SUMMARY Weibel and Taylor's theory of symmorphosis predicts that the structural components of the respiratory system are quantitatively adjusted to satisfy, but not exceed, an animal's maximum requirement for oxygen. We tested this in the respiratory system of the adult migratory locust Locusta migratoria by comparing the aerobic capacity of hopping and flight muscle with the morphology of the oxygen cascade. Maximum oxygen uptake by flight muscle during tethered flight is 967±76 μmol h−1 g−1 (body mass specific, ±95% confidence interval CI), whereas the hopping muscles consume a maximum of 158±8 μmol h−1 g−1 during jumping. The 6.1-fold difference in aerobic capacity between the two muscles is matched by a 6.4-fold difference in tracheole lumen volume, which is 3.5×108±1.2×108 μm3 g−1 in flight muscle and 5.5×107±1.8×107 μm3 g−1 in the hopping muscles, a 6.4-fold difference in tracheole inner cuticle surface area, which is 3.2×109±1.1×109 μm2 g−1 in flight muscle and 5.0×108±1.7×108 μm2 g−1 in the hopping muscles, and a 6.8-fold difference in tracheole radial diffusing capacity, which is 113±47 μmol kPa−1 h−1 g−1 in flight muscle and 16.7±6.5 μmol kPa−1 h−1 g−1 in the hopping muscles. However, there is little congruence between the 6.1-fold difference in aerobic capacity and the 19.8-fold difference in mitochondrial volume, which is 3.2×1010±3.9×109 μm3 g−1 in flight muscle and only 1.6×109±1.4×108 μm3 g−1 in the hopping muscles. Therefore, symmorphosis is upheld in the design of the tracheal system, but not in relation to the amount of mitochondria, which might be due to other factors operating at the molecular level.


In the article, concerning the prophetic interpretation of God's pedagogy revealed in the history of Israel and Edom, we have presented a reconstruction of prophetic proclamations concerning both lsrael and the neighboring nations which were personified by Edom. Although the prophets focused their attention mainly on Israel and Judah, they knew that Yahweh was the Lord of all the nations and no nation remained outside His judgment. What He condemned and punished in His nation, he also condemned and punished in other nations. We have come to a conclusion, that in the analyzed prophetic texts there are also, apart from the foretelling of Edom's punishment, prophetic appeals for Edom's participation in the Messianie salvation. The Holy Bible analysis, especially the analysis of the prophetic book on Edom that we have presented, points to a gradual rise of the chosen nation's awareness of the fact that God loves all men. This plays a significant role in God' s pedagogy revealing different aspects of God' s love, on one band foretelling Edom' s punishment and on the other: its salvation.


The temperature and humidity conditions in the inside of three different types of second generation energy saving solar greenhouse were studied,the characteristics of temperature and humidity of the energy saving solar greenhouse were obtained,which could provide reference for reference for reasonable choice of the energy saving solar greenhouse in Ningxia.The results showed that the temperature of greenhouse 1was higher than the others and the relative humidity of greenhouse 1was the lowest.Greenhouse 1was superior to the others and which better suits Ningxia.


Potable drinking water serve as an important pillar for primary prevention of diseases and it continues to be the foundation for the prevention and control of water borne diseases. This study aims to determine bacteriological analysis of five (5) brands of sachet water (A to E) in Maiduguri metropolis, using multiple tube fermentation method (most probable number) for enumeration of both total coliform count and fecal coliform count. Lauryl Tryptose Broth (LTB) along with fermentation tubes (Durham tubes) was used. The total bacterial counts for all the water samples were generally high exceeding the limit recommended by both Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and World Health Organization (WHO) (1.0 × 10 2 cfu/ml), which is the standard limit of heterotrophic count for drinking water. Also, the sachet water found contaminates with pathogenic bacteria such as Klebsiella species, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas s pecies and Enterobacter species . Therefore, appropriate treatment processes should, therefore be utilized for production of quality and safe packaged drinking waters.


CASE PRESENTATION A 63 yearold postmenopausal woman presented to her family physician with a tender palpable mass in the right lower quadrant in November 2019. She noticed that this pain was reproducible with pressure on the right hip. Her medical history was significant for hypothyroidism, tubular adenomas, and sessile serrated adenomas with lowgrade dysplasia found on colonoscopy. Her surgical history was significant for laparoscopic tubal ligation, right rotator cuff repair, vaginal cervical cerclage, and left breast lesion removal for benign disease. Her family history was significant for breast and ovarian cancer on her maternal side. On abdominal examination, there was fullness in the lower abdomen and the pain was reproducible on palpation over her right anterior superior iliac spine. The cervix and vagina looked grossly normal on speculum examination. On bimanual and rectovaginal examination, the pelvic mass was felt to be high in the pelvis, mobile and tender to palpation. Her serum CA 125 was 27 U/mL (normal <34.0 U/mL). She underwent a pelvic MRI arranged by her family physician.


Based on the micromechanical theory of Eshelby-Mori-Tanaka and Weibull's theory of statistics,the viscoelastic constitutive relationship of composite solid propellant with interfacial damage was established in this paper.The influence of interfacial damage for 3 kinds of uniform,circumferential and top spilt on the viscoelastic constitutive relationship of the propellant was studied.Numerical analysis showed that the influence of interfacial damage on the viscoelastic constitutive relationship of the propellant was obvious,and made it exhibit highly nonlinear viscoelasticity.The extent of different interfacial damage model affecting the constitutive relationship of the propellant was different.


Abstract This article presents the stability and noise analysis of the negative capacitance cylindrical gate junction-less transistor (NC-CyJLT). Application of the negative capacitance concept has fetched very good results, where a sufficient reduction in power dissipation and reduced subthreshold swing is achieved. Results indicate that NC-CyJLT devices have reduced flicker and thermal noise, show a significant (63.6%) reduction in low-frequency noise and a reduction of 92.1% in thermal noise. Further, it has been proved that NC-CyJLT is the least affected due to temperature, hence, stability improves with low-power dissipation which suggests that the device is suitable for biomedical and sensor applications.


The article is devoted to the actual problem of domestic wars in the history of Russia throughout 1153 years throughout its historical development, built in the form of a historical digest. The author argues against the interpretation of the historians of the Middle abroad, first of all, Belarus and Ukraine, the events of the Patriotic War of 1812 and the Great Patriotic War. The author believes that the events of the past can not be treated with modern positions, bringing the current independence of these countries in the war over 200 years and 70 years ago. Based on the analysis of numerous works of Russian and foreign historians, the author comes to the reasonable conclusion that there are five domestic wars in the history of Russia: 1612 - against the Polish and Swedish interventionists, which resulted in the throne of Russia introduced a new ruling Romanov dynasty, War of 1812 against the French troops of Napoleon Bonaparte. 1853-1856 city - the Crimean War against the European coalition, the war of 1914-1918 against Germany and its allies. The Great Patriotic War, which, according to the author, ended October 22, 1944 release of virtually the entire territory of the USSR. The author introduces a new periodization of World War II and the Great Patriotic War, counting part of the Second World War liberation march of the Red Army in Poland in September 1939, the war with Finland 1939- 1940. and entering the Red Army on the territory of the Baltic states in 1940, the liberation campaign of the Red Army in Europe ended May 9, 1945 capitulation of Nazi Germany, the Asian campaign of the Red Army, will accelerate the end of World War II in the Asia-Pacific region.


The authors present angle-integrated photo-emission spectra of the Ta 4f levels of pure 2H-TaS2 and of AgxTaS2, obtained at high resolution using synchrotron radiation, and of the valence-band regions. The data throw light on the band picture of the intercalated samples, and on the extent of the charge transfer from the Ag+ intercalant to the host lattice. The samples are shown to be inhomogeneous, with some regions including no Ag+ ions while in others the d(z2) conduction band of the TaS2 host appears to be virtually filled due to charge transfer from the intercalant.


The principle of the party assuming the responsibility for cadres' affairs is the basic principle of cadre selection and appointment work of the party and government.The essential is the party organization leading,supporting people to select,manage and supervise the cadres.Its theory foundation is the party quality theory,the party leading rules,the basic function of the political hiring,and the modern official theory.


Enlightenment is the basic teaching skills to a teacher.From the content point of view,enlightenment should be from easy to difficult,to comply with the laws of cognition;from the perspective of thinking,enlightenment should be by the far and near,to enhance the strength of thinking.In the teaching process,enlightenment should be implicit,should not be too straightforward, not too subtle.Enlightenment should be timely,that is to say,enlightenment should be against the crucial point and the key point,to prevent lagging enlightenment and ahead of enlightenment.


Abstract This paper reports results of an on-orbit experiment using Engineering Test Satellite VIII (ETS-VIII) spacecraft. The ETS-VIII was launched into geostationary orbit by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in December 18 2006. The main mission is to support next-generation mobile digital communications, and for this purpose it is equipped with two large deployable antenna reflectors and a pair of large solar paddles that rotate around the pitch axis. For the spacecraft, the authors have proposed several control methods by applying advanced control theories for the linear parameter varying multi-input multi-output system. Among them, this paper describes the results using two degrees-of-freedom control system based on symmetric feedback control.


The authors research the criminal situation in the conditions of globalization, reproduction of social risks, crisis and dominance of economic processes over all spheres of social and private life. The goal of the paper is to evaluate the actual degree of criminogenity of most important social institutions in modern Russia from the standpoint of the anomie theory of E. Durkheim, its interpretation by R. Merton and of the institutional anomie theory of S. Messner and R. Rosenfeld. They highlight changes in traditional non-economic social institutions and the actualization of conditions causing social stratification according to the «inclusion/exclusion» criterion, which act as a basis for the development of systemic deviantization factors. At the same time, the authors stress that the research of objective social processes should go hand-in-hand with the research of the subjective component, namely, social attitudes aimed at the assessment and the degree of interiorization, declared and often imposed and viewed as meaningful incentives for reaching objectives. This research uses the method of analyzing the secondary data of public surveys, it analyzes statistical data, including various socio-economic, demographic and other indices as well as the questionnaire method. In order to predict the situation in the sphere of studying criminal behavior, the authors suggest paying attention to the processes of de-commoditization, which act as a basis for reducing the imbalance in how a person perceives his/her position in society; they also suggest taking into consideration the negative impact of economic aspects on the cultural and moral principles of the society.


The authors, two of them among the very grand "old" men – godfathers – in European community psychiatry, have written The Cider House Rules for Community Psychiatry, of which we bring some examples below: – Money is critical for mental health care. – A day-hospital may be paid for the number of people attending each day. – It may need to become clear to the staff that it does matter, for example to their salary or to their promotion, whether they fulfil the agreed tasks or not. – It is vital that senior staff can maintain an overall view of the system as a whole. – Robust service changes, improvements that will last, take time. – Time is also needed to progress from the initiation state of a change to the consolidation phase. – Everyone involved needs to keep a clear focus on the fact that the primary purpose of mental health service is to improve outcomes for people with mental illness. – Feedback can be based on comments or complaints received, or it can be formally invited, for example with service user satisfaction surveys. – You will make mistakes and need to change the service as it develops.


Corticosteroids withdrawal from immunosuppressive regimens has thus far been associated with increased risk of acute rejection episodes. In this study, basiliximab, a chimeric monoclonal interleukin‐2 receptor antagonist, added to a maintenance regimen consisting of cyclosporine microemulsion and mycophenolate mofetil was studied for its effectiveness in allowing early corticosteroid withdrawal in de novo renal allograft recipients.


HgCdTe (MCT) is an important semiconductor material used for infrared photovoltaic detectors. Although ion implantation is a widely used technique in the manufacture of devices based on MCT to obtain n/p junctions, a detailed understanding of the n-type behavior of the unannealed damage region has not yet been established. In this work, n/p junctions were formed by Ar++ implantation on MCT (111) grown by the isothermal vapor phase epitaxy method. Structural damage after implantation for different implantation doses (1013, 1014, and 1015 Ar++/cm2) was evaluated by transmission electron microscopy. At high doses, damage distribution exhibits a double region of defects. These were mainly vacancy dislocation loops and lines in the first region, whereas the second zone exhibited small dislocation loops. The observed n-type behavior after implantation was attributed to the generation and diffusion of Hg from the damaged region.


For the first time, we consider the theory of traffic flows, which partially takes into account the properties of both the spatial and temporal process. The distribution dynamics of the number of vehicles in the traffic packet is found by solving a system of homogeneous linear differential equations. The ergodic distribution of the number of all types of vehicles in the packet κ0(ω) has been found for a practically important case when this number cannot be greater than two.


The article considers the state of transport monitoring systems used in agricultural production. The urgency of the problem is explained by the need to increase the profitability of enterprises of the agricultural complex. An effective way to solve the problem is strict control of the operation of transport used in the technological process of agricultural production in order to optimize and increase the efficiency of its operation. The direct dependence of the profitability of an agricultural enterprise on the monitoring of transport is considered and justified. To illustrate, the results of a survey conducted in 2020 by the staff of the Center for Forecasting and Monitoring of the Kuban State Agrarian University are used. It is concluded that monitoring systems make it possible to rationalize the process of cultivating arable land and significantly reduce fuel costs, and agricultural enterprises that do not use digital transformation technologies lose out in the competition to more modern companies. Keywords: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, MONITORING, POSITIONING, TRANSPORT, AGRICULTURE, GLONASS, GPS


The state of Manipur is one of the federal units within the Republic of India located in frontier of the North-East. After a mass struggle for quite a long period the state got fullfledged statehood in 1972 and become the 25 state under the 'Union of India'. The state is topographically situated at a multi-junction which is bounded with both internal and external states viz. Myanmar (Burma) over a stretch of 352 km on the East, Nagaland on the North, Barak valley of Assam on the West and Mizoram on the South. The population as per the 2011 census is 2,721,756 and the density of population is accounted 115 per sq km. Topographically, the state of Manipur lies in between the Latitude of 23.83 to 25.68 N and Longitude 93.03 to 94.78E, with a size of 22, 3270 sq km and altitude varies due to different landforms but lies in between 40 meters at Jiribam to 2,994 meters at Mt. Iso Peak near Mao Songsong above the sea level. Undoubtedly, the state is attaches to the range of Great Himalaya in Southern end and endowed with numerous rivers, mountains and valleys that constitute a very rich natural resources, flora and fauna.


The soil disinfestation cost with Methyl Bromide is very low and represents only 2.03 % of the total tomato cost production. The low price, the low part of the product in the total investment and also the high efficacy of Methyl Bromide to control soil borne pests explain why this fumigant is very popular and is widely used in vegetables covered cultivation. Tomato is grown under cover from July till May. The farmer has only one to two months to prepare the next crop Therefore, preplant application of the fumigant permits the soil to be replanted within a short waiting period. The chemical , applied by specialized companies , is injected into the soil, which is covered by a plastic tarp to contain the pesticide. For vegetables and strawberries , only the plant rows are fumigated. The tarps are then used as mulch for the plant and are removed only at the end of the season. For bananas, all the surface of the greenhouse soil is fumigated. In this case, when the fumigation is complete, the tarps are removed from the field. Therefore , the release of Methyl Bromide into the atmosphere is higher after the fumigation of the banana soils than after the fumigation of the vegetables ones.


This paper, an abridgement of the Author's inaugural dissertation at Berlin Technical University, is based on investigations made at AG Weser, Bremen, for the Federal Government. Differential equations are derived for the forced damped longitudinal vibrations and generally-coupled bending/torsional vibrations of the hull, which is considered as a thin-walled beam of slightly variable cross-section. The effects of shear and rotational inertia during transverse vibration, and the influence of the inertia forces resulting from warping and shear-deformation (according to warping-force torsion theory) during torsional vibration, are taken into account. The differential equations are applicable to both open and closed cross-sections. Part I of the paper is arranged under the following headings, the Introduction including a review of the literature: 1) Introduction. 2) Forced Damped Ship-Vibrations. 2.1 Damping Mechanism; 2.2. Static Equilibrium Conditions; 2.3. The Vibration Equations. 3) Free Ship-Vibration Calculations. Under this last heading, the calculation, by the finite-difference method, of the eigen-values and corresponding eigen-vectors for the various free undamped vibrtions of a 93,000-ton icebreaking bulk-carrier is described. The response to this ship's bow-impact loadings is given as envelopes of the resulting maximum forces or moments over the ship's length. Order from: BSRA as No. 47,365.


Suppose a set of images contains frequent occurrences of objects from an unknown category. This paper is aimed at simultaneously solving the following related problems: (1) unsupervised identification of photometric, geometric, and topological (mutual containment) properties of multiscale regions defining objects in the category; (2) learning a region-based structural model of the category in terms of these properties from a set of training images; and (3) segmentation and recognition of objects from the category in new images. To this end, each image is represented by a tree that captures a multiscale image segmentation. The trees are matched to find the maximally matching subtrees across the set, the existence of which is itself viewed as evidence that a category is indeed present. The matched subtrees are fused into a canonical tree, which represents the learned model of the category. Recognition of objects in a new image and image segmentation delineating all object parts are achieved simultaneously by finding matches of the model with subtrees of the new image. Experimental comparison with state-of-the-art methods shows that the proposed approach has similar recognition and superior localization performance while it uses fewer training examples.


The increasing prevalence of obesity worldwide impacts childhood and adolescence, and this trend points to a significant growth rate of non‐transmissible chronic diseases in the near future. Endothelial dysfunction is an early marker of cardiovascular risk.


This thesis examines processes through which the barriers in the Stockholm metro are continuously rearranged. The barriers are in place with the purpose of securing income, while simultaneously ena ...


1Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Empire State Plaza, P.O. Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, U.S.A. Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, U.S.A. 3Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho 2-5, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan


: Crosses were carried out in Tunisia between seven genotypes of durum wheat used as female parent and a local population of maize as a male parent. Spikes were treated 24 h after pollination with different hormonal solutions containing 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), gibberellin (GA 3 ) or silver nitrate (AgNO 3 ). The production of haploid embryos was made using embryo rescue technique. Spikes were castrated manually or not castrated and then pollinated early before anthesis. Fruit setting, embryos formation, and regeneration of haploid plants were studied. The parental varieties 'Mahmoudi' and 'Khiar' gave the highest fruit setting rates 54.3 and 53.1%, respectively. The embryo rates were variable for parents and hybrids. The line 'LSA2' gave the highest regeneration rate (90%). The post-pollination treatment using 10 mg/l 2,4-D was the most favorable for fruit setting, embryos formation and haploid plant regeneration. The post-pollination treatment by spraying spikes by the hormonal solution was more favorable for fruit setting and embryos formation than soaking them in this solution.


Soil is considered contaminated when chemicals are present or other changes are imparted in the natural ecosystem which deviates normal composition of soil ecosystem and impairs soil health. Heavy metals in soil is of major significance in relation to their fertility because many of these like zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), and selenium (Si) are essential elements for the normal growth of the plants and living organisms, however, high concentration of these metals become toxic. Other heavy metals like lead and chromium also become harmful at high concentration. Rapid industrial, agricultural and domestic activity has posed a problem for the rational utilization of soils. Industrial inputs and contaminated sewage contribute the metals accumulation in soil which leads to real threat to environment because the metals cannot be naturally degraded like organics and may continue to remain in different parts of food chain. Heavy metal pollution affects all the forms of life including soil microbes, plants and animals, though the degree of toxicity varies for different organisms. Metal contamination may lead to change in the physicochemical conditions of the soil including pH, redox potential and alleviate decomposition of organic matter (Kelly et al., 2003). Soils irrigated with contaminated International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 03 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com


A new security protocol for on-line transaction can be designed using combination of both symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic techniques. This protocol provides three cryptographic primitives - integrity, confidentiality and authentication. It uses elliptic curve cryptography for encryption, RSA algorithm for authentication and MD-5 for integrity. Instead of ECC symmetric cipher (AES-Rijndael) can be used to encrypt, public key cryptography (RSA) to authenticate and MD-5 to check for integrity. The symmetric cryptographic algorithms are fast as compared to asymmetric cryptographic algorithms like RSA, elliptic curve cryptography. Communication has a major impact on today's business. It is desired to communicate data with high security. At present, various types of cryptographic algorithms provide high security to information on controlled networks. These algorithms are required to provide data security and users authenticity. A new security protocol has been designed for better security using a combination of both symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic techniques.


The phase separation and gelification behavior of epoxy system based on diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA) and piperidine modified with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) were studied in the range between 60 °C and 120 °C. The morphology is influenced by the PMMA content in the blend and also by the cure temperature. The molecular weight of PMMA provokes slight changes on cloud point and does not affect the reaction rate. The systems modified by PMMA exhibited kinetic retardation effect but the cloud point rate was higher than the polymerization rate.


We describe a system for ocean observatories which streams data from the seafloor to shore in near real-time without a cable or moored surface buoy. The system utilizes a Wave Glider® (Liquid Robotics, Inc.); an autonomous surfboard-sized maritime vehicle that harvests wave energy for propulsion and solar energy for electrical power. The Wave Glider acts as a communications gateway as it hovers on the surface above the observatory connecting the acoustic telemetry through the ocean column and satellite telemetry to the shore. Several deployments of a prototype system demonstrated the feasibility of this concept. We also demonstrated that a wave glider could tow a suitably designed ocean bottom package with acceptable loss of speed. In this paper, we describe such a system that can be deployed autonomously and provide real-time telemetry of data from seafloor sensors.


A method was developed for the preparation of a cysteine-containing polypeptide, using a Cys(Acm)-containing peptide thioester obtained by a Boc solid-phase method. To demonstrate the utility of the developed method, human adrenomedullin consisting of 52 amino acid residues was synthesized. A peptide thioester, Boc–[Cys(Acm)16]–adrenomedullin(1—19)-SCH2CH2CO-β-Ala–NH2, and [Cys(Acm)21, Lys(Boc)25,36,38,46]-adrenomedullin(20—52) were prepared by conventional solid-phase methods. These peptide segments were condensed in the presence of silver ions, an additive, and a base. When HOBt or HOOBt was used as an additive, the segment coupling proceeded with negligible decomposition of Acm groups to give the desired product. A method for the removal of S-Acm groups from cysteine residues under basic conditions in the presence of silver ions and water, is also described.


It is unclear if the location of implantation of the leadless pacemaker (LP) makes a difference in the incidence of pacing‐induced cardiomyopathy (PICM).


Mapping Orthographic and Phonological Neighborhood Density Effects in Visual Word Recognition in Two Distinct Orthographies. (May 2007) Hsin-Chin Chen, B.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., National Taiwan University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Jyotsna Vaid A central issue in word recognition is how readers retrieve and select the right representation among others in the mental lexicon. Recently, it has been claimed that recognition of individual words is influenced by the degree to which the words possess unique vs. shared letters or sounds relative to other words, that is, whether the words have few or several neighbors. Research on so-called neighborhood density effects advances understanding of the organization and operation of the mental lexicon. Orthographic neighborhood effects have been claimed to be facilit ative, but recent studies of visual word recognition have led to a revised understanding of the nature of the orthographic neighborhood density effect. Through a reexamination of orthographic and phonological neighborhood density effects, the specific objective of the present research is to understand how orthographic and phonological representations interact across two different writing systems, i.e., English (an alphabetic orthography) and Chinese (a morphosyllabic orthography). The phenomena were studied using a joint behavioral (lexical decision) and neural imaging approach (near infrared spectroscopy, or NIRS).


Telemedicine represents a huge advancement in pediatric care. It improves care to the underserved; enhances the medical home; extends the geographic reach of underrepresented subspecialists; allows consultations to small and distant hospitals; provides continuing education to health professionals;


Cryptocurrency has attracted significant attention. Considering the number of individuals investing in bitcoin, their motivations are comparatively less clear than traditional investment decisions. As of December 2020, the market has continuously increased in cryptocurrency. Especially, the spike of joke Dogecoin shows the weirdness of the modern meme economy with the support of Elon Musk, whom himself appointed as "Dogefather". In this paper, we analysis the impact of tweets by Elon musk and present some statistical analyze with event study.


This paper emphatically describes the function and design method of the electromagnet regulating air gap. The electromagnetic field mathematic model is built by using the finite element method, the working principle of the electromagnet is studied and the effect of the regulating air gap on attraction is analyzed. The electromagnet structure is designed with the regulating air gap design method and the original electromagnet structure is improved greatly. The distribution curves of the isodynamic lines of the two electromagnetic fields and the moving iron core attraction are obtained by using the finite element method, and the ratio of the maximum attraction to the working attraction of 2.27 is also obtained at the same time-a quasiconstant force electromagnet


Key Points Question What were the profiles of sleep habits and the prevalence of sleep disturbances among US adults in 2017 to 2020? Findings In this nationally representative cross-sectional analysis with 9004 adults, differences in sleep patterns between workdays and free days were observed (0.65 hour for sleep duration, 0.23 hour for sleep time, and 1.00 hour for wake time). With regard to sleep disturbances, 30.5% of adults experienced 1 hour or more of sleep debt, 46.5% experienced 1 hour or more of social jet lag, 29.8% had trouble sleeping, and 27.2% experienced daytime sleepiness. Meaning These findings elaborate on sleep habits and disturbances among US adults and provide evidence to further investigate potential approaches to optimize overall US sleep health.


We consider boundary-value problems for general elliptic systems (in the sense of Petrovskii, Douglis and Nirenberg) in a bounded planar domain with piecewise smooth boundary. We find necessary and sufficient conditions for the problems to be Noetherian and give index formulae. The problems are studied in weighted Sobolev spaces and Holder spaces.


The present invention provides a peptide-based binders of the annular β- hairpin having a novel construct. Β- hairpin peptide-based binders of the annular of the present invention not only have a use as a medicine, can be used for the detection,


A phase mask for holographic data storage is provided to improve the intensity distribution of beam on the Fourier plane of a holographic storage system through plural phase cells having sub-cell scale phase shift. A phase mask(3) for holographic data storage includes phase cells(4) having sub-cell scale phase shift in order to perform recording and/or reading on a holographic storage medium. The size of the phase cell is equal to the size of the phase cell is same as those of the integral multiple of the pixel size of the spatial light modulator, and different in the in-plane vertical direction of the phase mask.


The availability of food in a region is the most important thing for human development. Food is a major problem in poor families. Lebak Regency is a pocket of poverty located in Banten Province. The objectives of the study analyzed (1) spatial pattern of food availability level in Lebak Regency; (2) the relationship between elevation and slope to the area of food availability in Lebak Regency; (3) the relationship of food available to poor families. The method of analysis used in this study is spatial analysis  and statistical analysis (Chi-Square). The results conclusion that: first, the high availability of food surplus area spread outside the capital of Lebak Regency. Second, the elevation and slope had no effect on food availability; Third, the poor rural families are concentrated in the southern part of Lebak Regency, while urban poor located in the northern part, especially in the capital of Lebak Regency; Fourth, the relationship between food availability and the percentage of poor families is not significant at α = 0.05.


The online social bookmarks systems not only meet users' needs and also bring great conveniences.This paper studies the distribution characteristics of tags attached bookmarks which are popular in Delicious systems.The results show that the tags of online bookmarking systems follow the power-law distribution of fat tails,explain that tags also have similar dynamic characteristics as the human behavior in the social environment.


Adverse downstream environmental impacts of saline subsurface drainage water from irrigation areas have led to increasing pressure to retain drainage effluent on-farm. In the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) of south eastern Australia, this has led to the development of on-farm evaporation basins. The size, design and management of these basins has largely been left to the discretion of the farmer. This paper outlines the use of BASINMAN, a water balance model that links the farm sub-surface drainage system with an evaporation basin situated on farm. In the model, all subsurface drainage water from the farm is pumped to the basin, when the basin is full, subsurface drainage stops until the water level in the basin falls. This is when farm waterlogging is likely to occur. Utilising a 35 year climate record the model was used to determine the factors with greatest impact on farm water tables and the required basin area in such a farm/basin system. Key outputs from the model are daily farm water table depths, and daily basin water depths. When running a simulation using a single climate data set the greatest impact on the farm water table was found to be from parameters that control water entering or leaving the farm/basin system. Irrigation efficiency, which determines the amount of excess water entering the water table and hence needing disposal, is one such parameter, as is regional ground water inflow or outflow, which again affects the amount of water requiring disposal. The effect of extreme rainfall years was also investigated to determine if these periods adversely affected the farm/basin system and what design/management measures were required for such periods. Interestingly there was not a good correlation between annual rainfall and farm waterlogging. Waterlogging predominantly occurred in autumn/winter/spring when evapotranspiration (ET) was low, and increased when late irrigations were applied in autumn, or the water table control depth was shallow. In these circumstances the soil volume has little capacity to store rainfall without causing waterlogging. These results indicate that periods of farm waterlogging are more likely to be due to management than extreme rainfall periods. High basin water levels are most likely to occur during periods of high water tables and are therefore also a result of high rainfall, groundwater inflow and poor irrigation/drainage management. Periods of time when basins are full can be reduced with appropriate basin sighting and good irrigation/drainage management. This way the necessity of releasing water from on farm storage during high rainfall periods can be reduced.


The significance of Distributed Generators (DGs) in the technical and economic operations of electric power distribution systems cannot be overemphasized in recent times. This is essential as a result of the incessant increase in electrical energy demand, which is becoming considerably difficult to meet with the conventional means of energy supply. Thus, DGs offer better alternatives for providing a quality supply of energy near the site of consumption. This type of energy supply is cleaner and cheaper most of the time due to the lessened transmission losses, which consequently reduced the cost of operation at the transmission and distribution levels of the power system. In this work, an approach for placement and sizing of solar PV DGs into radial distribution networks (RDN) based on the solar PV capacity factor of the site was analyzed using particle swarm optimization. The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of the approach on the real and reactive power losses within the network as well as the bus voltage profile. Constraints on credible system operation parameters, which includes bus voltage limits, power balance, and power flow limits, are considered in the formulation of the optimization problem. In order to verify the viability of the deployed approach, steady-state performance analyses were executed on IEEE 33-bus RDN; and the results obtained were compared with the results from other approaches reported in the literature.


This paper proposes the performance analysis of hybrid system using MATLAB simulation. In the present era, the increasing energy demand due to increase in the large number of loads depress the electrical grid system to fulfil the energy demand of each and every customer. It is impossible for the grid system to do so, therefore to get rid off from these issues a renewable energy-based hybrid system is developed that fulfils the energy demand in most efficient way without undergoing in the process of load shedding. The system is design in the MATLAB Simulink and the result obtained is compared to improve the efficiency of the system.


A support group for newly qualified teachers (NQTs) was set up to facilitate collaborative practice and explore professional knowledge. The support group was monitored for a year and analyses found that a cooperative, rather than collaborative, group formed. Similarly, the NQTs (with one exception) experienced and enacted cooperation in their schools, which limited their opportunities to learn with teaching colleagues or to be recognised publicly as competent professionals. By the end of the year, most NQTs articulated knowledge of work practices that privileged isolation, privacy and individualism.


It is now generally recognized that a large roll, {approx} 6--7 mr, in a triplet low-{beta} quadrupole, which couples the horizontal and vertical motion of the beam, can significantly reduce the luminosity and impact the operation of the Tevatron. The question then arises, what is the effect of the small rolls of the low-{beta} quadrupoles on the luminosity. They will consider random rolls with a {sigma} = 1,2 and 4mr which can be expected due to errors in the surveys, or changes in alignment after the survey. In the actual operation of the Tevatron they attempt to correct for the coupling and so this study will consider correction schemes and will compare the luminosity, after correction, with a configuration with no rolls.


Submitted for the MAR05 Meeting of The American Physical Society Pathway Dependent Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Diblock Copolypeptides LISA PAKSTIS, University of Delaware, ANDREW NOWAK, ERIC HOLOWKA, JEFFERY THOMPSON, TIMOTHY DEMING, University of California Los Angeles, DARRIN POCHAN, University of Delaware — Diblock copolypeptides consisting of a hydrophilic lysine (K) block and a hydrophobic leucine (L) block were designed to selfassemble due to their amphiphilic nature and the defined secondary structure of the hydrophobic block. In aqueous solution, these amphiphilic copolypeptides assemble into stiff, porous hydrogels at low volume fractions of polymer (vol. fraction polypeptide ( > 0.5 wt %). However, different selfassembly pathways (e.g. dissolution of the polypeptide into an organic solvent with subsequent addition of water followed by evaporation of the organic component) produce drastically different materials, spanning weak hydrogels, vesicles, twisted fibrils or hexagonal single crystals. Characterization of these disparate materials indicates that assembly is intrinsically controlled on the nanoscale by the interaction of the ahelical hydrophobic block into membranes. Hierarchical, microscale assembly is controlled through the pathway, i.e. kinetics, of assembly. Lisa Pakstis University of Delaware Date submitted: 24 Nov 2004 Electronic form version 1.4


In this study, river stage variation derived from satellite altimetry was used to assess the water level, monthly discharge, and annual water yield at six virtual gauging stations at the braided reaches of the Brahmaputra River. The braided reaches of the river dynamically change their planform, thalweg line, and aggradation or degradation period. Stage records derived from the Envisat satellite of the European Space Agency and Topex/Poseidon of NASA/CNES were used for the period 2002–2010. Spatial interpolation and datum correction were applied on altimetry-derived river stage records before analysis. A correlation and error analysis between the in situ and satellite-altimetry-derived stages was carried out for these stations for both monsoon and non-monsoon seasons. Yearly optical satellite images were used for qualitative assessment of temporal variations in aggradation/degradation phases at the gauging stations. Using the pseudo-rating curve, discharges at two virtual gauging stations were estimated. The results show that the altimetry-estimated discharges are of good agreement with observed discharge for the monsoon months (June–September) as compared with the non-monsoon months (October–May). In order to assess the annual water yield variability, yearly variation in annual water yield from the altimetry data was also estimated and compared to that observed. The estimated annual water yields were 90% accurate. Similarly, the long-term averaged monthly discharge series estimated from satellite altimetry closely follows the temporal trend of that of the observed series.


We obtain identities involving symmetric and doubly symmetric polynomials. These identities provide a way of handling expressions appearing in the Atiyah-Bott-Berline-Vergne formula for Grassmannians. As corollaries, we obtain formulas for integrals over Grassmannians of characteristic classes of the tautological bundles. Moreover, we provide a valid proof of the Martin formula for the classical Grassmannian.


With the example of the widening and reconstruction of Dongfang Rd. in Shanghai, the technique of compacted injection is introduced for reinforcing the existing cement concrete pavement, including the whole process, i.e. the adjustment and appraisal of the existing road, preparation for construction, drilling, preparation of the mortar, injection, inspection and appraisal and covering on the facing.


If A is a poset and P is a (finite) poset whose underlying set contains the elements of A, then A is said to occur in a linear extension L of P if each relation in A is realized in L; if L is chose...


Research topicality: Political texts are mainly available in translation. Thus, it is very important to provide the reader with an overt translation. To improve the quality of political text translation, it is important to understand and be able to notice the key language elements of the text, keeping in mind that political texts and political translations are manipulative. Figurative language is used to give language elements a figurative meaning and therefore creates a much more vivid image of the text. The aim: To study manipulative devices in political speeches. Research methodology: The analytical method is used in the analysis of literature on political translation and in transcript translations of political speeches. A contrastive analysis on source and target texts is made. To show the stylistic differences or similarities between the source text and translated text, two political speeches and their translation are analysed. A questionnaire for experienced and novice translators is used to prove, or reject the results of the analysis. Main findings: Not only political texts, but their translations as well are always manipulative. Figurative language tools are often used in translations of political speeches, mostly metaphors and epithets. The results of the questionnaire show that figurative language tools are used in everyday translations of political texts, and they reinforce the results gained from the political speeches analysis.


Two patients with regional enteritis who developed renal failure due to amyloidosis are described. The literature is reviewed briefly and the hope expressed that this association will be recognized more frequently in the future.


This article present several techniques used in the design of an isolated Arabic words recognition system based on the discrete Hidden Markov Model. We present the results of an experimental study aimed at finding the effect of the quantization methods (k-means and GMM) on the recognition performance. we used in analysis phase Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC), although experiments are carried out for the choice of the optimal parameters of the system. Good results are obtained using a GMM method.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------v Declaration ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------vii Acknowledgements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ix Introduction ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Chapter One: Bethune/Buck/Evans: 'Red Stars' on Centre Stage ------------------------38 Chapter Two: Birney/Carter/Garner: Serving the 'Red Banner' in English-Canadian Fiction -----------------------------------------------------------73 Chapter Three: Acorn/Livesay/Wallace: 'The People's' Poets --------------------------109 Chapter Four: Sharkey/Stakhanov/Alias Jack Smith: Cameos for 'Reds' -------------133 Chapter Five: Hardy/Hewett/Waten: 'Positive Heroes' in Australian Fiction ---------152 Chapter Six: Hewett/Manifold/Martin: Poets of the 'New World' ----------------------178 Conclusion --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------189 List of Acronyms -------------------------------------------------------------------------------193 Bibliography ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------195


The aim of thesis is to create a comprehensive overview of specialization and training of private security services. Define the legal aspects of having a crucial role in specialization and training of private security services. Also, define the ethical, psychological and other preconditions for the exercise of private security activities.


The purpose of this article is to analyse the impact of telework on the work-life balance, productivity, and health of different generations of Romanian employees. Qualitative and quantitative methods provide the means to exploit the richness of data and deepen the understanding of the phenomenon studied. The quantitative data derived from a research instrument was associated with qualitative data collection. Quantitative research was conducted to achieve the stated purpose using the survey method, the number of respondents being 1098 persons. The research tool was an online questionnaire. Results highlight how telework affected each generation of employees. The satisfaction towards teleworking achieved by Generation Z and Baby Boomers is, on average, higher than that of Generation Y and X. The differences between the age groups (Generation Z, Y, X, and Baby Boomers) in terms of telework satisfaction levels were also tested, considering each of the three aspects examined and presented in the article's title. At the conceptual level, research brings a new methodological approach as an element of originality that can be used for similar future research. Moreover, new concepts on the effects of telework on employees were connected and analysed simultaneously: work-life balance, productivity, and health of employees during teleworking. At the operational level, this type of research can determine the degree of satisfaction of employees in different companies/organizations and identify solutions to increase employee engagement.


Experiments conducted in northern Vermont investigated acoustic‐to‐seismic coupling in the 5‐ to 500‐Hz frequency band for ranges between 1 and 300m. The strongest coupling into the ground occurs as the air wave passes, with a measured ratio of about 0.001 cm s−1/Pa. The P waves are induced into the ground immediately under the source, and are the first arrivals, since they travel at the higher seismic wave velocity, but their amplitudes are about three orders of magnitude less than the motion coupled via the later‐arriving air wave. A comparison of the summer and the winter recordings shows two major effects of a 25‐cm‐thick snow cover. Frequencies above 100 Hz are strongly attenuated, with signals recorded by geophones above and below the snow yielding a value of around 2 for the Q of snow at 30 Hz; the snow produces a strong waveguide effect that enhances the air‐coupled Rayleigh waves. [Work supported by Directorate of Research and Development, U.S. Army corps of Engineers Project 4A762730AT42.]


In the modern society,science and technology have been penetrated in all sides of the social life,which deeply impacts the progress of modern civilization.However,human has never been so terrified of technology as the present.We are worried that technology will bring us worse things as an opened Pandora's Box.We will have a good life until we find the way out of technological alienation.


Abstract The massive exploitation of cosmic voids for precision cosmology in the upcoming dark energy experiments, requires a robust understanding of their internal structure, particularly of their density profile. We show that the void density profile is insensitive to the void radius both in a catalogue of observed voids and in voids from a large cosmological simulation. However, the observed and simulated voids display remarkably different profile shapes, with the former having much steeper profiles than the latter. We ascribe such difference to the dependence of the observed profiles on the galaxy sample used to trace the matter distribution. Samples including low-mass galaxies lead to shallower profiles with respect to the samples where only massive galaxies are used, as faint galaxies live closer to the void centre. We argue that galaxies are biased tracers when used to probe the matter distribution within voids.


The use of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables in power systems increases the transmission capacity, whereas reducing the volume of the installation. In addition, in high current applications, HTS cables considerably reduce power losses, right-of-ways and total system mass. This paper presents different multi-physics studies to be performed to accurately design the direct current (DC) HTS cables for the future railway network planned by the French company SNCF. The process used to design DC cables for high operating current (between 5 kA and 20 kA at 1750 V) made of commercial (RE)BaCuO tapes is presented. In this design process, the critical current density dependence J c(B, θ, T) of the superconducting tapes, the thermal properties of the materials used as well as different cable cooling configurations are considered. Finally, we discuss the selection of the appropriate cooling configuration to ensure adequate cooling of the cable.


In order to solve the problems in the teaching process of "Bridge Engineering",a reform,which is based on practice and engineering application,for enforcing students' basic theories and practical abilities,was proposed and applied.Necessity and feasibility of the reformation are also discussed.


This paper presents recent advances in the development of two MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) components suitable for small satellite propulsion applications. First a cold gas MEMS thruster with proportional and closed-loop thrust control and secondly a Xenon flow control module for precision control of extremely low flow rates to Ion engines. The development of these products is ongoing but recent achievements have demonstrated that besides miniaturization also unique performance and functionality can be achieved. The components are described in terms of design, manufacturing, and test results. The flow control module can regulate flows in the range of 5-50 μg/s with a resolution better than 0.2 μg/s. By using the same closed-loop control in a MEMS-based thruster configuration, the combination of milli-Newton thrust range, sub micro-Newton resolutions, and fast response time can be achieved. In our view, using MEMS technology and integrating the flow control valve, mass flow sensor and chamber/nozzle on a single chip is the best –if not the onlyway to realize a closed-loop control thruster that can meet new tough small satellite propulsion requirements.


Wireless sensor networks in emergency monitoring applications have two challenges to face:the dynamic and time-varied network topology,and the serious collisions among emergency event areas.According to the above problems,this paper proposed cross-layer communication design by joint power control,MAC and routing together.It presented a centralized and distributed solution respectively.The solutions achieve real-time,robust and low-interference data transmissions.The NS2 simulation results show that the solutions have good performance of delivery ratio,timeliness and energy efficiency,as the emergency events spread and expand as well as the increased data source.The proposed scheme is more suitable for emergency applications with effectiveness compared with related work.


In order to effectively map fine surface structure ranging from surface finish at the sub-micron level to surface defects which can be millimeter size, methods are needed that can provide sub-micron resolution, but also have sufficient measurement range to see much larger features In the past, this nitch has been addressed with the use of white light interferometry that can be mechanically scanned in depth to provide mappings of structures on a very fine scale. However, such methods are limited to lab situations due to stability requirements, and are not fast enough to be used for a shop floor decision. We propose a system that uses a hybrid of classical laser interferometry for the fine structure, but adds in phase shifted structured light for a coarser measurement within the same data set. We will explore the pros and cons of this approach, and the limitations on the overall system imposed by each method.


Let Kr denote the curve obtained from Cr by shrinking the latter toward the point6 w = ao in the ratio 1: r. Then the minimum curvature of Kr increases monotonically as r decreases; both maximum and minimum curvature of Kr approach the limit 1/Ia! as r approaches zero. Whether C is convex or not, the greatest distance from aO to a point of Kr decreases monotonically as r decreases, and approaches 1/jaj as r approaches zero; the least distance from aO to a point of Kr increases monotonically as r decreases, provided aO is interior to Kr, and approaches 1/Ia! as r approaches zero. 1 For this and the other elementary properties of superharmonic functions that we use, the reader may refer to Kellogg, Potential Theory (Berlin, 1929), p. 361. 2Konforme Abbildung einfach-zusammenhdngender Bereiche (Leipzig, 1913). 3 Peschl, E., Math. Annalen, 106, 574-594 (1932). 4But when r is sufficiently small, whether C is convex or not, the maximum curvature of Cr increases as r decreases. 6 But the minimum curvature of C, need not increase monotonically nor decrease monotonically as r decreases. 6 The point w = ao is the conformal center of gravity of the curve C, hence lies interior to C. See Frank, P., and Lowner, K., Math. Zeit., 3, 78-86 (1919).


The species figured on the accompanying plate all belong to the genus Lactaria, which has been monographed, so far as the North American species are concerned, by Dr. Gertrude S. Burlingham. The drawings were made by Miss Eaton from specimens collected in or near New York City. For descriptions of the five species of Lactaria previously figured in this series, see Mycologia 3: pl. 49, 6: pl. I32, and 7: pl. I60, i63. The writer is indebted to Dr. Burlingham for generous assistance with this article.


As far as the target market for the book is concerned it is, according to the Preface, used for post-graduate and post-experience students of the Business School at Strathclyde University. If this is the target market (there is no other information on this topic in the book) then it is highly likely that the book is appropriately written and will be very well received. It should be similarly well received by students on comparable courses at other universities, business schools and colleges. Whether it will be equally relevant to practising managers in the medium sized firms with which the book is claimed to be concerned, is rather less certain. For this latter market it is, I believe, rather too academic and would not provide sufficiently fast access for busy executives.


The thickness of internal dirt can be given based on the outer surface temperature distribution obtained by scanning for the hollow cylinder-shaped heat equipment.So the theoretical basis for testing intemal condition of heat equipment is given.


Emu(Dromaius novaehollandiae) is ratite birds. Beacuse the male and female Eum have the same morphous, it's difficult to identify the sex with morphological method, stridulation and genitalia examination, which challenged the couple and human-assisted breeding of Emu. Although there were many reports about the sex identification of birds, they did not say whether these methods adapted to ratite birds. The purpose of this study is to establish a fast, simple and accurate method to identify the sex Emu. In this study, genome DNA was extracted from feathers by using nondestructive sampling method and a combination from 18 combinations of primer. Sex gene sequences were amplified and compared in three pairs of sex-known and sixty individuals of sex-unknown Emu. The results showed that male birds displayed zero distinct amplification band, whereas one different band was amplified for each female ones in Emu. In this paper, a partial fragment was cloned and sequenced, and the length of the fragment was 536 bp. The method could solve the problem that the sexes of ratite birds were difficult to be distinguished by their appearance as both male and female emu had the similar looks.


The leakage of water through seams has long been studied by the Army in its quest for rainproof clothing and equipage. While many researchers have reported theories of liquid migration on and through textile assemblies, this study is the first known attempt to test seams for penetration by liquid chemicals and to develop a seam type that will help to resist this penetration, important steps in the development of chemical and biological protective overgarments. The results have shown that the behavior of liquids on seams depends not only on the chemicals but also on the cords. The conclusion is reached that effective protection against seam leakage can be provided by an LSc-1 seam with a superimposed cord having both migration and absorption properties. Such a cord might be constructed with an absorbent inner core and a braid-like outer covering made of synthetic fibers. More research on this subject is indicated.


Regional Planning is an approach to stud ying urban and rural activities jointly on a broad scale. Cities and their surrounding landscape, suburban and rural, interact and depend upon each other in various ways. By studying both urban and rural problems simultaneousl y, resulting plans and development are established f rom a concept of broad, regional concern. A universit y is, or sl2ould be, the strategic focus of social and cultural organization not onl y in urban areas but also within larger regions. The program envisioned by the Office of Regional Resources and Development is a pioneering e ff ort in demonstrating how a university, such as Cornell, can emplo y its vast re-


Objective: Poisoning is usually caused by suicidal or unconscious intake of high doses of drugs or substances. Suicides are the voluntary termination oflife, accounting for about 95% of all cases of intoxication, and are more common in female sex.The aim of this study is to show the effects of psychiatric evaluations on the rates of re-admission and prognosis in emergency departmentadmissions due to suicide attempt. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study including patients over 18 years of age who were admitted to the Clinic of Emergency Medicineof University of University of Health Sciences Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey with suicide attempt due to intoxication or otherreasons between 01.9.2018-01.09.2019. The patients were classified according to gender, exposure to the drug, and consultation with the psychiatrist.Approach to suicidal patients was also evaluated. Results: Of the patients included in the study, 102 (56.98%) patients were consulted with psychiatrist and 16 (15.68%) of these patients had ongoing suicidalideation. Of the patients with suicidal ideation, 9 (56.25%) were male;7 (43.75%) were female. 14 of the patients with suicidal ideation were admittedto the psychiatric service. 2 of them were admitted to the psychiatric service after medical treatment was completed in the internal medicine service. It waslearned that 10 (5.58%) patients had previously attempted suicide. 9 (90%) were women; 1 (10%) was male. None of the 10 patients who had previouslyattempted suicide had reapplied. Conclusion: Suicide; It is an issue that needs to be evaluated in detail with the thought, initiative and completion of the action. Patient admissions shouldbe meticulously evaluated and, if any psychiatric illness should be diagnosed. Patients with no pathological findings and a decision to be discharged shouldbe tried to avoid suicidal attempts.


Building on prior findings indicating that depressed people perceive communication differently than non-depressed people, it is hypothesized that organizational communication mitigates depressive symptoms and therefore prevents them from developing their impact on work outcomes. Data were collected in 2005 and 2007 in an international financial consultancy firm, using a web-based questionnaire (n=1,014). The hypothesis is tested with structural equation modeling (SEM) using AMOS. The bootstrapping results indeed showed a negative association between symptoms of depression and work outcomes that was moderated through organizational communication. Based on the present research, a way of decreasing the negative effects of depression on work outcomes is to tailor organizational communication.


The phenomenon of stochastic resonance in an over-damped linear system with random system parameter is investigated. An explicit expression of the mean output-amplitude-gain (OAG) is obtained by using linear-system theory. It is shown that the OAG of the noisy system can be larger than that of the noise free system, and the OAG is a non-monotonic function of the frequency of the drive signal as well as the strength and the correlation time of the colored noise. In addition, the effect of the system parameters on the OAG is discussed


Food Safety is a fundamental public health concern, and achieving a safe supply poses major challenges for organisations involved in the food chain. A vide number of food borne hazards, both familiar and new, pose risks to health and obstructions to international trade in foods. These hazards must be properly analysed, assessed and managed to meet growing and increasingly complex sets of global food chain. Proper implementation of food hygiene principles across the food chain in conjunction with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points system will ensure food safety. In this study, microbiological, pesticide residuals and heavy metals qualities of a tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) paste (36-38%) production line (ripe tomato, washing, sorting, crushing, refining, concentrating, sterilization and aseptic filling) and its preservation in UCI company was studied using the HACCP method. Samples generated during the steps described previously were analyzed by determining microbiological characteristics. Samples were analyzed for total aerobic bacterial count, coliform count and yeast & mould count . The microorganisms involved in spoilage of products were E. Coli, Bacillus, Staphylococcus, Salmonella and Clostridium bacteria . Results of the critical control points (CCPs) of tomato paste processing line. The analysis of selected microbiological parameters during production tomato paste that was down gradually until get the finally product within agreement for the Egyptian Standards. The preserved tomato paste exhibited a pesticide residue was lower than those presented in the Egyptian and the EU Standards. On the other hand, Results of heavy metals was not detected for finaly proudeted .


The data-driven grasping methods have become popular recently and it is not necessary to analytically understand the physics of an object. However, when a robot arm lifts an object (especially a heavy object) with a gripper, in order to make a stable grasp, the grasping torque between the robot fingers and the object should be considered. This torque is related to the displacement between current grasping position and the object's Center-of-Mass (CoM). High grasping torque may exceed the hardware strength limits and lead to serious robot damage, or destroy the object.Inspired by human grasping behavior, this paper presents a novel yet intuitive approach. Through analyzing a sequence of images recorded by an external camera and a GelSight sensor, a robot can detect the rotational direction of an object without any pre-knowledge of the object's physical parameters. To evaluate the performance of our proposed method, we test 8 unseen objects in 1,128 grasps. A rotational direction detection accuracy of 88.28% is achieved.Instead of measuring the grasping torque with a torque sensor, by using the detected rotational direction as feedback, a robot can continuously optimize and update its grasping strategy, and perform re-grasping manipulation to approach the object's CoM and decrease the grasping torque. Our method can enable a closed-loop vision-tactile-based feedback control to apply a stable grasp with proper grasping position and torque.


This paper reports, for the first time, the measurement of magnetostriction in Fe50Pt(50-x)Pdx thin films with varying Pd content. L10-ordered FePtPd alloy films, with strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, are leading candidates for recording media in the next-generation hard disk drives and solid-state random access memory technologies. The magnetostrictive properties of such materials are of importance, as strain in these systems may thereby affect the magnetic anisotropy or even be intentionally applied to control the magnetic switching characteristics. The measurements performed using the cantilever bending technique indicate that the magnetostriction is dependent on the film composition, and a maximum magnetostriction of 28 ppm is found in the Fe50Pt7Pd43 film. These results suggest the possibility of tailoring magnetostriction via film composition for energy-assisted data storage and synthetic multiferroic random access memory applications.


The closed blisk is a new structure of high thrust-weight ratio aero-engine.With the basis of on the analysis of closed blisk's blade modeling method,a programming algorithm of cutter contact points with constant error based on blade high-quality modeling against twist is proposed.Four steps,which includes determining the boundary parameters,plotting the parameters of cutting lines,determining the step-length and setting off the gridding of the surface,in the algorithm are illustrated in detail.The implementation of the algorithm in UG CAD and the engineering application example are given.Practices prove that this algorithm can guarantee the machining quality,improve machining efficiency and economize system resource,and have greater engineering application significance.


We build an open-economy dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model that allows us to: (i) derive a time series for labor informality in Brazil spanning the period 2004–2018, whose evolution is consistent with the behavior of the main series provided by Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD); (ii) run dynamic simulations showing that, in the presence of a large informal labor market (around 50% of the total labor force), expenditure-cutting measures lead, at worst, to mild short-run recessions in the formal sector and are likely to foster public debt sustainability. Likewise, adjustments through some kinds of distortionary taxation, mainly the corporate tax, and to a lesser extent, the consumption tax, also seem to improve both public debt dynamics and fiscal collection without a significant cost in terms of output. Thus, in countries with large informal economies experiencing fiscal woes, expenditure-based consolidations, as well as some sorts of tax-based adjustments, should be relied upon.


Purpose – An important part of the Christmas ritual is the request tradition. Parents ask their children what they would like for Christmas, respond to a child's request or often initiate such Christmas communication exchanges. These styles of family communication relates to the socialization of children into consumption and Christmas. This exploratory study considers aspects of parental approaches to their children's request behavior within the Family Communication Patterns (FCP) typology. Design/methodology/approach – Data gathered via a survey of parents in the period prior to Christmas supported the factor structure of the FCP typology via Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Findings – It appears that parents encourage a positive exchange of desire and opinion from children; they also question the sources of information and suitability of the gift. In this manner, parents appear to condone, if not generate, an atmosphere of open request behaviour because the limiting of gift requests through direct parental instruction is minimal. Practical implications – Continual adaptation of the FCP typology from the original context has implications for consumer behaviour theory at a factor analysis level. Parental responses to Christmas request behaviour is an important topic of interest to consumer behavior researchers, the toy industry, retailers and business in general. Originality/value – This research explores contemporary issues of parental interactions with their children during the gift request ritual. It is timely to explore theory related to this topic because much of the rhetoric around Christmas accentuates the pester power syndrome. Yet, Christmas symbolizes love, family and nurture where parental values engender request behaviour and children's desires generate the requests. The findings have consequences for consumer advocates and social commentators, as well as providing cultural and ritual interpretations within parent – child interactions.


Since the onset of e-commerce, e-businesses have always been interested in knowing what propels their customers. An extensive literature review has been cast around the said reason to identify factors affecting online buying behavior. Twenty-six factors have been identified initially, out of which price; convenience; security; information; enjoyment; access and tangibility/sensation have been found to be most cited. These factors have been further explored to examine their implications in managerial decision making. Managerial implications have been discussed at the end. This review will help businesses and academicians to build basic foundation while proposing a strategy or systematic study focusing on online buying behavior.


We have demonstrated the hybrid resonant cavity consisting of a split ring resonator placed in the vicinity of a dipole cavity resulting in a new resonance mode as well as an enhanced q-factor of the existing resonance mode.


Some new generalizations of estimates of difference between two weighted integral means are given, by using Euler-type identities and weighted Montgomery identity Mathematics subject classification (2000): 26D10, 26D15, 26D20.


There is a substantial interest in finding materials with high nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of materials because of its attractive applications in optical limiting for safety protections. In an effort to develop highly performing optical limiting materials, recently we have found that fluorination of graphene oxides leads to improvement in their NLO properties.


This paper analyses the asymptotic statistical properties of the least squares autoregressive (AR) estimator in the presence of noise. The asymptotic covariance of this estimator is derived for an AR signal with additive white or colored noise. The result is analysed in detail for first order systems. A procedure for applying the results to problems such as speech recognition, fault detection, biomedical diagnosis and others is presented.


The necessity of using and improving the mechanism of private-public partnership (PPP) for realization investment project is proved in the article. The author considers the opportunities of increasing advantages of new type of PPP in comparison with traditional system of public purchases. It is concluded that in order to improve the efficiency of the new investment tool it is needed to reallocate risks between the public sector and private business, to evaluate optimistic and pessimistic scenarios for an investment project.


The Mandalika Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the southern part of Lombok's river basin requires a large supply of raw water.  The Mandalika Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is located in an area with less supportive water potential, so it requires water supply from other sources, namely the Pengga reservoir in the Dodokan river basin (578.92 km2). In the Dodokan watershed there are 93 headworks (headwork / HW) in the form of 65 weirs, 26 reservoirs, and 2 dams downstream of the main river (Batujai and Pengga). The Pengga reservoir (Veff = 21000000 m3) is located downstream of the Batujai reservoir (Veff = 15429300 m3). The Pengga Reservoir is currently operated for irrigation (including a micro hydro power plant).  In addition, the reservoir is planned to serve 200 l/sec raw water for The Mandalika Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The reservoir is in the HLD (High Level Diversion) interconnection system so that it is interdependent with the allocation of water in other HWs. To obtain optimal water allocation, a water balance behavior study was conducted during the 25 year timeseries (1994-2019). Optimization simulations (simop) in each cascade reservoir use a mass balance equation with sustainability-efficiency-equity (SEE) criteria, constraints and main inputs in the form of local inflow and water demand. In the optimization simulation, pay attention to: i) overflow from HW in the upstream Batujai dam, ii) existing water needs in Batujai (2860 ha) and DI Pengga (3189 ha), iii) existing raw water needs in the Batujai reservoir 130 l / s, and iv ) as a result of the supply from DI Gebong to DI Pengga so that it reduced the water demand load to the Pengga reservoir by about 35%. From the hydrological analysis, the mean: i) rain in the entire catchment area is 1308 mm, ii) rain in DI 1366 mm, iii) local inflow in the Batujai reservoir 28.68 million m3 and the Pengga reservoir 26.42 million m3, iv) irrigation water needs (existing cropping pattern rice-paddy / palawija-palawija, planting intensity 300%, the beginning of the planting season in Batujai, Des1 and DI Pengga, Nov3) 99.84 million m3, and v) raw water needs of 10.41 million m3. It is recommended to take 200 l/s of raw water in the Pengga reservoir. Based on optimization simulations, the allocation of irrigation water can be proportional-evenly with the Kmin achievement of 41% -42% (K3 class), there is no K4 class (20% -40%) even in the year of the minimum local inflow. Reservoir performance with the coefficient of Reliability (R) = 100%, Resiliency (R) = 100%, and Vulnerability (V) = 0% which indicates that operations can be sustainable. The target of raw water supply to the Mandalika SEZ can be achieved provided that real-time water allocation must be tight, with centralized control by the WS management.


A novel integral representation suitable for the study of asymptotic ($L/L_{0}\,{\gg}\,1$, $L$ being the plasma length and $L_{0}$ the basic gain length) stability of the inhomogeneous three-wave interaction is formulated and applied to the special case of uniform gain and ramp wavenumber mismatch. The absolute instability condition is $\kappa L_{0} \,{<}\, \pi /8$ ($\kappa$ being the mismatch gradient), with the wave conversion performed in a zone of width $4/\kappa L_{0}$ located at the boundary of wave incidence.


Laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistors with 10 V breakdown voltage have been implemented in a 65 nm Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process without extra masks or process steps. Radio frequency (RF) performance for Wireless local area network (WLAN) frequencies and in X-band at 8 GHz is investigated by load-pull measurements in class AB operation for both 3.3 and 5 V supply voltage. Results at 2.45 GHz showed 290 mW/mm output power density with 17 dB linear gain and over 45% power added efficiency (PAE) at 4 dB compression at a supply voltage of 5 V. Furthermore, results in X-band at 8 GHz show 8 dB linear gain, 320 mW/mm output power density and over 22% PAE at 4 dB compression. Third-order intermodulation measurements at 8 GHz revealed OIP3 of 18.9 and 21.9 dBm at 3.3 and 5 V, respectively. The transistors were also tested for reliability which showed no drift in quiescent current after 26 h of DC stress while high-power RF stress showed only small extrapolated drift at 10 years in output power density. This is to the authors' knowledge the first time high output power density in X-band is demonstrated for integrated LDMOS transistors manufactured in a 65 nm CMOS process without extra process steps.


This work reports the development of two catalytic cyclizations of 2-propenyl-1-ethynylbenzenes with aryldiazo esters. Cationic gold catalyst produces 2-substituted 3-alkenyl-1H-indenes with substrates over a reasonable scope. Our mechanistic study suggests that arydiazo esters attack at the cyclopropyl moieties of gold carbene intermediates, followed by skeletal rearrangement of resulting intermediates. In the presence of Rh2(esp)2 additive, the same gold catalyst alters the chemoselectivity of these reactants to afford tetrahydro-1H-cyclopropa[b]naphthalenes with excellent stereoselectivity. Herein, Rh(II) catalyst catalyzed the reactions of the same 1,6-enynes with diazo species to form cyclopropenes initially, and a cationic Au(I) catalyst allows their subsequent reactions with the tethered alkenes. Preferable E-selectivity and synergistic effects of Au/Rh catalysts are rationalized in a postulated mechanism.


Health and social justice studies (HSJS) builds on close reading and archival research methods to examine the ways in which diverse people experience health and healthcare at the often highly charged intersection of culture, law, economics, and biomedical systems. This scholarly method focuses on socioeconomic disparities among groups in a society and examines how ordinary people experience health and care in everyday social environments. Health and social justice studies research with a history focus reconstructs particular health and healthcare disparities at particular times and examines reform movements aimed at reducing these disparities, with the objective of suggesting ways to reduce disparities in the future. By privileging marginalized people, this research method advances the goals of person-centered care and population health equity in health humanities.


Customer segmentation is a central problem in different business processes. In the last few years, it is also becoming important for banking and financial institutions given the ever-growing volume of cashless payments. When dealing with customer segmentation with transactional data, the clustering approach is widely used. In this work, we propose a different modeling approach for customer segmentation based on a graph-based representation. Specifically, we reformulate customer segmentation as a community detection problem on a similarity multi-layer network, where each layer depends on a specific cashless payment method. We introduce a vector-based representation of the cardholders' spending patterns, namely the purchase profile, to build the similarity multi-layer network. The profiles capture how customers allocate their spending capacity among merchant categories through different payment systems. From purchase profiles, we evaluate the similarity of the cardholders in terms of consumption allocation and we infer different similarity graphs based on credit and debit card payments. Different segmentation strategies based on multi-layer community detection methods have been evaluated on a large-scale dataset of credit and debit card transactions of a banking group. Since one of the main goals is verifying the feasibility of graph-based approaches for customer segmentation, we discuss the outcomes of the methods in terms of explainability of the resulting segments. Specifically, methods based on random walks, such as Infomap, return more stable and insightful results than modularity-based ones, in different settings. To sum up, we experiment with community detection algorithms to cope with the customer segmentation problem starting from a large set of credit and debit card transactions. The outcome of the solutions may support recently developed methods for bank risk assessment based on clients' behavior or targeted applications for cashless payment management.


To the Editor: In their recent case report regarding the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) on a transatlantic flight, Katis and Dias illustrate several important issues relating to the use of AEDs that educate us about this emerging trend of AED implementation on aircraft, in shopping malls and even at golf courses. I feel it is important to clarify one important point, however. In the inflight emergency case documented, the authors suggest that a potential error in the use of the AED led to "inappropriate intentions to start CPR in a spontaneously breathing patient with a pulse." This inappropriate action resulted from a message on the AED display screen. The problem is, there was no indication to use the AED device. In the case described the machine performed correctly, but the operators did not. AEDs currently deployed on aircraft in North America are not approved for use on a patient with a pulse, breathing or with other signs of life. In fact, given that this patient is described as having a pulse of 55 beats/min, a blood pressure of 90/60 mm Hg and a respiratory rate of 12 breaths/min shows that there are contraindications to placing the device on the patient or to even powering on the device. The guiding principle of AED use is that they are only designed to shock rapid, unstable rhythms such as ventricular fibrillaton or ventricular tachycardia, neither of which would be present as described in this case. As the deployment of these lifesaving devices becomes more common in our community centres and shopping malls it is the responsibility of all physicians, regardless of area of practice, to be current in CPR and the use of AEDs. In fact, many aircraft now carry a fully stocked medical kit, which includes a hand held rhythm monitor and a full ACLS drug complement. Although I commend every physician for assisting during in-flight emergencies, be aware that flight crews naturally assume the physician will be knowledgeable in all facets of emergency response. I do agree with the authors, who recommended larger screens and universal voice prompts, but I would add one stronger recommendation. Peer into your wallet and answer the following questions: Are you current in your CPR? and Have you received an orientation to the use and limitations of an AED? If not, I suggest you familiarize yourself with these devices and download the latest ACLS algorithms to your PDA so the next time you hear, "Is there a doctor on board?" you are not surprised when an AED and fully stocked medical kit arrive at your side.


In this paper,by means of a pair of lower-upper solution,a new existence theorem of solution under Neumann boundary condition for impulsive parabolic equations with delay is obtainied.As an example,when applicated to a population model,sufficient conditions are provided for global attractivity of the equilibrium for this system.


The article talks about the importance of mathematics, the reforms implemented and being implemented in our country for the development of this science, as well as the contribution of oriental scientists to the science of mathematics and its development. At the same time, important aspects of the methods used in teaching science have been highlighted


Finite element (FE) mode-matching procedures for the solution of Helmholtz' equation on an unbounded domain are reviewed and a symmetric general formulation is presented. This is a formal restatement of procedures applied previously to computations involving scattering of shallow water waves, acoustic transmission in non-uniform ducts and acoustic radiation from prismatic sheet metal ducts. An essential feature of the method is the use of a Galerkin procedure, rather than collocation, to match a finite computational model to a truncated modal expansion with the desired radiation characteristics. The method produces a symmetric set of linear equations which can be solved to give the unknown nodal values of the dependent variable and the modal coefficients of an outer expansion. Either of these sets of variables can be eliminated prior to solution to yield a reduced set of equations in the remaining parameters. The reduced equations obtained by eliminating the modal coefficients are shown to be identical to those obtained by applying a truncated Dirichlet-to-Neumann (DtN) boundary condition. If applied in this form, mode-matching can therefore be regarded as an alternative to the DtN method for generating this common set of discrete equations while permitting simultaneous solution for the modal coefficients in the outer region.


This dissertation studies existential sentences in Korean and Chinese. Through comparing construction extension, their common and different points are summarized. Meanwhile, the common and different points are concluded to be related to humans' cognitive competence and conceptualization of languages' users. The explanations in cognitive linguistics are as follows: 1. The construction's extension of the prototype of existential sentences in two languages happens through metaphor and metonymy. Meanwhile, some common and different points are found in the process of extension. 2. The orders of two languages show iconicity. However, the strength of iconicity in Korean is weaker than its in Chinese because of Korean grammatical restriction. 3. The syntactic structures of existential sentences in Korean and Chinese are restricted by cognitive styles of languages' users. Therefore, existence is prominent and becomes trajector in Korean. However, space is prominent and becomes trajector in Chinese. 4. The difference of range and predicate of existential sentences in Korean and Chinese is because language users' construal comes separately from source-path-goal schema and container schema. 5. The reasons why the same scene is expressed by different constructions are because speakers' different perspective.


Spraying cucumber leaves with salicylic acid (SA), 7-methoxycarbonyl benzo-1, 2, 3-thiadiazol and 2-chlorethylphosphate (ethephon) (abiotic inducers) reduced the diseased area caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis by more than 50% in the sprayed first leavesand also in the upper second leaves provided challenge inoculation was made 3 to 6 days but not one to 24hr after treatment. Localized infection of cotyledons with P. cubensis (biotic inducer) also reduced the diseased area caused by the same pathogen by more than 50% in the upper leaves challenge-inoculated 6 days after inducer inoculation. Plants acquired systemic resistance when inoculated cotyledons remained attached for at least 3 days after inoculation. Protection by both abiotic and biotic inducers was more prominent in the second leaves which expanded after induction than in the first leaves which expanded before induction. The present results show that systemic resistance induced in cucumber plants by either biotic or abiotic inducers was effective in controlling infection by P. cubensis whose cell walls contain no chitin. Electrophoretic analysis of extracted proteins on polyacrylamide gel showed that both the SA treatment and localized infection with P. cubensis induced several novel acid soluble proteins in the treated and the upper untreated leaves in correlation with induced resistance.


The main aim of this research is to evaluate the opinions of hotel managers regarding the macro-level effects of Covid-19 pandemic on the tourism sector and their micro-level expectations and suggestions for hotel companies. For this purpose, an online questionnaire, which was created in the form of eight open-ended questions, was sent electronically to hotel managers in different positions. 103 questionnaires that were answered were subjected to content analysis. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the greatest effects of the epidemic on the tourism sector will be high income and employment loss. In addition, it has been determined that the hotel companies mostly take measures in line with the circulars issued by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and provided training to the employees about the epidemic. However, it was determined that some of the hotel enterprises did not have an alternative plan in case the outbreak spread. Again, it has been determined that businesses expect support from the state, especially tax reduction and short-time working allowance. Making marketing efforts to secure the country's image and to protection of the qualified labor force were the most frequently recommendations by hotel managers.


An ASED-MO method has been applied to investigate the N 2 chemisorption on Cr(110) surface. The results show that N 2 chemisorbs parallelly on the 4-fold site with N-N axis parallel to [110] direction. Different from the tranditional σ-donation and π weak backbonding concepts, the N 2 chemisorption on Cr(110) has both the 3 σ g and 1 π μ donations of 0.97 and 0.54 electrons. At the same time, the backbonding to the 1 π g orbital increases to 1.83 electrons. Both these factors make the lying-down orientation being favored over the upright orientation. Furthermore, the N-N bond length strenches 17%, the N-N bond order decreases to below 1, and the dissociation barrier is only about 0.15 eV. All the above calculation results are in good agreement with relevant experiments.


Background: Paclitaxel and carboplatin are standard operating procedure for chemotherapy treatment of cervical cancer squamous cell carcinoma at Sanglah General Hospital, Bali-Indonesia. Chemotherapy improves outcome of cancer treatment. However, chemotherapy brings also a variety of adverse effects and complications. This study aims to evaluate the therapeutic and adverse effects of chemotherapy in patients with squamous cell cervical cancer. Methods: This is a case study of six patients with cervical cancer underwent chemotherapy paclitaxel and carboplatin 3-series at Sanglah General Hospital, Bali-Indonesia during January to November 2013. The therapeutic effect of chemotherapy was assessed from cervical cancer tumor mass measured before and after chemotherapy 3-series. The adverse effect of chemotherapy was determined from hemoglobin levels measured before and after chemotherapy. Data were analyzed using a paired t-test with a level of confidence of 95% using the SPSS to find out the differences. Results : In this study we found that there is a difference between tumor mass pre and post 3 series chemotherapy within p < 0.05. In term of toxic effect, we also obtained that there were difference of hemoglobin between pre and post of treatment within p < 0.05. Conclusion : Paclitaxel carboplatin as a chemotherapy drug in patients with cervical cancer is highly recomended when seen from the effects of reduced tumor size, and has a low side effect of anemia (anemia grade 1).


One kind of novel heterogenous bifunctional catalyst, MCM-41 grafted quaternary ammonium salts with terminal amino group, was prepared. These catalysts exhibited excellent catalytic performance and...


Because the cost of steel bridges in Japan is generally estimated using the price per unit weight, bridge designers and fabricators are required to decrease the steel weight of the bridge. This results in increasing the number of cross-section variations and the number of weld lines. However, because of the shortage of technicians and increase in labor cost, it is becoming necessary to consider the possibilities of simplifying and accelerating the fabrication process to get a more rational and a near optimal design. Knowledge-based systems, when combined with actual design data of available bridges, can support the decision-making process for improving both design and fabrication. This paper discusses the creation of a knowledge base that includes data on previously designed plate-girder bridges, and its application in considering the effects of simplifying the design on the cost of the bridge. First, the steps used in the creation and processing of the knowledge base are explained. Then, the knowledge ba...


The Chinese Communist Party explored a series of important military theoretical problems such as the armed struggle and the function of the revolutionary army in Chinese revolution and so on during the course of military movement in the period of the Great Revolution. It trained and laid up large numbers of military and political talents through many kinds of ways, such as Huangpu Military Academy, National Revolutionary Army, National Army, the Soviet Union and the movements of workers and peasants. It had accumulated a wealth of experience of military management and direction by a series of military movements such as East and North Expeditions and so on. It laid a foundation for the CCP to establish the people's army and carry out the revolutionary war independently after the defeat of the Great Revolution. Therefore, the period of the Great Revolution was the important preparatory period, which exerted a great influence on the founding of the people's army, the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation.


Abstract : The purpose of this report is to develop automatic aircraft flight control systems using the concept of Total Energy Control System (TECS) in the lateral directional axis for the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. Nonlinear simulation was originally developed from actual flight tests conducted by the U.S. Air Force and generated into a Fortran code. Lt James P. Dutton then took the flight data code and generated a SIMULINK file 10. Using the SIMULINK file a control law developed on the linearized model can then be tested on the nonlinear model. pg 11 swr


The uptake of double labeled CDP-choline by isolated and perfused rat liver has been investigated. The time course of CDP-choline uptake is different for 3H and 14C, showing the existence of the degradation process of the molecule. The identification and characterization of CDP-choline and its metabolites, in the perfusate and in the hepatic extract are performed by high pressure liquid chromatography.