This is a psychological study that propounds a user-centered theory for the design of communication support. The communication to be covered was that between experts as sender of information and non-experts as the receivers, the communication between university staff, and schoolteachers about an educational activity. The communication medium was a booklet to explain the activity. The introduction overviewed the psychological communication models and argued that the message that the receivers of information got was not always the same as one that the sender had had. Both of the sender and the receivers could have one's own information Gestalt. The first survey revealed teacher's current situation that they could have anxiety in the early communication with university's staff. Then, we set the design concept of the booklet as relief from the anxiety to produce a proper information Gestalt in the receivers. People who got catch up to worries would not receive the important information that the sender really wanted to inform them. The worries supposed in the present study were the support for children and the procedure of the class order. The main survey to working teachers revealed that the worries were accurately predicted; a typical situation in the Japanese public school was also shown. A strategy to reduce or make clear the vague concerns in the receivers of information would be new and effective in the support of communication between experts and non-experts. It means the reduction of psychological distance between the sender of information and the receivers.


Abstract. We present a methodology for estimating solar radiation climatologies from a sparse network of global radiation and/or sunshine duration records: it allows to obtain high-resolution grids of monthly normal values for global radiation (and for the direct and diffuse components), atmospheric turbidity, and surface absorbed radiation. We discuss the application of the methodology to a preliminary version of an Italian global radiation and sunshine duration data set, which completion is still in progress and present the resulting 1961–1990 monthly radiation climatologies.


PurposeTo evaluate the reproducibility of a scanning laser polarimeter, the Nerve Fiber Analyzer II (NFA II, Laser Diagnostic Technologies, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.). MethodsFive independent retardation maps of the peripapillary retina of five normal eyes were acquired by three experienced operators (including V.S.G.) on each of three separate days for a total of 45 retardation maps per patient. Two methods of image processing, one using a baseline image and another using the individual scans, were used to compare the reproducibility of three summary measures, average retardation, integral, and retardation ratio. ResultsThe average standard deviation (and its 95% confidence interval) of average retardation within a 10-pixel-width-band of the 9 baseline images was 0.43° (0.36–0.51°) with a mean coefficient of variation of 4.2% (3.8–4.5%). In a random effects model, each of the three retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) summary measures varied significantly by patient (p < 0.016), but not by operator (p > 0.19), or operator by patient interaction (p > 0.524). In addition, there was small, but statistically significant day-by-operator-within-patient (intraobserver) variation in the random effects model. ConclusionsThese results suggest that the NFA II provides reproducible measurements and that, on average, measurements obtained by separate operators on different days are similar.


Embodiment the present invention discloses a loop antenna and associated electronics, effectively broaden the frequency bandwidth and improves the antenna wiring flexibility and antenna adjustability. Embodiment of the present invention includes: a positive antenna feed point and a ground antenna feed point; wherein the positive antenna feed at a power or ground antenna feed point is connected to a monopole antenna; positive antenna feed point with the first conductive member is connected, and is connected to the ground antenna feed point through the first conductive member, a first conductive member is a part of the conductive bezel apparatus peripheral electronic including the loop antenna.


Abstract The effects of storage on soluble phosphorus (P) fractions in water extracts of two soils, and standard solutions of inorganic and organic P compounds have been quantified. The water extracts were obtained from a peaty podzol and an iron humus podzol and contained about 140 and 270 μg P/dm3, respectively. The standard solutions contined 100 μg P/dm3. Storage conditions investigated included different types of containers (glass and polythene), different temperatures (4, 22, and ‐12°C), and times. Hydrolysis of dissolved condensed phosphorus (DCP) and dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) compounds in the water extract of the soils and standard solutions were observed at 4 and 22°C after one day. Total dissolved phosphorus (TDP) in the standard P solutions was not significantly affected by storage. However, TDP in water extracts of soils decreased significantly when the solutions were stored in polythene at 22°C. The loss of P after 15 days was 56 and 31% in the extracts from the peaty podzol and iron...


A wide band high gain antenna based on a non-uniform metasurface (MS) is designed. The antenna includes a slot antenna tasking as a radiation source and a non-uniform MS tasking as a vital element for gain improvement and bandwidth expansion. Further, the substrate thickness between slot antenna and metasurface is investigated. The substrate between the slot antenna and metasurface was replaced by a gap, reducing the production costs. In addition, both the impedance bandwidth and gain of the designed antenna were improved. The design results show that the operating bandwidth of the antenna is increased to 40% (5.2-7.8 GHz) and realized a maximum gain of 12.5 dB.


This article investigates the use of magical realism in two Holocaust novels written by the contemporary Austrian writers Doron Rabinovici and Robert Schindel, who both are descendants of Holocaust survivors. I will argue that Rabinovici and Schindel not only use the narrative technique of magic realism in order to bear witness to the reality of the events, as experienced by their parents (Arva, 2011), but also in order to represent the "double reality" (Steinecke, 2005) of the "children of the holocaust" (Epstein, 1979). Both Rabinovici's novel The Search for M. (Suche nach M., 1991) and Robert Schindel's novel Born-Where (Geburtig, 1994) visualize the situation of being torn between two contradictory perceptions of the world: on the one hand, the "normal" perception of the world, based on the present norms of society, and on the other hand, a perception of the traumatic world bestowed by family history, which clearly subverts those present norms. Whereas the magical element in The Search for M. is inherent in the contradictions of the story line, it is shown in a bewildering narrative structure in Born-Where (Genette, 1980).


I discuss a phenomenon I call rich demonstration, wherein a demonstrative gesture is seemingly used to communicate an entire thought. I present an analysis based in discourse coherence theory on which rich demonstrations have their functions in virtue of the interpretive effects of discourse-structuring mechanisms.


ABSTRACT Motivated by two greater oil spills in 1981 and 1982 with total cleaning costs of about $11 million, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg developed in 1983 a complete oil spill contingency plan with a detailed environmental sensitivity map. This book concerns the Elbe River inside the boundaries of Hamburg and, of course, the harbor region, which covers about 87 km2. The contingency plan is called Olunfall—Handbuch (Oil Spill Handbook). It starts with general remarks about the physical and chemical characteristics of oil. Especially, there are lists of imported and exported crude oil and oil products in the Hamburg Harbor complete with lists of important parameters for combating the effects of these oils and products. This is followed by chapters dealing with the behavior and characteristics of oil after a spill, and the classification and identification of oil. Some analytic methods for in situ measurements are listed. Safety measures during combating actions are followed by a general discussi...


In January and February 2004, Oxford archaeology (OA) carried out an archaeological watching brief on a development for Lincoln College at Museum Road, Oxford. The work was commissioned by ADP Architects in advance of building a new science centre. the watching brief revealed a series of post-medieval quarrying pits and 20th century made ground.


The financial statements used by organizations to provide financial information for decision making. This study aims to analyze the factors affecting the quality of accounting information. Among other things the effect of the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) on the quality of accounting information, the influence of user competence and commitment to the organization, either directly or indirectly on the quality of accounting information, the accounting information system as a mediating variable. This research was conducted on the plantation sub-sector listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2017. The data used in this study are primary data, analysis tools used Structural Equation Modelling- Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM). The results of the study are ERP implementation has direct and significant effect on the Quality of Accounting Information. While the user competence and organizational commitment significantly affect the quality of accounting information system, where the quality of accounting information systems affect the quality of accounting information.


This work is an attempt to characterize the natural gases present in the reservoirs in Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan on the basin of their molecular composition and stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic ratios for understanding the origin and accumulation of hydrocarbons in the basin. The result of 22 gases from 7 structures viz. Manhera Tibba, Kharatar, Bankia, Ghotaru, Chinnewala Tibba, Sadewala and Bakhri Tibba have been studied.


Some Conrad CritiCiSm, perhapS confusing narrative voices like Marlow's for Conrad's own, and falling under the spell of that catalogue of 'knowing' male Victorian assertions about femininity, makes the erroneous assumption that Conrad is misogynistic, or, equally damning, that his writing is merely masculine. He is routinely discussed as part of a "masculinist tradition," even in his contemporary reception. The American feminist, Mary Austin, for example, tells her readership in "Joseph Conrad Tells What Women Don't Know About Men," that in order to know their political opposition, women who are interested in promoting and pursuing their own rights should study Conrad's works in order to fully understand men.1 That summary evaluation in 1923 is not out of sorts with much critical reaction today, though Nina Pelikan Strauss takes a variant position in her essay, "The Exclusion of the Intended from Secret Sharing in Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness,'" where she ponders the sheer difficulty of feminist response to Conrad's work.2 Each response, however, is predicated on the masculinity of Conrad's perspective and prose, as though his is a world entirely for and about men. But even more extreme claims are not uncommon. Peter Hayes, for example, goes further, affirming that Conrad "is a writer of a deeply conservative, if not chauvinistic frame of mind" and goes on to argue that there is little to distinguish between author and his narrator since Conrad "identifies, unequivocally, with Marlow's most 'misogynistic' statements." 3 He also dismisses criticism that sets out to reframe a perception of Conrad's treatment of women with that subtle jibe, "revisionist."4 The response is almost understandable: for while the woman question pervades much of the popular and sentimental fiction of the Victorian period, and Modern fiction wrestles with the resulting emerging place of women, Conrad's fiction does seem to privilege a specifically delimited world of men. Examples in Conrad's fiction representing this narrow compass are more common than not: an "old sea dog" setting the tone early in "A Smile of Fortune," for example, is deftly characterized as the type who "knew women and children only by sight" (a charge sometimes wrongly leveled at Conrad himself by virtue of his chosen career), but


Supplementary values of unconventional browse Tephrosia bracteolata (TB) and Tephrosia candida (TC) and commonly utilized browse plants Gliricidia sepium (GS) and Leucaena leucocephala (LL)) were studied in goats grazed on a rangeland in the dry season. Crude protein (g/Kg DM) content of TC (19.25) compared favourably to those of GS (19.78) and that of LL (19.91) while that of TB was low (14.25). Total cell wall content, neutral detergent fi bre (NDF, g/Kg DM) was lower in both TB (56.03) and TC (59.11) than in GS (61.20) and LL (37.50). Dry matter intake (g/d) of TB (87.39) was signifi cantly higher than that of TC (76.49) while similar values were recorded in GS (63.81) and LL (63.31). Improved daily weight gain (g/d) of 14.88, 17.86, 14.88 and 17.86 were obtained when goats were fed TB, TC, GS and LL browse supplements responsively compared to the daily gain of 11.90 from the unsuplemented goats. The digestibility of CP, NDF and ADF in both TB and TC compared favourably to those of GS and LL. The fi ndings from this study have shown that Tephrosia bracteolata and Tephrosia candida can be used as alternative browse supplement for goats grazing on natural grassland in the dry season to achieve improved weight gain. This will translate to a reduction in the pressure on the commonly use browse like Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala.


Decoding intended movement trajectory from neural activity is crucial for developing neuroprosthetic devices. In this study, we propose a processing framework to combine different information from two types of neural activities: action potentials (spikes) and local field potentials (LFPs). For this purpose, we proposed a stacked generalization approach based on recurrent neural network to enhance decoding accuracy of movement kinematics. We examined decoding performance of the proposed stacked recurrent neural network (SRNN) on decoding of reaching movement using intracortical datasets. The results show that the stacked generalization approach can enhance the decoding performance and can be used as an information fusion tool for multi-modal neuroprosthetic devices.


Frequency-domain spectroscopy (FDS) is a widely accepted method for the estimation of moisture content in oil-paper insulation of power transformer. Researchers have shown that measurement temperature is an important factor that not only shifts the tan δ
 curve both horizontally and vertically with respect to frequency axis but also affects the value of paper-moisture content of transformer insulation. This implies FDS data measured at different temperatures yields different results even if the insulation under consideration remains more or less unaffected. Availability and construction of master curve for in-service real-life units might not always be available. This study proposes a method that is capable of predicting the profile of tan δ
 curve at different measurement temperatures. Existing expressions available for predicting paper-moisture does not consider the effect of change in measurement temperature. This study also proposes modification of existing expression to predict the moisture content of insulation paper at any measurement temperature. In addition, this study outlines a method to evaluate the value of activation energy (
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) from the insulation response. The discussed technique is first tested successfully on data recorded from a laboratory sample. Thereafter, the method is applied on data collected from a real-life power transformer.


We have studied the existence, location and stability of the libration points in the model of restricted four-body problem (R4BP) with variable mass. It is assumed that three primaries, one dominant primary and the other two with equal masses, are always forming an equilateral triangle. We have determined the equations of motion of the above mentioned problem for the fourth body which is


Background The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare and may have impacted ethnic inequalities in healthcare. We aimed to describe the impact of pandemic-related disruption on ethnic differences in clinical monitoring and hospital admissions for non-COVID conditions in England. Methods We conducted a cohort study using OpenSAFELY (2018-2022). We grouped ethnicity (exposure), into five categories: White, South Asian, Black, Other, Mixed. We used interrupted time-series regression to estimate ethnic differences in clinical monitoring frequency (e.g., blood pressure measurements) before and after 23rd March 2020. We used multivariable Cox regression to quantify ethnic differences in hospitalisations related to: diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and mental health before and after 23rd March 2020. Findings Of 14,930,356 adults in 2020 with known ethnicity (92% of sample): 86.6% were White, 7.3% Asian, 2.6% Black, 1.4% Mixed ethnicity, and 2.2% Other ethnicities. Clinical monitoring did not return to pre-pandemic levels for any ethnic group. Ethnic differences were apparent pre-pandemic, except for diabetes monitoring, and remained unchanged, except for blood pressure monitoring in those with mental health conditions where differences narrowed during the pandemic. For those of Black ethnicity, there were seven additional admissions for diabetic ketoacidosis per month during the pandemic, and relative ethnic differences narrowed during the pandemic compared to White. There was increased admissions for heart failure during the pandemic for all ethnic groups, though highest in White ethnicity. Relatively, ethnic differences narrowed for heart failure admission in those of Asian and Black ethnicity compared to White. For other outcomes the pandemic had minimal impact on ethnic differences. Interpretation Our study suggests ethnic differences in clinical monitoring and hospitalisations remained largely unchanged during the pandemic for most conditions. Key exceptions were hospitalisations for diabetic ketoacidosis and heart failure, which warrant further investigation to understand the causes. Funding LSHTM COVID-19 Response Grant (DONAT15912).


ABSTRACT The tanker Torrey Canyon grounded in 1967 beginning the era of the major oil spill. The United Kingdom was unprepared for this event. Nevertheless, following the spill, much research was c...


The invention belongs to the technical field of preparation and modification of lithium ion battery diaphragms and discloses a water-soluble polymer assisted inorganic composite diaphragm preparation method.For the first time, water-soluble polymers are used for improving stability of an aqueous system in preparation of a composite diaphragm and conducive to complete stripping.The technical scheme mainly includes: mixing superfine inorganic powder with waterborne adhesives and water-soluble polymers in distilled water for 2h; using a scraper for uniformly coating mixed slurry on a glass substrate; drying in a blast drying oven at 55 DEG C for 4h; soaking a diaphragm along with the glass substrate into the distilled water for 1h to remove the water-soluble polymers to obtain a wet diaphragm; taking out, and drying to obtain the inorganic composite diaphragm.The inorganic composite diaphragm prepared according to the method has the advantages of high porosity, high wettability, high stability, technical simplicity and easiness in production and is widely applicable to portable electronic equipment, electric vehicles and large lithium ion batteries for energy accumulation.


The passion fruit is used as a prime material for different products. For the last two years, about 500 Ha of crops have been harvested in the Magdalena Valley, an important source of work for the region people. However, the passion fruit has a natural condition of auto sterilization. Manual polinization is needed. The efficiency is too low because the crops become too small. This scientific information points to the entomologic polinization systems, which are best for the passion fruit. Also the scientists confirm that the natural polinization of the crops come from both the carpenter bee (Xilocopa lachnea) and African bee (Apis mellifera). This project utilizes two entomologic polinization systems in order to compare the manual polinization. It will be evaluate the efficiency of polinization, the crop's quality and weight, as well as management costs. The two entomologic polinization systems will be located in El Espinal and In Guamo (both cities of Tolima Department) about 10 Ha passion fruit crops each area. Also provide with a dispersion center which is a cube 4 meters edge, cover with black net, hermetic in order to control de insects and its flowers access. The methodology depends of the species and the biological cycle of the passion fruit flower. For the carpenter bees, it will be necessary to keep the humidity through a drop water system and feeding supplies. For the African bees, be recollected the pollen will be recollected and sprayed afterwards during the opening flower. When the polinization is successfull, the passion fruit flower will be marked in order to evaluate the becoming crops with the parameters such as shape, size, color and weight, and compare these parameters with those that used manual polinization. The parameters will be taken in a 90 day period after the adaptation period of the colonies finishes, in each case about 20 days. The goal of this project is to evaluate the three polinization methods for a profitable and sustainable agriculture. This tries to find a better harvest of passion fruit that contributes to crops improvement, and environmental impact. Humanity has abused the use of agrochemicals and bees, so we have to fix this before it is too late.


People throughout Vanuatu frequently mix Bislama (that country's national Pidgin) into their vernaculars. Extensive code-mixing is an obvious indicator, and sometime cause, of language change or even language replacement. This paper discusses several sorts of Bislama code-mixing on Tanna among speakers of that island's Kwamera language. It assesses levels and kinds of Bislama use in four village debates, tape-recorded in 1982 and 1983. Among other uses, Kwamera speakers will use Bislama when interjecting, reiterating, reporting speech, neutralizing marked vernacular terms, and qualifying what they say. The paper concludes with some remarks on the phonological, morphological/ syntactic, and lexical/semantic consequences of recurrent language mixing—on how Islanders' insertions of Bislama into their oratorical and everyday talk may or may not be effecting linguistic change in Kwamera. Bislama, so far at least, has enriched more than it has impoverished Tanna's linguistic ecology. Speakers' frequent Bislama mixes have not yet seriously undermined their vernacular.


With improvements in wide-band gap power electronics technology, it is becoming feasible for a DC fast charging station to connect directly to the distribution primary medium voltage (MV) service. This paper provides a comparative levelized cost analysis of a novel MV DC fast charger to commercial 480V DC fast charger technology. The advantages of the MV DC fast charger include a higher efficiency, a considerable reduction in weight and volume, and savings in eliminating the step-down transformer. In order to compare the operational cost of these DC charger options, the impact on system losses and peak demand are quantified through quasi-static time-series distribution feeder simulation. Based on this, the levelized cost of energy is estimated for two ownership models: utility-owned (DC as a service) and customer-owned. The results indicate that the utility-owned MV DC fast charger has the lowest levelized cost of energy based on the example feeder system analyzed.


Several species of curculionid weevils such as Amerrhinus ynca Sahlberg, Cholus annulatus Linnaeus, C. martiniquensis Marshall, C. zonatus (Swederus), Diocalandra frumenti (Fabricius), Dynamis borassi Fabricius, Homalinotus coriaceus Gyllenhal , Metamasius hemipterus Linnaeus, Paramasius distortus (Gemminger & Horold), Rhabdoscelus obscurus (Boisduval), Rhinostomus barbirostris (Fabricius), R. afzelii (Gyllenhal), Rhynchophorus bilineatus (Montrouzier), R. cruentatus Fabricius, R. ferrugineus (Olivier), R. palmarum (Linnaeus) and R. phoenicis (Fabricius) are associated with palms. Some of these have become a major constraint in the successful cultivation of coconut palm ( Cocos nucifera L.), date palm ( Phoenix dactylifera L.) and oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis L.). R. ferrugineus is distributed in over 33 countries and attacks more than two dozen palm species. In the recent past, it has spread to Middle Eastern countries, Mediterranean region of Africa and southern Europe (Spain) causing tremendous economic losses. The yield of date palm has decreased from 10 to 0.7 tons/ha. Coconut palms in India are infested upto 6.9 per cent in Kerala and 11.65 per cent in Tamil Nadu. R. palmarum is a major pest of oil and coconut palms in the tropical Americas and, vectors the nematode, Bursaphelenchus cocophilus (Cobb) Baujard which causes red ring disease (RRD). Palm losses due to RRD are commonly between 0.1 to 15% which amounts to tens of millions dollars. The status of other species is briefed. The grubs of weevils that develop in the stems, bud, rachis of leaves and


In 1965, Weary and Belilen reported an "unusual familial hypopignientary anomaly"'2 observed in a 31-year-old Negro woman and her three sons and one daughter. All five had faint but sharply outlined areas of hypopigmentation just inferior to both clavicles with approximate bilateral symmetry in distribution. While size, shape and definition varied slightly from one spot to the other in the same individual, and from one individual to the other, there was still an impressive similarity oC the lesions in tlie five members of tlie family. 1 he skin of the allected sites was hypopigmented, rather than starkly depigmented as in vitiligo, and diascopy did not obliterate the outlines of the lesions as would occur with nevus anemicus. Weary and Behlen concluded that the condition was uncommon (previous description not having been found in pertinent literature), unrelated to underlying disease, and likely transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait.12


Objective:Implant supported denture was u sed in patients with congen ital loss of most teeth caused by ectodermal dysplasia.Method: To choice three ectodermal dysplasia patients with sparse hair ,obviously cupped middle face, pr ominent forehead and high-set orbits, a generalized symmetric reduction of the w hole craniofacial complex, and anadontia,and MDIC implants supported removable d enture was applied after placement endosseous implants in mandibular,And convent ional removable denture at maxillary.Result: After 3,6 month ha ve found that t he patients was satisfied with the treatment in mastication ,lip protrude, heigh tened basifacial part and esthetics.Conclusion: To patients with seriously defe ctive in teeth and jaw caused by ectodermal dysplasia, conventional removable de nture can not get enough retention, so that implant supported denture could achi eve satisfactory effects. [


The following Armenian text of Athanasius's Letter to Epictetus is found in two manuscripts of the Mechitarists at Vienna: A. Cod. 629, ff. 66a–73b, 19th century, notragir, copied from an 18th century archetype at Ispahan. B. Cod. 648, ff. 102b–105b, paper, 14th century, bolorgir, without word division and badly worm-eaten. The version is different from that published by Tajezi, and belongs to an Armenian corpus of Athanasian writings compiled early in the eighth century. I have added a collation with Ludwig's edition of the Greek, but have deliberately refrained from discussing at length its relation to other textual authorities.


In this work, based on the double cylindrical wave holographic interference method, a broadband chirped volume Bragg grating (CVBG) in photo-thermo-refractive glass (PTR) has been fabricated and studied, which has a diffraction bandwidth of about 23.8 nm. The transmittance and diffraction efficiency (DE) of the prepared CVBG were measured. The results showed that the DE and refractive index modulation (RIM) of the CVBG samples increased first and then decreased with the increase of the heat treatment time. And the transmittance of all samples decreased, indicating that the losses (sum of absorption and scattering) of the samples increased. It was found that the absorption coefficients of all samples did not exceed 0.1cm-1 even after prolonged heating, and the scattering losses accounted for the main part losses of the CVBG. Then, the thermostatic duration of the sample was shorter during heat treatment at the first time, the starting point of the RIM of CVBG became higher, which is expected to obtain higher RIM and DE of the CVBG in the subsequent heat development process. Although increasing the dose of UV exposure can reduce the losses of the CVBG, it is not conducive to the improvement of the RIM and DE of the CVBG. Therefore, we have made restrictions on both the dose of UV exposure and the duration of heat treatment. Finally, based on the fundamental matrix (F-matrix) method, the influence of the key structural parameters of the CVBG on its diffraction characteristics was analyzed, and a guidance scheme for making high-efficiency CVBG was proposed.


Due to its simplicity and the ability for dimensional reduction, linear discriminant analysis (LDA) is considered as a classical classification algorithm and has been applied in many applications. Its properties and performance under various circumstances have been well studied in literature. However, for a new data input, although the algorithm is able to provide a decision about which class the new data most likely belongs, no information about the quality of the result is provided. This information is of great importance, especially for data in the boundary region where the result is more likely altered, or in the situation when multiple classification results disagree. In this paper, a statistical method of bootstrap sampling is applied for the purpose of providing an uncertainty for the result from the LDA algorithm. Using Bayesian inference, uncertainty associated with the posteriori probability of the classification result is derived. Numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate our analysis and to show the effectiveness of our proposed method.


Gray matching is an important technology in remote sensing image processing. Although this method has high precision, it requires a long computation time because of computation-intensiveness. To solve this problem, this paper introduced the parallel strategy of image gray matching. It implemented the normalized product correlation algorithm based on MPI and OpenCV to validate the performance of parallism. The experimental results show that it obtains good speedup and parallel efficiency of greater than 1, indicating that the proposed method can significantly improve the efficiency of remote sensing image processing.


Abstract Mixed gel electrolytes were fabricated chemically at a temperature range of 2–5°C using some additives comparing with traditional electrolytes (1.26 g/cm3 H2SO4). The polyacrylamide (PAM) content is kept constant (0.2 wt%), while the propylene glycol (PPG) and nano fumed silica (NFS) contents varied. The material characteristics of samples were assessed by physical appearance observation, electrochemical measurements, and physicochemical methods. The results showed that a hard gel without separation of solutions was found in the case using a PAM/PPG/NFS ternary additive (0.2/0.1/0.6 wt%). The morphological structure (<50 nm) of mixed gel electrolytes was in the range of nanometer. The gas release on the PbSb electrode was strongly inhibited (92.2–93.7% for O2 and ∼55% for H2 at the 120th cycle), which will both contributes to reducing the pressure as well as limiting water loss in the sealed lead acid battery, compared with that in the sulfuric acid medium.


A cross-sectional study was conducted from October, 2014 to April, 2015 at Gondar Elfora Abattoir, North Gondar zone, Amhara National Regional State, with the objectives of to assess the prevalence of rumen and reticulum foreign bodies, identify types of foreign bodies and associated risk factors for the occurrences of foreign bodies. Both antemortem and postmortem examinations were employed to examine the live animal and for the recovery of foreign body from rumen and reticulum after slaughter respectively. The study animals were selected by using simple random sampling method from the total slaughtered animals. From the total of 500 male animals examined, 74 (14.8%) were found positive for the occurrence of indigestible foreign bodies in rumen and reticulum. Berrie et al., World J. Biol. Med. Science Volume 2 (4), 133-150, 2015 134 From 446local breed examined 55 (12.33%) and 54 cross breed examined 19 (35.18%) were found Positive respectively. The types of foreign bodies were detected nails, wires, plastics, leathers, clothes and ropes. From these plastics35 (42.3%), rope21 (28.4%), cloth18 (24.3%), nail16 (21.6%), wire5 (6.7%) and leather 2(2.7%) were more frequently encountered of the positive cases respectively. Prevalence of foreign body occurrence recorded comparing with in age young 5 (4.95%), adult 37 (13.5%) and old32 (25.6%) from the total examined animals 101, 274and 125respectively. While the prevalence rate recorded within association of body condition were poor 29(39.72%), medium32 (11.47%) andgood13 (8.7%) from total examined animal73, 279 and 148respectively, Poor body condition and old animals were more affected. From the total prevalence74 (14.8%), 51(68.9%), 14(18.9%) and9 (12.2%) were observed fromrumen, reticulum and rumen and reticulum respectively and rumen harbored mostly plastic materials while reticulum was the major site for the retention of metallic objects. These aforementioned factors are considered as potential risk factors and found highly significantly associated (p < 0.05) with the occurrence of foreign bodies. In conclusion, detection of the foreign bodies in fore stomach suggested as health risk to ruminants and contributes a lot for reduced production. Therefore, appropriate solid waste disposal system need to implement in the study area to prevent health risk of ruminants and also to protect the environment.


Means having a light transmitting member (1) are provided on a substrate (2): a light emitting device (3), a driving circuit for driving the light emitting device (3), the sensing device (optical detection device) (5), from the above light emitting device (3) is conducted to the photosensitive means (5) in the light-guiding path (waveguide) 4, an amplifier circuit (6), wiring (electric wiring) (7), a circuit (8). (Light signal) from the light emitting device (3) via the light-guiding path (4) (5) a photosensitive sensing device, photoelectric conversion. Electrical signals from the sensing device (5) are amplified by the amplifying circuit (6), via the wiring (7) an input circuit (8). Circuit (8) operates based on the electric signal.


Bao, Shengli. A Comparison of Two Algorithms for Clearing Multi-unit Bid Double Auctions. (Under the direction of Peter R. Wurman) Auctions have rapidly achieved a prominent position as an online revenue model. As the number and diversity of participants grow, the complexity of choosing an efficient allocation mechanism for a specific situation increases. One aspect of running online auctions is the algorithms used by the auction server to manage bids. In this paper, we present two algorithms. We discuss how these two algorithms expedite the negotiations between buyers and sellers and under which situations they can achieve an efficient allocation for goods and services. A COMPARISON OF TWO ALGORITHMS FOR CLEARING MULTI-UNIT BID DOUBLE AUCTIONS


This experiment was conducted on a duck case with egg drop by pathological anatomy,histology,electron microscopy and RT-PCR methods.The dead ducks manifested with grossly swollen spleens and ovarian theca hemorrhage and rupture.The pathological analysis showed severe fatty degeneration of liver cells and reduced spleen lymphocytes.No bacteria were isolated from samples,but the samples were positive for flavivirus by RT-PCR.Electron microscopic observation revealed that the virion was 40 to 60 nm in diameter.An expected DNA fragment of 360 bp was obtained in RT-PCR detection for NS5 gene of flavivirus.Sequence analysis revealed that the virus was most closely related to Bagaza virus(BAGV) in Ntaya virus group of Flavivirus.


0.68 A, 02= 1.32 J~, the spacing below which puckering can be expected is 4.00 ,~. In an examinat ion of the s tructural t ransit ions of N a N b 0 a and its solid solutions with K-NbOa, Cd0.sNb0a, and Pb05Nb0a (Francombe & Lewis, 1957) it was found tha t the temperature at which the mult iple uni t cell becomes single varies with composition from above 800 ° C. to below room temperature. The lattice spacing at this temperature, which m a y be called the puckering transition temperature, was in each case found to be close to 3.94/~. In AgNb0a and AgTaO3 the corresponding experimental values are 3.96 .h and 3-95 h., respectively. Ferroelectric or antiferroelectric effects appear to p lay only a minor role in the s tructural t ransit ions of AgNbO 3. One criterion by which ferroelectric properties can be judged in the perovskite structures is the discontinuous nature of the Curie-point structure transit ion. Thus when unit-cell parameters are plotted against temperature, for substances like BaTi0a cr K-NbO3 which are strongly ferroelectric, or PbZr03 which is antiferroelectric, a very sharp discont inui ty is apparent at the Curie temperature. KNb08 shows a sudden l inear distortion of 1-6% at the Curie temperature (Shirane et al., 1954) associated with a spontaneous polarization of 26 #C.cm. -9 (Triebwasser & Halpern, 1955). For AgNb0a the discontinuous change of fl from 90 ° to 90 ° 15' at 325 ° C. corresponds to a l inear distortion of 0.2%, and the spontaneous polarization observed is also small. Wi th AgTa0a the structure t ransi t ion at 370 ° C. is comparat ively smooth and this probably indicates the absence of ferroelectricity. In this connection it is notable tha t the effect of AgTa0a in solid solution with AgNbOa is to lower the measured values of permitt ivi ty. In AgTa0a the changes in structure observed at high temperatures probably arise almost ent irely from ionic packing effects.


The mixing of the excited states of an atom with the ionization continuum is considered by a modification of Fano's theory of autoionization. It is shown that in the case of the noble gases this leads to a reduction of the threshold power-law index K from I/\hbar\omega to E_{n}/\hbar\omega (where I is the ionization energy, E n the lowest excited state energy, and \hbar\omega the photon energy) as found experimentally.


Moody and Darken (1989) proposed a network architecture which uses a single internal layer of locally-tuned processing units to learn real-valued function approximations. The network can be reinterpreted as both neural networks and fuzzy rules. Hence, we call it neuro-fuzzy and proposes method of geophysical computerized tomography. The line integrals of Gaussian radial basis functions can be obtained in a simple manner and the spatial distribution is calculated from the line integrals along rays in a plane. With this method, detailed pictures of the spatial distribution of attenuation or propagation velocity can be reconstructed from a small number of measured data.


Carpe Diem is considered to be an eternal theme in English literature. Being pervasively spread through all ages, it is indeed of universal significance, reflecting one of the important philosophical issues of human world. Albeit this phrase was first created by Horace in ancient Rome, it has greatly influenced the renaissance poetry and the metaphysical poetry of the 17th century. This paper sets out to analyze different representations of Carpe Diem or its variations in various literary forms, namely, poetry, fiction and even film. After these contemplations it is safe to say that the connotation of this theme is the concrete reflection of positive philosophy of life, rather than the seemingly negative ways of living life in common sense. Carpe Diem plays its due significance in the conflicts between human studies and theology, secularism and afterlife, feudalism and humanism in the history of human thoughts.


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While it is well established that outdoor air pollution is harmful to human health, less attention has been paid to indoor air pollution. Scientific evidences point out that various indoor air pollutants are responsible for or exacerbate respiratory diseases, allergies and certain type of cancers. Furthermore, people spend the vast majority of their time indoors, particularly at home so that the appropriate management of indoor air quality in homes is essential to live a healthy life. The main objective of this study is to investigate ways to maintain healthy indoor air in homes. In order to achieve this goal, current regulations and policies for indoor air quality management for homes were analyzed, compared with those of foreign country, and then the improvement directions were suggested. Also, a survey of 1,032 adults living in Seoul was carried out to assess public perception and management behavior of indoor air pollution at home. The findings indicate that most people have a great interest in indoor air quality in homes, but do not know correctly what causes indoor air pollution at homes and take active, correct actions to remove indoor air pollution. Moreover, over 40% of participants said that they have used aromatics to improve indoor air quality. Many of participants selected bad smell and stench as major sources of indoor air pollution. However, many did not realize that building materials, furniture and consumer products such as cleaning products, aromatics and air fresheners can be major sources of indoor air pollution. From the survey results, the need for the government to provide public education programs for indoor air quality management at homes was greatly raised. Lastly, considering that indoor air quality of homes of low-income families is worse than that of average-income families, the home characteristics of low-income families in Seoul and issues of the home repair program in which the government has been actively supporting for the well-being of low-income family were investigated. A revised approach for the home repair program was suggested in order to improve indoor air quality as well as energy efficiency in homes of low-income families.


This article reviews Passionate Minds: The great love affair of the Enlightenment, featuring the scientist Emilie du Châtelet, the poet Voltaire, sword fights, book burnings, assorted kings, seditious verse, and the birth of the modern world by David Bodanis . 373 pp. plus 8 plates. Crown, New York, 2006. Price: $24.95 ISBN 0-307-23720-6.


Tuberculosis is an airborne infection that impairs lung function, and people with low immunity and other medical conditions are the most vulnerable. The disease progresses slowly, with symptoms appearing only in the advanced stages, followed by a lengthy therapeutic regimen and, finally, a long list of side effects. Some patients may not complete the course or may fall behind over time. This could lead to multi-drug resistance, which would make the treatment more challenging. Ayurvedic remedies have been shown in such cases to integrate with the body's natural environment and, according to many recent studies, significantly cut mortality rates. The key reason for the growing popularity of ayurvedic medicine is the lower toxicity study and lack of side effects when partnered with allopathic medications. This review covers a brief history of the disease, its mode of action, and its symptoms, but the main focus is on ayurvedic herbs and their anti-tubercular properties. The purpose of this review is to highlight research findings on anti-tubercular plants and their anti-tubular action, as well as the chemical constituents of these plants.


A Type Ia supernova explosion likely begins as a nuclear runaway near the center of a carbon-oxygen white dwarf. The outward propagating flame is unstable to the Landau-Darrieus, Rayleigh-Taylor, and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, which serve to accelerate it to a large fraction of the speed of sound. We investigate the Rayleigh-Taylor unstable flame at the transition from the flamelet regime to the distributed-burning regime, around densities of 10 g cm, through detailed, fully resolved simulations. A low Mach number, adaptive mesh hydrodynamics code is used to achieve the necessary resolution and long time scales. As the density is varied, we see a fundamental change in the character of the burning—at the low end of the density range the Rayleigh-Taylor instability dominates the burning, whereas at the high end the burning suppresses the instability. In all cases, significant acceleration of the flame is observed, limited only by the size of the domain we are able to study. We discuss the implications of these results on the potential for a deflagration to detonation transition. Subject headings: supernovae: general — white dwarfs — hydrodynamics — nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances — conduction — methods: numerical


The Gunung Tangkuban Perahu (a tale of the Mountain of Upset Boat), which is also known as The Tale of Sang Kuriang, is a typical Oedipal story in Indonesia and attracts international attention as a classical case of folklore studies. This paper uses the structuralist morphological method to investigate the narrative structure of the tale. The binary oppositions of the mytheme, the transformation of the scenes and the change of the binary structure are given a detailed analysis. In this way, the relationship between humans and animals are explored.


Abstract : A shift in the acid-base equilibrium of the organism toward the acid or alkaline side evokes the mobilization of lead, even in healthy persons. The activation of lead is greater toward the acid side than toward the alkaline. On acid days, the movement of chlorine and lead is found to be uniform, while the decrease in chlorine is matched by an increase in lead on basic days, leading to the assumption that the mobilization of lead represents a function of the change in pH. Acid as well as basic days yield concentrations of lead in excess of the norm. It is significant in the daily profile of the acid days that the highest values of lead coincide with the lowest position of the curve representing carbonic acid fixation. These tests have shown how readily the hemal lead content is changed by relatively trifling operations, even in lead-free persons. For the practical evaluation of the level of hemal lead, this circumstance reveals that 'increased' values do not necessarily reflect a plumbic disease, but may be an expression of corresponding mutrition or therapy.


Performance variation is one of the primary concerns in nanometer-scale dynamic CMOS circuits. This performance variation is worse in circuits with multiple timing paths such as those used in microprocessors. In this paper, a Process Variation-aware Transistor (PVT) sizing algorithm is proposed, which is capable of significantly reducing worst-case delay, delay uncertainty, and delay sensitivity to process variations in dynamic CMOS circuits. The proposed algorithm is based on identifying the significance of all timing paths in the design, increasing the sizes of transistors that appear in most number of paths to reduce delays of most paths. In parallel, it minimizes the channel load by reducing the size of transistors in the interacting paths, which will lead to a power saving. Additional advantages in this algorithm include its simplicity, accuracy, independent of the transistor order, and initial sizing factors. Using 90 nm CMOS process, the proposed algorithm has demonstrated an average improvement in worst-case delay by 36.9%, delay uncertainty by 44.1%, delay sensitivity by 19.8%, and power-delay-product by 35.3% when compared to their initial performances.


Intelligent speed adaptation (ISA) systems are incorporated here into microscopic traffic models; Gipps' car-following model is discussed and the appropriate model parameters that need to be modified and additional ones that may need to be introduced are investigated. Driver behaviour under three different functionalities of ISA, namely informative, warning and intervening, is investigated through a driver simulator experiment. The impact of ISA systems on driver behaviour is a complex matter because it varies both among drivers and under different scenarios. The main parameters that capture the 'reaction' to the system are identified and are quantified through model parameters. These are driver speed, acceleration, deceleration, reaction time and effective size of the vehicle, and are estimated following the analysis of the simulator data. The resulting values confirm the necessity of parameter modification. The analysis performed for the incorporation of ISA into the traffic model indicated that a prerequisite of successful implementation is a deep understanding of the model parameters and dynamics.


The article covers the problem of protection of children from negative information, emphasizing international standards and international experience on counter and control of information which can be harmful to the child's health and development. The analyses is given to international documents on the protection of children from the negative information, their characteristics and features. The need for a universal international convention containing methods and tools for cooperation in the sphere of protection of children from information that can be harmful to their health and development is stressed and justified. The research demonstrates burning problems of legal regulation of children protection from negative information and suggests solutions of the problem.


The thermal history of a material with initially filled trap states has been probed using the thermoluminescence of microparticle sensors. Mg2SiO4∶Tb,Co particles with two thermoluminescence peaks have been heated using microheaters over a 230°C to 310°C range for durations of less than 200ms. The effect of maximum temperature during excitation on the intensity ratio of the peaks is compared with first-order kinetics theory and shown to match within an average error of 4.4%.


Effectively analyzing literature can be challenging for those unfamiliar with studies from rapidly evolving research fields. Previous studies have shown that incorporating primary literature promotes scientific literacy and critical thinking skills. ABSTRACT Effectively analyzing literature can be challenging for those unfamiliar with studies from rapidly evolving research fields. Previous studies have shown that incorporating primary literature promotes scientific literacy and critical thinking skills. We've used collaborative note-taking and annotation of peer-reviewed articles to increase student engagement with course content and primary literature. Participants annotate articles using the web-annotation tool Hypothes.is and have access to comments from their peers. Groups are then assigned to summarize the annotations and findings, posting a synthesis for the course's Hypothes.is group. In parallel, students contribute to common notes. The instructor generates a weekly video discussing the student notes. The goal of these activities is to foster an environment of open annotation and co-creation of knowledge to aid in studying for deeper learning. Compiled notes can be used to create an open educational resource (OER). The OER provides an entry point for future students and the public. Based on the evaluation of annotations, notes, and assessments, we conclude that these activities encourage student engagement and achievement of learning outcomes while raising awareness of the importance of open and collaborative practices.


CONTEXT
Severe osteodystrophy is common in patients with liver dysfunction. Markers of bone metabolism may help in early diagnosis of osteodystrophy and in understanding underlying pathophysiological mechanisms.

OBJECTIVE
To elucidate changes in bone metabolism associated with cirrhosis and to determine the route of elimination for the markers.

DESIGN
Case-control study.

SETTING
Public university hospital.

PATIENTS
Fifty-nine patients with cirrhosis (47 alcoholic and 12 non-alcoholic cirrhosis), 20 controls.

INTERVENTIONS
Participants underwent catheterization of the femoral artery, and the hepatic, kidney and femoral veins with collection of blood from all four sites.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Regional arterio-venous differences in concentrations of bone metabolism markers were determined: procollagen of type I collagen propeptide (PINP), C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX), osteocalcin (OC), tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase isoform 5b (TRAcP5b), osteoprotegerin (OPG), and sclerostin and correlated with degree of disease (Child-Pugh Classification).

RESULTS
PINP concentration was higher (median: 87.9 µg/L) in patients with cirrhosis than in controls (52.6 µg/L)(p=0.001), while hepatic extraction was lower 4.3% vs. 14.5% (p<0.001). Both CTX and TRAcP5b were higher in cirrhotic patients (340 ng/L and 3.20 U/L) than in controls (215 ng/L and 1.60 U/L)(p<0.001 and p<0.0001). Hepatic sclerostin extraction was lower in cirrhotics (14.6%) than in controls (28.7%)(p<0.0001). In both groups OPG showed a hepatic release rate (production) of 6%.

CONCLUSIONS
Patients with cirrhosis have increased bone resorption, but unaltered bone formation. Sclerostin is eliminated through the liver while OPG is produced in the liver. Bone markers may prove useful in evaluating bone turnover in cirrhosis patients.


SUMMARY The production system has been used extensively in Artificial Intelligence systems due, possibly, to a lack of a prior procedural orientation towards the knowledge embedded within it. As a result, this paradigm is especially useful in modeling domains in which a strong procedural correlation of data would not naturally appear. The production system is therefore an appropriate tool for designing models of systems of independent processes whose interactions can be defined in terms of system state. We are interested in modeling continuous, concurrent processes for simulating robot activities, and present a description of a system which is capable of representing such processes as symbolic expressions within a production system database. This system implements a world model which acts as a continuous function of time, and a set of rules written in a language capable of specifying time-dependent properties of the model. In addition, rules may specify new rules, thus permitting processes to be mapped out over time as sequences of events. The methodology presented in this paper is an attempt to utilize the power of symbolic programming in a design for world modeling, and a characterization of the requirements for applying such systems to problem domains which contain a continuous parameter, such as time. We believe that the technique of embedding time used here is appropriate for expressing the dynamic evolution of these models.


The concept of a 'reasonable royalty', a relatively unknown concept in our law, has recently been introduced in South African legislation as a civil remedy for the infringement of intellectual property rights. In this article, an attempt is made to determine the ambit of the remedy. After sketching the South African position, similar provisions in English and American law are analysed, both to determine possible developments in South Africa and to assess problems experienced in implementing the remedy elsewhere so as to avoid them in South Africa.


Achieving quality education refers us to education that must be inclusive and equitable, emphasizing the value of differences in order to improve teaching and learning experiences. But, there are still many who suffer processes of exclusion in school; those who have dyslexia make up a group damaged by poorly welcoming practices and center cultures. The present study is oriented to analyze the barriers that hinder their learning and the sequels that produce. From a biographical-narrative methodological approach, the voices of families, through the interview, reveal that there are multiple obstacles that, beyond problematizing the progress of their sons and daughters, harm their self-concept and self-esteem. The results show as main barriers those related to the lack of efficient school-family communication, classroom methodologies that by their nature magnify the difficulties in reading and writing impacting on learning, and the emotional impact produced by the absence of responses to the needs of students with dyslexia. Making these barriers visible is a commitment to the right to quality education for and with all in compulsory education.


Rhabdomyolysis without renal failure was noted after suicidal ingestion of 29 tablets of Spalt N containing 7.25 g of acetaminophen, 7.25 g of phenazone and 1.45 g of caffeine by a 29 year-old weighing 73 kg. The maximum serum creatine kinase was 1920 U/L, serum myoglobins were 49 to 167 ng/mL. Acetaminophen, phenazone and caffeine were quantified and identified in serum by gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. It is suggested that rhabdomyolysis might have been caused by caffeine.


In the paper some bounds are proved for the mean waising time in reany server queues, especially in M/G/s queues which are more precise than those of KINGMAL and BRUMELLE. For M/G/s queues bounds are given for the probility that an arriving customor has to loss probility in G/M/s loss systems using a semi-ordering relation.


We study how Medicaid drug procurement rules affect private markets, leveraging new data and changes to rules implemented in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Using a stylized model, we illustrate how the rules of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) qualitatively distorts pricing and innovation outcomes. Consistent with previous literature, the model predicts that larger mandatory rebates cause firms to set higher initial list prices. However, after factoring in the MDRP's inflation penalty and "best price" provisions, the model predicts that higher Medicaid rebates reduce list price growth, increase private market rebates, and can even encourage higher quality line extensions. We test these predictions using a difference-in-difference analysis that exploits an increase in the minimum Medicaid rebate implemented as part of the ACA. Our empirical results are consistent with the predictions of the model and provide a more nuanced view of the impact of mandatory rebate size on private drug market outcomes. ∗We would like to thank Heidi Williams for providing detailed comments and feedback, as well as participants to various seminars and lunches at UNC. We also want to thank Richard Evans and Scott Hinds at SSR Health for sharing their data and providing additional feedback. The research was supported by the National Institute on Aging, Grant Number T32-AG000186. †email@example.com ‡firstname.lastname@example.com §email@example.com


In the past, the presence of ammonium bisulfide (NH{sub 4}HS) or ammonium chloride (NH{sub 4}Cl) in hydrotreater stripper overheads was relatively rare. However, designs of newer units and revamps to older units, are resulting in corrosive levels of NH{sub 4}HS or NH{sub 4}Cl in overhead systems. This is primarily due to the addition of a hot high pressure separator (HHPS) with the bottoms going directly (or through another separator) to the stripper. This paper presents data on one corrosion case history in detail, a summary of another case history reported in Retln-Cor 3.0 and the results of a brief survey targeted to units with HHPS designs. Some correlations of the process conditions to the severity of corrosion are made based on the survey results, and recommended materials selection and other corrosion control methods to minimize the risk of this problem are given.


This paper is concerned with the ergodic subspaces of the state spaces of isolated quantum systems. We prove a new ergodic theorem for closed quantum systems which shows that the equilibrium state of the system takes the form of a grand canonical density matrix involving a complete commuting set of observables including the Hamiltonian. The result obtained, which is derived for a generic finite-dimensional quantum system, shows that the equilibrium state arising from unitary evolution is always expressible in the canonical form, without the consideration of a system-bath decomposition.


The parasitoid wasp Dinocampus coccinellae has been reported to parasitise adult, pupal and larval coccinellids. Field samples of larvae and pupae of Coccinella septempunctata, collected over 13 years in Britain, have failed to reveal any infected pre-imaginal individuals. The parasitisation rates of D. coccinellae into pre-imaginal and adult C. septempunctata were assessed in both choice and no-choice tests. Observations and test results revealed that British D. coccinellae have a strong preference to oviposit in adult coccinellids rather than larvae or pupae. This preference decreases as wasps age if denied oviposition opportunities.


Scalable distributed dataflow systems have recently experienced widespread adoption, with commodity dataflow engines such as Hadoop and Spark, and even commodity SQL engines routinely supporting increasingly sophisticated analytics tasks (e.g., support vector machines, logistic regression, collaborative filtering). However, these systems' synchronous (often Bulk Synchronous Parallel) dataflow execution model is at odds with an increasingly important trend in the machine learning community: the use of asynchrony via shared, mutable state (i.e., data races) in convex programming tasks, which has---in a single-node context---delivered noteworthy empirical performance gains and inspired new research into asynchronous algorithms. In this work, we attempt to bridge this gap by evaluating the use of lightweight, asynchronous state transfer within a commodity dataflow engine. Specifically, we investigate the use of asynchronous sideways information passing (ASIP) that presents single-stage parallel iterators with a Volcano-like intra-operator iterator that can be used for asynchronous information passing. We port two synchronous convex programming algorithms, stochastic gradient descent and the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM), to use ASIPs. We evaluate an implementation of ASIPs within on Apache Spark that exhibits considerable speedups as well as a rich set of performance trade-offs in the use of these asynchronous algorithms.


Research has shown that poverty is a greater predictor of educational disparities than race, despite the national focus on racial disparities. Further, living in disadvantaged neighborhoods that are characterized by qualities such as high poverty and unemployment can place a double burden on already poor students, further undermining educational achievement and future success. Neighborhood disadvantage is linked to a range of poor academic outcomes, yet only recently has research begun to explore the processes underlying the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and these outcomes. Drawing on ecological theory, the following study proposes to examine how multiple settings relate to student outcomes. Given the importance of schools on student outcomes and the lack of attention given to schools in the neighborhood literature, this study will examine how school climate and school type relate to neighborhoods and student outcomes. Specifically, this study proposes that neighborhood disadvantage is associated with poor academic outcomes (11 th grade GPA and postsecondary educational attainment) and that this relationship is mediated by school climate (academic climate, school order, and the condition of school facilities). Thus, the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and student outcomes will be explained by school climates that undermine learning among students within these neighborhoods. Further, this study proposes that school choice disrupts neighborhood processes by providing access to schools with positive climates that support student learning, thereby alleviating the indirect effects of poverty on student outcomes. This study draws on data from the Education Longitudinal


Libya, the fourth-largest country in Africa, is to the north of and along the Mediterranean Sea. Both Egypt and Tunisia border Libya to the east and west, respectively. Tripoli is the largest city and capital. Libya's total population is close to 7 million, and the life expectancy at birth for males and females is over 70 years of age (World Bank n.d.). Libya's mental health system has long been considered inefficient and inadequate for the needs of the last few decades (El Oakley et al. 2013) and going through a civil war has not made things any better. The prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) ranged from 4.3% to 58.6% for depression and 8.8% to 56% for anxiety (Abdulshafea et al. 2021). Thousands of Libyans need treatment for mental health issues – more than ever before (Arie 2011) – and the risks and pressures associated with the civil war have also significantly affected the health care workers (Elhadi et al. 2021). In the past, access to mental health care was only available at government funded hospital settings, without many community outreach services providing psychological support (El-Badri 2013). Residents of the smaller cities and rural communities, therefore, often struggle to access mental health services. Currently, Libya has two major public mental health institutions, Alrazi Psychiatric Hospital, located in the capital city of Tripoli, and Ali Alrui'i Psychiatric Hospital, which is in Benghazi (Abuazza 2013). Ali Alrui'i is formerly known as Benghazi Psychiatric Hospital, renamed after the Libyan legend of psychiatry, Dr Ali Alrui'i, in 2020 after his death. There are two other psychiatry departments in Tripoli, one at Tripoli Central Hospital in Shara' Azzawya Street and one at the National Centre for Disease Control in Gurgi Street. There are four separate outpatient psychiatric centres in the cities of Alkufra, Misrata, Sebha, and Zentan, all of which are government funded. Libya has seen a growth in private


ABSTRACT Mental illness (MI) stigma is a major source of psychological distress for postsecondary students. The present study examined whether the associations between MI stigma and psychological health were influenced by adaptive and maladaptive coping. Seventy-eight university students with documented mental health concerns (17–26 years of age; 80% female) completed self-report measures on coping, internalized stigma, well-being, and depressive symptomatology. Multiple mediation models tested the indirect effect of coping in the relation between internalized stigma and well-being. Maladaptive coping fully mediated the association between stigma and distress, while adaptive coping fully mediated the relation between stigma and well-being. Whereas maladaptive coping strategies may be reinforcing psychological distress, adaptive coping may be helpful in effectively managing stigma-related stress while enhancing well-being.


Macht and Lubin have called attention first in these Proceedings and again in a more extensive publication appearing elsewhere to the remarkable phytopharmacological properties of menotoxin, the toxin present in the blood and other secretions of women at the beginning of menstruation. It was pointed out that while this toxin was extremely poisonous for plant protoplasm it was comparatively very little poisonous for animal tissues, although differences in toxicity between normal and menstrual blood for animals have been found. This difference between the phytopharmacological and zoöpharmacological actions of menotoxin were shown to hold for microscopic organisms as well. Thus menstrual serum was quite toxic for bacteria such as B. coli which are generally classed with plants on the one hand, and the same serum was but slightly toxic for trypano-somes which are more closely related to animals, such as the flagellates, on the other. In this connection it was interesting to inquire into the toxicity of menotoxin for spermatozoa. Fresh and actively motile spermatozoa were obtained from men and the effect of various toxins was studied on the same in hanging drop preparations. It was found that menstrual serum was not more toxic for spermatazoa than normal serum. The authors made further studies on the effect of various chemicals which seem to be closely related to menotoxin. As has been pointed out by Macht and Lubin, menotoxin exhibits chemical and pharmacological properties resembling oxycholesterol on the one hand, and the bile acids on the other hand. Experiments were made with emulsions of oxycholesterol in normal serum, with solutions of cholic acid and other closely related chemicals. It was found that neither oxycholesterol nor cholic acids had any marked toxic effect on spermatazoa. The results obtained with these various substances agreed with the findings in the case of menstrual serum and further substantiate the close relationship between the chemical nature of nienotoxin on the one hand and oxycholesterol and cholic acid on the other hand.


Over the last years, principals in schools have had to contend with numerous governmental regulations that change with each passing year. The change from instruction based on concepts to instruction based on standards to instruction based on student performance has created a need for principals to utilize data in ever-increasing forms. Both federal and state standards require schools and school divisions to look at subgroup data to determine if they are meeting the needs of all students based on student performance data. Principals are asked to compile, analyze, share, and extrapolate data to meet the more rigorous standards each year. This study examined principals' self-perceptions on their value and competency of data use. The study utilized the Torrence (2002) survey on principals' self-perceptions on data use to gather information on the self-perceptions of principals' value of data and self-perceptions on competency of using data. The study employed a mixed research approach by collecting both quantitative and qualitative data through the Torrence (2002) survey via Surveymonkey.com. Data was analyzed using descriptive and correlation analyses. The finding of the study indicated that principals in the designated school division believed that their level of competency correlated to the value they placed on data. The overwhelming majority of principals value data to help guide their individual schools; however, their level of competency in using data is limited to their experiences and level of professional development in using statistics and statistical programs. Time was the biggest inhibitor to principals' effective use and analysis of data within the school division.


This paper describes four microwave filter configurations that have been recently developed over the past five years. These are a direct coupled cavity waveguide filter, an internally- coupled hairpin-line filter, a meander-gap hairpin line filter and a three-element parallel-coupled filter.


WITH REFERENCE TO DRAVIDIAN CIVILISATION D. Balaganapathi Assistant Professor of Philosophy Dravidian University, Kuppam 517 425 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com History is, minimally, three things: what happened in the past, what people believe happened in the past and what historians say happened in the past. Historiography is largely about the second and third of these definitions of history. It is in this sense an adventure in the history of ideas, the study of how a subject has been written about, how trends and interests in research have changed, how public events, world affairs and so simple a matter as the opening of an archive shapes the way in which writers explore the past. Historiography is also about how and why a people have come to comprehend themselves in a certain way. Historiography is thus more than the record of what has been written. It is also the examination of why a body of writing has taken the shape it has. Robin W Winks:1999:xiii This paper attempts to give a critical appraisal of Professor Suresh Chandra's views on Historiography of Civilization with reference to Dravidian Civilization. "Historiography of Indian Civilization: Harappans, Dravidians, Aryans and Gandhi's freedom struggle" (published in JICPR June 1996) and "Demythologizing History: Dravidians in Relation to Harappans and the Aryans" (presented in the seminar on Dravidian Philosophy organized by Dravidian University, Kuppam) are the two significant works which are devoted to Historiography of civilization by Prof. Suresh Chandra. This paper mainly confines to the first article since the second one, as the author himself stated, is an offshoot of the first.


With concentrated leakage passages linearized and the locations parameterized,a temperature analytic formula for multi-passage leakage is established.The optimum solution to locations of leakage passages is got by use of inverse analysis.In case study,the two-dimensional temperature detection model for linear leakage passages is set up by simplification.Firstly,the location of single concentrated-leakage passage is calculated by optimization.If the SSE is less than the specific value,the calculation is terminated.Otherwise,the location of the next concentrated-leakage passage is calculated and so on until the SSE is small enough.Two intense-leakage passages are located and three slight-leakage passages are roughly located at the left abutment of Douhe Reservoir in this calculation.The proposed method is more accurate than the qualitative investigation such as isotopic tracer.It indicates that the method is effective that the leakage loss of water in Douhe Reservoir distinctly decreases after the abutment is repaired.


"Pride and Prejudice" is the masterpiece of Jane Austen. In "Pride and Prejudice", she gives us the description of the leisure country life in Britain by describing the ordinary middle class there vividly. Moreover, through a deep writing style, she presents us the different views on marriage in order to make us know that a happy marriage should be based on love and understanding.


This dissertation introduces a proposal of teaching intervention aimed at improving the
oral skills of students in the fourth year of compulsory secondary education in Spain
through Service Learning. This didactic unit seeks to attain the objectives and contents
for the development of oral comprehension and expression prescribed in the official
curriculum of advanced English for students of English as a foreign language in the
fourth year of bilingual compulsory secondary education through raising awareness of
plastic pollution and encouraging the active participation of students in their
community. To that end, several sessions and activities, based primarily on the practice
of oral skills, have been designed and developed. These activities lead to a final
presentation about the management of plastic waste and to the collection of plastic bottle
caps for Fundacion Seur, which recycles them to raise money for children in need of
special or expensive medical treatment. Service Learning provides a real context of
solidarity for significant learning. Furthermore, collaborative learning is needed for the
successful completion of the unit, which will, in turn, foster students' communicative
competence.


This chapter gives a brief overview of the current terrain of abortion debate in the UK, covering calls for decriminalisation as well as debates on sex-selection, disability and pre-abortion counselling. It argues that the classic image of abortion politics as a war between 'pro-life' and 'pro-choice' actors cannot adequately accommodate these recent developments – nor does it fit with how abortion debates have actually unfolded in Britain historically. Instead, it offers an interpretation of abortion law as resting on a coalition between government and medical actors formed to govern women's reproductive decisions. The chapter closes with an overview of the book.


The present invention provides an absorbent core for a disposable absorbent article, the absorbent material having a basis weight variation across the absorbent core.


In 1974 Turnbull proposed the nonparametric MLE of the distributionfunction with incomplete data which may be censored either from above or below.This estimator is also self-consistent.When the data are grouped,we showed thatthe distribution function of interest and the distribution functions of the two censor-ing variables satisfy an equation system.By studying the uniqueness of the solutionof this equation system,we proved the strong consistency of the Turnbull estima-tor.We also proved the asymptotic normality and the law of the iterated logarithm,and have given the matrix representation of the asymptotic covariance matrix andthe accurate upper bounds of the convergence rate in the law of the iterated loga-rithm.


Objective To observe the rehabilitation of different acupuncture programs on spastic paralysis after cerebrovascular disorder.Methods 105 cases of spastic paralysis after stroke were randomly divided into an rehibitation group,an acupoint penetration group and an body acupuncture group with 35 cases in every group,They were all treated with basic rehabilitation.The body acupuncture group was added with body acupuncture,and the acupoint penetration group was added with penetration acupuncture.The therapeutic effects were observed every 15 days for 2 times.Results There were no significant differences in Barthel(BI) integral calculus prior to treatment for the three groups(P0.05);and there were significant differences after the treatment(P0.05); There were no significant differences in Fugl-meyer motor function integral calculus prior to treatment among the three groups(P0.05);and there were significant differences after the treatment(P0.05); There were significant differences in curative effects among the three groups(P0.05).Conclusion Acupoints penetration is an effective therapy for spastic paralysis after cerebrovascular disorder.


Aim: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of the leaf extract of Citrullus lanatuson carbon tetrachloride (CCl 4) induced liver damage in rats. Methodology: Hepatoprotective study was conductedusing five groups (A -E) of six male rats per group. Groups A and B served as the control groups and were respectively administered with distilled water and CCl 4 in olive oil while groups C, D and E were administered respectively with 500, 1,000 and 1,500mg /kg body weight of the ethanolic leaf extract ofC. lanatusfor 7 days. Animals were subsequently anaesthetized, blood samples were collected for alanine amino transferase (ALT), aspartate amino transferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), total bilirubi n, total protein and albumin assays; liver organ was isolated and processed for biochemical and histopathological studies. Results:There were significant increases (P=0.05) in the serum levels of ALT and AST both in the plasma and liver homogenate in the group treated with CCl 4as compared to negative control group; while in the extract treated group, there was a decrease in the levels of the aminotransferases. Histopathological studies showed severe portal


One‐loop unitarized Chiral Perturbation Theory (UChPT) calculations, suggest a different Nc behaviour for the σ or f0(600) and ρ(770) mesons [1]: while the ρ meson becomes narrower with Nc, as is expected for a qq meson, the σ becomes broader, and its contribution to the total cross section is less and less important. On the other hand, local duality requires a cancellation between the σ and ρ amplitudes, but if there is a different Nc behaviour for them, there is a possible contradiction between the Inverse Amplitude Method (IAM) and local duality for large Nc. However, next to next to leading order UChPT calculations suggested a subdominant qq component for the σ with a mass around 1.2 GeV [2]. In this work, we show that this subdominant qq component is indeed needed to ensure local duality.


Large deformation of thin-wall metal spherical shell and its components under compression were studied to investigate compressed mechanical properties of each models: When single spherical shell was compressed,its nominal stressstrain curve showed linear condition first,afterwards two topo-unstabilities appeared. Non-axisymmetrical deformation appeared when deformation was large enough. Three component models( SC( square cumulation),HC( hexagonal cumulation) and FC( face-centered cumulation)) were compressed. Their nominal stress-strain curve showed linear condition first,afterwards tended to gentle. SC and HC component models showed non-symmetry deformation,and FC component model showed symmetry deformation. The nominal elastic modulus and yield stress were investigated. Above experimental and numerical findings may provide a reference for study and application of this kind of cellular material.


The authors examine motivational factors influencing family size and acceptance of family planning methods in India. Data sources include a 1980 all-India level family planning study of 40000 couples a study on the contraceptive behavior of 4000 male workers and a study of social change in rural India involving 1400 individuals. Examining the data by religion income occupation education and residence the authors study respondents reasons for wanting children. Reasons include perceived economic benefits religious and social influences support of parents in old age continuity of family name and tradition. The authors conclude that in India "the economic value of children still seems to be very high more so when referred to rural India." They cite earlier studies on factors influencing family size and maintain that the economic costs of children are instrumental in motivating people to use contraceptives. Comparisons with findings of a similar nature from Korea Taiwan Japan the Philippines and Thailand are also presented (EXCERPT)


Perhaps more than any other sub-discipline in optometry and vision science, the academic field of cornea and contact lenses is populated by an assortment of extroverted and flamboyant characters who constantly travel the world, entertaining clinicians with dazzling audiovisual presentations, informing them about the latest advances in the field and generally promoting their own scientific agendas. The antithesis of this is Leo Carney (Figure 1), a highly accomplished researcher, teacher, mentor and administrator, who has quietly and with great dignity carved out an impressive career in academic optometry. Indeed, Leo Carney is optometry's quintessential 'quiet achiever'


A three-axis fast tool servo (FTS) with a symmetric structure design to reduce the parasitic motion for realizing high tracking accuracy while maintaining high performances in stiffness and open-loop bandwidth is developed for ultraprecision diamond cutting. Modeling, analysis, and optimization of performances by the finite-element method in six degree-of-freedom are conducted for designing the mechanism. Experiments are carried out to test the performances of the three-axis FTS, which show low parasitic motion, high tracking accuracy, and high dynamic response. With the low tracking error of close-loop control for each axis, complicated trajectory tracking in 3-D space is realized with a tracking error as small as 5 nm. Finally, complicated and irregular microstructures are fabricated by the three-axis FTS to demonstrate the practicability of the FTS.


From the geographic pattern of regional tourism development and the structure of region tourism resources, this article analyzes the tourism structure in Pan-Pearl River Delta, its regional tourism plan as well as the development and cooperation of its region tourism system.


Giovanni Salton Pietroni and Alexandra Crispim Boing. Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. ...................................................................................................................... Manuscript Info Abstract ......................... ........................................................................ Manuscript History Received: 25 February 2019 Final Accepted: 27 March 2019 Published: April 2019


Chambersburg, Tsukuba and Kolding are geographical locations which have particular resonance with the NIR Community because of their link with regular meetings on NIR spectroscopy. Kolding has been less frequent than the other two but it has established its own flavour and emphases-Process Analysis, Exhibition and Short Courses. This time the topic for the 27 lectures in the scientific sessions was "Revealing Secrets of the Process" and for the second morning of the Symposium delegates had the choice of attending two short courses from a list of five. From


The Objectivie of this study was to analyze the determinants of street food safety issues and formulate of its eradicatian program. The study used Survey methods and was conducted from April to August 2012 in Padang and Serang Districts.The The total number of 96 students from Padang District and 90 students from Serang District were selected purposively.The streed food issues data was taken  through focus grroup discussion of stakeholder (teachers, parents of students, vendors, and staff of the relevant agencies) and was analyzed using Interpretative Structure Modelling (ISM). The result showed that there are six determinats of street food safety issues namely: low level of street food vendor moral; a harmful additive still sold freely; coachingandsupervisiontostreet food vendorare stilllow; very low prices of harmful additives; The  government still allowed the production of a harmful additives;  additional ingredient dangerous; supervision on hawker food producers school children is still not a priority program


The utility model discloses a balance adjusting structure of a large screen spliced wall, which comprises a bracket and a screen unit. The bracket is fixedly provided with at least two horizontal support beams. At least two pothooks are fixed on a backboard of the screen unit. The pothooks are provided with hanging parts of which the number corresponds to the number of the horizontal support beams. The screen unit is hooked and hung on the horizontal support beams through the hanging parts. A top wall and a side wall of the hanging parts are respectively provided with a screw hole which is matched with a bolt. After passing through the screw holes, the bolts butt against the horizontal support beams. The utility model has the advantages of simple structure and low manufacture cost and is convenient to operate.


1. Overall, it seems that there is so much in this paper it loses focus. The methodological sections (1-4) work really well, but the addition of the case studies in Sections 5 and 6 feels superfluous. The paper would benefit from integration of one of the case studies (probably New Zealand) into the methodological description so that there is some demonstration of the framework, without such verbose descriptions of essentially the same thing (but using different data) twice over. A more concise paper, that proposes the framework with reference to a single case study, would have much greater impact in my view.