We propose and numerically verify a phase-based all-optical logic gates (AND, OR, XOR, NOT, NAND, NOR and XNOR, i.e. all seven basic logic gates) operation scheme based on cascaded AlGaAs microring resonators. The logic function realization is supported by the signal light phase change and extraction, the phase control in this scheme depending on cross phase modulation (XPM) in the AlGaAs microring. By inputting a non-return zero (NRZ) intensity signal as pump light, the probe light (continuous-wave, CW) will experience different phase shift and then a phase-based logical function can be obtained in this process. By choosing different pump power level, reference phase and the output port of a Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI), all seven basic logic operations can be realized by using the same device. The modulation depth, bandwidth and minimum power requirement of this scheme have also been discussed in detail.


The invention provides a preparation method of a textured artificial stone. The preparation method comprises the steps of 1) pouring slurry into a mold, 2) paving texturized fiber sheets on the first slurry in the step 1), 3) pouring a slurry again, and 4) vacuumizing and setting. The slurries of a plurality of colors are separated by use of the texturized fiber sheets, and then setting is realized in vacuum; in the vacuum state, the slurries are expanded and roll over; the sheets are inserted between the slurries of different colors to form a patterned board with a color texturized artificial stone solid plane material; the naturally formed texture patterns have peculiarity that cannot be replaced by other processes.


The present research was conducted to evaluate the effects of salinized water with boron and sodium chloride (NaCl) on seed germination of basil and cress. Treatments were: boron solution (25 and 50 mM), NaCl solution (25 and 50 mM) and distilled water as control. The highest germination percentage and mean daily germination of both plants were obtained in boron 25 mM. The highest mean germination time of basil and the day of 50% emergence of basil and cress were found in boron 50 mM. Radicle length of basil was reduced by increment of all salinity treatments; however, the highest cress radicle length was observed in 50 mM NaCl. It is concluded that these plants can tolerate salinized water during the germination stage to some extent, however, the cress show more tolerance to these salinities than basil.


We prove an Ambrosetti-Prodi type result for a Neumann problem associated to the equation \begin{document}$u''+f(x, u(x))=μ$\end{document} when the nonlinearity has the following form: \begin{document}$f(x, u):=a(x)g(u)-p(x)$\end{document} . The assumptions considered generalize the classical one, \begin{document}$f(x, u)\to+∞$\end{document} as \begin{document}$|u|\to+∞$\end{document} , without requiring any uniformity condition in \begin{document}$x$\end{document} . The multiplicity result which characterizes these kind of problems will be proved by means of the shooting method.


Lightning can have varying effects on distribution system reliability. It has been thought that as the lightning density increases so do the outages due to lightning. In areas with high lightning density, distribution reliability can be highly dependant on lightning while that dependency is reduced as the lightning density decreases. Lightning has been identified as one of the leading causes of outages on distribution systems, according to an IEEE study. This study looks at three utility systems distribution reliability and how lightning activity affects it. The three different systems have varying levels of lightning density. Florida Power incurs some of the highest lightning density in the United States. Detroit Edison, while not having the lowest lightning density, is in a lower lightning density area and incurs roughly 20% the lightning density of Florida Power. Carolina Power and Light has a lightning density between that of Detroit Edison and Florida Power. The purpose of this study was to see if there is any correlation between lightning activity and distribution system reliability, and to develop a method to normalize reliability data to remove the variability of weather as a factor in determining reliability trends.


River hydrology is a key component in river resources planning and river engineering. Our recent study is focused on flow metrics that best describe the registered flow regime and hydrological characteristics of rivers within the Tundzha watershed located in South Bulgaria. The flow regime will be described using 5 broad categories: magnitude of river flow; frequency; duration; timing and rate of change. A special attention in the research was given to the low flows. Thirteen hydrometrics stations were selected for the analysis. Data were obtained from the monitoring network of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria.
A flow duration analysis was done for each station in Tundzha River basin in order to estimate the probability of occurrence of different flows. Low flow frequency analysis was conducted. Baseflow indices were calculated to estimate the relative contribution of ground flow or baseflow. Regional regression equations were calculated between flow metrics and drainage basin area.
Hydrological analyses play an important role not only in water resources projects but also in instream flow and fish habitat studies. Furthermore, we believed that such a regional characterization of river hydrology will help water resources managers to better deal with water issues.


The Confucianism has abundant of self-regulation theories and practice,which show with behavior,motion,business and relation to the other person in the individual's whole life.Its works principle can give an analysis from the cognition and the target level,on the cognition level,Confucianism revises the cognition method and sets up the new cognition source.On the target level,Confucianism introspects the target enforcement by the check of everyday with guide fulfillment and the ultimate end target,make the person surmount a predicament from the cognition,to attain not sorrow and fear and without the state of hate,becoming the individual with the mind and the body harmony,the other person and me harmony,the nature and the man harmony.


Throughout the next two decades Father Craft was in and out of hot water, both with the government and with church authorities,who considered his eccentricities and outspokenness sparks threatening to detonate the powder keg of Catholic-government relations. Thus, for example, after Craft was severely injured during the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890, many Catholic officials sought to disassociate themselves from him and the newspaper interviews he gave from his hospital bed in which he blamed government ineptitude and corruption for the tragedy.


A cross-pol/co-pol phase ambiguity in a previously published calibration procedure for polarimetric radar systems is discussed. The original procedure is modified to resolve the ambiguity while still retaining insensitivity to calibration target orientation. The modified form is then generalized and applied to an ultrawideband radar system for which the ambiguity in the original procedure is particularly evident. >


Ac/dc bias was applied to gold- or silver-electroded AgPO3 glass samples at ∼150 °C. Dielectric breakdown took place with bias fields of ∼700 V/cm. Depth profiles of silver, gold, oxygen, and phosphorus were measured from the electrode surfaces by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Electrolytic conduction of silver and others and field-induced injection of gold ions into glass from the gold anode were found.


Four Holstein heifers were used to study the effect of cold and heat exposure on changes in plasma concentrations of hormones and metabolites. The heifers were kept in a room with a regulated, artificial climate. Temperatures were 20°C (thermoneutral), 0°C(cold), and 30°C (hot). The heifers were fed hay and a commercial concentrate once daily. Venous blood samples were taken through a jugular vein catheter at 0900h, after 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, and 16 days of exposure to each environment. Rectal temperature and heart rate were unaffected by thermal stress, but respiration rate decreased during cold exposure and increased during heat exposure. The plasma insulin concentration decreased in the early stage of the cold and heat exposure. The plasma glucagon concentration was unchanged by such thermal stress. Plasma GH decreased from 6 days of cold exposure. A significant decline in plasma glucose was found following chronic heat exposure, whereas plasma glucose increased in the cold environment, The plasma non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentration decreased following heat exposure. These results suggest that plasma insulin decreased in the early part of the cold and heat exposure, however, despite the restoration of basal insulin concentrations, metabolic substrates were maintained at the altered levels. Anim. Sci. Technol. (Jpn.) 68 (8): 727-734, 1997


Objective: To investigate the perceived sources of stress, the role of parents, socio-cultural background and the learning environment on the stress levels of the students studying dentistry in Bapuji Dental College, Davanagere, India.Methods: In this cross sectional survey 320 dental students were invited to participate, and 284 responded, resulting in a response rate of 88%. A self administered 42 close ended Dental Environment Stress (DES) questionnaire was used to assess various sources of stress.Results: The sample consisted of the subjects in the age range of 17-28 years, 59.5% of the students joined dentistry as their self choice followed by 9.5% due to parental choice and 31% as they had no other option. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) revealed perceived sources of stress between classes and across all classes: final year students ranked high (3.32±0.87) due to examinations and grades. Difficulty in learning precision manual skills for doing clinical and laboratory work resulted in highest stress among the first years (2.45±0.83). Working on patients with dirty mouth resulted high amount of stress in final year students (2.84±0.95).Conclusion: The increased amount of stress among dental students highlights the importance of periodic interaction between the students, college faculty and educational psychologists to maximize performance of the students and minimize stress.


Some dimensions and implications of the urbanization process in Latin America are discussed. The degree of centralization of various social and economic functions is examined, and patterns of increased population concentration are reviewed. Needs and resources associated with metropolitan areas are outlined, with a focus on environmental deterioration and on changes in income distribution and basic service requirements. The case of Santiago, Chile, is explored in an attempt to determine the effects of these needs on major types of land use. The costs and benefits of metropolitan growth are noted, and alternatives to continued growth are considered.


The deterministic model for co-infection of cervical cancer and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) diseases is formulated and rigorously analyzed. The optimal control theory is employed to the model to study the level of effort is needed to control the transmission of co-infection of cervical cancer and HIV diseases using three controls; prevention, screening and treatment control strategies. Numerical solutions show a remarkable decrease of infected individuals with HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) infection, cervical cancer, cervical cancer and HIV, cervical cancer and AIDS (Acquire Immunodeficiency Syndrome), HIV infection and AIDS after applying the combination of the optimal prevention, screening and treatment control strategies. However, Incremental Cost-Effective Ratio (ICER) shows that the best control strategy of minimizing cervical cancer among HIV-infected individuals with low cost is to use the combination of prevention and treatment control strategies.


Abstract Male students characterized by anxiety, avoidance and incompetence in heterosexual situations received treatment for heterosexual anxiety by either traditional or short-term desensitization or relaxation training. Only the desensitization subjects reported significant reductions in anxiety and avoidance. Self-appraised improvements in appropriateness of current behaviour and in other-perceived interaction competence for heterosexual situations were reported at posttreatment. These improvements, however, were not accompanied by significant changes in their behaviour as measured by the self-reported frequency of their social activities or participatory forms of social interaction. At follow-up, the desensitization subjects reported significant deteriorations in the appropriateness of their own behaviour even though they still perceived that others would judge their behaviour as competent. The treatment effects of relaxation training were in general, no different to those of no treatment.


An electric taxi system (ETS) (100) for an aircraft may include an annular output gearbox (106) positioned between a wheel and a main strut (112) of a main landing gear of the aircraft. The output gearbox (106) may surround a brake piston assembly (118) of the wheel of the aircraft. One or more selectively operable engaging assemblies (108,109), for selectively coupling the ETS with the wheel of the aircraft, may be positioned between the output gearbox (106) and the wheel of the aircraft. The one or more selectively operable engaging assemblies (108,109) may be coupled with an output gear (122) of the output gearbox (106) to rotate with the output gear.


Since 1995, the genetic improvement of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.), in Romania, was developed mainly at RIFG Pitesti, within The Small Fruits Laboratory, which accumulated an experience in the field of more than 35 years (the first hybrids were obtained in 1978). As in the past, the classic selection scheme was followed. The choice of the parents was based on the productivity, quality and diseases tolerance of some Romanian and foreign varieties studied over a long period of time. The hybridizations were done in the field in individual bags and the selection of the obtained hybrids was carried out according to the known phases: the vegetative propagation of the selected plants, the organization of contest trial (linear) and contest microcultures (randomized) with number of plants and replicates specific to strawberry culture. The evaluated hybrids with a high percentage of selected plants in the hybrid fields were: `Queen Elisa x Mira`, `Queen Elisa x Marmolada x (Addie x Dana)`, `Queen Elisa x Real`, `Mira x Real` and `Mira x Queen Elisa`. The paper presents the behavior of eight strawberry selections and three parental varieties in field conditions during 2015-2017. The characteristics studied are: plant yield (g/plant), average fruit weight (g), firmness (N), shape, color, chemical content and tolerance to diseases. As a result of the researches carried out on `08-19-9` (`Queen Elisa x Real`), it was registered at ISTIS Bucharest in 2016 for promotion as a new variety in 2019. Cuvinte cheie: Fragaria x ananassa Dutch., productivitate, caracteristici de calitate, toleranța la boli


The present invention discloses a low entropy cofiring pneumatic discharge explosion engine, the engine comprising a compressor and a discharge explosion, the gas inlet to a low pressure compressor inlet oxygen-containing gas, the compressed gas outlet of the compressor and the blast combustion engine combustion chamber exhaust port communicating inflation, the compressor capacity of the compressed gas outlet pressure is greater than 1MPa, when the compressor no timing relationship between the explosion and the engine exhaust. The low entropy of the present invention is disclosed in co-combustion engine exhaust pneumatic critical to achieve an efficient, low-emission purposes, and good response to a load having greatly improved environmental protection and energy efficiency of the engine.


Ideas first developed in the Roman system itself, and explanation of the transformations through which they went before they found their way into modern systems.


Abstract: Pauses represented in process data captured from digital learning and assessment tasks are defined as the time elapsed between two subsequent events. Pauses are used as a marker of unobservable cognitive processes, such as encoding, problem-solving, and planning, that underlie test takers' subsequent observable actions in educational assessment. To make valid inferences about the underlying cognitive processes represented by pauses, we argue that applying a task-specific cognitive modeling approach is required. We discuss and demonstrate how to apply a task-specific, theoretical cognitive modeling approach for interpreting pauses. We believe that this approach will have value for educational researchers seeking to make valid, task-general inferences about test-taker cognition from pauses represented in process data.


The possibility to detect unstable operating condition (stall or surge) of an automotive turbocharger using vibration or acoustic measurements is studied. An experimental study is performed, in order to acquire and analyze test data, to find out whether vibration or acoustic measurements can be correlated to aerothermodynamic operating condition. An instrumentation set allowing the definition of the operating point on the map of the compressor of the turbocharger is used. Hot wires at the compressor inlet serve as flow condition indicators and provide a clear indicator of the presence or not of instabilities, such as rotating stall or surge. Accelerometers are mounted on the casing and microphones are placed in the vicinity of the compressor casing, to measure vibration and sound emission. Data covering an extensive range of the compressor performance map have been collected and analyzed. Signal features from the different measuring instruments are discussed. Using such features, a bi-parametric criterion is established for determination of whether the compressor operates in the stable part of its performance characteristic or in the presence of unstable operation phenomena (rotating stall, surge). The possibility of generalizing the validity of observations is supported, by presenting results from testing a second turbocharger, which is shown to exhibit similar behavior.


The cooling capacity of any refrigerator or freezer should be somewhat oversized to assure that temperature can be retained over a range of conditions such as variable outside temperatures, opening of the doors, uncertainties of insulation and also for an acceptable temperature response to the introduction of new contents. Thus, a temperature control technique is required. The easiest control to implement is ON/OFF control via a thermostat. However, a more efficient control is continuous operation with temperature controlled by adjusting the compressor speed. The speed control advantage results from a lower temperature difference across the heat exchangers with continuous operation relative to ON/OFF control. This paper presents a 2nd law analysis of a freezer that has a 12000 (Btu/hr) capacity, but the load only requires 6000 (Btu/hr). It is shown that speed control results in 41% electric energy savings relative to ON/OFF control.


In this article, I intend to convey a certain point of view about the "Great Society" (and about public policy and its processes) to those who know of it only through hearsay and history textbooks. I attempt to fix this point of view by reviewing the planning that went into two fundamental Great Society programs the "War on Poverty" and educational planning. To facilitate thinking about the Great Society's legacy, I conclude with a brief analysis of what has become of its policy initiatives in poverty and education, and with a projection about what the history of those initiatives implies for the future.' Establishing the beginning and end points of the Great Society is a difficult task. The popularity of political labels like "the KennedyJohnson era" helps to blur the origin of the Great Society, and in so doing, also blurs attribution of credit for its successes and blame for its failures. The terminus of the Great Society is also hazy, in part because another political label "the Johnson-Nixon years" overwhelmed the national consciousness in the wake of the Viet Nam War. The end of the Great Society is blurred as well by the phasing out or incorporation of Great Society programs into other


the aim of the study was to determine the degree to which organic feeding of dairy cows under the natural conditions of the carpathian foothills, compared to conventional feeding, will affect the yield, composition and fatty acid content of milk, some blood metabolites and reproductive indicators. the experiment was carried out with 24 red-and-White × holstein-friesian red cows (67.5% hf on average) during the period from 3 weeks before calving to 44 weeks of lactation. cows were assigned to two analogous groups (with 12 animals per group) subjected to different feeding regimes (o – organic, c – conventional). in group o, the basic roughage was meadow grass silage in winter and pasture forage in summer. in group c, it was maize silage all year round. in both groups, these feeds were supplemented with meadow hay, concentrate and mineral-vitamin mixture, and in the conventional feeding group additionally with wilted grass silage, brewers' grains and ensiled maize grain. the rations were formulated according to iZ-inra standards (2001). chemical composition and intake of feeds, body weight, body condition and milk yield, and selected reproductive indicators were recorded. the milk was analysed for the content of basic nutrients, fatty acids and cla. Blood serum was assayed for the concentration of free fatty acids, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, glucose, urea, albumins and aspartate aminotransferase. average feed cost per production of 1 kg milk was determined in addition to the botanical composition, yield and intake of pasture sward in the organic herd. it was found that the organic feeding of cows with the lactation yield of about 7000 kg reduced the milk yield (by about 9–15%) compared to group c. cows from group c also had a higher milk protein and casein content (by about 0.15 percentage units) compared to group o. cows from group c were also characterized by higher maximum milk production at the peak of lactation and better lactation persistency as well as smaller body weight and body condition losses in the first period of lactation compared to animals from group o. no significant differences in the content of selected blood metabolites or reproductive indicators were found between the groups. the milk of cows from group o had a significantly higher content of n-6 and n-3 pufa and cla as well as a narrower ratio of n-6 to n-3 pufa. key words: dairy cows, feeding, milk yield and chemical composition, blood metabolites, fertility Organic animal breeding is one of innovative technologies for complex food production, which maintains a balance between production and environment (KrisK. Bilik and M. Łopuszańska-Rusek 442 tensen and Struck Pedersen, 2001). Most milk production farms in Poland continue to use standard (conventional) systems for feeding dairy cattle (Bilik and Strzetelski, 2005). Because of the increasingly high expectations of the consumers for health value of food (Nałęcz-Tarwacka, 2006), organic milk production modelled on European Union (Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007) and Polish regulations (Journal of Laws, 2009, No 116, item 975) is beginning to expand. Long-term comparative studies (Byström et al., 2002; Roesch et al., 2005; Nauta et al., 2006) have shown that compared to organic farms, conventional farms have a much greater potential for choosing proper roughages and concentrates in terms of nutritive value, which enable more optimal energy and protein balancing of the diets for high-yielding dairy cows. A study by Gruber et al. (2000) in Danish dairy cattle farms with an average stocking density of 87 cows showed no significant differences in health parameters between cows having similar lactation yields (about 6000 kg milk) and fed according to organic or conventional principles. However, it was found that cows from organic farms had slightly lower fertility, probably as a result of lower energy levels in the rations used during lactation. Other studies (Fall et al., 2008; Slots et al., 2009) demonstrated that the risk of poorer reproductive indicators and metabolic disorders does not increase significantly when the permitted energy deficit is less than 20 MJ NEL/ day in the first and 15 MJ NEL/day in the second month of lactation. Feeding cows having a lactation yield of 6,000–7,000 kg milk with balanced rations at the level of tolerated energy deficit in the first period of lactation has no significant effect on reducing milk yield when feeding roughages of high quality (Knaus et al., 2001). In Poland, there is a shortage of studies thoroughly investigating the effect of organic feeding of current dairy cows on milk yield and composition and on metabolic and reproductive indicators. The aim of the study was to determine the degree to which organic feeding of Red-and-White × Holstein-Friesian Red cows under the natural conditions of the Carpathian Foothills, compared to conventional feeding, will affect the yield, composition and fatty acid profile of milk, the content of some blood metabolites, and reproductive indicators. material and methods Experimental design, feeding and housing of animals The study was carried out with 24 Red-and-White cows (RW × Holstein-Friesian Red) from 3 weeks before calving to 44 weeks of lactation. Animals were assigned to two analogous groups (with 12 cows per group) according to precalving body weight, lactation number, percentage of HF Red genes, 305-day lactation yield, and expected calving date. The average proportion of Holstein-Friesian genes (HF Red) in the herd of experimental cows was 67.5%. The rations (Table 1) and percentage composition of concentrate mixtures (Table 2) were formulated according to IZ-INRA standards (2001) using INRAtion software ver. 3.23 (2006). Cows' body weight and stage of Organic and conventional feeding of dairy cows 443 production cycle were accounted for when formulating the rations. The basic roughage was maize silage in the conventional group (C) and wilted meadow grass silage in winter and pasture forage in summer in the organic group (O). In both groups, these feeds were supplemented with meadow hay, concentrate and mineral-vitamin mixture, and in the conventional feeding group additionally with wilted grass silage, brewers' grains and ensiled maize grain. Cows from the organic group (O) were fed according to the principles based on European Union standards and regulations (EU Verordnung, 1999), assuming that: – roughages from permanent grasslands (forages, silages, hay) will form at least 60% of ration DM, and concentrates not more than 40% DM in the first period of lactation (weeks 1 to 13) and 25% in the second (weeks 14 to 44); Table 1. Daily rations Group Feeds Period of experiment before calving lactation (weeks) 3 weeks 1 to 13 14 to 44


This paper reports on results from an ongoing study of the information infrastructure support for organizational knowledge strategy. We assess the applicability and predictions of the widely cited model of Hansen, Nohria and Tierney's on knowledge strategy and infrastructure support. We do so by means of two case studies that we conducted in the consulting sector. Our findings indicate support for the Hansen et al.'s model as each of the organizations has predominately pursued a knowledge strategy consistent with the model's predictions. However, we also find that in so doing, organizations can incur significant opportunity costs if either a codification or a personalization knowledge strategy is allowed to predominate to such an extent that it crowds-out the alternative knowledge strategy.


This article describes the use of urea as a safer alternative to using ammonia in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems of fossil fuel power plants. The topics of the article include safety concerns regarding the transport and use of ammonia, using urea in SCR systems, SCR catalyst and the results of using urea, costs of using urea versus ammonia, and using urea in selective non-catalytic reduction systems.


Introduction Risk evaluation is a global process covering different aspects of employee's workandfamily life. Nowadays, psychosocial risks are as important as physical and chemical risks, and their identification isdeterminant in each workplace. Objectives Our study aimed to assess psychosocial risks among Electricity and Gas Company's employees and to identify factors related to these risks. Methods A cross sectional study was conducted among male workers in a Tunisian electricity and gas Company. The KRASEK scale was used to assess psychosocial risks. The Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS version 23. Results Among male workers in the company, 83 employees participated in this study. The mean age of our population was 41.28 years± 12.12 years. Manuel labour was identified in 67.5% of cases. High psychological demands were reported by 63.9% of the employees. The assessment of decision latitude dimension identified low autonomy at work in 54.2% of cases. The mean social support scale was 23.73± 4.18. Job strain was identified among 32.5% of participants. Among employees in job strain, twenty-one subjects (77.8%) were affected in the technical division and 21.7% were in "iso strain". Job strain and iso strain were associated with sedentary workers aged less than 45 years, p values were 0.006 (OR= 5.474; IC 95% [1.477-20.290]) and 0.010 (OR= 4.917; IC 95% [1.353-17.872]) respectively. However, Iso strain was negatively associated with being married (p=0.038) (0.0327 IC 95% [0.111-0.964]). Conclusions This study highlighted the importance of psychosocial risks in this company. The identification of these risks in the workplace may further help preventers to recommend proper interventions to offer employees a supportive work environment and to enhance their personal and professional well-being. Disclosure of Interest None Declared


The insightful designs and informational instructions contained in this guide provide ample inspiration for developing tempting outdoor garden rooms. Suffused with practical advice and brimming with tempting photographs, it presents every aspect of garden design, contruction, and maintenance in succinct, convenient, easy-reference sections....This encyclopedic and enlightening guide shows everyone that when it comes to gardening, good things truly can come. "Booklist.""


This paper presents experiments in the preprocessing area for Radial Basic Function Neural Network (RBF NN). The main ideas of it are to find optimal pre-processing methods and algorithms, which can optimize input parameters and expedite the processing of neural network. The proposed methods are some novel experiments with flexible shape parameters and automated determination of the neural network initial parameters.


True three dimensional (3D) measurements of micro and nano structures are becoming vital due to the increase in micro mechanical and optical devices used in today's technologies. Measurements with resolutions less than 100 nm in industry and less than 20 nm in national metrology institutes are desired today.


A method for finding left-neighbours and right-neighbours of a treatment in a Balanced Incomplete Block Design incompletely balanced for neighbour competition effects has been suggested in this paper. It is found that these left-neighbours and right-neighbours form common series for a treatment and has circular property.


Activated sludge processes are widely used in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) but they also generate large quantities of excess sludge, the handling and disposal of which uses large percentage of the annual operation cost. A class of chemicals, referred to as uncouplers, with the ability of generating energy spill inside microbial cells have shown potential in reducing activated sludge production. This study assessed the effectiveness of two uncouplers: 3,3',4',5- tetrachlorosalicylanilide (TCS) and paranitrophenol (PNP) in reducing sludge production. The experimental set-up comprised three sequencing batch reactors (SBRs), the feed to which was spiked with the uncoupler. The results showed that 13.5% and 25% reduction in sludge production can be achieved using0.5 mg/L TCS and 20 mg/L PNP, respectively, in the influent.


BM 47762 is the rest of a circular tablet, which was divided into 12 sectors by lines from the center to the rim. Each sector was labelled by a zodiacal sign. Our tablet consists in part of the sectors IX, X, XI, and XII, which are concerned with the zodiacal signs of Sagittarius (month IX), Capricorn (month X), Aquarius (month XI), and Pisces (month XII). In lines 2 to 5 of each sector, some four numbers are written, which in pairs can be understood as a date (month, day) or as a position (sign, degree)—just as in the Dodecatemoria and its inverse, the Calendar Texts (Kalendertexte). The combination of number pairs on BM 47762 do not appear in those schemes. However, the difference between the pairs in lines 3, 4, and 5 is always equal to 277, a very special number which is known from the Calendar Texts. Evidently, our number pairs must somehow be connected to those number schemes. This paper investigates and finds a very interesting connection. It shows that all number pairs stand for dates, for which the Dodecatemoria scheme will give the position of the schematic Moon in its four important phases. The second number pairs refer to the months of the section, while the first pairs give the dates of the four important lunar phases three months earlier. The two dates on each line correspond to lunar positions taking place at almost the same position in the zodiac. The zodiacal signs of the lunar phases on days 7, 14, 21, and 28 join to squares which are mostly known from Greek astrology. For example, for month XI, the signs of the Moon have the numbers 2, 5, 8, and 11, i.e., the zodiacal square with 11 as one of the corners. Maybe we here have found the origin of the quadruplicities of the zodiacal signs.
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The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating the summerheat-heat stirring wind syndrome pattern summerheat convulsive disease. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is characterized by comprising, by weight, 15-18 parts of reed rhizome, 4-6 parts of myrobalan, 20-25 parts of small Chinese pholidota herb, 25-30 parts of leaf of reddish beautyberry, 15-20 parts of eel grass, 10-15 parts of wintersweet, 25-30 parts of tamarind, 10-15 parts of cavalerie's mosla, 10-12 parts of hedyotis hedyotidea, 10-12 parts of leaf of largeleaf Japanese ginseng rhizome, 6-8 parts of scorpion, 8-10 parts of wide-blade nettle, 10-15 parts of slug, 10-12 parts of coluria longifolia, 10-12 parts of larix chinensis beissn, 8-10 parts of ternate grape fern herb and 4-6 parts of liquorice. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is reasonable in formula and high in curative effect and is a traditional Chinese medicine preparation for treating the summerheat-heat stirring wind syndrome pattern summerheat convulsive disease.


When reproducing audio data for example, a personal computer, a content is reproduced, and can more easily recognize the relationship with the playback process than conventional manner. Arrangement and display to show the contents of the playlist display makes content playback sequence in order starting from the continuous emission content currently being played back, and arrange these elements are causing the operating element during playback picture appears display nearby. Or near the display content currently being played is displayed. When a piece of content a playlist of multiple playlist playback ends, in the case of a piece of content reproduction of another playlist, or at least show the content currently being played and to be played back next content so that the content can be distinguished from each other.


The present invention does not increase the fuse circuit, it is possible to prevent a crack in the interlayer insulating film, to provide a large resistor-fuse element to obtain a difference and a method of cutting in the fuse before and after cutting for the purpose. A fuse element having a wiring portion 14, a contact portion (20a) connected to the other end side of the contact portion (20b), and a wiring part 14 connected to one end of the wiring portion 14 including a silicon layer the method, spilling the current through the wiring unit 14 to the contact portion (20a) from the contact portion (20b), and by the migration (migration), the metal material of the contact part (20a) into the silicon layer, the wiring section 14 It changes the connection resistance between the contact portion (20a). The device isolation film, the contact plug, the wiring part, the contact parts of the fuse element,


1.Sposob hook oscillation control for controlling the deflection angle of the crane hook with a telescopic boom in which: A. determining the deviation angle and the swing direction of the cable, which is connected with the hook in a horizontal plane relative to the direction of gravity; B. determined deflection angle exceeding a predetermined value, wherein after step B proceeds to step C, if the deflection angle is greater than a predetermined value, and after step B proceeds to step A, if the angle deviation is less than a predetermined value C. compensating control is carried hook deviation angle based on the deviation angle and direction kachaniya.2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the angle of deflection is a longitudinal angle otkloneniya.3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the step of compensating deviations hook angle control based on the deviation and the direction of the swing angle comprises adjusting the angle of the crane boom, increasing the angle of the crane boom when swinging direction is positive, and decreasing the angle of the crane boom, if the swing direction is otritsatelnym.4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the step of controlling the angle correction hook deviation based on the deviation and the direction of the swing angle includes attenuation cable if the rocking direction is positive, and the cable tension when the rocking direction is otritsatelnym.5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the angle of deflection is a cross angle otkloneniya.6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the step of controlling the angle correction hook deviation based on the deviation and the direction of the swing angle includes dressing


BASIC ASSUMPTIONS AND DEFINITIONS The viscoelastic response of rock to seismic waves depends on the relative motion of pore fluid with respect to the solid phase. The fluid motion depends , in part, on the internal wave-induced pore pressure dist ribution whi ch depends on the pore microstructure of rock, and on the scales of saturation. We consider wave-induced fluid flow at two scales: (1) local microscopic (squirt) flow at the smallest scale of saturation heterogeneity (e.g., within a single pore) and (2) macroscopic flow at the large scale of saturated and dry patches.The main goal of this paper is to explore the circumstances under which each of these mechanisms dominates the viscoelastic behavior of a. porous material. We examine such flows under the conditions of uniform confining (bulk) compression and obtain a dynamic extension of the Gassmann formula which is applicable to velocity and attenuation estimates at all frequencies and all types of saturation. The important results of our theoretical modeling are: (1) a. hysteresis of seismic velocity versus saturation at imbibition and drainage, and (2) two peaks of acoustic wave attenuation one at low frequency (due to the global squirt flow) and another at higher frequency (due to the local flow). Both theoretical results are well supported by experimental data. Microscopic Squirt Flow refers to the fluid motion at the smallest scale of heterogeneity in a porous material. The material is represented by elementary microscopic units (Figure 1) composed of thin conduits and stiff equidimensional pores (Murphy et al., 1986). The thin conduits connect the large pores and thus provide the paths for macroscopic fluid flow (Figure lb,c).


With the growing need of the time systems are becoming more and more sophisticated. Simple systems are changing drastically into more useful and complicated systems. Computer networks saw a major change from wired to wireless networks and quick wireless infrastructure became a new trend. Among many other wireless networks emerged MANET. Because of dynamic topology and no centralization, traditional routing protocols and security schemes does not work with MANETs. These characteristics of MANETs make them susceptible to many attacks and malicious activities not possible in other networks. Nodes in the network handle packets which increases the risk of both active and passive attacks. Many solutions are being developed to cope up with the increasing threats to security of MANETs. Here we propose a Detection Engine that identifies these activities at MAC layer. We use wireless 802.11 protocols with CSMA/CA. First, the detection engine adapts itself to the CTS/RTS model in MAC layer. Any identification of false activity based on delays in packet handling and transmissions is flagged as malicious. Timers in MAC layer are used for better detection of malicious activities. Finally, false nodes are eliminated from the communication network. The results and theoretical values are verified using the FSM implementation. The advantages of proposed system over others are also explained.


With the extensive application of low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening in lung cancer diagnosis, the detection of early stage lung cancer has increased remarkably (1).


This article reviews South Korea's economic experience, defining it as a successful case of economic convergence. It highlights a leading role of public intervention to promote export industrialization, with initial phases of protection and then with others of promotion of export of manufactures, adapting education to the economic strategy's challenges. The result shows relevant achievements in productivity, innovation, technological leadership, and a considerably better income distribution than that of Latin America. Finally, the article tries to detect the main axes of this strategy, by discussing the possibility of separating them from the authoritarian political regime that promoted them.


Evaluative conditioning (EC), the change in liking towards a stimulus due to its co-occurrence with another stimulus, is a key effect in social and cognitive psychology. Despite its prominence, research on personality differences in EC has been scarce. First research found stronger EC among individuals high in Neuroticism and Agreeableness. However, it remains unclear how robust these moderations are and why they occur. In a high-powered preregistered EC experiment with a heterogeneous sample (N = 511), we found a robust moderation by Agreeableness. Individuals high in Agreeableness also showed more extreme evaluations of the unconditioned stimuli (USs) and more accurate memory for the stimulus pairings, which both in combination accounted for the moderation by Agreeableness. The moderation by Neuroticism was considerably weaker and depended on the type of analysis, but was independent of US evaluations and pairing memory. Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and Openness did not moderate EC. Our findings imply that Agreeableness-based personality differences in EC reflect differences in the affective and cognitive processes presumed in current propositional and memory-based EC theories. Furthermore, they offer important insights into the Big Five and interindividual differences in stimulus evaluation, memory, and learning.


A modulator-integrated DFB-laser transmitter module with a driver IC and a planar superlattice-APD receiver module with a preamplifier IC were developed for 10-Gbps optical transmission systems. High-speed modulation and high receiver sensitivity were successfully demonstrated by these modules.


The adult worms of Euparyphium ilocanum were found in the cecum of domesticated dog unexpectedly in 2011 in the survey of helminthes in the domesticated dog in Huainan area.


In November 2006, researchers at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, first observed symptoms of witches' broom on cacao trees in the Union Vale, La Dauphine, and Robot estates in Saint Lucia. The disease has since been found in other smallholder plots throughout the island. Estate managers report up to 50% of the cacao trees are infected. Diseased trees have dense, slightly curved proliferations of shoots with shortened internodes (witches' brooms), arising from the lateral buds. Other symptoms include leaf necrosis, distortion and enlargement of the leaf lamina and veins, and stem swellings. Brooms in cacao are characteristic of infection by the fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa (formerly Crinipellis perniciosa ). In May 2007, samples of older, well-dried brooms were sent to the Global Plant Clinic, UK for confirmation of the pathogen. Aggregations of white saprotrophic hyphae were seen under the bark, which under microscopic examination revealed clamp connections that are characteristic of M. perniciosa . A more definitive morphological identification was obtained by inducing the fungus to produce basidiocarps. Brooms were suspended in a cabinet and subjected to a daily cycle of wetting and drying. The subsequent basdiocarps were pink, tinged with crimson and had a delicate pileus that was radially grooved with fluted edges. Fungal mycelia isolated directly from the brooms were also tested using molecular characterisation. The ITS regions of the rDNA was amplified and sequenced with fungal specific primers ITS6 (Cooke & Duncan, 1997) and ITS4 (White et al ., 1990). The sequence obtained (GenBank Accession No. EU861393) showed greater than 99% homology to 16 strains of this species held in the GenBank database. Witches' broom of cacao is endemic to the Amazon basin region of South America, but has spread to plantations in the Americas and several Caribbean islands. This fungus can cause up to 90% pod losses and is considered to be one of the main limiting factors for cacao production in South America and the Caribbean islands (Griffith et al ., 1994). The disease has previously been recorded from the Caribbean islands of the Dominican Republic, Grenada, St Vincent and Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago, but this is the first confirmed report of witches' broom in cacao from Saint Lucia.


In order to keep the symmetric of the pump geometry and obtain a low-level, high quality laser output, the temperature of the side-pumped laser rod is more often be controlled by a water cooling system than a conduction cooling system in the diode-pumped solid-state lasers. But the use of the water cooling system increases the volume and decreases the mobility. To solve the confliction between the beam quality and the mobility of the laser system, a novel, compact and all-solid design of the pump structure is applied to the side-pumped laser system. The Nd:YAG rod is pumped by semicircular mounted LD arrays in the pump module, and two pump modules are working together to compensate each other. Numerical calculation and experiment are performed, the output laser has a round-sharped beam with a beam waist of 5 mm and a divergence angle less than 7 mrad, and a maxim output pulse energy of 75.8 mJ is obtained under the working frequency of 20Hz, the slope efficiency is 35.8%.


IN many countries, domestic and international trade in coral reef species and products is driving the overexploitation of reef resources and the use of destructive fishing practices that destroy reef habitats. These unsustainable and destructive practices are altering the ecosystem functions of reefs and greatly diminishing long-term benefits to local communities. Although often referred to as "productive" ecosystems, coral reefs can be easily overexploited and must be carefully managed Giant clam on coral reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia Ph ot o: R og er S te en e


SUMMARY As a modulation scheme for optical wireless communica- tion, there is MPolSK (multilevel polarization shift keying) that modulates a state of polarization of light. MPolSK has a problem that it is severely affected by mismatched polarization axes. Although MDPolSK (multilevel differential PolSK) can overcome the problem, it is susceptible to noise, and its SER (symbol error rate) degrades as compared to MPolSK. In this paper, we propose one kind of MDPolSK that estimates the mismatched polarization axes in the receiver. We analyzed SER of the proposed scheme by computer simulations. The result shows that the proposed scheme is not affected by the mismatched polarization axes, and it provides a good SER as compared to the conventional MDPolSK. In addition, we modified the constellation used in the proposed scheme to improve SER.


In this paper, we present an analysis and a validation of a simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis (SPICE) model for a pulse forming circuit of a high frequency electroporation system, which can deliver square-wave sub-microsecond (100–900 ns) electric field pulses. The developed SPICE model is suggested for use in evaluation of transient processes that occur due to high frequency operations in prototype systems. A controlled crowbar circuit was implemented to support a variety of biological loads and to ensure a constant electric pulse rise and fall time during electroporation to be independent of the applied buffer bioimpedance. The SPICE model was validated via a comparison of the simulation and experimental results obtained from the already existing prototype system. The SPICE model results were in good agreement with the experimental results, and the model complexity was found to be sufficient for analysis of transient processes. As result, the proposed SPICE model can be useful for evaluation and compensation of transient processes in sub-microsecond pulsed power set-ups during the development of new prototypes.


The present invention relates to a system (50) for transmitting forces between a turboprop and a suspension pylon comprising: - a first and a second force transmission device (52a, 52b) each comprising a first cylinder (54) hollow shaft (56) to be parallel to a first direction of transmission of forces, said first cylinder defining a first space (58) filled with a fluid (60) and sealingly closed at its two opposite ends respectively by a first cushion layer (62) for bearing against a bearing element (66) of the turboprop, and a second damping layer (64) for bearing against an element support (68) of the attachment device, the first and second layers being capable of being compressed by the pressure of said fluid; and - first means of fluid communication (70) between the two spaces (58, 58).


The SA clothing industry has shed over 67 000 jobs in the past three years. There is a possibility that more jobs may be shed in the South African clothing industry over the next few years. The SA clothing industry is facing a great challenge because of the rapidly changing business environment with respect to global competition, market performance, and advancing technology. The study is part of doctoral thesis and has focused on the development of a framework that would assist to reaffirm and re-establish strategies that may improve the current plight of manufacturers and help prevent job losses through innovative thinking (www.dti.org.za). The methodology adopted in the research includes a review of existing literature and documents on the industry from Clofed, Texfed, relevant research reports from the DTI, NEPAD, newspaper articles, journal articles such as the International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology and Operations Management, interviews and discussions with organizational staff and management.


Results from a statewide survey on current public involvement practices of Florida's metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) are described. Of Florida's 26 MPOs, 25 responded to the six-page electronic survey. Overall, the most commonly used techniques were newsletters and public meetings, followed closely by brochures, individual and small-group briefings, and newspaper advertisements in general circulation publications. Although public meetings and hearings were widely used, many MPOs identified them as their least-effective public involvement technique and emphasized the importance of "going to the public, rather than asking people to come to you." Most respondents indicated that they would rate the public's response to their public involvement process as favorable or better, but nearly as many said that they would rate the public's response to their process as fair. Florida MPOs believed that the greatest challenges they face in the public involvement process include poor attendance at meetings (60%), lack of adequate resources (i.e., staff or funding) (56%), lack of public understanding of the transportation planning process (48%), and difficulty involving people in the early planning process (44%). Despite such challenges, MPOs responding to the survey acknowledged the benefits of an effective public involvement process, including improved relationships with affected citizens and interested parties (76%), improved public understanding of the transportation planning process (72%), improved public trust–credibility of the agency (60%), better projects–more effective transportation solutions (44%), and fewer adverse impacts on the community or the environment (44%).


The sustainable development goals (SDGs) take a holistic approach to development, encompassing the economic, social, and environmental dimensions. The July 2015 financing for development conference in Addis Ababa adopted an outcome document outlining a global framework for financing development to support the SDGs and the next 15 years of development. Youth engagement throughout the design and implementation of the SDGs is critical for success. The innovative and fresh ideas it takes to tackle the new challenges the world faces will most likely need to come from the youth. The I4A competition engages young people around the world to encourage them to develop and share their ideas for financing solutions to deliver the post-2015 development agenda. The competition drew global interest, reaching more than 260 universities and organizations and 26,000 online users. The highest representation came from India, Nigeria, and Peru. I4A leverages the capacity and convening power of the World Bank Group, other development organizations, and leading universities to draw on the creative insights and thoughtful innovations of the next generation of business and public sector leaders and practitioners around the world. It is hoped that I4A will help the World Bank Group and other development organizations redefine the global conversation by incorporating perspectives from young leaders and professionals.


1. We have just accomplished a total amendment of the capital adequacy rules in the Banking Ordinance, which was adopted by the Federal Council on 12 December 1994 and has to be implemented by all banks by the end of 1995. Apart from the irrelevant fact that it would hurt our technocratic pride to abandon this masterpiece of regulatory engineering so quickly, there are natural limits to the regulatory stress which a system can bear. It is better to have imperfect rules than to subject banks to a permanent process of regulatory change in search for perfection. We are in the middle of a demanding process of a comprehensive re-regulation of large parts of the financial sector and we risk to neglect the practical implementation of all this paperwork. What is the use of well-designed rules, if adequate resources to implement, audit and supervise are lacking? 2. Capital adequacy is only one, although important, cornerstone of financial regulation and is closely interrelated with e.g. large exposure limits. The joint working party, which I have the honour to chair, has just finished its proposal for a total amendment of the Swiss large exposure rules. This proposal is essentially based on the riskweighting system of the recently adopted capital adequacy regime, hence the RARapproach critized in Dr. SHELDON'S paper. If you remove the foundation-stone from the wall to replace it by another, differently shaped piece, the whole wall has to be rebuilt or otherwise collapses. 3. We are just about to embark on the next heavy course of the BIS-menu, the national implementation of the 1995 Supplement to the Basle Accord on capital adequacy for market risk. Already the standard method is not easy to digest, and the VAR-models approach is definitely a major regulatory challenge, if not a supervisory nightmare. The recognition of banks' internal models has far reaching consequences, to which I will turn later. Hence, there are good reasons not to rock the boat by jumping too quickly to a comprehensive models approach embracing all banking risks, before some experience has been gained in the field of market risks. Otherwise we might


OBJECTIVE
To verify the efficacy of motor branch block of the rectus femoris for stiff-legged gait in spastic patients.

DESIGN
Before-after treatment trial.

SETTING
University hospital physical medicine and rehabilitation department outpatient clinic.

PATIENTS
Thirty-one adult spastic patients with stiff-legged gait.

INTERVENTION
Motor branch block of the rectus femoris with 2% lidocaine and 5% phenol.

OUTCOME MEASURES
Subjective assessment of gait performance by patients themselves and objective assessment of gait speed and sagittal knee kinematics.

RESULTS
Seventy-four percent (23/31) of patients felt an improvement (improved knee bending, disappeared toe dragging) after nerve block with lidocaine. Sixteen of 17 patients with an abnormal swing phase activity of the rectus femoris without that of the vastus medialis or lateralis and 20 of 23 patients with a sufficient hip flexor strength expressed an improvement subjectively. Gait analysis showed increased maximal knee flexion at swing phase and increased slope of knee flexion curve at toe off (p < .05). Phenol block was performed in 19 of 23 patients who had had a subjective improvement in their gait performance after nerve block with lidocaine. Gait speed, maximal knee flexion angle at swing phase, and slope of knee flexion curve at toe off increased significantly after phenol block (p < .05).

CONCLUSION
Motor branch block of the rectus femoris can be an effective treatment in stiff-legged gait. Its effect is varied with hip flexor strength and dynamic electromyographic findings of quadriceps.


A series of 2-hydroxy-7,8-dihydroquinolin-5(6 H)-ones and7,8-dihydroquinoline-2,5(1 H,6 H)-diones have been synthesized in goodto excellent yields from Morita-Baylis-Hillman -adductacetates, cyclohexane-1,3-diones and ammonium acetate or primaryamines in one pot under solvent-free conditions.


Hydrology often takes an important place in the domain of hydraulic structures management, and is a key component of many hydraulic studies. Modelling the main hydrological processes requires a particular attention in order to deal with problems in an optimal way. Instrumented basins studies has pointed out the considerable impact of the sewer system on the hydrological outputs dynamics on small basins, even poorly urbanized. The current models often take into account the distributed impervious areas by adapting the corresponding surfaces runoff or infiltration coefficients. This approach, which is suited to produce correct runoff volumes, is however unable to represent the real flow outputs dynamics in which important variations can occur with a hourly time step. Modelling this flow component is essential to catch the rapidly-varying flow inputs generated by the runoff on drained impervious areas. An efficient modelling method has therefore been developed to include the sewer system in a global hydrological model (WOLF), using accurate landuse data in vector format and available data on the sewage system. These developments have been successfully tested on the Berwinne basin, Belgium.


Bensman and Gerver's (1964) theory of structural deviance is employed as a general framework for examining the functional indispensability of the fist-fight in ice-hockey. Qualitative materials con...


Cockett and Seely recently introduced a Lambek-style deductive system for finite products and sums, and proved decidability of equality of morphisms. The question remained as to whether one can present free categories with finite products and sums in a canonical way, i.e., as a category with morphisms and composition defined directly, rather than modulo equivalence relations. This paper shows that the non-empty case (i.e., omitting initial and final objects) can be treated in a surprisingly simple way: morphisms of the free category can be viewed as certain binary relations, with composition the usual composition of binary relations. In particular, there is a forgetful functor into the category Rel of sets and binary relations. The paper ends by relating these binary relations to proof nets.


Weak surrounding rock usually refers to the surrounding rock structure with low hardness and cementation degree, and is extremely susceptible to weathering conditions. In the actual construction process, the main reason is that the stress level is low, or the buried depth condition is poor, etc., which causes obvious construction deformation problems in the surrounding rock construction area and reduces the main construction safety. With the excavation of large-section tunnel in weak surrounding rock as the background, the finite difference software FLAC3D was used to simulate the advance grouting support of large-section tunnel in weak surrounding rock. This paper calculates and analyzes the step-by-step excavation of the tunnel, studies the displacement change and stable state during the tunnel excavation, and puts forward corresponding preventive measures and suggestions. The analysis results provide theoretical support for the tunnel construction control.


The discussion about the development of graphical interface using lightweight GUI in small resource 8 bit embedded system is carried on, ZLG/GUI' s characteristic, configuration and optimized process are analyzed in detail. The practice proved, in condi-tion of meeting the requirement of speed, ZLG/GUI suits 8 bit embedded system primary based on single-chip microcomputer, for a GUI development platform include simple functions.


The invention provides an RJ45 connector with foolproof elastic pieces. The RJ45 connector at least comprises a plastic shell body. A connector insertion chip is installed in the plastic shell body, and at least one RJ interface is formed in the plastic shell body. The connector insertion chip is installed in the RJ interface and comprises a metal terminal and a plastic board. The metal terminal is of a MOLDING structure and is integrally modeled and fixed on the plastic board in a sealed mode. The two foolproof elastic pieces are arranged at the front end of the top in the RJ interface and located on the left side and the right side in the RJ interface respectively, wherein the two foolproof elastic pieces are mutually symmetric. Each foolproof elastic piece is composed of a fixed piece of the upper portion and an elastic piece body of the lower portion, wherein the fixed piece is buckled on the top of the RJ interface in a clamped mode, the elastic piece body extends downwards in an inclined mode and is in an L shape, and the corner of the L-shaped elastic piece body faces the interior of the RJ interface. The RJ45 connector is reasonable in structural design and stable in signal transmission, has the foolproof function and is capable of preventing a phone connector from being inserted.


Purpose – This paper strives to examine and draw attention to important printed primary sources available in Google Books through the company's partnership with a growing number of European libraries. It aims to include a brief annotated bibliography and provide an analysis of a select number of digitized works in Google's vast digital library.Design/methodology/approach – The author researched texts published in the early modern era in Google Books, focusing on works with prominent visual elements. Each digitized book was evaluated for its intellectual contribution and narrative, as well as legibility and overall digital quality. This research was supplanted by an examination of pertinent secondary sources.Findings – Despite controversies over metadata and classification Google Books remains an indispensable research tool and offers unprecedented access to works in the public domain in a variety of languages and fields of study.Originality/value – This article encourages librarians, teachers, researchers...


THE EFFECTS OF NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY ON SCHEDONORUS PRATENSIS INFECTED WITH EPICHLOË UNCINATA IN AN OLD FIELD COMMUNITY Jenn Roloson Advisor: University of Guelph, 2019 Jonathan Newman Early field studies working with tall fescue have demonstrated that endophyte infected tall fescue can reduce species richness and become dominant in natural communities, however some studies have observed that endophyte infected grasses under nutrient limited conditions are not successful at invading natural communities and endophyte advantages are not always prominent. My research is aimed at answering two questions: (a) how does the plant community alter when exposed to Schedonorus pratensis over time (b) how does nutrient availability affect the symbiosis between S. pratensis and E. uncinata. Plant communities were sampled in unmanaged plots, the plots were either E+ S. pratensis plots, ES. pratensis plots or unseeded control plots.. My research suggests that S. pratensis abundance is decreasing with time. Species abundances and measures of community richness, Simpson's diversity and evenness fluctuated with year Fertilizer did not have a significant effect on endophyte concentration. Due to the experimental site being nutrient poor when S. pratensis plots were established it may be that S. pratensis cannot overcome years of exposure to nutrient low conditions or it is possible that meadow fescue and its fungal endophyte are not behaving mutualistically together.


A high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC/ESI-MS) method has been developed for the separation and detection of a series of carboxylic acids with one or more carboxyl groups, which can be formed during air oxidation of lignite. Chromatographic separation used an RP-C18 column with a gradient of water [containing 0.01% (v/v) formic acid] and acetonitrile, at a flow rate of 0.3 mL min−1. Detection by means of megaflow electrospray-MS was performed in the negative-ion mode [ESI(–)] at different cone voltages. The ESI(–) mass spectra of the carboxylic acids at a cone voltage of −20 V are characterized by the formation of [M – H]− anions together with fragmentation by loss of CO2 and sometimes H2O. Increasing the cone voltage effects enhanced fragmentation and leads to further structural hints. Lignite-derived analytes used for these HPLC/ESI-MS investigations were enriched from aqueous solution by solid-phase extraction on ISOLUTE ENV+, a polystyrene copolymer. From fragmentation results obtained with standards, conclusions regarding the existence of a variety of carboxylic acids containing one or more carboxyl groups could be drawn. A more definitive structural elucidation is possible when these results are used in combination with data from GC/MS (after analyte derivatization).


Aims and Objectives : The study was done to assess the hormones namely Estradiol, Testosterone, and Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulphate (DHEAs) one day before operation and on ninth post-operative day following surgical menopause. Materials and Methods : This is a cross sectional observational study. The study was done amongst the thirty four women aged between 40-48 years with functioning uterus and at least one ovary, not using any exogenous hormone preparations affecting ovarian function for last three months and having at least one menstrual period in three previous months were included in this study. They had under gone hysterectomy with bilateral salpingooophorectomy due to non-ovarian pathology. Fasting venous blood samples were taken one day before operation and on ninth post-operative day of surgical menopause Serum concentration of estradiol, testosterone, and DHEAS were determined. Results : The circulating estradiol level decreased significantly (p = 0.043) from 161 pg/ml preoperatively to 108 pg/ml. on ninth post-operative day after surgical menopause. In spite of reduction in mean testosterone level from 0.11 ng/ml. to 0.09 ng/ml. following surgical menopause, which is statistically insignificant (p = 0.247).There was no significant difference between the serum DHEA-S level before and after surgical menopause. A significant positive correlation was observed between pre-operative circulatory levels of DHEA-S with that of estradiol while there was absence of any significant corelations between any of the other pairs of values. Conclusion : The circulating estradiol level decreased significantly on ninth day after surgical menopause and significant positive correlation between pre-operative circulatory levels of DHEA-S with that of estradiol, but there was no significant co-relation between post-operative circulating estradiol with that of DHEA-S. Testosterone did not show any significant relation with estradiol neither in pre-operative period nor in post-operative condition.


In an unusual step, the European Commission sent a Statement of Objections to the International Skating Union (ISU) on 27 September 2016.

The ISU is composed of national ice-skating associations and is the sole body recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to administer the sports of figure skating and speed skating on ice. The EU competition investigation relates to the eligibility rules of the ISU governing participation in various skating events.

This development is unusual since, as the European Commission acknowledges, most sporting disputes concerned with issues related to the governance of a particular sport or the application of the rules to individuals (anti-doping, match fixing) are handled through the national legal system or through arbitration. As a consequence the sports sector, where pure sporting activities are involved, has achieved an element of autonomy in EU law. However, where sporting rules may have commercial consequences, the economic law of the EU may apply.


SUMMARY The VSOP terminal is a new data-acquisition system for the Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). This terminal was primarily designed for ground telescopes in the VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP). New technologies; higher-order sampling and digital filtering techniques, were introduced in the development. A cassette cart was also introduced, which supports 24-hour unattended operations at the maximum data rate of 256 Mbps. The higher-order sampling and digital filtering techniques achieve flat and constant phase response over bandwidth of 32 MHz without using expensive wide base-band converters. The digital filtering technique also enables a variety of observing modes defined on the VSOP terminal, even with a fixed sampling frequency in an A/D converter. The new terminals are installed at Nobeyama, Kashima, Usuda, Mizusawa, and Kagoshima radio observatories in Japan, and are being used in VSOP and other domestic VLBI observations. In this paper the key features of the VSOP terminal focusing on these advanced technologies are presented, and the results of performance tests


The study reported in this article assessed the effects of two small-group cooperative techniques (Discussion Group; Student Teams and Achievement Divisions) and the whole-class method on academic achievement in EFL for 665 pupils in 33 seventhgrade classes. The students were taught by 18 teachers (assigned at random to one of the three methods), who participated in training workshops followed up by in-class coaching. Evaluation of pupils' achievement was conducted by observation and by special achievement tests administered before and after the experiment. Particularly noteworthy are the findings revealing that both group methods registered significantly greater improvement than the whole-class method on the total score of the test and on the listening comprehension scale. These findings support the link between the communicative approach to foreign language instruction and cooperative learning in small groups. The study demonstrates how to forge a link between the content and the process of instruction.


Significance. Disability remains a pressing problem in the modern society and each country is developing its social and economic policy for persons with disabilities according to the level of its development. The scale and nature of disability have been changing over time and are influenced by demographic, social, and economic factors. Purpose. To assess disability indicators and identify the most significant socioeconomic factors affecting their dynamics. Material and methods. The study was carried out by processing data from the state statistical reports of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for the period 2017-2020, calculating dynamic series indicators, and the Spearman correlation analysis method. Results. Disability indicators in the Trans-Baikal Territory are positive. They are mainly accounted for by malignant neoplasms and diseases of the circulatory system. The study has proved the relationship between the unemployment rate and primary disability among the working population and recurrent disability among the adult working population (direct strong relationship), income and the level of primary and recurrent disability among the working population (inverse strong relationship), dilapidated housing and the level of primary and recurrent adult disability (direct strong relationship), and the share of housing with heating and the level of primary and recurrent disability among the working population (reverse strong relationship). Conclusion. During the period under study, the level of disability decreased. The relationship between socioeconomic factors and disability indicators has been proven.


I reconsider the HPSG Raising Principle which is introduced in Pollard & Sag (1994) to constrain the
way in which lexical entries describe the SUBCAT lists of the words they license. On the basis of
whether a complement is assigned a semantic role in a lexical entry or not, this entry may not or
must describe this complement as structure-shared with the unrealised subject of some other
(non-subject) complement. The formal status of this principle is still unclear, as it is formulated
as a 'meta principle' that does not talk about linguistic objects directly but rather about the
lexical entries that license them. I show that, although its meaning cannot be expressed faithfully
by the usual kind of constraints employed in HPSG, the Raising Principle can nevertheless be
replaced by two such constraints which make largely the same predictions. Most importantly, these
constraints interact with the output values of description-level lexical rules in the style of
Meurers (2001) in a way that makes predictions available that Pollard & Sag (1994) intended the
Raising Principle to make but that it cannot possibly make if description-level lexical rules are
employed.


Questions
Which environmental variables influence grass diversity in West Africa? What are the effects of climate and grass functional traits on the spatial patterns (richness and abundance) of the grass clades Andropogoneae, Paniceae and Chloridoideae?

Location
West Africa, demarcated by the Atlantic Ocean in the west and south (20° W and 4° N), the Sahara desert in the north (25° N) and the border between Niger and Chad in the east (20° E).

Methods
Based on 38 912 georeferenced occurrence records, we modelled the distribution of 302 grass species (51% of West African grass diversity). We integrated species richness, abundance and functional traits (life cycle, photosynthetic type and height) to determine the contribution of the most speciose grass clades (Andropogoneae, Paniceae and Chloridoideae) to overall grass diversity in West Africa.

Results
Precipitation is the variable most often influencing the species distribution models of grasses in West Africa. Richness and relative abundance of the tribe Andropogoneae show a centre of diversity in Sudanian savanna regions. The height of Andropogoneae species, generally >150 cm, is driving this ecological dominance. Species richness of the tribe Paniceae is more dispersed and shows two main centres of abundance: The southern regions with higher mean annual precipitation and tree density are dominated by C3 Paniceae species. The Sahelian regions in the north are dominated by short Paniceae species with the C4 NAD-ME photosynthetic subtype, as well as Chloridoideae possessing the same functional attributes.

Conclusions
Our study provides insight into the environmental correlates of grass species richness in West Africa and contributes to the much-needed research on tropical rangelands. Moreover, the integration of evolutionary history significantly improves our understanding of large-scale biodiversity patterns.


We present two closely-related approaches to product evaluation in less-commonly taught languages with native speaker informants and test participants. The Afghan Language Aptitude Battery (ALAB) was designed to be used to identify promising Afghan candidates for English language instruction before they started training in Afghanistan. In evaluating the battery, however, we were limited to testing in the United States. We asked Afghan service members who were already enrolled in language courses to act as usability participants and solicited their input on the design of the tests, the quality of the translations, and on the battery's suitability for use in Afghanistan. Our testing found that the students were able to accomplish the tests, though the elements were unfamiliar, but that the instructions required extensive revisions in order to make them understandable to a less-educated audience in Afghanistan. The difference in the outcomes of our two evaluations suggests that translation evaluation should be done separately from test evaluation.


The article considers the identification problem of dynamics' mathematical models of multidimensional objects, the algorithm of parametrical identification is shown in the example model one zone of a multidimensional object as a double aperiodic link.


2 Elinor L. Brown is an assistant professor in the College of Education and Bobby R. Howard II is a secondary English teacher and a post graduate student, both at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. In the effort to augment teacher candidate education beyond text-based direct instruction, universities and teacher preparation programs are incorporating more field-based interactions through which teacher candidates can master skills and reinforce pedagogy through experience. The term "service-learning" was first used by the Southern Regional Education Board in 1969 to describe "the accomplishment of tasks that meet genuine human needs in combination with conscious educational growth" (Staton, Giles & Cruz, 1999). Congress defined the term formally in 1990 as experiences that promote learning through participation in activities that address community needs. In 1993 Congress expanded the definition to include activities that provide opportunities for reflection and compassion building. The overarching goal of service-learning should be to enhance the text-based and direct instruction knowledge with authentic practices in real life environments (Astin, 1996; Brown, 2004; Checkoway, 1996; Danahue, Bowyer, Rosenberg, 2003; Eyler & Giles, 1999; Stanton, 1990). Service-learning activities can afford both the recipient community (social, classBecoming Culturally Responsive Teachers Through Service-Learning:


The species Trigonella foenum-graecum, wild or cultivated, is widely distributed throughout the world. This work aims to analyse the structure of thirty eight T. foenum-graecum cultivars selected from different Tunisian bioclimatic stages using physiological parameters. Cultivars were collected from upper-semi arid, sub humid and lower arid Tunisian bioclimatic stages. The physiological traits were measured using the portable apparatus LCi linked to a gas analyzer infrared (IRGA) and a data logger. A variance analysis was assured with SPSS 16.0. Cultivars classification was obtained after the calculation of Mahalanobis distances between the pairs of cultivars by XlStat software. A principal compound analysis was effectuated by StatBox software to verify the dendrogram clustering. Results showed significant variations in physiological traits between the studied cultivars. Dendrogram analysis revealed four clusters. The first cluster had photosynthesis rate from 12.74 to 19.83 µmol/m 2 /s, stomatal conductance from 0.14


This investigation was aimed at assembling different genetic building blocks to produce a focused DNA sensor to detect proteins related to glucose in blood, in order to diagnose early diabetes using synthetic biology and conventional molecular biology. A glucose DNA sensor was constructed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using genomic and synthesized sequences and were tested in both, In vivo using human blood plasma sampled, and In vitro using cultural media. The results were based on fluorescence intensity of the DNA sensor and compared with clinical methods. The DNA sensor was highly sensitive when mixed with plasma samples from different patients (i.e., diabetic, pre-diabetic, and normal) showing high fluorescence, and was able to detect a wide concentration range of glucose equivalent to clinical glycaemia values. Expression of proteins pertaining to glucose metabolism production was determined by 2D-DIGE gel electrophoresis-maldi analysis. The glucose sensor produced results less than a minute after being mixed with a drop of a human blood sample. Our results highlight the advantages of using constructed DNA sensors to detect glucose in blood for early diagnosis of diabetes. The yeast DNA glucose sensor was assembled successfully with standardized genetic parts and was able to detect low levels equivalent to clinical glycaemia (<140 mg/ dL), as well as a higher equivalent level of glycaemia (>200 mg/dL). Thus, our sensor can be used for early diagnosis of diabetes or pre-diabetic conditions, thereby allowing for earlier clinical intervention. The direct correlation between levels of glucose and the intensity of fluorescence of the DNA sensor shows the advantage of using this technology in order to identify specific types of diabetic patients. Sometimes, it is difficult to establish accurate correlations with different methods. human blood [7]. These types of sensors are versatile analytical tools that offer advantages over classical analytical methods due to their inherent specificity, selectivity, and simplicity [5]. Most biological and cellular sensors use membrane and cellular proteins that recognize and take up biomarkers from a medium [6]. However, DNA has also been used in molecular biosensors [8,9]. Biomarkers for detecting and diagnosing diseases include physical symptoms, mutated DNA and RNA, secreted proteins, processes such as cell death or proliferation, and serum concentrations of small molecules such as cholesterol or, in the case of diabetes, glucose [6]. Currently, the most common methods to diagnose diabetes use enzymatic reactions to determine glucose levels [10,11]. These methods measure glucose in whole blood because erythrocytes contain high concentrations of glucose [12]. The methods include the use of glucose oxidase, hexokinase, and glucose dehydrogenase [13-15]. The products of these reactions with blood sugar can be determined using colorimetric and spectrophotometric assays or by measuring the electric current produced in the enzyme reactions; the latter is the approach used in Correspondence to: Raul Cuero, 17515 Spring Cypress Rd., Suite C#111, Cypress, TX 77429, USA; Tel: +001 8324775510; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Patented (Patent No.: US 9,683,266 B2 – June 20, 2017)


To illuminate a certain footprint on Earth, a corresponding aperture distribution of the antenna in space needs to be generated. There are various possibilities to generate this distribution. A general classification is for example the distinction between direct radiation and radiation via reflecting apertures. The way in which the illumination is realised is directly linked to the complexity of the required feed system. Looking back, one can observe a change from small simple feed systems towards large complicated multifeed arrays, back to simple feeds again. Nowadays we again see the request for large feed systems and complex multifeed arrays. In this paper, we present a short history on antenna systems and the corresponding feed systems over the recent decades. An insight on current feed systems and future products is given.


On the basis of integrated well data and seismic data,combined with the high resolution sequence stratigraphic data,the river-lake delta sedimentary system of the Dameigou Formation in the Yuka Coal Field in the north margin of the Qaidam Basin,was divided into short-term,middle-term and long-term base-level cycles.A short-term base-level cycle could be subdivided into asymmetric up-deepening,asymmetric up-shallowening and symmetric basic structure types.The base-level cycles of different orders are correlated in the restriction cycle isochrostratigraphy correlation.Isochronous stratigraphic frameworks are established and coal is correlated within them.Finally,the patterns of coal accumulation were analyzed within the isochronous stratigraphic frameworks.


The periodic vehicle routing problem (PVRP) consists in establishing a planning of visits to clients over a given time horizon so as to satisfy some service level while optimizing the routes used in each time period. A new, simple and effective heuristic algorithm has been developed for the PVRP that is a tour construction type procedure with an embedded improvement procedure. Computational results obtained from the test problems taken from the literature indicate that the algorithm compares well in terms of accuracy and execution time with other existing algorithms, finding a larger number of best solutions.


Abstract This study uses household panel data from Malawi's 2010/11 and 2012/13 Integrated Household Panel Survey to investigate the mitigating role of its Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) against the deleterious impacts of negative rainfall shock on households' welfare in rural Malawi. The study finds that the FISP has a cushioning role on the negative impact of rainfall shocks. The use of a farm input subsidy scheme enables rural households to substantially increase their food consumption and overall food security, despite the increasing threat of climate change. The results of this study highlight the importance of agricultural policy, such as the FISP, in rural households' mitigation of weather risk.


The novel polymerizable mesogen copper(II) pentacosa-10, 12-diynoate {i.e. tetrakis[µ-(pentacosa-10, 12-diynoato)-O,O′]dicopper(II)}(CuPCD) has been synthesized and its transitional properties investigated. This material was found to exhibit a mesophase which differed significantly from those formed by the analogous copper(II)n-alkanoate mesogens. An analysis, based on X-ray diffraction data, of the mesophase ultrastructure is presented. It was found that the mesophase could be processed into highly ordered fibres of good optical quality. X-Ray diffraction was used to probe the fibre ultrastructure and order. The fibres may be polymerized, at room temperature, by low-intensity UV radiation, with no detectable disruption to the ultrastructure.


This work considers the application of Linear Dispersion (LDC) space time codes in the High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) service of UMTS. A high rate, multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system using multiple codes, as well as channel coding and LDC space time (ST) coding is proposed. The iterative receiver consists of a soft input and soft output (SISO) demodulator, followed by a SISO decoder. The demodulator is based on the well known linear multiuser detector. Simulation results in realistic frequency selective Third Generation Partnership Project test cases reveal good performance even for high rate HSDPA services.


The first two papers of this series are concerned with the mechanism of melting of simple monatomic solids. In this paper we discuss the melting of one-component glass forming systems and the nature of the viscous melt. Lattice statistics is used to analyze the thermodynamic behaviour of the two phase model for the liquid. The two phases are the clusters and monomer segments. The conformations of the system are evaluated using a flexibility parameter which depends on stearic hinderances among the adjacent segments. Inferences drawn from the model are in overall agreement with the properties of these systems.


Through colleges and universities on the current personnel management the main problems in the analysis,thus further strengthening the College of Human Resources Management Countermeasures.


This study explores the discourse around tobacco use, mainly cigarette smoking, as it related to changing values of citizenship in English Canada between 1890 and 1930. It focuses particularly on changing perceptions of working-class male youths who had taken up cigarette smoking in this period. Despite the general attraction of smoking to other sectors of the population after World War One, including middle-class male youths and adults as well as young women, this paper will argue that cigarette smoking had special symbolic meanings for those relatively disenfranchised from mainstream civic order and respectability. Conventional wisdom has long held that in addition to tobacco's threats, there are also certain benefits. These benefits have been presented as age-, gender- and product-specific. After 1920, smoking represented different terrors for those establishing and monitoring Canada's civic norms, and different "performative" possibilities for those contesting them.


In this paper,a surveillance video data anti-tampered based on AVS is introduced.The proposed system is mainly composed of anti-tampering features camera and an algorithm,based on digital signatures and MD5,DES and other algorithms.According to this algorithm,the surveillance video data can be fully certificated in order to judge whether this video is tempered or produced by a certain camera.In this way,the authenticity,reliability and integrity can be ensured to eliminate the doubts of the authenticity of electronic evidence.


In order to achieve maximum vehicle safety, advanced driver assistance systems as well as integrated safety systems need to be established in the vehicles. Especially in the field of camera-based driver assistance systems, numerous systems have been introduced in order to detect the vehicle's surroundings. However, the environmental sensors must be extremely reliable in detecting objects and tracking so that safety systems benefits. This paper presents an approach on how to analyze critical light conditions for cameras and extract disturbing parameters such as describing the glazing effect to improve object detection and tracking with cameras. In a model for detection of interfering and dazzling sources different methods of color and contrast processing were examined to determine critical regions. Subsequently, objects identified by a YOLO algorithm in the test images were compared with the critical areas and light parameters such as wavelength, intensity and color values were extracted for overlapping areas. In this way, on the one hand, the physical properties for reproducibility of the disruptive effect for test systems can be illustrated, and on the other hand, statements about correlations between objects and disruptions can be made.


Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis enables minimally invasive assessment of somatic genetic alterations for cancer patients. ctDNA analysis is quickly being incorporated into cancer care; notably in profiling patients9 tumors to guide treatment decisions. Patients have demonstrated a response to targeted therapies even when the actionable mutations detected in their plasma DNA was at low variant allele fractions (VAFs) ( The InVisionFirst assay is based on enhanced tagged amplicon sequencing (eTAm-SeqTM) technology and profiles 36 genes commonly mutated in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and other cancer types for actionable genomic alterations. Analytical validation demonstrated the performance of this assay for detection of point mutations, indels, amplifications and gene fusions that commonly occur in NSCLC. Over 100 different contrived samples and 200 plasma samples were analyzed, representing a wide spectrum of genetic aberrations and variant allele frequency (VAF). Analysis was performed by multiple operators, at different times and using different reagent lots. The InVisionFirst assay demonstrated an excellent sensitivity, with 99.48% sensitivity for SNVs present at VAF range 0.25%-0.33% and 92.46% sensitivity for indels at 0.25% VAF. DNA amplifications for ERBB2, FGFR1, MET and EGFR were also detected with high sensitivity and specificity. Greater than 50% of SNVs were detected down to a few molecules (0.06%-0.08% VAF), with the lower reportable range of 0.0125% for SNVs and indels. This high sensitivity was achieved while still retaining exceptional specificity (99.9997% per base). The assay also demonstrates, for the first time, detection of ALK and ROS1 gene fusions with an amplicon-based ctDNA technology. The novel methodology detected EML4-ALK and SLC34A2-ROS1 breakpoints at a VAF of 0.0625%. Comparison of VAFs between the InVisionFirst assay and ddPCR showed excellent concordance (R2 = 0.965). This analytical validation study has evaluated the performance characteristics of the InVisionFirst assay across a range of genomic alterations, establishing it as a highly sensitive and specific assay that meets the analytical requirements for clinical applications. The InVisionFirst assay can be deployed as a liquid biopsy NGS assay for broad molecular profiling of plasma to aid in the management of cancer patients. Citation Format: Samuel Woodhouse, Vincent Plagnol, Karen Howarth, Stefanie Lensing, Matt Smith, Michael Epstein, Mikidache Madi, Sarah Smalley, Catherine Leroy, Jonathan Hinton, Frank de Kievit, Esther Musgrave-Brown, Colin Herd, Katherine Baker-Neblett, Will Brennan, Peter Dimitrov, Nathan Campbell, Nitzan Rosenfeld, James Clark, Davina Gale, Jamie Platt, John Calaway, Greg Jones, Tim Forshew. Analytical validation of InVisionFirst™, a liquid biopsy assay for high-sensitivity broad molecular profiling of circulating tumor DNA using plasma samples of cancer patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 939.


Research and analysis on the current state of legal support over the land rental payments implementation have been conducted. The ongoing development and improvement of the legal framework of land relations regulating on issues of land rent payments have been given


The larval resources and embryonic development of common carp Cyprinus carpio were observed by the samples collected from the collectors held in Zhaoqing section in Pearl River from February to July in 2006.It was found that melanic pigmentation appeared before hatching and that the duration of embryonic development was shorter than that in other fishes,indicating that the common carp had good adaptability to environment.The fry with one chamber in their air bladders had total length of 7.5 mm,and about 36 pairs of myomeres,without melanic pigmentation on the pectoral fins.25 days after hatching,all fins were formed and scales occurred,showing the primary characters in the adult.The common carp spawned several times between 6 February and 24 April in 2006,and the total larval production was estimated to reach 2.39 million.The reproductive ecology and protection strategy were also discussed for common carp.


In the article the author suggest his solution of one of the problems of the professional contact employee of law enforcement officers by pedagogical means. The novelty in article lies in the notion of professional value guideline on to empathic ability in contact of the law-enforcement employees and facility of its shaping beside midshipman of the educational institutions of the Ministry of the Interior of RF


The company's financial performance is a benchmark for the success of managers in running a company. This study aims to determine the effect of operating leverage and capital structure partially or simultaneously on financial performance in the Go Public Company Property and Real Estate Sector. The sampling technique in this study is to use purposive sampling. Data analysis method in this study uses multiple regression analysis which is used to determine the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable together (F test) and partially (t test) and R2 test (coefficient of determination) carried out to find out how much influence the operating variable leverage (DOL) and capital structure (DER) on financial performance variables (ROA). From the t test results it is known that the variable operating leverage (DOL) and capital structure variables (DER) with a significance value of 0.044 and 0.015