This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of applying individualized homework assignments on Iranian intermediate level EFL learners' motivation. To achieve this objective, 60 learners in the 16-21 age range who were studying at two private language institutes in Rasht, Iran, were selected from 122 participants based on their performance on QPT. The participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. A pretest piloted before with an accepted reliability index was administered to both groups. Next, the experimental group received the treatment for 20 sessions (doing homework materials specifically designed based on each learner's interests and preferred learning style). Meanwhile, the control group received a placebo which was the use of exercises in the workbook of the coursebook American English File 3 (Second Edition) as homework assignments. The posttest of motivation was then administered to both groups. The results showed significantly higher scores on motivation test for experimental group at the end of the course. Based on the findings of this study, language teachers can utilize individualized homework assignments to motivate their learners for doing their homework more willingly.


Evaluating professional development can assist with designing better programs in the future, yet survey instruments may not always capture the nuances of participant's experiences. Therefore, in order to develop better survey instruments, the Out-of-School Time Resource Center conducted a series of five focus groups. Questions pertained to participants' job-related needs, preferred types of professional development, characteristics of both "good" and "bad" workshops, reasons why new information is not utilized, and recommendations for policymakers/funders. Findings from the focus groups have been used to revise OSTRC pilot surveys, which will be standardized and published as an Evaluation Toolkit that can be used to design and evaluate OST conferences.


The report is discussing Zhang Zhihe's Confucians' Duties to Their Parents contributed to the development about xiao Ke, that is recognized, dignosed, treatment, and so on. 1 Preserved Liu Hejian's Shen Xiao Lun cornpletely, from being neglected. 2 Put forward the idea of Xiao Ke be blameing to the pathogenic fire, rise clearly Xiao Ke's complication, show solicitude for the relation of physique with Xiao Ke being come on, emphasis must be recovered for cominning pharmaco therapy with nurseing and keeping in good health. 3 Recorded some simple recipes and proved recipes, in stituted a tamous Shen Xiong Pellot. Today, it is very important that the diabetes clinice researching and new drug desighing.


The author considers the factors of library network development in Middle Volga provinces in the second half of the XIXth the beginning of the XXth centuries in the context of people's social-cultural needs and analyzes the dynamics of the increase of lower layers of people's demand for reading, the availability of libraries, the enlightening activity of zemstvos, peasant communities and other social structures, the ways of the distribution of literature and periodicals among lower layers of people, the censorial policy of educational department and Sacred Synod.


CMAQ air quality model was used to establish a calculated methodology of atmospheric environmental capacity based on different air quality guideline-satisfaction ratio under the real conditions,which would be helpful to the air quality management.Air quality model system was established by using CMAQ for the research area with multi-nested grids,with the smallest grid resolution of 3km.Air quality concentration of January,April,July and October which were on behalf of four seasons in 2006 was obtained by running the system.The curve which reflects the relationship between air quality guidelinesatisfaction ratio and the environmental capacity was achieved by adjusting the sources emissions of the research area and combining with air quality monitoring data and air quality standards.Results indicated that the method can determine the atmospheric environmental capacity of pollutants under different air quality guideline-satisfaction ratio,as well as gave a comprehensive response to its seasonal changes.Therefore,the results would be helpful not only for environmental managers to formulate the air-volume control programs but also conceive a pollution control strategies based on seasonal changes.


In 5G cellular communication systems, achieving low latency is crucial to support the 'tactile' Internet with response times of less than one millisecond. Traditional initial synchronization methods face challenges due to high delays. This manuscript presents a novel approach using an EXtrinsic Information Transfer (EXIT) chart-aided method to investigate the concurrence of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$m$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-sequences using Iterative Soft Sequence Estimation (ISSE) in a communication channel. The ISSE technique leverages the concept of an Automatic Gain Controller (AGC), which gradually increases the gain as the number of chips in the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$m$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-sequence generator grows, both at the transmitter and the receiver. Our ISSE method stands out by achieving sequence synchronization at the receiver with as few as <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$F$ </tex-math></inline-formula> successive chips for a sequence of (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2^{F}-1$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) chips. We base our work on the EXIT chart, eliminating the need for interleavers, which introduce transmission delays. To address the delay issue, we exploit the inherent interrelationship of the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$m$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-sequence generator's concern chips, which have a duration of (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2^{F}-1$ </tex-math></inline-formula>), as influenced by the Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR) in our ISSE model. We observe that low-order Primitive Polynomials (PPs) exhibit lower Erroneous Loading Probability (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$P_{e}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) than higher-order PPs at a specific Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). PPs with identical order but fewer connection taps outperform those with more connection taps. The EXIT chart analysis reveals that lower-order PPs exhibit a larger opening tunnel between the outer and inner curves, resulting in higher achievable rates in our proposed system. Moreover, PPs with lower order achieve higher Mutual Information (MI) more efficiently with the assistance of our ISSE system compared to higher-order PPs.


As the increasing requirements of vehicle panel specifications, traditional PI materials can not meet the optical and yield requirements of vehicle panel, A new type of PI is urgently needed to improve the optical performance and yield of vehicle panel.


We aim to obtain a complete sample of z ≥ 3. 6 radio QSOs from FIRST sources having star-like counterparts in the SDSS DR5 photometric survey (rAB ≤ 20. 2). The starting sample of FIRST–DR5 pairs includes 4,250 objects with DR5 spectra, 52 of these being z ≥ 3. 6 QSOs. Simple supervised neural networks, trained on these sources, using optical photometry and radio data, are very effective for identifying high-z QSOs, yielding 96% completeness and 62% efficiency. Applying these networks to the 4,415 FIRST–DR5 sources without DR5 spectra we found 58 z ≥ 3. 6 QSO candidates. We obtained spectra of 27 of them, confirming 17 as high-z QSOs. Spectra of 13 additional candidates from the literature and SDSS DR6 revealed seven more z ≥ 3. 6 QSOs, giving an overall efficiency of 60% (24/40). None of the non-candidates with spectra from NED or DR6 is a z ≥ 3. 6 QSO, consistently with a high completeness. The initial sample of high-z QSOs is increased from 52 to 76 sources (a factor 1.46). From the new identifications and candidates we estimate an incompleteness of SDSS for the spectroscopic classification of FIRST 3. 6 ≤ z ≤ 4. 6 QSOs of 15% for r ≤ 20. 2.


The coupling and resonance band-pass filter plays an important role in communication system design.It compares the difference between the outside-band performance of inductance and capacitance coupling band-pass filter through analyzing the design theory of band-pass filter,giving the design example of coupling and resonance band-pass filter.By using the difference of inductance and capacitance coupling band-pass filter outside-band performance,it can make the design structure of duplexer more easier,realization more convenient,performance better,meanwhile design the same performance band-pass filter by using less number and easier structure.


As Ravid & Tolchinsky (2002) have indicated in their article, literacy has profound effects upon the development of language in school-age children, adolescents, and adults. Once children are able to read proficiently – typically by eight or nine years – their ability to acquire increasingly sophisticated aspects of language can expand greatly. The convergence of language and literacy is readily apparent upon examining the lexicon, a language domain that is subject to unlimited growth through the lifespan. For this reason, I would like to elaborate on the role of literacy in relation to lexical development beyond the preschool years, focusing on processes that facilitate the learning of word meanings. In this commentary, it will be shown that there is an ongoing reciprocal relationship between lexical development and literacy in which unfamiliar words are first encountered in print and learned through various metalinguistic strategies. Subsequently, this increased knowledge of words leads to improved comprehension of text, which in turn, leads to further expansion of the lexicon (Sternberg & Powell, 1983).


Marshal1 McLuhan's provocative notion of technology as simultaneously extensions and auto-amputations of human faculties has largely been understood in material terms, along the dimension of space. For example, the extension of the human foot in the form of the wheel (McLuhan 165); the extension of some people's minds through management information systems, and the effective amputation of others' (Menzies 1998, 82). However, the concept can be fruitfully applied along the time dimension as well, suggesting for example the over-extension of people in technological time and the amputation or, as Ursula Franklin would put it, the atrophying of personally embodied time. I'd like to explore the implications of this using my own experience of becoming infertile, and sketchingout what I'll daringly call a midwifery model of reproductive practice, communication, and related knowledge creation. It is a model I would associatewith an embodiedsenseoftime, and that I think might offer useful insights extending Ursula Franklin's "holistic technological practicesn (18), Geraldine Finn's "politics of contingency" (136), and Barbara Adam's theorizing about a reformed social science--as an "embeddedn way of knowing informed by the "implicated participantn (141). I offer this as my own way of paying tribute to Mary O'Brien's legacy as both a respected theorist and a dedicated practitioner of midwifery. Knowing that the medium is indeed integral to the message, I will be conscious in the language 1 use in this essay, alternating between the kind of objeftifying, disembodied language associated with conventional social science, and the living, breathing language of the implicated participantthe language of experience. Since I want you to be conscious of this too, I invite you to pause for a moment right now, lean back in your chair, dose your eyes perhaps and breathe. Now, join the knowlegesharing circle as an implicated participant too.


This paper introduces a new method related to the joining of the metal pieces using cylindrical welding technique by determining double seam profile tracking. With the help of this method, solid and stabile welding quality is achieved on the applied materials. For this aim, a welding oscillator is implemented. The cylindrical welding operation is carried out properly on the applied metal pieces with the aid of two laser sensors, which find and eliminate eventual joining faults. Firstly, the position of the welding region is determined using the first laser sensor. After the welding process is done, a second laser sensor is used to check for the detection and elimination of the possible welding faults, so that a high quality welds can be performed. With the suggested cylindrical welding technique, only one special welding is required that makes the whole process more environment and budget friendly. Furthermore, the required energy and time for the welding operation are reduced significantly compared to the conventional manual welding. Moreover, consumption of hazardous gases, which are needed for protective shielding during the welding process such as carbon dioxide (CO2), electric energy and electrode mass, were reduced greatly due to the elimination of the unnecessary welding operations.


This study aims to present the policy implications and directions of the introduction of disaster prevention facilities for efficient operation of domestic disaster management resources by analyzing the functions and operation plans of disaster prevention facilities in Japan. As a result of analyzing the website data of Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the disaster management base operation manual, the purpose of the disaster management base operation was found in the central resource control efficiency and disaster management resource support for affected areas. On the premise of introducing a disaster prevention base in Korea, a review of the operator when introducing a disaster prevention base, considerations for a disaster prevention base that should be included in the safety management plan when operating a disaster prevention base in a wide area, legal supplementary tasks necessary for this, and the current disaster management resource operation supplementary tasks for the problems that have occurred were also suggested.


In the context of the elaboration of the  Manual de Indicadores de Vinculacion de la Universidad con el Entorno Socioeconomico  -or  Manual de Valencia -, this paper offers a review of third mission policies as they have been developed in the United Kingdom for the last three decades. This country was the first to implement a system of financial incentives on the basis of an annual survey for the universities that carry out third mission activities. The aim of this paper is to offer a frame of reference for the ongoing efforts being developed in Ibero-America regarding the promotion, measurement and checking of third mission activities in its universities. One of our main conclusions is the need to design a system of indicators comprehensive enough for the universities to be able to reflect upon the variety of third mission activities in which they are engaged, regardless of how quantifiable are their results.


Frequently the market orientation is described as marketing practical approach, which can be used as a resource for sustainable competitive advantage. The aim of the present study is the review of market orientation and its impact on the staff and especially on staff's job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The research method is based on application purpose and its nature is descriptive - survey. This study was conducted as a case study in Noor Ista Khorasan Company. The all staffs of Noor Ista Khorasan Company in different levels comprise the statistical population of this study. Data collecting tools was a questionnaire whose reliability was determined by Cronbach's alpha and Cronbach's alpha for all variables were determined over 0.7. The 150 questionnaires were distributed randomly among the employees of the company that after the eliminating incomplete questionnaires, a total number of 88 questionnaires were collected and analyzed. In this study in analyzes part and statistical tests to examine the demographic characteristics of the statistical population has used of descriptive statistical and to test the research hypothesis and the existence of a relationship between variables have used of the linear regression equation and SPSS20 software. Based on the results only one of the six research hypotheses are confirmed.


The invention discloses a hole flanging cracking-prevention die, which includes an upper die base, a lower die base, a lower die plate placed on the lower die base, as well as a punching device placed under the upper die base, a stripping assembly connected to the punching device and placed between the upper die base and the lower die base, and a molding groove formed in the lower die plate, wherein the molding groove includes a molding groove body, a cracking-prevention wall extending from the molding groove body in an inclined manner; the inclining direction of the cracking-prevention wall is far from a center shaft of the molding groove. The hole flanging cracking-prevention die provided by the invention is in common use for hole flanging of thick plates of all stamping parts, avoids the cracking of products, improves the production efficiency and is stable in sizes of parts.


It is important to forecast the location of oil spill to realize effective and adequate oil spill response operation when huge oil spill occurs. In order to enhance the accuracy of oil drifting simulation, it is needed to obtain the meteorological and oceanographic data around the oil slick. SOTAB-II is developed for autonomous tracking of oil slick drifting on sea surface. In addition, it transmits its location, the meteorological and oceanographic data around it to the land base in real time. In general, the drifting velocity vector of oil spill contains wind velocity vector and water current velocity vector. SOTAB-II is equipped with a sail whose size and direction are controllable. This paper reports the development of a new SOTAB-II and the results of field experiments using it.


Abstract The combustion synthesis process of the 55 wt-%(Ti+C)–45 wt-%Fe system was studied under two different fields. The simplex thermal field was provided by differential scanning calorimeter and high temperature X-ray diffraction equipment, while the electric field was generated by a Gleeble thermal simulation instrument. With the aid of an electric field, the system is able to be ignited at 394°C, which is much lower than the ignition temperature of above 920°C required if only a simplex thermal field is used. This is because solid diffusion among reactant atoms could be accelerated at a lower temperature by the coeffect of an electric field and the self-generated thermal field. Microstructure study revealed the formation of instantaneous liquid phase in microzones during combustion. A four step model describing the mechanism for the combustion synthesis of TiC–Fe composites under an electric field is also proposed.


Messemger RNA was purified from the tumor at the distal end of right clavicula of the myeloma patient.The concentration of gamma chain in the total polyA+ RNA was estimated as about 1% by hybridization. Under the restriction of P2 level, cDNA library was constructed using Amersham's kits. The efficiency of the cloning reached to 4.5×107 pfu per μg cDNA. Seven positive plaques from 500 plaques were picked up and purified. Each clone had an about 300bp insert which was hybridized to the probe.


Coalbed methane (CBM) productivity is the comprehensive indicator for measuring potential gas production of CBM wells. The productivity directly affects the economic benefits of CBM project. Thus, the development of an effective CBM productivity prediction model presents guiding significance to the exploration and development of CBM Wells. CBM is saved in the coal reservoir, with its productivity determined by many geological factors. Since the complexity of the relationship between many geological factors, it is difficult to establish an accurate mathematical expressions to describe the dynamic process. This paper proposed a mixed model, based on a rough set (RS) and least squares support vector machine (LS-SVM), to predict the CBM productivity. Meanwhile, a coupling simulation annealing (CSA) algorithm has been adopted to optimize the kernel parameter of the LS-SVM and to obtain the most regularized parameter of the Kernel Function.


Objective: to study the morphological and functional features of young athletes. Materials and methods: Th e study involved 102 young athletes aged 12 to 17. Th e control (0) group included 28 schoolchildren who were not involved in professional sport. Th e study group (1) included 35 children from a youth sport swimming school. Th e study group (2) included 47 young fi eld hockey players. Th e study group (3) included 20 young athletes from the Republican Specialized Children and Youth Sports School of the Olympic Fencing Reserve of the Republic of Tatarstan. Th e examination of the children involved: anamnestic data, a survey, a general clinical examination, a blood pressure measurement, dynamometry, anthropometry (measurement of weight and height with body mass index calculation), body composition analysis with a TANITA analyzer. All the young athletes were examined by specialists: a cardiologist, a neurologist, a surgeon, an orthopedist, an ophthalmologist, an otorhinolaryngologist and a dentist. Th e laboratory and instrumental tests included: a clinical blood test, a general urine test, a resting ECG and a cardiac stress test, an echocardiogram, a respiratory function test, an ultrasound abdominal cavity and pelvic organs test. Results: the young athletes demonstrated higher physical development parameters than the average values in the control group. Th e percentage of the body fat in the boys and girls in the control group is signifi cantly higher than that in the young athletes. At the same time, the muscle mass in boys not involved in sports is lower than the that in the groups of athletes. Findings: Th e study, the screening and the retrospective analysis revealed signifi cant diff erences in the characteristics of the studied groups of children and adolescents, as well as the presence of individual conditions associated with sports.


al)pointed by tile Initernational Committee; Sir Clifford -Allbutt will take part in the discussion on Topic 3. The lBritish Commnittee vill be pleased to consider offers of short papers relatinig to the discussion on Topic 4. In connexion with Topic 2, thle British Committee will be glad to receive syllabuses of post-graduate medical courses fromii any institution wlhicli thirotigii oversight has not already been communlicated withi. An abstract of all the syllabuses will be publi'shed as a part of the Transactions of the Conference. The honor-ary secretary of the Britishi Comilnittee is Major C. E. Pollock, R.A.M.C., War Office, Whlitehall, S.W.


We analysis the correlation of morphology,production of physical and mechanics of material with lodging index in 11 hybrid Japonica rice and their parents.In hybrid Japonica rice,plant height and length of second stem section from top(LSSS)have a significant correlation with lodging index,basal angles of third leaf from top(BATL),stretch angles of third leaf from top(SATL)and break power of basal stem(BPBS)have a significant negative correlation with lodging index;In their parents,the height of the centre gravity(HTCG)and LSSS have a significant correlation with lodging index,BPBS also has a significant negative correlation with lodging index.Therefore,we should pay attention to reduce plant height,short LSSS and propriety increase the BATL and SATL in hybrid Japonica rice breeding program on lodging resistance,whereas parent cultivars besides select short LSSS,also should think much of low HTCG.


A CLINICAL APPRAISAL OF CALCITONIN T H E account of the results of calcitonin therapyin a group of osteoporotic patients described by Dr Brown and her colleagues on page 207 of this issue of the Scottish Medical Journal provides a stimulus to review the current standing of this newly identified hormone in the clinical scene. In the 8 years since the first announcement by Copp of a hypocalcaemic principle elaborated by the thyro-parathyroid complex of the dog, considerable strides have been made in elucidating the chemical, biochemical, physiological and immunological properties of this hormone. The initial controversy regarding its principal source, whether thyroid or parathyroid, has been resolved in most mammals in favour of the former though subsequent investigation of calcitonin producing 'C' cells (Pearse & Carvalheira, 1967) have shown their actual origin to be from the ultimobranchial body, a hitherto distant embryological memory in the minds of most clinicians, and a group of cells whose ultimate anatomical location varies in different species. In man, 'C' cells are present though difficult to demonstrate in most adult thyroids and their usual situation in the postero-medial portion of the gland makes their identification in the average surgical specimen less likely. It seems probable that calcitonin isalso present in human parathyroid and thymus (Galante et al., 1968) though 'C' cells have yet to be convincingly demonstrated in these tissues. The stimulus to the production and release of the hormone from the 'C' cells is hypercalcaemia and its principal action is to inhibit the resorption of bone (Martin et al., 1966). This activity is much more marked in the young animal-the overall magnitude of the effect being related to the bone turnover rate. When this is high and therefore making a significant contribution to plasma calcium levels hypocalcaemia may ensue. The hormone also reduces the renal tubular reabsorption of calcium (Cochrane et al., 1969). The biochemical rationale of these effects has not yet been defined but they may result from an inhibition of the calcium pump which extrudes calcium from the cell. The effect is not due to a direct inhibition of parathyroid hormone. Chemically, calcitonin is a polypeptide of molecular weight around 3,400 and despite a considerable degree of biological crossreactivity among calcitonins prepared from different species there are marked species differences in the amino acid composition. For example eighteen amino acids out of the thirty two are different in the porcine and human hormone. Such is the pace of protein chemistry today that laboratory synthesis has already been achieved and synthetic human calcitonin is now becoming available. Normal plasma levels can be detected by bioassay techniques after preliminary extraction, and by radioimmunoassay. With the discovery of a new hormone the clinician is prompted to look for syndromes which can be explained in terms of its excess or deficiency and also for clinical situations where a knowledge of its physiological properties encourage the hope of some therapeutic gain. The outstanding clinical condition in which hypercalcitonism is found is medullary carcinoma of the thyroid and it is conceptually interesting that this correlation was discovered (Cunliffe et al., 1968) as a result of histopathological studies suggesting that this tumour may be derived from 'C' cells rather than from a pertinent metabolic upset in this disease. Certainly thyroid tissue and plasma calcitonin levels in medullary carcinoma are usually very high but symptoms due to this excess are very rare and a normal plasma calcium is the rule. It is of interest that there is an association of phaeochromocytoma and Cushing's syndrome with this tumour while the most common extra thyroidal symptom namely diarrhoea is probably related to prostaglandins (Williams et al., 1968) and certainly not to calcitonin. In retrospect the reason for the disappointingly normal routine parameters of calcium metabolism is not difficult to seek since it is now generally believed that in most situations hormonal effects on gut and kidney are more


We give a variational inequality sufficient condition for optimal stopping problems. This result is illustrated by computing solutions to an optimal stock selling problem. The stock selling problem has a model for the stock price, which initially has a "hot" growth rate and then "tanks." Solution of the conditions allows for computation of both the value function and the optimal stopping times. Optimal stock selling times are computed for two utility functions and a variety of realistic parameter values.


Aiming at the requirements of high accuracy and fast response for AC speed regulation system,chaotic optimization algorithm fuzzy neural network control plan based on analog annealing strategy was raised. With adoption of chaotic rough search and fi ne search combined optimized strategy to carry out search and optimization for parameters in fuzzy neural network controller,giving out actual design method and optimization steps. Simulation and experiment results show that the control method applied in AC speed regulation system is with without vibration,without over regulation and with high accuracy and stronger robust and anti-interferences.


When the airway is injuried,abnormal wound-healing process can lead to hypertrophic scar formation and narrowing of the airway lumen.The wound-healing process includes three overlapping phases:inflammation,proliferation,and maturation.At different phases,the drugs used to prevent and treat scar formation and narrowing of the airway lumen are different.The drugs conclude antibiotics and steroids,mitomycin,paclitaxel,5-fluorouracil/triamcinolone conjugate,halofuginone,antireflux drugs,immunodepressant,and growth factor,etc.This review summarizes the therapy effect,safety,and prospect of these drugs.

Key words:
Benign airway stenosis;  Antibiotics;  Steroids;  Mitomycin;  Paclitaxel;  5-fluorouracil/triamcinolone conjugate ;  Halofuginone ;  Antireflux drugs ;  Immunodepressant ;  Growth factor


We present the material, which can eventually enter into the pixel performance chapters of ID TDR. It will be splitted into several places in the performance and pixel parts of the TDR. For the moment the following attributions to editors and contact persons is assumed: section 1-1 Pixel detector layout for TDR simulation Pixel detector layout is at present in the process of optimization of several parameters. in the following we will describe the variant, used for Monte-Carlo simulations for ID TDR. The possible modiications to that variant, which are in the design stage, are described at the end of this section. Pixel detector of the ATLAS inner tracker consists of the barrel tracker and two symmetric end-cap trackers 1], 2]. The barrel tracker is made of three cylindrical pixel layers. The end-cap tracker have two identical mirror reeected trackers. Each of the end-cap trackers consists of the four wheels. The barrel pixel detector consists of three cylinders at 4.0, 11.0 and 14.2 cm radius. The dimension of the active zone in z is 38:4 cm for the vertex and 11 cm layers and 33.82 cm for 14 cm layer. The layer at 4 cm (so called b-layer) consists of 16 ladders with a tilt angle of 10.5 degree. This layer should be operational during the initial low luminosity LHC runs. Each ladder consists of 13 modules attached to the service ladder. The modules are arranged in z-overlap tiles with 7 modules shifted by 0.03 cm above the nominal radial position and 6 modules shifted by-0.03 cm below the nominal radial position. The positions of the modules along z axis is chosen in order to get the uniform projected overlap to respect to the particles coming from the two sigma interaction region. The layer at 11 cm be the rst pixel layer during the high luminosity LHC runs. It consists of 44 ladders with the tilt angle of 9.5 degree. Each ladder has also 13 modules, but their z position are diierent to compare with b-layer in order to optimize the projective z-overlap. The active are along z is 38:5 cm. The layer at 14.2 cm is called second layer. After descoping 3] it consists of 58 ladders with the tilt angle of 9.5 degree. The ladders of the second layer have 11 modules with minimum z-overlaps to insure hermeticity for tracks with j z j< 11:2 cm. The active …


The present invention relates to a dental handpiece of the type comprising a mechanical element, equipped with the attachment and the drive shaft (6) assembly of the tool holder assembly and operation for transmitting the driving rotation of the dental tool around the machine elements are the head (4) mounted inside the main body (2) and handle (3), body (2) is formed from or jacket single member (8), partly a handle, the other element configure head, the head is characterized in that it comprises a first housing (26) having at least one opening (7).


Constant-temperature drying tests for cotton straw under different conditions were performed with an integrated thermal analyzer, and the influence of different drying conditions on the drying process was analyzed. The process was divided into preheating stage, constant-rate drying stage, and decelerating drying stage. Regression analysis was conducted for drying curves at the latter two stages, and then the drying time at the critical point was determined. Regression equations of drying rate at these stages were produced. Research results showed that the decelerating drying stage of cotton straw included two decelerating intervals, and the best ending point of the drying of the cotton straw that had an initial moisture content of 56.1% and a drying temperature of 100°Cwas 600s, thus providing experimental data and reference for research on drying technology of straws.


How is risk-taking affected by prior gains and losses? While normative theory implores decision makers to only consider incremental outcomes, real decision makers are influenced by prior outcomes. We first consider how prior outcomes are combined with the potential payoffs offered by current choices. We propose an editing rule to describe how decision makers frame such problems. We also present data from real money experiments supporting a "house money effect" (increased risk seeking in the presence of a prior gain) and "break-even effects" (in the presence of prior losses, outcomes which offer a chance to break even are especially attractive).


Background In this study, we developed a community-based service model for hypertension based on the Citizen Telemedical Care Service System (CTCS). This study tried to discover the acceptance of the community-based telehealth model on hypertension in Taipei. Methods This study was a cross-section telephone survey in May 2010. The participants who used the service over three times were selected since Mar. 2010. According to the records on the system, regular (≥3 times/week) and irregular BP measurement habits were divided in two subgroups. The questionnaires were based on the technology acceptance model. Results 186 (93.0%) were included for further statistical analyses. In the perceived easiness facet, the irregular measurement habit subgroup had the higher satisfaction (OR = 3.146, p < 0.05)in the construct of service convenience compared to regular measurement habit subgroup, and there was lower satisfaction (OR = 0.25, p < 0.05)in the construct of general device satisfaction. In the perceived usefulness facet, the irregular measurement habit subgroup had the higher satisfaction (OR = 8.692, p < 0.01)in the construct of increasing interaction between the users and physician or/ other medical personnel. In the service satisfactions facet, the irregular measurement habit subgroup had the higher satisfaction (OR = 7.623, p < 0.05)in the construct of the case manager paying attention to the BP reading tendency of participants. Conclusions The telehealth care service impacts on the patient and provider relationship and the design for special users are needed to be further explored. Establishing a decision support system for caregivers and users to provide further assistances to achieve local-based, community-based health care should be considered.


The aim of this paper was to undertake a brief, exploratory, qualitative review of current research trends on adaptive intelligent traffic control systems for congestion management. Selective search of the internet yielded 25 usable papers which were reviewed under different sections. The results of this review are summarised here. The seriousness of traffic congestion even in the case of a developing country, is evident. The methods of measuring traffic congestion is a less researched area. One of the method to reduce congestion from economic point of view involves any of the different methods of pricing. But this has low acceptability among users. The methods currently available, researched and used ones can be broadly categorised into control from the vehicle using VANET etc. and control from the road using sensors etc. The former seems to be better and easier to manage with real time data. Replacement of control from the road with control from the vehicle has produced better results in some occasions. In future, there should be more research on methods of congestion measurement and the possibility of some hybrid technique using both vehicle and road controls.


Efforts to save the forest should be  done to avoid forest damage by pests. This aim of this study  was determine the type of pest and area of attack on the resin stand ( Agathis alba ) in conservation forest Sirimau, Maluku Province by used of survey method. The results of the study found that pests that destroy dammar in conservation forest Sirimau are leaf-eating pest ( Valanga nigricormis ) and stem borer ( Massicus scapulatus ). The damage caused by Valanga nigricormis at the seedling level  was 92%, the weaning level  was 72%, and the pole level was 64%. The damage caused by Massicus scapulatus at the tree level was 60%. The extent of attack of both types of pests was categorized as heavy to very heavy.


There are many governmental investment projects in China.Due to the distemperedness of laws and regulations,there is a large deviation between the governmental investment projects and their goals.This paper tries to divide the relevant policies and regulations issued previously into three parts according to different times stages and then analyze and summarize the freatures of these governmental and local investment laws and regulations.Then,a comparative research between them and those of the United States Federal Acquisition Regulation System.It is concluded that the Chinese government should enact a law of comprehensive government investment regulation system,and establish a governmental investment policy coordination office to supervise all the governmental investment management introduced by various departments.


In energy-loss analysis of thermal power units,the vacuum base value usually obtained by fitting the curve of condenser characteristics provided by the condenser manufacturer,and this is suitable for special condition only,in which the cooling water flow,the condenser steam flow,the cooling water flow velocity,the cooling water temperature at the inlet and other parameters are all in the range of designed value.Taking the 150 MW unit of Inner Mongolia Huadian Wuda Thermal Power Company Limited as example,the vacuum base values obtained by three calculation methods were analyzed and compared.The result shows that according to the base value obtained by fitting the manufacturer-provided condenser characteristics curve,it is can not calculate the condenser pressure base value,and the calculated value obtained under variable working condition of the condenser should be taken as the vacuum base value.


The article considers one of the approaches to the creation of an area quasi-optical illuminator of technical vision systems in the millimeter wavelength range. Along with the widely used X-ray radiation, millimeter-wave radiation, which represents its safer alternative in terms of exposure to living organisms, is promising for studying the internal structures of objects, searching for inhomogeneities and hidden defects of various structures. The approach of forming a radiation pattern in the near zone with parameters allowing to configure uniform illumination of a given area is presented. An original quasi-optical system has been developed that makes it possible to form a matrix camera adapted to the field of view, having a sensitive (active) rectangular surface, the configuration of the radiation diagram of the illuminator of the millimeter-range vision system using a quasi-optical system placed in the opening of a conical horn radiator, and thereby providing an increase in the efficiency of the emitted electromagnetic energy by the matrix camera. The results of simulation modeling and experimental study of the illuminator implemented using a quasi-optical system are presented. Based on the results of the work, ways to improve the characteristics of the obtained areal quasi-optical illuminator are formulated.


TDMA MAC protocol in MANET requires precise network synchronization between nodes though network topology changes continuously due to node mobility and the effect of propagation environment. In this paper we propose in-band cross-layer network synchronization architecture for TDMA-based MANETs. In the proposed architecture TDMA MAC protocol and proactive routing protocol cooperate closely to rapidly detect network partition and merge caused by node mobility and to precisely maintain network synchronization. We also implement the proposed synchronization architecture in OPNET simulator and evaluate the performance of it in various simulation scenarios. Simulation results show that our architecture stably maintains network time synchronization in both network partition and merge situations.


I focused on Ravel´s piano opus in my work, on solo compositions to be specific. I proceed with the description of the compositions chronologically, according to the year of their orogin starting with Ravel´s early production to his master pieces. Sonatina is described in more details in its own chapter. At the beginning of the thesis I shortly focus on aothor´s life, the next chapter describes a brief survey of the situation of the second half of 19th century and of the beginning of 20th century, especially of the music word and further I continue with the description of the above mentioned pieces for a piano for both-hands performing.


We use the term energy in almost every area of our lives. Energy serves our lives in innumerable forms. Today, almost half of the energy used globally makes the lives of people living in cities more comfortable.This comfort also means a complete dependence on energy for civilization. Today, we live in an energy-based society, the development of which is ensured by an energy-based economy. Without usable energy,both would collapse. Heating, cooling, ventilation, all production would stop. Devices that require electricity would become unusable. Traffic would stop and all technical achievements would become inoperable.In the absence of electricity, law enforcement and national defense would also collapse. The groups of security science can be interpreted only in the case of the availability of electricity, such as security informatics, communication, cybernetics, operations research as well as the entire vertical of defense technologies.


Field studies were carried out in 2017-2021. in horticultural farms of Central Russia. We analyzed 11 varieties of apple trees in four seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn) for the content of polyphenols in the rootstocks of apple trees - dwarf 62-396, semi-dwarf 54-118 and dwarf PB-9, grown on 7 types of soil: floodplain granular, floodplain layered , podzolized chernozem, leached chernozem, meadow-chernozem, gray forest and sod-podzolic soil. It was found that of all the organs of cultivated varieties of apple trees, the largest amount of polyphenols is concentrated in 1-2-year-old shoots. The highest concentration of flavonols in the shoots of all studied rootstocks and catechins in the shoots of rootstock 54-118 was when growing on the most low-fertile soddy-podzolic soil. It was found that the content of flavonols in apple shoots is less affected by the weather conditions of the year than the content of catechins. The content of catechins in the annual shoots of the apple tree is an unstable variable indicator. Its value may increase or decrease by 5.4-12.0 times during the first two years. Of the three apple tree rootstocks, the largest amount of flavonols was noted in shoots 62-396, and catechins - in shoots 54-118. It was found that with an increase in the proportion of fine dust and physical sand and a decrease in the proportion of medium dust in the soil, the content of flavonols in the shoots of the dwarf apple rootstock 62-396 increases, the less medium dust in the soil, the more flavonols are contained in the shoots of the semi-dwarf apple rootstock 54-118. With an increase in the content of medium dust in the soil, the content of catechins increases in the shoots of the dwarf rootstock of the PB-9 apple tree. It was proposed that the accumulation of flavonols in the annual shoots of apple rootstocks should be considered as an adaptation to a decrease in soil fertility.


Abstract : Approximately half the electrical load at most Army facilities is devoted to electrical motors that operate much of the time below their rated load or with mechanical dampers to reduce their effect. When planning either retrofit or new installations, designers and engineers must frequently determine the most economical types of drives and motors to specify for a variety of circumstances. The U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) is developing ASDAPLUS, a personal computer PC-based software package, to automate the analysis required to determine the most cost-effective combination of drive and motor in each instance. ASDAPLUS computes and compares the life-cycle costs of installing a motor with or without an adjustable speed drive (ASD). ASDAPLUS also computes and compares the life-cycle costs of using standard efficiency motors versus high efficiency motors. ASDAPLUS is designed for use by Directorate of Engineering and Housing (DEH) engineers and others who must make decisions based on such considerations. This report describes the technical derivation of ASDAPLUS, the current status of the development effort, and the work yet to be done. Adjustable Speed Drive(ASD), Life cycle costs, ASDAPLUS, HVAC Systems, Cost-effectiveness, Economic analysis.


Antonymy is a phenomenon that comes from the relation between the words with opposite meaning in the lexical system of the language. The antonymic relations are the base of scientific and practical recognition of the world reflected through the language. These relations reveal the meaning of the antonym pairs by distingushing them from each other in the degree of understanding the newer dinstinctive features. Various scholars state that in terminology there are the same principles of the notion confrontation, the formation of the antonym pairs and the semantic relations between these pairs as in the everyday language. However, antonymy in terminology has some features that are associated with the number of terminology elements that form antonymic terms, with the possibility of creating antonimic pairs according to the meaning of the word and the relations it creates in the terminology system, or by creating new antonymic links in terminology but different from those that may be created in the area of general language (Pasho, 1986). The systemic character of the antonymic relations notes: a) the relationship of the compound nouns with a common or similar lexical meaning because of logical-material relation that exists between opposite notions. For example the antonymic pairs civil - penal, privat - publik, each are joined with a similar word circle as: e drejte, pergjegjesi, ceshtje, kod dhe prone, e drejte; b) in different antonymic relations that are created from the same word, when in different menaings there are formed different terminologic compounds. For exapmle the adjective fizik in the compound person fizik creates an antonymic relation with the adjective juridik (person juridik), but in the compound dem fizik creates a antonymic relation with the adjective moral (dem moral); the noun lindje in the compound lindje e personit creates an antonymic relation with the noun emrin vdekje (vdekje e personit); but in the compound lindje detyrimi the relation is with the shuarje (shuarje detyrimi); c) the idea that na antonymic pair gives to another pair as a result of the rules that characterise the opposite relations for example the qualities as i pjesetueshem, i kerkueshem (detyrim) relate to the opposite i papjesetueshem, i pakerkueshem. Antonymy is a phenomenon which expresess the systematic character of the terminology development through the systemic relations of the notions. DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2015.v4n3s1p237


DFT has proved to be a powerful tool to investigate, otherwise inaccessible, properties of materials. In our past work we considered different properties of methylammonium lead iodide including band structures, vibrational properties, and phase diagram[1,2]. The most recent research in the field aim to reduce or substitute the presence of lead. One viable way to do so it the design of double perovskites. Such structure have general structure ABB'X3, where B and B' are two different metals, as for instance K and Bi. In collaboration with the experimentalist we employ DFT to predict and design the synthesis of new materials. We primary investigate the behaviour of completely inorganic perovskites as CsAgBiCl3 and CsAgBiBr3. We explored their vibrational space, and predict the existence of different phases using the quasi-harmonic approximation. The same methodology has been extended to the equivalent hybrid perovskites CH3NH3KBiCl3 where our results have been compared with experimental measurements. Computational methods also allow to design new materials with the perovskites motif before their synthesis, in order to optimise and optimise the synthesis. In our case we consider the bifluoride family with general composition RZnF2H (where R is an organic cation). We considered different compositions in order to investigate which cations could be more stable in such a crystal.


A new algorithm for unsupervised image segmentation is proposed in this paper, which is based on the D-MRF model and ANOVA. Firstly, ANOVA is incorporated to determine the number of clusters combining with several statistics. Compared with models based on information criteria, ANOVA avoids the parameter estimation error, which reduces time consumption. Secondly, histogram is adopted to verify the validity of the new algorithm. Secondly, D-MRF is adopted to setup modeling. Thirdly, based on MRF-MAP, image segmentation is realized through using ICM. In model fitting, DAEM is used to estimate parameters in image field; on the other hand, local entropy is simulated as parameters in label field. Finally, the validity and practicability of the new algorithm are verified by two experiments.


Dealing with the difficulties in writing can be carried out by implementing strategies in teaching writing. This research is done to know the benefits of using series of pictures in the process of narrative writing. It is expected that the research can be interesting and enjoyable ways. It is also expected by  the teacher to know  that using series of picture, the students can be stimulated to think cratively in gaining the ideas and learning the narrative writing well. The method of the research was quantitative method, or more specifically quasi-experimental design to see the effectiveness series of picture toward students 'writing skill in narrative text. The population of  this reserach was twelfth grade students of SMK Negeri 1 Cijati Cianjur and the sample was class XII. The form of instrument in this research was narrative text writing test. The data was collected by using pre-test and post-test measurement on the control and experiment class and comparing the gained scores between both classes. The result presented that the picture series as media in writing narrative text is effective towards students'writing skill in narrative text. The result of calculation presented that in the significance degree of 5%,the value of t-test (to) >t-table (tt) (5.514> 1.992).According to the criteria of the test, the result showed that there is a significant diferrence between students'writing skill in narrative text by using picture series as media and without picture series.it means that, the picture series is effective and applicable as the media in writing narrative text.


In recent decades, maritime transport demand has increased along with world population and global trades. This is associated with higher pollution levels, including the emissions of GHG and other polluting gases. Ports are important elements within maritime transport and contribute themselves to pollutant emissions. This paper aims to offer a comprehensive yet technical review of the latest related technologies, explaining and covering aspects that link ports with emissions, i.e., analyzing, monitoring, assessing, and mitigating emissions in ports. This has been achieved through a robust scientific analysis of very recent and significant research studies, to offer an up-to-date and reliable overview. Results show the correlation between emissions and port infrastructures, and demonstrate how proper interventions can help with reducing pollutant emissions and financial costs as well, in ports and for maritime transportation in general. Besides, this review also wishes to propose new ideas for future research: new future experimental studies might spin-off from it, and perhaps port Authorities might be inspired to experiment and implement dedicated technologies to improve their impact on environment and sustainability.


What is management? "Management" is or is not "subject of study" under Chinese specific circumstances? These types of questions relate with three vocabularies in English,science,and knowledge and subject closely.Strictly speaking,the suffix of the subject is "-ology".Such significance of the management has not formed or could not be formulated at home or abroad.The scientific meaning of management has formed or is forming,but different scholars have their different opinions on the different levels.From the angle of knowledge,rich knowledge had been accumulated in management since ancient time and scientific circles suggest that management have been formed.Therefore,this difference should be analyzed when management circles would discus different meaning of management.Only this way,further discussions on management,for examples,regional management,and management philosophy and so on,could be carried out successfully.


The area occupied by any moss (as well as its distribution within that area) is a resultant of many factors, chief of which would appear to be the geologic age and history of the moss; its centre of origin; the availability of suitable habitats; the specific "make up" of the moss; the amount and distribution of the rainfall; the pH, moisture content and other factors of the substratum; the normal average humidity of the air; the absence or presence and duration of intervals of drought; toleration of or adjustment to particular light intensities and temperatures; reaction to altitude; prevalence and character of prevailing winds; biological factors such as absence of spore production, presence of propagula, water storage tissues, etc. As a consequence some mosses are of ancient lineage and cosmopolitan, while others are of strictly local occurrence; some are tolerant of a wide range in the pH of the substratum, in light intensities and other factors, while others are restricted to a narrow range. In previous papers (1946-52) the writer has given a detailed account of the distribution of each individual species in respect to the 18 botanical districts and subdistricts of the three main islands. It is on these that much of the present summary is based; but when the small size of many species is considered and the sporadic appearance of others, together with the fact that there remain large tracts of mountainous country from which not a single record is available, it will be clear that some modification of the present account is inevitable. The purpose of this essay is to show (1) that Cockayne's Botanical Provinces in New Zealand established for the vascular flora hold good for the moss flora also; (2) that


of themes and melodies has delineated the evolution of the heroine's inner drama. Now it accompanies her to the last poignant realization, elevating her to a great heroine of a tragedy as perfect as it is capable of moving a worldwide audience to pity and compassion" (p. 258). Anyone who reads this important book will listen to Puccini's music with a deeper understanding and increased respect for his musical achievements. Girardi's work joins Mosco Carner's Puccini: A Critical Biography as one of the landmarks in Puccini studies.


In this work, an absolute distance measurement method based on the self-mixing interference is presented. The principles of the method used three-mirror cavity equivalent model are studied in this paper, and the mathematical model is given. Wavelength modulation of the laser beam is obtained by saw-tooth modulating the infection current of the laser diode. Absolute distance of the external target is determined by Fourier analysis method. The frequency of signal from PD is linearly dependent on absolute distance, but also affected by temperature and fluctuation of current source. A dual-path method which uses the reference technique for absolute distance measurement has been proposed. The theoretical analysis shows that the method can eliminate errors resulting from distance-independent variations in the setup. Accuracy and stability can be improved. Simulated results show that a resolution of ±0.2mm can be achieved for absolute distance ranging from 250mm to 500mm. In the same measurement range, the resolution we obtained is better than other absolute distance measurement system proposed base on self-mixing interference.


The present invention relates also has excellent transparency, processability, impact resistance, rigidity and surface properties and other characteristics, is applicable to a variety of polyolefin-based resin composition molded article manufactured.


Summary form only given. Adaptive plasticity driven by gravity transitions associated with launch and return from space flight modifies the performance of sensory-motor control systems crucial to mission activities and activities of daily living (ADL). Data from pre- and post-flight balance control studies demonstrate the initial deficit and subsequent recovery dynamics following landing, as well as the effects of mission duration and previous space flight experience on these dynamics. Objective criteria are being developed to guide return-to-duty decisions by crew surgeons caring for astronauts. A risk-based approach has been undertaken, with risk assessment based on objective balance control data. Criteria for return to ADL are based on within-subject comparisons of pre- and post-flight performance and between-subject comparisons with normative populations.


By the 1950s, optical microscopy in the life sciences had fallen out of favor. The improved electron microscope offered higher resolving power that facilitated the study of new cell substructures, while molecular biologists benefited from chemical and genetic techniques to infer cellular composition and activity. But these new technologies had drawbacks. Electron microscopy required fossilization of specimens, and the tools of molecular biology destroyed cells. Today, light microscopy has undergone a revolution and can address these limitations, thanks to several new technologies, including multicolor fluorescent dyes,1 highspeed computing for image analysis, and high sensitivity solidstate digital image detectors, such as charge-coupled devices. These technologies have converged to create what is known today as fluorescence and confocal microscopy. New methodologies include real-time imaging, in which the cell becomes a living cuvette for the study of biomolecular and chemical reactions.2 Multispectral and hyperspectral techniques have been employed for some time by the remote-sensing community, but recent advances extend their usefulness to microscopy and biomedical imaging, which increasingly depend on simultaneous monitoring of multicolor labels such as fluorophores and quantum dots. Hyperspectral imaging is fundamental, enabling differentiation and interpretation of labels, and providing the basis to study not only cellular components but entire systems.3 New developments in nonlinear optics have introduced faster, more flexible, sensitive, and precise hyperspectral systems. These will not only provide new insights but also more timely and accurate diagnostic tools for clinical use. Figure 1. Acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) module (left), schematic of AOTF in operation (middle), and ChromoDynamics HSi-300 Hyperspectral Imaging System (right).


The absolute value of refractive index and its variation with temperature of benzene and chloroform at He‐Ne laser wavelength 6328 A are measured. The measurements are carried out using laser interferometric technique. This technique is based on the shift of interference pattern when rotating the sample in one arm of a newly developed Mach–Zehnder interferometer. The refractive index shows a linear relationship with temperature in the range of interest. The thermal refractive index coefficients of benzene and chloroform are all negative. Applying Maxwell's theory and Lorentz–Lorenz function, the obtained results are used for calculating the optical permittivity (or dielectric susceptibility) as a function of temperature and many other important related physical constants.


3 Assessing the impacts of climate change on water resources of the Congo River Basin 4 (CRB) has attracted widespread attention. Of particular interest to water resource 5 planners and policy makers is the spatiotemporal variability of runoff due to the projected 6 changes in climate. Here, with the aid of a spatially explicit hydrological model forced 7 with precipitation and temperature projections from 25 global climate models (GCMs) 8 under two greenhouse gas emission scenarios, we elucidate the variability in runoff in the 9 near (2016-2035) and mid (2046-2065) 21st century compared to present. Over the 10 equatorial, northern and southwestern CRB, models project an overall increase in 11 precipitation and, subsequently runoff. A decrease in precipitation in the headwater 12 regions of southeastern Congo, leads to a decline in runoff. Climate model selection 13 plays an important role in precipitation projections, for both magnitude and direction of 14 change. Model cConsensus on the magnitude and the sign (increase or decrease) of 15 change is strong in the equatorial and northern parts of the basin, but weak in the 16 southern basin. The multi-model approach reveals that near-term projections are not 17 impacted by the emission scenarios. However, the mid-term projections depend on the 18 greenhouse gas emission scenario. The projected increase in accessible runoff (excluding 19 flood runoff) in most parts of CRB presents new opportunities for augmenting human 20 appropriation of water resources; at the same time, the increase in quick runoff poses new 21 challenges. In the southeast, with the projected decrease in accessible runoff, the 22


A canonizing Ramsey type theorem for Baire mappings $\Delta : A^w \to \mathcal{Y}$, where $\mathcal{Y}$ is a metric space is established.


In this paper, we discuss the stability of impulsive neutral stochastic differential dynamic systems with Markovian switching. Some new sufficient conditions proving the stability in mean square of this impulsive neutral stochastic dynamic systems are derived by using of the Banach fixed point technique. Some well-known results are generalized and improved.


Information on Guttiferae-feeding within the Psylloidea is summarized. The taxonomy of the Calophyllum-feeding genus Leptynoptera is revised and its sister-group relationship within the Triozidae is discussed. Eleven species are included in the genus and eight of these, L. dumoga, L. honiara, L. lanka, L. manusela, L. nigra, L. propinqua, L. rosea and L. zanzibarensis, are described as new; a key is provided for their identification. The status and composition of the proposed sister-group of Leptynoptera, the Trioza obsoleta species-group, are discussed. Two new combinations, Pseudotrioza grandis (Crawford) (from Megatrioza) and Leptynoptera diptera (Crawford) (from Trioza) are proposed. Trioza subnigra Kandasamy is synonymized with T. obsoleta (Buckton).


In the 12th Singapore Congressional Election of 2011,the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) undoubtedly won the election with the lowest percentage of vote since the founding of Singapore,while the opposition unexpectedly won the victory in group representation constituency.The main causes of the "watershed" election results were: the ruling PAP government's neglect of the people's livelihood,the cracking of PAP's party-mass relationship,the changing of voters' structure and preference,the opposition forces' strengthening from weak,the influence of the election strategy game.Finally the future political development of Singapore was prospected.


The present invention is a tag unit, communication unit, memory, display unit, input unit, drive control, and the washing machine operates home device, the home device and a communication unit, a storage unit, a display, an input unit, a speaker, a mobile terminal control unit for a control unit for controlling the overall It relates to a consumer electronics system comprising a mobile terminal comprising.


The objective of this retrospective total population study was to form a view of the pregnancies of the patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). A cohort of 1,410 Finnish patients with NF1 was acquired by searching NF1‐related inpatient and outpatient hospital visits and confirming the diagnoses by reviewing the medical records. Ten matched control persons per patient with NF1 were collected from Population Register Centre. Study persons were linked to data from Medical Birth Register and Care Register for Health Care through the personal identity code. Cesarean deliveries, hypertension/preeclampsia, and placental abruptions were more common among mothers with NF1 with adjusted odds ratios of 2.24 (95%CI 1.63–3.07), 1.96 (95%CI 1.18–3.24), and 13.40 (95%CI 4.26–42.13), respectively. The adjusted mean pregnancy duration was 0.65 (95%CI 0.42–0.88) weeks shorter among the mothers with NF1 than in the control group consisting of non‐NF1 mothers giving birth to a non‐NF1 child. The pregnancies of non‐NF1 mothers giving birth to a NF1 child were 0.43 (95%CI 0.24–0.62) weeks shorter than in the control group. In summary, NF1 of the mother was associated with a shortened pregnancy and increased pregnancy complications. Also, the NF1 of the fetus slightly shortened pregnancy. Since mothers with NF1 are at increased risk for pregnancy complications, careful evaluation of their pregnancies is warranted.


We discuss a possible solution to the strong CP problem which is based on spontaneous CP violation and discrete symmetries. At the same time we predict in a simple way the almost right-angled quark unitarity triangle angle (α ≃ 90∘) by making the entries of the quark mass matrices either real or imaginary. To prove the viability of our strategy we present a toy flavour model for the quark sector.


This study analyzed the effect of confidence in the experimenter on the performance of a group of Costa Rican preschoolers on self-control. In addition, the effect of socioeconomic status on performance on the marshmallow task was analyzed by a comparison of children from both different schools (public vs private) and different socioeconomic contexts within each school. The sample of participants was 67 children (26 girls, M of age = 63 months, SD = 6.03). Effects were found, both of the confidence in the experimenter and of the socio-economic status in self-control. The implications of this study for future studies with children and families are discussed.


We present, in this paper, a new hierarchical data structure called the Delaunay tree. It is defined from the Delaunay triangulation and, roughly speaking, represents a triangulation as a hierarchy of balls. The Delaunay tree provides efficient solutions to several problems such as building the Delaunay triangulation of a finite set of n points in any dimension, locating a point in the triangulation, defining neighborhood relationships in the triangulation and computing intersections. The algorithms are extremely simple and are analyzed from a theoretical and practical points of view.


The use of lead ammunition has generated much debate because lead is toxic and elevated lead exposure is documented in >130 wildlife species. We expanded on prior reports of ingested lead in chukars (Alectoris chukar) to assess lead exposure at greater spatial and temporal extents. Our specific objectives concerning lead exposure in chukars from northwestern Utah, USA (approx. 49,000 km2) were to: 1) approximate a threshold for background versus elevated lead exposure; 2) investigate spatial and temporal variation of lead exposure; and 3) assess the utility of combining frequencies of ingested gizzard lead and elevated liver lead to estimate lead ingestion rates. We obtained hunter and volunteer-harvested chukars collected during July–January, 2003–2011. Using liver lead residues from wild chukars, we estimated a threshold of 1 μg/g wet weight to separate background versus elevated lead exposure for our data set. For wild chukars, we documented elevated lead exposure (ingested gizzard lead or elevated liver lead) in 5 counties and 8 mountain ranges in years 2003–2007. We estimated lead ingestion rates of 9.3% (43 of 461) using ingested gizzard lead and 8.3% (10 of 121) employing elevated liver lead (≥1 μg/g wet weight), respectively. These frequencies were respectively 1.5% and 2.5% less than the combined frequency of ingested gizzard lead and elevated liver lead (10.8%; 52 of 481). Our observed rates of elevated lead exposure were among the highest in the literature for upland birds, suggesting that chukars in northwestern Utah risk lead poisoning. These results corroborate previous findings identifying elevated lead exposure as an issue affecting non waterfowl avian species. © 2015 The Wildlife Society.


Bovine liposomal-encapsulated superoxide dismutase (L-SOD) which was developed by A. M. Michelson has overcome the pharmacobiochemical problems (disadvantages) of the injection of SOD preparations ; the very short life span of free SOD (6 min) was to considerable extent prolonged (6-7 hr), and weak fixation and penetration (permeability) to the membranes of target cells where oxygen radicals or lipid peroxides are exerting their harms. As previously reported by us, the injection (2.5 mg twice a week) of L-SOD was markedly effective in Kawasaki's disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome), intestinal ulcer of Behcet's disease, Crohn's disease and colitis ulcerosa, and lung fibrosis of progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) and polymyositis (dermatomyositis). In addition, severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjogren syndrome and other oxygen radical-or lipid peroxide-related diseases are improved by L-SOD injection. Recently, it has been further found that L-SOD (1.5 mg twice a week) is effective in liver cirrhosis, fibrosis induced by radiation, and schizophrenics. Acute paraquat toxicosis taken for the purpose of suicide which had been completely beyond the treatment was well treated with continuous drip infusion of L-SOD. Skin ulcer lesions were also in shorter period healed and keloid formation was prevented with L-SOD injection. However, not only other free SOD preparations but also L-SOD have various problems and questions in their pharmacologic and biochemical actions in the body to be solved or to be answered. In animal experiment, it was verified that SOD does not work dose-dependently, but the dosis over optimal concentration adversely stimulate and increase inflammation. It has been the great question why only a very small amount of enzyme (1.5 mg twice a week) actually and effectively prevents inflammation ; this dosis is 1/20 to 1/150 of the SOD which usually exists in each tissue or organ in the body. Next, it is also the great question why allogeneic (human) SOD is ineffective in the diseases while heterogeneic (bovine) SOD is effective. Although in part answered by us1, 7) and Michelson, why heterogeneic SOD has shown no severe allergy such as anaphylaxis? Further, regarding the clinical effectiveness of L-SOD in Behcet's disease, why L-SOD is ineffective in ocular type while it is dramatically effective in intestinal type? SOD preparations including L-SOD, although they seem to be actually recommendable for the various inflammatory diseases, there have been several problems to solved, and L-SOD is also still required to be improved, Additionally, it is not unlikely that allogeneic (human) SOD preparations are clinically effective in the diseases.


The design and performance of In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As/In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As modulation-doped field-effect transistors (MODFETs) have been optimized by incorporating a single In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As quantum-well channel and a thin strained GaAs gate barrier layer. These help to lower the output conductance and gate leakage current of the device, respectively. The DC performance of 1- mu m-gate devices is characterized by extrinsic transconductances of 320 mS/mm at 300 K and 450 mS/mm at 77 K and a best value of f/sub T/=35 GHz is derived from S-parameter measurements.<<ETX>>


A construction of supersymmetric field-theoretical models in noncommutative geometry is reviewed. The underlying superstructure of the models is encoded in osp(2, 2) superalgebra. Based on a seminar presented by C. Klimč́ık at LXIV. Les Houches session on 'Quantum Symmetries', August 1995 CERN-TH/96-63 March 1996 Supported by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Austria Participating in Project No. P8916-PHY of the 'Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich'.


Aiming at the safety problems of identity anonymity in electronic auction,a safe and efficient scheme is designed based on secret sharing idea,which uses double digital signature to guarantee the safe information transfer among the parties.The bidder is covered by a temporary identity and the bid is send to others indirectly.The auction server can speculate the winner by arranging the figures calculated by a monotone increasing function.If the results from the auction server and the register manager are the same,the winner can be declared.Safety analysis result shows that the proposed scheme is not only secure but also simple and efficient.


IN AN ARTICLE published in 1937 entitled "Rochester's Satire against Mankind" S. F. Crocker came to the conclusion that Rochester's indebtedness to Boileau's Satire VIII had been overestimated by previous critics such as Charles Whibley and A. F. B. Clark.1 "So far as external evidence is concerned," he declared, "Rochester may or may not have had it in mind when he wrote his satire." Crocker maintained that, in terms of ideas, Rochester's affinities with Montaigne were more marked: "There is scarcely an idea of major or minor importance in Rochester that is not present in Montaigne." In a subsequent article John F. Moore argued that Crocker had made too much of Montaigne's influence; "The Essais," he writes, "are so essentially a collection of ideas culled from earlier writers that it is difficult to attach much significance to parallels between Montaigne and any later writer until the possibility of common earlier sources has been ruled out."2 He goes on to suggest some of these other possibilities, and also attempts to define more precisely the relationship between Rochester and Boileau. IHe concludes that in structure, and occasionally, phrasing, A Satyr against Mankind was "probably inspired or crystallized by familiarity with Boileau's poem," but that in content it does not derive from Boileau. He goes so far as to say that "Frequently, Rochester's treatment of common subject matter is squarely opposed to that of Boileau." The purpose of this article is to show (a) that while there are con-


The Regulation contained in the LO 8/2003, 9 July, for the bankruptcy reform supposes a relevant improvement in relation to the LEC of 1881 and the Code of Commerce of 1829, because it unifies in a legal text the other law,but it also establishes as a unique goal the accomplishment of the purpose of the bankruptcy process, abolishing the automatic and repressive effects that the former laws had. However, the LO 8/2003, 9 July, for bankruptcy reform, has in its essential aspects vagueness and inaccuracies, which makes the requirements of certainty and security unfulfilled, which results in serious doubts regarding its constitutionality.  Published online : 02 December 2014


Marine glass fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP) laminates, such as M-R laminates, have various tensile and flexural mechanical properties. This phenomenon holds not only for laminates composed of various fibers, but also for laminates composed of a single type fiber. Therefore, this paper will use both a theoretical and a numerical model to calculate the tensile and flexural Young's moduli, to elucidate the mechanism that explains the discrepancy. According to this, the numerical model of GFRP laminates made from a single type of fiber can be established from the data of material experiments, which are easily performed in the laboratory. The mechanical properties of laminates composed of different types of fibers can then be predicted precisely by this numerical model without further material experiments.


The next document contains the business plan for the residential development named "Altea", located in Batan Alto neighborhood, in Quito, Ecuador.
"Altea" will have sixteen apartments with one to three bedrooms. From 44 m2 to 111 m2 in a 396 m2 field and is projected to be executed in 21 months.
The price goes from $1,110 to $1,285, depending from the floor. The average price is $1,208/m2. It was analyzed projecting the total cost and a required profit margin.
We have the next summary of costs and sales:
Total Sales: $ 1'432,230
Total Cost: $ 1'124,871
Profit Margin: $ 307,359
The financials indicators were determined with flows established in the sales timescale. They prove that the investment is profitable with an NPV of about $121,694 and an IRR of 41%.


Guanshiyin Yingyanji sanzhongs(观世音应验记三种),a Buddhist novel,was written in Nan Dynasty.After being long lostin China,itwas recently introduced back fromJapan.This paper focuses upon the exploration and interpretation of the nine unsettled sentences in the novel,in an at-tempt to further research on the culture and language of the book.


Rosai-Dorfman disease, also known as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, is a benign disorder of histiocyte proliferation that usually affects the lymph nodes. Purely Cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman Disease (CRDD) is a rare extranodal variant that is strictly limited to the skin. We report a patient with of cutaneous rosai-dorfman of the abdominal wall with a past medical history of autism spectrum disorders. Autism is surely a complex disease and the most prevailing opinion is that it is a neuro-immune disorder. Both the diseases are considered strictly correlated to the immune disorders and the immunodeficiency might play an important pathogenetic role. A brief review of the literature of CRDD is also provided.


Abstract|ABSTRACT Virike Dwi Puspa, 11107722 Database Analysis And Design In Parking Application S1 Thesis Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Uni- versity Gunadarma, 2011. Keywords: Analysis, Design, Database, Parking Application ( xix + 162 + appendix) With database, many records in separate les can be com- bined to the integrated data and utilized for many applica- tions. Process of analysis and database design in the devel- opment of parking application have several stages, namely analysis of the proposed application, analysis and require- ments, conceptual database design, logical database design, physical database design, DBMS selection, design trans- actions and implementation of database system. Analysis stage in the development of parking application is using ob- jectoriented approach. The utilization of object-oriented approach can facilitate the parking application where the functions is de ned by the people that has a characteris- tic subjective and changing all the time. For this park- ing application database design is using relational database model. In a relational database there is the concept of refer- ential integrity which connects the primary key with foreign key. The MySQL is used as Database Management System (DBMS) in this application, because of its simplicity to use, fast in query performance, and the software is open source. Ecacy percentage of photos which have saved in this park- ing application start from vehicle entering until payment transaction is 93,33


Deep infection after THA is a devastating complication that implies major suffering for the patients and large costs for society. Reports from multiple national and regional registries show increas...


This paper is intended to explore the challenges and opportunities for scaling up private participation in urban upgrading activities and the models through which this can happen. Upgrading is broadly defined in the paper, though some distinction should be made when considering initiatives aimed at physical and social improvements for households and communities, and private sector financing of incremental housing solutions. Section one presents background on the private sector's interactions with slum communities and slum dwellers historically. Section two discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the private sector in engaging with low-income urban communities. Section three explores the current approaches to private sector participation in slum upgrading activities drawing on field experiences, and section four outlines some of the lessons from experience and provides a discussion on opportunities for donors and others to work with the private sector in scaling up slum upgrading initiatives.


Rice straw (RS) is a residue remained in high quantity in rice-based agricultural systems. However, RS incorporated singly into a sandy soil decomposes rapidly leading to C loss which is not conducive to soil organic C accumulation. The objective of this study was to compare decomposition rate of RS mixed with groundnut stover (GN), to RS and GN only. A microcosm experiment with three replicates was initiated and RS (low N, high cellulose; CL) was mixed GN (high N and moderate lignin; L), at a ratio of 1:1 w/w , and compared with RS and GN applied singly in a sandy soil. The litter bag technique was used and decomposition was investigated at 3, 7, 14, 28 and 56 days after incorporation. Groundnut and the mixture had higher mass losses than RS especially from day 14 onwards. Microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN) (mg N kg−1) peaked at 7 days in GN (23.16), while it was at 14 days in the mixture (24.18). During 14–28 days, MBN in the mixture significantly declined below that of GN, while RS had the lowest MBN. The mixture showed non-additive effects of synergistic type for mass loss throughout decomposition. Microbial biomass N showed antagonistic type of non-additive effects except for day 14. It appears that GN component in the mixture enhanced decomposition of the mixture relative to that of RS alone. The enhanced decomposition of the mixture corroborated the significantly lower C/N ratio of the mixture than that of the RS alone throughout the decomposition. Temporal changes in MBN and soil mineral N (NH4 -N + NO3 -N) concentrations were examined to explain the non-additive effect of MBN. Temporal patterns of change of MBN and soil mineral N concentrations were similar in the mixture and GN alone treatments. However, both parameters were lower in the mixture than those of the GN alone except for MBN at day 14 which was comparable in both treatments. The results showed that mixing RS with GN altered decomposition as indicated by non-additive effect of MBN which was related to altered pattern of mineral N release.


We propose a generator coordinate method as a numerically tractable alternative to the resonating group method for treating the composite particle reaction and for the study of the molecular model of nuclear structure. Adopting the wave function used by Margenau and Brink in their a particle model as a trial function the problem of the relative motion be tween composite particles is discussed. We give a method of transformation of the genera tor function to the wave function of the relative motion, and show that the solutions of the generator coordinate method include that of the resonating group method in the interaction region. To obtain the scattering amplitude we present the formulation which uses the bound ary condition constraint method. As an example our procedure is applied to the phase shift calculation of the a-a scattering case, and good agreement with experiment is obtained show ing the utility of our method. We also discuss that the idea of the density localization in the molecular model can be adequately formulated in this method, using the fact that this method has a direct connection with the concept of intrinsic deformation. Some quantitative analyses are given of the a: particle widths of 8Be by our method of generator coordinates, providing the evidence of the molecule-like structure of this nucleus.


This report describes a method for the immobilization of lead in soils by utilizing phosphate rocks. We show that phosphate rocks are effective in reducing lead solubility through dissolution and precipitation of pyromorphite. This can provide a cost effective means for the remediation of soils.


Recensé : Abou B. Bamba, African Miracle, African Mirage. Transnational Politics and the Paradox of Modernization in Ivory Coast, Athens, Ohio University Press, 2016, 297 p.


THIS REPORT OUTLINES PROBLEMS CURRENTLY ARISING IN TRANSPORT AND THE REASONS WHY THERE IS IMPERFECT COMPETITION IN THIS MARKET. THE AUTHOR STUDIED THE INTERVENTION OF THE STATE IN THE COORDINATION OF TRANSPORT MODES AND THE OBJECTIVES OF TRANSPORT POLICY, STRESSING THE QUESTION OF FISCAL POLICY AND DISTINGUISHING GENERAL FISCAL POLICY FROM SPECIFIC FISCAL POLICY. BASIC PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH TRANSPORT POLICY WILL BE BASED ARE THE FOLLOWING: 1) INVESTMENTS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE THE OBJECT OF PERMANENT COORDINATION; 2) IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A FARE SYSTEM; 3) THE TRANSPORT SERVICES WILL BECOME A FEATURE OF THE MARKET ECONOMY. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE, SEE IRRD ABSTRACT NO. 103139.


In this paper, we propose an efficient quorum-based mechanism to the fault-tolerance problem in mobile IP protocol. In a network with N HAs, all the HAs are grouped into N quorums with logical circular structure. Every HA has lceilradic(N)rceil backup quorums and divides the network that it manages into lceilradic(N)rceil equal parts. According to the home address of the MN, each HA finds out the backup quorum in the network segment and stores the mobility bindings of the MN in lceilradic(N)rceil-1 backup HAs. When a HA crashes, the system will select the HA with minimum load from each backup quorum to take over the bindings of the faulty HA. In comparison with previous related works, our experimental results show that the proposed fault-tolerant protocol has many advantages: better system load balance, less latency for registration process, less system resource requirements, and no extra hardware cost.


The humanistic insights that literary art can afford depend upon its aesthetic character, and the reader of literature can receive this gift of grace only if he can approach the poem or other work with that selfforgetful aesthetic detachment that makes him openly receptive to its expressive import. But in periods of stress, in times of uncertainty, social, political and moral, there arises the temptation to use literature for some pressing practical end. Accordingly, the demand arises for some immediate utility. "How is this work of literature relevant to the problems of our time, the issues and needs of our situation?" Fortunately not all teachers of literature find themselves obstructed on all occasions by this clamorous demand for relevance on the part of the students. But the fact that this demand is sometimes voiced con-


In depth investigations has been carried out on thermoplastic polymers, polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The interaction between PET and PC substrate was studied to investigate the effect of oxygen-containing polymer on the polymer melt wetting properties. The effect of two main parameters, temperature ranging from 300°C to 400°C and time from 30 min to 60 min on the polymer properties and the effect of petroleum coke presence on the degradation process of polymer have been characterized. PET has showed high wettability and deep penetration of melt flow into petroleum coke substrate, which increased as time and temperature were increased.


Abstract Pressed by Laelius Socinus on the apparent contradiction between salvation as literally merited and yet graciously bestowed, Calvin responded that Christ's literal and proper merit procured salvation but did so through God's gracious ordination of Christ as redeemer, thus obviating the apparent difficulty. Yet, in the Institutes Calvin criticizes Lombard for teaching that Jesus merited his own exaltation, arguing that no man, Jesus included, could gain such merit. Calvin concludes that although Christ's exaltation followed his obedience, it did so purely of grace and as an example for us. This study explores how Faustus Socinus picks up the debate, exploiting Calvin's admission of the impossibility of gaining literal merit and pressing what he sees as the devastating consequences of this admission for the orthodox doctrine. Also considered is Faustus's critique of what he regards as Calvin's untenable and contradictory response to the queries of his uncle, Laelius, on the compatibility of grace with merit.


Many modern Web pages update parts of their content, and this is often automatic. This allows a 'clean' user-interface and information-rich pages. Keeping up with updates or recovering from mistakes can be a problem, however, as it is often not possible to revert a page to a previous state. This can be particularly problematic for users with poor literacy or cognitive disabilities, the elderly, or for users of assistive technologies. For pages that use these technologies to be truly accessible for all, they must afford users sufficient control over updates, to allow them to read and use the information available before it disappears forever. While applying good practice during page design and implementation can provide this, there are many pages for which information changes too rapidly for the user. We propose to supplement assistive technologies with a Web page 'time machine' that will allow users to review all the states a page has been in, and to step backwards or forwards through these states at their own pace.