Insulin resistance is an independent risk factor of cardiovascular disease,which is closely related to hypertension,atherosclerosis,and coronary atherosclerotic heart disease.Research indicates that the insulin resistance in patients with primary hypertension is mainly shown in the ingestion and utilization of glucose.The relationship between insulin resistance and hypertension has been a hot spot in the field of cardiology as they made intensive studies,and it will be elucidated in the following three aspects,the definition and mechanism and detection of insulin resistance,the mechanism of insulin resistance in the development of hypertension,and the effect of antihypertensive drugs in insulin resistance.


By Studying API(AQI) and its correlation coefficient with meteorological elements. It showed that the air quality of Zhejiang Province is stable in nearly decade besides several serious regional air pollution events and Spring Festival pollution is significant. Compared throughout the Province, the north is worst, the middle a little better, coastal area better than the middle, the southwest mountain region better than the coastal area, and Zhoushan islands is the best in all. PM10 is the primary pollutant before 2012 in API standard, since September 2012, new standard AQI put in work, the primary pollutants was replaced by PM2.5and ozone got a high ratio too, and still AQI value is 15~30 over API in corresponding time period. Furthermore, temperate precipitation and middle wind speed is good for air cleaning. Haze days annual average is highly coefficient with API(AQI) except Zhoushan islands.


The impact poor communication skills can have on a business includes a tarnished brand image, decreased employee productivity, ineffective or erroneous decision-making, misinterpretations, and mismanagement. Dialogue about the consequences of poor communication is not new (Fielden, 1982; Patterson, 1997; Quible & Griffin, 2007). For decades, surveys have sought to measure employer perceptions about new hires' mastery of communication skills (Ingram & Frazier, 1980; Quible, 1991). Such surveys typically measure employer satisfaction (Stevens, 2005), perceived importance (Ulinski & O'Callaghan, 2002), or both (Gray, 2010; Jones, 2011). Numerous regional (North Carolina Workforce Development Boards, 2012; St. Louis Community College and Workforce Solutions Group, 2013) and national (American Management Association, 2010; Minton-Eversole, 2012) surveys have consistently revealed employer concerns about communication and other "soft skill" deficits among the younger members of the workforce.The costs associated with underdeveloped communication skills are a concern not only in industry, but also academia. Faculty who prepare students for careers in business have focused on business communication skills in both teaching and research literature (Lentz, 2013; Russ, 2009). Academicians have also conducted market research to ensure curriculum aligns with workforce needs (Rehman, 2010). Additionally, research has sought to identify inconsistencies between faculty, student, and employer perceptions about various skills' importance and acquisition (Hall & Berardino, 2006; Sundberg, et al., 2011). Discrepancies found in faculty, student and employer perceptions have prompted calls for an increased dialogue about curriculum and course competencies between university faculty and employment managers.This study is a locally-focused response to the ongoing outcry from employers about communication skills deficits among newer employees (American Management Association, 2010; Minton-Eversole, 2012; North Carolina Workforce Development Boards, 2012; St. Louis Community College and Workforce Solutions Group, 2013). This study also recognizes the need for market research to establish consistent values and priorities between the faculty who prepare students for the workforce and the employers who hire the students. In an effort to help business students maximize their value on the local job market, as well as help regional employers who hire recent business graduates minimize costly communication errors, this research study aims to accomplish three things:* examine the consistency between undergraduate business students, business school faculty, and local employers of the perceived importance of various specific oral and written communication skills;* identify which oral and written communication skills are most valued by employers who routinely recruit, hire, and supervise new business undergraduates; and* examine the current level of satisfaction with new hires' communication skills among local employers and identify skills gaps.Research QuestionsBy studying a variety of stakeholders (e.g., students, instructors, and local employers), common perceptions about which oral and written communication skills are most valued and vital to success among newly hired business, economics, and accounting graduates can be identified. Furthermore, data revealing misconceptions or inconsistencies in stakeholder perceptions about employers' values and needs regarding communication skills can reveal aspects of communication course curriculum that are not meeting employer needs or expectations. To that end, the following research questions have been identified:1. In what ways do regional employer perceptions about the importance of various communication skills in the workplace differ from those of students and instructors?2. Which communication skills are perceived to be most important among area employers? …


In a simple counter-example it is shown how financial markets can be destabilized through the trading of derivative instruments. In particular, an assessment is made of the impact on the stock market of a widely used equity option trading strategy, and it is shown that instability may arise as a consequence of option trading. Furthermore, it is suggested that potential instability is endogenous because it arises from the use of available financial instruments in a manner which is not unusual or in other ways pathological. Copyright 1997 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research


Blacks were a significant minority of the Cherokee Nation throughout the nineteenth century, first as slaves and later as freedmen. An 1830s census shows that the Cherokee Nation at that time consisted of: 13,536 Indians; 147 intermarried white males; 73 intermarried white females; and 1,277 slaves. In 1860 there were approximately 23,000 Cherokees and 2,500 blacks in the Cherokee Territory. And according to the United States Census of 1890 the total population of the Cherokee Nation was 56,309, including 5,127 persons of Negro descent.


This thesis is a study of the lesonis, an official whose role was to manage Egyptian temples from the Saite period to the Roman period. In the first part, the thesis presents a catalog of every lesonis mentioned in the sources, together with biographical notes. The second part examines the word « lesonis » from both paleographical and lexical angles in order to determine its origin, the context in which it is used in the Egyptian language and the conditions of its transcription or translation into Greek, Finally, a social and historical synthesis examines the evidence surrounding the accession to the charge of lesonis, the conditions in which it is actually carried out and the position of the lesonis within the temple hierarchy. This study highlights relative continuity in the nature of the lesonis' role from the Saite period to the Ptolemaic period, whereas deep changes can be observed during the Roman period


A device for measuring the weight of a moving vehicle by measuring either the wheel load or axle load and avoiding inaccuracies due to vibration through the use of means for producing two signals proportioned to the downward force on the near and far edges of a platform as the wheel or wheels pass over it and then averaging the weight for a period initiated when the ratio of said signals has a first value and terminating when the ratio of said signals has a second value.


Citation: Swift, Charles Bartholow and Logan, Ed A. The quantitative analysis of the bacteria found in the air of the dairy barn, and in the milk under varying conditions. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1905.


The structures of several states of a new photoconvertible and photoswitchable fluorescent protein (FP) engineered from Dronpa [1], called pcDronpa (photoconvertible Dronpa), were determined. Like IrisFP [2] and NijiFP [3], pcDronpa possesses both photoconvertible and photoswitching properties. However, pcDronpa shows the success of introducing photoconvertibility into the photoswichable FP. The green fluorescent state (green-on state) of pcDronpa can switch reversibly to the nonfluorescent state (green-off state) by illumination with 488-nm and 405-nm light, respectively. The structural basis for this switching was proven by the crystal structure determination of the green-on and green-off states. The photoswitching of pcDronpa is as expected not different from that of Dronpa [4], because there is no alternation in the part of the chromophore responsible for the photoswitching, as well as in its proximate environment. Remarkably, pcDronpa can also convert to the red fluorescent state (red-on state) by illumination with 405-nm light. This property was introduced by rationally mutating the chromophore from Cys-Tyr-Gly to His-Tyr-Gly.


Objective:To evaluate the effects of Metoprolol on the heart function and brain natriuretic peptide in chronic heart failure patients. Methods:70 patients with chronic heart failure were divided into control group (35 patients) and therapy group (35 patients). The control group patients were given basic treatment with Digoxin,Diuretics,Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) or Angiotensin II receptor blocker(ARB); the therapy group were given Metoprolol in ad-dition to the basic treatment. Heart function and BNP level in chronic heart failure patients was observed before and after treatment. Results:After treatment,BNP level,left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) and left ventricular diameter (LVFS) were obviously improved for therapy group. Compared with control group,the excellence rate and total effective rate increased significantly,BNP level decreased and LVEF and LVFS increased in therapy group. Conclusion:Metoprolol can be used improve the heart function in chronic heart failure patients,and it is effective and safe.


This paper presents a methodology for constrained e cient global optimization (EGO) using support vector machines (SVMs). The proposed SVM-based method has several advantages. It is more general because it is applicable to a wider variety of problems compared to current techniques. These include problems with discontinuous and binary (pass/fail) states and multiple constraints. In this paper, the objective function is approximated using Kriging while the constraint boundary is approximated using an SVM classi er. The probability of misclassi cation by the SVM is calculated using a probabilistic support vector machine (PSVM). The existing PSVM models have certain limitations that make them unsuitable for application in the proposed methodology. Therefore, a modi ed PSVM model is also proposed to overcome these limitations. Several constrained EGO formulations are implemented and compared in this paper. The results are also compared to EGO implementations with Kriging-based constraint approximations from the literature.


The work reflects the analysis of changes in the productivity of crops of crop rotation during the long-term use of fertilizer systems in a stationary experiment for the period from VI to VIII rotation (1999-2001 - 2016-2018). The influence of various doses of nitrogen, phosphorus and nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizers on the change in the content of nitrate nitrogen and mobile phosphorus in the conditions of the southern chernozem for the specified period of research was determined. The responsiveness of crop rotation crops to the application of nitrogen, phosphorus, and nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizers in minimum, medium and high doses has been established.


Despite being one of the most confusing, string theory continues to be among the most famous ideas in today's modern physics. At the heart of string theory is the idea that particles are tiny strings with tiny extra dimensions of space and not point-like dots. Physicists believe that the string's theory's primary goal is to link the laws of general relativity with the laws of quantum mechanics. The future progress of string theory solely relies on the various conflicting approaches geared towards the subject as well as deeper comprehension of the relationships among them. There would be a clear understanding of exciting questions such as compactification, early universe cosmology, and space-time singularities once string geometry is understood. The paper is premised on the future of string theory. It will look at the contributions of physicists in the realization of the future.


Iron base oxygen carrier was composed of Fe2O3 and Al2O3(7:3),which were prepared by sol-gel method.The results showed the composition of MeFe2O4(Me represent Ni,Cu,Co) in the carrier was formed,Ce was existed as CeO2 in the carrier,oxygen carrier did not detect the crystal form Mn element existence after add MnO2,meanwhile,oxygen carrier crystal grain size has reduced significantly after add NiO,CuO,CoO,CeO2,in the thermogravimetric analyzer(TGA),800~ 950 ℃,the conversion percent and conversion rate of Fe-Ni-O,Fe-Cu-O,and Fe-Co-O relative to FeO react with CO has improved greatly,and activation energy of NiO,CuO,CoO,oxygen carrier react with CO reduced,which may be related to the special spinel structure in the oxygen carrier.Combined with reaction activity and activation energy,NiO,CuO,CoO were ideal active additives.


Resting-state fMRI has been shown to provide surrogate biomarkers for the analysis of various diseases. In addition, fMRI data helps in understanding the brain's functional working during resting state and task-induced activity. To improve the statistical power of biomarkers and the understanding mechanism of the brain, pooling of multi-center studies has become increasingly popular. But pooling the data from multiple sites introduces variations due to hardware, software, and environment. In this paper, we look at the estimation problem of hierarchical Sparsity Connectivity Patterns (hSCPs) in fMRI data acquired on multiple sites. We introduce a simple yet effective matrix factorization based formulation to reduce site-related effects while preserving biologically relevant variations. We leverage adversarial learning in the unsupervised regime to improve the reproducibility of the components. Experiments on simulated datasets display that the proposed method can estimate components with improved accuracy and reproducibility. We also demonstrate the improved reproducibility of the components while preserving age-related variation on a real dataset compiled from multiple sites.


This article summarizes some of the lessons related to communicating with stakeholders, based on work with regulators and operators, and ideas distilled from over 30 deliveries of the PURC / World Bank International Training Program on Utility Regulation and Strategy. While most of the lessons refer to regulatory agencies and to those developing infrastructure reforms, the principles apply to operators as well.


Computers can process photographically recorded data both rapidly and efficiently. It is shown that a general purpose computer may be readily adapted to read film information. A standard computer display monitor is used as a scanning source. The detector employs a photomultiplier and transfers the digitized data to the computer.


Abstract. Severe nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis associated with Aleutian mink disease parvovirus(ADV) infection was observed in adult ranch mink. Brain lesions included severe, locally extensive to coa-lescing lymphoplasmacytic meningoencephalitis with accompanying gliosis, satellitosis, and mild extension ofinflammation into the leptomeninges. ADV was identified in mesenteric lymph node, spleen, brain, and liverof affected mink by polymerase chain reaction techniques. Sequences of the ADV isolate (TH5) revealed 2unique residues in the region of the viral genome that determines pathogenicity. These findings suggest thatcertain strains of ADV may preferentially cause disease in the nervous system. ADV infection should beconsidered in the differential diagnosis of neurologic disorders in mink.Causes of nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis in mink(Mustela vison) include Encephalitozoon spp., Toxoplasmagondii, a Sarcocystis neurona-like protozoan, Newcastle dis-ease virus (NDV), pseudorabies virus (PRV), canine distem-per virus (CDV), and, although not reported but still a con-sideration, rabies virus (RV).


Cement composites are vulnerable to harsh environments in which the chloride ions can ingress into concrete and thus cause corrosion of steel. In this study, the barrier effect of adding 2-D nanoparticles on the transport properties of cement-based materials was investigated. Graphene nanoplatelet (GNP), which comprises of a few layers of graphene stacked together, is chosen as a candidate in this study due to its impermeability and also its electrical conductivity which can be exploited for self-sensing functionality. Due to the large aspect ratio of the GNP, it is expected that the dispersion of these 2-D nanobarriers can contribute to the reduced permeability and diffusion of harmful agents. Experiments were carried out on cement mortar with 0%, 2.5%, 5.0% and 7.5% of GNP by weight of cement. The water penetration depth, chloride diffusion coefficient and chloride migration coefficient were reduced by 64%, 70% and 31% respectively with the addition of as little as 2.5% of GNP. This reduction can be attributed to the barrier effect of GNP which increases the tortuosity against water and chloride ions penetration, and also the refinement of the capillary pores which was revealed from the MIP tests. At GNP content exceeding 5%, the nanoparticles agglomerate, causing weak pockets which compromises the benefits of adding GNP to impede the ingress of fluids.


In their comment, Minkin and Whiting criticize certain statements in the original article and suggest considering additional theoretical aspects. This reply meets their concerns but also emphasizes the differences of theoretical discussions and post hoc analysis of motions involving rolling balls.


Does participation in a business simulation exercise change people's perspectives on decision problems? Does it change their approach to solving those problems? These are fundamental questions positively confirmed by this research. Using the semantic differential technique and a one-group pretest-posttest design, tests are conducted to assess changes in characterization and approaches to business decision problems. A matched pair t-test confirms significant change in ten of twelve key hypotheses; while the Wilcoxon signed-rank test confirms nine. The measurement methodology developed and results presented provide quantifiable justification for the use of business simulation exercises to induce targeted change in a decision maker's decision problem perception.


RECOMMENDED book lists or reading lists are familiar to both students and teachers at all levels of education. However, there is no list of recommended books or other materials for remedial reading teachers to use as the basis for a personal professional library, or which they might use when suggesting that a school or district provide a professional library. In fact, only the National Council of Teachers of


Reports on 7 major projects totalling nearly 8,500 miles which are planned in the US by 1990. Combined, these pipelines would transport over 150 million metric tons annually from coal fields to power generating stations. Most of the projects are beset by problems which must seek resolution in the political arena. Presents a composite construction schedule. The schedule shows a peak construction of about 2,235 miles in 1987. The actual construction schedule of these pipelines is a function of political, environmental, regulatory factors as well as market conditions. Concludes that the graph may move in time as dictated by these controlling factors; but the shape of the curve will probably not be affected because it is believed that the leading project will trigger the release of others.


Forward error correction (FEC) is one of the newest technologies improving the performance of optical transmission systems. Out-of-band FEC providing high coding gain is the FEC type in common use, and RS (Reed-Solomon) coding capable of correcting both bursty errors and random errors is the most efficient coding used in the systems. In this paper, the error-correcting capability of RS codes with various levels of overhead is compared theoretically; the performance of optically amplified systems is analyzed by means of non-Gaussian approximation instead of traditional Gaussion approximation; based on the theory above, the system performance improved by FEC or Enhanced FEC (EFEC) is numerically simulated and discussed respectively with a view to the side-effects of out-of-band FEC due to increased channel bandwidth. Analyzing the performance of optical transmission system with FEC is not new, the contribution of the paper lies in its more precise approach*non-Gaussion approximation, furthermore the side-effects caused by out-of-band FEC are taken into account, by which the potential of FEC in increasing the capacity and improving the performance of optically amplified systems is illuminated more accurately.


With the advent of the digital era, healable electronic devices are being developed to alleviate the propagation of breakdown in electronics due to the mechanical damage caused by bending, accidental cutting or scratching. Meanwhile, flexible transparent electronics, exhibiting high transmittance and robust flexibility, are drawing enormous research efforts due to their potential applications in various integrated wearable electronics. However, the breakdown of flexible transparent electronics seriously limits their reliability and lifetime. Therefore, transparent healable electronics are desired to tackle these problems, yet most of the healable electronics are not transparent nowadays. The combination of high performance, healability, and transparency into electronics is often mutually exclusive. Herein, after a brief introduction of self‐healing materials, healable electronics, and flexible transparent electronics, the recent progress in the healable electronic devices without transparency is reviewed in detail. Then, healable transparent electronic devices with high transparency, robust portability, and reliable flexibility are summarized. They are drawing great attention owing to their potential application in optical devices as well as smart wearable and integrated optoelectronic devices. Following that, the critical challenges and prospects are highlighted for the development of healable transparent electronic devices.


The technical analysis approach to predicting stock returns is based on the identification of recurrent patterns in the way stock prices evolve in time, (a) using optical examination of price history, and (b) a host of technical indicators. Optical examination of price history materialises as the recognition of certain patterns that supposedly have predictive power. "Head-and-Shoulders" (H&S) is a well known technical price pattern, which is said to occur seldom but with high predictive power. In this paper we examine whether or not the H&S pattern can be identified in price series generated stochastically. A rule-based mechanism for the identification of the pattern is applied on half a million price series generated stochastically with the use of the Geometric Brownian Motion and with different combinations of volatility and drift rate. We find that the H&S pattern can be identified almost 11 times out of 100 in randomly generated price series. However, the expected payoff for a short-long strategy including transaction costs is negative (as expected). After examining the characteristics of the pattern (frequency of occurrence, profitability, and so on) we look with a behavioral view the results of our simulation. The question we bring into discussion is whether investors selectively focus on specific profitable cases of the pattern. This results in the misleading conclusion that the pattern is seldom observed but profitable. According to our findings it is possible that the pattern is being identified more often having no predictive power at all. Various cognitive biases affect the way investors make decisions and result in the aforementioned misleading conclusion. This is confirmed by the answers that graduate students from the University of Macedonia gave at a questionnaire which was set based on the results of our simulation.


Three-phase Power transformers protection algorithm is proposed in this paper by using wavelet transform and ANN method. The current waves obtained are decomposed by using wavelet transforms. ANN technique is used as pattern classifier. Extensive case studies show that wavelet transformation provides preliminary feature extraction effectively for various transient cases. Wavelet transformation in combination with ANN attains great reliability and accuracy. This combination also can discriminate internal faults faster with relatively more accuracy. Simulation models of power transformer protection by ANN and wavelet transform are done in MATLAB – SIMULINK environment.


Modernization program of the plant Moscow Oil Refinery (MOR) intended a construction of Advanced Oil Refining Complex (AORC), in particular there were planned a construction of a flexicoking processing unit and power generation unit operated on the low calorific flexigas from the flexicoking processing. Intended use of the power generation unit is to reduce a steam- and power consumption from external networks. There were carried out an analysis of currently and future power resources demand of MOR, estimated existing sources of resource-supplying the plant, specified the requirements to the power generation unit, considered the existing flexigas firing technology, substantiated a choice of the preferable modification of power generation unit arrangement, outlined the main technical decisions regarding equipment of power generation unit.


How should a monopolist price a durable good or a new technology that is subject to network externalities? In particular, should the monopolist set a low \introductory price" to attract a \critical mass" of adopters? In this paper, we provide intuition as to when and why introductory pricing might occur in the presence of network externalities. Incomplete information about demand or asymmetric information about costs is necessary for introductory pricing to occur in equilibrium when consumers are small. We are grateful to Joe Farrell, Arthur Fishman, Kai-Uwe K uhn, Jorge Padilla, three referees, and seminar participants at CORE, Tel Aviv University, University of Toulouse (ASSET Meeting) and University of California at Berkeley for useful comments and suggestions. The usual disclaimer applies.


Objective To explore the indications and operative methods of treating varicose venous diseases of lower limb with endovenous laser energy.Methods There were 420 patients(525 limbs) with great saphenous vein(GSV) varicosis,of which 324 cases had GSV varicosis only and 96 had coexisted primary deep venous insufficiency(PDVI) of lower limbs.The patients underwent simple laser treatment,laser combined with varicose vein mass resection in the calf or laser with operation of superficial femoral vein wearing ring.Results The patients showed good postoperative effects.There were no slits in 126 limbs(24%) and only 1 to 3 slits with 1.0-2.0 cm long in 216 limbs(41.1%).Three hundred and thirsty patients(78.6%) had follow-up from 3 to 40 months.Sixteen cases(3.8%)with GSV varicosis only and 5(1.2%) with PDVI had postoperative recurrence.Conclusion Laser treatment for varicose venous diseases of lower limb is a method with easy acceptance by patients because of its simplicity,micro-trauma,and no affection on the leg look,but surgeon should hold laser treatment indications and choose right operation methods.


This paper describes the techniques and relationships developed to design a Serviceability Index (Sl)-based measurement system for acceptance ofjointed concrete pavement construction in Louisiana. Pavement roughness statistics obtained from Mays Ride Meter equipment, a Surface Dynamics Profilonreter, and a Chloe Profilometer tvere regressed to establish an AASHO Road Test-based SI measurement system for conccte pavernents with 2O-foot joint spacings (SI JCP 20). A 1986 panel rating of 25 concrete pavements confirmed the validity of the model. Field testing of 50 newly constructed concrete pavement test sections provided a relationship between the SI JCP 20 model and profile statistics frorn rolling profilograph equipment and a l0-fl rolling straightedge. The research resulted in the development of a rational lnethod of providing specification limits for profilograph equi¡lrnent that relate to pâvernent rideability. Specification limits in terms of profile statistics are provided to indicate the quality of paving necessary to construct a jointcd concrete pavetnent with a Serviccability Index of 4.5.


A quasi-static 2D heat conduction analysis is used to deduce the geometrical profile of a cavity pyrolytically etched on an isotropic silicon substrate by a stationary CW Ar+ laser with a Gaussian intensity profile. Starting with a substrate having a flat surface, the analysis progressively removes regions of the substrate to model the actual etching action. The finite element method is used to solve the non- linear problem iteratively. Multiple reflections of the laser beam in the etched cavity are also modeled assuming that the substrate surface is perfectly diffused. Laser etching experiments performed on a silicon substrate in a CCl4 gas ambient are used to verify the numerical routine. Comparison with the numerical results indicates that the desorption of SiCl2 radicals is probably responsible for the final etched profile obtained. Deposition of the residue from the chemical etching was also observed in the etched cavity. The re-deposition was found to proceed in different manners for stationary and scanning beams. These differing actions of re-deposition are explained in the context of the different temperature distributions induced in the two cases.


Resistant schizophrenia is a significant public health issue due to high treatment costs and institutional dependence of patients. Despite the various definitions currently available to define resistant schizophrenia, along with existing clinical guidelines, their impact on daily clinical practice remains limited. While clozapine has been endorsed by national clinical guidelines, its utilization remains suboptimal, with delays in initiation and instances of ineffectiveness. Ultra-resistant schizophrenia is defined by clozapine's inefficacy even after a well-conducted treatment. The relationship between epilepsy and epilepsy-related psychoses is intricate. Individuals with epilepsy are more likely to develop psychotic disorders, while those suffering from primary psychotic disorders also have an increased risk of epilepsy. These findings suggest the presence of shared predisposing factors. We present the case of a patient with clozapine-resistant schizophrenia associated with temporal epilepsy.


This narrative describes the author's reflections on learning with a group of Canadian social work students in Mexico. The study tour was framed in terms of creating opportunities for students to learn about the impact of social and economic policies on marginalized people, and about the personal reality of poverty and oppression. However, it is also the author's story of changed relationships with students, a new awareness of his own privilege and power, and a challenge to create new transformational learning processes within the academy.


The estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) from observed diurnal surface water level fluctuations may be highly sensitive to measurement errors. Available total pressure transducers (TPT) can provide requisite accuracy and precision but require atmospheric pressure compensation with equally accurate and precise barometric pressure transducers (BPTs). The BPT installation location determines the thermal setting, and sensor sensitivity to temperature could affect compensated water levels and any analyses requiring fine‐scale data. We investigated the effects of BPT installation location on compensated surface water levels and estimates of ET and net infiltration using the White method in four isolated forested wetlands in northern Florida. Water levels compensated with two differently positioned BPTs, one in buffered thermal conditions (BPTbuf; dry well at the TPT depth) and one in ambient temperatures (BPTamb; screened wellhead space), resulted in markedly different diurnal signatures. Both displayed the expected diurnal pattern, but compensation with BPTamb amplified diurnal variation by as much as 1.5 cm, greatly overestimated ET, and suggested net exfiltration, while BPTbuf compensation resulted in ET estimates similar to potential ET and suggested net infiltration. BPT temperature sensitivity followed diurnal temperature variation and generated systematic water level bias with the same signature as the expected trend, making these errors difficult to detect and underscoring the importance of proper BPT positioning.


Temperature‐dependent absorption processes in neon/xenon/NF3 mixtures are reported. In pure neon plasmas there are two types of absorption present; a broad but weak band of absorption is observed, which increases with increasing temperature, and a strong narrow band of absorption is observed around 351 nm. Moderate heating reduces this absorption. Improved performance of the XeF laser at elevated temperature is primarily due to reduced absorption in the laser medium at 351 nm.


The formation and characterization of gas-phase ion complexes of a perfluorinated cryptand, perfluoro 4,7,13,16,21,24-hexaoxa-1,10-diazabicyclo[8.8.8]hexacosane, with F– and O2 demonstrates that intrinsic host–guest chemistry may be examined in the solvent-free environment of a mass spectrometer.


Two histones have been isolated and purified from sperm cells of the sea urchin Parechinus angulosus. They have been designated sperm histone H2B(1) Parechinus and sperm histone H2B(2) Parechinus on criteria of solubility and partial sequence homology with H2Bcalf.

H2B(1) consists of a polypeptide chain of the following 144 amino acid residues: Pro-Ser-Gln-Lys-Ser-Pro-Thr-Lys-Arg-Ser-Pro-Thr-Lys-Arg-Ser-Pro-Thr-Lys-Arg-Ser-Pro-Gln-Lys-Gly-Gly-Lys-Gly-Gly-Lys-Gly-Ala-Lys-Arg-Gly-Gly-Lys-Ala-Gly-Lys-Arg-Arg-Arg-Gly-Val-Gln-Val-Lys-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Glu-Ser-Tyr-Gly-Ile-Tyr-Ile-Tyr-Lys-Val-Leu-Lys-Gln-Val-His-Pro-Asp-Thr-Gly-Ile-Ser-Ser-Arg-Ala-Met-Ser-Val-Met-Asn-Ser-Phe-Val-Asn-Asp-Val-Phe-Glu-Arg-Ile-Ala-Ala-Glu-Ala-Gly-Arg-Leu-Thr-Thr-Tyr-Asn-Arg-Arg-Ser-Thr-Val-Ser-Ser-Arg-Glu-Val-Gln-Thr-Ala-Val-Arg-Leu-Leu-Leu-Pro-Gly-Glu-Leu-Ala-Lys-His-Ala-Val-Ser-Glu-Gly-Thr-Lys-Ala-Val-Thr-Lys-Tyr-Thr-Thr-Ser-Arg. In a previously published partial sequence serine was incorrectly assigned to position 30.

A comparison of the carboxyl-terminal two thirds of H2B(1) Parechinus and H2Bcalf reveals that 79% of the corresponding positions are occupied by identical amino acid residues. Much of the variability occurs in a short polar region of 20 amino acid residues. The remainder of C-terminal regions is hydrophobic and almost completely invariable.

A comparison of the amino-terminal one third of H2B(1) Parechinus and H2Bcalf reveals that they are both highly basic with a considerable homology of the position of basic amino acids. Further, H2B(1) Parechinus possesses an amino terminal extension of 19 amino acids. These 19 amino acids can be recognized as a repeating pentapeptide.


THE relationship of blood gronps to the aetiology of some diseases has been of interest to physicians for a long time (Bnchanan and Higley, 1921). A and B antigens have been shown to be present in human epidermal eells by Nelken et al. (1957) and in human duodenal cells hy Cowan (1962). Again there is the common association of blood group O and duodenal ulceration (Aird et al., 1954), blood group A and pernicious anaemia (Cregor and Sortor, 1956), diabetes mellitus (McConnell, 1955 and Roberts, 1957) and cancer of the stomach (Aird et al., 1953 and Billington, 1956). It is logical therefore to consider the possible association of some skin diseases with ABO groups. Dorn in 1959 and Readett in 1964 studied blood groups in cases of eczema and found no significant deviation from the normal pattern. MacSween and Syme (1965) have studied the relation of blood groups to skin diseases in general.


and technique of secular therapy.9 Throughout most of these works, however, there is a tendency to argue that religious faith is itself of therapeutic value and indeed may be a positive, curative factor overlooked by conventional therapists. This argument, of course, implicitly assumes that the value of religion is its instrumental bearing on mental health or psychic well-being in the present world. This manner of incorporating Christian concepts into a system of psychotherapy is quite a bit different from attempting to erect a specifically religious therapy in the sense in which it was defined above. In the face of its own insufficiently validated worldview American Protestantism, operating with a positive orientation toward a body of stable secular values, seems constrained to adopt a basicaly secular form of psychotherapy that will function to reinforce commitment to secular values. This psychotherapy has been amended to allow for the therapeutic value of relying on a supernatural source of strength and love and indeed for the therapeutic value of "belief" itself, and in this form it may actually serve not only to provide a workable psychotherapy for many people but to strengthen to a certain extent heir commitment to the Christian point of view. 9 Among the standard works on counseling and psychotherapy written from a Protestant point of view are the following: Seward Hiltner, Pastoral Counseling, Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1949; Wayne E. Oates, Religious Factors in Mental Illness, New York: Association Press, 1955; Albert C. Outler, Psychotherapy and the Christian Message, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1954; Carroll A. Wise, Pastoral Counseling: Its Theory and Practice, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1951.


A three-dimensional model of temporal bone was prototyped by the laser-sintering method and was used for surgical training of residents. The improvement of surgical skill and anatomical knowledge was evaluated by measuring the time needed to identify the target anatomical structures. The residents with 3-5 years of clinical experience and an otologist participated in this study. The dissection steps included the Koerner's septum, antrum, sigmoid sinus, incus, semicircular canals, etc. which were designated as the target structures. The times taken for the first dissection and the second dissection were compared. The time taken to complete the dissection by the otologist was 70 min. and that by the residents was 120-180 min. The time taken to identify the incus and posterior fossa plate tended to be longer. Structures that were easily damaged were the incus, facial nerve and semicircular canals. The time taken for the second dissection was shorter, especially among the participants with less otological experience. The model was useful to enable the residents to acquire anatomical knowledge and surgical skills.


BUILDING LOYAL RELATIONSHIPS ONE CUSTOMER AT A TIME. What Customers Want: Ten Rules for Building Loyal Relationships. Take Us Personally, Make It Personal. The Average Customer Does Not Exist-Get to Know Us. The Details Are Important to Us...They Should Be to You. Make Everyone a Relationship Builder. Make Our Experience Special: Give Us Something to Talk About. Our Time Is as Important as Your Time. If Something Goes Wrong, Fix It Quickly. Guarantee Our Satisfaction. Don't Take Us for Granted. We Care Whether You're a Responsible Corporate Citizen. BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS ONE EMPLOYEE AT A TIME. Getting on with the Job. Ten Rules for Building an Intrinsically Motivating Environment. Reshape the System to Encourage Everyone's Best Efforts. Create a Cause Worthy of Commitment. Build Core Values That Guide Performance. Commit to the Truth and the Sharing of a Sense of Reality. Ensure That Every Person Has a Meaningful Role. Increase Accountability, but Not More of the Same. Build Cooperation Instead of Internal Competition. Abolish the Corporate Caste System. Developing an Optimistic, Caring, and Supportive Environment. Build Trust One Employee at a Time. Epilogue. Index. The Center for Innovative Leadership.


This article analyzes the characters of the gas influent of Vertical - kilncement.By comparing various dust collecting equipments adopted in cement industry, it draws the conclusion that the baghouse precipitators can successfully applicated in dust collecting of Vertical - kilncement plant. It also lists problems happened in the process of dust collecting and point out the accessible solutions to these problems. From the aspects of fibre selectiion, gas influent temperature control and methods of dust removing etc it introduced detailedly the application of the baghouse precipitators for dust collecting in Vertical - kilncement plant.


Abstract Cooling Tower was a type of heat transfer equipment which was used to enhance heat rejection to the environment by increasing the surface contact between water and air. Water used in the cooling tower system had to be pretreated to prevent scaling and corrosion. As most factories in the northern part of Bangkok utilized both tap water and groundwater, which was known to contain large amount of minerals and suspended solids, water pretreatment was crucial before entering cooling towers or the heat-exchanging systems. Typical water pretreatment system consisted of sand filtration, carbon adsorption and ion-exchange resin adsorption to remove particles and minerals from water. Beside this, some research paper had reported the use of electrocoagulation technique in various applications to remove unwanted suspended and dissolve matter from water. Nevertheless, the utilization of this technique in water treatment for cooling water/ heat-exchanging systems was not widespread. Hence, the aim of this feasibility study was to investigate technical, economic and energyconservation feasibilities by using aluminum sheet connected with DC power supply with its voltage was adjustable between 0 – 30 volt as well as the water resource optimization for electro-coagulation technique in cooling water system when using in combination with or replacing the conventional treatment process. We found that this technique is considered appropriate to replace some parts of the water treatment unit without adding chemical into the process. It helps reduce operating cost and water usage in softener regeneration process with less amount of wastewater. Keywords : electro-coagulation, hard water, cooling tower, total hardness, turbidity


FIELD: textiles, paper. SUBSTANCE: conductive material comprises a conductive nonwoven fabric containing conductive carbon fibers in an amount of 5-50 wt % in combination with cellulose fibers and/or synthetic fibers. The nonwoven fabric comprises conductive and non-conductive zones that contain sonicated sections. The conductive material is used in production of heating devices, electronic switches, electronic devices, RF modification devices. In the electronic switch the conductive nonwoven fabric is spaced from the opposite conductive layer and the electrical connection is formed between them when they are pressed to each other. The electronic switch is used in production of a garment, a glowing symbol. The electronic product comprises an outer surface intended for location of plurality of keys, a first conductive layer located under the keys, the second conductive layer, spaced from the first conductive layer, and in which when pressing one of the keys an electric connection is created between the conductive layers. EFFECT: reduction of weight of the non-woven conductive fabric, increased strength of the multilayer flexible electronic device, reduction of the total resistance of heating devices. 19 cl, 21 dwg


The free vibration of functionally graded (FG) arbitrary straight-sided quadrilateral plates rested on two-parameter elastic foundation and in thermal environment is presented. The formulation is based on the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT). The material properties are assumed to be temperature-dependent and graded in the thickness direction. The solution procedure is composed of transforming the governing equations from physical domain to computational domain and then the discretization of the spatial derivatives by employing the differential quadrature method (DQM) as an efficient and accurate numerical tool. After studying the convergence of the method, its accuracy is demonstrated by comparing the obtained solutions with the existing results in literature for isotropic rectangular and FG rectangular and skew plates. Then, the effects of thickness-to-length ratio, elastic foundation parameters, volume fraction index, geometrical shape and the boundary conditions on the frequency parameters of the FG plates are studied.


Focusing on the threaten by groundwater of limestone aquifer under the I5 coal floor in Wuzhai coal mine,the paper analyzed the characteristics of the limestone aquifers,studied the development characteristics and the distribution rules of karst and fractures,and pointed out the enrichment zones of groundwater.It shows that karst and fractures is strongly developed at the shallow districts and gradually weakened with the level becoming deep.The zones above the level of-150 m is the enrichment zone of limestone groundwater,the level from-150 to-350 m is moderate,and level deep than-350 m is rather poor of limestone groundwater.According to the prospecting results,it exists several independent abnormal zone in limestone under coal floor at the level from-250 to-340 m in the western district of Wuzhai coal mine.


Next generation mobile radio networks of IMT-Advanced systems family will offer ubiquitous broadband high area coverage, at up to 1 GBit/s in cities and 100 MBit/s in rural areas and QoS support in terms of throughput and low delay. Candidate technologies like 3GPP-LTE, WiMAX, as well as the WINNER system design are based on OFDMA transmission for flexible radio resource allocation, scalable and adaptable to both short range and wide area scenarios. Multi-hop relaying is part of all system concepts, in order to cover huge radio cell areas with a reduced number of base stations.

Moreover, no future mobile radio system can afford to neglect supporting the increasing QoS demand of multimedis services, like high quality video streaming or VoIP. These services may have different QoS needs. So, mechanisms have to be provided by future mobile radio systems to distinguish packets of different applications. Therefore this paper introduces a flow management concept for multi-hop mobile radio systems as enabler for QoS aware resource scheduling. Mechanisms supporting the crosslayer signalling of QoS requirements by the Application Layer to the Data Link Layer are described. In the Layer 2 the resource scheduler can make use of this information to distinguish packets belonging to different application sessions.


COMPARATIVE Physiologists, in treating of the ruminant stomach, lay great stress on the early development of the fourth or true stomach. The food of the new-born lamb being fluid, no cud-chewing is required; and hence this fact has teleological significance. Upon examining the stomach of a fcetal calf shortly before birth, and observing how greatly the fourth stomach surpassed in size the other three, I became convinced of the truth of this statement, and shortly afterwards on examining a fetal calf in the fourth month, I expected to confirm my previous observation. Such, however, was not the case; at this period the first stomach was distinctly the largest. Treatises on the subject only led me to infer that the fourth stomach in the fetal state always exceeded the other three in development. So wishing to explain this discrepancy, I have this year made a point of examining the stomachs of all the fetal ruminants used in my histological researches; and the result arrived at is, I think, of sufficient interest to merit a note here. These observations have all been made on fetal lambs; The stomachs have been carefully filled with fluid without removing the peritoneum so as to separate the cavities; and any incorrectness or inference that might have been drawn from unequal distention of the several parts of the organ has generally been guarded against by examining the stomach of the second foetus-an advantage gained by using this particular ruminant. Tolerably accurate outlines drawn with mechanical aid are appended in PI. iii. In the place of giving the supposed age the length of the foetus is in each case indicated.


This article describes the use of a distance model, which is based on the 3S model theories of global positioning systems(GPS), geographical information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS). The distance model is used to analyse the amount of water consumed in real and simulated water conservation forestry. The quantitative analysis of water conservation forestry is useful to macro-decision making in relation to water consumption. Calculation of the amount of water consumed accounts for forestry plot conditions, forest type, slope direction, solar radiation incidence and temperature. The 3S based model utilises spatial information and a resulting digital elevation model to generate vector graphs for land use, water conservation, forest type and soil type. These are used with Penman-Monteith to calculate the water consumption of the research forest area.


Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) is widely used for carbon emission globally, but there are few comprehensive studies about the debate of the impact of ETS. This paper presents new evidence of the double-edged impact and solution of Emission Trading Scheme by conducting qualitative methods like literature review to overcome the debate. Using evidence from China, it is found that the positive impact of ETS includes emission reduction, technological innovation and cheaper cost for emission reduction; the negative impact includes loss of GDP, carbon leakage and price bubble. In light of the findings, the negative impact of ETS could be overwhelmed by related policies like extending the coverage of areas and industries, combing ETS with a package of other related intervention and the supply of carbon tax.


Writing about ltalians in America., tbe anti-fascist émigré Massimo Salvadori stated: "In ltaly tbey bad never been ltalians, but in America tbey became ltalian nationalists, and to that degree tbey were fascists."1 Salvadori's statement might be misleading. There is no question that the Fascist regime sougbt to arouse and reinforce sentiments of Italianità arnong ltalians abroad. Fascist propaganda concentrated on themes and values designed to create a feeling of solidarity between ltaly and émigré ltalians. However,ltalians who carne to America bad become passionately nationalist long before Mussolini started his campaign of rebuilding national pride. It is important, therefore, to revisit the process ofItalian National Identity Building abroad among immigrants. It is an accepted view that emigrants generally left ltaly with little or no sense of national identity. Ratber, family Iinks and village or regional loyalties constituted the essential ingredients of self-identification. Once they carne abroad, various factors played a role in shaping tbe profound transformation of their identity as a national group. Tbe most important forces that helped to mold their nationalism were congenital to tbe causes ofItalian emigration and how Italian emigration was perceived both by the majority ofthe ltalian political establishment and by tbe American cultural establishment. r ndeed, because tbe causes ofItalian emigration were somewbat different from those of other nationa1ities who carne to this country, we should assume that the expectations and behavior of Italian immigrants were somewbat different from those of otber national immigrant groups. For one thing, most ltalian emigrants left not because of religious persecution or political oppression but for econom ic reasons. Most Ital ian emigrants were attracted to America by wage differences ratherthan desire to escape an oppressive govemment or long-term goals of permanent emigration. Popular culturereflects this attitude. Most importantly, autobiographies and letters by emigrants are very relevant in this regard. A popular refrain in Southem ltaly stated thatonecould make more money in oneday in N.Y. than in one week in Soutbem ltaly. In bis autobiography, La scoperta dell'America, Carmine Biagio Iannace writes:


More than half of customers thought China B & B experience make them feel uncomfortable, which cause China B & B customers' satisfaction level was low. This paper mainly adopts a domain based approach to expand, check, synthesize and review the knowledge of China B & B. Through study, this paper believes that the service quality, price, environment and facilities of China B & B have an important impact on customers' experience satisfaction. Further study, this paper found that improving service quality, strengthening infrastructure construction and enhancing the combination of local culture and B & B will help to improve tourists' satisfaction.


We sought to document aortic cusps fluoroscopic projections and their distributions using leaflet alignment which is a novel concept to optimize visualization of leaflets and for guiding BASILICA (bioprosthetic or native aortic scallop intentional laceration to prevent coronary artery obstruction) and determine whether these projections were feasible in catheter laboratory.


Hydroentangling is a process in which fibers are entangled by impinging of a curtain of high-speed water jets to form mechanically strong, soft, and textile-like fabrics. Hydroentangled nonwovens are finding a gamut of applications without knowing the entangling mechanisms. In most applications, hydroentangling is carried out using multiple manifolds. This study focuses on the formation of hydroentangled web structures with multiple manifolds and their properties. The 3D analysis revealed the internal structures of hydroentangled nonwovens disclosing formation of fiber loops at jet impact regions. We also report changes of fiber orientations and fiber interlocking within web structures in nonwovens hydroentanged with multiple manifolds.


The utility model discloses a gas cut-off operating mechanism of anode busbar lifting equipment, which comprises a frame; an upper shelf is arranged at both sides of the frame; an oscillating bearing is arranged at the lower part of the upper shelf, and the oscillating bearing is connected with a lower shelf; a top piston cylinder is fixed at the upper shelf; a piston rod of the top piston cylinder is connected with a fork lever, and the lower end of the fork lever is connected with the top of the lower shelf; a spring is fixed at both sides of the top of the upper shelf respectively; a draw bar is run through the spring; the upper end of the draw bar is connected with a press plate that is pressed on the top of the spring; the lower end of the draw bar is connected with the lower shelf, and a clamp is positioned at the lower end of the lower shelf. The utility model has the advantages that: during the electrolysis process of electrolytic aluminum, the anode busbar lifting mechanism is in the state of non-gas source, which can prevent the lifting mechanism from generating lighting phenomenon when in gas cut-off and lack of pneumatic pressure, as the state is serious, the electrolytic tank would be damaged or bad influence would happen to other equipment; and the production costs can be reduced.


The purpose of this study is to analyze the legal relation among the athletes, sport organization and itsstakeholder and propose the legally structural suggestions for to prevent reoccurrence for sport administrativeability in future with a case of suspension of qualification fro Korean national badminton athletes for violationof WADA regulations. Nowadays, structural process for protection of basic human rights in an organization i sabsolutely required. In this respect, the case of Lee and Kim id not reach the basic custom of organization ,because even if such a mount of damages were occurred to them by a negligence of organization, the KoreanBadminton Association(KBA) did not conduct any compensating aciot ns for the athletes. Therefore, it seem snot possible that Lee and Kim sue the KBA for there damages unedr the Korean elite athletic culture. As th eresults, this paper proved legal rights of national athletes with the view of Korean Civil Law and proposed severalsuggestions for the sport organization in Korea.


Objective:To investigate MMP9,VEGF,NACM,Ki67 expression in glioma tissues and relationship with recurrent glioma.Methods:Immunohistochemistry was used to detect 20 cases of normal brain tissue and 76 cases of recurrent glioma tissues MMP9,VEGF,NACM,Ki67 expression,and analyzed with glioma recurrence.Results:Ki67 and MMP9 in patients with recurrent glioma expression(P0.05),while the expression of other biological indicators of recurrence with no significant relationship.Conclusion:Ki67 and MMP9 expression evaluation can be used as biological indicators of recurrent glioma.


Arginase activity in the lung has become a focus of research as modulation of this enzyme may result in desirable outcomes in a variety of pulmonary disorders. This review examines the current available literature for insights into how arginase modulation may alter the course of respiratory viral infection.


Objective:To study the effects of water extracts from Curcuma kwangsiensis on liver detoxication enzymes in cytosol and microsomes in rats.Method:Rats were treated with 0.81,2.43,7.29 g ·kg-1 once daily for 21 days,serum were collected for determination of alanine aminotransferase(ALT),aspartate aminotransferase(AST),urea nitrogen(BUN),creatinine(Cr),and liver was removed,then cytosols and microsomes isolated from liver were prepared by differential centrifugation according to the standard procedure.Antioxidant enzmes catalase(CAT),superoxide dismutase(SOD),glutathione peroxidose(GSH-Px),glutathione reductase(Gr) in cytosols and glutathione-S-transferase(GST),uridinediphosphoglucuronate glucuronosyl transferase(UGT) in microsomes were determined by UV-V is spectrophotometer.Result:C.kwangsiensis water extract had no effect on weight,liversomatic indexes,ALT and AST activities under different treatment compared with control group(P0.05),but significantly decreased the level of Cr(P0.01) in all groups,middle and high doses could also decreased BUN level(P0.01).Compared with the control group,C.kwangsiensis had no effect on CAT and GR in cytosols.The groups of 2.43 g·kg-1(P0.01) and 7.29 g·kg-1(P0.05) significantly increased the activities of SOD.Furthermore,all of the C.kwangsiensis groups significantly increased the activities of GSH-Px(P0.01).Compared with the control group,all of C.kwangsiensis groups had no effect on the activities of UGT.All groups of C.kwangsiensis,significantly induced the activities of GST(P0.05) in microsomes.Conclusion:C.kwangsiensis have no toxicity on liver and kidney in rats,on the contrary,C.kwangsiensis may have a protective effect on kidney.C.kwangsiensis can induce the detoxication enzyames in cytosols and microsomes of rat liver,it have antioxidant function and increase the detoxication of liver.


An ecological approach (Bronfenbrenner, 1979) to intervention with infants and young children (6 months to 3 years) takes into account the functionality and meaning of the child's behavior across a variety of daily contexts (Hobbs, 1975), as well as the interpretation of behaviors from the family's perspective and value system (Bernheimer, Gallimore, & Weisner, 1990). From an ecological viewpoint, assessment and intervention should focus on real-life situations. Skills assessed and taught should have functional meaning as part of practical activities that fit into a family's daily routines (Johnson, McGonigel, & Kaufman, 1989) and should be generalizable across different environments (Seibert, 1987). Intervention strategies should be activity based, with educational goals and objectives embedded in routine activities that occur in naturalistic, everyday settings (Bricker & Cripe, 1989).


Good drainage is essential to a stable right-of-way, and ditching and shoulder ballast cleaning can help keep roadbed well drained.


As members of the professorate, we occupy spaces that are rarely diverse, inclusive, or accessible, and current practices for training social science researchers reproduce the status quo. Too few students from diverse backgrounds—notably, first-generation college students and students of color, but also women—enter the training pipeline early in their college career (Schultz et al. 2011). Moreover, those who do enter are disproportionately likely to exit (Monforti and Michelson 2008). These twin institutional failures yield cohorts of newly trained social scientists that are persistently less diverse than they could be. In response, we developed a new model of mentored undergraduate research experiences (UREs)—the Stewardship Model of Mentoring—designed to recruit, train, mentor, and support a diverse new generation of social scientists. We practice the StewardshipModel because none of us could have joined the professorate without substantial investments in our professional development, growth, and success. We recognize that we must be good stewards of these investments by not only multiplying them in the next generation but also dispersing them more widely. This article describes the theory and practice of the Stewardship Model within the Security and Political Economy (SPEC) Lab, a research and mentoring organization at the University of Southern California. Led by three faculty Principal Investigators (PIs) and a graduate student director, the SPEC Lab conducts research on issues at the intersection of climate change, security, and economic development. Our mission is to recruit students from diverse backgrounds, train them in data science and other social science research skills, and support them as they plan for and begin their careers in academia, government, nonprofits, or industry. The SPEC Lab is undergraduate focused, currently serving approximately 40 undergraduate students and a small group of PhD students. The Lab's faculty and PhD students are political scientists by training; however, our research is interdisciplinary and our undergraduate research assistants and faculty collaborators hail from a range of academic disciplines, including economics, philosophy, computer science, and foreign languages. Although these fields face their own diversity challenges, which we address in part through our work, the Lab's greatest impact is likely on the international relations (IR) subfield of political science, wherein lies our core expertise. The SPEC Lab is located at a large R1 institution; however, its mission and organizational principles are adaptable to a range of institutional contexts. Key features of the Lab —for example, for-credit research experiences—travel well to teaching-focused institutions and faculty mentors with higher course loads. The pedagogical approach used by the SPEC Lab, which we refer to as the Stewardship Model, is specifically designed to build diversity in the social science talent pipeline. The model combines fivekeyelements: (1) targeted recruitment, (2) technical training, (3) applied research experience, (4) multilevel mentorship, and (5) membership in a carefully constructed learning community. Collectively, these five practices allow us to recruit diverse students whomay not initially consider a career in social science possible, and we provide the tools and support necessary for them to thrive as researchers and professionals. We first describe the principles of the Stewardship Model and its implementation and then discuss strategies for adapting the model to a range of institutional contexts. We also outline an ongoing multi-institutional, mixed-method study of the shortand long-term effects of UREs. We describe steps that faculty members can take to both participate in this study and join a community of faculty working to provide mentored research experiences for their students.


The self-consistently renormalized high-density expansion (SHDE) is first used to determine temperature dependence of order parameter. Free energy and magnetization of the Ising model has been calculated to the second order. It is shown that the unphysical discontinuity of the order parameter as a function of temperature, which appears in the first-order approximation, still remains in the second-order calculation. Based on the 1/d expansion, we then construct a method to select (1/z)i contributions from the high density expansion terms. This method is applied to the first and second-order self-consistent equation for magnetization. Selection of the first order in 1/z contributions within the first order of the SHDE leads to considerable improvement of the behavior of magnetization as a function of temperature, and application of the local approximation to the second order of the SHDE term gives an acceptable single-value behavior of the order parameter.


Trained Personnel are the most important resource for the development of economy -- centered society. Knowledge and personnel are the most essential elements of the productive forces. To revitalize Hunan and achieve a big -- leap -- forward in its economy, it is necessary to further develop its trained personnel resources


Non-reciprocal propagation of sound, that is, the different transmission of acoustic waves traveling along opposite directions, is a challenging requirement for the realization of devices like acoustic isolators and circulators. Here, we demonstrate the efficient non-reciprocal transmission of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) propagating along opposite directions of a GaAs substrate coated with an epitaxial Fe$_3$Si film. The non-reciprocity arises from the acoustic attenuation induced by the magneto-elastic (ME) interaction between the SAW strain field and spin waves in the ferromagnetic film, which depends on the SAW propagation direction and can be controlled via the amplitude and orientation of an external magnetic field. The acoustic transmission non-reciprocity, defined as the difference between the transmitted acoustic power for forward and backward propagation under ME resonance, reaches values of up to 20%, which are, to our knowledge, the largest non-reciprocity reported for SAWs traveling along a semiconducting piezoelectric substrate covered by a ferromagnetic film. The experimental results are well accounted for by a model for ME interaction, which also shows that non-reciprocity can be further enhanced by optimization of the sample design. These results make Fe$_3$Si/GaAs a promising platform for the realization of efficient non-reciprocal SAW devices.


Field experiments were conducted to study the effects of controlled-release fertilizer on annual apple rootstock.The results showed that three release stages were found in release curve of controlled-release fertilizers: increasing stage,peak stage,decreasing stage.Controlled-release fertilizers met the nutrient requirements of plant,and then promoted the plant's growth.The application rate of CRF1(The application of N,P2O5,K2O were 630,150,480 kg/hm2) was same as that of SF,but the growth indices of CRF1 were better than that of SF.And the application rate of SF was higher than that of CRF2(The application of N,P2O5,K2O were 504,120,384 kg/hm2),CRF3(The application of N,P2O5,K2O were 320,120,400 kg/hm2),but there was no difference in growth indices.


We discuss the potential errors associated with the measurement of optical power in a field environment. The potential errors arise because field use is often inconsistent with the calibration method. Errors may be due to the use of connectors of different types and due to variation among vendors for a given connector type. We consider potential errors in power measurements due to the variation in a connector type among vendors.


was pressed down, large bubbles of gas were passed per vaginam. The patient's extremities were cold, and the pulse was hardly perceptible she was quite sensible, and answered questions intelligently. The condition was clearly a septicaemia due to infection with gas-gangrene organisms. An examination of the foetus showed gas emphysema, which had been responsible for the difficulty in extraction. The foetus was in an advanced stage of maceration, and had probably been dead for some time. The proginosis seemed hopeless: 30 c.cm. anti-gas gangrene serum was injected intramuscularlv, and a copious intrauterine douche of peroxide solution was given. The patient's general condition rapidly became worse, the emphysema extending rapidly over more of the subcutaneous tissues of the trunk and scalp. The patient died at. 1.30 a.m., six hours after the birth of the child. A post-mortem examination of the mother could not be obtained. An exact diagnosis of the condition was not possible without bacteriological evidence, but the condition of emphysema and the passage of large quantities of gas per vaginam, together with the condition of the foetus, demonstrated almost conclusively that general infection with gas-gangrene organisms was the cause of death. The case is recorded because of the rarity of this complication of pregnancy; the most remarkable feature was the presence of a widely distributed emphysema in a living patient, for such a widespread emphysema is usually a post-mortem phenomenon. This case illustrates the accuracy of Wrigley's contention that gas-gangrene infections of the puerperal uterus dtrise in connexion with intrauterine death of the foetus. In the case now recorded the intrauterine death of the foetus was almost certainly to be attributed to syphilis in the mother, but the mode of infection of the uterus is obscure. A point of importance is the fact that the temperature rose before any vaginal examination was 'made. The evidence available, therefore, disfavours the conception that the infection was exogenous. Emphasis should also be placed upon the rapidity with which the patient died, death occurring within seventeen hours of the onset of symptoms. JOHN ADAMS, F.R.C.S. London, E.-Ci.. PHILIP ADAMS, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.


Vaginal distention (VD) is a validated model of birth‐related trauma in rats. Recently a mouse VD model was reported. Our study was originally conducted to evaluate the impact of age on VD in mice. This manuscript describes the study and reports on the lack of reproducibility of VD models in mice.


We set up a stochastic open-economy growth model with endogenous fertility and mortality. A three-country version of the model is calibrated to pre-industrial mortality data from England, France and Sweden. By fitting parameters to match observed rates of correlation in mortality rates, the model can also account for differences in both the volatility of mortality rates and the timing of the Industrial Revolution.


R Balian, S Haroche and S Liberman (eds) Amsterdam: North Holland 1977 Vol 1: pp xxv + 472, Vol 2: pp xxxv + 473–907 price $114.50 the set The proceedings of the 1976 Les Houches summer school on laser spectroscopy presents the general theoretical background to light–matter interaction problems and reviews the many ways in which laser spectroscopy is yielding new (often hitherto unobtainable) information about atoms, molecules and nuclei. Of the 907 pages in these two volumes, 800 are devoted to 12 'courses' covering five general subject areas: the interaction of atoms with strong electromagnetic fields; laser theory and saturation effects; transient effects; molecular spectroscopy; and new applications and advances in the laser field, the latter consisting of two courses by V S Letokhov on laser and nuclear spectroscopy 'crossing' and the principles of laser isotope separation.


A system and a method for monitoring remote leakage of water network integrally are provided to detect the leakage and a leakage position precisely by comparing the irrigation data received from a detector installed to the water network with the irrigation data of a normal water pipe. A detector(10) detects the irrigation data including a water pressure and/or a flow rate by being installed to a plurality of water pipes included in the water network. A database(12) stores irrigation information corresponding to the irrigation data of the normal condition of the water pipe in which the detector is installed. A controller(14) determines the leakage when the irrigation data is out of the normal condition by comparing the irrigation data received from the detector with the irrigation information stored in the database. A transmitter(16) transmits the irrigation data detected in the detector to the controller. An output part(18) includes a display part for displaying the leakage and the position of the water pipe causing the leakage, and an alarm issuing an alarm sound. An input part(19) inputs ID information of the water pipe to check the leakage.


With the Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, the social and economic development of Beijing has entered a new stage. The high standards and high requirements of the Olympic Games has promoted the construction of urban infrastructures and has especially led Beijing's urban rail transit construction into a period for rapid development. Firstly, this paper discusses briefly on the planning of urban rail transit in Beijing before the Olympic Games and for the near future as well as on the planning ideas of rail transit for the sustainable development and integration with the development and transportation of the major functional areas of the city. Secondly, an introduction is given to the coverage of the Olympic rail transit network, based on which the Olympic transportation circle layers are classified and the analysis is mainly particularly the operation organization program for the Olympic Feeders. Finally, it is proposed to strengthen the application of transit facilities near the rail transit stations during the Olympic Games and expand further the service range of the public transportation system.


This essay analyzes the interconnectivity of regional, political party, and national identities and their association with cultural hegemony. The 2004 Republican National Convention Keynote Address by Democratic Senator Zell Miller coupled with his book A National Party No More (2003) created an event that displays how the Southern regional narrative and its role in the national narrative reinforce a white hegemonic view of Southerners and "the South." This analysis shows that Zell Miller's keynote address and book provided an opportunity for a renewed and more inclusive version of Southern and national identity. However, Miller, political party spokespeople, and media representatives never capitalized on the opportunity but, instead, further entrenched white hegemony into both regional and national identity narratives during the 2004 presidential campaign.


The present invention relates to a pouch type secondary battery having a sealing margin to improve durability. The pouch-type secondary battery, at least with an external protective layer, the metal member and the pouch casing of the sealing layer comprises a laminated upper pouch film and the lower pouch films surrounding the cell assembly sealed over the sealing process to open the pouch packaging a pouch type secondary battery, along the edge of the pouch casing, and an upper pouch film and the lower pouch sealing zone sealing layer is formed by the fusing of the film and extending relative to the cross-section of the secondary battery in the horizontal from the surface of the seal area a first measured from the intersection of a second straight line that corresponds to the tangent having the average slope from the tangent that may be formed at each point on the end face oblique line of a line and a pouch packaging material adjacent the seal area to the perimeter of the seal area, away a sealing margin of the leakage from the seal area It characterized in that the sealing is larger than the residue of the movement distance.


Laura Peters. Dickens and Race. Manchester and New York: Manchester UP, 2013. Pp. xii + 170. $100; 63 [pounds sterling]. There is a question that at some point all Dickens students, scholars and enthusiasts are forced to ask themselves: how do we reconcile Dickens, the champion of the London poor, the fighter for social justice, with the Dickens who advocated that the Oriental race should be "raze[d] off the face of the Earth" (110) and who published an article arguing that executing Indian mutineers by blowing them from the mouths of cannons was not painful enough? Do we simply put it down to Victorian hypocrisy? Was Dickens the emblematic man of his times in this regard, as in so many other ways, or were there more fundamental reasons for his apparently contradictory attitude towards race and class? During the 2012 bicentenary celebrations, many of which were organized by the British Council, this question loomed large but remained largely unarticulated. If Dickens were writing today, it was proclaimed more than once, he would not be writing of London but of Delhi or Mumbai, Lagos or Rio de Janeiro. But what would the man who stated that if he were Commander in Chief of India he would "do [his] utmost to exterminate the Race" have made of such a claim (109)? In her new book Dickens and Race, Laura Peters provides some tentative answers to these questions and some much needed contextualization. As Peters points out, critics have tended to shy away from acknowledging the full measure of Dickens's objectionable views on racial difference and the extent to which they influenced his work. There has been a widespread desire to read journalistic efforts like his 1833 article "The Noble Savage" and his reaction to the Indian Mutiny of 1857 as aberrant and exceptional. But, as Peters adeptly proves, this was not the case. Rather such reactions were part of a larger pattern of thinking about science, fancy and race. Starting in the 1840s with Dombey and Son and an early review piece for The Examiner, Peters traces the development of Dickens's thinking about race in the 1840s through the controversial fifties and then onto the post-Darwin era. Emphasizing the influence of life-long interests in travel literature and the exotic on the one hand, and racial science on the other, Peters charts how contemporary debates on science, empire and social justice coalesced with the ideas of childhood, fancy and the exotic in Dickens's mind. In Peters's conception, race is a powerful signifier for Dickens, representing something both profoundly personal and politically significant. The first two chapters map out the different trends in thinking about race in mid-nineteenth century Britain and Dickens's relation to them. At the beginning of Peters's period, Dickens's racial thinking, as with most of his contemporaries, is based on ideas of civilization and class. Race is cultural rather than biological. Dickens is a polygeist and views the different races as all fundamentally belonging to the same species. Differences were viewed as the result of differing levels of civilization. But, as Peters shows, with the publication of Robert Knox's The Races of Men (1850) and the ascendency in contemporary scientific culture of the notion of race as biologically determined, the idea of a shared humanity gave way to one of a hierarchy of races. Race, in other words, was not simply a matter of difference, or of environment, but of innate biological difference that reflected a supposed deficiency in the non-white races. At mid-century, to be African or to be "Oriental" was to be less human. …


Abstract Limited excavations at a Late Plains Archaic arroyo trap along the Cache la Poudre River near Windsor in northern Colorado have exposed the remains of an estimated 200 bison. The bonebed was uncovered during construction activities, which removed an estimated 4 m vf sediment from above tlie upper surface of the bone bed. Partial excavation of an 18.5 m2 cross-sectional portion of the arroyo has produced an assemblage of over 4000 bison bones. An AMS date on wood charcoal and a standard radiometric age from bone collagen provided statistically similar dates and yield an averaged uncalibrated radiocarbon age of2724±35 RCYBP. The number of stone tools recovered is low, with only nine comer-notched projectile points and point fragments, several scrapers and flake tools, and over 120 resharpening flakes. Patterns of mandibular molar eruption and wear indicate a single early fall kill. Human utilization of many of the carcasses was limited, with very few of the marrow bones fractured or removed from the kill site. Based on skeletal element counts, the carcass segments most frequently taken from the kill were rib slabs, thoracic vertebrae, scapulae, femora, and lumbar-sacral units. Cutmark frequencies support this interpretation. The most common locations for butchering marks are on the thoracic spines, rib blades, and mandibular symphyses. After humans abandoned the site, carnivores extensively modified the remaining carcass segments. Subsequent burial of the bonebed included fluvial transport and re-orientation of many of the bones within the old arroyo. The project has emphasized incorporating public interaction and education into the research program.


Most of the products purchased in the UK are manufactured in other countries. As a result, worldwide greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions released to manufacture all products purchased in the UK are significantly higher than the UK territorial emissions. More than one half of global industrial emissions result from the use of steel, cement, paper, plastics, and aluminium. In this paper, the UK consumption of products that embody these five materials is estimated. For steel, which is the most widely used among these five materials, consumption and accumulation patterns are examined across four product categories. The impact of steel product lifetime extension is examined for the UK as one option for material demand reduction at the consumption stage of the supply chain. Different levels of steel product lifetimes are simulated for the UK in 2050 and their impacts are examined in terms of UK steel production, implicit steel imports, and global carbon dioxide emissions. Steel product lifetime extension promotes a reduction in the need for steel imports, by reducing the demand for new steel, which leads to lower carbon dioxide emissions required to supply the UK steel demand. The results demonstrate the criticality of a focus on the consumption stage, since any interventions made towards demand reduction of end-use goods leads to material reduction across the supply chain.


ABSTRACT This paper qualitatively assesses COVID-19's impact on the tourism industry in Vietnam and the Vietnamese government and tourism industry's responses to the pandemic. It includes data from government media sources, semi-structured interviews with 30 managers of travel enterprises, and two group discussions with 50 representatives of tourism and hospitality businesses in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Its findings indicate that Vietnam's tourism sector responded passively in the first stages of the pandemic and then responded reactively and successfully alongside the Vietnamese government's planned re-opening of society and the economy. In particular, it shows how government authorities and tourism companies are implementing strategies to encourage domestic tourism and boost the sector's economic recovery. This paper also explores how various tourism stakeholders in Vietnam (a) see the pandemic as an opportunity to restructure various practices and yet (b) have not prepared contingency plans and long-term strategies to help prevent and mitigate the risks to the industry posed by future crises. This paper concludes by reflecting on how the pandemic illustrates the need for proactive efforts to prepare reduction and readiness strategies and draw up initiatives for long-term development of tourism in Vietnam.


Turmeric extract‐based nanoemulsion (TEBN) was prepared using rice bran oil by ultrasonication with Tween 80 as an emulsifier. The effect of different process variables (pH, ultrasonic temperature, and ionic strength) on the selected responses (particle size and zeta potential) of TEBN was analyzed by response surface methodology using central composite design. The regression analysis indicated that the pH, temperature, and ionic strength had a significant effect on the selected responses. The optimized TEBN has particle size of 19.97 nm and zeta potential of −13.10 mV under the optimal conditions (65°C ultrasonic temperature, 0.1 M ionic strength, and 6.5 pH). The optimized antioxidant‐ and antibacterial‐rich nanoemulsion was then studied for its effect on the total viable count, fat content, and peroxide value of Pangas (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) fillets stored at 20 ± 1°C TEBN‐treated fish fillets showed a significant reduction (p < 0.05) in peroxide value and total viable count. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: In the tropical countries, fishes are usually prone to microbial infestation beyond 20°C temperature. Application of turmeric extract‐based nanoemulsion (TEBN) can be an alternative method for preservation by refrigeration and use of chemical preservatives. Optimized TEBN could increase the shelf life of the Pangas (P. hypophthalmus) fish fillets upto 72 hrs under non‐refrigerated condition.


Bees are important models to study the physiological role of endocrine cells. These cells produce hormones and may be open or closed cells depending on whether they have direct or indirect contact with the gut lumen, respectively. Food is digested and absorbed in the insect midgut. The objective of this study was to identify endocrine cells in the midgut of bees of different levels of sociability to understand the function of these cells. The midgut of Centris fuscata, Epicharis flava, Euglossa imperialis, Eulaema nigrita, Frieseomelitta varia, Megachile rava, and Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) was subjected to immunohistochemistry test for FMRF-amide. The midguts of E. imperialis, E. nigrita, and M. rava showed closed FMRFamide-positive endocrine cells, and those of E. flava, F. varia, and M. quadrifasciata anthidioides showed open cells. The greater number of open FMRFamide-positive cells suggest that this peptide probably regulates the synthesis of digestive enzymes without cell receptor and signal transductors, while closed FMRFamide-positive cells suggest that these peptides may play a role in regulating peristaltic movements of digestive tract. Presence of FMRFamide-positive cells in the bees, regardless of their sociability level, reflects the phylogenetic conservation of the peptide FMRFamide family in these bees.


Law, as the instrument to settle people's contradiction and conflict, could stabilize and keep the social basic order, promote the development of social production, and the progress of social civilization effectively, only when law reflects justice and impartiality. When the traditional legal culture of a nation is short of the thorough thinking to justice and impartiality, it thereupon becomes essential to study other countries' beneficial achievement of legal civilization, so as to develop the homeland legal civilization. Just because of this, we should pay attention to imbibe the beneficial achievement of legal civilization worldwide while carrying out general plan of governing state affairs according to law in an all-round way.


The paper discusses experiments, modeling, and uncertainty assessment radiative shocks produced by using high-power lasers to launch a thin Be plate into Xe gas at > 100 km/s.


Let it be a set of odd primes. It is known that w'-closed groups are w-homogeneous, but that the converse does not hold in general. In this paper we prove that a finite group G which is Dv and ^-homogeneous is w'-closed. Let G be a finite group, and let 77(G) denote the set of prime divisors of |G|. Let 77 be a subset of 77(G); then G is 77-homogeneous if NG(H)/CG(H) is a 77-group whenever 77 is a nontrivial 77-group. Let 77' = 77(G) — tt; then G is Tr'-closed if the set of 77'-elements forms a subgroup of G. It is known that 7r'-closed groups are 7r-homogeneous. The converse does not hold in general. For example, A5 is 5'-homogeneous, but ^45 is not 5-closed. Thus, some extra conditions are necessary in order that 77homogeneity implies Tr'-closure. We shall say that G is a Dm group if all maximal 77-subgroups of G are conjugate ¿'"-subgroups. It should be noted that we do not assume all ¿'"-subgroups of G are solvable. Z. Arad [1] has conjectured that if 77 is a set of primes, then D" and 77-homogeneity imply 77'-closure. This conjecture is proved in the theorem below. Theorem. Let G be a finite group such that G is Dv and it-homogeneous, then G is tr'-closed. Throughout this paper we assume G G Hypothesis A. Hypothesis A. Let 77 be a set of primes. G is a Dm 77-homogeneous group of minimal order such that G is not 77'-closed. We will argue by contradiction to show that no such group G (G G Hypothesis A) exists. If G G Hypothesis A, clearly 77(G) ^ tt. Let D denote a maximal 77subgroup of G. If H is a subgroup of G, and t is a set of primes, then let \H\T be defined by \H\ = \H\Ts where (s, t) = 1. The following two results were proved in [2]. Lemma 1 [2, Lemma 2.3]. Subgroups and epimorphic images of tr-homogeneous groups are tt-homogeneous. Lemma 2 [2, Lemma 2.4]. If K is a normal subgroup of the tt-homogeneous group 77, and if K and 77/ K are tt'-closed, then H is tr'-closed. Lemma 3. Assume G E Hypothesis A; then |c\(G)| = 1. Received by the editors November 16, 1976. AMS (MOS) subject classifications (1970). Primary 20D20. © American Mathematical Society 1977


A challenging problem to construct video databases is the organization of video information. The development of algorithms able to organize video information according to semantic content of the data is getting more and more important. This will allow algorithms such as indexing and retrieval to work more efficiently. Until now, an attempt to extract semantic information has been performed using only video information. As a video sequence is constructed from a 2-D projection of a 3-D scene, video processing has shown its limitations especially in solving problems such as object identification or object tracking, reducing the ability to extract semantic characteristics. A possibility to overcome the problem is to use additional information. The associated audio signal is then the most natural way to obtain this information. This paper presents a technique which combines video and audio information together for classification and indexing purposes. The classification is performed on the audio signal; a general framework that uses the results of such classification is then proposed for organizing video information.


For forecasting the gyro drift tendency of a missile,a prediction model based on support vector regression is established taking the time series of gyro's drift as study object.According to the characteristic of prediction model,a optimizing method by pre-selecting the support vectors was presented.The support vector regression machine based on e-insensitive loss function is sparse,and its structure is determined by support vectors.So it is a good method for improving the efficiency of support vector regression model by pre-selecting the samples which are the possible support vectors,and this also reduces the sample number.Meanwhile,the paper analyzes the geometry characteristic of support vectors from two aspects: classification and regression,and presents a pre-selecting algorithm based on the immune clustering in the kernel function space.The method is introduced to the data pre-procession of a missile's gyro drift prediction model.The results show that the method is rapid,high accuracy and practical.


This paper presents a study of reducing multiple resonant peaks of high-speed trains traveling over a two-span continuous railway bridge using visco-elastic (VE) dampers. The moving train is modeled as a series of two-degree-of-freedom (2 DOF) moving oscillators with identical intervals and the two-span continuous bridge as a Bernoulli-Euler beam with uniform span. Because of closely spaced frequencies of a continuous beam, the first several frequencies of the bridge would be excited to resonance during the passage of moving trains, which may result in multiple resonant peaks appearing on the response of train-bridge system. In order to reduce the multiple resonant peaks of both the high-speed trains and the two-span continuous bridge, VE dampers are installed at the bottom of the bridge deck to absorb the vibrating energy transmitted from the bridge. From the numerical investigations, the inclusion of VE dampers is useful to simultaneously suppress the multiple resonant peaks of train-bridge system and further improves the riding comfort of moving vehicles. Meanwhile, the strategy of arranging the VE dampers on the continuous bridge is also investigated.


The effective utilization and assessment of medical resources have become a common concern for scholars in various countries due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study deals with a method to monitor medical resource allocation in real-time and verify the effectiveness of the proposed method with actual data. In this work, we selected Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan based on the geographical characteristics and social environment. By collecting data from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism and Welfare (MLIT), we clustered population centers in Iwate Prefecture, and found the clustering centers in densely populated areas from the k-means algorithm. Subsequently, to compare the distribution of county-level medical resources across different secondary care areas, we selected the indicators of Iwate Prefectural Hospitals from the Hospital Intelligence Agency. We classified 19 prefectural hospitals in Iwate Prefecture into four different clusters using the spectral clustering algorithm. The clustering results revealed that all hospitals close to the " clustering centers in densely populated areas" were Iwate prefectural disaster stronghold hospitals. Moreover, we found that these hospitals performed well in operational indicators. Only the Ninohe prefectural hospital in the Ninohe medical area was found not located in a population center. However, it still performs well in terms of business indicators since the Ninohe medical area has a high proportion of public hospitals and the Ninohe prefectural hospital plays an important role. Hence, the government should fully consider geographical characteristics when considering hospital restructuring. We used a real data set to demonstrate the validity of the proposed technique, providing a theoretical basis for the government's healthcare policy.


under a religious or an atheist paradigm. Indeed, Fußl even seems at times to take the former for granted – "Aus den Gedichten spricht kein Zweifel an der Existenz Gottes" (86) – and that threatens to give a rather simplified image of the poems. Fußl also makes use of the Hebrew language as a soundboard that adds semantic resonance to German words, a strategy previously employed by, among others, Klaus Reichert. Sometimes such interpretations move beyond mere academic witticisms and uncover significant meanings, as in the interpretation of stuttering repetitions like "immerimmer" ("Allmählich clowngesichtig") as the Hebrew practice of creating superlatives by word-doubling, or in "Es war Erde in ihnen," where the earth inside "them" is elucidated by Hebrew retranslations: 'adam ("man") is a part of the word 'adamah ("earth") (103), which suggests that the humans and the earth contain each other, and that Wort and Ding, as so often in Celan, are profoundly interconnected. On the whole, Fußl's book makes clear that the scholarly investigation of Celan's dialogue with the traditions of Jewish mysticism is far from finished. Her own contribution certainly deserves respect for emphasizing a crucial perspective on one of the most important poets of the twentieth century, while in the process disclosing several illuminating aspects of his poems.


The stability of a collisionless, magnetised plasma to local convective disturbances is examined, with a focus on kinetic and finite-Larmor-radius effects. Specific application is made to the outskirts of galaxy clusters, which contain hot and tenuous plasma whose temperature increases in the direction of gravity. At long wavelengths (the 'drift-kinetic' limit), we obtain the kinetic version of the magnetothermal instability (MTI) and its Alfvénic counterpart (Alfvénic MTI), which were previously discovered and analysed using a magnetofluid (i.e. Braginskii) description. At sub-ion-Larmor scales, we discover an overstability driven by the electron-temperature gradient of kinetic-Alfvén drift waves – the electron MTI (eMTI) – whose growth rate is even larger than the standard MTI. At intermediate scales, we find that ion finite-Larmor-radius effects tend to stabilise the plasma. We discuss the physical interpretation of these instabilities in detail, and compare them both with previous work on magnetised convection in a collisional plasma and with temperature-gradient-driven drift-wave instabilities well known to the magnetic-confinement-fusion community. The implications of having both fluid and kinetic scales simultaneously driven unstable by the same temperature gradient are briefly discussed.