On the basis of studying the system of NH 3 CO 2 H 2O and by combining desorption,distillation and anti crystallization technologies,an integrated separation recovery process has been developed and applied successfully in reforming the existing recovery installation for aqua ammonia,realizing remarkable economic and environmental benefits.


As we all know, the presence of paralegals is like an oasis in the middle of a barren desert. The presence of paralegals is a new hope for those who want to obtain structural legal assistance (BHS), structural gender legal assistance (BHGS) and clinical legal education. The author sees paralegals from his point of view as human beings who have a subjective and objective side, especially in his role as a paralegal in the Legal Aid Institute which is more involved with legal issues against women (LBH APIK Semarang). In its mission, LBH Apik Semarang is written to provide legal assistance and assistance for women who experience injustice, violence and various forms of discrimination; when an action is referred to as injustice to discrimination, an objective assessment is needed, especially if the justice seekers come from marginalized groups who need the support of the Legal Aid Institute, which honorarium is not fully obligated to the justice seekers.


Objective To analyze the correlation between ankle brachial pulse wave conduction velocity (baPWV) change and metabolic syndrome (MS) as well as other influencing factors in subjects at health examination. Methods MS was evaluated in 1 003 subjects during their health examination according to the criteria established by the Diabetes Mellitus Association under the Chinese Medical Association, and their BaPWV was detected. Male and female subjects were divided into 4 groups, respectively, according to their baPWV quartiles. Multiple-stepwise regression was employed to analyze the independent risk factors for baPWV grading. Male and female subjects were then divided into 5 groups, respectively, according to their abnormal metabolic components. Variance analysis was used to compare the differences in baPWV among the 5 groups. Results Multiple-stepwise regression revealed that age, systolic blood pressure (SBP), oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) 2h BG were the independent risk factors for baPWV grading in male subjects, while the age, SBP and hypertension history were the independent risk factors for baPWV grading in female subjects. The baPWV level increases with the increased abnormal metabolic components in all subjects(P0.01). Conclusion Age, SBP, OGTT 2h BG, hypertension history are the independent risk factors for baPWV. BaPWV level increases the increased abnormal metabolic components.


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The gene expression control by DNA-binding drugs is of great interest in molecular biology and biotechnology. The ability of some drugs to switch on or off the gene expression brings the possibility to develop treatments for genetic diseases, infection by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or cancer. The analysis of the DNA sequence-dependent conformational energy gives hints for the design of DNAbinding drugs that modify the DNA conformational state. To accomplish such analysis we used the analogy with the analysis of sequence-dependent DNA conformation for indirect readout mechanism in protein-DNA recognition. The change in intra-molecular conformational energy of DNA upon a complex formation will determine the sequence specificity. Similarly, as the protein indirect readout may result from the recognition of intrinsic conformation of DNA by proteins and/or deformability of DNA upon a complex formation, a drug may use indirect readout to bind to a specific sequence.


This paper mainly through the AC foaming agent content,EVA content,coupling agent varieties and contents,different kinds of wood powder and extruder process parameters of the single factor to research best foam process.The results show that: AC foaming agent content for four a,density minimum for 0.95 g/mm2,impact strength most is 14.88 KJ/m2,With the increase of the content of EVA,density decreases,and impact strength increases,12% after the impact strength and density basically unchanged,density minimum 0.84 g/mm2,impact strength biggest 11.4 KJ/m2,MAH-g-PP and impact strength of the maximum 11.56 KJ/m2,preparation foaming masterbatch when extruder screw temperature of 150 ℃,density 0.94 g/mm2,impact strength 12.04 J/m2.


The interoccurrence time statistics of seismiciry is studied theoretically as well as numerically by taking into account the conditional probability and the correlations among many earthquakes in different magnitude levels. It is known so far that the interoccurrence time statistics is well approximated by the Weibull distribution, but the more detailed information about the interoccurrence times can be obtained from the analysis of the conditional probability. Firstly, we propose the Embedding Equation Theory (EET), where the conditional probability is described by two kinds of correlation coefficients; one is the magnitude correlation and the other is the inter-event time correlation. Furthermore, the scaling law of each correlation coefficient is clearly determined from the numerical data-analysis carrying out with the Preliminary Determination of Epicenter (PDE) Catalog and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Catalog. Secondly, the EET is examined to derive the magnitude dependence of the interoccur...


Objective:To determine the clinical curative effect of the dermal needles and Triamcinolone Acetonide and Neomycin Paste on chronic eczema.Methods :65 patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group,the two groups were treated with cetirizine hydrochloride tablets and Triamcinolone Acetonide and Neomycin Paste.The treatment group was pinprick by dermal needles before rubbed on Triamcinolone Acetonide and Neomycin Paste.A treatment period was 1 week,invesgetting two period.Results :The response rate of one period and two period in the treatment group were 63.63% and 87.88% respectively.The response rate of one period and two period in the control group were 37.5% and 65.63% respectively.Statistically the difference between these two groups was significant (P0.05).Conclusion :The effect of combing Dermal needles with Triamcinolone Acetonide and Neomycin Paste on chronic eczema is exact and reliable.


Recently an approach to model human reasoning as studied in cognitive science by logic programming, has been introduced by Stenning and van Lambalgen and exemplified with the suppression task. We investigate this approach from the view of a framework where different logic programming semantics correspond to different translations of logic programs into formulas of classical two-valued logic extended by two second-order operators, circumscription and literal projection. Based on combining and extending previously known such renderings of logic programming semantics, we take semantics into account that have not yet been considered in the context of human reasoning, such as stable models and partial stable models. To model human reasoning, it is essential that only some predicates can be subjected to closed world reasoning, while others are handled by open world reasoning. In our framework, variants of familiar logic programing semantics that are extended with this feature are derived from a generic circumscription based representation. Further, we develop a two-valued representation of a three-valued logic that renders semantics considered for human reasoning based on the Fitting operator.


The RBF artificial neural network is used to forcast horizontal displacement of timbering structures of pothole. It is an attempt to solve the problem of geotechnical engineering with artificial neural network. And the results suggest that the method is feasible.


Given the hype of Volvo's new FH range and Mack's 50 years of Australian truck production, it has been easy to overlook the fact that corporate sibling UD has big news of its own. For starters, there's an entirely new range of trucks for the Asia Pacific region while on the home front, Steve Brooks rates the new Quon 420 the best Japanese prime mover on the market.


Purpose
Polymer rapid tooling (PRT) inserts can be used as injection moulding (IM) cavities for prototyping and low volume production but lack the robustness of metal inserts. Metal inserts can withstand high injection pressure and temperature required, whereas PRT inserts may fail under similar parameters. The current method of parameter setting starts with using the highest pressure setting on the machine and then fine-tuning to optimize the process parameters. This method needs modification, as high injection pressures and temperatures can damage the PRT inserts. There is a need for a methodical process to determine the upper limits of moulding parameters that can be used without damaging the PRT inserts.

Design/methodology/approach
A case study analysis was performed to investigate the causes of failure in a PRT insert. From this, a candidate set-up process was developed to avoid start-up failure and possibly prolong tool life. This was then tested on a second mould, which successfully avoided start-up failure and moulded 54 parts before becoming unusable due to safety issues.

Findings
Process parameters that are critical for tool life are identified as mould temperature, injection pressure, injection speed, hold pressure and cooling time.

Originality/value
This paper presents a novel method for setting IM process parameters for PRT inserts. This has the potential to prevent failure at start up when using PRT inserts and possibly extend the operating life of the PRT inserts.


Qinghai is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious province.It is particularly important to promote the harmonious development of Qinghai Province.The mode of people-oriented way of promoting harmonious development of Qinghai is the inevitable choice for actively exploring the characteristics of a scientific development mode and opening up successful way in less developed regions,and it is of great theoretical and practical significance to practice the scientific concept of development and build a harmonious Qinghai.In the process of deepening reform and opening up and rapid promotion of modernization,the apparent conflicts on issues of interests are increasingly prominent in multi-ethnic areas in Qinghai.It has a profound impact on harmonious development of multi-ethnic areas in Qinghai.This paper focuses on the content,the basic characteristics,and the outstanding issues of the harmonious development of multi-ethnic areas in Qinghai,proposes some ideas and measure.


This paper discusses the basic principle of algorithm of the course choice by network and analyses and compares the several common algorithm in the course choice system by network in terms of fairness of course choice,safety of course choice process and com- plicatedness of algorithm design.


Within the mid-fourteenth century Parisian manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, latin 7378A, three as yet unedited music treatises are found, copied in a tiny, highly abbreviated script in a section of the manuscript devoted mostly to the music treatises of Jean des Murs. The incipits of the three treatises are as follows: 'Omnes homines natura scire desiderant', 'Partes prolationis quot sunt', and 'Celebranda divina sunt officia in ecclesia'. Lawrence Gushee suggested that Jean des Murs may be their author, since Jean listed a book loan of a work authored by him with incipit 'Omnes homines' in the manuscript El Escorial, Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo, O.ii.10, that contains his autograph annotations. This article focuses on the content of the second treatise, which appears to be closely related to Jean des Murs's own Compendium artis musicae. The Compendium begins: 'Partes prolationis quot sunt? Quinque', whereas the answer to the same opening question posed in the BnF lat. 7378A treatise is 'Quattuor'. The text of this treatise is considered as a witness to early ars nova theory as it relates to the theories propagated in Jean des Murs's early works, and to the transmission of these texts within the layer of BnF lat. 7378A that is devoted to works by Jean des Murs and his contemporaries on music and astronomy.


The flow measurement is, together with level, pressure and temperature measurements, one of the most important and recurring in industrial processes and plays a primary role in water and gas networks and systems since it is connected with a specific tax to be paid. This paper wants to describe the state of art of current flow-meters, particularly the throttle devices and their use.


Uniformity and stability of field emission are seriously influenced by adhesive properties between carbon nanotubes(CNT) and substrate.CNT/bentonite(bentonite power,BP) compound film are fabricated.Interlayer created by CNT and the basement decrease potential barrier of CNT film by adding BP,and thus contact performance is improved.Test shows that adhesive performance of CNT/BP film is enhanced.More-over,uniformity and stability of field emission increase distinctly.


The Zn atom in the title acetonitrile solvate, [Zn(C34H42N4O2)(C2H6OS)]·CH3CN, exists in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry with the basal plane defined by the N2O2 atoms of the tetradentate Schiff base and with the dimethyl sulfoxide O atom in the apical position. The tetradentate mode of coordination of the Schiff base ligand leads to a five-membered ZnN2C2 chelate ring which adopts an envelope conformation with the Zn atom at the flap, and two six-membered ZnOC4N chelate rings, one of which is approximately planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.054 Å) but the other has significant puckering (r.m.s. deviation = 0.203 Å).


Human placenta is vital for fetal development, and act as an interface between the fetus and the expecting mother. Abnormal placentati on underpins various pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction. Despite the important role of placenta, the molecular mechanisms governing placental formation and trophoblast cell lineage specification is poorly understand. It is mostly due to the lack of appropriate model system. The great various in placental types across mammals make it limit for the use of laboratory animals in studying human placental development. However, over the past few years, alternative methods have been employed, including human embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, human trophoblast stem cell, and 3-dimensional organoids. Herein, we summarize the present knowledge about human development, differentiated cell types in the trophoblast epithelium and current human placental trophoblast model systems.


RLC series circuit is one of the important content in the Circuit course teaching.In this paper,Multisim software is used for the RLC series circuit simulation in time domain and frequency domain.The examples of the zerostate response,sinusoidal steady state response and the amplitude-frequency characteristics of RLC series circuit are given.Theoretical knowledge and simulation are combined,making students to deepen the understanding and mastering of the RLC series circuit.


The aims of this special issue are to introduce managerial economists to a school of behavioral economics they may not yet have encountered by way of accounts by leading researchers of its basic tenets, methods, and applications. This overview introduces the papers by setting them in the context of the development of operant behavioral economics. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Objective: To assess CT value in diagnosis and surgical indications of focal nodular hyperplasia(FNH) of liver.Methods: 23 cases with FNH treated in our department in the past 5 years(2002~2007) were studied retrospectively,all of them were examined with CT and blood tests and proved to be FNH by pathology.Results: All patients had a solitary globular,lobulated mass.On unenhanced CT,focal nodular hyperplasia is classically seen as asolitary,homogeneous,and slightly hypoattenuating area comparedwith normal liver,FNH demonstrated intense homogeneous enhancement during the arterial phase of enhanced imaging and 18 cases demonstrated hypert tenuating,5 cases demonstrated hypoattenuatingor isoattenuating area compared with normal liver during the later phase of enhanced imaging and venousphase.17 cases showed enhancement of the central scar during delayed phases,16 cases showed delayed enhancement at histologic analysis,16 cases of FNH were well limited but nonencapsulated.The hyperplastic parenchymaof the live was subdivided into small nodules that were surrounded by the fibrous septa,there was a central scar composed of fibrous connective tissue and malformed vessels of various caliber.16 cases underwent resection and nopostoperative complicationoccurred and 7 cases was established by needle biospy.Conclusion: The typical FNH can be diagnosed.Atypical cases should be differentiated from hepatocelluar adenoma hepatocellular carcinoma and hemangiomas.Asymptomatic FNH need no operation,but surgical resection is peroformed in the following conditions:diameter of the nodulus is beyond 5cm and with symptome,portal vein or inferior vena cava oppressed by the mass.


Aiming at the problem of increasing coal gas drainage rate by expanding gas emission scope of low permeability coal seam.Based on theoretical analysis and test,the evolution mechanism of coal damage and fracture field and transportation feature of gas between adsorbed state and free state under self-excited oscillation water jet is studied systematically,the mechanism of increasing coal gas drainage rate by self-excited oscillation water jet was revealed.Finally the results of application experiment proved that self-excited oscillation water jet is the better method to improve the penetrability of coal effectively,study results show a new way for expanding gas emission scope of low permeability coal seam.


This paper presents how students practical's is developed and used for the important task forensic specialist have to do when using common digital forensic tools for data deletion and data recovery from various types of digital media and live systems. Digital forensic tools like EnCase, FTK imager, BlackLight, and open source tools are discussed in developed practical's scenarios. This paper shows how these tools can be used to train and enhance student understanding of the capabilities and limitations of digital forensic tools in uncommon digital forensic scenarios. Students' practicals encourage students to efficiently use digital forensic tools in the various professional scenarios that they will encounter.


Although iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of arylmagnesium halides with alkyl halides are well established and proceed effectively under a variety of experimental conditions, they often find limitations when working with sterically hindered aryl-Grignard reagents. Outlined in this paper is a practical solution that allows this gap in coverage to be filled. Specifically, it is shown that bis(diethylphosphino)ethane (depe) crafts an effective coordination environment about Fe(+2). This commercially available ligand is slim enough not to interfere with the loading of the iron center even by ortho,ortho-disubstituted arylmagnesium halides, yet capable of preventing premature reductive coupling of the resulting organoiron species, which seem to be hardly basic either. The reaction is compatible with various polar functional groups as well as with substrates containing β-heteroatom substituents. Moreover, the procedure even allows encumbered neopentylic electrophiles to be arylated with donors as bulky as mesitylmagnesium bromide, whereas secondary alkyl halides tend to eliminate.


This paper deals with Nancy Cartwright's views on the measurement problem in Quantum Mechanics, as exposed in her book {\it{How the Laws of Physics Lie}}. She does not accept the logic of Quantum Mechanics. It is argued that her proposals, which are at variance with many facts results and epistemics of Quantum Mechanics are the result of her choice of classical logic, which leads her to propose the transition rate as the fundamental object of Quantum Mechanics. I argue that this is incorrect. The positions which Nancy Cartwright defends on the reduction of the wave packet do not address the fundamental issue, i.e. the duality of a world where quantum and classical objects coexist and interact. I suggest that the main problem with Nancy Cartwright's positions is her difficulty in accepting that the contradiction at the basis of Quantum Mechanics, i.e. the simultaneous corpuscular and wave-like nature of quantum objects, is a fact of nature. Recent experiments, described in this paper, shed a new light on the foundations of Quantum Mechanics and on the topic of this paper. The limits of the no-contradiction principle are discussed; modern dialectical materialism is argued to offer a useful framework for the interplay between knowledge and reality.


To analyse the difficulty of flight tasks, a novel method was presented in this paper using pupil diameter of pilots. The proposed method integrated ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) and ratio of high to low frequency wavelet coefficients energy to identify pupil data under different tasks from 5 crews. Compared to the extraction method using wavelet energy entropy, the proposed method got more obvious difference between manual departure and standard instrument departure. The results indicated that the difficulty of flight tasks could be distinguished by pupil diameter of pilots.


Introduction: Standard treatment of hypoparathyroidism consists of supplementation of calcium and vitamin D analogues, which, however, does not fully restore calcium homeostasis. In some patients hypoparathyroidism is refractory to standard treatment with persistence of low serum calcium levels and associated clinical complications. Subjects and methods: We report on two patients (one 53 y.o. male, one 47 y.o. female) suffering from refractory postsurgical hypoparathyroidism for 5 and 14 years, respectively. Both patients had persistent hypocalcemia despite oral treatment with up to 4 µg calcitriol and up to 3 g calcium per day necessitating additional intravenous administration of calcium gluconate 2 – 3 times per week. Subcutaneous administration of 1 – 34 PTH twice daily (40 µg/d) or 1 – 84 PTH (100 µg/d) only temporarily increased serum calcium levels but did not lead to long term stabilization. In both cases treatment with 1 – 34 PTH as continuous subcutaneous infusion via insulin pump was initiated. Results: Normalization of serum calcium and serum phosphate levels was observed within one week at daily 1 – 34 parathyroid hormone doses of 15 µg and 21 µg, respectively. Oral vitamin D and calcium treatment could be stopped and intravenous calcium administration was no more necessary. Treatment was well tolerated and ongoing efficacy of this treatment could be documented for more than one year so far. Conclusion: Hypoparathyroidism that is refractory to both conventional treatment with calcium and vitamin D and subcutaneous parathyroid hormone administered as single or twice daily doses may be successfully treated with continuous parathyroid hormone administration via insulin pump.


In-111 labeled antifibrin antibodies have been put forward for the detection of deep venous thrombi in man. They bind specifically to human fibrin, which is present in fresh as well as aged thrombl. However, the presence of this protein, which results from fibrinogenolysis, is not limited to clots. The authors report on a patient suffering from crush syndrome and suspected of having deep venous thrombosis, in whom extravascular uptake of in-111 antifibrin was observed in a thigh hematoma. No deep venous thrombosis could be demonstrated.


We propose a methodology to quantify the impact on breast cancer mortality of diagnostic delays caused by public health measures introduced as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These measures affected cancer pathways by halting cancer screening, delaying diagnostic tests, and reducing the numbers of patients starting treatment. We introduce a semi-Markov model, to quantify the impact of the pandemic based on publicly available population data for women age 65{89 years in England and relevant medical literature. We quantify age-specific excess deaths, for a period up to 5 years, along with years of life expectancy lost and change in cancer mortality by cancer stage. Our analysis suggests a 3-6% increase in breast cancer deaths, corresponding to more than 40 extra deaths, per 100,000 women, after age 65 years old over 5 years, and a 4-6% increase in registrations of advanced (Stage 4) breast cancer. Our modelling approach exhibits consistent results in sensitivity analyses, providing a model that can account for changes in breast cancer diagnostic and treatment services.


Traditional safety training media to transfer safety knowledge specific to the rock-related hazards in underground mines are mainly video or manuals, which are inefficient and bring a poor training experience. In this paper, we designed and developed a serious game based on virtual reality (VR) technology in order to efficiently transfer safety knowledge and enable enhanced interactive safety training. For different training purposes and users, we designed two modes, one for professional scaling training suitable for novice scalers, the other for rock-related hazards perception training suitable for other miners. Our game is built based on game engine-Unity3D and equipped with HTC VIVE to improve immersion. The game pipeline is to have trainees basically understand safety knowledge through guided interaction and then make a self-adaptive practice to fully master it. We evaluated the effectiveness of our game, and the results of the comparative experiment show that our game is more efficient than the instructional video in both training modes. The application of our game is proven to have the potential to change the safety situation of underground mines and evaluate the level of safety awareness and risk aversion of the miners in the future.


In the autumn of 1988, Seoul, the capital of South Korea, also known as the Republic of Korea, played host to two large international sporting events, the Olympic Games followed by the Paralympic Games. The 1980s were known from early on as the era of the "3S" policy-"sex, sports, and screen"-in dissident and student underground circles. This chapter examines that the disparate events of 1980s cultural policy played out, Games of 1988 coalesced as a pivotal moment in promoting the production of a new kind of body in the national imaginary, which would gradually come to replace both the peasant farmer and the factory worker grunt as the ideal national subject. The cultural policy, or set of policies, of the 1980s was an important component of keeping a superficial hold on that legitimacy, and by the time of Olympics the transfer to democratic type of national government was well underway. Keywords:3S policy; cultural policy; national legitimacy; Olympic Games; Paralympic Games; Seoul


AFTER READING Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations, Thomas Stewart's influential book, it struck me that a good description of most schools and universities would be "smart people in dumb organizations." Harsh words, perhaps, but if you read Stewart's book, I think you'll agree.1 Stewart points out that intellectual capital consists of three broad categories: human capital, structural capital, and customer capital. Obviously, schools and universities have an immense amount of human capital. Though I haven't looked up the statistics lately, holding a bachelor's degree puts one in roughly the top 20% of the population; holding a terminal degree in a discipline places one in roughly the top 5%. Let's face it, schools and universities have a lot of smart, accomplished, and even wise people in them. Stewart's book really gets interesting when he begins to discuss structural capital - or the capital of organizations. He poses an intriguing question, "How do they [organizations] turn the candlepower of their people into the wattage of the corporation, rather than into something that goes home at 5 p.m.?" He goes on to explain, "Human capital, the sap flowing beneath the bark of a tree, produces innovation and growth, but the growth ring becomes solid wood, part of the structure of the tree. What leaders need to do . . . is contain and retain knowledge, so that it becomes company property. Simply put, it's knowledge that doesn't go home at night" (p. 107). Ponder this for a moment. When teachers leave school, all the school's expertise goes with them! Structural capital, however, is not the same as "knowledge management" - at least not as this term is often used. Here's a case in point. Last Friday, I spent the whole day with a group of educators talking about how we should go about designing a state-of-the-art online database of best practices. The consensus seemed to be that we would form a couple of "learning study teams" made up of five first-year teachers, five expert teachers, and five teacher educators. We would anchor the discussions of the learning study teams by generating two case studies. These case studies would be text-based scenarios of "critical teaching incidents." We would involve our undergraduates and master's degree students in action research, and we would have them create "research briefs" that would help fill our database of best practices. Naturally, we would have an online glossary. Before the day was over, we had paid homage to and incorporated the best thinking of nearly every school reformer extant. Of course, I don't have a good memory for the names of all these modern-day heroes - probably just as well. Stewart has perceptively explained what turned out to be the flaw in last Friday's discussion of a "best practices" database. "Knowledge management advocates" correctly decry the wastefulness of constantly "reinventing the wheel." One way to combat this problem is to "create a digital warehouse in which is stored every wheel anyone has ever invented." But the dream of a "corporate master file, an encyclopedia where every needed fact, every policy, every conceivably valuable piece of information can be found with just a few clicks of the mouse - is both impractical and wrong," Stewart argues. It is impractical because "technology and markets are changing so quickly. . . . Wrong because that's not the best way to do warehousing. . . . One wants the smallest possible warehouse, which stocks only what's otherwise hard to get in a timely way. Knowledge management and knowledge databases should really be about linking people to people to serve customers, people needing expertise with people who have expertise. They should be about connection, not collection" (p. xiii). Several years ago, I wrote a column titled "Automating the Past or the Future." In it I discussed databases of test items and lesson plans as examples of automating the past. It seems to me that a "best practices" database might be another example of automating the past. …


Although economic issues have been featured significantly in the urban literature since Habitat I in 1976, they have usually been related to sector issues or to applications in urban microeconomic analysis. At the mid stage between Habitat I and Habitat II, urban specialists increasingly made reference to broad changes in the international economy, but without recourse to research programmes in structural-spatial change. A useful example of the position in 1987 with generalised commentary upon the relevance of structural change is the collection of chapters in Lloyd Rodwin's Shelter, Settlement and Development. Since 1987 appreciation of the significance of international structural-spatial change has gradually deepened, especially because the new urban agenda in UNCHS and World Bank policies heightens the relevance of urban development in contributing to long-term growth. This appreciation of significance was taken a step further in the Symposium: The Management of Cities During Structural Adjustment, Bombay, 12-14 October 1995, organised by the Development Planning Unit of University College London and Bombay First. This provided a context for Habitat II, and though the UNCHS paper to the Istanbul conference was rather sparse on urban economic issues, the subsequent global report of Habitat II has appreciation of urban economies.


A method of extending displacement range for gear pump was introduced.Through calculation and comparison in the contact ratio of the gear pair and the gear breadth of a displacement unit between CBN-E300 series gear pumps and CBN-E2.75/series gear pumps,it is shown that the tooth depth coefficients can be changed and displacement range for gear pumps can be extended.


Voltage‐sensitive phosphatases (VSPs) are unique proteins in which membrane potential controls enzyme activity. They are comprised of the voltage sensor domain of an ion channel coupled to a lipid phosphatase specific for phosphoinositides, and for ascidian and zebrafish VSPs, the phosphatase activity has been found to be activated by membrane depolarization. The physiological functions of these proteins are unknown, but their expression in testis and embryos suggests a role in fertilization or development. Here we investigate the expression pattern and voltage dependence of VSPs in two frog species, Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis, that are well suited for experimental studies of these possible functions. X. laevis has two VSP genes (Xl‐VSP1 and Xl‐VSP2), whereas X. tropicalis has only one gene (Xt‐VSP). The highest expression of these genes was observed in testis, ovary, liver, and kidney. Our results show that while Xl‐VSP2 activates only at positive membrane potentials outside of the physiological range, Xl‐VSP1 and Xt‐VSP phosphatase activity is regulated in the voltage range that regulates sperm–egg fusion at fertilization. J. Cell. Physiol. 226: 2740–2746, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Innovative personality as non-intelligence factor plays an important role in stimulating the innovative potential of top innovative talents, which not only calls for internal motivation but also needs specific external environments, including the campus physical environment, psychological environment and cultural environment. This paper first discusses the meaning of innovative personality and the form of campus environment which influences the cultivation of the personality, and then carries quantitative analysis on abstract campus environment factors through questionnaires thus reveals the current situation and the existing problems of campus innovative environment of China University of Petroleum, Beijing Campus (CUP). Based on these problems, the author put forward the corresponding countermeasures to optimize the environment of campus innovation from the aspects of school administrators, teachers and postgraduate students respectively.


Currently, banks have introduced Internet Banking, Mobile Banking and ATMs to improve service quality and gain satisfaction in transactions. Despite all efforts aimed at developing better and easier information technology, information technology in general is not paid attention to and utilized by customers. Therefore, an understanding of customer acceptance of information technology is needed and the need to identify factors that can facilitate customer transactions at banks, namely through ATMs, internet banking and mobile banking. Based on the background of the problem above, the formulation of the problem in this study is how the influence of Internet Banking, Mobile Banking and ATM on Panin Bank customer satisfaction both partially and simultaneously. This type of research is a field research (Field Research). seen from the nature of this research is descriptive analysis. Data collection techniques using questionnaires, documentation and literature study. The analytical method used is a quantitative descriptive approach. The research variable consists of the dependent variable, namely satisfaction (Y) and the independent variable, namely Internet Banking (X1), Mobile Banking (X2), and ATM (X3). The collected data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis
Keywords: Internet Banking; Mobile Banking; ATM and Satisfaction.


In this study, device characterization and carrier transport properties of n-type fluorinated copper phthalocyanine (F16CuPc) organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) were investigated using bottom gate device configuration with oxygen plasma-treatment indium-tin-oxide (ITO) bottom source and drain (S/D) contact. We fabricated F16CuPc-based OTFTs having comb-shaped channels with a series of channel lengths of 5~100 μm at a fixed channel width. The electrical characteristics of OTFTs were measured by a Keithley 4200-SCS semiconductor parameter analyzer in a dark glove box in a nitrogen atmosphere to avoid the influence of measuring environments. The device characteristics were analyzed using the charge-sheet metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor model equation. We found that both the linear and saturation field-effect mobilities and threshold voltages of F16CuPc-based OTFTs increased with increasing channel length. The linear and saturated field-effect mobilities were gate-bias dependent in all devices with different channel dimensions. Moreover, the contact resistance between ITO S/D electrodes and F16CuPc and channel resistance of F16CuPc were investigated using the gated-transfer length method. The results of our experiments suggest that the contact resistance between ITO electrodes and F16CuPc plays an important role in current-voltage characteristics. Additionally, abnormal increases in saturated field-effect mobility at channel lengths below 10 μm were observed in our experimental devices and were attributed to short channel effects. Such non-ideal effects of the present F16CuPc-based OTFT devices were investigated in detail. In summary, we found that the oxygen-plasma-treatment ITO bottom contact S/D electrode-based F16CuPc OTFT devices were very durable and suitable to make large area transistor arrays with complicated integrated circuits by photolithography techniques.


Pyrolysis is gaining more significance as a technology used to produce alternative fuels and chemicals. This study dealt with the catalytic pyrolysis of a realistic waste mixture of multi-layered plastic food packaging. The thermal behavior, kinetic parameters, and kinetic model of multi-layered plastic food packaging pyrolysis were determined to show its potential for process scale-up. In particular, we aimed to evaluate the effect of a ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst, modified with iron(III) oxide. The pyrolysis process on this decagonal structure was investigated using thermogravimetric analysis under nitrogen flow at four heating rates ranging between 40 and 600 °C. The kinetic study was conducted using the model-free isoconversional Friedman method as well as advanced statistical analysis to determine the reaction mechanism of the process. The thermal decomposition occurred in the range of 350–510 °C, with a mass loss greater than 90%. The kinetic study revealed a complex pyrolysis process, which consisted of three decomposition stages, diffusion, and Avrami-Erofeev reaction types. The activation energy values determined by the Friedman method rose with the degree of conversion, from 127 kJ mol−1 at 0.01 to 219 kJ mol−1 at 0.95. The doping of the catalyst lowered the activation energy of the reaction by 44% and 8% in the first and second stages, respectively, and increased the acidity of the zeolites, thus enhancing the reactivity on the surface of the catalysts. Lower activation energy meant less energy was required to heat the pyrolysis reactor since the onset temperature of sample decomposition was reduced.


The aim of this research was to evaluate carcass traits and meat quality of finishing lambs in pastures with different leaf area index with or without high protein-mineral supplementation. In this study, forty-eight young Santa Ines rams were used, with an average initial body weight of 13.5 kg and an average age of 4 months. For approximately 10 h a day, the animals had access to pastures comprised of Cynodon spp cultivar Tifton 85. In vivo measurements, including body length, anterior and posterior heights, chest perimeter, rump and thoracic widths, were evaluated. Based on the data in this study, providing supplements for sheep improved the carcass composition as increased hot carcass weight, cold carcass weight, empty body weight, carcass yield, external and internal carcass lengths and thoracic depth. Moreover, supplementation increased slaughter weight, which accounts for the largest portion of the producer's profitability. Although the use of supplements increases production costs, it also improved quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the meat, which could satisfy the consumer market. The meat from supplemented animals had a lower atherogenicity index compared to the control suggesting the meat from supplemented lambs is healthier to be consumed.


The Brazilian national football team's defeat by Germany during the 2014 World Cup, by a vexatious score of 7-1, was not the worst misery for Brazilians over the last three years. During this same period, an organized plot among federal officials, politicians and chief executive officers (CEOs) of major companies, involving a complex exchange of overpriced government contracts relating to engineering and construction, engineering and energy, with bribery and illegal money for electoral campaigns, was revealed. The national TV networks have broadcast every detail of the investigation reports from both the federal police and the Brazilian Attorney-General's office, and also from the court trials. The fallout so far is that the President of the Republic (in her second term) was impeached, and the House Speaker and also the former Governor of Rio de Janeiro, who are also two of the wealthiest men in the country, are in jail. All of this is combined with the worst economic recession since the early 1900s. Moreover, in the field of public health, there is a feeling of going back to the past. The Zika epidemic emerged in Brazil, deaths due to pertussis have risen and yellow fever is marching toward urban settings. Consequently, a feeling of discouragement, bewilderment, anger and disenchantment has beset Brazilians and has blurred the vision of any possible improvement in society. Nonetheless, one piece of good news in the field of chronic diseases stands out: faster decline in smoking prevalence among the most populous countries in the world. The Global Burden of Diseases 2015 Tobacco Collaborators published an extensive paper addressing the prevalence of smoking and the attributable disease burden in 195 countries from 1990 to 2015. From this major paper published in the Lancet,1 we can focus on comparison of the 10 countries with most people smoking in 1990, i.e. China, India, Indonesia, Russia, United States, Bangladesh, Japan, Brazil, Germany and the Philippines. Figure 1 shows that among these countries, in 2015, Brazil had the lowest prevalence for both sexes and the lowest for men. The trends over these 25 years were very remarkable in most of the top 10 countries, but the drop in the prevalence rate was most impressive in Brazil with a 55% reduction, as shown in Figure 2. IMD, DrPH. Full Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil.


One of the most frequent clinical hallmarks of Parkinson's disease (PD) is micrographia. Micrographia in PD is characterized by the decreased letter size and by changes in the kinematic aspects including increased movement time, decreased velocities and accelerations, and increased number of changes in velocity and acceleration. Based on the literature survey we proposed template to acquire handwriting during different tasks. In addition to well established tasks for PD diagnosis such as Archimedean spiral, we designed new tasks to acquire all aspects of micrographia. The database consists of eight different handwriting samples from seventy-five subjects. The presented results shows almost 80% overall classification accuracy.


Abstract : The objective of this report was to validate the SRI Computer Model for estimating the persistence of TNT and RDX (emanating from the Holston Army Ammunition Plant (HAAP) wastestreams) in the Holston River. A two-dimensional compartmentalized river system was developed that describes the dilution of wastestreams entering the Holston River from which the concentrations of RDX and TNT can be estimated. Rate and equilibrium constants for the environmental transport and transformation processes affecting the persistence of TNT and RDX were incorporated into the model and concentration-distance pollutant profiles were simulated. Field study data validated the model for RDX, however, sufficient field data could not be obtained to validate the model for TNT.


Duck confit is a traditional Gascogne dish of choice. It is a monument or celebration of the "peasant bird" (Schneider, p. 50); a method through which the delicate flesh is bathed, caressed and finally dissolved in its own juices – and primarily its own fat. The duck meat is meant to "melt on the tongue"; to disintegrate at our mere touch (dartagnan.com). Meat is separated from excess matter, and when this matter is reintroduced it proves simultaneously gentle, loving, disarming and destructive.


A workload questionnaire, detailing activities undertaken over a specified 7‐day period, was circulated by post to geriatric psychiatrists on the list held by the Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists. One hundred and thirty‐eight responses have been analysed to show patterns of work over the days of the week. Much of the respondents' time is concentrated on clinical work. Administration and committee work extends into every day of the week, but personal study and research are only reported by small numbers of respondents. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


IL-27 is a member of the IL-12 cytokine family that consists of EBV-induced gene 3 (EBI3), and p28. IL-27 is produced by activated antigen-presenting cells such as dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages, and it signals through a heterodimeric receptor (IL-27R) consisting of the WSX-1 and the gp130. Emerging evidence has shown that IL-27 has both pro- and anti-Inflammatory effects. Recent study demonstrated a protected role IL-27p28 in acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) in parent-to-F1 murine aGVHD model (Marillier et al., Eur. J. Immunol. 2014). However, the precise role of IL-27 in the development of aGVHD remains largely unknown.

In this study, we carried out studies in a murine aGVHD model of fully MHC-mismatched myeloablative bone marrow transplantation (C57BL/6 to BALB/c). Lethally irradiated BALB/c mice transplanted with WT B6 bone marrow (BM) plus IL-27-/-(IL-27p28flox/flox-CD11c-cre (Itgax-p28f/f)) splenocytes had significantly accelerated aGVHD mortality comparing with those received WT BM plus splenocytes ( P <0.001). However, similar aGVHD mortality was observed between mice transplanted with WT BM plus WT splenocytes and IL-27-/-BM plus WT splenocytes, and IL-27-/-BM plus IL-27-/- splenocytes, suggesting that IL-27 from splenocytes, not BM-derived cells, had protective effect in aGVHD. Additionally, mice were transplanted with IL-27-/- BM and splenocytes, and then treated with rmIL-27 on days 0 and 7 post BMT. rmIL-27 treated mice had longer survival and alleviated the clinical signs of aGVHD compared to PBS-treated mice ( P <0.05). We next explored the mechanisms by which IL-27 protects mice against aGVHD. We found the expression of the cell surface IL-27 receptor, WSX-1 and gp130, were increased on both CD4+ and CD8+T cells after allo-stimulation. Moreover, IL-27 inhibited cell proliferation of allo-reactive T cells in mix lymphocytes reactivation (MLR) in vitro . We also found that the percentages of CD69+CD4+, CD69+CD8+T cells, as well as IFN-γ expression by CD4+ and CD8+T, were significantly increased in the spleen, liver and intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) from mice transplanted with WT BM and IL-27-/- splenocytes. Furthermore, we observed increased frequencies and numbers of Treg cells and MDSCs in aGVHD target organs in mice reconstituted with IL-27-/-splenocytes. Together, these results indicated that IL-27 alleviated aGVHD may through suppressing Th1 cell responses and promoting immune suppressing cells, including MDSCs and Treg cells.

To further clarify the role of IL-27 in aGVHD, mice were transplanted with WT BM plus IL-27R-/-(B6N.129P2-Il27ratm1Mak/J) splenocytes, the results, however, showed that IL-27R deficiency in donor T cells significantly attenuated aGVHD, which was unpredicted, and was contrary to that of IL-27 deficiency results. Additional studies showed that IL-27R deficiency in T cells inhibited allo-reactive T cells proliferation and IL-2, IFN-γ production in MLR assay. The percentages of CD69+ T cells and IFN-γ+ CD4+ and CD8+T were significantly decreased, while the MDSCs and Treg cells wereincreased in aGVHD target organs from mice transplanted IL-27R-/-splenocytes. These results indicated that lack of IL-27R signaling resulted in downregulation of intrinsic immune responses which led to alleviation of aGVHD.

Previous study reported that soluble form of IL-27Ra is highly existed in human serum and may severs as a natural IL-27 antagonist (Dietrich et al., JI. 2014). We hypothesized that sIL-27Ra may function as a decoy receptor to regulate aGVHD through inhibiting IL-27 signaling. To test this hypothesis, WT recipients were given exogenous soluble mouse IL-27 Ra Fc chimera protein known to block the binding of IL-27 to the membrane bound form of IL-27R. WT recipients given IL-27 Ra-Fc to block IL-27R/IL-27 interaction had significantly exacerbated GVHD mortality. The percentages of CD69+ T cells and IFN-γ+ CD4+ and CD8+T were significantly increased in aGVHD target organs from mice received IL-27 Ra fusion protein.

In conclusion, this is the first demonstration in the same allogeneic BMT model that IL-27 deficiency augments but IL-27R deficiency alleviates acute GVHD. Our studies provide further evidence for the protective role of rmIL-27, and promoting effect of sIL-27R in the same aGVHD model. This study warrants further investigations of the possible therapeutic applications of IL-27 in acute GVHD.

Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


To determine the threat exposure of a virtualized environment, attack graphs generation, coupled to a risk-based assessment can be used. The first roadblock to lift to that end is the extraction of the topology. We will present in this paper the stategy we intend to use to obtain a near real-time view of the connectivity existing in a virtual infrastructure .


We previously showed that annexin A2 was transiently expressed at the embryo-uterine luminal epithelium interface during the window of implantation, and was involved in mouse embryo implantation. At the same time, annexin A2 was reported to be upregulated in human receptive endometrium, which was critical for embryo attachment as an intracellular molecule. Here, we identified annexin A2 as a membrane bound molecule on human endometrial epithelial cells and trophoblast cells, and the outer surface membrane bound annexin A2 was involved in human embryo attachment. In addition, physiological levels of estrogen and progesterone increased the expression of overall annexin A2 as well as that in the extracellular surface membrane protein fraction in human endometrial cells. Furthermore, p11 (or S100A10, a member of the S100 EF-hand family protein, molecular weight 11 kDa) was involved in the translocation of annexin A2 to the outer surface membrane of endometrial epithelial cells without affecting its overall expression. Finally, the surface relocation of annexin A2 was also dependent on cell-cell contact and calcium binding. A better understanding of the function and regulation of annexin A2 in human endometrium may help us to identify a potential therapeutic target for subfertile and infertile patients.


The Selincah fish (Belontia hasselti) is a local Indonesian fish that is widely consumed and has the potential to become ornamental fish. This fish must be domesticated to suppress its exploitation from natural catches. The domestication process requires biological information including eating habits. For this reason, in this study, the identification of phytoplankton contained in the stomach contents of the agile fish was carried out. Fish samples were obtained from Rawa Metukul, South Bangka Regency. The types of phytoplankton in the stomach and intestines of lively fish are the classes Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Chrysophyceae. The most dominant species were found in the Chlorophyceae class with an Index of preponderance value of 42.42%, while the Chrystophyceae class was found at least 2.99%.


The design for a spherical Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) with a camera, called the Eyeball ROV due to motions similar to the human eye, is presented in this thesis. The ROV features an actuation scheme that utilizes a two-axis gimbal for changing the location of the center of mass of the ROV. This creates continuous and unlimited rotations in place on the part of the ROV, allowing the camera to be panned and tilted. A model of the ROV is presented, and control was tested in both simulation and experiments. In addition, a dual-use system for both communication and localization of the ROV is presented. This novel dual-use system uses visible blue light (-470nm) to relay data in addition to providing a beacon with which the orientation and position in space of the ROV was estimated. This localization algorithm was implemented using an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), and was tested in both simulations and expenments. Thesis Supervisor: H. Harry Asada Title: Ford Professor of Mechanical Engineering Acknowledgments I would firstly like to thank Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and my contact there, Mr. Jun Fujita, for funding the research presented in this thesis. I would also like to thank Professor H. Harry Asada for his guidance in completing this thesis. We have had an academic relationship since my time as an undergraduate, and I have found no one better to help me shape my ideas into reality. Several undergraduate students have also helped with various portions of this project, so I would like to thank both Ashley Fletcher and Hellen Lopez for their invaluable help. In addition, I would like to like to thank my parents, Greg and Kathleen Rust. From an early age they taught me the importance of clear and logical thought, the value of intellectual creativity, and the importance of dedication and hard work. Without such lessons, constant words of encouragement, and equally constant boxes of cookies sent through the mail, I would doubtlessly not have been as well equipped to perform the presented research. Lastly, I would like to thank Karen Dubbin for reminding me of the reason why I spent all those late nights working and the reason why I came home at the end of them.


The health of a family of five exposed to molds, bacteria and mycotoxins in a water-damaged home deteriorated within 2 months. Airborne nonviable spore counts ranged from 12 thousand to over 3 million per cubic meter. ERMI-36 tests of dust from the refrigerator compressor area identified several species of Aspergillus and Penicillium, Chaetomium globosum and Stachybotrys chartarum. Mycotoxins identified in urine samples from each of the family members matched results identified in dust samples collected within the home including both ochratoxin and trichothecenes. The family developed enlarged lymph nodes, skin rashes, unrefreshing sleep, neurocognitive decline, and orthostatic changes consistent with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). We propose that the family developed Sarcoidosis as a result of the exposure to fungal micro particles and have been chronically ill for over 3 years following the initial exposure. They currently reside in a home with no known water-damages resulting in mold growth, but continue to experience symptoms of ME/CFS.


Writing is one of the most important skills as an output of the language. By teaching writing skill, the teacher knows students' ability in grammar, vocabulary, and interpretation. But, most of the students are not interested in writing rather than structure and reading. Writing is an activity which includes note-taking, outlining, editing and drafting. Descriptive text is a text which drawn an object. English Club Television channel is an educational television program created for those who studies English. The purpose of this study is to know how is the application of English club television channel and the improvement of students' mastery in writing descriptive text by using English club television channel. The researcher use Quasi- Experimental as an approach. This research is conducted by analysis the improvement of students' mastery on writing descriptive text by using English club television channel. This data was taken from 8A and 8F of SMP NEGERI 3 SURABAYA as experimental group and control group. The researcher using observation sheet, test, lesson plan, and questionnaire as the instrument of research. Based on the data taken, it was proved that the application of English Club Television channel is divided into five stages; observing, asking, exploring, associating, and communicating. Also, the researcher operates English Club Television channel by using laptop, speaker, and LCD projector. The improvement of students' mastery in writing descriptive text proved by the test. Pre-test score of experimental group is 3197 with average 86,40. While the post-test score of experimental group is 3301 with average 89,21. Based on students' response after using English club Television channel is 62,1% Students argue that English Club Television channel motivating them because the material is interesting for them. 45,9% Students argue that English Club Television channel motivate them because the material given is understandable. 62,1% Students argue that English Club Television also can help them in learning English authentically. 62,1% Students argue that English Club Television channel is interesting, because it enriching their vocabulary. 70,2% Students thinks that English Club Television channel can improve them in learning writing because the material is interesting. In sum, students' mastery in writing descriptive text was increased by using English club television channel.


An attempt was made to optimize fertilizer N at varying levels of available soil N and soil moisture for rainfed sorghum grown in Vertisols under semi-arid condition at Solapur. The study was based on 20 field experiments conducted with 8 combinations of organic and inorganic fertilizer~ under receding moisture conditions in a permanent site from 1985 to 2004. The soil had a mean moisture profile of 219 mm with variation of 34.7'« at sowing. Similarly, the soil had a mean available N of 148 kg ha· 1 with variation of 11.2'1f· and P of 16 kg ha· 1 with variation of 42.rk. The mean sorghum yield of 946 kg ha· 1 with variation of 40.2'7r was attained over years. The results indicated that combination of 25 kg N ha· 1 (crop residue + 25 kg N ha· i (Leucaella) was superior with a significant yield predictability (0.85**) and minimum prediction error of 193 kg ha· j • This was efficient with maximum mean yield of 1109 kg ha· 1 and sustainable yield index of 0.54 over years. The pooled model of treatments gave a significant predictability (0.38*"') with prediction error of 282 kg ha· l . The study further indicated that when soil moisture ranged from 100 to 300 mm, optimal ferti izer N ranged from 26 to 76 kg ha" at a soil-N of 120 kg ha" and 14 to 64 kg ha· 1 at a soil-N of 140 kg ha'( At a soil-N of 200 kg ha· j and soil moisture of 160 mm, fertilizer N of 26 kg ha" was optimum for attaining sustainable sorghum yield. Since the treatment 50% N (crop residue) + 50% N (Leaucaena) ,gave maximum sustainable yield index, mean yield and yield predictability with minimum prediction error, optimum fertilizer N could be applied at the rate of 50'* through crop residue and the remaining through Leaucaena.


The present invention relates to new polymers that contain one or more repeating units selected from spirobifluorene, indenofluorene, phenanthrene, dihydrophenanthrene, dihydropyrene, Tetrahydropyren- and Dihydrobenzooexepin derivatives, and a low polydispersity and a high molecular weight include, processes for their preparation, blend and formulations containing these polymers, and the use of these polymers in electronic devices, especially organic light emitting diodes, so-called OLEDs (organic Light Emitting diode OLED =).


The rate of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) in women with early, unilateral cancer is relatively high and is increasing around the world a previous study. Women choose this option for many reasons other than reducing their risk of future cancer, including symmetry, reasons related to breast reconstruction and attempting to manage fear of recurrence. This systematic review evaluated patient‐reported quality of life outcomes following CPM.


We investigate the phase diagram of a quantum spin-1 chain whose Hamiltonian is invariant under a global on-site ${A}_{4}$, translation, and lattice inversion symmetries. We detect different gapped phases characterized by a symmetry protected topological (SPT) order and symmetry breaking using matrix product state order parameters. We observe a rich variety of phases of matter characterized by a combination of symmetry breaking and symmetry fractionalization and also the interplay between the on-site and spatial symmetries. Examples of continuous phase transitions directly between topologically nontrivial SPT phases are also observed.


The synthesis of 18-demethyl-18-formylprotoporphyrin dimethyl ester is described and the role of this compound as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of haem a is considered. A possible relationship between a compound of this structure and the prosthetic group of myeloperoxidase is discussed. The cryptoporphyrin a fraction of ox heart extracts has been reexamined and shown to consist of a mixture of Spirographis porphyrin and its isomer which presumably arise from the in vitro oxidation of the vinyl groups in protoporphyrin.


In this paper the derivative of reactive β-Cyclodextrin was used as a carrier,the inclusion compound was composed of the carrier and perfumery compound.The special finishing was proceeded by grafting in order to obtain perfume on cotton knitted fabric.The effect of inclusion and finishing on fabric was detected by Ketar Capacity Device and the infra-red spectra analyses.


Michel de Ghelderode's dramatic art is part of history of the Belgian and French theater of the XX century. The writer created the works in French, but worked as the playwright also for the Belgian, and the French theaters. The Flemish folklore and literature of the French symbolism became sources of his creativity


Some 18 human volunteers consumed for short periods of time (15 days) food exposed to 3 million rep gamma rays and stored frozen until used. Four such studies were conducted in which 35%, 60%, 80%, and virtually 100% of the calories were supplied by irradiated items of food. Careful clinical and laboratory observatlons revealed no evidence that these irradiated foods produced any toxic effects in the human beings consuming them. (auth)


Critical Analysis of University Conduct Codes as a Mechanism for Remedying Student Sexual Misbehavior By Kimberly Hollingshead Dr. Gerald Kops, Examination Committee Chair Professor in Higher Educational Leadership University of Nevada, Las Vegas The purpose of this study was to examine university/college student conduct codes in order to determine current practices at colleges and universities with regard to disciplinary procedures for sexual misconduct on or near campuses. The purpose of this study was also to ascertain the perceptions of university judicial officers regarding the implementation and effectiveness of the student conduct code when addressing sexual misconduct issues. As an analytical, qualitative research design, this study reviewed relevant case law, law reviews, journal articles, newspaper articles, books, and law digests. Student conduct codes of certain colleges and universities were critically analyzed and compared to model student conduct codes to determine the similarities, differences and patterns found in them. An in-depth interview of the university judicial officers at the same colleges and universities was also conducted to determine their perceptions of the university judicial process regarding the implementation and application of student conduct codes to claims of sexual misconduct. Twenty-seven of thirty-two judicial officers responded to the interview. This study examined the following six questions: What procedure is utilized for adjudicating violations of student conduct code? Are


The Brain Korea 21 (i.e., BK21) is a state-led higher education funding project that started in 2013. Previous literature investigating the effectiveness of the project mainly focused on massive quantitative outcomes of funded teams, and many studies reporting only self-reported data of graduate students who participated in the project. Therefore, there were not many BK21 studies that thoroughly examined the graduate students' performance, ability, satisfaction, etc. This study aims to determine the effect of the BK21 project participation on graduate students' academic performance, using objective (the number of published papers), self-rating (graduates' satisfaction), and other-rating (advisor's performance evaluation) data, which were sampled from 2013 to 2019 from a single funded team on a one-departmental-unit. The results showed that the participating graduate students had more published papers, and had higher performance evaluation scores in research, and overall abilities, than the non-participating graduate students. Further, participating students were largely satisfied with BK21 supports. This study has significance in that it demonstrates the positive influence of the BK21 project on graduate students' academic performance and satisfaction by the thorough investigation of a single social science funded team.


Recent advances in sensor technologies coupled with the development of machine/deep learning strategies are opening new frontiers in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). Dealing with structural vibrations recorded with pervasive sensor networks, SHM aims at extracting meaningful damage-sensitive features from the data, shaped as multivariate time series, and taking real-time decisions concerning the safety level. Within this context, we discuss an approach able to detect and localize a structural damage avoiding any pre-processing of the acquired data. The method takes advantage of the capability of Deep Learning of Fully Convolutional Networks, trained during an offline SHM phase. As a hybrid model- and data-based solution is looked for, Reduced Order Models are also built in the offline phase to reduce the computational burden of the whole monitoring approach. Through a numerical benchmark test, we show how the proposed method can recognize and localize different damage states.


Component models for bidirectional flow in process lines were developed to account for propagation of fluid properties and balance equations for mass, heat and momentum. The models performed well in simulations with flow in arbitrary direction. The models increased the stability in simulations of cases with short, unintentional reversed flow.


Objective: To study the anti-tumor activity and immunomodulating effects of polysaccharide from Gracilaria tenuistipitata in vitro. Method: The S-180 cell and spleen lymphocyte were cultured in vitro with different dosage of two polysaccharides (GTHSP and GTLSP) separated via ion-exchange and tested by MTT method. Result: High sulfate-containing polysaccharide GTHSP could markedly induce proliferation of spleen lymphocyte (P0.01), while no such effect was found with low sulfate-containing polysaccharide GTLSP. Additionally, none of the two samples showed inhibition effect on the growth of S-180 cell. Conclusion: Neither of the tested polysaccharides had anti-tumor activity. It was also confirmed that the immunomodulaiting effect was related with the content of SO42- in sulfated polysaccharides and the polysaccharide GTHSP with high SO42- content showed immunomodulaiting effect.


Network Radar realizes the integration of radar and radar countermeasure, thus it is a new direction for the development of radar and radar countermeasure system. This essay first introduces the existing concept and research results of the configuration of Network Radar and then it probes into how to configure the transmitters and receivers based on the method of detectable power and detector's SNR, in the end this essay provides the simulations of the configuration of Network Radar. It hopes that the research results of this essay will put the development of configuration of Network Radar forward deeply.


Land use efficiency is an important index to measure the level of land use.Moreover the coordinated degree of land use efficiency is an important indicator of land use sustainability.Take Du'an Yao Autonomous County of Guangxi as an example,this paper established an index system of evaluating land use efficiency in Karst rocky desertification area,in application of the method of AHP to defining the weight of each index,using the evaluation method of coordinated degree function to evaluate the coordinated degree of land use efficiency in Du'an County from 2001 to 2005.By analyzing the evaluation results,some conclusions were drawn: the coordinated degree of land use efficiency in Du'an County increased year by year in evaluation period;the coordinated degree development of land use efficiency appeared periodically;the factors influencing the coordinated degree of land use efficiency included aggressive factors as well as negative factors.


Along with the coming of cities'mechanization,the conflict be-tween protecting traditional characteris-tics and rebuilding roads are increasingly becoming prominent. In Anqing traffic planning,the idea of 'protecting,evacuating,renovating' was firstly used,to discuss how to lead traffic stream,how to deal with the connection among protecting,utilizing and reconstructing,and discuss the methods to activate the vigors in the historical districts of his-torical and cultural cities.


example, a pious Methodist businessman who was influenced by religious revivalism, and who wrote extensively about his reading experiences, focused for a time on subjects who devoted their piety to communal endeavors. As Floy's reading took a more secular turn, however, an incipient romanticism began to color his evangelicism. Julia Parker, a teacher who serves as Floy's female counterpart, focused on female biographical subjects, both to entertain herself and to provide her students with examples of female intellect and virtue. For patriotism, however, she relied on male subjects. As the reader profiles suggest, this is a book about cultural production and reception, and as such it encompasses the discourse of readers, critics, and editors. Thanks to the comprehensiveness of its approach, and given the paucity of other scholarship, it is pathbreaking in the fullest sense, a work that, as the author puts it, "proposes what a cultural history of the genre might look like" (15). Imposing order on a hundred years of a genre that had diverse audiences and competing objectives is a difficult feat, and Casper's canvas is so complex and so ambitious that the reader at times is lost in a profusion of sources and standpoints. Nonetheless, when future scholars carve out parts of his portrait and examine them in much greater depth—as they undoubtedly will do now—they will remain indebted to him for his pioneering survey of biography in nineteenth-century America.


Human beings bring out lots of negative aspects while developing and progressing. From ancient times, People searched for the road of continuous development." The Classic of the Virtue of the Tao" has extensive knowledge and profound scholarship and of long standing and well established. It discusses profoundly and all-sidedly the thoughts of the continuous development from the relationship between heaven and man; cultivation of moral character; administration of a country; morality; moral principles and so on. As human beings are going to face the crisis that the modern civilization brought us, we draw on and carry forward the thoughts of the continuous development which contains in "The classic of the Virtue of the Tao " to develop ourselves.


In this paper,the visual redundancies is eliminated,which exist in the video coding combining human visual system with the characteristic of video coding and further compress the bitrates of coding based on the JM software.The result shows that the average of bitrates decrease 8.5% to 20% without any loss of visual quality.


In this paper we look at the difficulties which retail investors face to obtain all news which affects companies in their portfolio. We provide a high level overview of available financial news categories and sources, the different research strategies applied to the data, and the technical problems this raises. We propose a service-oriented system to enable real time financial news analysis which will reduce the time which the investor must spend searching for and interpreting relevant news. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4082-5.ch003


This paper discusses the effects of change of debt restructuring standard and government regulation on earnings management of listed companies in China.The authors find evidence that many restructuring companies are not in financial distress.The earnings from debt restructuring unusually increased after changes of accounting standards.The authors also provide evidence on companies' motivations to manage earnings to achieve certain earnings thresholds,such as turnaround,avoidance of earnings losses and increases in earnings.Under the government regulation,more companies take advantages of complex and concealed trading.


The household appliances market noise levels requirements have rapidly increased in the last years. Despite the traditional approach for defining noise requirements focused on steady-state sound power levels, the transient noise is becoming a key factor in defining sound quality specification. Variable speed compressor technologies lead to a significant advantage on this aspect since in standard operation conditions the compressor runs at relatively low speeds for most of the time. Linear motor driven reciprocating compressors present great advantages since this technology allows dealing with cooling capacity variation without changing the motor speed. This allows also easier and more effective design of lower noise generation. This paper presents the benefits of the variable capacity, linear motor driven reciprocating compressors over rotary motor driven reciprocating compressors, either at variable capacity and fixed speeds. Emphasis is given to the physical phenomena and engineering advantages of the linear motor concept.


In many countries around the world, policy developers have argued for evidence-based policy development. In some countries, demonstrating the long-term outcomes of early childhood education has become an important goal. However, what does the early childhood profession believe? This article reports on a study that examined the research needs in Australia for supporting early childhood education. The findings have relevance for early childhood education across the international community.


We adapt BLiMP (Benchmark of Linguistic Minimal Pairs) language model evaluation framework to the context of poetry, introducing the first of a series of tasks titled Benchmark of Poetic Minimal Pairs (BPoMP). The tasks presented herein use one genre of English-language poetry, the limerick (five-lines, rhyme scheme AABBA). Following the BLiMP schema, the BPoMP tasks use 10,000 minimal pairs of limerick/corrupted limerick. The latter is created by (1) shuffling two rhyming end-of-the-line words, (2) shuffling two rhyming lines, (3) replacing end-of-the-line word by a non-rhyming synonym. Our general task is detection of the original limerick, which we believe tests a language model's capacity to utilize "end rhymes", a common feature of poetry. We evaluate Transformer-based models by checking if they assign a higher probability to the non-corrupted limerick in each minimal pair. We find that the models identify the original limerick at rates better than chance, but with a nontrivial gap relative to human accuracy (average of 98.3% across tasks). The publicly available curated set of limericks accompanying this paper is an additional contribution. In general, we see this as a first step to create a community of NLP activity around the rigorous computational study of poetry.


During the excavation season of 1974 and 1975 archaeologists of the Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities uncovered at Hatra a huge edifice, built of ashlar masonry, located in the forecourt of the Great Temple. The building was a temple dedicated to the worship of Allat, the great Arab goddess. This identification is based on epigraphic evidence and sculptural representations, some of which offered in turn evidence for the goddess's assimilation with Nemesis, the omnipresent Greek goddess of justice and vengeance. The plan and architecture of the temple exhibit the distinctive features of the Hatrene style, characterized by the appearance of a triple iwan. In this way the temple is similar to the southern and northern units of the great iwans, the temple of the Triad and the temple of Smya, though its dimensions are larger. The inscriptional evidence indicates that it was King Sanatruq who was responsible for planning and building the temple. However, the final stages of the work were completed by his son, 'Abdsmya, who acted as Sanatruq's viceroy before succeeding him as king. Both kings left their images carved in high relief in two niches in the small iwans.


Dante's Divine Comedy had an enormous influence on Seamus Heaney's oeuvre, especially from Field Work (1979) onwards. Heaney exploits the great Dantean epic poem to create a framework that allows him to contextualise some of the most painful political and social episodes in Irish history, namely the Great Hunger and the secular clashes between Protestants and Catholics. Heaney pays special attention to the problems originating from the outburst of the atavistic and sectarian violence—euphemistically known as "the Troubles"—between the unionist and nationalist communities in Northern Ireland as from 1969, causing great suffering and wreaking havoc on the Northern Irish population for decades.


A novel Lamb wave resonator with fully suppressed acoustic radiation in water is proposed for high-resolution mass-sensitive detection of biomolecules. The elimination of acoustic radiation is achieved by slowing down the Lamb wave to a velocity lower than the sound speed in water. This enables high-quality-factor resonance in water and reduces the sensing frequency noise. High aspect ratio electrodes (HAREs) are used to slow down the Lamb wave. The elastic resonance and large surface area of the HAREs can also enhance the mass sensitivity of the device. The improved mass sensitivity together with the low frequency noise substantially improves the overall sensing resolution. Although reducing the plate thickness can also slow down the Lamb wave, it makes the device very fragile and not practical to use. In contrast, slowing down the Lamb wave by increasing electrode height allows the use of thick plates which is robust. In this article, the behavior and performance of the proposed high aspect ratio electrode Lamb wave resonator (HARE-LWR) are theoretically analyzed using finite element method simulations. Optimum design parameters were found through the simulations. Reported results show that a significant figure of merit improvement was achieved by the proposed HARE-LWR design.


Lexicographic semiorders are mathematical structures often used to model intransitive preferences (e.g., Fishburn, 1991; Tversky, 1969).  A key feature of such models is that a decision maker considers the attributes of choice alternatives sequentially, preferring one choice alternative over another if, and only if, a pair of attribute values differ by a fixed threshold, i.e., a semiorder structure. We present a lexicographic semiorder model of probabilistic choice that allows a decision maker (or group of decision makers) to have varying preferences with the restriction that at each sampled time point the decision maker's preferences are consistent with a lexicographic semiorder.   We demonstrate how this theory can be used to dis-entangle the response variability of a decision maker's observed choices with the variability of his or her true preferences.  In other words, we seek to dissociate the variability of a decision maker's observed choices while accounting for the possibility that the decision maker may change their underlying preferences, i.e.,``changing their mind.'' This theory can be considered as a competitor model to distribution-free random utility models based upon transitive preferences, i.e., the `mixture-model' approaches of Regenwetter et al. (2011) and Regenwetter & Davis-Stober (2012), see also Block and Marschak (1960) and Loomes and Sugden (1995).   One goal of this work is to empirically evaluate the descriptive and predictive accuracy of our lexicographic semiorder mixture model as compared to models based solely upon transitive preferences.  Meeting this goal would allow us to help determine when, and in what way, decision makers satisfy the transitivity of preference axiom.  We report the results of a decision-making under risk experiment that utilizes a fully crossed, within-subjects design with two key manipulations.  First, we manipulate how the choice alternative stimuli are presented; these stimuli were designed to encourage either within or between-attribute consideration of the gamble features.  Second, we manipulate the amount of time available for the decision maker to make his or her choices.  Prior research has suggested that decision makers tend to utilize decision strategies that follow within attribute comparisons (as in a lexicographic semiorder structure) of stimuli when there are severe time constraints placed on their choices (Rieskamp and Hoffrage, 2008).   Block, H. D., & Marschak, J. (1960). Random orderings and stochastic theories of responses. In I. Olkin, S. Ghurye, H. Hoeffding, W. Madow, & H. Mann (Eds.), Contributions to probability and statistics (pp. 97-132). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Fishburn, P. C. (1991). Nontransitive preferences in decision theory. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 4, 113-134. Loomes, G., & Sugden, R. (1995). Incorporating a stochastic element into decision theories. European Economic Review, 39 , 641-648. Regenwetter, M., Dana, j., & Davis-Stober, C. P. (2011). Transitivity of preferences. Psychological Review, 118, 42-56. Regenwetter, M., & Davis-Stober, C. P. (2012). Behavioral variability of choices versus structural inconsistency of preferences.  Psychological Review, 119, 408-416 . Rieskamp, J., & Hoffrage, U. (2008). Inferences under time pressure: How opportunity costs affect strategy selection. Acta Psychologica, 127 , 258-276.


The double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM) has turned out be a key device for the designs due to its speed and pipeline features and hence it is used in computers. This research is to develop a DDR SDRAM controller which is capable of generating the signals for memory refresh, write and read functions and also initialization of the DDR SDRAM to transfer the data using the designed controller. The ASIC implementation can be done using cadence 45nm CMOS technology. Further optimization can be done using other physical design optimization algorithm.


China is globally acknowledged as "Kingdom of Bamboo",and Zhejiang Province is nationally recognized as the first province of bamboo in China.Systematic and overall analysis is made by the approach of case study on why Zhejiang can get such a marvelous achievement so as to provide significant references and instructions for bamboo development for other countries who desire to learn technologies and know-how from China.The main contributions are concluded as below:1)Quick progress of bamboo technology provides a strong back-up for bamboo industry development;2)Governmental supports promote the balanced development of bamboo industry,including favorable policy,financial support;3)Good relation of bamboo cultivation and processing;4)Special soci-economic and humanitarian advantages for bamboo development,including good export environment,dynamic private economy,bamboo industry zone,excellent talents of bamboo;and 5)Quick expansion of international and domestic bamboo market stimulates and drives the development of bamboo industry


We present a complete atlas of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant in the light of [O III] (λ5007), Hα, and [S II] (λλ6717, 6731). We include low-resolution (25'') global maps and smaller fields at 6'' resolution from observations using the Prime Focus Corrector on the 0.8 m telescope at McDonald Observatory. Despite its shell-like appearance, the Cygnus Loop is not a current example of a Sedov-Taylor blast wave. Rather, the optical emission traces interactions of the supernova blast wave with clumps of gas. The surrounding interstellar medium forms the walls of a cavity through which the blast wave now propagates, including a nearly complete shell in which nonradiative filaments are detected. We identify nonradiative shocks around half the perimeter of the Cygnus Loop, and they trace a circle of radius R = 1.°4 (19 pc) in the spherical cavity walls. The Cygnus Loop blast wave is not breaking out of a dense cloud but is instead running into confining walls. Modification of the shock velocity and gas temperature due to interaction of the blast wave with the surrounding medium introduces errors in estimates of the age of this supernova remnant. The optical emission of radiative shocks arises only where the blast wave encounters inhomogeneities in the ambient medium; it is not a consequence of gradual evolution to a global radiative phase. Distance measurements that rely on this uniform blast wave evolution are uncertain, but the radiative shocks can be used as distance indicators because of the spherical symmetry of the surrounding medium. The interstellar medium dominates not only the appearance of the Cygnus Loop but also the continued evolution of the blast wave. If this is a typical example of a supernova remnant, then global models of the interstellar medium must account for such significant blast wave deceleration.


Abstract The present study determines the constraints faced by farmers in adaptability measures to climate change in rainfed region. A sample of 150 farmers was interviewed from Mahaboobnagar, Ranga Reddy and Ananthapur districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. The findings revealed that personal constraints like small size and fragmented landholdings (60%), low literacy level (56%) and inadequate knowledge (45%) of how to cope or build resilience as the major constraints. The poor extension service on climate risk management (72%), non-availability of drought tolerant varieties, lack of access to weather forecasting technology and poor reliability on it, dependence on monsoon (64%) were the major institutional and technological constraints faced by the farmers. The study suggested that improving information access on climate risk management, access of institutional credit on soil and water conservation practices, and capacity building programmes strengthens the famers' adaptation capacity under changing climate.


To solve the parameters' identification of Multi-Order system with pure delay unit, the algorithm based on the multiple integrations of the Feature-Data is presented. With the data of the stepping response, the System's Feature-Data can be obtained according to the criterion of the Least-Square-Method and the minimum error of some parameters identified redundantly, and with the Multi-Integrations' value of the feature-data, the equations are established, the parameters can be identified consequently.


Summary The addition of 1mg. of cysteine HCl per milliliter of unheated skimmilk resulted in a semen diluent which maintained the livability of bull spermatozoa stored at 4° C. equally as well as did skimmilk heated at 92° C. for 10 minutes. Cysteine HCl levels of 0.5 and 2.0mg. per milliliter were almost as effective in supporting livability as was 1.0mg. per milliliter; 0.25 and 4.0mg. per milliliter were definitely inferior to the optimum level. Gluthathione also was shown to be effective in supporting spermatozoan livability in unheated skimmilk, but methionine was found to be ineffective, indicating that the beneficial effect was due to the sulfhydryl groups. When cysteine HCl was added to protein-free milk serum for use as a diluter, no improvement in spermatozoan livability was obtained, indicating that the sulfhydryl compound exerted its effect by acting on the nondialyzable portion of the unheated skimmilk rather than by acting directly on the spermatozoa.


An embodiment of the invention relates to an oRGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE and a method for manufacturing the same. An organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate, a pixel array, metal patterns, a second substrate, and a frit. The pixel array is disposed on a first substrate. The metal patterns are arranged on the first substrate to surround the pixel array. The second substrate is disposed on the first substrate. The frit is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the frit covering the metal patterns.


"The incidence of psychological distress (such as anxiety and depression) is high in COPD patients. CBT has been proved to reduce depression and anxiety and enhance quality of life. This meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT) on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD). The following electronic databases were searched from inception to March
2020: PubMed, EMBase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Medline, OVID, CINAHL, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), China
National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wangfang Database (WF), PsycARTICLES, VIP database. The Scopus and Google scholar database that we did not use. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared CBT with routine methods of care in COPD were retrieved in electronic databases. The Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool and Review Manager version 5.3 were used for risk of bias assessment and meta-analysis, respectively. Both data synthesis and descriptive analysis were used for outcome assessment. A total of 10 RCTs involving 1173 patients were included. Data synthesis showed that CBT was statistically significant in improving short- and medium-term depression and treatment compliance. Mediumterm anxiety and quality of life were improved among COPD patients receiving CBT, although no significant effect was found for short-term quality of life and anxiety. Descriptive analysis showed that CBT could reduce dyspnea. No clear evidence supports the effectiveness on improving self-efficacy in COPD patients with the use of CBT (P > 0.05).
CBT can be a useful strategy to improve the symptoms of depression, dyspnea and treatment compliance in patients with COPD. It can also improve patients' quality of life and anxiety to some extent, but there is still lack of strong evidence in improving patients' self-efficacy."


BACKGROUND
Vinblastine (VBL) is a cytostatic drug frequently applied in children with lymphoma and progressive low-grade glioma (LGG) in children, with hematotoxicity as main side effect.

CASE REPORT
Here we present a 7-month-old girl with tumor progression of a LGG during standard chemotherapy with carboplatin and vincristine. Switch to VBL led to a 20-30-fold increase of transaminases (grade IV CTCAE 5.0) spontaneously resolving after end of treatment. The toxicity is possibly age related since it did not re-occur at restart of VBL at 4 years old. This finding might have consequences for toxicity screening in future protocols, especially when including infants.