Nerocila is a large genus in Cymothoidae. The Cymothoidae are ectoparasitic isopods of marine, freshwater, or brackish-water teleost fishes. A new host of Nerocila depressa was identified from the two different body areas such as the upper pectoral fin and between pectoral and pelvic fin of the host fishes of a Lepturacanthus pantului and Lagocephalus lunaris , from Digha coast, Bay of Bengal, India.


Through the summary of the isolation design methods in Europe, America and Japan, this study chooses two-stage standard response spectrum analysis method, uses the nonlinear dynamic time history to check the results, and designs and checks the actual highway bridge isolation. The results show that: in the low level of seismic action, the pier cross-section can be designed according to the minimum reinforcement ratio; In the high level of seismic action, the pier has entered a stage of yield, and after yield, with the method of nonlinear dynamic time history analysis, the bridge isolation ability can be checked to meet the design requirements. The deformation ability of abutment and pier, the periodic of structure, and capacity for isolation are greatly enhanced. The proposed method is an important safeguard of seismically active area of bridge design.


A new anion exchanger with aminoethylpiperazine functional groups has been synthesized from polyacrylonitrile fiber. The subsequent alkylation with epichlorohydrin afforded another anion exchanger with strong base functional groups. The optimal conditions for synthesis of these ion exchangers have been found, their physical chemical and sorption properties have been investigated. Experimental data of sulfur dioxide sorption on the ion exchanger with aminoethylpiperazine functional groups show its practical applicability for air purification from acidic pollutants.


The Bakhtin Circle's 'dialogism' and Bruno Latour's conceptual character 'the ethnographer' provide suitable tools to analyse the relation between literary language and techno-scientific language. They enable us to see this relation – a relation which, taken in itself, is readily construed as a binary opposition between fiction and fact – as one relation among many, albeit a very special one, in a dynamic web of relations between all kinds of languages. From the Bakhtin Circle's perspective, we look at literary language, particularly the novel's 'internally dialogized' system of languages, as a representation of diverse and irreducible languages, an imagination of various semantic and value systems. From the ethnographer's point of view, we describe the objectivity of techno-scientific language, contrasting it with the administration of justice, the autonomy of political speech, the message of religious talk: in short, contrasting it with the values and claims to truth of all sorts of languages, irreducible to the value and meaning of techno-scientific language. We do not diametrically oppose literary language to techno-scientific language, but develop the problem of the relation between different movements of language, in a space where diverse languages cross each other in various ways.


The macroeconomic sustainability of public debt is addressed when the interaction between fiscal and monetary policies is taken into account, as well as the possibility of default. Taking into account a rule of default, we distinguish the "default threshold" from the "unsustainability threshold". The former one corresponds to the upper limit to public debt ; the latter one to the level above which, absent any further shock, the dynamics of public debt leads to future default. When this threshold is exceeded, the risk premium is high enough so as to generate future default, which itself feeds the risk premium. When a default occurs, the haircut applied on the existing amount of debt depends on the default rule. We show that a "successful default" is such that the ex post debt level is sustainable, which means that the ex post default risk premium is small enough and thus leads to a decreasing debt to GDP ratio. This implies that the haircut on public debt must be high enough.


DRAGOUMIS: This particular coup by this particular junta at this particular time came as a surprise to everybody except those who took part in it. We on the left had always subscribed to the theory that if a coup were to take place in Greece — and we had repeatedly stressed this possibility — it would come as direct result of the combined actions of the King, the traditional right who are organised in the National Radical Union (ERE) and the representatives of US imperialism.


Spectral dependence of two-photon absorption in a chalcogenide glass, As2S3, has been studied using a tunable light source. The result shows that two-photon and two-step absorptions occur, and the two-photon absorption spectrum appears to be exponential. These results and roles of nonlinear processes in photoinduced phenomena are discussed.


The article analyzes the mechanisms of formation and evolution of untouchable castes. The author suggests a chronologic sequence of factors that played a key role in the development of modern Dalits.


Double exponential utility function is one kind of risk-averse utility function,being classic and comprehensively used by investors.Firstly,non-difference curve method in investment theory was used to calculate the maximum expected return for investors.Then,the optimal portfolio investment decision-making was derivated according to Markowitz′s mean-variance model,and the corresponding investment proportion was given.The optimal portfolio investment decision-making problem with double exponential utility function was solved very well.At last,a numerical example was provided to illustrate the proposed method.


This paper focuses on Indica, effects of lactic acid bacteria fermentation of rice starch on physical properties wasstudied in this paper. The analyses of scanning electron microscope showed that the granule of rice starch was eroded afterfermentation. The small starch granule increased. the swelling power, the solubility and dilatability of gel volume increasedrespectively after fermentation. The results of RVA and DSC indicated that the peak viscosity decreased 692 cp after pasting.The onset gelatinization temperatures were brought forward. The time of gelatinization was longer than control sample, thegelatinization enthalpy was increased. The result of X-ray diffraction showed that the crystal type of rice starch is unchangedafter the fermentation, but the ratio of crystal area to amorphous area declined from 28% to 22%.


A global model has been developed for low-pressure, inductively coupled plasma (ICP) SF6/O2/Ar mixtures. This model is based on a set of mass balance equations for all the considered species, coupled with the discharge power balance equation and the charge neutrality condition. The present study is an extension of the kinetic global model previously developed for SF6/Ar ICP plasma discharges [Lallement et al., Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 18, 025001 (2009)]. It is focused on the study of the impact of the O2 addition to the SF6/Ar gas mixture on the plasma kinetic properties. The simulation results show that the electron density increases with the %O2, which is due to the decrease of the plasma electronegativity, while the electron temperature is almost constant in our pressure range. The density evolutions of atomic fluorine and oxygen versus %O2 have been analyzed. Those atomic radicals play an important role in the silicon etching process. The atomic fluorine density increases from 0 up to 40% O2 where...


Upon entering a complex organization for the first time, persons unacquainted with the central "values" of bureaucratic participation must undergo a process of socialization with respect to these patterns. Until such learning takes place, the organization may find it necessary to forego the bureaucratic mode of organization in favor of a form more compatible with the existing beliefs of the new entrants. These questions are considered here within the context of an Appalachian anti-poverty program employing persons native to the area. Results confirming these expectations suggest the importance of cultural and organizational compatibility. Robert B. Denhardt is assistant professor of government at Louisiana State University in New Orleans.


Wireless health monitoring and life-sign identification is possible via detection of human respiration activity using Doppler radar. The respiration rates of two people can be separated by the measurement of chest-wall dynamic motion, using a single-antenna 2.4 GHz continuous wave (CW) quadrature transceiver. Signal processing is used to separate the respiration rates of two targets, by observing correspondence to null and optimum points in the In-phase (I) and Quadrature (Q) channels of the transceiver. Experimental data in the single-antenna system is verified by comparison against simulated data of two moving targets wherein the reference point of one target is shifted in the simulation by introduction of a phase shift. This shows it is possible to use a non-contact measurement to distinguish between the respiration rates of two human targets by observing the I & Q frequency spectrums.


Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is one of the leading causes of hand, foot and mouth disease with neurological complications in some cases. To study the pathogenesis of EV71 infection, large‐scale analyses of EV71 infected cells have been performed. However, most of these studies employed rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells or used transcriptomic strategy. Here, we performed SILAC‐based quantitative proteomic analysis of EV71‐infected U251 cells, a human glioma cell line. A total of 3125 host proteins were quantified, in which 451 were differentially regulated as a result of EV71 infection at 8 or 20 hpi or both. Gene Ontology analysis indicates the regulated proteins were enriched in "metabolic process", "biological regulation" and "cellular process", implying that these biological processes were affected by EV71 infection. Furthermore, functional study indicated that TRAF2 and TRAF6 among the up‐regulated proteins could inhibit the replication of EV71 at the early phase post infection, and the anti‐EV71 function of both proteins was independent of interferon β. Our study not only provided an overview of cellular response to EV71 infection in a human glioma cell line, but also found that TRAF2 and TRAF6 might be potential targets to inhibit the replication of EV71. All MS data have been deposited in the ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD002454 (http://proteomecentral.proteomexchange.org/dataset/PXD002454).


Monolithically integrable detectors are defined as detectors whose fabrication is completely compatible with the design rules used in the standard integrated circuit fabrication. An interdigitated electrode geometry permits both the ready integration of these detectors into electronic IC topologies and the use of a large detection area in conjunction with a low device capacitance. The large detector area improves the signal strength available for amplification, while the low capacitance extends the high-frequency bandwidth. To date, most interdigitated detectors reported in the literature are of the Schottky or photoconductive variety.1 Unfortunately, the low channel resistance between the interdigitated fingers produces a large Johnson noise contribution in these devices which increases linearly with the frequency.2 In comparison, the intrinsically high shunt resistance of a PIN diode enhances the SNR by limiting the Johnson noise contribution, thereby optimizing the detector dynamic range.


This paper will deal with five methodological problems in the phenotypic assessmetit of asthma. The first is the interrelationship between the two intermediate phenotypes. airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation. The second is the issue of missing data. The third is the issue of single vs multiple phenotypes. The fourth is the lack of specific clinical phenotype, and the fifth is the issue of stability or variability of phenotype over time.


The article examines the experience of creating military-historical expositions and museums dedicated to the Great War of 1914-1918 in UK. The process of forming a military history museum, which began during the First World War, received support from government and military circles as a center for rallying the nation around the ideas of a «just» war, the representation of hostilities and with the aim of counterpropagating pacifist sentiments. Conceived as the National War Museum, it was opened in 1920 with Imperial status to counter regional public discontent in the British dominions and colonies. Although the Imperial War Museum was initially popular as a national memorial, interest in it began to wane noticeably over time. A separate place in the article is given to the consideration of several unrealized projects of museum commemoration of the events of the Great War


All it's CAACed up to be! Cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs) can be used as ligands for olefin metathesis catalysis. A dramatic steric effect of the N-aryl group of the CAAC on catalyst activity was observed and utilized to develop a new catalyst with activity comparable to standard commercially available catalysts.


This report presents findings from qualitative research into the experiences of people claiming or with an underlying entitlement to Carer's Allowance (CA). The findings are based on in-depth interviews with 44 people who claimed CA or had an underlying entitlement to it, in three areas of the UK in summer 2013. The aim of the research was to better understand the following research questions: • How is CA viewed in terms of the household budget, and does this vary by type of household? • How do recipients use CA and what would be the impact of non-receipt? • How does the use of CA vary depending on who is being cared for and where? • What led to the decision to claim CA? • Has receipt of CA had different impacts at different times of the caring career? • What impact has caring had on labour market participation?


The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for content sharing. The present invention includes the steps of: receiving the download request, the user of the content, the method comprising: requesting the content to the broadcast receiving terminal (second broadcasting terminal) which stores the content of the at least one broadcasting terminal belonging to a pre-set internal network and the the includes the steps of: receiving a content request from a second broadcasting terminal. According to the invention, it is advantageous to increase the anti-dual download and content downloaded through the efficiency of content sharing within the network. Content, VOD, download and play, share, list, and an internal network


ST tracking as an effective tool for the ST management can provide a powerful management information decision-making support.Based on this,the article proposed a three stages mode of ST tracking and showed the results in the form of maps.Meanwhile author try to study visualization experiments of highway engineering in order to discriminate this field of deep-seated structural,in order to provide a realistic and feasible ideas and means of the application of ST tracking used as ST management tool.


We consider the so-called irrational rotation C*-algebra Ae associated with an irrational number Θ. There are several descriptions of ΑΘ: s the transformation group C*-algebra arising from the action of the group of integers on the circle, S, generated by rotation through angle 2πθ, s the C*-algebra generated by a pair of unitaries, u and v, satisfying uv = exp(2ni0)vu or via concrete operators on a Hubert space s we will describe below. These C*-algebras have a rieh and interesting structure — see [6] and [9].


Ventricular repolarization duration (VRD) to RR-interval coupling relates to autonomic control and myocardial electrical stability. T-peak to T-end (TpTe) interval defined as the interval between the peak and the end of the T wave is an index of transmural dispersion of repolarization (TDR) with potential clinical implication. However, the dynamic coupling between TpTe- and RR-interval still needs clarification. This study investigated TpTe- and RR-interval coupling to assess· dynamic repolarization adaptation in healthy sedentary (Control; n = 10) and well-conditioned male subjects (Athlete; n = 10). Both groups underwent 15 min resting ECG. Supervised fiducial point detection was carried out after low-pass filtering at 15 Hz. Histogram of RR-interval series was calculated, with 100 ms class width, ranging from 600 ms to 1200 ms. For each class, mean of normal RR-intervals (MRR) and mean of the TpTe-interval (MTpTe) were calculated. Regression lines of MTpTe as function of MRR were computed and Student t-test compared slopes between groups (α < 0.05). In Control and Athlete, respectively, MTpTe was 82.2 ± 6.2 ms and 94.4 ± 6.9 ms (p < 0.05) and MRR interval was 849.2 ± 109.1 ms and 1027.5 ± 124.0 ms (p < 0.05). MTpTe significantly increased as a function of MRR in Athlete, whereas, in Control, slope was nonsignificantly negative. In athletes, TpTe-interval increases as a linear function of RR-interval in a wide physiological RR-interval range at rest, whereas, in sedentary subjects, TpTe-interval remained unchanged.


With stunting rates for children under five at 58 percent in Burundi, maternal mortality rate at 488 per 100,000 live births in Kenya, child mortality rate at 76 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, 27 percent unmet need for contraceptives in Tanzania, and skilled attendants at only 59 percent of births in Uganda, the East African Community Partner States have an opportunity and are committed to improve Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (RMNCH) through leveraging the collective market size, knowledge, and continual successes in the region in order to meet and continue to improve beyond the targets identified in recent political commitments. I applaud the leadership of the UN Secretary General as well as the commitment of East Africa's leaders to focus on reproductive, maternal and child health. They deserve all our support.


Abstract In place of the question "Can we talk?" this article explores what keeps us from speaking, and also from listening, to voices that through time and across cultures have broken the silences in our midst. By highlighting the relational capacities that are with us practically from birth (including our ability to register the obvious and give voice to our experience), I draw on girls' voices across a range of settings to articulate the tension we face when, paradoxically, a sacrifice of voice becomes the price of having relationships. Why have #MeToo and Time's Up taken us by surprise when in fact most of us knew what was going on? Why did the Parkland School activists strike us as so articulate when in truth they were naming the obvious? As a culture, we have granted sexual license to powerful men and valued guns more than children. Women's silence and men's violence are the mainstays of this patriarchal order. By breaking silence, women, along with the men who have joined them, are leaving the confines of patriarchy. By interrogating the voice that says shut up, they are contesting those invested in perpetuating a culture that values honor over love and life.


For non-destructive inspection of fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs), industrial X-ray computed tomography (XCT) has become an approved method for regarding the characterization of pores and determining the overall porosity. Pores show a large influence on the mechanical and physical properties of FRP structures. Therefore, it is essential for domain specialists to qualify newly developed materials and components including the specimens' porosity. In order to determine the porosity, pores must be extracted using a segmentation pipeline. A properly chosen segmentation pipeline with a suitable set of parameters increases the accuracy, robustness, and reproducibility of the porosity analysis. Choosing a pipeline with a suitable set of parameters however is a challenging task because the segmentation pipeline has to perform well on a wide range of datasets providing robust and reliable results. Additionally, different reference segmentations from different reference methods need to be considered and compared. These preconditions represent a challenging task in the evaluation of porosity including several time-consuming trial-and-error steps. In [1] we have presented the Porosity Analyzer tool, which supports the user when determining the porosity in FRP specimens. Porosity Analyzer consists of two modules: the computation module and the analysis module. The computation module provides tools for a convenient setup and execution of distributed off-line-computations: segmentation pipelines are assembled from individual steps, the parameter space sampling is specified , and different XCT volume datasets are chosen for the evaluation. The computation is performed and results in input parameters in combination with resulting porosity values and derived parameters. This data is then aggregated with the corresponding reference segmentation/porosity. The aggregated data is passed to the analysis module which performs a drilling-down filtering and a visual analysis. The overview visualizations show the porosities of the segmentation pipelines applied to evaluated datasets and allow a quick comparison to the reference segmentations/porosities. The segmentation pipelines are then examined in more details using a scatterplot matrix which shows the high-dimensional data of individual pipeline runs and reveals correlations between the pipelines' input parameters and the output values. Selections of individual run sets are conveniently managed in a list and can be loaded at any time. These selections are visually examined and compared with 2D slices and 3D views using aggregated segmentation renderings and statistical contours. In this work we apply several different segmentation pipelines using Porosity Analyzer to eight carbon fiberreinforced polymer (CFRP) specimens and compare the results with the proposed method by Plank et. al [2] for porosity determination.


The IgA concentration of various blood products was examined by a radioimmunoassay, and the lowest IgA concentrations were seen in frozen‐ thawed‐washed red blood cells. The routine Regional Blood Transfusion Centre preparation contained a mean IgA concentration of 0.117 mg/l (n = 21) in the frozen‐thawed‐washed red blood cell supernatant fluid. Further washing of frozen‐thawed‐washed red blood cells with saline reduced supernatant IgA concentrations to below the limit of IgA detection (less than 0.003 mg/l). Ordinary washed red blood cells and other blood plasma fractions contained substantial quantitites of IgA, supporting the view that frozen‐thawed‐washed red blood cells should be used for transfusion of patients at risk of developing reactions to IgA, and the need for caution in the use of other blood products in such patients.


Abstract Lightning is typically considered the most dangerous weather hazard for those who engage in outdoor sport and recreational activities. It is estimated that lightning strikes somewhere in the world about 100 times every second and kills approximately 1,000 people a year worldwide (Long, 1999). The risk associated with lightning is both a safety concern and a liability concern for sport and recreation managers. Management is often faced with difficult decisions regarding the implementation of lightning safety policies and procedures. The purpose of this article is to address the issue of implementing lightning safety policies and procedures through an analysis and discussion of legal concerns relevant to lightning safety, emerging technology for predicting and monitoring lightning, current recommendations and guidelines for lightning safety policies and procedures, and lightning-related research. Professional associations that have published and/or adopted specific management directed lightning safety policies and procedures are (1) the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA), (2) the American Meteorological Society (AMS), (3) the National Federation of State High Schools' Association (NFSHSA), (4) the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and (5) the United States Golf Association (USGA). Recommendations from these groups are summarized and implications for lightning safety education are provided.


With increasing concern regarding health, people have developed an interest in the safety of drinking water. In this study, we attempt to measure the economic benefits of tap water quality improvement through a case study on Pusan, the second largest city in Korea. To this end, we use a scenario that the government plans to implement a new project of improving water quality and apply the contingent valuation (CV) method. A one-and-one-half bounded dichotomous choice question (OOHBDC) format is employed to reduce the potential for response bias in multiple-bound formats such as the double-bound model, while maintaining much of the efficiency. Moreover, we employ the spike model to deal with zero willingness to pay (WTP) responses from the OOHBDC CV survey. The CV survey of 400 randomly selected households was rigorously designed to comply with the guidelines for best-practice CV studies using person-to-person interviews. From the spike OOHBDC CV model, the mean WTP for the improvement was estimated to be KRW 2,124 (USD 2.2), on average, per household, per month. The value amounts to 36.6% of monthly water bill and 20.2% of production costs of water. The conventional OOHBDC model produces statistically insignificant mean WTP estimate and even negative value, but the OOHBDC spike model gives us statistically significant mean WTP estimate and fitted our data well. The WTP value to Pusan residents can be computed to be KRW 31.2 billion (USD 32.1 million) per year.


It has been recognized for a long time that the Iranian word āzāta- covers what would seem to us to be two distinct ideas: "free" (not a slave) and "noble" (not a commoner). Avestan has āzāta-, "noble" hvāzāta-, "very noble"; Old Persian *āzāta- is attested by the phrase 'zt šbqtky bmwty, "I free you (a slave girl) at my death", in an Aramaic document from Elephantine dated in the 38th year of Artaxerxes (427 B.C.). Early Middle Iranian forms are reflected by Hesychius' glosses , i.e. *āzāt-īh, = "freedom", and i.e. *āzāta- with the Greek plural suffix "the intimates of the (Persian) king". That the Arsacid Parthians used one and the same word for "free" and "noble" is evident from two passages where Josephus refers to the Parthian élite troops as "free men". In Middle Persian and Sasanian Parthian texts āzād is extensively attested in both senses, "free" and "noble", as are numerous derivatives. From Parthian come Armenian azat, "free, noble" and Georgian azat'i, "free". Sogdian "z't means "noble", "free", and "clear". Khotanese has āysāta-, "well born" and "free born". In Neo-Persian, however, āzād has become restricted to "free", while āzāda is used for "noble"; Persian āzād (ozod, etc.) has been borrowed into most other Neo-Iranian languages, but an independent form has survived in Kurdish aza, "brave"; Ossetic azat, "free", is perhaps borrowed from Georgian.


The 200th meeting of the Society was held at Coylumbridge Hotel, Aviemore on 27th and 28th June 1991 under the Presidency of MeJohn Cockburn. At the Annual Dinner, on 27th June, Dr Andrew Douglas proposed the toast to the Society. At the meeting on 28th June Dr Douglas gave an account of the origins of the Society. Dr Norman Home described his experience of tuberculosis before the days of chemotherapy and Me Robert McCluskie presented a historic review of thoracic surgery. The following papers were presented:


This paper analyses the basic characteristic and the developmental condition of farmer professional cooperative organization and points out that strong backing,loose circumstance,exact orientation,excellent cadre,platitudinous capital and steady base are the important index and precondition of the development of farmer professional cooperative organization under the condition of market economy and economic globalization.Without these conditions farmer professional cooperative organization can not gain more development.


We consider a network design problem occurring in the extension of fiber optic networks on the last mile which generalizes the (Price Collecting) Steiner Tree Problem by introducing redundancy requirements on some customer nodes. In this work we present a formulation for this problem based on exponentially many variables and solve its linear relaxation by column generation. Using alternative dual-optimal solutions in the pricing problem we are able to significantly reduce the effects of typical efficiency issues of simplex based column generation. Computational results clearly show the advantages of our proposed strategy with respect to the number of pricing iterations needed as well as by means of required running times.


The paper discusses an effort to use metaphorical imagery in completing an outcome assessment exercise for the basic course in organizational behavior. This imagery is drawn from a popular video shown at the beginning and end of the course. The outcomes assessment exercise focuses on value added measures of trans-formational thinking relative to student ability to conceptualize organizational phenomena. The paper reports partial results of this pilot study.


The entrepreneurial mindset (EM) has become of increasing interest for engineering educators as a method to better prepare students for the workforce and generate more valuable innovations. In this paper, EM is defined in terms of six principles: Curiosity, Connections, Creating Value, Communication, Collaboration, and Character. These principles, labeled as the 6 C's, are adapted from materials from the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). However, despite the increased adoption of EM by educators, few tools exist to aid evaluation of curricula through an EM lens and few studies investigate their effectiveness. Three EM course content evaluation tools have been created in the recent past by KEEN-affiliated universities: KEEN Student Outcomes (KSO), expanded KSO (eKSO), and Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning Objectives (EMLO). These tools have not yet been evaluated against one another to determine if they are measuring similar EM concepts. The goal of this paper is to compare and evaluate these three tools. To do so, each tool is used on three existing courses at The Ohio State University, each designed with EM in mind and each representing a different year within an undergraduate engineering curriculum. A document analysis was done for each course using each EM evaluation tool, generating nine datasets. The results for each course were then compared across the evaluation tools to measure similarities and differences between the three tools. It was found that the three tools were largely inconsistent with one another in their determination of the courses' level of adoption of the 6 C's of EM. Additionally, it was found that many aspects of the tools were overly abstract or particular, making them difficult to use for the purposes of measuring the EM content of a course. Although these three sets of objectives may be useful for integrating EM content in courses, the findings of this paper indicate that they are not measuring the same things and are thus difficult to utilize for the purposes of measurement.


In order to solve the problem of tracking the orbit of small celestial body detector under the disturbance of unknown external environment, a dynamic model of the orbit of small celestial body detector with unknown disturbance was established. The perturbation observer method was utilized to estimate the disturbance to the external environment of the small celestial body detector, and its dynamic characteristics were observed and compensated by the controller, so that the sliding mode shake amplitude could be reduced. An adaptive law was designed to estimate the bound of disturbance observation error, and the symbol function was replaced by hyperbolic tangent function, thus the buffeting was further eliminated and the control accuracy was improved. At the same time, dynamic surface technology was introduced to solve the differential explosion problem caused by the derivative of virtual control. At the end of the paper, a small object 243Ida was utilized as the target object for simulation verification. In the simulation results, the detector is able to track the desired trajectory and the position and velocity errors are significantly reduced at the time of 70s, and the controller output is smooth. The results show that the proposed method is an effective and reasonable method for the orbit tracking of celestial body detectors.


The TRIUMF KAON Factory is designed to produce beams of kaons, antiprotons, other hadrons and neutrinos 100 times more intense, or cleaner, than are available now, for a broad range of particle and nuclear physics experiments. This will require a 100 IlA beam of 30 GeV protons, to be produced by an interleaved sequence of two fast-cycling synchrotrons and three storage rings, with the existing TRIUMF Hcyclotron as injector. An $1 I-million preconstruction study has enabled the overall design to be reviewed and prototypes of various components to be built and evaluated fast-cycling dipole and quadrupole magnets, a dualfrequency magnet power supply, ceramic beam pipes with internal rf shields, an rf cavity (using perpendicular bias), an extraction kicker, an rf beam chopper, and production targets. Environmental, industrial and economic impact studies have also been completed and the cost estimates and schedule updated. The total cost of $708 million (Canadian) will be shared equally between Canada, British Columbia and international contributors; the first two-thirds of this sum have already been approved and negotiations for the remainder are under way.


To prepare an opening plenary paper for the 2004 ADE Summer Seminar East, I conducted an informal survey of English department heads, deans, provosts, and college and university presidents around the country. Whether over the telephone or over drinks at a conference, I asked each of these per sons?in their role as president, dean, provost, or department head?what was uppermost in their minds and what were their biggest headaches or concerns. Although my data are neither comprehensive nor scientific, the responses I received were instructive and surprisingly consistent. Whatever kind of institution they were at, presidents and provosts always named the current financial crisis as their number one priority and greatest headache. Declining federal and state dollars combined with weak revenues from even the healthiest endowments have left schools reeling. On some public university campuses, including my own, presidents and provosts are scrambling to refashion their schools as quasi-private institutions, substi tuting private dollars?from grants, donors, corporations, wherever?to replace the ever-shrinking dollars coming from state budgets.1 As a consequence, senior administrators are busily identifying their revenue-producing centers. These are usually departments that bring in large research grants with indirect cost recovery (ICR); or they are technology parks that lead to new companies or to patents in which the


This paper analyzes the present situation and shortages of the traditional control device of the transformer's cooling system,presents the new monitor and control device of the transformer's cooling system based on PLC and CPLD,and introduces hardware configuration and software design of the new device.This new device can monitor and control the working condition and fault on line in short or long distance.It can start or stop the radiator automatically,according to the load current and the oil temperature of the transformer with optimal control.It operates reliably with perfect function,good behavior and high automation.It will be beneficial for raising reliability of power supply and automation of transformer station and realizing unmanned duty on transformer station.


Civil Society Organisations (CSO) are by nature very strong networks that seek to represent the interests of their members till they either win or compromise. These organisations have no defined life-span and can exist for as long as their grievance exists. Because of the influence that these organisations wield in society, they tend to spearhead most of the developmental programmes in society. However, most of them have also chosen either deliberately or otherwise to manipulate the original mandate of impartially and objectively serving the people in times of need. Civil Society Organisations have politicised development and related programmes for various reasons; to discredit the government in power, show of strength resource-wise, vote buying and undermining the constitution but all, for political mileage. As result, while development fails to reach its desired expectations, the intended beneficiaries also lose out. It is therefore the intention of this paper to look at the politicisation of development in Zimbabwe by the CSO community. (160 Words)


The basic concept of Dempster- Shafer( D- S) Evidence Theory and its application features are introduced. According to the analysis of requirements for identifying ship and aircraft targets and the feasibility of identifying them based on the radiation source aboard,the application of D- S Evidence Theory in identification of these targets is described,the basic probability assignment space construction and assignment process are explained in detail,and the availability and validity of the method are also verified in testing environment.


The characteristics of unmanned vehicle makes it be used widely in industrial production, space exploration and other fields and unmanned vehicle navigation positioning technology is the most basic aspects. This paper discusses the integrated positioning technology of unmanned vehicle which combines vision sensor with the dead reckoning to achieve precise positioning of the vehicles. By introducing the normal estimated of point cloud, the expected plane feature of point cloud data can be extracted with RANSAC well, which is done with Point Cloud Library (PCL). The effect of unmanned vehicle positioning is also discussed with the plane feature. The corresponding program is applied in the P3-AT Pioneer Robot for validation.


Magnetic helicity is approximately conserved by the turbulence associated with resistive instabilities of plasmas. To generalize the application of the concept of helicity, the helicity content of an arbitrary bounded region of space will be defined. The definition has the virtues that both the helicity content and its time derivative have simple expressions in terms of the poloidal and toroidal magnetic fluxes, the average toroidal loop voltage and the electric potential on the bounding surface, and the volume integral of E⋅B. The application of the helicity concept to tokamak plasmas is illustrated by a discussion of so‐called MHD (magnetohydrodynamic) current drive, an example of a stable tokamak q profile with q less than 1 in the center, and a discussion of the possibility of a natural steady‐state tokamak due to the bootstrap current coupling of tearing instabilities.


Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is a rare clinical condition characterized by mucinous ascites, typically related to appendiceal or ovarian tumours. Current standard treatment involves cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), but recurrences occur in 20–30 per cent of patients. The aim of this study was to define the timing and patterns of recurrence to provide a basis for modifying follow‐up of these patients.


The aim of image restoration techniques is to recover the original image from a degraded observation. One of the most common degradation phenomena in images is defocus blur. In case of blind image restoration accurate estimation of defocus blur parameters is required for deblurring of defocused images. This paper proposes a novel technique for estimating the parameter of defocus blur. It uses Curvelet transform to find the features of the blurred images and a radial biases neural network to estimate the blur parameter. This work is tested on different barcode images with varying degrees of defocus blur. The simulation results of proposed method are found more accurate than the existing methods.


Objective:In order to prepare anti-tPA monoclonal antibody,which is used to study the role of tPA in tumor metastasis.Methods:Babl/c was immunized peritoneally with rtPA and complete con-jugate.Then,immunized spleen cells and SP2/0 were fused in the help of PEG,Positive clones were selected with ELISA. Results:One hybridoma(2B7)secreting specific anti-tPA McAb was prepared.The McAb is subclassed into IgG1.Conclusions:2B7 McAb react specifically with both recombinant and natural tPA,but not with irrelevant proteins,ELISA kit established with 2B7 McAb showed high sen-sitivity and specificity.


cies which actively "structure interests around broad ideological principles and specific economic strategies" (218). Apart from perhaps providing welcome relief for any reader daunted by the analytical and statistical emphasis of earlier chapters, the case studies of Spain and Britain provide ample evidence of the economic dilemmas and, more importantly, the political constraints faced by governments as they attempt to implement their economic strategies while maintaining or building winning coalitions of electoral support. At the same time, the case study material illustrates the limitations of the rational choice assumptions which permeate the analysis and the author's exclusive focus on economic policy, however broadly defined. Thus, while Boix correctly emphasizes the fact that party politics "come in bundles" (229), his argument neglects the extent to which electoral preferences may be shaped by government policies and actions which are not part of the "bundle" constituting economic strategies. In the case of Britain, for example, it is unlikely that the Conservatives would have retained their majority in 1983 had voters made electoral decisions purely on the basis of economic self-interest in light of the government's record thus far. Rather, the electoral momentum of the newly formed Social Democratic party was halted and Thatcher's dramatic decline in popularity was reversed, at least in part, by her role in the Falklands/Malvinas War, an event which garners not a single mention in this book. In similar vein, it might be argued that the Conservatives' success in pre-empting any electoral challenge from the extreme right (the British National Front and its successors) was attributable less to their economic policies than to their tough stance on immigration and law and order after 1979, and to Thatcher's stridently nationalist, "little Englander," rhetoric, especially in her relations with the European Community/Union. These limitations aside—and they are, perhaps, inevitable given the conceptual underpinnings of the analysis—this is a thoroughly researched and generally readable book. There are some editorial/typographic problems, including tables in which the numbers simply do not add up (at least for this reviewer), but these are minor distractions in a work of this magnitude. Overall, this is an important contribution to the study of electoral competition and political parties and to the significant role still played by politics in economic management in the context of globalization. If, as Boix suggests, "One of the most striking developments in the discipline of political science today is the extent to which the research on democratic politics and performance and the literature on political economy are at odds with each other" (218), this book goes some way towards bridging the gap.


Dr. Mark Kennedy received his Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering at Purdue University. He has been teaching and conducting research in environmental and water resources engineering for over 30 years, the last 18 of those years at the University of Portland. His main areas of research have focused on the biological treatment of bio-solids, water quality modeling and most recently, the sustainable development of water and sanitation infrastructure in low-income countries. He is currently the Director of International Programs in the Shiley School of Engineering. In that role he has developed and directed study abroad programs as well as international research and service learning projects for the School of Engineering.


An archaeological survey of Saudi Arabia's Farasan Islands in May 2010 recorded a broad range of sites that have not previously been documented. The survey concentrated on Greater Farasan and Segid islands, and comprised a rapid recording of sites shown to the authors by representatives of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities. The sites were photographed, their positions logged, sketch drawings made of the principal features and surface pottery drawn and photographed. Detailed drawings were made of a stone anchor and a well with possible Ancient South Arabian carved decoration. The sites visited included settlements, wells, cemeteries and a cave. Several sites included the remains of buildings made of massive ashlar blocks, as well as others of rubble-stone construction. Datable material at the sites points to several periods of occupation, from the early first millennium BC to early modern times. Some locations were characterised by long periods of settlement. Apart from the findings of this survey, most of the sites remain largely uninvestigated, and suggest significant potential for future research into settlement on the archipelago, as well as into past maritime activity and technology in the southern Red Sea region and beyond.


ABSTRACT The study presents some results of the Black Sea ecosystem dynamics during about twenty years (1998–2016), based on numerical simulations with the assimilation of remote-sensing data. The 3D model of the lower trophic level marine ecosystem is a one-way, off-line coupled with circulation model. It describes processes in the layer from the sea surface to 200 m depth and includes 15 state variables. The ecosystem model assimilates the satellite measurements which are the maps of the surface chlorophyll concentration fields reconstructed based on the remote-sensing data from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS, satellite OrbView) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS, satellites Aqua and Terra) using the regional optical model of the Black Sea. The assimilation technique is based on optimal interpolation and nudging procedure. The results of the simulation were validated using the Black Sea Oceanographic Database, which contains the direct measurements of chlorophyll, nitrates, and dissolved oxygen concentrations in seawater. Comparison of the simulation data with measurements showed that the simulated fields satisfactorily reproduce seasonal variability and vertical distribution. In addition to in situ measurements, the obtained surface chlorophyll distributions were also compared with the satellite data. The simulation results allowed analysing the inter-annual and seasonal variability of the main parameters of the Black Sea pelagic ecosystem. Evolution of the plankton biomass in the upper 50 m layer shows a negative linear trend, which is followed by reduction of the nitrates content in this layer.


Prior studies have shown that decreased meningeal pH activates dural afferents via opening of acid‐sensing ion channels (ASICs), suggesting one pathophysiological mechanism for the generation of headaches. The studies described here further examined the ASIC subtype mediating pH‐induced dural‐afferent activation and examined whether sensitization influences pH responses.


This study aims to analyze and design a geographic information system as a tool for traffic flow monitoring and regulation for the Traffic Management Center Polda Metro Jaya. Data was collected through field studies relating to the engineering of software and hardware. Interviews were also conducted to the relevant parties. Then it is proceeded with systems analysis and design methods. This system succeeded in helping the Traffic Management Center to find out the points which are prone to cause congestion, so that it can quickly obtain the traffic flow information.


Over the past decade there has been an Arctic revival of sorts in Canadian politics. Recent events have boosted the region's visibility on the political landscape and the north has found a new prominence in government policy. The media's reaction to the dispute with Denmark over tiny Hans Island, the aggressive Russian claims to the continental shelf, and the increasing concern generated by global warming's melting of the Arctic icecap have all contributed to the Arctic's return to national prominence.At the centre of the Canadian government's new northern policies is a concern for the status of the Northwest Passage. Of the many issues that fall into the category of Arctic sovereignty, the status of the waters and ice that make up the passage remains by far the most visible and the most important. From the federal election campaign of 2005 to the present, when the government has spoken of Arctic sovereignty, it has usually been to those waters it was referring.The philosophy underlying the current government's policy has always been straightforward. It assumes sovereignty to be a matter of physical control, won and maintained through the exercise of force. And in large measure it is correct, since without a certain measure of control no state can properly claim the exercise of sovereignty. To this end the government has announced a number of major Arctic projects, from patrol craft and icebreakers to a deepwater port, all intended to increase the Canadian presence in the region and make clear to foreign states that Canada is serious about defending its sovereignty.This increased presence is indeed a necessary step towards repairing Canada's declining capabilities in the region. Ottawa's ability to exercise authority over the northern waters is declining and, unless some action is taken, may soon fall below the point at which Canada can legitimately claim effective occupation. Yet, while the need for new patrol ships, a deepwater port, and most of the other items promised by the government is apparent, the focus and the underlying philosophy ofthe Harper government needs to be questioned.Any practical attempt to defend Arctic sovereignty should focus on two objectives: improving Canada's ability to exercise its jurisdiction in the region - namely enforcing pollution- control regulations and Canadian law while carrying out the everyday duties of a sovereign power; and improving (or at the very least maintaining) Canada's legal position - essentially ensuring that nothing transpires in the Arctic that might set a precedent damaging to Canadian claims. These are two intertwined yet distinct objectives. A policy that achieves these aims, without having to gamble Canadian sovereignty at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), is what is required to defend Canadian sovereignty in the 21st century.The government's plans for the Arctic seem designed to achieve neither of these objectives effectively. Some ofthe most expensive elements ofthe new policy are generally ill suited to the everyday tasks of exercising jurisdiction. Nor would they be the most cost-effective means of improving Canada's legal position. If used too aggressively, some elements could even prove counterproductive.The Conservative policy is primarily based on projecting power into the Arctic. Yet Arctic sovereignty cannot rest on military strength alone. What is required is a plan that avoids the confrontational approach the government seems intent upon pursuing. Canada needs a long-term policy that provides practical solutions in cooperation with, rather than in opposition to, the United States and the rest ofthe world. Most of all, Canada requires an Arctic policy that, rather than attempting to force foreign governments to accept Canadian sovereignty, brings them to do so out of self-interest.THE NORTHWEST PASSAGEFor decades the effects of global warming have been steadily eroding the sea ice in the north. …


In this master thesis, the use of the Takagi-Sugeno and MPC techniques will be applied to the trajectory planning and control of an autonomous vehicle. The first step will be to formulate the model of the autonomous vehicle using a Takagi-Sugeno model. Then, MPC techniques will be used to design a trajectory planner and a kinematic/dynamic controller. The proposed schemes will be tested in a vehicle with the aim of allowing the autonomous driving.


Boethian arithmetic formed the basis of music theory for the medieval
 encyclopedist, Jacobus. His monumental Speculum musicae shows us how
 people around 1300, and particularly in the University of Paris, were slowly
 accommodating themselves to the newly rediscovered works of Aristotle,
 while the long-known works of Euclid and Boethius still gave a definitive
 theoretical basis to music. Not without effort Jacobus reworked Boethius
 and went further, though still using Boethian techniques. One difficulty
 he encountered was the problem of dividing the tone into two equal parts.


This survey study investigated the direct and indirect relationships among intergroup contact, in-group size, out-group homogeneity, in-group homogeneity, and prejudice. The participants were 299 White women from seven Catholic congregations in the United States. The survey results indicated that in-group size was positively related to prejudice toward racial out-group members. Intergroup contact also mediated the relationship between in-group size and prejudice. Moreover, perceptions of out-group homogeneity not only correlated positively with prejudice, but also mediated the relationship between quantity and quality of intergroup contact and prejudice. Finally, perceptions of in-group homogeneity were positively associated with prejudice. These results not only demonstrate the value of the frequency and depth of intergroup contact on reducing prejudice, but also highlight the role of in-group size in influencing opportunities for contact. Moreover, perceptions of heterogeneity/uniqueness of both in-group and out-group members appear to serve as mechanisms through which contact reduces prejudice.


This paper presents formation flying for under-actuated nanosatellites based on concurrent attitude-position control. Compared to existing methods that rely on independent rotational and translational control, here because of under-actuated inherent attribute of the problem a triple-tiered approach based on concurrent attitude-position control is developed. The proposed approach consists of following sub-control layers: at first a virtual fully-actuated model of nanosatellites based on relative motion is introduced. Consequently, an adaptive finite-time attitude control is proposed to align nanosatellites towards obtained virtual translational inputs. Finally, using the virtual translational inputs and attitude of nanosatelites, the desired thrusts are computed. The proposed idea shed light on future nanosatellites formation flying missions. Simulation results are presented to illustrate the applicability of the proposed method in nanosatellites.


This field camp on central Ellesmere Island was established by researchers from the University of Alberta, Natural Resources Canada, and others. They collected ice cores from the Prince of Wales icefield in April-May 2005, in order to study the information stored in the glacier which will reveal how the climate has changed over the millennia.


Cu-67 is considered to be an attractive radionuclide for radioimmunotherapy for cancer because of its physical and biological characteristics. However Cu-67 that is currently available has a radiocontaminant, Cu-64. The activity ratio of Cu-64 to Cu-67 can be as great as 0.25 at the time of administration to the patient. By assuming identical pharmacokinetics for Cu-64 and Cu-67, the biodistribution of Cu-64 in a patient can be assessed using quantitative imaging data for Cu-67, if the activity ratio of Cu-64 to Cu-67 is known. A Cu-67 source contaminated with Cu-64 was used to evaluate the impact of Cu-64 on camera sensitivity, and on activity quantitation for organs and tumors using an Alderson phantom that simulated the abdomen of patients. Quantitative imaging of the Cu-67 source contaminated with Cu-64 indicated that the effect of Cu-64 photons scattered into the Cu-67 energy window set was negligible even if the activity ratio of Cu-64 to Cu-67 was 0.25. MIRD formalism was used to estimate the therapeutic index based on the ratio of radiation dose to the tumor and that to the marrow. The marrow dose from Cu-64 was significantly less than that of Cu-67. However, the tumor radiation dose from Cu-67 per unitmore » of injected activity was about four times greater than that from Cu-64 (160 vs 40 cGy/kBq). For Cu-64 contamination as great as 0.25 for the activity ratio of Cu-64 to Cu-67, the therapeutic index (tumor to marrow radiation doses) was changed from 26.4 for the Cu-67 to 25.9 for the mixture. When pure Cu-64-2IT-BAT-Lym-1 and Cu-67-2IT-BAT-Lym-1 were considered, the therapeutic index of Cu-67 was about 20% higher than that of Cu-64 (20.5). When the biological behavior of the radiocontaminant is identical to that of the intended radionuclide, then the therapeutic index should be used to determine the optimal time for injection of the radiopharmaceutical mixture.« less


Objective To observe the effect on lactation yield of puerpera by adopting oxytocic hormone during the first three days of post partum so as to promote breast feeding.Methods 230 puerperal women were elected in our hospital,of which half of them were caesarean birth,and the rest were parturition through vagina.They were divided into two groups:oxytocic hormone ≤40U was applied to group A1,while oxytocic hormone 40~60U was applied to group B1.The aim was to evaluate the circumstances of breast feeding within the first three days of post partum.Furthermore,460 puerperal women were elected,of which half of them were caesarean birth,and the rest were parturition through vagina.They were also divided into two groups:oxytocic hormone≤60U was applied to group A2,while oxytocic hormone60U was applied to group B2.The aim was to evaluate the circumstances of breast feeding during the first three days of post partum.Results Compared with Group A1,lactation yield of group Bl reduces(P0.05) during the first two days,but the lactation yield of two groups have no differences(P0.05) on the third day.Compared with Group A2,1actation yield of group B2 reduces(P0.05) during the first three days.Conclusion Using large doses of oxytocic hormone may lead to reducing of lactation yield for puerpera.


The modulation transfer function (MTF) is a widely used indicator in assessments of remote-sensing image quality. This MTF method is also used to restore information to a standard value to compensate for image degradation caused by atmospheric or satellite jitter effects. In this study, we evaluated MTF values as an image quality indicator for the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI). GOCI was launched in 2010 to monitor the ocean and coastal areas of the Korean peninsula. We evaluated in-orbit MTF value based on the GOCI image having a 500-m spatial resolution in the first time. The pulse method was selected to estimate a point spread function (PSF) with an optimal natural target such as a Seamangeum Seawall. Finally, image restoration was performed with a Wiener filter (WF) to calculate the PSF value required for the optimal regularization parameter. After application of the WF to the target image, MTF value is improved 35.06%, and the compensated image shows more sharpness comparing with the original image.


The study of the dynamics of radiation-sensitive soft-matter suspensions is demonstrated by means of sequential-shot X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy below the radiation-damage threshold at the SACLA free-electron laser.


A facile synthesis of 2,2′-bipyridinium fluorochromate(VI), (C10H9N2)[CrO3F], was developed by reacting CrO3 with HF in the presence of 2,2′-bipyridine. The structure of the title compound consists of discrete cations and anions. The coordination around Cr is distorted tetrahedral.


This paper presents an application package written on NOVA 840 computerin FORTRAN language for data processing of γ energy spectrum in the reactorthermal neutron experiments. The application package can be directly transplantedon 100 computer series made in China as they are compatible with NOVAseries.


The real estate industry plays the important role in the development of Chinese economy. In the meantime, the situation of Chinese stock market represents the state of Chinese economy. Thus, it is important to study the co-movement between Chinese stock market and real estate industry. Based on daily data span from January 2003 to January 2009, this paper uses unit-root test, co-integration test and Granger-causality test to analyze the co-movement between China stock market and real estate industry plate. The result shows that Chinese stock market brings alone the development of real estate industry plate.


A few species of sharks have jaws structurally effective for crushing hard-shelled prey, but the functions of the jaws and teeth of the remaining species, that is of most kinds of sharks, are restricted to grasping prey or to cutting off pieces of prey to get something of suitable size for swallowing. The grasping function is one which may be performed by any shark; but the type of jaw and dentition apparently most effective and most restricted for this purpose is that found in the sand shark, Carcharias taurus, one of the more primitve of existing galeoids. The sand shark has teeth especially adapted for holding. The teeth are long, spike-like, and irregularly spaced and are held permanently in position to function in more than one series. The sand shark has heavily calcified, dense jaws which may be protruded, but the upper jaw has no strong cartilaginous processes. Thus it has little support to resist lateral strain, since it lacks these strong processes which characterize the more advanced hyostylic jaw suspension of most common galeoids. The sand shark feeds on fishes and invertebrates small enough to be swallowed entire. Although it is accused of attacking larger prey, little definite evidence of this exists and it is probable that such occurrences, if they happen at all, are accidental. The sand shark is the only large shark which, at least in the Florida area, is regularly successful in feeding on littoral gamefish such as the relatively fast-swimming and elusive seatrouts, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, and similar species. Possibly the effectiveness of the jaws accounts in part for the ability of the species to feed on fishes which normally elude all other sharks. Sand sharks are said, however, to work together in groups to surround schools of fishes (Radcliffe, 1916) and this idea of cooperation is supported by accounts of sand shark feeding given me by Florida fishermen. If cooperative effort in feeding is not involved, it is difficult to imagine how the relatively stiff and cumbersome sand shark could catch such fishes. When attacking large prey, vertebrate predators having dentition that is effective primarily for grasping often merely bite down on a portion of the prey and twist off that portion by rotating their entire bodies. Observations of hooked sand sharks and netted sand sharks indicate that the species is not a twister—that is, it does not grasp objects and roll or spin. Sand sharks apparently are not structurally suited to spinning. Other large galeoid sharks such as the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, and the mako, Isurus oxyrinchus (both species having spike-shaped teeth somewhat similar to those of the sand shark but having processes of the upper jaw which strengthen it against lateral strain) do feed to a large extent on relatively small fishes. But these sharks also regularly attack larger prey. The lemon shark shakes or twists off pieces while the mako, a species not suited by its fin arrangements or body form for twisting, merely vibrates its head region.


Rewritable photonic crystal (PC) paper has the potential to significantly reduce the consumption of forest resources in the printing industry, while also being environmentally friendly and efficient. However, traditional PC papers based on solvent or photothermal responses can lead to diffusion, which can hinder printing accuracy. In this study, a novel rewritable PC paper compatible with pin‐printing is presented based on a pressure‐responsive shape‐memory PC paper. High‐resolution printing can be realized by both computer‐programmed 3D‐printed seals and pin‐printing techniques. The information written on this PC rewritable paper can be erased by water, enabling the paper to be rewritten and reused at least 8 times without any change in performance. Furthermore, the information stored on the PC paper is stable and can be stored in ordinary environments for at least 6 months without fading. The PC paper has the capability of multicolor printing with a precision finer than 100 μm and has potential in office papers, smart price tags, and anti‐counterfeiting labels.


This paper presents a novel statistical model to estimate the reliability and number of errors of hardware tasks running on partially reconfigurable FPGAs in harsh environments. The proposed model has been validated by means of fault injection. The obtained results endorsed by the 95% confidence interval reveal the high accuracy of the proposed reliability model.


According to Marx, capitalism leads to the alienation of people from their work, from the product of their work, and from other people (Oilman, 1976:133–4). These characteristics of capitalism were obvious for all to see in the late nineteenth century, as capital and labor were increasingly polarized. But in the late twentieth century, class relations have become considerably more complicated. The emergence and growth of various forms of "middle class" (Walker, 1979; Wright, 1985) make the issue of who is exploiting whom, of who benefits from the alienation of workers, unclear. In turn, the confusion in class relations has an effect on the ability to wage class struggle, as the "enemy" of the working class is difficult to define, let alone target.


[...]those judges will interpret job descriptions that are often written by employers to serve employees who might be doing a variety of things listed that are not always a part of every employees' role in that defined job's requirements.1 Job content is much more important today than a job's listed requirements, as content addresses what you actually do rather than what you could be called to do.2 Additionally, wage discrimination lawsuits are typically far less likely to be successful than the average tort claim.3 Roughly 50% of tort cases are successful, whereas cases filed with the EEOC that have illustrated a finding of wage discrimination have hovered only between 4.5% and 7.5% percent over the past 10 years, despite a steady pace of filed cases.4 The majority of these "successful" cases will result in consent decrees, or legal settlements that typically are not published legal precedent that can be relied upon for future filings. (2021) also suggest that organizations can use existing inventories such as the Position Analysis Questionnaire, the Job Element Inventory, and O*NET GWAs for use in determining generalized work activities, as they may be more cost effective than the in-house development of tasks, these tools also rely on subject-matter-expert ratings. [...]the potential for bias and use of stereotypical heuristics when making decisions are not the only issues with respect to the use of job analysis in the context of job classification. (2021) suggest that although job duties may remain the same, the nature of how the job is done will vary (e.g., task interdependence, task frequency, communication, etc.) perhaps more frequently than with other nonremote work. [...]although job duties appear equivalent, the nature of the job has become more dynamic making job analysis a less amenable choice. [...]we call for a rethinking of the focal article contribution in this area relative to such work arrangements.


The inoculation of smallpox was the major topic that connected the late eighteenth-century Italian proponents of the Enlightenment and the new Romantic movement. From Parini to Manzoni, from Giovanni Bicetti to Carlo Porta, both the Illuministi and the Romantics were active proponents of vaccination and wrote poems to celebrate it. Despite their intellectual and medical engagement with immunization, however, neither group attempted to transform vaccination into a political trope. In the context of the rise of Italian nationalism, despite the abundance of biopolitical metaphors, there is a surprising, notable lack of an immunity paradigm. My paper looks at the history of the rise of the Italian Intellectuals' interest in vaccination and analyzes the creation of Italian nationalist tropes in Manzoni and in the Romantic movement, and it tries to discuss the reasons behind their lack of interest of immunization as a political trope.


Results of selection over 135 generations for high scutellar bristle number in three further lines derived from Oregon-RC complement those on the four lines reported previously (Sheldon and Milton 1972). All lines differed widely in pattern of scutellar response, correlated response in abdominal and posterior central scutellar bristles, sex differences, and behaviour on relaxing selection, though the selection limits reached in the present three lines were lower than in the previous lines.


Aiming at the problem how to develop a mobile game in a short time,this paper brings forward a project about code generation.The theory of MDA and code generation technology are introduced.The processing phrases of the code generation based on Model Driven Architecture(MDA) and the structure of the code generation are discussed.And a cell phone game is generated by code generation through maintaining the GDF file.


An optimum management of the nutrient solution in hydroponics needs the predicition of electrical conductivity (EC) of the nutrient solution. But theoretical predicition of EC of the solution containing many kinds of inorganic compounds like the nutrient solution has been impossible because of the complex interactions among ions. By considering EC decrement caused by the interactions approximately, two experimental equations (2) and (3) for predicting EC of the nutrient solution in hydroponics were developed. Parameters of the equations (2) and (3) were calculated statistically using the measured ECs(f) and ion concentrations of 180 kinds of nutrient solutions (0.5-6.0 mS/cm). Finally, the equations (2) and (3) were evaluated using the six samples of nutrient solutions and good agreements were obtained between the measured ECs (fs) and the predicted ECs (f1 and f2) with the precision errors of ±4.1 and ±6.2%, respectively.


In Japan, the clinical features of AIT that occurs after amiodarone withdrawal have not been carefully reported. In this issue of the Journal, Yagishita et al8 report that in 71 patients whose amiodarone therapy had been discontinued after at least 1 month of administration, 5 patients (7%) developed AIT late after amiodarone withdrawal (11±3 months). All 5 patients developed type 2 AIT; 2 developed heart failure because of atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate and 4, including those 2 were symptomatic, while 1 was asymptomatic. How can we identify the patients who are at risk for AIT after amiodarone withdrawal? In this regard, Yagishita et al8 found that all 5 AIT patients showed hypothyroidism during amiodarone therapy. In addition, the cumulative amiodarone dose and duration of amiodarone therapy were greater in the 5 AIT patients than in the 60 patients who did not develop AIT after amiodarone withdrawal (271.1±268.5 g vs. 63.4±86.5 g, P<0.001, and 76±86 months vs. 16±22 months, P<0.001, respectively). The time from amiodarone withdrawal to the onset of AIT ranged from 7 to 16 months. AIT observed in 5 patients recovered spontaneously within 5 months without the use of steroids. Regarding treatment, steroids have been reported as miodarone is one of the most potent antiarrhythmic drugs used in the prevention and treatment of ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation.1 The most common adverse effect of amiodarone is thyroid dysfunction, with an incidence of 10% in Japan.2,3 The complex effects of amiodarone on the thyroid range from abnormalities of thyroid function tests to thyroid dysfunction, either amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) or hypothyroidism (AIH).2,3 Two main mechanisms can lead to AIT: iodineinduced hyperthyroidism (type 1 AIT), a form of Jod Basedow (Grave's disease), or destructive thyroiditis (type 2 AIT).4 The Table shows a comparison of the clinical and pathogenic features of types 1 and 2 AIT.4 Type 1 AIT usually develops in patients with preexisting nodular goiter or latent Graves' disease, whereas type 2 AIT generally develops in patients without evidence of thyroid disease. Evidence has shown that type 2 AIT is by far the most frequent form,4 probably because of appropriate evaluation of candidates for amiodarone treatment and avoidance of this drug in patients with latent thyroid abnormalities. AIT may develop suddenly, early or after many years of amiodarone treatment.5 Because of tissue storage of amiodarone and its metabolites and their slow release, the effects of amiodarone can persist for a long period of time. In fact, in the late 1980 s, Martino et al reported that AIT may even develop many months after drug withdrawal.6 Consistent with that finding, Kurt et al recently reported a 60-year-old male patient who developed AIT 6 months after cessation of amiodarone treatA


Authors limit the problems ranging from Input Data Mobile and Accessoriesnya to Making Report. To get the output or results desired in accordance with the need to get information or input data that supports this desire. Information on how to be made for computerization and information on how to process transactions performed. Adapaun purpose of creating a computerized system of data processing sales on Mobile and Accessoriesnya among others: Make the check items are available, because the records no longer be processed manually with limited manpower tingat thoroughness. Facilitate the recording of transactions creating an effective reporting and efficient.


A new integration scheme is developed for nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations where the temperature is constrained by a Gaussian thermostat. The utility of the scheme is demonstrated by its application to the SLLOD algorithm which is the standard nonequilibrium molecular dynamics algorithm for studying shear flow. Unlike conventional integrators, the new integrators are constructed using operator-splitting techniques to ensure stability and that little or no drift in the kinetic energy occurs. Moreover, they require minimum computer memory and are straightforward to program. Numerical experiments show that the efficiency and stability of the new integrators compare favorably with conventional integrators such as the Runge–Kutta and Gear predictor–corrector methods.


This paper presents design considerations and measurements of a dual channel 16 GSps single chip arbitrary waveform generator. Each generator channel consists of a 1.6 Mbit SRAM block, a multiplexing chain, and a 4-bit DAC. A low phase noise 16 GHz PLL is integrated on the same chip. The prototype is designed to perform a lab experiment of a real-time SAW spectrometer. The overall power consumption of the chip is 1.45 W.


This report summarizes the presentations at the 1987 International Paper Physics Conference held in Canada from September 15 to 18, 1987. This paper describes also the recent trend of paper physics research from the world-wide perspective based on the experience of the author's attendance at the conference along with the author's individual viewpoints on the problems for the future.


Let A be a sequence of n real numbers, L1 and L2 be two integers such that L1 les L2, and let R1 and R2 be two real numbers such that R1 les R2. An interval of A is feasible if its length is between L1 and L2, and its average is between R1 and R2. In this paper, we study the following problems: finding all feasible intervals of A, counting all feasible intervals of A, finding a maximum cardinality set of nonoverlapping feasible intervals of A, locating a longest feasible interval of A, and locating a shortest feasible interval of A. The problems are motivated from the problem of locating CpG islands in biomolecular sequences. In this paper, we first show that all the problems have an Omega (n log n)-time lower bound in the comparison model. Then, we use geometric approaches to design optimal algorithms for the problems. All the presented algorithms run in an online manner and use O(n) space.


Patrick Joseph Hill was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 26 March 1939. He received his undergraduate education at Fordham College, St. Peter's College (Baltimore), and finally his AB degree in philosophy from Queens College/ CUNY in 1963. His graduate study in philosophy was at Washington University (St. Louis) and Boston University, where he earned his MA in 1966 and his PhD in 1969. He taught philosophy, broadly conceived, at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (1968–1983) and at Evergreen State College (1983–2008) for over forty years, accepting emeritus status at the latter institution shortly before his death on 26 June 2008. While at Stony Brook, Pat founded the program entitled Federated Learning Communities (FLC), which has blossomed in various versions across the country. The goal of the FLC was to address a series of problems that were endemic in American higher education: mismatched expectations of students and faculty about the purpose of higher education; inadequate intellectual interaction on campus; incoherent undergraduate curricula; the inability of our refined disciplinary tools to engage with the complexity of our social problems; and the endless pressures on colleges and universities to "do more with less." As these problems further encroach on our academic lives, the suggestions that he developed for addressing them only grow in value. Pat was one of the few philosophers who focused on improving higher education in America. His means was not writing better books or developing a persona to be emulated by his followers, but rather living the ideal of community. The roots of this quest can be found in his 1969 dissertation, "The Structure of Agreement and Disagreement: A Dialogical Study of the Uses of Philosophical Reason." Let me quote a bit from this extraordinary work:


PurposeThis study is aimed at testing the validity of the BARS theory and determining the threshold level at which excessive government expenditure hampers growth. The data from 10 African emerging economies from 1988 to 2019 were used.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology comprises several different stages. In the first stage, an Lagrange Multiplier (LM) type test was employed to find the appropriate transition variable among all the candidate variables to assess the linearity between government expenditure and economic growth and to find the sequence for selecting the order m of the transition function. The linearity test helped to identify the nature of the relationships between government expenditure and economic growth. In the second stage, the model evaluation was tested using the wild cluster bootstrap-Lagrange Multiplier (WCL-LM) test to assess appropriateness of the model. Thirdly, the Panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) model with one regime was estimated to test the validity of the BARS curve.FindingsThe results revealed evidence of nonlinear effects between government expenditure and economic growth, where the size of the government spending was found to be a 27.84% share of GDP, above which government expenditure caused growth to decline in African emerging economies. The findings combined into an inverted U-shape relationship, in line with the BARS theory.Originality/valueThis study proposes that policy-makers ought to formulate prudent fiscal policies that encourage expenditure, which would improve growth for selected countries as their current level of spending is below the threshold. This might be done through: (1) a suitable investment portfolio and (2) spending more on infrastructure.


A portrait of Joseph Gales, Junior, by George Peter Alexander Healy, circa 1844. Image from the United States Senate. [2]Joseph Gales, Jr., editor and publisher, was born in Eckington, England, the eldest son of Joseph [3]and Winifred Marshall Gales [4]. He began school in Sheffield, England, where his father had established himself as a printer [5]and newspaper publisher [6]. From his mother, a classics scholar and novelist, he learned to read Latin fluently and to appreciate literature. In 1795, the family fled England for America, victims of the political unrest afflicting England during the French Revolution. Settled in Philadelphia, young Joseph resumed his education. In 1799 the family moved to Raleigh, when the elder Gales accepted an offer to publish a Jeffersonian newspaper in the new capital city of North Carolina.


The use of IoT devices is growing rapidly and it is playing a critical role in a diverse set of industries. It has been instrumental in the growth of smart cities. Smart cities have emerged as a paradigm for urban development which aims to be sustainable, efficient and improve accessibility. However, the limited processing power of IoT devices makes them susceptible to flood-based attacks. Denial of Service attacks can overwhelm the computing resources or network bandwidth of IoT networks. Since IoT devices power critical infrastructure like traffic management in smart cities, adequate defense of such networks from malicious actors is imperative. In this article, the authors propose a framework tailored for detection and mitigation of flood-based attacks in smart city infrastructure. The proposed smart city framework aims to reduce latency of attack detection by using fog computing for feature extraction and security maintenance. It allows scalability by utilizing SDN and fog infrastructure for mitigation of attacks. We have analysed and utilized packet-level features which are excellent for distinguishing between IoT and attack traffic. We have trained and quantitatively compared 5 state-of-the-art supervised machine learning models for attack detection in this paper. We were able to achieve an accuracy of 99.9% on our simulated dataset in attack detection.


In this article, we address whether international student comparisons have changed the dynamics of French secondary education policy. We focus on the increasingly significant impact of the Organization for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD)'s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) on France, a country previously known for its aversion to international comparisons and its turbulent relationship with the OECD. We argue that not only are transnational pressures – in our study the perception of PISA – crucial determinants for the fate of potential reform measures, but also the capacity of the state to transform its education system and take corrective measures. Along these lines, we also examine the role of historically embedded guiding principles of education, in the French case most notably that of equality (égalité). We focus, in particular, on efforts of French policy-makers to emulate elements of the recent 'PISA champion' Finland.


Clarifying the contributions of pre‐Cenozoic and especially the Mesozoic tectonism to build crustal architecture of the Tibetan plateau is important, especially for evaluating the role of Cenozoic Indo‐Asian collision in creating the present‐day plateau. However, how the Mesozoic tectonism evolved and its influence on the Cenozoic strain distribution remain enigmatic. We provide constraints on these issues by reporting evidence of Triassic (232–223 Ma) and Eocene crustal shortening in the Jinhongshan range of North Tibet, based on coupled structural, zircon U‐Pb, and 40Ar/39Ar studies. Triassic shortening was accomplished by two stages manifested as top‐SSE thrust shear (D1) followed by sinistral oblique shear along the ENE trending Jinhongshan shear zone and tight folding (D2), related to ~NNE‐SSW transpression under greenschist‐ to amphibolite‐facies conditions. Such shortening occurred coevally with regional‐scale magmatism, cooling, and exhumation, indicating significant Mesozoic tectonism capable of generating thickened crust and high elevation of North Tibet. We attributed the shortening to far‐field stress effects of terrane collisions between Kunlun and Qiangtang, in which the comparable Jinhongshan and Dangjin shear zones might have formed a continuous, high‐strain zone accommodating relative motion between Tarim and Kunlun‐Qaidam. Eocene shortening (D3) is documented by ENE trending open folds and thrusts, kinematically compatible with left‐lateral activity along the Cenozoic Altyn Tagh fault system. The Triassic Jinhongshan‐Dangjin zone shows a spatial consistency with the Cenozoic Altyn Tagh fault system, implying that at least some segments of this Cenozoic fault system follow more ancient structures. Such evidence reinforces a decisive role of the Triassic tectonic discontinuity in localizing Cenozoic deformation.


OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study is to investigate the temporal and spatial expression and localization of transforming growth factor-beta 1 mRNA during mouse tooth development.

METHODS
The distribution pattern of TGF-beta 1 mRNA during tooth development was analyzed on 5 microns serial sections of paraformaldehyde-fixed and paraffin-embedded embryonic mouse heads or mandibles.

RESULTS
The results show that TGF-beta 1 mRNA is expressed during mouse tooth development in a temporally and spatially regulated fashion. Local expression of TGF-beta 1 mRNA in the dental epithelium at budstaged (E13) and capstaged (E15) teeth were observed. During bell stage (E16-18), TGF beta 1 mRNA was very abundant in the ameloblast layer and dental papilla cells. The expression of TGF-beta 1 increased in the layer of odontoblast and ameloblast with the differentiation of these cells.

CONCLUSION
These results suggest that TGF-beta 1 may have an important role in odontogenesis and that it acts as a paracrine and autoinducing factor.


202 Background: Several studies are in favor of an α/β ratio of less than 3Gy for prostate (P) cancer, encouraging HFR. However, the development of such radiation patterns can only be done if the risk of rectal toxicity is well controlled. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the contribution of an injection of HA between the rectum and the P to reduce the risk of rectal toxicity in a HFR approach.

METHODS
A phase II study of HFR at 62Gy in 20 fractions (BED = 84Gy; α / β = 1.5Gy) is currently conducted. A transperineal injection of 10cc of HA (NASHA Spacer gel, Q-Med AB, Uppsala, Sweden) is systematically performed, between the rectum and the P, under local anesthesia and under ultrasound guidance. A dosimetric CT scan is performed before (CT1) and after injection (CT2). Patients are treated with a 7 beams IMRT plan, optimized on the CT2. For the first 10 patients included in the study, the same treatment plan was optimized on CT1. The rectum was empty on the 2 CTs and defined from 2cm above the seminal vesicles to 2 cm below the P. The rectal wall was defined by an internal expansion of 5 mm. The volumes of rectum irradiated, with and without HA, were compared on the following dosimetric parameters: maximum dose (D max), dose to 2.5cc (D2.5), 5cc (D5) and 10cc (D10) of rectal wall and volume of rectum receiving 90% (V90), 80% (V80) and 70% (V70) of the prescribed dose of 62Gy. To limit a potential impact of variation of rectal volume between the two CT, all results are given in cc and not in % of volume.

RESULTS
The mean P volume was 52.4cc (30cc - 93.8cc) on the CT1 and 52cc (32.5 - 92.7) on the CT2. The injection of HA reduced the mean D max value to the rectal wall of 4.5Gy (57.5Gy vs 62 Gy). The mean values of V90, V80, and V70 are reduced by 69% (1.9cc vs 6.1cc), 46% (4.5cc vs 8.4cc) and 32% (7.4cc vs 10.9cc). Same way, the average values of D2.5, D5 and D10 are reduced by 6.2 Gy (54.6Gy vs 60.8Gy) 9.3Gy (49.0Gy vs 58.3Gy) and 7.8Gy (39.7Gy vs 47.5Gy).

CONCLUSIONS
In this study, the injection of HA limited the doses to the rectal wall. These results suggest that late toxicities could be significantly reduced. A phase II study is underway to assess the rate of late rectal toxicities when a HFR at 62Gy in 20 fractions is combined with an injection of HA.


K. B. Saxena, Contemporary Practices of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Insights from Districts, New Delhi, SAGE Publications, 2015, 120 pp., ₹ 995, ISBN: 9789351502715.


The differences for vein density among 14 families from 3 provenances of Eucalyptus tereticornis was evaluated, and correlations between the traits of total vein density, minor vein density and 2° vein density were estimated. Total vein density and minor vein density varied significantly among provenances, but 2° vein density did not. The ratio of minor vein density to total vein density was greater than 80%. The genetic variation among families within provenances for vein density proved somewhat smaller than that among provenances, and the only significant among family differences were found among those from the China Dongmen provenance. Significant negative correlations were found between 2° vein density and both total vein density and minor vein density, and there was also a significant negative correlation between total vein density and minor vein density.


Digital implementations of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) are widely used in communication systems using Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing. These systems currently comprise several communication standards such as IEEE 802.11agjn, IEEE 802.20 mobile wireless broadband access, asymmetric digital subscriber lines and digital audio and video broadcasting. Thus, this work proposes a methodology using a multiple constant multiplication (MCM) solution to optimize single stage, radix-2 decimation-in-time FFT processors. It uses the algorithm proposed by Cooley and Tukey to determine the coefficients of the FFT and the algorithm proposed by Aksoy et al. to solve the MCM problem. Also, we develop an algorithm that automatically elaborates FFT architectures using SystemVerilog hardware description language. Each design is functionally verified and logically synthesized utilizing the XFAB $0.18\mu\text{m}$ cells library. The usage of this methodology reduces the number of real multiplications implemented in 58.33–30.96% on architectures from 8 up to 256 input points. Also, mean squared error is kept below 2.5% and SNR higher than 52dB.


The need for renewable energy focuses attention on hydrogen obtained by using sustainable and green methods. The sustainable compound glycerol can be used for hydrogen production by heterogeneous photocatalysis. A novel approach involves the promotion of the TiO2 photocatalyst with a binary combination of nitrogen and transition metal. We report the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of the new N-M-TiO2 photocatalysts (M=none, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu), and the photocatalytic reforming of glycerol to hydrogen under ambient conditions and near-UV or visible light versus benchmark P25 TiO2 . In units of activity μmol m(-2)  h(-1) , N-Ni-TiO2 is five-fold more active than P25, and N-Cu-TiO2 is 44-fold more active. The photocatalytic activity of N-M-TiO2 increases from Cr to Co and Ni, whereas the photoluminescence decreases; the change in activity is due to the modulation of charge recombination.


Vanadium oxide films have been prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition for rechargeable lithium-battery applications. Vanadium oxytrichloride (VOCl{sub 3}) was employed as the vanadium precursor. Various parameters, such as the partial pressures of carrier gas and reactant gases, substrate temperature, and radio-frequency power, have been optimized to improve the electrochemical properties of the films. The film deposition rate was {approximately}11 {angstrom}/s. The best films obtained in this work displayed an oxygen-to-vanadium atomic ratio close to that of V{sub 6}O{sub 13}. These films exhibited a high discharge capacity and were very stable during electrochemical cycling. The discharge capacity of these films exceeded 408 mAh/g (or 1,265 mAh/cm{sup 3}) when tested between 4.0 and 1.5 V, and the energy density of these films ({approximately}5,000 {angstrom} thick) was 960.3 Wh/kg. The films exhibited negligible capacity fade from the second cycle to more than 5800 cycles when cycled between 4.0 and 1.8 V with a current density of 114 {micro}A/cm{sup 2}. The combination of high capacity, extended cycling stability, and rapid deposition rate make both this material and its deposition technology very attractive choices for the manufacturers of rechargeable lithium batteries.


The plant's resistance towards phyto-pathogenic fungi is assumed to be enhanced by interactions with its rhizomicrobiota. It is known that beneficial bac-teria in the rhizosphere can trigger a faster and stronger immune response of the plant towards pathogens or abiotic stresses, which can also be called priming. Furthermore, the prokaryotic community compositions of agricultural soils differ depending on the applied manage-ment practice. We hypothesize that prokaryotic communities from different agricultural legacy might also influence the ability of the rhizomicrobiota of barley cultivar 'Golden Promise' to enhance the resistance against powdery mildew Blu-meria graminis f. sp. hordei . Therefore, an experimental approach was developed suitable to test the priming ability of the rhizomicrobiota under greenhouse conditions. Detached barley rhizomicrobiota from plants grown in field soil was inoculated to a substrate/sand mixture, which was planted with barley seedlings. Control plants were treated in the same way but with saline solution. At growth stage 13, barley plants were infected with B. graminis , control plants were left untreated. The prokaryotic community composition was analyzed by sequencing of 16S rRNA genes amplified from total community DNA directly extracted from rhizosphere soils sampled nine days after infection. The priming efficiency was ex-amined by a detached leaf assay and


the purpose of this article is understand the importance of humans possessing knowledge and technology. A person with a lot of knowledge will know what to do and can solve problems that arise. Science is rapidly expanding and has an enormous impact on everyone's life. So scientific and technological advances are intertwined to make future life possible. Human knowledge and technology can change the perspective of ancient life and enrich the outlook of a better future. The findings suggest that human beings can possess knowledge and technology and that man enters an age of digital diversity. Philosophy and science are Bridges to changes and developments in the world of technology, so from the current technology's rise we are increasingly going from human power to sophisticated technological forces such as artificial intelligence and computers and from a technology we can get to science. It is thus inferred that a technology can actually give science


Sutaria and Gurdipsingh (1989, 2017) treated the patients of epilepsy with Smriti-Sagara Rasa along with multiple Rasayana drugs and reported that it significantly reduced the severity of the disease (58.5 %) and provided complete remission to 41.7% patients, marked improvement to 41.7% and mild improvement to 16.7% patients. But the drug multiple drug administration was very inconvenience to the patients. Hence in the present study a single Vachadi Vati was prepared comprising of all those drugs to ascertain its effect on the patients of epilepsy. The results of this study showed that it provided marked improvement to 33.3% patients and improvement to 41.7% patients but 25% patients remained unchanged. Key Words: Epilepsy , Apasmara, epilepsy, Vachadi Vati


Using the fine control of an electron beam (e-beam) in scanning electron microscopy with the capabilities of both electrical and optical imaging, the stacking fault (SF) formation together with its tuning of carrier lifetime was in situ monitored and investigated in p-type 4H-SiC homoepitaxial films. The SFs were formed through engineering basal plane dislocations with the energy supplied by the e-beam. The e-beam intensity required for the SF formation in the p-type films was ∼100 times higher than that in the n-type ones. The SFs reduced the minority-carrier lifetime in the p-type films, which was opposite to that observed in the n-type case. The reason for the peculiar SF behavior in the p-type 4H-SiC is discussed with the cathodoluminescence results.