and to remember the community of colleagues and friends of which he was part. The historical background is the coincidence of the rise of the Nazis in Germany and the westernization of the universities in Turkey. AuerbachTs exile from Germany was made possible by the cultural situation in Turkey. Recounting everyday life during times of terrible extremes, these letters now stand out as examples of human dignity achieved through unrelenting schol arship. The general outlines of AuerbacIVs intellectual biography are well known. We focus here on the period of greatest turmoil in his life, when he was forced to leave the University of Marburg and move to Turkey. This pe riod begins with Paul von Hindenburg's appointment of Hitler as chancellor of Germany on 30 January 1933, the day after the first letter we present here. By April 1933 Jewish faculty members faced dismissal by the newly installed Nazi regime, which instituted the laws concerning "the restoration of civil ser vice with tenure" (Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums). Jewish scholars were stripped of their pensions, their official academic titles, and any provi sion for surviving dependents. Auerbach, as a soldier decorated with the Iron Cross for his service on the front in World War I, believed that after this "con solidation" {Gleichschaltung) of German universities, he would be able to hold onto his chair in Romance philology for some time. It was only shortly before his official dismissal, during a trip to Italy in September 1935, that he became aware of his misapprehension. The letters to Fritz Saxl (1890-1948), Karl Vossler (1872-1949), and Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) reveal the increasing difficulty of Auerbach's position by 1935, and they should be read against the backdrop of memos Kurator Ernst von Hulsen (1875-1950) sent to Auerbach requesting an accounting of his Jewish lineage and detailing Berlin's decrees, which forced Auerbach to go on leave and then to retire, on 31 December


Jin et al.(2001,2002)agree to place the basal boundary of the Lopingian at the base of Bed 6k of the Peng-laitan section,exactly same point as Wang(1999,2000a,b,2001a—c)proposed.This is really a great progress.But Henderson and Mei's new subspecies,Clarkina postbitteri postbitteri Henderson and Mei,2001(Permophiles,38:36),is an invalid name.Subspecies of Clarkina postbitteri postbitteri Mei and Wardlaw 1994 may not be used in the definition of the base of the Lopingian.We should keep the original diagnosis of C.postbitteri and C.dukouensis.The specimens illustrated by Wang(2000a,plate 2,figures 1—8)are definitely Clarkina dukouensis.The FAD of Clarkina dukouensis is at Bed 6k.Clarkina postbitteri could be discriminated by at least three different morphotypes rather than different two subspecies.The origin of Clarkina postbitteri is still unclear.Mesogondolella(=Jinogondolella)granti is not the ancestor of Clarkina postbitteri.Bed 7b belongs to Clarkina leveni Zone.


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Traditionally, information security management standards listing generic means of protection have received a lot of attention in the field of information security management. In the background a few information security management‐oriented maturity criteria have been laid down. These criteria can be regarded as the latest promising innovations on the information security checklist‐standard family tree. Whereas information security maturity criteria have so far received inadequate attention in information security circles, software maturity endeavours have been the focus of constructive debate in software engineering circles. Aims to analyze what the alternative maturity criteria for developing secure information systems (IS) and software can learn from these debates on software engineering maturity criteria. First, advances a framework synthesized from the information systems (IS) and software engineering literatures, including six lessons that information security maturity criteria can learn from. Second, pores over the existing information security maturity criteria in the light of this framework. Third, presents, on the basis of results of this analysis, implications for practice and research.


The invention relates to an automated mobile production system for fabricating a cement panel or composite cement panel. The system includes a movable container and a conveyor system inside the container aligned along a longitudinal axis of the container. The system further includes a plurality of independent manufacturing stations inside the container and aligned along the conveyor system. The container is preferably an international standard shipping container so that being compact and movable from place to place. Further, the system includes a removable mortar mixing station affixed to the outer top side of the container when the system is in operation, and is removed and stored inside the container during transport of the system.


Combining retrospectively investigated duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and data from the previously reported 13-year outcome study of first-admission schizophrenic patients treated in Jichi Medical University Hospital, relationship between DUP and 13year outcome was examined. The mean DUP of 62 identified patients with schizophrenia was 8.7 months, and the median was one month. The 47 followed-up subjects were divided into two groups according to their rating on Eguma's Social Adjustment Scale: a favorable outcome group and an unfavorable outcome group. In addition, they were divided into other two groups according to length of DUP (cutoff point was two weeks) : a brief DUP group and a long DUP group. However, no statistically significant relationship between both couple of groups was found, the long DUP patients tended to belong to the unfavorable group. (


Between 2012 and 2013, Mali has gone through the most challenging period of its history as a nation-state. From a praised democracy, the country almost collapsed after the onset of a complex set of rebellions that threatened to divide or completely erase it from the map. This book provides a three-dimensional analysis of the conflict drivers as well a deep assessment of the conflict resolution mechanisms that were set up to restore Mali control over its territory. From the outbreak of MNLA insurgent attacks in early 2012, the crafting of AZAWAD,the fluidity of MNLA alliance with ANSAR DINE, MUJAO and AQIM, the coup d'etat of Sanogo and downfall of Amani Toumani Toure, the responses of ECOWAS, the 'core countries' (Algeria, Mauritania), the African Union, the role of France to the re-hatting of AFISMA and launch of MINUSMA, all crusty details and facets of the crisis are meticulously scrutinized. This book is a must-have for academics, diplomats and strategists interested the new conflict dynamics in Mali and West Africa in a global era.


A keynote paper given to the annual conference of the Gazprom Neft Company in St Petersburg Russia. Gazprom Neft have a programme of corporate social responsibility directed to the regeneration of small scale oil towns in Siberia. Prof Brian Mark Evans from the Glasgow School of Art was invited to give a keynote presentation on the opportunities for community cohesion, quality of place and quality of life that can be brought about though community engagement and urban design.


The ABCC(ATP-Binding Cassette,Subfamily C,ABCC)family is a large protein family discovered recently.It is comprised of nine members which distribute widely in human body and participate in the transportion of many important substrates.Some chemotherapeutic agents are also substrates of ABCC whose over-expressions have been proved to be associated with multidrug resistance.Recently,some studies showed that some mutations of ABCC family could affect the substance metabolism and lead to tumor multidrug resistance,even result in genetic disorders.The genetic variants of the ABCC family and their association with tumor multidrug resistance were reviewed in this paper.


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The paper presents observations of mid-latitude aurora (MA) in the south of Eastern Siberia in solar cycles 23–24. Spectral composition and dominant emissions of MA, daily distribution of MA detection probability, dependence on the level of geomagnetic activity, and classification according to types of aurora are discussed. A close relationship is shown between the intensity of dominant emission at 630.0 nm and the Dst index during magnetic storms (MSs). It is pointed out that the most intense MA are recorded during MS main phases. The MA detected on November 20, 2003 can enlarge the list of great aurora. For the severe MSs (Dstmin< –200 nT) of March 24, 1991, April 6, 2000, October 30 and November 20, 2003, March 17, 2015, the observed dynamics of 557.7 and 630.0 nm auroral emissions is presented. Mechanisms of emission excitation during geomagnetic storms and a possible connection with magnetospheric structures are discussed.


Abstract An apple scab, resistant selection, 1569-100 with field resistance to powdery mildew and fireblight, growing on EMXXVI rootstock of Malus domestica (Borkh) in the greenhouse, was artifically infested with European red mite (ERM), Panonychus ulmi (Koch) and evaluated for damage. In the first study (1984–1985) one side of the tree was treated with acaricides and the other side untreated, and 17 randomly selected branches were sampled from each side. In the second study (1986–87), the tree was divided into quadrants and 10 randomly selected branches within each quadrant were used for application of the treatments. We induced ERM infestations in the first year of each study using dormant eggs in 1983 and live ERM in 1986. Significant differences (P < 0.05) in total numbers of ERM that developed from dormant eggs were found in 1984, between the untreated and acaricide treated sides of the tree. The branches on the untreated side were significantly shorter (P < 0.05) than those of the treated on two of...


A derivation is given of the Rydberg-Ritz formula for series spectra. Simple expressions are obtained for the Rydberg and Ritz coefficients. It is shown that the Ritz coefficient is proportional to the difference between the radial period of the electron and the period of the hypothetical orbit, with the same energy which would exist if the atomic core were to contract to zero radius.


A rotary comminuting apparatus adjustable to reduce either hard or soft materials includes a segmented perforated semi-cylindrical grate partially surrounding the lower portion of the rotor. The grate segments are pivotally supported on a common axle parallel to the axis of the rotor. The opposite ends of the segments are each supported by a hydraulic jack and the jacks have a common connection to a motor pump unit to pivot the grates from a lower position concentric with the rotor to an upper position in which the outer edge is closer to the rotor surface than the pivot edge.


We examine the London congestion charge introduced in 2003 and demonstrate significant reductions in a number of pollutants relative to controls. We even find evidence of reductions per mile driven suggesting amelioration of a congestion externality. Yet, we find a robust countervailing increase in harmful NO2 likely reflecting the disproportionate share of diesel vehicles exempt from the congestion charge. This unintended consequence informs on-going concern about pollution from diesel based vehicles and provides a cautionary note regarding substitution effects implicit in congestion charging schemes.


Affordable computing power and open source hardware have provided many opportunities to enhance STEM education for students. Consequently, numerous electronic retailers offer a diverse array of electronic or educational kits, however without a structured pedagogical framework, students without any prior experience simply learn how to interact with individual components and miss out on how they can be integrated into a system. In this paper, we present our experience in implementing a freshman mechanical engineering course focused on the following main objectives: 1) promoting a computation mindset, 2) providing opportunities to develop essential troubleshooting skills of hardware and software programs, 3) encouraging programming multilingualism and 4) stimulating self-learning and exploration of new hardware to foster lifelong learning skills. The students' lab experiences begin with structured lessons plans regarding analog and digital components and culminates with an open-ended project where students are tasked with developing a robot racer to compete with other students. During the course, students begin programming with MATLAB to reinforce engineering programming concepts and transition to using C programming to implement an embedded solution. A survey was provided to learn about the student's experiences and to help improve future course offerings.


the article deals with the problem of interdependence between the notions of time and translation. The author analyzes specific use of the language means in translations of different chronological periods. The article aims at reconstructing the translator's time on the basis of the comparative study of formal and conceptual features. The author concludes that semantic components are of more importance in determining the time relation of a translated text.


We consider routing schemes for connections with end to end delay requirements, and investigate several fundamental problems. First, we focus on networks which employ rate-based schedulers and hence map delay guarantees into nodal rate guarantees, as done with the guaranteed service class proposed for the Internet. We consider first the basic problem of identifying a feasible route for the connection, for which a straightforward, yet computationally costly solution exists. Accordingly, we establish several /spl epsiv/-optimal solutions that offer substantially lower computational complexity. We then consider the more general problem of optimizing the route choice in terms of balancing loads and accommodating multiple connections, for which we formulate and validate several optimal algorithms. We discuss the implementation of such schemes in the context of link-state and distance-vector protocols. Next, we consider the fundamental problem of constrained path optimization. This problem, typical of QoS routing, is NP-hard. While standard approximation methods exist, their complexity may often be prohibitive in terms of scalability. Such approximations do not make use of the particular properties of large-scale networks, such as the fact that the path selection process is typically presented with a hierarchical, aggregated topology. By exploiting the structure of such topologies, we obtain an /spl epsiv/-optimal algorithm for the constrained shortest path problem, which offers a substantial improvement in terms of scalability.


The development progress of environmental protection policies of the CPC in the sixty years indicates that in the former thirty years,the environmental problem was related to the ideology and developed tortuously;but in the latter thirty years,the CPC explored a way of the scientific development to construct ecological civilization.It is only road for keeping China's economy stainable development to emphasize eco-agriculture protection and to attach the same importance to developing economy and protecting environment.


Acute invasive fungal sinusitis (AIFS) is an aggressive disease that requires prompt diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment given its rapid progression. However, there is currently no consensus on diagnosis, prognosis, and management strategies for AIFS, with multiple modalities routinely employed. The purpose of this multi‐institutional and multidisciplinary evidence‐based review with recommendations (EBRR) is to thoroughly review the literature on AIFS, summarize the existing evidence, and provide recommendations on the management of AIFS.


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A simplified model is used to explore the mechanisms for droplet vaporisation in fluidised bed reactors used for the production of polyethylene in the gas phase. Both homogeneous and heterogeneous vaporisation models are considered. It is shown that for a reasonable range of droplet sizes (less than 1 mm in diameter), droplet vaporisation will be essentially complete at bed heights on the order of 1 m.


Wood flour/polyvinyl chloride composite (WFPVCC) is a kind of composite material that, over the years, is becoming more popular in constructions applications. In this work, cutting forces and machi ...


For gas spheres with masses of 104M0'"'-'1020Me, the hydro dynamical evolution, beginning from a state where the objects have become opaque, is calculated by means of an electronic computer. The effects of general relativity is included, but energy transport is neglected. The mechanism of bounce, crush and collapse is discussed qualitatively. It is shown that gas spheres with mass greater than about 107 Me cannot escape from the final collapse because of general relativistic effect, though this mass limit depends on the initial condition. Therefore, the cause of the expansion of the metagalactic system cannot be explained in terms of the bounce of a gas sphere with mass about 1020 Me.


An attempt is made in this research to examine the relationship between income and health by testing the Absolute Income-Health Hypothesis (AIH). The study primarily focuses on 34 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries for the period of 2001-2016. The data for the study were mainly sourced from World Development Indicators (WDI) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Observatory Data Repository. Using heterogeneous slopes modelling set-up that incorporates series of non-stationarity, cross-section dependence, and group-specific trends, we failed to find evidence in support of the AIH. Our empirical outcome cast doubts on the robustness of previous studies that ignored such modelling attributes, while we deduced that methodology matters in analysing income-health nexus and testing the validity of the AIH for cross-section of countries. By contrast, we find income to be an insignificant determinant of health in SSA compared to health spending and improved sanitation.


A city's materiality creates health and illness. We both write about air - its movement and its temperature - as it affects human bodies. We offer two topics as case studies, heat and ventilation, and how they exacerbate the effects of each other, to illustrate the long history of seemingly new challenges posed by the novel coronavirus. The environmental inequalities of heat exposure and access to fresh air underscore that cities can only be considered 'low impact' on the environment from a top-down, large-scale approach. In writing about air and heat, we direct attention to the feel and the bodily impacts of unseen but persistent problems in housing. Centuries of building inequalities into the urban environment are coming to bear on our present debates about indoor space, ventilation, and viral spread as cities encounter the COVID-19 crisis.


Abstract During the past 100 years, insect control has been a predominant objective and influence on the development of entomology in Canada. Preoccupation with the insecticide method of insect control threatened for a while to divert entomologists from the biological bases of their science. But the scientific questions and practical problems raised by insecticides have recently generated a renaissance of biological thinking about insects and ways to control them. Older biological methods and certain promising new ones are receiving increased attention. Insecticides have won a permanent place in our arsenal but we can no longer continue to rely so heavily on this one weapon. A new perspective is emerging in which strategies of insect control will be formulated on the basis of population dynamics studies and will involve assembling from a variety of control methods the appropriate combinations to meet particular problems. The requirements of these combined strategies will impinge increasingly on economic and social affairs which, in turn, will modify the technology of insect control.


Photochemical reactions between acridine and acridan in benzene solution have been studied. The product is diacridan in the absence of oxygen, while in the presence of oxygen, it is acridine. The reactive excited state in both cases is, most likely, the lowest π-π* triplet state. Contrary to the expectation, the kinetics in the degassed solution is difficult to interpret. The rate of acridine production in the presence of oxygen, gives a sharp maximum near ∼10−4 M of oxygen at fixed acridan concentrations. Its quantum yield is reproduced by Φ=0.25×β[AH2]/(α[O2]+β[AH2]) with α/β=3.3 (1). Two schemes consistent with (1) have been tentatively presented in which one involves the mere deactivation of the triplet acridine by oxygen, and the other assumes the formation of an excited oxygen (or the like), which oxidizes acridan but is partially deactivated by a certain substance.


child life and to focus attention upon the sensitivity of immature creatures to environmental conditions. If health is to be preserved, the first essential must be that growth and development shall be able to proceed normally, and this applies not only to antenatal life but throughout the whole of childhood. A few weeks before his death Sir Leonard Parsons gave an impressive address at the opening of the Department of Child Health of the Welsh National School of Medicine. In this (see page 1137) he discussed among other things the growth of preventive paediatrics. Up to the present there has been a somewhat artificial separation of preventive from curative paediatrics, and, though the two camps are drawing together, real vitality will not be generated until there is complete union. There is a need for fuller study of normal childhood by appropriately trained and intelligent workers, and to this end there must be enlargement of the university departments and institutes of child health to include such workers. Alternatively, research work of this type must be encouraged in other university departments-for instance, in those concerned with physiology and psychology. There will, of course, be continuing opportunity for advances in clinical paediatrics and for direct personal service to the patient-work which gives the satisfaction described by Florence Nightingale in these words: " If I have anything of the kind to do I can do without marriage or intellect or social intercourse or any of the things people sigh after. . I want nothing else, my heart is filled." Clinicians, if they so desire, can usefully give a " prophylactic" flavour to their work by emphasis upon those types of physical disorder that are at present mainly responsible for ill-health in childhood-trauma, respiratory infections, the common infectious fevers, and, in infancy, disorders of nutrition. There are also great opportunities for -linking prevention and treatment more closely in the field of mental ill-health. But the trend of progress in paediatrics is likely to put the healthy child rather than the sick child in the centre of the picture, and the successive gradations down the scale of full health, average health, subnormal health, and disease will be studied in that order. This reversal of the presentday pattern-so fruitfully followed by Parsons-in which disease is traced back to its sources, is no novel conception but rather a question of viewpoint and emphasis. One desirable result will be to remove any artificial division that at present exists in the paediatric structure. To enlarge our knowledge and understanding of health, especially during the period of most active growth and development, is becoming increasingly important in the interests both of the individual and of the nation. PNEUMOCONIOSIS IN SOUTH WALES Between 1931 and 1948 more than 22,000 British coal-miners had to leave their work because they were suffering from pneumoconiosis. Nineteen thousand of these men were from South Wales, where the incidence of this disease is 40 times as great as in the rest of Britain. This concentration of disabled men in one coalfield has given rise to a very serious social problem, recently reviewed by Hugh-Jones and Fletcher.1 Approximately 10% of an estimated population of 43,000 certified and uncertified cases of pneumoconiosis are unemployed yet capable of work under normal industrial conditions. No country can view without serious concern a situation in which men disabled by serving a vital industry cannot find work at a time when there are more jobs than men to fill them. Nor can it afford to allow younger men to be discouraged from mining by seeing groups of unemployed disabled miners at the street corners of mining villages. Well-intended welfare schemes-such as the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, the Grenfell and Remploy Factories, and the encouragement given by the Board of Trade to private industry to come into South Wales-have not met the needs of these men. The physical disability of breathlessness among the more disabled prevents them from doing heavy unskilled work, which is plentiful in South Wales. Most of them have reached the age of 50 and feel incapable of learning new skills for light work or of competing against the younger men and womenfolk for the light unskilled jobs. Moreover, they are crowded together in the Welsh valleys, where there is no alternative to mining and where transport to other areas is difficult. To make matters worse, they live in a region where 11% of the male working population is disabled. Thus competition for the few jobs they can do is high, and to register as a disabled person is of no help. Some men refuse to take this step, because they consider they have better prospects of finding work in the normal labour market. It is easy to understand their reluctance to break their ties with Wales to find jobs in other regions. Hugh-Jones and Fletcher suggest that a system of medical follow-up and grading of ex-miners with pneumoconiosis would give them the reassurance that so many of them need and cculd steer them into appropriate jobs. Writing as doctors, they do not consider it within their province to make any social or economic recommendations. This is the concern of various Government Departments. Since 1947 a National Joint Pneumoconiosis Committee


Lengthy and highly variable customs' clearance processes and service times at ports of entry, along with the associated emissions generated from transporting cargo from far away production sites can severely erode the efficiency of offshoring within global supply chain networks. Nearshoring, namely the practice of allocating manufacturing capacity next to demand points, is a corporate countermeasure to such issues. This paper proposes a novel, total landed cost decision-making methodology for the identification of the optimal mixture of nearshore/offshore production capacity allocation and the optimal port of entry taking into account free trade and sustainability-related issues for global supply chain networks. Various "whatif" analyses of interest to practitioners (C-level executives, corporate planners, and regulators) are conducted, and interesting managerial insights are discussed.


This paper presents some of the results for the research done for a Masters dissertation. It focused on a comparative study of Web of Science (WOS), Scopus, and Google Scholar (GS) for the South African environmental sciences scholarly journals.  The prolific growth of the online citation resources like Scopus and Google Scholar created new opportunities for academics in citation tracking and citation analysis. The objectives of the study included comparing WOS, Scopus and GS on a macro- and micro-level, in order to determine whether GS could be considered a substitute for the fee-based citation resources WOS and Scopus. The South African scholarly environmental sciences journals were chosen as the target population. The study consisted of a pilot study and three measuring instruments that were compiled based on the literature review. This article focus on the results of the content quality/accuracy verification process which measured amongst others the citation counts, multiple copies and inconsistencies encountered across the three citation resources WOS, Scopus and GS. The results regarding the total citation count of the three citation resources indicated that WOS retrieved the most citation counts. In addition GS retrieved the most multiple copies which included duplicates and triplicates. The study also indicated that all three citation resources retrieved unique citation hits of which WOS retrieved the most. The study was able to establish that GS is not a substitute for WOS and/or Scopus for the South African scholarly environmental sciences journals internationally accredited during the period 2004-2008. It was concluded that GS can be used as a supplementary citation resource to the fee-based citation resources WOS and Scopus.


The fossiliferous rocks belonging to the now famous Olenelluz Zone or basement Cambrian series were practically unrecognised by the majority of geologists ten years ago. They are now, however, known to have an almost universal extension on both continents north of the Equator, from India to Lapland in the Old World, and from Virginia to British Columbia in the New. Fossiliferous beds belonging to this Lower Cambrian zone have been recently found to occur in their proper place among the well-known Cambrian quartzites of Nuneaton and Atherstone, and the fossils, which are many of them well-preserved, include Hyolithes, Coleoloides, Kutorgina, Sccnella, etc., of the same type as those which occur in the lowest Cambrian rocks of Scandinavia and Newfoundland. The first indications of fossils in this Midland zone were detected by Dr Stacy Wilson in July 1895, and the actual fossil-bearing beds were subsequently followed and worked out in the field by myself. It is exceedingly interesting to find the same general succession of Cambrian rocks in the English Midlands as in all those regions in Britain and abroad, where the well-known Cambrian quartzite band forms the lowest bed of the Cambrian system. The fossil-bearing layers in the Midlands come in, as usual, between two sets of arenaceous strata, namely between a lower sandy series—the well-known Nuneaton or Lickey quartzite—and a higher and thinner arenaceous series, which appears to be the local equivalent of the well-known Salterella Grits and Hollybush Sandstone of other districts. It thus becomes more clearly evident


Proteomic analysis of plasma or serum is a formidable challenge due to the presence of a few highly abundant proteins. Detection of low abundance protein biomarkers requires either the specific depletion of high abundance proteins with immunoaffinity columns and/or other protein prefractionation methods. Here we describe a 2‐dimensional liquid chromatography separation method for the fractionation of rat plasma. In the 1st dimension proteins were separated by chromatofocusing according to their isoelectric point. In the 2nd dimensions, proteins were fractionated by non‐porous, reversed‐phase chromatography according to hydrophobicity. Data from both separations was displayed as a protein expression map of isoelectric point versus hydrophobicity. In 4 consecutive chromatofocusing separations, the pH gradient differed by less than 0.2 pH units during elution. Second dimension peak retention times differed by less than 7 seconds in 6 consecutive separations. Each sample was separated into a total of 540 fractions which were analyzed by mass spectrometry. We detected about 275 proteins with molecular masses ranging from 3 to 225 kDa. Differential display of 2D protein expression maps from authenticated retinol‐sufficient and retinol‐deficient plasma samples identified a protein that was consistently down‐regulated in vitamin A‐deficient rats. Mass spectrometric analyses revealed differential expression of a 44 kDa protein tentatively identified as β‐fetuin.


(57) Abstract: discloses a single mode optical waveguide fiber having a segmented core design. In particular the core is composed of three segments (2,6,8), each of which has a refractive index distribution and characteristic dimension. When properly selecting the refractive index distribution of each of the segments, the waveguide fiber is about 9.5 mode field diameter of the total dispersion and becomes positive and small over the operating wavelength window of 1565nm from 1530 nm, a large effective area than 60 [mu] m Distribution further inside volume of distribution, is defined by the ratio of the outer volume of distribution with respect to the outer profile volume and the inner volume of distribution. Inner volume be in the range from 2.28 to 3.26% μm


Powder X-ray and neutron diffraction studies of the calcined
siliceous zeolites ITQ-7, ITQ-9 and CIT-5, and the aluminophosphates
AlPO4-31 and Mg-doped AlPO4-17 have been
carried out as a function of temperature in order to determine their thermal
expansivity properties. Of these, ITQ-7, ITQ-9 and MAPO-17 show
negative thermal expansivity over a wide temperature range, in common with
several other previously studied microporous materials. CIT-5 and AlPO4-31
are anomalous in showing an expansion on heating. A detailed study of CIT-5
highlights the key structural parameters which determine its positive expansivity.
From expansivity data currently available on seventeen microporous materials,
it is clear that negative thermal expansivity must be considered the norm
rather than the exception. Positive expansivity is encouraged by the structure
having a relatively high framework density and a one-dimensional channel
system.


For heavy-tailed econometric data it is of interest to estimate the tail index, a parameter that measures the thickness of the tails of the marginal distribution. Common models for such distributions include Pareto and t distributions, and in other applications (such as hydrology) stable distributions are popular as well. This paper constructs square root n consistent estimators of the tail index that are independent of the scale of the data, which are based on an assumed knowledge of the parametric family for the marginal distribution. Given the popularity of parametric modeling for economic time series, this method gives an appealing alternative to nonparametric tail index estimators – such as the Hill and Pickands estimators – that are appropriate when the modeler believes that the data belongs to a certain known parametric family of distributions. The method works fairly well for stationary time series with intermediate memory and infinite variance, and since it is parametric does not depend upon blocking or tuning parameters. Small sample results and full asymptotics are provided in this paper, and simulation studies on various heavy-tailed time series models are given as well.


The article employs the example of the use of the writ of Habeas Corpus in cases involving lesbian women in India. These cases, few and far between, provide a broad canvas to theoretically reflect on the relationship of the lives of queer women with the law as well as with the women's movement and the queer movement in India. The article proposes a critical analyses of the way the law frames identities, struggles and movements and suggests possible direction for theoretical perspectives that take on this nexus and evolve a language that is closer to the reality of the lives addressed in legal, academic and activist work, with all its conflicts, contradictions and chaos.


The civilization of the world of science and technology is now heading towards the era of industrial revolution 4.0 and society 5.0, it takes the readiness of the world community to be able to deal with it. Indonesia, the majority of the population is Muslim, there are many Islamic organizations, one of which is Al Jam'iyatul Washliyah. This study aims to explore the relevance of Al Jam'iyatul Washliyah's planning strategy for the implementation of Islamic Accounting towards the industrial era 4.0 and society 5.0. The methodology used is a literature study approach to national and international journal articles, as well as books and other literature related to Islamic accounting. This research shows that on the one hand PT. BPRS Al-Washliyah has implemented sharia accounting in its operations. On the other hand, the Al-Washliyah organization organizationally still needs to further strengthen its strategy in order to fully implement sharia accounting in accordance with sharia PSAK. The results of this study are that the Islamic community organization which is classified as large in Indonesia is expected to be a model for the rise of a work system based on sharia. Islamic accountants and accounting are the answer to all forms of work in the accounting field that can respond to the challenges of modern times in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 and society 5.0. Al-Washliyah needs to implement a strategy for implementing sharia accounting, because this is in accordance with Islamic teachings.


A method for diagnosing a variable setting of a compression ratio in a reciprocating internal combustion engine (2), an error (S6, S18) of the variable setting of the compression ratio, being signaled as a function of a measured state variable of the exhaust gas system, in particular a measured exhaust gas temperature.


The article describes the management and organizational practice by businesses in Japan. Corporations in Japan have little formal organization, less delegation of authority and little reliance on s...


In this article, local linear estimators are adapted for the unknown infinitesimal coefficients associated with continuous‐time asset return models with jumps, which can correct the bias automatically due to their simple bias representation. The integrated diffusion models with jumps, especially infinite activity jumps, are mainly investigated. In addition, under mild conditions, the weak consistency and asymptotic normality are provided through the conditional Lindeberg theorem as the time span T→∞ and the sample interval Δ n →0. Furthermore, our method presents advantages in bias correction through simulation whether jumps belong to the finite activity case or infinite activity case. Finally, the estimators are illustrated empirically through the returns of stock index under 5‐minute high sampling frequency for real application.


Native chaparral flora showed a response to late fall prescribed burning similar to the expected effects of a summer or early fall wildfire but with some important differences. Shrub cover was temporarily reduced by burning, but Adenostoma fasciculatum reached preburn cover within three growing seasons. Non-sprouting shrubs recovered more slowly, and repeated prescribed fires would favor A. fasciculatum. Native fire-following herb response to this prescribed fire had similar cover to that expected following wildfire, but species diversity was lower than reported from wildfires. Chaparral ecosystems occupy a large area of California and are important for wildlife habitat, watershed, and human activity (FRRAP 1988). Chaparral periodically burns, which temporarily reduces the shrub canopy and encourages herb growth (Hanes 1 977). The natural fire cycle can conflict with human values, therefore land managers have long sought to manage fire occurrence in chaparral (Sampson 1944). Fire management practice since 1900 has changed from unrestricted burning to attempts at complete suppression, eventually culminating in the present policy of prescribed burning for vegetation management. The general effects of fire on chamise chaparral are well known and have been the subject of several notable research programs (Cooper 1922; Sampson 1944; Biswell et al. 1952; Christensen and Muller 1975; Keeley et al. 198 1) and extensive reviews (Hanes 1977; Keeley and Keeley 1988). The mature shrub canopy accumulates fuels, which become highly flammable in late summer and fall, beginning about ten years after burning. The accumulated fuel burns, usually within a few decades, removing woody vegetation. Within a few months after fire, sprouting shrubs begin regrowth and dormant seeds of fire-following herb and suffrutescent shrub seeds germinate. Herbs and suffrutescents dominate the chaparral for a few years until the regeneration of dominant shrubs completes the cycle. Although the general pattern of fire effects on chaparral is documented, the variability among several important chaparral communities and some species is not (Keeley and Keeley 1988). AddiMadrono, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 21-29, 1991 This content downloaded from 188.8.131.52 on Sat, 21 May 2016 04:54:46 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms


THE RESULTS OF SIXTY-THREE HYBRID GIRDERS TESTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, ARE PRESENTED. THE GIRDERS WERE SUBJECTED TO THREE DIFFERENT FATIGUE LOADING CONDITIONS: (1) BENDING, (2) SHEAR, AND (3) COMBINED BENDING AND SHEAR. THE RESULTS OF EACH LOADING CONDITION ARE DISCUSSED IN SEPARATE SECTIONS OF THIS REPORT. THE FATIGUE TEST DATA WERE ANALYZED STATISTICALLY. BASED ON THE ANALYSES OF AVAILABLE DATA, THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PARAMETERS WERE ESTABLISHED. THE CORRELATION STUDY OF STATISTICAL ANALYSES AIDED: (1) IN DISTINGUISHING THE SIGNIFICANT PARAMETERS TO CONSIDER, AND (2) IN RECOMMENDING THE LIMITING VALUES FOR THOSE PARAMETERS. /AUTHOR/


High-power quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) working in continuous wave (cw) above 400K are presented. The material was grown by low-pressure metal organic vapor-phase epitaxy and processed into narrow buried heterostructure lasers. A cw output power of 204mW was obtained at 300K with an 8.38μm wavelength, 3mm long and 7.5μm wide coated laser. The device operates in cw mode above 400K, which exceeds the previous maximum cw temperature operation of QCLs by approximately 60K. Preliminary reliability data obtained by accelerated aging tests indicate a remarkable robustness of the lasers.


https://e-aair.org Hypersensitivity to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is the most common drug hypersensitivity. A recent study proposed the classification of NSAID hypersensitivity into 5 phenotypes: NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease (NERD); NSAID-exacerbated cutaneous disease (NECD); NSAID-induced urticaria, angioedema, or anaphylaxis (NIUAA); single NSAID-induced urticaria, angioedema, or anaphylaxis (SNIUAA) and single-NSAID-induced delayed reactions (SNIDR).1,2 NSAID hypersensitivity can also be classified as cross-reactive reactions or single NSAID-induced reactions. Cross-reactive NSAID hypersensitivity is often mediated by non-immune (e.g., COX-1 inhibition) reactions caused by 2 or more NSANIDs with different chemical properties. Cross-reactive NSAID hypersensitivity is characterized by the overproduction of cysteine leukotriene (CysLT). In contrast, single-NSAID-induced reactions are mediated by immune responses (e.g., immunoglobulin E or T-cell mediated).


As populations and economies expand, increasing quantities of natural resources are extracted and processed, more goods are moved, more people travel, more energy is used, and more wastes are generated. One outcome is over 800 million motor vehicles operating in the world today, consuming around 40 million barrels per day of petroleum, producing about half the urban pollution, and emitting over 1/10 of the world's anthropogenic greenhouse gases (IEA, 2000). This process is not sustainable unless energy and environmental performance is improved. In this chapter, we focus on the energy and environmental performance of land-based vehicles, especially those operating on roads. We examine internal combustion engine vehicles, electric-drive vehicles, and alternative fuels.


Poor quality graduates and poor work adjustment among the work force are some contemporary challenges of higher education training in many societies. Affected graduates usually lack the technical skills, attitudes and competencies required to perform effectively when employed. Often times, difficulties to cope with the demands and expectations of the work environment put some at risk of job loss and redundancy; hence, undermining the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG:4). Poor quality graduate outputs have been blamed on diverse factors which include: personal, institutional and socio-cultural. However, this study is focused on the institutional factors. The position of this paper is that institutional inputs which cover training have to be more strategic and progressive for the production of high skilled workforce that are competitive both locally and globally. This will enhance the achievement of UN SDG: 4, which is targeted at enhancing learning for the acquisition of vocational and technical skills for decent work as well as for global citizenship in a global world. Based on the aim of addressing learning gaps among graduates, this paper stresses the need for instructional inputs to be in tandem with global best practices, while adapting indigenous resources (value system) to impart learners, cognitively and affectively. The paper recommends that higher education institutions should leverage the training strategies pointed out in this paper to enhance quality of graduates and future labour force that can contribute to sustainable national development.


We introduce a new construction of matrix wreath products of algebras that is similar to wreath products of groups. We then use it to prove embedding theorems for Jacobson radical, nil, and primitive algebras. In §6, we construct finitely generated nil algebras of arbitrary Gelfand-Kirillov dimension

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 over a countable field which answers a question from [New trends in noncommutative algebra, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2012, pp. 41–52].


In recent decisions,' Florida courts have allowed tenants to recover damages from landlords resulting from criminal acts of third parties which occurred on the landlord's premises.


path•h, for path planning of a point robot in environments, where there exist not only polygonal obstacles but also curved obstacles. The local shortest path is defined as a path which is the shortest in its neighboring region, and on the basis of this concept a collision-free path can be planned by selecting common tangents of the obstacles. In the tangent graph, a node corresponds to a tangent point on


MetaDisk is an open source software project seeking to prove conceptually that cloud storage applications can be made more decentralized, more secure, and more efficient. In addition, MetaDisk provides a prototyping platform for a fully decentralized network. In pursuit of this goal, we propose developing a web application that provides an interface for non-technical users, and an underlying API for native applications and feature extensions. A cryptocurrency will serve as both an incentive and payment mechanism while a separate blockchain will be used as a datastore for file metadata. This application will seek to operate autonomously as a peer-to-peer network of nodes running open-source code, depending on a public blockchain for information rather than a central database. MetaDisks primary objective is to provide a stable testing platform for a peer-to-peer cloud storage network called Storj. MetaDisks ultimate objective is to provide a set of tools that will allow Storj to integrate more easily with traditional platforms and users.


In order to determine the feasibility of 4 C storage of frozen‐thawed red blood cells beyond the 24 hours now allowed by the Food and Drug Administration (BoB), chemical and cytological measurements were made of blood units processed by different methods. The only significant findings were a progressive increase in the plasma hemoglobin and plasma potassium. These were most pronounced when the storage medium was the 0.8% NaCl‐0.2% dextrose and storage was continued past five days. Storage in autologous plasma produced less pronounced changes, but the changes were still about twice that found in a unit of whole blood stored for the same amount of time. Storage in 5% albumin or Plasma Protein Fraction did not seem to provide conditions much superior to the dextrose‐saline solution. Contamination of the unit produced somewhat more hemolysis than in its sterile control but not enough to be readily detectable. From these studies it seems logical that the 4 C storage time could be extended to at least three, and in all probability five days, with no significant harm to the recipient, and with a great increase in the useable life of the blood unit, thus increasing the availability of a very precious commodity.


An ongoing stream in financial analysis proposes mean‐semivariance in place of mean‐variance as an alternative approach to portfolio selection, since segments of investors are more averse to returns below the mean value than to deviations above and below the mean value. Accordingly, this paper searches for a stochastic programming model in which the portfolio semivariance is the objective function to be minimized subject to standard parametric constraints, which leads to the mean‐semivariance efficient frontier. The proposed model relies on an empirically tested basis, say, portfolio diversification and the empirical validity of Sharpe's beta regression equation relating each asset return to the market. From this basis, the portfolio semivariance matrix form is strictly mathematically derived, thus an operational quadratic objective function is obtained without resorting to heuristics. Ease of computation is highlighted by a numerical example, which allows one to compare the results from the proposed mean‐semivariance approach with those derived from the traditional mean‐variance model.


AVT02 is an investigational biosimilar to adalimumab. It is approved in Europe, Canada, and the UK. It is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).To assess the real-life patient handling of an autoinjector (AI) in adult patients with moderate-to-severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who self-inject AVT02 subcutaneously (s.c.).This open-label study enrolled 107 adalimumab-naïve subjects with moderate-to-severe active RA to self-inject AVT02 with the proposed AI 40 mg s.c. in Week 1, and every other week thereafter through Week 8. In an optional extension phase through Week 56, subjects were switched from AVT02 AI to pre-filled syringe and followed for safety and efficacy. The primary endpoint was the percentage of successful self-injections as reported by both the trial site and by subjects using standardized questionnaires at Week 8. Additional endpoints included ease of use and robustness of the AI at Week 8, and efficacy in RA, assessment of serum trough levels of AVT02, and detection of antidrug antibodies (ADA) throughout the study.The AI success rate was 100% as reported by both the trial site and by subjects. No handling events were noted through Week 8. Approximately 80% (78.1–84.9%) of subjects found the AI 'very easy' to use and, in general, less difficulty was reported as the study progressed. The first 110 AIs used were inspected for robustness and none showed any sign of damage or malfunction.All subjects who completed Week 8 (n = 106) took part in and completed the optional extension phase through Week 56.At Week 8, 49.1%, 5.7% and 0.9% subjects achieved ACR20, -50 and -70 responses, respectively. Improvement was also reported for the SDAI, DAS28 CRP and HAQ, with scores consistently decreasing through Week 8. In the extension phase, 70.8%, 47.2% and 13.2% subjects achieved ACR20, -50 and -70 responses at Week 56. Improvement was also reported for the SDAI, DAS28 CRP and HAQ, with scores consistently decreasing through Week 56.From Baseline through Week 8 the mean serum concentrations of investigational AVT02 increased consistently at each visit, reaching a peak at Week 24. There was no significant difference in serum concentrations of AVT02 based on injection subsite (abdomen or thigh).ADAs were detected in 65.1% of subjects through Week 8, reducing to 49.1% by Week 56. Of ADA-positive subjects, most were also positive for neutralizing antibodies through Week 8 (62.3%) increasing through Week 56 (90.4%). Subjects who were ADA-positive had lower serum concentrations of study drug compared with the overall population at Week 8 and Week 56 as expected.There were no clinically relevant safety or tolerability issues. Overall, treatment-emergent adverse events reported in at least 5% of subjects at the PT level were anaemia and influenza (6 subjects [5.6%)] reported 6 events each), and no local ISRs were reported.The fully successful self-injection with the AI in this study supported the use of the device while administering AVT02. Furthermore, subjects typically found the AI easy to use, with ease of use increasing as time progressed.The ACR20, -50, and -70, SDAI, DAS28 CRP and HAQ results supported the use of AVT02 to treat adult patients with moderate-to-severe RA, with the treatment effect persisting beyond Week 8 and through Week 56.The safety and immunogenicity profiles were as expected for adalimumab.ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04224194Nemanja Damjanov: None declared, Heimo Stroissnig Employee of: Alvotech, Matjaz Steiger Employee of: Alvotech, Joanna Sobierska Employee of: Alvotech, Eric Guenzi Employee of: Alvotech, Hendrik Otto Employee of: Alvotech, Abid Sattar Employee of: Alvotech, Halimu N. Haliduola Employee of: Alvotech, Elin Edwald Employee of: Alvotech, Fausto Berti Employee of: Alvotech


The heat exchanger, of tube bundles, has distributors (22a-22c) inserted into the passages between the tubes (12). A cleaning medium flows through the hollow interior (30) of the distributors. Horizontal supports (26b), thinner than the spaces between neighboring tubes, hold the distributors in place between the tubes. The supports can be rotated into a vertical position (26'b) to remove the distributors from the tubular structure.


The invention relates to a testing method of multiple-event sequence recording accuracy in a large-scale distributed control system. According to the method of the invention, a pulse signal generator of which the precise frequency is 1KHz generates continuous pulse signal output, and the pulse signal output is used for testing event testing accuracy and time recording resolution of a sequence-of-event recording device (SOE) station. With the testing method adopted, two or more synchronous or asynchronous signals of which the difference value is 0.05 ms can be accurately identified, such that the accuracy of testing of the event relative time scales of a sequence-of-event recording device can be ensured, and therefore, the technical performance index of the sequence-of-event recording device can be verified, and judgment basis can be formed for event analysis generated in the actual operation of the system. The testing method is advantageous in easiness in material acquisition and relatively low cost.


Agreement concerning the assumption of responsibility for the protection of the diplomatic and consular interests of the United Kingdom Government in the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden (with annex). Signed at London on 27 July 1989


"Ecological equality" is a core substance of equal concern,more exactly to say,it is equality of emphasis on difference.It regards all people and "inhuman existence" as equal existence.This equality concept itself has profound aesthetic significance.What's more,its realization needs improving to the aesthetic height.It is not only the important content of contemporary philosophy and ethics,but also the underlying pursuit and value embodiment of contemporary aesthetics.


The Williamson Collection Project began in October 2001, it involves the study of 19,445 sherds ofSasanian and Islamic pottery collected in Fars and Kinnan provinces during field surveys and small-scale excavations by the late Andrew George Williamson between 1968 and 1971. The study of the material is being carried out at the Department of Archaeology, University of Durham with fimding from the British Institute of Persian Studies. The aims of the project are threefold: 1) to provide a complete catalogue of the sherds, including a basic description and classification; 2) to create a list and map


Alopecia areata, more than any other dermatologic condition, lends itself to the evaluation of the effectiveness of intralesional injections of various corticosteroid suspensions. This is particularly true if cases of long duration and extensive hair loss are selected. In such cases, when sites of corticosteroid injection are compared with sites injected with saline alone, the specific action of the steroid is easily observed. Although saline, alone, injected into the scalps of patients with alopecia totalis will give some localized transient hair regrowth in roughly 20% of cases, the hairs so produced are invariably sparser, finer, lighter in color, and of briefer duration than hairs grown in response to a suitable corticosteroid suspension. Rony and Cohen, 1 in 1955, first reported on the use of local injections of hydrocortisone suspensions in scalp lesions of alopecia areata. I feel that this is at present the treatment of choice for circumscribed, relatively small


The electron spin resonance spectrum of Fe 3+ in hexagonal CdS has been studied at X-band. The spectrum is explained in terms of the usual spin Hamiltonian with the following parameters: g =2.018± 0.002, a =(96±2)×10 -4 cm -1 , D =(-49±2)×10 -4 cm -1 , F =(-3±2)×10 -4 cm -1 , at 1.5°K. The resonance signal is observed in as-grown crystals under irradiation with band-gap light and also in heat-treated samples without illumination at liquid helium temperatures. The signal is enhanced by 950 mµ radiation. Light in the region around 650 mµ and also of 1.2∼2 µ causes quenching of the signal. The 650 mµ quenching bands consist of two bands of 630 mµ (1.97 eV) and 680 mµ (1.82 eV), which correspond to the electron excitation from the bonding level ( t 2 b ) to the non-bonding one (e n ). The 950 mµ enhancement is due to the hole transfer from Cd vacancy to Fe 2+ via the valence band. The 1.2∼2 µ quenching arises from the recombination of electrons released from electron traps with holes at Fe 3+ . The observed p...


Synthetic spiral 3D VSP data are generated using an isotropic, acoustic finite-difference scheme and the SEAM velocity model. Imaging the synthetic data using reverse-time migration demonstrate the ability to illuminate steeply dipping sediments in complex geological environments using 3D VSP data. With increased computing power, it is now feasible to have an iterative flow of survey design, synthetic data simulation and imaging for optimum placement of source and receivers in a 3D VSP survey.


The epidemiology of aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts, maize and cottonseed, the life cycle of the fungus from sources of primary and secondary inoculum, the mode of entry of A. flavus into the plant, seed infection and, finally, aflatoxin formation in the seed is reviewed.


We present a low entry-level introduction to the Conformal Bootstrap. We review and obtain several basic bounds using Linear Programming in machine precision in Mathematica, making the results accessible even to the most uneducated computer user. The Extremal Functional Method and the method of determinants are also explored. Finally, we make an attempt at writing modular invariance statements as crossing symmetry equations for twist operators and perform Modular Bootstrap using 4-pt correlators.


Given the low visibility of indebtedness and normative expectations regarding the use of credit and the accrual of debt, questions arise as to whether or not being unable to manage one's finances responsibly should necessarily lead a person to feel shame. Findings from a study, based on forty-six interviews with members of Debtors Anonymous (DA), exploring the relevance of labeling theory to individual perceptions of one's indebtedness as shameful are presented. Shame is revealed to be a key element in the labeling process. How stigmatized labels arise in interaction, how such labels affect a person's thoughts, feelings, and actions, and how gender affects labeling experiences are discussed. Insights into the interconnections between labeling and shame show the labeling process to be considerably more complex than suggested in the original version of labeling theory.


To provide suppressing the suction head the damage of the ceramic green sheet at the time of aspiration. The suction surface of the suction head 14 has a plurality of grooves GR extending parallel with a widthwise end portion that has been subjected to chamfering is formed. Further, the bottom portion of each of the plurality of grooves GR, a plurality of suction holes HL are formed at predetermined intervals. Force applied to the ceramic green sheet 20 when sucking the ceramic green sheet 20 is alleviated by the widthwise end portion of the groove GR.


We used XRF and INAA methods to analyze the chemical composition of whole-rock and volcanic glass samples from the Tamateyama and Sekibutsu Tuffs in the area surrounding the Nara Basin. Both tuffs have rhyolitic compositions with SiO2=73.6-75.0 wt.%, similar to that of the Muro Pyroclastic Flow Deposits (Muro PFD). The REE patterns of the tuffs are characterized by light REE enrichment, a pronounced negative Eu anomaly, and relatively constant chondrite-normalized middle to heavy REE abundances. These features are similar to those of S-type felsic rocks of the Outer Zone of southwest Japan. Our new petrochemical data provide additional constraints on correlations of the Tamateyama Tuff, Sekibutsu Tuff, and Muro PFD, and indicate that these units were derived from a large felsic igneous body in the Outer Zone of the Kii Peninsula.


The original strains Bacillus cereus SW06 were mutated by UV,then the new strain BZ-3 was screened and their lipase productivity was 2.49 times higher than before.Another new strain BF-3 was screened after the strain BZ-3 was mutated by NaNO2,4.11 higher than the original strain SW06.When the BF-3 was propagated to the fifth generation,their lipase productivity was stable.


The present invention discloses an improved process for the production of desired recombinant peptides from bacterial cells by using G-CSF as a novel fusion partner for their high level expression in these cells. The invention further provides an expression system comprising the fusion protein wherein the G-CSF is operatively linked to the peptide of interest via an enzymatic or chemical cleavage site which can be used to separate the fusion partner from the said peptide.


The authors have analysed electronic signature law establishing in the EU and the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris. The papers have compared the activity in the frame of the EU and the ICC about electronic law codification. The influence of directive 1999/93/EC on electronic signature on the regulation of this instrument in the member states has established their compatibility. In the middle part of the ICC' GUIDEC II is "the best practices" including directive 1999/93/EC rules. On the base of electronic signature comparison, the authors conclude that for business practice is the most acceptable approach, the electronic signature law establishment in the EU frame.


This article compares the differences of postgraduate curriculum setting between China and USA,combines the practice of the neurological postgraduate teaching in Tongji University,and reflects the problems in current situation.The preliminary experience was summarized and further suggestions on the optimization of postgraduate curriculum setting of neurology were proposed.


Malaria is becoming the most widely distributed disease in the world. There were 212 million cases of malaria and 429,000 of them died in the year 2015. Enviromental, behavior, knowledge and health care factors play an important role in the incidence of malaria in endemic areas. The purpose of this study was analyze the influence of mobility and behavioral factors on malaria import incidence in the Kecamatan Watulimo, Kabupaten Trenggalek. This research was an observational, used case control study design. The research samples were 42 people. Data were statistics analyzed using logistic regression test. The results of this research were influence between high frequency of mobility (p=0.023; OR=16.670), duration of stay in endemic areas for a bit (p=0.014; OR=35.940), less knowledge (p=0.022; OR=11.946), and less practice (p=0.010; OR=25.534) against malaria import incidence in the Kecamatan Watulimo, Kabupaten Trenggalek. But there was not influence attitude (p=0.470) against malaria import incidence in the Kecamatan Watulimo, Kabupaten Trenggalek. The high frequency of mobility factor ≥ 3 times and duration of stay in endemic areas for a bit 1-2 months, behavior factor less knowledge and practice can lead to increased risk of malaria import incidence in the Kecamatan Watulimo, Kabupaten Trenggalek. We recommended to increased the community knowledge and practice on malaria and its prevention with counseling. Increased JMD empowerment, revitalization of Posmaldes, provision of chemoprophylaxis malaria and insecticide mosquito net at the village level.


This paper proposes a novel procedure, based on a Bayesian approach, aimed at giving distribution network operators information about the possible presence of harmonic producing loads, along with an indication about the reliability of such information. Given that too many measurement instruments are needed for a complete observation of the electric quantities, a model based state estimation technique is proposed here. It exploits the few real time measurements and all the other available information to estimate the harmonic currents injected by the nonlinear loads. The robustness of the procedure with respect to the possible variations in the power demanded by the loads and in their harmonic behavior is investigated by means of Monte Carlo simulations. The theoretical fundamentals of the method are discussed and some results relevant to a simple distribution network are presented.


The internet of things is an evolving trend, connecting "things" to the internet, exchanging and collecting information about the surrounding environment. This is possible, by using different devices such as sensors and actuators feeding information that when connected together, enable to monitor and interact with the surrounding environment. Nowadays, there are many devices with different functionalities from multiple manufacturers, which create an interoperability issue of how to interconnect and manage this heterogeneous world of devices. In order to promote interoperability and effectively manage devices it's required to store their data and at the same time handle the registration of each device in a network. The development of a reference architecture can provide a solution for this problem, however a consensus on a reference architecture that can effectively manage this heterogeneous world of devices, is still not yet achieved. Device management is a key feature for any real world solution for a scalable reliable interoperable cloud platform. This gives the capability to add a device, and in that moment enable communication with the rest of the network, sharing information and providing knowledge in an interoperable balanced environment. Adding new devices to a network and assign the necessary services, interfaces and rules will provide a fast track not only in terms of a business-oriented solution but also in back-end management and interoperability. This paper proposes a device management solution based on an architecture and model, to support the registration of devices and propose the necessary services and events, which can be used by a specific device, during its life span inside the physical network.


The aim of the present research was to study neuropsychological features of combined obsessive-compulsive and catatonic disorders in sc hizophrenia spectrum disorders. Material and methods : 60 patients with obsessive-compulsive and catatonic symptoms were examined. Neuropsychological examination was performed by the use of traditional set of tests (Luria, 1969) [1]. Results : 2 groups of patients with obsessive-compulsive and catatonic symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders are differentiated: 1) OCD with the phenomena of obsessional slowness — obsessive-compulsive and catatonic symptoms develop in the consistent symptom complex; 2) OCD with the phenomena of soft catatonia is an independent manifestation of obsessive-compulsive and catatonic symptoms. The deficit of higher mental functions appeared as difficulties in voluntary regulation of behavior and praxis, intellect dysfunction and a decrease in neurodynamic parameters of mental activity. Severe dysfunction was found in patients with OCD with soft catatonia.


A new ternary potassium cobalt stannide, K13CoSn17–x (x = 0.1), was obtained by reacting the mixture of the corresponding pure elements at high temperature, and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. K13CoSn17–x (x = 0.1) crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca (No. 61) with a = 26.2799(7) A, b = 24.1541(6) A, c = 29.8839(6) A, V = 18969.3(8) A3, and Z = 16. Its structure contains isolated [CoSn9] monocapped square antiprism and [Sn4] tetrahedron in the ratio 1:2, forming a hierarchical variant of Laves phase MgZn2. The structural relation between the title compound with MgZn2 as well as other binary stannides is also discussed.


Previously reported structures of 1,4-bis(3,3,3-triphenylpropynyl)benzene (1) showed molecules adopting a Ci point group in the triclinic space group P1. Reasoning that a symmetry conflict between the 3-fold symmetric triphenylmethyl groups and the 2-fold symmetric phenyl group may be responsible for the low symmetry crystal structure, it was speculated that the removal of the central benzene ring might lead to crystal symmetries where the molecular 3-fold axes might be elicited. To test that, we analyzed the crystallization and packing of 1,1,1,6,6,6-hexaphenyl-2,4-hexadiyne (2). Satisfyingly, compound 2 was found to crystallize in the rhombohedral space group R3 with three different molecular structures, one displaying a chiral C3 point group and the others a meso conformation with an S6 point group.


If there are pros, corns are always there. As email becomes a part of individual's need in our busy life with its benefits, it has negative aspect too by means of email spamming. Nowadays images with embedded text called image spamming have been used by the spammers as effective text spam filtering methods already been introduced. Tracking and stopping spam become challenge in the internet world because of versatility in the spam images. In this paper a novel model AFSIF (Autonomous Fuzzy Spam Image Filter) has been introduced. The basic idea behind AFSIF is, an spam image can combine several basic features of different spam images, so feature fusion weight of the image has been generated, which keeps combined feature of spam images and user preference as well. Here user preference has not been applied separately; it is used to calculate the fusion weight in terms of predefined topics (rule table).


Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago; Department of Astronomy \& Astrophysics, and the Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago


The content of polysaccharide in Pleurotus Nebrodensis was determined by phenol-sulfuric acid spectrophotometry at 485nm.The converting factor for polysaccharide is 1.59.The linear rang is 5.00? ?0.00μg/mL(r=0.9998) with recovery of 96.66%—102.33% and relative standard deviation of 2.01%—3.10%.Pleurotus Nebrodensis has abundant of polysaccharide.The method is accurate and stable,and suitable for the determination of polysaccharide in Pleurotus Nebrodensis.


This paper presents an HMM-based method and ex-perimental results for voice conversion between UK and US accented English. Phonetic-tree based tied-state triphone HMMs are used to map equivalent states of the source and target spectra. Then a linear transformation method is incorporated to estimate the most likely target spectra for a given input. The mapping is between two different sets of phoneme i.e. the 44-phoneme UK English BEEP phone set and 39-phoneme US CMU phone set. Finally, a prosody adaptation is applied to tune the prosodic parameters. The experiments are based on voice conversion between speakers speaking different unrestricted texts. Acoustic-phonetic mapping between two different accents database enables us to attempt to deconstruct accents to investigate how they are distributed among different parameters such as spectra, energy contour, pitch, and duration.


Chaotic systems make a vitally important part of science and engineering at the theoretical and practical levels of research. Most interesting and applicable notions are, for example, chaos control and chaos synchronisation related to secure communications and hidden attractors among others. Recently, the study of chaos is focused not only on the traditional trends but also on the understanding and analysing principles aimed to controlling and utilising chaos in real-world applications. Well-known chaotic attractors and systems can even be produced by the simple three-dimensional autonomous system of ordinary differential equations, e.g. the Lorenz system, which originates from modelling of atmospheric dynamics, or discrete chaos as the logistic equation, based on a predator–prey model showing complex dynamical behaviours. These models and others can be found in the selected papers of this issue. This issue also studies an intersection of two interesting fields of research – deterministic chaos and evolutionary computation. The aim of this issue is to show how chaos can be used as a tool in research, e.g. its use in evolutionary algorithms or identification of the geothermal processes, or as an object of research. The authors are, to the best of our knowledge, the originators or closely related to the originators of the above-mentioned chaos application and research. Hence, this issue shall serve as the overview of selected topics on that field discussing the benefit from the intersection of modern and fruitful scientific fields of research. The goals of this special issue are as follows. The main one is that the research field on deterministic chaos is a fertile area where many fields of science benefit: biology, physics, economy, chemical technologies, air industry, and the space exploration. On the other side, chaotic behaviour, exhibited sometimes by deterministic systems, can be destructive for the systems. The issue will be an instructional material for senior undergraduate and entry-point graduate students in computer science, physic, appliedmathematics andengineering,whoareworking in theareaofdeterministic chaos and its applications. The issue does not cover all aspects of these two fields but provides selective illustrations. The authors and editor hope that readers will be inspired to do their own experiments and simulations, based on information reported in this issue.


The pharmacologie treatment for anxiety in the general adult population (not the geriatric population) described in "Managing Psychological Conditions in Palliative Care" (November 2002) may represent the usual treatment, but it's defi? nitely not the recommended one. First-line treatment calls for the use of selective serotonin reup take inhibitors (SSRIs).1 Benzo diazepines should not be used because of the possibilities of addiction and adverse effects. The author's recommended


This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third Iberoamerican Conference on Applications and Usability of Interactive TV, jAUTI 2014, and the Third Workshop on Interactive Digital TV, WTVDI 2014, held as part of Webmedia 2014, Joo Pessoa, Brazil, in November 2014. The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on IDTV overview; IDTV development tools; IDTV evaluation and testing; IDTV accessibility and usability.


We consider a zero-delay remote source coding problem where a hidden source modeled as time-invariant multidimensional Gauss-Markov process is partially observed through an encoder whereas the performance criterion is the mean squared-error (MSE) distortion between the hidden process and the reconstructed process. For this setup, we characterize a converse bound on the long term expected length of all instantaneous codes. This characterization is used to derive a closed form expression for stationary scalar-valued Gaussian processes which is well-defined only for a specific range of values of the distortion region. The obtained analytical solution is utilized to compute the rate-loss (RL) gap from the well-studied special case of ``fully observable'' scalar-valued Gauss-Markov processes obtained in [1, Eq. (1.43)] and to draw connections to existing results in the literature.


This paper compares grammatical and pragmatic development in foreign language learners of Swedish. For the analysis of grammatical proficiency, data from translation tasks and essays were tested against the stage model proposed in Processability Theory, which identifies five stages of morpho-syntactic development for Swedish (Pienemann 1998, Pienemann and Hakansson 1999). For the pragmatic analysis a gap-fill task, inspired by the discourse completion task (Blum-Kulka 1982, Kasper and Roever 2005), but taking into consideration sequential aspects of the interaction was used. All tasks were piloted with a control group of Swedish native speakers. The results indicate a relationship between native-like pragmatic command and a high level of morpho-syntactic processability. The findings suggest that students whose grammatical processing capacity is restricted to lower levels find it difficult to contextualise their utterances in a pragmatically appropriate way. (Less)


This study was conducted to compare teaching gynecology and infertility courses with both lecture and peer methods. In 2018, a quasi-experimental study was designed at the midwifery department of a state university in Iran. A total of 32 midwifery students were participated in the study. During the first eight sessions, 50% of the course content was taught in the form of same-level peer – teaching. The last eight sessions of the course were taught by lecture. At the end of each session, students were given a post-test, also midterm and final exam. At the end of exams, each student was asked to complete a questionnaire assessing students' perception about teaching methods. The average mid- term exam score for peer – teaching (34.5 ± 5.5 ) was significantly (p<0.01 ) higher than the lecture method (30.4 ± 5.8 ), as well as average final exam score (7.2 ± 1.5  vs. 5.8 ± 1.6 ). The average overall student perception score for the peer – teaching method was significantly (p<0.01 ) higher than the corresponding score for the lecture method (86.8 ± 11.5  vs. 74.1 ± 12.4 ). Using the peer education as a complementary method in teaching theoretical courses along with the traditional lecture method seems to be appropriate.


Abstract.  1. Dead wood plays a key role in the functioning of forest ecosystems and is appropriate for conservation purposes and for maintaining biodiversity. In this context, in mixed silver fir ancient forests of the southern French Alps, the respective influence of management status and decay stages were assessed together with assemblages of saproxylic invertebrates.


Ceramic on ceramic hip-joint replacements (THR) are known for their excellent wear resistance. Such rigid-rigid bearings generally exhibit a biphasic wear-performance, i.e. a rapid run-in phase decreasing into a steady-state phase. However, due to the ultra-low wear of ceramics, few studies have adequately characterized these wear phases. Since this behavior was not well defined for modern alumina-on-alumina hips, we studied this phenomenon using hip simulator techniques. We also compared all-ceramic THR to UHMWPE wear-rates for exact comparison. Run-in wear was measured at 200,000 cycle intervals to 1 million cycles (1 Mc) followed by 500,000 cycle intervals to 14 Mc. Alumina heads started off with high wear but then demonstrated a curvilinear run-in phase that smoothly transited into steady-state wear. The alumina liners had linear run-in to 0.6 Mc and then abruptly transited into steady-state by 0.8 Mc. During run-in, the liner wear was 40% greater than for the mating heads. Steady-state liner wear varied from 0.002 to 0.007 mm3/Mc. It was also clear that at least 10 million cycles were required to define the steady-state wear for alumina implants due to their ultra-low wear magnitudes. Combined head and cup run-in wear averaged 0.33 mm3/Mc and was completed within 0.8 Mc while steady-state wear was The run-in phase would probably be completed by the first year of follow-up. Compared to UHMWPE cups, the alumina implants demonstrated a 9,000-fold wear-reduction over 20 million cycles in the simulator. This may correspond to 20 years in the typical patient. In addition, the alumina/UHMWPE combination has been favored historically because using CoCr/ UHMWPE bearings resulted in a doubling of the wear-rates in comparative clinical studies. Clearly the all-ceramic THR offers a much superior alternative with its massive reduction in wear-debris volume.


Cantang grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus × lanceolatus) is an Indonesian fisheries commodity that seeded and has high economic value. Cantang grouper is also had excellence because it has fast growth and tolerance to disease, so these fish are widely cultured. The purpose of this study was to analyze the hatching rate, growth monitoring, and survival rate of cantang grouper. This research was conducted at UPT PBL Situbondo, East Java Province on December 2018 until January 2019. Spawning of the cantang grouper was done artificially. The hatching rate of cantang grouper eggs was 53.3 %, growth rate ranging from 0.0009-0.7900 gr/day and specific growth rate ranging from 10.34-29.84 %. Larvae maintenance includes feeding, measurement of water quality, and change of water. Feeding is in the form of Chlorella sp., Rotifer, Artemia sp., Acetes sp., and artificial feed. The survival rate of cantang grouper was 26.9%. The measured water quality was a temperature ranging from 29-30 °C, pH with a range of 7.9-8, and dissolved oxygen (DO) was 7 mg/L.


This report deals with the first experience with endoventricular patch plasty in patients suffering from left ventricular aneurysm. The early postoperative results in 18 patients operated upon during January and May 1995 are encouraging. All patients survived the procedure. In contrast to patients operated on according to a linear resection technique the postoperative outcome and the early results are much better with this technique. We recommend the endoventricular patch plasty on a beating heart.


This paper presents a temperature measuring system based wireless sensor network,which consist of upper monitor control PC,sink node and sensor node with CC 1110 as the core.The hardware circuit and software of sink node and sensor node were designed.The maintenance of network topology was implemented by destination-sequenced distance-vector routing protocol.The system can measure,transmit by wireless, and process real-time temperature data.The result shows that the system works reliably and has low power consumption and cost.


This is a general introduction to hydrogels which have a wide range of applications in biomedical engineering due to their complex structure. This paper reviews the development history of hydrogels and biomedical engineering in the past. It is analyzed that modern hydrogels are improved on the basis of traditional hydrogels using modern science and technology. For example, hydrogels with self-healing functions based on dynamic reversible chemical bonds can repair wounds, reduce infection rates in clinical medicine, and have a sterilization effect. Not only that, because of its good sterilization effect, hydrogels can also be used as materials for culturing cells in bioengineering. Analysis shows that the functions of hydrogels not only show diversification but also show combinations of a variety of functional groups because of their complex structure Various application fields also pointed out the limitations of current hydrogels and discussed the direction of development in the future.


The present investigation is a comparative study of pulmonary function variables mainly Force Vital Capacity, Forced expiratory Volume in 1 sec and Peak Expiratory Flow rate of Male Rajput population of high and low altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh. The total subjects taken for the study were healthy 400, out of which 200 were taken from high altitude (> 2200 m) and 200 were taken from low altitude (< 300m). The subjects were divided into four groups of 5 years interval. The variables were measured with the help of calibrated computerized spirometer named Spiro Excel manufactured by Medicaid Systems, Chandigarh. The results indicate that there exist significantly higher values of FEV1 ( forced expiration volume in 1 sec) in high altitude population of the age 20-25, 26-30 and 31-35 in comparison to corresponding age peer groups of low altitude. The Force Vital Capacity is found to be highly significantly greater in the age group of 36-40 years in comparison to rest of the age groups. The peak expiratory flow rate is found to be significant higher in the age group of 20-25, 31-35, 36-40 and not in 26-30 age group of residents of high altitude. Quite surprisingly Rajputs of 36-30 age group of low altitude have more PEFR than Rajput residents of high altitude. The results of pulmonary variables are discussed at length in the paper.


The diploid non-heading Chinese cabbage(2n=2x=20) with spontaneous 2n gamete was used to study the mechanism of forming unreduced gamete(n=2x=20).After observed and analyzed by traditional squash method,it was found that there are two pathways for the unreduced gamete formation in non-heading Chinese cabbage.One was by nearly parallel spindle to form dyad and thus giving rise to two unreduced gametes.The other one was by tripolar spindles to form triad and thus giving rise to one unreduced gamete and two reduced gametes.Furthermore,the frequency of unreduced gamete formation by triangle spindle was higher than that by nearly parallel spindle.Although the frequency of 2n pollen did not exceed 9%,its size was 1.5 times of n pollen.


We have synthesized Cu3BiS3 thin films on fused silica substrates in a one-step process by reactive sputter deposition of Cu−S and Bi on hot substrates. This one-step process produces films that are crystalline, phase-pure, dense, smooth, and continuous. As-deposited films have a direct forbidden band gap of 1.4 eV, an optical absorption coefficient of 1 × 105 cm-1 at 1.9 eV, p-type conductivity, and an electrical resistivity of 84 Ω·cm. Postdeposition annealing in an H2S atmosphere increases crystallite size and reduces electrical resistivity of films to 9.6 Ω cm.


The rate constant of the reaction Cl + CH3OH (k1) has been measured in 500–950 Torr of N2 over the temperature range 291–475 K. The rate constant determination was carried out using the relative rate technique with C2H6 as the reference compound. Experiments were performed by irradiating mixtures of CH3OH, C2H6, Cl2, and N2 with UV light from a fluorescent lamp whose intensity peaked near 360 nm. The resultant temperature-dependent rate expression is k1 = 8.6 (±1.3) × 10−11 exp[−167 (±60)/T] cm3 molecule−1 s−1. Error limits represent data scatter (2σ) in the current experiments and do not include error in the reference rate constant. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 42: 113–116, 2010


We develop an alternative approach to carrier transport between the edge states via resonant scattering on impurities, which is applicable both for short- and long-range impurities. A detailed analysis of resonant scattering on a single impurity is performed. The results are used for study on the interedge transport by multiple resonant hopping via different impurity sites. It is shown that the total conductance can be found from an effective Schr\"odinger equation with constant diagonal matrix elements in the Hamiltonian, where the complex nondiagonal matrix elements are the amplitudes of a carrier hopping between different impurities. It is explicitly demonstrated how the complex phase leads to Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in the total conductance. Neglecting the contribution of self-crossing resonant-percolation trajectories, one finds that the interedge carrier transport is similar to propagation in a one-dimensional system with off-diagonal disorder. We demonstrate that each Landau band has an extended state E${\mathrm{\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}}}_{\mathit{N}}$, while the other states are localized. The localization length behaves as ${\mathit{L}}_{\mathit{N}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}1}$(E)\ensuremath{\sim}(E-E${\mathrm{\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}}}_{\mathit{N}}$${)}^{2}$.


A good organization is an organization that is able to increase employee engagement, in various innovative ways so that employees feel valued and appreciated. Employee engagement in this study refers to an explanation from Schaufeli (2002), which is a motivational condition of employees related to work, which is shown by vigor, dedication, and absorption. Every employee has a different level of engagement, including every employee of various generations. The purpose of this study is to find out and explain the comparison of employee engagement in employees of generation X, Y, and Z. This type of research is a comparative descriptive study with a quantitative approach. Retrieving data using questionnaires distributed online. The sample used by 170 people from various generations of respondents was obtained, namely generation X as much as 32, generation Y as many as 98, and while generation Z as many as 40. While in the data analysis using descriptive analysis, inferential analysis, and one way ANOVA to compare. The results showed that there was a significant difference in the level of employee engagement for employees of generation X, Y, and Z. Employee engagement between generations X and Y were not significantly different, while generation Z was significantly different from generation X and Y. Keywords : employee engagement, generation X, generation Y, dan generation Z.


One of the most important characteristics in calculating the cutting tool wear in contact with the processed composite is the friction coefficient. In most calculations, including the finite element method, the friction coefficient is traditionally set as a constant, the value of which is often taken from experience without any reason. However, when machining reinforced composites, there are too many mechanical and technological factors that have a very strong effect on the friction coefficient value. This influence is associated not only with the initial heterogeneity of the composite, but also with the constant actual change in the contact conditions over time, caused by the wear of the tool cutting part. The friction coefficient value in real conditions of contact interaction has a very complex physical content due to the presence of products of fibers and binder destruction in the contact, partial a binder melting at a temperature in contact, and the unevenness of the cut fibers presence.
This article presents a formulation that allows you to calculate the value of the friction coefficient depending on the volumetric content and the inclination angle of the reinforcing elements. It is proposed to calculate the friction coefficient value as the product of two factors, one of which is responsible for the filler volumetric content, and the other for the reinforcing elements orientation. The calculations use  the mixtures theory relations .The presented expressions for calculations are based on the use of limited experimental information presented by various authors. The available data are often contradictory and relate, as a rule, to predicting the processed surface quality of unidirectional glass and carbon fiber reinforced plastics. At the same time, the friction coefficient value in the calculations has a significant impact on the representation of tool wear and life. The model does not take into account the contact pressure effect, mutual sliding velocity and temperature on the friction coefficient value, which will be the subject of further research in this direction.


We derive the exact equations of motion (in Newtonian, F = ma, form) for test masses in Schwarzschild and Gullstrand–Painleve coordinates. These equations of motion are simpler than the usual geodesic equations obtained from Christoffel tensors, in that the affine parameter is eliminated. The various terms can be compared against tests of gravity. In force form, gravity can be interpreted as resulting from a flux of superluminal particles (gravitons). We show that the first order relativistic correction to Newton's gravity results from a two-graviton interaction.


By analyzing the sampling observation of the plumbing threaded valve of Zhejiang Yuhuan County in recent years, the quality status and the existing problems are summarized. Also the causes of the above problems are analyzed.