The essence and advantages of distance learning as a form of organization of independent work in the professional training of future specialists are revealed. Formation of a professional term system is considered as a prerequisite for the formation of professional-terminological competence of a future teacher.
Independent work Outside the classroom process is expanding the amount of material to be absorbed (both theoretical and applied), assisting in preparing for the tests and examinations in professional disciplines. Today, integration of modern pedagogical and information technologies, their wide introduction into the educational process is very important. In the system of vocational education, issues of the culture of professional communication, are of particular importance. Imperfect knowledge of the professional terminology leads to the appearance of a significant number of typical errors, reducing the level of the culture of speech. An important role in mastering students' knowledge of the special course «Latina. Botany terminology» is given to independent work, which gradually becomes one of the leading forms. Application of new information and telecommunication technologies in the educational process, creation, and use of modern electronic teaching aids and distance courses solve complex tasks of forming a single educational information environment. Distance learning course «Latina. Botany Terminology» for future biology teacher is allows each student to work in an individual mode under the guidance of teachers. The content and structure of the distance e-learning course «Latin. Botany Terminology» for students of the Natural Department of Pedagogical Institutions of Higher Education is shown. The purpose of the distance special course, is to enrich the personality language culture, understanding the semantics and etymologies of biological terms.


Drinking water has always been, is and will be a strategic raw material. Stopping corrosion or at least minimisation of its impact while keeping quality drinking water supplies is a big challenge for the future. That is why the corrosion monitoring in the drinking water pipe system is one of the essentials for dealing with the issue. Areas of South Bohemia that were fitted with corrosion coupons and subsequently evaluated by the aggressiveness of water were chosen as examples for the study. The corrosion rate was monitored in drinking water during 35 and 82-day exposures. It was found that water in this part of the distribution system has the II. degree of the distribution system, i. e. medium. The evaluation of the corrosion rates also corresponds with the evaluation of the corrosion type using the Matlab. The impact of the corrosion plates on the general corrosion is slightly above 50 %. The occurrence of the pitting corrosion during such short disposure to a flowing drinking water in the pipeline is also significant.


We define the odd extended log-logistic-G family, and obtain some of its statistical properties. We construct a new extended regression based on the logarithm of the proposed distribution, which can be better than other known regressions to fit real data.


Designed and developed the High Speed Wirller Component based on DELPHI,realize the feature of High Speed Wire rolling process simulation and temperature,recrystallization,force and power predieton.The component is succeful development and widely application could improve software development,project design and craftwork work efficiency of high speed eire rolling domain technician.


Greenhouse evaluations of 879 rice varieties and selections revealed that several are highly resistant to Nephotettix virescens (Distant), Resistant varieties generally were not preferred by adults and nymphs. Also, insects caged on these plants suffered high mortality, On highly resistant varieties, only 0-3% of the 1st in stars reached the adult stage, whereas on susceptible varieties 76-90% became adults. Except for a few varieties on which different in stars had different mortality rates, all in stars had identical mortality rates on resistant varieties. Adults had 4 to 8 times longer life spans and laid about 15 times more eggs on susceptible than 011 resistant varieties. The population declined rapidly on resistant varieties. Whereas it increased cumulatively on susceptible varieties.

The insect made more probing punctures in the most resistant varieties than in the susceptible varieties but did little feeding; consequently, resistant varieties were seldom damaged. Histological studies of the leaf blades of resistant and susceptible varieties revealed no mechanical barrier to the insect's feeding.


The electronic parking engine is a form of Medan City Representative in terms of Parking Payments. Based on data shows that eletronic parking machines have been used in the city of Medan since 2013. Basically users of electronic parking machines are a form of use of information and communication technology in running the government of Medan City. This can provide support for the city of Medan as a smart city. In this case Rudolf Giffinger stated that there are six characteristics to realize a smart city. In this case the electronic parking engine is expected to be able to realize the city of Medan as a smart city, so qualitative research is needed regarding the electronic parking engine in the city of Medan. The problem of public parking services that is happening in the city of Medan at this time has grown into a serious issue. The resulting consequences are increased air pollution, congestion problems, inconvenience in finding parking, to the problem of levies on illegal parking fees. Thus, the government through the Medan City Transportation Office as the policy implementer has launched a solution to control parking management to road users in real time through the implementation of the Smart Parking System program. This program is a part or dimension of Smart City, which is shaded by the concept of Smart Transportation. The results of this study state that an electronic parking engine has been installed in the city of Medan since 2013. However, after about four years the engine has been tested and not yet fully operational.


The notion of successful ageing has been one of the most successful but also one of the most controversial concepts of ageing research over the last 60 years. Attempts to uncover the secret of successful ageing have often resembled something like a quest for the Golden Fleece. And that quest continues within contemporary gerontology—so far with no end in sight. As shown in this introductory chapter, human history is full of strivings to live a youthful life without end. Still, controversies over successful ageing continue. In the following chapters of the book various conceptual models are analysed, and strategies and interventions for successful ageing discussed.


The invention relates to an electrolytic polishing solution for electrolyzing and polishing magnesium alloy and a magnesium alloy surface polishing processing method. The electrolytic polishing solution contains phosphoric acid, polyalcohol, leveling agent and brightening agent, wherein the volume ratio of the phosphoric acid to the polyalcohol is 3: 5-7, and the polyalcohol comprises a mixture of one or more propylene glycol, glycol, glycerin and butanediol. The magnesium alloy surface polishing processing method comprises the following steps of preprocessing, electrochemical polishing, alkali wash and passivation, wherein the electrolytic polishing solution used by the electrochemical polishing is the electrolytic polishing solution supplied by the invention. The electrolytic polishing solution and the magnesium alloy surface polishing processing method have the advantages of simple production technology, less time consumption and easy mass production. A finally processed magnesium alloy work piece has obviously improved corrosion resistance and can maintain metallic luster for a longer time by being placed in the air for a long time.


Jim Jarmusch's feature film Dead man, apparently a Western, exceeds the genre's traditional boundaries and shows ambivalence, unclear roles in an environment existing between the times of the nation's founding and the success of civilization. It shows a world in transformation where change is happening, not managed. The film is a provocation for adherents to traditional Western movies. But a closer look at this world offers a surprising insight into a dynamic involved in change processes that also occur after mergers or take-overs in contemporary business organizations. The charm in using the film as a metaphor is at least two-fold. The interpretation with the help of Lyotard and Baudrillard shows a double edged dynamic where the successful new owner after a take-over is not necessarily in charge of the game. Beyond that the use of a movie from outside the mainstream offers a non-mainstream argument inside the core of a mainstream management topic.


ABSTRACT The reaction of p-acetylaniline with chlorodiphenylphosphine afforded the new ligand (p-CH3CO)C6H4N(H)PPh2 (1) in good yield. Monooxidized thioxo (p-CH3CO)C6H4N(H)P(S)Ph2 (2) and selenoxo (p-CH3CO)C6H4N(H)P(Se)Ph2 (3) were synthesized by the reaction of 1 with elemental sulfur or grey selenium. Compounds 1–3 were identified and characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy (1H, 13C, 31P, 77Se NMR) and elemental analysis. Compounds 2 and 3 were structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction which showed that the p-acetyl substituent on the aniline aromatic ring has a profound influence on the elongation of the P−N bond distance compared to several structurally characterized analogues found in literature. As such, subsequent reactions involving the P-N bond (i.e. insertion reactions) may be influenced in a favorable manner and proceed with ease. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


We derive multi-bladed polyhedron propellers after a new principle. The remarkable structures of Coxsackievirus a21 and Human Rhinovirus Complexed with ICAM-1 are given as examples.


The linear δ expansion (LDE) is applied to the Hamiltonian H = 1 2 (p 2 + m 2 x 2) + igx 3 , which arises in the study of Lee–Yang zeros in statistical mechanics. Despite being non–Hermitian, this Hamiltonian appears to possess a real, positive spectrum. In the LDE, as in perturbation theory, the eigenval-ues are naturally real, so a proof of this property devolves on the convergence of the expansion. A proof of convergence of a modified version of the LDE is provided for the ix 3 potential in zero dimensions. The methods developed in zero dimensions are then extended to quantum mechanics, where we provide numerical evidence for convergence.


The scheduling of tracking and surveillance looks for multifunction radar is considered. A technique called the sequential scheduler is proposed, whereby tracking looks and high-priority surveillance looks are scheduled first, and lower-priority surveillance looks are then scheduled to occupy gaps in the radar time line. A method called the two-slope benefit function (TSBF) sub-scheduler is used and requires that each tracking look and high-priority surveillance look has a benefit function, which specifies benefit as a function of start time. This method accounts for both look priority and target dynamics in formulating a look schedule. If the radar is overloaded with tracking look requests, the TSBF sub-scheduler down-selects a set of looks that can be scheduled, using a method that favours higher priority looks. Looks are scheduled to maximise the total benefit, and it is shown that the resulting maximisation is equivalent to a linear program which can be solved efficiently using the simplex method. A technique called the gap-filling sub-scheduler is used to schedule lower-priority surveillance looks. An example is presented which illustrates the properties of the sequential scheduler.


Eike Christian Wittek: Characterisation of the lubrication condition in ball bearings with the capacitive method In order to characterize the lubrication condition in ball bearings using grease and oil lubrication, a capacitive film thickness measurement system is introduced and the analysis routine is described. While this method provides reliable results at full film lubrication, in the mixed lubrication regime it is affected by increasing interaction of the rough surfaces. In such lubrication conditions, the maximum voltage the bearing can sustain, supplies valuable information. When calculating the maximum sustainable electric field strength across the lubricant film based on experimental film thicknesses and sustainable voltages, almost constant values are obtained. This makes sense when considering this field strength as a lubricant property. The results of measurements with grease lubrication are used as input quantity for a model to predict harmful EDM bearing currents in inverter fed induction machines. The development of this bearing current model is subject of ancillary research activities. Essential advantage of using measured film thickness against calculated film thickness according to EHD theory is the consideration of effects like presence of thickener in the contact or starvation at high speeds. These effects lead to film thicknesses that deviate from theoretic predictions. Finally, the developed measurement system was used for evaluating lubricant film properties in ball bearings lubricated with low viscosity fuel economy oils. Due to mixed lubrication conditions, quantitative film thickness measurements could not be conducted. Even the maximum voltage across the bearing does not supply reliable information about the elastohydrodynamic film condition. In these tests, the influence of the boundary layers is dominant on the electric behaviour. Summarizing all results of oil and grease lubrication, it can be stated that the lubricant film parameter alone does not permit a reliable forecast on the electric bearing behavior. In addition, the contact pressure must be considered. Depending on the load direction, there are limits to the galvanic isolation across the bearing.


To study the port privatization,a questionnaire is developed.For the questionnaire, items and structure validity are analyzed,internal consistency is tested,and unreasonable questions are eliminated.The common mistakes are discussed in quantitative information hypothesis testing.Total reliability CRONBACH's α of questionnaire achieves(0.837),and reliability of each sub-questionnaires is between(0.579) and(0.856),that is,all sub-questionnaires meet the general sociology measurement requirement.It is shown that the questionnaire reaches the acceptable structure validity according to the factor analysis and lays a basis for subsequent study.


We extend the concept of polynomial time approximation algorithms to apply to problems for hierarchically specified graphs, many of which are PSPACE-complete. Assuming P # PSPACE, the existence or nonexistence of such efficient approximation algorithms is characterized, for several standard graph theoretic and combinatorial problems. We present polynomial time approximation algorithms for several standard problems considered in the literature. In contrast, we show that unless P = PSPACE, there is no polynomial time e-approximation for any e > 0, for several other problems, when the instances are specified hierarchically.


To evaluate if depressive symptoms affect recovery of walking ability and 1‐year institutionalization or mortality in older adults who underwent post‐hip fracture (HF) surgery rehabilitation.


Redox-sensitive materials have received dramatically increasing interest over the past years.1 Disulfide cross-linked colloidal networks are particularly appealing, as they are rapidly reduced to thiols under the reductive environment inside cells, allowing the quantitative release of the payload incorporated within the particles.2 Moreover, disulfide cross-linked hydrogels as three-dimensional cell-culture scaffolds can be degraded under cytocompatible mild reductive conditions without affecting the vitality of the embedded cells.3


The association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and lung function has not been fully examined. The aim of this study was to clarify the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and lung function in general population by performing cross‐sectional and longitudinal analysis.


The warm tensile tests for 5050 aluminum alloy sheet metal were carried out at elevated temperature and different strain rates.The temperature was 303-673K and the strain rate was 0.001-0.1s-1.The warm tensile properties,relation between temperature,strain rate and the flow stress were studied.The results show that the flow stress declines with the increase of temperature and the decrease of strain rates.Elongation increases with the increase of temperature and the decrease of strain rates.Furthermore,constitutive equations under warm tension are obtained based on Hooke law and Grosman equation.


Binomial pricing trees are often used to value options. However, binomial models can easily become very large and cumbersome. Multinomial option pricing trees can be constructed that produce results equivalent to binomial option pricing trees. The advantage of creating multinomial trees is that they are smaller and easier to construct than binomial trees. In this paper, trinomial and quintinomial option pricing trees are developed and compared to simple binomial trees, illustrating the similarities and differences. These multinomial pricing trees are much smaller and more compact because they require fewer calculations to produce results equivalent to binomial trees. Methods for valuing put and call options, European and American options, and accounting for dividends are also illustrated. Multinomial option pricing trees can be helpful to students in understanding how the models work and useful to practitioners in constructing simple option pricing models.


Summary: Purpose: Vigabatrin (Sabril, Hoechst Marion Roussel) is an antiepilepsy drug (AED) presently marketed in 64 countries for the treatment of partial and secondarily generalized seizures. Vigabatrin (VGB) is marketed in a subset of these countries for the treatment of infantile spasms. Clinical experience in humans has shown that VGB provides effective seizure control with a wide margin of safety. However, animal toxicity studies raised concern when prolonged administration of VGB was shown to induce intramyelinic edema (IME) in some laboratory animal species.


With the advent of Electric vehicles (EV), high voltage battery packs have gained considerable significance. The primary energy source in EV is the battery. Improper use of battery packs could be hazardous. Thus, control and monitoring of batteries play key role in electric vehicle existence. Often the purpose is served by dedicated electronic circuitry called Battery Management System ( BMS). The work presents simulation as a tool in realizing BMS. Simulation helps the designers in recognizing errors and modifies them as required. The simulation was carried out in MATLAB/SIMULINK as simulation tools to validate the results. IndexTerms: Battery Management System, MATLAB/SIMULINK, Electric vehicles.


Combined with the structure of double reinforced retaining wall applied in reconstruction engineering of Yuan'an-Dangyang Arterial Highway,this paper carries out analysis on its structural characteristics with nonlinear finite element method and simulates the nonlinearity of soil materials with Drucker-Prager Model to study the distribution rule of reinforced stress and wall back soil pressure along wall height.Finite element analysis result tallies closely with site measurement value.It is indicated that the structure of double reinforced retaining wall is obviously different from that of common gravity retaining wall.The result provides reference for engineering application and further promotion.


The school farm system of Qing dynasty got further development and presented a new feature. Under this system, the mechanism of scholarship and assistantship has strong characteristics of the times. On one hand, it adapt the Qing dynasty's requirement of stable social order, on the other hand, it played a positive role on Academy cultural and educational development.However, there also exist in the concept some historical limitations. It provides preference for the mechanism reform of scholarship and assistantship in our universities in recent days.


The purpose of this study was to investigate the key factors that affect the implementation of collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR). A single case study method was adopted, examining a critical case in the South African grocery retail sector. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect data. The study confirmed five of the six key factors affecting CPFR implementation that have been identified in the literature. Two new key factors, business understanding and a common goal, were identified. The study also determined the framework that the focal firm used to implement CPFR. The findings aid supply chain managers in understanding and leveraging the key factors that affect the successful implementation of CPFR. The framework can be used for benchmarking and guiding managers through the process of implementing CPFR.


The invention discloses an electronic nose intelligent baking control system having an automatic learning function and a control method. The system is provided with a center control computer, input ends of the center control computer are respectively connected with an electronic nose module, an image collector and a moisture detector, an output end of the center control computer is connected with a PID controller, the PID controller is used to control a baking heater and a ventilation regulator to work, and a smell ANN network, an image ANN network and a moisture ANN network are configured in the center control computer. The control system has the substantial effects that the system has the automatic learning function and fully integrates the electronic nose technology, the image processing technology and the artificial neural network technology, and baking process curves corresponding to different baking objects are obtained by utilizing ANN network prediction obtained through training of a large number of sample data through real-time acquisition of smell information, image information and moisture information of the baking objects in the baking process, so the system adapts to fully automatic intelligent baking control of the different baking objects, and quality of baked products is optimized.


Through personal experience and the development of professional activity, the mathematics teacher recognizes the difficulty of students for learning mathematics as well as low academic performance in this area. Searching strategies that allow to improve this situation, the creativity and the development of the multiple intelligences appeared. In order to determine if there is a relationship among logical-mathematical and linguistic intelligences, creativity and academic achievement in mathematics, this work is born. In this study, the level of creativity was assessed using the CREA Test (Corbalan et al, 2003), the level of mathematical and linguistic intelligences was assessed with the multiple intelligences detection questionnaire made by McKenzie's (1999) and academic performance through the arithmetic average in the area of mathematics of the present academic year until the moment of the analysis. The sample is composed by 87 students from 11 to 13 years. The results show that there is no statistically significant association between academic achievement in mathematics, creativity and logical-mathematical and linguistic intelligences. There was not found neither statistically significant results in the correlation between creativity and logical mathematical intelligence. However, there was a statistically significant relationship between creativity and linguistic intelligence. Finally, based on the results obtained, an intervention program is proposed for the sample students that allow to enhance the logical-mathematical and linguistic intelligences through creative learning in the area of mathematics.


The present invention describes in particular an ostomy bag cover for the filter assembly, the assembly having a cover side, a first layer containing adsorbent particles dispersed in the adsorbent layer microfiber web of gas permeable. The cover side of the filter assembly comprises a welded region and an adhesive region, the adhesive bonding zone is present having an outer adhesive perimeter, at least a portion of the weld zone around the bonding region, the filter assembly of the cover may be heat sealed with the weld zone. Also described are methods of assembly.


* From the Department of Medicine and the Department of Radiology, Katharinenhospital, Stuttgart, Germany. The ultrasound cardiogram (UCG) is a generally acknowledged complemental procedure for diagnosis and follow-up studies of mitral stenosis. Since 1967 UCG recordings are also done in patients with artificial mitral valves (Starr-Edwards prostheses). 1, 2 Two opinions about the origin waves of UCG in prostheses have been discussed. Winters et a1.2 postulated that the echo waves arise from the Starr-Edwards ball. In contrast to their opinion, Kaiser et al.1 interpreted the ultrasound reflections to be caused by the anterior wall of the heart. Recent investigations3 in patients with disc or lenticular valve prostheses (Kay-Shiley and Cross-Jones type) led us to this further detailed publication.


Homozygous hemoglobin (Hb) SS is the most common form of sickle cell disease (SCD), while HbSC represents a third of patients and has been less studied. Despite similarities in pathogenesis, there are significant clinical differences between genotypes. To elucidate any molecular differences, we compared gene expression profiles for HbSS and HbSC using microarrays. The Paxgene (PAX) blood RNA system was used to extract RNA from whole blood, which was then globin reduced. We also isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) RNA to assess transcript patterns in cell populations lacking erythrocytes and granulocytes. To demonstrate clinical differences, we compared HbSS and HbSC subjects from the Bethesda Sickle Cell Cohort Study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00011648). Hematologic parameters were significantly different, with HbSS having higher leukocytes, lower hematocrit, and higher platelets, reticulocytes and fetal hemoglobin. Significant differences were also observed for transaminases, LDH, bilirubin, creatinine kinase, ESR and ferritin. On the other hand, HbSC patients had higher diastolic blood pressure (P=0.0009), higher SpO 2 (P RNA was isolated from ten subjects each with HbSS, HbSC or normal volunteers (NVs) using whole blood, PBMCs and Ficoll purified PBMCs (devoid of platelets). Microarray profiling showed that SCD subjects, regardless of genotype, have significant enrichment in glucose metabolism, cellular respiration, and mitochondrial energy generation pathways compared to NVs. Next, we used hierarchical clustering to distinguish SCD expression profiles from NVs, but we were unable to further distinguish HbSS from HbSC samples using this method. We attribute the above differences between SCD and NV samples to the erythroid cell RNA expression in whole blood. There is significant overlap between the 100 most abundantly expressed transcripts and a published signature in purified reticulocytes. However, no significant differences were observed when comparing SCD and NV samples using PBMCs and Ficoll purified PBMCs. We only observed expression differences comparing HbSS and HbSC at the gene level for ATP1B1 (1.3 fold change, P=1.04E-4), WSB1 (1.3 FC, P=3.64E-3) and IL6ST (1.3 FC, P=1.13E-4), despite the evident hematological and clinical differences. ATP1B1 encodes a small ATPase for Na+/K+ transport and has hardly been explored in hemoglobinopathies. Furthermore, ATP1B1 was highly up-regulated in HbSS patients (against controls) but showed less change in HbSC patients. Our results provide an important first step towards elucidating the molecular pathophysiology that might explain the differences in clinical symptoms and survival between these 2 common forms of SCD. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


This paper aims at proposing a theoretical framework for a training platform developed for English language teacher professional development in the context of Indonesia. This proposed frameworks motivated by the concern on the existing training practices that tend to thus far have affected on students' learning English not impressively as expected. Such a phenomenon takes place attributable to the training practices aimed at professionalizing teachers that regrettably adopts a 'hit-and-run' cascade modus: once an educational reform is introduced to teachers, they are then let go on their own. In the present proposed training framework – Reflective Training – more down to earth and on-in-on mentoring is offered while providing ample spaces for the teachers to actualize their teaching strategy contextually and then reflect their actualization. The framework is designed to scaffold teachers collaboratively with strategies in recognizing actual problems of students' learning in their class, formulating the problems, locating the causes, designing best solutions to the problem through innovative instructional strategies, reflecting the implementation, theorizing their innovative strategies, and sharing the strategies through an online journal specifically designed to disseminate their teaching innovation. In addition, online a learning resource is designed to provide them with an interactive medium for them to communicate real-time among themselves as well as with mentors and experts to discuss matters pertaining to optimizing students' learning along the planning, implementing, and reflecting stages. The framework is developed with a view to substantially changing English teachers upon joining the training mainly in their English teaching-related affection attributes and their cognition ones that will guide them ultimately with prudence to perform effective teaching delivery to affect students' learning in due course. Keywords—Reflective, Training, Mentoring, Collaboration,


Thromb Haemost 2007; 98: 691–692 Dear Sir, We read with interest the letter by Hézard et al. (1) regarding a modified thrombin generation (TG) assay using Protac® as a screening tool for protein C (PC) deficiency. We have developed a similar modification (2) in order to make the TGassay more sensitive to changes in the protein C pathway. We tested 122 patients (32 controls, 38 heterozygous for factor V Leiden, 34 family members of patients with an inherited thrombophilia with normal thrombophilia screens, 8 with PC deficiency and 10 with protein S deficiency) enrolled in a previous thrombophilia study. Although our assay is similar to the assay described by Hézard et al., we feel that there are important differences that impact on the reproducibility and accuracy of this test. Our method also uses the fluorogenic automated calibrated thrombogram with platelet-poor plasma (PPP) as described by Hemker (3) with a final concentration of 5 pM tissue factor (TF) (Innovin®, Dade Behring, Marburg, Germany) and 4 μM phospholipids (DOPS, DOPE, DOPC in proportion of 20/20/60, Avanti Polar Lipids, Alabaster, AL, USA). Eighty microliters PPP were tested with and without Protac (0.3 U/ml, Pentapharm, Basel, Switzerland). The measurements were done in parallel on a 96-well round bottom microtiter plate (Immulon 2HB, U bottom plate, Thermo Lab Systems, Waltham, MA, USA). The total pipetting and preparation time was 10 minutes (min). The plate was then inserted into a Fluoroskan Ascent platereader (Thermo Lab Systems, Helsinki, Finland) and the samples incubated for a further 5 min at 37oC. Subsequently, 20 μl of a mixture of fluorogenic substrate (Z-Gly-Gly-Arg-AMC HCl, Bachem, Switzerland) and calcium chloride are automatically dispensed starting Letters to the Editor


The quantum macroeconomics theory is formulated for the first time, assuming that the business cycle has the discrete-time oscillations spectrum in analogy with the electronics excitations discrete-time spectrum in the Bohr's atom model in the quantum physics. The quantum macroeconomics theory postulates that the discrete-time transitions from one level of GIP((t), GDP(t), GNP(t) to another level of GIP((t), GDP(t), GNP(t) will occur in the nonlinear dynamic economic systems at the time, when: 1) The land, labour and capital resources are added / released to the production/service processes in the form of quanta; 2) The disruptive scientific/technological/financial/social/political innovation is introduced, creating the resonance conditions necessary to amplify/attenuate the value of GIP((t), GDP(t), GNP(t), during the evolution process of the nonlinear dynamic economic system in the time domain. The authors think that the general information product on the time GIP((t), the general domestic product on the time GDP(t), and the general national product on the time GNP(t), are the discrete-time digital signals (the Ledenyov discrete-time digital waves with the Markov information) in distinction from the continuous-time signals (the Kitchin, Juglar, Kuznets, Kondratieff continuous waves), because of the discrete-time nature of the disruptive scientific/technological/financial/social/political innovations. The authors apply the quantum macroeconomics theory to research and develop a new software program for the accurate characterization and forecasting of GIP((t), GDP(t), GNP(t) dependences changes in the economies of scales and scopes in the time domain for the use by the central / commercial banks.


Sorghum has been widely cultivated around the world. The plant has a high survival rate to be grown in barren land and is reported to be positively correlated with health benefits, in particular for being gluten-free. Recently, sorghum application in food products has increased significantly. This study aims to investigate consumer acceptance of sorghum biscuits and to evaluate whether consumer knowledge related to sorghum will influence their preferences. The preferences of 132 adult consumers were recorded for the different substitutions of sorghum to wheat (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of sorghum substitution). Sensory attributes of sweet and bitter aroma, sweetness, bitterness, texture, and grittiness were recorded using the JAR (Just-About-Right) scale while consumer knowledge regarding sorghum and gluten-free product was recorded using an online questionnaire. The result indicated that consumer knowledge did not influence their liking on sorghum biscuits, and they have limited knowledge concerning sorghum and gluten-free products. The liking was significantly influenced by the sensory attributes of biscuits. Texture quality such as hardness and grittiness showed to significantly reduce liking while sweet aroma, sweetness, and soft texture showed to promote liking. This study could be used as a preliminary study to develop gluten-free products using sorghum.


The development of Information Technology has triggered the emergence of many online media. The cakrawalamedia.co.id website is an online media portal that utilizes these updates. Cakrawalamedia.co.id presents the focus of news around West Java especially the City of Tasikmalaya. The problem related to this research is whether the quality of cakrawalamedia.co.id website influences the readers' satisfaction. This study focuses on user satisfaction with the webqual method which consists of 3 variables, namely usability, information quality and interaction quality. The data used are primary data, namely by distributing questionnaires using a Likert scale with 22 questions to 133 respondents. Data obtained and processed using multiple linear regression analysis techniques using SPSS 16 software. Based on webqual variables, the results of the analysis state the quality of usability, information quality and interaction quality affect user satisfaction.

Keywords: Cakrawalamedia.co.id, Webqual 4.0, SPSS, Website Quality


Gröbner fans have gained popularity in computational commutative algebra and algebraic geometry with applications ranging from Gröbner basis conversion to the emerging field of tropical mathematics. Recently Gröbner fans have been employed for the selection of minimal models that fit measurement data from gene regulatory networks. The model space is described as the sum of an interpolating polynomial function f and the set of all polynomials that vanish on the data, that is, the ideal of data points. A minimal model can be chosen by computing the reduction of f with respect to a fixed Gröbner basis, which is dependent on the choice of term order. As Gröbner fans partition the set of Gröbner bases into equivalence classes, they can be thought of as parametrizations of the model space. This characterization permits exploration of the model space and discovery of "most likely" models. In this poster we show how Gröbner fans are used to two reconstruct gene regulatory networks: lactose metabolism in the bacterium E. coli and tissue development in the roundworm C. elegans.


The computerized toolmark comparison system is based on a cross correlation between a striation mark left by a tool on a lock and a test mark made by a suspect or the data base. The cross correlation is applied in the frequency domain for time saving. The area to be correlated is defined by the toolmark expert. A profile line is calculated and displayed based on the defined area. The two compared images may appear relatively shifted to one another, or only part of the toolmark that appears in the other. The same length of profiles is chosen from the two samples for entering to the updated correlation process. All possible correlations are checked by cutting and shifting through all cobinations. The database contains the defined images and the profiles calculated from them. The system consists of a 486 PC with a frame grabber and a video camera attached to a microscope. Results show that if the striation marks are clear and are wider than a minimum pixel limit, the correlation result higher than 0.6 is a possible match and has to be checked by the expert for a final decision. Future plans are to implement a 2D correlation. This method will enable us to deal with combinations of striations which are found frequently in real case work.


Abstract:The author describes her professional practice before being introduced to the depth version of Adlerian therapy. She relates her first encounter with classical Adlerian depth psychotherapy (CADP) from a friend who had practiced it for years, although details of it were unknown to the author. The author's subsequent training, application of CADP, and its impact on the author's professional life is shared in detail by showing how she applied Adler's many useful constructs. She concludes with an eye on a dynamic retirement.


It is essential to develop and application of different strategies for irrigated and dry agricultural areas because of global warming and climate change. Dry farming areas in Turkey is more than irrigated area. The slope of this areas is generally more than 9-12%. It can be observed mild erosion, moderate erosion , severe and more severe erosion in this respectively 14%, 20%, 63%. Increasing irreversible soil and carbon loss, erosion causes land degradation, infertile soil and climate change in long-term. Identify of the paths of the soil organic carbon accurately in the specific regions is important. Organic carbon can be preserved for a long time in the soil in suitable. However, changes in land use and with intensive tillage is caused significant decrease in soil carbon stacks. It is important to make new researches on organic carbon loss and carbon dioxide emissions, and this researches should be on different applications and soil conditions. There are lots of national and international literatures on carbon losses and carbon dioxide emission by uses of agriculture mechanization. According to this results we aimed to determine the applications for dry and slope farmland.


The policy of health service will be used to give a good and qualified health service to the society in which there is discrimination applied to those coming from the low level society. The desire of those people coming from the
low level one to get the best health service and cheap as well is rarely be achieved.
This happens since the government policy applied today is not in favor to those coming from low level society so that the health service provided is not well given. The policy as mentioned can not be easily made up since it is dealing with the fund gotten by the hospital and the practice of giving the health service to the low level society as well. This study is conducted in general hospital in Pamekasan Regency, Madura.
This study aims at describing two problems, namely finding out what are the policy applied in the health service given to those coming from the low economic level and finding out the real practice of the health service given to the
low level society started from the checking in up to the checking out period of treatment.
The methods used in this study is descriptive since the writer wants to know it clearly about the case study conducted that is knowing deeply on how is the policy applied in the health service given to those coming from the low economic level and also knowing the real practice of the health service given to the low level society started from the checking in up to the checking out period of treatment. The data involved are primary and secondary. The data collecting method is conducted through interview to the director of the hospital and the patients as well in which they are placed in the third-class treatment room. The data are also gotten from observation and documentation.
There are the gotten results: the policy that has been made by the regional governemnt of Pamekasan regency has been said to have already guaranteed the low level society' s health that is providing a good service, but in fact the policy theory is different from the real fact. The hospital can not conduct the policy well in terms of giving the free health service to the needy since they lack of money.
The said that the money they get from the regional government is too limited since it is distributed to another institutions. Since the money given to the hospital
will be used to maintain and support the programs of the hospital, then they can not afford to give the free treatment to the needy. In this case the money is used to
complete the hospital facilities that will be mainly used for the comfort of the patients as well and to improve the hospital quality.
But now, there has been a guarantee given by a regional government to the needy and those live under poverty. This is carried out by giving those needy a card "askeskin" that is a special card to get a free health service to the pointed hospital". However, there are still many who have not got the card yet. Moreover, the existence of this card is relatively less effective since doctors and nurses do
not really care on the needy wants. Still, those needy are placed in the third class with the minimum facilities available.
From the result of this study, it is then concluded that the health policy made by the regional government is not suitable with the principle of general services and a standardized health service that requires us to give a free, standardized, qualified and good health service especially to society who is in need.


Previous work on network measurements have explored several primitives of increasing complexity for measurement tasks at individual nodes, ranging from counters to hashing to arbitrary code fragments. In an SDN network, these primitives may require significant bandwidth, memory and processing resources, and the resources dedicated to these can affect the accuracy of the eventual measurement. In this paper, we first qualitatively discuss the tradeoff space of resource usage versus accuracy for these different primitives as a function of the spatial and temporal measurement granularity, then quantify these tradeoffs in the context of hierarchical heavy hitter detection.


The future experimental program at Jefferson Lab requires an absolute current calibration of a 1 (cid:22) A CW electron beam to better than 1% accuracy. This paper presents the mechanical and electrical design of a Tung-sten calorimeter that is being constructed to provide an accurate measurement of the deposited energy. The energy is determined by measuring the change in temperature after beam exposure. Knowledge of the beam energy then yields number of electrons stopped by the calorimeter during the exposure. Simulations show that the energy lost due to electromagnetic and hadronic particle losses are the dominant uncertainty. Details of the precision thermome-try and calibration, mechanical design, thermal simulations and simulations will be presented.


This paper argues that the semantic generation of denominal verbs is subject to innate computational mechanisms.A formalist analysis,based on the mechanism of syntactic derivation of denominal verbs and that of semantic generation in Generative Lexicon,is devoted to the microscopic process whereby the meaning of a denominal verb is generated under the joint constraints of the structural relationship resulting from its syntactic derivation and the semantic mechanisms in Generative Lexicon.It is found that syntactic derivation determines the structural route along which a denominal verb has its meaning generated,that the semantic mechanisms in Generative Lexicon are responsible for the step-by-step build-up of its semantic features,and that the semantic traits of a denominal verb concerning its aspectual property,aspectual shift and eventuality structure receive a plausible account in the formalist analysis.A tentative conclusion is that innate computational mechanism plays a role in the generation of lexical meaning.


Experimental solubilities are reported for anthracene in six binary propyl acetate + alcohol solvent mixtures at 298.15 K. The alcohol solvents studied were 1-propanol, 1-butanol, 2-propanol, 2-butanol, 2-methyl-1-propanol, and 3-methyl-1-butanol. Results of these measurements were used to test a mathematical representation based on the combined nearly ideal binary solvent (NIBS)/Redlich–Kister equation. For the six systems studied, the combined NIBS/Redlich–Kister equation was found to accurately describe the experimental data, with an average absolute deviation between measured and back-calculated values being approximately ± 0.8 %.


The results of studies on the technical institution students' estimation of the educational interaction with teachers are presented. The system "Educational Interaction between Student and Teacher in University" developed by the author is described. The methods make it possible to explore the features of the interaction between the student and the teacher on two scales: the level of students' expectations from research and teaching activity of the teacher; the level of students' need in educational interaction with the teacher. The nine students behavior types in such an interaction with the teacher were distinguished. The analysis of the relations between how students evaluate educational interaction with the teacher, and their level of psychological readiness for future professional and managerial activity was made. It is found that students who have high levels of psychological readiness are not satisfied with research and teaching activity of teachers. The students who have a high level of psychological readiness also have a high level of need for educational interaction with the teacher. The statistically significant distribution between the place of birth and residence of the students and the level of satisfaction with educational interaction with teachers is determined. For example, the students from rural areas have higher indicators on the scale "Level of students' expectations from research and teaching activity of the teacher" than the students from the city.


Myocardial scarring creates a substrate for reentrant circuits which can lead to ventricular tachycardia. In ventricular catheter ablation therapy, regions of myocardial scarring are targeted to interrupt arrhythmic electrical pathways. Low voltage regions are a surrogate for myocardial scar and are identified by generating an electro anatomic map at the start of the procedure. Recent efforts have focussed on integration of preoperative scar information generated from delayed contrast-enhanced MR imaging to augment intraprocedural information. In this work, we describe an initial feasibility study of integration of a preoperative MRI derived scar maps into a high-resolution mapping system to improve planning and guidance of VT ablation procedures.


Micronutrient deficiencies affect over thirty percent of the world's children. Children are particularly at risk for deficiencies of vitamin A, iron, iodine, and zinc, which are essential micronutrients. Malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies are especially prevalent in Sierra Leone. Our overall goal is to develop nutrient-dense foods for children under the age of five in Sierra Leone using locally-sourced, low-cost ingredients. Three of the products in development include sweet potato muffins, peanut butter-based pudding, and bouillon cubes. In this study, we have used the model development and optimization tool AMPL (A Mathematical Programming Language), as an aid in developing recipes that minimize cost while satisfying nutrient requirements. First, AMPL and the optimization methodology are described. Then, three case studies, one for each food product, are presented to illustrate the use of AMPL as a tool to assist with recipe development. The results demonstrate how AMPL can aid in making quantitative decisions about food formulations. From the AMPL results, we have been able to structure recipes to meet nutrient requirements in a cost-efficient manner. Next steps for the project include taste-testing the products in Sierra Leone and analysis of the foods for nutrient content. The long-term plan for the project is for the foods to be produced in bakeries and sold in markets in Sierra Leone.


A few years ago, we developed a screening protocol for the investigation of the interactive effects of drugs and ethanol on psychomotor performance in human volun teers. A battery of tests was selected and dose-response relationships for ethanol were established. This methodology has been applied to a wide variety of drugs, including those for which there is clinical evidence for synergism (e.g. benzodiazepines) and others which are taken to counteract the inebriant effects of ethanol (e.g., caffeine and fructose). A9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is considered to be the main psychoactive principle of cannabis sativa and recent investigators (5, 7) have indicated that it exerts a depressant effect on psychomotor functions which are relevant to the driving situation. Although a number of studies (1, 3, 7) have compared the effects of marijuana and ethanol, relatively little attention seems to have been paid to the effects of the two agents when administered concurrently. In the social context, it is quite apparent that 'mixed' intoxication occurs and, presumably, that driving takes place afterwards. The present investigation, which is the first of a series, set out to study the effects of a single moderate or 'social' dose of THC upon the impairment induced by a similarly moderate dose of ethanol. It must be emphasized that it was not our purpose to make a qualitative comparison between the effects of the two agents. Rather, since this battery of tests has already been employed in a number of drug-ethanol inter action studies, it was hoped that any THC-induced modifications of the drug would be revealed.


At the European Spallation Source proton linear accelerator will generate 5 MW protons to be delivered to a target. This high power accelerator will require significant amount of beam instrumentation, among which the beam loss monitoring system is one of the most important for operation. An LHC type ionization chamber is planned to be used with ~54 μC/Gy sensitivity. At most 1.5 mGy/sec radiation levels are expected close to the beam pipe during normal operation, resulting in up to 80 nA current signal in detectors. Loss monitor electronics is designed to be able to measure currents as little as 1% of the expected current up to as much as 1% of the total beam loss, thus ~800 pA – few mA. In order to study beam loss pattern along the accelerator a coherent model of the whole machine is created for the purposes of Monte Carlo particle transport simulations. Data obtained using the model will be stored in a database together with the initial beam loss conditions. The contents of the database will then be processed using custom neural network algorithms to optimize number and position of the loss monitors and to provide reference on the beam loss localization during operation of the machine. INTRODUCTION The European Spallation Source is a planned spallation neutron facility in Lund, Sweden. The facility will produce neutrons for science experiments via hitting a target with an average 5 MW proton beam. Based on the current design, the proton beam will be generated and transported to a target by a linear accelerator (linac), accelerating protons to a maximum 2.0 GeV energy. The linac will create pulsed beam with 14 Hz and pulse duration of 2.86 msec. These are the top-level parameters that should stay the same despite the redesign process of the current linac layout. The beam loss monitoring (BLM) system is one of the most important beam diagnostics systems during commissioning and running of the facility. It is a tool to measure and monitor both controlled and unexpected beam losses. Ionization chambers will be used as a primary beam loss detector at the ESS, and N2 filled parallel plate ionization chamber, similar to those used at the large hadron collider (LHC) is planned for this purpose [1]. PREDICTED POWER DENSITY LEVELS The ESS linac consists of an ion source, low energy beam transport, medium energy beam transport, drift-tube linac – all at room temperature, spoke accelerating section, medium-beta and high-beta sections – all superconducting, followed by a high energy beam transport and accelerator-to-target sections where the beam is finally delivered to the target. Quadrupole magnets in between the cold sections/cryomodules of the accelerator will also be kept at room temperature. A MARS model of spoke and medium/high beta accelerating sections of the accelerator was composed. A quadrupole doublet was inserted in the middle of every adjacent cryomodule. MARS [2, 3, 4] Monte Carlo particle transport code was used to simulate beam losses and generate power density maps. MARS is a Monte Carlo program for inclusive and exclusive simulation of three-dimensional hadronic and electromagnetic cascades, muon, heavy-ion and low-energy neutron transport in accelerator, detector, spacecraft and shielding components in the energy range from a fraction of an electronvolt up to 100 TeV. The MARS15 code includes links to the MCNP4C code for neutron and photon production and transport below 20 MeV, to the ANSYS code for thermal and stress analyses and to the STRUCT code for multi-turn particle tracking in large synchrotrons and collider rings. Power density was calculated for normal operations, when a maximum allowed beam loss equals to 1 W/m. A shallow loss angle, 3 mrad was chosen in the simulations. Power density, in Gy/sec is shown in Fig. 1 and 2 for beam energy 200 MeV and 2 GeV respectively. Figure 1: Power density, in Gy/sec, for 1 W/m distributed beam loss on a beam pipe, at 200 MeV. Proceedings of IBIC2013, Oxford, UK WEPC45 Beam Loss Detection ISBN 978-3-95450-127-4 795 C op yr ig ht c ○ 20 13 by JA C oW — cc C re at iv e C om m on sA tt ri bu tio n 3. 0 (C C -B Y3. 0) In the Figures, two sections of two cryomodules and a quadrupole magnet doublet in between them is displayed. In Fig. 1, cryomodules with spoke accelerating cavities are shown from a side, while in Fig. 2 part of cryomodules with simplified elliptical cavities are seen. Beam is lost on a beam pipe uniformly with a same shallow angle. Figure 2: Power density, in Gy/sec, for 1 W/m distributed beam loss on a beam pipe, at 2 GeV. EXPECTED CURRENTS Beam loss monitoring system is required to be able to measure at least 1 % of the maximum allowed beam losses during normal operations up to 1 % of the total beam loss. Ionization chamber, similar to those used at LHC, is planned as a main beam loss monitor at ESS. This detector has ~ 54 μC/Gy of se1nsitivity [1]. Based on the expected power density levels at ~ 20-25 cm from the beam pipe, as seen in Fig. 1 and 2, we require the loss monitors to be able to measure a current in the range of ~800 pA – few mA. TIME RESPONSE One of the main purposes of the BLM system is to protect accelerator from damage in case of accident/high/full beam loss. The ESS machine protection system will be linked to the BLM system and receive beam abort signals if necessary. The system will be designed to be fast enough to prevent accelerator damage. To understand better how quickly one would have to react, a time period in which a full beam would start melting stainless steel or copper accelerator components was calculated. Calculations were done for proton beam energy range of 5 MeV – 80 MeV only and for few different beam sizes. Figure 4 summarizes the outcome and shows that the response time strongly depends on a beam size and gets relatively relaxed at energies above ~10-20 MeV. Note that the response time in Fig. 3 is a detector reaction time (time in which a detector gives measurable current signal) plus time for electronics to issue a beam abort signal. BLM LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION Creating a complete and coherent model of the whole accelerator is crucial for many aspects of the design phase of the machine and also for later when the facility is operational. Monte Carlo particle transport simulations performed with this kind of model brings answers to the questions raised by the machine and radiation protection issues and complement beam physics particle tracking works. At ESS, MARS based model of the accelerator is being put together based on a computer-aided design (CAD) drawings provided by the design group. Figure 3: Desired time response (in μsec) for ionization chambers at different beam energies in the range of 5 MeV – 80 MeV. Although the machine model is used for simulations of various kinds, beam instrumentation focuses on using it to predict consequences of beam losses in order to optimize the number and positioning of the beam loss monitors. As a result of first assessments it was requested that a beam loss monitor is placed in front and back of each quadrupole magnet. However, a more sophisticated optimization studies are planned, namely using of neural network for the necessary data processing. Successful usage of similar techniques (i.e. genetic algorithms) in problems of accelerator physics is shown in [5]. The results of the loss simulations, representing a detector response, are stored in a database together with the initial conditions (location of the detectors, type and place of the loss etc.). 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 1 10 100 R es po ns e tim e (c or re ct ed fo r t he B ra gg ra tio ) ( us ) Kinetic Energy (MeV) steel r = 1 mm steel r = 2 mm steel r = 3 mm steel r = 4 mm copper r = 1 mm copper r = 2 mm copper r = 3 mm copper r = 4 mm WEPC45 Proceedings of IBIC2013, Oxford, UK ISBN 978-3-95450-127-4 C op yr ig ht c ○ 20 13 by JA C oW — cc C re at iv e C om m on sA tt ri bu tio n 3. 0 (C C -B Y3. 0) 796 Beam Loss Detection Table 1: ESS BLM Requirements in Comparison with the SNS, DESY-XFEL and LHC Systems Detector Type Beam abort time (μs) Elect. B.W. (kHz) Elect. dyn. range (dB) Min. inp. cur. (pA) Max. inp. cur. (μA) Elect. Platform Digitizer Detector cable length (m) Required at ESS IC 10 350 128 80


The microcontroller based flame suppression system's purpose is to control or extinguish a fire. It is a sensor designed to detect and respond to the presence of a flame or fire, allowing flame detection. Flame detection systems provide very rapid detection times and ideally suited to cover large high-hazard volumes. It can include sounding an alarm, and activating the water pump and then responses to a detected flame. The ability to detect the presence of fire is a vital part of an overall fire safety strategy. The detection of fires involves a whole range of fundamental scientific principles as well as the application of advanced technological developments. This article examines the various types of technology used in modern buildings, tunnels, vehicles etc. Without a means of detection we are unable to alert occupants, activate many other fire safety measures or summon the fire service.


The paper addresses the buckling, post-buckling (elastic and elastic-plastic) and ultimate strength behaviour of fixed-ended short-to-intermediate hot-rolled steel equal-leg angle columns. The results presented and discussed are obtained by means of (i) Generalised Beam Theory (buckling) and (ii) Abaqus shell finite element simulations (buckling and post-buckling)  particular attention is paid to the determination of column elastic-plastic failure loads, accounting for both initial geometrical imperfections and residual stresses. Then, the numerical failure loads gathered in a limited parametric study are used to assess the quality of their predictions provided by a novel Direct Strength Method approach, recently proposed and validated in the context of cold-formed equal-leg angle columns.


The paper is concerned with the methods of assessment the regional system of food supply security. They are based on the three-aspect approach to the study of production – and socio-economic components of food products security: specific, territorial and scientific-innovative aspects. The key elements of the system of food security in the Orenburg region are submitted.


This dissertation describes research on the collaborative behaviors of study groups in graduate E-Learning classes in computer systems management and information technology. Research on collaborative behaviors in an online environment has been limited. At the same time, industry is increasingly using geographically dispersed teams who communicate via intranets or extranets to develop information technology systems. Online collaborative behaviors differ from face-to-face interactions in that they are text-based and lack facial expressions and body language. Thus, the pedagogical methods for teaching collaboration in E-Learning and how they differ from the methods that have been successful in face-to-face classes need to be better understood. Classes at the University of Maryland University College were observed to analyze how students produce work collaboratively in a networked environment. Twelve online classes were observed over a full semester to assess the role and conduct of collaborative study groups. To assess the role, final grades for students participating in a study group were compared to the final grades of students who did not participate in a study group. To assess the conduct of collaborative study groups, interactive messages among study group members were categorized according to collaborative behaviors documented in the literature. Over four thousand interactive messages among members of 56 online collaborative study groups were collected and categorized. The numbers of interactions per collaborative behavior were statistically analyzed using standard exploratory data analyses, nonparametric correlation tests, and linear regression methods to evaluate the relationship of the behaviors to the project grade. Online collaborative behaviors relating to teamwork, work production, and organization of work were found to be highly correlated. The analyses indicate that all of these behaviors are significantly related to the project grade with behaviors related to work production being the most important predictor of project grade.


The solubilities, densities and viscosities of lithium bromide (LiBr) + 1, 2-propanediol (HO-CH 2-CHOH-CH 3) aqueous solution (mass ratio of LiBr/HO-CH 2-CHOH-CH 3 = 3.5, 4.5 and 5.5) were measured in the mass fraction range from 0.30 to 0.75. Solubility measurements were performed by the visual method in the temperature range of (271.15 to 345.15) K. The density measurements were made using an automated vibrating tube density meter, and the viscosity measurements were carried out with an automated falling-ball viscometer in the temperature range of (293.15 to 363.15) K. The density and viscosity data were correlated with appropriate regression equations as a function of the mass fraction and temperature. The maximum average absolute deviations (AAD) between experimental and correlated data were 0.08% and 1.51% for densities and viscosities, respectively.


Nanomedicine/bionanotechnology is a rapidly evolving, complex area meant for treatment, diagnosis, monitoring, and control of biological systems. Progress has been made towards controllable magnetic drug delivery systems for the treatment of breast cancer as well as for localizing magnetic pills anywhere within the GI tract. Anticancer drug-loaded magnetic mesoporous silica nanoparticles induced elevated cancer cell growth inhibition under the influence of magnetic field.


In 1964 the snow here was so deep that our next-door neighbours were snowed in for six weeks. I don't mean that their drive was too icy to negotiate, but that they had over six feet of snow all along the 50 yard track down to their farm. They are resourceful people and they coped. It was a notable experience and a subject of conversation for years to come, but only because of the length of time the snow lay on the ground; the fact of being snowed in was su ciently common that this on its own was not worthy of comment. They have not been snowed in for more than a couple of days at a time in the last fteen years (and then only in the sense that the drive was unpassable to cars). Of course, this is only anecdotal evidence for climate change, but most scientists working on the problem agree that something fairly drastic is happening. The world's weather is notoriously hard to predict, and contains many complicated feedback loops so it may well be that one e ect of global warming will be local cooling. For this reason a lot of attention has been paid to global mixing mechanisms and whether these might be disrupted. One such mechanism, the oceanic conveyor belt (or thermohaline circulation) appears to be responsible for a large amount of heat transport from equatorial (or low latitude) to polar (or higher latitude) regions. The idea is that there is a loop of currents taking warm water from the equator to the poles near the surface. At the poles the surface water cools and sinks (as cooler water is denser), and is then transported back to the tropics as deep-water currents. To complete the cycle the salt concentration needs to be considered as well: evaporation at equatorial regions increases the salinity and hence density of the surface water, allowing an exchange of heat to deeper parts of the ocean and thus allowing the waters to rise [4], hence the name thermohaline circulation. This is the theoretical mechanism, observations show that just such a conveyor belt operates in the Atlantic Ocean, and actually connects to the warmer waters of the Indian and Paci c Oceans.


ABSTRACT New Zealand's party-political system has, in the past, undergone significant transformations. And recent political events around the world have been marked by anti-establishment distrust, electoral disruption and the rise of populist parties. So the present article asks if this country could be on the verge of similar disruption, and whether there is a mood among the public that could precipitate a phase of populism. An online survey run in May 2017 by Stuff.co.nz and Massey University (supported by comparable opinion polls) is used to investigate this. In spite of significant levels of dissatisfaction and desire for changes, the survey did not reveal a mood for disruptive or systemic political change in the short term. Nonetheless, political fragmentation of the kind seen in proportional systems in Europe could occur in New Zealand in the long term.


The Workplace Culture of Health Scale – Short Form is a reliable and valid tool for assessing workplace culture of health from the employee perspective. Employers can use this tool to identify areas for improvement and develop targeted interventions by implementing policies and practices that promote employee health and wellbeing. Objective A positive workplace culture of health can have significant benefits for both employees and organizations. The objective of this study was to test the validity and reliability of the Workplace Culture of Health (COH) Scale–Short Form. Methods We conducted a confirmatory factor analysis on data collected from a sample of 12,907 employees across 14 organizations. We examined the construct validity of the 14-item short-form version of the Workplace COH scale and assessed its reliability using internal consistency measures. Results Our confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the Workplace COH Scale–Short Form had strong model fit, indicating good construct validity. In addition, we found that all constructs had strong internal consistency reliability. Conclusions Findings suggest that the Workplace COH Scale–Short Form is a valid and reliable way to practically assess workplace culture of health from the employee perspective.


Acquiring detail knowledge of the situation about release of medicial liquid is a key problem in clinical practice. By means of imitating the condition in the human body, the authors determined the osmotic velocity of anticarcinogen, antituberculotic, antibiotic and other medicines in porous ceramic tubes. In this paper, the methods to determine the osmotic velocity of anticarcinogen and to calculate the experimental data are mainly introduced.


In most cases, echocardiographers examine three-dimensional (3D) or four-dimensional (4D) echocardiographic images by studying several important cross sections which are defined as the optimal cross sections. It is a time-consuming and tedious task for echocardiographers to manually search the optimal cross sections by existing real-time 3D echocardiography (RT3DE) systems or off-line 3D softwares. To assist doctors' diagnosis, we design a registration-based method to automatically detect the optimal cross sections in three-dimensional echocardiographic (3DE) images. Firstly, a normal end-diastolic (ED) volumetric data is chosen, in which its optimal cross section is predetermined. Secondly, instead of the whole ED volume, only part of it is selected as the template. Finally, all the optimal cross sections of a 3DE image are detected by aligning the 3DE image with the template image. As a preliminary study, we performed this method on 28 normal apical datasets and the error rate is 15%. The results show good prospects for implementing automatic detection, which might offer better repeatability and save time. Furthermore, it can be a prior procedure for measurement and the computer-aided diagnosis.


Object permanence is an important theoretical construct that has been researched with infants. For the last twenty years, a debate as whether object permanence is an innate conceptual knowledge or a gradually constructed perceptual capability has been raised. However, the lack of autonomous computational models leaves this issue still widely open. A neurologically inspired computational model based on priming is proposed and tested on our developmental SAIL robot. By nurturing the robot baby with different living experiences, we conduct the well-known "drawbridge" experiment on eleven experience-tuned "brains". The implication of our experimental results is informative, which not only sheds light on the controversial issue of object permanence, but might produce long lasting effects on the way AI community approaches highly perceptual machines.


The primary focus of this paper review is to summarize the most important facts and findings regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the modeling, processing and analysis of biomedical data and to give an insight on the contributions of AI, Machine learning and Deep learning to the field of medicine. This study compiled and analyzed work published in the period between 1986 and 2021 related to the use of AI in medicine, its various applications and historical development, with a focus on papers published from 2015 until today, due to the accumulation and development of newer technologies. Out of a total of 117 papers reviewed, 52 were selected for a more detailed analysis and presented in a table summarizing the key points, advances, advantages and disadvantages of AI, its subfields and algorithms. The goal of this paper was to extract the most famous AI learning algorithms, past and current, and focus on the methods of modeling, processing and analysis by which these algorithms operate and perform tasks in order to help doctors and experts better understand the underlying mechanisms behind biological processes, and in some cases, even replace humans in data classification, identification, diagnosis and prediction of different conditions associated with diseases.


The rotating bending high cycle and the push-pull low cycle fatigue tests were performed on the cold-worked Al-2.4% Mg alloy, and its fatigue properties were examined and compared with those of the solution-treated one reported previously in another paper. The cold-worked Al-2.4% Mg alloy did not show the cyclic softening during cyclic straining. This fact might be closely associated with the strong dynamic strain ageing property of the present material. The cyclic stress-strain relation was not influenced by the amount of the reduction given to the material. The cold-work reduced the low cycle fatigue life of the solution-treated alloy, but it did not depend on the reduction ratio, as in the cyclic stress-strain relation. On the other hand, the exponent, α, in Manson-Coffin's law of ⊿εp・Nfα=C, which is also applicable to the present material, was about


To evaluate the acute health effects of air pollution exposure, data for daily air quality and hospital visits for respiratory symptoms in the Licheng district of Jinan were collected from 2002 to 2005. After controlling for long term trends, the "day of the week"effect and confounding meteorological factors, a non-parametric generalized additive model (GAM) was adopted to analyze best fit lag days and the exposure-response relationship. Pollutants including PM10, SO2 and NO2 all have positive relationships with residents' hospital visits for respiratory complaints. In single-pollutant models, the best fits for PM10 and NO2 were same day visit (lag0) and three days after (lag3), while a four day moving average (avg03) was most suitable for SO2. Particulate matter (PM10), SO2 and NO2 were associated with increased likelihood of hospital visits with every 10 μg/m3 increase of pollutant concentration. Relative risk (RR) was 1.004 for PM10, 1.015 for SO2, and 1.008 for NO2. Females were more susceptible than males to air pollution.


Liriodendron tulipifera L., known as yellow poplar, are fast-growing trees, make up about 17% of commercially available hardwood in North America, and are generally used in furniture, doors, and millwork. The wood is used mostly where it would be hidden or painted. The value of yellow poplar is less than that of other hardwoods with more pronounced grain and color. This study evaluated the effect of various levels of thermal treatment on color and resistance to decay fungus and termites of yellow poplar wood. Boards (28.57 mm thickness150 mm width3.65 m length) were taken from a sawmill and thermally modified at temperatures of 180°C, 200°C, and 220°C. A summary of the findings were that thermal treatment caused: 1) darkening and reddening of yellow poplar wood; 2) a reduction of up to 51.4% in EMC when exposed to 21°C and 65% relative humidity, and 3) a significant increase in wood decay resistance against decay fungus Pycnoporus sanguineus. Treatment at 220°C resulted in a change in American Society of Testing Materialswood decay resistance class from slightly resistant to highly resistant; and no significant changes in resistance against the dry-wood termites Cryptotermes brevis were found.


AIM:To observe the effects of gallnut tannic acid on Streptococcus mutans plaque biofilm formation in Bioflux System.METHODS:Streptococcus mutans was incubated in the observation zone of Bioflux200 System for 30 min,then BHIS solution(control group),BHIS containing 8mg/mL or 16mg/mL Gallnut tannic acid,BHIS solution containing 2 g/L chlorhexidine(positive control group) were added to the inlet respectively.The bacteria were continuously cultured under 0.8 dyne shear force for 12 h.The biofilm formation was observed under confocal laser scanning microscope after staining with LIVE/DEAD BacLightTM Bacterial Viability Kit.RESULTS:Complete plaque biofilm was formed in the control group,and most bacteria was live.No biofilm formation was observed in the 2 gallnut tanic acid treatment groups,only a few of sparsely distributed live and dead bacteria could be found.In the chlorhexidine group,no plaque biofilm formation was observed and only scattered dead bacteria could be seen.CONCLUSION:Gallnut tannic acid can inhibit the Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation under shear force.


Neointimal hyperplasia is responsible for the majority of cases of vein graft failure. To date, no pharmacological intervention has proved successful in preventing this process in humans. Endothelin (ET) 1 is a potent vasoconstrictor and promotes the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro. The authors have shown previously that porcine vein grafts contain high levels of ET‐1 and ET type A (ETA) receptor subtypes. The aim was to investigate the effect of an ETA receptor antagonist, BSF 302146, on luminal area and graft wall dimensions in a porcine model of arteriovenous bypass grafting.


This paper discusses the performance of several sets of feature combinations in automatic speaker identii-cation (ASI). A signiication reduction in dimension, based on linear discriminant analysis (LDA), is obtained without loss of recognition performance. We show that pre-normalization further enhances performance. Four diierent combinations are investigated and the best combination is derived from MFCC, RASTA-PLP and their 's.


Abstract Rubber undoubtedly possesses a number of unique properties which make it a particularly suitable accessory material for constructional purposes; e. g., in elastic mountings, elastic couplings and dampers against torsional vibration on driving shafts. Its application to such uses, however, requires knowledge of other than the usual properties. Most of these are related to simple physical quantities such as modulus at a given elongation, hysteresis, permanent set and the like. In § 2 will be discussed magnitudes that may be entailed in the cases in question. Relations existing between the various magnitudes will come up for consideration in the course of the discussion. Most of the problems involved have already received some attention. Some of the more important investigations into this subject will be dealt with in § 3. Finally, the results of experimental work on the static and dynamic behavior of rubber under compression will be recorded in § 4.


The world of business is constantly changing. Here, a cast of key players from Latin America explore the conceptual foundations, methodologies, and tools for mini-cases and business challenges to innovation and entrepreneurship in emerging markets.


Mapping and the ability to interpret maps are among the most important phas€s of ecological surveys, grazing surveys, or any land management survey. Maps are essential in the study of wildlife and in making a~d carrying out management plans. Maps provide a permanent record depicting a large body of useful information in a form that is readily comprehended. A range map is of great importance in administration and indispensable to a complete range management plan. Even the manager who has never seen the land can obtain from the map information on range adaptation such as season of use, potential productivity, and kind of livestock.


On June 3, 2012, a very impulsive solar flare was observed by the GOES, RHESSI and FERMI- LAT satellites. The intensity of the flare was M3.3. The hard X-ray intensity (> 100 keV) rose ≥ 1000 times within one minute and then decayed immediately to the background level (in less than one minute). It was an extremely impulsive flare. By chance, the SEDA-FIB solar neutron detector onboard the International Space Station detected a 5.1σ enhancement due to solar neutrons. Therefore, it provided a good opportunity to investigate the mechanism of instantaneous proton acceleration to a few GeV. Based on the results of a new Monte Carlo calculation, we will show a reasonable proton acceleration model for the June 3, 2012 event. We also reexamined another very impulsive flare observed on June 10, 2010.


It is appropriate to begin with a preliminary outline of the topic. Historical Materialism makes its appearance in the intellectual context of Marxism which comes about, not as a scientific theory or a system of truths whose significance lies in their correctness as knowledge, but as a theory of social activity and historical action. Marxism is the theory of the proletarian revolution and the revolutionary critique of bourgeois society. It is a science to the extent that the revolutionary activity which it seeks to bring about and direct requires the comprehension of its historical necessity and of the validity of its own nature.


Mobile phones are essential communication and information tools for today's young generation. For them, it is not an extension, but a vital part of their lives. Although mobile phones were earlier considered only as a communication tool, now they are also considered as a vital educational tool for teaching/learning purpose. This research aims to study the relationships of behavioral factors and perceived usefulness of using the mobile application "Informatics Practices" for learning the subject Informatics Practices, on students' perceived performance, satisfaction and behavior. An Informatics Practices application was developed by the author in 2015-16. In this research a group of 60 students of grade XI and XII who have opted Informatics Practices as a subject under CBSE curriculum had been asked to use the application to help them in the subject. After that a survey had been distributed to the students and the data collected is analyzed. The results from this study provided evidence that there is a positive relationship between mobile application "Informatics Practices" and students' perceived performance, satisfaction and behavior.


We studied the relationship between physiologic parameters in cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and prognosis in terms of survival time in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in order to accurately assess the severity of the disease. From a group of 195 patients with COPD who had consecutively undergone CPET between July 1989 and October 1997, we enrolled 120 subjects (mean age 67·6 years, 104 males) with exertional dyspnoea into a cohort protocol. Of these subjects, 34 (28·3%) died during the 3–5‐year follow‐up period after CPET. By univariate analysis, the following factors were significantly associated with survival time: age, body mass index, %FVC, %FEV1, FEV1%, Paco2 at rest, severity of exercise‐induced hypoxemia evaluated by ΔPao2/ΔV̇o2 (Pao2‐slope), oxygen uptake, ventilation, tidal volume, Paco2 and oxygen pulse at maximum exercise, as well as prescribing long‐term oxygen therapy. By multivariate analysis, age and the Pao2‐slope showed significance as independent prognostic factors, and the Pao2‐slope was most closely associated with the survival time. These results reveal that CPET is a useful technique to accurately assess the relationship between the functional impairments and the prognosis of patients with COPD.


The rosemary extract,CaCl2and sodium were mixed with chitosan to prepare the combined coating, and its fresh-keeping effect on strawberry was investigated. The nutrients and sensory quality of the strawberry were determined during the storage,the aging process of the strawberry under the refrigerated condition as well as the effect of different preservations on the storage quality were investigated. The results showed that both chitosan-rosemary extract coating and the chitosan-CaCl2coating significantly( P 0. 05) retarded the losses of the soluble solid,titiratable acid,Vc and reducing sugar,inhibit the change of cell membrane permeability and the rotten rate and maintain the hardness of the strawberry. Chitosan-sodium sulfite coating maintained the reducing sugar content and delayed the decline of the titratable acid and Vc content of the strawberry. The fresh-keeping effects of 5min dipping in 1. 5% chitosan + 0. 3% rosemary extract solution was the best for strawberry,followed by 5min dipping in 1. 5% chitosan + 2. 0% CaCl2solution.


The analysis results of the existing scheme for the technological process of machine parts repair and restoration are presented. The existing systems for decision-making support at the repair of machinery and equipment are considered. Taking into account modern information technologies aimed at increasing the level of the production processes automation, a block diagram of a decision-making support system at the restoration of machine parts by plasma spraying is formed.

Keywords
machine repair, machine parts, parts restoration, decision-making support system, database, control unit, module, plasma spraying


One of the favorite destinations for tourists is the temple of Wat Pho, where this location does have a budha statue lying on a large scale, in addition to large size budha lying statue is in layers of pure gold 80 grams that make it look very grand. Wat pho is also famous for the temple which has 1000 statue of Buddha in it, there is also learning element when we visit this temple, because besides this temple place to travel and worship, temple wat pho formerly also as oldest university and traditional massage school.


The heating system of St. Petersburg, Russia, operates as an open system (the domestic hot water is tapped directly from the heating system). This is the greatest open system, which has no analogues in the world. This system was designed to reduce intensive corrosion provoked by the aggressive water. Most systems are connected to the heating network through heating centers. The advantages and disadvantages of these systems are discussed. The purpose of the city's heating supply system's development and reconstruction is to increase the reliability and quality of heating and hot water supply. Variants of the autonomous heating supply system reconstruction are given in the article. There is also an analysis of the investment and financial mechanisms of the heating system modernization and development.


The invention discloses a forest fire positioning monitoring system based on a wireless sensor network, which is characterized by comprising fire parameter acquisition nodes, a routing node, a gateway node and a remote fire monitoring center, wherein the fire parameter acquisition nodes are mainly responsible for acquiring fire parameters in a monitored area and transmitting the parameters to the routing node; the routing node is responsible for carrying out packaging processing on parameter information acquired by multiple nodes and transmitting the information to the gateway node, the gateway node selects a proper mode through intelligent switching to transmit the information to the Internet, and the information finally reaches the remote fire monitoring center. The forest fire positioning monitoring system based on the wireless sensor network has the advantages that the structure is reasonable; the intelligent degree is high; the cost is low; the operation is reliable; the applicability is strong; effects are good; a fire point can be positioned; fire parameters in the area can be displayed in real time; and historical fire data and fire alarms can be queried; and as is shown by a test experiment, information alarming can be provided timely, and the accuracy is as high as 97.5%.


Based on the idea of text analysis, this study analyzes the relevance of text topics, the emotional consistency of fist comments and additional comments, and the information contained in the text, then get out of the online quality assessment model. The calculation results can reflect the quality of additional comments, helping consumers and businesses to identify important information and make correct judgments.


Wireless communication technologies have known a huge evolution and they have greatly affected our daily lives. This enhancement has not only influenced the development of mobile communication, but also the development of vehicular communication. VANET is one of the new technologies that mark the development of transport. This new development faces enormous challenges, particularly in terms of network security. In order to solve this problem, some research has been carried out, particularly in terms of detection. In our paper, we will describe the architecture of VANET, and then present the different security problems that the technology faces. Finally, we will study different intrusion detection algorithms to improve the security of VANET networks.


Transformation kinetics, corrected for abiotic loss and for volatilization, of 14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds were studied in two nonacclimated soils. Mean volatilization losses for naphthalene and 1-methylnaphthalene were measured as 31% and 22%, respectively, of the total masses applied. Volatilization of the other twelve PAH compounds studied was less than 0.1%. The abiotic loss (1.8–17.4%) of two- and three-ring PAH compounds in soil samples bio-inhibited by 2% HgC1\d2 was statistically significant (p<0.05). No significant loss from bio-inhibited soil was found for PAH compounds with more than three rings. Transformation half-lives corrected for volatilization and for abiotic loss were approximately 2 days for two-ring PAHs including naphthalene and 1-methylnaphthalene. Half-lives values for nonvolatile PAHs increased from 59 days for three-ring PAHs (anthracene and phenantherene) to more than 300 days for PAH compounds containing more than three rings. The PAH transformation rate was inversely proportional to molecular weight and compound ring number.


Introduction: Ecstasy drug abuse is relatively common among the youth undergoing psychosocial stresses. Categorized as a stimulant drug, ecstasy has nervous, cardiac and immunological side-effects. The endocrine system is not spared from the harmful effects of the drug and it could influence ovulation by exerting its effects on the hypothalamic-hypophyseal-gonadal axis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of ecstasy on the quality of oocytes and on fertilization rate in mice. Materials and Methods: Thirty female NMRI mice were divided into three groups, after checking for their estrous cycles. At the beginning of each cycle, ecstasy was administered intraperitoneally to the animals in groups A (a minimum dose of 5 mg/kg/day) and B (a maximum dose of 20 mg/kg/day). At the end of the second day, 10 IU PMSG, and at the end of the 4th day, 10 IU HCG were administered intraperitoneally. The mice in group C underwent the same procedures except receiving ecstasy. All the mice were sacrificed on the fifth day to aspirate their oocytes for further evaluation. In-vitro fertilization was done using mature or MII oocytes and fertilization was checked after 5 hours. The results were later statistically analyzed. Results: The number of retrieved oocytes was similar between the experimental and control groups. However, the rate of mature oocytes (MII) was significantly higher (p = 0.0001) in the controls (31.2%) than the mice in groups A (15.2%) and B (12.8%). Moreover, fertilization rate was significantly higher in the controls than the experi-mental groups. Conclusion: Administration of Ecstasy in mice can affect both oocyte maturity and the fertilization potential of oocytes. The overall effects of ecstasy on embryo development and implantation needs further studies to reach a definitive conclusion.


Introduction: Attentional bias components are important factors in the etiology and maintenance of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavior therapy in attentional bias components of patients with generalized anxiety disorder . Method: This research was administrated in a single subject experimental design framework using multiple baselines. According to the tendency of the participants, structured diagnostic interview and inclusion criteria, 2 GAD patients were selected randomly. Participants received cognitive behavioral therapy according to the Dugas's model for GAD in twelve sessions. Patients receiving cognitive-behavior therapy were examined by the dot probe task. To analyze the data, indexes of process changes, slope and interpretation of ups & downs in charts were employed. Results: Cognitive-behavior therapy dramatically reduced delayed disengagement from threat in subjects. This means the scores during the intervention sessions were significantly reduced compared with baseline scores. The visual inspection of charts and size effects indicated significant decreases in delayed disengagement from threat in participants. No effectiveness of cognitive - behavioral therapy was seen in the facilitated attention to threat. Conclusion: Findings generally showed that cognitive-behavior therapy via directly and indirectly targeting the mechanisms of attentional bias components can be considered as an appreciate choice for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. These findings have constructive clinical implications in the treatment of anxiety disorder, particularly about GAD.


We present the study of magnetization, thermal expansion, specific heat, resistivity, and ac susceptibility of ${({\text{Pr}}_{1\ensuremath{-}y}{\text{Eu}}_{y})}_{0.7}{\text{Ca}}_{0.3}{\text{CoO}}_{3}$ cobaltites. The measurements were performed on ceramic samples with $y=0.12--0.26$ and $y=1$. Based on these results, we construct the phase diagram, including magnetic and spin-state transitions. The transition from the low-to-intermediate spin state is observed for the samples with $yg0.18$, whereas for a lower Eu-doping level, there are no spin-state transitions, but a crossover between the ferromagnetic and paramagnetic states occurs. The effect of oxygen isotope substitution along with Eu doping on the magnetic/spin state is discussed. The oxygen-isotope substitution ($^{16}\text{O}$ by $^{18}\text{O}$) is found to shift both the magnetic and spin-state phase boundaries to lower Eu concentrations. The isotope effect on the spin-state transition temperature $(yg0.18)$ is rather strong but it is much weaker for the transition to a ferromagnetic state $(yl0.18)$. The ferromagnetic ordering in the low-Eu-doped samples is shown to be promoted by the ${\text{Co}}^{4+}$ ions, which favor the formation of the intermediate-spin state of neighboring ${\text{Co}}^{3+}$ ions.


therapy. Previous studies on the effect of withdrawing treatment in hypertension produced variable results. Page and Dustan (1962) reported that 9 (33 per cent) of 27 patients, in whom treatment had been stopped, subsequently remained essentially normotensive for between six months and five years. In a later review of 65 patients, however, the same authors (Dustan et al., 1968) found that diastolic hypertension reappeared in all but two patients. Thurm and Smith (1967) investigated 69 patients with mild to moderate hypertension. They found that 16 (23 per cent) remained normotensive for periods of 10 to 42 months. The Veterans Administration Study Group (1975) reported a 15 per cent remission in 60 patients followed for 18 months. The mean diastolic pressure in this group was 109 mmHg. In all these trials, the initial control of blood pressure had involved the use of a variety of drugs, usually in combination. If the level of blood pressure could be maintained at the lower levels reached during treatment, it was logical


Titanium pillared clays using montmorillonite, saponite and rectorite
hosts have been prepared from TiCl
 4
–ethanol solutions.
The products have been characterised structurally by PXRD and IR studies
and for acidity by cyclohexylamine and pyridine
adsorption–desorption studies. Catalytic activity data for pentanol
dehydration and cumene cracking are also presented. The amount of Ti
incorporated is related to the cation-exchange capacity of the host. The
thermal stability of the pillared material decreases from rectorite
through montmorillonite to saponite. Cyclohexylamine desorption suggests
that the saponite sample has the highest acidity, and this is reflected in
the highest conversion for cumene cracking. In the case of pentanol
dehydration, however, the highest activity is seen for the rectorite
sample, despite its apparent lower acidity. Similar effects have been
reported previously for this reaction with alumina pillared
clays.


A classical closed-loop adaptive optics system with a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor (WFS) relies on a center of gravity approach to process the WFS information and an integrator with gain to produce the commands to a Deformable Mirror (DM) to compensate wavefront perturbations. In this kind of systems, noise in the WFS images can propagate to errors in centroids computation, and thus, lead the AO system to perform poorly in closed-loop operations. In this work, we present a deep supervised learning method to denoise the WFS images based on convolutional denoising autoencoders. Our method is able to denoise the images up to a high noise level and improve the integrator performance almost to the level of a noise-free situation.