The release of raw Android global navigation satellite system (GNSS) measurements makes high-precision positioning achievable with low-cost smart devices. Affected by low-cost GNSS chips, linearly polarized antennas, and complex observation environments, Android GNSS observations usually contain a large number of outliers, which significantly degrade their positioning precision and reliability. To address this issue, a robust real-time kinematic (RTK) scheme with sliding window-based factor graph optimization (FGO) was developed. The scheme adopts the GNSS carrier-phase sliding window marginalization, models the carrier-phase ambiguity as a random constant, and incorporates multiple robust estimation strategies. Vehicle kinematic positioning validations were carried out in both open-sky and complex urban environments using representative Xiaomi Mi8 and Huawei P40 smartphones. Using the proposed scheme, the root mean square (rms) of the positioning errors in the east, north, and up components in the open-sky environments is 0.18, 0.13, and 0.38 m, respectively. In complex urban environments, the rms of the positioning precisions in the east, north, and up components was as decent as 1.42, 1.97, and 2.63 m, respectively.


A corpus-based quantitative contrastive analysis was conducted on semantic categories and frequency of reporting verbs(RVs)in English M.A.theses by Chinese postgraduates and postgraduates of native speakers of English.The results reveal that they show different preferences for RVs in terms of semantic categories and in terms of frequency of RVs Chinese postgraduates adopt a relatively narrower range of RVs while postgraduates of native speakers of English have more flexibility and variations in the choice of RVs.


Honey is a natural sugar produced by bees from the nectar of plants or secretions of living parts of plants or excrtions of plant sucking insects on the living parts of plants. Pollen is an important component contained in honey, as a source of protein for bees. The This study aims to determine the diversity of pollen which is a source of bee feed, and knowing the type of honey based on the type and frequency of pollen in honey in 5 villages in Boyolali Regency. The method used for the pollen analysis is acetolysis. The quantitative data of pollen analysis using Excel Software . The results showed the diversity of plant pollen in honey from 5 village in Boyolali is 52 taxa, and the type of honey based on the frequency and types of pollen varies, the village Cerme and Cepogo honey is multifloral honey, Kiringan and Pager Village honey including monofloral honey, and Kemiri Village honey is bifloral honey.


Training intelligent systems is a time-consuming and costly process that often limits real-world applications. Prior work has attempted to compensate for this challenge by generating sets of labeled training data for machine learning algorithms using affordable human contributors. In this paper, we present ARchitect, a system that uses the crowd to extract context-dependent relational structure. We focus on activity recognition because of its broad applicability, high level of variation, and difficulty of training systems a priority. We demonstrate that using our approach, the crowd can accurately and consistently identify relationships between actions even over sessions containing different workers and varied executions of an activity. This results in the ability to identify multiple valid execution paths from a single observation, suggesting that one-off learning can be facilitated by using the crowd as an on-demand source of human intelligence in the knowledge acquisition process.


ABSTRACT
This research aims to reveal how Islam presence plays a role to solve racial issues
existed between blacks and whites as portrayed in Malcolm X's speech in the
1960s, when African-Americans were still involved in chaos and conflict with
whites. This research attempts to figure out how and why The Black Revolution
movement is constructed by Malcolm X in that way. The situation depicted at that
time shows inequality that causes racial discrimination seen in social gap,
minority, and poverty that afflict African-Americans. As one of well-known black
figures, Malcolm X turned up with his ideas to solve the problems faced by blacks
in America, and The Black Revolution became one of the influential speeches in
response to what actually occurred with African-Americans. He also strived for
freedom and equality to blacks, and it led Malcolm X to propose a new movement
delivered through his speech as part of the civil rights movement. This attracts the
researcher to choose that speech as the object of study. As a library research, it
applies note-taking technique to collect the data that then are analyzed using
Michael Foucault's discursive approach. From the speech, it also can be
concluded that Malcolm X proposed a peaceful revolution that is in line with
Islamic teachings. Other meanings implied from his words in voicing the ideas
through his speech are also explained in this research.
Keywords: Speech, African-American Muslim, Revolution, Discourse


Numerous disadvantages were found in the existing water quality evaluation method,such as too many indices needed,among which the relationship being neglected,the abstruseness in theory and complexity in calculation evaluating the water with uncertainty model.Based on the factor analysis method,a comprehensive index evaluation method was proposed.With this method,the evaluation samples were sorted and classed through the computing of the comprehensive index and the pollution condition and main pollutants were analyzed.The proposed method had been successfully used in the water quality evaluation of Taize River in Liaoyang region,which proved the effectiveness of this direct method featuring simple computing process.


According to the study and comparison on current situations and existing problems from the two kinds engineering curriculums of industrial unique features and the general industrial safety,the curriculum system of civil aviation safety engineering was proposed based on CDIO.'C' short for concept:With the orientation of industrial demanding,to setup a civil aviation safety requirements for professional specialists in four aspects including basic qualities,skills,experiences and awareness.'D' short for design:To design 4 modules curriculum including theoretical knowledge and technical,application skills,experimental and practice,and awareness.Theoretical knowledge and technical modules applied 2+X+1 and modular teaching methods.'I' short for implement:from the training of teacher team from 'engineer' model,the reforming of the project teaching methods,the building of teaching materials with synchronization of industrial demands,the building of the experimental and practical links and other aspects to implement the curriculum system.'O' short for operation:Through multiple channels retrieving feedback information,here by to evaluate,amend,and improve the 'concept' of curriculum therefore to realize a systematic management,closed-loop management and continuous improvement.This mode dealt with these problems,such as the lack of systemic safety engineering curriculums,the out of touch between curriculum and industrial demands,the separation between theory and practice and so on.


The concept of whether a poet has a duty to society or not is debated and discussed. The change in the poet's role over the past hundred years has also changed the meaning and value of poetry.


OVERVIEW This is the story of how one of the new natural language processing products reached the marketplace. On the surface, it is the story of one NL researcherturned-entrepreneur (yours truly) and of one product, Q&A. But this is not just my story: It is in microcosm the story of NL emerging from the confines of the academic world, which in turn is an instance of the old theme "science goes commercial."


【Objective】Growth regulation and economic effectiveness of 27-year Quercus acutissima plantation of Liangfengjiang national Forest Park in Nanning of Guangxi Province were studied to provide referencse for its cultiva-tion and promotion. 【Method 】Break-even analysis was conducted by calculating timber yield, identifying economic indicators and calculating cash income and other costs. Sensitivity analysis was performed combining with market demand by analyzing the relationships between the investment, outputs and profits to evaluate project risks. The best final felling age of Quercus acutissima plantation was determined based on the analysis of project investment recovery situation of different years. 【 Result 】 The total income from the investment of Quercus acutissima plantation forestry project was 182446.97(yuan/ha). The total investment profit margins were 33.53 % and the net value was 1365.12(yuan/ha), which showed that the overall economic level was higher than the local tree species. The investment profit margins and the internal rate of return reached the highest(37.91% and 13.61%,respectively)when the Quercus acutissima plantation was 24 years old. Sawtooth oak timber prices exceeded the breakeven point price(267.88 yuan/m3),and the prices of sawtooth oak timber was higher than the break-even point as the price was the most sensitive factor in the economic benefit of Quercus acutissima plantation. 【Conclusion】Because of its high investment profit and low investment risk, Quercus acutissima plantation is suitable for cultivating and promoting as an economic timber cultivar in Guangxi region. And the best economic cutting cycle of Quercus acutissima plantation is 24 years.


Angle-resolved photoemission spectra from ultrathin (\ensuremath{\le}20 \AA{}) epitaxial Co${\mathrm{Si}}_{2}$ films on Si(111) reveal narrow features with binding energies in the 0-0.6 eV energy window that depend drastically on film thickness. These peaks reflect quantized hole states arising from particle confinement to a narrow potential well in the direction normal to the surface. Evidence is also presented for significant changes in the Co${\mathrm{Si}}_{2}$ crystal potential at very small film thicknesses.


The mechanics properties include puncture strength,bursyting strength,edgewise crush resistance and adhesive strength of corrugated fibreboard that have been exposed to relative humidity of 30%,50%,70%,and 90% for eight hours are measured.The results indicate that the mechanics properties of corrugated fibreboard changes with environmental humidity.Particularly,edgewise crush resistance and adhesive strength of corrugated fibreboard decreased obviosely as environmental relative humidity increased.


THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC IS NOT THE FIRST MAJOR health crisis that the United States has faced. In recent decades, progress has been made against such daunting challenges as tobacco use, infant mortality, and HIV/AIDS. However, obesity may pose the most significant challenge yet because it involves changing approaches to 2 fundamental aspects of daily life: food consumption and physical activity. To have any chance of release from obesity's ever-tightening grip, the nation will require broad-based efforts in every corner of society: homes, schools, community organizations, all levels of government, urban design, transportation, agriculture, the food industry, the media, medical practice, and, without question, biomedical research.


FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to medicine, specifically to dermatology, and can be used to treat skin lesions, which is characterised by the presence of hyperproliferative keratinocytes, in an individual by contacting said skin region with a therapeutically effective amount of activated protein C (APS) or administering APS in the form of a composition adapted for subcutaneous administration. In addition, a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of APS is used to treat psoriasis, acne and atopic dermatitis. Also provided is a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of APS for use in reducing the severity of skin lesions, characterised by the presence of hyperproliferative keratinocytes in a subject. EFFECT: group of inventions provides inhibition of inflammation associated with psoriatic keratinocytes, and also reduces excessive proliferation. 18 cl, 3 dwg, 8 ex


Endoscopic findings of extranodal natural killer/T‐cell lymphoma (ENKTL), nasal type, are heterogeneous, but not fully understood. The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of nasal endoscopic examination and its implications for treatment of stage I/II ENKTL.


A new de-noising algorithm is proposed. The characteristics of wavelet transform coefficients of general signal and white noise are analyzed. Hampel filter is modified for use in the de-noising algorithm. Taking advantage of the different characteristics of wavelet transform coefficients of white noise and useful signal, the modified filter is used to process the wavelet transform coefficients and reduce the noise in the observed signal. Experimental results show that the de-noising algorithm has good performance for different kinds of signals or different SNR (signal noise ratio), especially in the case of low SNR. So, it is a novel method for the detection of faint signals under a strong noise background.


This paper considers trajectory optimization for missiles to enhance the capability to estimate target locations during the attack phase. Using a cost function based on the determinant of the Fisher information matrix, a suboptimal guidance law which satisfies the field of view constraint and dynamics constraints is designed with single step method. The guidance law has a simple structure and can generate the guidance command online. At last, simulation results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.


This communication focuses on the integration of organic nonlinear optical and gain materials into plasmonic and metamaterial device architectures and most specifically focuses on the integration of organic electro-optic (OEO) materials into such structures. The central focus is on structures that lead to sub-optical wavelength concentration of light (mode confinement) and the interaction of photonic and plasmonic modes. Optical loss and bandwidth limitations are serious issues with such structures and optical loss is evaluated for prototype device architectures associated with the use of silver and gold nanoparticles and membranes supporting plasmonic resonances. Electro-optic activity in organic materials requires that chromophores exhibit finite noncentrosymmetric organization. Because of material conductivity and integration issues, plasmonic and metamaterial device architectures are more challenging than conventional triple stack all-organic device architectures and electro-optic of a given OEO material may be an order of magnitude less in such structures. Because of this, we have turned to a variety of materials processing options for such integration including crystal growth, sequential synthesis/self assembly, and electric field poling of materials deposited from solution or by vapor deposition. Recent demonstration of integration of silicon photonic modulator and lithium niobate modulator structures with metallic plasmonic structures represent a severe challenge for organic electro-optic material plasmonic devices as these devices afford high bandwidth operation and attractive VμL performance. Optical loss remains a challenge for all structures.


This describes the usability and interaction challenges in creating a unique museum exhibit which utilizes real-time compositing, and hides complex computational tasks behind a simple user interface.


As numerous Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) penetrate various facets of life, teachers are underutilising it in the teaching and learning process. With the introduction of ICTs in the Cameroon primary school curriculum, teachers have been receiving training on computer skill-base courses and yet many are unable to adopt the tool in instructional processes. To ensure that teacher training programmes effectively assist them in integrating technology in instructional processes, a study was initiated to determine additional set of skills that they need to adopt the tool in their classrooms. This study employed a quantitative survey methodology in the collection of data towards the determination of additional skills needed by primary school teachers. A total of 400 teachers were selected using the stratified random sampling technique from primary schools across all the 10 Regions of Cameroon. The data were analysed using mean and standard deviation. The findings of the survey indicated that teacher-participants reported a better mastery of content knowledge (CK), pedagogy knowledge (PK), pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and technological content knowledge (TCK). On the other hand, they reported weaknesses in three other constructs notably: technology knowledge (TK), technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK), and technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). The researcher concluded that teacher-participants performed better in the CK, PK and PCK because these constructs constitute the basis for teacher education in Cameroon. Similarly, they performed well in the TCK construct because their professional development programme is focused on fostering their computer knowledge as a standalone skill. Their poor performance in the TK, TPK and TPACK stems from the fact that the training programmes do not lay emphasis on these constructs. To provide a sustainable teacher professional development programme on technology adoption, it was therefore recommended that stakeholders involved in the sector design training packages that focus on the TPACK constructs. This will foster teachers' adoption of the tool for instructional purposes.


This study compared the effects of Hero 642 and Profile Ni-Ti canal instruments, to which a file is attached, on the original canal curvature. This study was performed on the mesiobuccal canals of 20 extracted human mandibular first and second molar teeth. The teeth were embedded in clear acrylic resin and separated into two test groups. Preand postoperative radiographs of the teeth were made using a special apparatus. The radiographs were digitized and transferred to a computer. Using the program Free Hand, the preand postoperative angular and linear values of each tooth were determined, and then the curved canals were evaluated using AutoCAD R12. In the teeth prepared using the Profile system, no statistically significant difference was found between the preand postoperative canal access angle (CAA), Schneider angle, or AC distance (p > 0.05). However, in the samples prepared with the Hero 642, the postoperative CAA decreased significantly (p < 0.01). Furthermore, there was also a significant decrease in the postoperative AC distance.


The incidence of ectopic pregnancy in the UK is reported as 9:1,000 but worldwide, and especially in developing countries, the incidence is much higher (Collier et al. 1999). About 7% of maternal deaths, 0.3:1,000 are due to ectopic pregnancy (Collier et al. 1999); again these figures are higher in developing countries. Negative urine and serum bHCG are recorded in 3.1% and 2.6%, respectively in cases of ectopic pregnancy (Skinner and Jones 2003). This case highlights difficulties in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy, especially when risk factors are present, and reinforces the need for good history and clinical examination combined with other investigations.


The formation of rapidly rotating protostellar objects in turbulent and clumpy molecular clouds is analyzed. It is shown that the early dissipation of the protostellar rotational energy via a rotationally driven wind can keep their parent molecular clouds at the observed temperatures and in the observed turbulent state. The model requires a low space density of protostellar shells in order to provide the energy requirements to stabilize molecular clouds against gravitational collapse in regions of star formation. The dependence of this mechanism on the star formation rate suggests that the star formation is self-regulated.


Four asymmetrical self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) consisting of two subunits with different Rh2 building blocks present a pronounced rectifying behavior. The rectification ratio (RR) increases on increasing the redox potential difference between the two Rh2 subunits, and the rectifying direction can be reversed by reordering the subunits in the assembly.

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This paper presents a new approach for resource optimization by combining a flow-chart based simulation tool with a powerful genetic optimization procedure. The proposed approach determines the least costly, and most productive, amount of resources that achieve the highest benefit/cost ratio in individual construction operations. To further incorporate resource optimization into construction planning, various genetic algorithms (GA)-optimized simulation models are integrated with commonly used project management software. Accordingly, these models are activated from within the scheduling software to optimize the plan. The result is a hierarchical work-breakdown-structure tied to GA-optimized simulation models. Various optimization experiments with a prototype system on two case studies revealed its ability to optimize resources within the real-life constraints set in the simulation models. The prototype is easy to use and can be used on large size projects. Based on this research, computer simulation and genetic algorithms can be an effective combination with great potential for improving productivity and saving construction time and cost.


Understanding the impacts of nitrogen (N) addition on soil respiration (RS) and its temperature sensitivity (Q10) in tropical forests is very important for the global carbon cycle in a changing environment. Here, we investigated how RS respond to N addition in a tropical montane rainforest in Southern China. Four levels of N treatments (0, 25, 50, and 100 kg N ha−1 a−1 as control (CK), low N (N25), moderate N (N50), and high N (N100), respectively) were established in September 2010. Based on a static chamber-gas chromatography method, RS was measured from January 2015 to December 2018. RS exhibited significant seasonal variability, with low RS rates appeared in the dry season and high rates appeared in the wet season regardless of treatment. RS was significantly related to the measured soil temperature and moisture. Our results showed that soil RS increased after N additions, the mean annual RS was 7% higher in N25 plots, 8% higher in N50 plots, and 11% higher in N100 plots than that in the CK plots. However, the overall impacts of N additions on RS were statistically insignificant. For the entire study period, the CK, N25, N50, and N100 treatments yielded Q10 values of 2.27, 3.45, 4.11, and 2.94, respectively. N addition increased the temperature sensitivity (Q10) of RS. Our results suggest that increasing atmospheric N deposition may have a large impact on the stimulation of soil CO2 emissions from tropical rainforests in China.


The novel corona virus or COVID 19, created a pandemic throughout the world due to its transmissibility, highly virulent nature and severe pathogenicity. It has been established that it transmits through liquid droplets during coughing, sneezing, loud speaking, and spitting out. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), the viral particles persist on the various surfaces up to 5 days depending upon the environmental conditions and nature of surfaces. These long-lasting persistence and airborne transmission of Corona viral particles impose serious threat for forensic investigators as well as for all the law enforcement agencies. In this article, we explore the impact of COVID 19 pandemic on forensic investigation at the scene of a crime, sample collection, transport, storage, and laboratory examination. This article also helps to understand the overview of the novel corona virus and to adopt the best biosafety practices by the forensic science community and other law enforcement agencies, which will help in the balancing to conduct the investigations and protection against novel viral infections by following the safety guidelines formulated by the concerned central and state government.


the lesion (1.43 cm × 1.38 cm). No other fetal malformation was observed. A female baby weighing 3660 g was delivered by Cesarean section at 39th week of gestation because of mass effect and previous operative delivery. The Apgar scores were 5 and 10 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively. Bradycardia with delayed onset of initial crying was noted, and ambu-bagging was performed with improvement. During the admission, the feeding condition was smooth and her activity was fair. No hyperbilirubinemia was noted. Abdominal computed tomography disclosed a round hypodense cystic lesion (0.8 cm) in the spleen (Figure 1D). No observable calcification change was noted. Likewise, abdominal ultrasound examination at 1 day of age confirmed the existence of a cystic lesion measuring 0.7 cm × 0.755 cm in the spleen (Figure 2A). The lesion demonstrated no acoustic enhancement and a homogenous hypoechogenecity content. No specific abnormality was noted among other intra-abdominal organs. Blood biochemistry and complete blood count tests were within normal limits. However, subsequent sonography performed at 5 weeks after birth failed to detect any cyst inside the spleen (Figure 2B).


Background: Early clinical and radiographic measures (such as NIHSS or early CT hypodensity) incompletely predict which patients with hemispheric stroke will develop malignant cerebral edema. We evaluated whether quantitative changes in volume of CSF compartments on early follow-up (FU) CT predict peak radiographic edema and clinical worsening.

Methods: We retrospectively identified patients with hemispheric infarcts, NIHSS≥8, baseline CT within 6 hours of stroke onset and FU CT within 48 hours (i.e. prior to development of maximal edema). Volumes of CSF in ipsilateral (IL) and contralateral (CL) sulci and lateral ventricles were manually outlined on both scans, as was infarct volume on FU CT. Midline shift (MLS) was measured on later CT at time of peak edema (if available). Reduction in CSF compartments from baseline and symmetry (IL:CL ratios) were correlated to peak MLS and edema-related clinical deterioration (need for hemicraniectomy, osmotic therapy, or GCS decline, with MLS>5mm).

Results: Ten patients were analyzed (median NIHSS 13, FU CT at median of 30 hours, IQR 15-37). Sulcal asymmetry (ratio of IL:CL volume) on FU CT was greater in the 4 subjects who deteriorated from malignant edema (median 0.26 vs. 0.79, see Figure), as was % reduction in IL sulcal volume from baseline (76% vs. 35%, p=0.06), while volume of early infarct was not. Hemispheric CSF asymmetry and % reduction in IL ventricular volume at early FU CT were strongly correlated with peak MLS (r=-0.95 and -0.96, both p=0.01). Linear regression found that both early infarct volume and % reduction in IL ventricle volume were strongly associated with MLS, adjusting for baseline CSF volume (Betas 0.55 and -0.48, both p=0.001).

Conclusions: In this preliminary study, early CSF asymmetry and reduction in IL CSF volumes appear to predict development of MLS and malignant edema. Further validation is needed to test whether CSF volumetrics have utility in selection of patients for early aggressive interventions.

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[Objective]To evaluate the effectiveness of the social psychological professional skills training to the general practitioners in Chongqing city,so as to further optimize the training and improve their skills.[Methods]From September 2008 to September 2009,82 general practitioners received the social psychological professional skills training by Chongqing Medical University.The SEGUE framework was used to test the doctor-patient communication skills of the participative general practitioners before and after the training respectively.[Results]Whether or not having participated in the training showed significant differences in both the five dimensions and the general evaluation of the doctor-patient communication skills rating scale(P0.01).[Conclusion]The social skills of the general practitioners will be enhanced dramatically after the training.And the training needs further improvements in the following four aspects such as teaching contents,teaching methods,assessment methods,and teaching staff.


In the first half of the nineteenth century William Wilberforce, the great British evangelical statesman, congratulated his son Samuel for turning down a call to become pastor in Lancashire. By rejecting a ministry in this rapidly industrializing center and remaining in a semirural area, argued Wilberforce, the son could be truer to the gospel. "In the last half of the nineteenth century a group of British churchmen wanted to call their fellow believers to a sense of duty toward the new industrial cities. They had published a magazine that served to invite others to this service. What image of church life did they portray, what did they project? Year after year on the cover of the magazine they used the same illustration. It was a rather quiet, quaint, crossroadsy medieval village, with a quiet, quaint church—its steeple towering over the placid, pastoral scene of cottages surrounding it." The mentality and the illustrations have not changed one hundred years later. Books with titles like Knowing God appear with full-color sunset pictures or seashores on their cover, suggesting visually where God may best be known. Authors trace Christendom's decline in the West to a diversity of sources. And too often urbanization is one, "the siamese twin of secularization." Writers call powerfully for the church's presence in the African city and save their last chapter to remind us why urbanization is a life or death issue: it pollutes, impoverishes, disorientates and secularizes. Was Wilberforce right? Is there a future for evangelization in this rapid growth of cities that many, even Christians, continue to see with guarded pessimism? Can the optimistic realism of Christian hope, unleashed in gospel power and witness, make a difference, even a dent in urban decay? Those questions are the centers of concern in this essay.


the purpose of the article is to analyze English, Russian and Tatar phraseological units containing components of the semantic field «Water» from the standpoint of their national and cultural specifity.


: Beijing Lord Rabbit is an ancient traditional clay sculpture art in Beijing, China. It is an important part of China's intangible cultural heritage. It is famous for its unique image and exquisite craft skills, and is widely used in contemporary Chinese cultural products. Based on Chinese traditional culture, this paper expounds the important position of clay sculpture of Beijing rabbit in Chinese contemporary cultural products by understanding the combination of artistic expression form and modern design concept, combined with the research on the development and brand promotion of Beijing Rabbit cultural products, and plays a research role in promoting the combination of Beijing traditional art culture and contemporary cultural products. It provides reference significance for the modern development of Chinese traditional art.


Information and communication technologies bring several benefits to organizations, but on the other hand, may generate health problems to professionals. Internet addiction and technostress are also another problems associated with excessive use of these resources. On the other hand, organizational leaders can also influence perceived work stress among their subordinates. This study explored the effects of leadership styles and Internet addiction on technostress. Using structural equations modeling and data of 379 information technology users, our results indicate that leadership styles positively influence the technostress and the laissez-faire leadership style promotes, with greater intensity, such displeasure to the workers. Also, the effects from Internet addiction on technostress may vary according to leadership styles.


Because of the wide application of ceramics materials is a growing need to purposetailor and control their desired performance. Beside that is a trend to track for cheaper raw materials which at the same time fulfill most of the desired property requirements. Introduction of zeolites as new materials for the preparation of ceramics from aluminosilicatebased precursors started something like twenty to thirty years ago and attracted the attention of global ceramic industries [1].


Background: The measurement of nasal bone length (NBL) according to gestational age and setting nomogram helps to ascertain NB hypoplasia. This can be used for early detection of trisomy 21 and other chromosomal abnormalities in low risk population. The objective of the study was to obtain nomogram of fetal nasal bone length at 11-14 weeks gestation with known prognosis pregnancies. Methods: A single centre, prospective crosses sectional study. Nasal bone length of 323 choromosomal and structural normal fetuses at 11-14 weeks gestation were measured by transabdominal ultrasonography, prospectively. The correlation between nasal bone and other biometric parameters was assessed by regression analysis and average±SD of nasal bone lengths were measured. Results: Fetal NB length (NBL) was visualized and measured in 281 patients (94.29%). Mean NB length was 3.07 mm, ranged between 1.60 mm to 4.6 mm and SD was 0.534. A linear growth pattern was observed between nasal bone and fetal biometric parameters. The significant correlation were found between the nasal bone and biparietal diameter (BPD) [NBL= 2.184+0.046 x BPD (r= 0.286, p value 0.000)], femoral length (FL) [NBL= 2.234+0.095xFL (r= 0.369, p value 0.000)] and crown-rump length (CRL) [NBL= 2.205+0.014 x CRL (r= 0.291, p value 0.000)]. Prenasal thickness (PT) increased linearly with CRL and POG. [PT= 1.081+0.006 x CRL (r= 0.16, p value= 0.02) and PT= 0.430+0.08 x POG (r= 0.15, p value= 0.028)]. Conclusions: Measurement of the nasal bone length at 11-14 weeks of gestation shows a linear growth pattern according to other biometric parameters of fetuses. Nomogram of nasal bone length was performed for early detection of trisomy 21 and other chromosomal abnormalities at low risk population.


With the development of full waveform acoustic tools, geophysicists have tried to extract more and more information from acoustic parameters and to relate to the data to formation properties The new tool, EVA (Evaluation of Velocity and Attenuation), is a 4-transmitter/12-receiver long spacing tool permitting recording of the complete waveform and processing of all information contained in the acoustic signal. The key point for optimum results is a robust and automatic processing which allows quantitative estimation of different parameters such as velocity, amplitude, and period of all the three main types of waves, i.e. compressional (P), shear (S), and Stoneley (ST) waves. In parallel with the processing phase, the analysis of the raw data leads to a qualitative and very rapid interpretation of the recordings. Once the processing is completed and all parameters obtained, these may be applied to a quantitative interpretation of the EVA data. Such interpretation can then be utilised for automatic lithology estimation, estimation of porosity and shale content, and to the detection of fractures and eventually the estimation of permeability. Further applications such as the detection of invaded zones, estimation behind casing, estimation of elastic moduli, and the reconstitution of a density log can provide significant data for exploration and production engineers.


Methods of testing simple hypotheses about lifetime parameters from doubly censored data are given on the basis of the maximum likelihood principle. It is shown that, under the assumptions of standard type, the asymptotic distribution of proposed statistics is chi‐square or linear combination of chi‐square distributions. The choice of statistics optimal from the point of view of power is discussed and illustrated by several examples.


C9I-I8C1203, triclinic, Pi , a = 9.615 (4), b = 8-503(3), c = 7-505 (3) A, a = 114.36(3), fl = 106-62 (3), y = 97-37 (3)°, Mr = 235.1, Z = 2, Dx= 1-52 g cm -3,/~(Mo Ka) = 6-09 cm-1; R = 0.065, 1168 reflections. The molecules form synplanar hydrogenbonded cyclic dimers. The molecular conformation is very similar to that observed in (+)-2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)propanoic acid (2,4,5-TP) with the dihedral angle between the planes of the benzene ring and the carboxylic acid group being 87.0 ° (2,4,5-TP = 77.8°). The distance between the carboxylic acid O atom and C(2) of the aromatic ring (3-68 A) is short compared with those in other members of the phenoxyalkanoic acid series. Introduction. The title compound (3,5-DP) is a member of the series of commercially important synthetic auxin herbicides which include 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), 2,4,5-T (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid) and Fenoprop [(+)-2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)propanoic acid (2,4,5-TP)], the structures of which * Herbicides. VI. Part V: Smith, Kennard, White & Hodgson (1977). have been described (Smith, Kennard, White & Hodgson, 1977). Some herbicidaUy inactive members of the series of chloro-substituted phenoxyacetic acids are the 2,4,6-triehloro (2,4,6-T) and 3,5-dichloro (3,5D) analogues. The structure of 2,4,6-T has been determined (Smith, Kennard & White, 1977) but the growing of suitable crystals of 3,5-D has SO far proved impossible. Since activity in the propanoic acid series usually parallels the acetic acid series with respect to ring chlorine substitution, the structure of 3,5-DP was investigated. The compound was prepared by the interaction of ethyl 2-bromopropanoate with sodium 3,5dichlorophenoxide (Synerholm & Zimmerman, 1945). White crystals were grown from a mixture of toluene and chloroform. 1168 reflections with IFol > 2.510(Fo)l were considered observed out of 1800 collected from a crystal (_0.5 x 0.35 x 0.15 mm) mounted on a Syntex P1 four-circle diffractometer (20ma x = 50 °) using graphite-monochromated Mo Ka radiation. No absorption corrections were made [/t(Mo Ka) = 6.09 cm-q. The structure was solved by multisolution Y2 sign expansion (Sheldrick, 1976). Full-matrix least-squares refinement with anisotropic temperature factors on all


In this paper, Three Laws of Recapitulation and three reasonings are introduced systematically. It explores a series of philosophical problems in terms of chance and inevitablity, individuality and generality, symmetry and break, inner and outer environment, etc., and brings up the methodology of Law of Recapitulation--especially in pointing out its application in modelling and simulating, pedagogy, and literature and art. The author further makes use of recapitulation theory to clarify the mechanism and principle of the development of science, culture, economy, and the approaches for the undeveloped countries to catch up with the advanced ones in a short period as well.


Objective To study the clinical nursing significance of ECG monitor in primary PCI for AMI patients and the relation of changes in ECG and the reperfusion of infarction related artery.Methods Regressional analysis was made in ECG changes including different types of arrthymia,degree of ST segment regression,and their relation between the reperfusion of infarction related artery before and after interventional therapy in AMI patients.Results In 468 AMI patients,142 patients had ventricular arrhythmia before therapy.After interrentional therapy,285 patients were co-morbid with accelerated ventricular tachycardia,203 patients with transient ventricular tachycardia or R-on-T phenomenon,62 patients with ventricular fibrillation and received asynchronous electriacal cardioversion.Twenty four patients had new onsent of Ⅱ-Ⅲ degree atrio-ventricular block and 45 patients had bradycardia or sinus arrest.The atrio-ventricular blook in 10 patients before PCI disappeared after the operation.There are 301 patients with apparent ST segment regression(ST segment regressed ≥50%,57 patients with partial ST segment regression,and 29 patients without ST segment changes.Conclusion Arrhythmias always accompanied with IRA reperfusion.Careful monitoring of ECG is essential for patients' safety after AMI.Obvious ST segment is observed in sufficient IRA reperfusion.However,poor regression of ST segment as well as haemodynamics disorder and cardiogenic shock is observed in patients with poor reperfusion or subacute occlusion of IRA.


Earth system science has changed rapidly due to global environmental changes and the advent of Earth observation technology. Therefore, new tools are required to monitor, measure, analyze, evaluate, and model Earth observation data. Google Earth (GE) was officially launched by Google in 2005 as a "geobrowser", and Google Earth Engine (GEE) was released in 2010 as a cloud computing platform with substantial computational capabilities. The use of these two tools or platforms in various applications, particularly as used by the remote sensing community, has developed rapidly. In this paper, we reviewed the applications and trends in the use of GE and GEE by analyzing peer-reviewed articles, dating up to January 2021, in the Web of Science (WoS) core collection using scientometric analysis (i.e., by using CiteSpace) and meta-analysis. We found the following: (1) the number of articles describing the use of GE or GEE increased substantially from two in 2006 to 530 in 2020. The number of GEE articles increased much faster than those concerned with the use of GE. (2) Both GE and GEE were extensively used by the remote sensing community as multidisciplinary tools. GE articles covered a broader range of research areas (e.g., biology, education, disease and health, economic, and information science) and appeared in a broader range of journals than those concerned with the use of GEE. (3) GE and GEE shared similar keywords (e.g., "land cover", "water", "model", "vegetation", and "forest"), which indicates that their application is of great importance in certain research areas. The main difference was that articles describing the use of GE emphasized its use as a visual display platform, while those concerned with GEE placed more emphasis on big data and time-series analysis. (4) Most applications of GE and GEE were undertaken in countries, such as the United States, China, and the United Kingdom. (5) GEE is an important tool for analysis, whereas GE is used as an auxiliary tool for visualization. Finally, in this paper, the merits and limitations of GE and GEE, and recommendations for further improvements, are summarized from an Earth system science perspective.


Symbols, encryptions and codes are a way to hide sensitive or highly personal content in diaries. This kind of private language is an important feature of diary practice, regardless of time and place, but it has barely been studied yet. This article highlights symbols for masturbation in diaries from the mid-seventeenth until the early twentieth century. These symbols are interpreted not as 'silence', but as disguising, narrative strategies. They form an integral part of the text and should be studied as such. The central question is how authors, by employing disguising strategies (such as symbols) in diaries position themselves within and against public discourses on masturbation. The main body of sources consists of six diaries from different national contexts. The discourse against masturbation which developed from the beginning of the eighteenth century was an international (western) affair. In medical treatises and pedagogical manuals for parents, masturbation became a 'total illness': a life-threatening activity that would lead to near-certain (and gruesome) death. Diary writing functioned as a medium to register and control this secret vice. But the diaries also show ways to change or resist this dominant discourse. The symbols for masturbation reflect some crucial aspects of diary writing: the diary as a memory device, between private experience and public discourses. This article was submitted to the  European Journal of Life Writing  on February 2nd 2017, and published on July 12th 2017.


«An in-depth look at three important French-language women writers who tackle gender stereotypes, desire, the body, language and empowerment, this richly documented study is rigorous, thorough, illuminating and highly readable, with broader implications for contemporary feminism and women's writing within and beyond France and Québec. A major contribution.»
(Lori Saint-Martin, Professor of Literary Studies, University of Quebec in Montreal)

This book is the first comparative study of the work of Francophone authors Annie Ernaux (France), Nancy Huston (Alberta and France) and Nelly Arcan (Quebec) and explores their representation of sex, sexuality and the body from a feminist perspective. In particular, this study examines their narrative treatment of dominant sexual discourses, sexual difference and diverse feminine bodily experience. In so doing, this book reveals these writers' distinctive contribution to contemporary women's writing in French and different feminisms, which takes the form of a unique, «frank» French feminism. This frank French feminist approach, this book shows, is concerned with tackling gender inequality, sexism and misogyny, but also recognises the difficulties involved in feminist action, and acknowledges that adherence to allegedly oppressive gender stereotypes can actually prove enjoyable and empowering for women. This book examines the authors' earliest to latest publications and a broad range of genres and media, including fictional and autofictional novels, autobiographies, critical essays, photo-texts, diaries, journals, illustrated oeuvres, media addresses and newspaper articles.

This book project was the Winner of the 2021 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in Contemporary Women's Writing in French.


Subscription covering detection is useful to improving the performance of any publish/subscribe system. However, an exact solution to querying coverings among a large set of subscriptions in high dimension is computationally too expensive to be practicable. Therefore, we are interested in an approximate approach. We focus on spherical subscriptions and propose a solution based on random projections. Our complexities are substantially better than that of the exact approach. The proposed solution can potentially find exact coverings with a success probability 100% asymptotically approachable.


Complexes of the form mer-trans-[Rh(PMe3)3(H)(CCR)2] and mer-trans-[{Rh(dmpe)(H)(CCR)2}2(µ-dmpe)] have been prepared by oxidative addition of HCCR to [Rh(PMe3)4(CCR)] and [Rh(dmpe)2Me] species, respectively; the molecular structures of mer-trans-[Rh(PMe3)3(H)(CCPh)2] and mer-trans-[{Rh(dmpe)(H)(CCSiMe3)2}2(µ-dmpe)](dmpe = Me2PCH2CH2PMe2) have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.


The main purpose of this work is the construction of chi-squared goodness-of-fit tests for the transmuted generalized linear exponential distribution with unknown parameters and right censoring. The criterion test used is the modified chi-squared statistic Y , developed by Bagdonavicius and Nikulin (2011) for some parametric models when data are censored. The performances of the proposed test are shown by an intensive simulation study and an application to real data. AMS subject classification: 62F03-62G05-62G10-62N05.


Principles of the design of nanostructured multilayer coatings for operation under high-energy exposure were formulated. Using these principles as the base, heatand wear-resistant Si–Al–N/Zr–y–O coatings were developed.


The present invention provides an apparatus and method for improving the safety terminal in order to improve the safety of the terminal. Step of the process according to the invention, by the terminal, and displaying the randomly generated dynamic password on the display interface, to start the audio receiving device of the terminal; By the terminal by using the audio receiving device, if the user is reading a dynamic password, the method comprising: obtaining voice information, converting the voice information to a text password, extracts the written characteristics of the audio information; And a text password is equivalent to the dynamic password, by the terminal, determining a user of the terminal license according to pre-stored corresponding relationship between the terminal permission to use the gate features and unlock the display interface in accordance with the determined terminal license or locking If set to a state, or a dynamic text password and the password are different, it comprises the steps of by the terminal, setting the display interface in the locked state.


Abstract Computerized spreadsheets are quite useful in engineering economy. However, (he leading spreadsheet packages do not include functions for arithmetic gradients, although add-in packages may contain such functions. Spreadsheet functions which do not exist can be adapted to calculations of arithmetic gradients, as shown in this technical note. This technical note also briefly summarizes the financial functions available in three leading packages: Exceltm, Lotustm, and Quattro Protm.


The Ninth International Congress on Industrial Medicine, held at Caxton Hall, Westminster, the opening of which was briefly reported in our last issue (p. 570), continued its sessions from Sept. 13 to 17. The members attending numbered about 750, of whom 270 were from abroad. The presentation of nearly 200 papers was accomplished only by having three or four simultaneous sessions each morning and afternoon. Receptions were given by the Government, the Royal Colleges, the British Medical Association, and other bodies, many exhibitions and visits of technical interest were arranged, and there were almost continuous film showings-altogether a very full programme.


Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world. It is called No.1. From the angle of aesthetics this paper deals with the reason why soccer is so well received, and puts forward that beauty of technology , beauty of tactics, beauty of tragedy and beauty of drama are four fundamental characters of the beauty of soccer, which are also the source of charm of soccer.


A clear tendency to increase the number of pregnancies and childbirth in single women has become a characteristic medical, social and psychological problem in modern obstetrics. Over the past decade, the number of births in single women has doubled in Ukraine. The objective: assess the impact of psychological and social factors on the course of pregnancy and childbirth, the state of newborns in single women. Materials and methods. Conducted clinical and statistical analysis of the subjects, studied the course and complications of pregnancy and childbirth, the state of newborns. The main group – 110 single mothers and their newborns, control group – 110 married mothers and their newborns. Results. The article presents data on the course of pregnancy and childbirth depending on the marital status of women. The average of single women was 29.3±0.5 years, married – 23.7±0.6 years; among the lone 24.5% women are over 30 years old. In 73.6% of women in the main group pregnancy is unplanned, which is 3 times higher than that of the control group. It was detected in 71.8% of single women suffering a somatic anamnesis and 64.5% – burdened gynecological anamnesis, which causes high of placental dysfunction (60%), of the threat of abortion (47.2%). The high cardiovascular diseases (23.6%) and diseases of the genitourinary system (20%) in single women causes a 4 times higher level of preterm labor compared to married (7.2% and 1.8% respectively). In 30% of single women, childbirth was completed by cesarean section, which is 2.8 times higher than married (10.9%). In the main group, fetal distress was found to be 14.9%, which is 1.6 times more often than the control group (9.3%). Maternal traumatism was observed in 55.4% of single pregnant women, which is 2 times that of the control group. Complications of the postpartum period in single mothers are found to be 18.7%, which is 3 times more often than the married ones. Conclusion. Lonely women constitute high-risk groups for the development of obstetric and perinatal complications, due to a number of medical and social causes. Key words: pregnancy and childbirth, single women, perinatal complications.


The Cry proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) produce parasporal crystal during sporulation which are toxic against insect larvae of lepidopteran, coleopteran and dipteran. In the present study, 10 native isolations of Bt strains were quantified from the Native Strains Bank of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, isolated from soil in the municipalities of Raquira, Santa Sofia, Villa de Leyva and Sutamarchan, in Boyaca; and also in Susa, Cundinamarca. Crude extracts of total proteins from the 10 strains incubated in Luria-Bertani medium (LB) for 15 days at 37 °C were obtained. For quantification of total protein of the spore crystal mixture was used the Bradford method using a standard pattern a calibration curve with bovine serum albumin (BSA). After 5 minutes, the determination was realized in the spectrophotometer at a wavelength of 595 nm. The brighter blue were presented by the strains ZBUJTL35 and ZBUJTL39, with a concentration of 560.71 and 526.43 mg / ml, respectively. The Bradford method is a simple and fast technique to estimate the protein concentration. The strains will be used to determine the toxicity over Bemisiatabaci larvae.


PURPOSE: A firefighting facilities simulation system for education is provided to promote understanding of firefighting facilities actually installed on a building and efficient operation on site. CONSTITUTION: A firefighting facilities simulation system for education includes a sprinkler chamber made of a transparent material for the inside to be visible from the outside; wet and dry sprinkler pipes(200,300) of which one end is inserted into a sprinkler chamber, the other end is extended to the outside, and the one end is equipped with a sprinkler; an alarm valve(400) connected to the wet sprinkler pipe; a pre-action valve connected to the dry sprinkler pipe; a booster pump unit(600) pressurizing water into the wet and dry sprinkler pipe; and a control unit(700) equipped with multiple buttons and levers.


Polymeric insulator is key to safe operation of the whole power transmission system. With the purpose of realizing accurate detection of defects in polymeric insulation core rod, a multiangular microwave diagnostic system for defects detection is proposed. The microwave detection system is based on the wave impedance theory and utilizes the difference of S (scattering) parameters to distinguish defects. First, simulation investigation is presented regarding the millimeter-scale defects of different sizes. The Frobenius norm difference between the defective mandrel and the intact mandrel can be observed visibly in the high frequency range. Then, an experimental setup is designed and manufactured to verify the simulations. The measurement results display significant Frobenius norm difference between the defective mandrel and the intact mandrel over 2.5–6 GHz. Finally, the proposed method is employed to distinguish several types of defects with different physical properties in terms of permeability and dielectric constant. The nondestructive microwave diagnostic method is based on multiangular transmission signal and can reliably identify the defects of millimeter scale by the introduction of Frobenius norm analysis. It is promising for the detection of defects in polymeric insulators as well as other nonconstructive materials.


Objective To investigate the occurrence of induced abortion among currently married women and explore the related factors.Methods Population Proportional to Size sampling method was employed in sampling.The sampled women were interviewed face to face with uniform questionnaire.Results The proportion of women with induced abortion once was 24.9%.The induced abortion rate increased continuously from 7.2% in 1973~1980 to 20.1% in 2001~2005,and the abortion ratio changed from 0.081 to 0.291 accordingly in the same period of time.Current contraceptive method and occurrence of its side effect,number of ever born children,temporary sexual partner and living area were significant predictors for induced abortion,especially current contraceptive method.Women with induced abortion history were more likely to suffer from reproductive tract infections than women without induced abortion.Conclusion The induced abortion rate was increasing rapidly in the last thirty years,current contraceptive method had important effect on it.It was important to use contraceptive methods correctly.


The purpose of this study is to determine and analyze the segmentation, targeting and positioning of Nomu9 Bites and Beverages. This type of research uses survey methods. The sample used in this study was 100 respondents who obtained the accidental sampling method from the population that is all consumers who visited Nomu9 Bites and Beverages. Data collection methods in this study used a questionnaire. Data analysis techniques used are cluster analysis and crosstab. The results of this study are that there are 2 clusters formed which show the Nomu9 Bites and Beverages market segment are students, middle to lower class, the selected target market is a single market specialization, and market position is based on price..


TextFlint is a multilingual robustness evaluation toolkit for NLP tasks that incorporates universal text transformation, task-specific transformation, adversarial attack, subpopulation, and their combinations to provide comprehensive robustness analyses. This enables practitioners to automatically evaluate their models from various aspects or to customize their evaluations as desired with just a few lines of code. TextFlint also generates complete analytical reports as well as targeted augmented data to address the shortcomings of the model in terms of its robustness. To guarantee acceptability, all the text transformations are linguistically based and all the transformed data selected (up to 100,000 texts) scored highly under human evaluation. To validate the utility, we performed large-scale empirical evaluations (over 67,000) on state-of-the-art deep learning models, classic supervised methods, and real-world systems. The toolkit is already available at https://github.com/textflint with all the evaluation results demonstrated at textflint.io.


By using the modified direct reduction method presented by Clarkson and Kruskal,the symmetry group theorem of symmetric regularized long wave(SRLW) equations are derived.Some new exact solutions of SRLW equations are obtained by applying the theorem and given solutions.Conservation laws of the equations are also obtained with the corresponding Lie symmetry.


BACKGROUND
Health professionals could be at risk of having work-related accidents or health problems. The operating room (OR) is a place where physical, ergonomic, biological, and chemical risks may be present.

OBJECTIVE
This study aims to characterize the OR of a hospital regarding occupational risks, particularly biological and chemical. It was also sought to verify if professionals' training about occupational risks has some influence on their safety behaviors.

METHODS
The research method was based on a Questionnaire applied to the 214 professionals working at the operating rooms of a hospital in northern Portugal.

RESULTS
The results revealed the occurrence of 39% (95% CI [29.3%, 50.7%]) of accidents involving biological material, and 12% (95% CI [6.1%, 21.0%]) of accidents involving chemical material. Not all professionals have had training in occupational risks (64% and 47% reported having had training in biological risks and chemical risks, respectively). A non-statistically significant association was found between having had training in biological/chemical risks and having had an accident involving biological/chemical material (Fisher's exact test, p > 0.05). A statistically significant association (X2 = 25.978, df = 3, p < 0.05) was found between the occurrence of accidents involving biological material and the professional category.

CONCLUSIONS
This study allows to characterize the main biological and chemical risks in operating rooms according to the perceptions of professional.


The logical design model,design of database structure,main function structure and realization method of subsystem of a school asset MIS which based on the Sybase database system and developed in PowerBuilder 6 0 environment are described in detail.Some characteristics of this system are also discussed.


Rapid development of tourism brings about heavy competition in the tourism market.The paper is aimed at discussion of proper teaching modes for practice competence.The campus facilities should be improved,school-business cooperation enhanced,and dual-qualification teachers advocated.


The mathematical model is developed and characteristics of magnetic field spatial distribution for a ferromagnetic pipeline with defects of cut- or nipple-type are calculated. Azimuthal dependencies of magnetic field anomalies, caused by defects with respect to different orientations of a primary magnetic field, are plotted. Popular magnetic defect detection methods are analyzed and the new one is described.


As a common medical issue for adolescents both in the United States and worldwide, dysmenorrhea is a leading cause of visits to primary care providers and gynecologic specialists. The prevalence of dysmenorrhea in women is highest in the adolescent population affecting 20-90% of females in this age group. Primary dysmenorrhea is the most common form of dysmenorrhea and is defined as painful menstruation in the absence of pelvic pathology. Secondary dysmenorrhea is explained by an underlying pathology such as endometriosis or genital tract obstruction. The differential diagnosis of dysmenorrhea includes other etiologies of pelvic pain such as gastrointestinal, genitourinary, or other gynecologic pathologies. Symptoms refractory to first and second line treatments warrant further evaluation and management. As the second most common cause of pelvic pain in adolescents after primary dysmenorrhea, endometriosis may manifest itself differently in adolescents when compared to adults. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDS) are first line medical management for dysmenorrhea. Hormonal agents are second line medical management though are often initiated concomitantly with NSAID therapy. Complex imaging and surgery are reserved for refractory cases of pelvic pain. This document outlines the recommended evaluation and management of adolescents with dysmenorrhea and highlights important medical advances that have contributed to treatment.

This review contains 5 figures, 8 tables, and 34 references.
Keywords: dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain, endometriosis, menstruation, menses, Premenstrual Syndrome, tranexamic acid, menstrual suppression, menstrual disorders


Biology of jackfruit shoot and fruit borer studied under laboratory and fieldcondition indicated, the slight variation in the duration of developmental stages but no variations with respect to morphology of each stages. The eggs were laid singly as well as in small group on tender shoots and fruits. The incubation period, larval and pupal periodvaries from 3.5 to 4.5, 11.1 to 11.7 and 7.6 to 90.0 days during may to June and 4 to 5, 11.7 to 13.1 and 8 to 10 days during September to October, respectively in laboratory and 3.6 to 4.5, 12 to 13 and 9 to 12 days during September to October, respectively under field condition. There were five larval instars with a prepupal period. Pupation was observed in the tunnel in fruits, shoots and in between two leaves. The life cycle varies from 25.6 to 28.7 days and 27.3 to 32.2 days during May to June and September to October, respectively under laboratory and 26 to 30 days and 29 to 36 days during may to June and September to October, respectively under field conditions. The insect could complete 12 generation in a year under laboratory conditions.


W i e s s C o l l e g e f r e s h m a n Chr i s Williams, who s tuden t s r e m e m b e r as o u t g o i n g and enthusiast ic , died Sunday in a car accident . A c c o r d i n g to t h e B a s t r o p County, Texas Depar tmen t of Public Safety, Wil l iams' Mini Cooper drifted over the cen te r line as he was driving westbound on Route 290. His car collided with an eas tbound Jeep . Williams, 19, and the two passengers in the Jeep died at the scene. T h r e e o ther eas tbound travelers were injured. W i e s s C o l l e g e M a s t e r Michael Gustin said in the two weeks Williams was at Rice, he made many fr iends among freshmen and upperc lassmen. "He was very good at putt ing people at ease, so it was very easy for him to have a lot of f r iends," Gustin said. "And he did have a lot of f r iends within a shor t period of time." Sid R i c h a r d s o n C o l l e g e junior Lindsay Balthrop, who was Williams' co-fellow dur ing Orientation Week, said Williams was very social. Balthrop said Williams was upbeat even after he fell and briefly lost consciousness dur ing Wiess ' ski ts at the end of O-Week. Balthrop said Wi l l i ams l a u g h e d and a s k e d abou t t h e o t h e r m e m b e r s of his O-Week group while in the ambulance on the way to the emergency room. He liked to sha re funny stories, s h e said. "He was a vibrant personality, almost electric," Balthrop said. "You could talk to him for one time for 15 minutes and feel like you knew a lot about him because lie was so ready to get to know people." Wiess College President Chris Kudron, who was one of Williams' f r iends, said Williams quickly became involved in Rice activities. Wiess freshman Chris Williams.


This paper presents part of the results obtained from 1:10,000 scale engineering geological mapping carried out in the Belem region, in the state of Para, in the north of Brazil. Geologically, this region consists of Tertiary sedimentary lithologies (sandstones, claystones and siltstones of the Barreiras Formation) and Quaternary sediments (sandy materials). From the data obtained, 3 units were defined in terms of their suitability for raw materials in engineering construction. These geological materials as aggregates are widespread in the region and have been used for different kinds of embankments and civil construction. In the study area there are several sites where these materials are intensely exploited as aggregates and several environmental problems are generated, such as: erosion, flooding, silting, deforestation, water contamination and human conflicts. Resume: Cet article presente une partie des resultats obtenus a partir du tracer geologique de technologie effectue dans la Region de Belem, au l'Etat de Para., nort du Bresil a une echelle de 1:10.000. Geologiquement, cette region est compose par lithologies sedimentaires (arenace non-consolidable) des periodes tertiaires (gres, argillites et des cailloux de ruissellement de la formation Barreiras) et quaternaires. Des donnees ont definie 3 unites en termes de convenance des materiaux geologiques pour la construction civile. Ces materiaux geologiques comme agregats ont une certaine repercussion dans la region et ont ete employes pour differents genres de remblais et de construction civile. Dans le region d'etude il y a plusieurs lieux ou ces materiaux geologiques sont intensement exploites pendant que des agregats et plusieurs problemes environemental sont produits comme: erosion, baissement du niveaux d'eau, envasement, deboisement, contamination de l'eau et conflits d'humain.


RNA interference degrades mRNA specifically and potently though the mediation of corresponding double-stranded RNA and leads to post-transcriptional gene silencing. RNAi was observed in many model organisms such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Caenorhabditis elegans and fungi. It is a useful way for studying gene function. Here the mechanism and application of RNAi are reviewed.


The study was conducted on 154 Holstein-Friesian (HF) cows maintained under farmer's managemental system in Hossana city (Ethiopia). A total of 80 HF owners were randomly selected and interviewed with structured questionnaire to assess the productive and reproductive performance of Holstein-Friesian cows. The results of the study showed that the mean milk yield/day/cow was 8.38±0.47 L, lactation length was 252.25±5.31 days, peak yield was 11.39±0.58 L and lactation milk yield was 2149.19±143.80 L, number of services per conception was 1.8±0.09, age at first calving was 36.48±0.55 month, calving to first service interval was 212.70±18.12 days and calving interval was 462.87±19.48 days for HF cows. The constraints of dairy production in the study areas including feed shortage (1st), high feed cost (2nd), disease (3rd), scarce information about feeding (4th), high medicament cost (5th), scarcity of timely veterinary services (6th), lack of capital (7th), low price of milk (8th), heat detection (9th) and inefficient AI services (10th) were found to be the top challenges for dairy practice in the area. Therefore, strategies designed to solve the existing problem should be important by involving all stakeholders in the formulation and implementation of improvement strategies.


It is becoming increasingly apparent that children are disproportionately vulnerable to environmental harm, taking into account their physical, physiological and developmental characteristics. Environmental degradation threatens children's enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms, such as the right to a clean and healthy environment, the right to life, the right to health, the right to the highest attainable standard of living, and the right to dignity. This article evaluates the extent to which the South African legal framework protects the environment-related rights and interests of children. In order to achieve this objective, the article outlines the body of international and African regional human rights law and the environmental law and policy that protects and promotes the environment-related rights and interests of children. The contribution also discusses the mechanisms for redress at the international, regional and national levels in the event of environmental harm to the rights and interests of children. The body of international and African regional law sets the expectations and normative benchmarks to measure the compliance of the national (South African) legal and policy framework.


【Objective】The objective of this study is to construct recombinant BmNPV infecting both silkworm and Ecotropis oblique,and to solve the reproduction difficulty of EoNPV because of the breeding complexity.【Method】Recombinant BmNPV containing the polh expression box of BmNPV and the hel expression box of EoNPV were constructed by Bac-to-Bac system.【Result】rBmNPV amplified from silkworm or BmN cell could infect E.oblique,which indicated the host domain of rBmNPV had been broaden to E.oblique.【Conclusion】rBmNPV which could infect E.oblique was successfully constructed,thus laied a foundation of producing recombinant virus pesticide using silkworm as host.


Constantly reducing production time in terms of today's automated systems requires the use of off-line programming. On the one hand, this technology is termed by any real simulated state compared to the real world, on the other hand, the geometrical precision of the real environment in comparison with nominal values. Calibration is an inseparable part of The Offline Programming, and this process can often reveal many hidden problems. This paper presents the work done with one of the simulation system with off-line programme generation and calibration capability.


A method of registering a digital image with a polygonal mesh comprising the steps of: A providing a digital image (11) comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points in a D-dimensional space; B providing a plurality of vertices, a comprehensive polygon network (12), which approximates an object in the digital image; C emitting a beam from a vertex of the polygon mesh in a direction into the digital image into (13) and calculating a line integral of opacity values wherein each opacity value of the intensity of a pixel of the image corresponds, by passing said beam; D terminating the ray at a point in the image when an opacity threshold (14) is reached, and adding the end point to a set of closest points; E steps C and D are repeated for all vertices in the polygon network (15); F calculating a registration between the vertices of the polygon mesh and ...


Purpose The clinical response to traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (tNSAIDs) varies substantially. The objective of this study was to describe physicians' and patients' perceptions of response to tNSAIDs as measured by satisfaction with control of patients' osteoarthritis (OA). Patients and methods A cross-sectional survey was undertaken in 2009 in Germany, Spain, and the UK. Linked physician and patient questionnaires collected data on OA management, degree of pain and disability, and satisfaction with OA control. Results The study included 363 treating physicians and 713 patients receiving tNSAIDs. Patient mean (standard deviation) age was 65.5 (11.0) years (range 36–94 years); 60% were women; 86% were white; and one-quarter were obese. Dissatisfaction with control of patients' OA was expressed by physicians or their patients, or both, for 51% of patients, including 208 patients (31%) with mild OA and 478 patients (60%) with moderate or severe OA. Overall, 37% of patients reported dissatisfaction and 34% had a physician who reported dissatisfaction. Patient and physician assessments were the same in 70% of cases; Cohen's κ coefficient was 0.34 (95% confidence interval 0.26–0.41), indicating fair agreement. Of those reporting dissatisfaction, most physicians (79%) and patients (64%) believed that the current control was the best that could be achieved. The most common reasons for which physicians reported dissatisfaction were inadequate response (56%), side effects (11.1%), and poor tolerance (7.8%). Conclusion One-half of patients or their treating physicians were dissatisfied with the control of OA provided by tNSAID therapy; moreover, most believed it was the best control that could be achieved.


This paper examines the role of information sharing in leisure activities by highlighting the findings of two qualitative studies. Both studies explore whether storytelling in leisure settings can connect members of marginalized communities to others and to their own identities. Implications for public libraries and information behaviour research are discussed


A comprehensive archaeological survey of the Castillo de Huarmey site, one of the most important pre-Hispanic Middle Horizon period (AD 600-900) ceremonial and religious centers on the Peruvian North Coast, was carried out by Polish scholars. The survey compared different nondestructive methods: GPS RTK mapping, kite aerial photogrammetry, cesium magnetometry and spatial analysis of surface artifact distribution. The survey data was combined with spatial information using a geographic information system database to record the monumental mud-brick architecture and the vast necropolis of the high-ranking members of pre-Hispanic elites, and to reflect the subsurface site. The undertaking of methodical and comprehensive nondestructive archaeological survey on the North Coast of Peru was one of the first such projects in this region, and is promising for achieving significant advances in the current understanding of local preHispanic societies.


In NCHRP Project 10–76, methodologies were developed and demonstrated for evaluating the feasibility, reasonableness, effectiveness, acoustic longevity, and economic features of pavement strategies and barriers proposed for highway noise abatement. The essential elements of the methodologies are the use of an expanded pavement life-cycle cost analysis to examine economic features, a modified version of FHWA's Traffic Noise Model to integrate the noise reducing performance of pavements and barriers, and the use of onboard sound intensity data as input to the prediction model. The developed methodology is applied to state project–based examples. Barriers, quieter pavement, and combinations of both are evaluated for feasibility and reasonableness using the policies of three state highway agencies.


This paper analyzes the dynamics that led to the failure of the Moroccan protest "February 20" movement. It explains how the failure is due to its internal ideological divergences and external elements. At the internal level, the "February 20" missed an excellent opportunity to constitute itself as a historical bloc as recommended by the Moroccan philosopher Mohamed Abed Al-Jabri. Largely polarized between leftist ideology and the Islamist movement. The internal ideological quarrels of the movement contributed to its subsequent failure. At the external level, faced with the central Moroccan power, the "Makhzen", leading the political game, as well as the Machiavellianism of Moroccan political actors, the "February 20" movement found itself in the rejected category. He was abandoned by those who were themselves the defenders of his own ideas, before changing sides and approaching the political power and became a blessed category.


With the enrichment of network information and the improvement of the user's needs, people are not satisfied with retrieving in the same kind of language. So Cross Language Information Retrieval (CLIR) receives people's more and more concerns. One of kernel problem of CLIR is how to overcome communication obstacles between different languages. This paper proposes a novel semantic based CLIR model Onto CLIR. The model, basing on the technologies of traditional information retrieval, uses Ontology to describe the relevant domain knowledge in different kinds of languages. Thus the problems of semantic loss and distortion when translating between query language and retrieval language can be solved. In this way we can ensure that the model will follow user's query intention and get the expected results. We have done experiments to validate our approach. The experiments are designed to retrieve sport news in Chinese from Sina website with query in English. The experiment results demonstrate that when applying our ontology based CLIR approach the increases of the retrieval recall and precision both have reached more than 10 percent, which shows that our approach is effective in improving retrieval performance.


The evolutionary density and the scatter of densities of the short fatigue cracks on the surface of 1 Cr18Ni9Ti pipe-weld metal were observed by local and overall viewpoints,respectively.The local viewpoint ,which is in accordance with a so-called "effectively short fatigue crack criterion",paid attention to the dominant effective short fatigue crack (DESFC) initiation zone and the zones ahead of the DESFC tips.The overall viewpoint focused on the whole test piece of specimen.The results revealed that the density and scatter evolution exhibited a significant character of microstructural short crack and physical short crack stages.The evolutionary behavior by the local viewpoint was sensitive to the increase of DESFC size and tip location.The mechanism of the short crack growth associated with the general test observations that the DESFC acted gradually as a long crack and the scatter of DESFC growth rates tended gradually to that of a long crack was well revealed.Intrinsic causes of the random cyclic strain-life relations and stress-strain responses are appropriately given.In contrast ,the evolutionary behavior by the overall viewpoint was non-sensitive and violated the general test observations.Therefore,the intrinsic localization and randomization of material evolutionary fatigue damage should be more appropriately revealed from the observations by the local viewpoint.


A highly efficient total synthesis of the potent lipid peroxidation inhibitor carbazoquinocin C is presented. The key-step is a palladium(II)-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of an anilino-1,4-benzoquinone to a carbazole-1,4-quinone which proceeds in up to 91% yield. Using this approach the natural product is obtained in four steps and 39% overall yield starting from aniline.


Several studies have reported an association between dyslexia and implicit learning deficits. It has been suggested that the weakness in implicit learning observed in dyslexic individuals may be related to sequential processing and implicit sequence learning. In the present article, we review the current literature on implicit learning and dyslexia. We describe a novel, forced‐choice structural "mere exposure" artificial grammar learning paradigm and characterize this paradigm in normal readers in relation to the standard grammaticality classification paradigm. We argue that preference classification is a more optimal measure of the outcome of implicit acquisition since in the preference version participants are kept completely unaware of the underlying generative mechanism, while in the grammaticality version, the subjects have, at least in principle, been informed about the existence of an underlying complex set of rules at the point of classification (but not during acquisition). On the basis of the "mere exposure effect," we tested the prediction that the development of preference will correlate with the grammaticality status of the classification items. In addition, we examined the effects of grammaticality (grammatical/nongrammatical) and associative chunk strength (ACS; high/low) on the classification tasks (preference/grammaticality). Using a balanced ACS design in which the factors of grammaticality (grammatical/nongrammatical) and ACS (high/low) were independently controlled in a 2 × 2 factorial design, we confirmed our predictions. We discuss the suitability of this task for further investigation of the implicit learning characteristics in dyslexia.


A simple method is presented for the preparation of silica nano-rods. The silica nano-rods with a diameter of about 200 nm with smooth surface were synthesized by chemical vapor deposition method at 1300square. The as-synthesized samples were characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray, and transmission electron microscopy. The results show that synthesized silica nano-rods have a uniform size, well-defined shape, and smooth surface. However, the morphologies and microstructures of silica nano-rods are affected by synthesis conditions, such as the synthesis temperature and the vapor concentration of the SiOx. On the basis of these experimental results, a possible growth mechanism of silica nano-rods in this process is proposed.


IDS is more and more important now,and it's just developing very fast.However,there still lie some problems in IDS,of which a critical one is the alert information seems too simple,and the users are hardly to know the key point of network attack,which makes it difficult for the developing of IDS.Based on the classification of network attack,a new kind of IDS has been implemented.The new IDS can provide high-precise alert messages and supply the main characteristics to user.Then the users can immediately get to know the total aspects of the network attack and take correct actions to prevent it.


Indoor position localization suffers from the regressive signal when the system implement based on Receive Signal Strength (RSS) and time synchronization when implement based on Time of Arrival (ToA). Those problems lead to high error in terms of position localization. To mitigate those errors many techniques and methods are deployed such as NLOS identification, Maximum Likelihood (ML), and weighted least-squares (WLS). In this paper, a new technique based on optimization of transmitter location has been proposed by separating the case study building into multi-zone, each zone having specific parameters which defer from other ones. The deployed receivers were 8 for the zones (A-F) and 20 into the zone G to be 68 for the whole system. There are three transmitters deployed with a changeable position to select a better one. The results confirm that the error improved from (0.638m) based on individual TOA to (0.136m) by using propose Multi-zone ToA, while improved from (0.756m) rely on individual RSS to (0.1223m) based on Multi-Zone RSS.


A watertight closure of the dura is important in preventing post-operative complications. Various techniques are described to close small dura defects. We present a simple technique that uses on site homologues dura tissue to bridge small dura defects by separating the periosteum from the inner meningeal layer. This provides a low-cost, tension-free repair without the use of synthetic materials or need to harvest autologous materials.


New estimator?new bandwidth choice and bias-corrected confidence bands are proposed for nonparametric regression. The estimator is given in a function of divided sections; The simple explicit formula of choosing bandwidths is suggested, and its compute is only made use of known data; The calculation by using only the kernel estimator of the regression curve and their data-selected bandwidth. They are shown to have asymptotically correct coverage properties and to behave well in a small-sample study.


In China's College English Teaching,it is widely believed that Native-speaking English Teacher is better than Non-Native-speaking English Teacher,especially in the teaching of English listening and speaking.From the perceptive of learners' experience and teaching evaluation,this article discusses the differences between Chinese English teachers(Non-Native-speaking English Teachers) and foreign teachers(Native-speaking English Teacher) in the teaching of English listening.It turned out that language competence is not the only one factor in successful English teaching;Non-Native-speaking English Teachers have their own unique advantages.


In 1996, Sipser and Spielman [12] constructed a family of linear-time decodable asymptotically good codes called expander codes. Recently, Barg and Zemor [2] gave a modified construction of expander codes, which greatly improves the code parameters. In this paper we present a new simple algebraic decoding algorithm for the modified expander codes of Barg and Zemor, and give a Justesen-type construction of linear-time decodable asymptotically good binary linear codes that meet the Zyablov bound.


N-(2-ethyl) thiophene methylamine was prepared through polymerization reaction using 2-Thiopheneethylamine and formaldehyde as the raw materials.Then 4,5,6,7-Tetrahydrothieno[3,2,c] pyridine hydrochloride prepared through cyclization reaction in the presence of ethylalcohol and hydrogen chloride.The effect of solvent and acid concentration,reaction time,reaction temperature on the synthesis were studied discussed.The best reaction conditions were that acid is in the 30% absolute ethyl alcohol and hydrogen chloride solution,the reaction solvent is ethanol,reaction time carried out for 3 to 5 hours,the reaction temperature is 50~60 ℃,the optimized two overall yield of about 87%,the content of HPLC is about 99%.


Sustainability and social design are paradigms central to contemporary planning and design education. This chapter takes sustainability and social design beyond the subject of teaching and instead focuses on incorporating these values as a way of practice in professional education. Using a case study approach, it explores the emerging practices of teaching experiments in the collaborative design and planning teacher learning community (CPDTLC), an informal community of practice with shared interests in collaboration at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. Four pedagogical approaches—learning by doing, reflection, collaboration, and community context—are the common practices among the members. Design thinking is used to analyze the social design innovations of CPDTLC. The experiences here reveal different scales and dimensions of social design in the classroom and beyond, and delineate an emerging teaching-learning relationship for new curriculum formation in the future.


Monitoring of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) Residues in Arable Lands around Oil Reservoir Sung‐Jin Lim, Jin‐Hyo Kim, Geun‐Hyoung Choi, Nam‐Jun Cho, Jin‐Hwan Hong and Byung‐Jun Park (Chemical Safety Division, Agro‐Food Safety & Crop Protection Department, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 565‐851, Korea, 2Agro‐Food Safety & Crop Protection Department National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 565‐851, Korea)


Let M be a complete n-dimensional submanifold in the (2n 1)dimensional Euclidean space, with scalar curvature bounded from below. Baikousis and Koufogiorgos proved that the sectional curvature of M satisfies sup KM > A-2 if M is contained in a ball of radius A. We extend this result to the case that the ambient space is a complete simply connected Riemannian manifold of nonpositive curvature.


Ig class switch recombination (CSR) requires expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and transcription through target switch (S) regions. Here we show that knockdown of the histone chaperone facilitates chromatin transcription (FACT) completely inhibited S region cleavage and CSR in IgA-switch-inducible CH12F3-2A B cells. FACT knockdown did not reduce AID or S region transcripts but did decrease histone3 lysine4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) at both the Sμ and Sα regions. Because knockdown of FACT or H3K4 methyltransferase cofactors inhibited DNA cleavage in H3K4me3-depleted S regions, H3K4me3 may serve as a mark for recruiting CSR recombinase. These findings revealed an unexpected evolutionary conservation between CSR and meiotic recombination.


The present work uses a classification approach based on an artificial neural network (ANN) of the Multilayer Perceptron type (MLP). This algorithm was used to better discriminate individuals by highlighting non-linear relationships that are impossible to obtain with classical ordination methods. This method consists of projecting the spectrum of a gas, taken from remote sensing data, onto a three-dimensional space, using a MLP type neural network model. The latter adopts, during the training process, the gradient back-propagation algorithm, during which the mean squared error (MSE) at the output is continuously calculated and fed back to the input until it reaches a fixed minimum threshold, in order to correct the synaptic weights of the network. In this context, the ANN will provide undeniably effective solutions for classification. We have shown in this study that for the classification of gases (H2S-NO2 mixture, H2S, NO2), the best performing model is the one that uses as transfer functions, the Tansig function in the hidden layer and the Purelin function in the output layer, while using a Scalar Conjugate Gradient (SCG) training algorithm.


The purpose of this research is to investigate the changes in facility accessibility caused by the changes in urban spatial configuration of Jinhae since the era of Japanese Imperialism based on the space syntactic. The observations made in this research are summarized as follows. First, the global integrated space is moving to the expanded part of Jinhae, which is often observed during the expansion stage of many linear coastal cities. Joongang-ro connecting the old town and the newly expanded area is the most integrated space in terms of street composition. Joongang-ro is the main street of the city connecting more and more newly formed streets. Second, most of the public facilities, except for cultural ones, are also moving to the newly expanded area where their accessibility is still well maintained. In addition, newly built cultural facilities are often located in the outskirts of Jinhae, and have poor accessibility from the global integrated space.


Image recognition and motion tracking are widely utilized in the field of Augmented Reality (AR). Although their computational cost is huge, they enable to extend the practicality and the range of applications if all computation is processed within real time. Toward this goal, in this paper, we propose a handheld AR system optimized for direct hardware computation. It includes a subspace method for image recognition and a KLT tracking algorithm for motion tracking. The AR system is composed of one two-million-pixel-CCD-image sensor, one head-mounted display, one reconfigurable device called DAPDNA-2, and so on. DAPDNA-2 is a coarse-grained and dynamic-reconfigurable device which is produced by Tokyo Keiki Inc. The merit of DAPDNA-2 is its short-reconfiguration time and it is utilised to full for not only high performance but also the reduction of power consumption. The experimental result through a real Japanese-English translation system shows image recognition and motion tracking are computed within real-time; the computation time is less than 0.741 milliseconds per a VGA-resolution (640 x 480 pixels) frame. Thus, we are able to find a highly efficient computation using a coarse-grained architecture compared with general-purpose processors and embedded processors.


It is well known that Martin Buber abandoned Jewish law as a binding code. Scholars have identified him accurately as a religious anarchist, and his perspective is best characterized as metanomian—that is, one that locates the essence of religiosity outside of any fixed system, without necessarily opposing that system as a matter of principle. And yet, such general characterizations offer only a very vague picture of Buber's stance. This paper demonstrates that it is especially illustrative for us to turn to Buber's Hasidic tales. First of all, precisely because Buber's concept of practice was irreducible to any static system or code, the genre of narrative conveys far more than any abstract formulation can. Moreover, inasmuch as Buber's Hasidic tales were his own hermeneutical refractions of earlier sources, which were in themselves teeming with images of practice, our intertextual investigations reveal at once narrative representations of religious life and Buber's personal interpretations of those narratives. What emerges from this study, then, is a textured and vivid vision of religious practice, which was not merely a peripheral concern but a life-encompassing core of Buber's thought.


The changes in lifestyle to modern living allow consumer to use more sophisticated electrical appliance to suit their needs. The technology that involved in electrical engineering appliances has developed so rapidly to meet the customer demand. Consumer finds difficulty to control usage of appliances with high energy consumption .This project present a smart power saving and control system for the household electric power application. The system consists of hardware to limit an input current attached at middle between single phase power supply socket and household appliances. The system integrates power electronic circuit and a PID controller in PLC to limit the value of input current based on user electrical requirement usage. The current converter behaves as feedback sensor to system with power AC controller as final control element. This can provide the elder a safe and energy saving environment and service for daily life. It is done by controlling the current input as a set point at desired value of current input from incoming ELCB 20 ampere which control using PID controller by Programmable Logic Circuit Siemens S7-1200. The signal from PLC will analysis base on control system behavior. The result that has been obtained is more significant on electrical appliances with high power consumption. Future work can be upgraded with combination of intelligent control system where the intended power requirement is automatically control using Fuzzy or Neuro Fuzzy controllers.


Devices from the Internet of Things increasingly mediate a significant number of essential everyday activities. IoT devices empower homes, industries, and offices, monitoring, sensing, and acting ubiquitously and stealthily. However, each device produces a network fingerprint that leaks information about users' behaviors and routines. This paper proposes a flow representation method for precise recognition of different types of IoT Devices. Our proposal relies on a tensor representation of the network flows to retrieve spatial and temporal correlation of flows. We show that our proposal achieves up to 99% precision on classifying IoT network flows using machine learning algorithms, such as Convolution Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks and boosted decision trees.


This chapter reviews clinical and scientific research evidence on the circumstances in which involuntary treatment may be justified for patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa. The chapter discusses the differing legal pathways in various jurisdictions and assesses the main competing ethical considerations. It suggestions possible resolutions of these complex dilemmas for clinicians and indicates areas for future research.