The author began to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying regulation of hormone and metabolism in 1996 when he completed my bachelor's degree in the Department of Clinical Medicine in Tianjin Medical University and began my master's degree in the National Key Laboratory of Hormone and Brain Development, Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology. After getting his master's degree in Biochemistry in 1999, he went to the University of Florida, one of the public Ivy League in the United States, to pursue his doctor's degree in the Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine. During the next five years, he systematically learned and studied, from the neuroscience and molecular biology perspectives, the retina, one of the most important tissues at the posterior part of the eye. After acquiring his Ph.D. degree as one of the outstanding graduate students in 2004, he started his brief 1st round of postdoctoral training. He went to Pennington Biomedical Research Center in the United Sytates in 2007 to receive his 2nd and 3rd rounds of postdoctoral training in the Department of Neuroscience and the Department of Neurobiology, respectively. His work during this period focused on the molecular interactions between the signaling pathways mediated by ɑ-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (ɑ-MSH) and leptin at the interface of blood-brain barrier as well as the neural circuits regulating the physiological functions of ɑ-MSH and leptin in the hypothalamus. He came back to his hometown Tianjin, China in 2010 and started to work as a full Professor and Principal Investigator in the Laboratory of Translational Medicine. He adjusted his research direction to the novel molecular interventions to retinal diseases and their mechanisms of action by integrating the knowledge and expertise during his training and education. Ten years have passed since he followed this direction. His research group has published a number of papers on the protective effects of ɑ-MSH in several animal models of eye diseases, such as the rat models of diabetic retinopathy and dry eye, the mouse model of retinopathy of prematurity, and the chick model of glutamate-induced retinal excitotoxicity. He feel it necessary to summarize these results and integrate them with the current advances, thereby offering the scholars, graduate students, and medical doctors a monograph on ɑ-MSH in the field of eye research.


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Background This study aimed to identify differences in quality of life before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and determine the influence of psychological status on the observed changes in the quality of life among older adults. Methods The Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research study recruited Malaysians aged at least 55 years from 2013 to 2015. Follow-ups were conducted between September and December 2020. Quality of life was determined using the 12-item Control, Autonomy, Self-Realization, and Pleasure questionnaire. Psychological statuses were assessed using the 21-item Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale, 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale, and 4-item Perceived Stress Scale. Results This study included data from 706 individuals (mean age, 73.3±6.8 years). We observed reduced quality of life and increased anxiety among 402 (43.1%) and 144 (20.9%) participants, respectively. Participants felt "out of control," "left out," "short of money," and "life was full of opportunities" less often and could "please themselves with what they did" more often. Multivariate analyses revealed increased depression, anxiety, and stress as independent risk factors for reduced quality of life. Conclusion Individuals with increased depression, anxiety, and stress levels during the pandemic experienced a worsening quality of life. Thus, the development of effective strategies to address the mental health of older adults is needed to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on their quality of life.


[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CPAs are often tasked with vetting or working with numbers in a spreadsheet. And while accountants are well-trained to identify and correct accounting errors, spreadsheets bring the danger of many other types of errors. Field audit results compiled by University of Hawaii professor and spreadsheet expert Ray Panko showed errors in 88% of 113 spreadsheets audited between 1995 and 2007. That's a scary statistic, especially when one considers that decisions involving thousands or even millions of dollars are often based on spreadsheets. Decisions based on bad information can be hazardous to an organization's bottom line. The ultimate goal is to have a spreadsheet that produces accurate results, but as worksheets grow in size and complexity, ensuring accuracy becomes more difficult. Making even one small change in a spreadsheet may cause a ripple effect with unexpected consequences. What can a CPA do? This article walks you through different methods and built-in tools that can be used to audit and debug Excel spreadsheets. To follow along, go to the online version of this article at journalofaccountancy.com/debug-spreadsheet to download the "Spreadsheet to Debug.xlsx" file. The download fink is near the top of the page. The instructions below refer to Excel 2013 but also work, with some tweaks, for Excel 2010. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] GET A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPREADSHEET AND THE FUNCTIONS INVOLVED When initially opening a spreadsheet, first obtain a quick overall understanding of the spreadsheet, its parts, and the interaction between formulas and values. To see this in action, open the example spreadsheet. When you open the spreadsheet, a circular references warning pops up. Ignore this warning for now. The spreadsheet contains student scores in various categories, which are then weighted to get an overall weighted score for the class. Examine how it is put together. Open the [+] buttons at the top of the page. See which cells contain formulas by clicking on the FORMULAS tab, and then in the Formula Auditing group, selecting Show Formulas (or the shortcut Ctrl+~) (see "Overview of Where Formulas Are in the Spreadsheet"). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While the formulas are showing, zoom out so you can see the whole spreadsheet at once by using the bar on the lower-right corner (or Ctrl+mouse wheel). Because certain areas of this spreadsheet have been named, the name appears over those sections (see "Overall View of the Spreadsheet Layout"). Note where the formulas are and that there are inconsistencies in the formulas' sizes. In fact, as you zoom in on some of those inconsistencies, you see that they contain hard-coded values rather than formulas. For example, StudentMM is always going to get 82.22% in column BB regardless of how he or she has done on individual assignments (see "Formulas That Have Been Overwritten"). At some point, that cell formula was overwritten. In this case, if you copy the formula in the cell below it into cell BB42, you will get the correct score. Knowing where the formulas are and what they are supposed to do is the first step. CORRECT THE SYNTAX ERRORS Syntax errors are the easiest to find because the spreadsheet expresses them in bold. Note the #DIV/0! error in cell BC55 (you have to turn off Show Formulas to see this, then turn it back on). The formula itself looks OK. Try to figure out where the error is coming from and fix the problem. After clicking on the cell BB55, the FORMULAS tab=>Formula Auditing=>Trace Precedents helps by showing all inputs to the formula (see "Use Trace Precedents Multiple Times to Trace Cell Inputs"). The error has come from the cell with the red arrow. If you click Trace Precedents again, you can see which cells are being used in those formulas (i. …


The proliferation of IoTs beside the emergence of various cloud services push the horizon of edge computing. By offering cloud capabilities at the network edge closer to mobile devices, edge computing is a promising paradigm to resolve several vital challenges in IoTs, such as bandwidth saturation, energy constraints, low latency transmission, and data security and privacy. To provide a comprehensive understanding of edge computing supported by the integration of IoTs and cloud computing, that is, CoTs, this article first discusses some distinct research directions in CoTs with respect to edge computing. Given the significance of energy efficiency and sustainability of edge deployment in CoTs, we put forward a green and sustainable virtual network embedding framework for cooperative edge computing in wireless-optical broadband access networks. Specifically, we leverage a reliability function to confirm the number of backup edge devices, and embed virtual networks onto the suitable edge devices in CoTs. Finally, several research challenges and open issues are discussed.


The Parallel Repetition Theorem upper-bounds the value of a repeated (tensored) two prover game in terms of the value of the base game and the number of repetitions. In this work we give a simple transformation on games -- "fortification" -- and show that for fortified games, the value of the repeated game decreases perfectly exponentially with the number of repetitions, up to an arbitrarily small additive error. Our proof is combinatorial and short. As corollaries, we obtain: (1) Starting from a PCP Theorem with soundness error bounded away from 1, we get a PCP with arbitrarily small constant soundness error. In particular, starting with the combinatorial PCP of Dinur, we get a combinatorial PCP with low error. The latter can be used for hardness of approximation as in the work of Håstad. (2) Starting from the work of the author and Raz, we get a projection PCP theorem with the smallest soundness error known today. The theorem yields nearly a quadratic improvement in the size compared to previous work. We then discuss the problem of derandomizing parallel repetition, and the limitations of the fortification idea in this setting. We point out a connection between the problem of derandomizing parallel repetition and the problem of composition. This connection could shed light on the so-called Projection Games Conjecture, which asks for projection PCP with minimal error.


We present an approach to schema evolution through changes to the ER diagram representing the schema of a database. In order to facilitate changes to the ER schema we enhance the graphical constructs used in ER diagrams, and develop EVER, an EVolutionary ER diagram for specifying the derivation relationships between schema versions, relationships among attributes, and the conditions for maintaining consistent views of programs. In this paper, we demonstrate the mapping of the EVER diagram into an underlying database and the construction of database views for schema versions. Through the reconstruction of views after database reorganization, changes to an ER diagram can be made transparent to the application programs while all objects in the database remain accessible to the application programs. The EVER system can serve as a front-end for object-oriented databases.


Timesaving, automated measurements The Optical Stretcher is a novel laser tool to measure and analyse biomechanical properties, such as elasticity and relaxation, of single biological cells in suspension. By integration of a microfluidic system about 350 cells/ hour can be measured in a fully automated manner. This allows for the first time to collect significant statistical data from cell rheology.


Open source intelligence is a powerful tool for cybersecurity analysts to gather information both for analysis of discovered vulnerabilities and for detecting novel cybersecurity threats and exploits. However the scale of information that is relevant for information security on the internet is always increasing, and is intractable for analysts to parse comprehensively. Therefore methods of condensing the available open source intelligence, and automatically developing connections between disparate sources of information, is incredibly valuable. In this research, we present a system which constructs a Neo4j graph database formed by shared connections between open source intelligence text including blogs, cybersecurity bulletins, news sites, antivirus scans, social media posts (e.g., Reddit and Twitter), and threat reports. These connections are comprised of possible indicators of compromise (e.g., IP addresses, domains, hashes, email addresses, phone numbers), information on known exploits and techniques (e.g., CVEs and MITRE ATT&CK Technique ID's), and potential sources of information on cybersecurity exploits such as twitter usernames. The construction of the database of potential IoCs is detailed, including the addition of machine learning and metadata which can be used for filtering of the data for a specific domain (for example a specific natural language) when needed. Examples of utilizing the graph database for querying connections between known malicious IoCs and open source intelligence documents, including threat reports, are shown. We show that this type of relationship querying can allow for more effective use of open source intelligence for threat hunting, malware family clustering, and vulnerability analysis.


The paper assesses FDI in Western Balkan countries and attractiveness of Macedonian clusters. The first part is consisted of macroeconomic data on FDI in Western Balkan countries, expected FDI in the region based on forecast function. The second part shows competitiveness of two Macedonian clusters.  According to the Macedonian Investment Agency, automotive and food processing industry are considered as a high competitive on a regional level and industries with high potential to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDI). For this purpose, I have build a match-making matrix of this two clusters, based on an article and methodology proposed by: S. Young, N. Hood and A. Wilson in "Targeting Policy as a competitive strategy for European Inward Investment Agencies"- European Urban & Regional Studies-1994


This research is concerned with the frictional interactions at the toolwork interfaces in the machining and strip-drawing processes. A novel feature is that transparent sapphire (single crystal Al2O3) is being used as the tool and die material. This allows the tribological features of the interface to be directly observed and recorded on movie-film. These qualitative studies provide information on the role of lubricants. In addition, techniques are being developed to quantify the velocity gradient along the interface. For example, in the drawing work it has been found that tracer markings (e.g. dye-spots), applied to the undrawn strip, remain intact during drawing and can be tracked along the sapphire/strip interface. Such data will be used as input to a finite-element, elasto-plastic-workhardening model of the deformation process. The latter can compute strip deformation characteristics, drawing forces and local coefficients of friction at the interface. Introductory results will be presented in this pap...


ABSTRACT We prove the existence of a positive ground state and a sign-changing solution with exactly two nodal domains for the equation in , where , , is a parameter, , and . The equation is subcritical if and critical if .


PURPOSE
This study aimed to conduct a job analysis of nurse carecoordinators and to identify the frequency, importance and difficulty of each task of their job.

METHODS
A committee for developing a curriculum (DACUM) was formed and members of the committee defined nurse care coordinators' jobs and enumerated the duties, tasks and task elements by applying the DACUM technique. Then nurse care coordinators enrolled in the pilot project evaluated the frequency, importance and difficulty of each task.

RESULTS
From the job descriptions of nurse care coordinators, we identified 12 duties and 42 tasks. Each task comprised 1~5 task elements. Among tasks, 'assess the patient's general health status' was carried out most frequently. Nurse care coordinators perceived that 'check vital signs' and'strengthen patient competence to promote health behaviors' were more important than all other tasks. The most difficult task was 'develop professionalism as a nurse care coordinator'.

CONCLUSION
The nurse care coordinators' roles developed in this study will serve as the key guidelines for human resource management of care coordinators. Further, job specifications for nurse care coordinators need to be developed, which is necessary for designing education and training programs. We also need to integrate primary health care as an essential component in nursing education.


The utility model provides a horizontal middle-opening and double-inlet pump. The horizontal middle-opening and double-inlet pump comprises a pump cover, a pump base and a rotor subassembly. The pump base is covered with the pump cover, the rotor subassembly penetrates through the pump base, the two ends of the rotor subassembly penetrate out of the pump base, a plurality of impellers are installed on the rotor subassembly and installed in the pump base in a back-to-back mode, and two suction inlets and a discharge port are formed in the pump base. A front bearing subassembly and a back bearing subassembly are installed at the two ends of the rotor subassembly respectively. An oil blocking cover is arranged between the front bearing subassembly and the pump base, and an oil blocking cover is arranged between the back bearing subassembly and the pump base. A back pump sealing ring, a front pump sealing ring and a low-pressure end sealing cavity sealing ring are arranged between the impellers and the pump base, and a back pump sealing ring, a front pump sealing ring and s low-pressure end sealing cavity sealing ring are arranged between the impellers and the pump cover. The horizontal middle-opening and double-inlet pump is good in sealing performance, compact in structure, convenient to maintain, high in efficiency, good in anti-cavitation performance, safe, reliable and long in service life, and is not likely to pollute the environment.


ABSTRACT The use of by-plot coefficient of variation (CV) has not been evaluated in precision agricultural work. This study evaluated the relationship between CVs determined from normalized-difference vegetative index (NDVI) sensor readings, plant population, and sensing direction on NDVI values. Randomly selected plots, measuring 1 m2 (2003) and 3 m2 (2004), were established for this study. Plots in 2004 were divided into three 1 m2 subplots with, 0 and 120 kg ha−1 fall-applied N, and 80 kg ha−1 topdress nitrogen (N). Sensor reading of subplots were taken at Feekes 5 and 7 using the Green Seeker hand-held sensor. Results showed that the relationship between vegetative RI (RINDVI) and harvest RI (RIHarvest) improved with increasing CV values. The prediction of RIHarvest was improved when CV was integrated into the RINDVI calculation. RIHarvest can be better predicted with RINDVI when the CV of spectral radiance measurements is used in the RINDVI equation.


inedicalising it may raise issues of potential discriniination against women. It raises the danger that regular menstruation will be seen as a debilitating condition and used as a reason to bar women from demanding jobs that require continuous performance."' Menstruation should be recognised as an individual experience for some women it niay be the cause ofserious health problems or discomfort that leads to the need for days off work, while for others it is nierely an inconvenience. However, a woman's choice to nienstruate or not should be respected. Fear of potential discriniination should not prevent the disseniination of information on this option but rather the choice to menstruate, like decisions to use contraception or hormone replacement therapy for example, should be accommodated.


The 1979 Iranian Revolution undoubtedly belongs to the "great" revolutions of modern times – all of which were characterized by universalistic efforts and the claim to have set new social, political and cultural norms with global validity. In this sense, the Iranian revolutionaries felt the obligation to actively reintroduce Islam as a revelation for the whole world, not only for Muslims. Yet, they soon became aware that most Muslims viewed their export strategy as either an attempt to enforce Shiism, or – even worse – to conceal mere national megalomania. Therefore, the current leadership argues that the revo¬lution should no longer be exported actively, but that Iran should serve as an example. Consequently, Supreme Leader Khamenei called the events of the Arab Spring a "natural enlargement of Iran's Islamic revolution of 1979" and credited his country for being the catalyst of this "Islamic awakening." The present article will analyze selected regional reactions to the Islamic awakening concept, which did not altogether meet Iranian expectations.


From the SPSS data processing, the obtained variable t count Working Environment (X 1 ) is greater than the value t table (5,485 > 2.00030), this indicates that there is significant influence between the Work Environment for Job Stress. Leadership for the variable (X 2 ) obtained t count greater than t table (8,519> 2.00030), with the results of the study indicate that there is significant influence between the leadership of the Job Stress. Job Stress While the value of the variable (Y) obtained t count value greater than the value t table (14,207 > 2.00030), thus showing a significant influence between Job Stress on employee performance. For F count value greater  than  the value  F tabel  (58,515>3,15) This  shows  that  there  is  significant  influence simultaneously between Working Environment and Leadership on Job Stress the performance of employees. Then from the calculation of the total (direct and indirect effect) of is 18,11, or 1,811%. It means that a relatively large impact on the work environment and the leadership of the Job Stress on Employee Performance in Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum dan Perumahan Rakyat Direktorat Jenderal Sumber Daya Air Provinsi Bangka Belitung.


When the pipelining loop has a great number of iterations,or the size of its body is large,but the number of available threads is small,the workload between two synchronizations of a thread is so heavy,which produces pretty low degree of parallelism.The traditional trade-off approach based on loop tiling cannot handle the above situation.To solve this problem,a pipelining granularity decreasing approach based on loop tiling was proposed.The optimal pipelining granularity was obtained by building the cost model for pipelining loop and a pipelining granularity optimizing algorithm was implemented.By measuring the wavefront loops of Finite Difference Relaxation(FDR) and the representative loops of Finite Difference Time Domain(FDTD),the loops show better performance improvement by using the proposed algorithm than the traditional one.


A computer implemented system and method for providing a computer and collaboration platform around knowledge transfer, expertise, innovation, tangible, intangible and information assets are disclosed. The system converts a static expert content into an active forum in an effective manner to promote collaboration among users in the various categories. The system converts the static content into one or more sections according to a parsing rule. Each section is assigned with one or more categories and one or more plug-ins for forming a framework. The system captures the framework as a model and generates one or more data partnering objects, and stores them in a database. Pursuant to a user's request and attributes of the user, appropriate one or more of the data partnering objects are retrieved from the database to generate an active forum. The system, then, publishes the active forum.


The analogue to digital conversion is very important for every electronic equipments ranging from the bottom level to the top level. Every data which is captured is changed into the digital form. In order to capture the data with proper and efficient ways different ADC devices are designed and manufactured. Before the designing of the device, modelling of the device is checked how its behavior would be in the real time functioning. This helps to simulate the functionality of the device before the fabrication and change it if needed for the future amendments. Thus, modelling allows reducing the error and increasing the performance of the device. Different software is used for these purposes and one of the languages which do is hardware descriptive language. Here, we have used Model Sim for the modelling of the ADC. The work is carried by splitting the ADC into different blocks like 14-bit ADC, Digital Serializer, Clock generator and control interface for serial mode configuration and accordingly the modeling of the device is done. The Introduction explains the design requirements and discussed some the methodologies. The Analog to digital converters is described with various features and key terms. Further the VHDL implementation is explained with simulation results. The paper includes the detail of the work researched and carried out.


When we look at images, we do not perceive pixels, we perceive structures. Recognizing visual objects requires the ability to reliably identifying the structures of objects from pixels. In this dissertation, we propose methods to align the images of deformable objects and investigate their use for object recognition.
Suppose the pose of an object is roughly known, our first goal is to recover its detailed shape. We develop a three-layer generative framework which models how image observation of an object can be generated from its shape deformation and geometric transformation parameters. Within this framework, we can control the smoothness of the estimated object structure in a way that observation noises are suppressed and sufficient shape details are recovered from the image. This approach is first developed for frontal face alignment which involves linear shape deformation and 2D similarity transform, then extended to handle 3D shapes, multi-modality deformations, partial shape observations, and multiple observation candidates. We demonstrate the robustness of this approach in an on-line face alignment system.
We further investigate the problem of aligning deformable objects without initial pose. We propose a hypothesis generating and testing method to locate objects and recover their structures at the same time. Objects are represented by collections of redundant but well-aligned parts, each of which carries a specific amount of geometric information. The hypotheses of object structure are generated from small sets randomly selected parts, and evaluated according to the previous generative model. An object is detected as well as aligned when the optimal hypothesis is identified. The advantage of this approach is its potential to tackle the recognition problems traditionally considered as difficult, such as localizing objects with large deformations and partial occlusions.


too short to be completely reduced, so the walls of the stomach were stitched to the borders of the aperture at various points and the abdomen was closed. The child stood the operation very well. Vomiting still occurred afterwards and the vomit was still blood-stained, but was less in amount and less frequent. The child was first nursed well propped-up with pillows in order that as much of the abdominal contents as possible might be kept away from the suture line by gravity. This method was abandoned in favour of nursing the child on his face. This reduced the number of the vomits considerably and on discharge he had regained the weight originally lost. X-ray examination.-23.2.35: Part of the stomach still in the thorax, but less than on the last occasion. (This was only the part of the stomach left in the thorax at operation.)


Summary: ATLAS (Automatic Tool for Local Assembly Structures) is a comprehensive multi-omics data analysis pipeline that is massively parallel and scalable. ATLAS contains a modular analysis pipeline for assembly, annotation, quantification and genome binning of metagenomics and metatranscriptomics data and a framework for reference metaproteomic database construction. ATLAS transforms raw sequence data into functional and taxonomic data at the microbial population level and provides genome-centric resolution through genome binning. ATLAS provides robust taxonomy based on majority voting of protein-coding open reading frames (ORFs) rolled-up at the contig level using modified lowest common ancestor (LCA) analysis. ATLAS is user-friendly, easy install through bioconda maintained as open-source on GitHub, and is implemented in Snakemake for modular customizable workflows. Availability and implementation: ATLAS is written in python and distributed under a BSD license. ATLAS is compatible with python 3.5+ and anaconda 3+ versions. ATLAS functions on both MacOS and Linux. The source code of ATLAS is freely available at https://github.com/ pnnl /atlas . Contact: Richard Allen White III and Janet Jansson, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com


DEGAN ZHANG†, YANAN ZHU‡, SI LIU, XIAODAN ZHANG AND JINJIE SONG Key Laboratory of Computer Vision and System Ministry of Education, Tianjin Tianjin Key Lab of Intelligent Computing and Novel Software Technology Tianjin University of Technology Tianjin, 300384 P.R. China School of Electrical and Information Engineering The University of Sydney Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China Beijing, 100038 P.R. China E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; {724972157; 406690108; 2310674826; firstname.lastname@example.com


To address the current lack of certified reference materials (CRMs) for biodiesel analysis, the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission (EC), launched a comprehensive feasibility study on the production of biodiesel CRMs for relevant specification parameters as provided in EN 14214,(1) the basis for defining product specifications and measurement methods for biodiesel in the European Union (EU). Laboratories need to be able to check the performance of their methods. This is also true for standardized methods, the use of which does not per se guarantee reliable results. Without underestimating the role and importance of other quality control tools, this paper is focused on aspects for the development of appropriate CRMs to be used for quality control in biodiesel analysis. Homogeneity and stability of a biodiesel material were investigated with dedicated studies. Of the 22 parameters considered overall, it could be shown that it would be f...


The relation between economy and politics shows itself in its sharpest way in the economy politics of the governments. The aim of this study is to add one more variable to the variables found in political instability literature and put forward its relation with inflation. Voting power expresses the power of opposition parties and ruling party in any decision making process. Another aim of the study is to analyse the effects of voting power on inflation which are mostly used in instability literature and Normalized Banzhaf Index value which is formed regarding to the election results of 47 countries in the 1987-2019 period. According to the analysis results, total power index values of the coalition parties and the governing party are inversely proportional with inflation and significant results are obtained for all the variables. The power voting index of the main opposition parties and inflation has a directly proportional effect and meaningful relation.


The thermal insulation and protection principles of infrared thermal reflective coating and its research progress are reviewed.Nano-ceramic hollow bead application on infrared thermal reflective coatings is mainly introduced.Fabricating the composite infrared thermal reflective coating by means of the sol-gel method is presented and the improvement of the thermal insulating performance of fibrous thermal insulation by nano-composite infrared thermal reflective coating is introduced.


Indeed, consumption expenditure is a very important element of increasing the economic growth, which was confirmed by enough empirical studies in different countries. But in Sri Lanka there is no evidence regarding the relationship between the consumption expenditure and economic growth. In order to test this relationship, this study used both multiple regression and Johansen and Juselius cointegration techniques by using time series data during the period of 1975 to 2014 of the following variables: exports, gross domestic product, consumption expenditure of households, and official development assistant. In this study, both techniques confirmed that the consumption expenditure positively impact on the economic growth and moves with the economic growth in the long run period. Thus, this study strongly confirmed that the consumption expenditure in Sri Lanka induces the economic growth over the sample period. Therefore, this study recommends, if the policy makers should develop the policy to promote the consumption expenditure, the economic growth should be positively moved, so policy makers have to design consumption promotion policy.


A green sand casting mold having at least a pair of green sand mold parts each having a recessed part and a mold mating surface, wherein a hardening layer the primary component of which is a thermosetting resin is formed on the surface of the recessed part and the mold mating surface of each green sand mold part, with the hardening layer having a hardness of 40-98, a thickness of 0.5-6 mm, and an air permeability of 70-150. The green sand casting mold is manufactured by coating the surface of the recessed part and the mold mating surface of each green sand mold part with a hardening agent having as the primary component a thermosetting resin and having a viscosity of 1-100 mPa·S, and then mating the green sand mold parts, after which heat is applied to harden the hardening agent.


Rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems offer a number of advantages as an alternative water supply solution, not just in arid and semi-arid areas. These technologies can also help reduce the risk of flooding in metropolitan areas. The need of collecting rainwater to partially fulfil household water demand is now generally recognised since climate change and population growth are reducing the availability of water resources in many locations. Installing rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems is a valuable and effective way to reduce the use of drinking water for home purposes, not only in arid and semi-arid areas, but also in other areas where water is scarce


Lowering the temperatures in heating systems is the key to decarbonizing the heat supply in the building sector, because it is a door opener to greater integration of renewable heat, the use of excess heat and to improve compatibility for heat pumps. This often fails because heating systems, especially in unrenovated building stock, usually require high supply temperatures. Previous studies on temperature reduction in existing buildings are performed mainly numerically, whereas in this research the numeric calculations are validated by measurements. For this purpose, a demonstrator with two different ceiling heating systems is integrated in the listed architecture building of the Technical University of Darmstadt and the achievable temperature reduction is investigated. Based on this, parameter variations are conducted through a simulation model in order to test the feasibility of the concept for the entire building. The results show that even with an unrenovated building envelope, a significant temperature reduction to below 45 °C is possible without exceeding the normative limits of thermal comfort. With moderate building envelope renovation, the reduction is possible even to below 36 °C. The measures investigated can make the building compatible with renewable heat potentials without negative impacts on the cultural heritage.


AlN-Y2O3 ceramics is studied as a material for application in the area of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) dosimetry. The properties of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and thermally stimulated luminescence (TL) revealed by AlN ceramics are characterized and considered for practical application. A special attention is devoted to studies of the spectral properties of the material, including stimulated luminescence. Spectral properties of the material make it potentially suitable for dosimetric application both in UV-C region (200-290 nm), where it has the maximum sensitivity, and in UV-B+UV-A (290-350 nm) region, where the spectral behavior of its sensitivity coincides rather well with that of the human skin.


To the Editor.— News has just arrived that the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration has proposed that manufacturers of birth control pills may be forced to enclose in each package of pills a lengthy warning about the hazards of their use. There are three things wrong with his proposal: Because of news coverage of Senator Nelson's hearings on the oral contraceptives, women have already been warned of risks. As a result, thousands are said to have stopped taking the pills, and some unwanted pregnancies have been reported. Some women of lively imagination who have never had any trouble while taking the pills, when they read the proposed "What You Should Know About Birth Control Pills," are going to develop one or more of the following: mental depression, swelling, headaches, nervousness, dizziness, fatigue, backache, changes in appetite and sex drive, pain when urinating, nausea and vomiting, or


The utility model relates to a GSM/PHS double-mode mobile phone serial port debugging information output control circuit. An analog switch is added between serial port signal lines of a GSM/PHS mobile phone; when needing to output debugging information, the utility model switches off serial port signals between a GSM module and a PHS module by controlling the analog switch. The analog switch can be controlled by an AND gate, wherein an output end of the AND gate is connected with the analog switch and two input ends are respectively connected with GPIO ports of the GSM module and the PHS module. The analog switch can also be controlled by an NAND gate, wherein an output end of the NAND gate is connected with the analog switch and two input ends are respectively connected with the GPIO ports of the GSM module and the PHS module. With no influence of normal serial communication of a GSM and a PHS, the utility model can achieve real-time output of software debugging information by controlling the analog switch to be the switched off at any time of so as to effectively solve the problem of mutual interference between the modules when outputting debugging information of the serial ports.


Discussion of two new ESDV systems designed by Furmanite Engineering Ltd. (UK) to ensure that efficient and cost effective integrity testing can be carried out to meet today's requirements


This paper presents an implementation of a ball catching task using a monocular vision-based mobile robot. We have proposed a motion strategy for catching a ball flying in three-dimensional space. This strategy has its roots in the field of experimental psychology but is more powerful and concentrated on a robot. A practical trajectory control law is derived for a non-holonomic mobile robot to track and catch a ball. This control law educes the full potential of the motion strategy: we experimentally demonstrate that a monocular vision-based mobile robot, coping with the problem due to its non-holonomic constraint, successfully catches a ball.


The article is about the way knowledge is shared among different points of view. Today the sharing of knowledge underscores one of the most controversial and critical issues in scientific research by posing the question of how very different versions of the same social or cultural facts can co-exist. This issue concerns not only scholars and research workers, but involves many citizens too, since the co-existence of different points of view is also changing our increasingly global society where different cultures, traditions and values co-exist.
From an epistemological point of view, the relationship between different types of knowledge also implies the type of relation that is present between the individual "knowledge of the facts" and the "facts" themselves. Our relationship with reality changes radically according to how we imagine this relation to be. Indeed, I shall try to show that our implicit epistemologies do not solely concern scientists and research workers but all free citizens because in today's global world the way we conjugate the representation of reality with reality makes a difference in whether it is possible to have a democratic co-existence.


Semiconducting As 2 Se 3 thin films were prepared on stainless steel and Fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrates from aqueous media using electrodeposition technique. It has been found that As 2 O 3 and SeO2 in the volumetric proportions as 4:6 and their equimolar solutions of O.075M concentration forms good quality films of As 2 Se 3 . The characterization of the prepared films was carried out using X-ray diffraction and optical absorption techniques. These studies reveal that as deposited films are polycrystalline having an optical band edge (direct) 1.95 eV.


An apparatus for filling the holder of a machine for preparing espresso coffee dosisseleccionadas ground coffee according to the needs, comprising at least one machine (10, 10A) for the preparation of espresso coffee provided with a plurality of units (14, 15, 16, 17) of distribution prepared labebida comprising each of the distribution units a filter holder (22, 23, 24, 25) separabley a plurality of buttons for selecting the drink to be distributed by the respective unit dedistribucion, and at least one grinder coffee beans and a device (1) dosage provided a hopper parael supply grains with an adjustable grinding which is adapted to provide a size granodeseado for ground coffee , an outlet (3) for supplying ground coffee and means (8) for maintainers of a holder (22, 23, 24, 25) of the coffee machine relative to the outlet (3) desuministro when being filled with the dose of ground coffee, wherein the holder (22, 23, 24,25) and the respective unit (14, 15, 16, 17) distribution machine ( 10, 10A) for the preparation of estanprovistos coffee code (31) and a respective detector (26, 27, 28, 29) code for their respective reconocimientocuando the filter holder is retained on the distribution unit, that the device ( 1, 32, 33, 34, 35) dedosificacion and grinding comprises a detector (7) code arranged in the vicinity of the means (8) holding the holder (22, 23, 24, 25) for filling with dose ground coffee because comprendeuna machine unit (11) generates an identification information about the type of dosage with which the holder (22,23, 24, 25) of a respective unit (14, 15, 16, 17) distribution will be completed and that the device (1, 32,33, 34, 35) and dosing molt uration of coffee beans comprises a unit (9) screening lainformacion generated by the unit (11) identification, determining unit (9) sensing the portafiltrode a corresponding distribution unit is recognized and the corresponding dose to be suministradaal holder when the latter is located and retained by means (8) of the device (1, 32, 33, 34, 35) dedosificacion and grinding.


TaiwanICDF provides a loan in an amount up to US$3 million to Integral S.A.C., to strengthen its capacity to expand its microfinance business in terms of number and amount of its loan portfolio.


One on each side: gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and semiconducting quantum dots (QDs) are integrated on a single DNA origami scaffold. Streptavidin-functionalized QDs bind to biotin anchors on one side of the DNA origami, while DNA-coated AuNPs bind through DNA hybridization to single-stranded DNA on the other side of the scaffold. This approach offers a new path toward the organization of complex systems consisting of disparate materials.


Abstract In his last work, the Nomoi, Plato outlines the rule of the law as the best possible politeia of human coexistence. This rule particularly requires the convincing speech of the legislator: The actual validity of the law does not depend solely on whether it is itself good, but also crucially on whether the citizens, out of inner conviction, accept it as good and therefore obey it. Stronger than the law, which only enforces compliance with it and threatens to punish any violations, is the law, the meaning and benefits of which the legislator justifies credibly and convincingly to all citizens in his (written) legislation.


A green and facile fermentation method for the synthesis of carbon based dots (CDs) has been developed for the first time. The fluorescence (FL) properties of the obtained CDs could be tuned by changing the kind of microbes. For instance, the fermentation of leaves with Bacillus subtilis produces red emission CDs, which show great application potential in bioimaging. The formation mechanism and the FL mechanism of the CDs have been well discussed.


A non-Euclidean space is characterized as a manifold with a specific structure that violates Euclid's postulates. This paper proposes to approximate a manifold with polytopes. Based on the scene designer's specification, the polytopes are automatically concatenated and embedded in a higher-dimensional Euclidean space. Then, the scene is navigated and rendered via novel methods tailored to concatenated polytopes. The proof-of-concept implementation and experiments with it show that the proposed methods bring the virtual-world users unusual and fascinating experiences, which cannot be provided in Euclidean-space applications.


We study spectral densities for systems on lattices, which, at a phase transition display, power-law spatial correlations. Constructing the spatial correlation matrix we prove that its eigenvalue density shows a power law that can be derived from the spatial correlations. In practice time series are short in the sense that they are either not stationary over long time intervals or not available over long time intervals. Also we usually do not have time series for all variables available. We shall make numerical simulations on a two-dimensional Ising model with the usual Metropolis algorithm as time evolution. Using all spins on a grid with periodic boundary conditions we find a power law, that is, for large grids, compatible with the analytic result. We still find a power law even if we choose a fairly small subset of grid points at random. The exponents of the power laws will be smaller under such circumstances. For very short time series leading to singular correlation matrices we use a recently developed technique to lift the degeneracy at zero in the spectrum and find a significant signature of critical behavior even in this case as compared to high temperature results which tend to those of random matrix models.


The goaf under the transmission line is prone to natural disasters such as surface subsidence and uneven surface subsidence, which poses a great threat to the surface power facilities. The effective exploration and evaluation of goaf can greatly reduce the probability of occurrence of accidents. The goaf under the transmission line has a complicated electromagnetic environment compared with the general goaf. Traditional methods, such as high-density resistivity method and transient electromagnetic method, usually increase transmitted power to improve signal-to-noise ratio, which will make the instrument bulky and not conducive to detection in wild. Based on spread spectrum code technology in communication field, an electromagnetic detection emission system is studied and designed by widening the frequency of transmitted signal and combining the correlation algorithm of spread spectrum, which can achieve better anti-interference ability without increasing power and improve the detection efficiency and accuracy. Keywords—transmission line; goaf; spread spectrum code; electromagnetic detection emission system


The aim of this research was to analyze the expression profile of ST6Gal Ⅰ and Ⅱ(ST6) in Chinese yellow chicken.Based on the sequence of the ST6 of the chicken that reported in NCBI,primers were designed and the Chinese yellow chicken ST6 gene were amplified by PCR.The tissue specific expression profile was analyzed by semi quantitative RT-PCR.The results showed that the ST6 genes were expressed in various tissues but the express levels Varied.The ST6Gal Ⅰ gene has the highest express level in the heart and lowest in brain while the ST6Gal Ⅱ gene was highest in the thymus and lowest in the liver.ST6Gal Ⅰ gene has higher express level than ST6Gal Ⅱ in the same tissue of the yellow chicken.


Terminology and orthography are the bugbears of South African historians, as they are often highly contested signs. I have done my best to render personal names in the orthography used by the individual concerned or his or her descendants. The prefixes of words in the Bantu languages have been added for ordinary nouns, and for ethnonyms and their derivatives. Thus Sesotho is the language of the Basotho (singular Mosotho), who live in Lesotho, isiZulu that of the amaZulu in KwaZulu, and so forth. (The apparently eccentric capitalisation is that of current orthographies.) Where I have used these as adjectives, I have not provided prefixes, which would, of course, depend on the class of the noun so modified. Thus I write of the Tswana people, but of the Batswana. Place names are generally the modern ones, thus Maputo for Lorenco Marques. I have used the names of the post-1994 provinces where appropriate to designate geographical areas, but where the area I wish to describe is included in several modern provinces, I have not hesitated to use older appellations. Thus I write of Mpumalanga rather than the Eastern Transvaal, but of the Southern Transvaal to refer to an area now included in the provinces of Gauteng, part of Mpumalanga and part of the North-West Province. I have also written of the Transkei and the Ciskei to describe the regions in question, although the Bantustans with these names have, thankfully, disappeared. The names were, of course, older than the Bantustans. The titles of certain acts of legislation have been retrospectively changed to accord with modern sensibilities. Thus the Natives Land Act of 1913 is now generally known as the Black Land Act. I have tended to maintain the original description, out of a dislike for anachronism. I appreciate that the names were somewhat insulting (though there were many worse), but so were the acts. The various African languages all have their own orthographies, which are not consistent with each other, nor even between the Sesotho of Lesotho and that of the republic.


Objective To evaluate the patient's condition and course of desease by studying the relationship of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT imanging with UPDRS score . Methods Twenty-four PD patients and 10 controls received 99mTc-TRODAT-1 dopamine transporter imaging. The region of interest of strialiam, as well as CN and PT, were drawn by two experienced nuclear medicine specialist. Semiquantiative analysis methods were used to calculate the radioactive uptake ratio, and the DAT differeances of all ROIs were compared. We also used United Parkinson Disease rating scale to assess movement function of PD patients. Then the relationship between the subscales of UPDRS Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅴ, Ⅵ and striatum/cerebellum were analysed. Results For group of PD: the ST/CB, as well as CN/CB and PT/CB all decreased. As disease develops, the uptake of 99mTc-TRODAT-1 in striatum decreased gradually. There was a negative correlation between ST/CB ratios and UPDRS scores(r=-0.608, -0.671, -0.661, -0.639, P0.05). Conclusion 99mTc-TRODAT-1 DAT SPECT showed the value not only in the diagnose of early stage PD, but also in the evaluation of disease course. ST/CB radio ligand binding ratios can be used as a kind of semiquantiative index when diagnosing and evaluating severity of PD.It is helpful to monitor PD progress and correlated to the UPDRS scores to some extent.


Labour's 1997 victory was widely credited to the party's reinvention of itself as New Labour. Richard Heffernan argues that the transformation of the Labour Party is best understood as the product of Thatcherism, and marks the emergence of a new consensus in British politics. Despite Labour's claim to be reapplying traditional values, Tony Blair's politics owe more to neo-liberalism than any traditional social democratic perspective. This wide-ranging and controversial assessment of both Thatcherism and New Labour is used to illustrate a new theory as to how the process of political change takes place in practice.


The purpose of this research is to analyze the calculation, payment, reporting and recording of Value Added Tax (VAT) by CV.SM in the year 2013 based on Value Added Tax (VAT) law number 42/ 2009 This research used descriptive analysis method to analyze and compare the data obtained from the company with the taxation rules. The secondary data  collected are the VAT invoices 2013, monthly VAT returns, tax payment slips, annual tax return and tax collection letter. The result shows that CV. SM has done the calculation, payment and reporting Value Added Tax (VAT) in compliance with VAT regulations.


Passive wireless localization and track technologies have attracted much attention in academia recently. Although some schemes can locate tags with a centimeter accuracy, they usually require complex deployment or lack of real-time positioning capabilities, which is not practical in real-world applications. In this paper, we present a new localization method with the phase value in backscattered signal, called RF-Track, which aims for real-time tracking of passive RFID tags to high accuracy with 4 stationary antennas in real-time. We use simulation to analyze the proper layout of antennas and optimize the probability density function. Based on this, we implement RF-Track using COTS RFID devices. In addition, we applied some methods in real experiments, including reducing the impact of tag orientation, calibrating the antenna phase center, etc. to reduce the difference between actual and theoretical phase values to achieve similar results in simulation. The experimental results show that RF-Track can achieve an accuracy of 30mm and within 10mm after calibrating the track shifting.


Si and GaAs avalanche diodes containing microplasmas are investigated.Microwave fleld applied to the diode in addition to reverse dc bias results inconsiderable spread of noise spectrum and in the increase of noise power. Themicroplasma noise spectra cover very high (30 to 300 MHz) and ultrahigh(300 to 1000 MHz) frequency bands, while the efiective noise temperature isabout 10


To improve the efficiency of decarburization during the top and side combined AOD( Argon Oxygen Decarburization Furnace) process,we suggest optimizing the parameter of the side blowing jets. In this way the AOD converter's life length will be extended and the consumptions of refractory material will be lower. We use a better N-S equation to simulate the process. After analyzing the solutions of the equations,we find out how the jets and fluid flow in different parameters,and obtain an arrangement of 7 tuyeres with an angular separation of 18° and a blowing rate of 52. 12 Nm3/ h is a perfect mode. As a result,by optimizing the N-S model of the sideblowing,we can extend the AOD converter's life length.


As we approach the centennial of the Second Anglo–Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, or "Second War for Freedom"), reassessment of the South African experience seems in order. Whether the recent surrender by Afrikaner political leaders of their "central theme" and the dismantling of their grandiose Apartheid state will lead to heaven on earth (as some of the Soweto "comrades" expected), or even to a merely tolerable multiracial polity, remains in doubt. Historians have tended to look for the origins of South Africa's "very strange society" in the interaction of various peoples and political forces on a rapidly changing frontier, especially in the 19th century.


In recent years,the frame supporting structure with pre-stressed anchor bars has been the better supporting structure used in reinforced loess slopes,however,its design theory is still not uniform and there is no codes to be followed,the pre-stress of anchor bars is only regarded as a safety reserve,and its calculation is ignored.For this,a lateral displacement controled design method,considering the interaction between the structure and the soils,was proposed to ensure the pre-stress reasonably,the design process was divided into excavation and work stages according to the construction.An engineering case was designed and analyzed using the method.The results show that it is necessary to determine the pre-stress of anchor bars,and it is of great significance for the rational design of frame supporting structure with pre-stressed anchor bars.


This paper analyzes,a logistics outsourcing system which coasists of a supplier,a manufacturer and a third-party logistics supplier(3PLs).Based on coordination work,an incentive contract model is presented,while the affections of information sharing are considered.When the principal prefers the higher efforts,information sharing could create more chance for the principal to acquire more private information to monitor actions of the 3PLs.It encourages the 3PLs to work in principal's interest.The paper ends with a discussion of improvement of the model and directions for future research.


Hemothorax, whether spontaneous or related to thoracic trauma lesions, is treated using basic principles that are well-accepted by trauma and cardiothoracic surgeons. Only a small percentage of patients require a tube thoracostomy; for the rest, a nonoperative technique is appropriate and safe. Only a small percentage of patients require surgical intervention due to retained hemothorax, persistent bleeding or incoming complications (i.e. pleural empyema or entrapped lung). Early in the 1990s, significant technological advancements led to an increase in diagnostic and therapeutic indications for Multi-port Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) as the gold standard therapy for retained and persistent hemothorax, allowing for earlier diagnosis, total clot removal, and better tube placement, with less morbidity, reduced post-operative pain, and a shorter hospital stay. Even if there is no agreement in the Literature about the timing for draining hemothorax, best results are obtained when the drainage is performed within the first five days after the onset. An important evolution of traditional multi-port approach is represented by uniportal approach, with the same results of open surgical technique and the real advantage of a non-rib-spreading single small incision. Currently, in experienced hands, this technique is used for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions as hemothorax evacuation as like as the more complex procedures such as lobectomies or bronchial sleeve and vascular reconstructions. Many authors have confirmed the advantages of single-port technique compared with multi-port in term of better post-operative pian control, easier surgical approach and better cosmetic results, but longer and harder learning curve.


The invention discloses an inflatable cervical vertebra corrector, which comprises a long striped-shaped outer sleeve and an air bag sheathed in the outer sleeve, wherein the left end and the right end of the outer sleeve are provided with a buckling structure, the middle part of the inner side surface of the outer sleeve is provided with a vibrator, and a battery assembly used for providing the power supply for the vibrator and a switch used for controlling the on-off state of the vibrator are arranged in the outer sleeve. The inflatable cervical vertebra corrector has the advantages that the middle of the inner side surface of the outer sleeve is provided with the vibrator, the cervical vertebra position can be subjected to vibration massage through the vibrator, the correction treatment effect of the cervical vertebra is further improved, the structure is simple, and the use by usres is more comfortable.


Abstract The steady solution for the flow in the D" layer given by Stacey and Loper (1983) is generalized and placed on a firmer mathematical foundation. The stability of this flow is then analyzed and a stability criterion is developed. It is found that the stability of the flow is consistent with a lower-mantle viscosity of 0.5–1.0 1023 Pas and a temperature jump of 700–800K across the layer, but if the viscosity is only 3–5 1021 Pas, stability of the flow requires a much lower temperature jump. If the higher value of viscosity is correct and the flow is believed to be close to marginally stable, this argues against a second thermal boundary layer occurring elsewhere in the mantle.


Marma Science is one of the most distinctive concepts of Ayurveda. There are 107 marma sites in the body, and they are the conglomeration of muscles, veins, ligaments, bones, and joints. This peculiarity makes Marmamarma a somewhat vulnerable point, and any injury can lead to disability, dysfunction and demise. The cause of the damage can either be traumatic or iatrogenic; therefore, it becomes a necessity to rule out the exact location of the marma and anatomical structure responsible for the traumatic effects. Katiktarun being a Prishthagata marma, is prone to get injured during significant surgeries of the gluteal region and spine. Its injury can lead to delayed death. The aim of this study revolves around the anatomical entity responsible for delayed death caused by katiktarun injury. By identifying the location and structure involved in the marma, it might be possible to repair the structure and deferment the delayed end. Based on Ayurvedic literature and cadaveric observations, the superior margin of the sciatic notch (suprapiriform foraman) is considered as the position of Katiktarun Marma, whereas the neurovasculature associated with suprapiriform foramen is the causative structure of marma trauma symptoms.


In this article, we present a joint effort of the wheat research community, along with data and ontology experts, to develop wheat data interoperability guidelines. Interoperability is the ability of two or more systems and devices to cooperate and exchange data


In the novel architecture for the large-scale distributed stream processing system, the whole system consists of a group of heterogeneous computer clusters. The whole system can achieve the global load balancing by balancing every cluster which consists of several homogeneous servers. The main goal of every cluster is exchanging the resources for the performance. In the cluster, enough servers are employed to get rid of the occurrence of overload phenomenon, so techniques for load shedding are not still necessary in the system. In the meanwhile, the number of active servers is decided by the practical load level and some servers can be put into the sleep mode for the sake of energy conservation when the load is rather low. The band-new initialization algorithm and dynamic load balancing algorithm are designed to accommodate the characteristic of increasing or decreasing the servers dynamically. Comparing to the traditional large-scale stream systems, these algorithms have better load balancing, lower complexity and faster response time because the number of servers in a single cluster is reduced sharply.


a-Si 1-x C x :H powders have been produced in radiofrequency glow discharges of SiH 4 and CH 4 . Samples produced in discharges with different gas flow ratios (R=[CH 4 ] / [SiH 4 ]+[CH 4 ], R ∼ 0.2 to 0.95) were analyzed by several techniques: Infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and thermal desorption spectrometry of hydrogen. The microstructural properties of the a-Si 1-x C x :H powders obtained ranged between those previously reported in silicon particles and those of amorphous carbon particles. As a general rule, the particles, whose diameter ranged between 5 and 400 nm in diameter, showed an amorphous microstructure and high hydrogen content. Infrared spectroscopy showed that the hydrogen was mainly located on the particle surface and in microvoids forming CH i and/or SiH i (i=2,3) groups. The hydrogen was removed from the powder by thermal annealing ( 1-x C x :H powders after this thermal treatment revealed new microstructural and optical features.


This work is aimed at improvement of durability of especially thin disc tools, by means of controlling their dynamic parameters. It was found out that it is necessary to design tools and methods of reducing oscillations of the tool's structure that could allow designing tools with thin and especially thin cutting pieces, ensuring the specified parameters of its durability, cutting precision and improvement of cutting modes. The performed investigations allow reducing substantially the cut's width and ensuring the prescribed parameters of the tool's durability, thus improving the overall technical and economic parameters of blanks cutting.


We propose and experimentally verify a Huffman coding distribution matching (HCDM) scheme in intensity modulation and direct-detection (IM/DD) optical interconnection applying low-density parity-check-coded (LDPC) probabilistic shaping 8-level pulse amplitude modulation (PS-PAM8). Not only superior to that of conventional PS methods in view of arithmetic distribution matching (ADM) as well as constant composition distribution matching (CCDM) with much lower computational complexity, the HCDM can also enable arbitrary symbol probability distribution (SPD) by utilizing an optimal Huffman binary tree. The binomial coefficients required for SPD can be precomputed and stored in a lookup table. The experimental results show that the HCMD PS-PAM8 shows remarkably promoted receiver power sensitivity and improved system tolerance to optical fibre nonlinear effects compared to the uniformly distributed signal with the same effective net rate.


A group at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory has operated the first soft x‐ray laser. As proof, they have extensive diagnostics from more than 100 test shots showing not only that radiation emitted at two wavelengths near 20 nm were up to 700 times more intense than those from spontaneous emission, but also that these lines behaved in other ways characteristic of a laser. Group leader Dennis Matthews, together with Mordecai Rosen, presented Livermore's results at the Boston meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics last October. The announcement is a welcome milestone in the quest for an x‐ray laser, which has been underway since the first theoretical suggestions of x‐ray lasing schemes in the late sixties. Other participants in that search, now more confident of their own eventual success, can be expected to join Livermore in the drive towards greater efficiency, higher power and ever‐shorter wavelengths.


Early development of mastery motivation and its relation to the self-concept, K.D. Jennings the development of volitional skills, P. Lutkenhaus and M. Bullock toddlers' self-concept in the light of early action theory, M. van der Meulen young children's progression to self-regulation, C.B. Kopp cross-cultural differences in maternal control communications and child compliance - Japan and the USA, D.L. Bradshaw et al commentary - the interplay of motivation and cognition in the early development of intentional actions, C. Trudewind.


As mentioned later, collecting data on frequency of affected individuals with bleeding disorders (common and rare types) in any area is necessary information for healthcare officials and legislators to provide appropriate medical services for patients. It seems that due to a high rate of consanguinous marriage, the frequency and prevalence of CF5F8D seem to be elevated in Iran. Although the prevalence of this autosomal recessive haemorrhagic disorder is estimated to be one case in 1 000 000 population [1], a review of reported cases in some parts of Iran show that the prevalence of this haemorrhagic disorder is higher. The number of individuals with CF5F8D in Fars province was reported to be 11 cases in 2012 [1]. In terms of an estimated population of the province of about 4 500 000, a rough estimate of CF5F8D is about 2.4 affected individuals per 1 000 000 population.


The intention of these Ilchester Lectures is to give a sketch of the origin and development of the Slavonic Nations in the Balkan Peninsula, and of the old Slavonic Literature which became the basis of the literattire and of the Folk-lore of the various peoples belonging to the Greeko-orthodox Church — such as the Bulgarians, Servians and Russians, and also of the non-Slavonic Roumanians. The old Slavonic litera- ture, based upon the Byzantine, is likewise a reflex of this less-known portion of the . Greek literature, and contributes to a better knowledge of it. Great stress is further laid upon the relation, which until now has passed un-observed, existing between the Greeko-Slavonic literature of East Europe and of the Latin of West Europe, and more especially upon the influence exercised by the former upon the Folk-lore of Europe, through the medium of the heretical sects which in which were very powerful in and which gradually spread throughout


Tropical forests in Africa store large amounts of carbon and there is an urgent need for accurate methods to estimate this important carbon stock. One method to achieve this is by allometric equations but in many forest ecosystems in Africa these have not been developed. This study combined biomass data of 896 trees from five tropical countries in Africa and eight different sources to develop mixed-species regression equations for estimation of total biomass and height in Dry, Moist and Wet forest types. For estimation of total biomass, allometric equations combining diameter, height and wood density provided the best estimators in the three forest types. Because adding wood density to diameter improved height estimation, we recommend using allometric equations that combine diameter and wood density for height estimations in mixed and diverse tropical forests. Comparing ecosystem-specific (Dry, Moist and Wet) allometric equations to general allometric equations developed with combined data, and also to pan-tropical equations, showed that ecosystem-specific equations provided better estimators. The results highlight the importance of considering wood density in tree allometry for biomass as well as for tree height estimations. Although general allometric equations can be useful, this study recommends when they are available, the use of existing site-specific or ecosystem-specific allometric equations which provide better estimates.


Design concepts for high temperature flush mounted Space Shuttle Orbiter antenna systems are discussed. The design concepts include antenna systems for VHF, L-band, S-band, C-band and Ku-band frequencies. The S-band antenna system design was completed and test hardware fabricated. It was then subjected to electrical and thermal testing to establish design requirements and determine reuse capabilities. The thermal tests consisted of applying ten high temperature cycles simulating the Orbiter entry heating environment in an arc tunnel plasma facility and observing the temperature distributions. Radiation pattern and impedance measurements before and after high temperature exposure were used to evaluated the antenna systems performance. Alternate window design concepts are considered. Layout drawings, supported by thermal and strength analyses, are given for each of the antenna system designs. The results of the electrical and thermal testing of the S-band antenna system are given.


This paper analyses China's demand for Australian iron ore using annual time series data for the period 1973-1992. Considerations include variables affecting Australia's iron ore supply and China's demand, such as the GDP growth rate and steel production per capita in China, labor disputes in Australia, the relative price of Australian iron ore to the world average, and Chinese government policies. Results indicate China's demand for Australian iron ore as being closely related to the growth rate of the economy, steel production per capita, and Chinese government policy. It is notable that labor disputes in Australia and the relative price of iron ore between Australia and the world did not prove to be significant factors affecting Australia's iron ore exports to China. JEL Classification: Q32; Q38; F14; N65; C51 C!DNA 's DEMAND FOR AUSTRAUAN IRON ORE 3


Policymakers frequently use guarantees to mitigate panic‐based runs in the financial system. We analyze a binary‐action coordination game under the global games framework and propose a novel intervention program that screens investors based on their heterogeneous beliefs about the system's stability. The program only attracts investors who are at the margin of running, and their participation boosts all investors' confidence in the financial system. Compared with government guarantee programs, our proposed program is as effective at mitigating runs but features two advantages: it costs less to implement and it is robust to moral hazard.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved


For the homogeneous Dirichlet problem involving a system of equations driven by \begin{document}$(p,q)$\end{document} -Laplacian operators and general gradient dependence we prove the existence of solutions in the ordered rectangle determined by a subsolution-supersolution. This extends the preceding results based on the method of subsolution-supersolution for systems of elliptic equations. Positive and negative solutions are obtained.


The purpose of this study conducted in the Sindh province of Pakistan was to assess the performance of facilitator of agriculture extension during implementation of Farmer Field School (FFS) trainings in 2001 to 2004 in the context of FAO-EU-ADB funded National Integrated Pest Management Programme (Nat-IPM) for cotton. The basic principle of Nat-IPM programme was to enable farmers to be self-sufficient, using practices that are agro-ecological friendly. A survey study was carried out in four dis-tricts of Sindh province (Hyderabad, Tando Allahyar, Matiari, and Mirpurkhas). The sample size com-prised of 48 facilitators who participated in Training of Facilitators (ToF) and ran FFSs. The present study revealed that despite of some constraints, facilitators performed effectively during training activi-ties that shows FFS was a favorable process for learning IPM practices with special reference to cotton crop. Results of present study a confirmation of the adoption and a validation of IPM-FFS as a success-ful extension approach in Sindh province of Pakistan. Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension 15(3): 2012: page 1-5 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/tare.v15i3.5249


The article covers the results of full-factor experiments of prophylactic footwear recommended for patients with diabetes. Comparative effects results of production determined the optimal parameters of prophylactic footwear are given. The article evaluates the use of orthopedic shoes in patients with diabetes mellitus with a foot ulcer or a minor previous one. Special prophylactic footwear with inner insole have been studied and applied and have been proven to relieve toenail pain in diabetes, thereby reducing the maximum pressure of the toe. The analysis of the dependence graphs obtained on the basis of analytical solutions of the regression equations obtained as a result of the conducted experiments and full factorial experiments is given.


This paper proposes an effective way of searching for initial value, which is based on Gauss-Newton iteration and combined with the common features of nonlinear rheological equation of drilling fluids. With this method, we can find a fine initial value, which can be applied to the parameter estimation of nonlinear rheological model of drilling fluids. This method overcomes the shortcomings of Gauss-Newton method which strongly depends on the initial value and the iteration may not be convergent in practical application and fully exerts the advantages of Gauss-Newton method which has smaller workload in each step and faster pace of convergence. Large quantities of measured drilling fluids examples show that the rheological parameters estimated by this method have a fine statistical characteristic, that is, fitting residual is nearly unbiased and variance is almost minimum. Besides, the fitting residual is smaller than the one of traditional linear regression and has excellent statistical properties.


In the previous paper, the store plan alternatives produced with shape grammar were evaluated using two of multi-criteria decision making techniques with triangular fuzzy numbers, namely fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and fuzzy ANP. In addition to fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and fuzzy ANP results, another multi-criteria decision making technique, the generalized Choquet integral method with trapezoidal fuzzy numbers, is used for evaluation and the result of this method is compared with fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and fuzzy ANP results. The main contribution of this paper is to determine the interdependency among main criteria and subcriteria, the nonlinear relationship among them and the environmental uncertainties while prioritizing plan alternatives using the generalized Choquet integral method with the experts' same data that evaluated in the previous study. To the authors' knowledge, this will be the first interdisciplinary study which uses the generalized Choquet integral method in the field of architectural design.


The Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP) showed tremendous growth in rice and wheat production over the last 40 years. However, the continued increase in population and non-judicious use of the natural resources put extreme stress on the soil and water resources of the region. The signs of gradual setting of environmental degradation and climate change are becoming visible throughout the IGP. The ground water in the upper IGP is over-exploited and the water table is declining at an alarming rate. The other side of the problem is the water-logging and flooding in some areas because of lack of infra-structure for water storage and management. In most of the region soil organic C content have declined over time. There is also a decline in nutrient use efficiency because of unbalanced use of nutrients and micronutrient deficiencies. However, a few recent studies showed that in the IGP, there is an increase in SOC stock in the last 2 decades. Another concern is increase in salinity in the upper parts of the IGP. Development of soil acidity and problem of arsenic are also serious problems, particularly in the lower IGP. The region is a major source of methane because of large area under rice. Use of N fertilizer is also quite large, contributing substantially towards nitrous oxide emission. The research should be reoriented to develop strategies for efficient soil and water management by integrating all available technologies and promoting them to farmers.


The EMU high-voltage electrical equipment on the roof not only bears the erosion of various harsh and extreme environments, but also bears the impact of various over-voltage, and the insulation performance of the electrical equipment on the roof is seriously threatened. This paper studies the insulation optimization design method of EMU high-voltage electrical equipment, puts forward the method of adding a certain length of insulating sheath on the electrical equipment to improve the insulation performance of high-voltage equipment box, and tests the insulation optimization measures on high-voltage circuit breaker and EMU high-voltage cable. The result shows that the installation of insulating sheath is feasible to improve the insulation performance of EMU high-voltage equipment box.


In this paper) we propose a method for text categorizaLion task using term weight learning. In our approach, learning is to learn true keywords from the error of clustering results. Parameters of term weighting are then estimated so as to maximize the true keywords and minimize the other words in the text. The characteristic of our approach is that the degree of context dependency is used in order to judge whether a word in a text is a true keyvv·ord or not. The experiments using Wall Street Journal corpus demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.


In this paper, a 12-bit 100MS/s pipelined ADC is designed. Capacitance flip-around structure is used in sample and hold circuit, and bootstrap structure is adopted in sampling switch which has high linearity. Progressively decreasing technology is used to reduce power consumption and circuit area, where 2.5bit/stage structure is used in the first two stages, 1.5bit/stage structure is used for 3rd to 8th stages, and at the end of the circuit is a 2bit-flash ADC. Digital calibration is designed to eliminate the offset of comparators. Switched-capacitor dynamic comparator structure is used to further reduce the power consumption. The ADC is implemented by using TSMC 0.18m CMOS process with die area be 1.23mm×2.3mm. SNDR and SFDR are 65dB and 71.3dB, when sampling at 100MHz sampling clock. The current of the circuit is 96mA under 1.8V power supply.


Results from seabird monitoring programmes are increasingly being used to assess the state of the marine environment, but data are time consuming to collect. We used monitoring data from a colony of Common Guillemots Uria aalge in the North Sea to determine whether temporal changes in breeding success over a 34- year period were reflected in six consistently monitored plots and if individual plots showed significant differences in breeding success. Annual mean breeding success showed a four-fold difference over the study period varying from 0.261 to 0.848 young fledging per pair laying. Although the annual pattern of change was broadly reflected in all six monitoring plots there were significant differences in annual breeding success and changes in breeding success over time among the plots. Monitoring any single plot thus gave an approximate indication of the overall patterns of change over time, including periods when breeding success was reduced. However, significant among plot differences indicated that at least at this colony, robustness of colony level estimates of breeding success and changes over time were improved by monitoring multiple plots.


The demand for patchouli (Pogostemon cablin) essential oil is increasing globally due to its diverse importance in the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries. The oil from this plant is an embodiment of different varieties of chemical compounds. It is then important to identify the bioactive compounds in the extracted oil to identify the embedded potential uses of the oil. Hence, this study focused on the characterization of extracted patchouli oil through microwave- assisted hydrodistillation (MAHD) technique using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry quadrupole time of flight (LC-Q-TOF-MS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and Fourier transform infrared transmission (FTIR). The obtained results reflected that patchouli leaf oil is endowed with appreciable quantities of non-oxygenated and oxygenated compounds (from GC-MS analysis); 18 tentatively identified phenolic compounds from LC-Q-TOF-MS analysis; several peaks showing the presence of O-H stretching in alcohol, C=O stretching vibration of carbonyl aldehyde, C-H bending stretching of alkane, and C=C stretching from aromatic rings were identified from the FTIR analysis. Additionally, the NMR results reflected the abundance of patchouli alcohol in the oil which can contribute to its aroma. Thus, patchouli leaf oil is an important plant endowed with different bioactive compounds.


Based on the chemical composition analysis,fracture morphology observation and micro-area elemental analysis on the fracture surface of broken bolt,it reveals that the de-hydrogen process was not conducted adequately after the surfaces of high strength steel bolts were plated with cadmium.The bolt happened delayed fracture of low stress level.It brought forward precautionary measures and provided an important basis to the follow-up product design.


R4 represent over 99% of all vehicles surveyed. The older model vehicles are trucks C3. The newer vehicles are tractors used in the combination T3S2R4. The proportion of empty vehicles is 49%. The proportion of vehicles exceeds a gross vehicle weight is 8%. The vehicle with the highest proportion of cases of excess in gross vehicle weight is T3S2R4. Included tables, conclusions and recommendations.


Thanks to extensive media coverage and increased emphasis on health promotion within primary care, the subjects of menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have been brought to the attention of many women.


This research work was developed with the aim of developing a marking plan for Private Educational Institution Virgen de la Asuncion, because the institution is being developed in a highly competitive sector of the district of El Porvenir.
With the development of the marketing plan, the organization will develop strategies to help it achieve better competitiveness in the sector.
For this research report descriptive design was used, and the following methods: inductive and statistical method, and finally applied the following research techniques: interviews, observation and surveys.
In the surveys staff Private Educational Institution Virgen de la Asuncion it emphasize that employees feel satisfied with the work done in the Institution.
While the results in surveys of parents show Private Educational Institution Virgen de la Asuncion provides a good quality service of education, but also those surveyed agreed that the infrastructure and equipment of local Institution is not good.
After an analysis of the internal and external Institution it determined objectives as: Improve competitiveness Private Educational Institution Virgen de la Asuncion. Achieve a 20% increase of students enrolled by 2013 over 2012.
For achieving these objectives it posed the following strategies: Modernizing local and equip the Institution with update technology.
Disseminate the experience and quality of service to the target audience. Differentiate the Institution by the local comprehensive possessing. Communicate the low price of the service to the target audience. Implement promotions to new students.
This research report concluded that a marking plan will improve the competitiveness of Private Educational Institution Virgen de la Asuncion.


The dynamics of two-level systems in an external periodic field are investigated in general. The necessary conditions of localization are obtained through analysing the time-evolving matrix. It is found that localization is possible if not only is the dynamics of the system periodic, but also its period is the same as that of the external potential. A model system in a periodic $\delta$-function potential is studied thoroughly.


The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of upper and lower body muscular exercise on pelvic deviation for aged women above 65 years of age who have been diagnosed with pelvic imbalance and degenerative disorder in Orthopedic Surgery due to chronic back pain. The subjects of this study were 25 aged women above 65 years of age; 13 of them were placed in the upper and lower muscular exercise group and 12 were placed in the control group. The effect on pelvic deviation was measured, compared, and analyzed after 12 weeks of exercise. The following are the findings: 1. The length of trunk and the change in the length left and right pelvis improved significantly in the upper and lower muscular exercise group(p<.05). There also was a significant difference according to time and inter-group interaction(p<.05). 2. There was no difference in the pelvic rotation of the two groups(p>.05), but pelvic slope was significantly decreased in the upper and lower muscular exercise group(p<.05). Based on these findings, it was concluded that upper and lower muscular exercise has positive impact on the length of trunk, the change in the length left and right pelvis, and the pelvic slope. Therefore, upper and lower muscular exercise could be applied to exercise programs for aged women with pelvic deformation to maintain good posture and balance.


A study has been initiated to evaluate the feasibility of transmitting selected GOES images to aircraft in flight. Pertinent observations that could be made from satellite images on board aircraft include jet stream activity, cloud/wind motion, cloud temperatures, tropical storm activity, and location of severe weather. The basic features of the Satellite Aircraft Flight Environment System (SAFES) are described. This system uses East GOES and West GOES satellite images, which are interpreted, enhanced, and then retransmitted to designated aircraft.


Abstract : The time delay that occurs between the actuation of an escape system and the actual initiation of the ejection catapult acceleration to separate the crew from an aircraft is one of the critical factors in the design of escape systems for high-speed low-level (HSLL) flight conditions. This delay may preclude what could otherwise be a successful escape from certain HSLL profiles. The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of current operational delay times and describe techniques to minimize the delays. Operational through-the-canopy ejection data are presented to assess the risk of injury incurred in eliminating the delay time altogether. Experimental data from tests with human volunteers are presented to demonstrate the potential for significantly reducing the time required for upper torso retraction. Finally, the implications of available aeromedical evidence are evaluated in the definition of the most promising approaches to minimize the time required for a HSLL escape sequence.


In this study, saikosaponins were determined from roots of three Bupleurum plants collected in June 2009. Bupleuri Radix (Bupleurum spp. root) is one of the most important crude drugs in Korea, China and Japan. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used for the determination of saikosaponin 'a', 'b' and 'c' in three Bupleurum plants. The highest total saikosaponin content was found in the B. falcatum 'Mishima' (1281.94 mg%). Total saikosaponin contents of B. falcatum and B. latissimum were 669.67 and 489.95 mg%, respectively. B. falcatum 'Mishima' and B. falcatum contained more saikosaponin 'a' than other saikosaponins. The contents of saikosaponin 'a' of B. falcatum 'Mishima' and B. falcatum were 745.74 and 484.60 mg%, respectively. In contrast, B. latissimum, an endemic species of Korea had higher saikosaponin 'c' (351.90 mg%) content than the other two saikosaponins and the content was higher than B. falcatum (181.71 mg%). B. latissimum, a Korean endemic species, is a good source for extraction/production of saikosaponin 'c'.


For a long time, death has appeared as an obvious occurrence, needing no help from physicians to be certified. During the 18th and 19th centuries, medicine gets hold of this scientific field and tries to define the clinical signs, in order to avoid apparent death and premature burials. Yet, paradoxically, the pervasive medicalization of death as well as the 20th century advances in the field of reanimation make their definition dependent on the progress of technologies and of diagnostic, and blur the boundaries between life and death.


ABSTRACT Interfacial reactions in vacuum-deposited gold and silicon bilayer films were investigated by transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction. By heating to 453 K, an amorphous Au–Si structure formed in gold films deposited at room temperature on both crystalline and amorphous silicon films, and the amorphization strongly depended on the grain size of the gold films. The driving force for the formation of the amorphous Au–Si structure was analyzed based on the free energy increase due to defects, such as grain boundaries, in the gold films on silicon films. The amorphization was concluded to be a transformation from the crystalline phase to the undercooled liquid Au–Si phase.


Consider the family of elliptic curves with 2-isogeny ED : y = x −Dx, for D ∈ Q×. The 2-isogeny in question is the morphism φ : ED → E−4D given by the formula φ(x, y) = (y/x, y(−D − x)/x). These are the elliptic curves with j-invariant 1728. (The curves ED, ED′ are isomorphic over Q if and only if D/D′ ∈ (Q×)4.) Associated to each curve ED is its φ-Selmer group, the definition of which we recall in §2 below. It fits into an exact sequence


Abstract The two-dimensional, incompressible flow over a backward-facing step is considered for a systematic variation of the geometry covering expansion ratios (step to outlet height) from 0.25 to 0.975. A global temporal linear stability analysis shows that the basic flow becomes unstable to different three-dimensional modes depending on the expansion ratio. All critical modes are essentially confined to the region behind the step extending downstream up to the reattachment point of the separated eddy. An energy-transfer analysis is applied to understand the physical nature of the instabilities. If scaled appropriately, the critical Reynolds number approaches a finite asymptotic value for very large step heights. In that case centrifugal forces destabilize the flow with respect to an oscillatory critical mode. For moderately large expansion ratios an elliptical instability mechanism is identified. If the step height is further decreased the critical mode changes from oscillatory to stationary. In addition to the elliptical mechanism, the strong shear in the layer emanating from the sharp corner of the step supports the amplification process of the critical mode. For very small step heights the basic state becomes unstable due to the lift-up mechanism, which feeds back on itself via the recirculating eddy behind the step, resulting in a steady critical mode comprising pronounced slow and fast streaks.


Since the magnetic coupling exists between control windings of controllable reactor of transformer type(CRT),the authors applied the decoupling magnetic integration technology to CRT structure design. The magnetic circuit with low magnetic resistance is provided to the magnetic flux of each control windings to realize decoupling between the control windings. Thereby, a magnetic integration structure of CRT core is proposed. The leakage inductance of each winding of this structure is calculated,its inductance-transformer equivalent circuit is established,and equation of coupling degree of control windings and no-load current with size of lateral column air gap are deduced,simulation analysis is carried out on MATLAB platform, and the results show that increase in the air gap can decrease the magnetic coupling between control windings and raise the utilization ratio of winding capacity,which verifies the effectiveness of the proposed magnetic integration structure of CRT core.


The purpose of this research is to determine what skills small and large business representatives in New Jersey believe are important for the workplace. There were 120 small businesses and 71 large businesses representatives surveyed. Written communication skills, adapting to change and being flexible, sales presentation experience, networking, and enthusiasm were the top skills identified by respondents from small businesses as important or very important. Attitude/professionalism; work ethic; ethical understanding; respecting and valuing diversity; interpersonal skills; enthusiasm; teamwork skills and adapting to change and being flexible were the top skills identified by large business respondents as important or very important. There were a significantly greater percentage of respondents from mid to large size businesses rating the following skills as important or very important –attitude/professionalism (p


The article deals with the problem of formation and development of social partnership as a forerunner of civil society. On the basis of the analysis of the modern social and political situation in Russia the article demonstrates the actual relationship between political forces, authorities and people, the role of various political institutions in consolidation of the society in its present form and the role of culture for forming social partnership in Russia.


A Synchro/Resolver to digital converter is proposed in this paper.Inorder to meet the needs of high speed servo system for angular position ??measurement,a tracking type Synchro/Resolver to digital converter shouldbe adopted.The design procedure and experiment results of this converter aregive in the paper.The converter not only realizes the angular positionmeasurement in real time,it can also provide the angular speed in analogousand digital forms at the same time.The position output can be both in theparallel form which is compatible with computer data bus and in the form ofquadrature pulses which is the same as opto-encoder output.


The simulation of a transonic viscous flow over a series of 3-D configurations, ranging from isolated wings to relatively complete aircraft, is presented. A fast, diagonalized Beam-Warming algorithm is used in conjunction with a zonal approach to solve the Euler/Navier-Stokes equations for these applications. The computer code, called Transonic Navier-Stokes, uses four zones for wing configurations and up to 19 zones for more complete aircraft configurations. For the inner zones adjacent to no-slip surfaces, the thin-layer Navier-Stokes equations are solved, while in the outer zones the Euler equations are solved. Numerical results are presented and compared with experiment (when available) for wing calculations and a more complete configuration based on the F-16A aircraft.


In Germany, gunshot injuries are very rare conditions in prehospital emergency medicine. Based on a case report of a suicidal shot to the mouth using a blank cartridge actuated shooting device (vole captive bolt device) we describe the particularities of this uncommon injury pattern. In particular, the relevant differences to injuries due to captive bolt pistols (slaughterer's guns) are discussed.