An advanced oxidation process involving combined activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) by Fe(II) ions and heating for NOx and SO2 removal from coal-fired flue gas was conducted for the first time in a rotating packed bed (RPB) pilot reactor. The major influencing factors, radical species, reaction mechanisms and products, the mass transfer process, and the kinetics of simultaneous removal of NOx and SO2 were investigated. The results indicated that the NO removal efficiency reached above 70%, while SO2 and NO2 were almost completely removed. As the temperature increased, the NO removal efficiency increased. Moreover, the intensity of SO4•–, •OH, and 1O2 radicals generated by the activated PMS and •NO radical converted by the radical–radical reaction enhanced with the increasing temperature, assessed by the electron spin resonance spectroscopy test. The increased liquid flow led to a higher NO removal efficiency, and the increased gas flow played the opposite role. The increased rotational speed first resu...


Standard methodologies for functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data analysis decompose the observed Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent (BOLD) signals using voxelwise linear model and perform maximum likelihood estimation to get the parameters associated with the regressors. In task fMRI, the latter are usually defined from the experimental paradigm and some confounds whereas in resting-state acquisitions, a seedvoxel time-course may be used as predictor. Nowadays, most fMRI datasets offer resting-state acquisitions, requiring multivariate approaches (e.g., PCA, ICA, etc) to extract meaningful information in a data-driven manner. Here, we propose a novel low-rank model of fMRI BOLD data but instead of considering a dimension reduction in space as in ICA, our model relies on convolutional sparse coding between the hemodynamic system and a few temporal atoms which code for the neural activity inducing signals. A rank -1 constraint is also associated with each temporal atom to spatially map its influence in the brain. Within a variational framework, the joint estimation of the neural signals and the associated spatial maps is formulated as a nonconvex optimization problem. A local minimizer is computed using an efficient alternate minimization algorithm. The proposed approach is first validated on simulations and then applied to task fMRI data for illustration purpose. Its comparison to a state-of-the-art approach suggests that our method is competitive regarding the uncovered neural fingerprints while offering a richer decomposition in time and space.


The teaching and study of Old World Prehistory are widespread and growing in the United States. However, actual research (especially excavation) is far more restricted among the many colleges, universities and museums that have specialists in particular aspects of this broad field. There is considerable interest notably in the Paleolithic/Mesolithic of Europe and Africa, generally associated with a paleoanthropological perspective. American researchers in anthropology departments are also heavily engaged in studies of terminal prehistory/protohistory in the Near East and Europe, with fewer specialists in the Neolithic per se. This article discusses the training, financing, organization, publication and theoretical foci for Old World prehistoric archeology in the U.S. It highlights the reasons for which American researchers usually approach the study of the Old World record from points of view that are different from and yet complementary to those of their European, African and Asian colleagues, who, unlike the Americans, feel they are directly studying their own national past. There is hopefully still a place for cooperative research involving Americans in full partnership with their Old World peers in the post-colonialist, post-Cold War world.


Since the first observation of surface acoustic modes from silicon nanocrystals (NCs) embedded in silica byDuval et al., low-frequency Raman scattering from NCs has become an important researcharea inmanyfields including semiconductor technologies, medical therapeutics, and biophysics. Recent research has indicated that low-frequency Raman spectroscopy is a feasible non-destructive technique for investigating virus functionalization, for example, introducing viruses on different materials, attaching viruses to quantum dots and carbon nanotubes, and forming multiple superstructures. These superstructures are expected to have important applications in biological science and medicine. However, the current assignment of the low-frequency Raman modes is based on Lamb's theory that mainly focuses on the mode frequencies of an elastic vibration of a free isotropic sphere. Many studies have demonstrated that the surface acoustic-mode frequencies observed from free NCs and NCembedded matrix systems are consistent with the theoretical prediction. This is understandable because a large number of frequency values can be selected to match the experimental results. At the same time, other studies have unequivocally


In this paper, we introduce the notion of a normal form of one qubit quantum circuits over the basis $\{H, P, T\}$, where $H$, $P$ and $T$ denote the Hadamard, Phase and $\pi/8$ gates, respectively. This basis is known as the {\it standard set} and its universality has been shown by Boykin et al. [FOCS '99]. Our normal form has several nice properties: (i) Every circuit over this basis can easily be transformed into a normal form, and (ii) Every two normal form circuits compute same unitary matrix if and only if both circuits are identical. We also show that the number of unitary operations that can be represented by a circuit over this basis that contains at most $n$ $T$-gates is exactly $192 \cdot (3 \cdot 2^n - 2)$.


This research aims to know the influence of Working Capital Turnover (WCTO), Total Asset Turnover (TATO) and Debt to Equity Ratio (DER) on the firm value. The population in this research are manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2013-2017. Sampling method used is purposive sampling. The data analysis technique has been carried out by using multiple linear regressions analysis, and the SPSS program 21.
The results of this study indicate that Working Capital Turnover (WCTO) has no effect on firm value, while Total Asset Turnover (TATO) and Debt to Equity Ratio (DER) have an effect on firm value.
Keyword : working capital turnover, total asset turnover, debt to equity ratio, firm value

Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh Working Capital Turnover (WCTO), Total Asset Turnover (TATO) dan Debt to Equity Ratio (DER) terhadap nilai perusahaan. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah perusahaan manufaktur yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia periode 2013-2017. Metode pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling. Teknik analisis data dilakukan dengan menggunakan analisis regresi linier berganda, dan dengan program SPSS 21.
Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Working Capital Turnover (WCTO) tidak berpengaruh terhadap nilai perusahaan, sementara Total Asset Turnover (TATO) dan Debt to Equity Ratio (DER) berpengaruh terhadap nilai perusahaan.
Kata Kunci: working capital turnover, total asset turnover, debt to equity ratio, nilai perusahaan


In this paper, the methodology for experimental testing and validation of the 2ndprototype of the Wavelia Microwave Breast Imaging (MBI) scanner, towards acceptance at clinical investigation site, is presented. The notion of measurement repeatability assessment in MBI imaging is critically introduced for the first time, as part of this analysis. Indicative imaging results are presented and briefly discussed.


Based on the author′s experience of teaching,this paper discusses the curriculum NC Program and Operation from the perspectives of teaching content,teaching method and practice.


Natural enzymes are often described as highly efficient and finely tuned catalysts for specific chemical transformations of biological relevance. Some of these enzymes, however, are promiscuous in a sense that they catalyze secondary reactions, chemically distinct from the reaction promoted in the conversion of the physiological substrate. Catalytic promiscuity has drawn mechanistic attention as it necessitates that different reaction coordinates be accommodated by a single enzyme active site. Furthermore, it presents an often untapped source of potentially useful enzymatic functionality. Activesite redesign, by using minimal structural modifications of the original catalytic center, has been exploited successfully with some enzymes to revive latent alternative reactivity present in the native form. b-Diketone-cleaving enzyme Dke1 is a nonheme Fe -dependent dioxygenase from Acinetobacter johnsonii that converts 2,4-pentanedione and O2 into methyglyoxal and acetate (Scheme 1). The metal cofactor of Dke1 is coordinated by the triad His62, His64, and His104 (Figure 1) and is absolutely required for oxygenase activity. Other metal ions, like Zn , Ni or Cu , that compete with Fe for binding to the 3-His site are completely inactive in the enzymatic reaction with O2. [5] We show here that the catalytic center of Dke1 in its native Fe + form catalyses the hydrolysis of 4-nitrophenylesters of short-chain alkanoic acids, which is an accidental type of catalytic promiscuity. A non-native Zn form of the enzyme was likewise active as esterase—about ten-times more so than the Fe + enzyme. Substitution of His104 by Glu, which destroys the oxygenase activity, was fully compatible with the function of a Fe /Zn + esterase. The type of catalytic promiscuity (oxygenase!esterase) seen for Dke1 is novel, and with the exception of methionine aminopeptidase, for which a role for Fe + as cofactor has been proposed, hydrolytic activity of a catalytic Fe + site appears to have limited precedence in reported enzymes (see later). When a purified preparation of Dke1 (5 mm Fe + sites) was incubated in the presence of 4-nitrophenylpropionate (pNPP; 3 mm in 20 mm Tris-Cl buffer, pH 7.5; 25 8C) formation of 4-nitrophenol occurred at a spectrophotometric rate (405 nm) that was 40-fold faster than the rate of the uncatalyzed hydrolysis of the ester substrate under otherwise identical conditions lacking the enzyme. Apo-Dke1, from which Fe + had been re-


When scribes first began copying Christian works, the Greek scribal tradition in which they participated allowed for very little in the way of readers' aids, such as spaces, punctuation, and paragraph or chapter divisions. Even a vocabulary for textual division hardly existed. Yet our earliest Christian manuscripts, particularly Scriptural ones, display various scribal techniques of articulating a text. Chapter 1 outlines the Greek, the Latin, and the Jewish traditions of textual articulation in the first century. It concludes, against often prevailing views, that (a), the same features that occur in early Christian manuscripts are slowly making their way into copies of Greek and Latin literary works at the same time, and (b), Christian practices of textual division owe much less to Greek 'non-literary' prototypes and much more to Jewish literary ones, and particularly to Jewish copies of Scriptural books, both in Hebrew and in Greek.


The practical ferrite rotary field phase changer is designed and fabricated for low frequency by using a composite ferrite dielectric rod that allows to reduce diameter of a circular waveguide of phase shift section. Experimental results at 1.3 GHz agree well with ones predicted theoretically confirming the developed design procedure.


This communication analyzes the scientific production in collaboration in Madrid at three thematic areas ANEP: Chemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Genetic Biology and Physiology and Pharmacology, in the period 1995-2003, with data from the Web of Science.
The objectives of the study were to know what collaboration patterns with other autonomous communities existed as well as their graphical representation by means of heliocentric maps. These show the volume of collaboration in the selected areas. The introduction of relative values of impact of Madrid, according to the type of collaboration, allows to know to what extent the collaboration with a determined independent community in the considered period has been "advantageous".


In this work spectral investigations of low temperature plasmas, created by photoionization of aerosol targets, were performed. A laser produced plasma (LPP) source of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) was used as a source of ionizing radiation. The source was driven by a 10 Hz Nd:YAG laser system, delivering pulses of energy up to 10 J with a time duration of approximately 10 ns. The aerosol target was formed using a specially prepared system composed a mist ultrasonic generator and a solenoid valve. The mist was created inside a small cell containing a small portion of methanol and filled with a He gas. The valve coupled to this cell allowed to inject the aerosol into a vacuum chamber synchronously with the EUV pulse. Low temperature plasmas created by the EUV irradiation of the aerosol target were investigated mainly by spectral measurements. The spectra, acquired in the UV/VIS range, were composed of lines corresponding to radiative transitions in atoms and singly charged ions originating from the He gas and dissociation products of the methanol. Spectral measurements were performed also for aerosol targets created from solutions of various inorganic salts in the methanol. In this case, additional lines corresponding to decomposition products of these salts were detected.


1 2 An investigation has been conducted of the characteristics of a highly underexpanded pulsed plasma jet originating from an electrothermal capillary source. Measurements made include spatially and temporally-resolved emission spectroscopy, from which population temperatures and electron number densities were derived, and laser schlieren imaging of the precursor blast wave. The emission measurements were made at several locations along the jet axis, and at several times during the course of the discharge in order to investigate the development of the jet temperature and electron density fields. In general it is found that the temperature and electron density axial profiles − taken at different times during the discharge − are similar when the axial location is normalized by the distance from the jet exit to the Mach disk. For most of the discharge, the population temperatures upstream of the Mach disk are about 1.2 eV (14,000 K), but increase to 2.2 eV (25,000 K) just downstream of the Mach disk. Similarly, the electron number densities are of order 10 cm and 10 cm, for locations upstream and downstream of the Mach disk, respectively. Analysis of the trajectory of the precursor blast wave shows that it does not follow the scaling expected for a strong shock resulting from the instantaneous deposition of energy at a point. However, the shock velocity does scale as the square root of the deposited energy, in accordance with the point deposition approximation. * Postdoctoral Fellow, Member AIAA Associate Professor, Senior Member AIAA ‡ Professor, Senior Member AIAA Copyright © 1999 by J. U. Kim et al. Published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. with permission. Introduction Recently, electrothermal plasma injection has been suggested as a means to enhance and control combustion rates of propellant materials. Electrothermal plasmas are also of interest for applications in fields such as rocket propulsion, electrothermal-chemical launchers, and hypersonic mass acceleration technology. Electrothermalchemical (ETC) gun propulsion uses a pulsed power system to generate a plasma, which is then injected into a chemical propellant to improve gun performance. In many proposed ETC gun systems the plasma ignites a solid propellant charge; the total energy may also be augmented by plasma injection into the gun chamber and/or the barrel. Despite the demonstrated improvements in gun performance using ETC propulsion, little is currently known about the fundamental processes involved in plasma-initiated combustion of a solid propellant. In fact, little is known of the characteristics of the electrothermal plasma itself. Therefore, the primary objective of the current work is to investigate the characteristics of a pulsed polycarbonate capillary plasma that is allowed to expand freely into the atmosphere. Previous work in our laboratory has shown that the capillary discharge produces a transient highly underexpanded jet that lasts for about 250 μs. Temporally-resolved schlieren imaging and temporallyand spatially-resolved emission spectroscopy were used to investigate the evolution of the structure of plasma jet flow-field, and to determine its composition, temperature and electron density. This is a continuation of the work reported in Kohel, et al. where preliminary emission spectroscopic measurements were made for a limited range of conditions.


The ecological nature of Ferirana guadranus in Liqiao Country of Tianshui City of Guansu Province from May to August in 2010 are primarily investigated.Research found that Ferirana guadranus lives in the mountain streams at an elevation of 1 332 m.The adult frog lives largely above an elevation of 1 320 m,where the water is neutral acid and shady.It belongs to the mountainous stream type.


Chrysopogon aucheri (Boiss) Stapf., and Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Jones) Schult., are the dominated perennial range grasses in highland Balochistan. Seasonal concentration dynamics of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca) in Chrysopogon aucheri and Cymbopogon jwarancusa were determined at a protected site. The concentration of nitrogen in spring ranged from 12.4 to 13 mg g -1 , early summer 15.4-17.26 mg g -1 and late summer 6.7 to 10.7 mg g -1 , respectively during 2001 and 2002 seasons. In 2001, the concentration of P in spring and early summer was (1.1-3.4 mg g -1 ) and least in late summer (0.26-0.81 mg g -1 ) while in 2002 the concentration of P in spring and early summer was significantly higher (1.28-3.35 mg g -1 ) and least in late summer (0.38-1.01 mg g -1 ). In both grass species, there was a similar response of concentrations of K, Mg and Na and the concentration of these elements were higher during spring and then dropped and remained static for the remainder of the year while the concentration of Ca was lower in early spring and significantly (p 16 during drier months of August and September. Overall, both the grasses are low in N, P and other nutrients except Na and Ca. These findings suggest that heavy but short-term grazing of very long protected grasslands after substantial rainfall may be one strategy to increase palatability and animal nutrition. Results of this study also indicate the need for direct and high quality mineral supplementation for grazing stock.


ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is to identify the features of Russia's monetary system digitalisation, including an analysis of the national model and approaches to the introduction of digital currency of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, against the background of existing global practices, the study of global experience in implementing digital technologies in the sphere of payments. The research provides for the development of proposals to improve legal regulation of social relations within the monetary system of the Russian Federation. As this study shows, the national model of digitalisation of the monetary system in Russia has specifics, and the implementation of this project will require further elaboration of its concept in order to identify possible risks and eliminate the shortcomings of the developed model. The implementation of the Russian model will require the formation of a legal framework for the issuance and circulation of the digital ruble.


Abstract This article investigates the acquisition of null subjects (henceforth NSs) in (radical pro-drop) Chinese by learners whose native language is (non-pro-drop) English – henceforth ELs – working within the 'topic chain' information-structural approach. Our main goal is to verify whether a learner's proficiency level can have an impact on the interpretation and acceptability of embedded NSs when more than one head is proposed for the relevant topic chain in different structural contexts (i.e., complements of bridge and factive verbs). The results of a pilot experimental test suggest that the requirement for a minimal overt link (MOLC) in the relevant chain plays an important role for ELs with a lower proficiency level. Conversely, MOLC restrictions do not affect ELs with a higher proficiency. Furthermore, the results show that ELs can correctly distinguish between complements of bridge and factive verbs already at an HSK 3 level. As for interpretation, results suggest that contextual information cannot supersede structural constraints for ELs. However, since a clash with contextual information seems to not affect acceptability for ELs, contrary to Chinese Native Speakers, we propose that even HSK 5 students have not fully acquired the competence for managing NSs in a radical language such as Chinese.


Carbon geological storage is a promising technology to divert massive amounts of carbon dioxide from local emission points and the atmosphere to subsurface reservoirs. Carbon storage projects seek maximizing injection rates and storage volumes. However, the injection of any fluid in the subsurface increases the reservoir pore pressure and alters the state of stress. Hence, maximizing injection rates and storage volumes face geomechanical limitations. This paper presents a method to optimize the selection of injector location and injection rates in faulted and fully compartmentalized reservoirs by integrating coupled reservoir and geomechanics simulations, cash flow, and neural networks. Injection stops when a fault approaches the shear yield limit at a distance fixed by a safety factor. We apply the method to a reservoir geometry inspired in a faulted sand in the Gulf of Mexico Coast. Low injection rates result in the highest storage volumes but in low net present value because of the long injection period (>100 years). Excessively high injection rates result in rapid changes of stresses in proximity to faults and early injection shut-in. The use of neural networks permits spanning all possible locations and injection rates and finding an optimum solution that maximizes net present value.


Recognizing the intensity of the emotions is a paramount task for an affective system. By recognizing the intensity of the emotions, the system can have better human-computer interaction. The research explores several machine learning approaches with several different feature extraction method combinations to solve the emotion intensity prediction task while also analyzing and comparing it with several previous related papers. The research uses the dataset provided through theWASSA 2017 and SemEval 2018 competition. The dataset utilizes four of the eight basic emotions that Plutchik defines (anger, fear, joy, and sadness). The total data result in 19,736 rows of entry, with a total of 10,715 (54.3%) for training, 1,811 (9.17%) for validation, and 7,210 (36.53%) for testing. Three feature extraction methods are used and compared: N-gram, TFIDF, and Bag-of-Words. Meanwhile, machine learning algorithms are Linear Regression, Ridge Regression, KNearest Neighbor for Regression, Regression Tree, and Support Vector Regression (SVR). The results show that SVR with TF-IDF features has the best result of all attempted experiments, with a Pearson correlation score of 0.755 for all data and 0.647 for gold labels data. The final model also accepts newly seen data and displays the corresponding emotion label and intensity.


Distributed Training enables disparate systems to link together over short or long distances to operate simultaniously in a shared synthetic environment. This type of training is an invaluable tool in today's fiscally constrained training environment. Industry has made significant advances over the past 10 years permitting warfighters to train in mission tasks that have been excluded from live operations due to safety, security or other real-world constraints. Distributed training allows warfighters to conduct "capabilities based" training, consentrating on specific tasks that require focused attention, while conserving precious resources for training events that can only be conducted during live operations. PLEXSYS Interface Products, Inc. has been a primary player and industry leader in the development and operation of distributed mission training since its inception in the United States Air Force. This paper describes achievements and challenges that PLEXSYS Interface Products, Inc. has either experienced first-hand, or observed as a key participant in distributed training operations during the past 10 years. The paper will identify, review, and analyze multiple aspects of a successful distributed training federation and the architecture needed to support this type of synthetic training. The paper will focus on areas such as the standards based approach needed for establishing the federation, training environment considerations, distributed training benefits versus live training, and the organization and structure needed for a successful and sustainable distributed training system. This paper will discuss more than 10 years of lessons-learned and present concepts for standing up a distributed training capability.


The article deals with the structural and semantic features of the constructions absent upon the classification of complex sentences, but within the language system — bipredikativ constructions parts of which are connected by two means of communication, namely, subordinate conjunctions and connecting relativistic.


Fast switching transitions of the SiC MOSFET power semiconductor devices, can cause abundance of issues due to injected common-mode (CM) noise current through gate driver, possibly preventing converter successful operation. Therefore, this paper presents a detailed methodology of simulation and new measurement method of CM noise current on a gate driver. For simulation, detailed consideration of circuit parasitics (inductances, resistances and capacitances) is included and analyzed. Considering measurement, small high-precision chip resistors are utilized to measure the CM noise current. The results achieved by simulation and measurement are in agreement. This method is applied to design a novel gate driver for 1.7 kV SiC MOSFET half-bridge module having "on-board communication" between top and bottom devices. By comparing different options, simple communication by a digital isolator is deemed the best. As this paper illustrates, proposed method of evaluating and measuring the noise is useful to design new gate drivers.


Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst prognoses of allgastrointestinal malignancies. One of the key proteins in themechanism of apoptosis is apoptosis protease-activating factorAPAF-1. The aim of this study was to determine expression ofAPAF-1 mRNA in pancreatic cancer. Real time PCR for APAF-1 mRNA was performed on 29 pancreatic cancer cases. Theassociation of APAF-1 mRNA expression with clinico-pathological features was analysed. APAF-1 mRNA expression was lower in 82.8 % in pancreatic cancer than in healthy tissues. The difference was found statistically significant (p=0.02). No association was found between APAF-1 mRNA expression in cancerous tissues and clinico-pathological features. To conclude, in this study we have demonstrated mRNA decrease of APAF-1, indicating that gene involved in cellular apoptosis might be involved in pancreaticcancer pathogenesis.


An adhesive patch with a thickness less than 500 microns, comprising: a) a support comprising an outer layer of a plastic film and an inner layer of a woven or non-woven fabric having approximately the same size as the plastic film . b) an adhesive layer disposed on the support inner layer having approximately the same size as the support comprising an adhesive matrix in the form of hydrogel, betamethasone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and optionally hyaluronic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, c) a protective plastic film contacted with the removable immediately prior to use adhesive layer.


On CO3Fe natural single crystals, magnetisation and Faraday rotation experiments have been performed in high magnetic field produced either in the transient or in the continuous regime. By comparison between the pulsed field behaviour and the DC field evidence is shown of a strong difference which is attributed to a crystal cooling, Delta T, during the pulse magnetisation process. Three approaches to the estimate of Delta T are presented, they agree with Delta T being of the order of -10K.


The 5th generation (5G) of communication networks will facilitate innovative and emerging services and applications having lower latency requirements, increased energy efficiency and reliability. These characteristics of 5G make it capable to act as a potential underlying network for smart city services such as for implementation of demand response in smart grids. More specifically, in terms of demand response, these low latency networks are used for the explicit exchange of messages between utility companies and customers for pricing mechanisms. According to the time to use (ToU) pricing scheme, consumers are offered a specific electricity price for each time interval i.e., off-peak, on-peak and mid-peak blocks. Unlike high energy consumers (HECs), low energy consumers (LECs) are not the reason of high peaks (on-peaks) formation; however, they pay higher rates to the utility during on-peak hours because of one price for all rule. Here, one price for all makes ToU an unjustified pricing scheme. This issue is discussed in this study and a fair pricing scheme is proposed to remove undue financial burden from LECs. The proposed fair pricing scheme (FPS) is based on energy consumption of each category customer. LECs and HECs pay the electricity bill exactly according to their electricity consumption and no one has to bear the financial load of others. Simulation results show that LECs are able to save up to 11.0075% of their total electricity bill. HECs has to pay the penalty of high energy consumption whereas, the utility company is not affected by the implementation of the proposed fair pricing scheme.


—Collaborative creation of stories poses new challenges to the authoring task. Being able to comprehend a large non-linear information space and to take into account inputs from other creators are important to contribute meaningfully and consistently. This work presents a model based on the classic semiotics concept of "narrative programs" to structure and present the information with the purpose of making non-linearity more accessible, facilitating contribution, and inspiring creative opportunities. We introduce a prototype that implements this model, and use it in an experiment to explore how users read a non-linear story, understand it, and contribute to it. Results show how users identified the main characters and related them to their narrative programs achieving high levels of comprehension, which the correspondence between comprehension and contribution consistency was, and that the users expanded the narrative from multiple points of view.


The infrared spectra, in the rock salt region, of oriented sections of single rhombic sulfur crystal have been obtained. The spectra of sections perpendicular to the c axis of the crystal, the 001 type planes, have been compared, under ordinary radiation with those of sections parallel to the c axis, 110 type planes. Most bands in the region investigated, 700 to 1500 cm−1, show differences in intensity in the two spectra. With a 110 section and radiation polarized at various angles, similar changes in intensity were observed. Both experiments lead to similar conclusions regarding the direction of the oscillating dipole in the vibrations giving rise to the observed bands. Assignments of the infrared active species (B2 or E1) in these bands are given but no attempt is made to explain them in terms of the fundamental vibrations.


Abstract : In the mid-1980s, spectrum used by the Department of Defense (DoD) test community began to be reallocated for the rapidly growing consumer electronics market. By the mid-1990s, the DoD had lost access to 30 percent of the spectrum used to carry data during testing of aerospace vehicles. At the same time, advances in computer technology and onboard sensor electronics resulted in an exponentially increasing demand for additional spectrum to provide useful test results in real time during test events. The DoD joined with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the aircraft manufacturers' industry group, the Aerospace and Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council (AFTRCC), to address this shared problem. Operating as the ad hoc Range Spectrum Requirements Working Group (RSRWG), the three partners developed a plan that ultimately led them to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), an international treaty organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. This challenge required the three partners to use nontraditional approaches to address this issue. This article discusses the working relationships and approaches used to ensure that we successfully addressed the issues of spectrum encroachment.


OBJECTIVE: Violence in children is a phenomenon like an iceberg, more victims do not report than report to related parties. This study will observe the trends of sexual violence that occurred in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta City in 2015-2018, and see community participation in preventing sexual violence against children to provide advice for policymakers in making regulations regarding sexual violence against children to create a bright generation.

METHOD: This research was a descriptive cohort study with a survey method. The sample of the research was 321 children aged 2-18 years in Sleman Regency. This research was done from 2015 to 2018. The data was collected then processed by using linear regression analysis.

RESULT: The regression coefficient of the relationship variable with the victim has a positive but very weak effect on sexual violence in children, 2, 419 with a confidence level of 95% at the limit of 0.006-0.061, which means that the relationship with the victim increases the number of child abuse by 2.419%. The coefficient of the location of the incident has a positive effect on sexual violence on children, 2, 800 with a confidence level of 95% at the limit of 0.12 to 0.70, which means the location of the effect on the incidence of sexual violence on children.

CONCLUSION: Victims of violence that occur in girls in the elementary-junior high school age range, the Government of Sleman Yogyakarta through the Technical Implementation Unit for the Protection of Women and Children (UPTD PPA) provides counseling to restore children's mentality so that they can return to society in good condition and avoid violence sexual future. For children to avoid sexual violence against children, sexual education needs to be given starting from the basic layer, namely the family level, besides that parents must be able to play a maximum role in giving attention and protection to realize safety for children.


Apparatus consisting of two precision potential dividers, a student's galvanometer, a cheap standard cell, a table radio receiver, and a pair of intermediate frequency transformers is shown to be sufficiently flexible and sufficiently precise to allow it to be used for a large part of the electrical calibrations needed in a laboratory. Accuracies of about 14 of 1% at zero frequency and of about 1% at 455 kilocycles per second can be obtained. The total cost of the equipment is $125 or less.


Muselli, M., Liberati, D., "Training digital circuits with Hamming clustering", Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on vol.: 47, Issue: 4, Apr. 2000 pp. 513-527.* Roy, S.; Banerjee, P., "An L-shaped partioning-based algebraic factorization algorithm", Circuits and Systems, 1997. ISCAS '97., Proceedings of 1997 IEEE International Symposium on, vol. 3, Jun. 9-12, 1997 pp. 1671-1679 vo1.3.* Saucier, G., Abouzeid, P.; "Lexicographical expressions of Boolean functions with application to multilevel synthesis", Compute Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 12, Issue: 11, Nov. 1993 pp.: 29-31, 2000 pp.: 53-56 V O ~ . l .*


where a0, · · · , an ∈ C. The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra states that a nonconstant complex polynomial function has a zero. Over the years, a number of proofs of this theorem have been discovered [1]. In this note, the so-called "Creeping Lemma" [3] is used to present two elementary proofs of the Fundamental Theorem. The proofs can be presented in a first analysis course (or advanced calculus course) as a nice application of diffeomorphism and the concept of least upper bound. It is known that a complex polynomial function P is a closed function, i.e. that P (A) is a closed subset of C when A is a closed subset of C. The proof for non-constant P combines the Bolzano-Weierstrass property of C with the continuity of P and the observation that |P (z)| gets arbitrarily large as |z| gets arbitrarily large [2]. Here the "Creeping Lemma" is applied


According to the characteristics of sewage polymer, the paper probes the behavious of fractal dynamics of polymer by applying the principles of fractal geometry when industrial sewage is disposed. The authors put forward fractal dimension and it is the quantitative index of polymer complexity. The formula of mutual action of polymer fractal dimension and particulates in industrial sewage is set up, so it provides the important theory for the dispostion of industrial sewage.


Objectives: Intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) display venosinus signals on arterial spin labeling (ASL) due to the presence of arteriovenous shunting. Our aim was to quantitatively correlate venosinus signal intensity on ASL with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in patients with intracranial AVMs. Materials and Methods: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and DSA were obtained on the same day in 40 patients (25, previously untreated; 15, previously treated) with intracranial AVMs. Two reviewers assessed the ASL images based on identifying nidus, venous, and sinus signal intensities to determine the presence of arteriovenous shunting. Interobserver agreement on ASL between the reviewers was determined. The signal intensity measured from the veins or sinus on ASL was correlated with the time difference between normal and AVM venous transit times measured from the DSA images. Venosinus signal intensity was also correlated with AVM size. Results: Interobserver agreement between the two reviewers for nidus, venous and sinus signal intensity was moderate-to-excellent ( = 0.44, 0.66, and 0.83, respectively). Interobserver agreement with respect to the presence of arteriovenous shunting was good ( = 0.79). Sinus signal intensity showed a positive relationship with the time difference between normal and AVM venous transit times (P = 0.008). Sinus signal intensity also demonstrated a strong positive relationship with AVM size (P < 0.0001). Conclusion: Venosinus signal intensity on ASL is useful in identifying intracranial arteriovenous shunts. Sinus signal intensity measured on ASL correlates well with the degree of early vein opacification on DSA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


The conversion of chemical energy contained in organic matter into electricity has become an object of interest for many scientists worldwide. This technology is used in microbial fuel cells (MFC). Apart from generating electrical energy, these cells can be used simultaneously for wastewater treatment. Although the technology is constantly being improved, currently functioning microbial fuel cells cannot provide appropriate output parameters to use on an industrial scale. One of the barriers is so-called extracellular electron transfer, which in turn depends on the electrode type used, its material, shape, and size. According to current literature, carbon, graphite, stainless steel, and ceramics are the most frequently used electrode materials. However, more and more often, scientists are turning to other, unusual materials, the production of which uses the newest technologies, and one of them is graphene. This material is modified in different ways and connected with other materials, and the results of this seem to be very promising. Scientists manage to get a higher level of extracellular electron transfer and, hence, higher output parameters of the whole system. This article describes chosen technologies and attempts made by scientists worldwide to use graphene in MFC and their results.


Iterative strategies for the solution of indefinite system of equations arising from the mixed finite element method are investigated in this paper with application to linear and nonlinear problems in solid and structural mechanics. The augmented Hu-Washizu form is derived, which is then utilized to construct a family of iterative algorithms using the displacement method as the preconditioner. Two types of iterative algorithms are implemented. Those are: constant metric iterations which does not involve the update of preconditioner; variable metric iterations, in which the inverse of the preconditioning matrix is updated. A series of numerical experiments is conducted to evaluate the numerical performance with application to linear and nonlinear model problems.


This paper discusses some key points related to the ontology of implementation plans of historic centers (IPHCs). We study this ontology by discussing its implementation in the context of the provisions of the Sardinian Regional Landscape Plan (RLP), and put in evidence some important general observations, coming from the case study, concerning the utility and effectiveness of the ontological conceptual framework in order to help planners and decision makers understand and structure the assessment process of implementation plans.


We investigate the photon emission in pion-proton scattering in the soft-photon limit where the photon energy $\omega \to 0$. The expansion of the $\pi^{\pm} p \to \pi^{\pm} p \gamma$ amplitudes, satisfying the energy-momentum relations, to the orders $\omega^{-1}$ and $\omega^{0}$ is derived. We show that these terms can be expressed completely in terms of the on-shell amplitudes for $\pi^{\pm} p \to \pi^{\pm} p$ and their partial derivatives with respect to $s$ and $t$. The term of order $\omega^{-1}$ is standard, while our term of order $\omega^{0}$ is new. The structure term which is non singular for $\omega \to 0$ is determined to the order $\omega^{0}$ from the gauge-invariance constraint using the generalized Ward identities for pions and the proton.


Effect of absorption and amplification on dispersion properties of microstructure fiber is considered. Gain of high-order modes is analyzed. The adjustment of the radius of the central active core allows to achieve the optimal conditions for the lasing of fundamental mode in multimode microstructure fiber. Arrangement of multiple active cores allows exciting high-order modes selectively.


The invention discloses a low degree-of-freedom medical three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging device which comprises a computer, a Bluetooth adapter, a B-ultrasound probe, a linear type sliding rail and a sliding block, wherein the B-ultrasound probe is fixed on the sliding block which is connected with the linear type sliding rail in a sliding manner, a linear type displacement sensor is arranged in the sliding block and connected with the computer through the Bluetooth adapter, and two ends of the linear type sliding rail are provided with telescopic supporting feet. The telescopic supporting feet are provided with height vernier devices. Due to the adoption of the invention, the three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging device is greatly simplified and the inconvenience caused by huge volume of a mechanical positioning system is overcome. The low degree-of-freedom medical three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging device is a simplified Free-hand system and has the advantages of strong antijamming capability, low cost and strong practicability.


The report presents the results of statistical processing of experimental time series of the aerosol scattering coefficient, wind speed and temperature components. The meter is a compact device that combines the acoustic meter of the three components of the wind speed and temperature, the optical infrared meter of micropulsations of absolute humidity, temperature sensors, pressure and relative moisture sensors, as well as an open-type one-angle nephelometer, for measuring pulsations of the aerosol scattering coefficient and estimates of pulsations of atmospheric aerosol concentration. The data were received on May 14, 2022. Relative and absolute humidity, incoming and outgoing radiation were recorded simultaneously. Based on the pulsation method of observations, the obtained data were used to calculate the dispersions of fluctuations of optical and meteorological parameters, auto-spectra of fluctuations in wind speed, temperature, humidity and scattering coefficient, turbulent flows of momentum, heat and aerosol particles and spectra of turbulent flows.


Due to the high prevalense of the caries and non-caries disease of the teeth the actual problem is quality treatment. The effectiveness of treatment is determined by availability indications and contraindications, observance of the rules of preparation and technology of restorations. And the utilization of modern technologies which include straight adhesive facing- veneer which simplifi es the restoration and allows to get stable and good results for the treatment the front group of teeth. The aim of the research – study preference of using veneers based on the evaluation criterious of their condition for restoration the front group of teeth. The results of the restoration the front group of teeth with caries and non- caries disease in 37 patients aged 19 to 62 years determined the preference veneers as compared with traditional restoration techniques.


We fabricated a photonic crystal (PC) line-defect waveguide integrated with a microelectromechanical actuator and demonstrated the optical switching operation. The device consisted of a PC line-defect waveguide fabricated in a silicon-on-insulator substrate and a polycrystalline-Si dielectric plate located above the PC waveguide. An applied voltage moved the dielectric plate towards the PC surface due to the electrostatic force. This motion increased out-of-plane scattering of the guided light through the evanescent interaction with the dielectric plate, and modulated the transmittance of the PC waveguide. With only a 5μm interaction length, an extinction ratio of ∼10dB was obtained at a wavelength of 1568nm under an applied voltage of 60V. The response time of the switching operation was approximately 1ms.


Background: Although, the concept of laparoscopic surgeries has revolutionised the surgical practice and has markedly reduced the incidence of complications especially postoperative pain. However, the menace of postoperative pain still remains challenge, especially in first 24 hours. The present study was conducted to comparatively analyse the postoperative pain and sedation using intravenous dexmedetomidine and intravenous esmolol during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Methods: Study was conducted on 90 adult patients aged 18-60 years of ASA grade I or II of both genders, scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia. Patients were randomized into three groups of 30 patients each. Patients of group A received esmolol infusion (loading: 1 mg/kg and maintenance: 5-15 µg/kg/min), patients of group B received dexmedetomidine infusion (loading: 0.7 µg/kg and maintenance: 0.4 µg/kg/hour) and group C (control group) received normal saline infusion. During the post-operative period of 24 hours, patient were monitored for sedation using Ramsay sedation score like pain, using visual analogue score (VAS), incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting and use of any drug for pain, vomiting and any other side effect.Results: Frequency of pain was highest in group C at all post periods, followed by group A and was least in group B. The mean sedation score of group B was comparatively higher as compared to both group C and group A.Conclusions: The inference authors drew was that dexmedetomidine is better analgesic with aurousable sedation.


Abstract The present study aimed to investigate the effect of early access to feed and water post-hatch on broiler chicks' performance. One hundred and twenty chicks were transferred from the hatchery to the rearing house and randomly divided into two groups. The first group: chicks were immediately access to feed and water (F-time 0). The second group: was held without feed and water for 24 h (F-time 24). Then, feed and water were provided ad-libitum, for both groups until 35 days of age. Results indicated that F-time 0 increased body weight and body weight gain throughout the experimental period. It increased feed intake during all experimental periods except from (22–28 days). Additionally, the F-time 0 enhanced the European production efficiency factor index. The F-time 24, increased red blood cells (RBCs) count, hemoglobin (HGB), and packed cell volume (PCV) percentage after 24 h. However, the F-time 0 had a higher RBCs count, HGB, and PCV at 35 days of age. F-time 24 increased total plasma protein, albumin, cholesterol, and triglycerides, after 24 h. In conclusion, early access to feed and water post-hatch enhances broiler chicks' performance and productivity and increases producers' revenue.


The in vitro rooting of three caper (Capparis spinosa L.) selected biotypes, grown in a commercial orchard on the Sicilian island of Salina (38°33′49" N), was performed using—as base material for rooting experiments—shoot explants proceeding from two different in vitro culture systems: solid medium and liquid culture in a PlantForm bioreactor (TIS). The regenerated shoots of each accession were submitted to different auxin treatments (NAA, IBA, IAA - 1 or 2 mg L−1; NAA+IBA 0.75 and 0.25 mg L−1, respectively), supplemented with sucrose or fructose (mg L−1). The highest rooting rate in terms of root percentage (67%) was reached with the explants of the selected accession 'Sal 39' proceeding from liquid culture in PlantForm and induced in the MS medium with sucrose, as a carbon source, supplemented with NAA 0.75 mg L−1 + IBA 0.25 mg L−1, after six days in a climatic growth chamber at 25 ± 1 °C in the dark and then placed under a cool white fluorescent lamp, with a PPFD of 35 μmol m−1 s−1 and a photoperiod of 16 h. On the other hand, poor rooting rate was generally achieved under all the tested experimental conditions with the other biotypes, 'Sal 37' and 'Sal 35', demonstrating the strong role exerted by the previously adopted proliferation method and by the genotype for successful caper in vitro rooting.


This article forwards an anarchist analysis of the internet as inherently degrading of local community and the possibility of real democracy emerging. The authors suggest that rampant virtuality, based on the eradication of time and space as functional communicative restraints, acts to separate individuals from their face-to-face relationships and localities. They forward that local community is the only forum in which genuine democracy and an ecological society can hope to thrive. The article argues that in asking the question Where do you want to go today?, the internet attempts to create a virtual everywhere, a universalising logic that is to communication what the WTO and globalisation are to economics. Further, the piece forwards a view of technology and society in dialectic relationship with one another, suggesting that democratic tools and a democratic society rely on one another for their emergence.


The Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo (MRSP) hosts 18 million inhabitants. A complex system of 23 interconnected reservoirs was built to ensure its water supply. Half of the potable water produced for MRSP's population (35 m3/s) is imported from a neighbour catchment, the other half is produced within the Alto Tiete catchment, where 99% of the population lives. Perimeters of land use restriction were defined to contain uncontrolled urbanization, as domestic effluents were causing increasing eutrophication of some of these reservoirs. In the 90's catchment committees and sub committees were created to promote discussion between stakeholders and develop catchment plans. The committees are very well structured "on paper". However, they are not very well organised and face a lack of experience. The objective of this work was to design tools that would strengthen their discussion capacities. The specific objective of the AguAloca process was to integrate the quality issue and its relation to catchment management as a whole in these discussions. The work was developed in the Alto Tiete Cabeceiras sub-catchment, one of the 5 sub catchments of the Alto-Tiete. It contains 5 interconnected dams, and presents competitive uses such as water supply, industry, effluent dilution and irrigated agriculture. A RPG was designed following a companion modelling approach (Etienne et al., 2003). It contains a friendly game-board, a set of individual and collective rules and a computerized biophysical model. The biophysical model is used to simulate water allocation and quality processes at catchment level. It articulates 3 modules. A simplified nutrient discharge model permits the estimation of land use nutrient exportation. An arc-node model simulates water flows and associated nutrient charges from one point of the hydrographical network to another. The Vollenweider model is used for simulating specific reservoir dynamics. The RPG allows players to make individual and collective decisions related to water allocation and the management of its quality. Impacts of these decisions are then simulated using the biophysical model. Specific indicators of the game are then updated and may influence player's behaviour (actions) in following rounds. To introduce discussions on the management of water quality at a catchment level, an issue that is rarely explicitly dealt with, four game sessions were implemented involving representatives of basin committees and water and sanitation engineers. During the game session, the participants took advantage of the water quality output of the biophysical model to test management alternatives such as rural sewage collection or effluent dilution. The biophysical model accelerated calculations of flows and eutrophication rates that were then returned to the game board with explicit indicators of quantity and quality. Players could easily test decisions impacting on qualitative water processes and visualize the simulation results directly on the game board that was representing a friendly, virtual and simplified catchment. The Agualoca game proved its ability to turn complex water processes understandable for a non totally initiated public. This experience contributed to a better understanding of multiple-use water management and also of joint management of water quality and quantity. (Resume d'auteur)


Hypertension is a common clinical problem. Hyperuricemia, obesity, and smoking history are assumed to have  a  relationship  with  hypertension  in  adult.  This  study  was  conducted  to  figure  out  the  association  between hyperuricemia, obesity and smoking history with hypertension. Observational method with cross-sectional approach was used in this study. The study was conducted in Laboratorium Klinik Prodia Kendari. Sixty-two samples consist of men and women aged 18-65 years were taken by quota sampling. Blood pressure, body mass index, and blood chemistry result were collected during medical check-up. Smoking history data was collected with direct interview. Chi-square  and  binary  logistic  regression  analysis  were  used  to  analyze  the  data  (α=0,05).  There  were  50% hypertensive  subjects  and  50%  non-hypertensive  subjects.  Hyperuricemia  had  a  moderate  association  with hypertension (p=0,000; r=0,455). Obesity had a weak association with hypertension (p=0,020 ; r=0,248). Smoking history  also  had  a  weak  association  with  hypertension  (p=0,022  ;  r=0,279).  In  multivariate  analysis  with confounding factors, only hyperuricemia that had an independent influence to hypertension (p= 0,00 ; OR 25,4 ; 95% CI 4,1-156,1), followed by HDL abnormality (p=0,04 ; OR=14,15 ; 95% CI=2,3-84,2) and total cholesterol (p=0,02  ;  OR=22,4  ;  95%  CI=3,2-153,8).  Hyperuricemia,  obesity,  and  smoking  history,  were  associated  with hypertension. Only hyperuricemia had the independent influence to hypertension. Key words: Hyperuricemia, obesity, smoking history, hypertension


This paper presents an assessment of the growing use of Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic and Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic composites in the automotive and marine industry through the decades to current use. This report investigates how legislation such as the End of Life of Vehicles (ELV) will force the automotive industry to prepare for end of life recycling and gauge their progress with the aid of reports from the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and Stella Job, who is a Supply Chain and Environment Officer for the UK trade association Composites UK, outlining the process of pyrolysis and solvolysis, with the aid of informal industry interviews and a case study at a small British sports car manufacturer to consider the practical work required.


Karyotypes have been reported for three species of Pinus , namely P. lambertiana, P. rigida and P. radiata . All three species have the shortest pair (12th) with heterobrachial arms. These results confirm the general karyotypic pattern described for most of the species belonging to the genus Pinus . Comparision of 11th and 12th pair indicates a greater tendency of 11th pair towards a heterobrachial condition in P. lambertiana. P. lambertiana and P. rigida showed no chromosomes to be secondarily constricted and P. radiata showed one pair of chromosomes to be secondarily constricted. The present as well as previous conflicting reports suggest, however, a more thorough study of secondary costriretion behaviour is needed. Magnitude of difference in chromosome length between 1st and 12th pair is also described in these species.


JIPITEC 8 (2017) 2 - Fake News and hate speech are at the centre of discussions at least since Donald Trump won the U.S. elections in 2016. Politicians around the world fear the influence of social networks and distribution of fake news that will foster populism as well as blur the lines to traditional media. Thus, after having tried self-regulatory mechanisms which according to the belief of the German Government turned out to be unsatisfactory the German Government brought in a new bill called "Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz" which should impose on social networks fines up to 50 Mio Euro if they do not comply with obligations to remove illicit content. The article deals with the structure of the act and its compatibility with European law, in particular the E-Commerce-Directive, based upon a legal expertise commissioned by the German Association of Telecommunication and Internet Industry.


The use of magnets in industrial applications do not always require high magnetic properties. Therefore, the use of polymer as a matrix that serves as a binder can be applied to obtain lightweight, flexible and cheap compositemagnet. This report discuss composite magnet base on SrO.6Fe 2 O 3 (SRM)-thermoplastic and thermoset polymer. Thermoplastic polymer consist of polypropylene (PP) type of PP2 and PP10 and polyethylene (PE) type of LDPE were used. For thermoset polymer, epoxy and polyester were used. Synthesis of composite magnet based on thermoplastic polymer (PP2, PP10, LDPE) were carried using the blending method, while the thermoset composites magnet using casting method. Thermoplastic composite magnets were prepared with compositions of 50, 41, 38, 33 and 29 %weight of SRM with the blending temperature of 160 °C for LDPE and 180 °C for PP2 and PP10. For thermoset composite magnets, the compositions were 30, 40, 50 and 60% by weight of SRM. The mechanical test conducted include tensile strength and elongation at break. Microstructure on the surface of the composite materials were observed using SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) and the magnetic properties were measured using VSM (Vibrating Sample Magnetometer). The SEM results showed the formation of flat shape powder particle with size of 1.6 µm. In general, the mechanical properties of polypropylene polymer composite magnet are better than that using polyethylene (LDPE) binder. For polypropylene binder PP10 is better than PP2. Magnetic properties are not significantly affected by the change of polymer or binder types. Keywords: Composite magnet, Hexaferrite SrO.6Fe 2 O 3 , Polypropylene, Polyethylene, Epoxy, Polyester.


Objective  Atypical fibroxanthoma is a rare mesenchymal tumour of skin that develops on skin of elderly patients. We analysed our patients with atypical fibroxanthoma over the last 8 years.


This study examines the effects of various legal and non-legal factors on the sentencing differences among homicide cases in S. Korea. The data come from a 2005 year survey of official records of murderers and manslaughters prisoned in 25 correctional institutions. The study fits several OLS regression models classified by the subsets of independent variables. The outcomes are moderately similar to the results of precedent research and our general intuition. In the full model including all the subsets of explanatory variables, the negative effect of 'education' and positive effects of 'principal offender or not,' 'beforehand possession of deadly weapon,' spoiling and abandonment of body,' 'type of homicide(robbery or rape and killing),' and 'number of victims' on sentencing were statistically significant. Among the subsets of independent variables, the roles of socioeconomic status (i.e., non-legal factors) and criminal career factors were minor.


Relation annotation (RA) is a process of marking up relations among a set of entities identified from a plain text. RA is important to enterprise applications due to its capability of revealing semantics in business environments. However, RA in business environment is different from that in news domain because the entities involved in the relations in business domain often not just refer to entities like People or Locations, and many business entities still could not be identified by existing entity identification tools. In this paper, we explore RA in business environment using web mining techniques, and propose the Relation Annotation Platform in Business Environments (RAPBE), which can automatically help information workers by annotating business relations in enterprise setting. We evaluated RAPBE using two sample relations that are common in business domain -- COMPANY-LOCATION and COMPANY-PRODUCT. Our experiment results demonstrate the usefulness of RAPBE in relation annotation, and also show that the best method for marking up relations of the entities identifiable by existing entity identification tools is Frequency Weight method, whereas Distant Weight is the best when some entities involved in RA cannot be identified by the information extraction tools.


Earlier studies on the larvae of the Ponerinae were published by the authors in 1952 and 1957. The present supplement contains descriptions of the larvae of 25 additional species in the genera Acanthoponera, Amblyopone, Anochetus, *Belonopelta, Euponera, Gnamptogenys, Leptoyenys, *Myopopone, Onychomyrmex, *Paranomopone, Ponera, Prionopelta, *Psalidomyrmex Rhytido-ponera, *Thaumatomyrmex, Trapeziopelta , and Typhlomyrmex. Genera marked with an asterisk are new to the authors' collection and are characterized here for the first time. Necessary revisions are made in earlier descriptions and additional references to the literature are cited. The body profiles of ponerine larvae are classified into 8, mandible shapes into 20, and tubercles into 9 generalized types. The least specialized profile is that of Myrmecia ; the most specialized are those of Platythyrea and Proceratium. Myrmecia also has the least specialized mandible shape; the most specialized is probably that of Proceratium. The taxonomic value and the possible functions of the tubercles are discussed. A new key is given to the mature larvae in the authors' collection, based mostly on body profile and mandible shape.


We study the question of the number of linearly independent solutions of the equation y~m(x)+(Fy)(x)+pny(x)=O, xE[0,1], in which F is a bounded linear operator acting on various normed function spaces. A number of assertions about the asymptotic behavior of these solutions with respect to 9E �9 tending to infinity are established.


This article describes procedures used to establish, promote, and implement a culminating undergraduate research experience that included financial sponsorship by local businesses and government agencies. The sponsorship allowed small teams of seniors to apply their understanding of psychological theory and methods to problems of relevance outside of the academic community. Each team produced a report and gave formal presentations to the sponsor. The endeavor was evaluated highly by the students. Each sponsor agreed to cooperate in a second capstone project.


In this study, we attempt to introduce a model to illustrate neutrino phenomenology by incorporating two right-handed fermion triplet superfields, i.e., $\Sigma_{R_j}$, in the presence of the modular symmetry $\Gamma_3^\prime \simeq A_4^\prime$, a double cover of the $A_4$ modular symmetry. The motivation in utilizing double cover is, so far only even modular forms were considered for constructing modular invariant models, but, in this case, it is possible to extend the modular invariance approach to general integral weight modular forms, i.e., the odd weight modular forms. Hence, this type of amalgamation between $T^\prime$ modular symmetry and minimally extending the seesaw can correctly explain the neutrino phenomenology. Additionally, we have made an attempt to accommodate the most recent measurement of the $W$ boson mass, published by the CDF-II collaboration and shed some light on the recent results of muon $(g-2)$. Finally, we have discussed lepton flavor violation in order to establish a constraint on the mass of right-handed fermion.


Lifetimes have been measured for transitions in the two multiquasiparticle rotational bands in the nucleus 136 Nd. The extracted transition probabilities are compared with results of tilted-axis cranking and random-phase approximation calculations. The bands are identified as being built on two distinct quasiparticle configurations, with very different associated transition rates. These findings are contrary to an earlier suggestion that the bands form a chiral-band pair in this even-even nucleus.


Conjugate gradient (CG) methods are among the most efficient numerical methods for solving unconstrained optimization problems. This is due to their simplicty and  less computational cost in solving large-scale nonlinear problems. In this paper, we proposed some spectral CG methods using the classical CG search direction. The proposed methods are applied to real-life problems in regression analysis. Their convergence proof was establised under exact line search. Numerical results has shown that the proposed methods are efficient and promising.


The construction of science and research laboratory in subsidiary hospital of TCM university is an important part of hospital construction.How to construct the science and research laboratory combined with the practice on the laboratory construction in hospital was discussed.Some measures were put forward,such as programming first,building experimental sharing platform,opening laboratory,promoting construction by evaluation,combining evaluation and construction,focusing on construction etc.


10.1038/ncomms1275 Various melting-related phenomena (like surface melting, size dependence of melting temperature, melting of few nm-size particles and overheating at a very fast heating rate) are of great fundamental and applied interest, although the corresponding theory is still lacking. Here we develop an advanced phase-field theory of melting coupled to mechanics, which resolves numerous existing contradictions and allowed us to reveal exciting features of melting problems. The necessity of introducing an unexpected concept, namely, coherent solid–melt interface with uniaxial transformation strain, is demonstrated. A crossover in temperature dependence of interface energy for radii below 20 nm is found. surface-induced premelting and barrierless melt nucleation for nanoparticles down to 1 nm radius is studied, and the importance of advanced mechanics is demonstrated. our model describes well experimental data on the width of the molten layer versus temperature for the Al plane surface and on melting temperature versus particle 0.06 0 20 40 60 80 1.2 � e 1.1 � e 0.9 � e 0.8 � e � e r i (nm) � ns–l Figure 7 | Non-equilibrium interface energy g s l n − versus interface radius for different temperatures. Results are obtained for both volumetric and uniaxial transformation strains and practically coincide. At the position of r i = 10 nm, curves from top to bottom correspond to


The brewing industry has experienced a renaissance in recent decades, with the number of micro- and craft- brewers increasing rapidly. Whilst exact definitions for "micro-" or "craft-" breweries vary, typically they are small scale independently owned breweries using traditional brewing methods. Typically they adopt a different approach to marketing and distribution in order to compete in an extremely competitive market, with an emphasis on flavour, quality, and individuality. Despite the relative simplicity - inputs of malt, hops, water, yeast and energy - of the craft beer manufacturing process opportunities exist for brewers to enhance sustainability – environmentally, socially and economically. This study examined the cradle-to-gate impacts of a locally sourced English Pale Ale (EPA) style and imported hop American Pale Ale (APA) style beers. Impact results suggest that the addition of imported ingredients has a marginal impact when considered in the context of the overall brewing operation.


TNF – alpha, TGF, IL-5 were determined in sixty male albino rats divided into 6 groups ; control and 5 irradiated with 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 2.5 Gy double dose of γradiation for two successive weeks, once weekly. The all groups except control, 0.5 and 1 Gy groups were treated with ambrosin extract (natural product) with 20 mg /kg body weight 8 times once weekly. All animals were sacrificed after two weeks of the last dose of ambrosin. The results revealed that all immuno response TNF- alpha and TGF with Il-5 were reveled a highly amelioration after treated by ambrosin in groups of 1.5, 2 and 2.5 Gy in comparison with un treated groups.


In liquid phase condition, the oxidation of toluene to benzaldehyde by air in a gas-liquid-solid reactor has been investigated. The main catalyst of ME05(mixture of copper oxide and manganese butyrate) and the promoter of ME12(mole ratio of ammonium chloride and potassium chloride is 1:1) were made by ourselves, and the solvent of butyric acid, the initiator of benzaldehyde were selected. The suitable conditions for oxidation were: the usage of main catalyst of ME05,the promoter of ME12, the butyric acid and benzaldehyde were 0.1%, 0.002%, 10%, 0.001% by weight of toluene respectively, T=110℃, P=0.8MPa, and the reaction time was 2 hours. In this case, the single yield of benzaldehyde reached 21.1%.


Summary—From geomagnetic observations, the time-variations of two kinds of solar radiations can be deduced—a wave-radiation, W, and a particle-radiation, P. This paper, one of a series, derives and discusses homogeneous time-series for W and P; these data, in addition to their meaning for geomagnetism and solar physics, may serve as numerical basis for studies on other solar influences in geophysical or biological phenomena. Daily values δW2 for the deviations of W from a normal value are inferred from suitably defined ranges of the solar diurnal-magnetic variation of the horizontal intensity at the Huancayo (Peru) Observatory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, for March, 1922, to December, 1937. Averages for eighths and for three-eighths (= about ten days) of solar rotations are computed, also "smoothed decade-deviations" showing the quasi-persistent periodicities expressing the 27-day recurrence-tendency due to solar rotation. Monthly averages δW1 are extended to include October, 1939. Comparable tables are derived for solar activity R (from Zurich relative sunspot-numbers R) and for particle-radiation P (from data for geomagnetic disturbance). The correlations between R and W in "slow" variations (expressed in monthly, quarterly, and annual means) are the closest found so far between solar and terrestrial phenomena, surpassing even those found between R and P.

The influence, on W and P, of changes in R in the course of solar rotations ("fast" variations) is studied by methods of correlation and by the superposed-epoch method. Systematic features affecting the results of both methods are demonstrated; the relative exaggeration of the main selected pulse is recognized, explained, and illustrated in a statistical model. Several statistical experiments agree that—except near sunspot-minimum—the fast variations of R are accompanied by similar variations of W, lagging by not more than about one day. Again, the statistical relation between R and P in the fast variations is found much weaker than that between R and W. Quantitatively, the relative effect of R on W in the fast variations is computed to be about 30 per cent smaller than in the slow variations, but reasons are given which interpret this result as compatible with the view that the relation between R and W in slow and fast variations does not differ essentially. The 27-day recurrence-tendency in W is just as strong as in R; there is an indication that the effect of a spot-group on W increases with its age, if equal sunspot-numbers are compared. The physical meaning of W is discussed; W is probably a solar radiation absorbed rather low in the ionosphere, in or near the same layer which is ionized by the excessive ultra-violet emitted by a solar eruption. A program for the systematic extraction of W from geomagnetic records is outlined.

Remark on symbols—Instead of using bold-face sans serif type, as the practice adopted in the book "Geomagnetism" [see 3 of "References" at end of paper], light sans serif type has been used to designate, in general, the three phenomena R = solar activity as seen on the Sun's surface, W = wave-radiation, and P = particle-radiation effective in geomagnetism. The letter S was already adopted for solar-diurnal magnetic variation, so R was chosen to represent Zurich relative sunspot-numbers R. The letter C, which might have been suggested for corpuscular radiation, has been long used for daily international magnetic character-figures (here Cint), so that the letter P for the effect of solar particles entering mainly in the zones of polar aurora was preferred. The indices in the deviations δW1 and δW2 indicate conventionally that these quantities have been derived successively. § 13 collects data on scales.


The deployment of Passive Optical Networks (PON) for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) applications currently represents the fastest growing sector of the telecommunication industry. Traditionally, FTTH transceivers have been manufactured using commodity bulk optics subcomponents, such as thin film filters (TFFs), micro-optic collimating lenses, TO-packaged lasers, and photodetectors. Assembling these subcomponents into a single housing requires active alignment and labor-intensive techniques. Today, the majority of cost reducing strategies using bulk subcomponents has been implemented making future reductions in the price of manufacturing FTTH transceivers unlikely. Future success of large scale deployments of FTTH depends on further cost reductions of transceivers. Realizing the necessity of a radically new packaging approach for assembly of photonic components and interconnects, we designed a novel way of hybridizing active and passive elements into a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) platform. In our approach, all the filtering components were monolithically integrated into the chip using advancements in planar reflective gratings. Subsequently, active components were passively hybridized with the chip using fully-automated high-capacity flip-chip bonders. In this approach, the assembly of the transceiver package required no active alignment and was readily suitable for large-scale production. This paper describes the monolithic integration of filters and hybridization of active components in both silica-on-silicon and silicon-on-insulator PLCs.


The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of faculty of physical education and sport science programs on students' attitudes toward sport activity; a second goal was to investigate the influence of the college curriculum and programs on their attitudes. Students' attitude towards sport and physical activity was conducted using KENYON's scale of attitude toward physical activity. The scale was developed in 1968 and designed to measure attitude towards six sub domains of physical activity, physical activity as a social experience, physical activity for health and fitness, Physical activity as the pursuit of vertigo, physical activity as an a esthetic experience, physical activity as catharsis, and physical activity as ascetic experience.
The sub-domains described above were investigated and the results reveal that the students have positive attitude towards five sub-domains and negative attitude towards one sub-domain of the scale which was physical activity as an ascetic experience. Physical activities as ascetic experience include activities requiring long strenuous and often painful training and tough competition with deferment of other gratifications. Furthermore, we found no positive influence of the college curriculums on students' attitude toward physical activity and/or sport. This phenomenon needs further investigation.


In this essay, I argue that the way American bioethics has traditionally conceived of the distinction between public and private has given rise to some ethically problematic blind spots in its analyses to date. Furthermore, I argue that bioethics's view of the public and private spheres has reinforced a shortsighted view of bioethics's analytical sphere of influence. In particular, it has led bioethics to conceptualize issues largely from the perspective of health professionals, eschewing analyses of the problems of health and health information that patients and their intimates face outside of professional relationships and traditional health-care settings. It has also led some bioethical analyses to reflect, and to some degree reinforce, relationships of power that they might instead challenge.


Aiming at the problem of e-waste management,this paper introduces EPR system into the e-waste management system to reduce electronic pollutants by means of the establishment of responsibility of stakeholders for e-waste recycling disposal.To simplify the market structure,the interests of legal and illegal businesses in the electronic recycling market should be got with game,and then behavior of each interest subject should be analyzed to help the government make better polices for EPR system.Meanwhile,the government should further supervise illegal electronic market and eliminate illegal electronic products by market regulation to regulate electronic product market and carry out EPR system better.


Tampere University of Applied Sciences Degree programme of Music Composer Option JARKKO PAJUNEN: The fantastic triosonata Buxtehude's d minor triosonata Op. 1 nro. 6 as part of the north german stylus phantasticus Bachelor's thesis 54 pages, appendices 19 pages December 2013 The purpose of this thesis was to find out, whether Buxtehude's d minor triosonata Op. 1 nro. 6 represents the north german stylus phantasticus, a style most generally associated to his organ praeludia. The thesis immersed to the history and meaning of stylus phantasticus, pointed out the most typical elements of the style from Buxtehude's organworks, became more familiar with the type of sonata during Buxtehude's age and analyzed his own triosonata. In the end the results were juxtaposed in order to find points of relation. The results were positive and points of relation were found with surprising amounts. Many elements found in the organ works were also found in the sonata, either in original form or as a version slightly altered to suit the needs of the sonata texture. The d minor triosonata of Buxtehude turned out to be a part of a larger stylistic whole of stylus phantasticus.


As part of the research there have been developed and published nomenclatural standards of 12 pear varieties bred by Sverdlovsk Horticultural Breeding Station: Berezhenaya (WIR-101392), Gvidon (WIR-101393), Dobryanka (WIR-101394), Zarechnaya (WIR-101395), Permyachka (WIR-101397), Raduzhnaya (WIR-101398), Rozovyy Bochonok (WIR-101399), Sverdlovchanka (WIR-101400), Sultan (WIR-101402), Talitsa (WIR-101404), Fleyta (WIR-101405), Chusovaya (WIR-103944). Plant material for nomenclatural standards was selected in the collection of the originator organization with the participation of the creators of these varieties. The herbarium sample of the nomenclature standard of each cultivar is represented mainly by two herbarium sheets containing parts of one plant collected during two periods: fruit and annual shoots ‒ in the fall 2019, flowers ‒ in the spring 2020. The herbarium label indicates: the herbarium number of the sample in the VIR Herbarium, the scientific name of the species, the name of the variety, the origin (the name of the organization in which the variety was created), the place of reproduction (where the plant was grown), the harvest dates, the names of collectors. Herbarium sheets are supplemented with photos of fruits and flowers. Nomenclatural standards are made in accordance with the recommendations of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP), registered in the database "VIR Herbarium" and included in the type collection of Herbarium of cultivated plants of the world, their wild relatives and weeds (WIR). According to the same rules, herbarium samples of 3 elite pear forms (Limonadnaya, Sretenskaya, Tais) were made, registered and included into the Main Fund of the VIR Herbarium. After registration of copyright documents for cultivars, these samples can be assigned as nomenclatural standards. In total, 27 samples in the amount of 27 herbarium sheets were transferred to the herbarium collection. A digital image of herbarium specimen is available in the database «VIR Herbarium» (http://db.vir.nw.ru/herbar/gerb).


Volume 5, no. 4, e00354-20, 2020, [https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00354-20][1]. Coauthor Izabela Mujakic should be affiliated with an additional institution. Her corrected affiliation information is shown above.

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1-H-imidazo [4,5-c] quinolin-4-amines having a hydroxy, alkoxy, hydroxyalkoxy or alkoxyalkoxy substituent at the 2-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, methods for producing the compounds, Disclosed are intermediates and methods of using these compounds as immunomodulators to induce cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases, including viral and neoplastic diseases.


Fracture penis is an uncommon injury. Physicians should be aware of the urgency in the diagnosis and in the initiation of the treatment as any delay increases the risk of complications. Due to the embarrassment associated with such injuries the patients may hesitate to disclose their complaint and getting delayedin seeking medical treatment. Classically the history is starting with a sudden snap, pain, detumescence and a hematoma of the penis with deformity which was not present in our reported case. Recently, the possibility of an early diagnosis based on clinical findings has been emphasized, without relying on specialized imaging studies.1–3 It is a disruption of the tunica albuginea of one or both corpus cavernosum due to blunt trauma to the erect penis.2 It can be accompanied by partial or complete urethral rupture or by injury of the dorsal nerve and vessels.4


The reason for this research is to decide whether the tax for ongoing administration at Rumah Sakit PKU Muhammadiyah Mamajang, Makassar Area, is appropriate when compared to the principle of bookkeeping prices in determining the unit cost of emergency clinical administration. The strategy used in this exam was quantitative with a spell binding methodology. Quantitative involvement is an assortment of information into numbers which then, at that point, break down the results. The type of information used in this study was essential information and additional information with information gathering techniques, especially perceptions and documentation. The results of this review showed that from the estimation of the use of activity based costing techniques for the VIP room it is Rp. 1,438,427, for Room I it is Rp. 1,407,446, for Room II Rp. 1,249,609 and for Room III Rp. 1,093,151. Calculation of current payments using movement based costing techniques, when compared to the strategy implemented by Rumah Sakit PKU Muhammadiyah Mamajang, the price of administrative fees can be lowered so as to provide lower results. This is because the expense assignment above for each item is unique.


Nanometer GaP crystal was synthesized by using the benzene - thermal synthesis method with GaCl3-ethyl ether, GaCl3 - benzene and P as the starting materials. The influence of remaining H2O and oxygen on the results was investigated. The stability of products was studied by comparing the strength of respective chemical bonds. The results indicate that both H2O and oxygen have obvious effects on the reaction process and may even change the direction of reaction in some case.


A model for the protein control of energy transfer in photosynthetic light-harvesting antenna is proposed. Thermal fluctuations of the energy gap between the excited donor and acceptor molecules for the pairwise energy transfer step are assumed when the latter is a bottleneck for the overall transfer from the antenna to the reaction center. The model is motivated by fluorescence decay experiments on photosystem I particles. It emphasizes the dynamical aspect of spectral heterogeneity rather than the conventionally employed static picture. A comparison and discussion between experimental data and theoretical predictions are given.


Objective To provide basis for the treatment of bladder carcinoma by matrine.Methods EJ cells were cultured in RPMI1640 cell medium by added 10% fetal bovine serum,100 000 U/L penicillin and 100 mg/L streptomycin,and maintained in 5% CO2 at 37 ℃.EJ cells in logarithmic growth phase were divided into two groups randomly,the matrine group was treated with matrine at concentrations of 0.5,1.0,2.0 mg/ml;the control group was treated with RPMI1640.The cell growth repression rate was measured by MTT method;the cell morphology was observed with fluorescence microscope;the apoptosis ratio was analyzed with flow cytometry;the expression of Bcl-2 protein was detected by western blot.Results Matrine at concentrations of 0.5~2.0 mg/ml inhibited the proliferation of EJ cells in time and concentration-dependent manners.After treated with 2.0 mg/ml matrine for 72 h,the cell suppression rate in the matrine group was 50.65%±2.78%,the apoptosis ratio was 36.35%±2.06%,which were both higher than those in the control groups(P0.01).The cytoplasmic vacuolation and karyorrhexis was observed by fluorescence microscope.The expression levels of Bcl-2 protein decreased in a dose-time-dependent manner.Conclusion Matrine can induce apoptosis of the EJ cells,the mechanism may be correlated to the down-regulation of Bcl-2 protein expression.


Abstract Recent studies of thermal roughening on Si surfaces and kinetic roughening of some growing films, copper and tungsten, by using scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy are reviewed. A logarithmic divergence of the surface height fluctuations of Si(111) vicinal surfaces is confirmed, in agreement with the theoretical prediction of rough surface in thermal equilibrium. For the kinetically formed rough surfaces, power law dependences of the interface width on the system size are clearly observed. Furthermore, the tungsten films show a short-range scaling regime and a long-range "smooth" regime. The roughness exponents α are compared with theoretical predictions: for the typical Cu electrode position condition (α=1/2), the exponent appears to be close to that found for local growth models, and for tungsten films (0.7∼0.8), it is consistent with recent predictions for growth where surface diffusion is predominant.


In recent years, kernel density estimation has been exploited by computer scientists to model several important problems in machine learning, bioinformatics, and computer vision. However, in case the dimension of the data set is high, then the conventional kernel density estimators suffer poor convergence rates of the pointwise mean square error (MSE) and the integrated mean square error (IMSE). Therefore, design of a novel kernel density estimator that overcomes this problem has been a great challenge for many years. This paper proposes a relaxed model of the variable kernel density estimation and analyzes its performance in data classification applications. It is proved in this paper that, in terms of pointwise MSE, the convergence rate of the relaxed variable kernel density estimator can approach O(n/sup -1/) regardless of the dimension of the data set, where n is the number of sampling instances. Experiments with the data classification applications have shown that the improved convergence rate of the pointwise MSE leads to higher prediction accuracy. In fact, the experimental results have also shown that the data classifier constructed based on the relaxed variable kernel density estimator is capable of delivering the same level of prediction accuracy as the SVM with the Gaussian kernel.


Extremely high levels of chlorotic streak disease (CSD) were observed by Harwood field staff in both commercial and approved seed plot (ASP) plantings following three successive years of above average annual rainfall and three floods. In the absence of ratings for all but two varieties under ASP propagation, there was a critical need to generate ratings for the new varieties so growers could be aware of their relative susceptibility. Two methods were trialled. The first involved counting the number of infected stools over a given length of row and determining the number of infections per metre, while the second assessed the visual level of streak and the general 'up-and-down' appearance of varieties. The correlation between leaf symptom and 'up-and-down' indices ranged from 88% in the plant ASP to 78% in the first ratoon. The data from the two methods were combined and consolidated ratings for twenty varieties were generated on a scale of 1 to 9. These ratings were then compared with field observations undertaken during routine RSD seedbed inspections, where the correlation broke down, possibly due to the presence of RSD or differences in crop management practices. Ratings were presented to NSW growers, as well as provided to BSES Limited, which incorporated them into SPIDNET.


The theory and implementation of visual phone based on digital TV network is introduced in this paper.By using SIP and TVPP protocol,the instant information exchange of audio and video stream is realized.And then,the whole system structure based on TVPP protocol is introduced.Finally,the key techniques and design scheme are all discussed.


During International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)/International Continental Drilling Project (ICDP) Expedition 364, the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact crater was drilled in April–May 2016. The expedition recovered 829 m of core, from 505.7 to 1334.7 meters below seafloor (mbsf). Because the geographic in situ orientation of the core is not preserved during the drilling process, we report orientation corrections for all core sections. Angular correction values were determined by comparing and matching fractures and lithologic contacts between computed tomography scans of the cores and downhole acoustic borehole images as well as comparing fractures and contacts from one core section to another. The orientation correction values can be used to reorient cores to true geographic north, enabling proper assessment of directionality for structural deformation, paleomagnetic indicators, and sedimentary transport data with the Expedition 364 cores.


A novel combining scheme based on the Dempster-Shafer theory (DST) is presented. The proposed Dempster-Shafer combining (DSC) uniquely assigns 'mass' to a set consisting of the adjacent constellation points instead of probability to characterise uncertainties in decision-making, and then transfers the masses to the corresponding 'belief interval'. Taking advantage of multiple information sources, more reliable decision statistics can be achieved by reducing the belief interval. It is beneficial to initially assume that the transmitted signal is included in a set containing diverse decision candidates, because it lacks convincing evidence to make an unambiguous decision directly. Uncertainties processing of the proposed DSC makes it possible for DSC to outperform the conventional maximal-ratio combining.


In this paper we continue the series of papers by V. V. Rybakov devoted to properties of multi-valueted logics and where he propose a new approach for modelling knowledge and reasoning of agents in a multi-agent system. We prove that the satisfiability problem is decidable in a temporal multi-valueted logic based on Z


Ing. Peter A.J. Bootsma MBA, Quality Research, and drs. Jan van Bon, Bureau Hoving en Van Bon, the Netherlands Popular process models for IT Service Management are usually independent of the size of the organisation. That is, they specify which processes should exist in any IT service organisation, but not how many people or resources are needed. Scalability makes for applicability but, when it comes to implementation, leaves many `how-to'questions unanswered. For instance: how to choose between multifunctional process teams and functional departments? This chapter discusses an implementation strategy that reduces the gap between model and practice while remaining generic. This is achieved through joint application of a process model specific for IT service management (Integrated Service Management or ISM) and a generic model for self directed work teams (Recursive Process Management or RPM). Both models are explained briefly, followed by a stepwise account of implementation issues.


Five new Austmliobates species are described, viz. A. crassisetlls, A. hygrobatoides, A. minutipalpis, A. planisetus and A. tenuisetlls. Furthermore, three new Procorticacams species are described, viz. P. fonticolus, P. mixtus and P. piriformis. Finally, one new Rhynchaustrobates species and one new Coaustraliobates species are described, viz. R. stylatus and C. rostratus. Kallimobates coold is synonymized with K. austmliclls. The male of Hygrobates austmlicllS and the females of Aspidiobates wittenoom and Gondwanabates bodivus are described for the first time. Australiobates convexipalpis is reported for the first time for Australia. Many new records are given for a number of species of the water mite family Hygrobatidae, especially for the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Finally, the diversity of the Australian water mites is briefly discussed.


This paper presents a means of interpreting the measurements of attenuation of non-50-ohm transmission paths when the measurements are made on a 50-ohm system. Nonstandard transmission paths are modeled as lossy lengths of transmission line. Equations are derived to calculate the transmission parameters of a nonstandard transmission path derived from its scalar S/sub 21/ parameters when measured on a 50-ohm scalar analyzer. The parameters can then be used for calculating the response of the path interfacing other impedances.


Purification and characterization of a β-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase from E. coli B are described. The enzyme appears to possess a peculiarly narrow specificity, as indicated by studies employing for substrates various coli cell wall mucopeptides.