A new algorithm for fast mode decision in the H264 video coding standard is presented in this paper. The algorithm exploits mode grouping through moving averages of error cost functions for providing significant computational savings with similar rate distortion performance as compared to accepted standard contributions (Lim et al., 2003)


An electrophorctic analysis of esterases in developing Culex pipiens fatigans Wiedemann (Diptera: Culicidae), showed characteristic zymogram patterns for each of the major stages of metamorphosis. However, little qualitativevariation was observed within each of the major stages. There was an increase in esterase activity as the larvae developed, and adult males and females were differentiated by 4 weak zones of esterase activity.

A genetic study of the larval polymorphism for the Esterase E (Est E) zone indicated that this esterase was specified by a pair of autosomal alleles inherited without dominance: Est E a and Est E b. Homozygotes showed the slow-moving (Est Ea) or the fast-movingh and (Est Eb) only. Heterozygotes had both parental bands and in addition a hybrid enzyme band. The formation of the hybrid molecule suggests that the Est E variants in Culex exist as a dimer. However, in vivo and in vitro hybridization tests showed a deficiency in the enzyme activity of the hybrid molecule. A partial characterization of the Est E zone indicated that this enzyme is probably an ali-esterase.


xiv Chapter I: Introduction 1 1.1 Feline Fibrosarcoma 1 1.2 Gene Therapy 3 1.2.1 Adenoviruses 4 1.3 Cocca Clinical Data 6 1.3.1 Established Cocca-6A 8 1.4 Purpose 9 Chapter II: Materials and Methods 10 2.1 Cell Culture 10


A two-dimensional model of the mechanical properties of textiles is constructed, and the relations between model parameters and model behaviour are studied. The influence of the number of bonding sites in the model on stress-strain curves, on the CPU time consumption, and on the stability of model outputs is described. The methodology of computer-simulation methods in the study of textile mechanics is discussed.


Agonist occupied α1-adrenoceptors (α1-ARs) engage several signaling pathways, including phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis, calcium mobilization, arachidonic acid release, mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activation, and cAMP accumulation. The natural agonist norepinephrine (NE) activates with variable affinity and intrinsic efficacy all adrenoceptors, and in cells that coexpress α1- and β-AR subtypes, such as cardiomyocytes, this leads to coactivation of multiple downstream pathways. This may result in pathway cross-talk with significant consequences to heart physiology and pathologic state. To dissect signaling components involved specifically in α1A- and β2-AR signal interplay, we have developed a recombinant model system that mimics the levels of receptor expression observed in native cells. We followed intracellular Ca2+ mobilization to monitor in real time the activation of both Gq and Gs pathways. We found that coactivation of α1A- and β2-AR by the nonselective agonist NE or via a combination of the highly selective α1A-AR agonist A61603 and the β-selective agonist isoproterenol led to increases in Ca2+ influx from the extracellular compartment relative to stimulation with A61603 alone, with no effect on the associated transient release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores. This effect became more evident upon examination of an α1A-AR variant exhibiting a partial defect in coupling to Gq, and we attribute it to potentiation of a non Gq-pathway, uncovered by application of a combination of xestospongin C, an endoplasmic reticulum inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor blocker, and 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, a nonselective storeoperated Ca2+ entry channel blocker. We also found that stimulation with A61603 of a second α1A-AR variant entirely unable to signal induced no Ca2+ unless β2-AR was concomitantly activated. These results may be accounted for by the presence of α1A/β2-AR heterodimers or alternatively by specific adrenoceptor signal cross-talk resulting in distinct pharmacological behavior. Finally, our findings provide a new conceptual framework to rationalize outcomes from clinical studies targeting α- and β-adrenoceptors.


Broadband electromagnetic induction sensors have been shown to be highly effective at detecting and classifying buried metal. These sensors generate a wideband primary magnetic field to excite eddy currents in buried metal and measure the secondary magnetic field they induce. The target is identified by fitting a dipole model to the measured data. The dipole model is represented by a magnetic polarizability tensor, which is expressed by a pole expansion and used as a signature for a target. Viewed as a singularity expansion, the magnetic polarizability can be decomposed into contributions from a set of eddy-current modes that relax at different frequencies. This decomposition provides a unique signature for targets of interest, allowing them to be effectively distinguished from clutter. In this paper, an integral method is presented for computing the magnetic polarizability and its singularity expansion for three-dimensional targets.


Objective To observe the increasing effect of specific wave band infrared moxibustion on leukocyte in tumor patients receiving radiochemotherapy.Method Self-made specific wave band infrared moxibustion instrument with 15 μm as a radiative center was used to perform moxibustion on points Zusanli(ST36), Guanyuan(CV4), Geshu(BL17) and Xuanzhong(GB39) in tumor patients receiving radiochemotherapy.Results In the patients, a leukocyte count was 8.36% higher at 1 week after infrared moxibustion than before it, but there was no statistically significant difference, and it was 35.38% higher at 3 weeks after infraed moxibustion than before it, which was singnificantly different from that before moxibustion(P 0.02).Conclusion Specific wave band infrared moxibustion has an marked increasing effect on leukocyte in tumor patients receiving radiochemotherapy.


Large point sources account for as much as 60% of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions for some countries. Because CO2 emissions are seldom measured directly, but are generally estimated from other data, we need to understand the uncertainty of these emissions estimates. Simply stated, for any given geographical and temporal location, we would like to quantify the emissions and the associated uncertainty with as fine a resolution as possible. While US data on point sources are largely assumed to be among the best available globally, the reported locations of these sources, based on the data set used in this analysis, are estimated to differ by 0.84 km on average from their actual locations. This paper presents a metric to quantify spatial uncertainty in point sources and explains why the uncertainty in point source data cannot be described with traditional methods. A Monte Carlo simulation is used to calculate expected emissions values for each point source and the associated spatial uncertainty is derived from these expected values. The uncertainty metric can be used to define and calibrate appropriate levels of resolution for regions with more or less reliable data sets. Gridded data are output to be incorporated into other data products reporting spatially explicit emissions estimates.


Drive axle housing is an important part in heavy truck. 3D model of the axle housing was made by software UG. The finite element model of automobile drive axle housing was built with simulation software NX.NASTRAN and the finite element modal analysis was achieved. 1-6 order natural vibration frequencies were got under three kinds of working condition which were the maximum traction force, the maximum vertical force and the maximum lateral force. The vibration frequency was far greater than the natural frequency in the actual work. The security of the drive axle housing has been validated.


Under the background of economic globalization,the exchange rate issue covers a wide rage of the world.With more and more participation of China into various international communications,a slight move of the exchange rate may affect the whole situation.Therefore,it is necessary to attach great importance.RMB appreciation can cause many positive effects on China's economy,but its negative effects can not be ignored.Cognition on economic work should be improved and prevention measures should be made to ensure the smooth operation of the economy.


ABSTRACT When we visualize a calendar, we have a vague impression of a rectangular grid hovering in front. But 1% of the population "see" vivid, crisp "calendar form" – e.g. an odd V shape as in subject ML. We found that (1) ML could "read off", months of her calendar – or alternate months – backward, unlike controls; (2) her eyes and index finger unconsciously "tracked" her reading; (3) her calendar moved with her gaze and tilted with her head; (4) after looking at a contracting spiral, her calendar expanded. In a second subject EA, the calendar was body centered and the access to episodic memories was partially "blocked" when she "looked away". Our experiments provide, for the first time, clear unambiguous proof for the veracity and true perceptual nature of the phenomenon. We suggest the calendar is constructed in the angular gyrus and its connections with the hippocampus via the inferior longitudinal fasciculus.


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Signer adaptation is important to sign language recognition systems in that a one-size-fits-all model set can not perform well on all kinds of signers. Supervised signer adaptation must utilize the labeled adaptation data that are collected explicitly. To skip the data collecting process in signer adaptation, we propose an unsupervised adaptation method called hypothesis comparison guided cross validation (HC-CV) algorithm. The algorithm not only addresses the problem of overlap between the data set to be labeled and the data set for adaptation, but also employs an additional hypothesis comparison step to decrease the noise rate of the adaptation data set. Experimental results show that the HC-CV adaptation algorithm is superior to the CV adaptation algorithm and the conventional self-teaching algorithm. Though the algorithm is proposed for signer adaptation, it can also be applied to speaker adaptation and writer adaptation straightforwardly.


In this study of employees in five multinational corporations, assessment was made of (a) employees' beliefs regarding the types of personal information stored by their companies, (b) the accuracy ...


Abstract Cadmium sulfide/zinc sulfide (CdS/ZnS) core-shell nanoparticles in polyacrylamide (PAM) colloid particle were prepared by the succession of inverse miniemulsion polymerization and absorption. The cadmium sulfate (CdSO4)-PAM colloid was firstly prepared by inverse miniemulsion polymerization, the CdS nanoparticles were formed by reaction between CdSO4 in PAM particles and excessive sodium sulfide in being-absorbed miniemulsion droplets; and then the ZnS nanoparticles were orientated-grew onto CdS nanoparticles by slowly absorbing zinc acetate in miniemulsion droplets. The effects of the Cd2+/Zn2+ molar ratios on CdS/ZnS-PAM particles preparation were investigated. When the Cd2+/Zn2+molar ratio was 1:1, the Z average diameter of the CdS/ZnS-PAM particles was 178 nm. The CdS/ZnS crystals showed a greater size with Zn2+ mole fraction increase. The core-shell structure of CdS/ZnS nanoparticles was confirmed successfully by transmission electron microscopy observation, X-ray diffraction analysis and so on. The ZnS shell layer played an important role in modification and reduced the surface defects of nanocrystals effectively. The succession method will provide a great advantage in core-shell structure CdS/ZnS preparation. Graphical Abstract


In the circle of translation studies, Lawrence Venuti is usually considered the most prominent representative of the method of foreignization. However, very few people know that in China there is also a great theorist and translator, Lu Xun, who developed his own method of foreignization years earlier than Venuti. This article aims at carrying out a contrastive analysis of Lu Xun's and Venuti's translation theory. It will mainly focus on the method of foreignization, which will be also illustrated with examples of their translations. After a detailed comparison between the two authors, we can conclude that their views on foreignization present many similarities, but also some differences, due to their different historical and social contexts


The antioxidant activity of each fraction of hawthorn extracts was assayed by the methods of the ABTS,FRAP and DPPH in vitro.The animal model was established in mice by gavage of high-fat and high-sucrose emulsion.The inhibitory activity of lipid peroxidation was observed in vivo.The scavenging capacity of ABTS,FRAP and DPPH free radical of each fraction of hawthorn extracts was consistent (SCSDSBSESA) in vitro.SC could significantly increase the level of SOD(superoxide dismutase)(P0.05),and decrease the level of MDA(malondialdehyde)(P0.001) in vivo.The results showed that the antioxidant effect of SC was stronger than of that any other site of hawthorn extracts in vitro.The antioxidant activity of SC was consistent in vivo and in vitro.The result indicated that the antioxidant activity of SC in vitro had relation with the lipid peroxidant of SC in vivo.


The introduction of a pipette or needle into the blastocoele has been used for measurement of the potential difference across the trophoblast (Gamow & Daniel, 1970; Cross, 1971), for aspiration of fluid (Lutwak-Mann, Boursnell & Bennett, 1960; Smith, 1970), for removal of a portion of the inner cell mass (Lin, 1969), for injection of teratogens (Lin & Monie, 1973) and for inj'ection of cells into the blastocyst cavity (Gardner, 1968; Moustafa & Brinster (1972). Despite temporary distortion following manipulation, the blastocyst exhibits a remarkable ability to regain its original form. Capacity for normal development is also retained in most cases. Rabbit blastocysts which contracted after microsurgery seldom implanted unless they were allowed to re-expand in culture for 3J to 9 hr before transfer (Gardner & Edwards, 1968). In contrast to conditions in the rabbit, work in our laboratory has shown that transfer of the contracted mouse blastocyst does not limit subsequent development. Possibly this success is dependent upon a very rapid re-expansion of the mouse blastocyst following transfer. The purpose of this study was to determine the time sequence of re-expansion following puncture of the blastocoele. In addition, to determine whether RNA or protein synthesis is required for re-expansion, the effect of actinomycin D and puromycin on blastocyst re-expansion was evaluated. Mice of the C57BL/6 or ICR strain were induced to superovulate with sequential injections of PMSG (Sigma) and HCG (APL, Ayerst). Blastocysts were obtained from these animals on the 4th day after mating with either C57BL/6 or ICR males. For microsurgery, the blastocysts were deposited into a small drop ofBrinster's (1963) medium in an 'egg-well' (Lin, 1971) which was covered with mineral oil. Blastocysts were secured for injection by a smooth holder pipette. A bevelled pipette with a sharp tip (the orifice was approximately 2 to 4 μ . in diameter) held in a Leitz micromanipulator, was inserted through the trophoblast into the blastocoele and quickly withdrawn. Care was taken to avoid the inner cell


A number of the scholars mentioned in the acknowledgments of this work and whom I know personally—including Jana S. Rošker, Ady Van den Stock and, especially, Sachiko Murata—have urged me to read and review this stimulating book by Anthony F. Shaker. A philosopher, a scholar of Islamic thought/civilization, and an analyst of social theory, he has translated three important books by Ghazālī and composed works on both Islamic and Western European philosophy, and on contemporary political developments. These include Thinking in the Language of Reality (2012), an exposition of the systematic philosophy of Ṣadr al-Dīn Qūnawī (d. 1274). As far as this reviewer is concerned, the thematic scope of this new book is itself testimony that "new thresholds are possible for our troubled humanity". Vernon Press ought to be congratulated for publishing this extraordinarily rich book, which I highly recommend.


Objective: To determine the relationship of professional value system of nurses to their duties and functions specifically on patient care provisions and decisions among selected government hospitals in Hail city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: The study utilized a Descriptive Correlational method of research inquiry where a 26-item questionnaire on nurse professional value system (NPVSR) were distributed to 150 staff nurses employed in 3 government hospitals in the City of Hail after which, their responses were correlated using Pearson r against their demographic profiles such as gender, age, religion, ethnicity, educational attainment, years of practice, current unit or ward assignment and current rank or position. Results: Based on the responses of the 150 participants, the results showed that there was no significant relationship that exists between their demographic profiles to their value systems on different patient care provisions and decisions during their clinical duties and employment as staff nurses. Conclusions: The study implicated that the value systems of the participants are not dependent or influenced largely or directly by their gender, age, religion, ethnicity, years of practice, educational attainment, current ward or unit assignment and current rank or position. The data further revealed that for this specific group of participants, their professional value system may in some other ways influenced by other factors not mentioned or included in their demographic profiles for the study.


Transfer functions, one of core components in Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), provide the needed relationships between design, process and materials parameters and the CTQs (Critical-to-Quality characteristics) in the product and process development cycle. Transfer function provides direct method for understanding and representing an over all product and process function. Transfer function also provides a strategy for customer voice cascade, function decomposition, physical modeling and concept generation. The concept of transfer function is not new. However, the development of transfer function is not trivial and is a creative and challenging task. In part I of this paper, we will discuss how to develop a transfer function in the DFSS framework. In part II of this paper, we devote our efforts in the discussion of selecting the best transfer function for design evaluation and optimization.


Control circuit and method for edge rate is implemented using a variety of circuit devices and methods. Using one such method, the output signal of the bus is controlled by disconnecting the feedback capacitor from the gate of the transistor (108) using the isolation switch (106) (106). Transistor (108) is used to control the output signal. Using the switch (112) using a charge-sharing capacitor selectively coupled (114) to the feedback capacitor (116), a predetermined amount of charge is removed from the feedback capacitor (116). Switch (112) becomes enabled in response to the output signal reaches the output voltage, and becomes disabled in response to the charge-sharing capacitor reaches a reference voltage (114).


. (1992). Liberalization, crisis, intervention: The Chilean financial system 1975-1985. In Banking Crises, T. Baliio and V. Sundarajan (eds.). International Monetary Fund. Wallace, N. (1996). Narrow banking meets the Diamond-Dybvig model. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review, Winter, pp. 3-13. World Bank. (1998). Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1998/99: Beyond Financial Crisis. Washington, D.C.


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Anesthesia may acutely reveal angle-closure glaucoma. This complication is an ophthalmologic emergency. However, symptoms of acute glaucoma may be overlooked or misinterpreted in a sedated or comatose patient, and this may result in delayed treatment. Immediate diagnosis and appropriate treatment should be done to prevent visual loss.


Alcohol prohibition continues to be a policy pursued by more than 10 percent of the counties in the United States. However, many questions exist about the effectiveness of prohibition policies for controlling social maladies such as accidents and fatal injuries related to driving under the influence (DUI). In this research, a situational crime prevention framework is used to evaluate the hypothetical relationship between countywide alcohol prohibition and incidents of DUI. We focus specifically on county-level comparisons of DUI arrests in Arkansas where slightly more than half of the counties are "dry" (sale of alcohol to the general public is prohibited). Utilizing police reports of DUI arrests we examine whether the dry county distinction is indeed associated with fewer DUI arrests than found in wet counties. Findings indicate that the dry county distinction does not result in significantly lower rates of DUI arrest when law enforcement variables are considered. These findings are analyzed and implications for future research are discussed.


The Nam O - Nam Dong fault is rated as one of the most seismic source zones in Central Vietnam. Field investigation in the mountainous areas in the Cam Le and Hoa Vang districts (Da Nang city), which is a part of the Nam O - Nam Dong fault zone, the authors have discovered fault gouge zone of 5-40 cm width within the Dai Loc granitic rock. Two fault gouge samples were collected for Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating. The results from the ESR dating on the quartz grains from the fault gouge samples showed the youngest age from the smallest fraction, probably indicating that ESR signals in the fractions were completely zeroed at the time of faulting due to frictional heat. The preliminary results from the ESR dating on the quartz grains from the fault gouge indicate that the last major faulting in this site was later the ages of 15.05±3.55 ka to 18.21±4.06 ka ago. Multiple actives during the late Pleistocene - Holocene of this fault had uplifted the fault gouge from a depth-seated to the present-day locality. These data suggest that this fault zone can be classified as a potentially active fault zone and presents some seismic hazards.


Description of known and some newly identified work of andreas pleninger (plieninger, pleininger) either from lithographs or the original stone-blocks found in austria.


At the recent BioProcess International European Summit in Prague, a number of presenters discussed various methodologies and options for optimizing cell culture operations. According to Tim Ward, strategic marketing director at TAP Biosystems, now part of Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a clone's specific productivity defines the size of the production facility and, ultimately, the drug's profitability. Given the importance of high-dose monoclonal antibody therapies, bioprocessors have come to expect multigramper-liter results from platform processes. "Achieving this goal rapidly and efficiently is essential," says Ward. Because traditional cell-line optimization is often costly and time-consuming, the industry has searched for tools to Angelo DePalma, Ph.D.


In this paper, we present a novel numerical scheme for solving a class of nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations with non-smooth solutions. The proposed method relies on a special kernel based formulation of the solutions found in our early work on the method of lines transpose and successive convolution. In such a framework, a high order weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) methodology and a nonlinear filter are further employed to avoid spurious oscillations. High order accuracy in time is realized by using the high order explicit strong-stability-preserving (SSP) Runge-Kutta method. Moreover, theoretical investigations of the kernel based formulation combined with an explicit SSP method indicates that the combined scheme is A-stable and up to third order accuracy. Evaluation of the kernel based approach is done with a fast $\mathcal{O}(N)$ summation algorithm. The new method allows for much larger time step evolution compared with other explicit schemes with the same order accuracy, leading to remarkable computational savings.


Product number: 2000S The Model 2000 is our newest voting booth. Made of heavy duty plastic, this versatile voting booth combines rugged durability with an attractive design that is self-contained and lightweight. It is large enough to accommodate up to a 21" optical scan ballot. Stackable design requires minimal storage space. Available in Standard or ADA model. Product features • Handicapped version available • Five year warranty* • Rugged blow molded lid and base • Cloth side panels • Clip on fluorescent light (optional) • Easy to assemble aluminum legs Product specifications • Overall height – 60.5" • Writing Surface height - 40" • Writing Surface depth - 20" • Writing Surface width - 19" • Legs width - 27" • Legs depth - 24" • Case dimensions – 26.5" x 24.5" x 5.25" • Weight – 16 pounds


Dicyandiamide and aryldicyandiamides react with thiosemicarbazide to yield 1-amino-4-imino(or arylimino)-6-iminohexahydro-l,3,5-triazine-2-thiones. Acid hydrolysis of these compounds results in 3-amino-5-amino(or ary1amino)-1,2,4-triazoles with loss of thiocyanic acid, and their condensation with phenacyl bromide yields 8-amino(or arylamino)-6-imino-3-phenyl-4H,6H-[1,3,5]triazino-[2,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazines.Reaction of thiocarbohydrazide with dicyandiamides affords 1-amino-4-imino(or ary1imino)-6-hydrazonohexahydro-l,3,5-triazine-2-thiones. These compounds are converted into 8-amino(or arylamino)-6-hydrazono-3-phenyl-4H,6H-[l,3,5]triazino-[2,l-b][1,3,4]thiadiazines by treatment with phenacyl bromide.


Purpose: The overall purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of Nutraceutical rejuvenator (NR) on sports person using anti-fatigue testing. Research Methodology: Male Wistar Rat from five groups were administered vehicle and marketed formulation ( herbalife) and NR-6, NR-8 and NR-10, respectively (n = 5 per group in each test) were orally administered Nutraceutical powder for 14days at 6mg/160kg/day, 8mg/180kg/day and 10mg/200kg/day. The anti-fatigue activity and exercise performance were evaluated using exhaustive swimming time, as well as levels of creatine kinase were also evaluated after an acute swimming exercise. The resting muscular was also analyzed after 14-day supplementation with Nutraceutical formulation. Results: Trend analysis revealed that Nutraceutical powder (NR) increased swimming time and creatine kinase. Therefore, Nutraceutical powder may be potential for the pharmacological effect of anti-fatigue. Conclusion: Safe and effective Nutraceutical formulation of combined nutraceutical herbs and flavor in the form of powder was successfully developed.


The Hecke invariants in the cohomology of the reductive Borel-Serre compactification of a locally symmetric space are computed in terms of the compact dual symmetric space. This is used to show that the Chern classes of the canonical topological extensions of automorphic vector bundles to the reductive Borel-Serre compactification of a Shimura variety have motivic properties in Hodge, de Rham, and Galois realizations. The reductive Borel-Serre (RBS) compactification M of a noncompact arithmetic locally symmetric space M = Γ\D was introduced by Zucker [Z1] by modifying the earlier construction of Borel and Serre. It has since played a central role in several important developments related to automorphic forms and the cohomology of arithmetic groups, e.g. the topological trace formula [GHM, GKM, GM] and the theory of L-modules and vanishing theorems [Sa1, Sa2]. When M is a connected Shimura variety (i.e. D is Hermitian and Γ congruence), the RBS compactification interpolates between the two known algebraic compactification methods: It has much milder singularities than the minimal compactification of Baily-Borel [BB] and is canonical, unlike the smooth toroidal compactifications of Mumford et al. [AMRT]. Although M is not an algebraic variety, it is motivic [AZ]. In particular, its cohomology has a mixed Hodge structure, an algebraic de Rham k-structure, and an l-adic Gal(k̄/k) representation for each l (cf. [Z3, N2, AZ], see §2 for a review; here k is the number field of definition of M). The main results here are the following: (1) We compute the invariants and coinvariants in the cohomology of the RBS compactification of an arithmetic locally symmetric space under its natural symmetries, the Hecke correspondences. The invariants are canonically a direct summand isomorphic to the cohomology of the compact dual (Theorem 1). (2) When M is a Shimura variety we show that there is a good theory of Chern classes of automorphic vector bundles on the RBS compactification. Automorphic vector bundles on M extend naturally to topological vector bundles on M ([GT, Z2]) and their Chern classes span the invariants in cohomology. We show (using (1)) that these topological Chern classes look motivic, i.e. in Hodge, de Rham, and Galois realizations of H∗(M) they have the properties one would expect if M were an algebraic variety over k and automorphic vector bundles on M extended algebraically to M , respecting fields of rationality (Theorem 2). In the rest of this introduction we state these two results precisely (0.1, 0.2), briefly discuss their proofs and related results in the literature (0.3), and discuss what happens for the minimal compactification (0.4), where analogues of (1) and (2) fail, but for rather interesting reasons. 0.1. Invariants in cohomology. Let G be a connected reductive group over Q, K∞ ⊂ G(R) a maximal compact subgroup, AG the maximal Q-split torus in the centre of G, and MSC 2010 Classification: 11F75, 14G35.


The harmonic and transient finite element method (FEM) are used to determine the starting and operational characteristics of a large induction motor (IM). The starting properties of the initially proposed motor are strongly degraded by parasitic asynchronous crawling tendencies and the motor is unable to achieve the nominal rotor velocity. It is shown in this paper that, when analyzing the IM using the time-harmonic procedure only, these parasitic effects are not detectible. In order to enable the detection of all the effects provoked by higher harmonics the designing process has been expanded by the use of a transient numerical analysis coupled to the equations of motion. The acceleration torque, position and rotational speed of the rotor are recalculated at every time step. This way, the estimation of the newly proposed motor's design is realizable, based on the simulation results only. The numerical results are compared with measurements.


The ALICE detector was designed to identify hadrons over a wide range of transverse momentum at mid-rapidity. Here measurements of light charged (π, K, p) and neutral (Λ, K0S) hadrons in Pb-Pb collisions at SNN = 2.76 TeV are presented with additional data from a pp reference at S = 7 TeV. Such measurements are crucial for understanding the properties of the fireball produced in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC. The particle-type dependence of the spectra and the yields of particles extracted give information on the expansion dynamics and chemical composition respectively. In addition studying the ratio of baryons to mesons may help in understanding the mechanisms by which hadronisation takes place. We find that, when comparing to data from SNN = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC, a more strongly expanding system is created with a similar relative population of hadron species. We also see that collective effects or complex mechanisms responsible for a relative enhancement of baryons have an influence at a m...


A room-temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy study has been conducted on single molecules and multilayers of C60 molecules adsorbed on the Si(1 0 0)-(2 1) surface without any post-annealing. For single isolated molecules, four peaks in the local density of states are observed that can be well attributed to molecular energy levels. Scanning tunneling microscope spectroscopy has also been carried out on molecules that are moved across the silicon surface. Spectroscopy on multilayers of C60 shows broad, smeared out features for the first monolayer, while the third layer results resemble those of single isolated molecules. We attribute the variations in electronic spectra to differing intermolecular interactions in the first and upper layers of C60. 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.


Government of Indonesia have target to achieve 23% share of renewable energy in National energy mix by 2025. As a part of the target, solar energy needs to contribute as much as 6.5 GW installed capacity in 2025. Therefore, Government of Indonesia develop policy to promote renewable energy, especially solar energy. In 2013, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources launched High Tariff Regulation for Solar PV Power Plant. The 5 MW Kupang Solar PV Power Plant is one of the result of the policy. It was the biggest Solar PV Power Plant project in Indonesia. This project located in Oelpuah District, Kupang Regent, in East Nusa Tenggara. This Solar PV Power Plant consist of 2,208 units of 230 Wp solar PV module manufactured by state owned company namely PT. LEN Industry and 250 units of grid inverter manufactured by SMA. Started operation in March 2016, this Solar PV Power Plant already contribute in national renewable energy share. By using the recorded data, evaluation of power plant performance conduct by using Performance Ratio calculation. During March 2016 to December 2019, the Plant have produced 25.3 GWh of electricity. Based on IEC 61724 methodology, daily Performance Ratio is between 0.7 and 0.9. In additionally, economic analysis of this Plant was calculated based on realization of project income. It shows that the investment will be returned by 8th year of the Plant operation.


The connections between binary and ternary error-correcting codes on the one hand, and lattices and sphere-packings in W on the other have been studied by several authors [6,7, 19-21,26,29,30,39,40-j. Since the theorem of Gleason, Pierce and Turyn [l, p. 381; 21 states that codes over GF(2), GF(3) and GF(4) have especially nice properties not shared by codes over other fields, one might expect that codes over GF(4) should also be connected with sphere-packings. It is the aim of the present paper to show that there are natural connections between codes over GF(4) and complex lattices and sphere-packings. For example the weight enumerator of the code and the theta-function of the lattice have similar properties: compare Theorem 3 below with Theorem 1, and Theorem 4 with Theorem 9. The cusp form d(z) = q2 nE=, (1 q2m)24 = Cz=, u,q*" (where the a,,, are the Ramanujan numbers and Q = eRiZ) plays a special role in characterizing the theta-functions of even unimodular lattices in W. The same role for our complex lattices is played by d,(z); compare Eqs. (19) (20), and Theorems 9, 10. In Sections 6 and 8 two constructions are given for obtaining lattices from codes over GF(4). In this way it is possible to construct the densest known lattice packings A, in Iw2, E, in W and K,, in [WI2 directly from codes (filling in a gap in [21]); we also find a very dense lattice packing in W6 (Example 7). Complex lattices have also been used in studying complex polytopes and simple groups [8-11, 14, 14a, 23, 36, 371 an d are related to the problem of finding sets of lines in C" having a prescribed number of angles [12]


Reduction of the green-house effect can be obtained by reducing the emissions of CO2. One of the technologies that contributes to this purpose is using solar cooling systems. An example of such systems is Lithium Bromide Absorption Chillers-Driven by Hot Water (LiBr/H2O absorption chillers). These chillers are normally powered by solar collectors (ordinary plate or evacuate tubular), which are widely accessible. This paper includes a review of previous experimental and theoretical studies on the effect of single cooling absorption systems. In addition, new proposals regarding the design of the solar collectors, supporting systems for energy and cooling methods will be provided. Furthermore, the present paper also summarizes the major double influence of the cooling absorption systems, add to the two-stage and half-effect absorption coolers. The influence of double cooling absorption systems using solar power could be considered for the buildings with more cooling capacity requirements, but with structure of space restrictions. However, for these cases is important to consider the direct irradiation, which needs high levels. For dry regions with water shortage, half-absorption and two-stage absorption coolers are more suitable. Solar-powered cooling systems designs should follow and incorporate standard rules based on the characteristics of various areas in order to be applicable on a large scale.


Murine Norovirus 1(MNV-1) is a newly recognized pathogen of mice that causes lethal infection in mice deficient in components of the innate immune response.Moreover,the murine virus 1 is the only norovirus that can replicate in cell culture and in a small animal.Murine norovirus 1 is detected by virus isolation,immunohistochemistry method and RT-PCR technique.


While other philosophers have pointed out that Libet's experiment is compatible with compatibilist free will and also with some kinds of libertarian free will, this article argues that it is even compatible with strong libertarian free will, \ie a person's ability to initiate causal processes. It is widely believed that Libet's experiment has shown that all our actions have preceding unconscious causes. This article argues that Libet's claim that the actions he investigated are voluntary is false. They are motivated by urges, and therefore the experiment shows at most that our urges have preceding unconscious causes, which is what also strong libertarianism leads us to expect.


We explore the conjecture that the mesostratum is populated with phantoms and spirits of people who are deceased yet still linger nearby and attempt to influence earthly human activities. Phantoms and formless spirits in the mesostratum limbo may engage in post mortem, past death excursions (PDE).


The evidence on which any attempt to fix the site of the battle of Ilipa must be based is briefly as follows. Polybius records that Hasdrubal and Scipio advanced to contest the final mastery of Spain in 206 B.C. (or less probably 207). 'Hasdrubal encamped not far from a town called Ilipa, entrenching himself just under the hills (πρὸς ταĩς ὑπωρείαις) with a plain in front well suited for a contest and battle' (xi, 20, 1). 'When Scipio got near the Carthaginians and was in full sight of them he encamped on some low hills (περί τινας γεωλόφονς) opposite the enemy" (§9). When the Carthaginian cavalry attempted to take Scipio off his guard, the Roman cavalry, which had been stationed under a hill (ὑπό τινα βουνόν), charged the enemy so suddenly that many of the Carthaginians were unhorsed and the attack was repulsed. After several days of waiting the final battle was fought on the plain, the Carthaginian infantry being 'at no great distance from the foot of the hill' (οὐ πολύ τῆς παρωρείας xi, 22, 8), i.e. the hill on which their camp was placed (cf. xi, 24, 7). Polybius' account breaks off after the description of Scipio's victory, but Livy, who followed it very closely, adds two facts of importance :—(1) that after the battle the Carthaginians strengthened their rampart with large stones (xxviii, 15 ; which suggests that their original camp was an earthwork), and (2) that Hasdrubal did not have to cross the Baetis (Guadalquivir) on his retreat to the Atlantic, i.e. the battle was fought on the right bank of the river. Appian adds little of value : his statement that the two camps were ten stades apart is clearly false, since the space (less than 2 km.) is too small to permit the free deployment of two armies as large as these must have been.


Abstract In 1960 and 1961 surveys were made on grassland herbage of paddocks in the Waikato region of New Zealand* with a mobile volumetric spore trap to determine the nature and magnitude of the fluctuations in estimated spore numbers of P. chartarum, the fungus implicated in facial eczema disease of sheep and cattle. The relation between these fluctuations and the weather conditions as recorded at a reference centre was examined. The trends in spore counts on the herbage of reference paddocks can give reliable indications of the trends in counts on paddocks in the surrounding farming district. The count levels at any one lime on different paddocks may vary considerably. Trends in estimated spore trap counts are markedly influenced by weather conditions. Major peak counts occurred in dry weather following moist warm conditions. Although estimated spore trap counts do not directly indicate spore load on grazed herbage, it is considered that the presence of a danger period for grazing animals is indicated ...


Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) aims at having the cyber world and the physical world integrated gracefully. Great challenges are raised for management of CPS. In this paper, we put management of CPS in the vision of Web-of-Things to achieve interoperability and simplicity under the design style of "REpresentational State Transfer" (REST). The integration of management entities to the web was analyzed after categorizing the devices in CPS according to the management requirements of CPS. Then the abstraction of the integrated management entities to RESTful management service was proposed based on an existing management information model. A case study was also presented to demonstrate applying REST in management of CPS.


Baby boomers are demanding changes in care delivery models that reflect patient autonomy, individuality, and dignity. To meet this challenge, the Veterans Administration has adopted a cultural transformation model of patient-centered care. Veterans Administration nursing homes are now community living centers; the staff's mission is to deliver patient-centered care in a homelike environment. How the challenge was met and how the ethics committee helps to sustain the changes, are discussed in this article.


Abstract Lignite and hard coal are the major sources of domestic energy sources of Turkey. Hard coal is produced at only one district in the country. Zonguldak Hard Coal Basin is the major power for development of the Turkish steel-making industry. It is the only hard coal basin in the country and it has, to date, supplied approximately 400 million tons of run-of-mine hard coal. This article investigates the potential of hard coal as an energy source and discusses the measures to activate the region for the future energy supply objectives of the country.


The invention discloses a distributed video based highway traffic incident influence range dynamic monitoring method. The method comprises steps as follows: a plurality of high definition cameras are arranged on a traffic section of a highway at intervals; information of highway vehicle traffic state video images shot by the cameras are preprocessed with a video recognition method, and video characteristics are extracted; a fuzzy controller is established and used for detecting the traffic flow state; whether a traffic incident happens is judged; the queueing state is detected; a dynamic vehicle queueing length prediction model is established, and the vehicle queueing length is calculated through the model; the real-time queueing state is detected by the cameras finding the queueing event; and when the queueing phenomenon disappears, the traffic incident influence range is dynamically predicted by the dynamic vehicle queueing length prediction model. According to the method, the influence range and the queueing scattering time of the event can be determined by means of the estimated vehicle queueing length, and dispatch and decision bases are provided for highway traffic management staff.


The number of immigrants from developing countries living in richer, more developed countries has increased substantially during the last decades. At the same time, the quality of institutions in developing countries has also improved. The data thus suggest a close positive correlation between average emigration rates and institutional quality. Recent empirical literature investigates whether international migration can be an important factor for institutional development. Overall, the findings indicate that emigration to institutionally developed countries induces a positive effect on home-country institutions.


WIGLAF (a Web Interface Generator and Legacy Application Facade) is a computer program that provides a Web-based, distributed, graphical-user-interface (GUI) framework that can be adapted to any of a broad range of application programs, written in any programming language, that are executed remotely on any cluster computer system. WIGLAF enables the rapid development of a GUI for controlling and monitoring a specific application program running on the cluster and for transferring data to and from the application program. The only prerequisite for the execution of WIGLAF is a Web-browser program on a user's personal computer connected with the cluster via the Internet. WIGLAF has a client/server architecture: The server component is executed on the cluster system, where it controls the application program and serves data to the client component. The client component is an applet that runs in the Web browser. WIGLAF utilizes the Extensible Markup Language to hold all data associated with the application software, Java to enable platform-independent execution on the cluster system and the display of a GUI generator through the browser, and the Java Remote Method Invocation software package to provide simple, effective client/server networking.


The article presents the architect's attitude towards the paradigms of sustainable 7 development. The place and role of the architect in the implementation of the multidimensional 8 process of sustainable design has been presented. Basic dilemmas and antinomies have been 9 presented. The analysis of architect's attitudes towards these problems was performed in various 10 contexts, examining the architect's awareness and his environment in view of changes under way. 11 The article draws attention to the status of knowledge, changes in design paradigms, legislative and 12 organizational requirements. The importance of architectural culture level, the need for training, 13 ways to support the implementation of new design paradigms through integrated activities have 14 been indicated. The research results regarding public awareness of architecture and sustainable 15 development are illustrated with examples from Poland. 16


The purpose of this study was to examine the impact that increased perceptions psychological contract breach between student-athletes and their coaches have on student-athletes' affective trust in their coaches, cognitive trust in their coaches, and intentions to leave their team. Based on a sample of 248 NCAA Division I and Division II student-athletes, the results reveal that increased perceptions of psychological contract breach significantly lower student-athletes' cognitive trust in their coaches and significantly increases their intentions to leave their team. Higher levels of psychological contract violation acted as a partial mediator on the relationship between psychological contract breach and cognitive trust. Psychological contract violation also acted as a partial mediator on the relationship between psychological breach and intentions to leave. Neither perceptions of psychological contract breach nor psychological contract violation were significantly related to affective trust.


In the present work, the Tb3+/Eu3+ co-activated sol-gel glass-ceramic materials (GCs) containing MF3 (M = Y, La) nanocrystals were fabricated during controlled heat-treatment of silicate xerogels at 350 °C. The studies of Tb3+ → Eu3+ energy transfer process (ET) were performed by excitation and emission spectra along with luminescence decay analysis. The co-activated xerogels and GCs exhibit multicolor emission originated from 4fn–4fn optical transitions of Tb3+ (5D4 → 7FJ, J = 6–3) as well as Eu3+ ions (5D0 → 7FJ, J = 0–4). Based on recorded decay curves, it was found that there is a significant prolongation in luminescence lifetimes of the 5D4 (Tb3+) and the 5D0 (Eu3+) levels after the controlled heat-treatment of xerogels. Moreover, for both types of prepared GCs, an increase in ET efficiency was also observed (from ηET ≈ 16% for xerogels up to ηET = 37.3% for SiO2-YF3 GCs and ηET = 60.8% for SiO2-LaF3 GCs). The changes in photoluminescence behavior of rare-earth (RE3+) dopants clearly evidenced their partial segregation inside low-phonon energy fluoride environment. The obtained results suggest that prepared SiO2-MF3:Tb3+, Eu3+ GC materials could be considered for use as optical elements in RGB-lighting optoelectronic devices operating under near-ultraviolet (NUV) excitation.


A new synthesis for the preparation of optically pure D(+)-3-(4-bromophenyl)-N,N-dimethyl-3-pyridin-2-yl-propan-1-amine (Brompheniramine) and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts by efficient and cost-effective process for obtaining highly optically pure Dexbrompheniramine in high yield by the resolution of a racemic mixture of 3-(4-bromophenyl)-N,N-dimethyl-3-pyridin-2-yl-propan-1-amine (brompheniramine base) with a (+)4-nitro tartranilic acid(PNTA) as a resolving agent in the presence of a alcoholic solvent system with the simultaneous recovery of the (+)4-nitro tartranilic acid(PNTA) as well as recovery of undesired (Levo)-isomer of brompheniramine and traces (Dextro)-isomer and racemization thereof to racemic mixture of brompheniramine for use in the process of the invention so as to minimize wastage of the reactants.


Aim: Consider the presence of bullying in 11 secondary schools of North Backa Region. Materials and methods: Within the framework of the project "Be different!" was conducted a pilot survey on the prevalence of bullying behaviour in schools and attitudes of teenagers. Anonymous and voluntary survey was conducted in March-May 2016. The survey instrument was a questionnaire with 11 questions. A sample was 489 high school students. Statistical analysis was done in the statistical program SPSS. Results: Almost half (45%) of teenagers were victims of violence at school "during their schooling", and 13% "during this school year". Bullying was most often in the classroom (58.1%). More than 55% teenagers witnessed violence at school "during this school year". Most usual form of behaviour was "mock and disdain" (71.8%), followed by "gossiping and spreading lies about someone" (54.4%) and "sending disturbing and offensive content on the internet/mobile phone" (15.3%). The largest number of teenagers believe that violence "doesn't concern *Corresponding author: email@example.com Food in health and disease, scientific-professional journal of nutrition and dietetics Special edition


The alga Mougeotia, strain 164.80, from the algae collection of the University of Gottingen, can be stimulated into sexual reproduction by decreasing the concentration of nitrate in the growth medium from 10−2 to 10−3 M. This effect could not be observed at any other concentration. To initiate the sexual process, cultures were illuminated with an intensity of 550 foot candles. Aeration of the cultures was absolutely necessary. Conjugation started 6 or 9 days after limitation of the nitrogen supply, depending on the CO2 content in the aeration mixture. From the characteristics observed during conjugation, strain 164.80 was identified to be Mougeotia scalaris Hassall.


Differences in digital adoption between firms call for a clearer conceptualization of digital marketing capabilities (DMCs). The purpose of this paper is twofold: (1) to offer a conceptualization of DMCs from a relational dynamic capabilities perspective and (2) to explore performance outcomes of DMCs for international firms, taking into account firm size and entrepreneurial orientation.,A survey on a sample of 167 international firms is used and analyzed using hierarchical regression.,DMCs contribute positively to performance. Firms with greater entrepreneurial orientation leverage DMCs more effectively and have better performance. Small firms with strong digital capabilities perform as well as medium-sized firms. Large firms perform marginally better than small and medium-sized firms.,This paper complements previous IB studies that only study customer-related or supplier- and channel-related IT adoption. It is based on a more holistic conceptualization of DMCs, and draws on market sensing, customer-linking, customer retention, supplier relationship and channel bonding capabilities. It offers new empirical evidence for the positive impact of DMCs on firm performance. It also contributes to small and medium-sized enterprise and digital entrepreneurship literature by comparing the performance outcomes of DMCs for different size firms with varying degrees of entrepreneurial orientation.,This study provides implementable measures of DMCs. The findings encourage firms to develop entrepreneurial orientation alongside DMCs.,This paper presents DMCs as relational dynamic capabilities and shows the moderating effect of entrepreneurial orientation and firm size on the DMCs–performance relationship.


This paper proposes a system design that integrates CO-OFDM with WDM to reach a data rate of 400 Gbits/s over 1000 Km Single Mode Fiber (SMF). The 400 Gbits/s signal is generated by multiplexing eight OFDM with 50 Gbits/s for each OFDM. We present the performance of CO- OFDM WDM back to back design by measuring the BER and the OSNR (Optical Signal to Noise Ratio) and the constellation diagram of each user. We will also show the performance of CO-OFDM WDM for 1000 Km SMF by measuring the BER and the OSNR of different WDM channels and studying the constellation diagram of each user.


[1] Stream particles are nanometer-scale dust particles ejected with speeds ≳100 km s−1 from both the Jovian and Saturnian systems. Here we report the dynamical analysis of Saturnian stream particles on the basis of observations made by the Cosmic Dust Analyzer on board the Cassini spacecraft during its first three orbits around Saturn. The time span of the presented measurements covers from the beginning of orbit A to the end of orbit C (from the Saturn orbit insertion on 1 July 2004 UTC to 16 January 2005 UTC). During these orbits the Cassini spacecraft was usually located outside but not far from Saturn's magnetosphere. The Cassini observations therefore provide important information on the dynamics of stream particles just ejected from the system. As with earlier observations, two impact populations are identified. These appear as faint but continuous impacts as well as semiregular and energetic impact bursts. Faint impacts from directions close to the Saturn line of sight are recognized as recently ejected stream particles, while energetic dust bursts most probably consist of previously ejected particles that experienced significant acceleration within the solar wind. The presented measurements not only confirm the previous proposed stream particle ejection scenario but also serve as essential inputs for detailed dynamical modeling.


The authors investigate the performance of the direct sequence spread spectrum (DS-SS) parallel acquisition system, previously proposed by the authors (1989) for a nonselective Rician fading channel. The acquisition system utilizes a bank of parallel I-Q noncoherent matched filters for the search mode, and a coincidence detector for the verification mode. The probabilities of detection, false alarm, and missing are derived for the channel under consideration, from which the mean and variance of the acquisition time are evaluated as a measure of the system performance. It is shown that both the mean and variance decrease when the specular component is stronger. The variance decreases rapidly as the signal-to-noise ratio increases while the mean acquisition time reaches its minimum. It is also shown that the effect of the parameters of the fading process is very small.<<ETX>>


This paper classifies the causes of cable failures according to two types: unpredictable random causes; and predictable ageing effects. A piecewise power-law non-homogeneous Poisson process and a stochastic electro-thermal model are proposed to predict total annual failures and failures due specifically to ageing, respectively. An amalgamation of the two models is then used to estimate the number of failures attributable to random causes or ageing. The proposed method is successfully applied to real data of vintage unjacketed XLPE cables. The results show that these cables have an expected lifespan of 39 years based on ageing effects alone; however, failure of these cables is dominated by random failure modes such as manufacturing defects, sudden shock, or water and electrical tree, which cause many of these cables to fail earlier in their life.


The most common way of communication between human being is speech. With this speech human can communicate, interact with the machine also .So, automatic speech recognition has lot of popularit y. This paper gives an overview of the speech recognition s ystem and its progress till date . This paper helps in selecting the technique along with their relative merits &demerits. The aim of this paper is to compare some of t he well known methods used in various stages of speech recognition system. For Feature extraction of speech MFCC has been used which gives set of feature vectors of spe ech waveform. Also from this paper we have seen various feature recognition technique and we have seen amongst that HMM and VQ is used most recently .


The energies and wave functions of stationary many-body states are analyzed to look for the signatures of quantum chaos. Shell model calculations with the Wildenthal interaction are performed in the $J-T$ scheme for 12 particles in the $sd$-shell. The local level statistics are in perfect agreement with the GOE predictions. The analysis of the amplitudes of the eigenvectors in the shell model basis with the aid of the informational entropy and moments of the distribution function shows evidence for local chaos with a localization length reaching 90\% of the total dimension in the middle of the spectrum. The degree of chaoticity is sensitive to the the strength of the residual interaction as compared to the single particle energy spacing.


Abstract There is great potential for integrating science and management to control or mitigate nonnative species, but such an integration faces substantial obstacles. Fundamental differences between science and management threaten the ability of scientists and managers to collaborate effectively. For example, science strives for generality, whereas management of natural resources is necessarily a site- and objective-specific endeavor. In addition, the literature on biological invasions is characterized by weak inference, relying mostly on post hoc, correlative research because of ethical and practical concerns associated with purposeful introductions. These obstacles notwithstanding, several patterns have been documented with respect to plant invasions and ecosystem processes. Unfortunately, documenting rates and patterns of spread has provided little predictive power and few clues about control strategies. It is clear, however, that predicting and controlling the spread of invasive species will require a concerted, holistic effort that integrates science and management. Additional index words: Community structure, ecosystem function, plant invasions, resource management. Abbreviation: NPS, National Park Service.


The invention coatings (B) made of coating formulations (B1) a) a film-forming resin (L) containing reactive groups, b) a coating curative (H), which has reactive functions with which it can react with the curing of the lacquer with the reactive groups of the film-forming resin (L), c) particles (P) and d) optionally contain solvents, in which a) the cured coating (B) aa) at its surface or down) in the superficial layers, as measured from the surface 1000 nm thick, or ac) both on the surface and in the superficial layers, as measured has from the surface 1000 nm thick, a higher concentration of the particles (P) in its interior and in which b) the particles are obtainable by a reaction of colloidal metal or silica sols (P1) (A) (of the general formulas I) and (II with organosilanes (P)) are selected, wherein R


This article explores the stages of integration of immigrant associations in Spain according to stock of social capital, specifically, given the relationships established with actors in the environment, and consequently this role is derived for each type of counterpart. The data are drawn from a representative sample consisting of 225 immigrant associations around the country. The results suggest that immigrant associations play cohesive and specific roles with their peers, even achieve certain asymmetries in their favor with certain actors in the host society. On the other hand, native actors host society are distributed in a continuum ranging from the development of specific roles to other multiple, and even contradictory, which, as a whole, ends up drawing a map of complex and diverse opportunities for integration of associations.


Recently, we proposed that inhibition of protein kinase (PK) Cδ may be a useful target for protection against methamphetamine (MA)‐induced dopaminergic toxicity. We demonstrated that treatment with MA resulted in a significant decrease in phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) at Ser40 in the striatum, but not in the phosphorylation of TH at Ser31. In the present study, treatment with rottlerin (1.5 or 3.0 μg, i.c.v, once a day for 5 days), a PKCδ inhibitor, or a PKCδ antisense oligonucleotide (ASO; 2.5 μg/μl, i.c.v., 3 times) significantly attenuated MA‐induced reductions in the phosphorylation of TH at Ser40 and in the expression of PKA in the striatum of mice. This attenuation was significantly counteracted by H89 (10 or 30 ng, i.c.v., 1 h after the last MA administration), a PKA inhibitor. Treatment with rottlerin or ASO significantly attenuated the MA‐induced increase in protein phosphatase (PP) 2A activity. FTY720 (1 or 5 mg/kg, i.p., 1 h after the last MA administration), a PP2A activator, significantly reversed the recovery in TH phosphorylation mediated by inhibition of PKCδ after MA treatment. Both H89 and FTY720 counteracted the recovery of MA‐induced behavioural impairments induced by PKCδ inhibition. The effects, mediated by rottlerin or ASO in MA‐treated wild‐type mice were comparable with those in MA‐treated PKCδ−/− mice. However, neither inhibition of the mitogen‐activated protein kinase subfamily (extracellular signal‐regulated kinase, c‐Jun N‐terminal kinase, p38) nor inhibition of calcium calmodulin kinase II significantly altered PKCδ inhibition‐mediated attenuation of MA‐induced impairment of TH phosphorylation. The results suggest that genetic or pharmacological inhibition of PKCδ requires modulation of PKA expression and/or PP2A activity to attenuate the impairment of TH phosphorylation at Ser40 and behavioural activity induced by MA.


A three-dimensional,viscous,steady computational fluid dynamics(CFD) analysis is performed for investigating gas turbine flow field and performance of underwater vehicle by solving RANS-Navier-Stocks equations and RNGκ-e turbu-lence model.The flow detail and losses of the turbine are studied in designing and off-designing conditions.The effect factor on turbine efficiency is analyzed.The results show that the flow characteristics of nozzle are independent of turbine blade flow.When pressure ratio is less than a critical value,the performance of turbine degrades rapidly as pressure ratio decreases.The turbine efficiency gets the maximum at another critical pressure ratio,and descends fast with pressure ratio decreasing when pressure ratio is less than the critical value.The turbine efficiency also descends as rotational speed decreases.


Transportation of goods and transportation of persons routing algorithms are extensively studied since early 80's as a subtype of a Traveling Salesman Problem. This subtype includes VRPPD (Vehicle Routing Problem with Pickup and Delivery), courier systems and DARP (dial-a-ride problem). But for these systems to be effective in real world situations, they have to react quickly and efficiently to unexpected circumstances like dense traffic or road closing. With this in mind we developed an incremental rerouting algorithm which modifies initial solution route according to the new traffic conditions.


The game chromatic numberⅡ χ~*_g(G) of graph G is developed from the game chromatic number χ_g(G).In this paper,we gave the game coloring and chromatic number of Mycielski's graphs.


This thesis has focused on proactive coping, a new and promising concept that refers to
the process of screening one's environment for danger, recognizing future stressors,
appraising them as potential goal threats, and, finally, undertaking attempts to prevent
them (Aspinwall, 1997; Aspinwall & Taylor, 1997). The studies discussed in this thesis
provide the first empirical results in relation to this concept and, in particular, identify the
factors that contribute to the engagement in proactive coping. This final chapter
summarizes the main results of these studies, compares them, and places them within
the theoretical framework of self-regulation. In addition, the methodological limitations of
the studies are discussed and recommendations for future research are made. The
chapter finishes with a consideration of the potential practical implications of the
research that has been presented.


The present work studied the histopathological alterations of the gills, liver and intest ine of f ingerlings of the Mugil seheli living in Suez Bay that receives discharges of mixed contaminants f rom four industr ial sites; North drain of plant fertilizer unit, South drain of plant fertilizer unit, Misr-Iran of textile unit and slaughter-house and Ataqa power station. The characterist ics of wastewater quality vary from one drain to another according to the chemicals used in the industry operation. The tissues lesions were detected microscopically after exposure to sublethal concentrations of these eff luents for 48 hrs and 96hrs. The gills, liver and intest ine of both control as well as exposed f ishes were prepared for H&E staining. Gil ls lamellae revealed separat ion of squamous epithelium and fusion due to hyperplasia of both chloride and epithelial mucous cells. Hydropic and fatty degenerations were observed in the liver especially af ter 96 hrs of exposure. The intest ine exhibited severe lesions as loss of brush border, hyperplasia of mucous cells and dilat ion of intest inal vi lli i. From this study, it can be concluded that the stress of chemical pollutants of eff luents have harmful effects on f ish l ife as it destroyed the most vital organs. Therefore, such eff luents must be subjected to sanitary treatments to be less harmful.


The standard science curriculum is meant to familiarize students with basic concepts in biology, chemistry, and physics. We do not dispute the necessity of this – indeed, a strong grasp of the fundamentals will facilitate the understanding of intermediate and advanced topics later on. Unfortunately, the evaluative approaches in these courses often misinform students of what it means to be a scientist. Students, especially those interested in biology, may be tempted to correlate scientific potential with the ability to retain and recall information for an exam. But that's not science. As a professor once said at a first-year biology seminar, "We do a good job of teaching you the 'what'. But we gloss over the 'how'and the 'why'."


Abstract This paper deals with uncertainty modeling in spatial object-relational databases by the use of Structured Query Language (SQL). The fundamental principles of uncertainty modeling by fuzzy sets are applied in the area of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial databases. A spatial database system includes types of spatial data and implements the spatial extension of SQL. The implementation of the principles of fuzzy logic to spatial databases brings an opportunity for the efficient processing of uncertain data, which is important, especially when using various data sources (e.g., multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) on the basis of heterogeneous spatial data resources). The modeling and data processing of uncertainties are presented in relation to the applicable International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards (standards of the series 19100 Geographic information) and the relevant specifications of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The fuzzy spatial query approach is applied and tested on a case study with a fundamental database for GIS in Slovakia.


Many previous research has only emphasized that the dynamic team environment can evoke team innovation through strategic and organizational adaptive behavior from a macro perspective. However, it remains unclear whether venture teams will and how they will react to dynamic team environment and innovate through team processes from the micro perspective. This study applies uncertainty reduction theory from social psychology to examine the effect of dynamic team environment on venture team innovation. By analyzing a sample of 270 venture teams in China, we obtained support for the multistep indirect effect of dynamic team environment on team innovation via agreement seeking behavior and team knowledge integration capability. In addition, team centralization of decision-making weakens the relationship between agreement seeking behavior and team knowledge integration capability. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of venture teams reactions to dynamic environment and the micro multistep mechanism...


In aquaculture, constructed wetland (CW) has recently attracted attention for use in effluent purification due to its low running costs, high efficiency and convenient operation,. However, less data are available regarding the long-term efficiency of farm-scale CW for cleaning effluents from inland freshwater fish farms. This study investigated the effectiveness of CW for the removal of nutrients, organic matter, phytoplankton, heavy metals and microbial contaminants in effluents from a blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) farm during 2013–2018. In the study, we built a farm-scale vertical subsurface flow CW which connected with a fish pond, and its performance was evaluated during the later stage of fish farming. The results show that CW improved the water quality of the fish culture substantially. This system was effective in the removal of nutrients, with a removal rate of 21.43–47.19% for total phosphorus (TP), 17.66–53.54% for total nitrogen (TN), 32.85–53.36% for NH4+-N, 33.01–53.28% NH3-N, 30.32–56.01% for NO3−-N and 42.75–63.85% for NO2−-N. Meanwhile, the chlorophyll a (Chla) concentration was significantly reduced when the farming water flowed through the CW, with a 49.69–62.01% reduction during 2013–2018. However, the CW system only had a modest effect on the chemical oxygen demand (COD) in the aquaculture effluents. Furthermore, concentrations of copper (Cu) and lead (Pb) were reduced by 39.85% and 55.91%, respectively. A microbial contaminants test showed that the counts of total coliform (TC) and fecal coliform (FC) were reduced by 55.93% and 48.35%, respectively. In addition, the fish in the CW-connected pond showed better growth performance than those in the control pond. These results indicate that CW can effectively reduce the loads of nutrients, phytoplankton, metals, and microbial contaminants in effluents, and improve the water quality of fish ponds. Therefore, the application of CW in intensive fish culture systems may provide an advantageous alternative for achieving environmental sustainability.


We find a new family of classical oscillating strings with large winding numbers, which are constructed by interchanging τ and σ of helical strings' solutions. We also give a finite-gap interpretation of interchanging τ and σ. Gauge dual operators are discussed at the end.


Small transverse symmetrical vibrations of a thin elastic plate submitted to Jacobi type pressure distribution have been described. The expressions for displacement and velocity are obtained in terms of Horn's function whereas for the central particle these entities are expressed in terms of Bessel functions. Numerical results are obtained for a particular case.


The present invention discloses an intelligent tracking orientation method for cased well and fuse. According to well detecting data and fracturing task document, set input parameter, calculate down speed of tracking orientation fuse and count number of joint hoop, demarcate reference point, reset and count again number of sleeve and speed until satisfied ignition critical conditions, then ignite. The fuse comprises a cephalic cone, a warhead, a crust, a circuit and a power supply shipping space, a sensor shipping space and a tail block, a monitoring circuit and a power supply are arranged onthe circuit and the power supply shipping space, a CCL sensor is arranged on the sensor shipping space, the tail block connects gas fracturing grain, signals of CCL enter pulse counter to count pulseafter magnification and shaping of conditioning circuit, microprocessor identifies, times, calculates and controls signal from pulse counter, outputs contact signal to control circuit, loads fuse power supply to industrial electric detonator. The present invention has compact structure, simple technique, precision orientation and credible method.


"I am Saint Jaques' pilgrim, thither gone": at the turning-point of All's Well That Ends Well (iii.iv.4) the heroine, Helena "the daughter of Gerard de Narbonne" (i.i.33), writes to her mother-in-law, the Countess of Rousillon, to tell her that instead of staying in Perpignan, she is taking the pilgrim road – El Camino – across Navarre and the Pyrenees to Pamplona, and by way of Burgos and Leon, to the greatest of Europe's Catholic shrines at Compostela. Helena's announcement astonishes the o...


A new preconcentration procedure named "Magnetic textile solid phase extraction" was developed. A piece of nonwoven textile (fabric) was used for the immobilization of copper phthalocyanine dye and employed for the adsorption of crystal violet and safranin O from large volumes of sample. The bound dye was eluted into small volume of methanol. The limit of detection and limit of quantification values for safranin O were 2.66 µg/L and 8.87 µg/L, while for crystal violet these values were 2.17 µg/L and 7.23 µg/L, respectively. Linearity in the range 5–100 µg/L was observed. In order to prepare magnetically responsive adsorbent, an iron-based standard staple was inserted in the textile material using an office stapler. The developed procedure can be easily adapted for the detection of large variety of analytes in biochemistry, biotechnology, environmental technology, and forensic analysis.


Reverberation mapping (RM) is an efficient method to investigate the physical sizes of the broad line region (BLR) and dusty torus in an active galactic nucleus (AGN). The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission will provide multi-epoch spectroscopic data at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. These data can be used for RM experiments for bright AGNs. We present results of a feasibility test using SPHEREx data in the SPHEREx deep regions for the torus RM measurements. We investigate the physical properties of bright AGNs in the SPHEREx deep field. Based on this information, we compute the efficiency of detecting torus time lags in simulated light curves. We demonstrate that, in combination with the complementary optical data with a depth of ∼ 20 mag in B−band, lags of ≤ 750 days for tori can be measured for more than ∼ 200 bright AGNs. If high signal-to-noise ratio photometric data with a depth of ∼ 21−22 mag are available, RM measurements can be applied for up to ∼900 objects. When complemented by well-designed early optical observations, SPHEREx can provide a unique dataset for studies of the physical properties of dusty tori in bright AGNs.


A total of 703 sera from 10 species of monkeys were examined for the presence of antibodies to adult T‐cell leukemia (ATL)‐associated antigens (ATLA). ATLA represent core protein(s) of ATL virus (ATLV) and ATLV‐determined polypeptides. Anti‐ATLA antibodies were found in all seven macaque species tested but not in three non‐macaque species. The frequencies of seropositive macaques ranged from 10 to 50%. In three macaque species (Japanese monkeys, rhesus monkeys, and crabeating monkeys) in which sufficient numbers of animals were studied, more females than males were anti‐ATLA positive and the antibody‐positive rate increased with age. In Japanese monkeys, over 70% were seropositive after the age of 10 years. A family study of Japanese monkeys suggested maternal transmission of ATLV or a closely related agent. These seroepidemiological features are consistent with those of Japanese in the ATL‐endemic area. Three of 10 rhesus monkeys were found to be anti‐ATLA‐positive 13 days after arrival in Japan, suggesting that they had been infected with ATLV in Indonesia where they were captured. Thus, ATLV appears to be prevalent among several macaque species as well as in man, and its pathogenetic role in these non‐human primates should be explored in relation to ATL in man.


Micro-manufacturing is the vital technology in the micro-engineering field for the production of micro-tools and miniature components. This paper focuses on the use of micro-WEDG process to generate a micro tool (electrode) with minimum surface roughness (Ra) and higher material removal rate (MRR). It examines and explains the influences of three process parameters such as feed rate, capacitance and voltage on the output responses such as MRR and Ra. In this experimental work, statistical models have been developed using three-level full factorial experimental design. Further, the optimised machining parameters were determined considering the multiple response objective using design expert software. Also, this paper explains the use of developed models for multiple-response optimisation. These optimised machining parameters are validated experimentally and it is concluded that the measured response values are in good agreement with the predicted values.


We report a novel nonvolatile resistive switching memory with a Cu/Ta20s/TiN structure. This memory device has low power (100 J.1A11.5 V), large threshold voltage of 0.8~ moderate endurance of 10 2 cycles, and excellent retention with high resistance ratio of 2.4xl0 2 after lOS s (26 hours). Furthermore, the threshold voltage can be increased by both the thickness of Ta20S solid electrolyte and annealing temperatures, which can make easier to design the memory circuit.


The silages were prepared on 2 June 1993 from the first cut of grass-clover mixture (15.1 % Lolium perenne, 15.2 % Lolium multiflorum, 10.0 % Lolium multiflorum v. oldenburgicum, 42.7 % Trifolium pratense, 10.2 % Trifolium repens, 6.8 % weeds). The sward was cut with forage harvester, wilted 24 h under good weather and conserved in big round bales (A) without additive, (B) with inoculant and (C) with formic acid (3 1/t, 85 %). The experimental design was 3x3 Latin


This article offers a reflection on the exercise of curatorial practices applied to the territory  of art and the exhibition space, with the intention of characterizing the courses they have, distinguishing two way of curatorial know-how. The first, linked to a hegemonic practice, endorsed and support by the official discourse of the institutionalized curatorial field, and, the second, that of a dissident practice, established by its opposition to the canonical narrative and enunciated from the border. This theoretical classification is a proposal of the art historian and curator Marcelo pacheco, and in this work is added to this joint the problem of thinking about curatorial practices from a specific location -the southern geopolitical space- whit the aim of exploring the potential of a curatorial practice that transcends the local.


Hymnal created by Harriet McEwen Kimball entitled "All's Well (A Pillow Prayer)." This copy is typed on a piece of paper and cut out to a smaller rectangular shape.


The approach bridges of most major bridges are often designed as multi-span continuous girder bridge structures.The type of the structures is normally rigid and is therefore vulnerable to earthquake attack.However,for the approach bridges of Sutong Bridge,the seismic problems thereof are fairly well resolved with the application of seismic mitigation and isolation techniques developed for the Bridge.In this paper,by way of example of a unit of the continuous girder of the approach bridges,the development process of the seismic mitigation and isolation techniques is presented.On the basis of all-round evaluation of seismic performance of the design used with common steel bearings,the effect of various practical seismic mitigation and isolation devices is compared and analyzed, and the final solutions to the seismic problems are accordingly recommended.


Objective To evaluate the clinical application and significance of angiography during vascular surgical procedures.Methods Clinical data of 24 cases with angiography in vascular surgical procedures were analysed.Results Some problem such as remant throposis dissatisfied vein distend and anastomostic stricture were found in six cases,five cases of those displayed well by reangiography after re-treatment,but the symptom in one case without re-treatment didn't improve after operation.Conclusions The application of angiography during the vascular surgical procedures can evaluate the effect of vascular surgery immediately.This technic provide a simple,safe and effective methods for decreasing the complications.


ABSTRACT This article examines the holism paradigm, implications on social work practice in healthcare, and how social work practice can help promote the value of social justice. Examining the holistic health paradigm fosters a critical reflection that assists to better understand beliefs and assumptions that guide social work practice, thus leading to critical action.


The objective of this report is to provide the basis for the selection of this transition leak size for testing in the LLTR. This test, designated as Test A-4, is of particular interest because, of all the larger nonflame-jet-type-leaks, it has the longest dwell time in the vessel before the rupture disc blows, thus terminating the IHTS pressure rise. Its potential for generating secondary leaks is considered high. It is easy to postulate the generation of such a leak starting with small leak wastage and progressing into larger and larger leak sizes by self-wastage and adjacent tube wastage. On the other hand, it is not easy to postulate an instantaneous DEG failure in a properly designed and manufactured steam generator. All small leaks which are not terminated would appear to progress in stages which eventually pass through the transition size before they generate sufficient pressure to burst the rupture disc. For these reasons major emphasis is placed on the transition leak size.


Common scab (CS) is a major disease and quality issue in potato crops all over the world. Due to surface degradation market value is decreased.  In recent years, the understanding of CS has grown significantly, allowing a better identification of the causative pathogens and a better understanding of pathogenicity processes, as well as prospective techniques for modifying pathogen response for disease resistance. Effective control of the disease, on the other hand, remains challenging, and needs a better knowledge of both the host and the pathogen. Irrigation and lowering the pH of the soil are common yet ineffective management techniques. Change in environmental conditions can affect the pathogen virulence which may results in disease reduction. Improving environmental conditions to reduce CS is, paradoxically, conducive for other diseases. Disease resistant potato varieties would be the best control approach. This review, provides  an overview of potato CS caused by some Streptomyces species (viz. scabies, europaeiscabiei, turgidiscabies, that produce phytotoxins known as thaxtomins. Recent research findings on disease causes and treatment, and knowledge gaps that prevent successful control of this widespread and severe disease. This review also targets the history, symptoms and casual organisms of CS along with integrated management strategies (IMS) that includes soil amendments and agronomic practices.


macros and a bidding environment for typesetting bridge card distributions and bidding sequences are given. Examples borrowed from bridge literature are supplied. 1 Card deals In bridge literature diagrams of distribution of cards over the hands are often given in order to demonstrate bidding sequences or to explain play technique. In order to do this systematically and to


Alfalfa is a perennial legume that plays an important role in feed production. The high demand for alfalfa all over the world, including the Russian Federation, results in the necessity to develop new high-yielding varieties with high quality feed. The purpose of the current study was the morpho-biological analysis of 198 alfalfa collection nursery samples (sown in 2018) and the identification of sources of useful economic and biological traits in comparison with the standard variety 'Rostovskaya 90' (Russia). The study was conducted in 2019-2021. Based on the study results there have been identified the following sources of useful traits: Pickstar (Canada), Saranac A.R. (USA), G118/13 (Russia); according to plant height (105-107 cm); Caraveli (Peru), Saranac A.R (USA), Liska (Ukraine), Sarga, G 19/13, G 144/13, Selection 5, Sin 6, Sin 36/95 (Russia) according to foliage (over 50 %); Selection 79, Uralochka, G-3, G-5, Donskaya 5, G 97/13, G 8/13, G 73/13 (Russia); according to green mass productivity (4.83-5.79 kg/m2 ); Saga (Canada), Selection 6, Sin 1, d. 14813, G-2, Sin 36/95, Selection 33, Selection 34, d. 4576 (Russia) according to dry matter content (over 29 %); Sarga (Russia), Karlygash and Aliya (Kazakhstan) according to crude protein content (over 21 %). The identified samples will be used as parental forms in alfalfa breeding for feed productivity.


This research was initiated in response to an expressed need amongst policy makers for a better understanding of both the operation of the SDA program and the attitudes of industry to investment and participation in that program. The research builds a deeper understanding of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), established 'to provide reasonable and necessary supports to people with a permanent and significant disability' (NDIA c. 2016). The NDIS was developed due to documented inadequacies in support provision for Australians with disability, which meant that many people, especially those on low incomes, lacked access to the level of funding, services, housing and support required for them to live a decent life (Productivity Commission 2011; Hinton 2006).


Using a sample of almost 7000 strong Mg II absorbers with W 0 > 1 A and 0.4 < z < 2.2 detected in the SDSS DR4 data set, we investigate the gravitational lensing and dust extinction effects they induce on background quasars. After carefully quantifying several selection biases, we isolate the reddening effects as a function of redshift and absorber rest equivalent width, W 0 . We find the amount of dust to increase with cosmic time as τ(z) α(1 I + z)- 1.1± 0.4, following the evolution of cosmic star density or integrated star formation rate. We measure the reddening effects over a factor of 30 in E(B - V) and we find that r α (W 0 ) 1.9+0.1 , providing us with an important scaling for theoretical modelling of metal absorbers. We also measure the dust-to-metal ratio and find it similar to that of the Milky Way. In contrast to previous studies, we do not detect any gravitational magnification by Mg II systems. We measure the upper limit μ < 1.10 and discuss the origin of the discrepancy. Finally, we estimate the fraction of absorbers missed due to extinction effects and show that it rises from 1 to 50 per cent in the range 1 < W 0 < 6 A. We parametrize this effect and provide a correction for recovering the intrinsic ∂N/bw 0 distribution.


Carica papaya is a medicinal and fruit plant owing biological activities including antioxidant, antiviral, antibacterial and anticancer. The present study aims to investigate the acetyl (AChE) and butyryl (BChE) cholinesterase inhibitory potentials of C. papaya extracts as well as their chemical compositions. The chemical composition of the active extract was identified using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS). Ellman enzyme inhibition assay showed that the alkaloid-enriched leaf extract of C. papaya possessed significant anti-BChE activity with an enzyme inhibition of 75.9%. GC-MS analysis showed that the alkaloid extract composed mainly the carpaine (64.9%) - a major papaya alkaloid, and some minor constituents such as aliphatic hydrocarbons, terpenes and phenolics. Molecular docking of carpaine revealed that this molecule formed hydrogen bond and hydrophobic interactions with choline binding site and acyl pocket. This study provides some preliminary findings on the potential use of C. papaya leaf as an herbal supplement for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.


Groundwater is one of the most valuable natural resources and for that reason, its protection and management is vital for human evolution, socio-economic development and ecological diversity. Because of the known health and economic impacts associated with groundwater contamination, steps to assess groundwater vulnerability must be taken. This study aimed to assess groundwater pollution potentials of the north-eastern part of the deep confined aquifer of block XIX, Tamtsag basin, Mongolia. The normal DRASTIC model was applied to the study area with the help of GIS. DRASTIC parameters were calculated from geological data, soil and elevation contour maps, and groundwater level data of the study area. ArcInfo/GIS was used to demarcate vulnerable zones based on their vulnerability index. Finally, a sensitivity analysis of the parameters constituting the model was performed in order to evaluate the relative importance of the each DRASTIC model parameters. The aquifer vulnerability map revealed that only 2% of the study area is under moderate vulnerability to contamination, the remaining zone was determined to be in a low risk category. GIS greatly facilitated the implementation of the sensitivity analysis applied on the DRASTIC vulnerability index which otherwise could have been impractical. Appropriate methods for keeping groundwater resource sustainability in the study area have been suggested. (Journal of American Science. 2010;6(11):65-78). (ISSN: 1545-1003).


Summary form only given. Ultrafast structural changes in molecules and solids have only recently begun to be directly probed with X-ray sources. For example, conformational changes in proteins, the breaking of chemical bonds, and laser-induced phase transitions in solids may all be studied on an atomic length scale using the method of X-ray diffraction. In the report, we study laser-induced changes in the long range order of the semiconductor InSb.


Agriculture is that the supply of living of majority Indian and it's conjointly includes an incalculable influence on economy of the country. solar energy has emerged as viable supply of renewable energy over the past few decades and is currently used for varied applications like emergency lighting, water heaters, and industrial application. it's low cost supply of energy. solar energy is employed as solely the supply of power to regulate the system. the main objective of our project is to reduced manual involvement by the farmer by exploitation an automatic irrigation system that purpose is to reinforce water for agriculture crops. With embedded technology and internet of Things, during this work we've designed IoT based automated irrigation system for the Indian situation. Our system is ready to deliver optimum water to the plants supported moistures, humidity and temperature levels which are obtained through sensors. The farmer is able to monitor the parameters through the mobile app that is integrated with cloud storage. By analyzing and scrutiny previous year's information and our current information we have a tendency to square measure able to with efficiency notice some way to avoid wasting water.


The paper investigates the properties of the Nadir echo. The analysis is based on two spaceborne SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) data sets, obtained with the TerraSAR-X system and provided by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The data sets were commanded to contain strong Nadir echo and acquired over surfaces with homogeneous backscattering and topographic characteristics both in the swath of interest and in the Nadir region. The Nadir features in terms of duration, amplitude and phase and its behaviors, as point or distributed target, are studied and examined based on range compressed and image data analysis.


1 Laboratory Agro-Resources, Polymers and Process Engineering, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, PO Box 133, 14000, Kénitra Morocco 2 Laboratory of Materials Engineering and Environment: Application and Modeling, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, PO Box 133, 14000, Kénitra Morocco 3 LC2AME, Faculty of Sciences, Premier Mohammed University, PO Box 717, 60 000, Oujda Morocco


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Use of the representative parties rule in England and Australia has been stifled by restrictive interpretation of the circumstances in which it is available. Chapter 1 demonstrates that the predominant test in England for the 'same interest' required by the rule would, if consistently applied, defeat any claim to use the rule. The recent change of test in Australia widens the rule's potential scope but does not appear to have resulted in significantly more liberal interpretation. Chapter 2 discusses the rule's operation, including res judicata , the enforcement of judgments, and the protection of the interests of those represented and of the named parties. It concludes that the rule diverges from the traditional model of individual voluntary civil litigation, and is characterised by uncertainty. Chapter 3 argues that this uncertainty may have encouraged a defensive posture by the courts, limiting use of the rule and avoiding the need to address those issues which demand resolution. Chapter 4 notes that various features of the rule undermine a number of principles commonly associated with procedural fairness. It is argued that judicial response to these features often pays insufficient attention to two issues. The first is whether the purpose which the principle is expected to promote is in fact protected by the rule, even if the principle itself is undermined. The second is the need to balance the rule's limitation of some principles against its particular benefits. It is further argued that some successful representative claims exemplify circumstances in which the primary purpose of procedural law (accurate application of the substantive law) is served by the rule. Chapter 5 identifies other successful representative claims, particularly against representatives of the members of unincorporated associations, which, it is argued, ought to be viewed not as supporting accurate application, but rather as facilitating development, of the substantive law.


Understanding Chi-square - Concerning Introduction aux Méthodes Statistiques en Sociologie by Thierry Blöss and Michel Grossetti. Related to this introductory statistics book, several questions on how to teach the Chi-square are examined. The author proposes to not using the Chi-square test as a simple recipe but to help students understand that the Chi-square is homogeneous over a given sample and that basic attention should be made in its application.