. Many enterprises currently undertake part of their production system by deploying virtual resources on a single server (local mode). However, with the increase of business pressure and the aging of equipment, the disadvantages of system performance are more and more obvious. The single-machine mode is difficult to load and cannot meet the enterprise's requirements for high availability. Based on this background, this paper proposes to use VMware vCenter technology to transform the single-machine virtual environment, so as to provide more flexible and secure virtual environment support.


On daily basis, humans are taking millions of decisions that are from pinpointing new store locations to predicting climate change or reporting power outages and analyzing crime patterns, which need some kind of direction and management in general. In most cases, these decisions are powered by Geographic Information Systems (GIS). But what is GIS?The geographic information system lets humans visualize, question, analyze, and interpret data to understand relationships, patterns, and trends. GIS-based maps and visualizations greatly assist in understanding situations and in storytelling in a more graphic way. They are a type of language that improves communication between different teams, departments, disciplines, professional fields, organizations, and the public. It also helps in making better decisions about location. Common examples include real estate site selection, route/corridor selection, evacuation planning, conservation, natural resource extraction. Making correct decisions about location is critical to the success of an organization.Many organizations have a primary responsibility of maintaining authoritative records about the status and change of geography. GIS provides a strong framework for managing these types of records with full transaction support and reporting tools. GIS is also becoming essential to understanding what is happening and what will happen in geographic space. Once this is understood, GIS prescribe action. This new approach to management, managing geographically, is transforming the way organizations operate. Across the African continent, people are applying GIS in a multitude of ways: whether at the legislative level or at the student level, for the health planner or for the conservationist, GIS offers people clear perspectives for managing the many worlds of Africa. Unfortunately, GIS is not part of secondary education curriculums.This paper wants to fill this gap by presenting a roadmap aiming to develop curriculums in secondary education schools in Africa. The first part of the paper introduces the concept of GIS. The second part analyses the limits of the uses of GIS in Africa. The last part develops a framework for an efficient and effective implementation of the Geographic Information Systems in secondary education curriculums in Africa.


A RP-HPLC method for determination of olanzapine and its tablets was presented. The ODS C18 column was used with the mobile phase of 0.01mol/L KH2PO4Solution-methanol-acetonitrile(1:1:1,pH8.3), at the detection wavelength of 273 nm. The linear range was 0.01-lmg/ml(r=0.9999), and the detection limit was Ing. The average recovery was 99.4% with RSD of 0.7%.


A review of the current state of the art and future challenges in consultation-liaison psychiatry, based on expanded and updated versions of presentations at a May 1992 workshop during the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in Washington, D.C., with additional contributed chapter


The disposal of radioactive wastes by launching them into space will require extensive treatment and preparation on the ground in order to convert these wastes into suitable payloads. If a particular radioactive element is to be managed by space disposal, then it will have to be separated from the wastes, concentrated, and converted into a suitable disposal form for launch. In many cases, this waste management approach will result in the construction and operation of highly complex and expensive radiochemical plants for treating many fuel cycle wastes and producing the necessary payloads. In addition, secondary wastes will usually result from the chemical processing steps that are required to produce these payloads. Also, some of the payloads that appear most attractive for space disposal with respect to launch requirements cause significant problems with respect to ground processing. Therefore, the decision to produce any particular payload for disposal must consider all of the ramifications for the ground processing systems as well as the launch vehicle. Preliminary evaluations of some of the projected impacts on ground systems, such as secondary waste production and radiochemical processing requirements, are presented for iodine, /sup 14/C, technetium, strontium, cesium, and actinide/lanthanide payloads that result from processing lightmore » water reactor fuel cycle wastes.« less


SL is a simple language designed to improve the productivity of hardware design. It is easy to use and it adopts reusable word-level and bit-level descriptions. This results in concise and easily grasped descriptions which give a good overview of the design. Used together with our SLAVE compiler, SL offers a fast way to produce complicated structural VHDL-code. This structural VHDL-code can then be used by Velab VHDL elaborator in order to produce a netlist for Xilinx XC6216 FPGA.


Effort aimed at producing more food, making the country self reliant and self sufficient is the major focus for agricultural development in Nigeria. This led to the attempt to revolutionalise agriculture and other facets of the rural economy, hence, contribute to agricultural transformation in Nigeria.
The overall -objective of this study was to identify the cropping pattern of cowpea based production system, and to quantify the inputs employed and output generated from this production system. It was carried out in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Data collection was of two main source vix, primary and secondary sources. The primary data were collected from the study area and it was the main source of information for this study.
Purposive sampling was used for the selection of cowpea based producing farmers and sixty respondents were the sample size.
Descriptive statistics were used to show the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents. Gross margin analysis was carried out to assess the profit made in terms of the resources committed to the production in cowpea based system for the study area.


Based on the analysis of the mobile terminal offline electronic map system related basic concepts on the basis of combining the reality of the current application,give full consideration to the map data privacy security requirements,discusses the overall design ideas of mobile terminal offline electronic map system,points out that the system design and development the key consideration of the problems,in order to realize network to offer reference to the map application.


This study investigates how students perceive their English-speaking ability after taking online classes using the DingTalk app. Using an ethnographic case study and photovoice, data from international students who enrolled at a Thai public university were evaluated to shed light on how students rate their use of English in online classrooms. During the pandemic, student activities with online learning emerged as a lived experience, indicating a convergence of student concerns. The primary aspects of these issues include student expectations for the time and space of online learning, self-motivation, and the participation of others, especially international students and the faculty member's ability to communicate effectively. Ultimately, international student engagement is determined by the congruence between the student's expectations regarding these dimensions and the student's overarching educational and personal goals for enrolling in the course.


This paper describes the synthesis of two 4-amino-5H-pyrimido[5,4-b]indoles 5, 4-hydrazino-5H-pyrimido[5,4-b]indole 6, two 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimido[5,4-b]indoles 8, and tetrazolo[4,5-c]pyrimido[5,4-b]indole 10. Starting with ethyl 3-aminoindole-2-carboxylate 1, 5H-pyrimido[5,4-b]indol-4-one 2 was obtained (80%) by condensing with formamide. Reactions of 2 with phosphorus oxychloride and phosphorus pentasulfide gave respectively, 4-chloro-5H-pyrimido[5,4-b]indole 3 (70%) and 5H-pyrimido[5,4-b]indole-4-thione 4 (80%). Compound 3 reacted with amines (morpholine, piperidine) to give the respective 4-amino-5H-pyrimido[5,4-b]-indoles 5, and compound 4 reacted with hydrazine to give 4-hydrazino-5H-pyrimido[5,4-b]indole 6 (80%). Two hydrazones of 6 (benzylidene, isopropylidene) 7 were also prepared (90%). Compound 6 reacted with formic and acetic acids to give (65–75%) the respective 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimido[5,4-b]indoles 8 and with nitrous acid to give tetrazolo[4,5-c]pyrimido[5,4-b]indole 9 (85%). All the new compounds 2 to 9 were characterized by elemental analysis and spectral data (ir, nmr).


This study aims to determine whether the ownership rights to the land that is the object of the waqf that the defendant is doing is against the law and knows what
legal consequences arise as a result of illegal acts committed by the defendant. The research method used is normative juridical research, namely research using
library data originating from primary sources, secondary sources and tertiary sources that are analyzed descriptively.In this research the researcher discusses
the unlawful acts carried out by a person on ownership of land ownership that is the object of waqf According to Article 1 Paragraph 1 of Law Number 41 of 2004
concerning Waqf, waqf is a legal act of wakif to separate or surrender part of property his property to be used forever or a certain period of time in accordance
with his interests for worship and / or general welfare according to Sharia, while Act Against the Law (PMH) is any act that violates the law carried out by someone
and because of the wrongdoing has caused harm to others. Land is one of the objects of waqf in Indonesia, there are many kinds of land rights in Indonesia, the
land rights are regulated in Law Number 5 Year 1960 concerning the Agrarian Principles with the enactment of this Law, then revoke all provisions concerning land contained in the Civil Code except about mortgage rights. While the arrangement of land waqf is regulated further in Law Number 41 of 2004 concerning waqf.


The goal of the article is development of the mechanism of managing currency risks of international investment activity. Analysing the existing methods of assessment and minimisation of risks of international investment activity, the article identifies their shortcomings and advantages. Based on the conducted analysis of methodical risk-management instruments, the article develops a mechanism of managing risks of international investment activity, the main stages of which are: analysis of factors that influence structural elements of risk; identification and analysis of currency risks; assessment of currency risks through identification of the total amount of the open currency position, specific weight of foreign currency expressed in UAH, correlation ratio between the rates of the "i" and "j" foreign currency with respect to the national one and minimisation of currency risks and monitoring. The presented risk-management mechanism allows a detailed analysis of the risk, its assessment and timely minimisation for increase of the general effectiveness of international investment activity.


Absenteeism at work is a phenomenon that affects all private and public organizations, including small, medium and large companies. It is characterized by the absence of the employees to their labor commitments due to causes of different nature such as incapacities due to general illness, accidents at work, licenses, among others. Objective: To describe the behavior of work absenteeism in medical personnel in a home health care company in the year 2015. Methodology: Descriptive study with a quantitative and retrospective approach with review of a database supplied by the company with a record of 625 events of absences reported in the year 2015. An analysis of sociodemographic and occupational variables was performed using the SPSS statistical program. Results: In the analysis of absenteeism, there were 3,222 lost days, the male gender represented the highest proportion of absenteeism with 60% of the total data being more relevant in physicians and in the age range between 25 and 29 years. Workers aged between 1 and 5 years and those under 1 year of age presented 37.2% and 31% of absentee events, respectively. Regarding the type of contingency, the general disease concentrated 83.04% of the events, being the diseases of the respiratory system the most prevalent with 19.80% of the absenteeism events. Conclusions: The results of this research promote the study of absenteeism in the medical staff and drivers of the company strengthening the systems of occupational epidemiological surveillance.


Yu Bai,†,‡ Ivań Mora-Sero,́ Filippo De Angelis, Juan Bisquert, and Peng Wang*,† †State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China ‡Institute of Chemistry and Energy Material Innovation, Academy of Fundamental Interdisciplinary Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group, Departament de Física, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castello,́ Spain Istituto CNR di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, c/o Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita ̀ di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, I-06123 Perugia, Italy


Linear regression is often used to measure economic relationships in order to understand the underlying structure and obtain forecasts. Clearly, a major advantage of a linear model is its simplicity, increasing the likelihood of obtaining a robust estimate of the parameter that is not overly sensitive to model specifica tion and choice of numerical method. The clas sic Chow test for a structural break involves


The topic is the soul of an article.Successful translation of topic plays an important role in the global academic communication.However,in recent years,topic's inaccurate translation of social science articles is a matter of commen occurrence.The English editors who are responsible for the paper's quality should understand thoroughly the inaccurate tranlstion,and make reasonable revise.Through several living examples,the paper illustrates the causes and effect of inaccurate translation from several aspects such as the cultrual meaning's running off,choosing words incorrectly,missing information in translation as well as Chinglish problem.wishing to be helpful for vast numbers of English editors.


Windows system with its humanized graphical interface,is deeply liked by user,but as a server platform,the safety is worth studying.From the Windows system of dual encryption,account management,configuration server not respond to the Ping command,modifing the operating system version number,designated open port etc,this article introduces the server security based on Windows platforms.


T his ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS section of The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry presents the highlights of the planning teleconference series "Treatment Strategies for Mixed Episodes in Bipolar Disorder," which was held in May and June 2007. This report was prepared by the CME Institute of Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc., and was supported by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company. The planning teleconference was chaired by Susan L. McElroy, M.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio. The faculty were Mark A. Frye, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.; Joseph F. Goldberg, M.D., Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, and Silver Hill Hospital, New Canaan, Conn.; and Roger S. McIntyre, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Toronto, and the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. In the spirit of full disclosure and in compliance with all Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Essential Areas and Policies, the faculty for this CME article were asked to complete a statement regarding all relevant financial relationships between themselves or their spouse/partner and any commercial interest occurring within the 12 months prior to joining this activity (April 2007). The CME Institute has resolved any conflicts of interest that were identified. The disclosures are as follows: Dr. McElroy is a consultant to or member of the scientific advisory boards of Abbott, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Novartis, OrthoMcNeil, and Wyeth; is a principal or co-investigator on research studies sponsored by Abbott, American Diabetes Association, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Esai, Eli Lilly, Forest, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, National Institute of Mental Health, OrthoMcNeil, Pfizer, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Somaxon, and Stanley Medical Research Institute; and is inventor on U.S. Patent No. 6,323,236B2, Use of Sulfamate Derivatives for Treating Impulse Control Disorders, and, along with the patent's assignee, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, receives payments from Johnson & Johnson, which has exclusive rights under the patent. Dr. Frye is a consultant for Abbott, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Neurocrine Biosciences, Otsuka, and Pfizer; has received grants from Abbott, Cephalon, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, and Pfizer; and is a member of the speakers' bureaus for AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Otsuka. Dr. Goldberg is a consultant for Eli Lilly, Cephalon, and GlaxoSmithKline and is a member of the speakers/advisory boards for AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, and Pfizer. Dr. McIntyre is a consultant and a member of the speakers' boards for AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Janssen-Ortho, Organon, Wyeth, Lundbeck, GlaxoSmithKline, Oryx, Biovail, Pfizer, Prestwick, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Shire; and has received research funding from Wyeth, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Servier, and AstraZeneca. The opinions expressed herein are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect the views of the CME provider and publisher or the commercial supporter. Understanding the Complexity of Bipolar Mixed Episodes


A blockage occurs between the midgu.t and hindgut of larval neuropterans in the suborder Planipennia (New 1986). Thus, the feces are stored in the midgut during larval life, enabling the hindgut to perform other functions. A compound stored in the hindgut of some larval chrysopid species is extruded from the abdominal tip and used as an adhesive during locomotion (Spiegler 1962) and for defense when the larvae are attacked (LaMunyon and Adams 1987). This adhesive/defensive substance is produced by the malpighian tubules of chrysopid larvae. However, as pupation nears, the malpighian tubules produce silk precursors (Spiegler 1962), and undergo a dramatic histological change in the ca. 2 day transformation from mature larva to prepupa (the cocoon building stage) (McDunnough 1909, Spiegler 1962, Wigglesworth 1972). The silk precursors flow from the tubules into the hindgut and are extruded from the anus during cocoon construction. The composition of chrysopid cocoons is not known. Larval silk does not have the solubility properties of protein (Lucas and Rudall 1968), and Rudall and Kenchington (1971) suggested it might be "a kind of nylon with condensation of dicarboxylic and diamino hydrocarbons." These authors also found that cocoons are composed of an outer fibrous silk, and an inner wall consisting of compact layers. Infrared spectroscopy suggested that the inner wall is composed of a polymerized molecule containing some alpha helical domains. They placed the cocoons in the category of the cuticulin silks, which are produced by epithelial cells.


Given that long strip satellite images have the same error distribution characteristics, we propose a block adjustment method for satellite images based on the strip constraint. First, the image point coordinates are calculated in the strip image coordinate system based on the offset value of the adjacent image. Second, the rational function model (RFM) of the strip image is regenerated using the RFM of single images, and the compensation grid is also generated. Third, block adjustment of the strip image is implemented based on the RFM with an affine transformation parameter. Finally, the affine transformation parameters of single images are recalculated using the affine transformation parameters of the strip image. Experiments using ZY-3 satellite images showed that block adjustment of satellite images based on a strip constraint (strip adjustment) can produce better results than block adjustment of satellite images based on a single image in sparse control conditions. The test results demonstrated the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed method.


Abstract Study Objectives Many adults without a diagnosed sleep disorder report poor sleep. Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of app-based audio tools to aid sleep by the general public, yet there is a paucity of evidence on whether such tools are efficacious. This study evaluated the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of two categories of audio tools, comprising music and narrated stories, featured on the Unmind app. Methods We conducted an online, parallel, multi-arm, external pilot randomized controlled trial, with two intervention arms and a waitlist (WL) control group. Participants were working adults who were screened for poor sleep. Feasibility was assessed via objective and self-report measures. Preliminary efficacy was evaluated via self-report measures of sleep disturbance, work productivity, and other mental health outcomes, captured at baseline (t0) and following a 4-week intervention period (t1), and analyzed using mixed effects models with intention-to-treat principles. Results Three hundred participants were randomized, and 92% were retained at t1. 90.5% of participants completed at least one intervention session. 82.1% reported being "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their intervention, and 84.3% rated their intervention as "good" or "excellent." The between-group Hedges' g effect size for sleep disturbance was 0.92 [0.63–1.22] and 1.09 [0.80–1.39] for the two interventions compared to the WL group. Conclusions Both interventions are feasible and acceptable. Preliminary efficacy findings suggest that audio tools designed to aid sleep could have widespread financial and public health implications, and should be investigated in a definitive trial. Clinical Trial International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN), 12614821, http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN12614821.


This paper develops a discrete optimal control based on the multi-rate observer method for electromagnetic suspension systems in order to levitate the vehicle, maintaining the desired gap. The proposed multi-rate compensator consists of two parts which are the discrete Kalman filter and the optimal control law. The Kalman filter estimates all states with fast sampling rate time, using a slowly measured output from the gap sensor. The optimal control law is determined by linear matrix inequality optimization for the discrete time multiple input system obtained by the lifting operator. The proposed multi-rate controller has the advantages to guarantee the stability of the slow-rate optimal control and maintain the performance of fast-rate control. The simulation and experiment show the effectiveness of the proposed control method.


This paper presents the pilot experiment and a full scale industrial experiment of wet FGD using 3 phase fluidized bed technology. Both the pilot experiment and the full scale experiment in a 125MW power plant indicates that desulfurizing efficiency is up to 85%, de dusting efficiency over 98%, pressure drop within the acceptable range and with no carry over mist droplets in the exhaust. Factors affecting de sufurizing, de dusting efficiencies and pressure drop were also discussed.


apy with glycyrrhizin and pregabalin were started. The pain was remarkably relieved within 1 month and the erythema had reduced, being invisible in the morning (Fig. 2a) and emerging only after a long time standing or in warm conditions (Fig. 2b). The erythema gradually subsided completely over the following 2 months of continued treatment (Fig. 1b). No recurrence has been observed to date. Secondary erythromelalgia is associated with multiple diseases, malignancies, pregnancy and drugs. Oestrogen–progestin replacement therapy has never previously been reported as inducing erythromelalgia. The pathogenesis of erythromelalgia is not entirely clear, resulting in a lack of effective and standard treatments. Class 1B antiarrhythmic drugs such as lidocaine and mexiletine have been reported to relieve the pain in hereditary erythromelalgia, and aspirin is effective in cases secondary to polycythaemia vera or other haematological entities. Other pharmacotherapies such as nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents, ion channel blockers, antidepressants, anticonvulsants and sodium nitroprusside have also been reported. Chemical or surgical sympathectomy is a nonspecific method to interrupt the nociceptive pain fibres or sympathetic fibres. In this case, the patient improved markedly after the discontinuation of HRT and oral administration of glycyrrhizin and pregabalin for 3 months. Glycyrrhizin is able to relieve pain by acting on the cyclooxygenase/prostaglandin E synthase pathway, and has been used to treat inflammatory diseases. Pregabalin was documented as a combination therapy for erythromelalgia. It binds to the a2-d ligand of voltage-gated calcium channels, which prevents the release of norepinephrine, glutamate and substance P. To date, therapeutic response to the treatment has not been satisfactory and consistent. A multidisciplinary approach is necessary for pain reduction and functional recovery. Although drug-induced erythromelalgia presents a reversible course, gynaecologists and dermatologists should be aware of this underlying adverse effect of HRT. In addition to the discontinuation of the culprit drug, the combined application of glycyrrhizin and pregabalin may be an option for treatment.


Powder metallurgy (P/M) is a flexible metalworking process for the production of gears. The P/M process is capable of producing close tolerance gears with strengths to 1240 MPa at economical prices in higher volume quantities. This chapter discusses the capabilities, limitations, process advantages, forms, tolerances, design, tooling, performance, quality control, and inspection of P/M gear manufacture. In addition, it presents examples that illustrate the versatility of the P/M process for gear manufacture.


Gold wire bonding to aluminum pad is a widely applied interconnection method in microelectronics industry for years. Copper wire bonding has gained popularity due to its economic advantage and superior electrical performance compared to gold wire bonding. It has been known that at elevated temperatures, interdiffusion between ball bond and aluminum pad leads to intermetallics growth and voids formation at the gold-aluminum interface. Our study reveals that this would influence the drain-to-source on-resistance RDS(on), which is an important parameter for power MOSFET as it determines how much current the device can carry for low to medium frequency applications. We observe that both gold bonds and copper bonds demonstrating very stable RDS(on) at 150degC thermal aging up to a few thousands hours. Nevertheless, at much higher thermal aging temperature of 200degC, gold bonds start to form Kirkendall voids at early aging stage. The voiding causes the gold ball to be isolated away from the aluminum pad, resulting in undesired drastic rise of RDS(on) value. In contrast, copper bonds render much more stable RDS(on) at 200degC thermal aging over time owing to the relatively small interdiffusion rate of Cu-Al phases. As a result, copper is more suitable to be utilized as bonding method in MOSFET devices. In Fairchild Semiconductor, we progressively replace gold bonding with copper bonding in our power transistor products since 2006 so that the customers can have more reliable and longer life products. In addition, our research findings will further top-up the customer confidence to use our copper wire bonding devices in high temperature field applications based on the strong point that, there is no problem associated with the intermetallic growth defects for copper bonds at elevated temperatures.


What should be done before a damaged oil ship? Should we get away him from the shore in any case, or sometimes it can be more convenient move him to a shelter area , where you can carry out the transfer of fuel on safety conditions ?.

Three simulations of tanker accidents near the ports of Palma, Mao and Eivissa will serve to develop a usable manual decision-making to this type of disaster.

The manual will determine under what condition is better one or the other solution, specify the minimum conditions of security, (infrastructure, services, personnel, etc.), that must have a port or refuge area.


There now exists a body of literature describing the phonology, morphology and syntax of NZSL, but to date there has been no published work on NZSL narrative discourse structure. This study is the first linguistic exploration of New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) beyond the level of the sentence. The thesis begins by providing background into the NZSL speech community, and suggests historical and contextual features of the New Zealand Deaf community that influence the structure of the narratives found within it. The thesis reviews and assesses the applicability of research into discourse structures in American Sign Language (ASL) with a view to using this established body of research to guide the development of research strategies for the study of NZSL narratives. It then investigates the narrative structure of two NZSL narratives. The structural analysis is based on two different methodological approaches. The first approach is Labov's narrative taxonomy based on oral narratives (Labov & Waletzky, 1967). The second approach amalgamates Gee's units of narrative production (1986) with Gee's analysis of narrative story structure and pausing analysis of an ASL narrative (1983). The study will then test the congruence of the two approaches when applied to the same data. The two narratives highlight the diversity in NZSL narrative production found within the South Island Deaf community. The main finding of this preliminary examination of NZSL narrative structure is that they illustrate basic compliance with the taxonomies proposed by Labov and Gee. Similarity between the narrative


Objective To study the clinical results of minimaly invasive plate osteosynthesis(MIPO) in treatment of fractures of lower extremity.Methods 106 cases of fractures of lower extremity were treated with MIPO.Results All cases were followed up for 6 to 12 months.All cases got bony union.The mean time for bone union was 14(13~18) weeks. The final functional results were evaluated according to Johner Wruhs and modified d′Aubighe Postel method.80 got excellent results,21 good and 5 fair. Conclusions MIPO is a safe and effective treatment for lower extremity fractures with the benefits of less intervention of blood supply and less soft tissue complications.


The effects of adding carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to carbon back electrodes in polycrystalline CdTe thin-film solar cells were investigated. The CNTs were prepared by arc discharge under atmospheric pressure. The conductivity of the obtained CNT film with a density of 1.65 g/cm3 was approximately 2.6 × 103 S/cm. In the CdTe solar cells using carbon back electrodes with CNTs, the fill factor (FF) was improved as a result of adding CNTs with a concentration of 1 to 5 wt %. The improvement of FF was mainly due to the decrease in the series resistance of the CdTe solar cell. Furthermore, the open-circuit voltage (VOC) was improved by the CNT addition. The improvement of VOC was probably due to the reduction of the back barrier at the back contact.


A sound signal processing method for performing signal processing by converting a sound signal based on a detected sound into a spectrum, characterized by comprising the steps of: Capture a sound; Obtaining a sound signal based on the detected sound; Converting the extracted sound signal into a spectrum; Calculating a moderate peak component based on the converted spectrum; Removing the calculated moderate peak component from the converted spectrum; Detecting a spectral peak from the spectrum from which the calculated moderate peak component has been removed; Suppressing the detected spectral peak; and Performing speech recognition processing on the basis of the acquired sound signal in which the detected spectral peak has been suppressed.


Higher risk of suicide should prompt calls for better mental healthcare and support, not legalised assisted dying Katherine E Sleeman, 1 Joanna M Davies2 In the Office for National Statistics analysis reported on by Hurley,1 patients with newly diagnosed physical health conditions (predominantly ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) were matched with control patients to examine the risk of suicide after diagnosis of physical illness. Matching accounted for various sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, and soon) but notably didnot account for mental illness or depression. There is a well described association between physical and mental illness,2 so the higher risk of suicide after diagnosis of physical illness might represent a higher prevalence of mental illness in this group. Hurley's article quotes assisted dying campaigners, who argue that the ONS analysis provides evidence to support legalisation of assisted dying.1 We disagree. The ONS analysis tells us that, after diagnosis of some physical illnesses, the risk of suicide is higher. It provides evidence neither for nor against law change. The priority must be to understand why there is a higher risk of suicide after diagnosis of physical illness and how to reduce this. The ONS analysis was covered extensively in the media as part of a Dignity in Dying campaign that described the cohort as "dying." This is misleading. Overall, 72% of the cohort survived for more than two years (after which no data are provided). It is concerning to see the ONS analysis used to support a campaign to legalise assisted dying, rather than to call for better mental healthcare and support for people with physical illnesses.


As a result of both the decline of real user cost of owner-occupied housing and the failure of this cost for nonresidential investment to fail similarly, some have argued that the U.S. economy has overinvested to housing at the expense of industrial capital and thus has suffered substantial productivity losses.


This article discusses the new specification for English Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level Examinations and what is new about it. It considers the way the examination has been developed in the past, the purposes of the examination, its relation to the National Curriculum, to GCSE and university courses and its usefulness as an assessment tool.


When biologists recently learned that an octopus's camouflage ability was tied to its multilayered, specialized skin, engineers began designing self-disguising devices that work similarly. A research team has now combined numerous innovative materials to create a multilayered platform they say could provide the foundation for advanced applications, such as wearable adaptive camouflage. When light strikes sections of the team's flexible device, those portions turn from black to white without any other external control or input (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2014, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1410494111). The synthetic camo is an array of roughly 1-mm2 pixels, each of which possesses a set of optical and electrical components designed to act like biological constituents in cephalopod skin. "We think of it as bioinspired engineering," says John A. Rogers of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, one of the leaders of the study. "The overall design strategies and architectures are quite similar to what you see ...


Thank you very much for reading gathering and writing the news a reporters complete guide to techniques and ethics of news reporting. As you may know, people have look hundreds times for their favorite books like this gathering and writing the news a reporters complete guide to techniques and ethics of news reporting, but end up in malicious downloads. Rather than reading a good book with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, instead they juggled with some malicious bugs inside their computer.


Although considerable research has focused on manatee mortality associated with human activity, little attention has been paid to the behavioural impacts of noise. Potential effects of environmental noise on habitat selection, communication, and behaviour of manatees were the foci of this study, the primary goal of which was to understand and predict manatee behaviour patterns as a function of environmental noise levels during the nonwinter months in Sarasota Bay, FL.


The main objective of this paper is to develop a discussion about the actions of mediation developed by social movements and political organizations in contemporary society. Based on an interdisciplinary dialogue between some of Humanities, sought to understand the specific role of these actions in collective struggles and their consequences in the formation of new political behaviors and interactions between organizations , public opinion and state power. Thus, this paper focuses on the roles of mediation in processes of social and political mobilizations carried out by organized political groups and social movements in contemporary society.


Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients have been started to treat with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeted radioligand therapy (PRLT), especially with Lu-177 PSMA-617 in recent years. But, side effects of PRLT against salivary glands, limits the treatment safety. Current study aims to show the effect of external cooling with icepacks on Lu-177 PSMA-617 uptake in parotid glands (PGs). Methods: Nineteen patients (Mean 72.9 who tomography/Computed tomography (PET/CT) with mCRPC referred for the first time for Lu-177 PSMA-617 treatment were included. Maximum and mean standard uptake values (SUVmax and SUVmean) of right (R) and left (L) PGs were measured on Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT before treatment without ice-pack applications. Before the initiation of PRLT, frozen icepacks were fixated unilaterally (all right sided) on PGs' of patients and applied approximately 5 hours. 4th and 24 th h of PRLT, whole body planar scintigraphy images and 4 th hour head/neck region single photon emission computed tomography/ computed tomography (SPECT/CT) scans were acquired after injection of Lu-177 PSMA-617. Region of interest (ROI) for R and L PGs and volume of interest (VOI) of SPECT counts, volume of CT of 4 th hour R and L PGs were calculated. Results: Before the PRLT, Ga-68 PSMA-11 PET/CT scan without icepack application, showed no statistical significance between R and L PGs' SUVmax or SUVmean variables (p>.05). In the 4 th and 24 th hour of PRLT, on the planar images externally cooled R PGs' ROI's did not demonstrated any statistical difference when compared with L PGs which were not externally cooled(p>.05). SPECT/CT images in the 4 th hour of PRLT had no statistical difference between R and L PGs' VOI counts. In addition, volumes of R and L PGs did not show any statistical difference between the glands (p>.05). Conclusion : External cooling of PGs in order to reduce Lu-177 PSMA-617 uptake with icepacks is not working at all.


Objectives : The goal of this study was to investigative the effect of Gardeniae Fructus (GF)as antidepressant in the forced swimming test(FST) model rats. Methods : The expressions of corticotropin-releasing factor(CRF), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and c-fos were measured by immunohistochemical method at paraventricular nucleus(PVN), locus coeruleus (LC) and ventral tegmental area(VTA). Results : The duration of immobility in FST was significantly decreased in the GF 100mg/kg groups (p


This session will look at the course-based support offered to students at a UK university. The university has taken an innovative approach to supporting undergraduate students with their employability from year one through to graduation and beyond. This continuing research aims to disseminate and implement a non-traditional style of delivery into the teaching of employability skills. The driver for this was previous, consistent, feedback from students that traditional skills and employment modules were too broad and generic and they wanting a more personalised approach. The business courses that have adopted this new approach have embedded the concept in all years of study, building up a student's personal 'toolkit' of skills to prepare them for their careers and lives in society. This personalisation process, coupled with a view of transition that covers students' entire time at university, has had mixed results from both an academic and a student perspective. The link is to the conference topic of pedagogical innovations in Education Personalised Learning. Whilst the concept of non-traditional delivery is well known in UK HE, the debate of what HEIs should be providing is an interesting area to consider further too.


When cosmic-ray arrival directions are observed in celestial coordinates, they appear to have a small anisotropy whose origin is still largely unknown. In addition to this celestial anisotropy, the Earth's revolution around the Sun produces a faint Compton-Getting dipole anisotropy with an excess oriented towards the direction of motion in solar coordinates. The relative rotation of the celestial and solar reference frames over a calendar year causes interference between the two sources of anisotropy. It is possible to characterize the resulting yearly modulations by studying the side-bands to the diurnal and sidereal frequencies in antiand extended-sidereal time frames. This work provides a numerical simulation of the interference between anisotropies in sidereal and solar reference frames to predict the distributions in anti-sidereal and extended-sidereal frames.


We report on single-mode distributed-feedback quantum cascade lasers emitting at 4.8 μm with continuous-wave threshold power consumption as low as 0.76 W at 20 °C and 0.98 W at 50 °C. Following growth of the laser active region and semiconductor cladding layers by a single molecular beam epitaxy process, devices with 4-μm-wide ridges and vertical sidewall gratings were fabricated using plasma etching and standard dielectric and metal deposition processes. In terms of mode stability, output power, and efficiency, we show that lasers with 1-mm cavity length and high-reflectivity back-facet coatings can match the performance of buried heterostructure devices, but with the advantage of requiring only a single epitaxial growth step.


Based on the data collected during a full-scale experiment, the order/disorder characteristics of a compartment fire are researched. We discuss methods, algorithms and the novelty of our entropic approach. From our analysis, we claim that the permutation type hypoentropies can be successfully used to detect unusual data and to perform relevant analysis of fire experiments.


Mixtalol. a mixture of long chain aliphatic alcohols (C24 — C34), was applied as foliar spray on brinjal (Cv. Arka Navneet). Application of the chemical at the rate of 4 ppm, 6 to 8 weeks after transplanting in fields, increased the brinjal yield by 35 to 52 per cent over control.


We report the development and operation of the Harvard-Smithsonian 129Xe/3He dual noble gas maser. The dual noble gas maser (DNGM) is the first device to sustain simultaneous active maser oscillations on distinct transitions in two intermingled atomic species, and it allows sensitive differential measurement of the 129Xe and 3He nuclear spin-1/2 Zeeman transition frequencies [1–3]. We used the DNGM to test Lorentz and CPT symmetry with unprecedented precision. Specifically, a search for sidereal variations in the frequency difference between the DNGM's co-located 129Xe and 3He maser ensembles has placed an upper bound of 47 nHz on Lorentz and CPT violating parameters in a standard-model extension that allows violation of these symmetries. Our measurement sets the most stringent limit to date on leading-order Lorentz and CPT violations of the neutron: ∼ 10−31 GeV. We also report in this thesis progress in a search for a permanent electric dipole moment (EDM) of the 129Xe atom. Our preliminary result of dXe < 1 x 10−26 e-c.m. sets a direct bound on time-reversal (T ) symmetry violating interactions in the 129Xe nucleus.


Case presentation 62 year-old gentleman with a history of liver transplant in 2004 and recurrent hepatitis C with moderate grade fibrosis presented with worsening hepatic encephalopathy, jaundice, and ascites.


This article presents the development of a game tha t mimics a manufacturing company of circuit boards. Lean manufacturing techniques are applied in this mimick ed company and the results are evaluated. A total o f 78 high school students participated in the development of the simulation game. In each simulation there was o ne experimental group in which Lean Manufacturing is implemented and one control group in which none improvement method is implemented. The results showed that the indicators of returns, complaints and s crap reduced their values in 45%, 58%, and 45% respectively. This game could be used as a Lean Manufacturing training tool in universities and companies.


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The American Diabetes Association recommends scheduled basal and nutritional insulin doses as the preferred treatment for noncritically ill hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes; however, the adoption of these practices remains suboptimal. We sought to understand current diabetes management practices and improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes on the Hospital Medicine Services at our academic medical center. We surveyed resident and attending physicians to understand barriers to guideline-based practice. We conducted educational sessions, developed pocket-card decision aids, encouraged discussion on rounds, and provided periodic performance feedback to attending physicians. Results of the barriers survey identified "fear of causing hypoglycemia" as the most common barrier to guideline-based practice. Compared with the preintervention 12-month period, these interventions were associated with doubling of the use of guideline-based insulin therapy regimens, a significant reduction in the rate of severe hyperglycemia days, and a nonsignificant reduction in the rate of hypoglycemia days over a 12-month period. These results demonstrate that a simple, low-cost intervention can be associated with an increase in guideline-concordant insulin ordering with improvement in glycemic outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes.


Plant morphogenesis is defined by the expansion characteristics of the individual cells making up the plant body. Understanding the mechanisms that control plant morphogenesis has occupied the efforts of botanists for decades. Manipulation of cell expansion characteristics through the application of plant hormones has proved to be fertile ground for unraveling the mechanisms of plant development (for review, see Scott [1972]; Jones [1973]; Eisinger [1983]; Graebe [1987]). Certain hormones, such as gibberellic acid (GA) and auxin, augment cell elongation, while others, such as abscisic acid (ABA) and ethylene, inhibit elongation (see Ishida and Katsumi, in this issue, for references). What is not known is how these hormones elicit this response in cell elongation. What are the mechanisms that control cell expansion characteristics and define final cell size and shape? Are all cells equally involved in controlling organ elongation or are there specific tissues that are ultimately responsible for controlling final organ development? There are many factors that must be coordinated to achieve the end result of an elongated plant cell. Cells must undergo turgor-pressuredriven cell expansion, and that expansion must be controlled to produce an elongated cell rather than a swollen, isodiametric cell. Controlled cell expansion is achieved through the organization of the load-bearing, innermost layer of wall microfibrils (Green 1969). If wall microfibrils are organized in parallel arrays, strong hydrogen bonding between adjacent microfibrils provides a substantial force to resist turgor pressure and cell expansion. If wall microfibrils maintain a random organization, then hydrogen bonding between adjacent microfibrils is reduced, and the wall is less able to resist turgor pressure. In elongating tissues such as roots and stems, radial and tangential cell walls contain arrays of highly organized wall microfibrils oriented transversely to the long axis of the organ. These walls restrict lateral expansion, thereby promoting elongation of the cells and the entire plant organ. The role of the cytoplasm in controlling microfibril organization and orientation has been intensely investigated. An extensive literature provides a body of largely circumstantial evidence that the orientation of the innermost layer of wall microfibrils is controlled by arrays of microtubules located in the cortical cytoplasm close to, and possibly connected with, the plasmalemma (for reviews, see Hepler and Palevitz [1974]; Robinson and Quader [1982]; Seagull [1989]; Giddings and Staehelin [1991]). With few exceptions, when organized arrays of microfibrils are deposited, the innermost layer of microfibrils mimics the cortical arrays of microtubules in both orientation and organization. The study of microtubule involvement in wall deposition has intensified with the introduction of immunofluorescence techniques to plant cell biology (Lloyd 1987). It is now clear that microtubules are very dynamic, responding to environmental or developmental signals to elicit a developmental response. Microtubule patterns not only change throughout the cell cycle but also during cell differentiation, when changes in cell shape often precede the establishment of specific cell function. In this issue, Ishida and Katsumi report on the relationship between cell elongation, hormone application, and the orientation of microtubule arrays in elongating cucumber seedlings. Microtubule orientation in tangential and radial walls of epidermal cells and tangential walls of cortical cells at two locations in the hypocotyl were examined after exposure to GA and ABA. The application of GA induced an increase in: (1) hypocotyl elongation and (2) the percentage of epidermal cells with transversely oriented microtubules. As all the cells of the cortex have transversely oriented microtubules in the control experiment, GA did not exhibit an effect in these cells. On the other hand, ABA treatment resulted in a decrease in the percentage of cells with transversely oriented microtubules in all areas examined. ABA also antagonized the GA response by diminishing the extent of hypocotyl elongation and microtubule reorientation. The authors noted a direct correlation between the extent of hormone-mediated hypocotyl elongation and the transverse orientation of microtubules along the tangential walls of epidermal cells. This relationship was not evident in data from other walls examined. Hormone-induced modification of microtubule orientation may occur as a normal physiological response. Katsumi et al. (1989) showed that a stress-induced decrease in hypocotyl elongation was correlated with increases in both ABA concentration and the numbers of cells containing longitudinal microtubules. Previous studies by these authors (Ishida and Katsumi 1991) have indicated that the orientation of microtubules along the tangential walls of epidermal cells may be responsible for dwarfing in the d5 mutant of Zea mays L. and that dwarfing is overcome through a GA-induced reorientation of microtubules.


The rate coefficient k(T) of a barrier-limited, two-state reaction proceeding through multiple pathways is determined by using transition state theory. The entropic and enthalpic contributions to the overall rate are treated separately. The rate coefficient of reaction is determined as a function of the variance of the distribution of pathways and activation energies. The relative densities of state in the initial and transition state lead to curvature in the dependence of ln(k) on 1/T. The sign of the curvature depends on the relative increase in densities of state of the initial and the transition (saddle) state. The analysis has implications for the interpretation of macromolecular reactions, including the protein-folding process. The inclusion of the density of states in the initial and the saddle states yields rate coefficients whose temperature dependence reproduces the curvatures in experimental Arrhenius plots for protein-folding and unfolding processes.


S P R I N G & F A L L 2 0 2 0 W I C A Z O S A R E V I E W Hungry Listening is a disciplinary reckoning. The book argues that settlers listen to Indigenous music and sounds through settler colonial musical logics. This book has two primary audiences: Indigenous and nonIndigenous. Some of the moments directed to Indigenous readers are open to nonIndigenous readers like myself to witness and learn. Others contain unexplained knowledge or exist in spaces where I am not invited. Robinson also directly asks nonIndigenous readers to name and reject settler logics of listening, composing, performing, and writing. Robinson hopes for transformative intersectional work between Indigenous and nonIndigenous scholars. He models this intersectional work in Hungry Listening by drawing on multiple disciplines and speaking to multiple positionalities. The book title is a concept developed by Robinson, which he explains in the introduction. It is an English translation of two Halq'eméylem words: (1) shxwelítemelh ("the adjective for settler or white person's methods/things" [p. 2]), which is based on the word Stó:l ̄ o people (xwélmexw) used for starving White settlers in the midnineteenthcentury gold rush; and (2) xwélalà:m (listening). Robinson also provides an overview of his critique of "inclusionary music" and "inclusionary performance" as musical contexts in which Indigenous content is mined for aesthetic interest and "fit"— or assimilated— into Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies by Dylan Robinson University of Minnesota Press, 2020


This article is exploring one of the field practicum model conducted in India called rural camp. This community basedliving-learning field practicum model, is explored from a transformative learning theory in this article. Rural camp is one of the special programs of indigenization of social work education with specific focus on training macro practice in India. While the article explores rural camps features and challenges, it narrates model of social work living-learning field practicum model to social work education.


3-D data modeling of a volumetric scattered data is highly demanded for geological structure inspection, environment visualization and supersonic testing. The data used in these area are generally irregularly scattered in a volume data space, which are much different from the structured points data (cuberille data) used in Marching cube algorithm. In this paper, first we explore a volume modeling method for the scattered data based on tetrahedral domain. Next we propose a method for solving the ambiguity of tetrahedral domain decision using asymptotic decider criterion. Last we implement a simple visualization system based on the proposed asymptotic decider criterion and compare it with a system based on sphere criterion. In deciding tetrahedral domain, sphere criterion considers only positional values but asymptotic decider criterion considers not only positional values but also functional values, so asymptotic decider criterion is more accurate on deciding tetrahedral domain than sphere criterion.


The molecular symmetry group of dimethylacetylene was defined by Longuet‐Higgins, and its double group was introduced by Hougen. In this paper we determine the form of the normal coordinates of dimethylacetylene and classify them in the double group. Using the exact normal coordinates it is not always possible to obtain selection rules on purely vibrational transitions. However, by approximating the potential function we can obtain ``approximate normal coordinates'' and, thereby, derive ``approximate vibrational selection rules.'' These selection rules prove useful in interpreting the infrared and Raman spectra of dimethylacetylene and other ethanelike molecules that have a low torsional barrier. One important result is that we do not generally expect there to be any coincidences between infrared and Raman fundamental bands.


Modern interflow of commodities has become an important industry and the key increase in the economic development in the new century in our country. Today, the talents of modern interflow of commodities, especially the management talent, are urgently needed by enterprises. The higher professional colleges should grasp the opportunity to change the old ideas and make up a new teaching plan to cultivate the talents of modern interflow of commodities.


This study aims to develop Schoology media as a support for Blended Learning on the subject of Stoichiometry. This research used a Research and Development (R&D) design with the Plomp model. The Plomp models have four steps faces (investigation, Design, construction and validation). The data was collected used an instruments in the form of validation sheets given to four validators and response sheets to two chemistry subject teachers and 20 students in Senior High school. The data was analyzed by calculating the percentage of the validation score and the user's response. The results obtained that the Schoology learning media are valid with an average score 93.98%, while, the teachers responded when they used the media learning was very good with the percentage of response scores 94.32% and the average student response score of 85.15 %. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the Schoology media as a support for Blended Learning on the subject of developed stoichiometry is declared valid.


An actual development of GaAs/Si technology is subjected entirely to reduce the temperature of the full growth process, from the Si surface preparation to the epitaxial growth itself. In this paper we demonstrate the successful combination of a low temperature Si surtace preparation process (400°C<TSi<550°C) adequate for further III-V epitaxial growth with a low temperature growth process (Tg=300°C) using Atomic Layer Molecular Beam Epitaxy (ALMBE). Experimental results obtained on reflection modulator structures grown at Tg=300°C by ALMBE on low temperature prepared Si substrates permit an actual advancement towards monolithic integration of III-V devices to Si circuits.


Purpose: The purpose of this study is to test the validity of the quantity theory of money (QTM) on South African sectoral data. The rationale of this study and its necessity for South Africa as the case study is that, although aggregate inflation may lie within the target range, inflation at a sectoral level, particularly in the food and transport sector, is still a matter of concern in South Africa. Methodology/approach: This study employed the Non-linear Autoregressive Distributed Lagged model (NARDL) to assess potential asymmetries in the effect of money supply to differentiate between the effects of contractional and expansional episodes on inflation at the sectoral level. Quarterly time series data spanning from 2002Q2 to 2021Q2 was utilised for the estimation. Ultimately, the causal effect amongst the variables is examined by employing the Pairwise Granger Causality test. Findings: The results suggest that in the short run, the effect of monetary policy shocks is very weak. On the other hand, in the long run, both negative and positive shocks in the money supply push inflation at the sectoral level in the opposite directions, and positive shocks (expansionary monetary policy) have a greater effect than negative shocks, which renders the QTM invalid in South Africa. The sectoral response was found to be heterogeneous in the long run, and this was also backed by the results of the Granger Causality test and the dynamic multipliers. Asymmetry in the effect of the money supply is assessed in some of the sectors only in the long run. Practical implications: Based on the results, this study confirms great discrepancies in sectoral responses. Therefore, aggregate inflation may not be a good indicator of the inflation path in South Africa, as it may underestimate sectoral variations. Originality/value: The originality of this study lies on testing the validity of the QTM on inflation at the sectoral level in the South African context using a non-linear approach to assess potential asymmetry between the effects of expansionary and contractionary episodes of monetary policy shocks.


Modern day automation systems rely on fixed programming routines to carry out their operations. If an automated flexible system is introduced onto such a production line, the complete reprogramming process required for new products needs could be automated with limited loss in production time. Therefore, instead of reprogramming each new position for the robot system the system takes over real-time control of the robot and carries out the required steps autonomously. The benefit with such a system would be that the robot would not need to be reprogrammed for every new routines but is controlled in a real-time environment to carry out new procedures based on external vision sensors. Using a real-time system could remove the need for a fixed programming environment and replace it with an automated changing programming setup. This could result in a system automatically adapting to a new product introduction through real-time machine vision processing techniques.


This paper argues that the present immigration policies in the European countries have the function of relegitimating the State in the context of loss of social integrity due to the dismantlement of the Welfare State.


Receiving Palliative Care Chapter 3 INFLUENCE OF BREAKTHROUGH PAIN PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AND ADJUSTMENT Overview of Study This phase of the research has a quantitative aspect (reported in Chapter 3-4 as Studies 23) and a qualitative aspect (reported in Chapter 5 as Study 4). This chapter reports a second empirical study among advanced cancer patients who are experiencing pain. Relationships were found between predictors and two dimensions of adjustment (quality of life and coping) in Study 1. Only one outcome variable was able to be explored because of the need to reduce patient burden. Although further exploration of factors influencing quality of life is warranted, the gap in existing literature is greater for coping. Therefore, it was decided that this thesis would continue its focus on relationships with coping and not quality of life.


ABSTRACT Based on the environmental Kuznets curve theory (EKC) and the double-dividend hypothesis of environmental tax, this paper aims to examine the relationship between environmental tax, economic growth, energy consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions in China, Finland, and Malaysia from 1985 to 2014 using panel autoregressive distribution lag (ARDL) models. This paper discovers an N-shaped relationship between the volume of carbon dioxide emissions and the value of the gross domestic product. Furthermore, this study confirms that the double-dividend effect of environmental tax exists in all three countries in the long run. Overall, this study argues that evidence from Finland and Malaysia on environmental taxes that help the country to save energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions can provide a reference for China and other developing countries.


Neuromorphic visual systems are potential to overcome the von Neumann bottleneck, emulating the human retina to implement in situ vision preprocessing. Specifically, in-sensor reservoir computing (RC) is capable of processing spatio-temporal vision information with high efficiency. However, traditional photodetectors are incapable of the fading memory ability, which is the core of the RC systems for temporal information processing. Here, we report a hybrid MoS2/PbS quantum dots based optoelectronic device with short-term memory properties for RC demonstration. The photogating effect induced dynamic temporal photoresponse behavior can be effectively regulated by the incident optical intensity and time. As a proof of concept, image classifying with a high accuracy of 95.8% and time series prediction are demonstrated, paving a way for intelligent edge computing.


A medical student, Lucas (Robert Mitchum) (figure 1), ambitious but lacking money, marries the operating theatre nurse Christine (Olivia de Havilland) (figure 2) so that she can pay him the costs of his medical studies. Christine loves Lucas but he only loves his work. Emotionally, he is not even a person that doesn't open up to the other ones, to their best friend (Frank Sinatra) or to their alcoholic father (Lon Chaney Jr.). Finally he will begin to work for a rude but sensitive general physician (Charles Bickford). That colleague's death, who was suddenly transformed into a patient of Lucas, forces him to re consider his attitudes and to reorder his life. Francisco S Lozano Sánchez, Alberto Gómez Alonso J Med Mov 1 (2005): 7-11


Abstract To develop a noninvasive machine learning (ML) model based on energy spectrum computed tomography venography (CTV) indices for preoperatively predicting the effect of intravenous thrombolytic treatment in lower limbs. A total of 3492 slices containing thrombus regions from 58 veins in lower limbs in a cohort of 18 patients, divided in good and poor thrombolysis prognosis groups, were analyzed. Key indices were selected by univariate analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient test. A support vector machine classifier‐based model was developed through ten‐fold cross validation. Model performance was assessed in terms of discrimination, calibration, and clinical usefulness at both per‐slice and per‐vessel levels. Continuous variables and categorical variables were compared between good and poor thrombolysis prognosis group by Mann‐Whitney U‐test and chi‐square test, respectively. A nomogram was built by integrating clinical factors and the energy spectrum CTV index‐based score calculated by the model. Six indices selected from 192 indices were used to build the predictive model. The ML model achieved area under the curves (AUCs) of 0.838 and 0.767 [95% CI (confidence interval), 0.825–0.850, 0.752–0.781] in the training and validation datasets at the per‐slice level, and the per‐vessel level AUCs were 0.945 and 0.876 (95% CI, 0.852–0.988, 0.763–0.948) in the training and validation datasets, respectively. The nomogram showed better performance with the per‐vessel level AUC, accuracy, sensitivity and specificity, yielding 0.901(95% CI, 0.793–0.964), 86.2%, 87.9% and 84.0% in the validation dataset, respectively. There was no significant difference in the vessel distribution between good and poor thrombolysis prognosis groups (chi‐square test, p = 0.671). The energy spectrum CTV index‐based ML model achieved favorable effectiveness in predicting the outcome of vessel‐level intravenous thrombolysis. A nomogram integrating clinical factors, and risk score calculated by the developed model showed improved performance and had potential to be used as a noninvasive preoperative tool for clinicians.


Steel is one of the materials of the construction industry that is fast becoming popular due to its desired properties like high strength, ease of assembly, construction and reusability. Also, it offers higher strength per unit mass as compared to concrete. The most common section that's being used is the I section it's commonly used in both beams and columns as well. Thus this paper analyzes the behavior of the I section beams of the Designation IS 150, IS 175, IS 200, IS 225. Under these designations further, the analysis is carried out on JB (Junior beams), LB (Light beams), MB (Medium Beams), WB (Wide Flange beams), HB (High Beams). All the analysis has been carried out using the Static structural and linear buckling module of ANSYS 15.0.


Over an 11-week course on multiculturalism in Canada, scores on the Cross-Cultural Sensitivity Scale for 16 students did not change. Also, no significant differences were found between 6 minority students and 10 majority students at pre- or at posttest.


In March 2012, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) released for public consultation the Shape Paper for the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education (HPE) that was finalized for publication in August 2012. This paper set out the key propositions for a 'futures-oriented' curriculum suggesting that HPE should: take a strengths-based approach; focus on educative outcomes; develop health literacy skills; value learning in, about and through movement; and include an inquiry-based approach. As the Lead Writer of the Shape Paper, I believed my task was to consider both what is and what could be. This Fritz Duras Lecture introduces the research and thinking behind the HPE Shape Paper, helping to illuminate this case of curriculum-making. It also reflexively asks if this case is notable for its gradualism, interrogating the strengths and weaknesses of gradualism as applied in curriculum reform.


Analysis of the Mariner 9 radio-tracking data shows that the Martian gravity field is rougher than that of Earth or the moon, and that the accepted direction of Mars's rotation axis is in error by about 0.5�. The new value for the pole direction for the epoch 1971.9, referred to the mean equatorial system of 1950.0, is right ascension α= 317.3� � 0.3�, declination δ = 52.6� � 0.2�. The values found for the coefficients of the low-order harmonics of Mars's gravity field are as follows: J2=(1.96�0.01)x10-3, referred to an equatorial radius of 3394 kilometers; C22 = -(5 � 1) x 10-5; and S22 = (3 � 1) x 10-5. The value for J2 is in excellent agreement with the result from, Wilkins' analysis of the observations of Phobos. The other two coefficients imply a value of (2.5 � 0.5) x 10-4 for the fractional difference in the principal equatorial moments of inertia; the axis of the minimum moment passes near 105�W.


PURPOSE: A homodyne RF transceiver for a radar sensor is provided to reduce production costs by forming active parts on a substrate. CONSTITUTION: A voltage controlled oscillator(101) generates a radio frequency signal. A signal divider(104) distributes the power of radio frequency signal to a transmission side and a receiving side. Switches(105,110) switch the output distributed to the transmission side into a plurality of output signals. Rotman lenses(106,109) beam-form the output signal switched by the switch. Microstrip patch array antennas(107,108) are connected to each port of the Rotman lens and emit the beam-formed signal.


Abstract : It is well known that a temporary anemia occurs frequently in the early period of training to the strenuous physical exercise. This anemia is named 'sports anemia'. Yamada clarified its cause as due to an increased fragility of the red blood cells. In other words, it is a kind of hemolytic anemia. This hemolytic anemia is characterized by the decreased resistance of the red blood cells to hypotonic salt solutions. The aim of the study was to clarify why the resistance of red blood cell is decreased and the erythrocyte is apt to be destroyed in strenuous muscular exercise. (Author)


type g our ls are titionical clinic, this stem ion, comsfer xt tured, nstrucs the ends icle can e Web. Millions of dollars are spent annually on the conduct of randomized clinical trials, a of experiment widely regarded as yielding the most valuable evidence for improvin understanding of medicine. Yet the results of many large and important clinical tria published only as text-based articles in the clinical literature, articles that both prac ners and clinical researchers have difficulty finding, interpreting, and applying to cli care. The result is an inefficient transfer of evidence from the research world to the and a waste of precious resources. It is, however, not only the deficiencies of randomized-trial reports that contribute to evidence-transfer problem; our difficulties with using randomized-trial evidence from problems that involve the entire lifecycle of trials — from their design, registrat standardization, and publication, to the synthesis of their results. Thus, I propose a prehensive trial-centered, rather than article-centered, solution to the evidence-tran problem: a trial-bank system. In the trial-bank system, trial investigators will report randomized trials not only as te articles in traditional medical journals, but also as entries into standardized, struc electronic databases, or trial banks. Such dual-format publication already exists: Bioi formatics researchers publish their genomic sequencing results in GenBank — a tured database administered by the National Institutes of Health — and discus implications of their work in a prose article. The journal that publishes the work app to the article the GenBank accession number of the sequence. Readers of the art thus immediately access and analyze the reported sequence data via the World Wid


A high-performance digital servo system built on the platform of a field programmable gate array (FPGA),a fully digitized hardware design scheme of a direct torque control (DTC) and a low speed permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) is proposed. The DTC strategy of PMSM is described with Verilog hardware description language and is employed on-chip FPGA in accordance with the electronic design automation design methodology. Due to large torque ripples in low speed PMSM,the hysteresis controller in a conventional PMSM DTC was replaced by a fuzzy controller. This FPGA scheme integrates the direct torque controller strategy,the time speed measurement algorithm,the fuzzy regulating technique and the space vector pulse width modulation principle. Experimental results indicate the fuzzy controller can provide a controllable speed at 20 r min-1 and torque at 330 N m with satisfactory dynamic and static performance. Furthermore,the results show that this new control strategy decreases the torque ripple drastically and enhances control performance.


Predicting disease-RNA associations is important for disease diagnosis and treatment. The traditional biological experiment method has the disadvantage of being time-consuming and laborious. Therefore, a growing number of studies have focused on predicting disease-RNA associations using deep learning methods. Aiming at the characteristics of sparse disease-RNA association data and few labels, we propose a novel prediction method named SCLDA based on contrastive self-supervised learning. This is a new attempt in the field. We also propose a data augmentation method based on RNA similarity. We tested SCLDA and other advanced methods on lncRNA and miRNA datasets, respectively, and the results show that SCLDA achieves the best performance.


the environment from incomplete combustion of organic materials. They are common constituents of complex mixtures such as automobile exhausts, petroleum refining and crude oil. Most of PAHs are considered dangerous substances because of their toxic and mutagenic or carcinogenic potential. PAHs are hydrophobic compounds, and they persist in ecosystem because of their poor aqueous solubilities and present in contaminated soil, waters and sediments and play a significant role in the environment safety and human health. Toxicity of PAHs was investigated on different organisms by various research groups. Wurl and Obbard reviewed the recent reports on the pollutants of sea-surface microlayer (SML) including PAHs from various parts of the world. SML is an essential micro-habitat for a vast diversity of microorganisms (neuston), larvae, and fish eggs. It has been concluded that the total concentration of PAHs in SML increases generally with the size of the port and intensity of shipping traffic. The contamination of SML with pollutants has important implications with respect to the ecology of the wider marine environment, therefore, investigations on different aspects of pollutant fate, transport and ecotoxicological impacts are required. Djomo and coworkers showed that the toxicity of PAHs on a green alga is strongly influenced by their physico-chemical properties such as aqueous solubility. The alga studied is an important in aquatic food chains and its ecological role as primary producer in transferring energy to the higher trophic levels is well known. Anthracene is a low molecular weight, not acutely toxic, carcinogenic or mutagenic members of PAHs. There is evidence that it is absorbed following oral and dermal exposure. Solubility is one of the most important properties of chemicals and it could be altered using mixed solvent systems. A number of models have been presented to calculate a solute solubility in solvent mixtures including the Jouyban–Acree model discussed in this work. Most of the models are based on least square analysis and require a number of experimental data to compute the model cosntants. This is obviously a limiting factor in practical applications of such models where a researcher interested in solubility estimation method without further experimental efforts. Ikeda et al. have employed a fully predictive model namely the Conductor-like Screening Model for Real Solvents (COSMO-RS) to predict the solubility of drugs in different solvent systems including solubility in binary solvents. Although the model is a predictive one, the deviations between experimental versus predicted values are relatively high. Solubility of anthracene in non-aqueous mixed solvents has been extensively studied by Acree's group. The experimentally determined data has been correlated using a well known solution model, i.e. the Jouyban–Acree model. The model was proposed by Acree and co-workers for correlating the solubility of PAHs in non-aqueous solvent mixtures. The general form of the model is:


A facile and regioselective protocol for the halogenation of 1-alkyl-7-azaisatins with NBS or NCS in aprotic solvents under mild conditions to synthesize 1-alkyl-5-halo-7-azaisatins was developed.


ABSTRACT Internet-enabled consumer devices are to be developed by the manufacturers. In this article, we examine how the Internet of things (IoT) can support marketing activities, including customer relationship management, business intelligence, and product design. In particular, the research reported in this article examines how the IoT can provide communication channels to support targeted marketing for product owners and enhance customer relationship management and product support. In addition, in this article, we examine how data gained from the operational use of Internet-enabled devices can support business intelligence in terms of how consumers actually use a product and can also support new product design in terms what features of current Internet-enabled products are most commonly used and how they are used.


Two salts based on 1H,1′H-5,5′-bitetrazole-1,1′-diolate (BTO) anion with pyrazole (1) and imidazole (2) cations were synthesized with metathesis reactions. Structural characterization was accomplished for them by using the element analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), NMR and mass spectrum, and X-ray single crystal diffraction. Thermal analysis for the title salts were determined by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry-derivative thermogravimetry (TG-DTG) as well as the calculation of non-isothermal kinetic parameters. Consequently, both salts shown acceptable thermal stabilities as the decomposition temperatures were over 200 °C. The enthalpies of formation were calculated for these salts using the measured combustion energies with a result of 70.6 kJ·mol–1 for 1 and –47.8 kJ·mol–1 for 2, respectively. Impact and friction sensitivities were also tested and the results indicated that these salts both have low sensitivities (>40 J, 120 N). The title energetic salts possess acceptable performance, they can therefore be applied in the field of energetic materials.


Tracking deforming objects involves estimating the global motion of the object and its local deformations as a function of time. Tracking algorithms using Graph Cut have been proposed. However, because of its globally optimal nature, it is prone to capture outlying areas similar to the object of interest. Constraint was introduced to confine the standard graph cut technique in many methods. In this paper, narrow band is introduced to constrain the standard graph cut where it is build on. With the narrow band constraint, segmentation is ensured to remain in it, which is useful when the result is not robust using standard graph cut. Secondly, Graph Cut is built based on the band region, compared with traditionally method, calculation cost is reduced. Thirdly, formulations are adjusted to distinguish between different parts of the narrow band, which improve the segmentation quality.


The major issues underlying the desire for a GCS are firstly aesthetic reasons to reconstruct an abnormality resulting from birth defect or accident, secondly psychological reasons to improve self-esteem and dissolve anxiety and thirdly functional reasons to reduce pain or discomfort during intercourse or daily activities. The potential effect of media; advertisements and online contents influence women to have an increased concern about the appearance. Moreover, such commercial pressure arising both from the media or products/vision of health care providers will change the normogram of vulvar appearance towards a narrow limit, a unique model.3,4


I discuss issue of how to adjust recitation grades given by different instructors in a large course, taking into account and correcting for differences in standards among the instructors, while preserving the effects of differences in average student performance among the recitation sections.


For characterization of corrosion resistance of metallic biomaterials, determination of trace amounts of metallic ions released from the materials in static immersion into simulated body fluids were investigated. In a pre-treatment method by sulfuric acid, sensitive, precise and accurate determination of the trace metallic elements in simulated body fluids could be performed by an inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry. For accurate analysis, it was necessary to employ a matrix-matched solution for the calibration. Moreover, usage of a vessel made of tetrafluoro ethylene-perfluoro alkylvinyl ether copolymer in the static immersion test was recommended for the prevention of contamination. Thus, it was possible to determine μg dm-3 order of elements in simulated body fluids and evaluate nano-gram order of the released metallic ions.


Objective
To study the effect of lung surfactant and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in treating neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.

Methods
82 cases of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome from January 2012 to March 2016 were selected and divided into conventional ventilation group (n=41) and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation group (n=41). The clinical symptoms, blood gas analysis, cure rate, the computer time, length of hospital stay, and complications were compared.

Results
After treatment 1 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h, PaO2 in high-frequency oscillation ventilation group was higher than that in conventional ventilation group (all P 0.05).

Conclusions
Lung surfactant and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation can improve the blood gas analysis and oxygenation index, shorten the mechanical ventilation treatment time and hospital stay, is worth application.

Key words:
Lung surfactant; High-frequency oscillatory ventilation; Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome


This essay examines the accreditation of initial teacher training programs in Chile –evaluation criteria, requirements, consequences, standards, procedures and financial arrangements- and compares them to accreditation processes in countries with a strong quality assurance of their teaching force. Chilean accreditation of initial teacher training is also compared to features that should be present in any assessment used for purposes of accountability. The essay concludes with the identification of the main weaknesses we should overcome in order to increase the contribution of the accreditation process to the quality assurance of the teaching force in our country.


The invention relates to the field of solar energy, and particularly relates to a photovoltaic panel connection element. The photovoltaic panel connection element comprises an elastic element, wherein two ends of the elastic element are respectively connected with a steel base plate fixedly; a central shaft of the elastic element penetrates through the center of the steel base plate; the steel base plate is provided with more than one threaded through hole through which bolts pass. The photovoltaic panel connection element provided by the invention can prevent a photovoltaic panel from being damage to cause secondary disasters.


The National Study of Mathematics Requirements for Scientists and Engineers is concerned with establishing the best mathematics course selection for the many specializations in science and engineering, such as organic chemistry or electrical engineering. An Instruction and Course Content Sheet and a Course Recommendation Form were sent to over 9000 scientists and engineers. They recommended courses for the Ph.D. in their specialization and filled in additional information concerning their age, place of employment, and orientation of work. Forty mathematics courses were selected by the consultants; and the respondents rated each course on length, level, applied-theoretic orientation, their knowledge and use of the course. Those selected for the study were all nationally known specialists or were very productive in reporting research to the major professional journals. Some of the general conclusions of the study were as follows. 1) Mathematics courses should have a fifty percent emphasis on theory and fifty percent emphasis on application. 2) There were few recommendations for courses such as the functional analysis sequence, modern algebra sequence, and mathematical logic. 3) High recommendations were for applied courses such as vectors, the many types of differential equations, matrix theory, and machine computation. 4) Comparisons of categories within each specialization showed little differences in recommendations for most specializations. However, applied electrical engineers used much less mathematics than those who were theoretically oriented.


Jewish educational structures in Marseille were of the current Israelite type and few in numbers. However, after 1940, thanks to the relative freedom of religious practice left in place by the Vichy administration and also because many French Jews and refugees retreated to Marseille, these institutions increased in number. Eager to maintain Judaism alive among the young, the Central Consistory together with organizations such as OSE and ORT took many initiatives motivated by the confessional approach within Israelitism. However, the various ultra-orthodox groups stranded in the city did not remain behind, nor did those Zionist organizations favoring a more cultural practice of Judaism. This led to different levels, or a kind of educational juxtaposition that followed the complex outlines of the new local Jewish geography and that did not encourage cooperation between spokespersons for the refugees and local notabilities centered on the common object, defined by Edmond Fleg as "creating a refuge within Judaism" or a space for resisting the humiliations and dangers of the times. These attempts unfortunately came to an end in 1943 and 1944, when physical survival became the primary aim of Jews in Marseille.


A semiconductor device having a high breakdown voltage and low on-resistance is provided. A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a substrate having a buried layer in a portion of the upper region to expand the drift region. A layer formed to cover the buried layer and the substrate, and the High voltage N-well (HNW) region and a P-well (HPW) region is formed to be adjacent to each other. A field insulation is formed on a portion of HNW region and the region HPW gate insulator and the gate conductor is formed on a channel region between the region and the HNW HPW area. A source region or a drain region of the transistor located in the region HNW and HPW area. Preferably, P is a ring field is formed in the region of the lower insulating region HNW. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, the horizontal type power MOSFET having a second junction portion which is located within the HNW area region is made to have an extended drift region. Horizontal power MOSFET, breakdown voltage, on-resistance


Preparation of chitosan/chitosan beads and physicochemical properties study were undertaken. Chitosan was synthesised by two staged deacetylation of chitin. Chitin was added onto the 60 % w/v of sodium hydroxide solution and then refluxed at 120 C for one hour. The second phase of deacetylation was conducted by regeneration sodium hydroxide. Chitosan was neutralized using water and dried at 65C for 24 hours. Chitosan was diluted using the 5 % v/v of acetic acid solution and followed by stirring for two hours. The chitosan solution was sprayed onto petri dish containing the 2 M sodium hydroxide solution. The chitosan gel was rinsed with distilled water and dried at 65C for 24 hours. The physicochemical properties study of chitosan and chitosan beads were conducted by using infrared spectroscopy. Base on the infrared spectrum, chitosan and chitosan beads could be succesfully synthesized. Deacetylation of chitin increase the deacetylation degree of chitosan and chitosan beads. Chitosan shows the deacetylation degree just over 60 %, while chitosan beads just over 70 %. The release of acetyl groups were able to increase the active sites on the chitosan, so that chitosan can be


Field mapping, LiDAR, and aerial photography are used to map surface liquefaction-induced lateral spreading fissures and aligned sand blow vents formed during the 22 February 2011 Mw 6.2 Christchurch earthquake. Classification of the study area into 164 polygons enables comparison of liquefaction severity metrics including linear liquefaction feature density, ejecta surface area, and horizontal and vertical ground surface displacements with geomorphic metrics including distance from the downslope free-face, surface elevation, sediment type, and the liquefaction potential index (LPI). Preliminary analyses indicate (i) mean fissure density decreases with increasing distance from the free face at distances of 0-50 m, no relationship is observed at distances >50 m, (ii) mean horizontal ground displacement increases with increasing LPI, and (iii) vertical subsidence is invariant with elevation, implying that other factors (e.g. LPI) may contribute to a complex liquefaction strain field. The basic geology and geomorphology are derived from LiDAR and modern river morphology. Comparison of the liquefaction data with geomorphic mapping indicates geomorphic mapping may be applied to determine the likely distribution of sediments susceptible to liquefaction.


What does ASEAN's twenty-year cooperation on human trafficking say about regional integration? This paper assesses ASEAN's capacity to solve the region's long-lasting human trafficking problem. ASEAN is generally treated as a weak institution in one of the most state-centric regions, and human trafficking is a difficult problem even for strong institutions due to its transnational nature and push-and-pull incentives. The approach in this paper is to find the causal mechanisms between international organizations and effective international cooperation in this least-likely case. By compiling ASEAN's policy documents and examining its institutional arrangements and national implementation from 1997 to 2015, this study has two major findings. First, ASEAN's human trafficking cooperation emerged as an initiative to rebuild its organizational integrity during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, but it has been incrementally developed and maintained through its initially non-binding agreements. Second, ASEAN's cooperation on human trafficking was not merely on paper, but was implemented at the domestic level in the form of legal harmonization, which is a sign of ASEAN's progress towards regional integration. By highlighting voluntary and slowly formalizing cooperation this study presents a more hopeful picture of ASEAN cooperation, and suggests a new approach to studying regional integration.


Abstract. Transport evolution in reverse shear (RS) and normal shear (NrS) JT-60U tokamak plasmas with internal transport barrier (ITB) is described as a combination of various fast and slow time scales processes. Abrupt in time and wide in space (~0.3 of minor radius) variations of electron and ion heat diffusivities δχe,i (seen as "spontaneous-like" simultaneous rise and decay of Te,i in two spatial zones) are found for weak ITBs in both RS and NrS plasmas. Profiles of δχe,i in RS plasmas with strong ITB are usually localized near ITB "foot" inside smaller space region. The maximum of the heat flux variation is located near position of the minimum of safety factor q in various RS plasmas, and variation is extended in positive shear region. Inward and outward heat pulse propagations created by δχe,i and sawtooth-like crashes are analyzed, small values of χe,i and absence of "heat pinch" are found in ITB region. Another source of abrupt δχe,i inside most of plasma volume, including significant part of weak ITB in RS plasmas, is seen as ELM-induced H-L transitions.


A wide-band ferrite fin electromagnetic wave absorber panel for a precast curtain wall has been developed for multi-pass interference reduction in urban communication systems. The ferrite fin structure is designed to obtain a wide-band characteristic from the parameter survey of the fin structure. The characteristics are measured using mock-ups of the precast curtain wall with a time-domain method. Results indicate that the proposed absorber panel suppresses reflection < -14 dB in the frequency band 88.6 - 916.6 MHz for the incident angle of 30 degrees and 80.0 - 987.4 MHz for that of 60 degrees. The absorber panel can be applied to the TV ghost problem and other communication systems in both VHF and UHF bands.


The crisis management framework for banks has advanced significantly in the decade following the great financial crisis. At the global level, the Financial Stability Board identified best practices for managing crises at large and complex institutions, known as "key attributes of effective resolution regimes for financial institutions". In the EU, the implementation of those principles was coupled with the establishment of European banking supervision and the Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM), tasked with enhancing the standards of supervision and resolvability of significant banks, ensuring a consistent approach towards preventing and managing crises at the largest banks across the banking union. However, in the quest to address the "too-big-to-fail" issues exposed by the great financial crisis, less attention was devoted to the SUERF Policy Briefs No 48, February 2021


SUMMARY Urbanisation is regarded as a significant global trend. This means cities around the world will be accommodating more population. The population demands accommodations as places for living and business activities. Cities have limited land and therefore high-rise structures have become major infrastructures addressing the needs arsing from urbanisation. However, high-rise developments challenge the current land administration systems where methodologies for determining, recording and disseminating people's entitlement in land are predominantly based on 2D methods or simplified 2D representation of 3D complexities. The adoption of the 2D approaches will not stay sustainable. High-rise developments demand a paradigm shift so the complexities they posses in terms of entitlements of people in the 3 rd dimension of height can be managed in 3D Cadastres. This paradigm shift requires a holistic study on the nature of the high-rise developments including both institutional and technical aspects. This paper presents a roadmap for accomplishing 3D Cadastres. For developing the roadmap, the paper uses a case study in Australia where requirements and stakeholders of high-rise developments in relation to 3D Cadastres area analysed. Technical and institutional issues are presented and a roadmap to achieve 3D Cadastre is discussed.


If professors are to appropriately affirm Millennial students' egos, then those professors must understand the distinctions between ego entitlement and ego engagement.


Considerable confusion exists in the classification of diseases of the cerebellum. There are, however, certain syndromes with clearcut clinical and pathologic characteristics. Among these are the heredogenerative diseases of Friedreich and Marie, the progressive familial type of cerebellar degeneration of Holmes, the Dejerine-Thomas olivopontocerebellar atrophy and the intracerebellar atrophies. The intracerebellar atrophies were described by Rossi 1 in 1907 and by Marie, Foix and Alajouanine 2 in 1922. The literature on the subject up to 1933 was collected by Parker and Kernohan. 3 They were able to find 14 cases in the literature, in 11 of which necropsy studies had been made, and reported 1 case of their own. Additional cases have been reported by Brouwer, 4 Maas and Scherer, 5 Hanon, 6 Kennard 7 and de Haene. 8 The clinical symptoms and pathologic picture in all of the reported cases were strikingly constant. The disease was characterized by a


Whereas prior alliance portfolio research has focused on either the composition or management of alliance portfolios, we explore the connections between them. Adopting insights from information pro...