This thesis pribes into the basis of legal principle of power of autonomy from five aspects. It points out that power of autonomy is a public right specially belonging to the autonomous organizations of national autonomous regions and fairness and justice, equality and freedom, principle of right of development are the bases of scientific principle of the establishment of power of autonomy of regional national autonomy. It analyzes the relationships of power of autonomy, sovereignty, power of self-management and right to self-determination and thinks power of national autonomy contains the contents of sovereignty and right to self-determination when the sovereign state has not been founded. After the founding of sovereign state, the minority nationalities become members of the sovereign state and power of autonomy becomes power of self-management of the minority nationalities administered by state sovereignty to manage the nationality and its internal affairs. So power of autonomy and power of self-management have some relationships with each other and power of autonomy is the manifestation of power of self-management. However, the original meaning of right to self-determination is right of the people's self-determination and right of national self-determination in Chinese is a wrong translation, which is the right of the people in colony or in the country invaded by foreign military forces instead of the right of minority nationalites in a sovereign state. Meanwhile, establishment of power of autonomy is the embodiment of Marxist principle of equality of all nationalities.


Abstract : The RD-681A/UNH is a commercial off the shelf (COTS), PC-based, state of the art, voice recording system that automatically records when voice signals are present at any one of 32 input channels. It operates in the Windows NT TM environment & can record 32 audio channels (expandable to 80). Digital interface options are available. The system can be housed in a standard ElA cabinet with a 19-inch rack configuration. A major advantage of the RD-68IA/UNH is that audio recording need not be interrupted to provide simultaneous & synchronized playback of four channels of audio. The RD-674B/UNH was developed to replace the RD-379/390 recorder & RP-214 reproducer, which are no longer manufactured or supported by industry sources & are obsolete, unreliable, & costly to maintain. The RD-674B/UNH is a commercial-off- the-shelf (COTS), PC-based, state-of-the-art, voice recording system that automatically records when voice signals are present at any one of 32 input channels. It operates in the Windows NT TM environment & can record 32 audio channels (expandable to 80). Digital interface options are available. The system can be housed in a standard ElA cabinet with a 19-inch rack configuration.


– The purpose of the paper is to investigate the various modulation types for control of transformerless non-dimmable AC/DC/DC converters in nominal operation mode intended for LED illuminants. A combined PWM (pulse width modulation) is investigated. The optimal selection of power converter inductor core is considered. The derived results lead to conclusions for improvement of the power converter characteristics. Furthermore, the DC link capacitor is reduced without significant effect on circuit performance. It is proven that utilizing combined PWM would result in less current ripple and improved power factor. Utilization of nanocrystalline materials additionally reduces losses in the examined power converter.


Shirky talks about Edward Snowden's revelations about the conduct of the NSA. The leak of the NSA documents provides much information about political journalism in a networked age. The most important patterns are these: Individual sources have improved leverage, transnational news networks are becoming both essential and normal, and digital data is undermining older patterns of journalistic reputation


Background: Spinal anesthesia for knee arthroscopy can be produced with a low dose of bupivacaine, but additional intrathecal drugs are often required to lower the risk of failed blocks. We investigated the effect of the addition of clonidine (0, 15 or 30 μg) to 5 mg hyperbaric bupivacaine on the duration of the motor block, analgesic quality and ability to void after the surgery in a randomized controlled trial.


The concept of ideal in topological space was first introduced by Kuratowski. Lellis Thivagar et al interjected a nano topological space with respect to a subset X of an universe which is defined in terms of lower and upper approximations of X. The elements of a nano topological space are called the nano-open sets. The topology recommended here is named so because of its size, Since it has atmost five elements in it. In this paper, a new definition of lower and upper approximations via ideal have been introduced based on both any binary reflexive relation and equivalence relation. These new definitions are compared with nano approximations. It's therefore shown that the current definitions are more general. It's apparent that the present method decreases the boundary region and we get a topology finer than existing one.


Shareholders have a purposed to get gain from stocks they invested. While creditors prefer company that have long survival and can return its debts The research designed to analyze the effect of leverage ratio, lquidity ratio, activity ratio, profitability ratio, director board size, and commissioner board size to financial distress. Population in this study are all manufacture companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange for 2012-2015 periods. The sampling method used purposive sampling method.there are 227 companies as sample for this study. The analyze used logistic regression. The result showed that activity ratio and profitability ratio have significant effect to financial distress. Leverage ratio, liquidity ratio, director board size, and commisioner board size did not significantly effect to financial distress.


Background: Information and communication technology have been become important service for collecting information that help patients in be aware about their disease and how to communicate with their health care provider easily. Aim of the study: Assess the relation between information and communication technologies, and empowerment of patient at Alahrar Teaching Hospital. Subjects and method: Research Design: An exploratory, descriptive research design was utilized at this study. Setting: This study was carried out at Alahrar Teaching Hospital which affiliated to the general organization for teaching hospitals and institutes. Subjects: random sample from (263) patient was concluded from previous mentioned setting. Tool of data collection: Adapted information and communication technologies questionnaire, patient empowerment scale questionnaire. Results: more than half 52% of studied patients had moderate level regarding access and use of ICT and majority 95.1 % of studied patients had low level of empowerment. Conclusion : There was a significant correlation between access and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and empowerment of patients. Recommendation : Establish training program for patient about using information and communication technology devices, also use information and communication technology devices to guide and instruct the patients at home after discharge.


The enthalpy of formation, ΔH f , of Pt-Ge and Pd-Ge alloys was measured in the temperature range 1270-1680 K with respect to composition by direct reaction calorimetry (drop method) with the help of high temperature Calvet-type calorimeters. The results agree well with our previous measurements. The enthalpies of formation and melting of the PtGe and Pd 2 Ge intermediate phases were also obtained. Furtbermore, we determined also some phase boundaries from the breaks of the ΔH f (x) curves in agreement with the published phase diagram.


The powder obtained from the seeds of the M.olifera shown to be an effective primary coagulant for water treatment. In this paper, preliminary investigations M.olifera seed suspension for the softening of hard water is furnished. To analyze the influence of Moringaoleifera seeds in coagulant activity when used for natural raw water treatment. Water samples were collected from pond, tap, and the lake of Kammanahalli, HennurBande and Bagalur rural areas of Bangalore and are labeled as sample 1, sample 2 and sample 3 respectively. In each of the water sample, 25mg of dried M.olifera seed extract was added and allowed to settle for 1 hour 15 minutes. The parameters such as color, turbidity, odor and pH were analyzed before and after the inoculation of M.olifera seeds of all the three water samples. The water was analyzed for the parameters such as color, odor, turbidity, and pH. When the seeds are dried, crushed and added to water, the powder acts as a coagulant. Removal of efficiency was found to increase with increasing dosage of M.oleifera. The higher dosage was required to achieve equivalent residual hardness. Based on the results it is ascertained that seeds stored in dry containers at room temperature can be used as a coagulant for few years. Creation of awareness amongst the rural farmers on the usefulness of the M.olifera enables its cultivation which will have overall economic benefits to the entire country.


Positioning data are usually acquired periodically and uploaded to the server via wireless network in
the location data acquisition systems. Huge communication overheads between the terminal and the
server and heavy loads of storage space are needed when a large number of data points are uploaded.
To this end, an online compression algorithm for positioning data acquisition is proposed, which
compresses data by reducing the number of uploaded positioning points. Error threshold can be set
according to users' needs. Feature points are extracted to upload real-timely by considering the
changes of direction and speed. If necessary, an approximation trajectory can be obtained by using the
proposed recovery algorithm based on the feature points on the server. Positioning data in three
different travel modes, including walk, non-walk and mixed mode, are acquired to validate the efficiency
of the algorithm. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can get appropriate
compression rate in various road conditions and travel modes, and has better adaptability.


The spectrum analysis of stator current is the main approach in the on line detection for the rotor faults of squirrel cage induction motor. The characteristic frequency components in stator current possibly associated with rotor faults are summarized. Test results show that the characteristic frequency components at the fundamental sidebands of the supply frequency associated with broken bar fault and eccentricity fault are apt to be overlapped. However, it is still the most effective detection way because of its large amplitude. In order to avoid misdiagnosis, the distribution tendency of the characteristic frequency components should be monitored and analyzed. It would be better at the same time to monitor the eccentricity linked characteristic frequency components at the sidebands of PSH(Principle Slot Harmonics).


Coal gangue is mainly composed of SiO2, Al2O3 and other components. It is a huge reserve of aluminum and silicon resources. The coal gangue stockpiles in China is more than 5 billion tons at present, of which contain Al2O3 more than 1 billion tons, SiO2 more than 2.5 billion tons. It will make supplement for the lack of bauxite resources in China to some extent by extracting Al2O3 with appropriate methods. In the same time, it will meet the strong demand of national economic growth for aluminum and silicon requirement, and to ensure the safety of national mineral resources. Research for extraction of Al2O3, SiO2 by acid leaching way was carried out in this paper. The influence of acid material ratio, leaching temperature, and leaching time on Al2O3, SiO2 extraction was dealt with in detail. Al2O3, SiO2 in accordance with China national products standard were obtained by optimization of the leaching conditions and parameters.


The concept of min-cut is central to the partitioning problem, a scheme so as to minimize the number of edges between any two areas. Based on this concept, we propose a heuristic cell partitioning scheme to minimize overhead when the mobile host crosses from one cell to another in a cellular networks. In this study, we expand to the scheme adapted for cellular networks from the min-cut concept, and formulate objective functions so as to minimize partitioning. Also, we present test results of the proposed scheme.


With the development of internet, the network security becomes attraction. It is hard to be satisfactory if only use separate firewall or intrusion detection system. If we could integrate the two systems we could protect net- work better. There are two problems: one is that we need to integrate different type firewalls and different type IDS. The other is that the alerts from IDS need analyzing and create relative firewall rules to block attacking. We present a framework that could integrated different type firewalls and intrusion detection systems with pluggin and could col- laborate firewall with IDS.


Chronic diseases have seriously affected human activities, especially in many developing countries and underdeveloped countries. The long duration of chronic diseases and the high cost of medical care have placed a huge economic burden on society and families. Meanwhile, chronic patients tend to have a variety of complications over time. So, it is difficult for doctors to find effective diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Machine learning techniques can integrate their heterogeneous data of various body indicators. Meanwhile, for chronic patients, multi-label learning methods can be used to help doctors identify the types of the chronic diseases. This paper proposes a novel multi-label neural network method (ML-NN) to predict the chronic diseases combining neural network and multi-label learning technology based on cross entropy lost function and backward propagation algorithm. Compared with 14 traditional multi-label learning methods on 10 chronic diseases and 19733 patients, the proposed method achieved a consistently best in 5 performance measurements. The results demonstrate the proposed method can effectively predict chronic diseases and assist doctors to diagnose and treat patients.


Human activity recognition (HAR) is a crucial and challenging classification task for a range of applications from surveillance to assistance. Existing sensor-based HAR systems have limited training data availability and lack fast and accurate methods for robust and rapid activity recognition. In this paper, a novel hybrid HAR technique based on CNN, bi-directional long short-term memory, and gated recurrent units is proposed that can accurately and quickly recognize new human activities with a limited training set and high accuracy. The experiment was conducted on UCI Machine Learning Repository's MHEALTH dataset to analyze the effectiveness of the proposed method. The confusion matrix and accuracy score are utilized to gauge the performance of the presented model. Experiments indicate that the proposed hybrid approach for human activity recognition integrating CNN, bi-directional LSTM, and gated recurrent outperforms computing complexity and efficiency. The overall findings demonstrate that the proposed hybrid model performs exceptionally well, with enhanced accuracy of 94.68%.


The architectures of three types of the short-term base-level cycles in the Chang-6_2 oil beds of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Pingbei Oil Field,northern Shaanxi are described in detail. The high- resolution sequence stratigraphic division and correlation result in the construction of the isochronous stratigraphic framework,and the examination of the depositional evolution,sedimentary facies sequences,and spatial distribution of sandstones in the study area.


Intended to contrast with the Nazi-hosted Olympics of 1936, the Munich Olympics of 1972 provide a useful cultural site for analyzing West German narratives about the Nazi past and the democratic present in the "Long 1960s." This article examines the press response to Munich's successful bid; certain elements of the planning; an Olympic-eve ceremony of public mourning at the concentration camp in Dachau (a Munich suburb); and the responses of officials, electronic media, and Jewish Germans to the murder by Palestinian operatives of Jewish Israeli athletes. This evidence complicates binary conceptualizations of West German memory culture, such as self-imputed victimhood versus contrition, youthful indignation versus mainstream complacency, evasiveness versus earnestness, and the alleged movement of the Nazi past from oblivion to obsession. According to some historians, Chancellor Willy Brandt's election in 1969 marked a fresh public readiness to embrace a culture of contrition. Others see the 1960s/70s as a time of bifurcation between the indifferent and the indignant. Differing from both schools of thought, this article suggests the dominance in this period of a distinct master narrative, "redemptive rehabilitation through transformative reconstruction." Exemplified by the Olympics but wider in relevance, "transformative reconstruction" involved both acknowledging and erasing the Nazi past and framed the two as complementary. Although these efforts to displace the past sometimes operated as an evasion, they also generated unexpectedly earnest bouts of memory work. The Olympics thereby enable us to see what is elsewhere more obscure: that there was an intense internal codependency between oblivion and obsession.


Mongolia has a large nomadic culture which has existed for thousands of years. Nomadic herders spend much of their time producing milk and dairy products, including Aaruul, or dried yogurt curd, which is a local dairy product unique to Mongolia. There are several steps in the production of Aaruul from raw milk to the final dried curd, including an overnight filtration process. The main objective of this study was to optimize the curd filter pressing process for a newly designed apparatus, to establish the best time, pressure and weight of the curd. The apparatus tested could halve the time of current filtration methods. This study also demonstrated a more precise mathematical model of operating parameters of the pneumatic filter pressing device, measuring curd weight, compression pressure and time.


The aim of this study was to understand how women with drug- and alcohol abuse describes addiction stigma related to female ideals. This study has a social constructivist approach. The empirical da ...


Bridged binuclear complexes exist widely in many i mp ortant electronic transform processes of metal enzymes.Therefore,in recent years ,the bridged binuclear coordination chemistry has been one of the most active re search fields.In this work,we prepared a complex N,N′-bis(2-amino ethyl)oxamido nickel( Ⅱ)as a mononuclear ligand,and synthesized a Ni(Ⅱ)-Cu(Ⅱ)binuclear complex wi th copper perchlorate and 2,2′-bipyridyl(bpy)in methanol,[Ni(oxen)Cu(bpy) 2 ](ClO 4) 2·H 2O.Its crystal structure was given in Chart 1 and Table 1.By the single crystal structure it was proved that Ni(Ⅱ)ion in the complex was four-coordinatied with four nitrogen atoms from Ni(oxen),forming square plana r geometry,and the Cu(Ⅱ)ion was six-coordinatied with two oxygen atoms from N i(oxen),four nitrogen atoms from two bpy moleculars forming a distrorted octahe dran.Six atoms(O 1,O 2,C 3,C 4,N 2,N 3)at the bridge position were in the same plane,bridging the Ni(Ⅱ)and Cu(Ⅱ)ions.Elementary analysis,conductivity,IR spectra and UV spectra were used to ch aracterize the complex.The chemical entity was tested against colibacillus and S taph.aureus and it had significant antibacterial activity.It is necessary to s tudy the activity further.


THERE HAVE BEEN occasions in my life when I have learned more about the fundamentals of social work from seemingly unrelated fields than from professional institutes, seminars, and so forth. One such occasion was a meeting at which Peppino Mangravite, an artist and art critic, was telling the group what he thought constituted a "professional artist." He believes that one becomes truly professional only if one has advanced beyond the mastery of theory and practice acquired through academic training and has achieved enough perspective on one's life experiences to weld them together into a unique whole. This description is also applicable to the professional social worker. Last summer there was another occasion on which my professional convictions were reinforced by my personal beliefs in a new way, through an experience unrelated to social work. I had spent two weeks at the Audubon Camp in Wisconsin, where I had had a rich and fruitful contact with nature and where my spirit had been recharged.* As I looked back on this experience, I began to see its broad implications for "rehabilitation services," with which my professional career was concerned. Although I have always believed in and practiced personal rehabilitation through hobbies that renew the energies depleted by professional demands, I became keenly aware of the failure of social agencies to take note.of the regenerative power an interest in nature might hold for their clients. The two weeks I spent at the camp were busy ones in which I concentrated on learning about plant communities, cultivated some


The present invention provides a cleaning agent for silver-containing composition, for removing a composition comprising silver nanoparticles adhered to the silver component is formed on the cleaning object, comprising an iron nitrate solution, wherein the composition containing silver nanoparticles having an average particle diameter of silver nanoparticles in 1 ~ 100nm.


Clinical observations I. Pain can be severe with X-ray evidence of minimal arthritis. 2. Pain can be quite mild with X-ray evidence of advanced arthritis. 3. Pain varies in severity and may even disappear for a time during the course of individual cases. 4.In cases of bilateral osteo-arthritis pain is sometimes more severe on the side with X-ray evidence of less arthritis than the other. The converse is also true. 5. The pain may begin or become worse whilst the patient is:


Cubesats play a vital role in development of new micro components being used in various micro/nano satellites. Cubesats have an effective small design and have the ability to get modified easily. Quakesat, a satellite being deployed by Space Systems Development Laboratory (SSDL) is used to study, detect, record, and downlink extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic signals, which are used to predict earthquake activity. Quakesat is a live example of cubesat technology, uses non space application components and provides a low cost alternative to launch space missions and support nano satellite infrastructure in future.


The aim of this study was to investigate whether intestinal myoelectrical activity could be entrained with intraluminal pacing. The study was performed in 9 healthy hound dogs (15-26 kg). Four pairs of electrodes were implanted on the serosa of the jejunal at an interval of 5 cm with the most proximal pair 35 cm beyond the pylorus. An intestinal fistula was made at 20 cm beyond the pylorus. Electrical stimulation was performed using ring electrodes attached to a feeding tube which was placed in the jejunum via the fistula. Various pacing parameters were tested. A complete entrainment of the intestinal myoelectrical activity was achieved in every dog with intraluminal pacing. The optimal pacing parameters were: pulse width of 70 ms, amplitude of 4 mA and frequency of 1.1 times of intrinsic frequency (IF). The time required for the entrainment of the intestinal slow wave with intraluminal pacing was 25.0/spl plusmn/2.1 s. The maximum driven frequency was found to be 1.43/spl plusmn/0.01 IF. The results reveal that intraluminal pacing is an effective and reliable method for the entrainment of intestinal myoelectrical activity.


To evaluate levels and trends in drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Zhejiang Province, China, we conducted 1 survey in each of 3 years (1999, 2004, and 2008). We found that <5% of new cases were multidrug-resistant TB. The prevalence of multidrug-resistant TB has not increased in new or re-treated cases in this province.


Searching online text collections can be both rewarding and frustrating. On the same time valuable information can be found, typically many irrelevant documents are also retrieved and many relevant ones are missed. Word mismatches between the user's query and document contents are a main cause of retrieval failures. Expanding a user's query with related words can improve search performance, but finding and using related words is an open problem. On the basis of previous approaches to query expansion, this paper proposes a new approach to query expansion, which combines two popular traditional methods -thesauri and automatic relevance feedback. In terms of theoretical analysis and experiments, the new approach is effective to query expansion for Web retrieval and out-performs the optimized, conventional expansion approaches.


This chapter investigates the application of portal technology to the area
of human resource management. It discusses the evolution of Web-based
HR solutions and looks at portal solution evolution of a leading enterprise
resource planning systems vendor (SAP). The final section of the chapter
employs a case study research approach to examine the implementation
of an employee portal in a large Australian organisation and the
evolutionary stages which occurred.


Movements of upper limbs are indispensable for daily activities. For the aged or disabled persons, it is especially important to exercise for the maintenance or recovery of upper limb function. There are many patients of paralysis caused by stroke. For example, in Japan more than two hundred and fifty thousand people have stroke every year, and many of them are paralyzed. The human brain is capable of an extraordinary degree of plasticity (self-organization), enabling learning, and leaving open the possibility for motor recovery (Janet & Shepherd, 1998). Therefore, neuro-rehabilitation for stroke-patients is effective. Using apparatus that applies robotic technology and virtual reality makes new training methods and exercises in rehabilitation possible (Krebs, Volpe et al., 2000), (Burgar, Lum et al., 2000), (Charles, Krebs et al., 2005). Force display systems are expected as effective and advantageous interfaces for some scenes, for example computer-assisted-surgery, kinds of rehabilitation methods and so on. In this technology, some kinds of feedback force are generated with mechanical actuators. And such a virtual force is computed in real time by simulating a physical phenomenon of the virtual world in which the operator exists. Feeding back the quantitative evaluations to the training by a computer can enhance the qualitative effect of training. Therefore, some rehabilitation systems using these technologies for upper limbs have been developed. However, most of them apply training within a two-dimensional horizontal plane. Many movements, however, in daily activities need to move arms in a vertical direction. A system therefore that enables exercise in three-dimensions would seem to be more effective for such training. Although the MIME system (Burgar, Lum et al., 2000) using PUMA-560 by VA and Stanford Univ. can give training in three-dimensions, the PUMA-560 is a robot originally developed for industrial use and may not be sufficiently safe to train the aged and/or disabled. We have developed innovative rehabilitation supporting robots; "EMUL" and "Robotherapist." The EMUL has performed well in clinical studies, and Robotherapist was exhibited at the Prototype Robot Festival at the 2005 International Exposition held in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.


Many parents let their children play gadgets for hours on the pretext that their children are not fussy, but in reality parents do not understand that excessive use of gadgets can have a negative impact on children. This study use a descriptive research design. The number of samples is 88 parents with preschool children from 100 population. Sampling use purposive sampling technique and the instrument of this study use an online questionnaire through google form that consist of ten statements. Data analysis use SPSS 2019 for window. It is emphasized that most of people's knowledge about the use of gedget in preschool children in Mambal Badung village is good with a total of 60 people or 68.2%. Most of the parents' knowledge about the use of gedget in preschool children in  Mambal Village Badung is good. Recommendations for parents to supervise when children play gadgets.


modulation the system(cid:484) Here we investigate how perturbation of circulating insulin levels a(cid:417)ects the expression of Hes(cid:889) , a transcription factor expressed in neural stem and progenitor cells that is involved in tissue regeneration(cid:484) Our data show that streptozotocin(cid:486)induced β -cell damage, high fat diet(cid:481) as well as metformin(cid:481) a common type (cid:888) diabetes medication(cid:481) regulate Hes(cid:889) levels in the brain. This work suggests that Hes(cid:889) is a valuable biomarker helping to monitor the state of endogenous neural stem and progenitor cells in the context of diabetes mellitus. indirectly through efects on the immune/inlammatory system. Here we investigated how streptozotocin-induced β -cell damage, high fat diet, and metformin administration regulate the expression of Hairy and Enhancer of Split 3 ( Hes3 ) in the adult mouse brain. We focused on Hes3 because (a) we previously showed that it is involved in various paradigms of brain damage and regeneration 4–7 , (b) it is also expressed in neural stem cells 4 , and (c) Hes3 is regulated by insulin 4–6 . Hes3 belongs to the Hes superfamily of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors that include the Hes and Hey (Hes-related with YRPW motif) members 8–10 . Hes1 and Hes5 are direct targets of Notch signaling and their expression is oten used as an indicator of canonical Notch signaling activity 10 . In contrast, Hes3 is an indirect target of Notch signaling; following Notch receptor activation, a pathway involving phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate 3 (PI3) kinase, Protein kinase B (Akt), mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), and Signal trans-ducer and activator of transcription 3 - Serine (STAT3-Ser) phosphorylation leads to Hes3 expression, which can be used as an indicator of the activity of this non-canonical Notch signaling branch 4 . pancreas knockdown cells (NSCs) and progenitor cells 4,6 . Cultured NSCs also express Hes3 ; expression is lost following their diferentiation 13–15 . Various pharmacological treatments that induce Hes3 expression promote cell survival in culture and the number of Hes3 -expressing cells in vivo 4–6,13–17 . his is followed by powerful neuropro-tection and disease modiication in models of ischemic stroke and Parkinson's disease 4–6 . Hes3 null mice exhibit lower levels of myelin basic protein (MBP) in the brain, indicating insuicient numbers of oligodendrocytes or reduced myelination 7 . In summary, Hes3 plays important roles in various tissues and organs, including the brain, where it protects them from damage and enables them to regenerate eiciently. In this work we demonstrate, for the irst time, that the expression of Hes3 in the brain is regulated in mice subjected to streptozotocin-induced β -cell damage, high fat diet, and metformin administration. We establish Hes3 as a biomarker to monitor the brain in animal models that are widely used to study various aspects of dia- betes mellitus. Future studies will address whether Hes3 is also regulated in diabetes patients, which parameters of insulin deregulation and/or diabetes mellitus are primarily responsible for Hes3 regulation, and the roles that Hes3 plays in the progression of diabetes-related phenotypes. these cell diferentiation. hese data Hes3 cultured NSCs, in . We speculate the expression increase in vitro may response to the stress caused to the cells by metformin or due to changes induced by the onset of the diferentiation process. In support of this, we show a transient increase in immunoreactivity for Hes3 when cultured NSCs start of and oligodendrocytes Overall, our data show efects of metformin on Hes3 expression in NSCs isolated from the fetal mouse brain. Future experiments may address whether the changes in Hes3 expres- sion mediate efects of metformin to brain function.


The invention is suitable for a computer technology field and provides a Web service safety access control method, an apparatus and a system thereof. The method comprises the following steps: extracting a session identification in Web service access request information sent by an external system; acquiring external system access context information associated with the session identification; sending the external system access context information to an ERP system which processes the Web service access request information so that the ERP system processes the Web service access request according to the external system access context information and outputs a Web service result. When accessing the Web service, identity information is taken as an interface parameter and is directly transmitted to every requested Web service and the external system identity information is directly exposed. By using the method, the apparatus and the system of the invention, the above problems can be overcome. Security of the ERP system which provides the Web service can be improved and maintenance cost of the system which provides the Web service can be reduced.


In 2006,the National Travel Agency determined the traveling theme is "2006 China rural tourism ",vigorously developing the rural tourism in the national scope,which means the rural tourism starts to enter a new stage.This paper studies the origin of rural tourism in our country and the present research situation at home,as well as the concept of rural tourism.The paper discussed problems concerning the development of rural tourism,and also makes profound strategies into issues relating to the development of rural tourism.


The attempt is made here to provide an approximation of the number of people that the world can support in the light of three constraints: (a) provision for a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of everyone, (b) consideration for wildlife and Nature, and (c) reliance on existing levels of technology and politics. In fact, two alternative standards of living are suggested, 'affluent' (based on the standard of the 27 richest nations in the world) and 'austere' (based on the standard of the 43 next most wealthy nations in the world).


The photosynthetic rate of Haloxylon ammodendron Bge. under the different soil moisture grades was researched. The results showed the water table, the soil moisture and the irrigated water quantum affect the photosynthetic rate of Haloxylon ammodendron obviously. At the water table of 1.4 m,2.4 m and 3.4 m, the photosynthetic rate,the respiration rate and the apparent quantum efficiency(AQE) decreased with reduce of the water table, but light compensation point(LCP)increased. Compare with CK, the photosynthetic rate of Haloxylon ammodendron by drop irrigation increased obviously. More water quantum, higher the photosynthetic rate of Haloxylon ammodendron Bge.. The photosynthetic rate of Haloxylon ammodendron planted on semisand dunes, land between sand dunes and fixed sand dunes with clay sand barrier was enlarged with increase of the soil moisture basically. In July, the photosynthetic rate of Haloxylon ammodendron under the different soil moisture occurs midday rest, but in September only those that environment conditions are worse occur midday rest. Compared to July, the photosynthetic rate of Haloxylon ammodendron in September is stronger, and its environment conditions is more benefit to matter synthesize of Haloxylon ammodendron grown in the arid area.


Inferred production patterns and morphological variation in bifacial points have been central to models of prehistoric settlement, territoriality, and economy. In this paper a re-analysis of the Jimede 2 assemblage excavated by Carmel Schrire in Kakadu provides the basis for re-describing the nature of point production in Western Arnhem Land. Hiscock, Peter, 2011. Changing perspectives in Australian archaeology, part VI. Point production at Jimede 2, western Arnhem Land. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, Online 23(6): 73–82. For more than a decade the reanalysis of artefact assemblages has been a key strategy in efforts to recast our understanding of Australian prehistory. Such reanalyses have repeatedly shown that earlier typological studies of lithic artefacts provided few technological insights while simultaneously allowing new and sophisticated models of artefact manufacture and land use to be tested. Well known examples of the redescription of assemblages from famous sites include Burkes Cave (Shiner et al., 2007), Ingaladdi and nearby sites (Cundy, 1990; Clarkson, 2002a, 2006, 2007), Puritjarra (Law, 2005, 2009), Puntutjarpa (Hiscock & Veth, 1991), Lake Mungo (Hiscock & Allen, 2000; Allen & Holdaway, 2009), Mussel Shelter (Hiscock & Attenbrow, 1998), and Capertee 3 (Hiscock & Attenbrow, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005). Because the original interpretations of these assemblages were important in developing explanatory models of the variability and nature of prehistoric technologies in this continent, the technological re-examinations of them have been fundamental in improving our comprehension of ancient tool manufacture. A series of assemblages from Western Arnhem Land excavated in the 1960s and 1970s formed the basis for extensive debates about the nature, timing and causes of technological change in the region, and the formulation of influential models of spatial and chronological technological change in Australia (Hiscock, 1999, 2009). One of the key sites in the production of archaeological interpretations about human occupation of Western Arnhem Land was Jimede 2 (also written as Jimeri II and Tymede II), a cave excavated by Schrire in 1964–1965 (Fig. 1). The deposit spanned much of the Holocene, with occupation beginning before 7,000 bP. Schrire (1982: 245) characterized the later assemblage as point dominated, and her typological classifications identified 38% of the flaked implement as points and a further 34% as fragments, some of which potentially came from broken points (N = 502). Schrire (1982: 246) argued that there were two different types of points, each with a different manufacturing process, and that the abundance of points in any particular landscape setting indicated either a distinctive seasonal site function or a distinctive identity for the occupants (White, 1967a, 1967b, 1971; White & Peterson, 1969; Schrire, 1972). A number of possible explanations for variations in point abundance has been offered. Initially White (1967b) hypothesized that assemblage differences between lowlands and the escarpment/uplands were a consequence of the long-term co-existence of two cultural groups, each occupying a different part of the landscape. She subsequently offered the alternative interpretation that a single group of people moved seasonally between lowlands and uplands and employed points more frequently in their wet season occupation of the uplands, creating sites like Jimede 2. 74 Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, Online (2011) No. 23 Figure 1. Location of Jimede 2 and plan of site with squares highlighted that were included in this study. Hiscock: Point Production at Jimede 2 75 These models were rejected in later work as the magnitude and continuous nature of spatial variation in assemblages was recognized: Allen and Barton (n.d.) found a point-rich lowland site, while Brockwell (1989, 1996) documented marked differences within lowland assemblages. Seasonal models were still proposed in the 1980s, but they no longer offered plausible explanations for the extreme range of differences in lithic assemblages. To re-invigorate explanations of lithic variability in the region, I recently offered an economic model of the production of tools in western Arnhem Land (Hiscock, 2009). In this model assemblage differences can be explained in terms of changed technological practices at each landscape position as a response to material cost, and a major process creating variation was differential use of lithic materials and extending the use-life of tools made on flakes by maintaining their edges through additional retouching. The effect of procurement economics on point abundance and form in Western Arnhem Land was identified from a number of observations and inferences. • The abundance of quartzite and points generally co-varied across the landscape in a way that is consistent with transportation of quartzite points from sources in the uplands. • The ratio of bifacial to unifacial points varies around the landscape in a way that is consistent with more intensive reduction of points away from the uplands, as foragers maintained points to reduce the cost and inconvenience of obtaining replacements. • As tool maintenance was extended, bifacial points were often transformed into other tool forms, perhaps with different functions, such as the "bifacial ovals" that Schrire had reported (Hiscock, 2009). Given these observations, the model hypothesized that assemblage composition across the landscape was explicable in terms of procurement economics: the patterns of lithic variation emerged as knappers rationed, recycled, and substituted artifacts in response to the varying cost of obtaining replacement stone in each location. The benefit of this approach is that, by understanding that technological behaviours were sensitive to the economic contexts of artifact manufacture and use, it is possible to explain much of the geographical variation in assemblages, and to explain both the persistence of those geographical patterns through time and the existence of temporal changes in the extent of implement reduction (Hiscock, 1999, 2009). Over time, foragers adjusted their technology to changed conditions of tool-use as landscape and climate evolved, but the geographical differences in the costs of tool production and maintenance persisted because these largely reflected unchanged distances to lithic raw material sources. Assemblage differences presented in the recent model of the economics of reduction, recycling, and raw material procurement (Hiscock, 2009) were based largely on the characterization of assemblages offered by earlier researchers, and including the description of point production that had been published for Jimede 2. Technological reexamination of the Jimede 2 therefore offers the potential to enhance our understandings of point variation and reduction. In this paper I present a reanalysis of the points from Jimede 2 which tests and refines existing models of the manufacturing process of points at Jimede 2, with implications for the way economic and land-use models can be framed for western Arnhem Land. The results again illustrate how reanalysis of old assemblages can yield significant new information. Previous analyses of Jimede 2 Schrire's analysis of Jimede 2 points continued a long debate about the interpretation of stone implements from northern Australia. As explored elsewhere (Hiscock, 1994), the relationship between unifacially and bifacially flaked points in assemblages has been disputed for more than 70 years. One model depicted the two point forms as having been manufactured in different ways, and hence represented the end products of two distinct manufacturing sequences. This "divergence model" was argued by Schrire (1982) to be the best description of the diversity of points at Jimede 2. The alternative model depicted the diversity of points as a continuum from unifacial specimens with limited retouch to extensively retouched bifacial points, thereby presenting different point forms as merely different manufacturing stages. I have previously argued that this "sequence" model was the best description of points at Jimede 2, based on records of the scar superimposition on 48 specimens which indicated that most bifacial points from the site displayed the same order of retouching as unifacial points, with initial retouching onto the dorsal face and ventral retouch occurring subsequently (Hiscock, 1994). While there was a range of retouching patterns visible on the points from Jimede 2, I concluded that in northern Australia bifacial points were generally more extensively reduced than, and transformed from, unifacial points. Subsequently, I employed this conclusion in testing models of land use in the region, by using the ratio of bifacial to unifacial points as one measure of the extent of point reduction and, hence, as an expression of the geographical variation in the cost of accessing replacement material and the extent of point maintenance. Although a range of point manufacturing and recycling procedures was acknowledged, my interpretation of assemblage variability was largely based on the proposition that the majority of points had similar manufacturing histories that could be represented as a linear sequence, as illustrated in Figure 2. In this image bifacial points are presented as being more reduced than unifacial points and "bifacial ovals" as more reduced than bifacial points, in a diverse but directional series. Although the notion that bifacial points were initially unifacial points has been demonstrated empirically for Jimede 2 (Hiscock, 1994), the other elements of this scenario resulting from interpretations of Schrire's classification and descriptions, particularly the proposition that all bifacial points were more reduced than all unifacial points, had not been determined through examinations of the assemblage. Consequently, the next step in developing a detailed


Abstract In the present study, the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a square-lattice photonic crystal waveguide (PCW) is investigated using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Then, the plane wave expansion (PWE) method is utilized to calculate the 2D photonic crystal band structure. To realize the desired waveguide, nano-line defects are introduced. The results of the numerical simulations and optimization scanning indicate that for the proposed photonic crystal structure consisting of silicon circular dielectric rods with a radius of 84 nm, a band gap can be achieved in the wavelength range of 1.34 μm<λ<1.93 μm. This wavelength range covers E, S, C, L, and U communication bands. Subsequently, by eliminating the rods in four parts of the structure, an all-optical 4-channel splitter can be designed. The numerical simulation results indicate that by coupling a light source to the main path of the structure and propagating it through each channel, the powers of the 4 output facets become approximately the same. The output power of channels 1 and 2 equals to 24.5 % of the input power, and the output power of channels 3 and 4 is 21 % of the input power and the remaining 9 % is lost in the structure as the leakage power. Since the 1.55 μm wavelength is within the band gap, that is the telecommunication band C, this device can be used as a power splitter.


Ethnographers of communication are increasingly working within interdisciplinary teams to address social problems in communities, corporations, and governments. This special forum brings together ethnographers of communication to reflect on the opportunities, tensions, and challenges involved in using the ethnography of communication to seek workable solutions to social problems with fellow scholars, practitioners, and community members. Through empirical case studies, contributors demonstrate how the ethnography of communication is used to build cultural competence and design strategic action.


Background: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common indications of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for monogenic disorders worldwide.

Aims: The aim of this article was to report a universal and powerful assay easily applicable to all couples requesting PGD for CF irrespective of the CFTR variants involved, in line with recently published CF-PGD guidelines.

Results: A multiplex PCR protocol was developed including the study of the c.1521_1523del mutation with 12 closely linked polymorphic markers. Preliminary workup was performed for 53 couples and the protocol was clinically applied to 31 couples. All couples were informative for 7–12 markers. Of the 31 couples who initiated a PGD stimulation cycle, 17 couples had a baby. Therefore, the take-home baby rate was 60.7% per couple with an embryo transfer (17 out of 28 couples).

Conclusion: This robust, simple, and reliable procedure should allow any couple at risk of transmitting CF to enrol in a PGD programme.


In governance practice, decision of state administration which is published by official or state administrative institution oftentimes is not single, otherwise in the form of with a chain decision of state administration (ketting beschikking) that is interrelated and ends on the same legal issues. Testing mechanism of ketting beschikking by state administrative judge is to assess which is decision of state administrative which becomes dispute object in the administrative courts by looking the final and binding elements. Afterwards, state administrative judge is testing which is the official or state administrative institution have the authority to publish every decision if state administration which becomes dispute object based on legal regulation, to assess material, place and time. Then, state administrative judge testing on material and procedural aspects of decision of state administrative. Testing on every aspects of decision of state administrative in terms of ketting beschikking also based on the general principles of good governances. Keyword: Submission of an administrative decision, the Court


This report will demonstrate industry involvement at various levels including examples of policy initiatives, coalitions, and secondary and post-secondary [technical and vocational education and training] TVET institutes and programs in the United States that have been successful in creating business/community partnerships and alliances to meet the impact of sustainable development. This will include information on the methods of obtaining industry involvement, along with the level and type of commitment. Potential for placement in jobs with long term potential would support sustainable development.


The invention discloses a laser marking machine. The laser marking machine comprises a transmission shaft made from an alloy material processed by tempering. The alloy material comprises the following components: 1-2% of Se, 0.9% of P, 0.7% of Ga, 0.9% of W, 0.7% of Rb, 0.2% of Os and the balance of Ti and unavoidable impurities. Tempering processing is carried out on the alloy material by the following steps: 1), carrying out first tempering at 455DEG C for 4 hours, and then, air-cooling to a room temperature; 2), carrying out second tempering at 505DEG C for 3.5 hours, and then air-cooling to a room temperature; and 3), carrying out third tempering at 605DEG C for 3 hours, and then, air-cooling to a room temperature. The transmission shaft used in the invention is high in strength, light in weight, resistant to wear, resistant to corrosion, resistant to heat, high in oxidation resistance and long in use time.


Duality-Symmetric Finance is a novel monetary and financial system that may revolutionize economies since it is fundamentally resistant to rampant hyperinflation.


For a positively charged insulated d-dimensional sphere we investigate how the distribution of this charge is affected by proximity to a nearby positive or negative point charge when the system is governed by a Riesz s-potential 1/r^s, s>0, where r denotes Euclidean distance between point charges. Of particular interest are those distances from the point charge to the sphere for which the equilibrium charge distribution is no longer supported on the whole of the sphere (i.e. spherical caps of negative charge appear). Arising from this problem attributed to A. A. Gonchar are sequences of polynomials of a complex variable that have some fascinating properties regarding their zeros.


Redox polymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) using Mn(III) with poly(acrylamide) (PAAm) having terminal carboxyl groups, was carried out to yield block copolymers of PAN and PAm. The principal parameteters affecting the synthesis were examined. Maximum yield was obtained Mn(III) acetate concentration of 5.10 −2 mol/L and prepolymer (PAAm) concentration of 150 g/L and acrylonitrile concentration of 5.3 mol/L


In this paper, we propose a novel path-based control method for generating realistic smoke animations. Our method allows an animator to specify a 3D curve for the smoke to follow. Path control is then achieved using a linear (closed) feedback loop to match the velocity field obtained from a 3D flow simulation with a target velocity field. The target velocity field can be generated in a variety of ways and may include the small scale swirling motion characteristic of turbulent flows. We provide several examples of complex smoke paths to demonstrate the efficacy of our approach.


A one-dimensional numerical model is presented on a copper sample to investigate double-pulse laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (DP-LIBS). The effect of the inter-pulse delay time on the material ablation, plasma homogeneity, and signal enhancement is examined. The dynamics of laser ablation, plume expansion, plasma formation, and plasma radiation of the ionized and neutral atoms in the presence of helium background gas at a pressure of 1 atm are studied. A heat conduction equation is solved in the sample and is coupled to the fluid dynamic equations through the Knudsen layer relations. Saha-Eggert equations are utilized to investigate the plasma formation. The influence of plasma shielding, due to the photoionization and inverse bremsstrahlung processes, is considered. Continuous radiation, bremsstrahlung and recombination radiations, and spectral emissions of the plasma are examined. The optimum inter-pulse delay time for maximizing the neutral and ionized spectral emissions is determined. The results reveal that the ablation rate in DP-LIBS is significantly higher than that of single pulse laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (SP-LIBS) and reaches its maximum at an optimum inter-pulse delay time due to the decrease in the recondensation of the ablated plume. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that in DP-LIBS, the ablation profile is smoother and its continuous radiation decreases much earlier than that of SP-LIBS. Although the double-pulse mode improves the signal to background ratio, it leads to more inhomogeneity in the plasma.


On translating the cultural-specific words,it is difficult to find the exact equivalent for the target language.From the perspective of cultural translation,this paper makes a comparison of the translation of herbs between the two English versions of Li Sao,and advocates that it is better to combine the literal translation,free translation and annotation together for the translation of the cultural-specific words.


▪ Abstract Chaotic advection and, more generally, ideas from dynamical systems, have been fruitfully applied to a diverse, and varied, collection of mixing and transport problems arising in engineering applications over the past 20 years. Indeed, the "dynamical systems approach" was developed, and tested, to the point where it can now be considered a standard tool for understanding mixing and transport issues in many disciplines. This success for engineering-type flows motivated an effort to apply this approach to transport and mixing problems in geophysical flows. However, there are fundamental difficulties arising in this endeavor that must be properly understood and overcome. Central to this approach is that the starting point for analysis is a velocity field (i.e., the "dynamical system"). In many engineering applications this can be obtained sufficiently accurately, either analytically or computationally, so that it describes particle trajectories for the actual flow. However, in geophysical flows (a...


The kinetics for the esterification of cycloaliphatic epoxy resin with acrylic acid was investigated in the presence of two different catalysts, namely triethylamine (TEA) and triphenylphosphine (TPP). The reactions were carried out at four different temperatures in the range of 80–110°C and 60–90°C for TPP and TEA catalysts, respectively. The power law kinetics model was adopted for analyzing experimental data to determine reaction equations. Both differential and integral methods were applied to determine the reaction orders and reaction constants. The overall reaction order for the reaction systems was found to be 2 using both differential and integral methods. According to the differential method, the reaction orders with respect to epoxide and carboxylic acid groups were calculated to be 1.2 and 0.8, respectively. The reactions could be considered as first-order reactions with respect to each group based on integral method analysis. The activation energies and frequency factors of these esterification reactions were found to be 77.2 kJ·mol−1 and 1.72E+10 L·mol−1·min−1 in the presence of TPP and 65.3 kJ·mol−1 and 1.44E+7 L·mol−1·min−1 in the presence of TEA. The thermodynamic parameters of reaction in the presence of TPP and TEA were calculated. The results confirmed that both reactions were spontaneous and irreversible. It was found that the reaction in the presence of TEA produced a highly ordered activated complex.


Among problems psychologists of consciousness face is how to conceive of those mental states, events, or processes with which people have an intimate familiarity in their own case. Psychologists must not only determine the causal roles these occurrences play, but also their intrinsic properties. This article seeks to contribute to understanding what and how the conscious mental occurrences are in themselves, starting from W. James's conception of them, according to which every basic durational component of the stream, each successive state of consciousness, is an integral pulse of mentality possessing a feeling aspect and a cognitive aspect. Attention is also given to their reflexive aspect, wherein one has inner awareness of their occurrence and, often, of their type and content.


We are now developing a multi-slice depth-of interaction (DOI) MR-compatible PET system The MR compatible PET system is for imaging small animals such as mouse or rat. The PET system employs previously reported concept of the DOI block detectors made of scintillators, optical fibers, and multi-channel position sensitive photo-multiplier tubes (PSPMTs). The scintillator was changed from LSO to MLS. The size of a single MLS was enlarged to 2.5 mm/spl times/3.5 mm/spl times/3.5 mm to increase the system sensitivity. Eight MLSs were combined to form a DOI block detector and connected to four optical fibers via light guides. Thirty two sets of block detectors were arranged in a circular ring of which diameter is 51 mm. Full sets of the DOI block detectors were fabricated and arranged in the ring. Position histograms showed reasonable separations for all block detectors. The MR compatible PET system will have 3 imaging slice, two layers DOI detection capability, and spatial resolutions of around 2 mm FWHM in transaxail and axial directions.


To increase patient safety and hospital efficiency a new stepwise planning methodology including an early peer review of the future design is shown in the article as well as innovative training concepts for hospital staff.


Abstract : The integrated circuit (IC) technology which is to be developed under the ongoing Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC) program will provide the IC physical characteristics which are necessary for important performance improvements and cost avoidance in many military systems. However, the full realization of the potential benefits of this technology demands new computer architectural concepts based upon new IC functional designs. For the more demanding applications the abandonment of the classical 'Von Neumann' computer organization (in which instructions and data are stored in the memory, fetched, and processed sequentially) is indicated in favor of processor organizations which permit high degrees of concurrency (parallelism and pipelining), local data storage, reconfigurable data paths (in order to minimize the number of memory fetches), etc. Data processors of this form will require new switching circuits and hardware macros (which perform specialized complex operations). This report reviews some of the available design options for circuits of this type.


Purpose: Early life stress has enduring behavioral and neuroendocrine effects, particularly in hippocampus and amygdala. This may be relevant to mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) that arises from these structures. In rats, we tested the hypothesis that early postnatal stress, in the form of maternal separation (MS), creates vulnerability to limbic epileptogenesis in adult life.


One of Milnor's reasonable axioms is generalized to nonatomic games. Several uses of this generalization are discussed. In particular, the general form of values and semivalues on subspaces of pNA∞ is derived.


Results are presented of experiments on the effect of tiller manipulation on photo synthesis of ryegrass leaves. It was demonstrated that defoliation and shading of the axillary tillers of vegetative plants stimulated leaf photosynthesis of the main shoot to the high level charac teristic of leaves from reproductive plants. This high photosynthesis coincided with a lower stomatal and internal diffusion resistance and a lower content of soluble carbohydrate, suggesting that these stressed tillers function as sinks for assimilates. From these results and from literature it was concluded that the lack of sinks and the poor light penetration into the region of leaf development in the crop are the major causes of the poor production of vegetative grass crops in late summer and autumn and some suggestions are made to improve dry matter production during this period.


Abstract Using a historical analysis based on archival research in Mexico, the United States, and Great Britain, this article argues that as Latin American negotiators waged campaigns for reforms to rules for trade, investment, and development lending in the twentieth century, they came to inadvertently illustrate what was acceptable and what was impossible within the terms of the Liberal International Order (LIO). In each of the three episodes examined, US government officials actually acquiesced to the demands of experts and political figures from the developing world, agreeing to broad international frameworks that were intended to scale-up the welfarist vision of 'embeddedness' to the international arena. But in each of these cases, those government officials subsequently saw their concessions vetoed by the action of powerful capitalist interests fearful of what the limits to power might mean for their bottom lines. It was in this struggle unfolding over time—as representatives from Latin America and elsewhere in the industrialising world tried to build an infrastructure of development that would meaningfully embed US capital in a framework of rights and obligations, and as capital organised to respond, rallying business associations and allied government representatives—that the limits of the LIO came to be defined.


Signal from a high-speed moving target usually has high dynamic changes, which will make trouble for a receiver capturing and tracking signal. This paper first derives the computing formula of signal dynamic from moving target, and then analyzes the difficulties of high dynamic signal capturing and tracking, finally researches the capturing and tracking techniques for a receiver. (4 pages)


Silicon content is an important index to describe hot metal quality.Building a model is necessary to predict silicon content.Combined genetic algorithms(GA) and back-propagation neural network(BP),an optimized GA-BP model was established to predict silicon content. Some data were chosen to train the network model.The results showed that the model had higher accuracy,when required absolute error was within ±0.05,the accuracy of model can reach 70%;and when absolute error was within ±0.08,the accuracy can reach 92.3%.At the same time,the relation between some operating parameters and silicon content had been analyzed,such as blast volume,blast pressure,charging batch,etc,the results were consist with ironmaking theory,and these can provide theoretical basis for ironmaking production.


The water activities (aw) of 27 (21 different) bacteriological media were determined. It was found that aw values of most media were above the range reported in the literature as optimal for rates of growth of many bacteria.


Nowadays, information technology (IT) and inforrnation communication technology(ICT) is developing rapidly. This causes scientist and ICT experts to give more effort and focus in research and study in this area. Networking is one of the important component in ICT development. Data communication between electronic devices such as computers can be implemented through networking. Consequently, networking must be well-monitored. An application is needed to scan every device in network to ensure they are in well and the network is healthy. Many applications have been develop to solve this problem, but most of them run from a desktop computer. In order to solve this problem, Network Monitoring System using Wireless Device Based on J2ME technology is developed to make it more effective and easier for network troubleshooting by network administrators. Prototype model methodology has been chosen as the development methodology. This is because phases can be repeated if developer has any problems with previous phases. However, this system only can be applied and used within a small networking area such as LAN. This system can be used on wireless device such as PDA in feature and hopefully it will help the network administrator in doing his/her job.


Using unique employer–employee matched data, this study reveals the existence of a nonprofit wage premium in Japan's child care industry. Nonprofits reward experienced workers with higher education, associated with the quality of care, more than their for-profit counterparts.


Irrigation is the largest human intervention in the water cycle that can modulate climate extremes, yet global irrigation water use (IWU) remains largely unknown. Microwave remote sensing offers a practical way to quantify IWU by monitoring changes in soil moisture caused by irrigation. This study evaluates the ability to quantify IWU by assimilating high-resolution (1km) SMAP-Sentinel 1 (SMAP-S1) remotely sensed soil moisture with a physically-based land surface model (LSM) using a particle batch smoother (PBS). A suite of synthetic experiments is devised to evaluate different error sources. Results from the synthetic experimentation show that unbiased simulations with known irrigation timing can produce an accurate irrigation estimate with a mean annual bias of 0.45% and the mean R 2 of 96.5%, relative to observed IWU. Unknown irrigation timing can significantly deteriorate the model performance by increasing the mean annual bias to 23% and decreasing the mean R 2 to 36%. In real-world experiments, the PBS data assimilation approach provides a mean bias of -18.6% when the timing of irrigation water use is known. This underestimation is possibly attributable to missing part of the irrigation signal. Yet, significantly higher irrigation was estimated over the irrigated pixels compared to the non-irrigated pixels, indicating that data assimilation can skillfully convey irrigation signals to LSMs. LSM calibration provides a 10% improvement to soil moistrue RMSE relative to the open-loop simulation. PBS data assimilation provides an additional 50% improvement to simulated soil moisture RMSE by correcting the model state and superimposing the optimal (unmodeled) irrigation on precipitation forcing.


The structure of a comprehensive rock-cutter interaction experiment platform is presented. An electro-hydraulic servo control system is developed for the mentioned experiment platform. In this way,the stepless control of the thrust force and the advance speed of the disc cutters are achieved. The electro-hydraulic servo control system developed meets the requirement of study on the relationship between the rock breaking parameters and the rock breaking efficiency.


The new perspectives of the Russian education in the context of the goals and objectives of the post-crisis and long-term development of the Russian Federation (the strategy 2020) are analyzed in the article. The contradictions of the modern educational model are reviewed, the innovative ways and means of a balanced development of the Russian national education system and its active participation in the international education initiatives are considered and proved in terms of their prospects.


Using a natural type IIb diamond, which is p‐type semiconducting, as a substrate material, and implanting this diamond with carbon ions to induce n‐type regions, diode and bipolar transistor action could be obtained. Owing to the geometrical positions of the collector, base, and emitter, which in this case were lateral to the surface, very low current gain was obtained. However, the results indicate that an improvement in the geometry will probably lead to a diamond transistor of high gain.


Epizoic Kerona pediculus have been found on Hydra vulgaris and on Cristatella mucedo (Bryozoa) in the same habitat. On the basis of morphological characters (using Nomarski and Scanning Electron Microscopy) specimens from the two hosts are indistinguishable. Details revealed by SEM agree with previous results from silver staining, confirming the identity of K. pediculus. The taxonomic status of this species is briefly summarised. Host recognition, the inhibition of nematocyst discharge, and the possible role of host growth-promoting substances are not yet understood.


The purpose of this research is to know about the effect of work finances to return good share with partial or simultaneous to company subsector food and drink that enrolled in stock exchange of indonesia in 2007-2012. Population in this research the company sub-sector food and drink that enrolled in stock exchange of indonesia 2007-2012. Sample was thoroughed as much as ten company with puposive sampling. Variable was thoroughed such as Earning Per Share ( EPS ), Price Earning Ratio ( PER ), Debt to Equity Ratio (DER) and Return On Equity ( ROE ) as free variable and return share with significant grade as fasten variable. Data is gotten through data of secondary from BEI and was analyzed use double regression. Base on result of testing hypothesis with Partially point out that variable of Earning Per Share (EPS) is not influence in significant retrun share with significant grade as big as 0,409 > 0,05, while variable Price Earning Ratio (PER), Debt to Equity Ratio (DER), and Return on Equity (ROE) influence significant to Return share with significant grade as big as 0,000 < 0,05.


Glass substrates are a key building block for flat‐panel displays, serving optical, mechanical, and electronic functions. The market has grown along with the display industry, and innovations such as thin substrates and cover glass have served to increase its value.


From routinely available observational data, the daytime ventilation conditions in Buenos Aires city have been studied. The climatological behaviour was analysed. The study included the effects of local conditions, such as the coastal location, the urban features and the influence of air humidity on the characteristic parameters of the dispersive capability of the atmosphere. The frequencies of occurrence of daytime ventilation factors and related stability conditions were obtained. There is a relatively high probability for reduced daytime ventilation in winter. The most frequent daytime stability conditions in all ventilation factor ranges and seasons are the near-neutral and the slightly unstable atmospheric conditions. The frequencies of occurrence of reduced ventilation conditions are higher if humidity is not included, except during winter, when differences are nearly absent. Humidity inclusion produces an increase of the mean ventilation factors, especially in the warm season. Statistical tests have been applied to analyse the departures for significance. In some situations, the influence of humidity is large enough to obtain a statistically significant response


The target zones literature has developed extensively after the seminal papers by Krugman (1987, 1988). The literature has followed two waves: in the first wave, following the original Krugman model, all the articles assumed a perfectly credible target zone and the absence of intramarginal interventions. In the second wave, after much empirical work had shown the faillure of the model to fit the EMS\ data, a new strand of literature has come to life taking into account a non perfect credibility assumption and the possibility of intramarginal interventions. Almost all the articles use advanced mathematical and statistical tools. In addition many of the papers lack an intuitive explanation and fail to provide the workings from fundamental equations to important results. In this paper the aim has been to provide an updated review of the literature and, by making explicit the most complex passages, create a useful tool to readers that are not experts in mathemathics.


The invention is in the field of processing systems of information with a high degree of parallelism. The invention relates to a central unit which includes a plurality of elementary processors PEi sending requests to a plurality of memory modules Mmj and receiving responses from these MMJ modules. in order to simplify the interconnection between the modules and MMJ PEi processors when their number increases, the invention is characterized in that the requests from each PEi processor are transmitted to the input of each of said modules MMi via an input shift register (REM1, ..., REMj ... REMn ... REP1,. rEPI .. ... Repp - 1), in that the responses from each of said MMJ modules are transmitted to the input of each PEi processor via an output shift register (RSP .. . RSPi ... RSPP ... RSM1 ... RSMj ... RSMn - 1), in that for all PEi do processor rmed, the number of stages of said input shift register for accessing the MMJ modules is different for each of Mmj modules and in that for all PEi processor, the total number of stages belonging to the shift registers of input and output associated with one of said modules MMJ is constant and independent of the module and considered processor. is particularly applicable to vector calculation systems.


The aim of this paper is to contribute to the growing literature on the e ectiveness of prudential capital controls in Emerging Markets Economies by examining the outcomes of three capital control policies in open economy models with pecuniary externalities due to ow collateral constraints. We provide an explanation for the pro-cyclicality of Ramsey optimal capital control policy stressed by Schmitt-Grohé and Uribe [2017]. We investigate the outcomes of two alternative policies, e.g. xed debt-tax on foreign debt that counteract households impatience, and a simple macropudential policy based on foreign debt-to-GDP ratio targeting. Our results, using Bianchi [2011]' model calibration, show that the xed tax policy shifts the economy far away from binding collateral constraint region and reduces macroeconomic volatility, while the implementation of the simple macroprudential leads to a welfare gain relatively higher than that of the regulated economy with xed debt-tax and more than seven times higher than that of Ramsey economy. JEL classi cation: D62, E32, E44, F32, F41


The invention discloses a multifunctional portable water quality detection analyzer, which comprises a box body and a box cover covering the box body. The inner surface of the box cover is provided with a digestion test tube dedicated sack and a storage bag. The box body is internally provided with a pretreatment device, a detection device and a display screen. The pretreatment device comprises a digestion tank and a heater for heating the digestion tank. The digestion tank is equipped with a plurality of digestion test tube grooves fitting with the digestion test tubes. T-be-detected water is digested by the pretreatment device and then enters the detection device to undergo detection. The detection device consists of an MCU unit, a light source controller, a data collector and a light source detection channel. The light source detection channel comprises a monochromatic light source, an absorption tank and a photoelectric detector. The water quality detection analyzer can test COD, BOD, ammonia nitrogen, total phosphorus, total nitrogen, temperature, pH value, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and other water quality parameters, has multiple functions, is convenient and efficient to use, and can perform data processing timely and effectively.


Descriptions of achieving female and male dyads in different relationships were presented to subjects and rated using masculine and feminine stereotypic traits. The relationship between the dyads varied in level of involvement—no relationship between them, acquainted, dating and married. Both the male and female stimulus-persons were rated more masculine when they were successful than when they were unsuccessful. Attributions of masculine traits to the "out-of-role," achieving, female stimulus-person were made on the basis of internal factors, whereas attributions to the "in-role" achieving, male stimulus-person were made on the basis of both internal and external factors. In ratings made by men, the woman's achievement level affected the man's masculinity and self-esteem when the couple was dating—they attributed lower masculinity and lower self-esteem to the male stimulus-person when the woman was a success than when she was a failure. A nonstereotypic description of the couple, in which the woman was first and the man second, increased the masculinity and decreased the femininity attributed to both of them.


With fast development of medical diagnosis technologies, the filtering of the entire relevant feature and time consuming task are challenging tasks. For effective feature selection and reducing the time consuming, we propose a new hybrid system for diagnosing the breast cancer. The proposed hybrid system is the combination of CFRSFS, K-Means Clustering and Least Square Support Vector Machine (LS-SVM). In this hybrid system, we propose a new feature selection algorithm called Correlation based Fuzzy Rough Set Feature Selection (CFRSFS) algorithm for effective initial feature selection process. Moreover, K-Means clustering algorithm has been used for enhancing the feature selection process based on the factors of the selected features in similar manner of the existing hybrid system. Finally, LS-SVM algorithm is also used for classifying the feature selected breast cancer dataset. The experiments have been conducted for evaluating the proposed system using WDBC Data set. The obtained results show that the performance of the proposed system classification accuracy is 99.54%.


Based on the traditional Cobb-Douglas production function,the paper classifies the capital factors into three latitudes that are the balance of bank loans,stock market capitalization and the total premium income. The authors also analyze the inter-relationship between China's financial development and its economic growth using the spatial analysis model.The conclusion can be drawn that;(1)all economic indicators show significant spatial clustering feature.(2)the contribution to the economic growth of banking system indicated by the balance of bank loans,capital market indicated by the stock market capitalization and insurance market indicated by the total premium income are significantly different(3)the spatial correlation of the financial support to the economic growth has led a very obvious spatial agglomeration feature in China's provincial economic development.The final part of this paper is the targeted policy recommendations to all three channels of financial support to the economic growth,based on our research conclusion.


abstract:This essay reintroduces to scholars Bodleian MSS. Eng. th. b. 1–2, a substantial and enigmatic two-volume manuscript work bearing witness to the English Catholic community, its identity, its preoccupations, and the ways in which these found expression. The essay makes new arguments for the circumstances of the work's compilation and gives an account of its contents in order to facilitate further research into this important source. The manuscript's compiler sought to console and to educate his readership in the traditions and doctrines of the Catholic faith, but he also wrote to stir them to resistance against persecution. A rich example of lay authorship, the manuscript served as a vehicle for views that could not be expressed publicly, and it spoke for a community that identified itself as persecuted.


─ A system was developed to provide suitable media conditions through filtration and chlorination for treatment of kitchen wastewater and comparing them for suitability. Such quality parameters as Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Ammonium-Nitrogen (NH4-N) and pH were measured before and after treatment of the waste water. The effects of treatment media (i.e. Filtered, Filtered-chlorinated and Control) and meal time on the tested parameters were determined. The Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5 at 200C) average values of (10.22±1.58) mg/L, (7.99±1.12)mg/L, and (5.10 ± 0.53) mg/L obtained for the Control (CM), Filtered (FM) and Filtered-chlorinated (FCM), respectively, satisfied the FAO 1985 benchmark figures for safe discharge. The COD values of (755.11±52.62) mg/L, (634.33±61.88) mg/L, and (430.78±42.34) mg/L, recorded for the CM, FM and FCM, respectively, were outside the FAO reuse range. The mean values of NH4-N obtained; (9.09±2.50)mg/L for Control, (5.49±2.18) mg/L for Filtered, and (2.32±1.34) mg/L for Filtered-chlorinated were within the FAO 1985 reuse range. The pH values of (8.61±0.43) and (7.28±0.63) obtained for FM and FCM, respectively, agreed with the FAO 1985 and USEPA standards for irrigation water. While (10.52±0.94) obtained for the Control medium is not within the set limit. Appreciable improvement on the kitchen waste water quality was therefore achieved using this system. Index Terms─ Grey water, treatment system, filtration, chlorination, quality parameters, reuse, Nigeria ——————————  ——————————


This text discusses the use of audio-visual and computer science technology in the classroom, which is becoming a practice increasingly common all over the w...


The division outlined here is of course schematic. It will take many years before all undergraduates will be taught what I have suggested. Until then the gaps will have to be made good after graduation. We shall always need postgraduate reinforcement and recapitulation of undergraduate material. This is illustrated by the pilot course 'Topics in Therapeutics' made by the Open University for the Council for Postgraduate Education in England and Wales. It incorporates much that undergraduates should learn in a form rooted in, and directly relevant to, general practice. However, the spread of the types of postgraduate work outlined is likely to influence the approach of those who teach undergraduates, and may in time make the transition smoother and more gradual.


The advent of social and collaboration networks has resulted in different methods of forming large groups to deal with complex tasks. Team Formation (TF) in online social networks is crucial in several applications, such as collaborative software development and community based question and answer forums. The problem involves the formation of expert teams from a social network who can collaborate effectively under multiple constraints. In a practical scenario, the problem involves a minimization of the following major objectives: communication cost, expert cost and the size of the team. The minimization is performed by finding Pareto-Optimal teams, in which no team dominates the solution teams in terms of the three chosen objectives. Existing approaches use approximation algorithms and cannot be easily extended to incorporate additional objectives. Therefore, an optimization framework the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm for Team Formation (NSGA-II TF) is proposed which is robust and extensible. A mapping scheme is defined for representing the chromosome in the NSGA-II algorithm to satisfy the constraints of the TF problem. The scalability, precision and recall for NSGA-II TFare evaluated and it is observed that it results in teams with minimized cardinality, communication and expert cost.


An analysis of the term communicative as used by scholars and as realized in textbooks suggests a gap between theory and practice as well as substantial differences between the perspectives held by scholars and the perceptions held by instructors, publishers, and others. These differences are reviewed and their sources traced to attempts to adapt the term itself to existing methodologies as well as to the education of language instructors.


Experimental evaluation of noise in optical fibers employed in optical sensors is presented. A single-mode fiber and two multimode fibers with different core diameters were evaluated in an optical interferometer used as a displacement sensor. The fibers were vibrated at a predetermined frequency and acceleration. HeNe and solid state lasers, LED, and white light were used as light sources. The fiber noise is shown to depend on the coherence properties of the light source used in the optical sensor. Dramatic noise reduction was demonstrated when employing low coherence light sources.Experimental evaluation of noise in optical fibers employed in optical sensors is presented. A single-mode fiber and two multimode fibers with different core diameters were evaluated in an optical interferometer used as a displacement sensor. The fibers were vibrated at a predetermined frequency and acceleration. HeNe and solid state lasers, LED, and white light were used as light sources. The fiber noise is shown to depend on the coherence properties of the light source used in the optical sensor. Dramatic noise reduction was demonstrated when employing low coherence light sources.


We present a synthesis model of the X-ray background based on the cross-correlation between mid-infrared and X-ray surveys, where the distribution of type 2 sources is assumed to follow that of luminous infrared galaxies while type 1 sources are traced by the observed ROSAT distribution. The best flts to both the X-ray number counts and background spectrum require at least some density evolution. We explore a limited range of parameter space for the evolutionary variables of the type 2 luminosity function. Matching the redshift distribution to that observed in deep Chandra and XMM-Newton flelds, we flnd weak residuals as a signature of Fe emission from sources in a relatively peaked range of redshift. This extends the recent work of Franceschini et al., and emphasizes the possible correlation between obscured AGN and star-forming activity.


This study is to develope the office building facade expression using parametric design strategy. In contemporary architecture there are many design strategies to compose building space, form and facade. This research will focused on facade design with new architectrural concept which is parametric strategy. To get Target, firstly this study will consider on the theory of parametric and contemporary architects' tectonic for facade composition then develop the issue with researched parametric design.


1. Lawrence F. Nazarian, MD, Editor-in-Chief

One of my uncles maintained a perpetual pot of soup to which he would add some new foods each day, constantly creating a fresh taste from the same batch of soup. Although the analogy cannot be stretched too far, in a sense Pediatrics in Review (PIR ) is like that marvelous soup in that the journal, while maintaining its basic character, evolves over time to meet the needs of our readers and our ultimate consumers, children around the world.

The basic "stock" in our soup pot is the body of content specifications of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), which provides a core of knowledge objectives encompassing the fundamentals of today's pediatric medicine. Using this material to guide …


Using techniques for the propagation of distributions to estimate uncertainties is becoming increasingly popular in metrology. Here we describe the calculation for the estimation of uncertainties in hygrometry using this method. This work is based on investigations on the two-temperature moist gas generator at Laboratoire National d'Essais. After a brief introduction on the calibration principles of hygrometers, models and calculation for estimating uncertainties using a Monte Carlo simulation are presented. Results concerning dew point temperature and relative humidity are shown, and compared with results obtained with the law of propagation of uncertainties (traditional method). The importance of the moist gas temperature measurement with regard to the saturator and the test chamber is confirmed. Moreover, results observed with the propagation of distributions and the traditional method are coherent.


The proper orthogonal decomposition technique is applied to a finite-element time-domain particle-in-cell (PIC) algorithm for the simulation of kinetic plasmas, resulting in a reduced-order system. The reduced model is tested with representative examples involving an accelerated electron beam and a plasma ball expansion and compared with full-order simulations. The strengths and weakness of this type of model order reduction when applied to PIC algorithms are discussed through the analysis of the results. In particular, the method allows for a major reduction in the field degrees of freedom necessary to capture the relevant physics, but it can also lead to spurious results if proper care is not taken when assembling the reduced-order system.


A language over a one symbol alphabe t requiring only 0(log log n) spac e It is well known that the minimal growth function for th e tape complexity of Turing machines is log log n (21. In th e literature, one can find essentially one example of a language requiring only 0(log log n) space, namel y Lo ={ bin(1) $ bin(2) bin(3)-if. .. # bin(n)* ; n E IN } where bin(i) is the binary representation of the integer i. In this note we describe a language over a one symbo l alphabet having space complexity 0(log log n). Let L 1 = { an ; the smallest number q which does not divid e n is a power of two } For every natural number n let q(n) be the smallest numbe r which does not divide n. Lemma : 3c > 0 : q(n) S c log n Proof :. Let n be any natural number and let m = q(n). The n all primes less than m divide n and hence their product P divides them. By the prime number theorem of Gauss there ar e about m/ log m primes less than m and hence P is larger than


Presentation by Dr. Alison Eagle at the AIA 2012 conference. Talks about how the environment provides goods (water, air, etc.) without payment.


A heterogeneous catalytic assembly of the different Pd/PdO ratio nanoparticles supported on oxide carbon nanotubes (OCNTs) can be controllably synthesized by a one-pot gas–liquid interfacial plasma (GLIP) method via adjusting the glow produced parameter. The Pd/PdO nanoparticles have uniform particle size distribution. It is found that the catalysts with different Pd/PdO ratios could affect catalytic activity during the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) in water by NaBH4. The best turn over frequency (TOF) value is up to 3000 h−1, which is much higher than the case only using Pd nanoparticles as catalysts. Moreover, the catalysts allowed hydrogenation of nitroarenes in water by atmospheric pressure H2, and it displayed remarkable activity toward the hydrogenation of nitroarenes using low Pd loading in good yields. The catalyst can be simply and efficiently used for ten consecutive runs without significant decrease in activity.


This article reports the results of a study conducted on whatsapp usage by Engineering students at SVU College of Engineering, Tirupati, Chittor distict in Andhra Pradesh. The study was designed with an aim of to explore the whatsapp usage among the engineering students. To collect the data from the respondents a closed ended questionnaire was prepared based on the objectives of the study. A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed to the engineering students and received responses from 113 students and the response rate was 75.33%. Results of the study shows that 100% of the students using WhatsApp, and the most frequently used feature is sending text messages. 93% of the respondents opined that the library should start services through whatsapp.


This paper presents a method for the integration of multiple sensors in a "remote-brained robot", that is, one where processing capability is accessed by wireless links. The remote-brained approach allowed the authors to build a robot with a free body and a heavy brain. In order to integrate multiple sensors in a remote-brained robot, it is crucial to consider how to multiplex multisensor information. The authors have examined several configurations and developed a method using a video screen to integrate touch, force and visual information in a sensor image. This paper describes the possible configurations for multisensor integration in remote-brained robots and presents real examples of vision-based sensor integration for a dynamic biped robot and a multi-limbed apelike robot.<<ETX>>


A model current system, in which magnetospheric and ionospheric sections are connected by currents flowing along the geomagnetic field lines, is proposed to represent the current system responsible for polar magnetic substorms. The magnetic perturbations from model current systems of this type are studied in terms of elementary loops, whose magnetic effects are evaluated numerically. The influence of currents induced in the ground is studied for a time-independent case, but it is found that such effects do not change the gross character of the perturbation pattern. Using a north-south chain of stations and an appropriate coordinate system, the model predictions are compared with the magnetic variations observed during some substorms. It is found that the model is capable of explaining the gross features of the magnetic perturbation pattern observed. However, at times there are minor deviations from the predictions, which suggest the presence of additional ionospheric and magnetospheric current systems.


On August 27 1978 the weekly "L'Espresso" published a long article by Bettino Craxi entitled Il Vangelo socialista (The Socialist Gospel) – in response to an interview about Leninism that Enrico Berlinguer had given a few weeks earlier to
Eugenio Scalfari in the daily "la Republica". Craxi's article caused a lot of comment, both for the period when it was published (after the Torino PSI Congress, where the "Socialist Project" was launched, and the tragic conclusion of the kidnapping of Aldo Moro), and for its consequences in the relationship between PCI and PSI and, more generally, in Italian politics. The essay reconstructs its political and ideological backgrounds.


The aim of the current study was to examine attachment style as a predictor of risky sexual behavior in a younger, more vulnerable sample than previously investigated in the literature: High school aged adolescents. The hypothesized associations among the variables were partially supported. Contrary to our predictions, there was no significant association between avoidance and risky sexual behavior. However, higher anxiety was positively associated with risky sexual behavior. Finally, the prediction that the highest levels of risky sexual behavior would be found for those individuals with higher levels of anxiety and higher levels of avoidance (i.e., insecure attachment style) was supported.


In order to improve the parameter robustness of the model predictive control (MPC), a novel current predictive control method is proposed here. Firstly, the incremental prediction model of the permanent-magnet synchronous motor is used to predict the current of the next instant, due to the advantage of without permanent-magnetic flux linkage parameter. Furthermore, the disturbance-deadbeat inductance observer (DDIO) is proposed, in which the parameter disturbance at the next instant is predicted and is used as the reference to extracted inductance information. Finally, a DDIO + MPC method is developed to improve the parameter sensitivity of the predictive control. The simulation and experimental results validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


This paper deals with the stress concentrations of an elastic strip with two pairs of semicircular notches under tension. The method of solution is based upon an application of Green's functions for body force problems of a strip. That is, a principle of the method of solution is to distribute body forces in the interior of a strip with no notches and to determine the intensities of the body forces distributed so as to satisfy the boundary conditions of the notches. Numerical results are obtained systematically for various kinds of notch sizes. An investigation is made for interference effects of stress concentrations due to two pairs of notches and the influences of radii of notches and distance between two pairs of notches on the stress concentration factors.


Recent studies have demonstrated that cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease are associated with increased risk of graft loss and death in high‐risk (donor CMV seropositive/recipient CMV seronegative) liver transplant recipients (LTR) despite effective antiviral chemoprophylaxis. Predictors of CMV infection and disease in this important population are incompletely defined.