The utility model discloses a series compensating system adopting a gantry framework, which comprises series compensating device bodies, incoming and outgoing line frames, wires and insulator strings, wherein the series compensating device bodies are arranged right under the wires in a phase splitting manner; the incoming and outgoing line frames adopt the gantry framework; incoming and outgoing lines are arranged horizontally. A series compensating device power distribution device disclosed by the utility model is favorable to the reasonable partition of series compensating devices of different lines and to the operation maintenance and the repair; the staggered arrangement of series compensating platforms for phases, which are arranged on the different lines, is avoided; the regional land occupation of the series compensating power distribution devices can be greatly reduced; the land expropriation expenses are reduced; the land resources are saved; and due to the scheme, the power failure loss can be reduced when the series compensating devices are repaired and the construction investment is saved. In the scheme, phase wires for installing the series compensating device for each phase have no wires so that the wires and the hardware fitting investment are saved.


The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the asymmetric impacts of exchange rate and oil price change on exports and imports in Korea...


The cytogenetic analysis of tumors, particularly those of hematopoietic origin, has revealed that reciprocal chromosomal translocations are recurring features of these tumors. Further from the initial recognition of the translocation t(9;22) (Nowell and Hungerford 1960; Rowley 1973), it has become clear that particular chromosomal translocations are found consistently in specific tumor subtypes. A principle example of this is the translocation t(8;14)(q24;q32.1) invariably found in the human B cell tumor Burkitt's lymphoma (Manolov and Manolov 1972; Zech et al. 1976). The link with the immunoglobulin H-chain locus on chromosome 14, band q32.1 (Croce et al. 1979; Hobart et al. 1981) and subsequently with the K light-chain locus on chromosome 2, band p12 (Malcolm et al. 1982), suggested that the immunoglobulin genes might be associated with the translocation breakpoints. The cloning of the CMYC proto-oncogene associated with the IgH locus from Burkitt's lymphoma translocation breakpoint t(8;14)(q24;q32) confirmed this. Through the subsequent cloning of the chromosomal breakpoints in other tumors and identification of oncogenes at many different breakpoints, followed by transgenic (Adams and Cory 1991) and homologous recombination knockin analysis (Corral et al. 1996), it has become clear that abnormal tumor-associated chromosomal translocations are important in the etiology of tumors (for review, see Rabbitts 1994). The scientific challenge of the last decade has been to define the contribution of the genes activated by translocations to the course of tumor development and to ascertain whether any general principles can be determined about these 'translocation' genes. There are two main outcomes of chromosomal translocations in human tumors (for review, see Rabbitts 1994). The first is confined to the lymphoid tumors in which the process of antigen receptor gene rearrangement (immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor) occurs and occasionally mediates chromosomal translocation. This type of translocation causes oncogene activation resulting from the new chromosomal environment of the rearranged gene. In general, this means inappropriate gene expression. The second, and probably the most common outcome of chromosomal translocations, is gene fusion in which exons from a gene on each of the involved chromosomes are linked after the chromosomal translocation, resulting in a fusion mRNA and protein. This type of event is found in many cases of hematopoietic tumors and in the sarcomas. These general observations posed many questions about chromosomal translocations and how they might influence tumor growth and progression. The diversity of these aberrant chromosomes questioned whether any general principles might emerge. A particular enigma was the finding of diverse genes at chromosomal breakpoints. T-cell acute leukemia (T-ALL) is one notable case in point. The disease is clinically rather constant, yet individual cases contain one of more than a dozen possible chromosomal translocations. The analysis of these has led to the discovery of many different, novel genes that can contribute to T-cell tumorigenesis (Rabbitts 1994). The genes at breakpoints of many major translocations have now been cloned, and it has been shown that the protein products of these genes frequently have prominent features of transcription regulators, for example, the DNA-binding homeodomain of HOX11 in T-ALL (Dube et al. 1991; Hatano et al. 1991; Kennedy et al. 1991; Lu et al. 1991). Thus, a common theme about the genes activated or fused by chromosomal translocations is that they encode transcription regulators in their normal sites of expression (Cleary 1991; Rabbitts 1991; Look 1997). Furthermore, it appears to be this property that can be instrumental in their involvement in tumor etiology following the chromosomal translocation. In FAX (01223) 412178.


The invention discloses a phyllanthus emblica tea effervescent tablet and a preparation method thereof. The phyllanthus emblica tea effervescent tablet is prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 15 to 35 percent of phyllanthus emblica fine powder, 10 to 25 percent of tartaric acid, 10 to 25 percent of sodium bicarbonate, 1 to 10 percent of Pu'er tea powder, 30 to 45 percent of crystal sugar powder, 1 to 3 percent of sodium erythorbate, 0.5 to 2 percent of aspartame, 2 to 3 percent of polyethylene glycol, 0.2 to 1 percent of lemon essence and 0.5 to 2 percent of sodium chloride. The method for preparing the effervescent tablet comprises the following steps of: drying and crushing solid auxiliary materials, except the tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate, into twoparts except, respectively adding the crushed and dried tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate, and uniformly stirring, pelletizing and drying the materials respectively; and adding the polyethylene glycol for uniform mixing, and tabletting, sorting and packaging so as to obtain the phyllanthus emblica tea effervescent tablet. The phyllanthus emblica tea effervescent tablet has the advantages of reasonable formula of raw materials, scientific preparation technology, low product calorie, and combination of functionality and appreciation, keeps the original unique flavor of the phyllanthus emblica, preserves the bioactivity and specific medicinal value of the phyllanthus emblica and radically solves the problem that the phyllanthus emblica and the preparation thereof have acidity, astringency, easy color change and easily degradable active ingredients.


Computer software intellectual property right (IPR) protection has become an important issue of universal concern. This paper, based on a survey conducted in five Chinese universities reveals the i...


Abstract The figure of Sordello, who appears in Purgatorio vi and guides Dante and Vergil to the valley of the princes, has long puzzled critics, since his stature in the Comedy seems greater than his historical achievements warrant. He is noted chiefly for a planh with political overtones, the lament for Blacatz. Of the Comedy's lyric poets, the other known especially for political poetry is Bertran de Born, among the "sowers of scandal and of schism" in Inferno xxviii. By comparing Dante's treatment of these two "political poets," we see that they are used within the poem in a way that necessarily transcends their historical identities: they have become emblematic, respectively, of the good and bad uses to which poets can put their verse in the service of the state.


To ensure charge process being terminated in time,the ending methods of charging of Ni/MH battery were analyzed.A more suitable ending method for Ni/MH battery,improved zero voltage method was introduced.Practical applications proved that this method could stop charging unfailingly once the battery was fully charged,and then safeguarded the battery effectively.It would have broad application prospects.


Pompe disease is a rare neuromuscular disorder, with autosomial recessive transmition due to defi ciency of lysosomal enzymatic acid alpha glucosidase (GAA) with accumulation of glycogen in tissues. The infantileonset form is the most severe with hypotonia and cardiomyopathy with death in the fi rst years of life. The diagnosis may be confi rmed by analysis of GAA enzyme activity at fi broblasts level by muscle or skin biopsy. This method is realized by invasive procedures and results are obtained after few weeks thus delaying diagnosis. In the last few years assays on blood cells and dried blood spots have been developed, method that are not invasive and can help at early diagnostic of Pompe disease. Treatment is represented by enzyme replacement therapy with alglucosidase alfa. This treatment changes the natural course of the disease. In patients with infantile onset enzyme replacement therapy prolongs survival and in those with delay onset improve walking distance and stabilize pulmonary function.


The theory of Communicative Language Teaching has been popular for decades,whereas there is no systematic model available for large scale oral tests.The present paper is to seek some ways to enforce large scale oral tests.


We investigate a competitive game between two players where the player who correctly guesses the output of the other will win. By modeling the players with adaptive Booleans we show that a growing number of inputs to the Booleans provides the players with a metalevel view of the game which enables them to model their and their opponent's behavior by adaptation. Thereby the players will take turns in winning game, according to their degree of complexity.


The Reversed Field Pinch (RFP) possesses the technical advantage that the imposed toroidal magnetic field needs not to be as large as for a tokamak. However, it was shown that RFP devices are plagued by magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities, leading to a turbulent state which degrades the confinement quality. However, in the last two decades quasi-single helicity (QSH) states were observed in RFP experiments, where the full turbulent regime is avoided and one helical mode predominates [1, 2, 3, 4]. In the QSH state there is a decrease of magnetic chaos and the formation of a coherent helical structure within the plasma. This helical state has been found in simulations in straight cylinders e.g. [5].


A nonuniform, fixed‐boundary, channel‐bend flow is formulated as two coupled sets of equations, each comprising two simultaneous equations, derived from the cross‐section‐integrated equations (in circular cylindrical coordinates) of conservation of flux of moment of momentum, and the depth‐integrated momentum and continuity equations. Boundary shear stresses are related to the primary‐flow shear stress and the primary and secondary velocities. The equations are solved numerically and the results found to be in satisfactory agreement with experimental data. The moment formulation elucidates the interplay among the secondary and primary flows, notably the observed flattening of primary velocity profiles, over‐shoot of the secondary flow, radial redistribution of the depth‐averaged primary velocity, and the secondary translational velocity. The erodible‐bed case is treated in the companion paper.


ABSTRACT Natural habitats continue to dwindle due to a variety of natural and human-induced stressors. In response, sufficient land must be set aside for conservation to preserve long-term biodiversity. In this paper, we propose a bi-objective optimization model to form spatially cohesive nature reserves by minimizing the distance from habitat patches to the center of their reserve, while simultaneously maximizing the ecological condition of the patches set aside for preservation. Our model can accommodate multiple reserves which, combined with a minimum separation distance requirement, enforces backup coverage to mitigate the possible effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors. The model fully capitalizes on GIS functionalities to extract information on spatial relationships and visualize optimization results. Given the complexity of the separation constraint, we propose a genetic algorithm (GA) and a two-phase heuristic where the GA solves the selection of the reserves, while a solver attempts to optimize the allocation of patches to the selected reserves. The behavior of our model and its sensitivity to the parameters are illustrated on a simulated data set, while its real-world problem-solving capabilities are demonstrated on a case study in New Hampshire. Our model provides an alternative modeling tool for conservation planning, particularly when backup reserves are desired.


A new time and order recursive method for on-line tracking of system order and parameters using recursive least squares (RLS) is presented. The method consists of two parts: a time updating portion that uses existing RLS inverse QR decomposition algorithms and a new computationally efficient "order downdating" portion that calculates the model parameters and residual error energies for an entire set of models with order varying from one to some prespecified maximum model order.


A commercial voice recognizer, the NEC DP-200, has been added to an existing natural language processor, called the Natural Language Computer (NLC). The resulting voice-interactive natural language system is called the Voice Natural Language Computer (VNLC). This system can accept both discrete speech, where a pause must be inserted after each word, and connected speech, where adjacent words do not necessarily have to be separated by a pause. Many errors arise during speech recognition, creating faulty input to the natural language processor. Due to these errors, system performance drops dramatically. In connected speech, errors were too serious to be repaired by low level linguistic and domain information. To reach the goal of a viable connected-speech-interactive natural language system, special software was developed to provide higher level knowledge as an aid to error correction. The higher level knowledge provided for this purpose is called 'expectation'.
A special module, called an expectation system, has been designed and implemented to aid in the speech recognition process. This has been done through the study of repetition and patterns in dialogues. As a user talks to VNLC, the expectation system stores information about the user's dialogues. It then attempts to find patterns that are repeated in the dialogues and to create a more general dialogue based on these patterns. This generalized dialogue is then used as an aid in error correcting future sentences by making predictions about what might be said when.
An analysis was made concerning the error correcting power that could be anticipated from such a technique. Tests were run with results showing error correction capabilities quite similar to the theoretical predictions. Tests were also run on the system using human subjects to determine the performance of expectation in various dialogue situations. Results of this experiment indicate that the system is capable of reducing an average sentence error rate of 53% to less than 8%. Finally, the expectation system is shown to be a technique viable in predicting what might happen in any situation that tends to be repeated. Such situations include one so common as a trip to a restaurant.


We have investigated the illumination variation in the images taken under a wide variety of lighting conditions in independent component analysis (ICA) and principal component analysis (PCA) subspaces. In ICA subspace, an independent component (IC) is proved to be the composite factor of illumination variation. In PCA subspace, almost all the principal components (PC's) are proved to contain illumination variation, and a 15-D and 50-D in PCA subspace have more than 5% and 2% related deviation of illumination variation in images, respectively


A numerical model for the leading edge vortex (LEV) sheet is developed, in both 2D and 3D cases. LEV rollingup is first investigated for 2-D biconvex foil. The LEV geometry and corresponding pressure distribution are compared with the results from inviscid finite volume method and RANS. The 3D extension of the LEV model is applied to delta wings, and also propeller geometries. The results from the LEV model are correlated with results from RANS. In the case of propeller, the results are compared with experimental measurements.


Modern computing systems based on the von Neumann architecture are built from silicon complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistors that need to operate under practically error free conditions with 1 error in $10^{15}$ switching events. The physical dimensions of CMOS transistors have scaled down over the past five decades leading to exponential increases in functional density and energy consumption. Today, the energy and delay reductions from scaling have stagnated, motivating the search for a CMOS replacement. Of these, spintronics offers a path for enhancing the functional density and scaling the energy down to fundamental thermodynamic limits of 100kT to 1000kT. However, spintronic devices exhibit high error rates of 1 in 10 or more when operating at these limits, rendering them incompatible with deterministic nature of the von Neumann architecture. We show that a Shannon-inspired statistical computing framework can be leveraged to design a computer made from such stochastic spintronic logic gates to provide a computational accuracy close to that of a deterministic computer. This extraordinary result allowing a $10^{13}$ fold relaxation in acceptable error rates is obtained by engineering the error distribution coupled with statistical error compensation.


This PhD project has three objectives: (a) develop and validate a new scale to measure perceived future employability for young adults; (b) explore antecedents and consequences of perceived future employability in a cross-sectional mediation (i.e., future perceived employability → career goal discrepancy → well-being/performance) and moderation (i.e., future perceived employability → well-being/performance moderated by goal importance) models, in Australian young adults; and (c) test a perceived future employability model in a cross-sectional model using social cognitive career theory (i.e., perceived future employability → career self-efficacy and outcome expectation → career outcome variables).
Study 1 describes the development and initial validation of a new scale to access young adults' perceptions of their future employability. I defined perceived future employability as young people's current perceptions of their future skills, expected experience, anticipated networks, accumulated personal traits, future labour market knowledge, and predicted institutional reputation at the time of completing their formal education, when they are on the verge of joining the labour market. In Phase 1, I conducted an expert review to gain feedback from experts regarding the item pool that I created based on a systematic literature review and focus group discussion. In Phase 2, I conducted exploratory factor analyses to reduce the number of items using data from a university student sample (N = 324, 62.3% female, mean age 20.77 years). In Phase 3, confirmatory factor analyses tested the initial structure using data from a second sample of university students (N = 250, 83.2% female, mean age 21.18 years). In Phase 4, construct validity was examined by correlating scale scores with measures of career ambition, university commitment, and career distress. Applying this standard scale development approach, I produced initial validation for a reliable 24-item scale, with 4 items for each of 6 domains, which covered: (a) perceived future network, (b) perceived expected experiences; (c) perceived future personal characteristics, (d) anticipated reputation of educational institution; (e) perceived future labour market knowledge; and (f) perceived future skills. This study has been published in the Journal of Career Assessment and presented at the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Conference, 2018.
Study 2 examined several important personal and situational antecedents (career calling, strategies, encouragement, proactivity) and outcomes (career planning, performance, satisfaction) to perceived future employability, and tested whether perceived future employability mediated these person and situational variables and career outcomes. Responses from a sample of young adults (N = 324, 62.3% female, mean age 20.77 years), revealed that: (a) career calling, strategies, proactivity, and encouragement were related to perceived future employability, (b) perceived future employability was related to career planning, performance, and satisfaction, and (c) perceived future employability mediated the association of career calling, strategies, encouragement, and proactivity with career satisfaction, but not with career planning or performance. I discuss the importance of having an optimistic perception about perceived future employability. This study was submitted to the Journal of Vocational and Educational Guidance and presented at the 1st Conference of Asia Pacific Academy for Psychosocial Factors at Work, 2018. Study 3 used social cognitive career theory as a framework to examine the mediating effects of career self-efficacy and outcome expectancy on the association between perceived future employability and career outcomes of career distress, career effort, and career aspirations. Responses from a sample of young adults (N = 449, 78% female, mean age 21.07 years), revealed that: (a) perceived future employability was associated with career self-efficacy and outcome expectancy, (b) career self-efficacy and outcome expectancy were associated with career distress, career effort, and career aspiration, and (c) career self-efficacy and outcome expectancy mediated perceived future employability with career distress, career effort, and career aspiration. Effectiveness of positive perceptions of future employability to enhance career self-efficacy and outcome expectancy are discussed. This study has been submitted to the Journal of Career Development.


The intermediate service of the West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital is designed as a rehabilitative setting for medical patients who have completed the phase of diagnosis and early treatment. In our nursing and social work with recuperating stroke patients and their families on this service, we noticed that although many patients were engaged in a program of physical, occupational, and speech therapy, they and their family members were frequently having great difficulty with the emotional acceptance of the patients' disabilities. This was clear from the patients' depressive affect and inability to express their feelings about their illness, with the concurrent inability of families to exchange reactions with the patients about the stroke and the ways in which this was going to affect their family life. For example, patients were often very frightened that any disability would mean that they could not function at home again. Family members sometimes shared this fear, and families and patients could not communicate their concerns. Because of this poor communication, there often was a strained relationship between patient and family, and realistic discharge plans could not be made. In addition, the patients did not use the appropriate community supports that would have allowed the most effective community adjustment, i.e., rehabilitation centers, visiting nurse associations, and vocational retraining centers.


A method for use in reducing airlink congestion and processing time associated with the information (302) communicated between a network (104) of wireless communication and a mobile station (102) operating in the network ( 104) wirelessly, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at the mobile station (102), a message (300) ciphering mode information from the wireless network (102); identifying and treating time information ciphering activation downlink or lowering valid radio bearer the message (300) ciphering mode information when it is part of a message security mode command; and refrain from treating any information ciphering activation time downlink valid radio bearer the message (300) ciphering mode information when it is part of a message that is different from the message security mode command.


Brucella spp. has been reported in a variety of marine mammals worldwide. Serological and pathological studies were conducted on Brucella spp. in the western North Pacific using samples from three whale species collected during 2000 under the second phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific (JARPN II). Serum samples from 40 common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), 43 Bryde's whales (B. edeni) and 4 sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) were assessed with agglutination testing designed for B. abortus detection. Brucella-specific serum antibodies were detected in 38% of common minke whale samples. A lower prevalence (9%) of the antibody was observed for the Bryde's whale samples, whereas no specific antibody against Brucella was observed for the four sperm whales. Serum samples from 104 Antarctic minke whales (B. bonaerensis) collected under the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic (JARPA) were analysed, and no Brucella-specific antibodies were detected. Granular lesions with caseation and mineralisation were found in 35% (13 males and one female) of 40 minke whale gonads. Similar lesions were also observed in the gonads of one male and one female Bryde's whale. These gonad lesions were not found in 440 Antarctic minke whales and five sperm whales, despite the thorough examination conducted for reproduction studies. Histopathological studies showed that the lesions consisted of epithelioid cells, multinucleated giant cells and had an infiltration of lymphocytes. DNA fragments were amplified by PCR using specific primers from ten of 22 abnormal testis tissues collected from common minke whales. The DNA sequences had IS711 transposable elements downstream of bp26, characteristic of marine strains of Brucella spp. The gene structure of omp2, and specific PCR products for seal strains, showed similarity to Atlantic seal strains rather than Atlantic whale strains. This showed that classification based on marine mammal host species, B. cetacea and B. pinippedia is not appropriate. Considering the zoonotic nature of the genus Brucella, the crews and researchers who have had frequent contact with whales were serologically examined and were found to have no health issues associated with this agent. No Brucella-specific antibody was detected in the sera from 51 persons examined in 2001, nor from 103 examined issues in 2003.


Heart disease operation of young and light neonate was very difficult and had high risk, which set high demand for nurses of operation room. The author summarized preoperative and operative nursing of 184 young and light congenital heart disease neonates undergoing operation. Circuit nurse should give good psychological nursing to the neonate and mother, make preparation of articles, timely and correct give medicine during anaesthesia and record the amount of urine correctly. Equipment nurses should prepare suitable sewing needles and equipments, cooperate actively and ensure the success of operation.


Fifteen strains of Leuconostoc oenos were examined for plasmid content. Six were found to contain single cryptic plasmids designated pUBL01 to pUBL06 and ranging in size from 3.9 to 26 kb. Through size analysis, restriction endonuclease mapping, and DNA-DNA hybridization, the group of six plasmids comprised three plasmids which were not homologous. Pulsed field electrophoresis and restriction fragment length polymorphism mapping were used to differentiate strains harboring plasmid DNA. The genome size ranged from 1770 to 1975 kb. Eco RI and Hind III RFLP were suitable to differentiate the strains in the region of 9- to 23-kb fragments. Two strains with identical RFLP contained different plasmids useful for their recognition.


Cracks occurred in the pier of a railway bridge 15 d after construction of the pier.The cracks are mostly the vertical ones and the horizontal loop ones that are 1~6 m long,210~905 mm deep and 0.1~0.23 mm wide.To restore the integrity,mechanical behavior and durability of the structural parts of the pier around the cracks,the strengthening scheme of firstly grouting the cracks deeply,then grooving the surfaces of the cracks and finally replacing and closing the parts with crack depth greater than concrete cover thickness with high durability strengthening concrete was employed.To study the effect of the strengthening,the general finite element software ANSYS was used to set up and calculate the models of the pier without cracks,with cracks and after strengthening.The results of the calculation show that the influence of the cracks on the linear rigidity of the pier is little,the total horizontal displacement at the top of the pier and the stress and eccentricity of the pier of all models can satisfy the relevant requirements in the codes.The results of concrete core sample testing of the strengthened pier further show that the grouting of cement mortar into the cracks is to the full,the cement mortar completely fills in the whole length of the cracks,the cracks of the core samples do not occur in the grouting surfaces of the cracks and the effect of the strengthening and remedial of the pier with the cracks is quite sound.


Discusses two possible trends in research into three-layered neural networks synthesized from the paradigm of variable-structure neural networks and used for pattern recognition. These trends are: (i) minimizing the dimension of the space of attributes, and (ii) evaluating the permissible spread in weighting coefficients in order to determine the class of accuracy of electrical parameters of the circuitry used to simulate a neural network. The authors describe the algorithm and technique used to minimize the space of attributes and evaluate the class of accuracy. The proposed algorithms were used in experiments conducted on five neural networks obtained for the solution of practical problems.<<ETX>>


The free movement of people is one of the most fundamental and visible aspect of a regional integration process. It is also one of MERCOSUR's objectives. The policies for human mobility in MERCOSUR can be divided into different stages that show advances and setbacks. The studies that analyze and explain the content, the making and the evolution of these policies can also be divided into different stages. The academic work that was published in the 1990s and 2000s were mostly juridical analysis that looked at the content of the legislation for labor mobility. Since the entry into force and the implementation of the Residence Agreement, in the 2010s, there was a proliferation of academic works on the political ideological and discursive aspects of regional integration and the different actors that take place in these processes. There is also a prevailing tendency to compare MERCOSUR with the European Union (EU) or to simply have the EU as a reference. This has consequences in the orientation and the contribution of the studies on this topic, which usually focus on the deficiencies on the implementation of the policies and the intergovernmental character of the MERCOSUR.
This article makes a revision of the literature in academic journals and books in Spanish, English and Portuguese on the free movement of people in MERCOSUR and the regional policies for the movement of people, with a focus on the political science and international relations literature as it studies the political dimension of regional migration policies. The objective of this revision is to make visible the existent knowledge on this subject, the disciplinary and theoretical orientations that have tended to prevail and to identify future topics for research.


In this paper, I argue that while scientific knowledge is both an intrinsic and an instrumental good, good science does not consist in maximizing such knowledge without regard to anything else. Rather, like the good life, or the good society, good science requires a careful weighing and balancing of knowledge as a value and the values of a free society, including the rule of law, the inviolability of human rights, and the constraints of social justice. Science is, and should be, committed to knowledge and truth, but a science committed only to knowledge and truth is a hostage to fortune, and may find itself, at every turn, allied with inhumanity and injustice, ultimately undermining, thereby, the very possibility of a free society and of free inquiry along with it. Various historical cases of morally tainted scientific knowledge are brought up and discussed along these lines.


The first edition of the present monograph was met with interest by the glass science community, and at the end of 1996, it was practically already completely sold out and, thus, open for preparation of a second edition. However, in the following 15 years to come, we, both authors of the first edition, were involved with a variety of projects connected with experimental applications and even with the technical realization of some of the ideas developed in our book. Particular attention was given also by both of us to further theoretical generalizations of the results already achieved. In particular, both authors were involved with the study and with the development of problems, connected with the very essence of the theory forming the basis for the understanding of the glass transition, of the apparent kinetic stability, and of segregation processes and crystallization of glass-forming systems. In some respect, these were projects connected with the application of glasses as a very specific material and particular physical state of matter. In the first edition of the present book, already the conviction was expressed that common, e.g. silicate glasses are only the most popular, the experimentally most frequently investigated, and, in many respects, the theoretically best-known representatives of matter in this particular state, the vitreous state. This notion was one of the leading ideas in writing the first edition of our book: analyzing the state of common glasses supplies us simultaneously with valuable information on many other systems in which matter exists as a particular frozen-in immobilized state. Thus, it was to be expected that results, obtained on common glasses, could be of use in many other fields of science. In this respect, the evidence obtained with technical glasses and especially with simple model glasses could and can be, so we hope, applied also to the vitreous-like states of matter in cases, when experimental analysis and theoretical modeling are more difficult or even impossible. Here we have first to mention the particular cases of unusual glasses, like vitreous ice, or of aqueous solutions with particular biological properties, allowing even life to be frozen-in into the vitreous-like state of absolute anabiosis. It is well known that there are even proposals to consider cosmic objects like black holes or the excited state of light in lasers like being in physical situations similar to those existing in common glasses. Let us mention also the case of comets: according to present-day


The concentration dependence of the behavior of the Na+ and Cl- ions solvated in a water slab has been investigated using molecular dynamics simulations employing a polarizable potential model. At all concentrations, the sodium ions are almost exclusively located in the interior, while the chloride anions occupy also a significant portion of the surface of the slab. This difference, which has important consequences for the atmospheric reactivity of aqueous sea-salt microparticles (microbrines), is discussed in terms of the relative sizes and polarizabilities of the two ions. The salt concentration, which has been varied from infinite dilution to saturation, has a strong effect on many physical properties, such as the ion solvation numbers and the degree of ion pairing, which are quantified separately for the interior and surface regions of the water slab.


Creative writing process begins with memory that contains general experience of the human. In the past creative writing was regarded as exclusive ability of the human. But today, thanks to digital technology digital story creation programs are being developed. This study compares and analyzes the story creation programs, the and the , that imitate a process of interaction between human`s long term memory and creative writing. The tried to create probable story by emphasizing character`s goal in building case database and retrieving cases. On the other hand, the tried to assist writer`s ideation by emphasizing violating motif in building case database and retrieving cases. Hereafter, use of digital media in creating story is expected to accelerate. In this prospect, this study hope to help a development of story creation program in the future.


The author commences on the problems accounting in urban removal,based on the corresponding theories of market economics,provides corresponding removal compensation mechanism according to the analysis,confirms corresponding management organization and reasonable implementation measures,so as to establish basis for getting corresponding work of the urban management organization.


This study aims to prove empirically the influence of Good Corporate
Governance, Financial Ratio, and Firm Size in predicting Financial Distress. The
variable Good Corporate Governance is proxied by Institutional Ownership and
Managerial Ownership. While for the Financial Ratio variable is proxied by
Current Asset Ratio for the Liquidity Ratio variable, Turn Over Total Asset for
Activity Ratio, Debt Ratio for Leverage, and Return On Asset for Profitability
Ratio. The population in this study is a manufacturing company of the consumer
goods sector in 2013-2016 which is listed on the Stock Exchange in 2018. Based
on the purposive sampling method there are 148 final samples from this study.
The hypothesis in this study will be tested using multiple regression analysis.
Meanwhile, the data will be processed using the SPSS version 21 program.
The results of this study show Institutional Ownership, Managerial
Ownership, Liquidity Ratio, Activity Ratio, Profitability Ratio, and Firm Size have
a significant positive effect on Financial Distress, while Leverage has no
significant influence on Financial Distress.
Keywords: Financial Distress, Institutional Ownership, Managerial Ownership,
Liquidity Ratio, Activity Ratio, Leverage, Profitability Ratio, and Firm Size.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuktikan secara empiris pengaruh dari Good Corporate Governance, Financial Ratio, dan Ukuran perusahaan (Firm Size) dalam memprediksi Financial Distress. Variabel Good Corporate Governance diproksikan dengan Kepemilikan Institusional dan Kepemilikan Manajerial. Sedangkan untuk variabel Financial Ratio diproksikan masing-masing dengan Current Asset Ratio untuk variabel Rasio Likuiditas, Total Asset Turn Over untuk Rasio Aktivitas, Debt Ratio untuk Leverage, dan Return On Asset untuk Rasio Profitabilitas. Populasi dalam penelitian ini merupakan perusahaan manufaktur sektor consumer goods tahun 2013-2016 yang terdaftar di BEI tahun 2018. Berdasarkan metode purposive sampling terdapat 148 sample akhir dari penelitian ini. Hipotesis dalam penelitian ini akan di uji menggunakan analisis regresi berganda. Sedangkan, data akan diolah menggunakan program SPSS versi 21.
Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan Kepemilikan Institusional, Kepemilikan Manajerial, Rasio Likuiditas, Rasio Aktivitas, Rasio Profitabilitas, dan Ukuran Perusahaan (Firm Size) memiliki pengaruh positif secara signifikan terhadap Financial Distress, sedangkan Leverage tidak memiliki pengaruh secara signifikan terhadap Financial Distress.
Kata kunci : Financial Distress, Kepemilikan Institusional, Kepemilikan Manajerial, Rasio Likuiditas, Rasio Aktivitas, Leverage, Rasio Profitabilitas, dan Ukuran Perusahaan.


The purpose of this paper is to discuss briefly a few of the less well known causes of the fact that the requirement for carbohydrates in the diet of infants and children is higher than that in the diet of older persons. The normal diet of the breast-fed infant 3 months of age contains, in percentage of the total calories per kilogram of body weight per day, about four times more carbohydrate than the normal diet of a 6 year old child and ten times more than the diet of an adult (table 1). It is clear that here is a problem that is as important and interesting to the biologist as to the pediatrician. It is a daily experience of the latter to observe that the addition of 20 to 25 Gm. of sugar to the diet of an infant produces within twenty-four hours a gain in weight of


The Cassini spacecraft has been touring the Saturnian system since July 2004. Saturn is accompanied by the so-called medium-sized icy satellites Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Iapetus, and Phoebe. A major goal of the imaging instrument aboard the spacecraft is to improve the Voyager-1 and Voyager-2 image mosaics of the icy satellites derived from data obtained during the flybys in 1980 and 1981 and to complete the coverage with a resolution better than 1 km/pixel [Porco et al., 2004]. Global mosaics are valuable both for scientific interpretation and for the planning of future flybys later in the ongoing Cassini orbital tour [http://ciclops.org, http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov]. Furthermore, these global mosaics can be extended to standard cartographic products [Roatsch et al.]. Imaging of the satellites is ongoing and will continue until the end of the nominal Cassini mission in July 2008, making it possible to improve the image mosaics during the tour.


A kinematic model for the laser-induced introduction into the gas phase of large molecules embedded in a host matrix is discussed. The desorption of undegraded large molecules is argued to be a kinetic effect due to potentially rapid destruction of the host matrix. Two separate mechanisms are considered, sublimation and fragmentation of the matrix. Due to the choice of hosts, sublimation is more typical of experiments using UV laser pulses. In general, sublimation is found to be more efficient because it can turn itself off. The matrix destruction competes with host-guest vibrational energy transfer. The energy content of the guest can be reduced by working at low volume concentrations, special choice of host matrices and using an initially cold sample.


Attaining and maintaining a substantial Jewish majority in Israel has been one of the basic goals of the State of Israel since its early years. A substantial Jewish majority within the borders of the state is thought to be necessary in order to preserve its Jewish nature. Many believe that the demographic consideration also stood behind the enactment of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Provision), 2003, which prohibits granting Israeli citizenship and residency to Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and prevents, inter alia, Israeli Arabs from living in Israel with their Palestinian spouses.I examine the legitimacy of the demographic consideration from the perspective of liberal political theory. I conclude that demography can, in principle, be a legitimate consideration in deciding immigration policy, and its justification can be derived from the liberal justification of the right to national self-determination. However, the demographic consideration must be assigned its proper role and weight relative to other important liberal values such as equality and other human rights. I suggest that the demographic consideration might be legitimate only to the extent that it is not used to justify immigration policies that violate constitutional rights.I then discuss the Supreme Court decision concerning the constitutionality of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law. I demonstrate that, contrary to statements by the judges themselves, the demographic consideration played a key role in the opinions of several judges. It was, however, a hidden consideration. It was not openly acknowledged and discussed. Consequently, a careful examination and balancing of the demographic consideration could not take place. The result was that the actual influence of the demographic consideration on the outcome of the case was much stronger than can be reasonably justified according to liberal principles of justice.


The invention relates to a high-strength antistatic emulsion composite and preparation and application thereof and belongs to the field of preparation of polymer nano composites.The high-strength antistatic emulsion composite is made by: physically coating the surface of carbon nanotubes with a water-soluble polymer by using a simple mechanical grinding method, adding the carbon nanotubes into an aqueous solution for ultrasonic treatment, mixing carbon nanotube dispersion and pre-vulcanized emulsion, and mixing well by mechanical stirring to obtain an emulsion; the stability of the emulsion is high such that the properties of CNTs can be given to full play, the viscosity of an emulsion system is not increased, and leveling performance is good; impregnation film laying process may be employed, the composite is also suitable for impregnation production on a linkage line, large-scale production of emulsion products is facilitated, and emulsion products are high in strength, piercing-resistant and antistatic.


A series of conflicts fought between Napoleonic France and changing sets of coalitions of European powers. The starting point for the Napoleonic Wars is usually considered the signing of the Peace of Amiens between France and Britain in 1802, while the end point is set in the wake of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo and his exile from France in 1815. These wars were a continuation of the Revolutionary Wars that began in 1792 and produced profound political, economic, military, and ideological changes throughout the European continent. Ideological aspects of the Napoleonic Wars are often emphasized as a main source of the conflict, but Europe, in fact, was not divided along ideological lines. While ideology did matter, the conflict was largely driven by geopolitical considerations that were similar to those existing during the wars of Louis XIV. As in the early 1700s, the rise of a powerful French state in the early 1800s threatened the balance of power in Europe and led to the creation of broad coalitions to prevent France from achieving complete dominance on the continent. In addition, the Napoleonic Wars were influenced by a long-standing colonial and commercial rivalry between France and Britain.

Keywords:

nineteenth century;
europe;
military history;
napoleonic wars;
revolution and social change


Navier-Stokes equations are solved to obtain the near field flow and to reveal the generation of droplets due to the breaking of the bow wave. With an adaptive refinement of the Octree mesh, the fine scale flow characteristics, the wave breaking and the splashing are well simulated. For high-speed ships, the V-shape ship wave pattern with the angle smaller than the classical Kelvin angle is confirmed by the present numerical results, which can also be applied to the catamaran. Comparisons of the vertical velocity distributions induced by the mono-hull ship and the catamaran are made at different locations in the wake regions.


A powerful driving force of More-than-Moore's Law on the development of semiconductor technology industry driven in packaging technology,especially advanced 3D stacked-TSV interconnect and packaging technology innovation and application in the blocked situation of traditional Moore's Law development rate is described in this paper.In order to meet the coming of the middle-process and the challenges against emerging packaging technology,to meet the needs of different process stages of package,the package process equipment performance is continually innovated and improved.The process was solidified in the devices more and more,thus many offer of "turnkey solutions" package processing equipment emerged.Finally,a few comments about the packaging equipment industry to enhance technological innovation and the development by leaps and bounds is put forward.


The articles in this special section focus on condition monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and information management. These technologies and applications are effectivemeans to reduce the downtime and the maintenance cost, and to improve the reliability, capacity factor, and lifespan of wind energy conversion systems. These important issues have drawn more and more attention during the last decade, and significant research effort is being taken by both the academia and the industry to advance the technologies for the condition monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and health management of wind energy conversion systems. This Special Section aims to provide a platform for academic and industrial communities to report the most recent findings in this field.


We analyzed the effect of permeability of fluvial bedon the sandbed instability. The pressure gradient accompanied by the initial formation of sand waves inevitably produces the seepage flow through the fluvial bed. The induced seepage flow has significant effecton flowand sediment transport process. Bed load transport process is indirectly affected by the change of flow resistance, and is directly affected by seepage flow itself. Particularly, dislodgement of sand particles is severely influenced by the suction and injection. Hence, the induced seepage flow prompts or reduces the non-equilibrium bed load transport process and sand bed instability according to the permeability of bed materials particles and surface flow conditions. We applied stochastic sediment transport model in consideration of seepage effect, and revealed its effect permeable sandbed instability by comparing sandbed instability without permeability with that with permeability.


A cemented lower inclined acrylic plane is a well known treatment modality for anterior dental crossbite involving one or more teeth. This technique has the possibility of opening the bite if worn for more than three weeks. It can be used in cases when upper incisors are in crossbite with considerable amount of vertical overbite. This case presents a similar situation in a fourteen year old boy who was to receive porcelain fused to metal crowns for upper incisors but due to inability of patient to turn up for consecutive appointments, supraeruption of lower incisors occurred leading to an edge to edge bite. A lower inclined plane aided in labializing the upper incisors in three to four weeks' time where the force was transmitted through the customised metal posts.


The knowledge and insights of an international team of over fifty historians give a vivid view of life at the time from commoners to monarchs, Incas to Italians.Enhanced by the art and artifacts of the era, this beautiful volume documents an astonishing range of information.


Author has briefly described the process principle of dimethyl ether; has analyzed the existing problems of crude methyl ether condenser in dimethyl ether plant; has presented the appropriate technical reformation scheme; has summarized the technical reformation effect.


The objectives of this research are to examine the influence of company characteristics includes age of company, size, leverage, profitability, liquidity and growth on market reaction with quality of voluntary disclosure as intervening variable on manufacturing company listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2012-2016. The research sample is the manufacturing company listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2012-2016. The sample are collected using purposive sampling method and resulted 2012 and 2013 is as much as 113 companies, 2014 is 112 companies, 2015 as much as 107 companies and 2016 as much as 41 companies. In summarize the total observation for 5 years are 486. The data type used is secondary data obtained from the annual report of a company that listed on IDX. Then, the method used is path analysis. The research results show that simultaneously age of company, size, leverage, profitability, liquidity and growth have no influence on quality of voluntary disclosure, nevertheless the relation partially show that (1) age has no influence  on quality of voluntary disclosure, (2) size has negative influence  on earnings persistence, (3) leverage has no influence  on quality of voluntary disclosure, (4) profitability has no influence on quality of voluntary disclosure, (5) liquidity has no influence  on quality of voluntary disclosure, and (6) growth  has no influence  on quality of voluntary disclosure. Next results show that quality of voluntary disclosure has influence on market reaction (abnormal return), nevertheless the relation partially show that quality of voluntary disclosure has negative but significant influence on abnormal return. Mediation result shows that age, size and liquidity that mediate by quality of voluntary disclosure on market reaction. Meanwhile, quality of voluntary disclosure is not mediating the influence of leverage, profitability and growth on market reaction (abnormal return).


We investigate two flow bursts in a series of Earthward bursty bulk flows (BBFs) observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft in Earth's magnetotail at (−24, 7, 4) RE in Geocentric Solar Magnetospheric coordinates. At the leading edges of the BBFs, we observe complex magnetic field structures. In particular, we focus on one BBF which contains large‐amplitude magnetic field fluctuations on the time scale of the proton gyroperiod, and another with a large scale dipolarization. For both events, the magnetic field structures are associated with flux increases of supra‐thermal ions with energies ≳100 keV. We observe that helium ions dominate the ion flux at energies ≳150 keV. We investigate the ion acceleration mechanism and its dependence on the mass and charge state of H+ and He2+ ions. We show that for both events, the ions with gyroradii smaller than the dawn‐dusk scale of the structure are accelerated by the ion bulk flow. For ions with larger gyroradii, the acceleration is likely due to a localized spatially limited electric field for the event with a large‐scale dipolarization. For the event with fluctuating magnetic field, the acceleration of ions with gyroradii comparable with the scale of the magnetic fluctuations can be explained by resonance acceleration.


Software development is knowledge-intensive. Many concepts have been developed to ease or guide the processing of knowledge in software development, including information hiding, modularity, objects, functions and procedures, patterns, and more. These concepts are supported by various methods, approaches, and tools using symbols, graphics, and languages. Some are formal; others are semiformal or simply made up of key practices. Methods and approaches in software engineering are often based on the results of empirical observations or on individual success stories.


Through this article effort has been made to identify key regulatory tasks and objectives of RBI as regulator of key financial markets. The Increase in systemic risk due to greater integrity of the Indian market with the global market and with emergence of new markets and instruments have made the task of regulator most dijficult as it has to constantly keep up pace with the changing marketplace and prescribe new regulatory safeguards for all market participants. The effort is to make unregulated or poorly regulated markets & instruments under better regulation. However, there are border problem between regulators over the domain of the financial markets & institutions. The paper tries to discuss the policy dilemmas and option to tackle emerging challenges, need to revisit the regulatory framework to make it more effective. It also discusses Pro-cyclicality as a special case of systemic risk and the need to move from Basel-II to Basel-Ill to ensure adequate bank liquidity during the credit crunch situations. This will however affect the regulatory capital the banks need to keep towards capital charge of its risky asset and the provision of additional capital buffer in the form of contra-cyclical capital will be anything but easy in implementation due to significant technical work required in understanding of business cycles. Finally, areas of further research have been identified in the paper


The purpose of this study is to explore the thinking of innovation of management mode in the construction of safe community. In this study the community safety management mode is discussed using the theory and method of synergetics. The paper puts forward that in the innovation of the management mode in the construction of safe community, the following aspects should be considered: innovation of the concept of safety management, innovation of safety management strategy, innovation of safety management mode selection basis, innovation of the system of safety management, innovation of safety management carrier, innovation of safety management means.


We describe the third homology of SL_2 of local rings over Z[1/2] in terms of a refined Bloch group. We use this to derive a localization sequence for the third homology of SL_2 of certain discrete valuation rings and to calculate the H_3 of SL_2 of higher-dimensional local fields and their associated discrete valuation rings in terms of indecomposable K_3 and scissors congruence groups of intermediate residue fields.


Relationships are derived between pressure–velocity–velocity (PVV) statistics, fourth‐order velocity structure functions, and the pressure structure function. The PVV statistics are related to the correlation of pressure at one point with the product of two velocity components at another point. The Navier–Stokes equation, isotropy, and incompressibility are used; no other assumption is used. Thus the relationships apply for all Reynolds numbers and can be used as a benchmark to determine how well turbulence models mimic pressure fluctuations in Navier–Stokes turbulence. A necessary condition limiting compressibility is given. The inertial‐range and viscous‐range formulas of the PVV statistics are obtained. The results are compared with previous theories that used the joint Gaussian approximation. Data from grid turbulence are used to evaluate the statistics.


In an effort to make the full potential of the NCBI Web services and underlying databases more available to users, the NCBI has begun a long-term project to improve the relevance and usefulness of search results. This effort is called the Discovery Initiative. A primary goal of the Discovery Initiative is to promote the discovery of previously hidden relationships in the large amount of pre-calculated similarity data and pre-compiled links between different molecular and literature databases available at the NCBI. Changes in search interfaces and result displays are being phased in gradually and include the appearance of database ads, alternative search suggestions, and various sensors that will bring to the surface results in other databases that may be more relevant to the search. Particular Discovery components will appear in a context-specific manner ultimately producing the most relevant result possible. To help with this effort NCBI is also designing Web interfaces and links so that the effectiveness and popularity of these changes can be measured and studied. In turn, the results of these studies will be used to improve NCBI's services even more.


The exchange-scattering spectra are reproduced by the numerical calculation for the finite Heisenberg ladder with 12 × 2 sites. We adopt the continued-fraction to the calculation of the spectral function in the process of the Lanczos method. The result suggests that the characteristic structure appearing at 4 or 5 times the spin-gap. The calculation is compared with recent Raman spectra observed in Sr14−xCaxCu24O41.


Abstract A complex oxidizing agent combination made up of KMnO4 and NaClO was used to investigate the simultaneous absorption of NO and SO2 from sintering flue gas in a spray absorption tower on a laboratory scale. The effects of various operating parameters, i.e. initial gas temperature (Tg), initial solution pH, molar ratio of NaClO/KMnO4 (M), initial NO inlet concentration (CN) and SO2 initial inlet concentration (CS), were systematically investigated in the experiments. The results showed that the removal efficiency of SO2 was slightly affected by the reaction conditions and remained stable above 98%; however, the removal efficiency of NO was significantly influenced. It presented different trends with the reaction condition changed. The most optimal experimental conditions for simultaneous removal of NO and SO2 were found to be initial solution pH=5.5, Tg=50°C, M=3; in this case the average removal efficiencies of NO and SO2 could reach 98.8 and 70.9%, respectively.


Content management system is a kind of application software.It can be used to build website and manage the website.Vocational colleges can Product kinds of websites and manage these Websites with it.This article elaborated the general processes and technical points of building vocational colleges'courses website with taking Siteserver CMS as an example.


OBJECTIVE
Numerous data demonstrate that global climate change affects crop yield and quality. However, the effect of climate change on the nutritive value of forage remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the nutritional value of oat grass under conditions of global climate change.

METHODS
Oat grass (Avena sativa L.) was used as a representative forage to understand the changes in yield and chemical composition. The growth of oat grass under elevated temperature and carbon dioxide (CO2 ) concentration conditions was simulated via a 51-day growth experiment inside open-top chambers. The oat grass was harvested during the heading period and its yield, nutrient content, macro- and micro-mineral content, and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) were determined.

RESULTS
The fresh and dry yield, mineral P and Fe content, and IVDMD of oat grass increased with increasing CO2 concentration (P<0.05). As temperature increased, the dry matter yield and soluble sugar content of oat grass decreased and the content of Na, Mg, P, S, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, and Zn increased (P<0.05), while IVDMD was not significantly affected. Under the interactive conditions of increasing CO2 concentration and temperature, the content of Mg, P, S, Ca, Mn, and IVDMD of oat grass increased (P<0.05); however, there was no significant effect on the yield of oat grass.

CONCLUSION
Climate change may result in oat grass with more digestible nutrients and minerals for ruminants.


In petrochemical field,the process simulation for distillation is an important task.The key parameter in the distillation process simulation is the tray efficiency,which can not be obtained easily.Thus the determination of appropriate tray efficiency is an important issue.In this study,artificial immune network multi-agent optimization strategy(Maopt-aiNet),which combines immune mechanics and multi-agent technology,is used to determine the Murphree efficiency.The main search operators of Maopt-aiNet include neighborhood clonal selection,neighborhood competition,self-confidence motivation,self-confidence neighborhood learning,and neighborhood collaborative operators.Based on the process and analysis data of the distillation unit,Maopt-aiNet is applied to determine the Murphree efficiency for each stage and to minimize the square summation of model's analog relative error of the stage temperature.The experimental results show that with the tray efficiency determined by Maopt-aiNet the model fits the actual distillation unit fairly well.The method can be used to guide the operation of the distillation process.


Some of the largest global industries that is driving smart city environments are anywhere and anytime health monitoring applications. Smart healthcare systems need to be more preventive and responsive as they deal with sensitive data. Even though cloud computing provides solutions to the smart healthcare applications, the major challenge imposed on cloud computing is how could the centralized traditional cloud computing handle voluminous data. The existing models may encounter problems related to network resource utilization, overheads in network response time, and communication latency. As a solution to these problems, edge-oriented computing has emerged as a new computing paradigm through localized computing. Edge computing expands the compute, storage, and networking capabilities to the edge of the network which will respond to the above-mentioned issues. Based on cloud computing and edge computing, in this chapter an opportunistic edge computing architecture is introduced for smart provisioning of healthcare data.


Presents the conceptual design of a cognitive robot for investigating issues in ambiguity resolution. The robot will be intelligent, mobile, and anthropomorphic. It is envisioned that the robot will provide an alternative for studying cognition, providing a useful methodology complementing more traditional experimental methods. The ambiguity resolution will be studied in spoken natural language understanding, context driven active robot vision, memory system, and robot reasoning and actuation. Beyond the immediate goal of this research of creating and testing multi-modal theories of ambiguity resolution this project is concerned with validating the methodological idea of using such robots as basic experimental tools for research in the cognitive sciences and for helping to integrate together the research of different cognitive sciences.


Two hundred years after Tommaso Minardi (pupil of Antonio Canova) was appointed director, the Accademia di Belle Arti "Pietro Vannucci" of Perugia (Academy of Fine Arts), in synergy with the Universita degli Studi of Perugia, once again had a fundamental role in the creation process of the Umbria brand concept. A concept that once again was the result of a true cultural project, whereby, just as the image of a "green and medieval" Umbria was reinforced by the evocative charge of painting, the image of a more "authentically contemporary" Umbria will be powered by the connotative charge of design.


It is a common misconception that sugar is necessary for the proper functioning of the human body. Sugar is principally a combination of glucose and fructose. The body needs the glucose for proper functioning, which the body gets from recent intake of glucose, or manufactures it from complex carbohydrates consumed, or manufactures it from fructose stored in the liver. From a healthy, dietary viewpoint, it is best to strategize one's diet so that the body gets almost all the glucose it needs by its digestion of complex carbohydrates.


The article starts with a discussion of the Marxian concept of capital and progressively expands the scope of the problems raised by it. What is at issue is the very notion of a political economy of value. With this in view, post-structuralist, anthropological, psychoanalytic and feminist debates are addressed in order to discuss the nature of language as well as of the latter's translation into what appears as its outside. Opposing the nature/culture divide and other corresponding binaries – within which one of the terms often appears as static, lacking, dumb or passive –, the article concludes by proposing an enlarged view of what constitutes social relations, in which Life figures as a system of self-reference wherein the presumed difference between what is material and what is ideological can no longer be sustained.


The contribution to the resistivity of metal-matrix composites resulting from electrons scattering from the surface of the embedded phase has long been recognized, but quantitative assessments of this effect are practically unknown. We present a theory that can serve as a starting point for such investigations. The theory focuses on an effective local conductivity for scattering, which rises steadily from a minimum at the scattering surface to the matrix value several mean-free-path lengths into the bulk. By making suitable assumptions, we are able to give a closed-form expression for this local conductivity, which is insensitive to the geometry of the scattering surface. Our analytical results compare favorably with recent numerical calculations for the scattering of electrons from the external surface of a long cylinder.


Experimental works were carried out to study the feasibility of solid state bonding of superplastic aluminum 7475 sheet. Amount of deformation, bonding time, surface cleaning method and intermediate layer were the process parameters investigated. Other parameters, held constant by the superplastic forming condition which is required to obtain a concurrent solid state bonding, are bonding temperature, bonding pressure and atmosphere. Bond integrity was evaluated through metallographic examination, X-ray line scan analysis, SEM fractographic analysis and lap shear tests. The early results of the development program indicated that sound solid state bonding was accomplished for this high strength 7475 alloy with significant amounts of deformation. A thin intermediate layer of the soft 5052 aluminum alloy aided in achieving a solid state bonding by reducing the required amount of plastic deformation at the interface. Bond strength was substantially increased by a post bond heat treatment.


This research article proposes the shunt active filter (SHAF), which is used to improve the power quality of the electrical network by mitigating the harmonics with the help of Type-1 and Type-2 Fuzzy logic controller (Type-1 and Type-2 FLC) Triangular membership function (M.F). To carry out this analysis, active and reactive current (Id-Iq) control strategy is chosen. The proposed SHAF is able to eliminate the uncertainty in the system with the help of Type-2 FLC Triangular M.F. Three-phase reference current waveforms generated by proposed scheme are tracked by the three-phase voltage source converter in a hysteresis band control scheme. The performance of the proposed control strategy has been evaluated in terms of harmonic mitigation and DC link voltage regulation under various source conditions. In order to maintain DC link voltage constant and to generate the compensating reference currents, we have developed Type-1 FLC and Type-2 FLC with Triangular fuzzy membership (M.F). The SHAF with proposed Type-2 FLC using Triangular M.F is able to eliminate the uncertainty in the system and SHAF gains outstanding compensation abilities.


Objective  To report on activities and lessons learned during the first 18 months of a rural programme of prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in Zimbabwe.


TPB postulates that time is actually observed and measured with a perspective, analogous to 2D linear perspective in architecture. Accelerated expansion is therefore an illusion (of perspective). Photons travelling to an observer, from remote past events, will appear to arrive with successively decreased time intervals. However, the difference is minute and only significant over scales, measured in LY. Note: TPB does not contradict time dilation, GR, nor expansion. In TPB, corrections of distorted time intervals are first calculated (t'). All classical and relativistic physics should follow, subsequently.


An algorithm based on eigenanalysis technique and Walsh-Hadamard transform (WHT) is proposed. The algorithm contains two steps. Firstly, the received sequence is divided into temporal windows, and a covariance matrix is computed. The li-near feedback shift register (LFSR) sequence is reconstructed from the first eigenvector of this matrix. Secondly, equations ac-cording to the recovered LFSR sequence are constructed, and the Walsh spectrum corresponding to the equations is computed. The feedback polynomial of LFSR is estimated from the Walsh spec-trum. The validity of the algorithm is verified by the simulation result. Final y, case studies are presented to il ustrate the perfor-mance of the blind reconstruction method.


【Task】 How to follow the lateral shift shift elongated tape from flangeless tape guide, it provides servo system, and the data storage drive. A Servo sensor is configured to sense the lateral position of the tape head with respect to the longitudinal direction of the servo track of the tape, the fine actuator is configured to translate the head in the lateral direction, the coarse actuator configured to translate the fine actuator laterally. Is the position error is determined between the desired position in relation to the head and the servo track, in order to reduce the position error, the fine actuator is operated to translate the head laterally. In an embodiment, the lateral shift shift is sensed from the position error, the course actuator is positioned substantially mid-point of the lateral shift shift. Therefore, the coarse actuator remains stopped at its midpoint, the fine actuator follows the lateral shift shift. .FIELD 6


In this paper, IEEE 802.11 MAC layer protocol is modeled by p-persistent CSMA method. And We introduce performance analysis model based on Basic CSMA/CA protocol, CTS/RTS protocol and hidden node effect reflected Basic CSMA/CA Protocol, Which is mathematically assayed by renewal theory. In this throughput, the result shown that Basic CSMA/CA protocol is profitable when the number of active node is smaller, or the length of packet is shorter, and CTS/RTS protocol is lucrative when the number of active node is larger, or the length of packet is longer. Also the result shown that hidden node less affected when the active node has small one, rather than when the active node has larger one.


Objective The aim was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of endovascular management of acute thromboembolic occlusion of superior mesenteric artery (SMA). Patients and methods Our prospective study was conducted at Vascular Surgery Department, Zagazig University Hospitals, Egypt, and Vascular Surgery and Intervention Radiology Departments, Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, from March 2015 to September 2019. Eleven cases diagnosed as having thromboembolic occlusion of SMA by computerized tomographic angiography underwent endovascular intervention. Mean age was 54±11 years, and seven patients (63.6%) were males. Abdominal pain and nausea were the commonest symptoms, and none of the patients had acute peritonitis. Median time from start of symptoms to hospital admission was 9 h and from hospital admission to endovascular intervention was 11 h. Etiology was embolic in six (54.5%) patients and thrombotic in five (45.5%) patients. All patients underwent catheter-directed thrombolysis. Median dose of alteplase was 23 mg, and median infusion rate was 0.8 mg/h. Median duration of thrombolysis was 24 h. Two patients underwent balloon dilatation, and one patient underwent balloon dilatation and stenting. Results Technical success was seen in seven (63.6%) patients, whereas failure of endovascular revascularization in four (36.4%) patients (two of them were thrombotic and died before planned laparotomy and the other two patients were embolic and underwent laparotomy for surgical embolectomy and resection of necrotic bowel segment). Postoperative complications occurred as bleeding in four (36.4%) patients and technical complications in two (18.2%) patients. Three (27.3%) patients died during hospital admission. Conclusion Endovascular intervention can be an alternative to open surgery for intestinal revascularization for the treatment of early cases of acute SMA occlusion. Computerized tomographic angiography rapid diagnosis, urgent endovascular management, and intensive care and follow-up are the cornerstone for good prognosis.


This paper describes the development of an unintrusive objective model, developed independently as a part of the QESTRAL project, for predicting the sensation of envelopment arising from commercially available 5-channel surround sound recordings. The model was calibrated using subjective scores obtained from listening tests that used a grading scale defined by audible anchors. For predicting subjective scores, a number of features based on Interaural Cross Correlation (IACC), Karhunen-Loeve Transform (KLT) and signal energy levels were extracted from recordings. The ridge regression technique was used to build the objective model and a calibrated model was validated using a listening test scores database obtained from a different group of listeners, stimuli and location. The initial results showed a high correlation between predicted and actual scores obtained from the listening tests.


The language attitude results from the people's reaction to the living social environment.This paper investigated the attitude of college students in Jiangxi Province toward Dialect in Jiangxi and Mandarin(Putonghua) in the match-guise way.The statistic shows that college students in Jiangxi are tend to use and highly value mandarin: the attitude toward language of college students in Jiangxi province are profoundly affected by the psychological pressure caused by the status differences of imbalanced economic development between Jiangxi province and other developed districts.


We review the advantages and disadvantages of experimental and field stud- ies for determining effects of pesticides on birds. Important problems or principles initially discovered in the field include effects of DDT (through its metabolite DDE) on eggshell thickness, reproductive success, and population stability; trophic-level bioaccumulation of the lipid-soluble organochlorine pesticides; indirect effects on productivity and survival through reductions in the food supply and cover by herbicides and insecticides; unexpected toxic effects and routes of exposure of organophosphorus compounds such as famphur and dimethoate; effects related to simultaneous application at full strength of several pesticides of different classes; and others. Also, potentially serious bird problems with dicofol, based on laboratory studies, later proved negligible in the field. In refining field tests of pesticides, the selection of a species or group of species to study is important, because exposure routes may vary greatly, and 10-fold interspecific differences in sensitivity to pesticides are rel- atively common. Although there are limitations with field investigations, particularly un- controllable variables that must be addressed, the value of a well-designed field study far outweighs its shortcomings.


ANtract. Cation interdiffusion kinelics in mixed oxide (UO2 + PuO~) compacts is studied using x-ray powder diffraction technique. A profile deconvolution method based on Fourier analysis is developed and used to characterise the degree of homogenisation in the sintered compacts. A concentric core-shell diffusion model in which UO 2 constitutes a solute core enveloped by PuO2, acting as solvent, is adopted. The radial diffusion equation is solved for appropriate boundary conditions to yield a relationship between the annealing time and the degree of homogenisafion. This relationship is used to estimate the interdiffusion coefficients at various temperatures.


We propose a distributed Raman amplifier available for dual-order co-propagating configuration with low-relative intensity noise (RIN) transfer. The first-order and second-order pumps are composed of incoherent and coherent light sources, respectively. By using the incoherent light source as a first-order pump, RIN transfer can be reduced. A semiconductor optical amplifier-based first-order incoherent light source for the configuration has been developed. The results of the RIN measurement and 22.5-Gbaud polarization-division multiplexing 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (PDM-16QAM) transmission experiment over 2720 km in a re-circulating loop show that the proposed configuration will be effective for a practical low-noise co-propagating Raman amplifier.


In order to precisely measure water impact loads of a spherical structure vertically dropping onto a calm water surface, a new validity check of the analysis using the levitation mass method experiment is proposed. The main feature of levitation mass method experiment is to obtain a better estimation of early water impact loads through the application of Doppler effect. Experimental results of different heights are verified based on the Assessment Index and are in comparison with the classical experimental data for validation purpose. It shows that the levitation mass method measurement is useful and effective to obtain the water impact loads for the crashworthiness analysis. Besides, early water impact hydrodynamic behaviors are simulated based on the nonlinear explicit finite element method, together with application of a multi-material arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian solver. A penalty coupling algorithm is utilized to realize fluid–structure interaction between the spherical body and fluids. Convergence studies are performed to construct the proper finite element model by the comparison with experimental results, where mesh sensitivity, contact stiffness, and time-step size parametric studies are thoroughly investigated. The comparisons between experimental and numerical results show good consistency by the prediction of the water impact coefficients on the structure.


The inadequate level of Solid Waste Management in Indonesia has brought about various problems such as the deterioration of natural environment, death of many people due to the waste slide tragedy at the final disposal site of, Leuwigajah, Cimahi Regency and conflicts between municipalities and the regency in managing the final disposal site and in seeking a new site for final disposal. This paper discusses first the household solid waste management in Indonesia, examining some aspects of solid waste management such as regulation, technical, institutional, financial and responsibility of stakeholders. Then, general overview of solid waste management in Japan follows. In addition, this paper also examines some practices of the household solid waste management in Yokohama City to see how Japanese local governments manage their waste. This research found that the stakeholder's role is critical for a successful implementation of household solid waste separation program. Without citizen awareness of the importance of separating waste according to ordinance, the Integrated Solid Waste Management does not work well. Furthermore, based on the analysis of Japan's experiences and the existing condition in Indonesia, this study suggests some recommendations.


Status Over the past decade, color centers in diamond have been explored with the goal of utilizing their optically accessible spin for the implementation of quantum photonics and quantum networks [1,2]. These networks could be constructed from a series of nodes comprising color centers embedded in nanophotonic cavities, connected to each other via telecommunications fibers. The nodes act as quantum repeaters and processors, and enable novel, optically mediated entanglement topologies over distances for which photon loss would make direct transmission of entanglement impossible. Realization of such a network would enable technologies such as long distance QKD, distributed quantum computing, and enhanced long-distance quantum sensing [2].


Mining of association rules is one of the most important fields in data mining.In this paper,a new general incremental algorithm IAR for mining association rules is presented.The disting uishing feature of IAR is as follows:First,the selective scan strategy is adopted,which is based on the upper bound on the number of candidate itemsets;Second,IAR can efficiently update the discovered rules when the value of support threshold is changed,new transactions are added to the database,and obsolete ones are removed from it.Furthermore,based on the Kruskal-Katona theorem and the itemset equivalence class theory,we devise the technique for calculating the maximal number of candidate itemsets.Experiments show the prominent performance of the algorithm IAR.


This article examines the powerful and pervasive trope of the maternal in accounts and the frameworks of feminist literary history. A genealogy of "mothers" has formed an alternative to the paternally dominated sense of literary history and literary relations evidenced, most notably, in Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry (1973). However, at a time when feminist literary history can more securely criticize former structures, one framework that remains to be addressed is this familial organization. The maternal metaphor can, for instance, smooth over inconsistencies in women's literary writing and heritage, and imply that our predecessors were striving for their metaphorical, and sometimes literal, daughters. Moreover, the selection of appropriate literary "mothers" is often, and problematically, driven by feminist agendas. One such important and relatively new "feminist mother" is Delarivier Manley. Implicit and often explicit in readings of Manley's sexually and politically transgressive writings is the notionthat she broke ground for future generations. Through a closer analysis of Manley's significant and relatively understudied anthology of female poetry The Nine Muses (1700), this article highlights some problems with the label of "feminist foremother". Manley's literary project, it argues, opens out the complexities beneath the positive construction of a maternal, feminist foremother to highlight a history of opportunism, self-motivation and female rivalry. For literary studies of the long eighteenth century, and even for feminism today, the maternal metaphor remains a problematic mythology that necessitates critical interrogation.


A simple, precise and sensitive method is described for the simultaneous determination of major constituents (Al 2 O_3 and Si0_2) and impurities (Ca, Cr, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, Sr, Ti, V, Y, Zn and Zr) in high-purity mullite (3Al_2O_3·2SiO_2). A 0.5 g amount of the powder sample was decomposed with 5 ml of H_2SO_4 (1+2) at 230°C for 16 h in a polytetrafluoroethylene pressure vessel. The decomposed mixture was separated to a solution and a precipitate by filtration. After the solution was diluted to a constant volume with water, inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometric analysis for the impurity elements and conventional volumetric analysis for Al 2 O_3 were carried out. The precipitate was ashed in a platinum crucible and gravimetric analysis for SiO_2 was carried out. The proposed method was successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of Al 2 O_3, SiO_2 and the impurities in commercial mullite samples. The analytical results were in good agreement with those obtained by other methods. This method has advantages in simplicity, good precision and high sensitivity for the comprehensive analysis of high-purity mullite.


The aim of the present study is to examine the transformation of teacher training in Indonesia from 1893 to 1969. Public teacher training altered over time to keep in step with the changing requirements in public primary school curricula which had been incurred by economic and political factors.
In colonial time the government policy was to prepare Indonesian teachers in the Netherlands Indies according to a standard which would gradually be raised so that in the end, they could concur with the level of the training originally designed for their European counterparts. The introduction of the Kweekschoolplan in 1927 heralded the re-organization and transformation of the kweekschool and the Hogere Kweekschool (HKS) into Hollands Inlandse Kweekschool (HIK). Alas, the Great Depression in 1929 dispelled the colonial dream and the Japanese invasion in 1942 completely altered the next chapter in the history of Indonesian society.
The post-war period witnessed three essential points: the brain-drain from schools of the Indonesians who had been educated at the HIK; the removal of Dutch from public school; and the influx of American professors to the schools of teacher training. Now the patterns of expectations of teachers in Indonesia drastically changed, but the nature of teacher training remained basically unchanged. This disjunction implies that the transition from colonial to post-colonial State revealed a paradox in which continuity and change were juxtaposed. The switch from the Dutch to the American model of teacher training in the late 1950s reflected a spirit of reform but also created confusion in the Indonesian search for the meaning of independence.
The institutional re-organization of teacher training during the 1950s which continued into the 1960s reflected the bigger narrative of Indonesian State formation at the time. Here, the process of regime change displayed the politics of elimination with a startling lack of understanding of historical experience. A dichotomous way of seeing matters, a rigid option of 'either this or that' and a perspective which sharply differentiated between 'we' and 'they' came to the top list of priorities.


There is an evidence base of varying strength for the use of acupuncture in conditions, such as chronic low back pain, myofascial trigger point, osteoarthritis, pain relief, performance enhancement and respiratory disorders. The aim of this study was to review the evidence base of acupuncture for common conditions that occur in sport. A literature review of how acupuncture works and what it can treat was performed. Evidence for each condition was critically appraised. There are significant differences in the perceived effectiveness of acupuncture for different conditions and mechanisms. Chronic low back pain, myofascial trigger point, acute low back pain and osteoarthritis were perceived to be effective. All of the reviewed mechanisms of acupuncture were perceived more effective than Chinese meridian. Those conditions that were rated as less effective generally had less supporting evidence or were not relevant to sporting populations.


Ag-specific CD8 + T cell contraction (contraction), which occurs after the resolution of infection, is critical for homeostasis of the immune system. Although complement components regulate the primary CD8 + T cell response, there is insufficient evidence supporting their role in regulating contraction and memory. In this study, we show that C3-deficient ( C3 2 / 2 ) mice exhibited significantly less CD8 + T cell contraction than did wild-type mice postinfection with recombinant Listeria monocytogenes expressing OVA. Kinetic analyses also revealed decreased contraction in mice treated with cobra venom factor to deplete C3, which was consistent with the results in C3 2 / 2 recipient mice transplanted with bone marrow cells from the same donors as wild-type recipient mice. The phenotypes of memory cells generated by C3 2 / 2 mice were not altered compared with those of wild-type mice. Further, C5aR signaling downstream of C3 was not involved in the regulation of contraction. Moreover, the regulation of contraction by C3 may be independent of the duration of antigenic stimulation or the functional avidity of effector CD8 + T cells. However, reduced contraction in C3 2 / 2 mice was accompanied by a decrease in the proportion of KLRG-1 hi (killer-cell lectin-like receptor G1) CD127 lo short-lived effector cells at the peak of the response and correlated with a reduction in the levels of inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-12 and IFN- g , produced early postinfection. These results provide new insights into the role of systemic C3 in regulating contraction following intracellular bacterial infection and may help to develop vaccines that are more effective. The Journal of Immunology , 2014, 193: 000–000.


Hepatocellular carcinoma, (HCC) is a serious health problem. It is prevalent in certain parts of the world where food contamination with aflatoxin is common. Aflatoxin, especially AFB 1 , has been shown to induce HCC in many species of laboratory and wild animals, including subhuman primates. Carcinogenesis studies have demonstrated that AFB 1 is a potent genotoxic carcinogen. After bioactivation it may covalently bind with protein and with DNA. The former reaction is positively correlated with AFB 1 exposure, and the latter signifies initiation of the carcinogenesis process. With these biomarkers, epidemiological studies have amply demonstrated the etiological role of aflatoxin in HCC. However, hepatitis B virus also contributes to the development of HCC. Risks and VSD (virtual safe dose) have been estimated from animal and epidemiological studies. These estimates further confirm that AFB 1 is a potent carcinogen. Furthermore, the effects of AFB 1 exposure and hepatitis B are synergistic. Some preventive measures, such as lowering the contamination level of AFB 1 in food and appro-priate vaccination programs, have been implemented in many parts of the world. Chemopreventive agents, which may abolish or reduce the effects of AFB 1 are being tested for their effectiveness.


The fecundity of Heterocampa guttivitta (Walker) was determined for insects reared on sugar maple, beech, and yellow birch. Females reared on yellow birch laid more and significantly heavier eggs than other individuals. Mean fecundity in 2 stressed populations varied from 192 to 283 eggs. Yellow birch may be a significant factor in the rapid buildup of populations of this defoliator. The linear depth of the 5th abdominal segment of female pupae was a satisfactory parameter for estimating fecundity.


Objective To investigate the protective effects of glycine on the lung injury in acute necrotizing pancreatitis(ANP). Methods Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: sham operation, ANP group,pretreated group and treatment group(with intravenous glycine 1g/kg). Serum TNF α level,glutathione (GSH) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) in pulmonary homogenate were determined at 6, 12, and 24h hours after ANP induced. Pulmonary pathology and 3 day survival rate were compared between the groups.Results Compared with ANP group,in glycine pretreated group serum TNF α level significantly reduced at 6,12, and 24h,while in glycine treatment group serum TNF α level decreased at 24-hour . In glycine pretreated group or treatment group, the pulmonary GSH content were decreased.In both glycine pretreated group and glycine treatment group, pulmonary MPO activity decreased at 12 and 24h,and pulmonary pathologic severity significantly ameliorated and survival rate increased. Conclusions Although glycine can not increase the GSH synthesis,but giving prophylactic or therapeutic glycine may be effective in improving acute lung injury in ANP, probably through the inhibition of the infiltration and activation of leukocytes.


Depressive-like behavior is a highly prevalent worldwide neuropsychiatric disorder that owns a complex pathophysiologic mechanism. The available pharmacotherapy is ineffective for most patients and shown several adverse effects. Therefore, it is important to find efficacy and safe antidepressive compounds. Some phytochemicals compounds regulate the same genes and pathways targeted by drugs; therefore, diets rich in fruits and vegetables could be considered novel treatment approaches. Currently, the functional properties of quercetin acquired great interest, due to its beneficial effects on health. Quercetin is a flavonoid ubiquitously present in vegetables and fruits, interestingly for its strong antioxidant properties. The purpose of this review is to summarize the preclinical studies present in the literature, in the last ten years, aimed at illustrating the effects of quercetin pre-treatment in depressive-like behaviors. Quercetin resulted in antidepressant-like actions due to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effects. This pointed out the usefulness of this flavonoid as a nutraceutical compound against the development of psychological stress-induced behavioral perturbation. Therefore, quercetin or a diet containing it may become a prospective supplementation or an efficient adjuvant therapy for preventing stress-mediated depressive-like behavior.