Introduction: One of the challenges of health facilities is to conserve the blood specimen collection, once donors represent only 1.8% of the Brazilian population. Thus, it is extremely important the registered nurse's role in the awareness, attraction, and volunteer donor screening. Objectives: Identify the epidemiological representation from applicants to the offering/donation of blood at the Hemotherapy Service of a hospital in Southern region of Minas Gerais. Material and Methods: We carried out a retrospective, descriptive study using a quantitative approach. In 2011, we carried out at the Hemotherapy Service database a search for the medical files of blood donation candidates. The study sample was composed of 2,680 donors' medical records. In order to analyze data, we used a spreadsheet from Microsoft Excel Windows 7 Ultimate TM , 2011. Data are presented as absolute numbers and percentage in tables and graphs. Results: It was observed that 82% candidates were qualified to blood donation. Males were the most prevalent gender with ages ranging from 18 to 29, as well as the recurrent donors. Given the donor profile of this research, it is worth mentioning the importance of developing educational campaigns regarding blood donation in order to decrease the number of unqualified blood donors, improving the quality of the candidates. Conclusion: The findings demonstrate the importance of awareness campaigns regarding the ideal characteristics for those who want to donate blood, in order to increase the qualified blood donators.


With the development of economy and the improvement of living standards, the vehicles in public places are increasing. In today's world, the traditional technology of parking management can not satisfy the needs. This paper aims to improve the efficiency of vehicles management and guarantee the safety of vehicles. The research paper presents an intelligent vehicle management expert system with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. The system provides practically important user data collection, guidance information, control information and can trace criminal or illegal vehicles such as stolen cars or vehicles that evade tickets, tolls or vehicle taxes. The system architecture consists of an RFID reader, a passive tag, a terminal computer, a pair of magnetic induction coils and a high-speed server with a database system. The system collects user information and allocates parking spaces on a community of a district area in a city based on RFID technology. Moreover, it can identify cars that do not have a tag and then provide a temporary card through Automatic Vending Machine.


Coordination between speech acoustics and manual gestures has been conceived as "not biologically mandated" (1). However, recent work suggests a biomechanical entanglement between the upper limbs and the respiratory-vocal system (2). Pouw and colleagues found that for movements with a high physical impulse, speech acoustics co-occur with the physical impulses of upper limb movements. They interpret this result in terms of biomechanical coupling between arm motion and speech via the breathing system. This coupling could support the synchrony observed between speech prosody and arm gestures during communication. The present study investigates wether the effect of physical impulse on speech acoustics can be extended to leg motion, assumed to be controlled independently from oral communication. The study involved 25 native speakers of German who recalled short stories while biking with their arms or their legs. These conditions were compared to a static condition in which participants could not move their arms. Our analyses are similar to that of Pouw et al. (2). Results reveal that the presence of intensity peaks in the acoustic signal co-occur with the time of peak acceleration of legs' biking movements. However, this was not observed when biking with the arms, which corresponded to lower acceleration peaks. In contrast to intensity, F0 was not affected in the arm and leg conditions. These results suggest that (1) the biomechanical entanglements between the respiratory-vocal system and the lower limbs may also impact speech; (2) the physical impulse may have to reach a threshold to impact speech acoustics.


Home gateway is the most important part of home network. The general framework of home network is introduced,and a novel structure of home gateway is proposed in this paper. Based on the 32-bit embedded microprocessor S3C2410X (ARM),several function modules are extended,through transplanting Linux kernel,the hardware drivers and application programs are developed,and a novel embedded home gateway is formed. The gateway of this structure can run perfectly,and though experiment,many kinds of home service can realize completely.


Identifying noise in the Current Mirror (CM) circuit is essential to locate noise signals in biosensor applications so that measurements become more accurate and precise. There are two dominant types of noise: white noise, which consists of thermal noise and shot noise, and also low-frequency noise (1/f  noise). The main component of the CM circuit is the BS250 type MOSFET, which works by varying the width of the charge carrier channelcontrolled by the voltage at the gate. When the drain is given a voltage, electrons will flow from the source to the drain which generates the noise.This study was carried out to identify the noise in the CM configuration by varying the reference voltage of MOSFET using the PCI-6221 card data integrated with the LabVIEW program. The reference voltage values used are 1 mV, 10 mV, and 100 mV to determine the effect of the input voltage on the CM circuit noise signal, while the measurement frequency is varied from 0.1 Hz to 100 kHz with a resolution of 0.1 Hz. The results show that the noise characteristics vary with the applied voltage, which will increase at a higher voltage. Analysis of 1/f noise at frequencies up to 0.2 Hz has a gradient increase of up to 10 times for each given voltage value. Based on the value of the data distribution on the white noise measurement, it shows that a voltage of 100 mV produces the highest noise with an average of 3.62 × 10-7 Vrms/Hz1/2. The results of this study are used in the design of CM circuits with minimal noise.


An analysis of the large-scale circulation features, major synoptic systems, precipitation, and atmospheric heating fields during the intensive observation period (IOP) of the GAME/HUBEX identified eight features. 1) The beginning and maintenance of the Meiyu season over the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin in both 1998 and 1999 occurred under the condition of the northward advance and enhancement of the East Asian summer monsoon. 2) The circulation features characterized with two ridges in the region to west of the Baikal Lake and the Sea of Okhotsk, respectively, and one trough in between (in the region of the Baikal Lake) in the middle and high latitudes set a stage for the development of Meiyu seasons. Especially, the quasi-stationary Okhotsk blocking high and the upper-level vortex over East China/the Sea of Japan was a couplet of circulation systems under which the Meiyu front over the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basins was stably maintained. 3) The subtropical high in the western Pacific assumed a significant westward and northward shift before arrival of Meiyu seasons in 1998 and 1999. During the concentrating period of Meiyu precipitation for 1998, its meridional oscillation was closely related to variations of episodes of heavy rainfalls in this region. 4) The low-level easterly aircurrent to the north of the low-level southerly jet played an important role in maintenance of the frontal zone, which is also one of major factors leading to the persistent heavy rainfalls in middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. 5) The formation of the low-level jets is different in the synoptic conditions for 1998 and 1999. This difference mainly resulted from the different zonal positions of the subtropical high and activities of the summer monsoon. 6) There existed a succession of meso-scale disturbances (at least 2 and 3 meso-scale vortices for 1998 and 1999, respectively) along the Meiyu frontal zones, which mostly originated in the eastern flank of the Tibetan plateau and migrated eastward, with vortex centers located to the north of the low-level jet axis and heavy rainfalls in the southeast of the disturbances. 7) Along the Meiyu front, there was a high humidity and lower temperature conditions, while relatively dry and higher temperature conditions existed to south and north of the Meiyu front. This kind of sandwich-like temperature and humidity condition is important for the Meiyu maintenance; Zonally, the temperature field was characterized by lower temperature in the west and higher temperature in the east along the Meiyu frontal zone. 8) During the processes of heavy rains in 1998 and 1999, the patterns and the magnitudes of Q1 and Q2 are nearly similar to each other, indicating that the heating over the heavy rain regions was created by the moisture condensation process, due mainly to convective activities. However, it is now not clear how this prosess of energy and water cycle may in turn affect events of heavy rainfalls through feedback effect. The above indications of the large-scale circulation features and synoptic systems provide a starting point for further investigation of the energy and water cycle over the Huaihe River Basin.


Ultrasound imaging has benefited from non-linear approaches to improve image resolution and reduce the effects of side-lobes. A system for performing second harmonic ultrasound modulated optical tomography is demonstrated which incorporates both pulsed optical illumination and acoustic excitation. A pulse acoustic inversion scheme is employed which allows the second harmonic ultrasound modulated optical signal to be obtained while still maintaining a short pulse length of the acoustic excitation. For the experiments carried out the method demonstrates a reduction in the effective line spread function from 4mm for the fundamental to 2.4mm for the second harmonic. The first use of pulsed ultrasound modulated optical tomography in imaging fluorescent targets is also discussed. Simple experiments show that by changing the length of the acoustic pulse the image contrast can be optimized. The modulation depth of the detected signal is greatest when the length of the object along the acoustic axis is an odd number of half wavelengths and is weakest when the object is an integer multiple of an acoustic wavelength. Preliminary ultrasound modulated imaging results are also presented where the target generates light within the medium without the use of an external light source. Although signal to noise ratio is likely to be a major challenge, this result highlights a potentially useful application of ultrasound modulated optical tomography in bio- or chemi-luminescence imaging.


Actually the migratory legislation in Cuba it is worst, for the social changes to day is incompetent, it was promulgate twenty years later.


The resistance degradation of Al-doped, Ni-doped, and Fedoped SrTiO3 single crystals is studied as a function of the temperature and the applied dc voltage. The individual influence of the acceptor dopants is discussed. Data of the mobility of oxygen vacancies are obtained from the determination of the time evolution of the electric field distribution between the electrodes, from electrocoloration studies, and from an examination of the thermal annealing after degradation. In a numerical calculation based on the defect chemistry and transport properties of titanates, the electrocoloration process is simulated and a qualitative explanation of the degradation process is presented.


During the late twentieth century, the "Green Revolution" attained wide-ranging poverty alleviation, food security and improved nutrition across rural Asia. As these achievements were often reached at large environmental costs, "greener" trajectories urgently need to be traced for Asia's agri-food systems. In this sense, agro-ecological and biodiversity-based (ABB) farming systems can provide sufficient food, lift resource-use efficiencies and lower fossil-fuel dependencies while safeguarding the environment. Here, we systematically assess past progress and prospects for biodiversity-based pest management -or biological control (BC)- in five Asian countries. We characterize the extent to which BC science has matured, translated into practice and attained "real-world" outcomes within the prevailing farming systems of each country. To achieve this, we revert to the world-view of the eighteenth century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. Doing so, we represent the extent to which BC science has progressed along a six-step "impact pathway" –from a description of on-farm biodiversity, over ecosystem service delivery to verifiable socio-economic outcomes. Our work pinpoints ways to strategize ABB science for an accelerated, evidence-based uptake by end-users within local agri-food systems. By entwining our Humboldtian "nature-culture" perspective with farmer-scientist co-innovation, bolstered awareness-raising and supportive policies, ABB farming transitions could be initiated that are prone to deliver concrete, desirable agro-ecological outcomes at local and regional scales.


Taiwan Shoal is made of a huge amount of sands.Its area is about 1.5×104 km2 at a depth of 30 m.The shoal sands are composed of medium-coarse sands with good degree of sorting and psephicity,mixed up with a lot of shell fragments and gravels of beach rock and basalt.Under the action of storm waves and strong currents,the sands are always in moving.As a result,the shoal,or the so-called sea bottom dessert,is hardly for benthos living.However,it will become building material resources with great potential and benefit to Taiwan and mainland of China in future.So the scientists from two banks of Taiwan Strait should further work together to protect the resources.


Health care organizations have deployed the root cause analysis (RCA) method to identify factors that could have contributed to the event. An organization that appropriately takes a system approach when conducting an RCA, often discovers system issues that, if mitigated, could prevent future recurrences. Our study examined how a human factors framework could be deployed for an RCA to identify system factors associated with duplicate medical record creations. We used mixed method data collection and analysis with the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) framework to guide our RCA. Results of our RCA revealed multiple system factors contributing to duplicate record creations, some of which included interactions between patients and registrars, poor system usability, poor working environment, lack of team support, and inadequate training. Changes made to the work system, based on our findings, could prevent medical record duplication in the future.


The purpose of this paper is to analyze relationship patterns between headquarters and subsidiaries of Brazilian Multinationals Enterprises (BrMNEs). The key construct for that investigation is Subsidiary Initiative, which comprises Subsidiary Entrepreneurial Orientation, Autonomy, Integration, Local Competitive Context and Business Network. A survey was carried out in a sample of 65 subsidiaries of 29 BrMNEs. The main outcome is that subsidiaries are highly integrated and receive Entrepreneurial Orientation from Headquarters (HQs), but Initiative is limited. Actually, the main determinants of subsidiary's initiatives are Local Context and Business Networking in the host country. This apparent paradox may be explained by what we call 'rebellious subsidiaries', which take initiatives based on their business environment and connections, regardless of their HQs' directions or delegation of autonomy. Felipe Mendes Borini Professor do Departamento de Administração, Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing – SP, Brasil firstname.lastname@example.com Maria Tereza Leme Fleury Diretora da Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas – SP, Brasil e Professora da Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Universidade de São Paulo – SP, Brasil email@example.com Afonso Carlos Corrêa Fleury Professor do Departamento de Engenharia de Produção da Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo – SP, Brasil firstname.lastname@example.com Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Junior Professor da Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Universidade de São Paulo – SP, Brasil firstname.lastname@example.com Recebido em 06.09.2008. Aprovado em 29.05.2009 Avaliado pelo sistema double blind review Editor Científico: Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello RESUMO O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar as subsidiárias de multinacionais brasileiras (BrMNEs), investigando as condições em que se desenvolvem iniciativas. Um survey foi realizado em uma amostra de 65 filiais, de 29 BrMNEs. O principal resultado é que a Iniciativa das filiais das BrMNEs ainda é limitada. As filiais são caracterizadas por elevada integração com a matriz e forte orientação empreendedora. Entretanto, os principais determinantes das iniciativas são o contexto competitivo e a rede de negócios no país estrangeiro. Este aparente paradoxo pode ser explicado por aquilo que estamos chamando de "filiais rebeldes", aquelas que tomam iniciativas com base no seu ambiente empresarial, independentemente do consentimento da matriz ou delegação de autonomia. Este resultado é suportado pela análise dos dados, que mostra que as filiais empreendedoras têm baixa autonomia concedida pela matriz. kEYwORDS Initiatives, subsidiaries, Brazilian multinationals, internationalization, organizational strategy. palavras-chave Iniciativas, subsidiárias, multinacionais brasileiras, internacionalização, estratégia organizacional. artigos • THE RELEVANCE OF SUBSIDIARY INITIATIVES FOR BRAZILIAN MULTINATIONALS 254 • ©RAE • São Paulo • v. 49 • n.3 • jul./set. 2009 • 253-265 ISSN 0034-7590 multinationals from developed countries. To test it, we depart from the same theoretical assumptions already used to study developed countries' MNEs and then analyze the case of Brazilian MNEs. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK In the late 1990s, studies started to discuss subsidiaries from a less static, headquarters-centered point of view, focusing more on the emerging concept of the role of subsidiaries (BIRKINSHAW, MORRISON, 1995; BIRKINSHAW, 1997; BIRKINSHAW, HOOD, 1997; BIRKINSHAW, HOOD, JONSSON, 1998). Studies found that subsidiaries could take on different roles, depending on the function performed (FROST, BIRKINSHAW, ENSIGN, 2002; HOLM, PERDERESEN, 2000) and the resources and capabilities developed (BIRKINSHAW, HOOD, 1998; BIRKINSHAW, HOOD, JONSSON, 1998). The initiative dimension in the theory of subsidiaries Initiative is a discrete, proactive undertaking that advances a new way for the corporation to use and expand its resources (BIRKINSHAW, 1997). It is an entrepreneurial process, beginning with the identification of an opportunity and culminating in commitment of resources to that opportunity (BIRKINSHAW, 1997). This concept emerges to the extent that one considers that MNEs are organized as differentiated networks (BARTLETT, GHOSHAL, 1998; NOHRIA, GHOSHAL, 1997); it is a corporation with subsidiaries that adopt different strategies according to their competence and to their location and relationship with the headquarter. However, even when there is no network organization, the initiative may result from enterprising behavior that is not actively encouraged by senior management at headquarters, but, rather, performed by subordinates because of the senior management's inability to lead, direct and evaluate all the actions of its executive board (BOWER'S, 1970). There are cases in which an initiative may fail to be recognized by headquarters; yet it did occur, often with positive results that added to MNEs competitive advantage (BIRKINSHAW, 1996; BIRKINSHAW, 1997; BIRKINSHAW, HOOD, 1997; BIRKINSHAW, HOOD, 1998). Burgelman (1983) proposes that initiatives can be coordinated by the corporation or generated within the subsidiary itself. The subsidiary operates in a local external market comprised of consumers, suppliers, competitors INTRODUCTION Research into subsidiaries of multinational enterprises (MNEs) has been multiplied over the last few years, revealing the phenomenon's complexity and diversity of analytical approaches (WERNER, 2002). The construct that is emerging as the most relevant in terms of conveying its different dimensions is "Subsidiary Initiative" (BIRKINSHAW, 1997). This article aims at making a contribution to this debate, by focusing on the role of the subsidiaries of MNEs from emerging countries, particularly Brazilian Multinational. Brazilian Multinationals are international companies that originated from emerging markets and are engaged in outward Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), where they exercise effective control and undertake valueadding activities in one or more foreign countries (LUO, TUNG, 2007). Most studies on the role of subsidiaries and their evolution focus on MNEs from developed countries (PATERSON; BROCK, 2002; WERNER, 2002), since there were few MNEs from emerging countries. However, as the new Multinationals from emerging countries are becoming important global players (BCG, 2009; SANTISO, 2007), some pioneering studies about their subsidiaries recently appeared in the specialized literature, based on evidences or case studies (CUERVO-CAZURRA, 2008; BONAGLIA, GOLDSTEIN, 2007; MATHEWS, 2006; BARTLETT, GHOSHAL, 2000). Therefore, the originality of this article is associated not only to the development of a theme that is still rare in the literature but also to the novel methodological approach which was applied, based on quantitative data analysis. This paper aims at adding to this debate; its objective is to analyze the role of the subsidiaries of Brazilian MNEs, by means of investigating the conditions under which these subsidiaries develop initiatives vis-à-vis their headquarters. Its original aspects are its focus, in an emerging country, on issues already explored in connection with developed countries and its quantitative methodology. The initial assumption for the development of this article is that the role of subsidiaries of Brazilian MNEs should be different from the role of subsidiaries of developed countries. The fact that the Brazilian MNEs are late entrants into the international arena has strategic implications: since they are followers and originated in less developed countries, subsidiaries should play a key strategic role in their internationalization process. Therefore, we hypothesize a higher level of Initiative for the subsidiaries of Brazilian MNEs as compared to


Abstract A detailed description of the spatial distribution of dry spell lengths in Catalonia (northeastern Spain) for the years 1950–2000 is obtained from a statistical analysis. The database is derived from the daily records of 75 raingauges, and a dry spell is defined as a set of consecutive days with daily rainfall amounts below thresholds of 0.1, 1.0, 5.0 and 10.0 mm/d. The Weibull model fits the distribution of dry spell lengths well, whatever the raingauge and threshold. The Weibull parameters estimated by L-moments and the L-skewness—kurtosis diagrams allow quantification of the goodness of fit between the model and the empirical distribution. Dry spell lengths for return periods of 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50 years indicate the areas where drought phenomena might be more severe, as well as how often they might occur. A regional homogeneity method is used to test whether a single set of Weibull parameters could describe the series of dry spells for the whole region.


Abstract Objectives This study aimed to test the performance of the new ACR and EULAR criteria, that include ANA positivity as entry criterion, in JSLE. Methods Performance of the ACR/EULAR-2019 criteria were compared with Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC-2012), using data from children and young people (CYP) in the UK JSLE Cohort Study (n = 482), with the ACR-1997 criteria used as reference standard. An unselected cohort of CYP positive for ANA (n = 129) was used to calculate positive/negative predictive values of the criteria. Results At both first and last visits, the number of patients fulfilling the different classification criteria varied significantly (P < 0.001). The sensitivity of the SLICC-2012 criteria was higher when compared with that of the ACR/EULAR-2019 criteria at first and last visits (98% vs 94% for first visit, and 98% vs 96% for last visit; P < 0.001), when all available CYP were considered. The ACR/EULAR-2019 criteria were more specific when compared with the SLICC-2012 criteria (77% vs 67% for first visit, and 81% vs 71% for last visit; P < 0.001). Significant differences between the classification criteria were mainly caused by the variation in ANA positivity across ages. In the unselected cohort of ANA-positive CYP, the ACR/EULAR-2019 criteria produced the highest false-positive classification (6/129, 5%). Conclusion In CYP, the ACR/EULAR-2019 criteria are not superior to those of the SLICC-2012 or ACR-1997 criteria. If classification criteria are designed to include CYP and adult populations, paediatric rheumatologists should be included in the consensus and evaluation process, as seemingly minor changes can significantly affect outcomes.


This paper presents an analysis of connected speech data from six older children (9;05 – 16;03 years) with persisting developmental speech impairments. It uses a combination of perceptual, electropalatographic and acoustic analyses to explore the interplay between articulatory accuracy and prosodic fluency in their speech production, and contrasts their connected speech production with their production of single words. Both normal and atypical word boundary behaviours are identified, and each child presents with a different profile of articulatory and prosodic behaviours which are not observable in their production of single words. The clinical implications of the differences between single word production and connected speech behaviour are discussed.


Guantian ' Oriental Beauty' is the newly-developed and best-selling product, which is the crystallization of wisdom of the tea people across Taiwan Strait. In this article the tea ceremony performance processing was desinged themed by Strong sentiments across Taiwan Straits brought by Oriental Beauty. This is to be served to promote the proper brewing and tasting artistry of Guantian Oriental Beauty and understand the friendship of the people across the strait. And wish more tea lovers taste well and taste good teas and enjoy the life with tea.


Proteolytic enzymatic preparations obtained from fungi and bacteria were compared by their ability to hydrolyze yeast protein. Fungal preparations were more effective. There was a more than twofold increase in the level of amine nitrogen in cell biomass hydrolysates in of cell biomass comparison to that induced by bacterial preparations. The amino acid composition of these hydrolysates was studied. Amyloprotooryzin, a preparation from Aspergillus oryzae 387, displayed the highest potency in profound protein hydrolysis: the concentration of free amino acids released was 34.7% in comparison to 20.6% induced by amyloryzin and 10.5% by protosubtilin.


This study evaluates students' outcomes in an online materials and energy balances course during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using multiple linear regression, we found that students' "competence" and "autonomy" beliefs decreased across the semester, with a negative change in competence beliefs predicting higher grades for students, especially women. Also, we used path analysis to model the relationship between "psychological distress," motivation, and final grades. These results give insight into how to support students during difficult circumstances.


In this article, we consider a delayed system of first-order hyperbolic differential equations. The presence of the delay term in first-order hyperbolic delay differential equations poses significant challenges in both analysis and numerical solutions. The delay term also makes it more difficult to use standard numerical methods for solving differential equations, as these methods often require that the differential equation be evaluated at the current time step. To overcome these challenges, specialized numerical methods and analytical techniques have been developed for solving first-order hyperbolic delay differential equations. We investigated and presented analytical results, such as the maximum principle and stability results. The propagation of discontinuities in the solution was also discussed, providing a framework for understanding its behavior. We presented a fractional-step method using a backward finite difference scheme and showed that the scheme is almost first-order convergent in space and time through the derivation of the error estimate. Additionally, we demonstrated an application of the proposed method to the problem of variable delay differential equations. We demonstrated the practical application of the proposed method to solving variable delay differential equations. The proposed algorithm is based on a numerical approximation method that utilizes a finite difference scheme to discretize the differential equation. We validated our theoretical results through numerical experiments.


loves librarians like his grandmother—there's always a little room for them behind the stove." Heine would doubtless approve this paraphrase if he could visit many colleges and universities in the United States today, for probably a majority of college librarians find themselves occupying on the campus the social and professional status of poor relation. Status is the position an individual occupies with relation to a social group or organization. Each status carries with it a set of rights and duties, or a role to be performed. Status, then, represents the relative value assigned by the group to the role, and hence the rewards to be given for the performance of the role. The individual staff librarian may experience the vague discomfort engendered by his status as a poor relation without being aware of the precise nature of his problem nor its wide scope. For clarification he may turn to the library literature. It has much to tell him about the academic world's evaluation of his role on many college campuses. On the majority of college campuses, most of the librarians are not granted the social acceptance which the teaching faculty member would accord to another professor. The librarian's official status may be quite nebulous. Where his official status is clear, his actual status is nevertheless frequently ambiguous, with students and faculty alike regarding him as some kind of super-clerk or administrative aide. In matters of retirement and sick leave, he is apt to be on the same footing as the professorate. In matters of vacation and salary, there is considerable difference in the treat


For the first time, the authors analyzed representation of the superorder Lilianae in the scientific herbarium of the largest university of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Of the five orders, 13 families, 46 genera and 304 species of Lilianae known in Kazakhstan, the herbarium keeps specimens from 11 families, 30 genera and 146 species. Thus, 84.5 % of the families, 65.2 % of the genera and 47.7 % of the species of Lilianae are represented in the herbarium. Most of the specimens were collected in the first half of the XX century. Among the collectors there are famous florists, geobotanists, and natural resource scientists including Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences N.V. Pavlov and B.A. Bykov, and well known botanistsV.P. Goloskokov, L.F. Demidovskaya, L.A. Demchenko V.S. Kornilov, V.P. Mikhailova, N.T. Ageeva and many others. The absence in the herbarium of specimens representing more than ten genera and half of the species of Lilianae draws attention to the need to continue scientific work and to increase collecting effort through targeted field work.


Contents: Introduction: social work education and the 'crisis of the professions' Reflections in issues in social work education Course design for reflective practice Learning from experience and reflection in social work education Teaching social work as a reflective process Using imagery in reflective learning Facilitating reflective learning 'Patterns that connect': opportunities for reflective practice in network placements Managing for reflective learning Team and management consultation: reflections on the world's third oldest profession Finding meaning for social work in transitional times: reflections on change Reflective learning, social work education and practice in the 21st Century.


Mathematics learning outcomes in Indonesia in general is still far from satisfactory. One effort that could be expected to solve the problem is to apply the model of peer tutoring learning in mathematics. This study aims to determine whether the results of students' mathematics learning can be enhanced through peer tutoring learning models. This type of research is the study of literature, so that the method used is to summarize and analyze the results of relevant research that has been done. Peer tutoring learning model is a model of learning in which students learn in small groups that are grouped with different ability levels, all group members to work together and help each other to understand the material. By paying attention to the syntax of the learning, then learning will be invaluable peer tutoring for students who served as teachers and students are taught. In mathematics, the implementation of this learning model can make students understand each other mathematical concepts and help students in solving mathematical problems that are poorly understood, due to the interaction between students in learning. Then it will be able to improve learning outcomes in mathematics. The impact, it can be applied in mathematics learning.


Tris(4-chlorophenyl)methane (TCPM-H) and tris(4-chlorophenyl)methanol (TCPM-Oh) were identified and quantified in fish caught in the Gulf of Gdańsk, Baltic Sea. The method of measurement was capillary gas chromatography and low resolution mass spectrometry (HRGC/LRMS) after a nondestructive extraction and clean-up of the samples using a wide-bore glass tubes and dialysis with a semipermeable polyethylene membrane and further fractionations of the extract on Florisil column. TCPM-H and TCPM-OH were detected in fish in concentration from 0.08 to 1.6 and from < 0.02 to 0.4 ng/g wet weight, respectively.


In option pricing, many options can't have option pricing formula, so quasi-monte carlo has been applied to perform numerical simulation to obtain the numerical solution of option pricing. Random sampling is the core of monte carlo and quasi-monte carlo method, whose successes are from the forming of random models, depending on the properties of the random numbers in the model.


cis-[Cr(L–L)X4]– ions (X = Cl, Br, or I; L–L = diphosphine or diarsine) have been isolated as tetra-alkylammonium salts by reaction of [NR4]X, [Cr(thf)3X3](thf = tetrahydrofuran), and L–L. The reaction of [Cr(thf)3X3] with L–L′ in CH2Cl2 gave Cr(L–L′)1,5X3[L–L′=o-C6H4(AsMe2)2, o-C6H4(AsMe2)(PMe2), o-C6H4(NMe2)(PMe2), or o-C6H4(PMe2)(SbMe2)], which are formulated as trans-[Cr(L–L′)2X2]cis-[Cr(L–L′)X4]. In the case of o-C6H4(PMe2)2 only, it is possible to isolate both Cr[o-C6H4(PMe2)2]1,5X3 and [Cr{o-C6H4(PMe2)2}2X2]X depending upon the Cr : L–L ratio. The ligand Me2As(CH2)3AsMe2 gave Cr(L–L)1,5X3(X = Cl or Br) complexes for which a ligand-bridged structure is proposed [X3(L–L)Cr(L–L)Cr(L–L)X3]. Weaker donors (Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2, cis-Ph2PCHCHPPh2, or Ph2AsCH2CH2AsPh2) react with [Cr(thf)3X3] to give [Cr(L–L)2X3] which contain one uni- and one bi-dentate diphosphine or diarsine, and in the presence of moisture [Cr(L–L)(H2O)X3] can be isolated. The complexes [Cr(L–L)2X2]Y [X = Cl or Br; Y = ClO4– or PF6–; L–L =o-C6H4(AsMe2)2 or o-C6H4(PMe2)2] have also been obtained The complexes have been characterised by analysis, conductance, i.r. and electronic spectroscopy, and the electronic spectra analysed (d3) to produce Dq, B′, and β35. The title complex is triclinic, a= 17.534(3), b= 11.930(2), c= 11.108(3)A, α= 116.30(2), β= 75.12(2), γ= 110.61(1)°, and Z= 2; space group P(no. 2). 1 757 Reflections were refined to R= 0.0656 (R′= 0.0658). The structure consists of tetrahedral NPrn4+ cations, and pseudo-octahedral [Cr(Ph2PCHCHPPh2)Cl4]– anions. In the anion Cr–P = 2.485(4) and 2.511(4)A; Cr–Cl = 2.331 (4), 2.31 9(4), 2.31 8(4), and 2.31 6(4)A; P–Cr–P = 81.2°. The diphosphine does not exert any trans influence, consistent with weak binding to the hard CrIII ion.


Abstract:  Aggregate blending consists of finding the proportions of fractions to form a final blend satisfying predefined specifications. It is a problem which is posed in many ways, and solved by using different techniques. These techniques range from simple graphical methods to advanced computer methods such as nonlinear programming or dynamic programming. In this article, an aggregate‐blending problem is formulated as a multiobjective optimization problem and solved by using genetic algorithms (GAs). It is shown that in this way all existing formulations of an aggregate‐blending problem can be covered and solved. The effectiveness of this new application is demonstrated through numerical examples. The technique is shown to be quite versatile in tackling multiple objectives including cost minimization, and approaching at best a given target curve. Linear and nonlinear cost functions can be dealt with equal ease; additional objectives may be inserted into the problem with no difficulty. The user has the possibility of defining and finding the best solutions with Pareto optimality considerations.


The articles by Berg and colleagues and Behnke and colleagues consider the use of substantia nigra (SN) hyperechogenicity on transcranial sonography as a biomarker for Parkinson's disease (PD). Berg and colleagues prospectively studied 1271 individuals without an initial diagnosis of PD who underwent sonography and followed them for the development of PD over a period of 5 years. Their findings demonstrated a high incidence of hyperechogenicity in 21 individuals who were later diagnosed with PD compared with individuals who did not develop PD. The predictive value of SN hyperechogenicity presumably is such that it may help prevent, or at least slow, the development of PD in at-risk patients when coupled with effective neuroprotective therapies. While hopeful, its success depends on the number of false-positive and false-negative results that can be tolerated. In this editorial, I demonstrate that many more normal individuals will be diagnosed as at risk than the actual number at risk. Although it is problematic, the use of SN hyperechogenicity to increase statistical power by reducing variance resulting from the unintended inclusion of normal individuals may prove useful for clinical trials in neuroprotective therapies. Behnke and colleagues also compared changes in SN hyperechogenicity among in 50 patients who had PD with changes in scores on the motor examination portion of the Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scales (UPDRS) and noted no correlations between the 2 measures. Their study relates to an interesting aspect of biomarkers, as pointed out by the authors, eg, to determine whether a biomarker can be stable independent of the degree of the disease and, hence, perhaps may be a more reliable diagnostic measure. The change in SN hyperechogenicity did not reach a statistical cutoff level that demonstrated a difference, which is not to say there was no difference; thus, a type II error cannot be excluded. Unfortunately, the correlation between sonograms does not offer sufficient confidence unless applied prospectively to an independent sample, because correlations are mathematically optimizing procedures. Whether or not the motor UPDRS scores were determined after individuals completed a fast from their anti-PD medications that was long enough is something the authors leave unaddressed. Consequently, the status of the medication effects could greatly confound the motor examination of the UPDRS. Again, neither correct nor incorrect, the conclusions by Behnke and colleagues simply cannot be interpreted. Such pessimistic assessments appear counterintuitive in light of the high rate of hyperechogenicity in individuals who were identified as being at risk for PD and the very low rate in individuals who were identified as not being at risk. This discrepancy arises from 2 factors: first, there may be a lack of appreciation for the fact that the sensitivity of hyperechogenicity within the sample of individuals actually at risk for PD and the specificity of hyperechogenicity in the sample of individuals actually not at risk is of relatively little consequence. This conclusion is simply a matter of (mathematical) logic. Second, the intuitive correctness of the idea that individuals at risk for PD should experience a higher incidence of hyperechogenicity may be an influence. After all, degeneration of the SN is causal to PD, and the association of SN hyperechogenicity strongly suggests (in a psychological sense) that hyperechogenicity reflects a causal mechanism. This editorial addresses the consequences of the study by Berg and colleagues and raises some methodological concerns as well. For 5 years, the authors studied 1261 individuals whose SN echogenicity had previously been determined. Of the 21 individuals truly at risk for PD, as determined by subsequent examinations either 3 years or 5 years after the ultrasound, 14 had abnormal SN echogenicity, and 4 had indeterminate SN echogenicity. As a preclinical test, the sensitivity of SN hyperechogenicity is 14 of 21 -----------------------------------------------------------*Correspondence to: Dr. E. B. Montgomery, Jr., Department of Neurology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294 USA; firstname.lastname@example.com


" May you live in interesting times. " He said the phrase was of Chinese origin, although even Chinese are not sure of this, but it certainly applies to us who have become deeply involved with information technology (IT). Dan Brandon took his first computer course in college in 1966 and has been fascinated by IT ever since. As he started his career, IT was also really just starting. The disciplines of " Computer Science " , " Software Engineering " , and " IT Project Management " all were formulated and solidified during his working years. He has designed and developed software for every generation of software (assembly thru object oriented), and almost every generation of IT architecture and hardware (mainframe, mini, PC, client-server, web). He has also programmed in most major computer languages including ALGOL, and modern web-based languages as PHP to develop applications in a wide variety of areas encompassing the business, engineering, and scientific fields. As his career moved him from programmer to designer to manager, he was always involved with the application of new computer technology and concepts to the solution of application problems. The effective management of all the resources and stakeholders involved with building, integrating, and deploying IT applications has always represented a major interest and challenge to him. Along the way he managed to fit in some schooling, obtaining a BS (Case Western Reserve University), MS, and PhD in Engineering (University of Connecticut); his PhD specialization was in computer methods. Before returning to the university environment, Dr. Brandon accumulated over thirty years of commercial experience in both the IT technical and management arenas. He was a Senior Engineer at Mobil Research, Manager of Application Development for Control Data Corporation, MIS Manager for several companies, and Director of Information Services at the NASA Stennis Space Center. He is currently a professor of Information Technology Management (ITM) at Christian Brothers University (CBU) in Memphis, TN. CBU is a part of the De La Salle Christian Brothers global educational organization with 1000 plus schools in over 80 countries. Dr. Brandon's research interests include both the management and technical side of IT. At CBU he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in IT,


While HCI field studies are traditionally undertaken by using tools from social sciences, this paper describes a complementary method for studying media usage in the living room. It provides a first step for blurring the boundary between lab and field-test studies for media usage in living room.
 We constructed a device that measures and records the distinct infrared (IR) patterns of the remote controls used in the living room to interact with media devices. These recordings are later used to deduct usage patterns across media devices.


The binding energies and momentum profiles for each of the valence orbitals of CO and H 2 S have been measured by high momentum resolution electron momentum spectroscopy. The experimental momentum profiles are compared on a quantitative basis within the Target Hartree-Fock Approximation to theoretical calculations using SCF wavefunctions ranging in quality from minimal basis to Hartree-Fock limit. Calculated momentum distributions for the 5o orbital of CO are shown to be very basis set dependant while calculated momentum distributions of the CO 3a, 4a and ITT orbitals change very little with improvements in the wavefunction beyond the double-zeta level. The CO 17r orbital is not very well described in the low momentum region even at the Hartree-Fock limit with basis set saturation including diffuse functions. While the 4a, and 2b 2 momentum profiles of H 2 S are well described using even minimal basis calculations, diffuse functions must be included in the basis set to describe the 2b , and 5a , momentum profiles. The experimental momentum profiles of H 2 S are also compared with full ion-neutral overlap calculations incorporating correlation in the ground state and correlation and relaxation in the final ion state. These calculations are very similar to the Hartree-Fock level momentum distributions, indicating that correlation is not very important in describing the momentum profiles of H 2 S .


AbstractThe Berke Arch Dam is the highest arch dam constructed in Turkey. The dam height is 201 m, and the crest length is 270 m. This paper describes the Berke Arch Dam, its finite-element modeling, ambient vibration testing, finite-element model calibration, and earthquake behavior before and after model calibration. First, three-dimensional (3D) models of dam-reservoir-foundation interaction were developed to obtain analytical dynamic characteristics, such as natural frequencies and mode shapes using the Ansys finite-element program. In the analyses, reservoir water was represented by a Lagrangian approach. Then, ambient vibration tests were conducted on the dam on 4 days in May 2009 to obtain experimental dynamic characteristics. In ambient vibration tests, the sensitive accelerometers were placed on several points on the arch dam, and signals were collected from accelerometers. The enhanced frequency domain decomposition technique was used in the extraction of experimental natural frequencies, mode s...


The study investigated into the constraints encounter by farmers while using information and communication technology (ICT) in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. The study was performed in a purposefully chosen district, and respondents were chosen via proportional random selection. The ex-post facto research design was employed; several kinds of constraints were gathered through a literature study and expert opinion. They were given an interview schedule. The acquired data was analysed, and ranks were assigned based on frequency and percentages. The major constraints faced by the farmers in use of ICT tools were high cost of ICT gadgets like smart phones, computers etc (92.50%), high cost of servicing charges of ICT gadgets (90.83%), lack of sufficient skills in usage of ICT tools by rural communities (85.00%), lack of uninterrupted power supply (84.16%), lack of servicing centres of ICTs in villages (76.66%) and difficulty in understanding the language of ICT gadgets (75.00%). Some major suggestions drawn from the respondent farmers were reduce the costs of ICT tools (96.66%), Provide subsidies on ICT gadgets (90.83%), Reduce servicing charges (86.66%), Giving continuous power supply (84.16%), Providing of messages in local languages (79.16%) and Establish service centres in villages (76.66%).


The paper deals with problem of separating computer applications into logical namespaces called containerization. It compares and inspects two world leading Linux container platforms - Linux containers (LXC) and Docker. In the first part, it compares virtual machines and containers. Then the paper analyzes LXC and Docker technologies in depth, highlights their pros and cons. An integral part is also an overview of the various tools used within the technologies.


PurposeAs we move up in the supply chain (SC) from retailer to supplier, amplification in the fluctuation of order increased. To minimize this amplification, understanding of key decision variables which affects the SC is essential. So, in the present work the authors developed a novel approach to examine the structural dependencies among variables responsible for perfect order fulfillment (POF).Design/methodology/approachInterpretive structural modeling approach has been used to model the structural relationship among the key SC variables. Further, to study the driver-dependence dynamics among variables MICMAC analysis has been used. In the second phase, the influence of driver variables on the POF is investigated by using fuzzy logic.FindingsFrom the results, it is observed that the variables' delivery time, number of echelons, data accuracy and information sharing have high driving power which may help the organizations to meet challenges offered by POF. The results showed that for POF is said to be at optimum level when the number of echelons should be low and data accuracy should be high, and information sharing among all partners should also be very high.Research limitations/implicationsResearch on SC is classified into three categories, i.e. operational, design and strategic. In the present study authors discussed strategic variables responsible for POF which is the main limitation of the study. The work can be extended by including operational and design variables.Practical implicationsPOF in SC network is affected by various variables. The in-depth understanding of contextual association among the variables helps the managers to improve the efficiency of the SC and reduce the bullwhip effect across the downstream SC network.Originality/valueThe study presents a hybrid approach to analyze the key POF dimensions, i.e. forecasting, number of echelons, information sharing, cycle time and delivery time, critical to POF in downstream SC network by developing various case settings.


This paper, originally presented at a Symposium on "The Future of Accident Compensation: New Directions and Visions" in Wellington, New Zealand, on 5 and 6 December 2003, presents a view of the reasons for the moves towards restriction of liability and damages in personal injury actions in Australia during the previous three years. It briefly sets out the process by which the restrictions have come about. It then draws attention to some of the legislative changes that have been made as part of so-called "tort law reform". At the time of writing the article, that process was still in progress. The paper demonstrates how the cost of retaining the common law system in respect of motor accidents, even with limitations on recovery of damages, in New South Wales compares unfavourably with the no-fault system operating in the neighbouring State of Victoria and even more so when compared with the Accident Compensation Scheme in New Zealand. Similarly, the cost to employers of workers' compensation in Australia, which often includes the possibility of some access to common law action, is much higher than the cost in New Zealand, where common law action is excluded. This gives New Zealand manufacturers a competitive advantage over their Australian rivals. The conclusion reached is that the defects in the common law insurance system that the Woodhouse Royal Commission identified in New Zealand more than 30 years ago are alive and well in Australia. Furthermore, the changes that have been made in Australia as part of "tort law reform" will not only exacerbate many of the problems, but have also made the common law completely unprincipled.


A sketch of a theory about economical rationalization of the ways we do gender on all the levels of our society. In order for gender researchers to do better research they should move to a from Hof ...


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Recent studies on soil profiles in our laboratories have seemed somewhat inadequate, because of the need for information regarding the finer materials of the soil, especially the colloidal fraction. With the introduction of the super-centrifuge as a natural and rapid means for obtaining appreciable quantities of colloidal material an investigation of certain phases of colloidal activity as applied to soil profiles was undertaken. Results of preliminary studies of the heats of wetting, pH values and the amount of lime necessary to bring about neutralization on three typical soil profiles in Michigan are reported here.


Prae-wa silk is a Thai traditional hand-woven fabric created with unique handsome texture and remarkable beauty, both fascinating and alluring. This paper, thus, initially creates the ontology as a knowledge-base for Prae-wa silk. SPARQL query language is deployed. Precision, Recall, and F-measure are set as a measurement for search performance. The results show that the retrieval of information is accurately relevant to the query. However, the performance of searching is influenced by the design of ontology and the query language. This proposed knowledgebase can further be developed as a search engine or web semantic which will beneficially initiate the communication of practice and people who are interested in Prae-wa silk.


The detection of inert gases is difficult due to their inactive nature, which makes the preparation of the applicable gas sensor a challenging task. This work reports comprehensive first-principles investigations to design inert gas sensors. Graphene (Gr) sheets decorated with palladium (Pd) clusters Pdn ( ${n}$ = 2–6) were optimized after which adsorption of inert gases He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, and Rn was carried out using the density functional theory (DFT)-based formalism. The reactivity of the sensors comprising Pd cluster-decorated-defected graphene is significantly higher than that of the sensor with a bare and defect-free graphene sheet. The adsorption caused redistribution of the electronic structure which provides the basis for sensing the adsorbate. The gas sensor Pd2–Gr exhibited good sensitivity toward neon and xenon while Pd3–Gr appeared more effective in the detection of krypton gas. Helium is appropriately detected by the Pd4–Gr sensor and the Pd5–Gr sensor is found capable of sensing radon and argon gases. The Pd6–Gr sensor is not a favorable sensor for sensing inert gases. The findings of this work are beneficial for the fabrication of inert gas sensors for small and industrial-scale applications.


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The conceptual network used in modern religious studies is being constantly updated and supplemented with new terms, while "classical" concepts are undergoing semantic shifts as well. This paper is focused on the history of the notions of lived religion and vernacular religion, which entered the scientific lexicon in the late 20th century. Both terms relate to the study of everyday life and its philosophical understanding and are based on extensive empirical research as well as anthropological data. The concepts of lived religion and vernacular religion were proposed by scholars as an alternative to the traditional and widespread binary schemes for describing religion, which contrast the high/low, elite/folk and institutionalized/non-institutionalized forms of religion. The genesis and spread of these concepts reflected the general trend, which consists in refraining from applying a uniform Western European model and denominational theological discourse to the variable phenomena of religious experience. The term lived religion, which originated in memoirs and biographical literature, characterized the personal experience of Christians, extending to the daily religious practices of various traditions. Vernacular religion goes back to the Latin word vernaculus, which had been used to describe something native, local, domestic and, later, to distinguish the local language from the official Latin. The term was proposed by philologists to solve religious problems of studying unorganized, spontaneous, everyday and individual forms of manifestation of religion. Currently, both terms are being successfully used, including in Russian scientific discourse, in religious studies on various phenomena of materialization, kitsch, gender and many other aspects of religion.


HE discovery of fragments of polyphony from the 14th and 15th centuries can make a significant contribution to our understanding of music from that period, especially in countries where, as is the case with Spain, the surviving musical sources are few.1 A number of fragments of early sacred music from eastern Spain have recently been discovered and studied by Maricarmen G6mez,' but it is rare to come across new sources, however fragmentary, for secular polyphony of the 15th century. Such fragments are, by their nature, almost invariably found outside or divorced from their original context, turning up as stiffening for bindings or strengthening for spines, making it extremely difficult to establish their provenance or dating, let alone authorship. In this case three pieces, two of them incomplete, have been copied into the blank spaces of an existing text manuscript, and as yet it is only possible to draw some tentative conclusions. Their incomplete state and air of abandonment perhaps suggests that they were drafts of pieces that were reworked and polished elsewhere: the jottings, perhaps, of an amateur composer or the first attempt at notating a polyphonic piece by a young or untrained musician. We need to know much more about


Though there are still many challenges to overcome, gene therapy has led to high expectation for curing a broad range of diseases, especially on the treatment of cancer. One of the key problems in clinical application is to construct safe and efficient gene transfer systems. Replication-defective adenoviruses are main vectors of choice, and many kinds of adenovirus vectors have been designed. With the development of research, more adenoviral particles are required. To meet the need of experimental and clinical applications, 293 cell lines which include adherent cell line and suspension cell line are frequently used in production. Methods used in production include batch, fed-batch and perfusion. Quality control of recombinant adenovirus vectors is also very important in the process of production. This review summarizes the production process of adenovirus vectors, mainly concentrated on the adenovirus infection mechanism and methods of production, purification and quantification.


Installing a six-dimensional force/torque sensor on an industrial arm for force feedback is a common robotic force control strategy. However, because of the high price of force/torque sensors and t...


3 analytical methods were applied to data from the 1987 Thailand demographic and health survey to study contraceptive continuation and failure. Information on program methods was consistent with data from past studies. By using extended life tables including users who obtain supplies from nonprogram and program sources analyzing the effects of method switching and producing cross-sectional estimates in addition to duration-specific life-tables estimates more comprehensive information was however gathered on contraceptive continuation and failure rates. The study yielded new methodological insights indicating that demographic surveys employing conventionally structured questionnaires may be used to produce seemingly accurate life table and direct cross-sectional rates. The analysis also provided the basis for assessing the validity of the indirect current status methods for estimating cross-sectional continuation and failure rates.


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Based on the anisotropic elasticity theory and Lekhnitskii's complex potential functions, the analytical eigenequations of anisotropic bimaterial half-plane wedges under antiplane shear are derived in brief forms. The boundary surfaces of half-plane wedges can be combinations of free and/or clamped edges. The disappearance conditions of stress singularities can be obtained directly from the derived eigenequations, which can be applied to improve the safety of the structures. The interesting phenomenon on the periodic appearance of the singularity orders is proposed and discussed as well.


The collapse of an historic mining gallery in Liege, Belgium, caused serious flooding of areas of the surrounding land. In order to protect the population and industrial activity, Hector Biefnot devised a series of pumping stations, built from 1931 to 1938, which are still in use today out of necessity. As a consequence, the maintenance of these stations is totally ensured. Their aesthetical, technical and historical value is therefore fully recognized as significant testimonies of regional industrial architecture.


We propose a SnOx | Ag | SnOx multilayer, deposited in a continuous vacuum atmosphere by E-beam evaporation, as transparent anode for a (poly-3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PCBM) bulk heterojunction based Organic Solar Cell (OSC). Optical characterization of the deposited SnOx is performed to determine the dispersion of the complex refractive index. A Transfer Matrix Method (TMM) numerical optimization of the thicknesses of each layer of the electrode is realized to limit the number of manufactured samples. A numerical study using the morphology of the silver inserted between the oxide layers as input data is performed with a Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method to improve the accordance between measurement and optical model. Multilayers are manufactured with the objective to give to the electrode its best conductivity and transparency in the visible spectral range by using the results of the optical optimization. These bare tri-layer electrodes show low sheet resistance (<10 Ω/□) and mean transparency on [400-700] nm spectral band as high as 67 % for the whole Glass | SnOx | Ag | SnOx structure. The trilayer is then numerically studied inside a P3HT:PCBM bulk heterojunction based OSC structure. Intrinsic absorption inside the sole active layer is calculated giving the possibility to perform optical optimization on the intrinsic absorption efficiency inside the active area by considering the media embedding the electrodes.


In the problem of k-shot learning, a model must learn to reliably classify an example having seen only k previous instances of examples of the same class. With recent success in using memory in neural networks to perform kshot learning, we propose a technique that uses MemoryAugmented Neural Networks to perform k-shot learning for action recognition in videos. We believe the use of memory will help learn encoded generalizable representations of actions that can be used for classification. We use the Memory-Augmented Neural Network framework to evaluate k-shot learning for the Kinetics Dataset of action clips taken from YouTube videos. Our approach works well for this domain, achieving results close to 78% accuracy in the 9-shot learning case.


FIELD: component parts of trickle coolers. SUBSTANCE: invention is intended for heat and mass transfer. Liquid flow distributor comprises a central distribution member comprising at least one inlet for receiving a liquid stream and one or more liquid outlets for discharging a portion of said liquid stream from said central distribution member; a plurality of elongated side members configured to receive at least a portion of the liquid discharged from said liquid outlets of said central distribution member; a plurality of distribution troughs positioned proximate said elongated side members, wherein each of said distribution troughs comprises a pair of elongated sidewalls, laterally spaced from one another to define a liquid receiving space therebetween, and a substantially opened bottom portion therebetween; and two or more sheets of structured packing material disposed in each of the receiving spaces, to improve the horizontal distribution of the liquid when it is received by the liquid receiving space and before it is discharged from the distribution trough through the bottom portion. Each of said two or more sheets of structured packing material forms a lower edge for the dripping of droplets of said liquid. Mass exchange column comprises an outer shell defining an open internal volume; a mass transfer bed positioned within said open internal volume and having an upper surface; and a liquid distributor. In the column, a method for treating a liquid flow is carried out. EFFECT: technical result: uniform distribution of liquid to the surface of the packed material. 39 cl, 11 dwg


Introduction of the Common Core State Standards and assessments like the synthesis performance task pose new challenges for secondary English teachers. As students of all ability levels engage with complex text and in tasks that target higher level cognitive skills, teachers need strategies to support their understanding. This article describes development and implementation of a differentiated unit for a synthesis performance task in three ninth-grade English classes. The unit's summative assessment required students to evaluate the credibility of survivor accounts of the tragic events atop Mt. Everest in 1996, select the most credible account, and support their argument with evidence from multiple sources. This article includes descriptions of how the unit was differentiated for students of varying skill levels, examples of student work to illustrate how all were able to complete the synthesis task, and reflections for future practice.


With the wide acceptance of the data warehousing technology, data models and development methodologies are being proposed by researchers. While they recognize time as an important dimension, the suggested modeling is largely ad hoc and experience driven. On the other hand, research into temporal databases since the mid-eighties has made many fundamental contributions, and has created a formal and powerful framework both at modeling and technology levels. In this paper, we review the temporal issues in data warehousing, and propose a temporal model for data warehouses. The concepts of states, events, object life-cycles, temporal constraints and temporal operators are used to enrich the data model for warehousing. We propose a logical data warehouse design step that takes into account temporal characteristics of data, followed by a physical design step to address efficient storage and access. We also propose an integrated framework of applications and data warehouses, where the applications are made 'warehouse aware' for pushing complete and consistent data into the data warehouse. We also identify some important issues for future investigations.


The present invention discloses an add-on touch display module and the touch device through a capacitive touch sensing electrodes, and the capacitive touch sensing electrodes and insulated from and intersecting the opposed capacitive touch drive electrode, and a bridge adjacent capacitive touch driving control electrodes of the metal bridge, capacitive touch function can be achieved; the same time, the first electromagnetic touch electrode and the metal layer with insulating and bridge disposed, and a first electrode insulated from and intersecting electromagnetic touch and a second opposed electromagnetic touch electrodes, electromagnetic touch function can be achieved. Since the touch electrode electromagnetic preamble, it is possible to reduce the electromagnetic signal strength electrical pen, thereby reducing power consumption, it is possible to reduce the influence of electromagnetic signals to the display panel; and, since the first electrode and the bridging capacitance touch electromagnetic touch driving a metal electrode layer is provided with the bridge can be achieved while the electromagnetic touch capacitive touch and the combination of reduced thickness of the entire module while saving the production cost of the entire module.


This paper puts forward a case for more precise navigation at sea. It commences by briefly outlining existing and forthcoming navigation aids. The integration of marine navigation systems, and in particular the use of Kalman filtering is then discussed. After outlining the developments in the aerospace industries, the authors suggest why marine developments have not been so rapid as those in the air. The idea of automatic collision avoidance is also raised and a method for tracking radar targets discussed. Finally, the authors survey marine applications of Kalman filtering techniques, including some references to their own work, and assess the need for further research and development.


This paper presents a study on design automation at eleven small and medium enterprises (SMEs). These have been interviewed on their need of, perceived potential for, current state of, requirements and wishes on, design automation as well as their view on realization and implementation of design automation applications. The companies' answers are presented together with an interpreted potential for design automation.


. We introduce the Riesz operator in the context of Gromov hyperbolic groups in order to investigate a one parameter family of non unitary and non tempered boundary Hilbertian representations of hyperbolic groups deforming the trivial representation to the standard boundary representation. We prove that asymptotic Schur's relations occur for the representations we build. Moreover, up to normal-ization, the Riesz operator plays the role in the context of hyperbolic groups of the Knapp-Stein intertwiner for complementary series of Lie groups.


From lizards caught in the Codajaz region, Amazonas, Brazil, the following malaria parasites are described: Plasmodium rhadinurum Thompson & Huff, 1944 from Iguana iguana L. A species of Plasmodium from Ameiva ameiva L. A species of Plasmodium from Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Daudin). I wish to express my thanks to the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (I.N.P.A.) at Manaus for their help in the collection of material; to Professor P. C. C. Garnham, C.M.G., F.R.S., for assistance in identification, and to Mr P. E. Nesbitt for advice on staining procedures. This work was carried out during the tenure of a Medical Research Council Scholarship for Training in Research Methods.


Objectives Electronic prescribing and medication administration systems are being introduced in many hospitals worldwide, with varying degrees of clinical decision support including pop-up alerts. Previous research suggests that prescribers override a high proportion of alerts, but little research has been carried out in the UK. Our objective was to explore rates of alert overriding in different prescribing situations and prescribers' perceptions around the use of decision support alerts in a UK hospital. Methods We conducted a mixed methods study on three cardiology wards, directly observing medical and non-medical prescribers' alert override rates during both ward round and non-ward round prescribing; observations were followed by semi-structured interviews with prescribers, which were then transcribed and analysed thematically. Results Overall, 69% of 199 observed alerts were overridden. Alerts experienced during ward rounds were significantly more likely to be overridden than those outside of ward rounds (80% of 56 vs 51% of 63; p=0.001, Χ2 test). While respondents acknowledged that alerts could be useful, several also described negative unintended consequences. Many were of the view that usefulness of alerts was limited if the alert was reminding them to do something they would do anyway, or suggesting something they did not feel was relevant. Findings suggest that targeting, timing and additional features of alerts are critical factors in determining whether they are acted on or overridden. Conclusion The majority of alerts were overridden. Alerts may be less likely to be overridden if they are built into the prescribing workflow.


and from successful experiences from other economies that are founded on a bottom-up, community-based, regional approach to sustainable development. Time and uncertainty also play a key role in this transition, and the author laments they are not dealt with in a satisfactory way in the existing literature. Keynes's focus on uncertainty, through the emphasis he made on the susceptibility of investment decisions to opinions or conventions, is incorporated into the theoretical framework in order to pinpoint the most (and least) favorable conditions in order for the transition to be successful. The timely dimension must be taken seriously into account since it involves irreversibility and non-ergodicity. Adolph Lowe's instrumental analysis of the traverse provides a backward-adjusting planning device with well-defi ned policy targets for every stage of the traverse. From a methodological viewpoint, Courvisanos endorses a critical, realistic, political approach, which combines notions and insights from heterogeneous traditions and disciplines (economics, business history, anthropology, etc.) that are diffi cult to reconcile. Although this may be viewed as the price to pay for his attempt to provide a toocomprehensive study of innovation, the reader is sometimes lost in the kaleidoscopic array of predictable directions the analysis entails. Having said this, the reviewer cannot hesitate to give a warm recommendation for Courvisanos's book, which makes many persuasive arguments for the necessity of a deeper understanding of how technological change, together with power and institutions, shape our economies.


1-(pyridyl-3-yl)-3-(1,2,3,4-tetrazole-5-yl) urea was first synthesized by reaction of 3-pyridyl isocyanate and 5-amino-1H-1,2,3,4-tetrazole.In this reaction,a new method of Curtius rearrangement is used to synthesize 3-pyridyl isocyanate.The structure was confirmed by elemental analyses,IR,1HNMR and UV.The results of preliminary bioassay show that the new compounds has biological activity.


The choices of the maize policies are political decisions made by elected officials in the political arena, yet it affects the overall maize industry. This study will model how decision are made in the political arena and how such decisions are affected by changes in political and macro-economic variables. Such knowledge would enable prediction of future direction of policy and assist researchers to come up with policy options that have a high chance of adoption within the political cycles. Potential entry points for research evidence into the policy process will also be identified.


Carbon and gold fiducial markers (FMs) are the most commonly used FMs for prostate radiotherapy. However, these markers do not produce positive contrast on MRI, and can cause large magnetic susceptibility artifacts on MRI. These properties of carbon and gold FMs make their identification on MRI challenging and complicate treatment planning processes that use co-image registration of MRI with CT for radiotherapy treatments. A novel multimodality FM has been developed that produces positive contrast on four imaging modalities, including MRI. This work presents the first-in-patient experience using the multimodality FM for proton therapy of prostate cancer.


The excitation of folded-zone longitudinal acoustic phonons in a-Si:H\char21{}a-${\mathrm{SiN}}_{\mathrm{x}}$:H periodic multilayer structures is observed by Raman scattering. The energies of the two lowest folded phonon branches is followed by varying the lattice period and the laser frequency. The data are quantitatively explained by a description of the phonons in the elastic continuum limit.


Traverso, Luis M. Ph.D., Purdue University, December 2016. Optical Sub-Diffraction Limited Focusing for Confined Heating and Lithography. Major Professor: Xianfan Xu, School of Mechanical Engineering. Electronics and nanotechnology is constantly demanding a decrease in size of fabricated nanoscale features. This decrease in size has become much more difficult recently due to the limited resolution of optical systems that are fundamental to many nanofabrication methods. A lot of effort has been made to fabricate devices smaller than the diffraction limit of light. Creating devices that are capable of confining fields by means of interference patterns of propagating wave modes and surface plasmon, has proven successful to confine light into smaller spot sizes. Zone plate diffraction lenses generate spots with dimensions very close to the diffraction limit. We report the fabrication of zone plates to be used in laser direct writing of silicon nanowires. We show experimentally and with numerical models that a silicon substrate subjected to a focused spot is capable of reaching the necessary temperature for the synthesis of silicon nanowires with widths of 60 nm, which is considerably smaller than the diffraction limit of the processing laser. Nanoscale ridge apertures are devices with a great potential to confine light energy. Such apertures have been experimentally proven to create very small lithography features. We believe that these apertures can be further modified in order to achieve a practical smaller confinement in the near field region. In this thesis we discuss several attempts to design and fabricate apertures with sharp edges and implement them in a previously reported parallel lithography setup. In an attempt to use apertures for parallel fabrication of patterns, we developed a system to control the position of the near-field region with


Overton's lipoid theory 1 which states that only dyes soluble in lipoid can penetrate into living cells, is inadequate in certain respects. 2 This is due in part to the fact that he considered only one partition coefficient, that of the dye between the external solution and the lipoid layer surrounding the living cell. Since it is chiefly cytoplasmic inclusions, granules, fat globules, vacuoles, etc., which are stained rather than the cytoplasm proper, it is necessary to consider several partition coefficients, such as: (1) That of the dye between the non-aqueous layer surrounding the cytoplasm and the external solution. (2) That of the dye between the same nonaqueous layer and the aqueous cytoplasm. (3) That of the dye between the aqueous cytoplasm and the inner non-aqueous inclusions (granules, or fat globules) or the non-aqueous layer surrounding the vacuole. (4) That of the dye between the inner non-aqueous layer of the vacuole and the aqueous vacuolar sap. Experiments from this point of view have been made on Nitella flexilis and Valonia macrophysa. The results are presented here with Valonia, the cells of which consist of an outer cell wall, an inner protoplasmic layer surrounding a relatively large central vacuole filled with sap, at about pH 5.8 and containing about 0.6 M halides. We may assume 3 that the dye diffuses through the protoplasm into the vacuole in succession through an outer non-aqueous layer, a middle aqueous layer, an inner non-aqueous layer (surrounding the vacuole), and then into the vacuolar sap. By applying these ideas experimentally we can predict the behavior of the dyes in penetrating Valonia. The dye in sea water at pH 9.5 or at pH 5.5 is shaken with chloroform so as to represent the two non-aqueous layers. Then the chloroform is removed and shaken with freshly collected Valonia sap.


I am honored to take over the reins of AJP-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology from my predecessor, Curt Sigmund. During Dr. Sigmund's tenure as Editor-in-Chief, we witnessed a steady increase in the quality of papers published and the citations of those manuscripts. The focus on the


OBJECTIVE
To review the ethical principles of autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice to assist in understanding nursing's ethical obligation to patients and families in the practice of pain management.

DATA SOURCES
Position papers, government guidelines, and nursing and legal literature.

CONCLUSION
Cancer pain management has been an issue in nursing and medical practice for more than a quarter of a century. Today we have numerous organisations that focus exclusively on the issue of pain and yet the oncology patient continues to have inadequate pain control.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE
With the acknowledgement that we have the technical skills and the physiological knowledge to reduce pain, yet it is not being done, health care professionals have begun to explore the ethics behind pain.


In the article, the questions of primary schoolchildren and younger teenagers motivation formation are considered in comparison of students assumptions of their schoolmates motives and the choice of their own position in the course of joining group work. The research has revealed both motives coinciding in the fact and the assumption and those having a difference between them. The author has defined the dynamics of schoolchildrens motivation development in the course of their growing up in the conditions of student groups involved into various kinds of socially significant activity.


The paper introduces a new method to measure the flatness of the disk with the laser heterodyne interferometer. Its most important advantage is that it can measure the large and intermediate scale disk profile at the same time, without sacrificing the measurement accuracy. The resolution of the interferometer is 0.3 nm, the accuracy better than 0.04 jim, the dynamic range larger than 5 mm. Otherwise the interferometer can nieasure the disk global and local profile in tangential and radial direction.


Marine contamination arising from land-based sources is on the rise along the Kenyan Coast. We carried out a decadal pollution survey between 2008 and 2018 to determine the levels of various pollutants (nutrients, trace metals, persistent organic pollutants, and 210 Po) in water, sediment, and biota collected from selected locations in Kenya. Nutrient levels in water ranged between <0.10 and 1560.00, <0.10 and 1320.00, and <0.10 and 3280.00 μ g/L for PO 43 − -P, (NO 2 − + NO 3 − )-N, and NH 4+ -N, respectively, while Chl-a values ranged between 0.02 and 119.37 mg/L. Total PAH, PCBs, and OCPs in sediment from the studied locations ranged from BDL-37800, 0.012–7.99 and BDL-6.10 ng/g. High level of PAH in Kilindini port was primarily from petroleum sources. DDD + DDE/DDT ratio was above 0.5 suggesting historical input. Sediment trace metal concentration from selected locations in Kenyan estuaries had various ranges, that is, Al (0.06–9804284.00 μ g/g), Zn (3.82–367.20 μ g/g), Cu (7.5–169.60), Cd (DL − 2.40 μ g/g), Mn (BDL-169.60 μ g/g), Cr (2.55–239.10 μ g/g), and Pb (BDL-135.60) μ g/g dw. Surface sediment 210 Po activities ranged between 20.29 and 43.44 Bq kg − 1 dw. Chl-a and PO 43 − -P data revealed enhance primary productivity in Mombasa peri-urban creeks and estuarine areas. Although the reported concentrations of trace metals and POPs are low in most locations from Kenya, there is a potential risk of bioaccumulation of these contaminants in marine biota; thus, there is a need for continuous monitoring to protect both ecosystem and human health.


Aim: The aim of this study was explored the relationship between happiness, self-control, and locus of control (LOC). Methods: Research method in this survey was descriptive and correlational. A sample of 200 college students ranging from 18 to 28 years of age was studied using cluster sampling method. To collect data, a use was made of three questionnaires included the Oxford Happiness Inventory, self-control scale of Nikmanesh [1] and Rotter's LOC. Data analysis involved multiple regression analysis and one-way analysis of variance. Results: The results of this study indicated that, happiness is positively and significantly related to self-control. Furthermore, self-control was the strongest predictor for happiness. Conclusion: It was also suggested that self-control is positively and significantly related to LOC.


Editor—Young describes the coming of age of the nursing profession.1 All professions and occupations are human creations and therefore are subject to change. With …


A thermal control system for a high-power CCD space camera was designed,including a thermal test of the focal plane assembly for resolving the heat dissipation problem.First,the thermal design scheme of the CCD was examined,where the heat produced by the CCD was transferred to the cold source through a heat pipe.Then a thermal test of focal plane assembly was planned with the simulated cold source specially designed.Finally,the thermal test of focal plane assembly was performed in a vacuum to simulate its space environment and structure characteristics.The results show that the working temperature of a 10 W high-power CCD space camera can be kept below 35 ℃ when it has been working for 70 min continuously and has a 12 ℃ cool source.The thermal design of the CCD focal plane assembly for the space camera is feasible and acceptable.It can be used as a reference for the mode correction of focal plane assembly thermal analysis.


This paper reads Chinua Achebe' short story "Civil Peace" as philosophical fiction in which the absurdity motif is explored symbolically. It is the protagonist's confrontation with social disorder and the uncertainty of life during and after the civil war that contributes to his experience of absurdity in the indifferent chaotic world. It should be noted that Jonathan,acting like the mythological figure Sisyphus,is not a passive victim trapped in absurdity as he is always ready to challenge with serenity and resolution any absurd situation in his life.


Ni deposit with(220)highly preferred orientation was obtained with potentiostatic method in solution containing 1.0 mol/L NiSO4,0.5 mol/L H3BO3,1.9×10(-3)mol/L Ce(SO4)2.The deposit with highly preferred orientation was examined with X-ray diffraction and scanning tunneling microscope.It is shown that the Ni deposit has(220)highly preferred orientation,with texture degree of 95 percent and layer-shaped structure.The electrochemical behavior of the solution was studied with cyclic voltammetry.


This paper presents current research on Direct Steam Generation (DSG) by the Solar Thermal Group at ANU. It includes ongoing work on a transient model for a dish steam cavity receiver that is suitable for model-based control of DSG as well as reporting on the experimental set-up on a new 500m paraboloidal dish solar concentrator. A comparison of two transient models of a dish steam cavity receiver, one developed previously at the ANU with a new proposed model currently under development at the ANU Solar Thermal Group is presented. Both models are described and compared using a simulation using TRNSYS. A qualitative analysis is also included discussing the relative merits of each approach. In order to assess the thermal performance of the new 500 m dish, a steam receiver previously used in a 400m dish steam generation system is being re-instrumented and installed on the new dish. The rest of the 400m dish steam generation system is being assembled to work with the new 500m dish. The results of the first test of a Direct Steam Generation system on the SG4 dish are presented in this paper.


As flower opening involves the expansion of petal cells, the mechanisms of expansion growth were investigated in Rosa hybrida L. 'FEbesa' (syn. 'Pretty Woman') petals. Petal cell-wall extensibility was analyzed by creep extension analysis. Walls of the petal cells became loose at developing stage IV of completely separated sepals on an opening flower. Furthermore, cell-wall proteins extracted from rose petals at stage IV were suggested to have a positive effect on cell-wall loosening of stage III petals. Expansin and xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase (XTH) proteins, which are located on apoplasts, are probably involved in cell-wall loosening in plants. Transcripts of these cell-wall proteins were extracted from rose petals with a view to elucidating their potential role in rose flower opening. Expansin and XTH transcript levels changed markedly during petal development. In particular, transcript levels of RhEXPA1 and RhXTH1 increased markedly during petal growth and were relevant to the typical growth in different part of the petals. Based on the present findings, we suggest that RhEXPA1 and RhXTH1 are the major paralogs involved in expansion growth of rose petals.


According to the invention, via the Internet and e-file verification and repair products, there is provided a service that provides a mechanism for reselling products in an electronic file. The resale sends a request for the sale of electronic files products. Service providers can verify the authenticity of the e-file products. Use the following to the request party resellers, service providers must validate the electronic file repair products and electronic files if the product is faulty If the data. When the product is ready electronic files, service providers can advertise their products using a method specified by the reseller. If the buyer is present, the service provider can be generated by the deal notified to the seller, electronic products, and copyright files can be transferred to the buyer from the seller again.


This research was about the factors analysis and goodness-of-fit investigation on the talent management model of establishment in the eastern industries of Thailand as well as invariance test of model between the establishments owned by Thai people and foreign people. The results revealed that the talent management model of establishment in the eastern industries of Thailand composed of four components including the personnel recruitment, personnel development, individual identification, and personnel motivation. The model displayed decent goodness-of-fit to the empirical data at the good level (χ2 = 5.18, df. = 5, p = .394, CFI = 1.00, GFI = .997, and RMSEA = .009), and the talent management model of establishment in the eastern industries of Thailand between the establishments owned by Thai people and foreign people had no variance of the model form but there was a variance of the coefficient value of the first and second-order factors.


Yong Li, Li Zheng, Yu-xi Liu, and C. P. Sun* Institute of Theoretical Physics & Interdisciplinary Center of Theoretical Studies, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China College of Information Science and Engineering, Dalian Institute of Light Industry, Dalian, 116034, China Frontier Research System, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako-shi 351-0198, Japan Received 19 October 2005; published 18 April 2006


Since the beginning of the events on Independence Square in November 2013, the leaders of the Russian Federation called on the representatives of the West, not to engage them in the internal affairs of Ukraine, and allowed the Ukrainians to resolve their contradictions. In practice, the Russians themselves very seriously affect the course of events in Ukraine. The representatives of the Russian special services involved in planning operations against supporters of European integration. Kremlin, and it is openly declared Vladimir Putin organized the deportation of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich. Even more actively and openly worked Moscow later in the Crimea and Donbas. This article presents the analysis of the degree of involvement of the Russian side in the events on the aforementioned areas from February to August 2014.


Objective: To explore the postoperative complications and corresponding management of the right lobe donors of adult-adult living liver transplantation.Methods: Clinical data of 120 right lobe donors of living liver transplantation in our center were studied retrospectively.Results: The decline of laboratory hepatic function index was observed in all donors.The hepatic function of 114 donors recovered in 1 week,while 6 cases beyond 1 week.The total complication rate was 9.16%,in which severe complication rates and light complication rate were 4.16% and 5.00% respectively.All the postoperative complications were detected and treated in time,and all donors got a good recovery.Conclusion: The right hepatic lobe transplantation of living adult donors is safe under rigorous preoperative examination,sufficient preoperative preparation,careful operation and intensive postoperative care.


The partial molar enthalpies of adsorption of volatile metals on metal surfaces at zero coverage are calculated as functions of the desublimation enthalpy, the first Solution enthalpy of the adsorbed spedes in the adsorbent, and the displacement energy required for the production of solid solutions. The results obtained indicate that elements 112 through 115 are volatile metals, some of them showing relatively high adsorption enthalpies on metal surfaces. We discuss the experimental aspects of Üie gas-phase transport of these volatile elements including their gas-adsorption chromatography in metal columns, and some problems associated with the fixation of volatile elements on metal surfaces for counting purposes under vacuum conditions. 2. Theory


Existing task schedule algorithms for cloud computing are not well to take into account the cost of all the tasks for the pursuit of the shortest completion time.To solve this problem,a task schedule algorithm based on improved particle swarm is proposed in this paper,which uses indirect encoding to encode the resources of each subtask takes,gives decoding way,considers the fitness function about the time and the cost,and establishes the particle position and velocity updating method.Experimental results show that the general assignment finished time and cost of this algorithm are lower than the traditional Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO) algorithm.


In this study, we investigate the antibacterial activity of bulk ZnO and ZnO nanoparticles, annealed at various temperatures. ZnO was prepared in the molar ratio of 1:2 using Zinc acetate dehydrate and Oxalic acid. After drying, the nanoparticles were annealed at 200 o C, 400 o C and 600 o C, to study the comparative size dependent activity of ZnO nanoparticles and the bulk. The products were characterised by X-Ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and size of nanoparticles were calculated to be 30 to 60 nm. UV-Vis spectroscopy measurement of absorption and band gap calculation result confirms the formation of ZnO nanoparticles. Raman spectroscopy shows that the ZnO particles have phonon at around 329 cm -1 , 380 cm -1 and 436 cm -1 respectively. The remaining phonon modes that occur in bulk have not been building up for particles that is a small as the ones in this study. ZnO is of particular interest due to extensive applications of the material in the personal care and home care products and recently renewed interest as a band gap engineering material. ZnO has also been shown to behave differently towards microorganisms from other metal oxides. Thus the need of hour is to develop materials using nanotechnology having bactericidal effect on broad spectrum. In the present study bacteriological tests were performed on two Gram-positive and two Gram negative bacteria with different concentration of ZnO bulk and ZnO nanoparticles. The tests were conducted using disk diffusion and well method in Luria – Beratani and nutrient agar media on solid agar plates. Optical density of culture is maintained to 0.1 at 610 nm. Zone of inhibition was measured with 1%, 5% and 10% concentrations. Our bacteriological study showed the enhanced biocidal activity of ZnO nanoparticles compared with bulk ZnO in repeated experiments. This demonstrated that the bactericidal efficacy of ZnO nanoparticles increases with decreasing particle size and increasing powder concentration. The dominant mechanism are found to be either or both the abrasiveness i.e. physical interactions between the nanoparticles and the biological cells and the chemical interaction between hydrogen peroxide and membrane protein.