Along with the times, there have been advances in marine technology which includes Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV). Some countries have started using UUVs for both commercial and military marine activities since UUVs have several advantages that ordinary ships do not have. However, the development and application of UUVs for marine purposes raises numerous problems since there isn't clear regulation regarding UUV. Current legal instruments only explain the meaning of ship without classifying the type of ship itself. It raises a problem since it led to different interpretations between countries and the determination of legal rules for UUV. One incident related to UUV technology can be seen from the Bowditch incident where from this incident there are differences in interpretation on the classification of UUV between America and Tiongkok. Other incidents can also be seen from the entry of foreign UUVs into Indonesia waters for research purposes. From several incidents, there are main issues to the classification of UUVs which are connected to warships and their military activities. The classification of UUVs as merchant ships or warships is necessary considering that the rights of immunity owned by warships will affect the legal status of UUVs and their activities. Regulations that are still ambiguous will affect the Coastal State's actions if there are foreign UUVs entering their sea areas, especially if the UUVs are used for military activities. Therefore, it is necessary to have clear regulations regarding UUVs including their classification and determine marine activities that allowed for the use of UUVs.


A new mixed‐valence trinuclear manganese(III/II/III) complex was synthesized by ethanolamine and paeonol in the presence of Mn(acetato)2·4H2O. The crystal of the complex was characterized by X‐ray diffraction, IR, UV spectroscopy, molar conductivity and elemental analyses. The structurally characterized mixed‐valence complex has strictly 180° MnIII‐ MnII‐ MnIII angle as required by crystallographic inversion symmetry. The Mn(1) … Mn(2)#1 separation is 3.0500(8) Å. Antimicrobial activity study found that the complex was active against Salmonella species, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus pumilus and Eschierichia coli.


An image processing method and an image processor. The image processing method comprising: a parameter set unit adapted to provide a parameter set storage unit stores a database, and the parameter set to the adaptation unit of the received video image processor for image analysis, and image feature from the analysis of the a parameter set database to find a matching set of parameters; and encoding in a unit of the image processor for video encoding according to the matching set of parameters. The present invention can improve the high-order video codec (also known as H.264), or high-efficiency video coding (also known as H.265 or HEVC) coding bit rate.


Purpose – The aim of this paper is to describe how the authors made a film about recovery.Design/methodology/approach – A number of service users were auditioned for the Recovery Film and four chosen to participate. The film was directed and edited by the second author who has lived experience of mental health problems.Findings – Five main themes are covered in the film: the experience of being mentally ill; causes of peoples' mental illness; personal definitions of recovery; what helps people; and the process of recovery for each of the four participants.Originality/value – The Recovery Film was short‐listed for a Mind Media Award, has been shown at a number of national conferences and is available on the internet.


Investigatton on oxidative stability of several fishery products during processing and storage was carried out in Pektrlongan and Muncar during the period of 1994-1995. Fishery products used in the str.rdy q'ere dried salted mackerel, boiled salted sardine, spongy fermented fish and canned sardine. Raw naterials and their products were purchased from the processors. The processing procedrrres were investigated by observing their activities. Results showed that drying, salting, boiling and canning have induced reduction of omega3 fatty acid due to oxidation. High reduction was found in the processing of dried salted fish, boiled salted fish and canned fish. Further reduction was also noted during storage, particularly in dried salted fish, boiled salt,ed fish and spongy fermented fish. KEYWORD: oxidative stability, processing, storage, fishery products


Americanization of foreign-born women. Report on an experiment made in Los Angeles in the summer of 1917. Slate Commission on Immigration and Housing. Social Health Insurance, California's need of. Social Insurance Commission. 1917. 16 p. State Housing Manual. Containing the state tenement house act, state hotel and lodging house act, state dwelling house act. 1917. 118 p. Commission on Immigration and Housing.


cifically used for image definition and perfusion studies. Efforts were subsequently made to quantitatively analyse regional myocardial performance. In late 1992, the first software and prototype of colour Doppler velocity display of the myocardial wall dynamics was developed. To date, tissue Doppler imaging is available in routine echo-lab for assessing regional systolic and diastolic function. To overcome the limitations of tissue Doppler derived myocardial velocities, companies have introduced many breakthrough quantitative ultrasound tools based on leading-edge technologies, such as speckle tracking of myocardial deformation. Advances in microprocessor technology and computational power and the development of new matrix transducers using dense arrays have recently provided the potential for realtime, 3/4 D imaging. The concept of miniaturisation has made possible to provide echocardiography anywhere or to perform echocardiograms for imaging the heart of small animals as mice and rats. Tissue Doppler imaging and 2D speckle tracking


Ships that operate in ice-infested waters often experience momentary increased propeller cavitation because ice pieces can block the How into the propeller. Model tests have shown that the presence of blockages in the flow field can lead to regions of violent cloud cavitation. For ducted propellers, this additional cavitation is more significant than it is for open propellers: ice pieces may become lodged against and within the duct and subject the propeller to longer periods of increased cavitation due to the blocked How. Associated with this cavitation is the possibility of cavitation erosion. -- The extent and severity of cavitation erosion that a marine propeller may experience cannot presently be determined theoretically. To gain an understanding of how this phenomenon affects a full scale propeller, it is necessary to perform model tests. -- This thesis presents the results of an erosion study that was completed in the cavitation tunnel at the Institute for Marine Dynamics (IMD), a facility of the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada. Paint tests provided the medium through which the erosion was studied. A limited number of tests were attempted with pressure sensitive films to estimate the intensity of the cavitation. Two model propellers, both having a diameter of 200 mm, were used. The first model, an open, fixed pitch propeller, was of the type that is fitted to the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) R-CIass (1200-Scries) icebreakers. The second model, a variable pitch ducted propeller, was of the type that is fitted to the Canadian Marine Drilling (CANMAR) Lid. vessel MV Robert LeMeur. -- During testing, a simulated ice blockage was installed upstream of the model such that the nominal blade/blockage clearance was approximately I nun. Experiments were completed over a range of advance coefficients for various test conditions, including tests at reduced pressure and at atmospheric pressure. The effects of changes in the proximity of the blockage were also examined. A lest was performed in open flow for each propeller to provide a baseline for the erosion results. For each experiment, the resulting types of cavitation and the erosion patterns were recorded. V7/.V video equipment and }5 mm still photography were used lo document both the experiments and the results. In subsequent analysis, the areas of erosion were estimated using an image analysis program and comparisons between each test were made. -- Generally, given the same test conditions, the dueled propeller experienced more erosion than the open propeller. Cavitation persisted longer on the ducted propeller due to the influence of the nozzle. -- For both propellers, the amount of face erosion increased with increasing advance coefficient. Back erosion was minimally affected by changes in the advance coefficient. -- Concerning proximity effects, erosion increased, for both propellers, as the blade/block clearance was increased, until it reached a peak. This peak occurred at a gap of 5 mm. Further increases in clearance resulted in reduced erosion. -- Pressure sensitive film tests were unsuccessful as the films were torn from the blades by the violent cavitation. For future tests under such adverse conditions, a more robust fastening system is required.


This paper explores the optimal implementation of bio-methane fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) systems to satisfy heat and electricity demands of commercial buildings; with the overarching goal of making cost-effective investments and decarbonizing building operations. The research work consisted in the development of a CHP technology selection and operation (TSO) optimization model. Its results can be utilized to develop a strategy for investment in bio-methane CHP projects for a portfolio of buildings. The TSO model enables a new approach for the selection and operation of CHP units that encompasses whole life costing, carbon emissions as well as real-time energy prices and demands, providing a more comprehensive result than current methods. Utilizing historic metered energy demands, projected energy prices and a portfolio of available CHP technologies, the mathematical model simultaneously solves for an optimal CHP unit selection and operational strategy for a determined building based on a preferred objective: minimizing cost, minimizing GHG emissions, or a mix of both. Results of this model prove that attractive cost and emissions savings are possible through the optimal selection and operation of CHP technologies fuelled by bio-methane.


Aiming at the defects existing in the conventional heat exchangers with segmental baffles, a new type of tube-bundle support, called grid-baffle, was suggested. This paper comprehensively analyzed and summarized the structural characteristics, enhanced heat transfer principles and investigations of heat transfer and flow resistance performance for the grid-baffle heat exchanger. Finally, the development trends of this heat exchanger were presented.


Among the dietary strategies to overcome adiposity and obesity, the omission of carbohydrates in low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets (LC-HFDs) has been proposed as a tool for weight loss [1]. Popular weight loss guidebooks, including the Atkins diet books [2], claim that the lack of carbohydrates in LC-HFDs always triggers ketosis which would contribute to the weight-reducing effects of these diets. However, this theory was widely criticized in literature. Apart from attempts to reduce body weight with LC-HFDs, ketogenic LC-HFDs are also used to intentionally induce ketosis in patients with epilepsy and lately also as a potential beneficial treatment in other neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease [3]. Both indications to use LC-HFDs are subject to intense research including rodent models. Quantification of ketosis in these models often is a crucial part of the investigation. The method of choice to analyze the level of ketosis is measurement of β-hydroxybutyrate (HBA), acetone and acetoacetate, collectively known as ketone bodies. The gold standard to quantify ketone bodies is analysis of HBA in circulation and acetone in urine or breath. However, urine ketone dipstick tests are often used as a quick and noninvasive alternative to assess ketone body status in clinical practice. In humans, a large study in 21,000 healthy subjects demonstrated that analysis of urine by the dipstick method is a practical and sensitive screening tool also for detection of ketosis [4]. In rats, analysis of HBA and even breath acetone has been shown to be an accurate measure of mild to moderate systemic ketosis [5, 6]. However, many rodent studies use the urine dipstick method to analyze ketone body concentrations although, to the best of our knowledge, a systematic validation of this method has never been conducted in rodents. Likhodii and colleagues [6] measured ketone body concentrations in rat plasma (by an enzymatic assay) and rat urine (by the dipstick method). They state that the dipsticks failed to adequately predict the degree of systemic ketosis because they correlated only poorly with the levels of HBA in plasma. Employing a nutritional rat model, we have recently reported that induction of ketosis with LC-HFDs is not only dependent on the absence of carbohydrates but also on low dietary protein [7]. In this study, we had analyzed HBA in serum and acetone in urine by laboratory methods because the dipstick ketone body measurements yielded inconsistent results. We now decided to systematically investigate suitability of the dipstick method to analyze ketone bodies in rat urine. 12-week old male Wistar rats (n = 15; Harlan, Germany) were fed a ketogenic LC-HFD (Kliba Nafag; Provimi Kliba SA, Kaiseraugst, Switzerland). The composition of the diet was 92.8% fat, 5.5% protein and 1.7% carbohydrates (macronutrient specifications are given as a percentage of metabolizable energy). After 3 weeks on the diets, urine samples were collected by housing the rats individually without bedding on stable metal grids for 12 h. Samples for each rat were taken from spontaneous 12-hour cumulative urine in addition to serum samples. Presence of ketone bodies in urine was first measured with commercially available dipsticks ('Ketostix', (Bayer, Leverkusen, Germany) and 'Ketodiabur Sticks' (Roche, Basel, Switzerland)) as by manufactures instructions. The color intensity of the dipsticks was compared with a color chart and transferred to the indicated numerical value. Urine samples were then stored at –20 °C until quantification of acetone by headspace injection and subsequent GC/MS analysis (Laboratoriumsmedizin Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany). As a representative example, the figure shows the results of ketone body measurements in urine from 10 different rats. Laboratory measurement of acetone in urine and HBA in serum (data not shown) confirmed ketosis in all rats. Within the same samples, we found a large discrepancy between the results obtained from the dipsticks and the laboratory analysis. Interestingly, the dipstick method both underestimated and overestimated concentrations of ketone bodies in different rats. In some cases, the results from the dipsticks also varied considerably between the two manufacturers. Most strikingly, dipsticks from both companies did not reliably indicate presence of


Provided are a domain name parsing method and apparatus. The domain name parsing method comprises: receiving a domain name parsing request sent by a terminal device; acquiring domain name information from the domain name parsing request, and acquiring IP addresses of a plurality of servers corresponding to the domain name information; selecting a server with the minimum load from the plurality of servers; and sending the IP address of the server with the minimum load to the terminal device so that the terminal device accesses the server with the minimum load. By means of the domain name parsing method and apparatus in some embodiments of the present invention, when a terminal device sends a domain name parsing request, an IP address of a server with the minimum load is fed back to the terminal device, thereby improving the speed of the terminal device accessing a network and improving the network experience of a user.


AbstractThe Prediction of Intensity Model Error (PRIME) forecasting scheme uses various large-scale meteorological parameters as well as proxies for initial condition uncertainty and atmospheric flow stability to provide operational forecasts of tropical cyclone intensity forecast error. PRIME forecasts of bias and absolute error are developed for the Logistic Growth Equation Model (LGEM), Decay Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme (DSHP), Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting Interpolated Model (HWFI), and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Interpolated Hurricane Model (GHMI). These forecasts are evaluated in the Atlantic and east Pacific basins for the 2011–15 hurricane seasons. PRIME is also trained with retrospective forecasts (R-PRIME) from the 2015 version of each model. PRIME error forecasts are significantly better than forecasts that use error climatology for a majority of forecast hours, which raises the question of whether PRIME could provide more than error guidance. PRIME...


Black flies are small, nuisance pests of many continents and are important vectors of many diseases such as leucocytozoonosis and onchocerciasis (river blindness) in many parts of the world (Adler et al., 2004). A total of 20 species in 2 genera of black flies are known to occur in Korea (Adler, 2019). The genus Prosimulium, previously unknown from Korea, contains 80 species worldwide (Adler, 2019). Species are separated into 3 species groups; hirtipes species-group (47 spp.), macropyga species-group (14 spp.), and magnum species-group (19 spp.). Eight species are known to occur in Japan, of which five species are assigned to the magnum species-group (P. apoina, P. karibaense, P. kazukii, P. sarurense, and P. yezoense) and the other three species belongs to the hirtipes species-group (P. jezonicum, P. kanii, and P. kiotoense). The genus Twinnia, also previously unknown from Korea, contains only 10 species worldwide (Adler, 2019). Among them, three species (Twinnia cannibora, T. japonensis, and T. subtibbelesi) are recorded from Japan. In this study, I provide detailed descriptions and photographs of larva and pupae of P. kiotoense and larvae of T. japonensis. A key to Korean Prosimulium and Twinnia is provided, with reference to the Japanese species and habitat information.


A high-quality integrated genetic and physical map of the X chromosome from telomere to telomere, based primarily on YACs formatted with probes and STSs, is increasingly close to reality. At the Fifth International X Chromosome Workshop, organized by A.M. Poustka and D. Schlessinger in Heidelberg, Germany, April 24--27, 1994, substantial progress was recorded on extension and refinement of the physical map, on the integration of genetic and cytogenetic data, on attempts to use the map to direct gene searches, and on nascent large-scale sequencing efforts. This report summarizes physical and genetic mapping information presented at the workshop and/or published since the reports of the fourth International X Chromosome Workshop. The principle aim of the workshop was to derive a consensus map of the chromosome, in terms of physical contigs emphasizing the location of genes and microsatellite markers. The resulting map is presented and updates previous versions. This report also updates the list of highly informative microsatellites. The text highlights the working state of the map, the genes known to reside on the X, and the progress toward integration of various types of data.


Actors engaged in learning from rare events must trade off between two different criteria for effective learning: validity—the extent to which learning can be used for understanding, prediction, an...


The purpose of this study was to determine the results of the formation of children's character through play activities in physical education, sports and health. The type used in this research is descriptive quantitative. Data collection was used by distributing research questionnaires. The population and sample in this study were Class VIII SMP Negeri 2 Rambah Samo, Rokan Hulu Regency, which consisted of 60 students. The instrument to be used in this research is a questionnaire. Based on the research data obtained in this study it can be concluded that Character Education Through Physical Education Sports Health is in the "Moderate" category with a percentage of 61.66%.


: In this paper we find an algorithm which computes the Hilbert function of schemes Z of "fat points" in P 3 whose support lies on a rational normal cubic curve C . The algorithm shows that the maximality of the Hilbert function in degree t is related to the existence of fixed curves (either C itself or one of its secant lines) for the linear system of surfaces of degree t containing Z .


Humans still outperform robots in most manipulation and locomotion tasks. Research suggests that humans minimize a task specific cost function when performing movements. In this paper we present a Gaussian Process based method to learn the underlying cost function, without making assumptions on its structure, and reproduce the demonstrated movement on a robot using a linear model predictive control framework. We show that the learned cost function can be used to prioritize between tracking and additional cost functions based on exemplar variance, and satisfy task and joint space constraints. Tuning the weighting between learned position and velocity costs produces trajectories of the desired shape even in the presence of constraints. The approach is validated in simulation with a simple 2dof manipulator showing joint and task space tracking and with a 4dof manipulator reproducing trajectories based on a human handwriting dataset.


A nonlinear elliptic mild slope equation was used to simulate the wave transformation in the water of Rizhao harbor. The model is well suited to complex domain, and fits the irregular boundary conveniently. When the incident direction of wave is E, the mooring condition of harbor entrance is poor, and when the incident direction is SE, the wave hights are relatively great in the inside harbor basin. In wave numerical simulation, the physical phenomenon of wave transformation including wave diffraction, refraction and reflection can be shown obviously. The results show that the model could be used on relative large region and get ideal results.


Traditional indicators could have led us to wrongly conclude that house prices were persistently overvalued. However, new indicators, incorporating changes in the financial environment, show that house price tensions were in reality largely absorbed in 2016.


We demonstrate two-photon sources for long-distance quantum communication. The highest spectral brightness $3.94\times 10^{5}\mathrm{pairs}/(\mathrm{s}\ \mathrm{ MHz}\ \mathrm{mW})$, the narrowest linewidth in telecom of 1.06 MHz and entanglement fidelity of91.8% are shown. © 2019 The Author(s)


Light absorption enhancement of graphene is achieved by using the narrow grooved metasurface. The operational principle of the structure is to utilize the surface plasmon resonance confined in the narrow groove, and a simplified cavity resonance model can be used to estimate the location of the absorption peak. By integrating the graphene sheet with a multi-grooved metasurface, an angle-insensitive light absorption enhancement of graphene covering the whole visible spectrum can be obtained. In addition, broadband light absorption enhancement of graphene is robust to the variations of the structure parameters, the broad absorption band can be maintained even the number of the groove is altered.


The terms of the Leveson Inquiry are extremely broad. But they do not include holding individual ministers to account. The government asked the inquiry to make recommendations for future policy and behaviour rather than to judge on behaviour of current and past ministers, and the questions that Leveson has chosen to ask are also explicitly directed at future policy.


The present invention relates to a drilling core slope meter. The drilling core slope meter according to the present invention comprises a first measurement unit with a main body, a magnetic needle which is rotatably installed on the main body and always points to the north direction by magnetic force, and a dial which is formed in a circle, surrounds the magnetic needle, is installed on the main body to be rotated around the rotation center of the magnetic needle, and shows an angle between 0-360° on the surface; and a second measurement unit with a plate coupled to the first measurement unit, a channel unit which is closed in a semicircular arc shape inside the plate, a scale unit which shows the angle at the specific point of the channel unit on the plate, and a bead which is placed inside the closed channel unit and moves along the channel unit depending on the degree of the tilting plate so as to measure an inclination angle of an object to be measured.


JARUGUMILLI, KRISHNA PRASHANT. A Nonlinear Knapsack Problem Arising In Location Problems With Lead Time And Safety Stock Considerations. (Under the direction of Dr. Reha M Uzsoy.) We present a nonlinear 0-1 knapsack problem arising in the context of a multi-product network design model considering lead time and safety stocks presented in Sourirajan, Uzsoy and Ozsen(2011). The knapsack problem of interest in this thesis arises as a sub-problem within a Lagrangian heuristic for the network design model. The objective function of the knapsack problem is neither convex, nor concave and is non-separable, which precludes conventional dynamic programming methods. We develop a branch and bound algorithm to obtain exact solution to the knapsack problem, and a genetic algorithm to obtain approximate solutions. A computational experiment is conducted to evaluate the performance of the procedure. c © Copyright 2012 by Krishna Prashant Jarugumilli


This paper studies the periodic solutions to a superquadratic second-oder discrete type Hamiltonian system in the n dimensional Euclide space. By the variational methods and some discrete computional techniques, this paper proves the existence of solution to a new type discrete Hamiltonian system.


After several years of experience with Grid production and Analysis dealing with simulated data, the first LHC collision data (as of March 2010) have confronted the LHCb Computing Model with real data. The LHCb Computing Model is somewhat different from the traditional MONARC hierarchical model used by the other LHC experiments: first pass reconstruction, as well as further reprocessing passes, are performed at a set of 7 Tier-1 sites (including CERN), while Tier2 sites are used mainly for simulation productions. User analysis is performed at LHCb Analysis Centers for which the baseline is the 7 Tier1s. Analysis relies on the concept of reduced datasets (so-call stripped datasets) that are centrally produced at the 7 Tier-1's and then distributed to all the analysis centers. We shall review the performance of this model with the 2010 real data, and give an outlook for possible modifications to be put in place for the 2011 run.


A comprehensive survey and evaluation on the distribution of natural grassland resources,quantity,quality and utilization in Six divisions of the Corps of Agricultural.The natural grassland classification system and resource database were established,revealed the problems on the use of natural grassland resources,and rational utilization suggestions and measures are proposed for the six divisions of agricultural development of grassland animal production based on more scientific and accurate.


Achieving confidence in the correctness, completeness and consistency of requirements specifications can be problematic and the consequences of incorrect requirements can be costly. In this paper we argue that specification and animation can provide reasonably high levels of assurance in the requirements without the overheads of using general purpose theorem proving tools. We propose a framework based on mode analysis and the operational semantics of logic programs for animating specifications. The framework allows us to combine prototyping and limited forms of automated deduction to increase our levels of confidence in specifications. Finally, we show how such a framework can be used to increase the level of confidence in the correctness of a simple dependency management system specification written in Z.


While service-oriented businesses have been around for a long time, service design as a discipline of design has emerged recently. This paper situates technical and professional communication in the area of service design. A brief history of service design is presented, and a framework for understanding communication as an integral part of service is proposed. The paper suggests that service design provides a new perspective for understanding technical and professional communication.


Introduction. Anatomy. Pap smears and cervical cancer. Abnormal periods. Painful periods. Vaginal infections. Sexually transmitted diseases. Birth control. Breast cancer. Staying healthy. Exercise. Questions. Woman to woman


Thermal evolution of magnetization and magnetic permeability of Fe39 xMnxCo39Nb6B15 yCuy (x 1⁄4 2; 4; y 1⁄4 0; 1) alloys is reported. Mn addition decreases the Curie temperature of the initial amorphous phase. For nanocrystalline samples an almost temperature independent value of the relative magnetic permeability is observed from room temperature up to B950 K: Permeability drops at the second crystallization stage due to the formation of boride phases. r 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 75.40.Cx; 75.50.Kj


A partial cable-stayed composite girder bridge with prestressed concrete flanges and corrugated steel webs (CSWs) is a beneficial new type of bridge structure that provides lower structural weight,...


Dried vegetable soup mixtures are now widely produced for their long storage life at room temperature and in small unit volume. In addition, they are produced from different raw materials most of which are not available all the year around. Vegetable soup mixtures containing 75–95% air-dried vegetables such as carrots, spinach, onion, potatoes, peas, green beans, tomatoes, celery, garlic, squash and artichoke, in the form of pieces having a substantially intact cellular structure, were prepared. Citrate, lentil seeds, cumin, black-pepper, spices and salt were also added, packed in polyethylene bags, then stored for 6 months at ambient temperature. Moisture content and physico-chemical properties were determined during storage and the prepared vegetable soup mixtures after reconstitution were evaluated organoleptically.


This research is situated in a sociocultural perspective of mathematics education, specifically in the Ethnomathematics and Indigenous Education.The research question is how cultural objects are mobilized in the practice of building houses Embera Chami indigenous community to think the (by) coming of Education [Mathematics] Indian? Thus, the objectives of the study are: first, to analyze the mobilization of cultural objects in the practice
 of building houses Embera Chami indigenous community, and second, to
 problematize the mobilization of cultural objects to think the (by) coming
 of Education [Mathematics] Indian. They are inspirations approaches indigenous community of authors like D'Ambrosio (2008, 2011), Miguel (2008,2010), Walsh (2005, 2007), among others.


Abstract : During World War II, America's civilian and military leadership embraced scientific research for a multitude of advanced weapons. Indeed, at war's end in 1945, General H. H. Arnold, commander of the Army Air Forces, could confidently assure Secretary of War Robert Patterson that the United States would shortly build long-range ballistic missiles to deliver,atomic explosives and "space ships capable of operating outside the atmosphere. Thirteen years later, both of the programs that Arnold forecast were underway. This period, the immediate prelude to the space age, spawned America's civil and military space programs--programs that were in the beginning opposite sides of the same coin. Elements of these programs, authorized and framed by one American president, would become instrumental in forewarning of surprise attack, monitoring compliance with international treaties, and maintaining a delicate peace between the Soviet Union and the United States. For contemporary reasons of national security, the executive action that shaped this enterprise and the space policy that President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his advisors created for it were obscured even to many of those directly involved.


Abstract In societal applications of systems science where competition under conflicting interests is pertinent to, the decision making faces situations in which one must decide whether to cooperate or not with a competitor or opponent. Each of the opponents ('players') has as well as carries own missions within the society out. At least two if not more parties need to make decisions under fully or partially conflicting objectives when involved in a dispute or open conflict. By and large decisions must be made under risk, uncertainty, and incomplete or fuzzy information implying large amounts of linguistic and probabilistic information. For cases of two opponents, the synergy of fuzzy control approach and matrix games seems rather effective to represent and find solutions for such multi-criteria conflicting situations. The fuzzy procedure is used to take into account some of the subjective attitudes of the decision makers that are difficult to model using classical game theory.


The photodecomposition of trimethyl arsine results in fragments/products that exhibit numerous UV overlapping absorptions. Nevertheless, quantum yields of CH3, intramolecular C2H6, As(CH3) and As(CH3)2 production can be obtained as 1.25, 0, 0.25 and 0.75, respectively, employing both quantitative spectroscopic detection of CH3 at 216.4 nm and GC-mass spectral analysis of isotopically labelled ethane end-products. The isotopic experiments employed photolysis of mixtures of As(CH3)3 and (CD3)2CO, the latter providing the actinometric standard. Two absorptions attributed to As(CH3)2 were monitored by kinetic spectroscopy and a schematic mechanism describing the system is proposed. Some distinguishing features of the mechanism include: (1) the quantum yields appear to be independent of pressure, (2) rates of reaction of CH3 with arsenic-containing fragments are slower than that of CH3 combination, (3) a metastable absorption attributed to As(CH3)2 was observed, the rate constant for its quenching by helium to the ground state was measured.


The excitement of doing research in computer graphics has not diminished in its 35 years of life. It remains a quick paced, intellectually challenging field that necessarily bends some traditional scientific methodologies. I think, however, that a recalibration of how we do things is in order. I offer a personal view of the "hows and whys" of that recalibration.


The objective of this project is to develop a proposal to improve the process emission of health record for food products registration for the first time in INSPI - QUITO , prioritizing causes found in the diagnosis of the current process and approach possible solutions to them. improvement proposals include: proposal for standardization of methodology review of procedures, proposal planning and distribution of work, communication proposal these proposed will have indicators to assess the continuous process improvement.


The enthalpies of mixing n-octyl penta(oxyethylene
glycol) (C
 8
E
 5
) with water and with aqueous
solutions of the monovalent salts NaCl, KCl, CsCl and NaF have been
studied at 298.15 K by calorimetry. For binary and ternary mixtures
the heat of reaction was exothermic for all compositions. In the
critical micelle concentration (c.m.c.) region, when different amounts
of liquid surfactant are mixed with water, the enthalpy of mixing
shows a transition to a less steep decrease as a function of the
amount of surfactant. Apparent and partial molar enthalpies of the
surfactant and partial molar enthalpies of the water are determined in
the c.m.c. region and beyond the c.m.c. region. Marked changes in the
enthalpic properties of the two components occur in the c.m.c. region.
A more regular variation is seen over the whole composition range. In
the experiments with salt present in the water the molar ratio of
water to surfactant was held constant at different values,
viz. 291.84, 60.80 and 12.16. With NaCl, KCl and CsCl the
molality was varied between 0.1 and 2.1 m. With NaF the molality was
varied between 0.1 and 0.5 m. The observed excess heat of mixing
liquid surfactant with the various aqueous solutions was analysed in
terms of apparent molar enthalpies of C
 8
E
 5
. An
almost linear endothermic shift of the apparent molar enthalpy with
the mole fraction of salt in the ternary mixtures was observed. Lines
were fitted to the apparent enthalpic data using the method of least
squares. The gradients of the lines show that the anion mainly
determines the magnitude of the shift, and the magnitude of the shift
decreases strongly with the vol.% surfactant.


New medical reform has lasted for more than seven years, so studying new medical reform's impact on people's health has a realistic significance. Based on the panel data of 31 provinces in China during 2009-2014, the article analyzes it on DEA-Tobit two-stage analysis framework. The results showed that the impact on the resident's health caused by the reform indicates significant regional differences. The population density and GDP per capita have positive correlations with residents' health, but the urban population percentage has the opposite correlation. Introduction The year of 2009 is an important point in the field of health in China. The central issued files about new medical reform in order to achieve the goal of "everyone will have access to basic medical and health service". As the challenge of the century, China has invested a lot of public finances and makes much effort. In recent years, rapid spread chronic diseases and aging phenomenon become more and more serious, which lead to unlimited growth for health. But the effect about the improvement of the residents' health caused by the reform doesn't seem to draw enough attention, contradictions between the two is becoming increasingly acute. If the problem continues to be ignored, not only be bad for the follow-up health investment and the optimization of investment structure adjustment, but also will defer to achieve the goal of new medical reform in our country. 1. The Existing Literature Review Health investment has impact on residents' health, this seems to be an obvious question.However, the mainstream views about the relationship between the two remains uncertain. Early empirical studies are generally believed that health costs have little impact on health or weak effect (Auster et al., 1969; Cochrance et al., 1978). Then, a growing number of studies found that health cost is at least a significant explanatory variable for health results, and this part study includes Babazon & Hillman, 1994; Berger & Messer, 2002; Nixon & Ulmann, 2006. Compared with developed countries, the research results in developing countries confirm that the health costs significantly affect the result of the health is easier. Wang Liming (Wang, 2003),who used more than 60 low-income countries demographic and health survey data to study the level of infant and child mortality found that the total health expenses as a share of GDP impact on infant and child mortality was significant which could explain 88% of the infant mortality rate; Boca juniors, etc (Bokhari et al., 2007) using cross-section data of 127 countries in 2000 cleared out that health expenditure and economic growth were important contributors to both health outcomes.


This paper presents a closed form solution for a transient free convective flow of a viscous and incompressible fluid in a vertical channel due to symmetric heating of channel walls. The Laplace transform technique has been used to obtain the expression for the velocity and temperature fields by solving the governing differential equations. The influence of the physical parameters on the velocity field, skin-friction, rate of heat transfer and volumetric flux of the fluid are carefully analysed. A correlation between the steady state time and the Prandtl number has been developed. It is observed that the nature of correlation is linear when the Prandtl number is greater than one while cubic for the Prandtl number is less than one.


Aiming at the problem that photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking(MPPT) controls speed unsteadily,an improved variable step size Incremental Conductance(INC) method MPPT algorithm is proposed.By improving INC method step change trigger conditions,the proposed algorithm can improve the MPPT response speed and accuracy at steady state simultaneously when the irradiance occurs a substantial change.Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm has a faster response speed and higher tracking accuracy in sudden large irradiance changes.


Volume 6 • Issue 3 • 1000e121 J Anal Bioanal Tech ISSN: 2155-9872 JABT, an open access journal Molecular interactions are central to cellular organization and design. Molecular recognition is a key event that dictates the propagation of cellular signals, and it is intraand intermolecular interactions that facilitate macromolecular folding, stability and elucidation of cellular response. Therefore, understanding the interplay of the structural forces that govern recognition and specificity of macromolecular interactions is crucial to decipher the molecular events in a cell. Several spectroscopic techniques such as fluorescence, circular dichroism, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, as well as surface plasmon resonance have been successfully used to characterize non-covalent molecular interactions. However, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) has been shown to be the most popular and versatile bioanalytical technique that facilitates direct measurement of binding affinity between interacting molecules.


The utility model relates to a workpiece used for forming a vamp, and a braiding workpiece. The workpiece is designed to comprise either a first vamp used for first footwear articles or a second vamp used for second footwear articles. The workpiece comprises a braiding element formed by whole braiding structure, and a braiding part used for s supporting wire. The braiding part is designed to be partially comprise either the first vamp or the second vamp. The braiding element defines a body and a trimming area, and the trimming area defines the outer periphery of the braiding element. The supporting wire comprises at least an embedded part embedded in the braiding element. The supporting wire further comprises an exposing part that is exposed from the braiding element and near the outer edge. The exposing part is design to be used for pulling and moving relative to the braiding element and adjusting at least one embedded part. The exposing part is separated from the outer edge in the inward direction, and the trimming area is trimmed in either a first trimming line of the first vamp or a second trimming line of the second vamp.


Neoproterozoic igneous rocks are widely distributed in the Dunhuang-Alxa Block, northwest China, and record geodynamic processes caused by the assembly and break-up of Rodinia. In this study, we present new petrological, geochemical, and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope data for the Langshan gabbros in the northeastern Alxa Block. Langshan gabbros (827−819 Ma) have depleted whole-rock Nd (+3.2 to +4.9) and zircon Hf (+4 to +21) isotopic compositions and weak enrichments in large-ion lithophile elements. These rocks were probably derived by partial melting of a depleted mantle wedge metasomatized by fluids released from a subducted slab in a back-arc basin environment. Geochemical and zircon Hf isotope data for early Neoproterozoic igneous rocks are consistent with the presence of a long-lived (ca. 930−810 Ma) retreating subduction zone along the northern margin of the Dunhuang-Alxa Block, indicating it was located at the northern margin of Rodinia. Some mantle plume-related magmatism, including A1-type silicic volcanic rocks in the Langshan Group and Jinchuan ultramafic-mafic intrusions, occurred in the interior of the Dunhuang-Alxa Block, which was similar to early Neoproterozoic plume-related magmatism (ca. 850−820 Ma) in the interior of northern Rodinia. The temporal link between subduction and extension suggests that this retreating subduction zone along the northern margin of Rodinia, in combination with a mantle plume beneath its interior, resulted in lithospheric extension and break-up of Rodinia during ca. 850−810 Ma.


Kim, Dal-jin's poems are particularly marked by the image of light. The light appears in nature, and is also found in life and space. I would like to delve into what the light in his poem signifies through several of his poems and to attempt to explore what the light suggests to alienated modern people like us. His poem, life reflects the image of the current self. Here, the light reveals my life to the world. The existence is made possible by light. Here, the light is a 'light of vitality'. It unveils true self-awakening from delusions by bringing light into darkness. His poems typically use the symbols of light. His poems reveal a world of empty mind and a spirit of retreat from the secular world in an attitude of strengthened world by one's clear and calm conduct. By being devoted to Buddhism, Kim, Dal-Jin attempts to transcend from a limited being and to find his identity as an infinite being. He cites 'spring water' as a mirror to reflect and ponder over his own view. In Sadness in spring water, he expresses men's state of absolute purity and absolute solitude in simple words. We can see that he is composed, quiet and has a strong will to contemplate himself. Spring water means a ceaseless self-reflection and beneath it, there lies a shadow of darkness. Starting to look inside, the poet came to see the things in an objective stance. See the things in the eyes of self means being free from self-pity and self-obsession.


In this study, the airborne radiometric data over Masufashi Area of Katsina State and Environs, Northwestern Nigeria were acquired, processed and gridded to generate the concentration maps of percentage Potassium, equivalent Thorium and equivalent Uranium in order to carry out the geologic mapping of the area. Additionally, the abundance ratios, U/Th, U/K and Th/K and the ternary images of the three radioactive elements were produced. The images obtained from the radiometric data showed that the study area comprises five major rock types, based on their variation in the concentration of the three radioactive elements. The actual extent, boundary and distribution of the rock units within the study area were defined; hydrothermal alteration zones were mapped. The altered zones were noted to be associated with mineralization in the quartzite rich schist formation. The interpretation also proved valuable in demarcating some rock types with different properties. The delineated geology and hydrothermally altered zones led to the identification of nine zones with the potentials of gold mineralization. The delineated structures aided the design of the geologic map of the study area. This research showed the value added by airborne geophysics in geologic mapping and recommends the analysis of airborne data as a major phase during reconnaissance survey, prior to geologic mapping.


When critics or teachers talk about a work of art, they are doing so in assumed and implied contexts. For instance, a teacher speaking with advanced art students might assume that they are familiar with certain painting techniques, that they understand what is meant by visual balance and perhaps recognize major styles of modern Western art. The teacher adjusts the vocabulary accordingly and makes casual references to concepts that in other circumstances would require considerable explanation. A critic who remarks that a painting has "an aura of mystery" implies that this is a quality worth noticing. In the critic's estimation, "an aura of mystery" is a characteristic of the work which serves to distinguish it and contributes to its value. While differing contexts might not change the intensity of an audience's response to a work of art, the character of the experience would certainly be different. If the teacher had deemed it appropriate to speak at a more elementary level, or the critic had used the phrase "utterly confusing," one might imagine how different would have been the course of critical dialogue.


At the end of the embryonic period of human development, c‐kit immunoreactive (c‐kit IR) cells identifiable as interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are present in the oesophagus and stomach wall. In the small and large bowel, c‐kit‐IR cells appear later (in the small bowel at 9 weeks, and in the colon at 10–12 weeks), also in the MP region. The object of this study was to determine the timing of appearance and distribution of c‐kit IR cells in the human embryonic and foetal duodenum. I used immunohistochemistry to examine the embryonic and foetal duodenum for cells expressing CD117 (Kit), expressed by mature ICC and ICC progenitor cells and CD34 to identify presumed ICC progenitors. Enteric plexuses were examined by way of antineuron‐specific enolase and the differentiation of smooth muscle cells was studied using antidesmin antibodies. At the end of the embryonic period of development, c‐kit IR cells were solely present in the proximal duodenum in the form of a wide belt of densely packed cells around the inception of the myenteric plexus (MP) ganglia. In the distal duodenum, c‐kit IR cells emerged at the beginning of the foetal period in the form of thin rows of pleomorphic cells at the level of the MP. From the beginning of the fourth month, the differences in the distribution of ICC in the different portions of the duodenum were established, and this relationship was still present in later developmental stages. In fact, in the proximal duodenum, ICC of the MP (ICC‐MP), ICC of the circular muscle (ICC‐CM) and ICC of the septa (ICC‐SEP) were present, and in the distal duodenum ICC‐MP and ICC‐SEP only. In conclusion, in the humans there is a difference in the timing and patterns of development of ICC in the proximal duodenum compared to the distal duodenum.


News websites' design quality plays an important role in retention time and increasing visitors' motivation in order to maintain loyalty and e-wom. Therefore, these websites are trying to achieve this competitive advantage through improving their websites' design quality. The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of design quality of News websites on e-loyalty and e-wom. This article is applied in purpose, and is correlational descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The population of the research includes the students of Allame Tabatabaee University who have at least once visited News websites. A sample of 374 students was selected using proportional stratified method and data was collected using a questionnaire. Finally, the hypotheses were tested using structural equation model (SEM) and SPSS, LISREL software. The results of the study indicate that websites' design quality has a direct and significant effect on visitors' pleasure and perceived quality of information and has indirect and significant effect on e-Satisfaction, e-trust, e-loyalty and e-wom.


An approximate mechanical model is developed for predicting the radius of contact between a sphere and a layered substrate. The complex solution of Chen and Engel is reduced to the simple root finding procedure for the unknown contact radius. Numerical data from the model of Chen and Engel are obtained for several combinations of layer material. It is shown that with the proper selection of dimensionless parameters the numerical results fall on a single curve that is easily correlated. Radius predictions show good agreement with experimental measurements.


An elastic connecting rod of vertebrae fixing bone nail, lock the teeth part of bone nail into the vertebrae body, the U-type groove body at the upper end of bone nail may support the elastic connecting rod, then screw the fixing screw into the groove thread to tightly fix the fixing component at the end of elastic connecting rod into the U-type groove; in which, this elastic connecting rod may be enwinded into elastic rod with multiple metal wires, although both ends of elastic connecting rod are fixed and locked in the U-type groove, but its elasticity may be varied with the different angles of vertebrae body; moreover, the middle part of three and more elastic connecting rods is equipped with at least one removable fixing component, ensure the elastic connecting rod flexible movement, so when fulfill the fixing operation for three and more vertebrae bodies, the movable fixing component may be moved as necessary to optimize the fixing position at the middle of vertebrae body.


Alkyl - Synthesis easy quantum dot binding ligand of acid is provided. The quantum dot binding ligand comprises a plurality of carboxy binding ligand in combination with a solubilizing group as the alkyl main chain and optionally. Ligands and coated nanostructure of the present invention are useful in close-packed nanostructure composition crosstalk is reduced between the quantum confinement is improved and / or nanostructures.


A method for connecting a personalized website and searching the web with an address window of a web browser is provided to enable a user to easily and quickly input a desired character string to the web browser as an address by providing a client program for displaying a connection history list, a website list, and a personalized character string list. A user input managing module(202) provides a new type address window and manages the user interface. A web browser monitoring module(201) monitors execution/termination of the web browser, and applies or removes the user input managing module to the address window. A recommended word managing module(203) manages a recommended word list comprising recommended website/keyword character strings downloaded from a server. A user site managing module(207) generates and manages a list of the websites pointed by the user. A user defined search engine managing module(209) manages the list of search engines defined by the user. An auto-fill module(211) supplies the character string extracted from the personalized character string list(212) comprising each list according to a character inputted from the user.


The invention relates to a supercharging device (28, 41) for compressing a medium, in particular air, comprising a rotor (31, 39), which has at least one compressor wheel (32, 40) and which is supported in the axial direction (70, 72) of the compressor wheel (30, 40) by means of at least one bearing ring (66, 67) of a bearing device (68) having an inner diameter (D i ) and an outer diameter (D a ), wherein a quotient D ax /D V of an average diameter D ax of the bearing ring (66) calculated from the arithmetic mean of the outer diameter (D a ) and the inner diameter (D i ) and an outlet diameter D V of the compressor wheel (30, 40) lies at least substantially in a range of 0.6 < ( D ax /D V ) < 1.4, and to a drive train for a motor vehicle having at least one such supercharging device.


A bstract . In this paper, we concentrate on hyper generalized φ -recurrent α -cosymplectic manifolds and quasi generalized φ -recurrent α -cosymplectic manifolds and obtain some significant characterizations which classify such manifolds.


Home appliances, electric vehicles, entertainment devices and even toys rely on motors as their primary source of energy. The choice of components used in AC and DC motor control can have a profound impact on the efficiency and power consumption of the end product. This presentation will demonstrate how to design a power-efficient motor control solution leveraging a mixed-signal programmable system chip (PSC). It will show designers how to take advantage of an integrated analog front-end, high-speed flash lookup tables, and deterministic algorithm processing in a single-chip solution for a motor control application. Techniques for controlling PWM frequency, sensing and protecting the motor, realtime system monitoring, damping and multiple drive support will also be discussed. (16 pages)


Human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) proteins from pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) obtained by washing the epithelial lining of the lung with phosphate‐buffered saline, were separated using high resolution two‐dimensional gel electrophoresis (2‐DE) under denaturing and reducing conditions. By Western blotting, the proteins were transferred from polyacrylamide gel onto a chemical resilient membrane. The surfactant‐associated protein A (SP‐A) isomers were then identified with enhanced chemiluminescence detection (ECL) using antibody‐antigen reaction. Some of the gels were treated with silver staining after 2‐DE. The molecular masses of SP‐A isomers in BALF from PAP ranged from 20.5 to 26, 26 to 32, and 32 to 42 kDa, respectively; and isoelectric points (pI) were in pH range of 4.5–5.4 under denaturing and reducing conditions. In the mass range of 20.5–26 kDa and pI of 4.5–5.4, there were five isomers, and in mass range of 26–32 kDa and pI of 4.5 to 5.4, there were at least eight isomers on the ECL detection film. However, in the mass range of 32–42 kDa and pI of 4.5–5.4, there were three isomers separated one from another but there was also a cluster of overlapping spots on the ECL detection film. Thus, this communication describes a characteristic 2‐DE pattern of SP‐A isomers in BALF from PAP as follows. (1) The five isomers of mass 20.5–26 kDa and pI of 4.5–5.4; (2) the eight isomers of mass 26–32 kDa and pI of 4.5–5.4; and (3) the three isomers of mass 32–42 kDa and pI of 4.5–5.4.


Electrical characteristics of thin-film (100nm), accumulation-mode SOI p-channel MOSFETs are reported and compared to simulation. In the OFF regime, the p-type channel is fully depleted. As a result, very low values of leakage current are obtained. Very good threshold voltage control is also obtained.


[Objective]The purpose was to analyze the fatty acid compositions that had the important physiological activity in the secondary metabolites of Phomopsis sp.fungus.[Method]An endophytic fungus By254 was separated from the cotton root and identified through the morphological and molecular biological methods.The compositions of fatty acids from its solid state fermentation products were analyzed by GC-MS technique. [Result]The endophytic fungus By254 grown on the PDA medium showed the typical morphological characters of Phomopsis sp.and had the similarity of 99%with Phomopsis sp.XSC002,on base of which,it was identified as the endophytic fungus of Phomopsis sp.There were 19 fatty acids that were separated and identified from By254,accounting for 92.6%of the total extraction amount.The main components were octadecanoic acid(18.7%),14-methyl-pentadecanoic acid(16.3%),8,11 -octadecadienoic acid(15.5%),hexadecanoic acid(8.1%) and 11- octadecenoic acid(7.2%),in which the content of unsaturated fatty acid was 41.3%.[Conclusion]This study first reported the compositions of fatty acids from Phomopsis sp..


To investigate the effects of house dust mites on the percentage of CD3+ICOS+ cells and the expression levels of transcription factors T-bet,GATA-3 and Foxp3 mRNA and cytokines IL-4,IL-10 and IFN-γ in the culture supernatants of mononucleatex cells in neonatal cord blood and adult peripheral blood,the percentages of CD3+ICOS+ cells from neonatal cord blood and adult peripheral blood before and after stimulations with PHA and house dust mite antigen were determined by flow cytometery,the expression levels of T-bet,GATA-3 and Foxp3 mRNA were analysed by RT-PCR assay and the levels of IL-4,IL-10 and IFN-γ in the culture supernatants were assayed with ELISA.It was demonstrated that the percentage of CD3+ICOS+ cells in neonatal cord blood was significantly reduced after stimulation with PHA in comparision with that before stimulation(P0.05),and the levels of T-bet and Foxp3 mRNA in neonatal cord blood were significantly elevated in comaprison with that before stimulation(P0.01)respectively.High dose of house dust mite antigen augumented the secretion of IFN-γ before PHA stimulation(P0.01),but decreasex the secretion of IL-10 after PHA stimulation(P0.01).It is concluded that the effect induced by high dose of house dust mite antigen on mononucleatex cells in neonatal cord blood is stronger than on adult peripheral blood. In addition,this antigen can down-regulate the expression of CD3+ICOS+ cells,up-regulate the expression of T-bet mRNA,increase the secretion of IFN-γ before PHA stimulation and decrease the secretion of IL-10 after PHA stimulation,thus inducing a Th1 response in neonatal cord blood.


Asthma is a highly prevalent and disabling disease of childhood. Data from national surveys indicate that 5–11 percent of children and adolescents in the United States— totaling over 4 million persons—have physician-diagnosed asthma (1–4). It is the most prevalent cause of childhood disability, with 1.4 percent of US children having disabling asthma (5). These data leave little room to doubt that asthma is one of the leading public health problems in the United States. Much of our knowledge about the burden of asthma in the US population comes from the data systems of the National Center for Health Statistics. The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has been used to track diagnosed asthma for over 30 years. Prior to 1997, the emphasis of the NHIS was to report the diagnosis of asthma. In 1997, the National Center for Health Statistics redesigned the NHIS. In this issue of the Journal, Akinbami et al. (6) try to make sense of the decline in the prevalence of asthma introduced by this redesign. The authors' analyses are a credible attempt to correct the artifactual decrease in asthma prevalence due to the NHIS redesign. Still, one cannot help but question why the NHIS—a survey that is so central to our understanding of asthma trends and the allocation of resources to control asthma—was altered in the midst of what appears to be an epidemic. Updating the structure of surveys is important. Otherwise, our monitoring systems would quickly become obsolete. The redesign of the NHIS appears to be intended to measure asthma control rather than prevalence, as indicated by the change to a question about asthma "attacks" (6). However, without additional information about medication use, data on asthma control can be very misleading (7). For example, an asthmatic person who has not suffered from a recent attack because he or she uses inhaled steroids may not be counted in a survey that focuses on recent wheezing episodes or "attacks." Thus, any observed decline may largely be a result of redefining asthma prevalence as the prevalence of uncontrolled asthma. Altering the design of the NHIS uncovered a largely unrecognized problem with our asthma surveillance system: It is a fragmented collection of data sets with no clearly stated roles and little coordination. Data collected in the various surveys conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics form the backbone of our asthma surveillance system. The National Death Index is used to measure rates and trends in asthma deaths (1, 4). The National Hospital Discharge Summary is used to monitor hospitalizations (1, 4, 8–10). The National Hospital and Ambulatory Medical Care Survey is used to monitor emergency room visits and ambulatory care (8, 9). The NHIS and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) are used to measure disease prevalence and disability (1–5, 11). These national surveys were not specifically designed for asthma, and they do not collect all the information we need to track asthma.


IoT in agriculture is growing rapidly, this is because the market demand for quality food ingredients is always increasing. To get quality food ingredients, it is necessary to take good care of plants, this is where the use of IoT is needed. In this research, a real-time IoT-based for greenhouse monitoring system will be developed using the LoRa communication protocol. There are 4 sensing parameters, temperature, humidity, light intensity, and soil moisture. This sensor data will be sent using LoRa RFM95 to the LoRa gateway and then save in Antares as an IoT platform. The transmission performance of LoRa is influenced by the spreading factor value and placement of the LoRa device. In indoor conditions, the average RSSI value obtained is -113 dBm and the SNR is 0.96 dB Meanwhile, in outdoor conditions, the average RSSI value obtained is -89.8 dBm and the SNR is 4.84 dB This affects the amount of data successfully sent, in indoor conditions with the value of SF12, the data successfully sent is 292 out of 480 data packets that should have been sent, while in outdoor conditions with the value of SF12, the data successfully sent is 451 out of 480 data packets. which should have been sent. The ratio of packet loss for indoor and outdoor is 39.17% for indoor and 6.04% for outdoor.


Porcine cholecystokinin-pancreozymin (CCK), which is a 33 amino acid peptide having a sulphated tyrosyl residue at position 27, was synthesized by the classical solution procedure applying our maximum protection strategy, for which the phenoxyacetyl group was used for the first time for protection of Ser residues.


Modern society relies heavily on computer programs or 'software'. Nearly everyone is aware that software sometimes malfunctions – it has 'bugs'. In a little known paper from 1949, Alan Turing described a technique for Checking a Large Routine; this paper might have accelerated the development of the subject of reasoning about software by decades, but sadly this gem from Turing had little impact. The current paper sets out the challenge to which Turing was responding, compares his proposals to those that came in the late 1960s, reflects on the missing impact and offers a summary of the state of the art. © 2014 Newcastle University. Printed and published by Newcastle University, Computing Science, Claremont Tower, Claremont Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, England. Bibliographical details


Convenient methods for obtaining extremely low resistivity contacts to bulk high Tc superconductors ( ρc in the range of 10−11–10−12 Ω cm2) are described. Three different configurations of silver contact metal in Y‐Ba‐Cu‐O have been employed, i.e., embedded Ag wire, embedded Ag particles, and selectively patterned Ag clad on superconductor wire. In all three cases, the low‐resistivity metallic contacts are formed in situ during the sintering or melt processing of the superconductor, thus eliminating the need for separate steps of contact preparation such as vacuum deposition of contact metal and additional heat treatment. The distribution and morphology of the silver contacts will be discussed. The measured contact resistivities in the present work are the lowest reported for the high Tc superconductors, and these methods may serve as a useful basis for important contact technologies needed for bulk superconductor applications.


Three kinds of bimetallic Schiff base titanium complexes with different substituent moieties on organic ligands were synthesized. Ring-opening polymerizations (ROP) of lactides were carried out by using these titanium complexes as catalysts. The polymerization data and kinetic studies showed that complex 1a had the highest activity and complex 2a had the lowest activity for ROP of lactides. Moreover, all these three newly synthesized bimetallic titanium complexes showed higher polymerization activity and better molecular weight control than their monometallic counterparts reported in our previous work.


Coalitions of the willing have become commonly linked with the war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq in 2003. Indeed a good deal of the invasion led by the United States was constructed and justified through the use of this mechanism. As evoked by President George W. Bush, when he spoke at a news conference just prior to the November 2002 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Prague, a marker was set between those ready to join in this campaign and those unwilling to do so. Choices had to be made by all nations as to 'whether or not they want to participate' (CNN, 2002; Donovan, 2002).


We analyse the asymptotics of ruin probabilities of two insurance companies (or two branches of the same company) that divide between them both claims and premia in some specified proportions when the initial reserves of both companies tend to infinity and generic claim size is subexponential.


Nowadays,more and more projects require large steam turbines with high steam conditions and the users of power plants will bring forward many technical requirements on the type selection for steam turbines.Based on the communications with users for years,the views is presented on several critical problems in type selection of large steam turbines,and it is proposed that parameter selection,extraction model,last stage blades,feedwater pump driving and double reheat during type selection should be according to the well-proven design of manufacturer,lay stress on the reliability of equipment and needn't pursue the best.


Abstract Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a notorious environmental carcinogen. Acute and chronic UV radiation exposure increase the risk for skin cancer. Protecting oneself from both UVA and UVB radiation with broad-based sunscreen can prevent certain skin cancers, their precursors, and photoaging. Although sun protection factor only measures UVB protection, it is essential to consider protection from UVA radiation when deciding on a particular sunscreen product. Awareness of particular controversies associated with sunscreen, such as vitamin D deficiency and sunscreen toxicity, is necessary to adequately counsel patients with sunscreen concerns. Additionally, all physicians should be familiar with sunscreen composition, proper use, and benefits while encouraging patient compliance.


Coverage of contributory pension programmes has been quite disappointing in Latin America in the aftermath of the reforms. The question thus arises as to whether non-contributory programmes could fill the gap. Uruguay is atypical in this region in that the proportion of the elderly receiving contributory pensions is high, and the incidence of poverty among the aged population is lower than among any other age group. But several observers fear that this situation could deteriorate in the future, because the conditions for accessing the pensions have been significantly tightened in the past decade. This article assesses several options for reforming the existing non-contributory pension programme, and estimates their fiscal cost.


The influence of equilibrium self‐fields on the filamentation instability in relativistic beam‐plasma systems is investigated within the framework of a macroscopic cold‐fluid description. For a low‐density beam (nb≪ne) propagating through a nonrelativistic plasma background, the instability criterion for ordinary‐mode propagation perpendicular to B0zez is shown to be (assuming perturbations with ∂/∂ϑ=0=∂/∂z) (ω2pbβ2bz/ω2cb) {1+(2ω2pb/ω2cb) [β2bz(1−fM)−(1−fq)]}−1≳1, where ωpb is the beam plasma frequency, ωcb is the beam cyclotron frequency, βbzc is the axial velocity of the beam, and fM and fq are the fractional current neutralization and fractional charge neutralization, respectively, by the background plasma. The azimuthal self‐magnetic field has a stabilizing influence for fM<1, whereas the radial self‐electric field has a destabilizing influence for fq<1.


Experimental studies were carried out to select the optimal design of transmitter and the receiver of the transcutaneous energy transfer system using coils with universal geometry in the automated stand. These coils made it possible to study the characteristics of the inductive powering system for various topological properties, as well as to increase the efficiency of the system and minimize costs related to carrying out experimental studies of inductive power transmission. It was found that preferable method of achieving the optimum fill factor of a coil (equal to 0.4), is increase of the internal diameter of the coils, in contrast to the reduction of the external diameter. Therefore, optimization of winding pitch and mutual inductance can be performed after optimization of the couple dimensions.


The modernisation of the world has significantly reduced the prime sources of energy such as coal, diesel and gas. Thus, alternative energy sources based on renewable energy have been a major focus nowadays to meet the world's energy demand and at the same time to reduce global warming. Among these energy sources, solar energy is a major source of alternative energy that is used to generate electricity through photovoltaic (PV) system. However, the performance of the power generated is highly sensitive on climate and seasonal factors. The unpredictable behaviour of the climate affects the power output and causes an unfavourable impact on the stability, reliability and operation of the grid. Thus an accurate forecasting of PV output is a crucial requirement to ensure the stability and reliability of the grid. This study provides a systematic and critical review on the methods used to forecast PV power output with main focus on the metaheuristic and machine learning methods. Advantages and disadvantages of each method are summarised, based on historical data along with forecasting horizons and input parameters. Finally, a comprehensive comparison between machine learning and metaheuristic methods is compiled to assist researchers in choosing the best forecasting technique for future research.


Abstract : A permanent seam exists between homeland security (law enforcement) and homeland defense (military). After the 9/11 attacks two organizations were created, the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Northern Command, one on each side of the divide. After over two years, U.S. Northern Command is still not being fully empowered and utilized as a combatant commander of the U.S. homeland.


The fluctuation of share prices in a secondary market allows investors/traders to gain profits through the difference in share prices (capital gain). In order to obtain these benefits, it is necessary to analyze before buying shares through fundamental and technical analysis. One of several methods in Technical Analysis is Simple Moving Average Method. This method can predict (forecast) share prices by calculating the moving average of the share price history. Historical share prices can be obtained in real-time using the Web Scrapper technique, so the results are more quickly and accurate. Using the MAPE (Mean Absolute Percent Error) method, the level of accuracy of forecasting can be calculated. As a result, the program could run successfully and display the value of forecasting and the level of accuracy for the entire data tested in LQ45. Besides, forecasting with a value of N = 5 has the highest level of accuracy, reaching 97,6 %, while the lowest one uses the value of N = 30, which is 95,0 %.


Mountain Maqin, one of the ancient islands in Zhoushan, is now located in Zhujia jian Island, Zhoushan County, Zhejiang Province. The original meaning of Maqin is the name of China by West Asia, South Asia and other places. It also means the important port house of "silk road" in Khotan of Xinjiang. The author of the paper holds that such a naming is closely related with Marine Silk Road since Ningbo once served as a departure and destination port of the Silk Road and the economic and cultural exchanges between China and the western Asian Countries in Tang Dynasty were very frequent. The name probably comes from the reference to Song Dynasty by the merchants of western and southern Asia.


Aim. Theoretical substantiation and practical adaptation of the provisions of Decent Work concept as a strategic direction for social and labor sphere development of the Ukrainian pharmaceutical market. Materials and methods. The methodological basis of the study was a set of general scientific and special methods, namely: formal and logical, system, marketing, sociological analysis. Results. The international standards were detailed for comparing labor market statistics, and it was determined that Ukraine has ratified 71 conventions, including 8 fundamental, 4 priority and 57 technical conventions. Ukraine and the International Labor Organization (ILO) signed the Memorandum of mutual understanding on the implementation of the Decent Work Program in Ukraine for the period 2016-2019. The programme is based on three main priorities: promoting employment and developing sustainable entrepreneurship for stability and growth, promoting effective social dialogue, improving social protection and working conditions. The main elements of the Concept of Decent Labor (CGL), their essence and legislative support for implementation are indicated. It is determined that the adaptation of the CGL in t business structure of Ukraine provides for the growth of international specialization and co-production, reflecting the increased social nature of production and is the result of the international division of labor (IDL), which is positioned as the process of separating various types of work at the international level. A sociological survey was conducted, respondents of which were representatives of structural units of manufacturing plants (managers of medium and technical management levels), the wholesale chain of the pharmaceutical market (line managers, managers and marketing specialists) and employees of the retail sector (pharmacy managers, their deputies, pharmacists and pharmacists). The results of the study showed that almost all elements of CGL are the prerogative of manufacturing plants (10 and 9 points have such elements of CGL as opportunity, equality, freedom and productivity). Conclusions. The results of the study allow us to emphasize the relevance of the justification of the directions for improving the organizational, labor, professional, social and economic environment of pharmaceutical companies based on the introduction of elements of CGL. Decent work must be ensured through the effective realization of the social, legal, economic and cultural rights of citizens, when the main components of the CGL can be represented as follows: employment + protection + rights + dialogue.


The notion of the Darmstadt School lies at the very heart of any conception of what the Darmstadt New Music courses were, how they functioned and what their purpose was. Arguably, the notion is important, too, in understanding what the Darmstadt New Music Courses still are, even now, a half-century on from the original coining of the term itself.


This paper analyses Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth in the EU for the main sectors of private activity by adopting a production frontier approach. This analysis enables us to examine the determinants of EU sector productivity growth in European countries and the channels through which different economic variables can influence productivity growth, whether by conditioning improvements in efficiency levels or by contributing to technical change. Our results show that all European sectors experienced shifts in their production frontier but need an enhancement of their catching-up capabilities; the importance of the sector structure is also manifest in explaining productivity; and infrastructure and human capital are found to be major determining factors of TFP growth.


Certain organising and pedagogical conditions of computerising innovation in teacher training at pedagogical colleges while running naturally ordered mathematics subjects are reviewed. Further recommendations are formed based on research work held at pedagogical colleges.


: Numerous prior articles have studied the relationships between student affect and various outcomes of learning. Prior research has found these relationships are complex; shifts in student affective experiences and the duration in which students remain in particular states form temporal patterns that are often difficult to interpret. Much of the existing research in this area focuses on the correlation between the overall prevalence of particular affective states and learning outcomes, ignoring the temporal and sequential characteristics of student affect. In this work, we leverage temporal clustering methods to identify emerging patterns of affect while students work within a computer-based learning platform to explore how sequence patterns of student concentration, boredom, confusion, and frustration correlate with student performance on a delayed assessment test. Similar to prior work, we find strong relationships between affect and student learning, even accounting for a measure of prior knowledge. Additionally, we identify that the directionality of these correlations in regard to specific affective states differs across clusters. While some affective states such as boredom are identified to exhibit negative relationships with learning within some patterns, a strong positive relationship between frustration and learning is found within one of the emerging pattern clusters.


Objective:To compare dosimetric difference of treatment planning of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy(3D-CRT)and intensity-modulated radiotherapy(IMRT)for local advanced non-small cell lung cancer(LANSCLC).Methods:Ten LANSCLC patients to be treated by radiotherapy were investigated.3D-CRT and IMRT plannings were designed for each patient.The prescribed dose was 60Gy(2Gy/f×30f),95% of the planning target volume was covered by this dose for each patient.The dose was computed with treatment planning system of Eclipse 10.0 using convolution / superposition algorithm.Two plans were compared according to the homogeneity index(HI)and conformity index(CI)of dosimetry in the planning target volume and the parameters of dose-volume histogram(DVH)in normal tissue.Results:In the terms of CI and HI,IMRT radiotherapy planning was significantly superior to 3D-CRT plan(P0.05),the index of V20 and V30 in normal lung tissue of IMRT planning was significantly superior to the 3D-CRT planning(P0.05).There were no significant differences between the MLD and V15 in two kinds of planning,but V5 was significantly increased(P=0.05)in the IMRT planning.The dose of esophagus,heart and spinal cord in the IMRT planning was lower than that of3D-CRT planning.Conclusion:For LANSCLC,IMRT has some dosimetric advantages over 3D-CRT.


The ability to judge emotional states (anger, surprise, sadness and happiness) from the non- verbal components of speech was studied in 169 children aged from 4 to 10 years (20- 43 children per gro ...


A study on characteristics of reference and background values of soils in Hetao Area was carried out.The results show that contents of the most elements in soils in this area are lower than those in the other areas in both China and abroad expect CaO,MgO,As and F,which are the major components in Hetao area.The results also indicate that the element contents in surface soil and deep layer soil are different.It means that human activities have obvious influence on the change of the element contents in the soils.The results from the study on characteristics of reference and background values of soils in this area will provide basic data and information for agriculture development,environment protection,endemic disease prevention and cure,etc.in Hetao area.


This article presents the design and simulation of a fully differential two-stage operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) in a 0.18 µm CMOS process with a 0.9 V supply voltage. For this purpose, both the bulk-driven and positive feedback techniques are employed. These techniques increase the DC gain by about 18.5 dB without consuming more power and changing the unity-gain bandwidth and phase margin of the OTA.


Future smart homes will create comfortable living environments which are embedded with a wide range of intelligent functionalities including home computing, entertainment, health care, and security. These place stringent requirements on the home networking architecture. In this paper, we propose a novel concept of Virtual Wireless Wire (Viwiwire), which is a set of consecutive high bandwidth wireless links over which concurrent transmission and reception can operate without interference. Based on this concept, a number of specific mesh networking architectures are proposed for future smart home networking. These include: wireless busline mesh, wireless ring mesh, and general multi-path mesh. The paper presents analyses that demonstrate the high performance of the proposed networking architectures.


The paper presents the results referring to the k-dominating numbers on the linear benzenoid chain (for each k ≥ 1) and perfect k-dominating sets on an infinite hexagonal grid.


Jack Goldstone proposes three predictors for acute social and political destabilization during the revolutionary wave of 2013-2014: (a) an intermediate level of per capita GDP, (b) a high level of corruption, and (c) a transitional type of political regime. After testing this theory on a broader sample, this study suggests and finds support for another predictor—"center-periphery dissonance" for the destabilization of the 2013-2014 wave. The emergence of this factor is common in the process of modernization, and is due to the heterogeneity of modernization processes, when a system's central elements ("capitals") are almost always modernized faster than its periphery. Identification of this factor is of considerable interest because accounting for this factor could significantly improve our capability to predict risks of sociopolitical destabilization of modernizing social systems.


Measurements of flow field by means of a two-component LDV system have been carried out in turbulent boundary layers over a smooth surface and a drag reducing grooved surface with a zero pressure gradient.Variations of the second-and third-order moments of velocity fluctuations are investigated to give thorough information on coherent motions in the turbulent near-wall region over both surfaces.


The article analyzes a more precise method for calculating the quantity of repetitive trials required for an experimental research in the field of machine building. The work suggests, justifies and tabulates a new tn-criterion of the minimal required number of repetitive trials. It is established that the new method is versatile, gives more stable and precise results, does not require a large number of repetitive trials, can be used for any samples, for any measurement accuracy requirements and assume calculation confidence probabilities.


Captive breeding is used for the conservation of endangered species, but inbreeding can result when a small number of founders are used to establish populations. Inbreeding can reduce the proportion of normal sperm in an ejaculate, but may also have effects on sperm size and shape (morphometry). We investigated the effects of inbreeding on sperm morphometry of black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes (Audubon and Bachman, 1851)) and red wolves (Canis rufus Audubon and Bachman, 1851) from captive breeding programs to determine if more inbred males produced sperm of poor quality (bulky head, small midpiece, short tail). We measured sperm head length, head width, midpiece length, midpiece width, and tail length on 10 sperm from each male of both species. A negative relationship between variation in sperm tail length and inbreeding coefficient (f) was found in black-footed ferret, suggesting that more inbred individuals will have reduced genetic and phenotypic variation. Analyses indicated a negative relationsh...


A study was carried out in 2008 of patients referred to the spa of Neris-les-Bains for fibro myalgia syndrome to assess the beneficial effects of hydrotherapy treatment in management of the disorder. About 7000 patients a year receive treatment at the spa. The thermal-mineral water 1 Medecin thermal 14 rue les grandes brunettes, 58340 Cercy-la-Tour. Courriel : email@example.com * Sujet memoire de fin d'etude, Capacite d'hydrologie et de climatologie medicales, faculte de medecine de Clermont-Ferrand. 2 Maitre de conferences, Faculte de medecine, Laboratoire de therapeutique, hydrologie et climatologie medi cales, 28 place Henri Dunant, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 1. firstname.lastname@example.com 3


OBJECTIVE
To compare the performances of children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with a group of control comparison subjects, both taken from a large clinical sample, using some of the most widely employed attention-based Brazilian tests.

METHOD
The performances of 186 children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were compared to that of 80 control individuals based on attention and working memory scores. Both groups had been referred due to academic impairment. All individuals were submitted to the TAVIS-3 sustained, shifted and focused attention tests, as well as to the working memory tests that make up the WISC-III Freedom from Distractibility Index (Digit Span and Arithmetic).

RESULTS
The control group was slightly older than the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder group (p = 0.07); IQ and schooling did not differ between groups (p = 0.34 and p = 0.38, respectively). While performing a test requiring sustained attention for a longer period of time, the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder group showed a significantly higher number of commission errors compared to the controls, thus presenting sustained attention deficits (p = 0.003); when the influence of IQ, age and schooling was reduced, the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder group also made more omission errors during a sustained attention task in comparison to the control group, thus achieving a borderline significance level (p = 0.08); the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder group also performed worse in Digit Span forward and backward (p = 0.013 and p = 0.01, respectively) and in Arithmetic (p = 0.008). Other scores did not achieve significance.

CONCLUSION
Our findings suggest that some of the most commonly used Brazilian attention-based tests - especially the sustained attention and working memory tests - may be useful to help distinguish subjects with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from control subjects.


Two prominent phases of deformation characterize the structure and current geometry of the western-central Alps: (1) nappe emplacement and stacking associated with single-vergent, NW-directed thrusting, and (2) backfolding associated with doubly-vergent, SE-directed movement. For the Monte Rosa region, early subduction and delamination of crustal units has been proposed to explain the nappe stack sequences that emplace ophiolite units onto continental crustal units, associated with areas of high-pressure metamorphism. However, the reasons for switching to late-stage backfolding associated with major uplift to lower grade metamorphic conditions is still ambiguous. This change in deformation style of the Alpine orogeny could potentially be explained by the relative weakening of the orogenic, wedge-shaped, lid with respect to the lower wedge in which nappe stacking took place. In this study, we present simple two-dimensional numerical simulations of two-wedge viscous corner-flow in order to quantitatively understand the mechanisms that control the large-scale geometries of the Alpine orogeny. Our initial model configuration consists of a lower wedge (representative of the orogenic wedge above the subducting European plate) and an upper wedge (representative of the overriding Adriatic orogenic lid).


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Hybrid F_1 of Liriodendron chinense grows rapidly. Growth yield in height of two years hybrid Liriodendron chinense by graft increase 22%, in diameter breath height increase 43%. This technique is suitable for raising seedling for urban afforestion.


Throughout the last decade we have been witnessing major natural disasters as well as rapid climate changes. As it is shown in this paper, main initiator of most of these wrongdoings are humans – we who ought to take responsibility of improving preservation of natural resources as a whole.
Through my work I have come to various conclusions which are based on characteristics of polymeric materials that designate them as materials of the future. Excellent mechanical features make them ideal for different purposes, but their usage depletes the planet Earth, so it is vital to use them in parallel with thinking about further recycling. There are many methods for recycling polymeric materials, but the most common because of its simplicity is still material recovery of polymers. The system still isn't ideally composed and it doesn't give predisposition for complete recycling of polymers. Due to lack of financial profit in countries with faulty law system or due to human negligence, polymeric waste sometimes remains just waste and it doesn't live up to its recycling capacities.
Great researching effort has been made in the manufacturing of biodegradable polymers which indicates future reduction of large amounts of waste which are now sent to landfill.


The research contained in this paper belongs to the qualitative theory of dynamic equations on time scales. Via the detailed analysis of solutions of the associated Riccati equation and an advanced averaging technique, we provide the description of domain of nonoscillation of very general equations. The results are formulated and proved for half‐linear equations (i.e., equations connected to PDEs with one dimensional p‐Laplacian) on time scales. Nevertheless, we obtain new results also for linear difference equations. Moreover, the combination of the presented results with previous ones shows that many useful equations are conditionally oscillatory. Such equations are ideal as testing and comparison equations in real‐world models which are beyond capabilities of known oscillation and nonoscillation criteria often.


The purpose of the study is toanalyze the effect of work experience on the performance of tax inspectors. Analyzing the integrity of moderating work experience to the performance of tax inspectors.  The research design used Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA). The research sample was a tax inspector at the Associate Tax Service Office in the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes of Central Jaw I, which totaled 60 respondents. The results of the study explained that work experience contributes to improving the performance of tax inspectors, integrity strengthens the relationship between work experience and tax inspector performance.


Objective To observe the effect of Tiaogan Yishen Decoction on the treatment of impotence. Methods 90 cases with impotence were randomly divided into control and treatment groups. Patients in control group (n=30) were treated by Zhuangyang Fuchunling capsule. Patients in treatment group (n=60) were treated by Tiaogan Yishen Decoction with3 courses of a month. Results The total effective rate in treatment group (75.0%) was markedly higher than that in control group (56.7%, P0.05). Conclusion Tiaogan Yishen Decoction could effectively treat impotence.


For more than two decades researchers have been using the proximate determinants of fertility framework proposed by Bongaarts. Making use of availability new data and experiences gained in the past Stover has suggested modifications to the framework. Certain inconsistencies are observed in Stovers work and they are brought out in order to sensitize the potential users of the model. (authors)


The article on the basis of analyzing the traditional autocorrelation, put forward an improvement on the transient impact composition of autocorrelation detection method, this method is able to signal the periodic transient component with more parameters. Under various faults of bearing vibration signal applications show that this method can very effectively expressed in the vibration impact characteristics, and can be conducted according to the characteristics of bearing fault diagnosis. The idea of this method is based on signal absolute value instead of the envelope calculations, so it can reduce the computational complexity, still can obtain good results. Keywords-absolute; since the related; bearing fault; the transient; detection


The study investigated the frequency of adverse life events and prevalence of MD recorded for clients with intellectual disabilities (ID) in a medium secure unit, using data from an electronic patient record (EPR) system. Prevalence of MD was calculated on the basis of ICD‐10 diagnoses and a 38‐item checklist was developed to investigate adverse/traumatic life events for sub‐samples with and without MD. High rates of MD were reported overall, particularly of schizotypal and delusional disorders and disorders of personality. Adverse life events including abuse, bereavement and relationship difficulties had been documented by clinicians. The overall number of recorded events was significantly higher for clients diagnosed with a MD. Associations between MD and life events have been reported previously, but not in a forensic ID population. The study contributes to a growing body of literature highlighting the relationship between life events and mental health in people with ID, offering further information for service development and clinical practice.


The effects of the chemical composition of Diesel fuels on emissions is a critical issue for future Diesel fuels and synthetic fuels. In order to understand these effects, a series of fuels prepared from blends of pure hydrocarbons were studied in a single cylinder, DI Diesel engine. the base fuel was a 2:1 mixture by volume of iso-octane and tetradecane. The exhaust emissions measured were: CO, CO 2 , O 2 , NO x , UHC, aldehydes, particulates, and soluble organic fraction


This paper is based on the Riemann Hypothesis and trivial zeros of the zeta function. The paper shows the reasons of why the analytic continuation of zeta function is wrong in two peculiar ways. Identities are derived from the very definition of analytic functions that are contradictory to those given by Riemann hypothesis.