Should reltgious institutions get interested in lunar settlement ? Would their lXtrtie_Oation make positive contr_utions or would it discourage creative diversity and interfere with science and good technical judgement? Among the $1mcefaring nations of today, religion is distinctly separated fir)m the governments that plan and pay for space exploration. However, as we mote off the Earth, our art and pbilosoptzy will follow our science and technoiogy. Spin'tual thinking will follow as part of our culture. It is time to consider in what ways this can occur constrm-tively. Transp(wt of rehgious values to a lunar base may have positive effects in tuft u_ys. First, the social structure of a "'community church, " as found in today's United States, _s its members psychologically. Mutual _logical and social _ will be needed in a lunar community. Second, our space l_meers u$ll _e a unique view of the universe which may, in their philosoptMcal discussions, fi_ge new ideas in the spin"tual realm.


In November 1997, a permeable iron reactive barrier trench was installed at the S-3 Ponds Pathway 2 Site located at the Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The overall goal of the project is to evaluate the ability of permeable reactive barrier technology to remove uranium, nitrate, and other inorganic contaminants in groundwater and to assess impacts of biogeochemical interactions on long-term performance of the treatment system. Zero-valent iron (Fe0) was used as the reactive medium, which creates a localized zone of reduction or low oxidation reduction potential (ORP), elevated pH, and dissolved H{sub 2} as Fe{sup 0} corrodes in groundwater. These conditions favor the removal of metals and radionuclides (such as uranium and technetium) through redox-driven precipitation and/or sorption to iron corrosion byproducts, such as iron oxyhydroxides. The technology is anticipated to be economical and low in maintenance as compared with conventional pump-and-treat technology. Groundwater monitoring results indicate that the iron barrier is effectively removing uranium and technetium, the primary contaminants of concern, as anticipated from our previous laboratory studies. In addition to uranium and technetium, nitrate, sulfate, bicarbonate, calcium, and magnesium are also found to be removed, either partially or completely by the iron barrier. Elevated concentrations of ferrous ions and sulfide, and pH were observed within the iron barrier. Although ferrous iron concentrations were initially very high after barrier installation, ferrous ion concentrations have decreased to low to non-detectable levels as the pH within the iron has increased over time (as high as 9 or 10). Iron and soil core samples were taken in February 1999 and May 2000 in order to evaluate the iron surface passivation, morphology, mineral precipitation and cementation, and microbial activity within and in the vicinity of the iron barrier. Results indicate that most of the iron filings collected in cores were still loose and not clogged after approximately 2.5 years of barrier installation. However, significant amounts of cemented iron filings were observed in the upgradient portion of the iron. In particular, the cementation appeared to have increased significantly over time from the 1999 to 2000 coring events in both the upgradient and downgradient portions of the iron. Minerals identified by scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive x-ray (EDX), and x-ray diffraction (XRD) that have precipitated in the iron include iron sulfide, calcium carbonate (aragonite), iron oxyhydroxides (goethite, akagneite, amorphous), siderite (iron carbonate), makinawite, and green rusts. These mineral precipitants are responsible for the cementation observed within the iron barrier. Elevated microbial activity and increased diversity within and in the vicinity of the iron barrier were also observed, particularly denitrifiers and sulfate-reducers, which may have been responsible or partially responsible for the removal of nitrate and sulfate in groundwater and the formation of ferrous sulfide minerals within the iron barrier. Hydraulic gradients across the Pathway 2 site have remained relatively stable and consistent from east to west. Increases and decreases in the gradients across the site observed over the past 2.5 years appear to be primarily related to recharge during precipitation events and seasonal fluctuations. However, closer inspection of gradient fluctuations within the iron appear to indicate that cementation within the iron may be starting to impact groundwater flow through the iron. Since the spring of 1999, recharge events have had a more pronounced impact on hydraulic gradients observed between wells located upgradient, within, and downgradient of the iron. This data suggests that the connectivity of the iron and gravel in the upgradient portion of the trench to the iron and gravel in the downgradient portion of the trench may be decreasing over time due to cementation in the iron.


The failure of fiber reinforced composites under transverse loading is investigated on a
representative volume element. The volume element is composed of a twelve fiber hexagonal
array. The debonding of the central fiber is studied under transverse shear as well as under
transverse compressive loading by calculating the mode I and mode II part of the energy
release rate. The initiation of failure is assumed to take place at the location of maximum
tensile or maximum shear stresses, respectively. In order to determine the failure initiation
point, the stress field in the interface before crack initiation is calculated.


Fuzzy inference systems have been successfully applied in numerous fields since they can effectively model human knowledge and adaptively make decision processes. In this paper we present an innovative fuzzy exemplar‐based inference system (FEIS) for flood forecasting. The FEIS is based on a fuzzy inference system, with its clustering ability enhanced through the Exemplar‐Aided Constructor of Hyper‐rectangles algorithm, which can effectively simulate human intelligence by learning from experience. The FEIS exhibits three important properties: knowledge extraction from numerical data, knowledge (rule) modeling, and fuzzy reasoning processes. The proposed model is employed to predict streamflow 1 hour ahead during flood events in the Lan‐Yang River, Taiwan. For the purpose of comparison the back propagation neural network (BPNN) is also performed. The results show that the FEIS model performs better than the BPNN. The FEIS provides a great learning ability, robustness, and high predictive accuracy for flood forecasting.


An expedient spectral range of radiation sources for use in the automatic landing system of unmanned aerial vehicles has been substantiated. A method is proposed for synchronizing the photoexposure of the computer vision system and radiation from landmarks for the unambiguous determination of their mutual position. Results of the experimental studies are presented.


This article aims to reflect on ethnics aspects present in Haitian migration to/in Brazil and how they come manifesting. The methodology used in this paper addresses multiple issues, like reflect from the theories on ethnicity and dialogue with reports of our fieldwork with participant observation. We admitted theoretically under the concepts of "interethnic friction" (CARDOSO DE OLIVEIRA, 1981), as the process resulting from the encounter between different ethnics groups in an unequal power relationship without, however, be a less strong be acculturated, and of "diacritics signals" (CUNHA, 1986), understood as the means by which the groups identify their members and, at the same time are distinguished from others in the construction of their cultural identities. The Haitian mobility by Brazil poses several issues under discussion and the ethnic-descriptive criterion is in evidence. We seek, therefore, a reflection on the size of the Brazilian's experimentation of otherness with Haitians and ask what is the limit of it strangeness or a racist ethnocentrism. Normal 0 21 false false false PT-BR X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabela normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}


One of the more conspicuous ants in Trinidad forests is Cephalotes atratus , the giant turtle ant. This relatively large, all black ant has a very broad, flattened head. It nests arboreally and is often seen walking in loose columns on tree trunks, fallen logs and across the forest floor. Despite its commonness and striking appearance, it has been the subject of just one substantial behavioural-ecological study (Corn 1980).


The experiment of high speed dynamic balance was done after power turbine rotor balance is destroyed.The vibration of the whole engine on test rig was measured and analyzed before and after the high speed dynamic balance of the power turbine rotor was conducted.The results show that the whole engine vibration is significantly reduced.High speed dynamic balance technique of flexible rotor plays an important role in reducing vibration of the turboshaft engine.


Trade costs have been identified as an important determinant of a country's ability to participate fully in the world economy ( Limao and Venables (2001)). In line with this, recent studies have documented the impact of institutions and infrastructure development on trade flows. This paper studies these issues in the context of trade-related capacity building (TRCB) initiatives and evaluates the opportunity cost of different TRCB policy mixes. Trade-related capacity building which is broadly defined as a coherent set of activities by donors and partner countries designed to improve trade performance through institutional, human capital and infrastructural development, has increasingly gained attention of developing countries and donors alike. In 2001 the WTO Doha Ministerial Declaration recognized trade-related technical assistance and capacity building as core elements of the development dimension of the multilateral trading system and set out commitments in those areas. Since then, substantial resources have been mobilized in support of trade capacity building initiatives. According to a joint report by the WTO and the OECD, the amount of trade-related technical assistance and capacity building to help developing and least-developed countries participate more efficiently in international trade has increased by 50% since the Doha Ministerial Declaration. The purpose of this paper is to address the question of whether the weights assigned to different components of trade-related capacity in existing TRCB programmes is justified. To do this the paper evaluates opportunity cost of different TRCB policy mixes with specific reference to Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), excluding South Africa. We use a number of variables from both theoretical and empirical literature to come up with composite indicators for trade-related institutions, infrastructure and human capital. Making use of the gravity model we estimate the impact of these TRCB indicators on trade as measured by value of total exports. The model is estimated using trade patterns in 2005 for a data set of 117 world countries of which 37 are in sub-Sahara Africa. We then estimate how much trade flows will be increased under various policy scenarios of improved TRCB indicators in SSA. We examine scenarios that focus on improved institutions, infrastructure and human capital so that they become comparable with the rest of the world. The world's average level is used as the baseline for each of these composite indicators, in the policy simulations. The results show that the coefficients for three TRCB variables display considerable variation with infrastructure being the most important of them all exporters' infrastructure being the most significant with an average elasticity of approximately 3.0 (implying an increase of 3% in bilateral trade flows for each 1% improvement in the quality of exporters' infrastructure). Our studies also show that countries with similar institutions will trade more as institutional homogeneity reduces transaction costs between them. Our finding suggests that complementing improvements in the quality of human capital and infrastructure will provide the greatest bilateral trade flow benefit to Sub-Saharan Africa. 1 PhD in Economics Candidate, at the School of Economics, University of Cape Town.


Thin film materials are the significant elements of sustained technical advances achieved in the areas of magnetic devices, photonic and optoelectronic. The studies of thin film have advanced directly or indirectly the numerous innovative research areas in chemistry and solid state physics based upon the phenomena uniquely characteristic of the thickness, geometry and structure of the film. A significant prospect of this paper is to simulate the thin film flow of Maxell fluid model, featuring the relaxation time, over an unsteady rotating disk within the frame work of first order chemical reaction. The main aim here is to explore the heat and mass transfer mechanisms by incorporating the features of energy and mass fluxes caused by mass concentration and temperature gradients. Further, space and temperature dependent heat source/sink influence is considered on fluid thermal characteristics. The feasible conversion variables bring out the system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations which are executed for the numerical solution with numerical technique, called bvp4c in Matlab. The achieved outcomes illustrate that film thickness enhances with the rising disk rotation parameter, however; an opposite trend is observed for the magnetic field parameter, and Deborah number. Furthermore, enhancing values of Dufour number and simultaneously declining Soret number yield an increase in the fluid temperature.


Background: The problem of eating disorder is common nowadays, especially
among teenagers. In Indonesia national data on eating behavior is unavailable but
the result of some studies indicates that there is a problem of eating behavior in
Indonesia. The number of female teenagers on weight loss diet at Jayapura
Municipality has been increasing in the past two years, from 8.66% in 2010 to
8.2% in 2011 (January to June).
Objective: To find out association between environmental factor, body image and
weight loss diet in female senior high school teenagers at District of Abepura,
Jayapura Municipality.
Method: The study was observational with cross sectional and case control study
design. It was undertaken in all senior high schools at District of Abepura,
Jayapura Municipality. Samples consisted of 361 for cross sectional design and 95
for case control design. Collected data comprised identity of respondents,
anthropometry, role of environmental factor (famillies, friends, and media) in
body image, role of body image to weight loss diet. Research instruments were
questionnaire, microtoise, and scale. Data were analyzed using chi square test.
Result: The result of bivariate analysis showed that (1) there was significant
association between role of the family and body image (OR=1.7


FoE model is a new MRF model demonstrated by Roth et al in 2005.This model has attracted a lot of attention by its excellent performance.In this paper,described FoE model and its training progress,present image denoise experiment results with student-t expert and charbonnier expert under several training settings.To solve the time consuming training problem of FoE model,an improved batch training method is proposed.Through increasing batch number step by step,this mothed split the training progress of FoE model into 4 stages.Practical example of image denoise shows that the proposed method can effectively reduce approximate 50% training time of FoE model at the same acquire similar training result.


OBJECTIVE:To promote the application of single-disease entity quality control in children with community acquired pneumonia.METHODS:According to the requirements of "Single-disease Entity Quality Control Index" issued by Ministry of Public Health,280 children with community acquired pneumonia in our hospital were analyzed retrospectively in respect of admission standard,pathogen inspection,selection of antibiotics,medication time,treatment course,health education,clinical efficacy and cost of hospitalization.RESULTS CONCLUSION:The diagnosis and treatment of children community acquired pneumonia in our hospital are in line with "Single-disease Entity of Pneumonia Quality Control Index" while detection rate of bacterial cultivation and the level of sensitivity test should be improved.


Introduction: This is very rare case report regarding late ventricular septal defect (VSD) following blunt trauma. Case Report: A 23-year-old motorcycle rider lost control and crashed to another motorcycle. He was transferred to emergency department by emergency medical services. Initial evaluation revealed some minor trauma which was managed, and he was discharged. There was a lately developed large apical VSD with delayed cardiopulmonary deterioration. The defect was recognized more than 10 days after accident, and repaired the day after. Discussion: Most VSD patients with blunt trauma remain asymptomatic following trauma while those with no primary findings experience gradual decompensation.


A DTV(Digital TV) same channel repeater having a digital distortion compensation function is provided to transmit a high-quality signal having a high S/N(Signal to Noise) value and reduce a signal delay time generated until a signal is retransmitted after the signal is received. A signal processing unit(5) is additionally installed between a DTV RF(Radio Frequency) receiver(4) and a DTV RF transmitter(6). The signal processing unit has an A/D(Analog to Digital) converting unit(53), an I/Q(Inphase/Quadrature) demodulating unit(54), an adaptive compensation unit(58), a digital filter unit(55), an I/Q modulating unit(56), and a D/A(Digital to Analog) converting unit(57). The A/D converting unit converts an IF(Intermediate Frequency) signal inputted from an IF BPF(Band Pass Filter)(44) into a digital signal. The I/Q demodulating unit demodulates a digital IF signal outputted from the A/D converting unit into a baseband signal. The adaptive compensation unit demodulates a transmission signal outputted from the DTV RF transmitter, calculates a filter coefficient of the digital filter unit, and generates an LUT(Look-Up Table). The digital filter unit corrects a channel characteristic from the output signal of the I/Q demodulating unit under the control of the adaptive compensating unit, removes an error, and compensates linear and non-linear distortion components of a transmission-end HPA(High Power Amplifier)(62). The I/Q modulating unit modulates the signal corrected in the digital filter unit. The D/A converting unit converts the digital signal modulated in the I/Q modulating unit into an analog IF signal.


The URI ICED (Integrated Computer Engineering Design curriculum) multi-year project entails the design, construction, test and evaluation of a complete computer system including CPU, memory interface, bus, compiler and network interface. This paper gives an overview of the ICED Protosys Laboratory; the paper is primarily targeted for the ICED student. The key elements of the Protosys hardware and software are identified and described.


This paper introduces the theory,advantages and mechanics analysis of non\|closing arch as a new shoring technique for foundation pit,presenting a practical project with technological experiences summary. \[


It has long been known that the set of rational numbers is denumerable, and several counting systems have been devised. It is proposed in this note to exhibit a counting system which furnishes the solution for each of the following problems: (i) To find the ordinal number for a given rational; for example, to find the ordinal number of the rational 37/11. (ii) To find the rational number corresponding to a given ordinal; for example, to find the 593rd rational number. If


Here, we present the complete genome sequence of a Campylobacter strain isolated in the Netherlands from a patient with gastroenteritis. The strain showed >98% sequence identity to the novel Campylobacter species sequence recently recovered from metagenomic data, isolated from breastfed infants with diarrheal disease, and named "Candidatus Campylobacter infans." ABSTRACT Here, we present the complete genome sequence of a Campylobacter strain isolated in the Netherlands from a patient with gastroenteritis. The strain showed >98% sequence identity to the novel Campylobacter species sequence recently recovered from metagenomic data, isolated from breastfed infants with diarrheal disease, and named "Candidatus Campylobacter infans."


Assume that ring J? is an associtive ring with an identity and every module M = pM is a left 2?-module. The ring of all U-endomorphisms on a left J?-module M, denoted by End(M) will be written on the right side of M as right operators on A幻 that is, pMEnd(M) will be considered on this paper. For Rhomomorphisms / ■ £ —> 虬 g : M t N)their composition fg : L~%M으"N of f and g is written in the arrow o호ders of f and g» for any left J?-modules L, M and N. According to [5], a module pM is quasz-projectwe in case it is Af— projective (or^projecitve relative to M itself). This definition is equiva lent to the following definition of [l](see 16.7 Proposition pl48,[5]). In other words, we can replace N with M/T for each submodule T of M. DEFINITION L An R-module M is said to be quasz-projective if every diagram M


We introduce a novel instrument to identify exogenous variation in the intensity of supervision across U.S. bank holding companies based on the size rank of a bank within its Federal Reserve district. We demonstrate that supervisors record more hours at the largest banks in a district, even after controlling for size and other characteristics. Using a matched sample approach, we find that these "top" banks are less volatile, hold less risky loan portfolios, and engage in more conservative reserving practices, but do not have lower earnings or slower asset growth. Given that these firms are subject to similar rules, our results support the notion that supervision has a distinct role as a complement to regulation.


Goal: The objective of this study is to review the evidence on the efficacy and safety of the Epley maneuver (EM) in the treatment of posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).
 Data sources: Medline, evidence-based medicine websites, the Index of Portuguese Medical Journals, and references of selected arti- cles.
 Review methods: Guidelines, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and randomized controlled trials using the MeSH terms benign pa- roxysmal positional vertigo and therapy. The Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT) was used for the assignment of levels of evidence and the strength of recommendations.
 Results: The American Academy of Neurology reports that the EM is effective and safe and is a treatment option for any patient with posterior BPPV. The American Academy of Otolaryngology recommends that the EM be used as first line treatment for BPPV. A Coch- rane meta-analysis (level of evidence 1) found the EM better than placebo treatment and no treatment for symptoms (OR = 4.42) and for producing a negative Dix-Hallpike (DH) test (OR = 6.40). The meta-analysis by Prim-Espada found that patients undergoing the EM had better resolution of symptoms (OR = 6.52) (level of evidence 2). Helminski's systematic review found a higher rate of ne- gative DH tests in the treated groups (67 - 93%) compared to control groups (10 - 38%) (level of evidence 3). Serious side effects were not reported (level of evidence 1).
 Conclusions: The evidence reveals that the EM is effective and safe in the treatment of BPPV in the short term (SOR A). The EM is of great value to the General Practitioner in the rapid resolution of posterior BPPV without major side effects and without great costs.


We compute the Chekanov-Eliashberg contact homology of what we call the Legendrian closure of a positive braid. We also construct an augmentation for each such link diagram. Then we apply the monodromy techniques established in an earlier paper to a certain natural loop in the space L' of positive Legendrian (p,q) torus knots to show that L' has a nontrivial fundamental group, which is mapped non-injectively into the fundamental group of K by the map induced by inclusion (here, K is the space of all smooth positive (p,q) torus knots). This is the first example that Legendrian and classical knots behave differently at the level of one parameter families.


Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is considered an autoimmune disease that lowers blood platelets due to autoantibody infiltration against the platelets. The precise cause of this is unclear, but in recent years a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection has been reported in adult patients with ITP. Furthermore, the platelet count increases after HP eradication in many HP-infected ITP patients, suggesting that HP is involved as a causative agent in 20-40% of adult ITP cases. The present study therefore examined HP infection in chronic childhood ITP cases. Serum anti-HP IgG antibody, anti-HP IgG antibody in urine, stool HP antigen and 13C urea breath test were measured in 40 subjects, but HP infection was verified in only a small percentage (two subjects; 5.0%). Neither of these subjects underwent bacterium eradication therapy in the survey stage, so the relationship with ITP pathology remains a topic for future study. In the diagnosis and treatment of HP infection in children, it is necessary to fully bear in mind the low sensibility to serum anti-HP IgG antibody testing and the 13C urea breath test, as well as the prevalence of clarithromycin-resistant HP as compared to adults. 要 旨 特発性血小板減 少性紫斑病(ITP)は,血 小板 に対 す る自己抗体 によ り血 小板減少 をきたす 自己免疫 性疾 患 と考 え られてい る.そ の原因の詳細 は今 なお不明で あるが,最 近 の報 告で は,成 人 のITP患 者の半数 以上 にHelicobacter pylori(HP)感 染 を認 め,さ らに除菌治療 に成功 した約半数 のHP感 染者 で血 小板数が増 加 す るこ とか ら,成人ITPの20~40%にHPが 病因 として関与 す るこ とが示唆 されてい る.そ こで今回われ わ れは,小 児慢 性ITP症 例 を対 象 にHPの 感染状 況 を検討 した.対 象 は40例 で,血 清抗HPIgG抗 体,尿 中抗 HPIgG抗 体,尿 素呼気試験 等 を測定 したが,HP感 染 が証 明 されたの はわず か2例(5.0%)と 低率で あ り, その2例 とも調査段 階で除菌療法未施行例 で あったため,ITPの 病態 との関連 は今後 の検討課 題 として残 さ れた.な お,小 児のHP感 染 の診断お よび治療 にあた っては,成 人 と比較 して,血 清抗HPIgG抗 体検査 や尿 素呼気試験 の感 度が低 い ことや,clarithromycin耐 性HPが 多 い こと等 を十分考慮 する必 要が ある.


The main current of the culture should be healthy and elegant in university campus,but there is no denying that the bad subordinate cultural phenomenon in university campus is also an objective and existing fact. The reasons about its formation and development are as follows: deep social realistic reasons,quick development of the Internet,also other reasons in university students with the special mind and character.The bad subculture produces negative influences on the university students.Much greater importance should be attached to it.We should find a way actively against its existence.


used inconstruction. This paper compares various D 1037 test methods with similar American SociAs originally published, American Society for ety for Testing and Materials construction Testing and Materials ASTM Standard D 1037 plywood tests. It discusses the need for a flexural contained small-specimen tests for fiber-based creep test. It also discusses and presents possible panels. By 1960 the scope ofD 1037 had been ex- alternatives for some D 1037 tests which are not panded to cover particleboard also. These small- appropriate forwood-baseconstruction panels for specimen tests are appropriate for fiber-based reasons other than specimen size. panels and conventional particleboard. Larger specimentestsarenecessary for panels made from


An oblique impaction model of two parallel plates is proposed to study the frictional effect between particles in explosive consolidation of powders. The change tendence of the friction between particles with the change of temperature is analyzed and the time for hole compaction is investigated using LS-DYNA program. The temperature rise at the interface of particles caused by the thermo-force coupled friction is calculated by integration. Size effect is considered during the calculation and the effective critical size is given. Results show that temperature rise increases as the particle size or shock pressure increases. For micron-scale to nanon-scale particles, temperature at the interfaces can reach the melting point only if the size and shock pressure are large enough.


In this paper, we introduce the concept of almost cotorsion modules. A module is called almost cotorsion if it is subisomorphic to its cotorsion envelope. Some characterizations of almost cotorsion modules are given. It is also proved that every module is a direct summand of an almost cotorsion module. As an application, perfect rings are characterized in terms of almost cotorsion modules.


In this work a Monte Carlo transport code named TART is engaged for total neutron buildup factors determination for NBS04 concrete type. The first step to model the total neutron buildup factors is to conduct a validation process of the TART code by calculating transmission factors for both neutrons and secondary photons. The transmission factors are then used for total ambient dose equivalent estimation. The direct component is calculated manually by using the exponential law, with the cross sections obtained from MCNP6. Finally, total ambient dose equivalent neutron buildup factor is calculated as the ratio of the total ambient dose equivalent and the direct component. The results are compared with the MCNP6 results. Obtained buildup factors are then embedded in a point kernel code named QAD- CGGP. A test case is modeled in TART, MCNP6 and QAD- CGGP and the results of the three codes are compared.


The effects of imperatacylindrica on curing characteristics and physical properties of epoxidized natural rubbers (ENR25) filled recycled nitrile glove (rNBR) were examined. The compounds were prepared by two roll mill at five different compositions of imperatacylindrica (5, 15, 25, 35 and 45 phr). The size range of imperatacylindrica particles i.e., 0μm-63μm and 500μm-700μm were used. The result of cure characterization show that scorch time (t2) and cure time (t90) of the ENR25/rNBR decreased with the increased of imperatacylindrica content due to an insufficient amount of accelerator or curing agent and migration of sulphur from filler to the natural rubber. ENR25/rNBR with fine size, S1 of imperatacylindrica particles exhibit lower minimum torque (ML) compared with the coarse size, S2 which resulted in more efficient processing. The maximum torque (MH) of all ENR25/rNBR compounds show the increasing trend with increased imperatacylindrica content due to the good interactions between imperatacylindrica and ENR25/rNBR compounds. For physical properties, ENR25/rNBR compounds with fine size, S1 of imperatacylindrica particles exhibited the higher crosslinking density at all compound ratios meanwhile coarse size, S2 show highest hardness compared to fine size, S1. The results overall indicated that the ENR25/rNBR with fine size, S1 of imperatacylindrica particles show better cure characteristics and physical properties (crosslink density and hardness test) compared to coarse size, S2 of imperatacylindrica particles.


"I do not hanker after posterity; I only desire to be myself," Kate Field asserted in 1886 (249). While she rejected living for immortality, Field had a decided desire for fame in her own time. Gary Scharnhorst's biography presents the fullest picture to date of a remarkably active woman writer, lecturer, actress, and—above all—self-promoter. The portrait that emerges is not always of an appealing individual, but it is one that demonstrates the ways in which Field moved beyond the supposed restrictions on female activities in the last half of the nineteenth century to live a truly self-defined life. A capitalist whose primary product was herself, Field marketed her talents on the stage, on lecture circuits, and as a spokesperson for corporations from Bell Telephone to Anheueser-Busch. Above all, Field was a skilled journalist for a wide range of periodicals, including her own short-lived but influential Kate Field's Washington (1890–95). Aristocratic in spirit, if working-woman in reality, Field was adept at recognizing the power of periodical writing as a means of finding personal expression and of shaping public opinion. She began her career in journalism at the age of twenty, arranging to publish travel commentaries in the Boston Courier while on tour in Italy; and, in spite of years as an actress, dramatist, and lecturer in the States and abroad, she continued to contribute travel narratives, political exposés, product endorsements passing as essays, literary criticism, and insightful commentaries on American life to various periodicals until her death in 1896. Throughout her career she wrote for an impressive range of newspapers, including the Springfield Republican, New York Tribune, and Chicago Tribune. Although Field is known today for her work as publisher, editor, and writer of Kate Field's Washington, Scharnhorst astutely details the education she received in the trenches of periodical writing before embarking on her own publication.


This article describes how asphalt producers can improve their environmental footprint, and why they should. Beyond using increasing amounts of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) or waste roofing shingles in mixes or using more low-emission warm mix asphalt, environmentally conscientious producers should examine their plant's entire operation. This includes not only how well it suppresses fugitive dust and noise from its roads, but whether it fuels its burners with recycled oil, and how carefully tack coats are placed or equipment is cleaned at the end of the day. The author argues that making an operation more green will prepare the way to meet coming road building environmental standards and certification similar to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program aimed at building structures. The author suggests numerous ways that producers have successfully reduced energy consumption via reduction of aggregate moisture content, insulation of dryer shells and surfaces, reduction of exit gas and exit material temperatures, and keeping stockpiles covered. One producer is using methane gas derived from landfills to reduce energy costs associated with liquid asphalt and to dry aggregates.


Various concentrations of aminoacid alanine as soil drench were found to suppress the reproduction and population build up of Meloidogyne incognita on Vigna unguiculata and also improved the plant growth. The growth was found to be maximum in infected plants treated with 1000 ppm concentration of amino acid. Infection resulted in sugar depletion and elevated protein, lipid and phenol levels in the host plant. The activities of dehydrogenase enzymes and total endogenous reductases were more in the infected and infected treated plants. The reduced galling coupled with the improved plant growth and the enhanced organic constituents indicated the improved vigour of the host plant under the influence of alanine treatment.


Inflammatory  periapical  cysts  represent  a  considerable  proportion  in  the  epedimiologic distribution. Your diagnosis is carried out by the association between the clinical, radiographic, tomographic examination and histopathological. The treatment of these injuries comprises from the Endodontic treatment of teeth to its surgical enucleation. This article has as objective the description of a case report of one patient with large swelling in the bucal mucosa in the anterior teeth, which was diagnosed as inflammatory cyst. The treatment was surgical enucleation and the surgical cavity was filled with calcium sulfate. Control clinical and radiographic proven the complete repair of the injury and disappearance of the sign and symptoms.


The nonsubsampled Contourlet transform (NSCT) not only retains the characteristics of Contourlet transform, but also has the good characteristic of shift-invariance, which plays a significant role in denoising, fusion, and segmentation of texture-rich images. The NSCT not only retains the properties of Contourlet transform, but also has the important property of shift-invariance, which plays a significant role in image processing, such as denoising, fusion, and segmentation of texture-rich images. This paper proposes a Gaussian-Cauchy mixture distribution-based NSCT hidden Markov tree model (GC-NSCT-HMT). The specific form of Gaussian-Cauchy mixture distribution is determined by the kurtosis of the NSCT coefficients in each subband. First, we study the probability density distribution of the remote sensing image NSCT coefficients and then propose the Gaussian-Cauchy mixture distribution, which can adaptively adjust according to the statistical property of NSCT coefficients through a balance function. Experimental results show that the proposed mixture distribution can achieve a good imitative effect to the NSCT coefficients. Second, we study the marginal statistical property and the joint statistical property of the NSCT coefficients, the persistence and aggregation properties of them are also studied in depth. We find that the 'father' NSCT coefficient can transfers to its son coefficients through a tree structure. Third, we combine the above conclusions with the hidden Markov tree model (HMT) and the GC-NSCT-HMT model is proposed. Finally, we apply our model to remote sensing image denoising. The subjective and objective experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method.


The article raises the issue of geographical variation of long phonemes roles qualitatively and quantitatively in the systems of Italian dialects. In particular, frequency rates of occurence of long vowel and/or consonant phonemes in the texts in Tuscan, Westand East-Lombardic, Venetic and Sicilian dialects are compared. The analysis is based on delimitation of etymological and phonological length of phonemes which in the former case are interpreted as biphones and in the latter case as monophones.


In Grid computer system having a plurality of download servers to communicate client computer and download management system and the network, for downloading in parallel data from the plurality of download servers to the client, download the client from the download management system to request the plan. The client requests chunks of data from download servers identified by the download plan. The client monitors the performance of the download server to download chunks, reallocate a portion of the chunk between download server in order to improve the complete performance download chunks. Chunk of download data is a portion of the plurality of files, a single file or files of data.


The beam filter coated with 13 layers and a three-dimensional optical model considering nonparallelism of solar rays are presented to evaluate the optical,thermal and electrical performances of the semi-parabolic trough concentrating spectral beam splitting PV system.The spectral distribution of the radiant intensity of the system and the spatial distribution of the flux density on the solar cell plane are investigated.The optical efficiency of the system at AM1.5 is 58.7%,and the optimal inclination angle of the cell is given to obtain uniform flux at different concentrator relative aperture. The results show that the spectral beam splitting technology on the concentrating PV system can reduce the cell temperature and increase concentration ratio together with photoelectric conversion efficiency.


Copper(II) chelates of 3-nitro-1,5-diarylformazans have been synthesized by reacting aqueous solution of copper(II) acetate tetrahydrate with methanolic solution of the ligand. The so synthesized copper(II) chelates of 3-nitro-1,5-diarylformazans were purified, crystallized and characterized on the basis of elemental analysis, IR, Electronic and EPR spectral studies, and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The studies reveal that these copper(II) chelates of 3-nitro-1,5-diarylformazans characterized as bis-chelates having 1:2 stoichiometry, are paramagnetic in character and most probably have a symmetrical six membered chelate ring structure. The anti-bacterial activity of these bis(3-nitro-1,5-diarylformazanato)copper(II) chelates has been evaluated against Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilisby disc diffusion method and compared with standard Amoxycillin and they are found to possess potent anti-bacterial activity against selected bacterial strains.


It is remain an enormous and difficult problem to improve the efficiency of stoping the gentle dip and filminess ore body.If the resuming fill is applied to stope ore body according to the conventional rules,it will lead to lower efficiency and higher loss impoverishment rate,especially,the slip of mine system arrangement can not effectively solve the problem for gentle dip and filminess ore body.Aiming at the problem above,thus the resuming-fill mining method is optimized.Using the chute instead of sneaking underground ore,both sides of the chute with rubble wall,all of which can make the staff enter the chute to solve the blocking phenomenon,additionally,it improves the mining efficiency.Making use of cemented backfilling materials filling in caving on the basis of rubble,and playing a layer with enough strength of cementation plane can not only reduce the dilution loss rate,but also greatly improve the efficiency of ore mining.These optimization measures have been widely applied in Wangershan sub-ore of Jiaojia gold mine, which has brought good economic benefit for the mine.


A dual time scale aircraft flight control problem is addressed via sliding mode control theory. Actuator dynamics, deflection limits and rate limits are addressed via sliding mode controller re-configuration. The designed re-configurable sliding mode controller achieves a robust, high accuracy tracking performance to mission angles (such as attack, sideslip and roll angles) in an outer loop before and after damage to an aircraft. Angular rate commands are robustly tracked in an inner loop. The developed re-configurable control strategy is based on a continuous sliding mode controller with a boundary layer re-configuration. Online explicit damage identification is not required. A re-configurable sliding mode controller is designed for an F-16 jet fighter with a nonlinear flight dynamics model. Computer simulations demonstrate high accuracy tracking performance. Actuator's deflection and deflection rate do not saturate.


We present a particle separator that works on micro scales and that can be implemented on-chip. The working principle is based on the motion of particles or species in thermal gradients, the so called thermophoresis. A study of the feasibility of thermophoretic separation in microfluidics has been conducted. The efficiency of separation is observed by particle imaging. An integrated thermophoretic separator has been micro fabricated in silicon. Tests show that separation of 83% of the particles can be achieved in 100 s, using only 1 W of electrical power. Separation appears to be an order of magnitude faster than predicted. This separator will serve as a micro laboratory to further investigate the thermophoretic separation.


Este trabajo fue recibido el 05 de junio de 2019. Aceptado con modificaciones: 24 de septiembre de 2019. Aceptado para ser publicado: 20 de noviembre de 2019. ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to identify dietary patterns in an outpatient cohort of coronary heart disease (CHD) patients, to compare these patterns with dietary recommendations of the international cardiology guidelines, and verify associations with cardiovascular risk factors. Dietary intake was assessed through a food frequency questionnaire. Dietary patterns were identified by cluster analysis. The total energy intake, fiber, cholesterol, macro and micronutrients were calculated. Two dietary patterns were identified in 123 patients. Pattern I was characterized by a greater consumption of whole carbohydrates, beans, meats, vegetables, and fruits. Pattern II was rich in refined carbohydrates, fried foods, and sweets. Participants in pattern I had lower values of diastolic blood pressure (DBP) with 77.1 ± 9.9 mmHg (p= 0.002) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) of 7.83 ± 1.76 % (p= 0.029) compared to pattern II with 84.1 ± 14.3 mmHg and 9.02 ± 2.29 %, respectively. Therefore, pattern I had a healthier nutritional composition, however, nutritional adequacy was still lacking. Despite this, participants in pattern I had significantly lower values of DBP and HbA1c, in addition to being associated with a better control of DBP.


In the process of exploring and creating a new situation of democratic management, trade unions of enterprises ought to rely firmly on "Five New". Namely, foster the new concept in the work of trade unions, breed the new consciousness in democratic political affairs, extend the new content in steady preservation, probe the new form in democratic supervision and put the new conduct on display in democratic participation.


Electrocardiograms were recorded from 60 clinically apparently healthy cross bred cattle in Andhra Pradesh of India. Cattle were divided into 3 groups based on their age i.e. cattle between 2 to 4 years age, 4 to 6 years age and 6 to 8 years age. The electrocardiograms were recorded on a bipolar base apex lead, using limb lead I. The duration and amplitude of the 'P' wave, 'QRS' complexes, 'T' wave and the P-R, Q-T intervals and ST segment were measured in traced electrocardiograms. The value of ST segment in adults was significantly higher than young cattle, but the amount of 'R' wave and 'T' wave amplitudes in younger animals were significantly lower than older animals (P<0.05). B. Sudhakara Reddy1 and S. Sivajothi2*


Objective. To compare the efficacy and feasibility of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) with multiple daily insulin injections (MDI) in children with type 1 diabetes. Methods. The study sample included 23 children (10 males) aged 9.4 to 13.9 years with type 1 diabetes. An open randomized crossover design was used to compare 3.5 months of CSII to 3.5 months of MDI therapy for the following variables: diabetic control, incidence of adverse events, daily insulin requirement, body mass index standard deviation scores, treatment satisfaction, and quality of life. Results. The changes in HbA1c and fructoseamine values were similar in the 2 arms over time. At the end of the study, mean HbA1c level measured 8.05 0.78%. There were no differences between the treatment modes in frequency of symptomatic hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic events. There was 1 event of severe hypoglycemia during pump therapy and 3 during MDI, yielding a rate of 0.26 events per patient-year. There were no episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis. Body mass index standard deviation scores decreased during CSII and increased during MDI, as did mean insulin dose. Patients expressed a higher treatment satisfaction from CSII than MDI, although there was no difference in quality of life between the 2 modes. Conclusions. Intensive insulin therapy by either insulin pump or MDI is safe in children and young adolescents with type 1 diabetes, with similar diabetes control and a very low rate of adverse events. We suggest that both modes be available to the diabetic team to better tailor therapy. Pediatrics 2003;112:559–564; pump, continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion, multiple daily insulin injections, type 1 diabetes, intensive therapy, children. ABBREVIATIONS. DCCT, Diabetes Control and Complication Trial; CSII, continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion; MDI, multiple daily insulin injection; SBGM, self-blood glucose monitoring; NPH, neutral protamine hagedorn; DKA, diabetic ketoacidosis; BMI, body mass index; SDS, standard deviation score; DTSQ, Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire; DQOLY, Diabetes Quality of Life Questionnaire for Youth. The Diabetes Control and Complication Trial (DCCT)1 demonstrated that in patients with type 1 diabetes, tight metabolic control achieved with intensive insulin therapy is superior to conventional treatment in reducing the risk of longterm microvascular complications. Evidence is accumulating that the prepubertal and pubertal years have an impact on microvascular complications in diabetes.2,3 Therefore, tight metabolic control may be an important determinant during these years. However, young patients, especially adolescents, may find it difficult to comply with regular insulin injections, frequent blood glucose monitoring, and regular meals.4 Indeed, the adolescent group in the DCCT had higher HbA1c levels than the adults, and a higher rate of severe hypoglycemic events.5 Episodes of severe hypoglycemia carry a low risk of mortality, neurologic morbidity, and permanent cognitive dysfunction; they also exaggerate the fear of hypoglycemia with a consequent deterioration in metabolic control.6 At the same time, strict metabolic control is itself associated with an increased risk of severe hypoglycemic episodes1,5 and significant weight gain1,5,7—both limitations with particular significance in children and adolescents who tend to have erratic eating behaviors5,8 and worry about their body image.9 Therefore, there is a clear need for an intensive insulin regimen that will appeal to these age groups and enable strict metabolic control without the increased risk of severe hypoglycemic events. Several studies have suggested that intensive therapy with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) could provide better glycemic control,7,10–12 with a lower risk of severe hypoglycemia and a lesser weight gain7 than multiple daily insulin injections (MDIs). However, only a few of these studies were randomized,11,12 and most were done in adults. The present study was prompted by the scarcity of randomized crossover studies comparing the 2 modes of therapy in children with type 1 diabetes. We evaluated CSII and MDI for glycemic control, incidence of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, dose requirements, weight gain, quality of life, and satisfaction. From the *Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, National Center of Childhood Diabetes, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel; and ‡Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel


Using the example of the hermitian quaternionic group of the split rank two, the author compares two methods of proving unitarizability of the representations (for the groups over the local fields). The global method amounts to the calculation of the (part) of the residual spectrum, but the appearance of the representation on the local place depends on some global information (the zeroes and poles of the global L--function) which is often difficult to relate with the local data. This is bypassed by using a completely local approach which can be generalized to the classical groups of large ranks.


We propose a CAAD environment for non-designers. It is a new way to enable effective user participation during the design process. This CAAD environment contains an encapsulation of design knowledge and utilises information filtering as an interface to the design knowledge. Two prototypes are implemented as testbeds. So far, our experience has suggested that the approach has a promising future.


Recently there has been considerable interest in the pressure dependence of barrier heights of metal (Schottky) contacts /1/ and electrolyte interfaces /2,3/ with compound semiconductors. It has been shown that the pressure dependence of the barrier heights reflects the electronic structure and the ionic nature of the semiconductor under study. In this note, we report the results of a study of the pressure dependence of I-U characteristics of Schottky barriers on both n- and p-type silicon.


Depression is a common psychiatric comorbidity in patients with epilepsy and often remains untreated due to concern of antidepressant induced seizures. 1-4 Tricyclic antidepressants, norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors and bupropion have been shown to increase risk of seizures. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are considered relatively safe however, escitalopram has been shown to increase seizure severity ABSTRACT


FIELD: biotechnologies. SUBSTANCE: differentiation of four Trichobilharzia species: T. szidati, T.regenti, T.franki and T.sp.var.narochanica is performed by amplification of sections of sequence of nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) in specimens of reproductive helmints, their larval stage and/or on rDNA of fresh-water mollusks of Lymnaeidae family, which are infected with the above helmints by PCR and four oligonucleotide primers of the following composition: F: 5'-CTTTCCATCTATCACGATGCACT-3' R1: 5'-ATGATAATGTGCATAACACACC-3' R2: 5'-GCCGTTTATTTATATGTATGTG-3' R3: 5'-CAAGCCGTTTATTWATATATAACGG-3'. The obtained amplification products are visualised and differentiated and identified as per size (length); with that, one amplification fragment with the size of 255 base pairs is relevant for T.regenti, species, one fragment with the length of 316 base pairs is relevant for T.szidati species, two fragments with the size of 255 and 316 base pairs are relevant for T.sp.var.narochanica species, and amplification fragment with the size of 258 base pairs is detected only for T.franki species. EFFECT: method allows simultaneous detection and species identification of fours types of ornithic schistosomes of Trichobilharzia species at different life stages. 2 dwg, 2 tbl, 2 ex


According to mechanism of ECBM/CO2 sequestration,a mathematical model was developed.In the mathematical model,two-phase(water and gas) flow,multiple gas components and mixed gas sorption,impact of coal matrix shrinkage and swelling on permeability,pressure loss in wellbore were studied.In terms of the mathematical model,a numerical program was gained and a case was simulated.The simulation results show that the injection of CO2 can largely enhance daily production and cumulative production of coalbed methane.


17537 Background: The prognosis of pts with recurrent ML remains poor. High-dose therapy (HDT) with HC rescue can cure a proportion of such pts. HC mobilization can be adversely affected by number ...


of the , GEBA Fluviicola taffensis O'Sullivan et al . 2005 belongs to the monotypic genus Fluviicola within the family Cryomorphaceae . The species is of interest because of its isolated phylogenetic location in the genome-sequenced fraction of the tree of life. Strain RW262 T forms a monophy-letic lineage with uncultivated bacteria represented in freshwater 16S rRNA gene libraries. A similar phylogenetic differentiation occurs between freshwater and marine bacteria in the family Flavobacteriaceae , a sister family to Cryomorphaceae . Most remarkable is the inability of this freshwater bacterium to grow in the presence of Na + ions. All other genera in the family Cryomorphaceae are from marine habitats and have an absolute requirement for Na + ions or natural sea water. F. taffensis is the first member of the family Cryomorphaceae with a completely sequenced and publicly available genome. The 4,633,577 bp long genome with its 4,082 protein-coding and 49 RNA genes is a part of the G enomic E ncyclopedia of B acteria and A rchaea project. TAS: Traceable Author Statement (i.e., a direct report exists in the literature); NAS: Non-traceable Author Statement (i.e., not directly observed for the living, isolated sample, but based on a generally accepted property for the species, or anecdotal evidence). These evidence codes are from of the Gene Ontology project [27].


A new acridone alkaloid, 5-hydroxynoracronycine alcohol (4), along with six known acridone alkaloids, glycocitrine-I (1), 5-hydroxynoracronycine (2), citrusinine-I (3), grandisine-I (5), natsucitrine-II (6), and citracridone-III (7), were isolated from the stem bark of Citrus maxima f. buntan. Their structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic methods. Compounds 1-4 and 7 were found to be cytotoxic on two tumor cell lines.


The effectiveness of evolutionary algorithms (EAs) such as differential search algorithm (DSA), Real-Coded genetic algorithm with simulated binary crossover (RGA-SBX), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and chaotic gravitational search algorithm (CGSA) on the optimal design of cross-coupled nonlinear PID controllers is compared in this paper. A cross-coupled multivariable PID controller structure for the binary distillation column was developed with two inputs and two outputs. EA simulations are run to lower IAE using two stopping criteria, namely, maximum number of functional evaluations (Fevalmax) and Fevalmax plus PID parameter and IAE tolerance. Over 20 separate trials were used to compare the performances of several EAs using statistical measures such as best, mean, standard deviation of outcomes, and average calculation time. This article presents the design of a cross-coupled nonlinear PID controller using single-objective evolutionary algorithms. Using evolutionary algorithms (EAs) with a multicrossover strategy, the results achieved by various EAs are compared to previously reported results. The results of a multivariable cross-coupled system clearly show that a single-objective nonlinear PID controller performs better. Simulations further show that all four techniques evaluated are suitable for PID controller tweaking off-line. However, only the single-objective evolutionary algorithms are acceptable for online PID tuning due to their higher consistency and shorter computation time.


In this paper we try to show as well the main factors of the emergence and development of rural tourism in order to establish priorities in the joint action of local people, entrepreneurs, tourists and local and national administrations. In many countries, the tourism industry fall within government priority. Tourism has been identified as one of the primary industries with potential to support local communities in developing economic diversity. Rural tourism has developed due to revenue growth (it is mostly discretionary income), due to increased leisure life and diversification motivations and desires of tourists. Tourism development is favored by improving infrastructure, historical monuments and architectural restoration and promotion of environmental conservation. Rural areas have a special attraction for tourists because of the distinct characteristics associated with mystical, cultural, historical, ethnic and geographical. For progress together with profit for those involved, it requires several components: attractions, investment, appropriate infrastructure, services and diversified hospitality promotion. To run this set of factors need to join entrepreneurs and public administrations. From the literature we can draw a number of necessary conditions for the development of rural tourism and a number of motivations for its support. The public sector is responsible for policy formulation, research and planning, development of basic infrastructure, the development of certain landmarks, establishment and management of service delivery standards, establishing management measures and recovery planning and environmental protection, setting standards for training and improve employment, maintaining public health and safety. The private sector is responsible for the development of accommodation services, travel agency operations, the activity of commercial tourist enterprises, development of landmarks and advertising through specific marketing activities, all based on existing infrastructure provided by public administration. We believe that a revision of an important part of approaches that have appeared in the literature in terms of the concept of rural tourism, in terms of methods of analysis of tourism activities and, not least, requiring the use modern techniques for foresight indicators by which to make assessments on these activities.


Attempts to co-ordinate plant pathology throughout Australia can be traced as far back as the conferences on rust in wheat held in Melbourne in 1890, Sydney in 1891, Adelaide in 1892, Brisbane in 1894 and Melbourne in 1896 (Murray 1983). These meetings were also a most significant step in establishing Australian plant pathology on the world scene (Large 1940). There are records of meetings of State plant pathologists in Sydney in 1923 and in Melbourne in 1927. While only representatives from New South Wales and Victoria attended the Sydney meeting there were resolutions from Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and Western Australia at the Melbourne meeting. In 1949 the Australian Agricultural Council (AAC) resolved that CSIR, later CSIRO, convene a Plant Diseases Conference in Melbourne to consider and report on mycological and plant pathological problems. The conference was held 23-27 May 1949 with representatives from each State Department of Agriculture (or equivalent), CSIRO, Commonwealth Departments of Health, Commerce and Agriculture and the Universities of Sydney, Queensland and Adelaide. It was probably the first truly representative gathering of plant pathologists in Australia. In the same year, The Australian Plant Disease Recorder (APDR) was produced under the auspices of the Biology Branch, NSW Department of Agriculture. The Editor in his preface remarks stated 'There is also the possibility that the Recorder will, in time, assist in the inauguration of an Australian Phytopathological Society' (Butler 1949). There is absolutely no doubt that this publication brought plant pathologists in Australia much closer together and was a potent factor in the later establishment of our Society. Plant Pathology Conferences sponsored by AAC were held at Hawkesbury College, Richmond, New South Wales in 1955 and the


Based on the traditional PI control method for active power filter DC-side voltage,targeting the deficiency of the PI control method,this paper proposes the PID control method based on BP neural network.This method makes full use of the ability of approaching random nonlinear function,and has the trait of rapid dynamic response,small overshoot and small static state error.Furthermore,it is easy to carry out and can satisfy the demand for load versatility to DC voltage of shunt active power filter.The structure of BP neural network is designed and the weighted coefficient calculation formula of hidden layer and output layer is derived,with the flow chart for the learning algorithm of the BP neural network given.Simulation studies on the control effect are made through Matlab.


Abstract A redescription of the endemic Guatemalan whip scorpion, Mimoscorpius pugnator (Butler, 1872), including the first description of the female, new records, and natural history observations, is provided.


Since the introduction of elections into Chinese villages two decades ago, many have viewed these elections skeptically. These skeptics point to the disproportionately high percentage of Vi l lage Party Branch members elected to Vil lage Committees as a sign that the Party is manipulating the elections to reassert their power at the village level. They conclude that the contours of rural political power have changed little since the commune era. I argue, alternatively, that the reason so many Party members are elected to V C s is that many peasants see it in their interest to vote for them. I use two sets of arguments to support this view. The first addresses whether the elections offer peasants meaningful choices among candidates. I argue that i f we use an expanded concept of how constituents approach elections, we must conclude that peasants do have meaningful choices. The second addresses the question of how peasants respond to material uncertainty. I use the moral economy/rational peasant debate to show that when faced with material uncertainty, peasants respond by being conservative in their choices. I conclude that reform-era agricultural and economic policies have left many peasants in China's central grain belt feeling financially vulnerable. Faced with such uncertainties, they have adopted a "safety first" principle of minimizing risk while maximizing opportunities within the existing political and economic arrangements. Furthermore, the post-Mao economic reforms have necessitated a change in the criteria for Party membership, particularly at the village level. Because the Party now prioritizes economic development, it also prizes those Party members or potential members who possess the skills that further that goal. Voting for Party members can therefore not be considered a vote for the status quo.


Jpn J of Trauma & Emerg. Med. 2012; 3(1); 5-12 5 Abstract Information sharing of a hospital and dispatched medical teams influences an appropriate remote support. Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital dispatched medical teams to Fukushima prefecture for the medical support of East Japan great earthquake disaster. METHANE report, which Major Incident Medical Management and Support introduced as an English initial of seven items that the first emergency person at the scene should convey, was modified for the communication between medical teams and the hospital. During the 31 days between 16 th March 2011 and 15 th April excluding 4 th , 5 th , 10 th , 11 th April, eight medical teams, total of 39 staffs, were dispatched. Before 25 th March, which is the acute and sub-acute period, the restoration situation of the lifeline, food supply, accommodation, gas station, road condition and weather were reported. Whereas after 25 th March, which is the chronic and withdrawal period, the type of disease, medical equipments and medicines were conveyed in detail. Although the area of operation was extensive and duration was long, the modified METHANE is useful for the information sharing because it covers information of operation, life lines, a gas station, food supply, accommodation, personal belongings, medical equipments, and medicines. Moreover it made remote support efficient by giving information for appropriate selection of the next team member, vehicle, personal belongings, medical equipments and medicines.


The efficacy of heat in the treatment of inflammatory dental diseases, and for the relief of pain, has long been recognized by the dental profession. From the physiologic point of view, inflammation is not a disease, but rather a local defense by the tissues against deleterious invasion. When we produce artificial hyperemia, we aim to augment this beneficial inflammatory reaction-the tissues become red, swollen, relaxed, and the quantity of blood therein is greatly increased. Hyperemia may be induced by the application of bandages or binders, by the use of suction, and by the application of heat.' Bandages or suction would be difficult to apply in the oral cavity, and even the use of heat has been restricted because of the difficulty in controlling the temperature and in securing close contact with the diseased area. In the past, use of heat has been limited to the mechanical possibilities in poultices, hot-water bags, and electric pads. By means of the Elliott Heat Machine, however, it is now possible to apply heat of a known and controlled temperature to the various orifices of the body. This device was originated by Dr. Charles Robert Elliott. According to reports by Drs. Holden and Gumee,2 it has been used to considerable advantage in vaginal work. In their work at Bellevue Hospital, the heat machine was used to hasten the formation of pus in pelvic abscesses, but resolution took place instead. In the treatment of gonorrhea of the female genital tract, the apparatus was found especially helpful because the heat necessary to kill the gonococci (122°F. for 10 minutes) affected the many glandular crypts


Vehicular ad hoc networks have been envisioned to be useful in road safety and commercial applications. In addition, in-vehicle capabilities could be used as a service to provide a variety of applications, for example, to provide real-time junction view of road intersections or to address traffic status for advanced traffic light control. In this work, the authors construct a cloud service over vehicular ad hoc networks to provide event data including capturing videos or Global Positioning System (GPS) data. Moreover, the authors integrate the GPS receiver and the navigation software equipped over On Board Unit to create a Geographic Information System digital map and to offer a traffic safety application. The hardware is implemented by Eeepad for integrating camera and GPS. Furthermore, the cyclic recording scheme has been addressed for data transmission and query. With the design, people can get real-time traffic information including traffic videos or geographical data in the cloud.


Rapid progress in the integrated circuit market has led to new advanced techniques in the remote probing of the ionosphere with HF radio waves. The classical ionosonde which measured virtual height as a function of frequency expanded into a geophysical research tool by measuring all the observables contained in the electromagnetic signals reflected from the ionosphere: amplitude, phase, Doppler, incidence angle, and polarization. A receiving antenna array and high speed digital processing provide the desired spatial and temporal resolution. The current emphasis is on both the on-line and off-line postprocessing of the multiparameter ionogram data to extract the geophysically important ionospheric characteristics: the vertical electron density profiles, horizontal gradients (tilts and waves), plasma drift, the mid-latitude F region trough, and auroral and equatorial spread F. Digital ionosonds deployed in the polar cap and the auroral zone have helped to obtain a better understanding of some of the high-latitude features, and measurements of the equatorial spread F have shown the development and motion of the F region bubbles. HF coherent radar techniques for studying ionospheric irregularity structures measure the velocity of irregularities with scale sizes of one half the radio wavelength. They have mainly been used in the northern auroral zone.


Antibiotic resistance is generally associated with a fitness deficit resulting from the burden of producing and maintaining resistance machinery. This additional cost suggests that resistant bacteria will be outcompeted by susceptible bacteria in conditions without antibiotics. However, in practice this process is slow due in part to regulation that minimizes expression of these genes in the absence of antibiotics. This suggests that if it were possible to turn on their expression, the cost would increase, thereby accelerating removal of resistant strains. Experimental and theoretical studies have shown that environmental chemicals can change the fitness cost associated with resistance and therefore have a significant impact on population dynamics. MarA (multiple antibiotic resistance activator) is a clinically important regulator in Escherichia coli which activates downstream genes to increase resistance against multiple classes of antibiotics. Salicylate is an inducer of MarA which can be found in the environment and de-represses marA's expression. In this study, we sought to unravel the interplay between salicylate and the fitness cost of MarA-mediated antibiotic resistance. Using salicylate as a natural inducer of MarA, we found that a wide spectrum of concentrations can increase burden in resistant strains compared to susceptible strains. Induction resulted in rapid exclusion of resistant bacteria from mixed populations of antibiotic resistant and susceptible cells. A mathematical model captures the process and predicts its effect in various environmental conditions. Our work provides a quantitative understanding of salicylate exposure on the fitness of different MarA variants, and suggests that salicylate can lead to selection against MarA-mediated resistant strains. More generally, our findings show that natural inducers may serve to bias population membership and could impact antibiotic resistance and other important phenotypes. Introduction Antibiotic resistance is frequently associated with fitness deficits such as those resulting from burdensome expression of resistance proteins or from excessive energy consumption by resistance machinery (1–5). These observations suggest that in the absence of antibiotic pressure, a bacterial population should be biased away from drug resistance (6–8). In practice, compensatory mutations and precise regulation of burdensome protein expression reduce the effective cost, largely eliminating the fitness differences. For example, in an antibiotic-free environment, tetracycline resistant bacteria that express the costly TetA efflux pump are expected to be outcompeted by susceptible strains (9). However, experiments have shown that the fitness cost of tetracycline resistance without antibiotic pressure is minimal (7, 10). Tight repression of tetA by TetR keeps costs low in the absence of inducers (7, 9). These regulatory approaches to reducing cost are common, and other examples include repression of the multiple antibiotic resistance activator marA by MarR (11) and the multi-drug efflux pump acrAB by AcrR (12). However, certain environmental chemicals can serve as inducers that relieve repression, and may change the fitness of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Environmental inducers include both the substrates that these mechanisms protect against (e.g. antibiotics) and other compounds. For example, the tetracycline decay product anhydrotetracycline (aTc) (10), which is found widely in soil and wastewater (13, 14), significantly increases the fitness cost of tetracycline resistant cells by releasing repression by TetR. The presence of aTc will select against resistant cells in the absence of antibiotic pressure because TetA is costly, but provides no benefit (9, 10). Other environmental chemicals such as food preservatives (15) and pharmaceutical products (1) can impose fitness disadvantages by inducing higher levels of expression of resistance genes, which may lead to their eventual loss. A recent study demonstrated this effect by growing E. coli for 2000 generations in the presence of benzoate, an inducer for multiple antibiotic resistance genes. The majority of benzoate-evolved strains acquired mutations in marA and its homolog rob, thereby lowering resistance against chloramphenicol and tetracycline (15). MarA is a clinically important antibiotic resistance regulator conserved across enteric bacteria (16). It increases resistance levels by regulating over 40 downstream genes (17–23), including multi-drug efflux pumps and porins (24, 25). Activation of these genes is taxing, resulting in decreased growth and a reduced fraction of cells with elevated MarA in a mixed community (1, 3). However, marA is under the control of its repressor MarR, which minimizes the cost in the absence of induction (21). MarA can also be modulated by its environmental inducer salicylate (1, 17), which binds directly with MarR and prevents repression of marA (16), significantly decreasing growth (1), which suggests an intriguing interplay between this environmental inducer and the cost of antibiotic machinery. In this work, we focused on the cost of MarA-mediated resistance under salicylate exposure. We found that a wide range of concentrations of salicylate can induce MarA-mediated burden. AcrAB-TolC efflux pumps were found to be a major contributor to the salicylate-induced burden. The difference in cost under salicylate exposure leads to rapid exclusion of resistant strains in competitive settings. A mathematical model captures the process by which populations are biased away from resistance and predicts its effect in various salicylate conditions. This work suggests that the fitness cost of MarA-mediated antibiotic resistance can be amplified by salicylate, biasing populations towards susceptible strains. Materials and Methods Strains We used four strains in this research: WT, MarA, MarA, and AcrB. In the MarA strain, we deleted the marRAB operon, rob gene, and soxSR genes in E. coli MG1655 (26). In the MarA strain, we performed transversion mutations on MarR binding sites (23) in the chromosomal marRAB promoter to inhibit binding of MarR to the promoter region in E. coli MG1655 (26) . Further details on the deletion and transversion strains are given in Ref. (26). The AcrB strain was derived from the Keio collection JW0451 (BW25113 ΔacrB::kan) and we removed the kanamycin resistance marker following the protocol in Ref. (27). For strains where we inserted the chromosomal fluorescent protein marker, we replaced the galK gene with sfgfp driven by a strong constitutive promoter. Minimum inhibitory concentration Overnight cultures of WT, MarA, MarA, and AcrB were diluted 1:100 in LB medium. Diluted cultures were incubated at 37°C with 200 rpm shaking for 4 hours. Cells were then incubated with carbenicillin (0 to 50 μg/ml in 2-fold dilutions) at 37°C for 24 hours with 200 rpm shaking. The minimum inhibitory concentration was determined as the concentration of antibiotic where no visible growth was observed. Bacterial growth conditions For all growth experiments, overnight cultures inoculated from a single colony were diluted 1:500 in LB medium. The diluted cultures were then pre-cultured for 3 hours at 37°C with shaking at 200 rpm. We refer to the end of this pre-culture as time point t = 0 hours. Salicylate was added at t = 0 hours when required, we then continued culturing at 37°C with 200 rpm shaking. OD660nm readings were taken using a BioTek Synergy H1m plate reader each hour. Competition experiments For the competition experiments, each of two strains were cultured overnight separately, then diluted 1:1000 in fresh LB medium. Competition co-cultures were created by mixing cultures of each of two strains together in equal proportion. Co-cultures were then precultured for 3 hours, then at t = 0 salicylate was added where required, as in Ref. (1). OD660nm readings were taken each hour using the plate reader. In addition, immediately following OD660nm measurements, 5 μl of the sample was diluted into 200 μl sterile phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and we measured fluorescent protein expression with a Guava easyCyte HT flow cytometer. Flow cytometry data were analyzed with custom Matlab scripts. Control experiments using strains without green fluorescent protein expression were carried out to determine the threshold for strain classification (Fig. S1). Antibiotic killing experiments Cultures for antibiotic killing experiments were created by diluting overnight cultures of each of the strains at the percentages shown in Fig. 4. Overnight cultures of each strains were first diluted 1:1000 in fresh LB medium, pre-cultured for 3 hours at 37°C with 200 rpm shaking, then strains were mixed together at percentages as specified in the figure axis. 50 μg/ml of carbenicillin was then added to the co-cultures at t = 0. OD660nm readings were taken using the plate reader four hours after carbenicillin exposure to determine antibiotic killing. Cells were then centrifuged and resuspended in PBS to wash out the antibiotics. Washed cultures were diluted and plated on LB agar for 24 hours in order to determine the number of colony-forming units after antibiotic exposure. Dose-response experiments Overnight cultures of the WT strain were diluted 1:50 in LB medium with 0, 0.6, 1.2, and 5mM salicylate. Diluted cultures with various concentration of salicylate were then pre-cultured for 3 hours at 37°C with 200 rpm shaking. Cells were then incubated with carbenicillin (0 to 50 μg/ml in 2-fold dilutions) at 37°C for 4 hours with 200 rpm shaking. OD660nm readings were taken using the plate reader four hours after carbenicillin exposure to determine cell density. marA and acrAB transcriptional reporters We used marA and acrAB transcriptional reporters in the WT strain to measure their transcriptional activity upon salicylate exposure. As described in Ref. (28), the promoter region of each gene was cloned upstream of


The utility model relates to a self-height adjusting pillow, which comprises a pillow part and an air valve, wherein the pillow part comprises an upper plate, a lower plate and an air bag which is arranged between the upper and the lower plates. Springs positioned on two sides of the air bag are also arranged between the upper and the lower plates; an air switch is arranged at the bottom of the air bag; a pressure air bag is arranged at the central part of the upper plate; the air bag is connected with one end of the air valve through a second air pipe; and the pressure air bag is connected with the other end of the air valve through a first air pipe. The utility model has the characteristics of adjusting the height of the pillow automatically, enabling people to sleep more comfortably, facilitating sleeping, preventing cervical spondylosis, having convenient use and the like.


Acknowledgements Timeline Introduction The Age of Black Powder, 1000-1900 The Birth of Modern Rocketry, 1900-1942 Rockets in World War II, 1939-1945 Rockets for Research, 1945-1960 Ballistic Missiles and the Cold War, 1945-1990 Rockets to the Moon, 1960-1975 Tactical Missiles in the Cold War, 1945-1960 Space Travel Becomes Routine, 1970-present Missiles After the Cold War, 1990-present What Next? Glossary Further Reading


Supratentorial glial neoplasms are the most common primary brain tumor in adults and one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in the general population. Glioblastomas carry the worst prognosis, while low-grade gliomas have the best chance for survival. It has been demonstrated, however, that low-grade gliomas represent a precancerous state, as they have the potential to evolve into higher-grade malignancies. Although management algorithms vary among different types of tumors, surgery remains the mainstay of treatment for several reasons. Surgical resection allows the opportunity to obtain a sufficient amount of tumor for histological identification. This point is of utmost importance, as the best predictors of survival are the World Health Organization (WHO) grade and other immunohistological characteristics of the tumor. Additionally, it has been demonstrated that radical or subtotal resection correlates positively with prolongation of survival and longer time to progression. Given this information, neurosurgeons aim to achieve maximal surgical resection of these tumors whenever feasible. Unfortunately, gliomas are often located in regions of the brain defined as "eloquent" or "critical," meaning that physical damage to these areas can create permanent neurological deficits. A careful evaluation of surgical strategy is mandatory in light of this fact, with the goal being to maximize tumor resection while respecting the highly functional cortical and subcortical regions of the brain. Different techniques are available that allow the neurosurgeon to study the brain function topography both preoperatively and intraoperatively. These methods of preoperative and intraoperative brain mapping are used to gain essential information about functional and topographic organization in a specific patient. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMR) is the most commonly used tool for preoperative visualization of the motor, sensory, language, and visual functional organization of a patient's brain. Since gliomas typically invade white matter, the extent of resection is additionally limited by the degree of infiltration, particularly when critical bundles are involved (e.g., the pyramidal tract). As with the eloquent cortical areas, the relationship of the tumor to the subcortical pathways should be defined in order to avoid permanent deficits. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), the


Abstract The difference between the X-ray diffraction pattern from free nitrogen molecules and that predicted by the independent atom model is deduced from the experimental difference reported for electron diffraction. For liquid nitrogen the most recent and precise X-ray and neutron diffraction data are compared and shown to differ in a different way to the free molecule results. This is interpreted as an intermolecular effect arising from the redistribution of electron density in the chemical bond. It is suggested that as a first approximation the nitrogen molecule should be treated as a linear tricentre in the interpretation of X-ray data.


chemical recognition of phytoplankton species. <lfar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 57:219-24. Shaw, S. L., Salmon, E. D. & Quatrano, R. S. 1995. Digital photography for the light microscope: results with a gated, video-rate CCD camera and XI H-Image soft\\,are. BioTechniques 19:946-55. Tiwari, S. C. & Polito, V. S. 1988. Organization of the cytoskeleton in pollen tubes ofPj ru j commums: a study employing conventional and freeze-substitution electron microscopy, immunofluorescence, and rhodamine-phalloidin. Protoplasma 147:lOO-12. Vladimirova, M. G., Markelova, A. G. & Semenenko, V. E. 1982. Use of the cytoimmunofluorescent method to clarify localization of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase in pyrenoids of unicellular algae. Russian Plant P h p o [ . 29:94 1-50, Vrieling, E. G. & Anderson, D. M. 1996. Immunofluorescence in phytoplankton research: applications and potentia1.J. Phjcol. 32:l-16. Vrieling, E. G., Draaijer, .4., van Zeijl, FY. J. M., Peperzak, L., Gieskes, W. FV. C. & Veenhuis, 41. 1993a. T h e effect of labeling intensity, estimated by real-time confocal laser scanning microscopy, on flow c p m e t r i c appearance and identification of immunochemicall) labeled marine dinoflagellates.]. Phjcol. 29:180-8. Vrieling, E. G., Gieskes, W. W. C., Col?]n, F., Hofstraat, J. W., Peperzak, L. & Veenhuis, M. 1993b. Immunochemical identification of toxic marine algae: first results with Prorocentrum micuris (Dinophyceae) as a model organism. In Smayda, T . J. & Shimizu, Y. [Eds.] Toxic Phjtoplankton Blooms in the Sea. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 925-3 1. Vrieling, E. G., Koeman, R. P. T . , Peperzak, L., Nagasaki, K. & Ishida, Y. 1995. Chattonella and Fibrocapsu (Raphidophyceae): first observation of potentially harmful, red tide organisms in Dutch Wadden Sea. S e t h . J . Sea Res. 33:183-91. Vrieling, E. G., Peperzak, L., Gieskes, W. W. C. & Veenhuis, M. 1994. Detection of the ichthyotoxic dinoflagellate Gyroditzium (cf.) aureolum and morphologically related Gjmnodinium species using monoclonal antibodies: a specific immunological tool. AVfar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 103:165-74. iVick, S. M., Seagull, R. W., Osborn, M., Weber, K. & Gunning, B. E. S. 198 1. Immunofluorescence microscopy of organized microtubule arrays in structurally stabilized meristematic plant cel1s.J. Cell Biol. 89:685-90. FVordeman, L., McDonald, K. L. & Cande, W. Z. 1986. T h e distribution of cytoplasmic microtubules throughout the cell cycle of the centric diatom Stephanopjxis turris: their role in nuclear migration and positioning the mitotic spindle during cyt0kinesis.J. Cell B id . 102: 1688-98.


Communication by induction systems on base audio frequencies may be considerably aided by the presence of ferrous metallic planes and enclosures, unlike equivalent deterioration for radio frequency links. The ferrous structures behave as bridging laminations of an otherwise large open air core audio transformer, with effects dependent upon the configuration of the ferrous surfaces and the degree of coupling of the induction coils to the structure. In practice, a master transmitting loop, either of one surround perimeter, or convoluted over several areas to be covered, is permanently fixed, while the subminiature receiving loop and amplifier is personnel carried over the area to be covered. Audio field patterns in, around, and through such ferrous structures are presented for a simulated typical shipboard installation, for cordless secure communication for moving personnel on board, and for underwater operations close to the ship.


The cardiac monitor here described is a portable instrument used in connection with a standard electrocardiograph. From this source the monitor receives impulses which are amplified and interpreted, actuate the recording mechanism, cause an alarm to sound, and can, optionally, start up an electrical cardiac stimulator. Five cases illustrate its operation in patients with episodes of ventricular asystole, asymptomatic changes in intraventricular conduction, a paroxysm of bigeminal rhythm, an episode of extreme nodal bradycardia, and bouts of asymptomatic paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia. In a sixth patient the instrument recorded a sudden change from a sinus rhythm at 65 to a nodal rhythm at 80 beats per minute. This sort of continuous monitoring has evident advantages over intermittent observation.


In this paper, liposomes containing a lipopeptide bearing a ligand specifically recognized by neuropilin-1 (NRP-1) have been used to target a human breast cancer cell line overexpressing this receptor. The synthesis of this lipopeptide, C16-A7R, formed by the sequence of 7 aminoacids ATWLPPR, linked to a palmitoyl fatty chain by an amide bond was described. After the characterisation of cationic liposomes formulated with the lipopeptide, the results obtained using various techniques showed that the lipopeptide-based liposomes were well accumulated in cells of the human breast cancer line MDA-MB-231 overexpressing NRP-1. Delivery of reporter genes expressing either β-galactosidase (β-gal) or green fluorescent protein (GFP) was selectively enhanced in these cells when compared with NRP-1-negative cells. In MDA-MB-231 cells, an increase by 250% in β-gal activity was observed when delivered by lipopeptide-based liposomes compared to cationic liposomes alone.


State defense awareness is the right and obligation of every citizen. Observing Article 27 Paragraph (3) and Article 30 Paragraph (1), it implies that efforts to defend the state in defending state are the rights and obligations of every citizen without exception. In terms of defending the country, youth need to improve their understanding of the values of defending the country so that they can ward off the threat of radicalism that continues to occur. Youth in the future will experience various threats, such as the threat of radicalism to terrorism. So, to overcome the existing threat, increasing the values of defending the country for youth is the right step in maintaining youth nationalism and patriotism as a form of love for the homeland. Improvement can be implemented through the method of defending the country and the design of materials that are relevant to the psychological characteristics of young people. Overcoming youth dislocation and social deprivation through social inclusion programs. And planting religious insight (religiosity) that is integrated with national insight.


This paper exposes the particularities of the so-called "Juca Teles diaries". Juca Teles was a folkloric character from Sao Luiz do Paraitinga (Sao Paulo state, Brazil), and the diaries' characteristics don't follow the expected lines in a personal journal. It is possible that those diaries, although intimate, have a broader range, which could categorize them as collective diaries.


"What is PSoC" is an application related review of programmable array systems, the system-on-chip, or PSoC. The hardware and system requirements are explained, hand to hand with practical notes. Description of two examples of embedded wireless systems with digital data modulation follows the theory.


We study the motion of ultra-cold atoms in an accelerating optical lattice. We find that the tunneling dynamics are strongly affected by repeated measurement during the non-exponential time, leading to either inhibition (zeno) or enhancement (anti-zeno) of decay.


In this work, we fabricated a novel photoanode based on CdSe/CdS at SnO2 core/shell nanoparticles to achieve highly efficient quantum dots (QDs) and dye-sensitized tandem solar cells. For the CdSe/CdS at SnO2 at N719 device, a SnO2 nanolayer first avoids CdSe/CdS QDs corrosion in the electrolyte (EL) and second collects the electrons from its surrounding N719 and CdSe/CdS core and transfers them to the front FTO electrode. Photovoltaic performance test shows that this design can effectively enhance the stability of the cell. During up to 32 days of testing, short-circuit current <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${J}_{\text {sc}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> is not attenuated, and open-circuit voltage <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{\text {oc}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> gradually increases, resulting in the observable improvement of photoelectric conversion efficiency of devices. An optimal power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 5.43% is achieved for tandem solar cells.


Mr. Yu-Shian Deng, esteemed as the Father of Taiwan Music, composed numerous well-known folk songs that are considered as the milestones of the Taiwan music history. The Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taoyuan County in Taiwan has established a digital archive of Mr. Deng to commemorate his achievement. This study describes the authors' experiences in cultural product design for the archive. Based on the analyses of the archival content and historical background, this study proposed a design approach that emphasizes the content and context characteristics of the archive. This approach may be applied in the future value added applications and cultural product design projects for people-centered archives.


Recent development in space-time data forecasting includes a hybrid model. In this study, we propose a hybrid spatio-temporal model by combining Generalized Space-Time Autoregressive with exogenous variable and Recurrent Neural Network (GSTARX-RNN) for space-time data forecasting with calendar variation effect. The GSTARX model as a linear model is used to modeling space-time data with exogenous variables while the RNN model as nonlinear model is used to modeling the nonlinear patterns of the data. In particular, we employ two variants of RNNs, i.e. Elman RNN and Jordan RNN. We apply our methods on the simulation study. The results show that the proposed methods yielded more accurate forecast especially in the simulated data containing nonlinear patterns. Moreover, the GSTARX-Elman RNN as a more complex model tends to give more accurate forecast than the GSTARX-Jordan RNN.


: Export channel choice is one of the most important topics in international marketing and international distribution channels. To date, most previous studies have assumed that firms choose a specific type of export channel, but many firms in the real world choose multiple types of export channels. Thus, recent academic research has often called for more studies on this multiple channel strategy in international markets; i.e., multiple export channels. However, no review articles on multiple export channels have been published as yet. Given the increasing need for research on multiple export channels, it is a critical attempt to organize previous research findings and identify remaining problems. This paper reviews research on the antecedents of multiple export channel choice and on the impact of multiple export channels on performance outcomes. Based on this review, the current paper suggests that future studies are required to (1) expand existing research streams and (2) develop new research streams.


Smash Kedeng is important to get points in Takraw's game, but it's very difficult to do. Therefore, it is necessary to develop appropriate training. This study aims to examine the right exercise to improve smash Kedeng ability. This experimental research used sample of 20 male athletes using two independent variables: plyometric tuck jump and lateral hurdle jumps, and one dependent variable: ability of Smash Kedeng. Data were analyzed with t-test. The result was lateral plyometric exercises hurdle jumps are better than tuck jump exercises for the ability to smash Kedeng. Keywords— Plyometric, Tuck Jump, Lateral Hurdle Jumps, Smash Kedeng Introduction


Laser irradiation with a 9.6 μm wavelength resonant with the (0200) level improves the anti-Stokes cooling of CO2 gas. Excitation of the (0200) level increases cooling by producing a larger population of (0001), despite the higher-energy photon absorption, compared to a (1000) level excitation. Further selection of macroconditions (temperature, pressure, Xe diluent atomic fraction, and geometric parameters) enhances cooling by reducing parasite gas conduction through slower thermal energy transport and increasing the nonequilibrium population of the excited (0001) level by fast species diffusion and small collisional relaxation. We include reabsorption, and then find the conditions for optimal cooling.


This article opens a problem of formation of civil identity of modern youth which has fundamental value for regional and Russian society. Questions of specifics of model of civil identity of young people, of prospects of formation of civil society in the Republic of Khakassia are brought up. Data of the sociological research conducted in 2014 opening features of civil self-identification in the youth environment of the Republic of Khakassia are provided.