Objective. Research dedicated to turnover intentions has proliferated in the last decades, identifying various predictors of intention to voluntarily quit the organization. However, although previous studies indicated that younger employees are more prone to turnover intentions, emerging adulthood, as a specific developmental period, has been neglected in previous research dedication to turnover intentions. Emerging adulthood corresponds to ages 18–29 years, during which individuals consider themselves as no longer adolescents, but not yet as full‑fledged adults. Besides the achievement of developmental milestones, various psychologically based qualities – known as dimensions of emerging adulthood – are differentiated in a research literature, and can play a role in turnover intentions. Relatedly, although Psychological capital (PsyCap) – as a second‑order construct integrating hope, self‑efficacy, resilience, and optimism - has been established as a correlate of intention to remain in the organization in previous studies, the role of positive psychological resources in intention to stay in an organization during emerging adulthood, as a specific developmental period, has been neglected. Moreover, recent literature also indicates that the relationship between psychological capital and turnover intention could be indirect – i.e., mediated by other variables such as work engagement – and that a similar pattern of results could be expected also in the case of dimensions of emerging adulthood. Thus, the aim of the present paper is to examine the role of (A) dimensions of emerging adulthood (as potentially important developmental factors) and (B) psycho‑ logical capital (as a positive psychological state that could be purposefully cultivated) in the intention to remain in the organization both directly, and indirectly (i.e., potentially mediated via work engagement).


Although latent factor models (e.g., matrix factorization) obtain good performance in predictions, they suffer from several problems including cold-start, non-transparency, and suboptimal recommendations. In this paper, we employ text with side data to tackle these limitations. We introduce a hybrid generative probabilistic model that combines a neural network with a latent topic model, which is a four-level hierarchical Bayesian model. In the model, each document is modeled as a finite mixture over an underlying set of topics and each topic is modeled as an infinite mixture over an underlying set of topic probabilities. Furthermore, each topic probability is modeled as a finite mixture over side data. In the context of text, the neural network provides an overview distribution about side data for the corresponding text, which is the prior distribution in LDA to help perform topic grouping. The approach is evaluated on several different datasets, where the model is shown to outperform standard LDA and Dirichlet-multinomial regression (DMR) in terms of topic grouping, model perplexity, classification and comment generation.


Objective: to study the relationship between domestic passive smoking and bronchiolitis and/or asthmatic bronchitis episodes in children under 7 years from a Primary Care paediatric clinic in Madrid.


The research of residential differentiation in cities is concentrated on one geographic scale such as metropolitan areas, cities, or counties. As a result, we have relatively little information regarding the extent of residential differentiation and its spatial pattern at different geographic scales. This paper examines the residential differentiation within the socio-spatial structure of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area as it was in 1995. The analysis is conducted at two geographic scales. The first analyzes the entire metropolitan area as one spatial entity; the second examines the 22 cities located within that area. We applied the method of classical factorial social ecology to investigate residential differentiation along the social dimensions of ethnicity, socio-economic status and family status (stage in the family life cycle) in their spatial expression at the metropolitan and city geographic scales. The findings indicated that residential differentiation in the metropolitan area and in cities tends to be dominated by the ethnic dimension, which is most closely associated with the socio-economic dimension. The relative independence of family status enables the formation of socially diverse residential areas which are often organized in nearly a sectoral-concentric pattern. In general, residential differentiation was more significant at the geographic scale of cities.


As the development of Internet of Things (IoT), the power supply to the sensors in IoT becomes more and more important. The piezoelectric material was widely studied as a material for energy harvesting devices. Our target is to design and fabricate a flexible, eco-friendly and light functionally graded piezocomposite for energy harvesting devices by polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and lead-free piezoelectric particles. Two kinds of lead-free piezoelectric particles -- barium titanate (BTO) and potassium sodium niobite (KNN) are used in the study. And the addition of the PVDF can greatly improve the toughness of the material and broaden the applications of the material. In this study, the multi-layer lead-free piezoelectric particle/PVDF composites with different contents of lead-free piezoelectric particles and structure are fabricated by spin coating and hot press method. The suitable parameters of the spin coating and hot press are found. The composites are polarized by corona poling method and optimal poling conditions of the composites are also studied. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) observations are conducted to study the distribution of the particles in the matrix and the interface between the different layers. Then, the piezoelectric coefficient d33 is measured by a piezo-d33 meter. This study gives a workable fabrication method to the functionally graded piezocomposites and explores the piezoelectric properties of the composites which have potential to be used as energy harvesting device materials.


The present invention relates to a drive for the LCD backlight, and delivers the DC power inputted from the outside, a predetermined driving IC in response to a control signal to adjust the current and voltage applied to the fluorescent lamp and; The direct current converted on the power to one or more of the power applying unit that outputs the AC power of high voltage for driving the fluorescent lamp; including and applying the power supply unit and a power converting unit that converts the DC power into AC power; Transport unit for output to the fluorescent lamp to the transformer AC power source and the converted; And a current detection unit for detecting a current flowing through the fluorescent lamp; Open lamp detection unit for detecting the open whether or not the fluorescent lamp; includes, once the feedback line is electrically connected to the current detection signal and the open lamp to the driving IC through the same feedback line of the current detector and the open lamp detection It characterized in that the detection signal is applied.


The author discusses the legal protection of integrated circuit layout design as provided by Law 32/2000 and compares it with how the government regulates and protect other sorts of intellectual property rights (copyright, trademarks, patents, etc.). The purpose of this comparison is to reveal shortcomings as well as the strength of each different regulations. This study reveals that Law 32/2000 as compared to other IPR protections has yet to provide legal protection of inventor's moral rights, priority rights as well as temporary decision.  At the same time, all regulations cannot be fully implemented due to the lack of or insufficient implementing regulations.


To realize a highly integrated large-capacity DRAM with megabit size, problems such as low S/N and increase of power dissipation due to the charge-discharge of data-lines must be resolved. As a possible step toward the solution, we have already proposed a multidivided data-line system. The feature of the system is that it controls in common the input-output information of the multidivided data-lines by a single decoder-output control-line, and a senseamplifier and the common I/O-line are provided between two adjacent divided data lines. However, a quantitative evaluation of the system has not been made sufficiently. From such a viewpoint, this paper presents a quantitative comparison of the system with other systems mostly from the viewpoint of the power dissipation. As a result, it is seen that the system can reduce the power dissipation to one-third or less, compared with earlier systems. It is also seen that by introducing the hierarchical I/O-lines and the interchanged connection of the decoder output-line and the data line, a high-speed, low-noise system can be realized. The usefulness of the system is verified by the design and evaluation of the experimental 1 Mbit DRAM. The performance of the fabricated chip with the area 46 mm2 is access time of 90 ns and power dissipation of 295 mW (cycle time 260 ns).


In order to investigate the application effect of foliar nutrient solution on rice,rice variety Kongyu 131 was taken as tested material,the effect of Kesu No.1 foliar nutrient solution on rice growth was studied by random block design method.The results showed that:when spraying Kesu No.1 foliar nutrient solution 150 mL·hm-2,the rice heading stage was two days earlier than the control,the yield was 375 kg·hm-2 more than the control,the increase rate upto 3.7%;When spraying Kesu No.1 foliar nutrient solution 225 mL·hm-2,the rice heading stage was one day later than the control,and the yield was lower than the control,but there was no differences on quality among treatments.The best application period Kesu No.1 foliar nutrient solution was at 9.5 leaf stage and booting stage,the suitable spraying dosage was 150 mL·hm-2.


Pink salmon were sampled at various stages, as fry and fingerling in enclosed waters, as juveniles and subadults in the ocean and as maturing salmon in the commercial fishery. On the basis of length frequency data and from recapture measurements of marked and tagged individuals the instantaneous growth rate in length (gl) for successive 30-day periods was computed. As a result three major growth stanzas were recognized. Following the entrance of fry into the estuary, growth was approximately exponential (gl = 0.559) during an initial 40-day period. Fish increased in length from 3.5 to 8.4 cm. Thereafter, the instantaneous rate of growth gradually declined to a minimum in March (gl = 0.076). During this time the length increased from 8.4 to 32.5 cm. The final growth period was marked by a rapid rate of increase in length in late April and early May (gl = 0.171), followed by a declining rate of increase in length which was finally terminated after the fish had re-entered the coastal waters and the commercia...


This report should be regarded as an initial study that sets the basis for a more thorough and systematic analysis of the PFS in Macedonia, and its findings should be regarded in that light. The report comprises: • Current state of affairs. • Identification of main achievements and weaknesses in terms of legal framework, institutional setting and • Track records for the: - Process of budgeting, -Internal financial system, - Public procurement, -European funds, - External financial audit. Source of data used were obtained from the State Audit Office, Ministry of Finance, interviews with state administration, Public Procurement Bureau and are as of June 201'3


To predict the corrosion of reinforcing steel, the electrochemical properties of reinforcing steel with different concrete mix proportions and chloride content were studied. The water to binder ratio of concrete was varied (0.45 and 0.60). Coal fly ash was used to replace OPC (0 and 30% by weight of the total binder). The initial chloride was 0, 2, and 4% by weight of concrete. Potentiodynamic polarization testing was conducted by controlling the moisture of specimens. The Tafel slope, corrosion potential, and corrosion rate were analyzed from the testing results. Results show that chloride content significantly affects the electrochemical properties of reinforcing steel. The anodic Tafel slope decreased as chloride content increased. The cathodic Tafel slope increased when the water to binder ratio decreased, or when the fly ash content increased due to a denser concrete pore structure, limiting oxygen diffusion. Results from this study can be used to simulate the corrosion of reinforcing steel and predict the service life of reinforced concrete structures. Also, the electrochemical compatibility between existing and repaired sections can be evaluated to ensure the durability of repaired RC structures.


Differential privacy is a cryptographically-motivated formal privacy definition that is robust against strong adversaries. The principal component analysis (PCA) algorithm is frequently used in signal processing, machine learning, and statistics pipelines. In many scenarios, private or sensitive data is distributed across different sites: in this paper we propose a differentially private distributed PCA scheme to enable collaborative dimensionality reduction. We investigate the performance of the proposed algorithm on synthetic and real datasets and show empirically that our algorithm can reach the same level of utility as the non-private PCA for some parameter choices, which indicates that it is possible to have meaningful utility while preserving privacy.


Emended diagnoses of all stages of the subgenus Symposiocladius Cranston of the genus Orthocladius v. d. Wulp are given. The male imagines of the subgenus share absence of virga, collar-like superior volsella, and ventral part of inferior volsella not extended prominently below dorsal part. The larvae have prominent circular Lauterborn organs, often weak pecten galearis and vestigial premandibular brush, and usually setal brushes on abdomen. O. (S.) schnelli sp. n. and O. (S) halvorseni sp. n. are described and O. (S.) annectens Sæther redescribed in all stages and both sexes, O. (S.) bilyji sp. n. as male and female imago and pupa, and O. (S.) smolandicus Brundin, not Soponis, redescribed as male imago. Other included species are O. (S.) lignicola Kieffer, O. (S.) holsatus Goetghebuer, and O. (S.) lunzensis Dettinger-Klemm. Keys to species for all stages are given.


The article analysed the driving force reaction under the damper with adjacent structures,obtained upper shock absorber's rigidity and damping factor from the sub-optimization aspect,and using ANSYS to simulate this system on different site.Result indicates that the upper damper can reduce the system's response to earthquake significantly.


The Ombudsman for Children in Ireland has the power to consider complaints from children about their treatment by administrative authorities. This power, under the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002, allows the Office to make findings about maladministration and poor decision-making but it does not allow the Office to make any findings about the compliance of children's treatment with international children's rights standards. The aim of this analysis, therefore, was to conduct a children's rights audit of ten investigation statements to consider what the investigations say about children's rights in Ireland. It identifies the need for public sector reform in areas that particularly affect children and identifies ways in which service delivery and decision-making affecting children can be improved.


ABSTRACT Previous studies have estimated distributions of seed dispersal distance by a variety of methods. But apart from direct observation, these methods cannot clarify the absolute numbers of seeds dispersed by each disperser. Without the ability to calculate absolute spreading volumes, each dispersers' contribution cannot be quantitatively evaluated. To resolve this problem, we estimated and compared quantities and distances of seed dispersal by mammalian seed dispersers. We focused on the fruits of Cerasus leveilleana and five species of frugivorous mammals that forage on it, central Japan. We tracked wild individuals of each species and gut retention times of seeds in captive individuals. By observing wild C. leveilleana trees for 2 years, we calculated fruit production, visitation frequency, and numbers of fruits removed per visit by each species. The mammal species differed greatly in body size and foraging behavior, and thus in the seed dispersal patterns that they generated: not only in dispersal distance, especially long distance, but also in the number of seeds removed. In particular, total seed removal and long-distance dispersal tended to be greater when fruit production was greater, and they were strongly affected by occasional visitation by bears. Therefore, understanding the relative functional importance of seed dispersers requires direct comparison of their effectiveness at seed dispersal. Large differences in the seed disperser fauna between years due to interannual variation in fruit production suggest that observations of many trees with different amounts of fruit production over multiple years are needed to clarify how fruiting trees and seed dispersers interact.


The ninhydrin color given by model compounds and by characterized proteins shows a consistent contribution from the e-amino group of lysine of about 67 percent of that of an a-amino group, except in free lysine or in N-terminal lysine., where the e-amino group makes a small contribution (7 to 10 percent) to the total. color. This information can be applied to structure determination of N" peptides of lysine. In view of the current interest in atypical linkages in proteins (1, 2), it seems pertinent to point out that the ninhydrin color reaction can be applied to distinguish free E-amino and free a-arnino groups. The color developed 9 FEBRUARY 1962 Table 1. Ninhydrin color yields from compounds with known contents of E-amino and a-amino


Preliminary results on the determination of Cr2O3 in chrome-tanned leather by measuring the content of Cr by means of radionuclide-excited XRF analysis are reported. For excitation a 3.7 G Bq238Pu source was used and the characteristic K X-rays of Cr were detected with a planar Si(Li) detector. Both smooth and rough sides of the leather were analyzed directly or with a pair of V/Ti balanced filters. A fairly good correlation was found between Cr Kx counts of the rough side and the Cr2O3 concentrations determined chemically in the range of 3.5 … 6.0% Cr2O3. The method enables a rapid and non-destructive determination of Cr2O3 in various leather samples. Es werden vorlaufige Ergebnisse dcr Bestimmung von Cr2O3 in chromgegerbtem Leder durch Messung des Cr-Gehaltes mit Hilfe der Rontgenfluoreszenzanalyse mitgeteilt. Zur Anregung der Strahlung diente eine 233Pu-Quelle mit 3,7 GBq und die charakteristische K-Rontgenstrahlung wurde mit einem planaren Si(Li)-Detektor registricrt. Dabei wurden beide Seiten der Led...


This paper will apply Peter Homans's argument on mourning to the new religious movement phenomena of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU). Homans's theory focused on the progressive and creative aspects of mourning and extended the discussion from the personal to the social, collective level of mourning. Sifting through the history of the FFWPU, I will show how the emergence, formation, and transformation of this new religious movement (NRM) arose as a creative response to absence, ranging from personal death to the loss of religious values and symbols.


Many techniques have been developed for image compression. An efficient image compression technique promises to give high compression ratio, maintaining the quality of the image. The paper proposes an image compression technique which combines both Artificial Neural Networks and Wavelet theory to optimize the compression ratio and peak signal to noise ratio. Results show that high compression ratio is achievable as per requirement, maintaining good reconstruction quality. General Terms Image Compression


Many soils around the world present large amounts of sodium, characteristic that leads to generate sodic soils. In these soils risks of degradation are ever present. This study was conducted to identify factors and processes in the genesis of an alkali sodic soil from the Chaguaramas Formation (Chaguaramas, Guarico State, Venezuela). Thus some morphological, physic, chemical and mineralogical soil properties and characteristics were measured. The results shown exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) up to 89%, accumulation of alkaline salts of sodium (bicarbonates and carbonates), pH higher than 8.5, soil bulk density (Db) up to 2.27 Mg m-3, low hydraulic conductivity (< 2 mm h-1) and macroporosity values, precipitation of CaCO3, and mixed mineralogy characterized by presence of smectites. It was inferred that the soil was produced from alteration of tertiary sedimentary rocks that interacted with waters rich in sodium in depressions of the Venezuelan Central High Plains during the arid phase at the end of Pleistocene. High quantities of alkaline sodium salts were favored from the accumulation of organic matter in a reduced environment; event that led up to the elimination of high quantities of sulfates as H2S. The saline sodic soil evolved during the Holocene humid climate to promote the clay migration and natric horizon formation, the progressive substitution of divalent ions by sodium in the soil exchange complex, the precipitation of CaCO3, the elimination of salts in the deep drainage, and finally, when the total quantity of salts were diminished to critic levels, to the degradation of the soil structure.


This research analyzes the three versions of Beauty and the Beast, they are: a short story by GabrielleSuzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740, the animation version by Disney in 1991, and the live-action of by Disney in 2017. This research focuses on the lead male character, the Beast. This research uses new criticism and masculinity as the theory to find out the characterization and the hegemonic masculinity of the Beast. The source of data obtained by analyzing the hegemonic character of Beast in these three versions, compare and make meaning from those comparisons. This study found that the characteristics of Beast are : emotional, rude, badtempered, and well-educated. While, the masculinity sides of Beast are: wealthy, handsome, showing violence and domesticity. Those characteristics change and different in each version. The comparison shows that masculinity standards are changing following the trends and cultural changing.


Both of these forms of epilepsy belong with tetanus and hydrophobia to diseases of the nervous system, petit mal, the congenital or mild form occurring in childhood, grand mal, the inherited and acquired, the result of traumatism and developed during some period of adult life. Both present the characteristic features of the malady, viz., irregular action of muscles usually obedient to volition, curtly defined by Cullen, " musculorum convulsio cum sopore ." According to the theory of Dr. Carpenter, "Principles of Human Physiology," "the sensory ganglia are the primary seat of that combination of sensibility with spasmodic movements which constitutes epilepsy." The cerebrum also is implicated as occurs by the loss of consciousness preceded by confusion of intellect, impairment of memory and loss of will power over the mental faculties, followed by convulsions and maniacal excitement. There is a marked periodicity, this author adds, in the recurrence of the symptoms. Dr. Todd,


Cyrtocarpa kruseana, from the Mexican states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco and Nayarit, is described as new and illustrated. This species is similar to Cyrtocarpa velutinifolia from South America on account of the inflorecense size and position, and it differs from the Mexican species especially in the size of the fruit, size and position of the inflorescence, and phenology.


Constraint networks are a major approach to knowledge representation in Concurrent Engineering (CE) systems. The networks model various factors in CE as constraints linked by shared variables. Many systems have been developed to assist constraint network processing. While these systems can be useful, their underlying assumption that a solution must simultaneously satisfy all the constraints is often unrealistic and hard to achieve. Proposed in this paper is a hierarchical representation of constraint networks using priorities, namely Prioritized Constraint Network (PCN). A mechanism to propagate priorities is developed, and a new satisfiability definition taking into account the priorities is described. Strength of constraint supporters can be derived from the propagated priorities. Several properties useful for investigating PCN's and finding effective solving strategies ore developed.


Sample analysis data from the 222-S Laboratory are reported. The data are for liquid samples taken from spent fuel storage canisters in the 105 K West Basin during March 1995. An analysis and data report from the Special Analytical Studies group of Westinghouse Hanford Company regarding these samples is also included. Data analysis is not included herein.


Aim : To study fundus oculi changes in cases of Chronic Kidney disease. Materials and Methods : This is a Prospective Observational study conducted at the department of Ophthalmology of Gandhi Medical college/Gandhi Hospital during June 2015 to May 2016. 50 patients of Chronic Kidney disease(CKD) referred to the department of Ophthalmology for fundus examination were included in the study. Patient who were not willing to be part of study were excluded. All patients were examined by an experienced Ophthalmologist using Snellen's chart, Slit lamp, Direct and Indirect Ophthalmoscope. Result: Of 50 patients included 27 were males, 23 females. Age group varied from 18 years to 80 years. Etiology of CKD includes, 16 Diabetic Nephropathy , 9 Pyelonephritis , 1 Pregnancy induced Hypertension , 24 Primary Hypertension . 5 patients had Proliferative diabetic Retinopathy, 15 had Mixed picture of Diabetic Retinopathy and Hypertensive Retinopathy. 25 patient had Grade III to grade IV Hypertensive Retinopathy. 5 patients had no significant fundus changes.


Abstract Wild fruits are essential genetic resources for fruit breeding and have either been domesticated or used to introgress disease resistance and tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress. Numerous studies have previously described the health benefits of wild berry fruits and reported their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and anticancer activity. Turkey has a rich plant biodiversity thanks to its geographic location and encirclement by three seas, leading to a wide variety of climates. The great ecological diversity of the wild berry species in Turkey is a significant bio-gene pool that is vital to human life and can serve as a source of agricultural development in the future. This review aims to introduce some of the wild edible berry species naturally occurring in Turkey such as Morus spp., Hippophae rhamnoides L., Viburnum opulus L., Rubus idaeus L., Rubus fruticosus L., Sambucus nigra L., Vaccinium spp., Arbutus unedo L., Ribes spp., and Fragaria vesca L., and describe their distribution, uses, and fruit characteristics. Conservation of these wild fruit genetic resources is necessary for use in breeding for novel traits.


Existing metrics for dynamic optimisation are designed primarily to rate an algorithm's overall performance. These metrics show whether one algorithm is better than another, but do not indicate any specific aspects of the performance. In this paper we split the offline error metric into two component parts. We propose a new metric to measure convergence speed, and show how this, when combined with a population diversity metric, correlates strongly with the overall performance.
 We then use these metrics to analyse several optimisation algorithms, yielding new insight into both the test function and how the algorithms' characteristics can be improved.


Inserted within the horizon of a kenotic reading of the Incarnation, this reflection, made from the viewpoint of narrative theology, has as its theme the correlation between the self-humiliation and the obedience exercised by Jesus Christ, making insistence on two nodal points: self-humiliation is expressed in and through obedience; and it reaches its culminating point in the passion, whose acceptance represents the act of supreme obedience performed by Jesus, the Messiah «humble of heart», who has always behaved as the Servant - Submissive and Obedient to the Father, above all in the hour of «trial». In the context of this treatise reference is made also to the soteriological aspect: inscribed in the confrontation between the pride of man, originating in the sin of disobedience, the above-mentioned aspect points out ultimately the salvific value inherent to obedience.


Sparse multinomial logistic regression (SMLR) is widely used in image classification and text classification due to its feature selection and probabilistic output. However, the traditional SMLR algorithm cannot satisfy the memory and time needs of big data, which makes it necessary to propose a new distributed solution algorithm. The existing distributed SMLR algorithm has some shortcomings in network strategy and cannot make full use of the computing resources of the current high‐performance cluster. Therefore, we propose communication‐efficient sparse multinomial logistic regression (CESMLR), which adopts the efficient network strategy of each node to solve the SMLR subproblem and achieve a large number of data partitions, taking full advantage of the computing resources of the cluster to achieve an efficient SMLR solution. The big data experimental results show that the performance of our algorithm exceeds those of state‐of‐the‐art algorithms. CESMLR is suitable for processing tasks with high‐dimensional features and consumes less running time while maintaining high classification accuracy.


3 Abstract: The study was conducted in Chilga district of North Gondar Zone of the Amhara National Regional State to identify the major browse species, their importance as feed for livestock and their potential estimated biomass yield, their chemical composition, in vitro digestibility and in sacco degradability of the major browse species. During the study period 20 browse species were identified; - out of which twelve were selected based on their abundance in the district, preference by livestock, ease of browsing and additional uses other than livestock feed. According to the respondents, nearly all the domesticated ruminants in the survey area consumed browse species. Browses were utilized in both wet and dry seasons. Some browse species shed leaves early, while others retained leaves late into the dry season. Leaves, pods, twigs and flowers were the plant parts utilized by livestock. However, leaves were the most preferred part. The browse species were found on grazing land, crop land, in home compounds or grown as boundary plant species between farm lands. The farmers did not give great attention to the fodder value of the browse species and so do not manage them well. Significant difference (P<0.05) in potential biomass yield was observed among browse species. There is a wide variation in CP, NDF, ADF, ADL and ash contents. The IVDMD value varied ranging from 21.16 to71.07. There was a significant difference (P< 0.05) in DM and CP in sacco degradability among browse species. The result showed that there was relatively better digestibility and CP composition in browse species such as Helinus mystacium, Blecarcites aegyptica and Ficus thonningii, implying that, these browse species could be used to improve animal performance through improving the nutritive value of low quality feed resources.


The complexes of tetradentate macrocyclic Schiff base ligands L' and L with tin(ll) and lead(II) metals have been synthesized by the template condensation of l,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxaldehyde, 1,2dibromoethane and 2,3-diamino-l,4-napththoquinone or Phenylhydrazine in ethanolic medium. The complexes were characterized by physico-chemical and spectroscopic methods. An octahedral geometry has been suggested for the resulting complexes. In order to evaluate the antifungal and antibacterial activity, the complexes have been screened against a number of pathogenic fungi such as Fusarium oxysporium, Aspergillus niger and Alternaria alternata and bacteria such as Pseudomonas cepacicola, Escherichia coli (-) and Staphylococcus aureus. The results are compared with the activity of the standard pesticides Davistin and Streptomycin. The sterilizing power on male albino rats has been listed and discussed with the positive findings. INTRODUCTION The fast moving and expanding development in the chemistry of coordination compounds as outlined by individual scientific backgrounds, individual interest and personal idiosyncrasies has been released due to their applicability in diverse areas of current interest mainly in agriculture and medicine /I-5/. Recently, it has been shown that the involvement of the periodic elements with organic moieties having nitrogen and sulphur atoms 16,11 plays a crucial role in designing a potential molecule of specific use. The field of macrocyclic chemistry of the metals is developing very fast because of its variety of applications /8/ and importance in the areas of coordination chemistry 191. There has been a spectacular growth in the interest in metal complexes with the tetraazamacrocyclic ligands followed by an extensive work on the metal controlled template synthesis of the macrocyclic species /10-121. The development in the field of bioinorganic chemistry has been the other important factor in spurring the growth interest in the complexes of the macrocyclic ligands /13/. Macrocyclic ligand systems often exhibit unusual properties and sometimes mimic * Author for correspondence : Professor R.V. Singh, Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan. Jaipur 302 004, India. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com ; Fax : +91 -141 -2708621


This paper is aimed to find out the main reason of late accumulation of Kunbei area in Qaidam Basin using geochemistry and seismic data and to provide scientific evidence to the potential petroleum exploration in this area. Reservoirs in Kunbei fault terrace zone originate from petreoleum generated by source rocks of E32 in Zhahaquan depression after N23(about 5.2Ma), which means a charcteristic of hysteretic hydrocarbon generation. Brine inclusions shows two hydrocarbon charging periods.The first charging most likely happens at N1 and the second begins at N21,continuing to Q.Two deformaton stages exist in the study area due to the Tibet Plateau uplifting. The accumulations of first stage have been damaged after Middle N1. The reservoirs of Kunbei zone at present are almost orignated from E32 in depression. Above all,the primary cause of late accumulation is due to long-distance effects of the Tibet Plateau uplifting.


Optical properties including radiative quantum efficiencies, cross-relaxation coefficients, refractive index, energy-gap law parameters, and maximum phonon energy are presented for a new low-phonon-frequency, nonhygroscopic host crystal potassium lead chloride (KPb2Cl5) doped with Dy3+ and Nd3+. Assuming that the total decay rate (W) from each level is composed of radiative (Arad), multiphonon (WMP), and concentration-dependent cross-relaxation (Wc) rates (W=Arad+WMP+Wc), we determined radiative quantum efficiencies (ηrad=Arad/W) from emission data for five samples of various Dy3+ concentrations (N0). These results were compared with values calculated from a Judd–Ofelt analysis of the absorption spectrum. This technique required identification of cross-relaxation pathways. A cross-relaxation coefficient k=1.83×10-37 cm6 s-1 (where Wc=kN02) was measured for the Dy3+ 6H9/2+6F11/2 level. The measured multiphonon decay rates yielded energy-gap law (WMP[ΔE]≈B exp[-βΔE]) parameters B=3.72×109 s-1 and β=1.16×10-2 cm, indicating that laser action should be possible to near 9 µm (ΔE=1100 cm-1) in this laser host at room temperature.


I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Melinda Moore Davis entitled "Social Foundations in Teacher Preparation Programs in the United States: Changes in Roles and Responsibilities from the 1970s to the present." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Education.


Author(s): Balousek, Matthew | Advisor(s): Hunicke, Robin | Abstract: The aim of this project is the development of a new approach to queer formalism in games.To paraphrase Bertolt Brecht, unpolitical art is only that which espouses accepted ideologies. Art which aims to challenge these ideologies risks dismissal from audiences who regard it as political. There is a potential remedy in formalism. Formalist art communicates ideology foremost through the formal elements of a medium. For games, these formal elements include data and procedure. Formalism brings obfuscation, as understanding data and procedure requires extended interaction. Because of this, formalist games can function as ideological Trojan Horses. But this advantage is also a flaw, as the Greeks inside must wait for the audience to open the horse's door. If this never happens, the work fails as a piece of rhetoric. Queer formalist games, for example, risk being misread as participating in heteronormativity.Two things are proposed. The first is a framework for understanding ideology in art. Ideology can inscribed through formalism, as well as represented through imaging. These are orthogonal approaches. Failing both, it is absent; succeeding both, it is present.The second proposal is an approach to queer formalism in games called Opening the Horse. This approach seeks to maintain the qualities of formalist work while mitigating misreadings. A game enacting this method at first only inscribes ideology, adding representation at a later stage of interaction. This collapses the distance of metaphor as a kind of failsafe to make clear what the game is speaking to. A series of tabletop games created by the author serve to illustrate this design approach.


All companies are challenged to match supply and demand, and the way the companytackles this challenge has a tremendous impact on its profitability. Due to the fact that markets are rapidlyevolving and becoming more complex, flexible, and information-intensive, notorious binging-andpurgingapproach is inappropriate. Scuh an approach, in which product is, firstly, overpurchased or overproducedin order to prepare for expected demand spikes and then discarded by sharp decline in price.Thus, in order to tailor inventory control to urgent industrial needs, the discrete-event simulation modelis proposed. The model is stochastic and operates with multiple products under constrained total inventorycapacity. Besides that, the model under consideration is distinguished by uncertain replenishmentlags and lost-sales. The paper contains both mathematical description and algorithmic implementation.Besides that, an optimization framework based on genetic algorithm is proposed for deriving an optimalcontrol policy. The proposed approach contributes to the field of industrial engineering by providing asimple and flexible way to compute nearly-optimal inventory control parameters.


Objective To observe protective effects of parthenolide( PTN) in rats with doxorubicin-induced nephropathy and its mechanims.Methods 48 male rats were randomly divided into six groups: blank group,model group,vehicle group,and parthenolide-treated group( 1. 5,3,6mg / kg). The models of doxorubicin-induced nephropathy were established by tail vein injection of 5 mg / kg doxorubicin for one time. After consecutive treatment of PTN for seven days,the BUN and Cr in serum,and nitricoxide( NO),malondialdehyde( MDA),nitricoxidesynthase( NOS),glutathione peroxidase( GSH),superoxide dismutase( SOD) in renal tissues were detected. The pathological changes of renal tissue was observed by HE method.Results There was significant pathological changes of renal tissue in model group,that showed basophilic change,interstitial inflammatory hyperplasia and inflammatory infiltratio,after PTN 6 mg / kg treatment,the above changes significant improved. The serum BUN and Cr levels in PTN 1. 5 mg / kg,PTN 3 mg / kg and PTN 6 mg / kg group were lower than those in model group( P 0. 05); there were no significant differences of above indexes between PTN 3 mg / kg,PTN 6 mg / kg group and blank gorup. Compared with model group,the SOD and GSH activity were higher and MDA level was lower in three different dosage of PTN groups( P 0. 05); there were no significant differences of SOD activity between PTN 3 mg / kg,PTN 6 mg / kg group and blank gorup; there were no significant differences of GSH activity and MDA level between PTN 6 mg / kg group and blank gorup. The NO level and NOS activity in three different dosage of PTN groups were higher( P 0. 05); there were no significant differences of NO level and NOS activity between PTN6 mg / kg group and blank gorup. Conclusion Parthenolide has protective effects on doxorubicin-induced nephropathy,and its mechanism might be antioxidative effects.


The aim of this thesis is to provide new empirical knowledge about rapid-growth firms. Rapid-growth firms are defined as active firms with a growth in sales of at least 100 percent over a 4-year period, a turnover of at least NOK 1 million in the initial year, a positive operating profit over these years, and no negative growth of income in any year in the period. Even though rapid-growth firms are recognized as central actors in creating employment and growth and in restructuring industries, we have almost no systematic knowledge of these firms in the Norwegian context. By reviewing the research in this field and conducting my own research, this thesis will contribute to improving the theoretical understanding of organizational growth. The present study consists of a literature review and three empirical articles. The aim of the review is to 1) identify which firms grow and the main factors underlying growth, 2) review the empirical studies of rapid-growth firms and their theoretical bases, 3) discuss the empirical and theoretical contributions of prior research, 4) address challenges and gaps in the literature, and 5) suggest how to respond to these challenges. The review identifies three main questions which will be analyzed in three research papers. Firstly, I identify a lack of systematic knowledge of the external dynamics of growth and the internal performance and characteristics of rapid-growth firms compared to the rest of the population of firms. The main question investigated in article 1 is: How is the industrial and regional distribution of Norwegian rapid-growth firms, their economic performance compared to the rest of the population of firms, general economic growth, and new firm formation? Secondly, there is a lack of knowledge about where rapid-growth firms acquire knowledge and information and which and how firm capabilities facilitate the acquisition of knowledge from external sources. The main question in article 2 is: Which rapid-growth firms acquire information and knowledge from different external sources and which firm-based resources and capabilities are important for accessing this information and knowledge? Thirdly, I identify a need for more research investigating the challenges and consequences for growth and which resources and capabilities developed during firms' growth are important for future development. The main question in article 3 is: How can resources and capabilities developed during a period of rapid growth explain the firms' later development, especially during a macroeconomic decline?


Amylin receptors (AMYRs) are heterodimers of the calcitonin (CT) receptor (CTR) and one of three receptor activity–modifying proteins (RAMPs), AMY1R, AMY2R, and AMY3R. Selective AMYR agonists and dual AMYR/CTR agonists are being developed as obesity treatments; however, the molecular basis for peptide binding and selectivity is unknown. We determined the structure and dynamics of active AMYRs with amylin, AMY1R with salmon CT (sCT), AMY2R with sCT or human CT (hCT), and CTR with amylin, sCT, or hCT. The conformation of amylin-bound complexes was similar for all AMYRs, constrained by the RAMP, and an ordered midpeptide motif that we call the bypass motif. The CT-bound AMYR complexes were distinct, overlapping the CT-bound CTR complexes. Our findings indicate that activation of AMYRs by CT-based peptides is distinct from their activation by amylin-based peptides. This has important implications for the development of AMYR therapeutics. Description Complex responses of an obesity target Amylin receptors (AMYRs), which respond to the peptide hormones amylin and calcitonin, are targets for treating obesity and metabolic disorders. They are heterodimers comprising the calcitonin receptor, which is a G protein–coupled receptor, and one of three receptor-modifying proteins. An impediment to functional studies is that it is difficult to separate AMYR phenotypes from calcitonin receptor phenotypes. Cao et al. present six cryo–electron microscopy structures of active AMYRs bound to amylin or calcitonin. The structures reveal that the two peptide hormones activate AMYRs by distinct mechanisms. The structural and mechanistic insights will be valuable in designing both specific agonists and agonists with dual action. —VV There are distinct modes of activation of an obesity target, the amylin receptor, by calcitonin and amylin peptide agonists. INTRODUCTION Amylin receptors (AMYRs) are heterodimers of the calcitonin (CT) receptor (CTR) and one of three receptor activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs), AMY1R, AMY2R, and AMY3R. AMYRs have emerged as important potential disease targets, and selective AMYR agonists and dual AMYR/CTR agonists (DACRAs) are being developed as obesity treatments. However, it is unclear whether DACRAs based on amylin-template peptides versus calcitonin-template peptides activate target receptors by similar or distinct molecular mechanisms. Understanding the structural basis for the binding and selectivity of peptides to CTRs and AMYRs is important for future drug discovery and development. RATIONALE Currently, no structural information exists on any of the AMYRs. To address this gap, we applied cryo–electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine structures of AMY1R, AMY2R, AMY3R bound to rat amylin (rAmy), AMY1R and AMY2R bound to salmon CT (sCT), AMY2R with human CT (hCT), and the CTR bound to rAmy, hCT, or sCT, all in complex with Gs. RESULTS Purified samples for each complex were vitrified and imaged by cryo-EM to yield consensus maps at gold standard Fourier shell correlation 0.143 of 2.2 Å (rAmy-AMY1R), 2.6 Å (rAmy-AMY2R), 2.4 Å (rAmy-AMY3R), 3.0 Å (sCT-AMY1R), 3.0 Å (sCT-AMY2R), 3.3 Å (hCT-AMY2R), 3.3 Å (rAmy-CTR), 2.6 Å (sCT-CTR), or 2.7 Å (hCT-CTR). The CT-CTR co-complexes had similar backbone conformations, and, similarly, the rAmy-bound AMY1R, AMY2R, and AMY3R complex structures exhibited almost identical backbone conformations. However, the ECD of the CTR subunit in rAmy-bound AMYRs undergoes an ~12-Å rigid-body translation relative to CT-CTR complexes. Although there was a high degree of overlap in the location of the N-terminal loop and midregion helical extension of both rAmy and CT peptides within the transmembrane domain (TMD), the peptides diverge as they exit the receptor core. The CT peptides have an unstructured C-terminal region that extends in the same vertical plane as the helix. By contrast, the α-helix of the rAmy peptide terminates half a turn earlier, extending in the plane of the membrane toward the top of the transmembrane helix 1 (TM1) (bypass motif) before forming a tight turn that extends to interact with the ECD. In the sCT-AMY1R and sCT- or hCT-bound AMY2R complexes, the backbone structure and orientation of the CTR protomer, including the ECD, and CT peptides were effectively equivalent to those in the CT-CTR complexes, with a consequent reorientation of the RAMP ECD compared with rAmy occupied receptors. RAMP2 has a weaker TMD interface than the other two RAMPs, and this becomes destabilized, allowing repositioning of the RAMP ECD in CT-bound complexes. By contrast, the tighter TMD interface for RAMP1 and CTR leads to only partial disengagement of the top of the RAMP TMD helix with greater mobility of the RAMP ECD to accommodate the position of the CTR ECD. The tighter TMD constraint for this RAMP likely contributes to lower potency of hCT at AMY1R and AMY3R. The rAmy-bound CTR complex could be resolved into two major classes, CT-like and rAmy bypass-like, differing in the ECD orientations and peptide conformations. CONCLUSION Our data provide details of the molecular basis for activation of AMYRs and reveal that CT peptides activate AMYRs by distinct mechanisms compared with activation by Amy peptides. Our work provides a template for the future development of selective and nonselective agonists of CT and AMY receptors. CT and Amy peptides have distinct modes of amylin receptor activation. Left: overlay of the rAmy-AMY1R, rAmy -AMY2R, and rAmy-AMY3R complexes. rAmy, gold; CTR, blue; RAMP1 purple; RAMP2, green; RAMP3, orange. Right: overlay of the sCT (cyan)-CTR (yellow) and sCT (green)-AMY2R (CTR, grey; RAMP2, dark pink) complexes. Amylin peptides display a midregion "bypass" motif (black dashed oval) that reorients the extracellular domains of CTR and RAMP relative to CT-bound receptor (red dashed rectangle).


A two-way T-shaped bolt has been invented,which was characterized by flexibility,convenience and effectiveness in dam repair while the dam is in working.


Visual acuity is better for vertical and horizontal compared to other orientations. This cross-species phenomenon is often explained by "efficient coding", whereby more neurons show sharper tuning for the orientations most common in natural vision. However, it is unclear if experience alone can account for such biases. Here, we measured orientation representations in a convolutional neural network, VGG-16, trained on modified versions of ImageNet (rotated by 0°, 22.5°, or 45° counter-clockwise of upright). Discriminability for each model was highest near the orientations that were most common in the network's training set. Furthermore, there was an over-representation of narrowly tuned units selective for the most common orientations. These effects emerged in middle layers and increased with depth in the network. Our results suggest that biased orientation representations can emerge through experience with a non-uniform distribution of orientations, supporting the efficient coding hypothesis. Author Summary Observers tend to have more precise vision for items that are oriented vertically or horizontally compared to items oriented diagonally. This perceptual bias may be an adaptation to the statistics of the visual environment, where items such as trees, buildings, and the horizon naturally create horizontal and vertical edges. Here, we tested this hypothesis by taking a popular computational model of the visual system (a convolutional neural network, or CNN), and training it to perform object recognition on images that were either upright or rotated. Measuring orientation representations in the trained model revealed that orientation discriminability was highest near whichever orientations were most common in the training image set, and more neural network units showed a preference for those orientations. These results support the hypothesis that orientation biases reflect an adaptation to environmental statistics.


For the past several years Berlin and its visitors have been able to marvel at the changes taking place on one of the biggest inner-city transport construction sites in Europe. On a site measuring approximately 185,000 square meters, the principal transport node of Berlin -the new Berlin Main Station, is taking on form. It will come into service on the 27th/28th May 2006 when an exceptional modification to the timetables will take place. The article explains the unique engineering qualities of this remarkable structure to the reader. It describes the technical challenges which the engineers and construction site workers have been confronting since 1998 in order to erect this,,cathedral of railway transport" on the difficult terrain of the German capital. It began with excavations the size of football fields and underwater concreting requiring thousands of tons of cement, all in the immediate vicinity of the River Spree, which for the North/South connection had to be diverted from its original course. All the stages up to the spectacular positioning of the arched structures in the summer of 2005 are described.


Letter and court document. The letter is from Carlos A. Colonnese, Fiscal Federal Subrogante, to Dr. Jose Hector Perez, and is dated April 6, 2011. The court document is the Resolution rendered in the case number 318/08. The court that rendered the resolution is the "Juzgado Federal No. 2" (Federal Court #2) in the Province of Jujuy.


Education is seen as a key to open up avenues of economic opportunities individual freedom and thereby enhancing the quality of life of individuals. Selective distribution of such a social opportunity in exclusionary form for a mass of population diverting resources only for a handful of powerful systematically pushes the whole society in the web of backwardness marginalization and deprivation. Because of traditional relegation and present practices of exclusionary resource allocation in education within household societal and state level a large chunk of population is still out of reach of educational opportunities. Such exclusion is seen quite severe for the case of female population in general and girl child in particular. For each sub-group of population either by residential or by caste/ethnic or religious characteristics degree of marginalization or exclusion from the right to education of girl child or female population is quite high. However on the whole the Nepali population is deprived of educational capability. (authors)


Introduced in this paper are the development of foreign clinical medical librarian program and the services it provides from its objective,service methods and evaluation,as well as the role of clinical medical librarians,the emergence of information specialist concept,and the services provided by information specialists in National Institute of Health of United States.Discussed are the necessity of providing services by medical subject librarians and the 5 roles they should play in such services.


BACKGROUND: Research related to the impact of multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) infection on clinical outcomes in burns is still limited. AIM: This study evaluated the effect of MDRO infection on morbidity and mortality of burn patients. METHODS: A single-center retrospective cohort study was conducted on burn patients admitted to the burn unit of Sanglah General Hospital, Bali, between 2018 and 2020. MDRO patients were described as those who had at least one positive MDRO culture. All other patients were included in the non-MDRO group. Measurement and analysis included mortality and five indicators of morbidity: length of stay, duration of antibiotic therapy, sepsis, pneumonia, and acute kidney injury (AKI). RESULTS: Significant associations of MDRO infection were found for duration of antibiotic therapy (0 vs. 7 days), sepsis (odds ratio [OR] 13.90 [95% Confidence interval (CI) 95% 2.88–67.10]), pneumonia (OR 12,67 [95% CI 3.26– 49.23]), and mortality (OR 9.75 [95% CI 2.00–47.50]). No significant association was found for the length of stay and the incidence of AKI. Multivariate analysis found that MDRO infection increased risk of sepsis (OR 36.53 [95% CI 2.05–652.45], pneumonia (OR 10.75 [95% CI 1.87–61.86]) and mortality (OR 57.09 [95% CI 1.41–2318.87]). Multivariate analysis of MDRO infection with duration of antibiotic therapy found no independent variables that were significantly related. CONCLUSION: These research findings suggest that MDRO infections are associated with increasing length of antibiotic treatment, sepsis, pneumonia, and mortality in burn patients. Edited by: Slavica Hristomanova-Mitkovska Citation: Samsarga GW, Adnyana IMS, Budayanti NNS, Sanjaya IGPH, Hamid ARRH, Darmajaya IM, Purwanthi IGAP. The Impact of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Infection on Outcomes in Burn Injury Patients at Sanglah General Hospital, Bali. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2021 Jun 25; 9(A):463-467. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.6523


The two collections of essays reviewed here had their origin in the parallel processes of enlargement of the European Union and the Council of Europe which took place following the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. They track the contribution of religion to European political integration from different angles: while the 11 contributors to Religion in an Expanding Europe are mostly academics based in the United States (the volume had its origins in a seminar at Cornell University in 2003), the chapters in A Theology for Europe are by 15 Europe-based contributors with diverse backgrounds – clerics, laymen, officials of European institutions, members of church organisations engaged in dialogue with the institutions, and academics. The historical and geographic scope of Religion in an Expanding Europe is wide: it analyses the role of religious ideas and organisations – Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Islam – in the development of European transnational politics, mainly in the last two decades but also in a longer historical perspective. Observing Europe from the other side of the Atlantic, and not directly engaged in the dialogue, the authors are perhaps more objective in their approach; but while the book is academic in nature, it often passes judgement – sometimes critically – on the conduct of the religious actors; it is particularly severe in its comments on the nationalism of the Orthodox churches and their hostility to other faiths. The approach of A Theology for Europe is more direct and 'hands-on': many of the contributors have been actively engaged in the dialogue between Christian churches and European institutions, and recount their own experiences. Although most of them are practitioners – personally committed in the life of the Church or in the European project – they are not uncritical, expressing frustration sometimes with the behaviour of the European institutions and of the churches themselves, including the difficulty of presenting a common position at the European level as a result of the separate organisation of the Protestant EECS (European Ecumenical Commission for Church and Society) and the Catholic COMECE (Commission of Bishops' Conferences of the European Community). While the Council of Europe was always open to dialogue with the churches, it was only in the 1990s that the European Union, and particularly the European Commission, began to encourage them to express their views. Then came the Convention on the Future of Europe with its discussion of the inclusion in the EU Constitution of a reference to religion or to God (the invocatio Dei) which finally was left out of the Treaty signed in 2004. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church Vol. 9, No. 3, August 2009, 255–263


The very remarkable composition and properties of that class of substances comprehending kakodyl and zinc-ethyl, have justly attached no ordinary degree of interest to the so-called organo-metallic compounds. Influenced by that interest, I was led to inquire whether the series might not include members into whose composition the alkali-metals entered. It was a question whether combination between so powerfully electro-positive a body as potassium or sodium on the one hand, and a hydrocarbon radical on the other, did not involve impossible conditions. It seemed that the answer to this query would not be valueless as a contribution to the store of facts out of which we may hope some day to evoke the conditions of chemical combination.


The aim of this study is to assess the course and management of poorly differentiated bladder urothelial carcinoma (UC), including plasmacytoid UC (PUC), in our local area. Although bladder cancer is relatively common, PUC is a rare and aggressive subtype with a poor prognosis that is still poorly understood.


ation for the origin of the inner ear disease, the cochlea response, physiology of hearing mechanism and to aid the pharmacological treatment of the inner ear deafness, the oxygen consumption of the stria vascularis and the spiral ligament was studied. The function of the stria vrscularis and the spiral ligament was also studied by electron microscopy. Healthy adult guinea pigs were used in the series of the experiments. Results obtained were as follows: 1. First of all by use of the cartesian diver manometry the oxgen consumtion of the stria vascularis with the spiral ligament and the effect of Krebs Ringer Phosphate selution, glucose, amino


With the development of new media, great changes are taking place in the way people get information. The change is the use of video content that can deliver content in a more three-dimensional way than words or photos. After 2016, the number of live video streaming content providers and users has increased. In this paper the write takes the 1 personal live video streaming content as the research object. And the write takes live video streaming content on YouTube live or Douyu TV as a research example. In this paper, the writer analyzes the digital information content in the live video streaming case. And the writer expounds the necessity of these visual information and the characteristics of real-time live video streaming content. Especially since 2020, because of the influence of the COVID-19, the live video streaming industry has begun to combine with the traditional industry. It is expected that the integration of digital cutting-edge technology and live video streaming will not only provide diversity in the content, but also create more social value for the video content consumption culture. Therefore, The writer thinks it is necessary to conduct in-depth research on the social responsibility of real-time live content in the future.


Photocatalytic activity of titania nanotube coatings (TNT) enriched with nanohydroxyapatite (HA) has been studied on the basis of UV-induced degradation of methylene blue (water-soluble pollutant pattern)...


The dynamic transconductance method is generalized for depletion-mode transistors (DMTs) and used to characterize the interface trapping properties and film doping on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) structures. This method is based on an analytical model of the transconductance for static, dynamic, and high-frequency operation in the linear region.<<ETX>>


Metal nanoparticles have unique chemical, physical, electrical, and optical properties that make them attractive for a wide range of applications in sensing, anti-fouling surfaces, medicine, and conductive inks. Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid (PLAL) is a green method of nanoparticle colloid production, capable of producing ligand-free nanoparticles in solution without the need for hazardous, environmentally unfriendly chemicals. Control of the process parameters can give control over the resulting colloid properties such as particle size distribution. In this work, silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) with average particle size from 2.04 to 19.3 nm and copper (Cu) NPs with average particle size from 40 to 85.9 nm were produced by PLAL) technique.


The present invention discloses a method and device for designing synchronization access sequences, and the method includes: configuring the bandwidth of the master synchronization channel in the variable-bandwidth Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system as fixed bandwidth; performing "tone dropping" to the regular bandwidth occupied by the slave synchronization channel or the system resource block of the regular bandwidth system to obtain the irregular bandwidth; utilizing different sequences of the master synchronization channel to carry the information of the irregular bandwidth on the configured bandwidth of the master synchronization channel. The present invention satisfies the synchronization demand of the system.


Toroidal nanostructures are of growing importance due to their unique geometry and potential utility in materials fabrication. Although a variety of amphiphilic block copolymers has been shown to self-assemble into toroidal micelles, the conventional methods used are often very slow with little control over the size of the resulting nanostructures. Here, we report a rapid and efficient synthetic route to prepare toroidal micelles of near uniform diameter through the cooperative coassembly of amorphous blends of polyferrocenylsilane block copolymer and homopolymer, where the degree of polymerization of the core-forming metalloblock in the former is greater than for the latter. The self-assembly process is accomplished within a few minutes, and the ring size of the toroids can be varied between 30 and 90 nm by adjusting the mass ratio of the block copolymer and homopolymer. The kinetic stability of the resulting toroidal micelles can be enhanced by frustrating core crystallization through solvent modulation...


Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths and has the highest mortality rate among gynecologic cancers in women in North America and Europe.The aim of this study wasto analyze the correlation between E-cadherin expression and clinical and pathohistological features and overall survival in advanced-stage serous ovarian carcinoma. Methods. The expression of E-cadherin was examined immunohistochemically in deparaffinized and rehydrated tissue samples from 36 patients with advanced- stage serous ovarian cancer, in whom surgery was first choice of treatment. All patients completed their chemotherapy treatment. Stage of the disease according to International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO),  tumour  differentiation, number of mitoses on 10 high-power magnification fields (HPF), the size of the residual tumour, and lymphovascular invasion were included as clinicopathological characteristics. Included were only patients with serous ovarian cancer FIGO stages  III–IV. We determined the Overall survival (OS) as the time from surgery to the last follow-up date. The analyzed histological samples were retrieved from the files of the Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty-Skopje from 2010 to 2013. We examined OS by using Kaplan–Meier method and log-rank test to assess the differences between the two E-cadherin groups, positive and negative. Multivariate analyses were done with the Cox's model.Results. Statistical analysis found that E-cadherin immunoreactivity wasnot in correlation with FIGO stage, tumor grade, residual tumor volume and vascular invasion. Negative E-cadherin expression predicts shorter OS (p 1 cm after primary cytoreductive surgery (p<0.001) are predictors of shorter OS. Conclusion. Negative E-cadherin expression seems to predict unfavorable clinical outcome in patients with advanced serous ovarian cancer as well as higher FIGO stage and residual tumor volume after primary surgery. Negative E-cadherin expression emerges as a significant independent predictor for poorer OS. In conclusion, the analysis have revealed that E-cadherin has prognostic value as a marker.


[Objective]To investigate the expression of p38 and inflammatory factor after sleep deprivation in rats.[Methods]Forty Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomly divided into 4 groups,including normal controls(NC),large platforms group(LD),small platforms group(SD)and inhibitor group(SB). There were 10 rats in each group. The expression of p38 MAPK and IL-1β was examined using immunohistochemical staining. The recognition function was detected by morris water maze.[Results]Compared with the NC and LD groups,the p38 and IL-1 of the LD group was significantly increased(P﹤0.05),while significantly decreased in the SB group(P﹤0.05). The recognition function of SB group was significantly lower than that of NC and LD groups(P﹤0.05),and showed significantly improved in SB group(P﹤0.05).[Conclusion]The activation of p38 signal transferring pathway may induce sleep deprivation via apoptosis. Furthermore,this effect can have influence on the recognition function of rats.


The Hierarchy of Fractional Quantum Hall (FQH) states have been studied here in the framework of chiral anomaly and Berry Phase. It is shown that the unambiguously observed FQH states with filling factor ν=p/q with p even or odd and q an odd integer can be considered from the viewpoint that the Berry phase associated with even number of vortices can be removed to the dynamical phase and the corresponding fermionic state attains a higher Landau level. This also leads to the fact that FQH states with even denominator filling factor can arise when we have pairs of degenerate electrons giving rise to the non-Abelian Berry phase which suggests that these FQH states correspond to non-Abelian Hall fluid. In this framework Integer Quantum Hall Effect (IQHE) as well as Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (FQHE) with filling factor ν=p/q with q odd or even can be studied in a unified way.


On the basis of computer model of energy transfer in photosynthetic unit and locating the excitation energy on the reaction center new laser methods of estimation of chlorophyll concentration in photosynthetic organisms and their pigments have been developed.


To propose new mathematical formulae to estimate fetal long bone biometry in early pregnancy and to establish their efficacy in comparison to previously constructed mathematical formulae.


Aiming at difficulty to control objects with oscillation and a large time delay in processing industry,a self-tuning PID controller based on frequency domain identification was designed.The controller adopts sub-optimal model order reducing algorithm to identify second-order plus pure time delay model,then according to giving phase and amplitude magins PID parameters are adjusted.By simulation experiment,for different controlled objects,self-adjusted PID parameters all can obtain relatively satisfied effects.


Students' understanding of foundational concepts in fundamental courses is important as it is a pre-requirement for proceeding to any advanced and specific courses in any degree programme. Despite high passing rates in most universities, students actually do not really have a good understanding of the course content, especially in fundamental courses. This paper aims to discuss how the pre-test of basic knowledge in mathematics and physics learnt during pre-university or matriculation level can be used to determine and predict student achievement in the fundamental courses of the two subjects. The pre-test questions were distributed to the first-year students at the beginning of semester one (1) of their study at the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. In this study, two fundamental courses were selected from firstand second-year programmes, namely, Static & Dynamic (KH 1044) and Fluid Mechanics (KH 2134), respectively. A total of 35 students from the test sample of 43 students successfully obtained the pre-test scores of over 40%, while only one student scored more than 80%. However, students who did well in the pre-test did not necessarily obtain good results in the final examination of both fundamental courses and vice versa. Therefore, necessary action or improvement to the teaching and learning process of the identified courses need to be taken to ensure that students have deep understanding of the subjects before they proceed to the advanced courses.


Medical physics experiment is an important basic course in medical colleges. Under the guidance of giving attention to both systematicness, integrality of physics experiment and pertinence of medical education at the same time, we reform the medical physics experiment system so that it may meet the requirement for training of medical personnel in the new century. Some new comprehensive medical physics experiments have been developed and some outmoded experiment contents have been eliminated in our college. A set of medical physics experiment system has been formed. A textbook《Medical physics experiment course》 has been published according to our reform practice.


L-Argininosuccinate arginine-lyase (EC 126.96.36.199) was extracted from the cotyledons of germinating pea seeds. The enzyme was purified approximately 20 times by isoelectric precipitation, followed by treatment with calcium phosphate gel and chromatography on carboxymethyl cellulose. The partially purified enzyme was shown to catalyze both the condensation of arginine and fumarate to give argininosuccinate and the cleavage of argininosuccinate to give arginine and fumarate. The enzyme displayed maximal activity at pH 7.9 and was relatively stable after storage at −20 °C for 12 months or after dialysis overnight at 2 °C. The Michaelis constants for argininosuccinate and arginine were found to be 2 × 10−4 M and 6.7 × 10−3 M respectively. Enzyme activity was partially inhibited by 10−4 M p-chloromercuribenzoate. It is concluded that this enzyme has importance in arginine biosynthesis in germinating pea cotyledons.


Robust detection of infrared (IR) tiny and dim targets in a single frame remains a hot and difficult problem in military fields. In this letter, we introduce a method for IR tiny and dim target detection based on a new weighted local contrast measure. Our method simultaneously exploits the local contrast of target, the consistency of image background, and the imaging characteristics of the background edges. The proposed method is simple to implement and computationally efficient. We compared our algorithm with six state-of-the-art methods on four real-world videos with different targets and backgrounds. Our method outperforms all the compared algorithms on the ground-truth evaluation with both higher detection rate and lower false alarm rate.


The 4-0, 5-1, and 7-2 bands of the A2Πi–X2Σ+ transition of the CN radical produced by the dissociative excitation reaction of BrCN with the microwave discharge flow of Ar were observed by laser induced fluorescence (LIF) spectroscopy. The intensity of the LIF spectrum of the individual transition was evaluated by a spectral simulation analysis, and converted to the absolute value by calibrating against Rayleigh scattering by Ar atoms. The effective lifetime of the A2Πi state was measured to be 2.2(5) µs. The absolute number density of the CN(X2Σ+) radicals in the observation region of LIF was evaluated to be 1.5(3)×1020 m-3. Based on this value, the pumping speed, and the amount of a-CNx:H film deposited, the sticking probability of the CN radicals onto the a-CNx:H films was estimated to be 0.01.


In a report released in October 2004, the Alberta Select Special Health Information Act Review Committee has recommended increasing the situations under which custodians of health information can release such information. If these recommendations become law, people living with HIV/AIDS would have less control over the disclosure of their health information, including their HIV status.


The antibacterial activities of flavonoids extracted from banana peels alone and their blends with propionic acid or tea polyphenols against common pollutant and pathogenic bacteria in foods were tested based on inhibition circle size and minimum inhibitory concentration(MIC).Meanwhile,the preservative effect of synergistic blends on selected foods was explored.The results showed that the inhibition circle diameter of the 1:0.25(V/V,similarly hereinafter) banana peel flavonoidspropionic acid blend against Candida albicans,presenting a 41.7 mg/mL MIC,was 7.2-fold higher than that of banana peel flavonoids alone,and also superior to sodium benzoate,suggesting a marked synergistic effect between banana peel flavonoids and propionic acid.The 1:1 banana peel flavonoids-propionic acid blend also demonstrated a synergistic inhibitory effect on Aspergillus flavus with a 10.4 mg/mL MIC.The 1:1 banana peel flavonoids-tea polyphenols blend had a better anti-Bacillus subtilis effect with a 7.8 mg/mL MIC than tea polyphenols alone and sodium benzoate.Therefore,banana peel flavonoids also have a synergistic effect with tea polyphenols.All the above blends revealed a better preservative effect on pineapple juice beverage,bread and fresh pork meat than sodium benzoate and calcium propionate at the same concentrations.


With the development of the high-power wind turbine systems, permanent-magnet synchronous generator with direct-drive configuration is attractive for high-power wind energy conversion systems. As one of the key technologies of wind energy conversion, control technology plays an important role in the performance of wind power systems. Due to its excellent dynamic performance and multi-objective control, model predictive control has become an alternative and promising method. However, the cumbersome process of tuning weighting factors is its main drawback. In this work, a new control structure, as socalled dynamic sequential model predictive control is proposed. It avoids using weighting factors and overcomes the drawbacks of sequential model predictive control. The proposed control strategies are validated and compared with the sequential model predictive control in Plecs simulation.


A new spatial information statistical method,Kriging with external drift(KED),which merges radar and rain gauge data to make quantitative precipitation estimation,is introduced and analyzed.The essential of merging radar and rain gauge data to estimate rainfall is to calibrate the radar with rain gauge data and syncretize the result of the rain gauge records into the radar detection while keeping the meso and small scale features of radar data.High accuracy,low tempo-spatial resolution rain gauge data is successfully combined with the low accuracy,high tempo-spatial resolution radar data using the KED interpolation.The covariance function is used to reflect the spatial variance structure,and the spatial continuity of data is fully considered.As the spatial structure of KED predicted rainfall field is obtained by using variogram,the estimation precision can be improved and the processing speed can be accelerated by making full use of the spatial relation among the data.The KED method is expected to advance operational quantitative precipitation estimation.Three methods,namely the radar-based precipitation estimation(RAD),the variation adjustment precipitation estimation(VAR),and the KED estimation,are compared with each other and verified against the rain gauge data for three representative rainfall cases in Hunan Province.The results show that the mean-square deviation,absolute error and relative error from RAD are bigger than those from VAR,and those of KED are the smallest.The results from KED agree well with the rain gauge data.Error frequency calculations for the three methods and the rain gauge data show that KED has the smallest average error and standard deviation,and the error distribution for KED is located near 0.Moreover,the skewness and kurtosis of KED are the best,while those of VAR take the second place and RAD performs the worst.The magnitude of the KED calibrated precipitation field is close to the rain gauge record,meanwhile the precipitation distribution pattern detected by radar was well retained.


With the complexity of traffic avement and the increase of vehicles, the traffic accidents of fatigue driving still account for a large proportion of the total traffic accidents. Drivers will wear glasses that meet their needs in order to reduce the incidence of accidents, but the occlusion of glasses and the changes and jitter of light during driving can significantly affect the accuracy of facial information detection. Aiming at the above problems, in order to extract the facial features accurately, an adaptive compensation infrared acquisition system is used, and a fatigue state detection model of parallel convolution neural network is proposed. Based on the different detection characteristics of the same image, the convolution neural network is used to automatically complete the feature learning, so as to obtain a more comprehensive description of the fatigue driving characteristics. The support vector machine is used to train the characteristics and establish the classifier to judge whether the driver is tired or not. Compared with other existing algorithms, this method obtains higher accuracy, meets the requirements of real-time detection and has high robustness to complex driving environment.


The wet spinning of dimethyl formamide solution of acrylonitrile copolymer into the glycerine bath was investigated. The results obtained on the effect of bath temperature are as follows.(1) The spinnability that is, maximum spinning velocity, increases with increasing bath temperature and increases with decreasing output and the viscosity of polymer solution.(2) Decrease of maximum draw ratio of undrawn filaments with increasing bath temperature is not particularly large.(3) The effect of bath temperature upon dry tensile strengths of drawn filaments varies with the draw ratio of these filaments. When the draw ratios of the filaments are small, the above mentioned effect is not distinct. On the other hand, when the draw ratio of the filament becomes larger, the lower the bath temperature, the larger the dry tensile strength. As to the dry tensile elongation, this effect is also not distinct.(4) As to the dry knot strength and elongation, the effect of the draw ratio is larger than that of the bath temperature.(5) The initial moduli and the toughnesses calculated from stress-strain curves of drawn filaments become larger with decreasing bath temperature, The similar results may be obtained for the elastic recovery characteristics.(6) At lower bath temperatures, the textures of filaments obtained by wet spinning become compact or dense as the desolvation or the diffusion of the solvent is comparatively slow. On the contrary, at elevated bath temperature, owing to the higher speed of desolvation, the contrast between skin and core become clearer, and it may be seen that there are many microscopic holes in the core zone.These differences in the texture of the filaments coinside with those results obtained from the specific gravities and ratios of the cross sections.


It is suggested here that marriage is positively related to health partly through social ties and social regulation. If so then living with other adult(s) may serve as a functional alternative in maintaining health. Data on women of working age (18-55) from the 1979 [U.S.] National Health Interview Survey were used to test this hypothesis for three measures of health status and three of illness behavior....It is...suggested that social statuses and arrangements affect illness behavior more than they affect health status. Implications for social integration and social regulation theory are discussed. (EXCERPT)


We present a specification of Lamport's Bakery algorithm written in AsmL specification language. By exploration of the state space of the induced labeled transition system we show how to verify important safety and liveness properties of the algorithm.


produced by the Streptomyces genus2). Due to structural complexity, easier preparation of heavy metal containing derivatives and difficulty to obtain degradation products useful for structural studies, X-ray analysis has been the only practical method for structural elucidation of these compounds. However, in view of the power in the structural studies of complex molecules, 13C-nmr spectroscopy is expected to become a reliable and useful method in the structural elucidation of these antibiotics if the relationships between specific structures and chemical shifts of relevant carbons in the 13C-nmr spectra can be established.


An efficient numerical model to analyze problems on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics is presented in this work. It is well known that static analyses of solid bodies and structures with nonlinear behavior are usually carried out using the incremental approach and Newton-Raphson iterations in order to obtain equilibrium configurations during the load steps. Consequently, the computational costs associated to this kind of analysis are generally high when numerical models based on the Finite Element Method (FEM) are adopted. The key procedures of a static nonlinear algorithm are related to evaluations of the gradient matrix and stress state at element level, which must be updated at every iterative step. In addition, the constitutive relation must be also integrated during the iterative process if a nonlinear material is considered. Obviously, these computations are multiplied by the number of Gauss points needed for an exact integration of all the element matrices in a FEM formulation. In the present model, eight-node hexahedral elements with one-point quadrature are utilized to discretize the spatial field without excessive computations. The equilibrium equation is written in the rate form and a corrotational formulation is adopted for kinematical description of the continuum. Loads are applied using load subincrementation, where a coarse load increment is initially defined by the user, which may be automatically divided by the algorithm into smaller subincrements according to an error estimate based on the difference between first and second order displacement solutions. An explicit algorithm for integration of elastoplastic constitutive models is employed, where strain increments are divided into subincrements by using a subincrementation procedure similar to that utilized for the load increments. Some classical numerical examples are analyzed to demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the present formulation.


The OSCAR [14] cluster installation toolkit was created by the Open Cluster Group (OCG) for one particular type of High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster. OSCAR is currently one of the widely used cluster installation toolkits; it boasts hundreds of thousands of downloads and active mailing lists. OSCAR has expanded its area with several sub-projects targeting other types of HPC clusters. Each of these projects share a core set of OSCAR code, including the OSCAR Database and its access API, "ODA" (OSCAR Database API). The ODA abstraction layer, consisting of a database schema and corresponding API, hides a commodity back-end database (e.g., MySQL [15]). Because OSCAR and its sub-projects are targeted at new, innovative environments (including non-HPC environments), there are significant issues with managing various configurations of each project. For example, as we previously showed [8], "previous versions of ODA were unable to represent the complex, ever-growing set of data required to accurately describe the clusters that it manages. Further, its API was extremely complex, requiring a steep learning curve for OSCAR developers". Therefore, we have designed and implemented a new database schema to deal with these issues. This new version of ODA has not only resolved the above problems but also, as proposed in our previous paper, enabled storage and retrieval of various configuration information, and encouraged data re-use between the main OSCAR project and its derivative projects. In addition, the new version of ODA has sped up the OSCAR installation process. This document presents a simpler, highly flexible design and implementation of ODA slated to be included in OSCAR v5.0. It also suggests a blueprint for maintaining the database modules of ODA in a systematic, organized way.


The importance of developing a strong, flexible, clear sense of self in order to make the best of one's talents has previously been reported in professional football contexts (Nesti and Littlewood, 2010, Critical Essays Applied Sport Psychology, Leeds: Human Kinetics). It is particularly important before inevitable crises or critical moments arise. In the case of youth soccer players, these critical moments could be associated with deselection, injury or receiving a berating from coaches in front of their peers (Nesti, Littewood, O'Halloran, Eubank, and Richardson, 2012, Physical Culture and Sport, 56, 23–32). There is little information on this subject area in youth team footballer and, as a result, the aim of this study is to better understand how players' experiences of a professional football environment and culture have served to shape their identity and how this allows them to cope with critical moments faced over a competitive playing season. With institutional ethical approval, an English Championship football club served as the case study. More specifically, four players (two youth team players, one development squad player and one senior professional) were chosen to be interviewed three times over the course of one season. Interviews and subsequent content analysis procedures were employed to create lower order themes, higher order themes and general dimensions. All players cited that long-term exposure to football club culture has helped to shape their identity. Players faced a range of critical moments throughout a competitive season, including constant insecurity, a change of manager, poor performance and deselection. Having a clear sense of identity provided players with a platform for resilience and perseverance throughout such critical moments. Strategies to ensure players have a clear sense of identity and meaning that transcends professional football need to be developed and employed in order for the players to have the best possible platform not only for career progression but also for inevitable career exit.


Michael Barber, Professor, Chief Adviser to the Secretary of State for Education on School Standards (1997-2001), chief education advisor at Pearson, leading Pearsons worldwide programme of research into education policy and the impact of its products and services on learner outcomes, London, UK. Email: email@example.com Address: Institute for Public Policy Research, 4th Floor, 14 Buckingham Street, London WC2N 6DF, UK.Katelyn Donnelly, executive director at Pearson where she leads the Affordable Learning Fund, London, UK. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Address: Institute for Public Policy Research, 4th Floor, 14 Buckingham Street, London WC2N 6DF, UK.Saad Rizvi, Ph.D. in Economics and International Relations, Pearsons executive director of efficacy, London, UK. Email: email@example.com Address: Institute for Public Policy Research, 4th Floor, 14 Buckingham Street, London WC2N 6DF, UK.Prospects for higher education are discussed in the context of technologies and globalization sweeping over the world and affecting many of the world economy sectors. The report describes opportunities that will appear ahead of universities if they go for radical transformations in their key institutions, and analyzes the risks that may arise if such transformations lose to the challenges of the 21st century.The model of a traditional 21st century university and its functions are characterized. The authors examine the factors that can radically change the paradigm of a traditional university and points out that universities need to revise their existing business models and education patterns. Marketization of education has turned students into consumers dictating their own terms and has brought about a number of alternatives to universities for talented students. Therefore, universities need to define clearly what they can offer, differentiate themselves from competitors, and identify their target audience among potential student groups.The authors believe that universities of the future should rearrange functions performed by the existing universities. He also explains why the model of the future is more efficient than the existing one.It is supposed that the promising prospects proposed for higher education by the 21st century can only be reached if all players of the HE system, from students to the government, support the radical transformation initiative to tackle the challenges they are facing. The study defines the essential questions that all players should answer if they want a productive transformation in higher education.


Lietzau, Zachary MSAE, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, May 2017. Comparison of RANS Modeling to Dual-Plane PIV Measurements of the Turbulent Tip Vortex Trailed from a Hovering Rotor. Numerical simulations using the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations were conducted to study the development and turbulent decay of the tip vortices in the wake produced by a hovering rotor. The computational results were compared to detailed, dualplane Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements of a turbulent tip vortex trailed from a single-bladed rotor. The work investigated both the required mesh resolution and most suitable turbulence closure models with rotational/curvature corrections by assessing their predictions of the tip vortex properties and the overall physical nature of the rotor wake. It was found that even when using a higher-order accurate central differencing scheme, a minimum off-body grid spacing equal to 0.625% of the chord length was required to accurately predict the core dimension, peak swirl velocity and strength of the tip vortex. The rotational/curvature corrections applied to the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model better preserved the vortex characteristics to longer wake ages than the same corrections applied to the k-ω SST model. In both cases, the correction proposed by Spalart and Shur outperformed the simplified correction proposed by Dacles-Mariani et al., with the latter providing little impact on the k-ω SST model. Lastly, Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) of the wake was studied in addition to the various RANS models with corrections to assess the effect of modeling anisotropic turbulence in the tip vortex.


The impact of aerosols on cloud properties is one of the leading uncertainties in the human forcing of the climate. Ships are large, isolated sources of aerosol creating linear cloud formations known as shiptracks. These are an ideal opportunity to identify and measure aerosol‐cloud interactions. This work uses over 17,000 shiptracks during the implementation of fuel sulfur content regulations to demonstrate the central role of sulfate aerosol in ship exhaust for modifying clouds. By connecting individual shiptracks to transponder data, it is shown that almost half of shiptracks are likely undetected, masking a significant contribution to the climate impact of shipping. A pathway to retrieving ship sulfate emissions is demonstrated, showing how cloud observations could be used to monitor air pollution.


% 100 97 81 50 18 OR hi 7.6 1.0 0.2 0.1 a Source of percentages: Herrnstein & Murray (1994, respectively, pp. 158, 163, 247, 194, 180, 132, 194, & 146). b See text for explanation. c Assuming that % rounded to zero from 0.4, which yields odds of .004 and an odds ratio of .13. d Assuming that % rounded to zero from 0.4, which yields odds of .004 and an odds ratio of .046. e Source of percentages: Murray (1997b). f OR can not be calculated because the odds of 100:0 (its numerator) cannot be calculated. Table from Gottfredson (in press) and reprinted with permission from Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 91-110 111-125 Outcome


Rubber insulated rubber sheathed flexible cables need to be cured by high pressure,high temperature steam.For rubber sheathed cables with XLPO insulation such as XLPE or XLEVA,the steam curing process will cause deformation of the insulation.This paper presents a new curing process for XLEVA insulated chloroprene or chlorosulfonated polyethylene sheathed cables,in which plastic molding chamber and low pressure middle temperature(100 ℃) curing tank are used.The future application of the new process is predicted.


rRNA-processing protein UTP23 homolog (249 aa, ~28 kDa) is encoded by the human UTP23 gene. This protein is involved in rRNA-processing and ribosome biogenesis.


Abstract The existence of harmonics in power systems and their effects have led to opulent issues of electric power quality. In this article, an optimization approach using FORTRAN feasible sequential quadratic programming to maximize the power factor at the DC drive loads terminals is presented using different passive filter topologies. Many constraints are taken into consideration such as series/parallel resonance conditions, effect of the supply frequency, and non-linearities of the supply and the load. Also, a detailed comparison of the simulated results for shunt- and series-passive filters is also presented in this article. The general compensation characteristics and the detailed comparison are discussed by means of different numerical examples from previous publications.


In this paper, the concept of intelligent decision support systems is introduced, the fault of the traditional Decision Supporting System is analyzed, we discuss data warehouse, OLAP and data mining technology. Then, provided a structure of intelligent decision support system based on data warehouse, and showed function of each part and relations between them.


Comment: '-(g)lish names' and other matters, Tom McArthur; Usage: English in bereavement advertising in India, Raja Ram Mehrotra; Lexicon: OED update; Usage: Pidgin English in anglophone Cameroon, Paul Mbufong; Education 1: Technology helps dyslexic and dyspraxic children, Sheila Burke; Education 2: World English: A blessing or a curse? (European Year of Languages, 2001), Tom McArthur; Post