Hydraulic fracturing is well known as an economics enabler for tight reservoir development by accelerating gas recovery. However, tight reservoirs are often associated with low permeability, high Young's modulus layers, thin laminated sands, and influence from tectonic forces. These factors increase the challenges in proppant placement and require a specialized strategy and approach to enable placement and create an economically favorable well.
 A novel approach that consists of four steps was introduced to eliminate observed proppant placement challenges in a tight gas reservoir in Oman. Ensuring the wellbore-to-reservoir connectivity with deep-penetrating perforation methods is the first step to establish the connectivity in formations with high unconfined compressive strength. The second step is to avoid poroelastic effects in the thin reservoir by minimizing total injected fluid and modifying the sequence of diagnostic injection steps. This is followed by a modified hybrid treatment to minimize the excessive net-pressure development due to viscosity-dominated reservoir behavior. The final step is a pulsing pumping methodology with fiber to better enable placement through narrow fracture widths.
 These four steps were implemented successfully and enabled the full placement of stages in several wells in which proppant placement had previously been a challenge. A further analysis aimed to rank the level of impact of each step on proppant placement. Avoidance of poroelasticity, minimizing the viscosity-dominated impact, and having the ability to pump the proppant through a narrow fracture width using a pulse methodology are the main contributors to the success. Indeed, the quality of the fracture placed is directly proportional to incremental gas production from each zone.
 The assessment process to address the challenges observed in tight reservoir development and the evidence to support this strategy are documented. Optimization of each method continues by applying lessons learned and tracking the outcome of each step of the treatment. An integrated surveillance strategy also provides longer-term understanding of the production successes from each treatment.


Purpose. – Cancer caregivers are at high risk of burn-out, with potential severe consequences on professionals' health and on patients' care. We have investigated the prevalence of burn-out and its impact in terms of psychological morbidity among French radiation oncologists. Methods and materials. – An anonymous online questionnaire was advertised in all French senior radiation oncologists and residents, including demographical data, job-related stress factors, drug use, the Maslach Burn-out Inventory (MBI) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Results. – The response rates were 37% (76 out of 204) for radiation oncologists and 22% (166 out of 751) for residents. Sixty-four (84%) radiation oncology residents and 104 (63%) radiation oncologists met criteria for moderate/severe burn-out (odd ratio 2.1 [95% confidence interval 1.0–4.8], P = 0.03). Radiation oncology residents were more prone to depersonalization (P < 0.001) and lower personal accomplishment (P < 0.001). Burn-out was more frequent in radiation oncologists working for public facilities. Symptoms of depression (GHQ-12 ≥ 4) were reported by 42% of residents and 36% of radiation oncologists (P = 0.40). Psychological morbidity, suicidal ideation and anxiolytic consumption were more frequent in burnt out responders. Conclusion. – Our figures are in the highest range of published data. Active screening and prevention of burn-out should be implemented and particularly aimed at radiation oncology residents. © 2018 Société franç aise de radiothérapie oncologique (SFRO). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.


STUDIES investigating the relationship between market structure and market performance generally focus on allocative efficiency and progressivity. Almost no empirical analysis exists which examines the relationship-between market structure and another important dimension of market performance -the degree to which industries experience chronic excess capacity.1 Of the three empirical studies dealing with the relationship between market structure and excess capacity (Bain, 1962; Meehan, 1967; Scherer, 1969), only Bain's directly relates the degree of chronic excess capacity to market structure.2 However, given the small sample employed, Bain's observation that chronic excess capacity did not appear in his six "substantial" or "very high" barriers sample industries and did appear in his three "moderate to low" barriers industries, generates only tentative conclusions with respect to the relationship between excess capacity and barriers to entry. This paper employs multiple regression analysis and investigates the quantitative relationship between market structure and a direct measure of excess capacity for 35 American manufacturing industries. In order to capture "chronic" excess capacity, the dependent variable is measured over a period of rising aggregate demand, 1963-1966. The results suggest that partial oligopolies experience significantly more excess capacity during periods of growing aggregate demand than do tight oligopolistic or atomistic industries. Section I of this paper has a discussion of the various hypotheses linking market structure and excess capacity. Section II describes the model and presents the major empirical results. Section III discusses the implications of the empirical results with respect to antitrust policy.


Mathematical model of the pipeline as an elastic shell was developed. Two limiting cases of pipeline geometry were considered. An analysis was given of the fundamental differences between their stress-strain state. A numerical analysis of the deformations of a weakly bent pipeline and a pipeline with a singularity was performed. It was established that the approximate mathematical model of the weakly bent pipeline describes the original problem with high accuracy. The existence of a stress field singularity in the mathematical model of the pipeline with a kink was established.


The catalyst deposition in microreactor for steam methane reforming (SMR) on a micro-scale poses new opportunities due to lack of literatures. Using plate-type catalyst as a basis, a foundation work on the preparation and analysis of catalyst deposition, specifically by dip coating (DC) method was conducted. This study which to deposit nickel aluminide catalyst on stainless steel 304 (SS304) substrate plates with different roughness and DC withdrawal speed has been conducted. Analysis of calcination temperatures on nickel aluminide thin film, followed by characterization of nickel aluminide thin film, then tested with SMR yield were performed. The studied parameters used DC withdrawals speed of 40, 80, 120, 160 and 200 mm/min. Next, calcination temperatures of 300, 400, 500 and 600°C for 90 minutes each were tested. All deposited substrates were characterized using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). Polished substrate produced average surface roughness 0.18, 0.13 and 0.09 μm. The Atomic Force Microscopy results showed that film thickness and roughness are proportional to the withdrawal speed, however, the inverse effect on sol-gel adhesion on the substrate due to gravitational drag force limitation. Substrate with roughness of 0.13 μm and dip coating withdrawal speed 160mm/min shows the highest coating thickness and surface roughness. The nickel aluminide catalyst film's average roughness (Ra) and ten-point mean height (Rz) had increased proportionally when the calcination temperature increases from 300 to 500°C, but not at 600°C. In addition, higher calcination temperature produces more Nickel aluminide compared to lower calcination temperature. The deposited catalyst was activated using hydrogen and then tested in an SMR microreactor. Results showed that using this catalyst, a mixture of steam and methane were reformed to hydrogen and carbon monoxide at temperature between 550°C and 650°C. Thus, it is confirmed that the method applied in this study was able to produce a functioning nickel aluminide catalyst for SMR microreactor.


The mail fraud statue, once described as the federal prosecutor's "Colt 45 [or] Louisville Slugger" is one of the federal government's major weapons in the fight against political corruption. The statute proscribes using the mails to carry out "any scheme or artifice to defraud." When first enacted, the mail fraud statute was limited to traditional frauds involving money or property. At the turn of the twentieth century, however, the United States Supreme Court


The method includes steps: (1) using ingot-casting technique to manufacture Nd-Fe-B ingot-casting alloy, or using technique of rapid hardening sheet to produce rapid hardening sheet of Nd-Fe-B alloy; (2) first carrying out coarse crushing for alloy, then producing powder through airflow grinding; (3) adding powder of boron nitride or magnesia, and mixing them evenly; (4) pressure molding oriented mixed powders under magnetic field, and then carrying out cold isopressing process for blanks; (5) sintering and tempering blanks in high vacuum sintering furnace. Nd-Fe-B magnet produced according to the invention possesses better magnetic performance and corrosion resistance than magnetic performance and corrosion resistance of magnet without adding powder of boron nitride or magnesia.


To take account of the fact for an automotive hydraulic power steering system have serious energy loss, this paper discusses the configuration and the action principle of a new variable displacement of double-action vane pump, which consists of a floating block and rate compensation characteristics. In addition the dynamics formulation of the variable machine is studied. The model of variable is developed and equation of flux is performed. The test of the mechine is performed. The results show that the pump with the floating block can reduce the energy efficiently and prosperous utilization is expected.


In this study, the central composite design matrix and response surface methodology (RSM) have been applied to design the experiments to evaluate the interactive effects of five most important operating variables: sorbent size (0.176 - 1.503 mm), sorbent dosage (30 -70 g/l), temperature (25 - 45°C), contact time (2 - 10 hrs) and agitation speed (50 - 250 rpm) for full response surface estimation on biosorption of chromium (VI) ion using the dry biomass of Turbinaria conoides. The total 52 experiments were conducted towards the construction of a quadratic model. Independent variables have significant value 0.0001 which indicates the importance of these variables in the biosorption process. Batch mode experiments were carried out to assess the biosorption equilibrium. The optimum conditions for maximum uptake of chromium (VI) ions from an aqueous solution of 100 mg/L were as follows: sorbent size (0.176 mm), sorbent dosage (4.321 g), temperature (34°C), contact time (4 hours 20 minutes) and agitation speed (250 rpm).


It is known that thermal instability can significantly affect the operation of high temperature/high power components. Here, we show that a defect in high purity SiC that anneals between 1000 and 1500 C may alter the Fermi level by transferring charge to two other defects. High purity SiC substrates were heat-treated in 99.999% pure Ar or O2 for 0.5 hr at temperatures up to 1600 °C. The minimization of O2 during the Ar treatment was verified by oxide thickness measurements showing that Ar produced an oxide film at least an order of magnitude thinner than that generated by oxygen. The samples were studied using X-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) between 4 and 300 K. Detection of an EPR signal typically implies the presence of a defect with an unpaired electron; thus, only certain charge states of a defect may be observed. Since EPR data are typically recorded in derivative mode, the total number of centers is obtained from the double integral of a spectrum and comparison to a standard. Figure 1 depicts EPR spectra measured prior to annealing (A) and after treatment in Ar at 1000 C (B) and 1600 C (C). The spectra were normalized to the same peak-to-peak amplitude to emphasize the linewidth change. Figure 2 shows the total number of EPR-active defects measured after each Ar ( ) and O2 ( ) anneal relative to the number in the unannealed sample. Spectral analysis shows that the major contribution to the reduction seen in Figure 2 is a 10 G wide line, which is seen in Fig. 1a superimposed on a sharper, more thermally stable signal. The broad line-width and low temperature for the onset of the concentration decrease suggest that the 10 G wide spectrum represents randomly oriented dangling bonds found very near the surface. The surface density of this defect before annealing was approximately 2x10 cm. The similarity of the O2 and Ar data (Fig. 2) indicates that the decrease in the dangling bond concentration is due to annealing rather than oxidation. After the 1000 C anneal when the broad line is almost eliminated (Figs. 1B and 2), rotation of the sample with respect to the applied magnetic field (B) resolves the remaining spectrum into at least two signals at B=3476 G and 3472.3 G (Fig. 3A) with concentration ~10 cm. However, the 1500 C treatment reduces the amplitude of the line at 3476 G by more than a factor of ten, while the 3472.3 signal is increased by a factor of two and accompanied by a series of additional lines (Fig. 3B). Two of the three centers present in the sample after the 10 G wide signal is reduced have been previously identified. The 0.7 G wide signal at B=3472.3 G in Figure 3 is thought to be a carbon vacancy [1-3]. 4 K EPR measurements indicate that the multi-line pattern which is barely resolved in the post-1500 C anneal spectrum (Fig 3B) is due to the shallow boron acceptor. Photo-induced charge exchange between these two centers has been reported earlier [3]. Here we show that charge transfer may also be induced by high temperature annealing. The data suggest that reducing the concentration of the center at B=3476 G alters the charge state of both the carbon vacancy and boron acceptor. Presumably, the elimination of the defect represented by the 3476 G line releases an electron or hole that is subsequently transferred to the carbon vacancy and/or boron acceptor creating additional paramagnetic states of these centers. Such a rearrangement of charge may shift the Fermi level and ultimately change the response of a SiC device. Note that the spectrum shown in Figure 1C indicates that defects remain in the samples up to heattreatment temperatures of at least 1600 C. 1) V. Ya. Bratus et. al., Mat. Sci. Forum, Trans. Tech. Publications, Switzerland, Vols. 353-356, p. 517 (2001). 2) N. T. Son, P.N. Hai, and E. Janzen, Phys. Rev. B 63, 201201 (2001). 3) M. E. Zvanut and V. V. Konovalov , Appl. Phys. Lett., Jan. 2002, to be published,


Given current debates on the future direction of bank regulatory design, the objective of this paper is to raise awareness of a new and potentially significant tool in the corporate governance of banks. Public policy proposals to improve the nature of bank regulation through private-sector solutions and, in particular, mandatory subordinated debt market discipline provide such an opportunity. This paper argues that apart from creating an additional class of bank stakeholder whose interests align with the risk-reduction objectives of the regulatory authorities, a suitable mandatory subordinated debt policy (MSDP) could also provide a new and meaningful voice in the corporate governance of banks.


With the rapid growth of the Internet, the copyright protection problem occurs frequently, and unauthorized copying and distributing of geospatial data threaten the investments of data producers. Digital watermarking is a possible solution to solve this issue. However, watermarking causes modifications in the original data resulting in distortion and affects accuracy, which is very important to geospatial vector data. This article provides distortion assessment of watermarked geospatial data using wavelet-based invisible watermarking. Eight wavelets at different wavelet decomposition levels are used for accuracy evaluation with the help of error measures such as maximum error and mean square error. Normalized correlation is used as a similarity index between original and extracted watermark. It is observed that the increase in the strength of embedding increases visual degradation. Haar wavelet outperforms the other wavelets, and the third wavelet decomposition level is proved to be optimal level for watermarking.


Including recycled waste material in cement mixes, as substitutes for natural aggregates, has resulted in diverse research projects, normally focused on mechanical capacities. In the case of recycled glass as an aggregate, this provides a noticeable improvement in thermal properties, depending on its dosage. This idea raises possible construction solutions that reduce the environmental impact and improves thermal behavior. For this research, an extended building typology that is susceptible to experiencing the risk of energy poverty has been chosen. The typology is typical for social housing, built using mortar blocks with crushed glass. First, the basic thermophysical properties of the mortars were determined by laboratory tests; after that, the dynamic thermal properties of representative constructive solutions using these mortars were simulated in seven representative climate zones in Chile. An analysis methodology based on periodic thermal transmittance, adaptive comfort levels and energy demand was run for the 21 proposed models. In addition, the results show that thermal comfort hours increases significantly in thermal zones 1, 2, 3 and 6; from 23 h up to 199 h during a year. It is in these zones where the distance with respect to the neutral temperature of the m50 solution reduces that of the m25 solution by half; i.e., in zone 1, from −429 °C with the m25 solution to −864 °C with the m50. This research intends to be a starting point to generate an analysis methodology for construction solutions in the built environment, from the point of view of thermal comfort.


4150 Background: The results of a randomized phase II trial in pts with MGA showed that LV5FU2-irinotecan (CPT arm) combination as first-line therapy had a better efficacy and toxicity profile than LV5FU2 (5FU arm) alone or LV5FU2-cisplatin (CIS arm) (Bouché et al. Proc ASCO 2003; 22: 258). QoL was assessed using the EORTC QLQ-C30 to investigate the risk-benefit ratio and to test the infrastructure for future data collection before a phase III study.

METHODS
QLQ-C30 was self-administered at baseline and every 8 weeks in the 134 eligible pts: 5FU arm (45 pts), CIS (44 pts) and CPT (45 pts). Scores were compared to baseline with an analysis of variance (ANOVA). During a 6-month follow-up: - QLQ C30 scores and compliance were analyzed with mean (SD) and percent of missing scores; - a mixed ANOVA model for repeated measurements was applied to summarize the better longitudinal QoL profile. The same analyses were performed with the extreme poorest QLQ-C30 allocation for non-ignorable missing scores.

RESULTS
Compliance decreased with time: missing scores for global QoL increased from 18% (5FU arm), 25% (CIS arm), 16% (CPT arm) at baseline to 59%, 62% and 52% at 6 months respectively. At inclusion, 5FU arm pts reported more constipation than in CIS arm or CPT (p<0.01) and more sleep disorders than in CPT arm (p< 0.05). During the 6-month follow-up: 1 - Global QoL improved whatever the treatment, but 14/15 scores were better in CPT arm than in 5FU arm or CIS (including 5 scales with a mean difference (MD) > 5 points); 2 - the poorest allocation analysis showed a QoL deterioration whatever the treatment, however 14 QLQ-C30 scores were better in CPT arm than in 5FU arm (4 scales with MD > 5 points) and 15 scores were better in the CPT arm than CIS arm (14 scales with MD > 5 points).

CONCLUSION
Although QoL variability at inclusion and missing data represent a limitation, this study shows a favourable impact of LV5FU2-irinotecan on QoL during the 6-month study period and confirms its better risk-benefit ratio in 1st line MGA. Supported by Aventis, Baxter and the ARC No significant financial relationships to disclose.


The detritus pavements in country road have low pavement strength,loose structure due to the lack of cement material.This has significantly impact the traffic ability.Based on the low cost reconstruction test study,on field sampling and indoor and outdoor test results,the article provides the low cost induration technology that is used in country road reconstruction.


The reaction process and the optimum preparation conditions of the M-type calcium ferrite by the chemically coprecipitated method were studied using differential thermal, thermogravimetric, and X-ray analyses. It is found that the formation mechanism using the coprecipitated method is the same as that of the solid-state reaction, and the precursor CaO·2Fe2O3 cannot be avoided, but it could be formed at lower temperature. The defect structure based on the replacement of Ca2+ by La3+, the charge compensation by Fe2+, and release of oxygen is supported by the DTA/TGA and conductivity data. The conductivity is suggested to occur through a hopping mechanism. The estimated values of the activation energy based on the small-polaron conduction are 0.34 to 0.44 eV in the high-temperature region and 0.029 to 0.049 eV in the low-temperature region. The preexponential factor depends exponentially on the fraction of the M phase in the specimen.


New liquid crystalline (LC) compounds containing the [2]benzothiophene chromophore unit have been synthesised and their mesomorphic properties studied. Mesomorphic and fluorescent properties have been modified by various chemical moieties. Among others, terminal fluoroalkyl and/or chiral chains were introduced to stabilise mesophases and support the formation of polar phases. In spite of the bent shape due to the central 1,3-diphenylbenzo[c]thiophene unit, all compounds exhibit phases typical for the rod-like LC: nematic, smectic A and smectic C or their chiral analogues using the chiral (S)-C2H5CH(CH3)(CH2)6CO or (S)-C10H21OCH(CH3)CO chain. The orientational order in the nematic phase was studied by polarised infrared measurements. The fluorescent properties of the studied compounds have been measured and their parameters established.


This paper addresses a new planar path-following control design for an under-actuated airship. First, the path-following error dynamics expressed in the Serret-Frenet frame is established and the desired attitude is prescribed carefully for the inner-loop design. Then, the attitude stabilization controller is proposed to achieve the desired attitude commands, and therefore the path-following errors are eliminated. To avoid the involved zero dynamics analysis for the sway velocity, a new velocity tracking control strategy is proposed by aligning the resultant velocity of the surge and the sway velocity tangent to the path. Finally, the simulation results of an under-actuated airship are shown to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.


5045Background: SipT is an FDA-approved autologous cellular immunotherapy targeting Prostatic Acid Phosphatase (PAP) that improves survival in patients with mCRPC. Combining immunotherapies could p...


Introduction:
 Circulating high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hsTnT) reflects myocardial injury, and higher levels are associated with an increased risk of worsening heart failure (HF) and death in patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Dapagliflozin reduces the rate of worsening HF or cardiovascular death in patients with HFrEF. The effect of dapagliflozin on the risk of worsening HF or CV death in relation to baseline concentration of hsTnT in patients with HFrEF is unknown.

 Methods:
 DAPA-HF was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of dapagliflozin (10 mg once daily) in patients with New York Heart Association class II, III, or IV HF and a left ventricular ejection fraction ≤40%. We measured hsTnT (Roche Diagnostics) at baseline in 3,138 patients randomized in DAPA-HF and at one year among 2,500 survivors. The primary outcome was adjudicated worsening HF or cardiovascular death. Secondary outcomes included each component individually, hospitalization for HF, and death from any cause. The median follow-up was 18.2 months.

 Results:
 By the time of this presentation, data will be available for presentation of the distribution of baseline hsTnT concentration and the clinical characteristics associated with strata of hsTnT concentration. The association between baseline hsTnT and 2-year outcomes will be presented and adjusted for potential confounders, including age, sex, eGFR, history of diabetes mellitus, and principal cause of HF (ischemic or non-ischemic). The effect of dapagliflozin on the change in hsTnT concentration from baseline to one year will be presented. The effect of dapagliflozin on the primary and secondary outcomes (both absolute and relative risk reductions) stratified by baseline hsTnT concentration will be analyzed.

 Conclusions:
 Biomarkers of myocardial injury identify patients with HFrEF at heightened risk of adverse outcomes. This analysis from a large, international, randomized, placebo-controlled trial will provide a robust assessment of the effect of dapagliflozin on hsTnT and the ability of dapagliflozin to improve outcomes in relation to baseline hsTnT concentration.


The mathematical model of non-circle smooth curve was constructed with an interpolation polynomial method,polynomial was calculated by VB,and the design of complex curve was simplified.The program has practical value.


This work reports the study of solvent effects on the morphology for P3HT/PCBM films using chlorobenzene, 1, 2-dichlorobenzene and 1, 3-dichlorobenzene. Although extensive research has been focused on investigating devices using chlorobenzene and 1, 2-dichlorobenzene and it was found that 1, 2-dichlorobenzene led to an improved device performance, little work has been conducted in the morphology by comparing films fabricated via chlorobenzene, 1, 2-dichlorobenzene and 1, 3-dichlorobenzene. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was performed to study the film morphology using chlorobenzene, 1, 2-dichlorobenzene and 1, 3-dichlorobenzene as solvents. Initial studies showed that the size of nanocrystallites in 1, 2-dichlorobenzene based films is smaller than nanoclusters in the other two films. Kelvin probe force microscopy (KFM) images, which were used to figure out the electron transport pathway, together with AFM images, showed the solvent effect on the morphology of these films. In addition, obvious red shifts were observed in the UV-Vis absorption spectra for the P3HT/PCBM blend from 1, 3-dichlorobenzene and 1, 2-dichlorobenzene compared to the one from chlorobenzene.


Despite a relatively large list of suspected forms, parthenogenesis has been indisputably established in but two species of mites,' namely Tetranychus telarius L.,2 and Pediculoides ventricosus (Newp.).3 In view of these facts additional cases are of particular importance. An investigation of Pediculopsis graminum (Reut.) seemed of especial interest, for in this species Reuter described the process of "merokinesis,"4 which has found no parallel in any other organism. The results of a reinvestigation of merokinesis and a study of sex determination in this mite will be published elsewhere. Specimens of Pediculopsis graminum (Reut.) were collected from heads of Herd's grass (Agrostis alba L.) at Flushing, Long Island, during the summer of 1936. From these collections were established the laboratory stocks upon which the present study is based. Not only do these mites possess the characters published as peculiar to the species Pediculopsis graminum (Reut.), but Enzio Reuter has determined and recorded6 specimens from New York State as identical with the species he described from Finnish grasses. For these reasons it is believed that the mite under consideration is the same species as that which foimed the basis of Reuter's classical investigation of merokinesis. Following attachment to the source of food, the hysterosoma of the female swells with fluid from oneto five-hundred times the original body volume of the mite. Within this taut sac the eggs are formed and develop through larval and nymphal stages to adult mites. Mass birth, marked by the breakdown of the hysterosoma and consequent release of the sexually mature adult mites, is the rule. Occasionally an early larva or nymph may be extruded from the mother before such a breakdown; males, especially, may gain exit before the mass birth of the brood. It was early


Thermal barrier coatings produced by plasma spraying have a characteristic microstructure of lamellae, pores and cracks. The lamellae are produced by the splashing of particles onto the substrate. As the coating grows, the lamellae pile on top of each other, producing an interlocking structure. In most cases the growth is rapid and chaotic. The result is a microstructure characterized by pores and cracks. The authors present an improved model for the deposition process of thermal barrier coatings. The task of modeling the coating growth is split into two parts: first the authors consider a description of the particle on arrival at the film, based on the available theoretical, numerical and experimental findings. Second they define and discuss a set of physically-based rules for combining these events to obtain the film. The splats run along the surface and are permitted to curl up (producing pores) or interlock. The computer model uses a mesh to combine these processes and build the coating. They discuss the use of the proposed model in predicting microstructures and hence in correlating the properties of these coatings with the parameters of the process used to make them.


Drift residues of naled and fenthion, which were applied for mosquito control, were sampled with α-cellulose pads in pineland and hammock ecosystems of the Florida Keys in 1989. These included habitats of state and federally protected insect and cactus species on wildlife refuges with no-spray zones. Naled residues were detected up to 750 m downwind in a no-spray zone in pinelands 6 h after application to adjacent target areas. Fenthion residues were detected up to 50 m downwind in hammock 15 min after application to adjacent target areas. In controlled residue degradation experiments, technical naled did not disappear significantly from pads suspended vertically from wires or laid flat on the substrate over a 240-min period. Fenthion did not disappear significantly from pads laid on the substrate but did disappear partly from pads suspended from wires. Estimated environmental concentrations of naled and fenthion in these habitats may be used to calculate ecological risk indexes for protected species.


SHI Meng-lan(1813-1899), alias Xiang-ya and poetic name Yan-nong, was born in Laoting county, Hebei province. He became a first-degree scholar in Gengzi year of Daoguang's time, and never intended to join the officialdom after, but devoted to academic and eventually emerged as a representative scholar who closed Song dynasty learning and Han dynasty learning in Late Qing dynasty. In the chronicle, SHI Meng-lan's life, friends, writings and publications are shown based on the study of relevant historical materials and the corrections of some mistakes.


A study on the dynamics of the defect liability period (DLP) in Ghana is lacking, notwithstanding the fact that it is a common practice in the real estate industry. This study examines the practice of the DLP in Ghana's real estate industry. The study adopts a combination of simple random and stratified sampling techniques to select 29 members of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) and 58 homeowners in Accra. We employ binary and multiple linear regression models to analyze the data gathered from the study respondents. Findings revealed that the DLP in Accra ranges from 6 to 24 months for defects to fittings and fixtures as well as to the structure. While private developers are divided on the adequacy of the DLP, homeowners believe that it is inadequate. Private developers suggest a longer DLP for the structure than for fittings and fixtures, whereas homeowners suggested longer DLP for both structure and fittings and fixtures. The implication of the findings is that longer DLP could be a strategy for attracting prospective homeowners. It is recommended, among others, that GREDA develop a manual to standardize the practice of the DLP in Ghana.


ARKTRANS is the national framework architecture for multimodal intelligent transportation systems (ITS) in Norway. This paper describes an action research approach where ARKTRANS is improved through practical use in a project addressing multimodal travel information services. The usability of ARKTRANS with respect to person transport, travel information service and multimodality is assessed. An overview of the content of ARKTRANS that supports the establishment of new and improved travel information services is given: The roles played by the stakeholders involved; the functionality needed by these roles; process descriptions showing interactions between the roles; information exchanged via open services; and the technical implementation of these services.


How to block signal transduction through nerves in the state with reduced initial activity comprises applying HFAC axons of nerve to block the transmission of signals through the axons. Step The method also reduce the steps of applying direct current (DC) to the axon, the step of increasing the predetermined amplitude the amplitude of DC over time, applying a HFAC, then DC It may include the door. The method also includes the steps of temporarily reducing the amplitude of HFAC to allow the transmission of signals through axons, then increase the amplitude in order to block the transmission without to cause the initial reaction It may include the steps. The method also includes the steps of temporarily applied to the nerve charge balancing is not taken, then, it can include a step of balancing the charge over time.


"University operation by educators" ignites reflections and inquiries about the subjectivity of university presidents.However,the construction of the status of university presidents as the subject in university operation and the realization of "university operation by educators" in the real sense are not an easy task.It is required to understand the definition or concept of the idea considering the subjectivity of university presidents,to analyze the "Subjectivity of Bureaucracy Field" and "Subjectivity of Study Field",to create an environment for the transition from the "Subjectivity of Bureaucracy Field" to "Subjectivity of Study Field",and to rid the effects of "Subjectivity of Bureaucracy Field" on "Subjectivity of Study Field".


Objective:To study the symmetry of condyle and ramus in crossbite cases with spiral CT images.Methods:The mandibular symmetry of 22 crossbite cases were observed with spiral CT images.The parameters of skeletal morphology and position of condyle and ramus were measured.The results were analysed by SPSS software.Results:The position between left and right condyle and ramus were different statistically.No difference was found in the diameter of condyle and ramus.Conclusion:There had differences in the position between left and right condyle and ramus in crossbite cases.


The article presents the results of daily and weekly monitoring of the length of traffic flows with speeds of 5–10 km/h (severe conditions) and emissions of vehicles on the streets and ring roads of Ryazan in the spring. The material of the study was cartographic data published in the public domain on the website www.yandex.ru. Studies have shown that the cartographic method can be used to assess the anthropogenic impact of vehicles on the atmospheric air of settlements. At the same time, the formation of heavy transport conditions leads to a significant increase in anthropogenic air pollution of the city by vehicle emissions, especially in the morning and evening «rush hours», respectively 8 and 18 hours, on the streets at the end, and on the district roads in the middle of the working week. A significant increase in emissions of pollutants by road was revealed, the maximum values of which on separate stretches in the morning and evening "peak hours" can reach 20 and 40 % of the average emission, respectively. The largest increase in vehicle emission components was observed in the streets of the city centre and in the morning and evening "peak hours" averaged 18.3 and 20.0 %, respectively.


VaR(Value at Risk) models can be sorted three kinds: Delta-normal method, Historical Stimulation method and Mote Carlo method, which has different way of calculation. Every method has its own advantages and disadvantages on reflecting the risk of financial assets and the actual distribution of asset's returns. In practice, the proper method should be selected based on the concrete portfolio and the intentions of the manager.


The invention discloses a method for preparing a silage feed by fermenting straw through composite microbes. By adding a leaven into a silage raw material under the aerobic and anaerobic conditions, microbes grow quickly and secrete a large amount of cellulose enzyme to decompose cellulose, and protease decomposes protein to produce free amino acid and a large amount of metabolite lactic acid and a small amount of ethanol and the like. The treated silage feed for livestock has the advantages of lower PH value, basically no bacteria, high nutritional value and good digestibility.


A method and device for realizing CSFB are disclosed. The method of the present invention includes: a network device in a first network receives an access request carrying CSFB indication information and transmitted from a terminal , the CSFB indication information is used for indicating that the terminal is a CSFB terminal falling back to the first network for accessing from a second network in which the terminal resides; if the network device recognizes that the terminal is a CSFB terminal based on the CSFB indication information, then the network device allocates radio resource to the terminal according to a resource configuration strategy preset for the CFSB terminal; the network device transmits signaling with the terminal on the allocated radio resource.


Snoezelen is a Dutch sensorial method initiated 25 years ago and originally meant for individuals with severe developmental disabilities. The method is based on the concept of an individually adapted environment along with the concept of an enabling therapist. Snoezelen was introduced in Israel inl995 and has been in use at the Zvi Quittman residential care centers for persons with intellectual disability in Jerusalem. The work methodology employed at the center is more structured in nature, thus allowing measurement of intervention results, yet without harming the original concept of the enabling therapist. This article suggests the Snoezelen as a possible intervention milieu for applying physical therapy intervention for individuals with Down syndrome. Theoretical possibilities for this population as well as two case studies are described. It is iterated that the mode of intervention described in this article is not compatible with the original concept of the Snoezelen intervention, but rather suggests an expansion of the original concept.


A least-square objective function based on flexibility is put forward in the paper.The identification problem is transformed to an optimization problem through minimizing the differences between the experimental and analytical modal flexibility.The trust region approach is used to solve the optimization problem to make the process more robust and reliable,and to slove the problem that flexibility sensitivity method is applied in complex structure.Finally,the feasibility and effectiveness of the method is verified by numerical simulation on a missile launch pad.


With the increasing professionalisation and commercialisation of sports, there is no denying that the sports industry is a multi-million dollar business. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, which relate to calendar year 1995, indicate that the sporting industry in Australia is worth approximately $2 billion annually in facilities, employment, sales of goods and services. These figures do not include the extraordinary explosion of sports business activity since June 1995, including multi-million dollar rugby, rugby league, triathlon, swimming, athletics, hockey and cricket deals (with pay television spin-offs). The figures also do not include the economic impact of major events such as the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, IndyCar or, in 2000, the Olympic and Paralympic Games.


The Round 4 draw for the 2018/19 South Challenge Cup today paired us with a home tie against East of Scotland League side Preston Athletic, with the tie scheduled to be payer at K-Park on Saturday 10th November.


Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), an autosomal-domi-nant precancerous condition of the colorectum, is caused by mutations in the tumor suppressor gene APC. The detection of germ line mutations in


The present invention relates to a multi-antenna assembly, comprising: a reflective media surface, for reflecting a radio wave used by the multiple antenna assembly; at least two antenna units, disposed on the reflective surface of a medium; at least one spacer disposed to the said reflective surface of the medium, for the multi-antenna radio wave of each antenna element assemblies are used isolated from each other. The present invention further relates to a wireless mobile device having interconnecting the antenna assembly. The use of isolation to isolate the antenna element, such that the multi-antenna reception control component spatial multiplexing, spatial diversity.


A study was conducted to find out the variation in physicochemical characters and bioactivity in plant extract prepared by two different methods, in order to decide a preferential method. Methanolic extract of Argemone mexicana plant extract was prepared by Soxhlet extraction method and reflux method. Bioactivity of plant extract was ascertained by a brine shrimp lethality test. The percentage yield of methanolic extract was 18% and 42% in soxhlet and reflux extraction methods respectively. In the first method, extract was greenish brown and sticky, but blackish and nonsticky in later method. Soxhlet method showed solubility in ethanol, chloroform, methanol and acetone whereas the reflux method extract did not show solubility in methanol. In both the method, plant extract was positive for alkaloids and saponins tested with standard methods. Nauplii of brine shrimp were hatched in artificial seawater with routine technique and collected in a test tube. The methanolic extract at concentrations of 250, 500 and 750µg/ml was tested on quantified numbers of larvae, in comparison to negative and positive control to test bioactivity. Mortalities were noted after 24 hrs post treatment and calculated as LC50.n The LC50 was lower (118.23µg/ml) in Soxhlet extraction method, as compared to the reflux method (192.69µg/ml). The above results indicated that soxhlet extraction is superior to the reflux method to obtain better bioactivity.


The National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College (OkNCT) has developed a food processing machine that generates underwater shock waves through wire electrical discharge. The machine can used for sterilization, milling flour, softening, and extraction among others. In this study, we experimentally examined the conditions for food softening using pork as the food material in experiments. Softness was revealed to be related to the distance of shock wave generation point from meat and the number of shockwave processing.


This study describes twelve cases of drivers stopped for impaired driving, where a designer benzodiazepine was detected, specifically etizolam or flubromazolam. Etizolam was detected in three cases, with blood concentrations ranging from 40 to 330 ng/mL. Two of these cases had low concentrations of methamphetamine and/or amphetamine, and in the third case tetrahydrocannabinol [THC] was detected. Flubromazolam was detected in nine cases; in all cases, at least one other drug was detected, with THC being the most prevalent. The mean blood concentration of flubromazolam was 16.3 ng/mL and had a median concentration of 17.0 ng/mL, ranging from 7.0 to 31 ng/mL. The low concentrations of designer benzodiazepines that produce pharmacological effects may allow many of these drugs to go undetected using routine testing in laboratories; therefore, it is necessary to include these novel compounds within validated analytical methods to reduce the chance of reporting false negative results. The prevalence in which laboratories are detecting the presence of novel benzodiazepines in impaired drivers illustrates the increased threat to public safety. These case studies demonstrates the importance of investigating agencies and forensic laboratories to be vigilant in monitoring the emerging novel psychoactive substances [NPS] in their region.


The usefulness of generating random configurations is recognized in many areas of knowledge. Fortran was born for scientific computing and has been one of the main programming languages in this area since then. And several ongoing projects targeting towards its betterment indicate that it will keep this status in the decades to come. In this article, we describe Fortran codes produced, or organized, for the generation of the following random objects: numbers, probability vectors, unitary matrices, and quantum state vectors and density matrices. Some matrix functions are also included and may be of independent interest.


I hybrid of New Zealand Black (NZB) and White (NZW) mice spontaneously develops a severe au toimmune disease similar to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in humans. I The severe glomerulonephritis kills 50% of these animals at to months of age, and 98% at 1 year. The formation of anti-DNA antibodies and the deposi tion of immune complexes of G and I3lcglobulins. plus DNA and complement along the capillary walls and the mesangia. represent the immunological events that induce the glomerulonephritis. Several studies have demonstrated the efficacy of immu nosuppressive drug therapy in the treatment of the glomer ulonephritis in NZB/W FI mice. Cyclophosphamide. aza thioprine. and steroids have been reported to be effective when initiated at 5 months of age. but to be of little benefit when used as a short-term prophylaxis in very young mice (1 month) or in mice with advanced renal disease (8 months).2 Cyclosporine (eyA) has been shown to amelio rate the glomerulonephritis in 8-month-old NZBIWF1 •3 In this study, FK 506, a novel potent immunosuppressive agent with a similar mode of action to CyA, has been used as a prophylactic treatment in 6-week-old female NZBI WF1 mice.


This study investigated the dynamic mechanical properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA; (CH2CH(OH)) n ) cross-linked with glutaraldehyde (GA; OHC(CH2)3CHO). The cross-linked polymer was prepared by ...


This paper elaborates the research background and performance parameters of the TTNT(Tactical Targeting Network Technology), points out that the core mechanism of TTNT is SPMA(Statistical Priority-based Multiple Access) protocol, and expounds the working mechanism of SPMA multiple access protocol. Aiming at the problem of SPMA channel access performance, an innovative analysis method of time slot transmission probability based on preemptive M/G/1 queue is proposed. The equation of time slot transmission probability is deduced through mathematical modeling, and the fixed-point method is used to calculate the time slot transmission probability under given system parameters. The numerical solutions of time slot transmission probability under different backoff modes and different number of nodes are analyzed in detail. The simulation shows that the backoff mode has little effect on the time slot transmission probability, and the time slot transmission probability is mainly affected by the number of nodes. The time slot transmission probability equation provides a theoretical basis for the analysis of key parameters and their correlation of SPMA protocol, and supports the subsequent research on the working mechanism of SPMA protocol.


Mergers, acquisitions and takeovers are world wide phenomenon and Malaysia is no exception. The first wave of these took off in late 1970s and early 1980s and it is a buzz word unde the current economic trouble. One of the issues to be settled here is which firms act as the bidders and which ones as the targets. The discriminant analysis provides a useful tool for explaining this classification. The paper looks into 144 non-financial firms in Malaysia for period 1980-1993, which includes bidders, targets, control bidders and control targets. A set of five economic/financial variables has been identified to discriminate between the firm's groupings using publicly available time seried data. The empirical findings suggest that the (a) five predictive variables account for about 90% of the firms' groupings, (b) financial leverage is the most powerful discriminatory variable followed by profit, risk, size, and growth, in that order, (c) bidder firms have higher profit and growth, and lower leverage, risk and size, than the target firms, and accordingly provide some support that, (d) the takeover was motivated by the bidder firms' desire for reaping the fruits of economies of scale in order to maintain the tempo of high profit and high growth and/or for displacement of inefficient managers of target firms. These results are corroborated by the logistic regression model.


Introduction Rising administrative costs at colleges and universities around the U.S. have received significant attention because of the perception that costs incurred for central administrators' salaries necessarily reduce the amount of monies available for instruction and student services. In fact, there are numerous reports that document the significant rise in central administrators' salaries and the share of institutional expenditures being devoted This research paper examines the administrative expenditures of a particular group of universities, namely Research I Universities (RU1s). 1 These institutions have been chosen for several reasons. First, they represent the most comprehensive and research-intensive group of postsecondary institutions in the U.S. Therefore, we might expect these institutions to be more likely than others to suffer the true costs of conducting research. Second, this group of institutions includes most of the prestigious public and private universities in the U.S. and are likely viewed as the model for aspirational institutions. Finally – and related to the second point – this group of institutions was enlarged sigificantly as a result of the 1994 Carnegie re-classification. The 1994 re-classification showed, for example, that the number of RU1s increased from 70 to 88 since 1987. This increase is the largest (in both number and percentage terms) since the Carnegie Classification model was adopted in 1970. The increase in the number of RU1s may be the product of several trends, including increased competition for federal funds as a means 1 We recognize and acknowledge that the 2000 Carnegie re-classification eliminated the RU1 category in favor of a broader " doctoral extensive " classification with a much broader definition and, as a result, a Morphew & Baker – AERA 2001 3 of counteracting reduced state appropriations for higher education (see e.g., Winston & Zimmerman, 2000) or the increased use of technology transfer by universities eager to engage in this sometimes lucrative practice. Or, perhaps as likely, the increase in the number of RU1s is symptomatic of universities' continued attempts to emulate the most This study explores the expenditure patterns of those universities new to the RU1 classification as of 1994. First, the study analyzes whether these new RU1s spent significantly more on institutional support – as a share of their expenditures – in 1996 than they did in 1988. Second, the study assesses whether the spending patterns of the new RU1s became more similar to those of the continuing RU1s between 1988 and 1996. We …


Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate relationship of craving severity with severity of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in a sample of inpatients with alcohol use disorder, while controlling the effects of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Methods: Participants included 78 inpatients with alcohol use disorder. Participants were evaluated with the Obsessive-Compulsive Drinking Scale (OCDS), the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) after a detoxification period of 3 to 4 weeks. Results: Although trait anxiety predicted OCDS score, trait anxiety was no longer a predictor after entering ASRS-18 score and the ASRS-18 score was the only predictor for severity of craving in linear regression analyses. Results for the ASRS-6 were the same. Among subscales of ASRS-18 inattentive score predicted OCDS score. When obsessive and compulsive dimensions of craving were taken as dependent variables, ASRS-18/ASRS-6 predicted obsessive craving score together with the trait anxiety, whereas ASRS-18/ASRS-6 predicted compulsive craving alone. Conclusion: These findings suggest that severity of ADHD symptoms (particularly inattentive symptoms) is related with severity of the craving. Although ADHD symptoms predicted compulsive craving alone, it predicted obsessive craving together with the trait anxiety. Also ASRS-18 and ASRS-6 showed similar results, suggesting that ASRS-6 with much less items can be used among this population for screening ADHD symptoms.


Summary The effectiveness of a white expert (psychologist) and that of a peer in influencing Negro mothers of low socioeconomic status were compared. Each subject was given advice by the expert after her young child had been evaluated by him. Subjects then received a positive, neutral, or negative opinion of the expert's advice from a confederate peer. Results indicated that the expert was more effective than the peer. While both sources had a significant immediate effect, the expert was also significantly influential in having subjects act after having left the testing situation. It was concluded that expertness was the strongest factor, even though other factors like race and referent-group membership might have worked against it.


The response of one region to the Department of Health and Social Security recommendations on reemployment of women doctors contained in H.M. 69(6) is described. In many specialities there has been an encouraging return of married women doctors to medical practice within the hospital service. In the field of psychiatry the experience in a local subregional training scheme suggests that graduates of a high calibre can be attracted back to this speciality on a part‐time basis for training; the training has been acceptable for full qualification and the exami‐ nation success rate is high; part‐time appointments, including senior registrar and consultant posts, can be obtained; it would not appear that training need, in the first instance, be confined to those people working in a main teaching centre; the satisfactory resolution of any conflict between trainees' domestic and professional commitments is important, as is a flexible approach to the individual professional needs of the trainees. Such schemes appear to tap a valuable source of potential manpower which hitherto has not been fully utilized.


In non-orthostereoscopic video see-through (VST) head-mounted displays (HMDs), the perception of the three-dimensional space is negatively altered by geometrical aberrations, which may lead to perceptual errors, problems of hand-eye coordination, and discomfort for the user. Parallax-free VST HMDs have been proposed, yet their embodiments are generally difficult to create. The present study investigates the guidelines for the development of non-orthostereoscopic VST HMDs capable of providing perceptually coherent augmentations for close-up views, hence specifically devoted to guide high-precision manual tasks. Our underlying rationale is that, under VST view, a perspective-preserving conversion of the camera frames is sufficient to restore the natural perception of the relative depths around a pre-defined working distance in non-orthostereoscopic VST HMDs. This perspective conversion needs to account for the geometry of the visor and the working distance. A simulation platform was designed to compare the on-image displacements between the direct view of the world and the perspective-corrected VST view, considering three different geometrical arrangements of cameras and displays. A user study with a custom-made VST HMD was then conducted to evaluate quantitatively and qualitatively which of the three configurations was the most effective in mitigating the impact of the geometrical aberrations around the reference distance. The results of the simulations and of the user study both proved that, in non-orthostereoscopic VST HMDs, display convergence can be prevented, as the perspective conversion of the camera frames is sufficient to restore the correct stereoscopic perception by the user in the peripersonal space.


BACKGROUND
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) is a commonly used psychological test that includes several scales relevant to measuring manic and depressive symptoms of bipolar spectrum disorders.

AIMS
The goal of the present study was to evaluate the construct validity of MMPI-3 scale scores with respect to self-report measures of bipolar psychopathology.

MATERIALS & METHODS
Using a sample of 644 university students in New Zealand, we calculated correlations between scores on the MMPI-3 and the Hypomanic Personality Scale-Short Form (HPS-SF) total and factor scores and the Altman Self-Report Mania Scale (ASRM) total and item scores.

RESULTS
For associations against the HPS-SF, almost all of the hypotheses were supported, whereas for the ASRM scale, several were not. We also estimated a series of regression models predicting HPS-SF and ASRM scores from meaningfully associated MMPI-3 scores. Hypomanic Activation (RC9), Activation (ACT), and Self-Importance (SFI) scores emerged as the most consistent and substantial predictors of criteria, with SFI scores being more specifically associated with total scores and criteria related to Social Vitality. Several internalizing and thought dysfunction MMPI-3 scales were also meaningfully associated with scores on the HPS-SF and ASRM.

DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION
Implications and limitations, such as the use of a university student convenience sample, are discussed.


Hardware security vulnerabilities are a major concern for embedded computing devices which are now used in many application such as credit cards, SIM cards, or financial systems, putting sensible data at risk. Such systems are often targeted by differential power attacks, where the power trace can be monitored in order to get access to the sensible data. To alleviate this issue, a possible technique proposed in literature is to use a complementary gate (e.g., computing both XOR and XNOR operations in parallel) in order to have a symmetrical power trace for all possible input combinations. However, this technique results in a large area and power overhead since it approximatively requires twice the number of transistors. Recently, novel technologies such as Three-Independent-Gate Field Effect Transistors (TIGFETs) have been shown to be able to realize compact logic gates using less transistors when compared to Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology. In this paper, we investigate the benefits of using TIGFETs in terms of hardware security. First, we show that using the complementary gate technique with TIGFETs can reduce the transistor count, the power trace variation, the switching power and leakage by 2×, 57%, 36% and 8× respectively, when compared to CMOS. In addition, we show that for the same transistor count and similar switching power, using TIGFETs can reduce the power trace variation and the leakage by 81% and 6.7× respectively when compared to CMOS.


PURPOSE
The use of colistin for the treatment of infections caused by multiple-drug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative microorganisms was studied.

METHODS
The efficacy of colistin for treating infections caused by MDR gram-negative microorganisms and the development of renal toxicity were studied in hospitalized adult patients in Spain. Patients treated between January 2001 and October 2001 were included.

RESULTS
Over the study period, 71 courses of inhaled colistin, 12 courses of i.v. or intramuscular (i.m.) colistin, and 2 courses of intrathecal colistin were administered to 80 patients. All were infected by MDR organisms: 69 (86%) by Acinetobacter baumannii and 11 (14%) by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In 41 patients (51%), the episodes were caused by A. baumannii strains susceptible exclusively to colistin. The causative organisms were cleared in 92% of the patients from whom posttreatment repeat specimens were obtained. The in-hospital mortality rate was 18% (14 patients). There were no significant changes in mean serum urea or creatinine concentrations in patients receiving i.v. or i.m. therapy.

CONCLUSION
Colistin was used in 80 patients infected with A. baumannii or P. aeruginosa and appeared to be efficacious and safe.


The present crisis is the expression of the contradictions of global capitalism, first of all the contradiction between increasing economic, financial and technological interdependence, on the one hand, and continuing political fragmentation, on the other, which highlights the lack of effective global governance. Global finance has developed in new unregulated forms and at unprecedented rate; the erosion of sovereignty has made national governments' controls ineffective and no new system of international regulation and global governance has superseded them. Major disequilibria have arisen between creditor countries with fast growing, export-led economies, high rates of savings, huge balance of trade surpluses and reserves in dollars like China, on the one hand, and debtor countries with finance-dominated, mass consumption economies, high levels of public and private indebtedness, and huge balance of trade deficits like the United States. The growth of global wealth dramatically reduced poverty in big countries like China and India, but fostered new economic and social inequalities among and within national societies, between developed and developing countries, and between privileged or protected social groups and marginalized social groups. Moreover, other tensions constantly arise from the high fluctuations in energy and raw materials prices stirred by the growth of demand in the fast developing economies. The crisis is systemic, but it does not imply the collapse of global capitalism. In fact, structural crises are the way in which capitalism continuously transforms itself. The classics of social sciences, from Adam Smith to Karl Marx, from Max Weber to Karl Polanyi, from Joseph Schumpeter to John Maynard Keynes, have all argued, although in different ways, that capitalism is inherently contradictory and transforms itself periodically through processes of creative destruction.


Wikipedia has become the biggest encyclopedia ever made in the world. With more than four million articles written in hundreds of languages, Wikipedia is nowadays one of the five internet well-known branches in the world. In 2004, following the Wikipedia model, Alfredo Romeo suggests the launching of "locapedias", based on the voluntary and collaborative model of contributors, with the aim of creating the biggest knowledge centre ever written about a local area. In 2005 the first "locapedia", Cordobapedia, is founded. About two years later, 12 locapedias can be found in Spain, with about 20000 local articles made in a collaborative way. As time goes by, locapedias will probably represent for cities and regions the same as wikipedia has achieved: the largest reference web-site for local knowledge in any city with a locapedia. For locapedias, the fact that public institutions, as libraries or local archives, head these proyects could be the needed guaranteed mark to consolidate a movement of local-free knowleadge creation, which will be the reference for the society we are unstoppable going to: the knowledge society.


This final paper on mathematical modeling to analyze the traffic on the roadway Krapyak, Semarang equation using Lighthill, Whitham and Richards (LWR), which describes the movement of the traffic flow, the model can be applied to the LWR equation congestion or overcrowding situations more specifically to the junction with one or two roads in and out. The results of dynamics analysis to explain higher density the vehicle speed decreases. The main variables are used to explain the flow of vehicles on a path of motion is flow , velocity , and the density. This problem is analyzed through an implicit scheme and double sweep Cholesky method for determining the density during peak hours. Based on the results of analysis, the highest density occurring on highways Krapyak occurred at 07.00 - 08.00.


The level of fetal protein at the end of pregnancy and during a primipara's delivery process has been examined. The first group consisted of 134 primigravida, primapara deliveries, the second group consisted of 60 women with their second pregnancy, delivering their second baby. The level of alphafetoprotein has been examined at the end of the third trimester and in blood serum by means of direct competitive enzyme immunoassay during childbearing. At the end of pregnancy has been characterized by higher levels of AFP in the blood serum of primapara women but at the same time the level of fetal protein at the first period of delivery happened to be lower and at the second period it was not different from the concentration of multipara women. Dynamic analysis of the fetal protein level showed that by the first period of delivery of the primipara it gets lower in comparison with pregnancy and it increases by the second period. There is a relationship between AFP level and fetal condition when it's born (asphyxia) both during pregnancy and delivery. AFP content during pregnancy at the time of the baby's delivery born with asphyxia of the primipara women goes up considerably and it keeps growing in the first delivery period, then it drops in the second period of delivery. Our research allows us to assume that AFP levels during pregnancy indicates not only newborn maturity but also its condition at the moment of birth.


I. THE COOPERATIVE: BETWEEN MARKET AND HIERARCHY.- 1. Cooperatives: Hierarchies or Hybrids? Claude Menard.- 2. The Network Form of the Cooperative Organization - An Illustration with the Danish Pork Industry Kostas Karantininis.- 3. Networks, Innovation and Performance - Evidence from a Cluster of Wine Cooperatives (Languedoc, South of France) Yuna Chiffoleau, Fabrice Dreyfus, Rafael Stofer & Jean-Marc Touzard.- II. GOVERNANCE.- 4. Conversions and Other Forms of Exit in U.S. Agricultural Cooperatives Fabio Chaddad & Michael Cook.- 5. The Structure of Marketing Cooperative - A Members' Perspective Nikos Kalogeras, J.M.E. Pennings, Gert van Dijk & I.A. van der Lans.- 6. Agency and Leadership in Cooperatives - Endogenizing Organizational Commitment Murray Fulton & Konstantinos Giannakas.- III. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION.- 7. Lock-in of Farmers in Agricultural Cooperatives - Reviving the Effect of Exit by Means of Constitutional Amendments Soren Vincents Svendsen.- 8. Two Vignettes Regarding Boards in Cooperatives versus Corporations George Hendrikse.- 9. Regulation, Governance and Capital Structure in Cooperatives Anastassios Gentzoglanis.- IV. CONDUCT.- 10. Cooperative Forward Integration in Oligopsonistic Markets - A Simulation Analysis of Incentives and Impacts Jeffrey Royer.- 11. European Dairy Cooperative Strategies - Horizontal Integration versus Diversity Laurence Harte & John J. O'Connell.- 12. Sales Distortion in Heterogeneous Cooperatives Peter Bogetoft & Henrik Ballebye Olesen.- 13. Do Consumers Care about Cooperatives? A Franco-Swedish Comparative Study of Consumer Perceptions Jerker Nilsson, Philippe Ruffio & Stephane Gouin.- V. PERFORMANCE.- 14. The Horizon Problem Reconsidered Henrik Ballebye Olesen.- 15. The Horizon Problem in Agricultural Cooperatives - Only in Theory? Erik Fahlbeck.- 16. Performance of Cooperatives and Investor-Owned Firms - The Case of the Greek Dairy Industry Ourania Notta & Aspassia Vlachvei.


To clarify the mechanism and mechanics of dislocation nucleation and motion in the atomic scale, a molecular dynamics simulation of tension along [001] direction is conducted on a nanoscopic specimen of single crystalline nickel. After showing perfect elastic behavior, the specimen plastically deforms at the applied strain of 0.084 by the passage of partial dislocations nucleated at the surface of the specimen. Detail observation of the dynamic process of a dislocation nucleation reveals that two successive instable behaviors of local lattices take place at the nucleation site in the homogeneously deformed body. The first instable behavior is the collapse of local lattices in the transverse direction to bring about the deformation concentration at the nucleation site. The second is the instable shear of local lattices on a slip plane in the deformation concentrated area. The nucleation and glide of a partial dislocation is recognized as the migration of atoms on the slip plane as the result of these instable behaviors. In order to elucidate the onset condition of the instable behaviors of local lattices, the positive definiteness of the elastic stiffiness coefficients, Bijkl, of all local lattices are investigated. That is, the instability criterion proposed by Wang and Yip is adopted to the evaluation of the local instability. The results show that the minor determinants of Bijkl related with the compliances of lattice for the transverse collapse and the slip deformation become negative at the onset of each instable behavior. Thus, the local lattice instabilities bring about the dislocation nucleation and motion and can be clarified by the negative definiteness of local Bijkl.


Objective To observe the clinical curative effect of torasemide and furosemide on diabetic nephrotic edema.Methods Sixty cases of diabetic nephropathy(stageⅣ)with edema were randomly divided into three groups:furosemide intravenous injection group(control group),torasemide intravenous injection group(torasemide group A),torasemide continuous intravenous pumping group(torasemide group B).24 hour urine volume,serum creatinine,serum potassium and serum sodium of the patients were detected before treatment,1day,4days and 7days after treatment.Brain natriuretic peptide(BNP)was detected before and seven days after treatment.Results Before treatment,the patients of the three groups had no significant difference in 24 hurine volume,serum creatinine,serum potassium and serum sodium.After treatment,24 hour urine volume in torasemide group A and B were higher than that in control group,while that in torasemide group B was higher than in torasemide group A(P0.01).There were no statistically significant difference in serum creatinine,serum potassium level among three groups(P 0.05).After treatment,serum sodium of three groups was decreased,and the effect of torasemide group B was stronger than that of the other two groups.Seven days after treatment,BNP in three groups was all significantly decreased(P 0.01).ConclusionDiuretic effect of torasemide is stronger than furosemide,and continous intravenous pumping of torasemide has stronger diuretic effects.


A 40-Gb/s optical module using WDM TOSAs for access network applications has been fabricated and demonstrated. This compact optical module was integrated by three thin-film WDM filters and four uncooled LX4 wavelength compatible DFB laser diodes. The output optical power was measured above -6 dBm with a clear 10-Gb/s transmission eye diagram. Due to the low dispersion characteristic of conventional single mode fiber at the LX4 wavelength, this module was expected to be able to transmit the signal up to 10 km and served as a cost-effective solution for 40-Gb/s transmission.


circumstances. Mr. Cadge says: " Robert Liston was the first surgeon in this country to use ether, and those who were present at University College Hospital on December 2ISt, 1846, and witnessed the complete and perfect success of that first venture, will not easily forget the dramatic character of that scene. I was present and assisted at the operation-amputation of the thigh by the double flap method. Someone present timed the operation; it took ro seconds; the few arteries were tied, and all signs o6cleared away. A towel was then thrown over the stump, and we watched anxiously for the patient to show that he was not dead; he presently woke up, and when asked once or twice if he could stand the pain of the operation, he accused us of cruelly trifling with his feelings, and when the towel was removed and he saw the naked stump, he burst into tears, and I thought Liston would do the same." Many fresh fields of inquiry and separate study have been instituted. In 1831 Alfred Swaine Taylor, the famous chemist and medical jurist, was appointed Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence at Guy's Hospital. His inaugural course was the {irst delivered in this country, and was attended by many leading counsel and some judges.


Ge nanocrystals (6–9 nm) embedded between amorphous Al2O3 films were produced in a cluster beam deposition system. The microstructural evaluation and compressive stress experienced by the Ge nanocrystals due to the presence of an oxide layer, nanoparticle size distribution and their changes due to thermal annealing were studied by X-ray diffraction, HRTEM and Raman spectroscopy. Spectroscopic ellipsometry was used to measure the dielectric functions of the deposited films. A multilayer model based on the effective medium approximation was used to analyze the variation of percentage of defects and the extent of disorder with particle size of the nanocrystals. The correlation between the microstructural characteristics and optical properties was established by evaluating standard sum rules. Germanium nanocrystals show visible photo luminescence at room temperature around 3.0 and 2.8 eV. However, a peak shift towards lower energies with increasing particle size due to thermal annealing was not detected. The experimentally observed luminescence is presumably originated due to the presence of oxide-related defect centers at the interface between the germanium nanocrystals and the embedded oxide layers.


The essay aims to discuss the issue of climate change. I will focus on Bangladesh, a county vulnerable to environmental hazards due to its geographical location. I have clarified how climate change may affect a country like Bangladesh and how the environmental issues are connected to human rights violations. To problematize the issue of climate change further have I looked into the matter of justice and responsibility through the views of two ethicists, Peter Singer and John Rawls. Peter Singer is a utilitarian philosopher whom focuses on the matter of the unequal distribution of global resources. He presents two concrete action plans to how to deal with the climate changes. John Rawls thoughts about justice are connected to a hypothetical contract among parts in the society, when they all shall agree without knowing their own social status in the society. This discussion between the two views will be a central part of the essay. I will complete the paper with an ending discussion around how to define the question of responsibility and how the state's responsibility to uphold human rights is associated with a changed environment situation. The purpose of this paper has therefore been to examine how the changing environmental situation affects a country like Bangladesh. I have also examined how the role of government influenced the current environmental debate. (Less)


Recently, somatosensory rehabilitation is knowing a growing interest in chronic pain condition. In fact, new evidences have associated an impaired lumbopelvic control with a decreased tactile acuity, generating and sustaining chronic low back pain mechanisms. Consequently, an adequate tactile rehabilitation, entailing a discrimination training with a stimulation tasks, seems to be effective on pain, reducing lumbopelvic impairments.
Also the use of perceptual surfaces can be effective on back pain, favouring a tactile and proprioceptive sensory stimulation on the trunk and improving the postural control through a body midline realignment.
The aim of this manuscript was to describe the preliminary evidences on two cases of chronic pain due to pelvis fracture treated with the perceptive surfaces. Furthermore, we have tried to clarify the mechanisms involved in chronic back pain and the effect of a somatosensory rehabilitation. Finally, it was analyzed the role of craniocaudal body midline with the gravitational vertical axis in the setting of correct alignment for improving postural control in these conditions.


Changes in forced vital capacity (FVC), as a indirect measure of pulmonary size, and changes in body surface area, as an indirect measure of body size, were investigated with the purpose of analyzing growth during puberty. Changes in lean body mass, as a measure of increase in tissue with a pronounced oxygen demand, were additionally investigated. Changes in FVC, height, weight and skin fold thickness of 205 healthy children of both sexes were analyzed. Longitudinal study started at 11.5 and finished at 14.5 years. FVC increased faster than body surface area and lean body mass. During the deceleration of body surface area and lean body mass growth, FVC continued to grow at the same rate. The findings confirmed the thesis of latency in lung growth related to body growth.


Service oriented architectures (SOA) have been introduced for various reasons over the previous couple of years. Analogous to the introduction of enterprise application integration (EAI) technologies before re-use and cost cutting potentials have been among the most prominent reasons. But considering the increasing complexity of an application landscape following the introduction of a SOA, the re-use and cost cutting arguments will lead to disappointment. However, service oriented architectures offer a great potential to increase corporate agility. To sustainable preserve corporate agility it is necessary to explicitly manage the enterprise architecture. This paper discusses the problems of re-use and cost cutting expectations in service oriented architectures and contrasts them with the potentials related to make sustainable contributions to corporate agility. Structures, processes, and instruments to realize these potentials are discussed with reference to selected case studies.


Researchers at Loma Linda (Calif.) University decided to find out the extent to which supply-and-demand affects the pricing of cosmetic-surgery procedures — and to identify exactly which economic factors drive pricing most if supply-and-demand were found to be a secondary driver.


A low-power and low-latency hybrid optoelectric router is presented. The router optimally combines the high speed capability of optical technologies with the superior functionality of electrical technologies; an approach which enables a highly functional optical packet switched network for supporting a variety of services (multicast, QoS, etc.).


Objective:To study the anti-tumor effect of resveratrol-solid lipid nanopartieles(Res-SLN)on mouse H22 hepatocellular carcinoma in vivo.Method: KM mice bearing H22 tumor cells were used in this study.It were randomly divided into tumor model group;CTX group(25 mg·kg-1);low,middle,high dosage groups of Res-SLN(35,70,105 mg·kg-1);suspensions group of Res(105 mg·kg-1);auxiliary materials group.The anti-tumor activity of Res-SLN on solid tumor mice was evaluated by tumor mass weight and tumor inhibitory ratio,and the life-prolongation effect on ascitic tumor mice was assessed by average survival time.The influence on the immune organs was evaluated by the indexes of thymus and spleen of mice with transplanted tumor.Result: Res-SLN had significant inhibiting effect on transplanted tumor growth in mice.Inhibitory rates of Res-SLN in low,middle,high dose groups on H22 mice were 61.95%,72.39%,85.52%,respectively.The differences of indexes of thymus and spleen were insignificant between the ORI-SMEDDS group and model control group.Res-SLN in the middle,high doseage groups had an effect on prolonging the life of mice with transplanted tumor,the statistical difference being significant as compared with the model group.Conclusion: Res-SLN shows certain inhibition on the growth of transplanted H22 tumor with dose-dependence,and the inhibitory effect is stronger than oridonin.


Academic writing in Russia is gaining a momentum due to the governmental policies of promoting international publications by Russian researchers and academics and internationalizing the Russian education. However, a number of interrelated factors, such as the generally poor command of written English among researchers, the traditionally low status of teachers of English in non-linguistic universities, and the lack of academic writing methodology in the native language along with the national tradition of rather incomprehensible writing, impede the implementation of these policies. In this paper, I analyze the current situation in Russia and consider the ways of preventing problems which might result from adopting methodological and institutional models created in a different social and cultural context by applying the Russian economist Oleg Sukharev's principles of system stability. Emphasis is made on networking between researchers, academics and EAP teachers, the bilingual approach to teaching academic writing and the necessity of developing its methodology in Russian.


We read with interest a paper published in a recent issue of the Korean Journal of Dermatology, in which Baek et al. presented two cases of facial foreign body granulomas induced by needle-embedding therapy. The cases were foreign body granulomas induced by acupoint embedding thread by doctors of Oriental medicine. Recently we managed a patient who presented with two linear, fluctuating, erythematous nodules with a purulent discharge involving the left cheek 2 months after gold thread needle-embedding therapy, a so called gold-lifting procedure, in which gold thread is embedded via acupuncture for the purpose of face-lifting. A biopsy obtained from the lesion showed acute and chronic inflammatory cells with foreign body-type giant cells throughout the dermis and subcutis. Under the diagnosis of a foreign body reaction with clinicopathologic examination, we treated her several times with incision and drainage and oral corticosteroids. After 1 year of treatment, the lesions did not recur during 3 months of follow-up. (Korean J Dermatol 2011;49(6):561∼563)


Some graduates are tired as village officials since the practice of the policy of choosing university graduates as the village officials and into the grassroots,which has affected their image and healthy development.Therefore,it is necessary to positively take precautions against it,making sure that the graduate village officials can work hard and make progress by overcoming difficulties.


This work investigated the effect of polystyrene on the corrosive behaviour of hydrochloric (HCl) and tetraoxo sulphate VI (H2SO4) acids on mild steel using weight loss technique. Cold rolled mild steel sample with chemical composition C: 0.21%, Mn: 0.593%, Si: 0.044, S: 0.032% and Fe: 98.4% was used. Five different concentrations of the polystyrene were used in 200ml solution of the acids. The corosion rate and inhibition efficiencies of polystyrene as a corrosion inhibitor were determined at different concentrations in HCl and H2SO4 as it was varied from 1 ml to 5 ml. It was observed that corrosion of the mild steel reduced as the concentration of polystyrene increased but decreased with increase in time. From the work also, one can deduce that polystyrene is a good inhibitor going by its efficiencies in HCl and H2SO4 with up to about 90% efficiency for HCl and 84% efficiency for H2SO4. It was therefore concluded that introduction of polystyrene into acidic medium where mild steel is used can be an economic way of corrosion prevention.


Abstract 5-Amino-4-sulphonamidoimidazole ribofuranosyl nucleosides and a related imidazothiadiazine dioxide nucleoside have been synthesized as potential inhibitors of enzymes involved in the de novo biosynthesis of purine nucleotides.


217 cases of chronic bronchitis and asthma were clinically treated and analyzed for the effects of combining electric stimulation with topical application of drug on acupoints. The results suggested that the combined therapy was superior to unitary therapy (P < 0.05). It is indicated that the combined therapy has a good curative effect in both short- and long-terms.


We propose that the government fund research into a key problem to better address the needs of data scientists: how to make recommendations on knowledge graphs in a way that conforms to arbitrary given symbolic logical constraints specified by domain e xperts. For example, how to take a knowledge graph about cleaning products that may associate Chlorox and Formula 409, but not recommend that pairing for sale because bleach and ammonia are a toxic combination. Currently, data scientists have no such "safety net" and must account for domain rules manually during e.g. feature engineering, a tedious and error-prone process not known to even be possible outside of some particular special cases (e.g. transitive relationships [2]) – a situation we aim to address with this proposal.


This study aimed to inventory and identify the types of insect pests that damage soybean plants in the generative phase and describe the symptoms of damage caused. The results showed that there were 6 (six) main insect pests that caused damage to soybean plants in the generative phase, namely Phaedonia inclusa, Nezara viridula, Riptortus linearis, Chrysodeixis chalcites, Etiella zinckenella, and Lamprosema indicata. It was suspected that the presence of these 6 types of insects was influenced by two factors, namely internal factors (the characteristics possessed by the insect itself such as the ability to reproduce, the nature or how to maintain themselves and also the age of the insect) and external factors that was climatic factors such as temperature, humidity and rainfall (Jumar, 2000). The 6 pests were found to damage soybean plants by biting and chewing plant parts, but there were also those that damaged plants by piercing and sucking plant fluids.


While dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programmes in the United States aim at cultivating pedagogical practices that support bilingualism and biliteracy development, they often idealise instructional models that separate languages within instruction and create educational spaces that privilege monolingual English-language proficiency standards. Scholars have called on schools to focus on the learning needs of language-minoritised learners through pedagogies that build upon the bilingual resources from language-minoritised learners and educators. One approach is adopting translanguaging pedagogies that promote flexible, hybrid, fluid languaging practices and advance social justice agendas in classrooms, ensuring that all students are educated deeply and justly. With the transition to and expansion of online teacher education programmes, it is critical to explore how teacher educators support teachers' beliefs regarding translanguaging in online spaces. This self-study aimed to investigate our efforts as teacher educators to include translanguaging pedagogies as both a way to model practices and a conceptual framework for supporting in-service teachers to understand languages and language learning at a deeper level by exploring the guiding question: How has translanguaging (planned and unplanned) been part of online DLBE teacher education learning spaces? Using a narrative inquiry analysis based on teacher educators' individual journals and critical friend group discussions, we explored both the tensions and potentials in online teaching and teacher education spaces based on our experiences.


The changes both at the content level and also at the dynamics of teaching and learning concepts related to Romanian language activities involves also the improvement of the methods and learning processes seen as general ways of organizing the knowledge content, depending on the objectives, on the type of lesson, on the nature of the education and on the age of children. Once with the development of education, the methods also experienced improvements and revaluations, progress and diversification, by referring constantly to both teachers(what the teacher makes and how he proceeds, in relation to students who he instructs and educates), and also at students (the student being subject and object of the educational process).The educational processes came nearby methods. They have allowed a rapid transition from one activity to another, have stimulated the affirmation and development of initiative and innovation, making the class activity more dynamic and more attractive.This paper makes a survey of active-participative methods in terms of theory, having also a few examples detached from the lessons of Romanian language, more exactly those that cover the elements of morphology. And to distinguish the methods used by primary teachers in teaching, learning and consolidation of morphology notions, was appealed the focus group technique by discussions with the teachers from primary school. After analyzing the questionnaires proposed to the target group members were found the methods used, especially in the teaching-learning concepts of morphology.


ABSTRACT The objective of the work was to evaluate the efficacy of two new polyphosphate-based fire retardants (FRs) and one commercial product named Siriono® on the fire performance and physical–mechanical properties of medium density fibreboard (MDF) fabricated in the laboratory from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) wood. The fibres were treated with aqueous solutions of fire retardants, at 12% loading (dry salt on dry wood), and bonded with a melamine urea formaldehyde (MUF) adhesive. The physical and mechanical properties of panels were assessed using the European standards, whereas their fire performance was evaluated using an in-house method and the Cone calorimeter. In overall, the chemicals added enhanced the fire and smoke properties of the panels to varying degrees. Critical FR parameters such as peak heat release rate (peak HRR), total heat release (THR) and total smoke production (TSP) were significantly improved in the FR-treated panels, as exhibited in cone calorimeter tests. However, the internal bond strength of treated panels largely decreased by the addition of fire retardants, while thickness swell and water absorption negatively affected to a significant extent. In contrast, the formaldehyde release of the panels was considerably decreased at the E1 class level, with the incorporation of the polyphosphate-based additives.


Objective: To establish a HPLC method for the determination of the contents of podophyllotoxin in Serum. Methods: Detection was performed on Waters Spherisorb ODS2(5μm,4.6mm×250mm) by Photodiode Array Detector at 291nm with methanol(100%) as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.0mL/min, and podophyllotoxin of Serum was extracted with ether-dichloromethane(3:1). Results: The calibration showed a linear relation in the range from 6.25 to 95.00 μg·ml-1 with r =0.9995. the recovery rate of podophyllotoxin was 90.4%~110.0%. The relative standard deviation of podophyllotoxin was 3%. Conclusion: The method is an easy, accurate and reliable way to determine podophyllotoxin in Serum.


The use of a prism made of a photonic band gap (PBG) material allows the appearance of anomalous refraction at forbidden frequencies. By creating some defects in this PBG-prism, this anomalous effect could be amplified.


The functions that news media exerts over promoting the construction of a corruption-free society mainly include the following aspects: as an information center,news media has a say in the building of a corruption-free society;as a means of supervision,it serves as the catalyst for the punishment and prevention from social corruption like inequity and a lack of justice;as a carrier of public sentiment,it reflects social conditions and public opinion;as a cultural messenger,it transmits the conception of probity.Despite its ever-increasing importance,news media also exerts some negative influences like transmitting unreal message for spreading social equity,declination in directing public opinion and unsatisfactory monitoring results.To develop its positive influence,restrain its negative effects,it is needed to grasp the key points,to handle well the relationship between leading and cooperating,guiding and catering,content and form,concerning and responding,and it is needed to actively integrate all kinds of strength,to refine methods,and to perfect mechanism.The strength and advantages of news media can thus be better used to carry forward the construction of a corruption-free society.


In wireless sensor networks, the multipath has been attracted for reliable data transmission due to the limited feature of sensors. The disjoint feature of multipath is one of important issues because it maintains how to separate each path in order to prevent the node energy depletion or node failure. In this issue, void areas should be considered since it disturbs the disjoint path construction. Existing multipath studies proactively detect the voids in the entire network by void modeling and thus construct paths by detouring the voids. However, void modeling causes large overhead to energy-limited nodes and even it could lead to the energy exhaustion of nodes or the node failure. To deal with this, we propose an energy- efficient and disjointed multipath routing for void handling based on geographic void handling approach. The proposed scheme is able to construct disjoint multipath avoiding the overspend of node energy and detouring the void area without additional method like modeling. Simulation results show the proposed scheme is better than the previous works in terms of energy consumption, delivery delay time, and path length around void area.


The final instar caterpillar and characteristic cocoon of the chalcosiine moth, Cyclosia sordidus (Walker), are described and illustrated. Notes on sexual dimorphism in this species are provided.


Simplified part positioning in manufacturing has been achieved using pushing or tapping actuation in place of more complex pick-and-place systems. However, positioning by impact introduces a new source of uncertainty: interfacial frictional effects of sliding, which can result in an uncontrollable and often poorlypredictable actuation distance. The described work provides a friction-based dynamic model of the sliding distance after impact that is used to predict static friction characteristics. A prototype system is simulated and validation data used to improve the model. A control algorithm is also described, tested and validated over a range of actuated masses.


KNL Sandy Bridge • Xeon Phi 7250 (68 cores, 16GB MCDRAM) • 96GB DDR4 • Intel Compiler Ver.17.0.1 – Option: -ipo -ip -O3 -xMIC-AVX512 • Number of grids: 40*40*40*128*64*2 (~28GB > MCDRAM) • Elapsed time for 5 time steps is measured • Memory mode: Flat, Cache • Cluster mode: All2All, Hemisphere, Quadrant, SNC-2, SNC-4 ⇒ Memory and Cluster modes are selected from BIOS • Default environmental variables ©Intel Basic equations for collisionless space plasma: • Maxwell equations (for electromagnetic wave propagations) Computational load less than 0.1% • Collisionless Boltzmann equation with electromagnetic field (known as Vlasov equation for charged particle motions) f(x, y, z, vx, vy, vz)


By combining brain imaging (MEG) studies with psychophysical experiments we have shown that, very soon after amputation of an arm in humans, the sensory input from the face begins to activate the original 'hand area' of the cortex. Many patients with a phantom arm are unable to 'move' their phantom arm. We used a mirror to allow the patient to see the reflection of his normal hand superimposed on the phantom. If he now moved the real arm he not only saw the phantom moving but also experienced vivid kinesthetic sensations in the phantom—a remarkable example of synaesthesia. Finally, we had a normal subject look at his own reflection superimposed on a Halloween mask seen through a half-silvered mirror. If he now made vigorous lip and tongue movements he felt his kinesthetic sensations 'projected' on the mask; and his 'free will' controlling the dummy's face (it is as though the subject regards it as highly unlikely that his own lip sensations and motor commands should be so perfectly synchronised with the movements of the mask, simply by chance). If the mask was now punched in the eye, the subject registered a strong GSR (galvanic response) demonstrating that his 'self' had now temporarily cast off its mortal coil to inhabit the mask. In our last experiment we had a blindfolded subject repeatedly tapping and stroking the nose of an accomplice who was sitting in front of him. If the experimenter then taps and strokes the subject's nose in perfect synchrony, the subject starts experiencing an absurd lengthening of his nose (the phantom nose). This simple experiment demonstrates the single most important fact about the mechanisms of perception—that they can discern statistical regularities in the world with astonishing rapidity.