INTRO Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) is a popular treatment technique to reduce pain, help improve functional range of motion, and corresponding functional task completion. It has been reported both anecdotally and through controlled-clinical trials to evoke acute changes in skeletal muscle physiology through a variety of proposed mechanisms. However, the efficacy of IASTM has been called into question particularly as it pertains to its ability to improve skeletal muscle and connective tissue pathologies relative to traditional therapies including: stretching, light exercise, and therapeutic ultrasound. The purpose of this three-study investigation was to elucidate the effects of IASTM on human skeletal muscle as well as to examine possible mechanisms of change. METHODS To examine the efficacy of IASTM we designed three experiments. The first experiment tests the effects of IASTM on IL-6 and TNF-α cytokine expression in human skeletal muscle using Bergstrom needle muscle biopsies. Pro-inflammatory cytokines were of interest as they have been suggested to mediate positive outcome measures associated with IASTM. The second investigation was designed to examine the dose response in the presence of two different forces being administered. This study was largely designed as a follow up of an IASTM dose response experiment that was carried out in rodents. The final investigation was designed to examine the effects of IASTM on the architecture of skeletal muscle using diagnostic ultrasound. For this investigation both hamstrings range of motion restricted and age appropriate controls were used to examine if IASTM only elicits benefit in pathological tissue. RESULTS Results from this multi-study examination of the effects of IASTM have suggested that IASTM may not be the most αefficacious treatment available for degenerate soft-tissue. Our three investigations found no


Anadolu University Abstract: This study examined the effectiveness of simultaneous prompting in teaching naming relatives to individuals with autism. Two 5.5 year old male participants who were diagnosed with autism were taught eight different relative names using simultaneous prompting. Maintenance and generalization data across materials, settings, and trainers were collected. Results revealed that simultaneous prompting was an effective way of teaching relative names to children with autism, and also that participants maintained and generalized the skills taught after training sessions were completed. Imitation skills, initiating and continuing communication, functional communication skills, play skills, and role playing skills are primary skill areas to be taught to children with autism (Coyne, Nyberg, & Vandenburg, 1999; Hodgdon, 1999; Smith, 2001). Functional communication skills are very essential parts of independent daily living. Children with or without disabilities need to learn functional communication skills in or- der to be a real part of the community inde- pendently. Children with autism especially need to be taught functional communication skills since they usually have very limited social interaction skills, communication, and play skills (Frost & Bondy, 2002; Kircaali-Iftar, 2003). Knowing and using relative names is one of the ways of initiating communication within the family. In Turkey every relative has a dif- ferent name to be used to call him or her. For example 'dayi' is uncle which is mother's brother, 'amca' is also uncle but it is used for father's brother; 'teyze' is aunt which is moth- er's sister, 'hala' is also aunt but it is used for father's sister, etc. Since everybody uses these names in order to talk to their relatives, one of the first things children learn are the relative names in his/her family. Teaching relative names is also part of the national preschool program in Turkey. Therefore, it is important for children with autism to learn to use rela- tive names in order to initiate or continue communication with his/her relatives in daily lives and also to be accepted in the commu- nity.


Effective library programs provide inviting spaces, up-to-date resources, and opportunities for powerful learning experiences so that students and teachers can gather ideas, exchange points of view, and learn together. Contains documents and links for System information.


This Study is a comparison of injection sclerotherapy with 22% hypertonic saline (1,566 treatments in 598 patients) and carbon dioxide laser sclerotherapy (288 treatments in 121 patients) in the ablation of cutaneous spider veins of the lower extremities. Excellent cosmetic results were achieved with injection sclerotherapy and good results were achieved with laser sclerotherapy. However, patients prefer injection sclerotherapy because laser sclerotherapy leaves small white scars, is more painful, and has a higher recurrence rate. For this reason, we have now abandoned laser sclerotherapy and utilize only saline injection sclerotherapy.


This essay addresses the anguish of Job which he pours out in Job 10. Job's anguish is heightened by the fact that he does not know why he is suffering. He directs his protest to God whom he believes knows everything and judges the deepest intentions of human heart. How can God who is the sole author of life and judges rightly be responsible for this unjustifiable torment of the life a righteous man? This study examines the different outpourings of Job's anguished heart and sees them as the epitome of the anguish of a whole group that passes through unjust suffering. The approach adopted in the study is exegetical but with practical pastoral concerns.


We show that two ordinary isogenous elliptic curves have isomorphic groups of rational points if they have the same $j$-invariant and we extend this result to certain isogenous supersingular elliptic curves, namely those with equal $j$-invariant of either 0 or 1728. Using a result by Heuberger and Mazzoli we establish a general case of this relationship within isogenous elliptic curves not necessarily having equal $j$-invariant.


Lithium nitride (Li3N) is demonstrated to be an efficient n-type dopant in the widely used electron-injecting and transporting material tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq3) for Organic Light-emitting Diodes (OLEDs). Li3N doped Alq3 thin film can availably enhance the electron injection and transport ability of OLEDs, which can improve the luminance and the efficiency of doped OLEDs compared to the referenced device. Device ITO/m-MTDATA/NPB/Alq3/Alq3:Li3N/Al with optimized doping concentration and thickness exhibits a maximal luminance of 28640 cd/m2, and current efficiency 2.30cd/A, a turn-on voltage 2.9V, in contrast to 6334 cd/m2, 0.44cd/A and 4.7V for the non-doped device. Processing of Li3N is much easier and safer than that of alkaline metals, since Li3N is air-stable and has low deposition temperature which is similar to that of organic semiconductor materials.


Intramuscular hemangiomas of the head and neck are rare congenital vascular tumors and are sparsely reported. Hemangiomas account for approximately 7% of benign tumors and usually present as a mass that suddenly enlarges. Hemangiomas are mostly seen on the trunk and extremities, but can also appear on the head and neck region. A 28 year old female presented in OPD with 5x4 cm mass in Right posterior triangle of neck. CT scan showed 5x4x4 cm swelling in right posterior triangle involving sternocleidomastoid muscle. The mass was totally extracted by surgical intervention and pathological analysis revealed that it was a cavernous hemangioma. The patient's neck movement returned to normal after surgery.


Pierre poiret, born metz (lorraine), died rijnsburg (holland), was a non-conformist huguenot pastor. As a student in basel, and in his first work, cogitationes rationales (1675), he espoused cartesianism but abandoned it after meeting the roman catholic prophetess, antoinette bourignon, whese disciple and champion he became. Though critical of descartes, malebranche and especially spinoza and opposed to the arrogance of reason, poiret remained a philosopher, arguing, for example, that ideas were god-created. In his theological system, l'occonomie divine (1687), he explained salvation and refuted predestination by asserting that man was free to accept grace or reject it. As a forerunner of ocumenism he regarded belonging to any "party" of christendom as immaterial to salvation. He sought to reassure french protestants that, even if compelled by the revocation of the edict of nantes to convert to roman catholicism, they could thereby serve god; though he himself refused to convert when fenelon asked him to. Poiret disseminated works of roman catholic mysticism to the protestant community in exile, as belonging to a store of common traesure (such as the imitation of christ) from which all might derive edification. He considered mystical theology to be the true theology, the theology of the heart. There was a marked quietist tendency among the writers he published (such as madame guyon, whose complete works he brought out). A bibliography of poiret's works, which were much published and much translated, and of the works of which he was himself the publisher, shows the audience he commanded in his day. His influence long persisted in the world of german and swiss separatist pietism and in britain, where john wesley used his short pedagogical traetise as a catechism. Standing at the confluence of various intellectual and spiritual currents, poiret, who is still neglected in france, was an important intermediary.


In nature, the ain source of tantalum is an isomorphous series of minerals containing oxides of tantalum, niobium, iron, and manganese, which are collectively known as columbite-tantalite (coltan). Upgraded Ta2O5-containing tin slags are also used as a secondary source of tantalum. Coltan, either naturally occurring or synthetically produced as concentrates from tin slags, are digested with hydrofluoric and sulphuric acid at an elevated temperature.The aqueous solution of Ta-Nb in hydrofluoric acid is extracted in several continuously operating mixer-settler systems or extraction columns with an organic solvent like methyl isobuthyl ketone. The organic phase is then scrubbed with 6-15 N H2SO4to separate the niobium from the tantalum by selective stripping. The tantalum salt is extracted from the organic phase with water or diluted aqueous ammonium fluoride solution. The demands of the solid tantalum capacitor industry for high quality, high surface area tantalum powders have driven improvements in the sodium reduction of K2TaF7. The much-improved chemistry reflects the many modifications to the process put in place after 1990 and the subsequent improvements in the electrical quality as measured by the performance of tantalum capacitors.


Watercolour on card painted by Olive Pink at Wire Creek, South Australia 25/7/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Clianthus speciosum , Swainsona formosa (formerly Clianthus formosus)(Sturt Desert Pea flower) (Dimension 18.5 x25.5cm)(File No. p6-3-23).


N,N,N',N'-(tetrakis-2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine (TPEN) derivatives bearing a polymerizable double bond in the substituent structure of the pyridine ring are synthesized and subjected to copolymerization with N-isopropylacrylamide in the presence of AIBN. The obtained poly(TPENNIPA) gels show thermo-responsive swelling/shrinking behaviors and are employed for the extraction of cadmium(II) ion from the aqueous solution to examine the relationship of the gel characteristics and the extraction performance. The polymer gels composed of the TPEN derivative bearing C3, C4, C10 and branched C3 spacer chains are synthesized and temperature-dependent extraction behavior of cadmium ion is compared. These gels extract Cd ion efficiently from the aqueous solution in the swelling state at 5 oC, while little extraction is observed at 45 oC with shrinking. It is found that poly(TPEN-NIPA) gel of branched C3 spacer (C3b) shows the excellent thermo-responsive extraction performance.


Background: With the popularity of WeChat, Internet-based nursing approaches are gradually being applied to disease care, as they can better meet nursing requirements. Objectives: To explore the impact of the WeChat health management platform on the self-care ability and quality of life of patients with liver cancer undergoing interventional therapy Methods: A total of 82 patients with liver cancer who underwent interventional therapy were selected from January 2020 to January 2021 and randomly divided into the observation (n = 41) and control (n = 41) groups. The control group received routine nursing measures, while the observation group received the new nursing mode based on the WeChat health management platform. The WeChat health management platform can help patients develop health education plans, remind them of follow-up appointments, promote knowledge about nursing measures for liver cancer interventional therapies, provide feedback on medication use to doctors, and strengthen doctor–patient communication. The self-care ability and quality of life of the two groups of patients were compared before and after the intervention. Results: After the intervention, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD) scores were lower in the patients of the observation group than those in the control group, indicating an improvement in the adverse moods and quality of life of patients in the observation group. Also, the psychological, physical, and social functions and overall health scores of patients in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (all P-values < 0.05). Conclusions: The WeChat health management platform could improve the self-care ability of liver cancer patients undergoing interventional therapy and their mood and quality of life, which is worthy of clinical reference.


In Saccharomyces cerevisiae the inactivation of both the cytosolic and mitochondrial isozymes of serine hydroxymethyltransferase. as well as a third gene. designated GLYI, are necessary to yield glycine auxotrophs. The functional characterization of the GLY7 gene was approached by assaying for threonine aldolase activity catalyzing the conversion of threonine to glycine and acetaldehyde using the GLYI enzyme purified on a nickel column. No such activity was obtained with a coupled assay to alcohol dehydrogenase using either the purified HIS-tagged GLYI enzyme or the nickel column-purified HIS-tagged SHMT2. In the pursuit of showing that the expression of the GLYl gene might be up-reguiated by threonine and down-regulated by glycine. a yeast shuttle vector in which the promoter and the 5' coding region of the GLY? gene were fused to a reporter gene (Lac 2) was used to transform the yeast strain YM 22 to leucine prototrophy. The transformed yeast cells were grown in the presence and absence of L-threonine in minimal medium. A p-galactosidase assay was done on the crude extracts. A more than 1.5 times increase in Pgalactosidase (P-gai) activity was observed for the yeast cells grown in the presence of threonine than in its absence, an increase that is not conclusive for regulation by threonine. Similarly, the results of the above assay with or without the glycine supplement indicate that GLYI gene is not down-regulated by glycine. We next examined the hypothesis that GLYI may be part of the "glyoxylate anaplerotic pathway" coding for an enzyme with a glyoxylate arninotransferase activity. It had been previously reported that a serl yeast strain (which has a mutation in the phosphoserine aminotransferase gene, SER?, an enzyme required for serine synthesis from glucose) could grow without serine on a non-fermentable carbon source (such as ethanol or acetate) due to the induction of the glyoxylate pathway. The glyoxylate can be transaminated to glycine which can be used to make serine using the glycine cleavage system and mitochondrial SHMT enzymes. To characterize the possible aminotransferase activity of the GLYI protein, a yeast shuttle vector containing the entire GLYl gene sequence was used to transform the serf yeast strain to uracil prototrophy. The serl yeast transformants grew on glucose but the over-production of GLYI on a multicopy plasmid did not stimulate the growth on acetate, suggesting the enzyme is not part of the glyoxylate anaplerotic pathway. To confirm the growth study results, a different genetic approach, gene disruption. was ernployed based on the reasoning that if the GLYl gene were involved in the glyoxylate pathway, its disruption would prevent the growth of the serl yeast on acetate in the absence of serine. GLYl gene disruption experiments were done on the ser7 yeast utilizing direct gene replacement and mating strategies. The GLYl gene replacement test was done using a glyl::URA3 disruption plasmid which was previously used to inactivate GLYl (where the GLYl promoter, part of the 5' non-coding region and the first three arnino acids of the gene are replaced by a 1.1 kb URA3 fragment). The ser7 cells were transformed with the above plasmid and the transformants were selected for uracil prototrophy. A number of uracil prototrophs were obtained: these were shown by Southern blot analysis to be wild type at the GLY7 locus. The GLY7 gene disruption was attempted using a mating strategy in which the ser7 yeast strain YM14: a was mated with the yeast YM11: a gly7::URAd. The resultant dipioids sporulated and the spores were plated ont0 rich YPD plates to reach their haploid state. The haploids were then screened for uracil prototrophy and serine auxotrophy. No such hapioid was obtained using the mating technique; however, during one of these mating experiments, a number of cells were encountered which were serine auxotrophic and uracil prototrophic. These cells were tested for the GLYl gene disruption using Southern blot analysis. The results of Southern analysis indicated that these cells were in fact serl/serl &gIyl::URA3/GLY? diploids. A number of tetrad dissection studies were performed on the above diploids with results indicating that the disruption of the GLY? gene in the serf background of the yeast strain YM 14 is lethal.


bacterial cellulose(BC) was functionalised with various organic acids via an esterification reaction,such as acetic acid,hexanoic acid,lauric acid,thus,BC-acetate(C2-BC),BC-hexanoic acid ester(C6-BC),BC-laurate(C12-BC) were synthesized.The esterify results of BC were used as reinforcement for polylactide(PLA) based on thermally induced phase separation(TIPS).BC(the esteritify results of BC)/PLA composite material were measured through IR,SEM,DSC and TGA,it is concluded that BC(the esteritify results of BC) were uniformly distributed in PLA,improved degree of crystallinity and the thermal degradation and viscoelastic behaviour,but not a great impact on mobility of PLA chain.Meanwhile,Young's modulus and tensile strength of PLA composite material was improved with BC and their esteritificaton products introduced of the length of branched esterification chain.


The aim of this diploma work is beyond of adumbration of gener differencies in wage levels of employees in the Czech Republic, the characteristics and analysis of the mechanisms by which are these differencies created.


A esterifying bacterium separated from Daqu has been marked WD-5 and judged to be Monascus according to it′s character.The esterifying ability of the bacterium is 685mg/100ml.It was used in the esterifying technology of yellow fermenting liquid.The best conditions of esterifying were found out through many experiments.


Over the last few decades, significant knowledge has been gained in how to protect spacecraft from charging; however, the continuing technical advancement in the design and build of satellites requires on-going effort in the study of spacecraft charging. A situation that we have encountered is that not all satellite designers and builders are familiar with the problem of spacecraft charging. The design of a satellite involves many talented people with diverse backgrounds, ranging from manufacturing and assembly to engineering and program management. The complex design and build of a satellite system requires people with highly specialized skills such that cross-specialization is often not achievable. As a result, designers and builders of satellites are not usually familiar with the problems outside their specialization. This is also true for spacecraft charging. Not everyone is familiar with the definition of spacecraft charging and the damage that spacecraft charging can cause. Understanding the problem is an important first step in getting everyone involved in addressing the appropriate spacecraft charging issues during the satellite design and build phases. To address this important first step, an educational multimedia presentation has been created to inform the general engineering community about the basics of spacecraft charging. The content of this educational presentation is based on relevant published technical papers. The presentation was developed using Macromedia Flash. This software produces a more dynamic learning environment than a typical slide show , resulting in a more effective learning experience. The end result is that the viewer will have learned about the basics of spacecraft charging. This presentation is available to the public through our website, www.dplscience.com, free of charge. Viewers are encouraged to pass this presentation to colleagues within their own work environment. This paper describes the content of the multimedia presentation.


A long stream of warm subtropical Pacific moisture poured into California during the first half of January 1995. From January 1-12, rain fell somewhere in the state every day causing major flooding on the fourth, eighth, ninth, and tenth. 1 Sacramento and western Placer Counties were particularly hard hit during the evening of January 9 and early morning hours of January 10. Record rains fell at many locations and, in some areas, the 2-3 hour rainfall exceeded the 500 year event 2 while the recurrence interval for at least one storm total was computed to exceed 4,000 years. 3


In this paper, we present results of experimental investigation of the thermal lens effect in ethanol by a dual beam arrangement. The influence of thermal lens strength on a probe beam passing through this thermal lens medium was analyzed. Thermal lens was induced by focusing the beam of a high power diode laser in ethanol and the profile of a He-Ne laser as a probe beam was inspected. The comparison of the He-Ne laser beam profile in the condition of various diode laser beam powers shows that the beam quality of the probe can be significantly affected and the its deformed profile depends on the strength of thermal lens effect.


Abstract Ductile irons (DIs) have properties such as high strength, ductility, and toughness, as well as a low degree of melting, good fluidity, and good machining. Having these characteristics make them the most preferred among cast irons. The combination of excellent properties, especially in DI castings with a thin section, make it an alternative for steel casting and forging. But in the manufacture of thin-section parts, fluidity characteristics need to be improved and the liquid metal must fill the mold completely. The fluidity of liquid metal is influenced by many factors depending on the casting processes such as material and mold properties, casting temperature, inoculation, globalization, and grain refinement. In this study, an artificial neural network (ANN) model has been developed that allows for determining the flow distance of the liquid metal in the sand mold casting method under changing casting conditions of DI. Thus, the flow distance was estimated depending on the cross-sectional thickness during the sand casting under changing casting conditions. The experimental parameters were determined as casting temperature, liquid metal metallurgy quality, cross-sectional thickness, and filling time. Filling modeling was performed with FlowCast software. When the results were examined, it was seen that the developed ANN model has high success in predicting the flow distances of the liquid metal under different casting conditions. The calculated coefficient of determination (R 2) value of 0.986 confirms the high prediction performance of the model.


Subtitle: Bernie Baldwin reports from Singapore on an airshow that seems certain to remain a permanent event in the aviation calendar.


of greater regulation. Caracas' mayor Aristóbulo Istúriz was an even greater victim of opposition resistance in that his participatory scheme became 'restrictive' (p. ). As a result of the concessions granted to the opposition, participation declined in Montevideo and, to an even greater extent, in Caracas. Goldfrank's overall conclusion is optimistic, even though participatory experiments proved to be a resounding success in only one of the three case studies. In the concluding chapter, he affirms that 'the first and most promising lesson is that deepening local democracy is possible'. Goldfrank shows that in all three cities the participatory programmes had a major impact on national politics. The leftist Frente Amplio (Broad Front) received an increasingly large vote in municipal elections at the same time as it held up Vázquez's record as mayor to promote his unsuccessful candidacy in the presidential elections of  and his successful bid in . In the case of Venezuela, President Hugo Chávez 'has taken up the mantle of participatory democracy' (p. ) and 'several of [his] participatory initiatives were based on those promoted by Istúriz' (p. ). Goldfrank's findings regarding the potential of participatory democracy lead him to refute the claim of political scientists such as Samuel Huntington regarding the danger that direct popular participation in government leads to (in the words of Fareed Zakaria) 'tyranny or chaos' (p. ). Goldfrank also discusses the implications of the participatory experiments for leftist strategy. He explores the debate between those leftists who favour a 'dual power' approach that pits the grassroots against the state, even when the Left is in power, and what Peter Evans calls 'state–society synergy' (p. ). In short, this book is an example of exceptional scholarship. It is well focused, explores the theoretical and practical implications of its findings and draws on extensive fieldwork and considerable secondary literature.


Part 1 INTRODUCTION: the world as exhibition The Global and the Local Ethnology of the Culturally Familiar Anthropology and Cultural Studies The Expo '92 Hybrids of Modernity. Part 2 ANTHROPOLOGY: CAN WE DO ANTHROPOLOGY WHEN CULTURE AND CONTEXT BECOME SELF-EVIDENT? Context and the Cultural Construct Context and interpretation at Expo '92 Auto-Anthropology: Contextualization as Interaction. Part 3 THE NATION STATE: Technologies of Nationhood The Nation State at expo '92 Cultural Difference in the Contemporary Nation State The European Community - an Icon for the Multicultural State Spain - The Multi-culturalism of a European Heartland The United Kingdom - Fighting Against Stereotypical Associations of State and Nation Hungary and Czechoslovakia: Problematizing the Link between State and nation Switzerland: The Nation/State Deconstructed The Globalization of the Nation State. Part 4 THE UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION - CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE: Invisible Techniques of Assistance for the Expression of Cultural forms Innovations and Improving Cultural Life Technology as Cultural Artefact Fujitsu The Informatics of Domination. Part 5 HYBRID SUBJECTS - CITIZENS AS CONSUMERS: On Consumption The American Spirit Home Knnowledge and Choice Consumption as Frustrated Desire Experience and Modernity Expo, Disney and the Welsh Garden Festival. Part 6 CONCLUSION: Cultural Process and Cultural Form Hybrid Institutions.


Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the important bulb crop and most important commercial vegetable crops grown in India. Onion is cultivated round the year throughout the country. The vegetative growth of the crop is supported by lower temperature and short photoperiod whereas bulb development requires higher temperature with longer photoperiod. Maharashtra and Karnataka are the major onion growing states in India which contributes 55 per cent of total area of country whereas Nasik and Ahmednagar are major onion growing districts in Maharashtra. In India, onion is widely grown in an area of 1285 thousand ha with production 23262.3 thousand tonnes and with productivity of 18.1 tonnes per ha during 2017-18. Maharashtra is the leading state in area and production which International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 1 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com

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Our society, economy, and critical infrastructures have become largely dependent on computer networks and information technology solutions, on the other hand, cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated and thereby presenting increasing challenges in accurately detecting intrusions. Failure to prevent the intrusions could degrade the credibility of security services, e.g. data integrity, confidentiality, and availability. Different detection methods have been proposed to tackle computer security threats, which can be broadly classified into Anomaly-based Intrusion Detection Systems (AIDS) and Signature-based Intrusion Detection Systems (SIDS). One of the most preferred protection mechanisms is the machine learning based IDS which provide the most relevant results ever, but it still suffers from disadvantages like unrepresentative Dataset (the most of them were collected during a limited period of time in some specific networks and generally don't contain up-to-date data). Additionally, they are imbalanced and do not hold sufficient data for all types of attack. These imbalanced and outdated datasets decrease the efficiency of current IDS, especially for new attack types. Some recent works proposed many machine-learning-based IDS based on an up-to-date security dataset CSE-CIC-IDS2018, in this paper we propose an experimental approach of Artificial Neural Networks with adapted hyper-parameters. Experimental results demonstrated that the proposed approach considerably improve the general accuracy.


Non-contacting gas film seal applies to the high speed working condition and a numerical method was presented for analyzing the effect of speed on the stability of cylinder gas film seal. The dynamics analysis model was established, solving the time-dependent Reynolds equation coupling with the dynamic equations. Through numerical simulation, the critical speed of cylinder gas film seal system and the diagram of critical mass versus rotor speed were obtained. The influence of the speed on dynamic stability was studied. The results show that the system stability becomes worse as rotor speed increases.


RIIHIMÄKI Degree Programme in Information Technology Media Systems Author Juha Koski Year 2016 Subject of Bachelor's thesis MPEG-DASH Live Streaming


1T IS recognized that any collegecommunity program will be conditioned to a great extent by the type of institution and by the kind of community in which such an institution is located. The program described here is one which has been organized in a state institution; a teachers college enrolling approximately 1,800 students and located in a community which is largely residential, having a population of approximately 11,000. A college-community program is based on the assumption that any institution of higher learning and the community in which it is located will have many interests which are common, and that there will exist a certain amount of interdependence in their development. It is difficult to conceive


The purpose of this research work is to analyze the contribution that sporting activity can provide for sustainable educational and training development towards younger people.
In this regard, are brought to evidence the benefits that motor and sports sciences generate in adolescents, both able-bodied and disabled, helping them in a decisive way in their growth.


This study investigated the relationships among mothers- and daughters-in-law, the husband's role, and maternal self-efficacy in Taiwanese families. The subjects were 509 Taiwanese women with children in kindergarten or the first grade. ANOVA results showed that when daughters-in-law disagreed with their mothers-in-law and their husbands took the side of the mother-in-law, women experience gr eater conflict with and perceived dominance of their mother-in-law, and their confidence for using parenting strategies and playing a maternal role was significantly lower than those husbands did not intervene, intervened or took their side. Hierarchical regression analysis results indicated that women who experience higher maternal self-efficacy rep ort more companionship and less conflict with their mothers-in-law. When women's educational years and family income were co ntrolled for, the results showed that support from the hubsand was not a significant predictor and support from the mother-in-law was a negative predictor of maternal self


Abstract : Current methods for evaluating the suitability of potential landing sites for fixed-wing aircraft require a direct measurement of soil bearing capacity. In contingency military operations, the commitment of ground troops to carry out this mission prior to landing poses problems in hostile territory, including logistics, safety, and operational security. Developments in remote sensing technology provide an opportunity to make indirect measurements that may prove useful for inferring basic soil properties. However, methods to accurately predict strength from other fundamental geotechnical parameters are lacking, especially for a broad range of soil types under widely-varying environmental conditions. To support the development of new procedures, a dataset of in situ soil pit test results was gathered from airfield pavement evaluations at forty-six locations worldwide that encompass a broad variety of soil types. Many features associated with soil strength including gradation, moisture content, density, specific gravity and plasticity were collected along with California bearing ratio (CBR), a critical strength index used to determine the traffic loading that the ground can support.


The mathematical model of calculating the transmutation of the oil casing was given by analyzing the mechanism of the solid-liquid interaction in the oil reservoir and by using the elastic-plastic mechanics theories in calculating the oil casing and the cement pipe around it. The injecting water pressure and casing transmutation in a well were also calculated via FEM program. The model is very important theoretically and practically in programming the software and in analyzing,calculating and preventing the oil casing transmutation.


Esophageal reflux resulting in Barrett esophagus is the leading risk factor for esophageal adenocarcinoma. The impact of treating reflux and the risk


In this paper, we study a double scaling limit of two multi-matrix models: the U(N)2×O(D) -invariant model with all quartic interactions and the bipartite U(N)×O(D) -invariant model with tetrahedral interaction (D being here the number of matrices and N being the size of each matrix). Those models admit a double, large N and large D expansion. While N tracks the genus of the Feynman graphs, D tracks another quantity called the grade. In both models, we rewrite the sum over Feynman graphs at fixed genus and grade as a finite sum over combinatorial objects called schemes. This is a result of combinatorial nature which remains true in the quantum mechanical setting and in quantum field theory. Then we proceed to the double scaling limit at large D, i.e. for vanishing grade. In particular, we find that the most singular schemes, in both models, are the same as those found in Benedetti et al for the U(N)2×O(D) -invariant model restricted to its tetrahedral interaction. This is a different universality class than in the 1-matrix model whose double scaling is not summable.


Retinoids are widely used in different cosmetic products because of general improvement of skin appearance. However, retinoid concentration in cosmetics is restricted, and one particular form–retinoic acid, is banned in cosmetics due to safety reasons.


Two ellagic acid glycosides were isolated by bioassay-guided fractionation from the antimicrobial ethyl acetate fraction of the ethanol extract from Gleditsia sinensis spines, and identified as 3-O-methylellagic acid-4′-(5″-acetyl)-α-L-arabinofuranoside (1) and 3-O-methylellagic acid-4′-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (2). Both compounds were isolated from this plant species for the first time, and 1 is a new compound. The two compounds showed significant antifungal activity against the spore germination of rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea, with an IC50 value of 13.56 µg mL−1 for 1 and 16.14 µg mL−1 for 2.


Abstract — The aim of this research was to prepare the composite Bacterial Cellulose of Mimosa  pudica Leaf Extract (BC-MPLE) through a the process of  merging matrix (SB) with filler (MPLE) . The preparation of BC using coconut water, a starter A.xylinum and fermented at room temperature until BC . The extract of MPLE was gained from Mimosa pudica . The preparation of BC-MPLE was performed by immersing BC in MPLE  with a variation of immersion time for 7, 14 and 21 days without and using UV light  radiation.  Results of  BC-MPLE had better physical, mechanical and structural characteristics than BC and MPLE. The water content of  BC was 98,84 % and EDPM was 90,38%. Whereas  the water content of  BC-MPLE  was lower than BC, which  was 98,75 %. Result of the swelling degree BC-MPLE was higher than BC. The maximum percentage of BC-MPLE swelling degrees was obtained in by  7 th day MPLE using UV. BC-MPLE has better elasticity, tensile strength and compressive strength than SB. Furthermore, the FTIR spectrum from BC-MPLE was a composite spectrum of BC and MPLE. The degree of crystallinity of KSB-EDPM was higher than BC (BC = 84.470% and BC-MPLE UV = 84.962%). Keywords— BC, MPLE, BC-MPLE, UV Light, non UV Light


The structures of organic and inorganic compounds were first established by classical methods involving elegant application of chemical degradation and synthesis. The discovery of X-ray diffraction by crystals and of electron diffraction by vapours made it possible not only to find the structures of rather simple chemical compounds, but also to measure the distances between the atoms. To these two physical methods were added electronic and vibrational spectroscopy; the first gave internuclear distances in diatomic molecules with extraordinary precision, but was not to begin with applied to systems of greater complexity, and the second proved to be of great value in determining chemical structures of quite large molecules.


It seems that what you wear influences how you behave and even your ability to perform, or as scientists name it, enclothed cognition. The article presents there is more to sports clothing than a winning look as discovered with Team GB's Olympic sporstwear.


A series of 2, 5-disubstituted 1, 3, 4-thidiazole molecules were synthesized and modified free 2-NH2 into their derivatives to enhance their biological activity. And among these synthesized analogues 1, 3, di substituted urea analogues were studied separately to highlight their application on basis of antimicrobial activity. 5-alkyl/aryl-1, 3, 4-thidiazole2-amine as lead molecules were synthesized applying a new method. A strategic plan was made to synthesize their various derivatives by using amino acids and primary aminecyclopentyl amine. The chemical structures of all new derivatives were established by IR, 1HNMR, and mass spectra data. In bloom, the in vitro antibacterial and antifungal properties were tested against some human pathogenic microorganisms by employing the Kirby Bauer disc diffusion technique. All synthesized analogues of urea showed activity against the entire strain of microorganisms. In SAR study the relationship between the functional group variation and the biological activity of the evaluated compounds were well discussed. Based on the results obtained, all analogues were found to be very active compared to the standard drug chloramphenicol and basic moiety 5-phenyl-1, 3, 4-thidiazole-2-amine.


Developing high-quality dyes to construct activatable probes for analyte sensing via NIR-II fluorescence is critical for attaining enhanced imaging depths and resolution. Heptamethine cyanines can serve this purpose; however, they usually have poor stability and a tendency to self-aggregate. Herein, we present a design strategy involving the installation of pyridinium and tert-butyl groups onto the central cyclohexenyl core to increase steric crowding, enhance water solubility, and provide a site for the incorporation of analyte-responsive elements. The resulting NP-N dyes emit NIR-II light and can outperform benchmark heptamethine cyanines such as ICG. Using HP-N1, we developed HP-H2O2 and showed that NIR-II fluorescence signals could be enhanced when treating with H2O2. HP-H2O2 was subsequently evaluated in murine models of acute lung injury and acute kidney injury. This strategy unlocks the potential of heptamethine cyanines and is applicable to examples with extended conjugation.


Epipellis oiketis Holmes, an obligate epizoic diatom living on cetaceans, was found in skin samples of harbor porpoises from Belgian coastal waters. Previously this species was recorded exclusively from porpoises and from tooth and baleen whales in the northern Pacifi c. We present additional information on the morphology of this diatom and comment on its geographic distribution. Both host dispersal before geographic separation and interspecifi c transfer may explain its occurrence in the northern part of both oceans. Our observations further corroborate the suggestion that cetacean diatom species probably are more widespread than documented so far.


The invention discloses a method for producing differential terylene color yarns. The method comprises the following steps of: pre-crystallizing a functional polyester chip at the temperature of between 144 and 146 DEG C for 20 to 60 minutes, and drying at the temperature of between 149 and 151 DEG C for 4 to 6 hours, so that the moisture content of the dried functional polyester chip is less than or equal to 17 ppm; and drying masterbatches for 1 to 2 hours, mixing the dried masterbatches and the dried functional polyester chip fully, adding the mixture into a screw extrusion spinning machine, spinning by using a spinneret plate of the screw extrusion spinning machine, winding and dropping into a bucket, and processing to obtain the differential terylene color yarns. In the method, the masterbatches are added into the functional polyester chip to be spun into the color yarns, the masterbatches and the functional polyester chip are mixed uniformly in a mode of dynamic mixing or static mixing in a screw extruder, and the color yarns are produced through the spinneret plate. By the method, the color fastness and stability of the products are improved, the production cost is reduced, and environmental pollution is reduced.


The main aim of this article is the analysis of the method's input parameters on basis of the parametric sensitivity functions for the target distance determination in passive location. In this work the mathematical apparatus of the computing of sensitivity coefficients' sets is shown. The analytical expression and the characteristic form of the sensitivity coefficients' sets for the target distance determination method were turned out, on their base the influence of the input parameters accuracy on the resulting accuracy in target distance determination was investigated. Thus there is also shown the using of the sensitivity functions for the method's input parameters analysis. Numerical examples demonstrating usability of the method are given. There was no such analysis in public works before. Main advantage of this method is using of two-position system instead of three-position system. This article could be useful for specialists during schematic design of passive ranging system.


We developed a constant false alarm rate (CFAR) strategy for detecting the blade echo-signal of a hovering helicopter with phased array airborne early warning (AEW) radar, which is based on the time-space cascaded adaptive processing approach (TSA) and "multi-Doppler channels joint detection" technique. The configuration of detector is given, the performance of the detector is analyzed, and the feasibility and effectiveness are verified with computer simulations.


In this article, compact antenna with high gain and circular polarization (CP) for WiMAX applications is noticed. Using metamaterials with negative permittivity and permeability improves the antenna parameters; thus, the prototype antenna is designed based on metamaterial composite right‐/left‐handed to achieve CP and compact size. The final antenna has directional pattern and high gain with CP at 3450 MHz. The antenna gain is 8.28 dBi. The size of prototype patch antenna is 30 × 30 mm2. It is designed and fabricated on Taconic TLY‐5, Laminate substrate with εr = 2.2 and thickness of 1.6 mm. It is simulated by CST microwave studio and HFSS. Also, equivalent circuit and experimental results are presented and compared here. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 57:357–360, 2015


The study of US-China relations has always been a crucial topic in our economic development [4][5][7], and the US presidential election plays an integral role in shaping these relations. The presidential election is held every four years, and it is crucial to assess the impact of the 2020 election on China to prepare for the potential effects of the 2024 US presidential election on the Chinese economy [8][16][20]. To achieve this, we have gathered statistical data from nearly 70 years and analyzed data related to the US economy. We have classified the collected data and utilized the analytic hierarchy process [1][2][3] to evaluate the President's policy implementation.This approach allowed us to obtain a comprehensive ranking of the indicators [6][9][11][33]. We then quantified the index data and employed the entropy weight method to calculate the weight of each index data. Finally, we used the weighted total score calculation to evaluate the economic status of the United States in a hierarchical manner after the election of Presidents Trump and Biden [15][18]. We optimized the index system by incorporating additional dimension indexes such as"foreign policy". We then crawled China's specific development data from 1990-2020 and substituted it into the model for analysis and evaluation. This enabled us to obtain detailed quantitative index data of the degree of influence [10][12][14]. To address China's shortcomings in science and technology innovation, we recommend strengthening economic cooperation with developed countries, diversifying market development, and actively expanding the domestic market through feasible solutions [13][16][23][36].


This paper examines the deliberate state effort to develop specialised clusters and innovation systems, and identify the challenges and possible solutions in the process of developing and nurturing high-tech industries and companies in Singapore. Findings from the case studies indicate that companies born directly into high-tech industries or whose products and services have a high composition of high-tech elements are more optimistic about business prospects and tend to experience greater pace and scope of growth. They are able to leverage government support more effectively, and better benefit from resource sharing and spillover externalities generated by specialised cluster blocks (e.g. Block 71) and the innovation system present in Singapore. In view of these results, a review on government policy support for SMEs in innovation and development is critical. Companies should focus on identifying their core product strengths and leading business propositions and use them as the base to build up their innovation and technology capabilities.


According to the survey and analysis of tea professional Cooperatives of Feixi county in Anhui,the strengths and weaknesses were found out,then countermeasure and suggestion to promote the tea professional Cooperatives in Jixi County was put forward .


The technology of high shrinkage bulky top produced by dry spinning acrylic tow is introduced.It is shown that the process parameters including tow quality specification,heat-plate temperature of stretcher,draw ratio of heat-plate and cooling result should be selected correctly.In this way,28 percent of high shrinkage after steaming bulky top can be successfully obtained.


We propose a third-party value-added services framework for enhancing the performance of reliable multicast protocols. In this framework, a value-added service provider will place servers called waypoints throughout ISPs' networks. Waypoints run a fully distributed, dynamic algorithm to determine which multicast groups to join. Having joined a group, a waypoint participates in the error recovery protocol, supplying repairs to receivers. From the application's perspective, waypoints appear to be additional application endpoints in the network. Waypoints seamlessly interoperate with current reliable multicast algorithms with only a minor change to receivers and no changes to routers. In our implementation, receivers and waypoints use STORM, a structure-based error recovery protocol. The waypoint recovery service is not limited to one error recovery protocol, and can be extended to enhance other reliable multicast protocols. Results from simulation experiments are presented to evaluate the potential benefits of theproposed scheme. We find that when multicast group members are isolated from each other, a waypoint recovery service can significantly enhance receivers' performance.


The Croatian Society of Medical Biochemists and Slovenian Association for Clinical Chemistry, together with the Forum of the European Societies of Clinical Chemistry, IFCC in Europe have organized the third in a series of postgraduate weekend courses entitled "New Trends in Classification and Management of Neurological Disease" promoting continuous postgraduate education of experts in clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, and ensuring the laboratory knowledge harmonization, this time on human brain in particular. In the past few years, scientists have made some important breakthrough in understanding the many types of neurological disease. These findings are now opening the way to new horizons for diagnosing and monitoring of these disorders. Renowned experts from European countries have participated in this specialized FESCC Course covering the clinical and laboratory aspects of neurological diseases.


Underwater transient signals are caused by mechanically induced or flow-radiated noises. Characterization and recognition study of the under-water transients is fundamentally important in ship silencing and vulnerability assessment. Past work has used mainly speech processing methods to study the transients. In this paper a critical comparison is made between the transients and speech. Emphasis is placed on the use of low order modelling for representation of the transient signal, segmentation or extraction of events, cluster analysis and classification of transient events. For segmentation, an algorithm is presented that employs an entropy distance based on the covariance estimate of the autoregressive model. By narrowing down to event portions of the transients, which has not been done before, it is shown that effective characterization, segmentation and recognition of underwater transients can be achieved with low-order model at very modest computation cost.


General relativistic numerical simulations of magnetized accretion flows around black holes show a disordered electromagnetic structure in the disc and corona and a highly relativistic, Poynting-dominated funnel jet in the polar regions. The polar jet is nearly consistent with the stationary paraboloidal Blandford-Znajek model of an organized field threading the polar regions of a rotating black hole. How can a disordered accretion disc and corona lead to an ordered jet? We show that the polar jet is associated with a strikingly simple angular-integrated toroidal current distribution dI Φ /dr oc r -5/4 , where I Φ (r) is the toroidal current enclosed inside radius r. We demonstrate that the poloidal magnetic field in the simulated jet agrees well with the force-free field solution for a non-rotating thin disc with an r -5/4 toroidal current, suggesting rotation leads to negligible self-collimation. We find that the polar field is confined/collimated by the corona. We also study the properties of the bulk of the simulated disc, which contains a turbulent magnetic field locked to the disc's Keplerian rotation except for rapidly rotating prograde black holes (a/M≥ 0.4) for which within r ≤ 3GM/c 2 the field locks to roughly half the black hole spin frequency. The electromagnetic field in the disc also scales as r -5/4 , which is consistent with some Newtonian accretion models that assume rough equipartition between magnetic and gas pressure. However, the agreement is accidental since towards the black hole the magnetic pressure increases faster than the gas pressure. This field dominance near the black hole is associated with magnetic stresses that imply a large effective viscosity parameter a ∼1, whereas the typically assumed value of a ∼0.1 holds far from the black hole.


Regular thermal response tests (TRT) are routinely performed to get data for sizing larger installations with borehole heat exchangers. The effective borehole thermal conductivity and the effective borehole thermal resistance are the two main parameters determined with the test, in addition, the undisturbed temperature of the borehole is determined, most often by measuring the temperature of the collector fluid during circulation before startup of the test. The undisturbed temperature of the borehole can also be determined from the vertical temperature profile in the borehole. Such temperature profiles are easily obtained with manual measurements using a probe in one of the collector pipes. In addition to an accurate measurement of the undisturbed temperature, the vertical temperature profile can be interpreted to find e.g. water bearing fractures, thermal pollution from nearby buildings and variations in geology. Temperature profile measurements after the TRT is performed can be used as an indicator of groundwater flow in the borehole that might affect the results from the response test and the performance of the borehole (Liebel 2012). This paper presents data from temperature profile measurements performed in single boreholes and in borehole fields in Norway. The profiles are measured before (undisturbed temperature) and after TRTs on boreholes ranging between 50 to 500 m. Based on the data, cases where the temperature profiles have been used to indicate variations in geology, water bearing fractures and variations in temperatures within neighboring boreholes are presented. Together with thermal conductivity values from laboratory measurements on rock samples, the profiles are also used to explain the results from TRTs affected by groundwater flow. Temperature profile measurements from several boreholes within single borehole fields also show significant differences important for the design of the GSHP system. As a conclusion, it is shown that the regular measurement of temperature profiles is an easy and cost effective method to gain knowledge and insight beyond that of a standard response test. It is therefore recommended to measure the undisturbed temperature profile of all boreholes in a GSHP as a regular part of the documentation and as a basis for design of GSHP systems.


We describe a method of creating an infinite family of crossing‐critical graphs from a single small planar map, the tile, by gluing together many copies of the tile together in a circular fashion. This method yields all known infinite families of k‐crossing‐critical graphs. Furthermore, the method yields new infinite families, which extend from (4,6) to (3.5,6) the interval of rationals r for which there is, for some k, an infinite sequence of k‐crossing‐critical graphs all having average degree r. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 42: 332–341, 2003


Cardiovascular disease and stroke account for 60–70% of all deaths in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD), at a risk that is 10–20‐fold the age‐ and sex‐matched general population. There is also increased coronary artery calcification and increased cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and dialysis patients compared with the general population. Bone is similarly abnormal in CKD. There is an increased incidence of low bone mass and fractures in dialysis patients compared with the general population. Furthermore, a hip fracture in a dialysis patient is associated with a doubling of the mortality observed in nondialysis patients with a hip fracture. These two problems may be linked, as cross‐sectional studies have demonstrated an inverse relationship between osteoporosis and coronary artery calcification in the general population and in ESRD patients. In vitro and ex vivo, there is clear evidence that vascular calcification is an active cell‐mediated process, made worse by disorders of mineral metabolism. Many factors known to be associated with cardiovascular disease in CKD patients can directly increase calcification in vitro. In addition, in CKD, there are many mechanisms by which bone may adversely affect vascular calcification including disorders of bone remodelling, altered secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH), hyperphosphatemia, hypercalcaemia, use of calcium based binders, and excessive vitamin D therapy. The coexistence of vascular risk factors and abnormal bone represent a double threat to the well being of patients with CKD.


KITcube (Kalthoff et al, 2013) is a mobile advanced integrated observation system for the measurement of meteorological processes within a volume of 10x10x10 km3. A large variety of different instruments from in-situ sensors to scanning remote sensing devices are deployed during campaigns. The simultaneous operation and real time instrument control needed for maximum instrument synergy requires a real-time data management designed to cover the various user needs: Save data acquisition, fast loading, compressed storage, easy data access, monitoring and data exchange. Large volumes of data such as raw and semi-processed data of various data types, from simple ASCII time series to high frequency multi-dimensional binary data provide abundant information, but makes the integration and efficient management of such data volumes to a challenge.
Our data processing architecture is based on open source technologies and involves the following five sections: 1) Transferring: Data and metadata collected during a campaign are stored on a file server. 2) Populating the database: A relational database is used for time series data and a hybrid database model for very large, complex, unstructured data. 3) Quality control: Automated checks for data acceptance and data consistency. 4) Monitoring: Data visualization in a web-application. 5) Data exchange: Allows the exchange of observation data and metadata in specified data formats with external users.
The implemented data architecture and workflow is illustrated in this presentation using data from the MOSES project (http://moses.eskp.de/home).

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KITcube - A mobile observation platform for convection studies deployed during HyMeX .
Kalthoff, N.; Adler, B.; Wieser, A.; Kohler, M.; Träumner, K.; Handwerker, J.; Corsmeier, U.; Khodayar, S.; Lambert, D.; Kopmann, A.; Kunka, N.; Dick, G.; Ramatschi, M.; Wickert, J.; Kottmeier, C.
2013. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 22 (6), 633–647. doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0542


Lithology classification is an important task in reservoir characterization, one of its major purposes is to support well planning and drilling activities. Therefore, faster and more effective classification algorithms will increase the speed and reliability of decisions made by geologists and geophysicists. This paper analyzes ensemble methods applied to automatic lithology classification. For this, we performed a comparison between single classifiers (Support Vector Machine and Multilayer Perceptron) and these classifiers with ensemble methods (Bagging and Boost). The results are very satisfactory, and confirm the advantages of using ensemble methods. However the trade-off between performance improvements versus resource utilization shows that the use of ensemble methods is only necessary when precision is an extremely determinant factor.


The present invention relates to a lysing agent of at least one strain of filamentous bacteria characterized in that it comprises at least one polypeptide chosen from the following polypeptides: e) a polypeptide whose amino acid sequence is one of SEQ ID NO: 9 or SEQ ID No. 11; f) a polypeptide having lytic activity and whose amino acid sequence has at least 80% identity with one of the sequences SEQ ID No. 9 or SEQ ID No. 11; g) a polypeptide having lytic activity and whose amino acid sequence is that of a fragment of one of the sequences SEQ ID No. 9 or SEQ ID No. 11; h) a polypeptide comprising at least one polypeptide as defined in e), f) or g).


It is not easy to create a logo, as identity graphic representation for a city. It is a work of studyand graphics, using many information about the theme. And, of course, symbols, signs and colours toconvey an interesting message to the people. This paper presents an experience of the authors concerningthe designing an identity for a city, by creating a logo. As it is known, logo is like a signature of somethingand has a power" to make present the absent" [5]. It was a challenge to put together in a creative graphicrepresentation the past, the present and the future of the city and to harmonize the rules and the demandsof the competition to this representation.


The dipole pattern of the antenna was confirmed and work on the MOM diode began. The antenna - detector structure was modified and the measurement apparatus reconfigured to permit precise antenna pattern measurements. Fabrication of the MOM diode was initiated after antenna action from the new structures was observed. A refined antenna structure was developed. The previous antenna design allowed currents induced by the incident radiation in the bonding wires to flow through the bolometer. The detector was thus responding to both the antenna and bonding wire currents. A low pass filter was added to the antenna structure to improve the detection scheme. The new design uses an interdigitated capacitor to prevent the induced current in the bonding wires from flowing through the detection element.


The one‐on‐one encounter between the physician teacher and the learner is the major clinical teaching vehicle in the ambulatory setting. Few medical educators have observed the encounter for its length; frequency and types of physician teaching behaviors; or the pattern of the encounter—relying instead on perceptions of the outcomes of the teaching/learning process. The purpose of this study was to describe the instructional activities occurring in physician‐learner encounters. Sixteen family physicians were observed performing 10 teaching encounters each. A clinical observation instrument captured and categorized 17 clinical teaching and nonteaching behaviors. The results of the study suggest that the encounter is driven by the patient and that little attention is focused on traditional elements of instruction such as setting expectations and giving feedback.


This paper analyzes one of the most important properties in the refrigeration field: the solubility of the refrigerants in lubricants. The experimental solubilities of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluorethane (HFC134a) in dimethyl carbonate and diethyl carbonate are reported and discussed for a temperature range from (263.15 to 308.15) K and 101.33 kPa partial pressure of refrigerant. An experimental device previously adapted for measurements of the same refrigerant in polyethers was used in this work. The mole fraction of the refrigerant was calculated using the ϕ−γ method and the symmetrical criteria for the components. From the solubility data, the thermodynamic quantities related to the solution process were also obtained. The results achieved show the adequacy of dialkyl carbonates to dissolve properly HFC134a. In addition, solubility parameters were used as a research strategy to anticipate inadequate behavior on the refrigerant/lubricant miscibility.


Background and Objectives: Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children under 5 years. Study was aimed to evaluate the role of different categories of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) in children <5 years of age hospitalised for acute/persistent diarrhoea, by multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for simultaneous detection of five categories of DEC using eight virulent genes and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of DEC. Materials and Methods: Faecal samples from 355 children with and 150 children without diarrhoea were collected from 2011 to 2013 from King George Medical University and Balrampur Hospital of Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, India and were tested for enteric pathogens using conventional diagnostic methods and molecular methods. Results: DEC was detected in 152 (42.81%) children with and 14 (9.33%) in children without diarrhoea respectively. The most common pathotype was enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) in cases and controls (16.05% and 5.33%), followed by enteropathogenic E. coli (12.67% and 2.66%), enterotoxigenic E. coli (8.73% and 1.33%), enteroinvasive E. coli (5.35%/and nil) in cases and controls respectively, enterohaemorrhagic E. coli was not detected in any of the diarrhoeal samples. DEC isolates showed a low rate of sensitivity to Ampicillin (07.89%), Amoxycillin-Clavulanic acid (06.57%), Trimethoprim/Sulphamethaxazole (20.39%), Nalidixic acid (24.34%,), Ciprofloxacin (34.34%), Ceftriaxone (23.68%)), Chloramphenicol (33.55%) and Cefoxitin (30.26%) while they were more sensitive to Amikacin (65.78% sensitive), Piperacillin/Tazobactam (61.84% sensitive) and Gentamicin (61.84% sensitive). Interpretation and Conclusions: DEC strains are a significant cause of diarrhoea in children. EAEC was the most frequent pathotype in the study. The high level of antimicrobial resistance in our study raises a broader discussion about the indiscriminate use or misuse of antibiotics and the risks of empirical antibiotic therapy in children of a very young age.


This paper examines the investment allocation choices of actively-managed U.S. mutual funds in emerging market equities after the market cris es of the 1990's. We analyze both country- and firm-level disclosure and institutional policies that influence mutual funds' allocation choices relative to major stock market indices. At the count ry level, we find that U.S. funds invest more in open emerging markets with stronger accounting standards, shareholder rights, and legal frameworks. At the firm level, U.S. funds ar e found to invest more in firms that adopt discretionary policies such as greater accounting transparency and the issuance of an ADR. Our results suggest that steps can be taken both at the country and the firm level to create an environment conducive to foreign institutional investment.


 Oladayo S. Folasire, Donna J. Sellers & Russ Chess-Williams; Desensitisation of urethral smooth muscle: interaction between adrenoceptor and muscarinic receptormediated pathways. Abstract presented at ICS 2015 (Biomarkers and Molecular Mechanisms), Montreal, Canada. http://www.ics.org/Abstracts/Publish/241/000470.pdf.  Donna J. Sellers, Oladayo S. Folasire & Lee S; Streptozotocin-induced diabetes increases intravesical ATP release and nerve-evoked contractions in the rat urinary bladder. Abstract presented at ICS 2015 (Biomarkers and Molecular Mechanisms), Montreal, Canada. http://www.ics.org/Abstracts/Publish/241/000152.pdf.  Oladayo S. Folasire, Donna J. Sellers & Russ Chess-Williams; KCl potentiates subsequent responses to noradrenaline of the porcine urethra by enhancing ROCK and Ca 2+ release. Abstract presented at ASCEPT-MPGPCR 2014 Joint Scientific Meeting. Melbourne Australia. http://www.asceptasm.com/wpcontent/uploads/2014/01/ASCEPT-Poster-ProgramAbstracts-FINAL1.pdf.  Russ Chess-Williams, Oladayo S Folasire, Kylie Mills, Donna Sellers. Characterisation of relaxatory transmitters in the porcine internal anal sphincter Abstract presented at ASCEPT-MPGPCR 2013 Joint Scientific Meeting. Sydney Australia, abstract 434, 2013. http://www.asceptasm.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/06/ASCEPT-abstracts-403-493.pdf.  Donna Sellers, Oladayo S Folasire, Russ Chess-Williams. Characterisation of contractile responses to α1 adrenoceptor agonists in the porcine urethral circular smooth muscle. Abstract presented at ASCEPT-MPGPCR 2013 Joint Scientific xii Meeting. Sydney Australia, abstract 435, 2013. http://www.asceptasm.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/06/ASCEPT-abstracts-403-493.pdf.  Russ Chess-Williams, Oladayo S Folasire, Kylie Mills. Characterisation of relaxatory transmitters in the porcine internal anal sphincter. Abstract presented at ASCEPT-MPGPCR 2013 Joint Scientific Meeting. Sydney Australia, abstract 435, 2013. http://www.asceptasm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ASCEPT-abstracts403-493.pdf.


Shark liver oil is one of the sources of cellular energy and provides repair and restoration of damaged cells, and supports in protection of the body from the emergence of tumorous conditions. The Shark liver oil was tested orally at the dose of 1gm/kg/oral body weight, on gastric ulceration experimentally induced by Ethanol. The parameters considered to assess the Mucoprotective activity were percentage of ulcer, ulcer index, percentage of inhibition, pH, free acidity and total acidity, GSH, LPO and ALP. Pre treatment with the Shark liver oil resulted in significant decrease of the ulcerated area and reduced pH, free acidity and total acidity.


Deformation monitoring and dynamic characteristic analysis of bridge structures are the vital and basic requirements for the safe operation of bridges. In recent years, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) has become increasingly widely used in bridge structural health monitoring with the development of the GNSS technology, especially the continuous improvement and development of China's Beidou navigation satellite system (BDS). This article summarizes the application process of GNSS dynamic deformation monitoring and the development of GNSS deformation measurement technology of bridge structural health monitoring, the dynamic characteristic identification method and its application in bridge GNSS monitoring. The positioning solution methods for GNSS monitoring, the high sampling rate GNSS receiver for monitoring, multi-frequency and multi-system GNSS monitoring and the weakening of multipath effect of GNSS monitoring are summarized in detail. Then, the conclusions and prospects are posed for future research and related application.


Glacial and Iacustrine Sediments in the deepest part of Lake Zürich contain a sensitive paleoenvironmental record of Alpine deglaciation and climatic change in Switzerland during the latest Pleistocene and Holocene. Those Sediments comprise a glacial-lacustrine complex of some 140 m thickness, including four basal mud tills, topped by more than 10 m of non-glacial Iacustrine deposits. The uppermost mud tili, at 80 m subbottom, represents the last glacial overburdening of the basinal Sediments during the Wurm II Stage (Marine Isotope Stage 2). The upper 30 m of the sequence comprises undeformed Iacustrine Sediments including, in its lower part, 16.5 m of rhythmites. They were deposited from about 15,000 to 14,500 BP in a perennially frozen pro-glacial lake at an average rate of at least 24 mm per year. After 14,500 BP, the glacial silt influx decreased markedly and the basin began to receive locally-eroded Molasse detritus. By 12,800BP, the influx of glacial silt was negligible and the average Sedimentation rate had decreased to 0.5 mm per year. Low rates of detrital Sedimentation persisted from 12,800 to 10,000 BP. During the Holocene, authigenic calclte silts and marls were deposited at rates of 0.2 0.4 mm per year. Stable oxygenand carbon-isotope ratlos in the carbonate tests of benthic ostracoda and pelecypoda indicate that: (A) Prior to 12,800 BP, the lake inflow was dominated by isotopically light glacial meltwaters. (B) Between 12,800 and 12,400 BP, direct precipitation runoff of became the dominant source of lake inflow. That event marked the end of the last melting phase of stagnant glacial ice in the catchment. Deglaciation of the catchment required 2,500 years, indicating an average glacial retreat rate of 36 m per year, or a downwastage rate for the stagnant glacial ice of up to 0.5 m per year. (C) The mean annual air temperature at 12,400 BP was warmer than during the early Holocene and close to that of today. (D) A gradual climatic amelioration between 10,000 and 6000 BP was interrupted by slightly cooler periods at 9000 BP and 8000 BP. (E) Productivity in the surface waters of the lake was directly affected by climatic fluctuations between 10,000 and 4000 BP. After 4000 BP, plankton production increased significantly. That increase, which was probably a response to an increased nutrient availability, coincided with increased catchment erosion (anthropogenic land Clearing ?). The LIMBO 82 core was drilled from valley fill in the Limmat Valley beyond the most distal Wurm end moraine. Under 50 m of glaciofluvial gravels and moraine follow 30 m of diamicton (mud tills and/or subaqueous mass flow deposits) and 10 m of horizontally bedded silt, both rieh in reworked Molasse detritus. A C-14 date for the lower part of the diamicton ind'cates an age older than 50,000 BP. Stratigraphic correlation of this glacial and peri-glaclal valley fill in the Limmat Valley with that from Lake Zürich is not possible, since comparable bioand llthostratlgraphic markers are missing.


There are many software development methodologies that are used to control the process of developing a software system. No exact system was found which could help the software engineers for selection of best software development methodology. This paper presents s Decision Support Framework, which will assist in determining the best methodology to apply in a software project. With the help of Likert scale we created a rule based model which will help the software engineers to select an appropriate development methodology that may increase the probability of system success.


Briefly described the present condition of the company s network,completely analyzed its application and need. And on the current foundation of the fiber-optical web, adopting EDSL IP DSLAM the broadband link technology expanded LAN in the company which obtained the good result.


The modern business environment is considered more complex and challenging than ever before. Businesses now rely heavily on their Chief Compliance Officers ("CCO") to ensure their business practices adhere to the increasingly numerous laws and regulations that apply to their operations. The number of CCOs in major financial institutions has correspondingly doubled since 2005. This Article will summarize the principal laws, regulations, and jurisprudence that can confer personal liability for a CCO in the banking and finance industries. While the author has attempted to include a variety of industries to which such laws apply, this piece does not purport to be a complete examination of every possible law, regulation, rule, guideline, or edict imposed through enforcement applicable to all industries.


This paper presents an effective methodology for robust optimization of electromagnetic devices. To achieve the goal, the method improves the robustness of the minimum of the objective function chosen as a design solution by minimizing the second-order sensitivity information, called a gradient index (GI) and defined by a function of gradients of performance functions with respect to uncertain variables. The constraint feasibility is also enhanced by adding a GI corresponding to the constraint value. The distinctive feature of the method is that it requires neither statistical information on design variables nor calculation of the performance reliability during the robust optimization process. The validity of the proposed method is tested with the TEAM Workshop Problem 22.


This study primarily investigates learners' behaviors in the process of using concept map tools for ESL reading comprehension on mobile learning devices. Mobile learning devices enable learners to read at any time and anywhere; meanwhile, a concept map can scaffold learners to comprehend the whole structure of a reading article. Furthermore, data mining techniques are used to analyze whether there is any special phenomenon or rule in this experimental situation. The total number of collected behavioral records is 869. After transforming the records to a proper format, associative rule finding and clustering techniques are used to mine the behavioral records. There are five patterns founded. First, learners will construct all nodes for the whole concept map before creating links among them. Second, learners will begin to construct their concept map within one minute after reading the article. Third, learners will arrange their concept maps around twentieth minute; meanwhile, the frequency of constructing their concept maps will become low tide. Fourth, learners' reading density shows double high peak at the point of time of 442/sup th/ and 1410/sup th/ second. Fifth, most learner use the function of deleting a node instead of the function of deleting a link in a concept map.


In the past decade a great volume of work has been done along the lines suggested by A. W. Phillips' article dealing with the relationship between the rate of change in money wage rates and unemployment levels in the United Kingdom. This phenomenon has been explored for a number of countries, generally with the objective of answering the question of whether this relationship, commonly called a Phillips curve, exists for the country involved. Two different approaches have been taken; one which is consistent with the original formulation of the Phillips curve by Phillips himself, and its modification by Lipsey, and another which deviates from this path by either incorporating a number of other variables in the Phillips curve relationship or completely revising it. Thus far, there has been at least one attempt to test the applicability of Phillips' hypothesis to the economy of Switzerland, by Rossi and Thomas, and it is in the


Abstract We present experimental results supporting physics-based ejecta model development, where our main assumption is that ejecta form as a special limiting case of a Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instability at a metal–vacuum interface. From this assumption, we test established theory of unstable spike and bubble growth rates, rates that link to the wavelength and amplitudes of surface perturbations. We evaluate the rate theory through novel application of modern laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) techniques, where we coincidentally measure bubble and spike velocities from explosively shocked solid and liquid metals with a single LDV probe. We also explore the relationship of ejecta formation from a solid material to the plastic flow stress it experiences at high-strain rates ( $1{0}^{7} ~{\mathrm{s} }^{\ensuremath{-} 1} $ ) and high strains (700 %) as the fundamental link to the onset of ejecta formation. Our experimental observations allow us to approximate the strength of Cu at high strains and strain rates, revealing a unique diagnostic method for use at these extreme conditions.


Musical improvisation is the expressive capacity of a performer fostered by access to their own "productive" (creative) or "reproductive" (mnestic) tonal imagery: a field of consciousness that includes experiences, images that are internal, combined, distorted, associated, or in competition between themselves. In the highly original form of life that is jazz, narrating means directing time: a time of epiphanies and introversions, of intuitions and revelations, of syncopated rhythms and aesthetic insights, which appear and disappear on the edges of interference between consciousness and the unconscious. The performing urgency of gestures, voices, and sounds, although arranged in the same scene, highlights the difference in individual time. In this intense activity of opposition and resolution the experience becomes an unstable territory that rests on the capacity of the body to remember, decide, anticipate, and invent. The ego reveals itself to be an emerging representation of our nerve structures and, even if conscious organization continues to be attributed to it, its role is not at all crucial. Unity, if anything, means coordination. The conscious ego is the expression of the body. In its ultimate form its unity is a biological problem.


detection of the activity of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and the contents of MDA, IL-1b, IL-6, TNF-a, MMP-2, and MMP-9. Intestinal epithelial permeability was assessed with Evans blue (EB) dye. The levels of Hcy in plasma and colon mucosa were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection (HPLC-FD). Results: Compared with the normal group, the DAI scoring and MPO activity, contents of MDA, IL-1b, IL-6, TNF-a, MMP-2, MMP-9 in the colon and EB in the small intestine were significantly increased in the TNBS group (P < 0.01). Compared with the TNBS model group, the DAI scoring, plasma and colonic mucosa Hcy levels, MPO activity and contents of MDA, IL-1b, IL-6, TNF-a, MMP-2, MMP-9 in colon and EB in small intestine were significantly increased in the TNBS-induced colitis rats with simultaneous Hcy injection (P < 0.01). Conclusion: Hcy can increase intestinal permeability and aggravate inflammatory damage in rats with TNBS-induced colitis, the underlying mechanisms of which may be attributed to its effects of promoting the expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9, leading to injury of the intestinal barrier.


Auto changing mat and gripping assembly comprising Velcro accessories keeping members of the baby. Mattress (Figure 1) changing the type comprising a cushion body of the kind (1) characterized by an upper surface with self loop velvet strip (2) and a faceplate (3). Changing mat characterized by at least one baby holding fixture which is fixed on the changing mat: the sleeve (Figures 2, 2a, 3 and 3a) has a self gripping hook strip on the back to maintaining the baby's limb on changing mat or boot (figures 4, 4a and 4b) having also a self loop hook strip for maintaining the baby's limb on changing mat. Changing mat for everyday use diaper and occasional use of baby nail care, thanks to the removable cover that simply remove to switch to another use. This system allows the maintenance of the members of the baby, and frees the hands of adults to cut the nails of the baby.


within a tile should be part of the optimization in the second layer, i.e. the ordering of vectors in the loop matrix P. In addition, one should try to include the diierent partitioning possibilities into the optimization procedure such that both layers can be optimized simultaneously. Notes 1. Given two vectors a and b with elements a i and b i , a < b denotes a i < b i for all i. 2. Using the same arguments as described in 18], we can also deal with regular algorithms which have the general index space form in (3) if L is regular.


There are many people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) worldwide. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
(RYGB) is an effective surgery for treating T2DM with beneficial effects on β cell metabolism. However, the mechanism of
how RYGB affects the pancreas is not clear. We focused on metabolic changes in the pancreas of rats following RYGB and
to investigate complex postoperative pancreatic metabolic reprogramming and to understand how RYGB improves islet
function.

 We performed RYGB on streptozotocin-induced male T2DM rats. Then we measured indicators such
as weight, fasting GLU, etc. After 10 weeks, pancreatic tissues were removed to identify and quantify differentially expressed proteins. Furthermore, functional analysis of these proteins and their associated pathways was conducted by bioinformatics methods.

After surgery, 451 differentially expressed proteins associated with the mechanism of RYGB were identified. Protein levels of regenerating islet-derived protein 3 (Reg3A), cell division cycle-associated protein 2 (CDCA2) ,and ADPribosylation factor 1 (Arf1) varied greatly, and Arf1 may be a point target in diabetes.

This research shows that RYGB could treat T2DM through the changes in the pancreatic proteins. It will give some new insight into the molecular mechanism behind the effect of RYGB.


The palaeopathological analysis of ancient populations is of crucial importance in archaeology: however, several bone lesions are not specific for a unique disease, and usually the anthropologist must describe a range of hypotheses, in the perspective of a differential diagnosis. Nevertheless, advanced laboratory tests may provide useful information for reaching a reliable diagnosis, and therefore a more precise description of the history of an individual or of a population. This study presents the case of a cranium of an adult female showing cribra orbitalia on the right orbital roof. In addition, locks of hair were still preserved. Toxicological analyses were carried out on a bone sample and on a lock of hair, and the results were consistent with the hypothesis of chronic intoxication by lead. This case shows that toxicological analyses may provide fundamental information for a more precise diagnosis of archaeological cases. Advanced laboratory analyses proved to be a crucial tool for a correct assessment of archaeological bone samples, especially if one considers that most of the pathological signs are aspecific and therefore provide only limited information concerning the health conditions of past populations.


Experiments and numerical simulations are conducted to investigate fluid release from micro- to nanoscale rectangular channels. It is found that the release pressure can be flexibly adjusted by varying the channel size or the inclined angle. A critical inclined angle is found for wetting fluids, below which spontaneous release is achieved. A modified Young–Laplace equation for predicting the release pressure of rectangular channels is developed, which works well down to the nanoscale. The experimental results and theoretical predictions have also been verified by numerical simulations.Experiments and numerical simulations are conducted to investigate fluid release from micro- to nanoscale rectangular channels. It is found that the release pressure can be flexibly adjusted by varying the channel size or the inclined angle. A critical inclined angle is found for wetting fluids, below which spontaneous release is achieved. A modified Young–Laplace equation for predicting the release pressure of rectangular channels is developed, which works well down to the nanoscale. The experimental results and theoretical predictions have also been verified by numerical simulations.


A moderation–elasticity theory to explain the choice shift is proposed and tested. The theory predicts that group members engage in moderation of initial decision choices in anticipation of future interaction. These moderate choices are strategic in nature, and thus are posited to disappear when anticipated interaction is eliminated. Moderation–elasticity is proposed as a form of predeliberation normative influence. A test of the theory finds support for both moderation and elasticity processes on choice dilemma item decisions.


This paper is no 79016. This paper is presented in two parts. Part a outlines the design objectives for a 5 speed transmission with overdrive suitable for passenger cars with engines of up to 2.6 Litre displacement. The transmission's main features are highlighted as well as the durability test program which was established to validate the assumptions and prove the reliability of the unit. Results of fuel economy comparison between the 5 speed with overdrive and its sister 4 speed transmission are tabled. Part b deals with the bearing systems analysis used in the selection of taper roller bearings for this transmission (a).


The purpose of this study was to explore possible explanations of the decline in old age of highly creative contributions. This present study examined whether two explanations were more important than decrements in intelligence. These were (1) decrements in specific divergent thinking abilities and (2) a decline in preference for complexity. Specific creative abilities (divergent thinking) were measured by Guilford tests of redefinition, originality, adaptive flexibility, and ideational fluency. Preference for complexity was measured by the Barron-Welsh Art Scale. These tests were given to 111 teachers ranging in age from 20 to 83 years. The results showed that older subjects were as intelligent as younger subjects but that they performed less well on the Guilford tests and had a lower preference for complexity. Hence, the age differences on Guilford's tests and the Barron-Welsh Art Scale are more plausible explanations for the age changes in creative contributions. Furthermore, scores on the Guilford tests and those on the Barron-Welsh Art Scale were not correlated. Therefore, it was suggested that the Guilford tests measured ability components of creativity whereas the Barron-Welsh Art Scale measures a motivational component of creativity.


Provided a breather chamber 22 in the valve arm casing (2) provided on the upper side of the engine cylinder head and to separate the blow-by gas containing the oil mist from the breather chamber into the gas component and the oil component, and, in the blow-by gas a breather device that is configured to remove oil mist. In the breather chamber is formed a plurality of rooms (22a, 22b, 22c), a plurality of rooms, the breather by a partition wall (2a) extending from the partition wall 23 and the ceiling surface side extending from the bottom surface side in the breather chamber formed by dividing the inside chamber, and alternately, and side-by-side installation of each room in the horizontal direction. And, there is in the breather chamber is provided a plurality of the oil trap member (10) for trapping oil mist in the blow-by gas, in particular, is supported by the oil trap member support member 11 is installed at the inlet portion of the breather chamber, wherein the supporting member is formed separately from the members (2, 7) forming a valve ah darkroom 5.


speech-correction classes. This means that in each of his classes the teacher will be confronted with one or two children needing special speech help. He may have a year or two without such children, but, on the average, the survey figures will prevail. Usually the classroom teacher is not trained to handle speech problems. In addition, the duties and responsibilities of the classroom teacher leave him little time to become familiar with types of speech problems and methods of dealing with them. Even so, the classroom teacher is in a position to help the child with defective speech, especially in school systems which employ a full-time or part-time speech therapist. But how does the classroom teacher feel about the suggestions offered him for helping children with speech problems? What does the teacher know about this work? Can


There exists a growing realization that quality will be gained by implementing statistical process control and engineering process control in a complementary fashion. This study continues in that direction by considering the batch polymerization example of Vander Wiel et al. (1992), but it assumes no knowledge about the dynamics of process. It uses concurrently the special cause control chart and the simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation based control approach proposed by Spall and Cristion (1992, 1994) to monitor, signal and readjust the levels of viscosity of simulated batches of polymer around the target value.<<ETX>>


The article is devoted to the general tendencies in the architecture of the Meroit period (c. 3rd century BC – 4th century AD) of the Kingdom of Kush (c. 9th century BC – 4th century AD), local building materials and technologies that determined the distinctive appearance of Meroitic architecture.
Construction activity under Natakamani and Amanitore rules covered almost the entire territory of the state. By the 1st century BC the Meroe district had significant resources and became a large centre of monumental architecture, around which cult complexes were built in the neighboring settlements, such as Hamadab, Awlib and Abu Erteila. This construction was achieved not only through stone mining, but also through applying advanced building methods, sophisticated brick-making techniques, and combined materials (mud brick and fired brick, iron and sandstone, wood and plaster), as the second part of the article describes the 1st century AD at Abu Erteila temple complex.
The dimensional and proportional analysis and the description of the building materials and architectural elements used were applied to two small Meroitic temples (main one small ) found at Kom II in Abu Erteila. The analysis of the main temple's dimensions showed that its construction had taken the form of an Egyptian royal cubit (52.3sm). The preliminary excavations showed the proportions of 8:5, which had been recorded in the plans and facades of many other temples of the Meroitic period. The materials used for the construction of these two temples demonstrated the mixed technique of building used by the Meroites, when mud bricks were used for the main mass of the walls, fired bricks were used for the facing of the walls and the pylon, and moulded bricks of burnt red clay and sandstone were used for the architectural elements.
Three types of foundations can be traced in the temple complex, which varied depending on the time of construction, height of the walls or specific features of the site soil. Methods to control swelling and cracking of the ground along the plastered surfaces with paintings close to the ground level are also documented.
The various passageways in the two temples had thresholds of burnt bricks or dark sandstone, pilasters along the sides, and pillar stones for single or double doors, showing the well-developed construction in many temples of this historical period.
Consequently, many of the surviving sandstone architectural details (columns, cornices, friezes, torus mouldings, water spouts, elements of relief decoration etc.) found inside and near the main temple, based on the unified style of various temples in the region, allowed to make an early general reconstruction of the temple.


Stance detection is an important component of understanding hidden influences in everyday life. Since there are thousands of potential topics to take a stance on, most with little to no training data, we focus on zero-shot stance detection: classifying stance from no training examples. In this paper, we present a new dataset for zero-shot stance detection that captures a wider range of topics and lexical variation than in previous datasets. Additionally, we propose a new model for stance detection that implicitly captures relationships between topics using generalized topic representations and show that this model improves performance on a number of challenging linguistic phenomena.


The efficient estimation of an approximate model order is essential for applications with multidimensional data if the observed low-rank data is corrupted by additive noise. Certain signal processing applications such as biomedical studies, where the data are collected simultaneously through heterogeneous sensors, share some common features, i.e., coupled factors among multiple tensors. The exploitation of this coupling can lead to a better model order estimation, especially in case of low SNRs. In this paper, we extend the rank estimation techniques, designed for a single tensor, to noise-corrupted coupled low-rank tensors that share one of their factor matrices. To this end, we consider the joint effect of the global eigenvalues (calculated from the coupled HOSVD) and exploit the exponential behavior of the resulting coupled global eigenvalues. We show that the proposed method outperforms the classical criteria and can be successfully applied to EEG, MEG Magnetometer, and Gradiometer measurements. Our real data simulation results show that the estimated rank is highly reliable in terms of dominant components extraction.


This paper presents a robust control scheme for the tracking control of singularly perturbed uncertain systems. The design problem is divided into two parts: tracking the reference trajectory and enhancing the robustness of the dynamic systems. By using the time-scale techniques, dynamic inversion approach and linear parameter-varying methods, a set of singularly perturbed state feedback controllers are employed to enhance the tracking performance and robustness of a dynamic system against parameter uncertainties, actuator and sensor unmodelled dynamics, and external disturbances. The longitudinal control of an F16 aircraft model is included to show the merits and and effectiveness of the proposed design scheme.


Improved fabricated efficiencies and low mill prices make staggered-truss structure system winning choice for multistorey residential construction.To generalize the use of the system,more works need to be done on design methodology,details of seismic design and seismic design methodology.Authors investigated influence of some factors on global ductility of staggered-truss framing system.Those factors included non-truss on the first floor,the model of connection of elements and ratio of building height and building width.Some suggestions about seismic design of the staggered-truss framing system were offered.It is good to the application and popularization of the staggered-truss framing system in China.


An authoritative portrait of the global corporations as they have evolved--replacing national power; controlling the world's money, assets, goods, and information; and dominating the fate of the world's economy and people. Barnet is the co-author of Global Reach.