YOSEPI KENDEKALLO. 2008. Suitability Study of Grand Forest Park in Tondon Subdistrict and Nanggala Subdistrict of Tana Toraja Regency. Under the supervision of RINEKSO SOEKMADI, and I NENGAH SURATI JAYA. This study was conducted between October 2007July 2008 in the tropical lowland rainforest around Tondon Sub-District and Nanggala Sub-District in Tana Toraja District of South Sulawesi Province. The objectives of this study are to determine the suitability index of ecological, socio-economic and cultural aspects to facilitate the change of forest status from protection forest KHLN to TAHURA without altering the primary functions of the area; and to analyze the management block of TAHURA. There are several stages to conduct this study include: 1) Prestudy to determine location, problems and questions of the research; 2) Data collection through field survey; 3) Data processing and analyzing, divided into spatial classification/reclassification, rescaling, buffering, weighting by ranking methods based on the expert judgment, suitability index and spatial overlay modeling technique. According to result of the study of biophysical and socioeconomic-cultural aspects, the suitability index derived is in the 3 category which means suitable within 36,49 point, close to the other three reference suitability index that are 38,16; 38,99 and 36,69. This result shows that the change of protection forest status to TAHURA is considerably suitable in Tondon SubDisctrict and Nanggala Sub-District. The area of main TAHURA candidate that positioned in the state forest area is 1.421,637 ha (12%), and the other TAHURA candidate within the public property status is 7.589,271 ha (66%). The management block area of main TAHURA candidate in the state forest area consists of protected block (556,729 ha) and utilization block (864,875 ha).


The present article explores the functions of music listening from a cross-cultural perspective. We present a model of functions of music listening based on a multicultural qualitative approach. Our model covers personal, social and cultural musical experiences. Seven main functions of music listening were identified: music in the background, memories through music, music as diversion, emotions and self-regulation through music, music as reflection of self and social bonding through music. Our model was confirmed in an independent sample using a cross-method validation. Quantitative analyses of the qualitative data explored the salience of functions of music listening across four sub-samples: Asian and Latin-American sub-samples being more collectivistic and non- Anglophone Western and Anglophone Western sub-samples being more individualistic. Across all sub-samples the self-regulation function was the most important personal use of music, bonding was the most important social use of music and the expression of cultural identity was the most salient cultural function of music regardless of listeners' cultural background. Apart from these similarities which point towards universalities, we also revealed cross-cultural differences pointing towards culture-specific uses of music. Limitations in the methodology of this exploratory cross-cultural approach and future directions in cross-cultural psychology of music are discussed.


The results of testing experimental prototype with steel plates, which were fasted to the concrete different ways, are presented. The bolted-friction connection explains reinforcing construction of carriageway slab at the steel and concrete span. The results of testing reinforcing span are presented.


Commercial epoxides available in the market are mainly petroleum and animal based which are non-environmental friendly and often non-halal. Oleic acid (C18:1) derived from palm kernel oil contains the unsaturation double bond (C=C) in its long alkyl chain makes it an attractive fatty acid for the production of eco-friendly epoxide. The epoxidation of oleic acid was carried out by using in situ generated performic acid (HCOOOH) to produce epoxidized oleic acid. Performic acid was formed by mixing formic acid (as oxygen carrier) and hydrogen peroxide (as oxygen donor). The results indicated that optimum conditions occurred at moderate agitation speed 300 rpm and by using 30% hydrogren peroxide. Sulfuric acid was found to be the most efficient catalyst. It was found that a maximum relative conversion to oxirane (RCO) achieved was 87.61 % at optimal condition.


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Purpose

Networks and relationships are not stable. On the contrary, they change and are transformed by the actors who take part in them. Change and transformation result from the actions and reactions of these actors. However, a key issue is what makes the actors choose some actions and reactions while refraining from others. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors argue that the actors' expectations to the future of the network are formative for the actions and reactions and, furthermore, that the future expectations are formed by interaction among the actors that take part in the networks.

Findings

The authors depart from the existing foresight literature, but realign its ideas to fit with the core tenets of the IMP approach. Thereby, the purpose is twofold: to explore and conceptualize network foresight phenomena as well as to contribute to the practice of collective foresighting in business networks.

Research limitations/implications

The authors suggest research into formations of expectations in networks with a specific view to the interactive and structural effects of networks. Furthermore, the authors suggest a framework for categorizing network episodes and linking these to the formation of recognized issues and solutions.

Practical implications

The authors provide a framework for analyzing the focus of business networks in terms of solutions and issues, and analytically breaking down the interaction among these.

Originality/value

The authors introduce the concept of business network foresight, both as a distinct concept that enables us to understand change and transformation in networks, but also as a procedure for supporting actors' strategizing efforts in business networks.


Objective: The emergency medical system (EMS) can be defined as a comprehensive, coordinated and integrated system of care for patients suffering acute illness and injury. The aim of the present paper is to describe the evolution of the Queensland Emergency Medical System (QEMS) and to recommend a strategic national approach to EMS development.


This article tries to identify the limits of derivative liability and its alternatives. In this article, I provide a doctrinal and theoretical analysis of the new independent direct liability offenses found in section 44-46 of Britain's Serious Crime Act 2007 to highlight how independent offenses punishing acts of assistance and encouragement are fairer than making accessories and perpetrators equally liable under the law of complicity. I also examine the conduct element for these offenses to determine whether it is apt for catching the sort of reckless encouragement that is often present in the joint enterprise (common purpose) complicity cases and conclude that it is. The main shortfall of the offenses found in the Serious Crime Act 2007 is that they do not cover reckless participation. I conclude that section 44 covers only intentional (inchoate) participation and that section 45 covers only oblique intentional (inchoate) participation. It is submitted that section 45 of the Act of 2007 should be supplemented with a section 45A offense criminalizing reckless (inchoate) participation. Section 45 is an independent offense that criminalizes personal wrongdoing and as it is not a form of derivative liability, but rather personal liability, it allows for fair labeling and proportionate punishment for the independent wrong involved in encouraging and assisting another to perpetrate a crime. Therefore, a variant of the section 45 offense with recklessness as its mental element would also allow for fair labeling and proportionate punishment.


Nanotechnology has given us the ground to play with the ultimate toy box of nature i. e. atoms and molecules. Everything is made from it and hence the possibilities to create new things appear limitless that holds great potential for improving our lives. The nanoscale materials have high surface to volume ratio, which dramatically changes its electrical, optical and magnetic properties as that of bulk material due to Quantum size effect. Recently this concept was playing important role in the development of electronic industry especially nano-devices.


Are disclosed a method for producing a dialkoxy magnesium carrier for a catalyst for the polymerization of olefins, a method for producing a catalyst for olefin polymerization using the dialkoxymagnesium support and an olefin polymerization process using the catalyst. Using the method for producing a support according to the present invention, the content of large particles in the dialkoxy magnesium support can be adjusted and the particle can have a spherical shape, so that the catalyst produced with the carrier has a high activity and stereoregularity and a high bulk density, thereby enabling to apply to commercial processes.


To study the application of dietary filamentous algaEnteromorpha proliferain juvenile turbot,the experiment was conducted to determine the effects of dietary E.prolifera on growth,feeding and nonspecific immune responses.The turbot juveniles with initial weight(6.05 ± 0.03)g were fed five different diets containing green algaE.proliferaat 0%(E1,control group),5%(E2),10%(E3),15%(E4)and 20%(E5)for 42 days.Fish were randomly sampled for analysis of the weight gain rate,specific growth rate,feed efficiency rate,food ingestion, macrophage phagocytic activity and macrophage respiratory burst activity.The results showed that the specific growth rate,growth rate and feed efficiency rate were significantly lower in the E5 group than those in the test group(E1)(P0.05).There was no significant difference in food ingestion among every group(P 0.05).The macrophage proliferation activity and macrophage respiratory burst activity were significantly higher in E2 group than in the other groups(P0.05).Under the experimental conditions,there were significantly increase in growth and non-specific immunity in the turbot fed the diet containing 5% E.prolifera.However,20% E.prolifera dietary had the negative effects on the growth and non-specific immunity in turbot.


Healthcare systems with limited resources face rising demand pressures. Healthcare decision-makers increasingly recognise the potential of innovation to help respond to this challenge and to support high-quality care. However, comprehensive and actionable evidence on how to realise this potential is lacking. We adopt sociotechnical systems and innovation systems theoretical perspectives to examine conditions that can support and sustain innovating healthcare systems. We use primary data focussing on England (with 670 contributions over time) and triangulate findings against globally-relevant literature. We discuss the complexity of factors influencing an innovating healthcare system's ability to support the development and uptake of innovations and share practical learning about changes in policy, culture, and behaviour that could support system improvement. Three themes are examined in detail: skills, capabilities, and leadership; motivations and accountabilities; and collaboration and coordination. We also contribute to advancing applications of sociotechnical systems thinking to major societal transformation challenges.


A light receiving apparatus and a visible light communication apparatus are provided to maintain the quality of data transmission and obtain a good dynamic range. A data signal to be transmitted is supplied to a modulator(12) of a transmitter(10). An output of a blue light excitation type white LED(14) is modulated by the modulator, and a blue LED light and a phosphor light are outputted. The blue light after modulation is transmitted through an LED light transmission color filter(22B) and then made incident to a photoelectric transformer(24B). The phosphor light after modulation is transmitted through a phosphor light transmission color filter(22F) and then made incident to a photoelectric transformer(24F). The photoelectric transformers transform an incident light into electrical signals. The signals after transformation are amplified by amplifiers(26B,26F), and their harmonic components are emphasized according to response characteristics of the blue light or response characteristics of the phosphor light, and thus, the slowdown of waveforms can be reduced.


The article is dedicated to the research of the peculiarities of an individual author's interpretation of the subconcept verbalized - AUTUMN in the novel "Autumn" by Ali Smith. The basic semantic features of the examined word-representative – AUTUMN were defined. Ali Smith used other wordрrepresentatives in her work  that can be attributed to concept SEASONS. It was discovered that the realization of the given words in the text exceeded the semantic scope of their dictionary definitions. In Ali Smith's artistic picture of the world an individually-authorial estimation is manifested that allows the reader to feel the preferences of the author. The writer expresses her attitude towards seasons and in particular to AUTUMN. In the work AUTUMN has a symbolic meaning that is displayed in several directions. Autumn is the time "to reap the benefits" of political transformations: the novel is devoted to the results and issues that arose after the fateful decision was made: according to the results of the voting in referendum on June, 23 2016 the residents of Great Britain decided to leave the European Union. In case of the exit the great number of the laws and regulations accepted on the basis of European ones are to be changed. For the people of the United Kingdom this would be a difficult and crucial moment, one that will pose a variety of legal, political and economic challenges. In addition, the novel also describes the tragedy of aging, as the life of one of the protagonists is coming to an end (Daniel Gluck). Besides AUTUMN is one of the links of an annual cycle, that fact underlines the nature of time – its cyclical essence. Ali Smith's novel shows that the subconcept AUTUMN is very multifaceted and voluminous. By identifying language means objectifying the subconcept and exploring and describing the semantics of these units, we model the content of the linguistic cultural subconcept AUTUN as a global cognitive unit in its national, social and individual identity. These features of the investigated phenomenon are used by the author to depict the events, culture and lifestyle of not only certain characters of the novel but also the country as a whole, thus creating the fragment of the ethnocultural picture of the world.


When chlorides migrate into concrete by diffusion, reinforcing bars act as a barrier to transport, causing a more rapid increase in concentration at the leading face of the reinforcing bar than would be expected from simple 1-D predictions. The time interval to reach the critical concentration to initiate corrosion can be significantly shortened, reducing effectiveness of the concrete cover in protecting the steel reinforcing. Estimates of the magnitude of this effect are presented.


The article is devoted to one of the most important summits at the highest level at the end of the Cold War. During the implementation of the renewed Soviet international policy of New Thinking, the American side was apprehensive about taking reciprocal steps aimed at breaking the bipolar structure of the world. Many obstacles had to be overcome by both the USSR and the USA: mutual distrust that had been developing for several decades, insufficient coordination within the administrations of diplomatic missions, loud statements by independent American media, contradictory situations in the intelligence services, etc. The author of the article pays attention to the espionage scandal that took place on the eve of the upcoming meeting, which significantly slowed down the negotiation process. She has studied in detail the documentary materials of the US State Archive of National Security, which provided an opportunity to cover the events of 1986 in a more multifaceted and accurate way. The article contains references to the publication of US intelligence reports to the president, as well as a personal letter from Mikhail Gorbachev to R. Reagan, which is known to the Russian scientific world only as recorded from Gorbachev's words. An analysis of the 1986 Reykjavik meeting is based on English-language documents as well as archival video materials from the Reagan Presidential Library. Memoirs of eyewitnesses of the summit made it possible to trace the historical and psychological aspects of the negotiations. The author used the personal diary of President R. Reagan and the complete edition of the memoirs of Secretary of State J. Schultz, which have not yet been translated into Russian, that made it possible to give a more accurate picture of the motives and fears of the White House on the eve of the Soviet-American meeting in 1986.


Objective: To clone Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) from nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and construct eukaryon vector pIRES-LMP1 and detect the expression of the plasmid in vitro. Methods: Using cloning technique, total RNA was isolated from human NPC and its cDNA fragments of LMP1 gene was gained by RT-PCR, its cDNA fragments was constructed into the eukaryon vector pIRES. The inserted target gene in the eukaryon vector was verified by nucleotide sequencing. COS cell line was transfected with this eukaryon vector using lipofectin reagent. The expression of LMP1 molecule was detected by RT-PCR and Western blot technique. Results: The eukaryon vector pIRES-LMP1 was obtained by cloning technique. The nucleotide sequences of LMP1 gene in this eukaryon vector had high homology with LMP1 B95-8 (100%). After transfection with this eukaryon vector, the LMP1 molecule was expressed in COS cells. Conclusion: The constructed eukaryon vector pIRES-LMP1 could express LMP1 molecule in vitro.


This paper presents results from two surveys of catalog departments in academic libraries throughout the United States: the first by written questionnaire in 1983-84, with responses from 106 catalog department heads; the second by telephone interviews in 1986-87 with forty of the original respondents. Topics examined include analysis of the most common departmental organizational patterns, the extent to which the role of the professional is managerial, and the level of cataloging considered the responsibility of professionals and that which is delegated to support staff. Changes in the traditional role for professional catalogers are occurring slowly. A recommendation is offered for increasing involvement of para professionals in higher-level cataloging. There is recognition of the continuing need for the professional catalog librarian's responsibility in the creation and maintenance of meaningful bibliographic records. The role of the catalog librarian in today's academic library has been the of an ongoing research project begun in 1983. This paper presents results from two surveys, one a questionnaire survey undertaken in 1983-84, the second a series of follow-up interviews with catalog department heads done in 1986-87. The study includes analysis of the most common types of catalog department organizational patterns, the extent to which the role of the professional has become increasingly managerial, and the basic cataloging tasks that are performed by professionals and those that have been delegated to support staff. METHODOLOGY Questionnaires were sent to catalog department heads in approximately 160 academic libraries throughout the United States in 1983-84. All libraries contacted served institutions that offered at least a bachelor's degree and had student enrollments of 5,000 or more. In selecting the participants, every effort was made to achieve regional balance and a varied range of campus sizes and types; the survey encompassed public and private institutions and residential and urban commuter campuses.(1) Viable responses were received from 106 department heads, representing forty-six states and Washington, D.C. Table 1 shows the regional distribution and size of institution represented. In order to update the research during 1986-87, follow-up telephone interviews were conducted with forty of the original respondents. Two representatives were selected from each size and regional category shown in Table 1, e.g., two from the eastern group serving institutions with student enrollments over 30,000, etc. Again, the attempt was made to have as varied a representation as possible. The original questionnaire was quite lengthy, and the research project involved a number of widely varied issues beyond the scope of this paper. In the telephone interviews topics were narrowed to a few pertinent questions involving departmental organization structure, current job descriptions for catalogers, and the role that is expected of the catalog librarian. Department heads were asked about changes that had occurred since the 1983-84 survey. THE CHANGING LIBRARY SCENE: SOME OVERALL STATISTICS The 1983-84 questionnaire was designed to obtain statistics on overall library staff size, the relative size of catalog departments by comparison, and the ratio of professional to support staff. Some of these results have been presented in other papers by the author. Table 2 gives statistics for catalog department size among the forty participants of the updated survey. Libraries are grouped by size of parent institutions. Eight libraries are represented in each institution size category described on the left. The figures in the first column to the right of each description show the size of the largest cataloging staff represented in that category, the center column figures show the size of smallest staff in that category, and the figures in the far right column show the average size of all the departments in that category. …


Chapter 2 uses a wealth of newly uncovered archival material to show the long gestation of the script of The Music Man from 1951 to 1957. Of note, it shows Willson's interest in writing a musical about disability, as well as his struggles to create a convincing romantic plot. The first draft script is described and analyzed in detail, to highlight how different it was from the Broadway version. Various other topics and characters are examined; for example, the chapter looks at how the character of Marian was related to the Shinns in some drafts, while Eulalie's character was substantially toned down, having been the villain in some early versions. The chapter also sheds light on the vital role played by Franklin Lacey as co-book writer: late in the day, Lacey became involved and substantially tightened the book. The chapter also briefly outlines other aspects of the show's genesis.


A design of joint position servo system controller on-chip is proposed,and a specific verification and implementation are achieved by one field programmable gate array (FPGA). All sensor information collection within the joints,speed detection with M/T method,motor PWM and vector control algorithm are obtained with FPGA hardware logic cells. The joint space trajectory planning,position control,and CAN bus communication with the host computer are obtained with the NIOS II soft-core processor and CAN bus controller,which are embedded in FPGA. The system integration of the logic cell and soft-core processor is achieved by the SOPC Builder tools. Experimental results show that the joint control system integration is improved,the size of the circuit board is reduced,and the anti-jamming capability and joint control performance are enhanced due to the design of the joint position servo system on-chip.


A spectrometer system for nuclear quadrupole double resonance by level crossing (DRLC) has been built which is controlled by a programmable desk top calculator equipped with a tape cassette and a thermal printer. A sketch of the gross features of the spectrometer and a detailed description of the interfacing circuitry are presented.


This contribution introduces a method for torque estimation in rotating electrical machines regardless of their origins. Notoriously, it is not possible to describe with the same interpretation both the synchronous torque and the reluctance torque of e.g. a salient pole synchronous machine or the main torque and the cogging torque of a permanent magnet synchronous machine. Whereas the first is interpreted on the basis of the Lorentz force or alignment of two fields of the stator and rotor, the second term is interpreted as the tendency of the force to minimize the air gap i.e. the reluctance force. Although the total torque (sum of Lorentz and reluctance force) can be derived directly from the formulation of the Maxwell stress tensor or co-energy method (as the finite element programs do), there is still no interpretation capable of calculating all the components of the torque (main torque, oscillating torque, reluctance torque, asynchronous torque, cogging torque, etc.) uniformly.


According to"The Collection of the Roster of Successful Candidates of the Civil Service Examination in Ming Dynasty" ( Photo-offset Copy,Taiwan Sutdents,Press ),this paper expounds the draft,the styles,words and characters of the civil service examination,the general examination ( for successful candidates from all over the country ) ,the final imperial examination in Ming Dynasty while evaluating the kinds and the advantage or disadvantage of the examination and also analyses some questions such as the persons of correcting examination paper,characters,orders,styles and remarks,words and structures and approaching the imperial examination in Ming Dynasty from different angles.


Using two complementary qualitative methodologies—focus groups and in-depth interviews—this article explores women's fear of crime in a sample of 140 participants. The major argument is that women's fear is exacerbated by stereotypical images of criminals and victims. Although those images are not uniform, some common themes emerged from the participants' narratives: Dominant representations of criminals among all women are those of poor minority men: out-of-control evil strangers who randomly attack their victims. Among all women, images of victims are predominantly those of white middle-class women, who are innocent, submissive, and unable to protect themselves. The consequences of these images are explored in detail.


In article process of modelling of modes of electric chains in program LabVIEW environment is shown. The modelling purpose is working out of the computer program (device) as for an illustration of electric processes in a three-phase chain at various asymmetrical modes in educational process of internal and correspondence (remote) formation, and for defi nition of parametres of these modes in the practical purposes (calculation К.З).


Simulation of the generation of a relativistic electron beam in a foil diode configuration and of the subsequent intense microwave generation resulting from the formation of the virtual cathode is presented. The oscillating virtual cathode and the trapped beam electrons between the real and the virtual cathodes were found to generate microwaves. Generation of high-power microwaves with about 10% efficiency might be reasonably expected from such a virtual-cathode configuration.


In this paper, an analysis is provided for the steering of a long, warped web that is transported between two rollers. The web is modeled using the Timoshenko beam theory, which admits small amounts of elastic bending andtransverse shearing. Closed-form solutions are obtained for three commonly encountered forms of in-plane imperfection: (1) a splice, (2) a sinusoidal warpage, and (3) a cambered web with a constant radius-of-curvature, The fact that partial wrinkling in the web can affect the lateral dynamics is demonstrated in a simple example. This analysis reveals information on the phenomenon of weave regeneration and will be useful to designers of transport systems who wish to control the lateral tracking of webs with geometrical flaws.


An approximate synthesis technique is described for TEM mode transmission-type directional filters for which only a hand-held electronic calculator is required to compute the element values. In the example given the element values differ by less than 1.5% from the values calculated by an exact technique. The sole disadvantage of this approximate method is that one cannot accurately predict the response of the filter in the very far stopband.


Introduction: Ultrasonography is being a painless, non-invasive, non-ionizing,portable, redoable and relatively inexpensive modality used to
evaluate fetal growth parameter many times during pregnancy.
Aim: To assess relationship between sonographic gestational age and fetal HUMERUS length between 16 and 39 weeks of gestation and to
compare its accuracy with other biometric parameters.
Materials and Methods: Prospective cross sectional study was performed on 500 normal singleton pregnancies at second and third trimesters
between 16-39 weeks The study was conducted on a gray scale real-time ultrasound scanner using linear and sector transducers to measure the
standard fetal biometrics and fetal humeral length.
Results: Biparietal diameter (BPD), Head circumference (HC), Abdominal circumference (AC), and Femur length (FL) were compared with
standard charts and scatter graphs were plotted. Coefficient of correlation were calculated which were for BPD, HC, AC, and FL, respectively,
proving them reliable indicators. HL measured in the present study was compared with standard nomogram. A statistically significant curvilinear
correlation was found between the HL and GA indicating it to be a reliable indicator of GA. Significant coefficient of correlation (0.16) was
observed between HLand GAindicating it to be a reliable parameter.
Conclusion: The HLwas most accurate parameter next to FLin assessing GA. The study also indicates that combination of BPD, HC, AC, FL, HL
is more accurate in predicting GA than any single parameter, particularly in the third trimester of pregnancy. HL would contribute to maximum
accuracy next to FLamongst all the parameters


This letter disagrees with Dr. Finks assumption that African patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are uncircumcised. The Australian study relied on by Dr. Fink specifically warns that the data for syphilis should be interpreted with caution. It concluded that the true relative risk in uncircumcised versus circumcised men could be as low as 1.37 or as high as 21.1 circumcised men were more likely to consult the clinic in the absence of disease but the data also show a somewhat higher incidence of genital warts nongonococcal urethritis and scabies in the circumcised men. Finks hypotheses are not warranted by the data cited. Furthermore Fink tacitly assumes that circumcision confers freedom from hygienic problems and portals of entry for pathogens. Examination of large numbers of healthy men in both military and civilian circumstances discloses a very substantial incidence of persistent suture holes microsinuses skin tabs and bridging and irregular scarring--all subject to abrasion and the accumulation of moist debris.


The writer tries to survey the values of environmental education in the domains of substance,culture and humanity,including "green" science and technology,sound economic development,conceptual changes of existence patterns,ecological culture constructs,and individual development and initiatives.


Two experiments investigated the effects of applying liquid corn condensed distillers solubles to grass-hay windrows prior to baling on storage, bale temperature, and nutrient composition. Appli cation of the wet material did not impair the ability of hay to expel heat post-baling in either study. Increased CP and decreased NDF for hay treated with corn condensed distillers solubles indicated successful within-bale storage occurred . Results suggest application prior to baling is a feasible strategy for storing liquid co-products while improving forage quality.


Research problem A student's disengagement from classroom learning has implications for their academic outcomes, inclusion, and emotional wellbeing. There has been much research on student disengagement more broadly, however, the bulk of attention has been directed at the more visible signs of disengagement. Passive disengagement is more subtle and remains under-researched, leading to a gap in the research and a problem in practice. Students who frequently passively disengaged go unnoticed by teachers or are not prioritised because their version of disengagement does not disrupt the flow of the lesson; they are essentially, ghosts in the classroom. Yet, passively disengaged students have the same detrimental long term outcomes as the students who actively disengage, such as early school dropout (Appleton, Christenson, & Furlong, 2008), lower levels of self-esteem (Caraway, Tucker, Reinke, & Hall, 2003), and lower overall health and wealth (Cutler & Lleras-Muney, 2006; Ruglis, 2011). This M.Phil study investigated the concept of passive disengagement in the classroom through an ecological framework that problematized educational context.


The surface soil layer at Jicun earth dam became loose, it results in saturation line going up after rainfall. In order to reduce the impact of rainfall on saturation line, we carry out to remove the loose soil at dam surface and refill, tamp, consolidate the dam. It will prevent soil surface from rainfall immerging, which make soil dam safe and stable.


Background: Elevated coronary morbidity and mortality of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). Common intimate-media thickening (CCA-IMT) and carotid plaques are replacement markers of atherosclerosis and predictors of CV cases. Purpose and objectives: The present research aimed at assessing and evaluating the incidence of subclinical carotid atherosclerotic vascular diseases in patients with COPD Sujets and methods: a cross-sectional sample of 75 topics has been conducted; 25 stable COPD patients and 50 controls (25 patients with other chest diseases and 25 apparently healthy persons). They were divided into three groups: Group I: 25 healthy COPD patients (Global initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Recommendations 2020 diagnosis and gravity of COPD) (GOLD 2020). Group II: 25 people and other underlying pulmonary conditions. Group III: 25 people seemingly well. The thesis lasted between 6 and 12 months Results: The prevalence of carotid disease in COPD patients was slightly higher than controls. Multinomial analyses of logistic regression have shown COPD to be an independent carotid plague indicator. Conclusion: Subclinical atherosclerosis is greatly correlated with COPD. These results will help to prepare appropriate strategies for CV prevention.


Personality prediction research seeks to define and comprehend the nuanced differences in human behavioural tendencies, thought patterns, and emotional expressions. Utilizing an array of methodologies, including psychological assessments, behavioural observations, and computational modelling, researchers aim to anticipate and clarify an individuals distinctive personality traits and characteristics. Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) approaches are used to preprocess and translate text data into numerical features that can be predicted by machine learning models. The aim of this work is to predict the personality type of an individual linked to their posts and to explore the relevance of the test in the study and categorization of human behaviour using learning models. With the aid of a machine learning model and dataset, the main objective of this research is to determine a persons Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality type based on their postings. This involves utilizing various methodologies, including psychological assessments and computational modelling, to analyse and classify the unique personality traits and characteristics associated with each MBTI type. The research aims to contribute valuable insights into understanding human behaviour and leveraging machine learning for predictive personality analysis.
KEYWORDS: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Machine Learning Models, Natural Language Toolkit


Biological rotating disk(biological drum reactor) is a kind of effective and economic method of treating medium or small discharge wastewater.The experimental test was conducted on a pilot scale.It showed that using new biological drum reactor to treat food industry wastewater is feasible.When the influent COD is 1200~1700 mg/L,and BOD_5 is 600~1200 mg/L,the removal(efficiency) of COD,BOD_5,SS and LAS are all high.The effluent quality can meet the Grade II of Discharge Limits of Water(Pollutants)(DB44/26-2001) set by Guangdong Province.


Low energy electron-excited nano-luminescence (LEEN) spectroscopy provides electronic band gap, confined state, and deep level trap information from semiconductor surfaces and interfaces on a nanometer scale. Correlation of luminescence features with their spatial location inside a growth structure—either depth wise or laterally—also provides information on the physical origin and growth dependence of the electronically active defects that form. LEEN spectroscopy of localized states illustrates this approach for a representative set of III–V nitride interfaces, including metal-GaN Schottky barriers, GaN/InGaN quantum wells, GaN ultrathin films, AlGaN/GaN pseudomorphic heterostructures across a single growth wafer, and GaN/Al2O3 interfaces. In each case, electronic properties are sensitive to the chemical composition, bonding, and atomic structures near interfaces and in turn to the specifics of the growth process.


In situ Raman spectroscopy and rotating split‐ring disk electrode were used to identify products formed on iron in at 22°C at various peaks of cyclic voltammograms. The peak at the most active potential of the cathodic reverse sweep has been ascribed to the reduction of to Fe2+ species: this peak suggested that started to form at the first peak of anodic sweep and that it built up at nobler potentials. The Raman spectroscopy has revealed the formation of in the wide range of potentials, of and/or at peak III of anodic sweep, and of after prolonged polarization at a potential of 0.27 V (SCE). Rapid cycling or long exposure resulted in the formation of and . It is suggested that the passivating film on iron in is composed of an inner layer and of an outer layer containing other products.


Tree cages were used to modify temperature around 'Starking Delicious' apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) trees and to establish 4 bloom dates: April 2, 15 and May 7, 22. Determination of soluble solids, acid, firmness and chlorophyll indicated that the time from bloom to maturity was longer for fruit from earlier than normal bloom. Fruit from delayed bloom accumulated less soluble solids than that from normal or earlier bloom dates. Ultimate fruit size decreased with each successive bloom. Fruit from the 2 early bloom dates apparently was harvested before the preclimacteric minimum. Fruit from delayed bloom was harvested after initiation of the climacteric. Loss of fruit firmness in storage increased with successive harvests. Storage scald and green fruit color were associated with warm night temperatures just before harvest rather than with length of growing season.


Given this, it is not clear who the intended audience is: the book is in some ways too technical for the general public, but it is not current or accurate enough for the academic or practitioner. The strength that the author brings to the subject is his criminological background alluding, for example, to the application of modern urban policing to wildlife conservation. For his next volume, it would be extremely helpful to students and practitioners of wildlife conservation alike if this perspective could be explored further.


Objectives.  To evaluate risk factors and prognosis of subjects who had developed a new Q/QS pattern on the resting electrocardiogram (ECG) in relation to history of myocardial infarction (MI).


The interdependence of criminal enforcement and immigration enforcement systems in the United States now takes several different forms, each with implications for criminal prosecutors. Over time, federal officials have increased the number of immigration prosecutions they pursue in a given year. The immigration consequences of criminal convictions have expanded and intensified. Some state criminal prosecutors have used their charging authority to supplement the immigration enforcement efforts of the federal government, while others have applied the criminal law of the state in ways that mitigate the immigration effects of a criminal conviction. Finally, federal immigration law gives state prosecutors the authority to designate non-citizen victims of certain crimes for specialized visas that protect them from removal. These different types of interactions between criminal enforcement and immigration enforcement make state prosecutors important players in federal immigration policy and practice.


We study the exact solution of the two-body problem on a tight-binding one-dimensional lattice, with pairwise interaction potentials which have an arbitrary but finite range. We show how to obtain the full spectrum, the bound and scattering states, and the ''low-energy'' solutions by very efficient and easy-to-implement numerical means. All bound states are proven to be characterized by roots of a polynomial whose degree depends linearly on the range of the potential, and we discuss the connections between the number of bound states and the scattering lengths. ''Low-energy'' resonances can be located with great precision with the methods we introduce. Further generalizations to include more exotic interactions are also discussed.


A four-leg walking mechanism based on bionics is presented.The single leg is divided into driving and leg parts.The motion orbits of the combined point are optimized using mathematic model,and the motion character is analyzed according to the mathematical model.The results show that the whole mechanism can accomplish scheduled purpose,the velocity and acceleration of the mechanism are reasonable,the trotting pace can also complete the motion simulation.


The aim of the study was to evaluate the content of bioactive compounds in the vegetable juices (beetroot, carrot and tomato) from the certified organic and conventional production. The juices were bought in the shops with the organic and conventional food. The analyses showed that organic vegetable juices contained significantly more dry matter and total phenolic acids than their conventional counterparts. The carrot juice contained the highest concentration of dry matter and phenolic acids among all organic juices. The conventional vegetable juices contained significantly more vitamin C, total flavonoids and total carotenoids in comparison with their organic counterparts. The beetroot juice was most abundant in vitamin C, and tomato juice in total flavonoids and total carotenoids among all conventional juices. The studies on the nutritional value of the market organic vs. conventional juices have the importance for the consumers, however the results are not only dependent on the applied agrotechnology, but also on the cultivar and processing factors.


In this paper, written about the tragic earthquake in Banija (the 2020 Petrinja earthquake, also known as the Banovina earthquake) from a zoocentric perspective, I present several examples based on newspaper materials and conversations with activists from animal rights associations (Friends of Animals and Nature from Čakovec, Friends of Animals Croatia) on the condition and status of animal rescue operations after the Banija earthquake, which occurred during the coronavirus pandemic in Croatia. While the media published reports and photos about the coexistence of the human victims and their animals (both utilitarian animals and pets), animal rights activists came across many cases of previous (prior to the earthquake) neglect of animals.


With overheating in the magnetic circuit, the total hydrocarbon content in a transformer is proportional to the square of the applied voltage while it is proportional to the square of the current when overheating occurs in the conductor circuit. In the paper, the total hydrocarbon ampere-volt method (THAVM) is introduced. The object of THAVM is to locate fault position by analyzing the relations between the total hydrocarbon content and the current or the applied voltage. It has proved this method is simple and economically feasible.


The paper presents the study results of laser remelting diffusion boronized layers produced on CT90 tool steel. A diffusion boronized layer was produced at 950 °C in a powder mixture containing boron carbide as a source of boron. A needle-like microstructure of iron boride was obtained. After diffusion boronizing, the specimens were subjected to laser processing, which was carried out using a diode laser with a nominal power of 3 kW. Three laser beam power values were applied (600, 900, and 1200 W). The aim of the study was to investigate the microstructure, microhardness, chemical, and phase composition as well as the wear and corrosion resistance of newly formed FeB-Fe2B-Fe3(B,C) layers. As a result of the laser beam interaction, the needle-like borides occurring in the subsurface zone were remelted, and three characteristic areas were obtained: the remelted zone, the heat-affected zone, and the substrate. The properties of newly formed layers have improved in comparison to diffusion boronized layers (except for corrosion resistance). It should be noted that using the highest laser beam power contributed to a slight reduction in wear resistance. Both the reduced corrosion and wear resistance were caused by greater remelting of the steel substrate and thus by the increased iron content in the formed layer.


Davey M arlin-Jones has been m any th ings in his lifetim e: a magician, a p layw right, an actor, a teacher, and a d irector. The focus of this paper is on his experience in professional and regional th ea tre as a director, and his collaborations, m ethodology, and philosophy w hich developed from his experiences. C hapters I and II chronologically trace the life and directing experiences of M arlin-Jones, and in doing so rev ea l how his early exposure to the w orld of en te rta in m e n t w as in s tru m en ta l in shaping his career and in form ing a strong philosophy th a t w ould serve his w ork as w ell as his life. A d irec to r's collaborative experiences are v e ry im p o rtan t to the to ta l production process. M arlin-Jones has been m ost effective in his collaborations w ith new p layw rights and actors. His m ost d ifficult collaborations have been w ith designers. All th ree are discussed in C hapter III th rough in te rv iew s w ith a rtis ts from each area. A d irec to r's reh ea rsa l process is best understood th rough actual reh ea rsa l experiences. For this reason, C hapter IV, Directing M ethodology, follows the call-back auditions and firs t th ree days of reh ea rsa l for The Resistible Rise of A rturo Ui. by Bertolt Brecht, a p lay M arlin-Jones d irected at the U niversity of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the spring of 1992. The chap ter continues w ith M arlin-Jones's m ethod of directing as com pared to o ther d irectors, b u t freq u en tly re tu rn s to the Brecht play. Chapter V reem phasizes M arlin-Jones's strong connection b e tw een his rea l life and his th ea tre life. It exam ines his philosophy in bo th areas, looks a t his fu tu re plans, and sum m arizes M arlin-Jones as director, educator, v isionary and person. The m ethodology for th is thesis has b een for the m ost p a rt p rim ary resea rch th rough in te rv iew s (both personal and telephone), lectures, and reh ea rsa l sessions. M arlin-Jones's im aginative, and instinc tive approach in directing are also evidenced in th is research as a style w hich cap tu res the essence of life, as M arlin-Jones sees it, and tran sp o rts it to th e stage. As an Associate P rofessor in the T heatre D epartm ent a t the U niversity of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 1992, Davey M arlin-Jones has found ano ther w ay to share his ta len ts by guiding young actors, d irectors, and p layw righ ts in th e ir p u rsu it of th e a tre careers.


Objective: To design rational drug using plan in clinic path. Methods: questionnaire to doctors,medical records review and evidence based medicine. Results: vision and philosophy of drug using plan in clinic path were mentioned,drug using framework and stage of form list were designed. Process and result of drug using by CABG was introduced.. Conclusions: Clinical Pharmacists were very important in drug using designing. PDCA controlling and evidence based medicine were considered to make drug using plan more effective.


To publicize their products by using banner advertisement in the webpage turns into extremely necessary means to the suppliers. This paper introduces a method by relying on which you can solve the problems that the banner advertisement always runs with a smaller capacity and shorter circulation period, and it explains how to realize it in details from the angle of the software engineering.


Results from field experiments conducted during 1961 and 1962 revealed that infestations of the carmine spider mite, Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisduval), artificially established at different times of the growing season, reduced yield of seed cotton 14 to 44%. In general, yield depression was directly related to population density and duration of infestation. Spider mite injury also reduced boll size and appeared to adversely affect several characters of the seed and lint.

Infestation counts and climatic data from each experiment revealed that mite populations and subsequent damage were greatest during periods of hot, dry weather. Hard and heavy rainfall reduced population density. Heavy mite infestations caused typical foliage discoloration and desiccation, but rarely caused extensive defoliation.


In this article,the daily temperature data of 60 stations on the Tibetan Plateau during 1961-2007,which is applicated by the National Meteorological Information Center of China Meteorological Administration,was used to analyse the applicability of the common seasonal division methods,and point the deficiency.According to the rationality of the duration of season,phonological characteristics,sea level elevation,characters of the climate(temperature) distribution and other factors propose,some new seasonal division methods for different production and living needs is given.After discussion,we can conclude: 1) The phonological seasonal division method "4℃-12℃-10℃-1℃" is particularly suitable for farming on plateau;2)The elevation seasonal division method is particularly suitable for clothing and tourism on plateau,the seasonal division method is "5℃-12℃-12℃-5℃" when sea level elevation is higher than 4000m,otherwise,the seasonal division method is "5℃-15℃-15℃-5℃";3)The life seasonal division method is particularly suitable for production and living in different region on plateau,the seasonal division method in Ⅰregion is"6℃-16℃-16℃-6℃",the seasonal division method in Ⅱ region is"5℃-12℃-12℃-5℃",the seasonal division method in Ⅲ region is "7℃-7℃",summer does not exist.Finally,the advantages and disadvantages of various methods were analyzed and concluded a new seasonal division method for whole plateau.The universal seasonal division method is particularly suitable for economy and government activities,tourism,living,clothing,sales of seasonal products of whole plateau.


Abstract The aqueous polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) initiated by the potassium bromate-thiomalic acid (TMA) redox system was investigated in the presence of atmospheric oxygen at 35 ± 0.2°C. As the monomer MMA concentration and initiator KBrOs concentration were increased, there was a corresponding increase in both the initial rate and limiting conversion. It was observed that with an increase in activator TMA concentration both the initial rate and the maximum conversion increased up to a certain limit. There was then a fall in initial rate and maximum conversion. The rate of polymerization is given by the relation where x = 1.06 and 0.06 for lower and higher initiator concentrations, respectively. The energy of activation (Ea) was calculated from an Arrhenius plot and found to be 57.98 kJ/mol (13.36 kcal/ mol) under the temperature range investigated (20–45°C).


OBJECTIVE
High risk human papilomavirus (HPV) infection is often related to cervical cancer. This study investigated the infection of high risk HPV in cervical epithelia among infertile patients. Relative quantification and absolute quantification were applied for determination of "real" HPV viral load in the clinical setting.

METHODS
Adopting multi-channels real time PCR to genotype and quantify eight high risk HPV (HPV16, 18, 45, 31; intermediate risk types: HPV33, 52, 58, 67) DNA in cervical epithelia of the 130 infertile patients and the 150 controls. This study applied housekeeping gene (beta-globin) for the DNA quantification on secretions samples for clinical diagnosis.

RESULTS
The infection rate of the infertility group was 25.38 percent (33/130) and that of the control group was 11.33 percent (17/150), the difference was statistically significant. Among the 33 positive cases in the infertility group, 24 cases showed a viral load no less than 106; in 9 of them, the viral load was less than 106. Among the 17 positive cases in the control group, 4 cases had a viral load no less than 106; in 13 of them, the viral load was less than 106. There is a statistically significant difference in viral load between the infertility group and the control group.

CONCLUSION
The HPV infection rate of the infertility group was higher than that of the control group.


ABSTRACT Andrei Platonov's The Foundation Pit contains its own interpretation of the interaction between life and death. Scholars are usually focused on the influence of Nikolai Fedorov's philosophy, but resurrection is an ancient symbol important for all of Christian tradition. Platonov's novel has several parallels with ancient Patristic texts, including St. Gregory of Nyssa's On the Making of Man and St. Ambrose of Milan's Death as a Good, both written in the fourth century CE. The personal soul and resurrection of the body that Christians accept conflicts with the incorporeal ideal of true reality important for Greek philosophy. The Soviet ideological utopian project conflicts with the personal being of man in a similar way.


With the worsening of port competition,sustainable development of the port has an important strategic position.From the perspective of the global green supply chain management( GSCM),this article selects port managers from three port coastal groups as the survey object and verifies the relationship related to port green performance by using two- stage structural equation model. The results show that: the external green collaboration and the internal green practices not only have an obvious positive effect on Port Green Performance,but also enhance port competitiveness. Besides,formulation and implementation of policies and regulations about environment protection also has a positive feedback on external green collaboration and internal green practice.


Ab initio molecular orbital theory is used to demonstrate bond-stretch isomerism in the 1-aza-4-boratricyclo[2.2.2.01,4]octane–1-aza-4-borabicyclo[2.2.2]octane system; the effect of solvent and substituents on the bond-stretch equilibrium is discussed.


The decay heat inside the QM-400 storage room for dry type spent nuclear fuel at the Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant was investigated numerically.With using the commercial package FLUENT,a three dimensional computational fluid dynamics model was developed to evaluate the thermal performance of QM-400 storage room.The detailed simulation results for flow field,pressure and temperature distribution inside the storage room were provided.The characteristics of natural convection and heat transfer inside the storage room were explored and both of the surface temperature distributions for the storage tank and spent nuclear were predicted successfully.The current study can provide the optimization design information to enhance the thermal performance of dry type spent nuclear fuel storage room.


Stock market is seen as a very significant component of the financial sector of any economy. It is also seen as playing a vital role in the mobilization of capital in many of the
emerging economies. Consequently, this paper focuses on Fiji's stock market i.e. the South Pacific Stock Exchange (SPSE) and its development. The study looks at how SPSE has
developed from the time of its formal establishment. It also looks at some of the current impediments affecting its development and provides some possible suggestions. The
market trends in terms of stock market size, volume and value of trade, market capitalization, market liquidity, market concentration and number of listings were considered. The findings show that the SPSE is still at an early stage of its development path and the market indicators have not been very encouraging. The study finds that the Fiji's stock market size is quite small and is characterized by poor liquidity with high market concentration. It contends that if the stock market in Fiji needs to be developed then the current challenges facing the stock market really need to be addressed and the market
players need to be more focused with policies that will lead to the stock market development.


Introduction:
 Emicizumab is a humanized, monoclonal, bispecific antibody that binds factor (F) FX and FIXa allowing thrombin generation in the absence of FVIII, which is used for routine treatment of patients with Hemophilia A (HA) with and without inhibitors.
 Plasma level of FIX will be an important limiting factor for the formation of the FX-FIXa-emicizumab ternary complex in the absence of FVIII, suggesting the potential use of FIX concentrates to regulate the procoagulant function of emicizumab and therefore, to use it as an alternative treatment in certain circumstances to stop or prevent bleedings in patients on prophylaxis with emicizumab.
 At the present time there are several recombinant FIX concentrates with differences in their content of activated FIX (FIXa) and in their half-life (standard or extended) that may differ in their procoagulant effects when combined with emicizumab.
 Aim:
 The aim of this study was to evaluate if there were differences in thein vitroprocoagulant effects of two recombinant FIX concentrates, one with standard half-life (rFIX Nonacog Alfa, BeneFIX®, Pfizer) and the other with extended half-life (rFIX fused to rAlbumin, Albutrepenonacog Alfa, Idelvion®, CLS Behring) in samples from patients on prophylaxis with Emicizumab.
 Methods:
 This is a prospective and transversal pilot study that was approved by the Ethics Committee from La Paz University Hospital. Two patients with haemophilia A (HA) with inhibitors in prophylaxis with emicizumab were recruited and one haemophilia B (HB) patient was included as a control for the effects of FIX. Blood samples were collected in tubes with corn trypsin inhibitor (CTI, Haematologic Technologies, USA), to block thecontact phase and to only evaluate coagulation mediated by the extrinsic pathway.
 Levels of FIXa in concentrates of FIX were quantified using the Spectrozyme® FIXa chromogenic substrate (LOXO) and measuring the increase in OD at 405 nm.
 Rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) was performed using whole blood activated by a low concentration of tissue factor solution (final dilution 1:50,000 of EXTEM reagent) plus recalcification. Parameters evaluated in ROTEM were CT (cloting time), defined as time until detection of a clot firmness of 2 mm; and CFT (clot formation time), defined as time between detection of a clot firmness from 2 to 20 mm.
 Calibrated automated thrombogram (CAT)was performed using platelet free plasma (PFP) activated by low concentration of tissue factor plus phospholipids (PPP-Reagent LOW®, Stago). Parameters evaluated in CAT were: Peak, defined as maximum thrombin concentration reached, in nM; and ETP, defined as the total amount of thrombin generated over time, in nMxmin.
 Results:
 The presence of FIXa activity assayed by a chromogenic substrate was not detectable with 20 IU of Idelvion while BeneFIX® showed a specific concentration-dependent FIX activity that was blocked with the serine protease inhibitor EGR-chloromethylketone (Figure 1).
 ROTEM (Figure 2) and CAT (Figure 3) results showed that the addition of increased concentrations of both concentrates of rFIX produces an enhanced procoagulant effect of Emicizumab similar to the effect produced by the addition of the bypassing agent rFVIIa (NovoSeven®, NovoNordisk).
 These results also showed that it is necessary three-four times higher concentration (U/dl) of Idelvion® to get similar procoagulant effects that those obtained with BeneFIX®. The higher procoagulant effects of BeneFIX® were also observed in samples of a patient with severe HB.
 Conclusion:
 Global coagulation assays suggest that increasing endogenous FIX levels with two rFIX concentrates that have different FIXa content and half-life, produce an enhanced procoagulant effect of Emicizumab opening the idea of the use of these concentrates as an alternative treatment for bleedings in patients with inhibitors on prophylaxis with Emicizumab.
 Further studies need to be performed to evaluate the procoagulant activity of the concomitant use of different rFIX concentrates and Emicizumab, and to assess security of this therapeutic approach.
 This work was supported by grants from FIS-FONDOS FEDER (PI19/00631 and P19/00772). EMM holds a predoctoral fellowship from Fundación Española de Trombosis y Hemostasia (FETH-SETH).

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The main result provides an algorithm for determining the minimal free resolution of ideals of fat point subschemes of ${\bf P}^2$ involving up to 8 general points with arbitrary multiplicities; the results hold over algebraically closed fields of any characteristic. The algorithm, which works by giving a formula in certain cases and a reduction to these cases otherwise, does not involve Gr\"obner bases, and so is very fast, even for very large multiplicities. Partial information is also obtained in certain cases with $n>8$.


Let us try to imagine that Hungary is a successful country once again. Admittedly, this is no easy feat as we enter the fifth year of the crisis. Still, let us toy with the idea. What does success mean in economic terms? It means at least three things. If you want to work, you can find a job. Your income increases. And last but not least, you need not worry about inflation, or your savings losing their value. In other words, success also requires price stability. Every country that we can consider as a model has price stability. Even where inflation is not on target at present, monetary policy has managed to create a persistently low inflationary environment, which ensures that the expectations of economic agents are well anchored.


The best way of validating theory on ship motions is to compare the outcome with that of the experimental analysis. In this work, a commercial seakeeping package, which is based on the strip theory, has been utilized. The software provides motion predictions and sea loads using 2-D linear strip theory of Salvesen et al. (1970). This paper presents the comparative study of theoretical ship motions with experimental work. Detailed analyses were performed for a series 60 ship having block coefficient of 0.70 and a cargo ship in regular head waves using the software, and then the results were compared with the experimental data. For a series 60 ship form, experimental results are available in the literature, whereas for the cargo ship, the model experiments were conducted at ITU Ata Nutku Ship Model Testing Laboratory. The results were presented in graphical form, and discussed in details. Comparing the output of the software with the experimental results for both vessels, it may be said that there is a considerable correlation between them.


This article uses a novel method of combining 3D image visualization and computational fluid dynamics to investigate the potential effect of fenestrated stents on the renal arteries in terms of blood flow pattern, flow rate at different cardiac cycles, based on patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm treated with fenestrated stent grafts. 3D imaging appearance of the fenestrated stents inserted into the renal arteries is used to guide the simulation of the stent protrusion into the abdominal aorta model for analysis of hemodynamic changes. A circular stent protrusion with a length of between 5-7 mm inside the abdominal aorta is simulated in two aorta models, and computational fluid dynamics is performed to detect the change of flow pattern and flow rate at the renal arteries. Our results demonstrate change of the renal flow rate is minimal following implantation of fenestrated stents, indicating the safety of fenestrated stent graft repair of patients with aortic aneurysms.


In the early 1990s, as the Cold War came to a close and the Soviet Union disintegrated, Turkey appeared to be the rising star in Eurasia. Then President Turgut Ozal articulated a vision of his coun...


Non-self-embedding grammars are a subclass of context-free grammars which only generate regular languages. The size costs of the conversion of non-self-embedding grammars into equivalent finite automata are studied, by proving optimal bounds for the number of states of nondeterministic and deterministic automata equivalent to given non-self-embedding grammars. In particular, each non-self-embedding grammar of size s can be converted into an equivalent nondeterministic automaton which has an exponential size in s and into an equivalent deterministic automaton which has a double exponential size in s. These costs are shown to be optimal. Moreover, they do not change if the larger class of quasi-non-self-embedding grammars, which still generate only regular languages, is considered. In the case of letter bounded languages, the cost of the conversion of non-self-embedding grammars and quasi-non-self-embedding grammars into deterministic automata reduces to an exponential of a polynomial in s.


Vermunt et al. use non-destructive sap flow measurements to estimate the diurnal cycle of vegetation water content and then relate it to microwave radar backscatter. This paper is of high relevance to ongoing microwave vegetation measurements and answering largescale ecosystems questions. I am in support of this work given the low amount of ground measurements and available techniques and consequently high uncertainty in microwave vegetation retrievals. It creatively uses a known application in plant physiology and ecohydrology for microwave remote sensing validation. I think the study is well done and is a great contribution. I ask that the authors consider some comments here before publication.


This paper focuses on the optimal energy management of grid-connected microgrids with battery energy storage systems. The microgrid energy management and the optimal power flow of the distribution network are formulated as mixed-integer linear optimization problems to evaluate microgrid energy scheduling strategies including cost minimization, maximum use of own resources, and minimum energy exchange with the upstream network. The real distribution network of Chalmers University of Technology campus is used as a case study. The study results show that economic optimization yields an annual microgrid cost reduction of 4%. Alternatively, if the microgrid minimizes the energy exchange, virtual islanding operation (zero energy exchange) for 3211 hours can be achieved within a year. The results also present the effects on the operation and cost of the distribution system and highlight a trade-off between microgrid cost minimization and battery lifetime.


The related research progress in several kinds of commonly used hypnotic was reviewed. The two kinds of novel hypnotic and the guidelines using hypnotic drug were suggested.


When the Japan-British Exhibition closed its gates on 29 October 1910, the massive task of dismantling and packing up began, preparing for the long journey back to Japan. However, a number of Japanese artists and craftsmen had the opportunity to learn about life in Britain. This chapter attempts to trace the human trail of those who remained, and assess their lasting legacy as part of a minute, but active, immigrant community. Their recorded occupations were artists, craftsmen and miscellaneous traders - most certainly a result of the Japan-British Exhibition. The elite also played a role in projecting a respectable impression of Japan to the British establishment, especially through the Japan Society. The 1910 Exhibition becomes not just a far away study of history, but an event with a human legacy connecting it to the present. Keywords:Britain; elite; human legacy; immigrant; Japan; Japan-British Exhibition


G. RUBLEIN Dept. of Mathematics, The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 23187 In what might be called genume Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), an engineering construct subject to well-understood physical principles is analyzed mathematically to yield predicted behavior. In this article, we provide just such an example. The mathematics is at the high school level. Among other things, one actually sees an application of the quadratic formula. Experimental verification of the results may be realized with simple materials. Introduction In an extraordinary piece of geometric analysis, Archimedes studied the stability of a floating paraboloid of revolution. An account of this work may be found in Stein [l]. Heath ' s book contains still more material on the work of Archimedes [2]. In the context of the work in the present article, readers of either of these books will take note of the important role that the density of the boat material plays in questions of stability. While studying Archimedes' work in a freshman seminar class, the idea of considering the stability of boats of a simpler structure arose, potentially making it easier to compare the mathematics of the problem with experimental results. The most obvious of these is a rectangular parallelepiped with a square cross section. Each of our boats will have a length substantially longer than its square edge. The use of a long boat allows us to deal only with the cross section of a partially immersed square. In the parlance of aircraft stability, our boat may roll, but is not permitted to yaw or pitch. A study of the stability of a boat in the shape of an arbitrary rectangular parallelepiped requires a deeper analysis. In the photograph in Figure 1, we show three examples. The lefthand boat is a square cross-section plastic box with a tight fitting lid, while the central boat is solid pine. The right103 The Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations Volume 15 (2015) 103 119 104 G. RUB LEIN hand boat 1s a square cross-section boat of pine with a 3/8" steel spine fitted along its long axis. Figure 1. Three square boats: How will they float? The elementary geometric and algebraic methods that will be employed are appropriate to good high school students interested in physical or engineering applications. Any desired experimental materials can be cheaply constructed. As a general matter, stability investigations deal with small perturbations from an "equilibrium" position of some physical system. One asks whether or not that system, a boat in this case, will tend to return to that equilibrium once slightly disturbed. To study our problem, we need specific help from Archimedes. These principles may be proved using modem methods: A 1. The weight of a rigid body acts at its center of mass. [ Archimedes would have said "center of gravity."] THE STAl3ILITY OF BOATS... 105 A2. A body floating in water displaces a quantity of water whose weight matches that of the boat. A3. The (upward) supporting weight of the displaced water acts at its center of mass, a location commonly called the "center of buoyancy." A4. Two opposing forces acting on a rigid body will cause it to rotate if and only if the forces act along different lines (the lever principle). Now, we need a disclaimer that will hold throughout the article. We will confine our investigation solely to those perturbations that leave the volume of displaced water fixed. Something like a down draft on a real boat would violate this constraint. Eventually, however, that boat would return to some calm water configuration in which, by Archimedes A2, the boat would displace precisely its weight in water. Our analysis could then be deemed to begin at this stage of the perturbation. Alternatively, one may decide to examine only those configurations in which our square boat is initially floated with sufficient care that the weight of the displaced water volume does, indeed, exactly match the weight of the boat. Then, our analysis will deal with the stability of the chosen immersed configuration. The First Stability Question We begin with a long boat of square cross section whose center of mass falls midway along its long central axis. A simple way to accomplish this is to use a solid boat of uniform density. According to our agreement on the elongated shape of the boat, we need to work only with the plane cross section of the boat and of the water it displaces while floating. We want to launch our boat by simply placing it in water. One possible configuration for this launch would put one of the long flat rectangular surfaces of the boat parallel to the water surface. (Passengers would then have a convenient place to walk.) Is this configuration stable if the boat encounters a very small wave? ln its strictly upright position, the boat will maintain its horizontal orientation because, 106 G. RUBLEIN as in Figure 2, the supporting weight of the water and the weight of the boat act along the same vertical line. There is no rotation. • B t Water Line t • w Figure 2. A boat in strict horizontal float. If, however, under the influence of a mote of dust or a small ripple in the water, the boat lists slightly, say, to the right, we would see a configuration shown in Figure 3. For the sake of clarity, we have exaggerated the size of the list-angle, 0, in that figure. Temporarily, we use a rectangular coordinate frame with origin at the lower lefthand comer of the boat, and with axes fixed to the edges of the boat. This is the "body-fixed" frame. In this frame, the coordinates of the center of mass of the boat are obviously the same, list or no list. They are B = ( e/2, e/2), where e is the edge-length of the square cross section of the boat. The center of mass of the supporting displaced water is a different matter. Crucial to the resolution of the stability problem is the recognition that that center moves, relative to the fixedbody axes, because the shape of the displaced water changes when the boat lists. In particular, that shape shifts from rectangular to trapezoidal (see Figure 3). The diagram suggests the variability of the center of buoyancy of this trapezoid. THE STABILITY OF BOATS ... B ""(e/2)(1,1) • -·w =(L,H) Figure 3. A boat listing from the horizontal. 107


In this paper a class of damped nonlinear Schr(o|¨)dinger equations with harmonic potential in attractive Bose-Einstein condensates is discussed.With the energy method,a sufficient condition for solution to blow-up is derived.When initial value satisfies the condition,the solution for the Cauchy problem will blow-up in finite time.


One emerging trend in the evolution of sensor technology is to perform Artificial Intelligence (AI) based data processing already on the sensor. The benefits are in terms of reduced upstream communication load or reduced reaction times when the sensor is applied for example, in some time critical control loop. Such developments, however, may easily get in conflict with the equally important requirement of energy efficiency and low power operation. The brain inspired neuromorphic technology may resolve this conflict, if we can put all computation tasks of the sensor on neuromorphic principles, including the communication related processing as well. For this purpose, we need to rebuild the entire communication stack, including information encoding, protocols, radio algorithms on neuromorphic basis. In this paper we show a neuromorphic native design of an end-to-end sensor application and we exemplify such a communication stack with a prototype implementation, where the radio algorithm and protocol components have been replaced by neuromorphic algorithms implemented on a real neuromorphic chip combined with Software Defined Radio (SDR) hardware.


The heart, which is at the head of the vital organs, carries the oxygen and nutrients needed for the cells of the human body to the cells by being strained and loosened through the veins surrounding the body. HR-heart rate measurement is an important consideration for human health. The HR increase and decrease also indicate that the individual is subject to any disease and physiological effects as well as may vary depending on the state of instant excitement fear joy. Heart rate monitoring (HRV) can be used as a preliminary diagnostic tool for individual's heart health. In this study, the heart rate was determined by the photoplethysmography (PPG-) signal obtained by using image processing techniques from the video recordings taken with the smart phone camera. The video images taken from the people were first processed in the MATLABTM GUI (Graphical User Interface) and converted to RGB (Red-Green-Blue) components. When determining the heart rate, the red (red-R) component was selected from the RGB image components. From the red image component, low pass (5 Hz cut-off frequency) filters with a moving average (average shift) were applied to obtain the PPG signal. No additional hardware-circuit board was needed to find heart rate on the smartphone. The heartbeat value detected by the PPG signal obtained from the smart phone in the MATLABTM GUI environment is compared with the value measured by the pulse oximeter and the system safety is tested. The system aims to provide disease and condition detection with a compact and useful structure as possible thanks to the developing technology.


Abstract
Purpose
The objective of this chapter is to provide a first assessment on the evolution of spatial distribution of foreign firms in China.

Methodology/approach
We examine the overall changes in the location of foreign firms in China over the period 1999–2009. Then, we distinguish two time periods, 1998–2001 and 2002–2009 so as to analyze whether foreign firms' agglomeration across regions has changed significantly after the China's entry into the WTO (2001) and the first launch of the Chinese government policies to develop western internal areas.

Findings
Our analysis suggests that foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) with higher foreign capital shares are more geographically clustered in coastal regions than other enterprises with lower foreign capital shares. This group with the highest intensity of foreign involvement in firm capital also experienced the most relevant changes over the decade of our analysis becoming more localized between the core-periphery divide (coastal provinces and the rest of mainland China).

Research limitations
The main limitation refers to poor data availability, data matching problems, and measurement errors in the database used, as highlighted by Nie, Jiang, and Yang (2012).

Practical implications
A general analysis of location patterns and the role of public policies may inform foreign companies in their entry strategy in the Chinese market.

Originality/value
Very few studies have explored location patterns with detailed geographical data and, at the same time, with data disaggregated by foreign ownership shares.


The following essay aims to provide some arguments in favor of equality of the phenomena of mentalizing and free will; in order to be able to highlight the overlap, therefore, the equality of the phenomena concerned, it is desirable, methodologically, that the three characteristics of mentalizing (the cognitive effort of the self to "understand" the other; the processing time of the message and the presence of the You) be displayed as intrinsic properties to the free will in order to conclude that the field of intersoggetivity is an extension of the investigation of the latter and not a phenomenon in its own right. It will be argued, in fact, that "reading of the mind" is the answer to the accusation made against indeterminists about the physical localisation of causality sui generis. The latter, unduly exploiting the characteristics of mentalizing, would find in the "mind/brain" of the agent its manifestation, masking, however, the fact that the ontological nature of the same mentalizing is that of free will.


Conference overview The Conference was arranged by the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) in collaboration with the Open Learning Foundation (OLF) and supported by the Employment Department and the National Council for Educational Technology (NCET). Held over two days in Birmingham, it was attended by in excess of 150 delegates, primarily from the new Universities. After a short welcome from Dr Ian Johnston (DG, Training, Enterprise and Education Directorate), the main themes of the event were set out and explored during plenary addresses from Professor Alistair MacFarlane (VC, Heriot-Watt), Leslie Wagner (VC, University of N London, Chairman, OLF) and, to close the Conference, Bahram Bekradnia (Director of Policy, HEFCE). Professor Roger King (VC, University of Humberside) was originally scheduled to chair a forum session, but was unfortunately unable to attend. In addition, a wide range of technical briefings, workgroups and workshop sessions were available.


. Let F: R" -* R" be a vector-valued function and let J(x) denote the corresponding Jacobi matrix. The main result states that the functions x — J~[(x) • F(x) and x — \JT(x) ■ F(x), where X is a certain positive number, are quasi-nonexpansive. This property is used for establishing the convergence of the Newton and the gradient methods in a finite-dimensional space.


Knowledge of acid-base dissociation constants of drugs is the key to understand their bio-pharmaceutical characteristics. In the present work, the effect of pH and organic modifiers (acetonitrile and methanol) was investigated in the determination of dissociation constants (pKa) of nine representative drugs (atenolol, betahistine, clarithromycin, deferiprone, diclofenac, ibuprofen, metoprolol, naproxen and propranolol) using reversed-phase thin layer chromatography (RPTLC). Mobile phase consisting of different buffers and methanol/acetonitrile (10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 %, v/v) was used to evaluate the retention pattern on reversed-phase plates. Compared to methanol, acetonitrile gave better results for the experimentally determined pKa values by extrapolation to zero organic modifier volume fractions. To assess the effectiveness of the developed method the results were correlated using Principal component analysis and Hierarchical cluster analysis. The calculated values of aqueous dissociation constant were compared with those reported previously using potentiometry and capillary electrophoresis and also with different computational platforms like ACD/Lab, ChemAxon and Jchem calculator. The results obtained by RPTLC method were in good agreement with potentiometric methods for pKa determination.


Investigating of insulator performance is a continuing concern within the power system, so the study of the insulator parameters is required. The present paper aims to use new criteria and approach to predict the occurrence of flashover of (100 * 60 mm) plates of silicon rubber insulator using harmonics component of leakage current. the signal of leakage current of insulator with different pollution levels was measured under different weather conditions. Furthermore, to evaluate the effect of weather variables, various values of water conductivity were used for the experiments. The new criteria (Ki) is ratio of sum of leakage current harmonics value at frequencies 0-100 Hz to sum of leakage current harmonics value at frequencies150-500 Hz have determined. The proposed criteria can be used as wireless diagnostic tools for contamination levels flashover can occurred. Test was conducted by two wetting methods of sample SIR insulator is spray and dipping, different voltages 7kV and 14 kV have been applied. Test results shown high performance of this method.


Gastric ruptures in blunt abdominal traumatism is extremely rare accounting for 0.02 to 1.7 % of cases of blunt abdominal injuries. They are frequently associated with other intra- and or extra-abdominal lesions, which generally influence morbidity and mortality. We report two cases of gastric rupture, one with splenic and maxillo-facial injury, the other with forearm fracture, with good outcome after surgical treatment.


This paper presents a novel controller based on Direct Torque Control (DTC) strategy. This controller is designed to be applied in the control of Induction Motors (IM) fed with a three-level Voltage Source Inverter (VSI). This type of inverter has several advantages over the standard two-level VSI, such as a greater number of levels in the output voltage waveforms, lower dV/dt, less harmonic distortion in voltage and current waveforms and lower switching frequencies. In the new controller, torque and stator flux errors are used together with the stator flux angular frequency to generate a reference voltage vector. Experimental results of the novel system are presented and compared with those obtained for Classical DTC system employing a two-level VSI. The new controller is shown to reduce the ripple in the torque and flux responses. Lower current distortion and switching frequency of the semiconductor devices are also obtained in the new system presented.


Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer a unique platform for Earth science and defense related applications. Mid to small size UAV operations provide several advantages over existing satellite-based and manned aircraft platforms including: timely deployment for quick mission turn-around, relatively inexpensive cost and operation, lower flight support requirements, useable in hazardous or otherwise inaccessible areas and greater flexibility to meet specific mission requirements such as altitude or velocity. Unfortunately, the development of remote sensing instrumentation for these mid to small size UAVs (10-50 pound payload capacity) greatly lags behind the other UAV technologies such as airframe construction, powerhouse, flight controls, etc. The Institute for Scientific Research, Inc. (ISR) is currently designing and developing a suite of remote sensing instrumentation. The multimodal optical sensor suite (MOSS) is being developed under a contract with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and in conjunction with an internally funded research project to design and demonstrate a fully autonomous UAV capability. This paper describes the MOSS system, its current level of readiness and both short and long-term development plans for the system.


The modified computation algorithm of displacement vector field has been developed on the basis of a pair of images of the material surface allowing reducing computational complexity of information processing. The influence of algorithm input parameters on accuracy of finding displacement vector was examined.


Abstract Primary Subject area Emergency Medicine - Paediatric Background The new coronavirus, SARS-Cov-2, responsible for a global pandemic, led to the declaration of a health emergency and the implementation of large-scale public health measures by governments in 2020. Those measures, combined with the overlapping symptoms of COVID-19 disease and common viral infections in children, have led hospitals to prepare for possible changes in volume of emergency room visits by children. Objectives This study aims to determine the effect of the pandemic and governmental restrictions on the use of the emergency department by pediatric patients at a university medical centre, as well as to assess the impact on the severity of initial presentations. Design/Methods A single-centre study was conducted at a university hospital among children aged 0 to 17 who visited the emergency room. We used interrupted time series analysis to compare the average of pre-COVID-19 data (from January 1 2017, to December 31 2019) with data from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (from January 1 to September 2020). Emergency room visits, initial triage codes, and admission and pediatric consultation rates were analyzed to assess whether there was a significant difference between periods. Results An important increase in total daily visits (+11.18, 95% CI [6.23-16.14]) was first observed with the emergence of COVID-19 cases in Canada. Then, during the strict confinement, which corresponds to an active period of COVID-19, we detected a significant drop in daily visits (-25.64, 95% CI [-30.4 to -20.66]), which continued while progressively loosening restrictions. The proportion of admissions and pediatric consultations rose slightly only throughout the time of intensive health measures (respectively +4.07% and +3.32%), but no changes in the severity of the triage codes at the emergency department were observed for all periods. Traumatic injuries also saw a significant decrease (p=0.018) when comparing data by groups of diagnosis. Conclusion These results show a significantly lower number of children's visits to the emergency room of a university medical centre, and a transient increase in pediatric care with little impact on the immediate severity of the initial presentations during strict government health measures in the first wave of COVID-19. These measures also had a beneficial effect in reducing the number of traumatic injuries.


A granular bone substitute composed of alpha tricalcium phosphate, chondroitin sulfate and disodium succinate is biocompatible in vivo. The aim of this in vitro study was to analyze cellular aspects related to bone regeneration. The response of MG63 and L929 cells to liquid extracts of the respective material was reported. Viability and integrity of the cell membrane were determined by MTT and trypan blue exclusion assay. Cytoskeletal changes were followed by phalloidin staining. Expression of apoptotic, mitogenic and osteogenic differentiation genes was detected by RT-PCR. Supernatants obtained at 24 hours of extraction, but not later, reduced formazan formation in L929 and MG63 cells (p<0.05). Also sodium chondroitin sulfate at 10 % and disodium succinate at 2.5% significantly decreased cell viability (p<0.05). Moreover, we observed impaired integrity of the cell membrane and cytoskeletal changes. Expression of mitogenic genes was partially reduced while apoptotic and differentiation genes were unchanged. Liquid extracts of TCP and TCP failed to cause any substantial effects. Thus, the composite bone substitute can cause an early, but temporary cell necrosis. Since bone regeneration is initiated by a transient catabolic phase, the observed effects are in line with this biological principle.


Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis is a rare dermatological condition with high mortality and serious consequences on its survivors. Despite having been first described in 1956, its pathophysiology remains uncertain, mainly regarding its mechanisms, although it seems that certain apoptosis pathways are pivotal in starting keratinocytes' apoptosis and in activating T cells, especially those mediated by tumour necrosis factor, Fas-FasL and granulysin. In general, its aetiology and presentation are consensual, being defined as a generalized necrolysis of the epidermis that occurs as an uncontrolled immune response to a specific drug or one of its metabolites, highlighting cotrimoxazole and allopurinol as the most important. This necrolysis leads to a massive shedding of the epidermal layer of the skin, with stronger incidences in the torso, upper limbs and face. Its complications tend to be severe, noting that septic ones are responsible for over half of the disease's mortality. Nearly all survivors develop long-term sequelae, namely hypertrophic scarring and skin pigmentation anomalies. Regarding treatment, many different opinions arise, including contradictory ones, regarding more importantly immunomodulation therapies that have been the focus of several studies through the years. It is safe to state that supportive therapy is the only modality that has significantly strong evidence backing its efficacy in reducing mortality and improving prognosis, which have improved in the past years as general health care quality increased. In conclusion, it is imperative to say that more research is needed for new potential therapies with large study populations and more scientific rigor. Likewise, investigation towards its basic pathophysiology should also be promoted, mainly at a biomolecular level, allowing for an improved prevention of this illness.


The oriented crystallization of poly(1,4-butylene succinate) (PBSU) in the oriented blend with poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) was investigated at various temperatures. Films of the miscible blend with a composition of PBSU/PVDF = 30/70 (wt %) were prepared by solution casting and were subsequently quenched in ice water from the molten state. Oriented films of the blend were prepared by uniaxially stretching the melt-quenched films. The drawn films were heat-treated with the length of the sample fixed at 130 °C for 5 min to melt the PBSU component, followed by quenching in ice water or isothermal crystallization at various temperatures. The crystal orientation and the lamellar textures of the obtained samples were studied using wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The orientation of PBSU crystals was found to be significantly dependent on the crystallization temperature when PBSU was crystallized in the oriented matrix of PV...


Chemotaxonomic studies are frequently limited by the volume of data obtained and the difficulty of reducing this to statistically interpretable results. This paper describes the use of a straightforward procedure for relating the pattern of occurrence of sterols in fungi, analysed by mass spectrometry, to their classification.


We present the GastroDigitalShirt, a smart T-Shirt for capturing abdominal sounds produced during digestion. The garment prototype embeds an array of eight miniaturised microphones connected to a low-power wearable computer and is designed for long-term recording. We present the microphone integration and shirt wiring layout. With the GastroDigitalShirt we monitored the different digestion phases over six hours in four healthy participants with no prior gastro-intestinal diseases. The collected data were annotated by two independent raters to mark Bowel Sounds (BS) instances. The interrater agreement was substantial, with Cohen's Kappa of 0.7, confirming a consistent labeling approach. Overall 3046 BS instances were individually annotated. The extracted BS were structured by Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering. The analysis highlighted the presence of 4 BS types. The results show that our prototype can capture the main BS types reported in literature.


This study presents a simplified approach to determine the end depth of a free overfall in horizontal U-shaped channels. The flow over the free overfall is simulated by that over a sharp-crested weir to calculate the end-depth ratio (EDR). The theoretical model is calibrated by the experimental data by considering the coefficient of velocity a free parameter. The EDR is 0.745 up to nondimensional critical depth 0.50; and then it decreases gradually as the nondimensional critical depth increases. A method to estimate discharge from the end depth is presented. The results obtained using the model agree satisfactorily with the experimental data and results obtained from the previous model of the author.


Discovery of a plastid in apicomplexan parasites such as Toxoplasma and Plasmodium ( [1][1], [2][2] ) has prompted intense debate over whether the plastid originates from a red algal or a green algal ancestor ( [3][3]–[5][4] ). Funes et al. ( [6][5] ) argued for a green algal ancestry based on