RNA extraction technology is essential for molecular biology research. Targeting at microRNA or long non-coding RNA to diagnose or estimate the prognosis of various tumors are widely proceed. The fundamental step of such research is isolating high quality RNA of cells. Unfortunately, ribonucleases (RNases) that exist in almost all cells are responsible for the degradation of RNA, which results in concentrations of RNA not being able to meet experiment requirements, especially under the circumstance of raw material shortage. This means it is of great significance to isolate high concentrations of cells' or tissues' RNA. Also the traditional method of eliminating ethanol consumes too much time. Hence, a simple and efficient method was utilized during our research, which can not only produce total RNA of better quality, but also save RNA extraction time. One simple and efficient technical method of total RNA extraction


With the help of SPSS and factor analysis method,the article makes an empirical exploration on evaluation of teaching quality on the main kinds of 57 professional courses of the categories of industrial and administrational majors in Anhui Science and Technology University for the 2008-2009 school year.Through the analysis above,we can arrive at the conclusion that several factors have an effect on the quality of teaching in different levels,such as knowledge dissemination,qualities training,teaching skills,personality charm,a strong sense of responsibility and academic level.Macro-economics,micro-economics,and science of management and accounting get a higher grade than the others in the evaluation of teaching quality of the above.


Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced CT of Renal Cell Carcinoma for Evaluation of Tumor Vascularity: Analysis of SinglePhase or Multiphase Scanning We read with interest the article by Wang and colleagues [1] in the May 2006 issue of the AJR in which they evaluate the correlation between the enhancement pattern of dynamic CT and microvessel density of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The prediction of microvessel density using a noninvasive imaging method will become important in judging the effect of antiangiogenetic therapy in RCC. Wang et al. [1] showed that heterogeneous distribution of contrast enhancement was seen among and within individual tumors, and tumor microvessel density significantly correlated with enhancement parameters. They stated that, to their knowledge, evaluating tumor microvascular heterogeneity with dynamic CT has not been previously reported. However, we previously reported that the enhancement pattern of RCC in dual-phase helical CT was heterogeneous among individual tumors and correlated with microvessel density [2]. There was a major difference in the methods between the Wang et al. [1] study and our study. They evaluated images of tumor obtained in multiphase scanning of every 4.9 seconds in a single level, whereas we evaluated the images of the whole tumor obtained in single-phase 35-second delayed phase scanning (early corticomedullary phase) after the administration of contrast material. In our method, tumors are scanned with a 40to 45second delay on average [1, 2]. For evaluation of the effect of antiangiogenetic therapy, the whole tumor, not just tumor in a single level, should be scanned because the effect of antiangiogenetic therapy may be different according to the location of the tumor. Multiphase scanning of the whole tumor will result in a higher radiation dose. Furthermore, as Wang et al. [1] commented, antiangiogenic therapy usually requires lifelong treatment; thus, clinical monitoring will require numerous scanning procedures over a period of years, which will further increase the radiation dose. All enhancement parameters they evaluated (peak ΔH, the tissue-density curve, areas under the time–density curve, peak tissue–blood ratio, and slope) require multiphase scanning. If use of the enhancement parameters on multiphase scanning is really necessary to evaluate tumor angiogenesis, the use of CT for evaluation of the effect of antiangiogenesis therapy should be carefully considered. This reason is the high radiation dose, even though Wang et al. [1] concluded that the enhancement parameters of dynamic CT may be suited to evaluate tumor vascularity in vivo. On the other hand, with single-phase scanning, CT will be a useful method in evaluating the degree of angiogenesis. Analyzing and pinpointing the timing of how well the density difference before and after tissue enhancement (ΔH) or tissue–blood ratio correlates with microvessel density of tumor will be a useful tool in clarifying how timing of single-phase scanning should be obtained for evaluation of the effect of antiangiogenesis therapy. In addition, the ΔH was different among individual tumors in the Wang et al. [1] data. According to our study, one important factor that affects the degree of tumor enhancement and degree of angiogenesis of RCC is the subtype [2]. In the Wang et al. study, there was no description of the subtype of each RCC. It would be interesting to know whether there was a correlation between the ΔH of homogeneously enhancing lesions of the tumor and the subtype. In summary, before concluding whether dynamic contrast-enhanced CT images are suited for evaluating tumor angiogenesis, it would be necessary to clarify whether multiphase scanning is necessary or if singlephase scanning is enough in evaluating the degree of angiogenesis.


The invention provides a connector and a connector assembly. A connector is mountable on a mount object in an up-down direction and connectable with a mating connector along a predetermined direction perpendicular to the up-down direction. The mating connector comprises a mating fitting portion and a male screw member. The connector comprises a fitting portion and a screw end accommodation portion. The fitting portion is mateable with the mating fitting portion. The screw end accommodation portion defines an accommodation space which accommodates an end of the male screw member when the connector is connected with the mating connector. The screw end accommodation portion has at least a front surface portion, an upper surface portion, a rear surface portion and an outer surface portion. The front surface portion is provided with a female screw portion which is connectable with the male screw member. The accommodation space is positioned between the front surface portion and the rear surface portion in the predetermined direction.


Fusarium culmorum is the most commonly reported root rot pathogen in Tunisian durum wheat. Isolates of the pathogen from four durum wheat growing areas in the north of Tunisia were analyzed for their chemotypes. Two chemotypes were detected at unequal abundance (96% of 3-ADON and 4% of NIV). Distribution of a SNP mutation located at the position 34 bp after the first exon of the EF-1α partial sequence was analysed, to verify whether the haplotype was specifically associated to Fusarium root rot. A and T haplotypes were homogeneously distributed in three different Tunisian regions (Mateur, Beja and Bousalem) but not for the region of Bizerte, from which greatest number of A haplotype strains were detected. The isolates were tested for their virulence under glasshouse conditions, and a mean of 91% of crown and root infection was observed. Chemotype influenced virulence, but there was no significant influence of the geographical origin or haplotype on virulence. The distribution of three inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) was examined, to better understand the structure of F. culmorum populations in Tunisia. A total of 27 fragments were obtained with eight polymorphic bands. Cluster analysis showed a high level of similarity between isolates. Analysis of molecular variance confirmed that there was little genetic differentiation among F. culmorum strains from different locations.


The relationship between metabolism and hypertension should not be underestimated! There is a new way of treating hypertension caused by dietary salt: increasing the intake of a water-soluble small molecule called beta-hydroxybutyrate (βOHB).


Abstract Lasiana beach is one of beach in the Lasiana village, subdistrict of Kelapa Lima, Kupang city, Province East Nusa Tenggara. This beach have interesting natural potency to developed as a very attractive natural potential to be developed as a leading tourist attraction, it has a very beautiful natural scenery with white sandy beaches characteristics, smooth and has a long coastline, the waves are calm, beautiful natural panoramic sunset and the shade of trees on the coast to offer a special attraction for tourists. Lasiana beach managed by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Kupang with the procurement of various facilities. Given the development of tourist sites Lasiana Beach is not optimal, it is necessary that efforts be constructive to improve the welfare of the community, promoting culture, nature conservation and other resources. Several attempts to do in optimizing the development of tourist sites Lasiana Beach towards sustainable tourism.


By evaluating the parameters relating to machine tool investment, with the aid of an integrated suite of programs based on discounted cashflow principles, it is shown that CNC machines are viable over a much wider range of applications than was previously considered. The program, as described in a companion paper (1), has been used to assess the effect of each parameter in the financial appraisal, with the corresponding results being discussed. The paper then goes on to describe how this technique can be readily used by a company to evaluate a range of possible options, thus enabling the optimum investment decisions to be made. Finally, it is shown that because previous authors used an incorrect methodology to evaluate returns, this resulted in an understatement of the financial benefits of CNC.


This chapter argues for the interest and importance of Anglo-Saxonist novels when analysing questions of identity in Victorian Britain. Focusing on the nineteenth century's two longest works of literary Anglo-Saxonism—Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1848 historical novel Harold and Charles Kingsley's 1866 Hereward the Wake—it reveals that, contrary to contemporary opinion, these works do not assert, but rather question and investigate, simplistic notions of national identity. Both books are often dismissed as simply poor imitations of the earlier work of Sir Walter Scott. The chapter traces their literary origins to well before Scott; argues that the texts differ importantly from Scott's work, in ways that can tell us much about the mid-nineteenth century; and reveals how the books intersect in important ways with other manifestations of Victorian medievalism, and have also had an important legacy in the medievalism of the late twentieth and the twenty-first centuries.


In this paper, an analysis has been presented for the calendering process of incompressible magnetohydrodynamics Newtonian fluid. The lubrication approximation is used to simplify the equations of motion. Exact solutions for velocity profile, pressure gradient, flow rate per unit width, rate of strain, shear stress, maximum shear rate and shear stress at the roll surface are obtained. The value of λ, the distance from the nip to the point where the sheet leaves the rolls, is calculated using Newton–Cotes formula along with the regula-falsi method. Numerical results are presented for pressure distribution, power transmitted to the fluid by both rolls, force separating the two rolls using Newton–Cotes formula with regula-falsi method and Simpson's rule for different values of magnetic parameter, M , and the corresponding values of λ. Some results are shown graphically. It is found that the magnetic field provides the controlling parameter to increase or decrease power transmission, separation force and distance between attachment and detachment points, which are useful for the calendaring process.


ABSTRACT Leung's article re-examines the political and legislative history of the debates that led up to the passage of the 1990 Hate Crime Statistics Act, in particular the 1980 House committee hearing on Increasing Violence against Minorities and a 1983 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report entitled Intimidation and Violence: Racial and Religious Bigotry in America. Both identify organized white supremacy as the cause of the nation's epidemic of racial intimidation and violent bigotry in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Many significant recommendations were made, but data collection became the first piece of legislation to address the national problem of hate violence. Leung seeks to explain why. By analysing the relationship between committee hearings, the key report and the political context of the Reagan administration, he demonstrates how 'hate crime' became an object of knowledge, and how its definition had implications for policy development.


Our research focuses on assessment and use of mathematical and numerical models for the characterization of the noise source, when the noise is generated by a fluid in motion around a body. In particular, within the framework of the acoustic analogy, we first evaluate the fluid dynamic field using Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) and then we apply the Ffowcs-Williams and Hawkings (FWH) equation to reconstruct the acoustic field. First we show the conditions under which the non-linear terms of the FWH equation can be computed by direct integration neglecting the compressible delay in the volume integral terms. Successively we evaluate the noise generated by simple, still significant, geometries, and finally we consider noise propagation from a ship propeller in uniform flow. For the latter we observe the tonal signal given by the blade rotational frequency together with a high amplitude broadband noise given by the wake.


BIBO (BiB_3O_6) crystal is a novel nonlinear crystal, which has stable physical and chemical properties, high destroy threshold, and big nonlinear effective coefficient, so BIBO crystal can be used as frequency conversion device to obtain efficient second harmonic wave generation. In this paper, high efficient blue laser at 473 nm was generated by BIBO crystal inserted in a diode-pumped Nd∶YAG (Y_3Al_5O_ 12) laser at 946 nm for intra-cavity frequency doubling. A home made laser diode was used to end pump a piece of 2.2 mm long Nd∶YAG crystal dopped with 1.0 at.-%. With 1.6 W pumped laser, 183 mW TEM_ 00 mode stable blue laser output was obtained by a 5 mm long Ⅰ typed BIBO crystal, conversion efficiency up to 11.4%, which was about 45% higher than a 10 mm long Ⅰ typed LBO (LiB_2O_3) crystal.


Twenty six patients (26 knees) submitted to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with autologous graft of the central third of the quadriceps tendon were analyzed. Morphometric features and the surgical technique for harvesting and fixation of the graft were studied. The total tendon thickness was used to remove the graft, with no need to preserve the subquadricipital pouch. Mean length was 84 mm, mean width, 32 mm, and mean thickness, 7 mm, all of which considered satisfactory evidence that the quadriceps tendon has suitable characteristics to be used as graft material in the anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery. Reconstruction evaluation with respect to stability improvement was accomplished by the clinical examination that made use of the anterior drawer in neutral rotation, Lachman, and pivot shift tests. Results were RESUMO


Pharmacodynamics refers to the effects addictive substances have on the body. Acutely, substances of addiction target various neurotransmitter systems in the brain. The pharmacological actions of these substances at receptors results in their physiological and psychological effects. The chronic abuse of these substances, however, leads to pharmacodynamic tolerance at receptors within neurotransmitter systems and leads to addiction. This tolerance means that a greater amount of the substance is required to achieve the desired effect and it has significant implications for relapse during early abstinence in addiction. Treatments target these neurotransmitter disturbances in addiction to prevent relapse.


This paper proposes a video quality adaptation algorithm based on the Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) standard for on-demand video services. When a video is encoded with constant quality, the resulting bitstream has variable bitrate due to the inherent nature of the video encoding process. The proposed algorithm, called Look Ahead, takes into account this bitrate variability in order to calculate, on the fly, the appropriate quality level that minimizes the number of interruptions during the playback. Moreover, the Look Ahead algorithm has been implemented and integrated into ExoPlayer v2, the latest version of the library developed by Google to play DASH contents. The proposed algorithm is compared to the Müller and Segment Aware Rate Adaptation (SARA) algorithms as well as to the adaptive algorithm integrated into ExoPlayer. The comparison reflects that Look Ahead outperforms the Müller, SARA and the ExoPlayer adaptive algorithms in terms of number and duration of video playback stalls, with hardly decreasing the average video quality.


In this letter, we propose a new robust MUD, called /spl alpha/ detector, for non-Gaussian noise. We consider the Gaussian-mixture model for non-Gaussian or impulsive noise. Our technique outperforms the decorrelator and the minimax detectors in highly impulsive noise. The proposed method uses a parametric cost function, where the parameter /spl alpha/ is selected using the difference between the asymptotic variance of estimation error of the /spl alpha/ detector and that of the minimax detector.


Preliminary observation by the author demonstrated that the learning achievement of graphic design of the students at SMK of Dharmasraya Regency was relatively low. It was allegedly due to the poor support from the media for learning achievement. This research aims to analyzing the need for the construction of the Graphic Design interactive CD for the improvement of the students' learning achievement in the entrepreneurship product-oriented graphic design subject. Based on the analysis result of the student needs, from 30 respondents, it was found that 22 respondents (73.33%) answered that they were highly agreed with the development of the Graphic Design interactive CD and the Learning Modul of the entrepreneurship product-oriented Graphic Design and 8 respondents (26.67%) agreed. The other factors, some of school still has lack facilities, such as lack computer or lack in focus. The purpose of these facilities to make the student interested in learning process. Based on the explanation above in this paper will discussed about construction of graphic design interactive CD for learning achievement using frequency distribution of respondents.


The deep mixing method was developed in Japan and Scandinavian countries in the 1970s. Subsequently, considerable research studies have been carried out on the strength characteristics of treated s...


A core proposition in economics is that voluntary exchanges benefit both parties. We show that people often deny the mutually beneficial nature of exchange, instead using zero-sum thinking. Participants read about simple exchanges of goods and services, judging whether each party to the transaction was better off or worse off afterwards. These studies revealed that zero-sum beliefs are pervasive. These beliefs seem to arise in part due to intuitive mercantilist beliefs that money has value over- and-above what it can purchase, since buyers are seen as less likely to benefit than sellers, and barters are often seen as failing to benefit either party (Experiment 1). Zero-sum beliefs are greatly reduced by giving reasons for the exchange (Experiment 2), suggesting that a second mechanism underlying zero-sum thinking is a failure to spontaneously take the perspective of the buyer. Implications for politics and business are discussed.


The aim of this work was to study the effect of ethrel {ethephon}, GA 3 and uniconazole on strawberry plants. The results indicated that GA 3 application increased plant petiole. GA 3 , ethrel and uniconazole increased total carbohydrate percentage in the foliage of strawberry plants. GA 3 at 10 ppm or ethrel at 250 ppm increased the number of flowers and the monthly and total yield. TSS was not affected by growth regulators.


In order to exploit high-phosphorus oolitic hematite,Phosphorus removal in direct reduction roasting of the Ningxiang type high phosphorus oolitic hematite with iron content about 43.58%,phosphorus content about 0.83% was studied.XRD and SEM were used to analyze the mechanism of direct reduction roasting and phosphorus removal.The results show that the direct reduction iron powder with an iron grade 91.35%,85.12% in recovery,phosphorus content about 0.081% is obtained under the condition that dephosphorizing agent NCP and new dephosphorizing agent TS is used together.It is found that phosphate phase has not changed,still existing in the form of apatite after direct reduction rosting,and phosphorus removal is achieved by finely ground and magnetic separation.The addition of dephosphorizing agent can make boundary of the gangue particles and metallic iron particles become smooth and clear,which is good to the dissociation of metallic iron particles and gangue,while dephosphorizing agent can also promote the reduction of fayalite.


This paper considers a network of sensors without fusion center that may be difficult to set up in applications involving sensors embedded on autonomous drones or robots. In this context, this paper considers that the sensors must perform a given clustering task in a fully decentralized setup. Standard clustering algorithms usually need to know the number of clusters and are very sensitive to initialization, which makes them difficult to use in a fully decentralized setup. In this respect, this paper proposes a decentralized model-based clustering algorithm that overcomes these issues. The proposed algorithm is based on a novel theoretical framework that relies on hypothesis testing and robust M-estimation. More particularly, the problem of deciding whether two data belong to the same cluster can be optimally solved via Wald's hypothesis test on the mean of a Gaussian random vector. The p-value of this test makes it possible to define a new type of score function, particularly suitable for devising an M-estimation of the centroids. The resulting decentralized algorithm efficiently performs clustering without prior knowledge of the number of clusters. It also turns out to be less sensitive to initialization than the already existing clustering algorithms, which makes it appropriate for use in a network of sensors without fusion center.


I BY THE year 1721 Nathaniel Mist had brought his Weekly journal: or, Saturday's post to such a height of popularity that he felt justified in turning the job of printing it over to his assistant, Doctor Gaylard. So from December 16, 1721, to September 29, 1722, the colophon of Mist's Journal advertised the existence of Doctor Gaylard, printer, of GreatCarter Lane; and, considering the popularity of Mist's paper, it is likely that the world of coffee-houses was acquainted with Gaylard's name, if not his person, in 1722, although even at that date not everyone realized that the "Doctor" was not a title but a name. Gaylard was not long content with occupying the subordinate position of printer of another man's journal. Toward the end of 1722, he launched his own paper, publishing on December 8 the first number of The loyal observator reviv'd; or, Gaylard's journal. This title would seem to indicate some link with past "Observators," yet there appears to be no clear relationship. Tutchin's Observator (1702-12), not being loyal-i.e., not being Tory-is out of the question. Another journal, The loyal observator, "Vol. I numb 1, Wednesday January the 12th, 1708" (the only surviving issue?), is unlikely to be the one which Gaylard was "reviving"; for this single issue, unlike Gaylard's paper, follows the "Observator" question-and-answer t adition; it is noteworthy only in that it anticipated Leslie's attack on Tutchin by eight months. Charles Leslie's Rehearsal (1704-9), which in its first number had been called Observator, was politically closest to being the ancestor of Gaylard's journal. But Leslie not only had conducted his journal in the question-and-answer style but had brought it into prominence under the name of Rehearsal. Why Gaylard called his paper the Loyal observator remains a mystery, for his six-page weekly was constructed along "Weekly journal," not "Observator," lines. Possibly he was looking back to Roger L'Estrange's original Observator (1681-87) and reviving the memory as well as the politics of that stout Tory. The words Loyal and Reviv'd, Gaylard may have felt, would add to the nostalgic appeal of his title. Whatever his reasons for choosing the title, Gaylard began with a flourish. His was no scrawny, badly printed sheet, creeping hopefully into the public view. His masthead was an ornate block depicting, on the left side, a tree stump with a new shoot sprouting from it (the Royal Oak, Gaylard later informed his readers).' Facing this was a seated woman, holding a child and looking upward into a blazing sun. The title, in decorative type, appeared between the two figures. A motto from Job 14:7 was placed under the picture of the oak: "For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprought again, and that the tender Branch thereof will not cease," with the admonition to "See 8. 9. vers. more." Like Mist's Weekly journal, which had set the style for the weeklies, Gaylard's journal was printed on six pages, a whole sheet and a half. In other respects, too, Gaylard patterned his paper after the 1 The loyal observator reviv'd, No. 2 (December 15, 1722). Hereafter cited as "Gaylard's journal" through No. 33 and as "Collins's journal," Nos. 34-47.


Packaging plastics are called 'single-use plastics' because of short lifetime. Among which, the three plastics of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) take more than 70%. Due to incompatibility, few research has been done on the alloy of the three plastics. The aim of this study is to investigate the possibility of single-use plastic alloy (SUPA) of ternary PE, PP, and PET as the 3D printing material. Tensile and bending tests are carried out to investigate the mechanical properties, photographs of scanning electron microscope (SEM) are taken for morphology analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) are used to study the crystallization behavior of the alloys. The results show that there is an optimal ratio for all the components to obtain the best mechanical performances, i.e., the ratio of

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 with 20 wt% PET, 2 wt% maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (PP-g-MAH) and 2 wt% organic modified montmorillonite (OMMT). This SUPA has a tensile strength of 14.48 MPa, a tensile modulus of 586.42 MPa, a flexural strength of 15.85 MPa, and a flexural modulus of 544.67 MPa. Due to the function of compatibilizer and nanoclay (NC) will be affected by redundancy, the potential primary fibrosis while collecting the feeding filaments and the secondary fibrosis at the nozzle of 3D printing might be responsible for the variation of the mechanical performances.


ABSTRACT This paper deals with the numerical analysis of timber structures. All the phenomena of dissipation are assumed to occur in joints. An hysteresis modelling of the nailed connection is presented. It was identified with tests performed on single nailed joints under monotonie and reversed cyclic loadings. This model was implemented in the finite element code CASTEM 2 000 for the simulation of the response of three shear walls made of sheathing plywood panels nailed on lumber framing members subjected to pseudo-dynamic tests. Comparisons between the finite element and the experimental responses are given.


Microbiologically induced corrosion (MIC) causes significant damages in industries. Combating MIC, in particular the one caused by sulphate reducing bacteria, can be a huge challenge to corrosion engineers due to complexity of behavior and nature of the bacteria. Over the past five decades, extensive research and development have led to new discovery of mitigating MIC and to growing consciousness from various industries. This article offers brief review on recent progress or development in research on combating MIC using chemicals or biocides, coatings, and cathodic protection


One of the main capitals in the era of industry 4.0 is creative Human Resources. Creativity here means the ability to always innovate and be able to provide intelligent solutions of problems that arise in the community. Youth as the nation's greatest asset must continue to be encouraged to hone its creativity. Developing game apps is one way to hone this creativity. Because when creating a game app, one is required to imagine, but it remains logical. Hisbul Wathan, as one of the scouting organizations in Indonesia, which fosters the younger generation, is expected to play an active role in the development of Industry 4.0. Therefore, in this Community Service activity, will be given training on the creation of game applications to hone the logical thinking skills of hisbul wathan scouting movement cadres, especially for Kwarda Kota Batu.


According to the EU Water Framework Directive every country is obliged to monitor the groundwater level, which is essential for the country's water management. Among others, the groundwater is a very important source of drinking water and a significant element of the agricultural economy. Water budget (balance), a basic quantity of hydrology, is used to assess the amount of water in the ground needed for consumption. This is the reason why the water budget must also be calculated, even if the basic purpose is the groundwater level determination from GRACE data. Water budget computations are based on evapotranspiration and land surface hydrosphere state. The quantities required to calculate it can be obtained from land data assimilation systems, like American GLDAS (Global Land Assimilation System). In this paper, all the components of the water budget, like precipitation, surface run-off and evapotranspiration, are studied over the area of Poland. The resultant water budget is determined, interpreted and presented graphically.


AbstractThis paper is about a European perspective of the relationship of China with its neighbours, with ASEAN and East Asian regionalism. Is there one? Examined will be instances where Asia and ASEAN figure in EU-China dialogues against the background of the EU's relations with Asia and ASEAN.Keywords: international relations, regionalism, EUAsia relationsJEL Classification: F51, F53, F55, F591. IntroductionWhat is the European perspective of China's relations with the rest of Asia? This is a good question. This is my journey of discovery. There is much written on the European Union's relations with Asia, with ASEAN, with individual countries ofAsia and I have contributed to this along with other European academics mostly with a splattering ofAsian academics. I am not aware of anyone writing on a European perspective of China's relations with the rest ofAsia although I am sure that in talks between the European Union and its members states and Asian partners China and Asia appear on the agenda in exchanges. For me, this paper is a new direction I am going and I am going to be as original as I can without going to quote other authors as far as possible. I am also aware that I am in my head been informed by readings and by discussions with colleagues, with officials at Brussels' level. However, I will examine what comes out of the European Union and my own past work. An original contribution to a corpus of knowledge is your own. Let me therefore try to see what my head comes out with in this journey.2. First Thoughts of EuropeWhen I speak of Europe here, I exclude Russia, that huge Eurasian continent. I am really restricting myself to the area covered by the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). I am excluding, therefore, countries in the neighbourhood of the EU like the Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Turkey, East and South East of the European Union.3. European Military Involvement in Asia?In thinking of a European perspective of China's relations with the rest of Asia or a European perspective towards Asia in general, one must from the very beginning here discount any European role in dispatching a European military (there is no European armed forces) to war, to any offensive role. I refer here to the European Union whose security and defence policy is more into peacekeeping, peace-making with its Battle Groups under what is called the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). We have seen the EU's participation with ASEAN in Aceh; individual European countries' troops in East Timor. They were not an offensive force. Any kind ofmilitary operation in an offensive/defensive role in Asia should be addressed rather to NATO and we are seeing European troops under the NATO umbrella in Afghanistan. There is a EU Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL) since mid-June 2007 and extended to 31 st May 201 3 under CSDP.1 Whether such kind of operations can be envisaged further afield is unknown but one can be sure that neither the EU nor NATO would want to end up in a position to take sides in any armed conflict, war between states in South, South East or North East Asia. One must also note that the European publics are generally against war and we are seeing that governments have a hard time to justify higher defence budgets. Will the Ukraine crisis change the European public's attitude on increasing defence spending? We are seeing that the European countries of NATO are unable to operate without the logistical support of the US - the Balkans, Libya are examples - and hence were not really burden-sharing with the US to her dismay. Solution is to work together in arms production and even this seems difficult. Hence, there will be a lot of talking, convincing, sanctioning and leave military matters in the hands of the US in Asia. However, it does say that it has a strong interest in partnership and cooperation with the US on foreign and security policy challenges related to East Asia. …


The mechanical properties of plastics are obtained through material tests. The strength characteristics of the plastic middle console structure of a terrain vehicle under the vibration loads on the pavement are simulated by using the finite element analysis theory. On this basis, the morphology optimization technology is used to improve the structure. Meanwhile, the model is redesigned and verified according to the optimization results, which solves the problem of insufficient strength of the original structure. It provides an effective reference for the design of plastic structural parts of similar vehicles.


Virtual worlds are 3D, online, persistent, multi-user environments where users interact through avatars. Virtual worlds support many types of applications, such as gaming, education and socialising. Increasingly, they are being used for business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce. Our aim is to understand how a phenomenological perspective that highlights embodiment, perception of others and perception of being-in-the-world can inform the design of B2C e-commerce environments in virtual worlds. We have conducted phenomenological interviews and descriptive-phenomenological analysis to understand consumers' lived experiences of the consumption process in virtual worlds. Twenty-two consumers were interviewed in Second Life, a virtual world. The analysis highlights (1) the variety of emotions involved during the consumption process, (2) how consumers become aware of their avatars, and (3) how consumers appropriate affordances of virtual worlds. This suggests that B2C e-commerce environments in virtual worlds should be designed to reflect consumers' emotions, support intuitive control of avatars, and provide context-dependent tools during the consumption process. Design guidelines that are sensitive to the moment-to-moment experience of consumers, which the phenomenological perspective highlights, can result in an immersive online experience and increased consumer satisfaction.


Cardiac arrest results in immediate interruption of blood flow. The primary goal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is to re-establish blood flow and hence oxygen delivery to the vital organs. ...


The patient,a 48-year-old man,presented with scaly erythema,progressive slack skin,infiltrative erythematous plaques with ulcers on the extremities for 8 years,and alopecia for 6 months.Physical examination showed scaly and ichthyotic skin all over the body,atrophic folds on the neck,diffuse infiltrative erythematous plaques and deep ulcer on the extremities,plaque of alopecia on the occipital scalp,papules and nodules on the body.Furthermore,the inguinal lymph nodes were enlarged.Diagnosis:mycosis fungoides(MF),showing many special clinical manifestations of ichthyosiform MF,granulomatous slack skin or granulomatous MF and follicular MF.


Combined with practice the difficulties encountered in entrance construction of Xindaogou double-arch tunnel with shallow cover and lateral pressure in Jingcheng expressway are analyzed.In order to ensure safe starting tunneling effective measures are introduced.Some expe riences are also summarized in order to provide references for similar works in the future.


This doctorate of nursing practice project aimed to restore or improve the physical, emotional, and spiritual health in the marginalized population in Rochester, Minnesota to promote human dignity and foster humanization through the opening of a nursing-led drop-in center. Guided b Jean Watson s Theory of Human Caring, the Rochester Health Commons was opened and provided personal hygiene supplies, foot soaks, foot care, community resources, and most importantly offered a place for people to feel welcomed and cared for. Utilizing the concepts of transpersonal caring, authentic listening, mutuality, and radical hospitality, transcultural nursing students serving at the Rochester Health Commons reduced barriers to care and improved health and healing for all that entered the door. Guest counts were tracked each week and an increase in the number of returning guests was thought to be favorable. Comments made by guests were also tracked as means of evaluating the project and specific themes emerged that confirmed guests feel welcomed and cared for. The nurses gained wisdom and knowledge from the guests which helped decrease stigma and judgement advancing nursing practice.


Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of cornification with a prevalence of 1:100,000 to 1:300,000, which affect both sexes equally. We report the case of a 10-year-old girl who presented to the dermatology clinic with dirty brown, corrugated hyperkeratotic plaques involving joint flexures and the trunk. She had similar lesions arranged in a cobblestone pattern over the knees, elbows, and dorsal hands and feet, in addition to multiple superficial erosions. She had a history of generalized erythroderma and trauma-related blistering at the time of birth. All other family members were healthy, and had no such skin manifestations. *Corresponding author: Dr. Mohammad Ali Alshami, Dermatology Department, University Hospital, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen, P.O. Box 1950, E-mail: email@example.com Citation: Alshami A.M, et al. Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis: A Case Report from Yemen. (2016) Invest Dermatol Venerol Res 2(2): 1-3. Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis: A Case Report from Yemen Alshami M.A1, Mohana M.J1, Alshami A.M2* Received date: February 2, 2016 Accepted date: March 4, 2016 Published date: March 9, 2016 DOI: 10.15436/2381-0858.16.016 Invest Dermatol Venereol Res | Volume 2: Issue 2 Alshami A.M, et al. 2 Figure1: Dirty brown, corrugated, hyperkeratotic plaques over the trunk along with areas of superficial erosion. Figure 2: Dirty brown, cobblestone, hyperkeratotic plaques over the dorsum of the left hand along with areas of superficial erosion over the proximal left forearm. Figure 3: Prominent dirty brown, warty, corrugated hyperkeratotic plaques over the cubital fossa and volar surface of the left forearm. Figure 4: Hyperkeratotic warty plaques widely spread over the right lower limb, and to a lesser extent over the left lower limb, where more confluent erythema -resulting from superficial erosions is noted. Figure 5: Dorsal aspect of the lower limbs showing large areas of dark brown hyperkeratoses alternating with areas of superficial erosion. Figure 6: Anterior aspect of the legs with dirty brown, warty hyperkeratosis involving most of the right leg and dorsal feet, with the left side covered with areas of superficial erosion. The patient was treated with 40% urea cream, which she used as tolerated. Isotretinoin could not be used in her case because of her financial background. The patient is currently being managed with topical retinoids, 40% urea cream, and topical fusidic acid.


The explants from the stem with young bud of Photinia frasery were cultured to investigate the effects of different external hormones on differentiation and multiplication of adventitious buds and formation of adventitious roots.The results indicated that the effects of differentiation and multiplication of adventitious buds cultured on the MS+6-BA 1.0~2.0 mg/L +IBA 0.1~(0.3)mg/L+GA 0.5mg/L was best and its multiplication coefficient was above 6.5,the rooting effect of adventitious buds cultured on White+NAA 0.1mg/L+AC 0.5% or White +IBA 0.1mg/L+AC 0.5% or White +IAA 0.5mg/L+AC 0.5% and its rooting rate was above 90.5% and the survival rate of young seedlings cultured on the substrate of pearlite,vermiculite and leaf mould(5∶2∶1) was above 96%.


DABCO is demonstrated to be an efficient catalyst for the condensation of 2-aminopyridines with phenacyl bromides to give imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines in good yields.


"On medical wards that treated patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), some staff reported anxiety about infection and resentment about being chosen for the task. Nurses who were assigned to patients with SARS were not allowed to refuse the assignment ... there were incidents of professional and nonprofessional staff refusing to care for patients with SARS in respiratory isolation on general medical floors."1


The remarkable inflorescence of Amorphophallus titanum (Becc.) Becc. ex Arcang (the giant corpse flower) has always attracted world-wide attention, especially from people involved in the plant sciences. However, the characteristics of its reproductive biology have challenged efforts to cultivate and domesticate the plant. The species rarely produces fruit/seeds because the male and female flowers do not mature simultaneously. The success of pollination, as indicated by subsequent fruit production, depends on the interaction between insects and the mature male and female flowers from different individual plants. Therefore this study on crosshand pollination to produce seeds is very important to support the ex-situ conservation efforts of this species in collections. Based on observation, flowering of the species occurs at least once every three year. An inflorescence of A. titanum which opened in Bogor Botanic Gardens on 2 February 2012 was pollinated manually using (stored) pollen taken from another plant, which had bloomed on 29 November 2011. The hand cross-pollination was successful and the fruit (infructescence) produced on 22 February 2012 marked the first success for manual pollination of this giant aroid in Indonesia. In this research, the morphology of pollen of A. titanum was carefully observed and its quality of stored seeds was tested.


PowerPoint is a popular software used for making CAI courseware, but it is difficult to use for making PPT of complex drawings. This article presents a method for making complex drawings PPT by combining AutoCAD which can draw complex pictures. The producer can make any CAI of complex pictures drawing procedure with the method, which provides a new way of developing CAI courseware.


The effect of tolbutamide and tolazamide on fatty acid and glycerol release in vitro was examined in fat cells isolated from epididymal adipose tissue of fasted rats. Incubations were performed in the absence of glucose. Tolbutamide reduced basal rate of release of both glycerol and fatty acid. Both tolbutamide and tolazamide blocked the lipolytic effect of DLarterenol, ACTH, theophylline and glucagon. Tolbutamide inhibited the lipolytic effect of dexamethasone and growth hormone whether it was added initially or 2 hr after the start of incubation. Anti-insulin serum, demonstrated to inhibit the antilipolytic effect of insulin, did not inhibit the antilipolytic effect of tolbutamide. (Endocrinology 81: 71, 1967)


More than 90 reef complexes were found in Member Ⅱ of the Middle Ordovician Yijianfang Formation in the Bachu area, Tarim basin, Xinjiang, by 1∶50000 geological mapping of reef complexes. Reef complexes are large and closely spaced at platform margins and are small and occur sparsely in the platform interior. Based on an analysis of six typical reef complexes, the types, associations, characteristics and organism communities of various microfacies, as well as the growth stages of the reef complexes were studied in detail. Furthermore, based on the identification of plentiful mold thin-sections and study of the porosity, permeability and stable isotopes of the aforesaid typical reef complexes and inter-reef areas, the authors analyzed the characters, origin and heterogeneity of carbonate reservoirs, and two of reservoir geological models were established, one for platform-margin reef complexes and inter-reef areas, and the other for platform-interior reef complexes and inter-reef areas. The reservoir geological models of reef complexes exposed in the Yijianfang Formation have important implications for guiding hydrocarbon exploration in reef complexes of the Upper Ordovician Lianglitag Formation, Tazhong area.


Using evidence from short-term randomized controlled trials, decision-analytic models project costs, risks and benefits of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) for multiple sclerosis (MS). Such trial-informed models lack the breadth needed to generalize to clinical practice or policy due to limitations: lack of DMT switching/discontinuation, limited head-to-head DMT comparisons and efficacy, not effectiveness, designs. We present an illustrative example that incorporates treatment switching and discontinuation by estimating the cost–effectiveness (value) of first-line natalizumab versus second-line natalizumab treatment for relapsing-remitting MS patients negative for anti-JC virus antibodies. Treating JC virus-negative relapsing-remitting MS patients with natalizumab as first-line provided better value compared with second-line. Decision-makers should consider this evidence for treatment step-edit policies through modeling scenarios closer to clinical practice.


WH 303 Phone: 2784/2565 Fax: 2043 UW – Green Bay Research Council Grants-In-Aid of Research Cover Page Name: Alma E. Rodriguez Estrada Phone: 920-465-2247 Email: email@example.com Address: LS-411 Budgetary Unit: Natural and Applied Sciences Project Title: Isolation and Identification of Microorganisms from Soil Samples This proposal is requesting funds for: First Priority Activities (Data/materials collection) Second Priority Activities (Travel to conference for research presentation) Amount Requested: $ 650.03 Anticipated Dates: April June 2011 Is Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval required? Y or N Is Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval required? Y or N If awarded funding, proposals are open to review upon request.


Modern wireless devices such as tablets and smartphones are pushing the demand for higher and higher wireless data rates. The vast majority of this demand comes from media content. In this paper we propose to combine two recent ideas, distributed caching of content in small cells, and, cooperative transmissions from nearby base stations/BSs (generally known as coordinated multi-point), to achieve unprecedented content delivery speeds while reducing backhaul cost and delay. A key characteristic of our architecture is the interdependence between the caching strategy and the PHY/MAC layer coordination. Specifically, the caching strategy may cache different content in nearby BSs to maximize the hit ratio, or cache the same content in multiple nearby BSs such that the corresponding BSs can transmit concurrently, e.g. to multiple users using zero force beamforming, and achieve multiplexing gains. With this in mind, given the popularity distribution of the content, the available cache size, and the network topology, we devise optimal strategies of caching such that the throughput of the system is maximized. Our analytical and simulation results show that our system yields significantly faster content delivery, which, under realistic scenarios and assumptions can be one order of magnitude faster than that of legacy systems.


The content of most women's magazines tends to be centred around the giving of advice to their readers. This advice appears not only in problem pages, but also in many of the features and articles. This paper is based on data from interviews with twenty women and examines the ways in which readers make judgements as to when it is or is not appropriate to take advice from a women's magazine. My data suggests that readers are willing to accept the authority of the magazines to give 'practical' advice, such as fashion and beauty tips. They are reluctant, however, to take advice on what they see as 'personal' matters, such as relationships. I illustrate that despite the writers positioning themselves in the role of a sister or knowledgeable friend, readers do not always accept the authenticity of this position, instead constructing the writers as 'strangers', who do not have the authority to give advice on 'personal' issues. This paper examines how readers draw these distinctions between the 'practical' and the 'personal', and as a result, how they define the relationship between magazine reader and writer. It concludes with a discussion of what this tells us about the construction of 'self', and in particular beliefs about an 'exterior' and 'interior' self which seem to underlie the distinction between the 'practical' and the 'personal'.


• FREDERICK L. PATRY, M. D., of Albany, New York , is a specialist in nervous and mental diseases, and is consulting psychiatrist for The Anderson School, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, New York. He is a graduate of the Toronto Normal School and of the Faculty of Medicine of the Univ ersity of Toronto, Ontario. His interest and field of specia liza t ion have been the integra. tion of mental hygiene and psychiatry with education, with particular attention to the needs of exceptional children. In this issue, Dr. Patry presents the first of a two-number ser ies as a resume of the reo ports and discu ssions of the section on "School Psychiatry" of the First International Congress on Child Psychiatry, held in Paris in July, 1937. Dr. Patry's resume will be eoncluded in the January issue. cation is to "immunize the soul" of the child against the hardships of life. Inadequate and erroneously formulated systems of education endanger the physical and moral wellbeing of the child. The pediatrist and child psychiatrist have a very important prophylactic task to perform. Many problems of behavior and personality difficulties may be traced to defective educational methods. The starting point of psychiatric concern should KEY.TONE VIEW co. be with an expert examination of the whole child, or rather, of the child as a whole . The educational consultation implies a solid psychiatric background, knowledge of pedagogy, social and welfare practices. It must embrace members of the child's family and the atmosphere of his home and neighborhood. Frequent consultations are often ' I ·. ·."' .. ...C ·.; .


Muzzle brake provides a recoil force by controlling the powder gas flow distribution and velocity to reduce the recoil energy, so the study on the muzzle brake efficiency in reducing the recoil energy plays a great role. A new muzzle brake is developed, and the muzzle flow field is simulated and analyzed by Fluent. According to the simulation results, the muzzle brake structure is optimized. Precision casting technology was used to solve the manufacturing problem of complex special-shaped holes. The prototype was processed and verified by experiments. The experimental results show that the braking efficiency of the new muzzle brake is nearly twice that of the traditional structure, and the recoil force of the automatic gun can be reduced by more than 40%.


Objective To explore the effects of pioglitazone on the expressions of PPARγ mRNA and on the activities of NF-κB in thoracic aorta of hyperlipemic rats.Methods Twenty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into three groups:the control group(group C),the hyperlipemic group(group HL),the pioglitazone group(group PI),8 rats in each.While the control group received normal diet only,the other two groups were put on high fat diet plus either 10 mg/kg body weight pioglitazone(group PI) or distilled water by gavage daily(group HL) till the end of the experiment.At weeks 0,3 and 6,blood samples were collected from vena caudalis of these rats.After 6 weeks,the rats were sacrificed and harvested for thoracic aorta.The levels of serum TG,TC and HDL-C were tested by en-zyme kits,PPARγ mRNA were measured by RT-PCR and the activity of NF-κB was determined using EMSA.Results ①The levels of serum TG and TC were higher in group HL than in group C(P0.05),lower in group PI than in group HL(P0.05) but not statistically different between the groups PI and C.②Compared with group C,group HL showed less expression of PPARγ mRNA(P0.05) and higher activity of NF-κB.③Compared with group HL,group PI showed higher level of PPARγ mRNA and lower activities of NF-κB(P0.05).Conclusion Reduced levels of TG and TC due to Pioglitazone treatment was shown.Also,Pioglitazone appeared to inhibit activation of NF-κB by upregulating the expression of PPARγ mRNA in thoracic aorta of hyperlipemic rats.


Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) composed of poly(dimethyl siloxane), cured poly(dimethyl siloxane) and polysulfone (as matrices), and an azomethine compound (as an embedded mesogen varying in weight from 5 to 80%) were prepared via solvent-induced phase separation. After preparation, they were heated to the melt and then cooled; phase transitions upon both heating and cooling were detected with a differential scanning calorimeter and a polarising optical microscope (POM). The nematic droplets appearing in the POM images across the isotropic-nematic phase transition were treated statistically and described with principles of irreversible thermodynamics. Furthermore, kinetics of the nematic phase growth across this phase transition was studied and described analytically with the universal law for cluster growth. Both flexibility of the polymer matrix and the mesogen content in PDLCs were shown to influence the processes studied.


In standalone brushless doubly-fed induction generator (BDFIG) power generation systems, nonlinear loads would cause the distorted power winding (PW) voltage, which mainly includes the fifth and seventh voltage harmonics. In order to mitigate the harmonic voltage, this paper proposes an improved coordinated control method considering the power converter voltage rating. Based on the principle of maximum harmonics mitigation per voltage for different order harmonics, the proposed control method is not only applied to the machine-side converter (MSC) for eliminating the seventh PW harmonic voltage, but also to the load-side converter (LSC) for rejecting the fifth harmonic. A proportional integral plus a resonant controller (PIR) is employed to the current control loops in both MSC and LSC so as to obtain a good current track ability. Comprehensive experimental results with 30 kVA BDFIG are presented to verify the proposed method.


In sum, the fact that earnings are significantly affected by tier group of employment should not obscure the finding that the process of wage determination is dominated by individual or supply-side characteristics-age, age2 and education. Industry of employment, while less important than supply-side characteristics, is more significant on average than tier group. Thus, regardless of the intrinsic merit of Osterman's categorization of occupation groups, tier group of employment can hardly be considered dominant in wage determination.


There were some results of the agricultural touch influence and dose of chemical fertilizers on the productivity of grape and its quality shown in this article


The performance and economic feasibility of residential bathroom graywater treatment using a semibatch vertical‐flow wetland was evaluated over an eight‐month field study in a single‐family home in Los Angeles, Calif. Graywater treatment time of only 3 h produced an effluent with turbidity (~0.3 ntu) and 5‐day biochemical oxygen demand (~3.1 mg/L) that met graywater reuse guidelines for nonpotable applications. After chlorine disinfection, total coliform count was below the mandated level of 2.2 most probable number per 100 mL for aboveground water reuse. Process modeling demonstrated that the treatment process followed first‐order kinetics with optimal operation at a hydraulic retention time of 0.3 h. Treatment capacity of 2 m3/day was feasible with the present system, which had a modest footprint area of 0.68 m2. Economic analysis demonstrated a breakeven period of between two to six years depending on the daily treatment volume. Higher water costs favor graywater treatment, especially when power costs are modest or low.


In this paper, we analyze the effect of the unique method of Matto City mentioned before papers. It turns out that the method can considerably control the size of "Residual Zone". But it can not adequately control the location and function of "Residual Zone". On the other hand, the method is generally effective for cancelling the designation of "Agricultural Land Zone". But, it can sometimes permit inadequate cancellation, such as in case of the farmlands locatedfar from rural living area. So, some conditions for the improvement of it are clarified as follows.1. Three indexes judging adequateness of size and location of "Residual Zone" ; "the size of Residual Zone compared with the farmland conversion", "the ratio of the farmer holding farmland in Residual Zone" and "the density of road in Residual Zone".Especialy in case of cancellation, the following conditions must be regarded.2. Allocational relation between a tract of farmland and a rural living area, and cancellation rules based on it.3. Adaptation of the rules in according to land use objective.4. Necessity of zoning in according to the profiles of rural area.


We present the detailed global structure of black hole accretion flows and outflows through newly performed two-dimensional radiation-magnetohydrodynamic simulations. By starting from a torus threaded with weak toroidal magnetic fields and by controlling the central density of the initial torus, ρ0, we can reproduce three distinct modes of accretion flow. In model A, which has the highest central density, an optically and geometrically thick supercritical accretion disk is created. The radiation force greatly exceeds the gravity above the disk surface, thereby driving a strong outflow (or jet). Because of mild beaming, the apparent (isotropic) photon luminosity is ∼22LE (where LE is the Eddington luminosity) in the face-on view. Even higher apparent luminosity is feasible if we increase the flow density. In model B, which has moderate density, radiative cooling of the accretion flow is so efficient that a standard-type, cold, and geometrically thin disk is formed at radii greater than ∼7 RS (where RS is the Schwarzschild radius), while the flow is radiatively inefficient otherwise. The magnetic-pressure-driven disk wind appears in this model. In model C, the density is too low for the flow to be radiatively efficient. The flow thus becomes radiatively inefficient accretion flow, which is geometrically thick and optically thin. The magnetic-pressure force, together with the gas-pressure force, drives outflows from the disk surface, and the flow releases its energy via jets rather than via radiation. Observational implications are briefly discussed.


This work reported the fabrication of nanopits array pattern using electron beam lithography (EBL). The effects of electron dosage on pattern shape were evaluated through EBL with a positive resist, Poly Methyl Meth Acrylate (PMMA), under acceleration voltages of 20 and 30 kV. Pattern of nanopits with 200 nm diameter have been created on PMMA to investigate the effect of various electron beam doses. The SEM images have shown effect of the voltage and dosage variation on them. In addition, Monte Carlo simulation has been done to show the scattering of electrons and proximity effect at different voltages in PMMA in order to explain the experimental results.


Direct inlet/MS was used to investigate the pyrolysis pathway and the pyrolyzates of tobacco polyphenols as precursor of catechol which has been known...


The paper introduces the design of a low power embedded fingerprint verification lock based on MCU P89LPC932A1.According to the features of MCU high-integration and total-power-down mode,a good soft and hardware solution is presented.The system can be used with the condition of battery supply and limited space or portable and embedded applications.


The narrow band interference(NBI) rejection capability of direct sequence spread spectrum (DS SS) can be further enhanced by employing interference rejection filters. The performance of nonlinear filters was analyzed in the presence of narrow band interference. Closed form analytical expressions for the signal to noise ration improvement factor were derived for single tone and first order autoregressive (AR) interference. The simulation results show that, for the single tone interference near the carrier frequency, the SNR improvement factor of nonlinear filter is 10dB larger than the linear filter, for the AR interference, the SNR improvement factor varies with the input SNR, but at large input SNR, the nonlinear filter is 10dB larger than the linear filter.


The current observational evidences suggest there are about hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe and within each, on an average, about hundred billion stars. But no cosmological model indicates as to why there are these many galaxies and stars. In this paper we invoke the property of non-irrotational hydrodynamic flow in order to explain how a primordial rotation (as considered in a recent paper) of the universe broken up into vortex line structures, can indeed lead to formation of a large number of galactic structures and these in turn can lead to equally large number of stars within each galaxy.


Growing conditions in the upper alpine zone are characterized by low temperature. low partial pressures of CO 2 and, in the temperate zone, a short growing period. The plants which have evolved under these conditions presumably share a number of characteristics that were ascribed to stress-tolerance, namely slow growth, extended longevity, resource limitation and low palatability to herbivores. Hence chronic biomass removals by herbivores should be a threat to plant persistence in alpine environments, as predicted by Grime's C-S-R theory. I tested this hypothesis on populations of an alpine buttercup. Ramunculus glacialis. A survey along an altitudinal transect in the Central Alps of Austria indicated that between 15 and 26% of the R. glacialis plants in each population examined exhibited signs of herbivory damage. Merely a small population, isolated by glaciers, at the highest site (3310 m a.s.l.) showed no traces of herbivory. At two sites (2600 m and 3180 m a.s.l.) twenty plants each were tagged and examined for a two-year period. Herbivory damage was considerable: on an average nearly 25% of a plant's total leaf area was removed in 1987. primarily by snow mice (Microtus nivalis). Inflorescences of 65-85% of all flowering plants were removed as well. At the lower site (2600 m. roughly 600 m above the treeline) up to 5 g dry matter and 140 mg nitrogen m -2 were consumed in one season. Despite the magnitude of these losses both reproductive investment and the number of leaves initiated per plant did not change appreciably in the subsequent year. Since populations of R. glacialis are able to support populations of herbivores at the altitudinal limits of plant growth without obvious reductions in vigor. these plants and other food species (e.g. Oxyria digyna) cannot fit the stress-tolerator scheme proposed by Grime. The widespread occurrence of herbivory at high elevations and plant traits challenge the concept of stress-tolerance as it is commonly applied to alpine environments.


Despite numerous studies on the atomic structures of Cu-Zr metallic glasses (MGs), their inherent structural ordering, e.g., medium-range order (MRO), remains difficult to describe. Specifically lacking is an understanding of how the MRO responds to deformation and the associated changes in atomic mobility. In this paper, we focus on the impact of deformation on MRO and associated effect on diffusion in a well-relaxed Cu64.5Zr35.5 MG by molecular dynamics simulations. The Cu-Zr MG exhibits a larger elastic limit of 0.035 and a yield stress of 3.5 GPa. The cluster alignment method was employed to characterize the icosahedral short-range order (ISRO) and Bergman-type medium-range order (BMRO) in the models upon loading and unloading. From this analysis, we find the disruption of both ISRO and BMRO occurs as the strain reaches about 0.02, well below the elastic limit. Within the elastic limit, the total fractions of ISRO or BMRO can be fully recovered upon unloading. The diffusivity increases six to eight times in regions undergoing plastic deformation, which is due to the dramatic disruption of the ISRO and BMRO. As a result, by mapping the spatial distributions of the mobile atoms, we demonstrate the increase in atomic mobility is due to the extendedmore » regions of disrupted ISRO and more importantly BMRO.« less


Abstract : In this study, acoustic transmission loss is calculated at frequencies below cut-off for a shallow water duct. A highly idealized model, based on realistic estimates of the gross acoustic properties of the sea-bed, is used to calculate the energy distribution in range, frequency, and depth as functions of the major environmental parameters. Results show that values of loss, at frequencies below cut-off, are similar to those at the frequency of minimum loss above cut-off. (Author)


We study transverse spin dynamics on a microscopic level by measuring energy-resolved spin correlations in a weakly-interacting Fermi gas. The trapped cloud behaves as a many-body spin-lattice in energy space with effective long-range interactions, simulating a collective Heisenberg model. We observe the flow of correlations in energy space in this quasi-continuous system, revealing the connection between the evolution of the magnetization and the localization or spread of correlations. This work highlights energy-space correlation as a new observable in quantum phase transition studies, decoding system features that are hidden in macroscopic measurements.


Keeping in mind of special natural enviroment in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,the solution for DF_(7G) shunting locomotive to be equipped with EQ16V240ZJB diesel engine to application to Qinghai-Tibet plateau is offered with the stress put on reforming the orignal 16V240ZJC engine.Model selection and match of critical parts have been performed,and the diesel engine performance bench test,hydraulic resistance test and highland test have been completed.


Although comparative theology is a continuously growing method in the study of religion, it is still relatively new and not widely accepted in either confessional or secular institutions. Scholars may face difficulty when seeking their institutions' acceptance for a comparative theology course. One way of generating interest and approval for such a course is by designing it from the center of the institution's mission. Professors can look to the institution's mission as a resource for teaching comparatively. We offer four examples from Catholic institutions of how this might be done. Reid Locklin offers further insights in his response to our explorations.


A rigorous model with energy balance for adjusting vapor flow-rate and with component balance for modifying plate temperature has been used to simulate the process of batch distillation.Typical MESH equations are solved with the method of implicit integral matrix combined with θ convergence;UNIFAC equation is adopted for calculation of vapor-liquid equilibrium.The experimental result of the separation of tetrahydrofuran from ethyl acetate has indicated that this model is accurate and the numerical method is reliable.Furthermore,optimal operation parameters are gained for the separation of this system.


BACKGROUND
Identification of factors affecting prognosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is important for risk stratification of patients.

METHODS
In the present study, CD49d expression was analyzed by multi-color flow cytometry in 98 newly diagnosed and untreated CLL patients at the hematopathology ward. The patients were divided into two subgroups according to CD49d expression (30% cut off) and the association of this marker with the patients' clinicopathological properties were evaluated.

RESULTS
In this study, CD49d expression exhibited significant association with the Rai stage of the disease (P<0.0001), CD38 status (P<0.0001), hemoglobin level (P=0.0006), and platelet count (P=0.0016). The CD49d-positive patients presented in higher stages in comparison with CD49d-negative patients. Although only 1% of the CD49d-negative patients were CD38-positive, this proportion for CD49d-positive group was 69%. However, no significant correlation was observed between CD49d expression and patients' age (P=0.2031), gender (P=0.8119), and absolute lymphocytes count (P=0.1073).

CONCLUSION
Therefore, CD49d is a grateful biomarker with high association with clinicopathological parameters in CLL patients.


We examine the relation between coalition-proof Nash equilibrium (Bernheim et al., 1987) and weakly dominated strategies in games with strategic substitutes (SS) and monotone externalities (ME). We show that in sigma-interactive games with SS and ME, every coalition-proof Nash equilibrium is a Nash equilibrium with undominated strategies. We also find as a by-product that the set of Nash equilibria coincides with the set of undominated Nash equilibria in those games. The relation between the coalition-proof Nash equilibrium and weakly dominated strategies in games with SS is completely different from that in games with strategic complements.


The theory and practice of corporate communication is usually driven by other disciplinary concerns than the field of organizational communication. However, its particular mind-set focusing on wholeness and consistency in corporate messages increasingly influence the domain of contemporary organizational communication as well. We provide a formative and critical review of research on corporate communication as a platform for highlighting crucial intersections with select research traditions in organizational communication to argue for a greater integration between these two areas of research. Following this review, we relax the assumptions underlying traditional corporate communication research and show how these dimensions interact in organizational and communication analysis, thus, demonstrating the potential for a greater cross-fertilization between the two areas of research. This cross-fertilization, as we will illustrate, enriches the theorization of corporate and organizational communication and may better link microand macro level analyses. at SAGE Publications on February 10, 2011 mcq.sagepub.com Downloaded from 2 Management Communication Quarterly XX(X)


Comet fish (Carassius auratus) is a type of freshwater ornamental fish with a high selling value due to its unique body shape and bright colour. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of different LED (Light Emitting Diode) light colours on colour brightness, growth, and survival of comet fish. This study applies an experimental approach with an experimental design in the form of a completely randomized design (CRD) and consists of 5 light treatments and 3 replications, namely A (room light), B (white LED), C (blue LED), D (green LED), and E (red LED). The results showed that LED light treatment had a significant effect on the colour quality and feed efficiency, but did not significantly affect the growth and survival of comet fish. The best colour quality was found in treatment E (red LED) with an increase in the TCF (Toca Color Finder) score of 6.22 and colour performance on the back by 80.80%, pectoral fin colour by 64.91%, and tail fin by 71 .18%. The best feed efficiency was obtained in treatment C (blue LED) with a feed efficiency value of 57.48%. The behavioural responses of comet fish did not make any difference between each LED treatment. The water quality of the comet fish rearing media has a temperature value ranging from 25.70 – 29.20 C. The pH value ranges from 7.29 to 8.50. Meanwhile, dissolved oxygen ranges from 8.00 – 12.20 mg/L


..................................................................................................... ix Acknowledgments ...................................................................................... xi Map 1 ......................................................................................................... xii The Aegean and Asia Minor in the Mycenaean Age. Map 2 ........................................................................................................ xiv Mainland Greece (The major Mycenaean settlements in Boeotia and Thessaly). Map 3 ......................................................................................................... xv The Peloponnesus. Map 4 ........................................................................................................ xvi South Italy and Sicily in the Mycenaean Age. Introduction ................................................................................................. 1 1. The aim of the research 2. The people of the Mycenaean citadel 3. Essential concepts which extend our understanding of the Bronze Age's citadel 4. The philosophical approach of the basic architectural elements; column, triangle and megaron and their position in the citadel. 5. Parallels between Pythagorean and Orphic thought. 6. Research methodology and research methods 7. Literature review Conclusions Chapter One ............................................................................................... 49 The Archetypes of the Mycenaean Citadel 1. 1 The pattern of the mythical archetypal citadels. 1. 2 The archetypal centre of the citadel with its dual significance; cosmogonic as well as 'philosophical'. Conclusion


In recent years, many advanced driver assistant systems (ADAS) are developed to address great concerns on vehicle safety. However, the testing and verification of ADAS can be very time consuming, costly and even dangerous. This paper presents a vision-based lane departure warning system (LDW) that is developed under a virtual environment. The lane departure warning system consists of an image processing module and a pre-warning module. The LDW system in this paper is not novel or creative, it's just a object to show how a LDW system can be developed ender a virtual environment. The LDW system is largely developed under a real-time virtual environment that includes two dSpace1401-based MicroAutoboxes (MABX), a desktop PC, a dSpace1006-based real-time simulator, and the required communication buses. Some preliminary simulation has been conducted to verify the proposed camera model and virtual driving environmental model, and the results show that the proposed verification environment is valid and effective.


The lyric of лушкин bear the quality of being real, pure and simple. The clear and real passion makes his lyric simple in forms and the simple style suitably presents his real passion. In many of лушкин lyric, readers cannot make out that they are poems, nor realize the poet's thought, artistic method and figures of speech. Everything in his poems is natural and simple, but its artistic charm is obvious and perpetual.


This paper considers the single machine scheduling problem with due window, delivery time and deteriorating job, whose goal is to minimize the window location, window size, earliness and tardiness. Common due window and slack due window are considered. The delivery time depends on the actual processing time of past sequences. The actual processing time of the job is an increasing function of the start time. Based on the small perturbations technique and adjacent exchange technique, we obtain the propositions of the problems. For common and slack due window assignment, we prove that the two objective functions are polynomial time solvable in O(nlogn) time. We propose the corresponding algorithms to obtain the optimal sequence, window location and window size.


The invention relates to the technology of delivering wafers in the semiconductor wafer machining process, in particular to a device for delivering the wafers processed in a plurality of chambers. The device mainly comprises a lifting motor, a lead screw, a lifting platform, a rotating motor, a rotating platform, at least three mechanical claws and driving mechanisms, wherein the driving mechanisms are used for driving the mechanical claws, and the number of the driving mechanisms is the same as the number of the mechanism claws. The device can go up and down, rotate and stretch out or draw back at the same time, the movement in the three directions is carried out in unit time, therefore, the wafers can be delivered to expected positions rapidly and accurately. Further, due to the fact that at least three mechanical claws are arranged, the problems that the wafers are cross-contaminated, the wafers are lifted too low, the delivering speed is low and the delivering efficiency is low when the wafers are delivered by a traditional wafer delivery device among a plurality of chambers are solved.


Abstract A nearly continuous Eocene to Pliocene sequence is preserved in a graben along the upper Tengawai Riv.er. Strata in upward succession are: basement greywacke; Arnold coal measures and marine sandstone; Landon glauconitic siltstone and limestone; Lower Pareora siltstone; Upper Pareora and ?Southland shell beds and sandstone; Southland and Wanganui coal measures and conglomerate. Preliminary lists of Foraminifera and macrofossils are given. The Pareora sediments were previously regarded as Waitakian in age. The ages of the younger marine strata are discussed in some detail in an appendix.


associative electrostatic interactions followed by phase separation to create the layer of complex coacervates surrounding activecontaining oil-in-water emulsion droplets. The liquid coacervate layer can be transformed to a rigid membrane by gelatin crosslinking. Formaldehyde or glutaraldehyde, which can form Schiff's base with the free amino groups of gelatin, is commonly used as crosslinking agents [12]. However, such aldehyde agents are considered to be toxic to human body, which is one of the major limitations of using the complex coacervation to produce microspheres in food and pharmaceutical industries [8,13]. Tannins, plant polyphenols, could be used as a safe alternative cross-linker by ability to link with proteins such as gelatin, through hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions [12].


Since March 2020, states across the country have taken extreme measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Stay-at-home orders and deteriorating economic conditions have placed families under stress, while children home from school have diminished exposure to adults who might detect and report abuse and neglect. Some have expressed concern that these circumstances could heighten the risk of undetected maltreatment, and that an eventual return to school will result in a deluge of child maltreatment reports that could overwhelm child welfare systems. This brief summarizes efforts to respond to these concerns and provide empirical guidance to child welfare system leaders.


The history of United Brethren efforts to found church-related colleges, like the efforts of other Pietist denominations, is a narrative of persistence in the face of obstacles, some of which were more formidable than others. Would-be founders had to locate financial backing, negotiate contracts for buildings, hire faculty, recruit students, and pay the many bills associated with such ventures. In addition, the evangelical aspiration of the United Brethren to "raise up" a holy people for the Kingdom of God was not always easily conjoined with visions of "higher education." Pietist ambivalence about the effects of education was not easily overcome, however demonstrable the benefits might be. Even so, the United Brethren Church did succeed in founding colleges in Ohio (Otterbein) and Pennsylvania (Lebanon Valley) in the mid-nineteenth century. One of the last chapters in the saga of how United Brethren founded colleges and universities was to be written in the first decade of the twentieth century in central Indiana by a small cadre of leaders of the St. Joseph, White River and Indiana Conferences of the United Brethren Church. In this essay, I tell the story of this later venture, which envisioned the creation of a university, not simply a liberal arts college. First, I describe that effort against the backdrop of the origins of the United Brethren in Christ movement in German-American Pietism. Second, I locate this effort in relation to the nineteenth century debates between the friends and foes of the proposal to founded United Brethren church-related institutions of "liberal education." Finally, I introduce the founders of Indiana Central University (now known as the University of Indianapolis), an institution which was founded by the United Brethren Church in 1902, three years before the institution began offering classes. The Rev. J. T. Roberts and Rev. Alva Button Roberts not only persevered against all odds, but they also embodied the vocational sensibility of Christian "Life Workers," which was shared by virtually all the students and faculty who were participated in that first year of


Some 40CrNi2Mo steels with 0.001S%,0.004S% and 0.016S% were produced by different metallurgy processes.The characteristic inclusion parameters were analyzed by quantitative metallography,SEM and EDAX.The impact toughness of experimental steels was researched.The results show that the volume,size and spacing of inclusions decrease when the content of sulfide increases.The effects of type and volume of inclusions on the impact toughness is significantly higher at high tempering temperature than that of at lower tempering temperature.The impact toughness of experiment steel has little difference,when the tempering temperature is below 400 ℃.The impact toughness of experimental steel decreases obviously when the volume of inclusion increases,when the tempering temperature is above 400℃.


The Replacement Tritium Facility at Savannah River Plant will make extensive use of metal hydride technology for the storage, pumping, isotopic separation, and compression of hydrogen isotopes. Two options were considered for routine accountability of tritium stored in metal hydride beds. One option was to use standard P-V-T-mass spectrometry techniques after desorption of storage beds to tanks of known volume. The second option was to develop a technique for direct measurement of bed loading. It was thought that such a technique would be more rapid and would account for heel, although some accuracy would be lost.The static nitrogen and flowing nitrogen methods were considered for this option. The flowing nitrogen method was eventually selected because it was insensitive to bed physical properties and isotopic gas composition, as well as being more accurate and easier to automate.


Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the antecedents of the development of dynamic capabilities from an HRM perspective, considering the leading role of leadership styles and their potential impact on the orientation of HR systems and a firm's capabilities.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors designed an empirical study of a sample of 107 Spanish industrial firms, asking HR, production and marketing managers to assess the CEO's leadership styles, the system of HRM practices applied in their organizations and dynamic capabilities. They applied multiple regressions and mediation analysis.

Findings

The authors' results suggest that both transactional and transformational leadership styles are positively associated with dynamic capabilities (sensing, seizing and reconfiguration), directly and indirectly, through their effects on HR systems.

Research limitations/implications

This paper approaches dynamic capabilities by using cross-sectional data. A longitudinal analysis would enrich this study. Also, the data aggregation in this paper does not allow to check different HR orientations from different departments. Finally, other HRM practices and strategic orientations could be assessed.

Practical implications

This paper highlights the need to develop CEOs who are able to combine leadership behaviors in such a way that they promote HR systems (skill-based development vs job-based development) and to use them as mediating mechanisms and in order to generate greater dynamic capabilities in the organization.

Originality/value

The authors are proposing that HRM can be applied to leverage a firm's competitive advantage, as HR systems mediate for obtaining different dynamic capabilities. Second, it could be concluded that any CEO should combine or display traits of both forms of leadership styles (transformational and transactional) in order to develop the full range of dynamic capabilities. Finally, this paper can provide some insights into the way dynamic capabilities can be measured and approached, through HRM microfoundations.


The invention provides a system and a method for input tool invoking and a proxy device, which enable an installable operation system to invoke an input tool of a local operation system such as a soft keyboard of the local operation system, an input method of the local operation system or the soft keyboard and the input method of the local operation system so as to achieve input operation. By means of a scheme provided by the system and the method for input tool invoking and the proxy device, an operation system not provided with an input tool can achieve the input operation by invoking the input tool of the local operation system, and the problem that massive system resources are occupied caused by repeated installation of the input tool aiming at different operation systems is solved.


. The paper presents the results of a study of the electric strength of a polypropylene film with a thickness of 2 μm. The breakdown voltage of the film was determined under the influence of electric pulses and with a slowly increasing voltage. The rate of increase in voltage at the pulse front varied from 1.8 to 78 GV/s, and with a slowly increasing voltage it varied from 28 to 1100 V/s. A statistical analysis of the breakdown voltage data was performed. For both modes of electrical testing and at all rates of voltage increase, the most probable breakdown voltages . br exp F were calculated. The effect of the voltage rise rate on the value of . br exp F was not detected. The obtained values . br exp F were approximately the same for both test modes and amounted to 550 MV/m for DC and 570 MV/m for pulses. DFs obtained from impulse electrical breakdown for dF ⁄ dt = 2.7·10 15 V/(m·s) (line 1 ) and quasi-stationary breakdown dF⁄dt = 3.4·10 7 V/(m·s) (line 2) on the Weibull probability paper. In the coordinates under consideration, they can be approximated by straight lines whose parameters are determined using the least squares method. Based on the values of the angular coefficient and the initial ordinate of these lines, the values of the form and scale parameters were calculated. Their values are presented in the Table. It should be noted that in all cases the correlation coefficient of approximating lines strength determined in various modes of electrical tests. The results do not indicate a difference in the electric strength of the investigated film in various test modes.


The efficacy of griseofulvin administered to prevent experimentally induced inflammatory dermatophytosis was assessed in a randomized, double-blind trial involving six drug-treated and six placebo-treated subjects. Volunteers were challenged with a standard inoculum of spores from a zoophilic (granular) strain of Trichophyton mentagrophytes . One-gram doses of micronized griseofulvin daily provided significant protection against the development of florid inflammatory lesions ( P P


Locally collected browses (n=17 spp.) consumed by Matschie's tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus matschiei) in 6 North American zoological institutions were analyzed for comparison with native plants eaten by this species in Papua New Guinea to evaluate dietary suitability. Primary nutrients including crude protein and fat, fiber, starch, non-fiber carbohydrates, and ash were determined using standard analytical methods for forages. Macrominerals calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), sodium (Na) and sulfur (S), as well as trace elements copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo) and zinc (Zn) were quantified in leaf (n=18), flower (n=1), twig (n=9) and bark (n=6) samples. Tannin content was estimated through the bovine serum albumin methodology. On a dry matter basis (DMB) , foods averaged (± SD) moderate protein (12 ± 5%) and soluble carbohydrate (27 ± 12%) content, along with low starch (1 ± 1%) and crude fat (3 ± 2%) values, and moderate to high values in fiber fractions (neutral Original Research Article Dierenfeld et al.; JAERI, 21(11): 10-17, 2020; Article no.JAERI.64904 11 detergent fiber 49 ± 15%, acid detergent fiber 33 ± 13%, lignin 11 ± 5%). Macromineral concentrations (Ca 2.2 ± 1.6%, P 0.2 ± 0.1%, Mg 0.3 ± 0.2%, K 1.5 ± 0.6%, Na 0.03 ± 0.04%, S 1.2 ± 1%) and select trace minerals were within anticipated ranges (Cu 11 ± 5 mg/kg, Mo 1 ± 1 mg/kg and Zn 33 ± 18 mg/kg); exceptions Fe (122 ± 11 mg/kg) and Mn (51 ± 81 mg/kg) were considered on the high end of dietary adequacy for most herbivores. Leaves differed significantly from woody parts for all proximate nutrients, as well as K, S, Fe, and tannin content. Consumed in a 50:50 DMB ratio, locally available browses provide similar nutrient profiles as plants eaten by free-living tree kangaroos. Combined data provide information useful in establishing nutrient targets for dietary development, leading to improved health, welfare, and feeding management of tree kangaroo populations under human care.


The remittances of international migrants contribute to the well-being of their households of origin and also have an impact at macro-economic level. Out-migration is an effective means for low-income households to quickly overcome shortages of income. The sustenance of poor households might have been more difficult without such remittances. From a macro-perspective, remittances contribute to the equalization of the income distribution among households having out-migrants. This study examines the significance of selected macroeconomic and demographic factors associated with remittance behaviour in Romania and several Balkan countries (Bulgaria, Turkey and Albania) as characterized by the propensity to remit and the amount remitted. The extent to which remittances affect the living standard of house-holds left behind is also appraised. In this respect we used macroeconomic datasets provided by World Bank and national statistical institutes. We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities, by employing regression analysis. Among the main findings is that the evolution of the regional Gross Domestic Product is positively related to the growth of the amount of remittances conveyed through the official network as part of the total amount of remittances.


Urbanization is an inevitable trend with the development of industrialization. Exploring the response of rural development to urbanization process is of great importance to understand the urban-rural relationship, regional urbanization and rural development. Taking Bohai Rim region which includes 325 counties as the study object and using an integrated utilization of GIS, entropy method and coordination index model, this study investigated the spatial patterns of urbanization and rural development, and analyzed their coordination characteristics including statistical and spatial relations. The results show that:(1) The levels of urbanization in Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan, Shandong Peninsula and central-south Liaoning are much higher than those of west Liaoning and north Hebei, while the levels of rural development in Beijing,Tianjin and Shandong are much higher than in Hebei and Liaoning, with high-level rural development areas concentrated in Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan region and Shandong peninsula. Meanwhile, the disparity of rural development level between different regions is much lower than that of urbanization level.(2) The development of urbanization boosts the sustainable economic and social development in the rural areas to some extent, however, with the speedup of urbanization, the coordination level presents a declining trend, and the differences in rural development are generally enlarged.(3) It is necessary to analyze the coordination index based on the status of regional urbanization and rural development. Some developed areas have low level of coordination index and some undeveloped areas have higher levels.(4) To integrate urban and rural development and advance urbanization and the building of new rural areas in a coordinated manner, we should take effective measures to adapt the urban-rural dual system to the requirement of flow and linkage of urban-rural factors, promote balanced development among regions according to the policies that involve the main grain producing areas and ecological reserves, and promote urbanization based on local characteristics such as location, development stage and resources endowment.


The 15 articles in this special issue focus on genomic and proteomic signal processing. The articles, summarized here, present significant contributions in four primary areas: microarray analysis, sequence analysis, structure identification, and regulatory networks.


A teaching mode based on film and TV play requires teacher,in the teaching process,to select suitable films,offer authentic input,introduce relevant cultural background knowledge timely according to context,analyze relevant pragmatic knowledge,let them imitate and carry out the feedback of correcting mistakes to promote their pragmatic ability.


This paper presents our research in the do- main of mechanical extraction of a model from an SDL (Specification and Description Language) specification of a system. We use formal verification tool Spin (Simple Promela Interpreter) and Promela (Process Meta-Language) language for the description of the model. With the model checking technique the model's accordance with the system correctness requirements can be established with mathema- tical accuracy. The model can be generated manually or mechanically. If it is to be prepared manually, we will need an expert with the detailed knowledge of the system and both languages. The quality of the model is directly influenced by the expert. The process is prone to the incorrect modelling of the system's properties. In this paper we present the most critical parts of mechanical creation of the models in Promela. Additionally, we present challenges, research directions and some solutions for the automatic generation of models from an SDL specification.


To solve the problem of heavy patrol workload and reduce the cost of maintaining public security, it is thought that mobile robots, which substitute for conventional patrolmen, will play an important role in the next decade. This paper describes a mobile patrol robot, including a positioning system using image sensors and a navigation system based on multi-sensor information fusion. The patrol robot can detect some intruders by means of an infrared sensor. If someone intrudes, the robot can shout loudly and light the alarm lamp. Once an emergency appears, the watchman in the safety center can deal with this case according to the environment image obtained from wireless transmission device. The robot, which is provided with an intelligent fire alarm system based on multi-sensor information fusion, can detect the fire precisely and reliably. Finally, assuming the robot will patrol in a flat area, a control algorithm for the patrol robot system is developed, and a field test is conducted around the teaching building to evaluate the constructed robot system. The test results show the robot system can meet the actual requirement for patrol and public security.