The not so silent revolution, so eloquently described by Professor Jeffrey Timmons (1994), is alive, well and thriving around the world. Today, more entrepreneurs are chasing more dollars to fund their ventures than ever before. This trend shows no signs of abating anytime soon. In this frenzied environment, even more equity capital is available to fuel these promising, growth-oriented ventures than at anytime in the past. Despite this preponderance of both capital seekers and capital providers, a great chasm has emerged between the two camps. After the recent market correction that cut short the wild ride of many internet and technology based new public offerings, investors have become extremely prudent in their investing activities. Gone is the entrepreneur's mantra of 'let profits be damned—it's eyeballs that count'. Today, the new mantra for raising capital has a very familiar and traditional ring to it: 'Show me a business model and opportunity that presents a very plausible and more short run path to profitability (the so called P to P model). In this regard, Van Osnabrugge and Robinson have performed a great service to the entrepreneurial community through their book Angel Investing: Matching Start-up Funds with Start-up Companies. They provide a comprehensive framework of the equity investment process ranging from how investors source deals through harvest and return realization. I read this book wearing three different professional hats (academic researcher, entrepreneurship teacher and advisor to a number of growing new ventures). As a researcher, I am concerned with how the entrepreneur/ investor relationship evolves and where in this process lie the gaps in knowledge that beg rigorous new research inquiries. Towards this end, I found that Van Osnabrugge and Robinson offered a comprehensive


To build high-performance network devices with holistic security protection, a large number of algorithms have been proposed. However, multi-core implementation of the existing algorithms suffers from three limitations: performance instability, data-structure heterogeneity, and hardware dependency. In this paper, we propose three principles for effective network processing on multi-core network processors. To verify the effectiveness of these principles, algorithms for two typical network processing tasks are redesigned and implemented on the Cavium Octeon3860 network processor. Test results show that our schemes achieve superior performance in comparison with existing best-known algorithms.


Grounding of ships is as of today one of the most common causes of maritime accidents. An effective anti-grounding service, where updated bathymetry data is sent in real time to a ship can improve maritime and human safety. The bathymetry data is collected by an autonomous surface vessel equipped with a multi-beam sonar while the ship is approaching the port. This data is then conveyed immediately to the ship, by employing a wireless communication link. In this paper, a study on the enabling technologies for an effective anti-grounding service is provided, with special focus on the wireless communication devices to employ for the real-time bathymetry data transmission.


BACK ROUND:
Alcohol is one of the serious public health problems and has become a common tendency worldwide. In general, approximately 2 billion of the world's population
consumes alcohol and 76.3 million people have alcoholic disorders. Alcohol affects almost all organs of the body and causes cirrhosis, peripheral neuropathy, hyper tension, myocardial infarction and death. Alcohol also causes hearing loss.
AIM & OBJECTIVE:
The aim of the study is to analyze the hearing loss in alcoholic men and non alcoholic men by using Puretone audiometry and smart DPOAE.
DESIGN: Descriptive with purposive sampling.
PARTICIPANTS:
A total of 134 subjects (25 to 55 years) were included in the study of which 67 alcoholic men were taken as study group and 67 healthy non- alcoholics as controls. The study subjects were selected by AUDIT questionnaire from the outpatient department of psychiatry, Coimbatore medical college hospital, Coimbatore. Alcoholic men who were diabetic, hypertensive, smoker, subjects using ototoxic drugs were identified and excluded from the study.
METHODOLOGY:
After getting consent, the cases were selected after ruling out any infections or foreign body in the external auditory meatus by using otoscope. After clearly explaining the procedure, audiometric thresholds were recorded by using puretone audiometer and smart DPOAE.
RESULTS:
Unpaired 't' test and Yate's and Fisher's chi square tests were used to analyze the significance of difference between variables. 44 out of 67 alcoholics and only 5 non-smokers were affected with sensorineural hearing loss (p<0.0001). There is significant increase in auditory thresholds in alcoholics (p<0.0001).
CONCLUSION:
The results of this study suggest that, alcoholics were affected by high frequency (above 4 KHz) sensorineural hearing loss. The hearing loss is directly related to the duration, amount, type, occupation and age of alcoholics. Hearing loss may be due to the effect of inhibition of transmission via GABA A type receptors and damage occurred in outer hair cells in the organ of corti.


6134 Background: Five-year survival following the diagnosis of non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been equated with a cure. Because so few (15%) NSCLC patients survive five years, data on long ...


There is now convincing evidence that the severity of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome can be reduced by surfactant replacement therapy; however, the optimal therapeutic regimen has not been found. The aim of this randomized European Multicenter Trial "Single versus multiple doses" was to reduce the incidence of RDS-associated pulmonary complications as well as mortality in patients receiving multiple doses of surfactant. In this trial, preterm infants (birthweight 700-2000 g) with severe RDS requiring artificial ventilation with FiO2 ≥0.6 were randomized into two groups at an age of 2-15 h. Exclusion criteria have been recently published (Pediatrics 1988, 82, 683-691). Both groups received immediately after randomization the usual dose of Curosurf (200 mg/kg). In infants randomized to receive multiple treatment, two additional doses of Curosurf (100 mg/kg) were instilled into the airway at the age of 12 h and 24 h, provided that the patient still needed artificial ventilation with an FiO2 >0.21. Interim analysis (n=245) showed a reduction of pneumothorax incidence (17% vs. 8,3%); single vs. multiple doses; additionally, the incidence of BPD (17% vs. 10%) and mortality (23% vs. 14%) was reduced in multiple treated patients. Final data of approximately 300 patients included in this trial - which will be finished in april 1990 - will be presented.


[Objective]Treatment of chronic hepatitis B varied syndromes complicated,dialectical inconsistency of standards,clinical difficult to grasp and promotion of its treatment programs to be analyzed.[Methods] Separately from traditional chinese medicine,Western medicine and integrated chinese and western medicine in terms of treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus,as well as the shortcomings of their own summary.[Results] Chinese and western medicine therapy,syndrome differentiation,in the treatment of hepatitis B continue to explore efficient and safe post — secondary side and the special drug.


Owing to the centrifugal nature of its projection, a single X-rayrepresentation of a foreign body or an osseous lesion puts its interpreter into a dilemma when he seeks to correctly pencil the outlines of his radiograph for the information of the practical surgeon. Thus (in Illustration I.) the transparent X-ray silhouettes of a comminuted fracture A may be represented as either B or C, according to the conventions of ordinary graphic representation, namely that objects nearer the station point of the eye eclipse or obscure the more re-


The growth, transformation and development of new economic sectors of a country can be determined from the entrepreneurship. This entrepreneurial attitude manifests itself from different approaches, not only by the emergence of new companies, but also by decision-making and entrepreneurial activity, in certain situations. Business success can be attributed to the different influences, changes and pressures caused by the environment, or to special characteristics of entrepreneurs, personal aspects and environment. This article aims to analyze intra-entrepreneurship as a business renewal strategy, exploring the auto parts sector, through a qualitative study in a sample of companies in the auto parts sector in Colombia. The results conclude that despite the fact that intra-entrepreneurship is considered a strategic scenario for business renewal, Colombian auto parts companies do not promote their strategic development.


The land-lost peasants' rights and interests safeguard has become a serious problem in process of urbanization. Based on the systematic summary and comprehensive comparison of land expropriation around the country,this paper summed up four kinds of typical resettlement modes. They were social security resettlement,property rights resettlement,physical real estate resettlement and comprehensive resettlement. Subsequently,the paper deeply analyzed every mode's specific practices, effects and shortages. The study showed that every resettlement mode had its own significant characteristics and applicable conditions. Therefore,it was difficult to find a universal resettlement mode. In the end,it was proposed that regions should learn lessons from typical resettlement mode,promote reform of land expropriation system and in the light of local conditions,try to find suitable resettlement mode that suit them in order to effectively safeguard land-lost peasants' rights and interests.


The adiabatic processes at zero rate are reversible processes, while at a constant finite rate are irreversible. The formulation employing state variables to describe the irreversible process of nonequilibrium system and the illustration of the finite‐rate model with a Carnot cycle are not valid. The intermediate nonequilibrium processes should be described through a state‐variable‐free approach.


OBJECTIVE To explore into the feasibility of using fluorescent method to determine the inhibiting effect of aldose reductase in the water extract of Chinese drugs. METHOD The fluorescence intensity of 13 water extracts of Chinese drugs were scanned within the scope of 367 nm exciting light and 410~470 nm emission light. RESULT The 13 Chinese drugs observed had strong fluorescent substances, which interfered with the fluorescent method of determination for the activity of aldose reductase. CONCLUSION On condition that such a screening procedure fails for water extract, it is advisable to consider there is interference from the organic solvent so as to determine the experimental conditions or choose other screening methods.


With the ever growing occurrences of skin cancer and limited healthcare settings, a reliable computer assisted diagnostic system is needed to assist the dermatologists for lesion diagnosis. Skin lesion segmentation on dermo- scopic images can be an efficient tool to determine the differences between benign and malignant skin lesions. The dermoscopic images in the public skin lesion datasets are collected from various sources around the world. The color of lesions in dermoscopic images can be strongly dependent on the light source. In this work, we provide a new insight on the effect of color constancy algorithms on skin lesion segmentation with deep learning algorithm. We pre-process the ISIC Challenge Segmentation 2017 dataset using different color constancy algorithms and study the effect on a popular semantic segmentation algorithm, i.e. Fully Convolutional Networks. We evaluate the results with two evaluation metrics, i.e. Dice Similarity Coefficient and Jaccard Similarity Index. Overall, our experiments showed improvements in semantic segmentation of skin lesions when pre-processed with color constancy algorithms. Further, we investigate the effect of these algorithms on different types of lesions (Naevi, Melanoma and Seborrhoeic Keratosis). We found pre-processing with color constancy algorithms improved the segmentation results on Naevi and Seborrhoeic Keratosis, but not Melanoma. Future work will seek to investigate an adaptive color constancy algorithm that could improve the segmentation results.


A great deal of research has been carried out in many countries to show how road accidents might be prevented. Unfortunately. all too often, although research shows plainly enough what could be done. no action is taken. In 1965 nearly 8.000 people were killed on the roads of this country. If safety measures. already shown to be efficacious. had been applied in time. 5.000 of these people would still be alive. Safety measures generally curtail a person's liberty to do exactly what he likes where he likes. but most of the measures reviewed here would not cause much inconvenience. and are so cheap by comparison with the high cost of the accidents that could be saved, that it would be an economy to introduce them. The cost of road accidents in 1965 was well over £200m.


: A series of new Schiff base Pd" complexes of the type [Pd(L)]X 1 [where, L = HBOADO, TBACD, OBACD, HBOADT, DBACDT, TBAHD and X = Cl"] have been synthesized by non-template method. The complexes were characterized with the help of elemental analyses, conductance measurements, magnetic measurements, infrared, NMR ( 1 H, 13 C), mass, electronic spectral studies and thermal analysis. Based on the spectral data, square-planar geometry is tentatively proposed to all the complexes. The biological activities of these complexes have been tested in vitro to evaluate their activity against Gram +ve and Gram -ve bacteria and were found to be more active than streptomycin and ampicillin. [Pd(HBOADO)]CI 1 and [Pd(OBACD)]CI 1 complexes were studied on the catalytic reduction reactions of 2-nitroanlsole, J. nitroanisole, 4-nitroanisole, 2-nitrohenzoicacid, 3-nitrobenzoicacld, 4-nitrobenzolcacid under mild conditions. The reduced products were treated with nitrous acid followed by ~-naphthol and the developed colored products were determined spectrophotometrically. [Pd(HBOADO)]CI 1 is found to be more efficient than [Pd(OBACD)]Clr


Advances in combined equipment technologies, the ability to supply fuel flexibility and new financial support structures are helping power systems packagers meet a diverse series of client and project needs. Systems packagers continue to capture orders for various size power plants around the globe. A competitive buyer`s market remains the order of the day. In cogeneration markets, clients continue to search for efficiency rather than specific output for inside-the-fence projects. Letter-perfect service remains a requisite as successful suppliers strive to meet customers` ever-changing needs for thermal and power applications.


Polyolefin structure reinforced with long fibers with a length = 3 mm, containing: a) 25% by weight to 58% by weight of at least one polyolefin, b) 4% by weight to 25% by weight of the least one polyamidic plastic, c) 1.5% by weight to 10% by weight of at least one modified polyolefin, d) 19 wt% to 58 wt% of at least one reinforcing fiber, e) 0.2% by weight to 5.0% by weight of at least one sulfur-containing additive and f) optionally other additives, where the reinforcing fiber has the same length as the polyolefin structure.


Various radical species have been identified in the pulse radiolysis of aqueous solutions of poly(styrenesulfonate) (PSS). OH radicals react with PSS (k = (7.5 /plus minus/ 1) /times/ 10/sup 8/ M/sup /minus/1/ s/sup /minus/1/) to produce predominantly a mixture of OH adducts. An intrapolymer biradical decay of the OH adducts (2k/epsilon = (3.0 /plus minus/ 1) /times/ 10/sup 5/ cm s/sup /minus/1/) takes place when several OH radical adducts are produced on the same polymer molecule. This decay reaction competes with a first-order formation of a positive radical ion (k = 160 /plus minus/ 40) s/sup /minus/1/ at pH 5.6. The formation reaction is acid catalyzed. It is slowed down by addition of inert salts. The positive radical ion decays in the time range of hours, obeying a first-order rate law (k = (5.4 /plus minus/ 0.5) /times/ 10/sup /minus/5/ s/sup /minus/1/). This decay is attributed to an intramolecular conversion of the positive radical ion to a benzyl type radical, which subsequently decays to produce stable recombination products. The spectra and kinetics are discussed in light of the known properties of various aromatic and polymer systems. Long-lived polymeric free radicals are useful models for photochemical storage systems.


In the particular business activity of banking, marketing communications is crucial to retaining customers and attract new customers. Similarly, a customer relations activities in order to maintain customer loyalty occurs relationship between the company and customer on an ongoing basis. This research aims to determine the direct effect simultaneously and partially between the marketing communication and customer relation to the customer loyalty at Bank Rakyat Indonesia Jember and to find out the most dominant exogenous variables in affecting to the endogenous variables. Subject of this research is Bank Rakyat Indonesia Cabang Jember. The analytical tool used in this research is the path analysis. The results of this research are exogenous variables which consists of marketing communications, customer relations, and customer response simultaneously influence on customer loyalty, but in partial customer relations does not have direct effect on customer loyalty, while variable marketing communications and customer response is partially affected on customer loyalty, meanwhile the customer response variable to be the most dominant variable in affecting customer loyalty.


: The careful historical and metaphilosophical attention recently bestowed upon analytic philosophy has revealed that traditional ways of defining it are inadequate. In the face of this inadequacy, contemporary authors have proposed new definitions that detach analytic philosophy from its turn of the twentieth century origins. I argue that this contemporary trend in defining analytic philosophy is misguided, and that it diminishes the likelihood of our coming to an accurate historical and metaphilosophical understanding of it. This is especially unsatisfactory since such understanding is essential to finding an adequate remedy for the widely perceived ills of contemporary analytic philosophy. I suggest that a more fruitful approach to developing such understanding might begin with treating the unity of analytic philosophy as illusory.


The infrared limit of D = 4, N = 4 Yang-Mills theory with compact gauge group G compactified on a two-torus is governed by an effective superconformal field theory. We conjecture that this is a certain orbifold involving the maximal torus of G. Yang-Mills S-duality makes predictions for all correlators of this effective conformal field theory. These predictions are shown to be implied by the standard T-duality of the conformal field theory. Consequently, Montonen-Olive duality between electric and magnetic states reduces to the standard two-dimensional duality between momentum and winding states.


The rapid development of renewable energy sources observed in recent years however has a number of limitations for different regions limited by non-price factors such as corruption and opacity of supporting institutions, lack the necessary technology to integrate renewable into the grid, lobbying and support of the interests of the owners of traditional energy sources and others. The article attempts to analyse the factors that affect the consumption of renewable energy sources in three groups of countries, pointing to the greater importance of such indicators as the share of R & d in GDP, the availability of traditional energy resources, oil prices, transparency of institutions for some countries and their lesser importance for others.


Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common form of sleep-disordered breathing with up to 60% of surgical patients with moderate-to-severe OSA unrecognized at the time of preoperative assessment. OSA is a known modifier of perioperative outcomes, with an increase in difficult airway management and postoperative morbidity with early and late serious complications that may occasionally result in death. It is critical to identify at-risk patients during the preoperative period as it allows for risk stratification and mitigation, and postoperative monitoring. In this review, we will discuss the preoperative assessment, and intraoperative and postoperative management of patients with diagnosed or suspected OSA. essentiel d'identifier les patients à risque pendant la période préopératoire enfin d'appliquer des procédures de modération de risque, ainsi que des précautions et une surveillance adéquates. Dans cette revue, après un aperçu de la physiopathologie du SAOS, nous discuterons de l'évaluation préopératoire, de la prise en charge intraopératoire et postopératoire des patients atteints de SAOS confirmée ou suspectée.


In this study, α-Fe2O3 (hematite) nanoparticles were synthesised by a sonochemical method. The influence of different factors such as chemical composition of the precursors, atmosphere of the reactions and type of the sonicator on the chemical formula, crystallinity, morphology and size of the obtained products were investigated. Powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and IR spectroscopy, were used to characterise the nanostructures. The catalytic tests were performed in the reaction of methyl phenyl sulphide oxidation. The results exhibit the good catalytic performance of the as-prepared α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles.


We propose a novel phonon assisted Auger process unique to the electronic band structure of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), which dominates the radiative recombination of ground state excitons in tungsten based TMDCs. Using experimental and density functional theory computed values for the exciton energies, spin–orbit splittings, optical matrix element, and the Auger matrix elements, we find that the Auger process begins to dominate at carrier densities as low as 10 9 − 10 cm − 2 ?> , thus providing a plausible explanation for the low quantum efficiencies reported for these materials.


Background:  The recurrence rate following stripping of the long saphenous vein is unacceptable. Repair of the terminal valve of the long saphenous vein is a physiological alternative. The aim of the present study was to prospectively compare the long‐term recurrence rates in patients having had reparative and ablative procedures at the same time.


The Propionibacterium (Propionibacterium) genus, 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid out intracellularly raised, by collecting the, 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid in a high concentration obtaining a composition containing. The composition improves the intestinal flora, which is effective in preventing improvement and metabolic bone disease abdominal discomfort seen upon ingestion of milk.


Ever since the dawn of civilization, the ambient vegetation and the resources constituted major source of human existence for various substantial requirements. Our present knowledge on plant resources emerged from the traditional heritable knowledge descended from generation to generation. However, traditional knowledge pertaining to several aspects remained untapped from various remote localities or populations. Furthermore, with the present trends of excessive exploitation of natural resources and degradation of habitats, conservation and ecological management require coherence of traditional skills and modern approaches. Therefore, the present study is to record traditional plant based knowledge among the inhabitants of Siwalik region of Uttarakhand Himalaya. Extensive field survey was made for the collection of data on the medicinal aspects of plant species in the study area covering the parts of districts Pauri, Dehradun and Haridwar. During the course of study 130 plant species belonging to 65 families are reported, used as traditional medicine by the local inhabitants of this region.


To solve the problem of memory nonlinear distortion in wideband OFDM system, a novel Frequency Domain Predistorter (FDPD) structure is proposed. The Predistorter which based on 2-dimension look-up table method is used in frequency domain. It can compensate the memory nonlinear distortion accurately, but the system performance is restricted by the size of lookup table. Then the Filter Look-Up Table (FLUT) with FDPD, which combined the FDPD with FLUT, is proposed to improve the BER performance and convergence speed. The simulation results indicate that the novel structure can decrease the BER in the receiver and increase the convergence speed.


Objective:To investigate the hospice knowledge and attitude of the community nurses and explorethe difference of hospice knowledge and attitudes among different nurses.Methods: We investigated 211 nurses in 6 community health service centers by the questionnaires.Results: Only 19.0% nurses had good hospice care knowledge.and the scores of hospice care attitudes were in the middle level.Educational background,professional title and working years were the influencing factors of hospice care knowledge(P0.05) and educational background,working years,income,religion,nationality and professional titles were the influencing factors of hospice care attitudes(P0.05).Conclusion: Through strengthening hospice care basis and continuing education,we could help the clinical nursing staff possess professional hospice care knowledge,skills and good psychological quality and promote the development of hospice care.


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This paper summarises the findings with respect to vitamin K of the British Nutrition Foundation's recent review of MAFF's Optimal Nutrition Status research programme. As well as providing an overview of current knowledge about the role that vitamin K plays in human health, the paper places in context the contribution to current knowledge of the MAFF-funded research and summarises the priorities for future research recommended in the final report submitted to the Joint Food Safety and Standards Group, now the Foods Standards Agency.


In today's knowledge-based economy, Technology is playing a key role in shaping every area of our life. The Advances in technology brings innovative techniques and methods of doing business in the world of competitive corporate. Technological innovation in every business function has significant impact on performance of organizations and it helps to improve the competitiveness of the firms and thus increasing the company's value. This study was conducted at Zanzibar Ports Corporation in Tanzania. The purpose of the study is toassess the influence of human resource information system (HRIS) on organizational performance at Zanzibar Ports Corporation. The study adopted a case study research design with quantitative and qualitative research approaches. A Sample size of 226 respondents was selected using simple random and purposive sampling techniques. The sampled respondents were given questionnaires and data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 20 and content analysis was used to present data obtained from interviews.The study findings revealed that HRIS has a positive influence on organizational performance. This was reflected by high mean of 3.85916 and standard deviation of 1.044994 respectively. The study concluded that human resource information system has a positive influence on organizational performance through among others helping in supporting strategic decision-making operation, program and policy assessment or daily operational matters; providing information regarding employment and retention strategies facilitate quality information to management to make informed decisions; enhancing competitiveness through developing and increasing HR operations; speeding up information dissemination and facilitate changes and reduction of administrative workload by minimizing the boring, repetitive and routine tasks.


The observation on the ultra-structure of the gill skeleton in the lancelet by TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy) occasionally reveals two areas of crowded cells with a higher ratio of nucleus vs. cytoplasm in the outside of the gill bar skeletal rods. The surrounding matrix is composed of thick fibrils with an average diameter of 28.3 nm, which are parallel each other to form a thin layer in the outer part, but they crisscross to form a complex structure in the inner part. The tongue bar skeletal rod and the inside of the gill bar skeletal rod are composed of thin fibrils with average diameter of 13.9 nm and 13.8 nm respectively, which are regularly arranged side by side, paralleling to the long-axis of the gill skeleton. The thin fibrils are interconnected by short cross-linkages, forming a lattice structure with a rectangular arrangement. Both types of fibrils are different from collagenous filament in terms of morphology, and indicate that the gill skeleton in the lancelet is an unusual, non-collageous based supporting tissue. Now a new member joins the non-collagenous cartilage family, which has been found in agnathans (lampreys and hagfishes). And the structure of lancelet's gill skeleton is different from both lamprey′s and hagfish′s, which implies lancelet may have a long independent history of evolution with Agnatha.


This paper presents the results of magnetic field measurements for 39 chemically peculiar and 3 normal main sequence stars used as standard stars. Observations were carried out with the Main Stellar Spectrograph of the Russian 6-m telescope during 2007. Zeeman measurements for 8 stars were performed for the first time. The accuracy analysis for the longitudinal magnetic field measurements of the stars confirms that the systematic errors do not exceed 10-20 G and are within the quoted limits. The absence of significant instrumental deviations follows from the measurements of the CP stars with well-known B e variation curves.


This papa proposes a new development process model distributed concurrent development. The model is bom from various experiences in the development of largescale switching software systems. First, the background and motivation where the distributed concurrent development has emerged are explained. Then, critical issues in the distributed concurrent development are discussed based on a process programming concepc observations on analogies between the modeling of distributed c o n c m t development and the disciplines of distributed concurrent software systems. Since an appmprhe process model is necessary to describe the development process and to analyze it, we propose a formalization of software development processes with an object-oriented approach. Two process description languages and two behavior description languages are propmed. which enable us to represent the structure and dynamic behavior of development processes, respectively. Besides developnent process itself, we propose a processdesign process which is unique in that we can design and evaluate a development process before we initiate development activities. The entire processes for developing a family of switching software systems have been defined with the description languages. Various propexties of distributed concurrent development are also discussed.


ABSTRACT Enrobing of fish improves physical as well as consumer acceptance of low value fish. The present work was undertaken to utilize a low value fish with its bones by enrobing with cereal flour based coating. Three combinations of batters were prepared, and the fish was coated and fried; based on the sensory quality, 1:2 batter to water ratio was selected for product preparation. To determine the storage life, frozen par-fried samples were prepared and stored at −18°C. Quality parameters such as pH, total volatile basic nitrogen, free fatty acids, peroxide value, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, color, and sensory attributes were evaluated on a monthly basis. It was observed from chemical parameters and sensory scores of the product that the par-fried form can be stored for up to 5 months. This technology will provide a better opportunity for employment of coastal women.


Abstract 4049 RANKL upregulation in the multiple myeloma (MM) microenvironment and in particular in malignant plasma cells, osteoblasts and T-cells is pivotal for the pathological activation of osteoclasts and development of bone disease in multiple myeloma. Invariant NKT cells (iNKT) is a small but powerful subset of CD1d-restricted, glycolipid-specific immunoregulatory T-cells. iNKT cells are dysfunctional in MM in that they display reduced ability to secrete interferon-gamma contributing thus to myeloma immune evasion. Whether iNKT cells also contribute to the enhanced RANKL production in the (MM) microenvironment is not known. To address this we studied the dynamics of RANKL expression in iNKT cells of normal individuals and compared it to patients with myeloma and the pre-myeloma disorder monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS). Ex vivo assessment by 4-color flow-cytometry showed that a significantly higher proportion of peripheral blood iNKT than conventional T-cells from healthy donors expressed surface RANKL (mean±SD: 18,29%±2,6 vs 1,75%±0,5 respectively; n=48, p Notably, while expression of surface RANKL on T cells remains constant with age (r of Pearson=0,007, p=0,96), on iNKT cells it increases linearly in an age-dependent manner (r of Pearson=0,31, p=0,03). Upon TCR stimulation of total T cells with CD3/CD28 beads, surface RANKL on iNKT cells increased from baseline faster and at higher levels than the rest of the T-cells (mean fold increment at 36 hours: iNKT 5,6±2,27 vs T-cells 1,97±0,9, n=8; p=0,04). In the presence of limiting concentrations of RANKL, activated iNKT cells were able to generate TRAP+ osteoclasts (>3nuclei) from autologous monocytes confirming that surface RANKL on iNKT cells is functional. Thus, in normal individuals, RANKL expression on per cell basis is higher in iNKT cells than in conventional T cells, and increases further upon TCR stimulation. Having established the status of RANKL expression in iNKT cells of normal individuals directly ex vivo and upon activation we next investigated surface RANKL expression in iNKT and conventional T cells in MM. We found that as in normal controls, in patients with MM (n=43) a higher proportion of iNKT than conventional T-cells expressed surface RANKL (mean±SD: 34,663%±4.214 vs 4,534%±1,64 respectively; n=48, p 45yrs) normal donors (mean±SD: 34,6%±4.2 vs 23,2%±3,1 respectively; p=0.04). By contrast, in patients with MGUS or asymptomatic myeloma (n=13) the proportion of iNKT cells that expressed RANKL was similar to age-matched controls (mean±SD: 13,97%±5,73 vs 23,2%±3,1 respectively; p=0,136) but significantly lower when compared to MM patients (13,97%±5,73 vs 34,663%±4.214 respectively; p=0,005) suggesting that increased surface RANKL on iNKT cells is a phenomenon characteristic of active MM. Taken together these data establish for the first time the dynamics of RANKL expression in iNKT cells in normal individuals and raise the possibility of an important role of these cells in the age-dependent bone homeostasis. Furthermore our observations of enhanced expression of RANKL in iNKT cells in active MM but not in MGUS/AMM suggest that as well as to immune evasion these cells could also contribute to osteoclast activation and development of bone disease in MM. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


Aim and objective: To establish the mean value, standard deviation, and to determine statistically significant differences of Beta, Yen, and W angle for skeletal class I, skeletal class II, and skeletal class III malocclusion in North India population. Materials and methods: The study will be carried on 90 pretreatment lateral cephalograms randomly taken from records of the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Ferozepur. All the cephalograms will be traced using a sharp 0.5 mm pencil on 0.003-inch acetate tracing paper using an X-ray viewer. Mean values of measurements such as ANB angle and Wits appraisal will be calculated and will be divided into 3 groups of 30 samples each. Then, Beta, Yen, and W angle will be measured for all three groups. The data will then be summarized and standard statistical methods will be applied. Results: Beta angle had a value of 31.23 ± 3.2.99° for skeletal class I group, 25.33 ± 2.64° for skeletal class II group, 40.03 ± 3 0.05° for skeletal class III group, YEN angle had a value of 122.57 ± 6.53 for skeletal class I group, 115.20 ± 2.49 for skeletal class II group, and 132.60 ± 3.56 for skeletal class III group, and W angle had a value of 54.90 ± 2.39 for skeletal class I group, 51.17 ± 3.21 for skeletal class II group, and 59.40 ± 1.95 for skeletal class III group. Conclusion: A significant difference was present between the mean value of Beta, Yen, and W angle for class I, class II, and class III malocclusion. Clinical significance: Beta, Yen, and W angle are new parameters to diagnose the skeletal relationship of both the arches and are important clinically in diagnosis and treatment planning of the patient for orthodontic


Based on the problems existing in the book-collecting work of university library at present,this paper analyzes the reasons why the regulating function of the book collection doesn't work,and in the lioght of the features of the book collection,probes into the design of the post of the book collection,and puts forward some improvement measures for keeping the rational structure of the book resources and forming a scientific composition of the collection.


In this research, the influence of the type and content of metallic waste on the mechanical and damage self-monitoring properties of cement mortars has been evaluated. With this purpose, nine different mortars with the same water/cement ratio but using two different metallic wastes (steel fibres and shavings) added in four different percentages (4 to 16%.w/c) were manufactured and evaluated at two different curing ages (7 and 28 days). Thus, the metallic waste distribution, electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity in prismatic mortar specimens with and without addition of metallic waste were evaluated by using non-destructive tests. The main results obtained in this study showed that the addition of metallic waste produced a reduction of the bulk density and an increase of the porosity of mortars. In addition, it was proven that it is possible to evaluate the metallic waste distribution inside the mortars by the measurement of the ultrasonic pulse propagation time, and that this evaluation is more effective in specimens with fibres than in those with shavings. Likewise, it was proven that metallic waste can modify the electrical resistivity and the thermal conductivity of the mortars, regardless the type and amount of metallic waste. Finally, based on the probability analysis, it was concluded that both the type and amount of metallic waste, and the curing age used in this research did not present a significant influence on the variation of the electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity of the evaluated cement mortars.


The Geological and Prospecting Units pursue a diversified economy and involve many subsidiary business units. This leads to decentralized finance accounting and unorganized financial management with other problems. In view of these problems the author considers that a concentrated financial account should be implemented in the Geological and Prospecting Units. Financial management rights must be concentrated in the Geological and Prospecting Units, but this does not mean that the Geological and Prospecting Units can interfere with the management of the subsidiary business units. The paper discusses the content and role of a concentrated financial account and the difficulties in implementing it in the Geological and Prospecting Units and puts forward four proposals for improving the concentrated financial account.


PURPOSE:  Analysis of the mediumand long-term results of the mini-shunt Ex-Press implantation in glaucoma surgical treatment. METHODS:  Non-penetrating deep sclerectomy with the mini-shunt Ex-PRESS R-50 implantation was performed in 198 eyes of 177 patients with uncontrolled and/or refractory glaucoma between 2011 and 2014. Exclusion criteria for patients: signs of neovascularisation, close-angle or congenital glaucoma, previous ophthalmologic surgeries during the last 6 months, the need for simultaneous combined cataract and glaucoma surgery. The study included 161 patients (176 eyes). A review of the patients' anamnesis revealed a history of previous glaucoma surgical procedures in 126 (77.6%) patients, cataract phacoemulsification with IOL implantation in 108 (67%) patients and vitrectomy in 43 (26.7%) cases. All surgical interventions were undertaken within a period of more than 6 months before the present study. A standard ophthalmologic examination was performed in all patients prior to surgery and on days 1 and 7, as well as 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months after the drainage implantation. In a number of patients, examinations were also performed 48 (n=44, 27.3%) and 60 (n=21, 13%) months after the operation. In addition, patients were divided into group I («phakic» glaucoma, n=53; 32.9%) and group II (pseudophakic glaucoma, n=108; 78.3%) RESULTS:  The mean follow-up period was 43.7±2.9 months. The mean age of patients at the time of surgery was 72.4 ± 9.6 years, with 63 (39.1%) male and 98 (60.9%) female patients. IOP decrease compared to preoperative values of 32.3±8.7 mmHg amounted to 6.2±7.7 mm Hg after 1 week, 11.9±5.8 mm Hg after 1 month, 12.5±4.0 mm Hg after 2 months, 12.7±4.8 mm Hg after 3 months, 12.1±4.5 mm Hg after 6 months, 11.7±4.2 mm Hg after 12 months, 12.9±5.1 mm Hg 18 months after surgery. At the follow-up period of 24 months, the IOP decreased to 15.3±6.6 mm Hg, and at follow-ups of 36 months to 17.5±6.8 mm Hg (45.8%). In 44 (27.3%) patients 48 months later, the IOP level exceeded the compensation level with average values of 22.4±8.0 mm Hg. In 60 months after the operation 21 (13%) patients had a mean IOP level of 26.1±8.2 mm Hg. A statistically insignificant change in BCVA from 0.61±0.25 in the preoperative period to 0.57±0.31 during the last examination was observed (p>0.1). There was a significant decrease in the number of glaucoma instillations with the average numbers of 0.55±1.1 and 0.89±1.2 24 and 36 months after the surgery respectively, compared to 2.7±0.9 prior to the surgery (p=0.002 and p=0.01). In all the investigated cases, a daily massage of the filtration zone was performed during the postoperative period. In 94 (58.4%) patients, the IAG laser procedure was performed on the shunt at various postoperative times. Postoperative complications included a transient hypotension in the early (10-14 days) postoperative period, Seidel's symptom and bleb encapsulation, which required additional intervention. At the maximum follow-up period of 36 months, somewhat better results were obtained in group II (mean IOP 15.9±4.2 mm Hg vs. 17.3±4.4 mm Hg in group I, p>0.1). Similar differences were obtained for the number of glaucoma drugs taken (0.81±0.9 in group II against 0.97±1.1 in group I, p>0.1). Larger differences were obtained for BCVA during the long-term follow-up period (0.62±0.26 in group II versus 0.38±0.21 in group I, 0.05<p<0.1). CONCLUSION:  Ex-PRESS mini-shunt implantation is indicated in patients with refractory glaucoma when with previous interventions and maximum antihypertention regimen proved insufficient to compensate intraocular pressure level. Relative simplicity of the implantation technique, a small percentage of complications and a high efficiency in the medium term observation period make it possible to recommend the use of this device for wide ophthalmic surgical practice. Optimal results are possible with the implantation of a mini-shunt under the superficial scleral flap and a special mode of postoperative management of the patient, which allows to maintain the functioning of the shunt and to provide a tolerant intraocular pressure. Implantation of the mini-shunt Ex-PRESS R-50 in patients with pseudophakia results in slightly better but statistically insignificant functional results, however, due to the reduction in the effect in long-term (up to 5 years) follow-up, this surgical intervention is not an operation of first choice for this group of patients.


Surface application of animal wastes in intensive grassland systems has caused growing environmental problems during the last decade and, therefore, increasing public and scientific concern. In the present study we examined if the natural abundance 13C stable isotope tracer techniques could be used to investigate a poorly defined aspect of waste application, i.e. incorporation of slurry-derived C and its distribution in soil organic matter (SOM) fractions with different turnover times of a pasture soil. C3 and C4 slurries (δ13CV-PDB = −30.7‰ and −21.3‰, respectively) from cows fed either on a maize (C4) or perennial ryegrass (C3) diet were applied to a C3 soil with a δ13C value of −30.0 ± 0.2‰. The cattle slurry was applied at 50 m3 ha−1. Coarse sand, fine sand, silt, clay and fine clay were isolated from bulk soil samples (0–2 cm depth), freeze-dried and ground prior to total organic C (TOC) using elemental analysis and 13C natural abundance analysis by isotope-ratio mass spectrometry. The stable isotope tracer technique did allow to quantify the short-term sequestration of slurry-derived C in particle-size fractions of the grassland soil. Slurry-derived carbon was sequestered in various amounts in the five particle-size fractions, but most of it was sequestered in the coarse sand fraction during the two week experiment. The preferential input into the coarse sand fraction suggests that only the larger particulate slurry-derived materials were trapped into the soil during the experimental period. Less than 40% of the applied slurry-derived C was sequestered into the soil, suggesting a potential for large losses into the wider environment. The practice of surface spreading of slurry to temperate grassland soils is clearly not efficient, and improvements in slurry application methods, such as incorporation directly into the soil, should therefore be encouraged.


The positive effect of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on consumer's support has been testified by many papers, but the researches on moderators are still not enough. Three factorial experiments were conducted in this paper to explore the manageable moderators between CSR and consumer's support in Chinese consumer goods industry. The findings are as following. Good CSR records have positive effects on consumer's support. It was testified in different industries and samples. Both information sources and issue involvement have moderator effect, but industry correlation has no moderate effect. Theoretical and managerial implications were discussed according to these findings.


This study aims to find out the youth participation and spiritual contribution of St. Don Bosco for youth assistance in church's life in the Parish of St. Mikael Tamiang Layang. This research is a descriptive qualitative research with data collection technique through interview, observation and documentation. The result of this study finds out that the youth motivation in church activies is lack. It is caused by internal and external factors. Some internal factors are the lack of awareness, and appreciation of their vocation as the next generation of the Church. Some external factors are lack of support and motivation from those around them. The spirit of service owned by Saint Don Bosco can motivate and assist in mentoring young people to return enthusiastically in performing their duties as members of the Church.


The subject of the study is the main theoretical and practical issues of the implementation and effective functioning of compulsory health insurance as an important element of the social security system. The purpose of the article is to study the theoretical postulates that reveal the essence and peculiarities of the functioning of mandatory health insurance, as well as to clarify the problems of its implementation in Ukraine. The hypothesis of the study is put forward that the introduction of a new financial mechanism by the state - mandatory health insurance - will allow the Ukrainian economy to use the potential of market institutions more in the formation of budget resources and will lead to a significant strengthening of the social security system of the population. Methods of the research. In accordance with the logic of the scientific search, the article used theoretical analysis, including consideration of individual traits and identification of new characteristics of problems, comparison, mathematical and statistical methods. Highlighting unexplored parts of the general problem. Compulsory health insurance has not been introduced in Ukraine, which indicates the incompleteness of the medical reform started in 2017. Research result. It is shown that in the hierarchy of human needs, safety occupies a leading place. It means protection of health, living and working conditions and is the quintessence of social security of the population. In global practice, there are various models of health care organization. It has been proven that one of the most requested is mandatory health insurance. It provides financing of the volume of medical services at the level of social guarantees of the state; and the size of the insurance premium is not related to the amount of medical care and the state of health of the insured. Voluntary health insurance is an alternative to compulsory health insurance. It is private and inferior to compulsory health insurance in terms of the share of the population covered and the amount of resources involved. It has been proven that the compulsory health insurance is an important tool for the country's economic development. It is proposed to consider the compulsory health insurance not only as an element of the financial system, which has a powerful investment sense, but also as a component of the social protection system of the population, which is responsible for maintaining the social security of the population. The main features and advantages of compulsory health insurance are named. A balanced approach to the further reform of the health care system in Ukraine and the implementation of the commitments made by Ukraine for joining the EU requires finding ways to attract funds to the industry. One of them, and the most effective one, should be the introduction of the compulsory health insurance in Ukraine. Sphere of application. The bodies of the financial system and social security system, local authorities. Conclusions. The compulsory health insurance, which is used in the world, has demonstrated itself as a powerful tool for economic development. The compulsory health insurance should be considered not only as an element of the financial system, which has a strong investment sense, but also as a component of the social protection system of the population, which is responsible for maintaining the social security of the population in the state. Ukraine needs to continue political and economic reforms, resolutely fight corruption, actively implement privatization, deepen the reform of the health care system, including the introduction of mandatory health insurance.


Carbon nanotubes CNTs as electric field emitters have especially received great attention, due to their high mechanical strength and chemical stability coupled with very high aspect ratios, leading to extremely strong local fields. 1-3 These attractive properties of CNTs make them extraordinary materials for field emission display FED applications. 4 For most electrical applications, the nanotubes need to be produced free of impurities, contamination, and minimized moisture adsorption. The two major sources of contamination in the growth of CNTs, including amorphous carbon and extraneous metal catalyst, can be eliminated by the cautious use of etching gases and by optimizing the catalyst formula, respectively. 5,6 However, few studies have been reported for the efficient drying methods to minimize residual moisture in the nanostructure CNTs. In general, a trace of residual moisture in electronic devices tends to degrade electrical performance and cause electrical instability. As for the field emission characteristics of CNTs, experimental work really focused on the study of the moisture adsoption effect also has been lacking so far. Therefore, in this work the influence of residual moisture on the field emission of CNTs is investigated first. In addition, the application of supercritical carbon dioxide SCCO2 fluids is proposed to activate CNT emitters, minimizing residual moisture uptake with no possible damage to the CNTs. The CO2-based processing is attractive because of its environmental compatibility, as it is nontoxic, nonflammable, and unreactive under most conditions. 7 SCCO2 is similar to liquid CO2 since it also dissolves methanol. Additionally, it possesses gas-like properties of diffusivity and viscosity that allow it to remove solvents from the narrow spaces between micro- and nanotructure surfaces. 8 Also, the extremely low surface tension of SCCO2 can account for its negligible effect i.e., extremely low damage on the morphology and microstructures. 9-11


This article provides a thematic overview of the work of contemporary French philosopher Grégoire Chamayou. It suggests that the notion of violent capture serves as a guiding theme linking Chamayou's work, linking it to his early study of experimental medicine, his genealogy of manhunting and predatory power, as well as his recent study of contemporary predatory or "cynegetic" warfare use of drones.


If I come upon another human being in dire distress and if at trivial inconvenience to myself I can relieve that distress, then I have a positive obligation to do so. If, however, I come upon a million people in dire distress, I face a dilemma both in person and in principle. Knowing that I can relieve their distress only by dramatically reducing my lifestyle and by allowing a concern for their welfare to affect my thoughts and peace of mind, I may throw up my hands and dodge my personal dilemma. But the theoretical problem will remain. What does morality demand of an individual who possesses abundant but limited resources, especially if he is one of a group and he perceives countless others in dire distress? In one form or another this problem has occupied moral philosophy for a century. Notable is a recent argument by James S. Fishkin.' Fishkin has written an anatomical study of this dilemma-a dilemma which derives, he says, from a conflict among three universal moral principles:


The negotiation goal for High-tech Virtual Enterprise is close relation with participants negotiation behavior, which also is impacted by environment constrict and member enterprise strategies among negotiation process. Multi-Agent negotiation process is formalized described for High-tech Virtual Enterprise and combined programming model for Multi-part and Multi-Issue negotiation and decision are established including of the general programming model and particular programming model, by which united protocol zone and basic negotiation value is ensured from Multi-Agent negotiation power degree, by which united negotiation equilibrium value from Multi-Agent adopting strategies, and finally optimal estate of united utility and equilibrium situation of protocol result are received. The empirical results show Multipart and Multi-Issue negotiation and decision based on double programming is the important approach for conflict management of High-tech Virtual Enterprise, its acting mechanism is analyzed and operation model is established, which is the effective means for coordinating with collaboration relations among participants, reducing conflict consumption and realizing alliance targets.


This article is something of a large-scale map on which are outlined some very general thoughts about music psychotherapy. It covers an enormous area and I have sketched out fundamental concepts derived from psychoanalysis and from my work in music therapy. I view music therapy as a derivate of psychoanalysis and attempt to link the two by considering music as a bridge between unconscious and conscious processes.


Heavy metal pollution in bottom sediment of abandoned Yellow River was assessed by using geo-accumulation index and potential ecological risk index.Results showed that some sampling points were moderately polluted by Cu and Pb,and most of sampling points were polluted by Zn.The sequence of pollution degrees ranked as Zn,Cu and Pb.Ecological hazardousness risk was very low.


Nested named entity recognition (NER) aims to identify the entity boundaries and recognize categories of the named entities in a complex hierarchical sentence. Some works have been done using character-level, word-level, or lexicon-level based models. However, such researches ignore the role of the complementary annotations. In this paper, we propose a trigger-based graph neural network (Trigger-GNN) to leverage the nested NER. It obtains the complementary annotation embeddings through entity trigger encoding and semantic matching, and tackle nested entity utilizing an efficient graph message passing architecture, aggregation-update mode. We posit that using entity triggers as external annotations can add in complementary supervision signals on the whole sentences. It helps the model to learn and generalize more efficiently and cost-effectively. Experiments show that the Trigger-GNN consistently outperforms the baselines on four public NER datasets, and it can effectively alleviate the nested NER.


line was inserted and an arteriovenous shunt created in the left leg. After haemodialysis for eight hours the patient passed urine for the first time in 48 hours. A diuresis occurred over the next two days and the blood chemistry reverted to normal. On the fifth day after admission a left deep vein thrombosis developed, which was treated with intermittent subcutaneous heparin 5000 units eight-hourly. The maternal and fetal conditions remained satisfactory and urinary and plasma oestriol concentrations were within normal limits. After 36 weeks' amenorrhoea spontaneous labour occurred and a healthy male infant weighing 3-6 kg was delivered. The puerperium was uncomplicated. Anticoagulation was continued for six weeks. Urine analysis and blood pressure were normal. Two weeks after delivery an intravenous pyelogram and renal scan showed normal postnatal appearances with slightly dilated collecting systems. At the postnatal visit mother and baby were well.


While some faults remain locked for tens to hundreds of years, some active faults slip slowly, either continuously or episodically. The discovery of slow, generally silent, slip at the turn of the century led to a profound modification of our understanding of the mechanics of faulting, shedding light on the dynamics of fault slip. Such dynamics areis controlled by the past history of stress along the fault plane (i.e. historical ruptures), fluids circulating in the crust and the rheology of the crust and fault plane. Understanding the influence of these different factors requires dense observations, as suggested by the large range of spatial and temporal scales involved in the control of the slip velocity along a fault. Specifically, the smallest scales of slow slip have beenwere inferred by the observation of tremors or low frequency events, interpreted as the chatter of a fault plane while it slips slowly. We are missing direct observations of such kilometer-scale slow slip events and continental creeping faults are an obvious target for such observationsfor such observations.

Aseismic slip along the North Anatolian Fault was recognized in the 1960’s by the observation of offset man-made features without earthquakes recorded. Following these early observations, multiple geodetic studies focused on recording aseismic slip and analyzed the average rate of shallow slow slip in the vicinity of the town of Ismetpasa. GPS, InSAR and creepmeter data all converge toward an aseismic slip rate reaching 1 cm/yr in places, with significant along- strike variations. Furthermore, earlyHowever, creepmeter measurements in the 80’s, confirmed by records from a more recent instrument, suggest aseismic slip is currently episodic, occurring in bursts of slip. Recent InSAR data from the Cosmo-SkyMed constellation captured a month-long slow slip event with a maximum of 2 cm/yr of slip.

We propose to analyze the geodetic record to search for slow slip events over the 2015-2020 period. We take advantage of a dense network of continuous GNSS stations installed in 2017 and of time series of Sentinel 1 SAR data to identify at least 3 slow slip events along the North Anatolian Fault. Thanks to the dense temporal sampling of the GNSS records, we describe faithfullyobserve the onset of slow slip. We use a deep learning algorithm to extract the surface signature of the slow slip events from the InSAR time series, highlighting a slow rupture front propagating along strike. We compare the occurrences of slow slip events with the local fault geometry, the average distribution of kinematic coupling and the historical seismicity. We discuss the mechanical implications of such detailed description of slow slip along an active fault. In conclusion, while slow slip rate averaged over periods longer than 2-3 years seems constant over the last 40 years, identification of slow slip events suggests this apparently constant rate results from slow slip events over multiple spatial and temporal scales.


The present invention is configured to award as, more particularly, to a band type body frame so as to be detachable such as wrists, waist or ankle of the person to the Activities of the life device utilized in life saving in the event of an emergency during leisure activities and by having the expansion means to allow the band to the inside of the shaped body frame compressed air storage portion with the compressed air of the film to be stored can be expanded while the discharge, the band-like body frame when getting into activities when hand wrist or balbok etc. wear and available, but when the emergency situation occurs, press the operation switch nine people themselves in case of an emergency situation of the water activities and to provide buoyant force rises to the surface and swelling to the outside of the expansion means is rapidly body frame by discharging the expansion means of compressed air victim on the Air band for nine people to enable the activity A.


An optocoupler chip is proposed in this paper based on BiCMOS process. NPN transistors are utilized as input transistors for transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and comparator to achieve low noise and low offset. Darlington composite transistor and NMOS achieve a class AB output driver circuit. The simulation results show that the optocoupler can work in the supply voltage range of 15$\sim$30V, and the peak output current can reach 2.85A. Meanwhile, with a 10$\Omega$ resistor and a 10nF capacitor in series at output, the measured rise time tr of the output signal is 60ns, the fall time tf is 67.3ns, the rise propagation delay time tPLH is 118ns, and the fall propagation delay time tPHL is 113.8ns.


In this paper a compact planar dual-mode metamaterial (MTM) antenna using rectangular type complementary split ring resonator (CSRR) is proposed. It is observed that an increase in series capacitance tends to decrease resonant frequency at which n = 1 mode is obtained in the proposed antenna. Zeroth order mode (ZOR) is obtained by means of rectangular type CSRR, tends to provide the miniaturized area. Dispersion relations are shown in order to characterize the metamaterial behavior by extracting the equivalent circuit parameters. The resonant frequency of the antenna is 2.14 GHz with input reflection coefficient up to −45 dB. The electrical size of the proposed MTM antenna is 0.321λ0 × 0.285λ0 × 0.011λ0. ZOR mode is observed at 1.15 GHz although the proposed antenna is operated at 2.14 GHz. Furthermore, it achieves simulated antenna gain of 2.60 dB with 70% radiation efficiency. In order to verify the simulation results of antenna, a prototype is fabricated and measured.


Compressive Sampling(CS) has been currently utilized to save transmission consumption of sensors. In spite of the remarkable efforts the community put to a variety of designs, a vital question still remains unclear that whether the execution costs of sensors employing CS is not worth being considered, motivating us to explore the answer from a point of real deployment platform view. Presenting observations from our operating sensor network with 124 nodes deployed in the forest, we verify two important facts for energy consumption: 1) Different from previous literature, the cost of measure processing is not trivial. As the number of measurements increasing, it is a considerable percentage contrasted to transmission cost. 2) The value of measurement constantly changes along the routing, which may cause a cost jump in a specific location. Based on our findings from the system measurements, we propose an energy-efficient transmission approach based on CS. With our experiments, energy will be economized at least 15%. Our work gives a potential guideline for future designs in the field of the prolongation of lifetime of WSN.


FSM (field signature method) is a new non plug-in on-line monitoring method for pipeline corrosion. The traditional FSM corrosion monitoring equipment is generally a single machine to copy data or collect terminal client wireless transmission data, which is not convenient for data management. In this paper, cloud service is introduced into the monitoring system, and the FSM corrosion monitoring system based on cloud server is developed, which realizes the functions of real-time, online and remote control. The monitoring system can obtain the current status data of the monitored pipeline in real time, and calculate the corrosion parameters of the pipeline according to the data sent back by the measuring device. The system can draw trend diagram and morphology diagram according to the calculated corrosion parameters, display database data tables and relevant charts, and send monitoring information regularly.


Self‐assembled epitaxial oxide nanocomposites have been explored for a wide range of applications, including multiferroic and magnetoelectric properties, plasmonics, and catalysis. These so‐called "vertically aligned nanocomposites" form spontaneously during the deposition process when segregation into two phases is energetically favorable as compared to a solid solution. However, there has been surprisingly little work understanding the driving forces that govern the synthesis of these materials, which can include point defect energetics, surface diffusion, and interfacial energies. To explore these factors, La‐Ni‐Fe‐O films have been synthesized by molecular beam epitaxy and it is shown that these phase segregate into spinel‐perovskite nanocomposites. Using complementary scanning transmission electron microscopy and atom‐probe tomography, the elemental composition of each phase is examined and found that Ni ions are exclusively found in the spinel phase. From correlative analysis, a model for the relative favorability of the Ni2+ and Ni3+ valences under the growth conditions is developed. It is shown that multidimensional characterization techniques provide previously unobserved insight into the growth process and complex driving forces for phase segregation.


Vermicompost contain plant nutrients including N, P, K, Ca ,Mn ,Zn and Cu, the uptake of which has a positive effect on plant nutrition, photosynthesis ,the chlorophyll content of the leaves and improves the nutrient content of the different plant component (Root and Shoot).The highest chlorophyll, carotenoid , sugar, Amino acid and protein content were observed in the plant grown in 200g of vermicompost applied pots .The soil properties such as PH, Ec, available nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, iron ,zinc, copper and manganese were found to vary in the soils treated with vermicompost application. An increase in micro and macro nutrient content was observed with the 200g of vermicompost, treatment.


We provide easily-verified necessary and sufficient conditions for a skew group ring, or more generally, a crossed product ring, to be an Azumaya algebra. We use our results to show that (suitable localisations of) skew group rings associated to the quantum Kleinian singularities introduced by Chan, Kirkman, Walton, and Zhang in [CKWZ16a] are Azumaya, and use this to show that these algebras are maximal orders. We also give a new proof of Auslander's Theorem for quantum Kleinian singularities.


need for research (Nesmith and Smyth, chapter two) and transformational theorists such as Coates, Mezirow, and Zapf. Many of the chapters reframe existing considerations into an applied classroom approach such as, for example, the role of advocacy; capacity building; micro, mezzo and macro models; and mind maps (Teixeria and Krings, chapter four; and Drolet et al., chapter five). Other chapters unpack formulations through specific topics such as food, language and poverty, and embed these through a case study approach for teaching (Kaiser et al., chapter six; Willet, chapter seven and Melikis and Woodhouse, chapter eight). This is a very focused collection of papers. It concerns one, if not the most, prescient issue of the 21st century: climate change. As such it, along with the other texts in this pantheon, should be forming an integral part of the social work reading repertoire. Simply put, as climate change hastens into more extreme environmental and weather experiences and thus more crisis and marginalisation, the more it will require social work attention. This text would seem essential reading for all those teaching social work, and social work students who are honing in on this area of study. Ecological social work and environmental justice, however, compete for curriculum occupation and study reading time alongside a range of equally demanding considerations. And given that this group of compositions is very narrow in its inquiry, it is perhaps hard to see it being adopted and read wholesale, and certainly not as much as it should.


Objective: To compare the levels of selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) between pregnant and non-pregnant females.
Design: Cross-sectional for pregnant and non-pregnant females who participated in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the years 2001-2010 were examined. Data for 10 urinary metabolites of PAH, namely, 1-hydroxynaphtahlene, 2-hydroxynaphtahlene, 2-hydroxyfluorene, 3-hydroxyfluorene, 9-hydroxyfluorene, 1- hydroxyphenanthrene, 2-hydroxyphenanthrene, 3-hydroxyphenanthrene, 4-hydroxyphenanthrene and 1- hydroxypyrene were analyzed.
Setting: Cross-sectional data for pregnant and non-pregnant females from NHANES for the year 2001-2010.
Subjects: The study sample included 334 pregnant and 1679 non-pregnant females aged 20-44 years who participated in NHANES for the period 2001-2010.
Results: Pregnant females had statistically significantly lower levels of 2-hydroxyfluorene (394.4 vs. 457.1 ng/L, p=0.03), 3-hydroxyfluorene (139.1 vs. 207.9 ng/L, p<0.01), and 3-hydroxyphenanthrene (87.9 vs. 109.6 ng/L, p<0.01) than non-pregnant females but statistically significantly higher levels of 1-hydroxyphenanthrene (185.3 vs. 133.8 ng/L, p<0.01), 4-hydroxyphenanthrene (47.3 vs. 37.9 ng/L, p<0.01) and 1-hydroxypyrene (155.2 vs. 126.7 ng/L, p=0.04). Smokers had statistically significantly higher levels for every PAH metabolite than non-smokers (p<0.01), for example, for 1-hydroxynaphthalene, adjusted levels for smokers and nonsmokers were 9329.0 vs. 3277.5 ng/L (p<0.01) and for 2-hydroxynaphthalene, adjusted levels for smokers and nonsmokers were 7551.8 vs. 1231.2 ng/L (p<0.01). Observed levels of all 10 PAH metabolites increased (p<0.01) over 2001-2010 for both pregnant and non-pregnant females.
Conclusion: Depending up on the individual PAHs, pregnancy may accelerate or decelerate excretion of PAH metabolites.


The article presents the existing problem of the multi-function crane for electrolysis,introduces the main features,working principle and composition of SRTP-ZY30 intelligent insulation monitoring system,as well as the installation and service condition in the multi-function crane for aluminum electrolysis.


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Recently, new keywords such as "Resilience" and "Repairability" are discussed from the view point of sustainability of damaged structure. To evaluate the repairability and recovery of structures, it is necessary to establish the analytical method which can simulate the behaviour of repaired structures and establish the method which can evaluate structural performance of repaired structures based on experimental study. This study investigates repairability and recovery of steel members damaged with local buckling or cracks. This paper suggests a simple analytical model for repaired steel members in order to simulate the inelastic behaviour and evaluate the recoverability of the structural performance. The analytical results using proposed analytical model show good agreement with test results. And the analytical method by use of proposed model can evaluate effectively the recoverability. INTRODUCTION Recently, there are a lot of discussions about repairability and recovery for the damaged building structures after great disaster events. A new keyword RESILIENCE which means revival potential or functional maintenance of damaged structures has been recently discussed. The technical guideline and design procedure for repairing the damage building is established by the Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association (JBDPA manual). The JBDPA manual shows the repair procedures for damaged structure, such as welding of cracks in damaged steel members and jacking up the local buckling members. However, an evaluation method of seismic performance of the repaired structure is little investigated. It is important to develop the repairing procedure based on the seismic performance of post-repaired structure. In order to establish the design method considering with concept of repairablity or resilience of the structures, the method can simulate the behaviour of members after repair is required. This study investigated the repairability and recovery of the damaged steel members. Fig.1 shows a repair method for H-shaped steel member which is damaged with local buckling (herein, this repair method is referred to "Box-Shaped repair method" in JBDPA manual). And it is reported that a lot of damaged buildings during past sever earthquake events were repaired by reference of this technical manual. The cover plates are installed in flange edges of the area occurred local buckling in 1 Tokyo Univ. of Science, 6-3-1, Niijuku, Katushika-ward, Tokyo, Japan, firstname.lastname@example.com 2 Tokyo Univ. of Science, 6-3-1, Niijuku, Katushika-ward, Tokyo, Japan, email@example.com 3 Tokyo Univ. of Science, 6-3-1, Niijuku, Katushika-ward, Tokyo, Japan, email@example.com 4 Tokyo Univ. of Science, 6-3-1, Niijuku, Katushika-ward, Tokyo, Japan, firstname.lastname@example.com 5 Tokyo Univ. of Science, 6-3-1, Niijuku, Katushika-ward, Tokyo, Japan, firstname.lastname@example.com 6 Tokyo Univ. of Science, 6-3-1, Niijuku, Katushika-ward, Tokyo, Japan, email@example.com 2 order to improve the seismic resistant performance. The effectiveness of this repair method was experimentally confirmed by earlier experimental study. In addition to the knowledge obtained in previous study, it is important that the behaviour of the repaired steel member until ultimate states, such as the buckling or fracture, is analytically simulated for estimating the seismic resistant performance. In previous study, authors proposed a hysteresis model and a damage evaluation method of Hshaped steel members (Mori and Ito, 2012). And an experimental study to investigate the relationship between performance after repair and repair methods which called "Box-Shaped repair" of steel member has been reported (Matsumoto and et al., 2013). Fig.1 shows the detail of "Box-Shaped repair method". This paper suggests a simple analytical model for repaired steel members based on experimental study in order to simulate the inelastic behaviour and evaluate the recoverability of the structural performance. And this paper investigates analytical evaluation for estimating the seismic performance before and after repair. 補強プレート a 断面 実験想定部分 すき間をあける 25~40mm程度 cover plate A section Experiment target part an 20~40-mm opening cover plate Experiment target part a clearance of 25 millimeters A A a clearance of 25 millimeters A A Cover plate Cover plate (a) Repairing method for local buckling (b) Elevation (c) A-Section Figure 1. Detail of "Box-Shaped repair method" OUT LINE OF LOADING TEST General Description In previous report, the loading test was conducted in order to investigate the repairability and the recovery of damaged H-shaped steel members with scallop (Matsumoto et.al., 2013). This paper conducts an additional test for H-Shaped steel members with non-scallop by a similar method. Fig.2 shows test specimens, Fig.3 shows set up of the loading test. One end of test specimen is fixed on a reaction frame, the other end is laterally loaded by loading jack. Table.1 shows the list of test specimens, Table.2 shows mechanical properties of steel elements. Table 1. Test specimen list Specimens Steel grades* Repair Loading pattern NS150-NM SM490 unrepair Monotonic NS150-RM repair Monotonic NS150-R1 Cyclic 1 NS150-R2 Cyclic 2 NS150-R3 Cyclic 3 *Grade of JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) Table 2. Mechanical properties of steels Place Size Yield stress (N/mm) Tensile strength (N/mm) Young's modulus (N/mm) Web and flange PL-6mm 390 544 217000


The present invention provides a thermal ball assembly contained in the inside of the massage chair back (10), the thermal ball assembly comprises a pair of assemblies that are equipped with a pair of left and right, the pair of assemblies, each one of massage balls (100); One pairs of heat view 110 of which is located vertically beneath the massage balls (100); And the massage ball including an assembly comprising a bracket 120 for connecting the heat view 110 of the pair of the above and 100 to the power element 200, and the massage ball 100 and the pair of heat ball 110 provides, heated ball assembly that is apart.


The study characteristics of gas exchange processes (the flux (F) and velocity (Vd) of the dry deposition of ozone) on different types of vegetation (grasslands, forest) in the Baikal region are presented. Investigations were carried out on the basis of micrometeorological models of deposition of gas impurities. Based on proven calculation methods and with experimental data, the quantitative estimates of the flux and velocity of the dry deposition of ozone in the forest environment and grasslands vegetation Baikal region were obtained. The quantitative estimates of the fluxes and velocity of dry deposition of ozone to soil vegetation and in the forest show a higher absorptive capacity of forests compared to soil vegetation.


Abstrak : The result of plan implementation is not always in accordance with zoning or land use plan, which is the guidance for development. Unmatched considerations between the planners and the market force's are usually the chief factor of this deviation. This article reviews the problems of urban land use change, covering the nature, types, and reasons for changes, as well of the impacts of the changes. Two types of land use change are presented to demonstrate different natures and impacts of changes, and to provide considerations for controlling undesirable land.


ion, Notation, and Representation Before diving into the mathematics of the matter we should first explore what is meant, in this context, by the terms abstraction and symbolic language and how they are applied to the Yijing. Abstraction The ability to abstract common features from diverse situations is a key cognitive function, vital in the formation of concepts and our day-to-day functioning. When we look at a ball, a hoop, a wheel, and the full moon we might recognize something that they have in common: namely, roundness. But what is "roundness"? We cannot point to any particular thing in the world and say "that is roundness"; we can only point to particular objects and say "that thing has the property of roundness". Roundness is a concept that we abstract as a property from a wide range of concrete objects which exhibit it.ion The ability to abstract common features from diverse situations is a key cognitive function, vital in the formation of concepts and our day-to-day functioning. When we look at a ball, a hoop, a wheel, and the full moon we might recognize something that they have in common: namely, roundness. But what is "roundness"? We cannot point to any particular thing in the world and say "that is roundness"; we can only point to particular objects and say "that thing has the property of roundness". Roundness is a concept that we abstract as a property from a wide range of concrete objects which exhibit it. http://www.yijing.co.uk 1 The Yijing as a Symbolic Language for Abstraction Dr Andreas Schöter Seeing what is common in things that appear different enables us to generalize about situations and apply techniques learnt in one set of circumstances to problems encountered in another. We can understand the symbols of the Yijing as representing abstract concepts that can be applied to novel situations as they are encountered. The symbols give us a set of categories that we can use to organize and interpret our experience. Binary Representation In today's digital world, bit-wise representation has become the dominant means of recording and processing information. The word "bit" is a contraction of the phrase "binary digit" and a bit, which entokens the distinction between 0 and 1, between nothing and something, is the smallest possible unit of information. In physics, experience shows that the status of any particular "particle" as a basic building block of reality is contingent on further experimentation; indeed, the idea of a particle itself becomes questionable. However, in information theory there is no case for supposing that this binary distinction can be further reduced. Although there might be uncertainty over the value in any particular instance, the distinction between 0 and 1 is to be taken as conceptually fundamental. Binary representation provides the basic formalism for computer programs and their rich algorithmic possibilities. It is the very fundamentality of the binary notation that provides such tremendous representational versatility. Symbolic Language What do we mean by a symbolic language? In the context of this discussion, we shall take it to be composed of some fixed set of symbols (the words of the language), and some rules for transforming between symbols and for combining groups of symbols into structures (the grammar of the language). The symbols themselves are taken to have meaning, where this meaning comes about by virtue of reference to objects in the domain being symbolized. The rules themselves should also have meaning, representing processes and structures in the domain. Enumerating all the possible combinations of open and closed lines over six places, the 64 hexagrams can be seen as the first systematic, symbolic language for categorization. The hexagrams themselves are the symbols of the language. The traditional method of representing changing lines, which generates relationships between pairs of symbols, is one example of a rule of symbol transformation. Other traditional elements of the Yijing which provide the transformation rules include the extraction of nuclear hexagrams, and the various methods of deriving opposite hexagrams.7 The traditional domain of application for the notation in the Yijing could be described as the study of the interaction between human consciousness and its environment. That is, the hexagrams provide us with a binary notation for describing the interactions of the various forces that are at work in the universe, and our place relative to those forces. The narratives attached to the symbols record the traditional interpretations of those interactions, but the trigrams and hexagrams themselves are also taken to provide a direct, iconic image of the forces at work. Mathematics The roots of binary encoding, in the symbols of the Yijing, go back many millennia in China. However, in the West it begins much later. Leibniz, working in the second half of the 17th century, was concerned with exploring arithmetic using binary representation. Later in http://www.yijing.co.uk 2 The Yijing as a Symbolic Language for Abstraction Dr Andreas Schöter his life, after coming in to contact with the ideas of the Yijing by way of the Jesuit missionary Bouvet, his understanding of binary numbers became very mystical, believing that they represented Creation. He saw the number 1 as representing God, and 0 as representing Void. In the traditional language of the Yijing, the terms Creative and Receptive could be substituted. Mathematics is a language of universal truth, and as a result mathematical analysis has a great deal to contribute to the study of the Yijing. It allows us to make explicit some of the structures and relationships between the symbols that would otherwise not be visible. Once revealed, those structures then provide us with a rich source of metaphor to explore and apply. For those readers who do not have any mathematical background, I hope that the inclusion of numerous tables and diagrams will help to make the concepts clear. Interpreting the Gua The gua provide us with the words of our symbolic language, and it is worth while making explicit some assumptions about their role and interpretation in a general system of abstraction. We shall begin by looking at two contemporary ideas, one from logic and one from physics, and show how their combination gives us a picture of meaning for hexagrams. The Logic of Situations There has been a shift of emphasis in formal logic in recent decades. When logical calculi were first conceived, the idea of a proposition was an isolated atomic entity that stood alone and whose truth could be evaluated in a manner that was independent of the context of its use. This formulation has now given way to a richer, more contextual notion. The idea of a situation has come to the fore in some circles, where entities and the relationships between them provide the context for evaluating statements. Barwise and Perry were the first to make formal use of situations. They say:9 Reality consists of situations – individuals having properties and standing in relations at various spatiotemporal locations. We are always in situations; we can see them, cause them to come about, and have attitudes towards them. Following the development of this position in formal semantics, each hexagram can be seen as representing an abstract situation.10 As an abstract situation, each hexagram encompasses a group of actual situations, forming a category that can be applied to a range experiences, helping to make sense of those situations by drawing out common themes and relationships. In this paper, the meaning of the gua can be constructed by generalizing certain key properties of situations in terms of the energetic interactions within the situation, where those interactions are described by relating the different components of the whole to each other. How a hexagram is internally divided and the energetic interactions that arise can be described by making use of a recent idea from physics. Quantum Physics In response to a number of problems with the theory of quantum mechanics, the physicist David Bohm developed a theory explaining physical causality and the structure of reality using two domains which he called the explicate order and the implicate order.11 The explicate order is the everyday reality which is revealed to our senses and our measuring instruments. In contrast, the implicate order is the deep, underlying aspect of reality which "unfolds" to give expression to the explicate order. Events that happen in the manifest, http://www.yijing.co.uk 3 The Yijing as a Symbolic Language for Abstraction Dr Andreas Schöter explicate world happen because of the patterns in the implicate order. Thus, physical causality in this world, the explicate order, becomes a secondary phenomenon, subordinate to the unfolding activity of the implicate order. This bears a striking similarity to the relation between Heaven and Earth in the Yijing: the implicate order is Heaven and the explicate order is Earth. Activity in the former determines events in the latter. Bohm further suggests that consciousness arises as an interaction between the implicate and the explicate orders. This happens because, just as the implicate order unfolds to give rise to the explicate reality, so our mind enfolds the explicate order back into the implicate order of conscious memory. He uses our perception of music and melody as an example. As we hear each note, it is not experienced in isolation, but in terms of the context of all the notes that have come before it in the piece. As each new note is heard, it is enfolded into the ongoing memory of the music, building up a mental structure which creates expectations reaching forward into the future. The implicate order drives the reverse of this process: each moment of explicate reality is enfolded within the implicate order, becoming manifest as it is unfolded. The parallel with the Yijing is clear: just as consciousness emerges


Federated learning is increasingly attractive, however as the number of training samples on a single device is too small and the training tasks of the devices are different, it faces the few‐shot multitask learning problem. Moreover, federated learning frameworks are usually vulnerable to malicious attacks of the central server and diverse clients. To address these problems, we propose a decentralized federated meta‐learning framework (DFMLF) for few‐shot multitask learning. In DFMLF, the devices take the rapid adaptation as objective and learn the meta‐knowledge shared by tasks to deal with the few‐shot multitask problem. In addition, DFMLF conducts cross‐validation and secure aggregation mechanism by a small number of committee nodes, which not only eliminates the central server to avoid the security risks brought by the malicious central server, but also avoids the attack of malicious devices. Moreover, to address the extra communication cost brought by the committee strategy, we propose a communication‐efficient method to make the training and aggregation carried out in parallel. We conduct extensive experiments based on real‐world data sets, and the experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness, robustness, and efficiency of our framework.


Discussion and authors' closure of paper 45–56 by B. W. Wyman and J. H. Keagy, presented at the AIEE winter technical meeting, New York, N. Y., January 22–26,1945, and published in AIEE TRANSACTIONS, 1945, May section, pages 268–74.


The disputes regarding international succession have been increasing in recent years in Japan, Korea and China due to the geographical proximity and free movement of people between those countries. However, the different conflict rules may raise the question as to legal uncertainty, lack of predictability and forum shopping in cross-border succession issues. Considering this legal situations, this paper explores the general legal issues arising out of the different conflict rules on succession in Japan, Korea and China, including North Korea, such as unity and scission principle, nationality and habitual residence as connecting factors, party autonomy issues and renvoi, from a comparative conflict of laws perspective. It especially focuses on international succession matters involving the so-called "special permanent residents" in Japan and analyzes the legal issues arising out of existing conflicts rule of the Northeast Asian countries. And also this paper examines the recent European developments on cross-border succession, that is, the adoption of the Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession, in order to make clear whether or not any implications could be drawn from them. In conclusion, it suggests that in order to solve the "special permanent residents" issues in term of succession, the party autonomy, which is limited to the choice of the law of habitual residence and the lex situs should be allowed in choice of governing law for succession, in order to ensure legal certainty and to connect to the appropriate governing law. In this regard, the Korean choice-of-law rules and the EU Succession Regulation adopting party autonomy in succession could be referred to. It also indicates that the EU Succession Regulation gives some implications in that the unity principle in succession, which is to connect both movable and immovable properties to the deceased's personal law, was adopted although it is difficult to determine which connecting factor is more appropriate, the lex patriae or habitual residence. Under the reference of the EU regulation, it is also suggested that, in order for the unity principle not to be broken up by another element, a renvoi should be restricted, where the deceased made a choice of the governing law for succession such as the law of habitual residence, the law of nationality and the lex situs.


In this paper heartbeat interval extraction methods using Doppler radar are reviewed. While single channel CW radar offers simple architecture and signal processing, this method is very sensitive to subject position and may result in rate doubling, or the coupling between heart and respiratory rates. Quadrature radio architecture is used to overcome this limitation. The use of linear and non-linear demodulation methods was explored for heartbeat interval extraction.


Purpose – This article aims to investigate a selected number of liquid hydrogen storage tank parameters in a turboelectric distributed propulsion concept. Design/methodology/approach – In this research study, tank structure, tank geometry, tank materials and additional physical phenomenon such as hydrogen boil-off and permeation are considered. A parametric analysis of different insulation foams is also performed throughout the design process of a lightweight liquid hydrogen storage tank. Findings – Based on the mass of boil-off and foam weight, phenolic foam exhibited better characteristics amongst the five foam insulation materials considered in this particular study. Practical implications – Liquid hydrogen occupies 4.2 times the volume of jet fuel for the same amount of energy. This suggests that a notable tank size is expected. Nonetheless, as jet fuel weighs 2.9 times more than liquid hydrogen for the same amount of energy, this reduced weight aspect partly compensates for the increased tank size. O...


After investigation and analysis of the collected data, we found that male teachers in Chinese middleschools used more motivational strategies than female teachers,and those teachers with higher title of teaching post or more teaching experiences generally used more motivational strategies than other English teachers.Those excellect English teachers did obviously better than ordinary teachers in creating the basic motivational conditions,generating and maitaining motivation.


To get better performance of hydrogenation reactor of olefin plant,a software,according to inferential calculation,is designed for soft-sensing of export concentration and selectivity of acetylene hydrogenation,by which real-time data are obtained in hydrogenation units for better control.The Advanced Process Control strategy has been used in commercial olefin plant.The results of long period operating show it reduces the fluctuation of export concentration,gets visible economic benefits.


Hegel's Relation of Scepticism to Philosophy was published in the Critical Journal of Philosophy (which appeared from 1801 to 1803). Concern with assessing the place of scepticism is a permanent feature of Hegel's thought in the presentation of his own system. Scepticism is a capital moment in the history of self-consciousness, insofar as it represents two determinations of any dialectical thought - that of the finite and that of the negative. Sceptical consciousness is aware of being self-negating and goes through an apprenticeship similar to that of the servant. It makes the contradictory, dialectical process that drives the history of spirit explicit. This is why scepticism should not be reduced to mere relativism. Thought must move from phenomenological analysis to speculative analysis in order to understand the true meaning of scepticism. Scepticism would thus seem to be a moment in the development of the Idea. Scepticism would be one of the privileged witnesses to the upheaval characteristic of Hegelian philosophy itself : it cannot contain either a fixed body of doctrine or conventional modes of thought.


The traditional thesaurus have rich vocabulary and clear semantic structure which is easy to be extracted concepts and relationships, providing great convenience for ontology building. Chinese thesaurus is a large-scale comprehensive science and technology retrieval tools which has its own characteristics and the vocabulary range includes all fields such as natural science, medicine, agriculture and engineering technology. Domain ontology construction from Chinese Thesaurus need to clear the definition and semantic relation of descriptors, including two important tasks: the core concept selection and the transformation of relationship between concepts.