With the growing concern toward the global warming crisis, the electrification of commercial aircraft is targeted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation industry. However, the environment that an aircraft operates in provides significant design challenges. Moreover, the technologies that enhance the power density of the powertrain (such as higher voltage levels and wide bandgap devices) lead to severe tension on the insulation systems. The combination of harsh environmental conditions and insulation-threatening technologies raises concern about the reliability of electrical equipment, such as power generators, motors, and cables. Since the failure of the insulation system translates into the failure of the entire equipment, it is crucial to investigate the behavior of discharge sources under low-pressure conditions. In this regard, this study develops a dense convolutional neural network (DenseNet) model based on experimental data to separate and classify various sources of corona discharge under low-pressure conditions. The results show that DenseNet models can achieve high accuracy within a reasonable training time. The accurate detection and classification of discharge sources provide the backbone of a dielectric online condition monitoring system (DOCMS) that can actively monitor the health of electrical equipment in an electric aircraft.


The 'Queensland Seeds for Life Project (Q-SFL)' is collaboration between the Millennium Seed Bank Project (MSBP) of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom and several Australian Institutes, including The University of Queensland. The purpose of the SFL program is to improve the conservation and restoration of plant biodiversity in Queensland. This will be achieved by the collection and long-term storage of seed (as well as DNA) from priority species and by the use of these species in scientific research and utilization programs. In the first phase, seed of c. 1,000 species of Queensland native plants have been collected with c. 750 new to the MSBP. Germination tests have been completed for more than c. 600 collections, improving the knowledge base for these species and raising the opportunity for sustainable utilization in our collaborations with the Australian Mining, Floriculture and Native Fruits Industries. Detailed experiments have resolved germination issues (e.g. seed dormancy) for 200 species within families and genera that have been notoriously difficult to germinate, providing better understanding and management of threatened species. Work has been undertaken on the conservation of recalcitrant species with storage and regeneration protocols being developed for a number of previously unstudied species. Under the Q-SFL project six PhD studies have been completed on topics such as native grass utilization, soil seed banks, seed dormancy, seed longevity, utilization of native fruits and long term germplasm storage using cryopreservation. Our plan for the future builds on improving the cooperative nature of our partnership so that our state team can work in a complementary fashion with those from other states and overseas to obtain effective outcomes.


This paper introduces the roll shifting control of a steel mill with the SIMATIC TDC controller.The hardware and software of the sysytem are also outlined.


Work on the Finnish protest elections of the 1970s has concentrated on Vennamo's Rural Party. Yet at the general elections in 1979 the Finnish Christian League succeeded in surpassing not only the Rural but also the centre-based Swedish and Liberal People's parties. This paper has two main objectives: firstly, to consider why in a monoreligious, multiparty polity an interest-specific Christian party has emerged; and, secondly, using elite interviews and survey data, to examine the genealogy of its active members. A distinctive genus, at once party and 'anti-party', is traced.


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Anthropogenic Geomorphology: Subject and System.- Anthropogenic Geomorphology and Related Disciplines.- Human Impact in a Systems Approach.- Anthropogenic Geomorphology in Environmental Management.- Anthropogenic Geomorphology and Landscape Ecology.- Impacts of Various Human Activities on the Landscape.- Agriculture: Crop Cultivation and Horticulture.- Agriculture: Grazing Lands and Other Grasslands.- Agriculture: Cultivation on Slopes.- Agriculture: Deforestation.- Quarrying and Other Minerals.- Mining: Extraction of Fossil Fuels.- Water Management.- Urban Development and Anthropogenic Geomorphology.- Transportation and Industry.- Military Activities: Warfare and Defence.- The Impact of Tourism and Sports Activities.- Impacts in Extreme Environments.- An Anthropogenic Geomorphological Synthesis.- Nature and Extent of Human Geomorphological Impact - A Review.


Excerpt] Because every cure starts with an accurate diagnosis, in this book I explain how and why the current medicines system is dysfunctional and corrupt. We all want both affordable medicines and innovation in research and development, so I explain the proven approaches to accomplishing that balance. Most of us reject the status quo of corporations making record-breaking profits on medicines that are priced out of the range of the sick and the dying, so I set out the moral and rights-based foundation of the case for universal access to medicines. Finally, if you want to take action and speak out for access to medicines—and I sincerely hope you do—the conclusion to this book is devoted to helping you get started.


ABSTRACT The following article summarizes our current knowledge of the history of Tell Mulabbis (in modern Petah Tikva). As a key archaeological site in the Yarkon River basin, it was inhabited during the Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader, Mamluk and Late Ottoman periods. Based on the published results of recent excavations, older scholarship, and hereto-unnoticed written evidence, the article examines and interprets Mulabbis's material culture within the broader contexts of the region's historical geography. Although possessing important advantages like access to water and arable land, the site was inhabited only intermittently due to malaria and changing economic and political circumstances. Within the framework of Ottoman Archaeology, the article suggests the need to pay closer attention to 'recent' archaeological layers. For example, the few Ottoman material remains published so far, testify to continued cultural exchange and economic ties between Mulabbis, the mountainous interior, and the southern parts of Palestine.


Method of preserving fruit salad. The object of the invention is to apply high pressure chopped fruit product. The procedure is as follows: the fruits are washed, peeled and chopped, then immersed in a sugar solution to which ascorbic acid is added as natural antioxidant. plastic containers with fruit mixture and solution filled, and sealed. Then they subjected to 400 MPa pressure for 30 min. at 5 ° C. 5 ° C temperature is important because the sensory qualities of fruits are better maintained. Once treated samples are kept refrigerated (5 ° C) for several weeks.


This article considers how a First Nations Voice to Parliament, if carefully designed, could strengthen the land-based sovereignty and autonomy of First Peoples in Australia. It critiques the proposals presented in the Indigenous Voice Co-design Process' Interim Report released January 2021 for its emphasis on the role of government and existing structures. It responds to Indigenous critiques of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, while arguing for a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament that respects and defers to First Nations' Country-based authority.


In the report a patient who suffered from secondary amenorrhea for 6 years and primary infertility for 2 years due to pituitary atrophy was successfully cured with Chinese herbs. After orally administered Chinese herbs for 1 month, the patient menstruated once and became pregnant later. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Environmental context Nitrous acid is an important atmospheric trace gas, but the sources and the chemical mechanisms of its production are not well understood. This study explores the effects of ammonia and water on the hydrolysis of nitrogen dioxide and nitrous acid production. The calculated results show that ammonia is more effective than water in promoting the hydrolysis reaction of nitrogen dioxide. Abstract The effects of ammonia and water molecules on the hydrolysis of nitrogen dioxide as well as product accumulation are investigated by theoretical calculations of three series of the molecular clusters 2NO2–mH2O (m=1–3), 2NO2–mH2O–NH3 (m=1, 2) and 2NO2–mH2O–2NH3 (m=1, 2). The gas-phase reaction 2NO2 + H2O → HONO + HNO3 is thermodynamically unfavourable. The additional water or ammonia in the clusters can not only stabilise the products by forming stable complexes, but also reduce the energy barrier for the reaction. There is a considerable energy barrier for the reaction at the reactant cluster 2NO2–H2O: 11.7kcalmol–1 (1kcalmol–1=4.18kJmol–1). With ammonia and an additional water in the cluster, 2NO2–H2O–NH3, the thermodynamically stable products t-HONO + NH4NO3–H2O can be formed without an energy barrier. With two ammonia molecules, as in the cluster 2NO2–mH2O–2NH3 (m=1, 2), the reaction is barrierless and the product complex NH4NO2–NH4NO3 is further stabilised. The present study, including natural bond orbital analysis on a series of species, shows that ammonia is more effective than water in promoting the hydrolysis reaction of NO2. The product cluster NH4NO2–NH4NO3 resembles an alternating layered structure containing the ion units NH4+NO2– and NH4+NO3–. The decomposition processes of NH4NO2–NH4NO3 and its monohydrate are all spontaneous and endothermic.


Objective:To observe the effects of physical training on blood lipids、hemorrheology and serum NO of elderly non-insulin-dependent diabetes(NIDD). Method:74 patients of elderly NIDD were devided into training group(n=36) and control group(n=38). The patients in training group received a session of proper physical training each day, 3 days a week for 6 weeks. The patients in control group only received antidiabetic drugs.The patients in both groups were measured in blood lipids、hemorrheology and NO before and after treatment.Result:After 6 weeks physical training, NO content of training group was distinctly higher than that before their exercise and control group (P0.01). Some parameters of blood lipids and hemorrheology of training group were distinctly lower than that of control group(P0.05). Conclusion:Proper physical training of elderly NIDD can reduce blood lipids、hemorrheology and increase serum NO significantly, which benefits for treatment of NIDD.


Concepts are an enigma. How is it we are able to interact with abstractions such as mathematics, or, concepts? This perplexity has proven ripe fruit for philosophers. For many philosophers, concepts have a definite structure and exist in a separate realm. Conversely, for psychologists, concepts exist in the head and as such do not have a definite structure; concepts take on a probabilistic structure for psychologists. These two views are conventionally seen as at-odds, however, this paper presents arguments supporting both views. Both views are accommodated when we allow for separate realms, separate realities, to exist. String Theory is consistent with there being such realms. In the following, a number of concepts are combined, each in essence consistent with accepted ideas, resulting in a qualitative explanation for concepts, with the promise of an eventual clear cut basis for understanding consciousness in general.


Polymer flooding is an important measure to the production stabilize and increase in the latter period of oil field development.However,after using polymer flooding,the tube wells in Gudong Oil Field exhibit more serious corrosion.The influences of salinity,temperature,polymer concentration,amount of sand,stirring rate,bacterial content of polymer flooding on corrosion rate were analyzed.The remnant polymer of polymer flooding has some corrosion inhibition effect,but with the increase of polymer content,the corrosion rate caused by polymer flooding increases,and becomes more serious than that caused by water flooding due to the increase of viscosity and capacity of suspended solids and bacteria in polymer flooding.


Abstract In 2018, Latin American Business Review (LABR) celebrated its 20th anniversary. On this occasion, to commemorate this event, this study provides a retrograde view of the journal using bibliometric analysis. The study analyses the citation and publication trends of the journal and its most productive authors, along with their affiliated institutions and countries. The findings indicate that LABR has shown steady growth in terms of publications as well as citations. Bibliographic coupling using VOSviewer resulted in the formation of six major clusters, which cover topics like corporate governance, foreign direct investment, firm performance, research and development, mergers and acquisitions, global franchises, customer perception, and loyalty.


: Neutron Scattering is a powerful tool to investigate structure and dynamics of soft con-densed matter including colloids, because it has an advantage to highlight specific parts of materials by substituting deuterated hydrogen. Here experimental results of water-in-oil microemulsion com-posed of water, oil and surfactant as a typical example.


Fever clinic is a relative independent unit to check infectious disease from fever patients.The medical staff working in fever clinic are mostly transferred temporarily from other departments.In order to guarantee the fever clinic to be run smoothly and achieve its function fully,carried out a series of measures,such as establishing the relative rules and regulations,providing training of the laws and regulations of infectious disease,disinfection and separation regulations,and specialty nursing,arranging nursing shifts rationally,applying impetus mechanism timely,and so on.As a result,the fever clinic became a harmonious unit with high cohesion and consolidation.Author's address:Fever Clinic,the General Hospital of PLA,Beijing 100853,China


According to Dr. Samy Suissa, Director of Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, and Professor of Epidemiology, McGill University in Montreal, Canada, "treating physicians need to consider the clinical effectiveness of combining different antithrombotic therapies against the likelihood of increasing the risk of serious bleeding." This new study, published in the March 2013 issue of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, quantified the risk of bleeding events associated with antithrombotic combination therapy in a large population-based cohort of patients newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. These findings suggest that while all antithrombotic therapies are associated with an elevated bleeding risk, chances are greatly increased in an additive manner with dual and triple therapy, particularly in combinations containing warfarin.


ntroduction Wallace Swan International Issues The Developed World Paul Mazur The Developing Nations Paul Mazur Policy Development Policy Entrepreneurship and Gay Rights: An Analysis of State-Level Laws Roddrick Colvin Political Party Support and Policy Outcomes: Adopted State Gay Right Laws Roddrick Colvin New GLBT Political and Policy Developments: Five Years of Progress Hastings Wyman Transgender and Bisexual Issues in Public Administration and Policy Hastings Wyman Developmental Policy Issues Issues in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Aging Jean Quam Queer Youth Issues Tracy Phariss Health Administration A Survey of GLBT Health Issues Sid Guthrie No Longer Silent: The Emerging Opportunity for Gay Men to Thrive and Survive Prostate Cancer Sid Guthrie Educational Administration Dealing with GLBT Issues in Elementary and Secondary Schools Mark French Coming Out of the Ivy Closet: Improving Campus Climate for GLBT Students, Faculty and Staff Beth Zemsky Criminal Justice Administration Criminal Justice Administration: A Survey of the Issues Wallace Swan, Dallas Drake Confronting and Managing GLBT Homicide and Its Associated Phenomena Dallas Drake Conclusion Wallace Swan


1. Steel, characterized in that its composition, in weight percent, the following: - C: 0.18 to 0.30% inclusive! - From: from 1.5 to 4% inclusive! - Cr: from 2 to 5% inclusive! - Al: from 1 to 2% inclusive! - Mo + W / 2: 1 to 4% inclusive! - V: traces, inclusive to 0.3% - Nb:! Traces to 0.1% inclusive! - In: traces to 30 ppm inclusive! - Ni: 11 to 16%, inclusive, wherein Ni≥7 + 3,5 Al! - Si: traces to 1.0% inclusive! - Mn: traces to 2.0% inclusive! - Ca: traces to 20 ppm inclusive! - Rare earth elements: tracks, up to 100 ppm inclusive! - if N≤10 ppm, the Ti + Zr / 2: traces to 100 ppm inclusive, and Ti + Zr / 2 <10 N! - if 10 ppm <N≤20 ppm, the Ti + Zr / 2: the tracks of up to 150 ppm inclusive! - A: traces to 50 ppm inclusive! - N: traces to 20 ppm inclusive! - S: traces to 20 ppm inclusive! - Cu: traces to 1% inclusive! - P: traces to 200 ppm inclusive! Else - iron and unavoidable impurities resulting from the smelting. ! 2. Steel according to claim 1, characterized in that it contains from 2 to 3% Co inclusive. ! 3. Steel according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises from 0.20 to 0.25% C, inclusive. ! 4. Steel according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it contains from 2 to 4% Cr inclusive. ! 5. Steel according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it contains from 1 to 1,6% Al, inclusive, preferably from 1.4 to 1.6%, inclusive. ! 6. Steel according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises Mo≥1%. ! 7. Steel according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it contains from 1 to 2% Mo + W / 2, inclusive. ! 8. Steel according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it contains from 0,2 to 0,3% V, inclusive. ! 9. Steel according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises from 12 to 14% Ni, inclusive, wherein Ni≥7 + 3,5 Al. ! 10. Steel according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it contains traces of Nb, up to 0.05%, inclusive. ! 11. Steel according to claim 1 or 2, characterized


Gross primary production (GPP) is a key indicator of ecosystem performance, and helps in many decision-making processes related to environment. We used the Eddy covariancelight use efficiency (EC-LUE) model for estimating GPP in the Great Plains, United States in order to evaluate the performance of this model. We developed a novel algorithm for computing the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) based on net radiation. A strong correlation ( R 2 = 0.94 , N = 24 ) was found between daily PAR and Landsat-based mid-day instantaneous net radiation. Though the Moderate Resolution Spectroradiometer (MODIS) based instantaneous net radiation was in better agreement ( R 2 = 0.98 , N = 24 ) with the daily measured PAR, there was no statistical significant difference between Landsat based PAR and MODIS based PAR. The EC-LUE model validation also confirms the need to consider biological attributes ( C 3 versus C 4 plants) for potential light use efficiency. A universal potential light use efficiency is unable to capture the spatial variation of GPP. It is necessary to use C 3 and C 4 based land use/land cover map for using EC-LUE model for estimating spatiotemporal distribution of GPP.


The invention discloses an intelligent electromobile charging pile which comprises a charging main control unit, a man-machine interaction interface, a communication unit, an information reading unit, a metering unit, an alternating-current contactor, a charging socket, a power grid real-time load detection unit, a charging load adjusting unit and a coin recognition unit. The man-machine interaction interface, the communication unit, the information reading unit, the metering unit, the alternating-current contactor, the charging socket, the power grid real-time load detection unit, the charging load adjusting unit and the coin recognition unit are connected with the charging main control unit respectively, and the power grid real-time load detection unit, the metering unit, the charging load adjusting unit and the alternating-current contactor are serially connected on a line between a power grid and the charging socket sequentially. The intelligent electromobile charging pile is safe, reliable, comprehensive in function and more suitable for the masses to use.


A reduction of effective plasma volume secondary to a decrease in the quantity of circulating protein is postulated to initiate edema formation in the nephrotic syndrome, however reduction of plasma volume has not been consistently demonstrated during active disease. Acute and chronic reduction of plasma volume is associated with an increased excretion of norepinephrine, presumably secondary to increased sympathetic activity. We therefore studied certain aspects of norepinephrine metabolism in thirteen children with the active nephrotic syndrome. All children were on a l½–2 mEq/kg/day sodium intake and no diuretic therapy. Plasma norepinephrine concentration was measured on two consecutive mornings and again four hours later each day. Albumin (6–18 grams) was infused 3 hours prior to the second blood sample on the second day. All samples were obtained from the antecubital vein after the subject had remained at 30 degrees tilt for 20 minutes. Eight of the thirteen children had increased plasma norepinephrine concentrations in the early morning (> 0.5 ng./ml). The plasma norepinephrine concentration measured following albumin infusion was significantly reduced whereas that obtained on the control day was not. Urinary excretion of conjugated norepinephrine declined significantly within 48 hours after the initiation of prednisone treatment in these subjects. These data suggest the presence of increased sympathetic activity during the active phase of the nephrotic syndrome which can be altered by the infusion of albumin or the administration of prednisone.


Two simple, rapid, accurate and precise spectrophotometric procedures have been developed for the determination of memantine HCl (MEM). The first method (A) is based on the interaction of ninhydrin in N, N′dimethylformamide (DMF) medium, with primary amino group present in MEM. This reaction produced a bluepurple product, which absorbed maximally at 595 nm. Beer's law is obeyed in the concentration range of 0.419.3 μg/mL with RSD of 0.88 % and molar absorptivity of 1.12×10 4 L/mol.cm in addition to limits of detection and quantification. In second method (B) MEM was reacted with ferric chloride solution, yellowish orange colored chromogen showed λmax at 375 nm showing linearity in the concentration range of 0.3-9.7 μg/mL with RSD of 1.03 % and molar absorptivity of 1.73×10 4 L/mol.cm in addition to limits of detection and quantification. The proposed method has been applied successfully to the analysis of the bulk drug and its dosage forms and spiked human plasma. No interference was observed from common pharmaceutical adjuvant. Statistical comparison of the results with the reference method shows excellent agreement and indicates no significant difference in accuracy and precision.


Sandwell libraries are calling on children to sign up to read six books this summer as part of Animal Agents, the Summer Reading Challenge 2017.


Profit as the significant product of accounting information system must be of acceptable quality. The purpose of this study was the impact of financial crisis on earnings quality features, for this purpose the indexes of conservatism, smoothing the earnings, forecasting the profit and unexpected profit was used as a qualitative features of profit. Altman model is also used to measure the financial crisis in this model, if z is calculated between 1/81 and 2/675, the company is located in the financial crisis. This study is functional objectively, in the process of implementation is quantitatively and in the research method is analytical-descriptive, in the research model is post-event and the relationships between the variables of cause and effect research. In this context, using the sampling method of the systematic elimination, 89 companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange since 2008-2013 were reviewed and four hypotheses have been proposed to test the software was used econometric Eviews8.The results show that during the study, the financial crisis has had a negative impact on the quality characteristics of profit. As a result, investors and analysts recommended for short-term and long-term investment decisions, in addition to the figures presented in the financial statements to evaluate the company's accounting methods, including adopting the conservative accounting practices in the financial statements.


The ability of atria, removed from Sprague-Dawley rats at ages 1–21 days, to take up and store catecholamines was studied to correlate this activity with the previously observed physiologic immaturity of the cardiac sympathetic nervous system in the neonate. The cardiac tissue was incubated in Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer containing 10−5 M iproniazid and 10−7 M H3-nor-epinephrine (H3NE). Total uptake and subcellular distribution at 1, 4, 7, 14, and 21 days were determined at various time intervals between 5 and 30 minutes. Uptakes at O°C. served as controls.Uptake rates were expressed on a per gram wet weight basis. There was a small amount of uptake observed during the first post-natal day (0.515 nanagrams/minute) which increased only slightly by 4 days of age (0.683 ng/min). The most significant change occurred between 4 and 7 days (115%). Uptakes at 7, 14, and 21 days were similar to adult values. Since reserpine effectively blocks uptake of catecholamines into the storage granulee, 10−5 M reserpine was added to the incubation media to determine the role of the granule in the previously observed uptake. Reserpine inhibited the 30 minute uptake 57% during the first day of life increasing to 70% inhibition by 7 days of age. The utake observed in the microsomal (granular) fraction showed similar suggest a marked inability of the newborn rat heart to take up and store norepinephrine due to either decreased number of storage vesicles or an immature uptake mechanism in the granule.


Stress is an important parameter for prosody processing in speech synthesis. However, it is not easy to stress from text analysis due to the complicated information. In this paper, we explore the novel use of the continuous lexical embedding and bidirectional long short-term memory recurrent neural network (BLSTM) model into sentential stress prediction for Mandarin speech synthesis. We look at augmenting the baseline features with word representations that are derived from text, providing continuous embedding of the lexicon in a low-dimensional space. Although learned in an unsupervised fashion, such features capture semantic and syntactic properties that make them amenable for stress prediction. We deploy various embedding models on Mandarin sentential stress prediction, showing substantial gains (relative gain gains of approximately 7.4% in F1 score).


ABSTRACT Epidemiological as well as biochemical evi-denceofrecentyearshasestablished thatalowplasmalevelofhighdensity lipoprotein-cholesterol is apredictorfor the riskofcoronaryartery disease. However, thereis a heterogeneousgroupofrarefamilial disorders, characterized bysevere highdensitylipoproteindeficiency, inwhichthepredictedincreasedriskis not clearly apparent. Onesuchdisorderhasbeencalledfisheyediseasetoreflectthemassivecorneal opacification seenin these patients. In this report, wedescribe the biochemicaland genetic presentation of two German fish eye diseasehomozygotesandtheirfamilymembers.Verticaltransmissionof a decrease in the specific activity of lecithin-cholesterolacyltransferase (EC22.214.171.124) indicated thatthisenzymewasacandidate gene for harboring the defect responsible for thisdisorder. DirectsequencingofDNAsegmentsamplifiedbythepolymerasechainreaction (PCR)thatencodetheexonsofthelecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase gene led to the identifica-tion of a homozygous mutation


Objective: To investigate the status of Helicobacter pylori(H.pylori) vacA gentype and the relationship between the presence of specific genotypes and gastroduodenal diseases in Zhenjiang of China. Methods: All of 36 H.pylori strains was cultured from gastric biopsies under microaerobic conditions and determined the vacA genotypes of its genomic DNA with polymerase chain reaction. Results: In the genotype of vacA signal sequences of 36 H.pylori strains,the proportions of s1a and s2 was 83.3% and(13.9%) while s1b was not found.In the genotype of vacA midregion sequences,the proportions of m1 and m2 was 16.7% and 75%.There were one and three H.pylori strains which could not identified the genotype of signal and midregion sequences.The proportions of s1a/m2,s1a/m1,s2/m2 in genotype compose were 61.1%,19.4%,8.3%,respectively.There were no significant differences between the vacA genotype with the four gastroduodenal diseases(P0.05) Conclusion: s1a,m2 and s1a/m2 were the dominant s,m genotype and genotype compose of H.pylori in Zhenjiang of China.However,the relationship between vacA genotypes of H.pylori and the gastroduodenal disease can be identified in this study.


Ariano Suassuna's Auto da Compadecida1 is a satirical comedy. It is also a fundamentally seriou's religious play exalting compassion and Christian ethics. In constructing this work, the author has utilized effectively elements drawn from the folklore and the popular traditions and ballads of northeastern Brazil. In so doing, he is restating, in Brazilian terms, themes, concepts, and attitudes reminiscent of the literature of protest in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Suassuna's satire of


The impact of nutrient pollution can be observed in rivers and coastal seas all over Europe. Much is known about the biological, chemical, and physical processes that determine the pathways and fate of nutrients in soil, groundwater, and surface water. However, there is a large gap between the scale at which these processes typically occur and the understanding of nutrient fluxes at the scale of entire river basins. This paper shows how the scale issue was considered for the analysis of long-term nutrient fluxes in the Rhine and Elbe river basins. Although this analysis is based on an extensive pollution sources-river load database it appeared that the information content of this database was only sufficient to support a model of a limited complexity. Nevertheless, this model successfully described most of the observed spatial and temporal variation in nutrient fluxes in the Rhine and Elbe river basins.


Moon, an astronomical body hanging in the sky, has been recorded and studied by mankind for thousands of years, even before the invention of the word "moon". There are numerous varying theories about its origin. The aim of this article is to compare and further analyze the common theories of the origin of Moon. First, we provide basic information about the moon, the moon's soil, and the basic elements of the moon and offer an introduction to solar and lunar eclipses and why they exist, as well as human efforts to explore the moon, including the Apollo program and the Chang'E program. Finally, we analyze and compare the four most common theories about the origin of the Moon: the split theory, homologation theory, capture theory and impact theory. Among all, the more accepted theory is the big collision theory though there is still no scientific basis for it. This article introduces the origins of the Moon by analyzing the pros and cons and describing possible future directions.


The present invention relates to a device for monitoring the surroundings of a vehicle, wherein, by means of a plurality of image detection means to detect the surrounding environment, the detection area (2) image detection means at least partially overlap each other and form an overlap region (3) wherein individual images by means of image processing from the image detection unit detecting means to produce an overall image, the overall image is shown in a bird's eye view of the surroundings of the vehicle and the vehicle. According to the present invention, an image detection unit configured to wafer-level camera (1).


A "crisis" in health care is "the point in the course of a disease at which a decisive change occurs, leading either to recovery or to death". The daunting challenges faced by clinicians when confronted with a crisis are illustrated by a tragic case in which a teenage boy died after a minor surgical procedure. Crises are challenging for reasons which include: presentation with non-specific signs or symptoms, interaction of complex factors, progressive evolution, new situations, "revenge effects", inadequate assistance, and time constraints. In crises, clinicians often experience anxiety- and overload-induced performance degradation, tend to use "frequency gambling", run out of "rules" and have to work from first principles, and are prone to "confirmation bias". The effective management of crises requires formal training, usually simulator-based, and ideally in the inter-professional groups who will need to function as a team. "COVER ABCD–A SWIFT CHECK" is a precompiled algorithm which can be applied quickly and effectively to facilitate a systematic and effective response to the wide range of potentially lethal problems which may occur suddenly in anaesthesia. A set of 25 articles describing additional precompiled responses collated into a manual for the management of any crisis under anaesthesia has been published electronically as companion papers to this article. This approach to crisis management should be applied to other areas of clinical medicine as well as anaesthesia.


The study of the lebanese state and its administration, following the end of the civil war, is a matter of importance for those who pay an interest in the general and multi-levelled recomposition process of this middle-eastern country. Historically speaking, the lebanese administration was at stake for the political elites who tried to take a personal advantage out of the growing significance of its resources, particularly in the field of development policies. After the civil war, the new political elites show the same great concern about the state's resources brought along with the reconstruction public policies, hindering by their partisanship attitudes the potential effects of the programme as well as the reform process of the administration.


This paper presents data, which suggest that anxiety, depression and car-related fears continue for many years among injured disabled motor vehicle accident victims. 149 individuals, of whom 71% were drivers, were sampled from motor vehicle collision victims, aged at least 18, admitted to a Regional Trauma Unit at a health centre in Ontario, Canada. Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was routinely measured whenever a patient was admitted. 93% of the sample had an average of 42 outpatient appointments after discharge. Other problems experienced were: (1) more family stress and upset (49%); (2) more financial problems (50%); (3) a greater fear of driving (39%); (4) a greater fear of cars (25%); (5) more nervousness or anxiety (39%); (6) more sleeping difficultis (44%); (7) more depression (40%); (8) more difficulty in controlling temper (30%). BAC data were available for 89% of the sample, with 21% reporting BAC positive on admission. BAC negatives were significantly more likely to be taking prescription medication and tranquilizers than BAC positives, although they were not significantly more seriously injured. Among the BAC positives, drinking and driving was still common after the accident. Both BAC positives and BAC negatives often had subsequent crashes. For the covering abstract see IRRD 866577.


Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a reversible solubilization of the systems and methods of (aryl ether ketone) (PAEK). Thioacetal Act, unlike the PAEK, are used to modify the PAEK to poly substantially soluble (aryl ether thioacetal) generally solvent. This modification, to more easily implement the analysis method to be selected, such as gel permeation chromatography relative to PAEK. Thio acetalization is reversed by deprotection reaction, it can be recovered first PAEK without substantial collapse, thereby allowing non-destructive characterization of PAEK. Advantageously, thioacetal Act is generally different from the currently known methods for solubilizing PAEK, are applicable to a wide range of PAEK. Solubilization of PAEK further expand the use of the PAEK, thereby opening a further path for the chemical modification of the PAEK, and to process the PAEK from solution permits (Processing) likelihood. .BACKGROUND


SP short note gateway service platform is one kind of service platform based on CMPP3.0 agreement technology,realizing message interaction between users and SP through operator,thus enabling SP too push the information needed by the society to the market.This system has been successfully operated in Guizhou Yi-Ming Information Technology Limited Company.


Novel dry electrodes are increasingly evolving for monitoring electrocardiograms compared to the widely used Ag/AgCl (wet) electrodes as there is no skin preparation or wet gel needed. Many fabricated dry electrodes are however opaque, and the problem of skin irritation and rashes continue to pose a concern. In this paper, an optically unobtrusive dry electrode based on the iono-electric properties of zeolite is developed and proposed for continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring. An easily moldable composite of the sodium form of nano-porous zeolite and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is reported for the first time. The electrical and bio-electrical characterizations are evaluated for 24 pairs of electrodes which were fabricated with two filler materials (Zeolite 4A and 13X), two filler concentrations (4 wt% and 12 wt%), three diameters (30 mm, 20 mm, and 10 mm), and differing thicknesses. High input impedance and high conductivity of the electrodes have proven the suitability for biosignal acquisition. ECG signals are acquired using each pair of electrodes. Results related to impedance, conductivity, and SNR measurements over a frequency range up to 10 kHz are presented. Among the 24 pairs, the results indicate that signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for Zeolite 13X/PDMS- based filler with a concentration of 4 wt% and diameter of 30 mm has the highest SNR of 42.9 dB and conductivity of $0.58 \mu \text{S}$ /mm. These electrodes are optically unobtrusive and easy to fabricate. Hence this process yields promising results for the next generation of wearable cardiovascular heart monitoring systems.


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At the time of surgery, the patient will enter a hostile territory, mainly unknown, regardless of the reason that led to it, and will be subjected to stress both physical and psychological, which is a factor that can cause an increase in postoperative pain, causing a delay in recovery and discharge from hospital. The aim of this study is to see whether the provision of information to the patient upon admission to the centre, as a routine part of nursing practice, giving him verbal data about the surgical process, specifically about the treatment of postoperative pain, has an impact on the post-operative pain, as well as anxiety. A cohort study will be carried out, one group will recieve information about pain and another will not. Several scales will be used to assess both pain and stress to see if there are significant differences between the two groups.


In this paper,a multi-agent based evolutionary algorithm(MAEA) is presented to solve dynamic optimization problems.The agents simulate living organism features and cooperate to find the optimum.All agents live in a lattice like environment.In order to increase their energy,agents can compete with their neighbors and acquire knowledge based on statistic information.In order to maintain the diversity of the population,the random immigrants and the adaptive dual mapping schemes are used.Simulation experiments on a set of dynamic benchmark problems show that MAEA can obtain a better performance in dynamic environments in comparison with several existing genetic algorithms.


Aminopropyl-silsesquioxane resins and thin films were synthesized from aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS). To investigate the changes in the molecular structure of the film with increasing curing temperature, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) was performed. The dielectric properties of the thin films were investigated by capacitance−voltage (C−V) measurements in a metal−insulator−semiconductor (MIS) structure. To explain the spectral changes in the FT-IR results, it is proposed that the Si−OH and aminopropyl groups freely exist without hydrogen bonding interactions in the curing temperature range 100−200 °C, while molecular structures such as N(Si≡)3, N(Si≡)2, and O(Si≡)2 are formed at higher temperatures in the range 250−300 °C. The dielectric constant values and dissipation factors are regarded as being suitable for electronic applications, e.g., the gate insulators of organic thin film transistor (OTFT) devices. Interestingly, amphoteric charge trap behavior, such as a distinct clockwise...


This paper is superseded by WP 15-15 The authors construct a quantitative equilibrium model of the housing market in which an unanticipated increase in the supply of housing triggers default mortgages via its effect on house prices. The decline in house prices creates an incentive to increase the consumption of housing space, but leverage makes it costly for homeowners to sell their homes and buy bigger ones (they must absorb large capital losses). Instead, leveraged households find it advantageous to default and rent housing space. Since renters demand less housing space than homeowners, foreclosures are a negative force affecting house prices. The authors explore the possible effects of the government's foreclosure prevention policy in their model. They find that the policy can temporarily reduce foreclosures and shore up house prices.


A series of highly organic-soluble [bis(trialkylsiloxy)]silicon tetrakis(alkylthio)-2,3-naphthalocyanines [(R13SiO)2SiNc(SR2)4] have been synthesized, and their 1H NMR, electronic absorption and fluorescence spectra measured. These spectra indicate that (R13SiO)2SiNc(SR2)4 are monomeric in solution (10–2–10–7 mol dm–3). In their solid films, all Q-band absorption maxima of (R13SiO)2SiNc(SR2)4 are red-shifted from their monomeric Q-band maximum. The extent of shift significantly increases with decreasing R1 length of the axial substituents, but the effect is far less with ring substituents, R2. These observations are clearly explained using the exiton model. Our results indicated that novel naphthalocyanine (R13SiO)2SiNc(SR2)4 molecules have a J-type molecular arrangement in thin solid films.


Although implementation of temozolomide (TMZ) as part of primary therapy for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) has resulted in improved patient survival, the disease is still incurable. Previous studies have correlated various parameters to survival, although no single predictive parameter has yet been identified. More studies and new approaches to identify the best and worst performing patients are therefore in great demand. This study examined 225 consecutive, non-selected GBM patients with performance status (PS) 0-2 receiving postoperative radiotherapy with concomitant and adjuvant TMZ as primary therapy. At relapse, patients with PS 0-2 were mostly treated by reoperation and/or combination with bevacizumab/irinotecan (BEV/IRI), while a few received TMZ therapy if the recurrence-free period was >6 months. Median overall survival and time to progression were 14.3 and 8.0 months, respectively. Second-line therapy indicated that reoperation and/or BEV/IRI increased patient survival compared with untreated patients and that BEV/IRI was more effective than reoperation alone. Patient age, PS, and use of corticosteroid therapy were significantly correlated with patient survival and disease progression on univariate analysis, whereas p53, epidermal growth factor receptor, and O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase expression, tumor size or multifocacity, or extent of primary operation were not. A model based on age, PS and corticosteroids use was able to predict survival probability for an individual patient. In conclusion, these data indicates that the survival of RT/TMZ-treated GBM patients can be predicted based on patient age, PS, and corticosteroid therapy status. The predictive value of the model is currently being explored in an independent cohort of patients.


"We analyzed data from 64 tobacco cigarette smokers 38% with opioid use disorder who were induced on XR-NTX for prevention of relapse to opioids" was changed to "We analyzed data from 64 tobacco cigarette smokers (38% female) with opioid use disorder who were induced on XR-NTX for prevention of relapse to opioids." THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 2020, VOL. 46, NO. 4, 512 https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2020.1768797


RALUCA L. RADULESCU, The Gentry Context for Malory's Morte Darthur. Arthurian Studies 55. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2003. Pp. viii, 165. ISBN: 0-85991-785-1. $80, £45. Focussing on English gentry in the fifteenth century Raluca L. Radulcscu offers, as her title indicates, an historicist examination of gentry culture and politics and the way these issues are reflected in Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur. Chapter One analyses gentry epistles from the Stonor, Plumpton, Armburgh and, especially, Paston families. These letters reveal much about gentry attitudes to lordship, governance, and the (in)stability of the realm, as well as to fellowship, loyalty, and worship. Indeed, worship is one of the key terms and themes in both the Morte and in gentry correspondence. The association of worship with honour, faithfulness, and doing one's duty is especially notable in the epistles (and in Malory). All of these issues are in turn linked to gentry concerns with the stratification of society and social elevation, something which might be aided through securing a worshipful reputation as well as a worshipful lord. The gentry idea of worship thus has didactic and political connotations. Chapter Two highlights gentry politics as revealed in gentry reading habits and the content of their 'grete bokes.' Attention is also given to the similarities of gentry and noble reading and the context of 'court networks' (40). This leads to a brief discussion of Malory's own gentry and court connections and the question of where or from whom he acquired or read his sources. The author claims that Malory 'had ample opportunity to access books through his gentry connections' (42), but such an important yet contentious issue requires more detailed explication to be convincing. Radulescu emphasizes that the presence in these books of texts such as the Brut chronicles, Hardyng's chronicle, and John Vale's Book reveal gentry concerns with kingship and governance, including counsel, as well as with the attendant issue of the stability of the realm. These 'grete bokes' are further attested to be important for gentry chivalric and political self-fashioning. Chapter Three turns to Malory's focus on worship and lordship and how these themes in the Morte Darthur mirror gentry correspondence and reading. Arthur is presented as a gentry ideal: a good king who listens to counsel, has the support of nobles and commons, rights wrongs, and establishes peace. …


In this paper, an intelligent interactive system of medical equipment and sickbed is proposed. Medical equipment and sickbed can interact with each other through visible light communication with LED lights in the same space. It helps patients to remote control, query diagnosis and treatment results in real time. It also significantly improves diagnosis and treatment experience and hospital operation efficiency. In this system, OFDM and MIMO technology are introduced for high-speed transmission and high-frequency spectrum utilization. In order to solve the problem of intercode interference, the system uses the camera to collect multiple light sources and designs the structure of aotu assistive neural network used in the demodulation program, which achieves the better detection of light and anti-interference of ambient light.


In 2018, as part of an Hotel Project to be built in the area bounded by Rua Vasco da Gama and Rua Santo António (Faro), nine diagnostic surveys and archaeological monitoring of all earth movements were carried out in the area to be intervened, until the allocation level of the work. The archaeological work allowed to unveil part of the old urban layout of Baixa de Faro and contexts associated with the daily life of the population in Modern times. Due to the expansion of the city outside the primitive nucleus (Vila-Adentro), this area was integrated, in the 16th century, by a new walled enclosure, indicating a continuous occupation of the area at present day


The investigation was conducted through a questionnaire entitled "Questionnaire on the Motivation, Satisfaction and Loyalty in the Hong Kong Sevens". The answers collected were subjected to such analyses as ANOVA, Pearson product moment correlation and multiple stepwise regressions. The results of the analyses show that sport event tourists are characterized by their being mostly middle aged married male with medium to high income, having previously attended similar activities, and for most of them this was their first time traveling specifically for the event and having no schedule for other activities, they had heard of the event through friends or relatives and mostly arrived with friends. All background variables show significant variance for motivations and satisfaction factors. Correlation analyses show that the higher the motivation for entertainment, the higher are the satisfaction with game planning, and that "game planning" among satisfaction, "entertainment" and "social learning" among motivation have good power of prediction for loyalty.In future it could be considered to add planning for entertainment, so that superior performance by sportspersons could be brought to the general public in depth. It is recommended that the successful sports tourism experience of the Hong Kong 7-Men Rugby Championship be reproduced, starting with studies on the sports tourists, setting up databases, dividing market niches, and designing more entertainment and social activities for them, so that the development towards a refined event can be created, reaping the full profit of sports tourism.


Several cDNA clones comprising the entire coding sequence of the rainbow trout (Oncorh ynchus mykiss) major histocompatibility comlex (Mhc) class II B gene have been isolated from different sources. A single B gene appears to be transcribed in the rainbow trout and it encodes a 247 amino acid long polypeptide, which is of similar size to mammalian, avian, and amphibian and other teleost δ chains. The amino acid sequence identity to mammalian, amphibian, and avian class II δ chains is only about 30%. Despite the low similarity, a striking pattern of conservation is observed, both in the putative peptide‐binding domain and in the Ig‐like domain. Most of the conserved residues are located in the Ig like domain and in the transmembrane segment. The majority of polymorphic residues reside in the δ1 domain, with the greatest variability found in the amino‐terminal half of the domain. The sequence data are compatible with a rather limited polymorphism of a single, expressed Mhc class II B gene.


Among the Financial Times top 100 ranked MBAs, programs at Chinese schools always have higher proportion of female students on average than in the USA or any other nation. According to Profiles of Graduate Management Admission Test by GMAC (GMAT Tests Taken by Region of Citizenship) released for various years show that women GMAT aspirants from the China have been continuously dominating their male counterparts for many years.


Using alternative materials, which have better engineering quality than traditional materials and are more cost-effective, has received a lot of attention recently. One of the most crucial components in many building projects, such as earth canals and earth dams, is soil. The fact that soil might offer all the resistant qualities required for a project highlights the value of several techniques used to enhance soil quality. The vast majority of construction projects employ clay soil. Because clay soils, especially soft clay soils, have good plastic qualities, their shear strength, compressive strength, and volume changes decrease as moisture content rises. Structures generally suffer permanent harm as a result of these issues, which emphasises how crucial soil improvement is. The use of such refuse and industrial wastes and their subsidiary products as alternatives to construction materials may effectively contribute to environmental preservation and minimize their negative effects on the Environment, especially in light of the millions of tonnes of waste produced annually across the nation, which not only poses the problem of disposal but also adds to environmental contamination and health risks. In the current study, eggshell powder was utilized as a waste to mix with soil in order to examine clay soil's index characteristics, compaction, and shear strength at various mixed proportions. The shear strength of soils that had already been tested was then contrasted with experimental specimens that had been combined with various ratios of eggshell powder.


. The applications of heterogeneous embedded systems for biomedical engineering are promising, as quick response of biomedical systems is often required due to the life-saving nature of biomedical engineering, and multiple devices with completely different cores and designs can be involved in a single patient. In this paper, we propose a multiprocessing framework and then, with regard to the framework, we propose an architecture for heterogeneous embedded systems that uses finite state machines (FSMs). A multithreading method on an electrocardiogram (ECG) software is implemented as the verification of our framework.


China) Abstract: TeO 2 crystal has excellent acousto-optic properties and double  decay properties of high natural abun-dance of 130 Te isotope. It can be used in high-performance acousto-optic devices and also for the research of neutrino and dark matter. Recently, the above applications raise the requirements for the size and quality of TeO 2 crystal. Structure and physical properties of TeO 2 crystal are briefly introduced in this article, and then the recent progress on the preparation of large sized TeO 2 crystal with high quality and its application in infrared devices are reviewed. Finally, its preparation and application in future of TeO 2 crystal


This paper aims at establishing some initial considerations concerning the use of VR in Archaeological museums
in order to establish a theoretical framework. In the first part, it sets out the theoretical foundations for the use of VR in
Archaeology and Museums, the latter being an informal learning context in which archaeological knowledge is re-constructed.
When taking into account only the theoretical point of view, VR satisfies learners' requirements and even constitutes the link
between both domains, but this may not match what is happening in reality. The second part of the paper gathers examples
from cognitive psychology, constructivist theory, museum surveys, etc. that show the operation of VR in communication and
learning. Analysis of all these practices allows us to draw conclusions at different levels – particularly as regards VR as a
learning tool – and to improve on the traditionally vague observations made about attraction, entertainment and spectacularity


Personality assessment Musicianship from a different perspective Introversion Independence Anxiety Gender role adaptability Music preferences and listening styles Orchestral performers Musicians in popular fields and conductors Composers Music teachers Development of musical talent.


MEMS based devices have significantly improved our capability to capture the dynamic behavior of material inside the TEM at elevated temperatures and high spatial resolutions. The superior thermal stability of these MEMS based heating holders enables us to study a wide range of material systems ranging from nanoparticulate to bulk samples [1]. In situ investigations on nanoparticulate systems are relatively straightforward, but the study of bulk material systems is challenging due to complications in the preparation and the transfer of these specimens onto the MEMS chip. Previously, TEM specimens from bulk materials were prepared either by FIB milling an electron transparent fragment from an electropolished foil [2] or thinning down a thick lamella placed across the window of the MEMS chip with an ion beam [3]. In the former case, the site selectivity is limited to features from electron transparent regions of the electropolished foils, and the specimen is not mechanically robust so it can be damaged easily during the transfer onto the MEMS device. In the latter case, there are challenges in transferring the specimen onto the MEMS device, and the ion beam can damage the specimen and/or device during final thinning.


This article considers the issues of dynamics of road safety provision systems in three multiscaled systems (Russia, Siberian Federal Okrug or SFO and separate regions of SFO). The indicator of relative information entropy Hn of road safety provision process was taken as the characteristic of system orderliness. The ideology, methodic and results of quantitative assessment of road safety provision systems information entropy H were considered. Time series of modification of relative information entropy Hn of road safety provision systems in 2004.. .2018 in Russia, Siberian Federal Okrug and individual subjects of SFD were presented. Special attention was paid to consideration of the re-searched process in the Republic of Tuva. This region is characterized by nonstandard, different from general trend dynamics of information entropy H of road safety provision system. The general conclusion of the article is that during last 15 years information entropy of road safety provision systems significantly decreased, i.e. orderliness of formation process of road traffic participants safety greatly increased. However, results achieved in this sphere by Siberian regions are still far from best world results.


This chapter examines the phenomenon of biblically inspired theme parks. Like Disney and other variants, biblical theme parks create experiential portals to other lifeworlds. They imagine, materialize, and choreograph stories from Christians' sacred texts in order to heighten visitors' relation of intimacy with scripture by conjuring particular, ideologically charged scriptural pasts. To illustrate this argument, the chapter outlines the history of the modern theme park and presents a case study analysis of a creationist theme park in the US state of Kentucky: Ark Encounter. Ethnographic work with park designers and participant observation at the park demonstrates how this site of religious tourism mobilizes strategies and imperatives of immersion that are resonant with the culture of entertainment more broadly.


The temperature dependence of the microstructure in a polyurethane cationomers, with an ion content of 0.47 mequiv/g, is investigated using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studies and dynamic viscoelastic measurements. Both techniques indicate considerable microphase mixing occurs in the melt, with the SAXS invariant and dynamic storage modulus decreasing abruptly near the onset of melt flow at approximately 85 C. Although the trends are qualitatively similar to those observed at the microphase separation transition (MST) in conventional polyurethanes, the presence of a MST cannot be stated conclusively since some level of the heterogeneous lamellar morphology persists to the highest accessible experimental temperature of 150 C.


The proceedings of the ninth annual scientific meeting of the Houston Neurological Society which was held in March 1961 are presented in this volume. The participants in this symposium, too numerous to list by name, have all contributed highly commendable papers. The book is divided into 4 sections. The first part, on epidemiology and pathogenesis, is introduced by Dr. Leonard P. Kurland, who concludes that the discrepancies between the mortality studies of brain tumors reported from the United States and from other countries are, at least in part, due to diagnostic and reporting artifacts. In the next chapter, Zimmerman summarizes his work on experimental brain tumors. A brief but well-illustrated paper on the electronmicroscopy of brain tumors is presented hy Dr. Sarah Luse. Chapters on tissue culture of meningioma cells, immunization to neoplastic cells, and the histochemistry of brain tumors conclude the first section. The second section on pathology opens with a discussion of the present state of classification of intracranial tumors by Professor Ziilch of Cologne. Costero elaborates upon the pathologic classification of glial tumors and comments upon the characteristics of these cells in


Abstract The elastic and relaxational properties of polymer networks are strongly influenced by quenched disorder that introduced by the cross-links in the systems. By extensive computer simulations these effects are systematically investigated.


Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), most notably characterized by infantile hypotonia, short stature and morbid obesity, results from deficiencies in multiple genes that are subject to genomic imprinting. The usefulness of current mouse models of PWS has been limited by postnatal lethality in affected mice. Here, we report the survival of the PWS-imprinting center (IC) deletion mice on a variety of strain backgrounds. Expression analyses of the genes affected in the PWS region suggest that while there is low-level expression from both parental alleles in PWS-IC deletion pups, this expression does not explain their survival on certain strain backgrounds. Rather, the data provide evidence for strain-specific modifier genes that support the survival of PWS-IC deletion mice.


We describe the philosophy, architectures and key features of a new .Net-based simulation object model and toolkit called HighMAST/spl trade/ (Highpoint modeling and simulation toolkit). HighMAST/spl trade/ is a set of class libraries built on top of Microsoft's .Net platform. It was built to take advantage of the object-oriented flavor and extensive integration plumbing ingrained in the .Net framework. It supports "active entity", "block-based", "workflow-oriented" and several other types of simulation architectures in both the discrete-time and continuous domains. It enables developers to approach their simulation frameworks or applications in a wide range of languages including such inexpensive and available languages as C# and VB.Net.


The study of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) at Earth cannot pre- 9 scind from the study of their propagation in the Universe. In this paper, we present 10 HERMES, the ad hoc Monte Carlo code we have developed for the realistic sim- 11 ulation of UHECR propagation. We discuss the modeling adopted to simulate the 12 cosmology, the magnetic fields, the interactions with relic photons and the produc- 13 tion of secondary particles. In order to show the potential applications of HERMES 14 for astroparticle studies, we provide an estimation of the surviving probability of UHE 15 protons, the GZK horizons of nuclei and the all-particle spectrum observed at Earth 16 in dierent astrophysical scenarios. Finally, we show the expected arrival direction 17 distribution of UHECR produced from nearby candidate sources. A stable version of 18 HERMES will be released in the next future for public use together with libraries of 19 already propagated nuclei to allow the community to perform mass composition and 20 energy spectrum analysis with our simulator. 21


The aim of the research was to check the effect of Big Five Personality Traits on Emotional Intelligence on males and females among College Students. In the study it included 100 participants (N=100) who were grouped into 50 M and 50 F according to their age range 18-22 respectively. They were asked to complete the self-report measures of NEO Five- Factor Inventory (NEO –FFI) and Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT).  The findings indicated that there is no correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Neuroticism, Openness to Experience and Agreeableness but significant positive correlation is there in Extraversion and Conscientiousness among males, although in females no correlation was proved between Emotional Intelligence and Neuroticism, Openness to Experience and significant positive correlation in Extraversion, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. The findings also reported that except Conscientiousness there is no significant difference between Neuroticism, Openness to Experience, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Emotional Intelligence among Male and Female college students. Implications and limitations of the study are also discussed.


circuit allow fresh gas to flow at the patient end of these circuits during all phases of respiration. Fresh gas in this study was flowing at 10 l/min near the sampling port of the mass spectrometer during inspiration and expiration (Fig. 1). The gases exhaled by the patient, therefore, would be diluted by fresh gas, and thus the mass spectrometer would have sampled an erroneous exhaled concentration of halothane. This exhaled sample, contaminated by the fresh gas flow, would result in the rapid increase in expired halothane noted in this report. Previous studies regarding uptake and distribution have avoided this problem by using unidirectional valves (2,3) or by sampling gas at the tip of the endotracheal tube (4), thus insuring separation of expired from inspired gases.


Lindblad Explorer (73m), a purpose-built expedition vessel, took 104 passengers to Antarctica in 1970 initiating sea-based tourism in that region. Changes in climate patterns and sea-ice cover have since made it possible for cruise ships to visit previously quite inaccessible Arctic destinations such as the Northwest Passage (NWP) and the Northern Sea Route (NSR). The need for better charting of these areas is recognised; but the magnitude of the task challenges available surveying capacity. Degraded performance of navigation systems in The 2015 April issue of Hydro International considered the contribution of Forward Looking Sonar (FLS) to safer navigation in inadequately charted waters. Certain polar waters fall in this category; in recognition, some expedition cruise vessels have FLS. The extent of FLS provision in the current expedition fleet will be examined in this article as well as the trend for larger traditional cruise ships to extend their itineraries into higher latitudes. Two groundings in Arctic waters are also analysed. The implementation of the Polar Code will do nothing to prevent similar accidents. The Pull of the Poles Forward Looking Sonar and Polar Navigation by Cruise Ships Ian Russell, UK


Transdermal Iontophoretic Drug Delivery System (TIDDS) is a non-invasive method of systemic drug delivery that involves by applying a drug formulation to the skin. The drug penetrates through the stratum corneum, epidermis and dermis layers. Once the drug reaches the dermal layer, it is available for systemic absorption via dermal microcirculation. However, clinical testing of new drug developed for the iontophoretic system is a long and complex process. Recently, most of those major pharmaceutical companies have attempted to consider computer-based bio-simulation strategies as a means of generating the data necessary to help make a better decision. In this work, we used computational modelling to investigate the TIDDS behaviour. Our interest is to study the efficacy of drug diffusion through transdermal delivery, including the thermal effect on the skin. We found that drug will be delivered more efficiently if the electrical potential and the position of electrodes are optimum. We analysed the drug diffusion time of the system using 1,3 and 5 mA DC source. In addition, we also modify the electrode distance from 10 mm to 30 mm long and analysed the effect of delivery time and d effect to the skin thermal. We conclude that, a high electrical current, as instance, a 5 mA DC, delivered the drug faster into the skin but increased the skin temperature because of skin joule heating effect. However, a 30 mm electrodes distance setting decreased the skin temperature significantly than the 10 mm distance with more than 9.7 °C under 5 mA DC and 60 minutes of operation. TIDDS enhanced drug delivery compared to oral consumption and might be suitable used for localizing treatments such as chronic disease. This work provides great potential and is useful to efficiently design of iontophoretic drug delivery system including new drugs delivery applications.


Introduction: Hypertension and diabetes are independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease, however why they frequently occur together is not clear. Inappropriate mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activation is associated with diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, as well as hypertension and abnormal cardiovascular remodeling. MR antagonists are effective in reducing hypertension and delaying the onset of renal and cardiovascular complications in diabetes despite circulating aldosterone levels that are within normal limits. Glucose concentrations increase O-glycosylation of many proteins, thus alter their function. Hence, we hypothesized that increased O-GlcNac modification of the MR by high glucose enhances MR activation.

Methods: MR transcriptional activity was studied in a mouse cortical collecting duct (M1) cell line stably transfected with a cDNA construct including the MR and one with a hormone-response element driving a Gaussia luciferase reporter gene. The cells were incubated for 48 h with low (5mM) or high (25mM) glucose media with and without Thiamet-G (TMG), an O-GlcNAcase inhibitor to inhibit deglycosylation, and 6-diazo-5-oxonorleucine (DON), a glucosamine-fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase inhibitor (GFAT) to reduce O-GlcNAc levels. Additionally, MR and GR antagonists were used to identify receptor specificity under low and high glucose conditions. O-GlcNac-modified MR was co-immunoprecipitated with an MR antibody and detected with an O-GlcNAc antibody.

Results: 1. Co-immunoprecipitation assays showed that high glucose and TMG increased O-GlcNac-MR by 3-fold. 2. Compared to low glucose, treatment with high glucose and with TMG increased the transcriptional activity of MR by 300%. 3. DON decreased MR-reporter activity by 75%. 4. High glucose alone had no significant basal effect but significantly increased MR activation by aldosterone. 5. MR reporter activity was increased similarly by aldosterone and corticosterone.

Conclusion: High glucose increased glycosylation of the MR, augmenting its transcriptional activity. Enhancement of MR activation by hyperglycemia may explain how MRs play a significant role in the cardiorenal pathology in Diabetes.


The Drucker`s postulate is the basis of the normality rules in plasticity, but a lot of experiments indicate that the rock and soil materials do not follow the Drucker`s postulate, and that the non-normality rules are fitter for the experiments. The problem is: what is the theoretical basis of the non-normality rules? This paper proves that the Drucker`s postulate is not suitable for the friction materials such as geological materials through the process that the stress cycling of a simple friction body does work, and that the normality rules in the stress space are also not suitable for the friction materials, hence the Drucker`s postulate is not the axiom that must be followed, and the non-normality rules can be used. It is also proved that the Ильюшина postulate that the strain is used as the state variable has a larger scope of application.


A new algorithm suggests that only a small fraction of meteorites present on the White Continent's surface have been recovered to date.


Objective To investigate the association between polymorphisms of X-ray repair cross complementing group 1 (XRCC1) gene with smoking conditions and the hereditary susceptibility to pancreatic cancer.Methods There were 210 pancreatic cancer patients and 213 control subjects genotyped for 7 SNPs of XRCC1 gene by SNaPshot system.The relationship between different genotypes combined with smoking conditions and the risk of pancreatic cancer was analyzed.Results The frequency of A allele of rs25487 in pancreatic cancer patients was significantly higher than that in control group (P < 0.05).Individuals carrying A allele (GA,AA or GA + AA) was significantly associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer (P <0.05).The carriers with mutated allele A (GA + AA) and smoking (≥20 pack-year) tended to have increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer by 1.718 times (P < 0.05).The frequency of T allele of rs1799782 in pancreatic cancer patients was significantly higher than that in control group (P < 0.05).Individuals carrying T allele (CT,TT or CT + TT) was significantly associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer (P <0.05).The carriers with mutated allele T (CT + TT) and smoking (≥20 pack-year) had increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer by 1.905 times (P < 0.05).Conclusion The polymorphisms of rs25487 and rs1799782 for XRCC1 gene combined with smoking have certain effect on the risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

Key words:
Pancreatic neoplasm ;  Gene polymorphism;  X-ray injury ;  Smoking


Background: Anticoagulation during intra aortic balloon counterpulsation pumping (IABP) is widely considered standard adjunctive therapy to prevent catheter thrombosis and embolic events. However, ...


INTRODUCTION
Multifactorial pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) consists of a combination of metabolic, environmental, and genetic factors. Genome wide association study has shown that ELMO1 is a candidate gene for DKD occurrence and progression. The aim of this study was to assess the association of a single nucleotide polymorphism (rs741301) of the ELMO1 gene with DKD in Polish patients with type 2 diabetes.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
This was a case/control study of 272 patients suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus for at least 10 years. Blood samples were drawn for biochemical analysis (hemoglobin A1c, serum creatinine) and DNA extraction. The albumin/creatinine ratio (UACR) was assessed in three urine samples. Anthropometric parameters and blood pressure were also measured. Each patient underwent a fundus examination to determine the presence of diabetic retinopathy. Patients were divided into two study groups depending on the criteria used to define DKD either according to American Diabetes Association (I) - (UACR ≥ 30 mg/g) or National Kidney Foundation (II) (UACR > 300 mg/g) criteria; in the case of coexisting retinopathy the UACR ≥ 30 mg/g.

RESULTS
There was no association between rs741301 polymorphisms and the presence of DKD (P=0.6) nor with the stage of the disease (P=0.8).

CONCLUSIONS
Even though the results of this study are negative, there is still a great need for larger studies assessing the genetic susceptibility to DKD to identify patients who are particularly prone to this complication.


Abstract : Thermodynamic properties of electrolyte solutions change rapidly below 25C, but these properties are seldom measured over the low temperature range (below 0C), even though some salt solutions can remain unfrozen to -50C. The heat capacities of concentrated solutions (0.5-0.6 molal) of NaC-H2O were measured from 25C to -40C as part of a study to provide thermodynamic data of salt solutions for use in cold regions chemical and geophysical studies. A differential scanning calorimeter was used to measure specific heat capacity from cooling scans as a function of temperature and concentration. The heat capacity data were fit to the equations of Pitzer and coworkers to obtain activity and osmotic coefficients of NaC and H2O, respectively, below o C. Supercooling of the solutions was encouraged by using a fast scan rate (10d2/minute) so that specific heat could be measured to lower temperatures than would be possible if the solutions were allowed to equilibrate with the solid phases. The solubility of ice was calculated and compared to the experiment freezing point of NaC solutions. Keywords: Chemical properties; Electrolytes.


[1] This paper presents determinations of reactive uptake coefficients for N2O5, γ(N2O5), on aerosols from nighttime aircraft measurements of ozone, nitrogen oxides, and aerosol surface area on the NOAA P-3 during Second Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS II). Determinations based on both the steady state approximation for NO3 and N2O5 and a plume modeling approach yielded γ(N2O5) substantially smaller than current parameterizations used for atmospheric modeling and generally in the range 0.5–6 × 10−3. Dependence of γ(N2O5) on variables such as relative humidity and aerosol composition was not apparent in the determinations, although there was considerable scatter in the data. Determinations were also inconsistent with current parameterizations of the rate coefficient for homogenous hydrolysis of N2O5 by water vapor, which may be as much as a factor of 10 too large. Nocturnal halogen activation via conversion of N2O5 to ClNO2 on chloride aerosol was not determinable from these data, although limits based on laboratory parameterizations and maximum nonrefractory aerosol chloride content showed that this chemistry could have been comparable to direct production of HNO3 in some cases.


This paper proposes a quantitative model of the banking sector to analyze potential aggregate impacts of the minimum capital requirements and counter-cyclical capital buffer in Basel III capital regulations. In the literature, an analysis on aggregate impacts of counter-cyclical capital buffer is limited. In order to fill this gap, the paper augments a standard banking model in two ways: (i) allows banks to default due to un-diversifiable risk based on the assumption of incomplete markets with respect to credit risk of bank loans and (ii) incorporates market-based funding with its equilibrium price reflecting individual-bank specific default premium. A numerical analysis of the model suggests that counter-cyclical capital buffer smoothes aggregate loan dynamics over time but its quantitative implication is limited during recessions. A larger quantitative impact can be obtained if the regulation allows the captail requiremnt to be lower also during recovery periods. Such state-contingent policies can raise bank default rates, posing a potential trade-off. ∗University of Pennsylvania, CAERP, and NBER, email@example.com. †Bank of Canada, firstname.lastname@example.com. ‡Bank of Canada, email@example.com.


Big Data Technologies for managing huge amounts of student data which is rising exponentially year after year specially in the countries like India, where there is a large no of young population is a need not luxury. Many students are searching for courses of their choice and for funding their education interests they look for scholarships. There are many scholarship schemes available for students of different status in the society. Educational institutions look for solutions to handle large amount of student data ranging from enrollments, scholarships, academic content, literature search, testing, results and finally placements. Such data require a lot of integrity and scalability. Memory saving schema for hardware and software platforms for the needy Universities and Colleges along with lot of mobility for their executives to access and analyze such data remain in focus. In this paper a new data base model has been suggested using modern day Big Data technologies rather than using conventional database technologies to handle complex data generated through student activity which can be analyzed to reach decisions. New model suggested after testing real time data sets of scholarships management of technical education system. Lot of memory and cost has been saved along with achieving data integrity, security and improvement in response time.


Structure B in field "X" is a mature field that has been in production for 27 years and contribute in 80% of total oil production in PSC "S". The production declining faster as an impact of reservoir pressure depletion. In order to recover the remaining oil, some efforts to increase reservoir pressure such as water and chemical injection are needed. The aim of this study is to obtain best scenario to produce the remaining oil in structure B and increasing the recovery factor. Static and dynamic reservoir model with the latest data were created to obtain four production scenarios. Economic evaluations of the project also carried out to ensure that the project investment plan are attractive to implement. Black oil method of reservoir simulation applied in E314-E315 layer formation was the limitation of this study. The study suggest that scenario-4 with injecting water + alkaline surfactant polymer (ASP) + polymer is the optimum scenario on this project, which provide incremental oil production of 9.4 MMstb or increase the recovery factor by 11%. This selected scenario gives an NPV of 29.3 MM$, IRR 31.4%, pay out time of 5.6 years, and government take of 83 MM$.


An experimental and analytical study are carried out to investigate the effect of external straighted post-prestressing strengthen method on the dynamic behavior of composite girder. From the impact test, it is analyzed that the external straighted post-prestressing strengthen method made increase of natural frequency. The damping ratio decrease with the increase of natural frequency is also analyzed. Because the external straighted post-prestressing method reduce dynamic maxium displacement, in considering prestressed compression stress of lower flange, the increase of fatigue safety is predicted by adoting external straighted post-prestressing strengthen method. From the dynamic test results of the servicing steel plate girder bridge, it is investigated that the change degree of natural frequency is very low with applying the external straighted post-prestressing strengthen method


A wheel-track hybrid transformable wheel is designed, which is mainly composed of transformable track, extension mechanism and drive mechanism. The working principle of transformable wheel is analyzed. According to the design results, the SolidW orks software is used to build the three-dimensional model of the transformable wheel, and the ANSYS software was used to carry out the finite element analysis on the key parts of the transformable wheel, and the maximum stress and maximum deformation were obtained, according to the results of simulation analysis, the structure parameters of the track joint are optimized, the mass of the crawler joint is reduced, and the material of the track joint is optimized. which realize the optimal design of the key parts of the transformable wheel. Performance of transformable wheel is greatly improved.


Feature extraction algorithm is very important task in the process of classification and recognition. Feature extraction exactly means the reduction of sources which describes the samples. If there are more sources then the classification and recognition becomes difficult. There are many development in the field of feature extraction of the speech signal for word recognition and classification. The feature extraction algorithm for speech signal can be implemented on FPGA. For the speech signal, the Mel-cepstral coefficients are considered as the features of that signal. Here implementation of feature extraction algorithm is on FPGA as it has high computational capability and accuracy. Index Terms – Field programmable gate array, Feature extraction, Mel-cepstral coefficient.


AT a meetinig of the Sectioni of Comparative Medicine of the Royal Society of Medicine lheld on January 28th, witi .rIr. FREDERICK HOBDAY, tlhe President, in the cllair, Dr. ()KELL and Messrs. DALLING and PUGH read papers oni the subject of leptospir al jaundice in dogs. The researchl oIn which the papers were based was the joint work of the three authors, buit each contributed a paper dealing with somewhat differenit aspects of the question.


The effect of Raman self-frequency shift on the dynamics of a passively mode-locked fibre laser containing a long period grating is studied numerically. Focus is paid to the affect on the pulse generation and evolution.


The operation instructing system in substations of power systems is an important guarantee for secure and reliable operation in substations, so it is significant to making up correct switch operation-order-sheet for the operation and maintenance management of substations. This paper proposes to apply multiagent theory of distributed artificial intelligent technique in operating-ordersheet automatic generating system and build a distributed MAS system to accomplish the operation instructing system in substation. This system consists of devices' operating sequence's generating Agent, checking Agent, misoperation prevention Agent and coordination control Agent. For every sub-Agents of devices' operating sequence's generating Agent which plays kernel function in whole system, RBFNN is adopted to accomplish hidden inference to gain device operating sequences by using the performance of strong associative memory and high fault-tolerance of RBFNN, so that some of the disadvantages of expert system technique can be avoided. Study shows this system has the teatures of simple processing, convenient maintenance management, and high intelligence, and plays intelligent assistant role for field operation and management.


Some fusion targets designed to be driven by 0.35 to 1 ..mu..m laser light are glass spheres coated with layers of various materials such as hydrocarbons, fluorocarbons, beryllium, copper, gold, platinum, etc. The glass shell, which is filled with gas, liquid or solid deuterium-tritium fuel, must have remarkably good surface and wall thickness uniformity. Methods for depositing the various materials will be discussed. They include plasma polymerization, electro-deposition, sputtering and evaporation. Many of the difficulties encountered in the coating processes are the result of coating on free spheres with very small radii - 35 to 500 micrometers. Several means of overcoming the problems will be described and experimental results presented.


There are three Serinethine genera, namely Leptocoris, Boisea and Jadera. Göllner-Scheiding (1980) distinguished Leptocoris from the other two genera by its relatively shorter bucculae, its broader, shorter head, longer and trapezoidal pronotum, and larger, more slender body. Members of this genus have features that lie between the generally narrower Boisea and stouter Jadera. The Serinethine Rhopalids consist of about 65 species worldwide, about twothirds of which are in Leptocoris, and of those, 20 are African. Serinethines are seed predators of certain plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae (Carroll & Loye 2012). This article adds one new species, which was encountered during a field survey of host relationships of Leptocoris, which are poorly known in Africa.


Taking Pholiota microspora as material,the effect of different kinds of vitamin on a solid culture of Pholiota microspora were studied.The average daily growth rate of Pholiotamicrosporamycelium was measured,which inoculated in solid plate including vitamin B1(VB1),vitamin B2(VB2)and vitamin B12(VB12),respectively.Optimal concentration of each vitamin to promote the growth of mycelium and suitable composition were determined by single factor test and orthogonal experiment,respectively.The results showed that the appropriate concentration of VB1,VB2 and VB12could promote the growth of mycelia.The best concentration of vitamins was as follows:VB10.13μg/mL,VB120.05μg/mL and VB20.10μg/mL.


Objective Based on scientific research grants to explore the feasibility of analyzing the subiect's hot topics. Methotis The CRISP(Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects)database of National Institutes of Health was used to retrieve the grants related of gene mechanism of essential hypertension in 2006. We obtained concepts from the fields of title and abstract by MetaMap. and then analyzed the key concepts about genes that were found more than 3 times. Results There were 73 related grants about that from CRISP in 2006. After processing the samples by MetaMap, we got 45 high frequency concepts about genes. which were divided into seven groups. Conclusions It iS feasible to analyze and study subject hotspot by scientific research grants. and it can be used to the supplement of normal literature analysis. MetaMap is a better tool for natural language processing, but also has some limitations.

Key words:
MetaMap;  Scientific research grant;  Hot topics


Mod1 Experiment on Plates to Sink an End of a Trawl Rope below the Water Surface or Hydrofoil Sinker. Hirosi OKUNO SYNOPSIS Based on the tank experiments, polar diagrams were drawn for model plates of various shapes. As the configuration of the traw1 rope is also known from calculations, the most ef fective angle of attack to keep a plate as deep as possible below the waer surface is deter mined, when the length of a rope of a certain kind and a towing speed are given.


Abstract : Open- nded Terms: Viscoelasticity. Abstracts of the litera ure, from 1950 to 1961, dealing with high speed deformation of materials are given in this bibliography. References concerning stress ave propagation are included to aid in the understanding of the deformation. T e arr g n of the bstrac s is chronological with an alphabetic sequence within each year. An author index i included. The principal reference works used are: American Society of Metals Review of Metal Literature; Applie Mecha ic Reviews; Physics Reviews; Journal of Applied Physics; Journal of Applied Mechanics; American Society for Testing Materials, Proceedings; Transactions of the American Society for Metals; Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis; Transactions of t e American Institute of Mining a d Metallurgical Engineers, The Metallurgical Society; Proceedings of The Conference on The Properties of Materials at High Rates of Strain; Proceedings of Third Symposium on Hypervelocity Impact; Plas icity Proc dings of the Second Symposium on Naval Structural Mechanics; and Response of Me als to High Velocity Deformation. (Author)


The author, who is preparing an edition of the fragments of this Euripidean tragedy, gives in this paper the mytographical and formal considerations which have carried him to a personal arrangement of the preserved fragments. At the same time, the author tries to get a thematic perspective based on different points which permit him to adopt a realistic position.


Environmental research involves "understanding how environmental systems function and interact, and the impact that humans are having on the environment". Strengthened linkages between terrestrial biodiversity researchers and end-users are desirable to reduce duplicative effort and achieve maximum return on public investment in applied research. To assist this process, our analysis provides a significant review and consultation process with the aim of identifying end‐user needs, research gaps and possible synergies, delivering a valuable resource for terrestrially focussed research providers and end-user groups.

This report provides a resource for research providers by helping to locate relevant research information more efficiently, and by ensuring that proposed research is strategic and targeted at the needs of the end‐users. It provides a resource for end-users by delivering a repository of biodiversity research that is digested and easily accessible, and by identifying the areas of research where stakeholder interests overlap. Finally, the report can also be used by funding bodies to help guide the prioritisation of resources into future biodiversity research in the Wet Tropics bioregion.


A compact fiber laser utilizing platinum nanoparticles doped on carbon (Pt/C) embedded in photonic crystal fiber capable of generating a stable Q-switch dual-wavelength is designed and verified. Stable Q-switch pulses, with a repetition rate of 73.6 kHz, pulse width of 1.45 µs and power of 3.8 nJ in two separated wavelengths of 1557.39 nm and 1558.86 nm at a pump power of 350 mW, have been obtained. This is a novel method for generating Q-switch dual-wavelength pulses using a well-protected component that introduces both a saturable absorber and Mach–Zehnder interferometer effects simultaneously in the laser cavity. Furthermore, to best of our knowledge, this is the first time that Pt/C nanoparticles have been used in a saturable absorber for optical pulse generation.


In this paper,the edge and vertex weighted graph,the transportation capacity of vertex to the graph and centroid of the graph are introduced and studied.By comparing transportation capacity of two adjacent vertices,it obtains that a necessity and sufficiency condition is that a vertex of a graph is centroid and the number of the centroids of a graph is not greater than 2.In addition,the algorithm on finding the centroid and the minimal transportation capacity are derived,of whih its complexity is O(n2).It is conducive to solve the optimization problem,which can be made by dendrogram.


Recent years have seen a certain impatience with John Rawls's approach to political philosophy and calls for the discipline to move beyond it. One source of dissatisfaction is Rawls's idea of a well-ordered society. In a recent article, Alex Schaefer has tried to give further impetus to this movement away from Rawlsian theorizing by pursuing a question about well-ordered societies that he thinks other critics have not thought to ask. He poses that question in the title of his article: "Is Justice a Fixed Point?." Though Schaefer is critical of Rawlsian political theorizing, I shall contend that his arguments also suggest two paths forward for those who would follow the Rawlsian approach. First, the intellectual devices Schaefer deploys help those who would continue the Rawlsian project to see, and precisely to chart, the next step that that project needs to take—a step necessitated by a concession Rawls himself made late in the development of political liberalism. Second, the clarity and economy with which Schaefer lays out his alternative to the Rawlsian approach make it possible to state some fundamental Rawlsian challenges to a form of theorizing that has considerable appeal to many critics of that approach.


In this paper, the basic feature of particle system of coal stream is analyzed, the property model of coal stream particle is established by discrete element method according to its characteristics and a moving model is constructed by a simplified Hertz-Mindlin contact, and the coal stream movement is simulated with particle system, which plays an important role in assuring the fidelity and integrality of 3D virtual coal stream in tubing transport scene.