Until the present time a lot of studies on transition in Japanese have been focused on topics or contents following transitional conjunctions. However, they have ignored the topics or contents before such a transitional conjunction, in spite of the fact that those of the clause before such a conjunction are closely related to those of the following clause. In consideration of the above, the purpose of this study is to explore transitional conjunctions such as [satel, [dewa], and [tokorode] on the basis of the transitional starting point and the shared knowledge between a speaker and a hearer. The results of the study are as follows: First, [sate] can be used even without any shard knowledge between the speaker and the hearer, and in most of the cases the speaker gives information to the hearer without taking the latter into consideration. Second, [dewa] needs shared knowledge and has the tendency of either going on to a new story while concluding the preceding contents, or expanding and developing the preceding contents. Third, [tokorode] cannot be used without shard knowledge. [tokorode] not only introduces a new topic, but also makes a supplementary explanation of a word or event in a topic, emphasizes the important part, and makes the circumstances return to the original topic.


The increased use of multiple interconnected fieldbuses with variety of field devices require effective operation and maintenance to reduce downtimes. Increased globalisation of manufacturing activities and geographically widespread facilities bring new challenges for monitoring and diagnostics of field devices. This paper outlines a diagnostics tool capable of diagnosing multiple fieldbuses simultaneously, with local and remote access to diagnostic information. The development and test of OPC server for this device is reported in this paper.


An original thermal model of a single room structure is developed by using the tensorial network-based Kron's method. The modelling principle is using the equivalent RC-network of wall, door and air constituting the house. For a better understanding, the temperature propagation was assumed only in a 1-D horizontal direction. The problem geometrization is defined in function of rectangular approximation meshing. After the determination of the equivalent thermal resistor and thermal capacitor, the innovative thermal circuit representing the room is elaborated. The methodology of the Kron's formalism, implicitly described with the different action steps is introduced. The thermal room Kron's method is implemented from the branch to mesh spaces before the expression of the problem metric. The thermal transfer functions (TTFs) at three cases of indoor points, situated near, middle and far of the door are established from the Kron's problem metric. The feasibility of the room thermal Kron's TTF model is validated with SPICE TTF simulations in both frequency and time domains. The thermal cut-off frequencies are verified with very good correlation between the established TTF model and simulation. An excellent prediction of transient responses with unit-step and arbitrary waveform temperature signals with a minimal and maximal amplitude of about 20°C and 40°C is proposed.


Abstract In a commons, each firm's costs rise with industry output. This externality can be mitigated if firms jointly restrict harvests, but higher prices result. Repeated interaction usually facilitates cooperation that lowers harvest rates. Increased cooperation suggests there should be more firms in the socially optimal market structure. Using experimental markets with two to five "firms," we observe the influence of industry size on harvest rates. Cooperation increases the socially optimal number of firms in markets when there are static externalities, but not for dynamic externalities. Finally, even when the initial stock is low, there is little tendency toward resource extinction.


Included in Prentice Hall's MATLAB Curriculum Series, this text provides a comprehensive treatment of the methodologies underlying neuro-fuzzy and soft computing. The book places equal emphasis on theoretical aspects of covered methodologies, empirical observations, and verifications of various applications in practice.


This study aims to analyze the effect of Quality of Work Life and Employee Engagement on Organizational Commitment. With employees at Anita Phoneshop Baturaja which is used as a case study. Primary and secondary data were used in this study. Secondary data were obtained from various sources such as journals, books and other related publications. Primary data was obtained by using a questionnaire distributed to respondents who were targeted. By using the slovin technique, the total sample obtained was 53 respondents. Multiple linear regression analysis method with SPSS 26 program was used to analyze the data. The results showed that Quality of Work Life and Employee Engagement had a positive and significant impact on Organizational Commitment, contributing 70.1% with the variable Quality of Work Life having a more dominant influence. This shows that the company should focus on maintaining and improving the organizational work climate technically and humanely in order to lead to a better quality of work life.


In the past 30 years,the control and prevention of infectious disease have get a great progress in China.In this article,the legal control of communicable diseases,prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases,nosocomial infections and drug resistance were reviewed,and the future of infectious disease prevention and treatment was prospected.


This study aims to examine the effect of intellectual capital and the
mechanism of good corporate governance on corporate financial performance.
The company's financial performance is proxied by ROA. The mechanism of good
corporate governance is proxied by the size of the board of directors and the
proportion of independent commissioners, and intellectual capital is proxied by
employed capital, human capital and structural capital.
The population of this study is the banking sector companies listed on the
Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2015-2017. The sample in this study
were 31 companies determined using the purposive sampling method. The data
analysis method used is multiple linear regression analysis.
The results showed that capital employed, structural capital and the size of
the board of directors had a significant positive effect on financial performance
(ROA), human capital had a significant negative effect on financial performance
(ROA), while the proportion of independent commissioners had no effect on
financial performance (ROA).
Keywords: intellectual capital, good corporate governance and financial
performance.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh intellectual capital dan
mekanisme good corporate governance terhadap kinerja keuangan perusahaan.
Kinerja keuangan perusahaan diproksikan dengan ROA. Mekanisme good
corporate governance diproksikan dengan ukuran dewan direksi dan proporsi
komisaris independen, serta intellectual capital diproksikan dengan capital
employed, human capital dan structural capital.
Populasi penelitian ini adalah perusahaan sektor perbankan yang terdaftar
di Bursa Efek Indonesia periode 2015-2017. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah
31 perusahaan yang ditentukan menggunakan metode purposive sampling.
Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linear berganda.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa capital employed, structural capital
dan ukuran dewan direksi berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap kinerja
keuangan (ROA), human capital berpengaruh negatif signifikan terhadap kinerja
keuangan (ROA), sedangkan proporsi komisaris independen tidak berpengaruh
terhadap kinerja keuangan (ROA).
Kata Kunci: intellectual capital, good corporate governance dan kinerja
keuangan.


In this note we give geometric representation for the parameters in the fibril elongation process. We prove estimate for the one-sided Hausdorff approximation of the  shifted (interval) step function by sigmoidal Chapman--Richards function. The Chapman--Richards function finds application in many scientific fields, including  biology, population dynamics, chemistry, and  fuzzy set theory. We propose a modified lag--time and elongation rate in terms of Hausdorff distance. Numerical examples, illustrating our results are given, too. ...


Remediation of mining waste deposited along the margins of Silver Bow Creek as a result of historic mining was evaluated in a multi-year research project funded cooperatively by the State of Montana, EPA, and ARCO Coal. The objective of the Streambank Tailings and Revegetation Study (STARS) was to evaluate the environmental performance of base addition, deep mixing techniques, and revegetation relative to the fate and transport of key metals of concern at the site. This paper summarizes the effect of lime amendments and revegetation on potential leaching of metals into groundwater, and runoff and erosion from streambank areas contaminated with tailings. Water flux in the unreclaimed and revegetated tailings was simulated using UNSAT2. Results of modeling water flux in the vadose zone indicated that 3 to 8 cm of groundwater recharge occurs in an average year in untreated tailings. Revegetation alters the site water balance so that groundwater recharge is unlikely. The amount of metals that migrate into surface water during high-intensity summer thunderstorms was predicted for existing conditions and for lime-treated and revegetated tailings. The US Department of Agriculture GLEAMS model was used to predict long-term runoff and erosion from the site. A three-year GLEAMS simulation indicated that STARS treatments would decrease runoff by 2 to 3-fold, and would change the timing of runoff. On the existing tailings, runoff was predicted intermittently from March through September. On reclaimed areas, runoff was predicted only in March and April when Silver Bow Creek provides more dilution. Substantial reductions in metal loading could be achieved due to reduction in runoff from mid-summer thunderstorms which are historically associated with fish kills.


A micro gas turbine impeller is a highly challenging component to fabricate given the stringent tolerance requirements. This paper highlights and reports a novel process to machine and fabricate a SS 304 impeller using a 3 axis cnc milling machine with minimum usage of job overhead. The impeller chosen to demonstrate this process is a 12 vaned impeller with outside diameter of 110 mm with an elliptical hub surface and constant radius circular shroud surface. The blade thickness varies from 1.6 mm at tip and 3.5 mm at hub. The intersection region of the blade with the disk has a uniform fillet radius of 1.5 mm. The blade exit height is 16 mm. Blades are not perpendicular to the hub surface, intersecting angle is changing as you move down the blades. The height of the blade varies from exducer to inducer is 4.5 times. It is seen that a considerable saving in time and effort without a compromise on the dimensional tolerances is obtained with the above procedure.Copyright © 2013 by ASME


Biofortification is a novel approach for exploiting a sound relationship between soil and plants for improving human micronutrition. This review indulged to overcome the targeted trace elements deficiencies in major agronomic crops and the cons side of biofortification. According to the study, food from the agricultural crops is suppressed with vital elements such as Fe, Se, Zn, I, etc. Micronutrient deficiencies are crucial problems in many nations like Nepal, India Pakistan, Afghanistan and so on. In addition, it is estimated that about two-third of the globe populations is suffering from two or more important minerals. This can be puzzle out through effective food fortification, developing new genotypic plants with higher efficiency, bioavailability of minerals through biofortification. Moreover, bioavailability trials in different cases especially related to humans and animals should be prioritized in order to optimize the biofortification program.


In the Czech Republic, as elsewhere in east and central Europe, a neglected and abused environment symbolised many of the failures of the Soviet‐style planned system. In the post‐communist era the environmental issue can be used as an indicator of the process of political change. The transition is primarily a process of altering the legacies of over 40 years of communist rule. Dismantling the command economy and establishing free elections and a multi‐party system were merely the first steps in a lengthy process that had also to include the re‐establishment of civil society after years of repression by the state, and the re‐integration of the Czech Republic into Europe as an independent actor. In addition to the creation of new legislation, evidence of a decision‐making process based on an active role for the public, and discussion between policy‐makers and non‐governmental organisations (NGOs), will be the hallmarks of a new political order which has overturned the legacies of the communist past. The pro...


The classification,distribution,characteristics and actuality of genus Nitraria are settled and summarized through systematic studies.Taking Nitraria tangutorum in sand dune as an example,discussed the ecological function from the point of resource heterogeneity,and pointed out that the happening and developing mechanism of Nitraria tangutorum shrub have important meanings to soil degeneration and comeback.The causation of retrogression is analysed and some suggestions of protective measures are proposed according to it.


Environmental pollution by synthetic polymers such as waste polymers and water soluble synthetic polymers in waste water has been recognized as a major problem. In view of this, energetic, chemical and biological polymer-degrading techniques have been studied extensively during the last three decades. Biodegradation takes place through the action of enzymes and / or chemical deterioration associated with living organisms. To find out, the environmental resistance of the synthesized polyesters from corn oil, soil burial test and Sturm test, aerobic degradation test and bacterial adhesion test were carried out. The films were buried in the soil mixed with municipal sewage sludge for six months. Two fungal strains PV1 and PV2 and two bacterial strains S.aureus and E.Coli showed adherence on the surface of the vegetable oil based polyester film. The strain PV1 identified as Phanerochaete chrysosporium was more efficient than the other PV2 identified as candida albicans. The biodegradability of vegetable oil based polyesters was determined by Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and visual changes in the polymer. The rate of degradation of polymers was mainly caused by bacteria, fungi and different soil conditions. Carbon dioxide evolution as a result of polymer biodegradation was determined by Sturm test. The CO2 produced after mineralization of polymer for 30 days was found to be greater for vinyl acetate polymers. It appeared that, for most of the samples that CO2 released increased near the beginning of the experiment then remained constant with time. This suggested that there may be a small fraction of the poly esters such as a lower molecular weight fraction that degrades quickly leaving the bulk recalcitrant higher molecular weight material. The presence of cross links or branches in the fatty acid portion of the triglyceride network probably inhibits binding and activity of lipases which cleave the glycerol ester bonds. More branched polyester cross links such as those formed by maleic anhydride are degraded more slowly probably as a result of steric interference of enzyme accessibility.


There has been studied the process of removal of the direct magenta color and outrageous orange dyes from simulated solutions by means of their adsorption on aluminum hydroxide, obtained during the hydrolysis of the sulfate of aluminum (I method) or electrochemical dissolution of the aluminum anodes (II method), depending on the initial concentration, the time of treatment and the value of the pH. It has been established that the removal of the direct magenta color dye takes place in a larger interval of pH (5.0 – 7.0) and it increases in the presence of the ions of calcium, but the outrageous orange dye is adsorbed in a narrower interval of pH (5.0 – 6.5) and it doesn't change in the presence of calcium cations. It has been established that the removal of the direct magenta dye is achieved through the co-precipitation of the associated and neutralized (with the help of the colloidal particles of aluminum hydroxide) aggregate and the effect of removal is absolutely identical for the aluminum hydroxide, obtained from both methods. The removal of the outrageous orange dye is achieved through the adsorption of the dissociated molecules by the colloidal particles of the aluminum hydroxide, while the the effect of dye removal depends on the method of obtaining of aluminum hydroxide. If the molecules are associated and they form aggregates, then they can be more efficiently removed with the help of the aluminum hydroxide obtained from the I method and if the molecules are unassociated, (the bonds between the associated molecules are broken through partial oxidation) then the effect of removal is lower.


A board control apparatus has a power generation means having a communication part; an accumulator which can be charged by receiving electric power from the power generating means; a control means which is adapted to communicate with the communication part and the loading of the accumulator controls; and a state of charge measurement means which measures the state of charge of the battery. The control means transmits to prohibit the charging of the battery pack to the communication part when a vehicle ignition is turned off, and the state of charge measuring means measures the charge state of the battery during a time period, a signal in which the charging of the accumulator after the ignition of the vehicle is switched off, is prohibited.


Brassica oleracea is an important crop species that at early growth stages may exhibit failure of the apical growing point, an abnormality called "blindness". The occurrence of blindness is promoted by exposure to low temperatures during imbibition and germination, but the causes of sensitivity to such conditions are unknown. We combined three analytical seed technology instruments to explore seed physical properties that are highly correlated with quality parameters and might be used directly for grading or sorting seed lots into subpopulations varying in potential susceptibility to blindness. For image analysis, we used the VideometerLab instrument, which can scan 19 wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared and utilize that information in any combination to potentially identify unique criteria related to seed quality. The iXeed CF Analyzer was utilized to obtain chlorophyll fluorescence values for individual seeds. Chlorophyll contents of many seeds can be used as an indicator of seed maturity, a major contributor to seed quality. Finally, oxygen consumption measurements of individual seeds as obtained with the Q2 instrument are highly correlated with their performance under a wide variety of conditions. Six Brassica seed lots differed in their susceptibility to induction of blindness or loss of viability due to 48 h hydrated incubation at 1.5 ∘C. Analysis of physical and respiratory parameters identified some measurements that were highly correlated with the occurrence of blindness. Higher chlorophyll content, as detected by the CF-Mobile and certain wavelengths in the Videometer, was associated with greater occurrence of blindness or death following the induction treatment, suggesting that more immature seeds may be susceptible to blindness. Further research is required, but methods to detect and sort such seeds based on physical characteristics appear to be feasible.


Methods, devices and manufacturing products to provide firewalls for process control systems are disclosed. An example method comprises the analysis of a network communications for determining a first service, an address associated with the first service within a secure part of a network in communication, and a subset of ports that are used by the first service, wherein the network communication from within the secured part of the network is derived and to be transmitted to a destination outside the secure portion of the network, and the storage of an identifier of the first service, the address and the subset of ports, if the network communication the identifier, the address and the subset of ports includes.


Due to the change in the family model "421" and the constant aggravation of the degree of the aging society, increasing old people become empty nesters, and their mental and physical health problems have aroused the concern of all walks of life gradually. In order to ease this kind of social problem, increasing scholars and enterprises start researching the partner robots for the elderly. This paper mainly explores the differences and similarities among the partner robots for the elderly in the mainstream market in modelling and function design by analyzing the different kinds of partner robots for the elderly in the domestic and foreign mainstream markets, discusses the current main problems among the partner robots for the elderly and summarizes the suggestions on its future development direction.


Based on the calculation of the electrostatic field potential of space charges, we have analysed the characteristic features of light-induced scattering of extraordinary polarised light in photorefractive (PR) crystals (for example, an SBN-75 crystal). Using the method of images, the electrostatic field is analysed for surface (aperiodic) waves along the crystal – dielectric (air) interface. It is shown that the field distributions satisfying the boundary conditions can emerge only upon accumulation of a screening electric charge in a narrow transition layer of thickness ∼1 mm, the sign of the charge being opposite that of the space charge in the illuminated region of the crystal. A model is proposed to explain the observed features of the surface PR waves in a metal-film coated PR crystal. In considering the contact potential difference at the PR crystal – film interface it is shown that in the crystal layer (adjacent to the film) enriched with charge carriers, i.e., electrons, the refractive index can be significantly reduced. In the case of small excitation angles (0 – 1.5°), this layer can act as an optical barrier, the reflection from which can result in near-surface waves; a characteristic difference from the previously observed oscillatory surface waves is the presence of a broadened intensity distribution shifted inside the crystal.


Abstract When an asteroid is lost, the observers need to know the portion of the celestial sphere where it could be recovered at a given time. This region is an image of the region, in the space of orbital elements, where the orbit is compatible with the previous observations. The map between these two regions is nonlinear; therefore the classical linear approximation can fail. Indeed it fails by a large amount when both these regions are large, which is precisely when an asteroid has been observed only over a short arc and/or it has been lost for a long time. The recovery, and identification, of asteroids long lost is very difficult if the only available prediction is a single point corresponding to the least squares solution, which could be very far from the real state; thus the availability of an efficient algorithm to bound the recovery region is essential, also to decide if the recovery is worth the effort. This paper proposes three new algorithms to better approximate the recovery region based upon approximations going beyond linearization. It gives the results of tests based upon asteroids which have been recovered by chance and could have been found in the recovery region computed by the new algorithms. Free software is available now, by means of which the new algorithms can be tested, and eventually adopted, by the observers and by the ephemerides computation centers.


Since the beginning of the multicore era, parallel processing has become prevalent across the board. On a traditional multicore system, a single operating system manages all cores and schedules threads and processes among them, inherently supported by hardware‐implemented cache coherence protocols. However, a further growth of the number of cores per system implies an increasing chip complexity, especially with respect to the cache coherence protocols. Therefore, a very attractive alternative for future many‐core systems is to waive the hardware‐based cache coherency and to introduce a software‐oriented message‐passing based architecture instead: a so‐called Cluster‐on‐Chip architecture. Intel's Single‐chip Cloud Computer (SCC), a many‐core research processor with 48 non‐coherent memory‐coupled cores, is a very recent example for such a cluster‐on‐chip architecture. The SCC can be configured to run one operating system instance per core by partitioning the shared main memory in a strict manner. However, it is also possible to access the shared main memory in an unsplit and concurrent manner, provided that either the caches are disabled or the cache coherency is then ensured by software. In this article, we detail our experiences gained while developing low‐level software for message‐passing and shared‐memory programming on the SCC. We present an SCC‐customized MPI library (called SCC‐MPICH) as well as a shared virtual memory system (called MetalSVM) for the SCC. In doing so, we evaluate the potential of both programming models and we show how these models can be improved especially with respect to the SCC's many‐core architecture. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Abstract : The study was conducted to investigate information and display requirements for a manual IFR formation flight system for an advanced rotary-wing and a high-performance jet fighter. This investigation included the study of the effects of varying the rate at which new information is available for display and the level of measurement noise in the information presented. Two alternative vertical situation display formats were selected for evaluation. Systematic man-in-the-loop simulations were conducted to collect pilot performance data for these two display formats at three levels of the data update rate and measurement noise variables. Performance measures recorded included the follower aircraft's deviations from the assigned command position, rates of pilot control input activity, and frequency of aircraft control losses. (Author)


The article is devoted to the pedagogical model of future teachers' designing competence forming. The model components and the stages of educational systems pedagogical design competence forming are presented as well.


The smart substation changes the construction mode of traditional substation,in which the optical fiber cable becomes the main medium for communication because of its network.The existing connecting way of outdoor optical fiber cable has many disadvantages and can not satisfy the need of smart substation development.A solution based on prefab optical fiber cable for the outdoor network is proposed,which had been successfully applied to practical project and could efficiently improve the security,reliability and stability of network communication in substation.This solution has many advantages,such as simple structure,convenient construction,safety,durable use.It can greatly shorten the construction period and improve the fault resistance ability of smart substation,with increasing a little investment.


Taking the public park green space in the subtropical areas(Lianhuashan Park in Shenzhen City) as an example,three aspects have been put into consideration including the balance of CO_(2) and O_(2),maintenance of soil and water,and the regulation of climate.Based on the indices of CO_(2) absorption-O_(2) release,water holding,soil holding,transpiration and dissipative heat of transpiration,the evaluation of the ecological benefit has been performed for different community structure types.The result shows that the ecological benefits of the forest community with three layer structure of trees,shrubs and grasses are two or three times as much as the lawn community with one layer structure in average.


Due to the extremely low moisture content of the air and the underlying desert surface over North Africa during the summertime, solar radiation works effectively in heating the desert surface. Because the earth's surface receives more radiative energy from the sun than it loses in the form of infrared radiation during the day, a large amount of radiative energy is transferred from the ground to the atmosphere in the form of sensible heat flux. The horizontal differences in the upward flux of sensible heat between North Africa and equatorial Africa build strong surface baroclinic patterns. A real-data forecast using a multi-level primitive-equation model was designed to study the influences of solar radiation and the associated diurnal variations in surface temperatures on the dynamics and energetics of the African low-level circulations. A surface energy budget which included solar radiation, infrared radiation, sensible heat flux, and latent heat flux was employed in estimating surface temperatures. The effects of cloudiness on radiation processes were also considered, and heat and moisture exchanges due to turbulence inside the boundary layer were parameterized. The upward transfer of heat from the boundary layer to higher levels in the atmosphere was carried out by a dry convective adjustment. Two numerical experiments, one with solar radiation and another without, were performed and the energetics of each forecast were examined. Results clearly indicated the important role played by solar radiation in the maintenance of low-level motions. With solar heating, which preserved the rather unique thermal structure in North Africa, the model produced a very realistic forecast in the circulation patterns. Without solar heating the model substantially underpredicted the intensity of wind circulation over North Africa. Large diurnal variation in response to solar heating was noted in the dynamic fields and model energetics.


GLONASS has been proposed as an augmentation to GPS/LAAS. This paper will examine the incremental benefits of the additional signals from GLONASS to the availability of service for precision approaches. The methodology used for the modeling of availability is the same as that adopted previously for the analysis of GPS/LAAS. The inclusion of GLONASS signals requires provision for adapting the models of measurement errors to account for the differences between GPS and GLONASS. The main difference of significance to LAAS is due to the frequency division multiple access scheme used by GLONASS, and the resultant inter-frequency biases in the measurements. The errors introduced by such biases at the reference and user receivers are uncorrelated, and have to be accounted for in the error models. As expected, the availability of service improves considerably with the additional ranging sources. The combined GPS and GLONASS signals provide consistent and robust performance with high levels of availability of service for the most demanding precision approaches.


Accountability is coming to be one of the most
important trends in health care in the 21st century.
Further resource constraints compel dietitians to find
new strategies that allow doing more with less. Three
keys to the success of an organisation and profession
were identified, namely excellence, innovation, and
anticipation. Excellence is at the base of the list
because it is essential for survival in the 21st century,
therefore requiring superior therapeutic/clinical
nutrition quality, superb service, and innovation.
Quality of health care, including nutritional care, could
be considered as a 'value', and should be identified
and 'operationalised' for measurement. This can be
achieved through the measurement and evaluation of
services according to professional standards. One of
the key aspects in a Total Quality Management (TQM)
culture is the establishment, maintenance and review
of key quality standards.


In recent years the offshore oil industry has built structures which have necessitated the design of piles requiring capacities of an order of magnitude higher than onshore piles, and in many instances these piles have been placed in soils quite different from those encountered onshore. These circumstances have provided considerable impetus to the task of improving the understanding of how piles behave when loaded, and in particular how they develop their capacity to resist the applied loading. A number of investigators have begun studying the fundamental aspects of pile behaviour and this has involved both theoretical and experimental studies. Recently attempts have been made to try to understand how the stress conditions acting on the pile, particularly its shaft, affect the behaviour of the pile when it is subjected to the applied loading. This has necessitated the study of the stress changes which occur in the soil from a time just before the pile is introduced until the complete pile loading has been applied. Obviously, knowledge of the in situ stress conditions prior to pile installation is important in this approach, but a knowledge of all the changes that might occur as the pile is introduced into the soil and the loading is applied, is equally important. In this lecture some of the more recent findings of research in this area are presented. Some discussion on the effects of both driven and bored piles in clay and the effects of driven piles in dense sands as well as calcareous materials is included. For the covering record of the course see IRRD 283875. (Author/TRRL)


This research was qualitative descriptive through deep interview with people of KecamatanPontianak timur. The data sources were taken by means of cluster sampling. According to data analysis, 88.33% informants stated that there must be a fatwa of MUI which declares that interest of bank is haram. The perceptions of people of Kecamatan Pontianak Timur regarding Islamic banking were grouped into three groups: first was a group of people that had positive perception. Second was a group of people who possessed negative perception. Third was a group of people who were doubtful. Based on people's perception of market system of Islamic banking, there were 5.88% people acknowledged the system. Meanwhile, according to rent expense system of Islamic banking, all informants confessed that they did not recognize it. The attitude of people of Pontianak Timur toward Islamic banking can be categorized into two board groups. First group, 20.58 % were customers of Islamic bank. They stated that they became customers of Islamic bank because 1) they lived near the bank. 2) They were curious about Islamic banking.3) They considered that Islamic banking fit Islamic syari'ah. Second group, 79.42%were not customers of Islamic bank. They stated that were not Islamic bank customers because 1)their salary were paid into conventional bank account. 2) They never performed transaction in Islamic bank before. 3) They considered that the process of transaction was very time consuming. 4) They thought that both of Islamic bank and conventional bank were just the same.


Two recent developments in Navy spectrum management systems will give both the afloat and ashore community a quantum increase in their management of their communication assets in a limited frequency asset environment. The principal intent of both systems was the automation of those functions which either involved tedious and rote manual operations or involved complicated computational capability and are therefore often ignored. The creative thought of the system still rests with the communicator. The emphasis was on local, limited scale computational support as opposed to the centralized accessed large scale computer.


C-Nucleosides are prepared by cycloaddition of 1-aza-2-azoniaallene salts 2 and 1,3-diaza-2-azoniaallene salts 5 to the triple bonds of a glycosylalkyne and of glycosyl cyanides. Thus, the glucosylalkyne 7 reacts with salts 5 to give the 4-glucosyl-1,2,3-triazolium salt 8. From the galactosyl cyanide 9, the ribofuranosyl cyanide 13, and several 1-aza-2-azoniaallene salts 2 the glycosyl-1,2,4-triazoles 11, 15, 17 are obtained. Deacylation affords the free C-nucleosides 12, 16, 18. Cycloaddition to the CS double bond of the glucosyl isothiocyanate 19 furnishes glucosylimino-1,3,4-thiaziazoles 20–22. A new method for the preparation of the isothiocyanate 19 is described.


A 23-year-old nurse had sulfonylurea-induced factitious hypoglycemia. She demonstrated the high plasma insulin level relative to blood glucose and the positive prolonged fasting test. The response of plasma insulin to glucagon and tolbutamide was not typical of insulinoma. Furthermore, plasma C-peptide concentration was suppressed following the injection of insulin. These findings, together with no demonstrable radiologic evidence of an insulin secreting tumor prompted us to measure the serum concentration of sulfonylurea though she adamantly denied taking hypoglycemic drug. The presence of a significant amount of sulfonylurea, 13.3mg/dl equivalent to tolbutamide, in her serum assured our suspicion of factitious hypoglycemia. The differential diagnosis between insulinoma and other causes of hypoglycemia is discussed, specially emphasizing the suppressability of plasma C-peptide concentration following the injection of insulin for ruling out the former.


An investigation of lattice mismatched p-InGaP and p-AlInGaP diodes and solar cell structures has been carried out after irradiation with 1 MeV electron and subsequently after annealing. The overall spectra of the hole traps both in InGaP and AlInGaP, observed by deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS), is slightly different. However, electron spectra are significantly different in both types of samples. Apparent correlations between the recoveries of short-circuit current and quantum efficiency, and the annealing of the H1, H2, and H3 defects is observed both in AlInGaP and InGaP. Capacitance-voltage (C-V) profile results imply that other trap levels, which were not observed by DLTS must play a more important role in the carrier removal process.


This thesis attempts to sketch what happens in the intersection between crisismanagement, personal brands and self-presentation. Self-branding and the marketisation ofthe individual, is an increasi ...


H eart failure (HF) is a major and growing public health problem in the United States. On the basis of current trajectories, it has been estimated that, over the next 20 years, the prevalence of HF will increase by 25%, from 2.8% to 3.5% of the population (Figure 1). 1 The increased prevalence may be expected to contribute to an increase in annual direct medical costs from the present estimate of $24.7 billion to approximately $77.7 billion, in 2008 dollars. At the same time, indirect costs—that is, costs related to lost productivity due to morbidity and mortality—may be expected to increase from $9.7 to $17.4 billion. If current legislative and regulatory efforts are successful at expanding healthcare access while improving affordability, systematic approaches must be developed and implemented to drive cost-effectiveness. The management of patients with HF will be front and center in efforts to achieve this goal. Although many questions remain, extensive research performed to date indicates that certain disease management interventions cost-effectively improve clinical outcomes in patients with HF. Home monitoring—providing continuity of patient assessment and care beyond the hospital and conventional ambulatory settings— has been central among the elements of these programs. Home monitoring has been integral to most HF disease management programs, with demonstrable clinical benefit in randomized, controlled trials. A proposal for categorizing the generic components of disease management programs 2 may be applied to define the elements of a HF program as 1) optimizing treatment prescriptions; 2) patient and caregiver education—including adherence to medication and dietary recommendations, self-monitoring, and connectivity to a healthcare provider; and 3) ongoing monitoring and responsiveness to the patient's condition. 3 Properly constructed approaches to home monitoring drive or support each of these disease management components by focusing on far more than mere acquisition of physiological data. A systemic approach to home monitoring provides for continual reconsideration of optimal medication prescription and continual reinforcement of patient and caregiver education. Longitudinal interaction with the home monitoring provider can be a key element in driving patient adherence, which may persist long after active monitoring has been withdrawn. 4 Unlike prescribing a drug or implanting a device, the success of a disease management intervention depends not merely on its implementation, but also on attention to its operational details. Desai et al 5 described the sequence of steps needed to derive clinical benefit from a home monitoring program. These include 1) patient transmission of …


1). The authors have not at all commented on the observation in my previous review report that the study population appears to deviate from the general male population, which may weaken the representativity. This remaining question mark in combination with the overall low response rate emphasizes the need for extremely cautious interpretation of the data, especially since large proportions of the ORs are statistically insignificant or just borderline significant. Even if the final Conclusion has got a slightly less firm wording (while the word "moderately" is missing in the otherwise identical wording in the abstract), it remains questionable if the data do support even this version. As stated in my original review report, a more definitely valid conclusion could be that a possible effect of snus use on weight gain is too small to be easily detected.


This publication continues the theme "I.F. Nazhivin vs I.A. Bunin"
which was brought up earlier in one of the issues of "Literaturnyi fact". Ivan
Fedorovich Nazhivin (1874– 1940), a writer and publicist well-known in the Russian
émigré circles, a follower of Leo Tolstoy, knew Bunin personally and corresponded
with him for many years. The publication introduces into scientific circulation
Nazhivin's article-pamphlet "The County Moncher" (1934), the autograph of which
(an unauthorized typescript) is stored in I.A. Bunin's collection in the Russian State
Archive of Literature and Art. Presumably, it is this text that the author intended
to publish in the émigré press. The introductory article gives a brief description of
the autograph, and also argues the choice of a more completed version of the text
for publication. The basic principles of editing and commenting the material for
publication are outlined.


Advanced-design 22-sun silicon concentrator solar cells that are compatible with and complementary to Entech prismatic covers are based on a deep, V-grooved silicon structure which reduces the sensitivity to minority carrier diffusion length. Additional benefits of this 3-D structure are reduced front-surface reflectance, increased light absorption and trapping, enhanced carrier collection, and reduced base series resistance. Large-area (38-cm/sup 2/ aperture) devices produced from 1.25- Omega -cm solar-grade silicon have open-circuit voltages as high as 683 mV and currents over 29 A. Initially, performance was limited by series resistance of the front contact due to the wide (20-mil) gridline finger spacing required to match the prismatic covers. However, cells fabricated with a finer contact grid have fill-factors of up to 0.828 at the design-point concentration.<<ETX>>


A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND SCIENCE EDUCATION, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY MINNA. IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BECHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (B.TECH) IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


The City Government of Kediri in an effort to preserve the environment forms a legal basis namely the City Regulation of Kediri Number 3 of 2009 cocerning Environmental Management. One of the targets in the regional regulation is to preserve the watershed and water sources. In accordance with the 2015-2019 Medium Term Development Plant , there are 15 watersheds that are prioritized to be restored first and one of them is the Brantas watersheds. This study aims to identify the implementation of the Kediri City Government policy in preventing surface water pollution by industrial wastewater in the Brantas River Basin, Kediri District. The method used in this research is descriptive. Collecting data by conducting in-depth interviews with industrial waste water treatment officers and officers in the field of environmental damage pollution in the Departement of Environment, Hygiene and Gardening of Kediri City. Based on the research results, it is known that most of the industries have carried out wastewater treatment and not ith a dilution process and most of the industries have IPLC. Based on the wuality standards, it is known that the quality standards of industrial waste are in accordance with the standards set by the government and the industry routinely conducts wastewater quality tests, but the industry is still lacking in reporting the results of wastewater quality tests. In wastewater treatment facilities and infrastructure, the government has provided rubbish place for industrial estates and most industries have their own rubbish place.


Globalization is the interdependence of each country in political, economic, trade, culture and other aspects, which brings about the process of international integration. In the process of the further development of worldwide economy uniformity, globalization is a trend. However, even if the power of capital can make most business enterprises strive to get some advantages, but the cultural and political differences make them puzzled and untoward. This paper starts from internationalization, describes the advantages and disadvantages in the development of contemporary economy which globalization brings with representative cases. Then introduce the localization, through the comparative analysis of the two concepts, put forward 'glocalization', in order to emphasize that the effectiveness of transnational enterprise management depends on the balance of globalization and localization. KEYWORD: worldwide economy uniformity, glocalization, globalization, localization, international business


Closed-cell aluminium foams with different compositions have been manufactured starting from powders and also characterized from a morphological point of view and by means of compressive tests in order to determine mechanical properties. Circularity, equivalent diameter, and average porosity area of such foams have been calculated from the analysis of cross-sections as well specific energy absorption in compression tests. Samples with a higher amount of blowing agent (TiH2) have the highest energy absorption while samples with a higher amount of stabilizing agent (SiC) exhibit good foam properties overall (best compromise between morphology and energy absorption). The analysis of morphological properties, such as area, circularity, and equivalent diameter, can provide a better understanding of the foam's structure and porosity––parameters which can be manipulated to enhance the foam's properties for specific applications, both structural and functional.


Positive effects of using digital games to improve personal health have been studied, but it remains unclear which game design techniques are most successful at motivating and changing long-term behaviour to improve wellbeing. To inform the design of gamified and effective personal healthcare, we will develop design guidelines and tools for gameful health and wellbeing applications, personalized to the needs and challenges of each individual user.


Ab s tr a ct. The COVID-19 pandemic engendered changes in the area of family practices, including those related to the celebration of holidays. Traditional rituals and familiar ways of demonstrating familiarity had to undergo immediate and often unwanted modifications. The research results show reactions to these changes, which encompass embracing new practices, relief connected with forgoing old rituals, as well as negative evaluations of the modified family celebration practices. The analysis of the changes in holidays-related family practices resulted in a more universal pro-posal of attitudes towards changing family practices during social crises.


Geoffrey Beard This magnificiently illustrated book documents the career of the virtuoso seventeenth-century sculptor, the finest woodcarver ever to appear in Europe. Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) combined in his work naturalism-it was said he'could carve a leaf barely thicker than the original-with a lively and graceful composition that is unmistakably Baroque. His carvings are to be found in St. Paul's Cathedral, Hampton Court, Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace, and in country houses and churches throughout England and Scotland. Cloth $39.95 160 pages 125 halftones and line drawings


A GaInNAs saturable Bragg reflector is used to mode-lock a Cr/sup 4+/ : forsterite solid-state laser. This low-loss saturable absorber mediates the generation of tunable femtosecond pulses having durations as short as 62 fs in the 1300-nm spectral region.


The transition period is the most challenging life period of dairy cattle. This period, also known as the peripartum period, consists of the 3 weeks before and after calving. Dairy cattle suffer from an energy imbalance because of an increasing demand for nutrients from the foetus and for milk and colostrum production (12, 38). The transition from the pregnant, nonlactating state to the nonpregnant, lactating state is an enormous change and a challenge for metabolic and reproductive functions. A successful transition period primarily determines the productivity of the cow during the next lactation. The energy requirement in early lactation is higher than the energy intake of the cow, which results in a negative energy balance (NEB) (23). During early lactation, almost all dairy cows suffer from NEB, metabolic stress, and loss of body condition score (BCS) due to fat mobilisation from the body fat depot in response to increased energy requirements for milk production (25). In many cases, this leads to the development of ketosis which is defined by elevated concentrations of ketone bodies such as acetone, acetoacetate and betahydroxybutyric acid (BHB) in the blood, milk and urine(13, 45). Subclinical ketosis (SCK) is manifested as high blood concentrations of ketone bodies without clinical signs (1, 13). This is due mainly to NEB in the transition period. In many cases, SCK is defined by a blood BHB concentration of ≥ 1.0 mmol/L – 1.4 mmol/L (7, 15, 35, 39, 50, 56, 60, 62). However, the most accepted threshold of blood BHBA for the definition of SCK is ≥ 1.2 mmol/L (7, 35, 60, 62). Cows Transition period and subclinical ketosis in dairy cattle: association with milk production, metabolic and reproductive disorders and economic aspects


The article describes the procedure of transition to the retrospective inventory in accordance with the new Federal accounting standard 5/2019 "Reserves" in case of medical reporting organisation will take such account of the decision and will put priority in favor of the principle of comparability in the financial statements to the detriment of rationality, applicable to accounting. A key change in the way work in progress and finished products are accounted for is that organizations do not have a choice in accounting for management expenses — all organizations must recognize them as expenses of the current reporting period.


Lahdelma, Jenna. Cooperation between Scout and Parishes in Turku and Kaarina Paris Union. 52p., 2 appendices. Language: Finnish. Pori, spring 2014 Diaconia University of Applied Sciences. Degree Programme in Social Services, Option in Diaconal Social Work. Degree Bachelor of Social Services. The aim of the thesis was to study cooperation between scout troops and scout contact persons in the parishes. In addition, both the parties' opinions on developing the cooperation were found out. The research also surveyed different cooperation possibilities on scouts have with deaconal work. The research was implemented in the area of Turku and Kaarina Parish Unions. An Enquiry was responded by scout troops, whose background community consists of the parishes and their workers who are responsible for scout work in their own parishes. The enquiry was done by online wepropol programme. In all, 19 out of 29 scout leaders and 6 out of 9 contact persons responded. The research showed out that cooperation differs a lot between the parishes. According to the scout leaders, the cooperation could be developed; both the groups found many new ways to develop the cooperation. Cooperation with deaconal is still of little importance many scout troops were interested in doing more cooperation. According to the responses, there would be more cooperation if more information about different forms of it were available.


We have isolated genomic clones encoding 4‐coumarate:CoA ligase (4CL), a key enzyme of general phenylpropanoid metabolism, and have analysed the structure and regulation of the genes contained on these clones. Restriction enzyme and sequence analysis indicated that two distinct 4CL genes, Pc4CL‐1 and Pc4CL‐2, are represented on the clones and that additional 4CL genes are not present in parsley. Two lines of evidence suggest that each gene is transcriptionally activated by both elicitor and u.v. irradiation: cDNA clones corresponding to each gene were found in cDNA libraries made with RNA from both elicitor‐treated and u.v‐irradiated cells, and run‐off transcripts homologous to a Pc4CL‐2‐specific intron probe were induced by both treatments. This induction was about half of the induction measured using probes homologous to both genes. The transcription initiation sites of both genes were determined. Comparison of the nucleotide sequences of the two genes 5′ to these sites showed that they are highly homologous for several hundred base pairs and that they contain features potentially involved in regulation by elicitor and u.v. irradiation.


To adhere to the spirit of the time to scientifically answer those subject-matters put forward by the time is a centralized embodiment of the Chinese-style Marxist question consciousness.Such a kind of consciousness has its striking characteristics and multiple implications and dimensions.Viewed from the world outlook,it embodies a materialist stand.Viewed from epistemology,it presents a materialist and dialectical method.Viewed from methodology,it represents an attitude of seeking truth from facts.


This paper investigates the prediction of the second order dc voltage ripple in a modular multilevel converter (MMC) based point-to-point high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) system when the rectifier station suffers a single-line-to-ground (SLG) fault. Under this unbalanced condition, the second order dc voltage ripple will transfer to the healthy inverter station and can lead to a potential output voltage distortion. To accurately predict the dc voltage ripple distribution, the equivalent dc side impedances of the MMC inverter station with and without circulating current control are derived separately. It is shown that the MMC inverter station can be regarded as a series connected R-L-C branch in both cases, and the branch values are independent of the adopted current and power control schemes. In addition, long cables with small capacitance and large inductance help to mitigate the voltage ripple in the inverter station. The circulating current control, acting as an active resistance, effectively damps the possible resonance around 120 Hz between the dc cable and the MMC inverter. However, due to the higher equivalent dc impedance, the amplitude of the 2nd order dc voltage ripple in the inverter station is increased. Simulation results from a MMC based HVDC system, and experimental results from a three-phase MMC inverter are provided to support the theoretical analysis.


Hydrolysis reactions of 2-phenyl-4H,5H,6H-3-methyl-3-thiazinium perchlorate (PTP) and its derivatives at various pH have been investigated kinetically. The hydrolysis is quantitative, producing N-3-mercaptopropylN-methylbenzamide as the only product in the all pH ranges. The observed rate of hydrolysis of PTP was always of the first-order. For hydrolysis from PTP, Hammett ρ values were 0.53, 0.84 and 1.13 for pH 5.0, 8.0, and 10.0, respectively. Bronsted β value was 0.53 for general base catalysis. This reaction is catalyzed by general base at low acetate concentration. However, as the amount of base becomes larger, the rate of hydrolysis reaction approaches the limiting values. The plot of log k vs. pH shows that the rate constants ( kt) are two different regions in the profile; one part is directly proportional to hydroxide ion concentration and the other is not. On the bases of these results, the plausible hydrolysis mechanism and a reaction equation were proposed: Below pH 4.5, the hydrolysis was initiated by the addition of water to α-carbon. Above pH 9.0, the hydrolysis was proceeded by the addition of hydroxide ion to α-carbon. However, in the range of pH 4.5-8.0, these two reactions occured competitively.


Facial hyperpigmentation occurs in multiple conditions. In addition, many Asian women desire a lighter skin color. Thus, there is a need for the development of skin lightening agents, and niacinamide and tranexamic acid (TXA) are promising candidates.


Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) masonry has excellent thermal insulation properties without needing an extra heat‐insulating layer. To keep the whole construction in a good thermal condition, the intersection of wall and slab had to be optimized for the heat transfer. The slab support becomes shorter and gets additional heat insulation on the outside. Because the final plaster needs a constant subsurface to prevent cracks, AAC‐fill units are covering the heat insulation. The short slab‐support leads to higher compressive stress and fill units could not be considered for the load transfer. But tests and numerical simulations have shown a significant participation. This paper presents a numeric parametric study with focus on fill units. A proposed equation gives the possibility to use a reserve of load‐bearing capacity. Finally, a calculation example is given.


The paper describes the current state of dried fruits' production in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the value of dried fruits obtained from fruits of South Kazakhstan. The results of the analysis of promising technologies for dried fruits' production, in particular the line for fruits preparation for dried fruits' production, are presented, a description of the proposed equipment is presented: a washing bath for preliminary soaking and primary, easy washing.


Key requirements of electric power steering systems such as cost implementation, minimum algorithm complexity and code length, low torque fluctuation and mechanical vibrations are fully complied by the sensorless control technique proposed in this paper, based on high voltage signal injection and measurement of an additional high frequency stator current component. The proposed rotor position estimation technique is simple and can be implemented in analog environment, minimizing the computation effort and the hardware requirements of the microcontroller. Implementation issues and experimental results obtained on a laboratory prototype equipping an electric power steering system in practical working conditions are presented.


Olive knot is an important disease in most countries where olives are commercially grown. In the spring of 2015, some galls were observed on the trunk and branches of 4-year-old olive trees in the north of Iran. The bacteria were isolated from galls and all isolates were gram-negative, aerobic, and capable of producing florescent pigment. Other phenotypic characteristics of the isolates were assessed. Pathogenicity tests were carried out on olive branches incubated with different isolates. Primary symptoms were observed after two weeks. Sequences of 16S rRNA and RNA polymerase beta subunit genes of pathogenic isolates were completely similar to Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi (Smith 1908) Young et al. 1978 in GenBank. Based on the results from phenotypic analyses, pathogenicity tests and phylogenetic data, the isolates were identified as P. savastanoi pv. savastanoi. The host range of our isolates was specific to olive trees. None of the inoculated oleander (Nerium oleander L.), winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum Lindl.), Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum Thunb.) and ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) developed disease symptoms. No difference in disease resistance was observed between six studied olive cultivars. There was no olive tree or orchard around the studied orchard as far as more than one kilometer. As the disease agent listed in Iran's foreign quarantine pests and diseases list, appropriate quarantine and phytosanitary measures were undertaken to eradicate the disease.


Many commonly-used atmospheric dispersion models cannot accurately simulate time-varying releases of hazardous chemicals in the atmosphere. A new version of the Phast dispersion model UDM has been developed to more accurately simulate time-varying effects resulting from a pressure drop in a vessel or pipe and/or from a time-varying pool (following rainout or from direct spill). The new formulation presumes a number of 'observers' to be released at successive times from the point of discharge or the upwind edge of the pool. The UDM first carries out pseudo steady-state calculations for each observer, where the release data correspond to the time at which the observer is released, and where the observer may rain out or pick up vapour while travelling over the evaporating pool. Secondly the model applies a correction to the observer concentrations to ensure mass conservation when observers move with different velocities. Finally effects of along-wind diffusion (due to ambient turbulence) are included by means of Gaussian integration over the downwind distance. This results in reduced concentrations as the cloud disperses in the downwind direction which is particularly relevant for toxic releases.


The recent discovery of two detached black hole-star (BH-star) binaries from Gaia's third data release has sparkled interest in understanding the formation mechanisms of these systems. We investigate the formation of these systems by dynamical processes in young open star clusters (SCs) and via isolated binary (IB) evolution, using a combination of direct $N$-body models and population synthesis simulations. By comparing dynamical and isolated systems created using the same model of binary stellar evolution, we find that dynamical formation in SCs is nearly 40 times as efficient per unit of star formation at producing BH-star binaries compared to IB evolution. We expand this analysis to the full Milky Way (MW) using a FIRE-2 hydrodynamical simulation of a MW-mass galaxy. Even assuming that only $10\%$ of star formation produces SCs with masses $>1000\,\mathrm{M_{\odot}}$, we find that the MW contains $\sim 2 \times 10^5$ BH-star systems, with approximately 4 out of every 5 systems being formed dynamically. Many of these dynamically-formed systems have larger orbital periods, eccentricities, and black hole masses than their isolated counterparts. For binaries older than 100 Myr, we show that any detectable system with $e\gtrsim0.5$ or $M_{\rm BH}\gtrsim 10\,\mathrm{M_{\odot}}$ can only be formed through dynamical processes. Our MW model predicts between 61 and 210 such detections from the complete DR4 Gaia catalog, with the majority of systems being dynamically formed in massive and metal-rich SCs. Finally, we compare our populations to the recently discovered Gaia BH1 and Gaia BH2, and conclude that the dynamical scenario is the most favorable formation pathway for both systems.


An attempt has been made in this study to develop a suitable time series econometric model for forecasting the credit structure in Pakistan. The relevant data has been obtained from the website of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) regarding the amount of credit given to the private sector for the sake of economic activity and its development. The data thus obtained was of time series type in months starting from July 1990 to June 2010. Keeping in mind, the influence of months' effect, eleven dummy variables have also been introduced in analysis to address this issue. In order to develop a suitable forecast model for credit to private sector, first of all Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test has been applied to check the level of integration as the data contains a secular trend. It has been observed through ADF test that the credit to private sector data has two unit roots (i.e., it is integrated of order 2). By applying various models like ARIMA, ARCH, and GARCH, decision has been in favor of GARCH (1,1) model as it contains some significant AR and MA terms of specific order along with influential months of the year that describe the possible patterns in the credit to private sector data. Moreover it has been observed that the months of January, February, April, May, June and July are the significant months explaining the variation in the credit data along with AR term of order 12 and MA terms of order 1 being significant. Keywords: Banking Sector, Credit, Central Bank, Monetary Policy, GARCH Model, Investment, Time Series Model JEL Classification: E52, E51, E62, C32, E58


By associating rigidity and flexibility within the organic building blocks, we have synthesized four new metal–organic coordination polymers, formulated as {Co(ADA)(bpbix)}n·nH2O (1), {Co(ADC)(bpbix)}n (2), {Co(ADA)(bpim)}n·nH2O (3), and {Co2(ADC)2(bpim)}n (4), by using the adamantane based flexible dicarboxylate ligand H2ADA and rigid dicarboxylate ligand H2ADC along with flexible bis-imidazole linker, bpbix and rigid bis-imidazole linker, bpim as coligands (where H2ADA = 1,3-adamantanediacetic acid; H2ADC = 1,3-adamantanedicarboxylic acid; bpbix = 4,4′-bis((1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)biphenyl; bpim = 4,4′-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)biphenyl). Compounds 1–4 have been characterized by routine elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric (TG) analysis and unambiguously by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. In the crystal structures of these compounds 1–4, diverse architectures, have been observed, formation of which is facilitated by the conformation rigidity and flexibility of the ligands. The rol...


MEDICA'L PRACTITIONERS AND LOCAL RATES. 1EMBERS of the medical'profession practising in, East Ham-are up in arms at what has the appearance of arbitrary action on the part of the local rating authorities. East Ham is one of the less wealthy districts immediately outside the metropolitan area. The financial position of the borough at the present time is distinctly, if not singularly, unfortunate. The rates have already reached a high level, but, as is the case in many other towns, the expenditure for public purposes shows a constant tendency to increase. At the same time, it is stated that property generally is diminishing in value throughout the borough to such an extent that it is becoming increasingly difficult to let houses, evens at considerably reduced rents. It is :said that there are a large number of unoccupied ihouses, and that these tend to remain vacant for considerable periods. This appears to have been the state of affairs last autumn, when the borough council had to consider how best to meet the growing demands upon them in the immediate future. Two alternative courses presented themselves. One was to increase still further the rate in the pound of the existing levy, with the knowledge that a public outcry against t-he high rateswas almost certain to be raised. The other 'was to increase the valuations of certain properties, and in this way to render a given pound rate more productive of revenue. The authorities at East Ham adopted the latter plan, and accordingly a supplemental valuation list was prepared by the overseers in August, and approved by the Assessment Committee in October, 1908. Now it is obvious that if all classes of property are valued on. a common basis, so that the occupier of every rateable subject bears a fair share of t;he aggregate burden, the effect of a general revaluation


Thermal diffusion factors were measured for several isotopically substituted pairs of carbon disulfide molecules. The effect of a unit mass increment at the carbon position in the molecule was found to be substantially less than the effect of a unit mass substitution at one of the sulfur positions. The results were represented within experimental accuracy by αTij=2.20 (mi−mj)/(mi+mj ) +1.67(Ii−Ij)/ (Ii+Ij), where αTij is the isotopic thermal diffusion factor, mi and mj are the molecular masses, and Ii and Ij are the second moments.


Most scholars of the modern history of philosophy are familiar with Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1819) as one of Immanuel Kant's earliest critics. He is, however, a far more complex contributor ...


ABSTRACT Course: Gender Communication Objectives: The aims of this activity are (1) to illustrate, through language, the ways in which names artificially polarize individuals, and (2) to demonstrate the power of words to frame reality and perspective.


This study conducted both three-dimensional physical model tests and numerical back-analyses to examine the performance of a single pile subjected to twin tunnelling beneath the pile toe in dry sand. Moreover, numerical parametric analyses were carried out to assess the impact of working load level and tunnel volume loss on pile behaviour. The findings revealed that the first tunnelling induced a 1.9%dp (pile diameter) settlement in the pile when the pile toe was 0.5D (tunnel diameter) above the twin tunnels, which had a 1.0% volume loss. The settlement was accompanied by an upward load transfer mechanism. The second tunnelling had a reduced impact and induced only 76% of the settlement caused by the first tunnelling. The study also showed that tunnelling-induced shearing behaviours weakened beneath the pile toe with a decrease in working load, resulting in reduced pile head settlement. Moreover, the computed pile settlement increased by 178% when the tunnel volume loss increased from 0.5% to 2%. The findings of this study offer valuable data for the validation and calibration of numerical models. In addition, the outcome from this study provides useful insights into the prediction of the pile-soil-tunnel interaction when subjected to twin tunnelling.


Objective
To monitor the degradation and bio-safety features of the bioabsorbable iron-based stent planted in the pig pulmonary artery.

Methods
A total of 19 miniature pigs were randomly assigned into 3 groups.Three cases were assigned as the control group; ten cases were assigned as stent implantation group A with one stent implanted in the pig pulmonary artery; the other six cases were assigned as stent implantation group B with two stents implanted in the pig pulmonary artery.Follow-up studies for 24 months were conducted in all cases.Repeated measures ANOVA were used to collect and analyze statistical processing data at multiple time points of the follow-up.

Results
After surgery, pulmonary artery blood flow velocity and right ventricular pressure were measured by echocardiography and cardiac catheterization.There was no significant difference in pulmonary artery blood flow velocity(Fgroup×time=1.06, P=0.40) and right ventricular pressure (Fgroup×time=0.58, P=0.86) among each group, and no vascular re-narrow circumstance was indicated.Pulmonary artery diameter expansion rate between stent group and control group was statistically different (Fgroup=3.57, P=0.05; Ftime=12.89, P<0.001; Fgroup×time=2.99, P=0.03), suggesting that the stent could maintain a good expansion of the role of vascular in the follow-up period even though in degradation.Difference in the level of serum iron concentrations among the groups was not statistically significant (Fgroup×time=0.94, P=0.52), suggesting that there was no evidence of iron overload.All animals survived to the follow-up endpoint, and no serious side effects caused by stent implantation were found.

Conclusions
Bioabsorbable iron-based stent planted in the pig pulmonary artery may experience a certain degree of degradation, and it is safe and stabile in animals.

Key words:
Bioabsorbable stent; Iron; Pulmonary artery; Congenital heart disease; Child


The nonstandard q-deformed algebras U'_q(so_n) are known to possess q-analogues of Gel'fand-Tsetlin type representations. For these q-algebras, all the Casimir elements (corresponding to basis set of Casimir elements of so(n)) are found, and their eigenvalues within irreducible representations are given explicitly.


ABSTRACTAim To determine the effects of insulin on prolifer-ation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and ac-tivity of tissue type plasminogen activator (tPA) andplasminogen activator inhibJtor (PAI) .Methods The cell proliferation was detected by H-thymidine (3 H-TdR) incorporation. The activity oftPA and PAI were determined by spectrophotometricassay.Results Insulin increased the activity of PAI andstimulated cell proliferation. There was no activity oftPA in procine VSMC.Conclusion Hyperinsulinemia could be one of theimportant factors in causing atherosclerosis.KEY WORDS Insulin : Vascular smooth musclecells: Tissue type plasminogen activator; Plasmino-gen activator inhibitor


There are principles of sustention, fairness, and commonness in the strategy of sustained development which was put forward in 70s of 20th century. The strategy calls for the unity of the sustained development of modes of life and relation to their environment,economy,and society. These concepts demonstrate an entirely new stage of the harmonious development of human race and nature,and are of remarkable significance in terms of values concerning ecology,futurity and globe.


The invention discloses an adsorptive aeration filter tank, artificial wetland and ecological pond coupling device and application thereof to wastewater treatment. The device comprises a concentration tank, a WAR (wet air regeneration) reactor, a heat exchanger, a PACT (powered activated carbon treatment) tank, a biological ammonia nitrogen adsorptive aeration filter tank, a wastewater backflow tank, a wastewater denitrification tank, a deep phosphorus adsorption filter tank, artificial wetland and an ecological pond. The concentration tank is connected with the WAR reactor which is connected with the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger is connected with the PACT tank which is connected with the concentration tank and the biological ammonia nitrogen adsorptive aeration filter tank, the biological ammonia nitrogen adsorptive aeration filter tank is connected with the wastewater backflow tank, the wastewater denitrification tank and the deep phosphorus adsorption filter tank, and the deep phosphorus adsorption filter tank is connected with the artificial wetland which is connected with the biological pond. The adsorptive aeration filter tank, artificial wetland and ecological pond coupling device and application thereof have the advantages that pollutant in wastewater can be removed, energy consumption and cost in a treatment process are greatly reduced, and a resource regeneration process is well completed.


We consider classical representations of integers: Church's function iterators, cardinal equivalence classes of sets, ordinal equivalence classes of totally ordered sets. Since programs do not work on abstract entities and require formal representations of objects, we effectivize these abstract notions in order to allow them to be computed by programs. To any such effectivized representation is then associated a notion of Kolmogorov complexity. We prove that these Kolmogorov complexities form a strict hierarchy which coincides with that obtained by relativization to jump oracles and/or allowance of infinite computations.


Topography is an important land-surface characteristic that affects most aspects of the water balance in a catchment, including the generation of surface and sub-surface runoff; the flow paths followed by water as it moves down and through hillslopes and the rate of water movement. All of the spatially explicit fully distributed hydraulic and hydrological models use topography (represented by the DEM of the area modelled) to derive bathymetry. DEM is also used to derive some other key information critical in fully distributed hydraulic and hydrological models.


In recent years, the Sn-Cu-Ni lead-free solders have attracted considerable attention from electronic packaging manufactures, due to the advantage of low cost. In this study, La-Ce mixed rare earth (MRE) with three different amounts of 0.05, 0.10 and 0.25 % (wt.%) was added into the Sn-0.7Cu-0.05Ni alloy to form the Sn-0.7Cu-0.05Ni-xMRE solder, and then, the interfacial reaction and microstructure evolution of the interfacial intermetallic compounds (IMC) in Cu/Sn-0.7Cu-0.05Ni-xMRE/Cu micro-scale joints were investigated systematically. Results show that all the Ni content in the solder has been consumed in the formation of the interfacial IMC (Cu, Ni)6Sn5 during the liquid-solid interfacial reaction process, and the presence of Ni element has not been detected in the IMC phases which formed and grew during solidification process of the solder joint. All joints prepared by using Sn-0.7Cu-0.05Ni-xMRE solders show two common features, i.e., the well-distributed microstructure and non-presence of the MRE phase. Adding a trace amount of La-Ce MRE into the Sn-0.7Cu-0.05Ni based solder can obviously refine the microstructure of the solder and significantly influence the thickness of the interfacial IMC layers in the joint, a small amount addition (0.05 wt.%) of MRE in the Sn-0.7Cu-0.05Ni based solder can greatly suppress the growth of interfacial IMC in the solder joint.


Presents a systematic analysis of the process of economic development and regional cooperation in ASEAN. It discusses the evolution of ASEAN, from its establishment as a regional organisation designed to promote political stability in Southeast Asia to its increasing role in world trade, and in accelerating economic development through the expansion of intra-regional trade. The previous second edition additionally covered the causes and consequences of the Asian currency crisis and its impact on ASEAN countries. This updated and expanded third edition includes new material on the growing ASEAN-China trade, the war on terror since the tragedies of September 2001 (USA) and October 2002 (Bali, Indonesia) and the impact on the ASEAN countries. In addition, the effects of the recent war in Iraq and the ongoing problem of SARS is explored.


Studies of the real‐world comparative effectiveness of drugs conducted using computerized healthcare databases typically involve an incident new‐user cohort design for head‐to‐head comparisons between two medications, using exclusively treatment‐naïve patients. However, the desired contrast often involves one new drug compared with an older drug, of which many users of the new drug may have switched from, seriously restricting the scope of incident new‐user studies.


This paper presents a case study focused on the Brajdica railway tunnel, which carries the Zagreb-Rijeka railway line into the port of Rijeka in Croatia and thus represents a critical node on the European TEN-T network. The tunnel is undergoing a major reconstruction project to increase its capacity. As part of this work an extensive embedded monitoring system comprising inclinometers, extensometers, micrometers and survey markers were installed to monitor the tunnel response. This data is supplemented with periodical laser scanning of the tunnel interior. Measurement profiles are set along the tunnel bore and the data collected is used for the development of a tunnel performance model. Long-term monitoring data from a neighbouring road tunnel was used to develop models tho predict the long-term response of the Karst bedrock in the area. Combining these models with the settlements measured during the construction phase of the works at Brajdica railway tunnel allow prediction of settlements and the future occurrence of damage in the rail tunnel. Based on different limit states, life cycle management scenarios are developed and used for maintenance planning, with the aim to decrease short and long-term risks. This work has been performed within European H2020 SAFE-10-T project.


We have studied the effects of sodium butyrate (NaBu) on the expression of genes transduced by retroviral vectors and stably expressed in two salivary gland‐derived cell lines, A5‐DAP and A5‐BAG, established earlier. These cell lines were obtained by infecting A5 cells with the retroviral vectors DAP and BAG, respectively, and by selecting neomycin‐resistant transduced cells. A5‐DAP cells express human placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) and A5‐BAG cells bacterial β‐galactosidase, both under the control of the viral long terminal repeat (LTR) enhancer‐promoter. NaBu in the concentration of 2–8 mM inhibited the growth of A5‐DAP cells, and induced the expression of heat‐stable PLAP. These effects of NaBu were dose‐dependent. Induction of PLAP in clones of A5‐DAP cells that express different basal levels of the enzyme was not correlated with the relative inducibilty by NaBu. Exposure to 4 mM NaBu for 48 h increased the PLAP mRNA level by 31%. A5‐DAP cells released, in a time‐dependent manner, PLAP into the culture medium. Cells treated with NaBu released more PLAP than untreated cells in proportion to their elevated level of the enzyme. The parent A5 cells also express a low level of tissue non‐specific type alkaline phosphatase, which was also induced by NaBu. NaBu inhibited the growth of A5‐BAG cells also, and increased the β‐galactosidase level. These data indicate the genes transduced by retroviral vectors can be induced by NaBu, which most likely interacts with the viral LTR. J. Cell. Biochem. 69:201–210, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


PURPOSE: An internet information dealing service system and a method thereof are provided so that the tendency of an information dealer and value of the information are reflected to a dealing price so as to realize an effective information deal. CONSTITUTION: An internet information dealing service system and a method thereof includes an information processing section(14) for the exclusive use of an information buyer which searches an information dealer, a web server unit analyzing the tendency of the information dealer in internet having an information processing section(18) for exclusive use of an information dealer, an information buyer database server(15), a behavior estimation processing section(16) estimating the behavior of the information dealer, a suitability estimation processing section(17) estimating the relation between the buyer and the dealer, and a dealing database server(19) storing information about the information deal. The information processing section(18) for exclusive use of an information dealer includes a dealer information input/correction unit (27) and a deal execution unit (28).


Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler's autobiography, written with Vance Trimble, portrays a remarkable career that included service as Kentucky's lieutenant governor (1933-1935), governor (1935-1939, 1955-1959), and United States Senator (1940-1945). Many Americans, however, remember Happy Chandler as Commissioner of Baseball (1946-1951) during a turbulent period which witnessed, among other things, player unionization through the Baseball Guild, competition from the Mexican "outlaw" League, suspension of Leo Durocher, and most importantly, the desegregation of professional baseball. Chandler paints his twenty-two chapter text with fascinating details, a striking achievement considering that he authored the book shortly after his ninetieth birthday. His witty homespun delivery endears the author to the reader. While much of his national fame stems from his tenure as baseball commissioner, Chandler spent most of his career in the political arena. His outgoing personality won him a large constituency in Kentucky during the most critical stages of the Great Depression. His self-proclaimed "power of persuasion" enabled the Kentuckian to build a strong coalition of old guard Democrats that carried him to the governorship at the tender age of thirty-seven. Emphasizing strong ethical principles, Chandler's "no nonsense" approach as governor helped to check Kentucky's downward economic slide by the middle 1930s. From 1940 to 1945 he served in the United States Senate; in this period he also established a lasting friendship with comedian Bob Hope, who penned the "Forword" to Chandler's book. Through this relationship the Kentuckian developed close ties with several Hollywood notables. Happy Chandler became baseball's Commissioner during a momentous era in the history of the national pastime. Indeed, Chandler's brief tenure might have been the most hectic experienced by any commissioner. The reader will


ABSTRACT Every year, women from around the world apply for asylum in the United States to escape an abusive partner. In this article I find that domestic violence applicants may not be interpreted as viable truth tellers since they are missing specific markers of credibility, including legitimacy of fear, coherence and corroboration, and proof of no culpability. I link these questions of credibility to broader US discourses about gender-based violence and racialized conceptions of victimhood, which show a preference for credentialed knowledge over women's experiences and employ assumptions about autonomous, linear decision-making. I argue that the deployment of these discourses represents a tactic of exclusion, likely motivated by fears of immigration. Asylum adjudication practices (including credibility determinations) must address these issues in order to secure the health and well-being of women fleeing abusive partners in their countries of origin.


Background: Cross-sectional observational study was done in patients with non-traumatic, non-hypertensive intracerebral bleed undergoing cerebral angiography to study its different causes.Material & Methods:Patients with all age groups presenting to the emergency with acute non-traumatic intra-cerebral bleed undergoing cerebral angiography in our institution for a time period of 6 months with a total of 200 patients were included in the study. Data collected were analyzed with respect to causes, distribution of aneurysms. Suspected cases of hypertensive bleed were excluded from the study population.Results:Non-contrast computed tomographic images showed positive findings in the form of either intra-axial/extra-axial bleed or infarct in 95% of patients. However angiographic findings were positive in 52% of patients. Aneurysms were the most common positive angiographic findings (43% cases) with 95% of aneurysms were located in the circle of Willis. Majority of patients had solitary aneurysm while 6% had multiple aneurysms.Conclusions:Among all non-traumatic, non-hpertensive intracerebral bleed aneurysms accounts for majority of the causes. Other causes include intraparenchymal arterio-venous malformations, cerebral venous thrombosis with hemorrhagic infarct and dural arteriovenous malformations (AVM).


Juvenile polyposis syndrome prevalence is 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 100,000 which usually present at the age of 20 years. The tumor is likely to change into malignant condition in 20% of cases. Here we present this rare syndrome in a 16-year boy. BJHS 2018;3(2)6:492-494.


Structural and electrokinetic parameters (transfer numbers of counterions, conductivity, and electrokinetic potential) of porous glasses with the pore radii 26-160 nm in HCI and NaCl solutions of concentration 10 -4 -10 -1 M were studied. It was found that the transfer numbers of counterions and the contribution from the ions of the electrical double layer to the conductivity of the pore-confined solution regularly decrease with increasing electrokinetic radius, kr. The electrokinetic potential calculated with account for the surface conductivity and overlapping of the electrical double layers does not depend on the pore size. This fact agrees with the results of surface charge measurements for porous glasses. The contribution of convection to the surface conductivity K s , Ψ 1 -potential, and the position of the slipping plane are calculated. It was found that K S does not depend on the pore size at kr > 3. The results lead to the conclusion that, at C ≤ 10 -3 M, one should regard an additional mechanism of surface conductance of porous glasses that is not associated with the motion of the background electrolyte ions.


Sartre reflected on questions related to terror and terrorism throughout his career and these questions shaped his understanding of ethics and politics. In exploring these connections I link Sartre's controversial remarks about the terrorism he observed during his lifetime to our more recent experiences of terrorism in the USA, Bali, Madrid and London. In Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism, Robert Young claims that Sartre moves from ethics to politics in his account of colonialism, understanding that shift as one from a concern with individual freedom to commitment to political causes.2 In contrast, Azzedine Haddour says that Anti-Semite and Jew and 'Black Orpheus' demonstrate 'the inextricable link between ethics and politics in his critiques of anti-Semitism, racism and colonialism.'3 While Sartre condemns these phenomena in ethical terms, some of his statements in response to them appear to suggest that ethical assessment is irrelevant. For example, describing Algerian rebels, he says 'Sons of violence, at every instant they draw their humanity from it'.4 I aim to make some sense of this seeming inconsistency in Sartre's views. On the one hand, he takes an ethical stance and on the other hand, he seems to suggest that ethics has no place in judging revolt by the colonised against the colonisers or by the oppressed against their oppressors. Since ethics provides criteria for judging political actions as right or wrong rather than understandable or inevitable, Sartre appears to have changed his mind a number of times about political violence. Or is he, as Ronald Santoni argues, 'curiously ambivalent'?5


The invention relates to a method for registration of images by laser, and its means of implementation The device 10 on which is written the image comprises:. - a first layer of material 2 that of the ink, arranged in parallel columns C and covered with a second layer 3 capable of absorbing a laser radiation; - F a laser beam capable of a dual relative motion with respect to the device 10, a first fast motion along the columns C and a second slow movement relative to the first along an axis OX perpendicular to the strips; - means M for modulating the power of the laser beam F on the basis of the information to be written in synchronism with the above movement The laser beam describes the ZI area where the is to be formed. image according to the columns in y destroying or not the absorbent layer 3, thereby showing whether the first layer 2 according to the power of the beam and therefore information to register.


The paper reports on an in-depth evaluation of a Single Regeneration Fund Budget funded partnership based on individual and community education as a means of promoting social inclusion. Partnership has become the preeminent mechanism for furthering the UK Government's social inclusion agenda. The paper focuses on the dynamics of partnership itself at management level. Bourdieu's concept of habitus is drawn upon in thinking about some of the processes facilitating or hindering partnership working. In particular, the paper draws attention to gender dynamics in partnership working and the ways in which these interact with organizational and professional practices. The article postulates that connections established prior to the formal partnership constituted cultural capital, which was transferred to the partnership. In particular, it was found that gender networks and practices constitute an important source of skills and dispositions. This way of viewing partnership working contributes to debates about sustainability, since it suggests that personal qualities that are essential to project success are a transferable resource and that there is a pool of cultural capital based on previously existing social networks that may transcend organizational and professional boundaries. The paper suggests that practices and networks on the ground may survive changes in both the language of public policy and models of implementation.


Background: Common bile duct (CBD) stone management is a commonly occurring potential challenge for surgeons.Methods: A total of 38 patients who was admitted in admitted in surgery Department of Sri Ram Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly UP during the period of March 2019 to September 2019 were studied. The diagnosis was made using USG MRCP, relevant blood investigations. Patients were managed based on radiological findings by the best possible way and expertise available.Results: Out of the 38 patients, 14 (37.14%) were male and 24 (62.85%) were female. The mean age for male was 50.92 years and for female, it was 51.74 yrs. Most of the patients had pain abdomen and /or jaundice with a mean total bilirubin of 3 mg/dl. Patients are managed either by ERCP or by surgery (open/laparoscopic). Mortality is nil but morbidity is more for open procedures.Conclusions: There can be no definite algorithm for the management of CBD stones as the patients' age, underlying general condition being the only standardizable factor with facilities for endoscopic, laparoscopic management being variably available from institution to institution and hence, necessitating tailoring the management of CBD stones depending upon the Institution's resources.


The paper firstly constructs the theoretic model of information mechanism in tourism consumption and then analyses the dilemma of the present model and finally puts forwards some countermeasures for solving the problems by government control.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To put a sulfur-based material which is an inexpensive material to practical use as a positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery and to especially provide a sulfur-based positive electrode material having high output, excellent cycle characteristics or other characteristics. SOLUTION: A method for manufacturing sulfur modified polyacrylonitrile sheet is such that sulfur is brought into contact with polyacrylonitrile sheet and in this state, they are heated under a sealed non-oxidizing atmosphere. A positive electrode of the lithium secondary battery uses the sulfur modified polyacrylonitrile sheet obtained by this method as an active material, and the lithium secondary battery includes the positive electrode as a composing element. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT


The warping dam is an effective engineering measure of soil and water conservation on the Loess Plateau. Dam site selection is vital to plan and construct. Warping dam site selection as a complex system engineering must take economic benefits,social benefits and ecological benefits into consideration. By applying analytic hierarchy process,it established a set of qualitative analysis with quantitative analysis of comprehensive evaluation system and then selected an optimum dam site from a number of eligible sites. In the end,we took Chakou small watershed in Yonghe County,Shanxi Province as an engineering application case.


X - ray powder diffraction(XRPD) was used to characterized TiO2 mesoporous molecular sieves synthesized with cetyl trimethylammonium bromide(CTAB) as a cationic template. XRPD analyzed results demonstrated that the mole ratio of Ti to CTAB and ageing time had great effect on the structure. The hexagonal mesoporous structure was synthesized with pore size about 4.5 nm when the mole ratio of Ti to CTAB was about 3 and ageing time was 12 h. Inorganic-organic self - assembling process revealed that TiO2 mesoporous molecular sieves was synthesized according to cooperative formation mechanism(CFM). When the sample was calcined at 300 ℃, pore size distribution became wider and the pore size increased, furthermore, the mesoporous structure was destroyed when calcined at 350 ℃. The mesoporous structure could not be retained when the sample was treated by solution extraction method.


The American College of Cardiology has published the first appropriate use criteria for initial outpatient transthoracic echocardiography to evaluate children with possible heart disease.


This paper suggests a method to reduce electronic wastage by controlling the wetting of the substrates to enable reuse of the device in an effort to improve device control. If the devices were cleaned after a given operation, it can be reused. With this preliminary idea, the present investigation reports the concentration dependent wetting of indium tin oxide by aniline-alcohol binary liquid and shows how varying the concentration of the liquids can control the wetting phenomenon. This binary liquid system is an important prototype for the biological hydrogen bond interactions of N-H---O. Surface tension (liquid-liquid), adhesive energy (solid-liquid), surface energy of the substrate and contact angle of the liquids with the substrate are measured by using a contact angle goniometer.