This paper will describe the challenges and rewards associated with introducing Chemical Engineering students to material and energy balance concepts using an accounting principles approach in a multidisciplinary course. All engineering students (Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Computer, Fire Protection, and Mechanical Engineering) take a sophomore engineering course, Introduction to Modeling of Engineering Systems, which includes topics drawn from electric circuits, mass and energy balances and force balances. The course is designed to help students develop an organized approach to solving problems and uses a conservation and accounting approach to provide a broad framework for the diverse topics. The paper will consider the common challenges associated with the first major course in any engineering discipline, particularly focusing on common stumbling blocks. There are some significant challenges with using the multidisciplinary approach to material and energy balances. One of the primary challenges is that it is difficult to include reactive systems with coverage limited to areas of common interest, such as combustion reactions and fuel cell reactions. Students often appear to be resistant to materials that they perceive as being outside of their declared major area of study. For the Chemical Engineering student, the challenges are balanced with a broader exposure to other balances not typically seen in the major courses. Using the accounting principles approach, the students explore force balances (such as structures) and charge balances (circuits) in addition to the typical mass and energy balances. The approach taken in this course applies the recurring themes of flows into and out of a system and generation and accumulation within a system for a wide variety of properties. This broader exposure should help to limit the compartmentalization of information that is typical of engineering students. Within the context of this course two questions will be considered. First, does the chemical engineering student learn material and energy balances as well as in a traditional M&E course. Of course, the students in this curriculum take a follow-up course in the major the following semester to build on the background. Second, does the significant focus on force balances, linear momentum, and energy better prepare the chemical engineering student for subsequent transport phenomena courses.


This study aims to analyze the relationship between the turnover member of directors with the research and development expenditures, to testing the ownership as independent variables and moderating variables. This research refers to research conducted by Graber (2003). There are differences between this study with research conducted by Graber (2003). In their study, Graber (2003) did not conduct testing of managerial ownership, but in his study, Graber (2003) reveals a theory which states that ownership can alleviate negative influence between the turnover member of directors and research and development expenditures. Based on the theory of managerial ownership tested as moderating variables. In connection with the theory expressed by Graber (2003), the test is also performed managerial ownership as an independent variable that refers to the study Cho (1992). This is to test whether managerial ownership is the independent variable or moderating variables in the relationship between the turnover member of directors with research and development expenditures. The research was conducted by quantitative methods on the financial statements of listed companies in Indonesia Stock of Exchange during the period 2007-2011. Total sample is 10 firms, determined by purposive sampling method. The method of testing hypotheses using multiple regression test. The results in line with those performed by Graber (2003), which showed a negative and not significant correlation between turnover member of directors with research and development expenditures. The results also showed that both managerial ownership is not as independent variables and the variables moderating the negative relationship between turnover member of directors and research and development expenditures.


The paper deals with dynamic stability and natural frequency of composite corrugated bellows expansion joint. In this simplified formulae are developed by a thin walled pipe model. The dynamic model determined by integration method. According to the EJMA formulae the torsional stability calculation is modified using two different equivalent radii. The torsional natural frequencies are calculated using the formula based on equivalent thin walled pipe model. The modified formulae are verified by those from a finite element model and good agreement is shown between the simplified formulae and the finite element model.


Background: High sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is an acute phase protein whose levels are shown to be elevated in inflammation. Dyslipidemia & local inflammation are the two major determinants of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Atherosclerosis leads to inflammation which is triggered by dyslipidemia. Subjects and Methods: This present study we tried to find out the correlation between lipid abnormalities & hs-CRP. Sixty five subjects were selected purposively from the out-patient department of HIMS, Varanasi according to inclusion-exclusion criteria. Results: This study showed the strong and statistically significant positive correlation in between High-Sensitive C–reactive Protein (hsCRP) and Total Cholesterol with (p<0.012). Statistically significant positive correlation between High-Sensitive C–reactive Protein and Triglycerides (p<0.01). LDL-C also showed a statistically significant positive correlation with High-Sensitive C–reactive Protein (p<0.02). A statistically non-significant and weak negative correlation is seen between the serum hsCRP levels and HDL-C (p=0.38, r= -0.14). Conclusion: Patients with dyslipidemia for elevated blood hs-CRP levels may be done to identify those patients with an increased risk for future development of atherosclerosis as well as bad cardiovascular events at earlier stages so that they can changes their life style, food habit etc. to resist the further aggravation of dyslipidemic status as well as catastrophic cardiovascular events.


We examined the passive flight capacity and flight willingness of the rice leaf roller Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenee using a flight mill and a positive flight monitoring system. Our results indicate that the flight capacity of adult C. medinalis is strong but that there is obvious variation among moths on days 1- 4 after emergence. Flight distance,duration and velocity of C. medinalis moths on day 1 were all clearly weaker than on day 2. On day 4 after emergence,flight distance and duration both decreased,but the difference was not significant. In male adults,however,there were no obvious differences in flight capacity over days 1- 4. We hypothesize that the migratory flight of the moth for one night is less than 12 h because flight capacity of the 18 h tethered group was not significantly higher than that of the 12 h group. Positive flight monitoring revealed a diurnal flight rhythm and proved that adult rice leaf roller flight occurs during the hours of darkness. The strongest flight willingness of C. medinalis may be day 1 after emergence. These results expand our understanding of the migratory biology of C. medinalis,as well as providing practical information toward establishing effective population monitoring and forecasting systems for this species.


In Russia the animal housing/feeding and manure handling technologies have changed significantly over the past 2030 years. At the same time, the reference data concerning the manure nutrient content remained unaltered, corresponding to the old technologies. Another weak point of available reference documents is that they were elaborated for the entire country and therefore may not be accurate enough, as the different regions have different climatic conditions, cattle breeds and relevant livestock farming practices. The aim of the study was to identify the currently relevant characteristics of cattle manure, corresponding to modern technologies for the North-West of Russia the Russian part of the Baltic Sea Region. 148 manure samples were collected in 20172019 at 8 farms located here. The values obtained by averaging the results of laboratory analysis of manure samples were compared with the values from current reference documents. The comparison showed that the average nitrogen content in the dry matter of fresh cattle manure was 34.7% lower than that in the reference document. The average nitrogen content in the dry matter of cattle manure after its processing and storage was 59.5% lower than that in the reference document. The average phosphorus content in the dry matter of fresh cattle manure differs slightly from the value in the reference document by 3.2%. However, the average phosphorus content in the dry matter of cattle manure after its processing and storage was significantly higher than the value in the reference document by 106.3%.


A relative humidity sensor based on polarization maintaining fiber (PMF) loop mirror is presented. The proposed sensors are created through coating a thin layer of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), whose refractive index varies as a function of humidity level, onto a polarization maintaining fiber, from which a portion of the cladding is removed. The relative humidity optical fiber sensor is tested with different surrounding humidity level, showing a linear response to parameter. The sensitivity of the relative humidity measurement of 0.98 nm/%RH in the range from 20%–80% RH is experimentally achieved.


Over two-dozen essays from international scholars and practitioners of library science consider various aspects of cataloging and classification throughout the centuries. Topics include, for example, the development of cataloging in Mexico and the relationship between Japanese and Western cataloging


The possibility to determine the recorded integrated luminosity via the measurements of the W and Z boson production cross-sections with the ATLAS detector is discussed. The current results based on 2010 data are briefly summarized. Special attention is drawn to theoretical uncertainties of the measurement. The latter give a large contribution to the systematic uncertainties of the measurements. An outlook on the expected precision of an analysis based on 1fb-1 is given and the implications on a possible luminosity determination are discussed.


Biobased products are those that are composed of primarily biological and/or renewable agricultural resources. The high interest shown by the general public on biobased or 'green' materials has to do with safety and environmental issues, as well as reduced dependence on petroleum-based products whose prices and availability are readily affected by fluctuations in global petroleum supply. The technology of biobased products is not a recent development that arose from modern advancements in biotechnology. Nearly a century ago, the creation of industrial products from renewable, domestic resources in the USA was spurred by the Farm Chemurgy Movement, which was composed of influential industry leaders, scientists, and agriculturists. Chemurgists advocated the development of nonfood uses of current crops and lucrative applications of agricultural byproducts and wastes, with the eventual aim of benefiting the national economy by reducing US dependence on overseas markets. It is remarkable that these goals from an earlier time period are still relevant today. Adhesives made from plant and animal sources have been in existence since ancient times, but understanding of their chemistry and applications did not become available until the 1700s, during the Industrial Revolution. Many 'natural' glues were used extensively before and after the two global wars, but the postwar expansion of the petrochemical industry and generation of inexpensive, high-volume synthetic adhesives eventually displaced the natural glues. However, during periods of oil crisis, when supply of petroleum-based materials is limited and price is inflated, the adhesives and construction industries usually make partial returns to natural glues. Thus, industry interest in alternative sources of adhesives remains high to minimize the impact of disruption caused by another petrochemical crisis. In the past three decades, concerns related to the environment and human health risks became more prominent factors in propelling the research on biobased adhesives. The incident in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in 2005, when hazardous emissions from imported fiberboard caused serious health problems to those exposed to the chemicals, emphatically underscored one of the benefits of using biobased adhesives. There was a distinct and lamentable lack of mention in the news at the time of the progress made regarding the use of biobased adhesives to tackle such safety and health-related problems. This special issue, then, is a collection of fascinating studies and reviews in this field that showcases significant developments on adhesives made with biorenewable materials and their potential impacts on popular traditional applications, such as in construction, furniture, packaging, and paper industries, as well as in the fields of medicine and dentistry. The 14 papers in this issue are:


ObjectiveThe authors reviewed a series of adult patients with extremily soft tissue sarcoma to determine the incidence of pulmonary metastases and outcome after treatment. MethodsOf 716 patients admitted between January 1983 and December 1990, 135 (19%) had isolated pulmonary metastases as the initial site of distant recurrence. Fifty-eight percent (78 of 135) of the patients were treated surgically, and 83% of them had their tumors completely resected. ResultsThe median survival after complete resection was 19 months; incomplete resection, 10 months; and no operation, 8 months (p = 0.005). The 3-year survival rate after complete resection was 23%, compared with a 2% rate (1 of 57) in those treated nonsurgically (p < 0.001). Factors associated with an increased risk of pulmonary metastases included high tumor grade, tumor size greater than 5 cm, lower extremity site, and histologic type (spindle cell, tendosynovial, and extraskeletal osteosarcoma). Factors associated with complete resectability were the histologic types of spinde cell and extraskeletal osteosarcoma. ConclusionsComplete surgical resection remains the only possibility for cure from pulmonary metastases in soft tissue sarcoma; however, only 11% of the 19% of patients with an extremity sarcoma whose first distant recurrence is in the lung will be alive at 3 years, despite therapy. Complete resection and the development of more effective adjuvant treatments are imperative to improve outcome for this group of patients.


A polystyrene latex, containing particles with a carboxylated surface, has been used as a model system for measurement of the adsorption of the n-alkanols, methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol. Complementary measurements were made of the wetting properties of polystyrene films, prepared from the latex, by n-alkanol-water mixtures. The critical surface tension of wetting of polystyrene was found to be 27 ± 1 dyn cm–1. The adsorption isotherm of n-butanol on polystyrene differed significantly from that obtained on a typical hydrophobic substrate, Graphon, which suggested that interaction occurred between the hydroxyl group on the butanol molecule and hydrophilic sites on the surface of the latex particle. At concentrations close to the solubility limit of butanol multilayer adsorption was observed.


Pitfall traps baited with ethanol and turpentine serve as an effective tool for monitoring pales weevil (Hylob us pales) populations. Males and females are equally attracted to this bait. Neither component alone showed any attractiveness. The presence of a pine stem for weevil feeding does not affect the number or sex ratio of captured weevils. The potential of using attraction to baited traps as a sampling method for pales weevil is discussed. The pales weevil, Hylob us pales (Herbst), is a major pest of young pine plantations throughout eastern North America (Lynch 1984). The larvae feed in the roots f pine stumps and adults damage seedlings by girdling the tender stems at the base. A related species, the large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis (L.), has been collected in pitfall traps baited with ethanol and turpentine in Scandinavia (Tilles et a1. 1986 a,b). We conducted trapping studies during the summer of 1987 to determine if this method could be used to monitor H. pales populations in infested stands. MATERIALS AND METHODS The traps were placed in a stand of Scotch pine, Pinus sylvestris. located in Marquette Co., WI. The stand was about 15 years old, and was undergoing very high mortality due to the pine root collar weevil, Hylobius radicis Buchanan. The trap was a modified version of that described by Tilles et a1. (1986 a,b). Twenty em long x 10 cm Ld. sections of PVC pipe were drilled with eight 6 mm diameter holes spaced equidistantly around the perimeter of the pipe. The pipes were then inserted vertically into the ground with the lower end at a depth of 16 cm and the holes at ground level. The pipe was capped at both ends with plastic lids. As weevils enter the holes, they fall to the bottom of the pipe and are trapped. Liquid Teflon® was applied to the inner surface of the pipe to prevent escape. A wire that passes through two 2 mm holes drilled at ground level serves as a brace for baits. The above ground portion of the trap was painted black to provide a tree-trunk silhouette. Turpentine and 95% ethanol were added separately to two 12 x 35 mm 0.5 dram glass vials. The release rates were 200 mg and 40 mg per 24 hours, respectively, at 22°C. The turpentine (Sunnyside Corp., Wheeling, IL) consisted mostly of monoterpenes, of which the relative proportions were: alpha-pinene (52.45%), beta-pinene (41.35%), beta phellandrene (2.0%), limonene (1.05%), camphene (0.85%), myrcene (0.65%), and unknown (0.65%), as determined by gas liquid chromatography using the method of Raffa and Steffeck (1988). Eight baited and eight control traps were sampled and baits replenished weekly from 17 July until 8 September. Gender was determined by the method of Wilson et al. (1966). 'Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI 53706 1 Raffa and Hunt: Use of Baited Pitfall Traps for Monitoring Pales Weevil, Hylob Published by ValpoScholar, 1988 124 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 21, No.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Adult pales weevils were captured in each of the eight baited traps, with an average of 9.1 (SEM 2.4) per trap. Only one weevil was captured in the control pitfall trap. These results show a strong attraction for ethanol-turpentine combinations (1 = 3.72, P < 0.007), which agrees with Fatzinger et al.'s (1987) observations using flight traps. Although this experiment was only intended to evaluate the utility of the ethanol turpentine combination, related experiments indicate that neither ethanol nor turpentine alone is attractive. At a nearby site where we monitored H. radicis activity, 7 H. pales were collected in ethanol-turpentine baited traps, while none were collected in traps containing ethanol alone, turpentine alone, pine stems, stems plus ethanol, stems plus turpentine, or unbaited controls (N = 40 traps per treatment, Hunt and Raffa, in press). The sex ratio of pales weevils collected in ethanol-turpentine baited pitfall traps was 52.5% female and 47.5% male. This is not significantly different from a 50:50 sex ratio (Chi Square 3.92), indicating there is no preferential degree of attraction based on gender. This ratio also closely approximates weevil emergence data from infested stumps at this site (Hunt and Raffa, in press). The presence of a pine stem on the bottom of the trap so as to allow weevil feeding does not appear to affect either total trap catch or sex ratio. We collected 18 and 34 weevils, respectively, during two consecutive wceks of peak weevil movement when the eight ethanol-turpentine baited traps did or did not have pine stems. Because the tests were not conducted simultaneously, this conclusion must be treated with caution. However, we did not observe the dramatic increase in trap catch that coincides with H. abietis feeding (Tilles et al. 1986a). The data from the week during which pine stems were provided are not included in the ethanol-turpentine vs. control comparisons reported above. Of all trapped weevils, 74.9% were caught in July, 25.5% were caught in August, and 0.01 % were caught in September. The period of peak capture corresponds to the mi imum period of H. radicis activity (Wilson and Millers 1983, Raffa and Hall 1988). Our results demonstrate that pitfall traps baited with ethanol and turpentine provide an effective means of trapping adult H. pales. Future studies will be aimed at estimating the relationship between trap catch and tree damage. If this relationship is strong, then trap catches could be incorporated into Integrated Pest Management of the pales weevil. Because of the difficulties associated with sampling root pests accurate timing of insecticide application can be difficult. Therefore traditional approaches have relied on highly persistent chemicals (Lynch 1984). An easy and reliable sampling method such as the one described here may allow for the effective and more focused use of chemicals that degrade more quickly, and the development of more accurate economic threshold levels.


I was on my way to Yala one evening and, near Wilapalawewa, I noticed a leopard lying beneath a tree. I took cover and watched. The leopard was lying on its belly with its forelegs stretched forward and its gaze was fixed on a herd of spotted deer which was grazing about 100 yards away. It kept tossing its tail about but its head and body were motionless. The unsuspecting deer were nibbling the grass and moving slowly forward towards the leopard. As they approached closer and closer the leopard gradually brought its forelegs back close to its body and kept its head low down, but the occasional twitching of the tail continued. When the deer were within 20 yards the leopard became very tense and I knew that the charge was imminent.


The rough-headed corn stalk-beetle (Euetheola rugiceps) is a local pest in Arkansas. Under certain conditions the stand of corn is destroyed in numerous localities scattered over a large part of the state. Life history studies reported in this paper deal with preparation of food materials, and give the duration of the various developmental stages.


We report the measurement of gas phase three‐body atomic ion–atom association reaction rate coefficients at temperatures near 1 K using a free jet flow reactor. The association rate coefficients for the reactions of Ar+ with Ar and Ne, Kr+ with Kr and Ar, and the reactions of Xe+ with Xe, Kr, and Ar have been measured. In all these cases except Ar++Ne, the rate at 1 K is in excess of 9×10−29 cm3/s and a strong negative temperature dependence is observed. These observations are discussed with respect to several microscopic descriptions of the association process.


Motivation Nearly 10 years have passed since the first mobile apps appeared. Given the fact that bioinformatics is a web‐based world and that mobile devices are endowed with web‐browsers, it seemed natural that bioinformatics would transit from personal computers to mobile devices but nothing could be further from the truth. The transition demands new paradigms, designs and novel implementations. Results Throughout an in‐depth analysis of requirements of existing bioinformatics applications we designed and deployed an easy‐to‐use web‐based lightweight mobile client. Such client is able to browse, select, compose automatically interface parameters, invoke services and monitor the execution of Web Services using the service's metadata stored in catalogs or repositories. Availability and implementation mORCA is available at http://bitlab‐es.com/morca/app as a web‐app. It is also available in the App store by Apple and Play Store by Google. The software will be available for at least 2 years. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com Supplementary information Source code, final web‐app, training material and documentation is available at http://bitlab‐es.com/morca


Lock managers are widely used by distributed systems. Traditional centralized lock managers can easily support policies between multiple users using global knowledge, but they suffer from low performance. In contrast, emerging decentralized approaches are faster but cannot provide flexible policy support. Furthermore, performance in both cases is limited by the server capability. We present NetLock, a new centralized lock manager that co-designs servers and network switches to achieve high performance without sacrificing flexibility in policy support. The key idea of NetLock is to exploit the capability of emerging programmable switches to directly process lock requests in the switch data plane. Due to the limited switch memory, we design a memory management mechanism to seamlessly integrate the switch and server memory. To realize the locking functionality in the switch, we design a custom data plane module that efficiently pools multiple register arrays together to maximize memory utilization We have implemented a NetLock prototype with a Barefoot Tofino switch and a cluster of commodity servers. Evaluation results show that NetLock improves the throughput by 14.0-18.4x, and reduces the average and 99% latency by 4.7-20.3x and 10.4-18.7x over DSLR, a state-of-the-art RDMA-based solution, while providing flexible policy support.


High-order simulations of statistically two-dimensional supersonic flows are undertaken to study the effects of unsteady shock-boundary layer interactions for aero-optics problems. Mach 2 and 2.8 flow into a 20◦ compression ramp is considered with over 300 million grid points. As the compression ramp did not exhibit the lambda reattachment shock seen in turret experiments, runs were made of a cylindrical forward facing step at Mach 2 and 3 using a smaller grid of roughly 44 million grid points. It is shown that the large, lowfrequency motions of the shock for the step cases can also be modeled by the simple model used previously for the Mach 2 ramp.


Abstract Nine Holstein heifers were fed 1 milligram melengestrol acetate daily for 18 days. After melengestrol acetate withdrawal, duration and magnitude of ovulatory surge of luteinizing hormone resembled that reported for control estrus, and serum prolactin was elevated the day before or on the day of luteinizing hormone surge. In another experiment 25 Holsteins lactating 60 to 90 days were fed 1 milligram melengestrol acetate daily for 14 days and injected with 2,500 international units of human chorionic gonadotropin on day 17. Based upon twice-a-day rectal palpations, 22 cows ovulated at an average of 36±3 hours after injection.


T he perioperative management of Jehovah's Witness (JW) patients without anemia has been described (l-4). We describe a cirrhotic JW patient with severe anemia secondary to a splenic lymphoma who underwent successful elective splenectomy in the presence of thrombocytopenia and additional coagulation abnormalities. The report emphasizes the importance of multidisciplinary involvement, including preoperative splenic embolization, in a JW patient with the lowest hematocrit level that we found reported for elective surgery.


The electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical properties of (Cp){sub 2}Ti(bpy) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) with tetrabutylammonium perchlorate (TBAP) as supporting electrolyte are presented. This formal Ti(II) species exhibits four reversible electron-transfer reactions on the cyclic voltammetric time scale.


This paper describes part of a larger on-road test of a candidate control layout and system organization for a reconfigurable, automotive multifunction information system. Driver visual scanning behavior and task performance were examined. Six younger and six older drivers each performed 15 in-vehicle tasks while driving. Drivers executed functions for both current vehicle systems (e.g., audio, climate, and cell phone) and advanced/future vehicle systems (e.g., navigation, email, and communications/video). Six similar tasks were performed using both the experimental vehicle's conventional information systems and the candidate design multifunction information system. Results showed that task completion times were longer for tasks performed using the multifunction information system, compared to the conventional vehicle systems. Longer tasks completion times were associated with higher frequency of driver eye glances to the in-vehicle system. In addition, task completion times were found to be related to certain measures of driving task performance, most notably lateral control and speed control.


In this paper we deal with a subclass of planar hybrid automata, denoted by SPDI, which can be represented by piecewise constant differential inclusions. The computation of certain objects of the phase portrait of an SPDI, namely the viability, controllability, invariance kernels and semi-separatrix curves have been shown to be efficiently decidable. On the other hand, although the reachability problem for SPDIs is known to be decidable, its complexity makes it unfeasible on large systems. We present and combine recent results on the use of the SPDI phase portraits for improving reachability analysis by (i) state-space reduction and (ii) decomposition techniques of the state space, enabling compositional parallelization of the analysis. Both techniques contribute to increase the feasibility of reachability analysis on large SPDI systems.


Rhesus macaques are natural hosts to multiple viruses including rhesus cytomegalovirus (RhCMV), rhesus rhadinovirus (RRV), and Simian Foamy Virus (SFV). While viral infections are ubiquitous, viral transmissions to uninfected animals are incompletely defined. Management procedures of macaque colonies include cohorts that are Specific Pathogen Free (SPF). Greater understanding of viral transmission would augment SPF protocols. Moreover, vaccine/challenge studies of human viruses would be enhanced by leveraging transmission of macaque viruses to recapitulate expected challenges of human vaccine trials.


Chapter 6 describes how the perturbative renormalization group (RG) of quantum field theory has made it possible to derive universal properties of continuous macroscopic phase transitions. The RG initially emerged as a consequence of the necessity to cancel infinities that appear in the perturbative expansion (the renormalization procedure) and the possibility of defining the parameters of the renormalized theory at different momentum scales. Although the field theory RG is now understood to be an asymptotic form, it has made it possible to confirm the Wilson–Fisher fixed point and led to an understanding of universality for a large class of critical phenomena. In the framework of dimensional continuation, zeros of RG beta functions, which correspond to Wilson–Fisher's fixed points, have made it possible to recover Wilson–Fisher's epsilon expansion, proving scaling relations and calculating critical exponents. Series summation methods have then been used to generate precise values of exponents.


Various forms of housing exclusion are a reality for millions of people across the globe. For people who are homeless in advanced industrialized economies, housing exclusion often co-exists with social service engagement. This essay reviews three books about how homelessness is conceptualized and caused, and how we, as social service providers and social scientists, respond to homelessness: Housing First: Ending Homelessness, Transforming Systems, and Changing Lives, by Deborah Padgett, Benjamin Henwood, and Sam Tsemberis; Women Rough Sleepers in Europe: Homelessness and Victims of Domestic Abuse, by Kate Moss and Paramjit Singh; and The Value of Homelessness: Managing Surplus Life in the United States, by Craig Willse. It concludes that Housing First achieves justice for deeply marginalized individuals but that the effectiveness of Housing First represents a disturbing reminder of our failed welfare states and public institutions.


PURPOSE: A continuous casting mold is provided to compensate the contraction rate of a long side-solidified layer in a strip further decreasing downwards compared with the tilt rate of a tapered short-side mold, thereby remarkably reducing the degree of abrasion in the short-side mold. CONSTITUTION: A continuous casting mold comprises two long side-molds and two short-side molds. Protrusions are formed at both ends of the short-side molds so that a distance between the long side-molds is sealed and chamfer surface is formed at the edge of a strip. The protrusion decreases downwards so that the contraction rate of the strip is compensated.


The present study aimed at deeply eliciting information vis-a-vis the achievement-driven coaching management of early-age football sport at Tunas Muda football school in Bengkulu City specifically in terms of planning, organizing, directing, and monitoring. Tunas Muda football school was established in 2009, and its existence has been admitted up to nowadays. Of several football schools in Bengkulu, Tunas Muda Football School was found to be very active and to have lots of achievements at both regional and national level. This study applied a mixed-method approach. The techniques of collecting data in this study were comprised of questionnaire, interview, observation, and documentation. The results revealed that the achievement-driven coaching management undertaken by Tunas Muda football school in Bengkulu especially in the aforementioned four aspects had been running properly. In addition, the statistical data also supported the results, wherein in the management the most protuberant factor was planning with the percentage of 92%, while other factors subsumed organizing with the percentage of 84 %, directing with the percentage of 84%, and monitoring with the percentage of 83%. Those factors were all classified as very good.


The design of an essentially rigid moving barrier test vehicle equipped with two interchangeable impact surfaces is briefly outlined. One such surface was a vertical pole while the other was a contoured bumper assembly. The results of twelve side impact tests between the moving barrier and stationary standard vehicles are presented. For all tests, passenger compartment accelerations are presented along with accelerations recorded in the head, chest and pelvic areas of the dummies. Occupant accelerations are compared briefly with human tolerance data; it is concluded that the injury criteria was met in all but one crash test. Furthermore, it is concluded that the procedure described constitutes a repeatable test technique for side collisions of stationary test vehicles.


Caches are crucial components in modern processors (both stand-alone or integrated into SoCs) and their test is a challenging task, especially when addressing complex and high-frequency devices. While the test of the memory array within the cache is usually accomplished resorting to BIST circuitry implementing March test inspired solutions, testing the cache controller logic poses some specific issues, mainly stemming from its limited accessibility. One possible solution consists in letting the processor execute suitable test programs, allowing the detection of possible faults by looking at the results they produce. In this paper we face the issue of generating suitable programs for testing the replacement logic in set-associative caches that implement a deterministic replacement policy. A test program generation approach based on modeling the replacement mechanism as a Finite State Machine (FSM) is proposed. Experimental results with a cache implementing a LRU policy are provided to assess the effectiveness of the method.


A covariant formalism of Relativistic Quantum Mechanics is demonstrated, through it's development and application. The Relativistic Case is shown to follow a similar structure to the established Non-Relativistic formalism. Reasons for preferring the new covariant formalism over the established method are presented. Solutions to the case of a scalar particle in a one-dimensional field are presented. The Relativistic Energy Eigenfunction is derived. Results are generated from initial Gaussian states via a Green's Function method. A Green's Function for the system is derived and applied. The solution to the Quantum System is shown to follow a scaled version of the classical path. The equivalent system in the Non-Relativistic case is also analysed. The Energy Eigenfunction for the time-independent Schrodinger Equation is derived. A Green's Function is derived for the time-dependent Schrodinger Equation and solutions to the system are found using intial Gaussian States. A short demonstration of the established method, that of the Klein-Gordon equation, is provided. Some deficiencies in the Klein-Gordon equation are shown. These deficiencies are shown to not exist in the covariant formalism.


It is well-known that participation in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is affected by various factors, including grade levels served, meal prices, menus, recipes, food supply, and free and reduced (F/R) rates. Within a school food authority (SFA), schools serving the same grade levels typically have identical meal prices, menus, recipes, and food supply, rendering them constant variables. Therefore, within an SFA, the F/R rate will account for major differences between schools' participation rates. While school nutrition professionals accept that as F/R rate increases, participation is expected to increase, there is a lack of a way to assess or calculate an expected participation rate based on a school's F/R rate. Additionally, this makes identification of low-performing schools difficult.


Analytical drain current expressions with self-heating effect are presented for undoped polycrystalline thin film transistors (poly-Si TFTs). Temperature dependence of threshold voltage and effective mobility is involved. The expressions are derived on the basis of a first order Taylor expansion and continuous from linear regime to saturation regime. The validity of this model is verified by available experimental data and a good agreement is obtained.


In the present research work seeks the effect of the density of the State on human
development of the Province of Rioja, whereby part of the hypothesis that the human development index has a positive effect on the human development index of the Province of Rioja. The indices were obtained through the methodology proposed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). To determine the effect, a micro-panel econometric model was applied with data from the province of Rioja. Human development compared to 0.2591 in 2003 to 0.3902 in 2016, San Fernando is the district that maintains a low rating with an HDI of 0.2214. The participation of the state by means of the index of density of state is average, during a decade approximated increase of 0.546 to 0.6978. The district with the lowest IDE is the district of Awajun, and with the highest IDE the district of Rioja followed by the new Cajamarca. Of the density of the State, the representative dimensions that have a positive effect on human development: the population with the presence of birth or DNI, which increases by 1% the HDI increases by 0.45%, while the electrified dwellings dimension increases by 1 % the HDI will increase by 0.29%. On the other hand, a lag of the HDI was added to the model, which explains an increase in the present of 0.91% before an increase of 1% in the previous period. Only the dimension of secondary attention as a result of a negative effect.


Tangka is a kind of scroll printing drawn on cloth,whose theme is Tibetan Buddhism.It is a perfect combination of Tibetan religion and drawing.The Tangka Collections in Yancheng Museum donated by Mr.Zhao Tai-lai represent the great achievements in both content and form.More attention should be paid to their utilization and futuristic development after careful study.


We describe an approach examining multi-level collaboration challenges by integrating social, organizational, and cultural factors for human-robot teams operating in the real world. We discuss the research at three levels of social interaction: within a team, within a social environment, and within a culture. We first describe research exploring psychologically and biologically inspired models of behavior to extend the capabilities of heterogeneous multi-human, multi-robot teams. We then discuss research issues that must be addressed to provide insights on how robots can correctly vary actions in response to cultural populations and geospatial environments by recognizing and properly interpreting human configurations, cultural artifacts and behaviors. The goal is to make it possible for robots to function effectively within dynamic operational and social situations.


The new millennium offers numerous opportunities for light commercial and general aviation. The extent to which this diverse industry can take advantage of these opportunities depends on our ability to: (1) maintain steady, albeit slow, economic growth; (2) undertake research and development of new and enhanced technologies that improve performance and lower costs; (3) forge alliances and approach aircraft production from a total system perspective; and (4) develop and maintain an air traffic system (facilities and control) that is able to efficiently accommodate the expected growth in demand for all categories of air travel. The greatest challenge for the industry is whether government policies and regulations continue to adhere to fiscal and monetary policies that promote economic growth worldwide and provide the necessary investments in our air traffic system to reduce congestion and avoid the distorting influences of user fees or artificial limits to access.


Fermentation process using recombinant strain for production of recombinant protein is widely used in commercialization of the biotechnologies. The continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) is a typical microbial cultivation method, has the major advantage of high productivity. Mathematical modeling and simulation is useful for analysis and optimization of the CSTR fermentation process. Most of the mathematical models developed for CSTR are black box models without information of the intracellular dynamics and regulations. In this research, a mathematical model is built based on gene regulation for recombinant protein production using CSTR, and simulation is made using this model.


Objects of the present invention relates to a method for determination by optimization of ophthalmic lenses for the wearer to join the prescribed number of degrees. The method, as ellipse having adjusted junction (FC) and myopia reference point spindle and 3.8 ° and the minor axis comprised between 4.5 ° greater than 35 ° as an ellipse, centered on the progression meridian at half height between the (NV) propose that a limited first wearing of the axis of the average direction of the final astigmatic difference of less than 2.5 ° with respect to the normal state in the control area used as a target for the optimization of the lens. The invention makes it possible to improve the performance of the progressive multifocal lens in the intermediate field of view. Multifocal lens, the astigmatic aberration, adjustment intersection, myopia reference point, the optimization


Between 1944 and 1987, 112 patients with inverting papilloma of the nasal cavity were treated. The average duration of follow‐up for this population was 6.2 years. The most common symptoms were nasal obstruction and history of previous surgery for nasal "polyps." Recurrence rates were lower when treatment consisted of lateral rhinotomy with medial maxillectomy (14%) vs. transnasal operation with a sinus procedure (35%) or transnasal operation alone (58%). Recurrence rates between men and women were not significantly different when treatment methods were analyzed; however, a higher‐than‐expected association with tobacco usage was noted. Eight (7%) of the 112 patients had associated nasal carcinoma. Current treatment is lateral rhinotomy with medial maxillectomy to prevent troublesome and potentially malignant recurrent disease.


The mediodorsal neurosecretory cells in the cerebral ganglia of Helisoma duryi send axons into the median lip nerve, where they terminate to form a probable neurohaemal area. After glycerination these cells are shown to contain a branching network of 5- to 6-nm diameter filaments, which are abundant throughout the axon and axon ending but less prominent in the perikaryon. The filaments react with heavy meromyosin subfraction SI, increasing in thickness and forming arrowhead-shaped complexes; the reaction is reversed by adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP). This reaction indicates that the filaments contain actin, and it is suggested that actin–myosin interactions could be responsible for neurosecretory granule transport along the axon.


The word 'standard' has become a common term in all sectors of business. The desire towards having the best standards in goods a n services is progressively increasing. Participants in all business undertakin gs do not negate the idea of having the best quality. Consumers look for a product or s ervice with high standards. And, transactions are expected to result in the satisfac on of the parties, with a special concern that consumers need to be protected from an y possible harm that would occur from the normal consumption of any goods or s ervices. The future of the world, borrowing the words of the US president Barr ack Obama's address to the 62 United Nation General Assembly, is established on pillars, one being the expansion of global trade with opportunities to peo pl in all countries. At present time, global trade has become an essential element in the proper functioning of the world as it caters for the economic needs of nation s. More than half of the nations in the world are members of an international trade org anization whose primary aim is fostering global trade and expanding market access by reducing and eliminating trade barriers. As the significance of trade is in creasing in countries that have embraced the multilateral trade regime, many nation s ncluding Ethiopia, are in the process of joining this trade regime. When countrie s welcome the products and services of other nations in international trade, a responsibility resides in importers to monitor the 'standards'. The first point of focu s in this regard is to make sure that the safety and health of people are not affected ne gatively. The protection of animal and plant life, plus the concern about the environm e t will be major issues of concern. The next step will then be assuring that imported products and services fulfill the standards required by domestic consumer s. This envisages availability of different alternatives to choose from. These concer ns exist whether a nation is importing or exporting.


In this monthly Kappan column, Teresa Preston shares a sampling of what past Kappan authors have written about the interactions between schools and the media. In the 1940s, authors began encouraging educators to build relationships with local media outlets, both to show they were meeting community expectations and to counter false narratives. In later decades, authors analyzed how schools and teachers were depicted in newspapers, in fiction, on television, and in movies. The picture painted was often grim. An especially persistent narrative that several authors across the decades sought to debunk was the idea that schools are failing. This idea doesn't necessarily stand up to close scrutiny.


Reaction kinetic behaviour and cycling stability of the 2LiBH4–MgH2 reactive hydride composite (Li-RHC) are experimentally determined and analysed as a basis for the design and development of hydrogen storage tanks. In addition to the determination and discussion about the properties; different measurement methods are applied and compared. The activation energies for both hydrogenation and dehydrogenation are determined by the Kissinger method and via the fitting of solid-state reaction kinetic models to isothermal volumetric measurements. Furthermore, the hydrogen absorption–desorption cycling stability is assessed by titration measurements. Finally, the kinetic behaviour and the reversible hydrogen storage capacity of the Li-RHC are discussed.


Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of line-conserving surgery for early breast cancer and cosmetic results were evaluated.Methods The hospital from January 2008 to December 2010 were treated 38 cases of breast cancer clinical data were retrospectively analyzed,according to Rose standards,the acceptance of breast-conserving surgery in patients with cosmetic results assessment.Results All patients recovered well without complications,postoperative patient satisfaction with breast appearance and quality of life.Conclusions Early breast cancer patients receiving breast-conserving surgery can lead to satisfactory clinical effect and cosmetic results.


Based on the characteristics and specific contents of the living arrangements of the aged at home, this paper puts forward an evaluating index system which includes the background of the aged,the situation of living tendance and the situation of the favourers. It also provides some theories and means about evaluation. Simultaneously, the paper discusses how to use the objective index to express subjective content. Using the data of the investigation of the aged's maintaining system of Shanghai in 1992 as an example, it finally conducts an empirical analysis.


Abstract The problem of a gravity anomaly (GA) estimation aboard an aircraft solved by using the data from a gravimeter and phase measurements of altitude from the differential satellite navigation system is discussed. The problem is considered from the viewpoints of different robust estimation algorithms: an H ∞ estimation algorithm, a mixed H 2 / H ∞ estimation algorithm, a suboptimal algorithm based on unsteady models represented as integrals of a white noise and a cost-guaranteed algorithm based on the information about the GA variance and the variance of its derivative. A comprehensive comparison of robust estimators is presented. In addition, robust estimators are compared with the optimal estimator, which is obtained for the widely used GA spectral density.


This paper presents results obtained by EDF and WEST S.r.l. made a joint efficiency measurement test on a HPP in the South East of France, for the commissioning of a major 120 MW Francis turbine. Two absolute methods were implemented on this site: on one hand, current meters (CM), performed by WEST Company, as the code-approved method to be used to check the guarantees. On the other hand, the acoustic scintillation flow meter (ASFM) was implemented by EDF in the intake simultaneously. A large number of current meters (90) for this kind of operation were used, installed on a stationary frame made up of 9 hydraulically-profiled beams. Acoustic scintillation transducers were installed on steel plates mounted directly on the intake wall. Flow conditions were quite good for both methods. The entire efficiency/power range of the turbine was explored using both methods giving absolute discharge measurements. The benefit of using new algorithms derived from a previous PhD 1 work sponsored by EDF, even in these quite good conditions, will also be emphasized. A fairly good level of agreement was achieved between both absolute methods; the agreement was slightly improved when applying the new " SMASH " algorithms. The average difference between CM and ASFM discharge values lies beneath the combined uncertainties of the two methods.


Open end induction motor drive fed from a common DC source faces the problem of Common Mode Voltages which creates flow of zero sequence currents. These currents lead to additional power loss without contributing to the torque. A new technique to eliminate such zero sequence currents is presented here. The two inverters with common DC bus are switched with Pulse Width Modulation scheme, but with a phase difference of 120°. Analysis shows that the resulting dominant zero sequence voltage, a 3rd harmonic, gets shifted by 360° and hence no resultant zero sequence current can flow. The proposed method is simple and can be implemented in all topologies of multilevel inverter. Detailed analysis presented shows that the DC bus utilization of the proposed topology is same as in other conventional methods. The proposed technique is experimentally validated in a 2hp, 3-phase, 415V open end induction motor drive.


In this study, the influences of injection timing and exhaust gas re-circulation on combustion and emissions characteristics of biodiesel/2-methylfuran blends are investigated on a modified water-cooled 4-cylinder four-stroke direct injection compression ignition engine. The experimental conditions are, respectively, to adjust injection timing and exhaust gas re-circulation ratio at 0.38 MPa break mean effective pressure with the engine speed at 1800 rpm constantly. With injection timing in advance, the peak cylinder pressure rose while maximum heat release rate first decreased and next slightly raised. Ignition delay and brake specific fuel consumption reduced first and then raised while combustion duration and break thermal efficiency had the opposite trend. The NOx emissions increased, and HC emissions first reduced significantly and then slightly increased, while 1,3-butadiene and acetaldehyde emissions presented a reduction tendency. As exhaust gas re-circulation ratio increased gradually, ignition delay as well as combustion duration was prolonged. brake specific fuel consumption increased and break thermal efficiency declined. HC, CO, 1,3-butadiene, and acetaldehyde emissions raised while NOx emissions reduced significantly. Biodiesel could behave well in a Diesel engine and thus a feasible alternative fuel for diesel. Moreover, methylfuran addition into biodiesel could raise break thermal efficiency and the break thermal efficiency of BM20 is higher than BM10. However, both BM10 and BM20 appeared a combustion deterioration when injection timing at 2.5 °CA before top head center.


Abstract : The purpose of this project is to analytically and experimentally evaluate the interaction of waves in a wave guide with waves on a rotating electron beam. The methods of analysis include use of a general coupled-mode theory, a ballistic computer program, and an experimental evaluation. A new tube is being constructed in which the interaction current can be measured, and the reflection of power in the interaction will be reduced. Space-charge effects have been found to split the longitudinal modes so that they are no longer degenerate. Their effect on the coupling coefficients is small, and can be neglected in the first-order perturbation theory. The multiple-beam interaction has been analyzed, and it has been found that the single-beam analysis can be used if the d-c beam current of the multiple beam is replaced by an effective d-c beam current. Boundary conditions are imposed upon the five interacting modes, and it is found that only three waves are excited in the system. Two of these waves travel at beta sub e and are not excited. This allows the start-oscillations conditions to be found as a function of the device parameters for the backward-wave interactions. The problem of power saturation of the backward-wave oscillations has been initiated. Small-signal theory is used to determine an expression for the efficiency. The axial bunching in the O-type backward-wave oscillator is examined to determine how it is related to the a-c current for power saturation so that criteria for determining power saturation may be established for our device. (Author)


Alumina based composite ceramics with silicon carbide whisker were fabricated by hot-press sintering. Their abrasive or erosive wear properties were measured by abrasive waterjet method and micro-sandblast method, and the results were compared with those of normally sintered engineering ceramics. In the case of normal impact of abrasive waterjet, where micro-fracture may be the mam wear mechanism, the whisker composite showed considerable improvement of wear properties because of its higher toughness. In the case of low angle impact, where cutting is the mam wear mechanism, only a small improvement were observed by a small addition of whisker (5wt%SiC), but larger addition (30wt%SiC) resulted in higher wear. No effect of whisker was observed with the micro-sandblast method, perhaps because of its rather mild abrasive conditions.


With the popularization and rapid development of internet technology,the traditional print media are facing profound changes in the digital network.Facing the digital publishing environment and more younger contributors,editors of sci-tech journals should adapt to current conditions by utilizing the internet technology and a variety of platforms to achieve the author-friendly editing,such as: improving the retrievability of publications,convenience and accuracy of information for the potential authors;establishing the autonomous journal websites to provide online manuscript processing,educational services and other functions;making use of advance online publishing so as to enhance the power of spreading academic achievements;using interactive technology for the communication with authors based on Web2.0.It is suggested that sci-tech periodicals should cater to the needs of digital publishing by providing high-quality services for the authors to gain a competitive advantage for better survival and development.


The transformation of waste vibration energy into low-power electricity has been heavily researched to enable self-sustained wireless electronic components. Monostable and bistable nonlinear oscillators have been explored by several researchers in an effort to enhance the frequency bandwidth of operation. Linear two degree of freedom (2-DOF) configurations as well as combination of a nonlinear single-DOF harvester with a linear oscillator to constitute a nonlinear 2-DOF harvester have also been explored to develop broadband energy harvesters. In the present work, the concept of nonlinear internal resonance in a continuous frame structure is explored for broadband energy harvesting. The L-shaped beam-mass structure with quadratic nonlinearity was formerly studied in the nonlinear dynamics literature to demonstrate modal energy exchange and the saturation phenomenon when carefully tuned for two-to-one internal resonance. In the current effort, piezoelectric coupling is introduced, and electromechanical equations of the L-shaped energy harvester are employed to explore the primary resonance behaviors around the first and the second linear natural frequencies for bandwidth enhancement. Simulations using approximate analytical frequency response equations as well as time-domain numerical solutions reveal that 2-DOF configuration with quadratic and two-to-one internal resonance could extend the bandwidth enhancement capability. Both electrical power and shunted vibration frequency response curves of steady-state solutions are explored in detail. Effects of various electromechanical system parameters, such as piezoelectric coupling and load resistance, on the overall dynamics of the internal resonance energy harvesting system are reported.Copyright © 2015 by ASME


The main driving force of point-of-care testing require to bring the test methods conveniently and immediately to the patient. This is particularly true for the developing countries with less developed health care infrastructure. However, a simple and reliable biosensing technique to an affordable platform is often challenging [1-3]. Mostly, Enzyme-labels are used in electrochemical biosensors for signal amplification [4]. The enzyme-based biosensors are most famous because of its high and reproducible signal amplification [5]. But there is a big question mark for the stability of an enzyme and not suitable for bed-side applications. Also, another problem for the enzyme is the direct electron transfer between enzyme label and electrode is a formidable challenge because of the large electron-hoping distance between the electrode and the redox center of the enzyme label [6]. As a result, the signal amplification by enzymatic reaction is not suitable for the early stage diseases detection. Redox cycling is a process that can help to overcome this limitation by repetitively generate or consume signaling species (molecules or electrons) in the presence of reversible redox specie [7]. Many redox cycling processes can be combined with biosensor for the ultrasensitive biomarkers detection i.e. electrochemicalelectrochemical (EE) redox cycling, electrochemical-chemical (EC) redox cycling, chemical-chemical (CC) redox cycling or electrochemical-chemicalchemical (ECC) [3,8]. A combination of redox cycling and electrochemical detection can play a significant role for the early stage diseases detection. Electrochemical biosensor technique is most popular and ideal technique for point-of-site application because of their low cost, high sensitivity, portable fieldbased size, and rapid diagnosis [9-11]. However, it is extremely challenging to originate an electrochemical point-of-site technique retaining both simplicity and very high sensitivity. There has been an increased attempt towards the development of electrochemical redox cycling techniques to develop the disposable rapid test for early stage cancer and infectious diseases biomarkers detection for point-of-care diagnosis [12-15]. Currently many biosensors using affinity binding between antigen and antibody have been developed but most of them have a drawback in terms of simplicity, rapidness, cost-effectiveness and ultra-sensitivity [16-18]. Most reported biosensors need many steps washing before the actual sensing measurement and that's why those immunoassays are not applicable for bed side application. If a wash-free electrochemical scheme is combined with the assays, this could significantly simplify the detection procedure and reduce the assay time [19-21]. In this review wash-free redox cycling technologies are focused on for simple, cost-effective and portable immunosensors that can be operated for the applications in bed-side diagnostics.


Background: The subject of the study was a selected aspect of the earnest money institution (Art. 394 of the Civil Code).
Research purpose: The aim of the study was to respond to the thesis (arguments justifying the thesis) that the earnest money (giving thereof) is not a part of the declaration of intent in respect of which Art. 394(1) of the Civil Code (CC) establishes an apragmatic directive of interpretation, but a factual event which produces legal effects by virtue of the law itself pursuant to Art. 56 of the CC. The problem is not purely theoretical; the acceptance of one of the competitive stands affects the interpretation of Art. 394 of the CC, thus influencing the social consequences caused by the institution of the earnest money.
Methods: The study was conducted with the use of dogmatic and legal methods, using tools of analytical philosophy (Soft Reconstructionism).
Conclusions: It was found that arguments supporting the thesis that the act of paying advance money is a factual event proved to be inaccurate. Acknowledging the accuracy of some of the arguments in favour of the rejected thesis would force us to reject the concept of interpreting declarations of intent adopted in legal culture and, at least, to radically modify our understanding of the "declaration of intent". This indicates that the arguments raised in the discussion on a specific legal institution can affect the entire system of civil law, the study of civil law and, subsequently, a wide range of social relations. The study also made it possible to criticize the wording of Art. 394 of the CC in the scope in which Art. 394(1) of the CC provides for "earnest money" given upon the execution of a contract. "The earnest money" as a name (or, actually, a predicate) cannot be "given" to anyone. What can be given is a certain thing (an object, a sum of money, a claim in non-literal meaning, etc.). Hence, the accurate wording of the regulation should be as follows: "[in] the absence [...] a thing given upon the execution of a contract (earnest money) means that [...]".


VERITAS is a new atmospheric Cherenkov imaging telescope array to detect very high energy gamma rays above 100 GeV. The array is located in southern Arizona, USA, at an altitude of 1268m above sea level. The array consists of four 12-m telescopes of Davies-Cotton design and structurally resembling the Whipple 10-m telescope. The four focal plane instruments are equipped with high-resolution (499 pixels) fast photo-multiplier-tube (PMT) cameras covering a 3.5 degree field of view with 0.15 degree pixel separation. Light concentrators reduce the dead-space between PMTs to 25% and shield the PMTs from ambient light. The PMTs are connected to high-speed preamplifiers allowing operation at modest anode current and giving good single photoelectron peaks in situ. Electronics in the focus box provides real-time monitoring of the anode currents for each pixel and ambient environmental conditions. A charge injection subsystem installed in the focus box allows daytime testing of the trigger and data acquisition system by injecting pulses of variable amplitude and length directly into the photomultiplier preamplifiers. A brief description of the full VERITAS focal plane instrument is given in this paper.


The purpose of this paper is to understand various problems related to Computer Science and find solutions from optimized machine learning algorithm by realizing machine learning API and API server. The representative machine-learning algorithm, TensorFlow, need to express algorithm from the stage of nodes and edges while IBM Watson only uses functions in completed form. Those are the problems to be solved in this paper; therefore, we suggest low-level API, which is in the middle stage between TensorFlow and IBM Watson and realize the low-level API. The machine learning API is realized in machine learning of artificial neural network and stochastic shunt, which will be applicable in other areas.


Despite business organizations have mainly developed initiatives to reduce energy costs and demonstrate corporate social responsibility, there are yet few approaches that assist the inclusion of green strategies into the software design process. In this paper, we aim to identify which type of green strategies can be successfully included into a service design process. To this aim, in collaboration with a Dutch industry partner, we have conducted an empirical study as part of a course of the Software Engineering and Green IT master program. The study involved 19 teams of master students playing the role of software designers, and who completed the design of a real-life green software project of the smart transportation domain. Analysing deliverables created by the design teams, 66 green strategies were extracted, which were grouped in 16 clusters categorized per type of green problem: people-awareness, service-awareness, and process-awareness strategies. Regarding the capability of green strategies for being reused across any green software project, we found that 10 out of 16 clusters are domain-generic.


This paper studies, analysis, and discusses the housing for the poor: problems and solution that have spread in Jordan since 1970's. The paper contains Sex sections. It contains an introduction. And the second section explains the understanding of the poor in Jordan. The third section studies the enumeration of the census, dwellings since (1922). The beginning of economic and social plans and its relationship with housing projects. The fourth section discusses the instruction of king Abdullah II to concerned ministries, governmental departments and foundations to create suitable single and separate houses for poor families. The fifth section concentrates on the analysis of the possibility to having suitable space, vertical extension and unit-cost factors. The sixth section and final section gives the negative and positive results and analysis of the outcome.


The paper is to analyze the trend of teacher education reform in Taiwan.The study explored with the process of literature analysis.First,it analyzes the trend of teacher education reform and its derivational problems from 1996.Second, it introduces the proposals of some scholars and the new project proposed by the educational authority in order to solve the related problems. The prospect of the suggestions: 1. The teacher education policy should increase the quota distributed at public expense, not only to attract talented people into education, but also solve the shortage problem of teacher in remote areas. 2. The subject of development of teacher education should foster the ability to think critically student teachers from the course. 3. It is analyzed from two aspects of the relationship and the relationship between teachers qualifying educational site teaching practice and school counseling practice, in order to emphasize the design of teacher education teaching practice and verification system that needs to be closely linked with the education field for. 4. The teacher education university should foster outstanding faculty as its mission to enhance the quality of teachers as educational goals and characteristics.It provides suggestions for future teacher education reform and presented conclusion for personnel of schools, government level and related organization.


In view of the longtime interactive English–Chinese translation system, an interactive English–Chinese translation system based on Griffin–Lim algorithm (GLA) is proposed. The hardware design of the system is completed by the hardware structure design, the interactive English–Chinese translation memory design and the interactive English–Chinese translation retrieval system design. Through analysing the semantic characteristics of interactive English–Chinese translation, constructing interactive English–Chinese translation database and designing interactive English–Chinese translation process, the system software design is completed and interactive English–Chinese translation is realised. The results of the system test show that the interactive English–Chinese translation system based on the GLA algorithm cannot only shorten the time of interactive English–Chinese translation, but also accelerate the response speed of the translation system, and greatly improve the overall performance of the interactive English–Chinese translation system.


Abstract: Finite-element-model-trained artificial neural networks can be usedto process efficiently the characteristic patterns or mode shapes from electronicholograms of vibrating blades. The models used for routine design may not yetbe sufficiently accurate for this application. This document discusses thecreation of characteristic patterns; compares model generated and experimentalcharacteristic patterns; and discusses the neural networks that transform thecharacteristic patterns into strain or damage information. The current potentialto adapt electronic holography to spin rigs, wind tunnels and engines provides anincentive to have accurate finite element models for training neural networks.IntroductionEfficient, automated, goal-directed interpretation of visualization patterns is an on-goingchallenge. These patterns are easily generated with a multitude of photonic and non-photonicmethods. The photonic methods include, for example, interferometry, holography, moire,fluorescence spectroscopy, speckle photography and interferometry, photometry, radiometry, x-rayand visible-light shadowgraphy, schlieren, and other forms of deflectometry, Mie and Rayleighscattering, and particle imaging methods. These patterns are now days easy to record and easy todigitize for computer processing. However, processing the patterns for automation or roboticsapplications is not straightforward. The classical approach to processing was to dissect the patternsand convert them into distributions of properties, including density, strain, displacement, velocity,refractive-index, polarization, or temperature fields. These distributions are often extremelycomplex. Their two- and three-dimensional visualizations are often no easier to use than the originalvisualization patterns. The information important for automation is often buried subtly in the entirepattern. For example, strain or displacement fields are not necessarily informative to a machineintended to monitor for structural damage. The effects of damage on the pattern may be small ordistributed over the entire pattern. Artificial neural-net technology offers a solution of theinterpretation problem. Artificial neural networks can be trained by example to inspect a patternfor a particular event, state, or property. The examples can be generated experimentally or withcomputational models and can contain exactly the outputs required by the machine. This chapterdiscusses a particular example of this process for a visualization pattern from electronic holography,electronic-speckle-pattern interferometry.Artificial neural networks have been used to compare measured vibration-mode shapes withcomputed vibration-mode shapes (Decker, et. al., 1998a, 1998b). The mode shapes were displayedusing electronic holography, also known as television holography or electronic speckle patterninterferometry (ESPI). Mode shapes were also computed using a finite element model together withan electronic holography model. The neural networks were then trained with model-generated ormeasured training sets. The model-trained nets were used to inspect measured mode shapes, andvice versa.The neural networks can be trained to flag differences between a finite element model and astructure, typically a fan blade, where the mode-shape differences are caused by run-induced damageor by manufacturing defects. Unfortunately, the mode-shape differences can also result from aninadequate finite element model.Workstation or PC-resident artificial neural networks offer significant advantages forinspection, if they can be trained adequately. Inspections of mode shapes have been conducted inreal time at 30 frames per second. The neural networks can be trained to ignore noise. For example,neural networks have been trained to handle the laser speckle effect. The speckle effect is evident inNASA/TM--1999-209195 I


Deep learning is a hot technology developed in the field of artificial intelligence in recent years. It extracts complex content, simulates the hierarchical structure of the human brain, and constantly adjusts the parameters to find the optimal prediction results. This paper introduces the implementation principle and process of deep learning, uses the deep learning method to study the artifact classification and identification, and completes the artifact classification and identification experiment through the training model of various artifacts. The experimental results show that the sufficient training of the samples can have a high identification accuracy, but the identification accuracy needs to be further strengthened in practical application environments.


A visioning exercise can bring a community together as people recognize their shared values and purposes, and articulate a shared vision of their community. The vision serves to lay out what the community should look like physically, socially and environmentally in 5, 10 or 20 years. A visioning exercise creates a sense of ownership in community residents to the extent that they want to see their vision come to fruition over a period of years. A consensus-building technique Within a comprehensive planning process, visioning can be used as a consensus-building technique. Visioning facilitates the development of an effective comprehensive plan by focusing attention,"on how to organize collective thought and action within an inter-organizational network in which no one person, group, organization or institution is fully in charge".


Woman representation from a depth psychological examination of Fedra. This study shows feminine representation from a profound psychological study of the character Fedra in Racine's dramatic play Fedra. In literary theory, gender issues have been of great interest and have also experienced great development, particularly in the last decades. This paper intends to contribute towards gender studies by showing the feminine representation in dramatic plays based on a careful psychological examination of the female protagonist. Results show that there are some feminine text markings as well as feminine ambiguity traces which may be recognized and pointed out in the contraposition of feminine and masculine through the psychological study of the character.


A composite material, which comprises a volume fraction of at least 60%, preferably 70% of the formed fine powder filler, the filler powder is uniformly doped polyethylene (arylene ether) polymer binder to form a mixture and made into a particular shape, and then applying the mixture to a sufficiently high temperature so that the polymeric material is melted while applying enough pressure to make the molten polymer between the filler particles are uniformly dispersed in the gap. Is a bonus: in order to be truly effective in the polymer binder, the solids content of the filler added must meet the above-described specific proportion, the content was less than the finished product is easily made brittle; This finding contrary the prior art, in the past that with increasing solids content of the added filler, the strength of the composite material will be gradually reduced, it is necessary to limit the solids content of the filler. To a mixture of the various ingredients are mixed uniformly to a sufficient degree, the mixture of raw materials were mixed in a respective liquid dispersion medium, wherein the polymer comprises a further additive is necessary, in order to obtain the required particle size, can be respectively for each mixed raw material is ground, and then mixing them, and triturated again stirred and allowed to fully uniform distribution, then the mixture was separated from the liquid dispersion agent, a sticky paste mixed material blank, that blank and then autoclaved. To achieve a combination of chemical and physical properties of the final finished product desired, the filler may be mixed together by a plurality of components, which can be used to manufacture finished products electronic circuit substrate.


The structure analysis of Ω ringed bolted flanged connections is carried out. By considering the cases whether with a gasket between the rigid rings or not, the formulae for calculating the design load of the connections are derived, and some suggestions to the design of Ω rings are also put forward.


We have reviewed the independent component analysis (ICA), as an unsupervised ANN learning algorithm for redundancy reduction and feature extraction, and compared its performance with the classical principal component analysis (PCA) of face images, known as "eigenfaces". Based on our experiments, we believe that with PCA and ICA representations, a promising 85% to 95% PD with approximately 5% to 10% FAR in the ROC experiments might be achieved for a closed library set of persons, each of which has different profiles and lightening expressions. ICA encodes face images with statistically independent variables, which are not necessarily associated with the orthogonal axes, while PCA is always associated with orthogonal eigenvectors. Sometimes, the projections onto the ICA non-orthogonal axes are above the recognition threshold while the projections upon the orthogonal PCA axes are under the threshold However, both these pixel-based statistical processing algorithms have their drawbacks. The major one is that they weight the whole face equally and therefore lack the local geometry information. We argue that a fully robust face recognition or pattern recognition system should take both the gestalt geometry principle and the individual statistical features into account, i.e. it should approach from both statistical and geometry perspectives. An efficient way to implement both is the local or regional statistics, which may be called the local ICA or local PCA.


Cesarean section rates have increased markedly in many centers all over the world in the past 20 years. A retrospective analysis was made using the obstetrics data from one teaching hospital in Bangkok in order to see trends in cesarean section and perinatal mortality during the years 1980-1990. We analysed the annual cesarean section rate, the perinatal mortality rate, and the major indications for cesarean section. Z-test was used to investigate statistical significance. There was a significant increase in the primary cesarean section rate, the repeated cesarean section rate and the total cesarean section rate in the year 1980-1987. After 1987, the rates reached a plateau until December, 1990. Cephalo-pelvic disproportion, breech presentation and fetal distress were the three leading causes of cesarean section in this study. There were significant increase in cephalopelvic disproportion and fetal distress in the second half of the decade compared with the first half. Breech presentation at the time of delivery slightly increased during this time without statistical significance. Perinatal mortality rate decreased significantly from an average of 13.53 between 1980-1984 to 11.12 between 1985-1990. Increasing vaginal birth after cesarean section may be an important means to reduce the cesarean section rate by decreasing the repeated cesarean section rate. This practice has been reposted to lower cesarean section rates in many centers.


The DS 68% SPEEK composite membranes with were prepared by post-sulfonation. Using diethylenetriamine as the epoxy cross-linking agent, which is uniformly distributed in SPEEK, to form SPEEK/epoxy semi-interpenetrating network structure and explore the impact of semi-interpenetrating network on the performances as proton exchange membrane. The contents of epoxy resin are 10 wt.%, 15 wt.% and 20 wt.%, respectively. The thermal properties of the proton exchange membranes are increases with the increase of crosslinking structure of epoxy resin. But the conductivity proton performances are slightly declined with the increase of semi-interpenetrating network. Crosslinking increased the density of proton exchange membrane, improved the anti-water swelling property and avoided the proton conductivity rising slowly at high temperature. With the increases of epoxy resin, the methanol permeability coefficient decreases.


The 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts have been widely adopted by Canadian dieticians for growth monitoring of Canadian children rather than the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) reference data. It has been unclear as to which is the most appropriate.


With the onset of high-speed passenger train service in the United States, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and railroad agencies are concerned with the aerodynamic effects these trains will have on lightweight freight equipment, such as empty double stack container cars. This paper presents the results of a research project that evaluated this interaction. In this study we conducted a series of computational fluid dynamic (CDF) calculations to characterize the aerodynamic loads on a container consist passed by a high-speed train. A train motion simulation program was used to determine resultant motion and risk of overturning or derailment of the container consist. Numerous cases were studied in which train speed and wind speed and direction were varied.


Objective:To investigate the clinical effects of Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM) in treating corticosteroid dependent dermatitis.Methods:The patients were randomly divided into two groups.80 cases in treatment group,treated with Traditional Chinese Medicine and topical aloe,40 cases in control group,treated with cetirizine hydrochloride table and topical 3% boric acid solution.The course of treatment was thirty days.Results:The total effect rate was 66.3% in treatment group and 27.5% in control group.The diffference between the two groups was significant (P0.01).In the period of the observation,severe side effects were't found.Conclusion:Traditional Chinese Medicine is effective and safe for treating corticosteroid dependent dermatitis,and worth to be recommended in clinical application.


Introduction Patients with severe psychiatric illnesses have a greater risk of suicide compared to the general population. (1) Suicide is the major cause of mortality in schizophrenia, (2) and deliberate self-harm (DSH) is a strong predictor of suicide in schizophrenia. (3) Deliberate self-harm is prevalent among patients with schizophrenia. One study reported a rate as high as 48% over a follow-up period of 14 to 17 years. (4) Five characteristics are considered significant predictors of DSH in schizophrenia: past or recent suicidal ideation, a history of DSH, a past depressive episode, drug abuse or dependence, and a higher number of psychiatric admissions. (4) Social and environmental factors, such as being married, (5) lack of stimulation and interaction with others have also been identified as risk factors for DSH. Deliberate self-harm can be extremely harmful and can lead to permanent damage that affects daily functioning; 2 examples are self-inflicted eye injuries, (6) such as enucleation, and genital self-mutilation, such as autocastration. (7) We report a Chinese patient with schizophrenia with repeated self-harm, including genital self-mutilation. This is an illustrative case demonstrating the risk factors for DSH, also prompting thought about the phenomenon of hypoalgesia. Case Report Mr. A, a 49-year-old Chinese man, had his first episode of DSH in 1992, 2 years after he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Mr. A was born in Hong Kong, the youngest of 8 siblings. His eldest brother suffered from a psychiatric disorder--the exact nature of which could not be identified--and died in his 40s of unknown causes. Mr. A studied up to Form 1 then quit school due to poor academic results. He worked in factories and, more recently, as a cleaner. He had no history of substance abuse but had been smoking for 20 years. He married when he was 28 years old and had 2 sons. His wife left him 10 years ago, taking the 2 sons with her, following a quarrel over Mr. A's gambling on horse racing. They have had no contact since then. Mr. A moved to live with his father, with whom he felt he had a close relationship. After his father's death 2 years ago, he lived alone in a flat. He was described as quiet and introverted. Mr. A led a solitary life, enjoyed music and horse betting. Mr. A became known to the mental health service in 1990 when he started attending an outpatient psychiatric clinic for 2 episodes of psychotic symptoms. He was admitted to a psychiatric ward a year later for attacking 2 passers-by in the street as he felt they were talking about him. Prior to that incident, he had failed to attend his outpatient appointments and stopped taking his medications. He believed a computer located in the factory at which he had previously worked was producing itchiness, movements of his mouth, and pornographic ideas in his mind. After admission, he was prescribed with haloperidol and fluphenazine depot injections. His psychotic symptoms resolved. In 1992, Mr. A was admitted again, after he amputated his left index finger. One week prior to this event, he heard his thoughts being echoed as fragments of sentences. On the night of the amputation, he suddenly realised that someone wanted to harm his elder son while he was washing the dishes in the kitchen. Believing that he could prevent this by chopping off his left index finger, he acted on the idea immediately. He was fully conscious and did not experience any pain. His wife promptly called an ambulance. After an emergency operation, he was transferred to the psychiatric ward, when he reported hearing voices talking to each other. One voice told him that the reason for his finger-amputation was to release various "gods and fairies" to save the world. He believed the voices were from a traditional Chinese god and a devil, "Kwun Yam" and "Tin Gau" respectively. He had no regret about his act. He was transferred to a psychiatric unit after stabilisation of his physical condition. …


Using finite element method with the conventional J(2) theory and strain gradient theory respectively, the effect of the indenter tip radius on the micro-indentation hardness is investigated in the present paper. It is found that the former can not predict the size effect even considering the indenter tip radius, while the latter gives a good agreement to the experimentally measured micro-indentation hardness, which confirms that the size effect of micro-indentation hardness does exist due to the factor of the strain gradient effect.


Information and Computing are today most important names not only in the field of science and technology but also business and commerce, transportation, healthcare systems, agricultural affairs and horticulture, governance and administration and so on. Naturally in the field of Sports and allied areas Information and Computing both are important and useful. It is important to note that if it is computing then the whole credit not only goes to Computer Science but also the broad area 'Information Science and Technology' as all about tools and technologies. Sports Science is a field that concern with the sports and physical education; including allied health sciences and thus for professional field and academic requirement Computing and Information Systems highly solicited. In physical education training, education and research Computing and IT are important simultaneous in professional world viz. in sports and playing etc. This is a theoretical paper deals with the IT and Computing applications in the Sports Sciences and Physical Education in brief. Paper highlighted the application, role and requirement of IT and Computing in Sports; in domain and field of practice.


7333 Background: C combined with G, at a dose ≥ 1000 mg/sqm., is widely used for advanced NSCLC. It appears that G administered at FDR of 10 mg/sqm/min could enhance its anticancer activity. In the absence of dose-finding and pharmacokinetic (PK) studies of FDR G plus C in NSCLC, we have planned a clinical and PK study to investigate the optimal dose of FDR G.

METHODS
The treatment consisted of G administered at a fixed dose rate of 10 mg/smq/min on days 1,8 and C (75 mg/sqm) on day 8. Cycles were repeated every 21 days for a maximum of 6 cycles. G was escalated from 600 up to 1200 mg/sqm, with a 100 mg/sqm dose escalation in absence of dose-limiting toxicity; for each cohort we enrolled at least 3 pts. PK samplings were obtained on days 1 & 8 of the first treatment course, in 3 pts per each cohort.

RESULTS
A consecutive series of 29 pts (median age 58 y, range 37-71 y) entered this study. Overall, 16 pts received a G dose < 1000 mg/smq and 13 ≥ 1000 mg/sqm. PK data showed that after stratifying by dose level, the target plasma concentration of 10μM was achieved in 8 out of the 12 evaluable pts (70%) treated with 600-900 mg/sqm, but only in 4 out of the 9 evaluable pts (44,4%) treated with 1000-1200 mg/sqm. Toxicity was manageable with 12/29 pts experiencing a grade 3-4 hematological toxicity at all dose levels. Objective responses were observed at all G dose levels: ORR was 56.5% and 46.1% among pts receiving < 1000 mg/sqm and ≥ 1000 mg/sqm respectively (see table).

CONCLUSIONS
The present data may suggest that unconventional lower doses of G given at FDR could be as effective as conventional doses of G combined with C, in NSCLC. In this prospective we are completing the analysis of PK data, assessing also the correlation with intracellular accumulation of the active metabolite (dFdCTP) of G, in order to verify our data and correlate with the clinical results. [Figure: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.


1H and 13C NMR studies of N‐methyl‐substituted hydroxamic acids, RCON(CH3)OH (R = CH3, C2H5 and C6H5), show that the series exhibits cis–trans isomerism about the CN bond. The Z/E ratio increases in the series CH3 < C2H5 < n‐C5H11 < n‐C6H13 for a given solvent, indicating that steric interaction between R and the OH group is more important than that between R and the CH3 group. In DMSO‐d6 the Z isomer is preferentially stabilized by solvation, whereas in C6D6 and toluene‐d8 the unsolvated E form is thermodynamically more stable, as predicted by ab initio molecular orbital calculations. (12) At high concentrations (in CDCl3, CD2Cl2, C6D6 and toluene‐d8) the E isomer may also be stabilized by intermolecular association. In the O‐methyl‐substituted series, RCONHOCH3 (R = CH3, C6H5), although the Z isomer predominates in all solvents, at low temperatures there is evidence for enolic forms.


Biometric recognition is one of the major challenging topics which needs high performance of recognition accuracy. Most of existing methods rely on a single source of biometric to achieve recognition. The recognition accuracy in biometrics is affected by the variability of effects, including illumination and appearance variations. In this paper, we propose a new multimodal biometrics recognition using convolutional neural network. We focus on multimodal biometrics from face and periocular regions. Through experiments, we have demonstrated that facial multimodal biometrics features deep learning framework is helpful for achieving high recognition performance.


T H I S common New Zealand marine littoral shrimp is referred to tlie subgenus Palaemon s.s. All previous distributional records are critically examined and the South African, Australian and South American records are regarded as doubtful. The external morphology is described in detail, and a brief comparison made with P. serratus and P. elegans of European waters and P. northropi of West Indian waters. THE majority of species in the Natantia were long known in the literature only by curt diagnoses such that confusion between species has taken place in the past and some "species" have been credited with an extensive distribution. This has occurred in the case of the commonest New Zealand marine littoral shrimp, Palaemon affinis M.-Edwards, 1837, for which as yet there has been no complete morphological account. Holthuis (1952) states that in an earlier paper he demonstrated a confusion of species in that P. affinis was formerly regarded as having a south circumpolar range but extending in the Atlantic at least up to the West Indies. Holthuis has shown that the species of Palaemon occurring in the western Atlantic from Uruguay to the West Indies is P. northropi (Rankin, 1898) and records of P. affinis from those waters are erroneous. There are also now grounds to consider the circumpolar range of P. affinis as doubtful. Krauss (1843) recorded P. quoianus (syn. of P. affinis) from the coast of Natal, South Africa. Lenz and Strunck (1914) describing specimens from the German South Polar Expedition 1901-03, collected in Cape Town Harbour and Stebbing (1914) describing specimens from the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04, collected at Saldanha and Reitz Bays, South Africa, both place them as P. affinis, and on the descriptions given the animals could belong to P. affinis. The data given clearly indicates the subgenus Palaemon but specific identification requires re-examination of the material. Miers (1876) has listed P. affinis from the Cape of Good Hope and the Falkland Islands, indicating possible unrecorded early specimens in the British Museum labelled as from these localities. Thomson's (1903) and Chilton's (1909) Falkland Islands records are probably fide Miers. Balss (1929) in a distributional chart showing the circumpolar distribution of this species, uses these records; but Barnard (1950) in his excellent comprehensive account, reports that he has been unable to confirm the presence of the species in South Africa even at the localities given by Krauss, Stebbing, and Lenz * This study has been assisted by a grant-in-aid of research from the University Research Grants Committee. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 169 Vol. 82, Par t 1, pp. 169-187, 2 Text-figs., June, 1954


AbstractHydroponic experiments have been conducted to examine the uptake and translocation of root absorbed trivalent chromium in the presence of organic acid supplementation. Statistically significant increases in chromium accumulation in various plant tissues with increasing concentrations of organic acids have been observed. The potentiality of organic acids to form labile organically bound Cr III is explored.


Constituted the magnet circuit with three pieces of permanent magnet to make a magnetic grinding device, which was used in grinding the facet of parts.The operational principles of this device, the calculation method and steps of the magnetic circuit, the magnetic field partition of working air gap,and the calculating of the magnetic circuit with magnetic leakage coefficient method are introduced.


Different workloads utilize system resources at different levels. Depending on the resource utilization pattern some workloads may be better suited for hosting on virtual platform. This study is intended to compare how different workloads such as Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), Web and Email applications perform on virtual and non virtual environments. Performance testing is very important in the software development life cycle of a Product. This work gives very exposure to the Customer and software testing professional about the usage and effectiveness of the Design of Experiments in software testing.