Laser welds were made in 21-6-9 stainless steel, vanadium and tantalum using LLNL's new 6kW fiber laser to target 1 mm penetration depths. The materials were machined into flat coupon samples with standard step-joint geometries, and were welded in a continuous wave mode. The laser was characterized using the Primes laser beam diagnostic system so that the beams can be reproduced in the future. The optical configuration consisted of a 200 {micro}m fiber, 200 mm collimator and 250 mm focusing lens, which delivered electron-beam level power densities in the 5 to 20 kW/mm2 range. The three different materials required different power densities to produce the desired penetration, and this report summarizes the results of this screening study that was directed at developing a first approximation to the proper welding parameters for future work. The results show that 1 mm penetrations can be achieved using a 400W beam for 21-6-9 stainless steel, a 600W beam for vanadium, and a 1,100W beam for tantalum using sharp focus and a travel speed of 40 inch/min. Future welds should incorporate a trailing gas shield to prevent discoloration of the surface and to prevent oxygen and nitrogen pickup in the welds.


Objective To study the relationship between high-risk of Down's screening and other chromosomal abnormalities,and provide more information for reducing fetal chromosomal abnormalities at birth. Methods A total of 10 291 cases of consulting cases in our hospital from January 2010 to June 2013 were reviewed. 4 163 cases of pregnant women called for prenatal consultation due to the high-risk of Down's screening. Result 3 336 women among 4 163 cases with Down's screening high-risk agreed to do prenatal diagnosis and karyotyping,in which 97 cases were detected chromosomal abnormalities(the rate was 2.91%), including 46 cases with 21, 18, 13 trisomy(47.42%), and 51 cases with other chromosomal abnormalities(51.55%). Conclusions High risk of Down's syndrome screening may prompt the detection of other chromosomal abnormalities apart from 21, 18, 13 trisomy in pregnancy. It is necessary to suggest the pregnant women with high risk to carry out further prenatal diagnosis, as to avoid chromosomal abnormalities at birth and reduce the birth defects.


This paper studies dislocation induced internal stresses as introduced in a strain gradient crystal plasticity approach. The need for a second-order crystal plasticity approach is motivated in the context of the analysis of free-standing metal films used in radio-frequency micro-electro-mechanical systems (RF-MEMS). The presented second-order framework incorporates the influence of inter- and intragranular deformation inhomogeneities in the constitutive description, generally assumed to be the basic origin of scale dependent behaviour and associated size effects. Focusing on the dynamic loading of thin RF-MEMS films, attention is given to dislocation induced kinematical hardening effects. The corresponding internal stresses are discussed with respect to their contribution to the solution of the underlying elasto-plastic framework which implicitly accounts for elastic incompatibilities. Within the loading regime of interest, the response in loading–unloading–reloading and cyclic loading is assessed.


Despite the recent success of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), it remains challenging to train GNNs on large-scale graphs due to neighbor explosions. As a remedy, distributed computing becomes a promising solution by leveraging abundant computing resources (e.g., GPU). However, the node dependency of graph data increases the difficulty of achieving high concurrency in distributed GNN training, which suffers from the massive communication overhead. To address it, Historical value approximation is deemed a promising class of distributed training techniques. It utilizes an offline memory to cache historical information (e.g., node embedding) as an affordable approximation of the exact value and achieves high concurrency. However, such benefits come at the cost of involving dated training information, leading to staleness, imprecision, and convergence issues. To overcome these challenges, this paper proposes SAT (Staleness-Alleviated Training), a novel and scalable distributed GNN training framework that reduces the embedding staleness adaptively. The key idea of SAT is to model the GNN's embedding evolution as a temporal graph and build a model upon it to predict future embedding, which effectively alleviates the staleness of the cached historical embedding. We propose an online algorithm to train the embedding predictor and the distributed GNN alternatively and further provide a convergence analysis. Empirically, we demonstrate that SAT can effectively reduce embedding staleness and thus achieve better performance and convergence speed on multiple large-scale graph datasets.


A micro/nano scale cutting mechanism using a non-rigid tool holder has been developed. The control principle of this mechanism is based on the nano-cutting technique using an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM); however, unlike the current nano-cutting systems, the manufacturing area of this equipment is in the order of several square centimeters. Using a flexible cantilever, with a mono-crystal diamond tool attached at its tip, a piezoactuator, a displacement sensor and a feedback control system, it is possible to fabricate micro-grooves in the order of few microns. The produced micro-grooves present a constant cutting depth even if they are fabricated on inclined surfaces because in this technique the normal cutting force is maintained constant. This cutting mechanism can be attached to a common machine tool, and the feedback control system is capable to compensate the errors that the machine can present without the necessity of a complicated control system. In this paper, different experimental results are presented, showing the performance of the cutting mechanism and allowing us to make new proposals for its improvement.


Study/Objective: To use the mHealth injury surveillance tool to improve data quality, reduce feedback time, enable data sharing and improve the efficiency of the existing process. Background: Trauma registries play an integral role in injury surveillance, and in the monitoring and evaluation of trauma care. Success in establishing and maintaining trauma registries is limited in low-resource settings. Efforts have been made to establish hospital-based trauma registries at multiple sites in Kenya. Data was initially collected on a paper form upon patient interview, later transcribed into computer software, and exported monthly for review and analysis. Challenges included: missing data, errors in transcription, backlog of data entry, and lack of reliable software for data management and export. Methods: A literature review was performed for low-cost and freeware solutions, taking into consideration ease of programming and functionality to the end-user. Using FormEntry, the existing paper surveillance tool was adapted for mobile devices, and designed for real-time upload to a web-based database upon completion of each entry. Results: Successful registries have been established in five sites in Kenya with a patient population of 24,000 over a period of two years. Feedback from end users was positive, with increased efficiency of the process from data collection to analysis. In addition to expected outcomes, the use of mobile technology has decreased human resource requirements, while increasing interest and awareness for the program. Conclusion: Trauma registries are an important source of injury surveillance data and developing quality of care processes. The use of appropriate mHealth injury surveillance tools can be used to bridge the data gap in low-resource settings such as Kenya with further potential to scale-up.


Malignant diseases of the vagina are either primary vaginal cancers or metastatic cancers from adjacent or distant organs. Primary vaginal cancers are defined as arising solely from the vagina, with no involvement of the external cervical OS proximally or the vulva distally. The importance of this definition lies in the different clinical approaches to the treatment of upper and lower vaginal cancer.


Objective To observe the protective effect of vitamin C (VC), vitamin E (VE) and their combination on vascular endothelial cells (VECs) following oxidative damage in vitro. Method Vascular endothelial cells cultured in vitro were divided into normal control, H2O2 oxidative control, (VC-L, M, H)+H2O2, (VE-L, M, H)+H2O2, and (VC+VE)-L, M, H+H2O2 groups. VECs were injured by H2O2 after they were incubated with different dosages of VC, VE or (VC +VE) for 24 h. The antioxidant indices of cell were measured. Results The activity of SOD, GSH-Px and CAT of cell in the (VC/VE-L, M, H)+H2O2 and (VC+VE)-L, M, H+H2O2 groups were significantly higher than those in the H2O2 oxidative control (P0.05 or P0.01), while the releasing percentage of LDH of cell was significantly lower than those in the H2O2 control. There was no significance in the (VC+VE)-M, H+H2O2 and normal control group. In addition, there was no significance in the effect of (VC+VE)-L+H2O2 and VC/VE-L+H2O2 group. But SOD of (VC+VE)-M, H+H2O2 groups was significantly higher than those in the VC/VE-M, H +H2O2 groups, and the releasing percentage of LDH of (VC+VE)-H+H2O2 groups was significantly lower than those in the VC/VE-H+H2O2 groups. Conclusion VC, VE can promote the antioxidative capability of VEC and prohibit H2O2 induced oxidative damage on VEC. The combined effect of VC and VE is better than the single effect.


Objective: To analyze the composition and content of volatile components of Xinhui Pericarpium Citri Reticulate( PCR) of different storage time. Investigate the influence of storage time on the volatile components. Method: Twenty-two samples of different storage time( from 1983 to 2012) were analyzed by GC-MS. The correlation of the data and the storage time was studied through statistical analysis by function fiftting method. Result: The contents of the major components did not decrease dramatically with the storage time except 2-methylamino-benzoic acid methyl ester. It was found that the content ratio of β-myrcene to 2-methylaminobenzoic acid methyl ester changed logarithmically with the storage time. The correlation could reach more than 0. 86. Conclusion: It was able to confirm that 'longer storage time the better'for the PCR with the change of the contents of volatile components. However the content ratio of β-myrcene to 2-methylamino-benzoic acid methyl ester supply evidence for the identification of storage time of Xinhui PCR,and will improve the quality control of Xinhui PCR.


Lymphomas are malignant neoplasms originating from bone marrow and lymphatic structures resulting in the proliferation of lymphocytes. It is divided into Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Among Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, diffuse large B cell type is the most common, and the follicular variant is next. Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is one of the least common varieties of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It is a case of mantle cell lymphoma presented as an irreducible inguinal hernia. This case report aims to tell us that when it comes to inguinal hernias, most of them do not concentrate on general examination. In this case, it's clear that even if a patient present with an inguinal hernia, it is mandatory to rule out other common clinical findings to prevent misdiagnosis. Even though previous similar cases described were of lymphomas identified in the hernia sac along with the hernia component, it is the first report of mantle cell lymphoma, which presented as an inguinal swelling mimicking an irreducible inguinal hernia. This 72-year male patient, a farmer by occupation, complained of swelling and pain over the right groin. On examination, we found multiple enlarged inguinal lymph nodes raised the suspicion of lymphoma. We proceeded with a CT abdomen and chest, followed by surgery, and mantle cell lymphoma was diagnosed after immunohistochemistry results. The patient was referred for chemotherapy, and a long-term follow-up was done. The patient was doing good. Furthermore, it highlights the significance of the role played by surgeons in screening by sending only macroscopically unusual specimens for microscopic analysis. Here, we present a case of primary non-lymphoma Hodgkin's of the sigmoid colon that manifested as an inguinal hernia that was completely irreducible.


This study aims to improve the ability to make mockups of the Asian continent map in groups in class IX.1 MTsN 3 of Padang City. This class action research was chosen because it has characteristics that fit the research objectives. This type of research is Classroom Action Research. The sample of this study was grade IX1 students. MTsN 3 Padang City, amounting to 32 students. Data collection is done by means of tests; the final ability to use performance tests is making mockups of the Map of the Asian Continent in groups to improve the learning outcomes of Social Studies Class IX.1 MTsN 3 Padang City. Based on the results of the study (1) the use of mockup media in mockup making skills in groups can increase student activity. Students focus on paying attention and listening to the teacher's explanations, students actively learn in groups, ask questions in their classmates, ask friends who are understood to understand and teachers, actively work on assignments, provide assistance to other friends, explain to other friends and feel happy and brave. (2) In the application of using media mockups in making mockup skills in groups which effectively students who have reached 100%. (3) Factors that influence improvement in the learning process by using mockup media in groups are the learning plans and teaching techniques of teachers. Meanwhile, the factors that influence the increase in the results of the improvement of the learning process of mock writing are learning media that are in accordance with the learning material and motivation from students. Keywords—Improvement, Making a Mockup


:This article takes a new look at school exams from the perspective of a quality-oriented educationmakes some practical explorations into the reforms of exam methods and proposes new modes for physical chemistry exams.


Acidic ammonium sulfate aerosols in the troposphere form cloud condensation nuclei, affect visibility, and are also an important component of urban aerosols. Equilibrium water partial pressures (pH{sub 2}O) above 3.69{sub 5}, 5.67{sub 2}, and 8.65{sub 1} mol kg{sup {minus}1} NH{sub 4}HSO{sub 4(aq)}, and 10.19 mol kg{sup {minus}1} H{sub 2}SO{sub 4(aq)}, have been determined using a capacitance manometer over the temperature ranges 288.1{sub 1}--239.5{sub 6} K and 298.1{sub 2}--238.5{sub 2} K, respectively. Measured pH{sub 2}O above the aqueous H{sub 2}SO{sub 4} solution agree with values calculated using the model of Clegg et al. to within +5.3% to {minus}2.8% at all temperatures. Results for the NH{sub 4}HSO{sub 4(aq)} solutions are also consistent with calculated pH{sub 2}O, with deviations of +0.45% to +6.27% (measured -- calculated) for all data. The formation of solids was observed in the NH{sub 4}HSO{sub 4(aq)} solutions at the following temperatures: 258.0{sub 6} {+-} 0.1 K [3.69{sub 5} mol kg{sup {minus}1}], 246.4{sub 7} {+-} 0.1 K [5.67{sub 2} mol kg{sup {minus}1}], and 261.0{sub 1} {+-} 0.1 K [8.65{sub 1} mol kg{sup {minus}1}]. The data are consistent with predictions of ice precipitation in the 3.69{sub 5} mol kg{sup {minus}1} test solution, letovicite ((NH{sub 4}){sub 3}H(SO{sub 4}){sub 2(cr)}) in the 8.65{submore » 1} mol kg{sup {minus}1} solution, and both ice and letovicite in the 5.67{sub 2} mol kg{sup {minus}1} solution. The liquid-phase compositions of the solutions containing precipitates are calculated for different temperatures. The results of the experiments are compared with solubility data from other studies and with model predictions of solid/liquid equilibrium for NH{sub 4}HSO{sub 4}-H{sub 2}SO{sub 4}-H{sub 2}O mixtures to low temperature over a wide range of composition.« less


Background: Smoking among adolescent is one of the biggest alarming issues in tobacco control. Although smoking cessation interventions for adolescents have been implemented, 92% would be relapsed within one year. However, the information on factors associated with smoking relapse is insufficient among adolescents, although it looks necessary for understanding smoking behaviors of adolescents and applying more effective intervention program for them. Korea is one of the country having the highest adolescent smoking prevalence (9.6% in boys and 2.7% in girls aged 19 years or less) and in lack of information on smoking behaviors and factors associated with relapse or successful quit. Telephone-based cessation service (hereafter Quitline) has been available since 2006 regarding the confidentiality and accessibility of adolescent smokers and it has followed-up abstinence of users with intensive counseling for 1 year. Therefore, analysis on the adolescent smokers who used Quitline might be meaningful to understand adolescents' cessation behaviors and factors associated with. Aim: To identify the factors associated with smoking relapse among adolescent Quitline users in Korea. Methods: 2141 (1370 boys and 394 girls) adolescent smokers who registered at Quitline in Korea from January 2007 to December 2017 and attempted quit were included in the current study. The baseline information on sociodemographic characteristics, smoking and other health behaviors, nicotine dependency, and motivational factors for quit were collected. Cessation outcome and reason of relapse were identified during the 1 year follow-up of each individual. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify associated factors of smoking relapse. Results: The analysis on the data are undergoing and the result would be suggested in the conference with the further analysis. Conclusion: It will be suggested in the conference.


Aim Design a buffer to reduce the recoil resistance of heavy machine gun. Methods The circular spring buffer is adopted with throttling bar as damping device. Results The structure and related design parameters are determined. Theoretical analysis indicates that the recoil resistance can be reduced. Conclusion The structure of circular spring buffer with throttling bar is available. It is an effective method for reducing recoil resistance of heavy machine gun.


Instrumentation based on integrated optics technology for the measurement and diagnostics of the physical parameters of any structure, with the use of optical sensors Bragg grating produced in the optical fiber core and to a planar integrated optical device for the analysis of the optical signal. The sensors can be fixed to the surface of a structure, or included in it, to allow the measurement of quantities such as strain and temperature, both in static regime is in a dynamic regime. The invention can be classified in the technical field of diagnostics and measurement of mechanical and thermal magnitudes or application in the field of civil works, nautical, transport in general and aerospace constructions.


Objective To investigate the limiting tolerance to warm ischemia of liver grafts from non-heart-beating donors (NHBD).Methods Rat orthotopic liver transplantation was performed in 5 groups with stepwise of cardiac arrest time in the donor from zero to 60?min with 15?min intervals. Hepatic function, liver pathology and the rat survival rate in each group were compared.Results With the increasing duration of warm ischemia, one week survival rate of these 5 groups were 100%(8/8), 75%(6/8), 62.5%(5/8), 25%(2/8), and 0% (0/8) respectively. The recipients in the former four groups had the possibility to survive more than 30 days.Conclusions The liver is less sensitive to warm ischemia than formerly believed. Rat liver can be used for transplantation after cardiac arrest up to 30 min with a 62.5% of one-week survival rate. The maximal time using NHBD for rat liver transplantation was 45?min.


In this paper, we consider drinking water pipe breakage as a process in space and aim to identify patterns that can subsequently be used to improve the understanding and modeling of the breakage process. For instance, patterns obtained by spatial clustering algorithms might indicate spatial correlation or lead to the identification of good predictors of breakage within clusters. More specifically, our goal is to assess the efficacy of applying spatial clustering methods to the exploratory analysis of water distribution pipe breakage. This study indicates that the DBSCAN algorithm, which is a density based clustering method, when adapted to consider network shortest path distances, is suitable for identifying spatial clusters of breaks, based on the density of the spatial distribution of break events. An analysis of the limitations created by the subjective nature of parameter choice, and the potential usefulness of the clustering results, is provided along with future work directions.


In this paper, we focus on energy-efficient transceiver and relay beamforming design for multi-pair two-way relay system. The multi-antenna users and the multi-antenna relay are considered in this work. Different from the existing works, the proposed algorithm is energy-efficient which is more applicable to the future green network. It considers both the sum-MSE problem and the power consumption problem for the users under the relay power constraint. Based on the optimal condition decomposition (OCD) method, the energy-efficient precoders at the users can be designed separately with limited information exchanged. The proposed relay beamforming algorithm is based on the alternative direction method of multipliers (ADMM) which has simpler iterative solution and enjoys good convergence. Simulation results demonstrate the performance of the proposed algorithms in terms of power consumption and MSE performance.


Results: In this study, 150 (45.73%) and 178 (54.26%) patients were male and female, respectively. Among the patients, 243 (74.08%) patients were hospitalized in Shiraz teaching hospitals with ARVI related symptoms. The most common detected symptoms were fever, cough, and muscular pain. Most infected patients were children older than 5-year-old. According to the statistical analysis by using SPSS software, we did not find significant association between adenovirus infection and the risk factors such as age and sex, except an association with the seasonal time. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that the acute respiratory infection due to adenovirus in Shiraz mostly occurred during November 2011 to February 2012. In contrast to other studies, human adenovirus infection was more prevalent in children aged older than five-year-old. In addition, the infection rate in females was higher than in males.


The boundary integral equation method is a numerical technique extensively applied in the solution of boundary value problems from many different engineering fields. The starting point of the method is the formulation of an integral equation which gives the variable at any point in terms of single and double layer potentials whose densities are the values of the variable and its derivatives on the boundary. The method consists of the numerical solution of this integral equation when the field point is taken to lie on the boundary. The present paper extends the formulation of the method to Stokes flows of a collection of particles in infinite circular cylinders. This is achieved by developing matrix Green's functions for Stokes flows in cylindrical boundaries. The results are found to be in good agreement with the results of Wang and Skalak1 and Tozeren.3


The problem of determining the far acoustic field of a source moving nonuniformly along the surface of a layered waveguide is investigated. The method of investigation permits the long time, long range asymptotic behavior of the field of a moving source to be determined from the asymptotic behavior of the Green function of steady state problem


Eugen Goldstein, Wilhelm Wien, and Canal Rays, 1886-1912 Canal rays ('Kanalstrahlen' in German), or positive rays, played an important role in the development of physics in the early years of this century. However, their role has generally been neglected by historians of science. Canal rays, not widely known today, were discovered when a perforated cathode was used in a gas discharge. They are emitted from the holes into the space on the backside of the cathode. In this article, the early history of canal rays is analyzed, starting from Eugen Goldstein's discovery of the phenomenon in 1886 and Wilhelm Wien's subsequent investigations from 1897 until 1912. Wien argued that canal rays consist of positively charged particles, which are the counterparts of the negatively charged cathode rays (electrons). After having demonstrated this experimentally, he focused his research on the question of the nature of the processes involved in the production of the rays. This led him to conclude that the canal ray particles should be identified with the ions of the gas, and to propose a theory about their behaviour. After this historical description, the article examines possible reasons why the canal rays were ignored for such a long time after their discovery, the highly experimental character of Wien's investigations (in spite of his reputation as a theoretician), and the relationship between Wien's work and J.J. Thomson's research on canal rays.


On 14 February 1972 Hilda Gutiérrez Sánchez, described in judicial records as an "older housewife" living on a state-managed farm in rural Chile, charged a 25-year-old agricultural worker, Juan Pérez Hernández, of attempting to rape her while she was harvesting beans. She told the court that Pérez had passed under the barbed wire separating their places of work and sexually propositioned her while four of his male coworkers watched. She said that, although she had replied that she was a married woman, Pérez threw her to the ground and began ripping her clothes. Gutiérrez claimed she prevented the rape by screaming, at which point all of the men fled, but not before Pérez hit her and menaced, "You're lucky I don't have a knife!"1 All four of Juan Pérez's coworkers testified that Hilda Gutiérrez was lying. Despite their contradictory accounts (two men reported that she was not even working in the field that day; two others maintained that, while she had been, they had heard no cries of distress), all of the men, together with Pérez's father, defended the accused's innocence on the basis of his honor. One testified to Pérez's "shy and peaceful character," another to the fact that he was a "responsible and hard worker, a man without vices," and still another to Pérez being a man who "doesn't [sexually] play around and is incapable of this kind of behavior."2 Hilda Gutiérrez also defended the veracity of her story on the basis of honor. She stressed her married status and attempts to resist even in the face of personal danger (Pérez's threat about what he would do with a knife); and she submitted a statement from a local women's organization testifying to her upstanding character. Marked with the thumbprints and signatures of 17 of her comembers, the document sternly condemned Pérez's depravity and called


Objective: To assess clinically the usefulness spiral CT imaging in the detection of hypoxic_ischemic encephalopathy in newborns. Materials and Methods: Seventy_two HIE of neonates who underwent spiral CT examination were studied. Thirty normal neonates who undernent spiral CT examination were selected randomly. Results: Neonatal clinic findings were directly related with spiral CT findings: Spiral CT findings contained three typs:(1)little white matter edema. (2)mild white matter edema and intraparenchymal hemorrhage.(3)Sever white matter edema and intraparenchymal hemorrhage complicated with extraaxial hemorrhage. Conclusion:Sprial CT is important in the detection of neonatal hypoxic_ischemic encephalopathy.


The purpose of research is to determine: 1) Effects of student perceptions of
faculty teaching skills on motivation to learn statistical companies 1; 2) Effect of
communication between faculty and students on motivation to learn statistical
companies 1; 3) Effects of student perceptions of faculty teaching skills and
communication between faculty and students on motivation to learn statistics firm 1.
This type of research is quantitative associative. The population in the study
were all students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta accounting force in 2014,
amounting to 237 students with 142 samples taken student with Proportionate
Random Sampling technique. Data collection techniques by using questionnaires that
have been tested valididtas test and reliability test. Technical analysis of the data
used is multiple linear regression, t test, F test, the relative contribution and effective
contribution
Based on the analysis and discussion can be concluded that: 1) there is
significant relationship between student perception about teaching skill faculty
motivation to learn statistics firm 1 by t test obtained t> t table, namely 6.134> 1.984
and significant value <0.05 is 0.000. 2) there was a significant effect of
communication between faculty and students on motivation to learn statistics firm 1
by t test obtained t> t table, namely 3.435> 1.984 and significant value <0.05 is
0.001. 3) No student prsepsi influence on faculty teaching skills and communication
between faculty and students on motivation to learn statistics firm F 1 based test
known Fhitung> Ftable is 48.549> 3.07 with significant value of 5%. The result of
the calculation to the value of R2 obtained 41.1% of motivation to learn statistics
firm 1 is influenced by students' perceptions of faculty teaching skills and
communication between faculty and students, while the remaining 58.9% is
influenced by other variables not examined in this study.


The strawberry (Fragaria vesca) is a crop of great acceptance worldwide. In Ecuador, most of the production is done in open field, presenting limitations by the attack of biotic factors and abiotic factors that generate losses in the production. This research was carried out in the province of Loja, since there was no precise information on this crop, and research on the use of protected systems (low tunnels). The main objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of strawberry production on the two production systems (open field and low tunnels), with Albion and Monterey varieties, as well as to analyze the costs and profitability of production. The experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Station of Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, under low tunnels and open field conditions, in which the phenological and productive development of the strawberry was compared. The results found in the study in the two open field and low tunnel systems did not present a statistical difference in the physiological variables evaluated, which allow to conclude that the low tunnel cover on the crop did not influence the development of the two varieties. In relation to the cost-benefit analysis of production, it was higher in the low tunnel system, the investment was stronger at the beginning, but it must be indicated that there are several productive advantages in relation to the open field that generate benefits for the strawberry producer.


The forecasting of the high intermittency of Photovoltaic (PV) energy in smart grid is a persisting challenge. The proposed paper takes this challenge by presenting accurate forecasting techniques. PV power forecasting contributes to energy sector stability, controllability, and utilization through systematic monitoring for proper energy operation and optimization of grid-load balance. This paper addresses a novel paradigm that effectively copes with unpredictable extreme meteorological conditions. The proposed technique combines the Bayesian Ridge Regression (BRR) model, Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT), and Gradient boosting with categorical features (Catboost). The architecture of the proposed model is based on the acquisition of features inputs, which sorts those features according to their importance. This ranking deploys a Bayesian Ridge Regression model to select the most relevant features. Then, the CWT decomposition technique converts the features chosen into a time-frequency domain. Catboost model generates the forecast output for one day ahead. The final results are deduced using inverse CWT. The Australian weather data have been used to evaluate the performance of the proposed technique on short short-term power forecasting for large-scale PV plants. The evaluation has been conducted using score metrics, visualization curves, and to-fold cross-validation. Simulation results are conducted to confirm the performance of the proposed technique.


Accurate and timely predictions of airline pushbacks can potentially lead to improved performance of automated decision support tools for airport surface traffic, thus reducing the variability and average duration of costly airline delays. One factor which affects the realization of these benefits is the level of uncertainty inherent in the turn processes. To characterize this inherent uncertainty, three techniques are developed for predicting time-to-go until pushback as a function of available ground-time; elapsed ground-time; and the status of individual turn processes. These techniques are tested against a large and detailed dataset covering approximately 10 real-world turn operations obtained through collaboration with Lufthansa AG. Even after the dataset is filtered to obtain a sample of turn operations with minimal uncertainty, the standard deviation of forecast error for all three techniques is lower-bounded away from zero, indicating that turn operations have a significant stochastic component. The lower-bound result shows that decision support tools must be designed to incorporate robust mechanisms for coping with pushback demand stochastisity, rather than treating the pushback demand process as a known deterministic input.


Introduction This is a remarkable book by two very remarkable people. Giandomenico Picco worked for the UN as a negotiator for over 20 years and has been involved in various hostage negotiations, at times risking his own safety and perhaps his life. Gabrielle Rifkind is a group analyst who has become a specialist in conflict negotiation. At the time of writing this book she was Director of the Middle-East Programme of the Oxford Research Group. The Oxford Research group was founded by Scilla Elworthy in 1982, when she made a significant contribution in the 1980s to the movement within psychoanalysis and psychotherapy to address the developing threat to the continuance of human history from the nuclear arms race. Those of us involved at the time may recall that the subsequent de-escalation owed much to the peace-making efforts of CPSU1 General Secretary, Mikhail Gorbachev. This was a time of gung-ho post-Falklands/Malvinas belligerence from the Thatcher regime in the UK and 'Star Wars' fantasies from the Reagan regime in the US. Elworthy went and interviewed some of the decision makers whose thumbs seemed not far from the fateful 'button' revealing a rather alarming lack of checks and balances. So Rifkind's work can 1057017 GAQ0010.1177/05333164211057017Group AnalysisBlackwell: Book Review book-review2021


Objective Our aim was to test the efficacy of proactive screening – autonomously managed by nurses in a community setting – in detecting patients at high risk of Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU), as an integrated part of a chronic care model strategy. Research design and methods In a community setting in northwest Tuscany, where 421,382 people live in a mixed urban/rural area around the hospital of the University of Pisa, we trained 324 nurses according to the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot guidelines for the screening of ulcerative risk. Nurses committed to screening the population of known diabetic patients, who were referred by their general practitioners, for DFUs annually. Patients at high risk or with active DFUs were promptly referred to our specialised diabetic foot clinic; all patients received education on prevention. The results of the screening were retrospectively collected and analysed for the years 2014-2016. Results During the study period we observed an increased number of screenings performed (+18.8% and +36.1% during the first and second year of followup, respectively; p < .05) and therefore an increased number of high-risk patients detected (+0.5% during the first year and +1.3% during the second year of follow-up; p < .05). Also, the number of patients with undiagnosed active foot ulceration significantly increased (+0.1% and +0.4% in the first and second year of the study, respectively; p < .05). Conclusions In this study we demonstrate that increasing the rate of subjects actively screened increases, in parallel, the 


The concept of generalized convex fuzzy sets is introduced,and their fundamental properties are discussed.Furthermore,by the use of a combined notion of "belongingness" and "quasi-coincidence" of fuzzy points and fuzzy sets,the definition of (∈,∈∨q)-generalized convex fuzzy sets is proposed,and some properties of these (∈,∈∨q)-generalized convex fuzzy sets are studied as well.


The simulated oxidation tests of high carbon steel SWRH72A wire were carried out on a Gleeble-3500 thermo-mechanical simulator and the microstructure, thickness and phase composition of oxide scales formed on the steel were characterized by OM,SEM and XRD.The results show that typical oxide scale on high-carbon steel mostly consists of Fe_(1-y)O and Fe_3O_4,and the dependence of scale thickness on oxidation temperature obeys Arrhenius equation while that on oxidation time obeys parabolic law.The thickness ratio of Fe_(1-y)O/Fe_3O_4 varies with oxidation temperature and time and the variation is similar with that of the thickness.In addition,the mechanical descaling ration increases linearly with scale thickness(S) when S27μm,and keeps unchanged when S27μm.


During the analysis of the addendum D in GB50204-2000,and combining with correlative theories,the paper explains the theoretical foundation of the same condition curing concrete,and discusses the difference and reason between the same condition curing,standard curing and the concrete structure.


Low birth weight babies (LBW) are babies born weighing less than 2500 grams regardless of gestational period (birth weight is the weight of the baby weighed within 1 hour after birth). LBW is a human individual who is due to weight, gestational age, and causes of birth are less than the standard birth of a normal baby. From the results of the study conducted by researchers on July 19, 2018 on 47 respondents, who experienced LBW as many as 29 babies while the normal number of 18 babies. The purpose of this study was to know the picture of the incidence of Low Birth Weight Babies (LBW) in HA Sulthan Hospital Daeng Radja Bulukumba District in 2018.The research method uses a descriptive design with a simple approach. Sampling is done by nonprobability sampling technique with incidental sampling approach. The population in this study were 307. The sample in this study were 30 respondents.The results showed that mothers who gave birth at age 20-35 years were 6 people 20.0%, and aged <20 and> 35 as many as 24 people 80.%, good nutritional status as many as 27 people 90.0%, nutritional status less than 3 people 10%, consumption Fe tablets are as much as 16 people 53.3%, consume less tablet fe as many as 14 people 46.7%, gestational periods are not as risky as 21 people70%, high risk 9 people 30%, paritasibu low risk as many as 22 people 73.3%, high risk 8 26.7% people. Routine antenatal care examination as many as 29 people 96.7%, non-routine 1 person 3.3%, the conclusion in this study was the infants who experienced LBW in H.Andi Sulthan Daeng Radja Hospital Bulukumba District in 2018 of 30 infants who experienced LBW caused by several factors, namely nutritional status, gestational period, age, parity and ANC examination. It is recommended for mothers to increase the source of information regarding LBW.


This paper deals with linear equalization in massive multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) wireless systems. We first provide simple conditions on the antenna configuration for which the well-known linear minimum mean-square error (L-MMSE) equalizer provides near-optimal spectral efficiency, and we analyze its performance in the presence of parameter mismatches in the signal and/or noise powers. We then propose a novel, optimally-tuned NOnParametric Equalizer (NOPE) for massive MU-MIMO systems, which avoids knowledge of the transmit signal and noise powers altogether. We show that NOPE achieves the same performance as that of the L-MMSE equalizer in the large-antenna limit, and we demonstrate its efficacy in realistic, finite-dimensional systems. From a practical perspective, NOPE is computationally efficient and avoids dedicated training that is typically required for parameter estimation.


Concept of rationality is crucial in economics. Different notions of rationality have accompanied its long journey, from that implied in classical economics to those proposed by neoclassical theory since 1870s. The paper also discusses the meaning of rationality in rational choice theory, the contributions of Simon on "bounded rationality" and the different lines of research of experimental economics, behavioural economics and neuronomics. During this long journey the literature has underlined the existence of several problems, some of which can be so summarised: is it possible to consider scientifically satisfactory a theory that moves from assumptions, like those on the behaviour of utility, whose validity cannot be empirically verified?, is the description of human psychology implied by the different versions of the neoclassical theory acceptable?, is it possible to overlook the influence of social interactions on individual choice?, is it possible to overlook that it may be not adequate or convenient to examine the working of the whole economic system as the sum of the behaviour of the individual agents? The paper argues that these problems have not yet found a satisfactory solution and that it may be convenient to go back to the contributions of Keynes, Sraffa and Myrdal during the 1920s and 1930s to develop adequate and competent answers.


Industrial tour can be divided into such two kinds as industrial production tour and industrial heritage tour.In our country,we manly develop the industrial production tour,but in foreign countries they originally developed the industrial heritage tour.This article is going to discuss about the mode of Ruhr district industrial heritage tour,the model of German industrial heritage tour and its enlightenment to our country.


Introduction One can say a lot about research degree supervision, and indeed whole books have been written about it. The aspects touched on here are issues of pragmatic concern in my dual roles as a dean of graduate studies and professor of applied mathematics in a relatively new university––University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). While my own background is scientific, what strikes me most in my pan-university role are the similarities of the problems across fields of study rather than the differences. A widespread problem is "inadequate supervision; a lack of communication between supervisor and student; the student's misperception of standards, requirements, and of the supervisor's role and functions" (Zuber-Skerritt, 1992). One has to assume that there is some institutional and individual commitment to trying to solve such problems where they exist. Thus if there is no workload recognition for the supervisory role, then it may not be done well or it may be avoided except by the very dedicated. I have therefore decided to concentrate mainly on some practical aspects of alleviating the problem, though I recognise there may not seem to be agreement: courses for supervisors, the mentoring aspect of supervision, and various institutional structures, including graduate schools, and, even more fundamentally, what a research degree is and what it is for. The synonyms for 'supervision' in Roget's Thesaurus range from 'director' and 'manager' to 'agitator' and 'demagogue'. A moment's reflection on our supervisory activities and those of our colleagues may make us feel that this is as close to an adequate definition as we can get. This is because there is a danger in trying to formalise the role of supervisor and the relationship with the candidate that we might destroy that intangible quality which makes for good supervision. Like 'intelligence', we think we know it when we see it even if we cannot define it. It is intangible because, even for the same supervisor, it varies, not only from topic to topic, but even more importantly with each student one guides. It is this interpersonal relationship, which can be so fragile, with its imbalance of institutional power and intellectual authority in its embryonic stages, and which defies 'how to do it' kits. Yet safety nets, of varying strength, are needed particularly in newer universities and emerging fields of study where the pool of experienced supervisors is limited and changing supervisor in midstream may not be feasible. Without guidelines and a framework for operation, however, candidates can be at the whim of academic idiosyncrasies. Furthermore, we now work in an era of position descriptions, performance indicators, work plans and strategic plans. Obviously not all active researchers make good supervisors, though they may be more likely to attract good students. On the other hand, it would be very rare for a person inactive in research to be even a barely adequate supervisor in mathematics and sciences. "How can a faculty that is not abreast of recent trends offer the best educational experience to the interested student?" (Merrill, 1992). The people and the personalities, the project and its purpose, can disguise the dynamics of the research degree candidature.


Community work-education councils are 'supplying "grass roots" citizen involvement in pclicymaking cn transitional services for youth moving from school tc work. Since 1977, aliost 1,333 people in thirty-three communities have participated in local work-education councils affiliated with the national Work-Education Consortium. On the average, the councils ccr.sist of twenty-three members representing community leaders and program directors. The success of such collaborative efforts depends cu the presence of the following fundamentals: leadership, representation, responsibility, understanding, resources, and independence to assess their own needs, priorities, ability to initiate actions, and proper timing for changes. Unlike the needs and priorities of federal and state programs which are mandated, those of local councils are selected to suit their specific situations, and vazy fzcs emphasis on data collection (to aid in developing local awareness and understanding of youth transition issues) to the pro'visicn cf acccrate and up-to-date career information for youth. Eight cf the thirty-three councils represent rural areas and, with the assistance cf the National Manpower Institute, have formulated a charter cf ten major prepositions to improve rural youth transition. As communities, in general, build on this charter and the other fundamentals of collaboration, they will achieve greater influence in shaping education-and-work policy for youth transition. (ELC)


The invention relates to a method and a device for determining the exposure of a three-dimensional object in an image, characterised in that it comprises the following steps: acquiring a three-dimensional generic model of the object, projecting the three-dimensional generic model according to at least one two-dimensional representation and associating to each two-dimensional representation an exposure information of the three-dimensional object, electing and positioning a two-dimensional representation onto the object in said image, and determining the three-dimensional exposure of the object in the image from at least the exposure information associated with the selected two-dimensional representation.


Zirconium and hafnium compounds are widely used in today's technology. Zirconium or hafnium carbides and borides are high temperature ceramics.The present study concerns primarily with optimizing the extraction of zirconium and hafnium from their naturally occurring mineral, zircon, via a wet chemical process. First , zircon heated with molten sodium hydroxide to form zironate and silicate frit. Simple separation technique of sodium silicate from the zirconate and hafnate sodium was then applied to obtain a silicate-free frit, then the extraction of the zirconium ( IV ) and hafnium ( IV ) basic sulfates from their oxychloride solution leaving almost all other ions soluble in the mother liquor was achieved by adjusting the pH value. The precipitate of zirconium ( IV ) and hafnium ( IV ) basic sulfates was dried, weighed, analyzed and percent of the zirconium and hafnium extracted were found to be 97 % of their original concentration.


One of the most troubling issues in the Jewish family throughout the generations has been the problem of the agunah (literally a "chained woman" – one denied a divorce by her husband). In this paper my intent is to explore how modern contract doctrines can mitigate this problem. In my opinion, modern contract law supplies us with the necessary doctrines and a framework for dealing appropriately with such an acute legal, religious and social problem. I will discuss several common and well known contractual doctrines. Inter alia, following the research in the field of the relational theory of contract, I will investigate the feasibility and efficacy of implementing this theory as a contractual tool to alleviate the get refusal challenge. In addition, I will explore unconscionability, a doctrine that is based on public values and standards of appropriate behavior, as an additional contractual tool for claiming that the free will and informed consent of the spouse bound to the "get settlement" was compromised. Finally, I will elaborate on the theoretical usage of the unique "religious duress" doctrine, which has been extensively discussed so far mostly in the Christian context, and examine its potential implications in our Jewish scenario.


The demand for Contiguous Memory Allocation (CMA) has witnessed significant growth in both low-end and high-end devices in recent years. However, the existing practices for utilizing CMA prove insufficient, particularly when catering to the needs of low-end (32-bit) devices. CMA, a Linux program used for memory reservation and allocation, faces limitations in its current implementations. Presently, techniques such as Scatter-Gather Direct Memory Access (DMA), Input Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU), and Memory Reservation are commonly employed for contiguous memory allocation. Unfortunately, these methods are financially impractical for low-end devices and struggle to efficiently allocate substantial memory chunks, leading to latency concerns. In this paper, we introduce an improved CMA approach that intelligently allocates virtual memory for data mapping as needed. Alternatively, it directly allocates and deallocates physical memory without the necessity of virtual memory mapping, employing the DMA_KERNEL_NO_MAPPING attribute within the DMA Application Programming Interface (API). By adopting this method, latency is reduced, and the facilitation of larger memory allocations is promoted, addressing the limitations of the current techniques.


Er3+/Yb3+co-doped SrF2nanocrystals were synthesized by the solvothermal synthesis method and the up-conversion luminescence of Er3+ions was investigated.XRD results indicated that the prepared products were pure SrF2phase.With the increase of solvothermal temperatures,the intensity of diffraction peaks was strengthened gradually and all the diffraction peaks shifted to high-angle,in comparison to the standard diffraction peaks of SrF2.TEM results indicated that the dispersity of SrF2 nanocrystals was improved and the crystallite size increased gradually after the solvothermal process.Weak up-conversion luminescence was observed in the Er3+/Yb3+co-doped SrF2 nanocrystals excited at 980nm LD and the intensity of up-conversion luminescence increased greatly.Based on the dependence of the up-conversion intensity on the pumping power,green and red emission is assigned to the two-photon absorption process.


Three laboratory experiments explore how alternative brand name structures (i.e., family branded or subbranded) and varying degrees of category similarity (i.e., similar or dissimilar) influence extension evaluations and parent brand dilution. The results indicate that subbranded extensions (e.g., Quencher by Tropicana cola) evoke a slower, more thoughtful subtyping processing strategy than family branded extensions (e.g., Tropicana cola), which evoke a faster, category-based processing strategy. As a result, category similarity affects extension evaluations when the extension is family branded but not when it is subbranded. In addition, dilution effects are only evident when consumers have a negative experience with a similar family branded extension. Subbranding thus offers two key benefits to marketers: It both enhances extension evaluations and protects the parent brand from any unwanted negative feedback.


Even though modularity has been studied extensively in conventional logic programming, there are few approaches on how to incorporate modularity into Answer Set Programming, a prominent rule-based declarative programming paradigm. A major approach is Oikarinnen and Janhunen's Gaifman-Shapiro-style architecture of program modules, which provides the composition of program modules. Their module theorem properly strengthens Lifschitz and Turner's splitting set theorem for normal logic programs. However, this approach is limited by module conditions that are imposed in order to ensure the compatibility of their module system with the stable model semantics, namely forcing output signatures of composing modules to be disjoint and disallowing positive cyclic dependencies between different modules. These conditions turn out to be too restrictive in practice and in this paper we discuss alternative ways of lift both restrictions independently, effectively solving the first, widening the applicability of this framework and the scope of the module theorem.


The effect of verapamil on sinoatrial and atrioventricural conduction were studied on 11 dogs under the urethane-chloralose anesthesia.The sinoatrial conduction time determinded by using the premature atrial stimulation method and represened as antegrade plus retrograde conduction time was significantly prolonged following the intravenous administration of 0.05mg/kg of verapamil. However, the sinoatrial conduction time was almost unchanged when larger doses of verapamil were administrated. On the other hand, the sinus cycle length and A-H time were prolonged as to the verapamil dose was increased, while H-V time was unchanged. The systolic and diastolic pressures were depressed as to the verapamil dose was increased.The present rather curious observation that the sinoatrial conduction time was not affected by larger dose of verapamil was suspected to be resulted from the prolongation of sinus cycle length and/ or the increased reflex sympathetic tone.


This research focuses on the impacts of traditional systems of land distribution among households, clans, and the government in two of Indonesia's poorest provinces: East Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. Our main goal is to discuss and propose alternative ways of dividing and governing productive land to meet new needs in the management of agriculture and forestry. We apply a mixed research methodology that includes in-depth discussions with more than 50 key informants and survey interviews with 640 randomly selected respondents. We find that the number of land conflicts is rising, that land privatisation is becoming increasingly relevant, and that communal land ownership tends to lead to land under-utilisation rather than to natural resource overuse and environmental degradation. We argue that economic gains can be made by changing land-use patterns and land user rights. Our policy recommendations include introducing formalised and taxable clan land ownership with specified and registered family user rights.


Preeclampsia (PE) is a serious illness that can harm both mothers and unborn children and may even be fatal. It contributes significantly to maternal fatalities in underdeveloped countries. PE, which affects 2%–3% of women who are pregnant after 20 weeks of pregnancy, is marked by proteinuria and hypertension. PE is a significant condition that plays a significant role in maternal fatalities in underdeveloped countries and is a significant cause of death for both mothers and newborns. Each year, around 60,000 maternal fatalities occur in the world. Serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) was measured in pregnant women during the first trimester and second trimesters. IL-6 was necessary to establish serum biomarkers that can accurately predict the onset of preeclampsia. In a prospective cohort study that was conducted in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department and Antenatal Care Unit at Maternity and Pediatrics Teaching Hospital in AL-Diwaniyah – Iraq, 160 pregnant patients between the years of 20 and 40 who were normotensive and had gestational ages of 10 to 13 weeks were included in this research between August 2021 and May 2022. Bioassays for IL-6 were conducted after blood samples were obtained. At the end of the study, it was confirmed that for women with pre-eclampsia (n = 33, 22.0%) and those women with no pre-eclampsia (n = 117, 78.0 %), there was no significant difference in the level between the preeclampsia and no preeclampsia group (p > 0.05).


Abstract : Dietary availability of choline, the precursor of the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, is sufficient to provide the body's requirements under normal conditions. However, some reports indicated plasma choline levels fall following certain types of strenuous exercise and that depletion of choline may limit performance, while oral supplementation may delay fatigue. A double-blind crossover design was used to determine the relationship between plasma choline and fatigue during and after a 4 hr strenuous exercise. Fourteen Army Rangers participated in this study (ages 19-33 years, mean body fat 11% and VO2 max 60.3 ml. kg-1 min-1). Thirty mins after drinking a nonnutritive beverage with or without choline citrate (8.425 g), Rangers walked on a treadmill at 5.6 km/h, 3% grade, wearing a 29.5 kg rucksack for 20 km, equivalent to approximately 1950 Kcal energy expenditure. An identical dose of the choline supplement was given midway through the treadmill walk. Post-test mn time-to-exhaustion, squat test, perceived exertion, marksmanship, short-term memory, mood states, lactate, glucose, CPK, lipids, and plasma choline were measured. Choline levels increased 128% after the mn-to-exhaustion during the choline supplemented phase but remained stable under the placebo conditions. No significant effects were seen with choline supplementation on any measures. Consequently, plasma choline was not depleted as a result of a weighted road march, a typical Ranger performance task, nor did the Rangers benefit from choline supplementation to enhance or delay fatigue under this exhaustive military task.


This article concerns the existence of solutions for implicit fractional differential systems with generalized fractional derivative (or Katugampola-Caputo derivative). The Banach and Krasnoselskii fixed point theorem are used to obtain the desired results. An example is presented to illustrate the theory.


Multichip modules (MCMS) employ uncased chips mounted and interconnected on multilayer circuit boards. The interconnect is fabricated using alternate layers of conductor and dielectric thin films connected by vias through the interlayer dielectric. Depending upon the performance, assembly flexibility and cost considerations, various approches can be used for fabricating and packaging MCMs. A number of circuit board technologies and packaging schemes applicable to different MCM applications are summarized in this paper. An effort is made to classify these MCMs into low, moderabe or high circuit density types. Several examples are provided to point out the suitability of various MCM approaches to the selected applications.


Nanoimprinting can be used to fabricate various nanostructures on materials without etching processes. We previously demonstrated that the molecular orientation of a photocrosslinkable liquid crystalline polymer (PLCP) was induced by nanoimprinting, using a process called nanoimprint graphoepitaxy. In the current study, we performed multiple nanoimprint graphoepitaxy steps on PLCP films and investigated the resulting molecular orientations. Double nanoimprint graphoepitaxy on the PLCP produced a simple 2-µm line-and-space pattern with a dot molecular orientation pattern.


THE first recorded flexor tendon rupture in the hand was that of a flexor pollicis longus and was reported by Von Zander in 1891. 1 In 1922 Grassheim studied 500 cases of muscle and tendon ruptures and listed the following ruptures in order of frequency: muscles of the calf, extensors of the leg, biceps, achilles tendon, and extensor of the thumb. 2 There was no mention of finger flexors. In 1932 McMaster reported a case of rupture of the flexor pollicis longus tendon three months after a colles fracture. 3 This appears to have been the first such case reported in the literature. In 1935 Haldeman and Soto-Hall analyzed 100 injuries to muscles and tendons. 4 They added to the list of frequently ruptured muscles and tendons, supraspinatus, triceps, rectus abdominis, thigh abductors, and finger extensors. Three finger flexor ruptures were listed but not discussed. In 1956 Bunnell reviewed 18


Based on the annual data from 1981 to 2003 about the farm product import and farmers' income, this paper makes Granger causality tests on the mutual effect of them. The empirical result shows: they have not short-term Granger causality, but they have long-term mutual Granger causality.


iii Acknowledgements v INTRODUCTION 1 RECONSTRUCTION / ΑΝΑΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΣΗ 25 Reconstruction: the herald of N.E.K. (New Greek Cinema) 25 Greece is not sunny any more 31 The narrative of Reconstruction: Against the system of suture 37 The use of Myth 50 DAYS OF '36 / ΜEΡEΣ ΤΟΥ'36 57 Framing the unsaid 61 When two sequences collide 64 THE TRAVELLING PLAYERS / Ο ΘΙΑΣΟΣ 75 The narrative of The Travelling Players 77 The Epic 87 Time 97 Death? 101 Conclusion 106 THE HUNTERS / OI KYNHΓΟΙ 109 Closing the circle 111 "He was talking to the corpse...I could not overhear what they were saying."......123 Back into the snow 130


Coating thickness gauge for determining the thickness of a liner layer comprising: - a substrate holder (18) which is adapted to receive a semiconductor wafer (10), wherein the semiconductor wafer (10) having on a front side (12) has a textured surface with protrusions (14) or grooves, which at their substantially vertical to the front side arranged (12) side walls with the liner layer (16) are covered; - an X-ray source (20) which is suitable, a first side (30) of the semiconductor wafer (10) from a first direction (22) to be irradiated with X-radiation, wherein the first direction (22) substantially (parallel to the side walls of the projections 14 ) is disposed; arranged an analyzer (34) on the said first side (30) facing away from the second side (34) of the semiconductor wafer (10) and in a second direction (24) is displaceable, wherein the analyzer (34) (in a first region - 38 includes) a material which is suitable depending on the incident (from the X-ray source 20) X-ray electron ...


ABSTRACTConduct Disorder (CD) can pose serious concerns to parents, home and the society, meanwhile assessing this construct in clinical practice has been based on western concepts which limited the cultural factors implicated in CD. This study presents a reliable and valid screening tools for conduct disorder among juveniles and general population respectively. Existing scales that assessed deviant behavior or CD were reviewed. A qualitative study was conducted using juveniles and college students between the age 10 to 19; this is to determine salient constructs related to CD. Themes were generated, and those related to specific predictors of CD were used to generate a 17-item of Brief Propensity Index for Conduct Disorder (BPI-CD). A cross-sectional survey was then conducted among 125 juveniles and college students to assess the reliability and validity of the scale. The participants were purposively selected. Construct validity using exploratory factor analysis was factored and Varimax rotated the scale into six components (KMO = .685, df=171, p .05), thus showing a strong validity. The reliability dimensions and subscales have meritorious reliability (Aggression to People/Animals, α =.76, Serious Violation of rule and destruction of property, α =.73; Deceitfulness and theft, α =.68). The overall Cronbach's Alpha was 0.86. BPI-CD is therefore recommended as reliable and valid screening tool for conduct disorder tendency.


Thermostable enzymes have applications in biosensors and bioreactors. Overexpression of thermostable enzyme-encoding genes from thermophiles in Escherichia coli is necessary to produce sufficient quantities of such enzymes. Deinococcus gerthermalis is a moderately thermophilic bacterium and has moderately thermostable enzymes. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) is an important coenzyme for various dehydrogenases. NADH oxidase (Nox) catalyze the oxidation of NADH. Therefore, Nox is a versatile enzyme that can be used in combination with many types of biosensors. This study reveals the effect of expansion of the SD sequence in the leader sequence of NADH oxidase gene from D. geothermalis for overexpression in E. coli, and shows that while 1- or 2-bases expansion of the Shine-Dalgarno sequence is effective. This study should be contributed to the expression of many genes in E. coli.


Context. The outer Galaxy is an environment with a lower metallicity than the regions surrounding the Sun and for this reason the formation and survival of molecules in star-forming regions located in the inner and outer Galaxy are expected to be different. Aims. To gain understanding of how chemistry changes throughout the Milky Way, it is crucial to observe the outer star-forming regions of the Galaxy in order to constrain models adapted for lower metallicity environments. Methods. The project 'chemical complexity in star-forming regions of the outer Galaxy' (CHEMOUT) is designed to address this problem by observing a sample of 35 star-forming cores at Galactocentric distances of up to ∼ 23 kpc with the Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) 30m telescope in various 3 mm and 2 mm bands. In this work, we analyse observations of methanol (CH 3 OH), one of the simplest complex organic molecules and crucial for organic chemistry in star-forming regions, and of two chem- ically related species, HCO and formaldehyde (H 2 CO), towards 15 out of the 35 targets of the CHEMOUT sample. More specifically, we consider only the targets for which both HCO and H 2 CO were previously detected, which are precursors of CH 3 OH. Results. We detected CH 3 OH in all 15 targets. The emission is associated with an extended envelope, as the average angular size is ∼ 47 ′′ (i.e. ∼ 2 . 3 pc at a representative heliocentric distance of 10 kpc). Using a local thermodynamic equilibrium approach, we derive CH 3 OH excitation temperatures in the range ∼ 7–16K and line widths ≤ 4 kms − 1 , which are consistent with emission from a cold and quiescent envelope. The CH 3 OH fractional abundances with respect to H 2 range between ∼ 0 . 6 × 10 − 9 and ∼ 7 . 4 × 10 − 9 . These values are comparable to those found in star-forming regions in the inner and local Galaxy. H 2 CO and CH 3 OH show well-correlated line velocities, line widths, and fractional abundances with respect to H 2 , indicating that their emission originates from similar gas. These correlations are not seen with HCO, suggesting that CH 3 OH is likely more chemically related to H 2 CO than to HCO. Conclusions. Our results have important implications for the organic and possibly pre-biotic chemistry occurring in the outermost star-forming regions of the Galaxy, and can help to set the boundaries of the Galactic habitable zone.


textabstractDutch Politician Geert Wilders, leader of the rightist Party for Freedom (PVV), was tried in relation to (religious) defamation and hate speech charges in a case that lasted from 2009 to 2011. While fully acquitted, stakeholders are now bringing a case against the Netherlands for allegedly not complying with international standards against incitement. The paper analyses this case in the light of the latter, international provisions.


Disclosed are a ripcord for optic cable and a method of manufacturing the same. The inventive ripcord for optic cable has a coating layer formed by applying a coating solution, which includes a binder and a colorant dispersed in the binder, to a surface of a folded and twisted yarn formed by folding and twisting together wholly aromatic poly amide filaments. The ripcord for optic cable of the present invention is produced by applying a coating solution, which includes a binder and a colorant, to a surface of a folded and twisted yarn formed by folding and twisting together wholly aromatic polyamide filament to form a coating layer, then, drying and winding the coated yarn over a winding machine. The ripcord for optic cable of the present invention which has a coating layer including a colorant on a surface of a folded and twisted yarn formed by folding and twisting together wholly aromatic polyamide filaments can be easily distinguished from reinforcing materials of an optic cable at installation and repairs of the optic cable, thereby improving workability of the optic cable. The present inventive method can simply and sufficiently evaporate and remove a diluent portion contained in the coating layer, thus resulting in improvement of productivity while effectively preventing reduction of mechanical properties and coating fastness caused by a residue of the diluent portion.


Background:
 Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for a chronic total occlusion (CTO) is underutilized. Initiation of a dedicated, cost-oriented, CTO PCI program is challenging.

 Objectives:
 We present our experience in establishing a limited resources dedicated multi-operator CTO PCI program in a major tertiary academic center in Egypt.

 Methods:
 We analyzed the clinical, angiographic, and procedural characteristics of patients who underwent CTO PCI during the first year of our program. Major outcome was successful recanalization. Other outcomes include in-hospital mortality, stroke, peri-procedural myocardial infarction (MI), coronary perforation, and urgent need of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

 Results:
 Sixty-four patients underwent CTO PCI. The median J-CTO score was 2 (0-5). Successful recanalization was achieved in 47 patients (73%). The most common cause of failure was failure of re-entry (46.7%). The mean number of wires per patients was 2.69+/-1.32, and the most successful crossing strategy was antegrade wire escalation (56.3%). The mean procedural time was 123 +/- 48.8 min, mean contrast volume was 359.03 +/- 151.9 and mean radiation dose was 9.4 +/-4.2 Gy. There was no in-hospital mortality nor stroke. We had one case (1.6%) with peri-procedural MI, and one patient who needed an urgent CABG. The cost ranged from 6520 Egyptian Pounds (EP) ($415) to 63, 720 EP ($4058), with a mean of 26,213 EP ($1670) (Table 1).

 Conclusion:
 A dedicated limited resources CTO PCI program, in a low-income country as Egypt, can probably be established with a good success rate and a low complication rate. Proctored program allows rational equipment utilization and growth of the operators' experiences and skills.


For 60 years, superallowed 0+→0+ nuclear beta decay has been used to probe the weak interaction, currently verifying the conservation of the vector current (CVC) to high precision (±0.01%) and anchoring the most demanding available test of the unitarity of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix (±0.06%), a fundamental pillar of the electroweak standard model. Each superallowed transition is characterized by its ft-value, a result obtained from three measured quantities: the total decay energy of the transition, its branching ratio, and the half-life of the parent state. Today's data set is composed of some 150 independent measurements of 13 separate superallowed transitions covering a wide range of parent nuclei from 10C to 74Rb. Excellent consistency among the average results for all 13 transitions – a prediction of CVC – also confirms the validity of the small transition-dependent theoretical corrections that have been applied to account for isospin symmetry breaking. With CVC consistency establishe...


With preliminary work now under way on the Second Avenue Subway—the city's first new subway line in 70 years—New York City is poised to make history. To do so, however, MTA/NYCT must utilize modern station planning and construction processes to minimize public disruption and cost, while creating a highly advanced subway line that people will want to inhabit. The paper describes how underground transit station design in an urban environment introduces many technical challenges, while offering unique opportunities to influence the development of a city. Many of the architectural and engineering design challenges result from the assigned depth of a given structure. That, in turn, is influenced by geotechnical conditions and the rail track profile. This paper addresses the early planning issues facing the proposed New York City Second Avenue Subway project.


Health state prediction is an effective way to improve the reliability for sensors. In the process of sensor degradation, it is difficult to obtain more effective monitoring data. And in the classification of health states, how to identify the adjacent state is also a problem. This paper proposed a health state prediction model based on belief rule base (BRB) and membership function (MF), which is called BRB-MF. In the model, BRB can make full use of expert knowledge and poor effective data. In the prediction results of BRB, it may be not completely logical or not entirely appropriate facing adjacent states of sensor. In order to solve the problem, MF is used to continue the analysis of the predicted results of BRB. In the BRB-MF model, the covariance matrix adaptation evolutionary strategies (CMA-ES) optimization algorithm is used to update the model parameters to make up for the uncertainty of expert knowledge. In the end, the brightness sensor of the rail vehicle LED lighting system is taken as a case study. The results show that the BRB-MF model can predict the health state of sensor with a high accuracy and a reasonable state.


Background and Aims: Dexmedetomidine (α2 adrenergic agonist) has been used for prevention of post anaesthesia shivering. Its use for the treatment of postspinalanaesthesia shivering has not been evaluated. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the efficacy, haemodynamic and adverse effects of dexmedetomidine with those of tramadol and clonidine,when used for control of post spinal anaesthesia shivering. Material And Methods: Thestudywas conducted in 60 patients of ASA Grade I and ASA grade II of either gender, aged between 18and 60 years, scheduled for lower limb and lower abdominal surgical procedures under spinal anaesthesia.The study was prospective and randomised. The patients were randomised in threegroups of 20 patients each to receive either dexmedetomidine 0.6μg/kg , tramadol 1.0 mg/kg or clonidine 0.6μg/kg as a slow intravenous bolus. Grade of shivering, onset of shivering, time for cessation of shivering, recurrence, response rate, and adverseeffects were observed at scheduled intervals. Unpaired ttestwas used for analysing the data. Results: Time taken forcessation of shivering was significantly less with DEXMEDETOMIDINE when compared to Tramadol And Clonidine. Nausea and vomitingwas observed only in TRAMADOL group (28% and; 20% respectively). There was not much difference in the sedation profileof all the three drugs. Conclusion: We conclude that although all the three drugs are effective, the time taken for cessation ofshivering was less with Dexmedetomidin when compared to TRAMADOL and CLONIDINE. Moreover, dexmedetomidine and clonidine have negligible adverseeffects, whereas tramadol is associated with significant nausea and vomiting.


BACKGROUND
Strawberry quality is one of the most important factors that guarantees consistent commercialization of the fruit and ensures the consumer's satisfaction. This work makes innovative use of Random Forest (RF) to predict sensory measures of strawberries and to classify them in "satisfied" or "not satisfied" and "would pay more" or "wouldn't pay more" using physical and physical-chemical variables. The RF-based model predicts the acceptance, expectation, ideal of sweetness, ideal of acidity, and the ideal of succulence based on the physical and physical-chemical data, which are used as input for the RF-based classification model.

RESULTS
The RF achieved a coefficient of determination R2 > 0.72 and a root-mean-squared error (RMSE) smaller than 0.17 for the prediction task, which indicates that one can estimate the sensory measures of strawberries using physical and physical-chemical data. Furthermore, the RF was able to correctly classify 87.95% of the strawberry samples in the classes "satisfied" and "not satisfied" and 78.99% in the classes "would pay more" or "wouldn't pay more". Additionally, a two-step RF model, which employed both physical and physical-chemical data to classify strawberry samples regarding the consumer's response, correctly classified 100% and 90.32% of the samples with respect to the consumer's satisfaction and its willingness to pay more, respectively.

CONCLUSION
The results indicate that the developed models can be used in the quality control of strawberries, supporting the establishment of quality standards that consider the consumer's response. Additionally, the proposed methodology can be extended to control the sensory quality of other fruits. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


Disruption of natriuretic peptide receptor‐A (NPRA) gene (Npr1) leads to elevated blood pressure in mice. NPRA signaling counteracts the renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system (RAAS). We studied whether Npr1 gene copy number affects adrenal angiotensin II (Ang II) and aldosterone (ALDO) levels in Npr1 gene‐targeted mice. Adrenal Ang II and ALDO levels increased in 1‐copy (15%, p<0.05; 38%, p<0.05) mice, but decreased in 3‐copy (17%, p<0.05; 13%, p<0.05) and 4‐copy (33%, p<0.01; 38%, p<0.001) mice as compared with 2‐copy mice. Renal Ang II levels decreased in 1‐copy (25%, p<0.05), 3‐copy (38%, p<0.01) and 4‐copy (39%, p<0.01) mice. Low salt diet stimulated adrenal Ang II and ALDO levels in 1‐copy (20%, p<0.05; 2441%, p<0.001), 2‐copy (15%, p<0.05; 2339%, p<0.001), 3‐copy (20%, p<0.05; 424%, p<0.001) and 4‐copy (31%, p<0.05; 486%, p<0.001) mice. Renal Ang II levels were similarly stimulated in 1‐copy (45%, p<0.05), 2‐copy (45%, p<0.05), 3‐copy (59%, p<0.05) and 4‐copy (48%, p<0.05) mice. High salt diet suppressed adrenal Ang II and ALDO levels in 1‐copy (46%, p<0.001; 29%, p<0.05) and 2‐copy (38%, p<0.01; 17%, p<0.05) mice and suppressed renal Ang II levels in 1‐copy (28%, p<0.05) and 2‐copy (27%, p<0.05) mice. The present findings indicate that increased adrenal Ang II and ALDO levels play an important role in elevated blood pressure in Npr1 gene‐disrupted mice.


Modulation of the RAS by the two most widely used inhibitors of the system, i.e. angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin-specific receptor blockers (ARBs) plays a crucial role in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events. These drugs both target angiotensin II, but in different ways. The ACE inhibitor reduces the formation of angiotensin II, and the ARB blocks the angiotensin II receptor. This difference in action against angiotensin II has led to the longstanding issue of whether or not there is a clinically significant difference between the two when treating hypertension. Are they equally effective? The problem from a clinical viewpoint is that the majority of patients with hypertension also have other cardiovascular risk factors which increase the cardiovascular risk of hypertension, and which may change the choice of the drugs used, i.e. the concept of compelling indications.


Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are a major source of natural type I interferon (IFN-I), and play critical roles in the immune response. Typically, only less than 1% pDC can be detected in the total bone marrow or peripheral blood nuclear cells. Uncontrolled proliferation of transformed pDCs is the most remarkable characteristics of blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN). Recently, abnormal amplification of pDCs in myeloid neoplasms were also been reported in MDS/AML patients (pDC-AML/MDS) and may favor disease progression


This study evaluated the acceptability and purchase intention of milk serum and calcium carbonate-enriched bread by consumers groups, comparing with a commercial bread. Enriched-bread showed 783 mg of calcium/100 g. Sensory evaluation was performed by four groups at different ages (G1=children, G2=adolescents, G3=adults, G4=elderly). Global acceptance test by facial hedonic scale (five points) was applied for G1, and a questionnaire for G2, G3 and G4 for characterizing consuming habits, acceptance testing by nine points-hedonic scale and consumption intention by five points-hedonic scale. Sensory tests results were analyzed by variance and t- Student test at a significance level of 5%. For G1 the calciumfortified bread was so much accepted as the commercial one, and no statistical difference (p> 0.05) was found. G2 stated the best acceptance for all sensory attributes of enriched-bread comparing to commercial product, showing highest consumption intention by the hedonic scale as "I would often eat it." For G3 the flavor only was more accepted than commecial bread and no diference was observed in the other features and in purchase attitude (p>0.05). G4 did not differ in the product acceptance and consumption intention (p>0.05). Milk serum and calcium carbonate-enriched bread demonstrated a high potential for being commercialized.


Construction industry uses a huge quantity of traditional and modern building materials which generally are produced to satisfy different demands, such as: resistant and safety requirements, friendly with the environment, architectural aspects etc. Researches must solve any requirements related to materials properties and offer a large diversity from which the proper solution must be considered. For improving the mechanical properties of polymer concrete, the use of fibers of different types is a possibility that had been studied in the last decades. In the article, epoxy resin, fly ash and two sorts of river aggregates in a constant dosage were used in preparing experimental samples. Glass fiber waste was added in different dosages and lengths. Compressive strength, flexural strength and split tensile strength were experimentally determined. The bigger lengths and dosages of glass fiber determined high mechanical properties. In order to optimize the process, a regression analysis was applied for model determination and, after that, a self-adaptive Differential Evolution (DE) based approach was employed to determine the specific conditions that lead to a maximization of compressive strength (fc), flexural strength (fti) and tensile strength (ftd). The results obtained by simulation were accordingly to experimental results, the higher strengths being obtained for high fiber dosages.


A system and method for inspecting a wind turbine for indications is disclosed. The method includes providing an insspection system spaced from the wind turbine, appraise a rotor blade of the wind turbine, and inspecting the rotor blade for indications. The inspection system includes an observation system and an inspection device, the observation system including an appraisal device and an automated scanning device, the appraisal device configured to provide an image of at kast a portion of the rotor blade, the autornated scanning device configured to rotate about at least one axis, shiffing the image.


CllARTERUOUSE SQUARE, LONDON, E.C.) ^ ? R. Warner and Co. are now supplying very excellent Preparations, several of which have been sent us for exami nation. The "Elixir Salicylic Co." is a specially useful preparation for rheumatism or gout, containing salicylic aci , r?n ,e,?f potassium, cimicifuga, and tincture of gelsemmum. J}. Edition to the valuable combination of drugs of which the ?"Xir consists, it possesses the further advantage of contain??da in excess, thereby obviating the irritating properties ox the acid. The Vichy tablets or lentiforms may be> disved in plain water, and supply a draught of definite ***nal strength which closely represents the natural spring


This volume provides an overview of the various approaches and developments in sustainable architecture, followed by an in-depth section on urbanism looking at several European towns. In the third section, the technologies, materials and methods of ecological architecture are examined. The volume concludes with 23 examples from Europe, which include works of Metron, Behnisch & Partner, Sonia Cortesse, Ian Ritchie and Kauffmann Thelig & Partner, amongst others. The author is an architect and has specialized in energy and environmental issues and ecological architecture for over 15 years. She is the author of a monograph on the firm Behnisch & Partner.


Background: There have been reports of transient psychosis in women medicated for gynecologic conditions.Objective: The aim of this paper was to explore this literature.Method: The PubMed and Google Scholar databases were searched for relevant case reports Results: The following reports were found: psychosis induced by gonadotropinreleasing hormone in the treatment of endometriosis, by clomiphene treatment for infertility, by bromocriptine treatment for milk suppression and by the withdrawal of domperidone prescribed as a galactologue as well as by the withdrawal of estrogen replacement therapy.Conclusion: In susceptible women, psychotic symptoms can result from treatments that reduce estrogen levels, such as leuprolide acetate or clomiphene, or treatments that increase dopamine levels (bromocriptine). Psychosis can also be caused indirectly when estrogen treatment is discontinued or dopamine antagonism (e.g. domperidone) withdrawn. Estrogen-reducing and dopamine-increasing treatments used in gynecology need to be carefully monitored. Publication Type: Journal: Article Source: EMBASE Title: Psychosis after FSH and LH stimulation for ovocytes preservation in gender dysphoriaa case report Citation: European Psychiatry, March 2015, vol./is. 30/(929), 0924-9338 (31 Mar 2015) Author(s): Oliveira C., Alves S., Oliveira S., Agostinho C., Avelino M. Language: English Abstract: Introduction: Gender dysphoria is a new diagnostic class in DSM-5 that reflects a new conceptualization of the disorder emphasizing the phenomenon of 'gender incongruence'. It refers to the distress that may accompany the incongruence between one's experienced or expressed gender and one's assigned gender. Hormone and/or surgery are treatment options available. There is some clinical evidence that patients under gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists may develop symptoms consistent with various psychiatric disorders with and without psychotic features. Objectives and Aims: To review new DSM-5 conceptualization of gender dysphoria and psychiatric side effects of ovocyte stimulation drugs. Also to report one selected clinical case of psychosis after FSH and LH stimulation in a patient under female to male sex reassignment process. Methods: The authors have conducted an online search on PubMed on psychosis after ovocytes stimulation and gender dysphoria and systematically reviewed a case report. Results: There is little evidence of psychiatric side-effects of GnRH agonist. Case report: 22 years old male with diagnosis of gender dysphoria under female to male sex reassignment process with FSH and LH stimulation to ovocyte preservation that acutely developed psychiatry symptoms of bizarre behaviour, irritability, flight of ideas, soliloquies and erotomaniac delusions that remit on antipsychotic drugs. Conclusions: Gender dysphoria is a new diagnostic class in DSM-5. There are multiple hormone and/or surgery treatments options. There is little evidence hormone treatments are associated with psychiatric side-effects, namely psychosis. To conduct a well-designed clinical trial on psychiatric symptoms related with hormone treatment in gender dysphoria patients is needed. Publication Type: Journal: Conference Abstract


The Franson interferometer consists of two spatially separated unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometers through which the signal and the idler photons from spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) are made to transmit. It is often used to prepare time-bin entanglement of two photons in the two SPDC pumping regimes: the narrowband regime and the double-pulse regime. In the narrowband regime, the SPDC process is pumped by a narrowband cw laser with the coherence length much longer than the path length difference of the Franson interferometer. In the double-pulse regime, the longitudinal separation between the pulse pair is made equal to the path length difference of the Franson interferometer. In this paper, we propose another regime by which the generation of time-bin entanglement is possible and demonstrate the scheme experimentally.


Thin films of homogeneously mixed nitromethane (CH3NO2) and D3-nitromethane (CD3NO2) ices were exposed to energetic electrons and Lyman  ̨ photons. The isotopically mixed reaction products were probed in situ via reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry coupled with pulsed photoionization during temperature programmed desorption. This study provides compelling evidence on three high energy pathways, which have not been observed under collisionless conditions in the gas phase. These are decomposition of nitromethane (CH3NO2) via atomic oxygen loss to nitrosomethane (CH3NO), fragmentation of nitromethane (CH3NO2) and/or methylnitrite (CH3ONO) via carbene (CH2) loss, and carbon hydrogen bond rupture processes in nitromethane (CH3NO2) and/or methylnitrite (CH3ONO). © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


Modern poetry has declined in a state of lowland nowadays. There are many causes. Decrease in the number and weakness of the criticisms of text are the causes that cannot be neglected, besides outer factors such as background characteristic of times, social environment, and inter factors such as language forms, feeling tendencies. Seen from the current situation of criticism, modern poetry is calling for the strengthening of the criticism of text; seen from the present situation of acceptance from readers, they are calling for the criticism of text; seen from the practices of criticisms, the criticism of text of modern poetry has the unchangeable advantage. So developing and flourishing the criticism of text have significance in theory and in reality.


As Cartographic Perspectives enters the era of digital distribution, the journal stands in a unique and favorable position to promote valuable guidance in good cartographic practices with the mapping technologies that are now flourishing. Building upon the knowledge of the history, theory, and practice of cartography that CP has so well represented over the years, "On the Horizon" will appear as a regular section featuring articles and tutorials on current and emerging technological trends. Combined with that strong background in cartography, stepby-step tutorials and examples are powerful learning resources, whether they simply demonstrate how to use some particular technology or propose innovative uses of new ideas and developments.


ABSTRACT Zhang, Y., 2018. Modeling of the stimulating effect of marine circulation industry on the economic development of coastal area of China. In: Liu, Z.L. and Mi, C. (eds.), Advances in Sustainable Port and Ocean Engineering. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 83, pp. 35–40. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. In the case of different economic growth, the current model cannot measure the stimulating effect of marine circulation industry on the economic development of the coastal area of China, to this end, this paper proposes a new method for modeling of the stimulating effect of marine circulation industry on the economic development of the coastal area of China. Firstly, the error correction model is used to analyze the relationship between the marine circulation industry and the economic aggregate of the coastal area of China; then, grey correlation model is used to verify the relationship between the two, at the same time, the panel data model is used to analyze the relationship between the two; finally, each evaluation index is selected to establish the stimulating effect model of marine circulation industry on economic development in coastal areas of China. The experimental results show that the marine circulation industry has significant stimulating effect on the economic output, employment and industrial structure upgrading of Chinese coastal areas.


Based on the theory of interest rate marketization and the policy background,the article points out that the challenge in the process of interest rate marketization in our country for the small and medium-sized banks,and puts forward the countering measures for small and medium-sized banks coping with the interest rate marketzation.


An incident involving wind shear which occured on 31 May 1984 on a United Airlines aircraft is discussed by a member of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The meteorological parameters important to this incident are detailed.


patients showed an increase in plasma pethidine accompanied by a fall in gastric concentration of the drug. This suggests that the gastric juice acts as a depot for the drug, the pethidine being initially trapped in the juice, and then after it passes into the small intestine with the gastric contents, reaction with the alkaline intestinal contents promotes its reabsorption into the plasma. It is noteworthy that foetal intoxication with such local anaesthetics as lignocaine and mepivacaine has been associated with the presence of high concentrations of these anaesthetics in gastric contents of the foetuses (Sunshine & Fike, 1964; Sinclair, Fox & others, 1965; Datta, Houle & Fox, 1975). Thanks are due to Mr. James Ewing and Miss Alice MacDonald for their excellent technical assistance. This work was supported in part by USPHS Grants CA-14729 and CA-I 3038.


This paper calculates the Theil coefficient and Gini coefficient of the highway development and economic development, studies the spatial difference and correlation of highway and economic development. The calculations are that: The spatial difference of highway traffic infrastructural construction is significant. The difference of the spatial and temporal variation of highway construction has a tendency to increase in the long run. And the difference mostly comes from the regional differences of four economic regions;The difference of the spatial and temporal variation of economic development is little than the one's of highway. The difference main comes from the difference between four economic regions, and the influence degree is up to 70% . There are significant correlation between the difference of spatial and temporal variation of highway and the ones of economic development.


There are two problems that underlie the classroom action research. First , the learning process is still dominated by lectures method and less empowering environment to develop the lesson materials. As a result, student competence is still far from expectations. Based on preliminary observations, in terms of daily test results VIII C grade on the subject matter "reflection and refraction of light", indicating learning outcomes are still low. Classical completeness only reached 33.33% is still far from the minimum limit is 75%, and the average value of daily tests only 66.85, it is still far minimum completeness criteria is 75.00. While looking at the aspect of the achievement of scientific character, especially creativity, the majority of students are still far from the creative criteria. The qualitative value of creativity is considered good only 37.04%and 18.52% categorized quite creative. The remaining 44.44% of students categorized as less creative. Second , the quantity of waste every day are increasing the rate of production and consumption patterns. Such concerns foster ideas to make KIT Hand Madebased waste, such as milk cans, plastic bottles, syringes printer ink, plastic straws, plastic pipes, and others. Classroom action research carried out in three cycles. Cycle III, students who demonstrate creativity with a good reach 88.89%. Classical learning completeness reached 81.48% with an average value of 79.07. The science competence have increased significantly.


ABSTRACT Initiatives in education and research have taken centre stage to address global health issues. Fieldwork learning in a global context is seen as one strategy to expose students to global health challenges and to collaborate towards viable solutions. Because of the inequities that exist globally, ethical dilemmas can be encountered throughout partnership development and require thoughtful consideration regarding the demands placed on partners in low resourced settings and issues of sustainability. A programme evaluation using the WEIGHT guidelines as a framework for critical reflection discusses the partnership development and future of one collaborative multi-stakeholder programme between Canadian occupational therapy programmes, an Indian partner and a Canadian charity. Collegiality, mentorship and an overall perspective of meeting the WEIGHT guidelines were evident from the reflections. Important considerations of programme equity as it relates to cost, communication and feedback needs, resource gaps and sponsor related issues emerged as areas of future priority.