Background: preeclampsia, a pregnancy-specific condition, is characterized by hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks of gestation. In addition, preeclampsia may have an impact on women's health beyond their pregnancies, and has been associated with increased risks for future hypertension and cardiovascular disease, such as coronary heart disease and stroke. Objective: the aim of this paper was to present a case of preeclampsia with letal outcomes of mother, but child is saved by Cesarea section. Methods: presentation of a case of preeclampsia in a patient who was hospitalized at the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Sarajevo Canton. Cas report: the patient underwent continuous non-invasive monitoring of vital parameters. On admission TA 209/141 mmHg, HR 99/ min, SpO2 95 %, with oxygen support on a nasal catheter 4L/min. Ebrantyl 25 mg iv is prescribed immediately (measured pressure TA 191/148 mmHg), and then Ebrantyl in continuous infusion, 0.9% NaCl iv to maintain the venous path, laboratory findings are taken and the internist and neurologist are called in consultation. Upon arrival at the intensive care unit at 3:57 PM, the competent physician for the consular internal examination finds the patient unconscious, with no pressure or pulse, resuscitation in progress, guided by anesthesia. Conclusion: the conducted study proved that high blood pressure leads to preeclampsia, which in this case resulted in the death of the mother, while the baby survived.


An anthropologically well‐defined Spanish sample from La Alpujarra (SE Spain) was analyzed for 73 nuclear DNA polymorphisms. The population was chosen on the basis of available information on its history and demographic characteristics making it suitable for comparisons with data from North African populations. The Moslem invasion in this area was longer than anywhere in the Iberian Peninsula (more than nine centuries). The markers analyzed have been studied previously in 10 human populations from different continents. The Alpujarrenian population was checked for these markers and it is the one with the highest number of chromosomes analyzed. Two new alleles were sized and heterozygosity levels were very similar to other European populations. Genetic distances closely matched geographical relationships both with neighbor joining tree and principal component analysis. Allele distributions revealed specific associations with some populations. This work reveals the importance of these markers for evolutionary studies of human populations. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 13:212–219, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Introduction Two body orbital motion Orbital perturbations in the two body motion Frame rotations and quaternions Rigid body motion Environmental and actuator torques Continuous and digital control systems Example Formation flying Deployment procedure for a constellation Reconfiguration procedure for a constellation.


This chapter deconstructs the concept of rights in an effort to adjust it to the particular status of children. The argument advanced is that traditional bodily practices are integral to ones culture and, hence, also fall within the scope of his or her cultural rights. In the context of children, the argument has to be understood in light of their rights to cultural identity. The chapter looks at the concepts of culture, cultural rights, and cultural identity, and highlights some of the problems associated with their analysis. Examining leading scholastic theories on the issue, the chapter shows the role identity plays in the childrens exercise of their rights and ties it to childrens bioethics. It also discusses some of the scholarship concerning the childs cultural identity, as well as the address of the Monitoring Committee under the Childrens Convention (Childrens Committee or Committee).Keywords: childrens bioethics; Childrens Convention; cultural identity; cultural rights


The restoration technique importance resides on the assessment of its impact on biodiversity. This assessment is possible by the use of some environmental indicators extracted from a diachronic study of land cover changes in protected areas. Our study is carried out with the evaluation of some indicators inside Sidi Toui national park. These indicators are measured on the one hand from a land cover map of 1988 (3 years before the creation of the park) and the map of 2007 on the other hand (16 years after the park creation). An important landscape heterogeneity, as a result of the progressive vegetation dynamic, was observed in 2007. This heterogeneity is indicated by an increasing of the Shannon diversity index under fencing impacts. The majority of 1988 vegetation units are replaced by new ones in 2007. The cover of all vegetation units is more important in 2007.


It has been presented a case of pregnant woman with rectus muscle hematoma. This woman gave birth spontaneously. It has been pointed on decisive role of ultrasound examination in making diagnosis and decision concerning conservative management.


New cytotoxic chemotherapeutic compounds under development or in early clinical trial which might be considered for clinical evaluation in prostatic carcinoma are discussed. The following classes of agents are considered: lipid‐soluble antifolates, anthracyclines, nitro‐soureas, and platinum analogues. A group of miscellaneous compounds is also discussed.


China jets into the aviation industry in Africa with a first stop in Ghana THOUGH it is mostly known for undertaking construction and mining projects in Africa, China is now branching into other ventures, including the aviation industry. using $50 million in start-up capital, the new airline, known as Africa World Airline (AWA), is a joint venture between ghana's Social Security


Interval Management (IM) is a NextGen application that requires accurate Estimated Times of Arrival (ETAs) in order to achieve a desired inter-aircraft spacing at a downstream point. Current standards require that the IM avionics calculate an ETA for the Target aircraft against which the IM aircraft is managing its relative spacing interval. In the future, this requirement could be replaced by a requirement that the Target aircraft broadcast the ETA generated by its Flight Management System (FMS). This ETA is expected to be more accurate than the ETA calculated by the IM avionics, and should thus result in more precise interaircraft spacing. This paper presents a comparison of IM performance between the current standards environment and a future environment where the Target aircraft broadcasts its ETA. Intuitively, basic technical IM performance metrics would improve when using the Target aircraft's broadcast ETA, but simulation results did not show increased performance benefit over the current IM avionics standard. This is due both to the environment under study, and the IM closed-loop performance being robust to inaccuracies in the calculation of the Target


Despite the Sahara being one of the most arid regions on Earth, it has experienced rainfall conditions in the past and could hold plentiful groundwater resources. Thus, groundwater is one of the most precious water resources in this region, which suffers from water shortage due to the limited rainfall caused by climatic conditions. This article will assess the knowledge-driven techniques employed to develop a model to integrate the multicriteria derived from geologic, geomorphic, structural, seismic, hydrologic, and remotely sensed data. This model was tested on the defunct Kom Ombo area of Egypt's Nile river basin in the eastern Sahara, which covers ~28,200 km2, to reveal the promising areas of groundwater resources. To optimize the output map, we updated the model by adding the automated depression resulting from a fill-difference approach and seismic activity layers combined with other evidential maps, including slope, topography, geology, drainage density, lineament density, soil characteristics, rainfall, and morphometric characteristics, after assigning a weight for each using a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based knowledge-driven approach. The paleochannels and soil characteristics were visualized using Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS)/Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) data. Several hydromorphic characteristics, sinks/depressions, and sub-basin characteristics were extracted using Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data. The results revealed that the assessed groundwater potential zones (GPZs) can be arranged into five distinctive groups, depending on their probability for groundwater, namely very low (6.56%), low (22.62%), moderate (30.75%), high (29.71%), and very high (10.34%). The downstream areas and Wadi Garara have very high recharge and storage potential. Interferometry Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) coherence change detection (CCD) derived from Sentinel-1 data revealed a consistency between areas with high InSAR CCD (low change) that received a plausible amount of surface water and those with very low InSAR CCD values close to 0 (high change). Landsat data validated the areas that received runoff and are of high potentiality. The twenty-nine groundwater well locations overlaid on the GPZs, to assess the predicted model, indicated that about 86.17% of the wells were matched with very good to moderate potential zones.


This paper aims to prove the relation of Siak Kingdom policy to fishery industry in Malacca Strait. Because the Strait Malacca have rich by fishes. The archeologis fact eksplans many of clem shell of wasting of the coastal communities wastes. The question research is how relation of the Siak Kingdom policy to fishery before colonialism? How was the develop of fishery industry in Rokan estuary?. Historical method was used to the research. The primery dan secondary data was met from local, Netherlands and England archives. Second, eksternal and internal critic. It uses for checking truth of the data. All of the fact is interpretated and be related to get the conclution. The result of the research is there was  not Siak kingdom policy to fishery. The fishery developted manually depend economic insting of society. Bengkalis was poppulis than Rokan estuary-Bagan Siapi api. The Bengkalis was biggest place of fishery in South East Asia before colonialism. Bengkalis was popular with eggs and terubuk fishes. Many of poem had tell about popularity of the terubuk fishes as likes poem of "telur dan ikan terubuk".


PURPOSE: A chamber for refrigerating and heating in a van is provided to contain a storage for heating and refrigerating by absorbing or releasing heat according to current flow direction of thermoelectric module separated from heating and refrigerating device in a bus or truck. CONSTITUTION: A heating and refrigerating chamber comprises a thermoelectric module absorbing or releasing heat according to flow of current on an outer wall of a storage(10); a control unit(13) controlling current flow applied from a power end(12) and input and output signals; a fan motor(14) absorbing or releasing outer air by the control unit; and a temperature sensor(15) detecting inside temperature of the storage by the control unit. The thermoelectric module forms different metal plates(A,B), an P-shaped semiconductor(P) conducting electricity by a hall between the metal plates, and an N-shaped semiconductor(N) conducting the electricity by electron. The heating and refrigerating chamber is mounted on a side of driver's seat and connected to vehicle battery.


Let D be the discriminant of an algebraic number field F of degree n over the rational field R. The problem of finding the lowest absolute value of D as F varies over all fields of degree n with a given number of real (and consequently of imaginary) conjugate fields has not yet been solved in general. The only precise results so far given are those for n = 2, 3 and 4. The case n = 2 is trivial; n = 3 was solved in 1896 by Furtwangler, and n = 4 in 1929 by J. Mayer [6]. Reference to Furtwangler's work is given hi Mayer's paper. In this paper the results for n = 5, that is, for quintic fields, are obtained.


In today's world manufacturing industry gained potential in manufacturing precision components with accurate dimensions. In order to produce precise components, one has to design the system in an optimal way. Many analysis software's are available in the market to analyze the stresses induced during manufacturing processes. It is the responsibility of the designers to minimize those stresses by proper selection of work piece material and tools. In the present book design and analysis on deep drawing die is presented as a case study and the same can be implemented for other forming processes.


A new type of folded plates shell is applied in the roof structure of the entrance hall for the Petroleum Science and Technology Museum,which works like a shell.The total steel roof is composed of 10 inverted v-shaped folded plate elements which are laied out radially.The entrance adopts spacial truss column structure which is composed of 4 elements.The roof structure works like a compressive shell.We adopt radial sliding supports to release most radial thrust which balanced by the perimeter beam.The characteristic of the structural type and the static properties and the structural design of key joints are introdueced in this paper.The linear and nonlinear buckling analysis were conducted to study the structural stability.The results show that this structure is good in the mechanical properties.


Physical fatigue or muscle fatigue is a common problem that affects people who are vigorously involved in activities that require endurance movements. It becomes more complicated to measure the fatigue level when the dynamic motion of the activity is included. Therefore, this paper aims to develop a wearable device that can be used for monitoring physical fatigue condition during aerobic exercise. A 10-bit analog to digital converter (ADC) micro-controller board was used to process the data sensed by Ag/AgCl electrodes and real-time transmitted to the computer through Bluetooth's technology. The wearable was attached to the knee and connected to the biopotential electrodes for sensing the muscle movement and convert it into the electrical signal. The signal then processed by using the fourth-order Butterworth filter to filter the low-pass filter frequency and eliminate the noise signal. The results reveal that the fatigue level increased gradually based on the rating of perceived exertion (RPE), using 10-point Borg's scale, which is rated by the subject's feeling. Both muscle's activities in lower limb rise as speed is increased, and it was also observed that the rectus femoris is functioning more than gastrocnemius due to the size of muscle fiber. Furthermore, it was established that the maximum volumetric contraction (MVC) could be used as a reference and indicator for measuring the percentage of contraction in pre-fatigue but not to fatigue induced experiment. However, this wearable device for EMG is promising to measure the muscle signal in the dynamic motion of movement. Consequently, this device is beneficial for a coach to monitor their athlete's level of exhaustion to be not over-exercise, which also can prevent severe injury.


Cleiodocranial dysostosis is a rather rare bone development disease and is characterized by abnormalities of the skull, clavicles and teeth.We experienced a case of cleidocranial dysostosis in a 48-year-old man.The patient was of short stature and could bring his shoulders medially. The maxilla appeared underdeveloped, so that the mandible was relatively prognathous. In the oral cavity, the palate was high with a groove along the median palatine suture.Roentgenographic examinations revealed the following: The fontanels remained open and the sutures were unossified. The maxilla and mandible contained at least eighteen unerupted teech. A cyst involving the retained teeth was present in the mandibular premolar region on the right side. The lateral portions of the clavicles were absent. Spina bifida occult and coxa vara were present.


Abstract: In this paper Ceropegia reflexa Hanacek, belonging to Ceropegia sect. Rhytidocaulon, is described. It is known from one locality in the Al Mahra Governorate of Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula. This new species is characterized by long pedicels, reflexed corolla lobes and the unusual twisted cilia along the margins of the lobes. Ceropegia reflexa occurs together with C. fulleri in rocky parts of Jabal Fartak, but at lower altitudes and in less exposed places than C. fulleri. A key to the nine Arabian members of Ceropegia sect. Rhytidocaulon is provided.


*Article History: Received: 16/01/2017 Revised: 22/02/2017 Accepted: 23/02/2017 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7439/ijbr.v8i2.3861 Abstract Objectives: The human pulmonary valve is an important structure and knowledge about its normal anatomy is essential in detecting valve diseases and in valve replacement surgeries. The normal pulmonary valve has three semilunar cusps or leaflets. The valve is known to present anatomical variations with respect to number of cusps, circumference and presence of fenestrations. The aim of the study is to detect and record such variations. A prospective observational type of study on 213 randomly selected autopsy cases with age ranging from 2 1⁄2 to 89 years was conducted at Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala with consent from Institutional Ethics Committee. Methods: Pulmonary valves from hearts dissected during autopsy were washed thoroughly and fixed in formalin. Each specimen was numbered systematically. Circumference was measured. Age, sex, height, weight, weight of the heart and other cardiac anomalies, if any, were recorded. Results: 1) Out of 213 cases, 211 valves had 3 cusps (99.06%), one valve had two cusps (0.46%) and one had four cusps (0.46%). 2) Fenestrations were seen in 103 valves (48.35%). 3) Cusps were asymmetrical in 15 valves (7.04%). 4) Circumference of the valve had a significant relation to age and sex of the individual. Conclusions: The anatomical variations occurring in the pulmonary valve have significant clinical relevance in the diagnosis, management and prevention of valve diseases, valve repair and valve replacement surgeries.


Abstract In this study, the effects of different concentrations of thymol and astaxanthin on control of Clostridium perfringenes and also microbial, chemical, and organoleptic properties of common and probiotic beef cooked sausages containing two levels of nitrite during storage at refrigerated condition during 45 days were evaluated. Based on findings, control group had significantly higher total volatile base nitrogen (TVB‐N) than nitrite‐, thymol‐, and astaxanthin‐treated samples. At the end of the storage time in control, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) value reached 1.96 mg/kg, while the values for treated samples remained lower than 1.63 mg/kg. Final count of lactic acid bacteria decreased approximately 1.67–3.79 log CFU/g in treated samples compared with the control group (p < .05). A reduction between 1.46 and 2.46 log CFU/g in C. perfringenes count was recorded for the treated samples in comparison with control group after 45 days of storage.


A new one-dimensional gradient material with graded sizes was prepared. A two-step anodic oxidation of high purity aluminum was used to fabricate porous alumina templates with graded pore sizes. Based on the templates, metal silver graded nanowires were obtained by electrochemical deposition. SEM and TEM results show that the resulted metal silver nanowires have obvious graded diameters with gradient ranging from about 12 to 31 nm along the nanowire direction, and are single-crystalline with a preferential growth along 100 direction.


Objective To discuss the validity and feasibility of hemodilutional autotransfusion (HAT)in major orthopedics in elderly patients.Methods The clinical data of 60 patients aged 60 years and over who received a major orthopedics were analyzed retrospectively,and the xenogenous blood transfusion rate between HAT group (30 cases) and control group (30 cases) was compared.The blood routine index,including Hb,Hct and Plt of HAT group were detected and compared before operation and the first day after the operation.Results The xenogenous blood transfusion rate of HAT group and control group was 10% and 60% respectively(P0.05).There was no significant difference in Hb,Hct and Plt before the operation and the first day after the operation in HAT group(P0.05).Conclusions HAT can reduce the chances of xenogenous blood transfusion in major orthopedics in elderly patients.


Abstract Daily rhythmic changes in the concentration and 3H‐lysine incorporation of histones and nonhistones proteins of rat liver nuclei The total amount of nuclear proteins in rat liver changes rhythmically during 24 hrs: A maximum is reached at 24.00 hr, a minimum at 16.00 hr. 3H‐Lysine incorporation into nuclear proteins is highest between 12.00–16.00 hr and lower between 20.00–24.00 hr. The histone‐DNA ratios show only small differences between 1.065 at 16.00 hr and 1.196 at 20.00 hr. 3H‐Lysine incorporation into total histones is maximal at 16.00–20.00 hr and minimal at 20.00–24.00 hr. The F1‐ (lysine‐rich) fraction of the histones and the other histones both change in their relative concentrations: The maximum of the lysine‐rich fraction occurs between 20.00 and 24.00 hr whereas the rest of the histones accumulates 4 hrs earlier. 3H‐Lysine incorporation into the F1‐fraction exhibits a pronounced daily rhythmicity with a maximum at 20.00 hr and a minimum at 24.00 hr. The incorporation into the other...


A promising route for revealing the existence of dark matter structures on mass scales smaller than the faintest galaxies is through their effect on strong gravitational lenses. We examine the role of local, lens-proximate clustering in boosting the lensing probability relative to contributions from substructure and unclustered line-of-sight (LOS) halos. Using two cosmological simulations that can resolve halo masses of $M_{\rm halo} \simeq 10^{9}\ M_{\odot}$ (in a simulation box of length $L_{\rm box}{\sim}100\,{\rm Mpc}$) and $10^{7}\ M_{\odot}$ ($L_{\rm box}\sim20\,{\rm Mpc}$), we demonstrate that clustering in the vicinity of the lens host produces a clear enhancement relative to an assumption of unclustered halos that persists to $> 20\,R_{\rm vir}$. This enhancement exceeds estimates that use a two-halo term to account for clustering, particularly within $2-5\,R_{\rm vir}$. We provide an analytic expression for this excess, clustered contribution. We find that local clustering boosts the expected count of $10^9 \ M_\odot$ perturbing halos by ${\sim}35\%$ compared to substructure alone, a result that will significantly enhance expected signals for low-redshift ($z_l \simeq 0.2$) lenses, where substructure contributes substantially compared to LOS halos. We also find that the orientation of the lens with respect to the line of sight (e.g., whether the line of sight passes through the major axis of the lens) can also have a significant effect on the lensing signal, boosting counts by an additional $\sim 50\%$ compared to a random orientations.


The comparison with the 1938 Munich agreement comes easily to many people. Hitler was given a free hand in Czechoslovakia in the hope that his hunger for territory would thus be stilled. But who still knows about the Algeciras agreement? This is where in 1906 the great powers ended a crisis about the expansion of French influence in Morocco, by deciding in the end not to escalate and to award all powers involved some form of compensation.


reading. However, although the book is interesting it does tend to over state its claim to produce a "new" theory of gentrification. I felt that the empirical chapters could just have easily been read through a Bourdieusian lens as it could through the Gramscian lens offered. In fact, I was not entirely convinced by Paton's criticisms of Bourdieu's sociology for "not clearly detailing the material basis of culture" and "failing to capture the interplay between economic change and class" (16). Isn't this exactly what Bourdieu spent much of his career doing – understanding the relationships between culture and class in a context of economic change? Moreover, I was not entirely convinced by the idea that his frameworks are incapable of addressing institutions and economic imperatives. Again, isn't that some of what Bourdieu was interested in? In addition, it was somewhat frustrating to read Paton's views that some accounts of class and gentrification were based on oversimplified binaries; I felt that Paton's reading of some of the literature in this respect was itself limited and oversimplified. In a similar vein, the term phenomenology (not defined or theoretically elaborated) was used throughout the book, but reading the chapters I was not sure whether a phenomenological or more generally qualitative account was being offered. But those cautious remarks aside, I would encourage Housing Researchers to read this interesting book.


A retrospective study was made of the relation between the cord serum sodium levels and the intravenous administration to the mother of 5 per cent dextrose and oxytocin. Of the 203 mothers studied, 106 received intravenous fluid before delivery. The mean sodium levels of babies of mothers who had intravenous fluid (133 +/- 4.2 (SD) mkmol/l) was significantly lower than for babies of mothers who had not (138 +/- 4.3 (SD) mmol/l).


Since the invention of the first industrial robot, the development of robots has been more than half a century. Robots have been used more and more widely, and they have penetrated almost all fields. The original purpose of developing Spraying Robots is to free workers from monotonous repetitive operations and dangerous and harsh environments. With the maturity of research technology of Spraying Robots and the need of modern manufacturing industry for automatic production, spraying robots are more and more widely used in modern production. The value collected by the single-chip microcomputer first uses the filtering algorithm to judge the data that is offset from the normal value due to the change of the sunlight, so that the problem can be solved to a certain extent. This paper explores the control design of robotic spray based robots. It not only avoids the accidental poisoning of workers, but also reduces the amount of pesticides and the cost of spraying in the greenhouse. It is invaluable to improve the intelligence, modernization and precision of agricultural spraying in China.


Early childhood education receives significant public attention as a cost-effective approach to closing achievement gaps and improving the life prospects of disadvantaged children. However, critics point to the relatively quick evaporation of academic benefits for participants demonstrated in several recent experimental studies. Our paper is the first to employ both kindergarten cohorts of the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS), 1998 and 2010, to describe the extent to which preschool effects fade over time and to assess varia tion in those patterns of convergence. Notably, the association between preschool participation and cognitive outcomes fades more rapidly in the 2010 kindergarten cohort than in 1998. Whereas in the 1998 data, a statistically significant "preschool advantage" is evident in both reading and math at the end of first grade, in the more recent cohort no differences are observed by the end of the kindergarten. The rapid fade-out is observed for chil dren who attended both full and half-day preschool programs and does not depend on several proxies of kindergarten classroom quality. The results suggest that the rate of fade-out of preschool effects may be accelerating over time. Interestingly, across both kindergarten cohorts, we document a persistent positive association between preschool participation and first grade cognitive outcomes for black children. Policy implications are discussed. EdPolicyWorks


Hydatid cystic disease is a financial burden in Iraq because it reduces the
productivity of sheep, goats, cows, and camels by leaving their afflicted
organs unsuitable for human consumption, causing weight loss and poor
health. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and applicability of
Brassica oleracea boiling water extract as an in-vitro anti-protoscolices
therapy model to albendazole. Fresh leaves of purple cabbages (Brassica
oleracea var. capitata) were extracted comprehensively by maceration in
boiling water, and the required 100, 200, and 300 mg/ml concentrations
were tested. Hydatid (human or animal) samples were collected from the
hospital and external laboratories in Babylon province and stored in Kreb
ringers culture media and cyst fluid (4:1) until use. For comparison, several concentrations of albendazole were generated. In three replications,
the control group received one milliliter of distilled water and all of the
extract and drug concentrations stated above. The viability rates of the
protoscolices were determined for (0, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168, 192,
216) hours. According to the findings, the proportion of viable protoscolices was 84 % at zero time and 0 % on the ninth day after the experiment began. The boiling water extract for purple cabbages with a
concentration of 300 mg/ml was shown to be the most successful in removing protoscolices viability at a percentage of 0.67% after 96 hours,
compared to the albendazole medicine at a percentage of 0% after 120
hours. The findings of a boiling water extract from Brassica oleracea var.
capitata revealed that protoscolices' viability had been effective. It can
also be used as an alternative to chemotherapy in treating cyst hydatid
infection.
Keywords: Purple cabbages, Protoscolices, Echinococcosis, Albendazole, plant extract


Cryptosporidiosis is a globally-distributed zoonosis, including in goats and sheep. This review summarizes recent findings in classification of Cryptosporidium spp., epidemiologic features, clinical symptoms and pathological change of cryptosporidiosis in goats and sheep.


In history of Chinese contemporary literature,Shi Tie-sheng's narrative works which are detached from the ideological form of "following suit" and from literary "sensational effect" establish a unique narrative style of "telling dreams while awaken": all his texts' structure,pattern,textual form and perspectives have developed distinctive features. The underlying narrative driving force is "telling dreams while awaken": the awaken dream is the ultimate goal of absence; "Dream telling" indicates the presence of white lies. Between the antinomy of "awakening dream" and "dream telling",Shi Tie-sheng has constructed his solemn narrative theme: process means the goal. Approached from practical reason,his works not only saves the individuals,but also calls for singing solemn "thinking arias" among humanity in the contemporary narrative of desires and consumption.


ABSTRACT A non-linear transconductor with quadratic-type non-linearity is designed and experimentally verified in this article. The inherent non-linearity of a single N-type Metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS) transistor is used to obtain this transconductor with extra biasing circuitry that enables the reconfiguration of the drain-to-source voltage () and the gate-to-source voltage () such that both are weighted replicas of the applied input voltage (). The cancellation of the threshold voltage () eliminates the linear term and renders the design () independent. Experimental results using off-shelf components validate the derived theory.


As organisations around the world are embracing digitalisation to facilitate their business operations, their digital footprint is drawing the attention of adversaries and cyber activists. This is forcing the boards of organisations to engage actively in the cyber security decision making of the organisation. However,| the boards themselves face the challenges of understanding the organisational threat landscape whilst also considering business continuity in terms of cyber security investment and decision trade-offs. This paper addresses these challenges by proposing a cyber security decision-making informed by cyber threat intelligence (CYDETI) framework. The CYDETI framework utilises cyber threat intelligence (CTI) and risk management taxonomies to inform decision making. The novel aspect of the framework is that it feeds CTI from the technical level to the operational level and ultimately to the strategic level. Furthermore,| a planned scenario implementation and future studies are envisioned with leading industrial organisations.


A novel method for acceleration of relativistic particles is proposed. It is based on a resonance interaction of a straightforward charged particle beam passing through a wiggling electromagnetic beam. Electromagnetic beam guiding can be provided in a vacuum waveguide or in overdense plasma channels under stimulated hose instability. Main parameters of acceleration process are estimated. The method proposed allows acceleration of both low energy electrons and high energy relativistic particles, absence of conventional undulator at low synchrotron radiation losses and enhanced acceleration rate compared with Inverse Free Electron Laser (IFEL).


Mass spectra of 38 organophosphorus compounds, containing both phosphate ester (P(O)OR) and phosphoramidate (P(O)NR′R″) functional groups, were recorded and discussed. Attention was focused on PN bond cleavage, which can involve simple fission, fission accompanied by hydrogen migration from the ester group and fission accompanied by the migration of the ester R group to the departing nitrogen atom. Fragmentations characteristic for the N(β-chloroethyl) derivatives (phosphorylated nitrogen mustards) are also presented.


While many individuals make investments to gain financial stability, most individual investors hold under-diversified portfolios that consist of only a few financial assets. Lack of diversification is alarming especially for average individuals because it may result in massive drawdowns in their portfolio returns. In this study, we analyze if it is theoretically feasible to construct fully risk-diversified portfolios even for the small accounts of not-so-rich individuals. In this regard, we formulate an investment size constrained mean-variance portfolio selection problem and investigate the relationship between the investment amount and diversification effect.


Objective:Investigating the characteristic of psychology,family environment and living habit of the alcoholics and the chronic alcoholisms patients.Methods:With self-designed Family Environment Questionnaire,State of Drinking Alcohol,Questions of Psychology as a screen tool and CCMD-Ⅲ criteria,57 people were investigated,and compared with normal control group.Results: Between the two groups,the Family Environment Questionnaire indicates that there were significant in the items: degree of culture,marriage,career,parents culture,dwells pattern,family history.There were significant in the State of Drinking Alcohol between the two groups.The Questions of Psychology indicates that there were significant in the items: curiosity,depress,find stimulation,intercourse,imitation,reduce the person's pain,need of psychology.The damages were positively correlated with amount and frequency of drinking.Conclusions: It is important to intervention in psychology of problem drinking for reduction of damages to their lives.


This thesis explores the popularity in India of a contemporary prime time television serial, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (Because Mother-in-law was Once a Daughter-in-law) which is now the longest running serial in India. Locating the emergence of this new genre of 'family serial melodrama' in light of the commercialisation, fragmentation and diversification of the Indian television marketplace, the thesis outlines public concerns about this generic development, and analyses the textual hybridity of this serial. In the context of these interrelated industrial, social and textual developments in television, the thesis then drawing on ethnographic perspectives illuminates the micro-social dynamics involved in the appeal of Kyunki, especially within a broad understanding of the nature of family viewing. Through its case study of the serial, the thesis quite explicitly demonstrates that appeal of even the apparently most 'trivial' television lies in the ways in which television contributes to political constructions of society through the discursive space it forms for viewers to forge social meanings and negotiate structures of social power. The 'multidimensional' approach the thesis appropriates and develops upon in pursuing this investigation, contributes significantly also to the emergent and evolving field of 'third generation' audience studies, particularly in its focus on family, more so in its observations of family dynamics and discourses. In addressing questions specifically about audiences' relationship with the serial, the thesis drawing on the ethnographic interviews with viewers and their families, argues that for audiences the serial offers a representation of India simultaneously in notions of family and transcendent ideas of womanhood. Analysis of these notions further reveal how realms of the ideal, real and unreal form an important conceptual spectrum through viewers make sense and negotiate meanings, and contribute in politically constructing society. In this way demonstrating that appeal of this seemingly 'trivial' television programme is also in the space it provides for political negotiations, the thesis conclusively suggests that study of popular narratives, especially feminine narratives, must invariably be considered within the frame of 'politics' while also customarily with 'pleasure'.


The embodiment of the invention provides a method, a device and a system for synchronizing information, relates to the technical field of information processing, and is used for solving the problem that the operation is complex due to the fact that a user needs to manually input a topic name to join topic discussion. The method comprises the steps of acquiring program information which is currently played; judging whether a microblog account is logged in on a television; if the microblog account is logged in, acquiring the microblog login information; and sending the program information and the microblog login information to a microblog server, thus allowing the microblog server to send the program information to a mobile terminal corresponding to the microblog login information. The method, device and system provided by the embodiment of the invention can be applied to the terminal devices such as the television and the like, and achieve the function of quickly joining the microblog discussion.


By analying and appraisaling the example of the treatment by cement jet grout pile on subgrade slump road,the paper put forwards pipe pile+reinforced embankment treatment schemes,which resolving the settlement and stability problems caused by the subgrade deformation,it has certain realistic guiding meaning for similar engineering.


A new experimental technique involving instrumented indentation was demonstrated for the specific purpose of calibrating certain variations in elastic properties as a function of position in thermally sprayed and sintered materials. This work experimentally demonstrated for the first time that controlled gradients in elastic properties alone can lead to the suppression of damage and cracking during contact loading. New methods were developed in this work for the estimation of mechanical properties of ductile alloys and brittle ceramics by recourse to continuous measurements of load-penetration curves with spherical microindenters.


The paper discusses the importance of computer as a supporting approach in architecture. This approach is expected to foster the students' design skills in design studios. The approach is an educational tool for tutors that could guide the students and increase their creativity in their design. It considers the concepts and the practice of digital architectural design that influence architectural education. The approach is a catalyst for creativity, experimentation, critical thinking and the sustained growth of creative communities. The core of design studio is the notions, methods and skills of digital architectural design. The instruments used for this research was an investigation that made for the work of the fourth year students designs at the architectural department at University of Jordan, by testing design process and product of students' work: first using manual skills, and then using computer-aided programs. The results revealed that the computer-based design approach was able to foster students' design skills as well as to develop their creativity in design. Ninety-one percent of 44 students were found improved in design process using computer-based approach that depends on computer programs. This was done in design studio by improving students' way of thinking, developing their abilities to direct their own learning and pushing them for new definitions in developing their future work.


......................................................................................................23 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................24 DATABASE CONTENTS.................................................................................26 DATABASE INTERFACE ...............................................................................29 INTERFACE WITH PRE-EXISTING ZIFIT SOFTWARE .............................31 IMPLEMENTATION........................................................................................32 CONCLUSION..................................................................................................32 FUTURE PERSPECTIVE .................................................................................33 FUNDING..........................................................................................................33 REFERENCE.....................................................................................................34


A prototype extraction line for the Next Linear Collider is discussed that has several important functions that include optimizing luminosity, characterizing beam properties at the Interaction Point and transporting beams from the IP to a dump. Beam characterization includes measurements of current, position, profile, energy, polarization and low-order correlations on a bunch-to-bunch basis for feedback and stabilization. Prototype optical and diagnostic layouts are described that provide such functions. We also consider possibilities for e, /spl mu/ and /spl gamma/ secondary beam lines and dump experiments as well as energy recovery and local reuse of an assumed 10 MW in each 500 GeV beam.


For the first time organotin and methylmercury compounds have been analyzed in sediments of rivers in Lower Saxony. These organometallic species are compounds of special concern, due to their enhanced toxicity compared to the pure metal or inorganic species. Sediment samples were taken in the Weser, Ems, and Elbe rivers and their tributaries, in the catchment area of Lower Saxony. The samples were analyzed with special focus on organotin compounds and methylmercury. Highly toxic butyltin compounds were present in all the samples. The anthropogenic source of butyltin compounds in sediments is the application of tributyltin based antifouling paints. Tributyltin is leached from those paints and enters the aquatic environment. Methyltin and methylmercury compounds were found in most of the sediments. These species are not necessarily introduced anthropogenically into the aquatic environment, they can be naturally formed via biotic or abiotic pathways.


This study investigated the benefits of Cu preexposition on Hg effects on behavioral tests, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity and Hg, and essential metal contents in the cerebrum and cerebellum of neonate rats. Wistar rats received (subcutaneous) saline or CuCl2·2H2O (6.9 mg/kg/day) when they were 3 to 7 days old and saline or HgCl2 (5.0 mg/kg/day) when they were 8 to 12 days old. Mercury exposure reduced the performance of rats in the negative geotaxis (3–13 days) and beaker test (17–20 days), inhibited cerebellum AChE activity (13 days), increased cerebrum and cerebellum Hg (13 days), cerebrum Cu (13 days), and cerebrum and cerebellum Zn levels (33 days). The performance of rats in the tail immersion and rotarod tests as well as Fe and Mg levels were not altered by treatments. Copper prevented all alterations induced by mercury. These results are important to open a new perspective of prevention and/or therapy for mercury exposure.


newborns (age group 0 - 1 month) were screened using the sickle cell short programme kit by HPLC. First the blood samples of newborns were subjected for CBC. The neonates having low haemoglobin content (i.e. Hb < 14 gm %) were subjected for High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) study. Out of 500 newborns, 8 (1.6%) cases were sickle cell trait with male 6 (75%) preponderance with the more common clinical presentation of fever. Sickle cell trait was more prevalent in Bouddha 3 (37.5%) community followed by Muslim 2 (25%) and Matang 2 (25%). Hb S gene is also found in Banjara community 1 (12.5%).


The quantity discount model for deteriorating items is established in two-echelon supply chain consisted of a supplier and a retailer in the situation of considering linearly stock-dependent demand and allowable shortage,where the backlogging demand is influenced by the negative inventory level during the stock out period.The paper studies how the supplier designs quantity discount strategies so as to maximize his/her own profit and realize the perfect coordination of the supply chain system.The uniqueness and existence of optimal strategies are testified theoretically,and a simple resolving method is provided.Numerical examples show that the strategy is effective in improving the supply chain coordination and the profits of two parties.


A brief review on wave‐current interaction is prese nted. The simplest model of vortical shear flow ‐ t he current with a linearly varying velocity with depth is considered and results obtained are compared with the uniform current case. Different scenarios of wave blocking depending on t he Froude number and other governing parameters (water depth, surface tension, vorticity) are discussed in detail s. The weakly nonlinear effects are also taken into consideration, while the majority of presented results were obtained in the linear approximation.


i Aedes rcl aniron Dyar, described in 1924 from adult specimens collected in California, was long considered a synonym or at most a subspecies of the Holarctic Aedes dorsalis. A. relaniron was recognized as a species by Carpenter and La Casse ( 1955), Barr ( 1955)) and Richards (1956). These authors independently reached the conclusion that the two species are distinct. The criteria are convincing, especially the differences in the male genitalia. To distinguish females of the two species, Carpenter and La Casse compared the color scaling of different wing veins. Richards (1956) mentioned the following characters as being useful in separating adult females of A. meloniron and A. dorsalis: Size and color of pleural scales; placement of dark scales on the dorsum of abdomen; color scaling of the seventh abdominal segment; proportion of dark to pale wing scales; color scaling of anterior edge of wing; and the shape of the tarsal claw. Bohart (1956) reported that the anal vein of the wing in the female tends to be predominantly dark scaled in A. reloniron and mostly pale scaled in A. dorsalis. Chapman (1960) reported that the color scaling of the anal vein is an excellent diagnostic character in separating females of these species in Nevada. This character was also used in the key that separates the females of these species in Utah (Nielsen and Flees, 1961). Hence, it appeared that identifying A. dorsal is and


S upplying value to the consumer, that is, goods and services, is the essence of business. A supply chain is a network of organizations and their associated activities that work together, usually in a sequential manner, to produce value for the consumer. Customer-facing firms at the retail level, whether large department stores, automobile dealer-ships, or fast-food franchises, are only the tip of the iceberg. Behind them exist entire networks of manufacturers and distributors, transportation and logistics firms, banks, insurance companies, brokers , warehouses and freight-forwarders, all directly or indirectly attempting to make sure the right goods and services are available at the right price, where and when the customers want them. Having delivered the goods or services, the chain does not terminate. At the front end, through delivery , installation, customer education, help desks, maintenance, and repair, the goods or services are made useful to the customer. At the end of the product life, reverse logistics ensures that used and discarded products are disassembled, brought back, and where possible, recycled and sent back into the supply network. The scope of the supply chain, thus, extends from " dirt to dirt, " from the upstream sources of supply , down to the point of consumption, and finally retirement and recycling. Conventional strategic thinking has focused on individual firms as the competitive unit in any industry. For example, supermarkets compete against supermarkets, automobile dealers compete against automobile dealers, and buggy whip manufacturers compete against other buggy whip manufacturers. In these scenarios, enterprise-focused systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, executive information systems, and decision support systems, become key to achieving cost efficiencies and organizational effectiveness through intraorganizational process integration [3]. Moreover, from an enterprise-centric perspective, applications such as customer relationship management systems (CRM) and supplier management systems are considered extensions of the enterprise systems, or parts of the extended enterprise resource planning (EERP) systems. While firms still continue to compete individually, the example of the buggy whip manufacturer clearly shows that when an entire supply chain of buggies, buggy whips, stables, and roadside carriage-hostelries loses its competitive battle against the supply chain arranged around the automobile, the buggy whip manufacturer, however efficient in producing products of fine quality, inevitably rides into oblivion. Consequently, the competitive success of a firm is no longer a function of its individual efforts—it depends, to a great extent, on how well the entire supply chain, as …


decline of child's health level the educational loading plays an important role. Its stress making effect results in fast development of the disadaptation syndrome with the neurotic reactions of different degree of expressiveness. The complex estimation of the children's health state and introduction of new health promotion technologies give an opportunity to prevent the increase of functional disorders and organic pathologies in schoolchildren.


The shaping of the transitional zones between town and country is an area for landscape architecture which is gaining in importance. Three landscape competitions for such areas took place and have been partly implemented in the 'Berliner Barnim' on the north-eastern border of Berlin. Agricultural use will have to continue because otherwise the open character of the 'Berliner Barnim' (approx. 1,400 hectares) cannot be maintained economically. The question of how deliberately designed nature (third nature) can be made to blend in with agrarian areas (second nature) ran right through the process. Designing within an agrarian landscape is a relatively new task facing landscape architects. The conceptional and design problems are exemplified by showing design schemes and partly realized areas. The demand for new images for peripheral landscapes is discussed, as well as the contemporary concept of the picturesque in art theory which is applied to some of the projects shown.


This study deals with area of structural health monitoring of bridges and viaducts, and especially of insulation systems for these kinds of constructions. Analysis in this paper reveals some particular aspects regarding the structure response of the impact tests applied on deck bridges in view of bearings damage level characterization. Basic information in this paper derives from practical cases of viaducts on A3 Highway in Romania. Final results will be included into a regulated procedural methodology for continuous monitoring of bridges damage level.


Data centers serve as vital infrastructures for modern Internet services worldwide. However, the operation of these extensive facilities comes at a high cost, both in terms of energy consumption and economic expenditure. Unfortunately, previous approaches primarily focused on optimizing the energy consumption of individual subsystems, such as the ITE system or the cooling system, without considering the complex interactions between them. In this paper, we propose a deep reinforcement learning-based approach to enhance the energy efficiency of data centers. Our method simultaneously controls load distribution and cooling set-point temperatures. To achieve this, we develop a comprehensive energy consumption model that accurately captures the energy usage of both the ITE and cooling systems. Furthermore, we introduce a TD3 based reinforcement learning strategy for optimal energy control decisions. We validate our approach through experiments conducted on a simulation platform. The results demonstrate that our method surpasses existing approaches and effectively manages energy savings by controlling both the workload and the cooling system.


This paper compares the National Labor Relations Board with the French, West German, and Swedish labor courts and the British industrial tribunals. Attributes compared are composition, the effects of politicization on membership appointment and the quality of decisions, the procedural importance of conciliation, and delays. The author concludes that, questions of efficiency and equity aside, substituting a European-model labor court system for the system the NLRA instituted is impracticable for political, structural, and other reasons. He also suggests that many of the perceived shortcomings of the NLRB result from employers' increasing resistance to unionism and violation of the NLRA.


Abstract Background: The aim of the study was the evaluation of the effects of glycemic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes on cardiac functions. Methods: Diabetic patients were divided into two groups as well-controlled and poorly controlled patients. All patients underwent M-mode, two-dimensions (2D), pulsed wave (PW) Doppler, and tissue Doppler (TDI) echocardiography to evaluate systolic and diastolic functions. Results: Early diastolic mitral flow velocity (Em) and the ratio of early to late diastolic mitral flow velocity (Em/Am) obtained with TDI were found to be significantly lower in the well-controlled then the control group and significantly lower in the poorly-controlled group than the well-controlled group. Am, isovolumetric relaxation time (IVRT) and myocardial performance index (MPI) were significantly higher in the poorly controlled group. The ratio of early mitral diastolic flow velocity obtained with PW Doppler (E) to Em (E/Em) was significantly higher in the diabetic group. According to the mitral valve PW Doppler results, 13.6% of the well-controlled group and 31% of the poorly-controlled group had type 1 diastolic dysfunction. According to the mitral TDI results, 18% of the well-controlled group and 40.4% of poorly-controlled group had type 1 diastolic dysfunction. Conclusions: Conventional and TDI echocardiography revealed impairment in left ventricular functions in some patients. Tissue Doppler echocardiography also revealed diastolic impairment in some patients who appeared normal with PW Doppler echocardiography. The present study found that impairment in left ventricular diastolic functions is directly related to glycemic control and the rate of diabetic cardiomyopathy was higher in children with poor metabolic control.


A conversational implicature arises when there is a gap between the syntactically and semantically encoded meaning of a sentence and the pragmatic meaning that is inferred in an actual communicative situation. Several experimental studies have approached the processing of implicatures and examined the extent to which the derivation of the pragmatic meaning is effortful, especially in the case of generalized implicatures, where the inferred meaning seems to be the most frequent one. In this study, we present two experiments that explore the processing of scalar implicatures with algunos 'some' in adjacency pair contexts through an acceptability judgment task and a self-paced reading task. Our results support the claim that the access to the meaning of some as only some is context sensitive. Moreover, they also indicate that adjacency pair structure contributes to making that meaning rapidly available.


SUMMARY Protecting your organization's technology systems, devices, and electronic information is more important than ever before as healthcare increasingly becomes a target for cyberattacks, phishing, and ransomware. Hackers have turned this cyber warfare into a multibillion-dollar business, and the attacks are only getting worse. No company or individual is immune to the risks of cyberattacks, which can not only damage an organization's operations and reputation but also affect patient care quality and safety. At Virtua, one of New Jersey's largest health systems, cybersecurity is a team effort. From board trustees to frontline employees, everyone is held accountable for protecting the organization against cyberattacks. Virtua's action plans include technology solutions, process improvements, governance under a chief information security officer, vendor management, and employee education and awareness. Completely eliminating the threat of cyberattacks, phishing, and ransomware is impossible, but keeping cybersecurity a part of an organization's strategic plan is vital because the best possible offense is a strong, dependable defense.


Image compression has developed as full fledged fi eld from past many years because of rapidly growing entertainment market and unparalleled increase in t he use of internet services for storage transmissio n and processing of multimedia data. Data compression techniques are pr imarily divided into two categories, lossless and l ossy. The lossy technique is most widely accepted because it allows high compression rates with tolerable distortion. This paper presented a review of all the image compression standards for lossy image compression that has been established since beginning to more recent along with their comparative performance analysis which helps us to know the reason for th is evolutionary change. Also it gives information about the new adv ancements introduced to a particular standard in or der to improve its performance. This paper will help a lot to those wh o want to know about all image compression standard s from the beginning, starting as a layman. Image Compression is important field as images form a considerable po rtion of today's data dealt by machines and humans .


The choral movement holds a prominent position in the Nordic countries,and choral singing is one of the top social activities in terms of the number ofpeople involved. While all these choirs need c ...


Two studies assessing outcomes associated with the use of comforting strategies are reported. Study 1 examined how a message variable, individual‐difference variables, and contextual variables influenced evaluations of both comforting messages and the sources of these messages. Participants (N = 410) read one of eighteen different fictional conversations in which one person attempted to comfort a friend who was experiencing emotional distress. Evaluations of both messages and message sources were found to differ significantly as a function of the sophistication of the strategies employed by the source. In addition, female sources were more positively evaluated than male sources. Study 2 found that evaluations of comforting messages varied as a direct, linear function of message sophistication.


Sol-Gel films modified with tiania (TiO2) was prepared and employed as a corrosion protective coating for aluminum Al2024 (UNS A92024) alloy in 3.5% sodium chloride solution. The morphology of the coatings was analyzed using field-emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The protective nature of the coating was evaluated using electrochemical polarization and impedance spectroscopy measurements. The results indicated that the modification of the sol-gel coating with TiO2 increased the corrosion resistance of the alloy. The insulating and non-permeable nature of the coating resulted in a slower rate of electrolyte penetration to the underlining of the coating. On the other hand, the presence of TiO2 allowed the modification of the sol-gel structure that ended with a high cross-linked structure. However, we found that increasing the Ti-content allowed high chance for galvanic corrosion that resulted in increasing the corrosion rate. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements provided an explanation for the increased corrosion resistance of the sol-gel coating containing TiO2. The surface morphology revealed changes imparted to the surface with and without coating before and after its exposure to the corroding medium.


Abstract : An EMP (electromagnetic pulse) simulation test is conducted on a U.S. Army brigade signal center in 1/100 scale. The bulk currents induced on the modeled system are recorded as the azimuth and angle of incidence of the model simulator are varied. Plots are presented of the peak amplutide of the current versus azimuth angle for various angles of elevation. A comparison is made between the response of the system and that of a single long cable buried near the surface of the ground. (Author)


Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET 2017) 6th – 7th December 2017, Park Royal Hotel, Penang, Malaysia CHAIRMAN OF MALAYSIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (MUCET 2017) Assalamualaikum w.b.t and Salam 1Malaysia. It is great pleasure to welcome all delegates to the Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET 2017). Competitive advantage in today's globalized economy lies principally in fostering the skills, knowledge, creativity and competencies of people and these cuts across nations, regions, sectors and organizations. This is very significant as it is explicit recognition that individual human development is fundamental to our collective development as societies. As the success in the 21st century is driven by excellence in engineering and technology innovation, by pushing the boundaries of knowledge and braving through discoveries of new, innovative and improved product and processes, we, as technical universities must play key role in fostering these skills and provides the best effort to be the pillar for these success. While we face significant competition for developing and instilling the engineering and technology skills within our region, other nations are also putting in place measures to boost and strengthen their capacity. Hence we must seize every opportunity to stand at par with other countries, while making sure sustainability and dynamic growth of Malaysia economy. The theme of this year's MUCET, "Leading Innovation in Engineering, Science and Technology" is indeed in tandem with the government's strategic initiatives at advancing, in a more effective manner on innovative human capital towards economic growth by utilizing every aspects of engineering, science and technology. Innovation, in deed is the key to global competitiveness that be able to provide new and better jobs, a resilient economy and strategic key in gaining the national goals. As a developing nation, Malaysia relies on its human capital and universities have a pivotal role in nurturing and producing this much-needed pool of competent and highly skilled labour force at every levels in our endeavour towards national transformation 2050 (TN50). I sincerely wish that this conference will provide a useful platform for participants, especially between technical universities academia, to interact, brain storming, and come up with concrete resolutions towards more effective collaboration in the area of science, engineering and technology. It is hoped that from this conference, participants can grab the opportunities to emerge stronger and more dynamic in research to stimulate the development of the new products, processes and so that they will match with the latest global industrial trends. On behalf of the Research, Management and Innovation Centre, UniMAP, I would like to record my deepest gratitude and thanks to all MUCET 2017 committee, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), other MTUN research and management offices and as well as to all parties, for your dedication in ensuring the success of this conference. Thank you. PROFESSOR DR SYED ALWEE ALJUNID SYED JUNID Chairman Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET 2017)


A copper clad aluminum row profile production method, comprising the following steps: 1) washing, 2) drying, 3) rolling head, 4) drawing gap, 5) a double metal binding heating furnace, 6) high frequency induction heating , 7) hot drawing, 8) insulation, 9) oxide layer was washed, 10) packaging. Advantageous effects of the invention are: metal is not oxidized during the drawing process, due to the skin effect high frequency induction, to make two kinds of differences between the melting point of the metal while achieving complex metallurgical bonding temperature critical point, so that two different metals permanent metallurgical bond between the compact. Density profiles of the present invention only produced 36.5% - 41.6% copper row, is 2.45 to 2.70 times the length, high tensile strength 1.6 ~ 2 times or more, the resistivity can be done: 0.027310Ω · mm 2 /m(-40℃)~0.041506Ω·mm 2 /m(70℃).


Purpose:The purpose of our study is to view the curve-distribution of variable topographical patterns among Iraqi people and to compare the data with other Asian results. Methods:This "cross sectional" study included patients all of them presented to Al_Diwanyia Teaching Hospital in Iraq, asking for visual correction. Period of data collection from May 2018 to September 2019.All participating subjects were diagnosed with the disease in both eyes and did not do any surgery for their keratoconus at the time of studydata collection. Results: This study includes 94 eyes of47 patient from Al_Diwanyia city; all examined by pentacamtopographic system diagnosed with keratoconus bilaterally, the most common pattern was asymmetric bowtie with angulation followed by asymmetric bowtie inferior steep then the round and irregular shapes respectively. Conclusion: Asymmetric Bowtie with angulation (A.B. with angulation) was the most Common topographic type, followed by Asymmetric Bowtie Inferior steep(A.B.I.S.), Round and Irregular The patterns are similar to that of other Asian people.


This architrave of Akhethotep has been in the University of Liverpool since 1904, when it was given by the Rev. W. MacGregor in commemoration of the inauguration of the Institute of Archaeology. The title of this article reflects the fact that for many years now it has graced the entrance hall of the Institute's successor, the School of Archaeology and Oriental Studies, and is well-known to most of its students and staff.2


ne common denominator among most of the new-generation antidepressants and antipsychotics is that they all have significant serotonin activity and also cause weight and metabolic changes. These side effects have become major obstacles to patient adherence to treatment as well as a potential public health problem in the psychiatric patient population. One positive aspect of the widespread use of these agents is that it has propelled research aimed at uncovering the mechanisms underlying these side effects. The result may be improved understanding of the pathophysiology involved in control of body weight, metabolic rate, and lipid regulation. Some recently published studies suggest that this may well be the case.


Abstract. The paper deals with repeated low-density burst error de-tecting codes with a speci ed weight or less. Linear codes capable of de-tecting such errors have been studied. Further codes capable of correctingand simultaneously detecting such errors have also been dealt with. Thepaper obtains lower and upper bounds on the number of parity-checkdigits required for such codes. An example of such a code has also beenprovided. 1. IntroductionOne of the most important aspects in Coding Theory has been the detectionand correction of errors. Various kinds of errors have been dealt with for whichcodes have been developed to detect and/or correct such errors. Hamming[8] made the beginning with the detection and correction of random errors.Considering the fact that in many communication channels the likelihood of theoccurrence of errors is more in adjacent digits rather than their occurrence in arandom manner, Abramson [1] developed codes which dealt with the correctionof single and double adjacent errors. A more general concept of clustered errorscalled 'burst errors' was given by Fire [7]. A burst of length


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Sanjiang plain marsh decrease dramatically and functions degenerate constantly under human and natural influence.The protection and restoration of wetland becomes more and more imperative.Converting croplands to wetlands is an effective way of protecting and restoring wetlands.The principle and basic task of which is firstly to perform suitability evaluation of cropland retirement,and then to identify the position and spatial distribution characteristics of croplands that are suitable for retirement.By considering natural and social economic factors,this research established a suitability evaluation system for converting croplands to wetlands in Sanjiang plain.Taking Sanjiang National Nature Reserve as an example,the spatial distribution characteristics of croplands suitable for retirement were identified using GIS spatial overlay analysis,which verified the feasibility of quantitative suitability evaluation of converting croplands to wetlands in typical inland wetland region.By offering such a new technique for the analysis on converting croplands to wetlands,the study aimed to enrich theories and methods of wetland protection and restoration.


Seal (30) threaded tubular connection comprising a first body (C1) terminated by an external stopper (BE), and linked to a male thread (PC1) extended by a terminal portion (PT1) forming an internal stop surface (BI) at its axial end, such that the seal comprises a second body (C2) defining a free end a bearing surface (SA) for the external abutment, and having on its inner surface an initial portion (PT2) connecting the bearing surface a female thread (PC2), screwed to the male thread, and terminating in an internal shoulder (EI) facing the inner stop, such that the connecting profile between one of the external stopper, internal abutment, of the bearing surface or of the inner shoulder has a variable diameter profile in cross section, and a body length less than the one of the terminal or initial portion.


ABSTRACT Background Auxiliary drugs augment the effect of local anesthetic in intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA). The aim of our study was to estimate the median effective dose (ED50) of Dexmedetomidine in elective upper limb Lidocaine 0.5% IVRA. Method A prospective, double-blind, sequential study using modified Dixon's up and down method. Thirty patients scheduled for minor upper limb surgeries were recruited in the Study, however, we ended up analyzing data of 26 patients due to protocol violation. The first patient in this sequential trial was randomly selected and received a mixed solution of 0.5% lidocaine and 0.4 µg/kg of dexmedetomidine, with 0.1 µg/kg dose interval. If IVRA outcome was satisfactory, the dose went down for the next patient by 0.1 µg/kg. Vice versa, if the outcome was unsatisfactory, the dexmedetomidine dose was stepped up by 0.1 µg/kg. Sensory and motor block onset, recovery times, hemodynamic variables, surgical and tourniquet VAS scores and time to first analgesic request were recorded. Results The series of patient responses to IVRA was satisfactory in 11 patients (42.3%) and unsatisfactory in 15 patients (57.6%) due to either surgical pain in 6 patients or tourniquet pain in the remaining 9 patients. In patients with satisfactory response to IVRA, intraoperative and postoperative mean arterial pressure and heart rate, compared with baseline (just prior to inflating the proximal cuff) measurement, showed no statistically significant differences (P = 0.754 and 0.324, respectively). Intergroup comparison of Patients with unsatisfactory response to IVRA time to first analgesic request showed no statistical difference (P > 0.05). Conclusion the ED 50 of Dexmedetomidine (95% confidence interval, CI) as adjuvant for satisfactory 0.5% lidocaine IVRA was 0.7 µg/kg (0.6–0.8).


Genotype by environment (Location) interaction (GEI) is essential for identifying environment-specific and widely adapted genotypes of wheat. The experiment was carried out across five locations (Shyampur and Godagari under Rajshahi district, Nachole at Chapainawabganj, Sapahar at Naogaon and Lalpur at Natore district in north-west Bangladesh) to assess GEI effects on grain yield and its components and to identify high yielding and stable genotypes of wheat for grain yield in the year of 2020-21. Combined analyses of variance for G and GEI were significant for almost all traits. Significant GEI suggested that the performance of genotypes was not consistent across locations, revealing strong influence of environments on the expression of phenotype for all traits. Average over five locations, genotypes G84 (3647 kg ha-1) and G76 (3576 kg ha-1) exhibited maximum values for grain yield and also produced similar tillers m-2 (SPM) and grains spike-1 (GPS) where difference between them was statistically insignificant thus appeared as leading genotypes for yield and production traits. Again, the genotypes G84 and G76 produced statistically insignificant maximum yield in all locations indicating that they are high yielding and wide adapted genotypes. The genotype G80 produced insignificant yield and other yield traits with G76 and G84 across the locations indicating its wide adaptability. However, G26, G69 and G77 with higher grain yield in Shyampur, G53 and G59 in Godagari ,G20 in Lalpur, G3 in Nachole and G8 in Sapahar proved their specific adaptability in particular locations. Among locations, Shyampur and Godagari were identified as highly productive locations in terms of grain yield and positive environmental index. Correlation analysis showed that grain yield had strong positive association with spikes m-2 (r = 0.92**), grains spike-1 (r = 0.72**) and TGW (r = 0.89**). On the basis of mean grain yield and higher positive phenotypic index for SPM, GPS, TGW and GY, G76, the genotypes G84,G76 and G80 were found as high yielding genotypes and thus could be recommended as important breeding materials in upcoming specific breeding program for drought prone north-west part of Bangladesh.


Consistent with its role as a nitric oxide (NO)‐detoxifying globin in Campylobacter jejuni, Cgb (Campylobacter globin) expression is strongly and specifically induced following exposure to nitrosative stress, suggesting a previously unrecognized capacity for NO‐related stress sensing in this food‐borne pathogen. In this study, Fur and PerR have been eliminated as major regulators of cgb, and NssR (Cj0466), a member of the Crp‐Fnr superfamily, has been identified as the major positive regulatory factor that controls nitrosative stress‐responsive expression of this gene. Accordingly, disruption of nssR resulted in the abolition of inducible cgb expression, which was restored by a complementing chromosomal insertion of the wild‐type gene with its indigenous promoter at a second location. The NssR‐deficient mutant was more sensitive to NO‐related stress than a cgb mutant and this phenotype most likely arises from the failure of these cells to induce other NO‐responsive components in addition to Cgb. Indeed, analysis of global gene expression, by microarray and confirmatory real‐time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the wild type and nssR mutant, not only confirmed the dependence of inducible cgb expression on NssR, but also revealed for the first time a novel NssR‐dependent nitrosative stress‐responsive regulon. This regulon of at least four genes includes Cj0465c, a truncated globin. Consistent with NssR being a Crp‐Fnr superfamily member, an Fnr‐like binding sequence (TTAAC‐N4‐GTTAA) was found upstream of each gene at locations −40.5 to −42.5 relative to the centre of the binding sites and the transcription start point. Site‐directed mutagenesis confirmed that this cis‐acting motif mediates the nitrosative stress‐inducible expression of cgb.


Cancer is a disease still associated with pain, death and suffering and many people, afraid of a diagnosis, adopt dodging behavior from doctors and tests. Despite this phenomenon as old as the disease, the emergence of social media has brought the topic to platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, among others. T77he goal of this study is to determine if there is a cancer content standard that creates more engagement on Instagram. Two Brazilian cancer institutions Instagram profiles were selected and a qualitative study of content analysis was applied, later associating it with statistical analysis. During four years, the entire contents of two Brazilian cancer hospitals were selected, totaling 1,935 posts on Instagram. In addition to the posts produced by the two institutions, we sought to understand user behavior on this media when the topic is cancer, through 2,239 comments and 4,603 Emojis. Given the fact that the two profiles attract about 120,000 users, we can affirm that there is interest on the topic, Internet users address the topic with no prejudice and many seek different ways of gratification using the app.


Many modern signal processing applications can be stated in terms of performing inference on sparse signals that have significant dependencies between those signals. Consider the task of recovering signals xn ∈ R from incomplete and noisy linear measurements yn = Φnxn + n, where Φn ∈ RM×N is the potentially timevarying measurement matrix, n is the measurement noise, and n ∈ K is an index (e.g., temporal or spatial). Many methods estimate each xn independently by assuming that xn is sparse in some dictionary (xn = Dan with a sparse). More recent methods have sought to leverage inter-signal dependencies through joint inference. For example, in some applications (e.g. recovery of video sequences or dynamic MRI) n ∈ K ⊂ Z represents a time index and we wish to recover ordered sparse signals with a known dynamics model


Thermal power plants Nikola Tesla "A" and "B" are large sources of ash from their ashes/slag deposit sites. Total sizes of ashes/slag depots are 600ha and 382ha, with active cassettes having dimensions ~200ha and ~130ha. Active cassettes of the disposal sites are covered by rather large waste ponds, which sizes varies depending on working condition of sluice system and on meteorological conditions. Modeling of ash lifting was attempted using results from dust lifting research. Relation between sizes of ponds and air dust concentration in the vicinity of ash disposal sites was analyzed. As expected, greater sizes of dried disposal site surfaces in combination with stronger winds give greater dust emission and greater air dust concentration.


We discuss a cohomological construction of representations of a reductive group over the ring of power series over a finite field modulo the r-th power of the maximal ideal. The case r=1 goes back to Deligne and the author. The case where r is greater than 1 was given without proof in the author's work in 1977. Here we supply the proofs and give some further results.


Based on the calculation of cumulative damage for the fatigue strength,some parameters in Weibull distribution are analyzed,which includes the shape parameter,the scale parameter of Weibull distribution and exceeding probability. The exceeding probability corresponding to maximum contribution of the long-term stress ranges to fatigue damage is analyzed and the effects of Weibull shape parameter on fatigue life are investigated under various exceeding probabilities by analysis.


Methyl α-Hydroxymethylphenylacetate (methyl tropate) was prepared from the condensation of methyl phenylacetate with formaldehyde in dimethylsulfoxide at 45℃. 2-Phenyl-1,3-propanediol was prepared from the reduction of methyl tropate with sodium borohydride in organic solvent in more than 75% yield. The transesterification of 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol with n-butyl carbamate was processed using tetrabutyl titanate as catalyst with distilling off n-butyl alcohol, recrystallized from methanol, to give 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate (felbamate) in more than 85% yield. The intermediate and title compound were characterized by IR, HNMR and elementary analysis.


The dynamic behavior of sandwich shells of revolution with carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced faces and honeycomb core manufactured by fused deposition modeling are analyzed numerically. The every layer vibrations of the sandwich shell are described by three displacements projections and two rotations angles of the middle surface normal. The layers displacements are described by the expansion up to the quadratic and cubic terms of the transverse coordinates. The shells of revolution nonlinear vibrations are described by the system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations, which is obtained by assumed-mode method. The combination of shooting technique and continuation are used for nonlinear vibrations numerical analysis.


A comprehensive analysis of the recent past must start with an understanding of the major, interrelated issues currently confronting China's leaders. These include- a wide range of economic, national security, and cultural concerns. Another key area involves personnel management. Were the officials removed during the Cultural Revolution justly treated or ought their verdicts be reversed? If so, should all officials be returned or just some? And which ones? More generally, should a regular promotion ladder be established, or should young, exuberant but inexperienced cadres continue to be rapidly, promoted, as during 1966–69? Should service in the bureaucracy and exit from it be made more predictable? This essay focuses on vthe origins and implications of these personnel issues. For, while other issues have also been important, crucial points of debate and struggle since 1969 have been over the rehabilitation of cadres who were removed during the Cultural Revolution and over the role to be assigtfcd to those who rose to power at their expense.


Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a crop used as food and feed. An investigation was carried out to select the most successful faba bean genotype(s) and to assess the genetic diversity present in the morphological and agronomic traits. Multivariate analysis of variance indicated significance of genotypic effect. A principal component analysis indicated two first axes explained the maximum simple variation. The dendrogram according to the cluster analysis separated G1 and G10 from the other genotypes. This first cluster includes autochthonous landrace from Guilan province and breeding variety (Barrakat), belonging to the major faba bean type; these populations in the first cluster had high to moderate means for all of the traits. The factor analysis indicated that five factors were associated with 85.62% of the total variability. The high yielding genotypes, such as G1 and G10 could be used to improve faba beans and facilitate the potential increase of production of the crop. Moreover, the traits that exhibited strong and positive association with yield include days to pod initiation, days to harvesting, plant height, pod length, hundred seed weight, ratio of seed length to width, stem number per plant and seed number per stem could be used as selection criteria for improving faba bean.


[Objective] To understand the situation of HIV-prevention knowledge achievement in local policemen and study the related factors.[Methods] Designed the questionnaire for local policemen and conducted them filling in the anonymous questionnaire.Described the characters of the HIV-prevention knowledge level in policemen and compared the different levels of knowledge according to different categories by variance analysis.[Results] The average score of biomedical-related,policy-related and occupational expose-related HIV-prevention knowledge among local policemen was 12.17,3.02,6.73 separately.The average total score was 21.92.Only the factor 'division' was significant by variance analysis in the total factors which including division,gender,age,the years as policemen,nationality,education and marital situation.[Conclusion] The HIV-prevention knowledge training for local policemen still need be strengthened,especially for occupational expose-related knowledge and laws,policies related to HIV prevention.Local governor should pay more attention to such training for policemen and operate systematic action fighting HIV/AIDS,good environment for the fighting should be created at the same time.


A new, simple and accurate active bridge for measuring all the FET parameters at low frequencies is proposed. The transconductance gm, the drain conductance gd and the gate conductance gg are the low-frequency dynamic parameters. These are measured at and around the quiescent point. The role of these parameters for the analysis and design of circuits incorporating FETs is so important that they should be measured accurately; such measurement is the subject of this paper. A short error analysis for all the parameters has also been included to establish the superiority of the proposed method over the existing methods.


Commercially available OFDR technology provides high-resolution distributed strain measurements using standard optical fiber. These measurements are shown to correlate well with other standard measurement methods and theoretical models of simple structures.


This paper aimed at designing learning trajectory (LT) for teaching sets using Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) approach and investigating it's influence on students' mathematical critical thinking ability. The method used is a design research that contains three stage namely preliminary design, teaching experiment, and retrospective analysis. The research's subjects at grade 7 students in Padang,. Data were collected trough observations, interviews, checklist, videotaping, and analyzing the students' works. Students have their own strategies in constructing, describing and describing their understanding helping students improve their mathematical critical thinking skills. Finally, we discovered the growth in the students' mathematical critical thinking ability.


The warm affection of a brother has guided the pen of the author throughout this volume. Biography in such circumstances necessarily becomes eulogium. For every virtue of Davy, and for his immortal services to science, the gratitude and esteem of the public are not less than the admiration of his affectionate relative ; and if in this history of a great man by one who had just reason to be proud of him, fraternal partiality has sometimes given importance to trifles, and sometimes found excuses for foibles with which others only were offended, it is not for us to ascribe it as a fault of great magnitude in Dr. John Davy, Assuredly, we think many particulars of the early life of Davy might have been omitted without loss to the reader; and we should be disposed to extend this observation to nearly all the poetical fragments, which, although they bear the impress of Davy's elevated intellect, belong to that order of verse which no true lover of imaginative poetry reads but for the thoughts, or reads more than once. But readers of the highest order of intellect, and of the most exalted imagination, may and will peruse with deep gratification the fragments, expressed in prose, and taken from


The problem of demodulating multiple frequency modulated signals that overlap spectrally is seen to pervade communication systems both military and civilian, where bandwidth is a precious resource. In this paper, we extend the use of the recently developed multiangle discrete fractional Fourier transform (MA-CDFRFT) for the purposes of cochannel FM demodulation and also investigate its use for the demodulation of cochannel continuous phase modulation (CPM) signals used frequently in wireless systems, using rectangular, triangular, or trapezoidal pulse shapes. Simulation results demonstrate that the approach is able to accomplish cochannel signal separation and demodulation, where existing multicomponent AM-FM demodulation algorithms fail. It is further demonstrated that for cochannel CPM demodulation, symbol error probabilities that are comparable to or smaller than that of coherent BPSK detection in additive white Gaussian noise.


Main raw materials (maize, carrot) are rolled continuously to make them spongy, then they are soaked in the thick liquid of flavouring, then they are put into digestion (toasting) box to cook or fried in deep oil, then they are undergone the vacuum sealing packing, finally the instant food of maize and carrot is made up. Its advantages are: delicate fragrance, sweet in taste, original flavour, preserving the natural nutritive components of maize and carrot and capable of making into different kinds of instant foods according to different taste and different demand.


Abstract: In 1965, the concept of total coloring was introduced by Behzad [1] and in 1967 he [2] came out new ideology that, the total chromatic number of complete graph and complete bi-partite graph. A total coloring of a graph G is an assignment of colors to both the vertices and edges of G, such that no two adjacent or incident vertices and edges of G are assigned the same colors. In this paper, we have discussed the total coloring of splitting graph of Path, Cycle and Star graph. Also, we determine the total chromatic number of splitting graph of Path, Cycle and Star graphs. MSC: 05C15.


(76) I : Donald E. B. Miami, FL (US Presented is an improved concept airfoil, or more properly nVentor: O . Surg, M1am1. (US) called fluid dynamic foil, that promises coefficients of lift Correspondence Address: several times better than present day airfoils or hydrofoils. Donald E. Burg This is accomplished by use of a rotary Coanda fluid 1584.O SW 84 Avenue accelerator that is part of the boundary of a high camber or Miami, FL 33157 (US) fat airfoil shape. Acceleration of oncoming fluids over the 9 low static pressure side of the airfoil by the rotary element (21) Appl. No.: 11/330,845 not only decreases the static pressure thereby increasing lift but also improves flow characteristics over the low static (22) Filed: Jan. 12, 2006 pressure side of the airfoil which reduces or eliminates flow separation and its associated turbulent drag effects. Alterna Publication Classification tive ways to eliminate the flow separation are also presented as well as are ways to control the angle of attack of the (51) Int. Cl. airfoil. The concept presented is applicable to aircraft wings, B64C 3/50 (2006.01) rotary wings such as used on helicopters, hydrofoils, wind (52) U.S. Cl. .............................................................. 244/215 and water turbine blades, and the like.


SUBTITLE: IT DEPENDS ON WHOM YOU ASK. AIRLINES SAY THE ALLIANCES WILL ALLOW THEM TO OFFER CUSTOMERS MORE OPTIONS, BUT OTHERS WORRY THAT SERVICE COULD SUFFER.


Recent development in the Internet and Web based technologies require faster communication of multimedia data in a secure form. A number of encryption schemes for MPEG have been proposed. In this paper, we evaluate the compression performance of JPEG which has been encrypted with the zig-zag permutation algorithm, suggest a security enhancement to the scheme, and propose an alternative to entropy coding recommended by JPEG to compensate for the compression drop occurring due to permutation.


This work aimed to study the growth and sporulation of Lecanicillium lecanii (isolates JAB 02 and JAB 45) cultivated in media with differents sources of phosphorus (ammonium phosphate, monobasic and dibasic potassium phosphates, phosphoric acid, sodium and calcium phosphates), C:P (5:, 0:, 50:, 00:, and 200:) and C:N:P (60::6, 60::2, 20:2:,2 and 240:4:,2 for JAB 02, and 0::2, 0::, 50:5: and 200:20: for JAB 45) ratios. The micelial growth was measured every three days during eighteen days after inoculation whereas the sporulation was evaluated only on the eighteenth day of incubation. The sources of P and C:P ratio did not influence the growth and sporulation of both isolates. However, the data suggest that ammonium phosphate, potassium and sodium phosphates, and 5:, 0:, 00: and 200: C:P ratios favor the development of JAB 02, while ammonium phosphate, potassium monobasic and dibasic phosphates and C:P ratios 5:, 0:, 50:, and 200: favor the development of JAB 45. The C:N:P ratio did not influence JAB 02 performance and JAB 45 growth but JAB 45 porulation reached the peak values of 33.4 x 04 and 26.4 x 04 conidia mL- when submitted to the ratios of 0::2 and 0::, respectively. Aditional keywords: entomopathogenic fungus; phosphorus nutrition; physiology of fungi.


A series of chiral substituted 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazoles have been synthesized and evaluated as organocatalysts for the asymmetric Biginelli reaction. The relationship between catalytic activity and the different catalyst structures is briefly discussed. By using the optimized catalyst C10 (10 mol-%), a series of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one (DHPM) derivatives have been obtained in 63–88 % yields and 68–81 % ee values within 24 h at room temperature. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2009)


Many magnetic materials contain ions in which the orbital contribution to the magnetic moment is important. This is normally the case in the rare earths and the actinides, where there is strong spin‐orbit coupling and weak crystal fields, and it also occurs in transition metal ions like Fe2+ and Co2+. This orbital contribution leads to asymmetric charge clouds and the corresponding asymmetry of the transfer and overlap integrals means that the exchange interaction between pairs of such ions is not of the Heisenberg form but contains more complicated functions of the angular momentum operators. The microscopic form of the exchange and coulomb interaction between pairs of electrons is considered in the single‐electron representation and transformed to the (L, S) and J representations of many‐electron atomic states, and finally to a pseudospin representation which spans the lowest‐lying atomic states in the presence of crystal fields. The symmetry restrictions on this pseudospin Hamiltonian are considered. D...


A multi-model based variable structure forecasting method for local short term electric load is proposed based on fuzzy clustering and support vector regression(SVR).Firstly,the main idea of this method is introduced.Then,prediction time was partitioned into several sections adaptively by means of fuzzy C-means clustering,according to the characteristics of local power load pattern.Sub-models for each section were constructed based on support vector regression in the following.A simulation analysis based model evaluation and optimization method was proposed for the selection of model parameters and the regulation of section structure.The results of contrasting tests show that the proposed method has higher accuracy and stronger robust than neural network.


We describe the WMT 2020 Shared Tasks in Unsupervised MT and Very Low Resource Supervised MT. In both tasks, the community studied German to Upper Sorbian and Upper Sorbian to German MT, which is a very realistic machine translation scenario (unlike the simulated scenarios used in particular in much of the unsupervised MT work in the past). We were able to obtain most of the digital data available for Upper Sorbian, a minority language of Germany, which was the original motivation for the Unsupervised MT shared task. As we were defining the task, we also obtained a small amount of parallel data (about 60000 parallel sentences), allowing us to offer a Very Low Resource Supervised MT task as well. Six primary systems participated in the unsupervised shared task, two of these systems used additional data beyond the data released by the organizers. Ten primary systems participated in the very low resource supervised task. The paper discusses the background, presents the tasks and results, and discusses best practices for the future.