The objective of this research is to analyze the management of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of three, four and five star hotels located in the Euro-region based on Institutional Theory. The sample used was chosen taking the study as a whole into consideration as well as the necessary requirements for applying the model under study. A questionnaire was drawn up to obtain the information, the questionnaire was based on: the characteristics of the object of the study, who it is aimed at, the institutional pillars and the indicators of social responsibility directed at the hotel and catering industry. The Partial Least Square (PLS) methodology was used for modeling by making a segmentation of complex models. A series of implications derived from this research which could help hotels managers to define an appropriate institutional strategy and opt for greater legitimacy with their actions and consequently receive social support from interested parties of the organization.


Bacteria exposed to one of the active members of the sulfonamide group of drugs continue for a time to grow at a normal rate; growth is then interrupted and bacterial death begins (Hirsch, 1944). Some of the earlier work with penicillin indicated that, in contrast to this, penicillin causes the death of a certain proportion of the dividing cells of a growing culture without any appreciable lag period (Hobby et al., 1942; Lee et al., 1944). Rantz and Kirby (1944), however, have shown that at limiting dilutions of penicillin there may be a definite interval between the addition of penicillin and the onset of growth inhibition, as evidenced by turbidimetric determinations. From this, as well as from other studies of the action of penicillin, it has been concluded that the substance acts only on dividing cells, leaving nondividing cells unaffected. Hobby and Dawson (1944) likewise demonstrated that bacteria continued to multiply for a time after being planted in broth containing small concentrations of penicillin. According to these experiments, however, a similar lag in the onset of effective action of penicillin was also apparent when higher concentrations were used. The present studies were undertaken in order to gain more precise knowledge on this point and to determine how long the influence of penicillin on bacteria might last after its complete removal from the culture medium. A commercial preparation of penicillin was used, the manufacturer's assay of its potency being accepted. The Staphylococcus employed was designated as strain Mx by Julianelle and Wieghard (1935) and is their type B. It is inhibited by 0.06, but not by 0.03, units of penicillin per ml and is thus somewhat less sensitive to penicillin than the Oxford strain. Tryptose phosphate broth and tryptose phosphate agar, manufactured by the Digestive Ferments Company, were used as culture media. Viable bacteria were determined by plate count after 24 hours' incubation. When samples were taken from the growing culture, they were chilled to 0 C in an ice bath after being withdrawn and held there until dilutions could be prepared for plating. An initial series of experiments was set up to determine the effect of adding penicillin to a growing culture, according to the following pattern: To 10 ml of a 4-hour broth culture, penicillin solution was added in small volume and in amount sufficient to produce the desired concentration. At intervals thereafter a 0.5-ml portion was removed, immediately diluted to 5 ml with ice-cold saline solution, and centrifuged for 5 minutes at approximately 2,000 times gravity. The fluid was decanted, and the bacteria were resuspended in a second portion of saline solution (5 ml) and centrifuged. The organisms were then suspended in cold saline solution and held briefly until dilutions could be prepared for plating. Preliminary experiments had indicated the necessity for


Abstract The worlds of academe and capitalism are moving ever closer together as the cultural value attributed to theory by managers increases. This paper documents this process and, at the same time, provides a critique of it. Accordingly, the paper is in three parts. The first part shows how the discursive make‐up of academe and capitalism have become remarkably similar. The second part of the paper then documents the rise of a 'soft capitalism' based upon new discourses of management, which, at the same time, provides powerful technology of justification. The final part of the paper shows that the new discourses of management have a hard edge which impoverishes its practices but may also allow the space for other social models to grow.


oral presentation. CBF2AT3-GLIS2 (CBF/GLIS) is a highly refractory and uniformly fatal oncogenic fusion and the underlying genomic cause of "RAM" phenotype AML, a megakaryoblastic leukemia subtype seen exclusively in infants and young children. Abstract Title: Anti-Leukemic Activity of STRO-002 a Novel Folate Receptor-α (FR-α)-Targeting ADC in Relapsed/Refractory CBF2AT3-GLIS2 AML Session: Acute Myeloid Leukemias: Investigational Therapies, Excluding Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapies: Relapsed/Refractory AML


The general reaction of intramolecular nucleophilic substitution of unactivated aryl groups by thioamide anion in dipolar aprotic amide solvent is extended by the syntheses of 6-chloro-5-methoxy-2-methylbenzothiazole from 2′,4′-dichloro-5′-methoxythioacetanilide and 6-methoxy-2-methylbenzothiazole from 4′-methoxy-2′-nitrothioacetanilide. The six-membered fused ring heterocycles, 2-methyl-4H,3-benzothiazine and 6,8-dichloro-3-rnethyl-1H-4,1,2-benzothiadi-azine are also prepared.


After productive careers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, I accepted the position of Director and CEO of the Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. I was impressed by the state, the institutional commitment to the Cancer Center, and the outstanding physical plant that involved four relatively new high-quality buildings. In the 3 years that I have been in Lexington, I have grown to greatly enjoy my new lifestyle and the many new friends that I have made at the University and in the "Bluegrass." Lexington is known for the "three H's"—history, horses, and hoops. History goes back to 1775, when Lexington was established and named for the first battle of the Revolutionary War. Most children have read about the life of Daniel Boone, who helped establish the state of Kentucky. The equine industry, particularly thoroughbred racehorses, is an integral component of Kentucky, particularly the Central Bluegrass region within which Lexington is situated. Keeneland Race Track is a beautiful facility that provides the venue for a very large number of the thoroughbred horse auctions that occur during the year. The last H is for hoops, which has to do with the University of Kentucky being the "winningest" basketball team in the United States. The basketball team plays in Rupp Arena, 6000 seats larger than my prior venue at Madison Square Garden. My life in Lexington is dramatically different, my having moved from an apartment in New York City to a thoroughbred horse farm in Lexington. Although only 25 minutes from the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, I live in a rural environment. My academic career has proceeded in various venues—Boston, Bethesda, New York, Chicago, and, most recently, Lexington. As I thought about the opportunities to share some insights gained over the years with the membership of the Society of Surgical Oncology, it became clear to me that an important unifying theme has been my ability to leverage sequential friendships, partnerships, and teams as keys to academic success. It is very difficult to start an academic career and define an academic or business model for a career that will survive unchanged through a lifetime. It is the purpose of my address to share with readers the success factors that I have had in my academic career that provide what I believe are useful paradigms for others in academic surgical oncology.


Automatic speech recognition (ASR) has gained a remarkable success thanks to recent advances of deep learning, but it usually degrades significantly under real-world noisy conditions. Recent works introduce speech enhancement (SE) as front-end to improve speech quality, which is proved effective but may not be optimal for downstream ASR due to speech distortion problem. Based on that, latest works combine SE and currently popular self-supervised learning (SSL) to alleviate distortion and improve noise robustness. Despite the effectiveness, the speech distortion caused by conventional SE still cannot be completely eliminated. In this paper, we propose a self-supervised framework named Wav2code to implement a generalized SE without distortions for noise-robust ASR. First, in pre-training stage the clean speech representations from SSL model are sent to lookup a discrete codebook via nearest-neighbor feature matching, the resulted code sequence are then exploited to reconstruct the original clean representations, in order to store them in codebook as prior. Second, during finetuning we propose a Transformer-based code predictor to accurately predict clean codes by modeling the global dependency of input noisy representations, which enables discovery and restoration of high-quality clean representations without distortions. Furthermore, we propose an interactive feature fusion network to combine original noisy and the restored clean representations to consider both fidelity and quality, resulting in even more informative features for downstream ASR. Finally, experiments on both synthetic and real noisy datasets demonstrate that Wav2code can solve the speech distortion and improve ASR performance under various noisy conditions, resulting in stronger robustness.


his module has been designed to provide civil society organizations and individuals, and public officials representatives with a set of tools and techniques enacted to promote good governance at the national level. Moreover, it will expose participants to conceptual and theoretical explanations of governance and participation, as well as to a series of practical experiences from different countries.


This paper presents a new Synchronization Adaptive Fuzzy Gain Scheduling PID controller (SAFGS-PIDc) for a class of Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems with uncertainties. To achieve better adaptation properties, weighting factor is adapted to sum together the adaptive fuzzy control scheme and Fuzzy Gain Scheduler PID control (FGS-PIDc) method, such that both controllers can be incorporated at the same time. The FGS adjusts online the parameters of the conventional PID controller, and an Indirect Adaptive Fuzzy control (IAFc) scheme that uses feedback error function as inputs is constructed. In addition, each subsystem of MIMO system is able to adaptively compensate for uncertainties and external disturbance. Also, a robust control term is designed that aims to provide added robustness in the presence of uncertainties. The proposed scheme can overcome the controller singularity problem. While the proposed controller scheme requires the uncertainties to be bounded, it does not require this bound to be known. Thus, this control law can be used for the systems that the system's models are quite unknown. The proposed method guarantees the stability of the closed-loop system based on Lyapunov theory. Finally, simulation studies demonstrate the usefulness and effectiveness of the proposed technique for controlling nonlinear.


The write driver according to an embodiment of the present technology, in response to the control code which is set in accordance with the resistance value of the parasitic components, and program the target cell to present on the route to the program target cell from, write driver during the program mode, the pre-emphasis determining the size and application time of the current pulse, based on the pre-set program current-adding-emphasis current and may be provided in the memory circuit.


The history of arms control is sketchy, marked by various triumphs and sprinkled with spectacular failures. The first international gathering to address arms control as a serious issue was the Hague Convention of 1899. International lawyers are particularly keen to point out the strides made at this conference, not least of all the banning of asphyxiating gases and the use of dumdum bullets.


This is a selection of results of the North State project, that demonstrate how innovative methods applied to the new Sentinel data streams can be combined with models to monitor carbon and water fluxes for pan-boreal Europe.


Disclosed is a bottom-collision preventing hydraulic oil cylinder. A displacement sensor is mounted at the end of an oil cylinder barrel of the hydraulic oil cylinder; a permanent magnet ring is mounted at the end of a piston rod of the hydraulic oil cylinder; an electric signal output end of the displacement sensor is connected to a control end of a relay by the aid of a lead; and an output end of the relay is connected to an electromagnetic control end of an electromagnetic switch valve by the aid of a valve. The bottom-collision preventing hydraulic oil cylinder is simple in structure and reliable in operation, is less affected by environments, is capable of effectively preventing a hydraulic oil cylinder piston from impacting the bottom of the oil cylinder barrel, and avoids damage to the hydraulic oil cylinder, thereby preventing iron scraps generated in collision from polluting and damaging an integral hydraulic system.


Abstract The oxidation of hydroxamic acids, N-hydroxyureas and N-hydroxycarbamates with the Dess-Martin periodinane generates the corresponding acyl nitroso compounds that react with conjugated dienes to produce the corresponding cycloadducts.


An earlier paper mentioned six operational floating amplifier (OFA) based equivalent forms of Wien-bridge oscillators (WBOs). Here, it is shown that there are, in fact, 16 such forms of WBOs. An elegant explanation of the OFA based forms is provided, thus paving the way for realizing a number of new 1-OFA oscillator configurations, i.e., from the knowledge of the conventional 1-op-amp oscillators. A novel circuit implementation of 1-OFA equivalent forms is discussed.


Since the Supreme Court's decision in Markman, (1) courts have struggled to determine whether one court's claim interpretation is binding on another court, and the decisions have not been uniform. Some courts have held that claim interpretation has a special finality and collateral estoppel always applies to an earlier claim interpretation, (2) and others have held it does not. (3) As scholars debated the issue, (4) the Federal Circuit appeared content to remain silent. In the case of RF Delaware, Inc. v. Pacific Keystone Technologies, Inc., however, the Federal Circuit finally considered the issue. (5) In RF Delaware, the Federal Circuit held that collateral estoppel did not apply to the earlier claim constructions because the required standard for finality was not met. (6) The court held that the lower court's orders granting partial summary judgment and the following settlement were not sufficiently firm to have preclusive effect. (7) With its decision, the Federal Circuit clarified some of the questions that the lower court decisions were unable to answer, although the RF Delaware court never acknowledged either the growing circuit split or its clarification of that split. Part I of the Article provides an overview of patent law, claim interpretation, collateral estoppel, and examines pre- and post-Markman decisions on collateral estoppel, focusing especially on the "essential to final judgment" element. Part II examines the Federal Circuit's decision in RF Delaware. Part III analyzes the Federal Circuit's decision and suggests how the decision affects the law of collateral estoppel of claim interpretation. This Article concludes that collateral estoppel can apply to a court's claim interpretation, but there is no special finality to a claim interpretation, and the form of the court's Markman hearing may affect whether collateral estoppel can apply to the claim interpretation. I. COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL AND CLAIM INTERPRETATION A. Overview of Patent Law A patent is essentially an agreement between an inventor and the United States government. The government grants a patentee the right to exclude others from "making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States" for a term of twenty years. (8) In return for this right, the patentee must fully disclose the invention to the public. (9) After the term of years of the patent runs out, the patent becomes a part of the public domain and anyone may use it. (10) The goal of the patent system is to encourage creativity and innovation by providing an incentive to invent, (11) and to allow other inventors to utilize the information within the public domain. (12) An inventor may obtain a patent after successfully prosecuting a patent application before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (13) For a patent to be granted, the invention must meet certain statutory requirements: it must be useful, (14) novel, (15) and nonobvious. (16) The invention must also fall within the realm of patentable subject matter. (17) Once a patent application is filed, the patentee may file further patent applications as continuations, continuations-in-part, or divisional applications and claim the priority date of the original application, as long as no new matter is introduced. (18) If another party is allegedly using the invention without the patentee's consent, the patentee may sue that party for infringement of the patent. (19) The infringement analysis consists of two steps: (1) construing the patent claims, and (2) determining whether the alleged product infringes. (20) Only the specifically described claims of a patent may be infringed. (21) Patent law is within the exclusive domain of the federal courts. (22) The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") has exclusive jurisdiction over patent case appeals from district courts, (23) subject to discretionary review by the Supreme Court. …


Abstract : Conventional naval hull forms allow limited capability in ice covered waters. The potential of the Thyssen-Waas hull form to increase ice breaking effectiveness with a reduction in ice breaking resistance raises possibilities for improving the performance of selected U.S. Navy Ships in arctic regions. It is therefore desirable to investigate the performance of Thyssen-Waas ice transit bow married to selected naval ships. This objective was accomplished in three steps. First, a modification was made to the Navy's Ship Motion Program (SMP) to accurately model the Thyssen-Waas forebody. This was necessary to properly represent the bulges of the reamers/cutters in the bow section. Second, an estimation regarding the quality of the motion predictions was made by comparing the SMP motion predictions with model test data for the Thyssen-Waas icebreaker Mudyug. With satisfactory results from the Mudyug, a seakeeping study was performed of Thyssen-Waas forebodies married to LSD-41 and FFG-7. Numerical predictions indicate the hull forms having a Thyssen-Waas forebody will have less pitch and heave but will slam more frequently in the forward stations than convention naval vessels in higher Sea States. The increase in slamming frequency can be attributed to the flat forebody and shallow stem angle of the Thyssen-Waas bow.


As in [2], we define a geometry Γ = (B2, …, Br; *) to be an ordered sequence of r pairwise disjoint non-empty sets Bi together with a symmetric incidence relation * on their union B = B1 ∪ … ∪ Br such that if F is any maximal set of pairwise incident elements (i.e. a maximal flag), then |F ∩ Bi| = 1 for i = 1,…, r. The number r is called the rank of Γ. The geometry Γ is called connected if the r-partite graph (Γ, *) is connected.


ABSTRACTBackground: Early detection of airflow obstruction isparticularly important among young adults because theyare more likely to benefit from intervention. Using theforced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1 ) to forced vitalcapacity (FVC) (FEV 1 /FVC) ,70% fixed ratio, airflowobstruction may be underdiagnosed. The lower limit ofnormal (LLN), which is statistically defined by the lowerfifth percentile of a reference population, is physiologicallyappropriate but it still needs a clinical validation.Methods: To evaluate the characteristics and longitudinaloutcomes of subjects misidentified as normal by the fixedratio with respect to the LLN, 6249 participants (aged20–44 years) in the European Community RespiratoryHealth Survey were examined and divided into threegroups (absence of airflow obstruction by the LLN and thefixed ratio; presence of airflow obstruction only by theLLN; presence of airflow obstruction by the two criteria)for 1991–1993. LLN equations were obtained from normalnon-smoking participants. A set of clinical and functionaloutcomes was evaluated in 1999–2002.Results: The misidentified subjects were 318 (5.1%);only 45.6% of the subjects with airflow obstruction by theLLN were also identified by the fixed cut-off. At baseline,FEV


The product configuration method based on the product platform is one of the effective methods to realize the rapid design of product family. Combining the design theory of product platform and the extension theory, this paper suggests the method of the extension mode recognition of the product platform. By utilizing the extension set theory and establishing the correlation function, the correlation degree between the unrecognized matter element demanded by customers and the one of the platform mode can be figured out. The bigger the correlation degree, the better the two elements are correlated. So we can get a precise and quantitative evaluation result of the platform mode.


In metabolism of homocysteine,folic acid is an important cofactor.That decreased enzyme activity is the main agent of causing hyperhomocysteine.Hyperhomocysteine is one of the risk factors of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease,lower homocysteine can effectivelly decrease the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular event.Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system may be protected by folic acid with other mechanisms.


Use of a compound of formula ** ** wherein: W is N or N + -O-; R1 and R5 are independently H, C1 to C6, (C1 to C6) oxy, thio, (C1 to C6) alkylthio, carboxy, carboxy (C1 to C6), formyl, (C1 to C6) alkoxycarbonyl, (C1 to C6) oxycarbonyl, (C1 to C6) carbonyloxy, nitro, trihalomethyl, hydroxy, hydroxy (C1 to C6), amino, (C1 to C6) amino, di (C1 to C6) amino, aminocarbonyl , halo, halo (C1 to C6), aminosulfonyl, (C1 to C6) alkylsulfonylamino, (C1 to C6) alkylaminocarbonyl, di (C1 to C6) alkylaminocarbonyl, [NZ] - (C1 to C6) carbonylamino, formyloxy, formamido, (C1 to C6) alkylaminosulfonyl, di (C1 to C6) aminosulfonyl, [N- Z] (C1 to C6) sulfonylamino or cyano; or R1 and R5 together form a methylenedioxy group; R2 is H or a hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted C1 to C18 wherein up to three C atoms may optionally be replaced by N atoms


In this new annual feature, HDT's equipment experts take a look back at Class 8 test drives. In future January issues we'll be looking at the prior calendar year, but for this kickoff we are going back a little further, as 2009 saw opportunities for the first drives of the new 2010 engine technologies. With so many evaluations to cover, these are necessarily short, but you'll find a web address with each one to take you to the original full-length test drive at Truckinginfo.com.


The embodiment of the invention discloses a method and an apparatus for displaying electronic files, relating to the information display field. The method includes: obtaining a current display interface, storing the current display interface loaded with electronic files to be displayed as a current image ,and skewing and zooming in/outthe current image every other first preset time; obtaining a target display interface, storing the target display interface loaded with electronic files to be displayed as a target image and skewing and zooming in/out the current image every other second preset time until the target image is displayed normally, and then calling the target display interface; both the current display interface and the target display interface loaded with an image of bookshelf as a background. The method and an apparatus for displaying electronic files provides people with experience of being in a library of selecting book sand a friendly way of browsing the electronic files. The electronic files can be displayed more directly so that the efficiency of the people's going through the files can be greatly improved.


Introduction: The candomble (African-Brazilian religion), beyond religion is constituent part and expression of the Brazilian culture. Its history is mixed with the African people one, that expatriate fueled the slave market in Brazil colony for nearly four hundred years. It is a Brazilian religion of African origin, initiation, essentially sacrificial and ritual practices that require biosafety care, certified by both, the religious people and by the Ministry of Health. However, there are no formal measures to ensure the protection of the health of this population. Moreover, the confrontation between the biomedical literature and that specialized in African-Brazilian religions reveals a tangent knowledge gap on this issue. Objectives: to investigate the knowledge and practices of candomblecistas against the risk of transmission of infectious diseases related to their religious practice, reflecting on the role and performance of SUS in guaranteeing the right to health of this group. Methodology: qualitative study, based on the assumptions of the extended research community (CAP), used here both as a pedagogical resource and data production. The research subjects were the candomblecistas. The data was produced through conversation circles and participant observation, with audio recordings and records in a field diary Results: On those candombles two groups of practices were observed: (a) daily (terreiro maintenance and work in the kitchen), involving popular, religious and scientific knowledge; and (b) ritual, mobilizing traditional knowledge of these religions. Within these practices were identified physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and accident risks. However, biosafety management in this universe has the conditioning and determining issues such as religious tradition; belief and faith; ethos of the group; financial conditions; and relations of power inside, inter and extra-group. About the role and SUS coverage, you can conclude that the absence of health protection measures in this group puts on vulnerable to infectious diseases and others, contrary to the human right to health and the principles of universality, integrality and equity. Finally, the CAP has been shown as a powerful pedagogical device and popular mobilization for the struggle for health achievement and affirmation of life


Meeting the objective of providing a high service level while at the same time keeping inventory levels to a minimum represents a great challenge to companies, particularly those operating in volatile markets. This article proposes a dynamic approach towards a future-oriented method of inventory control. The dynamic flow of safety stock can be determined on the basis of forecast data and the quality thereof together with supplier reliability. This will enable companies to manage their stock in a manner which is both future-oriented and transparent while being geared to serving their requirements.


The Planar Poincare Chart has been developed as a complete planar equivalence of the Poincare sphere. The four main parameters of the light wave represented by the chart are drawn separately on two parts, so that any orientation of the optical component can be shown on the chart. The Planar Poincare Chart can be used to graphically design and analyze the polarization dependent components, e.g. to predict the polarization change in the birefringent material. Depending on how the chart is projected, different types of birefringent materials can be investigated. Previously the chart for linear and circular birefringent materials has been reported. In a more general case, a chart for elliptical birefringent material is developed where the linear and circular cases can be considered as special cases.


This article examines a case of temple construction that was initiated by officials and cadres rather than by locals. The temple construction and religious revival are analyzed in the light of complex dynamics between the cadres at the United Front, provincial office, municipal government, township office, and religious bureau, as well as between these cadres and the locals—the intellectuals, village elders, religious specialists, and villagers. For the cadres and officials, the temple was intended as local heritage to attract tourists and ultimately to boost the local economy. However, the temple did not draw sufficient visitors as planned, whether foreign or local. On the other hand, the popularity of the deity associated with the temple took off. We suggest that whether the villagers identify culturally with the temple and lend it their support is crucial in determining its success. The fate of the temple will hence depend ultimately on the ability of the management committee to mobilize and involve local networks in the temple's activities.


It is clear that the field is maturing as researchers have begun to identify and agree on the essential problems to be solved. Our understanding of covalidation has developed to the point that industrial tools are available which provide practical solutions to test generation, particularly at the state machine level. Although automation tools are available, they are not fully trusted by designers and as a result, a significant amount of manual test generation is required for the vast majority of design projects. By examining the state of previous work we can identify areas which should be studied in future in order to increase the industrial acceptance of covalidation techniques. A significant obstacle to the widespread acceptance of available techniques is the lack of faith in the correlation between covalidation coverage metrics and real design errors. Automatic test generation techniques have been presented which are applicable to large scale designs, but until the underlying coverage metrics are accepted, the techniques will not be applied in practice. Coverage metrics must be evaluated by identifying a correlation between fault coverage and detection of real design errors. Essential to this evaluation is the compilation of design errors produced by real designers.


A sample container and a high resolution micro-tomography system have been developed at BL47XU at SPring-8. The container is made of a SiN membrane in a shape of truncated pyramid, which makes it possible to exclude oxygen and moisture in the air. The sample rotation stage for tomography is set downward to keep the sample in the container without any glue. The spatial resolution and field of view are 300 nm and 110 μm using a Fresnel zone plate objective with an outermost zone width of 100 nm at 8 keV, respectively. The scan time is about 20 minutes for 1800 projections. A 3-D image of an asteroid particle was successfully obtained without adhesive and contamination.


We have been developing radiation-resistant warm magnets insulated by cyanate ester (CE) resins. A glass fiber cloth prepreg tape was fabricated using CE pre-polymers supplied by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Inc. Proton beam irradiation tests were carried out for evaluation of the radiation hardness. We prepared cured resin samples of cyanate ester, bismaleimide triazine (BT), and epoxy resins using the same glass fiber cloth. The resin samples were irradiated by a 70-MeV proton beam at doses up to 109 Gy at the Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University. The results of tensile tests after irradiation showed that the radiation resistance of the CE resins was almost same as that of BT resins and more than 10 times as high as that of epoxy resins. We also developed a CE putty for use in coil moldings. A curing test was performed on a coil mock-up made of a stack of hollow conductors wrapped with the CE prepreg tapes and putty. We successfully cured the coil mock-up without causing thermal runaway.


Nu (Non), a volume of critical essays, was Eugène Ionesco's first publication in Romania in 1934. In this work he reveals contempt for Romanian literature, literary politics and, indirectly, politics itself. At the same time Ionesco the critic already displays his unique characteristics: humour, spontaneity, playfulness, recalcitrance and theatricality. His views on literary criticism and its extra-aesthetical motives would remain influential for his French career as a playwright and essayist. In Non, Ionesco's contradictory spirit demolishes traditional values and respected literary figures. The iconoclast enjoys overthrowing hierarchies and challenging the Romanian literary milieu; he demonstrates that any point of view can be valid when writing a critical essay. Non is also interspersed with journal entries in which Ionesco mischievously analyses his own motives as a critic. Later, in France, Ionesco will continue to write journals, a literary form for which he already demonstrates affinity in Romania. Non, with its ferocious criticism of Romanian literati, presages the tragicomical playwright, novelist and journal-writer, Eugène Ionesco.


According to standards such as the method of the subjective assessment of the quality of digital television picture,design video image quality subjective assessment system,and apply this system to manifold new media,research the optimal relation between video image quality and video code rate.


The present invention discloses an image capturing apparatus and image capturing apparatus having the electronic apparatus. Image capturing means comprises a fixing member, an image capture module and a resilient friction element, the fixed member comprises a friction surface; image capture module comprises a rotatably pivoted to a stationary member of the rotary member, the rotary member comprising a facing with respect to the friction surface and the outer surface of the rotating friction surface, and at least one groove formed in the outer surface; resilient friction element disposed on an outer surface of the rotary member, resilient friction element comprises a friction portion with at least one recess corresponding to the position the friction surface portion in frictional contact with the friction and the compressive deformation retracted into the recess portion by the friction between the friction surface and the frictional force generated by interfering each other, so that the image capturing module can be positioned at any selected angular position .


Conformational changes in the RNA‐protein interaction were studied by calculating the intramolecular interaction energy of a model complex with the use of potential functions. The model complex has hydrogen‐bonded water molecules bridging polypeptide NH groups to 2'‐hydroxyl groups and sugar ring oxygen atoms. Since the sugar ring is constrained by the bridging water, preliminary calculations with the model compounds, the sugar ring, mononucleoside diphosphates, pCp and pGp, were carried out, and the flexibility and energetics of the sugar ring were compared with the previous results of DNA. The shift of the phase angle of the sugar ring occurred in the complex formation because of the hydrogen bond through the bridging water and the flexibility of the sugar ring. The free energy difference at 298 K is about −74.0 kcal/mol which was obtained from the intramolecular interaction energy difference of −67.5 kcal/mol by adding the conformational entropy change of 21.9 e.u., which in turn was calculated from the evaluation of the determinant of the matrix containing variances and covariances of the internal coordinates.


Many methods for Model-based Reinforcement learning (MBRL) provide guarantees for both the accuracy of the Markov decision process (MDP) model they can deliver and the learning efficiency. At the same time, state abstraction techniques allow for a reduction of the size of an MDP while maintaining a bounded loss with respect to the original problem. It may come as a surprise, therefore, that no such guarantees are available when combining both techniques, i.e., where MBRL merely observes abstract states. Our theoretical analysis shows that abstraction can introduce a dependence between samples collected online (e.g., in the real world), which means that most results for MBRL can not be directly extended to this setting. The new results in this work show that concentration inequalities for martingales can be used to overcome this problem and allows for extending the re-sults of algorithms such as R-MAX to the setting with abstraction. Thus producing the first performance guarantees for 'Abstracted RL': model-based reinforcement learning with an abstracted model.


Purpose: The study attempts to explain management accountants' satisfaction in terms of the job they do and the system they use, develops a profile of factors impacting such satisfaction, and analyzes the implications of satisfaction on contextual factors like value creation, profitability etc. Design / Methodology / Approach: Based on a structured questionnaire survey, the study deploys a quantitative research methodology to identify the satisfiers of management accountants covering a rich profile of respondents from 113 manufacturing firms having their headquarters located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Contingency approach primarily leads to develop the basic theme of the study and it adopts positivistic paradigm of quantitative research. The results are analyzed through different descriptive and inferential statistical tools to draw conclusions through inductive method. Findings: Management accountants' satisfaction is influenced by several factors which confirms the findings of other studies done on job satisfaction of employees. However, this study reveals that management accountants' satisfaction does not depend on the system they use. This provides a scope for further study. Another important finding of the study that brings significant concern is that the satisfaction of management accountants fails to explain the changes in profitability of the firm. Practical implications: Management accountants are strategic partners to lead any venture towards success, but their satisfaction level was not studied before separately. This may be a reference work for future researchers who want to extend their studies in this area. At the same time, the findings of the study bring some modifications to the existing thoughts, like 1 Corresponding author: Nikhil Chandra Shil, Tel. (+88) 01819289589, email addresses:


As many breast cancer survivors are candidates for multiple types of breast reconstruction, they need help visualizing possible outcomes to make optimal decisions about breast reconstruction. The purpose of this study was to develop a prototype of a system that could help women visualize possible breast reconstruction surgery results by displaying examples of reconstruction outcomes achieved by patients with similar pre-operative features. We present a prototype case-based reasoning (CBR) system that queries a database of women who have already undergone breast reconstruction surgery to retrieve a subset of cases that were pre-operatively similar to the test patient. Similarity is assessed in terms of features such as breast volume, patient age, and body mass index (BMI). In our prototype CBR system, the prior cases are reused in a straightforward manner; we simply present the post-operative 3D images of the cases that were pre-operatively similar to the test patient. The prototype CBR system was built on the data obtained from 47 patients. For each patient, we obtained 3D images before and six months after the initial breast reconstruction surgery. From these images, we quantified left and right pre-operative breast volumes. In order to retrieve cases that were pre-operatively similar to a given test patient, we applied the k-nearest neighbor algorithm (based on Euclidean distance) on the pre-operative features. We demonstrated the usefulness of our CBR system by presenting the sample query, which showed visually similar reconstructed breasts compared to the real reconstruction outcome.


Given posts on 'abortion' and posts on 'religion' from a political forum, how can we find topics that are discriminative and those in common? In general, (1) how can we compare and contrast two or more different ('labeled') document collections? Moreover, (2) how can we visualize the data (in 2-d or 3-d) to best reflect the similarities and differences between the collections? We introduce (to the best of our knowledge) the first contrastive and visual topic model, called ContraVis, that jointly addresses both problems: (1) contrastive topic modeling, and (2) contrastive visualization. That is, ContraVis learns not only latent topics but also embeddings for the documents, topics and labels for visualization. ContraVis exhibits three key properties by design. It is (i) Contrastive: It enables comparative analysis of different document corpora by extracting latent discriminative and common topics across labeled documents; (ii) Visually-expressive: Different from numerous existing models, it also produces a visualization for all of the documents, labels, and the extracted topics, where proximity in the coordinate space is reflective of proximity in semantic space; (iii) Unified: It extracts topics and visual coordinates simultaneously under a joint model. Through extensive experiments on real-world datasets, we show ContraVis 's potential for providing visual contrastive analysis of multiple document collections. We show both qualitatively and quantitatively that ContraVis significantly outperforms both unsupervised and supervised state-of-the-art topic models in contrastive power, semantic coherence and visual effectiveness.


With increasing energy costs and a renewed focus on using energy in ways that support the environment, a structured approach is required to ensure that energy is used efficiently. Knowing the efficiency of installed motors is essential for effective motor energy management. The efficiency data can be used in the identification of opportunities for improving energy efficiency by replacing inefficient motors with high-efficiency motors and improving the motor-driven processes. In this paper, a non-invasive technique for estimating the efficiency of in-service induction motors without process interruption is presented. The motor efficiency is estimated using the non-intrusive compensated slip method. The accuracy of this technique is verified through experimental data. A comprehensive motor replacement strategy to reduce motor life cycle costs while increasing reliability is proposed. The application of energy management principles is combined with benefits that can be obtained from using energy-efficient motors. Tools for the economic analysis of the potential financial benefits of replacing motors with energy efficient motors are developed. The strategy presented incorporates benefits that can be obtained from using in-situ motor efficiency estimation. The replacement motor can be compared to the installed motor using the actual efficiency across the load profile for the application for which the motor is used. A case study of the application of the strategy is presented.


Comments on U.S. fiscal federalism in a rapidly changing global economy and speculates on possible alternative futures. Provides some ideas for public policy experimentation.


In the context of vigorously advocating the transformation of electric energy production to green and low emission, it is very important to rationally allocate the wind-solar storage capacity of micro-grid. Based on this, this paper aims at the micro grid with wind-solar storage. Firstly, the output model of wind-solar storage unit is established, combined with the system scheduling strategy. Then, the optimization objective was to minimize the total cost of investment and operation, and the benefits of carbon emission reduction were taken into account. Genetic particle swarm optimization algorithm is used to solve the optimal capacity allocation. Finally, according to the calculation results of the example, the proposed wind-solar storage capacity configuration considering the benefits of carbon emission reduction can effectively reduce the cost and carbon emissions of the microgrid.


This paper investigates and studys 10 popular new words,and the new meaning or the usage of a word at present.


Over 1400 years of continuous inhabitance for Justinian's fortress in Sinai Peninsula which was built in 530-545 CE, the Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai houses a collection of 3,307 multilingual manuscripts (i.e. the world's second largest collection of Greek manuscripts after the Library of the Vatican), 7,000 copies of old prints and 2,048 icons; other than the scared vessels, vestments and jewelry. Owing to several potential factors (i.e. holiness of the site for Judaism, Christianity and Islam; royal trustees of protection; fortification; geographical remoteness; and environmental setting), the works of art survived through history, providing the scholars an outstanding material for scientific research, a living landmark of Byzantium. From the treasury of 6 th century CE, via the initial catalogues of mid-late 19 th century CE and the transfer of the possession of Codex Sinaiticus in the 2 nd


Abstract The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service developed and implemented an eight-session food and nutrition promotion program entitled "Healthy Living." The program was designed to provide Oklahomans over fifty-five years of age with the knowledge and skills to apply the Food Guide Pyramid, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and Nutrition Facts Label to food selection, food preparation, and food safety practices. Significant improvements were observed in participant's food selection and preparation, food intake, and food safety behavior scores; number of servings consumed from the Food Guide Pyramid; and health measures after completing the "Healthy Living" program. These observations represent improvements in dietary behaviors, nutritional status and decreased disease risk.


Transportation PT Perkebunan Mitra Ogan, exposure and workplace risk activities
tend to be around the workplace and workers. In this study the relationship between the
physical environment and workload can cause fatigue in workers. The purpose of this study
was to determine the work posture with the OWAS method and the level of fatigue through
CVL calculations. Then linked to MANOVA analysis. Work posture errors occur from the
results of the OWAS assessment on work postures 1 and 3. The workload from CVL calculation shows <30% that is no fatigue but the result of the work pulse is moderate
workload and results from heavy consumption of energy categories. MANOVA analysis shows that there are differences in working pulse at temperatures A and B in the morning, afternoon and evening conditions

Key Word : Work Posture, OWAS, CVL, and MANOVA


Circular DNA, derived from lymphocytes of juvenile channel catfish, was used to construct l libraries that were screened to identify the products of immunoglobulin D H -J H excision events. Clones were characterized that contained D H to J H recombination signal joints. The signal joints represented 23-bp recombination signal sequences (RSS) identical to germline J H segments that were adjacent to D H 12-bp RSS elements. D H flanking regions within the clones were used to probe a genomic library. Three germline D H gene segments containing 11–19 bp coding regions flanked by 12-bp RSS elements with conserved heptamers and nonamers were identified. The DH locus is closely linked to the J H locus, and Southern blots indicate that the D H segments represent different single member gene families. Analysis of H chain cDNA shows that each germline D H segment was expressed in functional VDJ recombination events involving different J H segments and members of different V H families. Several aspects of CDR3 junctional diversity were evident, including deletion of coding region nucleotides, N- and P-region nucleotide additions, alternate D H reading frame utilization, and point mutations. Coding region motifs of catfish D H segments are phylogenetically conserved in some D H segments of higher vertebrates. These studies indicate that the structure, genomic organization, and recombination patterns of D H segments typically associated with higher vertebrates evolved early in vertebrate phylogeny at the level of the bony fish. The Journal of Immunology, 2000, 164: 1916–1924.


This report describes the development and evaluation of a K-12 pedestrian safety curriculum for suburban and rural schools. The three program curriculum, called PEDSAFE, was developed to combat pedestrian accidents which victimize suburban/rural children. The Elementary and On-Bus Programs were designed to train safe behaviors in four pedestrian situations--midblock crossing, intersection crossing, walking along the roadway, and pedestrian movement near the school bus. The Junior/Senior High School Program teaches pedestrian safety principles. Statistically significant reductions in unsafe pedestrian behavior brought about by the Elementary and On-Bus Programs were found, using a before-after with control design. A similar design was employed to evaluate pedestrian safety knowledge gain for the Junior/Senior High School Program. Statistically significant gains resulted from all five units within this program. The report consists of four volumes. Volume 1 describes PEDSAFE development and the evaluation results. Volumes 2 and 3 provide copies of revised text materials for, respectively, the Elementary and On-Bus Programs and the Junior/Senior High School Program. The final volume, Volume 4, provides audiovisual scripts.


The variations of the total flux at three stations are shown by the curves marked A in Fig. 1. The observed variations in flux at the three stations show marked differences. These differences are apparently due to the different magnitudes of obscuration at the three stations of an enhanced region at the position of the sunspot group in the southern hemisphere. At Toyokawa the interferometric observation with eight dishes has been continued during the day. Curves A in Fig. 2 give the drift curves before and during the eclipse. It is possible to determine the location, the size and the brightness distribution of the enhanced region by combining these eclipse curves. The contours for the radio isophotes thus obtained are shown by full lines


Theproblemofdesigning a SVM withgiven empirical riskaswellasgoodgeneralization ability is proposed inthis paper. SomenewSVM models, byminimizing theconfident risk undergiven empirical risk, areproposed to achieve thisaim.Thesolving methodsforthesemodelsare alsodiscussed. Itisshownthatthesmoothing technique is moresuitable tosolve these models. A numerical experiment is carried outtoclaimthattheempirical risks ofthese models arewellcontrolled. Themainadvantage ofthese models isof goodinteractive. Thetrade-off between theempirical risk and theconfident riskcanbe controlled moreeasily than traditional SVM models. Thesemodels areespecially adaptive totheproblems, inwhichthedistributions oftwotypesof sample areunbalance orthecosts oftwotypesoferrors are unequal.


Abstract Benzoyl peroxide (BP) was determined by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) using a glassy carbon electrode in a dichloromethane‐acetic acid (1.5×10−2 mol l−1) solution and tetrabutyl ammonium perchlorate (0.01 mol l−1) as the supporting electrolyte. The peak potential was −0.045 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). There was a good linear relationship between the peak current and the benzoyl peroxide concentration in the range of 2.5×10−6–1.0×10−4 mol l−1. The detection limit of the method was 2.5×10−7 mol l−1. The recovery was 94.8–106.0%. The samples of wheat flour and the pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of acne vulgaris were directly detected with desired results. The reaction mechanism of benzoyl peroxide on the electrode was also discussed, which was two electrons and two protons irreversible reaction.


Morphological effects of long-term consumption of energy drinks on the intracranial visual relay centres namely superior colliculus and lateral geniculate body of adult wistar rats were carefully studied. The study included rats of both sexes (N = 20), with average weight of 200g randomly assigned into treated (n1=10) and control (n2=10) groups. The rats in the treated group received energy drinks and distilled water alternatively on a daily basis for 10hrs and 14hrs liberally in thirty days, while the control group received distilled water liberally for the thirty days. The rats were sacrificed by cervical dislocation on the thirty-first day of the experiment and the superior colliculus and lateral geniculate body were carefully dissected out, weighed using the Mettler Toledo weighing balance, and quickly fixed in 10% formal saline for further histological study. The findings indicated that there was a significant (p < 0.05) increase in the weight (g) and relative weight (%) of the treated superior colliculus and a significant (p < 0.05) decrease in the weight (g) and relative weight (%) of the treated lateral geniculate body as compared to their corresponding control group. The microanatomy of the superior colliculus and lateral geniculate body of the rats treated with energy drinks revealed cellular degenerative changes, sparse cellular population, hypertrophy, pyknotic nuclei with microcystic changes and vacuolation in the stroma of the superior colliculus and lateral geniculate body as compared to the control group. It was therefore concluded that long-term consumption of energy drinks might have an adverse effect on the intra cranial visual sensibilities by affecting the microanatomy of the superior colliculus and lateral geniculate body of adult wistar rats. We therefore recommended that further studies aiming at corroborating these findings be done. Key words : Morphological effects, Energy drink, Superior colliculus, Lateral geniculate body, Wistar rats.


Highlight line model is a powerful tool in assessing the quality of a surface. Its presence increases the flexibility of an interactive design environment. In this paper, a method to generate a highlight line model on an arbitrary triangular mesh is presented. Based on the highlight line model, a fairing technique to remove local irregularities of a trian gular mesh is then presented. The fairing is done by solving a minimization problem and performing an iterative procedure. The new technique improves not only the shape quality of the mesh surface, but the highlight line model as well. It provides an intuitive and yet suitable method for locally repairing a triangular mesh.


The purpose of this research is to find influential factors on electronic word-of-mouth effectiveness for e-retailers in Twitter social media, applying data mining and text mining techniques and through R programming language. The relationship between using hashtag, mention, media and link in the tweet content, length of the content, the time of being posted and the number of followers and followings with the influence of e-WOM is analysed. 48,129 tweets about two of the most famous American e-retailers, Amazon and eBay, are used as samples; results show a strong relationship between the number of followers, followings, the length of the content and the effectiveness of e-WOM and weaker relevance between having media and mention with e-WOM effectiveness on Twitter. Findings of this paper would help e-retailing marketers and managers to know their influential customers in social media channels for viral marketing purpose and advertising campaigns.


This paper presents the Automatic Genre Classification of Indian Tamil Music and Western Music using Timbral and Fractional Fourier Transform (FrFT) based Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) features. The classifier model for the proposed system has been built using K-NN (K-Nearest Neighbours) and Support Vector Machine (SVM). In this work, the performance of various features extracted from music excerpts has been analysed, to identify the appropriate feature descriptors for the two major genres of Indian Tamil music, namely Classical music (Carnatic based devotional hymn compositions) & Folk music and for western genres of Rock and Classical music from the GTZAN dataset. The results for Tamil music have shown that the feature combination of Spectral Roll off, Spectral Flux, Spectral Skewness and Spectral Kurtosis, combined with Fractional MFCC features, outperforms all other feature combinations, to yield a higher classification accuracy of 96.05%, as compared to the accuracy of 84.21% with conventional MFCC. It has also been observed that the FrFT based MFCC effieciently classifies the two western genres of Rock and Classical music from the GTZAN dataset with a higher classification accuracy of 96.25% as compared to the classification accuracy of 80% with MFCC.


The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for identifying cutting action. The present invention relates to a method for the high-energy beam, especially when the method of cutting a workpiece with a laser beam cutting action recognition, comprising: an image capturing region of the workpiece to be monitored region (21), comprising the high energy to be monitored interaction region of the beam and the workpiece (22); and cutting the front portion (23) image (B) captured evaluation for detecting the interaction region (22) on the end opposite to the slag droplets (25 ); and identifying based on the drops of slag (25) of the cutting action occurs. The present invention also relates to an apparatus for identifying a corresponding cutting action.


The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the economic activity of the Indonesian population to decline drastically, which has an impact on the education funding process. Given these problems, it is necessary to develop a Decision-Making System to assist the selection process for KIP admissions for students who meet the requirements. The purpose of this research is that the provision of KIP can be right on target. For decision making, three stages are used with the method used, the first stage is the C-45 method for student priority decision making, the second stage is the Fuzzy MADM method, and the third stage is ranking according to the total quota. which is determined. The initial selection used the C-45 method with the variables of GPA, parents' income, achievements, parental dependents, and cases. The results of the C4.5 calculation show that the first priority is parental dependents with a Gain value of 0.007822696, followed by a GPA with a Gain value of -0.130011482, the third priority is Parents' Income with a Gain value of -0.702657067 and the last priority is an achievement. The results of the calculation are continued with Fuzzy MADM resulting in 5 rules used to determine student priorities (can) or not. The results achieved from 140 students who applied were accepted by 135 students who passed the initial stage, and out of 135 rankings, 70 students were determined to receive scholarships from the Government with the highest calculation score of 21 and the lowest of 14.4.


Considering the Chinese Welfare Association's (CWA) recent architectural production in Belfast, of Hong Ling Gardens Sheltered Housing Scheme and a forthcoming Chinese Community and Resource Centre, this paper gives an overview of the conditions under which the projects were realised and discusses the cultural politics of their spatial production. It focuses on concepts of the 'public', discourses of multiculturalism and aspects of the community relations policy outlined in A Shared Future (2005), issued by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister. The CWA pursued good relations with local communities in areas where the buildings were proposed and in certain situations, involved mutual material benefit, while in others the plans were contested. Those contestations articulated through racialized discourses indicate the inadequacy of an interculturalism or multiculturalism emphasizing 'culture' or 'cultural diversity' to promote 'tolerance' or social transformation, without an anti-racist commitment to dismantling racialized and ethnicized power relations and closures.


When item parameter estimates are used to estimate the ability parameter in item response models, the standard error (SE) of the ability estimate must be corrected to reflect the error carried over from item calibration. For maximum likelihood (ML) ability estimates, a corrected asymptotic SE is available, but it requires a long test and the covariance matrix of item parameter estimates, which may not be available. An alternative SE can be obtained using the bootstrap. The first purpose of this article is to propose a bootstrap procedure for the SE of ML ability estimates when item parameter estimates are used for scoring. The second purpose is to conduct a simulation to compare the performance of the proposed bootstrap SE with the asymptotic SE under different test lengths and different magnitudes of item calibration error. Both SE estimates closely approximated the empirical SE when the test was long (i.e., 40 items) and when the true ability value was close to the mean of the ability distribution. However, neither SE estimate was uniformly superior: the asymptotic SE tended to underpredict the empirical SE, and the bootstrap SE tended to overpredict the empirical SE. The results suggest that the choice of SE depends on the type and purpose of the test. Additional implications of the results are discussed.


OBJECTIVE
Considering as example Akinesia algera - postulated in 1891 as a disease by Paul Julius Möbius, the relevance for diagnosing body-related mental disturbances will be demonstrated .

METHOD
Relevant original works of Möbius and of some of his well known contemporaries for instance Kraepelin, Binswanger, Erb were explored. The correlation of the described phenomenon to current textbook doctrine has been attempted.

RESULTS
Möbius, case histories, described as Akinesia algera, can be subsumed under the typology of coenästhetic schizophrenia.

CONCLUSION
Akinesia algera is by primary source to be evaluated as a coenästhetic symptom and remains in daily practice a diagnostic challenge.


The crystal plasticity code computes the micromechanical response of a polycrystalline medium deforming by dislocation glide using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm. Based on the evolution of the local misorientation field predicted by the FFT-based model, we have implemented the calculation of the corresponding geometrically-necessary dislocation density field, which in turn is used to drive recrystallization in the aggregate, using the Elle platform. Elle is an open-source code for the simulation of microstructural evolution of rocks during deformation and metamorphism. The modular architecture of the code allows us to efficiently simulate multiple and competitive processes. The code has been verified and validated using simple analytical models of plasticity and grain boundary migration.


In this paper,based on the AVHRR remote sensing data from the satellite NOAA,the surface parameters in western Jilin were inverted to provide a basic for study of the changes of ecological environment in this area,so that to improve the worsening status of ecological environment of the discussing area,and promote the sustainable economic development of western Jilin area.


The utility model discloses an energy regulating and circulating system of a greenhouse for agricultural production, which aims to resolve the problem that the modern greenhouse agriculture is high in investment and cost. The system comprises a greenhouse with a herringbone top, a water storage tank for supplying water is disposed in the greenhouse, a plurality of temperature adjusting units capable of adjusting greenhouse temperature fast are arranged on the greenhouse, the temperature adjusting units are communicated with the water storage tank in the greenhouse, and water circulation is formed among the temperature adjusting units and the water storage tank. The system is less in investment, low in energy consumption, environment-friendly, free of pollution and capable of effectively adjusting temperature in the greenhouse.


A rural consumer had to go to a nearby town or metropolis to purchase a branded product in the past since the branded corporations prioritised urban markets. However, with the increasing clout of rural consumers, large corporations are finally recognising the significance of rural markets. Due to the huge increase in purchasing power, rising brand awareness, effective media communication network, and changing customer demographics in rural areas, India's rural market is currently seeing tremendous growth. Numerous studies have shown that the rural middle class is not only wealthier but also expanding more quickly than the urban middle class. The infrastructure linking all four major urban areas via hundreds of towns is another factor hastening this occurrence. This aids businesses in distributing their goods to regional markets, achieving the widest possible distribution network, and combating the pervasive attitudes and customs of rural consumers. This essay makes an effort to determine the degree of brand awareness among rural residents in the Nagari Region.


PURPOSE
To examine ocular biometric variables in subjects with Down syndrome.

METHODS
In a population-based study we have compared ocular biometric variables in a group of 47 individuals with Down syndrome (20.0+/-3.9 years) with 51 control subjects (21.0+/-4.6 years).

RESULTS
A thinner cornea (0.48+/-0.04 mm vs. 0.55+/-0.03 mm, p<0.001) and higher keratometry values (46.39+/-1.95 D vs. 43.41+/-1.40 D, p<0.001) were found in the Down syndrome group than in the control group. Oblique astigmatism was commonly found in the Down syndrome individuals, showing a strong right-left specificity (right eyes' axes in the 135 degrees -meridian, left eyes' axes in the 45 degrees -meridian). The lens was thinner (3.27+/-0.29 mm vs. 3.49+/-0.20 mm) and the calculated lens power was weaker (17.70+/-2.36 D vs. 19.48+/-1.24 D) in the Down syndrome group than in the control group (p<0.001 in both cases).

CONCLUSIONS
Thinning of the corneal stroma may account for the steeper cornea and the high frequency of astigmatism in Down syndrome due to lower corneal rigidity. It may also be of etiological importance to the increased incidence of keratoconus in Down syndrome.


Abstract Introduction The aim of the study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of the pseudophakic eyes with malignant glaucoma (MG). Methods This retrospective case-control study enrolled 53 eyes of 47 patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma having cataract surgery history, including 19 patients (25 eyes) diagnosed with MG and 28 patients (28 eyes) without MG as the match. Among patients diagnosed with MG, 14 patients (18 eyes) underwent zonulo-hyaloido-vitrectomy (ZHV) and the other 5 patients (7 eyes) received conservative treatments. The visual acuity, refraction status, intraocular pressure (IOP), extent of peripheral anterior synechia, classes of anti-glaucoma medications, and ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) examination were recorded before cataract surgery, at the diagnosis of MG, and 3 months after ZHV or atropine application, respectively. Results In the pseudophakic eyes with MG, the IOP cannot be well controlled compared to the matched eyes (27.24 ± 8.72 mm Hg vs. 14.30 ± 2.63 mm Hg, p < 0.001). In addition, there was a difference in the average spherical equivalent refractive error between 2 groups of patients (−2.23 ± 0.84 D in MG vs. −0.12 ± 0.64 D in the matched eyes, p < 0.001). By UBM analysis, the anterior chamber depth (ACD) was shallower in MG than that in the matched eyes (2.34 ± 0.20 mm vs. 3.47 ± 0.29 mm, p < 0.001). The difference between the anterior vault distance of the pseudophakic eyes with MG and that of the matched eyes was also significant (p < 0.001). After treated with ZHV, the IOP was greatly decreased from 27.84 ± 10.14 mm Hg to 15.85 ± 4.41 mm Hg (p < 0.001). The refractive error also changed from −2.11 ± 0.91 D to +0.42 ± 0.99 D (p < 0.001). At the same time, the central ACD was significantly deepened from 2.30 ± 0.39 mm to 3.30 ± 0.31 mm (p < 0.001). Conclusion Uncontrolled IOP and shallow anterior chamber both centrally and peripherally are the primary clinical characteristics for the pseudophakic eyes with MG. An unexpected refractive error or myopic shift for the eyes with PACG after cataract surgery can be an important hint for diagnosis of MG. The typical UBM image is an anterior displacement of the lens-iris diaphragm and a bow-shaped change of the intraocular lens. It is an effective way to treat pseudophakic MG with the ZHV through a peripheral iridectomy.


This paper analyzes Buddhism in America from a social, rather than individual, perspective. In particular, an effort is made to move from informative but limited case studies of Buddhism to a national empirical study of the religion. Using the location of Buddhist organizations within the United States as the dependent variable, difference of means testing and logistic regressions are employed to determine what areas are the most receptive to Buddhism. Applying concepts from a variety of ethnographic and indirect approaches to Buddhism, as well as studies of the general success of new religions, I find that both individual and social factors influence the development of Buddhism in the United States. Specifically, significant Asian populations, more college graduates, the presence of schools of higher education and lower levels of conventional religious affiliation are all conducive to the success of Buddhist religious groups.


Ferromagnetism is an exciting phase of matter exhibiting strongly correlated electron behavior and a standard example of spontaneously broken rotational symmetry. Below the Curie temperature, atomic magnets in ferromagnetic metals align along a specific direction and the scattering of conduction electrons from thermal perturbations to this spin order, together with electron-electron collisions, mark the material electrical behavior at low temperatures. However, around liquid-helium temperatures, a departure from this well-established picture exists, observed as a linear variation of the electrical resistivity with temperature, which has puzzled scientists for a long time. Here we introduce a spin-flip scattering mechanism of conduction electrons in ferromagnetic metals arising from their interaction with the internal magnetic induction and mediated by chiral modes of the crystal lattice vibrations carrying spin 1. This mechanism is able to explain the above anomaly and give a good account of the spin-lattice relaxation times of iron, cobalt and nickel at room temperatures.


An expression for spreading loss independent of the characteristics and boundaries of a medium is derived and applied to the usual case of interest, that of a cylindrically symmetric medium.


Low-affinity IgG3 Abs to microbial membranes are important for primary immune defense against microbes, but little is known about the importance of TLRs in their production. IgG3 levels were extremely low in mice lacking radioprotective 105 (RP105), a B cell surface molecule structurally related to TLRs. RP105−/− B cells proliferated poorly in response to not only the TLR4 ligand LPS but also TLR2 ligand lipoproteins, both of which mediate the immunostimulatory activity of microbial membranes. RP105−/− mice were severely impaired in hapten-specific Ab production against LPS or lipoproteins. CD138 (syndecan-1)-positive plasma cells were detected after lipid A injection in wild-type spleen but much less in RP105−/− spleen. RP105 ligation in vivo induced plasma cell differentiation. RP105 expression was ∼3-fold higher on marginal zone B cells than on follicular and B1 cells and was down-regulated on germinal center cells. These results demonstrate that a signal via RP105 is uniquely important for regulating TLR-dependent Ab production to microbial membranes.


Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of microencapsulated hepatocyte on fulminant hepatic failure(FHF).Methods FHF in rats was induced by intraperitoneal injection of D-galactosamine,cured with physical saline,free hepatocytes,microencapsulated hepatocytes,ALT,AST,TBil were detected from rats' blood and of various groups.Results All the concentrations of ALT,AST and TBil in serum from FHF model groups were significantly higher than those from normal control(P0.05).The concentrations of ALT,AST and TBil from Ⅱ and Ⅲ group were significantly lower and peak value antelocate compare with I groups(P0.05).ALT,AST and TBil levels at 48h and 72h was significanty lower than Ⅱ groups.The survival rates in groupsⅠⅡand Ⅲ were respectively 26.7%(4/15),40.0%(6/15),73.3%(11/15),group Ⅲ had statiatical significance with groupsⅠandⅡ.Conclusion HCT can degrade the level of ALT,AST and TBil of rats with FHF,it is possible to improve the prognosis of FHF.


Nowadays, demands on super low temperature condition for industrial and commercial uses are thriving. Considering of its wide application in the present and the future, study of the super-low temperature refrigeration system should be actively carried out. This study is aimed to investigate refrigeration capacity and coefficient of performance(COP) of the cascade refrigeration system, as well as to get the system which can reach evaporator temperature of -70℃. For this purpose, R290 and R170 are charged in high stage and low stage respectively. Finally the characteristics of system using R290 and R170 will be proposed. Additionally, In this experiment, the flow rate of air flowing through the LS evaporator and the compressor inlet pressure were varied to investigate the refrigeration capacity and coefficient of performance characteristics.


We give an example of a strictly positive analytic reparametrization (or time change) of an irrational flow on \mathbb{T}^3 that is mixing. As an immediate application we obtain perturbations of completely integrable Hamiltonian systems that display many invariant tori on which the restricted dynamics is mixing.


In this paper, a single film of asymmetrical Koch curve along with a Minkowski fractal slit boundary microstrip antenna for ISM band applications is presented. Here, the coaxial probe feed technique is applied to attain the impedance matching and to obtain fewer radiation effects. Circular polarization radiation characteristic is obtained by loading the microstrip antenna with a proper asymmetry of the Koch curve, which is positioned to the opposite sides of the coaxial feed line. The proposed design is mounted on the topmost of the dielectric substrate. Here, Rogers RT/duroid 5880 substrate is preferred as it is having low dielectric loss and low dielectric constant ($\varepsilon \mathrm{r}=2.2$). The overall dimensions of the proposed structure are having $50\ mm \times 50\ \text{mm} \times 3.2\ \text{mm}$ 1. The simulated reflection coefficient exhibits the dual-band of 2.33 GHz - 2.48 GHz and 5.5 GHz - 5.88 GHz with impedance bandwidth of 6.25% and 5.26% $(\vert \mathrm{S}_{11}\vert \leq-10\ \text{dB})$. It is having a maximum realized gain of more than 6 dBi at 2.4 GHz and 5 dBi at 5.75 GHz respectively. The simulated result shows that the radiation patterns are directional at two resonant frequencies.


This paper presents i) the development of an algorithm that enhances the visual quality of MPEG compressed image sequences and ii) the design of a system architecture for implementation of the algorithm in a battery powered handheld device. In the spatial domain a combination of classification, Kalman smoothing and sharpening filtering has been used to suppress blocking, ringing and blurring artifacts. In the temporal domain a Kalman filter in conjunction with a motion detection method has been used to suppress temporal flicker and mosquito noise. Furthermore, a system architecture has been designed at two levels of granularity. At the coarse level, the SpecC methodology has been used to determine an overall system architecture consisting of a GPP and a hardware accelerator. At the fine level, time constrained scheduling has been used to find a suitable architecture for the accelerator data-path. Several optimization techniques have been applied to the accelerator in order to minimize the area consumption. A subjective and quantitative evaluation shows that the algorithm improves the visual quality of the compressed image sequences. The final architecture of the accelerator consists of 6 register files, 1 register, 3 multipliers, 2 adders, 1 subtracter, 1 divider, 1 comparator and 1 magnitude calculator


Smallholder farmers are usually susceptible to the effects of climatic variations. This study sought to determine the extent of adoption of various organic and conventional crop and soil management practises in the farms and assess the contribution of Climate Smart Agricultural strategies on adaptation to climate change among small holder farmers in Nyaribari Chache Sub-County, Kisii County. Ten farms were sampled at an equidistance of one kilometre along a transect laid across each of the eight randomly selected sub-locations in the sub county. A sample size of 80 farms was randomly selected from the Sub-County. The eighty farms were regrouped into two; Organic and conventional farms. A survey of the crop management practises was carried out and the observed methods recorded down. Questionnaire administration on the 200 households was conducted in data collection on CSAP employed by farmers and also carry out interviews and focused group discussions with farmers to identify CSAP adopted. The data collected was analyzed using the statistical paired t test and descriptive statistics. Use of pesticides recorded the highest percentages (60%) in conventional methods while mulching recorded relatively high percentage (42%) in organic methods. Use of plastic cover recorded the lowest percentage of 4% in conventional methods while vermi-composting was not embraced in conventional methods. Conventional methods were 3.33 points higher than organic (95% CI [-9.37596, 16.04263]). Conventional and Organic farming methods were strongly and negatively correlated (r = -0.069, p > 0.05). However, there was no statistical significant difference between conventional and organic methods (t5 = 0.674, p > 0.05), Appendix 1[(iii)]. CSAP Adopted by Smallholder Farmers was statistically significant (p<0.005); Appendix 1 [iv (b)]. Determinants of smallholder farmers' choice of CSAP on adaptation to climatic variations had a significant impact on embracing of CSAP (p<0.005); Appendix 1 [v (b)]. Access to credit facilities, inadequate extension facilities, low education levels, scanty weather and climate statistics were main hurdles impacting on implementation of CSAP. These knowledge will aid farmers and other participants globally to improve crop productivity. These information will also enable farmers seek for unconventional ways to alleviate the problem of heavy usage of agrochemicals in order to embrace organic farming for the long run sustainability of the agricultural sector. Additionally, stakeholders should heighten exposure of farmers to extension services and prompt distribution of climate variations data for informed decision making.


In this paper, we propose a novel method based on the learning-to-optimize (L2O) framework for path smoothing. We adopt a hierarchical path-planning framework with a global collision-free guiding path generated beforehand. This path is then broken into segments to be fed into the L2O framework. We present a new cost function in L2O to indicate the smoothness of the expected path, which explicitly constrains the changes between successive path segments. The optimizer in the L20 framework takes as the input the gradient of the designed cost function and the hidden state of the last time step. It incrementally updates the path vertex coordinates and iteratively optimizes the path. The developed framework is verified through simulation experiments. It is observed that with the dedicated designed cost function, the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) unit in the developed L2O framework relies more on the input guiding path and releases the dependence on analyzing the environment, which further prompts the generation of the optimal path.


Zena Saeed Al-Fadhily 120 Abstract Background: Hirsutism is defined as excessive terminal hairs that appear in women in a male-like pattern (i.e., sexual hair). It is relatively a common and important medical problem affecting about 510% of women in reproductive age. The growth of sexual hair is entirely under the influence of androgens, many hormones have androgenic potential in the human body, but testosterone is the key circulating androgen which is produced by the ovaries and adrenals. Hirsutism can be familial, idiopathic, or caused by excess androgen secretion by the ovary, adrenal glands or exogenous pharmacologic sources of androgen and other miscellaneous endocrine abnormalities. Aim of the study: To shed alight on hirsutism as a rising problem among women in our society, evaluating those hirsute women both clinically and biochemically. Results: Fifty women with hirsutism were included in this study, their ages ranged from 14-45 years with a mean of 27.64 + 7.266. Mean duration of disease was 7.52 + 6.217 years; while mean age of onset 20.36 + 4.758 years. All patients had slow progression of hirsutism over years. Positive family history was found in 80% of patients, 38% were married, 6 (12%) are infertile. Irregular menstrual cycles were found in 44%, mostly in a form of oligomenorrhea. The number of hirsute patients who were over weight or obese (BMI ≥25) was 30 patients (60%), [16 patients had android obesity (WHR≥0.85) and 14 patients had overall (non android) obesity], while the number of non obese hirsute patients (BMI<25) was 20 patients (40%). 31 patients (62%) had elevated serum total testosterone, there was highly significant statistical difference regarding serum testosterone when compared with control group (p-value 0.0001). 20% of patients had elevated serum prolactin, while 4 patients (8%) of control group had elevated serum prolactin. There was no significant correlation between serum total testosterone and serum prolactin levels with BMI or WHR (P-value>0.05). 36 patients (72%) had mild hirsutism (score 8-15) and 14 patients (28%) had moderate to severe hirsutism (score >15). Significant correlation was found between the score of the patients with BMI and WHR (P-value <0.05). Also there was highly significant statistical relationship between the score of the patients and serum androgen level; patients with scores>15 had significantly higher levels of serum androgen than those with lower scores. Seborrhea, androgenetic alopecia, acne and acanthosis nigricans were recorded in patients with decreasing frequencies, while hypertrichosis if found in 72% of patients especially in those with high score hirsutism. Conclusion: Hirsutism is not merely aesthetic problem, it can be linked to several metabolic and endocrine abnormalities especially if a patient presents with moderate-severe hirsutism even when it had a slow progression or family history can be obtained. ةصلاخلا  ةمدقملا دوجوملا كلذ هبشي مسجلا نم قطانم يف ءاسنلا دنع ةدئا ز تايمكب نشخ فيثك رعش روهظ ةلاح هناب ةينا رعشلا ءاد فرعي : بيصت اهنلا ةمهمو ايبسن ةعئاش ةلاحلا هذه ربتعت .لاجرلا دنع 5 01 نيجوردنلاا نومره رطيسي .ةبوصخلا نس يف ءاسنلا نم % يف رعشلا ومن ىلع ايلك  مها يوصخلا نومحشلا نومره ربتعي نكل مسجلا يف تانيجوردنلاا نم عاونا ةدع كانه ,ةيلسانتلا قطانملا نيجوردنلاا زا رفا ةدايز ببسب وا ,ةيثا رو نوكت نا نكمملا نم ةينا رعشلا ةرهاظ .ضيبملاو ةيرظكلا ددغلا نم هزا رفا متيو تانومرهلا هذه لاا ضعب ببسب وا ناتيرظكلاو ضيبملا نم .بابسلاا هفورعم ريغ وا نيجوردنلاا لمع لثامت يتلا ةيود  ةسا ردلا فده : ايريرس تاضيرملا دنع ةلاحلا هذه مييقتو انعمتجم يف ةديا زتم ةلكشم اهرابتعاب ةينا رعشلا ةرهاظ ىلع ءوضلا طيلست .ةيربتخملا تلايلحتلا قيرط نع اضياو  M J B  Hirsutism: A Clinical and Biochemical Study among Iraqi Women in Hilla City


Preglacial and synglacial low‐latitude carbonate sediments of the Elbobreen Formation, NE Svalbard, preserve facies changes associated with low‐latitude glacial advance in Cryogenian "Snowball Earth" episodes (717–635 Ma). We present the first application of carbonate clumped (Δ47) isotope thermometry on synglacial Snowball Earth carbonates and combine results with sedimentologic and petrographic observations and stable isotope (δ13C and δ18O) geochemistry to assess Neoproterozoic environmental change. We find elevated calcite Δ47 temperatures, which likely reflect solid‐state reordering during burial. Dolomites, however, record lower temperatures that vary with facies and stratigraphy. Preglacial dolomite Δ47 temperatures range from 48–77°C, with a reconstructed fluid δ18OVSMOW value of +0.6‰ in the coldest sample. Glacial diamictites and dolomicrites comprise (1) reworked detrital clasts similar to preglacial strata in stable isotope composition and petrographic textures and (2) autochthonous dolomicrite with more positive δ18O values than those of preglacial dolomites or cooccurring detrital clasts. Mean glacial autochthonous dolomicrite Δ47 temperatures are 26 ± 10°C (95% CL) cooler than preglacial strata, with four samples <25°C. All dolomite Δ47 temperatures reflect diagenesis associated with lithification, yet observed stratigraphic and textural Δ47 temperature differences indicate that this occurred early and only contributes to part of the preserved temperature signal. Alteration trends within populations are consistent with low water/rock ratio diagenesis or partial solid‐state reordering; either possibility supports the likelihood of preserved δ18O trends. We postulate that the preserved temperature and δ18O differences between low‐latitude preglacial Tonian and synglacial Cryogenian dolomites are an imperfect reflection of primary temperature change and ice sheet expansion.


2-hour film about Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records. Written, Directed and Co-Produced by Susan Steinberg. Produced by Phil Carson. Executive Producers- John Beug and Susan Lacy.


This paper presents computational aspects of Smith and Hermite normal forms for matrices over general principal ideal domains. After reviewing the standard definitions and properties of Hermite and Smith normal forms, we ask when there is an effective algorithm which will find a unique canonical form for all matrices in the same equivalence class. We show that the ability to compute canonical members of an associate class and canonical representatives of a residue class in the underlying ring are necessary and sufficient conditions for an effective procedure to find unique Hermite and Smith forms. We then present a uniform technique for reducing intermediate expression swell during the computation of Smith and Hermite normal forms for matrices over general principal ideal domains. This generalizes previous work by handling non-square matrices which are not of full column rank. We also present examples which show that the heuristic of directly computing modulo the determinant as proposed by some can yield the wrong answer. We instead compute with the matrix augmented by the determinant times the identity matrix. This always yields the correct result and has the desired effect of allowing one to keep all elements which occur during the computation bounded by the determinant.


Speech is the medium through which human beings can communicate with each other efficiently. Speech synthesis and recognition are two phases of speech. In this paper, focus is given on speech recognition. Speech recognition is the conversion of spoken words into text with the help of some electronic device like computer. A number of methods are available for recognition of speech in different languages using various units like vowels/consonants, words, phonemes, or syllables. No much work has been done in Punjabi language. So, in this Discrete Wavelet Transform method is described for recognition of consonants in isolated Punjabi words.


Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of a Fetal Ascites with Poly hydramnion due to Partial Small Intestinal Atresia and Seco ndary Perforation of the Intestinal Wall A pr imigravida was ad mitted to hospital in the 31st week of pregnancy after normal pregnancy course, with premature rupture of the amnion. Ultrasonography revealed a marked fetal ascites as well as polyhyd ramnion. Pregnancy was terminated via Caesarean section because of th reatening intrauterine asphyxia. The asphvct!c. hypotonic infant, wh ich did not show any visible malformation, was in tubated and the ascites was pun ctured. After a brief re covery, the infant died 24 hours post partum. Autopsy revealed partial atresia of the small intestine with secondary perforati on of the intestinal wall, as well as a fibrinous purulent peritonitis. Pathogenesis of the foetal ascites, as well as the possibilities of diagnosis via sonography in case of fetal malformations, are discussed on the basis of th e present case and previous literature.


The nature of warfare has changed dramatically since the September 11 event, and military RF systems should change accordingly. This demand poses a challenge and also an opportunity for MicroWave Photonics (MWP) technology. We will examine the insertion potential of MWP to RF systems using a top-down approach, where the changes are analyzed and the flow down requirements for the RF system are discussed against the MWP capabilities. It is found that although MWP faces stiff competition from digital technology, it can find niche applications where only photonics can provide solutions.


This study aims to estimate the nationality of two envoys by examining their dresses and appearances depicted on the wall painting of Afrasiab's Palace in Samarkand with the concentration on the history of the international exchange between three states and the countries in Central Asia. The international exchange between three states and the countries in Central Asia are examined with the concentration on the literature review. And what are related to the dresses during the period of the three states are examined with the concentration on the literature review and the wall painting of Goguryeo tomb. The followings results were identified. The dresses of envoys were comprised of Jowugwan, the soft hat shaped like a peaked hat, the upper garment reaching a hip line with Jikryeong Gyoim and Tongsu, narrow trousers, black belt with a hook, front-pointed shoes and big sword with a round ring. The items of dressing are very similar to those during the Goguryeo period as observed on the wall paintings and excavated articles from the tombs from the Goguryeo period and literature. The next examination is estimated that Goguryeo had the official relationship with the countries in Central Asia before the invasion of Tang in mid-7 century when the wall painting, in our estimation, was produced, and to this end, Goguryeo sent the envoys to those countries. The envoys on the wall painting were estimated to be from Goguryeo as discussed above.


The objective of this study was to compare the exercisetolerance of a set of male diabetic Nigerians with non-diabetic male subjects. Ten male Type-2 diabetics between the ages of 35 and 50 years in good glycaemic control and ten male non-diabetic controls of similar age were exercised on the ergometer at uptake of 90% and 60% V02 max respectively for anaerobic and aerobic exercises. Cardiovascular and fatigue rates or times to fatigue were then determined in both groups. In both diabetics and controls, the time to fatigue was significantly longer during exercise at 60% VO2max than at 90% VO2max (P 0.1}. The diabetic men fatigued more easily than controls under anaerobic condition (p 0.1 > p > 0.05). Type 2 male diabetics with good glycaemic control appear to tolerate aerobic exercise as well as non-diabetic males, but less so during anaerobic exercise. This difference in aerobic and anaerobic exercise tolerance should be borne in mind in prescribing exercise regimes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.


Based on the measured data and the feature of landform and geology,sediment movement characters in Kuye River are analyzed.The results show that the characteristic of high sediment yield is determined by geological background and surface composition in watershed.The sediment load and flood season runoff has great correlativity.The riverbed has periodic scouring characteristic of"tearing the riverbed off".The sediment generated by rainstorm with different distribution characteristics in the watershed has different influence on the Yellow River mainstream.If the rainstorm occurs in loess regions,the Yellow River mainstream will make quick response.In addition,the runoff and sediment load exhibits an obvious decrease tendency in recent years,but it is possible that sediment yield may increase sharply under a same intensive rainstorm.


In this study, we compare the speech enhancement performance based on hierarchical extreme learning machine (HELM) with two distinct strategies: masking and mapping. Experimental results of the perceptual evaluation of speech quality (PESQ) show that for both of limited and sufficient amounts of training data, mapping-based HELM tends to be more effective to improve the performance of speech enhancement.


General analysis of energy transport and momentum density of a paraxial light beam is presented. Usually these exist transverse components of which the tangential one corresponds to energy circulation around the beam axis. This circulation produces the mechanical angular momentum of the beam that exists independently on polarization state of radiation. In particular, non-zero angular momentum is typical for the beam with wave front dislocation; e.g., angular momentum of a Laguerre-Gaussian beam with axial symmetry and zero magnitude at the axis beam has the same value that a plane circularly polarized wave of equal energy holds.


Conditions for finiteness of moments of the following quantities have been found: the duration of a busy period of an M/G/oo system; the duration of a partial busy period of an MIG/C loss system, and the duration of a partial busy period of an M/G/C queue.


The purpose of this investigation is to study the convective heat transfer from a horizontal circular cylinder under the effect of a solid plane wall. The full Navier–Stokes and energy equations for two-dimensi onal steady flow are solved by a finite element method. The variations in surface shear stress, local pressure and Nusselt number around the surface of the cylinder as well as the predicted values of average Nusselt number, location of separation and some flow and temperature fields are presented. It is found that the average Nusselt number and drag force increase as the gap between the cylinder and the wall is increased.


Abstract : This report summarizes the work accomplished in the successful completion of Phase I of this SBIR Project. It includes: (1) Examination of several options for the use of ultrasonic energy in the dehydration process of liquid dental meals, (2) Identification of parameter ranges for food products and ultrasonic equipment compatible with the dehydration process, (3) Preparation of a list of representative food items that are based on the process parameters and which would be suitable for ultrasonically assisted dehydration, (4) Performance of feasibility experiments using ultrasonic transducers and liquid food products to validate the research findings. (5) Outlining the steps necessary to implement the prototype process and to test the quality of the dehydrate products.


The utility model relates to a materials mechanics multi-function test stand, comprising a square frame composed of enclosed beams, and the upper part of the square frame is fixedly provided with a stretching or a press rod component, a sensor, a bending component, a bending moment component, a cantilever beam component, etc. The bottom of the frame is provided with a regulating base disc. After the original screw rod direct-moving type of a loading mechanism connected with each component is changed into worm gear and worm transmission, the materials mechanics multi-function test stand causes a test to have labor-saving operation and slow and uniform loading speed, and the utility model has reasonable structure, good integral rigidity and high measuring precision. Because a worm gear and worm mechanism can automatically lock, the final loaded value can keep constant. The utility model can be added with the measurement of an elastic modulus E and Poisson ratio mu and eccentric stretching tests so as to have broader and more practical application.