Amy Charpentier Over the Levee: An Autoethnography of Education in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas (Under the direction of George Noblit, Lynda Stone, James Trier) Zinn (1964) argues that the conditions of the Mississippi Delta mirror the most controversial traits with which the United States grapples. Through autoethnography and the examination of literature, photography, historical accounts, and personal interaction, my thesis explores these controversial traits as they relate to education and as they occur in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas.


A fuzzy predictive algorithm based on on-line identification is presented for a family of complex system with severe nonlinearity such as PEMFC. In order to implement nonlinear predictive control of the plant, the T-S fuzzy predictive model of PEMFC is built on-line using fuzzy clustering and linear identification. The results of simulation demonstrate the effectiveness and advantage of this approach. We find the modeling method is simple and accurate. It is applicable for studying model and controlling of PEMFC control system.


This paper presents a fiber-optic pipeline monitoring system,which is based on standard communication fiber cable buried together with the oil or gas pipeline.With the distributed fiber-optic disturbance sensor based on laser interferometer principal,the system can monitor and locate the vibration caused by mining,stealing and damage events in real-time.The practical tests were carried out in the oil pipeline of Tang Jin pipeline department and the natural gas pipeline between Hangzhou and Jiaxing.Its monitoring range can reach to 60km,and the locating accuracy is 250 m,respectively.The results show that,compared with the traditional pipeline monitoring methods,the system has advantages of long monitoring length,pre-warning monitoring,capable location and no external power supply.


We present a review of next generation optical transmission systems making use of flexible capacity superchannels based upon photonic integrated circuits, Flexgrid WSS based ROADMs, and next generation multiplexing architectures.


Early in 1971, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region, was invited by the Government of India to send a delegation of men and women interested in an in-depth study of family planning in that country. The expectations of those members of the delegation who, as the writers, were visiting India for the first time, were surpassed by the reality. Photographs, movies, and eye-witness reports cannot adequately convey the exotic beauty, the wealth of culture, the grace and courage of India's people, and their great hospitality. Nor can the magnitude of the country's problems be fully grasped from afar. India, with only 2.4 percent of the land area of the world, has about 15 percent of the world's population of 3.7 billion. The population problem, known from statistics, assumed its full impact only when we actually saw the densely populated cities and the overcrowded dilapidated buildings and makeshift homes of clay, straw, old billboards, and corrugated iron. We even saw families living in huge concrete pipes lined up along Bombay's highways for construction of a new sewage system. Masses of people of all ages fill the streets day and night, along with numberless animals, all equally undernourished. The provisional figures of the 1971 census showed 547.4 million people and implied an increase of 98 million persons, or 25 percent, over the population enumerated in 1961. We learned during a seminar at the Ministry of Health in New Delhi that family planning had become official government policy as far back as 1951, when a special Department of Family Planning was attached to the Ministry of Health. Dispensing contraceptives in rural areas through mobile units was begun in 1963, and the first intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD), the Lippes loop, was introduced in urban and rural health centers following a visit by the loop's inventor, Dr. Jack Lippes, in 1965. In 1967, the Indian government, intensifying its birth control drive, changed the name of the Ministry of Health to Ministry of Health, Family Planning, Works, Housing, and Urban Development.


Abstract Innovative methodological and theoretical approaches are required to tackle the difficult problem of discovering and interpreting mobile group sites in the protohistoric Southwest. Traditional and outmoded practices that may be appropriate for study of sedentary peoples are not amenable to the study of mobile groups. I use a syndetic approach with the goal of extending the analysis and discussion further than any one source can go alone, by weaving together critically assessed data from a series of sources, including from the historic and ethnographic records, to inform on archaeological finds. Inference building that relies on explicit archaeological theory should not be confused with speculation. I use a rich body of comparative data and cumulative knowledge, that, when considered, lend not to over-interpretation but rather to a more nuanced and more firmly based understanding of a poorly understood lifeway and period. New concepts constitute the minimal level of innovation required to investigate this extremely difficult archaeological period. The Cerro Rojo site was but one of many sites examined to explore the Protohistoric period in the southern Southwest.


Due to the relatively high costs of phasor measurement units (PMUs), the optimal PMU placement problem of minimizing the number of PMUs for full system observability has long been a popular research topic. However, PMUs alone will not make a system observable. An appropriate communication network that transmits all PMU data to the phasor data concentrator plays a key role. This paper proposes the optimal PMU-communication link placement (OPLP) problem that investigates the placement of PMU and communication links (CLs) for full observability in a power system. In addition to the location of PMUs and CLs, to ensure the reliable and timely transmission of PMU data, the communication capacity needed on every CL is captured by the OPLP problem. We carry out numerical studies on the IEEE 30-bus, 57-bus, 118-bus, and 300-bus systems for the proposed models. The results reveal that, when compared to the traditional optimal PMU placement model, OPLP can reduce the total installation cost significantly.


A hearing of the House of Representatives Committee of Science and Technology [. . . ] aimed [at questioning] the wisdom of relying for national economic policy on a single, specific model when alternatives are available. [. . . ] One of the most promising options was the topic of a workshop [. . . ] funded by America's National Science Foundation. [. . . ] They were to explore the potential of agent-based models of the economy.


Local government plays an important role in the miracle of China's economic growth,and the land financial model provides an important tool and instrument for local government's competition and development. This article closely linked to the background of social changes,explains the government' s role and behavior with " entrepreneurial" perspective,from a longer time dimension and content system,analyses the principles and mechanisms of land financial model,to investigate its validity and rationality. Studies suggest that land finance model has certain economic effectiveness,promotes economic growth and urbanization,but the land discounted of local government is too fast,it appears the separation of validity and rationality. The sustainable development of urbanization will not be continued if the premature process of land urbanization limits increasing returns to scale and the structures of fiscal revenues and expenditures could not be changed. In the context of new-type urbanization,land finance model needs to be improved,so that it continues to play institutional advantages.


Polar codes have received recent attention due to their potential to be applied in advanced wireless communication protocols such as the fifth generation mobile communication system (5G). Among the existing decoding algorithms, Belief Propagation (BP) exhibits high-throughput, low-latency and soft output with a high hardware cost. A form of approximate computing called stochastic computing provides a low-cost implementation solution for the BP algorithm. However, existing stochastic BP decoders suffer from a relatively long decoding latency resulting in low hardware efficiency. In this paper, a novel bit-wise iterative stochastic decoding architecture for the BP algorithm is proposed to improve the throughput and hardware efficiency. Multiple methods at the algorithm and architecture levels are presented to further speed up convergence and hardware efficiency.


I might be a little sensitive about the broadband issue. Where I live, there are more cows than people. Cows don't have much use for broadband, but people---some of us, at least---do.


Patients with significant mitralregurgitation (MR) often experience atrial fibrillation (AF). The effects of transcatheter edge‐to‐edge repair (TEER) for MR on AF burden is unknown.


Clinical evidence indicates increased metabolism of CYP2D6 substrates during pregnancy; the underlying mechanisms are unknown. The objectives of this study were (1) to evaluate the utility of CYP2D6‐humanized transgenic (Tg‐CYP2D6) mouse as a model for CYP2D6 induction during pregnancy, and (2) to investigate the role of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α (HNF4α), a known transcriptional activator of CYP2D6, in CYP2D6 induction. The genome of Tg‐CYP2D6 mouse harbors human CYP2D6 gene with its 2.5‐kb upstream regulatory region. qRT‐PCR and western blot results revealed that CYP2D6 mRNA and protein expressions was 2–3 fold higher in Tg‐CYP2D6 mice during pregnancy than pre‐pregnancy, consistent with an elevated CYP2D6 metabolism shown in pregnant women. In contrast, mRNA expression of Cyp2d22, the mouse homologue of human CYP2D6, did not increase during pregnancy. While hepatic HNF4α mRNA or protein levels were not altered in Tg‐CYP2D6 mice at pregnancy, ChIP‐qPCR study demonstrated an increased recruitment of HNF4α (and RNA polymerase II) onto CYP2D6 promoter region (~3 fold) in livers of pregnant mouse vs. those of virgin or postpartum mice. An increased recruitment was also shown for another HNF4α target gene, ApoC2. Our results suggest that CYP2D6 induction during pregnancy may be due to the increase of HNF4α activity that enhances transcription expression of CYP2D6. This study is supported by NIH (R01HD065532).


A modern self-centring braced frame equipped with post-tensioned cables and replaceable fuses is capable of rocking on its foundation during an earthquake. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the seismic performance of a controlled-rocking braced frame and compare its efficiency with a similar fixed-based braced frame. A non-linear time history analysis is conducted for a set of archetypes, varying in height, seismic design category, and seismic frame type. A sensitivity analysis is performed to examine the effects of modelling and ground motion parameters. Results indicate that the rocking system is capable of enhancing the performance of a conventional braced frame by features such as the controlled rocking mode, self-centring and concentrated damage to replaceable fuses.


A carbonyl guanidine derivative including a hetero-cycle is provided to inhibit binding between BAFF(B cell activating factor) receptors, thereby being used as a therapeutic agent of a BAFF mediated disease such as auto-immune diseases, allergic rhinitis and asthma. A pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating a BAFF mediated disease selected from the group consisting of an auto-immune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, systematic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease; allergic rhinitis; and asthma comprises a carbonyl guanidine derivative including a hetero-cycle and represented by a formula(1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an effective ingredient. In the formula(1), A is a 5-membered hetero-cycle and is furan or oxazole substituted with R^3; each R^1 and R^2 is independently H, halogen, or C1-4 linear or branched alkoxy; and R^3 is H, amino or C1-4 linear or branched alkyl. In the composition, the carbonyl guanidine derivative is selected from the group consisting of (3-amino-5-(3-fluorophenyl)furan-2-ylcarbonyl)guanidine, (3-amino-5-(2-methoxy-5-chlorophenyl)furan-2-ylcarbonyl)guanidine, and (5-methyl-2-(3-chlorophenyl)oxazol-4-ylcarbonyl)guanidine.


In the present study "Criteria for standardization of asphalt emulsions for the recycling in cold of pavements, with applications in the Distrito Metropolitano de Quito" is presented as a guide of criteria for asphalt emulsions for the production of stabilized bases using residual material product of the milling process of asphalt rolling layers available in the Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ)...


The recent outbreaks of Ebola virus in West Africa [1] and Zika virus in South America [2] illustrate how global health security is regularly challenged by the emergence of zoonotic infectious agents. Predicting such events is largely hampered by our poor understanding of the conditions leading to zoonotic emergence. Deeper insights into the processes at play may therefore allow us to prevent zoonotic events or at least to detect them early enough to implement efficient control measures. Unfortunately, the study of zoonotic emergence is facing significant hurdles. First, zoonotic events are rare. It is often necessary to collect and analyze massive numbers of samples to ensure their detection. Second, zoonotic events occur at complex humandomestic animal-wildlife interfaces. Understanding their drivers requires the implementation of holistic—and cost-intensive—approaches, for example One Health approaches [3]. Finally, we usually only learn of zoonotic events after—and sometimes long after—they happened. For example, SIVcpz was transmitted to humans in South-Eastern Cameroon in the early 20th century but the HIV-1 pandemicto-come was not recognized before the early 1980s [4].


In the present work, the evolution of defect structure of graphene with dislocation dipole of three types in thermal equilibrium is studied by molecular dynamics simulations. The presence of defects can considerably reduce the temperature at which graphene remains stable in thermal equilibrium. It is found, that at elevated temperatures, there is a movement of dislocations in a dipole with arm equal to 7 Å, so that a new dipole with the arm 3 Åis formed with the further transformation to the Stone-Wales defect. This reveals that dipole arm is less than annihilation distance for dislocation dipole. Again, the Stone–Wales defect at elevated temperatures disappears as a result of the rotation of the C–C bond. The obtained results will allow describing the dynamics of defects in graphene in thermal equilibrium, which can be helpful to analytically describe dislocation dynamics in graphene.


The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon in the equatorial Indian Ocean, with a positive mode characterized by anomalous warming of sea surface temperatures in the west and anomalous cooling in the east. The IOD has been shown to affect inter-annual variability of the Indian monsoon. There is also evidence that the IOD may affect the formation, strength and duration of monsoon-related oceanic features in the North West Indian Ocean (NWIO), including fronts and eddies, the Somali upwelling and the 'Great Whirl' system. However, the mechanism by which the IOD develops and details of its connection with monsoon-related oceanic phenomena in the NWIO remain unclear. Satellite datasets of sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) and sea surface height anomalies (SSHA) over the past two decades have been examined, mainly to investigate the relationship between the IOD and large-scale climate modes like the Indian monsoon, El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Rossby/Kelvin Waves. Early results show SSHA in NWIO; is more correlated with the IOD than with the ENSO. Also the results indicate an impact of Rossby wave patterns on the Somali Current system. Satellite datasets of sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) and sea surface height anomalies (SSHA) over the past two decades have been examined, mainly to investigate the relationship between the IOD and large-scale climate modes like the Indian monsoon, El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Rossby/Kelvin Waves. Early results show SSHA in NWIO; is more correlated with the IOD than with the ENSO. Also the results indicate an impact of Rossby wave patterns on the Somali Current system. Satellite datasets of sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) and sea surface height anomalies (SSHA) over the past two decades have been examined, mainly to investigate the relationship between the IOD and large-scale climate modes like the Indian monsoon, El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Rossby/Kelvin Waves. Early results show SSHA in NWIO; is more correlated with the IOD than with the ENSO. Also the results indicate an impact of Rossby wave patterns on the Somali Current system.


Fundamental changes within the electric utility industry are having a profound effect on all aspects of the business, including human resource management. The monopoly enjoyed by the "power company" in the past has given way to a marketplace characterized by increasing competition from a variety of energy providers. The company's market share is being threatened by independent power producers, cogenerators, and competition from other energy sources. Changing government regulations offer the potential for open access to our transmission systems, impose new requirements for conservation and energy efficiency, and cause increased costs to meet environmental regulations. Electric utilities are facing the effects of global competition as our industrial base relocates operations to lower cost areas, and as businesses fail due to an inability to compete effectively in a global market. Any reduction in our industrial customer base also influences our residential and commercial customer base as these sectors are directly effected by local economic conditions. In this environment, our company must aggressively pursue a strategy of being a low cost producer of electricity to maintain economic viability. A result of these changes is unprecedented internal pressure for a change in our corporate culture to adapt to and succeed in a highly competitive industry. The days of employment with the power company characterized by security and predictability no longer exist, as our industry responds to the same need for flexibility, speed, low cost and total quality, faced by industry nationwide.


Reversible diffusion of KGl is shown to occur between an aqueous solution and young bean roots, probably in the protoplasmic phase. Evidence for this is presented from a study of electric potential difference (p.d.) changes and changes in environmental salt concentration in different samples but under comparable conditions.


moral guardians of their families, took responsibility upon themselves to encourage and promote personal piety in their family through their own actions and example. In every area of their lives, from courtship and marriage to childbirth and death, the belief that God held a plan for their lives provided many southern women with reassurance and with the belief that their life had purpose. Indeed, their domestic devotion in many ways became an active expression of their piety and promoted the spread of evangelicalism throughout the antebellum South. Thus the emphasis of evangelicalism upon personal piety and the importance of family led women to play a "central role in both the construction and the maintenance of the Bible Belt" (p. 3). This thoroughly researched and well-written book provides insightful analysis of the role women played in the spread of evangelicalism throughout the South. Historians of the antebellum South will find this book particularly useful and interesting.


The invention discloses a phase modulator type full-variable valve timing mechanism, which is a valve driving and controlling mechanism of a reciprocating piston type internal combustion engine, and can be used in a gasoline engine or a diesel engine. In the prior art, an oscillating rod or a rocker arm used in the technology capable of realizing continuous change of continuous opening time of the valve and maintaining the valve stroke unchanged is relatively large in size and wear and is restrained when being applied on the internal combustion engine with a higher rotating speed. According to the invention, by adopting the technology of a variable-speed cam, a cam is connected with a gear shaft driven by a crankshaft by a planetary gear train, an eccentric wheel synchronously driven with the cam drives a planetary gear carrier in the planetary gear train to periodically oscillate, so as to enable the rotating angular speed of the cam to have a larger change in a 360 period, and when the valve is pushed just at the time when the cam fast oscillates, the continuous opening time of the valve is short, otherwise the time is longer. The inert of the whole mechanism is smaller, and the balance property of parts is good, so that the phase modulator type full-variable valve timing mechanism is suitably applied for the internal combustion engine with higher rotating speed.


A high-frequency charger comprising a battery (21) a charging circuit depleted (12) and a boost circuit (16) jump motion of the vehicle. For charging circuit (12) and boosting circuit (16), two separate high-frequency transformer (14, 18) are provided. Selector switch (22, 24) and a charging circuit for selectively exciting at least one boosting circuit.


Today, machine vision experiences large latency due to big data processing, which is a barrier to time-critical applications. To address this issue, in-sensor computing was presented in the past. Here, we present a scheme of computing in a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) sensor array for proof-of-principle. Using the MTJ sensor array, the functions of artificial neural network (ANN) classifiers and autoencoders were verified. The time for correct classification of one picture was less than $9~\mu \text{s}$ . The power consumed in the sensor array can be decreased according to the square law without affecting the results. Our work shows universal circuits and algorithms to compute in resistance-style ANN image sensors with promising energy efficiency.


This article presents the experience in the application of the Problem Based Learning methodology, adapted for the development of specific competences in apprentices of the Industrial Production Management Technology, from the Industrial Center and the Technological Development. The document describes the process of identification of acquired competences for critical thinking in productive processes of companies in Barrancabermeja; as well as the characteristics of the output profile in the apprentice, through the perceptions of entrepreneurs who took part in the project.


The general population is exposed to low levels of asbestos primarily by inhalation. Small quantities of asbestos fibers are ubiquitous in air. They may arise from natural sources (e.g., the effect of weathering on asbestos containing minerals), from windblown soil from hazardous waste sites where asbestos is not properly stored, and from deterioration of automobile clutches and brakes or breakdown of asbestos-containing (mainly chrysotile) materials, such as insulation. Because of these properties, asbestos fibers have been used in a wide range of manufactured goods. In 1989, EPA identified the following asbestos product categories. Many of these materials may still be in use (EPA, 2010).


This article introduces some main questions of electric construction in city planning,analyzes reasons from the point of management,and offers some corresponding measures and ways.


In momentum exchange theory the loss models for the circulatory flow is critically Important But because of lack of loss model on the circulatory flow, analysis model on regenerative turbomachines is not available In the open literature. In the present study circulatory loss is evaluated by combining bend's losses Through the comparison with the previous experimental data on linear pressure gradient, a combination factor is suggested in terms of the aspect ratio of a channel Applying this factor to two kinds of regenerative blowers the predicted results are found to be In good agreement with the experimental data of the overall performance and the head distribution along the rotational direction Especially, the comparison with the head distribution demonstrates the accuracy of hydraulic model and loss model suggested in the present study. And the comparison with the overall performance confirms the validness of physical models as well as loss models suggested In the present study.


Abstract We discuss a state feedback H ∞ control problem for a simple networked control system with one linear plant and one controller connected by sensor and actuator channels with time-varying delays under the two types of information structure on the time delays. We approach to this problem by adopting architecture of a predictive control for a predictive controlled output, and characterize the predictive control by using parameter-dependent linear matrix inequalities.We also discuss an output feedback case.


Current research (Adkins & Vasu, 2000; Casey & Rakes, 2002; Dawson and Rakes, 2003) supports technology training for teachers for the purpose of using this technology as an instructional tool in the classroom to improve student learning. To meet this request for teacher educators, it is important to provide quality professional development. Connecting local public school teachers with university faculty for training opportunities was an excellent starting point since our university could provide a high degree of instructional delivery. Our PDS start-up grant enabled us to offer a very successful workshop that provided monetary incentives, ACT 48 credits (PA requirement for teachers), and a positive view on the part of the teachers in using new technologies as well as strengthen a collaborative partnership between the University and a K-12 school district in order to improve student achievement.


Bertholletia excelsa, is a tree original from the South American Amazon humid forest. The fruits of this tree known as Brazilian Chesnutt represent one of the most important non wood products in the northern part of Bolivia. Therefore it is necessary to get to know the composition of the oil contained in the fruits found in the tropical regions in Bolivia in order to have quality standards for international markets. For the chemical characterization of the Brazilian Chesnutt oil we did carry out a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis and subsequently we did performed a trans-esterification under basic conditions to obtain the methyl esters of the fatty acids (FAME) that conform the triglycerides, the BIOFARBO 17 (1) 2009 47-53 Limachi I. et al./BIOFARBO 17 (1) 2009 47-53 60 methyl esters were subsequently analyzed by means of gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The GC-MS analysis of the obtained FAME after the trans-esterification of the Brazilian Chesnutt oil did show a composition of: linoleic acid 51,1% oleic acid 32,7%, palmitic acid 9,4% and stearic acid 6,8%. All together these represent a total of 83,8% of unsaturated fatty acids.


The present invention is a sheet that can be used as permeable polymer network (Interpenetrating polymer network, IPN) New relates to a method, specifically, various types of wound dressing (wound dressing) and scar care products (scar management product) to produce a sheet It relates to an improved method of producing. The method of the present invention compared to the conventional method has the following several improvements: First a single-pass process and; The second is not necessary the secondary coding of the liquid polymer, which functions like a glue and; Thirdly, no need for an organic solvent or other auxiliary process and; Fourth, eliminating the need for an extended length of the oven that affect the operation and the time required; Fifth is faster than compared to traditional methods; And the sixth is that when driving the substrate is coated on only one exit section.


We study local and global trace formulae for C∞ (a priori non-analytic) hyperbolic diffeomorphisms, that is we compare the sum of its Ruelle resonances with the at trace of its transfer operator. We explicit the link between trace formulae and dynamical determinants and give examples of systems with explicit dynamical determinants exhibiting interesting behaviours (in particular, trace formulae do not always hold). We also establish a bound on the growth of the dynamical determinant for Gevrey dynamics from which we deduce a control on the number of resonances outside of a disc centred at 0. Introduction Let T : M → M be a C∞ di eomorphism with hyperbolic basic set Λ ⊆ M (see De nition 2.1, we could also consider an expanding map) and g : M → C be a C∞ function. Then the formal power series (1) dT,g (z) = exp − +∞ ∑


AIM To explore the effect of wild type p53 gene transfer mediated via recombinant adenovirus vector on tumor cell apoptosis induced by anticancer agent cisplatin. METHOD Eukaryotic expression plasmid pAdCMV p53 or pAdCMV luc, together with pJM17 containing adenovirus genome DNA, was co transfected into human kidney cell 293 with liposome lipofectamine. Recombinant p53 adenovirus(Ad p53) and recombinant luc adenovirus(Ad luc) were generated and identified by dual PCR. Oral cancer cell KB firstly was infected by two recombinant adenoviruses and then treated with cisplatin. The effect of p53 gene on apoptosis induction, and expression level of bcl 2 and bax genes in Ad p53 infected tumor cells were observed. RESULTS E1 deficient and replication defective Ad p53 and Ad luc were generated by homologous recombination in virus packaging cell 293. Western blot indicated that wild type p53 gene was transferred and expressed in Ad p53 infected KB cells. Northern blot showed that bcl 2 mRNA expression level was markedly reduced and bax mRNA level was increased in Ad p53 infected cells, compared with Ad luc infected cells. Flow cytometry and in situ end labeling suggested that the cells treated with Ad luc and cisplatin did not undergo apoptosis; The cells treated with Ad p53 and cisplatin were induced a marked apoptosis. The number of cell death in the latter group was more than the former. CONCLUSION p53 gene plays a key role in the apoptosis of tumor cells induced by cisplatin by down regulating the expression level of bcl 2 gene and up regulating expression level of bax gene. The application of recombinant p53 adenovirus in combination with cisplatin might help to overcome the resistance to chemotherapeutic drug of p53 null tumor cells in clinical anticancer treatment.


In this paper, we propose an approach of optimization of meander line antennas by using genetic algorithm. Such antennas are used in RFID applications. As opposed to other approaches for meander antennas, we propose the use of only two optimization objectives, i.e. gain and size. As an example, we have optimized a single meander dipole antenna, resonating at 869 MHz.


Objective To search the volatile components of the drink made from raspberry in Fengqiu County,Henan Province in China.Methods The volatiles were analyzed by head-space solid micro-extraction,coupled with GC/MS and Kovats induce.Results The relative content for the 2 identified compounds accounted for 98.3% of the total essential constituents.Conclusion The major volatile components were 4H-pyran-4-one,2-ethyl-3-hydroxy-(95.34%),dehydroacetic acid(2.96%).


A series of zinc complexes with tridentate pyridinoylhydrazone ligands bearing two different end groups and coordinated pyridine molecules were synthesized and characterized. Crystal structures with mono-, di-, and polymeric arrangements were obtained, depending on the position of the pyridinoyl nitrogen atom. Direct involvement of the pyridinoyl moiety in the coordination to the metal was observed when the nitrogen was in the ortho or meta position. The meta derivatives led to 1D polymers with the same coordination environment, regardless of the bulkiness of the end group. In this case, unprecedented solid-state photoluminescence quantum yields were recorded. In the ortho ligands, the further bidentate N,N site involving the pyridinoyl nitrogen atom was able to coordinate a further zinc acetate unit. Molecular and periodic calculations were performed within density functional theory (DFT) to rationalize the photophysical behavior. Excellent agreement between the theoretical and experimental absorptions was observed. The HOMOs and LUMOs of the complexes were investigated both in the solid state and in solution.


LBA9514 Background: For patients with life-threatening illness such as advanced cancer, optimal management of longstanding medications prescribed for comorbid illness is uncertain. Risks may outweigh benefits; e.g., benefits from HMG Co-A reductase inhibitors ("statins") may take years to accrue and may not be relevant for a person with limited prognosis. Is it safe to discontinue statins for the patient with less than a year to live?

METHODS
This was a multicenter, unblinded pragmatic trial. At enrollment, participants were randomized (1:1) to discontinue or continue their statin medication. Eligible patients were adults with advanced life-limiting illness on a statin for ≥3 months for primary or secondary prevention, a life expectancy of greater than one month, and evidence of recent deterioration in performance status. Outcomes measured at baseline and at least monthly included survival, cardiovascular-related events, quality of life (QOL), symptoms, and polypharmacy. Rate of death within 60 days of randomization was the primary outcome.

RESULTS
381 patients were enrolled (189 discontinue statins; 192 continue statins). Mean age was 74 years (SD 12); 22% were cognitively impaired; 49% had cancer as the primary diagnosis; and, 69% had used statins for >5 years. Rate of death within 60 days was not statistically different between groups (discontinue vs. continue, 23.8% vs. 20.3%, 90% CI -3.5% to 10.5%, p=0.36). The group discontinuing statins had longer median time-to-death (229 days [90% CI 186-332] vs. 190 days [90% CI 170-257]; p=0.60). Total QOL was significantly better among the group discontinuing statins (McGill QOL: 7.11 vs. 6.85, p=0.037) and there were fewer symptoms in this group (Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale: 25.2 vs. 27.4, p=0.128). People in the discontinue statins group took significantly fewer medications (10.1 vs. 10.8, p = 0.034). Few participants in either group experienced cardiovascular events (13 vs. 11).

CONCLUSIONS
In the setting of life-limiting illness such as advanced cancer, it is unlikely that harm will accrue when statins being used for primary or secondary prevention are discontinued; these patients may even benefit.

CLINICAL TRIAL INFORMATION
NCT01415934.


Envisioning the potentials of energy harvesting technology and the improved spectrum reuse by joint utilization of overlay and underlay modes, this paper studies the throughput performance of a novel cognitive radio network (CRN) scenario with a mobile energy-harvesting secondary transmitter (ST). The hybrid overlay-underlay scheme allows the secondary users to access the spectrum even when the primary signal is detected. We are the first to partition the unit area into three parts for secondary users: overlay mode area, underlay mode area, and harvesting zone. Then, we propose a metric to classify the CRN into the spectrum-limited state and the energy-limited state, and accordingly maximize the throughput through the monotonicity analysis of throughput and collision probability. The secondary throughput is maximized under the energy constraint and collision constraint. Moreover, we quantitatively discuss the impacts of underlay mode transmission on the classification of network states and the corresponding optimal spectrum sensing, respectively. We find that with a relatively small detection threshold, ST transmits the considerable amount of packets in underlay mode, while it transmits few packets in overlay mode. Theoretical results are validated by simulations, and our findings shed light on the design and operation of mobile energy-harvesting CRNs.


It is shown that in the development and application of soil-protective measures on erosion-prone territories, it is extremely important to take into account soil and climatic features of natural ecosystems. The global warming observed in the last decades has a special sense and importance for the Russian Federation by virtue of its physical and geographical position and agricultural climate opportunities. New natural resource potential of light, heat and moisture formed on this basis, significant growth of climate extremes and dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena (droughts, overmoistening, hailstorms, frost etc.) of the Central Non-Chernozem area violate sustainability of agricultural sector. They reduce the production potential of agrolandscapes, bring noticeable destabilization in the processes of soil formation, ecological regimes of soils, processes of growth, development and productivity of field crops. To the same extent, and as long-term studies show, even to a much greater extent, this can be said for areas located on sloping lands. Climate changes as a result of warming bring to reorganization of arable horizon with deterioration of its agrophysical basis: increase of density by 3...5 % and hardness by 20...22 %, reduction of agronomically valuable macrostructure by 10...19 %, weakening of water capacity of soil units by 9...13 %, worsening of nutrition and water regime that in the end negatively affects productivity of agrolandscapes and their ecological stability. It is hardly possible to solve the problem of soil degradation as a result of erosion by applying individual elements of the complex of soil protective measures. Only a systematic approach will allow to obtain the proper ecological and economic effect on sloping lands, where soil-protective grain-grass crop rotation plays a leading role. Key words: CLIMATE CHANGE, SLOPING LAND, NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT, CROWN AGRICULTURE, SOIL EROSION


The Marshal of Navarra's misfortunes: the book as solace and comfort for the soul in cases of deprivation of freedom The life of the sixth Marshal of Navarra is one of the most eventful in the unsettled scene resulting from the conquest and incorporation of Navarre to the Spanish monarchy. He was head of the Agramontese faction and remained faithful to the deposed monarchs, which resulted for him in significant consequences and eventually led him to end his life tragically, having lost every hope of ever leaving his prison. In these circumstances, he used to comfort and solace himself reading the books of the small library he had in prison so that he could alleviate the long hours of confinement. Unfortunately, we have only vague references to those books in the post-mortem inventory of his property. We can but make hypothetical guesses about which they could be, looking at the moment's editorial and commercial context.


Dilatometric studies of C–Mn hypoeutectoid steel with an as-cast structure were carried out to study the effects of the heating or cooling rate, heating and cooling process on phase transformation, and the thermal expansion coefficient. As the heating or cooling rate ( V _c) increased, the characteristic temperatures of A _c1, A _cp, and A _c3 also rose, while A _r3, A _r1, and A _rp fell. In addition, the phase transformation temperature range ( A _c3– A _c1) rose, while ( A _r3– A _rp) fell as the heating or cooling rate increased. At the same time, the maximum thermal expansion coefficients│α_T│ between the heating and cooling processes during phase transformation showed significant differences, and the difference (│Δα_T│) in the maximum │α_T│ between these processes increased along with the heating or cooling rate, and this is because of the different phase transformation rates, with regard to the change from austenite to ferrite on cooling and ferrite to austenite on heating. During the heating process, the phase transformation rate of ferrite to austenite first decreases and then increases as the temperature rises, and the phase transformation rate of austenite to ferrite first increases and then decreases during the cooling process. The evolution of carbon and substitutional alloying elements (Si and Mn) in austenite during heating and cooling is also analyzed in this work.


The rhythmical character of the function of the proliferative system of the oesophagus epithelium of mice changed after infection by Salmonella typhi and after injection of lomefloxacin to intact and infected mice. The degree of the changes depended on the exposure time. The proliferative system of the oesophagus epithelium was more resistant to the infection in the night-time than the day-time and equally resistant to the effect of lomefloxacin in both the day-time and the night-time. The proliferative system of the oesophagus epithelium of the infected mice exposed to lomefloxacin in the day-time proved to be in a noncompensated state and in the night-time it proved to be in the hyperfunctional state.


A class of high-gain fusion targets which employ direct beam deposition was studied. The targets have a solid DT fuel layer outside a low-density magnetic central igniter. Propagating burn results because alpha particle energy from the magnetic core is deposited in the outer solid-density fuel layer. One finds that the thickness of the solid fuel layer is crucial to target behavior.


Methods: As a randomized double-blind controlled clinical trial, this study was performed from 2018 to 2019. A total of 66 obese patients (BMI≥27) with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, hospitalized in the departments of Razi Psychiatric Hospital, entered the study; then, they were randomly divided into intervention and control groups after completing the informed consent form. The patients received metformin or placebo for 12 weeks. The dose of metformin was gradually increased and in case of a patient's tolerance, was prescribed up to 500 mg twice daily. During the study, all patients received their previous therapies. The variables included BMI, weight, waist circumference, lipid profile, and fasting blood glucose, which were studied at the beginning of the study and at weeks 4, 8, and, 12. The data were analyzed, using a post hoc test by SPSS software.


The present invention relates to incremental supports migration of virtual machine backup. Logging changes snapshot of a virtual machine changes in reserves since the last time it was backed up virtual machine received virtual machine data recording and virtual machines. In response to the increment of time to perform a backup of the virtual machine, and recording the changed data to the virtual machine part VM data is backed up, and a part of the recording snapshot backup snapshot changes. In response to the migration of the virtual machine to the host device to a second time, and records a snapshot of the virtual machine data changes, the changed recording data in the virtual machine, snapshot or more migrated to the second host device.


Objective:To analyze application of Chinese herbal injections in our hospital,and provide reference for clinical rational application.Method:The amount of medication,medication frequency defined daily dose(DDDs),daily expense DDC and the amount of drug scheduling and DDDs sort ratio were given as the evaluation indexes,the application status of Chinese herbal injection was analyzed in 2011.Result:Fourty-two chemicals regulation of 34 varieties of Chinese herbal injection were used,highest frequency is xingnaojing injection,Chinese herbal withpromoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis is in key position.Conclusion:Application of Chinese herbal is reasonable,but there are still weakness,to which more attention should be paid.


The invention discloses a helmet type air purifier which comprises an outer shell and an air purifier body. The outer shell is provided with an arc-shaped adjustable shell body matched with the head top of a human body, a filter cavity formed between the two sides of the shell body is formed in the outer shell, and an air outlet of the filter cavity is formed in the front segment face of the outer shell and in the position of the forehead of the human body. The air purifier body is located in the filter cavity, an air inlet of the air purifier body is formed in the upper side of the outer shell, air enters the air inlet and is discharged out of the air outlet after being purified by the air purifier body, and therefore an air purification channel is formed. The helmet type air purifier can protect a person against damage of polluted air and cannot interfere with personal work and life, fresh air can be provided for personal life space, and many negative air ions can be released.


Experience in physics education has revealed that even in courses that "assess" well, students often have serious misconceptions about fundamental concepts. A concept inventory is an instrument used to demonstrate and measure this anomalous effect. In physics education, use of the Force Concept Inventory and related instruments has facilitated true reform. Indeed, many educators view concept inventories as a key tool for change in any STEM subject. To date, there has been little work to develop concept inventories for use in CS education. This panel describes efforts to develop and encourage the use of such instruments for the computing field, initially for Discrete Mathematics (DM) as taught in CS programs and later for CS1 and CS2. Such instruments have potential for supporting investigations into important questions regarding the teaching of DM and the impact of different approaches on the development of CS1/CS2 skills.


This paper reviews the results of a program of experimental work on infrared quantum counter action in trivalent rare earth doped CaF 2 , SrF 2 , BaF 2 , and LaF 3 lattices. The action has been found in eight of the nine possible ions that could give an output in the visible region. While the strengths of the various schemes at a 1 percent doping level are consistant with a low concentration theory, the strengths of the schemes at a 10 percent doping level indicate that there are ion-ion interactions influencing the systems. These ion-ion couplings are so effective that three photon addition schemes have been identified.


As an energy storing and converting device near atomic size, quantum battery (QB) promises an enhanced charging power and extractable work using quantum resources. However, the ubiquitous decoherence causes its cyclic charging-storing-discharging process deactivated, which is called aging of QB. Here, we propose a mechanism to overcome the aging of a QB. It is found that the decoherence of the QB is suppressed when two Floquet bound states (FBSs) are formed in the quasienergy spectrum of the total system consisting of the QB-charger setup and their respective environments. As long as either the quasienergies of the two FBSs are degenerate or the QB-charge coupling is large in the presence of two FBSs, the QB exposing to the dissipative environments returns to its near-ideal cyclic stage. Our results supplies an insightful guideline to realize QB in practice using Floquet engineering.


Harvey, M.S., 1987. Grymeus, a new genus of pouched oonopid spider from Australia (Chelicerata: Araneae). Mem. Mus. Vict. 48: 123-130. A new genus, Grymeus, is described for three new species, G. robertsi (type species) and G. yanga, from western Victoria and south-western New South Wales, and G. barbatus from central South Australia. It is unusual due to the presence of extensive, setaceous book-lung covers and a male pouch formed by the modification of the maxillae, labium and sternum. The genus is compared with other pouched oonopids from South America.


The invention relates to a method of pomegranate juice manufacture, characterized in that: - in a first step, subjecting the grenades, washed and dried, at a first pressure under conditions allowing to obtain a juice corresponding to a partial expression arils; and - in a second step, the remaining milled grenades and subjecting the ground product to a second pressure under conditions allowing to obtain maximum liquid contained in the entire grenades, including the pericarp and membranes.


Background: β-Thalassemia (β-TM) major cases are increasing in Indonesia. β-Thalassemia major has recently been ranked fifth as a catastrophic disease in the list of Indonesian National Health Insu...


We present a two‐colour photocurrent detection method for coherent control of a single InGaAs/GaAs self‐assembled quantum dot. A pulse shaping technique provides a high degree of control over picosecond optical pulses. Rabi rotations on the exciton to biexciton transition are presented, and fine structure beating is detected via time‐resolved measurements. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


The evolution of the band texture, that develops in a lyotropic chiral nematic (cholesteric) PBDG solution after cessation of flow, is determined by means of a polarizing microscope equipped with a shear-flow cell. Both the real and the conoscopic SALS images are used to obtain information on the increase of the band spacing as a function of relaxation time. Also, a relation betweenthe previously applied shear rate and the lateral band size is observed. The experimental results on the band spacing are compared to a simple one-dimensional (1-D) continuum mechanical model that uses the bend Frank elastic constant and the Miesowicz rotational viscosity


Abstract S-Triphenyl and trialkylgermyl esters of dialkyl dithio- and tetrathiophosphoric acids, and 4-methoxyphenyldithio- and trithiophosphonic acids were easily obtained in the reactions of tetraphosphorus decasulfide and Lawesson's reagent with triphenyl and trialkyl(alkoxy)germanes and (alkylthio)germanes.


In this chapter, precision power measurement, which is probably the most important area in RF and microwave metrology, will be discussed. Firstly, the background of RF and microwave power measurements and standards will be introduced. Secondly, the working principle of primary power standard (i.e., microcalorimeter) will be descri‐ bed, followed by the discussions of direct comparison transfer technique. Finally, there will be some discussions about the performance evaluation and uncertainty estima‐ tion for microwave power measurements.


The last decade has seen an increase in the efforts of respondent States to have their own claims against investor-claimants heard in investor-State proceedings commenced against them. The investment arbitration case law has revealed a host of legal and practical difficulties in admitting counterclaims. Most of these stem from the core requirement that parties must consent to submit their differences to investment arbitration. The applicable arbitration rules have also been cited as a bar to counterclaims. This chapter explores the functionality of applicable procedural rules as bases for an investment tribunal's authority to hear counterclaims under the two main investment law regimes: the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID) Convention and Arbitration Rules and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Arbitration Rules. A review of the milestone cases under these two regimes reveals the major problems that have arisen.


This review summarizes and discusses the role of ACC synthase in plants. The classic role of ACC synthase is to act as the key enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway for the plant hormone ethylene. Several recent papers have converged on the notion that ACC, the immediate product of ACC synthase, acts as a novel signaling molecule in plants independent of its conversion to ethylene. The evidence for this hypothesis from these papers and potential roles for ACC is summarized and discussed.


Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are causing significant mortality and morbidity in India and caused by common risk factors. Patients are seeking treatment form allopathic and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and NCDs burden are not documented form CAM source. Present study done to assess the rationale of Hypertension reporting in determining NCDs burden in County. Methods: Cross-sectional study at tertiary care CAM hospital from January 2011 to October 2011. Results: Total 64524 OPD patients (females; 48.9%) with almost half (53.1%) of patients were unclassified and kept as "other" category. Commonly reported morbidities were of respiratory (10.5%), neuromuscular (9.5%), digestive (9.2%), circulatory (9.1%), and eye (8.4%) system. Conclusion: Significant amount of NCDs are reported and managed in CAM and mainstreaming of reporting for effective disease surveillance is to be ensured.


The median diameter of suspended particle is an important index in the water quality monitoring.Coulter Multisizer is an advanced method of particle size analysis at present.The detection data of Coulter Multisizer were analyzed and compared in this paper.And several characteristics and regular patterns were found.It was indicated that the water quality should be analyzed and judged by total amount of particles and median diameter.


The method of forming the fine pattern in the semiconductor device is provided to secure the linewidth uniformity of pattern by implementing the micro-pattern of the extent like the double patterning technique through one photolithography monitoring process. The method of forming the fine pattern in the semiconductor device comprises as follows. A step is for successively forming the etch stopping layer(22) on the etched layer(20) and sacrificing layer. A step is for forming the photoresist pattern on the sacrificing layer. A step is for forming the sacrificial layer pattern by etching the sacrificing layer using the etching barrier as the photoresist pattern. A step is for forming the spacer(25) in the side wall of the sacrificial layer pattern. A step is for removing the sacrificial layer pattern. A step is for successively etching the etch stopping layer and etched layer uisng the space as the etching barrier.


Ferrous is one of the groundwater contaminants that negatively impacts health and the environment. The allowed ferrous content is < 1 ppm in water for daily use. Removal of Fe in groundwater by adsorption using low-cost bio-sorbent from rice husk has been conducted. The process was carried out in continuous mode using two types of rice husk-sourced adsorbents, one was only carbonated at 400 C and another was followed by a physical activation at 650 C. To study the effects of physical activation on the surface characteristics, both types of biosorbents were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscope and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. The concentration of artificial sample before and after adsorption was evaluated using the Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. From the results, the adsorption using physically activated sorbent had greater removal efficiency of 74.02% compared to that of without activation treatment, which was only 65.70%. In addition, the concentration of ferrous was successfully reduced to 1,029 and 0.779 ppm from the initial concentration of 3 ppm for the process using the adsorbent without and with activation, respectively. It can be concluded that the physically activated rice husk has the potential to be used for adsorption of Ferrous in continuous column.


This paper investigates the linkage between social protection policies and economic resilience. Does social protection have an impact on income and growth? What role do social protection policies play in strengthening a society's capacity to overcome economic and social hardships? These are questions that the recent crisis has again propelled to the forefront of the debate among international development institutions. Our panel analysis has found a positive answer to the first question and provides some empirical evidence showing that the promotion of social protection may be an effective means of reducing poverty and accelerating economic development. The answer to the second question, however, remains elusive insofar as our initial hypothesis comes up against methodological limitations and data availability issues that hamper the fine-tuning our investigation.


Restoration of the ability to blink and protect the eye in the patient with facial paralysis remains a challenge. Although many treatments exist, no one approach corrects all the deficits associated with the loss of orbicularis oculi function. In this study, the author investigated the feasibility of restoring function by direct electrical stimulation of the paralyzed orbicularis oculi muscle in the rabbit model.


This paper reports on findings from a nationally funded project which aims to design and implement a quality management framework for online learning environments (OLEs). Evaluation is a key component of any quality management system and it is this aspect of the framework that is the focus of this paper. In developing the framework initial focus groups were conducted at the five participating institutions. These revealed that, although regarded as important, there did not appear to be a shared understanding of the nature and purpose of evaluation. A second series of focus groups revealed there were multiple perspectives arising from those with a vested interest in online learning. These perspectives will be outlined. Overall, how evaluation was undertaken was highly variable within and across the five institutions reflecting where they were at in relation to the development of their OLE.


Since reform and opening up, China's economic relations have undergone significant changes, in which the changes of various relations in the production process play a decisive role in the changes of economic relations. Therefore, combing the realistic evolution path of China's relations of production in the past 40 years and refining the internal theoretical mechanism of its evolution are of great significance for summing up the 40 years' experience of reform and opening up. Based on the basic law that productive forces determine production relations and production relations react to the productive forces, this paper holds that it is necessary to study the realistic path and internal logic of the evolution of production relations from the perspective of the mode of production and in the dynamic interaction between productive forces and production relations.  On the one hand, this paper divides the realistic evolution of the mode of production in the past 40 years of reform and opening up into three stages according to interaction between productive forces and production relations. Firstly, the exploratory period of the quantitative mode of production (1978-1997), during which the reform of production relations and the development of productive forces in China have promoted the planned mode of production" into the quantitative mode of production". Secondly, during the deepening period of the quantitative production mode (1998-2012), the development of productive forces and production relations jointly promoted the continuous development and stability of the quantitative production mode in China. Thirdly, during the exploration period of the quality production mode (from 2013 to the present), China's quality-based production mode is actively formed and promoted. However, in this period the role of productive forces still needs to be further stimulated, and the synergy between productive forces and production relations has not been fully established yet.  On the other hand, this paper sums up the theoretical mechanism of the evolution of China's relations of production by fully combining Marxist classical logic with the practice of China's reform in the field of production. Namely, the dynamic adaptation between productive forces and production relations is the logical main line; people-centered" is the internal axis; the government control is the macro-guarantee of the evolution of China's production relations. And these key elements interact with each other to promote the evolution and development of China's production relations. The above theoretical mechanism is actually the summary and refinement of the practice of the reform of production relations since reform and opening up, and also a valuable experience in the process of socialist market economy construction in China.


Superposition of trajectories, which modify quantum evolutions by superposing paths through interferometry, has been utilized to enhance various quantum communication tasks. However, little is known about its impact from the viewpoint of open quantum systems. Thus, we examine this subject from the perspective of system-environment interactions. We show that the superposition of multiple trajectories can result in quantum state freezing, suggesting a space-time dual to the quantum Zeno effect. Moreover, non-trivial Dicke-like super(sub)radiance can be triggered without utilizing multi-atom correlations.


Background: The free groin flap, revolutionary in 1972, has gradually lost its relative popularity because of the new free flaps available as well as because of some of its inherent disadvantages, including a short arterial pedicle, variable arterial anatomy, the generally small caliber of the included blood vessels, its bulkiness, and numbness at the donor site. Methods: From December of 2002 to May of 2004, the authors successfully overcame a number of these disadvantages by means of clinical application of the superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap in 12 patients (age range, 15 to 67 years). These surgical procedures involved nine recipient sites in the upper limbs, two in the foot, and one in the buccal region. Results: This flap not only overcomes most of the disadvantages of the free groin flap but also demonstrates many of its advantages, including the following: (1) concealment of the donor-site scar; (2) primary closure of the donor site; (3) the availability of a large cutaneous flap (25 × 8 cm to 6 × 4 cm); (4) non–hair-bearing skin; (5) longer arterial pedicle (3 to 13 cm); (6) typically requiring no vessel grafting; (7) seldom being a "bulgy" flap; (8) smaller are of numbness at the donor site; and (9) less time required for flap dissection (0.5 to 1.5 hours). Conclusions: The superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap is an evolution of the conventional free groin flap. This flap not only overcomes most of the disadvantages of the free groin flap but also offers the many advantages of the successful application of the free groin flap.


Boron compounds are very important raw material for both world and Turkey. There is the largest fraction of the world's boron reserves in Turkey. Ulexite, which is one of the most widely available boron minerals, has the chemical formula of Na2O.2CaO.5B2O3.16H2O and triclinic crystal structure. The parameters selected for the study are particle size, reaction temperature, solution concentration, solid to liquid ratio and stirring speed. The ulexite dissolution rate was found to increase with decreasing particle size and solid to liquid ratio, with increasing reaction temperature and solution concentration, while it was not affected by stirring speed. A model equation was constructed for the process. Employing graphical and statistal methods, the dissolution rate, based on homogeneous reaction model and evaluation of the experimental data and the mathematical model revealed that the dissolution process was found to be controlled by chemical reaction and the activation energy of this process was estimated to be 52.875 kj/mol. The mathematical model to represent the kinetics of this process can be expressed as: 1 (1 X)1/3 = 6.3 x10 7. (Rp)-0,9005 .(CA).(S/L).e .t.


This article presents the results of research aimed at the application of evaluation in Physical Education, in schoolchildren with intellectual disabilities, noting the poor correspondence between the objectives of the program being taught and the objectives proposed in the current evaluation model, through Ministerial Resolution 238/2014. The objective is to propose a formative evaluation methodology in Physical Education, for school children with intellectual disabilities, in the municipality of Pinar del Rio. For this purpose, different research methods were applied, such as the observation of Physical Education classes at different times during the evaluation, and the survey of teachers of the subject who teach classes to schoolchildren. As a result, a methodology is presented which integrates the evaluation of motor skills and physical abilities and promotes recreational activities in which practical and social learning are stimulated, influencing the improvement of their health and preparation for an adult and independent life of schoolchildren.


Experimental and theoretical research is described which demonstrates that the stability, handling, and braking of high-performance motorcycles can be improved by careful chassis design and optimum choice of mass distribution. Wobble oscillation or handling deficiencies in a production machine are unnecessary when it is operated within its speed capability, even when carrying touring luggage. The basic handling, particularly in heavy braking, can be readily improved to a level of safety found on few current models. Recommended road and track-tested modifications include: replacement of the telescopic front fork by a laterally stiff leading link design; dive control and constant trail under braking; tubular main frame with a high lateral (though not necessarily torsional) stiffness; stiff rear fork; preloaded tapered roller bearings wherever possible to improve overall lateral stiffness; and narrow, low-mass engine, mounted low and forward in laterally stiff engine mountings. If these points are observed, steering geometry can be set for light "feel" and easy control, suspension/damper action can be set for correct travel and optimum rider comfort, and tires can be designed for their grip and handling qualities. It is no longer necessary to have a long wheelbase, high rake angle, and firm suspension, and to compromise on tire design to achieve adequate stability.


This article argues administration of police organizations may create barriers and facilitators for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer (LGBTIQ) and/or questioning those seeking police support. With research to date focused on frontline LGBTIQ–police experiences, we are yet to examine the influence of administration. This article begins this conversation using data from research projects documenting policing experiences of LGBTIQ people in Australia to show how we may need to queer police administrative systems to better support LGBTIQ people. The data discussed demonstrates the need for further research exploring how administration of police organizations can complicate supportive LGBTIQ–police relationships.


An Overview on the Nekhoroshev Theorem.- Diffusion in Hamiltonian Quasi-Integrable Systems.- Weakly Dissipative Systems in Celestial Mechanics.- Connectance and Stability of Dynamical Systems.- Chaotic Di?usion of Asteroids.- An Overview of the Rotations of Planets in the Solar System.- On the Stability of Extra-Solar Planetary Systems.- Origin Theories for the Eccentricities of Extrasolar Planets.- Methods for the Study of the Dynamics of the Oort Cloud Comets I: Modelling the Stellar Perturbations.- Methods for the Study of the Dynamics of the Oort Cloud Comets II: Modelling the Galactic Tide.- Special Features of Galactic Dynamics.- On the Diffculty to Foresee Solar Cycles: A Non-Deterministic Approach.


Abstract : This report presents information indicating that unrestrained subhuman primates are capable of performing a learned task following a 4000-rad (midline tissue dose) pulse of irradiation. The animals exhibit a measurable performance decrement postirradiation with the most severe decrements occurring within the first 2 hours postpulse. Except during the period of early transient incapacitation, however, the animals were able to perform at a near normal level until shortly before death, at which time they became totally incapacitated. (Author)


1At its core is a fundamental belief in moral equality, a belief that all human beings possess an equal inherent dignity or worth. The ideal of human dignity upon which democracy is based is reflected in the principle of moral equality common to all modern political and ethical theories. 2


In the course of our continuing search for novel antimicrobial agents,1-5) we have isolated a novel antibacterial anthracycline, micromonomycin (1), from culture Micromonospora sp. Micromonomycin was identified as a new anthracycline using high resolution ESIMS and extensive NMR spectroscopic analyses. In this paper, we describe the isolation and structure elucidation of 1. The biological activity of 1 against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains as well as fungal pathogens is also reported. The germination and fermentation conditions of this culture were described previously.5) The fermentation broth (2 liters) was stirred with 100g of NaCl and 4 liters of acetonitrile (MeCN). The organic layer was separated and dried in vacuum. The extract was absorbed onto the polymeric resin, CG161 (-100ml) and the NaCl salt was washed out with water (200ml). The absorbed organic material was eluted with 200ml 40% aq. MeCN, and 80% aq. MeCN to yield 432 and 73mg of dried material, respectively, after removing solvent in vacuo. The organic material of 80% McCN fraction was fractionated on an


Streaming tensor factorization is an effective tool for unsupervised analysis of time-evolving sparse data, which emerge in many critical domains such as cybersecurity and trend analysis. In contrast to traditional tensors, time-evolving tensors demonstrate extreme sparsity and sparsity variation over time, resulting in irregular memory access and inefficient use of parallel computing resources. Additionally, due to the prohibitive cost of dynamically generating compressed sparse tensor formats, the state-of-the-art approaches process streaming tensors in a raw form that fails to capture data locality and suffers from high synchronization cost. To address these challenges, we propose a new dynamic tensor linearization framework that quickly encodes streaming multi-dimensional data on-the-fly in a compact representation, which has substantially lower memory usage and higher data reuse and parallelism than the original raw data. This is achieved by using a spatial sketching algorithm that keeps all incoming nonzero elements but remaps them into a tensor sketch with considerably reduced multi-dimensional image space. Moreover, we present a dynamic time slicing mechanism that uses variable-width time slices (instead of the traditional fixed-width) to balance the frequency of factor updates and the utilization of computing resources. We demonstrate the efficacy of our framework by accelerating two high-performance streaming tensor algorithms, namely, CP-stream and spCP-stream, and significantly improve their performance for a range of real-world streaming tensors. On a modern 56-core CPU, our framework achieves 10.3 − 11× and 6.4 − 7.2× geometric-mean speedup for the CP-stream and spCP-stream algorithms, respectively.


T h e contribution of the junior college library in helping to win the war is directly dependent upon that which the junior college undertakes. Perhaps the greatest wartime adjustment in most junior colleges has been the addition of certain terminal courses. Thus, instead of papers on such a subject as "what the junior college library is doing to help win the war ," the broader subject of terminal courses has been chosen for this symposium. T h i s subject, of course, covers the work done with all terminal courses and, hence, includes an important phase of library work in connection with helping to win the war. Each of the following papers is presented from a distinct point of v iew—that of a library in: I. a large public coeducational junior college, 2. a large private junior college for girls, and 3. a small private junior college for men. It is believed that the three viewpoints as presented give a good picture of the work done in junior college libraries in connection with terminal courses.


In the application of target tracking based on dynamic convey tree-based collaboration (DCTC) in wireless sensor networks, collisions and interferences among nodes pose a challenge for data aggregation. In this paper, we refine slot allocation to the nodes in dynamic convey tree and design an energy efficient MAC protocol called D-TDMA, which avoids collisions and interferences and allocates contiguous active slots to nodes as far as possible during data aggregation from leaf nodes to a root node. As a result, the energy consumption in switching from sleeping to active state is saved. Simulation results show that D-TDMA not only gets rid of the impact of collisions and interferences among nodes in dynamic convey tree, but also performs similar throughput to that of CSMA-like mechanism where nodes work without active/sleep scheduling strategy. Our protocol outperforms ESR in both energy efficiency and low delay.


Here you will find library and internet resources for research on topics and issues in Oceanography. On this page, you will find Internet resources for researching topics and issues in Oceanography.


Aiming at the issues of multiple inverse solutions, the optimization of inverse kinematic solution was proposed,which based on the principle of the shortest itinerary, which ensure that the robot system can obtain the right inverse solution.Using the decoupling property of 6-dof robot posture and position two objective functions which use master-slave structure in order to improve the optimal efficiency were given.This optimal method which base on the weighted average of joint variable is easy to compute and shows the shortest trip.Finally, to PUMA560 robot as an example, the optimal method is confirmed effectively.


Low permeability of coalbed has always been a main bottleneck impeding the safety production of coal mines and the high-efficient gas recovery. A static fracturing technology, relied on hydraulic-driving modules to expand outwards for producing artificial fissures in coalbed, is proposed here for coalbed reservoir stimulation. The mechanical model of borehole fracturing is established to clarify the associated mechanisms for fracturing stimulation based on the elastic-plastic mechanics. The numerical results indicate when the fracturing load is over twice as much as in situ stress, the concentration of hoop stress around borehole would be released and the range of fracturing-induced fissures gradually extends with the rising load. While the lateral stress coefficient of strata rising from 1 to 3, the stress distribution around borehole evolves from a ring to a saddle shape, resulting in the horizontal extension of fissures in the early stage. According to underground monitoring, a significant improvement of coalbed permeability up to 5 times has been achieved in 16031 tailgate, in Guhanshan coalmine, China.


Irenaeus has been described as a founder, father, or 'first exponent of a catholic Christian orthodoxy', and there is a remarkable contrast between his writings and those written only a generation or two previously by Christians whom he recognised as being within his own tradition. The basis of the position Irenaeus sought to defend was what he supposed was the traditional, and correct, interpretation of the revelation of God contained in what one call the Old Testament. This understanding was being assailed on the one hand by Gnostics who, if they accepted the Old Testament, interpreted it in ways radically different from the Great Church, and on the other hand by Marcionites, who dismissed it altogether, as being utterly irrelevant to the divine revelation newly made in Jesus. The unity between the gospels and the Old Testament is not something that can be gauged only externally, by the application of the rule of truth.


The need for the concrete analysis of Trespass is dictated by current
struggles over the conditions of land possession in the conjuncture.
Whilst only a Marxist approach is capable of accounting for the
complexity of the totality of Trespass and related law, the principal
general theories of law and the State are prevented from doing justice
to this task by their common rationalist conception of the
abstract/concrete relation and their consequent inability to
satisfactorily ground concrete socio-legal analysis. The proper
understanding of Marx's method of investigation in Capital, however,
can provide the basis for such analysis, through the specification of
a concrete-abstract- concrete methodological trajectory which respects
the specificity of the particular object of study. The point of
departure for the analysis of Trespass is its simplest and most
irreducible expression in concrete social practice: The equal right
to exclude the world from interference with the possession of land.
The concrete particular is analyzed through scientific Abstraction,
which further accompanies the movement from simple to ever more
complex aspects of the object until the concrete totality of law
securing relations of ownership, possession and separation is explained in its complex form and function. Finally the broadest
Concrete Totality of Trespass and related law is revealed in the full
context of its political and socio-economic determinations in the
conjuncture: The fundamental pre-condition of the transformation of
Trespass in the 1970's is the crisis of capital accumulation, as
mediated through domestic and industrial crises and the phenomena of
squatting and factory occupations which have threatened existing
relations of possession and the institutions of exclusive property
right. Law is ultimately revealed as a terrain of struggle that has
enabled the greater possessors to resolve the legal and socio-economic
crisis to their own advantage at the expense of lesser possessory
interests.


The ascension of Christ and the Eucharistic real presence at first glance seem almost contradictory: Jesus is present in the Eucharist, but absent because of the ascension. Despite this conundrum, this article hopes to show that the Eucharist is not a substitute for the absence of the ascended Jesus, but more the sacramental disclosure of what the ascension means: Christ fills all things and the risen and ascended One draws all creation to its fullness in him; this is the context in which 'transubstantiation' is to be understood. Horizontal (centripetal/centrifugal) approaches to the real presence need another dimension as supplied by the mystery of the ascension, namely, the vertical.


DNAs of 6 samples from Lolium were extracted. The sequence of rDNA ITS region (including ITS-1,5.8 S rDNA and ITS-2) were determined from 6 species of Lolium by the direct or clone sequencing of PCR products. The results showed that the full length of Lolium ITS was about 647 bp,The numbers of variable sites were 16,7 and 7 in ITS-1,5.8 S and ITS-2,respectively. The phylogenetic tree was based on NJ method corresponds with the morphological classification,which provided an important molecular basis for the classification and determination of Lolium genus.


Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of novel, efficient and practical protocols for radical-mediated cross-coupling reactions involving N-(acyloxy)phthalimides (NHPI esters) as redox-active esters. After the initial discovery of the redox-active properties of NHPI esters, exciting examples of SET-based cross-coupling reactions under thermal or photolytic conditions leading to diverse C–X (X=C, B, Si, Se, S) bonds have been published. The operational simplicity and broad applicability exhibited in redox-active NHPI ester-based cross-couplings bode well for their widespread adoption. The review presented herein covers all the recent developments in the field of redox-active ester (RAE)-based cross-couplings since the initial discovery. Depending on the conditions employed the reactions have been categorized into photoinduced and non-photoinduced cross-couplings with representative examples and insightful mechanistic discussions.


In recent issues of Debates and Surveys, there has been some discussion about regions and regionalism, including reference to the European Commission's (EC) concept of the s̀uper region' (GRIPAIOS and MANGLES, 1993). Some of these papers have speculated on the role of the EC in driving change in governance structures and in cultures. Where the Community's own initiatives have been promoted, there has been a greater potential for the diVerences between the region and the nation to be explored; for instance, the article by GRAHAM and HART, 1999, has addressed some such issues. What has been less well examined, though, has been the political vision for the future of certain urban systems, both within the European Union and in the wider European continent. The article below considers the European Union spatial development policy and the particular vision and strategies for the Baltic Sea Region and argues that there is a political concern for the development of polycentric urban systems and a new thrust in co-operation. This co-operation is being encouraged between cities, in border regions and in new rural± urban partnerships. As demonstrated here before, the location factors underpinning such politicallymotivated networking and partnership are no longer dependent on a limited traditional economic base, but rather on a more diversi® ed set of factors. This in turn is supported by `mosaic' development patterns of urban systems. However, the political attempt to establish such policy-led spatial development is in apparent contradiction to the evolving political-administrative systems, to tendencies to globalization and to disparities between national urban systems.


In coastal areas of Bangladesh, small-scale shrimp farming is important because of its potential to generate employment and income. Export earnings from the shrimp sector constitute the second largest source of foreign exchange earnings, contributing about US$487 million in 2009/10. However, recent challenges in the shrimp sector include its inability to respond quickly to evolving market demands such as food quality standards stipulated by importing countries. A post-project evaluation of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)-implemented Bangladesh Quality Support Program (BQSP) was conducted to strengthen the capacity of the Department of Fisheries (DOF) in Good Aquaculture Practice (GAP) as well as to introduce inspection methods for shrimp and seafood products in line with international market demands. Observations made from this exercise suggest that involving female farmers and farming couples is a useful entry point to develop the fisheries sector and overcome many challenges. This paper presents the results of gender-focused training for female farmers and farming couples in GAP held in three coastal districts of south-western Bangladesh. It also sheds light on factors affecting the success of gender-focused GAP training in a conservative society.


The focus of this contribution is put on the blind localization of mobile terminals in urban scenarios. The proposed localization method exploits multipath propagation, which is typical of urban terrain. It is assumed that each multipath component is characterized by its direction of arrival (DoA) and relative time of arrival (RToA) parameter. In essence the developed method compares the multipath parameters predicted by the ray tracing algorithm with those measured by the single observing station. In this context inevitably occur a multipath order problem, which is tackled in detail within a proposed likelihood function definition. The latter follows an approach known from the robust statistics. Its intention is to provide a robust and reliable position estimate having at hand minimum a priori information about system parameters.


Background and Aims Alcohol dependence is cause of major public health concern and a growing global pandemic affecting over 240 million people worldwide and attributed to 3 million deaths annually. Early identification and intervention is key to prevent future harm. There is established evidence from other specialities on usefulness of biofeedback based on investigations or severity of disease in modifying patient high risk behaviour, but this practice is lacking in alcohol misuse service. We aim to systematically review published literature on effectiveness of adding advice based on liver disease diagnostic tests or marker of liver injury to decrease alcohol consumption and/or to prevent alcohol misuse. Methods The protocol was registered on Prospero (CRD42020164185). A systematic search strategy was developed, and an electronic search was conducted across Ovid Medline, PubMed, EMBASE, Psychinfo and CINAHL from inception to end February 2020. Additionally, we searched: citations of included studies, Scopus conferences proceeding, Ethos for grey literature and Clinicaltrials.gov. Primary outcome measures included change alcohol use and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT). A random effect metanalysis was performed in Cochrane Review manager (version 5.3). The risk of biased was assessed using Cochrane risk of bias assessment tools and quality of studies was assessed by GRADE system. Results 20 papers of 14 randomised controlled trials (RCT) and two observational studies comprising n=3763 participants were included. The weighted mean average difference for weekly alcohol intake between intervention and comparison group was -74.4 gram/week (95%CI -126.1, -22.6) (p=0.005), and for GGT was -19.7 IU/L (95% CI -33.1, -6.4) (p=0.004). There was higher incident of alcohol attributed mortality, number days spent in hospital, physician visits and sickness absence in non-intervention group. The quality of included studies was moderate for RCT's and high for observational studies. Conclusions The review confirmed a significant association between addition of advice based on liver disease diagnostic tests or marker of liver injury in routine care in the reduction or/and abstinence of alcohol consumption, GGT and alcohol related mortality. This supports the integration of such interventions into alcohol misuse services.


due to the breeze beat boom, wind shear and tower shadow affects, community related breeze generators are the wellsprings of power modifications which additionally can also supply shimmer over the span of regular development. This paper proposes a model of a MW-set up variable-pace wind turbine with a doubly continued confirmation generator to research the blaze transmission and equalization problems. To facilitate the flashes we were the usage of a man or female make commitments manage contraption the earlier days. on this paper, a moved pitch territory control method relying on the smooth cause is proposed for the variable-rhythm wind turbine systems, in which the generator pace slip-up and exchange speed blunder are utilized as manage enter elements for the cushy cause controller (FLC). The pitch vicinity reference is made through manner of the use of the FLC, that could capture up at the nonlinear regular for the pitch element to the breeze pace. This paper offers head alternate of wind energy, wind turbine linearization and dynamic displaying are settled. The feathery reason controller is carried out for trade draining edge of wind turbine and customary energy might be collect. The square represent of proposed pitch oversee which consolidates pitch controller, actuator version and turbine linearized displayed with the nice valuable asset of the usage of Matlab/Simulink programming.


Introduction: While there is a documented increased risk of thrombotic events; little is known regarding the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) during pregnancy / postpartum period (PP). We exp...


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In the underwater acoustic physical layer key generation system, the environmental noise has a great impact on the quantization of the observation sequence. However, the quantization method based on the guard band cannot satisfy the underwater acoustic channel with random distribution, and the large transmission delay makes it difficult to employ the quantification method based on compensation. The selection quantization method based on membership is analyzed in the context of the underwater acoustic channel to reduce quantization error with the litter communication cost. The simulation results show that the proposed method can be applied to the underwater acoustic environment with serious noise and improve system performance.


The article reports on changes to the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In April 2007, due to financial difficulties, the board of directors agreed to have the state take over the center, making it part of the North Carolina Museum of Art under the control of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Information on repairs to the SECCA building and staffing changes, including the naming of Mark Leach as SECCA director, is provided.


An image of a customer is associated with a transaction at an enterprise. The image is accessible during enterprise transaction processing for visual inspection. In an embodiment, the image is printed as a receipt that is handled by enterprise personnel to visually ascertain a particular customer that is to receive at least one good and/or service associated with the transaction.


The study investigates the Nutritional status of Women in Alabata Community in Odeda Local Government of Ogun state with the view of determining the incidence of Obesity. One hundred and two respondents were selected from different households using systematic random sampling method. Data was collected using Food Consumption Pattern while Anthropometric data such as height, weight and BMI was also collected. The data was analyzed using descriptive analysis such as frequency, percentages, etc. About 47% of the respondents are within the range of 18-29years, 86% of the respondents are married and are living with their children .A total of 49% have primary education. The study also revealed that 89% are from monogamous family. Most of the women are involved in farming, while 15% are self-employed. About 29% of the respondents earn less than #20,000 per year and 28% earn between #20,000 and #50,000. Using the BMI classification, 10% of the respondents were underweight, 5% of the respondents are overweight while 70% of the respondents fell within normal BMI range with 2% being chronic energy deficient while 2% are obese. Majority of the respondents consume animal protein everyday while 23% consume frequently, 6% of the respondents consume fruits everyday while 3% of the respondents consume Vitamin A foods everyday. The study shows that there is an incidence of underweight and overweight, adequate calorie intake must be consumed to maintain an ideal body weight, It also shows that the intake of fruits and vitamin A foods is low, Consumption of these nutrients helps to reduce susceptibility to Infections.


: In 2020, the world was unexpectedly struck by the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes that occurred during the pandemic were very wide -ranging. Numerous countries have introduced a number of regulations out of concern for the health and life of citizens. At the same time, the reactions of individual units in response to the pandemic were influenced not only by state regulations related to the use of co-ercion, but also by individual decisions regarding care for one's own health. The problems affected many economies, also negatively affecting the labour market. In view of the difficult situation, governments decided to support enterprises in order to keep existing jobs, because the situation of people who provide work depends to a large extent on the entrepreneurs themselves, who, having certain resources, make decisions about their use. The aim of the article is to present the main symptoms of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and, as a consequence, selected changes that have taken place in the enterprise sector.


Purpose: Test the content determination of total saponins in different parts of the plant Paris Polyphylla Var. Chinensis. Method: Take dioscin as reference substance and adopts ultraviolet spectrophotometry on the place of 310.5 nm to test the content determination of total saponins on different parts of the plant Paris Polyphylla Var. Chinensis. Results: the linearity of dioscin in the scope of 0.128mg~0.768mg is good, and the regression equation is A=3.1775C+0.2668(r=0.9994); the test results of average recovery shows that the average recovery ratio is 101.13%, and RSD is 2.31%(n=6). Conclusion: there are larger differences in the content determination of total saponins on different parts of the plant Paris Polyphylla Var. Chinensis; among them, the content in the rhizome of Paris Polyphylla Var. Chinensis is the highest 2.021%, the secondary high content is in the root 0.263%, while dioscin is not detected in the terrestrial stem and leaves.


The use of expert systems (ES) within information retrieval systems (IRS) seems to be an interesting way, particularly for the query process. Nevertheless we must examine what knowledge we need. We think that the thesaurus may be the kernel of which knowledge : for this, we must define it larger than in classical IRS.After some recalls about what may be the principal features of a query ES, we discuss about the relationship between thesaurus and a query expert system. The problem is to determine if the thesaurus must be integrated within the knowledge base.In fact this choice is an architecture problem of the ES. We analyze, in parallel, the effects of this choice about thesaurus representation, ES functionnalities, ES architecture.The choice of an architecture depends on the goal searched: ie a general IR expert system able to handle a set of thesauri (independent thesaurus) or a specialized IR expert system which can be very performant but strongly tied to a specific area (integrated thesaurus).


This paper presents the results of a series of experiments to measure the strains in previously dented metal pipes subjected to increasing internal pressure. Indentation of unpressurized pipes was caused by a rigid sphere and resulted in short plain dents. Strain changes on the outside surface of the pipe during subsequent pressurization were monitored by strain gauges and a photoelastic coating. The results indicate that high strains occur around the edge of the dent. Two crescent-shaped zones of very high surface strain have been identified at the axial extremities of the dent. The results suggest that gouges located in these zones may be susceptible to failure at low pressure, particularly in the presence of any cracks in the material.


Introduction - The Political Mind i. Behaviourism: The political automaton ii. Freud: The politics of the unconscious self and society iii. Humanism: Self-centred politics iv. Postmodernism: Taking the self out of politics v. The politics of synapses? 1. The Neuroscience of Consciousness i. Historical trends in the theory of the unconscious a) The supernatural unconscious b) The natural unconscious c) The mechanical unconscious ii. The nonconscious: How individual are you? a) Libet and the mysterious half-second b) Gazzaniga and LeDoux: Why did you do that? 2. The Politics of Neuroscience i. The Materialist Problem ii. William Connolly and Neuropolitical Dualism iii. How do we politicise neuroscience? 3. The Political Use of Emotion i. The psycho-social nature of emotion ii. Feeling consumed 4. Endlessly Repeating Ourselves - Narrative and Self-Repetition i. The story of consciousness ii. Excursus on Community iii. The philosophy of neurological temporality iv. Stuck in a moment that you can't get out of? 5. Psychological Revolt i. The potential of the personal conscious ii. The potential of the social self 6. The Political Nonconscious i. The problems of nonconscious politics ii. The possibilities of nonconscious politics Conclusion - Skilful Means Bibliography Index