Future radio systems must rely on co-existence and co-operation techniques to adapt to limited spectral resources and increasing demand. Motivated by the promise of RF Convergence co-design techniques, we designed and implemented the Communications and High-Precision Positioning (CHP2) system for flying ad hoc networks (FANETs). CHP2 simultaneously synchronizes distributed users, performs carrier-phase-accurate localization and enables network communications using limited bandwidth. We previously demonstrated rapid (<100 ms) and precise (<1 cm) ranging capabilities using limited signal bandwidth (10 MHz) in over-the-air experiments using re-configurable base stations and unmanned aerial systems (UASs). In this study, we investigate methods of leveraging these ranging estimates to localize multiantenna users. We discuss joint position and orientation tracking methodologies for multi-antenna platforms that leverage time-of-flight (ToF) estimates between cross-platform antenna pairs. This formulation is novel and accurately represents a target's movement as an integration of its translation and rotation. We acknowledge and discuss the limitations imposed by geometric dilution of precision (GDOP). We assert that the these capabilities make CHP2 a suitable candidate to provide both communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) and alternative positioning, navigation, and timing (APNT) services for safety-critical transport applications on a variety of vehicular platforms.


One of them recommends that a special court of arbitration should be set up for the Health Service, though it should be noted that no agreement on arbitration can be satisfactory while the Minister retains the powers that he now has under Section 66 of the Act. The court should'have a legally qualified independent president appointed by the Lord Chancellor, the appointment-and this should be emphasizedbeing on a permanent basis. The other members should have special knowledge of the subject matter, and they should be selected in equal numbers by the Lord Chancellor from panels nominated respectively by the appropriate committees of the Whitley management and staff sides. In other words, the endeavour is to obtain a court that will, so far as possible, be balanced in its constitution and independent of whatever Government is in power. The disputants could go to such a court in the expectation of a fair hearing, and the Government could enforce the court's decisions in the knowledge that these had been arrived at by an independent tribunal. If Governments are always to insist on having the last word, to insist on holding a power of veto, doctors will come to regard the State only as a dangerous partisan and themselves as the betting-chips of party politicians.


Recently, aluminium alloy has increasing been adopted to the welded structure, the more widely use of the higher-strength work-hardened Al-Mg alloy (such as 5083-1/4 H or 1/2 H) would contribute to the weight-reducton of the structures.One of the most important problems in the adoption of these alloy to the welded structures is the reduction of joint efficiency due to the softening of heat affected zone.The width of softened zone of the welded work-hardened alloy varies with welding conditions it is reduced by using small welding heat.From another point of view, the knowledge of the characteristics of these softened zone, would make it possible to cover the decrease of strength due to softened zone by using suitable joint design.In this report the author made clear the followings;(1) The fundamental nature of welded joints with softened zone by inquiring after the factors most connected with softened of welds and the relation between the width of softened zone and welding heat or tensile strength of welded joint of the work-hardened aluminium alloy, as well as(2) The possibility of increasing the strength of structural member including weld softened zone by adopting the appropriate joint design, from the results of tensile tests on longitudinal transverse and combined of shifted cross joints, and the stress analyses there of.


In this letter, we propose a nonplanar transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) channel field effect transistor and explore its ballistic performance in the ultimate scaling limit of sub-5 nm physical gate length (Lg) using self-consistent nonequilibrium Greens function framework. It is observed that electrostatic integrity remains intact even at such ultrashort Lg and physical scaling is eventually limited by direct source-drain tunneling. Benchmarking different TMD channels at various off-state current conditions shows potential for ultralow-leakage applications with small footprint, excellent energy efficiency, and moderate performance.


A method is described to compute flow over llelicopter ,rotor blades. The method utilizes a compressible potential flow field with embedded vortex sheets. It is fully compressible, with the ability to capture shocks in transonic cases, and is able to treat the wake as free with no external inputs. Also, the wake is treated in a general, unified way as a surface that moves through the flow field with no constraints imposed by the computation .. The method is quite different from others being developed. In other approaches the wake is typically treated as a collection of separate filaments. Also, other compressible approaches typically break the computational region into a set of small regions near each blade where the compressible flow equations are solved, and an outer region where the wake is computed. These approaches do not appear to be adequate for modern rotor blades because the physical wake from each blade usually does not break up into a set of well-defined vortex filaments, and also because it can approach quite close to other blades. The vortex embedding technique has been implemented in a computer code, HELIX I. In validation studies involving comparisons between results computed with HELIX I and experiments there has been very good agreement for the prediction of pressure distributions on blade surfaces, even in transonic cases with significant shocks. Also, the rotor wake geometry was also well predicted, for both two and four blade rotors. Successful prediction of the initial tip vortex descent rate (ki) is especially notable because previous methods have difficulty doing so.


The article summarizes the main mechanisms  underlying the radiosensitizing effect of photosensitizers. According to literature data many authors  consider the formation of reactive oxygen species to be the key element  in the implementation of the antitumor  effect of ionizing radiation, which transfers the photosensitizer molecule from the ground  state to the excited state. Their formation leads to the development of oxidative stress. The consequence of the realization of the oxidative stress induced by ionizing radiation is apoptosis of tumor cells. The first photosensitizers, which radiosensitizing  activity was confirmed, were hematoprofyrin and photophryn II. A detailed  analysis of the results of experimental  studies of radiosensitizing effect of photosensitizers on cell culture and laboratory animals with transplanted lines of malignant gliomas (glioma C6, gliosarcoma 9L, glioblastoma U87-MG) was made. The method of tumor radiosensitizing by administration of photosensitizers has been tested in patients with recurrent gliomas grade III-IV in a number of oncological centers. The obtained results show its good tolerability and antitumor  efficacy. We have not found publications  on the study of the radiosensitizing effect of chlorine-based photosensitizers in the available literature, that makes following studies in this field relevant.


Background Vedolizumab is a monoclonal antibody approved for the treatment of moderate to severe inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for those patients who have had inadequate or loss of response or were intolerant to a tumour necrosis factor alpha inhibitor (anti-TNF-alpha). Purpose To assess prescribing patterns and effectiveness of vedolizumab in patients with IBD. Material and methods A retrospective review of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) treated with vedolizumab (July 2015–September 2017). Demographic, clinical and pharmacotherapeutic information was collected from patients' medical records. Analysis of prescribing patterns included reasons for starting the therapy, previous treatment with anti-TNF-alpha, dosage regimen and use of an additional induction dose (week-10) of vedolizumab. Effectiveness was measured by clinical response obtained by reviewing the evolution of biochemical parameters (C-reactive protein (CRP) and faecal calprotectin (FC)) and colonoscopies findings. Effectiveness was assessed statistically using univariate and multivariate analysis. Results Forty patients (52.5% females) were included, with a median age of 48.4 years (range: 12–87) diagnosed with CD (n=21) or UC (n=19). Mean ±SD wt was 51.1±31.6 kg. Vedolizumab was prescribed in six patients because anti-TNF-alpha therapy was contraindicated. The other 34 patients had been previously treated with anti-TNF-alpha (infliximab and/or adalimumab) and changed to vedolizumab for the following reasons: anti-TNF-alpha failure despite serum anti-TNF-alpha trough levels in range (60%), adverse events (20%) and anti-drug antibodies (11.4%). A 12-year-old patient only received a dose lower than 300 mg. The dosage interval was reduced to 4 to 6 weeks in seven patients. An additional induction dose (week-10), only approved for CD, was administered to 10 patients, 50% affected by UC. 52.5% of patients achieved good clinical response. CD was identified as a negative predictive factor (OR: 0.12; 95% CI: 0.03 to 0.53; p<0.001). Previous treatment with anti-TNF-alpha, shortened the dosage interval, and additional induction dose did not show significant relevance in clinical response. Conclusion For a high percentage of patients with IBD, treatment with vedolizumab was considered appropriate. In terms of effectiveness, approximately half of the patients benefited from treatment. It would be necessary to evaluate the continuity of treatment with vedolizumab in patients who did not responded to therapy. References and/or Acknowledgements 1. EPAR: http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/EPAR_-_Summary_for_the_public/human/002782/WC500168532.pdf No conflict of interest


Objective To explore the effect of stromal cell-derived factor-1 α (SDF-1 α) on inducing recruitment of bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs) to wound area. Methods BMDCs were isolated from bone marrow, cultured with routine method and identified by CXCR4 antibody. Cells cultured with CXCR4 antibody (100 ng,/mL) for 6 hours were labeled with CM-DiI and injected into the tail vein of full-thickness incisional wound model (set as anti-CXCR4 group). BMDCs labeled with CM-DiI without antibody treatment were injected to the rats in BMDCs group, and rats were injected with DMEM/F12 serum-free medium in the control group. The quantity of labeled BMDCs at the wound site and the percentage of wound closure were measured. Results (1) All BMDCs expressed CXCR4. (2) The percentages of wound closure at days 7 and 14 in BMDCs group (7 d: 41.3% ±4.6%; 14 d:92.3% ±2. 1%) were significantly higher than those of control group (7 d: 29.3% ±2. 3%; 14 d: 77.3% ±2.5%) and anti-CXCR4 group (7 d: 30.7% ±4.6% ;14 d: 85.7% ±1.5%) (P<0.05). The percentage of wound closure of anti-CXCR4 group was significantly higher than that of control group at day 14(P < 0.05). (3) The number of CM-DiI labeled BMDCs at wound site at days 7 and 14 in BMDCs group [7 d: (535 ±84) cells/hpf; 14 d: (769 ±124) cells/hpf) were greater than those of anti-CXCR4 group [7 d: (335 ±97) cells/hpf; 14 d: (521 ± 127) cells/hpf] (P<0.05). Conclusions BMDCs participate in the cutaneous wound healing. SDF-1α plays an important role in recruiting BMDCs to wound area.

Key words:
Wound healing;  Bone marrow cells;  Stromal cell derived factor-1α


Examines the basic tenets of methodological tools designed to assess the impact of scientific advances on the creation of hightech products using the standardized functional and technological models. A method is proposed for determining the relationship of customer requirements to develop products of high-tech products, and requirements for conducting scientific research of a fundamental nature on the basis of which the methodology of rational justification of the perspective directions of scientific research to create high-tech products. The practical implementation of the method allows to increase the efficiency of innovation activity of enterprises and organizations of the military-industrial complex.


A continuously variable hydrostatic transmission includes an input shaft (14) connected to drive a hydraulic pump unit (18), a grounded hydraulic motor unit (20), and an output shaft (16). A wedge-shaped swashplate (22) is pivotally mounted to the output shaft (16) in driving connection to receive output torque resulting from the exchange of pressurized hydraulic fluid between the pump and motor units (18,20) through ports in the swashplate (22). A hydraulically actuated ratio controller (24) is pivotally linked to the swashplate (22) to selectively adjust the swashplate angle relative to the output shaft axis and thereby change transmission ratio.


The present study investigated the structure of the dorsal lingual surface tongue of the toad, Bufo bufo habitat in the west of Iran. The tongue of the toad contains two types of lingual papillae; fungiform papillae and filiform papillae. The fungiform papillae are usually scattered among the filiform papillae and are believed to function in gustation and in the secretion of salivary fluid. Light microscopic observations showed that a non-keratinised pseudo stratified columnar epithelium with ciliated cells lined the lingual papillae. Scanning electron microscopic examinations revealed that a taste disc (honeycomb) was located at the apical surface of each fungiform papillae. The surface of the disc had a latticework pattern. However, no ciliated cells were observed in the surrounding area of the sensory disc. As a result, the morphology of the lingual epithelium of the Bufo Bufo is species-specific. However, it is somewhat similar to that of Bufo japonicus and distinctly different from that of Bufo regularis.


The existence of non‐Gaussian distributed impulsive signals has roots in the generalized central theorem. In particular, the symmetric α‐stable (SαS) distribution has been used to model heavy‐tailed phenomena encountered in communication, underwater acoustics, and radar. Most previous work in the field of active control uses some of the numerous variants of LMS algorithm extended with the filtered‐x scheme. The stable processes, however, do not possess finite second‐order moments. Hence, the filter should be based on lp‐norm optimization. The p‐norm enters the expression for the tap‐weight update [p(t)<α(t)]. In this work a new adaptive algorithm referred to as regularized normalized least−mean p−norm algorithm [eNLMp(t)] is presented. A running estimate α(t) of the time−variant characteristic exponent of the stable signal is obtained. Hence, by adaptively tuning the filter p−norm a more optimal filter performance results in time−variant situations. Simulation analysis provides insight into the adaptive...


This brief concerns the set-theoretic recursive state estimation of non-linear systems with polynomial dynamics, making use of ellipsoidal bounds. The sum of squares approach is used to construct an optimal ellipsoid containing the intersection of sets obtained with the use of non-linear system equations and measurement equations. The properties of the proposed filter are illustrated with two examples, one concerning the simultaneous estimation of parameters and state of a linear system, and the other on the Euler equations of the rigid body rotational motion.


This paper deals with the existing system of land reform, which has led to an unprecedented crisis in agricultural land use. The author has substantiated the harmfulness of lifting the moratorium on the purchase and sale of land shares. The current practice of the formation of united territorial communities was estimated as well as the unresponsiveness of these transformational processes by the Ukrainian peasantry was pointed to


It is the precondition and foundation to build GIS database for analysis of population spatio-temporal dynamics. Based on introduction to the conception and feature of GIS database, ArcView GIS 3 1 was used to develop database for Chilo suppressalis in Zhejiang Province. The database, which includes spatial and corresponding attribute database, was built by classifying, coding, inputting and editing original data, etc. The spatial database comprised the boundary map, river map, road map, contour map and soil category map of Zhejiang Province, etc. and the attribute database included meteorologic, cultivated, light trapping and field sampling data, etc. We use place name as the primary key word to build the relationships between the spatial database and attribute database or each attribute tables. The database will be able to provide powerful assistance for pest managers in spatio-temporal analysis, besides the basic database management functions, such as data inputting, outputting, editing and querying.


The nearby SB(r)b galaxy NGC 3351 (M95) displays an ~600 pc diameter star-forming circumnuclear ring fueled by gas accreted through a stellar bar. The X-ray emission from this region is composed of numerous pointlike sources embedded in hot (kT = 0.5 ± 0.1 keV), nonuniform diffuse gas. Most of the pointlike sources are likely themselves concentrated regions of hot gas. The morphology of the X-ray emission is similar to, but not identical with, UV and Hα hot spots in the circumnuclear ring. The emission morphology can be understood if star formation is occurring through a series of instantaneous starbursts at various locations around the ring and the UV, Hα, and X-ray emission trace successively later stages in the evolution of the underlying stellar populations. X-ray emission extends at least 500 pc beyond the circumnuclear ring. This emission is interpreted as the result of gas outflow from the star-forming ring into the disk and halo of NGC 3351. There is evidence that the outflow is confined by cold ambient gas near the plane of the galaxy but that flow out of the plane is not restricted. The nucleus of the galaxy lacks both large amounts of hot gas and any pointlike source above an estimated X-ray luminosity of 1037 ergs s-1 in the 0.5-8.0 keV band. This luminosity is orders of magnitude too low to account for the observed nuclear Hα luminosity, 3.5 × 1038 ergs s-1, by X-ray photoionization.


Its scientific name, Melissa , derives from the greek word Melitta , which means bee and makes so reference to the bees atraction toward its flower and produced honey quality. The prime material used are the leaves ( Melissae folium ) or the entire plant (the aerial part) ( Melissae herba ), which contain: volatile oil (0,05 - 0,3%), tanin, rozmarinic acid (4%), triterpene, flavonoizi etc. The age influences the germinative faculty only in the case of seeds which were put to germinate at temperatures between 20-30 0 C, when the results are very significant. the highest herba production was obtained at variant with 60 cm between rows and 30 cm between plants on row resulting a density of 55.555 pl/ha. Extraction in propilenglicol:water allows the obtaining of a more concentrated product.


Objective: To study the application of lower limbs EMG in the diagnosis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.Methods: The data of lower limbs EMG of 148 cases of type 2 diabete were retrospectively analyzed,including the tibial nerve,peroneal nerve motor amplitude and conduction velocity,superficial peroneal nerve sensory amplitude and conduction speed,F-wave latency of tibial nerve,amplitude and latency of foot skin sympathetic response. Results: The abnormal rate of tibial nerve motor conduction velocity was higher than amplitude; the abnormal rate of skin sympathetic response's amplitude was higher than its latency. The difference was statistically significant( P 0. 01); Peroneal nerve,Fwave,and skin sympathetic response,s abnormal rate were higher than the Tibial and the Superficial peroneal nerve,s and the difference was statistically significant( P 0. 01); Compared with the abnormal rate of clinical diagnosis and EMG diagnosis,the difference was statistically significant( P = 0. 000). Conclusion: Lower limbs EMG is a valuable means of checking in the early diagnosis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.


This thesis deals with self-help groups and support groups for persons with visual impairments, operating in Slovenia, within the Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovenia and other associated groups throughout the country. Persons with visual impairments come across many obstacles and difficulties on daily basis. One of the biggest barrier exposed both by professionals as well as by people with visual impairments, is poor social network and consequently high probability of social isolation and lack of interpersonal relationships. The study of this rapidly evolving phenomenon starts from the outside, which we used also in the following thesis. We made use of the questionnaires, which we utilize on eight group leaders of self-help or support groups and five in-depth interviews of group leaders who operate in the inter-municipal organizations of blind and visually impaired in Slovenia. We wanted to get a broader picture, and then carry out in-depth interviews with group leaders who were willing to cooperate. Our interest was to learn how the structure of self-help groups for the blind and partially sighted people looks like, the experiences and reasons for guiding these groups, and how leaders separate and define self-help groups and support groups. This thesis contains a qualitative research approach, and represents an introduction to research of self-help groups and support groups for persons with visual impairments in Slovenia.


Ethnic interest groups constitute influential actors in Nigeria's sphere of political engagement and public discourse generally. These groups, like other social actors, largely rely on mass media to be seen and heard, and the way media report them tends to shape public perception and engagement with the groups. Therefore, this paper examined press coverage of ethnic interest groups in Nigeria. Situated within the framework of agenda setting and framing theories, the study was designed as a content analysis. Four national dailies –Daily Sun, Vanguard, The Nation and Daily Trust – were purposively selected between May 29, 2015 and May 29, 2017, while 432 editions (108 issues for each paper) were selected. Findings showed that newspapers gave frequent and prominent coverage to ethnic interest groups in Nigeria. Reports on the groups revolved mainly around advocacy and antagonistic communication from the groups. The reports were slanted to favour ethnic groups of the respective owners. The study concluded that the continued visibility enjoyed by ethnicity-related issues in the sphere of public discourse in Nigeria may be partly explained by the frequent and prominent coverage given to them by newspapers, and that newspapers' slanting of their reports in favour of ethnicity of their owners underscores their role in reinforcing ethnic consciousness and divisiveness in Nigeria as found by several previous studies. The study recommended, among others, more efforts by the press towards objectivity and non-sensationalism in their reportage of ethnicity.


Brassinosteroids (BRs) and polyamines, well-established growth regulators, play a key role in abiotic stress response in plants. In the present study, we examined the role of 24-epibrassinolide (EBL, an active BR) and/or putrescine (Put) in the salt-induced stress in cucumber. The 15-d-old plants were exposed to 100 mM NaCl and they were subsequently treated by exogenous EBL and/or Put. The salt stress reduced significantly plant growth and gas-exchange parameters, and increased proline content and electrolyte leakage in the leaves. Toxic effects induced by salt stress were completely overcome by the combination of EBL and Put. EBL and/or Put treatments improved the growth parameters of the NaCltreated plants, such as shoot length, root length, fresh and dry mass. Our data also indicated that applications of EBL and Put upregulated the activities of the antioxidant enzymes, such as catalase, peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase under salt stress. Additional key words: brassinosteroids; Cucumis sativus; polyamines; salt stress.


ABSTRACT A quantum optics model of the asymmetric case of the interaction between two two-level atoms and quantum field, which obeys SU(1,1) Lie group, is proposed. The atom-atom interaction and the rotating wave approximation are suggested in the Hamiltonian operator. Our aim is to obtain the time-dependent wave function of asymmetric case analytically. The analytical method is based on the eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors of the coefficient matrix of the interaction Hamiltonian operator. The SU(1,1) quantum system is initially in the Perelomov coherent state. Therefore, the atomic inversion is obtained and discussed for different values of model parameters such as initial atomic angles, Perelomov coherent, the Bargmann index and the detuning parameters. Observe that the quantum optics model is sensitive to the variation in both the Perelomov coherent parameter and the Bargmann index. In addition, there are nonclassical properties of the proposed quantum model in the presence the detuning parameter changes.


The syntactic complexity of a subclass of the class of regular languages is the maximal cardinality of syntactic semigroups of languages in that class, taken as a function of the state complexity n of these languages. We prove that n! and ⌊e(n − 1)⌋. are tight upper bounds for the syntactic complexity of ℛ- and 𝒥-trivial regular languages, respectively.


Geriatric subjects are vulnerable to Socio Economic Deprivation (SED), food and nutrition insecurity, poor nutritional status , morbidities, physical dependence, cognitive impairment and depression. Their inter-linkages is a least explored area of research. This aspect has been explored in this study by adopting a cross-sectional study design on 616 geriatric subjects selected by multistage sampling procedure from urban Varanasi, India. Pre-designed, pre-tested proforma and appropriate tools and standard techniques were used for assessing socioeconomic deprivation, food insecurity, nutritional status, morbidities, functional and psychological status of subjects. In order to find out inter-linkages, all significant variables in univariate analysis were subjected to logistic regression model. In logistic regression analysis higher odds of severe (AOR 14.98; 95% CI 5.62–39.96) and moderate (7.89; 95%CI 4.19–14.86) food insecurity at household level prevailed in subjects with SED. Besides Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) (2.18; 95% CI 1.32–3.60), moderate/severe depression (5.06; 95% CI 2.02–12.66) has been linked with household food insecurity. Higher odds for moderate and severe (2.45; 95% CI 1.13–5.34) and mild (1.75; 95% CI 1.08–2.82) depression were identified in CED victims. There existed a significant linkage between presence of morbidity and assisted as well as severe physical dependency. Higher adjusted odds (2.37; 95% CI 1.54–3.65) for depression prevailed in subjects with physical dependency. Policy shift from socio economic upliftment to food security and sensitivities of families and community for geriatric care in illness and physical dependency are required for wellbeing of geriatric subjects.


The understanding of certain data often requires the collection of similar data from different places to be analysed and interpreted. Multi-agent systems (MAS), interoperability standards (DICOM, HL7 or EN13606) and clinical Ontologies, are facilitating data interchange among different clinical centres around the world. However, as more and more data becomes available, and more heterogeneous this data gets, the task of accessing and exploiting the large number of distributed repositories to extract useful knowledge becomes increasingly complex. Beyond the existing networks and advances for data transfer, data sharing protocols to support multilateral agreements are useful to exploit the knowledge of distributed Data Warehouses. The access to a certain data set in a federated Data Warehouse may be constrained by the requirement to deliver another specific data set. When bilateral agreements between two nodes of a network are not enough to solve the constraints for accessing to a certain data set, multilateral agreements for data exchange can be a solution.
The research carried out in this PhD Thesis comprises the design and implementation of a Multi-Agent System for multilateral exchange agreements of clinical data, and evaluate how those multilateral agreements increase the percentage of data collected by a single node from the total amount of data available in the network. Different strategies to reduce the number of messages needed to achieve an agreement are also considered.
The results show that with this collaborative sharing scenario the percentage of data collected dramatically improve from bilateral agreements to multilateral ones, up to reach almost all data available in the network.


Xiliaohe (Inner Mongolia) , which lies Wengniute-Kulun county of Inner Mongolia south-east, is in deficient water resources. Groundwater always is main water headspring of industry and living in this area, and the exploitation of this groundwater has significance. Through the study on distribution characters and exploiting conditions of groundwater and the balance of supply and demand of groundwater, the article puts forward problems and relating polices and advices that lies in the exploitation of groundwater resources. Only on the condition that we ascertain reserve of groundwater, mark out and regulate unitedly, prevent water pollution, call for saving water, suggest uni-calling between surface water and groundwater positively, can we exploit and use groundwater rationally.


It is postulated that tunneling centers responsible for the low-temperature thermodynamic behavior of a glass are linked with those local regions where thermally excited orientational and/or translational diffusion occurs at T\ensuremath{\le}${T}_{g}$ in an otherwise rigid glassy matrix. This postulate is tested by three sets of different experiments, namely, (i) physical aging, (ii) regions created in crystals by neutron irradiation, and (iii) regions created by addition of a second component to a glass, by using results from the literature. These results seem to confirm the postulate. The number of such local regions is \ensuremath{\sim}${10}^{16}$ per mole of a glass.


ABSTRACT This research is aimed to find out the application of the SWOT analysis as the formulating strategy to create a competitive advantage at Pesona Batik Madura. This research has been conducted by using qualitative method which performs observation, interviews, and documentation. The results are then analyzed by using the SWOT analysis method whichconsists of identifying strengths and weaknesses by using the IFAS matrix and to identify opportunities and threats by using the EFAS matrix. Pesona Batik Madura has greater strengths than weaknesses which is shown in the IFAS matrix whereas the threats that is experienced the company is larger than the opportunitiesthat is shown by the EFAS matrix. Moreover,by using ST strategy (Strength Threats Strategies) companies can combine the differentiation strategy. Based on the result of the SWOT analysis and strategy formulation, it can be concluded that the differentiation strategy has made the percentage of sales increases in each month and customers are satisfied with the services which have been provided. So that companies can be more superior in the batik business competition by applying the SWOT analysis. Keywords: SWOT analysis, SWOT matrix, IFAS, EFAS, differentiation strategy.


if sufficient coverage over the abutment teeth is provided, proper case selection is done and the occlusalconsiderations are understood during their fabrication, these restorations offer good clinical performance whilst being conservative. Resin bonded bridges offer a conservative approach to the restoration of edentulous spaces than conventional bridgework. However, since their introduction, the main concern regarding resin bonding bridge work has been increased debonding rates and inferior longevity. Increasing published scientific reports have shown success rates of seven to nine years provided that vital success factors are respected. Clinical success in resin bonded bridgeworkis dependent on of risk cases, optimum coverage and meticulous clinical technique. This paper will examine design principles vital in the success of resin bonded bridgework and present two clinical cases.


The University of Leon, inside the Studies of Library an Information Science, lectures two subjects which contents are addressed to the knowledge of audiovisual and multimedia documentation. The purpose of the subject Analysis of Documental Content is the treatment of the documental messages and how to retrieval them. The third session is focused on the representation and the retrieval of sound, visual, audiovisual and multimedia documents. Before approaching the documental analysis of the audiovisual document, it has to be exposed the peculiarities of the sound and iconic codes. Then, we introduce the students in the analysis of the audiovisual documents, as well as mixed image-sound, diachronic and non decodificable documents, directly through the senses. Finally, the peculiarities of the digital document are taught, where it is very important its characteristics of multimedia, text integrator, image and sound. The separation between content and support makes that these documents, besides mixed (different codes), be distributed (in many files) and be dynamic (easily modified). These characteristics involve new necessities of treatment that are outlined as corollary of this subject.


Adding a type of municipal solid waste (incinerator slag) into ultrafine tailings can effectively enhance the mechanical properties of tailings. With an aim to study the macro- and micro-mechanical properties of the tailings slag mixture (TSM), the strength parameters (internal friction angle, cohesion) and micro-mechanical properties with different slag contents were analyzed by geotechnical experiments and particle flow simulations, respectively. The macroscale experimental results demonstrated that the strength parameters of TSM were much higher than that of tailings. Strength parameters also showed non-linear-rising trends with increasing slag content. For the slag content of 40%, the maximum cohesiveness of TSM was determined at 65.2 kPa, and the corresponding friction angle was 39.9°C. Furthermore, the Particle Flow Code (PFC) micro-simulation software was used to analyze the micro-mechanical characteristics of the TSM at different slag contents. The microscale simulation outcomes indicated that the particle transport, particularly in their moving directions, became increasingly chaotic with an increase in the slag content; also, the slag particles significantly impacted the shear processing zone of the TSM. These experimental and numerical results brought more scientific insights into the shear failure mechanism of TSM.


This paper applies HPLC Polt-wise to inspect the Ganoderma Lucidum Spore Oil adulteration phenomenon,and makes quantitative analysis on the adulteration phenomenon.


Governance has emerged as an important issue for organisations across the world. Governance is the combined activities of developing and managing cohesive and consistent policies, processes and decisions right for a given area of responsibility. For an e-learning ecosystem to work effectively, it is essential that we have the right regulatory, technological and social conditions. This paper discusses a framework to support the successful implementation of an e-learning system includes (1) organisational decision making structures, (2) processes which include operational and technical supports, and (3) communications and relational mechanisms. Six characteristics and dimensions of Darkingpsilas digital ecosystem governance were used to enhance the framework. E-learning information security governance is also discussed in the paper. The underlying goals for adopting e-learning governance practices are improvement of business performance and conformance to regulations. This paper discusses governance for e-learning ecosystems within the digital business ecosystems(DBE).


Background: Social networking sites are increasingly adopted by public health programs to attract users and promote health messages. However, empirical research has yet to suggest effective strategies for leveraging the social features on these sites. Moreover, rarely do program evaluators investigate the underlying message and user structures to help content producers build a vibrant and meaningful user community. East Los High (ELH) is an award-winning online teen drama designed to promote safe sex and prevent teen pregnancy among Latino youth in the United States. Additional materials were rolled out on the program's website and four popular social networking sites during and after its Hulu premier to help develop a fan base and achieve the social objectives.

Objective: As part of a comprehensive program evaluation, the goals of this study were two-fold: (1) To identify attributes of ELH Facebook posts that elicited the most successful user responses, and (2) To uncover the patterns of user behavior and user-generated content associated with the most successful posts.

Methods: Data from May 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014 were extracted from the ELH Facebook Fan Page using Facebook Insights and custom Python code. For objective 1, the most successful posts were selected based on 10 indicators (e.g., daily reach, likes, shares, and comments). Their message framing, intent, and media type were coded to identify salient attributes. For objective 2, focusing on the most successful posts, a series of bimodal user-post networks and semantic networks were analyzed using NodeXL to reveal influential individual users, subgroups, and topical interests.

Results: In nine months, ELH accumulated 6,459 likes on its fan page. ELH content producers used six message types to present 342 posts. Although a single post could reach over 10,000 people, on average, each post reached over 2,000 people, engaged around 200 to interact with the content, and prompted more than 50 to provide feedback and word-of-mouth. This means about 10% of Facebook users who saw a post also clicked on it, and out of those 25% liked, shared, mentioned, or commented on the post. Twelve posts were considered the most successful and they were predominantly photos of the show and cast combined with short texts calling for action. Network analysis results revealed that the ELH official account played a central role in facilitating user commenting, and a dedicated set of evangelistic users actively commented on and promoted ELH posts. The top word pairs reflected positive program feedback and discussions related to the show's social objectives.

Conclusions: Adopting popular social media platforms does not necessarily guarantee success in user engagement. Content producers need to present their messages strategically and engage evangelistic users to build a sustainable community. Public health program developers can benefit from understanding basic structures of information and social networks to effectively monitor user dynamics, provide tailored feedback, and cultivate a strong fan base. []


To the Editors: Delusional infestation is defined by fixed, false beliefs of infestation with parasites or inanimate objects. Patients typically present to clinicians in primary care and dermatology rather than to mental health practitioners.1 To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of delusional infestation associated with "black mold." Further, it is a rare case with systemic involvement and of fungus-related delusional infestation.

Case report. Mr A, a divorced 54-year-old homeless white man, was transferred to our hospital's medicine service for videoelectroencephalography (vEEG) after experiencing seizures at another hospital. He reported taking more than 20 mg of lorazepam daily, explaining that lorazepam treated the "neurotoxic" effects of a "black mold infection" he acquired over 1 year ago, and his lorazepam supply had run out 2 days prior to presentation. He attributed numerous somatic symptoms to the black mold, or Stachybotrys chartarum, infection including tinnitus, fatigue, and headaches. Mr A was a limited historian and declined to identify collateral sources but alluded to multiple inpatient psychiatric and substance admissions. Pertinent medical history was limited to a head injury as an adolescent. Mental status examination revealed an unkempt, agitated man with forceful speech, intense and labile affect, and obsessive thoughts with moderate paranoia. His thoughts were perseverative and overinclusive but generally linear and goal-directed. He denied hallucinations or suicidal or homicidal ideation.

No seizure activity was seen on the vEEG, and a comprehensive physical, laboratory, and neuroimaging workup did not reveal evidence of fungal infection or another cause for his reported symptoms. Neuroleptics and mood stabilizers were recommended for psychosis and mood elevation but were persistently refused. A slow lorazepam taper was accompanied by episodes of rhythmic shaking and agitation at doses below 8 mg daily. Repeated EEGs during these episodes were unrevealing, substantiating a diagnosis of nonepileptic seizures. Mr A was dissatisfied with the taper and ultimately discharged against medical advice after undergoing a risk assessment and capacity evaluation. He refused treatment referral.

Delusional infestation principally involves the skin, and almost all reported cases with fungus include dermatologic manifestations. We conducted a literature search using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO using terms related to delusions (psychosis, psychotic, delusion*, delusory, Ekbom*, parasitophobi*, and Morgellon*) with those related to fungus/black mold (mold*, fungus, fungal, mycotoxi*, and Stachybotrys).2–6 Table 1 provides a summary of the cases found.

Table 1

Previously Reported Cases of Delusional Parasitosis or Infestation With Fungal Etiology

This is a rare report of delusional infestation with systemic symptoms and, to our knowledge, the first reported case of black mold delusional infestation. Whereas a controversial study suggests that mycotoxins may cause vague neurologic illness,7 our patient's limited mold exposure more than 1 year prior to presentation with persistent symptoms is inconsistent with even that report. Severe benzodiazepine use disorder was evident. A clear understanding of Mr A's psychosis was hindered by lack of collateral history. No secondary cause was identified, so our differential diagnosis included schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder with absent insight.3 Conversion disorder, factitious disorder, and malingering were also considered given the vEEG results. Detailed discussion of managing delusional infestation has been reviewed elsewhere.8–10 Management should include medical workup to rule out secondary causes. First-line treatment for primary delusional infestation includes antipsychotic medication. Both first-generation10 and second-generation9 agents have been used successfully. Attention should be given to common comorbid disorders such as depression and anxiety.11 Mental health referral is recommended.

Patients with delusional infestation suffer substantially from psychosocial dysfunction and are at increased risk for harm from hazardous treatments, as exemplified by our patient using high-dose benzodiazepines. As with this case, most patients with delusional infestation present to nonpsychiatric physicians, thus an understanding of diagnosis, workup, and treatment approaches is critical to limit unwarranted medical intervention and promote functional recovery.


In unifoliates of eight lines of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), four with a pole and four with a bush habit, symptoms of resistance and susceptibility, according to line, developed quickly when plants were inoculated with Pseudomonas phaseoli cola on the day when the leaves opened. When older leaves were inoculated symptoms developed more slowly, but the resistant/susceptible difference was retained. Oxygen uptakes by homogenates of healthy unifoliates of the four resistant lines were 30 to 75 per cent, higher than the uptakes by homogenates of those of the four susceptible lines on the day when the leaves opened. Subsequently the uptakes fluctuated somewhat, although those of resistant leaves were always higher. Using leaf sections, rates of respiration and the extents of dark C02 fixation were found to be the same in both resistant and susceptible unifoliates at all stages of development. Old healthy resistant leaves decarboxylated indoleacetic acid less rapidly than did old healthy susceptible leaves, but there was no difference in young leaves. The oxygen uptake by homogenates is, therefore, the most promising reaction to pursue in order that the difference between resistant and susceptible leaves might be understood.


Amid a changing field, the National Council for Behavioral Health held its first ever Hill Day at Home event, which focused on key legislation and overcoming struggles during the COVID-19 crisis to advocate for federal investments and laud behavioral health providers for their capacity in addressing ongoing challenges


In order to study the activity of formaldehyde oxidation,Different Surface area over Supported Pt/CeO2 catalysts were prepared by sol-gel methods and tested for HCHO oxidation,compared to Pt/SiO2 catalyst.We found that the reactivity of formaldehyde oxidation were influenced by the properties of the supports.We also founded that the specific surface area of CeO2 also influence the catalytic properties of Pt/CeO2 catalyst.A catalyst with 38 m2/g specific surface area has the highest activity,due to the stronger interaction between metal and carrier and the higher concentration of oxygen vacancies.


Analytic expressions for both the isentrope energy and temperature along the Hugoniot curve may be expressed in terms of a single integral function for a Mie-Gruneisen equation of state with constant heat capacity cν.


We propose the Unified Automata Processor (UAP), a new architecture that provides general and efficient support for finite automata (FA). The UAP supports a wide range of existing finite automata models (DFAs, NFAs, A-DFAs, JFAs, counting-DFAs, and counting-NFAs), and future novel FA models. Evaluation on realistic workloads shows that UAP implements all models efficiently, achieving line rates 94.5% of ideal. A single UAP lane delivers line rates 50× greater than software approaches on CPUs and GPUs. Scaling UAP to 64 lanes achieves FA transition throughputs as high as 295 Gbps, more than 100× higher than CPUs and GPUs, and even exceeding ASIC approaches such as IBM's RegX by 6×. With efficient support for multiple input streams, UAP achieves throughputs that saturate even high speed stacked DRAM memory systems. The UAP design and implementation is efficient in instructions executed, memory references, and energy. UAP achieves a 1.2 Ghz clock rate (32nm TSMC CMOS), and a 64-lane UAP requires only 2.2 mm2 and 563 mW. At these levels of performance and energy-efficiency, UAP is a promising candidate for integration into general-purpose computing architectures.


The use of pulse oximetry in measuring heart rates is well established. In this
project the technique is applied in conjunction with a simple FFT (Fast Fourier
Transform) treatment to the measuring of heart rates on swimmers using the
MORES sensor developed by CiS Forschungsinstitut fur Mikrosensorik und Photovoltaik
GmbH in Erfurt. Movement data is collected from an IMU (Inertial Measurement
Unit) and fused using a complementary filter. It is found that due to the
high noise ratio, poor performance of supporting hardware and immaturity of the
oximetry sensor that the heart rate measurement gave unsatisfactory results. The
IMU gives the expected data and the fusing algorithms perform as intended. Integration
of accelerometer data for the acquisition of velocity and position is proven
not to work.


Six management strategies of wheat rust in its severe epidemic years were developed based on the experiences of its successful control in 2002 in Tianshui city. They are forecasting timely, implementing scientific control tactics, enhancing governments' coordination, advocating the control tactics frequently, preparing funds enough to support control actions and strengthening quality control of pesticides in local markets.


The Anabaptist movement was a 'common man's reform movement' in Luther's Europe. The Anabaptists wanted to reform the church according to New Testament guidelines more radically than either Luther or Zwingli were ready to do. For example, they baptised adults instead of infants, because they had observed that only adults were baptised in the Gospels, including the baptism of Jesus. In reformation Europe any adults baptised by these reformers would have already received baptism as infants. It was this practise of re-baptising members of the Catholic Church that gave them the name 'Anabaptists'. 'Re-baptism' was a heresy deserving death, and to classify these radical reformers thus made them legally subject to execution. In this article the author first explains what she means by the 'Anabaptist movement'. This includes an introduction to early Swiss Anabaptism and to the way in which it was speedily persecuted by the religious authorities. This persecution caused flight and that in turn caused the movement to spread. As the number of Anabaptists increased to thousands, so did the persecution by torture and death. Stories of some Anabaptist martyrs are recounted during the course of this article. The author also looks at the various justifications for the burning of heretics, as well as at the corresponding theological understanding by those who were burned.


Antenna technology is developing in today's world where data transmission is main. In such environment number of different antennas is developed for near field and far field focusing. In this paper a linear feed antenna array is presented which is a sectoral horn H-plane antenna having dielectric lens of biconvex shape are placed in the aperture. Only in h-plane our antenna focuses its beam for providing high aperture and small width of linear array illumination. For the array length illumination in the other plane the field distribution is found on the array having nice agreement of 10 GHz frequency prototype. In this paper we use CST tool for simulation.


Renal cell cancer is a unique solid tumor that occasionally shows spontaneous regression even at an advanced stage, of which the underlying mechanism is not well understood. To investigate a potential role of the pro‐apoptotic molecule caspase‐1 in the growth regulation of renal cell cancer, we created transfectants expressing exogenous caspase‐1 from a murine renal cancer cell line, Renca. Overexpression of caspase‐1 did not affect the growth of Renca cells in vitro at the exponential phase but induced apoptotic cell death at 50% to 75% confluence, whereas control cells underwent apoptosis only after reaching 100% confluence. When implanted into the flank of a syngeneic BALB/c mouse, caspase‐1‐overexpressing Renca cells did not effectively establish growth as a solid tumor, forming a measurable tumor in only 7 of 11 (64%) animals, whereas control cells formed a tumor in 6 of 6 (100%) animals. The growth of tumors from caspase‐1‐overexpressing cells slowed down markedly after the tumors reached 5 to 10 mm in diameter, and histological examination of such tumors revealed numerous apoptotic cells positively stained by TUNEL assay. Interestingly, endogenous caspase‐1 was not detected in the tumors from control cells, which re‐expressed caspase‐1 when they were re‐cultured and exposed to a demethylation reagent, 5‐aza‐2′‐deoxycytidine. Furthermore, treatment of a human renal cancer cell line, ACHN, with 5‐aza‐2′‐deoxycytidine also caused recovery of caspase‐1 expression, which was not detected before treatment. These data suggest that silencing of caspase‐1 through DNA methylation may be involved in the oncogenesis of some renal cell cancers growing as a solid tumor. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The one-body partonic distributions in the hadrons are well investigated using electromagnetic or weak interactions. The events with multiple electromagnetic or weak interactions on the same hadron are the very rare. Thus the double parton distributions can be investigated in the events with double QCD hard scattering of partons of the same hadron: it depends not only on the rapidities (or fractional momenta) of the partons but also on a transverse variable. The nucleon-deuteron collision can be a good candidate for this kind of investigations because of the known structure of the deuteron wave function which provides a probe, absent in hadron-hadron collision.


Most North American hummingbird species are separated from one another during the breeding season by different habitat preferences. In migration, however, different species often share the same habitat. Migrating hummingbirds are usually aggressive and often territorial both interand intraspecifically (Armitage 1955; Cody 1968; Dunford and Dunford 1972, pers. observ.). This was the case on Wheeler Peak in eastern Nevada, where Rufous Hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) and Calliope Hummingbirds (Stellula calliope) shared the same habitat and food source. The purpose of this paper is to describe some differences in the means by which these two species exploited the food resource.


To determine the age‐related differences in the association between level of acculturation and perceptions about change in health status after migration in mid‐ to late‐life immigrants.


Wuhan city circle around the "two-oriented society" building a modern system of social organization comprehensive reform pilot area in the process of establishing a hot issue,explains the basic features of modern social organization-cum-renewable resources service center;stressed the need to promote democracy and people's livelihood system construction;Analyzes the feasibility of modern society organizations help "two-oriented society" building;an overview of the work of thinking Huazhong resource recycling service center as an example of innovative market-oriented operation of modern society organization of public services.


A BIG PROBLEM FROM A SIMPLE THING CALLED "FLU" The isolation of the human influenza virus was first reported by W. Smith, C.H. Andrewes, P.P. Laidlaw from the National Institute for Medical Research in England in 1933 [1, 2]. Two years before their report, in 1931 Richard E. Shope from the USA isolated a swine influenza virus [3, 4]. A considerable body of data regarding the structural and functional properties of influenza viruses, disease pathogenesis, adaptive and innate immune responses has been accumulated over the past 85 years. The human influenza virus has emerged as one of the primary public health threats due to its wide incidence and ability to cause a severe respiratory illness. Human influenza can lead to epidemics and pandemics, accompanied by high mortality rates and significant economic losses, because the influenza A virus exhibits rapid evolutionary dynamics and fast adaptation to human hosts that possess a general, non-specific immune system and vary in the levels of acquired immunity. Human influenza virus strains carry specific phenotypic characteristics that affect the disease process: i) the ability to attach to and infect the epithelium of the upper airway passages (receptor-binding activity), ii) the ability to escape the immune response, and iii) the abilPredicting the Evolutionary Variability of the Influenza A Virus


In his thoughtful and important essay "Positivist Dogmas, Rhetoric, and the Education Science Question" (this issue of Educational Researcher, pp. 428-440), Kenneth R. Howe chal lenges the currently dominant conception of education research, arguing that it is based on an obsolete, positivistic conception of science. He also suggests that three of the most salient divisions within the education research community are products of the same obsolete misunderstanding. Strong divisions between approaches to research?quantitative versus qualitative, descrip tive versus normative, scientific versus humanistic?are primarily the result of positivistic dogma, he suggests. This perspective leads him to consider several recent formulations of research stan


A communication terminal (T) having processing means (TRT) adapted to enable use of software applications and provide an interface (INT) for communicating with a communication network (N), said processing means comprising at least: • a first module (MZG) adapted to define a geographical zone (ZG) • a second module (MOR) suitable for determining a set of actual active objects (O1, O2) located in this area and having an interface (Int1 , Int2) with the communication network, • a third module (MIA) adapted to identify an application based on the actual active objects • a fourth module (MDA) adapted for interfacing the application with the real objects assets previously determined.


In this paper we deduce the existence of at least one positive solution to boundary value problems with nonlinear, nonlocal boundary conditions, which have either asymptotically sublinear or asymptotically superlinear growth. Our model problem is y″ = −λf(t, y(t)), 0 < t < 1, subject to y(0) = H(ϕ(y)) and y(1) = 0, where H is a continuous function, which captures the nonlinearity of the boundary condition at t = 0, and ϕ(y) is a linear functional, which captures the nonlocality of the boundary condition at t = 0. We argue that this problem has at least one positive solution by imposing only an asymptotic growth condition on the function H together with some additional hypotheses on ϕ.


OBJECTIVE
To study the growth rhythm of preterm appropriate for gestational age (AGA) infants by investigating their physical catch-up growth characteristics.

METHODS
Eighty-four preterm AGA newborns (44 males and 40 females) with gestational ages between 28-36 weeks were enrolled. The weight, length and head circumference were evaluated by Z score according to the criterions of actual and corrected ages.

RESULTS
The preterm infants had the catch-up growth in weight, length and head circumference in the first year of life. The growth velocity within the first three months was the highest. The velocity in the weight catch-up was higher than that in the length.

CONCLUSIONS
The fastest growing period is the early three month of life in preterm AGA infants. The catch-up growth in weight and length is unbalanced.


Synthetic biology is a rapidly developing field which stems from normal genetic engineering, and benefiting from the advances of chemical and physical experimental technology. In doing so, scientists can artificially create or predict certain traits of a creature. Serving as a tool to manipulate gene expression and genome sequence, synthetic biology has multiple applications such as for studying microorganisms, agriculture, environmental conservation, and economy. In the orthodox belief, people are not capable of intervening with inherent gene traits, but as breakthroughs in synthetic biology are constantly made, rethinking of the way of life is needed. Challenges and opportunities always appear simultaneously. Not only were the scientific thoughts shown through the development of synthetic biology invaluable, but people shall consider further topics of life. That is, what can be done with synthetic biology, for humankind and for the world. A brief introduction about this field will be given, and the applications and prospect about synthetic biology will also be discussed. In conclusion, all the advancements in this field have greatly enhanced scientists' ability to manipulate genomes and have deepened their understandings about the way of life.


The two stanzas of "Mailing swan flies afar swiftly,Fish and dragon dive and leap in water wherefrom writing forms" in Zhang Ruoxu's poem Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye have always been a difficult point about which opinions vary.Starting from such correct knowledge as the false or true expression of poetic wordage,the poefic reference to "that" and "this",etc.and on the basis of verifying its inverted order,clarifying the author's scope of seeing and thinking as well as the flow direction of emotion so as to grasp correctly the poetic flavour,the present holds the view that the two stanzas should mean: Because of the swiftness of time,resentment is aroused about the state that the distant mailing swan fails to send the message of lovesikness;looking at the ripples on water and thinking of the message in expectation.


At the FRS Ion Catcher (FRS-IC), projectile and fission fragments are produced at relativistic energies, separated in-flight, energy-bunched, slowed down, and thermalized in the ultra-pure helium gas-filled cryogenic stopping cell (CSC). Thermalized nuclei are extracted from the CSC using a combination of DC and RF electric fields and gas flow. This CSC also serves as the prototype CSC for the Super-FRS, where exotic nuclei will be produced at unprecedented rates making it possible to go towards the extremes of the nuclear chart. Therefore, it is essential to efficiently extract thermalized exotic nuclei from the CSC under high beam rate conditions, in order to use the rare exotic nuclei which come as cocktail beams. The extraction efficiency dependence on the intensity of the impinging beam into the CSC was studied with a primary beam of 238U and its fragments. Tests were done with two different versions of the DC electrode structure inside the cryogenic chamber, the standard 1 m long and a short 0.5 m long DC electrode. In contrast to the rate capability of 10^4 ions/s with the long DC electrode, results show no extraction efficiency loss up to the rate of 2x10^5 ions/s with the new short DC electrode. This order of magnitude increase of the rate capability paves the way for new experiments at the FRS-IC, including exotic nuclei studies with in-cell multi-nucleon transfer reactions. The results further validate the design concept of the CSC for the Super-FRS, which was developed to effectively manage beams of even higher intensities.


Objective: Investigate the influence of strength training (ST) on serum resistin levels and blood pressure of postmenopausal women. Methods: Longitudinal study conducted at the Federal University of Sao Carlos with twenty-three sedentary postmenopausal women. The ST lasted 13 months (Dec./2008 to Jan./2010) and consisted of two weekly sessions with three sets of 8-12 maximum repetitions and one exercise for each main muscle group. Maximum muscular strength was tested in the following exercises: bench press, 45° leg press, and standing arm curl. Serum resistin level was determined using the ELISA method. ANOVA (with repeated measures) was used for the comparisons between periods Pre-, 6 months and 13 months (p < 0.05); Pearson's correlation test was used to evaluate the correlations between resistin × blood pressure, resistin × muscle strength and strength × blood pressure. Results: Women presented the following anthropometric profile: 61.33±3.8 years; height 148.5±32.7 cm; body mass 67.56±10.85 kg. The ST decreased resistin levels (30272.4 ± 8100.1 to 16350.6 ± 2404.6 pg/mL) and systolic blood pressure (120.5 ± 11.8 to 115.8 ± 1.6 mmHg), and increased muscular strength in the leg press 45o (172.3 ± 27.3 to 348.6 ± 40.8kg), bench press (31.9 ± 4.1 to 41.8 ± 5.6 kg) and arm curl (21.0 ± 2.4 to 26.5 ± 2.9 kg) after 13 months (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study revealed that long-term ST increases maximum muscular strength, decreases systolic blood pressure and serum resistin levels, which are beneficial physiological alterations that reduce the risk for cardiovascular diseases in postmenopausal women.

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A 29-year-old man presented to the emergency medicine department with frank haemoptysis. A year ago he had had severe pneumonia, complicated by parapneumonic effusion that progressed to empyema. No organism was identified. …


c 2009 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. 0026-8232/2009/10603-0006$10.00 In Politics of Friendship, Jacques Derrida unearths a surprising connection, in the political theories of Carl Schmitt, between a fascistic, enemy-oriented politics and the tradition of rhyme. Schmitt's political theories are founded on antagonism, oppositionality, and dividing people into friends or enemies. Friends become figured as mirror images of the self; the friend is another me, or, as the tradition of which Schmitt is one spokesman often has it, my friend and I are twin souls. In prison, Schmitt meditated on poetry and found in the echo effect of rhyme a figuration of, or sign for, this twinning or mirroring. For Derrida, rhyme in such a context suggests the traditional but poisonous view of the relationship between the self and the other: only the one who is "like me" can truly be my friend. "This is the obscure friendship of rhyme: alliance, harmony, assonance, chime, the insane linking [appariement] of a couple. . . . In all languages—all languages— and therefore for all peoples, a rhyme can become a 'traffic signal.' And sometimes worse still. Such a risk is inscribed flush with the structure of rhyme, in the insane couple it forms with itself. . . . It is also a technique, and can become mechanized to serve the law of the worst."1 Here, rhyme works as a trope or figure for the sameness of a couple, against which Derrida proposes the notion of singularity. The singularity of the genuinely other becomes—for Schmitt and the tradition


We show using numerical simulations that pronounced ratchet effects can occur for ac driven skyrmions moving over asymmetric quasi-one-dimensional substrates. We find a new type of ratchet effect called a Magnus-induced transverse ratchet that arises when the ac driving force is applied perpendicular rather than parallel to the asymmetry direction of the substrate. This transverse ratchet effect only occurs when the Magnus term is finite, and the threshold ac amplitude needed to induce it decreases as the Magnus term becomes more prominent. Ratcheting skyrmions follow ordered orbits in which the net displacement parallel to the substrate asymmetry direction is quantized. Skyrmion ratchets represent a new ac current-based method for controlling skyrmion positions and motion for spintronic applications.


There is a great concern about the low impact and the modest sustainability of many innovation proposals, although they were valuable and they got an adequate support. Finding an explanation to these circumstances requires research, reflection and collective dialogue. In the present document we bring together several conclusions out of the available research; we collect some evidences that come from the author's own reflexive practice; from the collective dialogue we gather a validated and relevant knowledge. We take as a reference a complex concept about the conditions that make possible the educational innovation. Our point of view about school Consultancy is identified


One of the community service programs in the Religious Sector 1442 H Universitas Bina Bangsa Academic Year 2021/2022 is the empowerment of mosques. The implementation of the community service program in the Religious Sector 1442 H aims to empower and improve the function of the mosque in Telaga Luhur Village. So that the program can make the people of Telaga Luhur Village an advanced society, one of which has the spirit of prospering the mosque. In comparison, the methods of implementing community service programs include community education, motivation, and competition and practice. The results of this community service activity are 1) creating awareness of the younger generation for the welfare of the mosque, 2) increase children's enthusiasm to participate in TPA, and 3) increase the enthusiasm of citizens to study Islam and pray together at the mosque. Thus, the service program by the Bina Bangsa University Service Team to the community of Telaga Luhur Village in the Religious Sector 1442 H Year 2021 in empowering mosques in Telaga Luhur Village has been carried out well.


1509 Background: Diabetes and breast cancer are both common conditions in women and may share common risk factors. Methods: To shed clarification on the potential association between diabetes, related factors and breast cancer risk, a comprehensive literature review and formal meta-analysis was carried out, planned, conducted and reported following PRISMA guidelines regarding meta-analysis of observational studies. Variables studies in relation to breast cancer risk were adiposity, physical activity, glycaemic load, glycaemic index, diabetes, IGF-1, fasting glucose, fasting insulin and C-peptide, adiponectin, metformin and glargine use. The Summary Relative Risk (SRR) and the corresponding 95% Confidence Interval (CI) was calculated. Results: For breast cancer at all ages, the calculated risks were as follows: diabetes (SRR=1.23 95% CI (1.12, 1.34); physical activity (SRR=0.88, 95% CI (0.85, 0.92)); glycaemic load (SRR=1.05, 95% CI (1.00, 1.10)); glycaemic index (SRR=1.05, 95% CI (1.00, 1.09)); fasting gl...


The outstanding electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) make them promising materials for a wide range of applications. Numerous theoretical and experimental studies on the diameter-dependent properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SW-CNTs) exist. The incorporation of carbon nanotubes into commercial polymers can alter the properties of both materials. Herein, we demonstrate polystyrene/SW-CNT composites with different diameters to check property changes, including radiation-protective characteristics under various doses of gamma radiation. The intrinsic glassy state of polystyrene disappeared owing to the introduction of SW-CNTs into the polymer-polymer chain. In addition, when 1.3 nm diameter SW-CNTs were introduced, the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy peaks for alkyl aryl ethers were observed at 10–60 kGy of gamma irradiation. In this study, the different phenomena that occur when polystyrene/SW-CNT composites are formed with different SW-CNT diameters (0.78 nm and 1.3 nm) were investigated via systematic analyses.


Introduction The pelvis is not a static structure. It rotates in the sagittal plane depending upon the activity being performed. These dynamic changes in pelvic tilt have a substantial effect on the functional orientation of the acetabulum. The aim of this study was to quantify the changes in sagittal pelvic position between three functional postures. Methodology Pre-operatively, 90 total hip replacement patients had their pelvic tilt measured in 3 functional positions – standing, supine and flexed seated (posture at "seat-off" from a standard chair), Fig 1. Lateral radiographs were used to define the pelvic tilt in the standing and flexed seated positions. Pelvic tilt was defined as the angle between a vertical reference line and the anterior pelvic plane (defined by the line joining both anterior superior iliac spines and the pubic symphysis). In the supine position pelvic tilt was defined as the angle between a horizontal reference line and the anterior pelvic plane. Supine pelvic tilt was measured from computed tomography, Fig 2. Results The mean standing pelvic tilt was −2.1° ± 7.4°, with a range of −15.2° – 15.3°. Mean supine pelvic tilt was 4.1° ± 5.5°, with a range of −9.7° – 17.9°. Mean pelvic tilt in the flexed seated position was −1.8° ± 14.1°, with a range of −31.8° – 29.1°, Fig 3. The mean absolute change from supine to stand, and stand to flexed seated was 6.9° ± 4.1° and 11.9° ± 7.9° respectively. 86.6% of patients had a more anteriorly tilted pelvis when supine than standing. 52.2% of patients had a more anteriorly tilted pelvis when seated than standing. Conclusions The position of the pelvis in the sagittal plane changes significantly between functional activities. The extent of change is specific to each patient. Planning and measurement of cup placement in the supine position can lead to large discrepancies in orientation during more functionally relevant postures. As a result of the functional changes in pelvic position, cup orientations during dislocation and edge-loading events are likely to be significantly different to that measured from standard CT and radiographs. Optimal cup orientation is likely patient-specific and requires an evaluation of functional pelvic dynamics to pre-operatively determine the target angles.


Internal Limiting Membrane Retracting Door for Myopic Macular Holes Anatomical and visual success may be more difficult to achieve with surgical repair of myopic macular holes leading to variability in results with traditional pars plana vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, and gas tamponade in these patients. Closure rates are significantly lower in patients with myopic macular holes compared with idiopathic macular holes with the myopic macular holes having a higher flat open configuration and reopening rate.1,2 Macular hole formation in highly myopic eyes has been hypothesized to be a combination of various factors including tangential traction exerted by the premacular vitreous and anterior–posterior traction due to the increased axial length in the setting of a rigid ILM. Internal limiting membrane peeling has become an important element of the treatment of macular holes to release this traction; however, there may be some advantages to preserving the ILM for more recalcitrant and myopic macular holes. Several newer techniques to either replace ILM over the hole or spare the fovea of ILM peeling have shown improved anatomical and functional outcomes in highly myopic patients. These include the inverted ILM flap techniques, ILM free flap techniques, and fovea sparing ILM peeling techniques.3–6 Recent comparative studies of myopic macular hole outcomes showed improved 94% to 97% closure rates with the inverted ILM flap compared to just 61% with ILM peeling alone.7,8 Although this technique improves anatomical and visual outcomes in these patients, in our experience, this technique provides considerable technical challenges maneuvering the flap and keeping it inverted in place. We describe a new technique involving creating a hinged ILM door for highly myopic eyes that relieves the traction contributing to these macular holes, but is technically easier to perform than the inverted ILM technique and provides the advantages of confirmed placement of ILM back in place draped over the hole to close it.


This report systematizes and enables a deeper understanding of the process of
empowerment of seven women, between 20-40 years, who are victims of domestic
violence. They participated in the short-term group intervention, between the months
of May to July of 2015, in Centro de Equidad y Justicia Calderon.
It has taken into account three categories of analysis for the empowerment of
the women participants: Decision making, Self-confidence and Participation. For
group work, it was considered the therapeutic factors proposed by Yalom (1996),
present in the group process, such as Cohesiveness, Universality, Catharsis, and
Interpersonal learning.
A mixed approach was used for the systematization. Data collection was
performed using tools such as diary, participant observation and two scales; one
evaluates the type and frequency of violence, and the second the level of
empowerment. Were able to integrate and discover the meaning of all information
collected enabling greater understanding of the experience, also identified the
difficulties experienced throughout the process and recommendations for them to be
taken into account in future similar group interventions. Following the intervention, a
decrease in the frequency of violent acts, and the contribution of therapeutic factors
to the empowerment of women participants were evident.


Two learning sets have been established for senior managers who are responsible for social care in what are traditionally health service organisations. For the future health and welfare of wider society and the economy it is vital that mental health remains part of the local authority agenda and that social perspectives, care and inclusion become an integral part of the 'health' agenda.This article explores the value of the two learning sets, one supported by NIMHE and the second by SCIE, to its participants and the organisations that they serve.


Abstract. Along with habitat transformation, climate change has profound impacts on biodiversity and may alter ecosystem services on which human welfare depends. Many studies of the carbon cycle have focused on lowland tropical forests; however, upland forests have been less explored despite their pivotal role in carbon sequestration. Here, I synthesized the state of knowledge on the allocation of carbon in its different stocks (aboveground,
belowground, and soil) as well as in its main fluxes (plant decomposition,
respiration, and litterfall) in tropical upland ecosystems of the planet. In November 2020, a systematic review was carried out to identify references published from 2000 to 2020 through a combination of key terms in Google Scholar and Scopus databases, thus analysing bibliographic, geographical, methodological, and carbon cycling information of the global upland tropics (between 23.5∘ N–23.5∘ S). After analysing a total of 1967 references according to inclusion–exclusion criteria, 135 references published in the last 20 years were selected. Most of the studies were conducted in the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest of South America. The main factors studied were elevation and forest type. Forest structure and soil variables were largely associated when studying carbon cycling in these ecosystems. Estimations of carbon stocks comprised three-fourths of the total studies, while the remaining fraction focused on carbon fluxes. Aboveground biomass and carbon in soils were highly investigated, while plant decomposition and respiration were the components that received the least attention. Even though in the last 20 years there was a slight increase in the number of studies on carbon cycle in tropical upland forests, I found bias associated with the biomes and ecoregions studied (especially in the Andes). Elevation was the main factor examined but other essential aspects such as the successional gradient, landscape management, diversity–productivity relationship, faunal and microbial effect, trophic cascades, and Gadgil effect require more attention. The inclusion of different litter species and origins (i.e. roots and stems) and theoretical frameworks including home-field advantage, substrate–matrix interaction, and phenology–substrate match may provide explanatory mechanisms to better understand litter decomposition over these forests. Despite respiration being a paramount link that is closely tied to above- and belowground compartment, this flux constitutes one of the important gaps to fulfil in future research. For a comprehensive understanding of the carbon cycle in upland forests, it is necessary to obtain information on its main fluxes and integrate them into climate change mitigation plans.


This document presents an applicability statement to address the
requirements for protection of ring topologies for Multi-Protocol
Label Switching Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Label Switched Paths (LSP)
on multiple layers. The MPLS-TP Requirements document [TPReqs]
specifies specific criteria for justification of dedicated protection
mechanism for particular topologies, including optimizing the number
of OAM entities needed, minimizing the number of labels for protection
paths, minimzing the number of recovery elements in the network, and
minimizing the number of control and management transactions
necessary. The document proposes a methodology for ring protection
based on existing MPLS-TP survivability mechanisms, without the need
of specification of new constructs or protocols. This document is a
product of a joint Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) /
International Telecommunications Union Telecommunications
Standardization Sector (ITU-T) effort to include an MPLS Transport
Profile within the IETF MPLS and PWE3 architectures to support the
capabilities and functionalities of a packet transport network as
defined by the ITU-T.


In this paper, we discuss the possible applications of algebraic framework, based on the theory of differential one-forms, to analysis of the real-life processes. The possibilities of this approach are illustrated on two common Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) models. Algebraic formalism provides a unified framework to handle various problems for nonlinear control systems. It is briefly explained how to check the common properties in which engineer is usually interested in. The static and dynamic feedback linearization algorithms are discussed. Using algebraic tools it is possible to derive the appropriate change of coordinates in which the transformed system reads as a linear one. In addition, the specific scientific package NLControl based on Mathematica software is discussed.


Objective:To explore the value of bilipancreatic shunt to prevent pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy.Methods:The authers applied three kinds of bilipancreatic shunt:modified Roux en Y type anastomosis,T type drainage tube in common bile duct,drainage tube in pancreatic duct.Result of treatment was contrasted with non bilipancreatic shunt.Results:The incidence of pancreatic fistuta was 2.2% in this group with bilipancreatic shunt,and the contrast group 15.5%(P=0.00065).Modified Roux en Y anastomosis was used in 6 patients,drainage tube in pancreatic duct in 26 patients,no pancreatic fistula happened;T type drainage tube in common bile duct in 59 patients,2 pancreatic fistula happened.Conclusion:Bilipancreatic shunt is an important method to prevent pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy.


Alibaba.com is one of the leading B2B e-Commerce companies in China. It provides an e-Marketplace connecting small and medium-sized buyers and suppliers both in China and around the world. Alibaba.com has grown admirably from its initial beginning as a general e-Market to a giant e-Marketplace. During its rapid growth, it has incurred challenges and becomes more expose to a greater competition. Currently the quality of its services and achieving profitability remain Alibaba's greatest challenges. In this paper we examine the key factors of Alibabapsilas success, including strong brand, providing customers with outstanding value and a superior shopping experience, massive sales volume and realizing economies of scale.


Abstract Whilst a wide range of factors influences the shaping of a community, a history of gangsterism could be said to be a major contributor to ongoing crime. Springtown in the precinct of Sydenham, in the province of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa, is a poor socio-economic community buried amongst affluent suburbs like Asherville and Overport. Gangsters ruled it in the 3 decades from the 60s to the 90s. Its legacy of gangsterism and ongoing violent crime, both domestic and public, has given Springtown a reputation of violence and lawlessness. The authors used semi-structured interviews with members of gangs and community leaders both past and present, to provide insights into the impact that decades of being ruled by gangsters has had on the community. They argue that within a context of poverty and unemployment, present day Springtonians show gangster proclivities and that unless some radical social engineering is undertaken, gangsterism will be the inheritance of the future.


Artificial immunization against poliomyelitis has been the target toward which research workers have been aiming for well over 40 years. During this period a number of attempts at active immunization in man have been tried in this country, notably in 1935, when several thousand children were inoculated with suspensions of infected monkey cord in which the virus of poliomyelitis had been inactivated by formalin or other chemicals. These tests were made during the poliomyelitis season, at a time when there was limited appreciation of the fact that there was more than one immunological type of poliomyelitis virus, and when methods for measuring the poliomyelitis antibody content of serum were crude and very expensive. For this and other reasons it is not surprising that this "early trial" was unsatisfactory, although several thousand children had been inoculated before the unsatisfactory features came to light. 1 The 1935 experiments were quickly terminated when


The peculiarities of carbohydrate metabolism in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
and obesity
V.V. Ivachevska, I.V. Chopey, K.O. Debretseni
SHEI «Uzhgorod National University», Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Purpose – to estimate the peculiarities of carbohydrate metabolism in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity.
Materials and methods. The study included 58 patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and concomitant obesity who underwent comprehensive clinical assessment that included collecting anthropometric data, physical examination and taking venous blood for laboratory analysis,
ultrasonography.
Results and conclusions. In patients with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease revealed significant increase in blood sugar and glycosylated hemoglobin, liver enzymes, and found a positive relationship between the presence of insulin resistance and the level of liver enzymes.
Key words: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, insulin resistance, obesity.


Recent experimental and simulation work has substantially advanced the understanding of L-mode plasma edge turbulence and plasma flows and their mutual interaction across the L–H transition. Flow acceleration and E  ×  B shear flow amplification via the turbulent Reynolds stress have been directly observed in multiple devices, using multi-tip probe arrays, Doppler backscattering, beam emission spectroscopy, and gas puff imaging diagnostics. L–H transitions characterized by limit-cycle oscillations (LCO) allow probing of the trigger dynamics and the synergy of turbulence-driven and pressure-gradient-driven flows with high spatio-temporal resolution. L-mode turbulent structures exhibit characteristic changes in topology (tilting) and temporal and radial correlation preceding the L–H transition. Long-range toroidal flow correlations increase preceding edge-transport-barrier formation. The energy transfer from the turbulence spectrum to large-scale axisymmetric flows has been quantified in L-LCO and fast L–H transitions in several devices. After formation of a transient barrier, the increasing ion pressure gradient (via the E  ×  B flow shear associated with diamagnetic flow) sustains fluctuation suppression and secures the transition to H-mode. Heuristic models of the L–H trigger dynamics have progressed from 0D predator–prey models to 1D extended models, including neoclassical ion flow-damping and pressure-gradient evolution. Initial results from 2D and 3D reduced fluid models have been obtained for high-collisionality regimes.


Plate-type FeSi2 single crystals were grown using FeSi2, Fe, and Si as starting materials and using the chemical transport reaction method. The FeSi2 single crystal had an orthorhombic structure. The lattice constants of the single crystal were found to be a = 9.8545 A, b = 7.7935 A, and c = 7.8071 A. The direct optical energy gap was found to be 0.85 eV at 297 K. The electrical conduction type was measured by the thermal method and was p-type. The electrical conductivity was found to be 7:0 10 3 1 cm 1 at 300 K. The activation energy was found to be 0.346 eV.


The future of Indonesia depends on the wellbeing of its children who make up around one third of the total population. According to the 2010 Population Census, out of a population of 237.6 million, around 81.3 million were under 18 years old, the age bracket for children as defined by Law No. 23/2002 on Child Protection and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). More than half (54%) of Indonesian children live in rural areas. However, as Indonesia becomes more urbanized, the proportion of children living in urban areas is increasing. The proportion increased from 40% to 46% during the period 1993–2010. The distribution of children across the regions is highly unequal. Around 55% of the total child population live in the most populous islands, Java and Bali. However, the provinces in eastern Indonesia have the highest proportion of children, as a percentage of their total populations. The Province of East Nusa Tenggara has the highest proportion of children (43%), while the Province of Yogyakarta has the lowest (27%).


A protocol is described which allows a wireless access communication system (WACS) to dynamically allocate bandwidth on its system-wide broadcast radio channel among the alerting, system information, and priority access request subchannels. These subchannels each have different requirements with respect to the message length and position within the framing structure; the described protocol meets each of their requirements. The protocol efficiently accommodates a wide range of alerting traffic levels, and provides for efficient downloading of system information to subscriber units by using excess capacity when alerting traffic is low. It has error detection capabilities above that provided by the radio channel alone, and is easily extendible to accommodate other services such as paging and low bandwidth broadcast messaging. This work is targeted towards understanding the implications to local exchange networks of wireless system alternatives that could provide access to those networks.


In this paper, we propose the result of PSSK(Phase Silence Shift Keying) modulation scheme that is mixed PSK(Phase Shift Keying) modulation and PPM(Pulse Position Modulation) method. The performance of underwater communication systems are influenced underwater channel characteristics. In particular, delay spread can make ISI(Inter Symbol Interference) because of reverberation and multi path. It degrade the performance of the communication system. Also underwater sensor networks consider about power efficient due to the particularities of their operating environment. PSSK modulation method transmit two orthogonal symbol and using silence period in a period so it can reduce the power. Increasing the distance of between modulation symbols, to enhance the performance of BER(Bit Error Rate) as well as to improve power efficient. The result of sea trial, QPSK modulation BER is and PSSK modulation BER is .


In the past, when people mentioned the poetry works of Zheng Jing, they generally indicated to the twelve poems that was with a signature of r Yuan Chih1 in the poetry collections of 《The posthumous work of two YenPing Generals》 in 「Syuan-Lan-Tang Series」. Jhu Hong-Lin in 1994 published 〈The Poem Collection and Poetry works of Zheng Jing〉 to introduce the newly discovered pristine papers 《Dong-Bi-Lou-Ji》. This book was Zheng Jing's 10-year life record in Taiwan. It was also the first poetry academic work with Taiwan background and subject matter. From the 480 poems in 《Dong-Bi-Lou-Ji》 and 12 poems in 《The posthumous work of two YenPing Generals 》, readers can obtain a deeper understanding of Zheng Jing's personality and temper. Those poems not only prove the history but also reflect the hidden facts about Zheng Jing.


The utility model discloses a plug-in prefabricated connector for a middle and low voltage power cable. A connecting barrel is cast outside a metal casing by using a main insulator, wedge-shaped barrels are respectively arranged at the two ends of the connecting barrel, a stress cone matched with the main insulator and occludators corresponding to the wedge-shaped barrels are installed on a cable core, the wedge-shaped barrels are connected with the occludators in a plug-in manner, mutually matched stop sleeves are installed on the stress cone and the occludators, end covers are installed at the two ends of the metal casing, flanges are installed on the end covers and used for pressing the stress cone through a pressing ring, sealing rings are installed between the end covers and the flanges, and grounding copper flexible wires are connected between the flanges and the cable core. The utility model is the middle and low voltage power cable connector having the advantages of small volume, light weight, convenient installation, no any insulating pouring agent filled, water resistance, moisture resistance and mechanical-damage resistance.


Unordained clergy make Armenian prayer scrolls, which go back to the amulets against the Child-stealing Witch. They are analogous to the MSS of Ethiopian Christians, made often by charismatic and socially marginal figures. This art found a niche in East Christian society; but none was provided for the appropriately named "outsider" art and the art of the insane in the West, which often expresses religious visions and sentiments that the artistic and mental health establishments—rather than an ecclesiastical order this time!—have forced to the margin of society or beyond it.Despite the early efforts of Frederic Macler, though Armenian magical and talismanic texts have been edited and published there has been little study of the art as such of the manuscripts that contain them. Perhaps because of their greater flamboyance and their situation partially in an African context, it is the analogous material of the Ethiopian Christian tradition that has received art historical attention. And modern avowedly religious art of almost any kind in the West became so generally marginalised in criticism that much of it, including the art of people labelled insane, has come to be studied, if at all, under the rubric of art brut or outsider art. Since the makers of folk-religious-magical art in Armenia (the tirac'u) and in Ethiopia (the debtera) are sometimes marginal figures like outsider artists, I have attempted in this essay to initiate an approach to Armenian magical and talismanic art that employs the comparative method and takes advantage of the insights of studies of outsider art, the art of the psychologically abnormal, and the art of self-taught religious visionaries.


We propose an entanglement purification scheme based on material qubits and ancillary coherent multiphoton states. We consider a typical QED scenario where material qubits implemented by two-level atoms fly sequentially through a cavity and interact resonantly with a single mode of the radiation field. We explore the theoretical possibilities of realizing a high-fidelity two-qubit quantum operation necessary for the purification protocol with the help of a postselective balanced homodyne photodetection. We demonstrate that the obtained probabilistic quantum operation can be used as a bilateral operation in the proposed purification scheme. It is shown that the probabilistic nature of this quantum operation is counterbalanced in the last step of the scheme where qubits are not discarded after inadequate qubit measurements. As this protocol requires present-day experimental setups and generates high-fidelity entangled pairs with high repetition rates, it may offer interesting perspectives for applications in quantum information theory.


Energy storage has long been proposed at the distribution level, where it can provide additional benefits via ancillary services. This work studies how to place energy storage units (ESU) on a distribution feeder in the most cost-effective manner while still meeting voltage regulation requirements. The feeder also has photovoltaic (PV) generation, and the PV ability to supply reactive power is considered. The placement of the ESU is performed via a fast heuristic, in which multidimensional scaling (MDS) is used to transform the combinatorial placement problem into a continuous-valued problem by mapping buses to points in a space. In the new space, clustering algorithms can be applied to determine the ESU locations from a set of candidate locations. The method reduces computation time by an order of magnitude, allowing for various distribution feeder configurations to be quickly compared.


The ecological human capital management is almost focusing on the human administrative practices of the organization. But the ecological personal administrative practices are not only created for the human resource practices it's also encompass a second elements that is preservation of knowledge capital. Lot of researcher has studied on the green human force management with the base of human force management practices. This article like to examine the concept of knowledge sharing management and how its impact on firm's performance.


(001)-oriented LaAlO3 films were grown epitaxially on (001) Si substrates utilizing an ultrathin 5 unit-cell-thick SrTiO3 buffer layer. The SrTiO3 layer was grown at ∼250 °C and annealed in vacuum at 550 °C, following an epitaxy-by-periodic-annealing procedure. Upon this buffer layer, the LaAlO3 layer was then grown by codeposition at 580 °C. The rocking curve of the as-grown LaAlO3 film exhibits a full width at half maximum value as small as 0.02°. Atomic force microscopy shows that the surface of the LaAlO3 film has a root-mean-square roughness of 1.3 A. Scanning transmission electron microscopy reveals that the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface and the SrTiO3/Si interfaces are sharp. This high crystalline quality, twin-free, epitaxial LaAlO3 on SrTiO3 on silicon could be relevant to integrating oxides with multiple functionalities on silicon.