There is nothing to answer in Rizzo's amusing pamphlet, whatever its value as a document of taste. I will therefore limit myself to correcting the errors of fact which it contains, or at least those of them that have any bearing on the matters at issue, and to remarking that the points of my original argument in the last number of this Journal, in so far as they are mentioned at all, remain unshaken after the thirty-five-page torrent of sound and fury has passed. I did not, of course, object to the use of plaster casts in Prassitele, but of plaster restorations; and not irrelevantly, since the improvements on Greek art in Saggi Preliminari are of a piece with them, as is the specimen of Latin verse in the latest pamphlet. Evidently false quantities matter no more than false noses. The statement attributed to me in Saggi Preliminari that a certain class of Syracusan coin first appeared in 485 B.C. is repeated here. But where is this statement? What I said was that the earliest of the class was about 500, the latest about 485. Comment is unnecessary on the method, already familiar, that will now take one of the earliest coins (die-linked with one which I actually described as the earliest), place it beside a coin of 478 B.C., and ask if it is conceivable that only seven years separate the two. It is the same method that silently omits one of the two coins which I said were falsely described in Saggi Preliminari, and instead illustrates the other (about which I said there might exist a slight doubt) twice.


The formation of electrochemical phase is a typical example of a first-order phase transition. An overview on old and new thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the theoretical description of first-order phase transitions, and, in particular, of the theory of nucleation is given. Electrochemical nucleation of nanostructures has been considered in terms of the classical Gibbs and the Cahn-Hilliard-Hillert theories. We obtained agreement between the theories Kahn-Hilliard-Hillert and Gibbs.


In this study, we screen the proteolytic activity of Bacillus species in meat and bone meal (MBM) and investigate the effects of fermented MBM–soybean meal products (FMSMPs) on the growth performance of broilers. In Trial 1, FMSMPs were fermented using four strains—Bacillus siamensis M3 (M3), B. velezensis M5 (M5), B. subtilis M6 (M6), and B. subtilis M20 (M20)—all of which presented more total peptides and higher degrees of hydrolysis (DH) than Bacillus subtilis var. natto N21 (N21). In Trial 2, 280 0-day-old Arbor Acres broilers, with equal numbers of both sexes, were randomly assigned into 5% fish meal (FM), MBM–soybean meal (MSM, as control), and N21, M3, M5, M6, and M20 FMSMP groups. The results demonstrated that the crude protein, total amino acids, alkaline protease, trichloroacetic acid–soluble nitrogen (TCA-SN), TCA-SN/total nitrogen, total peptides, DH, and free-hydroxyproline levels in the M6 group were greater than those in any other group (p < 0.05). Furthermore, the weight gain in the M6 group was superior to that of the FM and MSM groups in 0–21 and 0–35-day-old broilers (p < 0.05). In conclusion, B. subtilis M6 likely efficiently decomposes MSM to improve the protein properties and nutritional value of the product after fermentation. Supplementation with 5% FMSMP may promote weight gain in broilers.


Introduction: Measurement of FENO is a useful tool for assessment of asthma patients who are treated withinhaled corticosteroids (ICS). Aims of study: This study was planned to assess the use of FENO measurement in therapeuticdecision making, disease control, and cost effectiveness for management of patients with asthma. Method: Patients with uncontrolled asthma with FENO> 25ppb, were included in this study. They were classified into 3 groups according to the intervention used to determine therapy: group 1 (Gr1): used GINA guidelines, group 2 (Gr2): used GINA plus FENO, andgroup 3 (Gr3): used only FENO. Result: 162 patients were included and randomly divided into 3 groups: Gr1: 48 patients (FeNO = 52 ± 12ppb), Gr2: 64 patients (FeNO = 54 ± 18 ppb), Gr3: 50 patients (FeNO = 53 ±16 ppb). Asthma control was achieved after 3 months for all 3 groups. At 9 months the percentage of patients on high-dose ICS in Gr1 > Gr3 > Gr2 (24%, 17%, 12%; respectively; p th month and -95 USD at 18 th month). Conclusion: The use of FENO for titration of ICS dose in asthma patients helps to titrate down the dose of ICS and reduce the cost of treatment and thus provides a useful tool for the management of asthma in developing countries.


The article is an excerpt from the review on the thesis by Natalia L.Sokolova Popular culture in the era of «new» Media: a social analysis of cultural practices, presented for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Social Philosophy studies (09.00.11).


A method of sending data to a switch fabric includes assigning a destination port of an output module to a data packet based on at least one field in a first header of the data packet. A module associated with a first stage of the switch fabric is selected based on at least one field in the first header. A second header is appended to the data packet. The second header includes an identifier associated with the destination port of the output module. The data packet is sent to the module associated with the first stage. The module associated with the first stage is configured to send the data packet to a module associated with a second stage of the switch fabric based on the second header.


From the practice of Ganzhou new rural construction point of view,as the first to launch a new rural construction area,Jiangxi Ganzhou itself has relatively rich cultural resources,as the most representative of Ganzhou Hakka culture as an example.It discussed in the cultural construction of new countryside in Ganzhou how to make full use of existing resources and mining,scientific positioning regional cultural brand image.Then it presented through packaging strategy to enhance the construction of Ganzhou new rural culture construction level,to expand local Hakka cultural influence,and eventually established the regional characteristics of the brand culture,to enrich the people's cultural life,promote social harmony and progress.


In situ vitrification (ISV) is a treatment technology that uses electricity to heat contaminated soil sufficiently to produce an inert glass product. Organic contaminants are destroyed by pyrolysis or they are stripped out of the soil with the escaping steam and trapped in the off-gas treatment system. Most inorganic contaminants are incorporated into the vitrified zone. The glass product is similar visually and chemically to naturally occurring obsidian, and like obsidian, the ISV product is also durable. The electrical power is delivered to the soil through special graphite-molybdenum electrodes inserted into the contaminated soil region in a square pattern. The abilty of ISV to treat hazardous chemical wastes, radioactive wastes, and mixtures of hazardous and radioactive wastes is a significant advantage of this process over many other treatment technologies.


Introduction First-line immunochemotherapy followed by two years of rituximab (R) maintenance is now the standard of care for high-tumor burden follicular lymphoma (FL). In spite of an old controversy regarding the heterogeneous metabolic activity of FL lesions, either interim or final PET-CT after R-CHOP first-line therapy is now recognize to be strongly predictive of outcome.

At the time of relapse, R-chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is a recommended option. Though, some patients will relapse quickly while others achieve long-term remissions. We investigated the prognostic value of PET-CT in patients with high-tumor burden relapsed FL treated with salvage R-chemotherapy followed by ASCT.

Patients and Methods Seventy-five patients with relapsed FL referred to three French institutions were retrospectively analyzed. Patients with grade 3b follicular lymphoma or transformed into diffuse large B-cell lymphoma were excluded. Patients received second-line immunochemotherapy according to the local physician's choice. We classified these salvage treatments into three groups: fludarabine-based regimen (n=29, group 1), cytarabine-based regimen (n=31, group 2), or ifosfamide-based regimen (n=15, group 3). PET-CT scans performed after salvage therapy (before ASCT) were included in the analyses. The local investigator's interpretation of the imaging physician's scan report defined a positive or negative PET.

Results Median age was 56 years and 60% were men. Sixty eight patients received ASCT. Among this whole high-risk study population, 87% relapsed before 36 months after R-CHOP and 42% relapsed within 6 months and were therefore considered as R-CHOP refractory, with a median progression free survival (PFS) after R-CHOP first-line therapy of 15 months. Only 21% of the patients received R maintenance after R-CHOP.

PET-CT scans after salvage therapy (before ASCT) were considered negative in 57%/76%/47% among the 3 groups respectively (p=0.06). Median stem cell harvest was higher in group 3-ifosfamide-based (8.3.106) than in both fludarabine and cytarabine-based regimens (4.47 and 4.8.106 respectively, Mann-Whitney p=0.15). Conditioning regimen was BEAM (37%) or Zevalin-BEAM (56%). Thirteen patients received R maintenance after ASCT.

At a median follow-up of 28 months, 26/75 patients relapsed and 62 are alive. At 2 years, median PFS was 63.8%/66%/53.5% and median overall survival (OS) 68%/94%/92% among the 3 groups, respectively.

PFS was only correlated to PET-CT results (p=0.0006). OS was correlated to group of therapy (2-3 versus 1), FLIPI score at relapse and PET-CT negativity. The latter was the strongest OS predictor on a multivariate analysis (p<0.01). On the other hand, age, gender, conditioning regimen, and PFS after R-CHOP (<36 months or even <12 months) were not linked to shorter PFS/OS.

We observed 12% of second non-hematologic cancer.

Conclusion PET-CT scan negativity after salvage treatment is the most important favourable factor for relapsed/refractory FL patients who receive ASCT.

Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


Oocyte meiotic maturation and viability of follicular granulosa cells in young and old experimental Balb/C and CBA mice in the presence of ceria nanoparticles were studied. Treatment of old Balb/c mice with ceria nanoparticles for three days once a day (at a dose of 45 mg/kg) leads to a positive effect on reproductive system. The number of oocytes in follicles increases and this effect is accompanied by an increase in the number of oocytes at metaphase I and metaphase II. The number of living granulosa cells increases, while percentage of the necrotic and apoptotic ones decreases relative to control group. Data obtained on CBA mice provided additional evidence for positive effect of ceria nanoparticles. Depending on the initial state of the reproductive system and dose of ceria nanoparticles the effectiveness of the treatment will vary. In case of old mice ceria nanoparticles protect ovarian cells against oxidative damage, working as anti-aging agent. The litter size in old mice treated with the CNs increases too.


In order to improve storage effect,the influence of 30 μm PVC package and prestorage at 8 ℃ on storage quality and related enzyme activity of Black Diamond plums were investigated.Results showed that in contrast with non-package,the treatment of direct storage at 0 ℃ with film packge could inhibit fruit softening and the increase of SSC,and delay the decrease of titrable acid(TA) content.Prestorage treatment at 8 ℃ for 5 d or 10 d with package reduced phenolics content,but increased polyphenol oxidase(PPO) activity,and significantly inhibited flesh browning.Prestorage for 5 d was more efficient than 10 d in inhibiting flesh browning.It is suggested that prestorage treatment at 8 ℃ for 5 d with MA packge could effectively improve storage quality of Black Diamond plums.


Bone metabolism disorders are characterized by an imbalance of bone resorption and formation in the bone remodeling process. Glucocorticoids that are used to treat kidney diseases exacerbate these disorders. P-selectin and galectin-3 are molecules involved in the sclerotic process in kidney, whereas bone resorption is regulated by the interaction between the nuclear factor activator kappa b receptor (RANK), its ligand (RANKL) and the RANKL decoy receptor osteoprotegerin (OPG). The aim of this study was to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of disruption of bone remodeling regulation processes, reflected by intercellular mediators (RANKL, OPG, P-selectin and galectin-3) in chronic kidney disease experimental model treated with glucocorticoids. Rats were divided into four groups of 10 animals each. The first group, the control group, included intact animals. The second group consisted of rats with impaired bone remodeling resulting from chronic kidney disease (experimental group (CKD). The third group was a group of animals with impaired bone remodeling due to exposure to glucocorticoids (experimental group (GCs)). The fourth group consisted of rats with impaired bone remodeling in chronic kidney disease, followed by exposure to glucocorticoids (experimental group (CKD + GCs)). The effects of CKD and glucocorticoid were evaluated biochemically, histologically and by measuring bone density. An enzymelinked immunoassay was used to measure intercellular mediator levels in the serum. The bone density in the experimental groups was reduced compared to the control group. RANKL levels in animals of three experimental groups were higher than in intact animals. Serum levels of OPG were higher in CKD and GCs groups than in intact animals. At the same time, in the animals' blood serum of the CKD + GCs group, the levels of OPG were lower, than those in animals from the control group. The levels of galectin-3 in the serum of the experimental groups GCs and CKD + GCs were lower than in intact animals. The serum levels of galectin-3 in animals of the CKD group *E-mail: email@example.com


Early 1930's,after obtaining the right of inheritance,women tried to have the power of the benefit of public property of lineage,however,the interpretation of decrees by the Judicial Yuan sustained the custom and denied it.With the tensity or disjointedness between the new condex and practice of society,to keep the stabilization of the formed order will be the first choice for the Judicial Yuan of National Government.


Sedimentary successions deposited within arc‐trench gaps (forearcs) record topographic oscillations related to subduction tectonism. The collision of oceanic plateaus can inhibit normal subduction and induce detachment of the subducted oceanic lithosphere (slab), leading to subduction translation or shut‐down. Such second‐order subduction processes complicate the stratigraphic record making discrete events difficult to resolve, as preserved examples are rare and typically overprinted by deformation. We compiled and averaged (stacked) top subduction wedge (Pahau Terrane) subsidence and paleo‐water depth curves from 30 locations containing mid‐Cretaceous forearc successions in Marlborough, New Zealand. Subsidence curve stacking proved effective in removing deformation due to normal subduction, allowing for resolution of higher order plate‐margin events. The stacked curves reveal a synchronous topographic oscillation affecting over 100 km of the paleo‐coastline between 110 and 95 Ma, which penetrated almost 250 km into the forearc hinterland and created up to 3 km of accommodation space. Topographic drawdown and highstand deposition from 110 Ma were followed by rebound and volcanism by 98 Ma, a response to regional tectonism that was compared to theoretical predictions for ridge and plateau collision. We conclude that plate flexure, and slab extension and tearing reasonably account for the synchronous topographic oscillation observed, which we attribute to Hikurangi Plateau collision. We postulate that collision began east of Marlborough along the present day Chatham Rise from 110 Ma, producing topographic upheaval and disruption of adjacent sedimentary systems. Sediments deposited contemporaneously along the margin preserve a record of these events and provide a rare insight into evolving mid‐Cretaceous plate dynamics.


(Meth) viscosity made of a cross-linked polymer (A) to the acrylic acid (salt) as a main constituting monomer units, the gel (GA) ratio (N1 / N60) is 0.7 to 1.3 and 37% by weight of the soluble component amount in the aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide 30% by weight or less alkaline battery gelling agent and an alkaline battery. Gel (GA) viscosity ratio (N1 / N60) of: a mixture of 37% by weight of 100 parts by weight of potassium hydroxide aqueous solution, the cross-linked polymer (A) 2 parts by weight of zinc powder 200 parts by weight, stirred uniformly at 40 ℃ prepare a gel (GA) and the viscosity after 1 days left of the gel (GA) at the same temperature (40 ℃, N1) and the viscosity (40 ℃, N60) after 60 days left to JIS K7117-1: calculated from the values measured in accordance with 1999. The impact resistance is very excellent, and it is possible to provide the excellent alkaline battery gelling agent and an alkaline battery using the same to maintain the discharge characteristic extending over a long period of time.


Louis De Broglie and M. Capek have described some interesting similarities between the philosophical ideas of Henri Bergson and the profound conceptual changes introduced into physics by quantum theory and the theory of relativity. These similarities are neither identities nor direct causal links, and hence physicists are likely to regard them as mere curiosities having no import for the development of science. However, another view is possible: if Bergson's thinking presaged, at least in spirit, these two revolutionary advances in physics then his intuitions may accord sufficiently with nature to provide useful guidance in the approach to other deep problems in science. Pursuing this idea I shall indicate here how Bergson's intuitions suggest a possible approach to perhaps the fundamental problem of contemporary science, namely the problem of constructing an overarching theoretical framework for unifying the various branches of science from psychology through biology to physics. 19 refs.


The present paper highlights a taxonomic account of genus Pteris L. (Pteridaceae E.D.M. Kirchn.) with newly reported species Pteris amoena Blume, which was collected from the Pange range of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary and Hapoli Primary Forest, Hapoli, Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh. The present communication is based on plant exploration and in-depth surveys done by the first two authors and through scrutiny of herbaria and literature. All the species are enumerated in this list along with worldwide distribution (outside India), local distribution in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India as NEI included with other Indian states. Reported species shows some morphological closeness with P. terminalis Wall. ex. J.Agardh but differ in having bright pink axes and more rounded and crenately toothed segment-apices. All these characters differentiate to this species to its closely related species and testifying that P. amoena Blume as a new report to the Arunachal Pradesh.  Detailed description, distributional range, ecology and specimen examined of newly reported taxa are provided in this paper.


The injection of cryogenic nitrogen with a coflow of warm hydrogen into a supercritical nitrogen atmosphere is studied numerically by means of well resolved large-eddy simulation (LES). The conditions resemble those in liquid-propellant rocket engines. By substituting oxygen with the inert gas nitrogen the setup allows for an isolated view on binary mixing processes near the injector without the influence of combustion. The thermodynamic model is based on the cubic Peng-Robinson equation of state. The LES results are compared with available experimental data demonstrating that the numerical method is suitable to study turbulent binary mixing at transcritical conditions. The following detailed analysis of the thermodynamic conditions that arise in the shear layer reveals that local phase separation may occur for the present injection conditions. The resulting effect on the flow is quantified by an a-posteriori calculation of the two-phase equilibrium conditions in the shear layer. The result indicates a maximum density variation of up to 25% compared to the single-phase calculation.


We present a comprehensive first-principles investigation of arsenic incorporation in GaN. Incorporation of As on the N site, which has previously been implicitly assumed, is favorable only under n-type conditions in a Ga-rich environment. Less Ga-rich conditions, and particularly p-type doping, strongly favor incorporation of As on the Ga site, where it behaves as a deep double donor. Arsenic thus acts as a compensating center, forming a real threat to acceptor doping of GaN and making p-type doping of GaAsN alloys impossible. The calculated donor levels for AsGa are consistent with luminescence lines around 2.6–2.7 eV in GaN intentionally doped with As.


Affected by sustaining global financial crisis and the escalation of institution contradiction of Eurozone,sovereign debt crisis in Europe tends to be increasingly intensified,gradually expands from peripheral countries to core countries and switches from sovereign debt crisis to the banking crisis.At present,the financial overhaul policies adopted by heavily indebted countries in Eurozone are hard to reduce financial deficit in the short term but pose threats to economic recovery;the volume of funds to rescue heavily indebted countries is limited and setting rescue threshold may increase their short-term default risks;although the behaviour of European Central Bank to purchase sovereign bonds may alleviate the deterioration of crisis,such quantitative easing policy contradicts to the aim of ECB to control inflation.Under the above backgrounds,Chinese banks should adjust their asset allocation related to Europe,further enhance the research and management of country risk,push forward international operation pro-actively and steadily and try their best to establish international banks with diversified assets,business structures and business areas.


Hysteroscopic septum incision represents the surgical solution for these patients; it is also important to mention that currently, the operation should be guided by data obtained by preoperative three-dimensional ultrasound imaging and should be done with mini-instruments, (scissors or bipolar needle) minimising the risk of complications (Di Spiezio Sardo et al., 2016). Thus, current surgical treatment has, of course, no relation with the historical laparotomic approaches but also differs significantly from the initial years of hysteroscopic treatment.


The RNA integrity number (RIN) is often considered to be a critical measure of the quality of postmortem human brains. However, it has been suggested that RINs do not necessarily reflect the availability of intact mRNA. Using the Agilent bioanalyzer and qRT‐PCR, we explored whether RINs provide a meaningful way of assessing mRNA degradation and integrity in human brain samples by evaluating the expression of 3′–5′ mRNA sequences of the cytochrome C‐1 (CYC1) gene. Analysis of electropherograms showed that RINs were not consistently correlated with RNA or cDNA profiles and appeared to be poor predictors of overall cDNA quality. Cycle thresholds from qRT‐PCR analysis to quantify the amount of CYC1 mRNA revealed positive correlations of RINs with amplification of full‐length transcripts, despite the variable degree of linear degradation along the 3′–5′ sequence. These data demonstrate that in postmortem human brain tissue the RIN is an indicator of mRNA quantity independent of degradation, but does not predict mRNA integrity, suggesting that RINs provide an incomplete measure of brain tissue quality.


Ye dark-skinned peoples, listen to me: Our fathers did not play about with names. To hear their names is to know their origin, Every name a veritable testament! Tobosun Sowande, Black Lines, 1970-72 Some three years ago, at an Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) conference at Northwestern University, Michael A. Gomez, chair of the History Department at New York University, proposed a tribute to me in honor of my retirement. He indicated that he and Robert A. Hill, who is Editor-in-Chief of the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Papers at the University of California, Los Angeles, might organize a conference. Completely unexpected, the suggestion was entirely to my liking. I suggested that David Roediger, Professor of History at the University of Illinois and a former student of mine at Northwestern, be added to the organizing committee. So influential historians from three universities were to do the planning, which was a singular honor for me. With a host of my colleagues and former students in attendance, the conference was the greatest tribute that I have experienced in my life. I can say that I have had my honors. Knowing what to write about on this occasion for this journal, with its unequaled standing in the field, was somewhat perplexing. Professor Hill's suggestion that I use the opportunity to reflect on the current state of scholarship on slavery appealed to me because for decades much of my own work, when crossing and intersecting disciplines, has been devoted to that subject. In addition, the fact that I might raise again an aspect of slavery that has been persistently avoided by almost all students of the subject--the clash of cultures that took place in American slavery--was an added incentive to take up that subject. When I received three papers from the conference that also treat the subject of African origins and influences in slave culture, I decided that "Reflections on the Scholarship of African Origins and Influence in American Slavery" would be the subject of my essay. In a sense, the students of slavery taken up in my essay, with the exception of Eugene Genovese, have so much in common that they practically selected themselves. The avoidance of processes of cultural interaction is of great importance because some historians propound, and others assume without comparative analysis, the cultural superiority of Europeans and Americans who enslaved Africans in America. To be sure, the matter is such a closed one for them that an assumption of master class superiority is, sadly, the reigning view. In effect, the topic has not been up for discussion. The relationships between slave art, labor, and religion have been given short shrift, without discussion of how art of any kind relates to the "labor" and "religion" of the slave master. AFRICANS AS "CROWDS" AND "CREOLES" Sidney Mintz's published work on these questions in The Birth of Afro-American Culture, is emblematic of the scholarship of avoidance to which I refer. Having published nothing of consequence on slave art or religion in North America, Mintz and his co-author Richard Price declare themselves experts on slave culture in this country, but not in any comprehensible way. They attempt to demonstrate the level of their expertise by no more than the expedient of changing the title of their earlier study, which was not devoted to slavery in this country. What was originally An Anthropological Approach to the Afro-American Past: A Caribbean Perspective was changed to The Birth of African-American Culture: An Anthropological Perspective. (1) The new publication is, in their words, the "original essay largely unchanged," and they add that they have "updated a handful of references, mainly to our own work; we have in a few cases modified terminology to keep step with current norms; and we have made minor stylistic alterations." (2) Setting themselves against the Black Studies movement made possible by the civil rights ferment of the 1960s, these two scholars explain: "If we seem to underemphasize the African past to stress the motile nature of Afro-America, it is in part because the usual emphasis seems to have been the reverse. …


For an irreducible Markov chain $(X_n)_{n\ge 0}$ we identify the rate function governing the large deviation estimation of empirical mean $\frac {1}{n} \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} f(X_k)$ by means of the Donsker-Varadhan's entropy. That allows us to obtain the lower bound of large deviations for the empirical measure $\frac {1}{n} \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} \delta_{X_k}$ in full generality


Atomic layer epitaxy (ALE) is investigated for the binary semiconductor MgTe. Reflection high‐energy electron‐diffraction studies on MgTe atomic deposition, together with x‐ray diffraction, high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy, and photoluminescence experiments on ALE‐grown CdTe/MgTe superlattices are reported. They reveal that an autoregulated growth at 0.7±0.1 MgTe monolayer/ALE cycle can be achieved in a substrate temperature range between 260 and 300°C. New values of the zinc‐blende MgTe lattice parameter, aMgTe=6.420 ±0.005 A, of the ratio of the elastic coefficients 2c12c11 (MgTe)=1.06, and of the 300 K MgTe band gap, EG=3.5 eV, are obtained by correlating x‐ray‐diffraction and optical results.


This paper focuses on the construction and management of video resources in the construction and management of the excellent courses in Colleges and universities, and puts forward the integrated management mode and operation mechanism, which focuses on solving the problems of the management of the existing problems in the construction work of the University.


This study quantifies "final devoicing" (FD) in largescale corpora of Standard French via automatic alignment with pronunciation variants. We use corpora of different speech styles, ESTER (journalistic speech) and NCCFr (conversation between friends), to compare the rates of devoicing and voicing of word-final fricatives as a function of the following context (voiceless obstruent, voiced obstruent, sonorant, vowel and pause). Three categories emerge: before obstruents, word-final fricatives undergo laryngeal assimilation (arrive[f] tôt); before vowels and sonorants, only little variation is found; before pause, there is a high rate of devoicing (trouve[f] ##) and only negligible voicing. This last point shows that French features FD. This finding, in accordance with the typology and phonetic studies, extends previous small-scale investigations on regional varieties of the language to large corpora of Standard French. The FD effect is reinforced in conversational speech, and is stronger in labial than in alveolar and postalveolar fricatives.


In order to reduce the noise influence upon inversion analysis for the enhancement of CCD resolution,the approach of multishit imaging to enhance the overdetermination of linear systems was proposed in this paper.The simulation examples show this approach can reduce the noise influence for any enhancemet ratio.Its also proved that the approach is more effective when the enhancemet ratio is high.


Technology and computer learning have acquired a great projection in the field of education. Arduino arises from current technological innovations with the intention of promoting a new approach to learning through machines. The objective of this research is to analyze the evolution of the Arduino concept in the scientific literature. To achieve this aim, a bibliometric methodology based on scientific mapping and an analysis of co-words has been used. The scientific production of Arduino indexed in Web of Science has been analyzed. We have worked with an analysis unit of 346 documents. The results of this research show that the scientific production on Arduino in the field of education starts in 2010 until today. The communications in the congresses to present the results of the investigations developed are the most used means of diffusion. The National University of Distance Education and the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu are particularly noteworthy. The authors with more scientific production in this field of study are Bogdan, M. and Castro, M. It is significant that the collection of studies on this subject is carried out, above all, by EDULEARN Proceedings and INTED Proceedings. It can be concluded that the field of study on Arduino in the educational field is relatively recent, so that today, the basis for scientific research is still being established. However, the most relevant aspects in this field of study are physic experiments, computational thinking and computer-based learning.


The criticality of service innovation in building and sustaining competitive advantage is increasingly recognized in the marketplace. Using empirical data from US and Australian project-oriented firms, this study uses a multi-staged multi-method research program to demonstrate how entrepreneurial service firms strategically combine resources at hand (bricolage) to innovate and stay ahead of rivals. The research shows that service entrepreneurship (SE) and bricolage influence two forms of service innovation (interactive and supportive), which in turn is associated with sustained competitive advantage (SCA). The results suggest that SE and bricolage indirectly relate to SCA through service innovation. The findings offer novel insights into how project-oriented service firms engage in innovation and suggest a more complex model of innovation-based competitive strategy than previously envisaged. In short, the findings encourage the "making do by combining resources at hand" as higher levels of entrepreneurial bricolage are associated with higher levels of interactive and supportive innovation enabling SCA.


Objective
To explore the feasibility of mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs) modified wtih galectin- 1 gene co- cultured with dermal matrix patch.

Methods
After the bone marrow MSCs(BMSCs) were transfected with Ad- green fluorescent protein(GFP)- galectin- 1, the fluorescence in BMSCs was observed under fluorescence microscope.Real- time quantitative reverse transcriptase- polymerase chain reaction(RT- qPCR) was used to detect the expression of galectin- 1 gene, and the protein expression of galectin- 1 and desmin was detected by enzyme linked immune sorbent assay(ELISA)and Western blotting, respectively.The growth of BMSCs transfected with Ad- GFP- galectin- 1 and co- cultured with acellular dermal matrix patch(ADM) was observed.

Results
The green fluoresence was observed and reached to peak at 72 h after the transfection of BMSCs with Ad- GFP- galectin- 1 under fluorescence microscope.The result of RT- qPCR and ELISA confirmed that BMSCs over- expressed galectin- 1.The RT- qPCR result of galectin- 1,which the relative expression folds was 1.00 in phosphate buffer(PBS) group,4.11 in Ad- GFP- galectin- 1 group,1.09 in Ad- GFP group;The result of galectin- 1 measured by ELISA was that 48 h:(197.28±8.78),(25.52±1.56),(24.53±2.96)μg/L; 72 h:(264.33± 5.43),(25.40±2.06),(25.46±1.13)μg/L;96 h:(172.41±3.61),(25.22±1.61),(28.01±1.26) μg/L; 120 h:(155.53±7.25),(24.84±2.35),(26.65±1.54)μg/L ordered by Ad- GFP-galectin- 1 group, Ad- GFP group and PBS group.The expression of desmin which co- cultured with dermal matrix patch(ADM) were well grown.

Conclusion
Galectin- 1 could induce BMSCs to express desmin.BMSCs transfected with Ad- GFP- galectin- 1 showed good compatibility with ADM.

Key words:
Galectin-1; Bone mesenchymal marrow cell; Acellular dermal matrix patch; Co-culture


PCT No. PCT/GB96/01805 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 9, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 9, 1998 PCT Filed Jul. 29, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/05742 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 1997A thermal sensing system (10) including an array of photon detectors (14) produces a detector-dependent response to irradiation. Variations in individual detector characteristics produce a fixed pattern noise which degrades an image or other response. A switchable mirror (M1) may at one position (Pcal) direct infrared radiation from a light emitting diode (20) onto the detector array (14). The diode (20) is both a negative and positive luminescent emitter, the flux emitted is current controlled to be equivalent to black body radiation at a range of temperatures both colder and hotter than ambient. Calibration relationships comprising transfer functions relating incident intensity to signal response are derived for each detector. Alternatively the mirror (M1) may be at an observation position (Pobs) and infrared radiation from a remote scene reaches the detector array (14). Resulting detector signals are converted into corrected fluxes using individual calibration relationships previously derived and an image or response with reduced fixed pattern noise is obtained.


Performance estimates for attached-sunspace passive solar heated residences have recently been incorporated into the Los Alamos/UNM EASE III model. These estimates are used to analyze the economic performance of a fixed dimension sunspace design when attached to a pre-existing single family residential unit. The sunspace is a passive design which can be easily and effectively adapted to a retrofit situation. Several key parameters are carefully evaluated for the sunspace retrofit design. These include loan or mortgage terms, ownership period, resale potential and competing conventional fuel prices. General economic and design parameters are combined in a variant of life cycle costing to evaluate the feasibility of both owner-built and contractor-built attached sunspaces for 220 regions in the contiguous United States. This evaluation is made for two conventional fuel types - natural gas and electric resistance - and for three resale values - 0%, 100%, and 200%. Results show that the prospect for conventional fuel displacement through retrofit of attached sunspaces is very good with the design's economic performance enhanced in regions with expensive conventional fuel alternatives.


3 4 Reducing anthropogenic nutrient inputs is a major policy goal for restoring good environmental 5 status of coastal marine ecosystems. However, it is unclear to what extent reducing nutrients 6 would also lower fish production and fisheries yields. Empirical examples of changes in nutrient 7 loads and concurrent fish production can provide useful insights to this question. In this paper, 8 we investigate to what extent a multi-fold increase in nutrient loads from the 1950s to 1980s 9 enhanced forage fish production in the Baltic Sea. We use monitoring data on fish stock 10 dynamics covering the period of the nutrient increase, combined with nutrient concentrations 11 from a 3-dimensional coupled physical-biogeochemical ocean model. The results suggest that 12 nutrient enrichment enhanced the biomass level of forage fish by up to 50% in some years and 13 areas due to increased body weight of fish. However, the trends in fish biomasses were generally 14 decoupled from changes in nutrient concentrations. 15 16


This paper investigates the relationship between countries' fiscal balances and current accounts with an emphasis on the role of fiscal rules. The direct effect of fiscal policy on the current account via aggregate (import) demand is potentially amplified by indirect effects, materializing through interest rate effects and inter-generational transfers that reduce savings. On the other hand, the implied positive relation between fiscal and external balances is potentially attenuated by offsetting changes in savings through Ricardian equivalence considerations. We expect this attenuation effect to be stronger in countries with more stringent fiscal rules and test this hypothesis using a panel of 73 countries over the period 1985-2012. As previous studies we find a positive effect of fiscal balances on the current account, supporting the twin deficit hypothesis. However, the effect of fiscal balances on the current account depends on the stringency of fiscal (budget balance or debt) rules in place; it is reduced by one third on average and virtually eliminated for countries with the most stringent fiscal rules.


Background: The asthmatic triad (AT) is a well described condition manifesting as chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (RP), asthma and intolerance to non-narcotic analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Aim: The study was conducted to identify markers for the formation of unfolded AT in patients with nasal polyposis based on local and serum cytokine concentration. Methods: The subjects of the study were patients with RP (n = 68) and AT (n = 37). As a control was healthy (n = 209). Determination of the concentration of IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IFN-γ and TNFα in the serum and nasal washes was done using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results: It was shown that the concentration of IL-2 in the serum and nasal washes was increased at RP and AT with respect to control. The concentration of IL-6 in the serum was higher with RP compared with the AT and control. The concentration of IL-10 in serum was increased with RP and AT with respect to control. Concentration of IFN-γ and TNFα in serum are higher at AT relative to RP and control. Conclusions: Cytokine imbalance is characterized by a deviation of the immune response to the Th1 type. Given the progression of the pathology from RP to AT, the increase of TNFα is likely to reflect the spread of the inflammatory process. Probably, the development of unfolded AT is accompanied by an increase in the concentration of IL-4, which activates the humoral mechanisms of the immune response. The revealed features of local and systemic concentration of cytokines at RP and AT can be used as markers of the prognosis for the formation of the unfolded AT.


The aim of the study is to present the range of management accounting tools used by hospital authorities in the management decision-making process. Moreover, the study also focuses on determining the particular problems aided by the use of management accounting. The subject of this study encompasses three hospitals in Lublin Voivodeship, while the research body revolves around the use of management accounting tools. A questionnaire containing 15 complex research questions has been conducted, followed by an individual in-depth interview with the hospital administrators. An electronic database, local library files, reference list of the published articles and numerous books have been consulted during the preparation of the questionnaire. The author argues that the use of the management accounting tools helps assess the efficiency of fulfillment of the objectives and assessing the analysis of sources and processes of value creation. As a result of the conducted study it has been shown that the role of management accounting use in medical facilities is of great importance. Furthermore, the analysis results are employed in the organization's continual development, as it provides information for all organizational units. Accordingly, this information is used in estimating service costs, creating budgets and variance analysis. To a lesser extent, the analysis results lead to a comprehensive performance measurement and increasing employee motivation.


For an African American female researcher whose race, class, and gender work as oppressive intersecting units shaping my contextualized experiences, meaning‐making, and self‐definition, the implications of my work with African American communities are complicated. In this article, I draw on culturally sensitive research practices, critical race theory, and Black feminist theory to deconstruct how race–gender–social class informed my own field experience. To these ends, I hope to advance the theoretical discussion of qualitative research with urban African American communities beyond abstraction to serious implications for practice and policy.


One of the promising directions in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis with elements of bacterial sensitization (pre-asthma) and infectious-allergic form of bronchial asthma is the timely implementation of specific treatment with bacterial allergens (specific immunotherapy). Its effectiveness in bronchial asthma is 49-72%, with predastma 81,489,0% [1, 5].


An element-selective laser ion source has been used to produce beams of exotic radioactive nuclei and to study their decay properties. The operational principle of the ion source is based on selective resonant laser ionization of nuclear reaction products thermalized and neutralized in a noble gas at high pressure. The ion source has been installed at the Leuven Isotope Separator On-Line (LISOL), which is coupled on-line to the cyclotron accelerator at Louvain-la-Neuve. 54,55Ni and 54,55Co isotopes were produced in light-ion-induced fusion reactions. Exotic nickel, cobalt and copper nuclei were produced in proton-induced fission of 238U. The b decay of the68–74Ni, 67–70Co,70–75Cu and 110–114Rh isotopes has been studied by means of β–γ andγ –γ spectroscopy. Recently, the laser ion source has been used to produce neutron-deficient rhodium and ruthenium isotopes ( 91–95Rh,98Rh, 90,91Ru) near theN = Z line in heavy ion-induced fusion reactions.  2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 2925; 3280.F6; 41.85.Ar


【Objective】This study aims to explore nutrient deficiency symptom,nutrient absorption and accumulation of cotton during the different periods by using nutrition supply disruption in different leaf ages of cotton.【Method】Effect of N,P and K elements deficiency on the growth and the nutrition accumulation of cotton in different leaf ages was studied by applying N,P and K deficiencies and CK treatments under water condition to measure the height,the leaf area,the contents of nutrition and the dry matter accumulation of cotton.【Result】The results suggested that the growth of cotton was significantly restrained by lacking N,P and K.Compared with the normal cotton,the height of cotton and the average leaf area of the last leaf but four under the condition of elements deficiency declined 37.4%,20.8%,27.6%and 33.3%,32.5%,20.3% respectively.The elements absorption of cotton significantly dropped under the condition of elements deficiency.Compared with the normal cotton,the N accumulation rate of N deficiency during the fourth leaf age,the eighth leaf age and the twelfth leaf age decreased 53.3%,37.8%and 27.5%respectively,the P accumulation rate of P deficiency during the fourth leaf age,the eighth leaf age,the twelfth leaf age decreased 75.2%,73.1%and 74.1%respectively,the K accumulation rate of K deficiency during the fourth leaf age, the eighth leaf age,the twelfth leaf age decreased 44.9%,38.3%and 37.4%respectively.Compared with the normal cotton,the dry matter accumulation of cotton under the condition of N,P and K elements deficiency declined 24.1%,13.4%and 24.0%respectively.【Conclusion】In this experiment condition, lacking N,P and K in prophase(before the eight leaf age) significandy delayed cotton growth and reduced the nutrient absorption,but lacking N,P and K in anaphase(after the twelve leaf age) greatly decreased the dry matter accumulation.Therefore,rational application of fertilizer according to the leaf age could timely supply nutrients to cotton,enhance nutrients' utilization efficiency and provide theoretical basis for cotton efficient production.


This paper presents studies of long-term stability of capacitors embedded in printed circuit boards. Planar capacitors fabricated from FaradFlex dielectric foil with copper plates laminated to FR-4 substrate served as test structures. The dielectric was BaTiO3 ceramic/polymer composition with various fillers and consequently various dielectric constants. Moreover test samples differed in composition thickness and surface size. The investigated capacitors were covered with LDP 2×106 (Laser Drillable Prepreg) protective layers to achieve embedded structures. The behaviour of capacitance as well as dissipation factor was investigated for two values of frequency (1 and 10 kHz) in order to determine their long-term stability. The in-situ accelerated ageing process (capacitance and dissipation factor of test samples performed directly at the ageing conditions) was carried out to perform long-term behaviour analysis. Temperature characteristics both before and after aging process were performed for determination of influence of environmental exposure. Additionally insulation resistance under voltage and temperature stress was monitored and analyzed.


We report on a relaxation method to determine the electron-to-gas temperature ratio in the near-cathode region of a low-current free-burning arc operated in argon under atmospheric pressure. We used an intensified CCD camera to record the relaxation process after a fast power-interruption of the discharge with a time resolution better than 1 µs. For the CCD images we applied an ABEL inversion procedure yielding 3D information about the temperature ratio β ≔ Te/Tg with a spatial resolution of 50 µm. We deduced spatially resolved values of β from the relaxation experiment using independently measured values of Te and ne, so we could determine all free parameters in the partial LTE model.


This paper inroduces the application of floating bead biofilter in recirculating rainbow trout culture system.This system includes the oxygen injection,the solid depositing separation and the two- layer floating bead biofiltration.The two—layer floating head biofilter could filtrate 90% suspended sol- ids and the ability of treating ammonia—nitrogen is 149g.m-3.d-1 when the temperature is 15℃.Ozone catalyzing oxidation could disinfect and remove ammonia-nitrogen one more time.In a recireulating sys- tem of 12 m3 water and 30kg/m3 culture density,we utilized a set of BAF-40 two-layer floating head biofilter with 0.75kW power and 20T/h to treat the culture water for reuse.During culture period,pH, DO,COD,SS,ammonia,nitriteand nitrate and so on were analyzed and the length and weight of culture rainbow trout were measured.The result showned that if the period of the water recycle was 2 hours and water exchange period was a week,the water quality was good and COD≤15mg/l,ammonia≤lmg/l, nitrite≤0.13mg/l,nitrate≤24mg/l.After 2 weeks contrast culture experiment,comparing the parame- ter of culture water that streamed through the biofilter,the other culture water parameters is very differ- ent.The experiment showed that the floating bead biofilter can be successfully used in reeirculating rain- bow trout culture system to meet the rainbow trout culture need of water and biology.


In this survey article on extreme states of operator spaces in C¡-algebras and related ternary ring of operators an extension result for rectangular operator extreme states on operator spaces in ternary rings of operators is discussed. We also observe that in the spacial case of operator spaces in rectangular matrix spaces, rectangular extreme states are conjugates of inclusion or identity maps implemented by isometries or unitaries. A characterization result for operator spaces of matrices for which the inclusion map is an extreme state is deduced using the above mentioned results.


The spectrum of an object is recorded holographically and used as a complex filter.The hologram is called the Fourier transform hologram or simply the Fourier hologram.In this paper,by use of Fraunhofer diffraction and holographic theory,computer simulation of the fourier transform holography with MATLAB 6.0.It turns out to be that the results gotten by using MATLAB 6.0 are identical with theory.


A number of research works have investigated civil wars, cannibalistic rituals, the hypocrisy of religion, rawest topics developed by Léonora Miano in her first two novels: L'intérieur de la nuit ( Dark Heart of the night in English) and Contours du jour qui vient. The aim of this study is to identify and analyse the image of women in L'intérieur de la nuit and Contours du jour qui vient, both contemporary works whose main characters were young women: Ayané and Musango respectively. This is certainly not by chance but on purpose. How are women represented? Our theoretical framework is feminism, a theory which we deem useful for the analysis and description of our corpus. The result of this study shows that despite their young age the two main characters: Ayané and Musango, revolt against injustice and gain freedom vis-à-vis the radical African tradition. The study concludes with a summary of different portraits of female characters in the two novels of Léonora Miano.


This paper deals with the Keller–Segel system ut=Δu−∇·(uχ(v)∇v),x∈Ω,t>0,vt=Δv+u−v,x∈Ω,t>0,where Ω is a bounded domain in Rn with smooth boundary ∂Ω , n≥2 ; χ is a nonnegative function satisfying χ(s)≤K(a+s)−k for some k≥1 and a≥0 . In the case that k=1 and a=0 , Fujie established global existence of bounded solutions under the condition 01 , Winkler asserted global existence of bounded solutions for arbitrary K>0 . However, there is a gap in the proof. Recently, Fujie tried modifying the proof; nevertheless it also has a gap. It seems to be difficult to show global existence of bounded solutions for arbitrary K>0 . Moreover, the condition for K when k>1 cannot connect with the condition when k=1 . The purpose of the present paper is to obtain global existence and boundedness under more natural and proper condition for χ and to build a mathematical bridge between the cases k=1 and k>1 .


Based on the background of informationizition development,and from the trend of building international online RD environment,with focus on the sharing of commonwealth scientific and technological resources,this paper analyzes the trend and characteristics of international ST infrastructure,the basic condition of China's ST infrastructure,as well as the theory and practice of ST resources sharing in China.It draws some suggestions for the problems in sharing China's ST resources during the 11th"Five Year Plan"period.


On September 1, 1983 the new drunk-driving law went into effect in Indiana. The author, chairman of the Indiana State Medical Association calls for the medical profession's organized and individual support of that law, which, if supported by the public may prevent three fatalities a week and six serious injuries every day in alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents in Indiana.


This Is Where We Are is an immersive sculptural space exploring art, technology, sound and image, driven by the data we all generate. A collective, dynamic digital artwork created by i-DAT working with Tate Collective London.


This report describes two patients who underwent a second attempt at cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in the setting of a severe stenosis in the lateral coronary vein that prevented passage of a left ventricular lead. Both stenoses were unresponsive to standard noncompliant balloon dilatation but were successfully treated with the addition of a second stiff angioplasty wire beside the noncompliant balloon. Venoplasty with the addition of a side wire beside the balloon should be considered for resistant coronary vein stenosis encountered during CRT device implantation.


In this article, reference will be made to the challenge of the motivation of local government employees, based on survey conducted in educational institutions and municipal enterprises in Warmia and Mazury. The main goal was to point out what non-wage motivators occurs in this institutions and which primarily affect the quality of the execution of tasks. Surveys were conducted among more than two thousand local government employees. According to respondents used motivators are: good atmosphere at work, clearly described goals and tasks, stability of employment and ability of professional trainings. To more important factors affecting to work quality respondents indicated: stability of employment and ability of professional trainings, clearly described goals and tasks and promotion opportunity. JEL Codes: H83, J24, M12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15544/mts.2016.29


The present invention provides a display driver control circuit and method for controlling a display drive part of the electroluminescent display. Display control unit is provided with at least one substantially constant current generator (610) for driving the display device, the control circuit includes a first line current by the constant current generator is adjusted (1,2, providing ..., a driving voltage sensor for detecting a m) of the driving voltage (Vmax) (630), a reference voltage which is offset from the supply voltage (Vdd) provided by the supply line to the constant current generator (Vref) adjusting a reference voltage generator (645), the reference voltage reference voltage (Vref) to determine the difference between the driving voltage (Vmax) and means (650) for generating an adjustment signal, the supply voltage in response to the adjustment signal to voltage control unit (655) is configured to.


and Reproducing Domination: The Birth of the Ballet School, the Prison, and Other Details Correctional Facilities Regina Fletcher Sadono On March 30, 1662, Louis XIV wrote: Dance, besides the pleasures sions of decorum it accrues in divertissements for the eyes, forms impres- in and resourcefulness those who practice it, and in the minds of those its who see or for its it: these impressions can be of some use to the Nation, either for politeness facility in military exercises. Dance in the City of Paris, quoted in {The Establishment of the Royal Academy of Franko 182) In his Letters of Patent, Louis XIV goes on to appoint thirteen dancing it masters to safeguard the nobility of dance and to protect from all degrad- men are to meet once a month to discuss their curricu- lum, and anyone else who dares to call himself a dancing master will be ing influence. These subject to a fine. No one can join this their heirs are to ehte group except by royal invitation, in control of and these men and be dance and dance peda- gogy is for all the days to come. In the Letters of Patent, Louis XIV explains that the teaching of dance much too important to be left in the hands of the unworthy. Dance has several important functions: [T]he Art of the Dance has always been recognized as one of the most honorable and necessary for forming the body, and giving all sorts it the first and most natural dispositions for our Nobility, for of exercises, and among others the exercise of arms, and consequently has been considered one of the most advantageous and useful others and for who have the honor of approaching us, not only in wartime in our armies, but in even in peace time our Ballets (Franko 176) has had a long-term effect on the aesthetic that ballet perpetuates. The connection between dance and the military is an important one and way ballet is taught, as well as on the Naturally, a great ballet always is an im- age of its epoch, writes Jan Kott: becomes its epoch. Moreover, it I understood this when I first saw The Swan Lake in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow The ballet dancers stand motionless with glassy smiles glued to their faces, guard. They stand stiffly as the soldiers of the second they throw up high as at an army parade. Then, suddenly, a battement, and the pirouettes begin. Corps de stiff, prostrate, all of the same height on two toes of one leg, the ballet busy themselves as the guard at the tsar's inspection. This classical ballet sur les


Aiming at the problems of low dye-uptake and poor color fastness of natural dyes on cotton fabrics,the technology of cationic modification on cotton is studied.The influences on K/S value among modifier concentration,leveling agent and alkaline agents,type and concentration,treating temperature and treating time are discussed.The level dyeing property,color fastness and UV-protection properties were also analyzed.The results demonstrate that the dyed cotton after modification have high dyeing rates and color yield,good color fastness,levelness,as well as excellent UV-protection properties.


Light industry is one of the most important sectors of the national and world economy. Due to the strategic priority of the science development in many countries, the issues of technology transfer are included in the economic development current agenda. The main purpose of the research is to identify the key strategic foundations of industrial technology transfer. To do this, the following methods were used: analysis and synthesis, analogy, comparison, generalization, inductive and deductive methods. The article reveals the economic essence of industrial technology transfer, shows that technology transfer should be understood as a combination of exchange operations with production functions that reduce transaction costs and create added value. The article considers the strategic role of technology transfer as the most vital factor in the transition to Industry 4.0, focused on the technologies transfer from research organizations to the real economy sector. A special mechanism for implementing technology transfer in light industry and the fashion industry is shown, which provides flexibility and competitive advantage of manufacturing enterprises in a complex and rapidly changing environment. The article scientific novelty is related to the disclosure of the channels and tools essence for the industry transfer of the research results, development and technological work aimed at achieving the light industry and fashion industry enterprises innovative goals. The digital platform solutions role for the long-term cooperative chains formation is emphasized, which allows using this tool to implement a step-by-step industry transfer process in the future for light industry enterprises and the fashion industry. One of the promising areas of further research may be the platform solutions impact study on the social and economic efficiency of technology transfer. For light industry and fashion companies, it is recommended to create digital platforms for activating the work of all industry actors in technology transfer, creating projects and innovative proposals database and providing access to them in real time.


Although disordered spinel Li4Ti5O12 with Fd3m space group is an attracting anode material for lithium ion batteries, it suffers from its poor rate performance. Moreover, there are very limited studies of ordered spinel anode materials with P4332 space group. Here, spinel Li4–2xCo3xTi5–xO12 materials with Fd3m (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.2) or P4332 (0.25 ≤ x ≤ 0.5) space group have been synthesized. The lattice parameter and occupancy of Co2+ ions in tetrahedral 8a/8c sites quasi-linearly increase with the amount of Co2+ substitutes. Due to the increased lattice parameter and free 3d electrons in Co2+ ions, Co2+-substituted samples exhibit improved Li+ ion diffusion coefficients and electronic conductivities. The optimized sample, Li3.5Co0.75Ti4.75O12 with P4332 space group, shows the highest Li+ ion diffusion coefficient of 9.07 × 10–11 cm2 s–1 and electronic conductivity of 1.49 × 10–7 S cm–1. Consequently, Li3.5Co0.75Ti4.75O12 has the best rate performance with a large capacity of 158 mAh g–1 at a current density of...


English belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is a language that achieves meaning expression through its own form of inflection, focusing on form, and it is one kind of comprehensive language. Analytical language expresses grammatical meaning through function words, word order, and so on. With the development of language, English has a tendency to develop from comprehensive language to analytical language. In this study, it explains the transitional characteristics of English language from comprehensive characteristics to analytical characteristics from following aspects: reduces or even disappears of English  morphological change; the ability of English vocabulary meaning expansion; the multi-use of function words; the powerful grammatical function of the article; the fusion of English and Chinese language; the Chinese loanword in English;  the Syntactical phenomenon of English and Chinese language, the complexity of English word formation, the theme-highlight sentence pattern.


Abstract : Damage produced in phosphorus-doped silicon by fast-neutron irradiation is being investigated. Electron-spin-resonance techniques are used to obtain information which should aid in an understanding of the nature of the lattice defects produced. Preliminary observations concerning the experimental problems involved and the techniques appropriate to their solution are presented. A discussion of the background pertinent to such an investigation is also included. (Author)


We revisit two classical formulas for the Bessel function of the first kind, due to von Lommel and Weber-Schafheitlin, in a probabilistic setting. The von Lommel formula exhibits a family of solutions to the van Dantzig problem involving the generalized semi-circular distributions and the first hitting times of a Bessel process with positive parameter, whereas the Weber-Schafheitlin formula allows one to construct non-trivial moments of Gamma type having a signed spectral measure. Along the way, we observe that the Weber-Schafheitlin formula is a simple consequence of the von Lommel formula, the Fresnel integral and the Selberg integral.


We have studied commensurability oscillations (COs) in the magnetoresistance of two-dimensional lateral surface superlattices (LSSLS) with patterns having both square and rectangular symmetry. Square lattices of period 100 nm fabricated on orthodox GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures showed weak COs corresponding to the lattice period. 100 by 170 nm rectangular lattices with the 170 run period along the current flow direction showed significant oscillations corresponding to this period for transport in all directions on the wafer. When a wafer containing a thin strained layer of InGaAs close to the surface was patterned to produce square 100 ran period superlattices with large asymmetry in the potential landscape, transport in the [011] direction (on a (100) wafer) showed pronounced oscillations with a period of 100 nm. period, as in one-dimensional LSSLs, while that along [011] showed no COs at all. For transport in the [010] and [001] directions, one of the diagonal Fourier potential components is dominant, and the commensurability oscillations in both samples were identical and had an effective period of 100/ square root 2 nm. All these results can be satisfactorily explained using a new theory of two-dimensional guiding center drift


Unlike the well-known existence results of C. Duvaut and J.L. Lions (cf.(3, 41) the coupling between temperature and velocity by convection will be considered here. Whereas convection is essentially, the energy transport by radiation and convection of mass is negligible and the fluid flow may be regarded as stationary in many cases (e.g. the flow of liquids). Beyond this the material constants heat capacity and viscosity are considered to be temperature-dependend and in a sence unbounded.


Abstract Bragg peak proton beam irradiation of the pituitary gland for proliferative diabetic retinopathy was carried out in 56 patients. Most of them had been considered unsuitable for surgical hy...


International literature acknowledges benefits of the legally recognised Producer Organisations (POs). Successful leveraging of these benefits depends on two forms of cooperation: horizontal integration among the producers for more effective functioning of the POs; and vertical integration of POs with other actors in the production chain to facilitate processes of co-creation and interactive innovation. In 2016 PO legislation was first introduced in Ireland, and in 2019 Ireland's first two beef POs emerged at a time when primary producers in the beef sector mobilised en masse, protesting against poor prices and seeking changes in supply chain relationships. Throughout this period, significant and detailed media reporting of the beef sector surrounded the protests, which takes the focus of our analysis. Building on an existing but limited literature on institutional conditions in the Irish beef industry and international accounts of factors influencing the success of POs, we analyse media coverage in order to shed light on the nature of emerging new forms of horizontal and vertical cooperation. In this regard, we focus on horizontal integration of producers into PO and associations of POs (APOs); and vertical integration of POs into Inter Branch Organisations (IBOs) and value-based supply chains (VBSCs). Our analysis shows that the media representations of the Irish beef sector evidence significant challenges to the establishment and successful operation of POs, in any form. The analysis suggests that current constellation of relations in the Irish beef sector represents an environment that is partially resistant to horizontal co-operation and significantly hostile to vertical co-operation. Interactive innovation involving different chain actors seems not to be imminent, at least in the short term, unless there are strategic public and/or private interventions introduced to support it.


The principal coefficient komicron for the blackbody radiation shift in primary frequency standards has been subject to discussion. We present extensive measurements of this shift performed on the SYRTE's atomic fountain clock, FO1. The DC Stark shift is measured at a range of electric fields reaching down to twice the rms ambient thermal field E 300 K - Furthermore, the blackbody radiation shift is measured directly by inserting a heated graphite tube around the atom trajectory. The Stark measurement reaches an accuracy of 2 x 10 -3 for the principal coefficient. The direct measurement gives an accuracy of 4%. Both results confirm our earlier measurement [Simon et alVhys. Rev. A 57-- , 436 (1990)]. In the analysis a 3 x 10 -3 correction, due to a sign error in the theory must be made, so that the coefficient reads komicron = -2.282(4) x 10-10 Hz/(V/m)2.


It is known that the classification performance of Support Vector Machine (SVM) can be conveniently affected by the different parameters of the kernel tricks and the regularization parameter, C. Thus, in this article, we propose a study in order to find the suitable kernel with which SVM may achieve good generalization performance as well as the parameters to use. We need to analyze the behavior of the SVM classifier when these parameters take very small or very large values. The study is conducted for a multi-class vowel recognition using the TIMIT corpus. Furthermore, for the experiments, we used different feature representations such as MFCC and PLP. Finally, a comparative study was done to point out the impact of the choice of the parameters, kernel trick and feature representations on the performance of the SVM classifier


P92 Big Size Seamless Steel Pipe has been widely used in ultra-supercritical units in China;but very limited domestic manufacturers are capable of producing these products.Furthermore all products of these manufacturers have been never applied in operating units.Presently we have to import all P92 Big Size Seamless Steel Pipes from abroad.The foreign suppliers control the market and make the price at a very high level.Through analysis,we have to admit this situation that the price will be keeping high for more years.Meanwhile two suggestions put forward that would be helpful to lower the price.


The present disclosure provides a method for determining the types of the transmission set, a base station, a user equipment and a communication system. Said base station comprising: transmitting means for transmitting the cooperating set information to the user device, and receives feedback information about the cooperating set from the user equipment, capable of providing a set of cooperating coordinated multi-point service to a user equipment a cell composition; and a transmission set acquisition means for acquiring transmission set for the user equipment according to feedback information of the transmission to be set by a set of cooperating cells cooperate to provide a composition joint transmission to the user equipment. Wherein the transmission set according to the channel quality information is a plurality of cooperating with the case of coordinated set of cells corresponding to the determined, where the plurality of cooperative cells containing different numbers.


In many countries, traffic signal control is one of the most cost effective means of improving urban mobility. Nevertheless, the signal control can be grouped into two principal classes, namely trafficresponse and fixed-time. Precisely, a traffic response signal controller changes timing plan in real time according to traffic conditions while a fixed-time signal controller deploys multiple signal timing plans to cater for traffic demand changes during a day. To handle different traffic scenarios via fixed-time signal controls, traffic engineers determine such time-of-day intervals manually using one or two days worth of traffic data. That is, owing to significant variation in traffic volumes, the efficient use of fixed-time signal controllers depends primarily on selecting a number of signal timing plans within a day. In this paper, a Timed Coloured Petri Net (TCPN) formalism was explored to model transition between four signal timing plans of a traffic light control system such that a morning peak signal timing plan handles traffic demand


Background Evaluate the effect of supplementation of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexanoic acid (DHA) in FEV1 and triglyceride levels in obese adolescents. Methods Single blinded, parallel, clinical trial in 2 groups of adolescents supplemented with an intake of 3 gm/d of EPA-DHA versus 3 gm of grenetin for 3 months. We included adolescents with exogenous obesity with Body Mass Index (BMI) CDC > 95%. All patients underwent anthropometry, lipid profile and spirometry at baseline and study end. They were divided into 2 groups: G1: EPA-DHE obese and G2: Grenetin obese. Samples analyzed by T Student (paired and independent). Results Adolescents were recruited with hypertriglyceridemia > 150 mg/dl, female 45.5%, male 54.5% mean and SD 12 ± 1.3 years. There were 34 patients in G1 and G2: 40 patients. The initial values averages the baseline IC 95% FEV1 G1 102.27 (106.06–98.48), G2 102.18 (106.12–98.26), Tiffaneau Index G1: 0.87 (0.90–0.84), G2 0.85 (0.83–0.88) Triglycerides G1 221.71 (246.10–197.32), G2 190.91 (206.90–174.92), Cholesterol G1 169.29 (179.35–159.23), G2 157.09 (169.90–144.28), HDL G1 32.96 (35.58–30.36), G2 33.85 (36.55–31.06). After 3 months, FEV1 G1 100.39 (104.99–95.79), G2 100.80 (105.88–95.74), Tiffaneau Index G1 0.83 (0.85–0.81), G2 0.86 (0.86–0.83) Triglycerides G1 101.00 (117.64–84.36), G2 127.09 (149.87–104.31), Cholesterol G1 169.88 (181.70–158.06), G2 163.32 (176.00–148.64), HDL G1 35.95 (40.25–31.66), G2 35.81 (38.93–32.71). Supplementation with EPA-DHA and grenetine for 3 months in triglyceride basal levels had only one significant value (P < 0.05), without a significant in FEV1. Conclusions Supplementation with EPA-DHA and grenetine for 3 months is helpful for reducing basal levels of triglycerides.


A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 107 senior nursing students in order to determine the knowledge level of the nursing senior students about the risk of falling age; The risk of falling in the elderly is higher in the total scores of the students (75,88 ± 1,32); Age and the risk of falls in elderly people were influenced by the knowledge of the scales used for the risk of falling in hospitals.


This paper discusses the residuals in right ascension and declination from the Bordeaux fully automated transit circle, corresponding to a two years period. It is shown that the solution can be improved by adding statistically significant terms to the reduction model. The correlation between the residuals, considered as a sample of a stochastic stationary process, displays a weak dependence on the declination difference and may be treated as a function of a single variable, the right ascension lag. The characteristics of the autocorrelation curves can be interpreted as derived from a power spectrum with two components: a low frequency power law and a flat spectrum


The three known low‐temperature structures of ethane monolayers physisorbed on the graphite basal plane (hereafter called S1, S2, and S3) have been examined by molecular dynamics calculations with intermolecular and molecule–surface potentials based on atom–atom interactions. The structure of the low density S1 phase is shown to be strongly influenced by the corrugation of the graphite surface. The intermediate density S2 phase is incommensurate with a slightly different structure than found experimentally. By contrast, the structure of the high density S3 phase, in which all of the molecules stand erect, appears to be independent of surface corrugation. The dynamical behavior of the three surface phases has been probed by examining power spectra calculated from the hydrogen atom trajectories. The resulting spectra for the S1 and S3 phases agree reasonably well with experimental inelastic incoherent neutron scattering data but not as well in the case of the S2 phase.


Medicinal plants have been the mainstay of traditional herbal medicine. Their medicinal properties are due to the presence of phytochemicals which exert pharmacological effects on the body. In this study, phytochemicals from partially purified fractions of ethanolic extract of Senna occidentalis leaf were comparatively determined using GC-MS. Fractionation was carried out using solvents of different polarities, namely n-Hexane, Chloroform, Ethyl acetate, Ethanol, Methanol and water. The total phenolic content (TPC), Total flavonoids content, metal chelating activity of the fractions were determined. The result for Total Anti-Oxidant Capacity (TAC) showed that fractions 2a and 6a have the highest capacity (128.8μg/ml), followed by 6b (112μg/ml), 4a (86.8 μg/ml), 7a (84 μg/ml) and lastly 9a&2b (81.2 μg/ml). The decrease in the TAC of the fractions was in the order: 2a&6a>6b>4a>7a>9a&2b>3a&10a, with 3a and 10a having the lowest TAC. The result for Total Phenolic Content (TPC) showed that fraction 1b had the highest concentration of total phenol content (97.5mg/ml), followed by F9b (78mg/ml). F6b has the lowest concentration (1.95mg/ml). The result for Total Flavonoids Content (TFC) shows that fraction 1a had the highest concentration (2373mg/ml), followed by F3a (2226mg/ml). Fractions F8a, 8b, F9a, F9b, and F10b had the lowest concentration (21.0mg/ml). The fractions with higher TAC, TPC and TFC were subjected to GC-MS analysis, revealing compounds of diverse pharmacological and industrial applications. The fraction eluted with ethyl acetate + chloroform contained fatty acid esters with %Area ≥ 1(Heptanoic acid octyl ester 55.42%), the fraction eluted with ethyl acetate + methanol contains both fatty acid esters and glycosides presented as % Area ≥1 (Cyclononene 23.70 %). The fraction eluted with Methanol showed high concentrations of essential oils presented as % Area ≥1 (Oleic Acid 59.57%). These properties of Senna occidentalis revealed that the fractions contain the active ingredients that are the major targets for drug development. The presence of high concentrations of flavonoids, phenolic compounds, fatty acids and essential oils in this plant does not only predispose it to a very good antioxidant property but can also can be used as a natural source of antioxidants towards the prevention of disease progression. © 2021 JETIR July 2021, Volume 8, Issue 7 www.jetir.org (ISSN-2349-5162) JETIR2107028 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org a196


In the world of education, the success of knowledge sharing will help students in realizing and developing their potential. Sharing knowledge is the most important and influential process in knowledge management. The importance of knowledge management can produce value that can be used to make decisions or take action. This study aims to analyze individual and technological factors on knowledge sharing activities. It is intended to know the most influential factors so that can be used as a reference to maximize knowledge sharing activities in university especially in the Faculty of Science and Technology, UIN Suska Riau. This study uses an online questionnaire to get data. There are nine indicators to know which factors influence knowledge sharing, and then explored into 36 statements. Sampling technique in this research is saturated or census sampling with amount of 75 samples. Data analysis technique used is path analysis. The result of path analysis shows that individual factors like personality and self efficacy has more significant effect for knowledge sharing activities and from Information Technology is social media have more significant effect between others.


This work reports a simplified low-cost environmentally benign synthetic process for the production of pure or nearly pure phase vanadium oxides in three different oxidation states, and quantifies the sustainability of the process with a green index.


Through language speakers express thoughts, experiences, feelings,
values and attitudes. Nevertheless, language is not only verbal
communication, as multiple devices are included in interaction in order to
make something coherent. Thus, people inform others about feelings
through a combination of verbal and non-verbal interactions. Language is
not made up exclusively of words, phrases and sentences but also of
images as it is the main resource for conveying meaning. Non-verbal
behaviour covers all forms of non-spoken human conduct possessing the
capacity to construct communicative messages. Hence, the nature of the
connection between speech and gestures has become a popular topic to
study among researchers in the field of linguistics among others.
This paper presents a multimodal evaluation of an academic speech
performed at Sanders Theater, Harvard University, September 27th, 2013,
by Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize winner 2014. Even though the
speech is a monologue, the speaker achieves interaction and engagement
with the audience by means of using both verbal expressions and nonlinguistic
resources throughout her presentation. This study exhibits an
evaluation of how non-linguistic resources such as paralanguage and
kinetics are used as complementary tools in spoken discourse.


Mexican authors have limited their discussions of national character to the mestizo population of the central plateau. Their analyses are overburdened with a self-denigra tive view of Mexican national character, stressing inferiority feelings stamped by the Conquest. More recently, Mexican psychoanalysts have focused on the Conquest and subsequent revolutionary upheavals as generators of conflict between the sexes, which they see as the most crucial determinant of Mexi can psychopathology. The Mexican male tries to impose a patriarchal ideal, but he is constantly undermined by resentful women. Attempting to act with an authority he does not feel, the male assumes an exaggerated role of masculinity (machismo), but the female, especially the mother, holds the real power in the family. Although empirical study confirms the existence of this pattern, it also shows that these writers ignore the large percentage of Mexicans who are well adapted to their society and have character traits common to peasants throughout the world. Furthermore, socioeconomic factors which contribute to maladaptive character structures are un derplayed. In Mexico, the clash between high ideals and the reality of a developing society intensifies feelings of inferiority, with the result that Mexicans undervalue their creative aspects and the progress they have made since the semifeudal society crumbled with the 1910 Revolution.


The measurement of physical properties of thermoplastic natural rubber (TPNR) of NR–HDPE blends have been made at various compositions of high-density polyethylene (HDPE). The tensile properties and hardness of TPNR improve significantly with the addition of liquid natural rubber (LNR) to the blend. The degree of cross-linking also increases with increasing amount of LNR added. The LNR with molecular weight (Mw) of 50,000 and reactive terminals promotes cross-linking within the rubber phase and grafting of the polyethylene chains onto the rubber matrix system. The maximum stress and strain of the blends measured are about 7.5 MPa and 1000%, respectively. Dynamic mechanical analysis results indicate a single Tg on a tan δ trace at about −50 and −55°C for the two types of blends, respectively. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


The media buzzes with assertions that the popular use of text-message abbreviations, or textisms (such as r for are) is masking or even causing literacy problems. This study examined the use and understanding of textisms, and links with more traditional language skills, in young adults. Sixty-one Australian university students read and wrote text messages in conventional English and in textisms. Textism messages were faster to write than those in conventional English, but took nearly twice as long to read, and caused more reading errors. Contrary to media concerns, higher scores on linguistic tasks were neutrally or positively correlated with faster and more accurate reading and writing of both message types. The types of textisms produced, and those least well understood by participants, are also discussed.


Mary Poovey and Nancy Armstrong explore how representations of gender took the form of a binary opposition in Victorian culture, and how the boundary between public and private (the male and female spaces) is established and enforced not by external rule but by processes structural to the modern middle-class family. They also show how gender construction(the division of the world into domestic and social categories) influences the way class relations are represented. Armstrong and Poovey argue that public/private and domestic/politic arenas are not separate, but intersect throughout history. Although they indicate the artificiality of the existing binary systems, they differ from each other in approach.
Armstrong suggests how the novel becomes feminine genre throughout history, and women are authorized in this feminized genre. She also shows how middle-class women's subjectivity and sexuality became a model for the way in which men's subjectivity and sexuality are constructed later on. She defines middle-class consciousness as feminine values and female subjectivity as central and dominant. Armstrong believes that the rise of the middle-class enables women to perform moral surveillance over men; with the governing power of middle-class women, conflicts in class (redefined as domestic and sexual) may be resolved. It is important to note that Armstrong emphasizes middle-class women's influence on the reconstruction of culture. However, her notion is a little limited; Armstrong does not raise some questions about social issues and never questions the traditional masculine control of women's problems.
While Armstrong does not deal seriously with the power relations of gender and with women's oppressions, Poovey focuses on a system of differences based on the "natural" divisions of sex and articulated as a series of polar opposition that inform Victorian middle-class ideology and institutions. Poovey emphasizes the system of differences in legal, medical, and literary spheres; she points out the conflicts and the problems that women experience in these oppositional spheres Poovey examines the problems in which gender is crucially at work-debates over the use of chloroform in childbirth, the Divorce and Married women's Property Bills; the employment of governesses, the entry of women into the labor market, and women's sexual aggression; as well as debates over the professionalization of literary writing and the development of nursing as a profession for women Poovey exposes the artificiality of the binary oppositions that control Victorian culture and economy, defining governesses, nurses and child-birth as border cases (as result of two sets of antithetIcal factors). As the critic Newton indicates, Poovey's construction of middle-class culture includes an earlier feminist model than Armstrong's.
While Armstrong indicates the dominance of women's values and power throughout the history of the novel, Poovey emphasizes the oppositional role of women in society. In spite of the difference in their views, both Poovey and Armstrong see women as subjects and objects in the production of history. They broaden and enlarge the field of academic interest, by linking literature to history, culture, and politics from a gender perspective. Both Armstrong's and Poovey's new historicist readings of women's issues open new discussions regarding the feminist movement.


ABSTRACT This paper will examine the self-styled public information comics Chronicle: The Archive and Museum Anthology and Archives and Memory, both published by the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies (SCCS) in 2018. The comics in question deal with notions of the archival in very different ways both conceptually and stylistically. The discussion will highlight the legal and social justice issues these comics raise while focusing on the complex relationship between archival materials and memory. It will additionally consider these in relation to the concept of public information comics and unpack what such comics do that goes beyond the mere communication of information.


With the development of military equipment, the training and teaching of new equipment are becoming more and more important. Based on the development of the simulation technique, the military application of the simulation technique is emphasized. To the condition that the real equipments are lacked, a new conception of entire mathematical simulation is presented. This paper also discusses the realization techniques such as mathematical simulation technique, multimedia technique and VR technique. At last, a concrete example is given, it is "training simulation system of a certain electronic equipment".


Objective To establish an HPLC method for determining the content in duloxetine hydrochloride tablets.Methods A inertsil CN-3(4.6 mm×250 mm,5 μm) column was used with 0.05 mol/L potassium dihyduogen phosphate solution(adjusted to pH 6.0 with triethanolamine) and acetonitrile(30:70) as the mobile phase,the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min,the detective wavelength was 228 nm.Results The linear range was 8~72 mg/L,r=0.999 9,the average recovery rate was 100.0% and the RSD was 0.31%.Conclusion The method is convenient,sensitive and accurate.It can be used for the quality control of duloxetine hydrochloride tablets.


Polyamide 6 (PA6) nanotubes array has been prepared successfully using small pore anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membrane (200 nm) as the template via polymer solution and melt wetting method. The investigation of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) showed that morphology of polymer nanotubes was highly influenced both by the concentration and the quantity of polymer solution. The Thermal Gravity Analysis (TGA) results indicate that the thermal decomposition temperature of PA6 nanotubes is lower 100 °C than that of bulk PA6 polymer. However, the thermal decomposition temperature of PA6 nanotubes embedded in AAO membrane is higher than that of bulk polymer.


The present study was conducted to clarify hydrarch community structure on the Nobeyama Plateau and characterize plant succession characteristics over a period of three years. The aim of the study was to develop plant conservation strategies for habitats that support the threatened Primula sieboldii communities. The results of TWINSPAN analysis showed that the study area contained four community types and that identified species could be classified into five species groups. Two community types contained valuable species group that have Primula sieboldii and Viola hirtipes. Sasa nipponica, a species characteristic of dry environments, and Phamnus davurica var. nipponica, a species characteristic of Phamno nipponicae-Alnetumjaponicae ass. nov., increased, and the degree of succession increased particularly well defined in these two communities. In general, while an increase in succession decreases the levels of Therophytes (Th) and Helophytes and Hydrophytes (HH), the degree of the decrease in Th and HH wasn't marked; this observation appears to be a characteristic feature of succession in this community. Although the rate of succession in this community was low relative to other mesic communities, given the marked increase in shrubs over a short period of time, any vegetation management strategy may need employ mowing to remove potential competitors.


The paper described Linux-based design and implementation of IP over DVB-S sending gateway,which supported both IPv4/IPv6 protocols and MPE/ULE encapsulation.Then gave an application scenario in distance education.


Indonesia's Pres ident Suharto has accented Pancasila, state ideology, as a sustaining and supportive force of harmony and cyclical time. The five principles of Pancasila are elaborated through education and nation-building programs and expanded in the daily lives of the Indonesian people. Westerners, striving for consonance and productive work relationships and results, can utilize Pancasila as a guideline. The effectiveness of Pancasila sterns from its reflection of indigenous values, making it the main contemporary factor in maintaining both the unity and diversity in Indonesia.


Bus priority system (BPS) developments have increased significantly over the past decade in North America. The purported benefits of a BPS are improved schedule adherence and overall reduced travel time. Benefits to the bus agency include reduced wear and tear on buses and improved fuel efficiency, which reduces operating costs. BPS costs can range from $8,000 to $35,000 per intersection and are relatively easy to quantify. However, other than reviewing benefits reported by other agencies, the literature lacks any formal methods for estimating BPS benefits so a formal economic analysis can be performed. This paper discusses the use of global positioning system (GPS) technology as a low-cost tool for estimating an upper bound on the potential benefit, prior to investing in the infrastructure. The use of the technology is illustrated in a case study that was conducted in Lafayette, Indiana.


In cellular mobile networks, the performance of cell-edge users is limited by high interference signal from neighboring cells. Recently, in modern cellular communication systems, such as LTE-Advanced, the Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission technology is considered to improve the cell-edge users performance. In downlink of a CoMP scenario, the joint transmission can significantly reduce the interference. In this technique, the data signal is jointly transmitted from multiple-cell to the user equipment. However, in this technique the statistical properties of MIMO channel from the cells to the user affect the performance of MIMO detector, which can be expressed by the condition number. This paper presents an analysis of condition number of multiple MIMO channel in joint transmission scenario and proposes a low complexity adaptive LR-MMSE MIMO detection scheme. The computational complexity of proposed detection scheme is reduced by more than 36.5% in comparison to conventional LR-aided detector, while its performance is close to the performance of conventional LR-aided MIMO detector.


After 2000, Serbia was in an extremely complicated economic situation, going through painful and politically risky transitions toward market economy and democratization. Since the changes, the new government is under severe international pressure to quickly address past atrocities committed by the Serbs. However, at the same time, the government was confronted with the opposition and obstructions of Milosevic's supporters and nationalists, a large part of whom are deeply embedded in state institutions. In addition, immediately after the changes, different views toward the past emerged within the ruling coalition. The efforts toward atoning for atrocities made by the Serbian state since 2000 have been shaped by political divisions. As a consequence, positive initiatives were often minimized by obstructions of opposing sides that prevented new Serbian authorities from coming to a consensus about the past. More efforts toward uncovering past atrocities were, however, initiated by civil society, yet not in very coordinated and inclusive ways. A well-defined government policy and clear aims for civil society organizations are thus both lacking. Moreover, so far, truth and reconciliation activities of the governmental and nongovernmental organizations were mainly unconnected with hardly any substantial cooperation. One of the nongovernmental organizations dealing with war victimization and truth and reconciliation is the Victimology Society of Serbia. The Victimology Society of Serbia (VDS) is an independent, non-profit, and nongovernmental organization, founded on November 12, 1997 to gather researchers, experts, and human rights activists who are interested in the development of victimology and the rights of victims of crime, war, Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, 18:379–387 Copyright # Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN 1040-2659 print; 1469-9982 online DOI: 10.1080/10402650600848464


anging on the door of room 173 is a black-and-white photograph of the door to my grandmother's house. Students regularly question its placement and content, as most of the doors down the hall are either covered with construction paper (so others cannot see in) or covered with flyers announcing school events. I simply reply, "It's an invitation." Sometimes I am prompted to share a story about that door, about why the photo shows it halfopen and how that makes me feel secure and welcome. Sometimes I ask students what they see in the door, asking them to consider how it might be a part of what they know. No matter what story I share, it is paired with an opening (much like that door), invoking and evoking students' stories and welcoming them into our shared learning space.