The RecA protein of Escherichia coli is required for SOS-induced mutagenesis in addition to its recombinational and regulatory roles. Most SOS-induced mutations probably occur during replication across a DNA lesion (targeted mutagenesis). We have suggested previously that RecA might participate in targeted mutagenesis by binding preferentially to the site of the DNA damage (e.g., pyrimidine dimer) because of its partially unwound character; DNA polymerase III (polIII) will then encounter RecA-coated DNA at the lesion and might replicate across the damaged site with reduced fidelity. In this report, we analyze at a biochemical level two major predictions of this model. With respect to lesion recognition, we show that purified RecA protein binds more efficiently to UV-irradiated double-stranded DNA than to nonirradiated DNA, as judged by filter-binding and gel electrophoresis assays. With respect to replication fidelity, Fersht and Knill-Jones [Fersht, A. R. & Knill-Jones, J. W. (1983) J. Mol. Biol. 165, 669-682] have found that RecA inhibits the 3'----5' exonuclease (editing function) of polIII holoenzyme. We extend this observation by demonstrating that RecA inhibits the exonuclease of the purified editing subunit of polIII, epsilon protein. Thus, we suggest that the activities of RecA required for targeted mutagenesis are lesion-recognition, followed by localized inhibition of the editing capacity of the epsilon subunit of polIII holoenzme. In this proposed mechanism, one activation signal for RecA for mutagenesis is the lesion itself. Because UV-irradiated, double-stranded DNA efficiently activates RecA for cleavage of the LexA repressor, the lesion itself may also often serve as an activation signal for induction of SOS-controlled genes.


Examining the past to better understand our present and future and even to change the way we act in the present and future, is something that has instinctive appeal. The argument is often made that by better understanding the context within which past harm took place, and the societal factors that contributed to it, we will better be able to recognize these circumstances when they re-emerge and be able to prevent harm from happening again in the future...


The invention relates to a visualized workflow engine system, which comprises a flow configuration module, a form configuration module, a permission configuration module, an intelligent reminding module and a plurality of functional interfaces, wherein the flow configuration module is used for a needed business flow; the form configuration module is used for configuring a form needed by each business flow; the permission configuration module is used for configuring a corresponding operation permission respectively for each business flow; the intelligent reminding module is used for transmitting a reminding report to a role in each business flow; and the functional interfaces are used for other non-flow systems to call the visualized workflow engine system. Due to the adoption of the visualized workflow engine system, the flow can be defined by real business personnel in a hauling way according to the business requirement, the attribute and the permission of a movable node are edited, and thus the business flow can be adjusted and configured in time on the background only according to new requirement change for the changing of the flow requirement.


Persistent memory collapses the boundaries between the inmemory and secondary storage representations of data structures, and enables the programmer to process data directly from an imperative runtime. We present the early results of the DAPPER project, which takes a database-inspired approach to persistent memory. It supports recoverable data structures in persistent memory at the imperative language level, algorithms optimized for the performance characteristics of the new medium and a runtime to support them, and workload-driven adaptive data placement.


A new injection-molding bladder mould was presented,and the finite element analysis and optimized design were made with Pro/M.The designing parameters of the parts were more reasonable,and the structures were more compacted.


The Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) program is a NASA initiative that seeks to demonstrate the application of cost-effective aircraft and sensor technology to private commercial ventures. In 1997-98, a series of flight-demonstrations and image acquisition efforts were conducted over the Hawaiian Islands using a remotely-piloted solar- powered platform (Pathfinder) and a fixed-wing piloted aircraft (Navajo) equipped with a Kodak DCS450 CIR (color infrared) digital camera. As an ERAST Science Team Member, I defined a set of flight lines over the largest coffee plantation in Hawaii: the Kauai Coffee Company's 4,000 acre Koloa Estate. Past studies have demonstrated the applications of airborne digital imaging to agricultural management. Few studies have examined the usefulness of high resolution airborne multispectral imagery with 10 cm pixel sizes. The Kodak digital camera integrated with ERAST's Airborne Real Time Imaging System (ARTIS) which generated multiband CCD images consisting of 6 x 106 pixel elements. At the designated flight altitude of 1,000 feet over the coffee plantation, pixel size was 10 cm. The study involved the analysis of imagery acquired on 5 March 1998 for the detection of anomalous reflectance values and for the definition of spectral signatures as indicators of tree vigor and treatment effectiveness (e.g., drip irrigation; fertilizer application).


The present experiment entitled "Effects of Foliar Application of Boron and Gibbrelic Acid on seed index and yield of Phalsa (Grewia asiatica L.)" was conducted at Garden, College of Horticulture, Department of Fruit Science, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in the year 2018-2019. It was carried out in randomized block design with 10 treatments and each treatment replicated thrice. The results of this study on the effect of Boron level from 20-50 ppm and GA3 30 ppm (with and without) foliar spray on Phalsa of growth regulators boron (Bo) and GA3 were discussed and interpreted in the light of previous research in India and abroad. The study showed significant findings and concluded that T9 (40 ppm boron+30ppm GA3) resulted as the maximum seed index (59.82 g) and fruit yield per plant (6.01 kg) and per hectare (82.57 q) was maximum.


Objective:To investigate the effects of Qidantongmai tablet(QDTMT) on the GLUT1 in the rat model of myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury.Methods: Thirty-six male SD rats were randomly divided into six experimental groups: normal group,sham operation group,simple model group,QDTMT high dose group,QDTMT low dose group,Diltiazem Hydrochloride group.Different drug or normal saline was administered to the animals at the same dosage once daily for seven days before operation.The model was established by ligating the coronary artery.After the left anterior descending branch of coronary artery was occluded for 40 minutes followed by reperfusion for 4 hours,tissues in the reperfused region was sampled immediately,and protein levels of GLUT1 were determined by immunofluorescence and Western bolt.Results: In the simple model group,the expression of sarcolemmal GLUT1 obviously increased,the level of total GLUT1 increased significantly normal with that in the control group.In the QDTMT high dose group and the Diltiazem Hydrochloride group,the expression of sarcolemmalGLUT1 and the level of total GLUT1 increased significantly compared with those in the simple model group.Conclusion: QDTMT has the effects of promoting the expression of GLUT1 and GLUT1 in rat′s ischemia reperfusion injury myocardium obviously,and promoting!the translocation of GLUT1 to cell membrane,thus protecting the myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury.


In the present study, we optimized the ultraviolet-A (UVA)/riboflavin crosslinking for the collagen-based artificial cornea for the first time to resolve the lack of donor cornea for corneal disease. We found that the crosslinking conditions, including irradiation time and irradiation intensity, played important roles on the property of the sample. At the optimal condition (with the irradiation time of 30 min and the irradiation intensity of 5 mW/cm2), the sample exhibited excellent crosslink degree and mechanical property while keeping good light transmittance. Meanwhile, the sample showed improved enzyme tolerance capacity and thermal stability. This developed artificial cornea also had good biocompatibility to human corneal epithelial cells in vitro. In vivo lamellar keratoplasty results showed that the developed sample could promote complete epithelialization in about 4 weeks, and the transparency is restored quickly in the first 6 weeks. Corneal rejection reaction and keratoconus are not observed. This optimized ultraviolet-A (UVA)/riboflavin crosslinking method would have great potential for collagen-based artificial cornea in clinic. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017, 134, 45226.


Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton _, Ricky Dickens _,David Dixon 2tNASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Nuclear Systems Branch/ER24, MSFC, AL 358122North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCTel: 256.544.6272, E-Mail: email@example.com - Non-nuclear testing can be a valuable tool in the development of a space nuclearpower system, providing system characterization data and allowing one to work through variousfabrication, assembly and integration issues without the cost and time associated with a fullground nuclear test. In a non-nuclear test bed, electric heaters are used to simulate the heat fromnuclear fuel. Testing with non-optimized heater elements allows one to assess thermal, heattransfer, and stress related attributes of a given system, but fails to demonstrate the dynamicresponse that would be present in an integrated, fueled reactor system. High fidelity thermalsimulators that match both the static and the dynamic fuel pin performance that would beobserved in an operating, fueled nuclear reactor can vastly increase the value of non-nuclear testresults, With optimized simulators, the integration of thermal hydraulic hardware tests withsimulated neutronie response provides a bridge between electrically heated testing and fuelednuclear testing, providing a better assessment of system integration issues, characterization ofintegrated system response times and response characteristics, and assessment of potentialdesign improvements' at a relatively small fiscal investment. Initial conceptual thermal simulatordesigns are determined by simple one-dimensional analysis at a single axial location and atsteady state conditions; feasible concepts are then input into a detailed three-dimensional modelfor comparison to expected fuel pin performance. Static and dynamic fuel pin performance for aproposed reactor design is determined using SINDA/FLUINT thermal analysis software, andcomparison is made between the expected nuclear performance and the performance ofconceptual thermal simulator designs. Through a series of iterative analyses, a conceptual highfidelity design can developed. Test results presented in this paper correspond to a "first cut"simulator design for a potential liquid metal (NaK) cooled reactor design that could be appliedfor Lunar surface power. Proposed refinements to this simulator design are also presented.I. INTRODUCTIONAt the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)Early Flight Fission Test Facility (EFF-TF) electric heatersare used to simulate the heat from nuclear fuel to testpotential space fission power and propulsion systems. Toallow early utilization, nuclear system designs must berelatively simple, easy to fabricate, and easy to test usingnon-nuclear heaters to closely mimic heat from fission. Inthis test strategy, specialized electric heaters are used tosimulate the heat from nuclear fuel, allowing one todevelop an understanding of individual components andintegrated system operation without the cost, time andsafety concerns associated with nuclear testing. Electricheaters have been used for this purpose in numerousterrestrial and space reactor test and developmentprograms. 1-5The thermal simulators (heaters) developed atthe EFF-TF have been applied in a variety of space reactorconcepts for power or propulsion applications, includingheat pipe, direct gas, and liquid metal cooled reactorsystems. 6-9To accurately represent the fuel, the simulatorsshould be capable of matching the overall properties of thenuclear fuel elements rather than simply matching the fuelelement temperatures during nominal operation. Inaddition to matching the total core power and core powerprofile (axial and radial), this includes matching thermalstresses in the pin, effective radial pin conductivities, andtransient pin characteristics (affected by the effective radialpin density and heat capacity) during both static anddynamic test conditions:


The maneuverability of ships in a seaway may be considered from various aspects which include small and favorable wave motion. Especially, it is well known that the most dangerous condition of a ship at sea developed when the ship is in a following sea or quartering sea. In order to investigate the directional stability of ships under such circumstances, in this paper the linearized equations of motion of ship are carried out taking into account the hydrodynamic forces which act on the ship due to the presence of waves. These hydrodynamic forces are calculated using the Froude-Kriloff hypothesis and according to the conception of simple flow theory of the slender body and the quasi-static theory and the assumption that width and draft of the ships are small in comparison with the wave length. So as to consider stationary condition of the surging motion, herein the ship travels with the propagating velocity of waves at any position of the ship relative to the waves. On the other hand, a method is shown that these hydrodynamic derivatives of the model ship are experimentally measured by operating the planar motion mechanism behind the wave making board realizing stationary following sea conditions.


Publication is presenting two IT maintenance and operations methodologies ITIL and eTOM and their comparison. ITIL is based on industry best practices but eTOM has developed some standardization. Despite some similarities and differences between them all methodologies lack of standards and clear criteria for decision making in maintenance and operations process. This article is describing processes behind ITIL and eTOM methodologies, giving comprehensive comparison of them and potential ways how to make these two methodologies work together. Summary section is outlining potential further research directions in areas of decision making criterias.


Abst ract A set of accclcration niodels for lead-frec solder joints is proposed and discussed in this shidy. Useful equations for the acceleration models, life distribution. and failure m e are also provided. Furthennorc, methods for selecting the acceleration factor are discussed. In addition. non-lincar 3D creep analyscs of the 256-pin plastic ball grid array PCB (printed circuit board) assembly are presented. The solder joints are made of 95.5wt%Sn-j .9wt%Ag-O.~~~tY~u lead-free soldcr. The leadfree results will be coinparcd to those with Sn-Pb solder joints.


We present spectroscopy of seven cataclysmic variable stars with orbital periods Porb greater than 5 hr, all but one of which are known to be dwarf novae. Using radial velocity measurements we improve on previous orbital period determinations, or derive periods for the first time. The stars and their periods are TT Crt, 0.2683522(5) days; EZ Del, 0.2234(5) days; LL Lyr, 0.249069(4) days; UY Pup, 0.479269(7) days; RY Ser, 0.3009(4) days; CH UMa, 0.3431843(6) days; and SDSS J081321+452809, 0.2890(4) days. For each of the systems, we detect the spectrum of the secondary star, estimate its spectral type, and derive a distance based on the surface brightness and Roche lobe constraints. In five systems we also measure the radial velocity curve of the secondary star, estimate orbital inclinations, and, where possible, estimate distances based on the MV(max)‐ Porb relation found by Warner. In concordance with previous studies, we find that all the secondary stars have, to varying degrees, cooler spectral types than would be expected if they were on the main sequence at the measured orbital period.


The prevalence of nicotine addiction suggests that interactions of neuronal nicotinic cholinergic receptors (nAChRs) with illicit substances and multiple neurotransmitter systems are involved in mediating the rewarding properties of nicotine, cocaine, and morphine. Hence, the overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the role of nAChRs in rendering nicotine, a weak primary reinforcer, to be so widely abused. Interactions between nAChRs and cocaine were investigated at the behavioural and receptor density levels, following chronic cocaine treatment and withdrawal. The effects of blockade of different nAChR subtypes on the development of cocaine-induced behaviours were investigated using dihydro-β-erythroidine (DhBE; 2.0 mg/kg/inj, i.p.) and methyllycaconitine (MLA; 5.0 mg/kg/inj, i.p.). Nicotinic receptor antagonism produced very distinct behaviours in C57BL/6 mice, treated for 14 days with a steady dose, 'binge' administration protocol of cocaine (15.0 mg/kg/inj, i.p.). α4β2* nAChR blockade by DhBE prolonged cocaine-induced horizontal locomotor activity, reduced vertical activity, and diminished stereotypy sensitization. On the contrary, α7 nicotinic receptor antagonism by MLA resulted in the delayed expression of cocaine-induced rearing sensitization and induced a unique, intense grooming phenotype in cocaine-treated animals. To further understand the mechanisms behind this behavioural dissociation, quantitative autoradiography of heteromeric and homomeric nAChRs was performed using [125I]epibatidine and [125I]α-bungarotoxin, respectively. Following 'binge' cocaine administration, α4β2** nAChR density was increased in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra compacta of cocaine-treated animals, compared to saline controls. Moreover, following 14 days of abstinence from cocaine treatment, α7 nAChR density was decreased in the VTA of cocaine withdrawn animals, compared to controls. These cocaine-induced, subtype- and brain region-specific alterations in nAChR density were not observed following 8 days of treatment with escalating doses of 'intermittent' morphine, nor after the acute and prolonged withdrawal of C57BL/6 mice from morphine administration. An investigation into the mechanism of interactions between nicotinic cholinergic and adenosinergic systems was performed using CD1 mice with a genetic deletion of the adenosine A2A receptor. Following 14 days of nicotine hydrogen salt administration at 24 mg/kg/day via omotic minipumps, quantitative autoradiography of [125I]epibatidine and [125I]α-bungarotoxin binding sites revealed significant genotype x treatment interaction effects on α7 nAChR density. Although chronic nicotine equally increased heteromeric nAChR density in wild type and mutant mice, its effects on α7 nAChRs were predominantly observed in the brains of wild type, rather than adenosine A2A receptor knockout animals. The mechanisms of nicotine reinforcement were investigated using quantitative autoradiography of cytisine-sensitive [125I]epibatidine binding sites, following the acquisition of nicotine self-administration by drug naive C57BL/6 mice. Using an operant yoked-control protocol of nicotine treatment, increased α4β2* nAChR density was observed in the ventral tegmental area and dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of self-administering animals, compared to mice that passively received nicotine. Overall, the results of the present thesis suggest that alterations in α4β2* and/or α7 nAChR density occur following chronic treatment with nicotine and illicit substances, which are indicative of the interactions that render a weak primary reinforcer as broadly abused as nicotine.


Health concerns associated with high sodium consumption have led to increased requirements for appropriate salt reduction techniques to create reduced-salt processed foods. The objective of this research was to develop a reduced-sodium instant rice porridge using multiple salt reduction strategies. The effects of partially substituting NaCl with 35% of soy sauce odor, potassium chloride (KCl), glycine, or KCl in combination with glycine (1:1) on consumer acceptance (9-point hedonic scale, n= 110) and some physicochemical properties (consistency, water activity, color, and proximate analysis) of this product were investigated using a completely randomized design. From the results, the most suitable formulation of a reduced-sodium instant rice porridge replaced 35% of the sodium with KCl in combination with glycine (1:1). This reduced-sodium product did not differ significantly (p>0.05) from the prototype formulation with scores for overall liking, color, overall flavor, saltiness, and viscosity at like slightly (6.2, 6.7, 6.1, 5.4, and 6.0, respectively). The developed product had 16.80 cm/min consistency and 0.384 water activity. The color values of L*, a*, and b* were 80.74, -0.64, and 12.24, respectively. The proximate analysis of the developed product was 4.0% ash, 77.3% carbohydrate, 1.3% fat, 7.4% moisture content, 10.0% protein, and 360 kcal energy/ 100 g sample. The sodium content was 1,148 mg/100 g sample, a reduction of 39.3% from the prototype formulation.


To take the fully-mechanized mining face in the 1031 of Taoyuan Coal Mine,the construction order and supporting parameters of bolt supporting in the fully-mechanized mining face are introduced.The bolt supporting is succeed in supporting effect and socioeconomic benefit.The reference in the same of supporting roadway is provided.


An imbalance appears during the manufacture, operation and maintenance of power equipment. The rotor imbalance arises due to the unbalanced masses of the rotor which leads to the emergence of variable loads on the supports and bending of the rotor. The dynamic balancing of the rotor on the balancing machine is the way to avoid the negative effects of centrifugal forces. The balancing machines in resonant and soft-bearing modes are usually used on modern production. However, these methods of balancing has a number of shortcoming, which can be solved by using the hard-bearing method. For example, an ability of balancing of products with huge imbalance and increasing the accuracy of balancing. Application of soft-bearing balancing method needs to be added in other ways, taking into account high reqiuirments of the power equipment. A model of a hard-bearing balancing machine was designed for balancing rotors and rotating elements of power equipment. The Autodesk Inventor CAD software was used for modeling of the balancing machine and the rotor. The modal analysis was conducted by using the block method of Lanczos on the basis of the ANSYS system. The main assumption during the modal analysis process was that the form of free fluctuations is calculated in relative units and does not allow to determine absolute shifts. The natural oscillation frequencies of the 3D models of the balancing machine bed and the rotor of the gas turbine engine 16M were calculated to determine the informative frequency range that the rotor should be hard-bearing balanced.


. Crop establishment methods and tillage practices significantly influence crop productivity by altering soil physical environment, root distribution and plant growth. The present study includes a combination of tillage practices for both rice and wheat i.e. deep tillage before rice (DTR) as well as wheat (DTW) along with conventional tillage before rice and wheat (CTRW) in main plots. The crop establishment methods i.e. no-tillage with residue (NTR) in wheat and direct seeded rice (DSR) were practiced in sub plots. These treatments were compared with traditional practices i.e. conventional tillage in wheat (CTW) and puddled transplanting in rice (PTR). It was reported that DTR and DTW results in 8% and 12% higher grain yields of rice and wheat, respectively over CTRW. Irrespective of crop establishment methods followed in rice, the NTR in wheat results in 7% higher wheat grain yield than CTW. The reduced soil mechanical resistance under deep tillage resulted in 18% and 22% more root length densities of rice and wheat than CT. Thus, among tillage practices, DTR and DTW and among crop establishment methods PTR and NTR are appropriate practices for sustaining crop productivity of rice-wheat systems in northwest India.


An application of the new formulation of the eigenchannel method [R. Szmytkowski, Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 311, 503 (2004)] to quantum scattering of Dirac particles from nonlocal separable potentials is presented. Eigenchannel vectors, related directly to eigenchannels, are defined as eigenvectors of a certain weighted eigenvalue problem. Moreover, negative cotangents of eigenphase-shifts are introduced as eigenvalues of that spectral problem. Eigenchannel spinor as well as bispinor harmonics are expressed throughout the eigenchannel vectors. Finally, the expressions for the bispinor as well as matrix scattering amplitudes and total cross section are derived in terms of eigenchannels and eigenphase-shifts. An illustrative example is also provided.


The present experiment was undertaken in order to obtain additional information on the increased cell decay in lymphatic tissues after ATS-treatment. After injection of rabbit-anti-mouse-globulin G (ALG) in Balb/c mice an increased cell decay was found in spleens and mesenteric nodes by the use of the Nigrosin Dye Exclusion Test on unfixed cell suspensions. After one injection of ALG the decay increased to the same high level as seen after ATS-injection, no further increase being found after 7 days of injections. One week after treatment was stopped, increased decay was still evident. In suspensions from the thymus the decay remained on normal level. Mice injected with normal rabbit globulin G showed no increased decay in the thymolymphatic system. The most prominent histological findings were depletion of the thymus dependent areas in lymphatic tissue and increased numbers of blast-cells in the blood and efferent lymphatics after ALG-injections. The possible ways in which treatment with anti-lymphocytic antibodies may lead to increased decay in lymphatic tissue are discussed in connection with the other findings, and it is concluded that the most likely explanation is a shift in population from long-lived thymus derived cells to shortlived cells in lymphatic tissue, and it is emphasized that the Nigrosin Dye Exclusion Test is a useful test in studies on lymphoid cell kinetics.


Hospital is a medical service industry that must have standard operating procedure. Quality and performance of a hospital is determined by the effectiveness of operational actions which being carried out. Method that is used in the measurement of operational effectiveness of hospital operation is Lean Hospital method. This research is conducted on one of the biggest hospital in Klaten Regency, Central Java Province. This hospital is routinely provide reports of hospital activities to the Provincial Health Office. The purpose of this research is to improve the reports making performance with the design of Recapitulation Information System of Hospital. The benefit of this research is to eliminate waste or activities that do not provide value added, acceleration of reports making, and operational cost saving in the making process of Reports Recapitulation The Hospital Information System is designed for desktop application with the network architecture formed as Local Area Network (LAN) for the process of data transfer and exchange. The development of Hospital Information System is using Visual Studio 2017 software with Microsoft Access as data basis. The research result explained that the highest risk priority number (RPN) value is on the activity of file grouping because it is still done manually. To accelerate the classification process, it needed a computer based information system (CBIS) design. Ahmad Muhsin, Djawoto, Priyo Susilo and Muafi http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 919 firstname.lastname@example.com The process of information system design can be done using the method of System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) by doing system analysis, system design, and system implementation. The test result for CBIS from the Hospital Recapitulation Reports explained that this system is able to finish the file grouping quicker. The total work process before using this system was done for 2 weeks with 2 hours of workmanship per day, meanwhile using the CBIS system it can be done for 1 working day with effective time of 10 minutes in accordance with the format that has been in accordance with the provisions by the Public Health Service of Indonesia.


An assessment of the effectiveness and analysis of the use of cathode electric water heaters in animal husbandry, which contribute to its simultaneous disinfection due to the action of alternating current, has been carried out. The use of the most efficient electric water heater with a special three-dimensional screen for smooth and precise regulation of water temperature, which makes it possible to reduce energy costs, is substantiated.


Objective:To investigate the antihypertensive efficacy of domestic nifedipine potassium controlled-release tablet by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring(ABPM).Methods:82 patients with mild-moderate essential hypertension were treated with domestic nifedipine controlled-release tablet for 4~8 weeks.The blood pressure was observed by casual blood pressure(CBP) and 24 hours ambulatory blood pressure morniting(ABPM).Results:At 8 weeks,the reduction of both systolic and diastolic pressure was significant(P0.01).The systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure trough:the peak rate was 70% and 52% respectively.No severe side effects were found.Conclusion:Domestic nifedipine potassium controlled-release tablet 30~60 mg once a day can signiticantly control 24 hours blood pressure.It is effective and safe,with less side effects.


This chapter discusses changes in academic organization and provides a short overview of Li Tieying's presidency from 1998 to 2003. Under Li Tieying's presidency decisions were made that greatly influenced CASS's organization of research, the grant system for research items, research funding in general, the reorganization of the academic structure of disciplines, the living conditions of academics, and the channels through which academics met and communicated. A main reason for reforming the medical and housing systems is that the state wanted to stimulate the economy and decrease the large amounts of accumulated savings. Nevertheless, under Li Tieying's presidency, the management of personnel and the use of material and informational resources were rationalized. Its reporting to the state and its internal and public communication were improved substantially. CASS work on propaganda and policy-making for the government received an increased emphasis.Keywords: academic organization; CASS; Li Tieying; policy-making; state


Introduction Most of the world's nomadic communities live in South Asia, and this region has the greatest variety of domestic animals systematically herded--bovines, equines, cameis, sheep, goats, pigs, ducks, guinea-fowl. Yet, scholarly interest in South Asian nomadism is meagre (Rao and Casimir 2003), and largely limited to expounding the 'problems' these 'backward' communities create for the state in its developmental aims. Reflecting colonial and orientalist attitudes flavoured by an urbanised and sedentist bias, the perspective has been largely that of a state, whose ultimate objective is to settle migratory pastoralists and other nomads. With environmental problems growing and alarming reports of deforestation throughout the region, state forest departments in many South Asian countries are locked in battles over what they deem 'overexploitation' by migratory herders. Increasingly, however, this perspective is being questioned and issues of social justice are coming to the fore. The notion of the environment being a concern of and for the state, rather than one of and for the people, is being contested. Slowly, but steadily, resource use--and with this, nomadism--in South Asia is also becoming a contested domain. In this paper I draw on ethnographic data (1) and archival materials to discuss some of the contradictions inherent in the conflict between the state in South Asia and its organs and institutions on the one hand and pastoral communities on the other. Using the example of the Dachigam National Park, I try to illustrate how wildlife management problems are often embedded in the much larger context of state-nomad relations and, more generally, in relations of dominance handed down from colonial times, and closely related to colonial concepts of nature. Finally, I show how such relations of dominance can be contested in times of more generalised political conflict. I take as an example the Valley of Kashmir, which has been witnessing severe armed violence since 1990. The Setting The Valley of Kashmir (henceforth, 'Kashmir') in the western Himalayas is part of the Indian-administered unit known as Jammu and Kashmir (henceforth, JK Casimir and Rao 1998; Casimir 2003). The herders belong to different communities, some of whom are sedentary, others transhumant and still others nomadic. Thus in summer, Kashmiri farmers, living year round in hamlets at 2,000 to 2,500 m with easy access to village commons, are often entrusted by farmers living further below with their livestock, in return for payment in cash and kind. Other farmers still lower down in the Valley pay the Pohol--professional Kashmiri herdsmen--to take their stock up to alpine pastures and bring them back in autumn, to be stail-fed in winter. Additionally, nomadic pastoral communities of the Bakkarwal and the Banihara enter Kashmir with their herds in early summer and exit in autumn, while the Gujar spend the entire year with their livestock transhuming within the Valley. …


A method is presented for calculating the lightning performance of unshielded steel-structure transmission lines. The method is an adaptation of the Anderson/IEEE method for shielded lines, and it incorporates an algorithm for calculating separate magnitudes and frequency distributions of the strokes to the towers and the strokes to the conductors. The results of applying the method to 230 kV, 500 kV and 765 kV lines are presented, and the effects of voltage class, span and form of striking distance equation are discussed. >


The intelligent education system is a brand-new education model and teaching reform measures proposed by the college education system in the current information age. Through precise top-level design, the advantages of information technology can be effectively brought into play, and it can adapt to different teaching environments and become an intelligent auxiliary tool for schools to carry out teaching activities. Under the intelligent education system, the reconstruction of information education can be effectively realized through the modes of personalized learning, intelligent teachers, and precise management. With intelligent infrastructure as the core, the application scenarios, technical platforms, guarantee systems, The overall framework such as the learning system has effectively promoted the formation of modern teaching methods and provided technical support for the implementation of intelligent education.


Taking potted Petunia hyhrida Vilm flowers as test materials,different proportion matrix of vinegar residue,peatmoss and vermiculite were evaluated as substrates,the physico-chemical properties of matrix,morphological and physiological characteristics of flowers were measured,in order to screen the optimal matrix formula for Petunia hyhrida Vilm.The results showed that volume ratio of matrix with vinegar residue∶peatmoss∶vermiculite as 3∶1∶1was the best appropriate formula for the growth of Petunia hyhrida Vilm with bulk density 0.338g / cm 3,pH 6.6,TN 14.7g / kg,TP 2.0g / kg,TK 4.6g / kg,available N,P and K 2.04g / kg,0.50g / kg,0.75g / kg,respectively.Comparing with conventional control treatment,the average plant height of Petunia hyhrida Vilm,crown breadth,biomass of overground,flowering proportion increased 14.8%,48.1%,53.1%and 31.0%,respectively.


Based on dimensional analysis and finite element calculations, several scaling relationships in the indentation of shape memory alloys with a sharp conical indenter were obtained. These scaling relationships illustrate the dependence of the indentation response on the material properties of shape memory alloys, such as phase transition and plastic deformation. It is shown that the yield stress and strain-hardening exponent of transformed martensite play important roles in the indentation response, in addition to the phase transition properties. Additionally, the general relationships between indentation hardness and phase transition stress, maximum transition strain, martensite yield stress and the strain-hardening exponent of shape memory alloys were obtained. The results show that the indentation hardness of shape memory alloys is not proportional to the phase transition stress or to the martensite yield stress, and cannot be used directly to measure the phase transition stress or the yield stress of shape memory alloys.


The demographic consequences of emigration from Italy are analyzed, with the focus on the period since World War II. Attention is paid to the demographic impact of emigration on the regions of origin and to the demographic characteristics of the Italian population in the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Luxembourg, and Switzerland


PURPOSE
The authors examined the benefits of younger cochlear implantation, longer cochlear implant use, and greater pre-implant aided hearing to spoken language at 3.5 and 4.5 years of age.

METHOD
Language samples were obtained at ages 3.5 and 4.5 years from 76 children who received an implant by their 3rd birthday. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to identify characteristics associated with spoken language outcomes at the 2 test ages. The Preschool Language Scale (I. L. Zimmerman, V. G. Steiner, & R. E. Pond, 1992) was used to compare the participants' skills with those of hearing age-mates at age 4.5 years.

RESULTS
Expected language scores increased with younger age at implant and lower pre-implant thresholds, even when compared at the same duration of implant use. Expected Preschool Language Scale scores of the children who received the implant at the youngest ages reached those of hearing age-mates by 4.5 years, but those children implanted after 24 months of age did not catch up with hearing peers.

CONCLUSION
Children who received a cochlear implant before a substantial delay in spoken language developed (i.e., between 12 and 16 months) were more likely to achieve age-appropriate spoken language. These results favor cochlear implantation before 24 months of age, especially for children with aided pure-tone average thresholds greater than 65 dB prior to surgery.


By unanimous consent the Sumerian poem "Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta"1 is considered as one of the most remarkable pieces of epic literature not only for its formal and stylistic niceties but also, and above all, for the originality of its narrative plot as a whole and for the intriguing sequence of its dramaprogression. An almost unique repertoire of motives of various kinds has found its way into this long piece of narrative (ca. 640 lines): some of them are functionally consistent with the subject-matter and the dynamics of the story while others do not appear not to be strictly related to them—their presence in the final draft of the text has also been explained as the result of later scribal additions. The aim of this note is not to suggest a new interpretation of the poem as a whole of some specific passages in it: rather I would like to draw attention to a particular aspect of the long plot that may provide a useful guideline for its general understanding—a guideline which does not exclude the legitimacy of other parallel and complementary approaches and interpretative keys to this


Abstract (R)-3-[(tert-Butoxycarbonyl)amino]piperidine and (R)-3-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]azepane were prepared in two steps starting from d-ornithine and d-lysine, respectively. In the key step, N-Boc-protected 3-aminolactams were converted into imido esters by O-alkylation and then hydrogenated to amines, under mild conditions (5 bar H2, room temperature) and without isolation, over a standard hydrogenation catalyst (5% Pt/C).


The goal of the article is to study factors that determine a necessity of expansion of the essence of the "human capital" notion in the context of changing priorities of economic growth and transition to the "wisdom society". The article reveals, in the result of the analysis, that wisdom becomes the priority at the modern stage of social and economic development and the main challenge - leaving the limits of the "knowledge society" and developing into the "wisdom society". Consequently, the humanitarian economy ("wisdom economy") is shown as the main direction of development of the economic science. Moreover, the article shows that the concept of human capital should be expanded with consideration of specific features of the wisdom society. The article offers to understand the human capital as an aggregate of knowledge, skills, motivations (according to Becker) plus wisdom (happiness), imperative of values and subjectness. Prospects of further studies are connected with the search for methods of measurement of such a difficult to measure property as "happiness", comparison of the heuristic potential of the existing indices and, possibly, their specification or development of new ones.


Purpose – This paper aims to show the particular difference Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCA) can make towards specific decisions which some acquired brain injury clients, who are eligible for the IMCA service, experience.Design/methodology/approach – A case study is highlighted in which the role of the IMCA is described against the background of a selective literature review on the history of advocacy in relation to its emergence as a profession. This analysis references issues of spirituality and culture.Findings – Themes raised in the case are discussed with reference to ongoing research and these are related to the best interests of clients, and to reflexivity as a basis for the professionalisation of advocacy.Research limitations/implications – IMCA practitioners are instructed in well‐defined "best interests" situations, where an individual has no capacity, support or representation, or requires safeguarding measures in relation to certain decisions. In these cases, social, cultural, emot...


The effects of the parasite, Apanteles glomeratus L., on the hemolymph simple and conjugated proteins of developing Pieris rapae (L.) were studied. Hemolymph protein concentration of both nonparasitized and parasitized insects followed a cyclical pattern related to the molting sequence. The maximum titer found was lower for parasitized than nonparasitized larvae. The latter could result from failure of ecdysial gland activation, or absence of sequestered protein, as would be expected if the host was no longer programmed for pupation.

Electrophoretic patterns revealed 29 different protein bands in nonparasitized insects, although a maximum of 24 was detected at any one time. Eleven of these bands were conjugated. Most of these were associated with the slower moving fractions.

Six bands were absent from parasitized individuals, 2 of these were suggested as being involved in the initiation of metamorphosis. Three additional bands from parasitized P. rapae were altered in varying degrees. These data would indicate that parasitization influenced the endocrine system maintaining host biosynthseis in a juvenile state.


Featuring Oliver King, Coleman Hawkins, Ed Allen ; discographical notes by Jazz Records, Brian Rust ; liner notes by Tom Lord ; cover art by Fred Romary ; album design by Paul Burgess ; mastered by Ray Hagerty ; original sound qualities have been retained and no artificial echoing or rechanneling has been introduced


C-Mn-Cr-Mo dual phase steel was piloted in laboratory. OM, SEM, tensile tests and XRD were used to characterize the microstructures, mechanical properties and to determine the texture. The results indicate that when annealed at 860 °C, the tensile strength of the tested steel is 440 MPa, elongation and r value exceed 35% and 1.4, respectively. With the temperature increases from 820°C to 860°C, the average grain size of ferrite increases and ferrite trends to be uniform gradually, therefore, the r value increase gradually. When the temperature is higher than 860°C, bainite forming results in reducing of r value. Al could weaken the tendency of heterogeneous deformation and modified the annealing texture by refining hot-rolling grain size. Mo-based carbides existed in hot-rolled sheet developed {111} texture in the stage of ferrite recrystallization, then re-dissolved in intercritial annealing stage so as to improve hardenability.


With the example of the comprehensive treatment project of the section between Xiaopingyang and Binyang of Liunan Express way,the paper analyzes the diseases of cement concrete pavement,and puts forward the related maintenance and repair methods,based on engineering actuality.


Objective To study the association of educational level and risk of death from all causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer among Asian populations. Design A pooled analysis of 15 population-based cohort studies. Setting and participants 694 434 Asian individuals from 15 prospective cohorts within the Asia Cohort Consortium. Interventions None. Main outcome measures HRs and 95% CIs for all-cause mortality, as well as for CVD-specific mortality and cancer-specific mortality. Results A total of 694 434 participants (mean age at baseline=53.2 years) were included in the analysis. During a mean follow-up period of 12.5 years, 103 023 deaths were observed, among which 33 939 were due to cancer and 34 645 were due to CVD. Higher educational levels were significantly associated with lower risk of death from all causes compared with a low educational level (≤primary education); HRs and 95% CIs for secondary education, trade/technical education and ≥university education were 0.88 (0.85 to 0.92), 0.81 (0.73 to 0.90) and 0.71 (0.63 to 0.80), respectively (ptrend=0.002). Similarly, HRs (95% CIs) were 0.93 (0.89 to 0.97), 0.86 (0.78 to 0.94) and 0.81 (0.73 to 0.89) for cancer death, and 0.88 (0.83 to 0.93), 0.77 (0.66 to 0.91) and 0.67 (0.58 to 0.77) for CVD death with increasing levels of education (both ptrend <0.01). The pattern of the association among East Asians and South Asians was similar compared with ≤primary education; HR (95% CI) for all-cause mortality associated with ≥university education was 0.72 (0.63 to 0.81) among 539 724 East Asians (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) and 0.61 (0.54 to 0.69) among 154 710 South Asians (Indians and Bangladeshis). Conclusion Higher educational level was associated with substantially lower risk of death among Asian populations.


In this thesis,the author analyzes the situation of the idea of staff working in gymnasium,he summarizes the characterises of their thought,and puts forward some means in how to do their idea work better.


Since the early 1990s sexual offending has been acknowledged as a major social issue in Ireland, however there is little or no explicit policy for the risk management of sex offenders in Ireland. This article briefly outlines the nature of sexual offending in Ireland before considering current practice in the management of sex offenders and reviewing international perspectives on managing sex offenders. Finally it explores policy dilemmas in the complex area of managing sexual offending and argues the need for the development of innovative policy in this area.


Adsorption of PtCl6 2- anions on surface of carbon black was studied. It was found that the absence of surface oxygen groups led to a higher Pt loading amount, and the Pt loading amount would decrease as using a higher H2PtCl6 impregnating solution concentration. The sites in the basal planes of carbon black surface act as the chemical adsorption sites, playing a more important role than surface oxygen groups in PtCl6 2- adsorption. Adsorption of large amounts of H3O + in the sites would lead to a decrease of chemical adsorption capacity. Keyword: Adsorption, sites, surface oxygen groups, platinum


OBJECTIVE
To examine the association of hospital expenditure with continuing nurse education and staffing on improvements in nurse-sensitive, patient-safety outcomes.

DATA SOURCES
12-year (2007-2018) panel of Florida acute-care general hospitals.

STUDY DESIGN
We assess the relationship of hospital expenditure on continuing nurse education and staffing on nurse-sensitive, patient-safety outcomes from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: advanced-stage (stage 3 or 4) pressure injuries/ulcers, central venous catheter-related blood stream infection, and deep vein thrombosis. We attempt to mitigate expected omitted-variable bias by 1) exploiting the panel structure of our data, controlling for time and time-invariant hospital fixed effects and 2) incorporating measurable variables representing four unobserved hospital characteristics underlying hospital safety culture (organizational type, organizational structure, leadership, and market conditions) that are likely associated with both inpatient safety and our key determinants. We include two policy initiatives that took effect during the period under study.

DATA EXTRACTION METHODS
From our initial sample of 177 acute-care hospitals we exclude hospitals with missing variables or years of data. Our samples are a balanced panel of 150 acute-care hospitals (N=1800) for pressure ulcer and catheter-related blood stream infection, and 143 hospitals (N=1716) for deep vein thrombosis.

PRINCIPAL FINDINGS
A one standard deviation increase in nursing education-policy interaction is associated with a 16.6% (p<0.01) reduction in the rate of catheter-related blood stream infection and associated with an almost 5% (p<0.05) reduction in the rate of deep vein thrombosis; a one standard deviation increase in staffing per 1000 inpatient days is associated with a 68.5% reduction in pressure-ulcer rates: 31.4% from direct staffing (p<0.01) and 37.1% from policy-staffing interaction (p<0.01).

CONCLUSIONS
Our findings suggest that there are tradeoffs between funding continuing education and training of existing staff and expanding staff to achieve patient safety objectives.


Acrylic acid (AA)–acrylamide (AM) based superabsorbent polymers (SAP) were synthesized by inverse suspension polymerization using potassium-persulfate as the initiator, N,N′-methylene bisacrylamide (BIS) as a crosslinker, sorbitan monostearate (Span 60) as the dispersant, cyclohexane as the solvent, and bis(methacryloylamino)-azobenzene as the hydrophobic surface crosslinker. The influence of the polymerization parameters on the properties of the SAPs, water absorption (Q), morphology of the SAPs, swelling kinetics, salt resistance, and the reversibility of water absorption were investigated. The prepared SAPs have excellent water absorption, rapid water uptake, and good resistance to NaCl solutions. Furthermore, they show better reversible water uptake than the previously reported SAPs. The average water absorbency is 2800 g/g and 181 g/g of liquid absorbance in 0.025M NaCl solution. The initial water uptake rate is 1357 g/g/min and the reversibility of water absorption is 200 g/g in the repeated fourth cycle. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 1357–1364, 2008


As regards the chronic disorders brought about by pesticides to human bodies, attempts have been made to review theses that have been published both at home and abroad in the last several years on the basis of epidemiological studies. The chronic disorders that are found to have something to do with pesticides are neurological disorders (Parkinson's disease, peripheral nervous symptoms, poor coordinations and abnormal deep tendon reflexes), mental disorders (mild cognitive dysfunction and neurosis), pulmonary and bronchial disorders, hematopietic disorders (aplastic anemia), thyroid disorders, ocular disorders, immune disorders, natal disorders and birth defects (teratism, spontaneous abortion, complete transposition of the great arteries and cryptorchism), disorders in childhood growth (disorders in social development and attention deficit disorders, among others), genital disorders (reduction in fertility, erectile dysfunction (ED) and oligozoospermia), oncogenesis and carcinogenesis (childhood cancer, leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma, others and pulmonary, mammary, cystic, pancreatic, and prostatic cancers).The findings of epidemiological studies do not necessarily produce casual relationships but, as identical findings have come out in many epidemiological studies, it may be argued that they produce findings the casual relationship of which is considerably suspicious. The working of pesticides as chemicals to stir incretion (the working similar to that of estrogen), the working of dioxin contained as a byproduct and the impairment of DNA have something to do with causes to chronic disorders.With not only acute poisoning by pesticides but also chronic disorders, the greatest adverse impacts fall on farmers who are directly engaged in the spraying of pesticides. When it comes to genital disorders, birth defects and tumorigenesis, among others, the spraying of insecticides and the extermination of white ants in and out of the houses ought to be taken into full account.


Abstract A rapid modification of the "curcumin method"; is presented, which is comparatively insensitive to interfering ions such as NO3 −, and Fe3+. No water elimination step is needed and the reaction time is only 10 minutes. The coefficient of variation does not exceed 0,6% at 0,1 ppm boron. When a reduction in precision is acceptable a modification is presented with only 3 minutes reaction time. Detection limit is as low as 0,0004 ppm boron without previous concentration. The problem with solutions containing F− and high amounts of NO3 −, and peroxides is avoided by using 2,2‐dimethyl ‐1,3‐hexamediol in chloroform as an extractant. The method can be easily automated.


The invention provides a method for producing aerated concrete with refuse incinerator slag. The method is characterized in that the following raw materials are added by mass percent: 30-60% of fly ash, quartz sand and/or granulated blast furnace slag, 5-15% of Portland cement, 15-25% quicklime, 3-5% of dihydrate gypsum and 10-40% (preferably 9.5-39%) of refuse incinerator slag. Compared with the prior art, the method has the following advantages: (1) the refuse incinerator slag is greatly utilized to produce aerated concrete, so that the method belongs to the resource utilization technology and can substantially reduce the high treatment costs; and (2) the metallic aluminium is fully utilized.


We have analyzed 10 high-resolution spectra of Type II Cepheids with periods less than 3 days. We find that they clearly separate into two groups: those with near or slightly below solar metallicities, and those with [Fe/H] between −1.5 and −2.0. While the former are usually called BL Her stars, we suggest that the latter be called UY Eri stars. The UY Eri subclass appears to be similar to the short period variables in globular clusters of the Galactic Halo. Globular clusters with [Fe/H] > −1.0 almost never have Type II Cepheids.


The activity of geraniol- 10-hydroxylase was greatly increased when Catharanthus roseus cells were transferred to a production medium for monoterpene indole alkaloids. Its activity pattern showed a closer relationship than tryptophan decarboxylase to the pattern of indole alkaloid accumulation. The intermediate accumulation of tryptamine and its later incorporation into ajmalicine indicated that the coordination of the two precursor pathways for the monoterpene indole alkaloid formation was not synchronized under the chosen culture conditions. A better tuning of these two pathways may shorten the time period for induction of indole alkaloid biosynthesis.


First pollen data from the seven sediment sequences at the northern area ofBurtnieks Lake have been used as a tool for reconstruction of palaeovegetation in the ancient lake coastal zone. The pollen composition obtained reveals vegetation composition and dynamics during the first half of the Holocene, when Mesolithic and the Neolithic man inhabited area. Most of pollen data show vegetation dynamics since the Preboreal, when sparse birch-pine forests with grass-lands, meadows and pastures were distributed in the area of the Zvejnieki site and its vicinity. During the first part of the Boreal pine-birch forests occupied the study area, but later pine became the dominant tree. Significant values of anthropogenic indicator plant pollen, such as Plantago major/media, Rumex acetosa/acetosella, Urtica, prove the presence of man at the Zvejnieki and Silzemnieki sites. Obviously, these open areas were partly the result of human impact. Palynological data suggest that area at the Zvejnieki archaeological site and its surroundings were inhabited during whole time span from the Preboreal-Boreal to the Atlantic period, but weak traces of possible human presence in the area occur from the very end of the Younger Dryas.


Plastic deformation behavior including anomalous strengthening of Ni3X-type compounds with D019, D0a and D024 structure were examined and summarized, focusing on the correlation between deformation characteristics and features of their crystal structures.


Extramedullary plasmacytomas (EMPs) are rare tumors that typically present as solitary lesions at soft tissue sites without evidence of local bone destruction or signs of multiple myeloma [1]. They frequently arise in the upper aerodigestive tract, but have been described in numerous other anatomical locations including lymph nodes, gastrointestinal tract, and skin [2,3]. Due to their sites of presentation, excellent response to local therapy, and low rate of progression to myeloma, it has been considered by some that EMPs do not form part of the spectrum of plasma cell disorders, but may represent a form of extranodal marginal zone lymphoma (ENMZL) exhibiting marked plasma cell differentiation [4]. Here we describe the first reported case of a t(11;14)(q13;q32) in association with a typical EMP and discuss the relevance of this finding. An 86-year-old man presented initially with a short history of unilateral epistaxis, and was found to have a pedunculated nasal polyp arising from the posterior end of the nasal septum. This was excised and histologically was seen to comprise a monomorphic population of plasma cells with the following immunophenotypic profile: CD138þ MUM1/IR F4þPAX57CD207 CD56þCD277CD1177cyclin D1þ, and a diagnosis of EMP was made. Kappa and lambda immunostaining was, however, uninformative. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies were performed on the paraffin sections and demonstrated the t(11;14)(q13;q32), but no evidence of abnormalities of chromosome 13 nor rearrangements of MALT1 or PAX5. There was no evidence of local bone destruction on computed tomography or distant bone lesions on radiological skeletal survey. Additionally there was no monoclonal protein on serum or urine electrophoresis, but serum free light chain assessment was not performed initially. Bone marrow aspirate assessment revealed55% plasma cells, but, interestingly, multiparameter flow cytometry demonstrated an aberrant CD197CD56þCD457 immunophenotype with no normal phenotype plasma cells demonstrable. A trephine biopsy was not obtained. He was therefore treated with radical radiotherapy with curative intent comprising 50 Gy in 25 fractions. Unfortunately, he suffered loco-regional dissemination to ipsilateral cervical lymph nodes, which was treated with oral melphalan and further palliative radiotherapy. Approximately 30 months following his initial diagnosis he developed multiple myeloma, which was characterized by widespread bone disease,420% bone marrow plasma cells, as well as a further soft tissue deposit on his scalp. Again there was no evidence of a monoclonal component in serum or urine, and additionally the serum free light chain assay was uninformative, consistent with a diagnosis of non-secretory myeloma. At this time, further evaluation of the bone marrow by flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry demonstrated plasma cells with the following immunophenotype: CD138þ MUM1/IRF4þPAX57 CD197 CD207 CD277 CD56þCD457CD1177 cyclin D1þ. Once again, kappa and lambda immunostaining was uninformative. Unfortunately, he did not respond to further treatment


It has been found that the freezing of water involves an induction period which can be affected by surface-active compounds.


Software measurement is a key process for software project management and software process improvement. There are several process quality models and measurement standards that point out its importance and present good practices for it. Unfortunately, the vocabulary used by these models is diverse. This leads to misunderstanding and problems related to the jointly use of different standards. Aiming at establishing a common conceptualization regarding the software measurement process, we developed a Software Measurement Task Ontology (SMTO), which is grounded on the Unified Foundational Ontology. This task ontology was developed to be used for addressing semantic interoperability problems arising from the jointly use of different measurement-related standards, as well as for supporting semantic integration of software applications supporting measurement.


In recent Arabic standard language and Arabic dialectal texts, diacritics and short vowels are absent. There are some exceptions have been made for the Arabic beginner learner scripts, religious texts and as well as a significant political text. In addition, the text without diacritics is considered ambiguous due to numerous words with different diacritic marks seem identical. However, this paper we present a framework for segmenting diacritics from Arabic handwritten document by using region-based segmentation technique. Since Arabic handwritten and Mushaf Al-Quran contain many diacritical marks. Hence, the diacritics must be properly extracted from Arabic handwritten document to avoid losing some good features. Furthermore, the proposed framework is devised specifically to segment diacritics from Arabic handwritten image, thus there will be no feature extraction, feature selection, and classification processes included. Besides, we will present the methodology that is used to fulfil the objectives of this paper. The pre-processing phases will be explained and more specifically segmentation phase for segmenting diacritics which is the phase we concentrate more in this article. Lastly, we will identify the proposed technique region-based segmentation to facilitate our development throughout the experimental process.


SYNOPSIS. Of several methods developed for cryopreservation of Trypanosoma vivax, Trypanosoma congolense, and Trypanosoma brucei metacyclic forms in tsetse fly organs, as well as bloodstream forms in host blood, one proved the most satisfactory. In this method, infected fly proboscises and salivary glands were placed in glass capillary tubes containing fetal calf serum with 8% (v/v) glycerol as the cryoprotectant. The method for bloodstream forms involved the addition of glycerol directly to infected blood, which was then dispensed into capillary tubes. Next the tubes were placed in paper containers inside a glass test tube with a 5 mm thick plasticine jacket. The insulated assembly was suspended in the liquid nitrogen vapor phase in an LR-35 (Union Carbide) refrigerator for 45 min. Under these conditions, the cooling rate was 2 C/min. The frozen samples were transferred to permanent storage. The viability and infectivity of the preserved organisms were found to be satisfactory upon testing, and no antigenic changes were observed. Laboratory and field applications of the method are discussed.


The neurobehavioral sequelae of electrical injuries (EI) are relatively misunderstood and patients present with diverse symptom patterns. Traditionally, emphasis has been directed toward treating the physical consequences of these injuries, while failing to address the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral disturbances that follow. This often results in significant disruptions to a patient's vocational life and psychosocial well-being. The present paper will compare and contrast the general effects of trauma and the specific effects of electrical injury; look at the "obvious versus subtle" distinction; return to work issues; the psychologic impact of the injury; and some challenges and recommendations for treating the resultant cognitive, emotional, and behavioral disturbances in these patients.


At present,there exist two methods such as manual processing and specific calculation software in the data processing system for compressive strength of concrete detected by the rebound method.The former has great labour intensity,low work efficiency and is prone to error.The latter has a complicate compiling and operating process,even the general detection personnel feels it difficult to be mastered.Meanwhile,most results cannot be copied to the detection report directly,which brings much difficulty to the work.So,a new data processing system for compressive strength of concrete detected by the rebound method based on inner function in Excel is presented in this paper,which has a series of advantages,such as simple operation,convenience application,and that the results can be copied to the detection report directly etc.,thus it can greatly improve the work efficiency.


Background: Liver cirrhosis defined as a chronic liver illness characterized by extensive hepatic cell death and fibrotic cell regeneration. Self-management program has proven to be a key tool in disease management, providing significant benefit in knowledge and behavioral modifications, reduce experience of symptoms which improving patients' HRQOL . Aim of the study: Was to evaluate the effect of self-management program on health outcomes of LC patients. Design: Quasi-experimental design was used. Setting: Hepatology department at Benha University Hospital. Subject: A purposive sample of (58) LC patients from both sexes (third stage). Tool of data collection: Two tools were used. Tool I: Structure questionnaire was divided into 4 parts (1): Demographic data, (2): Medical history, (3): Patients' knowledge assessment, (4) Self-management behavior. Tool II: Health outcomes assessment divided into two parts (1): Health related quality of life (HRQOL), (2): Symptoms experience. Results: The LC patients' total knowledge & behavior were improved post program implementation from (23.8% & 41.3%) to (71.5% to 58.0%) of the studied patients, respectively and patients' HRQOL improved from 54.6% to 58.2% on 1 st month, respectively. Conclusion: Self-management program has been shown to be effective on improving patients' knowledge, behavior and HRQOL. Recommendation: Continuous education for LC patients about self management to manage symptoms and improve their quality of life.


Information Infrastructure(s): Boundaries, Ecologies, Multiplicity appears as a book out of standard since the very first moment you pick it up. The elegant hardcopy is considerably squarer than usual books. The impression of escaping standardisation then continues as you browse through the table of contents, where the most known (mainly Anglo-Saxon) names in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and information technologies do not occur. Indeed, besides the foreword by Geoffrey Bowker, this book constitutes a genuine continental European take on STS and information infrastructures, with authors' perspectives and case studies ranging from Italy to France, from Germany to Belgium, from Austria to Romania. This note should not be misleading, though. On one hand, the whole book consistently and pervasively engages with STS literature in English, especially the British and North-American one. On the other hand, while doing so, it has the merit of implicitly historicising this literature. By problematising STS notions that were initiated and established in English, it indeed returns depth to their original formulations, and collocates them in the current debates about mobilities, vulnerability and preventative medicine (just to name a few topics addressed by the contributions). This is especially true of the Introduction, in which the editors carefully recall the STS literature on information infrastructure and computer supported collaborative work since the 1990s. Theirs is not so much a philological exercise per se, but rather an endeavour to set the ground to analyse heterogeneous fields involving informational dimensions through an ecological perspective. Drawing upon the STS-established notion of 'boundary object', Mongili and Pellegrino introduce the conceptualisation of 'infrastructure-as-boundary' as a way to claim sociological analysis of infrastructures as boundaries, and not simply as coordinating tools. They ask in particular to what extent two key insights formulated by


Our article aims to analyze the metamorphosis of the urban phenomenon, focusing on a new mutation: urban mega-regions. We believe that it is a leap at the level of scale and functionality. This mutation determines the consolidation of another territorial morphology for the development and reproduction of globalized capitalism. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/SIIU.9708 http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/SIIU.9709 XIISIIU2020 2 This phenomenon is not exclusive to the central countries. In Latin America a similar trend can be observed. In the examples of Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Argentina, the incipient fusion of large metropolitan regions is evident (San Pablo-Rio de Janeiro; Santiago-Valparaíso; Buenos Aires-Rosario, etc.). Therefore, we will analyze the Argentine case, where this diffuse urbanization process appears without confines, which does not consist of an isolated phenomenon. Its characteristics of multi-scalarity, complexity and intensity make it a challenge for territorial planning; and its similarities and singularities, in an interesting case for comparative studies.


Some aspects of the radial filling of a finite rotating cylinder are considered in the limit of a small Ekman number E. Three main cases are distinguished by the value of τF, the ratio of filling and spin-up times. When τF [Lt ] 1 the effect of the Ekman layers is unimportant and new fluid accumulates behind that already contained by an essentially radial flux. For τF ∼ 1 the Ekman layers are active and entering fluid is added both ahead and behind the initially contained fluid core. which undergoes a process similar to spin-up with the notable difference that here the Ekman layers are non-divergent. In both cases the Rossby number ε is 0(1). When τF [Gt ] 1, ε is small and the Ekman layers control the (quasi-steady) filling. The new fluid is then transported through boundary layers and spread on the moving front from the inside throughout an E¼ layer imbedded in a weak E1/3 layer.


Condition monitoring and operational assessments rely on Non-Destructive Examinatio n (NDE) techniques and personnel to accurately size flaw indications found during steam generator inspecti ons. However, several sources of error affect flaw sizing accuracy. Examples of these errors include data-analyst variability, probe guidance, calibration flaw depth, array probe coverag e, tube wall thickness tolerance, flaw morphology, and technique sizing error. These errors pr opagate and interact, affecting the overall accuracy of flaw sizing and flaw growth estimates. Each of these errors needs to be identified and quantified individually. A mathematical framework for the propagation of errors affecting eddy current flaw sizing estimates has been used to assess and understand the sensitivity of the overall unce rtainty to each individual error [1]. This understanding may assist with technique improvement to ef fectively minimize the total uncertainty. This mathematical framework was applied in two case studies. The first application assessed the uncertainties in sizing and estimating growth of tube-support fretting wear ith bobbin probes in Alloy 800 tubing. The second application assessed uncertainties in sizing and growt h of outside diameter (OD) pit-like indications in slightly-ferromagnetic Alloy 400 t ubing with the X-Probe . This paper discuss e various sources of errors, gives examples of the methods used to assess some of these errors, and provides results from the error propagation method. This error propagation method and sensitivity analysis can be applied to similar tudies of other degradation modes, probes, or tubing to assist in identifying improvements in technique parameters that offer the greatest benefit in reducing overall error. By assisting n the reduction of overall errors associated with sizing and growth estimates, this model can help ensure th at tube integrity is maintained.


In this paper, a multi-layer architecture (in a hierarchical fashion) by stacking various Kernel Ridge Regression (KRR) based Auto-Encoder for one-class classification is proposed and is referred as MKOC. MKOC has many layers of Auto-Encoders to project the input features into new feature space and the last layer was regression based one class classifier. The Auto-Encoders use an unsupervised approach of learning and the final layer uses semi-supervised (trained by only positive samples) approach of learning. The proposed MKOC is experimentally evaluated on 15 publicly available benchmark datasets. Experimental results verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach over 11 existing state-of-the-art kernel-based one-class classifiers. Friedman test is also performed to verify the statistical significance of the claim of the superiority of the proposed one-class classifiers over the existing state-of-the-art methods.


AbstrcatThe performance of PAN-graphite felt with different formation temperature was introduced. By exchange current and AC impedance experiments,it was found that the optimum heat-treatment temperature of graphite felt was 550 ℃.The efficiency of coulombic efficiency of the static vanadium battery which was assembled with graphite felt heat-treated at 550 ℃ for 2 h was above 90%.


This dissertation aims to fill the void in the literature on Chinese language pedagogy, research of technology use in real language classrooms, and research on heritage learners. The major goal of the research was to investigate diverse learners', especially the heritage learners', needs in order to identify well-grounded pedagogical innovations and desired learning outcomes in technology-integrated Chinese language classrooms. Adopting multiple theoretical frameworks and research methods, the three research articles included in this dissertation were designed to ensure that the learners, tools, and learning tasks were investigated in order to present a comprehensive and systematic look at the design, implementation, and evaluation of the use of Chinese WebCT in college-level Chinese language classes mixed with heritage and non-heritage learners in a U.S. Midwest university. Chapter 2, "The Teaching of Chinese to Chinese Americans: A Critical Multicultural Approach," reports on an ethnographic study of six American-born Chinese (ABC) heritage learners, presenting a portrait of these learners and their learning experiences in this Whitedominated university. This study also indicates the complexities of the education of heritage learners in such a context. The WebCT online learning environment is seen to provide a useful venue to research heritage learners' learning needs, process, knowledge-sharing and construction, and identity negotiation and development. Chapter 3, "Students' Attention to Form in Different Dimensions of Interaction in Chinese WebCT," addresses a learner-centered issue, focus on form (FonF), and its impact on the pedagogical practices in blended Chinese language classes. This study sheds light on Chinese classroom instruction because focus on form itself challenges the traditional mindset of Chinese teachers who tend to assume an authoritative role in the classroom and depend on


Taking a freely supported reinforced concrete beam as an analysis example,proceeded a numerical simulation using finite element analysis software ABAQUS.And this paper also describes the component failure process and ultimate bearing capacity through plastic damage model of concrete and material damage parameters.Comparing Analysis of ABAQUS and test results show that using the ABAQUS simulation of reinforced concrete structure has high precision,and provides a reference for complex structure internal force deformation finite element analysis.


Currently, population growth in cities results in an increase in urban vehicle traffic. That is why it is necessary to improve the quality of life of citizens based on the improvement of transport control services. To solve this problem, there are solutions, related to the improvement of the road infrastructure by increasing the roads or paths. One of the solutions is using traffic lights that allow traffic regulation automatically with machine learning techniques. That is why the implementation of an intelligent traffic light system with automatic learning by reinforcement is proposed to reduce vehicular and pedestrian traffic. As a result, the use of the YOLOv4 tool allowed us to adequately count cars and people, differentiating them based on size and other characteristics. On the other hand, the position of the camera and its resolution is a key point for counting vehicles by detecting their contour. An improvement in time has been obtained using reinforcement learning, which depends on the number of episodes analyzed and affects the length of training time, where the analysis of 100 episodes takes around 12 hours on a Ryzen 7 computer with a graphics card built-in 2 GB.


Let (?) be a Banach space.A linear discrete operator A on (?) into (?) is said tobe of (D)-class if there are an unconditional basis of (?),{(?)_n}_1~∞,a sequence of complexnumbers {λ_n}_1~∞ and an integer N such that lim|λ_n|=∞,λ_n(?)λ_m,A(?)_n=λ_n(?)_n,n,mN,A[(?)_1…(?)_N](?)[(?)_1…(?)_N] and the spectrum of the restriction of A on [(?)_1…(?)_N]is {λ_1,…,λ_N}.A main result on the perturbation of one rank of (D)-class operator Ais given irrespective of the separation of its spectrum.


The French PWR units include a large number of control valves which are sometimes at cavitation working for certain operating conditions. The very high excitations which are then created may lead to the cracking of some small lines located nearby and to the deterioration of the human work acoustical environment. These devices are tested on laboratory test loops with the aim of finding out more about their hydroacoustic behaviour. The butterfly valve test parameters are aperture, flow rate, cavitation number and upstream pressure. An hydroacoustic behaviour model has been set up on the basis of very precise identifications obtained from numerous experimental tests. The transfer model describes the valve as a pocket of depression, the characteristics of which depend on the dynamic conditions. Two kinds of sources are then studied: The sound generated by turbulence is represented by an acoustic dipole. Its modulus depends on the flow rate and on the opening. It decreases according to the frequency. The source generated by cavitation behaves like an acoustic monopole. It depends on the dynamic pressures on both sides of the valve. Its low frequency spectral shape is a plateau. An hydroacoustic criterion characterises the emergence and intensity of the cavitation: practically this allows the wrong conditions to be determined for a given circuit, because beyond a limit value of this criterion, the acoustic and vibration levels increase strongly.


Projects on international cooperation for the global B2B market and the expansion of e-commerce into other regions are being encouraged Korea is continuing to identify policies and tasks in order to keep up with new changes in the market. The Korean government, private institutes, and research centers are participating in this process, Korea's MOCIE, along with KCALS and KTNET, have supported the Korea e-Trade Hub Project, Korea wants to act as the e-AMP Business Center for the operation of the e-Trade Hub project. Korea expanded the e-Trade Hub Project by involving China and other countries in its supply chain management, while the Korea/Japan e-Trade project was a test case for the success of the e-Hub Strategy in Northeast Asia For Korea to act as the e-AMP Business center, the problems faced by the Electronic Title Registry regarding Electronic Letters of Credit and the Electronic Document Registry and Repository, must be resolved Cooperation between Korea and Japan will be needed for the implementation of an e-Bill of Lading and Electronic Letter of Credit. This paper deals with Korea's e-Trade Policies such as Korea's Three-Year Plan to Accelerate e-Trade, E-Trade Korea 2007.


We have investigated the crystal-field levels of the lowest multiplets of Nd{sup 3+} in the Nd{sub 2}BaZnO{sub 5} compound. Raman scattering arising from the excitation of the ground-state level to several I{sub 9/2}, I{sub 11/2}, and I{sub 13/2} levels has been observed as a function of the temperature. Fourier-transform infrared reflectivity (between 30 and 7000 cm{sup {minus}1}) has been measured down to 30 K. Bands corresponding to transitions from I{sub 9/2} to I{sub 11/2}, I{sub 13/2}, and I{sub 15/2} multiplets were obtained and are in very good agreement with the observed Raman crystal-field transitions (CFT). The first excited state at 65 cm{sup {minus}1} becomes detectable in Raman scattering as the temperature decreases, i.e., as its thermal population decreases. It is also observed that the intensity of IR absorption peaks from this level decreases with temperature, as expected, but some are still detectable, even at 30 K. The width of the 65 cm{sup {minus}1} Raman peak is larger than all other observed Raman CFT in this compound. This width is due to its proximity to the ground state, i.e., to the high probability of relaxation. A small component of inhomogeneous broadening due to slight differences in Nd environments is also present.more » The possible coupling between this CFT and a near phonon is discussed. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}« less


The concept morphostructure formations nanosized individuals on the basis of carbon and quartz is offered. Under offered circuit in "the first stage" substances are generated by atoms – "elementary individuals". They - form "simple morphostructures", for example, fullerenes, film and a one-wall carbon tube. They have, at the best the two-dimensional structural order. The second stage of growth morphostructures is connected to formation of more complex of "elementary particles" on the basis of the approximated rounded molecules. They - form "simple morphostructures", for example, fullerenes, film and carbon tube also. The third stage - clusters. Clusters, similarly to atoms and molecules, can form cyclic formations (oligomer/polymers), crystals and can enter structure of the mixed constructions of a layer. They can form also simple morphostructures, for example, fullerenes, film and carbon tube. The fourth stage - compact formations of polymer and so on.


Cooperative communication has been proposed in order to increase the reliability and the quality of service (QoS), coverage area range, and the data throughputs as well as improve the spectral efficiency of the wireless networks while prolonging the life of the nodes or user terminals by increasing energy efficiency. In this paper an Ad-hoc network consisting of a source, a destination and a third station as a relay is analyzed. Different combining techniques such as Equal Ratio Combining (ERC), Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC) and Fixed Ratio Combining (FRC) has been compared. The signal is modulated using either by Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) or Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK). The channel consists of path loss and Rayleigh fading which are multiplicative components and thermal noise which is additive. Decode and forward protocol has been used at the relay. The location of relay in between source and destination has high influence on the performance of the network. MATLAB is used throughout to evaluate the bit error rate for the cooperative wireless communication. Keywords—Cooperative communication, MRC, FRC, ERC, Rayleigh, BPSK, QPSK, Decode and forward(DAF)


According to the GuangZhou City Construction College in the plementation of the reform of computer basis teaching in Career Academy as an example,in order to improve the teaching effect of computer basis,the introduction of Internet selfregulated learning platform,the teaching hours,teaching contents,reform of examination and evaluation of a series of teaching mode,the students' autonomous learning,let students participate in the whole teaching process,and achieved remarkable effect of.


The organizational and economic factors of the efficiency sugar beet subcomplex improve and its development as a result of structural changes that have been occurred in the conditions of market economics are researched in the article. The model of projected sugar beet cluster which are based on a combination of agricultural producers, refineries, brokers and business infrastructure related single technological cycle of production of sugar beet processing and marketing activities which are based on maximum harmonization of interests, deep processing of waste materials to obtain highly competitive food products and alternative energy sources is developed. The strategy of sugar beet subcomplex development is based on clustering and further revival of the industry, increasing the competitiveness of domestic products and their entry into foreign markets with the ability to increase of future capacity and ensuring energy security are proposed.


A simple and highly efficient method for a three-component condensation of benzil/benzoin, aldehydes and ammonium acetate under microwave irradiation in the presence of Glyoxylic acid (CHOCOOH) in solventfree condition to afford the corresponding 2,4,5-triarylimidazole derivatives in high yields. The remarkable advantages offered by this method are inexpensive and readily available catalyst, simple procedure, much faster (1-3 min) reactions and high yield of products.


The modal logic S5 has been formulated in Gentzen-style by several authors such as Ohnishi and Matsumoto [4], Kanger [2], Mints [3] and Sato [5]. The system by Ohnishi and Matsumoto is natural, but the cut-elimination theorem in it fails to hold. Kanger's system enjoys cut-elimination theorem, but, strictly speaking, it is not a Gentzen-type system since each formula in a sequent is indexed by a natural number. The system S5+ of Mints is also cut-free, and its cut-elimination theorem is proved constructively via the cut-elimination theorem of Gentzen's LK. However, one of his rules does not have the so-called subformula property, which is desirable from the proof-theoretic point of view. Our system in [5] also enjoys the cut-elimination theorem. However, it is also not a Gentzen-type system in the strict sense, since each sequent in this system consists of a pair of sequents in the usual sense. In the present paper, we give a Gentzen-type system for S5 and prove the cut-elimination theorem in a constructive way. A decision procedure for S5 can be obtained as a by-product. The author wishes to thank the referee for pointing out some errors in the first version of the paper as well as for his suggestions which improved the readability of the paper.


During recent years local downpour have occurred with increment of developing mountain area. But it is harder predicting a damage area due to debris flow than forecast harm because of inundation with flood. Many scholars had concentrated their effort to find out the mechanism of debris flow. But nobody can make it clearly. Recently SINMAP is well used to evaluate hazard of debris flow within wide not local area. The infinite slope analysis method is main principle in the SINMAP, but it is well not known for what is the most important parameters. From the results it is found out that the soil strength and depth of soil layer are the salient parameters to assess hazard of debris flow in wide area.


Turtles, tortoises and terrapins (now usually tenned, 'turtles') belong to the reptilian order Testudines. They are mainly amphibious creatures, most of them living in various freshwater and marine habitats. Their body is well protected in a box-like, bony or leathery, shell. The upper portion of the shell is the carapace and the lower, the plastron. In India, about 33 species of turtles are known to inhabit the land and coastal waters. These include 5 species of sea turtles representing two families of Cheloniidae and Deimochelyidae, 5 species of the family Testudinidae and at least 23 species, chiefly freshwater ones, of the families Trionychidae and Bataguridae. In the present report, an attempt has been made to provide a consolidated account on the t~ fauna of the Malabar part of Kerala, with special reference to their status, distribution and sotrie--aspects on their conservation.


This research program emphasized a basic approach with direct observation of slag phenomena. The overall purpose of the project was the characterization of the envelope of conditions under which acceptable operation of coal-fired open-cycle MHD generators could be achieved when generator wall protection with coal slag was sought. These goals were achieved by investigations of: ash deposition and slag layer fluid mechanics, slag induced electrical effects, and the chemical interaction of slag layers with electrode and insulator materials. A special effort was made to incorporate extensive diagnostics into the experimental program for direct measurement of as many parameters as possible. Due to the severe environment, optical techniques were used extensively for determining the size of slag droplets, slag layer thickness, and layer surface features and temperature. The use of imposed AC voltage was developed for the measurement of electrical properties during the DC generator operation. The laboratory program was accompanied by a modeling effort which was useful both in understanding the physical processes which occur and in extrapolating results to other conditions or to larger scale systems. The extrapolation of slag phenomena from laboratory scale testing to a central-station scale MHD generator was made. The effects of slag on amore » fixed generator configuration and set of operating conditions were determined so that problem areas could be assessed. Finally, several techniques are recommended for alleviating the effects induced by slag ionic conductivity.« less


Nests of settlements were the basis of the research on family and tribal structure of the Slavs (Nevrs, Scythians-ploughmen, Scythians-farmers, and Veneds of the Zarubyntsi culture) of the 7th century BCE – 2nd century CE, which was published in the "Ukrainoznavstvo" journal (2022, №. 2–4). Mapping the nests of settlements on modern maps makes it possible to compare the changes in the location of the named Slavic tribes over time, which in fact offers a new method of sociocultural anthropology – the method of family-tribe geography of the Slavs–Ukrainians ethnogenesis. This method permits to detect the characteristic features of the social, cultural, and economic life of the clans and tribes of the Slavs in the chain of epochs with the help of various branches of science: archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, anthropology, as well as folklore, beliefs, law, crafts, and technologies. And the main thing is that this method allows you to move away from ethnically undefined "carriers of archaeological cultures", which are a relic of Soviet archaeology and do not allow studying the ancient history of families and peoples that inhabited the territory of Eastern Europe since the Palaeolithic. During the modern war, Ukrainians-farmers, for the Russians "Little Russians", are very energetically freeing themselves from the arms of nomads, herdsmen, "Great Russians". The artificially created unity of russian, Belarusian, and Ukrainian has already faded into the past. At the same time, interest in the ancient history of the Ukrainian people, which is hidden in archaeological sites and their interpretations, is constantly growing in the world.Our attention is drawn to Jordan's message about the various ethnonyms of the Veneds (the name by which the early Slavs were called), according to which the Veneds are divided into separate tribes that have names according to their families or places of residence. This message is confirmed in this article.Based on the research of archaeologists (largely based on L. Pobol's collection of monuments, which includes 517 late Zarubyntsi settlements), we have localised 50 nests settlements of Slavs-Veneds of the 2nd–5th centuries CE on the map of Belarus. (Fig. 1). It has been established that the tribes of the historical Slavs-Veneds of the late stage of the Zarubyntsi culture occupied the same territory of the Upper Dnipro where 36 tribes of the Zarubyntsi culture of the early stage of the 3rd century BCE lived – the 2nd century CE ("Ukrainian Studies," 2022, № 4, Fig. 14). So, there are reasons to express the opinion that the north-western part of the Veneds of the late Zarubyntsi culture – the ancestors of the current Belarusians – lived with the ancestors of the Ukrainians on the same territory for thousands of years, that is, they have a common history. And the Pripyat River did not divide our nations but united them for many centuries.


And this by using a dielectric layer having a dielectric constant to form a dual gate insulating film that is capable of maximizing the performance of the semiconductor element method is disclosed. His method, removing the first dielectric layer and forming a first dielectric layer having a predetermined thickness on a semiconductor substrate, formed on the second region except for the first region defined in said semiconductor substrate, said first region and it is achieved by the front of the second area forming a second dielectric film having a higher dielectric constant than the first dielectric layer. Semiconductor devices, dual-gate, jyeol smoke forming, the dielectric film (Dielectric layer), a trench (Trench)


The 8th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BICOB 2016) was held in Las Vegas, NV on April 4–6, 2016. In recent years, computational biology and medical informatics have experienced signi ̄cant advances driven by computational techniques making bioinformatics and computational biology among the most vibrant research areas. BICOB provides an excellent venue for researchers and practitioners in the ̄elds of bioinformatics and computational biology to present and publish their research results and techniques. The authors of carefully selected high-quality papers from the work presented at BICOB 2016 were invited by the guest editors to submit an extended version of their work to this JBCB special issue. The papers were signi ̄cantly extended by their authors to include more data, experiments, and analysis of their methods. In \An accurate and fast alignment-free method for pro ̄ling microbial communities", the authors introduce an e±cient alignment-free approach to estimate abundances of microbial genomes in metagenomic samples. The approach is based on solving linear and quadratic programs, which are represented by genome-speci ̄c markers. In a controlled study at di®erent levels of contamination, their method was able to achieve higher accuracy compared to current composition-based methods. The authors of \Synthesizing large-scale species trees using the strict consensus approach" describe e±cient algorithms to synthesize large-scale phylogenetic trees. This is achieved by transforming an unrestricted instance of a supertree problem into a corresponding restricted instance of this problem, which then can be processed by the strict consensus approach. In \Large-scale parallel genome assembler over cloud computing environment", the authors present a de Bruijn graph-oriented parallel Giraph-based Genome Assembler (GiGA) as well as the hardware platform required for its optimal performance. GiGA uses Hadoop (MapReduce) and Giraph (large-scale graph analysis) to achieve high scalability over hundreds of compute nodes by collocating the computation and data. Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Vol. 15, No. 3 (2017) 1702002 (2 pages) #.c World Scienti ̄c Publishing Europe Ltd. DOI: 10.1142/S0219720017020024


Tailings pond plays a very important role in the construction of mine engineering. At the same time, tailings pond also produces huge pollution to the environment. If dam break occurs, it will cause loss of people and property. In this paper, a tailings pond management system based on RSCIC is studied, the monitoring content of the system is determined, the more innovative system and hardware are emphasized, the program flow chart of digital processing is put forward. Adopting scientific and effective means to manage the tailing dam automatically can not only strengthen the safety protection of the tailing dam, but also provide a certain theoretical basis for the construction of other digital tailings dam projects.