The invention discloses an intelligent book arrangement robot and an arrangement method thereof. The intelligent book arrangement robot is characterized by comprising a central control unit, a RFID reader/writer, a RFID electronic label, an image identifying module, a book arrangement module, a wireless communication module, a moving module, a detecting module, a human-computer interaction module and a power supply module. The central control unit is connected with the RFID reader/writer, the image identifying module, the book arrangement module, the wireless communication module, the moving module, the detecting module, the human-computer interaction module and the power supply module. The power supply module is connected with the central control unit, the RFID reader/writer, the image identifying module, the book arrangement module, the wireless communication module, the moving module, the detecting module and the human-computer interaction module. The intelligent book arrangement robot and the arrangement method thereof realize full-automatic and intelligent arrangement of books returned by readers, improve the book arrangement accuracy and efficiency, and simplify the work of book administrators.


Two types of miniaturized rectangular waveguide filters are presented. Miniaturization is achieved using the slow‐wave effect of electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) surfaces and the left‐handed properties of split ring resonators (SRRs). The proposed EBG waveguide bandpass filter performs passband in the frequency range, which corresponds to the waveguide with the lower recommended operating band consequently enabling significant miniaturization of the structure. The SRR‐loaded bandstop filter makes use of the effect imposed by left‐handed medium (LHM), which is created by a combination of SRRs and wireline on the dielectric slab. Both filters are designed, simulated, and tested. Experimental results of the SRR‐loaded bandstop filter are presented to demonstrate feasibility of the proposed structures. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE, 2007.


A new strobe power supply for xenon lamps was designed and realized as to the demand of arc discharge.The detailed analysis of the main circuit of the power system with FB ZVZCS DC/DC converter and the control circuit based on phase shift controller UCC3895 were presented.The results of experiment indicate that it has the advantages of high output voltage,high working reliably,fast response,simple structure,small size, cheap price,fine practicability and it can drive many kinds of xenon lamps stably and reliably.


protocols in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks need to accommodate its dynamic characteristics such as node mobility, non-availability of central control etc. Node mobility increase challenges to the routing protocols with respect to attainment of the desired level of Quality of services. Apart from own communication, MANET nodes have to participate in packets forwarding to other nodes. Node cooperation is a crucial characteristic for smooth performance in Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET). During the network run, the node run of resources in turn brought down the network. It is therefore, a safer policy to preserve its resources for further communications. Resource preservation of a node will not be the best choice of other nodes seeking the node cooperation for communication. While nodes refuse to collaborate, delivery of local, alternate (backup) routes to achieve proper communication becomes a better choice. This paper proposes a novel, alternate routing protocol that is an extension of AOMDV. This protocol ventures to explore supplementary back up routes, which are more helpful in the situations of non-cooperation of nodes by exploiting subsequently received RREP packets. The novel protocol performance evaluated and analyzed by means of simulations across a wide range of probabilities of non-cooperative nodes. The outcomes indicate that the novel routing protocol outperforms the best (or at least is comparable) with respect to the widely adopted MANET routing protocols in all considered scenarios.


:  In a recent article, Mark Colyvan has criticized Jerrold Katz's attempt to show that Quinean holism is self-refuting. Katz argued that a Quinean epistemology incorporating a principle of the universal revisability of beliefs would have to hold that that and other principles of the system were both revisable and unrevisable. Colyvan rejects Katz's argument for failing to take into account the logic of belief revision. But granting the terms of debate laid down by Colyvan, the universal revisability principle still commits Quineans to holding that one belief is both revisable and unrevisable: the belief that some beliefs are revisable.


We study an online contextual decision-making problem with resource constraints. At each time period, the decision-maker first predicts a reward vector and resource consumption matrix based on a given context vector and then solves a downstream optimization problem to make a decision. The final goal of the decision-maker is to maximize the summation of the reward and the utility from resource consumption, while satisfying the resource constraints. We propose an algorithm that mixes a prediction step based on the "Smart Predict-then-Optimize (SPO)" method with a dual update step based on mirror descent. We prove regret bounds and demonstrate that the overall convergence rate of our method depends on the O ( T − 1 / 2 ) convergence of online mirror descent as well as risk bounds of the surrogate loss function used to learn the prediction model. Our algorithm and regret bounds apply to a general convex feasible region for the resource constraints, including both hard and soft resource constraint cases, and they apply to a wide class of prediction models in contrast to the traditional settings of linear contextual models or finite policy spaces. We also conduct numerical experiments to empirically demonstrate the strength of our proposed SPO-type methods, as compared to traditional prediction-error-only methods, on multi-dimensional knapsack and longest path instances.


important subject with which they deal. It would be well, indeed, if they were read by every medical man in the country, and by all who take a real interest in its social condition. Happily there are signs that the number of the latter is steadily on the increase, and for many reasons it is to be hoped this will show a steady growth. The Commissioners' report for the year 1903 does not disappoint expectations. It is fully as interesting and instructive as any of its predecessors. The outstanding fact in the lunacy statistics of the year is the striking diminution in the hitherto steady yearly increase of the pauper insane, and of the surplus of admissions over removals and deaths. This is a most gratifying fact, whether it be the commencement of a really settled tendency, or only a temporary ebb. The average annual increase of pauper patients has not been so low for nineteen years as it was last year. As regards the districts which chiefly contribute to this increase, these are found to be the counties of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Eenfrew. The county which has the largest actual decrease is Forfar, but Lanark, Linlithgow, Dumbarton, and Selkirk also show a decided


. In this paper we give a different proof of a theorem of Paul Breutmann: for a Bruhat-Tits group scheme H over a smooth projective curve X and a closed embedding into another smooth affine group scheme G , the induced map on the moduli of Shtukas Sht r H → Sht r G is schematic, finite and unramified. This result enables one to define special cycles on the moduli stack of Shtukas.


Variable Patient #1 Patient #2 Age (yrs) 74 77 Sex Female Female NYHA functional class (baseline) 3 3 Logistic EuroSCORE (%) 42.9 12.9 STS score (%) 11.4 4.2 Interval between SMVR and PMVR 12 yrs 6.5 yrs Type of surgical ring CarpentierEdwards Sovering Miniband Pre-procedural Rhythm SR SR LVEF (%) 30 30 MR etiology Functional Functional Tethering (involved leaflet) Yes (P) Yes (P) MR jets Central Central MR grade 3 3 Systolic PAP (mm Hg) 50 50 Mean pressure gradient (mm Hg) 1.8 2.5 Mitral valve area (cm) 4.3 3.3 Coaptation depth (mm) 9 8 Coaptation length (mm) 5 6 Procedural details Device success Yes Yes Number of clips needed 1 1 Device implantation time (min) 55 33 Total fluoroscopy time (min) 27 13 Post-procedural MR grade 1 1 Mean pressure gradient (mm Hg) 5 3.1 Mitral valve area (cm) 2.6 1.9 Procedural complications None None Hospital stay (days) 4 5 Follow-up Follow-up (months) 31 12 MR grade 1 1 LVEF improvement Yes Yes NYHA functional class 2 2


SUMMARY The article deals with the legislative regulation of the discretionary powers of local governments. The research is of great practical importance, since in exercising its competence, these subjects of power require strict compliance with the Constitution and laws of Ukraine. The author analyzes the scope and content of national regulations on this issue. The result of the analysis determines the degree of their sufficiency, as well as the effectiveness of regulating their social relations. The article presents a proposal to improve the regulatory framework and provides specific proposals and options for regulating the concepts, features, principles and limits of the discretionary powers of local governments at the legislative level.


Recent theory progress in (3+1)D dynamical descriptions of relativistic nuclear collisions at finite baryon density are reviewed. Heavy-ion collisions at different collision energies produce strongly coupled nuclear matter to probe the phase structure of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Dynamical frameworks serve as a quantitative tool to study properties of hot QCD matter and map collisions to the QCD phase diagram. Outstanding challenges are highlighted when confronting theoretical models with the current and forthcoming experimental measurements from the RHIC beam energy scan program.


The ultimate objective of development is the satisfaction of human needs. Satisfaction of the important needs is a desired goal. Thus, if people would prefer to live longer, they would prefer to acquire at least the basic skills of reading and writing. However, unless some measurement could be utilized it is not possible to gauge the extent to which these needs are being satisfied and the state of the population with respect to these needs. Considering the inherent defects of Per Capita GDP (PCGDP) as a measurement of welfare, the Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) was constructed for the Philippines for the period 1965-88 to assess the extent of progress in welfare of the population. The study had the primary objective of assessing an alternative indicator of the attainment of welfare. The study also had the following objectives: (1) to construct a PQU for the period 1965-88; (2) to observe and analyze any trend or pattern in the PQLI and PCGDP; and (3) to compare the PQLI with PCGDP.


Clothing type and exposure to racial rhetoric may influence prejudice toward African Americans. We used a between-group design with clothing type (stereotype congruent or incongruent) and exposure to racial rhetoric (strong/weak/none) as independent variables. We found a main effect for clothing type (p < .001, ηp = .71) and racial rhetoric exposure (p < .001, ηp = .65), but no interaction. Participants' Symbolic Racism scores were significant covariates, positively related to prejudice. Participants rated African American models in stereotype incongruent clothing more positively. Viewing President Trump speak negatively about African Americans significantly decreased participants' prejudice of African American models. The findings of this study show how the clothing one wears, the racial oratory one views, and symbolic racism can drastically impact one's perceptions. Research should seek to reduce automatic judgments and continue to pursue how other clothing styles affect perceptions, as well as how major political figures can play a role in those judgments.


Can we improve the selection of the first dose of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) for IVF patients by incorporating clinical evidence with machine learning?

 A significant improvement in correct dose prescription is achieved when using a FSH dosing model that integrates a novel machine learning methodology with clinical knowledge.

 The appropriate selection of the initial FSH dose during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) is key for ART success. An optimal number of oocytes should be obtained for achieving pregnancy, while also avoiding complications for the patient. While clinical protocols achieve good results for the majority of patients, further refinements in individualized FSH dosing may improve safety while reducing the risk of poor response. Machine learning techniques have been applied to dose/response problems with promising results. However, the observational datasets used to train the models are often incomplete and biased, leading to less clinically robust predictions.

 We used a database of 2713 first cycles performed between January 2011 and December 2019, across five clinics to train the model. Predictors included age, body mass index (BMI), anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels and antral follicle count (AFC). First FSH dose and number of mature oocytes retrieved were also recorded. Another 273 cycles performed between January 2020 and September 2021 were used for validation. Dosing was performed by 41 clinicians (mean 12 years of experience).

 The model was developed in Python and trained while incorporating available clinical evidence. The relationship between FSH dose and response (number of mature oocytes) was specified by assuming a positive linear function. Rules were incorporated to penalize dose changes that resulted in poorer outcomes compared to the clinician, and to discourage large dose modifications by the model. These same rules were applied during the validation phase. Comparisons were assessed by Chi-squared test with Bonferroni correction.

 Mean maternal age was 37.1 ± 4.9 years. Patients had a mean BMI of 23.8 ± 4.2, AFC of 11.9 ± 7.7 and AMH of 2.4 ± 2.3. They were prescribed a first dose of 247.0 ± 59.0 IU of FSH and obtained 7.3 ± 5.3 mature oocytes after pick-up. An optimal outcome was defined as 10-15 mature oocytes retrieved, and 300 IU was the maximum FSH dose allowed. In the validation dataset, we observed that 22.9% patients could have received a higher FSH dose (<10 mature oocytes collected), 69.3% were correctly prescribed (10-15 mature oocytes or no change in dose was required), while 7.9% needed a decrease in FSH dose (>15 mature oocytes). In the machine learning model 9.4% of patients required a dose increase, 80.5% were correctly prescribed and 7.9% needed a decrease in dose. Accordingly, the model rescued 11.6% of patients that would have otherwise achieved suboptimal outcomes. Ultimately, when compared to the clinicians, the model significantly reduced the number of patients that required a dose increase, and significantly improved the number of patients that were prescribed a correct dose (p < 0.05).

 The model assigned a non-conservative dose increase to 2.3% of patients, potentially leading to a risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Moreover, hyper-responders were underrepresented in the database, resulting in no significant improvements in the dose/outcome relationship for this subgroup.

 Coding clinical knowledge into the training of clinically relevant machine learning models ensured adherence to scientific evidence, and improved model performance while making conservative changes. This approach is critical for the safe and robust clinical implementation of interventional models.

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The article determines the increase of relevance of the introduction of a systematic approach to the management of financial and economic security of the aviation industry under conditions of force majeure, in particular the threat of a coronavirus pandemic. The key factors of uncertainty for the aviation industry and the genesis of the problems of disruptions in its work are presented, as exemplified by the circumstances of September 2002 in the USA. The basic directions of organization of such a system, which are the development of state measures to support the leasing mechanisms of financing the industry by both state and commercial leasing companies, have been formed and substantiated; development of aviation insurance through raising of limits of liability and creation of pools of insurers; developing defense programs in the aviation industry based on integrated risk management standards. Abstract The article determines the increase of relevance of the introduction of a systematic approach to the management of financial and economic security of the aviation industry under conditions of force majeure, in particular the threat of a coronavirus pandemic. The key factors of uncertainty for the aviation industry and the genesis of the problems of disruptions in its work are presented, as exemplified by


Liquid waste from tofu production is generated from the washing, boiling, pressing and molding process. Liquid waste disposal from tofu production have temperature of 37-45°C, turbidity of 535-585 NTU, TSS, ammonia of 23.3-33.5 mg/L, BOD of 6000-8000 mg/l and COD of 7500-8400 mg/l. One of the techniques for the liquid waste processing from tofu production is aeration and adsorption. The purpose of this research is to know the combination of aeration and adsorption method in decreasing of BOD, COD and TSS in tofu wastewater at Pela Mampang tofu factory in Mampang subdistrict, South Jakarta in 2018. This research type is quasi experiment research, with research design of One Group Pre Test and Post Test Design. The sample of this research is tofu wastewater at Pela Mampang tofu factory in Mampang subdistrict, South Jakarta in 2018 with replication 5 times in each variation of contact time 20 minutes, 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 80 minutes and 100 minutes with observation parameters are BOD, COD and TSS. The results of the initial examination of BOD were 6244 mg/l, COD 33800 mg/l, and TSS 7100 mg/l. After being treated with a combined method of aeration and adsorption the BOD levels decreased to 4300.4 mg/l, COD 19283.6 mg/l, and TSS 5246.6 mg/l. There is a significant relationship between the time of treatment and reduction of BOD levels by 56.8%, while COD and TSS have no significant relationship.


Regional economic integration has accelerated its development in the context of globalization,and the East Asia has become one of the most attractive economic regions. This paper applies GTAP model and GEMPACK software to simulate the impact of constructing FTA in East Asia on China and the world. The results show that:(1) the cooperation among the member countries of East Asia has economic complementarity and broad prospects,and after the establishment of Free Trade Area in East Asia,"trade creation" will happen in member countries and the social welfare will be improved greatly;(2) various industries in China will be differently shocked and China should focus on the negative effect in the mineral and resource,textiles,electronics and manufacturing industries.


Using the statistical datas of 28 provinces(autonomous regions and municipalities) of China in 2006,this paper analyses the integrated technical efficiency,pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency of public services in rural areas by Data Envelopment Analysis(DEA).Result shows that: Liaoning,Shanghai,Fujian,Shandong,Guangdong,Hunan,Inner Mongolia,Sichuan have been integrated technical efficiency;the pure technical efficiency and scale Efficiency of rural public services has emerged gradient changes that the sort is followed by the eastern,central and western regions.The coefficient of variability(CV) of efficiency of rural public services is less than 0.068(except Hubei Province).


Sangganhe River originates from Yanbei area,Shanxi province,crosses northwestern Hebei province and Beijin,joins Haihe River,then empties into Bohai.In the past,in Sangganhe basin,wars broke out violently among Han and other minorities.But in Beiqi Dynasty,the poets began to lay their eyes-sights to the river,and the wars here.From Tang to Song Dynasty,poems on Sangganhe were booming.Wars,tourism and forced labour were the main theme of the poems.The theme of peace was another important one.Poets praised or criticized the wars vehemently,but the changes of the poems styles was also obvious,for the situations of the society were so different.


THE AMAZONIAN SUBREGION, BOLONGING TO THE NEOTROPICAL REGION OF THE HOLOTROPICAL KINGDOM, RANGES THROUGH MOST OF BRAZIL, THE GUYANAS, SOUTHERN VENEZUELA, SOUTHERN COLOMBIA, EASTERN ECUADOR, EASTERN PERU, BOLIVIA, NORTHERN PARAGUAY, AND NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA. A NEW BIOGEOGRAPHIC SCHEME FOR THE SUBREGION IS PROPOSED HEREIN, WHERE THE FOLLOWING 13 PROVINCES ARE RECOGNIZED: YUNGAS (EASTERN SLOPES OF THE ANDES, BETWEEN 300 AND 2500 M. FROM NORTHERN PERU TO NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA), GUIANAN (GUIANAN SHIELD, BETWEEN VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA, GUYANA, SURINAME AND NORTHERN BRAZIL), MOIST GUIANAN (SOUTHEASTERN VENEZUELA, NORTHERN BRAZIL SURINAME, AND GUYANA), NAPO (NORTHERN PERU, SOUTHEASTERN COLOMBIA, AND EASTERN ECUADOOR), IMERI (SOUTHERN VENEZUELA, SOUTHEASTERN COLOMBIA, AND NORTHERN BRAZIL), RORAIMA (NORTHERN BRAZIL, SOUTHEASTERN VENEZUELA, SURINAME AND GUYANA), AMAPA (SURINAME AND NORTHWESTERN BRAZIL), VARZEA (NORTHWESTERN BRAZIL AND NOERTHWESTERN PERU), UCAYALI (EASTERN PERU, NORTHERN BOLIVIA, AND WESTERB BRAZIL), MADEIRA (NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL, LIMITED IN THE NORTH BY THE AMAZON RIVER, IN THE WEST BY THE MADEIRA AND BENI RIVERS, IN THE EAST BY THE XINGU RIVER, AND IN THE SOUTH BY THE BOLIVIAN EASTERN CORDILLERA), TAPAJOS-XINGU (NORTHWESTERN BRAZIL), PARA (NORTHWESTERN BRAZIL, LIMITED IN THE NORTH AND WEST BY THE TOCANTINS AND ARAGUAIA RIVERS, IN THE SOUTH BY THE SERRA DO GURUPI OF THE NORTHERN PART OF MARANHAO AND BY THE GRAJAU RIVER, AND IN THE EAST BY THE GUANA RIVER), AND PANTANAL (SOUTH CENTRAL BRAZIL, NORTHEASTERN BOLIVIA, AND NORTHERN PARAGUAY).


This article presented us a concept of thinking in English when studying it and pointed out this habit's significance.Through discussions of four obstacle factors in the forming process of the habit,three available and effective teaching methods were introduced,which are:Immediacy Teaching,Oral Assisted Reading Teaching and Practice,to help students cultivate English thinking habit and gain the efficiency.


Abstract. The Wigner equation is a promising full quantum model for the simulation of nanodevices. It is also a challenging numerical problem. Two basic Monte Carlo approaches to this model exist exploiting, in the time-dependent case, the so-called particle affinity and, in the stationary case, integer particle signs. In this paper we extend the second approach for time-dependent simulations and present a validation against a well-known benchmark model, the Schrödinger equation. Excellent quantitative agreement is demonstrated by the compared results despite the very different numerical properties of the utilized stochastic and deterministic approaches.


Bufo typhonius on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, had an explosive breeding system, with most choruses lasting less than one day and all oviposition in a chorus occurring in less than 10 hours. Relatively permanent streams and pools were used for breeding. Several choruses occurred at each site during the four-month breeding season. Some females laid twoegg clutches in six weeks, and some males participated in more than one chorus. Male mating success was determined by direct male-male competition for individual females. Most males less than 38 mm long did not obtain mates. For males over 38 mm, the probability of mating did not increase significantly with increasing size. There was no correlation between male and female size in amplexed pairs. ANIMAL MATING SYSTEMS are molded by ecological factors, particularly temporal patterns of reproduction and the spatial and temporal distribution of limited resources (Trivers 1972, Emlen and Oring 1977). In anuran amphibians the temporal availability of receptive females is an important determinant of the form and intensity of male-male competition and the relative mating success of individual males (Emlen 1976, Wells 1977b). Females of species with prolonged breeding seasons are available on an asynchronous schedule, so each male competes for many females. Females can choose mates from among the available males, and males may influence their choice by defending oviposition sites or other resources needed by females (Wells 1977a, 1977b; Howard 1978). In species with very short breeding periods, many females arrive at the breeding site simultaneously. Males actively search for mates and attempt to displace males already in amplexus. Opportunities for mate selection by females are reduced, so there is little advantage to males in defending resources attractive to females. Because female availability is restricted in time, and because so many are in amplexus simultaneously, it should be difficult for a small number of males to monopolize a large proportion of the females. Hence the variance in male mating success should be lower in explosive breeders than in prolonged breeders (Trivers 1972, Emlen 1976, Wells 1977b, Emlen and Oring 1977). Data now available for two temperate zone ranid frogs, Rana clamitans and R. catesbejana, show that matings are heavily skewed in favor of large males, with a small percentage of males monopolizing a major proportion of the females (Wells 1977a; Howard 1978). Comparable data for explosive breeders are not available, although several recent papers discussed factors that might influence male mating success in these species (Licht 1976, Davies and Halliday 1977, Wells 1977b). In this paper I report relative mating success of individual males in a population of Bufo typhonius, a neotropical toad with an explosive breeding system. I also describe the general reproductive behavior of this species and speculate on ecological factors that favor explosive breeding.


In this paper, I discuss a drawing that substituted for an engraving in a copy of Philosophical Transactions once owned by Thomas Kirke (1650–1706, FRS 1693). I suggest that prints allowed Kirke to train his eye as well as his hand. His case is useful for raising further questions about visual representations in early modern science.


A theoretical model predicting forward blood spatter patterns resulting from a round nose bullet gunshot wound is proposed. The chaotic disintegration of a blood layer located ahead and aside of the bullet is considered in the framework of percolation theory. The size distribution of blood drops is determined, which allows for the prediction of a blood spatter cloud being ejected from the rear side of the target where the bullet exits. Then, droplet trajectories are numerically predicted accounting for gravity and air drag, which is affected by the collective aerodynamic interaction of drops through air. The model predicts the number and area of individual stains, as well as the stain distribution as a function of distance from the region of origin. The theoretical predictions are compared with experimental data acquired in this work from 9 mm Luger copper full metal jacket bullets fired from a handgun. The agreement between the predicted and experimentally measured parameters is found to be good. Disciplines Applied Mechanics | Fluid Dynamics | Mechanical Engineering Comments This article is published as Comiskey, P. M., A. L. Yarin, and D. Attinger. "Theoretical and experimental investigation of forward spatter of blood from a gunshot." Physical Review Fluids 3, no. 6 (2018): 063901. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.3.063901. Posted with permission. This article is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/me_pubs/285 PHYSICAL REVIEW FLUIDS 3, 063901 (2018) Theoretical and experimental investigation of forward spatter of blood from a gunshot P. M. Comiskey,1 A. L. Yarin,1,* and D. Attinger2 1Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7022, USA 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2529 Union Drive, Ames, Iowa 60011-1210, USA (Received 14 December 2017; published 15 June 2018) A theoretical model predicting forward blood spatter patterns resulting from a round nose bullet gunshot wound is proposed. The chaotic disintegration of a blood layer located ahead and aside of the bullet is considered in the framework of percolation theory. The size distribution of blood drops is determined, which allows for the prediction of a blood spatter cloud being ejected from the rear side of the target where the bullet exits. Then, droplet trajectories are numerically predicted accounting for gravity and air drag, which is affected by the collective aerodynamic interaction of drops through air. The model predicts the number and area of individual stains, as well as the stain distribution as a function of distance from the region of origin. The theoretical predictions are compared with experimental data acquired in this work from 9 mm Luger copper full metal jacket bullets fired from a handgun. The agreement between the predicted and experimentally measured parameters is found to be good. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.3.063901


Objective:To investigate the effects of Heshouwuyin on reproductive function of aging male rats.Methods:32 male SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups(n=8):normal control group,aging model group,Heshouwuyin group and Heshouwuwan group.The subacute aging rat model was made by injecting Dgal into the abdominal cavity continually.After successfully establishing the aging rat model,the rats in Heshouwuyin group and Heshouwuwan group were respectively lavaged with Heshouwuyin(38.4g/kg/d) and Heshouwuwan(8.24g/kg/d) for 60 days.The caput epididymidis sperm count,vitality and survival rate of sperms were observed by microscopy;Radioimmunoassay was used to detect serum testosterone concentration,in situ hybridization to observe the expression of IGF-1 mRNA in testis.Results:Heshouwuyin could obviously increase sperm count,vitality and survival rate of sperm,serum testosterone concentration and IGF-1mRNA in testis of model rats.All indexes of rats in Heshouwuyin group had obvious differences with those of rats in Heshouwuwan group and model group(P0.05).Conclusions:Heshouwuyin can improve the reproductive function of aging male rats,and delay gonad aging.


The cost variance investigation problem has been modeled in a multiperson setting by Baiman and Demski (BD) [1980a; 1980b ]. Their results include the Pareto optimality of "one-tailed" investigations of costs, wherein either very large or very small variances (but not both) should be investigated by the principal. One of the sufficient conditions for their result was that the agent have a utility function that belongs to the hyperbolic absolute risk aversion (HARA) class. While this class is rich (incorporating power, exponential, and logarithm utility functions), different functional forms may imply the optimality of "two-tailed" investigations. The purpose of this paper is to derive conditions under which "two-tailed" investigations are optimal within their model, assuming two non-HARA utility functions for the agent. In the next section I provide a brief description of the BD [1980b] model, the HARA assumption, the optimal investigation rule, and the optimal investigation region. This provides a basis for comparing results derived when a specific non-HARA utility function is assumed. In section 3 I substitute two non-HARA agent utility functions for the HARA form.


We are presenting a case of primary ectopic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that later developed HCC in the mother liver during long-term follow-up. A 64-year-old woman presented with a sudden onset of abdominal pain and internal bleeding. Ectopic HCC was diagnosed by the surgical resection of 2 tumors during laparotomy, which were found near the triangular ligament and lesser curvature of the stomach. Imaging studies revealed no intrahepatic lesion or peritoneal tumors during follow-up. However, 2 small HCCs in the mother liver were detected two years after surgery without peritoneal recurrence. Progressive alpha-fetoprotein elevation was noted despite the complete ablation of the mother liver HCC by image study. Recurrent peritoneal HCC carcinomatosis was detected and confirmed by exploratory laparotomy two years later. The patient died because of disease progression seven years after the peritoneal tumors resection without HCC recurrence in the mother liver. A literature review disclosed 7 ectopic HCC cases, including the present one, who developed mother liver HCC during the follow-up period. Regular serum AFP level monitoring and image studies are recommended for detecting recurrent or metastatic HCC after tumor resection.


This article describes some of the ways that schools in New Zealand promote global awareness and active service for the betterment of others, locally, nationally, and globally. New Zealand culture has a tradition of reaching out, and while most activities are not limited to gifted students, there is an expectation that the best and brightest students will take a leadership role and become actively engaged in issues that they ethically or morally hold dear. Many of the opportunities provided are co-curricular activities, but special programs have a role in the social-emotional development of our gifted students.


In this work we start from various basic sets of commuting directions in the Z × Z-matrices that are the generators of a group of commuting flows. The main topic in this thesis form deformations of these original directions w.r.t. the parameters of these flows and their evolution equations. The combination of the evolutions of the perturbed matrices w.r.t. all directions yields so-called hierarchies of nonlinear differential and difference equations. Specific examples of these equations that one gets in this way, are the equations satisfied by infinite Toda lattices. We study three types of deformations: the first deforms the basic directions into the lower triangular matrices with the leading term equal to the basic direction. The second type of deformation is into the upper triangular matrices, where one drops the preservation of the leading term. In the third case one deforms roughly speaking half of the directions according to the first category and the other half according to the second one. In all three instances we study the algebraic structure of the equations and show the equivalence of the various forms in which they occur. One of them, the zero curvature form, is an indication that there is a relation with an infinite dimensional Cauchy problem. We show the uniqueness of the solvability of this Cauchy problem in the formal power series setting. Finally, the discussion of each type of deformation is concluded with a geometric construction of solutions of the hierarchies. This furnishes new illustrative examples of infinite dimensional varieties that play a central role at integrable hierarchies.


Corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) has been proved to be a very safe and effective technique to halt the progression of many cornea diseases, such as ectasia disease, infectious keratitis and ametropia.CXL techniques include conventional CXL, accelerated CXL, transepithelial CXL and photochemical CXL.CXL can prevent the progression of dilated keratopathy, postpone or avoid corneal transplant surgery, and has an auxiliary function in the treatment of bullous keratopathy, infectious keratitis except herpes virus infection, and ametropia.CXL is not effective for patients with ocular herpes virus infection and patients with thin cornea and may even worsen the development of the disease.This review summarized the advantages and disadvantages of common CXL techniques, indications, contraindications, and complications, which may help enhancing the clinical application of CXL and reducing its complications.

Key words:
Corneal collagen cross-linking; Ectasia disease; Infectious Keratitis; Ametropia


The third workshop on "Biophysics of the Genome" was held in the Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences, Brno, on 12-13th October, 2004. The main organisers were the Laboratory of Molecular Cytology and Cytometry, Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences (LMCC) and the Laboratory of Optical Microscopy, Faculty of Infomratics, Masaryk University in Brno (LOM). The scientific program involved chromatin modifications, genome structure at the level of chromosome territories and condensation of chromatin measured by means of spectral microscopy.


Southwark Council is calling all residents to come and kick back with a picnic on the grassy banks of the former Surrey Canal on 17 August.


The present study outlines free vibration analysis of uniform and stepped beam subjected with single to multiple cracks victimization Finite part methodology (FEM) in MATLAB atmosphere. The crack thought-about is transversal crack that open in nature. Because of the presence of crack, the overall flexibility matrix is established by adding native extra flexibility matrix to the flexibleness matrix of the corresponding intact beam part .The native extra flexibility matrix is obtained from Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics theory. An experimental study is administrated to examine the accuracy of the numerical results. Soft-cast steel specimens of sq. space of cross section square measure thought-about for the experiment and also the experimental results square measure compared with numerical analysis victimization Finite part methodology (FEM) in MATLAB atmosphere. The results obtained from experimental square measure checked for accuracy with the current analysis by plotting nondimensional frequencies for initial 3 modes as perform of crack depth ratios for various locations of cracks. KeywordsVibration based mostly detection, multiple crack, crack location and crack depth.


Dr Randolph A Miller begins a self-imposed JAMIA retirement on January 1, 2011 after serving as Editor-in-Chief for eight and a half years. He lauds the selection of Lucia Ohno-Machado as an energetic, innovative, and highly qualified successor.


Characterization of nanomechanical graphene drum structures is presented in this paper. The structures were fabricated by mechanical exfoliation of graphite onto pre-etched circular trenches in silicon dioxide on a silicon substrate. Drum structures with diameters ranging from 3.8 to 5.7 µm and thicknesses down to 8 nm were achieved. Mechanical characterization of the devices was then carried out by using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to measure their electrostatic deflection. The structures were found to have linear spring constants ranging from 3.24 to 37.4 N m−1 and could be actuated to about 18–34% of their thickness before exhibiting nonlinear deflection. An analytical framework was formulated to model the deflection behaviour which was verified through finite element simulations (FEM). The experimental measurements agree well with analytical and finite element results using Young's modulus of 1 TPa. The resonance characteristics of the structures were derived by both plate theory and FEM simulations. It was found that our drum structures could potentially vibrate at frequencies in excess of 25 MHz. The small size and high operating frequencies of our nanomechanical graphene devices make them very promising for resonant mass sensing applications with 10−20 g Hz−1 sensitivity, a two order of magnitude improvement over other reported silicon structures.


To study the static behavior of big eccentric circular hollow section N-joints with vertical braces under compression in a symmetrical Pratt truss,four big negative eccentric specimens,four big positive eccentric specimens and one non-eccentric specimen were tested under monotonic loading.The test procedure,joint failure phenomenon,vertical jacket load-displacement curves and strain distribution curves were presented in the paper.The effect of eccentricity on ultimate capacity,stiffness and ductility of the joints was also studied.A comparison between experimental and theoretical results shows that big eccentric CHS N-joints can be regarded as rigid connection.When joint eccentricity is negative or is less than 0.25,the ultimate capacity of joints increases with the eccentricity,then it decreases when the eccentricity is between 0.25 and 1.0.As for the ultimate capacity of joints with large negative eccentricity,neither Chinese code nor Euro code yields results agreeing well with experimental results and neither is conservative.For the N-joint where the two diagonal bars are well apart,it can be treated as two Y-joints.


Denial of Service (DoS) attack is to interfere the normal user from using the information technology services. With a rapid technology improvements in computer and internet environment, small sized DoS attacks targeted to server or network infrastructure have been disabled. Thus, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that utilizes from tens to several thousands of distributed computers as zombie PC appear to have as one of the most challenging threat. In this paper, we categorize the DDoS attacks and classify existing countermeasures based on where and when they prevent, detect, and respond to the DDoS attacks. Then we propose a comprehensive defense mechanism against DDoS attacks in Control System to detect attacks efficiently.


''Federal Energy Regulatory Commission'' substituted for ''Federal Power Commission'' in subsecs. (a) and (b) pursuant to Pub. L. 95–91, § 402(a)(1)(A), which is classified to section 7172(a)(1)(A) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Federal Power Commission terminated and its functions, personnel, property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except for certain functions transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42.


A scanning component for generating an image of the inner portion of the object, and the outer cover disposed over the scanning component, an opening formed in the outer cover, fixedly mounted to the scanning component imaging system comprising a scanner and a fixed mounting portion extending through an opening formed in the outer cover.


The paper illustrates the use of electrical principles in modeling biological processes for lectures suitable for bioelectrical engineering courses. The concepts of the difference equation, transfer function, amplitude spectrum, sampling theorem and Nyquist frequency are used to describe the extraction of an acoustic cue by the auditory cortex.


By analyzing high-resolution satellite images, attempts were made to detect liquefaction-induced sand boiling caused by the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku earthquake, Japan. As a result, effective detection of sand boiling on road pavements in the studied region could be made by executing a masking treatment on the satellite images using information on the location of roads. In addition to classification using training data, semi-automatic classification without any training data could be successfully applied on the satellite images, while referring to the spectrum data of actual boiled sands that were measured in the field and in the laboratory. .


The role of the thymus in the disease of the NZB still remains to be clearly defined. Upon the basis of Coombs' positive reactions occurring in normal strains of mice following the implantation of thymus‐containing diffusion chambers, previous workers suggested the primary role of a subcellular thymus causal factor in the disease of the NZB. We have been unable to confirm these findings in neonatally and adult thymectomized or intact mice of two other strains in spite of being implanted with NZB thymus‐containing chambers.


The efforts of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, the Archbishop of Paris, to bring back the Catholic dimension of French intellectual history through intellectual discourse and debate are presented. His emphasis on the need to re-vitalise the Christian identity of the New Europe in order to maintain the hegemony of Europe in the world and also to ensure universal application of the European Christian values is highlighted.


To the Editor.— The reply of John P. Kemph, MD, to the rebuttal by Howard et al (239:830, 1978) of his comparisons of dialysis and transplantation contains extreme inaccuracies. Dr Kemph makes the statement that "transplanted kidneys are almost always rejected, sometimes slowly and sometimes rapidly." In fact, many renal transplant recipients suffer no overt rejection at all and require such low doses of maintenance immunosuppressive medication that Cushing's syndrome is inapparent. To be sure, rejection episodes are the rule, and ultimate irreversible rejection eventually occurs in at least 50% of all recipients of cadaver allografts. However, a number of centers, including that of Howard et al, have made substantial progress in preventing irreversible rejection, and at least 60% of cadaver recipients are doing well for two or more years following transplantation. Many cadaver recipients have had successful renal transplant procedures performed five to ten years ago and would be


The problem statement is to study the issue of determining the lateral pressure of the soil from the weight of the embankment soil on the end piers of the bridge at a foundation depth of 3 m. In the regulatory documents, when determining the lateral pressure for this case, it is recommended not to take into account the physical and mechanical characteristics of the soil located below the land surface. The aim of the work is to identify the magnitude of the lateral pressure, taking into account the physical and mechanical characteristics of both the embankment soil and the soil located within the depth of the foundation, as well as taking into account the height of the pier.Methodology. Two calculation optio ns are considered: according to the requirements of the norms and when using a stepped diagram of lateral pressure. In the study, the soil of the embankment was assumed to be sandy with an angle of internal frictionφn = 30º and specific gravity γn = 20 kN/m3. Calculations were carried out for the following base soils: silty sand with an angle of internal friction φn = 26º and specific gravity γn = 19 kN/m3; fine sand at φn = 34º and γn = 19.6 kN/m3 and coarse sand at φn = 43º and γn = 21 kN/m3. Results. It is shown that, in comparison with the results of calculation according to the norms, the lateral pressure and other quantities (lateral pressure force, overturning moment) can vary up to 43 %. In this case, the lateral pressure at the angle of internal friction of the embankment soil exceeding the angle of internal friction of the foundation soil will be greater than the pres-sure obtained according to the norms, and if the angle of internal friction of the embankment soil is less than the angle of internal friction of the foundation, it will be less than the pressure calculated according to the standards. Thus, in some cases, the pier, calculated according to the requirements of the standards, is overloaded, and in other cases it has significant reserves. Values of the lateral pressure are also different at different heights of the pier, which was taken equal to 1; 3; 5; 7; 9; 11 and 13 m. The novelty of the work lies in the need to consider the height of the pier and the physical and mechanical characteristics of soils, both of embankments and foundationswhen determining the lateral pressure. The practical signif-icance involves the fact that in a number of casesit is possible to recommend more economical designs of piers than the calculations according to the requirements of the current standards suggest.


Financial systems in post-communist countries have been developing for two decades of market transformation. In 2004 and 2007, ten Central and Eastern European states became members of European Union (EU), and in majority of post-communist states capital markets had been created. The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) represents securities exchanges from European Union member states and Iceland, Norway and Switzerland as well as corresponding members from European countries that have not been negotiated yet to join EU . There have been numerous studies, which have examined the development of capital markets however investigation concerning the transition countries is not so often. Therefore the aim of the paper is analysis of the emerging markets position in comparison to stock exchanges affiliated with the FESE. The position of selected stock exchanges is evaluated employing multivariate statistical methodology. The research is provided on the basis of data provided by FESE for years 2000-2011.


The present study is a review related to re-reading the analysis of the factors involved in the genesis, evolution and outcome observed in an anorexia nervosa case report. The reassessment was conducted from the perspective of a new global scientific paradigm for scientific evidence, in a specific branch of this methodology, known as "translational research", which is the application of high methodological-quality evidence, turning it into innovative therapeutic resources, that can make the difference in the management of clinical conditions with low responsiveness to con - ventional therapeutic resources, as in the case of Anorexia Nervosa, which is the manifestation of a serious eating disorder that may present risks to the patient. Therefore, the scope of the present research is to evaluate the limits and potentiality of individual psychotherapeutic intervention in cases of anorexia nervosa, with a depressive basis, by means of a clinical – analytical reading. The method for the study was the deep analysis of a clinical case, based on the analytical-therapeutic relationship, on the psycho-bodily activations and their related psyco-pharmacotherapy. These are the three active principles in Contemporary Reichian Analysis, which represents a theoretical-practical reference in an appropriate psychotherapeutic process, as detailed below.


This article addresses the issue of conflict between religious communities that cause enmity amid society.  Hostilities must be overcome and resolved in accordance with the call of Christianity to live in love and peace. The study used the qualitative paradigm as the method of the research and the descriptive-analyses as the writing method by describing the research problems based on data collected from related publications.One of the powerful messages of Jesus's teaching is "Love your enemies." It's one of the greatest challenges in life.  Jesus Christ gave an important doctrine about loving the enemy because love is more powerful than evil, hurtful deeds. Loving the enemy means canceling hostilities and violence, but instead, it promises acceptance of each other. The title of this study is "love your enemies": A Christian Response to Embrace Others. As the title of this study is "love your enemies," the reason for the selection of this article is because the author sees that "loving the enemy is a commandment from God that must be obeyed. This research question emphasizes how to realize "loving the enemy" amid hostility. This paper argues that Jesus's command to love the enemy is a proper Christian lifestyle choice in the midst of hostility. We use CS Song thoughts, which elaborated with other scholars' views on theology, loving, and embracing others. The purpose of the research was to gain understanding and build a theological reflection on Jesus' commandment to love the enemy. In this article, we first briefly discuss the portrait of life among religious people in Indonesia. Secondly, we discuss the conflict between religious people in Indonesia. Finally, we apply the command of Jesus to love our enemy as a Christian lifestyle in the midst of hostility to construct harmony amid hostility. We propose the command of Jesus to 'love your enemy' as a response to establishing sustainable peace by embrace others. Finally, the Christians must become a loving community because God so loved us, and we also ought to love and embrace others.


Plasticizers are chemical additives added into polymers to influence desirable mechanical properties such as processability and ductility. These properties are a result of the association of plasticizer and polymer molecules under the theories of plasticization. This review analyzes, justifies and explore the use of bioplasticizers over phthalate based plasticizers. Owing to health concerns, depletion of crude resources and other factors, there is a gradual drift from traditional phthalate plasticizers to bioplasticizers in the plastic


This paper studies a time-varying formation control algorithm based on the unmanned intelligent vehicle (UIV) system. First, modeling the multi-agent system. Reference [4] gives the time-varying formation control algorithm of multi-agent under changing communication topology and necessary and sufficient conditions for the establishment of the algorithm. The simulation verifies the effectiveness of the algorithm. On this foundation, based on the consensus theory, this paper proposes a formation algorithm in the case of a formation reference center movement and realizes multiple time-varying formations of a multi-agent system through simulation. The simulation results show that the algorithm proposed in this paper can quickly realize formation under different formation requirements and the algorithm has better control effect and robustness.


The past three decades have seen the introduction of great numbers of new drugs. Accompanying their use have developed many instances of iatrogenic disease of which the doctor must be aware. Today a history must include not only a system review but a treatment review as well.


The article examines how the participants of the discursive scene are constructed from the study of the voices that the speaker unfolds in the texts that characterize a certain historical conjuncture. All discursive scenes are populated with voices. The modalities study; in as much expression of the speaker attitude as opposed to its statement; is proposed as an instrument that allows undertaking the study of the discursive participants. We focus on the analysis of a text signed by the feminist Hermila Galindo;"La mujer en el porvenir"; that she send to Primer Congreso Feminista de Yucatan; called by governor Venustiano Carranza in 1916.


Abstract The 2-Alkyl-1-diethylenediaminimidazoline based Gemini amphiphiles were successfully synthesized in a two step methodology. In the first steps, triethylenetetramine was reacted with fatty acids namely viz. caprylic acid, lauric acid, myristic acid & palmitic acid to get the corresponding amides which on continuous heating results into 2-alkyl-1-diethylenediaminimidazoline. These imidazolines in second step were reacted with 1, 6-dibromohexane to form targeted cationic Gemini surfactants. The chemical structure of compounds was confirmed by means of FTIR, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The effect of alkyl chain length of synthesized surfactants on the basic characteristics such as surface tension, foaming, emulsifying capability, lime soap dispersing power and wetting were studied. These new surfactants were investigated for their biodegradability, anticorrosion and antimicrobial activity. They have capacity to reduce surface tension of water from 71.8 mN.m−1 to 27.42 mN.m−1. The 2-octyl-1-diethylenediaminimidazoline based Gemini surfactant (GSCTDH) showed good biocidal activity against gram positive Bacteria Bacillis subtilis (16.57 mm) & Staphylococcus aureus (19.46 mm). The 2-dodecyl-1-diethylenediaminimidazoline based Gemini surfactant GSLTDH has good inhibition against gram negative bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa (14.33 mm) and Escherichia coli (18.31 mm). The biodegradation results allowed classification of synthesis compounds as readily biodegradable. The Gemini surfactant GSCTDH has 96.71% inhibition efficiency against carbon steel. It can be used as an anticorrosion agent. Graphical Abstract


AbstractFiber research in concrete construction technology has been helping to prevent catastrophic disasters due to the loss of structural integrity and service life by functioning as structural h...


An integrated 55-65 GHz slot antenna fed by a rectangular micro coaxial feed line fabricated on a metallic reflector backed high resistivity silicon wafer is presented. The antenna exhibits a measured return loss better than 15 dB in the desired frequency band corresponding to a bandwidth of 17%. A simulated unidirectional gain of -0.29 dBi and a front- to-back ratio of 15 dB are observed at the 60 GHz center frequency with a good agreement between the measured and simulated radiation patterns. A 50% reduction in slot length has been achieved by using an H-shaped slot.


Author(s): Pandey, Anshuman | Abstract: This is a proposal to encode the Sharada script in the international character encoding standard Unicode. This script was published in Unicode Standard version 6.1 in January 2012. Sharada is an historical script used to write Sanskrit, Kashmiri, and other languages of South Asia. It was the main inscriptional and literary script of Kashmir from 8c until 20c. The script is in limited use today by Kashmiri pandits.


This chapter presents items comprising three scales that measure servant leadership using three key dimensions: service, humility, and vision. The instrument was used to measure servant leadership behaviors experienced by followers in the United States and Ghana. Reliability and validity evidence is included from two research studies. A discussion of the relationship of servant leadership behaviors with employee outcomes assessed in these studies concludes the chapter. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2172-5.ch009


The purpose of this study is to investigate the concepts used in labor solidarity enterprises, being developed from the experience of the Solidarity Economy Centre of Bahia (CESOL) - a program of implementation of Economics Solidarity, which currently supports 17 projects in the state. Among these projects, we highlight four associations that operate in fairly representative CESOL, the Art of making art, the Association of Artisans of Bahia - Adaba, the Association of Culture and Art - Cultuarte and the Association of Artisans of Lauro de Freitas - AALFI. In this article, the sample was delimited search the Art of making art as a field of study. When seeking information about the developments and applied technology, realized the wealth of experience and diversity of works exhibited, sharing the same space by integrating a network of development that make and change as the exchange of experiences and philosophy of solidarity economics favor dialogue, interaction and learning between associations that are in the initial process of incubation and associations that are structurally more organized because they are more time integrating the incubation process developed by


This work proposes the design and performance studies of two sigma-delta modulation-based direct-digital converters (DDCs) for single-element resistive sensors. Both the interfaces produce linear digital output, without using a separate analog-to-digital converter. The first of the two designs is a simple direct-digital interface that can be used in all applications where the lead wires, connecting the sensor element to the modulator interface, possess negligible resistance. The second DDC circuit is an enhanced version of the first design and produces digital output, independent of error due to lead-wire resistance. Thus, this improved modulator interface can be efficiently used in remote measurement applications. Moreover, both interfaces possess further useful features, such as output-span enhancement facility, fast conversion rate, use of single regulated voltage source, and relatively low implementation cost. Performances of the proposed interfaces are studied comprehensively through simulation and experimental validation. The maximum experimental nonlinearities, in the two designs, are found to be around 0.25%. This proves the primary efficacy of the schemes in producing linear output characteristics. Moreover, the enhanced sigma-delta digitizer exhibits a maximum error of just 0.1% for variations in lead-wire resistance. A detailed comparison study brings out efficacies of the proposed interfaces.


Chiloscyllium plagiosum is a kind of small oviparous shark and can be collected in south of Fujian waters all the year.The female has two ovries:the left one and the right one.And only the right one lays 200~300 eggs at different stages.The Eggs' size at ovulation is 20 ~30 mm in diameter, with rich yolk. The size of the oviducal gland increases as the fish body gets bigger and is about 80 mm×50 mm at the sex mature stage. The ova may be fertilized at oviducal gland and then the thick brown rectangle egg case forms is formed.


In order to improve the quality of reconstructed images, a method combining DCT algorithm and compressive sensing theory is presented. Firstly, the DCT transform is applied to change an image to sparse domain, and then the high-frequency coefficients of the sparse domain is measured by using a Gaussian random, finally, the algorithm of OMP is used to reconstruct the image.Compared with the direct compressive sensing algorithm, simulation results demonstrated that the presented algorithm improved the quality of the reconstructed image significantly. For the same number of sampled data sets, the PSNR of the presented algorithm was improved about 5 dB.


The aim of this paper is to analyse the restructuring of ALSTOM Konstal SA in Chorzow in the period 1997–2003. The reasons for this change fall into two main categories.Firstly, GEC ALSTOM Concern, which specializes in infrastructure of power generation and power service (60% of production), rail transport (28% of production), industry and naval constructions (6% of production), purchased Konstal SA in 1997.These days ALSTOM Konstal SA is one of the best European producers of constructed carriagesfor trams, rail transit systems, fully automatic systems and metro systems. These products are produced mainly for three big cities in Poland: Katowice, Gdansk and Warsaw, and for the EU countries.Secondly, the modernization brought new technology and staff training. To this aim, in the period 1997–2003 GEC ALSTOM invested 28 million € in Konstal SA, for renovation and modernization, new technology purchase, new hall and production line building and people capital.These restructuring processes and previous production experience allowed the company to become successful in designing and producing rail transport.


Process planning is an important part of effectively operating a surface mount-placement machine. Fitness linear scaling is modified firstly, and then the modified genetic algorithm is combined with the simulated annealing algorithm to improve the global convergence performance of genetic algorithm. The modified hybrid genetic algorithm is applied to solve the problem for gantry machines. The results show that the required time for mounting electronic parts can be decreased obviously,and it can resolve the problem more effectively than genetic algorithm or neighbor algorithm.


JOHN f. MAYtR, Ph.D., is Associate Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. He was formerly a research sociologist at the In stitute of Welfare Research, Community Service Society, New York, New York. This paper is a revised version of one that was presented at the Annual Forum of the National Conference on Social Welfare, Dallas, Texas, May 1967. casework research and sociology, the ques tion is more specifically: To what extent does casework research exploit the perspec tives and concepts that sociology has to offer?


The rapid growth in the Chinese economy despite the fact that its economic institutions and policies appear gravely inadequate against the propositions of mainstream economic theory has posed many puzzles to development economists. As pointed out by Summers (2007), in the past three decades, China has experienced the same degree of industrialization that took two centuries to occur in Europe. While many foreign observers frequently highlight the institutional constraints hindering China's development progress, it continues to have maintained record levels of economic growth and poverty reduction. The Chinese experience has been widely studied (Qian, 2003; Fan, Zhang, and Zhang, 2004; Hofman and Wu, 2007; Lin, 2007; Ravallion, 2007). For example, Lin (2007) argues that China's rapid growth is due to its shift in development strategy from capital intensive to labor intensive, in line with China's comparative advantage. However, there are still many myths and questions about the internal processes and logic that drove the reform. Most of the previous studies provide ex post assessment of the major reform measures, yet offer little insight into the internal, political processes of reform. Many of the approaches used in the reform process are unorthodox from a standard neo-classical paradigm (Rodrik, 2004). It is possible that heterodox reform measures may be too China-specific to be transferable to other countries, but some of the policies and strategies behind the reform process may transcend international borders, and we believe in the potential of drawing out the lessons from China's development path for


A recent study by the Water Research Commission (WRC) has confirmed the importance of inland fisheries as a food source of rural communities.


It discloses a method and apparatus for generating a three-dimensional image information using a single imaging path. The method, the method has a first and second step of selectively receiving the first and second images through the respective portion of the single imaging path, the first site, has a first perspective point within the field of view, the second site has a second perspective point within the field of view, and the first and second image cooperate are those that can serve to represent three-dimensional space attributes of an object within the field of view. The method also while receiving the first and second images, change the position of the first and second perspective point by changing the first and second range of portions of the imaging path has a step of, by a change in position of the perspective point, the one in which the change corresponding to the representation of three-dimensional space attributes is provided. The method further comprises, when changing the first and scope of the second portion, so that the image intensity related to each of said first and second image are maintained generally constant image intensity level , comprising the step of compensating for changes in transmission through the first and second portions of the imaging path. .Field


This paper focuses on the historical first visit of the Berliner Ensemble to London in 1956, arguing that it was the single most important agent in the development of a 'new wave' in British Theatre. Having looked at the context of the Ensemble's two-week season and the belated introduction of the work of Bertolt Brecht to English audiences – in theatrical, political, and economic terms – it discusses the critical reactions to the performances. Questions of audience constituency are broached and due consideration is given to the role played in promoting 'Brechtian' theatre by the new generation of directors who were shortly to populate the emergent major subsidised arenas of the English Stage Company, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the National Theatre. The subsequent career of Bill Gaskill is used both to illustrate the way in which the influence of the Ensemble's work was spread and also to emphasise the vital role that a single figure was to play in the development of British theatre over the next two decades. Gaskill, a man whose directorial experience takes in all three of the subsidised theatres and companies referred to above, famously declared that the visit of the Berliner Ensemble "changed my life".


KISS (KEK Isotope Separation System) has been constructed at Nishina Re- search Center (NRC) of RIKEN to study the decay properties of heavy neutron-rich iso- topes with mass number around A� 200 along the neutron magic number of N = 126 for the astrophysical interest. The isotopes of interest will be produced by multi-nucleon transfer reactions in neutron-rich heavy ion collisions (e.g. 136 Xe projectile on 198 Pt tar- get). KISS consists of a gas-cell system for thermalizing (stopping and neutralizing) and fast-transporting reaction products to the gas cell exit hole, a laser system for the res- onant ionization, and a mass-separator system followed by a detection system for the decay spectroscopy. KISS will allow us to study unknown isotopes produced in weak re- action channels under low background conditions. The off-line test of the KISS has been finished. As a next step, on-line test experiments have been performed to investigate the overall efficiency and selectivity of the system as a function of the injected 56 Fe beam intensity from the RIKEN Ring Cyclotron (RRC).


Objective The aim of this study was to create an improved method to establish a persistent rabbit model of avascular necrosis of the femoral head with reduced death rate.Methods Forty New Zealand rabbits were divided into two groups.The control group consisted of twenty animals receiving hydroprednisone acetate intramuscularly in a dose of 8 mg/kg twice a week for consecutive eight weeks and penicillin injection at the same time.The experimental group consisted of twenty animals receiving hydroprednisone acetate intramuscularly at the same dose twice a week for three weeks and continued to receive it for five weeks after three weeks intermission.All animals were killed and studied by pathology, radiography,ECT and MRI after 2,4,6 and 8 weeks.Results The death rate of the animals in the experimental group was much lower than that in the control group(P0.01).There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of the radiogram,ECT and MRI.All animals were in accordance with the changes of avascular necrosis of the femoral head in the early and middle stage.Histological observation showed no significant difference in the rate of empty bone lacunae between experimental group(29.5%) and control group (28.9%).Conclusions A rabbit model of avascular necrosis of the femoral head has been successfully established by an improved method,i.e.discontinuous administration of corticosteroid,with a significantly reduced death rate of the animals in comparison with that in the model induced by continuous administration of the steroids.


We present a system which generates global constraint models from few positive examples of problem solutions. In contrast to previous constraint acquisition work, we present a novel approach based on the global constraint catalog and the Constraint Seeker tool which generates models for problems which can be expressed as regular conjunctions of similar constraints. Our system first generates regular groupings of variables in the given samples. The Constraint Seeker is then used to find ranked, typical constraints which match all given positive examples. A dominance check, which removes implied constraints based on meta-data in the constraint catalog, leads to a final ranked set of candidate constraints for each problem. The system is implemented in SICStus Prolog, and heavily relies on the constraint description and evaluators in the global constraint catalog. We show results for more than 200 example problems, ranging from puzzles to sports scheduling, placement and layout problems. The problems range from 4 to over 6000 variables, and use between one and 7000 samples, utilizing over 50 global constraints of the catalog. We achieve an overall hit-rate of about 50%.


The article considers the matter of the criteria for the modern physiology lecture. A tendency observed in the modern world lies in the fact that advanced multimedia technologies are supposed to help to transform the audience from passive listeners into active participants of learning process. Some students were surveyed with a porpose to estimate how they watch the modern lecture. The results show that they reject the idea that a distant lecture or the one recorded and recommended for watching could replace the classic lecture. According to the students, the modernity of the lecture is determined by the lector's professionalism, his or her awareness of new science achievements and ability to uncover the topic successfully. Lectures on physiology are to be accompanied by videos demonstrating experiments on animals.


Abstract Efficient ring opening of epoxides with aromatic amines catalyzed by ZrO(OTf)2 is reported, and the corresponding β amino (beta-amino acid) alcohols were obtained in high yields in CH3CN as solvent. The reactions were carried out at room temperature and in the presence of only 1.25 mol% of ZrO(OTf)2. This catalyst can be reused several times without loss of its activity.


We investigated the effect of program/erase speed on switching uniformity in filament-type resistive memory with Mo/SiOx/Pt structure. The RRAM device exhibits a large on/off ratio (>; 105), good data retention properties even at 200°C, and stable pulse-switching endurance up to 106 cycles. In comparison with slow switching operation, fast switching operation achieves more uniform program/erase performance in filament-type resistive memory. In order to determine the relationship between the switching speed and the uniformity, we carried out an effective analysis of real pulse operation.


Patent number: 88-AT70-8902418 Reference LPI-PATENT-1989-001Search for this record at the European Patent Office Record created on 2006-02-21, modified on 2017-05-12


Hormones that regulate color pattern also have an effect on hunger, this is known as hormonal pleiotropy. The objective of this study is to determine whether animals with different color patterns differ in hunger levels, data will be collected from Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). Eastern Mosquitofish display discrete color polymorphism, creating a narrow variation of either silver or melanistic, making them appropriate subjects to observe. If melanistic males are less hungry than silver males then there will be: a lower number of attempts to eat mosquito larvae, lower number of mosquito larvae eaten, higher latency period (time it takes the subjects to start consuming food source provided), and higher duration (time to finish food source provided). Both silver and melanistic male eastern mosquitofish will be obtained from wading pools or a local pond. There will be two glass tanks, each will have a plastic separation in the middle. On one side of the plastic separation will be the male mosquitofish being observed, meanwhile on the other side there will be a group of two females and one male silver to make up for this species' social behavior. Five trials will be carried out per tank. Mosquitofish are an important part of Florida's ecosystem due to the fact that one of their main sources of food are mosquito larvae. Mosquitofish are placed in decorative ponds and pools in order to prevent mosquito manifestation. This study would provide information on mosquitofish that has never been looked at before, while also developing a reasoning behind different eating patterns between animals with differing color morphs.


Ischial callosities are specialised regions of skin and subdermal tissue in the form of fibro-fatty cushions with a tough, non-slip surface, firmly bound to the underlying ischial tuberosity. They occur in primates of the families Cercopithecidae and Hylobatidae. Ischial callosity usage helps animals to adopt stable sitting postures on the tops of branches, particularly during feeding, resting and sleeping. Callosity-like areas in pongids are mainly epidermal specialisations and differ in their development and usage from true callosities. They are similar to the para-callosity skin regions in some ground living cercopithecids. The ischial tuberosity in animals with true callosities has a flat surface which flares out from the lower end of the ischial body and which is devoid of muscle attachments. In animals without callosities the ischial tuberosity is not flared, has a curved surface, and acts as a site for muscle attachment. The ischial tuberosity is relatively broader in animals with callosities than in animals without callosities, although the absolute size of the specimens concerned must be taken into account. The combination of qualitative and quantitative features of fossil ischial tuberosities enables the presence or absence of callosities in these forms to be deduced. The recognition of these features in fossil material might be of use in the elucidation of the evolution of one type of primate arboreal adaptation.


The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of the production method and the source of gondeure namulbap, more particularly, can retain the fragrance of nutrients and herbs smell of gondeure herbs and producing a namulbap and at the same time open and retain the properties of the soft gondeure herbs when it is possible to provide a crunchy is light and savory gondeure namulbap taste, and is by eating a lot of foods with cholesterol-containing and a variety of illnesses and problems tinged seasons green in a modern environment, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, calories, digestion well-being, in particular, gives to clear the blood as method of producing a gondeure namulbap to ingest gondeure namulbap that is effective in hemostasis and the same time a method of manufacturing a source-to-eat, the present invention for this purpose is frozen after boiled in boiling water when thawing at least 10 hours at room temperature, the storage gondeure herbs Is covered, the pots containing the, cooking the previous stage and subjected to the cooking previous step the gondeure herbs and the rice preparation to cook the gondeure namulbap using the thawed gondeure herbs and rice and thawing steps to 27 in a high heat 32 minutes to boil off and then said high heat in the cooking step and to create a gondeure namulbap, take the steam cooking step for 8 to 10 minutes; and a, after the cooking step to complete the gondeure namulbap. Gondeure herbs, namulbap,


System for stimulating staff initiative that based on the evaluation which successfully combined objective results with subjective results,can alleviate to be caused by not perfect and objective generous character(for example,the rate of employment)of encourage the distortion.In addition,when the appealing and recessive guideline join together,the provide of in association with encourage become more equilibrium.Analyzing the system and the data of the employment from the Yunnan Agriculture University,considering the statistics and administration synthesis assess,and using the objective results to evaluate with subjective results at the same time,we can see that the evaluation take up employment guide value increased with the objective results.


The present invention relates to a catalyst for a dehydrogenation reaction of hydrocarbon, a method for preparing the same, and a method for preparing an olefin through dehydrogenation of hydrocarbon using the catalyst. Specifically, the present invention provides a catalyst for a hydrocarbon dehydrogenation reaction, which comprises an alumina carrier on which chromium oxide, potassium oxide and cerium oxide are supported, the catalyst comprising 1 to 30 parts by weight of chromium oxide with respect to 100 parts by weight of alumina, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of potassium oxide with respect to 100 parts by weight of alumina, and 1 to 20 parts by weight of cerium oxide with respect to 100 parts by weight of alumina. Of the catalyst for a hydrocarbon dehydrogenation reaction of the present invention, the alumina carrier can be easily prepared by a spray drying method, and a procedure for supporting metal oxide thereon can also be performed through a simple process. Thus, the present invention can secure excellent reproducibility in the preparation of the alumina carrier and the preparation process of the catalyst for a hydrocarbon dehydrogenation reaction comprising chromium oxide-potassium oxide-cerium oxide supported on the finally obtained alumina. Thus, the present invention can stably obtain the catalyst for a hydrocarbon dehydrogenation reaction that can prepare olefin at a high yield. In addition, as an example, the present invention has an advantage in that the present invention can satisfy increasing propylene demands by securing a single production process that can continuously prepare propylene without establishing a new naphtha cracking process, thereby being capable of obtaining economic profits, and actively coping with future market changes.


Allergenic cross‐reactivity among three Fusarium species (F. solani, F. equiseti, and F. moniliforme) was determined by crossed immunoelectrophoresis (CIE), ELISA inhibition, and immunoprint‐inhibition analysis. Inhibiting immunoprint was used to assess the cross‐reactivity of individual allergenic proteins in culture filtrate (CF), separated on SDS‐PAGE. Dose‐response inhibition of band 14 kDa in immunoprints of F. solani CF by antigens of F. solani CF, F. equiseti CF, and F. moniliforme CF demonstrated significant cross‐reactivity of allergenic proteins on analysis of densitometric scans. CIE and ELISA inhibition using hyperimmune sera raised in rabbits against F. solani CF antigen also demonstrated shared antigenicity among Fusarium species. Collectively, this study revealed the presence of shared as well as unique antigenic and allergenic determinants in F. solani CF, F. equiseti CF, and F. moniliforme CF antigens.


Since the publication of Nozick's 1974 classic Anarchy, State, and Utopia (henceforth AEU), a lot of ink has been spent in the discussion of what came to be known as Entitlement Theory. In general lines, this theory tries to establish the conditions of initial acquisition, transfer, and rectification of property. Philosophers manifested special interest in the anti-redistributivist implications of the theory. Less attention, however, is given to the previous structure of individual rights offered by Nozick in the first part of his book. Can it be plausibly defended? In this paper, I advocate that it suffers from internal tensions that render it a fragile basis for the nozickian project.


Understanding the significance of the Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon underwater historic site to its various interest groups is an important consideration in its management. Chuuk, one of the Federated States of Micronesia, was the scene of fierce battles resulting in an underwater tomb for more than 100 ships, planes and submarines. This material culture constitutes Chuuk's largest tourism resource but it is under increasing threat by foreign divers drawn to the site to photograph and, in some cases, to collect artefacts. Many Japanese and American visitors, however, consider the lagoon as a war grave. The shipwrecks and aircraft are protected under Chuukese, Federated States and United States laws. Site management is complex due to the lack of baseline data, overlapping jurisdiction, conflicting funding priorities, insufficient public interpretation and conflicting foreign management systems. A cooperative management approach among all stakeholders may be the most efficient approach to preserving the underwater cultural heritage of Chuuk.


This assessment of the major Congressional proposals by Democrats (HR 1773) and Republicans (S.744) to fashion a new guest worker program critiques the solvency of each proposal through the lens of their effect on illegal immigration. While S.744 may succeed at enticing migrants to apply through the W-Visa program in search of higher wages, portability rights, and the opportunity for a path to citizenship, the proposal may prove untenable to employers who view W-Visa holders as too costly. On the other hand, HR 1773 falls victim to the opposite problem - although growers will appreciate the stability of a workforce with little bargaining power, migrants will have little incentive to sign up for a visa program that affords them piece rate wages equal to what they would earn in an illegal setting.


This award-winning film brims over with stunning images of carnival play and a rich soundtrack of hot Cajun music. Cajun filmmaker Pat Mire gives us an inside look at the colorful, rural Cajun Mardi Gras.


Ideas fit poorly into the economics of political systems. This paper provides a new, highly-adaptable framework for analysing the role of ideas in political change. Starting with Djankov et al's (2003) institutional possibility frontier, in which institutional choice is depicted as a trade-off between disorder costs and dictatorship costs, we observe that costs are subjective to the political actor that perceives them. Long-run institutional changes can be seen as the result of perceived changes in these costs. The paper then looks at political bargaining between actors with different subjective institutional possibility frontiers, how subjective costs help us understand institutional innovation, and the role of uncertainty and ignorance in creating follower-leader dynamics in political systems. By integrating ideas into the economic analyses of politics we create the foundations of a subjective political economy.


A theory for Eu2+ ground S-state splitting in low-symmetric crystals analogous to that developed earlier for the iso-electronic Gd3+ ion is proposed. The characteristic parameters of the contributions to splitting influenced by the ligand point charges are calculated. The phenomenological values of the characteristic parameters of the contributions to the splitting dependent on the metal-ligand exchange effects are found. The Eu2+ S-state splitting in CaFCl, SrFCl, BaFCl crystals is interpreted.


Naples rarely represents itself. This simple observation emerges clearly when one studies the iconography of the city in the early modern period. Images of the city produced throughout the Renaissance rarely offered any self-celebration of the city or of the powers ruling there; these images were by and large produced by artists from distant areas and cultures who did not participate in the city?s life. The transmission of urban images linked several elements of Renaissance intellectual and material culture?including the biblical myths of Sodom and Gomorrah, More?s Utopia, and Tommaso Campanella?s City of the Sun (1602). In the case of Naples, only the much later link of Enlightenment culture with the new autonomy of the kingdom in 1734 would lead to significant steps toward the renewal of both the city and its interest in representing itself. Keywords:baroque iconography; early modern period; enlightenment iconography; Naples; renaissance iconography


A simple, rapid, accurate and economical spectrophotometric method has been developed for estimation of amodiaquine from bulk and pharmaceutical formulation. The λmax of amodiaquine in methanol and water was found to be 348 nm. The same spectrum was derivatised in to first order derivative; showed maximum amplitude of the trough at 348 nm. The drug follows linearity in the concentration range 2-12 µg/ml with correlation coefficient value 0.998. The proposed method was applied to pharmaceutical formulation and % amount of drug estimated 99.19 % % was found in good agreement with the label claim. The accuracy of the method was checked by recovery experiment performed at three different levels i.e., 80%, 100% and 120 %. The % recovery was found to be in the range 98.54%– 99.98%. The low values of % R.S.D. are indicative of the accuracy and reproducibility of the method. The precision of the method was studied as an intra-day, inter-day variations and repeatability. The % R.S.D. value less than 2 indicate that the method is precise. Ruggedness of the proposed method was studied with the help of two analysts. The above method was a rapid and cost-effective quality-control tool for routine analysis of amodiaquine in bulk and in pharmaceutical dosage form.


How does meaningful learning take place in an online course? What makes online learning environments such as a Learning Management System (LMS) different from merely accessing information on the web, such as through Google search? One way is through the exploitation of Online Discussion Forums. This study examines students' narratives in a discussion forum on Moodle, using Giddens' structuration theory. The objective is to demonstrate how the discussion forum can be used as a cognitive tool; how technology can be used to negotiate and construct knowledge. It adopts as a methodology the qualitative approach to the analysis of content instead of the frequency counts and other quantitative measures such as the number of postings of participants because ultimately, it is what takes place, not how much or how often it takes place, that determines whether learning has occurred. Following a face to face consideration of the subject of "Politeness" with students in the course "E1G 306—Discourse Analysis," they were asked to respond to the question: "Are Women More Polite Than Men?" The course was taught using the blended elearning approach, and online activities were asynchronous. Students were given three weeks to make contributions. The time frame was to mitigate the challenges of access such as power, slow connectivity and inadequate computers. All the postings were public and archived so that whole transcripts could be re8viewed as n eeded and readily accessible to all participants. They were required to respond to at least three other student postings in order to initiate a round of discussion among the participants. So they read other student responses and interpretations and compared these with their own thoughts. This involved the processes of deep reflection and the construction, refinement and re8construction of domains of knowledge. The resu lting kinds of learning from these processes were not a regurgitation of a lecture or reading, but a negotiated interpretation of students' knowledge based on the application of learned theories.


We believe that team learning has much to offer teachers and learners across the continuum of education in health sciences institutions (i.e., allied health, nursing, graduate and medical school courses, and resident and continuing medical education conferences). We are not surprised that interest in the method, also known as team-based learning (TBL), particularly outside of the health sciences literature, continues to increase as evidence about its positive impact on learning accumulates in the literature through presentations1,2 and publications,3–6 including the article by George Dunaway7 published in this issue. The diffusion of team learning into health sciences education has grown steadily in the past 4 years, encouraged by a loosely formed "community of team-learning scholars" (e.g., deans, course directors, instructors, and educational consultants from multiple institutions) supported by grants from the Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) to Baylor College of Medicine.8 This collaborative has indirectly influenced the implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of numerous trials of the method.9 Sharing of team-learning experiences and outcomes through formal and informal means is an important part of a much needed process to investigate how the potential of team-learning can most effectively be realized across the diversity of settings in the profession. Published studies,3–7 including those in Teaching and Learning in Medicine,4,6,7 have set a strong precedent for the merit and worth of these dissemination activities. Hunt et al.,4 one of the earliest published reports of the use of team learning in the health sciences, describes a 7-week course after which 2nd-year medical students demonstrated proficiency in critical appraisal of the medical literature. Levine et al.,6 a more recent work, reports how progressively more use of team learning in a 4-week psychiatry clerkship lectureship series for medical students significantly improved students performance on the end-of-clerkship National Board of Medical Examiners shelf exam. Dunaway,7 in this issue, describes a 2-week endocrine module in a pharmacology course for 9 graduate students, which led to achievement of course objectives and high student and instructor satisfaction.


Over the last seven years, Family Planning Queensland has been discovering just how important and powerful collaboration is in improving the sexual and reproductive health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people living on the Sunshine Coast.


In this paper we propose an adaptive regulator for general multivariable linear systems to deal with references and disturbances generated by an unknown exosystem. The proposed regulator merges a continuous-time internal model and a discrete-time least-squares identifier that adapts the internal model parameters. We show that, under a suitable persistence of excitation condition, asymptotic regulation is achieved whenever an upper bound on the dimension of the exosystem is known.


Kanas National Geopark,Xinjiang is one of the glacial geomorphology geoparks,represented by glacial barrier lake.In this geopark,geological heritages resources are typical,and preserved systemicly,completely.The geological heritages resources can be divided into 5 categories: geological profile,geological structure,geomorphologic landscape,water landscape and environmental geological heritages.It is a typical corridor of the well-preserved Quaternary glacial landforms in the world's low altitude areas.Represented by the Kanas Lake and Moon Bay,Fairy Bay and Wolong Bay,the park has not only highly ornamental values,but also high significance in geomorphology.


ABSTRACT Tydeidae are free living mites, found in a wide range of environments in all continents. Surveys of mite fauna associated with Hevea spp. have registered Lorryia mites as unidentified species, with L. formosa Cooreman, 1958 the only fully identified species. We examined 557 Lorryia specimens sampled from Hevea spp. from 26 plots distributed over 11 provinces in Brazil during the last 20 years. The analysis revealed eight species of Lorryia found on these hosts, four of them recently discovered associated with this host and three recorded for the first time in the country, besides L. formosa, which was already known on this host plant.


Nested simulations present a general method suitable for use in realizing a multi-trajectory simulation or as a decision support in a simulator. The principle of nested simulation (as a decision support) is to find a solution to a problem using other time-limited simulations which verify alternative options. After the nested simulations have finished, the solutions of individual alternatives are assessed and the best solution is applied to the main simulation. The aim of the article is to conduct a case study of using nested simulation as decision support in a mesoscopic simulator of rail transport. This study is based on a prototype railway station with mixed traffic of both passenger and cargo trains. The results of the simulation are compared with commonly used microscopic simulation tool Villon.


Three-dimensional sound effect has been around us when we are playing video games and watching movies in theatres. This happens because many researches have been developed to deploy head-related impulse responses (HRIRs) for 3-D sound reproduction. In reproducing 3-D sound, monaural sound is convolved with a pair of HRIRs. In this research, PKU-IOA HRTF Database has been used. An original HRIR consists of 1024 samples with 65,536 Hz sampling rates. Pre-processing is performed on the HRIRs, so that we obtain five data types including the original ones, i.e. original HRIRs (type 1); original HRIRs chopped to first 512 samples (type 2); and 349 samples (type 3); HRIRs with 256 samples and 48 kHz sampling rate (type 4) that originating from original HRIRs with 349 samples that are down-sampled to 48 kHz; and the last data type is minimum phase HRIRs with first 200 samples that are reconstructed from original HRIRs (type 5). Each data type is then modelled using principal components analysis (PCA). The averages of percentage errors are respectively 24.259%, 24.244%, 24.242%, 21.080%, and 5.422% for type 1 to type 5. The best-resulted model is minimum phase HRIRs (type 5); these HRIRs are then reconstructed and deployed in Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Board TMS320C5535 to reproduce 3-D sound from monaural one.


Recently, the popularity of social networking sites (SNSs) results in social commerce becomes a vital issue and received a considerable attention from practitioners and scholars. This study aimed to investigate the factors that influence SNS users' social commerce intentions based on the model of goal-directed behavior. Unlike prior studies pay their attention on Word-of-Mouth (WOM) acquiring and sharing intention when investigate the social commerce behavior, this study extended the social commerce intentions to a broader concept, which also incorporated the browsing intention and shopping intention. Moreover, this study also explored the influences of social desire, commercial desire, as well as perceived behavior control (PBC) on these extended social commerce intentions. The results showed that the main purpose that SNS users engage in SNSs is for social rather than for shopping. Although social desire, commercial desire, and PBC have positive influences on WOM acquiring, WOM sharing, and browsing intention, only PBC is positively related to SNS users' shopping intention. Finally, some suggestions for firms and SNS providers were discussed.


Poster: "ECR 2015 / C-1608 / Evaluation of the degradation of the selected projectile, commissural and association white matter tracts in patients with multiple sclerosis using diffusion tensor MR imaging" by: "A. Banaszek, J. Bladowska, A. Pokryszko-Dragan, M. Nowakowska-Kotas, E. Dziatkowiak, A. Zimny, P. Szewczyk, M. Sąsiadek; Wroclaw/PL"