Experimental teaching is an important part of the teaching of civil engineering speciality.The traditional experimental teaching system can not meet the development of higher education in the new century.For the main problems,this paper put forward some suggestions on the experimental teaching.


A limited process of integration has been occurring amongst the countries of Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. From the mid-1990s to 2008, integration amongst the three countries has occurred in the energy and transport sectors, but not in other sectors, such as security, politics or trade beyond energy and transport. In the energy sector, this integration can be explained through neo-liberal institutionalist theory. Integration in the transport sector occurs due to a mixture of elements from the neo-liberal institutionalist, security communities and neo-functionalist theories of integration. In both sectors, transnational extra-regional actors (TERAs) are the explanatory variable in the integration.


An architecture and related building blocks are presented for the realization of image processing tasks using current-mode analog-digital circuits. The architecture is based on the cellular neural network paradigm while implementation is made using switched-current circuit techniques. Since just MOS transistors are required as circuit primitives, the proposed circuits are well suited for standard digital CMOS technologies. Also, the sampled-data nature of switched-current techniques allows for easy incorporation of programmability and reconfigurability issues. Empirical results are given for 1.5- mu m N-well double-metal CMOS prototypes.<<ETX>>


[Abstract] IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis is a biliary tract manifestation of IgG4-related diseases, characterized by biliary strictures, neoplastic hyperplasia of bile duct and its surrounding tissues, an increased serum level of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4). The pathogenesis has not been fully elucidated and histopathological features include infiltration of lympho-plasmcytes, storiform fibrosis and obliterative phlebitis. Response to corticosteroids is prompt and multi-organ involvement is common. As a result of mimicking primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma in image, misdiagnose and missed treatment are not rare. Incorporating literature involved, we will review the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria, treatment and prognosis of IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis.


Prior research suggests that competitive advantages in environmental flux rely on a firm's capacity for innovation and adaptation. Specialisation in core competencies has increased the importance of developing business model-specific capabilities in technology-intensive industries like the software business. In addition to developing required capabilities internally, capabilities increasingly are being obtained beyond company boundaries from a network of business partners. In this study, we analyse capabilities in conjunction with four basic types of business model, using two dimensions drawn from the prior literature. These two dimensions are (1) degree of involvement in customer relationships and (2) level of homogeneity in offerings. Our findings indicate that different types of business model vary significantly in their emphasis on internally-developed versus externally-obtained capabilities. These findings pinpoint the essential capability profiles for business model innovation.


From the reform and opening up in 1979 to the year of twenty-first Century, China's economy has been growing rapidly,and great changes have taken place in people's traditional eating habits. Gradually westernized modern diet has become one of the main reasons ,which leading the incidence of many chronic diseases increased year by year. In recent years,this article describes the phenomenon of the change of Chinese people's eating habits.It proposed that the country should strengthen scientific guidance, provide policy support, make"healthy diet" as a basic national policy. It also advocated people reasonable collocation diet structure, restored the traditional diet of China.


There is no study that application of the maturity using H.B.C and H.S.C. Also activation energy has different values according to the cement, admixture and water-cement ratio. Therefore to make accurate explanation for the effect of temperature on concrete strength development properties, it is necessary that activation energy value according to the kind of cement is reviewed. This study compares and estimates equivalent age using activation energy value obtained by this experiment and Freiesleben activation energy value with compressive strength of concrete. As the result of this study, activation energy value obtained by this study has more accurate explanation of temperature's influence on concrete strength development than Freiesleben activation energy value.


Abstract : This monograph examines how well currently planned missions for Ranger forces correlate with their present capabilities. The monograph first examines historical examples of Ranger force misuse, and focuses on the doctrinal reasons behind these events. The analysis reveals a continuous lack of consensus within the U.S. Army as to the purpose of Ranger forces. The examination continues with an analysis of current Ranger unit capabilities and present doctrine governing the use of these forces. Analysis shows a continuing confusion over exactly what missions Ranger units are designed to perform. This conflicting guidance in current manuals is due partly to the lengthy history of confusion over use of Ranger forces, and partly due to U.S. unfamiliarity with the emerging area of special operations. This situation creates conditions for future misuse of Ranger units if efforts are not made to narrowly define Ranger missions that correlate with their present capabilities in unified command war plans.


Care home residents often rely on multiple medicines to treat various conditions. Medication errors can have a serious impact on patient safety. For this reason, it is vital to ensure processes are in place to ensure medication is administered correctly and efficiently


The physiological and pathophysiological effects of thromboxaneA_2 are introduced. The pharma-cology and potential application of thromboxaneA_2 receptor antagonists are discussed.


The balancing control technology of series dual valve groups in hybrid multi-terminal UHVDC transmission system is studied in this paper. Firstly, the reason for the imbalance of the two valve groups is analyzed. It is shown that for the fixed-power control MMC converter station of the series double-valve structure, it is highly probable that the double-valve group will be unbalanced during the operation, so it is necessary to add the corresponding control strategy. Then, a voltage balance control strategy based on voltage-power deviation between series two-valve groups and PI control is designed. Correcting the power setting value of the two valve groups due to the voltage deviation can effectively improve the equalization of the series double valve group. Finally, a simulation model is established in PSCAD to verily the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.


'Floriana Mist' and 'Floriana Cascade' gypsophila (Gypsophila paniculata L.) are selections of Gypsophila 'Bristol Fairy' (Caryophyllaceae), the double-flowered Baby's Breath used in floral arrangements. These clones were selected because of consistent flowering when rooted cuttings were planted from September through February in central Florida. Inconsistent flowering of commercial cuttings of 'Bristol Fairy' when planted during short days (<12 hr light) and cool nights (10° to 15°C) led to the selection of clones which would flower consistently, independent of planting date. 'Floriana Mist' and 'Floriana Cascade' have performed well in commercial field trials in Florida and California from 1977 to 1981. They were released cooperatively by the Univ. of Florida and Purdue Univ. in 1983.


This study aims to investigate the effect of aggregate size on the fire resistance of concrete. The binder for this investigation was 42.5R CEM II/A-L Portland limestone cement, and the crushed granite sizes were 20mm, 12.5mm, and a blend (20 mm + 12.5 mm). The concrete was designed with a mix ratio of 1:2:4 (batching by weight) and 0.55w/c. The workability of the concrete was determined using the slump method. The concrete specimens were cured for 7, 14, and 28 days by immersion and later exposed to heat temperatures of 26.8 °C (Room temperature), 60 °C, 120 °C, 180 °C, and 240 °C. The compressive strength of normal concrete (without heating) had the optimum with concrete produced with blended aggregate size and conversely the least with 20mm aggregate size concrete. When subjected to heat, the optimal performance noted for the influence of aggregate size on fire resistance was also with concrete produced with combined blend (20 mm + 12.5 mm) sizes. The p-value (Prob > F) for the whole model test is less than 0.05, indicating that there is a significant relationship between the grain size, temperature, and strength loss. The use of blended sizes of 12.5 mm and 20 mm is therefore recommended for concrete works and especially when fire resistance is a requirement.


The spread of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 398 (LA-MRSA CC398) within the Danish pig production system has been linked to an increased number of human infections. Yet, the population structure and transmission dynamics of this important pathogen remain poorly understood. In this study, whole-genome sequences from 371 LA-MRSA CC398 isolates collected between 2004 and 2015 were subjected to bioinformatic analyses. The isolates originated from Danish pig farms (n 209) and people having livestock contact (n 79). In addition, whole-genome sequence data from 82 isolates representing an international reference collection and 83 isolates from Danish patients were included in the analysis. The results demonstrated that the increasing prevalence of LA-MRSA CC398 in Danish pigs and patients was caused by clonal expansion of three dominant lineages. The results also showed that these lineages were enriched for the tetracycline resistance gene tet(K) and other determinants conferring resistance to some of the most frequently used antimicrobials in Danish pigs. The association between pig movements and the spread of LA-MRSA CC398 was assessed in a Poisson regression analysis of 17,009 pig movements into 273 farms with known LA-MRSA CC398 status. The results demonstrated that animal movements have played a critical role in the dissemination of LA-MRSA CC398 within the Danish pig production system, although other transmission routes may also have contributed. Consistent with this scenario, the genetic relatedness of isolates from different farms was positively correlated with the number of animal movements between the farms. IMPORTANCE Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex CC398 (LA-MRSA CC398) is resistant to nearly all -lactams and several non-lactam antimicrobials. Over the last decade, it has become widespread in pig farms across Europe and is now an important cause of human infections in countries with previously low levels of MRSA, such as the Netherlands and Denmark. The hitherto uncontrolled spread of LA-MRSA CC398 underscores an urgent need to understand its epidemiology in order to develop evidence-based interventions. This study demonstrates that pig movements between farms in combination with increased bacterial resistance to specific antibiotics and heavy metals were important drivers of the rapid spread of LA-MRSA CC398 in the Danish pig production system. These findings should be taken into consideration when researchers and policy makers evaluate and decide on actions and policies to limit the spread of LA-MRSA CC398 and other pathogens in food animals. Received 27 September 2018 Accepted 1 October 2018 Published 13 November 2018 Citation Sieber RN, Skov RL, Nielsen J, Schulz J, Price LB, Aarestrup FM, Larsen AR, Stegger M, Larsen J. 2018. Drivers and dynamics of methicillin-resistant livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in pigs and humans in Denmark. mBio 9:e02142-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02142-18. Invited Editor Timothy D. Read, Emory University School of Medicine Editor Paul Keim, Northern Arizona University Copyright © 2018 Sieber et al. This is an openaccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Address correspondence to Raphael N. Sieber, firstname.lastname@example.com, or Jesper Larsen, firstname.lastname@example.com. * Present address: Robert L. Skov, MVZ Synlab, Leverkusen, Germany. M.S. and J.L. contributed equally to this work. RESEARCH ARTICLE Clinical Science and Epidemiology


Background— Transplantation of endothelial progenitor cells has been proposed as a potential strategy for therapeutic revascularization. However, the limited endogenous cell pool and the related technical difficulties constitute clinically important disadvantages to autologous transplantation. In this study we investigated whether fully differentiated endothelial cells (ECs) modified with gene transfer of Id1, a helix-loop-helix transcription factor involved in angiogenesis, have the potential to contribute to therapeutic angiogenesis. Methods and Results— The Id1 gene was transferred into human umbilical vein ECs (HUVECs) via a Sendai virus vector. Id1 stimulated migration, proliferation, and capillary-like tube/cord formation of HUVECs. In addition, Id1 reduced serum deprivation–induced HUVEC apoptosis, as shown by FACS analysis with annexin V and TUNEL staining. Transplantation of Id1-overexpressing HUVECs accelerated recovery of blood flow as evaluated by laser-Doppler perfusion imaging, increased cap...


The invention belongs to the technical field of information communication and particularly relates to a system for monitoring the running state of VOC purification equipment. The system comprises a monitoring center operation table. The monitoring center operation table is provided with a power distribution system, a site equipment data sampler is arranged in the power distribution system and connected with a site workstation through a data cable, the site workstation is connected with a special divergence line, the special divergence line is connected with a monitoring center server, and the monitoring center server is connected with the monitoring center operation table through a special line for the power distribution system. The monitoring center server and a network platform conduct mutual access through a network line, a remote access PC and the network platform conduct mutual access, and the running state is transmitted to a special mobile phone APP through the monitoring center server and the network platform via a wireless signal. Through the system for monitoring the running state of the VOC purification equipment, real-time monitoring on the running state of the waste gas treatment equipment is realized, and the waste gas treatment equipment is analyzed. The invention further discloses a method for monitoring the running state of the VOC purification equipment.


The forms and reasons of concrete early cracks are carried out analysis theoretically from external load and deformation. Aimed at common cracks in recent years the prevention measures are put forwards. To abate the cracks damage the minimum degree materials, structure and construction must be equally valued.


Ultrasonic phased-arrays have shown a growing interest in the industrial nondestructive testing and evaluation of materials. The application of such a technology in different areas (aerospace, nuclear industry, line control industry, etc.) demonstrated its efficiency especially during the realization of specific controls where the geometry of component parts has to be taken into account to perform reliable imaging with a consequent gain in productivity.


—Phishing is a serious threat to the Internet users and has become a vehicle for cybercriminals to perpetrate large-scale crimes worldwide. A wide range of technical and educational measures have been developed and used to address phishing threats. However, the technical anti-phishing measures have been widely studied in the current literature whereas comprehensive analysis of the non-technical anti-phishing techniques has generally been ignored. To close this gap, we develop a new taxonomy of the most common cybersecurity training delivery methods and compare them along various factors. The work reported in this paper is useful for various stakeholders. For organizations conducting or considering phishing training, it helps them understand the various awareness training and phishing campaigns capabilities and design an appropriate program with a meaningful return. For researchers, it offers a clearer understanding of the main challenges, the existing solution space, and the potential scope of future research to be addressed.


so weaken the nation-state, and instead create economic zones, that, for example, revolutionaries linked to economically dominant, but illegal trade in some states may be able to come to power (e.g., Columbia). Given its uncertain political future, a modernized China could challenge the international order following a revolution. Finally, a future transnational labor movement may be able to spark revolutionary upheaval against the privileged position of capital either at the global level or in regional areas. —Robert S. Snyder


Russo-Japanese War is the biggest conflict of those which happened in the early 20th century. Especially Korea became the battlefield from the beginning of the war, and became a colony of Japan after the war. Russo-Japanese War has influenced the world. Great Britain and the United Stares and Japan looked to a united front. And France and Germany was supported for Russia. After the beginning of the war Japan was still winning. However, the ability to continue the war did not. Japan has requested a cease-fire talks and Russia also agreed. Roosevelt was conducting the arbitration. Conference were held in Portsmouth in August 9, 1905. The problem of war reparations in the Treaty of Portsmouth was decisive condition determining conclusion of peace negotiation. Japan had chink which gain a victory on both land and sea take optimistic view relatively, bur Russia had a different idea. Conference suffered a hiatus. However, Japan and Russia were concessions to each other, the Treaty was signed. Manchuria and Korea in the Russo-Japanese war was the most important thing. Korea issues first negotiations were completed. Korea issues was resolved first in conference. By the Treaty of Portsmouth, Japan had secured a controlling interest in Korea. After the conclusion of the Treaty of Portsmouth, Japan was processed an aggressive invasion policy.


Structural health monitoring (SHM) systems can provide valuable information for the evaluation of bridge performance. As the development and implementation of SHM technology in recent years, the data mining and use has received increasingly attention and interests in civil engineering. Based on the principle of probabilistic and statistics, a reliability approach provides a rational basis for analysis of the randomness in loads and their effects on structures. A novel approach combined SHM systems with reliability method to evaluate the reliability of a cable-stayed bridge instrumented with SHM systems was presented in this paper. In this study, the reliability of the steel girder of the cable-stayed bridge was denoted by failure probability directly instead of reliability index as commonly used. Under the assumption that the probability distributions of the resistance are independent to the responses of structures, a formulation of failure probability was deduced. Then, as a main factor in the formulation, the probability density function (PDF) of the strain at sensor locations based on the monitoring data was evaluated and verified. That Donghai Bridge was taken as an example for the application of the proposed approach followed. In the case study, 4 years' monitoring data since the operation of the SHM systems was processed, and the reliability assessment results were discussed. Finally, the sensitivity and accuracy of the novel approach compared with FORM was discussed.


# 2001 International Union of Crystallography Printed in Denmark ± all rights reserved Forkhead-associated (FHA) domains are modular protein±protein interaction domains of 130 amino acids present in numerous signalling proteins. FHA-domain-dependent protein interactions are regulated by phosphorylation of target proteins and FHA domains may be multifunctional phosphopeptide-recognition modules. FHA domains of the budding yeast cell-cycle checkpoint protein kinases Dun1p and Rad53p have been crystallized. Crystals of the Dun1FHA domain exhibit the symmetry of the space group P6122 or P6522, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 127.3, c = 386.3 AÊ ; diffraction data have been collected to 3.1 AÊ resolution on a synchrotron source. Crystals of the N-terminal FHA domain (FHA1) of Rad53p diffract to 4.0 AÊ resolution on a laboratory X-ray source and have Lauegroup symmetry 4/mmm, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 61.7, c = 104.3 AÊ . Received 12 October 2000 Accepted 31 January 2001


The precision of position is very important for vehicles.It can improve the precision of navigation through two ways.One is through equipping more precise navigation facility,and the other is through optimized algorithm based on the available equipment.Underwater vehicles are short of high precise navigation equipments,so that the problem is more serious.For these vehicles,they usually need to keep long time under sea.To solve this problem,the present paper put forward a new data fusion method to process underwater navigation information,which overcomes this problem by constituting a perfect ocean database and an improved Kalman filter.The new method could greatly improve the precision of underwater navigation.Being compared with classic Kalman filter,a lot of simulation experiments has been done both in laboratory and on board,proving that this method is very useful and effective.


Martha Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach is a (partial) theory of justice that aims to secure to all citizens a life in accord with their dignity. This article argues that due its conception of public reason, the Capabilities Approach has difficulty to account for the realisation ofthis substantive aim. That is, Nussbaum's conception of public reason allows for institutional arrangements and concrete public decisions that infringe rather than protect or realize citizens' dignity. It will be concluded that in order to account for its own application, Nussbaum's conception of public reason is in need of a moral epistemology.


Mastocytosis is an uncommon disease characterized by clonal infiltration of mast cell (MC) in different tissues. Cutaneous mastocytosis (CM) is the most frequent type observed during childhood and is characterized by MC accumulation limited to the skin. In adults, systemic mastocytosis is the most common type, characterized by MC proliferation in various organs such as the bone marrow, lymph nodes, liver, and spleen. Genetic alterations, primarily the KIT D816V mutation, play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of CM, stimulating MC growth and mobilization, leading to tissue and organ infiltration. CM can be classified into three types: solitary mastocytoma, maculopapular CM, and diffuse CM. While cutaneous lesions in most CM cases naturally regress around puberty, the disorder is not always self-limiting. Even though systemic mastocytosis cases are rare, follow-up is necessary for all children diagnosed with CM. Patients with mastocytosis often experience symptoms associated with MC mediators, with itching being the most common, typically triggered by stimuli applied to the lesions. The treatment approach for CM primarily focuses on avoiding triggers. The use of H1 and H2 antihistamines during symptom flare-ups and the availability of adrenaline autoinjectors for severe systemic reactions constitute the mainstay of CM management


Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was mixed with natural rubbers which are liquid natural rubber (LNR), liquid epoxidised natural rubber (LENR) and liquid epoxidised natural rubber acrylate (LENRA) for a preparation of a fine non-woven fiber's mat. PVC and each natural rubbers(PVC:LENR, PVC:LNR and PVC:LENRA) were mixed based on ratio of 70:30. Electrospinning method was used to prepare the fiber. The results show that the spinnable concentration of PVC/ natural rubber/THF solution is 16 wt%. The morphology, diameter, structure and degradation temperature of electrospun fibers were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). SEM photos showed that the morphology and diameter of the fibers were mainly affected by the addition of natural rubber. TGA results suggested that PVC electrospun fiber has higher degradation temperature than those electrospun fibers that contain natural rubber.


The invention provides a nucleic acid. The nucleic acid comprises a human immunoglobulin gene or fragments thereof and is characterized by further comprising a human CD79 gene sequence. By the nucleic acid, the problem of incompatibility between BCR and each of Ig alpha and Ig beta of the human immunoglobulin gene in different species is solved, and secondary modification of a humanized antibody expressed by the nucleic acid is not needed.


The utility model relates to a vacuum continuous crystallization furnace belonging to metallurgy powder preparation technique field, which is in particular used for the preparation for the neodymium iron boron and other cryptomere, crystallite alloy powder material. The utility model is characterized in that: a motor(5) drives the crystallization chamber furnace drum(1) to rotate, and the cavity of the furnace drum is provided with a spiral bar(2), and the outside of the furnace drum is the electric heating(3) and insulation layer(4), and on the discharge place, the wave tube(7) is connected with powder cooling collecting tank(6). The utility model has the advantages that: the temperature rise is rapid in the crystallization chamber, and the powder body is rapidly heated and cooled from the feed port to the discharge port, which can ensure the synchronism for the alloy powder structure changing and the tiny uniformity of the grain size during the crystallization process, thereby avoiding the producing of big grain and oxygenation.


Effort Estimation is a very important activity for planning and scheduling of software project life cycle in order to deliver the product on time and within budget. Machine learning techniques are proving very useful to accurately predict software effort values. This paper presents a review of various machine-learning techniques using in estimation of software project effort namely Artificial Neural Network, Fuzzy logic, Analogy estimation etc. Machine learning techniques consistently predicting accurate results because of its learning natures form previously completed projects. This paper summarizes that each technique has its own features and behave differently according to environment so no technique can be preferred over each other.


Trends and spatial analysis of temperature and rainfall on rice yield in Nigeria was carried out. Forty year of past trends (1970–2010) was conducted with climate data obtained from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria while upland rice yield data were obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization. Six cities, one in each of the six agro‐ecological zones which were Calabar, Enugu, Ikeja, Ilorin, Kaduna, and Maiduguri were selected. Geographic information systems mapping for spatial analysis of temperature and rainfall over Nigeria was carried out. Mann–Kendall, Sens' tests, Pettitt's, and Buishand's tests and multiple linear regressions were used as statistical tools for analysis. Increasing rainfall trends in Enugu, Calabar, and Ikeja but decreasing trends were observed in Ilorin Kaduna and Maiduguri while temperature showed increasing trends in all the cities in the last four decades. Statistically significant positive trends of rice yield, rainfall, and temperature were observed in Ikeja and Maiduguri in the last four decades. Mann–Kendall tests showed that rice yield and temperature had generally statistically significant positive trends in Calabar Ilorin Kaduna, and Enugu while rainfall and yield were significant in Calabar Enugu but not significant in Ilorin and Maiduguri adaptation strategies to genetically modify rice varieties and effective water use strategies in areas of rainfall deficit are recommended to ensure food security.


An adjustable power factor control scheme using Proportional Integral (PI) regulator in synchronous rotating reference frame was proposed and the passive power output control was analysis as well.A simulation model for the simulating research was build up in MATLAB/SIMULINK.Based on the simulation results,a 150kVA three phase grid-connected inverter prototype was development to verify the effectiveness of adjustable power factor control scheme.


The influences of film thickness of vinyl and silicone resin coatings on cavitation erosion were examined quantitatively in seawater using a vibratory apparatus. The maximum instantaneous volume loss rate indicates the increase, decrease, or constant with a decreased top coat thickness less than the critical thickness, depending on the combination of the top coat and primer of the acoustic impedance. The critical thickness can be calculated approximately from the duration of impulsive force and propagation velocity of a longitudinal wave created by the collapse of a cavitation bubble, when covered with a resin coating material.


Networked applications structured as a collection of interconnected services offer high flexibility. In this context, services arc functional parts that receive and send messages in a distributed environment. This structure is especially interesting for multimedia/video applications due to their natural mapping to a graph-based structure. In this paper, a component model for the implementation of services is provided. The goal is to obtain services developed with a homogeneous structure to case interoperability. The proposed component model (named iLaSer) defines the interfaces with other services in a way that both, data and quality of service (QoS) information is given for each service. Target applications are distributed environments where QoS Information is relevant to allow managing the execution of services in compliance with functional and non-functional requirements. This work is carried out in the context of the iLAND project where the communication middleware performs QoS-based service composition in a time-deterministic manner. Io show the feasibility of the approach, experimental results are provided with the implementation of a video application based on services that follow the proposed component model.


Abstract The legal theory of holding an orthodontist liable to a patient who is injuredthrough the negligent act of another is described. The transfer of liability from an employee to the employer under the legal doctrine of respondeat superior is presented. The transfer of liability for referrals, having its basis in the legal doctrine of vicarious liability is likewise discussed. Liability in partnership practice, a major risk in the transfer of liability, is also described in the section. Finally, various dental organizational entities, such as the Professional Corporation or Association and the Limited Liability Company, are discussed with regard to their effectiveness in avoiding the transfer of liability.


CIPS is a process whereby calcium carbonate is precipitated from an aqueous solution within the pores of a soil or rock. The carbonate forms bridges at the contacts between the particles of a granular material, stiffening and strengthening the material without reducing permeability significantly. Its application to the treatment of the ash fill which is present in the slopes of many London Underground embankments has resulted in a substantial gain in strength and stiffness. A further trial of CIPS was carried out in 2001 on a full-scale old track bed on a clay embankment, with ash fill overlain by old contaminated ('spent') limestone ballast. CIPS was able to cement and stabilise the contaminated ballast and ash. The treatment trial was more than 100m away from the mixing point. Treatment fluids were delivered by hoses and sprayed on the surface, without a need for vehicle access. This innovative technique offers significant advantages over existing methods of track bed remediation. The results obtained were monitored by geophysics during treatment and by the Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) before and after treatment. Substantial improvements in track stiffness and quality were measured with implications for track maintenance and renewal. For the covering abstract see ITRD E122683.


Modern Big Data processing systems, scheduling platforms and cloud infrastructures employ specialized hardware accelerators such as GPUs, FPGAs, TPUs, ASICs, etc. to optimize the execution of resource intensive workloads such as Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence or generic Data Analytics tasks. Nevertheless, this support is mostly a user-dependent, manual process that requires careful and educated decisions on both the amount and type of required resources to exploit the underlying hardware and achieve any user-defined higher level policies. In this work we present the initial design of the HeterogeneRous Scheduler (HRS), an intelligent scheduler that can make automated decisions on both how and where to map arbitrary data analytics tasks to underlying cloud hardware that may consist of a mix of hardware accelerators and clusters with general purpose CPUs. We experimentally evaluate the performance trade-offs between hardware accelerators and CPUs where we show that there are cases where one technology outperforms the other. We finally present an initial architecture of HRS where we depict its different components and their interactions with the Big Data framework and the cloud infrastructure.


In this paper, we prove a complete time-dependent scattering theory for charged (massive or not) Dirac fields outside a Reissner–Nordstrom black hole. We shall take the point of view of observers static at infinity, well described by the Schwarzschild system of coordinates. For such observers, the exterior of a Reissner–Nordstrom black hole is a smooth manifold having two distinct asymptotic regions: the horizon and spacelike infinity. We first simplify the later analysis using the spherical symmetry of the Reissner–Nordstrom black hole and we reduce the initial 3+1 dimensional evolution equation of hyperbolic type into a 1+1 dimensional one. Then, we establish various propagation estimates for such fields in the same spirit as in the works by Derezinski and Gerard [Scattering Theory of Classical and Quantum N-Particle Systems (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1997)]. We construct the asymptotic velocity operators P± and we show that their spectra are equal to σ(P+)={−1}∪[0,1] and σ(P−)=[−1,0]∪{1}. This informati...


An InP-InGaAsP 4/spl times/4 optical crossconnect occupying only 2/spl times/2 mm/sup 2/ was demonstrated by combining 16 1/spl times/2 optically amplified suppressed interference switches (OASIS) in a square array architecture. On/off ratios of 33/spl plusmn/4 dB were measured by a majority of these elements and fiber-to-fiber insertion loss of 3 dB was obtained using additional on-chip amplification stages.


Abaca is a type a banana with high economic value with it stem fiber used in textile and paper industries. As a superior commodity, its number is relatively limited, with the need of a largeplanting area to meet the high market demand. The aim of the research was to observe the abaca banana explants response to various media and Thiamin. The experiment was done at Biotechnology laboratory, UPN "Veteran" Yogyakarta. Treatments were arranged in completely randomized design with 2 factor. The first factor is the growing media: Murashige & Skoog, a half Murashige & Skoog media, Vacint & Went Media and the second factor is the Thiamin concentration: 2 mg/L; 3 mg/L; 4 mg/mL.The results showed there is an interactions on the parameters of planlet height, number of lenghth of root in the combination of Murashige and Skoog and thiamin 3 mg/L medium. Murashige and Skoog medium produced the highest fresh weight and dry weight and Thiamin concentration 3 mg/L produced fresh and dry weight in the highest Key words: abaka, root induction, various media, thiamin


With the technological development of civil aviation, the intelligent monitoring system based on security monitoring has gradually become a risk prevention and control mechanism in the daily operation of civil aviation. As the first line of defense for aviation safety, the airport has deployed a high-definition video surveillance system covering the entire area. However, the vast number of security surveillance videos makes it almost impossible to complete the monitoring and real-time tracking by manpower alone. In this context, the use of machine learning methods to identify risky clues in security surveillance videos and provide real-time early warnings has become the core implementation of intelligent airport surveillance. This paper discusses a smart monitoring system for airport security monitoring scenarios, designs the basic structure of the system, and builds a method for extracting and identifying potential illegal targets based on the YOLO algorithm. The research in this paper provides a basic technical framework for the airport intelligent monitoring platform and adequate technical support for the intelligent work of airport security.


ABSTRACT There was a plan to develop a low-carbon green village(approximately 400,000m 2 ) in A city, a new town. Restoration of water cycle is essential for creation of the low-carbon green village. Therefore, installation plan of LID-decentralized rainwater management facilities for natural water cycle was established for creation of the low-carbon green village. Analyses on effect of the water cycle were performed in conditions of before, after developing the low-carbon green village and after installing the LID facilities(rain garden, constructed wetland, rainwater harvesting facility, etc.) using SWMM-LID model developed by EPA. Due to the characteristic of permeable area before development and significant green spaces after development, installation plan of LID facilities to restore the water cycle did not show an obvious effect. However, potential of the hydrological cycle could be seen by the installation of the LID facilities. Keywords: Water cycle plan, Rain garden, Constructed wetland, Rainwater harvesting facility, Infiltration splash block


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a method to conduct small satellite rendezvous mission by using the differential aerodynamic forces under J2 perturbation in low earth orbit (LEO). Design/methodology/approach – Each spacecraft is assumed to be equipped with two large flat plates, which can be controlled for generating differential accelerations in all three directions. Based on the kinetic theory, the aerodynamic lift and drag generated by a flat plate are calculated. To describe the relative dynamics under J2 perturbation, a modified model is derived from the high-fidelity linearized J2 equations proposed by Schweighart and Sedwick. Findings – Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method is valid and efficient to solve satellite rendezvous problem, and the modified model considering J2 effect shows better accuracy than the Horsley's Clohessy–Wiltshire-based model. Research limitations/implications – Because aerodynamic force will reduce drastically as orbital altitude rises, t...


The author holds that with the information advance of the society, higher education must be confronted with significant transformation in its objective, content and pattern of culture. But the existing system and pattern of higher education can not suit the needs of personnel of the information society. The paper elaborates the urgency and feasibility of the innovation of information pattern of higher education. And it probes into the marked characteristics of innovative pattern of Chinese higher education of 21 century in 8 aspects. And it indicates that " higher education of network " is a kind of education which is open and self-achievement in genuine significance.


The invention discloses an environment-friendly high-flame-retarding blended conductive fabric and a manufacturing process thereof, which are in accordance with safety standards for fabrics for air transportation. The environment-friendly high-flame-retarding blended conductive fabric comprises wool blended yarns and an environment-friendly flame retardant, wherein the wool blended yarns comprise wool yarns and non-wool yarns which may be artificial fibers or metal fibers; and the environment-friendly flame retardant comprises phosphates and nitrides and account for 5 to 30 percent of the weight of the environment-friendly high-flame-retarding blended conductive fabric. The manufacturing process comprises a weaving process and a finishing process of the wool blended yarns, wherein the finishing process comprises a step of adding the environment-friendly flame retardant which comprises the phosphates and nitrides and account for 5 to 30 percent of the weight of the wool blended yarns.


The involvement of private sector in Jakarta water services was first seriously questioned in December 2011, when the President Director of PAM Jaya, the stateowned water utility, claimed that the utility would accumulate a financial loss as much as US$1.82 billion caused by the cooperation agreement with the private operators. It led to a long process of contract renegotiation between PAM Jaya and the private operators, until finally in March 27, 2013, the governor of Jakarta stated that the government would take over water services from private operators. This paper is written amid this transition, and aimed at anticipating Jakarta's post-privatization water services. One of the main challenges of the public water utility will be to provide sufficient fund for expanding the water services. Groundwater tax as alternative financing is offered by this paper because groundwater management and piped water supply are closely related. Jakarta is facing excessive groundwater exploitation that has caused severe environmental impacts such as land subsidence and saltwater intrusion. However, the effort to reduce groundwater exploitation has so far been unsuccessful, mainly because groundwater users barely have other options of water supply. The piped water services, where the groundwater users are expected to switch to, are still low in performance. They do not cover roughly half of the population and are unreliable both in quality and quantity. Therefore, allocating groundwater tax revenue for financing piped water services is a measure to achieve two objectives at the same time, which are to improve the public water services and to reduce groundwater exploitation. Revenue from groundwater tax can give significant contribution for the public water investment. In terms of


The ever growing needs of large multimedia systems cannot be met by magnetic disks due to their high cost and low storage density. Consequently, cheaper and denser tertiary storage systems are being integrated into the storage hierarchies of these applications. Although tertiary storage is cheaper, the access latency is very high due to the need to load and unload media on the drives. This high latency and the bursty nature of I/O traac result in the accumulation of I/O requests for tertiary storage. We study the problem of scheduling these requests to improve performance. In particular we address the issues of scheduling across multiple tapes or disks as opposed to most other studies which consider only one or two media. We focus on algorithms that minimize the number of switches and show through simulation that these result in near-optimal schedules. For single drive libraries an eecient algorithm that produces optimal schedules is developed. For multiple drives the problem is shown to be NP-Complete. EEcient and eeective heuristics are presented for both single and multiple drives. The scheduling policies developed achieve signiicant performance gains over naive policies. The algorithms are simple to implement and are not restrictive. The study encompasses all types of storage libraries handling removable media, such as tapes and optical disks.


The auto feature extraction capability of deep neural networks (DNN) endows them the potentiality for analysing complicated electroencephalogram (EEG) data captured from brain functionality research. This work investigates the potential coherent correspondence between the region-of-interest (ROI) for DNN to explore, and ROI for conventional neurophysiological oriented methods to work with, exemplified in the case of working memory study. The attention mechanism induced by global average pooling (GAP) is applied to a public EEG dataset of working memory, to unveil these coherent ROIs via a classification problem. The result shows the alignment of ROIs from different research disciplines. This work asserts the confidence and promise of utilizing DNN for EEG data analysis, albeit in lack of the interpretation to network operations.


Diagnosis and identification of crop diseases are of great significance for improving crop quality. The application of computer vision technology based on deep learning models in crop disease identification has incomparable advantages over traditional artificial diagnosis and recognition methods and improves the ability of crop disease monitoring and early prediction. On the other hand, training the models requires a large amount of data, but most of the crop leaf diseases image data are insufficient or unbalanced, which results in a great limitation of performance for various tasks. To solve the data imbalance problem, the application of augmentation methods based on Generative Adversarial Networks(GAN) is proposed. In this paper, we present a data augmentation method using conditional GL-GAN(GL-CGAN) based on adaptive global and local bilevel optimization model(GL-GAN) and Auxiliary Classifier GANs(ACGAN). We first train the model based on the Plant Village dataset and then employ it to the expanded image datasets. By adding the synthetic data the accuracy of the classifier is higher than the models which are trained only on the original dataset


Nowadays,the virtual instrument technology indicates the developing orientation of electronic measurements.For making up a reliable data acquisition system,an application program with LabVIEW 7.0 is designed.Identification arithmetic is used in this program through DLL.In addition,through analysis and a lot of experiments,some practical problems are solved.The results of experiment prove that this system fulfils the requisition of design.


In recent decades, natural products of plant origin have predominated among the sources of new therapeutic agents. Plants, which are intensively used in folk medicine, are the focus of particular interest, and being subjected to in-depth analyses for the assessment of their pharmacological properties. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the in vitro anticancer, antiviral, and antioxidant properties of a crude aqueous methanolic extract from the leaves of Rhus typhina L., which is a plant species with broad applications in traditional phytotherapy. The anticancer capacity of the extract was assessed on two human breast cancer cell lines (MCF7 and MDA-MB-231) using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) cell proliferation assay, and its cell growth inhibitory effect on cancer cells was compared with its action on a non-cancerous breast epithelial cell line (MCF10A). Moreover, the in vitro antiviral activity of the plant extract was studied against viral strains of three taxonomic groups: herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), coxsackievirus B1 (CVB1), and influenza A virus (IAV/H3N2) using a cytopathic effect inhibition test, extract cytotoxicity evaluation through the neutral red uptake assay, a virucidal assay, a viral attachment assay, and cell pre-treatment with the extract. In turn, a radical scavenging assay with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) was applied to explore the antioxidant potential of R. typhina leaf extract. Results indicated that the plant extract possessed antiproliferative activity against the tested cell lines which was stronger toward cancer cells. A modest inhibitory effect on IAV/H3N2 replication was detected; as well as on an effect on herpes virions and on the adsorption of the HSV-1 and IAV/H3N2 strains; and a protective effect on uninfected cells before HSV-1 contact. The leaf extract of R. typhina also exhibited a strong free radical scavenging activity. The results of the present work demonstrated the pharmacological potentials of the plant extract, which warrants further and more detailed study in the future.


This study was designed to evaluate the effects of Alomo bitters on albino rats. The Alomo bitters was fed using an oro-gastric gavage, to different sets of male albino wistar rats, after which the biochemical and haematological indices and histopathological status of the organs of the bitters -fed rats, as well as the acute toxicity (LD 50 ) and subchronic toxicity of the Alomo bitters on the rats were investigated using standard laboratory procedures. The Alomo bitters were well tolerated and not toxic to the rat organs and blood cells, during the 28-day duration of the study. The acute toxicity (LD 50 ) of 29 x 10 3 mg/kg body weight indicates it has low-lethality. The minimal and non-significant differences (P>0.05) in all the indices used to assess, the liver, kidney and cardiac function statuses of the Alomo-fed rats compared to same in the control rats, was indicative that the Alomo preserved the functions of these organs. The increase in the CD 4+ -count and decrease in the level of the fasting blood glucose in the Alomo-fed rats when compared to that of the control rats was significant (P<0.05). The decrease in serum triacylglycerol and LDL-cholesterol levels and the increase in HDL-cholesterol caused by the bitters was significant (P<0.05). The Alomo-fed rats had a significant decrease (P<0.05) in their serum malondialdehyde (MDA) levels and a significant increase (P<0.05) in their serum vitamin C and E levels and activities of antioxidant enzymes namely superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase, when compared with that of the control rats.


The present paper addresses whether budget travellers differ from main stream tourists in various areas of their self understanding. The sample consisted of some 1880 tourists to Norway, of whom approximately 200 categorised as budget travellers based on their choice of accommodation (they stayed at HI-facilities). All participants filled in a questionnaire concerning travel motivations, risk judgements, worry and tourist role orientations). While it was expected that budget travellers to a larger degree indicated allocated knowledge and sociability as travel motives, no such differences were observed. None the less, budget travellers were less motivated by the needs for luxury and relaxation. They also judged some travel related hazards to be less risky. Their overall travel related worry was however not different from other travellers, although they obtained lower scores on worry items pertaining to terror and the fear of foreign cultures. They also perceived themselves as typical individualists, and less as typical mass tourists.


This paper presents an efficient method for implementing the Kalman Filter using FPGA. Due to implement the high-performance algorithm units and the pipeline architecture, we get a high-efficient result. The cycle time (one iteration) for computing Kalman filter is 57.89ns, the performance gained in our approach includes two to eight time higher speed than the other implementation. Also, the technology of resourceshared is used, and the area is reduce 45%.


Abstract Jankowski's Bunting Emberiza jankowskii is endemic to China, Russia and Northern Korea, and was listed as a 'Vulnerable' species. The population in Dagang Forestry of western Jilin is one of the small remaining discrete breeding populations in the species' range. Very little information on the nesting biology and population dynamics has previously been published. We studied the nesting biology from 1999 to 2002 and population dynamics of the bunting from 1999 to 2006 (except 2003). A total of 74 nesting attempts were monitored. Jankowski's Bunting breeding season began in late April and usually ended in late July. Both sexes participated in nest-building, feeding young and defending the nest. Mean full clutch size for three years combined was 5.26 ± 0.76 eggs, and ranged from four to seven. Clutch size decreased with nest-initiation date. Mean hatching rate was 41.2%. Overall probability of Mayfield nest success to fledging was low for the three years, averaging 0.218 ± 0.007. The factors leading to low nest success include nest parasitization, nest predation, human activities and nest abandonment. Low survival of Jankowski's Bunting nests may be a factor in declining populations and the slow recovery of populations because of low recruitment at the population and the individual level. The population of Jankowski's Bunting in the Dagang Forestry grassland was small and declined dramatically from 1999 to 2006. The main threat is habitat loss and fragmentation due to agriculture, tree planting and housing following human colonization of the region. The habitat has been reduced in extent by c. 70% since the 1960s. In addition, grazing by domestic livestock dramatically destroyed their preferred vegetation. Furthermore, the restriction to several small, discrete sites makes the bunting inherently vulnerable to catastrophic and stochastic events that can eliminate subpopulations. Jankowski's bunting is one of the most threatened species in China and faces an unpredictable future. Maintaining the structure and general composition of remaining Jankowski's Bunting nesting habitat is important to ensure continued presence of this species in western Jilin and worldwide.


Experiences with Par entered Vitamin A Therapy in Deafness and Tinnitus. SHIRLEY HAROLD BACON, San Francisco. Laryngoscope, 1951, lxi, 530. In 1938, Mellanby showed that animals placed on a vitamin-free diet developed degenerative changes in the auditory capsule, Scarpa's ganglion and the spiral ganglion. Lobel, in May, 1949, claimed to have produced improvement in hearing and tinnitus in a considerable proportion of about 300 patients, using an injection of Vitamin A which consisted of olive oil, terpins and the " A " factor in a concentration of 50,000 units per cubic centimetre. He argued that by this method of administration, the changes described by Mellanby were reversible. In July, 1949, Perlman (working on rabbits) was able to confirm Mellanby's results, but found that feeding them on a high Vitamin A diet did not restore the labyrinthine capsule to a normal state. Nor was any hearing-loss noted in any one of approximately 2,000 prisoners-of-war with known vitamin deficiencies in an extensive survey carried out in Japan. The present study is based on 36 cases treated by the method of Lobel. Five patients showed an improvement in hearing of more than 10 decibels for the conversational range, but only three (or 8-3 per cent.) of these had improvement which could not be explained by other factors. Of the 17 cases who had tinnitus, 4 stated that their tinnitus was less. It was abolished in none.


Exponential error bounds achievable via universal decoder are derived for frame-asynchronous discrete memoryless multiple access channels with two senders. The exponent is strictly positive inside the capacity region. The method of types and a modified maximal mutual information decoder are used.


When the spacecraft is in orbit, there is a risk of high-speed impact by space debris. After the spacecraft is impacted, it is of great significance to determine the exact location of the spacecraft and the structural changes caused by the impact. However, the conventional impact monitoring methods are mainly realized by sticking sensors on the surface of spacecraft structures. Such contact measurement methods generally have one or more of the problems of large size, heavy mass, complex system, easy to fall off, and do not have the function of reconstructing the shape of the impacted part of the spacecraft. This study proposes an integrated system of spacecraft impact monitoring and shape reconstruction, which realizes the organic integration of positioning and shape reconstruction and can help astronauts and ground technicians to timely know the impact location and shape changes after spacecraft damage.


This study was conducted in two lakes, Krankesjon and Vombsjon, located in Lund, Sweden. We went out for four weeks during April in order to scan for PIT-tags eaten by cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo). These PIT-tags have been implanted in more than 12000 fishes and 12 species during the period between 2003 and 2012. The total numbers of PIT-tags found were 403 and they were distributed over eight different fish species. The results indicated that the cormorants diet varies in composition. The highest predated biomass was roach (Rutilus rutilus) (60 %) followed by rudd (Carassius carassius) (20 %). In addition bleak (Alburnus alburnus) had the highest quotient of predated individuals divided by total tagged individuals while pike (Esox lucius) had the smallest. The results showed that rudd had a greater risk of being predated by the cormorant as compared with roach. Moreover roach that expressed migratory behavior had a significantly lower risk of mortality by cormorant predation compared to roach that were resident in the lake. Furthermore the probability of being prayed by the cormorant was negatively converted to the time a roach spend out of the lake. Finally, cormorants did not show any preference for any special body length of the fish. My results are of importance for local wild-life management and add more data about how migratory behavior can decrease predation risk in the wild.


The invention relates to a device for transporting a support element (16) presenting a plurality of sample cavities, notably a titration plate, to and between storage and/or processing stations. The device comprises a notably linearly operating transporting unit (10) which connects a positioning and/or storage unit with at least one processing station and serves to transport the support element (16). The processing station (20, 22, 24) is configured such that it can be fitted in a modular manner with at least one functional unit for carrying out an automated processing function acting on the support element or the sample cavities thereof. For transferring a support element from the transporting unit to the functional unit the processing station comprises at least one pivoting device having a rotating plate or rotating arm. The pivoting device is configured in such a way that in response to an electronic control signal a support element held by the pivoting device pivots about an axis of rotation at a defined angle and by displacement can be transferred from the pivoting device to a neighbouring unit.


A COMPARATIVE STUDY IS PRESENTED OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WHERE THE VICTIMS WERE TAKEN TO THE J.M. PENNA AND IGNACIO PIROVANO HOSPITALS; THESE ACCIDENTS ARE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO SEX, CAUSE, PLACE AND TYPE OF INJURIES, AND IT IS STRESSED THAT THESE ACCIDENTS ARE GENERALLY OF A LIGHT CHARACTER. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT SEE IRRD ABSTRACT NO 106370, AND 106373, 106418-55.


A new synthesis of (±)-9-demethylmunduserone (2) is described. Thermal rearrangement of 1-(4-benzyloxy-2-hydroxyphenyl)-4-(3', 4'-dimethoxyphenoxy)-2-butyn-l-one (7) afforded 4-(4-benzyloxy-2-hydroxybenzoyl)-6, 7-dimethoxy-2H-chromene (8), 3-(4-benzyloxy-2-hydroxybenzoyl)-5, 6-dimethoxy-2-methylbenzofuran (9) and 9-benzyloxy-2, 3-dimethoxy-6a, 12a-dihydrorotoxen-12 (6H)-one (3). 4-Aroyl-2H-chromene (8) was smoothly converted to 3 in quantitative yield by the treatment with sodium acetate. The structure of 3 was con-firmed by an alternative synthesis from methyl tephrosate (10). Debenzylation of 3 with aluminum bromide afforded (±)-9-demethylmunduserone (2) in high yield.


This paper  reported  the  result  of  chemical  analysis  of  nine  wood  species  from  East Indonesia.  The analysis comprise of the determination  of  holocellulose,  cellulose,  lignin,  pentosan,  ash  content,  silica  content  and the solubility  in cold water,  hot water,  one percent  of  sodium  hydroxide and alcohol  benzene extractives.  These analysis  were conducted to determine their basic characteristics and ultimate uses of the wood. The result showed that holocellulose  content ranges from  66,91 - 75,29 %, cellulose from  43,50- 54,72 %, lignin from  24,04 - 33,09  %, pentosanfrom   14,34 - 18,95  %, ash content from  0,38  - 2,13  %, silica content from  0,12 -1,91  %, The solubility in cold water rangesfrom 2, 71  -  8,42  %, hot water from  2,87 - 8,92  %,  in NaOH 1  % from  12,34  - 26,65   %  and in alcohol benzena (1:2) from  2,42-11,86  %. Based on chemical analysis,  especially  the  cellulose content the 9 wood species from  East Indonesian are suitable as raw material for pulp and paper industry. Keywords:   IBT, Chemical Component.


In the context of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, polarization is an important source of information for Earth's surface monitoring. SAR Systems are often considered to transmit only one polarization. This constraint leads to either single or dual polarimetric SAR imaging modalities. Single polarimetric systems operate with a fixed single polarization of both transmitted and received electromagnetic (EM) waves, resulting in a single acquisition channel. Dual polarimetric systems, on the other hand, transmit in one fixed polarization and receive in two orthogonal polarizations, resulting in two acquisition channels. Dual polarimetric systems are obviously more informative than single polarimetric systems and are increasingly being used for a variety of remote sensing applications. In dual polarimetric systems, the choice of polarizations for the transmitter and the receiver is open. The choice of circular transmit polarization and coherent dual linear receive polarizations forms a special dual polarimetric system called hybrid polarimetry, which brings the properties of rotational invariance to geometrical orientations of features in the scene and optimizes the design of the radar in terms of reliability, mass, and power constraints. The complete characterization of target scattering, however, requires fully polarimetric data, which can be acquired with systems that transmit two orthogonal polarizations. This adds further complexity to data acquisition and shortens the coverage area or swath of fully polarimetric images, compared to the swath of dual or hybrid polarimetric images. The search for solutions to augment dual polarimetric data to full polarimetric data will therefore take advantage of full characterization and exploitation of the backscattered field over a wider coverage with less system complexity. Several methods for reconstructing fully polarimetric images using hybrid polarimetric data can be found in the literature. Although the improvements achieved by the newly investigated and experimented reconstruction techniques are undeniable, the existing methods are, however, mostly based upon model assumptions (especially the assumption of reflectance symmetry), which may limit their reliability and applicability to vegetation and forest scenarios. To overcome the problems of these techniques, this paper proposes a new framework for reconstructing fully polarimetric information from hybrid polarimetric data. The framework uses Deep Learning solutions to augment hybrid polarimetric data without relying on model assumptions. A convolutional neural network (CNN) with a specific architecture and loss function is defined for this augmentation problem by focusing on different scattering properties of the polarimetric data. In particular, the method controls the CNN training process with respect to several characteristic features of polarimetric images defined by the combination of different terms in the cost or loss function. The proposed method is experimentally validated with real data sets and compared with a well-known and standard approach from the literature. From the experiments, the reconstruction performance of the proposed framework is superior to conventional reconstruction methods. The pseudo fully polarimetric data reconstructed by the proposed method also agree well with the actual fully polarimetric images acquired by radar systems, confirming the reliability and efficiency of the proposed method.


Matrix converter rotating vectors (RVs) have the natural advantage of zero common-mode voltage (CMV). If the RVs alone are employed to drive the motor, ideal minimization of CMV can be achieved. However, it is proven in existing literature that the maximum voltage transfer ratio (VTR) is only 0.5 with space vector modulation using only RVs, which greatly limits the practical application value of the RV. This article quantitatively analyzes the maximum VTR under an existing direct torque control using only RVs, and the result is 0.833, which is much greater than 0.5. Experiments are carried out to verify this conclusion. This article reveals the potential of RVs, and hence promotes further research on the CMV minimization strategies without sacrificing performance like maximum.


The paper is to examine the artificial intelligent (AI) on recruitment effectiveness, the study made in CMMI (capability maturity model integration) software companies of Bangalore, collected data through a structured questionnaire from 100 human resource professionals. Around the Bangalore, descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling used to test the hypothesis. The study found that using of the artificial intelligence in recruitment process select right applicant for talent pool for the organization.


PURPOSE: A light source device, projecting device and a projecting method are provided to reduce a burden in a control system by individually compensating for temperature of semiconductor light emitting devices. CONSTITUTION: A plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices(17) individually emit a plurality of colour lights. A reference signal output part(41) outputs reference signals of plural colours. A selecting part(42) selects a reference signal for each colour outputted from the reference signal output part according to each light emitting timing of the semiconductor light emitting devices. A calculation control part(43) is installed at every semiconductor light emitting device. The calculation control part keeps a calculation value matched with a light emitting property of the semiconductor light emitting device. The calculation control part converts the reference signal selected by the selecting part. A driving part(44) drives a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices.


This paper reports experimental data establishing the postfire full stress–strain response of fire‐affected concrete. Such data are useful in situations when redesign of fire‐damaged concrete elements is considered.


Introduction: Genesis and Revelation Prologue: The Psychology of Biography 1. Uncertain Beginnings 2. The Evolution of a Naturalist 3. Breaching the Walls of the Species Citadel 4. The Mystery of Mysteries Solved 5. A Gentlemanly Arrangement 6. Scientific Heresy and Ideological Murder 7. A Scientist Among the Spiritualists 8. Heretical Thoughts 9. Heretical Culture 10. Heretic Personality 11. The Last Great Victorian 12. The Life of Wallace and the Nature of History Epilogue: Psychobiography and the Science of History Appendix I: Endnotes Appendix II: Biography of Wallace's Archival Sources Appendix III: Biography of Wallace's Published Works Appendix IV: General Biography Index


Introduction Metacognitive skills of the gifted from a cross-cultural perspective Metacognition -- a psychophsiological perspective Stegosaurus and spoonbills -- mechanisms for transfer across biological domains To be or not 2 bee -- an examination of breaking set Metacognition in the gifted -- connections to expertise Marginalia as a metacognitive strategy Epistemic development and the perils of Pluto Metacognitive multicultural education An interview with John Flavell Index.


This article was as an evaluation on the implementation of a system of internal accounting control and its relationship with the financial information, and the establishment of a process of internal control by detecting critical internal control points using questionnaires, the methodology was a qualitative-quantitative mixed model, and research field and documentary, on the other hand to verify the results obtained were applied research tools such as: Check list and survey, obtaining the following results: that used internal control system is not right, since handled it empirically, also do not have a model of accounting internal control which serve as a guide for the activities and main processes of the organization, due to the fact that committed errors in the application of withholding, improper handling of petty cash fund, in collection payments carried out without backs, is not controlled the movements of the bank accounts and balances a day but that monthly reconciliations are made or when the Manager requires it, that the financial information, it is not clear since sometimes don't register the balances of customers at the date of the court, but as mass balances or are not taken into account the values paid to suppliers like fertilizers, and that obviously affects the information thrown at the end of the month and the year in the state, reason by which decisions made by management are not the most appropriate Since there is no fairness of financial information, a Manual of policies and procedures accounting, has not finally been applied, therefore the entity and its partners are unhappy with the form control in the accounting and financial part to the entity.


Poster: "ECR 2010 / C-0339 / Is breast magnetic resonance imaging able to detect and to characterize lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS)?" by: "V. S. Vilar, C. Dromain, M.-C. Mathieu, F. Bidault, S. Delaloge, C. Balleyguier; Villejuif/FR"


The paper reviews investigations on the use of coloured filters in relation to possible causal mechanisms, effects on reading achievement and effects on eye movement. Studies of causes suggest a retinal ‐ sensory after‐imaging problem, possibly related to the magnocellular visual neurological pathway. Studies of reading achievement suggest this disability may be one causal factor in reading problems but improvement will be influenced by prior word attack skill and willingness to be involved in reading. Investigation of reading strategies suggest that the claimed reductions in print distortions could allow more reading fluency and enable attention to be directed to meaning rather than word identification, which in turn facilitates access to text context as a supplement to word recognition.


This article analyses the use of Europeanizing discourses in the travel writing of Croat visitors to the Third Reich. Situating these visits in the context of transnational exchanges in Hitler's new Europe and the war against the Soviet Union, it considers a number of specific case studies of travel between Croatia and Nazi Germany. It argues that the European discourse of writers, journalists, and youth activists in the Ustasha-led Independent State of Croatia served a number of specific purposes. First, they created a space of normality in an extremely violent state, providing an illusion of stability. By bringing the sights, sounds, and pleasures of travel to the near abroad back to Croatia in the form of books, magazine articles, and mobile film reels, they also gave citizens a glimpse of the good life, consumption, and materiality. As such, these travelogues and accounts of journeys overseas also aimed to persuade intellectuals and members of the cultural elite who did not support the Ustasha regime of the various material and professional "club goods" that might accrue to them by becoming active supporters of the regime. Furthermore, they served to create an impression of mobility in a surveillance state in which even internal travel was extremely restricted. Finally, in depicting Nazi-led war in the East and the struggle against the "East within"—in the form of the campaign of genocide against Serbs, Jews, Roma and so-called "asocials"—to building European brotherhood, modernization, and becoming an essential member of the new Europe, they became a source of regime legitimation, thereby telling us important things about the subjectivity of both the state and ideological tourists in a time of terror, war, and occupation.


Research on the initial stage of the current mortgage foreclosure crisis focuses on its causes, scope and economic impact. This study contributes to the emerging literature by showing how the crisis plays out differently across urban neighborhoods. Clearly, the two most immediate causal factors are the relative size of the housing bubble and the number of risky loans. Yet, neighborhoods also are defined by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, among other factors—conditions that may shape their experience of regional housing market dynamics. This study examines variation in first quarter 2008 foreclosure rates for 262 zip codes in Los Angeles County. Using a recursive model and weighted least squares regression, we find that the exurbs and communities with more subprime loans, bigger housing bubbles, lower current demand, and fewer college-educated residents have higher foreclosure rates. Race and poverty indirectly affect foreclosure rates through subprime lending and housing bubble size. Our findings illustrate the complex relationships between neighborhood economic, socioeconomic and demographic factors and foreclosure and suggest ways that policymakers in sprawling, high growth, multiracial regions can target remedial measures, as well as prevent future housing crises.


The present study aimed to assess the in vitro growth rate of the C. violaceum wild type strain ATCC12472 when exposed to the compound paraquat dichloride hydrate, one of the most herbicides largely employed in agriculture around the world. The bacterium was monitored using spectrophotometry to estimate the growth rate of bacterial inocula incubated in a nutrient broth medium containing the compound paraquat at different concentrations. Moreover, the number of viable bacteria cells in the samples was also estimated based on colony-forming units on the nutrient broth agar. Results showed that the compound paraquat promoted significant decreases in the growth rate of the C. violaceum bacterium in response to incubation time and dose tested. Significantly lower values of bacterial growth were also corroborated by counting the total number of colony-forming units at final concentrations of 100 (<104 CFU) and 1,000 µg mL-1 (<102  CFU) in comparison to control and 0 µg mL-1 (>108  CFU) on the nutrient broth agar. Thus, the findings described herein report the effects of the compound paraquat dichloride hydrate on the in vitro growth rate of a C. violaceum wild type strain.


Integrating multiple processors into a single chip to enhance performance has becoming a trend in high performance SoC design.And the major challenge is how to improve the extensibility of the multi-processor system-on-chip.Based on the hierarchy bus structure of AMBA environment : Design of AHBBus based FPGA prototype for MPSoC,The MPSoC platform was implemented at RTL.Prototyping the whole system based on FPGA.,tested by a pipelined-matrix-multiplication program.The multiplication times were parameterized to generate different workloads.The experimental result showed that under the condition of 6 processors,when the multiplication cycle times were 6 the speedup was only 4.10,with the workload increasing the speedup came up to 5.48.


DHT promoted gene expression in TN2 (673 up-regulated genes versus192 down-regulated genes). TNBC subtyping analyses based on RNA-Seq data predicted distinct molecular subtypes of TN1 and TN2: TN1 correlated to a basal-like 1 (BL1) subtype, and TN2 correlated to a basal-like 2 (BL2) subtype. These analyses suggest that TN1 and TN2, which both express functional AR, are two molecu-larly distinct PDX models that expand our current know-ledge of AR-positive TNBC. Our results do not support that AR is a suitable therapeutic target in TNBC. To our best knowledge, the molecular mechanisms of AR in TNBC are equivocal and should be evaluated using clinically relevant models, considering both the heterogeneous expression of AR in TNBC and the general complexities of AR signaling. in fasting adipose-specific of in lean in glucose


A simple application linking mortality data from the Bureau of Vital Statistics with data from the emergency department information system is described. This application has been used to supplement the regular mortality review process, identify deaths of patients who left without being seen, and perform outcome studies looking at specified clinical conditions.


Dicranomyia (Idiopyga) nigristigma Nielsen, 1919 (Diptera, Limoniidae) is recorded for the first time from Romania. The species was collected in some calcareous springs in the Apuseni Mountains and highlight an overlooked Limoniidae diversity in similar habitats from the karstic area from here.


Two-step reaction sequences to 4-substituted tricyclo[4,3,1,03,8]decanes and 3-substituted tricyclo[3,3,1,03,7]nonanes are reported: the key step in each case involves the scission of a t-adamantyloxy-radical.


Our everyday experience is well acquainted with the reality of constancy (identity) and change. Persistence over time – continuity – is normally accompanied by an awareness of change – discontinuity. Although the temptation is immediately to enter into logicalmathematical problems, this article wants to highlight first of all the underlying ontological issues and distinctions required to gain a better understanding of the familiar term "identity". In order to achieve this goal the idea of identity is related to the nature of an entity and its properties. Plato's account of identity and change paved the way for an enduring philosophical wrestling with this problem. A static logic of identity may rule out change (Von Kibed), but on the basis of Galileo and Einstein the original insight of Plato, namely that change can only be established on the basis of constancy, acquires a new natural scientific meaning. Acknowledging the more-than-functional and multifunctional nature of the identity of an entity helps to avoid any attempt that wants to explain the nature of entities exhaustively in terms of one aspect only. It also supports the distinction between conceptual knowledge and concept-transcending knowledge. In the final analysis the human awareness of the identity of entities amidst change explores the foundational interconnectedness between the kinematic and the physical aspects in the context of concept-transcending knowledge.


This paper discusses a task of document recognition on a sequence of video frames. In order to optimize the processing speed an estimation is performed of stability of recognition results obtained from several video frames. Considering identity document (Russian internal passport) recognition on a mobile device it is shown that significant decrease is possible of the number of observations necessary for obtaining precise recognition result.


Introduction. Currently, modern medical radiation technologies, including the use of radiopharmaceuticals, are becoming more widely used. At the same time, it should be noted that these technologies themselves have undergone a significant evolution towards improving their radiation safety. But while radiation technologies have been steadily improving, approaches to controlling and regulating activities with ionizing radiation sources remain highly conservative. In law enforcement practice, this approach leads more and more to excessive requirements that are not justified for the basic principles of radiation safety - rationing, justification, optimization. This paper substantiates the ways to improve the issues of regulation and regulation of activities using modern radiation technologies Purpose of research. Conducting radiation and hygiene assessment of working conditions in PET centers and developing proposals for improving regulatory requirements, taking into account the features of modern technologies Material and methods. Protocols of industrial radiation control, results of own research of effective equivalent doses, equivalent doses for the skin and lens of the eye by thermoluminescent dosimetry, timekeeping of the working time of the PET center staff were used. Results. As part of the work, the results of industrial radiation monitoring of the PET- center of a large medical organization were analyzed. It is shown that the annual radiation doses are within no more than 1/3 of the dose limit for limited personnel, most of whom receive less than 5 mS per year. The data of our research carried out based on the scientific LRC of the Department of radiochemistry of the Lomonosov Moscow State University are in good agreement with the data of the medical institution. Conducting time-lapse studies allowed us to conclude that the time of direct exposure of personnel is significantly less than the standard values provided for by regulatory documents, and the dose rates for many operations can not correspond to the values regulated by these documents. It is shown how a safe technology can relate, on formal grounds, to "highly dangerous", which is a significant modern contradiction in the field of regulating activities with radiation sources. Conclusion. An important factor in ensuring radiation safety is the identification of critical groups of personnel, the most exposed organs, and tissues, taking into account the annual activity consumed. The standardized dose rate criteria laid down in regulatory documents do not provide for the use of indicators of the actual workload (time of exposure). It is necessary to introduce appropriate changes to the normative documents.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore useful Semantic Web technologies and ontology-based applications for digital libraries. It also investigates the perceptions of university librarians and academicians in Pakistan about Semantic Web technologies and their use in digital libraries.

Design/methodology/approach
An exploratory research design based on Delphi research strategy was conducted to answer the research questions. Interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 50 key informants including university librarians and academicians to explore their perceptions about Semantic Web technologies and their use in digital libraries. Thematic analysis of interview data was conducted to obtain results.

Findings
The results of this paper showed that DuraCloud, Semantic information mashup, OntoEdit and resource description framework (RDF) are the various Semantic Web applications which are useful for digital libraries to develop semantic relationships among digital contents and increase their accessibility in the web environment. Findings revealed that Semantic Web provides precise results and meets user information needs in an effective way. Results also showed that next-generation digital libraries use context-awareness technology, intelligent agent software and detecting sensors to analyze user information needs and provide dynamic information services. This paper recommended that librarians should embrace the use of emerging web technologies in libraries and offer library services through the medium of the web.

Practical implications
This paper envisaged the future of digital library services and Semantic Web applications that can be used to re-structure metadata of digital library. This paper has practical implications for librarians to consider the useful applications of Semantic Web for digital library and enhance the interoperability of metadata among heterogeneous information systems. Practically, results obtained from this paper are highly useful for library schools and LIS teachers to up-date their curriculum by incorporating new contents related to web languages and Semantic Web applications for digital libraries.

Originality/value
This paper identifies various Semantic Web applications which are useful for developing Semantic Digital Libraries.


The thesis follows up the evolution of modern czech book and book series, the introduction briefly summarize type and book history till the followed period, which starts in 1918. Practical part of this work introduce corporate design of selected publishing house and design of several book series.


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We propose a semantic template-based distributed representation for the convolutional neural network called Semantic Template-based Convolutional Neural Network (STCNN) for text categorization that imitates the perceptual behavior of human comprehension. STCNN is a highly automatic approach that learns semantic templates that characterize a domain from raw text and recognizes categories of documents using a semantic-infused convolutional neural network that allows a template to be partially matched through a statistical scoring system. Our experiment results show that STCNN effectively classifies documents in about 140,000 Chinese news articles into predefined categories by capturing the most prominent and expressive patterns and achieves the best performance among all compared methods for Chinese topic classification. Finally, the same knowledge can be directly used to perform a semantic analysis task.


Direct disaster payments have been criticized as inefficient and inequitable. In this article, the impact of weather and climate, as well as economic and political variables, on crop disaster payments is analyzed using county level data from four states in the southeastern United States. The results of panel data analysis suggest that weather and climate variables explain most of the crop disaster payments at the county level while socioeconomic and political variables do not, suggesting that advancements in weather and climate forecasts could be helpful in budgeting.


Abstract The microwave-assisted solvent-free reaction has been developed for the rapid synthesis of different pyrrole derivatives using cross-metathesis (CM) between N-allylamines and α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds with moderate to good yields. This method is solvent free, facile, rapid, and high yielding reaction for the synthesis N-substituted pyrrole derivatives. The effect of microwave irradiation versus classical thermal conditions is demonstrated through a series of comparative cross-metathesis reactions. In the present eco-friendly approach, the combination of solvent-free conditions and microwave irradiations leads to a substantial reduction in reaction times with improved yields. The computational analysis revealed that the microwave irradiation conditions favored the interconversion of ruthenacyclobutane (RuG to RuH) approximately 10-fold more than the conventional heating. Exclusive formation of pyrrole ring system (cyclization- aromatization cascade reaction) over piperazinone (aza-michael product) has been explained through DFT calculations. Graphical Abstract


In this study we present a survey of the Solanaceae family from inselbergs in the semi-arid region of Bahia State. The plant collections and fi eld observations were carried out in the following municipalities: Feira de Santana, Iacu, Milagres, Itatim, Santa Teresinha, and Itaberaba, situated between 12o 14'- 12o 52'S and 39o 03'- 40o 04'W, from April 2005 to March 2006. Solanaceae is represented by fi ve genera and fourteen species: Brunfelsia unifl ora (Pohl) D. Don, Capsicum parvifolium Sendtn., Capsicum sp., Cestrum obovatum Sendtn., Nicotiana glauca Graham, Schwenkia americana L., Solanum agrarium Sendtn., S. americanum Mill, S. depauperatum Dunal, S. gardneri Sendtn., S. megalonyx Sendtn., S. paniculatum L., S. stipulaceum Roem & Schult, and Solanum sp. The genus Solanum L is the most representative with eight species, corresponding to about 58 % of the total Solanaceae species, followed by Capsicum with two species (14%) and Brunfelsia, Cestrum, Nicotiana and Schwenkia with one specie each (7%).


Brugada syndrome is a heritable channelopathy characterized by a peculiar electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern and increased risk of cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death. The arrhythmias originate because of an imbalance between the repolarizing and depolarizing currents that modulate the cardiac action potential. Even if an overt structural cardiomyopathy is not typical of Brugada syndrome, fibrosis and structural changes in the right ventricle contribute to a conduction slowing, which ultimately facilitates ventricular arrhythmias. Currently, Mendelian autosomal dominant transmission is detected in less than 25% of all clinical confirmed cases. Although 23 genes have been associated with the condition, only SCN5A, encoding the cardiac sodium channel, is considered clinically actionable and disease causing. The limited monogenic inheritance has pointed toward new perspectives on the possible complex genetic architecture of the disease, involving polygenic inheritance and a polygenic risk score that can influence penetrance and risk stratification. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, Volume 23 is October 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.


The Zn2+ and Zr4+-doped barium hexaferrite according to the stoichiometric formation BaFe(12-(2x /3))ZnxO19 and BaFe(12-(4x /3))ZrxO19 with x = 0, 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 were prepared by conventional method using ball milling technique. These powders were calcined at various temperatures from 1000 °C to 1200 °C for 2 h. The structural, morphology and magnetic properties were carried out by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), respectively. The XRD confirmed the formation of main phase magneplumbite and the crystalline structure of samples is still hexagonal. Pure and dopes barium hexaferrite shows only single phase. The lattice parameter a and c increased with the Zn2+ and Zr4+ ion content increasing. The SEM results showed that the particles of pure BaFe12O19 were regular hexagonal while doped-samples showed spherical shape. After Fe3+ is partly substituted with Zn2+, the magnetic parameters like coercivity and saturation magnetization are decreased. On the other hand, with increasing Zr4+ ions, the coercive force and saturation magnetization are slightly increased. The behavior of magnetic properties of materials is explained by the combined effect of the coherent rotation of the magnetic domains and the replacements of Fe3+ by Zn2+ and Zr4+ ions in the tetrahedral and octahedral sites.


Even if project management practice is quite universal, and the book aims and could be a guide for project managers from different disciplines, I consider it as best suited for people from the industrial engineering domain. The author's biographical background is strongly connected with industrial engineering, both in academia and as a practitioner, and the entire approach of the book (see the case studies from industry) is very engineering focussed. This is not to imply that it is a purely theoretical book, full of unnecessary parameters & statistics. It is in fact a very pleasant book to read, hardly surprising as the author considers communication to be the first and foremost function of the Triple C model. Starting with the methodology of the Triple C implementation, and ending with the case studies presented on slides, you find inside quotes, anecdotes & proverbs covering the project management history from Hammurabi (ca 1760 BC) and Petronius (210 BC) to Badiru himself (2008) in a sparkling mixture of technical university & industrial enterprise presentation styles. It is a very efficiency oriented kind of book. Even if the Triple C Model was created in 1985 and introduced in print by the author in 1987 it is still very effective in producing solutions for the real economy, as one can see from the presentation of case studies. From the academic point of view I found the case study discussions very useful in illustrating how the results could operate in similar situations. The case studies are very well structured, but then it is common knowledge that engineering is about structuring problems – see chapter 7. The book is structured in 8 chapters. The first chapter presents a general view of project management and is people oriented, as is the entire book. The Triple C model is briefly presented in chapter 2 from the origin of the model to a summary of lessons to be inferred from a Triple C approach. The next 3 chapters are about project communication, project cooperation and project coordination, the final stage of the Triple C model. They are the theoretical backbone of the book. In the 3rd chapter communication is valued as the key success factor in project management. Securing project cooperation is the main aim in chapter 4. After cooperation becomes effective, useful guidelines can be found in chapter 5 in order to be sure the activities of the teams implied in the project network are correlated. A project implementation template that could be adopted is useful to those


Background and objective: Today, due to the growth of technology in various societies and in line with the industrialization of the global community, environmental issues are becoming a serious threat to human health and consequently, to the economy of the international community. The city of Zanjan, as a case study of this research, has been witnessing various civil protests in this regard and over the past years due to environmental concerns. Methodology: System Dynamics (SD) methodology is applied to simulate the dynamics of environmental pollutions of the various industries affecting health costs. Dealing with SD, study has been applying content analysis technique to select the most repetitive variables applied with similar studies which led study to the early mental model (causal loop diagram). Interview with experts is the next step which would assist the study to make the early dynamic model. The modified dynamic model has been grasped as the structural validation is conducted within 4 divisions of boundary adequacy test, extreme condition test, dimensional consistency test and parameter assessment test. Finally, the secondary validation including: behavior replication test and family tests have been assessed to assure the compliance of model outputs with the historical records. Results: According to the simulation, the most prior recommendations are: "Long-term policies for less utilization of non-renewable resources", "Increasing the life of industrial capital through the promotion of maintenance and repair departments", "Replacing fossil fuels with natural gases and enhancing their combustion quality" and "desertification policies to combat the release of solid PM10 particles". Conclusions: Based on the results of the study, long term policies to find out the appropriate tradeoff for exploitation of renewable and nonrenewable energies in order to minimize their pollution will have a bigger effect on the citizen's health costs comparing other policies like desertification.


Background: Hypoglycemia is the most common event of failure of metabolic adjustments in the newborn. Changes in maternal and fetal monitoring techniques, administration of glucose-containing solutions during labor, delivery and early feeding in neonates significantly alter blood glucose concentrations during the first week of postnatal life. Subjects and Methods: A total of 90 healthy (60 born by FTND, 30 born by LSCS) term, AGA infants were longitudinally evaluated at birth, at one hour after feeds (post feed), and after 6 hours of life. Plasma glucose was estimated from Heel Prick capillary samples by glucometer method. The influence of mode of delivery, the interval between feeds, sex, birth weight, on blood glucose was analyzed. Results: The way of delivery did not affect the plasma glucose concentration in neonates. There was a substantial increase in blood glucose concentration after the first feed irrespective of their birth weight. It was found that female babies had a higher blood glucose concentration than male babies during our study period. All babies maintained normal blood glucose with the continuation of breastfeeding. Conclusion: Plasma glucose levels are satisfactorily maintained in healthy term infants without resort to pre-lacteal feeds and mode of delivery did not influence plasma glucose. There is no need to check blood glucose levels routinely in an asymptomatic, healthy, term, breastfed infants.