Dr. Fehervari succeeds in presenting a concise and yet comprehensive picture of the history of Islamic pottery from its emergence in the seventh century to its final decline in the nineteenth century. The information is clearly laid out according to a well-organized formula. Each chapter opens with an invaluable historical resume followed by a discussion of the evidence available for attributing a date and place of manufacture to the group and finally a description of the techniques and characteristic decoration. The text is divided into three sections: the Birth of Islam, the Middle Ages and the Final Period. The first section briefly examines the history of pottery in the pre-Islamic period and then describes the emergence of the Islamic tradition under the patronage of the earliest dynasties in Syria, Iraq and Egypt. The second section outlines the tremendous flowering of the potters" art in Persia and the central Islamic lands up to the fifteenth century, and describes ceramic production in Mamluk Egypt and Muslim Spain. The final section looks at the prolific pottery manufacture of Persia in the Safavid and Qajar periods, and of Turkey under the Ottomans. The excavations and technical research carried out in recent years have revealed so much new information on the development of Islamic pottery that a number of previously established theories have been turned upside down. This is particularly the case with the study of the earliest period, a much neglected area which the author examines carefully in his introduction. The explosion of the ' Samarra myth' is one of the most interesting aspects of this reappraisal. The German scholars Ernst Herzfeld and Friedrich Sarre concluded after their excavations there in the 1920s that the dating of the types of pottery they found could be limited to the 50-year period in which Samarra was the 'Abbasid capital (221-69/836-83). However, there is literary evidence that indicates the survival of the city long after those dates and presumably the continuation of the pottery industry. In addition, ajar decorated with green and yellow splashes was excavated at Susa which contained a hoard of coins minted at Samarra between 302^4/914-55. The jar itself does not fit in with earlier theories that maintained that lead glazed splash ware was one of the earliest Islamic pottery types, developed under the influence of imported Chinese T'ang vessels. However, it now appears that such vessels were never exported because they were specifically produced for imperial tombs. The technique of Islamic splash ware was developed independently and produced well into the fifth/ eleventh century. The chronology for lustre pottery proposed by Ernst Kiihnel in 1934 in which the polychrome technique preceded the monochrome has rarely been challenged. Fehervari contends that the two styles were simultaneous and have been excavated together at Samarra, but unfortunately, the general nature of the introduction precludes him from expanding further on the subject. He also asserts that the formula for its manufacture was widely known and not the monopoly of a few potters' families. But he fails to explain why, if this was the case, such pottery was rarely produced in more than one area at any one time and why the potters of Khurasan in the fourth/tenth century could only produce imitation lustre pieces. It seems more likely that the craftsmen who knew the complex secrets of the lustre technique, and who were probably not potters but specialist painters, moved from one place to another. This would explain the movement of the technique from Iraq to Egypt, then to Syria after the conflagration of Fustat and thence to Persia where one notes the similarity between the Persian 'monumental' style and the earlier Fatimid style of drawing. This pattern of migration certainly applied to the lustre painters in sixteenth-century Italy who travelled from city to city working under contracts that never lasted longer than a year or two. Since the author has placed such emphasis on the most recent research and theory throughout the text of the book it is a pity that apparently the publishers did not consult him when writing the blurb on the dust jacket. The first sentence repeats the oldest misconception of all, that the Qur'an forbids figural representation. It is particularly ironic when no less than a third of the illustrated examples contain human or animal figures and four are figurines. However this minor slip does not detract from the immense appeal of this well-produced book.


Abstract. We studied the long-term impact of contrasting tillage
and cover cropping systems on soil structure and hydraulic properties.
Complete water retention and conductivity curves for the top (0–5 cm) and
subsurface (20–25 cm) soils were characterized and contrasted. Dynamic
water storage and retention were evaluated using numerical simulations in
HYDRUS-2D software. Compared with standard-till (ST) and no-cover-crop (NO)
systems, soils under no-till (NT) and cover cropping (CC) systems showed
improved soil structure in terms of pore size distribution (PSD). Changes in
hydraulic conductivity (K) under these systems led to an increased infiltration
rate and water retention. However, NT and CC plots had lower water content
at field capacity (33 kPa suction) and lower plant-available water (PAW)
compared with ST and NO plots. Numerical simulations, however, showed that NT
and CC plots have higher water storage (albeit marginal in magnitude) and
water availability following irrigation. Because the numerical simulations
considered retention and conductivity functions simultaneously and
dynamically through time, they allow the capture of hydraulic states that
are arguably more relevant to crops. The study concludes that the long-term
practices of NT and CC systems were beneficial in terms of changes to the
PSD. NT and CC systems also marginally improved soil water
conductivity and storage at the plot scale.


Exposure to and invasion by parasitic organisms may play an important part among many other intrinsic factors that guide the evolution of animal forms. Trypanosomes, two species of which cause African sleeping sickness today, are blood parasites of great antiquity. Their presence in Africa at the time of the first stages of human evolution may have been of great consequence, at first acting as a discriminating agent between resistant and non-resistant types of hominids, and later also in shaping migration routes and settlement patterns. As a possible clue as to why man arose in Africa, the author postulates that trypanosomes may have precluded the development of certain ground-dwelling faunas, allowing certain more resistant primates to fill the empty ecological niches. Some of these primates, thus becoming ground-dwellers, became the precursors of the hominid branch. The evolution of T. gambiense and T. rhodestense, the two human parasites, and their development in the tsetse fly, are debated. The epidemiological aspects and patterns of the disease are examined under the changing climatic conditions of the Pleistocene and during later times, when Africa was opened up by Western exploration.


Objective To explore Livin,PTEN and Caspase-3 protein expression and their correlationship in colon cancer. Methods The expressions of Livin,PTEN and Caspase- 3 protein in 50 cases of colon cancer,colon adenoma and normal colorectal mucosa were detectded by immunohistochemistry staining. Results(1)The expression of Livin in colon cancer,colon adenoma and normal colorectal mucosa was 64. 00%,56. 00%,18. 00%. Livin protein positive expression rates in colon cancer tissues was more than those in colon adenoma and nomal colorectal mucosa and had statistical significance.(2) The expression of PTEN in colon cancer,colon adenoma and normal colorectal mucosa was 40. 00%,76. 00%,98. 00%. The expression of Caspase- 3 in colon cancer,colon adenoma and normal colorectal mucosa was 46. 00%,84. 00%,92. 00%. Caspase- 3 and PTEN protein positive expression rates in colon cancer tissues were less than those in colon adenoma and nomal colorectal mucosa(P 0. 01).(3) Caspase- 3,PTEN protein expression had prominent inverse correlation with the Livin expression. Conclusion Livin,PTEN,Caspase- 3 participate the happen and the development of colon cancer. The suppressed of PTEN protein may accelerate the express of Livin,and promote the happening of colon cancer. Livin promotes colon cancer through inhibited caspase- 3 protein activity.


Horizontal wells application in heterogeneous reservoirs is challenging as implies high expenditures in conditions of difficulties with such wells modeling. In case of complex reservoir the model matched to history data and accepted to be rather accurate can give the erroneous estimation of horizontal wells performance. This paper is aimed to study the issue with using of integrated approach. As a possible reason of the mistaken forecast the uncertainties related to reservoir complexity are investigated. At first, by means of analytical solutions the uncertain parameters influencing horizontal well performance are identified. Then the qualitative analysis of their impact on the oil rate as a decision criterion is performed on the model. After that basing on the field data, the ranges of uncertainty are determined and incorporated into simulation process. Finally, by Monte Carlo technique with automatic history matching applied to the model its non-uniqueness is demonstrated proving the necessity of performing multivariant forecast that is especially critical for horizontal wells. As a result the modelling procedure is proposed and the complex of research is recommended in order to increase model reliability. This will allow uncertainties management and proper decision making in terms of projects profitability.


In this paper, we have developed conditions for the deposition of zirconium oxide coatings from solutions containing hexafluorozirconic acid as well as tungsten and molybdenum salts on a steel base. Based on electrochemical studies, it was shown that the addition of tungsten and molybdenum salts to the solution to deposit zirconium oxide coatings led to the inhibition of the anodic process of iron ionization. It was shown that the optimal conditions for the deposition of oxide-zirconium coatings on the surface of steel samples from a solution of 0.2 g/L Zr (IV) + 0.15 g/L W (VI) + 0.1 g/L Mo (VI) were a deposition temperature of 30 °C and time of 10 min. The thickness of the oxide-zirconium coatings formed under these conditions was 64.72 nm, the adhesion value was 3.17 MPa/s, and the corrosion resistance was 26 s according to Akimov's drop method. The depth of corrosive penetration, determined in the salt fog chamber, did not exceed 2 mm after 240 h of testing, meeting the requirements for adhesive layers under the paintwork.


Objective: Ludwig's angina is a severe diffuse cellulitis in mandibular region that is commonly caused by odontogenic infection. Due to its acuteness at onset and rapid spread, involving the submandibular, sublingual region bilaterally and submental region, this condition is considered as an emergency because it can cause airway obstruction. Methods: A 40 years old male patient came to Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital emergency room with pain and swelling of lower jaw, drooling, difficulty in breathing and opening his mouth. He was diagnosed with sepsis and Ludwig's angina. Tracheostomy was performed to secure the airway, which was followed by teeth extraction, incision and drainage to eliminate the source of infection. A combination of intravenous antimicrobial medicines was administered. Results: An advanced case of Ludwig's angina and its management was reported. The patient showed good response to the treatment and his condition improved. Conclusion: Ludwig's angina is a rare emergency condition that is potentially life-threatening. Patient showed significant recovery due to immediate and rapid management in securing airway patency and infection source control to prevent the spread of infection and further


Two distinct template mediated coordination polymers, [Co3(ina)4(N3)2(CH3OH)2] with tri-nuclear nodes (1) and [Co8(OH)(ina)8(N3)8·X] with dual tetra-nuclear cobalt nodes (2), have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions by utilizing the template agent of pentaerythritol. 1 shows a 2D layer comprised of linear tri-nuclear CoII clusters, in which the central cobalt ion is inter-linked with two terminal ones via mixed bridges as syn–syn carboxylates and end-on azide ions. In contrast, compound 2 exhibits a three-dimensional framework based on two kinds of six-connected tetra-nuclear cobalt clusters: square-planar node and cuboidal node. Both 1 and 2 might exhibit spin-canted magnetism. In addition, the activated sample of 2 exhibits the sorption ability of H2 and CO2 molecules.


After the proclamation of Indonesian independence on August 17, 1945, the founding fathers of the nation formulated the objectives of the Indonesian state as stated in the preamble of the 1945 Constitution. In an effort to achieve the intended national goals, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, since the era of President Sukarno until now namely President Joko Widodo has implemented various policies. One of the national policies in the reform era, namely the 1990s, was a change in the principle of government from centralization to decentralization. Since the implementation of the decentralization principle there have been two prominent issues relating to the Regional Head First, the number of Regional Heads sentenced to prison for committing corruption and accepting bribes. Secondly, the emergence of Joko Widodo, who in his second term as Mayor of Solo, was elected as the Governor of DKI Jakarta Province in 2012 to 2017, and later in the 2014 Presidential election, was elected as the seventh President of the Republic of Indonesia. The success of Joko Widodo to gain the above achievements mostly because Joko Widodo implemented the dimensions of transformational leadership and dimensions of emotional intelligence in his leadership so that the community and staff were satisfied and then provided support to him. The author believes that Joko Widodo 'i childhood experience, religious practices, Javanese culture practices, and furniture business experience formed the dimensions of emotional intelligence and transformational leadership dimensions in Joko Widodo's leadership.


Considering intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), we study a multi-cluster multiple-input-single-output (MISO) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) downlink communication network. In the network, an IRS assists the communication from the base station (BS) to all users by passive beamforming. Our goal is to minimize the total transmit power by jointly optimizing the transmit beamforming vectors at the BS and the reflection coefficient vector at the IRS. Because of the restrictions on the IRS reflection amplitudes and phase shifts, the formulated quadratically constrained quadratic problem is highly non-convex. For the aforementioned problem, the conventional semidefinite programming (SDP) based algorithm has prohibitively high computational complexity and deteriorating performance. Here, we propose an effective second-order cone programming (SOCP)-alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) based algorithm to obtain the locally optimal solution. To reduce the computational complexity, we also propose a low-complexity zero-forcing (ZF) based suboptimal algorithm. It is shown through simulation results that our proposed SOCP-ADMM based algorithm achieves significant performance gain over the conventional SDP based algorithm. Furthermore, when the number of passive reflection elements is relatively high, our proposed ZF-based suboptimal algorithm also outperforms the SDP based algorithm.


During my 1-year residency in neurology at the Mayo Clinic in 1973 to 1974, I greatly profited from Clark Millikan's unusual abilities as a clinical teacher. I had started my neurological training in Copenhagen and wanted to supplement my education by 1 year at the Mayo Clinic. Millikan held his weekly clinics where cerebrovascular cases were discussed. He taught us about transient cerebral ischemia and the many factors contributing to or causing the transient ischemic attacks in patients …


In view of the problems of low printing efficiency and low accuracy of 3D printers currently developed in the domestic market, based on fused deposition modeling technology, this paper constructs a processing data model with a cylindrical coordinate data structure by 3D printing and processing models according to the cylindrical coordinate slicing rules. The data model can be used to search in adjacent cylinders to obtain the cylindrical coordinate information of the printing model and use the depth-first traversal method of the slicing model to establish a cylindrical coordinate slicing function. Aiming at the problem of "pointcut" of the model cylinder in cylindrical coordinate slice, a high-performance calculation method of machining accuracy based on the cylindrical coordinate slice algorithm is proposed. This algorithm is used to perform 3D printing processing through high-performance computing of cylindrical coordinate slices. After obtaining the intersection points obtained according to the order of the cylindrical coordinate slices of the model, through the automatic generation of the section profile corresponding to the printed model in OpenGL software, the profile direction of the model section can be determined according to the first cylindrical coordinate slice data generated by cutting each contour. The software and hardware of the 3D printer control system are designed, and the actual model printing test is conducted at the same time. By debugging and testing each module of software and hardware, the system is guaranteed to run stably under scientific and reasonable design. Finally, the experimental analysis results show that the algorithm proposed in this paper can effectively reduce the topology time required for cylindrical coordinate slicing, and the operation is simple, stable, and reliable.


Identifying the most influential scaling factor is critical in the early stage of product-family-based product design, but the issue has been inadequately address by researchers and not properly applied to real-world manufacturing problems. A scaling fa..


Presenting the main contents of the lessons before having it is a kind of integrative practice of teachers' political thought,cultural knowledge theoretical level and teaching activities.It is helpful to the development of teaching activities in vocational schools,improvement of teachers' teaching level,form the good habit of studying theoretical knowledge,improve teachers' quality and professional development.


Perceptron is adopted to classify the Ricker wavelets and to detect the seismic anomaly in a seismogram. Three learning rules are used in the training of perceptron to solve the decision boundary. The optimal learning-rate parameter is derived. The lower and upper bounds of the learning-rate parameter are derived. It can provide that the learning can converge when the parameter is within the range. The normalized learning rule is derived also. Combining learning rules, a fusion learning rule is proposed. In the experiments, these rules are applied to the detection of a seismic anomaly in the simulated seismogram and to compare the convergence speed. The fusion learning rule has the fastest convergence and is applied to the real seismogram. The seismic anomaly can be detected successfully. It can improve the seismic interpretation.


In this master thesis, various surface treatment systems for solid bathroom furniture have been examined. The resistance of the coating - wood system to temperature changes was examined by cold - check test. Liquid water and water vapor permeability of coating systems were tested on ash and larch wood samples treated with different surface treatment systems and changes in the water content of the wood were monitored.


Objective: Vascular calcification, potentially contributing to aortic stiffening, is now recognised to be a highly regulated process resembling osteogenesis. Bone-related proteins involved in osteogenesis may regulate vascular calcification and bisphosphonates, used for treatment for osteoporosis, may have the potential to decrease vascular calcification. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the effect of alendronic acid on vascular calcification and arterial stiffness. Design and method: In an open-label, randomised controlled study, in postmenopausal women evaluated to be osteopenic or osteoporotic, six women (mean age 58 +/- 4.8 years) were studied before and during treatment with alendronate (70 mg weekly). Nine women (mean age 59 +/- 3.5 years) were randomised to calcium and vitamin D only. Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) was measured using a high-definition instant vertebral assessment (DXA-IVA) scan. A previously validated semi-quantitative 24-point score was used to quantify AAC. Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) was measured using the Sphygmocor system (Atcor Medical). Measurements were made at baseline and after 6 and 12 months. Results: In women undergoing alendronate therapy, AAC was significantly reduced over the 12 month follow-up period with mean scores at baseline, 6 months and 12 months of 2.6, 1.6 and 0.4 arbitrary units, respectively (p < 0.05). In contrast, there was no significant change in PWV between the time points after adjustment for MAP and HR (mean values at baseline, 6 and 12 months were 8.15 (confidence intervals (CI): 7.2–9.2), 8.71 (CI: 7.7–9.7) and 9.2 (CI: 8.2–10.2) m/sec respectively, P = 0.419). In women randomised to calcium and vitamin D, there was no significant change in AAC over the follow-up period with mean scores at baseline, 6 months and 12 months of 3.43, 0.42 and 2.0 arbitrary units, respectively, nor was there significant change in PWV. Conclusions: This pilot study suggests that alendronate therapy may reduce reduction AAC as detected by DXA imaging.


The invention discloses a stealing hole pressure plugging device of an oil pipeline. The stealing hole pressure plugging device of the oil pipeline is mainly composed of a rapid clamp, a rubber plug, a beam, a needle frame, a side upright, a plug, a magnetic base, a main cylinder, a diameter measuring shaft, a pointer, a check ring, a locknut, a screw rod, an axial rotary lever, a screw rod feeding lever, a grinding head, a metal gasket, a plugging shaft, a hydraulic meter, a pressure release valve and a cover board. The magnetic base is attracted to the oil pipeline. The side upright is fixed to the magnetic base. The beam is pressed tightly by the rapid clamp and fixed to the upper end of the side upright. The screw rod penetrates through the locknut on the beam and presses the diameter measuring shaft or the plugging shaft tightly. The diameter of a stealing hole is measured through the grinding head at the lower end of the diameter measuring shaft. The stealing hole is plugged through the plug and the rubber plug at the lower end of the plugging shaft. After a short tube is cut off, the plugs are tightly pressed through the cover board and are welded. According to the stealing hole pressure plugging device of the oil pipeline, on the premise that the oil pipeline is under pressure and delivery is not stopped, the diameter of the stealing hole is measured, the stealing hole is plugged, the whole process is conducted in a sealed mode, crude oil is not leaked, the structure is simple, use is safe and convenient, and economic loss caused by a delivery stop of the oil in the oil pipeline is avoided.


There's a lot of talk and research out there on the value of social media for marketing, branding, and PR. Amongst the 700+ people I follow on Twitter I'd wager that 90% of the tweets touch on this to some degree (of course, I do happen to follow a number of people in this space). But what about the use of social media for innovation efforts? Certainly with these technologies there are more ways to connect and collaborate with employees, customers, partners, supply chains, etc. than ever before.


Understanding the determinants of price volatility is a key step to prevent potential negative consequences of to the uncertainty faced by farmers. Our critical provides a novel categorization of grain price volatility drivers. We distinguish endogenous and exogenous causes and conclude on the potential effects that each of identified factors may generate on price dynamics. In particular, we deepen on the contribution of endogenous factors such as spatial and temporal arbitrage, as well as drivers of shocks of demand and supply.


This paper explores the role of knowledge brokers in facilitating the use of evidence in an increasingly uncertain and crisis-ridden world. It is based on case study research in 5 countries of Africa and the ECOWAS region of West Africa, where successful efforts to use evidence emerged. These case studies were based on an analytical framework developed on evidence use, building on the work of Michie et al., (2011), Buk-Berge et al., (2011)


A full-scale incineration process for Savannah River Plant (SRP) low level beta-gamma combustible waste was demonstrated at the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) using nonradioactive wastes. From October 1981 through September 1982, 15,700 kilograms of solid waste and 5.7 m/sup 3/ of solvent were incinerated. Emissions of off-gas components (NO/sub x/, SO/sub 2/, CO, and particulates) were well below South Carolina state standards. Volume reductions of 20:1 for solid waste and 7:1 for Purex solvent/lime slurry were achieved. Presently, the process is being upgraded by SRP to accept radioactive wastes. During a two-year SRP demonstration, the facility will be used to incinerate slightly radioactive (<900 ..mu..Ci/meter/sup 3/) solvent and suspect level (<1 mR/hr at 0.0254 meter) solid wastes.


A Study of Extracting Information from Neuronal Ensemble Activity and Sending Information to the Brain Using Microstimulation in Two Experimental Models: Bipedal Locomotion in Rhesus Macaques and Instructed Reaching Movements in Owl Monkeys by Nathan Andrew Fitzsimmons Department of Neurobiology Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Sidney A. Simon, Committee Chair ___________________________ Miguel A. L. Nicolelis, Advisor ___________________________ Michael L. Platt ___________________________ Craig S. Henriquez An abstract of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Neurobiology in the Graduate School of Duke University 2009 Copyright by Nathan Andrew Fitzsimmons 2009 iv Abstract The loss of the ability to walk as the result of neurological injury or disease critically impacts the mobility and everyday lifestyle of millions. The World Heath Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 1% of the world's population needs the use of a wheelchair to assist their personal mobility. Advances in the field of brainmachine interfaces (BMIs) have recently demonstrated the feasibility of using neuroprosthetics to extract motor information from cortical ensembles for more effective control of upper-limb replacements. However, the promise of BMIs has not yet been brought to bear on the challenge of restoring the ability to walk. A future neuroprosthesis designed to restore walking would need two streams of information flowing between the user's brain and the device. First, the motor control signals would have to be extracted from the brain, allowing the robotic prosthesis to behave in the manner intended by the user. Second, and equally important would be the flow of sensory and proprioceptive information back to the user from the neuroprosthesis. Here, I contribute to the foundation of such a bi-directional brain machine interface for the restoration of walking in a series of experiments in two animal models, designed to show the feasibility of (1) extracting locomotor information from neuronal ensemble activity and (2) sending information back into the brain via cortical microstimulation.


Two strains of pathogenic bacteria were isolated from the cultured Pseudosciaena crocea that suf-fered diseased.They were proved to b e Vibrio alginolyticus by artificial infection and indenti fication.Sulfarme-hoxazole /Trimethoprim,Chloramph enicol,Ciprofloxacin,Nitrofuran toinum are effective in preventing t he growth of the pathogenic bacteria.


Teachers' knowledge and perceptions of bioenergy, and their motivation to teach such a topic, can largely determine the success of implementing bioenergy related education in schools. The study aimed to explore science teachers' knowledge and perceptions of bioenergy in India. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted among 28 science teachers from four urban schools in India. Results indicated that the science teachers were fairly knowledgeable regarding bioenergy and they also demonstrated positive perceptions of bioenergy. In addition, they were positive towards the prospect of receiving more information to increase their own knowledge of bioenergy. However, the science teachers appeared to have some misconceptions regarding the issue of CO2 emission from using bioenergy. It also emerged that although the existing Science syllabus for Grade X in Indian schools includes a topic on bioenergy, the majority of the science teachers were not aware of it. Policy makers and educators are recommended to provide science teachers more support to improve their capacity for teaching energy and environmental topics in schools in India. In addition, an improvement of the current learning and teaching environment in Indian schools could help teachers to deliver energy and environmental education more effectively to their students.


Interactions leading to copulation in the aeolid nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis, have a duration of only a minute or two, and intromission lasts only a few seconds (Longley and Longley, 1982). This paper reports additional details on the temporal structure and variation in structure of these interactions. It is also shown that sperm from a single copulation are sufficient to fertilize only 2 to 3 egg masses and that the state of an animal's sperm supply affects the rate at which it produces egg masses but not the size of the masses produced. In the discussion the results are compared to information on other simultaneous hermaphrodites in an effort to assess the possible adaptive advantages of the structure of the reproductive behavior of H. crassicornis.


The invention discloses a manufacturing method of ginkgo health-care wine, relates to a manufacturing method of beverage wine and particularly relates to a manufacturing method of the ginkgo health-care wine. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps: firstly preparing ginkgo fermented wine and ginkgo soaked wine, then mixing the ginkgo fermented wine and the ginkgo soaked wine according to the volume ratio being 4:1, blending, storing, filtering, bottling and sterilizing the mixed wine to obtain a finished product. The ginkgo wine manufactured by the invention retains the original nutrient components of ginkgo leaves and ginkgo fruits and is a high-grade beverage integrating nutritional and health-care effects.


Abstract A method for deriving global ignition kinetics from a detailed chemical mechanism is described, with the lime-temperature range of applicability assessed. The computed ordering of simple hydrocarbons by ignition temperature is consistent with published data. Values of the global rate parameters were found to be only weakly dependent on gas mixing intensity, as determined by a comparison of results from a perfectly-stirred reactor model and plug flow reactor model. Major reaction pathways prior to and at ignition are presented for methane, ethane, ethylene and acetylene in stoichiometric air. Radical chain mechanism analysis of reduced reaction sets demonstrates that values of effective ignition activation energies are dependent almost entirely on one or two chain-branching reactions. These results suggest that the global chemistry representing the weakly reacting regime up to ignition may be determined independent of reactor fluid mechanics and utilized in the prediction of hydrocarbon auto-ignition.


This paper analyzes the characteristics of wireless radio frequency technology, combined with the current situation ofuniversity laboratory management, for laboratory equipment, personnel, environment and other issues, the wireless radio frequencytechnology is applied to laboratory management, discussing the new method of laboratory equipment management, personnel man-agement, environmental management, so as to realize the intelligent management of University laboratory.


Based on 15 letters between a counselor and a female client, this article outlines and discusses a unique letter therapy process, which is loosely adapted from the Morita Therapy approach to counseling. The five-step Letter therapy approach consists of 1) opening up, 2) focusing on life themes, 3) redirecting toward strengths, 4) reinforcing actions, and 5) affirming a positive attitude toward life. Letter writing has the potential of being used by counselors either in conjunction with face-to-face counseling or as a separate therapeutic method.


Memories make us who we are and reminiscing about loved ones is important for maintaining personal connections. This paper looks at sound bytes as a tool for reminiscing, through the interactive Memory Tree concept, and how it can support the reminiscing of adults about their loved ones. To explore this, a home tour interview was conducted where participants were asked to select an object that reminded them of a loved one. Through thematic analysis of responses, it became clear that sound recordings could be a useful tool that allow people to reminisce. These findings led to the development of the Memory Tree prototype that aimed to find out how people use sound to reminisce. Three people were asked to interact with the prototype. Results showed that the Memory Tree successfully facilitated reminiscing, both in the recording and playback stages, even if participants did not identify sound as the memory cue.


This paper investigates experimentally the confining effect, strengthening capacity and rebound rate of sprayed Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer (SFRP). From the method, resin and chopped fibers are sprayed separately from the nozzle with high pressure, and then they are attached to the concrete surface, so structure could be repaired. To evaluate the strengthening effect of sprayed FRP, cylindrical specimens and beam specimens were strengthening with SFRP. As main material of FRP, glass fiber and polyester resin are used. To investigate the optimum condition of sprayed FRP, the effects of fiber length, coating thickness, fiber volume ratio and concrete strength were examined. Capacities of sprayed FRP method were also compared to the FRP sheet method. In case of the sprayed FRP, rebound rate is important parameter considering economical efficiency and constructibility, so rebound rate of was discussed. From the test results, optimum conditions of sprayed FRP were determined. SFRP method showed superior strengthening capacities than FRP sheet method.


Abstract Objectives: Impaired inhibitory control is a key feature of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We investigated gene–environment interaction (GxE) as a possible contributing factor to response inhibition variation in context of the differential susceptibility theory. This states individuals carrying plasticity gene variants will be more disadvantaged in negative, but more advantaged in positive environments. Methods: Behavioural and neural measures of response inhibition were assessed during a Stop-signal task in participants with (N = 197) and without (N = 295) ADHD, from N = 278 families (age M = 17.18, SD =3.65). We examined GxE between candidate plasticity genes (DAT1, 5-HTT, DRD4) and social environments (maternal expressed emotion, peer affiliation). Results: A DRD4 × Positive peer affiliation interaction was found on the right fusiform gyrus (rFG) activation during successful inhibition. Further, 5-HTT short allele carriers showed increased rFG activation during failed inhibitions. Maternal warmth and positive peer affiliation were positively associated with right inferior frontal cortex activation during successful inhibition. Deviant peer affiliation was positively related to the error rate. Conclusions: While a pattern of differential genetic susceptibility was found, more clarity on the role of the FG during response inhibition is warranted before firm conclusions can be made. Positive and negative social environments were related to inhibitory control. This extends previous research emphasizing adverse environments.


Introduction Background: Breast cancer is one of the most commonly observed malignancies in women worldwide. The aim of this retrospective study is to identify and assess the risk factors that might predict loco-regional recurrence after breast conservative surgery (BCS) and modified radical mastectomy (MRM) after the introduction of modern adjuvant chemotherapy.


In July 2020, Abdul Rashid Dostum, a former militia leader known for frequently switching sides, was promoted to Marshal – the highest rank in the Afghan security forces and a rank that had not bee...


No gross changes in the compositions of chromatin prepared from liver, kidney and brain were noted with age. A decreased age-dependent in vitro chromatin template activity was observed using an Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. This was paralleled by a reduction in the number of initiation sites on the chromatin for the enzyme. However, using a homologous RNA polymerase definite age-related specificities in template activity were found. When chromatin and enzyme were 'age-matched', maximal activity was observed. This levle of activity was comparable in both 6 and 31-month-old mice, which suggested no impairment of function with age.


In today's mechanical world, there is no use of learning some of the exercises only in the name of yoga. According to Tirumoolar, yoga is the purification of the body, mind, action and wound. The yoga practice that encompasses this concept is offered as Attanga Yoga in Thirumanthiram.  The human soul has bounded knowledge where the Thiruvarul is performing as instrument to practice Attanga Yoga. According to Thirumoolar, Attaining Attamasithi through Attanga Yoga is not the completion of practicing yoga; Attaining seevanmuthan stage is the final stage where yogis can feel fulfillment through Ataanga Yoga. The soul gets the superior birth as human being through it's benevolence of previous birth. By the grace of god, soul attains Iruvinaioppu, Malaparipakam and Thiruvarulvizhchi. In that improved stage, Thiruvarul exists as Gnanaguru and leads the soul to Attanga Yoga and the Thava Yoga. This practice also called as Raja-yogam. Through the practice of Attanga Yoga, soul attains the Attama sithis and realizes that the Thiruvarul is the part of Sivam. As Thiruvarul incorporates in sivam, the soul will realize it's incorporation in sivam with limitless knowledge. This consciousness helps the soul to have strong bonding with siva. The attitude expresses the blissful movement of the soul. This experience stated as Siva-Gnana-yogam. Thus this article explains the virtues of attaining the bliss of living, Sivanupavam, through the path of Thirumanthiram.


A without taking space, relatively easy attachment of the two attachment members without relatively so little debilitating the support member to the support member. A two attachment members (36, 37) in an apparatus for attachment to one support member (35) has an inner clip to block movement of the outer clip (1) (11) is provided. The inner clip in seamed arrangement to each other the support member can be inserted into only one of the insertion notch formed in (35), whereby the support member movable relative to (35) mounting member (37) and another mounting member (36) is held with a large tensile force respectively to the support member (35).


In this paper ,types and properties of thermal storage material and its application in heat pump are introduced.Also,using of thermal storage material-paraffin in heat pump is introduced stressly.And the possible application of heat storage material in the future is presented.


Based on the fire infrastructure and developing trends of different citics in our nation,explores the construction of an intelligent fire network and the three-layer model.It expounds the difficulties and problems that may occure in the construction process and then comes up with measures and solutions.


Artificial cementation is a technique commonly used to improve the mechanical properties of soils for use in geotechnical engineering works, because it often provides economic and environmental advantages. In order to study the factors that influence the behavior of cemented dune sand from Natal, series of unconfined compression and splitting tension tests were performed. These tests showed that increasing the cement content and decreasing void ratio are effective ways to improve compressive strength. The same applies to tensile splitting strength. It was also established that both unconfined compressive and splitting tensile strengths can be related to a quotient between volume of void-space and cement content.


Abstract A large (> 200-cm diameter) coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) stump occurring upright on an Oregon beach, 257 km from the northern limit of its native distribution, may be a remnant of an extinct disjunct population or it may be the result of vertical emplacement of a drift log. Holocene tree stumps in situ in paleosols commonly emerge on the shore platform as a result of a complex history of dune activity, subsidence, and erosion. An historical account reported organic soils associated with the stump during the late 1800s; such soils are normally removed quickly by wave action after exposure. We used several methods to corroborate this account. The stump's in situ origin is supported by 1) a radiocarbon age indicating a death date between 1820 and 1720 years ago, coeval with other paleosols and in situ stumps; 2) its height and upright position, which are only matched by other in situ stumps; and 3) a photograph from 1912 showing uneroded wood inconsistent with a sea-drift history. Other evidence failed to support the in situ origin: 1) ground-penetrating radar did not reveal an associated paleosol, 2) the age of a nearby paleosols and stumps within 3 km were younger than the stump, and 3) three paleosols did not yield redwood pollen or wood. The only support for a sea-drift origin is that its age slightly predates a known tsunami that may have emplaced the stump. The balance of evidence suggests that the redwood stump is a remnant of an extinct late-Holocene disjunct population.


The purpose of this study was to develop the card games and to see the effects from card games in order to help students for effective learning on the Elements and the Periodic Table, and to form students`` positive attitude on the chemical subject. In order to draw students`` interests by the card games for le`arning, the rules of the card games which are familiar and are frequently used in usual life were founded, and the games were made by only using 20 of main group elements. The games were founded to develop in order that students can easily understand and memorize the Elements and the Periodic Table, and the developed card expressed not only the Elements but also the Atomic Number and the Valence Electron. After conducting a pretest using an evaluation sheet, being founded on the result from the pretesting, 3 types of games, which can help for learning on the contents that students gave a lot of wrong answers and students should know essentially, were developed. After conducting the card games, the cognition investigation evaluation was conducted. The result from this showed the many responses that card games were interesting, and showed the many opinions that it is expected that the card games will be effective for learning on the Elements and the Periodic Table. But showing the demerits, there were responses that students had a somewhat difficulty in understanding the rules in case of the game when unfamiliar game rules were applied to students while playing the developed card games, also there were responses that at first the required time took long. Considering overall, the following effects are expected if the developed card games are applied to the Elements and the Periodic Table unit in high school chemistry lesson. First, if students use familiar card game rules, it is expected to draw students`` interests easily and heighten students`` learning effects more by repetitive games. Second, by any chance, even though there are unfamiliar rules of card game rules, it is possible to draw students`` interests and a positive attitude to learn. This study suggested that new teaching-learning method which makes students study the Elements and the Periodic Table effectively by the card games, not by existing simple memorization method on the Periodic Table.


A technique for obtaining accurate casts of the bronchial tree and alveolar region is presented and several of the uncertainties involved in bronchial tree casting are discussed. Tompsett's basic casting technique is modified to use silicone rubber; supportive trays and a shape‐preserving gelatine injection are eliminated by suspending the lungs in a water bath. Fresh or frozen lungs may be used and prior fixation is not necessary. No elaborate apparatus, beyond usual laboratory items, is required. The slow, low pressure injection of rubber into the bronchial tree minimizes overdistension due to high translumenal pressures. The resulting cast is flexible and durable. Linear shrinkage is minimal with resulting volumetric errors of less than 2%. If desired, one may simultaneously inject the pulmonary arterial and venous systems with colored rubber, yielding a cast of greater educational utility.


This article examines worklessness among young women living in 10 disadvantaged communities across England. The data shows that despite dynamic economic circumstances and New Labour's work incentives, responses to the employment aspirations of many young women were inadequate. In addition to the influence of social characteristics such as ethnicity and qualifications in determining employment rates, experiences of discrimination, poor health and caring responsibilities affect many young women. Neighbourhood variations in the reasons for worklessness, even among highly employable young women, suggest that the multiple issues affecting disadvantaged groups are also influenced by local job markets. Occupational segregation and clustering into particular industries are added constraints for young women which are largely ignored in welfare policies seeking to address youth unemployment.


A 45-year-old woman presented with a five-year history of paresthesia of both hands and feet, along with modification of facial features. On physical examination, she had coarse 'leonine like' facies, with thickened skin of face and eyelids, her face had multiple nodular lesions that coalesced into plaques, especially on the forehead. She had madarosis and a saddle-nose (Figures 1 and 2). We also observed strabismus, ulcers on hands and feet with a swan neck deformity of fingers (Figures 3 and 4). After the strongly suggestive hypothesis of lepromatous leprosy, we performed a skin biopsy which confirmed the disease. The patient underwent standard anti-bacillary multidrug therapy for 12 months, with good improvement.


Thyroid function and thyroid hormone metabolism have been investigated in the experimental nephrotic syndrome produced by anti-kidney antibodies. Nephrotic animals differed fromnormal in three ways: (1) thyroxine was lost in the urine in conjunction with protein, to the extent of 11 ±7% of a tracer dose; (2) the response to pharmacological doses of thyroxine, as determined by increase in oxygen consumption rate, was decreased by about 30%;(3) the rates of iodine uptake and of thyroxine secretion by the thyroid were increased, thelatter by at least 40%. Since the response of the oxygen consumption rate to triiodothyronine was also decreased by about 30% even though this substance was not excreted to a significant extent in the urine, it was concluded that the first two changes represented primary abnormalities in iodine metabolism resulting from the nephrotic state and that the last was a compensatory change.


Target Tracking is one of the most important issues in wireless sensor networks. In a densely deployed wireless sensor networks (WSNs), all sensors participating in the monitoring task can provide full coverage but might inefficiently consume their energies if the target did not enter the region. This paper proposes an energy-saving and quality-guaranteed target tracking mechanism, called EQTT, which dynamically wakes up sensors in a distributed manner, aiming to minimize the number of working sensors while the user-defined tracking quality can be satisfied. The proposed EQTT mainly consists of two phases: the network initialization phase and target tracking phase. The first phase aims to wake up minimal number of boundary sensors whose sensing range is intersected with the boundary of the monitoring region M. These working sensors can construct barrier coverage for the boundaries of M and all the other sensors stay in sleep state for energy conservation. When the target is detected by the boundary sensors, the target tracking phase is automatically initiated, which aims to further wake up minimal number of neighboring sensors of the detected sensor but satisfy the user-defined tracking quality.


Irrigation networks play a fundamental part in the agriculture system of various countries. In the wake of global environmental challenges and economic competition, efficient use of water resources has become extremely important. This can only be achieved by developing smarter control infrastructures for irrigation networks, via the incorporation of communication and computation technologies. Thus, future irrigation networks represent a prime example of cyber physical systems. Effective operation of these complex cyber physical systems is not possible with conventional methods and requires unprecedented levels of automation and decision-support tools. We argue that these cyber physical systems will require a complete model-driven toolset for effective operation. As a first step towards that tool flow, we have developed a model-driven simulation infrastructure for irrigation networks. In the future, we propose to complete the toolset by developing a model-driven configuration infrastructure. Our contributions in this paper include the development of a domain-specific modeling language (DSML) for irrigation networks, implementation of this DSML in Generic Modeling Environment (GME), and automatic simulator M-file generation capability from the DSML-based case diagram of an arbitrary irrigation network. Moreover, we present case studies of water distribution and flood management to show the utility as well as the effectiveness of our approach. We also present the performance of our toolset for the realistic scenario of irrigation networks in Pakistan.


We report stimulated emission in 2.8 – 3.5 um wavelength range from HgTe/CdHgTe quantum well (QW) heterostructures grown on GaAs substrates at temperatures available with thermoelectric cooling. The structures were designed to suppress the Auger recombination by implementing narrow (1.5 – 2 nm wide) QWs. We conclude that Peltier cooled operation is feasible in lasers based on such structures, making them of interest for spectroscopy applications in the atmospheric transparency window from 3 to 5 um. This work aims to demonstrate that the potential of MCT structures for mid-infrared lasers in not exhausted.


A nanocrystalline TiO2 thin film electrode on conductive glass was modified with a new 2,2′-bipyridinium salt. Deep pink electrochromism of moderate stability was observed.


The adsorption of Hg(II) on modified tamarind nut carbon (Bicarbonate treated tamarindnut carbon - BTNC) was investigated to assess the possible use of this adsorbent for the processing of mercury removal from wastewater. The influence of various factors such as agitation time, pH and carbon dosage on the adsorption capacity has been studied. Adsorption isothermal data could be interpreted by Langmuir and Freundlich equations. In order to understand the reaction mechanism, kinetic data has been studied using reversible first order rate equation.


The enhancement factor of intermolecular energy transfer in the vicinity of a plasmonic spherical nanoparticle is calculated analytically. In contrast to other treatments, the present calculations exploit the knowledge of spectral properties of the electrostatic operator for spherical geometry. Some numerical calculations and further discussions are also provided.


High velocity oxy-fuel sprayed NiCoCrAlY coatings were oxidized between 1000 and in air, and the oxide scales were examined by XRD, SEM/EDS, and EPMA. The unoxidized coatings consisted mainly of `Al, with some -Ni. The major oxide formed on the coatings was . Additionally, (CoCr, ) spinels and coexisted. NiO was not found, despite of high amount of Ni in the coating. Below the oxide layer, internally formed existed.


Utility-interactive photovoltaic power generations have been accepted and spread widely. Various innovative power conditioning systems have been also studied. In domestic utilization, the actual application of such solar panels is almost installed on top of the roof of the detached house. However, some residents living in the apartment house are having fairly strong desire to contribute for energy saving due to natural energy generation. The generating power in such case is fairly small, so the system construction should balance such small power. Thus, it is necessary to improve the construction toward simple one. In this paper, in order to give a reply, simple and concise photovoltaic power generating systems are examined. With considering fairly reduced generated power, the system constructions including inverter should be compact. The circuit which gratifies their wishes are presented and discussed.


The invention concerns a loop taker (10) for a tufting machine. The loop taker (10) has a gripper body (11) with a gripper finger (12) which extends in an extending direction E by a support end (13) to a free end (14). At the bottom (16) of the gripper finger (12), a cutting portion (20) is provided, which merges at a transition point (21) in a sliding surface (19). In the area of the transition point (21) is a retaining element (35) which is supported relative to the gripper finger (12) pivotable about a pivot axis S. The swivel axis S extending in a transverse direction Q perpendicular to the direction of extension E. The retaining element (35) is urged by a force, for example a spring force of a spring means (42) and / or a weight force into a starting position A. In the initial position A to a retaining surface (37) of the retaining element (35) from the sliding surface (19) extends obliquely or perpendicularly away.


This article lists some ten works – both recent and older – that provide a basis for reviewing the objects and fields of research on the socio-history of suffrage, particularly in the 19th century, in France, in the colonies and abroad, and for thinking about the questions raised by the legal and practical methods related to voting (getting out the vote and voting). By setting up a dialogue between the research of historians and political scientists, we would like to return to the recurrent debates over the problem of definitions, the analysis of politisation and the methodologies that enable us to study it.


3D-EmT is an type of courseware developed especially used by engineering students and lecturers. It is an interactive courseware provided with three dimensional (3D) method to help students enhance their imagination and understanding of the electromagnetic theory subject. It is also believed will help them to create high imagination. The discussion of this paper is to explain about analysis data of using 3D approach in using courseware for engineering student and focus on Electromagnetic Theory subject


Two isozymes of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11βHSD) catalyze the interconversion of hormonally active cortisol to inactive cortisone. Activity and messenger ribonucleic acid studies indicate that type 1 11βHSD (11βHSD1) is expressed in glucocorticoid target tissues such as liver, gonad, and cerebellum, where it regulates the exposure of cortisol to glucocorticoid receptors. To further understand the role of 11βHSD1 in human tissues, we have studied the localization of this isozyme using an antibody raised in sheep against amino acids 19–33 of human 11βHSD1. Western blot analyses indicated that the immunopurified antibody recognized a band of approximately 34 kDa in human liver and decidua. Immunoperoxidase studies on liver, adrenal, ovary, decidua, and adipose tissue indicated positive cytoplasmic staining for 11βHSD1. 11βHSD1 immunoreactivity was observed more intensely around the hepatic central vein, with no staining around the portal vein, hepatic artery, or bile ducts. No staining for 11βHSD1 w...


The paper considers one of the ways to construct geodetically parallel vectors on a curved surface. Solving this problem allows us to build a model of the Chebyshev grid on the surface. The model of the Chebyshev grid is called a mesh frame applied to the surface. It has the properties of this grid with a fairly short side length of the cell. The urgency of building a model of Chebyshev mesh on surfaces is due to the increasing use in mechanical engineering of fibrous composite materials that have a mesh structure. The property of the Chebyshev grid to remain Chebyshev with arbitrary bending can be used to construct a surface pattern of a complex technical form. The tangent vectors to the lines of one family of the Chebyshev grid drawn at their points of intersection with the lines of the second family are geodesically parallel. Therefore, the construction of such vectors along an arbitrary curve on the surface will allow to obtain a model of the Chebyshev grid in an arbitrarily chosen direction of the selected grid family. The method of geodesically parallel vector transfer along a given curve on the surface is proposed in the work. This curve is the line of stretching (throat) of the linear surface given by this family of directions. The proposed construction procedure allows for a relatively small number of calculations to obtain a vector field of the directions of the duck lines. Construction accuracy can be increased by reducing the linear construction parameter. Since the final result of the calculations is to create a model of the Chebyshev grid and obtain a pattern of mesh coating, the possibility of adjusting the construction parameters depending on the curvature of the surface is embedded in the code of the corresponding calculation program.


Have you ever tried to use modifier 59 (Distinct procedural service)? From its description, it might seem like a magic bullet.


I n my previous report') I discussed the close relationship existing between the autonomic nervous tension types and the brain waves. Mow, as it is already evident that the drugs possessing effect on the autonomic nervous system exhibit also various accessory effects such as those on blood pressure, pulse rate, etc., especially on the cerebral blood circulation, it is naturally assumable that they may have a considerable effect on the brain waves, also. I have reached the follo\lring result through a continued observation of the said effect.


Purpose – The authors aim to examine the use of talent intelligence – the understanding that businesses have of the skills, expertise and qualities of their people – within talent management strategies. Design/methodology/approach – The authors combine their field work and research expertise to understand the use of talent intelligence and its effectiveness, and how this can be improved upon. Findings – Beneath the succession plans and talent pools, talent management is built upon the foundation of talent intelligence. It is the basis of every people decision that organizations make. Yet there is evidence that this basic foundation of talent management is broken. Originality/value – The authors look at why talent intelligence is not being used to its potential, and explore what businesses can do to rectify the matter. Four practical steps are shared to help HR professionals assess the quality of their organization's talent intelligence.


Background and objectives: Sevoflurane is presented in three types of vials. The differences in physical-chemical properties of those products are due to different manufacturing processes, although they are essentially identical regarding chemical comparison tests. It has been hypothesized that the Sevoflurane molecule could present chemical instability due to the formation of Lewis acids as a consequence of the materials used in the fabrication of the vials and the water content. The objective of this study was to analyze the clinical efficacy of Sevoflurane conditioned in different vials.


The nonmagnetic elements of zinc and bismuth were deposited onto a glass substrate under a high magnetic field of 5T. The substrate was set parallel to the magnetic field, in a chamber kept at a pressure of 10 -3 Pa. Bismuth was deposited in the c-plane orientation which agreed with the theoretical prediction based on the magnetization energy. The experimental result that the orientation index in the c-plane increased with an increase in the distance between the target and the substrate, suggests that the radiation heat due to the laser heat source interrupted the crystal orientation in the vicinity of the target. On the other hand, the orientation of zinc which has a smaller absolute value of magnetic susceptibility than bismuth, did not clearly appear in a magnetic field of 5 T. It has been found that from the viewpoint of magnetization energy, the crystal orientation due to a magnetic field needs a magnetization energy density more than 100 J/m 3 .


We report that commercially available beta-carbolines (nor-harmane (9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole), harmane (1-methyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole), harmine (7-methoxy-1-methyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole), harmol (1-methyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-7-ol), harmaline (3,4-dihydro-7-methoxy-1-methyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole) and harmalol (3,4-dihydro-1-methyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-7-ol)), are useful MALDI matrices at 337 nm, for cyclic oligosaccharides (cyclodextrins, range 972-1290 Da), acyclic oligosaccharides (range 342-828 Da) and high molecular mass proteins (range 23,290-66,525 Da) in both positive and negative modes. This was investigated by using time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometers of different sensitivities, equipped with and without pulse extraction facilities. A comparison with conventional matrices for carbohydrates (DHB and DHB/HIC) indicates that beta-carbolines provide the same level of sensitivity and resolution in the positive mode, but offer the advantage of high levels of sensitivity and resolution in the negative mode. Harmaline has been found to be specially effective for the analysis of high-mass proteins in both modes, and also exhibits excellent experimental reproducibility of the results owing to the homogeneous crystallization of the analyte-matrix mixture over the entire sample surface area. Harmane and nor-harmane are both excellent matrices for high-mass proteins also. As MALDI matrices, beta-carbolines permit measurement of sulfated sugars in the negative ion mode as ([M-H]), and of neutral sugars and proteins as both [M + H]+ and [M-H]- in appropriate modes.


We propose and demonstrate a new approach to the problem of splicing optical fibers in a fiber cable. The optical fiber cable subgroups (tapes) are made in such a way that the relative positions of the optical fibers are accurately maintained. By using glass as a rigid matrix material in which the optical fibers are held, we demonstrate that a simple scoring and stressing technique can be used to simultaneously prepare all the fiber ends for splicing.


Information and Communication Technology for health and wellbeing ('eHealth') is becoming increasingly important to deliver top-quality care to European citizens. There are a number of currently on ...


Employees' positivity not only affects deepness-forward of enterprise reform,but also enterprise's competition,and even survival and development.Whether an enterprise can remain and develop further or not depends not only on some factors,such as human resource,finance,material,management, information,relationship and star power,but also closely how to motivate and excavate employees' positivity.


Publishers details for: Rhapsody in Red: How Western Classical Music Became Chinese, by Sheila Melvin and Jindong Cai, New York: Algora, 2004. x + 362 pp. US$45.00 (hardcover), US$33.00 (paperback).


Consistent ginger shoot orientation helps to ensure consistent ginger emergence and meet shading requirements. YOLO v3 is used to recognize ginger images in response to the current ginger seeder's difficulty in meeting the above agronomic problems. However, it is not suitable for direct application on edge computing devices due to its high computational cost. To make the network more compact and to address the problems of low detection accuracy and long inference time, this study proposes an improved YOLO v3 model, in which some redundant channels and network layers are pruned to achieve real-time determination of ginger shoots and seeds. The test results showed that the pruned model reduced its model size by 87.2% and improved the detection speed by 85%. Meanwhile, its mean average precision (mAP) reached 98.0% for ginger shoots and seeds, only 0.1% lower than the model before pruning. Moreover, after deploying the model to the Jetson Nano, the test results showed that its mAP was 97.94%, the recognition accuracy could reach 96.7%, and detection speed could reach 20 frames·s−1. The results showed that the proposed method was feasible for real-time and accurate detection of ginger images, providing a solid foundation for automatic and accurate ginger seeding.


The word lukkatta is of frequent occurrence in the ritual texts of Boghaz Keui. It was misread lu-uk-ii-ta by Dr. Pinches and myself in the Tablet from Yuzgat and su-uk-kak-ta by Dr. Winckler in the text I have quoted from him (JRAS., October, 1909). It signifies " a sign " or something of the sort; Dr. Winckler's text, for example, begins: lukkatta-ma ina samu SI, " when a sign appears in heaven." So, again, we have: ina UD III KAM mdn lukkatta karuwariwar khudak, " on the 3rd day send announcement of this omen round about (iwar) the district (?)." We also find lukkatti mas, "my omens(?)," with the same change of vowel as in the suffixed pronoun of the 2nd person (ta and ti).


Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of multimodal neuroimaging fusion in the treatment of hypertensive severe brainstem hemorrhage. Methods: A total of 50 patients with severe hypertensive brainstem hemorrhage with a volume of 5-10ml admitted to the Department of Neurosurgery of our hospital from February 2008 to February 2020 were enrolled as the research subjects. They were randomly divided into study group and control group by coin toss method with 25 patients in each group. Patients in the control group received conventional CT examination with conventional treatment, while those in the research group received Multimodal nerves influence fusion methods treatment with conventional treatment. Thirty days after treatment was taken as the final observation point, the clinical prognosis and efficacy of patients in the two groups were evaluated using the Glasgow Scale (GCS) as the standard, and the brain stem hemorrhage before and after treatment was recorded statistically. Results: According to the GCS scoring scale, the clinical efficacy of the study group was significantly higher than that of the control group, and the brain stem hemorrhage in both groups was significantly improved after treatment, and the improvement in the study group was better than that in the control group, with statistical significance (P < 0.05). Conclusion: After adjuvant therapy, the condition of patients with multimodal neuroimaging fusion method is effectively controlled, and the treatment efficiency is significantly improved, and the curative effect is significant, which is worthy of clinical application.


The cooperation between eight counties in the Upper Etowah Watershed and the successful completion of a Draft Upper Etowah Watershed Regional Greenspace Plan has prompted an interest by other local governments and organizations in developing regional greenspace plans. This thesis describes the benefits of greenspace protection and regional greenspace planning; provides a discussion and analysis of the Georgia Greenspace Program; outlines a conceptual framework for forming a regional greenspace plan; and illustrates the framework through the planning process of the Upper Etowah case study. Overall, development of a regional greenspace plan is a complex process that requires an interdisciplinary, interjurisdictional and interactive approach. INDEX WORDS: Regional Greenspace Plan, Etowah Watershed, Land use, Georgia Greenspace Program, Greenspace, Green Space, Open Space, GIS, Natural resource protection, Etowah River, Lake Allatoona, Greenspace analysis, Land use planning, Land use policy, Watershed planning, Forest cover, Habitat, Greenspace benefits Institute of Ecology, Office of Public Service and Outreach HOW TO FORM A REGIONAL GREENSPACE PLAN: CASE STUDY OF THE UPPER ETOWAH WATERSHED


At times the Moon appears so close that it seems one could touch it simply by climbing on a tall enough ladder. The outline of a rabbit, etched in a darker shade on its surface, seems to be leaping out at us or in some cultures it is a frog, or a toad, or a man carrying a bundle of wood on his back (I must confess, however, that I always have the hardest time to make out the face of the man that's also allegedly there!). The stars, on the other hand, appear always aloof, and forever out of reach. As W.H. Auden put it in his poem, The More Loving One:


The growth of yttrium calcium oxy borate (YCOB) single crystals by the flux technique is reported. Polycrystalline YCOB sample was synthesized and confirmed. Differential thermal analysis was carried out with lithium carbonate flux. The growth of YCOB crystals by flux technique was attempted and several crystals with dimensions of 3×3×5 mm3 were obtained. Powder XRD analysis confirms the formation of YCOB crystal. The sharp cutoff at 220 nm is observed in the UV‐VIS‐NIR analysis. The EDAX spectrum reveals the formation of 'flux‐free' crystal. The FTIR spectrum indicates the presence of all peaks that are characteristic of the YCOB crystal. The results are discussed in detail.


The design, implementation, and empirical evaluation of task-analytic models and intelligent aids for operators in the control of complex dynamic systems, specifically aerospace systems, are studied. Three related activities are included: (1) the models of operator decision making in complex and predominantly automated space systems were used and developed; (2) the Operator Function Model (OFM) was used to represent operator activities; and (3) Operator Function Model Expert System (OFMspert), a stand-alone knowledge-based system was developed, that interacts with a human operator in a manner similar to a human assistant in the control of aerospace systems. OFMspert is an architecture for an operator's assistant that uses the OFM as its system and operator knowledge base and a blackboard paradigm of problem solving to dynamically generate expectations about upcoming operator activities and interpreting actual operator actions. An experiment validated the OFMspert's intent inferencing capability and showed that it inferred the intentions of operators in ways comparable to both a human expert and operators themselves. OFMspert was also augmented with control capabilities. An interface allowed the operator to interact with OFMspert, delegating as much or as little control responsibility as the operator chose. With its design based on the OFM, OFMspert's control capabilities were available at multiple levels of abstraction and allowed the operator a great deal of discretion over the amount and level of delegated control. An experiment showed that overall system performance was comparable for teams consisting of two human operators versus a human operator and OFMspert team.


The background,the latest development progress and the applied range of technology in micro injection moulding are briefly described.The current investigation of micro injection moulding machine and the process of micro injection are talked about in more detail.The manufacturing technology of microcavity and microchips,the problems which exist during the process,are analysed.Polymer materials often used in micro injection molding,maximum aspect ratios,minimum structural thickness is summarized.The micro injection mould manufacture technology is prospected.


A patient with persistent diarrhea was found to have biopsy-proved colitis with large numbers of the protozoan Blastocystis hominis present in stool. Extensive evaluation failed to reveal any other potential etiologic agent of acute colitis. Following treatment with a course of metronidazole, the patient became asymptomatic, B hominis was no longer present in stool, and results of a repeated biopsy were normal. These observations are consistent with the role of B hominis as a gastrointestinal pathogen.


Cite this as: Marie E. A. Bissong, Peter N. Fon, Fritz O. Tabe-Besong and Theresa N. Akenji. Bacteriuria in diabetes mellitus patients in Cameroon: number of urine specimens in women Afr Health Sci 2013; 13(4): 1178 – 1179 (L4)

We acknowledge receipt of Ertugrul Guclu's letter to the Editor1 concerning our article entitled "Asymptomatic bacteriuria in diabetes mellitus patients in Southwest Cameroon"2. The main concern was the number of urine specimen for bacteriological examination for women. In the present study, both men and women were recruited and the criterion used for defining asymptomatic bacteriuria was the presence of at least 105 CFU/ml in a single culture of clean-voided mid-stream urine specimen. It has been reported that two consecutive urine specimen is needed for a proper diagnosis or ASB in women3. In the present study, we used a single urine specimen per subject as previously reported4, 5; however, strict hygiene measures such as hand washing and vulval cleaning/separation were ensured to avoid vaginal contamination. Although measures were taken to avoid contamination, we cannot say it was completely ruled out.


In this paper, we present our work on speech-smile/shaking vowels classification. An efficient classification system would be a first step towards the estimation (from speech signals only) of amusement levels beyond smile, as indeed shaking vowels represent a transition from smile to laughter superimposed to speech. A database containing examples of both classes has been collected from acted and spontaneous speech corpora. An experimental study using several acoustic feature sets is presented here, and novel features are also proposed. The best configuration achieves a 30.1% error rate, hence well above chance.


This paper examines the impact of changes in social security benefits on aggregate consumption expenditure. Under the null hypothesis, there should be no contemporaneous effect at the monthly frequency because increases in benefits have always been announced at least 6 weeks prior to payment. The paper develops overwhelming evidence--contrary to the null--that benefits have affected aggregate spending. The results have strong implications for several important issues, including Ricardian equivalence, government policy irrelevance, and the excess sensitivity of consumption to changes in income.


The exocrine pancreas is pivotal to the digestion and absorption of nutrients. Pancreatic disorders manifest either with pain secondary to inflammation or with malabsorption secondary to acinar malfunction, paucity, or dropout. Children suffer from the full range of pancreatic disease seen in adults, and some pancreatic disorders first become apparent in childhood. The spectrum of pancreatic disease is listed below.


54 METHOD FOR SWITCHING NARROWBAND 5,365,524 11/1994 Hiller et al. ........................... 370/94.2 LINE BUNDLES BETWEEN 5,568,544 10/1996 Keeler et al. ........................... 379/273 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WIAAN ATM COMMUNICATION NETWORK Primary Examiner Melvin Marcelo 75 Inventors: Helmut Kienberger; Hans-Peter Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Hill & Simpson Mueller, both of Munich, Germany 57 ABSTRACT


Stepwise regression and variance analysis on correlation between yield and physical and chemical properties of branches growth of secondary bearing Castanea mollissima showed that the amount of bearing branches and female flower, P content in branches had positive correlation with the thickness of bearing branches but negative with N content. P content in bearing branches had negative correlation with N content, but positive with the amount of bearing branches and female flowers. Analysis on two times of development and bearing of secondary bearing C. mollissima in-dicated a negative correlation between two bearings.


In his famous essay "Halakhah and Aggadah," written a century ago, Bialik sought to cast the halakhah in a positive light. Ostensibly harsh, cruel, and onerous, Bialik asserted that halakhah creates a framework into which the illustrious substance of the Jewish lifestyle ("aggadah") can be poured, and he contended that rabbinic halakhic texts reflect the colorful realia of our ancestors' lives in antiquity. This essay seeks to underscore the intrinsic beauty of the halakhah, both in its function as a normative system and as a constitutive element of the texts in which it is contained, not just as a means of shaping an exemplary lifestyle. Embodied in the halakhah itself is an abstract, meaningful spiritual foundation that shares elements with poetry and philosophy. Halakhic discourse reveals hidden dimensions of the world, heightens the ability of humans and language to shape reality, and articulates theological longing.


This paper introduces an optically powered electrical accelerometer recently developed by the author for measuring dynamic response of civil structures and describes a field test using its prototypes installed on a 310-m tall concrete TV tower, together with the results of system identification analysis based on the field measurement. This sensor employs an electric circuit, LC oscillator, in the sensor head. The resonant frequency of the LC oscillator is modulated by the movement of a pendulum installed inside the sensor head, indicating the acceleration of the pendulum support. The oscillatory electric voltage is transformed to an optical signal and transmitted through an optical fiber. The LC circuit is optically powered as well. Therefore, there are not electrical cables involved in this sensor, which brings many advantages to the sensor, such as immunity to an electromagnetic field and significantly less troublesome cabling problems. Prototype accelerometers were fabricated and installed on the TV tower to measure its ambient vibration. Based on the measurements, dynamic characteristics of this tower, including the natural frequencies, damping ratios, and mode shapes, were successfully identified. They are essential for the assessment of the dynamic response of the tower under wind and earthquake loads. This field test has not only provided valuable information of the tower's dynamic characteristics, but also demonstrated the excellent performance and great potential of this optically powered sensor for civil structure applications.


Screening multiple factors according to their contribution to the debris flow is carried out based on the principle of stepwise discriminant analysis.And then the weights for screened evaluation factors are determined based on improved analytic hierarchy process;so that judgment matrix can meet the consistency requirements,avoiding the high-subjectivity in adjusting the judgment matrix during post-test.The site-specific debris flow risk is evaluated with example verification based on the screening and weight determining of evaluation factors.The results show that the screened factors actually reflect local debris flow risk;and they are closer to the actual situation comparing to traditional methods.


We consider playout of CBR sources entering a FIFO CBR multiplexer. The interfering sources are assumed to be periodic general sources transmitting a maximum of one cell (constant size packet) per time slot. We do not make any statistical assumption on the cell arrival pattern of individual interfering sources within each period. A playout mechanism is used to reconstruct the periodic CBR flow departing from the statistical multiplexer and it is characterized by two components: delay (number of time slots to delay the first cell of the CBR flow before periodic playout) and buffer which stores cells before playout. An insufficient playout delay results in buffer underflow (i.e., cell may not have arrived yet in the playout buffer at the time of its playout). We provide an exact probabilistic analysis of probability of buffer underflow in terms of system parameters. Our numerical results show that in the homogeneous case, an initial play out delay of few time slots provide a small underflow probability. We also show that the expected number of cells before a first underflow is (almost) proportional to the size of the playout delay.


The present protocol for the correction of Class II malocclusion with mandibular retrognathism is by using the fixed functional appliances. This article includes a case treated with Gentle Jumpera flexible fixed functional appliance.A pre-pubertal patient with class II malocclusion with 70% deep bite was treated with Gentle Jumper along with fixed appliance (MBT- 0.022 � slot). Deep bite has been treated with extrusion of posteriors and proclination of anteriors. It resulted in the favo rable skeletal and dentoalveolar changes in the mandible. There was slight proclination of lower incisors. Good soft tissue changes were noted.Gentle Jumper is an efficient class II corrector in pre-pubertal period.It promotes patient compliance with very minimal breakages. Abstract The present protocol for the correction of Class II malocclusion with mandibular retrognathism is by using the fixed functional appliances. This article includes a case treated with Gentle Jumpera flexible fixed functional appliance.A pre-pubertal patient with class II malocclusion with 70% deep bite was treated with Gentle Jumper along with fixed appliance (MBT- 0.022 � slot). Deep bite has been treated with extrusion of posteriors and proclination of anteriors. It resulted in the favo rable skeletal and dentoalveolar changes in the mandible. There was slight proclination of lower incisors. Good soft tissue changes were noted.Gentle Jumper is an efficient class II corrector in pre-pubertal period.It promotes patient compliance with very minimal breakages. Abstract The present protocol for the correction of Class II malocclusion with mandibular retrognathism is by using the fixed functional appliances. This article includes a case treated with Gentle Jumpera flexible fixed functional appliance.A pre-pubertal patient with class II malocclusion with 70% deep bite was treated with Gentle Jumper along with fixed appliance (MBT- 0.022 � slot). Deep bite has been treated with extrusion of posteriors and proclination of anteriors. It resulted in the favo rable skeletal and dentoalveolar changes in the mandible. There was slight proclination of lower incisors. Good soft tissue changes were noted.Gentle Jumper is an efficient class II corrector in pre-pubertal period.It promotes patient compliance with very minimal breakages.


The Bogomolny equations for Yang-Mills-Higgs monopoles follow from a system of linear equations which may be solved through a parametric Riemann-Hilbert problem. We extend this approach to noncommutative R and use it to (re)construct noncommutative Dirac, Wu-Yang, and BPS monopole configurations in a unified manner. In all cases we write down the underlying matrix-valued functions for multi-monopoles and solve the corresponding Riemann-Hilbert problems for charge one. ∗ On leave from Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, Dubna, Russia


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Our preoccupation with the Repertory Grid Technique has left little time and attention to the core ideas articulated in Kelly's (1955) Theory of Personal Constructs. After more than 20 years engaging with the method, I have (re)discovered his theorizing about man's quest for knowing, to be the most insightful. This chapter shares my reflections/reflexions about the crucial role he placed on the notion of "anticipation." I position this importance within the context of the challenges of our times and advocate that his "psychology of the unknown" is just as important today as it was 62 years ago.


Poly(aryl thioether)s (F-PTEs) containing 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,4-phenylene moiety and polar moiety, such as 1,3,4-ozadiazole, ether ketone, and amide groups, were synthesized by nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction of aryl fluorides and 4,4′-thiobisbenzenthiol. F-PTEs were amorphous with good thermal properties including high glass transition temperature (Tg) and thermal stability, solubility, and hydrophobicity. F-PTEs were transformed into poly(aryl sulfone)s (F-PSs) by the oxidation reaction with hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid. Because of the sulfone group, the Tgs of the F-PSs were 30–40°C higher than those of the corresponding F-PTEs. F-PSs maintained solubility in polar aprotic solvents and exhibited hydrophobicity in spite of the content of polar sulfone groups due to the highly substituted fluorine atoms. These F-PTEs and F-PSs were a new class of high-performance polymers. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008


Stiker-Metral, that Desrues drew upon the Tresor de vertu (1560), a commonplacebook geared more to morals than to rhetoric. Stiker-Metral lists in his bibliography the French translation of Moss's study (Les Recueils de lieux communs, 2002), but it may have appeared too late for him to take detailed account of her illuminating comments on the Marguerites (pp. 433–35). As for Desrues himself, who was also the author of an antiquarian history of French cities, Stiker-Metral's thorough investigation of available biographical evidence concludes that we have little certain knowledge about him. But we do now have in convenient form a volume that is important to the history of manners, mentalities, and language.


Three rock-pools (ca. 10 Daphnia 1-1, ca. 100 Daphnia 1and > 100 Daphnia 1-1) were each bisected with a plastic curtain. One side of each pool was left intact, while planktivorous fish were introduced into the other side. The succession of the zooplankton and phytoplankton communities in the rock-pools was followed, using quantitative sampling, for one summer. In the experiment the fish eliminated large (> 0.5 mm) herbivorous cladocers from the zooplankton within 20-40 d of introduction. An increase in the numbers of small zooplankton (rotifers, cladocers) then occurred. In the control sides large Daphnia thrived well, though with fluctuating densities, throughout the summer. The response of phytoplankton to the elimination of large herbivores varied between the rock-pools. In terms of species diversity and evenness no obvious differences were observed between control and experiment in the rock-pool with low Daphnia density. In the medium-density rock-pool both species diversity and evenness were lower in the experimental part, while in the high-density rock-pool the opposite was observed. In these two pools elimination of Daphnia resulted in an increase in total numbers of cells 11 of 2-3 orders of magnitude. The difference between control and experimental parts was due to the increase in small cells (< 64 Bm diameter). The elimination of large herbivores resulted in lowered densities (low-density) or elimination (medium and high-density) of filamentous algae from the phytoplankton.


Significance Variations in the cumulative reported SARS-CoV-2 cases and COVID-19 deaths by US county, state, and date exemplify Taylor's law of fluctuation scaling, a widespread ecological and epidemiological pattern. Specifically, on day 1 of each month from April 2020 through June 2021, each state's variance (across its counties) of cases is nearly proportional to its squared mean of cases. COVID-19 deaths behave similarly. The largest 1% of counts are approximately Pareto distributed, with a finite mean and an infinite variance. Finding infinite variance has practical consequences. Local jurisdictions (counties, states, and countries) that plan for prevention and care of largely unvaccinated people should anticipate rare but extremely high counts of cases and deaths, by preparing collaborative responses across boundaries.


YPC continuously enhances its management on the ethylene plant and adopts new technologies, including new material of infrared radiation coating for cracking heater wall,on-line decoking technology for cracking heater,visbreaking technology for visbreaker, air preheating technology and advanced control technolo- gy.Based on the characteristics of the unit,YPC adopts some new unique processes,including cracking gas crossover line in front and back of two cracking gas compressors,fuel gas crossover line and hydrogen crossover line,and takes some technical measures, such as using frequency converter motor for the fan of cracking heater,and sending propane from propane rec- tification tower back to cracking heater for feedstock flow alteration.As a result,the energy consumption of the ethylene plant continuously decreases,while the ethy- lene yield continuously increases.


People sketch to express their early design ideas in many domains, but current computer tools offer few advantages to designers during this sketching phase. Our goal is to construct a general recognition architecture that can be applied to a number of domains that is capable of parsing the user's strokes (in real time) and interpreting them as depicting objects in the domain of interest without limiting the designer's drawing freedom. Such an interpretation engine will enable the creation of powerful and natural early-stage computer aided design tools.


Mobile phone communication is an important part of human life. Nowadays a great variety of scientific works are dedicated to the investigation of the calls and cellular networks. Efficient analysis of such networks can be a great source of the information useful for reconstruction and simulation of social phenomena. The main goal of this work was to understand how much information can be obtained from the communication network and build an algorithm, which would help to gather information about users' behavior. We used a calls network to reconstruct the underlying contacts network and to detect the strength of relationship between people in this network. Evaluation results show that the developed algorithm can determine users' classes and relationship between users with high quality.


William Wells Brown's Clotel (1853) is formally complex and features paratextual elements that stymied early critics, who judged the antislavery novel by somewhat rigid generic conventions. As a result, Clotel's historical significance has often overshadowed its radically experimental aesthetics. The very elements used to deem Clotel aesthetically inferior, namely the inclusion of newspaper articles and advertisements, actually expose and attempt to remedy the representational inadequacies of conventional abolitionist texts. Brown deploys paratexts strategically within Clotel's fictional narrative in order to undermine readers' assumptions and challenge them to continually position themselves with and against reified texts.


We derive a network stability condition for linear time-invariant distributed networked systems as the system parameters are allowed to take values within a specified class of model uncertainties. We use the modified Lyapunov equation which provides a sufficient condition for robust stability of the entire networked control system. We then proceed to design a communications network which satisfies the derived network stability condition but has minimum number of links. Reducing the number of communication links implies minimization of the communication network's cost and energy consumption.


We approach manifold topology by examining configurations of finite subsets of manifolds within the homotopy-theoretic context of $\infty$-categories by way of stratified spaces. Through these higher categorical means, we identify the homotopy types of such configuration spaces in the case of Euclidean space in terms of the category $\mathbf{\Theta}_n$.


Using the publish/subscribe paradigm for information exchange allows for loose coupling between information sources and consumers. It also reduces network usage because it ensures that information is only transmitted when there is new information available. This is particularly useful in mobile networks, where network capacity can be low. Subscription based information exchange is often built around the concept of topics, where a consumer subscribes to the topics it is interested in. Consumers then need to be able to find out which topics are available to subscribe to, and where to subscribe to them. When using Web services, the consumer uses a discovery mechanism to find information sources, but the current standards for service discovery do not support discovery based on topics. In this paper we extend the WS-Discovery standard with a topic matching rule, which enables consumers to search for Web services providing information about a given topic.


This paper provides a method to build a deep learning image coding system based on inverse problem, choosing a suitable measurement operator to reduce the amount of information transmitted at the sender, and reconstructing the original image by tackling the inverse problem at the receiver. Unlike most compressed sensing (CS) methods, the proposed coding scheme does not rely on sparsity but uses the structural priors of the generative adversarial networks (GAN) to solve the inverse problem. The proposed model trains the GAN to learn a mapping from the latent space to the sample space formed by correlated images on the cloud. Then the measurements are used to localize the optimal latent variable in the representation space which corresponding to the original image in the sample space. The proposed method encodes and transmits the measurements instead of the original image, which greatly reduces the cost of transmission while ensuring the quality of the reconstructed the image at high compression ratios. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time to introduce the GAN-based inverse problem in the field of the deep image coding area. The experimental results show that the visual quality of the images generated by the proposed scheme is better than the traditional encoding scheme JPEG2000. Especially in the case of extremely high compression ratios, the proposed scheme can still maintain good performance.


The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) nickel-hydrogen battery module was designed by Lockheed Missile & Space Co (LMSC) and manufactured by Eagle-Picher Ind. (EPI) for the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) as an Orbital Replacement Unit (ORU) for the nickel-cadmium batteries originally selected for this low earth orbit mission. The design features of the HST nickel hydrogen battery are described and the results of an extended charge retention test are summarized.


Electromagnetic loading liner is a new way to obtain a jet, which utilizes the Lorentz force to collapse the liner. To form effective jet, the jet critical forming model of electromagnetic loading is established based on the traditional jet critical forming conditions and electromagnetic loading characteristics. Through dimensional analysis, control variable method and theoretical calculation, the upper and lower critical peak current distributions are obtained. Finally, the loading current of 1mm thick liner structure is optimized by the critical peak current distribution diagram. The jet forming of the liner under the optimized current loading is calculated through theoretical simulation. The whole liner forms a jet, and the jet velocity, kinetic energy and liner utilization are much improved, which verifies the reliability of the critical current distribution diagram.


The properties and application of particulate systems can be tailored by gaining control on their morphology. Here, a facile method is described for the bottom-up synthesis of biobased colloidal particles with varied morphologies by simple aqueous oxidation of tannic acid used as a precursor in alkaline solutions. Initial tannic acid concentrations of 1–2 wt % produce the largest crystalline yields, while total precipitate yields (up to 64%) are achieved at 2 wt %. Structural and thermochemical evaluations are reported from measurements based on X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry, as well as infrared, mass, nuclear magnetic resonance, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies. The analyses suggest a galloyl-rich composition of the particles with thermal stability up to 450–500 °C. We show that the selection of the base species and pH affords control of the particle morphologies that include rods, platelets, rhomboids, cuboids, and quasi-spherical shapes. The main cause–effect relations are elucidated fro...