 1999).


The binding of cationic dyes to energized submitochondrial particles and the extent and rate of absorbance changes accompanying the binding are enhanced by the presence of inorganic anions. The anion effect follows the sequence: SCN- > ClO4− > I- > NO3− > Br- > Cl− > BrO3−= H2PO4− > CH3COO− > F−. With the more lipophilic anions the phase of enhancement is followed by one of inhibition: this effect is more marked with more lipophilic dyes. The rate and extent of absorbance changes is also affected by cations according to the sequence: Ba2+ > Sr2+ > K++ valinomycin > Li+ > Mg2+ > Ca2+ > Cs+∼ Rb+∼ K+∼ Na+. Under conditions where the anions markedly enhance the binding of the dyes by the energized fragments there is no parallel increase of anion binding. It is suggested that the membrane conformation and therefore the accessibility of the sites for various ligands, is modified during the interaction of electrolytes with energized fragments.


Travel by. persons over the age of 50 represents a key component of the leisure market. This paper examines participation in favorite activities, distance traveled, length of stay and expenditures for selected outdoor activities by this mature market based upon data from the Nationwide Recreation Survey. The paper then addresses some marketing implications suggested by these data for the development and marketing of leisure services. TRAVEL PATTERNS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE MATURE MARKET


th goal of the 2000 United Nations Millennium Declaration is more effective aid coupled with greater accountability, and the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) calls for results-based and evidence-based management of development aid. In light of the greater stress placed on accountability, impact evaluation (IE) has become a welcome tool in determining the effectiveness of program interventions. However, the international community has yet to reach a consensus on where randomized control trials (RCTs) exactly fi t into IEs.


In recent years there has been a growing realization that uncontrolled oxygen therapy in patients with emphysema complicated by acute chest infection may be followed by reduced ventilation and thus further elevate an already raised arterial carbon dioxide tension. Hypercapnia may give rise to headache, nausea, profuse sweats, muscular twitchings, drowsiness, and coma (CO2 narcosis). The likelihood of hypercapnia is further increased if the inspired gases contain appreciable amounts of expired CO2* Hence it is desirable that apparatus for the administration of oxygen to this type of patient should have the means to supply oxygen (a) at concentrations high enough to raise the arterial 02 tension to adequate levels, yet not so high as to depress ventilation unduly, and (b) with as low a CO2 content as possible. So far as masks are concerned, an attempt has been made to reduce the CO2 content of inspired gases by increasing the oxygen flow rate; by reducing the dead-space of the mask (M.C. mask; Catterall, 1960); and by diluting the gases by entrainment of ambient air (Venturi mask; Campbell, 1960 b). The last method has the further advantage of reducing the oxygen concentration to safe levels. Oxygen tents are liable, no less than masks, to accumulate undesirable concentrations of CO2, and levels of 1% to 2 % are commonly reached unless means are adopted to prevent this occurring. In the Oxygenaire Mark V tent, CO2 may be optionally washed out by the entrainment of ambient air, and the oxygen concentration is simultaneously reduced. This model was accordingly selected for a trial of its efficiency in permitting control of 02 concentration and in -maintaining a low CO concentration.


Seminal Ideas for the Next Twenty-Five Years of Advances is the second of two volumes exploring and celebrating some of the most long-lasting and influential contributions to Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth.


Abstract : In September 1992, 213 deep AXBTs and 47 MK-82 SUSs were dropped in the vicinity of the Iceland-Faeroe Front between Iceland and the Faeroe Islands. This technical note describes the experimental plan and the data acquisition and processing techniques used and presents the resulting data in graphical and tabular form. Physical Oceanography, Oceanographic Models, Acoustic Models.


For 1989, the North African countries (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia) showed marginal increases in acreage under rights (up 1.9%) and in overall drilling activity (up 0.2%) when compared with 1988. Seismic acquisition fell 25.5% compared to 1988, but crude oil production increased 5%. Amoco tested 20,170 BOPD at its October North 183-1 new-field wildcat in the Gulf of Suez and put the well on-stream late in the year.


The corrosion resistance of 38CrMoAlA steel after different time of vacuum nitriding was studied.The microstructure and elements distribution of nitrided layer were analyzed by metallographic microscope and EDS,respectively.Corrosion behaviors of the specimens before and after vacuum nitriding were studied by salt spray corrosion test.The experimental results showed that the vacuum nitriding treatment can obviously improve the corrosion resistance of material.With the increase of nitriding time,the corrosion resistance of 38CrMoAlA steel first increased and then decreased.The sample nitriding for 8 h has the optimum comprehensive properties.


The pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is an important vegetable crop due the multiple ways it can be used in the processing industry, as well as the presence of nutrients and bioactive matters that are important for health. The pepper fruits for processing is necessary to have a larger useful part, with expressed red color, a higher content of dry matter and to possess inherent sensory characteristics. The quantity and the inter-relationship of chemical components, including water, are responsible for their nutritional value. The aim of this investigation was to compare the nutritional composition of three varieties of peppers, fresh and processed, as well as pasteurized pickled peppers. As a raw material had been used pepper varieties kurtovska kapija, palanechko chudo and horgosh, harvested at their technological maturity. Blanching was done at 85-90 °C for 5 min. To the pasteurized pepper, acetic acid was added at a concentration of 1.5 % in terms of finished product, which belongs to the low marinated products. Pasteurization is carried out at T 92 °Cfor 30 minutes. The chemical properties were determined by analyzing the following parameters: total dry matter, carbohydrates, proteins, oils, total acids, vitamin C, β-carotene and ash, both in fresh and in pasteurized peppers. Based on the obtained results the quality and nutritional composition were determined. The variety horgosh shows the highest content of total dry matter (11.45 %), vitamin C (138.9 mg/100 g), βcarotene (22.7 mg/100 g), and the highest energy value (41.7 kcal). In the gourp of the pasteurized peppers, the variety of palanechko chudo has been characterized by the lowest average value of total dry matter (7.49 %) and lowest total energy value (24.6 kcal); the variety of kurtovska kapija had the lowest contents of vitamin C (52.1 mg/100 g) and β-carotene (6.09 mg/100 g).


To take full advantage of the characteristic of the regional interconnection power systems which support and supply reserve for each other under emergencies. A novel model called optimal reserve capacity(ORC) model is presented in the paper. The optimal reserve capacity model consists of minimum generation costs function and minimum grids losses function to minimize the integration economical cost. According to the complex characteristics of the problem,the adaptive immune genetic algorithms is used to calculate the optimal reserve capacity,which introduces the maximal supporting tree idea from the plot theory. A novel chromosome coding strategy is proposed to produce automatic feasible keys. This algorithm based on adaptive crossover and mutation probabilities are adopted. The reasonability of the proposed model and the feasibility of the proposed method have been validated on the IEEE 30 Buses rectified test system. This paper is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province(No.0640028) .


The dearomatization of naphthalene and anthracene is explored by their η2 coordination to {TpMo(NO)(MeIm)} and {TpMo(NO)(DMAP)} (where Tp = hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate, MeIm = 1-methylimidazole, and DMAP = 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine). The DMAP and MeIm complexes have nearly identical redox properties and abilities to bind these polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), but unlike MeIm, the DMAP ligand can be protonated at N while remaining bound to the metal. This action enhances the π-acidic properties of DMAP, resulting in greater stability of the molybdenum toward oxidation by acid. Utilizing this feature of the DMAP ligand, several new 1,2-dihydronaphthalenes and 1,2-dihydroanthracenes were prepared. Furthermore, it was found that acetals and Michael acceptors could function as electrophiles for the PAHs using the DMAP system, resulting in several new mono- and 1,4-dialkylated products.


Objective:To evaluate the experience of misdiagnosis and treatment of spontaneous rupture of the esophagus.Methods:To review the reason of misdiagnosis to 8 patients with spontaneous rupture of the esophagus,and the method of surgical treatment after diagnose.Results:There are 5 patients death with a mortality rate of62.5%.Conclusion:It is easy that spontaneous rupture of the esophagus is easily misdiagnosed as acute abdomen,coronary heart disease,therapeutic pneumothorax.It may be concluded that early diagnosis,the method of operation and drainage after operation are the key points of succeed in treating.


Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a rice-producing food crop commodity that plays an important role in Indonesia's economic life. One of the superior varieties cultivated by farmers in Southeast Sulawesi is the Mekongga variety. Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae (Xoo) causes bacterial leaf blight (BLB) in lowland rice which is the main disease of lowland rice in Indonesia. This study aims to determine the symptoms of bacterial leaf blight, the characteristics of the Xoo bacteria, and the intensity of bacterial leaf blight attack on rice plants. The observed variables in the study were symptoms, characteristics, intensity of attack by bacterial leaf blight. Research data were analyzed by descriptive analysis. Symptoms of bacterial leaf blight in the field were found to show symptoms that appeared in the form of gray spots on the tips of the leaf edges. The characteristics of the isolates growing on the media had round, mucoid and yellow bacterial colonies. The severity of HDB disease in lowland rice of the Mekongga variety in Konda Konawe Selatan District reached 28.72% with an infection rate of 0.0050 units/day.


SBA-15 nanoparticles were prepared by in situ assembly of inorganic precursors and CTAB. The structure of nanoparticles was characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, particle size analysis, and N2 adsorption techniques. The surface modification of particles in order to perfect dispersion in PSF matrix was performed by DMDCS and APTMS as new modification agents. Thermogravimetric analysis and scanning electron microscopy analysis were applied to investigate thermal stability and quality of distribution of particle in the nanocomposite membrane, respectively. The PDMS was used to coat the possible defects of synthesized membranes. For all gases (N2, CO2, CH4, and O2), the permeance of uncoated DMDCS modified SBA-15/PSF (20 wt %) raised from 16 to 31.6, 0.47–0.99, 0.45–1.1 and 2.75–5.33 for CO2, N2, CH4, and O2, respectively in comparison with PSF. The corresponding values of CO2, N2, CH4, and O2 permeances through uncoated APTMS modified SBA-15/PSF (20 wt %) enhanced to 29.12, 0.8, 0.85, and 4.75 respectively, compared with neat PSF membrane. The ideal selectivities of CO2/CH4 and O2/N2 for DMDCS modified SBA-15 (20 wt %) nanocomposite membranes coated by 30 wt % PDMS solution enhanced from 26 to 35 and from 5.4 to 7.1, respectively. Using APTMS as modification agent resulted in higher selectivity of CO2/CH4 (38.2) and O2/N2 (7.2) than those of DMDCS modified. The measured actual selectivities of CO2/CH4 and O2/N2 and permeances of all gases tested are a few amounts lower than ideal selectivities and permeances of gases in single gas permeation tests but are still much higher than those for pure PSF.


In this article it is investigated how, alternative to e.g. the standard pulse or blocking mechanisms, other input parametrizations can be used in model predictive control to improve the trade-off between performance and complexity. An efficient parametrization is obtained using the observation that the class of all solutions to a finite or infinite horizon LQ control problem can be parametrized with a number of free parameters that is equal to the model order, without loss of performance. The infinite horizon controller with this parametrization is shown to provide a stable closed-loop system, also if constraints are active. The complexity of the parametrization can be systematically reduced using standard reduction techniques, such as e.g. LQG-balanced reduction, which provide an indication of the performance loss. Constrained stability of the closed-loop system is preserved with this reduction approach. The proposed algorithms are illustrated with simulation examples.


The students of higher vocational college are on the vital period of psychological development and improvement,the maladjustment of learning,live,interpersonal communication is easily appeared to them during the transfer from the school to college,psychological prone to varying degrees of stress,even lead to accommodation obstacles.The accommodation obstacles for the students will include accommodation obstacles of study,living and interpersonal communication.Through the analysis of adjustment disorder,to address the recommendations.


The invention discloses active dye ink, which is prepared from an active dye, an auxiliary and deionized water, wherein the auxiliary is prepared from dihydric alcohol, urea and a surfactant; the mass percent of the dihydric alcohol is 10.0 percent to 35.0 percent, the mass percent of the urea is 8.0 percent to 12.0 percent; the active dye ink does not contain a humectant, a quick drying agent and a buffer agent. According to the active dye ink disclosed by the invention, the humectant, the quick drying agent and the buffer agent in the existing formula are omitted, and the printing fluency and the printing permeability are also improved while the active dye ink has the current active dye ink performance, the higher fixation rate requirement on textile print can be met, the damage on a nozzle of a digital printing machine is lesser, and then the service life of the nozzle is prolonged, the cost of digital inkjet printing is lowered, and the popularization of the digital inkjet printing in China is quickened.


Women's low enrolment in post-school engineering degrees continues to be a problem for engineering faculties and the profession generally. A qualitative interview-based study of Australian women engineers across the range of engineering disciplines showed the relevance of success in math and science at school to their enrolling in engineering at university. However, for a significant number of the women the positive self-image connected with school success was not maintained by their workplace experience. Using a mixed methods approach, further investigations of the attitudes and experiences of working engineers at three large firms suggest that engineering workplaces continue to be uneasy environments for professional women. Particular issues for women working as professional engineers are identified in this paper and some educational strategies are suggested in order to better prepare engineers for an inclusive and participatory professional life.


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Heterodera schacJitii has been identified in many parts of Lancashire and Cheshire where severe losses have resulted from failure of the potato crop.

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The conclusions that have been drawn are to the effect that: (a) where "eelworm disease" has been noted recently there is a positive association of intensity of disease and cyst content of the soil; b) where the disease was observed three or four years ago, disease and crop failure are always associated with a high cyst content of the soil, but there may be a moderately high infestation without apparent diminution of crop yield.


With the internet increasingly present in people's daily lives, some users take advantage of the anonymity to do inconsequent acts expressing their anger, prejudgement and intolerance. This monograph presents the research and development of a software solution capable of detecting emotive aspects in the texts inserted by Internet users, aiming at the reduction of aggressive content, mainly in the social networks widely used by young people. The software considers the use of several segments of Artificial Intelligence such as Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. It uses internet texts for the composition of the training bases of the classification algorithms. The results were obtained from three rounds of tests with early adopter users, being necessary the calibration of the algorithms at each iteration. A brief comparison between the Naive Bayes and Logistic Regression algorithms was performed without any relevant differences in effectiveness, and it was concluded that the quality of the training group is more relevant to the effectiveness of aggressive text classifications than the choice between these two algorithms.


The articles sums up the experience of developing students' readiness to project activities gained at the faculty of ecology and chemical technologies of Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University. The article reveals the content of the project method as one of the conditions of developing informational competency of future biotechnologists


Literature reflects deeply the cream of the real world. On Chinese traditional education of foreign language, litearal reading is the main and necessary way of fostering the students, comprehension in language and the sensitivity in cultural differences, Literal reading must run through the whole process of the study on foreigh language.


The invention relates to a position identifying system and a detection method of a multi-layer linear array laser spot. The position identifying system comprises a linear laser transmitter and a detection device, wherein the detection device comprises laser detectors, subsequent circuits, a single-chip machine, a display, an output interface and a power supply. According to the requirements of precision and length, a certain quantity of laser detectors are uniformly arranged and installed at certain intervals to form a linear array as one layer, multiple layers are made in parallel and then are used as one block, and multiple blocks are spliced to form the detection device. The linear laser transmitter forming a required certain position relation with the detection device transmits fan-shaped laser beams, the laser detectors induce the fan-shaped laser beams and generate electric signals which are processed and calculated by the subsequent circuits and the single-chip machine so that the laser detector in the center of the spot can be identified, and the position of the spot in the arrangement direction of the laser detector is obtained. The position information data can be directly displayed on the display and also be outputted by an output interface for other kinds of equipment.


Evolutionary game theory has been expanded to many other areas than mere biological concept of evolution. Moreover, social networks determine definite interactions between individuals in social settings. The common nature of these two vast areas, has raised interest in applying evolutionary-game-theoretical approaches to social-networkbased problems. This survey paper attempts to explore and roughly categorize them in clear groups, although the vague boundaries between areas make it a difficult task.


We study the electronic properties of AA-stacked bilayer graphene in a transverse electric field. The strong on-site Coulomb repulsion stabilizes the antiferromagnetic order in such a system. The antiferromagnetic order is suppressed by the transverse bias voltage, at least partially. The inter-plane Coulomb repulsion and non-zero voltage stabilize an exciton order parameter. The exciton order parameter coexists with the antiferromagnetism and can be as large as several tens of meV for realistic values of the bias voltage and interaction constants. The application of a transverse bias voltage can be used to control the transport properties of the bilayer.