These desires appeared to be rooted in dissatisfaction. People wanted to become more extraverted if they weren't happy with their sex lives, hobbies, or friendships. They wanted to become more conscientious if they were displeased with their finances or schoolwork. The findings reflect the social psychologist Roy Baumeister's notion of "crystallization of discontent": Once people begin to recognize larger patterns of shortcomings in their lives, he contends, they may reshuffle their core values and priorities to justify improving things.


In research consideration of the key conditions for the development of tourism in the region are allocated and proved, proposed integrated using of synthetic indicators for its analisys. Also, the application method of these parameters on the basis of comparative analysis of multi-dimensional is developed.


Part I. Characteristics of Communication in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Inservice 1. Communication Problems and Strengths of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Inservice 2. Additional Communication Disorders in Older Persons with Alzheimer's Disease Part II. The Communication-impaired Environment Inservice 3. Making Changes in the Physical Environment to Support Communication Inservice 4. Making Changes in the Psychosocial Environment to Support Communication Part III. Face to Face: The Communication Challenges Encountered by Professional Caregivers Inservice 5. Communication Strengths and Problems of Professionals Who Care for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease Inservice 6. Multicultural Issues in Nursing Homes Inservice 7. The Toxic Effects of Verbal Abuse and Communication Neglect Inservice 8. Communicating with Families: Same Goals, Different Goals Part IV. Face to Face: Finding Communication Opportunities with persons who have Alzheimer's Disease Inservice 9. Creating Successful Conversations Inservice 10. Handling Difficult Communication Situations Inservice 11. Direct Intervention Programs: Increasing Communication Opportunities for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease Inservice 12. Last Things: When a Person with Alzheimer's Disease is Dying Appendix I. Quizzes Appendix II. Overheads Appendix III. Model Case Study Appendix IV. Sample Scripts Index


The utility model relates to the dehumidification and drying field, in particular to a thermal pump dehumidification drying machine, which mainly comprises thermal pump evaporator, a throttle device, a condenser, a dehumidification evaporator, a compressor and an air-liquid separator which are sequentially connected, wherein the throttle device and the air-liquid separator are connected with the thermal pump evaporator through a magnetic valve, and the thermal pump evaporator and the condenser are both connected with a fan. The thermal pump dehumidification drying machine is characterized in that a heat pipe is further mounted in the system, the heat absorbing end of the heat pipe is arranged on the dehumidification evaporator, and the heat discharge end of the heat pipe is arranged on the condenser. The thermal pump dehumidification drying machine not only is provided with a thermal pump dehumidification system, but also absorbs heat through the heat absorbing end of the heat pipe and discharges heat through the heat discharge end, increases the drying process, and greatly improves the working efficiency of a thermal pump dehumidifier.


The alkaline waste water is treated with UASB-AF process.It is indicated that the biological properties of alkaline waste water are improved after 20 hours retention in the anaerobic reactor. The B/C of the alkaline waste water is increased by 35%, and the waste water's COD decreased by 21%.


BACKGROUND
Many nurses are digital natives who have grown up with advanced technology. Bedside competence is essential, and written policies and procedures guide our practice. Newer learning styles, time constraints, and available personnel may be barriers to historical approaches to information dissemination.

METHODS
Quick Response code technology was incorporated to provide just-in-time resources that can be readily accessed at the point of care.

RESULTS
Nurses have incorporated Quick Response codes in novel ways to provide quick resources in a dynamic environment. Examples include orientation documents, educational rollouts, infrequently used and high-risk equipment, and leadership updates.

IMPLICATIONS
Bedside nurses in our institution have embraced this technology. Benefits include engagement, increased knowledge, and a sense of value among our nursing team.


A numerical method for computing quadrocopter maneuvers between two states is presented. Computed maneuvers satisfy Pontryagin's minimum principle with respect to time-optimality. First, in order to obtain the structure of time-optimal maneuvers, we apply the minimum principle to a first-principles, two-dimensional quadrotor model. Then we present a numerical algorithm that enables the computation of maneuvers for arbitrary initial and final states. The developed method is used to compute a set of maneuvers, which are discussed and demonstrated experimentally in the ETH Zurich Flying Machine Arena testbed.


Neil A. Holtzman, MD, MPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Health Policy and Management, and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. At the time of this study, he worked for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Ruth R. Faden, PhD, is Professor of Health Policy and Management and Professor of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University. Claire O. Leonard, MD, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City. At the time of this study, she worked for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Gary A. Chase, PhD, is Professor of Mental Hygiene, Biostatistics, and Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University. Sharon Richmond Ulrich, PhD, is a psychologist in Broomfield, Colorado.


* Contents * 1. Introduction: Palestine as a colonial issue - Jamil Hilal * 2. Israel between the "danger of demography" and the binational reality - As'ad Ghanem * 3. Zionist and Israel perspectives on the two-state solution - Ilan Pappe' * 4. The paradox of self-determination in Palestine - Nils ButenschOn * 5. The Bush Administration's "vision" of the two-state solution - Husam A. Mohamed * 6. The Economic viability of an independent Palestinian state on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip - Sufyan Alissa * 7. The Transformation of Palestinian environment and the viability of the two-state solution - Jad Isaac and Owen Powell * 8. Hamas from opposition to rule, precursors and possible outcome - Ziad Abu-Amr * 9. Hamas and the quest for Palestinian statehood - Are Knudsen and Basem Ezbidi * 10. Alternative Approaches for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Sharif S. Elmusa * 11. Voices of al shatat and the way forward - Karma Nabulsi


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The reduction of salt (sodium chloride) in food is one of the major challenges facing the food industry today and is motivated by the positive association between dietary salt intake and some diseases. Thus, the objectives of this study were to determine the equivalent amount of different sodium chloride replacements required to promote the same degree of ideal saltiness in aqueous solution and to study the sensory profile of sodium chloride and its substitutes using temporal dominance of sensations (TDS) analysis. The relative potencies of potassium chloride, monosodium glutamate, potassium phosphate, calcium lactate and potassium lactate compared to an aqueous solution with 0.75% sodium chloride were 74.75%, 59.52%, 60.48%, 11.40% and 4.96%, respectively. An evaluation of the sensory profiles of potassium chloride, potassium phosphate, calcium lactate and monosodium glutamate revealed saltiness as well as other tastes, including bitterness, sourness, umami and an unidentified undesirable taste as being dominant. The potassium chloride was the only one which showed temporal sensory profile similar to sodium chloride.


The role of religion in conflict and peacebuilding has mostly been depicted in binary terms: either as a source of violence or of reconciliation. The Government of Myanmar facing serious challenges ...


This study focuses on two heuristic algorithms for the graph vertex coloring problem: the sequential (greedy) coloring algorithm (SCA) and the Welsh–Powell algorithm (WPA). The code of the algorithms is presented and discussed. The methodology and conditions of the experiments are presented. The execution time of the algorithms was calculated as the average of four different starts of the algorithms for all analyzed graphs, taking into consideration the multitasking mode of the operating system. In the graphs with less than 600 vertices, in 90% of cases, both algorithms generated the same solutions. In only 10% of cases, the WPA algorithm generates better solutions. However, in the graphs with more than 1,000 vertices, in 35% of cases, the WPA algorithm generates better solutions. The results show that the difference in the execution time of the algorithms for all graphs is acceptable, but the quality of the solutions generated by the WPA algorithm in more than 20% of cases is better compared to the SC algorithm. The results also show that the quality of the solutions is not related to the number of iterations performed by the algorithms.


Using our program, TRansient Amorphous DEvice Simulator (TRADES), for the simulation of transient phenomena in amorphous silicon devices, the transient response after turning the light off is numerically calculated. Parameters for the numerical analysis are obtained by fitting the two families of the measured steady-state characteristics: light-intensity and temperature dependence of the secondary photocurrent. Using these parameters, both temperature and light-intensity dependence of the transients are calculated. It is shown that the transient is faster at higher temperatures and at higher illumination levels. Results are compared with measured transients at different temperatures.


It has been suggested recently that the Department of Health and Social Security's instructions for collecting National Health Service waiting list statistics in England and Wales' contain anomalies as a result of the exclusion of several categories of patients awaiting surgery.2 The aim of this study was to quantify the anomalies in one district general hospital and to assess their effect in different surgical specialties.


Emotional intelligence is the ability to process, recognizing, control emotions, motivate oneself, and build relationships. The level of emotional intelligence in RA Darusallam Muaradua is still low around 26 (30%) children. In Indonesia, an outline home health survey data analysis (SKRT, 2012) regarding the emotional symptoms of mental disorders of children aged 5-14 years is 114 per 1000 children. The impact of low children emotional intelligence, children often appear to be fussy, tend to have difficulty exspressing their annoyances and their anger appropriately, stubborn and difficult to socialize. Physical activities used to improve children's emotional intelligence are brain gym and penguin dance.The purpose of this study was to determine the increase in children's emotional intelligence through brain gym and penguin dance techniques in preschool children. The type of research is quantitative, quasi-experimental research method with a research design of Two Group Pre-test and Post-test with control group design. The population in this study is preschool in 2020 RA with a total of 65 children. The sampling technique in this study uses non-probability (purposive sampling) to obtain a sample of 36 children. The observation sheet used to assess the level of emotional intelligence of children is the UNIT GSS-EAS.Data analysis was carried out with the Wilcoxon test showing that the value of p = 0.000 0.05, it can be concluded that Ha is accepted. This means that there is an increase in children's emotional intelligence before and after the brain gym and penguin dance techniques are carried out. The results of the Mann Whitney test showed p = 0.004 0.05, the group after being given the Brain Gym and Penguin Dance techniques, had a mean rank value of the Brain Gym technique of 23.53, while the Penguin Dance technique was 13.47, so it can be seen the mean rank the Brain Gym technique is greater than the Penguin Dance technique, which means that the Brain Gym technique is equally effective in increasing the emotional intelligence of preschool children


Using field observations followed by petrological, geochemical, geochronological, and geophysical data, we infer the presence of a previously unknown Miocene subglacial volcanic center ~230 km from the South Pole. Evidence of volcanism is from boulders of olivine‐bearing amygdaloidal/vesicular basalt and hyaloclastite deposited in a moraine in the southern Transantarctic Mountains. 40Ar/39Ar ages from five specimens plus U‐Pb ages of detrital zircon from glacial till indicate igneous activity 25–17 Ma. The likely source of the volcanism is a circular −735 nT magnetic anomaly 60 km upflow from the sampling site. Subaqueous textures of the volcanics indicate eruption beneath ice or into water at the margin of an ice mass during the early Miocene. These rocks record the southernmost Cenozoic volcanism in Antarctica and expand the known extent of the oldest lavas associated with West Antarctic Rift system. They may be an expression of lithospheric foundering beneath the southern Transantarctic Mountains.


ABSTRACT The sensation of 1804–5 in Britain and Ireland was the child actor William Henry West Betty (1791–1874), also known as Master Betty or the Young Roscius. Betty was English born but had an Irish father and was brought up in the north of Ireland, where he first made his name acting in the Belfast theatre. His brief stratospheric career is an important precedent for mass-media pop celebrity and its investments in affect, particularly the accentuated ephemerality of the conjunction of youth and theatre embodied by the child star. One of the most powerful aspects of Betty's appeal to audiences was his voice and this article focuses on the evidence of how he spoke as a way of exploring a largely neglected aspect of Betty's career – his questionable ethnic identity.


The article examines the main elements of the USA supremacy in the post-cold war world. For this, the text goes back in the time and analyzes the crisis of the hegemonic expansion of the North-American power in the 1970's, that was followed by policies, military force, monetary and financial answers from the USA that, together, culminated in the North- American imperial project in the post-cold war.


Migraine, particularly chronic migraine, as well as other chronic headaches, have high rates of comorbidity with mood and anxiety disorders.


CuWO4 is a potential photoanode candidate with a band gap of 2.2–2.4 eV for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation in neutral electrolytes. We present a facile method to improve the PEC efficiency of CuWO4 thin-film photoanodes by postannealing in a nitrogen atmosphere at 623 K for 3.5 h. The photocurrent increases from 30 to 80 μA cm–2 at 1.23 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode under AM 1.5G illumination in a phosphate buffer electrolyte at pH 7 after the nitrogen treatment. We investigate the origin of the amended photocurrents by means of ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Annealing of CuWO4 thin films in a nitrogen atmosphere at 623 K does not yield a bathochromic effect, that is, nitrogen is not being incorporated into the crystal structure. The better PEC performance is due to the greater concentration of oxygen vacancies, improved charge carrier separation, and reduction of charge-transfer...


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Using internet of things (IoT), we can connect and enable every object to send or receive data through the internet. When it comes to real life applications we can make use of this technology for easy communication through home automation. Smart homes, smart agriculture, smart automobiles, and smart electronic gadgets are the examples of IoT-based applications. When more number of objects is connected in distributed environment, controlling and managing the device is much difficult. Due to IoT enabled framework, the number of requests coming to the cloud computing environment is increasing exponentially. The scheduling algorithm which is used in such cases should be efficient to handle various requests coming from these connected devices. The objective of this paper is to develop efficient scheduling mechanism which controls home appliances remotely by using any android or smart phone. Since the devices are connected over cloud computing environment, the proposed method can efficiently schedule the tasks.


The negative pressure sampling and separating device with micro flow control chip consists of micro flow control chip, plunger pump, three-way valve, interface and high voltage power supply. It features the three-way valve with the first end communicated with atmosphere, plunger pump connected to the third end of the three-way valve, the second end of the three-way valve connected to the interface via connecting pipeline, the micro flow control chip with buffering liquid storing pond B, waste buffering liquid storing pond BW, sample storing pond S and waste sample storing pond SW, the interface on the waste sample storing pond SW, micro flow control chip sampling channel S-SW, separating channel B-BW, and the high voltage power source connected across the channel B-BW. The present invention has simple structure, fast sampling and operation safety.


EDITORIALCOMMENT Absorption ofwaterfromthecolonic mucosa isimpaired inpatients with proctocolitis evenwhenthis disease ismild. Itiswell knownthat oneseverely disabling manifestation ofulcerative colitis isdiarrhoea, andamongthe mechanisms suggested toaccount foritinthis condition hasbeena derangement ofabsorption across thecolonic mucosa. Previous studies utilizing other substances than water havefailed todemonstrate deranged absorption fromtheinflamed rectosigmoid ofpatients with idiopathic ulcerative colitis (Levitan, Bikerman, Burrows, andIngelfinger, 1963). Theonlyquantitativeinformation concerning absorption ofwater fromthediseased coloninulcerative colitis was obtained fromstudies onanaesthetized patients with advanced disease who wereabouttoundergo colectomy (Duthie, Watts, deDombal, andGoligher, 1964). Inaddition, these patients weretreated with adrenal hormones. Itwasfelt, therefore, thatit wouldbeofinterest toobtain information about the transfer ofwateracross theinflamed rectosigmoid mucosainpatients whohaduntreated mildulcerativecolitis inremission andwerenotunderthe influence ofanaesthetics. Theaimofthepresent study wastomeasure the permeability oftherectosigmoid mucosatotritiated waterinnormal volunteers andinpatients withuntreated ulcerative colitis. Theappearance ofthe tritiated waterinvenousbloodfollowing rectal instillation wasusedasameasure ofcolonic permeability. No attempt wasmadetomeasure netwater absorption. Thisrelatively simple technique was utilized inthehopethat useful information could be obtained without physiological disturbance andwithoutsubjecting thepatients tolong, tedious intubation procedures.


The European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2012 (EPOS 2012) is the updated version of EPOS document, published in 2005 and 2007. Among the chairs and authors of EPOS 2012, similarly like previously are: W.J. Fookens, V.J. Lund, J. Mullol and C. Bachert. From Poland – prof. Marek Kowalski from Lodz participated in preparing this document. It contains chapters on definitions and classification, with new term of difficult to treat rhinosinusitis and control of disease, as well as novelized, better description of rhinosinusitis in children. In fact, the chapters on paediatric acute and chronic rhinosinusitis are totally rewritten comparing to previous issues.The authors put more attention on the diagnosis and treatment of acute rhinosinusitis. Although still the chronic rhinosinusitis is divided into: CRS with nasal polyps and CRS without nasal polyps, but the differences between these two entities are described, especially in pathophysiology and treatment.There are some new data on epidemiolgy, coming from latest studies, predisposing factors, inflammatory mechanisms, differential diagnosis of facial pain, genetics, cystic fibrosis, aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD), immunodeficiencies, allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) and the relationship between upper and lower airways. EPOS 2012 is addressed not only to ENT-specialists but also to primary care and non-ENT


Physical unclonable functions (PUFs) have emerged as one of the most notable hardware primitives to mitigate the ever-growing global issue of counterfeiting and cloning of integrated circuits (ICs) in recent times. PUFs exploit the intrinsic manufacturing process-induced parametric variations for generating unique chip identifiers. However, most of the existing PUF implementations require complex structures or the inclusion of additional components, which incur performance and area overheads. In this work, we introduce CurIAs, a supply current-based novel PUF implementation to authenticate ICs and to protect them from counterfeiting attacks. It exploits the dynamic current stemming from temporal switching activities in existing on-chip structures as an entropy source to generate high-quality IC-specific digital signatures. First, we investigate the source of the entropy of this PUF, i.e., the dynamic current variations in different circuit structures, with transistor-level Monte-Carlo simulations in HSPICE. Next, to evaluate its effectiveness in Silicon, we apply this approach to map LFSR (Linear Feedback Shift Register) designs into 20 FPGA chips (fabricated in TSMC 55nm process node), perform practical measurements, and generate digital signatures. These signatures show high uniqueness, robustness, uniformity, and randomness features, and the overall implementation requires modest hardware overhead ($<$<</mml:mo>1%). We assess and substantiate the robustness of this approach at eight different operating points by varying supply voltage and temperature. Furthermore, we upscale the design to more extended LFSR sizes, and it exhibits a constant trend of performance improvement over the operating points. Through a judicious selection of challenge vectors, CurIAs demonstrates a high resilience against model learning attacks, with an average prediction accuracy of 50%. These intrinsic variations in supply current across ICs for varying workloads entail unique chip-specific signatures, which are extremely difficult to clone, and can be deployed effectively against IC counterfeiting issues.


A simple controlled-temperature irradiator is described, which permits fabric samples to be irradiated at air temperatures in the range 35°C to 85°C. Photodegradation of wool fabrics, as assessed by measurement of breaking loads, tear strengths, and yel lowness indexes, increases rapidly as the temperature of irradiation is raised, and occurs 3 to 4 times faster at 75°C than at 35°C. A procedure is described for assessing the level of photoprotection conferred on wool by treatment with a UV absorber of the 2-hydroxybenzophenone type. Consistent lifetime improvement factors are ob tained for most levels of photodegradation, and for exposure either to the artificial light source or to sunlight through window glass.


With Hungary's admission into the European Union in May 2004, the Budapest/Ferihegy international airport is enjoying new opportunities. It was reorganized from a state-run to commercial entity in 2002, and the airport exceeded the 5-million passenger mark in 2003. Its facilities are considered user-friendly and of high quality construction. Baggage screening, for example, is 100% BHS, with equipment from Siemens and Smiths-Heimann. The success of the national flagship airline, Malev, will likely result in a new terminal being added. Tourism is the dominant force, with 90% of passengers coming to visit Budapest. But cargo is on the rise, too, with the arrival of Cargolux, which created a minihub in late 2002. This article describes the airport's services, including retailing, parking and the growth of low-cost airline services.


The Higgs boson (h) was discovered by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations in 2012, using proton–proton (pp) collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The measured properties have so far been found to be in agreement with the Standard Model (SM) predictions. However, there is a "fine-tuning" problem that means a quite large radiative correction is needed to explain the difference between the observed Higgs mass (125 GeV) and the bare Higgs mass in the SM. The hypothesis of Two Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) is a candidate to solve that problem. The production of a pair of Higgs bosons (hh) is a rare process in the SM, but various models beyond the SM predict cross-sections for the hh production that are significantly higher than those of the SM prediction. The heavy scalar boson that decay into Higgs boson pairs appear in exotic scenarios of the 2HDM. Enhanced non-resonant Higgs boson pair production is also predicted by many models. Previous searches for Higgs boson pair production in the bb̄bb̄ channel were carried out in the gluon-gluon fusion (ggF) production mode by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations and limits were set for resonant and non-resonant productions. This thesis report a search for a Higgs boson pair (hh) produced via Vector Boson Fusion (VBF) and decaying into the dominant bb̄bb̄ final state. This study provides a completely new signature in the Higgs sector. This search has complementary sensitivity to the production of an additional heavy scalar boson, that may decay into a Higgs boson pair, compared to past direct searches. Additionally, this search can place constraints on the parameters of the Higgs coupling with vector bosons, especially the quadruple coupling of V V hh, using the non-resonant signature. This analysis uses the Run-2 dataset collected by ATLAS at √ s = 13 TeV, corresponding to 126.0 fb−1 taken in 2016–2018. In this research, the following items are achieved: • The correction on the b-jet energy has been implemented to improve the resolution of the reconstructed mass of the Higgs boson candidates. • The event selections that are specific to the VBF signal are defined and optimized. • The unique procedure of the estimation of QCD multi-jet background and tt̄ background is established. • The background estimation is evaluated to be well-established. As a result, unfortunately, no significant excess was observed, but I have worked out two important results. The first one is that the limits on the cross-section of heavy resonant signals have been set. The observed excluded region with 95% C.L. corresponding to mH > 666.9 GeV for the parameters of tanβ = 2.0 and sin(β − α) = 0.6 in the Type-II 2HDM. The second one is that the limits on the cross-section of non-resonant signals with various V V hh coupling strength, κ2V , are set. The observed 95% C.L. limits on the cross-section of SM non-resonant HH production via VBF is given as 1450 fb. The parameter regions κ2V is κ2V < −0.56 and κ2V > 2.89 are excluded at 95% C.L. This constraint on κ2V is provided for the first time in the world. We can also explore the VBF production using the final states of hh → bb̄γγ, bb̄ττ and so on. This first research of hh → bb̄bb̄ in VBF production opened up new parameter spaces, to perform a measurement of the V V hh coupling and to search for new physics in specific models. 2


Materials and Methods Introduction Acknowledgements Haplotype based methods utilizing SNPs offer a powerful approach to map polygenic traits based on the association between causal mutations and the ancestral haplotypes on which they arose. Previously we have identified a QTL on the telomeric region of SSC1q contributing to growth in pigs from birth to slaughter (Paszak et al., 1999; 2001). To maximally fine map genetic intervals containing QTL, we generated a pooled shotgun sub-library targeting the growth QTL defined by SW1301 and SW373 with an interval of 21 cM. Nine BAC clones mapped by utilizing a radiation hybrid panel and evenly spaced in this region, were used to generate a pooled shotgun sub-library. Skim sequencing of the pooled BAC sub-library was performed and the shotgun sequences were masked for repetitive elements and subjected to BLAST analysis for similarity to human genome sequences of HSA9. Sequences with significant BLAST hits were then used for SNP discovery. We were able to identify 145 SNP markers and 7 insertions/deletions using a panel of DNA from eight diversified pig breeds (Yorkshire, Chinese Meishan, Berkshire, Duroc, Hampshire, Landrace, Large White and Pietrain). Those SNPs that were heterozygous for the majority of the UIUC Resource Family F1 individuals are being used to genotype using a commercial population by a highthroughput SNP genotyping platform for use in linkage/linkage disequilibrium analyses. A positional candidate gene transforming growth factor receptor type 1 (TGFBR1) within the growth QTL region on SSC1q was isolated and characterized. Twenty SNP markers, 5 insertions/deletions and 10 microsatellites were identified in the porcine TGFBR1 gene. Lawrence B. Schook1,2, Jonathan E. Beever1,2, Laurie A. Rund1, Kefei Chen1 1Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, IL 61801, USA 2Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1201 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana, IL 61801, USA (http://www.swinegenomics.com/) This work was supported by grants from the USDA-National Research Initiative (Grant No. 2003-3520514187 and 2005-4480-15939) and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service (Agreement No. 58-5438-2-313). In an attempt to map QTL, the University of Illinois created a divergent cross by three Chinese Meishan boars and seven domestic Yorkshire sows. Using that resource population and performing a genomic scan with 119 microsatellite markers, a putative QTL for average daily gain for all stages between birth and slaughter was detected (Paszek et al., 1999; 2001). This QTL mapped between SW373 and SW1301 on SSC1q and accounted for 25% of the F2 phenotypic variance. A number of independent studies have confirmed the presence of a QTL on SSC1 that contributes to growth (average daily gain), development (number of vertebrates) and caracass traits (backfat thickness). Within the growth QTL region on SSC1q, TGFBR1 a gene physiologically essential for normal growth and development of different organ systems, was chosen as a candidate gene affecting growth and carcass traits in pigs. The TGF-β superfamily comprises a large and diverse group of polypeptide morphogens, that include the prototype of the family-the TGF-β themselves, bone morphogenic proteins, and myostatin which is an inhibitor of skeletal muscle growth. Mutations in human TGFBR1 and TGFBR2 genes are linked to inherited disorders in cardiovascular, craniofacial, neurocogitive and skeletal development (Loeys et al., 2005).


Background: Maintaining endogenous testosterone (T) levels as men age may slow the symptoms of sarcopenia, andropause and decline in physical performance. Drugs inhibiting the enzyme 5α-reductase (5AR) produce increased blood levels of T and decreased levels of dihydrotestosterone (DHT). However, symptoms of gynecomastia have been reported due to the aromatase (AER) enzyme converting excess T to estradiol (ES). The carotenoid astaxanthin (AX) from Haematococcus pluvialis, Saw Palmetto berry lipid extract (SPLE) from Serenoa repens and the precise combination of these dietary supplements, Alphastat ® (Mytosterone(™)), have been reported to have inhibitory effects on both 5AR and AER in-vitro. Concomitant regulation of both enzymes in-vivo would cause DHT and ES blood levels to decrease and T levels to increase. The purpose of this clinical study was to determine if patented Alphastat ® (Mytosterone(™)) could produce these effects in a dose dependent manner.


This study investigated effects of inclusive appreciation using paintings on young children's art appreciation attitude and self-expression. the study questions set for the purpose of this study are as follows : 1. What effects does the inclusive appreciation activity using paintings have...


With the rise of deep learning in recent years, the merging of computer vision and natural language processing has inspired a huge interest. Image captioning is an unique deep learning application that has advanced rapidly in recent years. The ability to train a computer to properly describe the content of an image or an environment like a person has huge implications in computer vision, economics, and a variety of other fields. Across the year, this has been a difficult issue in the field of artificial intelligence, and many researchers have made tremendous progress. In this paper, we describe various deep neural network-based picture caption generation models, including RNN-based decoding and CNN-based accessing and Reinforcement-based framework. We also created captions for some of the images and compared the various feature extraction and encoder models to see which one provides the best accuracy and produces the desired outcome. Extensive experiments on the dataset reveal that the proposed framework outperforms the existing encoder based approach.


introduction by Pogge von Strandmann, replacing James Joll's biographical sketch in the original. Apart from providing a neat reminder that there are many very different ways to write the history of the relationship between industry and politics, juxtaposing the two books under review also manifests just how diverse were the views held by German industry on the state's role in the economy. Rathenau's views and those of the Ruhrlade could hardly have been more different. In Rathenau's day and during the Nazi era, the Ruhr mining industry was fiercely jealous of its prerogatives and criticized any advance of state authority. Rathenau, on the other hand, both in his writings and in his wartime policies, was actively engaged in involving the state more heavily in the economy. Rathenau himself was subject to the fiercest attacks from the ranks of heavy industry because of his views. Given the emphasis placed by many historians on Germany's 'corporatist' tradition and on the co-operation between industry and state, the differences in attitude which emerge here are well worth noting. They highlight the need for further studies of industry and industrialists in twentieth-century Germany.


We address the nature and origin of super star clusters (SSCs) discovered by Holtzman et al. within a radius of ∼5 kpc from the center of NGC 1275, the giant elliptical galaxy at the center of the Perseus Cluster. We show that, in contrast with the much more numerous population of SSCs subsequently discovered up to ∼30 kpc from the center of this galaxy, the central SSC population have maximal masses an order of magnitude higher and a mass function with a shallower power-law slope. Furthermore, whereas the outer SSC population have ages spanning a few Myr to at least ∼1 Gyr, the central SSC population have ages strongly concentrated around ∼500 Myr with a 1σ dispersion of ∼100 Myr. These SSCs share a close spatial and temporal relationship with the "central spiral," which also has a radius ∼5 kpc centered on NGC 1275 and a characteristic stellar age of ∼150 Myr. We argue that both the central SSC population and the central spiral formed from gas deposited by a residual cooling flow, with the SSCs forming first followed by the formation of the stellar body of the central spiral ∼300–400 Myr later. The ages of the central SSC population imply that they are able to withstand very strong tidal fields near the center of NGC 1275, making them genuine progenitor globular clusters. Evidently, a spiral disk hosting progenitor globular clusters has recently formed at the center of a giant elliptical galaxy.


The aim of the paper is to obtain generalized convergence results for nonlinear multidimensional integrals of the form: L_{η}(ω;x)=((ηⁿ)/(Ω_{n-1}))∫_{D}K(η|t-x|,ω(t))dt. We will prove pointwise convergence of the family L_{η}(ω;x) as η→∞ at a fixed point x∈D which represents any generalized Lebesgue point of function ω∈L₁(D), where D is an open bounded subset of Rⁿ. Moreover, we will consider the case D=Rⁿ. The aim of the paper is to obtain generalized convergence results for nonlinear multidimensional integrals of the form: L_{η}(ω;x)=((ηⁿ)/(Ω_{n-1}))∫_{D}K(η|t-x|,ω(t))dt. We will prove pointwise convergence of the family L_{η}(ω;x) as η→∞ at a fixed point x∈D which represents any generalized Lebesgue point of function ω∈L₁(D), where D is an open bounded subset of Rⁿ. Moreover, we will consider the case D=Rⁿ.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and empirically evaluate an adoption model for technology-based services (TBS) that integrates a customer's willingness to co-create (WCC) as mediator complementing the well-known individual differences and innovation characteristics in predicting customer adoption of TBS. Design/methodology/approach – The manuscript uses structural equation modeling to analyze survey data from two empirical studies (n=781 and n=181). Findings – The empirical results show that WCC represents a key mediator between established antecedent predictors (innovation characteristics and individual differences) and the likelihood of TBS adoption. Additionally, the analysis reveals that WCC can even better explain and predict adoption intention of TBS than the commonly used individual differences and innovation characteristics. Finally, the results also suggest that a lack of customers' WCC may help to explain persuasion-decision discrepancies within TBS adoption. Research limitatio...


Supervisor localization procedure can be used to construct the local controllers relevant to each component agent in a discrete-event system. This procedure is based on state reduction of monolithic supervisor with respect to each set of controllable events corresponding to each component agent. In this paper, observation and coobservation properties which preserve through supervisor reduction and supervisor localization procedures are investigated. It is proved that the supervisor reduction procedure preserves observation properties of a monolithic supervisor by self loop transitions at some states in the reduced supervisor, as well as the supervisor localization procedure preserves coobservation properties. A new method based on decomposition of the reduced state supervisor is proposed to localize a monolithic supervisor and to construct the local controllers such that the observation properties from the monolithic to distributed supervisory control are preserved. An example is illustrated to verify the effectiveness of the proposed technique.


1. The spillover of exotic predators from managed ecosystems into natural habitats may exacerbate the biodiversity losses caused by land‐use intensification.


Editor,—Starting in 1997, we introduced a new programme of smoking cessation, the "Quit-smoking marathon", open to smokers wishing to quit and who have access to the internet.

The programme consists of three components.


The study on nanocrystals has become a new research field of materials sciences, be-cause these materials exhibit many unique properties. In nanocrystals the volume occupiedby the grain boundary represents 50% or more of the total material volume, as aconsequence, the boundary plays a significant role in the characters of nanocrystals. Bynow, however, no consensus was achieved on the structure of boundaries in nanocrystals.Several hypotheses concerning the boundary structure have been proposed based on director indirect experimental observations and corresponding analyses. Among them, three prin-


The biosynthesis of lycopodine (5) was studied in intact plants and in excised shoots of the clubmoss Lycopodiumtristachyum Pursh. Specific incorporation of label from lysine and from acetate was demonstrated by partial degradation. The observed distribution of activity was incompatible with a polyketide origin of lycopodine. The incorporation pattern is consistent with the hypothesis that lycopodine is a modified dimer of pelletierine (4), which, in turn, is derivable from lysine and acetate.


Insulin secretagogues including sulfonylureas, glinides and incretin‐related drugs such as dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP‐4) inhibitors and glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists are widely used for treatment of type 2 diabetes. In addition, glucokinase activators and G‐protein‐coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) agonists also have been developed, although the drugs are not clinically usable. These different drugs exert their effects on insulin secretion by different mechanisms. Recent advances in β‐cell signalling studies have not only deepened our understanding of insulin secretion but also revealed novel mechanisms of insulin secretagogues. Clarification of the signalling mechanisms of the insulin secretagogues will contribute to improved drug therapy for diabetes.


The variability of Secchi disk readings was explored in Crater Lake, an exceptionally clear and deep subalpine caldera lake. The primary objective was to document summer monthly and annual variability in Secchi disk readings, and variation caused by observers, disk size, and surface condition of the lake. An additional objective was to determine differences between descending and ascending disk readings (the averages of the two readings representing the disk readings) relative to the depth of the Secchi disk readings, lake surface conditions, and disk size. Secchi disk data were collected from June through September, 1978-1995. Secchi disk depths typically were in the high 20- to low 30-m range. Secchi disk readings were deepest in June and shallowest in August. Average monthly disk readings exhibited considerable variation among years (9.4m in June, 13.4m in July, 13.0m in August, and 8.2m in September). On average, variation in Secchi disk readings among observers was 1 m or less. When the lake surface was calm and skies were clear or had high haze, differences between descending and ascending observations decreased slightly with increased disk depth. Waves from tour boats, drips of water from the research vessel, and wind generated ripples and chop decreased disk readings as much as 5 m relative to readings recorded when the lake surface was calm. Clarity readings using a 100-cm disk were 7.0m deeper than were 20-cm disk readings. Documentation of the extensive variation in Secchi disk clarity is needed to determine normal conditions and to judge the long-term status and trends of lake clarity. Furthermore, documenting the variation caused by slightly disturbed lake surface conditions relative to calm surface conditions and among trained observers ensures consistent interpretation of the long-term data base.


First zoning deformation characteristics of roof roadway were analyzed by physically simulating roof strata movement.Then zoning fracture distribution of surrounding rock subject to mining activities was tracked by drilling in-situ long-distance boreholes in Taoyuan Coal Mine.A 165-day stabilization period of the overlying strata was also concluded according to the field test results.Lastly the optimum section shape of the roadway and 4.0~6.0 m effective enhancing depth of the floor under different lateral pressure coefficients and varying mining-induced stress conditions were evolved by adopting commercial FLAC codes.These provide fundamental principles and methods for roof roadway support in destressed zones.


We demonstrated a metal-free flat lens using negative refraction by degenerate four-wave mixing with a thin glass slide [1] and further realize a magnifying lens by introduction additional transformation optics [2], achieving an all-optical controllable lensing effect.


Most of Earth's surface is created by seafloor spreading, a fundamental global tectonic process. While most seafloor spreading is orthogonal, i.e., the strike of mid-ocean ridge (MOR) segments is perpendicular to transform faults, obliquity of up to ~45° occurs. Here, building on the work of DeMets et al. [2010] we investigate the global relationship between obliquity of seafloor spreading, spreading rates, and the flux of nearby plumes. While we confirm the well-known tendency for obliquity to decrease with increasing spreading rate [Atwater and Macdonald, 1977], we find exceptions at both intermediate (up to 18°) and ultra-fast (up to 12°) rates of spreading. Thus, factors other than the minimization of power dissipation across mid-ocean ridges and transform faults [Stein, 1978] may influence the amount of obliquity.


Objective: To probe rescue and nurse on children with hemolysis and uraemia syndrome.Methods: Analyse 15 cases HUS clinical syndrome,therapy and nurse.Results: All patients had typical HUS syndrome include: haemolytic anaemia,platelet reduce and acute renal dysfunction,careful nurse is crucial to improve renal dysfunction,correct anaemia and prevent haemorrhage.Conclusion: Exactitude and early therapy and careful nurse is importive to prognosis.


This paper presents a Java processor, called JOP, designed for time-predictable execution of real-time tasks. JOP is the implementation of the Java virtual machine in hardware. We propose a processor architecture that favors low worst-case execution time (WCET) over average case performance. The resulting processor is an easy target for the low-level WCET analysis


Background/Aim. The deposition of hydroxyapatite (HAP) on the surface of titanium (Ti) alloys enhances bioactivity and osseointegration of the alloys which are widely used as implant materials in dentistry and orthopaedic surgery. However, the stability of HAP and subsequent biocompatibility of such alloys depends on the coating technique. The aim of this work was to test the cytotoxicity of a Ti alloy (Ti6Al4V), coated with HAP by a new plasma deposition method. Methods. The Ti6Al4V samples prepared as discs, 10 mm in diameter and 2 mm in thickness, were coated with HAP (one or both sides of the alloy) by an innovative atmospheric plasma jet method. The cytotoxicity of uncoated and HAP coated Ti6Al4V samples was evaluated by examining the morphological changes and viability of L929 fibroblasts in direct contact with the test materials. Adequate negative (polystyrene) and positive (nickel) control discs of the same size were used. The indirect cytotoxicity was determined by cultivating L929 cells with conditioning medium (CM), prepared as extract of the test samples incubated in the complete Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI) 1640 medium for cell cultures. The cytotoxic effect was evaluated based on the degree of metabolic activity, necrosis, apoptosis and proliferation of L929 cells, using the appropriate assays. Results. Uncoated and one side HAP coated Ti6Al4V alloys were classified as non-cytotoxic according to the current ISO 10993-5 criteria, whereas two sides HAP coated Ti6Al4V alloy samples were slightlymoderate cytotoxic. The cytotoxicity manifested as the inhibition of metabolic activity and proliferation of L929 cells as well as the induction of their apoptosis and necrosis was significantly reduced by conditioning of HAP/Ti6Al4V alloys for 24 hours. The cytotoxic effect of HAP/Ti6Al4V CM only partly decreased in the presence of nifelate, a calcium (Ca) channel blocker, suggesting that Ca ions were not the only responsible cytotoxic agent. Conclusion. The original HAP coating procedure by atmospheric plasma spraying with high energy input enables the production of the stable adhesive coatings on Ti6Al4V alloys. Their cytotoxicity, which depends on the quantity of HAP coating layer, could be significantly reduced up to the non-cytotoxic level by prior conditioning of the alloys in culture medium. Such a procedure, which removes leachable toxic components, could be useful before implantation of HAP coated alloys in vivo.


To definitude the species of main natural enemies in tomato fields,in this present work,the quality,time and spatial framework of B.tabaci and its natural enemies was further studied using stepwise regression analysis,grey system analysis,ecological niche analysis and aggregated-intensity index analysis of spatial patterns.The synthetic ranking analysis indicated that the main natural enemies of B.tabaci were Erigonidium graminicda,Therdiong octomaculatum and Clubiana japonicola.The number of B.tabaci during spring-summer and autumn-winter season in tomato fields was compared using T-test(t=3.376 8,tt0.01=2.86),which showed a highly significant difference.The average number of B.tabaci during spring-summer season was 1 086,while 14 940 during autumn-winter season.During spring-summer season,the number and species of natural enemies inside the greenhouse was very few which was only 9 belonging to 4 species and it was 0.8% of the quantity of natural enemies during spring-summer season,for the greenhouse preventing natural enemies from entering


Could sugar be the key to starving exotic weeds of nutrients and promoting the growth of native plants along rivers, creeks and wetlands?


List of birds and locations contributed by James J. Dinsmore with observers Jim Pease, Dan Varland, Tom Klubertanz and others. The field notes contain detailed descriptions of several birds. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1992.


The aim of the present study is to investigate the mental representations regarding the coagulation and melting phenomena of preschool pupils with learning disabilities. In addition, to compare them with the corresponding representations of typically developing children. By so doing, it aspires to shed light to the feasibility of implementing inclusion into teaching science. To fulfil this purpose, an experimental investigation was conducted with 25 pupils with learning difficulties (M=72.50 months, s.d.=8.11) and 25 pupils with typical development (M=72.50 months, s.d.=9.50). Pupils were selected with convenience sampling while interviews were recorded and transcribed. According to data analysis, pupils' responses were classified into three distinct levels: sufficient, intermediate and insufficient in terms of school knowledge. Drawing from constructivism theory a digital tool called M.R.H.E.T (Mental Representations Heat Exploration Tool) was developed to fulfill research's goal. A part of this tool is used for the present study. Findings suggest that preschools pupils with learning difficulties use almost the same ideas on thermal phenomena with those used by preschool pupils with typical development, on a different frequency though. This inevitably reinforces the academic belief of inclusive education for pupils with learning disabilities in teaching science.


We present the essential results pointed out in a recently published paper, Kim et al. 2015, Astrophys. J., 814, 61. The carbon star CIT 6 reveals evidences for a binary in a high-resolution CO line emission map of its circumstellar envelope taken with the Submillimeter Array. The morphology of the outflow described by the spiral-shell pattern, bipolar (or possibly multipolar) outflow, one-sided interarm gaps, and double spiral feature point to a plausible scenario that CIT 6 is a binary system in an eccentric orbit with the mass losing star evolving from the AGB.


Background: Conflicting findings on the potency of antibiotic pastes versus calcium hydroxide (CH) have been evident in the literature. Aims: To compare the antibacterial efficacy of single antibiotic paste (SAP), double antibiotic paste (DAP), triple antibiotic paste (TAP), and modified TAP (mTAP) with CH on bacterial biofilms. Methods: PubMed, Scopus, and Embase were comprehensively searched until August 23, 2021. The study protocol was registered in the PROSPERO. Ex vivo studies performed on Enterococcus faecalis or polymicrobial biofilms incubated on human/bovine dentin were selected. The quality of the studies was assessed using a customized quality assessment tool. Standardized mean difference (SMD) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated for the meta-analysis. Meta-regression models were used to identify the sources of heterogeneity and to compare the efficacy of pastes. Results: The qualitative and quantitative synthesis included 40 and 23 papers, respectively, out of 1421 search results. TAP (SMD = −3.82; CI, −5.44 to −2.21; P < 0.001) and SAPs (SMD = −2.38; CI, −2.81 to − 1.94; P < 0.001) had significantly higher antibacterial efficacy compared to the CH on E. faecalis biofilm. However, no significant difference was found between the efficacy of DAP (SMD = −2.74; CI, −5.56–0.07; P = 0.06) or mTAP (SMD = −0.28; CI, −0.82–0.26; P = 0.31) and CH. Meta-regression model on E. faecalis showed that SAPs have similar efficacy compared to TAP and significantly better efficacy than DAP. On dual-species (SMD = 0.15; CI, −1.00–1.29; P = 0.80) or multi-species (SMD = 0.23; CI, −0.08–0.55; P = 0.15) biofilms, DAP and CH had similar efficacy. Conclusions: Ex vivo evidence showed that antibiotic pastes were either superior or equal to CH. The studied SAPs had considerably higher or similar antibacterial effectiveness compared to DAP, CH, and TAP. Hence, combined antibiotic therapy was not necessarily required for root canal disinfection ex vivo.


Let $ d, \alpha \in \Z $ with $ d > 1. $ In this paper, we proved the following results about congruence properties of elliptic curves: (1) For elliptic curve $ E $ over the rational number field $ \Q, $ if $ \sharp \widetilde{E_{p}}(\F_{p}) \equiv \alpha $ (mod $ d $) hold for almost all primes $ p, $ then almost all supersingular primes $ p $ of $ E $ satisfy $ p \equiv \alpha - 1 $ (mod $ d $). In particular, $ \alpha - 1 $ is prime to $ d. $ Moreover, if $ \varphi (d) > 2, $ then $ E $ does not have complex multiplication. (2) There exists an ellipticcurve $ E $ over $ \Q $ such that $ \sharp \widetilde{E_{p}}(\F_{p}) \equiv 0 $ (mod $ d) $ for almost all primes $ p $ if and only if $ d = 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16. $ Depending on these results, we obtain solutions in many cases for an open question (see the text) presented recently by Kim, Koo and Park, e.g., this question in all cases $ (d, \alpha) $ satisfying either $ d \mid \alpha $ or gcd ($ \alpha - 1, d) > 1 $ are solved completely. Some further questions and conjectures on congruence properties of elliptic curves are also presented and discussed.


The numerical aperture increasing lens (NAIL) technique increases the NA and subsequent resolution while preserving stigmatic imaging, and is therefore a significant improvement over standard optical microscopy for subsurface imaging at the diffraction limit. We give experimental data which demonstrates the NAIL technique capability.


Submitted by Avneesh Mishra Reg no: 160929022 Under the guidance of Dr. Sandhyalaxmi G. Navada Assistant Professor Selection Grade Department of Mechatronics Engineering Manipal Institute of Technology Dr. Shubhashisa Sahoo Sc. 'E', ISRD CAIR DRDO, Bangalore ABSTRACT Quadruped robots are four legged robots. This field has been extensively researched in the past and continues to be one of the most researched fields in robotics as more innovations happen. Very well known robots in this field include but are not limited to ANYmal [1], BigDog [2], HyQ [3], Sotch [4] and Spot [5]. These have proven that legged robots are a better solution to challenging terrain compared to their wheeled counterparts. Due to their adaptability to challenging environments, these are being used in construction sites, inspection in hazardous environments, disaster management and assessment and even entertainment. Leading the demand is the defense industry where it's required to perform surveillance under tough terrain and even carry heavy payloads atop mountainous slopes. Despite there being published research in different fields, there exist very few publications describing the entire robot as a whole. Even fewer of them are beginner friendly. The main aim of this project is to develop a quadruped platform that will act as a prototyping bed to testing different ideas in the field of quadrupedal locomotion and navigation. For this, the quadruped is made using simple parts and consists of simple protocols for control. However, the platform is made such that making improvising modifications is as easy as learning about the modifications themselves. Additionally, this document aims to serve as a beginners introduction to quadrupeds, where brief description about various concepts can be found along with the design and theory at one place. The model is made using SolidWorks and Fusion 360, firmware is programmed using MPLAB IDE. ROS and MATLAB are used for communication between programs, algorithm design and testing. Adams is also used for simulation. The main achievements of this project is the proof of concept for the entire robot. The quadruped robot can trace a particular trajectory with its legs, even showing the time delay and offset necessary for execution of periodic gaits. An intuitive method for generating a particular gait is also demonstrated. System wise modeling of the robot is also done, in order to understand the system better and to help in simulations.Quadruped robots are four legged robots. This field has been extensively researched in the past and continues to be one of the most researched fields in robotics as more innovations happen. Very well known robots in this field include but are not limited to ANYmal [1], BigDog [2], HyQ [3], Sotch [4] and Spot [5]. These have proven that legged robots are a better solution to challenging terrain compared to their wheeled counterparts. Due to their adaptability to challenging environments, these are being used in construction sites, inspection in hazardous environments, disaster management and assessment and even entertainment. Leading the demand is the defense industry where it's required to perform surveillance under tough terrain and even carry heavy payloads atop mountainous slopes. Despite there being published research in different fields, there exist very few publications describing the entire robot as a whole. Even fewer of them are beginner friendly. The main aim of this project is to develop a quadruped platform that will act as a prototyping bed to testing different ideas in the field of quadrupedal locomotion and navigation. For this, the quadruped is made using simple parts and consists of simple protocols for control. However, the platform is made such that making improvising modifications is as easy as learning about the modifications themselves. Additionally, this document aims to serve as a beginners introduction to quadrupeds, where brief description about various concepts can be found along with the design and theory at one place. The model is made using SolidWorks and Fusion 360, firmware is programmed using MPLAB IDE. ROS and MATLAB are used for communication between programs, algorithm design and testing. Adams is also used for simulation. The main achievements of this project is the proof of concept for the entire robot. The quadruped robot can trace a particular trajectory with its legs, even showing the time delay and offset necessary for execution of periodic gaits. An intuitive method for generating a particular gait is also demonstrated. System wise modeling of the robot is also done, in order to understand the system better and to help in simulations.


It is the basic matter of children's social development,and also one of the successful symbol of children's socialization for children to form norm consciousness and the habits of complying to norm.According to the ecology of human development,individual's development is the result of interaction of individual and the ecology around the individual.In this research,the subjects are 349 and 541 pupils of grade 4,5and 6 respectively form the Tibetan and Hans' areas.Questionnaire survey shows: both the total point and the point of norm affection and norm will of the Tibetan pupil are significantly higher than those of the Han pupil.But the point of norm cognition of the Han pupil is significantly higher than that of the Tibetan pupil.To understand the relationship between the characteristics of children's norm consciousness and social-cultural ecology around them,the author,according to the ecological theories of human development has concretely analyzed the difference between the specific district macro-micro ecology of the Tibetan pupil and the Han pupil,the specific influence of ecology on the norm consciousness of the Tibetan pupil and the Han pupil.Finally,based on the results,the author puts forward the educational strategy about children's norm consciousness.


There is a long history of using handwritten signatures to verify or authenticate a "signer" of the signed document. With the development of Internet technology, many tasks can be accomplished through the document management system, such as the applications of digital contracts or important documents, and more secure signature verification is demanded. Thus, the live handwriting signatures are attracting more interest for biological human identification. In this paper, we propose a handwriting signature verification algorithm by using four live waveform elements as the verification features. A new Aho-Corasick Histogram mechanism is proposed to perform this live signature verification. The benefit of the ACH algorithm is mainly its ability to convert time-series waveforms into time-series short patterns and then perform a statistical counting on the AC machine to measure the similarity. Since AC is a linearly time complexity algorithm, our ACH method can own a deterministic processing time. According to our experiment result, the proposed algorithm has satisfying performance in terms of speed and accuracy with an average of 91% accuracy.


The crystallization behavior of three IUPAC low density polyethylene samples has been characterized by thermal analysis. Their rates of crystallization only are directly correlatable with their film forming ability in film blowing technology. The IUPAC samples possessed essentially indistinguishable physical properties, including differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) melting curves and rheological characteristics, but their propensity for crystallization was found readily to parallel their film forming ability and other characteristics associated with end-use performance. The application of thermal analysis to assess crystallization is a unique diagnostic tool for measuring polymer film processability, which is well illustrated here using a few simple experiments made on the original polymer specimens and a polymer blend. Although all samples exhibit similar small-angle X-ray periodicities, the morphological differences assessed, particularly by microtomy-optical microscopy, correlate with, and complement, the results of phase transformation kinetics responsible for film properties. Fractography-scanning electron microscopy proves to be inferior to optical methods for revealing the morphology of these low density polyethylenes.


This article describes how Maine's Department of Transportation managed a repaving project that required shutting down a critical section of I-295 between Portland and Augusta for 13 weeks. Without closing the section of highway, the project could have taken two or three years. As a result of the closure, the project was completed 20 days ahead of schedule. The author explains why the decision was made to do a complete closure, and how the project used nine inches of the old asphalt by pulverizing it and using it to create shoulders and an aggregate base for the new road. The rubblization part of the project is described in detail.


In most sciences when an important finding is reported, such as the identification of a new element in chemistry, or when a new principle is evolved, many laboratories repeat the study and confirm or deny the results. In psychology there is a dearth of replication of experiments. The attitude seems to be either, "I don't believe it," and a comment is written in the journal carrying the article' or "0. K., that's been done what shall I do?" I believe many classical findings carried from textbook to textbook could stand replication. (Perhaps they could not stand it.) In any event is it probable that all research findings, especially those involving few subjects, are correct? I doubt it. Yet the results of some of these studies are taught to our students as psychological "truths" year after year. Would it not be wise to repeat some of the classical experiments and publish the findings either positive or negative? Frequently honor students or new graduate students do repeat studies; somehow, the findings are lost in a term paper. Perhaps one problem is the difficulty of identical repetition of a study. Since we deal with animate material, it is difficult to replicate the subjects. There is also the problem of finding out what the original investigator did in the first place. In spite of these difficulties it should be possible to repeat experiments under conditions which ought to give similar results if the findings of the initial work are correct. Of course, the design and execution should be as close as possible to the original. W e would like to suggest that replicated experiments be reported in this journal as short notes, indicating any variance in the procedure where it occurs and whether or not the findings corroborate those of the original study.


Continuous media objects, due to large volume and real-time consiraints in their delivery,are likely to consume much network andwidth Generally, proxy servers are used to hold the fiequently requested objects so as to reduce the network traffic to the central server but most of them are designed for text and image dae that they do not go well with continuous media data. So, in this paper, we propose a two-layered network cache management policy for continuous media object delivery on the wide area networks. With the proposed cache management scheme,in cach LAN, there exists one LAN cache and each LAN is further devided into a group of sub-LANs, each of which also has its own sub-LAN eache. Further, each object is also partitioned into two parts the front-end and rear-end partition. they can be loaded in the same cache or separately in different network caches according to their access frequencics. By doing so, cache replacement overhead could be educed as compared to the case of the full size daa allocation and replacement , this eventually reduces the backbone network traffic to the origin server.


We describe a compressive-sensing approach for obtaining an N-point Fourier spectrum using much less than N time-domain measurements. We experimentally resolve sparse vibrational spectra using <30% of the Nyquist limit samples in single-pulse CARS experiments.


2 Abstract: The aim of the study is to determine the proficiency perceptions and usage level of preschool teachers in designing, implementing and evaluating (judging) the conventional and alternative measurement instruments which are supposed to be adopted at schools and to reveal in accordance with their opinions to what extent they employ these instruments during education and training process. The study was carried out with the participation of 258 preschool teachers working in the province of Samsun. A survey with two sections was used in the study to collect the data. Descriptive statistics were exploited in the process of analyzing the data. In the context of the first sub-problem of the study, the teachers were seen to find themselves proficient mostly in portfolio, observation forms, gap filling, worksheets and open ended questions during the process of designing, implementing and evaluating (judging) the conventional and alternative measurement instruments. Within the scope of the second sub-problem of the study, portfolio, observation forms, anecdote records and gap filling rank first among the measurement instruments most frequently used by the teachers. The teachers also stated that portfolio, observation forms and gap filling sort of questions are the most useful while they have most difficulty in implementing control forms, observation forms and anecdote records. Consequently, it was seen that the teachers are able to use some of the conventional and alternative measurement instruments effectively while they have difficulty in employing such instruments as grading keys, grading scales and performance tasks.


In a declining market for goods, we optimize the net profit in business when inventory management allows change in the selling prices n times over time horizon. We are computing optimal number of changes in prices, respective optimal prices, and optimal profit in each of the cycle for a deteriorating product. This paper theoretically proves that for any business setup there exists an optimal number of price settings for obtaining maximum profit. Theoretical results are supported by numerical examples for different setups (data set) and it is found that for every setup the dynamic pricing policy outperforms the static pricing policy. In our model, the deterioration factor has been taken into consideration. The deteriorated units are determined by the recurrence method. Also we studied the effect of different parameters on optimal policy with simulation. For managerial purposes, we have provided some "suggested intervals" for choosing parameters depending upon initial demand, which help to predict the best prices and arrival of customers (demand).


Background: Sepsis and other infections cause 15% neonatal deaths in India. The present study is to determine the resistance pattern of pathogens causing neonatal sepsis and to provide antibiogram to pediatricians for better patient management. Methods: Positive Blood culture reports of neonatal sepsis cases detected during the years 2014 and 2015 were studied. The antibiotic resistance of the organisms found during the years 2014 and 2015 were compared by calculating the probability (p value) using the standard formula. Results: Coagulase negative staphylococci (CONS) was the most common organism in 2014 whereas pseudomonas was predominant in 2015.Resistance of CONS to amoxycillin and ceftrioxone has significantly increased in 2015.Also resistance of CONS to vancomycin was noted. Resistance of Pseudomonas to cefuroxime, ceftazidime and amoxicillin/clavulanuic acid combination were increased but not significantly. There was also emerging resistance of pseudomonas to gentamicin and amikacin. Resistance of acinetobacter to cefuroxime, ceftrioxone and gentamicin has increased in 2015 but not significantly. Citrobacter showed a significant increase in resistance to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid combination (p=0.006). Conclusions: Bacterial spectrum causing neonatal sepsis varies in different regions, varies in the same site during different time periods, also their antibiotic resistance pattern varies in different regions and changes constantly. Increase in resistance to commonly used antibiotics stress the need of rational use of antibiotics.


Several concentrations of butylated hyrdoxyanisole (BHA) were tested for effectiveness in inhibiting the growth of C. perfringens. Three strains of C. perfringens were inhibited by 150 ppm BHA in Fluid Thioglycollate Medium. BHA was equally effective as an autoclaved or filter-sterilized solution. Inhibition with 100 ppm was found to increase at the extremes of the pH range tested (5.5-8.5). With 100 and 200 ppm, BHA was found to be bactericidal to C perfringens cells in a dilution buffer. BHA was found to have a synergistic inhibitory effect when used in conjunction with nitrite, sorbic acid, or esters of para-hydroxybenzoic acid (parabens). In the presence of a lipid and surfactant, the antimicrobial activity of BHA against C. perfringens was greatly reduced.


Many applications which run on the Internet-of-Things machines require similar bandwidths. These machines are equipped with multiple Radio Frequency (RF) interfaces for machine-to-machine or machine-to-Base Station (BS) communications. For efficient use of these equipment and data rate maximization in networks with multiple BSs and sources with similar requests, we propose a generalized framework. This framework solves the joint dynamic optimal RF interface setting and next-hop selection problem, by transforming this problem into a new optimization problem that can be solved by the Hungarian algorithm. Simulation results show that using the proposed framework, the average data rate of sources increases up to 117%.


The aim of this research was to study the effect of the ethylene inhibitor "silver nitrate (AgNO3)" and vitamin B9 "folic acid" in different concentrations combined with cytokinin BA as well as the antioxidant thiol compound "L-glutathione reduced (GSH)" in different concentrations simultaneously with auxins (IBA+NAA) on micropropagation efficiency of the endemic Sideritis syriaca L. subsp. syriaca (Hellenic mountain tea of Crete/ Malotira) using shoot tip explants. The culture medium used was the MS supplemented with 30 g/l sucrose. The simultaneous application 5 ?M AgNO3 + 2.2 ?M BA promoted best the initial shoot induction stage exhibiting 4.5 shoots/ explant and 100% shoot multiplication (5 weeks). Folic acid applied at 0.25 mg/l in combination with 0.5 mg/l BA exhibited the highest shoot multiplication percentage (90%) (4 weeks). GSH at 10 ?M with 10.7 ?M NAA + 4.92 ?M IBA gave the greatest root length (13.68 mm), at 25 ?M caused a 3-fold increase in rooting (90%) and 250 ?M GSH raised by 20% shoot multiplication (80%). An 89% final survival rate of rooted microplants to ex vitro unheated greenhouse conditions was recorded within 8 weeks period during mid-late spring. Thus, the acclimatization and hardening process was successfully completed.


Reverse engineering technology is an important means of modern product design.As a new method for absorbing the advanced technology,reverse engineering is the main means of the advanced technology.Three-dimensional CAD model reconstruction is the key step in reverse engineering.It introduces the concept of reverse engineering and key technologies,analyses the application features of UG software in the field of reverse engineering,as well as the methods and process for surface structure in the UG software.The author summarizes the advantages of point cloud date handing and date processing process in Imageware software.The geometric date for automobile body parts is collected by applying the LSH-600 type non-contact 3d laser scanner and the process of collecting date is described in detail Finally the 3-D model of the automobile parts is taken as an example of reconstruction to illustrate the restructuring process combining the respective advantages of Imageware and UG.


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Learner-centered Teaching: five key changes to practice Maryellen Weimer

Competence in the Learning Society John Raven & John Stephenson (Eds)

Developing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Gill Nicholls


Space charge and the resulting electric fields accumulate in good insulators during irradiation. In high quality insulators the resulting large electric field will alter the trajectories of high energy electrons. The altered trajectories result in decreased flux of high energy electrons in some regions of material, thus providing enhanced shielding effectiveness. We experimentally and theoretically investigate the effect with high energy electron irradiation (0.7–2 MeV) of planar polymethylmethacrylate shields. For the slab shield cases which we investigated, the shielding effectiveness is enhanced by as much as a factor of 2. By allowing the electric field to extend into vacuum adjacent to the insulator, one obtains improved shielding effectiveness without adding mass.


Oct . 18 , 2016 ( CN ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 1 0906434 ( 57 ) ABSTRACT A gate driver on array ( GOA ) driver circuit and a liquid crystal display are proposed . The GOA driver circuit includes cascaded GOA units . A gate driver signal is output to an Nth stage horizontal scan line Gn on a display zone according to an Nth stage GOA unit output gate driver signal . The Nth stage GOA unit includes a pull up module , a pull up control module , a pull down holding module , a transferring module , and a bootstrap capacitor module . ( 51 ) Int . Cl . G09G 3 / 20 GIIC 19 / 28 GO9G 3 / 36 GO2F 1 / 133 ( 2006 . 01 ) ( 2006 . 01 ) ( 2006 . 01 ) ( 2006 . 01 ) 12 Claims , 2 Drawing Sheets


Previous empirical literature [Sal94; WB00] indicates that there is an attention guiding effect of zooms. In order to substantiate this conclusion, an eye-tracking study was conducted to examine the influence of camera zoom on attention processes of the recipients.


With a sample of 414 tenth-grade students (53% girls) from the Northeastern United States, the unique mediating roles that different dimensions of best friendship quality play in linking relational victimization and psychosocial maladjustment were examined. For both boys and girls, relational victimization was found to predict higher levels of internalizing behaviors directly and through partial mediation by greater conflict and weaker feelings of help within adolescents' best friendships. Increased conflict also partially mediated the association between relational victimization and higher levels of externalizing behaviors. Together, the results provide support for the significance of broader peer group functioning on both dyadic relationships and individual functioning.


during the birth of her first child, but I do not think that it is justifiable for her to state that a hospital delivery is therefore "at best unpleasant." Many hospitals, now fully realising the importance to mother and baby of a fulfilling delivery, have worked hard to provide the right environment. I too have recently had my first baby (and having just moved had to book into a hospital where I had neither trained nor worked). On admission we were welcomed and encouraged to relax in a pleasantly decorated delivery suite complete with comfortable armchair for the anxious father-to-be. The midwife never left us alone in the later stages of labour and all procedures were fully explained to me and my husband before being carried out. It was a family event and we were made to feel the most important people in the room. It was an exciting although demanding and fulfilling event. In the postnatal period staff were available to give consistent advice and encouragement, but the new mum and baby were free to get to know one another in their own way. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole of my oneweek stay. Certainly the John Radcliffe shows that a "homely" delivery, satisfying and safe, is possible within hospital walls.


In O'reilly, S.; Keane, M.; Enright, P. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 16th International Farm Management Association Congress: A vibrant rural economy - The challenge for balance. University College Cork, Cork, Ireland 15-20 July 2007. Vol. 1. IFMA 16, Theme 2: Agrarian Vs Rural: Economies and Settlements. Cork, Ireland: International Farm Management Association


The ever disappearing I of Emily Dickinson's poetry is, this paper argues, an audacious poetic wager that politically speculates on death as both a term and "a term between", and stages the ultimate dissolution of subject, voice and representation through an endless play with, and pleasurable suspension of, the poetic sentence. Holding to the body (of the poem, of the poet) while poetically erasing the marks—color, caste, gender—that shut it out of political representation is an aesthetic experimentation with the limits and constraints of a certain form of democracy that wagers on impersonality as the precondition of impersonation. In Dickinson's poetry, however, the dying is palpable, sensitive, erotic. The poem resists doing away with the body; it does not take for granted the posthumous recognition of a soul "at the white heat". Rather, Dickinson's poetry embodies the "space between" and proves it "possibler". Doing the dying, in that sense, may well be the poet's cunning response to the injunction of abstraction of mid-nineteenth century political representation.


We use Nonstandard methods to study the Q-topology and S-topology derived from an internal hyperreal metric d on an internal set E.The space(E,Q) is totally disconnected and its compact subset is finite;With respect to S-topology,the quotient topology on G(x)/■ metrizable and complete,and each bounded subset A of G(x) with A/■ closed is S-compact.Furthermore,the application of S-topology in the construction of complete metric space is discussed.


Research has noted an increase in the use of assessed group projects across disciplines in institutions of higher learning. Consequently, this study investigates the prompt for an assessed group case-study project in a sophomore business module in order to provide lecturers with tools and techniques for probing a prompt document. The authors use a task-analysis framework developed for task-based language teaching to examine the project's requirements and chain of integrated tasks. The study shows that the project prompt was dense and complicated and the component tasks were highly interactive and complex. Further, the study reveals that group case-study projects can play an important role in developing the team skills needed for future real-life projects.


The peculiarities of interatomic interactions formed by fluorine atoms were studied in four tosylate derivatives pCH3C6H4OSO2CH2CF2CF3 and p-CH3C6H4OSO2CH2(CF2)nCHF2 (n = 1, 5, 7) using X-ray diffraction and quantum chemical calculations (Arkhipov et al., 2019). Compounds p-CH3C6H4OSO2CH2(CF2)nCHF2 (n = 1, 5) were crystallized in several polymorph modifications. Analysis of intermolecular bonding was carried out using QTAIM approach, NCI method and energy partitioning scheme implemented in Crystal Explorer program (CE-B3LYP/6-31G(d,p)). All compounds are characterized by crystal packing of similar type and the contribution of intermolecular interactions formed by fluorine atoms to lattice energy is raised along with the increase of their amount. The energy of intraand intermolecular F...F interactions is varied in range 0.5–13.0 kJ/mol. Total contribution of F...F interactions to lattice energy does not exceed 40%. Crystal structures of studied compounds are stabilized mainly by C-H...O and C-H...F weak hydrogen bonds. The analysis of intermolecular interactions and lattice energies in polymorphs of pCH3C6H4OSO2CH2(CF2)nCHF2 (n = 1, 5) has shown that most stabilized ones are characterized by the least contribution of F...F interactions.


M uch has been learned in recent years about the receptors of the innate immune system—the most important of which are the toll-like receptors (TLR )—and about dendritic cell function in host defense, observed David Segal, chief of the Immune Targeting Section, NCI, and co-chair of the panel on innate immune recognition. And what much of the new knowledge points to, he said, introducing the talks to follow, is that "most cells of the body can serve some sort of innate immune function." Aarthi Ashok


We use the global MHD code Grand Unified Magnetosphere Ionosphere Coupling Simulation (GUMICS-4) to simulate the location and motion of the magnetospheric cusp and the subsolar magnetopause under various interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) directions and solar wind dynamic pressures. We identify the cusp in the simulation from the location of the open/closed field line boundary (OC boundary, equatorward edge of the cusp), determined by direct field line tracing, and several MHD parameters that are expected to react to the entry of the magnetosheath fluid. These parameters include the location of the maximum internal energy density and maximum diamagnetic depression and are collectively called the plasma proxies of the cusp. The simulation results show that with increasingly southward IMF the OC boundary and the plasma proxies move equatorward, as expected. During northward IMF, however, the plasma proxies are located equatorward of the OC boundary and thus on closed field lines. The GUMICS-4 OC boundary location and the statistical plasma cusp location from Polar satellite observations are in good quantitative agreement during southward IMF, but during northward IMF the observed cusp is again several degrees equatorward from the simulated OC boundary. Therefore we conclude that during northward IMF the cusp identification from either the OC boundary or the plasma proxies may become problematic in MHD simulations and discuss the possible physical reasons. The simulation results further indicate that increasing solar wind dynamic pressure shifts the high-altitude cusp slightly equatorward. Furthermore, the increasing pressure also pushes the magnetopause clearly earthward, as expected, while the same field line in the ionosphere shifts only slightly equatorward, implying changes in the field line shape as the pressure changes. In other respects, the simulated magnetopause is in quantitative agreement with the empirical model of Shue et al. [1998].


The roots of eight plants species in six families from moderately degraded sub-tropical forest stands of Meghalaya, Northeast India were examined for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). All the surveyed plant species had AMF colonization in the form of arbuscules, vesicles and hyphae. The result of the investigation reveals that the percentage of AMF colonization varied in different plant species. The intensity of colonization ranges from 38.98% to 87.77%, with the lowest in Cinnamomum tamala and highest in Ophiopogon intermedius. Analysis of the rhizosphere soils showed that mycorrhizal spores were present in all locations from where the plant roots were collected. The mean spore density per 25g of soil ranged between 38.67 and 89. Correlation analyses demonstrated that total AMF colonization shows a positive correlation (p < 0.05) with spore density and also with hyphae and vesicles. The hyphal colonization had a negative correlation (p < 0.05) with arbuscules and positive correlation (p < 0.05) with vesicles. The present study indicated that AMF was formed in the roots of various plants in moderately degraded sub-tropical forest of Northeast India with varied rate of colonization and spore density.


Starting from a microscopic model of interacting elastic rods, we derive an effective dissipative dynamics for the translational motion, where the internal degrees of freedom, i.e., the vibrations of the rods, are represented by a thermalized bath. Focusing on two-particle collisions, we calculate the coefficient of restitution \ensuremath{\epsilon} as a function of the relative length of the colliding rods, the center of mass velocity, and the degree of excitation of the internal vibrations. In general, \ensuremath{\epsilon} is a stochastic quantity; its distribution is interpreted as the transition probability for the Markovian jump process, which describes the loss of translational energy in successive two-particle collisions. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.


The Spanish Civil War, as Stanley Payne has recently pointed out, was also a civil war between Spanish Basques. On the side of the Spanish Republic was the tiny and shortlived Basque Republic of Euzkadi, limited to the coastal provinces of Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa where Basque Nationalism had its stronghold; on that of the insurgents were the inland provinces of Álava and Navarre, dominated politically by the ultra-conservative, monarchist and rabidly Catholic Carlists. In a war notorious for the bitterness of its fighting, some of the most bitter took place along the front formed by the Basque mountains, now a political as well as a physical barrier dividing the Basque country. Basque Carlists seized in Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa were imprisoned and executed as enemies of Euzkadi; in Navarre and Álava, Basque Nationalists met a similar fate as traitors to Spain; and when Guipúzcoa was overrun by a predominantly Carlist invading army from Navarre, it was treated as conquered and occupied territory, part of its area actually being claimed for a Navarrese 'corridor' to the sea.


The article analyzes the place and the role of political marketing in the regional political process. According to the author's opinion, the political marketing influences the regional political process during the election campaigns, in the course of improvement of regional and local political administration.


The environmental humanities must, and will, center trans ecologies. I make this declaration at a time of renewed assaults on transgender human rights; hundreds of pieces of antitrans legislation have been introduced in the United States since 2021.1 Alabama doctors who prescribe hormones for trans youth face felony charges and ten years in prison, while Missouri has considered banning gender transitioning for adults.2 But this is also a moment of possibility, when contemporary culturemakers are imagining new futures of cistrans solidarity, crossspecies sensitivity, and trans mutual aid. Therefore, by "trans ecologies" I refer less to an academic subfield— though that is certainly extant and growing— and more broadly to ways of thinking and acting that oppose cisheteronormativity and support collective flourishing for all. I'll proceed by way of three interrelated subclaims, inspired by the work of Latinx trans poet Oliver Baez Bendorf, white trans writer Callum Angus, and nonbinary Chinese American artist Mary Maggic.


In the course of CPC's 50 years of governing, she has deepened her understanding of the Three General Rules. CPC has made a scientific judgment about the developing phrase of the socialism of China and has made a correct decision about the harmonious development of economy, politics, culture and society. CPC now is on the road of reforming and promoting her leadership arts and management model,moreover she realized that only through the self-improvement as well as the development of Marxism could she raise her governing power to a higher level.


Were the Yankees of Ruth, Gehrig and Hoyt better than the Yankees of Mantle, Berra and Ford? What was the best Kansas City Royals team of all time? What team holds the single season record for home runs per game? For the baseball fan and researcher alike, this book is a detailed statistical portrait of each of the 28 major league teams. Using a unique game-by-game analysis, clubs can now be compared across eras. Part I examines winning and losing percentages. Part II evaluates the offensive highs and lows of each team. Part III does the same for defensive statistics. In Part IV the best teams of each franchise are scrutinized. Finally Part V is a statistical recap of the best and worst for each team in all categories examined in the book.


In 1971, the Hewlett-Packard Company established manufacturing operations in Grenoble, France. It was to be a facility with complete European production responsibility for two key productsa minicomputer and a distance measuring instrument. By 1975, it had grown to 250 people, was fabricating many different instruments and systems, and had acquired worldwide research-anddevelopment responsibility for data collection products.


Abstract This experience is about a medical student meeting his very first patient, an elderly person. Not knowing what to expect, he starts his excitement-filled journey juggling different, and often conflicting, emotions towards himself, the patient, and his family. The medical student explores the constant struggle of life faced by his patient and in particular, his carer – the wife. I met John as part of a module during my first year of medical school. John is now 95 years old and suffers from Alzheimer's Disease. Every time I would go and visit him, he would sit quietly in the chair whilst I conversed with his wife. It was difficult to talk to him since, as a consequence of his Alzheimer's, he had poor memory and difficulty in conversing. The thing that struck me most was the almost slaking effect my visits had on these conversation-starved individuals. Most of John's friends were no longer alive, and their children were busy in their own life to dedicate round-the-clock care to him although they came regularly to check on their parents. So the two sat in exactly the same position whenever I visited them, and it would seem my visits were the only thing that broke that monotony. The experience opened my eyes to the desperate condition of geriatric patients in society. John was primarily cared for by his wife and I realised how important her role was in providing symptomatic relief to her husband despite the fact that she was not much younger than him. This highlights the stark reality and plight of most elderly nowadays. The elderly population is on the rise in UK 1 and they are increasingly becoming lonely as they age. This has serious repercussions as they are left on their own to cope with their diseases. The budgetary constraints in health budget are likely to make the situation worse. This being my very first exposure of any kind with patients was initially uncomfortable, but looking back, I can confidently say that the experience was, despite being challenging, hugely informative and formative at the same time. John and his wife helped me see the importance of a durable relationship between husband and wife, the value of love. I saw them interlocked in a relationship which consisted of mutual respect, love and care; a relationship that stood the test of time.


This paper improves the basic LMBP algorithm with numerical analysis method and brings it into the mine rotating machinery fault diagnosis system. Compared with the basic algorithm, the improved algorithm can ameliorates the training speed and diagnosis reliability. On this basis, we introduce the designation scheme of data collection board based on ARM and VxWorks and the operation interface based on Borland C++ Builder summarily; and take the hydraulic station of one rotating machinery of Xin-ji company as the research object to carry through the spot simulations in the lab. The simulated results indicate that the stability of hardware, the training speed of ANN and the diagnosis capacities are good.


Abstract : A highly sensitive fluorogenic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (FELISA), which utilizes nitrocellulose membranes as solid phase support and a fluorogenic substrate to indicate the antigen, has been adapted for the rapid identification of Francisella tularensis. Multiple samples were assayed in approximately 6 h by this method. The sensitivity achieved in a four layer 'sandwich' assay format was 10 femtogram mL(-1) of outer membrane protein and 100 colony forming units mL(-1) of Francisella tularensis whole cells. The assay was highly specific for the detection of homologous and heterologous strains of Francisella tularensis while unrelated bacteria, including Brucella strains, exhibited no cross-reactivity.


Abstract Novel 2-cyanomethylbenzimid-(thi)-azole-2,2-dicarboxaldehydes were prepared in quantitative yields and reacted easily with o-aminophenol derivatives to yield new multi-functionallized ox-, thi- and diazepine derivatives in one-pot reaction.


The use of solid-phase reaction technology made it possible to obtain alloys of CuCr2S4 and solid solutions. Physical-chemical, thermodynamic and some thermal properties of Cu1xInxCr2S4, have been analyzed and equations made to calculate entropy, enthalpy and free energy of CuCr2S4 и Cu1-xInxCr2S4.formation. Examination of thermal conductivity confirmed the weakening of chemical bond and presence of mixed mechanism of photon dispersion in solid solutionsCu1-xInxCr2S4, arising from variable valency of chromium in the compound and emergence of additional thermal resistance to crystal lattice.


1. An electric toothbrush comprising: a handle comprising a system (14) power; block (20) of the cleaning head including a cleaning member (21) having schetinochnuyu region at its distal end, a block (12) of the drive mechanism, responsive to control signal to the actuator by the power supply system to create a motion block of the cleaning head; magnet (30) disposed so that it is moved according to the movement unit of the cleaning head, wherein the magnet generates a magnetic field, the sensor (32) of the Hall mounted in a magnetic field, wherein Yes tchik Hall determines the change in phase between the control signal to the actuator by the power supply unit and the movement of the cleaning head when the pressure at schetinochnuyu region and reacts phase shift of the output signal of the Hall sensor with respect to the phase control signal to the actuator; imikroprotsessornoe device (15) controls to determine the shift of the Hall sensor output signal phase as a result of pressure on schetinochnuyu region during cleaning and to create a feedback signal indicative of said pressure in accordance with the information stored in the electric toothbrush (10) and correlates shift values davleniem.2 phase. Electric toothbrush according to Claim. 1, wherein the microprocessor control unit is calibrated so that in the absence of the load output signal of the Hall probe is in phase with the control signal on privod.3. Electric toothbrush according to Claim. 1, comprising a circuit (43), the zero crossing to determine the shear fazy.4. Electric toothbrush according to Claim. 1, wherein the control microprocessor unit adapted to output the averaging


● Introduction ● Fallacy It's a War: It's Economics vs. Ecology ● Fallacy Boxing Up the Other Guy ● Fallacy Give Me Your Numbers and Go Away ● Fallacy Nah! Nah! My Theory is Bigger than Your Theory ● Fallacy Ecologists Should Concentrate on the Study and Preservation of the "Natural" World ● A Matter of Scale ● A Simple Example ● Synthesis ● Impediments to Detente ● Responses ● Acknowledgments ● Literature Cited ● Erratum (added 14 August 1998)