Based on practical experience, the installation for production of metal oxide nanopowders is updated. The method involves evaporation of the target by a pulsed electron beam, condensation of the vapors of the material in a low pressure gas, and deposition of nanopowders on a cold large area crystallizer. In a new installation, a higher power electron gun with a hollow cathode, which ensures the formation of the current pulse of the electron beam with an amplitude up to 1 A and a duration of 100 μs, and a crystallizer of a larger diameter (0.3 m) and length (0.5 m), which makes it possible to decrease the agglomeration of nano particles, are used. The results of the evaporation of targets made of YSZ and CeGdOx are presented. The pro posed method makes it possible to obtain nanopowders of oxides with a characteristic particle size of 3–5 nm and agglomerates consisting of them 20–600 nm in size, specific surfaces of up to 250 m2/g, productivity of up to 10 g/h, and a specific power consumption ≥120 (W h)/g.


Most of tourist will choose new unvisited tourism spot as their new tourism destination. However, limited information of the new tourism destination often becomes a barrier to plan and schedule their tourism activity. The purpose of this research is to create an application called IndoLista, to provide complete tourism spot information, create tourism planning and schedule with social media concept. The social media concept will facilitate communication and interaction between user to get updated information in effective way. Each user will be able to organize their tourism planning with application's feature provided, completed by detail information of tourism spot. Research methodology is divided into two parts; analysis method by book and journals study literature, analyze similar application, user data collection with quisioner and and design method with UML tools. Quisioner evaluation conclude society opinion that the application as research result, give a solution to user in the interest of planning and schedulling online tourism trip by providing complete information of tourism spot and facilitating interaction and communication between user via social media concept.


Since its discovery in 2001, the interest in the low-intensity focused ultrasound (FUS)-mediated blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption to deliver genes and drugs to brain tissue has increased steadily. Increasingly sophisticated sonication protocols and dedicated hardware are being developed to efficiently and safely permeabilize the BBB, and novel magnetic resonance (MR)-based technologies have been designed to guide FUS-induced BBB opening protocols. MR imaging (MRI) allows not only to more precisely target brain regions and evaluate the outcome of sonication in terms of enhanced BBB permeability but also to control the effects of ultrasound on brain structure and function. This review summarizes the state of the art in current MRI hardware and methods used in BBB opening protocols both in pre-clinical and clinical settings.


Abstract The Tin Province of Goias, in central Brazil, includes several granitoids with greisenized‐albitized facies, which occupy the apical parts of the massifs. Stanniferous mineralizations (cassiterite) frequently occur associated with these metasomatkally altered facies. Areas of altered rocks bear open grasslands in contrast to the savanna‐type vegetation cover composed of small trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants occurring everywhere over the granitoids. Landsat Thematic Mapper ratio images (TM4/TM3) of the rainy season were used to delineate these target areas within the granitoids. Follow‐up field checking confirmed the occurrence of metasomatic rocks with cassiterite in most of the delineated areas. Thus, future prospecting work for primary tin deposits in the granitoids of the region can be largely facilitated by the use of this procedure.


Early and accurate diagnosis and management of surgical complications occurring after kidney transplantation are mandatory for the team managing these patients. Urinary leakage is one of the most important complications. In this paper we determine the incidence of urine leakage and its related factors in order to find ways for reducing this complication. Background: This descriptive study was performed in Al-zahra hospital, affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Data was collected by reviewing files of all the patients transplanted in this center from 2003 to 2008 and they were recorded in questionnaires. The data was analyzed by SPSS software. Methods: Of the total of 248 patients, 12 (4.8%) had urine leakage, 7 (2.8%) had urine obstruction and 7 (2.8%) had wound infection. There was a statistically significant relation between leakage and obstruction of the urinary system, as well as between urine leakage and wound infection. There was no statistically significant relation between the incidence of urine leakage and the recipient's age, sex and underlying diseases; age and sex of the donor; cadaver/alive or relative/non-relative donors, the dosage of corticosteroids, and the duration of anesthesia. Findings: It is suggested that the technique of the surgery, not the other associated factors of the donor and recipient, is the main factor affecting urine leakage following kidney transplantation. Conclusion: Urinary fistula, urinary obstruction, surgical wound infection Key words:


Temperature changes and in-plane movements at early age in 12 reinforced concrete walls are reported. Between 14 and 37 vibrating wire strain gauges were placed in eleven of the walls. Temperatures were monitored at each gauge location. Gauges were placed mid-way through the wall thickness. In-plane residual ('restrained') strains were deduced from restraints applied to free in-plane movement of the cooling concrete in various parts of the wall. Restraint to free movement is provided externally by previously cast elements such as a wall foundation, combined with internal effects arising from the considerable variation in peak temperatures from place to place in a wall. At their tops, it is found that walls are in compression after cooling. In other parts, the tension is not usually very high, although a restraint factor of 0·5 to free horizontal movement is approached locally in some walls and a high diagonal strain > 200 microstrains was estimated in two of the walls.


In the face of continuing doubt as to the value of teaching business ethics, evidence is reviewed suggesting that the endeavor is a worthy one. Specifically, we examine three common concerns raised by various stakeholders as to the viability of teaching business ethics. We conclude that these concerns are not well founded. Next, we describe three major goals from the literature related to teaching ethics: enhancing ethical awareness and sensitivity, promoting moral development, and appreciation of and skill handling complex ethical decision making. Third, we consider the empirical evidence to date addressing these goals. Finally, we consider directions for future research and offer several testable research propositions.


A series of N-phenyl and N-(o-nitr ophenyl)irninophosphorane s has been synthesised. On reacting the series of N-phenylimino-. phosphoranes with benzaldehyde no large rate accelerations were observed for small cyclic iminophosphoranes compared with the open chain analogs. The rate differences observed can be explained in terms of steric and inductive effects. The absence of large rate accelerations due to ring strain can be explained if the nucleophilic first step is rate determining. The thermolysis of the series of N-(o-nitrophenyl)irninophosphoranes yielded benzofurazan in 25-65% yield. Although no large rate accelerations due to ring strain were found, it was discovered that the smaller the ring in the iminophosphorane the faster the reaction and the open chain analog did not react. The results indicate a fast first step assisted by release of ring strain to form a bicyclic intermediate followed by a slow second step obscuring any ring strain accelerations. An attempt to synthesise some bicyclic intermediates similar to those thought to exist resulted only in imiriophosphoranes however there are indications that there is a fine balance between iminophosphoranes and the bicyclic phosphoranes, dependent on ring size and electronegative considerations.


Unsteady hydromagnetic Couette flow of a viscous, incompressible and electrically conducting fluid between two parallel porous plates taking Hall current into account in a rotating system is studied. Fluid flow within the channel is induced due to impulsive movement of the lower plate of the channel and is permeated by a uniform transverse magnetic field which is fixed relative to the moving plate. Solution of the governing equations is obtained by Laplace transform technique. The expression for the shear stress at the moving plate due to primary and secondary flows is also derived. Asymptotic behavior of the solution valid for small and large values of time t is analyzed to gain some physical insight into the flow pattern. Numerical values of primary and secondary velocities and that of shear stress at the moving plate due to primary and secondary flows are displayed graphically for various values of Hall current parameter m, rotation parameter K2, magnetic parameter M2, suction/injection parameter S and time t.


Foot ulcer is a significant cause of morbidity in diabetics. Genetic make‐up can determine inflammatory and healing responses. This study examined the hypothesis that specific polymorphisms of the heat‐shock protein 70 gene could predispose to the severity of diabetic foot ulceration.


Article gives the some peculiarities of motors and touchs asymmetry in pair acrobatics. The individual profile of asymmetry is one of the factors differentiating reserves of growth of functionality of the sportsman. For the decision of the methodical questions connected with "symmetric" teaching and training, it is necessary to have a comparative picture of leading components which define various capacity of counterlateral extremities. The results of research and comparative analysis of appearance of acrobats' functional asymmetry of different qualification and specialisaton are given in the article. It is established that the most typical profile for representatives of pair acrobatics is dextral-laterials a phenotype. Accumulation of right-hand lateral signs is caused by a presentation of high requirements to exact any regulation of movements, complex coordinated in space. Right-hand domination of impellent, acoustical and visual functions reflects reliability of visually-spatial activity. As shown, influence of specific muscle lading leads to significant changes in asymmetry of some figures.


Objective
To investigate the efficacy and prognostic factors of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE), and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) combined with intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT).

Methods
Sixty-three cases of HCC with PVTT were retrospectively analyzed. All of them received 1-3 time(s) of TACE therapy followed by RFA. IMRT was finally performed to PVTT. Both the therapeutic effects of HCC and PVTT were observed in 6 to 8 weeks after IMRT therapy. The long-run efficacy was observed by analyzing the 1-3 year(s) survival rate, and the hazards to prognosis were analyzed.

Results
The CR, PR, SD, PD numbers and rates in PVTT were 9 cases (15.0%), 36 cases (60.0%), 10 cases (16.6%), and 5 cases (8.3%). The effective rate in PVTT was 75.0%. Meanwhile the CR, PR, SD, PD numbers and rates in HCC were 19 cases (31.6%), 30 cases (50.0%), 6 cases (10.0%), and 5 cases (8.3%). The effective rate in HCC was 81.6%. The 1, 2 and 3 year survival rates were 73.3%, 45.0% and 27.0%, respectively. ECOG score (χ2=53.046, P=0.000), history of hepatitis (χ2=6.472, P=0.030), tumor size (χ2=7.293, P=0.026), the number of tumor(χ2=24.382, P=0.000), the types of tumor thrombus (χ2=28.085, P=0.000) and Child-Pugh class(χ2=6.184, P=0.040)were independent hazardous factors for survivals.

Conclusion
TACE combined with RFA is effective treatment for HCC with PVTT patients with low frequency of severe complications and high rate of tumor response. ECOG score, history of hepatitis, the size and number of tumor, the types of tumor thrombus, Child-Pugh class are the factors that influence the long curative effect.

Key words:
Liver neoplasms; Catheter ablation; Radiotherapy


The most typical and early signs of primary cholestatic liver diseases are represented by itching, prominent asthenia and autonomic dysfunction. These abnormalities significantly affect the quality of life. The data obtained relate itching and asthenic syndrome in cholestatic liver diseases to pathological changes of the central nervous system (CNS). The special scales for assessment of severity of asthenic manifestations, itching and quality of life in primary biliary cholangitis were developed. Besides, memory defects and loss of concentration ability are quite often seen even in non-cirrhotic patients. These defects have a tendency to progress without obvious associations with biochemical and histological parameters of liver disease severity. Some investigators underline the association of asthenic and cognitive disorders with autonomic dysfunction, systolic hypotension and impaired brain perfusion. The origin of itching in cholestatic liver diseases is largely attributed to central nociceptive sensitization and an increased tone of endogenous opiate system. Pathogenetic mechanisms of CNS dysfunction in non-cirrhotic patients with cholestatic diseases may involve neuroinflammation, hypovitaminosis D and E, influence of secondary hyperparathyroidism and exсessive bile acids concentration in blood.


The contemporary bioethanol production technologies are based on the utilization of plant lignocellulosic biomass. These technologies require conducting regular search, breeding, and creation of new energy crops. In particular, significant attention is paid to plants of the genus Miscanthus perennial grasses that have a great potential as renewable energy sources. The main advantages of representatives of this species are considered to be high biomass yield, cold tolerance, a low requirement to soil conditions, long-term use of plantation, etc. M. × giganteus is the most promising species of the genus. The last is a sterile allotriploid originated through the hybridization of M. sinensis and M. sacchariflorus. Due to the problem with sexual reproduction, there is a lack of genotypes necessary for plant breeding programs to improve this species. Thus, polyploidization is an indispensable approach for obtaining new genotypes of M. × giganteus.


Design and performance measurements of a monopole antenna with modified ground plane for ultra-wideband application is proposed. The proposed antenna has y-shape patch to provide wider bandwidth. The ground plane located at the bottom layer is modified with truncated corners and double rectangular slot to have better matching impedance. The patch and ground plane of the antenna are etched on FR4 substrate with an overall size 39 mm × 40 mm × 1.6 mm. The results of the simulation show that the antenna operates with return loss less than −10 dB over the frequency band from 2.97 GHz to 11.54 GHz. Return losses of −58.81 dB for the resonant frequencies at 4.2 GHz can be achieved when the depth of the diagonal cut is 3 mm. The dimension of each rectangular slot is 12 × 5 mm, and rectangular notch size is 3 × 3.64 mm, providing a 14.1% wider bandwidth than ultra-wideband standard.


We report 3 cases of unusual cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita (CMTC), The ages of the first two cases of CMTC were premature babies, born at intrauterine pregnancy of 31 weeks and 34 weeks; the other patient was a 45-year old female.Compared to the age of other cases reported in the literature, our patients are unusual, It is not surprising that the first two cases of premature babies had typical signs because CMTC is a congenital disorder, usually seen at birth, but the fact that the skin lesion of CMTC appeared already in the early third trimester may provide some dues to the pathogenesis of CMTC.The third case seems to be very rare because most reported cases show that the skin lesion usually disappear gradually over a period of months to years. The site and size of the lesion in the last case was told to have been fixed for 45 years without any change, (Ann Dermatol 13(2) 116~119, 2001).


This paper reports the design, construction, and control of a mobile robot that can be transformed from the four-wheel mobile robot into two-wheel self-balancing robot and vice versa. The hardware of the robot utilizes the mechanism of the three-link manipulator. This robot is composed of three components; the body part, the middle link, and the top part. The system architecture comprises a pair of DC motor controllers to move the wheel, two servo motors to move the middle link and the top part, and an Arduino microcontroller board, etc. When the robot is transformed to the two-wheel self-balancing robot, the COM (Center of Mass) equation, and the IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) sensor are employed for attitude determination. The method of the control is based on a proportional-integral-differential (PID) control. The results show the possibility of performing both functions of the four-wheel mobile robot and two-wheel self-balancing robot.


The influences of compliance current (CC) introduced by transistor during the forming, set and reset operations on hafnium oxide based RRAM devices are investigated respectively. Experimental results show that CC during forming operation is more critical to RRAM performances than that in set/reset operations, indicating that the suppression of current overshoot issue is more important during forming process. The impacts of CC on oxygen ions immigration during resistive switching can be responsible for the different influences on devices in set/reset and forming operation.


The research team on solar energy of Institute of HVAC in Jiaxing University has made survey on solar energy enterprises in Jiaxing City since September 2009.The results of survey indicate, the quantities of solar company registered more than 1100 in Jiaxing city. All of the solar companies distribute in all counties in Jiaxing, but most solar companies concentrated in the Haining County. Jiaxing's solar energy industry have formed a complete industry chain, including the rough tube production, the evacuated tube production, the water tank production, the sealing silicone ring production, the stand production, the getter production, the solar water heater and the solar energy project and so on. The solar energy industry also appears some difficulties at present in Jiaxing, In order to solve all these difficulties, the local government, the solar energy enterprises, the local colleges need to be union, and give advice and suggestions for the solar energy industry development in Jiaxing


The composite artificial bone of bone morphogenetic protein/porous β-tricalcium phosphate (BMP/p-β-TCP)with ability of osteoinduction and biodegradation has been studied . New process in repairing β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) bioceramic;powders is reported . The problem that filtering of gelatinous precipitate is very diffcult is solved . The technological parameters in moulding and sintering are investigated . The results show that Ca/P ratio is 1.50 , porosity volum is 42.3% , diameter of macropores is 400μm , diameter of micropores is 5μm , compressive strength is 34.8kg/cm 2 , few solubilily in saline by degredation experiment in vitro is determined , the results of all experiments of hemolysis , acute toxicity and source of fever are found within normal range . the results of intramuscular implatation experiments show that BMP/p-β-TCP has good osteoinduction . The results that The materials were implanted into 1.5cm radial defects of New Zealand rabbits show that bone repairing ability of BMP/p-β-TCP is superior to the orthes (p-β-TCP and p-HA) . The BMP/p-β-TCP is suitable for substitution of autograft bone on repairing spongy bone defects. The composite artificial bone of bone morphogenetic protein/porous β-tricalcium phosphate (BMP/p-β-TCP)with ability of osteoinduction and biodegradation has been studied . New process in repairing β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) bioceramic;powders is reported . The problem that filtering of gelatinous precipitate is very diffcult is solved . The technological parameters in moulding and sintering are investigated . The results show that Ca/P ratio is 1.50 , porosity volum is 42.3% , diameter of macropores is 400μm , diameter of micropores is 5μm , compressive strength is 34.8kg/cm 2 , few solubilily in saline by degredation experiment in vitro is determined , the results of all experiments of hemolysis , acute toxicity and source of fever are found within normal range . the results of intramuscular implatation experiments show that BMP/p-β-TCP has good osteoinduction . The results that The materials were implanted into 1.5cm radial defects of New Zealand rabbits show that bone repairing ability of BMP/p-β-TCP is superior to the orthes (p-β-TCP and p-HA) . The BMP/p-β-TCP is suitable for substitution of autograft bone on repairing spongy bone defects.


The present invention dries at low temperatures, to low viscosity radiation-curable coating composition results in a composition having a high scratch resistance and high flexibility. The present invention also relates to a method and the use preparation of such compositions.


Extra-pair mating is a common alternative reproductive strategy among socially monogamous bird species, but empirical data on the genetic mating systems of most species are still lacking. Here we present the first parentage study in the Grey-headed Chickadee (Poecile cinctus), a socially monogamous passerine breeding at low densities in the boreal region of the Palaearctic and Nearctic. In a population in northeastern Norway sampled across six years, the probability for a brood to contain at least one extra-pair offspring was 37.5% (95% CI: 17.9–62.3%; total N = 16) and on average 16.7% (95% CI: 6.9– 35.0%; total N = 120) of nestlings per brood were sired extra-pair.


A clustering algorithm combining particle swarm optimization (CPSO) with K-Means (KM-CPSO) is proposed, which features better search efficiency than K-Means, PSO and CPSO. The K-Means algorithms cannot guarantee convergence to global optima and suffer in local optimal cluster center because they are sensitive to initial cluster centers. Chaotic particle swarm optimization (CPSO) can find global optimal solution; meanwhile K-Means can achieve local optima. The CPSO-KM algorithm utilizes both global search capability of CPSO and local search capability of K-Means. CPSO-KM algorithm has been tested with two synthetic datasets and three classical data sets from UCI. Experimental results show better performance of the CPSO-KM as compared to K-Means, PSO and CPSO. Introduction Clustering is a common unsupervised learning method, which partitions a group of objects (instances) into groups (clusters) such that objects in the same cluster are similar to each other and dissimilar to the objects in other clusters. K-Means [1] algorithm partitions the groups of given objects into k clusters based on a distance metric. The K-Means algorithm is easy to implement and very efficient. The main drawback of the K-Means algorithm is that the clustering result is sensitive to the initial clusters centers and may converge to the local optima [2]. In recent years, swarm intelligent algorithms has been combined with K-Means and applied on many clustering problems, because of the ability of global search of the swarm intelligent algorithms, such as GA[3], PSO[4], ACO[5]. The combination of swarm intelligent algorithms and K-Means algorithm can take advantage of both global search ability of swarm intelligent algorithms and local search ability of K-Means algorithm. CPSO[6] has the advantage of more precise global search ability and more fast convergence speed in our previous literature. The CPSO is used to obtain better clusters centers for initial clusters centers, then K-Means algorithm is used based on the initial clusters centers found by CPSO. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 describes the model of clustering problems. Section 3 presents our clustering algorithm combining CPSO with K-Means (CPSO-KM). Section 4 illustrates experimental results. Finally, Section 5 makes conclusion. Model of clustering problem The clustering problem is a collection of data objects that are similar to one another within the same cluster and are dissimilar to the objects in other clusters. Given a data objects set 1 2 {X ,X ,...,X } N DS  , where 1 2 ( , ,..., ) j L j j j X x x x  , L is the dimension of a data object, a clustering problem tries to find a K-partition of DS, 1 2 { , ,..., } K C C C C  , such that the similarity of the data objects in the same cluster is maximum and the difference of the data objects between different cluster centroid is maximum. The objective function of clustering problem is evaluated based on the sum of squared error (SSE), which is defined as International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Informatics (AMEII 2015) © 2015. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 749


In this paper, a reconfigurable double‐sided inductor‐capacitor‐capacitor (LCC)‐based data transfer method for wireless power transfer (WPT) system is proposed. The power and the data are, respectively, transferred through the orthogonal decoupled inductive links, and thus, the interference between the power transfer link and the data transfer link can be eliminated. Dual‐resonant frequency is used to exchange data in the binary frequency‐shift keying (2FSK) modulation. The performance of the reconfigurable LCC compensation topology is explored, and the design method is presented to improve the data transfer rate and to guarantee the similar data transfer characteristics under the two different frequencies. Thus, a stable data transfer can be guaranteed irrespective of the data type. The power transfer link and data transfer link are, separately, analyzed. Together with the well‐designed parameters, 512 W power with 115.2 kbps transfer rate half‐duplex communication is obtained, and the direct current–direct current (DC–DC) efficiency reaches 80.44%.


Peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) is a Ca2+-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of protein arginine residues to citrulline. Protein citrullination by PAD confers large structural and mechanical effects on the target proteins by altering intermolecular and intramolecular ionic or hydrophobic interactions. Five paralogous genes (PADI1 - 4 and 6) on human chromosome 1p35-36 encode the human PAD isozymes. Among the PADs, PAD3 shows the highest substrate specificity for synthetic and natural substrate. S100A3 is an EF-hand-type Ca2+-binding S100 protein family member that colocalizes with PAD3 in hair cuticular cells. PAD3 converts a symmetric pair of Arg51 residues on an S100A3 dimer surface to citrullines, causing assembly of a homotetramer, but does not convert other arginines. Although this specific citrullination is largely affected by the formation of two intramolecular disulfides in S100A3, it is not clear how the sheltered Arg51 residues is recognized by PAD3. We are aiming structural analysis of the substrate bound forms to elucidate structural factor that PAD3 recognize Arg51 residues only. Although X-ray crystal structures of the PAD4 isozyme and its complexes with substrate peptides have been reported, structural analysis of other PAD isozymes has not yet been conducted. To obtain the crystals of the substrate-complex, we prepared the C646A mutant and the other inactive mutants (D350A, H470A, D472A) of PAD3. We determined the crystal structures of wild-type PAD3, at first. Then, we have tried to determine the structure of the substrate complex with the mutants of PAD3. However, the solved structures did not contain the substrate at present stage. From our structural analysis, only the crystals of C646A were belonged to different crystal system from the others, and its difference didn't relate to their crystallization condition. In this conference, we discuss the origin(s) of the differences in the crystal system of C646 from the others.


Sounding a note of warning for Europe's mainstream political parties, Claudia Chwalisz traces the rise of Stephen Harper and Canada's populist right-wing Reform party, which she argues was able to capitalise on a public disenchantment with traditional parties that today is being felt in many European democracies.


Background Radiotherapy has contributed with a significant and impressive stride to the survival rates of oral cancer patients. However, quality and alterations in the biochemical composition of bones used for dental implantation after radiotherapy in cancer patients is always a critical and debatable factor. The aim of this study was to determine compositional alterations in human mandible bone after irradiation using Raman microspectroscopy. Methods A total of 36 bone biopsies (21-control, 4-cancer and 11-irradiated) obtained from 36 patients during implant surgery were used. Raman measurements were carried out using a Bruker Senterra LX200 dispersive Raman spectrometer. Data acquisition points were determined under pathological supervision. Three measurements from different locations were conducted with a spot size of 10 microns. Spectra were acquired for 60s and averaged over 5-accumulations. Both mineral and matrix constituents were analysed by computing area associated with of phosphate (958 cm-1), carbonate (1070 cm-1), collagen (amide III) and matrix (amide I) bands using in-house MATLAB-based software. Unpaired student 't' test was employed to measure level of significance. Results Absolute mineral contents (phosphate and carbonate) were higher in cancer specimens.


It was previously shown that both protein kinase C (PKC) and CAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) can phosphorylate the Na,K-ATPase a subunit.I4 The site(s) of phosphorylation and the functional consequences of phosphorylation were not known, however. We set out to determine the sites of phosphorylation by direct biochemical analysis of purified Na,K-ATPase treated with purified protein kinases. Unique sites were identified for each kinase, and it was observed that Na,K-ATPase conformation affected the susceptibility to phosphorylation by PKA and PKC in different ways. PKC was also observed to be modified by autophosphorylation as a result of its interaction with the Na,K-ATPase. It was determined that activation of endogenous PKC causes phosphorylation in intact cells. Using conditions that stabilize phosphorylation against phosphatases, we observed no detectable effect of PKC on Na,KATPase hydrolytic activity or aflinity for Na'.


Recent clinical findings that the natural amino acid, L-tyrosine, is helpful in overcoming depression, improving memory and increasing mental alertness, has stimulated interest in the nutritional role of this dietary factor. Of particular interest is the research linking Ltyrosine deficiency to the increased craving of cocaine and alcohol. The body needs L-tyrosine to build many complex structural proteins and enzymes, but the recent clinical research has centered on the simpler compounds used by the body to transmit nerve impulses and to determine one's mental mood and alertness. These compounds are called neurotransmitters, and they are readily formed in the body by minor alteration of the L-tyrosine molecule. It is very likely that deficiencies of Ltyrosine can impair the body's ability to produce the proper balance of these neurotransmitters. In assessing the dietary quantity of L-tyrosine,


This study focuses on the effect of gradual deregulation in a developing economy on the efficiency of banks and the banking sector. It assesses whether the policy package results in an improvement in the technical efficiency of the industry. This study adopts the data envelopment analysis (approach) that has been used to assess intertemporal changes in efficiency as well as the relative inefficiency of government controlled banks compared with private (new generation) banks. The study found that banking industry efficiency declined significantly during the years immediately following the adoption of deregulation, with slight improvements noticed only in recent times. The study concludes that this may be the effect of inconsistent policies to which the sector was subjected during this period.


We propose an automatic verification method for cryptographic protocols. Our method can verify whether or not the key-exchange protocol satisfies main security properties, requiring only the protocol specification as its input. The specification consists of, for example, how session keys are computed and which party sends/receives which data to/from the communication channel. We materialize our method using the Tamarin prover, which is an automatic verification tool for cryptographic protocols. To show the validity of our method, we verify main security properties of several existing protocols and find that the results coincide with what are theoretically known in cryptography. Our method is effective, because the complexity of cryptographic protocols has significantly increased in recent years. To overcome the complexity, people have started using automatic verification tools to verify the security of cryptographic protocols, but existing tools have two problems. First, the user must be familiar with the details of cryptography in order to describe formally the security model as part of input. Second, the input code is complex and its creation is error-prone; protocol specification and security model must be written in a specific language together with protocol-dependent extra codes. These two problems are resolved by our method.


The article analyzes the mobility of Romanian citizens of Roma origin in Spain. It takes as a case study the Roma from the village of El Gallinero (Madrid), and emphasizes social intervention with Romanian Roma minors to establish strategies for social work projects with such groups. The work shows how intervention projects are done in risk contexts fail to thrive due to 1) constant mobility, and 2) the lack of political involvement to solve existing problems in this town.


A simple invertebrate animal like the marine mollusc Aplysia exhibits an impressive variety of learning behaviour. The underlying biophysical and biochemical cellular mechanism has been for the most part well described by the group of Kandel. The authors propose a mathematical model which applies to the simple circuit of a synapse between three neuronal cells with non-hebbian learning rules and with temporal associations of conditioned and unconditioned stimuli. This model mimics the synaptic plasticity of the sensorimotor synapses responsible for the habituation, sensitization, classical conditioning of gill-withdrawal reflex. The evolution of the neuronal states is described by a set of differential equations for the dynamics of membrane potential, potassium conductance, calcium conductance and calcium concentration in dendritic and assonic regions.


In this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Varma et al. [1] present data from nearly a quarter century of foodborne botulism cases in the Republic of Georgia [1]. The results may provide Georgia with a cost-saving alternative to the management of botulism cases and may offer guidance for those who are preparing plans for mass numbers of casualties due to botulinum intoxication. The authors reviewed the individual medical records of 1700 patients with bot-ulism during 1980–2002 to determine the initial clinical presentation and the eventual outcome of the disease. They then used classification and regression tree analysis (CART) to determine predictors for survival and death. The incubation period , symptoms at presentation, clinical management, and mortality rate were all similar to what might be expected of food-borne botulism cases in the United States. Trivalent botulinum antitoxin was given to 88% of patients, and 13% required mechanical ventilation. Fifty-four patients (8%) died during the course of treatment for botulism, which is similar to the 7% case fatality rate reported in the United States from 1980 through 1996 [2]. These similarities are reassuring, when considering application of these findings elsewhere. However, as noted by Varma et al. [1], the clinical prediction rules developed from these data should ideally be validated in other populations. CART is a multivariable method that has been used to develop clinical decision rules to separate patients according to risk groups. For example, CART analysis has been used to predict stroke outcomes and the likelihood of acute myocardial infarc-tion and for triage of pediatric trauma victims , but it has not been used commonly in infectious diseases or public health settings [3–5]. CART analysis yields a decision tree that is based on clinically recognizable parameters, which is an advantage over some logistic regression models [5]. Also, the data are not assumed to be normally distributed, and, thus, CART can use data from skewed distributions without transformations. In this study, the large number of clinical parameters associated with death dictated the need for a multivariable analysis, and CART provided a useful solution. Varma et al. [1] determined that characteristics at the time of initial presentation were 100% predictive of survival for patients without shortness of breath, vomiting , or facial weakness. This age-adjusted analysis included only those self-reported signs and physical examination findings recorded at admission to the hospital. Missing from this CART analysis were aspects of clinical management for …


My personal and professional lives have blurred into each other throughout my academic career. This paper focuses on one aspect of this blurring—that certain colleagues believe I am intimate with my coauthors, and that I engage in or have experienced the sexual activities which my research has explored—and seeks to account for this interpretation of my private life through the lens of my public endeavours. In discussing such 'signings' of my work, I suggest that they are underpinned by the heterosexual matrix, and perhaps ratify my participation in the academy as a woman. Moreover, such attributions of authorship point to interesting questions concerning the methodology of sex research and the influence that an author's biography has on their research direction. I also contend that these constructions of me as an author indicate that organization studies still struggles with the idea of sex representing a meaningful topic of enquiry.


Introduction: Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) may be due to different underlying conditions. Prior heart disease is a major risk factor, and coronary artery disease is the most common underlying cause....


The graphene is an interesting material for high-frequency applications. Its high mobility values, exceeding 10000 cm2/Vs, and the mean free path for ballistic transport of over 400 nm at room temperature are the basic ingredients for graphene-based devices with cutoff frequencies that exceed 50-100 GHz. The paper will focus on some basic devices based on graphene for high-frequency applications, such as: (i) graphene transistors, and (ii) metallic coplanar waveguides (CPW) on graphene


The invention relates to a device for supplying paper sheet made of paper and paper boards to a paging device of a processing machine, wherein the device comprises a paper stock table having a transmitting device, by which paper sheet standing on an end land is supplied to the paging device. The paper stock table is split type and includes a fixed part and a supported part swinging around a rotating axis. In addition, the invention relates to a method for supplying a paper crowd or a paper bundle to the device.


INTRODUCTION: Spinal stenosis is a painful degenerative condition that occurs due to facet joint arthritis. Various degrees of facetectomy are often recommended for nerve decompression to alleviate radicular and arthritic pain. The excision of the facet joints however affects the kinematics of the index level, possibly leading to additional stresses in the remaining structures. Spinal fusion systems or posterior dynamic stabilization systems such as the Dynesys (Zimmer, MN), provide stability to the affected motion segment [1] after decompression. The Dynesys surgical technique recommends performing a decompression that preserves at least 50% of the facet joints. The objective of this finite element study was to evaluate the biomechanical performance of the Dynesys dynamic stabilization system as a function of graded facetectomies and ascertain with our hypothesis that the performance of the device is altered at 50%+facetectomy.


The application of numerical methods for an increased understanding and optimisation of the continuous casting process has substantially gained in importance during the past decades. One of the key issues is the coverage of the solidification conditions by numerical models, which is the basis for all subsequent metallurgical analyses of e.g. microstructure or segregation phenomena. In the following paper some the essential aspects for the compilation of such process-related solidification models will be highlighted: On the one hand, efficient multi-dimensional process modelling requires the use of special algorithms in order to minimize computing time – a possible algorithm, which is not covered by the classic finite difference/element methods, will be described. On the other hand, realistic solidification models which accurately reproduce the thermal conditions during the casting process necessitate a broad acquisition of boundary conditions, which are usually unique for each caster. Therefore, some well suited methods for obtaining reliable boundary conditions for all zones of the caster will be presented. Lastly, an overview on proven techniques for validating the modelling results will conclude the paper.


Objective To develop an body temperature monitoring system that can monitor temperature in real time and write the data in Micro SD card. Methods Wireless microcontroller CC2430 and heat sensor were used to form the monitor system. Results The system could collect real-time data of temperature and write them to Micro SD. Conclusion The system can provide useful data on pilot service ability research as well as that of general population, especially patients, which will help doctors make correct diagnosis.


After generating electricity, energy transfer in electrical engineering is an important problem. The failure of the transmission lines is normal and there is a major problem in this flow. This document presents a technique for detecting the location of various errors on a transmission line for faster and reliable operation of security schemes. Simulation MATLAB is developed to generate the basic component of transmission voltage and current. The MATLAB software simulates the high voltage transmission line, namely fault error, lineline error, double line to ground, and three different conditions of operation and error. Effects of failure resistance (Rf), failure to isolate (LF) mass variations in large volumes, current, and non-proportion of system, detection, rating, and error space mass for its relationship of logic Studied.


Dr. Hancock is Professor of (Cardiovascular) Medicine Emeritus, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif. A 62-year-old man was hospitalized for worsening congestive heart failure. His history included diabetes of four years' duration, episodic atrial arrhythmias, recurrent cellulitis of the lower extremities, and alcoholism. At the time of admission, he had moderate right and left-sided congestive heart failure, atrial flutter with a ventricular rate of 90 to 100/min, and a loud murmur of mitral regurgitation. His medications included warfarin, glyburide, furosemide, arnlodipine, and folic acid. The patient improved slowly, but pleural effusion and hypoxemia continued despite salt restriction and higher doses of furosemide. Cardioversion did not convert atrial flutter to a stable sinus rhythm with a 1:1 conduction; instead, an irregular rhythm developed, as well as what appeared to be AV dissociation. The patient was not taking digoxin at this time. The ECG is shown. What is the rhythm mechanism? What is the underlying physiologic abnormality? What further therapy is indicated?


Core-shell magnetic titania photocatalyst is a composite produced by depositing tiatania on magnetic materials,which is quite easy to recover from a slurry system under an applied magnetic field.In this paper recent progress and perspective in future about this novel kind of photocatalyst are reviewed.Along with the introduction of magnetic core,the properties of TiO2 varies.The reasons for the variational photoactivity,the influence induced by the introduction of SiO2 between TiO2 shell and magnetic core,and the effect of heat treatment on the composite are presented.And the preparation methods aimed at avoiding high temperature calcination are also stated.


In this paper, we take the average impact value method as the evaluation of neural network variable correlation indicators, analysis the data provided by Professor P. Cortez and A. Morais from University of Minho (Portugal) using the MIVBP algorithm to filtrate 13 characterization factors to get 7 characterization parameters affect forest fires, construct the simulation model of the prediction of forest fires based on the support vector machine algorithm, using a test set for testing, the accuracy rate reached 91.89%.


Track irregularities program via Matlab Program was proposed.The methods include track irregularities pre-processing,the statistic of track irregularities calculation and irregularities spectrum analysis.Using coherence function,the mutual relation between track irregularities spectrum and the car vibration acceleration was presented.The analysis shows: The relation between track irregularities and vehicles dynamical characteristics is close:the vertical irregularities have significant influence on the car vertical vibration;and the direction irregularities have significant impact on the car transverse vibration;and horizontal irregularities have significant impact on both vertical vibration and transverse vibration.


Although teenagers engage with Personal Informatics tools to track their health and fitness, many do so without adequate guidance, and they express concerns regarding the potential for these practices to bring harm. Further research is needed to understand how we might leverage resources beyond these tools to support young self-trackers. We worked with 44 teenagers (aged 13-18 years) in the United Kingdom in two series of online workshops to co-design a reimagined 'how might you' guide to promote lifelong, healthy behaviors with self-tracking tools. Our findings emphasize the importance of flexible resources that can support teens' self-tracking practices. For example, guidance on asking critical questions can be particularly valuable in the preparation and reflection stages of self-tracking. To better design teens' interactions with health technologies, particularly Personal Informatics tools, we must think critically about how we design the broader information ecosystems within which these tools reside.


It is shown that the product of two operators on a Hilbert space has real spectrum if one of them is symmetric and the other is positive. Also, the product of two positive operators has positive spectrum. In general we do not know much about the spectrum of the product of two (bounded, linear) operators. The Jacobson Lemma which states that the two products AB and BA of operators A and B have the same spectrum except possibly for the point zero, is one of the few known facts. In finite dimensions there are results under additional hypotheses that, say, operators A and B are orthogonal projections [1] (see also [3]) or, that they are strictly positive [2]. Here, we generalize a finite-dimensional result of Hu-yun [2] on the spectrum of the product of two positive operators. Our first result, Proposition 1, is an immediate consequence of the following obvious facts: (1) If B is a surjective operator on a Hilbert space H such that the range of B* is dense in H, then B is invertible. (2) If A and B are two operators on H such that the product BA is invertible and 0 is not in the residual spectrum of B*, then B is invertible. Here and in the sequel A* denotes the Hilbert space adjoint of the operator A. Besides, "0 is in the residual spectrum of an operator A" means that A has trivial kernel and its range is not dense in H. PROPOSITION 1. Let A and B be operators on a Hilbert space H, let B be positive and denote by P the positive square root of the operator B. Then, o(AB) = a(BA) = a(PAP). PROOF. The nonzero points of the spectrum of the two products AB and BA coincide by the Jacobson Lemma. If BA is invertible, use assertion (2) above to get that AB is also invertible. To get the other implication, use the first one for the adjoints. The second equality stated in the proposition follows from the fact that AB = (AP)P using the above argument for the product of AP and P. REMARK. Observe that it can easily be proved that in the case Ker A* = Ker A = Ker B = {0}, the operators AB and PAP are quasisimilar in the sense of Sz.-Nagy and Foias [4]. However, even when A and consequently PAP are selfadjoint, the standard theory of quasisimilarity gives us only the inclusion a(PAP) c a(AB) in general. In the following we shall need the notion of the numerical range W(S) of an operator S on H, defined as the set {(Sx, x); llxll = 1} where (., ) denotes the Received by the editors May 21, 1986 and, in revised form, October 22, 1986. 1980 Mathematics Subject Classification (1985 Revision). Primary 47A10. This work was supported by the Research Council of Slovenia. (D1988 American Mathematical Society 0002-9939/88 $1.00 + $.25 per page


A group factorization approach is used to show the integrability of a system of infinite equations of Lax type with double bracket.


We propose a photovoltaic solar cell design based on a 100 nm thick absorbing layer made of hydrogenated amorphous silicon and patterned as a two-dimensional planar photonic crystal (PPC). After scanning the parameters of the PPC within the patterned cell, optical simulations performed on the best configuration obtained reveal that a relative increase in the integrated absorption inside the active layer of 28% can be expected between 300 and 720 nm compared to an equivalent but nonpatterned cell under normal incidence. Besides, this integrated absorption is found to be robust toward the angle of incidence. Incident light is efficiently coupled to leaky mode resonances of the PPC provided an appropriated tuning of its parameters. The effects of the reflectance of the back contact coupled to a conductive optical spacer on the absorption are also discussed.


This article presents a restoration approach for improving the resilience of electric distribution systems (EDSs) by taking advantage of several operational resources. In the proposed approach, the restoration process combines dynamic network reconfiguration, islanding operation of dispatchable distributed generation units, and the prepositioning and displacement of mobile emergency generation (MEG) units. The benefit of exploring a demand response (DR) program to improve the recoverability of the system is also taken into account. The proposed approach aims to separate the in-service and out-of-service parts of the system while maintaining the radiality of the grid. To assist the distribution system planner, the problem is formulated as a stochastic-scenario-based mixed-integer linear programming model, where uncertainties associated with PV-based generation and demand are captured. The objective function of the problem minimizes the amount of energy load shedding after a fault event as well as PV-based generating curtailment. To validate the proposed approach, adapted 33-bus and 83-bus EDSs are analyzed under different test conditions. Numerical results demonstrate the benefits of coordinating the dynamic network reconfiguration, the prepositioning and displacement of MEG units, and a DR program to improve the restoration process.


Larsen & Toubro, INDIA in conjunction with Edgelab Srl, ITALY have developed the Amogh Survey System, a new 1000m class autonomous underwater vehicle aimed at conducting planned hydrographic surveys using multiple sensors (payloads) namely, Multi-Beam Echo Sounder (MBES), Side Scan Sonar (SSS), Sub-Bottom Profiler (SBP), Underwater High resolution Camera and Conductivity Temperature and Depth (CTD) / Sound Velocity Profiler (SVP). Amogh's survey system complies with the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Standard for Hydrographic Surveys S44 and IMO regulations for safety of navigation. The Amogh Survey System includes an electro-hydraulic telescopic launch frame and launch ramp capable of conducting AUV recovery operations by Nose-Line Recovery. The system can be installed on-board commercial and military survey ships, as well as vessels of opportunity such as barges and pontoons with minimal modifications. It can also be launched and recovered from the pier. It consists of a self-contained, air conditioned storage container with adequate space to additionally conduct maintenance of the vehicle.We present the vehicle design, system architecture, realization and results of sea trials performed in the Mediterranean Sea, off the west coast of Italy.


Pleistocene glaciation in Kurdistan 133 but in the Zardeh Kuh of southern Iran it again locally reaches 4 0 0 0 m. The highest part of the range is generally in the belt of metamorphic rocks. The outer ridges are formed mostly by long folds of Mesozoic limestone, giving way in the foothills to folds in sediments as young as Pliocene. Within Kurdistan the ranges are cut transversely by four major tributaries of the Tigris River, namely the Khabur, Greater Zab, Lesser Zab, and Diyala Rivers. The climate of Kurdistan is marked by winter precipitation and summer drought. The rains are brought in part by cyclonic disturbances from the Mediterranean Sea, and in part by circu lation around an anticyclone centered in winter over the Arabian peninsula. The regional preci pitation increases with elevation in the mountains, and ranges from about 3 0 0 mm per year in the outer foothills to more than 1000 mm in the highest part of the range in the area of the Cilo Dagh and Algurd Dagh. The precipitation reaches a maximum here not only because the moun tains are high and massive but also because here the trend of the ranges shifts from east to south east, and the storms which follow the outer flank of the range from the Mediterranean Sea east ward are forced to rise over the mountains or be diverted sharply to the southeast. Inland from the mountains on the high Anatolian and Iranian Plateaus the precipitation falls abruptly to 3 0 0 5 0 0 mm. The vegetation in Kurdistan closely reflects the climate. The lower treeline has a general ele vation of 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 m on the outer foothills of the mountains for most of the distance along the ranges, and follows approximately the 5 0 0 mm precipitation line. The woodland consists dominantly of deciduous oak, locally reduced to scrub by woodcutters and goats. In addition juniper may be found generally in the upper part of the forest zone. Maple, walnut, hawthorne, almond, and ash occur with the oak at middle elevations, and pistachio and olive are found on some of the drier sites. The upper treeline on the outer ranges occurs at an elevation of about 2 0 0 0 m, and is presumably limited at this elevation by the temperature (January mean about 1 0 ° C). South eastward along the range in Iran, where the crests of the ridges are generally less than 3 0 0 0 m, the forest cover extends farther inland and terminates in what may be considered an inner treeline, where the precipitation is about 5 0 0 mm and the elevation about 1 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 m. Pleistocene glacial features were studied principally in three regions, the Algurd Dagh area in Iraq. Ruwandiz River area nearby, and the Cilo Dagh area in Turkey. The ridges near Algurd Dagh reach 3 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 m in elevation, and are so located with respect to the drainage that exten sive Pleistocene glaciers formed on the northern slopes and flowed through gaps southward down valleys tributary to the Greater Zab River to elevations as low as 1100 m. The upper portions of broad valleys were plugged with glacial debris without distinct morainic loops but with lakes and other small depressions. Small cirques with floors as low as 1 5 0 0 m were found on north-facing s'opes of subsidiary ridges. The Ruwandiz River, one of the major tributaries of the Greater Zab River, contains Pleisto cene g'acio-fluvial gravels at least 3 0 m thick in terraces 4 0 6 0 m above the present river. Al though fresh cirques were found on some of the ridges crossed by the Ruwandiz River, the ter races do not head in a distinct moraine complex, and it is possible that they pre-date the last major glacial advance. The relations are complicated by the presence of deposits attributed to landsliding in the headwater region. There terraces themselves contain intercalated colluvium and soil; they are overlain by thick colluvium that may represent the last glacial phase as well as the post-glacial. Earlier Pleistocene events in this region are recorded by still higher benches of limestone breccia (with Mousterian caves) on the hill slopes as well as by a remnant of a deposit of sand and gravel and even thin layers of lacustrine silt and limestone standing 2 5 0 m above the Ruwandiz River. In the area north of Cilo Dagh in southeastern Turkev, Pleistocene glacial deposits were found along the Greater Zab River as low as 1500 m elevation. They were supplied by glaciers originating on the north side of Cilo Dagh as well as on subsidiary ridges to the north and west. The lowest Pleistocene cirques identified have an elevation of about 1800 m, but the only areas visited were actually in the northern part of the glaciated area, where the precipitation is less than in the main Cilo Dagh and its outer flank. Although no modern glaciers exist in the Algurd Dagh area, several small remnants were map ped by BOBEK in cirques in the Cilo Dagh. The modern snowline on shaded exposures is placed at about 3 3 0 0 m. Pleistocene cirques at 2 1 0 0 m in the Cilo Dagh area and at 1 5 0 0 m in the Algurd Dagh area and at 1 5 0 0 m in the Algurd Dagh area imply a Pleistocene snowline depression of 1 2 0 0 1 8 0 0 m, a figure much larger than the 7 0 0 m postulated by BOBEK. If Pleistocene depression of the snowline is assumed to be a result of depression of tempera ture alone, then the mean annual temperature must have been at least 1 2 ° C lower (based on a vertical temperature gradient of about 0 . 7 ° C'lOOm). Such a value is as great as that infered for central Europe, where permafrost and tundra flora and fauna were apparently widespread. For Kurdistan there are no frost features or paleonto'ogic records to indicate such low temperatures, and it is probable that the glaciation was result of increased snowfall as well as moderately lower


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Field budding of grapevines has been practiced for years, especially in non-irrigated areas. The resistant rootstock becomes established more quickly and its roots explore the soil more quickly when it has its own top, rather than when it is a benchgraft with a different leaf system.


The work concerns the concept of biophilia and livability in the planning of public space and using that space by urban residents. The authors refer to theories discussing human-nature co-relations and sustainable planning. Nature-based solutions and multisensory of space issues are also presented, and examples of pro-ecological programs and solutions in cities are given. The work is the result of initial research undertaken by scientists from Poland, Slovakia, and Serbia, and carried out as part of larger research in the COST Action CA13177 Circular City - Implementing nature-based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city.


This study focuses on the results of the welding process when the Taguchi method is added to the design of experimental welding parameters when creating the welding procedure for gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) by ASME Code for duplex stainless steel (UNS31803). A Vickers hardness tester is employed to collect and convert the tensile strength data for each test piece (weld bead, base material, and heat-affected area). A ferritic rate meter can quickly determine the ferric contents, which affect corrosion resistance and susceptibility to cracking. The test data are entered into the Taguchi technique to analyze the influence of each component on the welding quality. The L9 (34) orthogonal table is used to design the parameters for the experiment. We fixed the same shielding gas and flow rate. Backing gas at root, workpiece clamping angle, heat input, and interlayer temperature are employed as control factors for the four essential variables of the GTAW process. The ideal set of quality analysis and optimization parameters can be found. The welding parameters could be used to improve the welding quality of thin and short duplex stainless steel pipe fittings during argon welding.


This study investigates the importance of various genetic and environmental effects on clean fleece weight (CFW) and fibre diameter (FD) of hogget sheep resulting from all possible crosses between the Dorset Horn, Merino and Corriedale breeds. All environmental effects were influential in determining CFW and FD, with year of birth being the most important. The most important genetic effects in determining CFW and FD were additive (direct) effects. Maternal effects were less important. Overall, crossbreds exceeded purebreds by 13% for CFW and 2% in FD.


Analytical and theoretical studies were conducted in working cattle facilities in order to identify infectious, parasitic, and nervous diseases in large horned cattle. Our analytical study was based on the analysis of available scientific research papers. The theoretical research was based on processing the measurement results with existing hardware and software. Both environmental and physiological parameters were obtained from five farms for at least 30 days. The studied cows were divided into two groups. One group consisted of 37 dairy cows of the Holstein breed aged 2–3 years having no clinical signs of disease. All cows in this group were fed the same diet, kept in the same conditions, and had the same lactation period (from 3 to 5 months). Their average weight was 517 (±2.03) kg. For inclusion into the second group, we selected 23 dairy cows with parameters similar to those of the cows in the first group but with some clinical signs of diseases such as encephalomyelitis, infectious enteritis, and hypodermatosis. The data obtained from the animals in the first group were considered as the parameters' standardized boundary values for the estimation of a cow's conditions, i.e., as the norm (the setpoint). As for the data obtained for the second group, they were considered to be deviations from the threshold values of the parameters (deviations from the setpoint, which required a pre-planned action). The analysis was carried out using the program code implemented in the software package "Matlab R2019b". We analyzed the correlations between the cows' rumen temperature and pH, their locomotive activity, and environmental parameters such as air temperature and relative humidity in the cowsheds. We then constructed graphs of inter-correlating functions. As a result of the study, for the first time, algorithms were compiled enabling the detection of infectious, parasitic, and nervous diseases.


ICx Radiation, Inc. has implemented a novel timing method for use in a Compton telescope that is capable of nanosecond timing resolution. A critical task in Compton telescope design is to minimize the timing variance between detectors in a large array in order to reduce the background. The voxelSPEC has been developed to combine precise timing with pulse processing electronics in a single device, where all timing, communication, and power is transmitted over non-proprietary Ethernet hardware. The IEEE 1588 Precision Timing Protocol (PTP) combined with Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) performs both phase and frequency locking of the individual detectors clock to a master clock. PTP phase locks each node to the absolute time recorded by the master clock. Hardware assist PTP uses the Ethernet PHY to time stamp the actual receiving and sending times of each PTP packet with sub-nanosecond accuracy, removing the time variance contribution of the CPU and other hardware, which can be on the order of microseconds to milliseconds. PTP-compatible network switches remove the unequal buffering delays in the switch hardware by performing a hardware assisted time correction to the PTP packet arrival and departure times directly (transparent clock mode) or by synchronizing the node to the network switch with hardware assistance (boundary clock mode). In 100MBps SyncE, the transmitters frequency is provided by the master clocks oscillator and propagated through the network switches to each individual node. Each Ethernet PHY connected to this frequency recovers the clock signal for the internal PTP clock. Using the master clock frequency minimizes the frequency drift. Results using both PTP (version 1 without PTP hardware assisted network switch) and SyncE show a node to master drift of about 8ns and a timing resolution of about 25ns between nodes. The implementation of hardware assisted PTP version 2 network switches will further reduce the timing resolution between nodes.


ABSTRACT This research contributes to the understanding of sustainable brands loyalty by evaluating consumers' perceptions of different communication tools. An online consumer survey collected 441 valid responses and partial least square structural equation modeling was applied to analyze data. Results reveal that ecolabels consciousness contributes to create a sustainable brand image and to develop environmental consciousness, whereas perceived advertising spend does not. Also, loyalty to sustainable brands is influenced by consumers' environmental consciousness but not by sustainable brands image. Our findings suggest that environmental consciousness is crucial to develop sustainable brands loyalty, reinforcing the importance of consumers' environmental education.


Unsupervised anomaly detection in time-series data is crucial for both machine learning research and industrial applications. Over the past few years, the operational efficiencies of logistics agencies have decreased because of a lack of understanding on how best to address potential client requests. However, current anomaly detection approaches have been inefficient in distinguishing normal and abnormal behaviors from high dimensional data. In this study, we aimed to assist decision makers and improve anomaly detection by proposing a Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) approach with dynamic threshold detection. In the proposed methodology, first, data were processed and inputted into an LSTM network to determine temporal dependency. Second, a contextualized dynamic threshold was determined to detect anomalies. To demonstrate the practicality of our model, real operational data were used for evaluation and our model was shown to more accurately detect anomalies, with values of 0.836 and 0.842 for precision and recall, respectively.


1National Research Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Biogeochemical and of Remote Methods ofMonitoring Environmental, Prospekt Lenina, 36; 634050, Tomsk, Russia. Moscow Regional Institute for theHumanities, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Disciplines, Green st. 22; 142611, Moscow region, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Russia. 2National Research Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Biogeochemical and of Remote Methods ofMonitoring Environmental, Prospekt Lenina, 36; 634050, Tomsk, Russia. 3Siberian State Medical University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Moscowski Tract st. 2/7; 634050, Tomsk, Russia. 4Siberian State Medical University, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Moscowski Tract st. 2/7; 634050, Tomsk, Russia.


The author affords basic information on the life and work of the medallist Pavao Dubrovčanin (Paulus de Ragusio), and suggests new dating of the medals made for Alfonso V of Aragon and Federico da Montefeltre. In the second part of the article the author attributes certain Ragusan mince to Paulus de Ragusio.


It had been more than two-years since COVID-19 appeared in the world. The first case recorded in Arizona was on January 22, 2020. There had been three Arizona Reopening Phases. During Arizona's Reopening Phase 2 winter surge in 2020, ABC and NBC News reported that the state has the highest new cases per capital in the world. Arizona is the sixth largest in size of the United States 50 states. It is about the same size as Italy. The study examined the first two-years of the state's COVID-19 pandemic. There were 1,381,488 COVID-19 cases, 91,523 hospitalizations, 24,229 deaths, and 9,826,846 vaccine doses administered at the end of the second year (December 31, 2021). The state COVID-19 cases in 2021 were higher than in 2020. The second half of 2021 had higher case numbers than the first half, but it had lower hospitalization and death numbers. The lower numbers in the second half were primarily due to the use of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.


Objective:To observe the efficacy of synergia and attenuation of attacking a vital point following meridian on rheumatoid arthritis.Method:64 cases with rheumatoid arthritis treated with methopterin were divided into two groups randomly,32 cases in each group.Treatment group was treated with methopterin and hydroxychloroquine sulfate combined with attacking a vital point following spleen meridian,stomach meridian,liver meridian and gallbladder meridian,and control group was done with methopterin and hydroxychloroquine sulfate combined with Acidum Folicum Tablet.After 1 year of treatment the therapeutic result was recorded.Result:About synergia in treatment group 23 cases were recovered,7 ones excellent,1 ones effective,and 1 one ineffective.The total effective rate was 96.88%(95%CI=83.68%-99.90%).In control group 10 cases were recovered,11 ones excellent,5 ones effective,and 6 ones ineffective.The total effective rate was 81.25%(95%CI=67.73%-94.52%).There was significant difference between the two groups(u=3.193 9,P=0.002 2).And about attenuation treatment group had less side effect of hepatic lesion and less gastrointestinal tract complaint than control group(P0.05).Conclusion:Attacking a vital point following meridian has good efficacy of synergia and attenuation on rheumatoid arthritis caused by methopterin,OR=0.14(95%CI=0.02-1.24),NNT=6(95%CI=3.2-298.5).


This paper introduces the fundamental principle and architecture of the audio system which consists of the CODEC UCB1400 and the 805puls,and describes the design of audio device driver based on Audio Codec'97 for Embedded Linux System.The paper focuses on the implementation of the DMA transport and ioctl interface.The audio drive is running well in actual Embedded Linux system equipments.


THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY children were recently involved in statewide consultations to help inform the state government's review of its State Strategic Plan. This government wished to ensure children's views of their local communities were canvassed and their voices heard. These consultations were more than a tokenistic gesture—careful planning, implementation and documentation were carried out to ensure children's meaningful and sustained engagement over time. This article shares what children said—'said', that is—through the many voices children have to express their meaning through art, dance, music, song, drama, storytelling, photography, as well as oral and written language. This is their story. In 2009, the Council of Australian Governments launched its National Early Childhood Development Strategy, framed by a vision that 'all children have the best start in life to create a better future for themselves and for the nation' (COAG, 2009, p. 13). Underscoring this vision is the simple but highly significant recognition that: …[c]hildren are important. They bring their own value and influence to the world, as well as being shaped by the world around them … Children are also important for their future contribution to society, as the next generation of leaders, workers, parents, consumers and members of communities … in a global society (COAG, 2009, p. 7). Framed by a similar vision, the South Australia government's review of its State Strategic Plan in late 2010 involved consultations with communities. These consultations included children across the state under the ages of 12, with specific focus on children under the age of five to ensure their voices were heard. This paper reports on these consultations with young children aged between three and eight years, describing how the consultations were planned and implemented, and children's themes that emerged in relation to children's views of their local communities.


Rice hulls were treated using several sodium hydroxide concentrations and temperatures. The black liquor contents of silica, lignin and hemicelluloses increased with increase in temperature or sodium hydroxide concentration. Hexoses constituted the major part and pentoses the minor part of the black liquor hemicelluloses. The ratio of pentoses to hexoses increased slightly with the increase of treatment variables.

The pentose content of the black liquor consisted of arabinose and xylose, while the hexose composition was mannose, galactose, rhamnose and glucose. On increasing the alkali concentration, the xylose and mannose concentrations increased greatly, while galactose and glucose increased only slightly.

Using 10 soil samples several isolates of fungi and actinomycetes were obtained. These were identified as five species of the genus Aspergillus, three species of Paecilomyces, two species of Penicillium, one species each of Alternaria, Trichoderma, Chaetomium and Actinopolyspora. These fungi were cultivated on black liquor basal salts medium. The highest bioconversion rate of black liquor hemicelluloses into biomass and single-cell proteins was achieved by Aspergillus terreus, followed by Paecilomyces simplicissima then Actinopolyspora sp.


Erasteel Kloster AB Soderfors have been commissioned by the county administrative board in
Uppsala lan to make an inventory of possible contaminations in theirs industrial- and landfill areas on the basis of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's; "Method of Surveying Contaminated Sites-phase 1" (MIFO-fas 1). The inventory starts with maps and archive studies, place visits and interviews, and finally a risk classification is done. A risk classification is a compilation of four categories; pollutant toxicity, contamination level, possible spreading condition of the pollutant, sensitivity and protection value of the environment.

In this paper five partial areas (Holmen- and Jorsoomradet, Jarnsvampsomradet,
Ingsadeponin, Ostra verken and Myromradet) have been described from a historical point of
view. Only parts of four areas have been risk classified (Holmen- and Jorsoomradet,
Jarnsvampsomradet, Ingsadeponin and Ostra verken), due to that the other areas isn't own by Erasteel Kloster AB.

Holmen- and Jorsoomradet

Holmen- and Jorsoomradet have during the entire activity time been carried out as the
production core in the company. An amount of different buildings and processes have
occurred in the area through the years.

The area has been classified within risk class 2 according to MIFO-fas 1. The reason to this was a compilation of the pollutants toxicity was assessed as very high, the contamination level that was assessed as very high in soil and groundwater, the possible spreading condition in soil and groundwater was assessed as high to very high and in surface waters it was assessed as small. Sensitivity for soil and groundwater was assessed as moderate to high and the Protection value as moderate, for surface waters and sediment the sensitivity was assessed to be high and the protection value to be very high.

Jarnsvampsomradet

The first production plant in the area was a Westman rust oven (the third generation) that was built in 1861 in order to render more effective process. Productions continued in the area for about 100 years, when a new industrial site where built. Now days only a small production of ASP-steel (ASEA-STORA-process) is processed in a building called Flexiplant.

The area has been classified within risk class 2 according to MIFO-fas 1. The reason to this was a compilation of the pollutants toxicity that was assessed as very high, the contamination level that was assessed as high in soil and groundwater, the possible spreading condition in soil and groundwater was assessed as high to very high and in surface waters it was assessed as small. Sensitivity and protection value for soil and groundwater was assessed as moderate to high, for surface waters and sediment the sensitivity was assessed to be high and the protection value to be very high.

Ingsadeponin

The landfill is on old bogs and wetlands and in the 1930s or 1940s the area started to be used as a landfill. Rest products from processes and waste products from both industrial and municipal activities where deposited within the area.

The area has been classified within risk class 2 according to MIFO-fas 1. The reason to this is a compilation of the pollutants toxicity that was assessed as very high, the contamination level was assessed as very high in soil and groundwater, the possible spreading condition in soil and groundwater was assessed as moderate to high and in surface waters it was assessed as small. Sensitivity and protection value for soil and groundwater was assessed as moderate to high, for surface waters and sediment the sensitivity was assessed to be high and the protection value to be very high.

Ostra verken

Ostra verken have a short history and was built in 1940 and 1950s. In one part of the area that is owned by Erasteel Kloster AB, rest products (slag and bricks) are stored before reprocessing both external and internal, only this area has been risk classified in this paper.

The area has been classified within risk class 2 according to MIFO-fas 1, identical to an
earlier performed MIFO-fas 2 survey. The reason to this was a compilation of the pollutants toxicity that was assessed as very high, the contamination level was assessed as high to very high in soil and groundwater, the possible spreading condition in soil and groundwater was assessed as very high and in surface water it was assessed as small. Sensitivity and protection value for soil and groundwater was assessed as moderate, for surface waters and sediment the sensitivity was assessed to be high and the protection value to be high to very high.

Myromradet

Earlier the area was a huge bog, this was changed gradual through deposits (for example: slag and mill scale) that were carried out during the end of 1920s until some time at the end of 1950s. Today the area is a caravan site with a public bath, a small beach and a small marina.


Within the development of the second DUNE far detector module, based on the liquid argon time projection chamber technology, the development of new solutions for the photon detection system (PDS) readout and bias arose. The Vertical Drift (VD) design proposes a PDS installed on the cathode plane that is biased at high voltage (300 kV), thus preventing any electrical connection between the Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPM) installed in the PDS and the outside interface. The chosen solution is to provide the power through optical fibers, implementing for the first time Power over Fiber (PoF) technology in the field of cryogenic experiments. The optical to electrical converters commercially available give an output voltage of a few volts and a step-up converter is needed to provide SiPM with a supply voltage that can be set around 48 V. The design of a cryogenic boost DC-DC converter, the main components selection and their characterization at cryogenic temperature is presented in this paper. Furthermore, a first DC-DC prototype qualification is shown along with the outlook on the next steps of this work.


Numerous farmers clubs and tenant defense associations emerged in the 1860s and 1870s in provincial Ireland. Such organizations reflected the emergence of a "challenging collectivity" that consisted of "combinations formed by and claiming to represent the interests of tenant farmers [that] became the predominant type of agrarian collective action in the post-Famine period." They were keen to effect beneficial change by challenging the existing base of power in the countryside, and their rise coincided with increased literacy and a rising political consciousness among the lower classes in provincial society. It was this "increasingly Anglicized and literate society," K. Theodore Hoppen has written, "which provided a growing audience for newspapers of all kinds and for a new national literature encompassing both the revolutionary and the constitutional traditions." Peasants remained hostile to the outside world; quoting the opening lines of Silas Marner that ''to the peasants of old times, the world outside their own direct experience was a region of vagueness and mystery," Liana Vardi has shown that modernization brought them into contact with outside influences and railways were particularly important in this transformation. In The Making of the English Working Class (1963) E. P. Thompson makes reference to William Cobbett's essays and their importance for the existence of political knowledge among the poor. Similar efforts were being made in late-Victorian West of Ireland towns and their rural hinterland. In 1869, William Gladstone initiated the process of granting legal recognition


The common selection criteria for cochlear implant patients do not allow any prognostic indication on the final result. On the other hand, some postoperative data (threshold, TDL, dynamic range, duration of deafness) corresponds clearly with the results, some of them also correspond with the preoperative data. Preoperative TDL, dynamic range as well as duration of deafness can therefore be used as suitable prognostic indicators.


The appearance of the dentition is of great importance to a large number of people. There is an increase in interest in treatment of tooth staining and discolouration in recent times. Correct diagnosis of the cause of tooth discolouration is important in determining the treatment outcome. In order to make a correct diagnosis and to prevent iatrogenic causes of tooth discolouration, it is imperative that we possess an adequate knowledge of the various sources of tooth discolouration, including those that occur due to the use of certain restorative and endodontic materials. This review article summarises the causes and mechanisms of tooth dicolouration and staining caused by various endodontic materials.


The process goals for designing a modern powertrain in a short time span are demanding and somewhat conflicting. Faced with a 36 month development timing schedule from concept to SOP, it becomes imperative that all unnecessary design loops have to be eliminated. Experimental development work now has to be completed more efficiently that ever before. Recently, the methods employed to create an efficient design process have been successfully applied. Individuals involved with testing and vehicle application development can benefit from methods that are model-based. Current models that have a variety of detail are able to vastly improve during almost every phase of the development cycle. The efficient and comprehensive development methods are also essential in dealing with growing complexity. These methods are supported by standardized and automated test benches and vehicle procedures. This study focuses on the use of a model-based calibration process that is a primary element in constantly reducing the time required for powertain development.


Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy for the 1990's Numerous macroscopic changes are expected to transform the business environment of the 1990's. In fact, it is anticipated that the ethos of entrepreneurship l will be pervasive among successful firms, a development that augurs well for the field of entrepreneurship research. In the following discussion, we examine some of those expected environmental trends with a view toward understanding how businesses, both large and small, will need to respond. We also examine their implications for managerial behavior and organizational studies, and argue that successful competitive strategies of the future must be highly entrepreneurial in nature. Changing Environments Global trends. "Globalization," already part of the common lexicon, means that the number of competitors with a world-wide reach is increasing, and markets that were traditionally considered impenetrable are slowly opening up to competition from other countries. In 1992 Western Europe will eliminate all remaining economic boundaries between its 12 member countries, which is expected to make it a formidable force in the world marketplace since it will be possible to shift resources among nations with greater ease. The trade agreement between Canada and the U.S. is further evidence of newly emerging transnational alliances. North America, Japan, and Europe are expected to be the leading world markets through the 1990s. Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Brazil now rank among the top 20 exporters of manufactured goods. Over the next 50 years China, India, and most of Latin America are expected to follow a path similar to that set by Japan and South Korea. Some of the implications of globalization for U.S. companies are that price, quality, and service standards will have to be met on a global level; the corporate mind-set will have to change from that of being a U.S. company that does business overseas to being an international company; top managers will have to develop the sensitivity and awareness to deal with different political and cultural systems; they will have to forge alliances with other international competitors; they will need to integrate manufacturing and RD and, traditional management philosophies and practices will have to be changed to make them more consistent with a turbulent or rapidly changing environment. Technological trends. Over the years competitive advantage has shifted from those who had access to raw materials to those who have access to information. To ascribe the success of the Japanese to their cheap labor is to miss the point, as is evident by the inroads that Korean companies have been making into Japanese strongholds. Today, competitive advantage stems from access to strategic information. Information technologies permit companies to access large amounts of diverse information, analyze and interpret it, and transmit it around the world. Traditionally, companies had been able to capitalize on proprietary technologies and dominate the marketplace until long after they had recouped their RD they will have to examine ways to restructure or redesign their work environments in order to strike the right balance between technological imperatives and behavioral factors; and they must never forget that no matter how sophisticated the technology, it is ultimately human resources that make the difference in competitiveness. …


Methanol and trimethoxysilane form a maximum-boiling homogeneous azeotrope whose composition changes fairly significantly with pressure, so separation into high-purity products is viable using pressure-swing distillation. Heat integration of the two columns can be used to reduce energy costs since they operate at different temperatures. The pressure in the high-pressure column is not controlled but "floats" depending on conditions in the base of the low-pressure column. An auxiliary reboiler is required to balance the heat duty in the low-pressure column. Since pressure affects the composition of the azeotropic, this variable pressure increases the complexity of the required control structure. The purpose of this paper is to develop a control scheme that can effectively handle large disturbances in feed flow rate and feed composition.


The ZEUS (Zero Emission Ultimate Ship), developed in the framework of the national research project TecBia conducted by Fincantieri and co-founded by Italian Ministry of Economic Development, is a 25m length vessel characterized by a zero-emissions propulsion system. The on-board power generation is provided by 4 PEM Fuel Cell modules (140 kW power installation) fed by hydrogen stored into 48 Metal Hydride tanks (MH). PEMFC and MH thermal systems are coupled to recover the heat produced by PEMFC and to feed the endothermic dissociation reactions of hydrogen from MHs. This paper provides a Matlab-Simulink model to simulate the dynamic behaviour of the PEMFC power generation system and the thermal coupling with MH racks installed onboard. Three typical operative profiles are simulated to verify the thermal management control system and the impact of transient conditions on the propulsion plant. Furthermore, the effects of the major exogenous parameters are investigated. Results verify that thermal coupling between the two systems is guaranteed; however, an excessive load increase can lead the stacks to operate under non-optimal conditions for significant periods of time. The effect of exogenous parameters has been verified to be negligible and does not significantly affect the control system.


Throughout algebra, we occupy ourselves by studying the structure of various objects, even when a proper definition of "structure" is elusive. In essence, the goal of analyzing the structure of an algebraic object is to know as much about the object provided as little information as possible. In this quest, we have developed many different techniques to do so. Tools in our current linear algebra arsenal include understanding the implications of two vector spaces being isomorphic, two linear transformations being similar, etc. One specific and useful tool used frequently in various areas of algebraic study which we have largely left untouched is the polynomial.


With the rapid development of image processing technology, image recognition systems based on massive image data are being developed and deployed. The wrong decision regarding an image recognition system for security-sensitive systems can cause serious problems such as personal accidents and property damage. Furthermore, adversarial attacks, which are security attacks that cause malfunctions in image recognition systems by inserting adversarial noise, have emerged and evolved. Several studies have been conducted to prevent adversarial attacks. However, existing mechanisms have low classification accuracy and low detection accuracy for adversarial examples with small adversarial noise. This paper proposes an adversarial example detection mechanism based on image feature extraction and a deep neural network (DNN) model. The proposed system achieves versatility and independence by detecting adversarial examples based on image features, such as edge noise and discrete cosine transform (DCT) bias, which adversarial examples have in common. The proposed system shows relatively higher detection accuracy than existing mechanisms for various types and amounts of adversarial noise and different sharpness of adversarial examples because the proposed system detects them depending on the characteristics of each type of adversarial example.


This docuement evaluates the drivers behind local food; examines the economic impact of local food systems in Canada and the challenges and opportunities that local food poses for consumers, governments, and industry; highlights successful local food initiatives; and recommends strategies to optimize local food systems.


We introduce BAFT, a fast binary and quasi affine invariant local image feature. It combines the affine invariance of Harris Affine feature descriptors with the speed of binary descriptors such as BRISK and ORB. BAFT derives its speed and precision from sampling local image patches in a pattern that depends on the second moment matrix of the same image patch. This approach results in a fast but discriminative descriptor, especially for image pairs with large perspective changes. Our evaluation on 40 different image pairs shows that BAFT increases the area under the precision/recall curve (AUC) compared to traditional descriptors for the majority of image pairs. In addition we show that this improvement comes with a very low performance penalty compared to the similar ORB descriptor. The BAFT source code is available for download.


This article examines the opportunities of participation offered by six Brazilian Parliament websites: the Federal House of Representatives, and its corresponding Assemblies in five states (Bahia, Goias, Para, Rio Grande do Sul, and Sao Paulo). In order to consider how adequate the participatory resources found in these websites are, one takes into account the deliberative model of democracy. All the experiences but the Federal House of Representatives' website are shy regarding the employment of the tools technically available.


The paper deals with the frequency of microelements and especially trace elements which appear in the soil and then in different ways migrate into forage plants. The aim of our experiment was to estimate the aluminium (Al), silicon (Si) and titanium (Ti) content in feedstuffs produced in northeastern (NE) part of Slovenia. We analyzed eight feedstuffs using X-ray fluoroscence spectrometry (K-18 compound feedstuff, hay which consists of Italian ryegrass, white clover and red clover, corn middlings, maize silage, grass silage, wheat bran, soybean cake 44 % CP, and dry beet pulp) in twenty replicates to ensure enough variability. The mean value of Al was 3.05×10 g/g DM, Si 6.06×10 g/g DM and Ti 5.22×10 g/g DM in all analysed feeds. The range between minimum and maximum value among eight feedstuffs concerning Si 2.27×10 then Al 7.93×10 and Ti 2.07×10. This basic research in the selected samples could be important for further research on the nutritional effects of microelements (Al, Si, Ti) on animals.


In the present work, a Boundary Domain Integral Method, which has been already established for the solution of viscous incompressible fluid flow through porous media, is extended to capture compressible fluid flow in porous media. The presented numerical scheme was used for solving the problem of double diffusive natural convection in a square porous cavity heated from a side, while the horizontal walls are maintained at different concentrations. The Brinkman extension of Darcy equation is used to model the flow through porous medium. The velocity‐vorticity formulation is employed enabeling the computation scheme to be partitioned into kinematic and kinetic parts. The results of double diffusive natural convection in porous cavity are presented in terms of velocity, temperature and concentration redistributions.


According to Txillardegi, without linguistic self-determination there will not be political self-determination. The author advocates language purism and questions the validity of the orthography and borrowed terms contained in Euskaltzaindia's (Basque Language Academy) Dictionary of Unified Basque.


Food safety is a constant and necessary concern due to the worldwide increase of the food demand. The monitoring of quality parameters demands the development of accurate, easy and fast procedures. The aim of this work was to develop a cheap, miniaturized and trustworthy salting-out assisted liquid-liquid extraction (SALLE) procedure for the determination of pesticides in wines. Sample and acetonitrile were mixed and the addition of NaCl and CH3COONa were used for separation of aqueous and organic phases. After centrifugation, the organic phase was directly injected into a liquid chromatograph. The developed SALLE procedure consumed at least 25-fold less reagent compared to conventional QuEChERS procedure. Additionally, the d-SPE step of the QuEChERS method was suppressed, without efficiency losses. The developed procedure was compared to the conventional methodology and no significant difference was observed. It was successfully applied to the determination of three pesticides in wines by liquid chromatography. Low consumption of sample and solvent, low residues generation, simple instrumentation are notable advantages. The suppression of the d-SPE step simplified the process and the risk of analyte losses.


This paper studies the control of a new chaotic system which can generate 4-scroll attractors. Based on the properties of a passive system, it derives the essential conditions under which this new chaotic system could be equivalent to a passive system and globally asymptotically stabilize at a zero equilibrium point via smooth state feedback. Simulation results and circuit experiment show that the proposed chaos control method is effective.


In this paper we discuss a generalization of the split exceptional Jordan algebra M3 8() of the 3 X 3 hermitian matrices with elements in the split Cayley-Dickson algebra (1). The generalization consists of replacing by the non-commutative Jordan algebra ≡ (A, ƒ, s, t) discussed in (2; 3) and forming the set of 3 X 3 hermitian matrices M3 m() ≡ M with elements in the m-dimensional algebra . With the usual definition of multiplication X · Y = ½(XY + YX), M becomes a commutative algebra and we have the following theorem, which shows how the structure of M is reflected by that of .