Summary form only given. We present the first experimental demonstration of a two-dimensional photonic bandgap (2D PBG) at optical wavelengths and the localisation of light at a defect in a lD PBG structure. These are major milestones for a novel class of waveguide based GaAs-AlGaAs microcavity semiconductor lasers with very low threshold, reduced noise and a substantial degree of spontaneous emission control.


ARE WE ULTIMATELY alone with our struggles and experiences? To what extent can those struggles be modified by the influences, love, and care of others? The three papers of this symposium address these fundamental questions concerning the possibilities and limitations of analytic love. Of special interest to the authors are the paradoxes, even the contradictions, between the creative reach of personal agency and the loving, sometimes intrusive, influences of others. The fragile balance between mutual love and respect is always at risk, and as Rank (1936) noted, may quickly degenerate into a Pygmalion-like power struggle between two creative wills. In this regard, as analysts we would be well advised to be alert to the different ways in which one person may use the loving, expansive aspects of his or her personal agency to creatively render another person into his or her victimized creature. And yet the pull to care for those who use their freedom of self-determination to be cruel to themselves or to shame themselves is very great indeed and perhaps often should not be resisted. How, then, may we be of best use to our patients without intruding on their sense of personal agency and insulting the dignity of their freedom of self-determination? In the first paper, "The Conundrum of Self-Care,"Steven Stern addresses himself very directly to the possibilities and limitations of analytic love. First, he asserts that the issue of poor patient self-care has not received attention as a primary clinical problem in its own right. This omission is of special importance because poor self-care can undermine the potentialities of personal agency. Stern suggests that these problems of self-care result from a breakdown in the dialectic between concerned action and empathic recognition within the parent-ehild relationship. Whereas concerned action is


The author decided to write a book on Peer tutoring when she observed a peers company reading together with a great pleasure and joy. Then she decided to conduct a research on peers tutoring. Class wide peer tutoring resulted in English and Mathematical achievement, when applied on 6th and 7th class students. Both tutors and tutees can be beneficent so author recommended application of peer tutoring in educational system.


Antimicrobial drugs are one of the most used therapeutic classes worldwide, this great use in addition to the benefits to human health presents other health problems, one of them is the increasing bacterial resistance, in this context the prescription of antibiotics requires evidence-based medicine. This research aims to analyze the profile of antimicrobial consumption in a drugstore in the city of Caruaru-PE. The methods adopted were through the analysis of secondary data from prescriptions that were dispensed in the respective drugstore, data such as: gender, age group, type of antimicrobial and the prescribing professional were verified. The results showed that there is a large consumption by the female gender, the age groups that most used this type of medication, were children and adults. The most prescribed medication was amoxicillin, accounting for 28% of prescriptions, the professionals most involved in this context were general practitioners. It is concluded that for an effective therapy, involving the use of antimicrobials, it must be inserted within a multiprofessional system, in which the pharmacist can contribute positively in the promotion of rational use.


India, a densely populated country with a population of 1,339,180,127 (as of July 2017) ranks second in the world. There are ample opportunities that are created every minute for the people. And when we say digital marketing, then note that the future of digital marketing in India and the scope of digital marketing in future is going to get brighter in the coming years. A mobile phone has become the basic need for everyone. Even if your mother wants to try out a new recipe, she definitely uses YouTube to take the jot down what is needed and how it is to be done. The scope is wider when it comes to digital marketing. Digital Marketing will remain as the most powerful way of marketing in the future. But as the dynamics of digital marketing is changing every day, a digital marketer has to be agile, alert, and smart and adapt to latest changes. Not only that, digital marketer of today and tomorrow will have to anticipate changes and implement it way earlier than the change actually happens so take advantage of it.


Lommel functions was used to represent the coefficients of ideal digital fractional differentiator,according to the relationship between two kinds of Lommel functions and the basic properties they each has,a new fast algorithm for coefficients of ideal digital fractional differentiator was presented.The computational complexity of the new algorithm was compared with other existing algorithms theoretically and simulation was carried out,the results showed that filters designed by this new algorithm can not only be of good performance in fractional differentiating,but also greatly shortened time that used for computation.


Readers of Kalmiopsis were recently treated to a synopsis of taxonomic changes affecting flowering plants in Oregon (Chambers, 1992). The present article has been written to update readers on nomenclatural changes recently proposed for the seedless vascular plants, which include not only ferns, but also horsetails, club-mosses, and their relatives. Together these groups are often referred to as the ferns and fern allies. Many new names have been incorporated in the new Jepson Manual for California (Hickman, 1993), as well as the treatment of ferns and fern allies in Volume 11 of Flora of North America (FNA), due out in September 1993. Publication of the FNA treatment of ferns and fern allies at this time is most fortunate, for there has been a great deal of new and exciting biosystematic research in this group in recent years. As a result, even some fairly modem taxonomic references, such as Flora of the Pacific Northwest (Hitchcock and Cronquist, 1973), are now substantially out-of-date with regard to the ferns and their allies. Table 1 (page 22) lists name changes for Hitchcock and Cronquist (1973).


This paper mainly discussed standoff explosive detection methods based on Raman spectroscopy. To enhance Raman Scatter efficiency and reduce noises from outside, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scatter(CARS), resonance enhancement, surface enhancement, surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering and pulsed laser Raman scatter were used in remote Raman spectroscopy detection.


Figure 5a : the bar graph shows the average number of worms derived from each labeled nematode growth plate Figure 5b : the bar graph represents the total number of dead and life worms after been tickled under the microscope with an artificial eyelash and there were no signs of movement. Worms from B.c/B.a , B.c/E.c, B.a/E.c. plates were include d individually.


Important recent acquisitions of the Walters Art Gallery are two Polykleitan fragments, a head and a torso, which, while not quite unknown, have received scant notice and no modern study. When first published in 1895 they were united and belonged to Bardini of Florence, who announced their source to be the Villa Borghese in Rome. In 1898 this combined statue was discovered by Bienkowski, published with photographs in which it stood on an Ionic capital, described in detail, and acclaimed as a unique replica of a Polykleitan original. Immediately thereafter Studniczka republished it, using the same photographs cropped closer, chiding Bienkowski for failing to realize that the torso was a copy of the Diadoumenos, the head of the Doryphoros. In 1918 under pressure of war Bardini sold the torso with head at auction in New York; his catalogue reproduced the same frontal illustration revealing the capital complete. Meanwhile Reinach and Mahler, and subsequently Anti, followed the line taken by Studniczka. Late in 1967 this same statue, with the head now separated from the torso, came upon the market; the torso was bought by the Walters Art Gallery, the head generously given by Mr. and Mrs. James E. LePere.'


The national flock of dairy goats in Greece comprises genetically diverse populations that take advantage of semi-mountainous or mountainous regions, where they are traditionally fed on natural pastures and scrublands under varied climatic conditions. The dominant system is the semi-extensive and milk production is the key objective. Considering their role in rural development of Greece, goats represent an appropriate model of low input farming systems.


In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to operation protection circuit and method for reducing the load of the parasitic impedance signal in the signal transmission channel which is shunted by a parasitic impedances. By an electrical signal generated in the signal transmission channel, it flows leakage current through the parasitic impedance. In various embodiments, activating the protection circuit comprises an amplifier and impedance, one end of the impedance is coupled to the signal transmission channel. Input of the amplifier is connected to the signal transmission channel, the output of the amplifier supplying a compensation current to the impedance connected to the other end of the impedance. The value of the gain and impedance of the amplifier, the compensation current is selected to have a substantially equal amount to the amount of leakage current.


This research is motivated by the application of service quality carried out by a company engaged in the service sector is to provide the best quality service for consumers with the aim of creating customer satisfaction. Of course, to implement good service quality there must be strategies carried out by the post office. The purpose of this study is to determine the Strategy of the Salak River Branch Post Office in Improving Service Quality. This research is qualitative research. The results showed that the strategy of the Salak River branch post office in improving the quality of service was not fully in accordance with the teachings of Islam. It can be seen from the strategies that have been carried out only on the right strategy and communication, but the implementation of the mandate strategy which should be a trustworthy strategy is also important to make people more interested in using post office services. Thus, it can be concluded from the results of the study that the strategy of the Sungai Salak branch post office in improving service quality is not fully in accordance with the teachings of Islam.


Abstract The main features to distinguish the seven native Utricularia species occurring in central Europe are found in flower shape, but being rarely flowering identification is often doubtful and uncertain. A recent morphometric work highlighted that there are no univocal reliable extra-floral morphological features allowing a safe identification at species level. Therefore, DNA barcoding approach is attempted here. Molecular analyses were performed to search for DNA barcodes using nuclear ITS (rDNA), plastid (cpDNA) trnL-trnF IGS and rps16 intron sequences. Generally, the barcoding approach failed to discriminate Utricularia species, although it could be of some help in the U. minor aggregate. With few exceptions, U. bremii shows peculiar DNA regions different from U. minor for both plastid markers investigated. However, interesting hypotheses could be derived from the obtained networks, including hybridization events to explain the rise of mostly sterile species, such as U. stygia. This species clusters with the other species of the U. intermedia aggregate in plastid phylogenetic graphs, while it is closely related to species of the U. minor aggregate in ITS phylogenetic graphs. Additionally to U. stygia, U. ochroleuca also shows some incongruences in the different markers, at least for some accessions, pointing to the possible occurrence of hybrids.


The invention relates to an apparatus for spot welding with a laser beam (6), wherein the laser beam (6) by a tube (3) to the components to be welded (7.1, 7.2) is guided. the beam cross section of the laser beam (6) is formed by reflection in the interior of the tube and homogenized radiation intensity distribution over the beam cross-section. At the same time via the pipe (3), a pressing force (F) to the components to be welded (7.1, 7.2) is applied. With a plurality of laser beams (6), which in each case a tube (3) is disposed downstream of a simple and robust components specific device can be produced with the more or all welds for connecting the two components (7.1, 7.2) are produced simultaneously.


We analyze firms' decisions to adopt a vertical integration or separation, taking into account the characteristics of both the final good competition and the R&D process. We consider two vertical chains, where upstream sectors conduct R&D investment. Such investment determines the production costs of the downstream sector and has knowledge and R&D spillovers on the rivals' costs. In a general setting, we show that the equilibrium organizational structure depends on whether the situation considered belongs to one of four possible cases. We study how final good market competition, spillover, and incentives in innovation interact to determine the equilibrium vertical structure. JEL Codes: L22, L13, O32, C72.


"Yueyou 617" is a new hybrid late rice combination derived from Yue 4A and restoring line R617.It has the characteristics of good grain quality(reaching Grade 2 of national standard for quality rice),high yield,wide adaptability,good color at the mature stage and so on.This paper introduced the breeding process,main characteristics,yield performance,and techniques of high-yielding cultivation and seed production of Yueyou 617.


Genitourinary anomalies occur in approximately 1% of humans, but in most cases, the cause is unknown. Aristaless‐like homeobox 4 (ALX4) is an important homeodomain transcription factor. ALX4 mutations in humans and mouse have been associated with craniofacial defects and genitourinary anomalies such as cryptorchidism and epispadias.


In this position paper, we argue that capture and access technology can provide a key form of computational support for the creative process. We will illustrate this claim using several examples from our previous work on projector-guided painting and sculpture systems. We describe additional work on the creation of a process model for (a) the creation of a collaborative children's mural and (b) the creative planning of new paintings in the style of a specific series of paintings by abstract expressionist Richard Diebenkorn. Challenges we faced in the evaluation of the projector-guided system are presented. Finally, we discuss our vision of the art studio of the future and how capture and access will play a central role in leading to its success in empowering creativity.


Cardiotoxicity of anthracycline chemotherapy drugs is one of the main interdisciplinary problems in the research area of cardio-oncology. As is known, the high antitumor effi cacy of anthracycline antibiotics is signifi cantly leveled by the development of disabling and lethal heart lesions. However, the pathogenesis of toxic heart disease, as well as diagnostic criteria and markers of anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy are not fully understood. The article provides a detailed review of potential markers of anthracycline cardiotoxicity from the position of disease pathogenesis. The scheme of pathogenetic development of anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy is proposed in this article. The main methods of diagnostics of toxic damage of the heart that are currently used in clinical researches of domestic and foreign scientists are reviewed.


A flash memory device and an erase method thereof are provided to improve erase/write recycling characteristics of a memory cell as reducing erase operation time, by performing erase operation of ISPE(Incremental Stepping Pulse Erase) type or DSPE(Decreasing Stepping Pulse Erase) type. A number of memory cell blocks include memory cells connected to a number of word lines. An operation voltage generation part(330) applies an erase operation voltage to a selected memory cell block during erase operation, and changes the level of the erase operation voltage according to the result of the erase operation. A controller(370) controls the operation voltage generation part in order for an erase operation voltage with the same level as the last erase operation voltage applied when the erase operation is completed normally to be applied as an initial erase operation voltage in new erase operation. An X-decoder(340) generates a block selection signal according to an address signal in order to select one block among a number of memory cell blocks. A switching part(350) transfers the erase operation voltage to the selected memory cell block according to the block selection signal.


CD28‐delivered costimulatory signals are required to induce NF‐κB activation in response to TCR stimulation. We have recently demonstrated that the mitogen‐activated kinase kinase 1 (MEKK1), a kinase known to regulate the c‐jun N‐terminal kinase (JNK) pathway, is also involved in the CD28‐ and TCR‐induced inhibitor of κB factor (IκB) kinases (IKK) and NF‐κB activation. Searching for molecules that couple TCR and CD28 to MEKK1, we found that the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Vav synergized with CD28 stimulation in Jurkat cells to induce NF‐κB transcriptional activity through the activation of IKKα and IKKβ. Dominant negative mutants of Vav inhibited TCR‐ and CD28‐NF‐κB‐dependent transcription by interfering with the activation of the IKK complex. Blocking Rac signaling downstream of Vav by dominant negative RacN17 exerts similar effects on IKK and NF‐κB activation after TCR/CD28 stimulation. Finally, Vav‐induced NF‐κB activation in CD28 costimulated cells was inhibited by dominant negative MEKK(KM). These results identify Vav, Rac‐1 and MEKK1 as components of a common pathway regulating both NF‐κB and AP‐1 that contributes to full activation of the CD28 response element (CD28RE).


Solid-state nanocrystalline solar cells composed of chemical-bath-deposited Sb2S3 (antimony sulfide) as a light-absorber layer deposited on nanoporous TiO2 and spiro-MeOTAD as an organic hole-transporting material yielded a solar conversion efficiency of 5.2% at 0.1 sun illumination and a peak 88% of the incident monochromatic photon-to-current conversion efficiency.


Abstract A suspicion on West Nile virus (WNV) in Serbia was first reported in 1972 by a seroprevalence study, after which no data were available for four decades. We report full sequence of the iso...


The pursuit for high‐energy‐density batteries has inspired the resurgence of metallic lithium (Li) as a promising anode, yet its practical viability is restricted by the uncontrollable Li dendrite growth and huge volume changes during repeated cycling. Herein, a new 3D framework configured with Mo2N‐mofidied carbon nanofiber (CNF) architecture is established as a Li host via a facile fabrication method. The lithiophilic Mo2N acts as a homogeneously pre‐planted seed with ultralow Li nucleation overpotential, thus spatially guiding a uniform Li nucleation and deposition in the matrix. The conductive CNF skeleton effectively homogenizes the current distribution and Li‐ion flux, further suppressing Li‐dendrite formation. As a result, the 3D hybrid Mo2N@CNF structure facilitates a dendrite‐free morphology with greatly alleviated volume expansion, delivering a significantly improved Coulombic efficiency of ≈99.2% over 150 cycles at 4 mA cm−2. Symmetric cells with Mo2N@CNF substrates stably operate over 1500 h at 6 mA cm−2 for 6 mA h cm−2. Furthermore, full cells paired with LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 (NMC811) cathodes in conventional carbonate electrolytes achieve a remarkable capacity retention of 90% over 150 cycles. This work sheds new light on the facile design of 3D lithiophilic hosts for dendrite‐free lithium‐metal anodes.


Surplus dairy calves are commonly transported long distances from dairy farms to calf-raising facilities and livestock auctions. Current calf transportation research mainly describes physiological changes resulting from transportation. However, few studies have described the impact of transportation on calf behavior. The main objective of this study was to determine the effect of different durations of transportation (6, 12, and 16 h) on lying time and bouts in surplus dairy calves. A secondary objective of this study was to investigate if calf age affected lying behavior around transportation. Surplus dairy calves (n = 175) were transported in 7 cohorts from 5 commercial dairy farms in Ontario to a single veal facility. On the day of transportation (d 0), calves were randomly assigned to one of 3 treatment groups: 1) 6 h (n = 60), 2) 12 h (n = 58), and 3) 16 h (n = 57) of continuous transportation by road. Calf lying and standing behavior was recorded using HOBO data loggers. Daily lying time (h/d) and bouts (no./d) were assessed from -1 to 3 d relative to transportation. The total time spent lying during transportation was assessed as the percentage of time lying (min lying/total min on the trailer × 100) from the time each calf was loaded onto the trailer until the time each calf was unloaded at the veal facility (n = 167). On the day of transportation (d 0), calves transported for 12 and 16 h spent less time lying (6 h: 17.1 h/d; 12 h: 15.9 h/d; 16 h: 15.0 h/d) and had more lying bouts (6 h: 21.9 bouts/d; 12 h: 25.8 bouts/d; 16 h: 29.8 bouts/d) compared with those transported for 6 h. On the day after transportation (d 1), calves transported for 16 h spent more time lying down than calves transported for 6 h (19.9 h/d vs. 18.8 h/d, respectively). In addition, during transportation, calves transported for 12 h and 16 h spent 5.8% and 7.6% more time lying down, respectively, than calves transported for 6 h. On each day relative to transportation (d -1 to 3), younger calves (2 d to 5 d) spent a greater amount of time lying down than older calves (6 d to 19 d) and, overall, had a greater number of lying bouts. The results of this study suggest that longer durations of transportation have an impact on the lying behavior of surplus dairy calves resulting in more fatigue during and after the journey, and therefore, potentially have negative implications on calf welfare. Additionally, longer durations of transportation may be more impactful on younger calves than older calves.


The authors showed how contrast-enhancedintraoperative ultrasonography (CE-IOUS)could improve detection power of colo-rectal cancer liver metastases during sur-gery. For this purpose, they studied a se-ries of 60 patients prospectively enrolledin 2 European centers. In 2004, we have,for the first time in literature, proposed theuse of CE-IOUS using the same contrastagent reported by Leen et al (Sonovue,Bracco Imaging, Milan, Italy) during sur-gery for liver tumors, and we demon-strated its feasibility in 20 consecutivepatients.


IntroductionJordanian Telecommunication and information technology organizations as other sectors in the industries are lived in a dynamic business environment and influenced by the events that happen around (Ben Zaied et al., 2015), and so they are exposed to pressures to improve product or service quality which is presented to the customers in addition to reduce the cost and to compete other products with high quality. However, Scholars addressed the knowledge management, organizational innovation and organizational performance relationship in deferent ways. To this end Tubigi and Alshawi, (2015) indicated the impact of knowledge management processes on organizational performance.. Similarly, Al-Hakm and Hassan (2012) examined the impact of knowledge management on the excellence of the organizational performance. Furthermore, studies revealed a positive relationship between knowledge management and innovations in the organizations, (Noruzy et al., 2013). Moreover, Al-Faris (2010) indicated the relationship between knowledge management and total quality management in addition to an effect to this integration in the organizations' performance. Nevertheless, Kharabsheh et al., (2012) adop ted knowledge management practices in improving the company's operational and financial performance .Meanwhile Marques et al., (2014) examined the effect of strategic knowledge management and innovation on the organization's performance.Likewise, Tseng and Lee (2014).indicated the effect of knowledge management capabilities on organizational performance. Additionally, Rajneesh and Kaur, (2014) realized that knowledge management affect organizational performance in terms of profitability, sales, operational and financial efficiency, shareholders' satisfaction and competitive situation. Furthermore, Darroch, (2005) argued that an organization that has high capabilities to manage its knowledge will use its resources more efficiently and will be more innovative leading to improve its performance. However, Scholars in marketing field also addressed this interrelationship. According to Holm and Sharma (2006), there is a direct and indirect impact of marketing knowledge on perceived performance. To this end, Hanvanich et al.,( 2003) argued that Marketing innovation through the assistance of marketing knowledge can uncover hidden demand or create new demand. As marketing innovation can be created through interaction between tacit and explicit marketing knowledge within and outside organizational boundaries, developing new market innovation may flourish new marketing knowledge. Similarly, scholars hypothesized that marketing knowledge is a trigger for marketing innovation and marketing performance (Holm and Sharma, 2006; Akroush and Al-Mohammad, 2010).On contrary, Alrubaiee et al., (2013) study result indicated appositive effect of marketing innovation on marketing knowledgeof Jordanian telecommunications companies .Result also indicated the indirect effect of marketing innovation on marketing performance through marketing knowledge as mediator. However, these results indicate the dual role of marketing innovation as both direct contributor to marketing performance and as indirect contributor through marketing knowledge. Therefore, it washypothesized that the relationship between marketing knowledge and marketing innovation is mutual (Alrubaiee et al., (2013). However, 1n the context of Jordan and despite interest shown by business and academic domains, research into Knowledge Management is still lacking (Akroush and Al-Mohammad, 2010). Moreover, while the empirical evidence is not, unequivocal, the generalizability of its impact required further research. Therefore, further understanding of Knowledge Management implementation and its relationship to Organizational Innovation and Organizational Performance in Jordanian Telecommunication and information technology organizations is required. Hence, research studying the association between these concepts is considered to be worthwhile, in order to justify interest and investments in such concept. …


Most cellular processes involve dynamic interactions of signaling proteins. Chemical inducers of protein dimerization have been used to monitor and control these interactions in a spatial and temporal manner. These so called "dimerizers" are cell-permeable, small organic molecules that bind to specific tag protein domains. The most widely used systems is based on rapamycin as a dimerizer, which induces a tight binding between FKBP12 and the so-called FRB domain of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Although elegant and fast, the rapamycin-based system cannot be used to study proteins involved in growth and metabolism due to mTOR inhibition.
In this PhD thesis we developed of a novel heterodimerization system based on protein tags devoid of endogenous signaling counterparts. Extensive structure modifications of these dimerizers in a pharmacochemical manner afforded highly cell permeable molecules that can dimerize proteins intracellularly. With the control of these molecules we now are not only able to dimerize any protein of interest, but can also target them to any selected cellular compartment.
Utilizing this ability to target proteins to specific cellular domains, we could demonstrate that the dimerizer induced translocation of effector proteins to the plasma membrane led to a subsequent activation of downstream targets. This was shown by the translocation of the iSH2 domain of the regulatory subunit p85 of PI3K to the plasma membrane and the activation of the PI3K/PKB/mTOR pathway. In contrast to receptor ligand induced multiple pathway activation, our system has the power of a molecular button, activating single signaling cascades without affecting others. The presented small molecule-induced heterodimerization system is suitable to selectively control signaling pathways in time and space, without affecting endogenous signaling systems.


DPSO-FOHA I and DPSO-FOHA II algorithms, based on multilevel thresholding are proposed in this paper. Optimal multilevel thresholds for colored images are maximized by using Otsu's between class variance functions. The Darwinian principle has been used to improve the value of fitness function along with the concept of fractional calculus, which optimizes it in lesser number of search iterations. Comparative analysis is presented between existing and proposed algorithms for performance assessment using standard deviation, PSNR, SSIM and computational search time of CPU. Experimental results depict that DPSO-FOHA II outperforms DPSO-FOHA I and another state of art methods in terms of PSNR, SSIM, fitness function and computational time.


In response to Huddle and Centor's defense of retainer medicine in this issue, this editorial argues that physicians, more so than other citizens, should take action to address access to care and h...


The selection problem of Bise n is, given a. set of n elements drawn !rom an ordered universe and an integer r with 1 ~ r ~ n, to identify the rth smallest element in the set. We study approximate and exact selection on deterministic concurrent-read concurrent-write parallel RAMs, where approximate selection with relative accuracy ~ > 0 asks for any element whose true rank difi'ers !rom r by at most ~n. Our main results are: (1) For all t 2: (log log nt, approximate selection problems of sise n can be solved in O(t) time with optimal speedup with relative accuracy 2-'/(10110''').; no deterministic PRAM algorithm for approximate selection with a running time below 9{log n/log log n) was previously DOwn. (2) Exact selection problems of sise n can be solved in O(log n/log log n) time with O( n log log n/log n) processors. This running time is the best possible (using only a polynomial number of processors), and the number of processors is optimal for the given running time (optimal speedup); the best previous algorithm achieves optimal speedup with a running time of O{log n log*n/loglog n).


This paper proposes a new robust control strategy to prevent the current ripple propagation into the dc-dc converter input, thus avoiding converter malfunctions. Concretely, we apply the new strategy to a buck-boost converter. The strategy is based on LMI control and use readily, fast convex optimization algorithms to obtain the solution. The control objective is maximizing the current disturbance rejection, where current ripple propagation and usual, prescribed dynamic performances are ensured. The paper describes the control design procedure, besides an illustrative example and simulation verifications. Simulation waveforms are in perfect agreement with objective function and performances constraints of the control design. That is, the current ripple propagation is almost zero and other prescribed constraints are satisfied.


- This study examines agricultural credit as a policy target for economic growth in Nigeria. As such it formulated a casual but time series relationship between credit to cash crop(CCC), livestock (Cls), and food crops(CFs), against gross domestic product at constant basis price. The study covers a thirty nine years period(1981-2020) from data collected from Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin. The persistent rise of food inflation imforef the use of the current basis price. Also, CCC is a combination of government credit guaranteed provision to oil palm, rubber, cocoa, cotton and groundnut. That of Cls, is a combination of agricultural credit guaranteed provision to poultry, cattle, sheep and other livestock. That of CFs is a combination of grains, roots and tubbers, beans and soya beans and vegetable. Analysis following a three-stage level. First, the visual movement of credit to nominated product is produced. Likewise, the normality distribution of the variables is checked using the descriptive statistic. In this way, the skewness, kurtosis and jaque-Bera information are confirmed. Also, the Argumented Dickey Fuller(ADF) stationarity test is confirmed. The I(0) and I(1) outcome led to the use of the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) and that of the error correction mechanism-ECM. Findings confirmed significant long-run relationship between agricultural credit and economic growth. Sustaining funding provision for optimal outcome is one of the recommendations proffer.


Teachers' financial well-being and job satisfaction are quintessential as teachers are the principal players entrusted in delivering knowledge. This research intended to identify the level and relationship of teachers' financial well-being and job satisfaction in the Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE). The study sample included teachers in a district in the State of Perlis. This investigation employed a financial well-being questionnaire established by the Division of Psychology and Counseling with researchers (2018) and a job satisfaction questionnaire utilising the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) introduced by Weiss, Dewis, England & Lofquit, 1967. Financial well-being instruments had an Alpha Cronbach reliability of .89, while the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire Instrument (MSQ) had an Alpha Cronbach reliability of .90. The study outcomes confirmed that teachers obtained a high percentage of the level of the financial well-being of 49.5%, followed by a moderate level of 42.7% and a low level of 7.8%. As for job satisfaction, the data summarised that the teachers obtained a moderate percentage of 52.4%, followed by a low level of 32% and a high level of 15.5%. Ergo, the study's data discovered a notable relationship between financial well-being and job satisfaction among teachers. The researcher recommended that the scope of the study sample be expanded so that it becomes more comprehensive to represent teachers throughout Malaysia. Moreover, the results could aid interventions in further enhancing teachers' financial well-being and job satisfaction, such as formulating modules, psycho-education, and guidance. Furthermore, the research analysis could also be expanded by examining differences in variables based on study demographics, such as variations in teachers' financial well-being based on service and grade tenure and differences in teachers' job satisfaction based on work experience and age.


Broccoli quality in British Columbia can vary with season and with the farm site on which it is grown. One major management difference between farms is nitrogen fertilization rate. This work was conducted to determine the effect of nitrogen fertilization (0, 125, 250, 375, 500 and 625 kg N ha−1) and growing season (three plantings in 2 consecutive years) on vitamin C content, head size and storability of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. Italica, 'Emperor'). The climatic conditions during crop growth and development had a greater overall effect on vitamin C content, head diameter and head weight than nitrogen fertilization. Weight and vitamin C losses during storage in the first year were not affected by nitrogen fertilization rates. Moderate nitrogen application rates of 125 and 250 kg N ha−1 in all three plantings produced a head size considered optimal for marketing. Key words: Postharvest, vegetable quality, climatic conditions


The mound prominence above the solar east limb on May 5,1984 was observed with Hα monochromatic images and D3 emission lines.17 D3 lines from Kawaguchi et al(1986),which were found to consist of two components,i.e. the main and the broadened components,have been successfully calculated by using the two-cloud model method,and the fitting results are given in this paper.The results obtained show that the D3 lines are mainly broadened by the microturbulence and the thermal movement,and other broadening mechanisms can be neglected.


(57) Abstract: providing a nucleic acid composition encoding a mammalian protein family that is expressed in retina and brain. Members of the gene family in general, cochlear degeneration, peripheral retinal degeneration and cone - and various sensory neuropathy comprising rod retinal dystrophy are genetically linked. The nucleic acid compositions are used to the study of the homologous or related identification of DNA sequences encoding the protein, the encoded protein production, and related physiological pathways. Furthermore, the regulation of gene activity in vivo, the treatment of sensory neuropathy, and is used for identification of retinal cells based on the expression of prophylactic and therapeutic purposes. This DNA is further also used as diagnostic agents relating to genetic predisposition to sensory neuropathy chained.


Internally incorporated alpha particle-emitting boneseeking radionuclides are potent carcinogens 1 . Plutonium, for example, is one of the most feared compounds known and these are exacerbated by recent terrorism concerns. The transuranium elements neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, californium and einsteinium are produced in significant amounts in nuclear reactors and constitute long-lived components of nuclear waste. These nuclides are also used in thermoelectric power sources, cardiac pacemakers, smoke detectors, etc. Scientific studies are needed to add clarity to the risk and use of these materials, in addition to furthering our understanding of disease mechanisms associated with human exposures. This information may have substantial influence on public policy decisions (e.g. energy policy) and protection of workers and the public.


Space-charge dominated beams can induce chaotic behavior on particle trajectories leading to halo formation on the beam spot. This causes particle losses along the beam transport that must be minimized. The fractional losses must be kept below 10/sup -7//m. This is a very low threshold to check with standard multiparticle codes. To study this kind of problems a new particle simulation approach will be proposed in this paper in analogy with the single particle to core interaction model which is the most used calculation technique applied in these kind of phenomena. In particular, a damping effect in the amplitude oscillations of the beam envelope, for a high intensity beam mismatched with a FODO cell, will be shown and discussed.


On December 11, 2003, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an administrative order under the U.S. Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) in respect of contamination of the Upper Columbia River in Washington State arising from the operation of the Trail Smelter, located in British Columbia. This order marks an unprecedented extension of the EPA's jurisdiction to seek remediation orders against foreign companies operating outside of the U.S., prompting a diplomatic response from the Canadian government. Using the facts of the current Trail Smelter dispute as a backdrop and drawing on linkages between the current and historic Trail Smelter disputes, this paper examines both the domestic law and international law respecting the imposition of prescriptive jurisdiction over environmental hazards arising in one state, but having effects in another. Finally, consideration is given to the extent to which the EPA order complies with these jurisdictional requirements and, on a broader level, whether the EPA's turn to unilateralism is a positive development in addressing transboundary environmental harm.


Although women influence nearly 85 percent of new car sales, their experience at automotive dealerships differs significantly from that of men. Not only are women subject to sexist and patronizing behavior from automotive personnel, but they also often wind up paying considerably more for a vehicle than a male customer. In the past two decades, the Internet has evolved as a significant source of automotive information and advice. While the majority of car advice websites offer guidance to the general public, a handful address the automotive concerns of the female driver. These sites are significant not only for the information they make accessible to female visitors, but for what women gain—as drivers, consumers, and political actors—by reading them. This paper examines four popular websites that cater specifically to the woman driver. Calling upon feminist epistemologies, it demonstrates how such online locations empower women to become more informed drivers and consumers through the accumulation and distribution of women's automotive knowledge. Not only does this automotive knowledge aid women as negotiators, but it also provides them with the tools necessary to radically transform the hostile auto dealership culture, ultimately benefiting all in the market for an automobile.


The soil corrosion behaviors of X80 pipeline steel were investigated by using electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) and Mott-Schottky plot measurements. The results showed that a protective corrosion film will be formed on the pipeline surface, the transfer resistance, film resistance and the diffusion resistance increased with the increment of the pH values of the corrosive solutions, this indicated that the protective effect of the corrosion film on the pipeline steel decreased with increasing the solution pH values. Mott-Schottky analysis revealed that the corrosion film appeared an n-type semi-conductive character, the donor density of the corrosion film increased with increasing pH values, the flat-band potential and the pH value have a good linear relationship with a slope around 74.14mV/pH unit.


The present invention relates to a test socket for a pad of, more specifically, the test terminal of the semiconductor device unit as to the test socket and a method for producing electrically connected to each other, Housing, and through-holes are formed in positions corresponding to the terminals of the semiconductor device, arranged between the semiconductor device and the test device; Spring which is inserted into the through hole and elastically bias the semiconductor device to approach towards the test device in the direction away from the test apparatus; And Is inserted into the top of the spring is connected to the terminal and the electrical effort of the semiconductor device, the bottom is directed to a test socket comprising: a conductive wire that is connected to the pad and the electrical test of the device totong together the terminals and the pads. A housing, a spring, a conductive wire


Many image and video compression algorithms work by splitting the image into blocks and producing variable-length code bits for each block data. If variable-length code data are transmitted consecutively over error-prone channel without any error protection technique, the receiving decoder cannot decode the stream properly. So the standard image and video compression algorithms insert some redundant information into the stream to provide some protection against channel errors. One of such redundancy is resynchronization marker, which enables the decoder to restart the decoding process from a known state in the event of transmission errors, but its frequent use should be restricted not to consume bandwidth too much. The Error Resilient Entropy Code (EREC) is well known method which can regain synchronization without any redundant information. It can work with the overall prefix codes, which many image compression methods use. This paper proposes an improvement to FEREC (Fast Error-Resilient Entropy Coding). It first calculates initial searching position according to bit lengths of consecutive blocks. Second, initial offset is decided using statistical distribution of long and short blocks, and initial offset is adjusted to insure all possible offset value can be examined. The proposed algorithm can speed up the construction of EREC slots, and can preserve compressed image quality in the event of transmission errors. The simulation result shows that the quality of transmitted image is enhanced about 0.3--3.5 dB compared with the existing FEREC when random channel error happens.


184 Background: Population level data regarding incidence of immune-related adverse events (irAE) is lacking. This study evaluated the frequency of irAEs among a large population of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received immune checkpoint inhibitors. Methods: Administrative claims data from a large U.S. commercial insurance database (OptumLabs Data Warehouse) were used to retrospectively identify patients with NSCLC who received PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitors between January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2017. The frequencies of irAEs were reported, identified by having a new medical claim with a corresponding ICD-9 or ICD-10 code during the time period in which the patient was on immunotherapy. Results: Of 2,798 patients with NSCLC (median age at PD-(L)1 initiation: 69 years, interquartile range: 60-75, 1558 male [55.7%], 1240 [44.3%] female), 1,998 (71.4%) received nivolumab, 699 (25.0%) received pembrolizumab, and 101 (3.6%) received atezolizumab. Most patients (1463, 52.3%) received a PD-(L)1 inhibitor as second line therapy; the majority of patients (744) received alkylating agents and antimetabolites prior to receiving PD-(L)1 therapy. See Table 1 for frequencies of irAEs. Conclusions: The current study suggests that the frequencies of some irAEs related to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies may be higher than those which were reported in the initial trials that led to the FDA approvals for immunotherapies. For example, hypophysitis was noted to occur in 0.6% of patients in the KEYNOTE-024 trial, but was identified in 2.4% of patients in this large cohort. Real world data may refine provider and patient expectations for outcomes beyond what is observed in clinical trials. [Table: see text]


We consider in this paper the analysis of transmit beamforming methods in multiple antenna systems over correlated fading channels and with finite rate feedback of the channel state information. The problem is formulated as a general vector quantization problem with encoder side information, constrained quantization space and non-mean-square distortion function. By utilizing the high-resolution distortion analysis of the generalized quantizer, which is applicable to a wide range of scenarios, we obtain a tight lower bound on the capacity loss of the finite rate quantized MISO system over correlated fading channels. The lower bound of the capacity loss of correlated MISO channels is a generalization of existing results available for i.i.d. channels. The bound, in addition to providing insight into the exact nature of dependence of the quantization loss on the channel correlation matrix, indicates that the loss is less than that of the i.i.d. channels but with the same exponential decaying factor w.r.t. the feedback rate. The generality of the framework is further demonstrated by considering its application to the analysis of suboptimal mismatched channel quantizers, i.e. quantizers designed with an incorrect channel covariance matrix, and comparing it to systems with optimal quantizers. Finally, numerical and simulation results of the finite rate quantized MISO beamforming system with codebook designed by the Lloyd algorithm are presented that confirm the accuracy of the obtained analytical results.


In the article the question of study of graphic disciplines is examined with the use of computer technologies and innovative pedagogical technologies; analysed educational-demonstration program from a course the "Engineering graphic arts".


Analytical and Monte Carlo dark current nonuniformity (DCNU) prediction methods are compared. The difference is studied according to different assumptions used for the calculations. The analysis is performed as a function of the incident proton fluence. The convergence of the DCNU toward a Gaussian distribution predicted by the central limit theorem is also investigated.


A q-series identity in four parameters is established and interpreted as a statement about 7-colored overpartitions. As corollaries some overpartition theorems of the Rogers–Ramanujan type and some weighted overpartition theorems are exhibited. Among these are overpartition analogues of classical partition theorems of Schur and Gollnitz.


Objective of the Review: To analyse available information on the nimesulide mechanism of action, namely of recent studies of COXindependent effects of nimesulide, affecting primarily histamine-mediated reactions. Key Points. Fast and lasting anti-inflammatory and analgetic effects of nimesulide are a result of a number of actions not associated with cyclooxygenase 2 inhibition. Of utmost interest are effects associated with suppression of immune and non-immune histamine secretion. Conclusion. An interesting effect of nimesulide is an impact on histamine secretion; it explains more pronounced analgetic and anti-inflammatory effect of nimesulide and a low risk of respiratory and GIT side effects. Keywords: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, cyclooxygenase, histamine, nimesulide.


The purpose of this research is to study the competitiveness of XY cement company brand with others competitors available in the market. The variables developed to facilitate these studies are brand knowledge, brand positioning, and purchase intention. A survey of 87 customers was used as respondent to examine the competitiveness of XY cement company brand. The result of the study showed that quality is the main concern of the customers, which highly influence to purchase intention. The study also reveals that good pricing strategy is lacking from the current management, which affect the customer purchase intention for the brand. Recognizing some of the weaknesses in the current practice, the study provides a clear prescription as to what companies should do in order to create a strong brand in the market. A combination of superior quality and good pricing strategy will increase customer intention to purchase the brand. When customers willing to pay a premium for their brand of choice, the brand can become a strong brand and company's most valuable assets


This paper examines the metaverse and metaverse education from the perspective of McLuhans' media Theory. This paper consists of three parts: "McLuhan's media theory and education", "metaverse and education", and "metaverse education in the light of McLuhan's future education". As a result of the study, it was found that the paradigm shifting characteristics of the metaverse, that is, "participation", "holistic character", "diversity", and "scalability", showed a direction similar to McLuhan's future education paradigm. In addition, the paradigm of future education predicted by McLuhan in metaverse education, that is, "place of education", "purpose of education", "teaching-learning relationship", "characteristic of education", "image of teachers and students" showed almost the same structure as that of McLuhan. Finally, it was discovered that the metaverse is a new medium that can overcome the education of the print media era and bring about a paradigm shift. In conclusion, this paper emphasized that our perspective on metaverse education should be changed from 'How to use the Metaverse platform for the education' to 'How to create the Metaverse platform itself educationally'.


Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a heterogeneous group of neuro-developmental disorders that are among the most genetically heritable behavioral disorders.[1] ASD have attracted increasing attention from researchers and public-health agencies worldwide, particularly in Western high-income nations, where substantial increases in the prevalence of ASD have been reported since the 1990s, and where strong advocacy by families of persons with autism has resulted in increased funding for research into the causes of these devastating conditions. Far fewer data on ASD prevalence are available from Asia than from Europe and North America. Thus, the report in the previous issue by Wan and colleagues,[2] of a comprehensive review and meta-analysis of prevalence estimates for ASD in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, is a welcome contribution to the international literature. The results of the study, which focused on analyses of populations < 18 years of age, highlight the urgent need for large methodologically rigorous studies of the prevalence of ASD in Han Chinese populations—an ethnic group that includes approximately 20%of the world's population.

The authors conducted an exhaustive electronic search of the published literature on ASD prevalence in Chinese-speaking populations, supplemented by a manual search of references in relevant reports. Very importantly, they included Chinese-language publications, thus incorporating several studies that have until now been inaccessible to the non-Chinese-speaking scholarly community. Following a rigorous a priori protocol, they selected appropriate studies, and then evaluated their quality according to the criteria outlined in the STROBE statement.[3] Their procedure excluded numerous studies, notably several registry-based analyses from Taiwan and Hong Kong, which had not included screening procedures in their ascertainment strategies. The degree of heterogeneity in results across the studies was substantial and statistically significant. Even after exclusion of the largest and only nation-wide study from China, which was found to be a major contributor to overall heterogeneity, the I2 statistic remained large (0.76), necessitating applications of mixed-effects models in all meta-analyses performed. The result of the main analysis, representing data from 154,473 individuals, was a pooled mean prevalence of 12.8 per 10,000, substantially lower than current estimates from the West,[4] or from South Korea.[5] Separate analysis of the five studies from mainland China (which included the previously excluded study because its removal did not improve the heterogeneity score) yielded an estimated pooled mean prevalence of 24.4 per 10,000 based on 45,694 persons. The variability of the estimate for mainland China was very high, with the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval for that estimate (57.4 per 10,000) approaching the prevalence reported in Western and South Korean studies. However, the authors found clear evidence for publication bias in the mainland Chinese reports, with smaller studies tending to report higher prevalence rates.

The most remarkable result from the analysis is the huge variability of estimates of prevalence, ranging from 1.8 to 426.4 per 10,000. That extraordinary range, together with the observation that many of the studies reviewed (including those finally used for the meta-analyses) had significant methodological flaws, argues strongly for the need for more research. This need is particularly evident for mainland China, where the vast majority of Chinese-speaking people live, and where the new Mental Health Law[6] sets the stage for an evidence-based re-working of policy affecting persons with neuro-developmental disorders, their families, and their communities. The observation that data are available from studies representing 14,570,369 persons from Hong Kong and Taiwan, but only from 771,413 from mainland China dramatizes the urgency of the need for large, rigorous studies in mainland China. Fortunately, high-quality, large-scale epidemiological studies of other health issues, such as the impact of using folic acid at the time of conception on the subsequent incidence of open neural tube defects,[7] have been conducted for many years in China, so the framework for conducting such studies is in place. This inspires hope that the present meta-analysis will spur further rigorous research on the prevalence of ASD in the nation that may soon become the largest economy in the world.


Information security is a rising concern today in this era of the internet because of the rapid development of the new attack techniques. The pre-existing security mechanisms such as traditional Intrusion Detection Systems, firewalls and encryption are the passive defense mechanisms. This has paved a path to emerging interest in the Active Defense technology like Honeypots. Honeypots are fake computer Systems which appears to be vulnerable to exploit though it actually prevents access to valuable sensitive data and administrative controls. A well designed and developed Honeypot provide data to the research community to study issues in network and information security. In this paper we examine different Types of Honeypots, Honeypot concepts and approaches in order to determine how we can intend measures to enhance security using these technologies.


The utility model discloses a heat and fire resistant conveyer belt, which includes an upper and a lower cover rubber layer, a skeleton, a cushion rubber layer and edge rubber; wherein a heat insulation layer is built in the upper cover rubber layer. The utility model has advantages of non-deformation under being burnt by extremely hot materials, high intensity retentivity and high adhesive strength. The service life of the utility model is twice as long as that of the normal heat resistant belt, with a simple process and being easy to realize large-scale production.


Introduction Manufacturing mystery from mining: King Solomon's Mines Trading on Africa: King Solomon's Mines The British conquest of Zululand: Haggard's politics and ideology The fictions of Zulu history: Nada the Lily Colonialism demystified: Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland Alternative empires? Englishness and Christianity in Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland Transforming Haggardian romance: pastoralism and sexual politics in Mhudi Complex relations: African nationalism, imperialism, and form in Mhudi


Abstract Dead shrubs lying on the soil surface in an arid shrubland in the southern Karoo have half‐lives of 9 to 18 years depending on wood density which varies among species. Dung pellets of sheep and springbok can remain intact on the soil surface in Karoo shrubland and desert grassland for five years or more. Burial hastens the breakdown of dung, but decay may be slower in fine‐textured soils than sandy soils. This preliminary study highlights the dearth of information on ecosystem processes and their response to landuse and climate in arid southern Africa.


This paper describes a fully integrated aerodynamic/dynamic optimization procedure for helicopter rotor blades. The procedure combines performance and dynamics analyses with a general purpose optimizer. The procedure minimizes a linear combination of power required (in hover, forward flight, and maneuver) and vibratory hub shear. The design variables include pretwist, taper initiation, taper ratio, root chord, blade stiffnesses, tuning masses, and tuning mass locations. Performance constraints consist of limits on power required in hover, forward flight, maneuver, airfoil section stall, drag-divergence Mach number, minimum tip chord, and trim. Dynamic constraints are on blade natural frequencies, minimum autorotational inertia, and maximum blade weight. The procedure is demonstrated for two cases. In the first case, the objective function involves power required (in hover, forward flight, and maneuver) and vibratory hub shear. In the second case, the objective function involves power required in hover and vibratory hub shear. For both cases, the designs from the integrated procedure are compared with designs from a sequential optimization approach. In the sequential optimization approach, the blade is optimized first for performance (minimum power) using only aerodynamic design variables and performance constraints. Then these optimized aerodynamic design variables are held fixed, and the blade is optimized for minimum vibratory hub shear, using only dynamic design variables and dynamic constraints. In both cases, the integrated approach is superior to the sequential approach.


Many will be familiar with the legal axiom: Great cases, like hard cases, make bad law. This comment addresses the obverse: Bad cases, like ordinary cases, make hard law. Put another way, to what extent should a judge or appellate court be bound by the doctrine of stare decisis when confronted with a legal precedent which is incorrect?


Thank you for the opportunity to resubmit our manuscript for further consideration by BMC Medicine. We thank the reviewers and yourself for your comments. We believe that we have been able to address each of the comments raised, and include a detailed point-by-point response below. In particular, as recommended by the reviewer to strengthen the paper, we have expanded the discussion to elaborate on the methodological steps of live cumulative network meta-analysis, to address the challenges raised by the proposed novel methodology and some potential solutions; we incorporated a table and a figure for more clarity. You will find enclosed a revised version of our manuscript incorporating all of the changes. We include 2 copies of the new version of the manuscript (clean version and version with changes tracked). Thank you for your further consideration of our manuscript that we hope is now acceptable for publication in BMC Medicine.


Taking the new campus landscape design of Suizhou city vocational and technical college as the case,it expounds the specific design concept and landscape layout mode,successfully combines the Jingchu culture with campus special culture in Suizhou history,and takes the sustainable development requirements of future campus development,and creates a campus landscape with rich culture connotation and regional specialties.


Abstract: With increase in population and advent of electric vehicles, electricity consumption in world will comprise an increasing portion of global energy demand in upcoming decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of alternative energy resources. Utilization of solid wastes as a renewable source of energy can achieve sustainable development and overcome shortage of other energy sources. We are highlighting the various routes of harvesting energy from solid waste into clean and sustainable way. Waste to energy concepts are techniques to address the growing menace of solid waste as well as to meet upcoming demands of energy in the form of biofuels. This concept provides environmental benefits and introduce a renewable energy source as well. Here, we discuss alternative technologies for enhancing renewable energy deployment and energy use efficiency from solid waste and also focuses the renewable energy scenario of India.


This immunotoxin IL-10(subscript 23-57)-PE40 was constructed as a fusion protein by using the functional short peptide of IL-10 (35 peptide or the 23~57 amino acid residues) as the targeting part and PE40 (the remaining part of exotovin A of Pseudomonas ueruginosa alter removing the receptor binding region). The cototoxicity activities of of this immunotoxin were assayed by using cytological examinations, cytotoxic assay, cell-ELISA, fluorescene-marker testing and animal model with peritonic tumor experiment. In the prsent study, it was proved that the constructed immunotoxin IL-10(subscript 23-57)-PE40 showed the biological characteristics of the specific immunotoxin, and this method of analysis for cytotoxic mechanisms may provide a new way for the further studies.


This paper outlines the use of weekly psychodynamically-informed groups on inpatient acute wards. The authors run inpatient groups with nurses as co-therapists. The structure of such psychodynamic groups is outlined along with the use of 'here and now' interpretations and enactments. Psychodynamic concepts such as projection, denial and counter-transference are described and their use in working with paranoia and grandiosity. The authors illustrate the use of these concepts within their groupwork and provide case material that shows how these concepts can be applied in the inpatient setting .


The experiment was conducted to study the fattening traits and meat quality of the F1 generation cattle( Japanese black cattle × Simmental Taihang taxa) and Jinnan cattle. It lasted for 12 months fattening under the same nutrient and feeding management for 15 healthy F1 generation( Japanese black cattle × Simmental Taihang taxa) cattle and another15 Jinnan cattle. The results showed that the average daily gain of crossbreed cattle( 0. 96 kg) was 10. 34% higher than Jinnan cattle( 0. 87 kg)( P 0. 05). The slaughter rate and Meat rate of carcass were 2. 82% and 1. 09% higher for crossbreed cattle than Jinnan cattle( P 0. 05),Shear stress and marbling grade in value is better for Jinnan cattle than crossbred cattle( P 0. 05). Other indexes showed no significant difference( P 0. 05). Experiments show that Jinnan cattle on growth performance and production performance of meat were lower than the F1 generation cattle,but meat quality of Jinnan cattle was better than and the F1 generation cattle. Therefore,The development of Jinnan cattle with fattening experience of high- grade beef cattle production will have wide market prospects.


Analyses of suspended particulate matter from the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean have defined a 400-meter-thick benthic nepheloid layer enriched in aluminum, silicon, iron, and manganese relative to the overlying waters. Chemical mass-balance calculations suggest that the concentration increases in the benthic nepheloid layer are due to resuspension from the fraction of the local bottom sediments in the size range ≥1 micrometer.


The status of the institute of advocacy is strengthened at the constitutional level for the first time in a separate chapter in the updated text of the Constitution. Unquestionably, further strengthening the institute of advocacy, and elevating its status and reputation in society is one of the key objectives of the current judicial reforms carried out in recent years.


We report the synthesis and characterisation of new, highly fluorescent, zinc complexes of bis(thiosemicarbazone) ligands incorporating extended aromatic backbones which are cytotoxic at levels comparable to cisplatin; cellular fluorescence imaging studies suggest these cause cell death by disruption of mitochondria.


Several CMOS ASICs have been developed for a proposed RHIC experiment. This paper discusses why ASIC implementation was chosen for certain functions, circuit specifications and the design techniques used to meet them, and results of simulations and early prototypes. By working closely together from an early stage in the planning process, in-house ASIC designers and detector and data acquisition experimenters can achieve optimal use of this important technology.


To the Editor: We would like to report our recent experience regarding truncal rigidity after large doses of intravenous fentanyl. The occurrence of rigidity with large dose intravenous fentanyl has been a controversial subject. Stanley and Webster (1) reported no rigidity or difficulty with ventilation in 23 patients before mitral valve replacement when fentanyl was administered at a rate of 50 to 100 pg/min for the first 4 minutes and 150 to 200 pg/ min thereafter. Holderness at a1 (2) reported 8% of patients became rigid after intravenous administration of 250 to 500 pg of fentanyl. Stoelting et a1 (3) also reported that two of four patients with acquired valvular disease developed rigidity at an infusion rate of 35 pg/min. Corssen et a1 (4) noted that 285 of 359 cases (79%) developed decreased pulmonary compliance after receiving intravenous fentanyl and droperidol. Rigidity varied from slight to total inability to inflate the chest. Giving the drugs separately reduced the frequency of rigidity. In a study by


This article assessed the 32 qualified online pharmacies in China, and introduced the business model of 25 online pharmacies which are starting online business, mainly including the scope of business, payment method, and customer service measure. This article also analyzed the current laws and regulations of online pharmacies in China, including provisions on obtaining qualifications, issuing information transaction limits, and legal liabilities. Lastly, this article discussed the online pharmacies in China issuing information, consultation, operating activities, distribution, and after-sales service. This article also provides forecasts and insight into legislative trends of the management of online pharmacies in China.


The objective of this paper is not only the development of a real-time viewer for the real-time collaboration of design reviews, but also the real-time verification of dimensions over the Internet. As the anytime-anywhere access is possible via the Internet, remote collaboration in the design and manufacturing process is realized. The developed system is also designed to eliminate network dependency, so that it reduces the cost of implementation and management of the system. This system runs on all types of networks from high-speed LANs to wireless connections. Collaborators can check dimension errors, human factors, form errors, as well as mark up the important parts and make a statement of their views over the Internet. 2D and 3D data viewing, markup and annotation, dynamic sectioning, printing services, and real-time conferencing combined with PDM bring real-time benefits to reduce production time to market and design cost. The usefulness of the developed system is confirmed through a case study.


The communication provides many methods to distribute information to the people, especially after the growth of multiple applications. Consequently, the security of information has become a fundamental issue. There are two techniques for protect the data: Steganography and cryptography, the combination of these two methods will enhance the security of the data embedded. This paper is about encryption and decryption of fingerprint image using transposition pixel by spiral method that designed to increase security and to improve performance. The process begins when encrypted the fingerprint image by using transposition method and then embed inside an image using LSB method. A comparative analysis is made to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method by computing MSE and PSNR by using MATLAB. Keywords— Cryptography, Steganography, LSB, Transposition pixel, Spiral method, MATLAB


To the Editor. —Exertional heat illness may encompass a variety of syndromes, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. All of these are more likely to occur in conditions of high heat and humidity such as may prevail at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga. Athletes with heat illness may sustain severe consequences, including acute renal failure and fatality. Therefore, it is essential that body temperature be assessed accurately in those who may be at risk. Endurance events such as the marathon and triathlon place athletes at greatest risk. 1 Most authors have recommended monitoring rectal temperatures as the best measure of core temperature in the setting of exertional thermal illness. Core temperature reflects the clinical status of these patients. Higher temperatures (especially those >40.6°C [>105°F]) imply heat stroke and portend a poorer prognosis. 1 Rectal temperature has been demonstrated to reflect core temperature measured at the pulmonary


Objective: To screen pesticidal protein with high toxicity from B.thuringiensis,a novel gene,cry2Ac10,was cloned from the Bt strain QCL-1,and the expression and insecticidal activity of the gene were tested.Methods: The cry2A gene was amplified by designing a pair of special primers,FY2A5 and FY2A3,based on the plasmid of Bt strain QCL-1.The recombinant vector,pET21b-cry2Ac was constructed in E.coli Bl21(DE3) by controlled of T7 promotor.Cry2A protein induced by IPTG was determined by bioassay.Results: The cry2Ac10 gene was cloned and identified as GenBank accession number No.EF405952.Alignment results showed that the cry2Ac was composed of 1872 base pairs,encoding 623 amino acids, which were homolog of 97.4~99.7% compared with published Cry2Ac.The cry2Ac gene inserted into pET-21b(+) and transformed into E.coli BL21(DE3) was expressed as 70 kDa proteins to a high level after being induced by IPTG.The insecticidal protein form transformant possessed high toxicity to the larvae of Helicoverpa armigera,Mythimna separata.LC50 of the protein was 30.0μg/g to H.armigera and 16.7μg/g to M.separata respectively.Conclusion:cry2Ac10 was cloned and expressed successfully and it had strong insecticidal activity.


Quantum dot ZnO/PEMA conjugated polymer composite materials were prepared by copolymerization.Methyl ethyl acrylate and methyl acrylic were used as co-monomers,potassium persulfate as the initiator and 3-(Trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate as coupling agent.When the copolymerization reaction occurred,ZnO nanoparticles were added.The microstructure and properties were analyzed by electron microscopy(TEM and SEM),infrared spectrum(IR),UV-vis absorption spectroscopy,fluorescence spectrometer,and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC).The results showed that the preparation of inorganic/organic nanocomposites using this mothed was not a simple physical blending.There was a kind of intermolecular force between polymer surface and nano ZnO,and nano ZnO can improve the absorption intensity of polymer to the light.The wavelength of the absorption spectra of ZnO was declined,and thermal decomposition reaction was speeded due to the catalytic action of the metal oxide.


The invention discloses a cartoon figure facial feature extraction method based on a qualitative space relation. The method includes the steps of (1) reading a facial image of a cartoon figure, (2) carrying out extraction and matched processing on edges and determining a mirror symmetry axis, (3) determining outside/inside, up/down and symmetry qualitative space relations between edge feature elements, (4) screening the edge feature elements, (5) carrying out iterative type constrained optimization, namely, determining the class attribute of each screened edge feature element in five sense organs on the face on the basis of a qualitative space relation model of a cartoon face and taking the number of the detected elements of the five sense organs on the face as an additional constraint condition for iteration, (6) obtaining the optimal constraint optimization solution, and (7) determining positions and shapes of the five sense organs on the face according to the edge feature elements, identified as the five sense organs on the face, in the optimal solution. The cartoon figure facial feature extraction method based on the qualitative space relation has the advantages of being high in extraction efficiency, high in accuracy and the like.


The prevalence of canine noise-related fears was studied by the questionnaire method of dogs' owners from different part of Belgrade. Dog-owners (N=147) were chosen from a variety of sources (permissive municipal areas and parks for walking of dogs, dog shows and exhibitions and veterinary surgeries for small animal practice). Owners indicated noise-related fears in 59 dogs (40.14%). Twenty-six (17.69%) of them were mixed breed dogs and 33 (22.45%) were pure breed dogs. Noise-related fears were indicated in 25 females (17.01%) and in 34 (23.13%) males and, in 27 (18.37%) intact and 32 (21.77%) neutered dogs. From 59 dogs with noise-related fears 13 of them (8.84%) were directly purchased from breeders and 46 (31.30%) were obtained from other sources. There was a statistically significant difference (p<0.001) in the rate of noise-related fears between the dogs directly purchased from breeders and dogs obtained from other sources.


The melting points of UO2 and PuO2 in a helium atmosphere were found to be 2730°× 30° C and 2280°× 30° C, respectively. With the exception of a melting maximum at the composition 90 UO2–10 wt% PuO2, the liquidus exhibits good continuity and agrees well with that calculated from thermodynamic data. X-ray diffraction data on melted PuO2 and UO2-PuO2 solid solutions indicate that oxygen is evolved during melting but that no reduction to a second-phase plutonium suboxide occurs. The oxygen-plutonium atomic ratio of melted PuO2 is 1.62, so that the 2280° C temperature reported here is the result of a dissociation reaction and is considered to be a pseudo melting point. Lattice parameters of melted UO2–PuO2 samples vary linearly with composition but are approximately 0.2% greater than anticipated because of an oxygen deficiency.


ABSTRACT This article introduces a brief historical reflection on the current reception or production of dance and 'choreographic objects' in venues of documentation/exhibition (museum) and experimentation (laboratory), reviewing the curatorial direction of 'Move: Choreographic You' (Hayward Gallery) and Xavier Le Roy's 'Retrospective' (Fundació Antoni Tàpies). Previewing the artists' writings in this issue of IJPADM, the author then comments on some of the key terms in the current 'mobilization of the term choreography', emphasizing the remarkable interdisciplinary expansion of dance research and the concerted efforts that are under way to document, analyse, display and propel choreographic processes and languages to a much wider audience, thus also making available a diverse range of unique methods of scoring, recording, teaching and conceptualizing movement within an expanding international culture of performance and mediated arts (with the role of online dance platforms and archives gaining an ever greater significance).


This work generalizes the treatment of flat spin connections in the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity. It is shown that a general flat spin connection form a subspace in the affine space of spin connections which is dynamically decoupled from the tetrad and the matter fields. A translation in the affine subspace introduces a torsion term without changing the tetrad. Instead, the change in the torsion is related to the introduction of a global acceleration field term that introduces Lorentz inertial effects in the reference frame. The dynamics of the gravitationally coupled matter fields remains however equivalent regardless of the flat spin connection chosen. The implications of the break of this invariance by a general $f(T)$ and $f(R)$ is discussed.


Compared with libraries in other organizations,the educational role of college libraries seems more important.By studying the history and theoretical basis of the educational role of college libraries,the author attempts to put forward some suggestions on how to improve the role of education in such areas as strengthening the awareness of education,forming evaluation system,direct involvement in pedagogy,and online courses.


Magnetocaloric and related properties of Ru and Ni substituted (MnFe)2(PSi) are presented. It is found that Ru and Ni are effective doping elements to reduce the thermal hysteresis of (MnFe)2(PSi). The origin of the thermal hysteresis is discussed on the basis of a thermodynamic model. It is shown that the elastic energy is responsible for the thermal hysteresis. We also show recent developments of the production process of Mn compounds in an industrial scale.


This is a film review of La Disparition des Lucioles (The Fireflies Are Gone), directed by Sébastien Pilote. Author Notes Sherry Coman is a professor of film, visual culture and digital media at Humber College in Toronto and adjunct professor in film and theology at Martin Luther University College in Waterloo, Ontario. As a writer, educator and story editor with more than thirty years experience in theatre and film, she works as a development consultant with writers and artists working in film, fiction and digital media. She is the also the curator and creator of online devotional projects for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. This toronto international film festival review is available in Journal of Religion & Film: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/ vol22/iss2/8 La Disparition des Lucioles (The Fireflies Are Gone), dir: Sébastien Pilote Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeY_FHcWhMo "Dad says a bay can be looked at two ways. One way it's an opening on the world. The other, it's a dead-end." These words spoken by Léo (Karelle Tremblay) in Sébastien Pilote's beautiful new film La disparition des lucioles (The Fireflies are Gone) capture her own dilemma in a nutshell. About to graduate from high school, Léo feels the pressure of what lies ahead while also trying to convince herself and others that the future is not something any young person wants to think about, ever. Her mother's boyfriend Paul, a right-wing radio host (Francois Papineau) tells his listeners that the fireflies have left their region of Saguénay, Québec because they can no longer be seen against the artificial glaring light of the city. For Léo, Paul has already extinguished an even deeper light in her life: in recent days his right-wing rants led to a confrontation at the mill where her father Sylvain worked. The fallout has sent Sylvain up north to make a living, coming home only 1 Coman: La Disparition des Lucioles (The Fireflies Are Gone) Published by DigitalCommons@UNO, 2018 now and then in brief visits. The discontinued mill that occupies the landscape of the bay is a constant reminder to Léo of that loss and of how quickly life can be upended. "We're a family full of contradiction," she says at one point to a potential employer who cannot resist inquiring. Among the lights of Léo's life, there is also the 'spotlight': being known as the kin of the notable and notorious. Lights and light are a deep and abiding theme of La disparition des lucioles, Pilote's third feature. Léo gets a job at a ball park caring for the baseball diamond. Every night she flips a switch that allows the night lights to grind on. Over the course of a summer and under their gaze we see her move out of the shadows and stand in the field itself and then move back to the bleachers again, sometimes alone, sometimes accompanied by kindred spirit Steve (Paul-Luc Brilliant), an older metalhead guitar teacher whom she latches on to in a deeply stirring, yet platonic, friendship. At one key moment she falls asleep under those bright arc lamps of the ball field, only to wake up with the even brighter sun beating down on her. Even she seems to sense that hidden in the nature of light is a measure of how her life is going. In his essay Devotional Cinema, avant-garde filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky talks about the 'relative' and 'absolute' nature of time in the cinema. Relative time carries forward the narrative whereas absolute time allows us to dwell with characters for no particular reason of plot, but simply to know and be with them. When we are with characters in absolute time, he says, we can encounter a transformative spirituality, we can be engaged in an act of meditative devotion. One of the gifts that Sébastien Pilote brings to his storytelling is an exquisite sense of absolute time. His heroes and heroines move around in their established worlds comforted by routines, but they are also not really going anywhere and that's okay. In his debut feature, Le Vendeur (The Salesman), an aging car salesman finds his award-winning sales record up against changing realities when the town's 2 Journal of Religion & Film, Vol. 22 [2018], Iss. 2, Art. 8 https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol22/iss2/8 plant suffers losses and people lose jobs. Industrial Québec is a visceral character in that film and in La disparition des lucioles, where it acts as a heavy contrast to the otherwise picturesque and lush landscapes we see. One of the most moving experiences of the film is how it dwells in its own listlessness, summer days that are both free and filled with an inertia. In dwelling with the characters we experience something of the non-narrative routines that have everything to do with the place they find themselves in, the condition of their spirit. Steve's comfort with his own life, his respect for the mother and her dog whom he takes care of, his capacity to be content with little is both a draw and a mystery to Léo. Steve's anonymity throws a welcome pool of shade from the harsh light of scrutiny that others have of her. Those others are deeply motivated by relative time, by the marching on of careers and relationships, the need for life to amount to something. But in Steve's basement, Léo can dwell and learn how to feel more deeply. Within his rhythm and energy, his commitment and consistency as a friend, his refusal to be cynical like her, Léo finds a safe place to test her own inner shadows. In sequences as humorous as they are touching, the two friends hang out together and pass a summer, and somewhere in there we sense Léo's slow movement from cynicism into a gentler, kinder confidence — even while she is still unable to find a consistent way of being. Pilote himself has referred to his movie as something he "made with a smile, a kind of brief melody that vanishes at the moment it appears, simple and naive." Pilote lives in Chicoutimi and his love for the Saguenay-Lac-St.-Jean region of Québec fills every frame of his movies. In Le Démantlement (The Auction), the struggle of another aging man, set in his ways, to make a sacrificial shift for the sake of his daughter, is punctuated by long lingering shots of sheep on hills and birds arcing over the land that has been in his family for generations. For Pilote you sense that living in being of this part of the world is itself 3 Coman: La Disparition des Lucioles (The Fireflies Are Gone) Published by DigitalCommons@UNO, 2018 transformative: if we are going to know his characters we must know them in relation to the land that has formed them. In this film, Pilote has turned the point of view around and we see these spaces from the point of view of a "daughter" (his previous films featured daughter characters who are both a source of comfort and also of concern for the aging protagonists). In La disparition des lucioles, Léo sees only the shadows of what used to be — in her own life and in her community. At the same time, she cannot resist being out among them. Never one to sulk or mope at home, she spends her days walking the town, listening to her music, hopping on buses spontaneously, going somewhere while going nowhere. At one point, Léo pushes a machine to make sharper defining white lines for the ball diamond. Looking over her shoulder, she sees a wobbly mess. By the end of the film she has mastered that line, but despite the effective metaphor, the film wisely prevents us from thinking that Léo herself is about to tow her rope along the straight line of life. Her penchant for escaping complex and challenging conversations by jumping on a bus is just one sign of the struggles that lie ahead. The film's ending suggests that the fireflies may be visible after all, if enough artificial light has been stripped away to reveal them. Léo has started to remove some of her own artificial layers. She is wiser but still full of impulsive energy. Like fireflies, she moves through the spaces of her life, occupying them in brief illuminations, but she has become more centered. She knows what to expect and also what to demand of life. The darkness of a cynical world has been peeled away to reveal just a few, brief, glimmers of hope. 1 Dorsky, Nathaniel (2005). Devotional Cinema. Tumba Press. Berkeley. 2 Pilote, Sébastien (2018), receiving the TIFF Award for Best Canadian Feature film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2J-BSXETd4 (minute 29). 4 Journal of Religion & Film, Vol. 22 [2018], Iss. 2, Art. 8 https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol22/iss2/8


later discontinued and replaced by Brucella agglutinations and anti-streptolysin " 0 " assays. In general the technique employed for the anti-streptolysin assays was that of Ipsen (1944) and all assays were controlled against standard sera supplied by the State Serum Institute, Copenhagen. After the investigations were complete, the cases were categorized according to the clinical findings as anterior, posterior, or pan-uveitis. Seventeen cases which could not be satisfactorily classified under these headings were grouped as " Others ".


The discovery of graphene makes it highly desirable to seek new two-dimensional materials. Through first-principles investigation, we predict two-dimensional materials of ReN$_{2}$: honeycomb and tetragonal structures. The phonon spectra establish the dynamical stability for both of the two structures, and the calculated in-plane stiffness constants proves their mechanical stability. The energy bands near the Fermi level consist of N-p and Re-d orbitals for the honeycomb structure, and are mainly from Re d orbitals for the tetragonal structure. While the tetragonal structure is non-magnetic, the honeycomb structure has N-based ferromagnetism, which will transit to anti-ferromagnetism under 14$\%$ biaxial strain. The calculated electron localization function and spin density indicate that direct N-N bond can occur only in the honeycomb structure. The ferromagnetism allows us to distinguish the two 2D phases easily. The tetragonal phase has lower energy than the honeycomb one, which means that the tetragonal phase is more stable, but the hexagonal phase has much larger bulk, shear, and Young's muduli than the tetragonal phase. The tetragonal phase is a three-bands metal, and the hexagonal phase is a ferromagnetic semi-metal. The special structural, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties in the honeycomb and tetragonal structures make them promising for novel applications.


It is well known that BaTiO3 is a particularly promising material for applications in optical data processing and phase conjugation using four wave mixing. Recently Klein and Schwartz [1] found that iron impurities, in "pure" samples are the most likely source of photorefractive effects.


Rice coleoptiles usually have two vascular bundles, but grains occasionally have two, three, four or five bundles in some rice cultivars, such as 'Tokyo-tozo-mochi'. The external or internal factors which affect the number of vascular bundles were investigated using 'Tokyo-tozo-mochi', one of the Japonica upland rice cultivars. Plants were grown in the pots under natural conditions, then they were transfered into several environmental and cultural conditions within 10 days of 5 th to 15th day after flowering, because it is known that the additional vascular bundles are formed within this period. Among several environmental and cultural conditions, low air temperature (17/12°C, day/night) was most effective to induce the additional vascular bundles in coleoptile. Another set of plants was applied with several plant growth regulators such as ethyene, gibbereillin A3, inodole-3-acetic acid, benzyladenine, abscisic acid and brassinolides through leaf surface by foliar spray during the same period with that in the above experiments. Paclobutrazol (PP-333, inhibitors of gibberellin biosynthesis) was also given to plants through roots by soil application on the 5th day after flowring. Among plant growth regulators, gibbererillin A3 and benzyladenine were most effective as the inducer of additional vascular bundles. Low temperature may affect the formation of additional bundles through enhancing the endogenous level of plant hormones such as gibberellin.


Objective To evaluate the effect of combined neoadjuvant hormonal therapy(NHT) and adjuvant therapy(AT) with radical prostatectomy(RP) on local control and survival rate.Methods Data of 38 patients with prostate cancer(Pca),who were treated with NHT prior to RP,were retrospectively analyzed.Eighteen patients were treated with adjuvant hormonal therapy and radiotherapy immediately after RP and 20 were observed as controls.The risk features and follow-up outcome of the both groups were compared.Results After NHT,PSA level decreased significantly in all patients(P=0.000).After RP,20/38(53%) patients presented decreased pathological stage.Patients treated with AT had a greater pre-NHT PSA level,Gleason score,T stage,seminal vesicle invasion and positive surgical margin(P 0.05).During the follow-up of 7.6 years,the 5-year and 10-year PSA-free survival was 75.9% and 62.6% for patients treated with AT versus 78.8% and 72.2% for controls(P=0.635).There were similar results in local recurrence-free survival between the two groups(88.5% for AT patients versus 94.4% for controls,P=0.53).Disease-free survival and overall survival of AT group were not significantly different compared with those of the control group(P0.05).Conclusions It might be concluded that the combination of AT and NHT with RP is associated with significant clinical benefits in local control and survival advantage.


Prior research found significant relationship between asset composition and corporate governance disclosure practices of firms. However, in current Indian context there is very little research about it. Hence, this research works in this direction to explore such relationship for firms listed in Indian stock market. The research sample represents different sectors viz. Metal, Oil & Gas, Power, IT, FMCG, and Health Care. It applies corporate governance and disclosure (GCD) index as a proxy for firm-specific rating of governance quality and calculates corporate governance and disclosure scores of sample firms. To identify asset composition of firms, capital intensity as well as market value to book value ratio of sample firms was also calculated. Accordingly, firms were divided into tangible asset dominated and intangible asset dominated sectors. According to this research, there is no significant difference in the corporate governance and disclosure scores across asset dominated and intangible asset dominated sectors firms. This research identifies several reasons why this proposition does not hold true for Indian firms in current environment.


In this work, we consider the estimation of micro-Doppler signatures of small rotary-wing aircraft such as drones using a pulsed radar with a uniform planar array (UPA) receiver in order to identify/classify them within the processing performed for their detection. Such objects induce low signal to noise ratio (SNR) reflections which complicate their detection and Doppler processing. We propose a novel track-before-detect algorithm which simultaneously estimates complex reflection coefficients, micro-Doppler features in the form of additional frequency shifts generated by rotating blades and the motion trajectory before the decision on object existence is made. We demonstrate the efficacy of our estimation scheme in a simulation example and compare with conventional techniques.


A curved pulverizing device capable of easily removing deformed pieces positioned in various angles inside a bendable fine-crushing device by being bent to correspond to the various angles inside the bendable fine-crushing device and stably delivering the rotary force to a shaver in the curved state is disclosed. The curved pulverizing device comprises a fixing unit installed to a driving unit; a curving unit connected to the end of the fixing unit and capable of curving it to the desired direction and angle by users; the shaver installed to the end of the curving unit; the driving unit capable of delivering the rotary force of the driving unit to the shaver; and a power transmission member connected to the shaver and capable of being flexibly bent to the desired direction and angle of the curving unit.


A technique for the computer modeling of fluid loaded electromechanical transducers is introduced. This method is based on the coupling of piezoelectric and acoustic finite elements with acoustic boundary elements. The new technique is superior to the pure finite element method, particularly with respect to the necessary computer resources, whenever the fluid region to be modeled is large. The restriction of the boundary element method to continuous wave applications is overcome by Fourier analysis of the exciting pulses and by performing a computer run for each spectral line. An annular array antenna as used in acoustical imaging is analyzed. With the new method, precise computer simulation of the acoustic field of that antenna could be performed on a general-purpose workstation.<<ETX>>