The transmission of thin indium filters was measured in the EUV wavelength range between 500 and 1200 angstroms. Our results for the shape of the transmission peak are consistent with previous measurements, indicating a FWHM bandpass between 750 and 900 angstrom with the maximum at 770 angstrom. The absolute transmission values however differ significantly from former measurements. The results are compared to currently used predictions. The filter transmission was remeasured after 20 months storage in N2. On average, the transmission was observed to be reduced to about 60% of the original value.


Aminoacid content was studied in grains of different corn, rice and barley cultivars during their ripening. In most cases fourteen days after anthesis the levels of essential aminoacids were higher than at the full ripening stage and particularly lysine content was more satisfactory. As caryopsis may be yet easily harvested fourteeen days after anthesis, their protein composition at this ripening stage could make them a better ingredient for infant dietetic products.


The friclional factor between chuek jaw and drilling rod is important in calculaling the chuck working capacity.This thesis introduced a study method for frietional factor, based on experimental study. It obtained the variable range of the frictional factor and a principle about how to adopt the frictional factor, which cleared the elements that lake effect on the frictional factor.The solution of the experimental study can be used in the chuck design directly.


The making of an effective fuel measuring system has been a great challenge in the Nigerian industry, as various oil organization are running into different problems ranging from fire outbreak, oil pilfering, oil spillage and some other negative effects. The use of meter rule or long rod at most petrol filling stations for quantity assessment of fuel in tank is inefficient, stressful, dangerous and almost impossible in a networking environment. This archaic method does not provide good reorder date and does not give a good inventory. As such there is a need to automate the system by providing a real time measurement of fuel storage device to meet the demand of the customers. In this paper, a system was designed to sense the level of fuel in a networked tanks using a capacitive sensor controlled by an ATMEGA 328 Arduino microcontroller. The result was automated both in digital and analogue form through radio frequency Transmission using XBee and interfaced to Computer System for notification of fuel level and refill operations. This enables consumption control, cost analysis and tax accounting for fuel purchases.


To investigate whether the lesion induced by ZnSO_4 was reversible or not, adult Sprague Dawley rats were given a single intranasal irrigation with ZnSO_4 or Triton X-100. After a specific period (30, 45 and 60 days, respectively) of the treatment, immunoreactivities of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) of olfactory bulb were exmined by using immunohistochemistry. 30 days after treatment, the density of TH-immunoreactive cells significantly reduced in OB ipsilateral to lesioned naris. In Triton-lesioned animals, the density of TH-immunoreactive cells of 45 d was higher than that of 30 d, the result of 60 d was similar to the control. However, in ZnSO_4-lesioned animals, the results of 45 d and 60 d were similar to that of 30 d. It was suggested that the lesion induced by ZnSO_4 was irreversible.


BACKGROUND: Paederus dermatitis (blister beetle dermatitis (BBD) is a geographic seasonal vesiculobullous disorder caused when beetles of the genus Paederus are crushed on the skin, releasing the vesicant pederin. Though blister beetle dermatitis is a clinical diagnosis, at times it becomes difficult to identify it. AIM: To study the clinical profile and factors associated with Paederus Dermatitis/ blister beetle dermatitis (BBD) in patients attending the out-patient department of dermatology of SGT Hospital, Budhera, Gurgaon. METHODS: 100 clinically diagnosed cases of beetle dermatitis were included in the study. The patients were evaluated by means of a standard pro forma which included detailed history and thorough clinical examination. RESULTS: A total of 100 cases were examined of which 67% were males and 33% females. Maximum cases reported in the month of April (25%). 32% patients had more than one lesion with involvement of multiple sites. Face (34.5%) was found to be most commonly involved site. Most of the patients presented with vesicles and bullae on erythematous background arranged in linear fashion. Constitutional symptoms were rarely seen in only 7% of the patients. No mucosal or systemic involvement was found. CONCLUSION: Despite its frequency, the disease is rarely described in medical literature, probably because the correct diagnosis is not made. It is important for the rural population in particular to be aware of this condition and to take adequate measures for its prevention especially during harvesting and rainy


The paper has the comprehensive analysis of the common quality accidents for the bored piles,points out the common quality of the bored piles depends on the many factors,including the observation,the design and the construction and so on,and has the factual illustration on the prevention of the broken piles in the concrete bored piles and the maintenance measures,so as to enhance the architectural engineering constructing technique in China and promote the quality management.


Due to the restriction of carrying ability and storage space for support resources,the multi-constraints targets must be considered for the optimization of a carrying spare parts project. As to this problem,the optimization of warship carrying spare parts project at mission preparation phase before sailing is taken as a research background. A carrying spare parts optimization model is established on the basis of the multi-target constraints,such as mass,volume and cost of spare parts and equipment availability.The different constraint targets are transformed to the scale of spare parts resource constraint by introducing Lagrange constraint factors. Marginal algorithm is applied to solve the optimization model,and the determination method of initial factors and its dynamic adjustment policy is presented. In the given example,the calculated result is analyzed,and the feasibility of the proposed method is verified.


This paper focuses upon the synchronization of all activities within the manufacturing system, which is a permanent challenge for both successful manufacturing and business in general. For the realization of this research task it is necessary to start with the structure of the manufacturing system and to set up a hierarchy of objectives as well as strategies to be employed in their realization. The validity of the proposed concept is assessed by means of computer simulation, using the initial data from the industry.


The authors demonstrate favorable response to the use of Ringer's solution in surgical patients subjected to extensive operative procedures. This is in contrast to the ineffectiveness of saline solutions in the reduction of operative mortality.


The main directions in the use of nutrients to enhance human resistance to unfavorable occupational factors in order to promote flying health and longevity are considered. The prime tasks of each direction are analyzed and the ways of their solution are identified by taking into account the available approaches.


North American utilities are increasingly concerned with their ageing ceramic insulator assets as they are either fast approaching their expected end of life or have already exceeded them. Defects like broken, cracked and punctured discs are some of the most adverse problems that the utilities encounter. These defects give rise to the initiation of partial discharge (PD) activities within the samples which has a detrimental effect on the insulator life. Hence it is important for the utilities to identify such defective samples as early as possible so that appropriate replacement strategies can be devised. Currently used PD techniques are off-line and are not suitable for detecting defective insulators in the field without interrupting the power supply. In this work, experiments are performed; simulating the actual field environment in an effort to develop a non-contact radio frequency (RF) based condition monitoring system for defective ceramic insulators. RF signatures captured in the field due to PD activities from two different defects are post processed; which involves noise removal and other signal processing techniques to extract appropriate wavelet packet based features. These features are then used to train and test artificial neural network (ANN) classifier. For the tests conducted, high recognition rates above 90% have been achieved.


The compressibility of a mass of unprocessed wool fibres, termed bulk, is positively related to yarn bulk, and carpet wear resistance and appearance retention of carpets produced from that fibre. As wool bulk is positively related to the dimensional measurements of fibre diameter and fibre curvature it is possible to predict wool bulk from measurements of these characteristics. A series of experiments have shown the best predictor (R 2 = 85%) of core bulk to be a model containing log e transformation of mean fibre diameter, mean fibre curvature, (mean fibre curvature) 2 and small blob percentage derived from an OFDA100 instrument. If a field measurement of greasy wool was required the best predictor (R 2 = 84%) of core bulk was a model containing log e transformation of mean fibre diameter, mean fibre curvature, (mean fibre curvature) 2 and small blob percentage derived from OFDA2000 measurements where the staple was restrained in a wire slide. A number of simpler models were capable of producing significant predictions of core bulk (R 2 > 80%) using either laboratory or field measurements. The age of the measured sample did not significantly affect its measured core bulk while an assessment of crimp form, as reflected by the ratio of fibre length divided by staple length or the degree of lustre in intact greasy staples, did not improve the prediction model in practical terms.


319 aluminum (6.5-8.5% Si, 3.0-4.0%Cu, 0.2-0.45%Mg, 0.8%max.Fe, 0.5%max.Mn) is utilized by the automobile industry for engine block and cylinder head applications. Detailed understanding of the solidification behavior is critical to optimizing the "as-cast" microstructure and the physical properties of this alloy. Samples were generated by allowing a 50 gram sample of molten alloy to partially solidify at a slow cooling rate (0.34 °C/sec). During cooling, the temperature of the alloy was monitored by a thermocouple in the center of the sample to generate a cooling curve (Fig. 1). At various locations along this cooling curve the normal cooling was interrupted by plunging the cup into an iced- brine quench. In addition to optical and SEM examination, detailed TEM analysis was performed on three quenched samples as well as one sample allowed to cool uninterrupted to room temperature. TEM sample preparation consisted of standard grinding and dimpling procedures followed by ion milling at liquid nitrogen temperature using a gun voltage of 4keV.


Aging is a natural process that is characterized by decreased function. In the aging process a decline in the ability of reactive oxygen species. This causes damage to the membrane lipids that cause a decrease in function of the body's organs. Lipid oxidation process in the membrane because free radicals produce lipid peroxidation such as malondialdehyde which is used as a marker of oxidative stress. Regular physical exercise can overcome the negative effects of oxidative stress. To conduct studies on aging, animal models are used. One of the animal models used is the aging induction model by giving D-galactose. Metabolites from d-galactose can induce aging by causing oxidative stress. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of physical exercise on reducing malondialdehyde levels in an aging animal model induced by D-galactose. This research was experimental in-vivo with a post test only research design. The research sample of 8 weeks old swiss webster mice, consisted of 10 treatment groups. The results of studies on animal models of aging induced D-galactose on malondialdehyde levels after being treated for 6 weeks from the statistical results obtained p value ≥ 0.05 was not significant. However, there was a significant decrease in MDA levels in the D-galactose + physical exercise group


The polymerization mechanism of 1,6-anhydro-2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-β-D-glucopyranose (1) was investigated in order to synthesize 2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-[16]-α-D-glucopyranan (2a) and [16]-α-D-glucopyranan (2b) (dextran) with high molecular weight. It was found that the optimum polymerization time to obtain high molecular weights was 40min when the monomer was polymerized in methylene chloride at −60°C. Stereoregular 2a with a of 1800 (Mn = 777000), which was about twice as high as the highest previously reported, was obtained in 77% yield by polymerizing the monomer with 0.8 mole-% PF5 as catalyst applying a monomer-to-solvent weight/volume ratio of 50%. 2a with a high molecular weight was debenzylated to give 2b with a of 446 (Mn = 72300). The α-stereospecificity and the solid state of the synthetic dextran were investigated by means of optical rotation, NMR spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction pattern.


A raw dataset prepared by researchers comes with a lot of information. Whether the information is usefull or not, completely depends on the requirement and purposes. In machine learning, data pre-processing is the very initial stage. It is a must to make sure the dataset is totally suitable for the requirement. In significant directed random walk (sDRW), there are three steps in data pre-processing stage. First, we remove unwanted attributes, missing value and proper arrangement, followed by normalization of the expression value and lastly, filtering method is applied. The first two steps are completed by Bioconductor package while the last step is works in sDRW.


While witnessing a proliferation of research on the bright side effects of promotive voice, the recent questioning of its positivity incites our curiosity: is promotive voice exclusively beneficial...


Appendix A – Literature Search Criteria for Identification of Relevant Studies Appendix B – Literature Search Strategy and Terms Appendix C – Bibliography of Articles Reviewed as Additional Scientific Information Appendix D – Other Literature Cited Appendix E Table Summary of Exposure and Effects from Articles Reviewed Appendix F ATSDR-2005 and EPA-2002 update summary documents Appendix G1 and G2 – Table of contents listing documents available on CD


According to the demand of noise, linearity and impedance matching in the design process, it was used the radio- frequency circuit CAD software named Advanced Design System for complete analysis, and designed a reliable low noise amplifier, which had adjustable gain, low noise figure and high linearity.


In modeling gas-liquid two-phase flows, the concept of flow regime has been used to characterize the global interfacial structure of the flows. Nearly all constitutive relations that provide closures to the interfacial transfers in two-phase flow models, such as the two-fluid model, are often flow regime dependent. Currently, the determination of the flow regimes is primarily based on flow regime maps or transition criteria, which are developed for steady-state, fully-developed flows and widely applied in nuclear reactor system safety analysis codes, such as RELAP5. As two-phase flows are observed to be dynamic in nature (fully-developed two-phase flows generally do not exist in real applications), it is of importance to model the flow regime transition dynamically for more accurate predictions of two-phase flows. The present work aims to develop a dynamic modeling strategy for determining flow regimes in gas-liquid two-phase flows through the introduction of interfacial area transport equations (IATEs) within the framework of a two-fluid model. The IATE is a transport equation that models the interfacial area concentration by considering the creation and destruction of the interfacial area, such as the fluid particle (bubble or liquid droplet) disintegration, boiling and evaporation; and fluid particle coalescence and condensation, respectively. For the flow regimes beyond bubbly flows, a two-group IATE has been proposed, in which bubbles are divided into two groups based on their size and shape (which are correlated), namely small bubbles and large bubbles. A preliminary approach to dynamically identifying the flow regimes is provided, in which discriminators are based on the predicted information, such as the void fraction and interfacial area concentration of small bubble and large bubble groups. This method is expected to be applied to computer codes to improve their predictive capabilities of gas-liquid two-phase flows, in particular for the applications in which flow regime transition occurs.


Sm/sub 12.6/Fe/sub 87.4-z/Ti/sub z/ with z=2, 3 and 4 elemental powder blends are mechanically alloyed and subsequently two-step heat treated to form hard magnetic microcrystalline Sm-(Fe,Ti)-N. The optimum constitution, i.e., the formation of mainly Sm/sub 2/(Fe, Ti)/sub 17/N/sub x/, accompanied by a small fraction of Sm(F,Ti)/sub 9/N/sub x/, and, particularly, the suppression of alpha -Fe precipitation, is achieved for 3 at.% Ti. Such material possesses an almost completely step-free hysteresis loop, a remanence of 0.73 T and a coercivity of 16 kA/cm (20 kOe), resulting in a maximum energy product of 90 kJ/m/sup 3/ (11.2 MGOe) in the powder. >


Purpose – This paper aims to outline the concepts of web services architectures and to begin an exploration of the uses that recordkeeping professionals may define for such a potentially radical change to the way recordkeeping functionality is delivered.Design/methodology/approach – The paper combines narrative with argument and analysis of the issues surrounding records management.Findings – The paper shows that the digital world has introduced new challenges to recordkeeping professionals. The initial response has been to transfer traditional recordkeeping systems to automated solutions. Increasingly these are being challenged for fit in dynamic organizational environments. Web services as a building block for next generation software applications are growing in acceptance both in governments and innovative product offerings.Originality/value – Recordkeeping professionals should ensure that they are very firmly grounded in best professional practice in recordkeeping to grasp such a technology opportunity.


Continuation of application No. 09/392,803, filed on Sep. 9, 1999, which is a continuation of application No. 08/750,017, filed on Aug. 14, 1997, now Pat. No. 6,028,137, and a continuation-in-part of application No. PCT/US96/07310, filed on May 21, 1996, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 08/446,141, filed on May 22, 1995, now Pat. No. 5,830,930, and a continuation-in-part of application No. 08/446,142, filed on May 22, 1995, now Pat. No. 5,877,238, and a continuation-in-part of application No. 08/528.895, filed on Sep. 15, 1995, now abandoned.


Cancer is a leading cause of non-communicable morbidity and mortality throughout the world, similarly, in dogs, the most frequent cause of mortality is tumors. Some types of cancer, including osteosarcoma (OSA), occur at much higher rates in dogs than people. Dogs therefore not only require treatment themselves but can also act as an effective parallel patient population for the human disease equivalent. It should be noted that although there are many similarities between canine and human OSA, there are also key differences and it is important to research and highlight these features. Despite progress using chorioallantoic membrane models, 2D and 3D in vitro models, and rodent OSA models, many more insights into the molecular and cellular mechanisms, drug development, and treatment are being discovered in a variety of canine OSA patient populations.


The invention relates to a vehicle GPS positioning, range measuring and vehicle electronic license plate information terminal which is provided with a mobile vehicle comprehensive information processing instrument and a vehicle-rear electronic license plate information transceiver, wherein the comprehensive information processing instrument is provided with a CPU microcontroller series which comprise a main CPU and a plurality of microunit array CPUs respectively arranged on each microunit array wireless transceiver; a GPS positioning system, a storage, an audio circuit, a display circuit and the microunit array wireless transceivers are connected to a core CPU microcontroller through communication bus; a voltage stabilizing circuit connected with a vehicle storage battery provides power supply for each circuit and system through the communication bus; the core CPU microcontroller is connected with the vehicle-rear electronic license plate information transceiver through the communication bus. The vehicle GPS positioning, range measuring and vehicle electronic license plate information terminal overcomes the disadvantages that the prior vehicle anticollision system can not operate because of radar interference wave and can carry out wireless communication between fore-and-aft vehicles in real time to achieve the aim of preventing traffic accidents.


Ischemic stroke, a leading global cause of death and disability, is caused by carotid arteries atherosclerosis. Such calcifications are classically detected by ultrasound screening. In recent years it was shown that these calcifications can also be inferred from routine panoramic dental radiographs. In this work, we focused on the panoramic dental radiographs taken from 500 patients, manually labelling each of the patients sides (each radiograph was treated as two sides), and which were used to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm to automatically detect carotid calcifications. The algorithm uses deep learning convolutional neural networks (CNN), with transfer learning (TL) approaches followed by eXtreme Gradient Boosting algorithm (XGBoost) that achieved true labels for each corner, and reaches a sensitivity (recall) of 0.82 and a specificity of 0.93 for individual artery, and a recall of 0. 8 8 and specificity of 0.86 for individual patients. Applying and integrating the algorithm we developed in healthcare units and dental clinics has the potential of reducing stroke events and their mortality and morbidity consequences.


The support vector machine (SVM) method based on n-peptide composition (Yu et al, Proteins: Struct. Funct. Genet. 2003:50:531-536) is used to predict the subcellular localizations of proteins. For an unbiased assessment of the results, we apply our approach to two independent data sets: one set consisting of two parts (Reinhardt and Hubbard, Nucleic Acids Res. 1998; 26:2230-2236): the prokaryotic set includes 997 protein sequences in three categories and the eukaryotic set includes 2427 sequences in four localization categories; another set comprising 2191 proteins in 12 subcellular localizations (Chou and Cai, J. Biol. Chem. 2002; 277:45765-45769). Our approach provides excellent results for both data sets. For the first data set, our approach gives an overall prediction accuracy 93.2% for prokaryotic sequences, 88.1% for eukaryotic sequences. Our approach also yields significantly better Matthews correlation coefficient for each subcellular localization than the existing approaches. For the second data set, our approach achieves an overall prediction accuracy 83.2%, which is also around 10% higher than the best existing result. Our approaches should be valuable in the high throughput analysis of genomics and proteomics.


A recent result of JTfawhin [7] concerning the existence of forced oscillations for a second order equation of JLidnard type with an arbitrary damping term is extended to some eases where the restoring force is not assumed to be suf/iciently weak. The results are valid, too,/or a certain class of third order equations. They are based on the 15eray-Sehauder prin. ciple, By an analogous argumentation the l~ayleigh equation with a quasiIinear restoring force, but with an arbitrary damping term, is shown to possess aperiodie solution. Again, the ~'esult admits an extension to a third order equation.


One can safely postulate that the issue of determining the wrongfulness of an omission on the part of a municipality in respect of damage suffered by a member of the public as a result of a dangerous situation which arose due to the fact that roads and sidewalks under its control have fallen into a state of disrepair, finally stabilised slightly more than ten years ago when the supreme court of appeal handed down its seminal judgment in Cape Town Municipality v Bakkerud (2000 3 SA 1049 (SCA)). Before that time, the pendulum had swung from a position of strong immunity for municipalities (see eg Halliwell v Johannesburg Municipal Council 1912 AD 659; Moulang v Port Elizabeth Municipality 1958 2 SA 518 (A)) to a high-water mark of an almost blanket liability for omissions (eg in the judgment of Brand J in the court a quo in the Bakkerud case: Cape Town Municipality v Bakkerud 1997 4 SA 356 (C)).


result in this case is a fair bit of wheelreinventing alongside assertions that would likely puzzle experts in any of the given subfields Schutz traverses. For example, an extended section on education is based on a classic 1976 reference, while an extended discussion of labor management and managerial bureaucracy is based on contributions from 1976, 1989, and 1996. The claim of everincreasing ''numbers of supervisors, overseers, checkers of various sorts, and associated staff'' (pp. 120–21), based on decadesold sources, is not very convincing in light of two decades of research on downsizing, outsourcing, offshoring, vertical disintegration, and lean production. His brief discussion of the core concepts of social and cultural capital refers to a single, 1997 source on (rather than by) Pierre Bourdieu, while the extended discussion of professional power does not cite anything from the extensive literature on professions. The assertion that ''financial capital . . . is the main foundation of people's ability to attain professional positions'' (p. 126) reduces complex processes of cumulative advantage and disadvantage over the life course, which happen within and across institutional domains of the family, schools, the state, and the labor market, to a single variable. Noting that human, social, and cultural capital are all involved minimizes the reductionism, in principle, but after introducing the different forms of capital he does not systematically develop the analytical framework. The book is equally light on evidence, either from existing studies or from original data analysis. The discussion of poverty seems to suggest the main issue is unequal access to credit for education, again ignoring decades of literature on cumulative dis/ advantage occurring across key institutional domains of society and taking many forms (financial, psychological, institutional, etc.). He bases his entire case—that lending for education is biased toward those with a previous endowment—on private lending in the United States, failing to mention government subsidies (e.g., Pell Grants), governmentguaranteed loans, or fee-free university in many European countries. Descriptive charts on productivity, wealth inequality, income inequality, and other key topics come mainly from the work of other economists. At one point (p. 111), Schutz speculates about the size of the rentier class (based on secondary data) rather than attempt to derive an estimate based on his own data analysis. There is no attempt to provide evidential support for or tests of the theory. It is possible there is some mileage in bridging relational power-structure and gradational forms-of-capital approaches, and it is possible the theoretical framework could be used productively for empirical research, though the book does not offer any broad explanatory narrative, specific hypotheses about the drivers or contours of inequality, or guidance on how the theory might be operationalized.


Aiming at several accidents of inner-net-core- security-system in electric power industry at present,this paper analyses causation which works to these accidents, expatiating resolvent and technictheory of inner-net-core-security-system protecting technology, also introducing technic-traits of S- NUMEN system and its application on MIS for power plant.


Abstract. In this paper we introduce the notion of compatibility of self maps in a complex fuzzy metric space. Using this, we establish some common fixed point theorems employing a generalized contractive condition, which extend and generalize the existing results in fuzzy metric spaces to a complex fuzzy metric space.They also generalize the existing results of Singh et al.[13] in a complex fuzzy metric space.


This paper treats the outgassing caused by photodesorption in the electron storage ring used as a synchrotron radiation source, and pressure distributions along the ring duct. These results are obtained from the operational experiences of the Photon Factory. The source of photodesorption is not only the surface but also the surface layer defined by the penetration depth of photons.


We study compression that preserves the solution to an instance of a problem rather than preserving the instance itself. Our focus is on the compressibility of $\mathcal{NP}$ decision problems. We consider $\mathcal{NP}$ problems that have long instances but relatively short witnesses. The question is whether one can efficiently compress an instance and store a shorter representation that maintains the information of whether the original input is in the language or not. We want the length of the compressed instance to be polynomial in the length of the witness and polylog in the length of original input. Such compression enables succinctly storing instances until a future setting will allow solving them, either via a technological or algorithmic breakthrough or simply until enough time has elapsed. In this paper, we first develop the basic complexity theory of compression, including reducibility, completeness, and a stratification of $\mathcal{NP}$ with respect to compression. We then show that compressibility (say, of SAT) would have vast implications for cryptography, including constructions of one-way functions and collision resistant hash functions from any hard-on-average problem in $\mathcal{NP}$ and cryptanalysis of key agreement protocols in the "bounded storage model" when mixed with (time) complexity-based cryptography.


The invention relates to an internal 180-degree hinge for a door that is retained on a cabinet body in such a way that the door can be pivoted open. The internal 180-degree hinge comprises a hinge support fastened to the cabinet body and a hinge bracket fastened to the door, the hinge support and the hinge bracket being retained on each other by means of a hinge axis and the hinge bracket fastened to the door being movable relative to the hinge support fastened to the cabinet body during the rotational motion of the hinge bracket about the hinge axis for an arrangement of cabinets in a row having a door leaf which in the open position of the door is aligned parallel to the closed door of an adjacent cabinet. Said hinge is characterized in that the hinge support (19) and the hinge bracket (17) are connected to each other by means of at least two rockers (21, 22), which are coupled to each other by means of the hinge axis (23) passing through the rockers and which are rotatably arranged about the hinge axis (23) in a scissor-like manner, the one end of the outer ends of the one rocker (22) lying opposite each other with respect to the hinge axis (23) being connected to the hinge support (19) by means of a rigidly arranged shaft (27) and the other end being retained on the hinge bracket (17) by means of a shaft (28) that can be moved in a track (29) formed in the hinge bracket (17), and the one end of the other rocker (21) being connected to the hinge bracket (17) by means of a rigidly arranged shaft (24) and the other end being retained on the hinge support (19) by means of a shaft (25); that can be moved in a track (26) formed in the hinge support (19).


Neutron News 4 Science Snapshot Understanding the Protection Mechanism of NonIonic Surfactants in mAb Formulations Using Neutron Scattering Zhenhuan Zhang1,2, Norman J. Wagner2, and Yun Liu1,2 1 Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA 2 Center for Neutron Science, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA email@example.com


PURPOSE: To prepare a two-layer, vibration-absorbing, anti-corrosive and abrasion-resistant coating for rigid substrates, in particular for sheet metals in the underbody region of a motor vehicle, for reducing the noise caused by impacting particles. CONSTITUTION: The two-layer coating comprises an inner layer, facing a substrate, of a polymer A and a plasticizer P 1 , and a covering layer of a polymer B and a plasticizer P 2 , so that the polymers A and B have each a different chemical composition and the polymer A is essentially incompatible with the plasticizer P 2 and the polymer B is essentially incompatible with the plasticizer P 1 , or both layers contain essentially the same concentration of one plasticizer (P 1 =P 2 ), and there is no risk that one layer is impaired by the plasticizer from the other layer. COPYRIGHT: (C)1992,JPO


Resumen en: An algebraic expression can be looked at from two points of view: operational and structural. Numerous algebraic tasks require considering the structural...


Digital acquisition and processing of seismic data has been widely employed in conventional seismic prospecting since the sixties. Paradoxically, only Very High Resolution (VHR) digital acquisition became more common at the beginning of the nineties when oil companies decided to acquire digital data for their rig site surveys.


Synthetic hydrological series is beneficial for the water resources planning, management and design purposes such as evaluating water supply management decision and reservoir design. Stochastically generated data can be used in any fields of study that use historical data. It would produce a better result for any application where the result depends on the time series pattern. Therefore, this study examines three stochastic disaggregation models that are capable of reproducing statistical parameters especially means and standard deviation of historical data series. The objectives of this study are to test, identify and confirm the best stochastic disaggregation model in generating synthetic data series. Stochastic Analysis Modeling and Simulation (SAMS-2000) is used to generate the synthetic hydrological data series. The method is applied for single site cases and comparison is made between three disaggregation models namely Valencia and Schaake model, Mejia and Rouselle model, and Lane model. The simulations of monthly streamflow are carried out for five stations from Kedah, Perak and Selangor. The comparison of results shows that Valencia and Schaake (VLSH) model is the most satisfactory and robust model that preserves both monthly and annual statistical parameters of the historical data sequences. This is true for both untransformed and transformed series. Therefore, it is recommended to use VLSH model for simulation of water resources in study area.


This executive order by Governor Mark Sanford establishes the South Carolina Military Base Task Force and the Governor's Military Base Advisory Committee.


This paper describes the preparation of data acquisition card driver and the implementation of data acquisition in non-NI Co.were conducted by dynamic link library of.dll form.At the same time,it designed the block diagram of thermocouple temperature measurement system based on the data acquisition card and LabVIEW.The experimental results show that the data acquisition system can accurately collect the temperature data of room temperature environment,and has the advantages of convenient operation,intuitive,easy to preserve,more precision.


Previous research showed that the leaves of Carica pubescens effectively inhibit certain bacteria that cause diarrhoea. The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal antibacterial activity among the fractions of the rind and seeds of C. pubescens. Samples of rind and seeds of C. pubescens were extracted by percolation method using ethanol and fractionated to obtain water, n-hexane, and ethyl acetate fractions. Antibacterial activity tests were carried out on Shigella flexneri, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus cereus bacteria using the agar well method at fractions concentration of 12.5%, 25.0%, and 50.0%. The ethyl acetate fraction of rind and seeds showed inhibitory zone diameter in E. coli, S. aureus, and S. flexneri at concentrations ranging from 12% to 50%, whereas the water fraction showed no antibacterial activity. Based on phytochemical screening, ethyl acetate fraction of C. pubescens seeds contain flavonoids, alkaloids, and phenol. While the n-hexane fraction of C. pubescens rind contains alkaloids and tannins.Previous research showed that the leaves of Carica pubescens effectively inhibit certain bacteria that cause diarrhoea. The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal antibacterial activity among the fractions of the rind and seeds of C. pubescens. Samples of rind and seeds of C. pubescens were extracted by percolation method using ethanol and fractionated to obtain water, n-hexane, and ethyl acetate fractions. Antibacterial activity tests were carried out on Shigella flexneri, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus cereus bacteria using the agar well method at fractions concentration of 12.5%, 25.0%, and 50.0%. The ethyl acetate fraction of rind and seeds showed inhibitory zone diameter in E. coli, S. aureus, and S. flexneri at concentrations ranging from 12% to 50%, whereas the water fraction showed no antibacterial activity. Based on phytochemical screening, ethyl acetate fraction of C. pubescens seeds contain flavonoids, alkaloids, and phenol. While the n-hexane fraction of C. p...


The grounding net model is of great importance in the study of the conducted interference problem in power supply systems. A PEEC (partial element equivalent circuit) model for analyzing the grounding circuit EMI problem is constructed and the inductance parameters corresponding to three different models are figured out. The inductance parameters calculated are fairly coincident with the experimental results, which shows that both the methods of calculation and measurement adopted in This work are valid and feasible. Partial capacitance can be neglected at low frequency without too much relative error, but it must be taken into account in the equivalent circuit model at high frequency. The paper deals with both situations to demonstrate the successful application of the PEEC approach in analyzing the frequency characteristics of the grounding net discussed.


In late-stage oncology drug development, drug developers have to make two critical Go-No Go decisions. The first one is whether to proceed to the definitive Phase III investigation after a Phase II proof-of-concept (POC) trial. The second one is whether to stop a Phase III confirmatory trial for futility after an interim analysis of the data. In practice, the two decisions are heuristically made with limited statistical input, usually amounting to statistical characterization of proposed options. We propose to find the optimal decisions by explicitly maximizing a benefit-cost ratio function, which is often the implicit objective in an otherwise qualitative decision-making process. The numerator of the function represents the benefit (proportional to the expected number of truly active drugs identified for Phase III development in the POC setting; proportional to the expected power for successful completion of Phase III in the interim analysis setting), and the denominator represents the expected total late-stage development cost. The method is easy to explain and simple to implement. The optimal design parameters provide a rational starting point for decision makers to consider. The method developed herein is directly applicable to portfolio management in the oncology therapeutic area where cost-effectiveness of a Go-No Go decision is a major concern. It is also applicable to other disease areas with the same concern or to similar decision issues at any stage of drug development.


Broadband very-low-noise microwave amplification can be obtained from solid state maser action in a propagating microwave structure. Such a traveling-wave maser produces unilateral amplification with a high degree of gain stability. The theory of the traveling-wave maser is developed and used to compare the gain, bandwidth and gain stability of the traveling-wave maser with that of the cavity maser. The general requirements for traveling-wave maser slow-wave structures are discussed. Theoretical analysis and experimental results are presented for the comb-in-wareguide slow-wave structure. A traveling-wave maser consisting of a ruby-loaded comb structure was tested. A gain of 23 db at 6 kmc with a bandwidth of 25 mc was obtained. Further performance characteristics of this amplifier and one using gadolinium ethyl sulfate are given. Experimental verification of the low noise temperature of solid state masers was obtained.


During construction of bored filling pil es large diameter,construction quality is guaranteed through reasonable selection of drilling tools and construction process and adoption of effective measures on quality control.In this way,all technical indexes of pile body can meet requirements of code and design,concrete has favorable integrity,and piles are free from quality defects.


We give the general variational form of lim sup(∫ x e h(x)/t αμ α (dx)) t α for any bounded above Borel measurable function h on a topological space X, where (μ α ) is a net of Borel probability measures on X, and (t α ) a net in ]0, ∞[ converging to 0. When X is normal, we obtain a criterion in order to have a limit in the above expression for all h continuous bounded, and deduce new criteria of a large deviation principle with not necessarily tight rate function; this allows us to remove the tightness hypothesis in various classical theorems.


The generation of an electrochemical pH gradient across biological membranes using energy from photosynthesis and respiration provides the universal driving force in cells for the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the energy unit of life. Creating such an electrochemical potential requires the transportation of protons against a thermodynamic gradient. In biological proton pumps, chemical energy is used to induce protein conformational changes during each catalytic cycle where one or a few protons are pumped against a proton concentration gradient across the membrane. On the other hand, membrane channels also exist that mediate continuous particle exchange and may be switched between open and closed states. Being able to design nanochannels with similar functions would be of great importance for creating novel molecular devices with a wide range of applications such as molecular motors, fuel cells, rechargeable nanobatteries that provide energy to other nanomachines, and the generation of locally and temporally controlled pH jumps on microfluidic chips.


Neural network is a new computing system developed in recent years.It is widely used in pattern recognition,character extracting and signal processing etc.In this paper,the present designing and developing situation of chromosome automatic analysis system in abroad is discussed,mainly about the application of neural network in this area.The paper begins from chromosome comosition and the basic theory of neural network,involving many scholars' researches and experiments.The international level of chromosome automatic analyze which is based on neural network is reflected.Shortcomings in the system are pointed out.


[Objective]The research aimed to study the effects of the traditional Chinese medicine Zhuangyang-cuyun powder(ZCF) on the histological change of pituitary and testis in kidney yang deficiency rats.[Method]The kidney yang deficiency model of rats was built using hydrocortisone,which lasted for 7 d.At the same time,rats were intragastrically administrated drugs in Chinese medicine treatment group and positive control group for 13 d.Rats were sacrificed,and quickly taken out pituitary and testis,the sectioes of pituitary and testis were made, and the histological change were observed.[Result]The deficiency asthenia appeared in the model group after building the models,pituitary and testis appeared change of retrogression in rats.[Conclusion]ZCF could improve the histological change of retrogression in pituitary and gonadal in Kidney Yang Deficiency Rats and effectively improve the regulative function on the pituitary-gonadal axis.


The objective of financial retorting plays a very important role in formulating Accounting Standards.Also,it is a researching starting point of accounting theory.The developing story of this objective tells us:It is the core reason that the changing of economic environment and the users'demand for accounting information,which causes the changing of the objective.Various models of equity capital structure match various objectives of Financial Reporting separately.According to the analysis based on the economic environment and the equity capital structure which the listed company faces to,the objective of financial reporting for listed company should be the decision usefulness.The users of financial reporting of listed company in our country mainly contain investors,creditors,government and other relevant parties.It is this information related to investing decision,custodianship evaluation and etc.which is demanded by users.The relevance is the most important qualitative characteristic of financial reporting,whereas,the reliability is inherent.


....................................................................................................ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS....................................................................................v DEDICATION.................................................................................................vii TABLE OF CONTENTS..................................................................................viii LIST OF TABLES...........................................................................................xiii LIST OF FIGURES........................................................................................xviii ABBREVIATIONS...........................................................................................xv INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................1 1.0 Skin and Dermal Appendages 1.1 Skin...............................................................................................1 1.2 Epidermis........................................................................................1 1.3 Dermis & Hypodermis.........................................................................3 1.4 Hair Follicles.......................................................................................4 1.5 Sebaceous Glands.............................................................................5 1.6 Mouse vs. Human Skin.......................................................................6 1.7 Keratinocyte Migration & Proliferation in Wounding...................................7 2.0 Sulfur & Nitrogen Mustards 2.1 History & Background.........................................................................9 2.2 Mechanism of Mustard Activation........................................................11 2.3 Vesicant-Induced Skin Injury..............................................................12 2.4 Histopathological Effects...................................................................15 3.0 Mechanisms of Vesicant Toxicity in Skin 3.1 Oxidative Stress...............................................................................16 3.2 Proinflammatory Cytokines.................................................................17 3.3 Inflammatory Mediators.....................................................................18 viii 3.4 Apoptosis & Terminal Differentiation....................................................19 4.0 Endocannabinoid System 4.1 Endocannabinoids............................................................................21 4.2 Biosynthesis, Transport & Metabolism of Anandamide.............................22 4.3 Palmitoylethanolamine......................................................................25 4.4 Endocannabinoid receptors................................................................26 4.5 Involvement or interaction of other receptors with the ECS.......................28 a. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPARα).......................28 b. Transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor-1 (TRPV-1)...............29 c. GPR55..................................................................................29 4.6 Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH)....................................................30 4.7 FAAH Inhibition.................................................................................31 4.8 Endocannabinoid System Role in Skin and Skin Inflammation a. FAAH....................................................................................33 b. CB1 receptor..........................................................................34 c. CB2 receptor..........................................................................36 d. PPARα.................................................................................37 4.9 Endocannabinoid System in Wound Healing.........................................37 SUMMARY AND RATIONALE.........................................................................39 PART 1: SPECIFIC AIMS 1 AND 2 1. Experiments..............................................................................................43 a. Animals ..........................................................................................44 i. Mouse strains b. Chemical Treatments i. Nitrogen Mustard application to mouse dorsal skin..........................45 ii. Sulfur Mustard application to mouse dorsal skin.............................46 ix iii. MEVM..................................................................................47 c. Immunohistochemistry.......................................................................48 2. Results.....................................................................................................49 3. Discussion.................................................................................................54 PART 2: SPECIFIC AIM 3................................................................................82 1. Experiments a. FAAH inhibitors and enzyme inhibition assays.........................................83 b. COX-1 and COX-2 inhibition assays.....................................................83 c. Acetylcholinesterase inhibition assays...................................................84 2. Results.....................................................................................................85 3. Discussion.................................................................................................93 CONCLUDING REMARKS.............................................................................160 REFERENCES.............................................................................................163


Relations between China and Turkey are quiescent. In a globalizing Asia-Pacific, however, they are unlikely to remain so. High economic interdependence in the presence of the rise of Asian and Eurasian powers suggest that China and Turkey as multiregional states have a common interest in regional cooperation. It is within this context that bilateral relations are likely to develop. China's rapid rise means that its impact will not be confined to Pacific Asia. Increasingly, with the quest for energy security, China is setting its diplomatic compass westward to Eurasia and the Middle East. With Russia – another multiregional state proving itself a keen player in the energy sphere and its own geopolitical neighborhood, an intersection of interests will become more clearly discernible. Coming from different though not necessarily oppositional strategic camps, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), China and Turkey are well positioned at the eastern and western gates of Eurasia to frame a cooperative regionalism with global properties. The alternative would be a collision of interests with global repercussions. Thus the regional setting for bilateral relations provides the key to the future of Sino-Turkish relations. The theoretical perspective that best explains the development of Eurasia as a region of mutually constitutive relationships is social constructivism. This theoretical perspective accords with both Chinese and Turkish thought systems and the impact of global norm-building. Sino-Turkish Relations in a Globalizing Asia-Pacific


Using camphor as raw material,isoborneol acetate was synthesized through reductive with KBH_(4)and esterization with acetic anhydride.The structures of the intermediates and product were confirmed by IR、(~(1)HNMR)、~(13)CNMR and MS.The results exhibited that the beetle wasn't of apparant response to the compounds.This provided information and scientific basis for new ways to prevent pest of Tomicus piniperda and would be useful in the environmental protection.


Both experimental and clinical studies have indicated that a novel source of dietary fibres is potentially hypolipidemic. In the present study, turnip, sugar beet, cabbage and fenugreek green leaves were used as natural new sources of dietary fibres, to examine their effects on nutritional parameters and lipid metabolism in rats fed for 8 weeks comparing with a control diet (fibre-free control). Chemical analyses of the 4 plants revealed that there are differences between the ratios of soluble and insoluble non - starch polysaccharides (NSP) and their monomers constituents. Higher levels of uronic acid were present in soluble fibre (NSP) in all fibre sources than that of insoluble one. Generally, highly significant decrease in the weight gain and food intake of the rats fed the 4 experimental diets after 8 weeks feeding comparing with those fed control diet. Rats fed turnip diet exhibited a highly significant decrease in all the nutritional parameters through the feeding period. Rats fed a diet supplemented with sugar beet fibre, have a highly significant decrease in the value of weight gain, food intake and Dapp over the feeding period. Sugar beet, cabbage and fenugreek green fibre-containing diets had lowering effect on serum total lipid, total cholesterol, LDL-C (except sugar beet) and triglycerides levels than that of control diet fed rats. Supplemented the diet with turnip fibre had only lowering effect on serum triglycerides over the feeding period. Hepatic total lipid and total cholesterol levels were significantly lower when rats fed cabbage and fenugreek green fiber-containing diets. Highly significant decrease in the level of triglycerides was achieved in the liver of rats fed turnip fibre supplemented diet comparing with the experimental period (8 weeks).


The analyses performed by the experts are crucial for the settlement of court disputes, and they have legal consequences for the parties to legal proceedings. The reliability of the simulation result is crucial. First, in article, an impact simulation was performed with the use of the program default data. Next, the impact parameters were identified from a crash test, and a simulation was presented. Due to the difficulties in obtaining the data identified, the experts usually take advantage of simplifications using only default data provided by the simulation program. This article includes the original conclusions on specific reasons of simplified collision modeling in Multi Body Systems (MBS) programs and provides specific directions of development of the V-SIM4 program used in the study to enhance the models applied. This manuscript indicates a direction for crash model development in MBS programs to consider a varied 3D body space zones stiffness related to the structure of the car body and the internal car elements instead of modeling the car body as a solid with an average stiffness. Such an approach would provide an alternative to Finite Element Method (FEM) convention modeling.


political leadership and the Korean political process. This is true even when the concluding part of an article remains singularly unfresh. An example of this is the piece by Sung-chick Hong and Young-ho Lee on popular perceptions of political leadership in South Korea. Their conclusion that there is a "strong undercurrent of political alienation in (South) Korean society" (p. 152) is one that many keen students of Korean politics have sensed but few have documented. The authors have brought to our attention a carefully done opinion poll which records and confirms what many have only felt. Their survey was carried out in the relatively less restrictive conditions prevailing in South Korea prior to the promulgation of the present, harsher political order, and so has a special value for all students of Korean politics. The same holds true, to a lesser degree, for the articles by others on South Korea's legislative leadership, party bureaucrats, and bureaucratic elite. The contribution by Bae-ho Hahn and Ha-ryong Kim on party bureaucrats and party development is particularly thoughtful. The two articles by Dae-sook Suh and Chong-sik Lee on North Korean leadership incorporate meticulous research and seasoned methodology. Yet Suh's firm conclusion that factional groupings in the North have "disappeared" (p. 187) and Lee's more tentative conclusion that "perhaps we are witnessing the compartmentalization of the North Korean elite into military, party and state functionaries" (p. 218) would appear to be mutually irreconcilable. Is it possible that factions formed abroad before 1945 are being gradually replaced by new ones rooted in occupational expertise? Is this perhaps creating a matrix that may sooner or later produce a situation akin to the violent scuffles among the party, military, and bureaucratic factions of the People's Republic of China during and since the Cultural Revolution? Questions of this kind only demonstrate the awesome difficulty of studying events in North Korea's closed society. Palais's piece on the leadership patterns and characteristics of Yi Korea remains by far the most readable essay in this volume. He discusses at length the system of checks and balances between the royalty and the elites that helped preserve the traditional system of minimal, conservative leadership and militated against bold innovations. Unfortunately, none of the other contributors used his stimulating framework to analyze those traditional characteristics which the two present political regimes of Korea have either discarded or continued. As Paige's thought-provoking essay at the end suggests, one hopes other scholars will some day methodically determine the continuities and discontinuities between Korea's old and new orders.


BACKGROUND In this study we aimed to determine the prevalence of sharp injuries (SI) and blood and body fluid (BBF) splashes in health care workersduring elective surgery procedures (ESP). T h i s study would help to plan the preventive measures for injuries and BBF splashes. METHODS All ESPwere recorded during three months period and SI and BBF splashes were analyzed in Hospital of Dicle University. Hospital employees who reported SI or BBF splashes were interviewed about the types of devices causing injury and the circumstances of the injury. RESULTS During three months period, 1988 ESPs were recorded. SIs were reported in 111 procedures (5.6%) and BBF splashes were in 145 (7.3 % ) .Incidence rate of SI was 2.8 per person year in teaching staff, 5.6 in residents, 6.3 in nurses and 1.5 for other health care workers. Incidence rate of BBF splashes was 14.5 per person year in trainers, 6.9 in residents, 8.4 in nurses, r e s p e c t i v e l y. Duration of ESP, start time of ESPand number of employed personnel in the ESPwere the factors that significantly influenced SI incidence. Duration of ESPand total person worked in ESPwas effective on BBF splashes. SI was occurred in 14.4 of mandibulofacial, 12.2% of general surg e r y, 10.5% of chest surgery and 8.4% of brain surgery ESP. BBF splashes occurred in 14.4% of general surg e r y 's, 13.5% of urology's , 14% of chest surg e r y 's, 14.7% of cardiovascular surg e r y's ESP. The most frequently injured tissue was index finger (33.9%) and the pollex finger (31.4%). CONCLUSION SIs and BBFs are important health risks for health professionals who are involved in surgery, as it is in all other medical practices. SI and BBF splashes should be monitored and preventive measures should be planned urgently.


The authors describe the clinical aspects and epidemiology of Q fever in the Ukrainian SSR and neighbouring territories of the Russian SFSR. Using clinico-epidemiological data as corresponding criteria for the diagnosis of infection by means of adequate laboratory diagnostic tests permitted to increase the detection rate of Q fever.


Conditions are found about that the convergence of generalized integral makes integrand tend to zero,which is obviously weaker than that found vy W. M. Hirsch.


Hypoplastic thumb is the second most common congenital deformity of the thumb. Thumb hypoplasia is characterized by diminished thumb size, metacarpal adduction, metacarpophalangeal joint instability, and thenar muscle hypoplasia. In the literature, different classification types of hypoplastic thumb have been used and different treatment methods described. In this case we presented an alternative palliative treatment method for a ten-year-old patient with modified Blauth's classification type IIIB hypoplastic thumb and one-year follow-up results.


The ultimate interest of China is stability. To ensure the social stability, the laws and the morality are the typical social mores. Authority morality concerns greatly the social stability. Strengthening the construction of authority morality and implementing morality education can make the leaders of all levels have the proper views. The socialist authority morality and mores should be defined to make the leaders be possessed of proper morality.


Information today may be envisaged as passing through a chain of hands from its point of origin to its point of use: as information originators and users have become more separate in place or time, various types of intermediaries have grown up to fill the gap between them. Online services involve several of the links in the chain and I want to consider the theme of this meeting, "Concepts of marketing and pricing online services", from the point of view of one of them in particular, namely the search intermediary or library. This is the point at which many of the final recipients of the information, the end-users, currently meet the chain of information provision; it is where much of the marketing of information is done and where the users form their judgement of the utility of the various means of its provision, and it will probably remain so for some time to come in spite of the current interest in by-passing this link and selling to end-users direct. Although the paper's title mentions only the price of information, it is hardly possible to discuss price without considering also value and costs, since the perceived value of the information received will determine in large part what price the market will bear, while the costs of production and delivery will determine the minimum price which one must charge. I am particularly concerned with those fields which may be loosely lumped together as academic and public library information-science, medicine, the humanities and general. Here we have special problems with perceptions of the value of information and thus its marketing and pricing; in this paper I shall briefly consider these and the ways in which closer cooperation between libraries and the providers of the services we are selling may help to solve some of them.


In this paper we investigate the value of travel time savings (vtts). Estimation of this is in most cases based on samples using a specific mode. A mixed logit model was used to estimate the VTTS together with an auxiliary probit equation to capture the fact that the sample is non random. The results show that the probit equation in some cases gives extra information that can be used to improve the VTTS estimates from the mixed logit model. Hence this opens a way to investigate the possible selection bias in standard estimations of VTTS. (a)


"Tense" is a linguistic phenomenon, whereas "time" is an extra-linguistic concept. Tense is the grammatical category which correlates with distinctions of time. Every language is capable of expressing events happening in different times. Differentiating between time and tense in language is far from trivial. It has proved to play an important part in language learning and translation. By scrutinizing the time-tense dichotomy, this article aims to show that there is no one-to-one correspondence between time and tense, both intra- and inter-lingually and also to show how this is so essential in language learning and translation.


A method combining wavelet transform with rough set is proposed to avoid the complex judgment and heavy computation of common power quality classification methods.The continuous eigenvector sample data of disturbance signal is extracted by wavelet transform and then dispersed by fuzzy C-means clustering algorithm to achieve a rule table of classification knowledge.By using the attributes and attribute values reducing algorithm of rough set theory,the core rule knowledge is finally obtained for power quality classification.Experiment is carried out with the simulative signal data generated by Matlab and results show that the proposed method classifies the signal types straight and simply.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the real estate development and community interaction aspects of US shopping malls. The existing research on shopping mall development and redevelopment can more comprehensively address the importance of malls to the communities in which they are located. Existing shopping mall research focuses on lease valuation, tenant location, retail agglomeration economies, retail demand externalities and intangible asset value. Largely, neglected areas of research are the community and economic contributions of shopping malls. These are critical issues given the age of shopping malls worldwide, the need for adjacent area redevelopment and requirement of large public subsidies for infrastructure construction.Design/methodology/approach – This paper investigates the critical role of shopping malls as town centres and catalysts for area development and redevelopment. A review of the existing research on shopping malls and retail economic contributions to communities is...


House is not only is a place to get rest and do activities bu also treated as a pride for the Malay community. The values contained in the spatial layout of the house have specific meaning to the owners. This makes the Malay house becomes the symbol of pride to uphold the "tuah" and dignity of the owner. This research is conducted using qualitative approach through management and data management available through several methods such as observation, interview, documentation and group discussion. This is expected to provide understanding of the perception of Islam dealing with the characteristics of the spatial layout of the Malay house of Pekanbaru.


For those of us who had not been to Boston since the last ACS meeting it was surprising to see how vibrant the city was. The shops, restaurants, parks, and other attractions throughout the large inner city area made the meeting most enjoyable. Again, our banquet cruise of the harbor was blessed with excellent weather. The ship went out far enough so that we landlocked people could feel the waves. The entire program had a celebratory tone-two sessions marking the 70th birthday of Glenn Crosby, a memorial symposium celebrating the teaching innovations of Hubert Alyea, and the 75th anniversary of the Journal of Chemical Education. Content issues in upper division chemistry courses as well as general chemistry took up a large portion of the program. Some of the symposia are discussed in this article.


Since 1996, fifth-grade students from the Alona School in the north of Israel have been leading "The Lesser-Kestrel" environmental education program designed to promote environmental literacy as well as the conservation of this endangered raptor. Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine the environmental literacy of fifth-grade pupils after one, two and three years. The study was based on quantitative questionnaires from 147 pupils completed during and after the program and also interviews with 6 of those pupils who had completed the program in the past. Pupils filled out the questionnaire at four different points of time throughout their educational program: prior to their studies in the environmental program, at the end of their studies in the program, about four months following their studies in the program and about one year after the completing of their studies. New research tools was used to evaluate the results included the Roth's level of environmental literacy combined with Simmons' components. The findings indicate that even three years after graduating, the pupils achieved a functional level of environmental literacy in all three components of these. In conclusion, it seems appropriate to promote long-term environmental educational programs that help retain environmental literacy for at least three years.


A 75-yr-old woman presented with a 4-wk history of increasing shortness of breath and worsening renal failure. She was originally diagnosed to have immunoglobulin G (IgG)-lambda stage 3A multiple myeloma 2 yr ago. She had progressive disease after short-lasting partial remission with cyclical melphalan and prednisolone and single-agent dexamethasone. Her compliance to the latest therapy of thalidomide and dexamethasone was poor because of side effects. The blood investigations showed hemoglobin, 7.8 g/dl; urea, 11.9 mmol/l; creatinine, 496 umol/l; IgG, 73.30 g/l; lambda, 83.70 g/l; and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), 1,393 U/l. Clinically, she had a large left pleural effusion that was confirmed on chest radiograph. This was aspirated and cytological examination revealed a nucleated cell count of 480 per (cid:1) l, 60% of which were plasma cells (Fig. 1). Flow cytometric analysis of these plasma cells showed both CD38 and CD56 positivity as well as lambda-light-chain restriction (Fig. 2). Clonality was further corroborated by the presence of monoclonal bands on immunofixation. The patient succumbed rapidly despite attempt at giving salvage therapy.


In this article, we propose the discrete version of the binomial exponential II distribution for modelling count data. Some of its statistical properties including hazard rate function, mode, moments, skewness, kurtosis, and index of dispersion are derived. The shape of the failure rate function is increasing. Moreover, the proposed model is appropriate for modelling equi-, over- and under-dispersed data. The parameter estimation through the classical point of view has been done using the method of maximum likelihood, whereas, in the Bayesian framework, assuming independent beta priors of model parameters, the Metropolis–Hastings algorithm within Gibbs sampler is used to obtain sample-based Bayes estimates of the unknown parameters of the proposed model. A detailed simulation study is carried out to examine the outcomes of maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimators. Finally, two distinctive real data sets are analyzed using the proposed model. These applications showed the flexibility of the new distribution.


According to the disc brake of the mine hoist,a friction and abrasion performance prediction was conducted base on the BP neural network.The establishment of the BP neural network was main conducted with the combined program of the Matlab and Visual Basic.After the features index rationally selected,the sample collection was conducted on the brake-shoe of the hoist with the actual experiment.After the comparison and analysis on each training function,the final neural network could be obtained.


S TESICHORUS' POSITION in the literary tradition-until recently a matter of guesswork based on indirect references from later periods-has become appreciably clearer thanks to the papyri. The discovery of the Lille papyrus attests to Stesichorus' importance in the history of metrics in particular, for the use of an early form of the dactylo-trochaic verse offers some insight into the puzzling issues of ancient lyric rhythm and perhaps its corollary, ancient Greek music. 1 Attempts to analyze the meter of P.Lille 76 have nevertheless exposed once more the limitations of our knowledge, due mainly to the fragmentary nature of the direct evidence. Metrical sequences attested also in other Stesichorean fragments have been characterized in different ways, and differing inferences have been drawn regarding both the technique of the poet and his significance in the development of metrics and music. As this controversy is not restricted to terminology but, more significantly, affects our understanding of the very nature of the Stesichorean verse,2 my purpose here is first to describe and characterize the P.Lille meter and second to review and evaluate the three major analyses it has received. Emphasis will be placed on the structure presented in the editio princeps, both because its underlying principles remain controversial and because its implications for the questions of rhythm and music are far-reaching. 3


In t his study, the LC 50 values of the cadmium (Cd) toxicity on the Gammarus pulex were investigated. In this study, it was aimed to determine the change of LC 50 values of Cd at G. pulex at 10, 14 and 18°C.The lethal concentration (LC 50 ) values for G. pulex which were exposed to various Cd concentrations for 96 hours were determined at different temperatures as 10, 14 and 18 °C. LC 50 values obtained by probit analysis were found to be; 51.79 ± 1.2 µg L -1 for 10°C, 47.67 ± 0.6 µg L -1 for 14°C and 33.93 ± 0.6 µg L -1 for 18°C. LC 50 values were found to decrease due to the increase in temperature.


To avoid the overload caused the damage of the generator of the horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) over the rated speed, usually design to adjust the pitch angle for the blade to reduce the blade load and the output power. A blade rotor was assigned for 20 kW output power capacities in this research which used the blade moment element theory with the high Left/Drag ratio airfoil DAE11 to build up 3D blade shape, and used the commercial CFD tool Fine/Turbo to simulate the performance with different blade pitch angle under over wind speed conditions. The simulation results shows up the pitch angle turning 10 degrees which operated under 11 m/s and 13m/s wind speed with 7.87 and 7.35 tip ratios respectively, will cause no output torque.


By analyzing the parametric arrester of technology with the reality,the main context about electricity stream leakage,arrester assembles and the handicraft of the ground connection system is discussed.It is suggested that how to keep safe hidden trouble of lightning stroke and select arrester type and install so that it can promote the quality of design level and serving effect of the thunder protecting.


It is recommended that hop extracts should be examined qualitatively before the method of analysis is decided. Extracts would normally be analysed by the E.B.C. conductance method (and the results called "lead conductance values") with a chromatostrip method as the alternative. Isomerized hop extracts should also be examined qualitatively, quantitative analysis being by the method of Wood, Lloyd & Whitear with countercurrent distribution as the recommended reference method.


This paper discusses various approaches to cross-cultural communication. This study focuses on Christian communication where this communication model is slightly different from communication in general. Christian communication focuses on discussion of gospel truths conveyed across cultures. In communicating, obstacles often occur due to differences in characteristics, language, perceptions, physicality and culture. If these obstacles are not managed properly, they will cause conflict and have an impact on a person's life and society. The method I use is library research, which is to express ideas and ideas by analyzing various library sources. The analysis process is carried out by means of literature study, namely collecting sources in the form of journals related to cross-cultural communication and books on communication so that an overview is found related to the topics discussed. The results found are various cross-cultural communication approaches that can be used, including the Interpersonal communication approach; approach theory, Contextual Theory.


The chemical composition and structure of the Si 3 N 4 /thermal SiO 2 interface in silicon/oxide/nitride/oxide (SONO) structures were studied by using electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and ellipsometric measurements. Both experiments show the existence of excess silicon at the Si 3 N 4 /thermal SiO 2 interface, in the form of Si-Si bonds in the Si-rich silicon oxynitride. Wet oxidation of the as-deposited Si 3 N 4 has profound effects on the interfaces in SONO structure. Mechanisms responsible for these observations are proposed based on the chemical reactions during the synthesis of the SONO structure. Particularly, we propose that the Si-Si bonds are produced by replacing nitrogen with oxygen during the oxidation of Si 3 N 4 . These bonds should be the responsible candidates for the positive charge accumulation in re-oxidized nitrided oxide at the hot hole injection and ionizing radiation.


Colleges and universities should optimize the internal structure with the development of the times. Under the background of network information technology and high speed development, there are still many problems in the information construction of colleges and universities, the overall planning is insufficient to meet the actual needs of teachers and students, and the utilization of data resources is also insufficient, which seriously affects the development of colleges and universities. Therefore, colleges and universities should make flexible use of network information technology, big data technology, build network platform, strengthen the logistics management of colleges and universities, ensure that all work can run efficiently under the help of network technology, construct a new intelligent service platform, make clear the development goal, and improve the level of logistics service management.. 1. Current Status of Intelligent Logistics Development Under the rapid development of information technology, colleges and universities should introduce modern technology in time to improve the quality of logistics service management. In the era of big data, the mining and collation of data is the key for colleges and universities to adapt to the society and improve the quality of education. In view of the lack of reference to big data technology in colleges and universities, the quality of data collection, integration and analysis can not be carried out flexibly, which leads to the low quality of logistics service work.[1] Intelligent logistics is based on the application of modern equipment, clear service concept, under the concept of green harmony, promote the concept of service efficient, intelligent management of logistics service management, under the network information technology, the construction of information logistics service platform is an effective way for colleges and universities to improve the level of logistics service, but most colleges and universities in our country are not comprehensive to introduce new technology, and lack of understanding of the importance of logistics work, resulting in bad logistics service system construction. After statistics, it is found that the problems existed in colleges and universities during the period of intelligent logistics construction. Figure 1 shows the wisdom logistics forum[2]. Figure 1 Intelligence logistics forum site 2020 5th International Conference on Economics Development, Business & Management (EDBM 2020) Copyright © (2020) Francis Academic Press, UK DOI: 10.25236/edbm.2020.142 746 First of all, most colleges and universities introduce modern technology, establish network information platform, build intelligent logistics system process, lack of clear development goals, do not do a good job of overall planning, resulting in top-level design is not scientific, most colleges and universities use the school-level information development mechanism to carry out daily work, but not according to logistics work, design logistics information platform. Colleges and universities in the background of big data, because of their own funds, information development is different, most colleges and universities do not have sufficient funds to use modern technology to build information campus platform, at the same time, information standards are not consistent, lack of scientific technical norms, resulting in the wisdom of logistics information platform lack of standards, can not be smooth reality. This is because the top-level design is not rigorous and scientific; second, most of the university business application system scattered, forming information island phenomenon, resulting in the various departments can not form information. In this case, the business system can not guarantee the staff's efficient docking work, and there is also the problem of information asymmetry; finally, the efficient and not flexible use of big data technology, mining campus information, the integration of data resources, the use of obvious deficiencies, although the school has rich information, but only simple statistics, and not deep mining, resulting in low data utilization, can not use big data technology to reflect the value of data, resulting in the slow development of intelligent logistics platform, can not achieve the desired purpose. The technical service guarantee ability of colleges and universities is low, this kind of situation is reflected in most colleges and universities in our country, the information processing work is generally responsible by the technical department of colleges and universities, but most colleges and universities do not hire professional personnel according to the work demand, take charge of the related work, cause the business system design to have problems, can not carry out the related work according to the prescribed content scientifically and efficiently, at the same time the business system is updated slowly, it is difficult to carry out the management system efficiently, carry out the related work, figure 2 is the flow chart of the intelligent housekeeper office system.[3]. Figure 2 Flow chart of smart housekeeper office system 2. Key Points for Intellectual Logistics Construction


Computational models of motor learning have been examined experimentally with human participants using a robotic manipulandum that produces force perturbations on their reach trajectories. Here, we developed a small-scale robotic manipulandum for rodent studies. This device enabled us to conduct the same motor control experiments typically used for human study on rodents in order to examine the neural basis of the computational process of motor control and learning. We present the design of the manipulandum and controller system in addition to kinematic analysis of the link structures. We also confirmed the feasibility of the developed system for rodent studies. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


Objectives: To demonstrate the perception of pharmacists about the High-Risk/ Alert medications in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It analyzes a cross-sectional survey that discussed the perception of pharmacists about High-Risk/Alert medications in Saudi Arabia. The survey consisted of respondents' demographic information about pharmacists and The Perception of High-Risk/Alert Medications, barriers, which factors may Discourage you from implementing High-Risk/Alert medications, and recommendations/suggestions for facilitating the implementation of High-Risk/Alert medicines. The 5-point Likert response scale system was used with closed-ended questions.


An explanation of the excited-state structure of the FMO (Fenna−Matthews−Olson) complex of Prosthecochloris aestuarii is given from the point of view that the dipole−dipole interactions among the bacteriochlorophylls of the unaggregated C3 symmetric trimers observed in the cyrstalline state are mainly responsible for the key features of the "linear" absorption characteristics (absorption, linear dichroism, and singlet−triplet absorption difference) in the Qy region.


Selenium (Se) is an element of concern in Port Kembla Harbour as it was the only element found in harbour fish tissues in the mid-1990s at concentrations that exceeded the Australia New Zealand Food Authority Maximum Residue Limit. This thesis investigated the distribution, speciation, binding phases and geochemical behaviour of selenium in Port Kembla Harbour sediments, which potentially receive selenium pollution from local metal processing and smelting and coal industries. Sedimentary selenium is a potential selenium source for fish and organisms via benthic food chain transfer. Grab surface sediments from 23 sites around the harbour and a total of 14 sediment cores were collected from the contaminated Red Beach area (during 2003-2006) and analysed for selenium concentrations by HG-AAS and also for sediment parameters including grain size composition, pH, redox potential, other trace metals, porewater composition and sediment macrocomponents. Two sequential extraction procedures were used to fractionate the solidphase selenium into soluble and adsorbed, carbonate, metal oxyhydroxide, organically bound, elemental, organic matter and sulfide, and residual selenium fractions. The selenium behaviour in the different geochemical phases was examined in association with the measured sediment parameters. The selenium concentrations in surface sediments from most harbour sites were low (below 3 μg/g) except those in sediments from the Red Beach area (up to 9.38 μg/g), which is in close proximity to a local copper refinery. Selenium concentrations in the Red Beach sediment cores ranged from 6 to 1735 μg/g, depending on depth and grain size, with peak selenium concentrations observed at 6-10 cm and at 14-16 cm depths. The highest selenium concentration (1735 μg/g), found in the 250 μm fraction of the surface sediments and in the < 63 μm fraction of the sediment cores, indicating association from both original ore sources and through post-depositional transformation. The sediment Pb dating estimated the sedimentation rate of Red Beach cores to be 0.55 ±


Objective:
The aim is to compare blood groups between spontaneously pregnant fertile patients and infertile female patients undergoing treatment for infertility diagnosis in terms of demographics and blood groups. Infertility is defined as the failure to achieve pregnancy despite regular unprotected sexual intercourse for one year during the reproductive period without using any contraceptive method.
Materials and Methods:
The study was conducted by statistically evaluating the blood groups and demographic data of a total of 608 patients, including 304 fertile patients who presented for routine pregnancy follow-up at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Süleyman Demirel University, between January 2015 and January 2023, and 304 infertile patients receiving treatment at the Süleyman Demirel University Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART) Center.
Results:
The mean age of the volunteers in the fertile group was calculated as 30.68±4.70, while the mean age of the volunteers in the infertile group was 32.50±5.35. Blood group A was found to be dominant in both the fertile and infertile groups, followed by blood groups O, B, and AB. When compared based on education, it was determined that the majority of patients in the infertile group had received undergraduate or postgraduate education. Income levels were categorized as low, medium, and high income based on occupational distributions in both groups, revealing that the majority of participants in both groups had a low-income level.
Conclusion:
Infertility is a multifactorial condition resulting from a combination of various factors such as genetics, environment, lifestyle, and health. The prevalence of infertility increases with age, and blood group distribution does not have a direct impact on infertility.


In the first article, Sharon Oultram et al., presents their study on a comparison between patient self-report and radiation therapists' ability to identify anxiety and distress in head and neck cancer patients requiring immobilisation for radiation therapy. The purpose of this study is to identify the incidence of anxiety and distress among patients requiring immobilisation during radiation therapy to the head and neck region; then to compare this with radiation therapists' ability to identify anxiety the same group of patients. This study suggests that there is scope for further investigation into the identification and management of anxiety and distress in head and neck cancer patients requiring immobilisation.


Abstract This paper develops a method for handling a nonorthogonal analysis of covariance in an iterative manner using balanced analysis of variance residual and expectation operators. In essence, it extends previous work of the author for the nonorthogonal AOV problem to the nonorthogonal AOC problem. The iterative AOC method has the property of guaranteed convergence. In addition, under certain (convergent) conditions, successive approximations to the residual sum of squares for the AOC model are shown to be monotonically decreasing. This property is used to minimize iteration in hypothesis testing.


Although internet advertising recently has become one of the important research topics, relatively few existing studies examine attitude toward the web-ad (Aad) formation from an aspect of peripheral-route effects. To fill in this research gap, based on the findings of flow theory, human-computer interaction, internet navigation behavior and advertising attitude formation, this research proposed an integrated framework of attitude toward the web ad formation in the peripheral-route effects. This research empirically examined the relationships among consequences of human-computer interaction, attitude toward advertising in general, mood, attitude toward the web ad, brand attitude and purchase intention. Through a lab experiment, the research framework was empirically supported. The research findings indicated: (1) consequences of human-computer interaction and attitude toward advertising in general had positive impacts on online user's mood; (2) online user's mood had positive influences on attitude toward the web ad; (3) online user's attitude toward the web ad had positive impacts on attitude toward the brand, which resulted in higher purchase intention. In addition, this research discussed its managerial implications and suggested several future research directions.


The digital era triggers innovation in the learning process where currently, students prefer to find and learn learning resources through the internet/online technology. Microlearning-oriented explainer video media is one solution to accommodate changes in the current way of learning. This research aims to develop and implement microlearning-oriented explainer videos in robotics courses in higher education on a limited scale. The research used the Plomp development model to create explainer videos. The resulting explainer video media is tested for validity, practicality, and effectiveness. The results revealed that the explainer video media that had been developed got excellent results in the aspects of validity and practicality, while the results of testing the effectiveness of the media in the classroom and tested statistically that there were differences in learning achievement between before and after using explainer video media in robotics learning materials. Increased learning achievement of robotics learning materials is evidence of increased student activity and enthusiasm in learning so that learning outcomes can be fulfilled.


Extending the IMC tuning method for single variable processes, one parameter tuning method for multivariable processes where closed loops follow desired responses is proposed. With the proposed method designer''s effort can be minimized since multiloop control systems are tuned with only one design parameter of the closed loop time constant. Problems of simple decentralized controller design methods such as the very slow response by excessive detuning in the BLT method and the unsymmetrical response of the sequential loop closing method can be partially solved.


Operations executives are confronted with the challenge of increasing manufacturing productivity, satisfying ever increasing customer expectations, and controlling internal costs - typically in an environment that does not allow capital investment as a means for achieving incremental performance improvement. There are however a number of fundamental actions, mostly in the planning and management areas, that can be taken to achieve significant improvements in performance at relatively low cost. The following discussion provides a first level checklist of actions that can be taken to achieve significant productivity, quality, and service improvements.


The invention provides a preparation process of a young poultry food, which relates to the field of food processing, and particularly relates to the preparation process of the young poultry food. The preparation process comprises the following steps: hatching oosperms in a hatcher within 7 days; killing young poultry in a scalding manner when the young poultry pecks the shell but does not break away from the shell; adding a proper quantity of water, table salt, peppers, spicy seasonings and health-care medicinal materials used for foods (the medicinal materials, the food materials and the seasonings, which are capable of generating powder impurities so as to pollute the eggshells, are loosely packaged by a cotton gauze) by taking the killed young poultry as prepared materials; stewing and dipping; filtering juices; and performing sterile vacuum packaging according to the fact that each egg is independently packaged, thereby obtaining the young poultry food. The young poultry food processed by using the preparation process has the multiple advantages of being high in nutritive value, easy to eat, convenient to carry and the like.


Introduction: Choline fenofibrate is a newly developed choline salt of fenofibric acid, which is more hydrophilic than fenofibrate. This study was initiated to evaluate the safety and efficacy of choline fenofibrate in comparison to micronized fenofibrate among Indian patients of mixed dyslipidemia. Methods: A multicenter, open-label, randomized, active controlled, comparative, parallel group study was conducted at around 10 centers spread all across the country. Mixed dyslipidemia patients (serum triglycerides [TG] levels between 150 and 500 mg/dl), aged 18–70 years and taking stable statin dose for 8 weeks were randomized to choline fenofibrate 135 mg delayed release tablets and micronized fenofibrate 160 mg tablets once daily for 12 weeks. The primary endpoint of the study was percentage change in serum TG level at the end of 12 weeks. Results: A total of 226 patients were enrolled in this study, of which 116 patients were administered choline fenofibrate and 110 patients were administered micronized fenofibrate. At the end of 12 weeks, there was a significant reduction in TG level (34.24% in choline fenofibrate group and 38.13% reduction in micronized fenofibrate group). However, the difference between group was not statistically different (P = 0.471). Similarly, there was a significant increase in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol at the end of 12 weeks (10% increase in choline fenofibrate group and 9% increase in micronized fenofibrate group); but the difference between the group was not statistically significant (P = 0.598). Both the treatment was safe and well tolerated. Conclusion: Choline fenofibrate delayed release 135 mg is as safe and effective as 160 mg of micronized fenofibrate in Indian patients with mixed dyslipidemia.


The article is devoted to visualization of spatial objects' morphing described by the set of unordered reference points. A two-stage model construction is proposed to change object's form in real time. The first (preliminary) stage is interpolation of the object's surface by radial basis functions. Initial reference points are replaced by new spatially ordered ones. Reference points' coordinates change patterns during the process of morphing are assigned. The second (real time) stage is surface reconstruction by blending functions of orthogonal basis. Finite differences formulas are applied to increase the productivity of calculations.