The calculation of nuclear shieldings for paramagnetic molecules has been implemented in the ReSpect program, which allows the use of modern density functional methods with accurate treatments of spin-orbit effects for all relevant terms up to order Omicron(alpha4) in the fine structure constant. Compared to previous implementations, the methodology has been extended to compounds of arbitrary spin multiplicity. Effects of zero-field splittings in high-spin systems are approximately accounted for. Validation of the new implementation is carried out for the 13C and 1H NMR signal shifts of the 3d metallocenes 4VCp2, 3CrCp2, 2MnCp2, 6MnCp2, 2CoCp2, and 3NiCp2. Zero-field splitting effects on isotropic shifts tend to be small or negligible. Agreement with experimental isotropic shifts is already good with the BP86 gradient-corrected functional and is further improved by admixture of Hartree-Fock exchange in hybrid functionals. Decomposition of the shieldings confirms the dominant importance of the Fermi-contact shifts, but contributions from spin-orbit dependent terms are frequently also non-negligible. Agreement with 13C NMR shift tensors from solid-state experiments is of similar quality as for isotropic shifts.


In the previous paper, an analysis was given of elastic component of the bending property of warp knit fabrics, considering the mechanical properties of yarns in the fabric to be perfectly elastic.In this paper, the bending properties of some fabrics are measured using a pure bending tester designed by Kawabata and then the data are compared with the theoretical calculations. The results show that this theory has enough accuracy to estimate the property, but a little amount of error is observed for the high density fabrics having large number of underlapping.On the base of microscopic observation, some discussions are done for a mechanism in the deformation of knitted structure during bending, proposed in previous paper.It is another purpose of this paper to show how frictional restraint to the bending of the fabric arises. The frictional component is derived from the sum of the frictional resistances among fibers in the bending and twisting of constituent yarns and that between yarns in crossover region. This analysis is found to give a reasonably close prediction of it to the fabrics having loose structure.


As a booming research area in the past decade, deep learning technologies have been driven by big data collected and processed on an unprecedented scale. However, privacy concerns arise due to the potential leakage of sensitive information from the training data. Recent research has revealed that deep learning models are vulnerable to various privacy attacks, including membership inference attacks, attribute inference attacks, and gradient inversion attacks. Notably, the efficacy of these attacks varies from model to model. In this paper, we answer a fundamental question: Does model architecture affect model privacy? By investigating representative model architectures from CNNs to Transformers, we demonstrate that Transformers generally exhibit higher vulnerability to privacy attacks compared to CNNs. Additionally, We identify the micro design of activation layers, stem layers, and LN layers, as major factors contributing to the resilience of CNNs against privacy attacks, while the presence of attention modules is another main factor that exacerbates the privacy vulnerability of Transformers. Our discovery reveals valuable insights for deep learning models to defend against privacy attacks and inspires the research community to develop privacy-friendly model architectures.


The prices charged by natural gas distributors are subject to state regulation. Yet, the major costs incurred by gas distributors the cost of acquiring gas at wholesale, the cost of interstate pipeline transportation of gas, and the cost of pipeline storage of gas are subject to exclusive federal regulatory jurisdiction. Under the federal regulatory policies in effect during the late 1970s and early 1980s, many interstate pipelines entered into long-term take-or-pay contracts to purchase large volumes of gas at high prices. As a result, distributors' costs of acquiring gas from their traditional pipeline suppliers soared, as did the retail gas prices charged by distributors. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) responded to this problem in 1985 by issuing Order 436. By inducing interstate pipelines to provide equal access to pipeline facilities to all potential buyers and sellers of gas, Order 436 began a process of transition from primary reliance on regulation to primary reliance on competition as the means of limiting the wholesale price of gas. FERC discovered, however, that the billions of dollars in take-or-pay contract obligations many pipelines had undertaken under the prior federal regulatory policies constituted a significant impediment to the transition to a competitive wholesale gas market. With prodding from the D.C. Circuit to specifically address this transition problem, FERC responded by issuing Order 500 in 1987. In that order, FERC reaffirmed its commitment to the creation of a competitive wholesale gas market and announced a complicated combination of transition mechanisms to deal with the multibillion dollar take-or-pay problem. FERC placed intense regulatory pressure on producers and pipelines to renegotiate highpriced gas purchase contracts. FERC recognized, however, that pipelines would have to make substantial payments to producers to buy out their preexisting contractual obligations. FERC viewed these take-or-pay buyout costs as costs of the transition to a new regulatory approach that would benefit all participants in the gas market. It therefore included in Order 500 transition provisions designed to accomplish equitable sharing of take-or-pay buyout costs between pipelines and distributors. In simplified form, these provisions permit a pipeline to bill its customers directly for up to 50 percent of the pipeline's take-or-pay buyout costs if the pipeline commits to absorb an equivalent proportion of those costs. Two important issues of regulatory federalism will arise as a consequence of FERC's transition to principal reliance on competition in the wholesale gas market. First, are state regulators compelled to permit gas distributors to recover in their rates the take-or-pay buyout costs FERC is authorizing pipelines to charge their customers? Second, are state regulators compelled to permit distributors to recover in their rates the FERC-approved costs of gas, pipeline transportation, and pipeline storage distributors will incur under the new federal


Critical Care Medicine www.ccmjournal.org 483 REFERENCES 1. Dellinger RP, Levy MM, Rhodes A, et al; Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Committee including the Pediatric Subgroup: Surviving sepsis campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2012. Crit Care Med 2013; 41:580–637 2. Mahambrey T, Pendry K, Nee A, et al: Critical care in emergency department: Massive haemorrhage in trauma. Emerg Med J 2013; 30:9–14 3. Ince C: The microcirculation is the motor of sepsis. Crit Care 2005; 9(Suppl 4):S13–S19 4. Sakr Y, Dubois MJ, De Backer D, et al: Persistent microcirculatory alterations are associated with organ failure and death in patients with septic shock. Crit Care Med 2004; 32:1825–1831 5. den Uil CA, Lagrand WK, van der Ent M, et al: Impaired microcirculation predicts poor outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock. Eur Heart J 2010; 31:3032–3039 6. van Genderen ME, Klijn E, Lima A, et al: Microvascular Perfusion as a Target for Fluid Resuscitation in Experimental Circulatory Shock. Crit Care Med 2014; 42:e96–e105 7. Shoemaker WC, Appel PL, Kram HB, et al: Prospective trial of supranormal values of survivors as therapeutic goals in high-risk surgical patients. Chest 1988; 94:1176–1186 8. Hayes MA, Timmins AC, Yau EH, et al: Elevation of systemic oxygen delivery in the treatment of critically ill patients. N Engl J Med 1994; 330:1717–1722 9. Gattinoni L, Brazzi L, Pelosi P, et al: A trial of goal-oriented hemodynamic therapy in critically ill patients. SvO2 Collaborative Group. N Engl J Med 1995; 333:1025–1032 10. Rivers E, Nguyen B, Havstad S, et al; Early Goal-Directed Therapy Collaborative Group: Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock. N Engl J Med 2001; 345:1368–1377 11. Kern JW, Shoemaker WC: Meta-analysis of hemodynamic optimization in high-risk patients. Crit Care Med 2002; 30:1686–1692 12. Knotzer H, Pajk W, Dünser MW, et al: Regional microvascular function and vascular reactivity in patients with different degrees of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Anesth Analg 2006; 102:1187–1193 13. Knotzer H, Hasibeder WR: Microcirculatory function monitoring at the bedside—A view from the intensive care. Physiol Meas 2007; 28:R65–R86


This electric toothbrush is provided according to the present invention. The electric toothbrush includes a neck disposed between the head and handle having a motor disposed therein, and the vertical axis, the handle and the head. First and second bristle holder is engaged with the head. A first bristle holder has a swinging or rotational motion. Second bristle holder does not reciprocate, but rotation or rocking motion in the same direction substantially with the longitudinal axis of the head. The motor is operatively connected to the first and the second bristle holder. An electric toothbrush, a handle, a head, a neck, the bristle holder, the shaft


The authors examined the drinking patterns of 198 first admission nonalcoholic psychiatric patients to determine the relationship among drinking behavior, severity of pathology, and prognosis. Heavy drinking in the psychiatric sample was not associated with increased levels of pathology and poor prognosis. To the contrary, among these nonalcoholic patients the abstainers and occasional drinkers showed the most severe pathology and poorest prognosis of all drinking groups.


Although focused on learning a specific target language, learners also bring knowledge of their first languages (L1) to the classroom context. When their teachers are also proficient users of the learners' L1, then both the target and first languages can be used in classroom interactions, particularly in beginner-level courses. This study investigates the language choices made by teachers at an Australian university when communicating with their beginner-level students from six different language programs. The experiences of 27 teachers were canvassed through questionnaires and interviews. Data revealed that the learners' unease about extensive classroom target language use influenced the teachers' decisions to use the L1 or the target language at specific stages of a lesson. Various consequences for teachers' practices are discussed, including the strategy of explicitly discussing the value of using the target language with students. This article demonstrates a valuable and strategic use of the learners' first language which may ultimately lead to more extensive use of the target language, as learners come to Address for correspondence: Susan Oguro, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123 Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia; Email: email@example.com University of Sydney Papers in TESOL, 6, 1-19. ©2011 ISSN: 1834-3198 (Print) & 1834-4712 (Online)


In the present study, an attempt was made to determine the precise pharmacokinetics of 7‐ethyl‐10‐[4‐(1‐piperidino)‐1‐piperidino]carbonyloxycamptothecin (CPT‐11) and its active metabolite, 7‐ethyl‐10‐hydroxycamptothecin (SN‐38). The relationship between pharmacokinetic parameters and pharmacodynamic effects was also investigated to elucidate the cause of interpatient variation in side effects. Thirty‐six patients entered the study. CPT‐11, 100 mg/m2, was administered by IV infusion over 90 min weekly for four consecutive weeks. The major dose‐limiting toxicities were leukopenia and diarrhea. There was a positive correlation between the area under the concentration‐time curve (AUC) of CPT‐11 and percent decrease of WBC (r=0.559). On the other hand, episodes of diarrhea had a better correlation with the AUC of SN‐38 (r=0.606) than that of CPT‐11 (r=0.408). Multivariate analysis revealed that the AUC of SN‐38, AUC of CPT‐11 and indocyanine green retention test were significant variables for the incidence of diarrhea and that both performance status and AUC of CPT‐11 were significant variables for percent decrease of WBC. The large interpatient variability of the degree of leukopenia and diarrhea is due to a great plasma pharmacokinetic variation in CPT‐11 or SN‐38. The AUCs of CPT‐11 and SN‐38 obtained from the first administration of CPT‐11 correlate with toxicities, but it is impossible to predict severe side effects before the administration of CPT‐11 at the present time.


I begin to suggest an alternative to the notion of vision based in alienation and hostility put forth by Jean-Paul Sartre, Sigmund Freud, and Jacques Lacan. I diagnose this alienating vision as a result of a particular alienating notion of space presupposed by their theories. I develop lrigaray's comments about light and air to suggest an alternative notion of space that opens up the possibility that vision connects us to others rather than alienates us from them.


This paper presents energy and environmental performance analyses, a study of summer indoor temperatures and occupant behavior for an eight story apartment building, with the goal to combine high energy efficiency with low environmental impact, at a reasonable cost. Southern Portvakten building is built with prefabricated timber elements using passive house principles in the North European climate. Energy performance was analyzed through parametric studies, as well as monitored energy data, and complemented with analysis of occupant behavior during one year. Results show that airtight, low-energy apartment buildings can be successfully built with prefabricated timber elements in a cold climate. The monitored total energy use was 47.6 kWh/m2, excluding household electricity (revised to a normal year), which is considerably lower than of a standard building built today in Sweden—90 kWh/m2. However, the occupancy level was low during the analyzed year, which affects the energy use compared to if the building had been fully occupied. Environmental analysis shows that the future challenges lie in lowering the household and common electricity use, as well as in improving the choices of materials. More focus should also lie on improving occupant behavior and finding smart solar shading solutions for apartment buildings.


Think about that for a minute. Would you want a surgeon to operate on you with kitchen utensils such as a serrated knife? Then why do some people (management cough) expect or ask the force calibration technician to calibrate load cells, truck & aircraft scales, tension links, dynamometers, and other force measuring devices with whatever they have in their laboratory. Adapters that could range from unsafe, to an improperly machined adapter that allows them to fixture the force measuring device in the frame to apply forces and record output at those forces. You must ask why is this happening? Is it just that people are oblivious to the importance of adapters in mechanical measurements? Not using the proper adapters to calibrate load cells, truck scales, aircraft scales, tension links, dynamometers, and other force measuring devices can produce significant measurement errors and pose serious safety concerns. The purpose of this paper is to examine safety concerns with using older adapters and discuss some of the error sources associated with using the wrong adapters. We will leave the rest up to the reader on whether it makes sense to seek out the appropriate adapters and have skilled calibration technicians or simply hope the technician can maintain the "miracle worker" title. Though some calibration technicians may still wear the miracle worker hat when the manufacturer writes specifications that were achieved once and never repeated, but I regress as this is an educational paper and we will not be discussing unrealistic specifications. Instead, we will be discussing using the adapters that will give a calibration technician the highest probability of meeting those specifications.


To study small set off-line handwritten Chinese character recognition,an innovative extraction approach based on mathematical morphology and elastic meshes is proposed.The global elastic meshes are constructed on the Chinese character bitmap.According to stroke distributing characteristic of Chinese character,a character image is decomposed into four directional sub images using mathematical morphology transform.The elastic meshes are applied to extract the directional feature and crossing line number feature.Two normalized eigenvectors are combined to form complex vector And generalized Karhunen-Loeve transform is used to decrease the dimensions of the feature vectors.The method can not only avoid the character distort bring by thinning,but also absorb the variations of stroke.The result of experiment shows its effectiveness.


Introduction: Hospital readmissions contribute significantly to the cost of medical care and reflect the burden of disease. Limited data have been reported on national hospital readmission after ac...


Continuous variable quantum key distribution (CV QKD) utilizes homodyne detection (HOM) which requires phase-synchronized local oscillator (LO). Phase synchronization of LO at the optical frequency is extremely difficult and often achieved by LO pulse transmission from Alice, which is vulnerable to a side attack known as LO phase attack. This paper propose a new CV QKD protocol that requires no synchronization of LO phase by use of multi-dimensional reconciliation (MDR) property. Introduction In CV QKD, Bob obtains continuous variable measurement achieved by HOM with a qualified LO. In a typical CV QKD system, the LO is transmitted from Alice along with CV quantum states which are modulated optical pulses. Bob attains HOM by the LO from Alice with the quantum state of optical signal. In this protocol, there exists LO pulse side channel attack that can significantly reduce the secrecy of CV QKD sessions [1-4]. In our proposal, we challenge if Alice can find the phase of LO at Bob even though it is asynchronous to the phase reference of Alice. Method Multi-dimensional reconciliation in the reverse direction is known as an extremely powerful scheme that can extend the secure distance beyond the 3 dB loss allowance with GG02 CV QKD protocol [5]. In reverse MDR with an example of 8 dimensions, Bob creates raw key data, u = [u0, ... u7] , uk = ±1 , that is embedded as superposition of multidimension rotation matrices M with the CV quantum state measurement y by HOM with LO phase of θB: M?̃? = u, where ?̃? is a normalized vector of y, and M = ∑ αkRk 7 k=0 . The basis rotations Rk ∈ {I⨂I⨂I, X⨂iY⨂Z, iY⨂I⨂I, Z⨂iY⨂I, X⨂I⨂iY, Z⨂X⨂iY, X⨂iY⨂X, Z⨂Z⨂iY} are commonly shared between Alice and Bob. Here, X, Y, and Z are Pauli's spin matrices. Bob can find real valued αi's and share them with Alice on a public channel. In turn, Alice can obtain u = M?̃? where ?̃? is the normalized vector of x that can be determined by HOM measurements of Alice's quantum states of 8 qubits with respect to Bob's HOM LO phase. y = x + n. Here, n is a noise introduced by shot noise of the quantum state that Bob has received. Then u ≈ u in the low noise limit. * Equal contributions Now the question becomes what if Bob cannot provide θB to Alice. This happens when Bob uses a local LO – asynchronous LO running with a random phase. In the MDR, fortunately, Alice can estimate θB, by searching the best x = ⟨θ |ψ⟩ that can separate two pdfs p(u > 0) and p(u < 0) the most. Figure 1 proves such behavior of estimating θ by simulation with 29 qubits generated from Gaussian modulation with variance VA and create Bob's measurement data set with Gaussian noise. The figure shows probability of error being u ≠ u as a function of Alice's phase θ to determine x. In actual protocol, the phase estimation θ can obtained to minimize mean square error referenced to ±1. Figure 1: Reconciliation error versus Alice's phase guess for Bob's HOM LO phase. Figure 2: Experiment block diagram of the CV QKD system


Nowadays, researchers underscore the role of religion in generating political events, relations, and changes throughout the world, especially in Southwest Asia. In particular, you cannot connive at the role of religion in resolving or intensifying the disputations, because religion is a prevailing factor in formation of individual and social values. Hence, it could similarly play a determining role in the methods of setting policy inside and outside the country. Although allegiance to a certain religion has occasionally had a positive impact on enhancing the regional interactions, in most cases invigorating the talks based on religious and sectarian commitment results in distance among countries and the tension of straining the relations among the regional countries. Thus, this is known to be the most important obstacle of forming institutional structures and regional agencies in southwest Asia. Religious values have inflexible frameworks, and you cannot scale values; therefore, the more you reinforce the religious and sectarian talks in the region, the more increased dispute and insecurity you will face, and this leads to problems in establishing regional structures.


Five new British mites of the family Tydeidae are recorded from moorland soils in Yorkshire. Four of these, Coccotydeus loadmani, C. bakeri, Microtydeus subterraneus and Triophtydetus craveni are new to science and are fully described.


The marriage of the computer to nuclear imaging has permitted rapid advances in non-invasive cardiac diagnosis. The miniaturization of the computer has allowed its incorporation in to the scintillation camera and has permitted the development of a new device - the ambulatory ventricular function monitor. This instrument will al low the study of cardiac function while patients pursue their activities of daily living. This information should permit a more precise assessment of the impact of disease on cardiac function, and allow a determination of the changes in cardiac function after medical or surgical therapy.


urely one of the most difficult puzzles of contemporary public administration is how to build lasting institutions of government that will continue to fulfill their purposes from one generation to another. In recent decades, we have become accustomed to regime succession, the overthrow of one regime (sometimes with wrenching violence), and its substitution by another. The capabilities of the new rulers have varied, as has their commitment to democracy, rule of law, and constitutionalism. They have to feel their way in resolving the larger questions of form of government, legitimate use of power, balance of regions and ethnicities, relationships with neighbors, and economic policies. They also have to settle the more mundane questions of day-to-day administration of a working government.


In 2020, national courts in individual EU Member States and in Australia delivered a series of important rulings in the copyright field. This contribution provides a round-up of the most significant judgments issued in the period 1 January—31 December 2020. As far as decisions in EU Member States and the UK are concerned, the selection was made giving precedence to areas in respect of which EU harmonization has occurred (including economic rights, exceptions and limitations, and enforcement), so that guidance provided by national courts in a certain country might be useful also to practitioners and courts in other EU Member States. The analysis is divided by area:


Most migrating birds need to stopover in between flights in order to refuel. Lately, additional purposes of stopover have been suggested, including physiological recovery from metabolically demanding migratory flight. One apparently unavoidable, but harmful physiological effect of migratory flight is increased oxidative damage to lipids and proteins. We here, for the first time, tested whether migrating birds are able to reduce their oxidative damage during stopover. To be able to collect longitudinal data on a large number of individual birds, we temporarily caged wild northern wheatears, a long-distance migrant which does not suffer stress when caged during migration. Around noon on the first and third day at stopover, the birds were blood-sampled to determine malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration, a commonly used marker of oxidative damage to lipids. We found that MDA concentrations significantly decreased during stopover, a result unchanged when correcting for the peroxidizability of the substrate. The extent of the decrease was unrelated to the amounts of food consumed or of fuel accumulated. Our findings support the hypothesis that stopovers serve reduction of oxidative damage, warranting re-thinking of how birds accomplish their migrations. They also highlight the need to include physiological recovery as a driver of the (temporal) organization of migration. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. (Less)


A number of experimental methods including X-ray analysis, optical and electron microscopy, porosity measurements and thermal wave interferometry are applied for investigation of the properties of thermally sprayed coatings. Some conclusions about the influence of the chemical composition and the technological parameters on the structure and mechanical properties of the coatings are drawn.


Purpose: Little is known about the corrosion caused by contact with Ag-Pd-Cu-12Au alloys which are commonly used for cast crowns. The purpose of this study was to investigate the state of early corrosion behavior by contact with Au-Pd-Cu-Au alloys containing different amounts of Cu using X-ray photoelectron


This paper presents performance-matching design of diesel engine on the N1004 full hydraulic railway crane,including parametr determination,performance matching,environmental adaptability analysis and reliability design.


The Genus Nereis L., 1758 (Polychaeta, Nereididae): State
of the Art for Identification of Mediterranean Species. The existence
of critical problems in the identification of species within the genus
Nereis L., 1758 (Annelida Polychaeta: Nereididae) has led to several
misidentifications within Mediterranean taxa. In the present paper we
report a discussion on the Mediterranean species, with a re-examination
of specimens collected along the Italian coasts. A redescription of
each species is provided, pinpointing the diagnostic characters with
detailed figures for easy identification. Old and recent synonymies are
also discussed and a key for identification is provided.


The quality factor Q is a vital parameter for quantitatively describing the attenuation information of underground reservoirs, which is of great significance for hydrocarbon detection and reservoir characterization. A frequency‐weighted‐exponential (FWE) method utilizing the symmetry index and the characteristic frequency can obtain this parameter. Unfortunately, the constant symmetry index assumption of it reduces the accuracy of Q values under the non‐standard FWE shape. Selecting an optimal symmetry index is also a problem for this method. Hence, the basic idea of a novel Q estimation method is to substitute the symmetry index with the standard deviation of the source and attenuated wavelet spectrums. The added standard deviation varies with the degree of attenuation under different wavelet shapes, which can reduce the effects of the constant assumption. Meanwhile, it is simple to calculate this parameter directly from the spectrums. In this way, the proposed method has wider applicability to various wavelets. The synthetic records show the better performance of the novel method in improving the accuracy of Q values and the resistance to random noise than the FWE method. Furthermore, the results of matching wavelets exhibit the applicability of the proposed method in real data, and the quadratic spectrum simulation method improves the stability of the spectrums. Finally, real data experiments indicate the effectiveness of the proposed method after the above two processing means.


The DOJ/ FTC Vertical Merger Guidelines (VMGs) were adopted by the FTC in June 2020 by a party-line 3-2 party line over the dissent of the Acting Chair. One might expect that the VMGs will be withdrawn and/or revised, now that there is a Democratic majority. Revision is appropriate because the VMGs are both incomplete and overly permissible. This Suggested Revision can aid that process.


The invention discloses a loudspeaker centering support sheet and paper basin folding ring compliance test instrument, which comprises a measurement support frame, a fixing disc (6), a center clamp (4), a force sensor (10), a laser distance measuring sensor (2), a slide rail (9) and a data collection and analysis and processor (7), wherein the outer edge of a tested component (5) is clamped by the fixing disc (6) and is vertically fixed on the measuring support frame, the edge of the center position is clamped by the clamp (4), the left side of the measuring support frame is provided with a laser distance measuring sensor (2), the laser beam is aligned with the clamp (4), the right side of the measuring support frame is provided with the slide rail (9), the force sensor (10) is arranged on the slide rail (9) and can forwards and backwards slide freely, the front side of the measuring support frame is connected with a copper rod (1), and output signals of the force sensor (10) and the laser distance measuring sensor (2) are connected with the collection and analysis and processor (7) through data wires (3 and 8). The invention also discloses a compliance factor calculating method based on the test instrument. The instrument and the method provided by the invention can be used for conveniently, fast and precisely measuring the rigidity change condition caused by rigidity and deformation of a loudspeaker vibration component.


Chromite is the chief element for the production of stainless steel, refractory, ceramics, chemicals, electrode, fundry etc. It is the only economic source of chromium and Orissa has got large potential resource of this mineral. Chromite ore mostly consists of chromite with subordinate amounts of ferrichromite, magnetite, ilmenite and secondary silicates like serpentine, talc, tremolite, uvarovite and kammererite. Though the chromite grains are predominantly euhedral in nature, they exhibit two fold variations in physical, mineralogical and chemical characters which can be correlated with their formation at different stages during crystallization process. In this complex, chromites have crystallized in two stages. The chromites from two stages differ in these following aspects. Role of Chromite Mineralisation in Orissa


1Assistant professor, Dept. of Processing &Food Engg, KCAET Tavanur, Malappuram 2Professor & Head of the Dept. of P&FE, KCAET Tavanur, Malappuram --------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract Amaranthus (Amaranthus viridis) is a common green leafy vegetable rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, micronutrients and minerals. Through the leaves are not available during rainy season it is important to preserve them for the off season. It is highly perishable and can be stored for five days in ambient temperature. An investigation was undertaken to study the effect of vacuum drying of amaranthus on the shelf life using different packaging material. Amaranthus leaves were subjected to three different drying methods namely: sun drying, cabinet drying and vacuum drying. The study involves pretreatments such as hot water blanching, steam blanching, sulphitation, citric acid treatment and combination treatments. The quality of the dried amaranthus leaves were was expressed in terms of moisture content, ascorbic acid and fibre content and also cooking quality through sensory evaluation. Quality parameters were analysed after of 30 and 60 days. The result revealed that vacuum dried products at a temperature of 60°C at 680mm of Hg exhibit good rehydration ratio, better colour, texture and overall acceptability. The drying time was lesser than other methods. Hot water blanched vacuum dried amaranthus leaves were reported is to be the best among the vacuum dried products. Longer shelf life of 60 days was noted with all the packaging materials such as polypropylene, polyethylene and shrinking packing. It showed the amaranthus laves stored in different packaging obtained minimum physiological loss. Longer shelf life was observed for shrink packaging in areacanut sheet trays is to be better in reducing damage.


Conversations about education in prison should begin with some understanding of the actual lived experience of being in prison. I refuse to create in myself, or promote in others, the idea that learning in prison sets me free without acknowledging the extent to which being educated in prison also helps me understand the extent to which I am free. Prison education has the potential to be life changing, but it presents some challenges for the incarcerated because it is a very distinctive experience. Education is consciousness raising, and consciousness  in prison is consciousness  of prison and  all of its attendant injustices. What it means to learn in prison is to be constantly engaged in an interrogation of the spaces you occupy, an interrogation that has a complicated relationship to freedom but, approximately, what it means is that in your every experience you are caught somewhere between love and hate.


This paper aims at analyzing the unequal evaluation of the land, resulted from differential touristic functionality that has led to a spatial concentration o...


Objective To investigate the relationship between the oxygen metabolism during operation and the development of acute lung injury(ALl)after orthotopic liver transplantation(OLT).Methods Sixty-two ASA Ⅲ orⅣ patients of both sexes(54 male,8 femule)aged 29-63 yr weighing 48-76 ks undergoing OLT were studied.The patients were premedicated with intramuscular phenobarbital 0.1 g and atropine 0.5 mg.Anesthesia was induced with midazolara 0.1 mg/kg,fentany1 2-4 μg/kg,propefol 1.0-1.5 mg/ks and veeuronium 0.1 mg/ks and maintained with 1%-2%sevoflurane and intermittent iv boluses of fentanyl and veeuronium.The patients were intubated and mechanically ventilated.PETCO2 was maintained at 35-45 mm Hg.Radial artery was caunuhted and Swan-Ganz catheter was placed via right IJV into the pulmonary artery.Arterial and mixed venous blood samples were obtained after induction of anesthesia(T1)at 10 min before and 25 min after the beginning of anhepatic phase (T2,T3),30 min after beginning of reperfusion ofthe allograft(T4)and at the end of operation(T5)for blood gas analysis.Arterial O2 content(CaO2)mixed venous O2 content(C(v)O2),arterial-mixed venous O2 content difference(C(v)O2),oxygen delivery index(DO2I),oxygen consumption index(VO2I),O2 extraction rate(ERO2)and ventilation-perfusion index(VQI)were calculated.The patients were observed for 14 days after operation for postoperative acute lung injury(ALI)which was defined as:PaO2/FiO2 ranges between 200-300,X-ray examination shows infiltration in the bilateral lungs and pulmonary wedge prossure≤18mm Hg.Results Twenty-one patients developed ALI after operation.CaO2,C(v)O2 and DO2 at T4,5 and PaO2 at T1,2,4,5 were significantly lower in the pafients who developed ALI operation than in those who did not.Logistic analysis showed that PaO2 at T4 and CaO2 at T5 were related to the development of ALI after OLT.Conclusion Dysfunction of oxygen metabolism during neohepatie phase may phy an important role in the development of postoperative ALI in patients undergoing OLT.

Key words:
Respiratory distress syndrome,adult; Oxygen consumption; Liver transplantation; Postoperative complications


We live together for love or because we are sexually attracted to one another? we give more value to sexuality or to feeling? Answers may be relative, but the premise is a safe one; eroticism becomes more and more increasingly in the early age, a field of fascinating attraction of the identity exercise, myself and affirmation of Ego. Today, the prohibition and taboo, sexuality has become somewhat constrain and necessary. Statistically speaking teenagers who do not have sexual relations tend to be regarded as deviant and abnormal. In other words, more than ever, the couple said modern importance and value Psychological sexuality for the authenticity and viability of the relationship as such. Some romanian research carried out between 2003 - 2005, were concerned about the comparative analysis of attitudes and behaviors of adolescents to initiate psihosexually (boys and girls between 15 and 19 years), and survey of the characteristics of sexuality and identity psihosexually in this stage of life. From a research we find out some interesting data: the majority of the investigated adolescents (69.5%), sexual appreciate life as a source of satisfaction and positive impression, even if not have started, but only 39% of those who started the sexual life is satisfied and stated that, due to problems and disappointments that have occurred since then. Only 38% of teenagers have a partner who temporarily feel satisfied: 20% not satisfied by their partners, and 22.5% ad friend and lack any serious difficulties relate to the opposite sex. My research starts from the ideas and the fact that nowadays the media and information technology (out) have a strong influence on teenagers, which disrupt the development of psychiatric and know intimate


The trend of Chinese painting reveals itself in the application of lines,which serves as the only element of Chinese calligraphy and the most important element of Chinese painting.The paper points out that metaphysically the use of lines originates from Taoism and Confucianism.Perceiving the way of heaven and earth and Yin and Yang,and understanding the harmony of the world and the universe,calligraphers and painters proceed from seeking for changes in lines to pursuing purity of lines,and from revealing the Tao to obtaining and enhancing the Tao.


Based on the management of the electronic reading room,the development and utilization of the network information resource,the service of the network information and the enhancement of the development of network resource,this paper deals with the construction and the service of electronic document resource.


Background: Inequities among technology use in pediatric type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients remains prevalent. These disparities contribute to poor glycemic control.
 Method: This study was a retrospective chart review of HbA1C and CGM use by type of insurance, ethnicity and language spoken at home in 2022.
 Results: In a cohort of nearly 2000 T1D pediatric patients, differences were found in HbA1c levels between ethnicities (mean of 8.6% Hispanics and 8.1% non-Hispanics). However, when stratified by insurance type (Private vs Medicaid), the relationship of ethnicity to HbA1C levels was no longer present, suggesting insurance drives differences in HbA1C levels rather than ethnicity. The effects of insurance may in part be related to technology use. An average of 45% of patients with private insurance use CGMs, in comparison with 32% of those with Medicaid. The use of CGMs compared with non-use of CGMs had a positive effect on HbA1C (8.3% vs 9.0%).
 Conclusions: CGM use is associated with lower HbA1C levels in our practice. Patients on Medicaid had higher HbA1C levels and less use of CGM. Hispanic and non-English speaking patients were more likely to be on Medicaid, and to have higher HbA1C levels and lower use of CGMs. These findings highlight the need to reduce health inequities among these populations. Our clinic will aim to develop interventions to improve technology use and access in Medicaid, Hispanic, and non-English speaking populations.

 L.Holzmeister: None. S.Chmelnik: None.


Abstract To solve a series of problems such as unchanging teaching forms, boring teaching resources, and lack of effective ways to combine teaching and research in traditional classrooms that hinder students' personalized development and creativity enhancement, an analysis of the innovation of university students' education management based on the APT model is proposed. This study mainly adopts research methods such as quasi-experimental research method and survey research method and adopts research tools such as test papers, questionnaires and interview outlines to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth analysis and investigation of research data, student research programs, and other works. This study is based on the project "APT Teaching in Smart Classrooms to Promote Deep Learning among University Students", in which 78 second-year university students majoring in educational technology at University A were selected as research subjects to design a semester-long APT model based on a Rubric and carry out a variety of innovative teaching in smart classrooms. In addition, a quasi-experimental study was conducted to compare the differences in learning performance, research ability, motivation, and attitudes towards the use of the Rubrics between pre- and post-announcement of the Rubrics, providing a new perspective on the differences in the functions and effects of the different types of Rubrics. The results show that APT based on Rubrics improves the academic performance of university students and that the effect of posting Rubrics on activity tasks is better. The Rubric-based APT instruction improves students' research skills and is more effective when the Rubrics are presented before the activity task.


Study on germination of M1 generation seeds from Cynodon dactylon was to establish feasible implantation parameters and to understand mutation effect of N+ beams on C.dactylon and its mechanism.Naturally dry seeds were treated through N+ beams from LZD-1000 machine,and the change on germination ability of seeds aroused from N+ beams was studied.The results indicated that the appropriate dose of N+ beams was able to stimulate seeds germinating if the implantation time was in 5 seconds,the germination ability would decrease if over 5 seconds.Three values of germination rate,germination energy and vigor index of seeds through six dose treatments with 5 seconds were more than that in control by 10%,9% and 16.But three values of controlled seeds with 10 s treatment time were lower than control by 55%,15% and 134.There were significantly differences in effect of different doses on germination rate,germination energy and vigor index(the F values of three indexes were 638.13,109.31,2.16,and higher than F0.05(12,26)=2.15).It is concluded that 5s implantation time and 80×1014 ions/cm2 dosage were best mutation parameters under 20 kev energy,and this could induce more variation on seed germination of C.dynodon.


A linear instability analysis method has been used to investigate the breakup of an electrified viscoelastic liquid jet. The liquid is assumed to be a dilute polymer solution modeled by the linear viscoelastic constitutive equation. As for its electric properties, the liquid is assumed to be of perfect electrical conductivity. The axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric disturbance wave growth rate has been worked out by solving the dispersion equation of an electrified viscoelastic liquid jet, which was obtained by combining the linear instability model of an electrified Newtonian liquid jet with the linear viscoelastic model. The maximum growth rate and corresponding dominant wavenumbers have been observed. The electrical Euler number, non-Newtonian rheological parameters and some flow parameters have been tested for their influence on the instability of the electrified viscoelastic liquid jet. The results show that the disturbance growth rate of electrified viscoelastic liquid jets is higher than that of Newtonian ones for axisymmetric mode disturbance and almost the same for the nonaxisymmetric mode. The growth rate of the axisymmetric mode is greater than that of the nonaxisymmetric mode for large wavenumbers, and the trend is opposite in the small wavenumber range. The ratio of gas to liquid density, electrical Euler number, and elasticity number can accelerate the breakup of the electrified viscoelastic liquid jet for both modes. The increase of the time constant ratio, zero shear viscosity, and jet radius can decrease the growth rate of the axisymmetric mode; however, their effects on the nonaxisymmetric mode are different. As for the effect of surface tension and jet velocity, there is a critical value. The variation trend is opposite when the surface tension or jet velocity is larger or smaller than the critical value.


Abstract Crowdfunding relies heavily on public participation and public participation is subject to certain conditions, such as the motivation to participate and the effectiveness of the call to participate. Using the case of the 1966 Florence Flood, this article explores the techniques to motivate the crowd adopted by the Committee to Rescue Italian Art, a committee formed in the USA to help protect the heritage of Florence, and newspaper reports published in the USA between 1966 and 1968. Seven overlapping frames were evident in the news reports and the CRIA's call: damage, fundraising, people, rescue, restoration, the committee and its actions, and the value of Florence. In essence, the techniques adopted to motivate people to participate in the post-disaster crowdfunding included: (1) the dependency on mainstream media; (2) frequent use of all available communication channels; (3) multiple types of calls for support; (4) emphasis on the value of Florence; (5) highlighting a shared sense of ownership; (6) giving a sense of urgency; and (7) evoking the memory of past disasters. While the news media worked to inform the public, CRIA worked to encourage them to participate. The media reports analysed did not leverage emotive content to attract crowd participation whereas the calls initiated by CRIA used some emotive content. The article concludes with a discussion on the implications for managing crowdfunding campaigns to utilise the power of decentralised collective action.


Trifluoromethyl-1,3-diphosphane tBu(H)PCF2P(H)CF3 (2) is formed regioselectively in almost quantitative yield by addition of tert-butylphosphane to perfluoro-2-phosphapropene F3CP=CF2 (1) as a 1:1 mixture of two diastereomers 2 a and 2b. 2 reacts with nickel tetracarbonyl to give the binuclear complex [tBu(H)PCF2P(H)CF3Ni(CO)2]2 (3) as the only isolable product. The mixture contains four of the eight possible isomers; one of them (3 a) could be isolated in pure form by crystallization from n-pentane solution. Attempts to generate the phosphaalkene tBu(H)PC(F)=PCF3 or the 1,3-diphosphaallene tBuP=C=PCF3 by HF elimination from 2 with NEt3, HNMe2 or HNEt2 lead to complicated mixtures of products. On the other hand, reaction of 3 a with isopropylamine affords the binuclear complex [(CO)Ni(F3CP=CFP(H)tBu)Ni(CO)2tBu(H)PCFHP(CF3)NHiPr] (4) with both a 16 eand an 18 e-nickel(O) fragment and a side-on coordinated F3CP=CF group. The new compounds were characterized by spectroscopic investigations, 3 a and 4 by an X-ray diffraction study.


Abstract Black Bengal goats possess a rich source of rumen microbiota that helps them to adapt for the better utilization of plant biomaterial into energy and nutrients, a task largely performed by enzymes encoded by the rumen microbiota. Therefore the study was designed in order to explore the taxonomic profile of rumen microbial communities and potential biomass degradation enzymes present in the rumen of back Bengal goat using Illumina Nextseq-500 platform. A total of 83.18 million high-quality reads were generated and bioinformatics analysis was performed using various tools and subsequently, the predicted ORFs along with the rRNA containing contigs were then uploaded to MG-RAST to analyze taxonomic and functional profiling. The results highlighted that Bacteriodetes (41.38–59.74%) were the most abundant phyla followed by Firmicutes (30.59–39.96%), Proteobacteria (5.07–7.61%), Euryarcheaota (0.71–7.41%), Actinobacteria (2.05–2.75%). Genes that encode glycoside hydrolases (GHs) had the highest number of CAZymes, and accounted for (39.73–37.88%) of all CAZymes in goat rumen. The GT families were the second-most abundant in CAZymes (23.73–23.11%) and followed by Carbohydrate Binding module Domain (17.65–15.61%), Carbohydrate Esterase (12.90–11.95%). This study indicated that goat rumen had complex functional microorganisms produce numerous CAZymes, and that can be further effectively utilised for applied ruminant research and industry based applications.


This essay intends to analyze the orientalism reconstructed by E.W.Said by interrogating his ideological position and uncovering his conspiring relationship with the West.The author of this essay argues that Said,from his critical consciousness,amplifies some aspects of the traditional orientalism and then,in a sense,reconstructs it.This essay points out that Said's criticism is personalized and leads to a split between criticism(signified) and critical subject(signifier).As a career of his self construction,Said's criticism cannot enjoy the ideological privilege it tries to represent.There actually exists a kind of conspiring relationship of employee/employer or producer/consumer between Said and the West,which implies that his ideological position is determined by his consumer or western "God" and consequently is in consistent wavering.


WHEN IT ENDED more than four years in bankruptcy earlier this year, the chemical maker Solutia won what its chief executive officer, Jeffry N. Quinn, calls a new lease on life. Now, with plans to sell off its nylon operations, Quinn wants to fashion Solutia into a highly profitable producer of performance specialties poised to take advantage of a growing solar energy market. How Solutia got to where it is today is a decade-long story that has mesmerized many in the chemical industry. Back in 1997, Monsanto spun off its chemical operations to shareholders as Solutia before journeying on to become the preeminent agricultural biotech firm. Solutia took over a big chunk of Monsanto's outstanding debt, its chemical worker pension and health care obligations, and its environmental liabilities. "Operating with those legacy liabilities was like trying to run a marathon with leg weights on," says Quinn, 49, who himself has run in the New York ...


A test spool containing two sets of sensors has been inserted in a high pressure environment of a natural gas production plant. The two flange-type sensors are configured so that moisture was more likely to accumulate at one than the other. Electrochemical noise (EN), linear polarization resistance (LPR), and harmonic distortion analysis (HDA) are used in combination to monitor the corrosion occurring in the plant. The 100-day corrosion data for the vertical and horizontal sensors show that corrosion rates were low and averaged {approx}0.0055 mm/yr. The measured B values were 0.035 V for the vertical sensor and 0.033V for the horizontal sensor, higher than the typical assume value of 0.026 V. The pitting factors were similar between the two sensors except that the vertical set had a prolonged higher pitting factor of 0.1 at the initiation of the test.


Multidimensional data cubes are increasingly ubiquitous, in particular in the geosciences. Clustering techniques encompassing their full dimensionality are necessary to identify patterns "hidden" within these cubes. Clustering Geodata Cubes (CGC) is a Python package designed for partitional clustering, which identifies groups of similar data across two (e.g., spatial and temporal) or three (e.g., spatial, temporal, and thematic) dimensions. CGC provides efficient and scalable coand tri-clustering functionality appropriate to analyze both small and large datasets as well as a cluster refinement functionality that supports users in their quest to make sense of complex datasets.


A multinational documentary standard that regulating indices and classification procedure of road tunnels has been developed. For the purpose of the most effective construction of classified subjects in transport infrastructure there are number of problems which based on creating a link between road tunnels technical characteristics by cut diameter, mining-geological condition and mining machines structure. This article covers solutions which are necessary for science based approach to better engineering solution for heading machines in road tunneling. One of these solutions is the development and a practical implementation of modular configuration methodology. A main idea of the solution is based on using complete assembly units which are being serially produced by a production plant. A modular configuration of loading machines and overloaders are based on hydroficated units of tunneling machines reviewed in this article. During listed solutions development the usage experience of the best reliability equipment in tunneling industry has been taken into account. Creation of next technical level machines with unified modular assembly units will allow to raise their performance rating, compatibility also it suppose to short assembly units list, prime cost decrease and also lower the number of warranty service spare parts.


Rabbi Daniel Aronson demonstrates that his seminary training in aging continues to enrich his rabbinate as an administrator and educator over a decade later. He has actualized his learning by crediting elders with the gifts that come with aging; advocating accessibility; engaging older constituents in life review; providing elders a way for their values and commitments to live on after their death; entering into relationships that he terms "sacred encounters" with constituents by being fully present, without agenda and mindful of God's presence; and enabling and teaching about the transformative power of encounters between the young and old.


The aim of this study was to evaluate chemical and physical properties alterations of a distrophic Red Latosol, originally under savanna vegetation, submitted to the continuous cultivation of Pinus and annual crop. The treatments were constituted of three types of soil management as natural savanna, continuous cultivation with Pinus reforestation and annual crops in no-tillage system, evaluated at 0 – 40 cm depht. In no-tillage system, greater content of fine sand occurred. The total clay content increased and the flocculation degree diminished with the depht of sampling in all managemet systems. No-tillage presented the best results as neutralization of the soil acidity. However, the organic substance in the superficial layer decreased. The reforestation with Pinus , when compared to savanna had its organic matter increased as well as the acidity especially in the superficial layer with no alteration in the subsurface layers.The highest concentrations of B and Mn in the soil were observed in savanna vegetation. Notillage system presented higher concentrations of Zn and Cu, besides P and K. Reforestations and savanna vegetation showed Fe concentration. No-tillage provided a greater accumulation Ca except for the superficial layer, where it was similar to savanna vegetation. In Pinus , there was a reduction of K content in the soil when compared to savanna vegetation, characterizing K drainage power as well as Mg in reforestation, especially in the superficial layer of the soil.


In this study, the effects of Si on the microstructure and tensile properties of weathering bridge steel were elucidated. The thermal mechanical control process (TMCP), containing two stages of controlled rolling and accelerated cooling process, was simulated using a thermo-mechanical simulator for four experimental steels with varying Si contents (0.15–0.77 wt.%). Micro-tensile tests were performed, and the microstructures were observed via optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD). Furthermore, the tensile properties and microstructures of these steels were analyzed. The results show that a mixed microstructure comprising granular bainitic ferrite (GBF), quasi-polygonal ferrite (QF), and martensite/austenite (M/A) constituent was formed in each sample. With an increase in Si content, the GBF content decreased, QF content increased, mean equivalent diameter (MED) of the QF+GBF matrix increased, and the fraction and average size of the M/A constituent increased. With a rise in Si content from 0.15 to 0.77 wt.%, the contributions of dislocation strengthening, grain boundary strengthening, and precipitation strengthening decreased from 149, 220, and 21 MPa to 126, 179, and 19 MPa, respectively. However, the combined contribution of solution strengthening, lattice strengthening, and M/A strengthening increased from 41 to 175 MPa, which augmented the final yield strength from 431 to 499 MPa. The decreasing yield ratio shows that strain hardening capacity is enhanced due to an increase in the fraction of the M/A constituent as well as in the MED of the QF+GBF matrix. Furthermore, the mechanisms by which Si content controls the microstructure and mechanical properties of weathering bridge steel were also discussed.


Second–order measures, such as the two–point correlation function, are geometrical quantities describing the clustering properties of a point distribution. In this article well– known estimators for the correlation integral are reviewed and their relation to geometrical estimators for the two–point correlation function is put forward. Simulations illustrate the range of applicability of these estimators. The interpretation of the two–point correlation function as the excess of clustering with respect to Poisson distributed points has led to biases in common estimators. Comparing with the approximately unbiased geometrical estimators, we show how biases enter the estimators introduced by Davis & Peebles (1983), Landy & Szalay (1993), and Hamilton (1993). We give recommendations for the application of the estimators, including details of the numerical implementation. The properties of the estimators of the correlation integral are illustrated in an application to a sample of IRAS galaxies. It is found that, due to the limitations of current galaxy catalogues in number and depth, no reliable determination of the correlation integral on large scales is possible. In the sample of IRAS galaxies considered, several estimators using different finite–size corrections yield different results on scales 1 larger than 20 h−1Mpc, while all of them agree on smaller scales.


The allelopathy of Pinus massoniana L.on the seed germination and physiology activities of Masson Pine seedling was studied,using the biological identification method with litter extract solution.The results showed that the effects on each germination index,chlorophyll content and nitrogen and phosphorus absorption,the Pinus massoniana L.presented a trend of promotion in high concentration and an inhibition in low concentration.The cell membrane permeability and potassium absorption were increased with different concentrations of Pinus massoniana L.While the effects on photosynthetic rate and transpiration rate the Pinus massoniana L.presented a trend of promotion in low concentration and inhibition in high concentration.


After the August 2020 protests, citizens of Belarus saw unprecedented repression against government opponents, which has persisted for two years. One of the authorities' methods has been aggressive hate propaganda in the official pro-government media and grassroots anonymous telegram channels. The anonymous Zheltye Slivy / Yellow Leaks telegram channel became the symbol of this propaganda. The channel's main feature was its aggressive hate speech, which bordered on the incitement to genocide in its extreme versions. This article focuses on this channel's rhetoric and semantic and discursive features. For this purpose, the article uses the methods of qualitative content analysis and natural language processing (word2vec). The article results reveal the existence of "hate vocabularies" in the channel's rhetoric—sets of similar words to describe the opponents and enemies of the authorities in Belarus. The article's main conclusion is that propaganda constructs the image of "anti-society"—a multidimensional imagined social formation with its hierarchy and institutions, which wages war with the authorities and citizens of Belarus.


The Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS), at the University of Kansas, is a Science and Technology Center established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2005, with the mission of developing new technologies and computer models to measure and predict the response of sea level change to the mass balance of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. As part of a senior undergraduate capstone design course we designed and simulated a wideband, push-broom, multi-waveform radar for fine-resolution airborne ice sheet surface elevation measurements. A prototype of this system was developed and its response was measured. The prototype will serve as a teaching tool and a design platform for the final instrumentation package to be used on an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) being developed at the University of Kansas. In this paper we will present the objectives of the project, design details, simulation results, and testing results from experiments delay line and point targets.


The combination of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is attractive for acquiring high-resolution images without the restrictions of time and weather. However, because UAVs are lightweight and small in size, the UAV SAR system is very sensitive to turbulence, resulting in serious trajectory deviations and remaining residual motion errors (RMEs), such as residual range cell migration (RCM) and aperture phase errors (APEs). In this paper, a novel motion compensation (MoCo) strategy is developed based on the symmetric triangle linear frequency modulated continuous wave (STLFMCW) signal. The STLFMCW signal model is first presented, which reveals the relevance between the positive-negative frequency modulations and motion errors. The residual RCMs and relative phase errors are estimated directly through the phase differential interferometry of up-ramp and down-ramp chirp signals, instead of the traditional approach of relying on the range-shift gradient of adjacent range profiles. The proposed approach is independent of conventional prominent point processing (PPP) and calculates the range deviation to avoid the accumulation of errors, thereby achieving high precision and efficiency. Experiments based on simulated and measured data sets validate the proposed approach.


Problem statement: Network wide broadcasting is a fundamental operation in ad hoc
networks. In broadcasting, a source node sends a message to all the other nodes in the network. Unlike
in a wired network, a packet transmitted by a node in ad hoc wireless network can reach all neighbors.
Therefore, the total number of transmissions (Forwarding nodes) used as the cost criterion for
broadcasting. Approach: This study proposes a reliable and efficient broadcasting algorithm using
minimized forward node list algorithm which uses 2-hop neighborhood information more effectively to
reduce redundant transmissions in asymmetric Mobile Ad hoc networks that guarantees full delivery.
Among the 1-hop neighbors of the sender, only selected forwarding nodes retransmit the broadcast
message. Forwarding nodes are selected such a way that to cover the uncovered 2-hop neighbors.
Results: Simulation results show that the proposed broadcasting algorithm provides high delivery
ratio, low broadcast forward ratio, low overhead and minimized delay. Conclusion: In this study,
reliable and efficient broadcasting algorithm in asymmetric Mobile Ad Hoc Networks using minimized
forward node list algorithm has been proposed which provides low forward ratio, high delivery ratio
while suppressing broadcast redundancy.


Numerical solution of time-lapse seismic monitoring problems can be challenging due to the presence of finely layered reservoirs. Repetitive wave modeling using fine layered meshes also adds more computational cost. Conventional approaches such as finite difference and finite element methods may be prohibitively expensive if the whole domain is discretized with the cells corresponding to the grid in the reservoir subdomain. A common approach in this case is to use homogenization techniques to upscale properties of subsurface media and assign the background properties to coarser grid; however, inappropriate application of upscaling might result in a distortion of the model, which hinders accurate monitoring of the fluid change in subsurface. In this work, we instead investigate capabilities of a multiscale method that can deal with fine scale heterogeneities of the reservoir layer and more coarsely meshed rock properties in the surrounding domains in the same fashion. To address the 3-D wave problems, we also demonstrate how the multiscale wave modeling technique can detect the changes caused by fluid movement while the hydrocarbon production activity proceeds. AMS subject classifications: 86A15


Aiming at the problems of dag loading and electromaanetic loading, such as large heat value, unstable loading force and unsuitable long-term loading, the noncontact pneumatic loading has the characteristics of simple structure, small heat generation and stable bearing capacity, etc. The air-floating block is taken as the research object and the CFD numerical analysis method is adopted to analyze the characteristics of pressure distribution, baring capacity and stiffness by selecting different working conditions and structural parameters including gas supply holes, film thickness and rows of gas supply holes. The optimization range of the respective parameters is obtained. On this basis, the experimental design, which combines the CFD numerical analysis method with the orthogonal test method is adopted to improve the bearing capacity and stiffness of the air-floating block.


The scientific article determines the current state of legal regulation of the circulation of cold steel in Ukraine and also analyzes the latest bills to regulate this issue. A study of the social climate and opinions of Ukrainian citizens on the free possession of cold steel is conducted. The study identified the concept of «cold steel» and its qualifications. The analysis of normative documents in which the classification of types of cold steel and methods of forensic research are considered is carried out. The main criteria the category of cold steel are defined. The articles summarize the lack of certain means of cold steel, as well as the methodology itself, which determines which weapon belongs to the category of cold steel, and this language presupposes the presence of certain technical parameters. This situation creates a huge space for abuse both by experts, which can distort the results of the examination and by unscrupulous sellers, which can lead to a false phenomenon of possession of completely legal weapons and as a consequence may lead to criminal prosecution of Ukrainian citizens for part 2 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine «Illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives». To resolve this controversial issue, our own methodology and criteria for classifying certain means as «cold steel» as well as decriminalization of liability for carrying a cold weapon are proposed, because the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine contains certain articles that already provide for liability for improper acquisition and storage of cold steel. Thus, today in Ukraine it is urgent to adopt a law on arms, which will clearly define such concepts as cold steel, research methods that will be simple and clear to anyone, whether he is a citizen of Ukraine or not, because many abuses by police officers who demand bribes in connection with this issue or take away items of historical or simply material value. There is no legal regulation of civil armaments in Ukraine, and therefore it cannot categorically raise the issue of criminal liability for committing certain actions in the absence of legal regulation of public relations in response to these issues. Criminological research has long and convincingly proven that punishment has never and nowhere been among the main deterrents to committing crimes. The existence of absurdly strict laws has never had a positive effect on the crime situation in the country.


The main purpose of the work is to analyze and compare article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of 1996 and article 365 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Angola of 2019 regarding the establishment of liability for abuse of power, taking into account the modernization of the criminal law system of Angola. To achieve this goal, a comparative analysis of the composition of abuse of official authority and related criminal offences in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Angola was carried out, the features of objective and subjective elements of the crime were identified, and similarities and differences were determined. On the basis of a comparative analysis of the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation and Angola, the conclusion is justified that the system of official crimes should be improved and the composition of abuse of power in the Criminal Code of Angola should be modernized accordingly.


The invention discloses an array substrate and a manufacture method thereof and a display device. The method comprises the steps that a lamination structure and an anode layer are prepared on an underlying substrate in turn; a photoresist layer having an accommodating cavity and a concave structure is prepared on the lamination structure and the anode layer; an organic light-emitting device is prepared in the accommodating cavity; and a reflection cathode layer is prepared on the organic light-emitting device and the photoresist layer. With application of the mode, the light leakage phenomenon caused by the reflection cathode layer can be avoided so that the panel display quality can be enhanced.


Bromination of 17,17-disubstituted-18-norandrost-13-enes (1) followed by dehydrobromination gave the corresponding 7,13-dienes (3), which on further bromination and dehydrobromination yielded the 8,11,13-trienes (8). The mechanism of the reaction including the involvement of the 17-substituents is discussed.


Taal Volcano (N14°00.1', E120°59.1') is one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines (Fig. 1). The first recorded eruption was in 1573. Since then it has erupted 33 times resulting in thousands of casualties and large damages to property. In 1995, it was declared as one of the 15 Decade Volcanoes. Beginning in the early 1990s it has experienced several phases of abnormal activity, including seismic swarms, episodes of ground deformation, ground fissuring and hydrothermal activities, which continues up to the present. However, it has been noted that past historical eruptions of Taal Volcano may be divided into 2 distinct cycles, depending on the location of the eruption center, can either be at the Main Crater or at the flanks. Between 1572-1645, eruptions occurred at the Main Crater, in 1707 to 1731, they occurred at the flanks. In 1749, eruptions moved back to the Main Crater until 1911. During the 1965 and until the end of the 1977 eruptions, eruptive activity once again shifted to the flanks.


Submitted for publication May 14, 2013 Accepted for publication June 26, 2013 From 1Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, 2Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, 3Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 4Department of Radiology, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York. Address correspondence to Dr. John P. Bilezikian, Department of Medicine, PH 8W-864, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032. E-mail: email@example.com Published as a Rapid Electronic Article in Press at http://www.endocrine practice.org on September 6, 2013. DOI:10.4158/EP13214.CO To purchase reprints of this article, please visit: www.aace.com/reprints. Copyright © 2013 AACE. Abbreviations: PTH = parathyroid hormone


With the ever-growing presence of electronic devices that permeate the world we live in, enabling them to communicate with one another and share domain-specific information each device can provide has become the forefront of future technologies and solutions to every-day problems, making our life richer and helping the society to grow. The Internet of Things, as this network of computers and other devices is commonly referred to, is being constantly exposed to various solutions that aim to make it more coherent and simplify further advancement. One such solution to the problem of standardized interconnectedness is presented by the IEEE 802.15 working group, covering a large range of projects concerning the development of wireless personal networks and standards to which they should adhere. An important role is given to the way information is relayed through the network since in many cases distant devices are unable to communicate directly. For this purpose, various routing algorithms are being used and making them better is an active field of research. The Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector routing algorithm is a common target of experimentation, both because of its simplicity and because it is the preferred choice by many implementations of the IEEE 802.15 standards, such as Zigbee. However, it has its shortcomings, one of which is the fact that when generating routes it does not take into account any quality of service measurements. To address this, two modifications of the aforementioned routing protocol are specified, in the effort to enable the application of genetic programming as a tool for optimizing targeted quality of service measurements. In this thesis, a comprehensive study of these modifications is presented, as well as the distributed computer system that enables the optimization of two distinct targeted quality of service specifications.


Research on conjoint analysis/preference aggregation/social choice aggregation is performed by more than forty years by various communities. However, many proposed mathematical models understand preferences as irreflexive, transitive and statical relations while there is human psychology research work questioning these properties as being not enough motivated. This works propose to position the conjoint analysis inside a logical framework allowing for nontransitive and globally inconsistent preferences. Using a preference logics one can define a logic-based utility allowing to obtain an aggregate semantics of the collective choice.


We study the magnetotransport in small hybrid junctions formed by high-mobility ${\mathrm{Ga}}_{x}{\mathrm{In}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}\mathrm{As}∕\mathrm{In}\mathrm{P}$ heterostructures coupled to superconducting (S) and normal metal (N) terminals. Highly transmissive superconducting contacts to a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) located in a ${\mathrm{Ga}}_{x}{\mathrm{In}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}\mathrm{As}∕\mathrm{In}\mathrm{P}$ heterostructure are realized by using a $\mathrm{Au}∕\mathrm{Nb}\mathrm{N}$ layer system. The magnetoresistance of the S/2DEG/N structures is studied as a function of dc bias current and temperature. At bias currents below a critical value, the resistance of the S/2DEG/N structures develops a strong oscillatory dependence on the magnetic field, with an amplitude of the oscillations considerably larger than that of the reference N/2DEG/N structures. The experimental results are qualitatively explained by taking into account Andreev reflection in high magnetic fields.


Disruption of the pubis during labor is a rare lesion with a frequency of 0.1-0.8%, usually related to elderly primigravid patients, there is little evidence reported in young patients, but practically none in pediatric age. In our case, it is a 15-year-old female patient who is in full-term pregnancy with dystocic labor and with a skeletally immature pelvis, with disruption of the symphysis pubis that caused rotational instability of the pelvic ring, therefore which required surgical treatment. As there is little literature in this regard that unifies the management criteria for this type of pelvic injury that is a product of labor, it is impossible to standardize care protocols, therefore the best way to manage them is to adhere to what is established in patients with similar injuries. as a result of trauma of another nature. Our objective is to make a contribution to the bibliography on this rare entity that is undoubtedly underdiagnosed, to show that we can find it in many women in the immediate postpartum period and that although they are not necessarily surgical, they should be correctly treated.


The invention provides plasma processing equipment which comprises a reaction chamber, a lifting mechanism fixed on the wall of the reaction chamber, and an ejector pin system connected with the lifting mechanism and used for pushing a processed workpiece to move, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a driving unit and a transmission unit; one end of the transmission unit is connected with the ejector pin system, and the other end of the transmission unit is connected with the driving unit and transmits power of the driving unit to the ejector pin system by virtue of the transmission unit, so that the ejector pin system can reciprocate linearly; and the driving unit is a linear motor, a stator of the linear motor is fixed on the reaction chamber, and the transmission unit is connected with a rotor of the linear motor. The plasma processing equipment provided by the invention is not only small in size and simple in structure, but also high in processing accuracy.


Objective: To assess the association between peptic ulcer and a wide range of personality disorders in a large sample representative of the general population in the United States. Methods: Data were drawn from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, on the basis of a face-to-face interview of more than 43,000 adults. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to examine the relationship between self-reported "stomach ulcer" and personality disorders. Results: All seven personality disorders assessed in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (i.e., avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive, paranoid, schizoid, histrionic, and antisocial personality disorders) were associated with stomach ulcer, with odds ratio ranging from 2.26 (obsessive compulsive personality disorder) to 5.54 (dependent personality disorder). Participants with ulcer were five times more likely to have more than three personality disorders than participants without ulcer. The relationship between ulcer and personality disorders was only slightly attenuated after adjusting for sociodemographic conditions, physical and psychiatric disorders, and addictions. Conclusions: Self-reported peptic ulcer is associated with increased rates of personality disorders, beyond the influence of psychiatric disorders or addictions. NESARC = National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions; AUDADIS-IV = Alcohol Use Disorders and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule DSM-IV version; PDs = personality disorders; DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; PUD = peptic ulcer disease.


This study outlines the distributed feedback laser for signal power amplitude level improvement in the long spectral band of 1550 nm wavelength within supporting pumped wavelength of 1480 nm. The bias and modulation peak currents based distributed feedback laser are varied in order to test the signal power level, peak signal amplitude variations after the fiber-optic channel and light detectors. The signal power level, peak signal amplitude is measured against spectral wavelength and time bit period variations. The study emphasis the signal power level, peak signal amplitude are enhanced for the best selection values of both a bias current at 45 mA and modulation peak current at 0.5 mA.


e18030Background: Hospitalizations can be distressing to patients and caregivers as well as costly to the healthcare system. Prior research in the non-oncology setting indicates that up to 50% of a...


This paper introduces an analysis of the factors influencing the real estate market participants' purchase decision, focusing on the residential segment study, on grounds of its visibility. A good knowledge of the set of intertwined factors leveraging the buyer's behavior can provide an explanation to the way the buyers act. The key concept underpinning the study draws on Philip Kotler's classification regarded as one of the most relevant. In order to better highlight these factors and the way they act, a whole theory has been developed around this analysis - The theory of mono-centered and poly-centered cities. The most interesting part of the article comes with its case study, shifting from theory to practice. The graphs therein illustrate the behavior and perception of the buyers of residential real estate properties in the capital city during the period 1990-2014. The work goes on to present forecasts and general conclusions to the residential real estate property demand. The article provides answers to key questions for the real estate professionals. However, since the answers and the analysis actually impart the authors' own interpretation, they can be viewed in a different light as well. This article builds on both accurate and intuitive information, the latter not lending itself to mathematical demonstration.


This paper introduced operating principles and system architecture of the "Laser Digital Color Photofinishing", which is the most advanced technology in the color projection and imaging industry.Through the combination of software and hardware technology, the system stability is greatly enhanced and the precision of light combination system has met the demand of image resolution. The printing program works smoothly and continuously by using multithreading technology and memory lock allocation and therefore we get satisfied printing images.


This chapter aims at analyzing how firms can successfully embrace an Open Innovation (OI) process through customers, involving them, individually or in communities, in the co-creation of ideas, knowledge, products, services, processes, putting into action and integrating their creativity with firms' resources. Three main areas of interest are analyzed through a literature review process, to create a framework able to show the challenges organizations have to meet simultaneously externally (i.e. consumerism) and internally (i.e. organizational changes) in this shift of the innovation paradigm: consumerism features and challenges, OI approach and web-based platforms, and organizational issues involved in the OI paradigm shift. This chapter affords consumerism and OI approach, while the next, which is the sequel of this one, discusses OI platforms and organizational changes as well as the resulting framework. Four contributions distinguish this study: (i) the link between consumerism and OI; (ii) the focus on customers as a source of external innovation; (iii) the identification of alternative ways to access OI with customers and their features; (iv) the disclosure of a "hybrid" mode to develop OI through customers.


Two second-order response surface designs have been evaluated. The designs are the small composite designs and the minimum-run resolution V designs. The cube and star portions of these second-order designs are replicated with different amounts and the variations of the designs generated by replication are compared independently to assess the performance of the prediction variances for each of the second-order design under consideration. Two optimality criteria, G - and I- optimality, that are prediction variance-oriented are used to evaluate the maximum and average prediction variance of the designs while fraction of designs space plots are constructed to track the prediction variance performance of these designs throughout the design space. For the two second-order designs, the results indicate that it is advantageous to replicate the star than replicating the cube. Keywords: Optimality criteria, fraction of design space plot, small composite design, minimum-run resolution V design, design replication, cube, star.


The ´Instituto de Biomecanica de Valencia´, together with Roca Sanitarios S.A. and Gestion, Diseno y Estudio Sociosanitario S.L. (Antikua) have performed an analysis of faucet products for all users, specially focused on the needs of the elderly. The project has been funded by IMSERSO. The first objective was to develop a method to evaluate faucets by analyzing how users interact with them. This method was used with a set of automatic faucet models, in order to know the preferences and problems of use of elderly people. The second objective was to generate new design specifications from the results of the experiences, in order to create an optimal concept of faucet for all ages.


We derive a thermodynamic uncertainty relation for general open quantum systems. Open quantum dynamics can be described by a joint unitary evolution on a composite system consisting of system and environment. By considering the environmental state after the interaction, we bound counting observables on the environment by a generalized dynamical activity, which is a quantum analogue of the quantity in classical Markov processes. Remarkably, our relation holds for any open quantum systems, any counting observables, and any initial states. We apply our relation to the continuous measurement on open quantum systems and the quantum walk to find that the quantumness of the system can enhance the precision. Moreover, we can make the lower bound arbitrarily small by employing different continuous measurements.


Many professions have been categorized by gender until recently. Various societies and businesses have differing views on whether particular jobs required men or women to succeed. Males are viewed as model leaders in both the health care system and the larger society. Men are regarded as self-assured and assertive. On the other hand, female nurses are seen as compassionate by health professionals and the general public. Today, these views, including Jordan's, have shifted in different parts of the world. This descriptive study aimed to learn about the viewpoints of mothers whose children were in-patients receiving hospital care on male nurses. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted; 220 mothers of hospitalized children of varying ages, educational levels, work status, residency, & income status were recruited using random sampling techniques. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences to generate descriptive and inferential statistics with the level of significance set at 0.05. 35% stated that nursing was not a job only for women, while 68% stated that male nurses should be in healthcare. In addition, 49% of the mothers who participated in the researchindicated that male nurses should look after male patients, and 15% indicated that there should not be gender discrimination in nursing occupations. Whenasked about the duties of male nurses, 10% stated that they treated patients. There was a statistically significant difference between all sociodemographic characteristics of mothers and their perspectives about male nurses working. It was concluded that mothers had favorable attitudes toward male nurses.


We discuss the possibilities for extracting information on the parton density functions and the strong coupling constant from one- and two-jet events at the Fermilab TEVATRON. First we study the inclusive two-jet triply differential cross section $d^3\sigma/dE_Td\eta_1d\eta_2$. Different $\eta_1$ and $\eta_2$ pseudorapidity regions are directly related to the parton momentum fractions at leading order and the shape of the triply differential distribution at fixed transverse energy $E_T$ is a particularly powerful tool for constraining the parton distributions at small to moderate $x$ values. Second, we consider the one-jet inclusive transverse energy distribution where there is impressive agreement between theory and experiment over a wide range of transverse energy. By equating the next-to-leading order theoretical prediction for a given set of input parton densities with the published CDF data, the evolution of the strong coupling constant at scale $\mu$ can be studied between $\mu \sim 50~$GeV and $\mu \sim 400~$GeV. This evolution is in agreement with QCD and corresponds to $\alpha_s(M_Z)$ = 0.121 for the MRSA parameterisation.


Nine Bikanerl male camel calves (1.5 years), randomly divided into 3 equal groups, were individually offered Guar phalgati (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) ad lib. and 0.5 kg guar seed meal. Sodium dihydrogen phosphate (Glaxo) was supplemented to the guar seed meal in groups II and III. The Ca:P ratio in group I, II and III was 5.06:1, 2.22:1 and 1.28:1, respectively. There were no significant differences among groups in respects of feed efficiency, growth, nutrient digestibility except EE and nutrient intake. The dietary Ca: P ratio did not alter the absorption of Na, Ca, Mg, Cu and Zn. However, potassium absorption increased (P<0.05) from 90.7% in group I to 96.0% in group III. The absorption of phosphorus Increased (P<0.01) from 29.1% in group I to 74.4% in group II and then decreased to 57.5% in group III. Phosphorus supplementation increased blood haemoglobin from 10.3% in group I to 14.0% in group III decreased serum Na and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels (P<0.05) however, WBC increased (P<0.01) in group III. The results indicated that the Ca:P ratio of 2.22:1 promoted EE digestibility, P absorption besides raising WBC and was optimum for the nutrient utilization and growth of young camel calves.


The agronomic and morphological characteristics of Agrobacterium mediated transformed plants carrying the ERA strain of the rabies glycoprotein gene in different progenies of tobacco (FCV var.) were investigated. Significant variation in plant height and the leaf area was observed in all the generations of the plants. However no significant differences were observed for number of leaves per plant. Most of the variations in R 1 to R 4 plants have no significant correlation with transgene insertion and were proved heritability characters in the progenies. None of the plants in R 1 to R 4 generation showed any dwarfism or stunted growth. The molecular analysis of the transgenic tobacco progenies did not show any significant differences in the expression of rabies glycoprotein, thus indicating the stability of the gene expression.


Macrocystis integrifolia fronds are known to translocate photoassimilates at velocities of 35–72 cm/h. By means of 14C-labeled histoautoradiography it is shown that this translocation occurs in sieve elements, and, further, that it is the mature, fully differentiated sieve elements that have undergone selective hydrolysis of cell contents, including nucleus, and have wide open pores that are involved in this translocation. Cortical cells, young differentiating and old callosed sieve elements, and hyphal cells show no label above background. Sieve elements immediately below the 14C-fed blade are the ones that show the label which indicates that only specific sieve elements are involved in translocation of photoassimilate from a blade. Since the sieve elements form a three-dimensional longitudinal system and since label is seen in the cross-connecting sieve elements, it is probable that at increasing distances from the fed blade the label will be distributed in many more sieve elements. The cytology of siev...


The experiments for aerodynamic characteristics of railway acoustic screen are performed using 1/61 scaled-down moving model rig facility which employs an axis symmetry and one wire guidance method. The launching mechanism is an air-gun type. The train model for the experiment is the high speed train (Korea Train Express: KTX) and the tested speed is about 300 ㎞/h. The tested train length is 61 ㎝ which is corresponding to two units of KTX train. The cross sectional area and weight of train model are 0.00264 ㎡ and 287 g, respectively. The Reynolds number based on the model train length is 1.2×10?. The strength of pressure wave is measured using piezo typed pressure sensor. The measured pick value of pressure was as high as 365 ㎩ in the shortest gap between the acoustic screen and model train. The measured pressure is well compared with the field test data of UIC 779-1[2] values. However, the experimental data were slightly lower than the UIC 779-1 values. The results show the model test can be used as a substitute for the field test.


Piezoelectric scandium aluminium nitride (ScxAl1-xN) thin films are very promising candidates for applications in microelectromechanical systems due to enhanced piezoelectric properties. To study the influence of deposition parameters on the piezoelectric response, ScxAl1-xN with x = 27% Sc was deposited by reactive sputtering. For determination of piezoelectric constants, platinum electrodes were utilized to measure the piezoelectric deflection via Laser Doppler Vibrometry and compared to finite element simulations. A new electrode design for enhanced accuracy and reduction of computational effort is introduced. Circularly arranged ring electrodes ('bull's eye') enable the precise and simultaneous determination of d31 and d33. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of Eurosensors 2014.


A coupled network model consisting of bus and subway systems is proposed, and the statistic properties of the three networks: bus, subway and coupled networks of Beijing are studied with the theory of complex network. The result shows that the three networks have typical properties of small-world. We propose three parameters to depict the coupled network, they are: the coupled parameter β the influence parameter S and the node tolerance parameter γ. We use the binary influence model to simulate a feedback process and cascading failure in the coupled network and we obtain the conclusions: (1) The cascading size grows with β; (2) The cascading size grows with S, but it has a critical point; (3) The cascading size grows with the decrease of γ, when γ≤0.3, the cascading failure will extent to the whole network.


In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to use fiber-reinforced composite material in place of metal for a shell used for underwater applications which is majorly subjected to hydro-static pressure. The study comprises the use of popular numerical techniques such as finite volume and finite element methods. CFD tool 'ANSYS fluent' which works based on finite volume method is used for the fluid flow simulation to get the forces acting on the structure. Structural analysis is performed for the imported loads from CFD result onto the structure with one-way fluid-structure coupling. FEM tool 'ANSYS static structural which works based on finite element method is used for obtaining deformations and stresses in the shell. A sufficient number of iterations are made to get convergence of the numerical solution. Alternatives such as increasing the shell thickness and/or providing stiffeners to the shell are suggested to replace the metallic structure with FRP composites.


This column summarizes the recent endeavors undertaken in search of adequate characterization of the human eye's optics that involves application of various levels of signal processing tools. In particular, we focus on temporal changes in tear film and natural microfluctuations in a steady-state accommodation-the two factors that have the greatest influence on optical quality of the human eye.


Network embedding has been widely investigated to learn low dimensional nodes representation of networks, and serves for many downstream machine learning tasks. Previous network embedding studies mainly focus on static networks, and cannot adapt well to the characteristics of dynamic networks which are evolving over time. Some works on dynamic network embedding have tried to improve the computation efficiency for incremental updates of embedding vectors, while others have made efforts to utilize temporal information to enhance the quality of embedding vectors. However, few existing works can fulfill both efficiency and quality requirements. In this article, a novel dynamic network embedding model named TPANE (Temporal Path Adjacency Matrix based Network Embedding) is proposed. It employs a new network proximity measure: Temporal Path Adjacency, which is capable of capturing the temporal dependency between edges as well as being incrementally computed in an efficient way. It evaluates the similarity between nodes via the count of temporal paths between them, rather than making random sampling approximation, and adopts matrix factorization to obtain embedding vectors. Link prediction experiments on various real-world dynamic networks have been conducted to show the superior performance of TPANE against other state-of-the-art methods. Time consumption analysis also shows that TPANE is more efficient in incremental updates.